Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:18:50 -0600
From: Keith Yates <farmerboykeith@hotmail.com>
Subject: Devyn's Struggle Chapter 8

This is a fictional story involving sexual acts between two or more men.
If this offends you, why are you here?  If you are under the legal age to
Read sexually explicit material then do not read any further.  This story
In no way represents any person living or dead.  Any resemblance to any
Real person is purely coincidental.

For those of you who have read my previous stories The Coach's Office
(Athletic section), Jake's Tale (College Section) and Rick's Barn (Rural
section) you will find this story a bit different than those.  I hope you
will give it a chance and if it isn't what you are use to from me then
don't worry as there will be additions to Jake's Tale and Rick's Barn that
you might find more interesting.

Character List

Devyn Roberts -- Main character

Judy Roberts -- Devyn's Mom

Frank Roberts -- Devyn's Dad

Brent Watson -- The boy across the street and Devyn's new friend

Linda Watson -- Brent's Mom

Richard Watson -- Brent's dad

Sue -- Devyn's Girl Friend

Tracy -- Brent's Girlfriend

Matt -- Architect at Devyn's father's construction site who Frank tried to
fire because he is gay.

Chapter 8

The Christmas break was a whirlwind of excitement for Devyn.  He had all
the regular Christmas activities going on with the family.  Plus he had a
few friends from school that were throwing parties and those were going to
be great fun.  The thing that was making Devyn's holiday was Brent.  After
they had hugged and kissed, their relationship had grown.  They both
realized that hiding the feelings they were having for each other was just
not possible any longer.

"I like touching you and holding you and kissing you," Brent had told
Devyn.

"I like all of those things too," Devyn had confessed

So the two had decided that when they were alone together they would let
their true feelings for each other show.  They would give in to the need
they felt to touch, hold and kiss each other.  However when anyone else was
around they would play it completely straight.

"What are we going to do about Tracy and sue," Brent asked Devyn just
before the end of the Christmas break.

"What do you mean?" Devyn asked looking a question at his handsome friend.

"Well, it seems unfair to keep dating them.  It seems like we are using
them.  I mean toying with their emotions like this isn't right.  Is it?"

"I had been thinking about that too.  I like Sue and think she is a great
person, but she just doesn't, um, excite me like you do."

Devyn could feel his face burning as he expressed his feelings too Brent.
He knew he could tell Brent anything now, but he still felt somewhat shy
and embarrassed when he talked about his feelings for the other boy.

Brent moved closer and ran his hand up Devyn's arm until it was resting on
his shoulder.  He then leaned in and gave Devyn a soft kiss on his lips.

"You are so damn hot when you blush like that," Brent said looking at
Devyn's attractive face.

This only caused Devyn to blush more.  His whole face felt red from the
emotion.

"Stop teasing man."

"Okay, but I just can't help it.  We fought down these feelings for a long
time and now that we are letting them out I just can't resist kissing you
like this."

Brent leaned in and put a more passionate kiss on Devyn's lips.  His tongue
slipping along them until they parted and allowed it to slide into Devyn's
mouth.

Devyn brought his arms up and pulled Brent closer.  Their bodies sliding
together on Brent's bed.  Devyn's hands slid up and down Brent's back down
to squeeze the firm round butt cheeks of the other boy.

The sensations of their bodies grinding together was causing each of the
young men to grow closer and closer to the edge of no return.  They both
wanted it.  They both wanted to feel and give the other that pleasure they
had been denying each other for far too long.

"I want us to move beyond just kissing and grinding like this," Brent said
as he looked into the soft brown of Devyn's eyes.

"I want that too.  I want to do everything with you."

"I loved it when we use to jack each other off.  I loved the feeling of
your hand on my dick and the feeling of your hot rod in my hand," Brent
stated.

"I loved that too," Devyn said.  "I wanted to do even more, but was scared
you wouldn't want to and I didn't really know what to do."

"With each other, I don't think we should be scared," Brent's hand slid
along devyn's arm as he spoke.  "We should just do what we think the other
would like."

"Yeah, but if we don't like it, we should not be afraid to tell each other
that."

