Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:17:20 +0000
From: pinkpanther2@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: 'A Warm April Saturday' Chapter 13

All the usual disclaimers apply; if the law where you are prohibits you
from reading material like this, then I guess you'd better not, but if
you do, don't blame either me or Nifty if you read it and get caught,
okay? And if you don't like reading about sexual interactions involving
underage boys and adult men, you probably ought to leave this page right
now. 
 
Now for an announcement. I have now finished writing 'A Warm
April Saturday' which finally ran to thirty two chapters. After a little
consultation, I have decided to post the remaining twenty chapters at the
rate of two per week, sending in a chapter each Monday and Thursday, so
that it will finish sometime in March.
 
And finally an appeal: is anyone out there still reading this?? After
some most encouraging responses to the early chapters, the feedback has
almost dried up! Now I know that we're all busy and that, but it would be
great to hear from guys who wrote in earlier, or guys who've not written
in before, to let me know how you think the story's going. Please send
your comments to pinkpanther2@hotmail.co.uk and I'll reply as soon as I
can.
 
                          CHAPTER THIRTEEN
                                  
It seems that we're going to be doing the cross-country run every two
weeks.  Today  will  be the first chance I'll get  to  see  how  much
quicker I can run. I don't want to go mad though, especially  at  the
start. Craig's not here this time, but it's no problem; the course is
easy enough, you just follow the track all the way round.

The whistle goes. I start off much like I did last time; it works out
much  the same too, by the time we reach the gate I'm up at the front
with  Alwyn and Andrew. As we start along the track through the woods
I  pick the pace up; we're definitely running faster than we did last
time.  Alwyn seems okay with it, but Andrew isn't; within  a  hundred
yards  he's  off  the  back. I press on; if Tom  can  run  that  much
quicker,  I  know I can. We're really cracking along,  matching  each
other  stride  for stride. We reach a large oak tree where  we  swing
sharply to the right, so we're running next to the school fence  back
towards the gate. I'm still feeling strong; it's time to wind up  the
pace  again. Slowly but inexorably Alwyn drops back; by  the  time  I
reach  the  gate  he's ten yards behind. I stride  across  the  field
towards the finish, giving it everything.

"Nine minutes thirteen!" Mr. Maynard calls as I cross the line.

Alwyn was quicker too, nine minutes twenty five, but this time I beat
him  by  a long way. We shake hands and slump down onto the grass  to
wait  for  the  others. That was hard! Five minutes later  everyone's
back.

"That  was an excellent time," Mr. Maynard tells me as we trudge  off
to the changing room. "We've not had many boys run quicker than that.
It's  a shame we don't have the team here any more. Maybe when you're
a  bit  older you'll want to think about joining the athletics  club;
you're certainly good enough."

"Thanks, sir," I say quietly.

"Were you at Deans Park?" he asks.

"Yes, sir."

"Do  they  breed runners or something?" he asks, grinning. "You  must
know Tom Ashford; he's good too."

"Yeah, I sit with Tom in most of my classes," I say, smiling back  at
him.

Tom  will have done it the period before break; I wonder how fast  he
ran.  He  never  mentioned it when we were hanging out together,  but
he's  like that. I'll see him in maths next period in any case.  I've
never thought about joining the athletics club; I don't know what mum
would  think  about it. I guess I need to get settled in here  first.
Maybe Tom might join too.

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0
                                  
I arrive at our maths room; Tom's already there.

"Did you do cross-country this morning?" I ask as I get my books out.

"Yeah."

"What time did you get?"

"Nine-fifteen; you?"

"Nine thirteen!"

"Cool! How did the kid who got close to you last time go?"

"Nine twenty five."

"Oh!  I didn't have anyone that close to me; I was on my own most  of
the way."

It  sounds like he's boasting but he's not; he never does. He's  just
told  me  how it was. I really want to run against him; I hope  we'll
get the chance some time.

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0
                                  
I've  been  here  two  weeks and two days and  the  day  has  finally
arrived;  I'm  twelve years old. I'll be having a party on  Saturday.
I've  invited the usual gang. I did think about inviting a couple  of
the  other  boys, Alwyn especially, but I thought it was a bit  early
for  that. Still, today's pretty special. I don't feel any different,
but it's a sort of milestone, I guess. I don't know about the rest of
the  year, but I'm the oldest kid in our tutor group. Andrew's  next;
he'll  be  twelve at the beginning of October. Daryl's the  youngest;
his  birthday's at the end of July. Birthday or not, school  goes  on
the  same  as  ever.  Alwyn and Andrew say `Happy Birthday',  and  my
regular mates of course; that's about it.

