Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 00:47:14 CDT
From: D Man <d_man116@hotmail.com>
Subject: That's Life- Chapter 2

That's Life

Disclaimer: The following story is just fiction.  It does not imply the
sexuality of anybody in this story.  If you are underage, please do not
read the story.  If this type of story offends you or your city does not
allow this material, please stop.  If you pass, then go on and read.  If
not, how am I supposed to know.

Author's Note:

This is my first attempt at writing this type of story.  I bet you have
heard this line many times.  Well, that's life.  I just wanted to give you
a little on my style of writing this story.  It will be third person
omniscient.  All sentences that are in parenthesis will only be see in
conversation and that is only to point out the thoughts the character has
that moment.  Any sentences in brackets will only be seen in conversation.
It will explain the actions that the narrator sees.  That's about it.  Have
fun reading and email me at d_man116@hotmail.com if you like or don't.
Also, check out my page at http://www.geocities.com/d_man116

Now this part of the author's note can't be seen on my web page and only on
Nifty, so don't you guys that read it here feel lucky?  I just want to
thank the people that have emailed me about my story and the ones that
helped me.  You know you are.  If you don't know, email me and I will tell
you.

Previously:

Darryl was checking his email while Kyle and Josh were having their
conversation.  He didn't really receive any email that he would actually
reply to, so he gave up.  The internet was getting boring, so he thought he
would turn in for the day.  A new day equals a better day than today,
right?
	As soon as Darryl's head hit the pillow, he was out like a baby.
Josh and Kyle decided to go to bed too.  Darryl had been sleeping for a
couple of hours when he finally entered dreamland.  He dreaded this moment.
He would wake up sweating and freaked out.  He didn't know how to control
his dreams.  They became repetitive, but slowly diminished his strength to
live.

Chapter 2: The Dream

	What really made Darryl's dreams unusual was the fact that they
were reality.  The same dramatic sequence in life played over and over, but
Darryl could never feel the realness of the dream.  He had repressed that
day so many times that he had forgotten that it ever occurred.  There was
also the fact that he was only ten when his world began to crumble.  So
this was the only way that this day could haunt him, through his dreams.
	He entered the realm of dreams to come back with a story to tell
his friends.

***Start of Dream- 1992***

	Darryl had just returned home from school.  He was ten now and was
beginning to mature.  Actually, many adults except his parents were telling
him that he was too mature for a ten year old.  He didn't really care what
they were talking about until that dreaded day that would haunt him the
rest of his life.  Too bad at that time, he didn't know it was that day.
	Darryl walked into his house to find his parents fighting.  At this
age, he felt it was his fault for all the fighting.  He tried to be a good
child, which would explain why he matured so quickly.  His parents had
fought constantly and always sent him into confusion.  He always tried to
figure out a way to stop his parents from fighting, but he couldn't.  He
felt like a failure each time, and the idea grew larger each time his
father would tell him he was.  It happened a lot too.
	Darryl went to his room to try to sort out this fight this time.
He spent ten minutes trying to figure out a plan, but he didn't succeed
once again.  He went to the corner of the room and cowered there until his
father would come into his room and yell at him.  It had become a ritual
that Darryl would never forget.
	After thirty minutes of yelling from his parents and being in his
own world, he heard a loud bang from the front door.  He knew that his
mother just left.  Now the true pain would come.  He heard the footsteps
approach his door.  They sounded gentle and slow, but they were actually
the work of the devil.  Deceiving Darryl the first time he heard those
footsteps.  He thought only happiness was approaching.  Boy, was he wrong.
	The doorknob opened slowly.  It felt like those scenes in the movie
when everything was in slow motion.  Darryl's heart rate increased.  He
knew what was coming, but it surprised him every time.  His father came
into the room.  He undid his belt and took it off.  Darryl hated this part.
He always wondered why it had to happen to him.  None of the other kids
were mentally and physically hurt by their parents.  Not even his older
brother and sister faced this torture.
	Darryl's father reached for his pants and undid them.  He took them
off gently.  You would think by his actions that nothing was going to go
wrong, but something always goes wrong.  He picked Darryl up and took him
to the bed.

	"Why are you always in that corner.  You should find a new place to
hide if you don't want to play."  [His voice was calm.  Again, like nothing
was going to happen.]

