Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 00:03:06 -0500
From: Fredric L. Brothers <flbrothers@hotmail.com>
Subject: "SUMMER WITH VAL"  -  Part 10  (Man/Boy)

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			     SUMMER  WITH  VAL
			   ---------------------
			     By Fred Brothers
     Copyright (c) 2000 by Fredric Law Brothers (All Rights Reserved)


             Chapter 10 - Unions, Reunions and Disunions


      The  drive from Portland to Seattle was pleasant.  The  weather
was  beautiful,  something  not  always  true  here  in  the  Pacific
Northwest.   Val and I did not talk much after we finished breakfast.
I  was busy replaying the events of last night over and over again in
my  mind.  The enormity of what happened was finally becoming reality
in my mind.

      Val and I were lovers.  It was as simple - and as complicated -
as that!  I was completely and absolutely in love with a ten-year-old
boy.   And  I was actively engaged in love making with that  boy.that
loving, wonderful, sexy boy.

     I  was  getting hard thinking about last night's lovemaking.   I
was  also  overjoyed at our mutual and very loving  attraction.   Val
asked all kinds of questions about our future, and I was so happy  to
think that I will have this marvelous person living with me and, even
better,  loving me.  I did worry, however, how mutual our  love  was.
Did  Val  feel  obligated to me?  Was my loving him overwhelming  his
child's perspective?  Did he return my attentions willingly?   Or  do
things  out of a misplaced sense of duty?  These questions  disturbed
me a great deal.  I did not have satisfactory answers to them; I only
hoped that being together for the next few days and weeks would  help
answer them all.

      I  thought  once again of last night.  After we shared  of  our
love,  Val and I slept together.  He cuddled very close and  I  could
not  believe  how  comfortable I felt with his  enticing  young  body
snuggled  so  close  against mine.  Our love had reached  a  new  and
important level.

     The  room had been very cool and I loved it.  We were both naked
and Val was erect from the minute he settled into my arms.  He rubbed
my chest with one of his arms and I kissed it and him repeatedly.

      We  rubbed and touched each other and soothed away each other's
cares.   It  was not so much lovemaking as reassuring and  confidence
building.  I wanted to reassure Val that I would be here for  him  at
all  times in the future and not abandon him the way his parents had.
My  present of the necklace was a physical indication of my pledge to
be with him - to love him forever.  Val wanted to build my confidence
-  he accepted my love and would always be accepting of it.  He would
cherish it even though I was an adult and he a child.

      Sleeping  close together, with Val's back against my  chest,  I
settled my right arm over his body.  I don't think I moved the entire
night  -  except for my cock, that is.  During the night, I  realized
that  my  very  erect  and  needy  cock  was  nestled  between  Val's
exquisitely  soft thighs.  When we awoke, we discovered  that  I  had
ejaculated  while  sleeping.  We laughed at my accident  and  cleaned
ourselves.

      Val  wore  his prostheses the morning we drove to Seattle.   He
seemed nervous, but not quite as nervous as I thought he was going to
be.   Maybe what had happened between us had a calming and reassuring
effect  on  him.  I surely hoped so.  My young lover  should  now  be
convinced  that  all my feelings for him were genuine;  I  would  not
permit  us  to  be parted.  He would be with me for now  and  in  the
future.

      Every  time  I thought of Val, or of the two of us together,  I
became just a great big bowl of mush and got all gushy.  I found that
my  eyes would begin to tear up.  I had to reach out and touch him  -
squeeze his knee or rub my hand over his smooth cheek or hold one  of
his  hooks.   He would smile up at me any time I did, and  his  smile
warmed  me  like a thousand suns.  I actually drove most of  the  way
with  either  my  hand  on his thigh (slid up his  baggy  shorts)  or
holding his left hook.  He seemed to like the attention and the  show
of my devotion and affection.

      And whenever I thought of Val (which was so very often), it was
always  in  the  most  adjective ridden  way  possible.   Words  like
"incredible,"  "gorgeous,"  "wonderful,"  "beautiful",  "magnificent"
would always pepper my thoughts about this marvelous boy.

      Before we left the hotel that morning I made a number of  phone
calls,  the most important being to Elise.  I probably woke  her  up;
she seemed groggy when we began to talk.

      "Is everything all right Zack?  There's no problem with Val  is
there?"

      "No, no everything's just fine.  We're outside of Portland  now
and  will  be  in Seattle in a couple of hours.  No.no.everything  is
absolutely great!"

     "So what's up?  Why the call at this hour?"

     "Elise, we need to discuss something very important."

     "You expect me to discuss something important before I've had my
first cup of coffee?"

      "Try!   It's  very  important for us  all.   It's  about  Val's
future."

      She  was  quiet  for  a few seconds, as  if  she  had  actually
anticipated this call.  "Okay, I'll try."

      I knew I had to say it all at once and if she got confused then
we  could go over each individual part.  "Elise, I want Val  to  live
with  me  and not go to Santa Barbara with your brother and his  wife
but to live and stay with me in the Bay Area.  I've spoken to Val and
he  wants  this  too.  We both want it very much."   I  took  a  deep
breath.   There was just dead air coming from the other end.  "Elise?
Are you there?"

     "Yes, Zack, I'm still here.  Just in a small state of shock."

     "Sorry.  I should have expected that."

     "What brought this on?"

      "I really don't know.  Maybe spending time with him and getting
to  know  him again and getting to know his feelings and all and  the
hard time he's had and..."  My voice trailed off.

      "I see.  I see," she said over and over.  Her voice was low and
she  spoke  very  softly and very slowly.  "Interesting  proposition.
Most  interesting.   He'd  be in the Bay Area  so  I  could  see  him
whenever I'm free.  Yes.  Yes, very interesting.  Intriguing...really."

      "Elise,  I need an answer soon because of the legal  work  that
needs to be done."

      "Of course.  Of course.  You'll be wanting guardianship of Val,
won't you?"

      "Yes, that would be very desirable.  It would solve a myriad of
possible problems.  And I'll be leaving for Hollywood in a couple  of
weeks."

     "Yes, yes.  I know.  I know."

       "Let   me   assure  you  that  I  will  assume  all  financial
responsibility for him - everything!"

     More dead air.  Then, "Well, my inclination is to say yes, Zack.
I  know  how much Val loves to be with you and how good you are  with
him  and for him and to him.  He's almost like a different kid  since
that first visit.  I know he'll be very happy living with you."

     "And I'll be very, very happy with him, Elise."

      There  was  more  silence but I could hear her  taking  a  deep
breath.  "You're really in love with him, aren't you Zack?"

     I was stunned.  Rocked!  I was struck speechless.  I didn't know
what  to think or even say or how she realized the truth.  I did know
I had to find my voice quickly.  "What makes.why do you say that?"

     "Because I believe it to be true.

     "How do you...do you know?"

     "A mother knows these things, Zack...even a seemingly uncaring one
like me."

      Time  for  complete honesty.  No holding back  -  no  pretense.
"Yes,  I  love  him, Elise.  I love him very, very much."   I  became
choked up.  "I feel I cannot live...cannot possibly live without him."

     "That's good of you, Zack.  It's good to hear you say that."

      "I'm not just saying that.  I really do love him an awful  lot,
Elise.  He has become the center of my world...and...and I cannot
picture that world without him."

      "I  think  I  know how you're feeling now.  I truly understand,
Zack."   She paused and I worried what was going through her mind  at
this time.  "May I speak with him?"

     I put Val on the phone.  Since I could hear only one side of the
conversation, it was not too enlightening.  It was a series of  yes's
and  no's  and uh-huh's.  At one point, he told her how wonderful  it
was  being with me and of the new friends he had made and of our trip
so  far.  I could see his eyes begin to tear; he turned away from  me
and  whispered something into the phone.  Then he handed it  back  to
me.

      "Yes  Zack, I'm sure Val definitely wants to be with you.   So,
all I can say is yes and that...that you...have a mother's  blessing.
Have your attorney contact me as soon as possible.  Okay?"

     "O-o-o-okay," I stammered.  "Th-th-thanks."

