Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:51:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Randy Howard <randyhoward2@yahoo.com>
Subject: The Strathmore's / Chapter 12 / Beginnings

The Strathmore's
By
Randy Howard2
Chapter 12

This is a work of fiction. The names are no way real or to
be associated with anyone alive or dead.  This is
copyrighted, and belongs to me.  No one is to copy this
without my written permission.

A special thank you to my friend Bill H. for his editing
work of this chapter.

>From Chapter 11 .

The next day the service is touching to all who came.
David got up and spoke of the love that his dads had for
him and one another.

"In closing ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the greatest
legacy that my two dads have left behind is their love.
They had a love, not only for each other and for me, but
they loved life.  My dad Ryan loved the smell of flowers
before you could smell them, and the soft rain that would
fall when the picnic was over.  He would look at me when I
felt that I was a failure and say. 'Son there is no excuse not
to dream.  If you can dream you can accomplish anything
in this life'.  Then there was the time when we were stuck
in an elevator for an hour.  He looked down at me holding
my little hand and said.

"David you know what we're going to do son?  We're
going to sing along with the elevator music, and he would
start to sing.  Before too long the elevator was moving.

My dad Sean once told me something after an argument
with my lover Kevin.  I had called him and asked him for
advice as to what to do.  He told me 'to listen to my
heartbeat and dance.'  I hung up and could not imagine
what he meant.  However, I went home to Kevin and we
made up.  As I was holding him, I could hear his heart
beating, I started to dance to its beat, and we danced as we
have never danced since.  So dear friends of my dads, if
you take anything away from here with you today, take the
love that they had and give it away to someone, for as my
dad Sean once told me, 'Sometimes one smile means more
than a dozen roses.'"

David greeted the guests that came and thanked them, and
he finally went home.  He put Strathmore Estate up for
sale, and he flew out to Texas to live.


1970

When he got out to Texas, he settled in at Seven Oaks. It
had been his grandparent's place and it now belonged to
him.  He and his sister, Jeanne Marie, had inherited their
estate.  He had been in Texas now almost seven years and
he was quite the cattleman.  He had handed the banking
empire over to his sister as he had enough to handle with
Strathmore Industries.  He had a great crew handling his
affairs at the refinery and he would make periodic
appearances, but for all practical purposes, he liked being
outdoors with his ranching.  He was now pushing thirty and
his days were busy with his cattle business.  He had no time
for love as well as no desire for another man in his life.

"David, you must find someone to love, son," Tyler tells
him.  "It's not good to be alone all the time love."

"I am not alone, I have almost a million head of cattle dad,"
he tells him. "Besides, I had one great love once, that's
enough for one lifetime," he tells him.

"Kevin would have wanted you to have love in your life.
Not this meager existence that you call living son," Tyler
says.

"I don't see you looking for a man, now that you are
without one," he says referring to Troy's death two years
ago.

"David I am in my sixties son, I have no need for a man
anymore.  Besides I was granted the privilege of having
two loves," he says.

"Well love is going to have to find me for it to come into
my life," he says.

"Well we have to help it out also," Tyler says hugging him.
"I just worry about you being alone once I'm gone," he
says.

"I have Jeanne to keep me company in my old age," he
says referring to the fact that she never got married.

"Well you know what I mean son, I love you and I am only
looking out for you."

"I know dad and I really appreciate it.  I love you too," he
says hugging him and kissing his cheek.

He drives home and he thinks about Kevin and how it has
been so many years since he has held a man.

"I still miss you my man," he says to himself. "It has been a
little over seven years and I still can see your face, your
smile."

He pulls into his drive and he notices his sister's car.  He
goes inside and finds her cooking up a nice dinner.

"Something sure smells mighty fine," he says hanging his
hat on the hook.  "I bet it's my favorite sister," he says as
he comes up behind and kisses her neck.

"Hey I am your only sister bucko," she says.  "Grab three
plates she says as she turns off the stove.

"Three plates?  Who else is here?" he says as he grabs the
plates out of the cupboard.

"My brother Bret," she says.  "He was feeling alone and
down so I invited him along."

