Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 11:49:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Thomas Gaige <togaige@yahoo.com>
Subject: My Step-Brother Jacob - Chapter 13

DISCLAIMER:  The following story is FICTIONAL.  It contains descriptions
of sexual  activities between teenage boys.  If you are not over 18 years
of age, or if you find this type of story offensive, or viewing this
material is illegal where you are, then please DO NOT READ IT!  If you
choose to read it, then - I hope you enjoy it!

			   My Step-Brother Jacob
				Chapter 13
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Once we were in my car, on our way back to Grandma's, Andy said to me,
"so what's with this Boob guy?"  I sighed heavily and said "What do you
mean?"  Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Andy looking carefully
at me, as I drove along.  "Well," he began, "I got the feeling when we
ran into the guys at the mall that he has a problem with me, and I got
the same feeling just now."  I sighed again, then told Andy about what
had happened between me and Boob before our rehearsal.  "Oh" was all he
said.  I looked at him.  He looked back and said, "I'm sorry if I've
caused a problem between you and him."  "You haven't, he has," I said.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Andy asked.  "Nothing more than
I've already done," I said, "he has to understand that, although he and I
are friends, and he is my best friend here in the states, that you're an
important person in my life!  I told him that, and thought he
understood.  Listen, Andy, you're my best friend overall!  I love you!  I
couldn't tell him that.  It would have hurt him too much.  Also, I can't
'come out' - not yet.  Although, well..."  "Well, what?" Andy asked.
Then I told him about how Mike was checking me out while I peed and how I
thought his crotch was bulging when I shook my dick at him.  "Wow!" Andy
said, "do you think he's gay, and wants you?"  "I never have had a reason
to think that before," I said, "but he was sure acting differently in the
boy's room!  Don't worry though, it's you I want - not him!"  Andy smiled
then, and leaned over and bussed me on the cheek.  I grabbed his crotch
and gave it a quick squeeze.  "Hmm - any good parking spots around here?"
Andy asked, reaching for my crotch and giving it a gentle squeeze as
well.  I grinned, and made an abrupt right onto River Road, just before
we were about to cross the bridge over it.  Andy grinned hugely then.

I accelerated a bit faster, and in a couple minutes, we were at the
pulloff that overlooked the river.  It was plowed clear, and nobody was
there.  I pulled off into it, and parked facing the river.  Before I even
had the parking break set, Andy was unzipping my fly, and unbuckling my
belt buckle.  He quickly exposed me, and as I spread my legs and reclined
my seat, Andy leaned over me and sucked my cock into his hungry, hot, wet
mouth.  Damn his mouth felt good.  He sucked on my semi-hardon, making me
fully erect within seconds.  Then he continued sucking up and down my
dick.  He reached up under my shirt and tweaked my left nipple.  He
continued squeezing it lightly, as he sucked my cock.  I laid back in my
seat, moaning lowly, enjoying my lover's attention.  After about a
minute, I felt my orgasm starting to build.  "Mmm, I'm gonna shoot soon
Andy!" I purred.  Andy quickened his pace slightly, and all of a sudden I
cried out, as I felt a burst of cum shoot through my dick, and into
Andy's mouth.  He swallowed it, groaning "Mmmm!" himself.  I shot several
more squirts of cum into Andy's mouth, as he continued sucking on me,
until my orgasm ended, and he'd sucked me dry.  Finally, he pulled away
from me and sat up grinning, and licking his lips.  "Tasty!" he grinned!
I snickered, as I stuffed my softening dick into my jeans and zipped back
up.  Andy looked around quickly, and seeing nobody around, reclined in
his seat and unfastened and unzipped his jeans, exposing himself for me.
Then he laid back, with his hardon, exposed, and twitching with
excitement.  I grinned, as I leaned over him, and took his member in my
hand, straigtening it up, so I could lower my mouth over it.  I sucked in
almost all of his cock, and began sucking up and down on it.  "Oh yeah!"
he exclaimed, and put his hands behind his head and leaned back closing
his eyes.  I reached up under his shirt and found one of his nipples, and
began tweaking it, like he'd done for me.  He giggled as my hand brushed
up his belly, then gasped as I squeezed his nipple.  I continued kneading
his nipple, and sucking on his cock.  After about a minute, Andy began to
thrust his hips up and down a little, and out of the corner of my eye I
saw his nostrils flaring.  "Ohhh!" he groaned.  A few strokes later, and
I felt his first glob of cum surge through the vein-like urethra on the
underside of his cock, and explode into the back of my throat, as he
cried out "Oh God!  I'm Coming!"  I continued pumping up and down his
cock, and squeezing his nipple, as he pumped gob after gob of hot cum
into my mouth.  I swallowed it all.  I sucked on him, till his orgasm
ended, and he relaxed.  Then I pulled off him, and sat up smiling at him,
as he grinned at me.  "God Damn!  That was Brilliant!" he said, as he
pushed his penis back into his pants and got dressed again.  Then he sat
up and looked around again.  Still no one around.  I reached over and
drew Andy to me, and kissed him, he responded and our kiss lasted a long
time as we explored each other's mouths with our tongues, enjoying the
flavor of the after-taste of our own cum that still coated each other's
mouths.  Finally, I broke away and sat back in my seat.  "I love you
John!" Andy said softly, smiling at me.  I grinned and said "I love you
too Andy!"  Then I started the car and backed around, and we drove again
toward home.

