Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:09:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: dastardlyd3@aol.com
Subject: "The Family" Chapter 2

"The Family"

Chapter 2

Guests - No. 2 and The Hosts


THE GUESTS;

ALBERT: Albert was a teacher under the principal, Ralph.  Albert had
retired when their school was closed by the district.  Ralph and Albert had
seen each other from time to time around the village, and in the city of
Salinas when they were shopping.

    One day Albert called Ralph to invite him to dinner.  Ralph explained
he now had a partner, a man, Jean, whom he would like to bring.  Albert
assured Ralph that he would be welcomed also.  At Albert's door Ralph and
Jean were met by a nude man who introduced himself as Victor.  At his
request, Ralph and Jean shed their clothes so as to observe the rule of
nudity in the home.  It was the same rule they had at their home.

    Once nude, Ralph and Jean found Victor constantly rubbing against them,
cock to cock all evening.  At a tour of the home, Victor insisted they lie
down on the new, giant-sized bed.  Lube was passed, and Ralph topped Jean
as requested, while Albert topped Victor.  Victor rang a bell and insisted
that the tops trade partners.  Reluctantly, Ralph began to fuck Victor, and
Albert fucked Jean.  When all had cum, Ralph and Jean were happy to leave
the home.

    On a visit to their contractor's home, Ralph and Jean were accompanied
by their house guests Bob and Hal.  Albert and Victor were also invited.
Again, Victor tried to rub against someone all evening.  He told a story
about being fucked by a carpenter who was working in Victor's county
office.  When he tried to rub against shy Hal, Hal's partner Bob stood in
front of him, protecting him.  When Victor complained that he just wanted
to get to know Hal, Albert grabbed his arm and said they were going home.
Over Victor's protests, they left.

     Around the village, the word in the gay community was that Albert gave
him 24 hours to take his things and move out.  A red-eyed Victor was seen
by several men as he moved to a motel.

    Albert waited until Victor had moved out, then called his hosts to
apologize for the conduct of his former partner.  He also called Ralph and
Jean to apologize.  Each readily accepted the apology, praised Albert's
decision to end the relationship, and to offer any help Albert might need.
Jean even invited Albert to come for coffee, lunch or dinner, at his
convenience.

    Albert got the invitation to the Grape Crush, quickly accepted, and
wondered if he ought to find somebody to go with him.  He remembered that
Clarence Woodburn, a senior Englishman was always witty, and a pleasant
guest at any party.  Albert called Clarence, offered the invitation, and
heard a hearty "Yes, but I've got an invitation also.  I'll have to tell
Jean so there will be an opportunity for someone else."

CLARENCE WOODBURN: Clarence came to the Salinas Valley over 30 years ago,
had found a "Sugar Daddy," and had settled down to make a good man happy.
Clarence was known as a very good cook, and loved to party.  He and his
partner, Glenn, threw parties, threw orgies, and were well-received in the
gay community.  Glenn was at least 20 years older than Clarence when they
met, so, of course, Clarence outlived Glenn.  The past 10 years he had
first isolated himself in the great, big house Glenn and he had shared,
then Clarence inherited.  After a couple of dismal years, Glenn started
appearing at LGBT association parties.

    He had known Jean Roualt, Sr., who loved to throw parties at his
vineyard.  Jean's parties always offered a "discrete room" for men who
wanted sex.  Clarence enjoyed that room, both as a top and a bottom.  It
was in that room that he pleasured many tops, and taught several men to be
good bottoms.

CARLOS SANCHEZ and HAROLD ANDERSON: Carlos is a building contractor.
Harold, his partner, is his second in command.  Carlos got a call from Jean
Roualt, Jr., to come and talk about a remodeling project at the farm,
really a vineyard.  He came and talked to Jean and discovered it was a big
project, adding at least 50% to the square footage of Jean's house.  In
addition to adding bed rooms and a master suite of sitting room-bedroom and
bath, the kitchen brought up to date, the garage doubled, and the back
patio poured and utilities to be brought for gas barbecuing and a shower.

    During the course of getting the architect's plans to order, and a
building permit, Carlos and Harold invited Jean and his partner, Ralph,and,
when he learned of their other room mates, also Hal and Bob, to dinner at
their home.  It was at that nude dinner party that Victor tried to seduce
Hal, and Bob, his partner, stepped in to protect Hal.  Victor's partner
dragged Victor out of the home.  After Albert dragged Victor out of their
home, Carlos and Harold apologized and admitted they were surprised at
Victor's conduct.

    When they received the invitation in the mail to Jean and Ralph's grape
crush party, Carlos and Harold quickly accepted, and asked what they should
bring.  A casserole dish was suggested, which Harold immediately agreed to
bring.

