Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:42:43 +0000
From: Pink Panther <pinkpanther2@hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: 'July through September Chapter 15

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The first major turning point in the story has now occurred and all the main
characters have been introduced.  I will continue to post two chapters each
week, with the final chapter (26) appearing just before Easter.

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                               FIFTEEN

ADAM

I'm heading over the Matthew's house then we're going to get together
with Tim and Neil. I aim for my usual route across the park. It's
blocked. There are police vehicles all over the place and the woods
have been completely cordoned off. Wow! I can't remember the woods
ever being closed before. I wonder what's happened. No point in
asking the police; they never tell you anything. As I come past the
main gate I spot a guy who looks like a newspaper reporter. I walk
over to him.

"Excuse me, are you a reporter?"

"I most certainly am, young man!" he says, sounding like he thinks
he's my favourite uncle or something. "How can I help you?"

"D'you know why the police have got the woods cordoned off?"

He lowers his voice. "A boy was attacked there yesterday afternoon;
they've got forensic teams in there looking for evidence."

"Oh! Is the boy all right?"

"In hospital, from what we understand."

I guess I'm supposed to take this at face value. It's hard to
explain, but I just get this feeling that there's something he's not
telling me.

"What d'you mean, attacked?" I ask.

He lowers his voice even more. "Look, I shouldn't be telling you
this. The kid was, you know . raped."

I can feel the colour drain from my face. I've played in those woods
for as long as I can remember, we all have. I've never even thought
about anything like that happening.

"Thanks," I mumble.

I head up Longthorn Road towards Matthew's house.

"You're late!" Matthew says, as he opens the door to me.

"Yeah, well I got held up," I tell him, hoping that will be the end
of the matter.

"How? What d'you mean?" he asks.

"You can be an annoying little bugger at times!" I snap at him. I
pause for a couple of seconds. I shouldn't be snarling at him like
that; it's not his fault. "Sorry," I say gently. "The police are
crawling all over the park; you can't get through. I had to go
round."

"Oh! What's happened?"

I was hoping I wouldn't have to talk about this but I guess there was
no chance of that. Matthew's only doing what I just did.

"Look, I spoke to this reporter by the park gates. He said that a boy
was attacked in the woods yesterday afternoon." I take a deep breath.
"He wasn't certain, but from what the police had told him, some guy
had fucked the kid up the bum."

Matthew just stands there looking at me like he's been struck dumb.
Matty isn't usually that sensitive but this seems to have hit him
really hard.

"Come on, let's go." I say quietly.

We head off towards Tim's house without him saying a word.

MATTHEW

Fuck! That is so bad! I know what it's like getting fucked when
you're not ready for it; it's horrible. Adam didn't say how old the
boy was; I guess that doesn't matter much. It could have been me! All
the times I was down at those toilets looking for someone to have fun
with, or just messing about in the woods. Shit! I've got to be more
careful; stop taking so many risks. Some of the stuff I've done is
just stupid, like getting picked up at the swimming pool. I know that
Gary was okay, but I didn't know that when I was letting him come on
to me in the changing rooms.  And what about that horrible fat bloke
that I saw in the toilets? Fuck! I bet it was him! That is so sick!

Adam glances down at me and smiles. "Don't take it so hard. They
think the kid's going to be okay."

"Thanks." I mumble.

"You've been spending some time round at Tim's place just lately," he
comments.

That wakes me up; he's not supposed to know about that.

"Yeah, a bit. Who told you that?"

"When we were coming out of Rugby practice yesterday some kid who
lives near Tim was there faffing about, don't really know why he was
there. Anyway he asked me why `my cousin' was always going round to
Tim's house. I told him to fuck off and mind his own business!"

I can't think of anything to say; that must be the kid Tim told me
about.

Adam ruffles my hair and grins. "Don't look so worried; if you and
Tim want to spend some time together doing, well, whatever, that's
cool. It's obvious you and Tim like each other a lot; it's not a
problem, honestly."

"So you don't mind then?"

"No; I just wish Tim didn't think he needed to make a big secret of
it, that's all. If we get there before Neil does, I'll have a chat to
him."

"Tim was really worried about it; he thought you'd think he was a
pervert or something."

"Tim's still the same as he's always been. The fact that you two like
each other doesn't change anything. He's still a mate, always will be
as far as I'm concerned. I mean, we've all done stuff together. So
you and Tim want to do some more stuff. Well so what?"

I look up at him and smile. Adam's always looked after me, ever since
I was small. He's just done it again.

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0

TIM

Matthew and Arron arrive just after ten o'clock. Neil's not here yet,
but he's always late. Matthew looks upset about something. Adam shoos
him into the living room and takes me through to the kitchen.

"What's wrong with Matty?" I ask.

He tells me about what's happened in the park. I feel numb. The three
of us, me, Matthew and Nicky were there in the woods just a few days
ago. Fuck! Those woods have always been our place; nothing could even
happen to us there. But it could, and it sounds like some kid's found
out the hard way. I can understand why Matthew's upset. Adam grins at
me.