      "I should be thanking you, Zack.  I think we're really doing  a
wonderful thing for him.  I can't believe how much his confidence and
self-esteem  has  soared since he met you again.  I think  he'd  lose
those  gains if he lived with all those girls down in Santa  Barbara.
In fact, I know he would."

     "Thanks for saying that, Elise."

      "I  truly believe it.  Your influence has been quite remarkable
and  all encompassing.  I could see the changes in him from that very
first  day."   She  paused here, as if trying to either  collect  her
thoughts  or say something rather startling; it was the  latter.   "I
wasn't sleeping, Zack."

      "W-w-w-what?" I managed to stammer out.  "I d-d-don't get  what
you mean, Elise."

      "That first day at your house?  When we were on the terrace and
Val  was  resting with you?  I wasn't asleep.  I saw how  beautifully
and gently you treated him and how responsive he was."

     "I'm so s-s-sorry, Elise.  I'm sorry you saw...you saw that."

      "Why?   Why  should  you be sorry?  You  showed  a  frightened,
insecure  little  boy some real love...and gave him back  some of his
dignity.  There's absolutely nothing to be sorry about!  God knows, I
wasn't there when he really needed me.  I was totally unresponsive to
his great needs.  You are a very loving person, Zack.  You showed him
a  person who is not family could love him and appreciate him for the
loving, wonderful boy he is.

     "T-t-thanks."  I didn't know what else to say.

     "I  knowing  that he'll extremely happy being  with  you."   She
paused  again,  either  for effect or for  to  give  me  time  for  a
response.   When I was not forthcoming she continued.  "Well,  that's
going to make things so much easier for all of us, isn't it?  I'll be
very happy to do anything, Zack.  Anything to help him...or you."

      We chatted further but the decision had been made - Val was  to
be  with me - he will be with me and loving me - and I was completely
overjoyed.   We  were  going  to be a family.   We  would  be  living
together - Val and me.  My wonderful lover would be with me and  we'd
be together and gloriously happy.

      When  I  got off the phone, Val cautiously walked up to  me,  a
questioning look lingering on his beautiful face.  I gave him  a  big
smile, nodded and opened my arm.  He let out a marvelous squeal  that
sang  in  my heart.  I lifted him and we kissed fervently, eventually
toppling over onto the bed and rolling around.  I kissed him all over
his  face  and tickled his body.  He laughed so hard it was difficult
for  him  to  catch his breath.  It was delightful  seeing  him  this
happy.   However, I could not afford to let anything develop  because
of  our time constraints.  Mary Anne would get totally bitchy  if  we
were late.

     "Have I told you recently how much I love you, Val?"

      "Uh.   I  think it's thirty seconds ago.  But I always love  to
hear it."

     "I love you, Valery Ivan Hendricks.  I love you very, very much.
You are the great love of my life."  We kissed passionately.

      I  made two more call - to the house to speak to Brigitte, then
to my attorney.  Things were now in motion.

     As  we got closer to Seattle, Val read off the signs telling  us
the distance remaining.  He was becoming noticeably more agitated  as
we  neared our destination.  I knew he would be very nervous  meeting
certain  people again - people whom he had known before the traumatic
loss  of  both  his  hands.  I would lightly rub his  exposed  thighs
occasionally, trying to assure him of my great and undying love,  and
to  try to build up his confidence.  I'd always found that it was the
little  niceties  performed for others that were the most  remembered
and  appreciated.  Obviously, Elise had remembered my act of kindness
to Val very clearly - it most certainly seemed to impress her.

     He  would  occasionally look at me and try  to  smile.   I  kept
trying  to  reassure  him  that Gabe would  accept  him  despite  his
handicap, just as I had.  But now, it seemed, he had a new worry.

     "Zack, I been wonderin'."

     "What were you wondering about?"

     "I was wonderin' if...if, ya know, if we'd be able t' be together?
When - er - all of us are together...ya know, with Gabe?"

     "Together?"

      "Yeah!   Together  - just me and you.  Like we  been  the  last
coupla nights."

      I  smiled  and  looked into his upturned  face.   There  was  a
pleading  look  in  those magnificently large  hazel  eyes.   I  knew
exactly  what  he meant.  Our last two nights together,  sharing  the
same  bed,  sharing our love, had been marvelous.  I  loved  sleeping
with and being with this amazing boy - this wonderful child.  I could
not  remember more satisfying nights or a more fulfilling journey  of
sexual exploration.  And now he was concerned that those events would
make him seem more like an outsider after Gabe joined us.

       "Yes, Val.  I'll  make  sure  that  we  are  together...alone
together...and that I can show you all the time how much I love you."

      I  saw his eyes begin to well up.  "And...and how much...how  very,
very much I love ya Zack.  How great ya make me feel...and feel like
I'm  the  luckiest  boy  in the whole world."   He  touched  his  new
necklace, the symbol of my undying love for him, and he began to cry.

     I lifted one of his hooks and kissed it.  Val then put that same
hook  to  his  lips  and kissed it too.  It was a  slightly  modified
reenactment of the episode from our first time together.  So much had
happened between Val and me since that day.  My initial attraction to
this beautiful boy had grown into full-fledged love.

----------------------------

      Since our arrival in Seattle was well before noon, I decided to
check  in.  It was a five star hotel.  Val had never seen such luxury
and  was  completely  thrilled by the size and sumptuousness  of  our
suite.

     We were at Mary Anne's place at noon.  Before I had even stopped
the  Range  Rover  in the driveway Gabe came running  out  of  house,
leaped  down  the  three  steps leading up to  the  front  porch  and
traveled at top speed right into my waiting arms.  I had jumped  from
the  car  without shutting off the engine or releasing Val  from  his
seatbelt.

     The two of us hugged and kissed with abandon.  I spun him around
and  around without concern for either of our safety.  I was ecstatic
to  see  my son again - my beautiful son.  Gabe squealed and  laughed
almost  hysterically as I continued to hug and kiss him.  Finally,  I
put  him  down and turned off the car engine and freed Val  from  his
confines.   I  lifted him to the ground.  Gabe was still clinging  to
me.

      The  reunion  of the two boys was very touching and  heartfelt.
They  first greeted each other with a simple "Hi" and asked how  each
was  doing.  Gabe extended his hand and took Val's extended hook, and
they shook.  Then they fell into each other's arms and hugged tightly
and enthusiastically.

      While the boys were busy with their greetings, I walked  up  to
the  porch  where  Mary Anne was standing and  waiting  with  a  very
handsome young man.  And the emphasis must be on young - I swear,  he
looked  no more than nineteen.  He was very tanned with that  supreme
blonde  California surfer look.  Mary Anne looked the same as always,
although she was showing her age and had gained some weight.

       I  kissed  her  on  the  cheek  and  we  exchanged  our  usual
pleasantries.  If nothing else, our relationship had settled  into  a
rigid routine of enforced friendship and wariness.

      "Zack, I'd like you to meet my fianc‚, Christian deYoung."   We
shook  hands;  he  had a very strong hand shake and  I  was  sort  of
overwhelmed  at  his appearance - not very tall (about  5'-8"),  very
narrow waist, blonde hairy arms and legs, small feet, rather muscular
and  extremely  cute,  if  I may be permitted  to  use  that  totally
overdone adjective.  Then Mary Anne turned to Christian and said in a
rather  cold, dead voice, "Christian, this is Dr. Zachary Greene,  my
ex-husband, and Gabe's father."  So much for introductions.

      I  noticed Christian letting his eyes wander over my body, just
as  I  did  with  him.   He had a glorious big  smile  that  revealed
impeccable, gleaming white teeth and full lips.  His green eyes  were
stunning and quite seductive.  Christian seemed to be checking me out
as  much  as I had checked him out.  I began receiving certain  vibes
and I wasn't quite sure if I liked what I was picking up.

      I  could  definitely  see what Mary Anne  saw  in  this  young,
beautiful  hunk  -  what  he saw in her was an  altogether  different
matter.   Having lived together for eight years (six of them  married
to  her),  I  knew  that  either he had to have  the  IQ  of  a  dead
flashlight battery or he was heavy into drugs - legal or illegal.  No
normal, non-medicated person could possibly be able to tolerate  Mary
Anne for the period required for a successful marriage.

