Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 17:07:19 +0000 (UTC) From: "tag.michaels@yahoo.com" Subject: One Year Gone 12 Change Alert: In looking over the last chapter I see that in my rush to complete the chapter I offered two spellings for Eisak/Eissac. Let's go with Eizak. N-joi. Hugs, Tag ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ The twins each took a hand and led me off to a rattan type of sofa that sat in a cluster of other rattan furniture. "So Colt, Is there anything that you don't like to do," Eizak asked. "Or anything on your wish list," Erik added. I shook my head. "I'm pretty good with everything and there isn't anything that I'm panting for," I responded. "How about you let me and Erik take the lead and let us work you over. We're pretty good at it." "Of course, you don't have just sit there," Eizak said, "you can start something or direct something or tell us what you want. We're pretty versatile." "Versatile being the operative word," Erik added with a grin. "But just say stop if you need to for any reason," Eizak said. "That's the one big rule," his twin added. "Are we driving you crazy yet?" That was Eizak. "We have that effect on people," Erik said, again with a grin. "Yes, as a matter of fact you are so shut up and go to work," I told them, my own big grin indicating that it was all in fun. They sat me down on the bench with a boy on each side of me. Eisik went right for my mouth and began kissing me. I opened up and let him in, allowing his tongue to begin exploring mine, along with my teeth and gums. At the other end his twin had put his hand between my legs and began playing with my balls and my cock, coaxing me into a full on boner, as if much coaxing were required. "Do you like kissing on my twin Colt," Eizak whispered in my free ear causing a shiver to rip through my body. "I can tell that you do," he said. "You're a really cute boy Colt, we noticed you right away and decided that we wanted to be with you," he went on. That he was whispering in my ear was almost impossible to sit through, it tickled so sweetly. I hear myself moan softly at the ministration of the brothers. Erik broke away so we both could breathe in much needed oxygen but the boy then went for my throat. I didn't get but a couple gulps of air before Eizak turned my head and he went for the mouth open tongue battling kiss. Erik's free hand was at my chest, gently rubbing and then gently tweaking my nipples cause me to moan even more. Eizak finally stopped and said, "well brother we got him into a fog of hotness for sure." Right at that moment Stormy popped up, his little friend standing next to him, both with raging boners. "Can we be over here with you guys?" "Of course you can Stormy, always." Thanks Colt," he said then the two of them took the second bench across from us and began making out, kissing deeply and playing with each other's cocks and balls. I glance around and saw that everybody was pretty busy. There was lots of sucking and making out going on and off to one side a boy was getting fucked by a dog and another boy was fucking the shit out of one of the little girls. "Over here Colt," Erik said, "Pay attention to me; only me." Naturally he was grinning. He went back to kissing and making out while his twin moved to the lawn between my legs and went for my cock. "I love that you have your foreskin Colt," he said, "it's so sexy." "We don't get that many foreskins to play with," his brother said, breaking the kiss long enough to get the words out then going back to it. I did manage a quick glance to see that Stormy and his little friend were making out like champs. Eizak motion and deep throating told me that, foreskins not counted, he certainly had plenty of experience having a cock in his mouth. The kid was able to take me to the root, his nose getting poked by my pubic hair, before backing off and doing it again. He cupped and fondled my balls as he suckled, gently tugging on them. He also allowed a finger to trail a little bit on my perineum which felt really good. "How about if we trade places Eiz," his twin said after taking his mouth from mine. Eizak seemed to be all for that. The two traded places and right off Eizak asked if I'd like to suck his cock, as if I'd ever refuse. When I said I sure would he suggested to his twin that we change the layout. To that end, he had me move into a corner of the sofa, not quite laying down, but propped against the arm and the back with one foot on the sofa and the other on the lawn. I splayed my legs open nicely and allowed Eizak to straddle my chest, he also with one foot on the sofa and the other on the lawn. It was perfect. As we changed positioning I saw that Stormy and his partner were engaged in a top to bottom 69 with Stormy on top. At that moment the other boy was working his tongue into Stormy's tight little