Tween to Teen Ch 39

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For the most part, the rest of the summer seemed like a let down after our trip to the coast. All of us had summer jobs and getting together wasn't always easy. Tony was working for a farmer in Locust Grove and we saw less of him than any of the others. He'd really bulked up from throwing hay bales and working on the farm, and was even sexier than before.

Although he continued to mess around some with us boys, he was always talking about girls and I felt sorry for him since there really weren't any black girls around for him to date. No one even considered him dating a white girl. After all, this was the 60's and black men had been lynched for even speaking to a white woman.

However, there were a lot of Native Americans in our area, what we called Indians, and it was a little Indian girl that became Tony's love interest.

Her name was Suzy Running Deer and she lived in Locust Grove, not far from the farm Tony was working on. Her folks had a small farm there, though her father worked at the paper mill for Johnny's dad.

She was a slender little girl, with big brown eyes, and even gay boys like me and Johnny could appreciate how pretty she was. She was a nice person too, and we took to her right away when we were finally introduced.

The introduction occurred one Saturday when we had all finally managed to get a common day off. We'd agreed to go to Ken's Pizza for dinner, then to the drive-in, which as always, had a double feature of what were called B-movies.

We picked up Gerald, Donnie and Walter first, then drove over to Caleb's house to pick him and Tony up, and boy did we get a surprise.

I knew something was up as soon as we walked in just from the look on Caleb's granny's face. She hugged all of us boys as she always did and invited us into the kitchen and when we arrived, there sat Tony with a pretty little Indian girl.

"Hi guys," Tony said grinning, "I hope it's okay, but I invited Suzy to go with us tonight."

"Well sure," I said quickly, and the others muttered their approval as they looked the girl over.

I could see a spark of sexual interest from Gerald, Walter, and Donnie, but Caleb's expression was hard to read. Of course he already knew about Suzy, and for all we knew they could be good friends by now. I studied Johnny's face to see his reaction, and was satisfied with what I saw. I think he had finally gotten over wanting to be with a girl after our trip to Arkansas, and he was devoted to me now.

We all sat down then, and Caleb's granny brought out cookies and lemonade for everyone, and even though we were going out for pizza later, there was no way we'd refuse her delicious snacks.

"Suzy and I met at the feed store in Locust Grove," Tony explained, "she lives out by the Duncan farm where I work. We been seeing each other for a week or so," Tony explained, "but this is our first real date."

"That's great," I said, but I couldn't help but wonder what Suzy's folks thought of her dating a black boy. Now don't get me wrong, as far as I was concerned, Tony was worthy of any girl, no matter what race, but most folks didn't think that way, especially in a small town like ours.

"Her dad works for your dad," Tony said to Johnny, "at the paper mill, but they live on a farm there in Locust."

We chatted for a while as we ate our cookies, but I don't think any of us knew exactly how to handle this new situation. One of us had finally joined the other side, the straight side, and we wondered if that meant an end to his messing around. I didn't begrudge Tony his finding a female, but it would take some getting used to. Of course in a year Johnny and I would be off to college, and who knew where Tony would wind up, which made it even harder to accept that we might be losing him sooner than we'd planned.

We finally said goodbye to Caleb's granny, and of course she hugged us all again, and I noticed she gave Suzy an extra long hug and whispered something into her ear. Suzy smiled and her smile lit up the whole room, and I began to think that maybe having a girl in our group wouldn't be so bad.

Ken's was packed that night, and we even saw Evelyn and Rodney there with another couple from school, Sammy and Edith, which we knew by sight but didn't know that well. Sammy lived in the country and had rode the bus until last year when his dad helped him buy an old beat up pickup to drive to school. Edith lived in town in a nice neighborhood on the Southside and had gone to Jefferson, so we hadn't gone to school with her until Junior High.

We said our hellos, and I couldn't help but notice that Edith kept staring at Tony. I couldn't tell if she thought he was sexy, or if she was upset that he was hanging out with a group of white kids, but we didn't stay around long enough to find out.

We managed to snag a corner booth and by pulling up an extra chair we were able to squeeze everyone in. Caleb took the chair, and from right to left was Me, Johnny, Walter, Donnie, Tony, Suzy and finally Gerald. It was tight, but when you're as close as we guys were, it was actually fun. Plus, I'm pretty sure Tony liked being that close to Suzy.

