Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 17:25:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt McDougal <av8ormatt@yahoo.com>
Subject: Because You Make Me - 5

Legal Stuff:

Pretty typical... This story is about a budding relationship between
homosexual teenagers. This means there will be sexually explicit material.
If you're too young to read then don't get caught doing so. If it's illegal
for you to read this type of material then you probably shouldn't be doing
that either. This story is copyrighted so please do not duplicate, in
whole or are in part, without my prior written permission. If you'd like
to e-mail me, you can send it to av8ormatt@yahoo.com.

This story is part fiction, part fact but all the names and places have
been changed to protect the identity of the people involved.

The first three chapters came out pretty quickly but with things winding
back up at the end of summer, updates are going to be a little further
apart. So while I'll make every effort to get new chapters out every
few days, it may be upwards of two weeks if I'm really swamped.

Chapter 5 is a short one but Chapter 6 will be another long one.

Thanks again to everyone writing in, I really appreciate it. But most of
all, a huge thank you to my brilliant editor Wildman for putting up with
my shit constantly. You're totally awesome, the best. You know that right?

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Because You Make Me
Chapter 5 -- You Never Know
By: Meester Matt

Mikey was pacing impatiently by the escalator for World's Waterpark as Danny and
I made our way down WEM Street West.

"Hey Matty! Hey Danny!" He called, when he spotted us walking towards him.

"Hey Mike!" Danny said. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah, I'm going to kick your ass at bumper cars so watch out." I laughed and
shook my head at Mikey's cockyness.

"Since when can 11 year olds swear?" Danny teased, looking at me. Mikey play
punched Danny's shoulder.

"I haven't a fucking clue. This little shit has the foulest fucking mouth I have
ever fucking heard and I have no fucking idea where he gets that shit." I
replied, trying hard to hold my laughter. Mikey play punched me too.

"Spaz!" I laughed back at him. He grinned and nodded proudly.

I walked over to the large glass wall that separated the mall from the Waterpark
and looked down at the wave pool. Mikey was right, it was packed. There were
hardly any open blue areas of water left - most being taken up by a plethora of
yellow riding tubes. I could see about 25 people waiting for the water slides on
the far side. The concrete sun deck was jam-packed with people sitting on garden
chairs and beach towels. I don't know how anyone can enjoy themselves with that
many people around.

"Can we go already?" Mikey asked, tugging at my jersey.

"Okay, okay, calm down spaz!" I replied. I looked at Danny and shook my head. He
laughed and threw a wink my way.

The three of us walked back to Galaxyland and spent a few hours catering to all
of Mikey's wishes. But after two hours of continuous bumper cars, giant swings
and arcade games, I was getting a little tired.

"Why don't we go on the Pendulum for a few turns, there's never anyone on it." I
asked, hoping for a chance to sit down. "I just want to sit down for a bit." I
added.

"What about the Mindbender then?" Mikey asked.

"Let's go on that after the Pendulum. I'm feeling kind of tired too." Danny to
the rescue! I flashed him a grateful look.

"Awwwww, okay." Mikey reluctantly agreed.

Sure enough, there was no line for the Pendulum. We showed our passes and picked
3 seats together in the dead center of the arm. Mikey sat to my left and Danny
to my right. We waited a couple of minutes for some other people to get on (what
a surprise) before the giant arm started moving. Before long, it was rocking
back and forth at a good pace.

"So we'll ride for 3 or 4 turns, then check out the Mindbender?" I asked Mike.
We were hanging upside down at this point.

"Fine. But we get to go on the Mindbender a couple of times. Then we'll do the
Space Shot." He said.

"Okay, I can live with that." I felt Danny take my hand in his under the
harness. I looked over at him and smiled, squeezing his hand. We had a Matty and
Danny moment until the ride started slowing down. Reluctantly, I tore my gaze
away from Danny and looked back at Mikey. He was looking at me curiously. I shot
him a `what's wrong?' look but instead of replying, he stuck his head further
out the opening of the harness to look at Danny. He looked back at me, tilted
his head slightly and turned to look straight ahead. I grabbed Mikey's arm under
the harness and shook it, trying to get his attention. He gave me an emotionless
glance and mouthed the words "after" to me. I slumped back in my seat and waited
for the ride to stop. He must have seen us holding hands. Sigh.

The harnesses released and I quickly let go of Danny's hand. Mikey started to
get up.

"Wait, aren't we going to go on this a couple of more times?" I asked Mike.

