Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 07:12:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pigs Fly <sensual_dude2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: To Love Again Part 6--Beginnings section of nifty archive

This is an original story and all similarities in
names, places, etc, alive or otherwise, are pure
coincidences.

A word from the author:
	Hi, everyone. This is your very beloved (shameless?)
author, writing his two cents worth; hehehe!!! Well,
this part is pretty fast despite the fact that I am
writing it 6 days before my U.S. History 1 second
test, and I have to tell you that it is not the
easiest thing. In case any of you are wandering, I am
still alive; thanks for asking. Hahahahaha! Do you get
the joke? No, never mind then. Hard to explain to you
if you don't get it!!! Hahaha!! Hmm, so in the last
chapter, you guys have seen how silly and corny the
characters are, namely Ted and Jeremy. I am their
"creator," so naturally I have those silly
personalities; hehehehehe!!! Hmm, seems my two cents
worth are valued more like five cents than just two
cents. Hehe! Read the chapter and get back to me with
comments or just say: "Hi!!"

	Bang!!! The sudden loud noise jerked me up from my
sleep. "Wha...what's that?" I murmured, feeling sleepy
still. Ted was not in the car and I was shocked to see
him arguing with a man, around the age of 40 or so,
outside. I was about to alight from the car when I
noticed Ted walking back to the car.
	"F***!!! He almost collided into us and dared to
question what I was doing." Obviously, my man was not
in the Christmas mood of forgiving and forgetting.
"Ted, maybe he is right, you know? Okay, wait! Hold
on! I am on your side, but I am simply trying to be
fair here. I have seen you drive before and today is
no exception. You are speeding, neckbreaking speed at
that. I love you, sweetheart, but I have to tell it as
it is," I told him calmly. I might be impulsive in
making decisions, but at least I was being logical and
reasonable here.
	"Well...I guess you're right, love. I do speed, but
he is also in the wrong. He was not seeing where he
was going," he answered.
	"Yeah, he may be. I am not sure, loverboy. I just
woke up, but knowing you, I know you won't implicate
someone without any reason at all, so I believe you."
	"Thanks, you are always so good with words. You make
me feel so much better. What do I do to deserve you?"
He said tenderly.
	"Just being who you are," I replied, touched by the
sincerity in his voice. Ted was so sweet; I knew I was
the lucky one here, but my man would just argue back
and said that he was more fortunate. Well, maybe
basking in glory once in a while was good; hehehe!!!
"Hmm, where are we right now?" I asked, suddenly aware
that I must have slept for some time. As I looked
around, I was surprised to see that we had gone this
far. "Ted, why didn't you wake me up? How long have
you been driving?"
	"Hey, it doesn't really matter. I am glad that you
enjoy your sleep, love," he answered, smiling that
millionsssssssss dollar smile at me.
	"Aww, Ted, do you have to be so sweet?" I was so
touched that I just didn't know what I could have said
to him to thank him for being my man.
	"You are my man, my soulmate. Being sweet is just a
second nature whenever I am with you. You are a good
influence, I believe." Sigh, this man was just so
loving and sweet!
	"Well, I will drive now, Ted. You have driven for
more than two hours now. Get some sleep, honey. I will
wake you up later."
	"Hmm, I guess that is a good idea. I am aching all
over my back now," he streched out his back as he
started to alight from the car and sit where I had
just sat, or rather, slept for more than two hours and
I took his place.
	"I will sleep now, babe. Wake me up later, okay?" He
asked me and I kissed him on the lips, just a peck,
before he slept like a log in no time at all. My man
must be so tired that he just drifted off immediately.
	I drove slowly, and was glad that the road was not so
congested. Not many people going this way, I guess. My
parents lived in a smaller town, and the population
there was pretty small. I actually thought of it as a
village, not a town by any standard. Dad would argue
with me if I ever told him that it was a village, not
a town. He was a "supporter!"
	After more than one and a half hours, we reached
"Home Sweet Home" and I mean this literally. My
parents had put up that sign ever since I was born,
and I was teased by my high school friends. My parents
were Big, capital B, on PDA--public display of
affection. They kissed anywhere: in the house, in the
garden where everyone could see them so clearly, etc.
They were still holding hands in public and hugged
each other, or anybody for that matter.
	Anyway, Ted and I arrived, and I could see mum
rushing out from the house, with dad walking slowly
behind her. "Ted, sweetheart, we are home. Wake up,
honey!" He opened his eyes slowly and just then, mum
ran towards the car. Ted and I alighted from the car
just as mum arrived breathlessly.