We ordered four large pizzas and a pitcher of Pepsi, which we had refilled twice before the meal was over. We ate, we talked, we laughed, and we got to know the new member of our group, and we found her to be a very sweet and funny girl. If I'd liked girls that way, I'd have fallen big time for her, and it was easy to see that Tony already had.

I noticed Edith looking our way a couple of times, and this time I sensed there was some concern about Tony being with Suzy. My generation had a chance to change things for the better, but there were always those kids who accepted their parents' morals and ideals without question, keeping the fires of ignorance and intolerance burning.

The drive-in didn't start till dark, but we wanted to get a good parking spot, so about 7:30 we split the bill 8 ways, however Tony paid Suzy's part since she was his date.

There was already a line at the drive-in, but we didn't mind. We were having too much fun to care about a little wait, and once we were inside we found a good spot near the back and piled out.

We'd brought a cooler of pop, some chips, and some of Caleb's granny's cookies, but we'd wind up buying hot dogs, and popcorn, and other goodies before the night was over. After all, we were growing teen boys and always hungry.

Since it would be hard for all of us to see the movie from inside the Bug Bus, we had brought blankets and spread them out on the ground beside the bus. We weren't worried that we were taking up an extra space, since there were plenty of empty spots, and we'd parked near the back anyway. The back row was where the lovers parked, and we knew that once the movie got started there would be some horny teens fogging up the windows back there.

The first movie started just as Darkness fell, and for a while we watched it in silence. But like most of the B movies back then, this one was so hokey that eventually we began laughing about the plot, and making fun of the lousy costumes and makeup.

Tony and Suzy seemed to be in their own little world and I finally suggested that maybe they'd like to sit in the bus and watch the movie. Johnny gave me a little smile and encouraged them to take my advice, and soon they moved to the bus.

From my seat on the ground I couldn't see into the bus, but I liked to think that Tony and Suzy were doing some window fogging of their own. Just thinking about that gave me a raging boner, and I wished I could drag Johnny off to the bus for some window fogging of our own.

When the first movie ended, a lot of folks headed to the snack bar and bathrooms, and Johnny and me were among them. We hit the bathroom first, and though it was steady, it wasn't so busy that we couldn't get a little messing around in.

We both headed to the back stall and no one paid us any attention. We peed side by side, then gave each others pecker a little workout, though we didn't come. We were saving that for later, when we piled down at Caleb's house.

Johnny and I had been invited to spend the night at Caleb's and we had been looking forward to including him and Tony in our fun, but now that Tony was dating Suzy I didn't know how things would go with him. I supposed if he didn't get what he wanted from Suzy, he might be up for some play, but we'd just have to play it by ear and see what happened.

Tony and Suzy got out of the bus a little ways into the second movie and said they were going to the bathrooms and then the snack bar and asked if we wanted anything.

Gerald said he wanted some popcorn and tried to hand Tony a dollar, but Tony told him to keep it and he could buy next time. We watched as they walked away holding hands, and smiled. They made a nice couple, but I wondered if advertising their relationship in a public place was the best move.

The two were gone a long time and suddenly Johnny looked at me with worry, "We should go check on them," he said frowning.

"Okay, but let's all go," I suggested. If Tony was in trouble there was safety in numbers.

"Yeah, come on guys," Johnny said jumping up, then offering me a hand up.

I wanted so badly to hold his hand as we walked to the snack bar, but that would have been even more stupid than Tony and Suzy holding hands, at least they were a mixed couple.

We didn't have to go far before we saw the crowd and heard the angry shouts coming from within. I looked at Johnny and felt ready to puke. I wasn't a wimp, but charging an angry mob wasn't exactly something I looked forward to.

"Come on," Gerald said, taking the lead now, "let's see what's going on."

When we got close enough to hear the words being shouted, my fear turned to anger.

"We don't allow niggers in here," someone shouted.

"Yeah," another voice added, "and you can't be with no Injun girl either. Your kind needs to stick to your own kind."

"Oh shit," Donnie said, "I was afraid this was gonna happen some day."

"Come on," Johnny said, taking the lead again, "no one talks to our friend like that."

