Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 11:56:19 -0500
From: Andrew Todd <atodd867@gmail.com>
Subject: Riding Lessons--Chapter 19

This story is an act of fiction involving a sexual relationship between
teen-aged boys. If that bothers or offends you, please move on. If you are
under 18, I am supposed to tell you that you shouldn't be here, but if you
are here, you're not going to listen to me anyways...so consider yourself
warned.

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RIDING LESSONS

By

Andrew Todd

Chapter XIX.

Zak, Spin and Mattie were all squished into the front seat of Dusty's
truck. The four boys were heading to Dusty's house. Dusty had decided that
they were going to have a cookout to celebrate the end of Zak's driving
lessons.

It was Thursday night, two weeks before the end of summer and Zak's
birthday. All four boys were excited about Zak getting his license because
then he would have a car and they wouldn't have to pack into Dusty's truck
like sardines.

Zak had the appointment to take his driver's test on his birthday. Dusty
would take him to the high school every couple of days to let him drive
around the big parking lot and his mom had taken him out on the road
several times.

Zak's mom was a bit of a nervous Nellie every time he was driving and that
in turn stressed Zak out. He enjoyed it more when Dusty took him, because
Dusty was a calmer teacher and made him feel more confident about his
driving.

Dusty pulled up in front of his house and turned off the ignition. He
opened the driver's door and stepped out of the truck.

Zak and Spin were in the middle of the seat and Mattie was by the passenger
door.

Spin and Zak, having been to Dusty's house several times before, exchanged
mischievous looks as Mattie opened the door. Dusty stood by the open
driver's door looking at the two and shook his head, knowing what they were
planning for poor Mattie.

Dusty didn't have the heart to warn him either. Zak and Spin had both
survived this `rite of passage,' why shouldn't Mattie.

Mattie opened the passenger door and stepped down and away from the door to
give the others room to exit. Instead, Spin reached across and slammed the
door shut. Mattie turned to look in the truck window. He tried to open the
door to see what they were up to, but Spin had locked the door.

Mattie couldn't figure out what was going on. Then he heard a jingling
noise, like keys being tossed together. He looked over his shoulder and saw
an enormous dog running right for him.

The light suddenly went on in his head and he knew what his friends had
planned for him.

Standing his ground as the huge dog came at him, Mattie raised his hand and
said very clearly and calmly, "No!" The big dog stopped suddenly and looked
quizzically at Mattie.

"Sit," he commanded the dog. When Herc did as he was told, Mattie walked
over to him and patted him on the head and scratched his ears.  "Good
boy. What's your name?"

Dusty stepped around the truck laughing while Zak and Spin tumbled out of
the passenger door still staring slack-jawed at Mattie and the Great Dane.

"Mattie, this is Herc," Dusty said, laughing.

Mattie got down on one knee and reached out his hand. Herc placed his front
paw in Mattie's hand and Mattie shook it. "Nice to meet you, Herc," he
said, giggling.

Spin finally snapped. "How in the hell did you do that?" he yelled. "That
mutt has jumped both of us the first time we came out here...and usually
every time after that."

Dusty looked at Spin and smacked him upside the head. "Hey, don't call my
dog a `mutt'!" he ordered.

Spin ducked away from Dusty and rubbed the side of his head. "Oww!! Sorry,
you know I love Herc, but I wanted to see Mattie get flattened."

Mattie turned to his redheaded boyfriend. "Did I mention that in addition
to raising Andalusians, my grandfather also bred champion mastiffs?" he
laughed. "So, I got quite used to dealing with big dogs from visiting
him. Most of them are big babies and will listen to you if you are firm
enough."

Dusty and Zak just laughed as Spin shook his head and mumbled to himself.

Since Spin and Mattie had settled their differences and started dating,
Spin had constantly tried to one-up Mattie. Mattie, in spite of being very
shy and reserved, more often than not would rise to whatever challenge Spin
set for him. Spin was becoming more impressed, and frustrated, by his new
boyfriend's gifts.

