Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:11:25 -0400
From: crazy4u <rnielsen47@gmail.com>
Subject: The Man From Swift Current Chapter 29, GM High School, College

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Chapter Twenty Nine – Coming Out to My Grandparents

The next couple of days went smoothly for us.  Keith kept apologizing to me
until I finally lost it, "Enough already!  I've told you I've forgiven you
for the way you treated me as many times as you have apologized.  Stop
apologizing, okay!  You are my family and you have made amends by accepting
me and Rick as a gay couple.  I don't hold grudges so let's move on and
start fresh.  Okay, Keith?"

Keith hung his head and looked so dejected that Rick pushed me towards him
signaling that I needed to give Keith some reassurance that I really had
forgiven him.  Rick watched as I pulled Keith into a tight embrace and then
put my hands up to Keith's face to wipe away the tears that ran down his
cheeks.

I looked him in the eye and said softly, "What's going to take, Keith, to
make you understand that I love you and want you to continue to be our best
friend?"

"I don't know Glenn.  I still feel really badly about being so mean to you.
Before you say you've forgiven me, again, I need to tell you something.  I
told Kerry and Ruth Ann that you're gay."

"I know.  Ruth Ann told me she was going to save me from being gay by
having sex with me," I said.  The look of surprise on Keith's face was too
much.  I started laughing at him.

He dropped his eyes to the floor.  He said, "I have to confess that I gave
her that idea.  I was hoping you would fall in love with her."

"Obviously, it didn't work.  So stop feeling bad for yourself and look me
in the eye," I demanded as I lifted Keith's chin up so I could look him in
the face.  "We all make mistakes.  I misjudged you, too.  I thought you
hated me because I was gay.  So we both have had to do some soul searching.
I'm sorry I reacted the way I did.  What's important is that we have
recognized what went wrong and have tried to make things right between us."

Keith finally smiled and hugged me back, "Yes, I agree I need to let it go
now.  I love you, cousin.  Thank you for sharing Rick with me.  I thought I
had lost him to you but instead I've gained him as a cousin-in-law so he's
not just a good friend but part of the family now!"

At that point, Rick took possession of me and pulled me into a tight
embrace.  "Since I'm part of the family now, what are we going to tell your
family?"  I knew this question was a litmus test to see just how much I
loved Rick.  Rick nervously waited for his answer as I looked intently into
his eyes.

"I'm going to tell them the truth.  I love you too much to try and live a
lie by pretending that we aren't a couple.  You are everything to me and I
want them to know it.  Do I want to flaunt it in their faces that we're a
couple?  Probably not, but I won't try to hide it either.  Keith, you know
our grandparents better than I do.  How do you think they will react?" I
asked looking over at my cousin.

"I don't know cousin.  I just know that they have been very supportive of
everyone in the family no matter what has happened," Keith said solemnly.
"But I'm not sure how Grandpa will react.  I know that Grandma is pretty
open to new ideas and new technology but Grandpa is bit more old fashioned
and doesn't like change."

Watching the two cousins interact with each other warmed Rick's heart.
Rick thought, "I'm proud of my lover boy overcoming his hurt and anger and
making things right with Keith."

Rick said, "I had felt so badly about causing the hurt feelings between you
two that I promised myself that I would do what was needed to get you guys
to reconcile your differences.  I'm glad we've been able to achieve that.
Now, we just have to get past the hurdle of coming out to our families!"

We nodded our agreement.  Rick continued, "I'm not sure I'm ready.  Keith's
family has always been very accepting of me and my problems, especially
Keith's mom and dad.  Just the thought of coming out to my parents nearly
makes me want to run and hide in some dark hole somewhere and never come
out.  The rest of my family are pretty much red-necks and I can already
predict what their reactions will be...and the thoughts of what they might
do to me and Glenn if they ever found out about us have me plenty scared."

Rick paused for a few minutes.

 "Babe, what are you thinking about?" I asked.  "You went off planet for a
while.  You are getting to be such a space cadet!"