"Where is he?" he asks looking around but not seeing him.

"He's upstairs taking a shower.  He spilled some black stuff
on him that was in a container on the counter."

"Shit no!" David says as he jumps up and heads upstairs to
the bathroom.  He bursts into the bathroom and opens the
shower just as Bret is going to turn it on.

"Stop!  Don't touch that water," David shouts and he nearly
scares Bret half to death.  Bret turns around towards David
and he is covered with this black powder.  "You can't mix
that with water Bret," David says.  "If you do, you will
explode."

"Oh fuck," he says as he jumps out of the shower and lands
on David.  "How the fuck do I get this off me?" he asks.

"I have some stuff in the barn that neutralizes it. Do you
mind walking out there like that," he asks smirking at his
nakedness.

"You just think this is so fucking funny don't you dick
wad?"

"I know better than to fuck around with shit I know nothing
about," David says laughing.

"Well seeing how I haven't much choice, lead on
professor," he says clearly not amused.  David takes him
out to the barn and he dusts him off with the neutralizing
powder.  He is standing there now white as a ghost and he
is fuming at David.

"Now what do I do, now that I am covered in this white
shit?" he snaps at David who is still snickering.

"One minute, I have just what you need over here," he says
as he walks away.  He comes back with a hose as he turns it
on, and he sprays Bret down.  Bret screams out as the ice-
cold water hits him.

"I will get you for this David if it takes me a hundred
years."  David is spraying him as Bret is slipping and
sliding trying to stand up, and he falls in the mud.  He gets
up and comes running at David and tackles him.  The two
of them are wrestling in the mud when Jeanne comes out.

"Well isn't this a site for sore eyes?" she says as the two
men, laying belly down in the mud, look up at her.  She
sees the hose and picks it up as she turns it on them.  They
let out a scream as she doses them with the ice-cold water.
She finally turns it off and looks at them as she tells them.

"The dinner is getting cold, go get showered and get your
asses in to eat," as she turns and walks away.  David and
Bret look at each other and burst out laughing.

"We must look a sight," Bret says to David.

"You more than me bud, I'm not naked," David says as he
swats Bret's ass.

"Ouch that hurts," he says and they start wrestling all over
again.  "I will make you say uncle boy," Bret says.

"Wanna bet naked boy?" David says as he gets another
swat at Bret's ass.

They grab and pull as they wrestle around and soon David
is as naked as Bret is.

"Those were new jeans, you just ripped off me," David
says as he jumps on Bret and the mud flies.  "You're gonna
pay for that," and he grabs Bret and slams him into the
mud.  "You gonna say uncle yet dick wad?" David asks.

"In your fucking dreams ass wipe," he replies.  They
wrestle around until Bret finally is on top of David and he
is pinned down.  He gets in his face and he looks into his
eyes and says.

"Now who is on top and in control?" he says inches from
David's face.  "Let's hear uncle," he says.

"Never dick wad, get off me," David says squirming to get
free. Bret holds him down as he stares into his eyes and he
lowers himself for a kiss.  He presses his lips hard to
David's lips as he kisses his opponent.

"What the fuck was that for?" David asks.

"To the victor goes the spoils of the victory," he says as he
kisses him again.

"Stop it fuckhead and let me up now," David says and he is
not amused as Bret gets off him.  He gets up, and storms
off into the house to shower swearing all the way.  Jeanne
is at the door as he comes in the house and she's laughing.

"Shut the fuck up, this is not the least bit amusing," he says
as he stomps by her on his way up to the shower.

"Where is my brother?" she asks still laughing.

"How the fuck do I know or care?" he says as he climbs the
stairs.  Bret comes in a few moments behind him, and he is
chuckling aloud.

"What the hell happened out there?" she asks her brother.
"And why were you both naked and covered with mud?"
she asks.

"Sis you are not going to believe how pissed he is," Bret
says.

"I know how pissed he is, I saw him naked not ten seconds
ago."  Bret goes upstairs and he takes his shower and
dresses. As he comes out into the hall, David is just coming
of his room.

