Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 14:25:17 EDT
From: Sidg0714@cs.com
Subject: Charles and Carlos Meet

Charles and Carlos Meet
Part 1:
	"Damn," I muttered as I reached the subway platform.
Bordering on being late to work, again I watched the train
pulled away.  Even remembering the classic movie symbolism
as it disappeared into the tunnel failed to lift my
spirits.
	Looking at my watch I saw I'd be OK if the next one
came quickly.  But that was always an iffy proposition.
	I walked to my usual position at the far end of the
platform.  The train always stops roughly the same point at
all stations so I either walk the length from the entrance
going in or to the exit coming out.  When the subway comes
while I'm walking I grab the nearest car.
	Anyway, it's one of those wet, chilly late spring days
during a spell where you wonder if spring will ever return
much less summer.  The outside gloom permeated the depths
and nobody is smiling.  Which considering how pissed my
boss is going to be suits me fine.
	Twenty feet from my spot I see feet coming fast down
the staircase from the other side of the street.  Next came
legs, bare boy legs.  How could a parent let their kid out
dressed like that on a day like this?
	He hugged the rail as dungarees ripped off right above
the knees came into view followed by a gray t-shirt with a
navy strip around the neck.  At the bottom he spun and
ducked under the stairs.  The glimpse showed a boy with
naturally light brown skin, medium black hair slicked back
and wet from the rain.  The shirt was dirty and ripped.
Shorts held in place with rope.
	Even from that distance the boy's face stood out.  A
naturally beautiful face distorted by fear and despair.
	I approached slowly, making sure to stay out of arm's
reach while not falling onto the tracks.
	When I passed the bottom of the stairs I heard him
shuffle even further back.  I took a long quick step and
saw him pressed against the stairs and cowering into a
ball.
	I stopped at held my hands by my sides with the palms
out, like you do with a dog to show no intention to hurt.
Unlike a dog the boy didn't come out to sniff my hand.
	This closer look showed that even now he was a
handsome young boy.  Looking anywhere from ten to twelve
and still a boy despite whatever drove him to his current
mental state.
	"You ok kid?  Somebody after you?"
	"I got nothing mister, don't hurt me.  Please!"
	"I can see that, and I want to help you not hurt you."
	Despite my words and tone he looked around for a way
out.
	"Please don't run," I said.
	"Promise you won't hurt me?" his voice was barely
audible with all the background noise.
	I crossed my heart.
	"Why?"
	"You look like you need some help and this can be a
dangerous city, especially down here."
	A slight nod, progress.  For the first time he looked
right at me, studying me.
	"My name's Charlie.  What's yours?"
	"Carlos."
	"Well Carlos, is somebody after you?"
	A shake, a shrug.  "Don't know any more."
	"I think you're safe right now.  If anybody was on
your tail they'd been here."
	He rubbed his rear and I wondered how close to his
tail someone had come.  Realizing what he was doing Carlos
yanked his hand away and blushed.  The express train pulled
in behind me.  I held my hand out.
	"Come on, let's go before I'm really late for work."
	"You can take me to work?"
	"No, but I've got to get there fast.  It'll also give
me time to think of something and get you out of here
before whoever's chasing you figures you came down here."
	We jumped on right as the doors were closing.  I
glanced at my watch and grinned.  Without any more delays
I'd be on time for work.
	I thought as we rode the thirty blocks to my stop.  I
could hide Carlos in my apartment without any problem; it
was getting him there.  But was that really a problem?
Just give him the address and the entrance and alarm codes,
stick him in a cab with enough money and orders to bathe.
The issue was trust.  Was he for real or had I fallen
for a scam.  Even if he was for real were his demons
watching us even now?
	"What's your last name Carlos?"
	"Rivera."
	"Listen closely, you live with your single mother."
	"My mother's dead, I think."
	"I'm sorry, but this is the story I'm going to use
when we get to the office.   Do you understand?"
	"Oh, ok."
	"What was your mother's name?" I asked.
	"Lucia."
	"Well, this morning right before I left for work this
morning your mother rang my doorbell.  Your grandmother,
her mother, who is in the hospital with lung cancer took a
turn for the worse and she had to run out there and had no
place to leave you.  I said I'd watch you but couldn't
leave you in the apartment alone and since you didn't have
a key I had to bring you along dressed like this."
	Carlos looked me up and down.  "Would a boy dressed
and smelling like this live in your building and why
wouldn't she just send me off to school?"
	"I thought you were smart, at least street smart.
	What's your idea?"
	"The truth?"
	"You want to end up in juvie or stuck in the system
someplace?"
	Carlos shuddered.
	"I'm your sister's adopted son whose plane was delayed
and we've come straight from the airport?"
	"Luggage?"
	"Locker at airport, we've got to go back after work."
	"So you'll sit quietly in my office all day?"
	"They won't find me there."
	"My cousin's adopted kid anyway, I'm an only child and
everybody knows that.  Her name is Ellen Horsman, your
father is Edgar and you're their only child."
	"Carlos Horsman from?"
	"Ventura, California, northwest part of Los Angeles."
	"My parents were migrant workers, got killed in farm
accident."
	"Remember to sniffle."
	For the first time he laughed and his face brightened.
We reached my stop and got off.  His eyes darted around and
he looked ready to bolt but I grabbed his hand.
	"Now I know what you've heard about New York City
Carlos but you're safe with me.  Just relax, and my last
name's Kaufman.
	Just then two conflicting sounds came from my cell
phone.  I answered the incoming call first.
	"Charles," I said.
	"Where the hell you've been the last ten minutes?" my
boss said.
	"Subway, just heading up the stairs.  Be there in
ten."
	"Turn around the way you came, your meeting for
tomorrow's been moved up to one hour from now.  I already
sent your files along with John.  Now move it."
He hung up and I hit the disconnect and then checked
the two voicemail messages which were repeats.
	"Turn around, change of plans.  I've got to be
downtown in an hour, which should just work out."
"Office one thing, you can't take me to meeting,"
Carlos said.  The disappointment and fear was palatable.
	"True, but we go back to where we got on and we're
two blocks from my apartment.  I get you in there and while
you're cleaning up I go to the meeting.  I'll stop by for
lunch before going to the office."
	"You trust me in your home?"
	"Can I?"
	He nodded vigorously.

	Fortunately the doorman was away from his post and I
got my guest into the apartment without being seen.  I
showed him around and was amused at his amazement.  After
teaching him how to use the remote I picked up some extra
notes for the meeting and took off.
	Made it with five minutes to spare.  Then they were
thirty late.