Rick finally replied, "You seem so comfortable with who you are.  I wish I
could feel the same way.  Having sex with a guy has been totally awesome
and the love you have shown me is even better but publicly announcing we're
a couple is another thing entirely.  And there's the military question as
well since I'm still in the Marines.  I don't think I'm quite ready to
announce to the world that we are life partners."

I didn't know what to say.  I have the same concerns.  At least, Rick was
voicing them so we could talk about them.  We haven't really talked about
how we were going to handle things about making our relationship public.

It seems that my "space cadet" comment finally registered with Rick because
he exclaimed, "I'm not a space cadet!  Holding you in my arms just makes me
a love-struck guy who can't wait to get your clothes off!"  Rick said
laughing as he prevented me from breaking away from his embrace by putting
his hands down the back of my shorts.

"See what I have to put with Keith?  Rick's only thoughts in life are how
he's going to get in my pants!"  I laughed and tried to get away.  "You
know if you keep that up we won't be leaving anytime soon."

 "Spoil sport!  Just when I was having some fun, too!  I know your Grandpa
doesn't like to be kept waiting.  So are we ready to go?" Rick asked still
holding on to me.

"What do you mean "my" Grandpa?  He's your Grandpa too you know.  You heard
Keith, you are part of the family now," I said leaning in close to Rick for
a quick kiss.

"Okay, "our" Grandpa wanted us to be there before noon.  If we are going to
make it, we need to be leaving soon," Rick said pointedly moving towards
the door of the apartment since I had spoiled his fun by reminding him we
had an appointment to keep at my grandparents' home.  Rick knows that I and
Keith consider him part of the family but we had yet to see how the rest of
our family was going to react.  I could tell that Rick was still anxious
about it.

Rick was deep in thought as he grabbed their gear and opened the door not
waiting to see if Glenn was following him and got in his Jeep Wrangler and
sat there thinking his relationship with Glenn.

"Despite my misgivings about coming out to my family, I am floating on air.
I accomplished my goal of getting Glenn and Keith to reconcile their
differences and Keith finally admitted he wanted have sex with me.

I had known Keith had feelings for me for years but I was too scared to act
on that knowledge for fear of losing Keith's friendship.  I'm glad I
waited.  Even though I love Keith, I'm absolutely certain that Glenn and I
were meant to be soul mates.

My other head jumped to attention as I remembered fulfilling Keith's dream
of having sex with me.  Who knew that having a threesome would be so hot!
It made me love Glenn even more that he was willing to share me with Keith.
Glenn has made it pretty clear that he wants a monogamous relationship.
That's why I was a little surprised Glenn let me have sex with Keith, but
of course, Glenn did, too!  Talk about mind blowing!

I'm glad Keith and I can both move into the next stage of our lives knowing
that we love each other very much as friends but that we both have someone
we love and with whom we want to spend the rest of our lives.  I am very
content how things have worked out the last couple of weeks.  I got the
most wonderful guy in the world as my life partner and managed to keep my
best friend at the same time.  I hated the thought of losing my friendship
with Keith but I had been willing to sacrifice that friendship for the love
of my life.  I am very relieved that I did not have to make that sacrifice.

My man has reaffirmed my confidence in his goodness and gentleness despite
his hurt feelings.  Admittedly, I gave him a lot of encouragement but I
think he would have done it on his own even without my urging him to
reconcile with his cousin.

It was only few minutes or so later that Glenn climbed into the passenger's
seat and snapped his seatbelt on.  I leaned over and gave him a quick hug
and a kiss before starting the engine.  I thought about the events of the
past couple of weeks and I knew I would never forget them.  Just thinking
about what had happened between us made me feel warm and extremely content.

I know Glenn won't forget anything since he wrote every night in his
journal...or at least attempted to write when I left him alone...hehehe
(evil grin)...which wasn't often!  I have never seen anyone so dedicated to
journal writing.  He doesn't know that I read some of his journal entries
when I get a chance.  He wrote some of the most wonderful things about me
that I have ever read about a person.  Just knowing that he thinks so
highly of me, motivates me to be a better person.  Glenn has placed me on a
very high pedestal.  I hope I never ever disappoint him!

