Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:29:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Rj Phantom <phantom09x@yahoo.com>
Subject: Rags to Riches part 1

All the usual disclaimers apply. Do not read if it's not legal to do so in
your area.

Love doesn't exist, it's true. Most girls I meet these days are only after
two things, good sex and money. All you need to have is one or the other
and you can find yourself a decent wife. My name is Louis, Lou to my
friends. I'm about 6' even and I've got a pretty standard build. The girls
all seem to think so anyway. Or maybe it's because of the money.

I grew up in this orphanage down the block from here, but now I'm living
the good life, sort of. See when I was about 8, my parents were found dead
in their hotel room while away on business. Apparently they were friends of
the French ambassador and moved to states before I was born. My next-of-kin
was an aunt that still lived in France. So they had me put me up in the
orphanage until she arrived here to pick me up. After about 7 years of
waiting, she finally came. By then I had a whole new life. I was enrolled
in the local high school and I didn't really want to leave. I had a really
good group of guys that grew up with me. So when I asked her for a way I
could stay, she bought me a house, with my own money though, money I
wouldn't receive until I was 18. Not a house, more like a mansion. She
accepted legal guardianship of me and employed a whole crew of maids to
work at the house. She was a really nice lady, but I think seeing me
reminded her too much of her sister. I still only see her about once a
month since everyone got finally moved in. See, she didn't want me to live
alone, so she assumed guardianship of 3 of my other friends until they all
turned 18. It took awhile for her to get everyone adopted but everything
worked out.

The first of my friends to move in was my best friend Pete.  Pete was my
age when I first met him. He was the only one at the orphanage to talk to
me when I first got there. I was still pretty sad over losing my parents
but he helped me get through it. Right now we're both 17, juniors at the
same school, but back when he moved in we were two newly wealthy, well me
anyway, 15 year old boys. The house got crazy. All my other friends came
over all the time and we did all kinds of stupid things. But the first few
months when it was just me and Pete, were some of the best days of my
life. Pete's the jock type, loved to play basketball on the court when we
were at the orphanage, and we had a huge outside court at the house. He's a
member of our always-losing basketball team at the school. He's about 6'2
dark brown hair, well toned body, and a huge ego, with the sex drive to
match. Sometimes I can't begin to imagine how he does it. Before we had the
money, none of the hot girls even looked our way, but now they won't leave
us alone; something that doesn't bother Pete at all.

After about 4 months of waiting, my friend Josh and his little brother Andy
were finally able to move in. I always thought it was great how the two of
them got to stay together, they're really close. Josh is our age too, but
he's a senior. They let him pass up grade in elementary school. I wouldn't
say he was a genius or even smart for that matter, he's just very...
driven. I don't think I've ever seen him not doing something. Because when
it comes to Josh, work hard, play hard, is exactly how I would describe
him..  He's a little shorter then me, about 5'8 I think. He's got that dark
blonde hair that always seems to look good no matter what he does or
doesn't do to it.  Josh ran for school council president twice and lost
both times. I don't think it upset him though, he just moves on to the next
thing. Andy on the other hand, hated losing. He's about 2 years younger
then the rest of us. I really had to beg my Aunt to let him stay with us
because he would be around longer then the rest of us. But after some
pleading from me and Josh she agreed.

Andy is almost like his brother, except he gets a little out of control
sometimes, work hard, play harder, is how I would describe him.  Unlike the
rest us, he has a good social standing amongst the freshmen in our school.
He's always doing things he shouldn't be and it drives Josh nuts. Josh took
the whole "hands-off" approach when it came to raising him, a decision he's
regretting a lot these days. He looks up to Pete though, and I guess he
likes me a bit, but we're all protective of him.

So now that everyone has been introduced, back to our story.  It'd been
almost 2 years since we moved from the orphanage to the mansion.. It was a
lot to take in at first. Eating what I wanted, doing what I wanted, buying
what I wanted, it was a little overwhelming. When the rest of the kids at
school found out, we instantly became the people everyone wanted to hang
out with. That bothered me, a lot, but Pete, Josh, and Andy were all fine
with the popularity. I just didn't believe I could hang around such fickle
people. I've had about 3 girlfriends since I got the money, and 0 before.
All of them wanted to be known as Louis' girlfriend and for me to buy them
nice expensive gifts to show off to their friends. The more I dated, the
more I hated them. Sex was great though, but I wanted something more.

About the only people I can be myself with are my friends, especially Josh.
I don't really talk to him that often though. He always seems to have an
agenda, plus him and Andy stay on the other side of the mansion, Pete stays
across the hall from my room. Josh's girlfriend, Stacey, is about the most
stupid girl I had ever met. She's always around too. I don't know why, but
I hated her since the moment we met. Whenever Josh slowed down, and we got
a chance to talk, he'd always have a new complaint about her. For someone
so balanced to have such a shady girlfriend is something I will never
understand.  Besides her, we talk about almost everything. Sometimes
getting to talk to him was the highlight of my week. He'd always have
something informative or wise to say about decisions I had to make,
schoolwork, goals, girl problems, just about everything he had a solution
for.

