Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 04:44:35 +0000
From: Douglas DD <thehakaanen@hotmail.com>
Subject: Aiden 2 Chapter 75

Welcome back. In this chapter Aiden and Nolan learn that the are boyfriends
without a doubt.

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CHAPTER 75
NOLAN AND AIDEN (Part 2)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29

Aiden and Nolan woke up just after nine. They showered together but didn't
mess around. After showering, the boys went downstairs and Aiden reprised
his Naked Chef role, appointing Nolan as his naked assistant. Nolan enjoyed
being able to help and was happy his apron hid his privates from Aiden's
dads.

The breakfast was comprised of French toast, bacon, a fruit bowl, and
orange juice. Nolan was impressed with Aiden's cooking skills, as were
Larry and Phil. Aiden had become very comfortable in his role and they
didn't have to worry about what went on in the kitchen. Phil was slowly
training Aiden in the art of sandwich making and often used him to help
with dinner as well.

Gordy, Miles, and Mason showed up at eleven. Gordy's dad had driven them to
Aiden's house and his mother would pick them up after dinner. Gordy, Miles,
and Mason would be back to spend the night on New Year's Eve. The twins
would be there as well. Gordy's parents would also be there for the
celebration as well as the twins' mother and their little sister.

Aiden's friends loved the train layout in Aiden's room and each one got a
chance to operate the train. After enjoying BLTs prepared by Phil, the boys
went down to the basement and played games. With an outside thermometer
reading thirty-four degrees on a gray afternoon, they had no desire to go
outside and play.  Even though the talk sometimes drifted to sex, nothing
went on between them.

Mason wanted to know if Aiden and Nolan were going to mess around every
night that Nolan was staying over. Gordy politely told Mason it was none of
his business, but Aiden mollified Mason by telling him that he and Nolan
had both cum the night before. Nolan and Aiden had agreed that they would
admit that much if they were asked.

Gordy and Mason talked about spending the night at Kalie's house on
Thursday. Mason was more forthright about the specifics of what he and
Kalie's cousin Ian did than Aiden and Nolan had been about their tryst in
bed. Gordy knew what Mason had done since he'd been there, but he quietly
let Mason do the talking.

"I sucked him twice," Mason informed them. "Ian shoots tons of cum. And I
even kissed Gretchen, but all you guys kiss better than she does, so I
didn't do it long. Gordy and Kalie kissed a lot. We were all stripped to
our underpants, but nobody got naked."

"You can slow down now, Mason," Gordy suggested.

"Well, you did cum though, right in your undies."

Gordy turned bright red. The look on his face said he was seriously
thinking of throttling Mason. Aiden couldn't help but laugh and Miles
joined him.

"What are you guys laughing about?" Gordy asked.

"You," Aiden chortled. "If looks could kill then Mason would be a dead
boy."

"Hey, we always tell each other what we do," Mason said, "so what's the big
deal?"

"There's girls involved, that's what," Gordy grumbled as if that explained
everything.

Since nobody was willing to dispute Gordy's statement, the boys went to
work playing ping pong with the first game being Aiden and Nolan against
Gordy and Mason, which seemed to satisfy everyone.

Just before dinner, Aiden pulled money out of an envelope and gave ten
dollars to each of his friends.

"Is that our refund?" Mason asked Aiden.

"Yep. Just like we talked about. I should have everybody paid before school
starts," Aiden concluded.

The boys who had put their money into the so-called "fuck bet" unanimously
agreed the bet was something stupid that they'd done as little kids who
didn't know any better.

"I mean, after we do it I think we're good enough friends that we can tell
each other, but to bet on it was, well, stupid. We're almost half-way
through sixth grade and should quit doing little kid things," Miles had
said. Miles probably knew more about fucking than any of them, having
watched his brother, John, and his friend Bryce go at it.

After dinner, Larry and Phil joined the boys in the sports watching room to
watch football on television. At around eight Gordy's mother showed up and
picked up the three boys.

"I'll see you guys on Monday," Gordy told Aiden and Nolan.

"Yeah, me too," Mason said.

"Sorry I'll miss the fun," Miles said. Aiden noticed that Miles had been
much quieter than usual. He hoped that nothing was bugging his friend.

After their friends left, Larry, Phil, Nolan, and Aiden turned on the NBA
game between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs and watched
the basketball game until it ended. Nolan and Aiden then said their
goodnights to Larry and Phil. "You don't need to tuck us in," Aiden told
his dads.