I glanced briefly at Glenn as I drove down the freeway towards his
Grandparent's home.  He looked very happy and relaxed with the wind blowing
his hair into his face as he looked out the window.  It's a sight I will
not soon forget."

*** ***

When I climbed in the Jeep, Rick seemed to be in a thoughtful mood so I
didn't try to keep conversation going but let him have his thinking time.
I know I had a lot on my mind as well with coming out to my grandparents.

After we had been on the road about an hour, I asked, "Rick what are you
thinking about since you have been silent for so long?"

Rick didn't answer my question directly but asked me one instead, "Are you
sure you want to come out to your grandparents?"

I responded to Rick rather pensively, "I do and I don't, Rick.  I don't
want to have to hide my love for you but at the same time I don't want to
make them upset or have any bad scenes with them.  I have just started to
get to know them and I don't want to lose them if they decide they can't
deal with me being with a guy.  I don't know how much my mom has told them
about me and Ian.  I'm very close to my Mom and she has always been there
for me.  Until a few months ago, my Dad didn't want anything to do with my
mother's family.  My parents had a really bad argument about letting me
come to stay with my grandparents just before I left home. "

"How long has there been a rift between your parents and you grandparents?"

"Since before I was born.  I don't know what happened but I know whatever
it was caused my Dad to cut off all contact with my Mom's family.  Mom has
always called her parents while Dad was out working on the farm and she
never talked about them in front of him.  Sometimes she would get really
sad and I would ask her about it but Mom would just say, "It will be okay,"
and change the subject."

Rick heard the distress in my voice as I related to him the memories of my
mom's suffering.  Rick quickly glanced over at me and noted the deep
sadness reflected on my face.  Rick so wanted to erase that sadness.  Rick
redirected the conversation by repeating his question, "So what are we
going to do when we get to your grandparents?"

"I don't know, Rick.  Let's just play things by ear and see how it goes,
okay," I responded.

Rick changed the subject at that point to try and lighten the mood in the
Jeep.  He started telling red-neck jokes which had me laughing so hard I
had tears running down my cheeks.  He avoided any serious subjects the rest
of the trip.

We pulled into my grandparents' driveway a few hours later.  Rick stopped
the engine and hopped out to grab our things.  "Glenn, I've got our stuff.
I'll catch up to you in a second."  I nodded my acknowledgement and headed
towards the house.

My grandma opened the door just as I reached it.  She pulled me into a fond
embrace and then held me at arms' length as she looked me up and down as
Rick came up the steps with our bags, "Well, well, well.  You seem very
happy today!  In fact, you seem to be beaming.  You will have to tell me
what's made you so happy.  When you left here a few weeks ago, you seemed
to be carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders!"

"I am very happy, Grandma.  I've found a new best friend.  Have you met
Rick?"  I asked Grandma.

"Yes, I have Glenn.  Your cousin, Keith, has brought Rick here on a number
of occasions.  It's good to see you, again, Rick."

Rick sat our bags down and reached out his hand to shake hers.  Much to my
surprise, she pulled Rick into a warm embrace.  "Thank you for making Glenn
happy.  He deserves to be happy don't you agree?" she said looking up at
Rick.

"I do and believe me when I say it's been my pleasure," Rick said grinning
from ear to ear.  I glared at Rick trying to get him to shut up.  I didn't
need Rick sharing anything embarrassing with my Grandma!  Grandma released
Rick and turned to go back to go inside the house.

"Take your things up to your room Rick.  It's the room next to Keith's
room.  Glenn's room is the one directly across from Keith's," Grandma
directed.