When we finally managed to push through the crowd, we spotted Tony and Suzy backed up to the snack bar while three men who looked to be in their 30's hurled insults at them.

"Yeah, niggers can get lynched for that shit," a fat greasy man in overalls said, "and I got a rope in my truck."

"Come on," Johnny said once again, "they want a fight, they'll get it, and I like the odds, eight against three idiots."

As a group we managed to make it to where Tony and Suzy stood. Suzy was crying, and Tony had that fight to the death look in his eyes, but he relaxed a little when he saw us take his side.

"Okay, who started this shit?" Johnny barked out, "You?" he said pointing at the fat guy in overalls, "haven't you got some pigs to fuck or something?" he said, causing the crowd to chuckle.

"Boy, you stay outta this, this is between us and the nigger."

"He's not a nigger, he's our friend, and if you gotta problem with him then you gotta problem with us," Johnny said balling up his fists.

"They must be nigger lovers," one of the other men said as he spat out a slimy brown blob of chewing tobacco.

"We do love our brother," I said, suddenly feeling very brave and stepping up to throw an arm around Tony's neck.

Tony looked at me like I was crazy, but he didn't push me away. Taking my lead, Johnny took the other side and threw his arm around Tony's neck as well, "Yeah, and brothers got each others back."

"Yeah," Gerald said stepping up to be included, and immediately Caleb, Donnie and Walter joined us.

We were seven brothers strong now, and I could sense a feeling of approval from the crowd, most of whom were young, and not as prejudiced as these neanderthals.

"Nigger lovers," the other guy hissed, "turning your back on your own kind and taking up for black trash."

"If our kind is people like you," I spit out, "then yeah, but I don't think most of these folks feel that way," I said appealing to the crowd.

"Leave em' alone," Someone shouted from amid the crowd, They ain't botherin' no one."

"Yeah, you're just jealous cause the boy found a girl and you ain't got one," someone added, causing the crowd to break out in laughter.

More insults were hurled at the three bullies, and eventually they got the hint and left, but not before cussing all of us and leaving us with the usual, "This ain't over yet."

"Sorry about that," a man in a white apron said as he approached us, "I was about to call the cops. We don't allow stuff like that to go on here. Those three been asked to leave, but they're pretty hot, so better watch out for them for a while. Come on inside and I'll treat you guys to free drinks and popcorn."

We followed the man inside and collected our snacks and occasionally someone would approach us and express their outrage or sympathy for what had happened. That was nice, but I couldn't help but wonder, why hadn't someone tried to stop the three, or at least stood with Tony and Suzy?

We made it back to the bus and by then the movie was almost over. We ate our popcorn in silence and sipped our drinks, Tony and Suzy surrounded by the six of us. What had started out as a fun night out for seven good friends and a new one, had turned into a reminder that racial prejudice and hatred were still alive and well in the Heart Land.

Since we were so close, we decided to drive Suzy home before dropping the others off, and by the time we got to Suzy's the atmosphere was a lot lighter. How could you not be happy when you were witnessing young love in the making, and the two weren't shy about demonstrating how they felt.

Now I don't mean they were being lewd or overtly sexual, but they were doing some major making out, with lots of kissing and non-sexual touching, which was very erotic nonetheless.

We watched as Tony walked Suzy to the door, and as they shared a goodnight kiss, and we all agreed this was the fitting end to a rather interesting day.

We dropped the others off then, first Walter, then Gerald, and finally Donnie, then drove back to Caleb's house. His granny was already in bed asleep, but there was a time when she would have waited up for the boys. I don't know if it was due to her age, or that she just trusted the boys more now, but for once I was glad for it, because there was no way she wouldn't have seen the look on our faces and knew something was wrong.

In Caleb's room, we sat around and talked about the night, trying to keep things light, but eventually the thing with the three rednecks came up.

"I was about to pull out my knife when you guys came along. I might've gotten the worst of it, but they were gonna be bleeding before it was all over."

"What started it?" Johnny said softly.

Tony looked at Johnny as if he were a difficult three year old, "What started it? Oh, well...I reckon me being born a black boy started it," he said angrily, then realizing he was being angry at the wrong person, he softened, "Sorry bro, you didn't deserve that. By the way, thanks for saving my sorry ass, but mostly...thanks for calling me your brother," he said, tears glistening in his eyes.