Mattie was the yin to Spin's yang. Where Spin was headstrong, impulsive,
and reckless, Mattie was calm, careful, and thoughtful. Many people had
made the mistake of mistaking Mattie's shyness as weakness. Mattie just
dealt with things in a more straightforward and reasonable way.

Dusty led everyone, including Herc, through the house and out to the
backyard. His mom was going out with friends so the boys had the house to
themselves.

Dusty turned on the gas burners of the grill and left it to get hot.

He grabbed Zak and dragged him into the house to help him get the food
ready. They left Mattie and Spin with Herc. Mattie was trying to show Spin
how to teach the big dog some obedience. Dusty shook his head knowing that
while Herc was a good dog and friend, he was not the brightest bulb in the
box when it came to learning new tricks.

Dusty pulled some hamburger out of the refrigerator and started making
patties, while Zak got together the fixings for a salad.

As the two busied themselves in the kitchen, they would on occasion start
an impromptu make-out session, delaying their fixing of the meal.

When he finished making the hamburger patties and had placed some cheese
and condiments on a platter with the hamburger rolls, Dusty went over to
the sink to wash a tomato before he sliced it for the burgers.

Dusty looked out the kitchen window into the backyard and started laughing.

Zak ran over to the window. "What?" he asked.

Dusty just nodded towards the scene in the backyard.

Zak looked out the window and saw Mattie and Spin madly kissing on the
wooden swing in the garden. Poor Herc just lay on the ground and watched
the two younger boys go at it with gusto. Mattie lay back in the swing and
Spin was straddled on top of him with his tongue shoved as far down
Mattie's throat as he could get it.

Zak and Dusty both laughed as they watched Spin worm his hand down the
front of Mattie's pants. They laughed harder when Mattie grabbed the
offending hand and bent Spin's fingers back until the redhead yelled.

They couldn't hear what Mattie was saying to Spin, but they both knew that
Mattie was trying to take things at a slower pace than Spin wanted. Spin
was quite possibly the horniest boy any of them had ever encountered and
since he and Mattie had started dating he had been unsuccessful in trying
to get Mattie to go further than kissing.

"Hey, guys, break it up," Dusty yelled as he and Zak came out of the house
with the food.

While Dusty and Zak got the food cooking on the grill, they had Mattie and
Spin put paper plates and plastic cutlery on the picnic table.

Soon the four were digging into their cheeseburgers.

As they were finishing their meal, Spin became very serious. "Can I ask you
guys a favor?"

Zak answered, "Spin, you can ask us anything."

"Well, you guys have probably noticed that I've gotten a little big for
Marty."

Dusty nodded. "You've grown at least 4 or 5 inches in the last few months,"
he said. "You're a lot taller than Zak now."

Zak shot Dusty a dirty look, since being `vertically challenged' was a soft
spot for him.

Dusty leaned over and kissed Zak on the cheek. "Hey, I like my boyfriends
compact," he whispered in Zak's ear.

Zak blushed.

Spin continued, "So, anyways," he exhaled, "I got my dad to agree to get me
a new horse. But, he doesn't want me to keep Marty cuz he doesn't think I
need two horses and because I've outgrown Marty..." he looked down at his
hands as he continued, "that's why I've been so...umm."

"Moody?" asked Dusty.

"Anal?" asked Zak.

"Mean?" asked Mattie.

Spin turned bright red. "Ok. I get it," he nodded. "I've been hard to deal
with for the last couple of weeks." He started to tear up. "I'm really
sorry, especially for how I treated you, Mattie, but the idea of having to
give up Marty has been killing me. I know my dad is right, but I've been
trying to find a way to keep him and get my new horse."

Mattie slid over and wrapped his arms around Spin. He hugged Spin
tight. "You could have told us, we would have helped you," he said gently.

Dusty and Zak both nodded in agreement.