"Listen David, about what happened in the barn. I'm sorry
man, really," Bret says to David.  "I was just fucking
around.  I didn't know you would get so upset man."

"Just forget about it, ok?" David says and starts to walk
away.

"David I said I was sorry, you going to stay pissed at me?"
Bret asks.

"Listen I said forget it.  What don't you understand about
that statement?" he says sarcastically.

"Not a fucking thing asshole," Bret says and walks
downstairs.

Bret goes down stairs, tells his sister goodbye and he
leaves.  David comes down later and she can see that he is
just as pissed as her brother.

"David, kitchen, now," she says and not as a request.  He
follows her in and she points to a chair for him to sit.

"Now you are going to listen to me, and you are going to
keep your mouth shut until I finish," she says looking at
him square in the eyes.  "Do I make myself clear here?"

"Yes ma'am," he says and now even he is worried.

"I have had it with your self pity party.  Not a word I said.
I have helped you go from a person who was completely at
his emotional wits ends to what you are today, which is not
much better.  I heard you speak at your father's memorial
service about taking away their love and giving it away to
others.  Well let me tell you something little brother, you
have shut your heart and love away from life so that even
God himself cannot find it.  You left your love there that
day my brother, and shut those who love you and could
love you away from you.  Contrary to what you may think
or believe, if you love someone they are not going to drop
dead on you.  We all will die someday, but if you go
through life never loving another person David, then you
are already dead.  Take those chains off your heart love,
Kevin would not want to see you like this, neither would
your dads.  I love you David, but I hate what you have done
to yourself.  Now I'm done and I'm sorry if I overstepped
my boundaries as a sister, but I care deeply about you."

David sat there and looked at her then burst out crying.
She took him into her arms and held him tight as he let
years of pent up emotions loose.  They sat on the floor
while she held him and cuddled him like a baby while he
cried.  He let it all out until he finally had no more tears to
cry.

"I have been so afraid to love again," he said as he pulled
himself together.  "Everyone that I have ever loved is
gone."

"I am still here and so is Tyler," she says. "Do you love us
or are you just pretending?"

"Of course I love you, I have loved you both for years," he
tells her.  "It's finding someone new that scares me.  I
forgot how to find someone to love. It came so easy for me
with Kevin."

"Well just let it come to you again," Jeanne says.  "If it
happened once it could happen again."

She gave him a hug and a kiss and helped him stand up.
She went to the stove and reheated the dinner she had
made.  Bret came back a short time after and when he came
in, he saw David and turned back.

"Jeanne shut it off again," David says to her.  "Bret wait
please," he says running after him as Brett goes to the car.
David stands against the door so he can't open it and he
looks at him.

"Listen Bret, can we go for a walk and talk?" David asks.

"Why the fuck would I do that?  So you can kick my ass or
insult me again?" he asks.

"I deserve that," David says.  "No buddy, I want to
apologize and tell you about what has been going on in my
head," David says as he extends his hand.

"I guess seeing how you put it that way bud," he says and
shakes hands.

"Here's the rules, I speak for a while and you listen
please," David says looking at Bret.

"Ok as long as I get my chance to voice my say," he says.

"Fair enough.  Your sister just read me the riot act in there.
I didn't realize how far I had slipped into my own private
hell.  I not only locked those that I loved out of my world
and heart, but those that I may have found love with also. I
had bought into my own belief that if I really loved
someone deeply they would die on me.  So as a protective
measure I built this wall around my heart to keep out those
that I didn't want die.  If I didn't show love they would
live, if I loved them they would die.  This is the theory I
bought into when I lost my dads and Kevin, and my
grandparents.  When you kissed me, you threatened that
protective wall I had surrounding my heart.  Just that brief
kiss made that wall teeter and shake and it scared me.  I did
what I had always done when that wall was threatened: I
lashed out.  I lashed out at you and kept going until you got
angry enough you ran from me.  Thus, my wall was safe
again.  I am so sorry Bret for hurting you when you were
only trying to be a friend.  People like me do not deserve
people like you.  I am done now Bret, your turn."

