Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:43:31 -0400 From: Dwedno Smith Subject: Tunnel 73 (Repeat from chapter 8) So here we are after many weeks of waiting I finally was able to get through the story again. Obviously you are saying huh? I have taken a lot of time the past few weeks and reread the entire Tunnel story to refresh and update the story in my mind. Sorry I had to put all of you off while I did this but I felt it was necessary to get this done so I would lessen the chance of an error being made while I write. The good news is that its done and the better news is as soon as possible there will be an update of all the characters in a separate chapter. This time you will get to know them a little more. Family information, birthdays, height/weight and size will be included for all of you so you can lick your lips a little more when you think about each boy. As a present for your patients I have worked a little harder this time to get you two chapters. I hope all of you that take the time to read up here enjoy the story and take the time to point out what you like and dislike when you write to me. I honestly do use your emails and make adjustments to the story off them. Please forgive me if I do not reply immediately but I have each of them saved in my 'IN' box and I do plan on getting to every person as time goes on. So be prepared for a surprise e mail from me one day. I will basically repeat this message on top of the other story too so I can be sure everyone gets the message. Tunnel seems to be enjoyed and read by many of you out there even if a lot don't write me for whatever reason. I do understand fear, lack of time and other reasons that keep you reading and not writing but believe me I do take your comments in and sometimes use them to help the story along... especially the long detailed ones that a few of you give me. They are awesome to read. Thanks again and enjoy the next two chapters there are a few twists coming and hints in there for all of you. Be sure to check the end of the story to see whats is coming in the next chapter... Dwedno. Chapter 73. Welcoming the New Neighbors. The four boys gathered at the top of the basement steps. "You guys ready? I sure hope this doesn't take all night but I don't want them finding the porn or anything that could give them ideas about what is in the tunnel." "We know Tommy lets get this over with." Jon said. Kyle opened the basement door and they started down the steps. Before long they were in the tunnel and heading towards the house. They walked the tunnel with some chatter but not much was said outside of a few questions regarding how this stuff was going to be moved. After they worked their way through the tunnel and maze of rooms the boys walked into the house and the clock on the wall said 8:30. Tommy led them into the room and the three boys watched him as he removed the false wall from the closet of the master bedroom and then he backed off and let each of them take a look inside. "Wow this is amazing." Jon said after he got a peak. "Yeah I never would have guessed someone could do this." DJ added. "Are you sure we can't just leave this stuff here bro? I mean they probably wouldn't find it, its not like they are looking for it in the first place." Kyle said that as he was backing out of the closet. He turned and looked at Tommy, Jon and DJ and all three of them had looks on their faces like— I can't believe you just said that. "What?" he said aloud after looking at each of them. "First off you ninny I want to look at this stuff back home, second if we do leave it we will probably never get a chance to get back here after they move in and get it out." "Okay, okay I see your point." "Good then lets get boxes and load them. There are a few dozen in the storage room on the other side of the garage." Each of them headed off and carried back three or four boxes and within an hour Tommy handed all the tapes to each boy taking turns and they filled the boxes. Ten boxes full of video tapes sat on the floor now each with anywhere from twenty to thirty tapes. "Okay that's part of the job, Tommy said now let's get these boxes into the hall and up to storage so we don't have to worry about them anymore." The next hour they lugged the boxes of tapes out into the private room and then after they finished that Tommy went and took about two box fulls of porn magazines and he carried one with DJ following him with the second into the same room. They were done and it wasn't even 11pm. Tommy wiped the sweat off his brow and looked at the other three. "Now we can take our time and go through them at our leisure." "Yeah and get off on whatever we find." Jon added. All of them laughed at what he said. "I think the house is empty of porn now, TJ said but I want those VCR's." He went back into the room and unplugged two of the recorders and two VCR's and handed them out to whoever would take them. After they were in storage the boys discussed the future of the tapes for a bit at the kitchen table. "Look they are probably going to be here sometime after 10am. I am not sure when they will leave their motel but I am guessing that I will probably spend a good deal of tomorrow with them when they arrive showing them around and probably taking them for food since I think they are all coming in an RV and will have no other vehicles when they arrive." "That reminds me Tommy what are you going to do with the truck that's attached to the back of your RV?" "I haven't given it much thought DJ why?" "I'd like to have it if you don't mind." "No I really don't mind but you can't drive it now." "Yeah I know it's not safe and I understand even before you say anything that you want to be sure I am an okay driver before I do anything with it." "Exactly DJ so even if you take it I would at least hope you wait until the weather gets better before you practice." "I will, I promise." "Okay then the F-150 is yours." He smiled. "Thanks a lot Tommy." "Your welcome." "Ya know Tom there will be some good to come out of all this after I am sure I can drive." "What's that DJ?" "When I go to Cameron's I can bring milk back now and you don't have to go all the time and lug it back anymore." "Good point... well taken. I suppose that you can run that errand for us eventually." "Sure can." He said with a smile. Damn that boy was cute!! "So now that we have that project done lets lock the door to the hallway and as much as I hate to say it we can actually leave out the front door this time." "But what will the others say if we get caught TJ?" "It doesn't matter Jon... all we have to tell them is we were up at the other house getting it ready for our new neighbors tomorrow and that will be the end of any questions." "Oh yeah, good point." Jon said. They laughed. "Okay, I don't know about you three but I am whooped, hungry and thirsty so why don't we head home." "Good idea bro, I can use something to eat myself." With that the four boys got up and headed out the front door for the first time and then Tommy yelled out. "Wait I didn't lock the door to the private room and so on..." He ran back inside and they followed him into the garage and he turned out the lights that were on in there and turned the knob lock and shut the door. It was now secure and the only way to get in was once again through the tunnel from Tommy's house or at the other end where they went that first day they completely ran the tunnel out... but even they don't know where the end comes out at this time. That is going to be interesting to see when they finally get back to that. The snow didn't just stop them from getting out and identifying the location of where the tunnel ended that day, there was more to see that the storms low visibility hid and protected them from seeing... for now... "The only thing left now is to secure the other doors farther inside." "Where TJ?" Jon asked. "The door right after the sex room has an inside lock on it and a bolt. So tomorrow at least one of us, probably me needs to head back over and lock and bolt that door. This way even if they get through the garage door they can't get into the private room and see the porn or sex room." "Yeah good point I suppose no one would try that hard to follow it any further without word getting back to you about it." "I just hope you are right Kyle but I don't see any of them pushing that far into that area. Most likely when they hit the first locked door that will probably stop them there." "Yeah TJ we hope otherwise there will probably be tons of explaining to do." "Maybe, but don't forget Jon that stuff isn't ours even if they find it all we have to do is deny it and say we didn't even know the room was there." "That's true but if one of them actually were able to work their way through the tunnel back to our place they couldn't get in anyway right?" "Well, I suppose I could put something heavy on the wooden door on the floor of the basement DJ but I really don't think any of them have the balls to walk that tunnel all the way back to our place. It would probably scare them way too much if they even made it past the sex room." "Yeah I guess you are right Tommy, that room is tough to get past." Jon added. "Come on lets get home." Tommy said. Tommy was probably correct when he said `they' wouldn't have the balls to walk the tunnel back to their house but... could someone else do it? With that the boys all left the house again and now for the first time were able to avoid the tunnel and walk down the hill to the house. As they passed the greenhouse they noticed that Luke was out there and Kyle yelled out to Tommy that he was going over to see him. "Have fun bro, see you when you get back and try not to scare Luke when you get there." "Thanks TJ but we have it worked out that if I ever come over after dark he will know I am there so I won't scare him." With that Kyle took off jogging in the direction of the greenhouse lights. "I wonder what that means." Jon said