Spin sniffled. "I know, but I wanted to make it work myself and I felt
stupid getting so emotional about it."

Zak looked at him. "Why would you feel stupid?" he asked. "You've had Marty
almost half your life. He's taught you a lot and you've been through so
much. I've only had Onyx for a few months and it would kill me to give him
up."

Spin looked at his three friends, tears rolling down his cheeks and
smiled. "Thanks guys, I should have known you'd have my back."

Zak and Dusty both stood up and went to the other side of the table. Each
wrapped their arms around Spin and Mattie and the four had a big group hug.

"Ok, ok," Spin choked. "Thanks guys, but I can't breathe now."

All three boys let go of Spin, laughing. Dusty and Zak went back to their
seats.

"So, what favor did you need to ask us?" Dusty queried.  "Well, I found a
small ranch in Lancaster that rescues abused and abandoned horses," Spin
started. "They have all sorts of breeds and they are all over the place in
disciplines. But they only allow you to adopt not actually buy the horses."

Zak was confused. "What do you mean?"

"Well, when a ranch is operating as a `rescue' their main goal is to rescue
and rehabilitate the horses. Then the goal is to find them good, loving and
safe homes. They don't sell the horses, they let you adopt them. So you pay
an adoption fee and you sign an agreement that says that you cannot sell
the horse. If for any reason, you cannot keep the horse, you must return it
to the rescue. That way they can protect the horse and since many of them
are very valuable, it keeps some scumbag from adopting them cheap and then
selling them for a profit."

Dusty chimed in, "I've heard of these types of operations. Usually they are
not-for-profits, so they get by on donations. The adoption fees they charge
don't even begin to cover the amount of money they have to invest in
rehabilitating some of the horses."

Spin nodded. "So, I found this ranch and I've been e-mailing the owner. He
says they have four or five horses that he thinks might be good for me."

"So that takes care of getting a new horse, but what about Marty?" Zak
asked.

"That's the cool part. The adoption fees for the horses he wants me to look
at are only between $500 and $1,000. My dad figured he would have to pay
upwards of $5000 or more to buy me a new horse. So if I adopt one of these
horses, I'll be getting a horse I can work with and train and I can keep
Marty. I talked to Mr. Jones and he's cutting me a deal on boarding both
horses, because I can use Marty as a schooling horse for both western and
English lessons."

"That's great," said Mattie. "But, what's the favor?" he asked.

Spin laughed. "When I talked to Mr. Jones about going out to Lancaster, he
suggested I take you guys. My dad knows absolutely nothing about horses, so
it would be useless to take him. Mr. Jones said that since it's getting
close to the end of the summer, things are slowing down cuz people are
getting ready to go back to school. He's not going to schedule anything for
next Sunday. He said if we come in and do the feedings and mucking out the
stalls that we can have the rest of the day off. We can drive over to
Lancaster and spend the night and come back Monday. That way you guys can
help me pick a horse and we can bring him back."

Zak laughed, "How do you know it's going to be a him?"

"With this crowd it has to be a him," Spin grinned.

All four of the boys laughed and nodded in agreement.

"Where are we going to stay if we go overnight?" Dusty asked. "I don't
think any hotel is going to let four underage boys stay without
supervision."

"They have a bunkhouse at the ranch," Spin answered. "Mr. Murphy, the
owner, explained that they like people to come for a couple of days and
spend time with the horses, that way people are not showing up and grabbing
the one they think looks the best. They also only show horses by
appointment so they can devote the time to making sure the horse and rider
are compatible. I told Mr. Murphy that I was going to bring some friends,
so he is going to pull a number of horses for us all to try; that way you
can give me your opinions and then I can try whichever ones we like best."

"So," Dusty laughed, "you already told him we were going?"

Spin again turned bright red. "Well, I knew you guys would help me out, so
I just went ahead and told him we would be there Sunday afternoon."