"I want to go on the Mindbender now." He replied, the emotionless expression
still plastered on his face. I looked at Danny. He seemed oblivious to what was
going on between Mike and me. I raised my eyebrows as if to say `what's his
problem?' and he shrugged before releasing his own seatbelt. Danny waited for me
to get up since Mikey had already walked down the exit ramp. We walked towards
the Mindbender but I felt drained. If Mike saw what I thought he saw, and
thought what I thought he did, then I'm in shit. I was sure my knees would give
out at some point in the next few minutes.

We caught up to Mike by the Space Shot since he stopped to tie his shoe.

"Danny, can you go get us a spot in line?" He asked. Danny agreed and walked off
ahead of us. I can't say I was happy he was leaving us alone but I had to talk
to Mike.

"What is with you all of a sudden??" I asked him. The blood had long since
drained from my face. He didn't answer right away and concentrated on retying his
shoes. When he finished, he looked up at me.

"Not here, we'll talk after." Mikey may be my baby brother but he's pretty good
at sensing when I'm happy, sad, or scared. I knew he could see my fear because
he gave me a reassuring smile and patted me twice on the shoulder. I managed a
weak grin in reply.

"Don't worry, it's cool." He said. I nodded thoughtfully and we continued
walking towards the Mindbender. When we caught up to Danny in line, there were
about 5 people ahead of him.

"I call Danny." Mikey said. I shrugged and looked at Danny. He grinned and
winked at me. I wanted to make out with his eyes but with Mikey on to me, it's
not something I was about to risk. Instead, the three of us made small talk for
a few minutes until the boarding gate opened. The bunch of us piled into the
assortment of cars. We ended up in the third car; Danny and Mike in the first
row and me in the second. Once our harnesses were in place, the car launched
forward up the track. Everyone screamed during the first twisting plunge to the
bottom. I shoved my head back against the head rest and tried to make a silly
face so that we could take home a picture of the 3 of us. The Mindbender is such
a rush. It's something like the 12th most intense roller coaster in the world or
something like that. As we streaked through the double loops, I saw the bright
flash from the cameras go off. Twenty seconds later it was all over and we came
to a grinding halt at the boarding platform. Mikey was out of the car and on the
platform before anyone else (as usual). From the looks of things, he was all set
to go again too. Danny and I followed him through the exit over to the souvenir
stand to check out our pictures. They turned out great. We each had goofy faces
so we bought a couple of copies for the bunch of us.

"Let's go again except this time I'm riding with Matty." Mikey declared. We
stood in line a second time. When it was our turn to ride, Mikey jumped in the
first car. In the very first row. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather
NOT ride in the first row, on (in) the first car. But whatever, I sat down beside
him. Danny sat behind me, and someone else beside him. I looked over at Mikey.
He was grinning like a mad man. I kicked him as best I could in the cramped car.
It wasn't much harder than a weak tap. I couldn't move my legs! Mikey cracked up
at my feeble attempt to hit him. I laughed myself and pulled my harness in
place. At least HE's having fun. I'm about to shit my pants here afraid of what
he knows. Or doesn't know. Maybe I'm being the spaz now. Whatever. A minute
later we were off.

That first plunge really is brutal. Especially when you're in the first car. It
was fun though! The pictures from this run were pretty good too, so we bought
another set. Mikey had enough of the roller coaster so we worked our way back up
the stairs towards the Space Shot. My cell phone rang and the Caller ID said it
was my mom calling.

"Hello?"

"Hi sweetie, where are you guys?" She asked.

"We're still at Galaxyland, we just got off the Mindbender." I replied.

"It's almost 6, so why don't you meet us by the Waterpark and we'll make our way
over to the hotel. Then we'll go get something to eat."

"Ok, I guess we'll see you in 10 minutes or so." I replied.

"Ok, see you soon."

"Bye." I flipped my phone shut and shoved it back in my pocket.

"Mom wants us to start heading back to the Waterpark so we can go check-in at
the hotel."

"Awww, can we come back after then?" Mikey whined.

"After dinner, don't worry spaz!"

We took our time walking back to the Waterpark. Mikey walked ahead of Danny and
me, who were side by side. There was a pickup hockey game being played at the Ice
Palace so we stopped for a couple of minutes to walk. I was sure to make lame
remarks about Edmonton's `talented' hockey team. When we reached the meeting
point, my parents still weren't there. Mikey walked over to one of the shops
nearby to buy a Candy Apple. He came back a couple of minutes later with a
caramel coated one.

"Hey, give me a bite." I said.

"Fuck you, go get your own!" Danny was laughing at us.