to TJ. "Yeah me too, he makes it sound like he has gone over a few times already but hey that's fine. Tommy thought fast and realized that he was close to giving away the fact that Luke and Kyle were close. Besides... Tommy added... Luke might be showing Kyle how to garden or something. Kyle is into a lot of things." He felt a little better now that he tried to clarify himself to protect his brother some. "Yeah TJ I am sure Kyle is into a lot of things and maybe one of them is Luke?" Jon said. Tommy turned and looked at Jon, he wasn't sure if he knew something or was just teasing him. Tommy gave him this look like you gotta be kidding me and Jon spoke again trying to back his words some. "What I was saying was maybe you are right TJ. Kyle might just be into what Luke is doing. I mean when he told me it was over I believed him so I doubt he is with another boy already." TJ breathed a small sigh of relief with those added words from Jon. DJ was just taking all this in and didn't say anything while they talked. He had his own idea's but DJ was still a somewhat private person and didn't speak as openly as Jon and TJ did. Finally they were back at the house and the front door was unlocked as the three of them walked in. It wasn't that cold tonight so it wasn't a big deal they were out together. "There you are TJ I have been looking for you for the past two hours, I even called your cell and heard it ring upstairs. I was worried where were you?" "Calm down cutie, I went next door with Jon, DJ and Kyle we were getting the new house ready for Bryan when he gets here tomorrow." "Oh... but still you could have told me I was starting to really worry." "Sorry Shawn," Tommy said. He reached out and gave him a hug and Shawn took it. "That's okay TJ I was just worried. Now that you are back I am happy." "Me too cutie, me too." DJ took off for the bathroom and was on his way back as Tommy and Shawn entered the kitchen. Tommy grabbed the milk and chocolate syrup and started to mix himself up a cold glass of chocolate milk. Of course he couldn't have anything with others around. Shawn saw this as did DJ and suddenly he was mixing two more glasses up for them. The three of them sat at the kitchen counter on the tall chairs and started to enjoy the cold treat. "So are you ready for our new neighbors tomorrow Shawn?" "I guess DJ but its going to be a little weird now." "What do you mean?" "Before it was just us so any noises from outside were easy to know but now with all of them moving in we really won't know who is out there anymore." Both DJ and Tommy took note of what smart little Shawn was saying. "That's a good point he is making Tommy." "Yeah I didn't even think about it that way. At least I don't have to jump at every sound from outside now like I have in the past. We have neighbors or will have them and in a way that just makes the neighborhood a bit safer too. I don't really have to protect as much now with more guns two doors down from us." "You guys are really going to have to keep the lines of communication open somehow between houses with walkie talkies or something." DJ said. "Yeah that might work TJ." Shawn added. "That's true as long as they stay our friends and don't become future enemies." I added. DJ had a point, I wasn't totally worried about them being future trouble but when they find out we are mostly gay here it could cause a problem. Guess we will just have to take that one step at a time. "You have a good point DJ but I am not going to even worry one bit about something that might just be a thought and nothing more." "Yeah I agree, guess I was just thinking out loud and this will work out good for all of us." He added. "It's been a really long day and this milk was good but I am beat. DJ would you please make sure whoever is playing games that they turn off everything before they go to bed. Even with Kyle and Luke out there I don't want to turn off lights yet and maybe it's good that Luke has company at this hour but I am going to bed." "Sure Tommy I'll make sure its taken care of I'm not close to being tired yet, I am gonna go in and watch whoever is there play for a bit." "Thanks DJ, good night." "Night Tommy, Shawn." Shawn waved to him as he followed me upstairs. "Am I sleeping with you tonight TJ?" "Sure I suppose you can. I will let Jon know you will be with me." "Thanks." I stopped and knocked on Jon's bedroom door but apparently he was downstairs in the game room so I sent Shawn into my bedroom and I reluctantly headed back downstairs. When I got there he was actually playing a game. It looked like he was winning. He was playing Jeremy in a racing game when I walked in. He looked at me briefly and then went back to the screen. I watched for a bit. Five minutes later the game ended and Jon actually won. He got up and was all smiles as Jeremy shook his hand. "I've had enough. He said as he came over to me. You need me?" "Not really Jon I just wanted to tell you that Shawn asked about sleeping with me tonight he said he wanted to give me a special birthday present so I told him yes." "Sure TJ its fine I am okay with all this stuff now and I know I will be back in there if and when I ask so it's okay if he is with you tonight." "Thanks love." I leaned in and gave him a quick kiss on the lips and brushed my hand over his crotch. "Hey... he said jokingly don't start something we can't finish." We both laughed and I messed his hair as I turned to go. "See you in the morning. Stud!" "Nite TJ love you and happy birthday again..." "Love you too my stud man. Thanks." I walked away and heard some snickering as a few of the others overheard us. As I left the game room the front door opened and Luke and Kyle walked in. They were holding hands but when they saw someone they quickly let go. When they saw it was me they sorta sighed some relief. "I didn't think anyone would be up or if they were they would be in the game room. I just assumed it would be okay..." Kyle said. "Well just remember if you assume..." "Yeah I know you make an Ass out of U and Me... "Yeah but not me you make the ass out of you and you!" "Huh?" Kyle said back to me. "Never mind... Ky." I went over and gave him a good night hug. "See you in the morning bro don't forget they should be here by 10am." "Yeah right... I'll be up. Nite TJ." "Nite bro." "Yeah, night Tommy." "Night Luke, have fun." I smiled at him and he smiled back. Then I turned to go back upstairs as I kicked a few balloons from the party earlier. "Hey TJ?" "Yeah KY?" "Happy Birthday again. I hope you really had a good day I tried hard." "You did awesome Kyle thanks very much for everything you did." Again I turned and headed upstairs and as I climbed the steps I heard Kyle lock the door and set the alarm. Then he flipped over the sign hanging on the door knob. Since so many have gone through the door while it was alarmed I made a big sign up that says `DOOR ALARMED DO NOT OPEN' and so far no one has gone past the sign. I am waiting for that to happen again so whoever does it gets the treat of Kyle coming out with his gun pointed in their face. Usually they don't forget after that happens to them once but we do have a few brain dead boys here. At the top of the steps I looked back and watched Kyle walk into his room with Luke close by his side. I smiled. At least he looks happy I thought to myself. I headed into my room and shut the door. On my bed half naked was Shawn and he looked ready to eat as usual. Nice and cute and lovable!! "You look like you are ready to give me something special now." "Yup... I wanna give you your special gift TJ I have been waiting all day for this." "And right about now I could sure use a birthday present from you, after all it is still my birthday for the next twenty minutes." "Oh yeah... then I guess I owe you a birthday blow job TJ." He smiled and I got on the bed. I knew he was playing because he told me earlier that he had a very special gift for me tonight when we got to my room. We kissed a little and then I got up with half a hard-on and dropped my underwear. He followed and took off his too and he was sporting a boner himself. I reached out and gave it a few strokes before I got back on the bed. "Okay Shawn I am all yours." He got back on the bed and I spread my legs wide as he got in between them. Just thinking about what was coming got me hard the rest of the way even before he could touch me. He brought his lips to my now hard tool and wet me with the first pass down on my cock. I shuddered as he tightened his lips around my cock and pulled off. "You are really going to enjoy this one TJ so close your eyes, lean back on the pillow and let me show you how good I am and rock your world tonight!" I did as he said without saying a word even though the way he said it made me want to laugh. He was now putting my cock back into his mouth and I could hear him starting to slurp up and down my tool. I was loving this. He was going good now as he was quickly getting me close. I was really tired and he was really good tonight. I was close already and ready to fire off my missile into his mouth. "Shawn I am gonna cum!" I put my head back as he increased his sucking power and he started playing with my balls. Shortly there after I let fly into his mouth and he slurped it all down with out a problem pulling off me after I was done firing. He waited for me to come back from my orgasm as he sat there with his hand on my belly, occasionally rubbing it. Finally I opened my eyes and looked at him. "Was I okay?" he said. "You were great cutie. Totally great!" He smiled at me. "Glad to hear that. I wanted this one to be special for your birthday." "It was cutie, it was." "Thanks TJ." "Welcome, come on lets go shower and get to bed I want everything to be good for the morning when they get here." We headed into the shower and as usual after I adjusted the water we got in. we were in there no more than a minute and there was a knock on the outside door. Whoever it