      I  turned to watch the boys.  There they were standing  in  the
driveway - probably the two most beautiful boys in the entire  world.
My  beautiful  son - my precious Gabe - his slim body  clothed  in  a
Seattle Mariners tee shirt and baggy white shorts.  His long, shining
blonde  hair  was pulled straight back and tied in a  ponytail.   His
blue  eyes  sparkling,  his blonde lashes accentuating  the  stunning
color  of  those intense eyes.  His exquisite face - high cheekbones,
small nose, small delicate mouth and freckles - as spectacular as any
of the cherubim in a Renaissance painting.

      And  my  precious Val - taller than Gabe, equally handsome  and
infinitely sweet.  I know my perception was colored by my great  love
for him, but it was undeniably true - he was a beautiful child.  Also
undeniable was my great and overwhelming love for him.

      Gabe and Val were talking rather animatedly and Val was showing
him  the  mechanics of his prostheses.  He performed various motions,
opened  the  car  door and took something out.   Gabe  seemed  to  be
thrilled  at  what Val showed him.  As they walked up to  the  porch,
Gabe had his arm around Val's shoulder.

     "And  who  is  this handsome young man?" Christian  asked  while
looking directly at Val.

      "Chris,  this is my good friend Val Hendricks.   Val,  this  is
Chris."   Christian put out his hand.  Val cautiously  puts  out  his
right hook and Christian took it unhesitatingly into his hand and the
two shook.  Val smiled and gave me sideward glance; Christian flashed
another of his great smiles.

     "Hi, Mrs. Greene," Val said with enthusiasm.

      "Hello,  Val,"  Mary Anne said with a certain coolness  in  her
voice,  as if dismissing a dirty street urchin who had dared approach
her  for  a handout.  She always had maintained this attitude towards
Elise, Kurt and Val.  If she wanted to stay on my good side Mary Anne
had  better  change her attitude toward my lover -  okay,  my  secret
lover.

      We  all  moved into the house and I noticed a great  number  of
cartons  piled up in the living room.  "What's in all these cartons?"
I asked.

      "That's  all  the stuff being moved out," Mary  Anne  answered.
"Some of it's Gabe's, most of it's mine.  I'm giving up the house and
moving in with Christian at his place.  Half the time on the boat and
the  other  half  in  his apartment - it's not  far  from  the  Space
Needle."

     "Boat?" I say rather confused.

      "Yeah,  dad.  Remember I told you that Chris has this  fabulous
boat?   Well,  he  and  mom are gonna live  on  it  durin'  the  good
weather."

     "What does that mean - two or three weeks of the year?"

      Everyone  but  Mary Anne laughed at my little  joke,  Christian
laughing particularly hard - maybe a little too hard.  "No, no,  no,"
he  said.   "We  get wonderful weather here in the summer  and  early
fall.  Really delightful.  And Mary Anne and Gabe both love the boat.
We'll travel around and have a gay old time - the two of us."

      "It's  really big, dad - and so beautiful.  Val, ya gonna  love
it!"

      I  thought for a second, looked around at them quizzically, and
directed  my question to Mary Anne.  "Gabe said something  about  you
and  Christian living on the boat - and in the apartment.  What about
him?" I asked, nodding my head in Gabe's direction.  I was greeted by
absolute  silence.  Everyone was looking at the  floor.   It  was  so
quiet I could hear the insects buzzing around outside.  I put my arms
out.  "So?"

      Mary  Anne spoke.  It was quiet and very much unlike her usual
ways.  "Zack, we've come to a decision...Gabe, Christian and me, that
is.  We've decided that...that Gabe is g-going  to live...live with
you in Berkeley...if...well, he'll live there permanently...if...if
you want him."

      For the second time today I was in a state of paralyzing shock.
I  felt Val clutch me tightly.  I shook my head slowly and walked  to
the nearest chair and sat down.

     "If I want him?  What a horrible thing to say!  He's my son, for
god's sake.  Of course I want him!"

     "Then it's o-o-okay with ya, d-dad?"

      "Yes," I said hesitantly.  "Yes, it's fine with me."  I  opened
my  arms  and Gabe came running to me.  I clasped him to  me  with  a
heavy  hug  and kissed his head.  Then I turned on Mary Anne  and  my
wrath was hardly contained.  "But don't you think it would have  been
better to tell me this earlier and not spring it on me when I'm  here
barely five minutes?"

      Again, quiet.  Christian was the first to speak.  "I suppose so
Zack.  Sorry."

      "I  don't  think  it's your place to apologize,  Christian,"  I
snapped  while  staring directly at Mary Anne.  "And please  remember
that  all  this is going to be done all nice and legal."  I drew  out
each  word to make my point.  "I want paper on everything  -  I  want
everything  written  down  all  nice  and  specific.   And   I   mean
everything!"  I raised my voice.  "Do I make myself clear?"

      Mary  Anne  nodded.  "Yes, Zack.  I have most of the  paperwork
done."

      "Oh,  I'll bet you have."  I did not try to conceal the sarcasm
in  my  voice.  "I'll get my attorney on it immediately.  I will  not
leave Seattle until this is completed to my total satisfaction!"  She
hesitantly nodded.

     "This  will put a definite crimp in our touring plans  after  we
leave," I thought.  "I cannot do the touring with a vehicle loaded to
the  limit!"  I rubbed the perspiration from my forehead.  "Just like
Mary  Anne to pull this kind of shit at this late date!"  I  sat  and
sweated  for  about three or four minutes, running  all  the  various
scenarios through my now addled brain.

     Finally   I  spoke.   "Yeah.   Okay,  then.   Everything'll   be
fine.just fine.  It will.  No problem."  Gabe gave me a big smile and
ran into my arms again.  I hugged him tightly.  I looked over at Val;
he had a slightly confused look on his face and his eyes were wet.

      "Good!  That's settled!" Mary Anne said hastily.  "Anybody  for
lunch?"   She was at the fridge pulling stuff out and setting  it  on
the  kitchen table.  The boys responded enthusiastically and  ran  to
the  table.  They were already helping themselves to the food when  I
slowly ambled in and sat down at the table.

      We  tried to make pleasant conversation - everyone except  Mary
Anne.  She was very quiet.  I knew something was bothering her and my
leading  contender  was  Val being here at  this  so-called  "family"
gathering.   Some family - a father in love with a ten-year-old  boy,
an  ex-wife  in love with a teenager and a son not quite  sure  where
he'd be living.

     Mary  Anne kept sneaking sideward glances at Val and how he  was
managing  to eat using his hooks.  He was doing very well  and  being
very  careful.  When he inadvertently dropped something on the floor,
she became very annoyed and ran to the sink to get a sponge and paper
towels  to clean it up.  Val glanced at me quickly.  I knew  he  knew
that  Mary  Anne didn't particularly like him and now those  feelings
were  being  reinforced.  I yearned to help him get over  this  rough
patch  by holding him and telling him soothing and reassuring things,
but I could not.

      Suddenly  he  stood  up.  "Excuse me, but I havta  go...t' the
bathroom."   He  started walking out of the room but  turned  around.
"Zack, could ya please...you know, please...help me?"

      I  stood  and followed Val to the nearby powder room.   He  was
crying  before I had closed the door.  I sat down on the  toilet  and
held him and rubbed his back and kissed him.

      "I'm  sorry, Zack," he said between sobs.  "I'm so,  so  sorry.
But I don't like how she's treatin' ya and.and also treatin' me.  And
now  Gabe'll  be  livin' wit' us.  I knew these good things  wouldn't
last for me."

      I  was  quite  taken  aback  by his  total  perception  of  the
situation.   "There's nothing to be sorry about,  my  beautiful  one.
Nothing  at  all.  Mary Anne's a pig!  And luckily this will  be  the
last time you'll ever have to see her."  I continued to kiss his  wet
face and hugged him close to my body.  "You don't have to worry about
her  at  all.  Mary Anne is not part of your life now and never  will
be."

     "Yes, she is!  She's part of your life, and anythin' that's part
of  your  life is part of my life too.  And wit' Gabe livin' wit'  us
she'll be there all the time.  I know it!"

