Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:37:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Knight Timothy Subject: Young Innocence Chapter 3 "How did practice go today son" "Really well dad" "We played a scrimmage game against the Crushers" "How did you guys do against them"? "Was Allen able to shut them down" "Not exactly dad" "What do you mean by that" "Well you see. Allen was their goalie" "Who was yours" "Mattie" "Are you crazy" "Now I understand that red mark I saw on his back" "Dad it's not like that" "Mattie shut them down" "27 of 27 shots on goal, all stopped" "Now your pulling my leg boy" "No dad, Mark's dad filmed the whole practice including our scrimmage game" "I thought it was kind of charming when I saw Mattie wearing your old catchers gear yesterday trying to stop all those tennis balls Carter was hitting at him" his dad said. "Yes, they practice all morning until I called them in for lunch" "Mattie was covered with round marks from where the tennis balls had hit his unprotected arms" Mom said. "Warren gave Mattie his old 12- U goalie gear to use" "I'm telling you dad, Mattie was in the zone" "He even impressed our coach" "Well I'll be" "Okay, I'm heading upstairs to shower then I'm going to sleep" "Okay dad" "Stacy and I are heading over to meet up with Warren and Tamra" "Were going to the jazz show at the Abortorium" "Okay son" "Remember that we are going to be leaving early in the morning" "Your responsible to watch the boys" "Yes dad, besides Stacy will be here helping me" "Stacy, can you make sure that they eat" "Yes Mrs Spencer" "I'll be sure all three boys eat" "Thank you sweetie" "I feel so much better knowing that you'll be here" "Hey" Perry said. Ladies Giggling "Goodnight you two" "Have fun" Warren and Tamra met up with Perry and Stacy at the entrance to the jazz festival. They all met up with some other friends while they were there and listened to some great jazz bands. Overall the evening was filled with good music and good companionship. At the end of the festivities the friends decided to stop by the local Diner to get a bite to eat before everyone split up and headed home. Perry and Stacy said goodbye to Warren and Tamra with plans to meet up tomorrow. Perry with Stacy arrived to a dark and quiet home. They retired to the basement for a good night's sleep. Mattie was upstairs tossing and turning for most of the night. His bruised back was keeping him restless. It took him awhile until he was finally able to settle into a comfortable position on his side. Mattie's tossing and turning kept Carter in a half sleep state. After he settled, Carter gently rolled in behind Mattie and placed his arm over his chest. He lightly hugged Mattie as he spooned in behind him. Thats how Perry and Stacy found the boys after waking up in the morning when they checked in on them, just after the parents had left. They decided to let the boys sleep in alittle longer until they finish preparing breakfast for everyone. Mattie woke up with Carters arm around his chest and spooned into his backside. It made him feel safe to be held like this. The fact that he was a boy had him feeling so very good. But not just any boy, it was Carter his best friend. He slightly tensed up after thinking that. Carter felt Mattie tense up so he must have awaken and realized that he was being held by him. This made Carter a little scared cause he didn't want to lose Mattie as a friend. So play sleeping, Carter let go and rolled away from Mattie giving him the out that he didn't want. Mattie felt Carter let go and roll away. He was pissed at himself for tensing up. He wanted Carter to hold him. So Mattie faked a yawn and rolled over spooning in behind Carter with his arm coming to rest across the front of his chest. Then Mattie hugged him. Carter snuggled his body back into Matties front as a sigh of contentment escaped his lips. Soon they were both back asleep once again. Perry knocked on the door and popped his head in to find the boys still asleep. He noted that it was Mattie that was now spooned in behind Carter. He sat on the edge of the bed and gently shook the two boys out of their slumber. Yawning and stretching as they parted, they opened their eyes to see Perry dressed and sitting on the edge of the bed. "Good morning you two" "Dad and mom are already gone and Stacy is downstairs finishing up breakfast for everyone" "So get up and out of your wet night diapers" "Get showered and dressed" "I already have your backpack from yesterday ready to go downstairs" "What are we doing today" Carter asked. "Warren is swinging by with Tamra in an