Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:44:43 +1100
From: iarwain <iarwain7@ains.net.au>
Subject: Shockdance Chapter 17.

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Shockdance.  Chapter 17.

Jon was visiting more frequently and taking a bigger part in William's
life, so they often did things together on the weekends.

Trevor actually liked it when William went to jon's place, because when he
got there he'd become a different person.  He'd stop being the one in
charge of everything and be more relaxed for a while.  It often got
interesting, because they egged each other on to do things all the time and
jon was always eager for sex games.

"Hi jon!  What's happening?"

Trevor listened to William's side of the phone conversation.

"Are you?  At about 11 o'clock?  Vincent and Trevor?  No!  Vincent's
working in his studio!  It''ll have to be just Trevor!  Okay!  See you
then!"

William looked across at Trevor and grinned.

"There goes your free day Trevor!  I hope you're feeling lively because he
sounds excited!"

"What's happening?"

"He's getting his new sounds setup so we're meeting in the city to help
him!"

They spent nearly an hour in the hi-fi shop, while jon discussed how good
the different systems were, then left with the one he originally intended
to buy anyhow.  At his flat they had some sandwiches and then the serious
business of setting up the system began.  It took half an hour to get all
the bits connected and then there was some fiddling to get the sound right,
but eventually jon was satisfied.  Well!  Ecstatic was probably a better
description, as he tried excerpts from his favourite CDs.

"Listen to this one William!  It's a CD by a Melbourne guy called Derek
Hosking!  He's got a couple of songs about surfers and he sounds great!"

Trevor and William were both impressed and wanted several of the tracks to
be played over again.

"He's great jon!  I've never heard of him though!  Is he just new?"

"No!  He's been around for a while but they never seem to play him on the
radio!  It's hard to find his CDs too, because the main music shops don't
sell them!  Evidently he's got two CDs out, but I've never been able to
find second one!"

jon put on a couple more of his CDs, William chose one, then jon put
another one in.  The music started and in a couple of seconds Trevor
recognised it as some of the dance music for the show.  jon stopped it and
Trevor looked to see what was going on.

"You're on Trevor!  William said I could have a private show!"

Trevor stood up and got ready to dance.

"Hey!  Take your clothes off!  I want to see it all!"

"jon!  He has to start with clothes on or it won't be a strip dance!"

"I suppose!"

Trevor started and every time he took something off jon collected it.

"I like it better when he's not wearing anything!"

Trevor did a couple of the dances, then to make things more interesting, he
started taking an item of jon's clothes at the section where he was meant
to take off something of his own.

"Yes!  I like it!  jon!  We'll have to put you in the show!"

"Do you think I'd be any good at it?"

"We'll you're sexy enough!  Can you dance?"

"Not much!  But I like jumping around!"

"Trevor!  Teach him one of the ones where you're really close to each
other!"

Trevor stood next to jon and taught him one of the basic patterns they'd
worked out ages ago.

"Great!  Now we have to do it together!"

Trevor stood behind jon and wrapped his arms round him.  jon pressed
himself back against Trevor and as they did the movements Trevor got harder
and harder.  When they finished jon turned round and looked at Trevor.

"That's fun!  I've never danced in the nude before!  Not with any anyone
anyhow!  Now we'll do it again except I'll be behind!"

Instead of wrapping his arms round Trevor's chest, jon used one hand to
hold Trevor's cock and with every step Trevor was getting more and more
aroused.  So was jon.

"Come on William!  I want to do this with you!  You know it don't you?"

William jumped up and let jon undress him, then they tried the routine till
William was hard as well.  jon whispered in his ear and William nodded.

"Get the lubrication out of my bag Trevor!"

The idea was to do the dance with William's cock inside jon, but neither of
them could keep concentrating enough and they dissolved into laughter.  The
music and dancing was forgotten while they satisfied their immediate urges
and Trevor went to make a couple more sandwiches.  jon's system was too new
to be left for very long though and soon they were all enjoying how good it
was again.  jon decided that it was unfair that Trevor hadn't come and
started to get him aroused again.  Somehow the conversation turned to how
long a guy could stay hard and Trevor gave a mental groan because he knew
what was going to happen next.

"I reckon it's all boasting about guys staying hard for ages and ages
William!  They go for a while, then get soft before they build up again!"