Grandma cooked a wonderful Turkey dinner for all of us.  We thoroughly
enjoyed it, along with several kinds of pies for dessert.  Then we all
sat around visiting and playing board games the rest of the evening.
Around 11:00 Dad and Elizabeth left, saying they wouldn't be back until
the next evening, for supper.  We all went upstairs to bed then too.
Jacob and Harry grinned evily at us as we said Good Night, so we knew
they were planning a tryst before going to sleep.  Scott asked if I'd be
joining them tonight, and I said I wouldn't.  Both he and John grinned,
then disappeared into their room.  I thought I heard the lock click this
time.  I grinned at Andy, and he waggled his eyebrows at me.  We went
into our room and closed and locked the door too.  Immediately, Andy
began stripping.  I joined him, and once we were naked, we hopped into
bed together.  We got into a '69' and spent an enjoyable several minutes
pleasuring each other, sucking each other's cocks and balls, and rimming
each other's assholes.  Finally, we returned to sucking each other's
cocks, and within minutes, we were both exploding into each other's
mouths.  When we'd both finished cumming, Andy, who was facing the foot
of the bed, swung around and snuggled into my arms.  We pulled the covers
up over us, and drifted off into peaceful sleep together.

The next morning, Andy and I made everyone Eggs Benedict for breakfast.
Afterward, we hung around the house a little while, then finally, the
boys were bored, so I suggested we go to the beach.  "In the winter?"
Jacob asked, looking at me like I was crazy.  "Sure!  It's a nice day,
c'mon!"  So we told Grandma we were going to the beach, and took off.  We
stopped at a 7-11 and I picked up a few bags of popcorn and some sodas.
It wasn't far to my favorite beach, we were there in a few minutes.  It
was sunny, and relatively warm for winter - about 40 degrees.  There was
only a slight sea breeze, and the sand was clear of any snow.  The boys
all ran out onto the beach, as Andy and I followed them.  First thing we
did was feed the popcorn to the gulls, who flocked around us.  I got
several great pictures of the boys and the birds.  Then we took a walk up
the beach.  There was one older man, using a metal detector, who we
passed as we walked along, looking at the ocean.  Jacob and Harry were
busy collecting sea shells.  Mostly they were clam shells, but they were
enjoying stuffing them in a bag I'd given them.  At one point Harry
joyfully ran up to me, displaying a Frisbee he'd found washed up on
shore.  This of course prompted an impromtu game for Frisbee for all of
us!  Eventually, the twins decided to build a sand castle.  We all joined
in and after some time, we had quite the sand fortress excavated.  We
took a break and drank our sodas, then we went and found more shells and
decorated our fortress with them and a few sea gull feathers we'd found
as well.  We took a bunch more pictures of all of us posing with our
creation.  It was well after noon by then, and we'd been out in the cold
and wind quite some time, so I suggested we take off, and possibly go see
a movie.  We walked back to the car, passing the man with the metal
detector again.  He waved at us.

I drove us all to the mall then.  We selected a movie to see, but had an
hour and fifteen minutes before it was to begin, so we bought our tickets
ahead, then went to the men's room and washed up.  From there we went to
the food court, and everyone found something they felt like eating for
lunch.  By the time we'd finished eating, we still had a half hour left
to wait, so we walked down the mall.