"I agree completely," Brent said in total agreement with Devyn.

They brought their lips back together then and began kissing.  Their hot
wet tongues exploring each other's oral cavities.  Their hands were sliding
and caressing each other.

"Brent!" Linda Watson called from right outside Brent's bedroom door.

The two boys flew apart trying to pull themselves back together and will
their erections down.

"Yeah Mom?" Brent said concentrating on making is cock go soft.

"It is about time for us to head to the air port to pick up your
grandmother."  Linda said from the other side of the door.  "Devyn should
probably be going home."

"Yeah, okay Mom.  He was just getting ready to go," Brent said looking into
devyn's eyes that were still sparkling from their sexual energy.

"I guess we will need to find a better time to, um, you know," Devyn said.

"Yeah, maybe that would be best," Brent agreed.

Devyn stopped at the door to Brent's room and turned back.  Brent was
standing their next to him.  Devyn pulled Brent into his arms and gave him
one more kiss.

"I want to explore all of this with you really soon."

"Me to," Brent said hugging Devyn tight.

Devyn had left then and went back to his own home.  He wished he could
spend the night with Brent wrapped up in his friend's embrace.  He wanted
to feel their bodies tangled together and feel his friend's hardness
pressed against him the entire night.

The Winter break came to an end and Devyn and Brent had not found the time
to move their feelings for each other to the new level they both wanted.
They had tried several times, but their parents kept ruining their plans.

They had contented themselves with the kissing, groping and grinding they
had been doing.  They wanted more and somehow they would find a way to do
more with each other.

They also had not decided what to do with Tracy and Sue.  They wanted to
keep up their image as regular straight guys, but they also did not want
Sue and Tracy to have their feelings hurt.

"Of course, it isn't like we are asking them to get married or anything,"
Brent told Devyn one afternoon as they discussed the girls.

"That is true.  I mean we all do have fun when we go out together," Devyn
said.

"Yep, the only part I don't like is when you are kissing Sue.  I wish it
was my lips on yours."

"Well, buddy; I feel the same way when you are in a lip lock with Tracy."

"At least I am just glad I know that even after kissing her, that I will
then be able to kiss you before the night is over."

"Lets just keep it going as it is for now.  We can always find a way to
break up with them."

"Okay, just don't try to find a way to break up with me," Brent said.

"That won't happen," Devyn promised.

In early February, Devyn found himself once again at his father's work
site.  He was helping his Dad with some odd jobs around the site while his
Dad worked in the office getting some paper work done.

Devyn had been hoping to run into Matt again, but he had not seen the older
man's truck anywhere on the site.  He had hoped that his father had not
found a way to fire Matt.  He was a really nice guy.

"Um, Dad," Devyn said coming into the office to warm up for a while before
going out to finish up the last of the jobs his father had assigned him.

"I was wondering.  Did, um, I mean does matt no longer work here?"

The look his father gave him, told Devyn that he should not have asked
anything about Matt.

"That fucking faggot just won't go away.  He keeps coming back no matter
how hard I try to fire him.  Is he here?  Is he out there bothering you
again?"

Devyn could hear the hatred in his father's voice.  He could hear the
vileness that tinged Frank's words when he talked about Matt.

"Oh No!  I was just wondering.  I um, was just curious."

"Well, you don't need to be curious about his kind.  You don't need to know
anymore about him other than he is sick and perverted."

Yeah, right Dad.  I um, am going to go finish up that last task you gave
me."

Devyn turned and closed the door to his father's office and almost ran into
Matt.

"Oh um, hi Matt," Devyn said nervously.

Devyn felt his face growing read.  He wondered how much matt had heard.  He
wondered how much of the anger and ilwill Matt had heard in his father's
angry words.

"Hey Devyn," Matt greeted.  "I guess your Dad was lecturing you about me
again."

"What?  Um, how much did you hear?"  Devyn felt bad that Matt might have
heard any of Frank's hateful words.

"Oh I only made it in for the sick and perverted part," Matt answered

"He um wasn't..."