"Actually it was something else I wanted to talk to you about."

"Yeah?"

"We're mates, right?"

"Yeah."

"We've always been mates, haven't we?"

"Yeah?"

"So if you and Matty want to spend a bit of time together, you know,
that's cool; you don't have to make a big secret of it."

"Who told you? Peter Wilson?"

"Oh, is that his name? Yeah, he was faffing about yesterday when we
finished Rugby training. Asked me why Matty was spending so much time
here. I told him to fuck off."

"Thanks, Adam. He's always doing stuff like that; I hate him!"

"Oh yeah! You weren't there again. Knees still playing up?"

"Yeah. They just get really sore every time I run. Mum took me to the
sports injuries clinic. They said it's Osgood-somebody's disease.
Lots of boys our age get it. You just have to rest till it settles
down."

The doorbell rings and Neil appears. He lives closest to me and he's
the last to get here. He shouldn't stay up so late, looking at porn
on his computer!

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0

ADAM

This thing in the park seems to have put a downer on everybody,
especially Matthew and Tim. We would probably have gone to the park,
but that's out, and somehow I don't think any of us really feels like
just having fun. You see reports of this sort of stuff on the telly
and don't think too much about it, but when it happens right where
you live it's different, somehow. We don't know the kid who got
attacked, but it's sort of like we do. We just sit around, drinking
coffee, chatting about this and that.

It's half past eleven. Tim and Matthew are sitting together on the
sofa. It's sort of like they'd be sitting even closer together if me
and Neil weren't there. I remember when Matty was small he always
used to like snuggling up to me. Maybe that's what he needs now. I
turn to Neil, sitting opposite me in the other armchair.

"Fancy going down the pool for a bit, go and swim some laps?"

"Yeah, okay!"

"We'll go to yours first, then over to mine, yeah?"

"Yeah, no probs!"

I look across at Tim and Matthew. "You coming?" I ask, already
knowing the answer.

"No, I'm going to stay here," Matthew says quietly.

"Okay, see you then!" I tell them, as Neil and I head out of the
front door.

We start walking towards Neil's house.

"This business in the park seems to have got to everyone, especially
Tim and Matthew", Neil comments.

"Yeah; Matthew didn't say a word for at least five minutes after I
told him. It seems to have really upset him."

"Shame! I was looking forward to getting my cock sucked this
morning."

I give him a little dig in the ribs. "Oh, couldn't you find anything
nice to look at last night, then?"

"Yeah! found some amazing stuff! But it's still not as good as having
Matthew do it for me."

"Well, I don't think you and I will be getting too much more of that
somehow." I tell him.

"How's that then?"

"Use your eyes, dummy!" I almost bawl at him. "Didn't you see the way
those two were looking at each other?" TIM AND MATTHEW LIKE EACH
OTHER A LOT! I say, almost spelling the words out for him.

"Oh! . Oh, right!" Neil says absently as the idea finally dawns on
him. Sometimes it's hard to believe he's just about the cleverest kid
in our year.

"Tim's still into girls though, isn't he?" he asks.

"Don't know; you'd better ask him. Right now I think he's pretty much
into Matthew."

"Are you cool with that?"

"Yeah, why not? Nothing's changed, not really."

"No, I guess."

We arrive at Neil's house and head inside while he collects his
swimming things.

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0

TIM

Now that Neil and Adam have gone, Matthew's snuggled up to right up
to me, not climbing all over me like he usually does, just  crumpled
up with my arm round him like a little boy who needs his mum to
comfort him, or needs to feel safe, maybe. Funny, I don't mind at
all. Usually when we get together it's because he wants to be with
me, which is great. Today it's like he needs to be with me, and in a
way, that's even better. What's happened out in our woods has shaken
me up, but is seems to have knocked the stuffing right out of
Matthew. He's usually so bubbly; this has really burst his balloon. I
don't even suggest having sex; it just wouldn't seem right. I can see
he's not got a hard-on. Well, I'd be able to see it if he had one,
and I can't so he hasn't. As it goes, I haven't either. I stroke his
hair.

"Thanks, Tim." He says quietly.

"This has really knocked you, hasn't it?"

"Tim, you won't get mad if I tell you something?"

"No, of course not."

"It could have been me."

"Sorry?"

He tells me about getting picked up in the toilets, and at the
swimming pool. I can hardly believe it; I knew that he'll go and talk
to just about anyone, but I never dreamed he'd actually go off with
someone like that. I can understand why he's so upset; he's suddenly
realised how dangerous and stupid it all was.

"I'll never do it again, I promise," he says, wiping a tear away.

There isn't much I can say. When the time comes I'll walk home with
him; he needs someone with him right now. It takes a while, but the
realisation just sort of creeps up on me. I was the one he trusted to
tell; that's how important I've become to him. Wow! That makes me
feel so special. Sure, he's cute and he's horny and I've really loved
being able to talk to him about growing up and how I feel and all
that stuff. Now I realise that he needs me as much as I need him.