In the middle of the mall, we came upon an ear-piercing kiosk.  Jacob's
and Harry's eyes lit up and they both started shouting how they wanted to
get an ear pierced like mine was.  I noticed Andy was grinning and
looking at the earrings himself.  "No Way!" I said, "Can you imagine what
your parents would do if I let you get pierced?"  "Well, my parents are
your parents, and you're already pierced!" Jacob said looking at me
pointedly.  "And I think mine won't care!" said Harry.  "Grandma won't
mind," John cried.  "Yeah, if you say it's OK, she'll be OK with it,"
Scott said.  "You're not in charge of me to begin with," Andy added,
grinning at me.  "Oh, shit!" I said, "you too?"  He grinned and waggled
his eyebrows at me.  "Whatever!" I said, and the boys all started
giggling and talking at once.  "I'll go first," Jacob cried, "I want a
hoop just like your's John!"  I laughed and said, "Well - you have to get
a post for your first one, it's how it's done!"  The girl behind the
counter was laughing as all five excitedly started looking at the
'starter set' choices.  "How much for five piercings?" I asked, looking
at her.  She laughed and told me they were having a special that day.  I
said, "OK - you guys each pick out one of these," and I pointed at a
section in the case, "and I'll pay for it for all of you!"  There were
various cries of "Cool!"  "Wow!"  "Really?"  and "Thanks!"  "Just hurry
up, or we'll miss the flick!" I said, laughing.  In the end, Harry chose
a Silver cube shaped one, Jacob and the twins each chose a gold ball, and
Andy chose a fake diamond.  I paid and all of them took turns sitting in
the chair and each got their left earlobe pierced!  Each was given a
couple of packets of triple antibiotic ointment to apply a few times a
day, and we left.  I chuckled as we walked toward the movies and they all
were dabbing at their ears with kleenex, not so sure they'd made a good
decision, as it hurt a bit more than they'd thought it might!  I had to
admit though, they all looked good with them!

We saw our movie, and the plot was riveting, so it took their minds off
their ears.  Then it was time to go home for supper.  I also had to get
ready for tonight's concert!

I wasn't very popular with Grandma, Dad, or Elizabeth when we got home,
and it was discovered that I'd let all the boys "deface" their bodies!
It got worse when Grandma asked how the twins had paid for it, and it
came out that I'd paid for them all!  Dad was really pissed then!  "Well
Alan, you and I both knew Jacob would be wanting one sooner or later,
since John has one!" Elizabeth said finally.  "But what will Harry's and
Andy's parents say?" Dad asked.  "Oh Alan," Grandma said, "don't worry
so.  If they have a real problem with them, they can remove the earrings
and the holes will close up in a bit!"  "I suppose, but NO MORE
piercings!" he said glaring at all five of the boys, then he glared even
more sternly at me!  "Yes sir" everyone mumbled.  I just looked Dad in
the eye, somewhat defiantly.  He didn't break his glaring stare.  Finally
I said "Fine!" and he looked away.  "Um I suppose tatoos are out of the
question then?" Scott asked.  "Absolutely NOT!" Grandma and Elizabeth
shouted together!  Andy and Harry snickered, but Jacob looked at his
mother and said, "John has tatoos." "Yeah," John cried, "he does!"
"Guys!" I said, "I got those when I was young and not so mature.  I still
like the ones I have, but maybe someday I won't anymore, and then it'll
be too late.  It's not something I'd do again!  They're permanent, unlike
a pierced ear.  Promise me you won't be stupid like me and get tatooed!"
The adults, and even Andy smiled when I said that, although the boys
grumbled a bit, but finally all nodded or said "OK".  "OK then - time to
eat," Grandma said, and we all headed for the dining room.  Grandma
pulled me aside and said, "I don't really care about the earrings, but
please be careful with the twins, they both idolize you so much.  They
want to be just like you, but they're not old enough to handle many of
the things that you are old enough to handle."  I smiled and said, "don't
worry, I think of them as if they were my own little brothers, I won't
let anything bad happen to them."  Grandma smiled then, and we joined the
others.