"Our boy is growing up," Larry lamented.

"He's turned down being tucked in before," Phil reminded him.

"Usually when there's a crowd spending the night."

"Speaking of growing up, was I imagining things or did that group of boys
stay fully dressed all day?"

"You didn't imagine a thing. I have no idea what that was about. It usually
doesn't take them long to strip down to their underwear. I don't think they
stripped in the basement, either. They were like...like...dare I say it?
They were like normal boys."

"Oh, the horror!" Phil chuckled. "I am willing to bet that the reason for
not wanting to be tucked in is that those two boys will be naked before
Aiden gets his bedroom door shut."

"You will get no argument from me."

Phil was close to being right on the nose regarding the boys' state of
dress. They weren't naked before the door closed, but they were naked
within a minute of its closing. Aiden dropped on his bed and lay on his
back. He and Nolan watched Aiden's flaccid cock grow into a three-inch
erection within seconds.

"That was cool to watch happen," Nolan noted. He had been fully erect when
he pulled his pants and underpants off. Nolan dropped down beside Aiden and
started stroking his friend's smooth chest. "So, are we gonna do it?" he
asked tentatively.

"You mean, like, really do it?"

"That's why you've been giving peeps their money back, right? That way
there is no bet and we can do it and never have to tell anybody anything."

"You're pretty smart for somebody from Meadow Park," Aiden grinned.

Nolan gave his boyfriend a kiss. "Careful. I'm bigger than you are and I
can always tickle you to death."

"Eeek, not that!" Aiden took a deep breath. "It was a dumb bet. We were
just stupid little kids in elementary school and nobody ever thought they'd
ever do it, so who cared who bet on what?"

"But now there are two guys who want to do it."

"Not two guys," Aiden said seriously. "Two boyfriends."

"I want it and tonight seems perfect. It's like we're giving each other a
late Christmas present."

"Chase says it hurts when you first do it."

"I know, but you also told me he said it feels awesome when you get used to
it."

Aiden nodded. "I've wanted to do it ever since we stuck our fingers up each
other's butts. I want to do it tonight." Aiden felt his heart thumping at
what seemed like a hundred times a second. He wondered if Nolan could hear
it; he knew Nolan could feel it since his hand was still on his chest.

"Roll over on your stomach," Nolan said.

"In a sec." Aiden opened his lower desk drawer, pulled out a bottle of
lotion, and handed it to Nolan. "Put that on your finger."

Nolan did so as Aiden flipped onto his belly and spread his legs. Nolan
tickled Aiden's hole with the middle finger of his right hand, which he had
lubricated. Aiden moaned with pleasure as the finger slid as deep as it
could into his innards. "It feels good, Nolan. It feels real good. I want
to see what the real thing is like. I want your dick inside of me. I don't
care if it hurts. I want you to make us boyfriends like my dads are."

Nolan kept fingerfucking his lover. He knew he loved Aiden, even if he
didn't know how he knew or what it all meant. He just knew it was true. He
didn't care if people thought they were too young. I'm twelve and Aiden is
almost eleven-and-a-half and we're not too young. "We're not too young,
Aiden," Nolan whispered.

Aiden squeaked when Nolan hit his sweet spot. He had no idea what Nolan was
talking about, but he did know what Nolan was doing and he loved it. "How
do you want to do it?"

"Ung," Aiden grunted. He tried to say something comprehensible, but he
couldn't. "Ung," Aiden grunted again. He couldn't believe how wonderful he
was feeling, not only because Nolan had his finger inside him but because
Nolan was with him on his bed, naked and hard and beautiful. Aiden finally
managed to squeak out, "Fuck me." As he heard the words come out of his
mouth, he wondered where they had come from. For some reason they didn't
sound like him.

Nolan removed his finger and helped Aiden roll over on his back. He fell on
top of Aiden and kissed him. The kiss was hard, wet, deep, full of tongue,
full of love. He tasted the essence of his beautiful blond boyfriend. He
touched the solidity of his athletic body. He felt Aiden's love surrounding
him. The kiss could have gone on forever had the boys not been ready for
more.

They finally broke the kiss. Nolan sat up and grabbed the lotion off the
desk. He covered his four inches in slathers of the slippery
substance. Aiden whimpered as he watched Nolan prepare himself. "Don't
forget to lube my ass," he said hoarsely. Nolan complied, slicking up
Aiden's hole the way Aiden told him his cousin had instructed.