Back  at home I open up the computer. There's an e-mail from Stephen.
I'm surprised in a way, I didn't think he'd remember.  I open it up.

"Hi Chris! Happy Birthday!

So  how's  it  going? Hope the new school's okay! Have  you  found  a
boyfriend yet? Things here are pretty cool. I got some KY and used it
on  Jody. It took a few days like you said, but the day before school
started we did it. It was awesome! I think it hurt him a bit when  it
went in, but after that he was okay with it. Anyway, we do it all the
time  now, every day when we get back from school. Now that he's used
to  it  we do it doggy-style, like I did with you. He loves it! Below
is  a  sort of birthday card, a little pic I managed to take a couple
of  days  ago.  Mum would kill me if she knew! I guess  you'd  better
delete this once you've read it. I already have.

Have a great birthday!

Stephen"

I  scroll  down;  there's a pic of a kid about my age,  down  on  all
fours, his bum half-turned towards the camera. He's very much like  I
expected, kind of cute-ish but nothing exceptional. His bum's not red
or  anything but you can sort of tell he's been fucked. Holy shit! If
mum found this on here I'd be in major trouble!

I type a reply.

"Hi Stephen!

Thanks  for the e-mail! School's okay; still can't cum, no  boyfriend
yet  either.  There's a gay kid in my tutor group; he's cute  looking
but really girly, not my type at all. Some of the other kids call him
names, you know?

Jody's a lucky boy, having you to fuck him every day. Wish it was me!
You'll  have  to remind me when your birthday is. I didn't  write  it
down and I've forgotten.

Hugs!

Chris"

I  press  the send button. A few seconds later it appears in my  Sent
Items  folder.  I store Stephen's e-mail addy in my Contacts  folder,
delete  both  e-mails,  empty the recycle bin and  run  the  internet
privacy software that James put on here a few weeks ago. At the time,
I didn't really understand why he'd done that. I do now.

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0
                                  
Saturday's warm and sunny. Michael arrives just after two thirty. Me,
James and Michael pile into the Saab and head over to Tom's house. We
collect Tom and Gareth and drive the short distance to the park. This
was  James's idea to keep us out of the way while mum gets the  party
ready.  He reaches into his bag and produces a Frisbee and  a  tennis
ball. None of us has played Frisbee before; I'm not sure how this  is
going to go.

James  shows  us  all  how to throw and catch it.  Tom  takes  to  it
straight away; and it's not long before me and Michael can do it sort
of  okay.  Gareth struggles, the same as always. This time  it's  not
just  that  he's not very sporty, his hands are actually a bit  small
for  him to release the Frisbee like you're supposed to; he can't get
enough  purchase  with his fingers. James does what he  always  does;
stands with him, helping him, encouraging him, trying to make  it  as
much fun for him as it is for the rest of us.
At  the end, Gareth's still not that good at it, but he's a whole lot
better than he was at the start. Half past three and it's time for  a
break.

"Ice creams anyone?" James asks.

We're  all  pretty much into that idea; we head over  to  the  kiosk.
Gareth walks next to James, looking up at him and grinning, like he's
just  got  a  new  big friend. Well, I guess he has.  James  buys  us
whatever  we  want. We sit on the grass, eating ice cream,  chatting,
making  silly jokes and generally having a blast. James seems  to  be
enjoying himself as much as any of us.

After  twenty  minutes it's time for a bit more running around.  This
time it's the tennis ball. Gareth's not too good at that either. Once
again,  James  is right there with him, showing him what  to  do;  he
helps  Michael a bit as well. I guess I shouldn't be surprised  about
that by this time, but I am.

Even more of a surprise is how good Tom is. He can't throw any better
than  me,  but  he can catch almost anything, and once he's  got  his
hands to the ball he never, ever drops it. He even catches one that's
going  well over his head without James having to show him how to  do
it;  that is well impressive! Seems like he's a lot more relaxed  and
loose-limbed than I am; he can get down low much better  than  I  do.
The  only ones he struggles with are the ones that are well  wide  of
him so he really has to push off to get them. It's like he pushes off
but never really goes anywhere.