"I just want a bite, not the whole thing, come on! It's going to spoil your
dinner retard!"

"You're going to eat it all!" He protested.

"No I won't, I swear, I just want a bite." He reluctantly handed it to me and I
took a small bite. I handed it back to him, well, tried to because he grabbed it
away from me. The little shit.

"See? I didn't eat it all fucknut." The little shit was too wrapped up in
stuffing his face to hear me. I turned to Danny and shook my head. He was still
giggling at us. I bumped his shoulder to shut him up.

"What do you want to do tonight?" I asked Danny.

"I dunno, we could check out the Waterpark I guess? If it's not too busy."

"Mikey wants rides but whatever, we've babysat all day. We could go see a late
movie too, after he goes to sleep?" I replied.

"Yeah, sure, we could do that."

"Cool." We bumped fists.

"Hey guys, there are mom and dad." Mikey called out. He was already walking
towards them.

We met up with my parents and checked-in at Fantasyland. Thankfully, we got the
truck-themed room and my parents ended up in the Canadian Rail room. Danny,
Mikey and I went back to the Montana to dig out our luggage to bring inside. I
brought my parents stuff and dropped it off at their room.

"We'll meet up in an hour for dinner ok? Come to our room when you guys are
ready to go." My dad said, after I dropped off their suitcases.

"Ok, cya later." I replied.

Back in our room, Mikey had called shotgun on the truck bed. That left Danny and
I to share the car-shaped bunk beds in the corner.

"Not fair! I wanted the top!" I whined. Danny had was laying down on the top
bunk. His body looked fantastic from eye level height, laying perfectly flat. I
bet he tastes better than the candy apple...

"It's big enough for both of us. If you want it THAT bad we can share you big
baby." He laughed. I shrugged, climbed up the ladder and pounced on him.

"Hey you two, cut it out! You're going to break that thing!" Mikey yelled. I
rolled off Danny and sat on the edge of the bed, my feet dangling over the side.

"I feel like having a shower." I declared. Danny and Mikey mumbled in agreement.

"Can I go first, I want to wash this chlorine off me." Mikey said.

"Yeah, sure, go ahead." Mikey and I held eye contact for a moment before he headed
into the bathroom.

When the door shut, I turned to Danny. He was lying on his back, absently
staring at the ceiling. I called his name but he was lost in his own little
world. I covered his eyes to get his attention. Finally, he shifted his gaze to
me. I smiled at him and asked him if he wanted to watch some TV. He nodded yes
and I pulled him up before jumping off the upper level of the bunk bed onto the
floor below. He climbed down the ladder instead, giving me a great view of his
cute bubble butt.

I dropped onto the couch across from the TV and turned it on with the remote. I
flipped through the channels waiting for Danny to slowly make his way over to
where I was sitting. I settled on an episode of South Park on the Comedy
Network. Danny sat down beside me and we watched Kenny be killed until Mikey
emerged from the bathroom.

"That shower's great, it has one of those vibrating shower heads!" Exclaimed
Mikey.

"Oh cool!" Danny replied. "I want to go second then!" I laughed at his eagerness
to try out the vibrating shower and playfully pushed him off the couch. He went
over to his bag and retrieved a clean pair of boxers before heading over to take
his shower.

Mikey came to sit down beside me and we watched the last couple of minutes of
South Park. I was tense, afraid of the discussion I knew was coming. When the
closing credits came up, Mikey finally spoke.

"We need to talk Matt." He sounded so mature. I nodded without looking at him
and turned off the TV. The blood started to drain from my face.

"Not here though. When we get home ok?" I swallowed nervously and nodded again,
still facing the now blank TV. I felt him nudge my shoulder. I turned to look at
him smiling up at me.

"Calm down, it's nothing bad." He said. I didn't react so he leaned over and
hugged me briefly. I finally mustered enough strength to hug him back. Mike
broke the hug, pecked me on the cheek and leaned over to pick up the remote off
the couch. He turned the TV back on and channel surfed before settling on
American Hot Rod. Mikey leaned into me and rested his head against my shoulder.
I put my right arm around him and held him gently. This was pretty standard for
us when we watched TV together at home.

Danny emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later wearing only a pair of boxers.
I stole a couple of quick glances at him while he shuffled around trying to find
something to wear. Mikey caught me staring and elbowed me in the arm. I yelped
and turned to him. He was grinning like a fool and winked at me. I knew right
then and there that he knew about me. And that he was ok with it. It took me a
few seconds to react but I shot him a quick smile and elbowed him back.