Dusty, Zak and Mattie all agreed to go with Spin to the ranch as they
wanted to help their friend and they were all curious about the rescue
operation.

After they cleaned up from dinner, the four boys loaded into Dusty's truck
so he could drive them home. Mattie was, of course, surprised when they got
outside to see Herc in the bed of the truck, but Dusty, Zak and Spin just
shook their heads and got in the truck.

Dusty decided to drop Mattie off first, since none of the boys had seen his
house or met his parents yet.

"I need to ask you something," Mattie said quietly as they got closer to
his house. "Please don't even mention any of us being gay. My parents are
very Catholic and they would have a fit if they knew you guys were gay,
never mind if they knew I was and Spin was my boyfriend."

Dusty spoke up, "Don't worry, Mattie. We have your back. Of course, like I
told a certain blond boyfriend a few months ago, your parents can surprise
you."

"Yeah," agreed Zak. "I never thought I could come out to my mom, but when I
did, she told me she already knew and that it would never change the way
she feels about me."

Mattie was quiet for a minute. "My parents are very conservative and my mom
comes from old money in Spain. They just would not understand, so until I
can support myself, I don't want them to know. They are overprotective
enough. It's taken some real begging and bargaining to just get them to let
me spend time with you guys. If they even suspected that you were gay, that
would be the end of that. And if they knew or suspected about me, I would
probably get shipped off to a private seminary school until I was thirty."

All three boys thought that Mattie was probably exaggerating but they would
do whatever they had to to protect their newest friend.

Following Mattie's directions, Dusty turned off the main road onto a long
unmarked paved road. The road went on for about a half-mile and then
stopped at a large wrought-iron gate.

Mattie pulled a key chain from his pocket that had what looked like a
device to open your car doors with. He hit a red button on the device and
the large gates swung open.

As the gates swung open, so did Zak's, Spin's and Dusty's mouths.  They
knew or at least suspected that Mattie's family was well off, but the house
they saw beyond the gate was more than any of them had imagined.

"Uh, Mattie," Spin sputtered. "Just how rich is your family?"

Mattie again got quiet. "More than I like to admit. You guys are actually
the first friends I have brought to my house in years. Most kids find out
my parents have money and they become very strange. Either they want to be
friends so they can get something or they treat me like I think I'm better
than they are. They never realize that my parents are the rich ones; I
could care less about the money. But, you guys have been true friends since
the day I met you, so I trust you to meet my family and keep my parents'
affluence a secret."

All three boys agreed that they would do as Mattie requested.

Dusty pulled up the long drive and parked in front of what he thought was a
mansion. The house was huge.

"Mattie, how many of you live here?" Dusty asked.

Mattie sighed. "Well, right now, just me and my parents and some of my
parents' help. They call them servants, but I don't like to refer to them
that way. My older brothers and my sister have all moved out. My sister is
a freshman in college, one of my brothers is a senior in college and my
oldest brother is a first-year law student."

"Wow!!" said Zak. "You're the youngest of four? You're the only one of us
that has siblings."

"Well," confessed Mattie, "I think I was a mistake. I think my parents were
ready to stop once Natalia, my sister, was born, cuz my mom wanted a girl,
but three years later they got the `bonus boy'. I'm really close to my
brothers, mainly cuz we all agree my sister is a raving bitch."

All four boys laughed at Mattie's last statement.

Mattie had sat next to Dusty so that he could give him directions. Zak was
next to Mattie and Spin was by the door. As Dusty and Spin opened their
doors, Mattie grabbed Zak and Dusty's arms to stop them. Both boys turned
to Mattie who had a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Spin hopped out of the truck and was so busy staring at the house that he
did not notice the other three still in the truck.

Spin almost jumped out of his skin when he heard a loud bark and looked up
to see a huge mastiff running straight towards him.