      Again,  I was stunned.  His sensitivity and perception startled
me.   I  pulled back and looked at him.looked at him like I had never
done  before.  The kid's depth of feeling and understanding of  human
nature astonished me.  A whole new aspect of this miraculous boy  was
suddenly being revealed to me.

     "You  are  absolutely  correct, Val," I said  nodding  my  head.
"Absolutely right!  Mary Anne is part of my life...and will be forever.
Gabe links us.  You understand human relationships better than I do."

      He smiled a sardonic smile.  "It's like Elise and Kurt.  They's
always  tied together by me.and the hurt's always there."  I  clasped
him  to  my  body  and held him as he continued to sob.   He  was  an
amazing boy - an amazing human being.

     I  really needed to know how he felt about the latest change  in
our long-range plans.  "Val, what about Gabe living with us?"

      He  was  quiet at first but stared right at me.  Then he  spoke
enthusiastically.  "I think it's great.  I do.  It'll be great havin'
him livin' with us.  Right?"

     "I think it will.  Yes, I think it'll be good for all of us."

      "'Cause  ya  promised that we'll continue to make love  and  be
together."

     I smiled at him warmly.  "Again you're right!"

     Before  we  left  the  bathroom, I helped  him  to  urinate.   I
thrilled at holding his young penis and feeling him piss.  He  smiled
adorably  up at me.  "I love it when ya help me, Zack.   Help  me  do
anything."

      "And  I  love  doing anything you want me to do.  Anything  for
you."  I wiped his eyes and washed his face with cold water before we
left the bathroom.

      When we returned to the kitchen, all the food had been removed,
the  table  was  clean and Mary Anne was at the  sink.   "Where's  my
sandwich?" I asked.

     "Oh, I thought you were finished," she answered.

     "Well, I wasn't!"  I walked over to the fridge.  "I thought that
was quite obvious."

     "What are you doing Zack?"

      "I'm  getting  some  food for Val and  me.   We're  both  still
hungry."

      "Sorry, lunch is over.  I'm very busy Zack and I need to  clean
up."

      "No  problem.  None at all."  She gave me a slightly triumphant
smile.   "C'mon Val."  I grasped one of his hands and walked  quickly
outside.  Christian and Gabe were sitting on the porch.  I nodded  at
them as we made our hasty exit to the Range Rover.

     Gabe looked at me very seriously and then called out, "Where  ya
goin', dad?"

     I turned on him, not bothering to hide my anger.  "Val and I are
going  to  get  something to eat since your mother has decided  we've
eaten  enough and lunchtime's over."  While I talked, I was unlocking
the  Range  Rover, getting Val properly into his seat and opening  my
door.  "Then I'll show Val some of the sights of Seattle.  We'll wind
up at our hotel later."

      Gabe had a panicked expression on his face.  "When'll I see ya?
When'll ya be back?" he screamed.

     He ran up to the side of the car as I got in and closed my door.
"I'll  be  back when your mother decides it's time for  you  to  come
along with me permanently!  And not before."

      "What's  happened?" Gabe screamed over the sound of the  engine
starting.  "What's goin' on?"

     "For that I'd speak to your goddamned crazy excuse for a mother,
Gabe!"  I noticed that Christian had gone into the house.

     "Dad, no!  Don't go!"  Gabe screamed.  "Dad!  Dad!  Please stay.
Val?"  I backed out of the driveway and sped off.

      I  had had enough of Mary Anne's bullshit over the years and  I
was  not about to take any more of it when I didn't need to.  I would
not subject Val to her idiotic and incomprehensible behavior.  If she
was  still  festering  over her exclusion  of  a  share  of  my  book
royalties,  then  fuck her!  I was pissed off at her shitty  attitude
toward  others and her goddamned uncaring ways.  I would  not  accept
another minute of her and her problems - either real or imagined!

      I looked at the clock on the dash.  The entire visit had lasted
less than forty-five minutes, a new world's indoor record.

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      Despite the psychologically upsetting morning, Val and I had  a
wonderful  afternoon  together.  I knew Val had taken  the  situation
very  hard; he was quieter than usual but eventually returned to  his
exuberant and loving self.  I knew Mary Anne didn't like him when the
boys  were good friends back in Berkeley, and I'm sure his prostheses
completely  freaked  her out.  Well, that's her problem  and  no  one
else's!  Fuck her!

     We  rode  the monorail, went to the top of the Space Needle  and
wandered leisurely through the Pike Place Market.  We visited Pioneer
Square,  a  few glass blowing studios and the beautiful new  museums.
Val  had  a  wonderful time and so did I.  We pigged out on wonderful
Seattle  specialties, watched everyone in the busy market  (he  loved
them  throwing  the fish - who doesn't?) and saw  the  whole  of  the
Seattle  area  from  the top of the Needle.   I  treasured  our  time
together - my young lover and me.  I hugged and squeezed him as often
as  I could.  When people saw us kissing and hugging each other, they
probably  thought of us as a very loving father and  son.   Ah!   How
wrong they were!

      Best  of all was that Val seemed to be totally comfortable  and
confident - with me and, more importantly, with himself.

      When  we  returned  to our hotel, I noticed the  message  light
blinking  on  the phone.  I knew what that was all about and  ignored
it.   We  dropped our packages on the floor and I went to the  fridge
and  popped open two Cokes.  I flopped onto a sofa and Val joined me.
He  kissed  me  hard  and  I loved what he did.   He  had  taken  the
initiative  and was not ashamed or reticent about our love  or  about
displaying  it.   I  loved him for this - and  for  a  million  other
reasons.

     "So, Val, did you like what we did today and what you saw?"

      "Yeah!   I loved everything!  It's a real beautiful city.   And
all the hills and the water and the restaurants and all.  It looks  a
little like San Francisco without the bridges."

     "Funny you should say that, because that's exactly what I though
the first time I was here."

     "I love that market...and the glass blowers.  They're really cool!
And the food is so great!  It's real nice here, isn't it?"

     "Yes, it's a great city.  Did you like the Space Needle?"

     "It's super and how far ya can see!  Are we gonna visit that big
volcano too?"

     "Mount Rainier?  Definitely!"

     "Great!'

     I turned on the television and watched CNN.  Val climbed onto my
lap  and I hugged him and kissed his head and let my hands roam  over
his sweet body.  He turned his head and gave me a loving kiss that  I
returned eagerly.  He moved his arms and began to stroke my head  and
face.   I loved what he was doing.  Suddenly he dropped his arms  and
said  "Sorry" in a very low voice, averting my eyes and looking  down
at the floor.

     "What are you sorry about, Val?"

      He  shook  his  head and raised one of his hooks.   "You  know,
touching you and...and making love to you with my...my hooks."

     "Why shouldn't you?"

     He shook his head again.  "'Cause they ain't real...they're metal,
plastic and...and ugly."

      We  had  been through this before and I knew we would be  going
through it countless times again.  I had to keep reassuring him  that
I  did not care about his hooks.  He was my great love - the love  of
my life - and he need not be ashamed of anything.

      I  petted his face softly, rubbing the back of my hand  on  his
cheek and down his neck.  I kissed his forehead and pick up one  hook
in  my other hand.  "Val, I know we've spoken about this before."  He
looked  deeply  into  my  eyes.   I spoke  slowly  and  deliberately.
"Because of your terrible accident, you may have had some problems of
acceptance concerning your arms...and your hooks.  You may have those
problems  with  some people."  I raised my voice for emphasis.   "But
you  do  not have any of those problems with me."  I spoke soothingly
again.   "Do  you understand that?  You have absolutely  no  problems
with me."

     "I know, Zack, I know.  I'm sorry.  I jus' keep forgettin'."

      I  held  him tightly and spoke soothingly.  "You are  my  great
love, Val.  You are perfect.  Do you hear that?  You  are absolutely
perfect!  Everything about you is perfect.  Your eyes..."  I kissed
his eyes, "...your hair...", I kissed his hair "...your mouth..." and
I  kissed him lovingly and passionately on his soft lips.  "And your
arms."   I  slowly lifted his hooks and he watched me  closely  as  I
slowly  rubbed and then kissed them.  I kissed him.  He began to  sob
lightly.   "You are the most wonderful person I know, Val.   You  are
everything I want in a friend, a companion, a roommate and...a lover."