"They can jon!  I've had Trevor and Jake lasting more than an hour
sometimes!"

"An hour?  Like when we used the viagra tablets at the beach?"

"No!  Without them!"

"Have you got them?  I wouldn't mind having another go!  Remember when you
made me keep moving on Trevor till he went soft and he lasted longer than
anyone else?"

"I didn't bring them!  How about next time?"

"Great!  Hey!  Let's see how long we can stay hard without them?"

This was too interesting a game to miss out on, and they started
straightaway with a rule that you couldn't touch yourself.  jon lasted just
over half an hour then took William with him so he wouldn't be stirred, but
then they became more determined than ever for Trevor to last a long time.
After an hour and a quarter Trevor was totally desperate.

"William I don't think he can last much longer!  His balls are tight and
he's dripping like a leaky tap!"

"Yes he will!  Hey jon!  Look at this!  It's that same guy on your CD --
Derek Hosking!  He's playing at a pub from six to eight o'clock tonight!"

William brought the entertainment section of the weekend newspaper over.

"It is too!  Is it today's date?  Let's go!  I can ask him about that other
CD!  How far as it?"

"I'm not sure!  Get the street directory!"

"It's about half an hour's drive if there's not too much traffic!  Let's
get there early so we can get our meal ordered before he starts!"

For a moment Trevor thought he was going to be left totally frustrated, but
William came to the rescue.

"jon!  Trevor's nearly going round the bend!  Why don't you help him out?
He looks like he's ready to jump one of us! "

jon laughed and lay down on his back.

"Come on Trevor!  Grind me into the carpet with that supercharged cock!"

It only took a few minutes of grinding and Trevor was feeling more relaxed.
They showered, got ready and set off, and were really pleased that they
arrived early because their, table was in a great position.  Soon after,
the place filled and they knew they would have had to stand at the back.
The singer guy started setting up about 10 minutes before time and Trevor
watched as he fiddled with his guitar and amplifier settings and tuned his
strings.  He was slim, with brown hair and strong features.  Trevor thought
he looked fairly quiet and that's how it was when he spoke.  As soon as he
started to sing Trevor was rapt.  His voice was clear, and occasionally,
when he sang a high note, shivers went raging through Trevor's body.  It
was almost annoying when the food arrived because it kind of interrupted
the listening.  Later Trevor realised he hardly remembered eating.  For an
hour he sang all sorts of songs, funny, sad, happy and social commentary.
There was a ten minute break and jon was able to buy the CD he was looking
for.  Trevor couldn't get over how good the guy was.

"William!  I don't understand why he's selling his CDs and playing at pubs!
He's so talented!"

"He must like it this way!  Look how everyone listened to him!"

There was another hour of singing and then it was finished.  The guy
disappeared out the back somewhere, and the crowd started leaving.

"Hang on a minute!  He'll have to come back for his amplifier!"

As soon as he appeared, William went over and started talking.  Trevor and
jon waited, then went over when William beckoned.

"Hey guys!  Derek's coming back to the flat with us!"

jon's eyes widened as they were introduced and then they helped Derek carry
his gear to his car.

"Trevor!  You take jon and I'll go with Derek to show him the way!"

jon was totally excited and Trevor was pretty impressed too.

"Wow!  A real singer, and he's coming to my flat!  I wonder what music I
should put on?"

When they reached the flat jon rushed round trying to tidy things up, which
made Trevor laugh because he'd never seen him do that before.  When Derek
and William arrived, William told jon to show off his new system, while he
headed for the kitchen.  Derek listened to the system but Trevor thought he
was more interested in jon's CDs .

"You've got some great CDs jon!  You must go to the specialty shops for
some of these!"

"I do!  The big music shops are hopeless for some titles!"

"Don't I know it!"

William arrived with food.

"jon hasn't got much in his fridge but this pastrami and cheese looks all
right!"

" Oh!  Yes!  I love pastrami!  Thanks!  I get pretty hungry because I can't
eat much before I go on!"

"At least you've got an excuse!  I'm hungry all the time!"

Everyone relaxed and the questions started flying at Derek.

"How long have you been singing?"

"Ages!  But I've only been singing in public for three years!  My folks
were too worried about me singing in pubs to let me, but then I moved out
of home!"