By  half past four we're all tired. It's time to go home. I show  the
guys  my  main  birthday present. Even Michael's not seen  it  before
`cause we only collected it this morning. It's my new mountain  bike.
There's no way mum could have afforded one like this on here own, but
James  paid  half towards it. It's wicked; I love it to  bits.  Tea's
nearly ready. We head up to the bathroom to wash our hands and that.

"Can I have a shower?" Tom asks.

"Yeah, no problem," I tell him.

The  rest of us make do with washing our hands and rinsing our  faces
then  we  leave  him  to it. He reappears ten minutes  later  looking
exactly the same as he did before. The thing is; he didn't look dirty
to start with, just scruffy. He doesn't look any different now.

Tea's  great.  We  have  all the stuff you're  supposed  to  have  at
birthday  parties;  some  really  nice  ham  sandwiches  with  salad,
followed  by  jelly and even more ice cream and finally the  birthday
cake.  Mum's done it all really well, but that's no surprise at  all.
Afterwards  we all settle down to watch `Casino Royale',  the  latest
James  Bond  movie. James rented the DVD for us. It's a wicked  film;
Daniel  Craig's  awesome. We're all glued to  the  screen.  It  feels
great,  having  my three best mates here, all watching  it  together.
It's nine o'clock when Tom's mum arrives, about ten minutes after the
film ends. Tom and Gareth say their thank you's and goodbyes and make
their  way  out of the door.  Five minutes later Michael's gone  home
too. It's been a great day, everything I could have wanted.

"Thanks  mum,"  I say, giving her a big hug. "It was a wicked  party;
thanks for doing it all for me."

"That's  okay," she says, stroking my hair. "It's only once  a  year!
Anyway,  you've been doing so well recently, you deserved  it.  Okay,
off to bed!"

I  climb  the  stairs like I'm walking on air. I'm not  used  to  mum
praising me like that; that's really special. A lot of it's  down  to
James, of course, but yeah, I have worked hard and I am doing  a  lot
better  than  I was; mum's not stupid. I go through my usual  routine
and hop into bed. A couple of minutes later James come in and sits on
the bed like he used to when we were in Spain.

"Okay, Tiger?" he asks quietly.

"Yeah,  it's been great. Thanks for coming out and playing  with  us;
that we wicked."

"My pleasure! You were right about Tom; he's not pretty but he's very
cute in his own way. Does he always dress like that?"

"Yeah;  when we're at school the teachers are always having  to  tell
him to put his tie on properly. He hates being dressed smart."

"Right; very quiet, isn't he?"

"Yeah; never says much."

"Gareth's a nice kid; it never seemed to bother him that you were all
better at stuff than he was."

I  tell  him about playing on the inflatable at the pool. "He  wasn't
worried  that all the other kids were laughing at him; he  just  went
right back and did it again."

"He's  a little fighter," James says quietly. "I like kids like that.
Okay! Time to get some sleep, yeah?"

"Yeah, thanks."

"Goodnight, Chris," he whispers.

He stands up, turns out the light and leaves, closing the door behind
him. I sleep like a log.

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0
                                  
It's  the  beginning of October, Saturday morning, a couple of  weeks
after  my party. Mum's at work so me and James are doing what we  do.
We've  already been at it half an hour, kissing, sucking and that.  I
get  on all fours. James moves in behind me. One hard thrust and he's
inside  me,  giving me that warm, full feeling. He slowly  pushes  it
deeper  till  his cock-hair's squished up against my  bum.  Then  the
fucking  starts. I've lost count of how many times we've  done  this,
but  it's a lot, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time.
He's  pounding  my  arse; I'm kneeling there, moaning  quietly,  just
hoping  against  hope that the feeling will last, like,  forever.  He
reaches down, his fingers playing with my throbbing cock. My orgasm's
on  its  way;  there's no turning back now. The intensity  goes  into
overload; I'm thrashing about, or I would be if James wasn't  holding
me.  There's a different feeling too; my cock never tingled  anything
like  this! Oh, shit! This time I really am going to piss  myself.  I
feel  it surge through my dick, squirting into James's hand in  three
little jets. Oh fuck! That wasn't piss! I've done it! I've cum!! Holy
shit!  That was unbelievable! Nothing ever felt like that did!  Seems
like  James  is  pretty excited too; a couple of seconds  later  he's
filling my bum.

He  gently  pulls  out. He shows me his hand;  it's  still  wet.  The
stuff's not thick and gooey like his; its not white either. It's thin
and watery and just about colourless. He licks it off his fingers.