      "A...a...lover?"  he asked looking up at  me,  his  moist  eyes
sparkling, looking enormous and questioning.

      "Yes,  a  lover."   I gently lifted and carried  him  into  the
bedroom.  I set him on the bed.  He laid back and I lay next to  him.
I  put  one hand on his chest and he brought one of his hands  up  to
stroke my face.

     Good  God!  How did I get myself into this one?  How was I going
to  explain to a ten-year-old boy that we were lovers, that  we  were
sexual  partners?  Or was I rushing the situation?  We only  had  had
one  real  incidence  of  sexual contact; did  that  really  make  us
partners or...lovers?  I looked at him...at that heavenly face...that
gorgeous smile,  his wonderful  personality shining through...at his
marvelous body.  I was so much in love with him.

     "You  could say we're lovers now, Val.  We like being with  each
other  very  much, right?"  He nodded and smiled.  "We love  sleeping
together and holding each other when we are together.  Don't we?"  He
nodded enthusiastically.  "We have had sex together."  He gave  me  a
slightly  quizzical  look.  "You know, in the shower.   And  we  both
loved  it.  Right?"  He smiled sheepishly and nodded his head.   "And
we  want to do it again, don't we?"  He gave me a great, broad smile.
"And we want to spend all our time with each other.  Isn't that so?"

     He sprang up and threw his arms around my body.  "Yes, yes, yes!
I  wanna  spend  all  my time with ya.  Every second!   Every  single
second of every single day!"  He settled down and moved back to  look
at  me.  His stare was deep, perceptive and very loving.  "I think we
need  each other; don't you Zack?"  I nodded my head.  "I think we're
happy  we found each other and that we're gonna stay happy `cause  we
have each other and `cause we love each other.  Right?"

      "Yes,  yes,  yes my fabulous, loving Val.  We are going  to  be
very,  very happy - and nothing is going to keep us apart.  You  have
my word.and my love on that."  I put my hands around him and drew him
gently to my lips.  We kissed, rejoicing in our love.

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      Val  and  I were napping and the phone was ringing.   My  young
lover boy was snuggled peacefully against me and I was holding him  -
holding and cuddling and nuzzling my love.

      I  reached for the phone; it was Mary Anne.  Christ,  from  the
absolutely sublime to the depths in one fucking second.

     "Yes, Mary Anne, what can I do for you?"

     "You can let me speak to Christian, Zack!"

     "Christian?  Your Christian?  What makes you think he's here?"

     "Cut the crap, Zack.  I know he's there!"

      "Well,  he's not here!"  I was really getting pissed!   "I  see
only two people in this suite, and I can see only one of them when  I
look in a mirror."

     "Who's the other one then?"

     "It's Val, goddamn it!  Use your head!"

     She was actually quiet for a second.  "Well he's gotta be around
somewhere.   He and Gabe stormed out of the house about  ten  minutes
after you left."

      "Be  that  as it may.  He's not here!  Maybe the guy  has  more
brains  that  I gave him credit for.  Now good-bye!" I  hung  up  the
phone with Mary Anne still sputtering.

      I  looked at the clock.  It was almost six.  We still  had  two
hours  before we had to be at Wild Ginger for dinner.   I  wanted  to
take Val to one of my favorite places in Seattle and Wild Ginger  was
it.  I was sure he'd enjoy the food and have a great time there.

      I  turned on a low light and settled back to snuggle with  Val.
He moaned slightly in his sleep as he resettled his head on my chest.
I held him tightly, kissed his head and petted his cheek.  I was with
my  wonderful boy and I could not be more content - even though I had
just spoken with Mary Anne.

      I  laid  back and looked at my delicious Val, sleeping like  an
angel in my arms.  Sleeping with me as it was meant to be.  Just  the
two of us...together...friends...and lovers.

     Some of my favorite times with Val occurred when he was asleep -
asleep in my arms.  I'd gently hold and caress him, my mind replaying
the  recent  events  of  our  time  together.   Somehow,  I  did  not
completely  comprehend the totality of those events while  they  were
happening.   I was too busy making my young lover happy  and  he  was
doing  the  same  for me; I failed to fully appreciate  the  wondrous
depths  of  our  love  and  of Val's incredible  boyhood  beauty  and
vitality.

       That   afternoon  we  had  made  marvelous   love.    It   was
extraordinary.

     When  we  returned to the suite we both knew that we  needed  to
shower  before going out for the evening.  "Val, can I help  you  get
undressed?" I asked in a completely non-threatening way.

      He  looked at me and smiled.  "But I can undress myself without
any problems.  Ya know that!"

      "I do. I know, Val. But...well, I'd really like to help you get
undressed now."  I was slightly embarrassed asking him this,  but  he
responded with a huge smile and slowly walked over to me.  I  thought
there  was  a little more swagger than usual in his casual  but  sexy
walk.

      "Yeah, Zack.  I'd really love for ya t' undress me now.  If  ya
wanna know, I'd like ya t' do it f' me all the time."

     "I'll do it whenever I can or whenever you want me to."

      He  looked  down at the floor, then looked up at me sheepishly.
"Ya  play so wonderful with my stumps.  I love that so, so much,  how
good ya make me feel by kissin' and rubbin' `em."

      I kissed him.  He was so overwhelmingly adorable...so incredibly
beautiful.   I kissed him all over his face and he began  to  giggle.
"Why are you so adorable, Val?"

      He  shrugged.  "I dunno."  Then his face took on a more serious
expression.  "I'm not, ya know."

     "Not what?"

     "Adorable," he mumbled.

      "Really?   You're not adorable?"  He shook his  head.   "That's
strange.   Very  strange.   I've always thought  you  were  the  most
adorable  creature  I'd ever seen.  Hmmmmm.  I  guess  I'll  have  to
rethink that."  I put my hands on his shoulders and kept him at  arms
distance  while I made exaggerated motions of looking him  over  from
head  to toe.  I shook my head.  "I don't know.  Nothing has changed.
I still think you are the most adorable person I've ever seen."

     "I love ya so much, Zack."

      He  moved  quickly  into  my arms  and  we  hugged  and  kissed
passionately.  "You are gorgeous, my Val.  Absolutely gorgeous!"

      "Thanks, Zack.  I love ya so much.  When ya say I'm gorgeous, I
know I havta believe ya `cause ya always tell me the truth."

     "Well you should, because I mean it...I mean everything I say.
Everything I tell you is the truth."

     We kissed again...and again.  I rubbed his back and then his face.
I  was  so in love with my marvelous Val that I just wanted to absorb
him entirely into my very being.

     Then  I unhurriedly began to undress him.  I slowly removed  his
baggy tee shirt.  He raised his arms slightly and it came off easily.
With  his  shirt  off,  I  could see the  complete  paraphernalia  my
precious  Val had to wear (and had to endure) to be able to  enjoy  a
semblance  of  normalcy.  I held him close and let my fingers  travel
over  each  part of his prostheses - the shoulder harness, the  cuffs
for  his upper arms, the actual mechanical devices of the hooks,  the
cables  and  the stump receptacles that anchored them.  I  wanted  to
touch every part, to let Val know that I found nothing about them  to
be repellent.

      I ran my hands over his shoulders and rubbed and squeezed them.
I  touched the harness then continued down to his upper arms, feeling
his  wonderfully  strong boy muscles beneath the  material  of  those
upper arm fastenings.  I grasped and tweaked Val's developing biceps.
What  pleasures coursed through my body as I gently and uninhibitedly
touched  him.   When  I reached Val's elbows we were  both  breathing
rather hard.  I looked at him, he looked at me and we smiled.

      "Havin' these horrible things taken off never's been this  much
fun,"  Val  said in a slightly surprised voice.  "But what  ya  doin'
now's just so wonderful.  I feel so...so...so special and ya so special
t' me."

      I  gave  him  a  reassuring smile.   "I'm  glad  you  like  it,
sweetheart."  I put my arms around him and hugged him to my body.  He
put his arms around me and returned the hug.  The feel of his body in
my  arms and against me was heavenly.  "I love everything about  you,
Val."