"It's true man," Johnny said, looking teary-eyed too.

"You know how I feel," Caleb said moving over to sit by Tony, "as far as I'm concerned we're blood."

"Me too," I said grinning, "Don't let those idiots ruin things for you. People are changing, and things are getting better all the time."

"Yeah, maybe, but there's always gonna be guys like those hayseeds."

"Forget them," Johnny said, "don't let them ruin the good things you got."

"I won't. I wonder what those folks tonight would think if they knew that Suzy's grandpa was black," he chuckled.

I knew a little about Native American culture, and I knew that such a thing wasn't uncommon in the past, though not so much these days. Now I knew why Suzy's folks had approved of Tony so easily, and it gave me hope that he and Suzy might wind up as close as me and Johnny.

Tony finally excused himself to take a shower and we figured he'd go on to his room afterwards, but about a half hour later he returned dressed in a pair of loose gym shorts and nothing else.

Wow, did he look hot now that he was all muscular and filled out. He had a six pack before it was a thing, and not an ounce of fat on his shapely form, and of course he was packing some major stuff between his legs. I went hard immediately just from looking at him and Johnny noticed.

"Damn Robert, looks like something has got you all excited," he said reaching over to squeeze my dick.

I yelped, but didn't push him away. It felt too good, and I wasn't the least bit shy around the other two.

"So are we gonna have some fun tonight?" Tony asked, sounding eager.

"We are," I teased, "I just figured you wouldn't want to do that stuff any more, since you have a girlfriend now."

"I have a girlfriend, but we're not ready for sex yet, and I gotta have sex," he said grinning as he reached down and squeezed his dick.

It had gotten hard almost instantly and was tenting his shorts obscenely, and even though it hadn't been all that long since I'd last seen it, I swear it looked bigger now.

"Well, what are we waiting for then?" Caleb said, as if he was expecting this all along.

"Anyone else need a shower before we get started?"

"I'm good," I said, I showered before I left the house and I didn't sweat much," I said sniffing my pits, "besides, Johnny likes me a little smelly," I chuckled.

"Babe, you could skip a shower for a week and I'd still lick you all over."

"Mmm...well, let's do it then."

We were out of our clothes as soon as Caleb latched the door. Not that his granny would come wandering in, but we just felt better behind locked doors these days.

Caleb's bed was only a full size, but by laying across it we could all fit on it, and we took turns until everyone had done something with everyone else. I let Johnny fuck me after we were all warmed up, and when he was done I offered my butt to Tony.

I figured he could dream of Suzy while he was slamming into me and pretend my ass was a pussy, but he seemed totally into me and I never got the impression that I was just a substitute for Suzy.

Caleb liked getting fucked almost as much as I did, and since Johnny and Tony had already got their rocks off, I did the honors of fucking Caleb, then sucked him off.

As we lay around recovering from our orgasms, we talked and cuddled. We were very comfortable with each other and nothing was really off limits, but both of the other boys knew that what Johnny and I had was something special and they respected that. That didn't mean there wasn't the occasional kiss while having sex, but those kisses were nothing like the ones Johnny and I shared.

Eventually we decided it was time to get some sleep, and since there wasn't enough room in Caleb's bed for all four of us, Johnny and I went off to Tony's room.

We were pretty well wiped out after all that had happened and the sex, and it didn't take long for us to succumb to sleep. I don't think I moved all night as I lay snuggled up to my love, and when I awoke I felt wonderful and fully rested.

Of course I had the usual morning wood and aching bladder and I went off to take care of it, leaving Johnny to sleep a bit longer. When I returned sometime later, Johnny was awake and he threw back the covers to reveal that he had the same problem I'd just taken care of.

"Morning," I said giving him a quick kiss and a squeeze of his stiff pecker.

"Stop or I'll pee on you," he warned, "but if you want to play when I get back, that would be fine."

"We'll see," I said grinning."

He was back quickly, and as soon as he was in the door he stripped off his underwear and dive bombed me. His cock was at full mast again and I could feel it pressing against my leg as he wrestled me into submission, which didn't take long. He kissed me, then nuzzled my neck and began working his way down my body till he arrived at the tent in my briefs.