"Doggy," Aiden said, finally answering Nolan's question. "Chase says it's
simpler the first time, or me sitting on your dick. I don't care, I just
want to do it so bad."

Aiden had no idea why he wanted his boyfriend in his ass so badly, he just
knew that it was what he wanted. What else do I need to know? he thought.

The boys decided that doing it on the floor would give them more stability,
something like what the boards did for Aiden's model railroad tracks. As
Aiden settled onto the carpet on his hands and knees, Nolan admired his
boyfriend's gorgeous ass. He had never thought of an ass as being gorgeous
before. Sexy, maybe, but not gorgeous. It looked kissable—lickable
even. He'd heard of guys licking butt holes and thought it sounded even
more gross than sticking a dick into an ass. But now, as he hovered over
his best friend in the entire world, none of it seemed gross. He knew he
was going to lick Aiden's ass. It wouldn't be that night, but he was
certain it would happen.

Nolan pushed his rock-hard tween cock against Aiden's hole, wondering how
he was going to be able to fit inside. He wondered if Chase had told Aiden
what a guy was supposed to do if his boner wouldn't fit in the other guy's
ass. As he pondered the dilemma, he kept pushing in and was surprised to
see his cock slide into Aiden's ass.

"Owwwwwww," Aiden groaned as he felt Nolan's cock sliding into him. Nolan
was almost an inch longer than he was, and Aiden wondered if that made a
difference. What if Nolan couldn't get inside of him? What if his big cock
tore up his little hole? Why hadn't Chase given him the answers to those
kinds of questions?

"Are you okay?" Nolan asked.

"Fuck me," Aiden said once again, his voice barely audible. "But, go slow."

It seemed like hours but was a matter of minutes when Nolan's pubic area
touched Aiden's butt. Aiden was certain he could feel the tickle of Nolan's
scattered pubic hairs. "I'm in," Nolan announced. He didn't know that
anything could feel as good as the warm environment surrounding his
cock. He wondered how long he was going to last. He wanted to cum badly and
he wasn't even doing anything.

There was a lot that Nolan and Aiden didn't know, but they did know what
fucking was about. Now that they were coupled, it was time to put that
knowledge to use. Nolan pulled back until he was almost out of Aiden's ass
and then pushed it back in. "Ohhhhh," Aiden moaned.

"Does it hurt?"

"It hurts and it feels good and I don't know whether to stop or go but make
it feel better."

Nolan shrugged and then repeated his motion, only this time he didn't
stop. As soon as he was in, he pulled back and then pushed in again. "It
hurts but not as much."

When Nolan's cock found and slid across Aiden's button, the eleven-year-old
knew deep in his soul that his life had just changed forever. The feeling
was so good it overwhelmed whatever pain he was still feeling. Nolan sped
up his fucking motion with each thrust and soon was nailing Aiden with a
steady rhythm.

"I'm not going to last long," Nolan moaned.

"Fuck me as long as you can," Aiden groaned, his voice still hoarse.

Nolan thrusted, pulled back, thrusted, pulled back, thrusted, rubbing
across Aiden's sweet spot again. Aiden felt something rise in him he didn't
think was possible. He was about to have an orgasm and he wasn't even
touching himself. "Oh, fuckity, shits," he squawked as his little cock went
into spasms of pleasure. Without realizing he was doing it, he squeezed his
ass hard around Nolan's cock and soon Nolan's watery seed was coating his
insides. "Oh, shit oh fuck oh dear," Nolan moaned as he draped himself
across Aiden's back. Aiden dropped to the floor. The double stack of boys
was breathing hard, marveling at what had just happened. "We're not virgins
no more," Aiden gasped, stunned by the thought. Nolan said nothing.

When they could finally move, they went into the bathroom and started the
shower. They said nothing as they washed each other. Each boy felt the
presence of the other surrounding himself. There was nothing they needed to
say.

"I'm gonna take a dump," Aiden told Nolan. "Chase says it's a good idea for
cleaning yourself out and since you shoot..." Nothing else needed to be
said.

When Aiden finished and came back to the bedroom, he found Nolan sitting on
the edge of the bed with tears in his eyes. He took Nolan's hand in his.

"What's the matter?"

Nolan looked at his boyfriend and kissed him. "Nothing's the matter. I just
feel so good and I love you so much."