	Darryl made no reply.  He just acknowledged his father's statement
by nodding his head.  He had to remember to hide in a better place.  He
probably wouldn't though.  His father took off his son's underwear and
placed him on his belly on the bed.  His father took his own hand and
rubbed his son's bottom.  It was smooth, but red from yesterday's actions.
He took his belt and tied his son's arms to the bedpost.  Darryl became
frightened, but his father wouldn't notice.  This was all a game to him.
That is what he called it.  Darryl would have told his mom about the game,
but his father told him that it was a secret.  If he told anyone about the
game, he would be punished and so would his siblings.  He didn't want any
harm to come to his brother and sister.  The irony.  The youngest looking
out for the older ones.  His father took off his hand and raised it into
the air.  He brought it down swiftly and swat the child.  Darryl wanted to
scream, but he kept it inside.  He did not want to show his father that he
was a wimp.  He wanted his father to be proud of him, to see him as a
brave, courageous son.  He would soon be in his own world where nobody
could hurt him. Not even his own father.  His father kept swatting his son.
Harder and harder.  Many children were punished this way, but to his father
it was only a game.  To watch his son be in pain.  The only problem was
that his son endured the pain.  His father hated it.  He hit harder and
harder.

"You are the worst son ever.  You have become a disgrace to the family.
You are a worthless piece of trash. You won't grow up to be anything.
You'll be living in a box, and I'll be in heaven laughing at you.  The joy
of laughing at my son to be a failure.  That's what you are.  Just a
failure.  Nothing good has ever come out of you.  You try to be good, but
you're just the devil.  Evil.  Shame.  Disgust.  Disgrace.  You everything
but good.  Who would want you?  I know I didn't want you.  The shame of
having you.  You know how many times I have to deny that you are my son.  I
tell them you are just there.  Even my own parents think you are a freak.
I did so well with the other two.  What could have gone wrong?  It's just
you.  I bet you will be a faggot when you grow up. You have that faggot
inside of you.  I bet you are enjoying it, you faggot.  Now you are a truly
a freak. "

His father repeated this speech many times.  Darryl would only hear the it
about four or five times before he zone out, but that was enough for him to
memorize it.  He would carry those words for the rest of his life.  Even
when his own father died.  Nothing could bury those words.  Not even his
own grave could kill it because in Darryl's mind it was true.  Every word
was true.  No matter what people say, his father was right.  A father is
always right.  After an hour of pure torture, his father stopped.  He left
his son there tied up and went to the living room to drink some beer.  He
would be back to play the game again.  Darryl gained consciousness and
slipped his arms from the belt.  He was smart.  He learned how to get free.
He didn't want to be here when his father returned drunk.  He put his
clothes back on and grabbed his bag.  It was time to leave.  He could not
take anymore.  He had gone through this for two years.  He didn't need
anymore of this.  He threw his clothes and his money into the bag and was
ready to start a new, better life.  How could someone repress and forget
this event if it has happened for two years.  The real scarring was only
down the road.  He snuck out through the window and began to walk around
the neighborhood.  He walked around for about an hour.  He was about to
give up and return home before his father noticed.  If only his brother
knew, he would have protected him, but he was always out.  He barely came
home.  Darryl was about to turn back when a car approached him.  A man
rolled down the window.  His face was remarkable and his black hair
radiated in the moonlight.  He had the bluest eyes that he had ever seen.
They pierced his soul, and Darryl sense he was the person that would whisk
him from all his problems except for one.  Even though his father was a
jackass to him, he taught him to never to speak to stranger.  An early
lesson in life that Darryl always held dear to his heart.

"Are you lost, kid?" [He asked with sincerity that any person knew he would
bring no harm to anyone's life.]

"Um…. No.  I'm just taking a walk."

"Are you sure?  I can give you a ride home.  I'm dropping off a friend
right now.  Also, it is pretty dark for you to walk around."

"No thank you.  I will be fine.  My house is just down the street."

"Alrite.  Get home soon.  I'm sure your parents are missing you right now."

His words spoke straight to his heart.  He had just talked him out of
running away.  That bastard.  He never thought about his mother.  His
mother had loved him.
  Actually, she never really bonded with him, but she never harmed him like
his father.  Darryl decided to walk back home.  Maybe his life would get
better.  His father could change.  Darryl was ready to help his father
change.  Darryl was about to reach his own house when somebody grabbed him
from behind.  They covered his mouth.  Darryl tried to scream, but he
couldn't.  He just gave up and was ready for whatever was going to be
thrown at him.  Too bad he wasn't ready as he thought he was.  Darryl was
thrown into a van.  He tried to get out, but the door was locked.
  He couldn't open it.  He screamed and cried, but no noise could be heard
by the people on the outside.  The man entered his car and drove off.  The
man had been driving for about thirty minutes.  The car stopped, and Darryl
became frightened once again.  Why did he have to leave his house?  He was
so stupid.  Once again his father was right.  His words were right.  Darryl
was once again a failure.  He stopped crying and sat there, staring into
space.  The man turned off the engine and crept to the back.

"How are you doing kid?"  [His voice was cruel and cynical.  Anyone would
be scared.]

Darryl made no response.  He just continued to sit there.  Darryl just
thought it was another game.  Another game that he could endure.  He would
be beaten.  That's it.

"You better talk, kid, or I'm gonna really pound you down."