"Don't they like you singing?"

"Oh yes!  They're super proud of me, but they worry too much!"

"Where do you get your words from?"

"What do you mean?"

"Does someone write your songs for you?"

"No!  They're all my own!  They're all about things that happen, or people
in my life or what I'm thinking about!"

Trevor was totally impressed.

"So you write the songs, play the songs and sing them as well?"

"I sort of can't help it!"

"How come you wrote the songs about the surfers?"

"I've got some friends in a surfing club jon!  I stay at their clubhouse
with them sometimes!"

"Oh!  Which club's that?"

"It's the one at Fairhaven, down the coast!"

"Really!  I know some of those guys!  My club's at Anglesea which is almost
neighbours!"

They talked about surfing and then Trevor asked if it was hard to write
songs.

"It's easy Trevor!  But then stacks of them don't work, or I'm the only one
who likes them!  I've got enough for two more CDs at the moment, but that
will take ages!  By the time I can make my next CD I'll have enough for
another one as well!"

jon's ears pricked up at the mention of another CD.

"How long before you release it?"

"I hope I can manage by the end of the year!"

"What do you mean?  Why don't you just release it straightaway, if you've
got all the songs ready?"

"It costs me about $10,000 to do it properly jon, and I have to save up
enough money!"

"You have to pay?  I don't believe it!  Derek!  They should be paying you!
Don't the music companies look for good artists?"

"Thanks Trevor!  They would, but they take over!  The songs become theirs
and they tell you what you have to write!  I think they're my songs and I
don't want other people telling me what I can do!"

"Two CDs?  Does that mean you've got about 30 songs that no one's heard?"

"It's more than that, but people do hear them!  I played a couple at the
pub tonight!  It tells me how people will respond to them!"

William jumped in here.

"We'll respond for you if you want to play any!"

"Hang on then!  I'll get my guitar!"

Derek played and talked while his audience of three listened raptly.  Out
of the blue William made a statement.

"Trevor is an artist too you know!  He's a dancer!  Show Derek one of your
dances Trevor!"

Trevor didn't want to, because it felt like butting in on what Derek was
doing, and he gave William a negative look.

"William!  Let's listen to Derek!  He's a professional!"

"Trevor that's ridiculous!  I'm strictly an amateur!  I've never even had a
lesson in my life!  What sort of dancing is it?"

"We've got a male strip dance show Derek, but he's also good at expressive
dancing!"

"William!  I don't think Eric would be interested in that!"

"I think he might be!  You're gay aren't you Derek?"

There was total silence for a moment.

"Yes!  But how did you know that?"

"I'm a super detective!  Not really!  You've got a rainbow sticker on your
guitar case!"

"I'll leave if that's what you mean!"

William laughed.

"We'd all have to leave with you then!"

Derek smiled back.

"Sorry!  I react too strongly sometimes!  I shouldn't leave the sticker
there I suppose!  Well are you going to show us one of your dances Trevor?"

Trevor started to protest but William asked Derek whether he wanted to see
an expressive dance or a strip act.

"Since I'm such a professional artist I'd better watch the expressive one!"

Then he grinned and said he'd watch the other one after that.  Trevor stood
up.

"jon!  I think track 12 on that CD will be right!"

It turned out to be track 13 and then Trevor went to start.

"Trevor!  Are you going to do this properly?"

"Of course I am William!"

"Well strip to your jocks then!  That is closest to your real costume!"

William was right and Trevor knew that he really could perform better that
way.  As he took his clothes off he could see Derek looking at him
intently.  Trevor focused his mind on the dance and its interpretation and
made a point of directing it straight at Derek, then froze into position
for a few seconds at the end.

"Wow!  And you call me a professional!  Would you do that again for me
please Trevor?"

Trevor was delighted with this response then had to wait while Derek
collected a couple of candles that were sitting on a shelf.

"I want to see this with more interesting light!"

When their eyes had adjusted to the candlelight Trevor started again, and
this time Derek quietly played with his guitar as well.  The dance finished
but Derek kept on playing.

"Listen Trevor!  I'll play this a few times so you know the pattern!  It's
the same progression of cords each time!  Can you make up your own steps to
match it?"

For five minutes they messed around.  Trevor gradually built extra steps
from a basic routine and heard Derek building some melody to go with the
cords.