He rubbed my hard pecker through my underwear for a while, causing a wet spot there, then tugged at them as I raised my hips to make it easy for him to remove them. When my cock sprang up he grabbed it and pulled the skin back and gave it a big lick.

I moaned in pleasure just as the door burst open and Caleb and Tony came in, dressed only in shorts.

"I told you they'd be doin' it," Caleb laughed, "good thing it wasn't granny that caught you two."

"Granny knows better," I said sticking out my tongue.

"Yeah, you're right. I think she figured us out a long time ago. I think she knows we're not innocent little boys any more."

"You never were," Johnny joked, "I think you were born with a hardon."

"Probably, and I got one for you right now," Caleb said approaching the bed and whipping it out.

Johnny leaned over me and took it in his mouth for a minute then went back to my cock, all the while keeping his eyes locked on Caleb's cock.

"Damn Tony, get over here and blow me," Caleb barked out.

"Hell no, bend over white boy. I'm gonna fuck that pretty ass of yours first. Watchin' those two done got me horny."

"All right, but you gotta get me off afterwards."

"If I do it just right you gonna get off anyway," Tony assured him.

I watched as Caleb bent over the end of the bed and Tony slicked up his cock and Tony's hole with plenty of spit. They'd fucked so many times by now that Tony could slip his big ole' pecker into Caleb's ass without any trouble, and it was obvious from the look on Caleb's face that he was loving it.

Caleb's cock was rock hard the whole time, a good indication that he was enjoying being fucked, and occasionally Tony would reach around and give it a few strokes.

I could see pre-cum flying off the end of it as Tony pounded him and I wondered if Tony was right, and that Caleb could come just from being fucked.

Maybe it wasn't a completely hands free orgasm, but it didn't take much for Caleb to start firing off bursts of thick white cum onto the bed sheets, and Tony was right behind him, filling Caleb up with his thick plentiful cum.

Meanwhile Johnny had continued my blow job as we both watched, and my orgasm was only seconds behind Tony's. Johnny swallowed it all down and licked me clean, then straddled my chest and fed me his cock, fucking my face as he held my head in his hands. It didn't take Johnny long to come either, and soon all four of us were piled up recovering once again from our orgasms.

"What are you guys doing today?" Caleb asked after a while.

"I promised mom and dad I'd go with them and Mikey to Muskogee," I said as I ran my fingers through Johnny's hair.

"Johnny going too?"

"No, I'm helping my dad work on his pickup," Johnny said sighing, "not my idea of a fun day, but I promised."

"Oh, okay," Caleb said, sounding disappointed, "guess it's just me and Tony bony."

"Hey, I got your bone right here," Tony said, "but sorry bro, I promised Suzy I'd come out for supper with her and her folks, they're picking me up at 5."

"Okay, I get it," Caleb said, "I'm all alone," he pouted.

"You need a boyfriend," I teased.

"Or a girlfriend," Tony suggested.

"Or both," Johnny giggled.

"Or a dog," I joked.

"Or a sheep," Johnny added, and we all burst out laughing.

"How was it Caleb?" I laughed, "Not baaaaaaad."

We were interrupted by a knock on the door and we all scramble to find our clothes. It was Caleb's granny of course, telling us breakfast was ready, but she knew better than to barge in, and went away after Caleb told her we'd be right down.

We dressed quickly and made sure we didn't have any cum on us, and we were giggling as we made it to the dining room. As usual, granny had outdone herself, and there was a mountain of food for us to enjoy. As we ate we talked, and granny wanted to know how Tony's date went.

At first he sort of skated around the subject, not going into too much detail, but eventually he began to open up and talk about what a great girl Suzy was and how much he'd enjoyed her company.

I don't think any of us had any intention of ever telling Caleb's granny what had happened with the three hicks, but suddenly Tony blurted the whole story out as if he couldn't wait to tell it.

We all sat there stunned as what he'd done sunk in, but the old woman didn't seem the least bit perturbed by it.