"Wow what can I say to follow a heartfelt out-pouring like
that?" he says.  "There is only one thing that I know to do
to follow an emotional release such as that," he says as he
takes David in his arms and looks him square in the eyes
and says, "David I fell in love with you over seven years
ago when my sister introduced you to me. You and Kevin
were together and I knew I could never go after you.
Therefore, before I kiss you I want to know if your wall is
gone.  I will not compete with that wall for your heart."

"Just shut the fuck up and kiss me babe," David says as
their lips meet.  Their tongues search out one another as
they meet and dance.  David lets out a soft moan as he
succumbs to his passion.

"Finally, now this is what I was talking about David,"
Jeanne says standing on the patio.  "I have reheated this
dinner three times, now get your asses in here and save that
for later," she says turning and going into the house.

They have their dinner and she watches her brothers as they
look at each other.  They hardly touch a bite on their plate
as they play footsies.

"Well does this mean I'm going home alone tonight?" she
asks Bret.  He doesn't respond as she gets up to clear the
dishes.  "I am still in the room," she says as they both look
up and laugh at her.

"Did you say something sis?" Bret asks then turns back to
David.

"Never mind, I will see myself out," she says as she leaves
and she gives them each a kiss goodbye.  They follow her
as far as the stairwell and they turn up.  David has Bret by
the hand as he leads him upstairs to his room.  He opens his
door and brings him inside as he closes it.  They stand in
the room that's lit only by moonlight, holding each other
tight.  David stares at the man that he holds in his arms and
he kisses his lips.  Their hearts beat as one as they search
with their tongues each other's mouth.  It has been much
too long and he searches his heart for the words he would
say.

"I feel like a teenager on his first date," David says looking
into Bret's eyes.  "I have closed my heart for so long now I
have forgotten how to love.  If you would have me Bret,
teach me to love again."

Bret takes David into his arms, and their lips meet in
passion as David surrenders his heart to this man.  Their
tongues meet and they dance together in love, as their arms
embrace each other.

"David I will have you and teach you not only to love
again, but how to be loved again," Bret says as his lips
envelop David's tongue.  He undresses his new love kissing
each inch he exposes, setting afire David's body.  He leads
his lover to the bed, and they lay down embracing each
other in passion and desire as their hands explore each
other's body.  Bret lies between David's spread legs, and
looks into his eyes that glow with the moonlight coming in
through the window.  It casts a soft shadow across the
young lovers as their bodies are entwined together in their
passion and lust for one another.  He slowly kisses his way
down to David's erect and now sensitive nipples, taking
one in his mouth and gently biting it.  David lets out a soft
sigh as he experiences a long forgotten feeling, arching his
back from the electricity that flows through his body.

"Oh bud, I forgot how good that feels," David says as Bret
moves to his other nipple and gently bites it causing
another rush of electricity to flow through him.  He kisses
his way to David's cock, which is now flowing with pre-
come as his desire builds.  He takes it into his mouth
swallowing it until there is none left to swallow.

"Fuck Bret I am so close bud," David says unable to
control his climax.  "I'm cumming babe," and he shoots
seven years of pent up love deep into Bret's throat, as Bret
swallows all he gives.  He just keeps going unable to
control his climax, his passion so great it brings him to
tears.  He finally slows his release and his cock softens and
drops from Bret's mouth.  David pulls him up and kisses
him as the tears flow from his eyes, like water over a
waterfall.

"I love you Bret," David whispers in his ear and kisses it
softly.  "Fuck me bud, fill me with your love," he whispers.

"Are you sure babe," Bret asks kissing his neck.

"Yes bud, I want to feel your love inside me," he says as
their lips meet.  Bret sits up and David hands him some
lube.  He puts it on his cock and prepares David.  He
positions himself between David's raised legs and slowly
enters his man.  David cries out softly as he enters, and Bret
waits for David to relax.  He starts to slowly fuck, pushing
in a little with each push, until he is all the way in.

"You feel so good in me bud," David says wrapping his
arms around his new lover.  "Fuck me slow and take your
time."  Bret slowly pulls out and then slowly pushes in as
David pushes up to me his thrust.  They fuck like this, as
time seems to stand still for the two lovers, until David can
feel that Bret is close.

