Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:55:35 -0600
From: Joe Parker <jjptex@hotmail.com>
Subject: I Think I'm in Trouble Part I - Chapter 15

I THINK I'M IN TROUBLE


PART I


Chapter XV

(Felix)




It's a rainy night and I'm lyin here with my baby
holding him in my arms, my nose nuzzling into his
thick silky hair.., my senses drunk on his intimate
mysterious scent.

He's been rather subdued tonight, he wasn't at first
though.  He was so excited for havin me stay the
night, like a lil kid more than the king jock he likes to
portray at school.  He showed me the gym and we
had a sauna too.  I needed it!  When we went to my
house to get a change of clothes for tomorra he
made me bring my running gear.

Now I like to run, I go jogging 2-3 times a week but I
ain't runnin up that damn hill ever again!  Y'alls
couldn't pay me to run up the thang!

I had to take rests in the end because I wasn't used
to running straight up a steep hill for nearly 8 miles.
He's used to it obviously but I did appreciate how he
never ragged on me and how he kindly slowed the
pace and waited for me.

At one point he asked if I wanted him to hail a car to
come down and pick me up but like HELL!  No way
was I gonna pussy out of this - even if I never do it
again, I was gonna conquer this mountain.  I was
curious as to how he would go bout hailing security
or whoever.  Security had come down earlier to
collect his truck and all of our gear including
cellphones.  I jez wish I hadn't agreed to this hair
brained running adventure!

He just told me that all you gotta do is stand in front
of one of the security cameras (remember them) and
signal them to pick you up.

I waved the idea away and suffered on.  Luckily it
was rather cool, cold actually coz I was gettin
steamy hot runnin up that hill.

We finally made it, went straight to the gym, warmed
down, drank this cool electrolyte mineral water stuff
and then he showed me around the gym on our way
to the sauna.  Elroy was there working out as well as
two other older guys I did not know but wouldn't
wanna mess with.  Jake being typical Jake did not
even introduce me to them.  Whoever they were they
were hot!

Ain't never had a sauna before but wow it was
GREAT!  At first I was kinda reticent to go in there on
account of bein so hot as it was but it was awesome!
 There were these hot rock thangs that Jake kept
pouring water over to create more steam and I
couldn't see more than an arms length in front of me.

We stripped and he threw our clothes down some
chute in the wall.  I cozied up on the bench lying
between his legs.  His manhood soft and tumescent
at the same time letting my back regions know it was
there.  I loved the feeling.

His arms went around me and we spent the time
lazily kissing languidly in the steam.  I was worried
that somebody might barge in on us.  He sensed this
and told me that he switched the 'engaged' light on
as we entered.

I learned also that there is another sauna next door
called the Japanese Atami Bath House.  Apparently
we were in the Scandinavian one.  He left me
momentarily and locked the door, I felt much better
after that.  I fell asleep for a while in his wonderful
loving arms.

Later on he took me into a tiled room and threw me
into a frigid pool called a plunge pool.  I came up
swearin and cussin and got my face sprayed in the
effort as he joined me in the pool with a mighty
splash.

After a few moments we exited and I must say my
skin was tinglin all over!  We showered and changed
into big fluffy white bathrobes and loofah slippers
before he took my hand  and led me through a
corridor and up the elevators to his quarters.

We had dinner in a private dining room just down the
hall from his bedroom.  He told me before that
everything in this part of the house is his, I guess
that means the dining room too.  The nice staff folks
brought us up hot crusty rolls with herbed butter,
tomato soup and peppered salmon steaks with sea
salt and marjoram.

Dessert was custard and rice.
I've never had any of these thangs before, Jake
released the staff to go and we served ourselves.
We sat across from each other makin googly eyes
and bein all giggly.  He dolloped a spoonful of sour
cream into my soup and gave thanks.  Well I tell you -
I will be havin that soup again and the salmon was
wonderful, and the dessert was more-ish!  We kept
drinkin the mineral water stuff throughout.

After dinner we roamed into his study and did our
homework.  I noticed that all our stuff from the truck
had been brought up including my clothes for tonight
and tomorra.  How thoughtful they are, it's really like
another world up here and it intrigues me how Jake
takes it all for granted.  I guess he would havin been
raised like this.  He's known nothin else.

After our homework was completed mostly in silence
and good order and except for a few stolen kisses
we surfed the internet together and he chatted to
Clarke on one computer while I IM'ed Junior and one
of my old friends from KY called Brooke on Jake's
laptop.  My life has changed so much in the past few
weeks and I struggle with trying to believe it.

Here I am hooked up with a boy who is my cousin
who lives in a massive mansion and he is hotter than
sin and he's a BOY!  And like he's my cousin - yeah I
know I already said it but I can't quite get over it you
know what I mean?  What would my old friends think
if they knew what the hell I was gettin up to?

Here's Brooke talkin bout who is tryin to get his filthy
mitts on my ex girlfriend Jenni-Lee (we decided to
call it quits coz I were movin).  Yeah and here he is
sayin him and some of the boys wanna do a road trip
out this way to catch up with me.

I love the idea but I'm scared what they alls gonna
think of where my life has gone since I last seen
them?  I ain't so afraid of the reaction from my family
and new friends round here as I am bout the
response from my old friends.

The ones I growed up with all my life.  Still it would be
good to see them.  Junior is talkin bout the Starlight
Mountain Dance and although I think he knows
Jake and I are doin the 'wild thang' he still don't
miss a beat in tellin me all the stats on
Betsy-Lee-Meredith.

Yep those three names are her actual name and she
insists on bein called that.  There's no accountin for
what names you gonna get way out here in these
parts.  Her last name is 'Lee' as well which gives her
a full name of Betsy-Lee-Meredith Lee.  Go figure...