"Don't lie Devyn.  I know he was talking about me.  There is no one else
for him to hate that much.  I'm the only faggot he knows of on the site."

"Why do you call yourself that?"

"A faggot?  If I use the word it takes some of the pain from it when others
use it.  Especially narrow minded people like your father.  Sorry if you
don't like hearing that about your Dad, but it is true."

"I know," Devyn said looking down at the floor.  "I'm sorry."

"Devyn, there is no reason for you to say you are sorry.  I understand that
those are your father's thoughts and feelings and not yours."

"Um, thanks, but I still wish he didn't treat you like he does.  Doesn't it
bother you?"

"Sure it does, but I am not going to let your father be more than an
annoyance.  Life is too short to try and change people like him.  He thinks
men loving men is wrong and doesn't realize that loving someone cannot be
wrong.  We should all embrace love."

Devyn glanced back at his father's door and then at Matt.

"Would you rather we not talk here?"

"Um, yeah sorry but he um..."

Devyn did not know how to explain that he did not want his father to see
him talking to Matt.  He did not want his father to know he liked Matt and
thought matt was cool.

Matt completely understood.  He knew all too well the battle Devyn was
going through and the fear the teenager was facing.  He would not burden
the kid by causing a deliberate problem between Devyn and Devyn's father.

"No problem.  We can walk and talk if you want.  It won't bother me.  The
cold...well the cold is bad, but I am tough."

The smile Matt gave him warmed Devyn up inside and he was happy to know
that Matt understood.

"So how is your friend Brent?" Matt asked after they had walked for a
couple minutes in silence.

"He is great.  We are, um, great."  Devyn knew his voice was telling more
about him and Brent than his words were.

"Really? Does that mean?"

Matt let the question hang there not completing it.  He hoped the two had
found each other.  He hoped Devyn and Brent had stopped trying to suppress
their feelings for each other.

"We are, we are boyfriends," Devyn said defiantly.

"That's great," the warmth and excitement for Devyn was obvious in Matt's
voice.

"Thanks!  We both think so," Devyn said.  He couldn't believe he had just
came out to someone.  He had just basically told someone that he was gay.

"He is one hot looking guy and he seems extremely nice.  You are lucky."

"Yes I am very glad to have found Brent and we like each other so much."

"Well, take things slow.  You two have lots of time to be with each other."

"Heck we have to keep our feelings hidden because of our parents.  We have
no choice but to take things slow."

They walked along in silence for a while and Matt could sense that Devyn
wanted to ask him something.  He knew the kid probably had hundreds of
questions.  He wished he could help him but he did not want to overstep
their friendship.  "How about we get out of this wind and sit my truck for
a bit?" Matt suggested.

The two climbed into Matt's truck.  Devyn was sitting on the passenger's
side staring out the window.  Then he turned and looked at Matt.  "Can I
ask you something?" Devyn finally said breaking the drawn-out silence.

"You can ask me anything," Matt told his young friend.

"It is kind of personal."

"Go ahead and ask.  If I can't answer, I will tell you that."

"I was wondering, what is it like...you know with a guy?"

"What is what like?" Matt asked playing dumb.

"You know."

"You mean when two guys make love?"

"Yes."

Devyn felt his ears burning and knew his face was probably as red as the
fire truck that was screaming by on the street.  He wished he did not blush
so damn easily.

"Well, honestly Devyn, It is wonderful.  Having that closeness and that
sharing of each other's bodies.  It is great."

"Yeah, I bet it is."

"Of course, you understand there is a difference between having sex and
making love."

"Um, I um, guess so."

"It does not take a lot of effort to just get your rocks off, but to share
yourself body and soul with someone takes a great deal of emotional
involvement to make love with another person."

"I guess I understand, but I really just want to um be with Brent."

"That is okay.  You are young and your hormones are in overdrive.  Just
remember that it is better if you both truly give yourselves to each
other."

"Okay, but what about um, the actual act?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean does it hurt?  I mean back there?"

Devyn glanced at Matt's butt.  He could not help but notice how Matt's
tight jeans hugged his firm butt.  He could not help but think the man's
ass was hot.