      He  sobbed once and hugged me harder.  "I love ya, Zack.  Bein'
with  ya  has  been the most wonderful time of my whole  life.   It's
almos' like a dream.  Everythin's so perfect."

      I kissed his forehead and hugged him harder.  "And I want it to
stay  so  very  perfect."  I was ecstatic that he  found  our  mutual
affection...and attraction...and attention so natural and stimulating.

      I  undid  the Velcro fastenings of the harness, and gently  and
carefully  I removed Val's arms.  I put them on a nearby  chair  then
turned  to  look at my gorgeous boy again.  He was still wearing  his
undershirt  and stump socks.  I could not stop myself  from  touching
him.  I ran a hand across his cheeks and neck and slowly and lovingly
stroked  his  chest.  My other hand found his hard cock, tenting  out
his shorts.  He was apparently fully erect.

      Val  let  out  small yelps as I caressed his cock  through  two
layers of clothes.  The heat seemed immense but I knew that was  only
an illusion.  His head was thrown back, his mouth opened and his eyes
closed.   I kissed his chin.  I kissed his luscious lips.  Val  flung
his  arms  around me, pulling me toward him in what seemed  to  be  a
frenzy of uncontrolled lust and sexual desire.

      I  moved my hands and gently stroked his sides.  I noticed that
his  body  was  beginning to move forward and back  rhythmically.   I
gently  eased off his tee shirt and rolled down and removed his  sump
socks.  His beautiful chest and arms were now revealed.  I was  again
totally  captivated  by  his young body.  I  soothingly  and  lightly
rubbed  the  back  of  my  hands  over his  chest  paying  particular
attention to the area around his nipples.

      I  let  both hands trail down the length of Val's arms -  those
beautiful,  soft, sexy arms.  I squeezed his biceps again,  relishing
the feel of his developing muscles beneath skin as smooth as silk.  I
adored  the  gentle contours of his upper arms.  I tenderly  caressed
his elbows and continued down.

     I  looked at Val's beautifully taped forearms and marveled again
at  the quality of the surgeons work.  Their incomparable beauty  and
graceful  shape  captivated me once again.  I  was  overcome  by  the
incredible  sexual desire that their appearance  created  in  me.   I
gently  touched  them again and again, marveling at their  loveliness
and  the  extremely strong sexual reaction I had to them.  It  was  a
decided mystery why I found them so appealing, but I did.

      Val raised the stump ends to my lips.  I kissed them and rubbed
them  with  my  lips, licked them with my tongue and nipped  at  them
greedily.   He squirmed in my embrace as I continued to show  him  my
deep  affection.  I ran my hands over his beautiful butt  cheeks  and
down the back of his thighs.  He was moaning loudly and wiggling that
tight body.

      "Oh,  Zack!"  Val moaned.  "Oh, Zack, this is so wonderful.   I
never feel better in my whole life."

     "I'm so happy you feel this way.  I feel the same...the exact
same way!  I've never been happier!"

      "And  I  can't believe how great it feels when ya rub and  play
with  my  arms.  The chills are jus' travelin' through my whole  body
and  I  feel so terrific!  I can't believe I can feel this good  with
jus' ya playin' with my chopped off arms."

      "I  don't understand it either, Val.  It seems that your stumps
are  very  sensitive.   I  get an incredible  pleasure  touching  and
rubbing them.  I really don't know why it happens, but I do know that
I'm  happy.  It's even better now that I know you feel so great  too.
I want to do everything to make you happy...and be happy with me...and
want to stay with me forever."

      "I do wanna stay with ya forever!  I want ya t' love me and  t'
hold me and t' make love t' me and I wanna do the same t' ya!"

      I  was being overwhelmed by my driving passion for this boy and
my  single-minded desire for him.  "I'll do anything  and  everything
you ask, Val, absolutely anything.  I'm thrilled that you want to  be
with  me  as much as I want to be with you."  I carried on smothering
his arms with my kisses and caressing his body.

      I  continued to lick and kiss one stump while holding it gently
in  my  hand.  I also let my other hand reach for his stiff cock.   I
rubbed  him  gently  but  firmly through  his  shorts  and  felt  his
breathing and movements begin to speed up.  I moved to kiss him,  and
when  my  lips touched his, he erupted with his delightful,  dry  boy
orgasm.   His  body  was  totally in motion -  every  part  seemingly
independent  of  the other.  We kissed passionately  while  his  body
played out the breathtaking pattern of its release.

      As  he  began  to come down from his peak, I grasped  his  body
firmly  to prevent him from falling.  He put his head on my  shoulder
and  I could feel his body slowly begin to relax.  He raised his head
and smiled.  "Thanks, Zack."

     When he returned to normal - normal for a ten-year-old boy, that
is  -  he stood in front of me once again.  I could see that his cock
was  still hard.  I looked down at his legs, and the sheer beauty  of
this  boy overcame me once again - his powerful seductiveness and  my
unbridled  love and lust for him.  His smooth, beautifully  contoured
legs had me totally beguiled; those magnificent, unmuscled calves and
thighs were objects of veneration and great beauty.  The magnificence
of  Val's sensual calves, tapering so smoothly to his ankles, had  me
enthralled.   His  large sneakers made the beauty of  his  legs  even
greater.

     What  is it with me and boy's legs and sneakers?  I seem to find
that  these  new, high tech style of sneaker make little  boy's  legs
look  even more beautiful, even more compelling, just the way a  high
heel  shoe makes a woman's legs look so sensual.  Ah, just  one  more
thing  to ponder about my sudden and seemingly irrevocable attraction
to  the  beauty of the young male body, and Val's young male body  in
particular.

     "Ya lookin' at my legs Zack?"

      His  words snapped me out of my reverie.  I nodded.  "Uh,  yes,
Val.   I must tell you that you have beautiful legs - very beautiful.
Looking  at you, standing here so close to me, I cannot see any  part
of you that is not extremely gorgeous."

      He moved close and kissed me.  I delighted in the warmth of his
body  and the lovingness of his soul.  I silently thanked the  powers
that  be for sending me this caring and loving boy and for giving  me
the ability to love him and to make him happy.

     I  kissed  his neck and was rewarded by the taste of  Val's  boy
essence  -  the spicy distillation of his perspiration combined  with
the  lingering soap of his morning shower plus the taste  of  Seattle
itself  - the taste of a 100% boy - of my boy, my own special, caring
boy and my incredible young lover.

      I  lifted Val onto the bed and quickly dispatched his sneakers,
socks  and  shorts.   I  stood him in front of me  again;  the  whole
operation was so fast I think it barely had time to register on  him.
But  he  managed to give me a big smile.  His brilliant white  briefs
positively  glowed in the dim lighting of the room.   It  was  almost
like  they  were  phosphorescent - and my eyes were  riveted  to  his
gorgeous crotch, his wonderful boy penis pushing out the soft  cotton
of the briefs.

     His underwear was tenting out so beautifully and enticingly that
I  had  to rub my hands over his appealing mound.  A sharp intake  of
air  greeted my touching his hot cock.  This was followed by  another
big smile.  I returned the smile and once again clutched him close to
my body.

      I  let my fingers slowly move across his cheeks, caressing  his
smooth,  satiny skin, down his neck and onto his tight little  chest.
I  could  not think of anything more lovely or appealing  than  Val's
gorgeous, soft skin and his luscious body.  My hand came to  rest  on
one of his now fully erect little nipples.  I lightly touched it with
only the very tips of my fingers.

     Val  obviously  appreciated the caressing  attention.   I  first
heard it as a low, guttural sound coming from deep within.  When  Val
opened  his  mouth, it almost sounded like a low roar, but  like  one
coming from the primal human depths.  I looked at his face.  His eyes
were  tightly shut and his breathing was slow and quite steady, which
surprised  me.  I let my fingers perform lovingly across  and  around
that  wonderful nipple and I found myself becoming incredibly aroused
at the sight and sound of my young, willing, seductive lover.

      Suddenly Val spoke and it jarred me slightly.  "Can I  help  ya
take ya clothes off, Zack?"

     I smiled at him and he returned it.  "Certainly, Val."