Danny finally put on some clothes, much to the relief of my rock hard dick, and
came to sit with us on the couch. He sat to my left on the small couch and
squished up against me. We sat like that for a few minutes watching TV (waiting
for my erection to go down) before I got up to take my shower. I rooted around
in my bag for some clothes to wear and walked into the bathroom.

Mike was right, the vibrating shower spray felt great. I stood under the water
for 10 minutes before going through my usual shower ritual. And for all you
pervs, no, I didn't jack off! I'm saving that till later :).

I shut off the water and stepped out to dry off under the heat lamp. I wiped
down quickly with a towel and pulled on my boxers. I decided to test Danny's
reaction to my umm... lack of clothing. I stepped out of the bathroom wearing
nothing but my boxers and casually walked over to the TV area where the guys
were sitting. Mikey glanced at me briefly but otherwise ignored me. Danny, on
the other hand, kept stealing quick glances at me as I sat down on the end
chair. I pulled on my jeans and t-shirt, making sure to be as seductive as
possible. I caught him staring at me as I fiddled with the button on my jeans
and shot him a toothy grin. I threw in a wink for good measure. You should have
seen him blush! It was so cute! When I finished dressing, I sat down beside him
on the couch. They were still watching American Hot Rod.

I looked at the clock across the room and suppressed a yawn. It was 6:45, we
still had 15 minutes to kill. I casually draped an arm over Danny and tapped
Mikey on the shoulder.

"Do you want to tell mom and dad we're ready?" I asked him. He shrugged and
looked back at the TV.

"Doesn't matter, we may as well just wait until 7, I want to see what happens
here." He said, pointing to the TV. I nodded to myself and went back to watching
the screen. I left my arm draped over Danny's shoulders and I felt him slowly
snuggle back against it. I pulled my arm back towards me slightly so I could
stroke his shoulder.

The closing credits for American Hot Rod came up and we all got up to head over
to my parents room. They were waiting for us outside their door when we got there.

Not surprisingly, everyone wanted something different for dinner. My parents
went to Booker's Steak House and Danny, Mikey and I went to Hooters. I know what
you're thinking... and you're right. I mean I can appreciate a hot girl but...
not interested thanks very much. I suggested we eat there more as a test to
gauge Danny's reaction than anything else. Plus, I figured it would be fun for
Mikey. We sat down at a corner booth and our waitress, Cindy, came to take our
drink orders. She was maybe early 20's, a decent rack, blonde hair... totally my
type. We all had iced tea.

Danny and I ordered chicken strips and Mikey ordered wings. It was pretty funny
to watch Mikey checking out the eye candy. He just couldn't keep his eyes off
the waitress' tits. I kicked him lightly under the table to get his attention
and flashed him an evil grin. He smiled sheepishly in reply and said "I can't
help it!" Danny and I made small talk until our dinners arrived 10 minutes
later. Danny paid no attention to any of the waitresses throughout dinner. What
straight guy would do that? Look at Mikey! Not even a forklift could lift his
jaw off the ground. At one point, he commented that one brunette waitress had to
have double D's. Danny and I both looked over and mumbled some sort of awkward
agreement. I think we surprised each other with our lack of enthusiasm towards
the finer sex, because when we made eye contact after our mumbled agreement, we
both blushed and looked away. I heard Mikey giggle but I didn't dare look up at
him.

I paid for our dinner and we headed back into the mall. Mikey wanted to swing by
the arcade so we hung out there for a half hour or so. Danny and I must have
spent $10 each on credits for the racing games. There's a really cool one called
Stunts that has the most realistic driving dynamics of any arcade racing game I
have ever played. I mean, you actually have to start the car and drive standard.
So you can stall it, have to push the clutch to start the car, etc. It was
awesome. I am DEFINITELY going back to play that one again. I think Mikey spent
the whole time playing first person shooters but I'm not sure. I wasn't paying
attention :).

Danny and I were in the middle of an Indy 500 race, him in the lead, when Mike
came whining that he was bored and wanted to leave.

"Just a minute, let us finish this!" I answered. I heard him sigh and chuckled
to myself. He can be so mature one minute, and a complete kid the next. I never
get tired of that. Long story short, Danny won that round. Don't worry, I'll get
him next time around :-D!