	There was silence in the apartment when I got back
three hours later and I got concerned when he didn't answer
my call.  The living and dining rooms were fine.  In fact a
little neater than I remembered.  Then came the kitchen.
It looked like somebody had cooked for twelve and they'd
all eaten in the kitchen.  The only thing left in my
refrigerator was a bottle of beer, and there'd been three
to begin with.
	I grabbed a dirty carving knife and headed further
back.  Bathroom and guest rooms were empty.  I slid into my
bedroom and had to suppress a laugh, sigh of relief and a
shout of anger. 
	An immensely cleaner Carlos was snoring buck-naked on
my bed.  His smooth ass bobbing up and down with each
breath.  I left him a note on the bedroom door and headed
back to work.
	The post meeting meeting took longer than the meeting.
Naturally my boss had to try and rip me a new asshole even
though I'd closed the fifty million contract with a new
customer.  At five-thirty his secretary walked in, handed
him two envelopes and said goodnight.
	He tossed one to John and one to me.  "Congratulations
boys, did a great job on this one.  There's a bonus check
for each one of you and take the rest of the week off.
Want to see you Monday with your next potential score."
	"Thanks Alan," we said together, grabbed our envelopes
and moved out fast before he changed his mind.  Neither of
us caring in our shock that since it was Thursday he'd only
given us one day off.
	We hit the bar across the street for a celebratory
beer, hit the ATM to deposit our checks then headed home.
	Remembered Carlos.
	I thought about a cab but with rush hour traffic the
express subway was at least as fast.  Got lucky and hit the
turnstile as one was pulling in and slid through the doors
in plenty of time.  I leaned against a pole and started
thinking what I'd need for him.  My t-shirts were big
enough for him to wear around the apartment but needed more
and better than what he'd been wearing outside.  And food,
obviously lots of food.
	I hurried the two blocks to my apartment and up the
elevator.  I took a deep breath at my door, felt like I was
knocking at a first date's door for heaven's sake, enter
the code and walked in.
	Carlos was huddled under a blanket on the couch under
the window.  I heard the sobs and ran over.  I sat at his
feet and pulled a still naked boy into my arms and hugged
him tight.
	"It's ok Carlos, I'm home, I'm here.  You're safe."
	He opened his eyes and looked at me.  Fear filled his
eyes followed by confusion and a range of emotions ran
through him, none pleasant.  Didn't know what to say so
just resisted his efforts to break my hold.
	"Calm down Carlos, it's all right, your safe here."
	"How do you know I'm safe?  You don't know shit and
where the fuck have you been.  You said you'd be back after
your meeting."
	I sat him on my lap but didn't let him go.  "I came
back but you were sleeping.  Left you a note on the bedroom
door.  Didn't you see it?"
	"Saw paper flapping but couldn't read it," he groused.
	Couldn't help it, started chuckling.  He was right of
course.  Out of pure habit I'd taped it at eye level, my
eyes not his, which were almost two feet lower.  Standing
with him in my arms I carried him to the bedroom door and
showed him the note.
		Hi Carlos;
		You were sleeping so peacefully I didn't want to
	wake you.  I'll be back after work.
		Your friend,
		Charles.

	"I'm sorry," he said, "it was late and I got scared.
Didn't know if you were coming back, when, or those other
men."
	"I'm sorry it took so long but my boss gave me
tomorrow off because the meeting went so well so we'll be
together."
	"Until Monday morning.  Then I'll have to leave,"
Carlos said flatly.
	As my stomach twisted I put a comic fright look on my
face and turned us around and around.
	"Who said that?  Who said that?  Careful boy there's
somebody else here saying silly things."
	Amazingly it worked and he started giggling, the first
real joy I'd heard from him.  He looked me in the eye and I
knew his question.  I nodded and smiled and he hugged me
tight.  Felt tears running down my neck and mine quickly
followed.  Tears of joy for both of us.


Part 2:

	Suddenly I found his lips on mine, kissing me, his
tongue trying to gain entrance.  Stunned I broke the kiss.
	"I thought," he said.
	"Only reason was I wanted to have sex with you?"
	Carlos started to nod his head but stopped and looked
at me.  I stayed quiet and returned his gaze as he
rethought his answer.
	"Was going to say yes, still think its part of it but
not only reason.  I think you really want to help me.
Don't understand though."

	My mind flew back to twenty-four year old memories,
when I was about Carlos' age, maybe a bit more.  Certainly
bigger then he was the summer I turned fourteen.
	I was born on the fourth of July and every year my
parents combined my birthday party with a big family
barbecue followed by a trip to the towns fireworks display.
In the year 1978 the fireworks in my backyard that night
far outstripped anything we'd seen earlier.
	Bobby O'Brien was my best friend, had been for years.
That school year we'd gone through puberty and discovered
the joys of beating off together.  My parents let us set up
the tent in the backyard so we could have some fun.  They
just never expected the kind of fun that developed.
	It was a warm dry night so even though the tent was up
we'd put the sleeping bags behind the tent and we're
sitting on them in our briefs.  We talked about summer
plans and the future.  He wanted to be a test pilot despite
wearing coke bottle glasses.  I just wanted to have my own
store, didn't know what I'd sell just be lot friendlier to
kids than any store owner I dealt with.
	The conversation turned as it always did to sex and
jerking off and pretty soon we were naked and playing with
ourselves.  I made the first move and replaced his hand
with mine.  Wasn't near the first time for that so his hand
quickly replaced mine.  It was always something special
when we did that.  A special closeness between us, a
special feeling in our cocks.
	"Charlie, I want to do something special for your
birthday," Bobby said out of the blue.
	"What?"
	He took his hand off my cock and in disbelief I
watched as he lowered his open mouth over my cock.
	"Bobby, oh Bobby," I moaned and lay back as he closed
his mouth over my organ.  Slowly he started moving his head
up and down.  We'd talked about blowjobs, Bobby's big
brother had even let us watch an old 8mm film of a lady
giving one to a man.  Now here was my best friend in the
world giving one to me and it was better than I'd ever
imagined.
	I felt my load getting ready to shoot and I warned
Bobby but he just sped up and before I could say anything
else I shot my load into his mouth.  He swallowed most of
it but some dripped out.  When he brought his smiling face
up I leaned forward and licked it clean until our lips met
and we started kissing.
	"That was great, so wow man."
	"Yeah, felt so good having your cock in my mouth,"
Bobby said.
	"Your turn," I said without thinking.
	We kissed again and he lay back while I shifted
position.  Started by licking his shaft till it was hard
and glistening and then I slowly inhaled it.  As good as
his cock felt in my hands it tasted even better.  I rolled
my tongue around it and he screamed in joy.
	I started bobbing up and down and felt him growing and
beginning to throb.
	"I'm cumming, shit I'm cumming," Bobby shouted.
	"What the hell are you two doing?" my father screamed
even louder.
	Bobby and I jumped and he ended up shooting most of
his load all over my face.
	My father kept screaming and we jumped into each
other's arms in fright, which set him to a higher level,
which brought my mother out.  What he was saying I had and
have no idea.
	Mom settled him down a little bit and I thought we
might be safe.
	"Marge, go call this pervert's parents and have them
get it out of here.  Tell them to keep this faggot away
from our son."
	My mother ran to the house.  "I always knew you were
trouble faggot.  Stay that way till your parents get here."
He reached down and ripped Bobby from my arms and onto the
tent collapsing it.
	"Dad stop, don't hurt him," I yelled at my father for
the first time in my life.
	He turned and slapped both sides of my face with the
back of his hand and I saw stars.
	"Bastard," I heard Bobby shout then heard two thumps.
Which I later found out was his jumping on my father's back
and then being dumped onto the ground from my father's six
foot four inch height.
	Bobby didn't move as my father leaned down and hit me
twice again.  He was bringing his foot back when Bobby's
father tackled him.  They landed on top of me knocking me
out and the next thing I knew I was being loaded into an
ambulance with Bobby on the other side.
	We spent the night in the hospital; father spent it in
jail.  Actually he spent six months in jail after Bobby's
father pressed charges.  By the time he was out I was
living with Bobby.