We got bored after a while and I could tell my baby
was tired and maybe even a lil down.  His Daddy
called from some other part of the house and they
spent some time talkin then Jake said goodnight to
him and rang off.  We peed, washed our hands
brushed our teeth (me using my new electric
toothbrush lol) and now here we are drowsily lying
together on his big soft comfy bed.  This time he is in
my arms and we are listening to a cd of his Mom.

The beautiful music is channelling many different
feelings through him I can tell.  Curiosity, wonder,
deportment, sadness, loss and the bittersweet joy of
recognition.  Jake seems to have made a connection
to that voice.  It's more than just a singer who is long
gone.

That's his Mom and as he quietly begins to sob
in my arms I start to croon along with the words,
singin to my baby who misses a Momma he has
never known. Singing and licking the tears away.


'I will lick your tears away
You don't need me you keep sayin
To the wind blowin through your hair
Ohhhh and the rain in your soul'
'I will keep your fears at bay
I will wash away the pain
Till you feel my love and care
I will lick your tears away'


He rolls over in my arms,

"Felix?"  he questions his voice hoarse and deep.
"I need you Felix, don't let me go okay?"
I am mystified as to where exactly this mood he is in
has come from.  Was it the music?  I think it was but
only partially.  His eyes aren't dull or anything,
they're quite bright tonight.

Shining with an inner light of  self discovery and
something else, something I can't quite put
my finger on.

"Darlin whassamatter?"  Our lips touch and kiss,
eyes closed - soft skin gliding gently.

When we are born our eyes are closed and we
kiss our way t'wards our Momma's breast.  I wonder
if that primal instinct is somehow connected to
the act of kissing that bring us so much
joy and satisfaction?

When I stop kissing Jake I just wanna go straight
back there again.  My hands undo his robe and come
into contact with his silky skin.  The great ridged
plateau of his chest with the nipple peaked caps of
his breasts.  And down over his serrated stomach
through the small silky patch of hair and around the
most obvious evidence of his desire.

His long truncated beam with its magnificent flanged head.
Like satin over steel finger by finger I trace up and
down like a centipede slowly creeping over every
inch of his silky smooth penis.  He leans back into
me, his voice making an exquisite 'Mmmmmm' sound
his eyes closed in delirium.  My other hand digs
underneath his body and comes out the other side
right where his floppy fattened testicles hang over
his legs.  They quiver and jump at the sensuous
attentions of my left hand.

"Baby let me jack you"  he says...

But no, this is just for him, for him only.

"No sweety I wanna make it like this, just for you"

He groans and gives up, giving in to the ecstacy.
A syrupy fluid flows freely from the rapidly filling
head of his penis and I abandon it for now because I
don't wish for it to erupt too soon.

I scoot down and begin licking around his thighs,
taking swipes at his two egg sized grapes as he
flicks his head from side to side.  His eyes open
every now and then to look at me incredulously,
lustily believing yet unbelieving.

I lick at the clear serum pouring out of the wide open
fissure at the tip of his cock.  It twitches alarmingly
and I grip it with one hand while licking deep into his
open slit.  His super stimulated scream reverberates
with passion and pleasure - splitting the spaces
between us.

"Felix! - ohhh what are you doing baby?!?"

'I'm licking the tears away my love'... I respond in my
mind.

My other hand has travelled beneath his balls and
they tickle at that wondrous spot between his hole
and his copious sacs of skin encased sperm.  His
whole body jumps and shivers with delight.  I bathe
his balls with my mouth and tongue struggling
mightily to get them into my mouth but I fail.

I thrill at the effect I am having on him.  His head
thrashing, his breathing more ragged than what any
up-hill run could cause.  And I raise his legs and let
my tongue lead me to the prize I've been thinkin bout
for days.  I glance upward and he is staring right at
me.

His amethyst eyes question and I nod once - Yes!
He lays his head back, his face beatific in the
knowledge of what I want to do.  I chuckle and hear
him grumble,

"Shut up and lick that hole haha!"

I smile in my heart, my Jake is coming back!
I grab for some pillows and he raises his powerful
thighs even further fully exposing his muscular
glutes and his beautiful little bud flexing and
quivering before me.  I drink in it's slightly pink
coloring.  Delicate and a little darker than the
perfectly tanned skin of his generous butt.

Reminiscent of a tiny starfish with the little wrinkled
lines and folds that lead out from its tremulous
hidden depths.

He smells of the walnut oil we used in the sauna and
the CK One shower gel we washed with in the
shower, just so perfect.  He groans impatiently and
shakes his legs and butt making me chuckle.

"Alright already!"  I laugh and he groans again...

"Do it Felix"

I lick from his ball sac all the way up the line of his
ass until I hit the spot and he shivers and cries out.
It feels like nothin I have ever traced my tongue over
and it tastes like the most sinful honey.  I start
lapping at his hot little ass hole and he I can tell jez
loooves it.  I love it too.  In my opinion I love it even
more!

I bathe and lick it with my tongue, while jacking his
cock which is harder than I've ever felt before.  I use
my other hand to stroke his hole and open up its
redder interior so I can inspect it with my tongue.

He's full on screaming and yelping with pleasure and
almost pain as I take him beyond anything that either
of us has experienced before.

My eyes feast on being able to see his face, his cock,
his balls, his ass and his hole.  He is stroking and
pleasing his nipples with his fingers and even the
nails of his fingers.  I slowly insert one and then two
fingers into his scorching rectum and slide them
deeper and deeeper until they hit that special place.
I work him for maybe a minute and then with the help
of some lube which he has thrown down to me a third
finger joins the other two.

He is panting now and I slowly pull my fingers out of
his distended hole which is now open a little wider
than it was.  I dive into the gap my hungry tongue
getting as far in as it can and my fingers join it again.
"Felix you, you CRAZY!"  He's not really makin sense
anymore lol.