"Love does exist," Josh was explaining to me after I told him me and my
latest girl had broken up, "It just hasn't happened for you yet"

"So I guess you know what love is then? You must be in love with Stacey."

"Not really"

"But you guys have been dating for like a year. If you don't love her then
why are you still with her?"

"Cause our relationship ain't about love, we both know that"

"Then what's it about"

"Politics" Stacey was pretty popular in school, since her dad was some
famous actor.

"So you're using her to get votes? I always thought you liked her, explains
a lot."

"What's that mean? I do like her, I just don't love her."

"She's not your type man, can't you see that?"

"Girls are my type Lou, what's it matter in high school anyway? Next year
I'll find a better girl for me in college."

"Community college you mean" I corrected him.

"Yea yea, I'd go to somewhere else but I got to look after Andy for 2 more
years"

"And you don't want to leave me, I get it" I was joking with him. When we
were kids, we always used to talk about being friends forever and staying
close no matter what we did. I don't think we all feel that way anymore.

"Of course man, what would you do without me?" He was smirking.

"I don't need you"

"Yes you do, in fact, I'll find a decent girl for you to go out with this
time. Just leave it to me."

"I don't want a new girl, I'm tired of them"

"So you want a boy then?"

"Sure why not," He was joking, I could tell, I decided to play a long for
the moment but I hadn't really thought about it until now "I could probably
get a long with a guy better"

"You hatin on girls that much right now huh? I always thought you had a
thing for me."

"You? Yea right."

"Why not?"

"Are you serious?"

"Serious about what?" Pete asked as he and Andy walked into the room. Josh
and I had been sitting in the living room, if you could call it that. It
was just sort of this space that was in the middle of the mansion.  When my
aunt was decorating I guess she decided to put some chairs, a sofa, and a
table in here, so it probably qualifies as a living room. Josh and I had
sat down in here to do some homework before Pete's party tonight; he threw
one about once a week.

"I was saying I might consider dating-"

"Nothing man," Josh had interrupted me, "We were just joking around."

I hadn't expected him to interrupt me like that. It wasn't a big deal since
we were joking and pretty much told everyone about everything.  It made me
wonder if he was actually being serious. Probably shouldn't think too much
into it though.

"You guys missed it, I only lost to Pete by 9 points this time" Andy had
started to talk. "It was a great game."

"Yea, our little brother is getting good, you should try out for the team
this year" Pete added. Our little brother, we always called him that. Looks
like the two of them just came from playing a game on the court..  Pete was
always there during the day if he wasn't in his room with a girl or at
practice.

"Well I'm done" Josh started to speak. "Guess I'll go pick up the rest of
the stuff for the party"

"What's up with him?" Pete asked as Josh left the room.

"Don't know"

"You better go get ready for the party too; this one is going to be the
best one yet!"

"I bet. You always say that"

"And it's always true"

"I'm not going anyways"

"Why not?"

"Cause Jessica will probably be there, and I'm over her" Jessica was my
latest ex.

"God, I don't get why you keep getting into these "relationships". You just
need to have some fun"

"I'll think about it"

"Can I invite some of my friends from school this time?"  Andy asked.

"Nope," Pete answered. "You know the rules, no freshmen.  You're lucky you
get to be there."

"Fine, OK. What time does it start?"

"In about an hour or so, better go take a shower and get ready."

I always hated these things, but everyone else loved it so I dealt with
it. I always feel sorry for the maid crew that comes twice a week and
cleans up the mess we always leave, I make sure to leave a big tip, the
place was huge after all. 2 floors, 4 bathrooms, 5 bedrooms, pretty ideal
for the parties Pete always likes to throw. We keep our bedroom hallways
off limits though. Starting from the living room area on the first floor,
all the way too the left on the end is the hallway where Pete's and my
bedrooms are. In-between is the kitchen, the study, and 2 bathrooms. On the
right is Josh and Andy's wing, 1 bathroom, the game room, and the maid's
closet. Upstairs is this really huge dining hall with the other 2
bathrooms. There's also a guest room but we cleared that out and put in a
pool table. The second floor is mainly where the party is. There's a pool
and pool house out back that people hang out at too.

After leaving the room to go get ready I couldn't stop thinking about how
weird Josh had acted. The sound of his voice when he asked me why I
wouldn't go out with him was all too serious. I didn't want to hurt his
feelings about it or anything. Sure he was a nice looking guy and great to
talk to, but I just don't think about guys that way. Maybe I should have
said that instead. I decided to get some rest before the party, these
things get kind of wild, so I take a nap and let the loud music wake me up
later.

When I got up I decided to go look for Josh to make sure everything was
cool with us. After looking for about 15 minutes I gave up and decided to
go hang out by the pool. It's what I always do at these parties, hang by
the pool, drink wit some people in the pool house, and go for a swim.  The
party inside always got kind of out of hand so I stayed outside. Everyone
knew this too, so there was always a decent crowd poolside. It was mostly
girls who want to hook up with me by the end of the night; I usually
rewarded one of them too.