"Fuck me hard and fast bud, fill my ass with the seed of
your love babe," David cries out in his lust.  Bret lifts up on
his arms as he increases his thrusts, pounding with
everything he has.  He pounds his lover's ass as he
approaches his climax, crying out in his passion and lust.

"Oh fuck," he says as his cock starts to swell and his cum
swirls in his balls.  "I'm cumming babe," he shouts," as the
first of his shots, goes deep into David's ass.  He picks up
his pace as David does also, and he shoots his seed deep
into David's ass.  His fucking causes David to have another
climax of his own, shooting his cum all over his chest.  The
two lovers fuck until they finally have no more to give, and
Bret collapses on David as they kiss.  They ride out their
love's afterglow in each other's arms, kissing and holding
each other tight.

"I love you David," Bret says looking into his lover's eyes.

"Thank you bud for showing me how to love again," David
says to his lover.  "I love you bud, and I thought that I
would never say that again," he says as his tears fill his
eyes.  Bret wipes away his tears and he kisses each eye, as
he softly kisses his lips.

"I knew you had it in you somewhere babe, I just had to
find it," Bret says as their lips meet.  Bret lies beside David
and he pulls him in close as they find their spooning
position.  They are soon fast asleep with Bret's arm over
David, and David's head resting on Bret's arm.

The next morning the two lovers awaken in each other's
arms, as David turns to greet his lover.

"Good morning bud," he says with a kiss and a hug.

"Hey cowboy, quite a rodeo last night," Bret says.

"I'll say, my ass still feels like you're in there."

"You aren't accustomed to bottoming are you?" Bret asks
David.

"Not really, with Kevin and me, I was always the top,"
David says. "But I like being your bottom," he says as he
gives Bret a kiss.  They get up and shower as their love
carries over.  David finds his passion has a new life again.

"I can't stop smiling today," David says feeling like a
virgin that was just deflowered.  "You have made me
complete again bud.  After breakfast bud, we need to go
somewhere."

"Go where babe?" Bret asks.

"I have to go see Tyler, he needs to know that I have finally
found love again," David says and Bret looks worried.
"It's ok bud, he told me just the other day that I needed to
find someone to love again."

"Are you sure babe, Kevin was his son," Bret says still not
convinced.

Later that morning after calling, they stopped by to see
Tyler.

"David, Bret how nice to see you," Tyler says showing
them into the parlor.  "What brings you two over on such a
glorious morning?" he asks suspiciously.

"Dad, you remember the talk you gave me a couple of days
ago about finding love again?" David asks Tyler.  "Well it
finally found me like you said it would.  Bret and I are in
love dad.  He broke through that wall I had built around my
heart, and filled it with his love," David says and Bret is
sitting nervously waiting for Tyler's reaction.

"Oh David, Bret, I am so happy for the two of you," he
says and Bret's face lights up.  "I can see by your change of
expression Bret that you were worried about my reaction to
your news.  My Kevin never wanted David to go through
life alone, and without love.  He told him that in his dying
words, more than once.  So your love for one another is a
fulfillment of his request Bret," Tyler says giving Bret a
hug and kiss.

"Thank you Tyler," Bret says as his eyes gloss over.  "I do
love this cowboy so much."

"Another reason we came over today is, we would like you
to come and live with us," David says.

"This is something that we decided together Ty, and we
would be honored if you would say yes," Bret says.

"You are both so kind, but why would you want an old man
like me hanging around?" he asks.  "Besides this is where
my Troy and I made our home, and where I still feel him,"
he says.  "Thank you boys, but I will spend my last years
here son," he says looking around as if seeing Troy still
there.

"Well if you ever decide you want our company dad,"
David starts to say, but is interrupted.

"You are just a phone call away," Tyler finishes.

They have lunch with him and spend the afternoon talking,
and then leave around five to go home.

"I am so happy David," Bret says touching David's arm.
"You have made me complete."

"I feel the same way bud, there is only one thing that I
desire bud, that I think we need," David says looking over
at Bret.  "A baby of our own," he says.