After supper, I made all the guys follow me to the bathroom, where I
showed them how to clean and medicate their earlobes.  None of them were
too fond of it, but I told them that if they didn't do it a few times a
day, their earlobes would fall off.  They all snickered and agreed to do
what I said.  Then, it was time to get ready to go to the concert.  I
went upstairs to get ready.  You could've heard a pin drop when I walked
back into the living room, guitar in hand, and they saw me in my stage
outfit.  Andy said "Son of a Bitch!" under his breath.  The twins started
snickering.  They'd seen me dressed to play before.  I had on a pair of
black western-style boots, black leather pants that really accentuated my
crotch, and a black long-sleeve cotton shirt, sleeves rolled up, and the
top few buttons open, so my chest was exposed.  The gold necklace Andy
had given me glittered against my skin, nestled in the little bit of
chest hair I had.  I figured it was the pants that had gotten most of the
boys' attention, as their gazes kept returning to my bulging crotch.
Elizabeth's attention seemed to be drawn there as well.  My father
however was staring at my eye makeup.  I'd used some black eye liner at
the base of my lashes, and under the lashes under my eyes.  I'd also
added a couple of black tear drops with the eye liner, dripping from my
left eye.  "You look just like a rock star!" Grandma said, smiling, "but
no time for that now, get going, or you'll be late!"  "Andy, why don't
you ride with me - you guys - save him a seat!" I said.  He grinned and
grabbed his jacket.  I put on my leather biker's jacket and told the
others I'd see them later, and we left.

"Are you nervous?" Andy asked as I pulled into the high school parking
lot.  "Not really," I said, "just really excited.  I'll be nervous in a
while, just before we play!"  Andy chuckled, "Well, just concentrate on
what I'm gonna do to you after the concert when we get home, and you've
still got those pants on!"  I grinned, but then remembered, that there
was a party after the concert.  "What's wrong?" Andy asked, as my smile
faded.  I told him about the party.  He looked a little disappointed,
until I told him he was coming with me.  Then he grinned again.  "What
about the guys?" he asked.  "They can come to the reception after the
concert, but then they have to go home.  The party's for seniors only!"
Andy grinned again.  I parked the car on the edge of the parking lot,
under a light.  Andy looked around, and then said, "C'mere, and let me
give you a good luck kiss!"  I leaned toward him, and we kissed briefly.
I grabbed my guitar out of the back seat, and popped the trunk, so I
could get my amp out too.  Andy carried my guitar in, and I carried the
amp, which was pretty heavy.  It was a BIG amp!  I'd rented it for the
couple days I needed it, so I didn't have to bring my own over from
England.

All the rest of the guys were already there, in our waiting area
backstage, except Boob.  "Where's Mike?" I asked.  "He went to look for
you," Turkey said.  "Here he is now," Legs said.  Mike walked in behind
us.  He looked upset.  I noticed his glance kept falling on Andy.  I
clapped him on the back, and grinning said "You're not nervous, are you?"
"No, I'm alright," he said, and went over to his guitar, and started
checking if it was tuned.  Andy gave me an 'I told you so' look, then
said "I'm gonna go find my seat, you guys have 'Band  stuff' to deal
with.  Good luck all of you!"  I smiled, as all the guys, except Mike,
replied with "Thanks" or "See you later".  I smiled and winked at Andy,
and he smiled back and left.

We all got our instruments ready then, and were all set by the time the
show started, even though we were scheduled to play last.  Mr. Haggerty,
the principal, had whispered to us that he knew we were good, and he
wanted a good act to close the show with.  I peeked out and saw that we
had a full-house, and even a bunch of people were standing along the back
and side walls.  I saw Dad, Elizabeth, Grandma, and the boys taking up
almost an entire row of seats about half way back, dead center to the
stage.  Shortly, the principal announced the first act, and a group of
girls all went onstage and sang a couple of songs, acappella.  There was
enthusiastic applause as their act ended.  Then some dancers went on
stage, and did their thing.  As we waited, the principal came over and
said "you guys are down for two songs, can you possibly do a third?  One
of our groups canceled at the last minute."  We were shocked, but talked
together a minute, and the guys talked me into inserting a new song I'd
written in England, inbetween the two songs we'd planned to play.  This
one spotlighted me, as it was more of a ballad.  Thus there was less
instrumentals behind it than some other songs, and it would make things
easier on the guys.  Besides, they all thought it was great!  So we told
Mr. Haggerty we'd do three songs.

Several acts went by, there was a small intermission, then the other acts
played.  Finally, it was our turn.  We walked out onto the stage to loud
applause.  As the applause died, I heard a girl's voice yell from the
back left of the audience "I really missed you Johnny!"  Turkey gave a
badda-boom on the drums.  I grinned, held my hand over our eyes, and
focused on where the shout had come from.  Then I saw Jenny, a senior who
I knew had the hots for me waving at me.  "I missed you to Jenny!" I said
into the mike and waved back.  There were chuckles all over the
audience.