"Again Trevor!"

They did it again and again, changing and adapting to what the other was
doing, till the music stopped and somehow they both knew it was complete.
Derek smiled at Trevor.

"There's a new song!  I'll work out words for it now!"

"We'll it's a new dance too Derek!  William!  Come and learn it!  I want to
show it to Arthur!"

They played it a few more times while William learned it, and jon made a
tape of the music on his system.  Trevor went to sit down but William
stopped him.

"Derek!  Do you want to see one of the dances that gets the guys all
cheering?"

"Well I did ask for it!"

"William!  This is embarrassing!"

"Trevor!  How can you do it in front of 100 guys without blinking an
eyelid, and now it's embarrassing in front of three friends?"

"That's different!"

"No it's not!  And go all the way too!"

Trevor could see that Derek was looking puzzled with this interaction
between them, so he quickly went ahead.  It was track five this time and by
the end of it his groin was thrust forward, his hands were on his hips and
his jocks were over near the wall somewhere.  It was William's turn next
because jon piped up.

"William can dance too Derek!  He's great at all the stripper ones!  Come
on William!  Show us your stuff!"

When William finished he sat in jon's lap and carried on with some of the
speil they used at the show when they went into the audience.

"Hmm!  This is a nice seat!  I could stay here all night!  That'll be $40
please!  I can feel a big muscle under here!  That'll be $20 thank you!  Go
on Trevor!  Show Derek how you charm the audience!"

This was pushing too much, but when Trevor looked uncertainly at Derek he
was given a smile and a quick nod.  His impression of Derek grew in that
instant, as understanding flashed between them.  Relieved, he sat next to
Derek and started some of his audience act.  He put his hand on Derek's
thigh, sat in his lap then held Derek's hand against his stomach.

"$50 Derek!  No!  Tonight it's on the house!"

With this little game over William took Trevor to the kitchen to get some
drinks.

"William!  You're being too obvious!  He knows what you're doing!"

"I know!  But it's working well anyway, because it's got him curious!
Trevor!  jon and I are going out to get some food and it's your job to make
sure Derek comes to our place!  Tomorrow night if he can manage it!"

William didn't give Trevor a chance to say anything but went straight back
to the living room.

"jon!  Come with me and we'll buy a roast chicken!  I know Derek is still
hungry!  Trevor!  You look after Derek till we're back in about 20
minutes!"

As soon as they were gone Derek looked questioningly at Trevor.

"How old is William?"

"17!"

"How come he seems to tell you what to do?"

"That's not a problem Derek!  I'm just embarrassed he's pushing us together
so much!"

"I don't mind!  I can see it's not you!"

"He already knows you know that!  He says it's making you curious!"

"Crikey!  It's getting complicated isn't it?"

"At any rate!  I'm meant to get you to come over to our place tomorrow
night, so can you manage it?"

"Trevor!  That will be great, but how is William expecting you to make this
happen?"

"Well Um!"

"Go on then!  When he gets back he'll see his plans are working just the
way he expects!"

"You're a bit complicated yourself Derek!"

"I thought I was being fairly straightforward!  Is that okay?"

Trevor gave a big grin.

"So!  I'm out of my clothes again aren't I?  How does the script go after
that?"

"You could show me what happens when somebody in the audience give you
$100!"

"All right!  And then I teach you one of my dances so we both end up in our
jocks?"

"And that's the perfect time for William and jon to come back in!  We then
very unsubtly hint that were going to stay for the night?"

This startled Trevor.  The script was going further than he expected.

"Well!  Yes!  Ah you sure about that bit?"

"Yes!  It sounds like the right ending for it to me!  Now!  What do I get
from my $100?"

"Derek!  You get what ever you like!"

"The clothes first then!"

Slowly Trevor peeled off once again with Derek watching all the time.  When
he was down to his jocks he waited for a signal to go further, but instead
Derek ran a hand over the skin of Trevor's stomach.

"I've been wondering ever since you're first dance Trevor!  Are you
naturally this smooth?"

"No!  It's part of our preparation for the shows!"

"Hmm!  It feels very nice!"

Trevor slid his hand underneath Derek shirt and moved it in the same
pattern as Derek's.

"Hmm!  That feels nice too!"