"Yeah, it does the first time.  It all depends on the person you are with
and how they treat you."

"So um, do you um, I mean..."

Devyn felt his whole face burning now.  He wanted to ask the questions, but
he did not know how to put them into words.  He did not know how to ask the
things he wanted to know.

"It is cold out here," matt said.  "Let's sit in my truck.  It will be a
little warmer out of the wind."

They climbed into the cab of Matt's Chevy 4x4.  The sun coming through the
windshield had warmed the interior up so it was much warmer in the cab than
it had been outside.

"Devyn, you don't have to beat around the bush.  Just ask me what you want.
I will not be offended or shocked.  I understand you have lots of questions
about gay sex."

"Well, I um, was wondering.  I um, how do you decide who is going to be,
um, I mean who is going to..."

Again the words Devyn was looking for escaped him.  He did not know how to
ask the sexual questions he wanted.  Sex was not something they discussed
in his house.  He had only had his sexual education in health class and
they did not cover the acts of gay sex.

"If you're asking who gets penetrated and who gets to do the penetrating,
there is no set formula."

Devyn listened as Matt talked openly and honestly about sex.  Matt seemed
to not mind that he was sharing intimate information about his own sex life
with this teenager.  He seemed to genuinely want to help Devyn find out who
he was.

"Look Devyn.  I can only speak to my own experiences and I am probably
going to use terms that your parents would not like me using.  If you want
me to stop at anytime just say so.  I do not want to embarrass you or make
you feel like I am trying to push gay sex down your throat."

"I really want to know this stuff, so please just tell me.  I um, am just
not use to talking about this stuff with an adult."

"Okay, some guys only like getting fucked and we often call them the
bottom.  Other guys only like doing the fucking and of course they are
called the top.  Then there are guys that like both and they are
versatile."

"Which are you?"

Devyn couldn't believe the words had came from his mouth.  He looked an
apology at Matt but realized the other guy had not minded the question at
all.

"I mostly top, but with the right guy I bottom.  I often bottom with
Bryan."

Devyn found it hard to believe that this studly man this macho guy let
Bryan or anyone else fuck him.  It was hard for Devyn to wrap his mind
around.

"So then one of the guys doesn't have to be...I mean act like...I mean..."

"No.  One of the guys does not have to be the girl or be all feminine
acting.  That is sometimes the case, but often at least in my experience
both guys are like me.  It is just usually that one of the guys finds more
pleasure from an anal penetration then the other guy."

"So does it hurt when, um, Bryan does that to you?"

"The first time it hurts quite a bit and if the guy is not caring and does
not take his time it will hurt even more."

"So what can you do to stop it from hurting?"

"Well, use lots of lube, take your time, and get loosened up with a few
fingers first."

"Is that what you and Bryan do?"

"Yes.  Whenever I am going to enter Bryan, I squeeze a large drop of lube
onto my fingers and work that into him.  I start out with one finger and
then two and keep going until I can easily work three fingers into him.
Usually before I put my penis inside him, he is almost begging for me to
enter him."

"Wow!  That sounds hot...I wish..."

Devyn's voice trailed off as he had been about ready to say that he wished
he could watch that.  He knew that would be the wrong thing to say.

"Just remember Devyn that sex with anyone has its consequences.  You always
need to practice safe sex.  I mean no matter who you are with, you should
wear a condom."

"Oh, but Brent hasn't had sex with another guy."

"Yes, but if Brent has had sex with anyone then he is at risk and if you
have, then you are putting him at risk."

Devyn thought back to Sue and wondered if Brent had done as much with Tracy
as he had with sue.  He wondered of Brent had been with Tracy without
having worn a condom.

"Devyn promise me that you will always wear a condom.  Please always play
it safe buddy.  I don't want you ending up with HIV."

"Okay, I will."

Devyn realized his friend was honestly concerned for him.  Matt seemed to
actually care about him.  He seemed to want to help Devyn.

Devyn jumped as his passenger side door was jerked open.  The blast of cold
air ruffled Devyn's long brown locks.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"Shit!" Devyn said realizing that it was Bryan that had pulled the door
open.