was banged loud enough for me to hear it in the shower. "Hang on a second Shawn let me see who is banging." I got out and wrapped a towel around my lower half and went to the door. Just as I was about to open it they banged again. "Hang on I am here." I said loudly. It was 12:10am on the clock. "Tommy sorry to bother you but I went out for some air with Luke and we smelled smoke again." "Did you see anything out there KY?" "No, I looked but the smell was kinda strong." "Okay are you up to going out and looking?" "Sure but I don't want to go too far." "Just check down the driveway bro and take Luke out with you if it makes you feel safer. If I wasn't wet I would go myself but I am not going out into the cold air wet." "Its okay I understand. I'll wait up for you so come down when you are done showering." "Okay KY, don't worry I am sure it's nothing big." "I am gonna get Jon and DJ okay?" "Sure. I'll be down when I am done." "See ya then." Kyle turned and went over to Jon's door and knocked on it as Tommy went back to the shower. He opened it dressed in just his boxers. "What's up Kyle?" "There is a strong smell of smoke outside and I want your help." "Sure I'll be right down as soon as I get dressed." "Okay thanks." He went farther down the hall and knocked on DJ's door. "Come in." Kyle opened the door and DJ was still dressed and doing something. "We can use your help there is a strong smell of smoke outside again." "Sure I am ready now." He followed Kyle as they went downstairs. "We are waiting for Jon and then we can go." "Where's your brother?" "Taking a shower he should be out soon." "Oh, okay." Back in the bathroom: Tommy walked back in and rejoined Shawn. "Who was that TJ?" "Kyle he said he smells smoke outside again and its strong." "So are you going to join him?" "Yes as soon as I am done I am not gonna go out smelling like cum." Shawn laughed and Tommy grabbed the soap and washed quickly. In five minutes he was out and drying off. "Shawnee kid I want you to stay inside incase anyone comes down worried while we are out there." "Okay TJ no problem." Tommy finished drying off and dressed quickly and was downstairs five minutes later. Kyle, DJ and Jon were waiting for him down there. Billy and Joey also joined them but that was only because they were thirsty and come down for a drink. As the four of them headed out the door Shawn came downstairs in sweats and a tee shirt. "Well be back soon unless we find something cutie." "Okay TJ I have Billy and Joey here I am sure they will keep me company." I looked at them. "Sure Tommy we will be right here waiting for you guys to get back." "Thanks." I shut the door and we headed out. The smell was very strong and we walked down the driveway to the end. I looked up the hill and thought I saw something. "Lets go that way guys I think I see something." Sure enough as soon as we climbed the little bend we saw the flames up ahead. It looked like Roberts house was on fire again. Damn that Zack! We got a little closer and the four of us could easily see that it was his house now. "We better get the fire engine its burning pretty good." I said. We turned and headed to the house and I got in and fired up the motor on the engine and grinded it into gear. "Sounds good Tommy." DJ said jokingly. "Thanks as you can see I'm not that good at driving stick yet." "Yeah see and hear it." We all laughed a bit. Finally I got it going and pulled up the road towards the house. As we approached something inside blew up and the flames got worse. How long has this been going? Kyle locked the door and alarmed it a while ago. I grabbed my phone. "Hello Shawn, yeah do me a favor go upstairs and see if Zack is in his room." "Sure Tommy hold on. I'm climbing the steps now and walking up to his door. I'm gonna be quiet now for a second then I will be back incase they are asleep I don't want to wake them." "Okay Shawn." There was silence for a minute and I pulled the engine up in front of the fire. I waved the others out to start setting up to fight the fire and I waited for Shawn to come back. "Okay Tommy I opened the door to their room as quietly as I could and Jordan was asleep and it looked like Zack wasn't in bed. Where is he Tommy?" "I'll let you know when I know cutie but just watch the house for me until I come back he might be outside." "Okay TJ do you know what is burning yet?" "Yes its Roberts house again." "Ohhhhh, okay be careful TJ I don't want you getting hurt." "We will be cutie thanks, bye." "Bye TJ." We hung up and I headed out of the fire engine and went over to Kyle. "Kyle we have a serious problem, Zack isn't in his room and I have a hunch he started this." "How do you know that bro?" "I don't want to get into it right now but I think while you were out with Luke next door he snuck out. Come on we need to get these flames down before it gets worse we can worry about Zack later." Kyle hooked the line up to the hydrant like last time and I went over and pushed the proper switch and the water started to flow. I ran over and grabbed the hose with DJ and Kyle and pulled the lever back to let the water flow. It came out fast and hard but so far it wasn't doing much. We stood there for a bit spraying the house sweeping the hose back and forth between each window that had flames coming out of it. The heat was intense so we backed off. The house was burning more now then before and right now we were just doing our best to keep the flames from spreading to the house next to it. The house on the other side was far enough away so that right now it wasn't in danger but the other side there was only about ten or so feet and the flames weren't getting it but the extreme heat was. I sprayed the house next to it and we could hear the sizzle from the cold water. At least it wasn't freezing outside or I would probably just let it burn I am not getting sick for anything and its so far up the block and on the other side that it would have to be a real disaster before it would get to us plus it would have to jump the street too. We were there for a good hour now and other then controlling the flames on the one side the house was pretty much burning out of control now. I have switched off with DJ and he and Jon are fighting it now. Kyle and I are taking a break. I got closer and checked the house next to the fire but the heat was so intense now that all we could do was keep pointing the hose at that house and pray it would be okay. My cell rang and I answered it. "TJ its me, I wanted to check on you and let you know that about five minutes ago Zack came in and he smelled like smoke, was he up by you?" "Maybe Shawn I don't know we have been too busy spraying water on it so he might have been here and didn't tell us. Don't worry about it for now and don't ask him anything about it." "Okay TJ I won't and I didn't say anything other then ask him where he was and why he came in this late. He didn't answer me he just went straight upstairs and into his room. He shut the door loud enough to wake Jordan for sure. TJ its after 1am why would he be out so late and so loud when he should know better." "I don't know Shawn but are Joe and Billy still up?" "Yes they were worried so they stayed up with me." "Okay good can you get Billy for me?" "Sure TJ hang on." "Hey Tommy what can I do for you?" "I don't want you to stay up all night but we are going to be here for a bit longer this fire is pretty hot still, I would appreciate if you and Joey could keep an eye on the house and Shawn for me." "Sure Tommy but why, what's wrong?" "I can't get into it without proof so I don't want to say but please just do me this favor and keep alert for the next hour." "Sure Tommy I can and will do that." "Thanks, I am sure you know where we are right?" "Yes Shawn told us you were up at Roberts fighting the fire, it's his house burning right?" "Yes. We sorta have it under control but it's hot. Its not spreading but it's a lot of flames. I am sure by now Robert is fried in there." "Gee thanks for sharing that fact Tommy now I won't sleep at all tonight." "Sorry, I'm just a little tired I didn't mean to scare you." "Its okay I understand and I have been there you know." "Yes I will never forget. Sorry again Bill but I am gonna go now I just wanted your help." "No problem you got it." "Okay, bye." "Bye Tommy." I took over for DJ and Jon as Kyle and I started hosing the fire again. It's starting to die down a little but right now the only thing I can think is its going to burn all night and I am not staying here for all of it. We fought the fire for the next hour switching off so we wouldn't tire totally out and by somewhere around 2am the flames were almost gone but so was most of the house. I wish I knew how to work the cannon on top of the fire engine that would have made it a lot easier to fight this with a lot less effort but unfortunately I don't know that much. Another thirty minutes and I put the hose down as almost all of the flames were gone now. We watched for about ten minutes and then started to put things away. Finally close to 3am we headed home and let it smolder for the rest of the night. On the way home I looked out and noticed that the city was on fire again too. Just what we fucking needed. I am not even going to worry about that. I parked the fire engine and noticed we need diesel in it now. It's down to a quarter of a tank. So I guess I will get that done tomorrow. We walked back to the house and Shawn had fallen asleep on the couch and so did Billy and Joey in the game room. I sent Jon and DJ up to shower and Kyle went into his room to do the same. Luke was asleep now but who knows if he will wake when Kyle puts lights on. I went and woke Joey and then Billy and they slowly got up and put their feet on the floor. "Is everything okay now Tommy?" Joey asked. "For now it is. Thanks for trying to stay up." "We did our best but it got so late I couldn't hang in there anymore." "No problem go to bed." "Okay Tommy... nite." "Good