I introduced the band, and our first song, and we played.  I was
surprised at how great we played together, considering we'd only gotten
to rehearse once since I got back.  It felt great to be playing together
again!  We played really well!  By the time the we finished, I wasn't
nervous anymore, and the crowd was applauding loudly, accompanied by
several whistles from some of the guys in the audience.  Grinning, I
announced that the next song was one we hadn't played before yesterday,
so I hoped it was good.  "I wrote it for someone very special to me!" I
said, looking at Andy, who looked dumbstruck.  I hadn't played or sang it
for him before, and he didn't even know I'd written it.  Jacob and Harry
realized right away that it was Andy I was speaking of.  They were
grinning.  Nobody else realized though, although I thought that out of
the corner of my eye, I saw Boob looking at me with a hurt look.  We
started the song, and I sang of my love and passion for my lover.  In the
song, I make no reference to a specific person, and you couldn't even
tell if I was singing it to a man or a woman.  The audience, believing me
to be straight, all assumed I'd written the song for Lynn, or else, for a
girl I'd met in England.  When it was over, the applause were thunderous,
a few girls were screaming, and we received a standing ovation!  I saw
Andy, smiling at me, as a couple of tears ran down his cheek, which he
quickly wiped away.  People were yelling for more!  So, before they were
completely finished applauding, I lead the band into our last, and (in my
estimation) best song.  Toward the end of it, as we were gearing up for
our big finish, I noticed most of the audience was standing up and they
were dancing at their seats.  When it was over, they were all on their
feet, cheering and applauding.  It was incredible!  Two standing
ovations!  We were all elated, as we walked off the stage, the applause
still pounding in our ears.

Everyone backstage told us how great we were.  They were saying we should
go professional.  "My thoughts exactly!" I heard a man behind me say.  I
spun around and there was a man with dark hair, who was wearing a suit,
and appeared to be in his thirties, looking at us.  "Can I speak with you
guys for a minute?" he asked.  We moved to a corner, and he introduced
himself as a talent scout for a recording company in NYC.  He said he'd
like us to audition with the company, to see if we might have a shot of
putting out an album!  At first we all just stared at him, but then we
were all talking excitedly at once.  The guy stood there smiling and
chuckling.  After we'd calmed down a bit, he told us he thought we were
great and we really stood a good chance of putting out an album!  He
wanted us to audition as soon as possible.  All of a sudden I remembered
we were due to go back to England in a couple days.  He asked when I'd be
coming back, and I said I didn't know, so he asked if we could come to
the city before I left.  The guys all looked at me, praying I'd say yes.
Which I did.  So we set it up, so that we'd call him in the morning to
set it up for the next day.  He took our names and numbers down, and
passed out his business card to each of us.  Then he shook our hands and
left.  To say we were excited was an understatement!

Quickly we packed our stuff up and ran it out to our cars, then went to
join everyone at the reception in the gym.  We all went off to see our
respective families to tell them what had just happened.  We agreed to
meet up again later, at the party.  When I told Dad, Elizabeth, Grandma,
Andy and the boys about the audition, they were all excited and started
talking all at once.  I couldn't believe it yet myself.  Finally, we
might be getting the break we all hoped we'd get someday!

A lot of the kids I knew from school started coming over then to see me,
including Jenny, who wrapped her arms around me and kissed me on the
lips!  I introduced everyone to my friends.  The reception lasted about
an hour, then people started leaving.  Grandma wanted to get the twins
home.  She said she'd take Jacob and Harry with her too.  I told her and
Dad that Andy and I were going to a "senior's party".  It was being held
at a bowling alley nearby.  The boys all were disappointed because they
couldn't join us, and scowled as Grandma shephered them away.  Dad told
us to be careful and not to drink and drive, then he and Elizabeth left
too.  Andy and I ended up talking to a couple more of my friends who
wandered over, then we left and drove to the party.  It was in full swing
when we arrived.  About half way down the lanes, I saw Van Gogh flagging
us down.  They'd grabbed a lane for us.  A couple of the guys had their
girlfriends with them too.  We all got shoes and balls and began
bowling.  We were all having a great time bowling, and everyone was in
high spirits, except for Mike, who seemed pretty down.  Andy seemed a
little uncomfortable too.  I noticed the two of them were trying to
ignore each other.  Mike however had daggers in his eyes whenever their
eyes met.  Finally, after missing a spare, Mike grabbed his jacket and
stalked off toward the door, as everyone stared after him.  I grabbed my
jacket, and went after him, leaving Andy looking after me with a confused
look on his face.  "C'mon - Horse'll fix whatever's bugging Boob!" I
heard Turkey say to Andy.