I walked into the pool house after growing tired of listening to them girls
try to win me over, to see Josh and Stacey playing truth or dare with a
group of people from his senior class. I didn't know most of them but I
knew Josh got along great with everyone.

"Truth or Dare, Josh" I heard some girl ask not soon after I started
watching. This is going to be interesting. I know Josh isn't a quitter but
just how far will they make him go.

"Truth" Josh answered. Should have known he'd play it safe.

"If you could make out with one person in this room, other then Stacey, who
would it be?" Josh started looking around the room; finding a suitable
answer that wouldn't upset Stacey most likely. When he got around to where
I was standing, I could swear he nodded and lingered at me. Did that mean
he would choose me? What should I do if he says my name? It would obviously
be a joke though so it wouldn't count.

"Alexa," he finally answered. She was sitting right beside me; maybe that's
why he was staring. Everyone in school knew she wasn't into guys though,
what a strange pick. She was pretty hot though, so it's a great choice; it
also didn't seem to upset Stacey since everyone had started laughing.

"Nice save, your turn"

"Truth or Dare, Lou" Josh proclaimed. I had a feeling he was going o pick
me. I had a few drinks in me plus I thought it was cool to be able to hang
out with the seniors like this, so I gave it a shot.

"Dare" Everyone started to `ooh' as if they hadn't expect me to say
that. Wonder what my dare was going to be.

"I dare you to jump in the pool naked"

"Are you serious?"

"You backin out?"

"I didn't say that"

"Well do it then" I could tell everyone wanted to see me do it.

"Fine, what the hell" I yanked all my clothes off and rushed into the
pool. I was about 4 and a half inches soft so I wasn't ashamed of people
seeing me naked, plus I was a little drunk. Everyone started to cheer as
Josh helped me out with a towel. Just another `Lou moment' everyone is
going to be talking about, at least it was mostly seniors. The jump pretty
much had me on a high the rest of the night. I dare to even say I had a
great time.

After the party was winding down I was still on a high from the rush of
that dare. I couldn't believe I got naked in front of people from my
school. Josh and I crashed on the sofa in the living room, almost everyone
was gone now.

"Man what a crazy dare you gave me" I told Josh.

"I didn't expect you to do it, you were pretty brave"

"Yea well most of the girls probably seen it already, nothing to be ashamed
of"

"You got that right"

"So, you like what you saw?" I teased Josh, he knew I was just playing
around.

"Not what I meant"

"I bet. There should be a rule that you get to dare back whoever dared
you. It sounds fairer that way"

"Oh yea, lets have it then. What would you dare me?"

"I would have dared you to make out with Alexa since you fantasize about
doing it anyway."

"That would have been easy, Stacey might not have liked it though"

"Hmm...Truth or Dare?"

"Just us two?"

"Why not, sounds fun"

"Think you had a little too much to drink" Josh was trying to back out.

"Or maybe you're scared"

"Fine, Truth"

"Aww, Truth again. Ok let's see." I tried to think up a good one. "Was it
really Alexa who you wanted to make out with?"

"No"

"Who then?"

"Sorry only get one question, Truth or Dare?"

"Truth" Fair is fair.

"When you said you wouldn't go out with me if you were into guys was it
true?"

"I suspected you were hung up on that, does it really even matter?"

"No but it's a matter of pride" Don't see why it's such a big deal.

"Ok then, no it's not true, you good now?"

"Yup" There was a really big smile on his face quickly followed by awkward
silence. Why was he so hung up over this? It's not like I'm actually into
guys. Was he into me or something or did he just genuinely want to know for
his pride?  We've been friends since we were kids, I never would have
thought he was into me. I had to find out or this would bother me the rest
of the week.

"Truth or Dare?" I said, breaking the silence.

"We still playing?"

"Yea, and it's my turn so truth or dare?"

"Dare" Actually wanted truth this time.

"Hmm," I had to be bold if I wanted to know, "I dare you to kiss me."

"What?"

"Just once, on the lips." Boy was I wasted.

"No way am I kissing you, Lou"

"Why not, I know you want to?"

"What the hell do you mean by that? I'm not gay."

"You sure about that?" I kind of thought he wouldn't do it, so I made the
first move. I got up from my chair and stood in front of him.  "Come on,
it's just a kiss"

"No and why would you think I was gay. I have Stacey and you have known me
for like ever." He was erratic, guess I struck a nerve. I don't know what
was coming over me. The thought of one of my best friends being into me was
kind of wierding me out and turning me on at the same time, even if it
wasn't true. I leaned my left arm around the back of his neck and leaned in
about 4 inches away from his face.

"You sure you don't want to kiss me?" I was going all in now.

"Come on Lou, cut it out, I don't want to kiss you or any other guy for
that matter, ok?"

"Too late" I leaned in and kissed him right on his lips. He wasn't letting
me kiss him, but he wasn't resisting either. I was fired up from taking
control of the situation like this. Even though I knew I wasn't into guys,
the thought of kissing a cute guy like Josh and finding out whether he was
gay or not was driving me. After about 4 seconds of holding him under my
arm and kissing him, he pushed me off. "Did you like that?"

"Fuck off Lou" He just knocked me off of him and stormed out of the room.

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