	"Hi, J. And this sexy stud has to be Ted, my son's
new roommate, am I right?" Mum sure didn't waste any
time, as usual. She always liked to get straight to
the point, and I was used to that. Ted, on the other
hand, was kind of surprise. No wonder! Mum was always
very cheerful and full of , "overflowing with" would
be more suitable actually, energy.
	"H...Hi, Mrs. McKnight. Pleased to meet you, madam,"
Ted was so anxious that he stuttered a bit. I looked
at mum pleadingly, but she ignored me.
	"Hi, Ted! J had told me sooooo much about you the
past few weeks I felt like I know you already." Before
Ted was able to answer, dad came over to us and shook
hands with Ted.
	"Hullo, Ted. Welcome. Glad that you can make it.
Please do not mind my son. As usual, he did not think
to invite you in advance, and I think that is so
inconsiderate," dad stared at me, with the twinkle
apparent in his eyes.
	"Well, Sir. Jeremy was too busy with work and other
stuff. I don't believe that he had forgotten
intentionally."
	"Look how kind Ted is, J. You are lucky that he
stands by you," dad still had his eyes fixed on me,
and I was feeling kind of silly right now. Sigh, my
parents were not the most discreet people in this
world! I knew they were doing this to tease me, but
sometimes they just made me blush, like now for
instance.
	"Uhhmm, mum, dad, I have something to announce." I
grabbed Ted's hand and noticed the surprise on my
parents' faces. "We're in love."
	"Ohh, that is such a nice surprise, J. Well, if J
treats you with anything less than respect and love,
Ted, you can always tell us. I will make sure that I
tell him off," mum was so overjoyed that she had this
really HUGE smile. Even dad looked sort of relief. I
guess they were both worried about me after Anthony's
death and now they had no reason to. Both gave Ted a
hug each before mum told us that since we were a
couple, she expected that we would be sleeping
together. Ted and I blushed furiously at this.
	"Thanks, mum. I appreciate that. I apologize because
I didn't tell you sooner and you have to prepare two
bedrooms." I smiled sheepishly at her, but she just
shrugged and assured that she was fine with it and was
glad that Ted and I had found each other.
	"Thanks, madam."
	"No, Ted. You better call me mum too," mum told Ted,
much to his surprise.
	"Don't be shocked, Ted. That was the same thing that
happened to Anthony," I explained to Ted. We had
talked about me and Anthony the night before, but I
did not tell him about this. Anyway, Ted was to call
my mum: mum and my dad: dad. I was just glad that they
took a liking to him immediately. Mum and dad returned
to the house as Ted and I got the luggages down from
the car, into the house and straight on into the
bedroom.
	"I love your parents, J. They are so nice and
loving," Ted said to me when we were alone in the
bedroom. I noted the change in the way he called me:
from Jeremy to J. It caught on already apparently.
	"Thanks, Ted. So, when are your parents coming down?
My other relatives are arriving tomorrow."
	"Tomorrow morning. They told me that they will take a
cab from the airport. I am glad that they could still
get tickets this late."
	"Sorry, love, I should have been more thoughtful," I
said apologetically.
	"No, it's okay, J. They are glad about us, you know?
By the way, you didn't tell your parents about us
before today? Gosh, I was surprised! Not to mention
the mum-and-dad thing."
	"Well, they have always been this way with Anthony. I
hope you don't mind."
	"I am sooooo excited that they like me immediately,
and I am more than happy to call them mum and dad.
Feels like we are married, honey." I blushed again at
his words. Sigh, love was strange!!!
	After hanging up some clothes in the closet, I
grabbed Ted's face and gave him a passionate kiss
before we walked towards the "family" room, which was
the living room. My parents had a name for every room.
The bedroom was called the "up-and-down" room, for
obvious reason, the dining room was "bulging belly"
room, though I wouldn't want that for at least 35
years to come, when I would be 58 years old and Ted
would be 60 then. Of course, it would be difficult to
keep up the body that we had right at this moment, but
I was sure that having a protruding stomach at this
point would be kind of scary; hehehe! The other rooms
had their share of nicknames, just too troublesome to
list them all here.
	"So, you guys finished with the packing? Hmm, I
thought I heard some slobbering in the room," mum
asked us, Ted and me, so nonchalantly that we just
blushed, not knowing how to answer her. My parents
should learn to be more conscious of this privacy
stuff. We had just arrived for not more than one hour,
and we had blushed and stuttered.