Aiden smiled and returned the kiss. "I love you, too."

"I believe the shower is going," Larry said as he lay beside Phil on their
bed. The two men had just enjoyed an experience very much like that of the
boys.

"It appears that things might have gotten steamy upstairs."

"I was right. Our boy is growing up."

"And he still hasn't hit the full rush of puberty."

"Don't remind me," Larry sighed. "Please, don't remind me."

Upstairs in Aiden's bedroom the boys were soon cuddling in bed. "We're like
the big kids now," Aiden said. "We did it."

"Like you said, we're not virgins any more. And we're not like the big
kids, we kinda are the big kids. The first in our group of friends to do
it."

"I love you, Nolan."

"I love you, Aiden."

They kissed briefly and were soon fast asleep.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30.

That morning Larry observed Aiden and Nolan at breakfast. The way the two
lovesick boys looked at each other confirmed what he and Phil suspected;
the two young boys had made love, very likely for the first time. Whether
that ended up being a good thing, he didn't know. What he did know is that
the life of his son and his "boyfriend" had changed irrevocably. He knew
because he and Phil weren't much older than those two the first time they
did it and making love to each other had definitely changed their
worldview.

Aiden and Nolan were clad only in t-shirts, although the long t-shirts
covered up their groin area. Larry and Phil had no doubt that they were
wearing nothing underneath their t-shirts, but they didn't care. If the
boys had come downstairs naked, they probably wouldn't have made them
dress, but they were pleased that the boys at least covered themselves in
some way.

After they finished eating and cleaning up the kitchen, they retired to the
sports viewing room to watch football. "Before you turn on the TV, Nolan
and me have something to say," Aiden told his dads.

"Go for it," Larry told them. He had a pretty good idea of what Aiden was
about to tell him and Phil.

Aiden took a deep breath. While he had told his dads about him and Nolan
being boyfriends, Nolan hadn't been a part of that. After they woke up that
morning, they discussed what to tell their parents. They agreed on what to
tell Aiden's dads that morning, but to hold off telling Nolan's parents for
a while.

"I told you that Nolan and me were serious about each other and maybe were
boyfriends, right?"

"Right," Phil agreed, although as far as he was concerned there had been no
maybe about it.

Aiden and Nolan were sitting next to each other on the loveseat. They
looked into each other's eyes and smiled like the young lovers they
were. Aiden put his right hand on top of Nolan's left hand and they folded
their hands around each other. "Well, we decided that we love each other
and are boyfriends for sure."

"Congratulations," Larry said. "You two are great friends and always seem
happy around each other. Phil and I are both happy for you and wish you the
best every day."

"When are you going to tell your parents?" Phil asked Nolan.

"I don't know. I'm kinda scared to tell them," Nolan replied timidly. Phil
and Larry were surprised by his reaction.

"I don't think you need to be. Your dad is a great father and a very caring
person. And your mother loves you deeply."

"I'm not worried about my dad. He's a super dad. It's my mom that I'm not
sure about."

"Why is that?" Phil knew the answer, but he wanted to hear Nolan say it.

"I think she loves me too much. Her kind of love wants me to do things
exactly the way she wants them done. My dad helps me with her, but
sometimes she won't let me be me like my dad says."

That was the answer Phil and Larry expected. They saw Vivian Moyer as a
helicopter mom, the kind of mom who smothered her children with her brand
of love.

"I would suggest you talk to your dad when you can," Larry said. "He's
helped you over some tough bumps before and I'm sure he'll give you support
with your mom. She wants what's best for you, but sometimes she needs help
to see that what makes her happy isn't always what makes you happy."

"You sound like my dad," Nolan grinned. Suddenly a startled look came
across his face. "You're not going to tell them, are you?"

"We won't tell them, unless we feel that by not telling them, somebody will
be hurt. I don't see that happening in this case, but you need to know
where we're coming from."

Phil and Larry both smiled when Aiden put his arm around Nolan's shoulder
and leaned his head against him. The scene brought back vivid memories of
their own boyhood.

"I trust you because you're Aiden's dads and I know he trusts you with his
life," Nolan said. Once again Phil and Larry were surprised, this time when
they saw some tears drip down the twelve-year-old's cheeks. They couldn't
remember ever seeing Nolan close to tears. They were ready to cry
themselves as they watched Aiden use a couple of fingers to wipe the tears
from his boyfriend's face.