"Beautiful!" he says, smiling at me. "Your very first spunk and I get
to drink it. That's very special."

I'm still struggling to get my head round it all.

"Don't worry," James tells me. "It's always like that to start  with.
Over  the next few months it'll get thicker, until it looks just like
mine."

I  head  off to the bathroom. Sitting on the toilet I try to  get  my
thoughts in order. I've been waiting weeks for that to happen and now
it has; I guess that's another milestone. It was so different though;
I  don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't that. That  was  so
intense; awesome doesn't even come close.

                            0 o 0 o 0 o 0
                                  
We're heading along the motorway. I'm looking ahead, waiting for  the
sign  for Basingstoke to appear. This was my idea, but now it's about
to  happen I'm pretty nervous about it. Suppose I don't cum?  That'll
be a real anti-climax. I've done what James said though; I've not had
a  wank since Wednesday after school, the last time he fucked me. I'm
so horny I hardly know where to put myself. We pass the sign and turn
off  the motorway. Ten minutes later we're crunching over the  gravel
drive in front of Vince's house. Vince and Conor come out to meet us.
James grins at me.

"Hmmm!" he whispers. "He is a pretty little thing! I'm going to enjoy
myself with him!"

We  get out of the car; greetings all round. Conor seems very pleased
to  see  me,  almost dragging me into the house. He  looks  over  his
shoulder to make sure the adults haven't followed us.

"You know when you came over to Scott's house, you weren't angry with
him, were you?"

"I was to start with, but he said he was sorry, so it was cool."

"Greg  gave  him  a right telling off for being so rough.  Scott  was
really upset afterwards. He's not usually like that; he just sort  of
went  a  bit  mad. I just thought, you know, `cause you haven't  been
back."

"I  was in Spain for two weeks then I had to get everything ready for
school,  so  I  haven't  had time. It was too tiring  anyway;  I  was
knackered when I got home."

"Oh!" he says smiling up at me. "Well I'm glad you're here today."

"Yeah, me too; are you okay about doing it with James afterwards?"

"Greg says he's pretty big."

"Yeah."

"But you take it, don't you?"

"Yeah;  I guess I'm used to it now, and he's not rough at all;  he'll
take it really slow."

"Should be okay, then!" Conor says, grinning.

James  and  Vince follow us into the house. We settle ourselves  into
the  big lounge room. It's cold drinks all round; James and Vince are
talking about stuff I can't make head nor tail of.

"Are you kids ready then?" Vince asks.

We both nod.

"Off you go then!" he tells us.

We  head off up the stairs. Conor takes me to the same room that Greg
and  I  used. We start to undress each other. I'm a bit puzzled  that
there's  no  sign  of  Vince or James. I heard someone  come  up  the
stairs,  but  now  there's  no sign of them.  We  pull  each  other's
underwear off and get on the bed for a kiss and a cuddle just to  get
things going.

"I thought Vince and James were going to watch us," I say quietly.

"Behind  there!" Conor whispers, pointing to the mirror on the  right
hand  wall.  "There's a big walk in wardrobe in Uncle  Vince's  room,
yeah? Well that's where that is; me and Greg found it one day. If you
close the door so it's all dark inside you can see right through."

Holy  shit! That's like something out of one of these spy stories;  I
never thought about someone having one in their house.

"He  can't video us from in there though," he continues reassuringly.
"The light's all wrong."

"Don't you mind, --- you know?"

"Nah! Uncle Vince is cool!"

I  sort  of think about waving at the mirror, but I guess that  would
spoil  the fun. Anyway, I'm way too horny to let it stop me. We  just
go right on with what we're doing; in less time than it takes to tell
you,  I've  almost forgotten it's there. We move into a  sixty  nine,
lying  on  our  sides.  Despite the prominent teeth,  Conor  does  it
beautifully. Still, I've had a bit of practice since the last time we
did  it;  time  to  use one of the new tricks I've  learned.  I  lift
Conor's  right leg so his knee's resting on my shoulder. I  slip  one
hand between his thighs, gently working some KY into his bum while my
other hand strokes his silky blond hair. Conor's got his back to  the
mirror, so if Vince and James are watching from back there they'll be
getting a pretty good view of me finger fucking him; not sure they'll
be able to see much else right at the moment though.