	 Lips on mine brought me back to reality.
	"You go someplace?" Carlos asked.
	I nodded, "to a time and place I'll tell you about one
day.  Right now all you need to know is that it's why I'm
willing to turn my life upside down to have you in it.  And
as far as you and I having sex goes it is up to you.  I
will never force you to have sex with me or anybody.
Understand?"
	He shook his head.  "Not that I don't believe, but
don't understand."
	I smiled at him and pecked his lips.  "Believe is more
important."
	This time I let his tongue in as I carried him back to
the living room.  As I lowered us onto the couch two
stomachs rumbled in unison and we laughed.
	"What do you want delivered, Chinese or Pizza?"
	"Pizza, with pepperoni and sausage."
	I hit the speed dial and my favorite pizzeria picked up.
	"Hey Chuck, want the usual?" Armando asked.  He's got
caller I.D., I'm a creature of habit.  I hate the Chuck but
he's got the best pizza for blocks and blocks.
	"Yep, but need second large, pepperoni and sausage.
	Need it delivered too.  Large cold bottle of coke too."
	"No prob, twenty ok?" he hung up before I answered.
	"Two pies?  You must be hungry," Carlos said.
	"I saw what you did to my refrigerator, unless you
hate green peppers and onions I'll be lucky to get two
slices."
	"I promise you three.  Hope you don't mind, but I
hadn't had anything really to eat in a couple of days."
I thought about the missing beers but decided to let
it slide for now.  "Now we've got to get you into some
clothes before food gets here."
	"My stuff is in bathtub drying, rinsed them out."
	"Let's see if I've got anything that'll work.
Tomorrow we'll go clothes shopping."
	By the time delivery boy got to my apartment Carlos
was in a pair of my old gym shorts with the drawstring
pulled tight, very tight.  Of course with one of my polo
shirts on he could have been naked and nobody would have
noticed unless he flashed them.  And knowing Tino,
Armando's 16yo son and delivery boy, as well as I do he
fantasized all the way back to the store.
	I got four slices.
	After supper we went to the living room, turned on the
wide screen TV and cuddled.  Carlos kept my, his clothes on
which was fine by me.  I was more occupied by the questions
running through my mind about him than anything that might
happen in bed.
	When Smackdown ended on UPN he turned the set off and
turned to face me.
	"Charlie I know you have lots of questions.  I know I
have to answer them so you can help me.  I hope you really
want to."
	"I do," I said quickly.
	"I hope you really want to after I tell you what I
can.  But please, tomorrow, today has been so good I don't
want to think.  Is that ok?"
	"Yes that's fine.  Only question that needs answering
tonight is do you sleep in your bed or mine."
	"Yours, can't cuddle in separate beds," he said and
yawned broadly.
	He was sitting naked on the edge of my bed when I
walked out of the bathroom in my briefs.  He held his arms
out.  I took them and lifted him into my arms.
	"I love you Charlie," he said.
	"That's good because I love you."
	We kissed and I slowly lowered us onto the bed without
breaking the kiss.
	I lay him down and started feeling his chest.  "Let me
know if I do something you don't want to do."
	He smiled, "it's ok, I know you won't hurt me."
	Struggling to hold back the tears those words meant I
gently stroked his front, avoiding his crotch as I sucked
on his tiny nipples.  Teasing them with my tongue to get
them erect.
	He moaned and cupped his hairless balls in my hand and
gently played with them as I began to lick down his
naturally smooth chest.  When I reached his crotch I looked
at him and he nodded.
	His penis was now a rock hard four inches of uncut
glory.  I rolled the foreskin out of the way and began
licking the head.   Slowly I sucked it into my mouth.
	"Oh Charlie, is this the way it's supposed to feel?"
	I pulled off, looked him straight in the eyes and
said, "Yep yep."
	"Yep yep," he sighed as I took him in my mouth again.
I kept it slow, wanting him to enjoy what was probably
his first real lovemaking experience.  An experience I was
enjoying as well.  He tasted, felt, smelt even sounded so
good.  He started thrusting in and out of my mouth and his
cock started twitching."
	"I'm cumming Charlie, oh shit I'm cumming," he said
and then a thick string of cum flowed in my mouth followed
by two smaller ones.
	He collapsed back on the bed with a huge smile on his
face as I licked him clean.
	"Guess you enjoyed," I said, "so did I."
	"Why was this so much better?"
	"Because it was the first time you wanted to?"
	He nodded, rolled over and was asleep before his cheek
hit the pillow.


Part 3:

	I covered him with an afghan my grandmother made years
ago and slipped under the blanket on the other side of the
king size bed.  I was hard if not harder than I'd ever been
and it took all of three strokes to coat my chest.  I lay
there for a moment before pulling the blanket up.  Realized
I was at peace with myself and everything that happened
during the day.  Including the blowjob I'd given Carlos.
	I turned over and fell asleep.

	Sometime during the night I sensed this small warmth
against my front and put my arm around it.  When I woke
Carlos was there nestled against my chest.
	"Hi there," I said.
	"Hi, can you let go of me?  I've got to piss bad."
	Moved my arm an inch and he was gone.  I followed his
cute butt with my eyes until he closed the bathroom door.
Was waiting for my turn when he came out
	He sniffed at my belly and looked up.  "You could have
woken me and I'd have blown you."
	Smiled down, "you were out so fast never thought of
that.  Besides, maybe there'll be other times when we're
both awake and both feel like it."
	"Both?" he said.
	I kneeled down to his eye level.  "Look Carlos, first
we'll get some breakfast, get you some new clothes and then
we'll have our talk but there are two things I'm going to
tell you now.  First, I told you last night I will never
ever force you to have sex and I meant it.  If you don't
want to do it at all that's fine with me.  If there's
something you don't want to do we won't do it."
	A smile started across his face as this strange
concept, sunk in.
	"The second is I will never kick you out of here, this
is your home now if I have anything to do about it."
Carlos' smile spread but he quickly shook his head.
	"I feel things for you too Charlie that I don't understand
or remember.  But if you want to break your promise after
you hear my story you can."
	I started to tell him never but he reached up and
covered my mouth.  Realized this was important to him so I
nodded.
	Spring had returned after a several day vacation so
there wasn't any problem in his wearing his old clothes
except for the fact they looked like really old clothes.
We inhaled breakfast and headed to the nearest Gap and a
sporting goods store.  Carlos knew exactly what he wanted
and didn't take much prodding to get what he wanted.  Only
argument we had was over footwear and underwear.  On the
first we compromised and got sandals, Carlos, and sneakers,
me.  On underwear I ended up throwing a package in and told
them they were for when I said he had to and he could
continue hanging loose the rest of the time.
	What really amazed me the three hours we were out on a
school day was nobody even wondered why Carlos wasn't in
school and was with a man who was as white as he was
Hispanic.  But at least for that day I was grateful for big
city indifference.
	We stopped at BK for lunch and then back to the
apartment.  I insisted he put his new clothes away in what
I called his bedroom and which he called the other room.
When he came out he was naked but carrying a pair green gym
shorts and a Nets' t-shirt as he padded over in bare feet
to the couch where I sat waiting.
	He stood in front of me with his back to me.
	"Look, touch, even my ass.  Then I'll dress and tell
you my story," Carlos stated.
	There weren't any bruises or huge scars that I hadn't
seen the night before but it didn't cause eye strain to see
the small scars, faded welts, and healed collar bone and
other violations.  Took a deep breath and spread his cheeks
apart.  Bile rose in my throat as I looked at his ravaged
anus.  It was stretched, scared, still bloody scabs.
Couldn't tell if he'd been raped by the world's biggest
cock, the fat end of a baseball bat...or both together.
	I felt him shaking beneath my trembling arms and
pulled him into my arms, turned him around and kissed him
full on the lips.  He broke the kiss and looked into my
eyes.
	"It doesn't matter to me what they did to you or you
did because you had to to live.  I know you didn't want to
or liked what happened."
	"Hated it, had to, hated it, they made me feel so,
so," Carlos broke down and cried.  Hugged him to my chest
and cried along with him.
	As we dried our eyes several minutes later a part of
me said skip the talk but knew I needed to know and he
needed to tell me.  As he slipped his new clothes on I went
to the kitchen and brought back two cans of soda.  He
looked at the can and then at me and back again.
	"After, when we're finished if you want it you can
have the beer.  I may need something stronger."
	Carlos nodded, "OK, I may want stronger too.  Won't be
first time."
	We sat on the couch facing each other.  He took a long
sip followed by a deep breath.