hour" "We're all going skating at the Parade Ice Garden" Carter was super excited about going skating but I on the other hand wasn't. "What's the matter Mattie"? "I stink at ice skating" "Don't worry Mattie, Perry taught me and I couldn't even stand up". "Okay but don't laugh at me when I spend most of my time on my butt" Carter couldn't help but laugh at that. "Okay you two, get a move on it" "Stacy will be upset if we're not ready when she's puts the food on the table" Carter and I threw our wet diapers in the pail in the bathroom and shared another shower together. We were a little more touchy feely this time as we washed each others backsides. By the time we were finished, both of us had the tingling feeling again. We got out and dried each off. Then we each powdered one of the new lightweight pull up diapers Carters mommy had gotten us the other day. We pulled on our socks and both decided to wear our Minnesota Timberwolves Tshirts. Just then a knock came on the opened door as we were just stepping into our shorts. The sweet sound of Stacy's voice broke the silence. "Perry sent me up to see what's taking you two so long" Stacy sweetly said. Carter and I had one leg in our shorts and the other one trying to go in. When we looked up and saw Stacy. We both lost our balance and landed on our diapered butts. Our faces turned red cause she saw us in our diapers. "Don't be embarrassed" "My two youngest brothers are your age and both wear diapers" "They're in the same boat as the two of you are in" Stacy had entered the room and helped each of us up. As well as finish getting dressed. "Now you two hurry up and get downstairs" "Breakfast is ready and I want us to eat it while it's still hot" Stacy kissed us both on the cheek before patting us on our diapered butts and sending us downstairs. We got downstairs stairs and sat at the breakfast bar. Perry set our plates of 3 stacked pancakes with syrup and toast with OJ to drink down in front of us. We heartily dug in. Soon we were pulling on our shoes and heading out to Perry's jeep to go to the ice rink. We arrived and saw that Warren and Tamra were already outside waiting for us. Warren was carrying a duffle bag over his right shoulder. "Hey little dudes, how are you both doing today"? "I can't wait to get on the ice" "It's been to long" Carter excitedly replied. "What about you little dude"? I didn't answer cause I didn't know what to say. "Warren, Matties not that great of a skater" "Ah, little dude, you should watch some of the films when I was younger" "I only wished that I had the extra padding like you two have" That got me to smile. "That's what I want to see" "Lets get inside and put on our skates" We got in line and Warren and Perry showed the attendant their badges. Since Warren and Perry played at this rink they had privileges. Their badges allowed them to bring one person with them for free. Family members were 50% off and children under 12 with the badge were free as well. It cost our party nothing to get inside. Tamra and Stacy went off to the ladies locker room as we went to the boys locker room. But went through another set of doors to their teams dressing room and lockers. "This is where we suit up for our games little dudes" Warren put down the duffle bag and opened it. Then he started pulling out several pairs of ice skates. "Okay, little dudes, I went through mine and my brothers old skates from when we were younger and brought them with me today" "These over here are all size six and these are size seven" "I know what your thinking but in hockey I find it best to wear the next skate size then your shoe size" "I also like to wear two pairs of socks" "It cuts down on blisters and makes for a better fitting skate" So Perry helped Carter and Warren helped me find the best fitting pair of skates. Once we had two pairs of socks on, they put our best fitting skates on our feet. They each used this strange looking hook with a wooden handle to pull our skates laces tight. They tied our laces into a double bow explained to us, you don't want your laces to come undone during a game. Once we were all set, Perry slipped on a set of blade protectors for us to use so we wouldn't ruin the skates blades as well as it makes it easier to walk on surfaces other than ice. We entered the rink from the opposite side that the regular customers had entered from. Perry removed our blade covers and skated off. Carter stepped on the ice and skated in little circles. Warren stepped on the ice and then helped me. As soon as I put my skate down my feet went skyward. Bam, right on my diapered butt. A group of kids saw