      I  undid all the buttons on my shirt.  Then he brought his arms
up  and oh so gently removed it.  As it dropped to the bed, he slowly
brought  his arms to mine and traced slowly up from my hands all  the
way  to  my  shoulders.  He was so caring and gentle and so thorough.
He  slowly lowered his arms, pausing to caress my elbows, wrists  and
fingers with his sexy arms.

     "This feels wonderful, Val."

     "Does it?  Really and truly?"

     "Yes, my beautiful Val.  Really and truly."

      He smiled and slowly raised his right arm until it was near  my
nipple.  I drew in a deep breath in anticipation of his gentle touch.
But  he delayed for a second and I needed to inhale deeply again when
he  did  touch me.  The feeling of his scarred and slightly roughened
stump  on  my  hard and sensitive nipple unleashed the floodgates  of
feelings  from within me.  I began to pant heavily and tried mightily
to  control my raging feelings.  I did not want to possibly  frighten
Val  and  shoot prematurely.  I breathed deeply about ten  times  and
gradually felt my control returning.

     "Ya okay, Zack?" Val asked with a slight tremor in his voice.

      "Oh, yeah, I'm fine.  You're doing such a good job on me that I
was afraid I'd come too soon.  That's all."

      Val  gave me a big smile and kissed me softly.  It was delicate
and delicious.  I was amazed at the incredible sexual progress of  my
young  partner.  This boy was a total sexual animal, in  addition  to
being a wonderfully caring lover.

      Since my arms were spread - supporting my body - Val sneaked an
arm  into one of my pits and began to gently massage me.  He used the
other  arm  to  work over my chest and nipples.  I  cannot  begin  to
describe  the otherworldly feeling that was overtaking  me.   It  was
like  nothing else I had ever experienced.  This boy, this  marvelous
boy,  this wondrous creature, my magnificent Val, was bringing me  to
whole new level of sexual excitement and fulfillment.

     He continued to gently rub those delicious stumps on my body and
brought  his face close to mine.  "I love you, Zack.  I love  you  so
much."   Before I could respond, he pushed his lips against mine  and
gave  me  a fervent kiss of such deep feeling and such soul wrenching
complexity  that  I  was  startled into  complete  inaction.   I  was
paralyzed.

     Val  moved one stump to my crotch and gently began to stroke me,
while  continuing  to  stroke my chest.  The feeling  was  thoroughly
intense,  even through the material of my shorts and underwear.   The
feel  of  Val's  arm  rubbing my fully erect cock  was  an  exquisite
experience.   After  a few short minutes of his expert  treatment,  I
completely  lost  any semblance of control and felt myself  begin  to
build to my inevitable climax.

      And  what  a glorious climax it was.  I felt so loved  by  this
wonderful boy, so happy and so contented.  I felt my whole body begin
to  contact  and spasm and I felt my semen rushing from my  balls  to
make  its eventual escape.  The overall feeling was one of gargantuan
release along with feelings of inner tranquility and powerful love.

      I  lay  back on the bed panting and trying to regain  my  self-
control.  When I opened my eyes, Val was looking directly at me.   He
had  climbed onto the bed and was resting next to me.  "I'm  sorry  I
made you come so fast, Zack."  I smiled up at him.  "Was it okay?"

     I smiled again.  "It was much better than okay, Val.  It was gr-
r-r-eat!"

      He  giggled at my joke and we kissed.  I put my arms around him
and  squeezed him hard.  I removed my shorts and underwear; both were
wet  with  my  juices.  The coolness on my crotch was actually  quite
delightful.   I pulled the covering off the bed and turned  it  down.
Val frowned.  I assumed he was thinking our fun for the afternoon was
over  and we were going to nap.  This was the furthest thing from  my
mind.

      I laid back and signaled Val to snuggle up with me.  He grinned
widely  and  scurried close.  I slowly and deliberately  removed  his
briefs  and we snuggled together - naked.  He immediately  kissed  me
and rubbed his arms over my ears.  "Ya got pretty ears, Zack."

     "I do?"

     "Yeah, they're very pretty."

      "You're  the  first person to ever compliment my  ears.   Thank
you."   I became slightly playful and began to tickle him; his  whole
body  convulsed.  It was delightful to watch him, to be with him  and
to be able to play with and cuddle him this way.

      He threw himself into my arms and smothered me with kisses.   I
rubbed him tenderly and could feel his hard cock pressing into me.  I
knew Val wanted and needed more loving and I was certainly the person
to  fulfill his every need and desire.  Of course, my needs were also
uppermost in my mind.  Would Val be willing to...you know, would he be
ready to take the next step.

      I  moved  so that I could begin my tender lovemaking  to  Val's
glorious body and his delicious young genitals.  Since we were  under
the  bed  covers,  I  began  to mentally picture  his  fantastic  boy
equipment  - how beautifully his young testicle sack hung  down,  and
how  those two gorgeous orbs filled out the sac so deliciously.   And
his  magnificent  and  generous boy penis - in all  its  uncut,  dark
beauty.

     However,  before  I could make any move, Val  sat  up  slightly,
pushed  away  the  covers  and gently brought  an  arm  to  the  area
immediately  above my cock.  He lightly rubbed his  arm  through  the
small  amount of pubic hair I have there.  I had difficulty believing
how  rapidly  I became totally rigid and how quickly I  fell  into  a
state of completely ecstasy.  His completely focused and unbelievably
sexy attentions had me totally motionless.

      I lifted my head and was very surprised to see Val move his arm
near the head of my cummy cock - my whole crotch area was sticky with
my cum.  I had to stop Val from doing what...what...whatever it was he
was going to do.

     "Val!  What are you doing?"

     "I'm gonna play with ya dick, Zack.  Ain't that all right?"

      I was hesitant with my answer and I saw the smile fade from his
gorgeous face.  "Yeah! It's fine - really fine.  But my cock is...you
know, it's all covered with my sperm."

     "So?"

      Well, if the kid didn't mind, why should I?  "No problem  then,
Val.  No problem at all!"

      He  gave me a smile and I saw and felt at the same instant  his
arm  touching the ramrod straight shaft of my cock.  The pleasure was
overpowering.   He  ever so slowly let his arm stump  trace  down  my
cock; it twitched and jumped.  I was quickly losing control again!

     Val repositioned himself, settling between my legs.  I looked up
at  him  with half opened eyes and smiled.  He gave me a great  smile
back and nodded his head as if to say "I like it here."  He seemed to
be making himself quite comfortable and my anticipation was rousing.

      He  rested  on  his haunches, settling between my  wide  spread
knees.  "Ya got a real beautiful, big dick, Zack.  It's really so big
and  thick  and it's standing up so much and so straight.  It's  just
incredible.  And you have such wonderful balls, too."

      I had some difficulty speaking since I was in this other world.
"First you love my ears and now you love my cock and my balls.   What
next?"

     He shrugged.  "Dunno.  But it's gonna be somethin'."

       I   could  see  that  Val  was  now  staring  at  and  utterly
concentrating on my genitals.  A small, lascivious smile played  over
his  face and he was actually licking his lips.  Was he really  going
to  do  what  I thought he would do?  Would he do what I wanted  more
than  anything else?  I closed my eyes and laid my head back  on  the
pillows - waiting.

      Val  moved one arm to the shaft of my throbbing cock and slowly
and gently moved it down the full length and then up again.  He moved
it  over  the head, now being generously coated with my pre-cum.   He
let  out  a  series of small squeals as he maintained the gentle  and
continuous  massaging.  Meanwhile, he placed his other arm  under  my
ball  sac.  He gently lifted and lowered them, manipulating my  large
nuts  as best he could.  He pushed his arm end into the sac, stroking
the whole bag and my balls with a consistent and tender motion.

      I  knew  I was going slightly ballistic on him but the feelings
being  created in my body could not be easily calmed.   He  continued
stroking  my shaft and groping my balls.  Knowing that his arms  were
playing over my genitals and feeling those slightly roughened  stumps
touching  me  all  over created sensations the likes  of  which  were
totally  new  and  incredibly  unexpected.   They  were  overpowering
sensations  - sensations I could never remember having had  before  -
generous, loving, and so deeply erotic.  This boy was the epitome  of
a sensitive, caring lover.