Rick's face showed his internal struggle not knowing just how much to
reveal about his relationship with Glenn.  Since Keith had brought him here
several times over the last year to visit, he'd always had his own room but
this time he wanted to keep his lover near him so before Glenn's grandma
had crossed the threshold, Rick decided to take a big chance and asked,
"Can I stay with Glenn in his room instead of my usual room," hoping he
wasn't going to upset Glenn for asking to share his room.

Rick looked over at me.  I wasn't upset with Rick but I wasn't sure how
Grandma was going to react.  I returned his gaze hoping that she'd say,
"Yes," so we wouldn't have to sneak around trying to hide that we were a
couple.  Rick looked terrified.  I hoped she would agree without making an
ugly scene.

My Grandma gave Rick and me a very penetrating look but didn't say anything
for a moment.  I thought for sure we'd really made a huge mistake.
Everything that I knew about my Grandma told me she's very much aware of
what's going on around her.  From her look, I'm sure she had already picked
up on that fact that Rick and I are more than just friends.  I looked over
at Rick to see that he was getting really nervous and I hoped he hadn't
overstepped any boundaries with Grandma.

I breathed a sigh of relief when she finally said, "It's okay with me if
it's okay with Glenn."  She turned and looked at me for confirmation.  I
quickly nodded my head as a look of relief spread across Rick's face.  He
looked over at me with a smile.  Well, that was one hurdle we'd gotten
past!

"Okay, show Rick to your room and both of you wash up and come back down
for lunch.  Your Grandpa is eager to put you both to work."

Rick grabbed our bags and we sprinted up the stairs to my room.  As we
entered my room, I grabbed Rick around the waist, "You are one crazy dude!
You have got some pretty big balls to be asking my Grandma to stay in my
room!"

"Are you mad at me for asking," Rick said as he dropped our bags on the
floor and pulled me closer to him.

"No, but there for a moment I wasn't' sure what Grandma was going to say.
I think she knows that we are more than just friends.  Maybe my Mom has
talked to her about Ian.  Grandma met Ian when they came up for my
graduation from high school a couple of months ago.  Ian and I weren't
exactly discreet when it came to showing our affection for each other in
front of family," I said smiling up at Rick.

"So you're okay with me holding your hand or kissing you front of your
family?" Rick asked already knowing the answer.

"I would be upset if you tried to hide the fact that we love each other.
I'm not into hiding who I am just to please other people.  Its time people
started to accept us for who we are: normal human beings who are in love
with each other," I said heatedly.

Pulling away from Rick, I opened my closet door and showed Rick where to
hang up our clothes and pointed to the dresser, "The drawers on the left
side are all empty so pick the ones you want."

After we put away our clothes and took a few minutes in the bathroom to
freshen up, Rick pulled me onto the bed and started kissing me.  His manly
scent really turns me on.  The feel of his skin is so wonderful!

"Why is your skin so smooth lover boy?" Rick asked me caressing my bare
chest under my shirt with one hand and running his other hand up and down
my nearly hairless legs below my shorts.

"I don't know.  I've never had much body hair and my skin has always been
nice and smooth.  My Mom says I have her olive complexion and good skin.
I've never had problems with acne or anything like that.  My Dad teases me
sometimes that I have a baby face since I've never had to shave my face,
yet.  It used really bother me because my brothers started shaving when
they were about 16 years old and by age 18 had hair on their chests.  They
take after my Dad in that respect.  I feel I'm just not manly enough for
them sometimes," I said with a hint of sadness in my voice.  "They have
always teased me about the fact that I'd remain my mom's baby boy forever
since I've never grown much hair on my body."

"You're just fine for me, Mr. Nielsen.  I like you just the way you are,"
Rick said running his hands gently down my back and inside my shorts.  He
pushed a finger inside me which caused my dick to jump in response.  If he
kept that up I was going to shoot.

"Rick stop or we won't make to down to lunch!" I exclaimed giving him
another kiss.

Rick gave an evil laugh and gave me his most lecherous grin and said, "And
what is wrong with that?"