hole and I could see that my boy had his ass pushed backwards to get as much as he could from the other boys' tongue. Made my cock throb a little seeing it. I loved rimming Stormy. A moment later Eizak's boner was in my face, standing tall and proud in front of his taut belly. The kid looked a lot like me in that department except that his pubic hair was lighter in color and he was clipped. His balls were smooth as silk and his position allowed them to hang quite nicely. He was a delicious looking boy. Eizak used two fingers at the base to push his raging cock downward and moved his narrow hips forward. I got a moment to admire the red tinged, perfectly formed cock head before opening my mouth and taking it in. At my other Erik was working my cock much like his brother had done. He did take the time to lick it like a lollipop and he did work my foreskin up into a nipple and suckled that. He played with my balls as much as possible and at one point took time to lick the eggs and suck them into his mouth one at a time. Eizak fucked my face ever so gently. I cupped and fondled his balls too and since they were hanging unobstructed by anything it was easy to have the entire sac in my hand. I had rested one hand on a butt cheek but eventually put both hands on his ass and gently urged him forward which pushed his cock all the way into my mouth. I groaned at the feeling of the swollen head blocking my throat for a brief moment before I encouraged him to back off. I continued to bob my head and to fondle his tight cheeks. "Go for my hole Colt," Eizak said in a husky voice. I did as he asked, peeling him open then running a finger back and forth over the puckered muscle. Eizak groaned above me. At the other end, Erik had moved his hand down and was rubbing my asshole. I had been double before but not by twins and not among a mob of boys girls and dogs all engaged in some form of sex or another. It was crazy. "I'm about ready to be fucked," Eizak murmured and gently pulled his cock away from me. I hated to see it go. Erik moved back as well but I stayed where I lay, breathing heavily. "How about a double fuck," Erik said and before I could ask, he said, "You fuck Eizak while I fuck you." Well now, that wasn't something I'd done yet and seemed intriguing to say the least so I said "sure". Eizak said that it would probably work best with him on his back on the lawn. They could do it on the rattan sofa but would get crowded with legs. Erik had snagged some lube and a towel and we started the process. Eizak pulled a cushion off sofa, tossed it on the ground then flopped his ass down on it. With his upper back on the lawn the position raised his butt up nicely. He suggested that my rimming him would certainly help to get him a tad bit hotter and in that statement assured me that he had washed carefully not an hour earlier. "It's true Colt," his brother said, "I licked him after the shower just to make sure. His asshole is sweet as honey, well, almost." The twins giggled and it was apparent there was a private joke in there that I wasn't privy to. Regardless, I had no problem licking him into a fog of hotness. I loved licking a boys' hole and it would be one of those things that I would miss when I started dating girls and eventually marry. I'm well aware that plenty of girls will ride that train but it seemed that the ones I would be with, didn't. Eizak's ass was right at the edge of the sofa cushion so he yanked his legs back and opened himself up and I dove in, licking slurping, kissing and sucking everything I could get my mouth on. His twin knelt next to Eizak's head and offered his cock for his brother to suck, which Eizak did with wild abandon. It didn't take long before the country boy was ready to go and frankly, I more than ready m'self. I got into position and began prodding his puckered hole, both of our parts shiny with lube. I pushed, rubbed and poked my cock head at the muscle all of which garnered moans from the boy, whose brother continued to kneel at Eizak's with his cock in the twin's mouth. I finally stopped playing around and began to work my cock head into his ass and when the muscle finally gave way and allowed me in, Eizak yelped. Of course, I stopped. As always, I was mesmerized at the sight of my cock lodged in a boys' hole, his balls in a puddle atop his crotch due to the face that his ass was raised so high. I admired his perineum, although I can't say why exactly. I guess I just found it interesting. So I put my finger on it and trailed up to his balls and back down and since I didn't have anything else to do for the moment, I trailed my finger around the rim of his hole, gently feeling my cock where it stretched the muscle. "Fuck, that feels kinda good Colt," Eizak mumbled. After a moment or 10 Eizak told me to go ahead so I slowly slipped my entire cock in his ass. Once