	"My name is Carlos Rivera, I was born up in the Barrio
on March 15, 1988, so I'm fourteen.  Don't know who my
father is, don't think my mother did either.  She was a
crack head whore who was trying to quit when I was
conceived and she managed to stay off till I was born a
month early.  She dumped me at her parents' house the next
day and took off.  Every once in a while she'd come around
but it was never good between her and my grandparents.
Last time I saw her was my ninth birthday.  Looked like
shit so don't know if she's dead or just," he shrugged.
	"I had an uncle only ten years older than me and when
I started sleeping through the night they put my crib in
his room.  Slept in his room and it was his room, never
mine, never ours.  Outside of the clothes in my dresser
couldn't have nothing in there of mine.  Grandma wouldn't
let me leave anything anyplace else so I ended up with
nothing.  Grandpa and grandma took care of me, clothed,
fed, made sure I went to school once I was old enough but
never any love.
	Uncle Jamie showed me love though.  Rather he taught
me how to make love to him.  By the time I was four could
swallow his cock.  For my sixth birthday he fucked me and
said I should be glad he waited so long."
	"Bastard," I said.
	"Times I heard grandpa tell grandma he thought he was
a bastard.  Grandma would say maybe that's why he's the
only smart one of her children.  Knew Jamie heard the
fighting too.  Kept using me, loved his little slut with
the small tight ass.  Loved me so much brought his friends
around to share his toy with.  Couple times Grandpa made me
suck him off.  Made may not be right word, wasn't really
rape just my role in the house.
	"Tenth birthday came and went, Jamie brought ten of
his friends over for the party, and I accepted mom was out
of my life.  About that time some kids in school found out
so I started spending lunch in the boy's room sucking young
cocks, some teachers too," Carlos stopped and took a pull
of his soda.
	I quickly wiped my eyes and took a sip of mine only to
find it empty.  On unsteady legs Carlos walked to the
kitchen and returned with two fresh cans of soda.  He sat
across from me on the couch and looked me in the eyes until
I nodded.
	"Go ahead, and nothing you've said has changed my mind
about anything," I whispered.
	"Jamie gotten involved with a gang, the Panthers, that
was robbing and dealing drugs and stopped going to school.
These were the guys who were fucking me and they decided
they could use me for more than a fuck toy."
	"Mule?"
	Carlos nodded, "That and helping with break-ins and
other stuff.  Got me a pager that vibrated when they needed
me and I had to get out of school or wherever and to them
as soon as I could even if it meant just picking up in the
middle of class."
	"Teacher didn't care you disappearing?"
	"Never good student and getting worse so they just
wrote another loser off.  More time for few who cared.
That's the way it went to the end of the school year and
during the summer became full time job.  Never went back to
school.  Got hundred a week and all the butt fuckings I
could handle.  If I messed up came the whippings and the
bat up the ass.  Sometimes got that just for hell of it."
	"Cops, truant officers didn't care or notice you
running around all day and night?"
	Carlos snorted, "Truant officers were too scared to go
up there and the cops alternated between being brought off
and mediating between the Latino gangs and pushers from the
barrio and animals from the heights.  Every once in a while
each group would have to sacrifice a member to the justice
system.   Do couple years for robbery or car theft and back
out, nothing that would send you away for long time and
nobody under fourteen.  We were to valuable."
	"We?"
	"My gang was me and homeless boy couple years younger
who had same deal but slept in the clubhouse.  Any time two
of us there we were naked and available.  All gangs had at
least two pussy mules though very few used girls.  Last
year during election Mayor Clueless decided to clean up the
drug problem up there and ordered arrest sweeps."
	"You get picked up?"
	"No way, poor innocent little boy?" he laughed and I
joined in.  He took another slug of his soda and looked me
in the eyes.
	"Go on," I said and reached out to squeeze his hand.
He started to flinch but stopped.  "I told you, I'm not
going to hurt you and I meant it."
	"I know, got to give me time though.  It's been a long
time since anybody cared."
	For the first time he really started to cry.  I pulled
him into my arms, hugged him to my chest, his head next to
mine.  Our tears flowing together.  Carlos was crying the
pain out while I cried to understand it.  He cried himself
to sleep but I just kept him in my arms.
	I closed my eyes and drifted off.  Sometime later, it
was dark outside, a little bundle started moving in my arms
and I opened my eyes again.
	"Hi there," I said.
	Carlos snuggled in tighter.
	"How you doing?" I said and kissed the top of his
head.
	"Better, of course now you're adding crybaby."
	I covered his mouth with mine.  The kiss was brief but
firm.
	"You need to tell story, I need to know it and as you
tell story you're feeling emotions, some for first time.
Am I right?"
	Carlos nodded.  "Including good feeling being here
with you.  Part of why started crying."
	"Yep yep."
	"Can we go out to eat and finish story tomorrow?"
	"Oh yes, we finish this we'll both have nightmares
tonight."
	He laughed, a real laugh that felt so good.

	We went out to local steak house and I ended up
introducing Carlos as my cousin's kid who was going to live
with me for a little bit till his folks got things settled
between them.  They fell in love with Carlos and when he
inhaled his prime rib they brought him a jumbo burger
deluxe on the house.  Again nobody questioned this
mysterious relative they'd never seen or heard of.
	Best part was beginning to see him relax in his new
surroundings.  Despite being an urchin he could speak
clearly and cleanly, something my real cousin's kids in the
suburbs haven't managed.
	On the way home we stopped at the local Blockbusters
and he picked up a copy of "Shrek" which surprised me.
	"Hey Uncle, I'm fourteen, couldn't go see it with my
friends at home.  Wouldn't be cool, he said.
	"No problem, just expected something more like "I know
what you did last summer."
	"Yuck, don't like those horror movies.  Besides for me
they're more funny than scary."
	Didn't know what to say to that so I ran my fingers
through his hair.
	"Uncle, please not in public," said a typical
fourteen-year-old.
	"Sorry, got to get used to you not being a baby any
more."

	We watched the movie and headed to my bedroom.
	"It's my turn tonight," Carlos said when we were both
naked in bed.
	We moved from kissing to tongue dancing to good old-
fashioned tonsil hockey.  Finally we came up for air.
	"Carlos, I want to have sex with you but only if you
want to, not because you...oh shit," I ended when his hot
mouth engulfed my hard cut six inches.
Never in my life has anybody of any age or sex taken
me whole that quickly.  I lay down and let his magical
experienced body take over.  Reached down and stroked his
long black hair.  He grinned around my throbbing cock in
appreciation.
	After the third time he'd brought me to the brink and
stopped he pulled off and squatted over my face.  I started
rimming him.
	"I know what you were going to say," Carlos said as he
squatted lower so I could tongue fuck him.  "Bet you even
meant it but I want to do this.  Part is that I want to
thank you and show I appreciate everything and this is the
way I know how.  Just thank you wouldn't be enough, at
least for me.  I think there are other feelings too, can't
explain those.  Now where's the rubbers so you can fuck my
ass."
	It would be nice to say that I said no, said he didn't
have to thank me that way.  All that noble stuff.
	I motioned with my hand and he slid over and got a
package out of the night table, ripped it open and slid the
sheath on me.  After lubing it with his tongue he stood,
turned and lowered his moist hole and my still hard cock
slipped in easily.
	Carlos started slowly going up and down on my cock.
	The whole experience was breathtaking.  The first surprise
was how tight his ass was after all the fucking and abuse.
I'm no twelve-inch thick hard monster much less a baseball
bat but he had control of his sphincter and anal muscles
and kept a tight grip on my leaking rod.
	I took hold of his cock and began stroking it in time
with his fucking.
	"Oh Charles, nobodies done that before," Carlos moaned
as his cock hardened and began leaking.
	Without pulling out I put him on his back and started
stroking hard as he began working on his own cock.  The
look on his face told me all I wanted to know.  The little
boy attached to my cock might not understand or even really
know the feelings he was having but I could.  Joy, lust,
ecstasy flowing in and between us.
	Carlos shot his load with a silent scream and the
contraction of his butt sent me over the top.
	I pulled Carlos' lips to mine and we kissed, a gentle
loving kiss.