"Nothing except you will invoke our Grandma's wrath if we don't hurry up
and go downstairs," I said laughing as I managed to escape from his embrace
and roll out of bed.  I looked back at Rick still lying on the bed and
stuck my tongue out at him, "Race you down the stairs!"

With that challenge, I started for the door.  Before I had a chance to open
it, Rick was up off the bed and crossed the distance between us and pinned
me against the door as his mouth covered mine.  I tried to resist him at
first but soon surrendered to Rick as he knew I would.  He knows me so well
now.  His body molded to mine as we continued making out.  Rick knew we
were supposed to go downstairs soon but he couldn't resist teasing me,
especially since he knows I want him as much as he wants me.

"Rick, I love you.  Let's go downstairs please...we can make out later,
okay?  I promise," I begged him.  As it was, his steady stroking of my dick
through the fabric of my shorts had me leaking pre-cum.

Rick relented, "Okay, but I will hold you to that promise lover boy," he
said with a grin and released me.  Rick pulled me into the bathroom where
we washed up and then we went downstairs.

 "You know I can't resist you," I said as I took his hand in mine as we
entered the kitchen where we could hear Grandma talking with Grandpa.

As soon as Grandpa saw us he said, "Rick it's good to see you, again," as
he reached out to shake Rick's hand.  Glancing down to where Rick held my
hand, "I see that my grandson has discovered what a fine young man you are.
I hope you will take very good care of him."  Grandpa looked Rick in the
eyes looking for a positive response as he continued to grip his right
hand.

"You have my word on it, Grandpa.  I love Glenn very much and will do my
best to make him happy," Rick responded.  Rick looked over to see a stunned
look on my face.  I didn't expect my Grandpa to be so understanding or
accepting of us as a couple.  I just stared at Grandpa.

Grandpa let go of Rick's hand and pulled me into an embrace, "Glenn I
couldn't be happier that you chose Rick as your partner.  You mother has
told us about Ian and what happened right after your graduation.  I wish
you had come to us so we could have helped you.  No one should be treated
so shabbily!  I understand why you didn't confide in us about what had
happened but I want you to know that you can come to us anytime you need to
talk."

I wouldn't look up at Grandpa.  I didn't know that Mom had told my
grandparents about Ian.  Grandpa put his hand under my chin and lifted it
until he could look me in the eyes then continued, "Your Mom asked us to
watch over you.  She was worried about you.  But from the looks of things,
she doesn't have to worry anymore. "  Grandpa smiled down at me and
released me from his embrace.

I had tears in my eyes upon hearing Grandpa's acceptance of our
relationship.  Rick put his arm around me to reassure me as a tear escaped
and ran down my cheek.  "It's okay Glenn."

I smiled up at Rick, "I'm crying because I'm so happy.  I was afraid that
Grandma and Grandpa wouldn't accept me for who I am.  It's such a relief to
know I don't have to worry about them judging me for loving you."

Grandma came over and pulled me into her arms, "Listen to me Glenn.  We
aren't here to judge or condemn you.  We love you and want you to be happy.
It doesn't matter what our personal feelings might be, what's important is
that you are being true to yourself and to your partner.  I've seen a lot
of changes in our society during the course of my many years so nothing
surprises me anymore.  But one thing has remained constant and that is the
love we have for each other.  I expect you and Rick to treat each other
with respect and love.  I have particularly high standards regarding
fidelity in a relationship so don't ever disappoint me by being unfaithful
to him.  I don't have any patience for any kind of mental, emotional or
physical abuse either.  Just so we are clear about things.  As proxy for
your Mom and Dad, I just want to make sure you both understand what your
Grandpa and I expect from you both."

Grandma looked over at Rick to make sure he understood and agreed to what
she had just said.

Rick responded, "Yes, Grandma I understand and promise I'll never
disappoint you.  I love Glenn very much and I know he loves me the same
way."

I spoke up, "Rick's right.  I do love him very much and I promise you I
will do my best to make him happy."