"Well unless you have some organs inside you haven't told
me about, there isn't much we can do about it," he says.

"They have this new method for people that can't get
pregnant on their own bud.  They artificially fertilize a
woman's egg and a man's sperm, and then implant it into
the woman."

"And where do we get all the necessary donations?" Bret
asks.

"Well if Jeanne Marie is willing, I thought we could ask her
to donate her egg and maybe Tyler the sperm," David says.

"Oh David, I really don't know about this, she may not like
this at all.  I wouldn't mind, if she's willing," he says.

They get home and David calls his sister.  He invites her to
come over for dinner the next day.

"Well this was a pleasant surprise," she says as they sit
down to eat.  After they finish dinner they are sitting
around talking, and David broaches the subject.

"Jeanne, Bret and I have something very serious to ask you.
It will probably take you by surprise," he says nervously.

"Ok, you sound so serious and a bit mysterious," she says
with humor.

"I am being very serious Jeanne Marie, we would like to
ask you to have our baby," he says and she sprays out the
wine she just drank.

"You what!" she says in shock, looking from one to the
other.  "You want me to have your baby?" she says
laughing hysterically.

"Yes Jeanne, they have this new procedure out that allows
couples that can't have children to be artificially
inseminated and have a baby," he tells her.

"And who is going to produce the sperm for this baby,
neither of you can you're my brothers," she says matter of
factly.

"We were thinking of asking Tyler," David says.

"You two are really serious about this," she says looking at
her two brothers.

"Yes we are," they both say together.

"Do I have to give you an answer tonight?" she asks, "I
would like to think about this."

"Of course we would want you to think about it.  This is
not something to be taken lightly," Bret says.

"I tell you what, let me think about it and I will let you
know by Saturday," she says.

Later that night in bed, they lay there talking about Jeanne.

"Do you think she will do it bud?" David asks.

"I really don't know if she will, she's a logical person,"
Bret says as he pinches David's nipple.

"How can I think with you exciting me?" David asks
grabbing Bret's hard cock.

"That's the idea cowboy, stop thinking and start acting," he
says as he crawls on top of David.  He gives him a hard and
lustful kiss, and David's hands move down to Bret's ass.

"Tonight bud, cowboy is going bronco riding," he says as
he grabs Bret and they flip over with David now on top.
Their lips meet and they kiss hard and with passion, as their
tongues seek dominance over one another.  David sits up
and lifts Bret's legs onto his shoulders, as he moves down
to his tender rosebud.  He moves his tongue all around the
rim, sending passion all through Bret's body.  He lifts his
ass to give David his treasure as David plunges his tongue
deep inside.  Bret lets out a moan as he gives in to this
pleasure, and David fucks him with his tongue until he
shouts.

"Oh fuck me cowboy, I can't take it any more," he says as
his head rolls side to side.  David sits up, reaches for the
lube and prepares his bronco for the ride.  He gets closer to
Bret and he lowers to kiss him, then softly whispers in his
ear.

"Are you ready my bronco for your rodeo d‚but?"

"Fuck me cowboy, fuck hard and deep. I want to feel your
love deep inside me," he says.  David slowly pushes in and
Bret lets out a soft sigh, as he grabs David's ass and pulls
him in.  He pulls him all the way into his ass, and David is
taken with desire.  He lifts himself up on his arms, as he
slowly starts to fuck his man.  He soon finds his rhythm
and they are fucking with a fury, each making their sounds
of lust.  He pounds Bret's ass and soon he is close, as Bret
reaches his climax also.

"I'm cumming cowboy," Bret yells out in passion as he
wraps his arms around David and pulls him down for a
kiss.

"I'm cumming too bud," says David as he feel Bret's ass
tighten around his cock.  He shoots his hot seed deep into
Bret's ass, filling him with his love.  Bret shoots his love
between their bodies as the two of them lock in a kiss.
They lay there entwined as they ride out the afterglow of
their lovemaking.

"I love you so much my cowboy," Bret says kissing his
man on the lips.