Part 4
	I'm not sure which of us slept worse that night.
Probably me because not only did I have my own nightmares
but also because of Carlos' screams and bouncing around I
got a good sense of his own. With the advent of dawn the
demons left us and it was almost eleven when a warm body
woke me. My eyes opened and a naked Carlos was lying on top
of my equally naked body staring into my eyes.
	I smiled and looked into his. No sexual desire or
questions. Instead there was growing relief. I wrapped my
arms around him and kissed his cheeks. He moved his head
into my shoulder and while the expected tears didn't come I
felt tension and worry flow out.
	"Surprised?" I said.
	He nodded.
	"Happy?"
	Another nod.
	"Both?"
	Vigorous nodding.
	"Can you talk?"
	Shake of the head followed by giggles.
	"What you want to do today?"
	"Piss, eat, story, get dressed, movie or something
fun," Carlos said.
	"Cool, now get going."
	"K, remember no clothes till after story."
	"Fine, now get going before I wet the bed," I said.
	"I can drink it if you want," Carlos said like it was
nothing.
	Slapped his firm butt, "Move it."
	He moved.
	Cheese omelets, rye toast and orange juice later we
were back on the couch. Because mine is the only apartment
building this tall for blocks around I didn't object when
Carlos opened the shades. Sun caressed his naturally light
brown skin as he shook his shiny black hair.

	"Where did we stop?" Carlos asked.
	"Where do you want to start?"
	Carlos nodded and thought a bit. "I told you about the
usual election cleanup the Barrio but things pretty much
went on unchanged. Cops and dealers making too much money
to change things."
	"I thought Mayor Cloverdeal set up special police task
force."
	"Brought outside cops in so our friends told all the
gangs we had to sacrifice some people. Jamie was the first
to go from our gang. Got picked up with pound of crack."
	"More than enough for intent to distribute and with
his other minor convictions looking at least fifteen."
	Carlos nodded, "I was still living at home and heard
grandparents talking to lawyer. District Attorney was
offering five years if he talked and testified. Lawyer said
he thought could do better. Grandma started crying. Grandpa
told lawyer make deal and he'd make sure his no good
bastard son would cooperate.
	"Went upstairs and got cell phone Tomas had given me
and reported what happened. Two days later Jamie was killed
in a prison fight. After everybody had gone home after
funeral Grandpa told me to change because he had an errand
for me. Came back down and he beat me up then threw me out
the front door and told me never to come back. I picked
myself up, pissed on the steps and walked to the clubhouse,
stripped without even thinking about it and fell asleep on
the floor."
	Carlos fell silent but I didn't know what to say.
Instead I took his hand and kissed it. A small smile
emerged. One I gladly returned.
	"At first everybody treated me like hero. Tomas even
let me fuck Chico, the younger homeless boy whenever I
wanted. Only did it couple times.  Didn't really like to
but had to appear like a strong faggot. Right after
election task force disappeared and things went back to way
had been. Except now I didn't have Jamie to protect me and
was homeless like Chico.
	"The gangs united for big party and the mules were
tied and any gang member could use whoever they wanted.
Blacks went after my ass fast. First guy said he was doing
me favor when he fucked me hard and fast with his ten hard
inches. When the next guy showed me his soft ten I knew the
first was right. When they got tired of fucking us they
stuffed a bat handle up our asses so no cum could escape.
Then the whips came out."
	"Didn't anybody hear or nobody cared?"
	"Basement of abandoned factory in area only homeless
might hear and they knew better. Don't know how long party
lasted but every once in a while I'd get a cock down my
throat or up my ass or some more whipping. If fucking bat
went right back when they were done. Something happened to
Chico that night, never saw him again."
	I held up my hand to stop him. Carlos stopped; his
body sagged as he turned away. I reached over and forced
him to look at me."
	"Knew you'd hate me. I'll get old clothes and leave."
	"I don't hate you. I hate the monsters who made you
do, no did those things to you. Chico probably wasn't only
boy to die or get sold then or other times. I stopped you
because I couldn't take listening to more of that," I
stopped and shook.
	This time Carlos kissed my hand.
	I smiled and nodded.
	"After party it was back to work. Making deliveries
and pickups. Help with break-ins and other shit. Then about
two weeks ago disaster hit.  Tomas and Tommy Ray, the
Lion's leader along with being coon with that huge cock,
were talking about crossing lines and going in together, at
least on buying and turf protection."
	"How did you know about that?  Would have been
secret."
	"From regular members yes, but who thinks of faggot
mule huddling in the corner by the heater."
	"Not two dumb idiots," I said with a smile and got one
back.
	He turned around and looked out over the city.  It was
a view I loved.  Sensed that Carlos didn't want to share it
with me right then so I settled for looking at his
delectable ass.  Wondered how many different cocks, forget
how many times, had made the trip I'd made last night.
Stilled a shudder wondering how many STDs were inside him.
Grateful he'd insisted on the condom.
	"They'd been contacted by new source with offer for
big buy for good price.  Couple tests and small purchases
they were ready for the big buy," Carlos resumed in a
flatter, harder voice without turning around.
	I turned to look at him in profile and reached out to
stroke his back.  Try and relax him a bit.  Got a quick
shake of the head at first touch so I sat back.
	"Week before the buy I got picked up by a new cop in
the area.  I had Rolex on one wrist, big gold cross from
sold gold chain around neck and couple pounds weed."
	"Holy shit."
	"Almost did shit in my pants when he threw me in the
back seat of his unmarked car.  First time I'd even been
picked up, didn't know what to expect but he didn't take me
to police station but to a Mickey Ds about ten miles away.
Older man was there and he introduced himself as Detective
Miles Standish of the Juvenile Narcotic Squad out of police
headquarters.  Knew why hadn't recognized the cop who'd
picked me up and he'd ignored the recognition signal.
	"Standish came right to the point.  Had enough on me
to guarantee Avalon until I was eighteen and maybe adult
prison after.  When he started cute little ass routine I
told him I'd been sucking cock for ten years and being
fucked for eight so that didn't bother me.  Think it threw
him for second but he went on.  Sources told them about
deal going down and if I helped everything would go away.
	"Told them I needed a Big Mac Extra Value Meal with a
Coke and some time to think.  Reminded them if I got caught
I was dead.  They even super-sized the meal and an extra
Big Mac.  Got to give him credit he knew how to treat
kids."
	News reports started emerging from memory but I let
Carlos tell the tale he had to tell.
	"I thought everything over slowly as I ate.  Tomas had
recently recruited two new mules, both younger than me and
with holes that hadn't been as used as mine.  So figured my
time with the Panthers was running out and I wasn't sure if
they'd let me leave alive.  So I decided to cooperate.
	"They offered to drop the charges and get me into a
good foster home in the suburbs.  All I had to do was tell
them when and where, agreed to no wires.  They didn't like
that until told them that I had to be naked and ready when
I was in the clubhouse."
	"So what went wrong," I said after he'd paused for a
bit.  His head was still facing out the window but I don't
think he was actually seeing anything.
	"Nothing and everything I guess.  Found out the time
and place and left the note how and where I was supposed
to.  Tomas never suspected.  When he and Tommy Ray were
getting ready to go Tomas told me to get dressed, I was
going to hold bag with money.  Ran to bathroom to take shit
and wonder what to do, not that I had choice.
	"Meet was set for midnight at the main baseball
diamond in Grover Park.  They had me hide in the woods
behind first base.  Right on time the other guy shows up
with two of his guys.  They put suitcase down on bleachers
right in front of me and opened it.  Tommy Ray tested,
tasted and nodded.  Tomas raised his hand to give signal
for me to come out.  That's when the cops made their move.
Tomas, Tommy Ray and Manuel along with the other three guys
drew and were killed along with two cops.  I got scared,
picked up money and ran deeper into the woods.  Found a big
old tree with hole in the trunk and climbed in then pulled
bag in so nobody could see me move."
	"Heard them looking for me, calling my name but was
too scared to move.  Didn't know what they'd really do to
me, maybe even kill me for the money and say gang member
ran off with it.  Became quiet and I fell asleep.  In the
morning I waited to make sure nobody was around and then
slipped out and filled the hole with leaves.  Walked slowly
back to the clubhouse, when I got across the street lots
were outside and when they saw me started screaming, Luis
Grande pulled his gun out and fired but Jorge made sure he
missed and said they needed me alive.  Needed me alive to
beat, torture and then kill after I talked, I knew that
right away."
	"Without question," I said.
	"Turned ran and slipped into places they couldn't
follow.  Kept heading this way.  Got to subway stop and got
downtown.  Got lucky met a boy I used to know working the
streets, let me crash and showed me where to work.
Unfortunately he went home on Sunday and told people who
he'd met.  Word got back to both gangs and the sellers
people they poured on down.  Twice or three times they got
close enough to shoot warning shots but lucky for me they
couldn't risk hitting me.  Been hiding and running from
Sunday to when you rescued me.  That's the story."
"Why didn't you call the cop?  Must have given you
phone number or some way to reach him in emergency."
	"Standish was one of the cops who died and other cop
was working out of Barrio precinct so too risky to call."
	"Money still safe?"
	Carlos shrugged, "Guess or why would they be looking
for me?"
	"Blame you for the deaths.  Think you know too much."
	"First the money, then revenge.  Too much money, think
a hundred."
	"A hundred thousand?  They go to a shark for the
money?"
	A nod.
	"Boy are you in trouble."
	"You want me to leave so you don't get hurt," Carlos
said and I heard the choke in his voice.
	I pulled him into my arms.  "I don't want you to
leave, I'll never want you to leave.  We will get you out
of this, I promise you that."
	"Why?"
	The confusion and disbelief and fear and tears were
overwhelming in that word.
	"I love you," I said then told him my story.