My three digits are deep inside him again and my
mouth affixes itself to his cock which jerks once,
twice and then totally explodes until I choke on the
excess.  It dribbles out of my mouth and he pulls me
up along his body my fingers vacating his fantastic
hole.  He hungrily sucks his cum out of my mouth
which kinda shocks me and I dunno why I'm so
shocked after what I jez been doin lol.

He grabs me by the face and kisses the living
daylights out of me, laving my tongue with his and
thanking me with every delicious meeting of out
mouths.  Then he holds me away from him a lil and
looks into my eyes.  That sparkle is in his eyes
again, I have got my baby back.  He also has a
hungry look in his eyes too and I can tell that my
goose is cooked.  It's my turn next.

He hugs me to him, holding on to me with all he's got,
and then he yawns long and loudly.  Well my ass
may be grass but he ain't gonna be mowin it tonight
folks!  We quickly clean up, drink water, I pee and so
does he.  We clean out teeth and use mouthwash
and then back to bed.

We cuddle and kiss for a few minutes our cocks and
nuts all squished up against one another and I love
it.  His hand sneaks around to my ass and spreads
my cheeks, he strokes my hole as we kiss tenderly
good night.  My hand finds his silky hole and two
fingers slide right in and as far as I know they were
still there when I fell asleep.



(Jake)



Last night was just out of this world.  Felix did things
to me that I have only dreamed of and even then he
exceeded all expectations.  I was feeling morose and
more than a little down.  I was mad at myself for
feeling sad when I should have been glad to have my
Felix with me.

I tend to get in these funks from time to time and I
don't really know why.  I usually go find someone like
Dad, Grandmother or Miss Carol to cuddle up to but with
Felix here I did not want to do that and have him feel
weird or bad that he could not help me.  Worse than
that I did not want him to feel like he should not be
up here.

I have noticed how attentive he is to me (boy have I
noticed how attentive he is to me), but all joking
aside.., I can tell that it means a lot to him to be able
to read my thoughts and my moods.

He was not happy at school yesterday when Clarke
and Junior were able to read some of my signals but
he couldn't, and that will only come with time - it
goes both ways too.

But what he needs to self realize is that he can
already read things about me that nobody else has
ever succeeded in deciphering.  He is on a whole
different level to the other people in my life, even
Daddy.

And so I stayed with him, we went to the sauna, did
usual schoolwork stuff, ate dinner and as you know
later on we had wild and crazy monkey sex.... well at
least I did - he was the administrator of it.  I kinda
feel bad that I was too tired to reciprocate but the
satisfied and proprietary look on his face afterward
allayed some of my concerns.

And yes, he successfully brought me way the hell
out of my funk!  Mission accomplished.  I have never
felt more sexual than I did last night and I just know
that this is only the beginning of our sexual
relationship.  There are things we haven't done to
each other yet that are gonna burn the house down
and I can't wait!

He ate me out, tossed my salad, did the dirty deed
with the digits, not to mention his tongue!  At school
we all joke and laugh about anal sex and all that
goes with it.  Clarke cracks me up with his quest to
find jez one girl who is willing to go there lol.

Apparently his charms end at his asshole.  Lenore
by all accounts gives great head but she won't go
much further below the nuts.

I chuckle to myself because I have struck the
goldmine.  I have found the boy who loves every inch
of my body and last night he left me in no doubt
about that fact.  He makes me feel so vulnerable, I
can be so free around him and just let go.  There is
something incredibly sexual in being able to let go of
all your inhibitions.

I love the way his eyes drink me in and eat me up.  I
am quite used to being looked at by people.  I know
that I am attractive and my size always captures
peoples attention.  But from that fated/ill fated
moment our eyes first met, I haven't been able to get
enough of his inky blue gaze.

I am conscious of the way I put myself out on display
for him.  I flex, preen and let him see as much of me
in the way he wants to see me.  Not just physically
either but also emotionally, especially emotionally.
It's like that old Bryan Adams song, everything I do, I
do it for him.

This morning I noticed him watching me getting
dressed.  I do have rather long routine, much longer
than his.  We grabbed a quick shower coz we woke
up a little late.  I was frustrated coz I wanted to have
some of him in the shower but we slept like logs and
I forgot to set my alarm.

I quickly brushed my teeth, shaved, combed my hair
and body sprayed all the while watching him perform
his own morning duties.  He told me he's lucky if he
has to shave once every 9-10 days.  I gotta shave
every day.  My mouth went dry when he dropped his
towel and began slipping into a pair of stretchy
charcoal gray boxer briefs that molded themselves
to his package and ass like they were custom made.
He added fitted dark Levi's a t-shirt and a dark blue
cashmere sweater and I was totally gone.

I wasn't hard but my dick had that churning feeling in
the head and a tingly sensation in the nuts.
The effect he has on me is some kind of powerful
that's for sure!

So there he was all ready except for his socks and
shoes and I'm standing there like an idiot with only a
towel wrapped around me.  I looks at me with a
frown, one of those 'Get your 'a' into 'g' frowns and
my body starts working again.  I'm about to fish
around in my underwear drawer for a fresh pair when
he stops me.

"Please Jake, can I dress you today?" now he has
the 'gaga look' that I myself wore only a few seconds
ago.

Intrigued by the proposition I concur, standing
straight and placing my hands on my hips.

"Knock yourself out sport"

First he selects a slinky pair of black cotton lycra
bikini briefs that I haven't worn in a while coz I have
grown a bit.  I tell him this.

"Those are a little too small baby"

"Good they will stay on y'alls mind throughout the
day then won't they handsome?"

I slip the tiny briefs on and slowly pull them up my
eyes never leaving his.

He smirks and selects a pair of the darkest
chocolate almost black colored slacks and I slip into
them too.  The thin unlined material isn't gonna give
me much protection in when I'm outside today.  I
step into them and try to look sexy as I zip up and fix
the clasp.  Damn this underwear is gonna make me
hard today.  Just the thought that he chose it is
boning me up.