"Son, you know the world is full of idiots and bad people, but just remember that there are a lot more good folks, and in the end the good folks usually win out. Still, I think you need to be careful and not take any chances. You won't always have your friends around, and I don't want you getting hurt," she said patting his hand, "Suzy is a lovely girl and I know her folks. Don't forget, I used to live in Locust and I know most of the folks there. Her grandaddy was as black as midnight, and one of the finest men I've ever known, and a handsome devil too," she laughed, "I know Suzy's momma and papa and they're good people, and good judges of character. You're a fine young man and I know you'll be good to that little gal, so just put all that bull behind you and enjoy your life."

"Thanks gran," Tony said kissing the old woman on the cheek, "Not just for that, but for everything, for taking me in, and giving me a home, and making me believe I could be somebody."

"Oh hush, you are somebody and I love you like a son. All I want is for you to be happy and to have a good life. I won't always be around, but I want you boys to remember this, love and family are the most important things in the world. All the rest is just window dressing, icing on the cake, but if you got love and family you've got all you need."

It was good advice, and I knew exactly what she meant. I had my family and friends, and the love of my life, and the future looked rosy for all of us. I left there that day with a warm feeling in my heart, and when I got home I swooped Mikey up and gave him a big hug and a kiss, and surprised my folks by giving them the same treatment.

I told my mom and dad about what had happened at the drive-in the night before and they expressed their concern and indignation, but their advice was pretty much the same as what Caleb's granny had offered. Maybe we couldn't change the world overnight, but we were sure gonna give it a try, even if it took the rest of our lives.

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The War Comes Home

Thousands of miles away, in a place we heard about in the news every day, young boys, some no older than me and my friends, were dying in a war that never should have happened. In our little town it seemed as if we were insulated from the war, but that year the war finally came home to us.

His name was Gregory Long, and he was 18 years old. Photos of him in the Daily Times showed a happy smiling boy with messy hair and glasses, and he was described by family, friends, and teachers as a funny, bright, and loving boy. He'd been a Cub Scout, played little league, and in High School he'd been elected Class president his junior and senior year.

He had a brother who was four years younger, and and older sister who was married and lived in Chicago. His parents lived on Edith Street, and his dad was the minister of the First Presbyterian church nearby. His mother was a substitute teacher and was active in the PTA, as well as the Church where her husband was pastor.

The news hit hard in our tight knit community, and there were a lot of people wondering why we were sending our young men off to a country with names like Phnom Penh and Saigon, to die in a politically motivated war.

My dad was especially outspoken when it came to the war, and the news of Gregory's death hit him really hard. He felt so strongly that he even planned to go to the funeral, and of course we weren't about to let him go alone. We were family, and family stuck together. In addition I talked Johnny and the others into going too, but I hadn't counted on half the town showing up as well.

The church was packed that day, and the funeral procession was a mile long as we headed up the hill to the cemetery that hot summer day. Gregory was buried overlooking the city that he'd grown up in, and his family wept as they said goodbye to their son, and brother, and the rest of us wept for him as well. It was as if the town itself had lost a loved one, and it would take sometime for the town to recover from the shock of such a senseless loss of one of it's own.

I wondered if Gerald would still be as enthusiastic about joining the military after hearing of Gregory's death, but I need not have worried. Not only was Gerald still committed to joining up, his dream of becoming a pilot was still alive and well. He wanted to go over there and make a difference, and eventually he would, but that was a ways off.

One Last Fling

We finished up the summer with one last get-to-gether, a weekend campout at Spavinaw and once again the gang was united. We'd worried that Tony might not want to join us since he and Suzy were dating regularly now, but he was as excited about the trip as we were. He said he was eager to see the places where so many of our childhood adventures had taken place, and we were just as eager to show him.

We packed up the bus with plenty of supplies, a huge tent that we borrowed from Suzy's dad, and headed off to the hills of Spavinaw. Along the way we got reacquainted, but it didn't take long for things to fall back into place.

We arrived that Friday evening around 4 o'clock and were relieved to find that our favorite spot was vacant. We set up the tent quickly and still had time to go exploring as we showed Tony around and recounted our adventures of the past.

"The water came right over that spillway the night we almost drowned," I explained, "but my hero Johnny saved us all."

"Some hero, I almost slept through it," Johnny said, "all I did was lead the way out. Anyone could have done that."

"Yeah, well...it was you who saved us," I insisted, "and that's my story, and I'm sticking to it."