night guys." They headed up to their room and I went and sat next to Shawn who was on the couch. "Hey sweetie come on lets go to bed." I went up and checked the house while I waited to see if he was going to make it on his own or not and then I headed back down and fixed the sign for the warning and then scooped Shawn up and carried him up to my bed. I went back down and put the lights out and then went to take another shower. I was dead and by the time I got in bed it was 4am. I reset the alarm for 9am. At least I hope I get five hours of sleep. Even though I wanted to sleep Shawn was up at 8:30am and his shaking the bed woke me. I was slowly coming out of my slumber as he looked at me. "I'm glad you are okay TJ." "I hear you cutie. That was a hot fire and I am glad we just about got it out." "Yeah me too. I guess Robert is gone now huh?" "I would say so. There is no way he could be... well you know what I mean Shawn." "Yeah, you don't have to say it. You know TJ I can still smell the smoke on you." He said as he got close to me. "Yeah I bet I got a lot of it blown on me. It's going to take a few days I think but eventually it will be gone." "Can we take another shower together now?" "Yeah why not." We headed into the bathroom and I took a leak. Shawn watched and I looked at him and smiled as I went through my morning ritual. He followed me to the bowl and I gave him a quick smack on the butt before I went to start the water. I looked out the bathroom window towards the direction of Roberts house and didn't see any smoke so I guess its now totally out. I'll check it when I finish in here. We took a quick shower with little play because I wanted to check the house out and Shawn understood. I got out of the shower dried off and grabbed my cell. I wanted to see how close Bryan was now so I called him. It was just after 9am now. "Hi Bryan, how close are you now?" "I just passed the cars you told me about." "Great, you are close. I ran the plow up and down the road for you so the RV should make it up without any problems just be careful the road is a bit steep and there is a sharp turn too. We'll be waiting for you see ya soon." "Okay thanks Tommy we should see you in a bit." Shawn was watching me as I talked to Bryan. I hung up and looked at him. "You didn't tell him about the fire TJ." "I know I really don't want him knowing." "Why not?" "Because I don't want to scare them before they get here." "Ohhh, I guess I can understand that. Who wants to be scared before they even get here." "Exactly cutie, exactly." "So how far away are they?" he asked. "About a half hour or more Shawn." "Kewl, so soon we will have new neighbors." "Yes and when they get here I want you to stay here until they get settled." "Awwww but I wanted to greet them." "Later on you can come over but let them get their things together okay?" "Yeah I guess its okay." I leaned in and gave him a kiss. "Thanks cutie I love you." "Love you too TJ." "Look, I'll be right back I am going to check the house real fast I want to make sure its okay." "Just be careful please!" "I will Shawn I am not even going to get out of the truck." "Oh, then that's fine." "See you in a bit Shawnee kid." He waved and I headed out. I walked straight down to the door and out of the house without anyone saying a thing to me. I got in the truck and headed straight up the hill to the house. When I got there it was still smoldering but mostly it was nothing but frame and burnt wood now. The house next to it was okay but had bubbled out siding. At least we saved that. I looked for a few minutes and then turned the truck around and headed back down to the house and parked. Kyle was at the door and greeted me. "How's it look?" "Like a timber box. It's all but out but it's still smoldering some." "Okay good. I looked out towards the city and it looks like the other fire is out too." "Yeah I looked out too before KY and just saw a little smoke. We might have to do something about that yet." "I sure hope not TJ that's one battle I am not really up for." "Yeah but I don't want to see the entire city gone someday because this ass hole gets off on burning buildings down one at a time." "We can talk about that when or if it happens okay?" "Sure KY. I am hungry lets go get something in the kitchen." "Okay bro." "So how did Luke sleep last night? I asked in a low tone. "Pretty good. When I got back into bed he woke up and asked me if I was okay but I sure reeked of smoke." "Yeah I know I did too. I even took another shower this morning to try and get rid of the stink." Kyle laughed and we sat down together and had some cereal. Shawn joined us and before we were done DJ and a few others were down too including Caleb. "So you looking forward to seeing any of the old gang today Caleb?" "Not really Tommy. I don't care if I see any of them again." "You do know that they will probably come over to visit and play games." "Yeah I do and I will deal with it when it happens. I don't hate all of them I just don't need to see Bryan or Mike anytime soon." "I understand what you mean Caleb. So if Ryan, Todd or any of the others come over its okay?" "Yeah I really do miss Jose some he was pretty neat to hang with so I guess I wanna see him and maybe Austin too. He never gave me a problem." I smiled at him as he sat to eat. He had cereal too. We had plenty of milk left and probably won't need a trip to the farm for a few days although Bryan might want some eggs or milk soon. I'll leave that up to him. "Hey Tommy there is an RV coming up the hill I think they are here." "Okay thanks Jeremy. Please all of you stay here for a little bit and let them get settled in before you bother them. Give me at least a half hour." Mostly all of them agreed, as I got up to leave Zack came into the kitchen. I looked at him and he looked at me like he was trying to hide something. I immediately got that vibe from him. I will take care of that later but right now I want to meet our new neighbors. I headed out as a few of the boys watched and walked down to the end of the driveway. They waved to me through the front window of the RV and pulled up to the foot of my driveway and opened the door. "I see you made it, welcome to our neighborhood. Jeremy came running inside and told me you were here." "Thanks Tommy. Where should I park?" "Drive past my RV and pull up in front of the next driveway. Your house is the one after that or you can just drive up to it. Just two houses up the road." "I think we will just pull up to it. Hop on I'll take you up the road with us." I jumped on their RV and Bryan drove up the road a few hundred feet. "That's the house right there Bryan." I pointed to it. Everyone looked out the window and started commenting on how big and nice it looked. "Wow that's awesome!" Austin said. "Yeah it's huge!" Jose added. Bryan stopped the RV parking it in front of the driveway of their new home. He looked at Kate she was all smiles. "This place looks great!" Kate said looking at Bryan. I got out and was quickly joined by the others and as fast as possible every one of the boys was off the RV joining Bryan and Kate as they all stood in the driveway looking at what they now had to live in. "This place looks amazing." Kate said. "Wait until you get inside." I said. She looked at Bryan. "Come on lets go I wanna see inside." "Okay relax I am carrying the baby give me a second." Finally they were ready to go. I lead the walk up the driveway with them and stopped at the front door and looked at the group. "You ready?" I asked. "Yes... Kate replied I have been since we got here." I reached out and opened the unlocked door. It creaked just a bit as it opened wide and she entered. "Wow this is amazing!" she said standing there looking at the marble floor and high end finish inside. The others followed her in and stood in the room looking around with her and Bryan. Ryan, Todd, Mike, Austin, Matt, and Jose all stood there looking with their mouths hanging wide open as they couldn't believe that their new house looked this good. "This is just amazing!" Matt said. I just looked at them and started to laugh. "Well go check it out guys. Standing here won't really tell you much. Then I looked at Bryan. You might want to go with them so there aren't any arguments over who gets what bedroom." "Yeah, thanks Tommy good idea." He followed the boys as they headed down the hallway and started looking into each room. Kate went into the kitchen and checked out all her appliances. I followed her in there. "This place is amazing Tommy. Thank you so much for allowing us to join you here." She leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Then she went over and ran her hand across the top of the marble island that separated the kitchen from one side to the other. There were four chairs there to sit, two on each side. "This is what I always wanted and I guess now it's all ours. She looked at me. You are sure the owner isn't coming back?" She smiled. "I kinda doubt it. I think you are pretty good with calling this your own." We walked out and back into the front room continuing to talk about the house. Just then there was a knock on the open door and Kyle walked in with Jon at his side. Kyle shut the door behind him. Well at least they waited ten minutes. "Hi Kate welcome to the neighborhood." She walked over and gave him a kiss on the cheek and then did the same to Jon. "Thanks boys. This place is amazing so far." "Yeah and you really haven't seen much of it yet. I said. "I know but it is amazing!" she said happily. "So I guess that means you want to stay a while?" Jon said jokingly. "Yeah she said smiling at him. I sure do. This beats the mall and that ratty mattress we had on the floor. I can't wait to take a real shower tonight." "As far as I can tell this place has three showers not that I counted." I added. "That sounds awesome Tommy." She said. She hasn't stopped smiling yet. Bryan came back out after assigning the boys a room. "The