Their two bodies merged for a short time, then Derek slipped his shirt and
jeans off.

"So!  What happens now Trevor?"

"I'll show you!"

The next evening Derek arrived soon after six, met Eric, Jake and Vincent,
then William put on a specially nice meal.

Next Derek was shown round the house and saw the rumpus room, Jake's
torture chamber, and then Vincent's studio.  William asked him to play his
guitar and everyone listened for half an hour till he stopped and looked
around.

"Trevor!  What's going on?  Everyone's acting strange!  You're all smiling,
even when the songs aren't happy!"

Trevor moved over and sat right next to him.

"It's because of what we want to ask you!  Last night you said how long it
takes for you to publish your CDs, so we've decided to pay for the next
three!"

Derek was quiet, then he grinned.

"I know!  This is another one of William's complicated games!"

"Not really!  Last night he just wanted you to meet everyone here, because
we're all part of the company!"

"Trevor!  Are you being serious?"

"Totally!  Here!  This is yours!"

Trevor took a cheque out of his pocket and handed it to Derek.  Derek's
eyes goggled.

"Derek!  This is really William's idea, so see what you think!"

Derek nodded with a stunned look on his face then listened to William.

"We think your music is so good that it's crazy not to have it published!
If you like you can give us 50% of anything that comes in from the 3rd CD,
but that's up to you!  We're hoping you might like to help us out with some
original music for our own show as well!  We're all astonished at what you
did with Trevor in just half an hour last night!  The dance I mean!"

"But are you just giving it to me?  Without a contract or anything?"

"No contracts!  You told us last night how important it is for you to be
independent!"

"$30,000!  I can't believe this!  William!  I'll help you out as much as
you like!"

"It will take a lot of your time if we do it properly Derek!"

"Time!  This is more than four years of time and effort you're saving me!"

"It will involve working with our friend Arthur, who choreographs our
dances and you'll have to see our shows as well, especially on Friday
nights when we do our classier acts!"

"Of course I'll do it!  How can you afford so much money?"

"From our shows!  But we need to keep changing and improving them all the
time, and Vincent brings in a lot too, with his photography!  He'll
probably try to get you to pose for him!"

"Sure!  That'll be something new for me!  Now what?  You're smiling again!"

"Well!  You've agreed before you know what you're letting yourself in for!
Vincent specialises in two styles of photos!  Male nudes and erotic photos,
and we put them on our website for sale!  So you might change your mind but
Vincent will show you what happens there anyway!"

"Nude!  Right!  Crikey!  What other surprises are you going to throw at
me?"

"Well!  I guess there'll be a few turn up!  You'll cope with them though!"

Derek played for another half hour because everyone was so eager to hear
more of his work but then he said he'd done his share and wanted to see
more of the dancing that William was talking about.  William took charge.

"Trevor!  You and Vincent can do your special and then Jake and Eric can do
one of the gymnastic ones!"

In the rumpus room everyone automatically stripped to their jocks and when
William saw the look on Derek's face he explained that that was how they
trained.

"Go and get your real costumes so Derek gets the full effect!"

Trevor and Vincent started their routine, but Derek asked them to stop.

"Can you do this without the music?"

"We can do it with our eyes closed! Well nearly!"

"Great!  It's just that I would like to get my own ideas of what the music
should be like!"

"You'll hear our music if you come on Friday night!"

"I know!  But I can still build a kind of base idea for myself between now
and then!"

When they finished the two dances Derek was shaking his head.

"Trevor!  I won't be able to make music that matches your dances!  You must
have a genius to work these out for you!"

Trevor gave Vincent a hug.

"Vincent did about half of ours, and Arthur who we've been telling you
about, did the rest!"

When they were having some supper, Trevor quietly asked Derek if he'd like
to stay the night.  Derek nodded and whispered back.

"Have we got a special script for tonight?"

"Yes!  But that's one of the surprises that William was talking about!
Come and I'll show you our shower!"

They moved off, to a chorus of friendly good nights and some cheeky grins.

"Hmm!  So this is what you meant about showing me the shower Trevor?"

Trevor finished using the towel and ran his hand from Derek's neck steadily
down to his groin and took hold of the nice stiff handle pointing at him.

"Come on!  I want to show you the bedroom now!"