Conor's  well  used to this sort of treatment from  Greg  and  Vince;
taking my four inch dick isn't going to be a problem for him. He gets
onto  all fours; I move in behind him, carefully coating my cock with
KY.  I hold it right against his hole and push; it slides right  into
him.  It's  that  unbelievable feeling  again;  the  warmth  and  the
tightness. Shit! That's amazing! I hold him round the thighs, pulling
back until it's almost out, then slamming it right back in again.  My
head's  telling  me  to take is slow; my dick's having  none  of  it.
Pretty  soon  I'm  totally going for it; fucking him with  everything
I've  got,  Conor's high-pitched moans giving me added encouragement,
not that I need any. I fondle his cock; it's throbbing like crazy.  I
let it go; I've got other plans for that.

I'm getting close, my breathing getting noisy and ragged. The muscles
spasms  start right down by my toes then sweep over me like  a  tidal
wave.  My  balls are pulled up tight; my cock's tingling so  much  it
makes me giddy. I slam right into him, gripping his legs like nothing
else  matters. The spunk surges through my dick, squirting  into  his
bum  in  three  or  four little jets. I collapse over  his  beautiful
smooth  back, gasping like I've just had a heart attack; I'm  totally
out  of it. Fuck! Every time I think; yeah, that's it, something else
comes along and tops it. Wow!

I  slowly withdraw; my dick's tingling like I can't bear to touch it.
I'm not finished though. I flip Conor onto his back and dive down  on
him, sucking him as hard as I can go. In just a few seconds his whole
body  explodes, his cock swelling and jerking over and over,  pushing
against  the  roof of my mouth. He slumps back like  a  rag  doll.  I
gently  let him go and flop down next to him. Fuck! That was all  I'd
hoped  it'd be and then some! Sure, I love being fucked, but I  could
certainly get used to the idea of me being on top, particularly  with
a cute kid like Conor.

We  slip  our  underwear back on, lying on the bed, arms  round  each
other's shoulders, just chatting about this and that. There's  a  tap
on the door; James appears.

"You guys okay?" he asks, smiling.

There's  a large bulge in his jeans; I'm guessing that means  he  was
behind the mirror but I'll ask him about that later. He gestures  for
me  to  get  off the bed. I get to my feet. He puts an arm  round  my
shoulder.

"Okay, just pop into the room next door," he whispers, indicating the
room on the other side of the mirror. "Have fun!"

Me and Conor grin at each other. I head out onto the landing, closing
the door behind me. I swallow hard. This is it; I'm going to be alone
with  Vince. I hadn't planned on it being like this but I can't  back
out now. I take the few steps to Vince's room and open the door. He's
lying on the bed just in his boxers. He gives me a warm smile.

"Come and lie down," he says quietly.

I  do  as  he says. I feel a bit nervous about this. He puts  an  arm
round my shoulder.

"Just  relax," he says soothingly. "It's time to get to  know  you  a
little better."

He's  certainly  in  no  hurry to get on with  things.  Without  even
thinking  about  it I snuggle right up to him just  like  I  do  with
James.

"James tells me you're a runner," he says quietly.

"Well, sort of, I guess. I've done okay when we've done it at school,
but I've never really done it before."

"That's good. And high school's going well?"

"Yeah, it's good. I seem to be doing okay, and I'm making new friends
and that."

"I hear you had a pretty good time on holiday too."

"Yeah;  that was a blast. Stephen, the kid who was staying two  doors
away,  sent me an e-mail on my birthday. He's attached a pic  of  his
boyfriend naked, showing his arse."

"I hope you deleted it."

"You  bet I did! If mum had found it I'd have been right in the shit.
James put some privacy software on a few weeks before, so I ran  that
as well, so nobody can tell it was ever there."

"That's good; you have to be careful."

"Greg  told me that when you retire, you'll pass the business to  him
and Conor. He said he'll be managing director by the time he's thirty
two."

"That's right. Everybody in the family knows, so there'll be no going
back on it."

"Greg seemed like he was really looking forward to it."

"Greg's  a  good lad, bright, hard working, very level  headed.  He's
always  wanting to learn more about how we do this, how we  do  that;
he'll do well."

"So will Conor work in the business too?"

"Probably not. Conor's a very special boy. He's a musician; he's just
started at a boarding school for gifted musicians. It's only down  in
Surrey  so it's easy enough to get him back here for the odd weekend,
you  know?  He plays violin and piano; he's a very talented  lad.  He
wants  to  play  in an orchestra when he grows up. That's  the  plan,
anyway."

Vince's  soft  Irish tones and his easy charm have got me  completely
relaxed.  If I was part of their family I guess he'd be my  favourite
uncle too.