boys are all set Kate the twins took the double bedded room and the others each have one for their own and we have the big master bedroom at the end of the hall. There is even one room left. Those rooms are freaking huge too." "That's great Bry," she said. "Yeah and if one of our kids has his way he might be asking you for that room sometime soon." I said. "What is wrong with him that he doesn't want to stay by you Tommy? I thought all the boys liked you." "Without saying the wrong thing all I can tell you is he isn't getting along with others in the house and he wants out. Even with his twin in the room he is willing to leave him behind just to get out of the house. I told him things won't be any easier here. The rest is up to you two if you allow it at all." "Well if he comes and asks we will discuss it but I am not making any promises or do we want any more problems here then we brought with us." "That's fine with me Kate the rest is up to you and Bryan if he comes and asks." I looked at Bryan. "Bryan can I talk to you outside for a minute." "Sure. He looked at Kate and smiled and then followed Tommy outside. What's up that you want to talk in private?" "I wanted to tell you that I was up most of the night with a few of the guys fighting a house fire up the block. I didn't want to alarm anyone including Kate so I asked you out here. No one got hurt and it's far enough up the block that unless they go looking they won't find it." "Wow, thanks. Any idea how it started?" "Not yet but like I said I just wanted you to know." "Okay Tom. Thanks I will keep it to myself for now just to keep the peace here." "Yeah that would probably be a good idea." With that said we headed back inside and back to Kate. She didn't seem to be too concerned about their private talk but either way it's up to Bryan now how he wants to handle this. We talked a little more about the new house and the boys started to come over to say hi to us. "How ya doing Matt, welcome to our neighborhood." "Thanks Tommy so far it's awesome and so is this house." Just then Ben opened the door and walked in. "Okay if I come in?" he said. Bryan immediately went over to him and they hugged. "How's it going bro? Glad you are finally here safe." "Thanks Benny." They went off to a private part of the house and had a moment together. "Well we are going to go if you need anything you know where we are so enjoy yourself as you set things up and when you are settled let me know and we can chat about the neighborhood and things." "Thanks Tommy." "By the way I know you don't have any vehicles you should get a four wheel one as soon as possible because the snow gets bad up here and travel can become tough overnight." "I am sure as soon as we can we will each get one." "Sounds good to me, there are plenty of them out there." I told her. "How do you get around?" Kate asked. "My truck and we have a plow next door. Ben has a vehicle too but even he is working on getting a four wheel vehicle too. If the snow gets too deep I plow the road down the hill and take it from there. We always seem to get more snow up here just incase you didn't know." "Well I know now thanks for filling me in Tommy we will be in touch later or in the morning. I know I am beat and I am sure after they are set up the boys will probably be hungry and want to eat something." "Let me know we can go to a place tonight if you want and talk there too." "That sounds great Tommy. I'll talk it over with Bryan after he is done with Ben." "Okay see you later." I turned to go with Jon and Kyle. We headed towards the door and left. We were walking down the driveway and at the bottom when I heard Bryan yell out to us. I turned and looked back. "What's up Bry?" "Are you in a hurry?" "No not at all." I replied. "Good come back then I have questions." "Sure, be right there." I looked at Jon and Kyle. "You guys head back and I will join you when I am done here." "Okay bro we'll see you back at the house in a bit." They took off for home and I headed back up the driveway. I walked in and Bryan shut the door behind me. "What can I do for you?" "I was just talking to my brother and he told me about the truck up at Roberts. I was wondering if we could get that for me." "I really doubt we can do anything anymore the keys were inside that house." "If you are interested in going in there be my guest but it's all burnt out now. If you want to wait we can take a ride tomorrow and find both you and Ben one and I think Kate said she wanted something to drive too if I remember correctly." He looked at her and she shook her head yes. "Okay then I think tomorrow sounds a lot better. I am not one to disturb the dead in their place of rest." "I agree but someone already did... I am sure that his house fire wasn't an accident." "How do you know that Tommy?" "Let's just say I have my ways and we can leave it at that." "Okay whatever you say. I am not into butting into people's personal business." Bryan said. "Was there anything else you wanted Bryan?" "The truck was important but if we want to go out later do you think we might be able to get a ride from you for dinner or something until we can get wheels tomorrow?" "Sure I already told Kate to have you get with me later about that but since you are here now it's not a problem. Let me know when you want to go and we can do something for you or all the boys." "Thanks Tom, I'll be in touch with you in a few hours after things settle down." "No problem. Talk to you later." With that I headed out and Ben joined me after he waved goodbye to Kate and his brother. We took off back home. Ben and I made small talk and I told him about the fire and how bad it was last night since he apparently slept through it. "Wow you guys were there for hours do you have any ideas about how it started?" "Yes I do Ben but for now I am keeping them to myself. If I am right everyone will know soon enough." "Wow that sounds serious." "It might be but like I said right now I just want to wait." We walked back to the house and entered. Zack was still in the kitchen with Jordy and a few others and it was time for the shit to hit the fan...so to speak. It was just around noontime as I went over to them and asked them both to go to their room. They headed upstairs and I looked at Kyle and motioned for him to come to me. "What's up bro?" "Look I know you want in on this but I am not going to say anything to you right now except follow me upstairs and keep your ear at the door after I go in. I want you there but I don't want to distract Zack. Listen to us but try to keep things quiet in the hall." "Okay TJ I got ya." I looked up and they were out of sight so I figured they were in their room. I wasn't sure if Jordy knew anything but I would know soon. I headed up to their room. Kyle followed at a safe distance. I knocked and entered shutting the door behind me. "So what's so important Tommy?" Zack said to me. "How about the fire last night?" I snapped back at him. He looked at me like I was a ghost for a second and then I guess a thought came to him and he was ready to do battle. "What fire?" he said smugly. I looked at Jordy and so far he looked somewhat innocent. "You mean when you came back in the house after 1am this morning that you didn't know anything about the fire at Roberts?" Now I looked at Jordy again and he had a real surprised look on his face. I don't think he knows anything so far. "Okay... so big mouth Shawn your snitcher told you I came in late. Is that a big deal?" "No only the fact that he told me you smelled like smoke is." I think I got him. He looked quite pale again. He looked at Jordy and I could tell Jordy didn't have a clue by his response. He was sitting there now and I swear I could hear the wheels spinning in his head as he tried to come up with something. "SO?" I said loudly. "So I guess I smelled of smoke and I might have been watching the fire." His voice trailed off as he finished the sentence. Again I looked at Jordy and he was clueless. "So you were there watching us fight that fire for a while?" "Yeah I was so what?" "So how about you admit to me that you started it?" "No way, you are fucking nuts if you think I did that or even if I did how are you going to prove it?" "I guess I really can't prove it but I know you did start it this time and last time." "I don't think so Thomas. I think you are just looking to get me in trouble for some reason." "Well I can't think of any reason for you to be out of the house after midnight and I don't think the fire started itself so you are right I can't prove it right now but I think I have enough evidence that it was you so you are grounded! Three days to think about it in this room alone outside of your brother you are to have no contact with anyone in this house." "Screw you Tommy you can't do that to me." "Not only can I, I just did now do you want to challenge me? I hardly think you are strong enough to walk past me and out of this house right now!" "No this isn't fucking fair! You can bite me you gay bastard if you think I am going to stay locked in this room for even one hour!" "Jordan would you please excuse us for a bit, I need to have a man to man chat with your brother and I don't want to get any blood on you." He looked at me, said nothing and got up and headed for the door. "Jordy stay here I want a witness if he touches me. He can't prove I did a thing and he is just looking to punish me!" "I am leaving Zack! You are on your own!" "Go fuck yourself Jordan! I hate you and you aren't my brother anymore!" I looked at him as Jordy left. "Now you aren't really that stupid are you?" "What the fuck do you mean?" "You just cut off any outside contact by cursing out your brother. I am sure he doesn't want to sleep in here after you blew up at him like that." "He'll be back in here or I will kick his fucking ass!" Jordan was already out the door when Zack said that. He turned and came back into the room and looked at his brother. "If you