"Dang Bryan, you scared Devyn and me."

"Sorry, but I had to find out who was trying to fool around with my man."

"I um, we weren't we um, were just talking."

"He's joking Devyn," Matt said grinning.  "He knows my heart belongs to
him."

"Hey scoot over a bit kiddo," Bryan said.  "It is cold out here."

Devyn slid over and straddled the drive shaft hump and let Bryan climb into
the cab.

"So what were you two talking about?"

Bryan slid into the cab making them all brush up against each other.

"Oh we were um..."

"Devyn had some questions about sex."

"Oh really.  Damn and you're giving him the facts of life talk."

"Yes I am."

Matt had picked up on the tone in Bryan's voice that made it sound like
Matt had no clue about the facts of life.  Matt had responded with a slight
annoyance tone of his own.

"Look Devyn I taught him everything he knows.  I will be happy to teach you
too."

Bryan placed his hand on Devyn's knee and gave it a quick squeeze.  Devyn
felt his face growing red again.  He felt his cock jump at the closeness of
the other men and at the warm touch of Bryan's strong hand.

"Relax Devyn.  He is just teasing you," Matt told Devyn.

"Who says?  I mean this kid is in his sexual prime.  It might be nice to
have someone in bed that isn't drained after just one session," Bryan's
eyes sparkled with his teasing.

"Bryan!"  Matt's voice conveyed his annoyance to his partner.

"Okay, okay," Bryan knew he had been pushing the bounds a bit.  His lover
was just a little too serious when it came to the proper talk around kids.

"Devyn is a young man and I am sure he doesn't mind a little teasing.  I
know I sure didn't at his age."

"Um, I um, look this is all new to me.  I just wanted to know what it was
like with two um men."

"It is great," Bryan said.  "When Matt and I are making love it is as if
our souls have joined together."

"Wow that is really similar to what matt told me."

"Well, that is good to know that we are both on the same page."

"We were just discussing anal sex," matt told Bryan.

Devyn felt his face blushing again.  He could feel Bryan's eyes on him.

"Relax," Bryan said squeezing Devyn's shoulder.  "You can discuss anal sex
all you want with my guy, but I am the only one that gets to perform it
with him."

"He knows that Bry."

Matt took Ben's hand and brought it too his lips.  He planted a kiss on the
back of the other man's large hand the hairs tickling his nose.

"I hope matt told you to take it slow an easy the first time.  To really
have your partner loosen you up or for you to loosen up your partner."

"Yeah, he did."

"I told him how I loosen your tight ass up," Matt said.

"Yeah, well with that damn monster you have, you have too."

"Does size matter then?"

"Well, only to how it can stretch your anal opening.  The larger the guy
the more time you should spend getting loosened up."

"I am not all that big," matt corrected.  "Bryan just likes exaggerating."

"Well, you could just show me," Devyn said looking down at the floor board

"What?" Matt said surprised.

Devyn then looked up his eyes sparkling in the sun light from the
windshield and the devilish smile on his face.

"Yu little...I thought you were serious for a moment," Matt said returning
Devyn's grin.

Matt's door was suddenly jerked open and Frank stood there with a sawed off
two by four in his hand and the look of murder on his face.

"I told you to fucking stay away from my son.  I told you to keep your
filthy hands off of him.

"Dad, we were just talking.  Nothing else.  I um, it wasn't Matt's fault."

Before Matt could react, Frank had grabbed him and pulled him from the cab
of the truck.  Matt could not get his feet under him and he landed hard on
the frozen ground.

"Dad!  Stop it!"  Devyn shouted.

Bryan was out of the passenger side like a shot from a gun.  He was scared
for his soul mate and was around the truck in seconds.

The two by four was whirling through the air and slammed into the side of
the pickup where Matt's head would have been if he had not rolled out of
the way.

"Dad don't!  Nothing happened.  We were just talking.  Matt didn't do
anything wrong."  Devyn was trying to explain but Frank was not hearing
him.

Bryan was around the truck now and was coming to grab Frank from behind,
but Frank had saw him coming.  He turned and swung the two by four at Ben.
The slab of wood slamming into the truck again and breaking the driver side
door mirror.