Part 5
	It was just after 6:30 when we walked out of theater
after seeing Spiderman.  Carlos said it was his first one
in long time, if ever.  He'd seen the ads so that's what he
picked, and I didn't mind seeing it a second time.  The
best part though was the change in his appearance and
attitude from three days earlier.
	The scared little boy in rags had slipped away, not
gone I knew but out of sight for the moment.  In his place
was a well cleaned, groomed, and dressed teen that nobody
who was searching for him would recognize.  I hoped.
Carlos' eyes darted everyplace we went.  Hoped it was
seeing sights in his hometown he'd never seen before but
knew it was also looking for the bad guys.

	"Relax nephew, no baddies around."
	"Not even a mean perv whose going to fuck my ass
tonight?"
	I knew it was a joke but was still stunned and stung
by what he'd said.
	Carlos saw the expression on my face and maybe even me
sag and he sort of dissolved into segments.  One really
wanted to run before I beat him. Another wanted to hug me,
apologize and beg forgiveness for his words.  The final
part was the street rat who was wondering why I couldn't
hear and take a joke.  That was the first to disappear,
unfortunately by splitting and merging into the other sides
instead of forming a strong majority to apologize.
	With effort he slowly walked back up to me and put his
arms around my waist, rested his head on my stomach.  I
felt more than heard him crying.  Knelt in front of him.
	"I'm not going to hurt you Carlos.  I promised you
that."
	"I know, I hurt you didn't I?  Thought you'd know it
was joke."
	I lifted his head so he was looking at me.
	"Knew it was a joke, really and I guess I am a boy
loving pervert but when you called me mean."
	"You aren't, really you aren't.  I know that.  You're
probably least mean person I've ever known since Mom left.
Just trying, trying," Carlos broke down into tears again.
	Sunday morning we woke with the television still going
from the night before.  I'd wanted to skip sex but Carlos
insisted and I knew he needed it as an act of contrition,
sign that he really didn't think I was mean.  To be honest
my reluctance lasted until his hot mouth encircled my soft
cock.  Didn't stay soft long either.
Carlos crawled out of bed, pissed, turned the set off,
got back into bed and backed onto my cock.  And promptly
fell back to sleep.

	When I got over my shock and disappointment I followed
his example.  I dreamed of another birthday campout.  This
one in Bobby's backyard to mark my next birthday.  It'd
been a little cool so we decided to go into the tent.  To
neither of our surprise Carlos was waiting for us already
naked.  Soon there were two naked fifteen-year-old boys
plus a fourteen taking turns being sucked and sucking
someone else.
	After a while Carlos got on his hands and knees and
Bobby slowly inserted his cock into Carlos' mouth.  I moved
to Carlos' back and began rimming him.  Once he was nice
and loose I aimed my hard cock at his hole and my low
hanging balls were quickly bouncing off his sweet smooth
buns.  Leaned over and started kissing Bobby, tongues met
and danced.  We broke the kiss and resumed stroking, trying
to keep it slow, trying to make it last.
	From around Bobby's cock Carlos started humming Happy
Birthday.  This added vibration pushed Bobby over the edge
causing Carlos to clench his ass as he swallowed which
caused me to fill his ass with my cum.  Biggest load I'd
had to that point.
	And I felt my load exploding into the real Carlos' ass
and caught his load in my hand.  I had somehow started
stroking him in my sleep.
	"Must have been a good dream.  Hope I was in it,"
Carlos said.
	"Great dream, and you had a great ass in it," I said.
	"Glad it was you fucking me in it."
	"Me too.  What you want to do today?"
	"Something fun so I stop thinking about tomorrow
morning," Carlos said.
I pulled him off me and sat his leaking ass on my
stomach.  For several minutes we just looked at each other.
	"I know what you told me, but never believed it.  So
don't worry," Carlos said.
"That's what I thought you meant but I wanted you to
say it," I said.
	"And now you tell me another lie so you can fuck me
again tonight.  Don't bother, you can."
	"Nope, not going to lie to you.  I'm going to give you
two choices for tomorrow morning."
	"Fine."
	"First we leave together, I give you a hundred and
leave you where I found you."
"Good enough," Carlos spat.
	"The second is I leave you here in your new home with
the code so you can come and go as you please once school
is out."
	"How do you know I want get my old gang to come clean
you out so they leave me alone?"
	"I feel it in my heart."
	"Really my choice?" Carlos asked.
	I nodded.
	"Why?"
	"Because Bobby's family took me in when I needed a
home.  Because I sensed something in you the second time I
saw your face."
	"Second?  What about first?"
	I grinned and hugged him.  "The first time was when
you were walking down the stairs and I saw this beautiful
filthy angelic face."
	"Not so beautiful second time?"
	"Looking at you under the stairs you were still
beautiful but scared."
	He nodded and opened his mouth to speak, then
shrugged.
	"I understand and understood then.  But there was
something else I saw in you, or maybe felt.  Knew you were
more than just another street kid looking for trouble or a
hustle," I took in a deep breath, "Please stay."
	There was a long period of silence, least it felt that
way.  I wondered if I had any clue of what I was getting
myself into.  The problems this could cause me, not to say
the danger if somebody spotted Carlos.  Decided I didn't,
but didn't care.
	"I stay and try.  Try make it work but don't know how
to live like regular person.  Try and feel new emotions
too, like love, trust.  Want it to work," Carlos said.
I wanted to say something profound, or loving, really
meaningful right then.
	"Cool," I said and we both smiled.
	"Hungry," Carlos said.
	"Then let's get dressed and go out for breakfast."
	The rest of Sunday was great, could see the kid in
Carlos beginning to come out.  Doing and enjoying things
his grandparents if not his parents should have been doing
with him.  At home we cuddled but I could feel tension and
fear building up inside him.  Tried thinking of what to say
but knew nothing would help so I just pulled him tighter.
	Carlos woke with the alarm the next morning.  The
first time and nine minutes later after I'd hit the snooze.
His eyes followed my every movement but he didn't get out
of bed until I called him for breakfast.  He came wearing
gym shorts and ate quickly.  By the time I finished my
shower he was dressed.
	By the time I was ready to go he was antsy.  Eyes
darting between me and the door.
"OK Carlos, before I go I told you I'd show you how
the lock and alarm work.  You ready or do you want to take
notes."
	"You, you really meant it?"
	I smiled, "yep yep."
	He turned and ran towards his room.  When he returned
not only did he have pad and paper in hand he'd also
changed back to just the gym shorts.  I went through the
routine with him, even showed him how to bypass the motion
detectors so he could turn the alarm on when he was home
alone.  The door took a little longer for him to master.
As the superintendent told me when I moved in they called
it a high security building because the tenants can't even
get into their apartments.