don't shut the fuck up I am going to have a good talk with Tommy when he leaves this room. Take your fucking punishment like a man you low life brother and for once shut up and act like a man instead of the fucking wimp you are!" Zack didn't like a thing he said and he got up to go after Jordy. I grabbed him as he tried to get by me and threw him back on the bed with ease. "Thanks Jordy for speaking up when I am done beating his ass I will be out to talk to you and I am sure you can back up what I know now." Jordy looked at me and smiled then he turned and walked out as Zack started screaming at him to stay. By now just about the entire house was at the bottom of the steps or close enough to the room to hear most of what happened after the screaming started with the door open. Jordan walked downstairs and went into the game room and sat on the couch alone and started to weep. Back in the room though... "So mister tough boy you think you want to fess up now or should I go next door to our new neighbors and tell them you started that fire and not to let you live there because you are too dangerous to have around?" "You wouldn't fucking dare!" "Watch me!" I turned and headed for the door. I opened it and DJ was standing outside now taking in all of this. "Oh perfect...DJ if he steps one foot out of the door you have my permission to beat his ass red." DJ smiled at me and looked in at him. Zack immediately sat on his bed and got quiet. I looked at him and then at DJ. "DJ come back inside with me." We both entered his room now and I sat back down on the desk chair and DJ sat on the end of the bed and looked at Zack. Zack was afraid of DJ without a doubt. "So big mouth are you going to tell the truth now or should I have DJ strip you naked and hold you while I spank your ass red?" He was now quiet and red faced as he sat there. Then he turned white as a ghost again as I said that to him. He didn't answer me. "Okay DJ grab him and strip him naked when you are done we will take him downstairs and I will spank his ass in front of the entire house and then they can watch his little cock get hard from the punishment." He looked at me and then DJ and then DJ got up. He immediately started to cry... "No Tommy please I will tell you anything just don't let him do what you said... PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..." He buried his head in between his arched legs and cried like a baby. I signaled for DJ to go and he got up gave me the OK sign and walked out shutting the door behind him. "Now mister you have ten seconds to start talking to me or I let DJ come back in and he can bring you downstairs totally naked and you know he is more than strong enough to do it so TALK!!" He picked his head up and looked at me. The tears were streaming down his face now. "Okay fine I was there I started the fire!" "Both times?" I asked. "Yes! He said through his tears. Both times!" "WHY? Why the fuck would you put us in danger like that. I got up and stood over him and screamed...WHY WOULD YOU RISK OUR LIVES?" He didn't say a word he just started crying louder. "You know Zack I can't stand little babies like you. Mister know it all wise ass I feel like beating the shit out of you right now!" I grabbed him by his shirt and yanked him up to me. He screamed out NO PLEASE DON'T... I let him go and he fell back onto the bed. "You don't get it do you... sure there was a good chance that fire wouldn't have made it here but there was just as much of a chance that we could have gotten seriously hurt, burned or worse by fighting for three fucking hours last night to put it out! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Outside in the hall Jon turned to Kyle... "Damn I don't think I ever heard Tommy so mad." "I know Jon... I almost want to go up there before he kills Zack." "Now come on you know as well as I do that TJ would never go that far." "Yeah I know but man he never screamed at anyone like this and I guess after fighting that fire with him last night for almost three hours I can understand it some." "Yeah me too." Jon said back to Kyle. "You know KY I was almost hoping he would bring Zack down naked and spank him." Kyle looked at Jon and giggled. "Yeah me too." Back in the bedroom: "ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME?" Tommy screamed at him. "Yes just please stop screaming and I will tell you anything." Zack said as he choked back more tears, "Okay I will stop... now you start!!" "Honestly Tommy the only reason I started the fire was because both of us were afraid of Robert coming back here and killing us." "But he is dead Zack. I know he died in front of me." "But... but I didn't see that I only heard you say it. I'm sorry Tommy but he tortured me and Jordan for weeks! He fucked my ass over and over and told me my brother was dead. He told me how much he enjoyed fucking Jordan and he went into detail about what he did. I can't even repeat what he said he did to my brother." He started crying again. After a minute he cleared his throat and started to speak again. Before he could continue Jordan walked in. He to was crying now as he came over and hugged me. I held him for a second and then he broke from me and went over and sat with Zack. Then Zack looked at me and continued... Jeremy and DJ were out in the hall listening to all this and both had tears in their eyes from Zack's story. "All I can tell you Tommy is that we were both so afraid he would come here one day and you wouldn't be here. I can't tell you how many nights I woke up crying and Jordan had to hold me to calm me or even when Jordan woke up crying and I had to do the same. Tears were now rolling down both boys cheeks. I swore to Jordy that I would make sure he would never hurt us again and that night after the worst dream of all I snuck out and walked up to his house and went inside. As scared as I was that he might still get me I started a fire in the kitchen and ran out not looking back or stopping until I got back here. After that fire I felt better but then I found out you put it out and the fear came right back again. I got one decent night of sleep before I found out the house was still standing. I couldn't take it again so last night I snuck out again and again I was scared shitless when I got to the house but I went in and found another place to start the fire. I thought he was going to get me then too. I thought about how ugly his body might look... maybe it was burnt, maybe it was rotting but I couldn't think of anything else to do but burn that fucking place down and finally get all of this behind me. For me... for Jordy..." He hugged Jordan tightly and both boys cried loudly. I did what I could to fight back tears myself. Most of my anger was gone now but there still needed to be closure to all this and part of it would be some kind of punishment for making us risk our lives to put that fire out. I got up and went out into the hall to give them a few minutes alone. When I shut their door I turned and DJ was standing in front of me. He had tears running down his face. Next to him was Jeremy and he had them too. Both boys came over to me and hugged me tightly as I did my best to hold them. Everyone else was downstairs watching and listening to everything Zack said and I think there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Shawn was standing next to Kyle crying too and Kyle was doing his best to hold it together for Shawn. I looked down the hall and saw Jon and he was a blubbering mess too thinking about his own rape I was sure. I didn't check everyone's face but it was obvious that this was a very special moment and it caught every boy off guard. I ran my arms over DJ and Jeremy's backs for a minute and then both let go of me. I tried to smile and then I turned and went back inside to the brothers and got a little surprise as both ran to me and hugged me tightly. "I'm sorry Tommy... Zack said as he buried his face into my chest. I didn't mean to make you risk your life..." He cried some more and I walked both boys back to the bed and sat them down. I wiped my eyes and looked at them. "Okay... I cleared my throat... okay now listen. I am sorry we had to go to this length to get to the truth but Zack I need you to understand that you still have to be punished for risking our lives when we fought that fire." "Yes I understand Tommy. He said in a low very dejected voice. Whatever you decide I will accept for my punishment." He looked at Jordan and then back at me. "Okay then your punishment is..." DJ walked in just as I was about to speak... "Tommy wait please don't... I think he has had plenty of punishment already from Robert." "DJ... I got up and walked over to the big boy... look I understand where you are coming from but I have to do this. I don't like it at all but I can't let anyone get away with risking my life, our lives. I am sorry DJ I hope you understand." "I guess so." He said. He turned and walked out leaving us alone. He shut the door to give us privacy. "Okay Tommy I am ready for my punishment..." Zack said. "Zack your punishment is two days in this room without seeing anyone. The only one allowed in will be myself or Jordan otherwise two days from when it starts you are stuck in here and if you are good and do nothing wrong you will be free to join us again if you can't do the time without trouble I will lock you in here and it will be a full week. Understood?" "Yes sir... I will do whatever you say." I got up and walked out leaving them be for a bit. The punishment can start later but right now I think I need a stiff drink! I headed downstairs and went into the kitchen alone and poured myself a glass of cold milk, sat at the table and lowered my head and just thought about all this shit and why did I have to be in charge of it. No one bothered me for a good five minutes and then finally Kyle came in to see if I was all right. It was getting on 3pm now as I got myself back together after the shit in