"So d'you pay for him to go there?" I ask.

"Pretty  much," he says, smiling at me. "Look, people know what  goes
on  here. But they know Greg and Conor are happy and that they'll  be
well looked after, you know? So they turn a blind eye."

By people, I'm guessing he means people in the family. It still seems
a pretty amazing arrangement. I can understand what James means about
Vince controlling everything, sort of like the Godfather, but he does
it all so quietly, you'd hardly notice.

Vince runs his fingers down my chest.

"Very nice!" he whispers.

He  moves  his  hand down and over the front of my briefs.  I'm  rock
hard.

"I think it's about time we got these off" he says.

I let him pull them down.

"Beautiful  cock!" he says. "Conor would have enjoyed that!  Did  you
cum inside him?"

"Yeah." I say quietly, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Oh, he likes that too," Vince tells me.

He  takes my cock into his mouth, sucking it gently, his hand running
all  over my arse. This is heaven! After a couple of minutes he  lets
me go.

"Beautiful little bum!" he coos. "That's you being so slim. How often
does James fuck you?"

"A couple of times a week."

"Cool! So you stay nice and tight then!"

He squeezes some Astroglide onto his fingers and gently works it into
me,  his  fingers touching my prostate. I can hardly  wait  for  what
comes  next. He pulls a pillow into the middle of the bed, peels  off
his boxers and puts them on top.

"Get on your tummy for me, there's a good boy. If you do cum, you can
cum on those."

I get into position.

"Please don't put all your weight on me," I say. "I hate that."

"No problem!" he whispers.

He  lowers himself onto me, the tip of his cock prodding my hole. I'm
so  used to this now I don't even have to think about it; just  relax
and let him in. He pushes slowly down until I've got the whole thing;
it  feels  great. He begins to fuck me, using long, powerful  thrusts
that  hit  my  prostate every time. You just can't do it much  better
than this. I'm not sure if I'll cum; it's not long since I spunked up
Conor's  arse  and  my balls are still aching a  bit.  The  intensity
increases; he's fucking me stupid and I'm loving every second of it!

Suddenly everything goes mental. I'm thrashing around beneath him  as
he  ploughs  into me, hardly knowing where I am. My balls  fire  into
action,  a  few little drops of spunk squirting onto Vince's  boxers.
He's  totally going for it, his hot breath blowing hard onto the back
of  my neck. He plunges into me, his cock pulsing wildly, sending his
spunk  flooding  into my bum. After several seconds he  slowly  pulls
out. He's cum loads, not that I didn't think he would.

"That was wonderful," he says quietly. "Thanks for spending some time
with me."

I ease myself off the bed and head to his bathroom.

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When I get back to Conor's room he's already dressed.

"Are you okay?" I ask.

"Yeah, a bit sore, but it's all right; James is way bigger than Uncle
Vince. He's nice though!"

"Yeah,  well  as  long  as  you're all right.  Vince  says  you're  a
musician."

"Yeah, I guess," he says, looking self conscious.

"That's cool!" I tell him.

He opens the cupboard and takes out a violin case. He opens it.

"Play something for me," I ask.

He  takes  it out, makes a few adjustments, and starts to play.  I've
heard  kids  play violins before; they sound terrible,  all  sort  of
scratchy.  This  is  totally different, smooth  and  mellow;  I  even
vaguely  recognise the tune. Wow! He really is good! He finishes  the
tune and puts the violin back in its case.

"That was awesome!" I tell him.

"Nice  instrument," he says. "Uncle Vince bought it for me.  I  don't
know how much it was; it was a lot of money though."

"So how d'you like boarding school?" I ask.

"It's okay; I'm getting used to it now."

"Any sex, you know with the other boys?"

"No,  not  yet any way; there's a few I'd like to do stuff with,  but
we're pretty closely supervised. I don't think there'd be much chance
even if we wanted to."

He closes the violin case and puts it back in the cupboard.

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"Did  you enjoy the view from behind the mirror?" I ask James  as  we
drive away from the house.

"Oh,  so Conor does know about that!" he says, grinning all over  his
face. "Vince thought he might have found it."

"And did you have a nice time with Conor?"

"Yeah, very nice, thanks!" he says, giving me a big smile. "But if  I
had to choose between you, he'd have no chance!"

Hearing  him say that makes me feel so special! We'll be home  in  an
hour; I know exactly what we'll do when we get there. I can't wait.