"Oh, shit!!" he yelled. He turned to jump back into the truck, but Zak had
shut and locked the door at Mattie's request. Spin turned around to face
the enormous dog. He steadied himself with his back against the truck. The
dog stopped in front of him and jumped up so that its paws were on his
shoulders. Only the truck was keeping Spin from hitting the ground. Spin
felt the dog's huge tongue start licking his face.

Herc saw a new playmate had cornered Spin and jumped out of the bed of the
truck and went after Spin too.

With both big dogs on him, Spin went down and ended up on the bottom of a
real doggy pile. Both dogs were licking Spin's face.

"Hey!!" Spin yelled from under a few hundred pounds of dog. "You guys want
to give me a hand here?"

Dusty, Zak and Mattie came around the side of the truck laughing.

"Herc!!" Dusty shouted. "Get over here!!" The Great Dane went over to where
Dusty stood. Dusty opened the passenger door and motioned to his dog. Herc
sadly jumped into the front of the truck. Dusty rolled the window down
halfway and shut the door. Herc whined at him since he was missing the fun.

Mattie called to the mastiff. "Caesar, come," Mattie ordered. The dog
immediately stopped his `attack' on Spin and walked over to Mattie. "Sit,"
Mattie commanded. Caesar sat right at Mattie's side as Mattie patted his
head.

Spin looked over at his boyfriend. "You also neglected to mention that not
only did your grandfather breed these monsters, but you had one."

Mattie laughed. "Caesar was given to me by my grandfather the last summer I
spent with him in Spain. He is the only one of the dogs my grandfather bred
that is still in the family. I hope when I am old enough, I can use him to
start a new line in honor of my grandfather."

"What about the horses?" Dusty asked

Mattie's eyes teared up. "Unfortunately, my uncle, my mother's brother, did
not want anything to do with the horses or dogs that my grandfather had
spent his life breeding and raising. So he sold them all and then he sold
my grandfather's estancia. Someday, I would like to track down some of the
horses and start breeding them again, but they were very valuable and much
sought after, so it will be hard to get my hands on one."

Zak and Dusty each took turns letting Caesar sniff them so he would get to
know them. Spin thought he knew him well enough already.

"Well," Mattie said, "let's go in and meet my parents."

The four boys walked into the house, Caesar right at Mattie's side.

They walked through the entryway and into a cavernous room with bookshelves
on three of the walls and a huge fireplace on the fourth.

A man and a woman sat at a table in the center of the room.

"Mother, Father," Mattie called as he walked into the room."

"Ah, Mateo," the woman said. "Home at last."

"Yes, Mother. These are my friends that I've been telling you
about...Dusty, Zak and Spin." He gestured to each boy as he introduced
them. "These are my parents, Carlos and Anita Alvarez."

Mr. Alvarez rose and shook each boy's hand in greeting and they all greeted
Mrs. Alvarez as well.

"I want to thank you boys," Mr. Alvarez said. "Since we moved here, we
could barely get Mateo out of the house and since he started riding at the
ranch and working with you boys he's so happy, but we never see him
anymore."

"Well, Mr. Alvarez," replied Dusty, "he's been a great help at the ranch
and he really helped me out of bind the first day he came there. I was
having an awful time training a new horse and he showed up and the horse
just took to him. He's been a different horse since he met Mattie."

"Ah, yes," said Mrs. Alvarez. "We have heard so much about Ash as well as
Phoenix and Onyx. Mattie has always loved his horses; he got that from mi
padre."

"Yup," interjected Spin. "If it's ok with you folks, Mattie is going to
come with us this weekend to help me pick out a new horse. We'll be gone
overnight, but we are staying at the ranch."

Both of Mattie's parents nodded their consent.

Spin, Zak and Dusty thanked Mattie's parents for allowing him to go with
them and then they said their goodbyes so Dusty could get Zak and Spin
home.

***

By 10:00 Sunday morning the four friends were on their way. They had gotten
to the ranch at about 7:00 and split the feeding and cleaning duties
amongst them and got everything accomplished quickly.