the twins room. Kyle was sitting with me and talking as I drank my milk and calmed down. My cell rang and I answered it. It was Bryan calling from next door. "Hey Tom, we can use you now if you have time. We are hungry and need some supplies in here too." "Sure, I will be up with my truck in about fifteen minutes, okay?" "Sure thing, thanks." Bryan hung up. "Who was that bro?" "Bryan he asked if I can take him for food, they don't have wheels yet and they are hungry and need supplies." "Oh so I guess you will be gone for a bit and it will give you some time out of the house to calm down after that mess upstairs." "Yeah KY you are right this might be good timing." "Well it can't hurt to get away for a little while." "I know KY, I know." "Don't have too much fun." "You're a funny boy, Kyle." "I sure am!." He replied. They both laughed. I got up and gave him a quick kiss on top of his head. "See you a little later bro, keep the place under control." "I will TJ go visit with them and do something to get your mind off this." "That's the plan KY, talk to you later." I got up grabbed a light coat and headed out to the truck. I started the truck and headed out of my circular drive and up the hill. I pulled into their driveway, got out and knocked on the door briefly before walking in. "I hope you didn't mind me knocking and walking in." "Nah its okay if it's locked then you will know but otherwise it's probably going to be open door here. We can decide that as we go along Tom." "Sounds good to me." I said. I am sure we will probably do the same by us if you ever decide to visit." They were ready to go and the entire group of them walked out with me and got into the truck. "So where are we going?" I asked. They discussed what they wanted amongst themselves for a few minutes and then decided on burgers. So what else is new? "Can you take us for burgers?" Bryan asked. "Sure no problem." I fired up the truck and headed down the hill with none of my boys this time just the eight of them from their house and baby Joel. They all fit comfortably and in no time we were pulling into the burger lot. "Look all I ask is that all of you clean up after you are done, we eat here a lot and I don't want a mess when we come in or the place will start stinking." "That's no problem Tom" said Bryan. We will respect the places around here and always make sure we clean up so there will be no problems." "Thanks after all we don't need anyone seeing a mess if there is someone else out there and we don't need any of our places becoming a pigs sty." "We got you and appreciate what you are doing for us Tommy, Kate added. You have our word that wherever we eat we will always clean up." "Thanks that means a lot." I added. I actually got to watch instead of cook as they worked their asses off. (Not really) I didn't really mind this trip to the burger joint it got me out of the house at a difficult time. I went in and helped Bryan by telling him how I did things and slowly Bryan got the hang of it. After ten minutes the fries were done and burgers were grilling on the open flame. I had very little fear about the amount of food, the freezer was loaded with burgers and there was little doubt that we would run out anytime soon. Besides even if we did there was another burger joint a few miles away. An hour or so after they arrived they thanked me for bringing them and we all got back into the truck. "So where to?" I asked. "How about rather then us bothering you we go find us a truck now?" Bryan suggested. "Sure, I will drive to the shopping center which is not far away and you can look through the lot for one." "But what about keys? Kate said. If there is a truck the key will probably be with its owner wouldn't we be better off riding around a neighborhood where the keys could be matched to a house?" "Good thought Kate. I said. That should be a better idea." So with the afternoon quickly slipping away I began driving around town looking for a truck that would do the job. About fifteen minutes into their search my cell rang. "Hello, yes Shawn I am still with them. I shouldn't be too much longer cutie I am trying to find them a truck and then I will be back soon after that. Yes-- well you tell them to find their own food if they are that hungry. I will be back soon. Okay... yup talk to you later. Bye." "Sounds like someone is hungry at your place." Matt said to me. "Yeah you are right, sometimes I think that they can't live without me and I wonder if we ran out of toilet paper what they would do." They started laughing. "Probably use their hand." Austin said. That was followed by comments of: Gross, Awww did you have to go there? And of course Austin shut up! We drove for a little more and Bryan spotted a truck he liked and I pulled over. We got out and it was pretty big inside and appeared to be able to hold all of them almost like mine can. Bryan opened the door and got in. "No keys! He yelled out. Guess we need to check the houses for them. This truck will do perfectly for us." He got out and walked up to the house it was parked in front of. He turned the knob and the door was locked so he broke the window along side the door and reached for the lock and after unlocking it opened the door. I watched and shook my head. I understood but probably would have tried to find a less forceful way of doing it. At least in the beginning before being forced to go further. This worked however but it wasn't my style. A few minutes later Mike and Bryan came out together. Bryan holding truck keys. Mike followed him in for safety reasons. "This should be them I hope." He said. He got back into the truck and tried the keys. A few seconds later the truck fired up and started to run and everyone cheered. Bryan rolled down the window and told them all to get in. "Thanks Tommy I am sure we can take it from here. We need groceries so we are gonna go shopping." "No problem just be careful you never know who is out there. You have guns?" "Hell yeah, three of the boys are packing and so am I." "Okay see ya later." I said. I gave them quick directions and got back in the truck and headed home. I headed home feeling better with the time away and knowing that the neighborhood would be a little safer now with more guns and more people close by. I drove home and went inside. It was around 4:30 now and I headed upstairs to start the punishment for Zack. I walked into his room after a quick knock and he was alone. "Ready to get this over with?" "I guess. I hate having to do anything but I did a lot of thinking while you were gone Tommy and I really do want to make this work. I don't even know if I want to go next door anymore and ask to live there." "Wow, that's pretty good progress already. I said. Maybe there is hope that everything will be okay after all this passes." "Yeah I hope so to because I don't like being hated by everyone here." "I'm sorry about that Zack but you did it to yourself with your big mouth." "Yeah I know." He looked at his clock next to his bed. "Can we say 4pm on Monday if I am good?" "Yes I think that's fine and I am sure by then you will be looking forward to your freedom and a chance to get to see the new guys and maybe spend some time with them or whatever you want to do." "Yeah I almost forgot they are here. I am gonna be the only one not to see them for a while." "I know but the good news is we are already counting down the time till you are free." "Yeah less than 48 hours and then I am free." I laughed. "Don't count too much or it will drive you crazy. Remember no contact with anyone except me, Kyle or your brother otherwise it goes to 7 days!" "Oh don't worry I am not going to do anything to ruin my chance of getting back to normal life." "Good then I will or Jordan will bring you something to eat a little later." "Thanks Tommy." I shut his door and headed to find something to do. My stomach was starting to growl a little and it was getting on close to dinner now. I poked my head in on Shawn after I listened at the door and it was quiet. He was sleeping. Poor kid must have been bored. I heard noise coming from downstairs so I figured someone had to be playing now. It was quiet before so I went downstairs and Jeremy was in the kitchen and as I started talking with him Jordan came in. "I guess since you went out and Zack is still in the room that he got his punishment?" "Yes he did, I said as I looked at Jem. I will talk to you in private about it if that's all right." "Yeah I would like that, is now okay?" "Sure." I walked past Jem and gave him a smack on the ass as I said see ya later and he smiled at me when I turned around to him before I walked out. "Keep that up Tommy and we might have problems." He said. I just smiled back and walked out with Jordan. Kyle saw me with Jordan and he waved and I told him I would catch up with him later. Back to Jeremy...Its been a while since Jem got here and came on strong to me. I remember that night like it was yesterday when he blew my mind when he wanted to have sex or fool around immediately and it was good too but he almost acted like what Robert did to him was nothing. Not that I can tell but it appears he might have grown another inch taller and he really keeps himself in decent shape whatever he does to keep active. My guess is a lot of swimming because he almost looks buff in a tee shirt. That 5'9 or so frame isn't hard to look at. I can't wait to see him in a tan. I do want to get back with him sometime soon just for the experience of what could happen. I am sure he would be a good fuck or blow... but anyway for now I have to go talk to this cutie and explain the Zack issue. Jordy and I were now in my room and I shut my door and went over and sat on my bed. "So Tommy what did you do to my brother?" "Wow you sure are quick to the point." "Huh?" "Its not important... your brother is grounded. After a long talk and some threats including using DJ he finally broke down and admitted to starting the house fire which