After a final hug I left.  Spent the elevator ride
down praying.  Praying I wasn't making a big mistake.
Praying he'd be safe.  Praying that if he went out nobody
chasing him would see him.
	Once again the subways were running late which only
acerbated the fifteen minutes behind schedule I'd been when
I was left the apartment.  So naturally when I walked in
and the receptionist told me the boss said not to even
bother going to my office but just right to his I figured
the worst despite last Thursday's success.
	Mr. Morgan's door was open and he waved me right in
and take a seat.  He closed the door and told his secretary
no interruptions.  I started to relax because if he's
yelling at you he loves everybody to hear it.
	"How you doing Charles?  Enjoy your long weekend?" Mr.
Morgan said which was strange since he never asks personal
questions.
	"Really nice, did some shopping, movie, housework.
How was yours?"
	"Fine, fine.  Look, you know I prefer coming straight
to the point so let's cut to the chase."
	I nodded, a little numb.  No clue as to what was
coming.
	"A position is available that I think you're perfect
for.  More responsibility including supervising other
salespeople."
	"Thank you Sir," I said.
	"Not so fast, it requires a transfer and a fast one at
that.  Paul Vigoth just gave two weeks notice so we'll need
our new Southwestern Regional Sales Manager out in Las
Vegas by the weekend.  Comes with a big raise and a company
car and we'll pay relocation expenses too.  Still
interested?"
	I sat back in shock.  Pleasant shock mind you since I
love Vegas and he knew it.  Landlord would love me leaving
my rent-controlled apartment since he could jack the rent
up for a new tenant.  No commitments, not involved with
anybody.
	Carlos.  What to do about Carlos?  Bring him if he's
willing of course.  Get him far away from his problems.
	"Mr. Morgan I want the job but there may be a small
complication."
	"What?  Something another $20,000 a year can't fix."
	"Actually that'll help a lot.  See my cousin and his
wife adopted a Hispanic boy a while back, he's fourteen
now.  Unfortunately they're having bad problems and he's
been living with me for a few months and he'll have to come
with me.  Have to talk to Carlos and his parents first."
	"If they're willing neither I nor the company has a
problem paying for his plane tickets as well.  Can you let
me know this afternoon?"
	"Sure, just want to go and ask him face-to-face before
calling his parents.  Know they won't be a problem," I
said.
	"Then get going and if it's a go call me.  Start
getting things in motion and I'll see you in the morning.
If he or his parents say no we'll work something out.  I do
want you out there and so does the old man," Mr. Morgan
said.

	I did a quick check of my messages, returned a couple
before slipping into John's office and giving him the news.
He was happy for me, especially since it would open up a
slot at the home office for him to go after.  Told him I'd
help if I could.
	Going down I picked up a soda in the lobby and walked
to the subway, past the first entrance and to the second.
Half my mind was excited at the opportunity the second was
developing a sales plan to use on Carlos.  Then the
realization that now I'd have to do things legally struck
me.
	Luck kept coming my way and I saw a good-looking young
lady looking over some legal papers.  I took a chance and
interrupted her.  After giving her the story I'd given my
boss she dug into her briefcase, suitcase was more like it,
and dug out two blank copies of the form.   She showed me
what had to be filled out and had to get everybody's
signature notarized.  "Then when you get to Vegas file one
copy with family court just to be on the safe side," she
said while getting off the stop before mine.
	My section's secretary was a notary and I gave her a
call from the top of the stairs.  First she yelled at me
for not telling her and then congratulated me.  I told her
what I needed and after telling me she could lose her
license would notarize it with the other signature already
on it.  Told her I loved her and would miss her terribly
and hung up.
	Sat on a bench at the edge of the park and tried
slowing my mind down.
	"What are you doing home?  Don't trust me?" said
Carlos clearly annoyed.
	"Would you believe I couldn't stand to be away from you?"
	"Nope."  A hint of a smile.
	"Actually got some good news as soon as I got into
work and we have to talk about it," I said.
	"Raise?  Promotion?"
	"Both, with a catch.  It involves a transfer to Las
Vegas and."
	"I've got to go.  No problem.  Even believe you."
	"Want you to come with me.  Even told my boss about
you, revised story but about you and he's willing to pay
for my adopted cousin's move as well."
	"So much so soon."
	"I know, for me too.  I'll be honest it's a great
opportunity for me, big promotion with a big raise and a
car.  For you it's out of here and not having to look over
your shoulder.  A whole new start where you can be Carlos
Rivera the normal fourteen-year-old boy and not what you
were."
	"There's a catch coming, isn't there?
	"Going to get you into a good school where you can use
the brain of yours as well as you use your sexy buns.  To
make things easier here and when we get out there I'm going
to need some kind of legal custody of you.  Given the right
situation and judge I might be able to go through the
courts but we have to move by Friday if we're going to do
this."
	"This Friday?  Like the end of this week?"  Carlos
said.
	"I know, but we can pull this off.  Look bottom line
is I've got the forms and all I need is to fill them out
and have your grandfather or grandmother sign them.  Now
since this will solve problems for them."
	"What kind of problems?"
	"Endangering the welfare of a child, child sexual
abuse.  You'd have to testify of course or they can sign
the papers."
	"Let's go home so I can call grandmother.  If she's
there alone we can go now while grandfather is at work.
Going to need car though.  After that we can cruise by the
park."
	I laughed and we headed back to the apartment.  Carlos
called and got his grandmother on the phone and broke into
rapid Spanish.  They went on for ten minutes or so.  Carlos
held the phone with his right hand and the left was waving
all over the place.
	Finally Carlos extended the phone to me.  "Her English
is good, just more comfortable in Spanish."
	"What's her name?"
	"Maria."
	"Hello Maria.  Carlos has explained everything to you?
What he wants?"
	"I have one question Mr. Charles.  Do you love my boy
or just his ass?  Don't be surprised I know what he's
done."
	"A lot he didn't do willingly but because he had to.
But I love him, all of him from his handsome body to his
beautiful mind.  Want to take him someplace where he can
regain the childhood that was stolen from him."
	"By me?"
	"Carlos has never said anything bad about his
grandmother.  I swear."
	"Come as quick as you can.  Do you have cell phone?"
	"Yes," I gave her the number.
	"Good, I will call that number in forty minutes and
tell my grandson where we meet.  May not be safe for him
here.  Bad people looking for him."
	"He knows that.  God bless you Maria."
	"God bless you Charles.  May my Carlos call you dad
one day and not just lover," she hung up before I could
respond.
	"What she say?" Carlos said.
	"Take the cell so she can call if we have to go
someplace else.  Let's go."
	I hit the speed dial on the phone as we walked to the
elevator and told Tony at the corner garage I needed a car
right away.  Ten minutes later we were on the way.
	Fortunately I knew my way to his general area because
Carlos didn't have a clue how to do it outside of the subway.