there I started to fuck him although I was slow. Erik moved alongside me, told me he was going to put a lubed finger up my ass to get me ready and I told him to go ahead. I moved farther up Eizak's body to raise both his and my ass. Erik eventually slipped a second finger in my ass and after about a minute asked if I was ready for his cock and I certainly was. I stopped moving to allow the cute twin to penetrate me and took a moment to glance around. It was pretty incredible. There had to be a dozen and a half kids fucking and sucking and working on the dogs or the dogs were working on them. Next to me Story was behind his little friend and getting ready to stuff his boner in the kid and fuck him. I had overheard their dialog a few moments before when the kid asked if he could fuck Stormy and my hot little lover said no. "Only Colt gets to fuck me." I felt a bit of pride at that. My attention was brought quickly back to the present as Erik's cock pushed against my puckered boy pussy then went inside. Thankfully, after being fucked by Smokey so many times, smaller cocks seemed to cause less pain for me. I wondered if my asshole was losing some of its tightness. We stayed still while my body adjusted to the invasion. Next to us Stormy's companion grunted and told him to stop for a second. I glance over revealed the boy on his knees on the sofa seat, upper body resting against the back with his little boy butt thrust out. Stormy was behind the boy, hands on the kids hips with the end of his cock disappearing into the boys' crack. He just happened to glance my way, saw me looking then grinned and winked. My ass adjusted pretty quickly so I told Erik to go ahead and a moment later I felt his pubic hair against my butt. Actually Erik's cock was almost perfect for me. Small enough not to be a real pain but big enough to get my blood running hot. I asked him to move with me as I back out of his twin brother's hole and stopped about half-way and told Erik that. Once done, the idea was for him to stay put and me do all the moving and fuck myself, as it were. And that's what we did. Erick fell out of me twice and I fell out of Eizak once but we finally managed to get our distances synched up and from there it was off the races. I began to fuck Eizak in a nice steady rhythm and thus fucked myself onto Erik's cock. I thought to myself that I'd like to continue to practice the position. One never knew where an adventure might start. The moan, the groans, the "oh yeah & oh god" started up right away. Eizak said it was hot as hell being in the tail position to watch what was going on. Erik looked over his shoulder at me with eyes half lidded in lust. We had to stop and adjust a few time because knees were slowly slipping as we moved but all in all it was cool as hell. "Fuck that's hot to watch," a few boys said as they passed by while some others stopped to watch for a moment before moving on. "Want some cock to suck while you're doing that," I voice said. I glanced over to see a black kid standing there gently stroking his moderately large cock. Not as big as Smokey's, who was, but larger than me or the twins. "I don't do nigger dick," Erik said. "Didn't seem to bother you the other day when I fucked your tight little white asshole for 2 hours," the kid responded with a laugh. "Got me there," Erik said. "Sure did and I'll get you again," the black teen responded. "No doubt. Jerome this is Colt, aka Colton. Colt this blackbird is Jerome, one of my closest friends and best lovers." "Besides me," Eizak groaned. "Amen to both," Jerome responded, "Nice to meet you Colt. Want some black cock?" I sure did and I said so. Jerome stepped up and stuck a fat black uncut cock to my lips so I opened wide and took him in. "Yeah Stormy that feels good," I heard off to the side. Stormy could get a good ride going if the position was good for the little guy and it sounded like it was. We kept up the quad for another 3 minutes or so before Eizak said he was about to cum. A moment later the cute blonde boy cried out and I felt his asshole tighten on my cock. It spasmed 5 or 6 times but naturally I had no idea if they all shot out sperm. I stayed pressed into him and his twin picked up speed and began to hammer me hard but it didn't last long because Erik hit his peak and began loading my asshole with sperm. "You didn't cum Colt," both twins said after we separated and I agreed that I hadn't. "Want some help with that Colt," Jerome asked. "I'll top or bottom or just suck if you like." "Well since my ass is already to go you might as well fuck me," I told him. "He loves fucking white boys," Erik said. "I love fucking all boys," Jerome responded with a huge smile that show crystal white teeth." "Well, I want to give you a good cock sucking first Jerome," I said. "Not before we get a goodbye kiss," Erik said. "Thanks