GEORGE RAFFERTY; George is a real estate broker.  Ralph had a house he now
wished to sell after he and Jean moved into Jean's house.  George carefully
examined the house, noted what furniture Ralph was taking to Jean's home,
and suggested the rest could be left for an estate sale.  He gave Ralph the
names of two women who were in that business.  As soon as the furniture for
the other house was removed, the woman Ralph had selected began to prepare
the house for the estate sale.  She suggested that Ralph not attend the
sale.  Anything he wanted to keep should be removed from the house, and the
rest left for marking for the sale.

    Ralph was amazed how successful the sale was.  There was very little
left to be cleared out and taken by the charity's thrift shop.

    George took Ralph on a "walk-through" of the emptied house, noting
things that ought to be done before the house could be shown to prospective
buyers.  First, the walls ought to be scrubbed, and some repainted.  Next,
the wood floors needed to be cleaned and polished professionally.  Finally,
the kitchen needed professional cleaning.  George suggested two firms that
could do the work.

     Ralph asked for any suggestions as to which one George would choose.
George hemmed and hawed, then said, "Well, my brother-in-law would be the
one I would choose, even if he weren't my brother-in-law.  His work is
best, and so are his prices.  Ralph asked George to arrange the work.
George promised to take pictures for advertising, and to discuss the
listing of the property as soon as the work was done and the house was
ready to show.

    Ralph told George about the upcoming grape crush, and told him he would
receive an invitation for himself and his partner.  George promised to hold
the date clear so they could attend.

JUAN AND SEAN: Two men had worked with Jean, Jr.'s uncle at the vineyard.
When he died, they continued to work, awaiting the return of his adopted
son-nephew.  When Jean moved back to Monterey County, he found the vineyard
in good shape because of their work.  He promised to pay them for the work
they had done after Jean, Sr.'s death, and to continue to employ them for
the rest of the year.  He worked with them, and found them good workers.

    Juan once let slip that Sean had been a total bottom slut before their
commitment.  At every party at Jean, Sr.'s house, Sean had sucked and been
fucked by every man at the parties, well, maybe all but one or two.  Sean
admitted he still liked a lot of cock, but he had that in his partner,
Juan.

    Each day when Jean, Juan and Sean had finished their work in the
vineyard, they climbed into the hot tub to soothe their aching muscles.
When Ralph was there, he joined them, as did his room mates Bob and Hal.
Things got a bit frisky in the hot tub, but the partners concentrated on
their partners, and did not play with the other men.



GEORGE AND HENRY: A committed couple who both worked hard to support their
son, now a college student, and their daughter, a high school junior.

    George's real estate business had been very successful until the
mortgage crisis dried up the supply of loans which had been available to
any qualified buyer.  George was heard to berate "The Stupid Congressmen"
who took away the safeguards for bank loans, and encouraged people who had
no business trying to buy homes.  "No wonder the assholes guarantee their
reelection by taking money from the people they're supposed to protect us
from."

    Fortunately for the family, Henry had a good paying job with the county
in the road department.  He was able to keep their finances above water
with what they had saved and what he earned.

THE HOSTS:

BOB AND HAL:

BOB, a deputy sheriff, and Hal, a soldier injured in an car crash met at a
cemetery.  As they looked back on it, they were lucky they were not looking
for sex or a partner, for they got to know each other as friends first,
then their relationship grew into commitment.

    Bob was a deputy sheriff who had an irresponsible younger partner.  The
partner had gotten into drugs in high school, then tried to clean himself
up.  Bob had met him at a class for addicts trying to get clean. Roy moved
in with Bob, who provided cash and a credit card for Roy.  Sometime later,
the partner, Roy, left without a word, and was found dead in a stolen
pickup owned by Jean's adopted father, Jean, Sr.

    Bob came to tell Jean that Jean, Sr.'s pickup, a prized, restored old
Ford, had been wrecked, the thieves had died in the crash.  The passenger
was Bob's partner, Roy.  Bob broke down and cried.  Jean and Ralph insisted
he stay with them, and they took him to their bed to cuddle him and
encourage him to sleep.

    Bob slept well, surrounded by his hosts.  Ralph and Jean invited Bob to
stay with them, and they helped him clean out his apartment, stowing almost
everything but Bob's uniforms and clothing in a storage locker.  There were
just too many memories in that apartment for the grieving Bob.

    Roy's parents blamed Bob for Roy's addiction, though he was addicted
before they met.  They took charge of the body, arranged a funeral in their
fundamentalist church to which Bob was specifically not invited, and buried
Roy's body in the cemetery

    He had gone to the cemetery that day to visit Roy's grave.  Jean had
given Bob a rose from his garden with the thought it might be left at Roy's
grave.  Thus, Bob placed the flower on Roy's grave, knelt down and began to
cry.  His deep sobs and tears left him barely able to stand up, and there
was Hal.  Bob was not aware that anyone was near him.

HAL was a soldier stationed at Ft Ord, near Monterey, and had been driving
his wife and newborn son home from the delivery in the hospital.  Hal's
wife was in the back seat, holding their baby.  A car ran a stop sign and
hit the car at such high speed that Hal's wife and baby son were killed
instantly.