Darryl didn't hear a single word.  He just sat there.

"Find kid.  You're gonna get it."

The man grabbed Darryl and ripped off his clothes.  Darryl was snapped back
into reality.  This was no game.  His father had been gentle with him when
removing his pants.  This man was harsh.  Darryl knew he had to fight.  He
struggled.  He tried to throw a few punches, but couldn't succeed.

"That's more like it.  I got myself a good feisty one."

Darryl became scared again.  What was going to happen to him?  Why couldn't
he had taken that ride with other guy.  He was nicer.  The man had
completely removed all of Darryl's clothes.  He was naked.  He had never
been nude in front of anybody besides his father and brother.  The man
began to take off his own clothes.  Darryl now was really scared.  Why was
the man getting naked?  The man grabbed the child and threw him down.  The
man plowed Darryl's ass.  The pain was unbearable.  He screamed and cried,
but the man would not listen to the child.  He continued to ram his dick
into the boy's tiny hole.  Darryl was bleeding.  He was in pain.  He could
feel himself tearing up inside.  He could not take anymore.  He wanted to
be home with his father.  Yes his father.  He could handle the torture that
his father threw upon him.  He couldn't handle this.  He soon blacked out.
After being raped, Darryl laid there.  He was in shock, pain, confused,
scared.  He just wanted to be in his own bed.

"Hey kid, are your parents rich?"

(What do I say?) "No, sir."

"Ha!  You calling me sir.  You got some values there, kid.  Too bad you
aren't going to have the chance to use them.

The man raised a gun and bang.

***End of Dream***

	Darryl woke up immediately, screaming for help.  Sweat was
everywhere.  His shirt was wet.  It looked like he had been playing
basketball for hours.  Kyle and Josh ran into the room to see what was
happening.  They saw the condition that Darryl was in.  Kyle kind of
figured out what it was, but what he was thinking was only half of the
truth.  Josh stood there confused.  He wanted to help Darryl, but didn't
know how.

	"What's wrong, Darryl?"

	"I don't know.  I can't remember."

	Darryl looked up and saw Kyle and Josh.  He looked at each of them.
He saw his friend.  He saw the face that wanted to help him.  The face that
would be there when ever he needed it.  Kyle was the true meaning of a
friend.  He looked at Josh.  He saw the confused look.  At least he could
have showed some compassion, but his eyes.
  They showed the compassion and sincerity.  Those eyes pierced his soul.
The dream came flashing in Darryl's mind.  He was reliving the whole event
again, but this time awake.  Josh's eyes had released all the events from
its bottle.

	"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

	Kyle ran to Darryl's side and tried to comfort him.

	"Everything is going to be aright.  Josh, go to bed.  You have a
busy day.  I can take care of everything."

	"Ok."

	"Just tell me what is going on in the head of yours.  I can help
you.  Just tell me how."

	Darryl calmed down after ten minutes.  He had to first cry out all
the tears that he had built up.  He told him everything that happened.
Everything that he had thought he had forgotten including the ending.

***Flashback to the Dream***

The man threw Darryl out of the van and drove away.  He left the boy to
die.  Something that Darryl wished would happen, but nothing ever went his
own way.  Somebody found him there lying and called the police.  The
ambulance arrived and took him to the hospital.  The family was called and
they immediately rushed there.  The irony once again.  Darryl thought he
would have a better life by running away, but it turns out to go the other
way.  His mother wanted to see his son immediately, while his father had a
smirk on his face.  His son had failed once again.  The final verdict was
that Darryl had been shot in the chest, but sadly the bullet missed the
vital organs and wasn't very deep.  The doctors were able to easily remove
the bullet and the child was fine.  Darryl would be able to go home in a
week.  Everybody visited him.  He was happy to see everybody.  His father
still had his smirk.  Each time he visited him, he would call him a
failure.  He had finally brought the ultimate disgrace to the family.  He
was officially a sluttish faggot.

***End of Flashback***

	Kyle was surprised.  He had known about the game, but he never
learned about the rape.  He was enraged.  How could Darryl keep something
from him?  He wanted to bring justice for Darryl, but there was nothing to
do.  He had to do something though.  Maybe tomorrow would bring a better
day.
	Through all that thinking, Darryl had fallen asleep again.  This
time he looked peaceful.  Maybe he could finally get a decent sleep.  Kyle
turned off the light and went to bed.  Tomorrow was certainly going to be a
good day for Darryl.  He was going to make sure it was.

Thank you for reading.  Please email me with any feedback.  You are
probably wondering why the flash back and dream was in third person.
Usually when I dream, I see myself doing everything, but I still feel it,
so that is third person, I guess.  Now you know something about me.  Email
me at d_man116@hotmail.com and tell me some stuff about you too.  Thanks
again.  Also, check out my page at http://www.geocities.com/d_man116