for the fuck too Colt," his twin added. I thanked them, kissed them and off they wandered. I was sitting on the sofa by that time, so Jerome just stepped up to me. I took a moment to admire his body which was slender with a tummy as taut as a tom-tom. His cock jutted out from that flat plane, 7 inches of thick black flesh with a noticeably red and swollen head poked out half way from under his dusky foreskin. His pubic hair was a medium sized patch of very tight curls, just like his head, but his balls were smooth and hung low below the black python. The exploration completed, I took him into my mouth for the second time, this go around I was able to revel in the taste and smells of him; to thoroughly enjoy his body. It didn't last too long but when I pulled away Jerome insisted that he get to sample my cock too and who was I to refuse. He got me into a position at the end of the sofa with one leg thrown over the arm, the other on the lawn. I then skootched down so my ass was thrust out over the edge. Jerome got to his knees, took hold of my cock and shoved his mouth down over the entire length and at the same time thrust a couple fingers up my ass, although not painfully. The black teen did a very credible job in my opinion, taking me all the way down to my fuzz about every 4th or 5th dip, all the while sliding his fingers in and out of butt and catching my prostate gland in the process. It didn't take long before I was right back up into a fog of hotness and needing his thick black cock in me and I told him so. Jerome backed away and looked me in the eyes and me in a soft voice if I kissed black boys. "I'm color blind Jerome," I answered, "I kiss all boys." That said he leaned down and planted his face against mine. I discovered that a black boys lips taste and feel like any other boys' lips. Lips is lips. We kissed deeply, tongues moving freely in and out of each other's mouths. "You need to get that thing in my ass Jerome," I finally panted and I mean right this fucking minute." The boy grinned then asked if I had a preference. "Front on so I can watch your face," I said. I slouched down on the sofa cushions so that my hole was over the edge and Jerome declared that it was perfect. He put his swollen cock head against my puckered muscle and slipped right on in pretty as you please, burying himself up to his balls inside of me. Aside from Smokey, Jerome's cock was the biggest that had been in my ass and I thought later that it had been perfect. Big enough and thick enough to stretch me out without it hurting too much and to fill me deeply. From that point on the boy fucked the shit out of me. I did end up stopping him about 3 minutes in. "I want to be fully on my back with my legs spread," I told him, "so you can fuck me good and proper like a boy is supposed to be fucked." We got onto the lawn, he draped my legs over his thighs and as he got into position I got to admire his cock at full stand, poking up like a periscope between his dusky thighs and his balls at full hang. God what a beautiful sight, one that I would remember into adulthood and cause my heart to flutter even 20 years later. Jerome slipped back inside of me then leaned forward and put his hands on the lawn alongside my chest with my legs up over his shoulders and proceeded to fuck me. The black teen fucked me good and hard, his balls smacking loudly against my ass as he drove that black piston in and out of my bowels. I would go down in my memory as one of the best fucks I'd ever had, physically I mean, and all the while Jerome cooed to me. "This is amazing Colt, you're amazing. I love fucking you. You're so cute, your pussy is so tight," and things along those lines. He would take time out to press into me and grind his tight butt around then go back to power fucking me. It truly was an amazing fuck. I got to watch the emotion play out across his smooth dark face, to see his eyes almost roll to the back of his head as feeling peaked and ebbed in his teenage body. It was one of those times when we both came together, and earth shattering thing that caused me to shake and vibrate like I was in an earthquake. "Oh, holy fucking Jesus Christ almighty," Jerome bellowed out. I felt his cock swell against the rim of my asshole and actually felt his sperm shooting into me. I was screaming right along with him. It finally died down and Jerome slowed down then finally stopped. "I don't want to come out of you Colt," he whispered. I told him I didn't want him to come out of me either. About a minute later his cock squished out of me, leaving us both wanting more. Jerome moved up alongside me and as our face got closer a voice said, "Can I lick his sperm out of your ass?" We both turned to see a red headed freckle faced kid standing there, his cock at full stand, a bush of red hair at it's base, another first for me. His cock