"Nolan, you probably know how much we love Aiden," Larry said. He looked at
Phil who nodded.  Larry could tell that Phil knew where he was going. "Phil
and I want you to know we love you, too, and will always be here for
you. As of today, we consider you, our son's boyfriend whom he obviously
loves very much, to be a part of our family."

Aiden was dripping tears now, as well. "I love you both so much," he told
his dads. He untangled himself from Nolan and went over to the couch where
he draped himself around his pop. Seeing what was happening, Nolan followed
his boyfriend and gave Phil a hug. The two sobbing boys were joined by two
strong men who found themselves driven to tears by the two beautiful boys
hugging them on the couch. The happiness room had become filled with love.

That night the boys said they were willing to be tucked in, but it had to
be by both Larry and Phil. The dads were more than happy to comply. They
had no doubt that the two pubescent boys were stark naked and rock hard
under the blankets. After Larry and Phil left Aiden's room, Nolan made love
to Aiden for the second time in two nights and for the second time in their
young lives.

"Don't you want to do me?" Nolan had asked.

"I want to do you really bad, but I want it to be at a different time,"
Aiden told him. "This time, it's all about you doing me."

"Okay, but I just want you to know that I want to feel what you felt, even
the things that hurt."

The boys experimented with different positions. Aiden was on his back, legs
up, like he'd seen Chase do, when Nolan came in Aiden's ass, fucking him
hard and deep. Aiden wasn't sure how he liked that position, but Nolan said
he loved it. The boys knew they would be doing a lot more
experimenting. They got up and peed and cleaned up but didn't shower. Then,
it was back to bed where they wrapped themselves around each other and fell
into a deep sleep.

As Larry and Phil settled into bed that night, they talked briefly about
what had happened earlier that day.

"Did you notice that Aiden and Nolan never mentioned any concern about
being gay?" Larry said. "It was purely about being boyfriends and their
love for each other."

"You know, you're right," Phil admitted. "I did not think about that. How
do you think it'll work out with Paul and Vivian?"

"It'll be ok," Larry said confidently. "I'm pretty sure Paul already knows
the score. They both love their son and want him to be happy."

Phil turned to Larry and kissed him. "Sounds like us."

MONDAY, DECEMBER 31

Aiden and Nolan agreed in the shower that morning that if they were asked,
they would admit to going all the way, but they did not intend to volunteer
the information. "We've always told each other everything and we all mess
around together," Aiden said. Aiden did ask for one exception. "If Gordy
tells me he and Kalie did it, then I'll have to tell him that you and me
did it," Aiden said.

"Do you really think those two will do it?" Nolan asked.

"Not really, but I thought I should say it."

"You know once you tell somebody, everybody is going to end up knowing it."
Nolan didn't have a great deal of faith in people keeping secrets.

"True, but if that happens then we won't have to bring it up—they'll
bring it up instead," Aiden giggled. "So, everybody will know without us
having to crow about it."

"Sneaky."

The twins' mom dropped them off just before lunch. After eating Phil's ham
and cheese sandwiches, the boys each got a cupcake for dessert.  Phil put a
candle in Lenny's cupcake. Phil, Larry, and the boys sang Happy Birthday to
start the celebration for Lenny's eleventh birthday. Lance's mother would
be bringing cake for both his birthday and for Lance's birthday the next
day. That meant there would be presents and more singing after dinner.

After eating, the boys went downstairs to the games room. The pants came
off and all four boys were quickly clad in just t-shirts, underpants, and
socks. They decided to play ping pong. To start, the twins wanted to play
as a team. Aiden reminded them that the rest of the company would be
arriving sometime in the middle to late afternoon.

"That's cool," Lenny said, "but for now the Hazen twins are going to rule."

To nobody's surprise the best of three series ended up being quite
competitive. The twins won the first game 12-10, Aiden and Nolan came back
to win the second game 11-8, and then took the rubber match 15-13 in a game
that was so heated the t-shirts came off.

The four boys went upstairs to get some cold lemonade. They took their
drinks back downstairs and sat on the couch in the backroom. There was
plenty of room for four young boys, especially since, except for their
underpants, none of them were encumbered by clothing.

"It's so cool Nolan's stayed here for three nights with you," Lance gushed.

"With one more night to go," Nolan reminded him.

"Did you guys sleep naked together?"

Lenny glared at his twin. "Lance, be cool about that stuff. You sound like
Brenda the Brat," Lenny admonished his younger brother.