Mr. Jones had let Dusty borrow the F-250 Super Cab that the ranch had,
since it had a back seat and would be more comfortable for the four boys to
make the two-and-a-half-hour trip to Lancaster.

Dusty had hooked the horse trailer up to the truck so they could bring back
Spin's new horse, if he found one he liked.

Spin's dad had given him strict instructions to not get the first horse he
tried and to make sure he was confident in the horse he chose. Spin had
readily agreed. He secretly wanted to find a horse like each of his friends
had, one that would just be his.

The boys gabbed and joked and needled each other to pass the time.

About halfway through their drive, Dusty pulled into a Bob Evans restaurant
so they could grab an early lunch and stretch their legs. He had to pull
the truck around the back of the parking lot due to the trailer.

Zak, Dusty and Mattie spent most of their meal trying to keep Spin calmed
down. He was a whirlwind of excitement over the thought of getting his new
horse. The three boys kept laughing at Spin's antics and each tried their
best to get him to calm down, but it was proving to be an impossible task.

Finally, an exasperated Mattie grabbed Spin's hand and said, "Come with
me."

Dusty and Zak looked at him quizzically.

Mattie looked at them. "We'll be right back," he said.

He led Spin into the restroom in the back of restaurant. Luckily it was a
`one at a time' bathroom with a lock on the door.

Mattie pulled Spin into the restroom and locked the door.

He put his hands on Spin's shoulder and looked him the eyes.

"I know you are excited about going to this ranch and getting a new horse,
but you've got to calm down. You're driving us all crazy."

Spin nodded. "I know, but you know I can't help it. I just get so crazy."

"Well, then, we need to expel some of that energy," Mattie said as he
pulled Spin closer and locked his lips onto Spin's.

Spin kissed Mattie back. The boys stood there lip-locked for a few minutes
and then Mattie reached down and unbuckled Spin's belt.

Spin's eyes opened wide. "Wha..." he started.

Mattie looked him in the eyes while his hands were busy unzipping Spin's
fly. "Shh," he said. "Just relax."

Mattie let Spin's pants drop to the floor and nuzzled the redhead's
neck. He slipped his hands into the waistband of Spin's briefs and pushed
them down to Spin's knees.

Mattie dropped to his knees and took Spin's rock-hard tool in his hand. He
stroked his boyfriend's beautiful penis. He wiped a small drop of pre-cum
off the slit and stuck his finger in his mouth.

Spin's head started to swim as Mattie lowered his mouth over his cock and
began to lick and suck the pale-pink member. Mattie reached around Spin and
clutched his lily-white ass cheeks.

This was a new experience for both boys and Spin didn't last long as Mattie
worked on him. Within minutes he was screaming, "Mattie, I-I-I'm
c-c-umming!!"

Mattie doubled his effort and swallowed every shot that came from his
boyfriend's dick.

Spin leaned back against the bathroom wall panting, while Mattie ran his
fingers through Spin's bright-red pubes.  Finally, Mattie stood up, pulling
up Spin's briefs and jeans with him. He tucked Mattie's deflated penis back
into his briefs and zipped him up.

Spin leaned forward and locked his lips onto Mattie's. The two boys shared
another passionate kiss. Spin could taste the remnants of his seed on
Mattie's tongue.

Spin moved his hands to the front of Mattie's pants and reached for his
belt. Mattie grabbed his hands. "No," he whispered. "This was just for you,
to relieve some stress and calm you down." He smiled at Spin. "But, we need
to get back before they know that something is up."

They briefly kissed one last time and walked out of the restroom.

When they got back to the table, Dusty and Zak grinned at them knowing they
had gotten up to something while they were away.

Looking at the grins on Dusty and Zak's faces, Spin blushed a bright
crimson while Mattie was nonchalant and showed no reaction.

To their credit, Dusty and Zak didn't make any comments or say anything to
embarrass either of the younger boys. Whatever Mattie had done to or for
Spin had calmed him down and for that they were grateful.