He sidles up to me and whispers,

"I know what your'e wearing under those pants..."

I gulp.

He throws me a plain white t-shirt and then a smart
rich moss green dress shirt, finished with a heavy
black half length coat.  We both admire his
handiwork in the mirror and I am impressed.  I look
hella sexay today haha!  He throws me a red scarf
and takes a blue one for himself we put on socks,
shoes, lace up and we're off.

I grab him in the elevator and we begin kissing.  His
hand sneaks around to find my ass and he traces the
outline of my underwear over my rump, my brief line.

"Better not bend over in front of folks today baby"
he says.

"Others will be able to guess what you got on"

"I have got quite an exhibitionist streak anyway Felix
baby"  I answer and his eyes widen...

"Yeah Felix, I think I'm gonna be dropping pens all
day long"

"..., ..."

DING! - we arrive at the ground floor, disengage and
head to the conservatory for breakfast.


***


"Boy where yall's mind at?"  Miss Carol interrupts
my dirty thoughts.

I smile guiltily and respond,

"Errr I'm just thinking about the day ahead Miss
Carol"

"You better be youngun, you jeez better be!"  she's
ultra suspicious.

Felix and I exchange a look...

Dad is in a meeting with Grandpa and Grandma right
now, they're taking breakfast in Grandpa and
Grandma's quarters.  Later on today they will be
meeting Grandpa and Granny Jarrow with their
lawyers to formalize all the money and land stuff Dad
has organized for Felix' family.  I return to matters at
hand and Miss Carol is fawning all over Felix.

"My darlin Felix" she looks upon him as if he's some
kind of innocent angel even though he's the devil in
disguise.

"Yalls rested well last night or did this lil hellion
sturb yalls all-a-night along?"  she points at me all
the while smiling at him.

"Well I did try to sleep Mam but Jake kept fidgetin,
Only the good Lawd knows jez what he were up to?"

His huge eyes flicker and flutter in a pose that even
Princess Di would have envied.

I immediately turn red and look as guilty as sin even
though I am mostly innocent as you can attest.  She
looks at me and waggles her fingers in my face.

"I got some mighty fine sleepy tonics that knock this
here boy clean out lil darlin Felix, Or I can instruct de
staff to prepare you y'alls own quarters an all"

"Awww that so kind an all Mam but I'll take my
chances with Jake, I think I can handle him"

We stare at each other, the double meaning bringing
another flush to my face.  His own remains guileless
as ever.., I seethe inside as I shiver outside.

Miss Carol keeps looking between me and him
rapidly so I distract her as best I can.

"Oh no not the nasty sleeping tonics again!"

 I cry out, holding my palms out in front of her.
She spends the next 5 minutes discussing
homemade recipes for different tonics and cure-alls
with Felix who surprisingly is quite interested in
such things.  I just play along and feign interest, not
that she's fooled of course.  She's not fooled by
anything we have been trying to pull on her.  She just
chooses to overlook them.

I keep sneaking food from his plate and running my foot up
and down his foot as he chatters away with Miss Carol.
He's remarkably collected until I get my foot in his crotch
causing him to nearly up end the table.

Miss Carol ignores this and suddenly raises her
hands, she's having a 'moment'.  She's been having
many of these lately...

"As long as y'alls stay right close y'alls will be safe
boys"

I wonder if she knows just how closely connected
Felix and I are right now, my foot lodged in his lap.

"Don't be tempted by de offerings of de Devil!"

That's kinda freaking me out now and Felix also, he
shoves my foot out of his lap.  Does she mean our
sexual explorations?

"There be two devils runnin round down there boys
and y'alls must be careful for y'alls souls..,  Jez know
that I am watchin and scoutin for yalls.  Miz Carol
lurve you both"

We nod, scared and confused but also heartened
because she has got our backs.

"Go go go!" she says and I quickly collect Felix, kiss
her cheek and leave.  When Miss Carol says go, you
better go there and then.  We rush over to the
mezzanine restroom and clean our teeth.  From there
it's off to school and not a word is mentioned about
what Miss Carol just told us.  With the benefit of our
youth we are distracted quickly enough from the
previous happening becoming embroiled in our own
self important teenage world again.


***


(Ryan)

It feels so good to finally have everything up and
running.  It also feel so good that the Jarrow's
actually trust us implicitly and seem happy for my
legal team and financial advisors to become their
legal representatives also, with some provisions.
They arrived promptly at 10. O'clock and we got
straight down to business.

Gary is a smart man, he is happy to utilize the skills of
my team until such a time as the Jarrow's can discover
and then transition over to their own separate firms of
advisors, accountants and solicitors, which is fine by me.

He also wishes to seek counsel from certain of his
brothers and other family members - also fine with
me.

In fact it's really got little to do with me what they
decide to do.  I'm just glad it's done now and my lung
capacity has increased because a mammoth weight
has been lifted from on top of me.

Gary has been on the phone to other senior
members of his family and they have all agreed that
he should steer things for them in the interim and on
behalf of John-James Jarrow who really does not
understand these processes and to be honest is
rather suspicious of them.

It is noticeable that Gary's most immediate concern is
for the welfare of John-James and Clara.  Plans are
being made for them both to get medical attention for
various ailments which will include a cataract
operation for the old woman and a better wheelchair
for the old man among other things.

But all this is just details in light of what they will
now be able to achieve for their whole family.  I think
of what Shonta had wanted for them and I smile at
how their own thoughts are in complete convergence
with her wishes.  Within ten short minutes of hearing
them speak, they completely ticked off her own
checklist without even knowing it.

I have always been blown away by just how in sync
this family is and the way they go about taking care
of each other with 'a lot' is just the same as how they
have cared about one another with 'a little'.  They do
it very well indeed.