wasn't real long, maybe 6 inches, but it was fat as fuck, like a Coke can. "Hey Rusty," Jerome said then introduced us. I told him sure then rolled above Jerome and he held me and we kissed some more as Rusty worked my hole like a pro. If his tongue had been longer and stronger he'd have stuffed it up me. Clearly he loved what he was doing. When it was all done he left and Jerome stood up and offered me a hand then pulled me to my feet. "Can I see you again sometime Colt?" I told him where I lived then asked if he was doing the rodeo circuit and he nodded his head. From the name of the ranch, he knew who Smokey was but said he'd never met him. "Is it true what they say about his cock?" I nodded my head. "Every inch." We decided to walk around a little bitt and Jerome elected to hold my hand as we did. We came across the twins, Erik had a dog pounding his ass like there was no tomorrow and Eizak was doing the same thing to one of the girls. Neither Jerome nor I had any desire to do either of those things. Stormy caught up with us a few minutes later and declared that there was no way his cock was going inside any girl. Jerome was clearly smitten with Stormy's beauty but then, everybody was. We wandered some more, watched boys getting fucked left and right, Jerome saying "hey" to a handful of people that he knew. "What's this," I heard Smokey say from behind us and we turned around to see my lover coming toward us. Of course, Jerome and I were still hand in hand until I said "Hey Smokey," then Jerome let go of me as if my hand was electrified assuming we were lovers even though I hadn't said anything about that. I introduced them, Smokey shook Jerome's hand then asked me if I'd let the boy fuck me. Seriously, Jerome looked like he'd faint. "Sure did Smokey and so did the twins." Smokey had a frown on his face for just a second then grinned. "Did Jerome give you a good fuckin'," he asked. I told Smokey that Jerome had fucked me good, hard, and long. Smokey clapped him on the back to told Jerome "good job". "How do you feel about fucking me," he asked and Jerome finally smiled. "I can do that," he responded. About that time Stormy came up and Smokey swung him into his arms and the two brothers gave a quick kiss and then to me, "Hey Colt, Mikey asked me if you'd fuck him. Mikey is the boy I just fucked." You know damn well I said yes so we all headed off in that direction. Mikey was a cute little guy and seemed excited that I was going to honor his request. Introductions were made all around then we chatted for just a moment before getting down to business. I don't want to go into a lot of detail. As I said, Mikey was cute as the dickens and just as cuddly and passionate. Miraculously, I was going to be the first sperming boy to fuck him. Apparently he told Stormy about it, and Stormy in turn told Mikey about me. Need I say more. We did the usual making out, he was a pretty good kisser for his age, did some obligatory cock sucking and plenty of kissing. Stormy filled in the blanks, working on one or the other of us depending on what body parts were available. Next to us Stormy and Jerome were going at each other with hand and mouths. I did hear Jerome comment that he was hoping that Smokey would fuck him. I heard my lover, my best friend said they could work something out. What happened was that once they got to that level, Jerome fucked Smokey for about a minute or so then they traded places. Needless to say, Jerome let out some interesting noises that weren't linked to pleasure. I fucked Mikey in the traditional manner with his legs draped over my thighs and me on my knees. Honestly, it wasn't any different that fucking Stormy except for the face. Still it was fun, most fucks are, and while not the first for Mikey I was his first big boy and that was special too. The sun went down and soft yard lights came on as we were winding up to a launch. Smokey was topping Jerome after 3-place trades, and Jerome was whining like a beaten dog, this time the noises were directly caused by pleasure. Below me, Mikey was making all kinds of noise and in fact all around us people were pumping and moaning. I watched one of the girls sit on a boys' big fat cock then lean forward to kiss him. Another boy came from behind and squatted down and started to put his cock in the girl's ass. I kind of wanted to get a closer look but it would have been severely rude to just stop fucking Mikey and go. Once the boy was all the way in her, he took over the fucking part and began pounding her ass. It was hot as all fuck to watch. Tommy went through the crowd quietly crying out that the fireworks would be going off in 20 minutes. A few minutes later Mikey was the first to cum and had to let go of Stormy's cock so he could breathe and cry out, and he did both. Jerome went next accompanied by a cacophony of sound, his