	"Well...yes, we had finished hanging up the clothes.
For your information, yes, we were kissing, a really
mind-blowing kiss. Anyway, we would put the gifts
under the tree later," I answered, trying to act cool,
but I could feel my cheeks and ears burning red. Ted
was in no better condition than me from the color of
his ears and his eyes had a sudden fascination upon
the floor.
	"So, I win. Look, old man. I told you that those wet
and panting sounds were T and J kissing. I hope you
don't mind me calling you T, Ted," mum had never
changed her habit of talking to one person first, then
shifting the attention to another in a matter of
seconds. In this case, it went from dad to Ted.
	"Ahh, it...it is fine, ma...I mean, mum," Ted was
stuttering again. My loverboy was feeling really shy
today, I guess.
	"Uhmm, dad, mum, I thought we are gonna have some
lunch. You guys seem to be more interested in other
things," I said accusingly. This tactic was the best
to get mum going on her feet, and it was no different
this time round.
	"Oh, yes! I am going to get the food out now. They
are all in the kitchen. Come help me, J."
	"I will help you, mum," Ted said. I guess when you
had Ted and me calling my parents mum and dad, it
would be really confusing, but that was the way my
family was, folks.
	The three of us carried the food out  and put them on
the dining table. Dad was busy being the "king," as
usual. He would not budge from the table because he
was "the man in the family." Wait till grandma Bess
was here, then he would have to help out, just like
the rest of us. Grandma stood for no nonsense and
everybody respected her. Not only was she the oldest
in the family, she was sharp and wise, so nobody dared
to mess around with her. In addition, she could really
corner you if she wanted to. Sigh, if grandma were
here right now, my lover and I would not have to
endure my parents' "attack." Not that it was
insulting, but my parents did the joke so
matter-of-factly that Ted and I could only blush. Ted
was one step ahead of me with his stuttering, one fact
I did not really notice till we came here. I guess my
man had another weakness that I never knew about.
	Lunch was a pretty happy time, except for the few
times when mum and dad asked Ted some embarrassing
questions like my kissing skill or whether we had made
love before. Imagined Ted's ears!  I had to stop
myself from laughing though. Ted had always been the
champion when he teased me, but seeing his expression
during the "interrogation," I knew that he was unsure
of what to say, just the way I would react each time
we held our "teasing game." Served you right,
loverboy! Now you knew how I felt; hehehe!!!!!
	After lunch, we had a casual chat and Ted and I
offered to wash the dishes afterwards. So,  mum and
dad went back to the "up-and-down" room for an
afternoon nap. I did the washing and Ted  dried them
before putting them back in the small cabinet. Mum had
always been a neat freak. Sorry, mum, but you are,
really!
	"So, how do you like my parents after that "drill"
lunchtime?" I smiled at him as we walked towards our
bedroom. I wouldn't call it "up-and-down" room for the
obvious reason that Ted and I did not do the full
intercourse, yet. We had talked it over the night
before the trip and we planned to get to know each
other on a deeper level.
	"Hmm, really nice, but I...well, I could not believe
my ears when they asked me about your bed skill. I was
almost speechless. Your parents are truly "open," you
know," Ted grinned a sexy smile at me. Sigh, I could
live forever just looking at that grin! "So, I guess
we have to test your lovemaking skill more often,
babe."
	"Haha, you wish, stud. Well, make me happy and we
shall see," I laughed at his eagerness. Man, was he
serious?
	"I can't help it. You are just so "delicious" and I
just want to make love to you forever."
	"Well, look at it rationally, T. I want you so badly
too, but we had talked it over last night, remember?"
	"Yeah, I know, but one look at you make me want to
forget all that." He had a pleading look that just
made him so much more delectable and my heart just
melted.
	"Be patient, babe. We will make love, eventually," I
smiled at him as we entered the bedroom for another
refreshing nap. I laid down beside Ted and he embraced
me so tightly like he would never let me go. I felt so
safe and warm that I just drifted off to sleep almost
immediately.

	Hi, readers. Thanks so much for the continuing
support. Some readers told me that my previous chapter
was lacking in deeper emotions. To set the record
straight, I need to explain that as the story
progresses, I am putting more and more of "me" in it.
You will know me better that way; hehehe! Well, as
usual, comments and encouragements are welcome. Thanks
for reading!