We mutually agreed to check out the World's Waterpark and headed back to our
hotel room for our swim gear. I think we're all change room shy because we took
turns changing into our swim trunks and wore them under our clothes. Mikey was
the last to change, and he always takes forever for some reason. So while we
waited, Danny and I watched a bit of TV. A new episode of Corner Gas was on
Comedy Network so we had a few good laughs watching that. I love that show. The
hotel room was a little cool and my arms were freezing, wearing only a t-shirt.
I shivered a little.

"Are you cold?" I asked Danny. "I find it so cold in here." He looked over at me
and shook his head no.

"I'm always warm for some reason. The cold doesn't really bother me." He
replied. I figured that was as good an excuse as any to snuggle up against him.
He grinned and wrapped an arm around me, gently rubbing my freezing cold arm in
an attempt to warm me up. He really was warm. It felt great to be leaning
against him like that. I heard a thump come from the general direction of the
bathroom followed by Mikey telling something to fuck off. I looked at Danny and
we cracked up.

The little shit finally got out of the bathroom and we couldn't help but laugh
again.

"What were you doing in there?" Danny asked him.

"Yeah, it sounded like you were having a little bit too much fun!" I added.

"Oh shut up you ass! My feet got all tangled up in that stupid backpack." Mikey
pointed to the backpack he had thrown onto the bed containing his shit. Danny
and I cracked up again. I was laughing so hard I almost fell off the couch. Mike
just glared at me, shaking his head. He held it together pretty good for a
minute or so but before long, he was laughing along with us. He sat himself down
beside me on the couch and looked at me curiously, since I was still leaning up
against Danny with his arm around me.

"I'm cold." I explained.

He nodded and scooted up against my left side. He was nice and warm too. We sat
there for a couple more minutes watching the end of Corner Gas. I could see
Mikey look at us every few moments in the corner of my eye. When the credits
came up, I peeled myself away from Danny and stood up. I reached out with both
arms to help the other two up.

"Let's get out of here." I said. Mikey jumped up without my help and ran over to
the door to put on his sandals. Danny, however, took my hand and I pulled him
up. But neither of us let go and we ended up holding hands a little longer than
we probably should have.

We hit the wave pool first. It wasn't very crowded so we had a lot of space to
fool around. Mike insisted on having a yellow tube to float around in so I
rented one to shut him up. We let him float around and went off to do our own
thing. We mostly hung out near the wave maker, waiting for the next round of
tidal waves. So we splashed, swam, played tag... basically did anything we could
to pass the time. It was clean fun okay? No grab-assing under water or anything
like that. But it got boring pretty quick so we got out and went over to the
waterslides. They're pretty cool, I wish we had one in our backyard.

And that was it. We stayed for a couple of hours, until the park closed, and
went back to our hotel room. Danny showered first and while he was doing that, I
went to see if my parents were in. There was no answer so I guess they were out
walking around or something.

When I got back to the room, Danny had finished showering and was watching TV.
The shower was running so Mike was taking his turn. I plopped myself down beside
Danny on the couch and leaned my head on his shoulder. His arm automatically
came up around my shoulders and pulled me closer to him.

"Are you still ok with me sharing the top bunk? Cause I don't like sleeping on
the bottom one^Å" I asked Danny.

"Of course, it's not like we've never slept together before." We giggled at his
comment and he shifted around to face me. I stared back at him, lost in his
eyes. The shower was still running in the background. I couldn't take this
anymore... we obviously feel for each other, I needed to make the next move.

"You're like me aren't you?" I whispered to him, point blank. I surprised myself
with the question, especially since I didn't give myself a chance to think
things over. He tilted his head slightly, pretending not to understand what I
was asking. Actually, what he was doing was giving me a way out. I was becoming
nervous. I took a deep breath and tried again.

"Danny... I--I'm... gay." He blinked but didn't react. I continued.

"And..." Big gulp. "I... really... really like you." There was an awkward pause
where neither of us said anything. We just stared at each other, making out with
our eyes. Danny shifted and I flinched, expecting a punch or some other lethal
reaction. Instead, I felt his warm hands cup my face and his moist breath
against my nose. I opened my eyes just as he leaned in to peck my nose. I let
out a huge sigh, and Danny leaned back to look me in the eye. He gulped before
speaking.

"I really like you too Matthew." He whispered. I wrapped my arms around his neck
and pulled him to me. I kissed him deeply on the lips. He wrapped his arms
around my back and pulled me closer still, our lips mashing together. It was
amazing; the electricity flowing between us could have lit the city of Edmonton
and the surrounding area.

I pulled back and grinned sheepishly. Danny giggled and leaned in to peck me one
more time on the lips.

"I love you Daniel."

"I love you Matthew."

And we kissed again.