sounds. Smokey and I seemed to cum about the same time, both of us pounding our partner's ass as though we were driving nails. As we came down off our high, and were ready to pull out somebody else came through calling out 10 minutes. The fireworks display was amazing. All but a few dim lawn lights had been turned off so it was plenty dark. Kenny and Jared found us so our little crew, plus Jerome, stood together, arm in arm and did all the oohing and ahhing just like everybody else. The rest of the summer was much of the same as the week of the 4th, without the orgy that is. Damn that was something else. We loaded up and went to at least 2 rodeos all the way into early September and it was the last one where the fight with Bobby Lee Jenson happened. It was the annual Sheridan Wyoming shindig, 3rd weekend of August. Bobby Lee had bullied kids at a couple of other rodeo's over the summer but I hadn't been around to intervene; and intervene I would have. Still, I'd had a silly little run-in with him early in the week. He'd seen me staring at him and wanted to go at me then a couple of his friends drug him away. On Saturday evening, after he'd had encounters with a couple other boys Bobby Lee Jensen caught me behind a calf roping barn. It turned out to be far less that his finest hour or, in this case, finest 2 minutes. Or less. I had been studying Ju Jitsu for 3 years and Tiger Crane gung Fu for1 year. A group of parents in the Hamptons had gotten together and hired a national champion to give private Ju Jitsu lessons twice weekly to a group of us kids. It was felt with the threat of kidnapping and other mayhem that our ability to self-defend might be a life-saving skill. Given that our group consisted of sons and daughters of Senators, wall street tycoons and bank presidents, an ivy league university regent, a past secretary of State and a presidential hopeful, to name a few, kidnapping and mayhem were high on the list of possible problems. The particular art that we studied was strictly self-defense and it was designed to neutralize threats quickly using some very nasty moves. I had studied Gung Fu because I like the flowing movements and while I learned half dozen sets, including weapons, my instructor had also taught me neutralization techniques. I loved martial arts and would go on to earn both a black belt and red a sash before I was 18. So, when Bobby Lee elected to pick on me after he'd already beaten up the other kids over the weekend, he picked on the wrong kid. A boy that stood 4 inches taller and outweighed me by at least 50 pounds, Bobby Lee used his weight and size to dominate victims. I used his weight against him. He pushed me once, he pushed me twice which lulled him into a third attempt but when he pushed I wasn't there. I trapped his close arm did a little twist and turn and fat ass Bobby Lee was on his back in the dirt. That pissed him off royally. He got to his feet and came after me but I spun away and came back around behind him and kicked him behind the knee which put his face in the dirt again. The third time he charged I grabbed his shirt and rolled backwards in the classic movie scene stunt where the guy gets thrown over his opponent's head, which is what happened. I spun quickly and mounted him sitting on his fat belly and lower chest. The crowd was roaring by that time. I reached across his neck with my right hand and caught his wrist then slipped my other hand under his bicep and grasped my other wrist. I leaned forward putting my forehead on the ground next to Bobby Lee's head then started to pull his trapped wrist backwards while moving my upper body forward. Understand that the hand and wrist were facing upward so the wrist was being bent backwards along with the forearm while the upper arm was being forced in the opposite direction. If you can picture that then you know that Bobby Lee could do nothing about it. Yes, his right arm was free and he could have conceivable struck me with it and done so repeatedly however the move went so fast that he was in an extremely painful position, one that had the potential to break bones and I had him right at the fulcrum; The boys' arm and wrist both were at a breaking point right along with a dislocated shoulder. "Let him go son," a grizzled old cowboy had said gently as he just as gently patted my shoulder. "You're gonna break his arm and he's already beat. Go ahead now, let that boy go." Let that boy go I did and danced out of range of feet, not that he was going to do anything. Bobby Lee rolled over, face down in the dirt but I stood 5 feet away, still in stance in the event he wanted to have another shot at the title. He chose not to so Smokey and I and 4 of our buddies from the ranch walked away. "What the fuck was that shit," our friend Cody Wayne asked as we walked away. "Looked like some of that chinaman