They are not going to collectively sell up and head
for Beverly Hills (although they could if they wanted
to).  They are not going to throw money at each other
and their various problems.  They are going sit down
and have a family pow wow about what can be done
to advantage everyone without disadvantaging or
FURTHER disadvantaging anyone.

That last point is important, money does not solve
problems.  But the correct use of it can provide
better, more well constructed and longer lasting
answers.  Money is not power but it can empower.

They told me of the drug and alcohol problems
several members of their family face and I liked the
way they wish to use their new found wealth to help
those unfortunates among them in this respect - if
they so wish it.  In the days before I was stupid and
took their farm away from them, the home place was
a major source of produce, beef and crops for their
wider family.  This will become so again.

I still feel very guilty about my role in their worsened
situation and I think I always will.  The thought that
Shonta's spirit, presence - call it what you will,
stayed with me all the years intervening even after
what I did to her family is humbling.

They are still very shy and reserved about this
windfall that has finally found it's way to them.  Yet
as much as they are still shy and reserved about
it, they are determined to let it benefit their future as
a family and that's the key.  John James may profess
not to know much but one thing he said was very
profound.

"This money should boon us as a family always and
forever, and if it don't do that, then we ain't no family
and it jez become as snake money"

Miss Carol heartily agreed and called out her support
to Pa Jarrow.

"Yes sirree, an may it be de same for these Maxsons
and their alls money too I say!"

"Here here!" called Father, with Mother and I just
nodding politely.

Kathleen is looking at me with those shining
beautiful lilac colored eyes and I take her hand in
mine.  I get that fiery feeling in my nose as I look at
her bare ring finger and imagine a huge diamond ring
there.  For my Shonta there were amethysts and
sapphires (purchased on Mothers AMEX card).  For
Kathleen, if she will allow me there will be diamonds,
the forever stones of love.

The others have noticed our linked hands but they
choose not to mention it.  I check the expressions on
various faces.  Father unconcerned and
encouraging, Mother I think can see the ring already
and she loves the idea and Miss Carol openly
supportive of us all the way remains so.

The Jarrow's bless their souls seem careful but
willing to let another of their daughters try her luck
with a Maxson.  A part of me wonders if they will let
one of their sons try his luck with a Maxson son, and
vice versa.  It impresses upon me the promise I
made to myself that I would never imposition my son
the way I myself was imposed upon when I chose my
 lover.

Miss Carol has made it crystal clear that she won't stand
for me being a hypocrite by denying my own son his
right to seek happiness and fulfillment.

I think about any chance of a future I might have with
Kathleen.  I've been wanting to talk seriously with her
about the direction of our friendship/companionship
call it what you will.  She has indicated to me that we
are going to do this the old fashioned way and
although I would question what the 'old fashioned'
way actually entails, I'm not going to push her.

I've gone this long without feminine charms, I'm
sure I can wait a little longer but she's got to give me
something to hope for.  A reason to believe that
there will be an us.  I certainly believe there will be
but I still need to hear it.

The lawyers (who have missed all the underlying
currents) neatly wrap everything up and we move on
to lunch.

I've been thinking about Felix' need for a car and so
has Gary.  The boy got his license before they moved
out here, he just lacks a car of his own.

"Now Ryan, that Junior, the Sherriffs boy, well he's
taking Felix out to earmark a car today but does he
know what he's doin?"

"Yeah Gary, Junior really knows his cars, my
question would be - How much are you willing to
spend on the youngster?"

Gary shares a look with Kathleen who does not look
completely in agreeance with whatever it is that Gary
has decided. She shrugs and he smiles.

"Whatever the boy decides he wants, he gets"

"Fair enough then"  I reply.  "But did you tell him
that?"

"Of course not"  we all laugh at that one.


***


(Felix)


"Aaaaah Felix there you are boy!"  says Ms Lewis.
I cringe as I feel her come up beside me, what have I
done this time?

Jake growls low in his throat - he really doesn't like her.
Sometimes he acts like such an animal and I love it lol.

"I want you to come to my office next period, don't
worry you're not in trouble it's a good thing!"

The expression on my face eases...

"Your teacher next period knows where you will be
so don't bother checking in.

Besides I know you've already collected enough
credits in that class anyway.., you're just making
up the numbers there aren't you?"

She attempts to smile but her face is kinda frozen by
the rumored botox after effects.  I can only agree
with Jake and the others, she looks kinda 'melted'.

"Uhhh yes Mam I will see you then"  I reply warily.

"Good boy, now on to class you go, you too Maxson"

She scurries off in a cloud of cloying french perfume
and scarlet red power suit.

Jake grabs me by the arm and drags me off towards
the next class.

"What the hell was all that about dude?" he
questions, his deep voice rumbling.

"I don't know, got no clue what she could want me
for unless it's somin I done wrong an all?  But she
said I ain't in trouble"

I reply, like Jake wondering what that was all about.

"Yeah well be careful, I don't trust her and I don't like
her"  Jake warns, his voice low and urgent.

"Like what's she gonna do baby, inject me with botox
and infect me with her bad fashion sense? - Hahaha"

He's smiling but I think it's coz I said the word 'Baby'
- not from my lame jokin.

"That's the problem, 'baby' - I just don't know"

We separate from there coz his next class is biology
and mine is english.


***


"Hey Felixster, howzit goin dude?"

It's Mark whom I must admit is looking particularly
hot in khakis and a powder blue wool cable knit that
really makes his baby blues pop.

We got the next class together and we have been
sitting paired up for the past couple of weeks.  I
appreciate Mark, he really is the sweetest guy and
he's gone out of his way to include me in everythang.
It's not easy to do things apart from Jake coz Jake is
very proprietary and yes I do love that.  But Mark has
welcomed me into the basketball circle and
introduced me to some new buddies as well and I am
real grateful for that.