me fall and laughed out loud. I overheard the father say to them. "That's not nice you three". "It wasn't long ago that that was you three" Perry had returned with this strange contraption. It looked like what Mr Davis grandma used to walk with. But it had no wheels, just skids. Carter skated over to me and demonstrated how it was used. So I very tentatively grabbed ahold of the sides and took a stride and glided. I kept repeating this process one leg at a time. Soon I was skating. Even if it was assisted. I was doing it. I was so happy that I had a big smile on my face. Warren and Perry were skating with their girlfriends and I saw that Carter was with a group kids I've never seen before. There were these two girls that were each holding one of his hands. I don't know why but it hurt me inside. Then a group of boys skated over that seemed familiar to me. Look here guys. It's roller goalie. I was pushed several times and went down hard. The two oldest boys of the group kept tripping me everytime I got back up. Warren and Perry were about to intervene when I did something unexpected. I was so mad and about to cry that I reached out both hands and grabbed the boys by the skates and pulled with all my might. Their skates came out from under their body and down they both went. The next thing I know, I'm being piled on top of by them. I got hit a few times in my side and gut. Then the boys were being pulled off of me by three adults. Carter was by my side asking me if I was okay. I was in tears now. The group Carter was with came over and helped me up. They encircled me as we skated away in a group. Warren and Perry had been talking with the three adults who had intervened in the scuffle I had. They came over to check on me to make sure that I was alright. They informed is that those boys have been told to leave and wouldn't be allowed to come back for the rest of the winter season. "We're going to order some pizzas for the group" "Carter does your entourage want to join us" Carter only had to look at all the smiling faces to know that they indeed, did want to join. "Thanks Perry" Carter said It sorta surprised me when the two girls who were holding Carters hand, held mine. "So,, how long have you known Carter for"? "He's a really close friend of ours and we wouldn't want him to get hurt" I was so confused as to why these girls were asking me these questions. Thankfully Carter came to my rescue when he took my hand and we skated as a pair but still part of the group. I don't know what it was that I thought that I saw within this group but something was definitely amiss. Then Stacy and Tamra came skating up behind us. "Pizzas are going to be ready in ten minutes" "We have the birthday room" We all skated over to the rink exit area by the food court. We all took our ice skates off and carried them with us into the room. We put them down by the door as we entered the room and sat down. I tried to sit next to Carter but these two twins Timmi and Tommi sat on both sides of me. If that wasn't enough, two boys named Peter and Carl sat across from me. Then looking over I saw that Carter was being smothered by four girls. I saw out of the corner of my eye, Warren, Perry, Tamra and Stacy all smiling back at us or was it directed at me. There was this big secret and I was the only one not in on it. "So your that Mattie boy that Carters been talking nonstop about for the last 6 years" "He has"? "There isn't a day in school that your name hasn't been mentioned" "I don't know what you guys are talking about"? Thankfully the pizzas came out and everyone was distracted so I could slip out and go sit down with Stacy and Tamra. "You Okay Mattie"? "Yes" "No" "I'm not sure" "There's something strange about all these boys and girls" "Carters friends seem strange to me" Stacy and Tamra shared a smile between them cause they knew what I didn't understand. Carter came over carrying the pizza I was hoping had gotten ordered. He sat it down in front of me and took the seat next to me. Stacy and Tamra got up and went in search for their boyfriends. Carter slid his chair right next to me and picked up a slice of pizza. He took a bite then fed me a bite. We did this back and forth until half the pizza had been eaten. Everytime I glanced over at Carters friends, I saw them looking at us, giggling and smiling. Then I thought I saw. No it couldn't have been. Boys don't do that, do they? Well I hope your enjoying the story so far. I want to again thank everyone for your kind words. Nifty Archives needs our donations. So if you could spare some change. It would help. Merci Beaucoup Mattie