"Dad stop it!" Devyn shouted again.

The club slammed into Bryan's stomach and knocked the air from his lungs.
He went down clutching at his middle.

Devyn was scared more for his two friends than for himself.  His father was
out of control.  He had lost his sanity or something.

Devyn launched himself from the truck slamming into Frank.  His weight
pushing frank's larger mass to the ground.  They rolled there fighting.
Frank's elbow slammed into Devyn's nose and blood gushed from it.

Frank saw the red blood coming from his son's nose and it seemed to snap
him back to the present.  It seemed to bring some sense of sanity back into
frank's eyes.

"Devyn.  Oh my gawd, Devyn.  I am sorry.  I am sorry."  Blood was streaming
from Devyn's nose.  It had ran down over his lips, chin and was dripping
onto his jacket.  The red blood looked brown as it blended with the browns
of Devyn's jacket.

"Are you okay?" Frank asked his voice trembling a bit with his concern for
his son.

Matt had climbed to his feet and saw the red mess that Devyn's bleeding
nose was making.  He reached behind the seat and pulled out a roll of paper
towels.  He tore off several and moved over to Devyn.

Matt crouched down beside the teen and offered him the paper towels.
"You're making quite a mess," Matt said teasing the teen a bit.  "Here let
me have a look," Bryan said.

"It's okay, you can trust him not to hurt you," Matt said.  "He was a medic
during Desert Storm."

"You were?" Frank said shocked.

It was obvious that frank had a hard time believing that a gay man could
have been in the armed forces.  He was learning more than he really ever
wanted to know.

Devyn pulled his hand back from his nose and leaned his head back.

Bryan tenderly touched Devyn's nose.  His fingers quickly becoming sticky
with the teens blood.

Frank gritted his teeth and let Matt and Bryan tend to his son's injury.
He wanted to push the two queers away from his boy, but for now he would
tolerate their help and their touching his kid.

"I don't think it is broken," Bryan said as he took the wad of paper towels
from Matt.  "Just hold this on there and the bleeding should stop soon."

Devyn took the towels and pressed them gently to his throbbing nose.  He
could not believe his dad had given him a bloody nose.

Matt and Bryan stood up and each of them held onto Devyn as they helped the
kid to his feet.  They looked from Devyn to his father.  Frank still looked
like he could bite a nail in half.

"Have you calmed down?" Matt asked.

"I, Um, yes.  I am fine," Frank answered.

"I understand that you do not approve or understand anything about my
sexual orientation," Matt said his eyes meting franks.  His gaze was strong
and defiant.

"I think it is sick.  The things the two of you do are perverted."

"Love cannot be perverted," Bryan said.

"Whether you understand or not is beside the point," Matt said.  "Attacking
us is not setting a good example for your son."

"I will not just stand by and let you two molest my boy."

"Dad they were not molesting me," Devyn said his voice sounding nasally as
he still pressed the towels to his nose.  "We were just talking.  Matt and
Bryan, they are, well they are cool guys.  It doesn't matter to me that
they are gay."

"It matters to me and it should matter to you.  You cannot let their kind
near you."

"What do you think they are going to do, rape me?"

"They might.  Their kind like taking advantage of innocent young boys like
you.  They like trying to convert you to their perversion."

Devyn wanted to tell his father that you could not be converted to being
gay.  He wanted to tell him that he was already gay.  He wished he had the
courage to just tell his Dad that he was just as big a queer as Bryan and
Matt.

"You can't go around trying to attack them like this.  I am not a little
kid.  They did not force me into the truck.  I just wanted to talk to Matt.
That is all."

"And just what was it you wanted to talk to this faggot about?"

Bryan and Matt both tensed at Frank's tone and the use of faggot.  They
knew this man would never understand about being gay.  They knew he would
never get over his prejudice.

"Um, I um, just wanted to um, talk to him about stuff."

"What stuff?"

Devyn felt his stomach doing a flip flop.  He could not tell his Dad that
he wanted to know about gay sex.  He could not say that, for if he did, his
Dad would know he was gay.  If his dad knew that, he would hate him.