    Bob awoke in the hospital two days later, heavily sedated because of
his injuries.  His fractured leg was in a cast, his arm also, and he was
groggy.  The next day they told him of the death of his wife and child.
After almost three weeks, the Army medics came to examine him.  They
declared there was no way Hal could return to active duty.  Upon discharge
from the hospital, he was ordered to present himself back at his post,
where he would be discharged from the Army.

    His injury was not service-connected, therefore he would not be
entitled to the pension he expected in a few years more.  The irony was
that he had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, had suffered a few injuries
which the Army allowed him to recover from, but this accident was just an
excuse to discharge him.

    When he was discharged from the hospital, Hal called a cab to take him
to the cemetery so he could visit the graves of his wife and son, who were
buried while he was still a patient in the hospital.  Hal made a stop en
route to buy some flowers for the graves, then the cabbie left him with the
suggestion he call for the cab when he was done.

    Hal knelt at the grave, placing the flowers on the grave shared by his
wife and son.  He prayed, not aware that anyone was nearby.  His tears and
sobs were deep.  Then he stood.  As he stood, there was Bob.

    Neither man was able to see the other through his tears, and they
almost fell down, but Bob grabbed Hal and steadied the two of them.  Bob
led Hal to a bench where he might regain his composure.  They talked and
shared a bit of their grief.  Then the lawn sprinklers went on, and both
were getting soaked.

    Bob ushered Hal out of the target area, then asked Hal if he needed a
ride.  Hal said he would call for a cab, but he couldn't find his cell
phone in his clothes.  It probably was destroyed in the crash.  Bob offered
to take Hal where he needed to go.  First they went to Hal's home, which
was too sad and dreary without his family.  Bob took him on his errands,
then brought him back to Jean and Ralph's home.  There they became friends,
and, ultimately, committed partners.

RALPH AND JEAN:

    Ralph was a retired school principal in a school district south of
Salinas, California, which was shut down, and the children bused north.  He
was a widower, his wife having died from cancer which was first thought to
be pregnancy.

    After the school closed, Ralph stayed home, nude, and grieving.  One
morning there was literally nothing in the house to fix for breakfast.  He
went to nearby Mary's Coffee Shop each morning thereafter, and many a
dinner.  He ate his usual breakfast, drank his coffee and read "The San
Francisco Chronicle," paying particular attention to news about his beloved
Giants.

    One rainy day, as Ralph read his paper spread out on the counter at
Mary's, a man asked if the seat next to Ralph was taken.  Ralph apologized
for taking up the last space at the counter.  Ralph noticed the man's
clothing was soaked.  He ordered a cup of coffee for him.  As the man tried
to lift the coffee cup he was shaking, and he spilled coffee all over the
newspaper and himself.

    Ralph became aware that the man was shaking so badly, and was wet, and
was a candidate for pneumonia.  He asked about the man's home, and he had
just come back to town, so he had none.  Ralph took him to his home,
carrying him about half way, stripped him in the bathroom, put him in the
shower, and had to get in to hold the man up.  After the man's body had
returned to somewhat normal temperature, Ralph put him in his bed.  The man
was still shivering, and Ralph had no further linens to put on the bed, so
he climbed in next to the man, wrapped his arms around him, and held him
until he was warm and had fallen asleep.

    From this difficult meeting, Ralph and Jean, for that was his name,
became the best of friends, then partners.

JEAN: Jean had been raised by an uncle, a school teacher, who had a
vineyard he took great pride in.  Because of the vineyard, Jean's uncle,
also named Jean, was able to take Jean to Europe, and pay for his college
education.  The uncle also adopted Jean when his parents had both died.
Jean's uncle died just before the end of Jean's school year, his last year
of teaching.

    After retiring and selling his condo, Jean headed to his uncle's home
in the Salinas Valley.  He took the wrong road, his old SUV died, and in
the dark he fell into a puddle.  He spent the night shivering in his cold
SUV.  A woman passing by called a tow truck, which took Jean and his SUV to
a garage one mile from Mary's Coffee Shop.  After handing over the keys to
his SUV to a mechanic, he began to walk in the rain to Mary's.  In the
heavy rain, he became soaked.  That's why he was in such bad shape when he
spilled the coffee on Ralph.

    After Ralph took Jean in, Jean learned that there had been a fire at
his uncle's home.  Ralph insisted Jean stay with him.  Looking at the
house, it was obvious that the uncle's prize pickup had been taken.  So had
a couple of TVs.  The pickup was the one in which Hal's former partner Roy
died.

    In repairing the fire damage, Jean decided to add rooms onto the house,
increase several existing rooms, and make it more livable for Ralph and
him, and for Bob and Hal.  At Bob's suggestion, Jean added outdoor
entertainment facilities, for his uncle had often had nude potlucks for his
gay friends.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO FORM "The Family" which you will meet in
the next chapter as the nude grape crush and potluck begins.

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