I have a feeling you knew. Now other than DJ and Kyle no one knows this and I am sure it will travel around here like everything else does but I am not going to be the one to spread it. He was a tough cookie to get through to but without going into lots of detail all I will say is he is grounded for two days. The only one he is allowED to see is you and that is because you share the room and I am not going to punish you for what he did." "Thanks Tommy. But what is his punishment?" "He can't go out see anyone play any games or have any friends in the room. All I ask of you is not to invite anyone to your room until his punishment is over. You can do whatever you two normally do that is fine. He is only allowed out of the room to use the bathroom and isn't allowed to talk to anyone at all. If he behaves for the two days and there isn't one single issue or problem he is free to go back to normal. BUT if I have one problem he is grounded for a week and that means no visits no brother and no nothing in that room so I am sorry this will inconvenience you but I need you to help some." "Its okay and I don't mind...maybe this will get me my brother back that I knew before the comet. He hasn't been the same since then not that any of it has been fun with Robert the kidnapping and all the sex Tommy." "I know big guy, I totally understand but starting that fire because he was afraid of Robert still getting him was way out of line and I actually think two days is a present for him doing that and risking our lives while we tried to put it out." "I don't disagree Tommy he has been a brat and all we do is fight so if this stops the fighting I am all for it. Now what do I do if we start to fight?" "You warn him that if he gets loud enough for me to hear or anyone to hear him it goes to seven days without you in the room. That should be enough to keep him in check. I sure hope he is smart enough to realize what seven days alone does to you." "I don't want to find out Tommy." "I know, the other thing you can do is walk away if he starts something but I just hope he doesn't. So the less time you spend in there the better it will be over all." "Yeah I see that. It would be a great time to sleep with you now." He looked at me and smiled. "Yeah it would be great Jord I would love to have you in my bed for a few nights." "Then why can't you just do it Tommy?" "Two reasons, Shawn and Jon." "But wouldn't they understand that he is grounded and..." "They might I said cutting him off mid-sentence but if they don't then I have two very important people who are close to me that might be mad at me." "I don't want that Tommy. I guess we can forget it then." "I still want to be with you and make you happy Jordan but we need to do it discreetly." "Huh?" "Carefully." "Oh, okay now I understand." "Good so be careful around Zack and if he gets loud remind him of his punishment." "I will, thanks Tommy." "You are welcome. Now come over here." He was no more than five feet from me and since I had him alone in my room I figured a little treat was okay. Only he didn't have a clue so far what I was up to. He walked over and stood in front of me. "Hang on one second." I got up and locked my door this should have told him something. I walked back over to him and grabbed him and picked him up and put him on my bed. "You okay with this so far?" "Uh huh." He was dressed in a collared shirt and jeans with just socks on. He got comfortable on my bed and I got over him and he watched me. I pulled his dressed legs apart and got down between them and brought my hand up while I leaned on my other elbow. I got very close to his crotch and then brought my finger slowly to where I thought his cock might be. He was watching me now not knowing what to expect next. I put my finger on his pants and started to rub it around. He jumped a little and then smiled at me. I found my mark and his eyes brightened. I ran my finger over it a few times and felt him start to grow. After a little more the cute twelve year old closed his eyes. He was starting to push his pants out some now as I continued to play with him. I stopped and went up to his belt and undid his button and then pulled down his zipper as he opened his eyes and watched me but said nothing. I got up and pulled them down and off his legs and he was now in just boxers. I got back where I was and reached out for his tent and started rubbing it with my hand now. His eyes closed again. "Want me to go all the way?" He opened his eyes and looked at me. He didn't say anything but he shook his head yes. I went back to rubbing his tent and he finally let out a deep breath. "Okay time for these to come off." I tugged on them and he lifted a little off the bed to help me. I got them down to the beginning of his few pubic hairs and stopped. I reached out and ran my finger over his few hairs for a bit and his hand came over and stopped me after maybe a minute. "It tickles too much Tommy." was all he said. As he dropped his arms to his side I pulled his boxers down a bit more and freed his cock from their hold. His hard 4.5 inches of boy cock stood straight up as I reached out and ran my finger over the top of it. He shuddered and got all goose pimpled on me. I then ran my finger down the shaft and up the underside of it going over the most sensitive part underneath. After doing this three or four times he was straining to keep his self-control. I haven't gotten close yet with anything but my finger and he was so hard his cock was reaching for the ceiling each time I touched him. Finally I took it between my index finger and thumb and started to run my finger over the top of it. He began to squirm from my touch. I must have been hitting all the right spots because without doing anything more than that a droplet appeared on top of his hard tool. I reached out to it and touched it with my fingertip and brought it to my lips for a taste. He was good. Nothing special though. After knowing he couldn't take much more I got in closer and took a good smell of his boy scent to make sure he was clean before I went and brought him into my mouth. He was fine. Slowly I took my lips and placed them over the head of his cock causing another round of shivering from him. I went farther until I had all of him inside my mouth and I tightened my lips and sucked off as hard as I could. He gasped rather loudly as he opened his eyes from the pleasure I caused. "Wow!" he said. From there I started going up and down his shaft quicker and then slower until he couldn't hold back anymore. He let out another gasp and took a deep breath as his body twitched. His hands grabbed tightly at what was under him and his back lifted off the bed as his toes curled under. He fired off into my mouth once and then again before he fell back to the bed and went limp. I got off him and let him rest as I watched his belly go up and down rapidly for about thirty seconds. I ran my hand over his belly after that and eventually he opened his eyes and smiled at me. "Oh man, oh man, OH MAN!!!" he said getting louder each time he said it. "I guess that means you liked it." He sat up as I rolled off him to free his lower half of me. "I just jerked off this morning in the shower and that wasn't even half as good as how I felt in here with you. And Tommy I thought I did good while I was in there. He laughed I don't know how the others feel when you are with them or how you do it but I swear I wish I could have you all for myself after that." I smiled at him. "Thanks I think..." I laughed at his comment. "I wish I could explain it better than that Tommy but wow!" He sat up and grabbed at himself a bit. "I need to use your bathroom please?" "Sure go right ahead." I watched the very cute boy and his even cuter naked ass as he walked from my bed to the bathroom. He had a shirt on but nothing other then socks below his waist. A few minutes later after a flush of the toilet he came out still half naked and looked at me. "You like me this way Tommy?" "Oh yeah I sure do." He walked over to me and I gave him a quick feel before I told him to get dressed. A few minutes later he was dressed and still quite relaxed after what I did to him. He got up and went to the door. "You know I really want to thank you for that. I can't tell you what it felt like because I just don't know how to explain it but I sure would like to give you a hug for it." I got up and walked over to him. My cock was soft again after playing with him got me just as hard. He came to me, put his arms around me and squeezed tightly. "Thanks Tommy that was so great I love it more than I can say." He broke away and I reached out to him and placed a quick kiss on top of his still sweet smelling hair. "Thanks Jord for letting me be with you." He looked at me, smiled and then unlocked my door and headed down the hall to his room. He walked in and I heard nothing but I was sure they were talking about something. I headed downstairs and Shawn was in the game room now playing with Jeremy. I looked at both of them when I walked in and they looked at me and both smiled as they said hi to me. "Nice to see you are awake cutie." "Why did you look in on me?" "Sure did, I wanted to see where you were." "I was bored and tired so I went to take a nap." "That's fine. Enjoy your game with Jem and I will talk to you after." I went into the kitchen and a few of the boys were hungry so I made them something because I was happy tonight and before I knew it, it was getting late already. I finished up in the kitchen and went back to check out the game room. I sat and watched the boys play for a bit and around 9pm I got up and headed for the steps. As I put my first foot on the bottom step there was a knock at the front door. I wonder who that could be. To be continued... dwednomail@hotmail.com Next up: Chapter 74. Tragedy strikes and someone is shot. Will they survive? Tommy confronts Todd's problems and makes him feel a lot more welcome then he should...