"Trevor!  The word show is taking on a new meaning for me!  Are we going to
walk through the house with you holding me like this?"

"I have to make sure you don't get lost!"

They found their way to the bedroom with Derek commenting it was a much
better method then using a compass or a map.

"Well I know which direction I'm going!  Lie down on the bed!"

"You're either tired, or in a bigger hurry than last night Trevor!"

"You'll soon find out!"

Trevor produced a sleeping mask.

"Put this on and tell me what you feel like!"

"Hmm!  I don't feel sleepy, that's for sure!  What are you doing Trevor?"

"I'm looking at you!  I think I might eat you!  Very....  Slowly!"

Trevor moved his hand lightly across Derek stomach and touched one of his
nipples.

"I think I'll start here!"

He bent down and licked a couple of times then moved his hand down to
Derek's groin, lightly touched his balls a few times then stopped.

"Or will I start here?"

"Trevor!  I don't care!  What have you stopped for?"

"Hang on a second Derek!  I think I'd better get a towel ready!  Put your
hands behind your head and think what I might do next till I get back!

There we are!  Now tell me what it feels like!  I think I'll lick you all
over!"

"It kind of tickles and turns me on at the same time!  Oh my God!  You
didn't do that last night!  Your mouth feels so warm!  Hell!  That is so
good!  Crikey!  You better stop Trevor!  I don't want to finish this
quick!"

Trevor couldn't help laughing.

"I love the way you say crikey all the time, but don't worry, there's
always seconds!"

Derek went still, then grabbed the mask away as his brain worked out that
Trevor couldn't be sucking and talking at the same time.  He stared in
shock at the sight of Trevor laughing and Vincent lifting his head up.

"Trevor!  You're devious!  I hope this is the last surprise, because if
there's any more I'll probably have a heart attack!"

"Devious?  We should have had a camera ready to catch the look on your
face!  Vincent and I share on Mondays, so I hope you don't mind two for the
price of one!"

It didn't take long for Derek to start smiling.

"After what I was saying a minute ago I'd be a hypocrite if I complained
wouldn't I?  Are you happy about this Vincent?"

"Not really!  Trevor's only paid me $200 so far!  But if he gives me
another $200 I'll keep going!"

It took Derek about half a second to workout Vincent's grin.

"Is everyone in this place insane?  All right!  You give me the $400 and
you can keep going!  I had to give Trevor $100 last night to get him
started!"

It was Vincent's turn to look startled.

"What?  That's a joke like mine isn't it?"

"No!  It's true!  But forget it!  I'm in a new situation here and I'll need
careful guidance to help me through it!"

"What situation?"

"Vincent!  There are three of us, in case you hadn't noticed!  What happens
when there are three?"

Trevor was totally impressed with how quickly Derek was adapting to what
was happening.  Vincent jumped on the bed and sat on Derek stomach.

"The same things that happen when there is two except more!  Give me a kiss
and I'll tell you all Trevor secrets!"

"All of them?"

"Yes!  Listen to this one!"

Vincent leaned forward and whispered in Derek's ear.

"Crikey!  You must be joking!"

"No!  And we can prove it too!"

"Hey!  That's not fair Vincent!  You told Derek whatever that was without
even giving him the kiss!  That one doesn't count Derek and anyway you'll
soon learn how much you can believe him!"

Trevor jumped on the bed and pushed Vincent off.

"It's my turn now Vincent!  You've had your chance and you blew it!
Whoops!  Wrong choice of words there!"

Vincent waited for a while then pushed Trevor.

"Hey!  You don't have to fight over me!  Though it does feel good I guess!"

"Trevor!  He doesn't like us fighting!  I think we should gang up on him
don't you?"

"Maybe!  What's your plan?"

"Well!  He puts the mask back on and if he can't work out who's doing what,
he has to have a penalty!"

"I like it Vincent!  We'll gang up on him!"

"And how are you to going to get me to put the mask back on?"

"If you don't, then you'll never know what you've missed out on!"

"Trevor!  You really are devious!
There you are!  It's back on again!  Now what!
Oh my God!
Vincent?
Trevor?
Vincent?"


The end of Chapter 17.

Author's note.
The story doesn't seem to be generating a great deal of interest so after a short chapter 18 I will be finishing it in chapter 19.
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