"So how's life with the Jakester?"  he half smiles...

It's difficult to know just how far to take things with
Mark.  He gives you this feeling of wanting to tell him
everything - I can't explain it but he just does.  I also
know that he's okay with what's goin on tween me
and Jake - more than okay.

"Hehe, it's goin better than you and Jessica"  I reply
He grins,

"Ohhhhh hooo, don't you be worrying bout
lil ole Jessica now my friend.  It's just a matter of
time, you'll see - I got plans!"  he waggles his
eyebrows and I laugh.

"Maybe I don't wanna see, like ewww!"

"Ha! well some of the displays you and Jake have
been putting on have been rather - shall we say..,
overt?"

I blush and we take our seats.

We share this class with Junior and I'll tell you now
he HATE HATE HATES english!  He has no real
problem with it cept spelling.  He jez cannot get the
gist of spelling words but what's interesting is he can
spell technical and difficult words fine.  It's the
simple words he cannot spell - and according to
Mark, even if he figures a troublesome word out, he
forgets it in time for the next time he has to
remember it again!

The teacher Mrs Cosgrove is mercifully
understanding but I can see in her eyes that she
feels like Junior has been let down somewhere by
the system.  She's a good teacher.  He's definitely no
dummy, he waltzes through his other classes it's jez
this one that gets him every time.

"Hey Felix buddy, we still on for the great car hunt
today?"

Did I tell you we're gonna go find me a set of wheels
today?  I'm so excited!  Jake wanted to come along
but he's got wrestling practice again which sucks but
in some ways it's good coz I fear Jake  might try to
dominate proceedings and choose my car for me.

That's why I like Junior coz all he's gonna do is tell
me whether I'm bein ripped off or not, nothin more.
It's gonna be a second hand car of course but Uncle
Gary told me to don't be afraid of what price my
choices might be.  I gotta take him back a list of 3
cars that I would really like.  I already got an idea of
what I am lookin for.

I love pick up's but I ain't gonna be buyin a truck.  I
don't have a part time job yet so I cannot afford to
maintain a truck and all that goes with it.  I don't
wanna buy somin that is cheap and nasty and will
eat up all my dollars (which are currently non
existent), in repairs and maintenance.  I want somin
that is small, economical and easy to service.

"Junior remember to take him over to that new
Japanese dealership on the way out of town"  Mark
says.

Junior frowns, not being a fan of non US car makes,
"Yeah I hear ya, I was planning to take him there"
He looks at me sideways.., I ain't sure if he was
gonna after all hehe.

The bell rings and I tell Mark and Junior that I won't
be in class with Old Droner today on account of goin
to see the Principal.

"You watch that old gal dude, she's got it in for you"
Mark warns.

"Ha! - last time I looked it was YOU she had the
knives out for Marky Mark!"

He startles me by grabbing my arm, he smells so
fresh and clean...

 "Listen to me Felix, somethings not right about her
and I think that anybody who gets too close to her
needs to watch out!"

He looks at me earnestly and I wonder to myself

'How the hell does Jessica resist this guy?'.  He's
like some kind of golden blonde knight.

"Hehe okay dude you are kind of freaking me out
here"  I am all squirmy now.

"Good be freaked out and stay freaked out, it might
save your life one day..."  he releases my arm and I
begin to walk office-wards.

"Hehe you ain't related to Miss Carol are ya?"  I look
back down the hall.

"Dude do not go there!"  he looks at me real serious.
"She talks to the angels!"

"Thought yalls dint believe in angels an all?"  the
distance now between us makes my voice echo.

"Hmmm maybe not but I DO believe in her..,

See you Felix, wouldn't wanna be you!"

Mmmmm I remember saying that myself to Jake jez
yesterday.


***


(Jessica)


So it's me, Felix and my good friend Kim sitting there
chattering away, waiting to be summoned into the
presence of her majesty.

All I know is that we somehow fit the prerequisites to
be able to do some bonus program which will look
good on our college applications.  I wonder why I
have not heard of this before but I don't get far
because Dr. Lewis is ready to see us now.

You can't help but like Felix, he's just a real
sweetheart, you take one look at him and you either
want to be ravished by him or you want to mother
him.  In my case it's definitely the latter.  I still get an
awful pain in my heart when I'm with him but it does
not last long and if anybody is to blame it's Jake not
Felix.

But I am determined not to play the blame game, that
would be foolish and would accomplish me little.
He's such a wonderful boy and all the girls are
having little love conniptions about him.  He is so
quintessentially paradoxical to Jake that I am left
shaking my head trying to figure out how they
haven't destroyed each other yet.., yet...

"Come in children!"

Dr. Lewis literally shouts at us as if we are dumb or
a football fields distance away.

I just love the patronizing 'children' quip too and I am
sure she deliberately meant to say it that way.  I
maintain my mask of polite interest and take the
proffered seat.

"Next Wednesday a good friend of mine will be
visiting our area on business.

She is a prominent freelance photo-journalist in
New York City and has graciously offered her
services to a small group of promising students!

Isn't that exciting!!!"  she squeals.

We all make the appropriate sounds, Kim in
particular is all ears since she is seeking to work
within the medium of journalism and broadcasting.

But to be honest I am also quite interested because
photography is a hobby of mine.  Felix just looks
nonplussed, he certainly is adorable with his purple
puppy dog eyes and his wholesome blonde looks.

It's no wonder Jake is sold on him, Jake has always
loved blondes...

My attention returns to Dr. Lewis..,

"Now the details aren't finalized yet but she is
offering to conduct a series of workshops with a
focus on event photography, interview technique,
source gathering, reconnaissance, block article
presentation and image selection"

"We need to think ourselves very grateful for this
wonderful opportunity and make the most of it!"
Felix shuffles in his seat.

"Mr Jarrow you are probably wondering what you are
doing here with two girls who are possibly more well
suited to this venture than you?"