     "Oh, god!  Val!  This...this is so fabulous?"

     "Is it, Zack?"

     "Yes!  My god, it is!"

      "I'm glad ya like it, Zack.  I love doin' this.  I love it  so,
so much!"

     He continued his gentle rubbing and stroking.  "Gentle" does not
adequately describe the exceptional comfort this special boy  brought
to  me.  It felt like a heavenly zephyr, like the softest of whispers
maneuvering my sensitive parts.  He was so incredibly considerate, so
wholly caring and so wonderfully tender; I knew immediately that love
like this comes but once in a lifetime - if that often.

     I  was floating - floating above the mundane world of books  and
divorced  parents  and finances and touring.  I  was  in  a  new  and
different  dominion  -  a land of individual passion,  deep  personal
sympathy and clarity of action and deed.  I was in Val's world -  and
I never, ever wanted to leave.

      And  then he did it.  And as I saw him move to do it, my  heart
leaped into my throat.

      He bent his head down and looked closely at my pulsating cock -
so  close  that I could feel his warm breath caressing the head.   It
started  me panting faster.  He moved his arms to either side  of  my
erect  cock.   He slowly brought out his tongue - then  retracted  it
quickly.

     Val  was  still staring at the head - and I was staring at  Val.
He  gradually  put  out his tongue again - and  this  time  he  moved
forward and gently but firmly licked the head.

     It had been a long time since another person had touched my cock
this  way,  and the feelings that raced through me were  massive.   I
shuddered;  the trill running up and down my body as if  every  nerve
ending  had been ignited.  The pleasures were like no other  I  could
ever remember.  They were deep - I could feel every muscle in my body
tingling.  I was alive with feelings of limitless love - for my life,
for what life had brought and, most especially, for my incredible Val
and the contentment he was able to bring.

      I  watched  intently as Val gathered both the pre-cum  and  the
slightly  dried cum from my last explosion onto his tongue.   He  sat
back  on  his legs and gave the taste in his mouth some deep thought.
He  smiled  at me and nodded his head.  I returned the  smile  as  he
leaned  forward,  crawled  up  beside  me  and  kissed  me  hard  and
passionately.

      "I  love  ya taste, Zack."  He whispered this in my  ear,  then
kissed my attractive ear.  "I love it a lot!  I'm findin' out so many
things `bout ya, and every one gets better and better."

      All  I  could  do was smile and kiss his cheek  again.   I  was
rendered  rather speechless by his actions and his words.   He  moved
one  arm  until it was once again rubbing over the head  of  my  cock
again.  He slowly moved down my body, keeping maximum skin contact as
he  moved,  one stump continuing to rub the head of my cock  and  one
stump rubbing various areas of my body including my arm pits, nipples
and  thighs.  He sat up again on his haunches between my legs and put
his  lips to the head of my cock.  I could see that his own cock  was
fully  hard and looking so incredibly tempting.  But I did  not  have
the strength or the will to move to take it yet.

      Again, he began to lick the fluid issuing from my slit.  He was
now beginning to rub those delicious stumps on my thighs and the feel
of his tongue and stumps was electrifying.  I was trying hard to keep
my  body  as  still as possible - with great difficulty.   I  had  to
concentrate hard but other feelings were overwhelming my  senses  and
most of the time I just let the natural actions take their course.

     If I hadn't shot ten minutes ago, I know I would have come right
then.   But having orgasmed so recently, I hadn't had time to recover
completely,  and Val took advantage of my situation.   God!   Did  he
ever take advantage!

      While  continuing  to stroke the sides of my  raging  cock,  he
placed  his  whole  mouth  over the head  of  my  cock.   It  was  so
phenomenally awesome to see him do this - it just took my breath away
and  to this day, I still occasionally replay that scene in my mind's
eye.

     He  lowered his slightly opened mouth to the very tip of my cock
head,  and  lick  and  sucked softly on my  slit.   The  feeling  was
explosive - the softness, the gentleness and the totality of what  he
was doing were making me weak and very wanting.

     He slowly slid his mouth down the glans.  I could feel his small
tongue  licking  all around the head as his lips incrementally  moved
down.  Val's small mouth was barely able to fit over the very swollen
head.

      "Don't force yourself Val," I managed to croak out.  "Just take
it easy and take it slowly.  Okay sweetheart?"  He nodded.  "Good."

      He  still  had most of the head in his mouth and the sensations
were  incredible.  "I love what you're doing for me Val,  but  please
don't hurt yourself.  Okay?"  He nodded again.  "It feels.feels  s-s-
so  ab-ab-absolutely awesome, Val."  He looked and me  and  tried  to
smile; this was not successful because his mouth was stretched by the
head  of  my cock.  Instead, he made an "M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m" sound,  the
reverberations  of  which played against my cock  and  made  me  feel
hotter and made the situation even more explosive.

      I  propped myself up on my elbows so that I could watch  almost
everything  that Val was going; it was making me even  hotter  seeing
how  he  treated  my cock and body with his beautiful  arms  and  his
wonderfully hot, wet mouth.  However, I had trouble keeping  my  eyes
opened.  I just wanted to close them and drift off into the exquisite
world  being  created for me by my beautiful and  very  willing  (and
quite surprising) lover.

      Val now had the entire head of my cock in his mouth.  He slowly
began  tracing  his tongue around the ridge - around and  around  and
around.it was driving me crazy - totally bonkers.  Then he moved  his
beautiful  stumps from rubbing the sides of my cock and began  softly
playing them over my thighs, then gently touching my balls, caressing
the  V  where  my legs met my torso, over the mound and then  up  the
sides of my raging cock.

      His  tender considerations had me at an incredible  high.   His
continuing  attentions to gently sucking and licking the head  of  my
cock, combined with the superior interest to my crotch and thighs and
scrotum made me feel like the luckiest individual in the world  -  to
have  this  marvelous boy love me this way had  to  be  the  absolute
height of my years of sexual activity with both sexes.

      I  also knew that I'd not be able to hold back much longer.  My
previous  climax  had slowed things down somewhat,  but  I  was  only
human.  Val's undivided attentions and his delicious care of my  cock
head were quickly pushing me toward another big blow.

      Val  once again brought his stumps up to the sides of my  cock.
He alternated each one with an up and down motion, as gentle and soft
as  could possibly be.  He continued to have my entire cock  head  in
his mouth and he was rubbing it with his small hot tongue.  I knew  I
did not have much time.

      "Val!   Val!"   I  panted.  "Val!  I'm gonna come  any  second.
You'd  better...better take your mouth off...off my cock. Take it off.
Please move away.  Okay, love?"

     Val moved his mouth away from the head.  "Yeah, Zack."

     It was only a matter of a second or two before I began to shoot.
And  God  did I shoot.  My eyes were closed but I could feel  a  huge
shot  leaving  my  cock.and then another.and then still  another.   I
could  feel as two of them landed on my chest.  I continued to  shoot
out but at a slower pace and not as powerfully.  These too landed  on
me.

     Suddenly I felt Val's stumps rubbing through the semen that  had
landed on my chest...and...and I felt his mouth...his warm, wet mouth
on my cock head again...and he was taking the final few shots and the
inevitable seeping into his mouth.  He was actually sucking my  sperm
into his mouth and throat.  It was an incredible feeling and I opened
my  eyes to see Val busily working away on my cock and I could not be
happier.

     He lifted his head and I smiled at him.

     When  my  cock had softened sufficiently, he let the  head  slip
from  his  mouth  and smiled back at me.  I opened my  arms  and  Val
eagerly  crawled up my body and into my waiting embrace.   We  kissed
eagerly and passionately.  He nestled his head on my chest and slowly
lapped at some of the semen that had landed there.

	"Ya taste really great, Zack.  I love it.  I love everything
about ya."

	And I adored and worshiped him, my incredible Val.

      I had been transformed.  I knew I was not the same person whom
Val  had met those months ago.  I was a renewed man - renewed  in  my
ability  to  give  and receive love.  I was forever  indebted  to  my
glorious Val for this incredible change in my life.


                    To Be Continued in Chapter 11