We decided to drive up the hill to the little cafe we liked so well, and had burgers and fries, crammed into two booths near the window. If anyone in that little town had a problem with a black boy being in our midst, no one said anything, and in fact most people didn't even seem to notice us at all.

Our waitress was friendly and efficient, and we tipped her five bucks and hopefully made her day. Instead of heading back to the camp we decided to drive around a while and headed up to Langley and drove across the dam to the little town of Disney on the other side. The dam was quite a site, with the lake on one side, and the boulder strewn gulch on the other side where we'd played among the huge rocks and shot off fireworks on a previous campout.

"Whoa," Tony said gazing at the rocks, "can we go down there?"

"How about we do that tomorrow?" Johnny suggested, "it'll be dark soon and I don't want to be down there in the dark."

Tony agreed that would be best, so we turned around and headed back to Spavinaw.

Darkness always seemed to come sooner nestled among the trees below the spillway, and by the time we parked the bus it was dark enough for us to build our traditional bonfire. Using wood from nearby we managed to get a fire going pretty quickly, and were encouraged to find that the rocks and logs we'd used last time for seats were still nearby.

As we sat around the fire, roasting marshmallows and talking, I was reminded of other times as I sat around a fire like this with my friends. Some had stood the test of time, Johnny, Donnie and Gerald, and there were new friends now, Walter, Caleb, and Tony, and I loved them all. My heart swelled with joy and love as I gazed into their faces filled with laughter and good cheer. This trip was a fitting end to an interesting and enjoyable summer, and though all our lives would soon be changing, we would have the memories of these precious moments to hang onto forever.

When the mosquitoes got too vicious for us to remain outside much longer we grabbed our stuff and walked up to the bathrooms to shower. It was late and no one else was stirring so we doubled up in the shower and quickly rinsed off the sweat and dirt. Tony was last to shower and he showered alone, but only because we were an odd number. He had no problem being naked with any of us, and in fact came out of the shower naked and dried off in front of us. I had to admit I did some looking, but I wasn't alone.

Back at the tent, we fell down on the quilts my mom had provided and paired up again, and again Tony was the odd man out. But of course when you have seven horny teenage boys who are comfortable with each other sexually, he wasn't left out of the fun.

We didn't do any fucking that night, preferring to stick to oral sex, and eventually everyone got off. We were exhausted after that, and paired back up and fell down to sleep. Tony fell down behind me and as I snuggled up to Johnny I felt Tony's arm go around my waist and I fell asleep that way.

The next day we walked the spillway, swam in the creek and floated down on the inner tubes we'd brought, and then picnicked on the creek bank under that same sprawling tree that we'd used for shade so many times before on our trips there.

Tony seemed quiet and introspective and I wondered if he was missing Suzy, but so far he hadn't mentioned her name once. I finally decided that he was just one of those guys who thought a lot, sort of like me, and I felt even closer to him at that moment.

We napped after our lunch, then swam some more before Tony reminded us about the rocks. Johnny said it would be better to go in late evening when it was a little cooler and we all agreed. That left us several hours to kill and we decided to walk up to the scenic overlook above the spillway and take some pictures with my little Kodak Brownie. Johnny had a camera too, and between us we got plenty of pictures of our trip that weekend.

Years later I found those pictures and had a good cry as I reflected on those days and those friends that were as dear to me as my own family. I could almost hear the laughter, see the smiles, and smell the heady aroma of seven teenage boys having the time of their lives in a world that would soon change for all of us.

We finally made it to the rocks around 6:30, and it was still pretty warm down there with no shade. Tony didn't seem to mind as he ran around, climbing rocks, exploring little pools of water trapped in the rocks, and generally acting like a kid again.

We told him about the fish we had pulled from one of those little pools, and how we had thrown the big ole' carp back into the main body of water, and Tony insisted we should try to find another fish trapped like that. We checked out every pool, but other than some minnows we didn't see any fish.

As the sun started to go down, we perched on a rock high above the river bed and stared down at the damn, watching the cars that passed over it and the boats below it full of fishermen.

"You know if they opened the damn, we'd be washed away," Donnie teased.

"Naw, they'd blow the siren and we'd have plenty of time to get out. Only way we'd get drown would be if the dam burst," Johnny said.