"I um, well, um had a couple of questions to ask him."

"Questions about what?"

"He was asking me about being Gay.  It seems there is a kid at Devyn's
school that is gay and he wanted to have a better understanding about being
gay."

Devyn's eyes conveyed his thanks to Matt without saying a word.  He wanted
to hug the man for coming to his rescue like he had.

"It seems Devyn wants to be a better man by understanding what it is like
being a faggot," Bryan said.

Devyn could see the anger in Bryan's eyes and the controlled way he spoke
seemed to make him very dangerous.  The guy actually looked like he could
attack Frank at any moment.

A gentle touch from Matt and a quick squeeze on Bryan's shoulder seemed to
relax him.  It seemed that Matt knew just how to take care of his partner's
tension.

"Well, you don't need to understand about being one of them," Frank said.
"You just need to stay away from the little fairy.  Just have nothing to do
with him and you won't have any problems."

"Yeah, sure Dad," Devyn said not meeting his father's eyes.

"Now go get into the truck," Frank ordered.  "I'm going to go lock up the
office and then take you home."

Devyn moved slowly to the truck.  He watched as his father disappeared
inside the office.

"Thanks Matt and Bryan."  Devyn turned and faced the two.  They looked
concerned for him.

"Are you going to be okay?" Matt asked.

"Yeah, my nose has stopped bleeding," Devyn answered.

"I wasn't talking about your nose," Matt said.

"I, um, guess so."

"He is going to find out someday," Bryan said moving closer to Devyn.

"No, I don't think I will ever tell him.  It will just be a secret I will
have to keep forever."

"You shouldn't," Matt said.

"That will not be easy," Bryan said.  "These things have a way of coming
out.  I wish I could say that he would understand, but I am not sure he
will."

"I am never going to tell him.  I will hide it for the rest of my life."
Devyn sounded and felt certain that he would be able to hide his sexual
orientation from Frank.

"Devyn, that is hard to do.  I mean especially since you want a
relationship with Brent."

"I, I will just have too."

Devyn's voice trailed off as he didn't know what he would do.  He was not
sure how he was going to deal with his being gay.

"There is time to decide to tell him and there is a way...I am just not
sure that keeping it hidden is the best idea."  Matt's voice was tinged
with the worry he felt for his young friend.

"He's young," Bryan said.  "He has plenty of time to come to terms with
it."

"If you need anything Devyn, just give me a call."

Matt handed Devyn one of his business cards.  His name and his company
numbers printed on the front.

"We both just want to help you.  We know how hard it is to be a faggot,"
Bryan said.

When Bryan used the term, it sounded like a more positive term for gay men.
It did not have the harsh and prejudice undertones as when Frank had used
the word.

"Thanks guys.  I appreciate it a lot."

"Now you had better get that hot little ass of yours into the truck before
your Dad gets back out here."

Devyn blushed at Bryans words.

"Is my Dad right.  Do you two really want to take advantage of an innocent
boy like me?"

They all smiled at each other.

"I don't think you're as innocent as your Dad thinks."

"Neither do I," matt added.

"Devyn climbed into the cab only moments before Frank came out of the
office.  Matt and Bryan had moved back to Matt's truck.  They stood there
watching Frank drive out of the lot.

"You really care about that kid don't you?" Bryan said to Matt looking into
his partners eyes.

"Yeah, I do.  He is going through the same things both of us tackled in the
past.  You know how hard it is to be queer in a straight world.

"Yeah, but he is strong.  He will be okay."

"I hope so," Matt said with a sigh.

Bryan slid his arm around Matt's waist and pulled him close.

Matt's arm slid around Bryan's shoulders and they held each other for a
long moment as the truck disappeared around a corner.

* * * * *

Hi Guys, I am sure you all thought I fell off the planet.  It has been a
long time, but I finally got the writing bug back and Devyn is demanding
that I finish his story.  I hope it won't be too long before Chapter nine
is UP.

Please send me your thoughts.  Maybe soon there will be another chapter to
Jake's Tale or about Jake's tail.

K Y