It's hard to know whether she's insulting him or not...
 I would say that she is.  He opens his mouth to
speak but Dr. Lewis silences him with a raised
finger.  I can't help but notice how long her blood red
lacquered nails are.  They are real too.

"I know that you did well at your last school.  Moving
schools in Senior year is not ideal, therefore in order
to give some extra sparkle to your college prospects

I am giving you this opportunity for your resume"

He gulps and nods..,  "Uh thank you Mam, I am uh
just thank you"  he shrugs.

She sniffs clearly not impressed with his delivery but
she lets it go for now.

"Excellent, beginning next Wednesday you will be
spending every 2nd period and end of the day study
period with Ms. Khol for the next 12 of those periods
total.

The final 2 periods you spend with her will be used to
make a presentation to the school and then to the
PTA Committee"

Felix looks a little green around the gills about the
presentation part but Kim and I are quite excited by
the prospect.  Now that I know what's involved I am
quite ready to get down to it.  I address Dr. Lewis.

"Principal Lewis I am very thankful to you and Ms.
Khol for this fantastic opportunity you are providing
the three of us, thank you very much!"  I stand up
and we shake hands.

"Yes thank you soooo much Dr. Lewis!"  Kim
gushes, she can't wait to get started too.

Felix stands and mutters his thanks.  He reaches out
to shake her hand but she grabs it and pats his hand
in a 'There, there' fashion.

"Do not be afraid little boy, you will just looove
Aimee Khol.  Trust me you will absolutely adore her!"
After that we are summarily dismissed and chased
out of the office by Mrs Hinkle.

Kim begins talking immediately,

"Like wow wow wow wow and did I saw WOW!?!"

Felix rolls his eyes but I can understand her
excitement, I am excited as well.

"I'm so glad Jessica!"  she grabs my arm.

"She works in New York City like WOW HOW
GLAMOROUS!  Who does she contribute to???? --
People?, Vogue?, Cosmopolitan???"

"I am sure we will find out Kim-Marie"  I respond
trying to calm her down.

Felix takes this opportunity to escape.

"Uh yeah I'm excited too haha, anyway gotta go
guys, I'll see you at lunch!"

"Okay okay honey, see you at lunchtime"  Kim
giggles looking him up and down, liking what she
sees.

"Uh yeah bye"  he half waves and skips round the
corner.

"Wow he's a dreamboat ain't he Jess!"  Kim slaps
her hand over her heart and swoons leaning against
me and I laugh.

"Yeah he sure is a honey isn't he"  I shake my head
not really knowing why.

"Do you think he'd go to the Starlight Mountain
Dance with me?"  Kim is a pretty girl, brunette with
big dark eyes.

"Sorry Kim but I think he's already been snagged by
Betsy-Lee-Meredith"  I reply sagely.

"That utter bitch got my man!"  Kim places her hands
on her hips making me giggle at her dramatic
technique.

"Oh I'm sorry Jess I should not be talkin bout who
got who's man in front of you now should I"

Kim is good at putting her foot in her mouth but I'm
easy about it.  Finishing up with Jake still hurts but
I'll get over it.

Betsy-Lee-Meredith has been nicknamed 'BLAM' by
the boys.  She does the rounds so quickly that they
call it being 'Blammed'.  She has worshiped at the
temple of Lenore for years and is now the current
high priestess of it.

As Jake says.., 'Slam Blam thank you Man'...
accurate even if a little uncouth.

My train of thought is broken by the sudden
appearance of Mark Fisher.  He's been popping up all
over the place lately and I know why...

He's looking rather dashing today actually and I do
approve of his powder blue jersey.  It makes his eyes
flash electric neon blue.

"Excuse me Jessica, may I borrow Kim-Marie away
from you please?"

I am startled by this and so is Kim, he wants to
speak with her and not me?

"By all means Mark, have a good morning guys see
you at lunch if not before"

I take my leave of them and walk quickly away
towards the library but not before I hear Kim-Marie
scream...

"Of course I'll go to the dance with you Mark oh wow,
wow, wow and did I say WOW!?!"

For some strange reason my step falters and my
heart shudders for a few heartbeats.  I quickly
recover myself and continue on to the library trying
hard not to run.

What on earth is wrong with me?  I force the
question from my mind, the answer to that question
is untenable.



***



(Felix)

"I want that one!"  I point at it.

"Naw that ain't even cool lookin man!"

Junior looks horrified.

"I don't care, that's the one!"

 I rush over and hold on to the thing for dear life.

"But it's Japanese dude! You cannot be serious!"

"Okay 'Johnny Mac Junior,' you said you weren't
gonna do this!"

"Aight aight - whatever but why this one?"

"Because she told me so"

I smile at his reaction, he thinks I'm nuts
but oh well - he ain't the only one.

"Felix we gotta discuss all those other cars"

He points back down the road to the American
dealerships.  I am as patriotic as all get out but
I jez like this car.  I jez know he wants to rush
out of the yard.


When we first got here he did not want anybody to
see him sniffin round a 'Damn foreign yard'.
He hid his truck round the back even and he's been
lookin round checkin to see if any familiar cars were
comin down the road since we got here.  I called him
on it and he denied it, so I tested him.

"Hey it's Clarke!"  I called.

"What!?! - Where?!?"  he made a neat dive behind
the nearest corolla all the while tryin not to touch
it as if it had fleas or somin.

"Jeeez Junior you sure are a big fat liar!"

His big green cats eyes looked up at me,
he'd been snapped.

He stood up guiltily and shrugged.

It was at that point that I discovered my baby!
She's a 2003 metallic blue Echo hatch and I don't
need to look no further.  The sales dude told me later
that her owner was some lil ole lady who only drove
her for a year before her eye sight forced her to
quit drivin altogether.