"Not as much as I love you bud," David says as he rolls
into their new position to sleep.  He pulls his lover into him
as he wraps his arm over him.  "I love you Bret, more than
you may ever realize babe," he whispers in his ear.  Bret
snuggles up against his man, thinking how much he loves
him as he falls to sleep.

That Saturday finally came, Jeanne Marie came over, and
the guys just looked at her as she sat facing them.

"I have given this much thought since we spoke the other
day," she says looking very serious.  "I spoke to my
gynecologist about this procedure, and I have decided to do
it for you two," she says and breaks out in a smile.  The
guys look at her in shock and then at each other.

"Really Jeanne Marie you wouldn't kid us?" Bret asks.

"You are serious about this?" David asks.

"Yes brothers, I am very serious, but I have only one thing
that must be agreed upon first.  I don't want this baby to
know that I am his or her mother," she says.

"But why?" asks David knowing what is feels like not
knowing who your parents are.  "Why would you not want
her or him to eventually know?"

"Because I have my reasons and that's all I am saying.
Now do we agree or not?" she asks.

"I agree," says Bret too excited to disagree.

"And you David, can you in good conscience agree
brother?" she asks taking his hands in hers.

"I remember what it was like not knowing growing up who
my real mom and dad where.  My dads always told me I
was adopted, but in the back of my mind I always wanted
to know who my father and mother were," he says.

"David you have to agree here, or we do not have a deal,"
she says still holding his hands.  "I know how hard this is
for you brother, but my reasons are greater," she says.

"Very well sis, you have my word. I will not tell her or him
that you are the mother," he says reluctantly as she hugs
him tenderly.

David and Bret went over to Tyler's later that day, and
approached him about the sperm.

"Come in boys, my you look so serious," he says showing
them in.  "Is everything all right?" he asks.

"Yes dad, everything is fine.  I have, well we have a really
big favor to ask of you," David says looking at Bret then
Tyler.  "We would like to have your sperm," he says but it
came out wrong.

"My what," Tyler says looking at them in shock.  "I have
not had anyone ask me for my sperm in many years."

"No dad, that came out the wrong way. Let me start over
from the beginning," David says now thoroughly
embarrassed.  "What we are hoping to do is have a baby,
and we would like your sperm for it dad," he says.

"Son I hope you know that neither of you are made to have
one," Tyler says and David again is red.

"David let me explain," Bret says thinking the baby could
be in college before David could ask Tyler what he wanted
to.  "What he so clumsily is trying to say is, Jeanne Marie
has consented to be artificially inseminated to have a baby
for us.  What we need is a sperm donor," he says.

"We want you to be our baby's father dad," David says
with tears in his eyes.

"Oh my son, that's not what I expected," Tyler says and
turns to look out the window.  He spends several minutes
looking out the window, then turns to the boys, and says,
"Are you sure this is what you both want to do?  And does
Jeanne Marie clearly know what she is doing?" he asks.

"Yes to both your questions dad," David says.  "She spent
most of last week thinking about it, and she even spoke to
her doctor about the procedure."

"Then if everyone is in agreement I would be honored, but
I would want to be the grandfather instead of the father," he
says.  "I will write a letter that will be given to him on his
eighteenth birthday."

"Thanks dad," David says as he gives Tyler a hug and a
kiss.

A few weeks later Jeanne Marie enters the hospital to be
artificially fertilized.  She spends overnight in the hospital
and it was a successful procedure.

"Now young lady we wait," Dr. Thomas says.  "I will see
you back in six weeks."

She meets the guys downstairs, and they are all excited
with anticipation.

"It was a success," she shouts and they go wild with joy.

"Now Jeanne Marie, I want you to take it easy for the next
nine months," David says helping her into the car.

"Listen brother, I am pregnant, not some china doll.  I will
not break if I do things.  The doctor told me that I could
resume my everyday routine," she tells him.

The weeks fly by and Jeanne Marie goes for her first check
up.  The doctor examines her and does an ultra sound after
having some concerns.

"Please get dressed Miss Tremont, and I will see you in my
office once you are dressed," he says rather seriously.

"What is it doctor?" she asks noting his change of
demeanor.

"Like I said, once you are dressed meet me in my office."

To be continued .

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