"I was just asking. Besides, just because you're a year older doesn't make
you my boss."

"It does for today," Lenny said with a wink. He looked at Aiden, who was
sitting to his right, and repeated Lance's question about sleeping naked.

"What makes it better for you to ask?"

"Hey, it's cool," Aiden said before the twins got into a serious
squabble. "We're all friends and we all share everything, so yeah, we slept
naked and since I know you're going to ask, we messed around all three
nights."

"What did you do?" Lance asked.

"Yeah, did you go all the way?" Lenny asked at almost the same time. This
time it was Lance's turn to glare. "Well, I was just asking."

Aiden looked over to Nolan for help. Since they agreed to honestly answer
the question, Nolan gave Aiden a grin and a slight nod.

"We went all the way. We're not virgins any longer."

"You mean you guys really, truly did it?" Lenny asked incredulously. "You
really went all the way?"

"Yeah we did."

"Who did who?" Lance asked.

"Dang, bro, we don't need all the gory details," Lenny groused.

"There was nothing gory about it." Nolan laughed. "But, I was the top both
times."

"Being the top means you did his butt, right?"

"Yep. And since you're going to ask Aiden is going to do mine, too."

"Tonight?" Lance asked hopefully.

"Not tonight. We want the first time to be in private." And maybe all the
rest of the times, too, Nolan thought. Then he thought about how much fun
it would be to do it with their friends and have a real orgy.

"I've got a boner," Lenny said as if he needed to explain the protrusion in
the front of his underpants. "I hear when you turn eleven and get close to
puberty you get lots of boners."

"Well, I did when I was eleven and now that I'm twelve, I get even more
boners." Nolan pulled the front of his boxers down and flashed Aiden and
the twins with his four-inch hard-on.

"Hey, did I see a little bit of hair there?" Lenny asked.

"Yep," Nolan said proudly.

"Do you shoot?"

"Yep," Nolan said with more pride.

At that point Miles and Mason came into the room. "Whoa, I like how you
guys are dressed," Mason grinned. Within seconds he was down to just his
yellow and blue briefs and black socks.

Miles followed suit, not caring that his boxer briefs were bulging out with
his erection. He was among his best friends after all.

"I don't know about you guys," Nolan said, "but if I don't jerk off soon,
I'm gonna be hard the rest of the day."

That prompted the six boys to remove their underpants. Miles and Mason sat
on the floor facing the couch. Nolan was the first to start moving his hand
along his rock-hard tween cock. The rest of the boys followed suit, which
was how Gordy walked in on six naked boys wordlessly jerking themselves
off.

"Wow, what got you guys all horny?" Gordy asked as if he didn't know.

"Well, it wasn't girls," Miles replied.

"Nope, it was cocks," Mason grinned. He looked at Aiden. "Can I suck Nolan
now?"

"Ask him," Aiden replied.

Mason turned to Nolan who as still busily working his boy tool. "Well, can
I?"

Aiden had warned him that Mason would pop the question and said the answer
was totally up to him. How could he turn it down? "Yeah, sure," Nolan said
breathlessly.

Within a couple of minutes, Mason tasted another sampling of cum. "Yours is
good," Mason grinned, not that he'd ever tasted cum that wasn't good.

"Thanks," Nolan said.

Lenny sucked Aiden to a quick climax as the other boys jerked themselves to
orgasms. With his late start, Gordy was the last to cum.

"So, was that an orgy?" Mason asked.

All of the boys answered that it wasn't. Since this wasn't an orgy, they
decided that maybe they should have one next year. "This is kind of like a
New Year's Resolution," Miles said.

"Yep, but we need to do a better job of keeping it than most people do with
resolutions," Aiden said.

Everyone stayed up to greet the New Year. They joined the adults, clad in
t-shirts and underpants. Adults and kids alike enjoyed sparkling
cider. Hugs and kisses were exchanged as they watched the Space Needle
drop. Lance got extra hugs and everybody got a cupcake as Lance joined his
brother as an eleven-year-old.

The boys were so tired that within fifteen minutes after the New Year
began, they bedded down. No one was interested in messing around, they just
wanted to sleep. Still, Nolan slept with Aiden in Aiden's bed and Lance
slept with Lenny in a sleeping bag in the basement. Everyone else crashed
in their own sleeping bag.

The old year and its adventures were now history while the New Year and its
adventures were a mystery.

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