I could hear the relief in my voice as well as the happiness I felt that my
grandparents were being very open to the idea of us being a couple.  I know
Rick feels the same way!  In fact, it totally blows my mind!  I hadn't
expected them to be so accepting of our choice to be together.  It kind of
scared me in a way because they had made it clear that we were to behave
like any other committed couple!  I guess I shouldn't be surprised that
they wanted us to be faithful to each other.  It only makes sense that if
they accepted us as a couple that they would also expect us to honor that
commitment.

I took Rick's hand, again, as Grandma released me from her embrace.  I felt
all warm and tingly inside.  I felt like a huge load had been lifted off my
shoulders.  I pulled Rick over the table and we sat down next to each
other.  We ate a quick lunch while we listened to Grandpa's plans for the
rest of the day.

Grandpa said, "I want you boys to become familiar with the operation of the
farm.  Right now we are in the peak of the harvesting season.  We hire a
lot of seasonal help to get the fruit off of the trees and shipped out.  We
ship most of our fresh peaches up north.  We pick the peaches just before
they are fully ripe so they won't spoil during shipping.  As the remaining
peaches fully ripen, we send them to the cannery for packing and labeling.
Different fruit companies offer us bids on the peach crop and the company's
bid we accept provides us with their label for the canned peaches."

"We grow different varieties of peaches for different markets.  But there
is one peach variety we don't sell to anyone.  It's a special peach meant
for eating fresh called the Queen Anne peach.  It is about the size of a
medium grapefruit and has pure white flesh.  It's has to be the best
tasting peach in the world."

Rick and I listened intently as Grandpa continue to narrate the history of
the peach farm and told us of the particulars of each variety of peach, the
pros and cons of growing that variety and his plans for introducing new
varieties on the farm.  I could tell that Grandpa loved farming and had a
real passion for growing peaches.  We finished eating lunch and Grandpa led
us outside to get us started working with the hired help to bring in the
peach crop.

We worked hard all day.  When we were finished for the day, we took a quick
couple of laps in the pool to cool off before supper.  After supper,
Grandpa requested that I play for him.  Rick didn't know that I played the
piano and the violin and was surprised when Grandpa led us into the sitting
room where I pulled out the piano bench and started playing.

"Glenn, you didn't tell me you played so well!" Rick exclaimed after
hearing me play one of Grandpa's favorite pieces.

"Sorry, Babe, it kind of slipped my mind.  I was kind of preoccupied with
other things," I said as I suggestively rubbed my crotch so only Rick could
see.

A big grin crossed his face, "Oh, I see.  I guess I can forgive you for not
remembering to share such an important detail with me."  Rick pushed me
over so he could join me on the piano bench.

I grinned at Rick, "You have to promise to behave so I can continue playing
for Grandpa."

"I promise...for now!" Rick responded grinning even more widely than
before.

Rick enjoys teasing me sometimes.  He rubbed his hand up and down my thigh
as I tried to play.  It wasn't long before I was in need of some attention
elsewhere!  I couldn't concentrate on the notes as Rick continued to
massage his inner thigh.  I looked over at Grandpa and saw that he was
snoring in his armchair.  I put my finger to my lips, "Shh...Grandpa has
fallen asleep.  Let's go up to our bedroom."

We tiptoed out of the room and quietly made our way up the stairs.  As soon
as our door was shut, Rick grabbed my shirt and pulled it over my head.
Soon we were both naked and he pulled me into bed with him.  It wasn't long
before he satisfied my desires for him and we lay exhausted enjoying the
touch of bare skin to bare skin.

"Rick, you are the best lover in the whole world.  I can't believe what
I've been missing out on for so long!" I said as I snuggled next to him.

"Ditto, Babe!" he murmured sleepily.  I cuddled up closer to Rick's warmth
and that is the last thing I remembered.

Rick and I spent the next couple of weeks in similar fashion.  We spent our
days working hard on the farm and our evenings swimming in the pool to cool
down from working in the hot sun all day followed by supper and music
played for my Grandpa.  My Grandpa always fell asleep and we would make our
way upstairs shortly thereafter!