"Or if some gigantic monster knocked it down," I joked. That got us all laughing.

When the laughter died down a quiet fell over us, but it was a soothing and comfortable quiet. We all had our own thoughts, our own dreams, and our own feelings to deal with. We were brothers at that moment, and when we scattered we had our own lives to deal with, but not yet, for now we had each other and time was ours.

Hunger and the falling darkness finally drove us back to the bus, and we headed back to camp to cook our evening meal. While Donnie and Gerald built up a fire, Johnny and I got the hotdogs and hamburgers ready to grill, and Caleb, Tony, and Walter laid out the buns, chips, and condiments.

Soon we had a nice fire going and while I fried the burgers on a huge cast iron griddle, Johnny and Tony roasted hot dogs on sticks. Once I had four burgers cooked I wrapped them in foil to keep them warm and placed them on the side of the warming side of the grill. We all ate a hot dog to tide us over while the other burgers cooked, and soon everything was ready and we sat down to eat.

It was a noisy, fun time for us, filled with love and laughter and I don't think food had ever tasted that good. We drank sodas from the cooler, and ate cookies for dessert, and by then were too full to do anything else.

We rested, then cleaned up the mess and built our evening fire in the fire ring, though no one was really in the mood for roasting marshmallows, we still enjoyed the talking and story telling round the fire.

As we had the night before we showered, then piled into the tent, but this time we didn't start messing around right away. Instead we sat around in a circle and talked about anything and everything, and stories of our past trips here punctuated the conversation.

Tony said he'd never had good friends like us before, and that he wished he had found us sooner, but then added that while we were having those adventures he was probably a hundred miles away in another orphanage.

The atmosphere was a little heavier than the night before, but being horny teenage boys, eventually we gave into our hormones and started messing around.

It started slow, wrestling and playing grab ass, and soon we were all naked and touching any flesh we could get our hands on. That night we did do some fucking, and I got fucked by at least three of them, Tony being the last before I finally drifted off to sleep. Even Johnny got a pecker or two up the butt that night, and in fact no butt went unplugged. We were more than just friends, and way before the term was ever coined, we were butt buddies.

We slept late the next morning, cooked a big breakfast and cleaned up and broke down the tent, packed everything up, and started for home. We stopped in Salina on the way home and visited the little park there and the wishing well, then drove to a little mom and pop drive-in there and had milk shakes on a picnic table beneath a canopy.

We were stalling, not wanting our time together to end, but we all had things to do and places to be, and eventually we loaded up and headed home. We dropped Gerald off first, and as we drove away I watched him watch us till we were out of sight. I felt a sadness that I didn't usually feel when parting from my friends, but I chalked it up to being tired and more mature now. When I was a kid, everything was an adventure, and when one adventure ended, there was always a new one around the corner. If one friend wasn't there, there was always another, but mostly there was Johnny, and that was still true.

We dropped Walter off next, then Caleb and Tony, and finally Donnie. Donnie was one of my oldest friends and almost as close as Johnny, and since we lived so close together I saw almost as much of him as I did Johnny. I didn't feel quite as melancholy as I watched Donnie walk away, but I still felt the blues in a big way and I was glad that I had Johnny by my side.

"Your place or mine?" Johnny asked, seeming to read my mind.

"Mine I think, I need to see Mikey," I said smiling.

"Yeah, we can take the kid to the park or something," he agreed, "it's nice having a little brother."

End of Chapter 39

The summer is over, a lot has happened. New friends have been made, and a new romance is in the air. School will soon begin and the boys will once again undergo changes in their lives.

To all my faithful readers and those new readers who have only discovered my stories, I wish you health and happiness. We are living in uncertain times, and it is more important than ever to take care of each other and do our part to slow, and eventually stop the spread of Covid-19. There are many people out of work, hungry families and kids, and for those of us who are still working or have the means to do so, it is important that we do our part. Give generously to local food banks or shelters. Because meals provided by the schools are the only food some kids receive, now that the schools are closed, it is important that those kids get fed. We live in a world that has plenty, and no child should ever go hungry. So help where you can, and stay safe, and do your part, and together we will beat this thing and come out on the other side stronger than ever.

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5-13-20

Kewl Dad

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