My lil blue baby sat in a garage for a few years and
after the old lady died they tuned her up and well
here she is!

"I don't wanna hear bout those other cars Junior lets
go to the office and tell the guy and I will
call Uncle Gary now"

So we went to the office and the dude came and
chatted with Junior as he inspected the car.

I just stood back and watched, especially their
hot butts as they looked under the hood hehe.
I was gonna get a pix of that but Uncle Gary
called back.  I could not get Uncle Gary
immediately so I left a message but he
called back pretty quickly.

I gave my phone to the salesman and waited
anxiously, hoping the price would not be too
high for whatever Uncle Gary
was prepared to spend.

Shortly after that the sexy salesman handed
the phone over to Junior and the most amazin
thang happened!  Juniors' eyes narrowed and
he may as well have been speaking in tongues
for all I knew.  I thought he was entirely too
aggressive as he and the salesman appeared to
go toe to toe, cutting and weaving,
too-ing and fro-ing.

They fought over the price mostly, that much I
could understand but there was lots of other
stuff they haggled over that went whoooosh
way over my head!

After about 10 minutes of gesticulating,
whining and growling they finally quit
and shook hands, smiling broadly.

The salesman actually offered Junior a job but
he staunchly refused lol.  The salesman
whose name is Pete jez smiled and said,

"You remind me of myself dude"

They shook again and almost on second thought
remembered that I was there, like HELLO!
They both shook hands with me and I was given
some papers to sign and he threw me the keys
which I dropped lol...

I was surprised he let me take the car even though
it hadn't been paid for as yet. When I queried this
Pete jez pointed at Junior and said,

"That there is the Sherriff's son if I'm not mistaken.
I'll take my chances but if you ain't real the next fleet
of police vehicles are gonna be Toyota's hehehe"

I smiled and we exited the office to find my lil blue
baby had been driven by a mechanic to the roadside.
I gave Junior a hug (which embarrassed him) and invited
him round to supper some time next week
(which excited him).

Junior jumped into his truck and roared off down
the road leaving me to drive around in a dream learning
the feel of my car.

"Car, my name is Felix and I am gonna treat you
like a princess"

That would be my name for her from this day forward.


'Princess'.




**************************************************************




And so he drove his little car home, excited
and contented and with that first thrill of
independence that comes with the
possession of ones first car.

Meanwhile Felix' cousin Jake is also driving, up
the mountain road that leads home.
His mind on his lover, wondering what kind of
truck he had settled on.

In Jake's mind Felix was definitely going to choose
a truck.  There is still so much that both boys have
to learn about one another, so much
they still don't know.

Across town Mark Fisher punches the alarm code
into the key pad of the Forkridge branch of Fisher
Furniture.  His mind swirling with anxiety over
whether his plan to win Jessica's
attention will succeed.

He just hopes it won't backfire.  He has started
praying recently for the first time in his life.

As for the object of his affections and prayers,
she is busy searching the net for more information
about Amy Khol and she is slightly concerned
about the media field Ms. Khol has made her name in.
Tabloid journalism?  Expose' photography?
She frowns and creates a new file.

She names it ' Who is Amy Khol?'

Down on Cross Street Kathleen Jarrow is taking a break
from cooking dinner.  She felt guilty about quiting her
job today but with the elder Jarrow's to think about
she had little choice.  They asked if she knew of anyone
else who might be interested and she nominated her son.
He will need money now and has been talking about
getting a job for a while.  She starts practicing a new
signature on a napkin with a pen.

The initials K.M. - she laughs at her scrawlings reminiscent
of adolescent daydreams about what boy
she wanted to marry.  'Oh well at least ONE person will be
happy I'm no longer working'.

She gets back to fixing dinner.

Lenore Rivera stands shivering in the late afternoon cold
on a dark unlit back street on the bad side of town.
She awaits the the familiar roar of her brother Matthew's
noisy truck.  She taps her foot and once again curses
the fact that her license has been revoked.

Her little drink driving episodes did not
please her father too much.

She thinks back on the hot sex she just had with
'Builder Brad' in his trailor.  The sex was indeed
fantastic as it always is with him.  But something
he said earlier really piqued her interest.

He told her that he had been over to the principals'
house just the other day to do a job.

Nothing unusual about that except for two things.

He had to soundproof a room and place bars over
the lone window of that room.  Of course he was
paid to keep quiet because many precious things
were going to be stored in that room.

But soundproofing? - Actually thinking isn't one
of Brad's forte's but he makes up for it in other ways.

Lenore sees a chance here to play her favorite game.

'Super Sleuth'

She looks up suddenly as headlights shine across her way.
From the thunderous sound of the engine and the
rattle of the noisy vehicle suspension chains in the utility
box in the back of the truck she knows it's her brother.

"It's about time Matthew! - I was only waiting half an hour!"
the sarcasm goes over his head and she rolls her eyes
and slams the door before belting up
like a good Sherriffs child.

"When are you gonna take those damned chains out
and leave them in the garage?

I hate that damn noise they make rattling around like that!"

"Shut up, those were Grandpa's lucky chains now hear?"

Junior replies sullenly his mind on meeting up
with his girlfriend Beth in a little while.

"Grandpa carted them chains round everywhere
and used them to help all sorts of folks out"

"Yeah but he operated a TOW TRUCK
Matthew like HELLO!?!"

Matthew ignores his older sisters last comment
and keeps driving down the road.

"Soooo a lil bird told me that Brad Campbell's
got the clap"

"Oh just SHUT UP you little brat!"

"You shut up! - I'm tellin Mom where you been!"

They argue all the way into the night just like
millions of brothers and sisters all over America
are doing right now.

But the wind doesn't argue, it just blows,
The sun doesn't complain it just shines,
The ocean doesn't cry it just rolls,
The spirit doesn't question, it just knows.

The rhythm of life is a powerful beat...



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