stuff," another friend, Cletus Lee said. Smokey and I, sometimes Stormy, would hook up with another boy or two at a rodeo or fair and while it was always fun, it wasn't anything that adds to the story. Of course, me and Smokey continued to have sex whenever we could and when possible we let Stormy join us. Kenny and Jared were staples in our sex-capades and always welcome. Smokey got his drivers license on August 15 but he'd been driving for so long, it didn't impress him none. Smokey and I went on our last camping trip the weekend before school started. Stormy had wanted to go but Smokey gently explained that it was for him and me but that we'd go out again the weekend after school started. Stormy said okay but was clearly disappointed. We stripped our clothes off as soon as we were out of sight and stayed naked until we got back to that spot 2 days later. Smokey and I fucked for 2 days and it wasn't just him fucking me. I plowed his dynamite rock hard ass just as many times as he'd plowed mine. By that time, I loved Smokey to the same degree that he loved me, or pretty close to it. He made my heart pound just looking at him. I loved being with him, being held by him and being loved on by him. Lying naked in Smokey's arms felt like the safest place on earth. While he was my first real love, I knew that it wouldn't be a forever relationship. Even then it was tempting to think about being with him forever and forsaking females but I knew in my heart that wasn't my future. I was destined to run our organization, or at the very least, play a very big part in running it. No, being a cowboy and living on the ranch with Smokey wasn't going to be my life story. School started with as much excitement as disappointment. Disappointment at having the reins and bit back on, excitement about being back in a learning environment, being around lots of other kids all day, and meeting new people. Just as Smokey had predicted, it went just fine. Plenty of boys that I met asked if I was the guy in all the newspapers greeting handicapped kids with my horse. Plenty more congratulated me for kicking Bobby Lee Jensen's ass, and few actually saw it happen. I didn't get a reputation for being a bad ass but the message was clear, don't fuck with Colton James Koregan IV because you'd end up face down in the dirt. Because of that, the few local bullies went out of their way to become friends, or at least friendly. The biggest problem was Miss Cranston. There isn't anything nice to say about Miss Cranston. She was old and she was cranky. Actually, she verged on being just plain mean. She had to be a hundred years old, her white hair was thinning and scraggly, she was as skinny as Slim at the ranch, although she was shorter than most boys over the age of 11. Most of the boys figured it was because she was a frustrated old spinster and had probably never been dicked for decades, if at all. There were plenty of rumors about why she was the way she was but for the most part that's all they were, rumors. Miss Cranston taught mathematics and by all accounts she knew the topic frontwards, backwards, and inside out. She kept me after class the first day and read me the riot act. "I've taught 3 generations of Koregan's and have yet to be impressed so don't think you can come into my school and toss your skinny assed weight around like a big shot. You can't, and if you try, believe you me I'll slap you down like a mosquito. Got that boy?" All I could do is gulp and nodded my head. There was more to her welcoming speech but that was the gist of it. When I told gramps about it that night at dinner he howled with laughter. "I thought old Bessie had retired a couple years ago," he said. Gramps said he and my dad had gone through the same thing with her. "But here's something to remember son," he went on in a soft voice. "People act the way they do for a reason and unless we know their life history or circumstances, we don't know what motivates them. So, be careful about being too judgmental about people. Have you read To Kill a Mockingbird yet?" "This year I think gramps." "Perhaps you'll gain a different perspective and thus gain a little better understand after having read it." That was all he said on the matter but he was correct. I did understand much better after reading the book and from that point on I went out of my way to try and understand her and be nice to her. Neither helped though, she was still a fucking bitch. Halloween wasn't much. The ranch kids had a party and the costumes were fairly predictable. Thanksgiving was coming and I was excited about that. My family was coming and would spend a week. I wondered how my little brother was going to be. I loved Gideon but he could be trying at times. I wanted to think that I'd learned more patience in the 5 months I'd been "out west". I was looking forward to seeing Gideon.