	We were two exits away when my cell rang.  Carlos
answered and sighed with relief.
	"Grandma, where?"
	"Ok, I remember how," Carlos hung up the phone.
	"She's going to her brother's home.  Two blocks closer
and we go up the back alley and pull through the gate into
the backyard."
	"Can he be trusted?"
	"Nobody messes with Tio Tony.  Not with his rep or
connections.  Grandma never liked what he'd become so
didn't go over much.  When we needed him he was always
there.  "
	"Couldn't you go to him for help?" I asked as I turned
off the highway and followed his finger into a right turn.
	"Tomas told me I go to Tio Tony and grandma was dead.
Knew he'd end up dead but didn't want grandma dead," Carlos
said and pointed me toward a left turn into a small street.
	Thirty feet in he had me slow and then make a right
into an alley.  Halfway down a rolling gate stood open and
I rolled through.  As soon as my rear bumper cleared it
started to close.  By the time I'd turned the car around
the gate was closed and I saw the steel reinforcement
beams.
	I put my arm on Carlos' as he started to get out.
	"Could your uncle be the loan shark they got the money
from?"
	"I'll ask him.  If it is we'll take him to the money
because he's family.  If not we'll take his advice.  I know
it's a lot of money but not enough to risk our lives."
	I nodded and released him.  By this point a middle-
aged woman and a slightly older man were on the back porch
waiting.  Carlos took one look and started running yelling
in Spanish.
	The man approached me.  "I'm Tio Tony, I don't know
how much my nephew has told you about me but I want you to
tell me about yourself, and don't bother about the sex
stuff.  If my sister don't care and he doesn't care then I
don't care."
	"First of all, if and when he doesn't want to have sex
with me it won't matter a bit as to how I feel about him.
>From the first second I saw him there was something that
caught me here," I put my hand over my heart.  "Knew the
dangers and options but," I shrugged.
	"Could have had such potential but fell into the wrong
crowd," Tony paused as I glanced over.  "Ok, the wrong
wrong crowd.  Besides, he's got to get out of town and you
look like an honest guy.  So why are you leaving town?"
	"Got a big promotion to regional sales manager and
have to be there right away so I get a week with my
predecessor.  Nothing really to hold me here since I'm an
orphan with no siblings and not that close to my snot nosed
cousins.  Even without that it's too good an opportunity to
pass up.  But if I want to do what's best for Carlos I need
the papers signed.  Nobody's going to believe he's mine and
the cousins' adopted kid ploy only goes so far."
	"No child support from Maria."
	"Don't need it and it may be best for him not to have
contact till the heat dies down anyway.  We have a question
for you."
	"Shoot."
	"Are you the loan shark who loaned them the money?"
	Tony looked around for a minute.
	"I had half and a brother had the rest.  Do you have
the money?"
	"Carlos knows where he left it and if its still there
we're willing to return it to get the heat off.  Don't want
anybody coming down on Maria looking for payback.  He
doesn't want his uncle out the money either," I said.
	"After we finish here we'll go get it, be safer that
way.  You take ten grand as finders fee, Apollo gets his
money back and I tell what's left of the Panthers to back
off or else.  Now let's go get those papers signed.
	A half-hour later we pulled out in Tony's car with
Carlos in the backseat staring at a picture of his mother.
She hadn't been much older than Carlos when it was taken,
before she'd turned to drugs and prostitution.  Tony pulled
alongside the back corner of the park, right where the
woods started.
	"You sure it's in here Carlos?  First the police then
the gangs searched the ground and branches for days."
	Carlos smiled up at his uncle.  "Look inside the
trees?"
	Tony ruffled Carlos' hair.  "That's my nephew.  You
want to connect in Vegas let me know."
	I smiled, Carlos laughed and led us into the woods.
Took him about ten minutes to find the tree and another
five to dig the satchel out.  We opened it and I saw what a
hundred grand looked like.  We sealed it and I picked it
up.
	"This is heavy, how'd you carry it this far?"
	"Fear," Carlos said.
	Tony pulled a rather large gun out of his waistband
and motioned us to be silent and follow.  Don't know how he
knew but when we got to the car there were two large size
punks sitting on his car.
	"Jorge, Bubba, get the fuck off my car now," Tony
said.
	"That the money?" Jorge said.
	Tony nodded.
	"You got what you want now give us the squealer."
	Tony shook his head.
	"What do you mean old man?" Bubba said.  "My brother's
dead because of him."
	"Tommy Ray's dead because he got to big for his
britches.  Now got the two of you wasting time on a boy
instead of taking control of your gangs.  Jorge, you want
to be chief of the Panthers?"
	"Sure."
	"You want to inherit the Lion's Bubba?"
	"Damn right, it's mine."
	"But both of you are having a hard time.  This is the
way it goes down."
	Before he could finish Bubba reached behind his back.
	"Gun Tio," Carlos said from the side.
	"Before Bubba could finish his draw Tony raised his
gun and caught him between the eyes.  I barely heard the
shot then saw the silencer.  Bubba rolled off the car.
	Jorge jumped up with his hands high.
	"I swear Tio Tony, that wasn't my idea, I swear,"
Jorge said making the sign of the cross with almost every
word.
	"As I was saying you go back to both gangs and tell
them to leave my sister and nephew alone.  Besides Carlos
will be disappearing shortly anyway.  Tell the Panthers you
have my blessing to be the boss.  And finally, drag that
thing into the woods until tonight then dispose of it.
Lions ask what happened to Bubba just tell them the truth.
Became just another notch when he tried outdrawing a drawn
gun.  Any questions?  Good now move your ass."
	Jorge moved and began pulling Bubba's body.  Carlos
went and gave him a hand.  Jorge looked curiously.
	"You stopped them from killing me before.  Owe you for
that."
	"Why'd you turn on us?"
	"Didn't want to but cops caught me week before with a
pound of crack.  Either turn or go to Avalon for four years
and then move on up.  Remembered Jamie and had to look out
for myself.  Didn't think Tomas would die that night."
	"Look, I'll hold up my end of the deal mule.  You go
have a good life," Jorge said and held out his hand.
	Carlos took it and shook.  "Be careful."
	Carlos turned and headed back to the car.
	"Let's go Tio," Carlos said when he reached us.
	We got into the car and pulled away.  Silence ruled
until we turned into the driveway.
	"Oh shit," I said and pulled out my cell phone.
	"Hi Lorraine, Charles, can I have Mr. Morgan please?"
	My boss picked up a couple minutes later.  "So?"
	"Sorry it took so long but had to get paperwork done.
Charles and Carlos are ready to move to Las Vegas."
	"Great.  Rest of the week come in during the morning
and work with John then go home and get ready.  Thursday
night there's a party and the kid's invited.   Fly out
Saturday morning.  How's that sound?"
	"Very good Sir, very good.

	That night we sat naked on my couch half watching WWE
Raw on TNN and half enjoying the beautiful view of New York
out of the window.  Carlos snuggled in closer and kissed my
hand.
	"Does Tio Tony killing that boy bother you?"
	"It was self-defense, your uncle didn't have a choice.
If Bubba had gotten him we were dead.  So while I wish it
hadn't happened it doesn't bother me.  Sure your uncle
feels the same way."
	"Let's go to bed," Carlos said and clicked off the
set.
	I watched his beautiful ass stroll away until he
turned his head and gave a come hither look.  Almost beat
him to the bed.
	He lay down on the bed, spread his legs and stroked
his cock.  I got between his legs, removed the hand and
took it into my mouth.  Could still taste the apple scented
body wash from our shower after we'd gotten home.  It added
a nice subtext to the musky boy taste that dominated.
First I rolled my tongue around his hardening prick and
soon had him writhing under me.
	Finally started to suck and he moaned in ecstasy.
Carlos started thrusting up and further up into my mouth.
He picked up speed and I could feel him throbbing, taste
his precum.
	"Oh Charles, oh Charles I'm going to shoot.  Fill your
hot throat with cum."
	I wrapped my tongue around the prick in my mouth and
whipped it off causing him to shoot and indeed fill my
mouth and throat with delicious seed.
	He was dry and clean when I finished.  He raised his
legs to his head and I poured his cum into his waiting
hole.  Slowly I tongue fucked his experience anus till my
nose was buried in his crack.  And his scent and taste were
getting me hot, almost too hot as I felt my precum leak
out.
	"Fuck me, fuck my ass with your man cock," Carlos
said.
	I stood up and quickly placed my throbbing tool at his
entrance and quickly pushed in.  Quickly my bush was
resting against his smooth ass.
	"Fuck me," he said.
	And I did with long slow strokes, trying to make it
last and last.
	I looked down and saw him staring at his mother's
picture on the windowsill.
	"You want me to move it?"
	He shook his head.  "Just telling her in my mind that
this is what sex and love are all about and how much I love
you."
	"How much?" I said with a smile.
	He squeezed his ass muscles and brought me over the
edge.  When he'd finished milking me he smiled and spread
his arms.
	"So much."
	I spread mine.  "So much."

	Saturday morning we got on the plane to Las Vegas.
But that's another story.