Out in the parking lot, I looked around for Mike.  I didn't see him at
first, but then I heard a soft high-pitched sound coming from around back
of a pickup truck.  I walked over and peeked around the corner, to find
Julie Hays bent over the hood of someone's car, while George Griesmer was
giving it to her from behind.  It was Julie's whimpering, as she orgasmed
that I heard.  George was just exclaiming "OH FUCK!" as he apparently
began shooting his load.

I backed away, and wandered the other direction, as I saw some smoke
coming around the corner of the building.  There I found Pete Richards,
Dave Rogers, and Quinn Caswell passing a joint around.  They offered me
some, but I declined, saying smoke was bad for my voice.  Quinn handed me
a bottle of Jack Daniels then.  I took a swig, handed it back to him and
asked if they'd seen Boob.  Pete pointed to the woods in the back of the
parking lot and said "he ran that way".  I thanked them and headed for
the woods.

As I walked past a van, I noticed it was shaking a little, and I heard
some grunting and bumping from within.  Obviously someone else was
getting it on too!

As I approached the woods, a car parked at the back edge of the lot
started up, and careened toward me.  I stopped, and got ready to jump.
It was Boob's car.  He was driving it.  He skidded to a stop when he saw
me, and sat looking at me for a few seconds.  I could tell he was upset.
He looked like he was crying.  I started to walk toward him again, but he
hit the gas, and headed for the street.  "Mike!" I yelled.  He didn't
stop.  He just fish-tailed out onto the street and roared off in the
direction of his house.  I stood watching as his car vanished around a
curve.

I debated whether to follow him or not.  I decided it would be better to
try and talk to him the next day, since I wasn't sure he was really going
home anyway.  I walked back to the alley.  As I approached the building,
I saw DJ Connors and Greg Weiss pissing against the back of the
building.  "Better pee out here, there's only one toilet working in the
men's room!" DJ called to me.  I snickered, but then realized I needed to
pee too, so I wandered a few feet from DJ and joined them.  They finished
just ahead of me, zipped up and went back in.  I finished, zipped up, and
went back in then too.

When I got back to our lane, everyone looked at me.  I shrugged and said,
"He drove off toward his house.  I thought about following him, but
figured maybe he wasn't going there anyway.  I'll try to talk with him
tomorrow once. "  "Good," said Legs, "he's been acting pretty funny
lately.  He's seemed pretty depressed when you were gone, but got really
excited when we heard you were coming home.  But now that you're here, he
seems worse than ever!"  Andy gave me a meaningful look.  "Well, I'll
talk to him," I said.  "OK then, let's bowl!" Turkey said.
We enjoyed the rest of the evening, bowling and hanging out with all my
highschool friends.  Andy seemed to loosen up and enjoyed himself a lot
too.  When the bowling alley closed, most of the kids all said good-bye
and headed home.  I talked the guys into going to the all-night diner
near the school for breakfast though.

At the diner, we all ate like pigs and had a good time talking and
playing with our food.  We almost got into a food fight, until the
waitress gave us a look.  Snickering, we finally got up, paid our bills,
and left, as the waitress glared at us yet.  In the parking lot, we
decided to get together later in the day.  It was 3 AM now, so Andy and I
drove back to Grandma's and tiptoed up the stairs, and went to bed.

Sometime later, I awoke to find Scott standing over me, gently shaking
me, whispering my name loudly.  "What?" I asked, groggily.  "You guys are
pretty close, aren't you?" he asked.  "What????" I asked.  "You and
Andy," he said, and pointed at us.  It was then I realized I was spooned
up against Andy's back, my arm around him.  "Um, uh, yeah, I guess," I
said, "what are you waking me up for?" "You have a phone call," he said,
"I said you were asleep, but they said it was urgent!"  I looked at the
clock.  It was about 7:30 AM.  I crawled out of bed, not remembering I
was naked.  Scott's eyes got huge, as he saw my morning boner, come into
view.  "Damn, you're huge!" he said, then after a slight pause he added
"um - you sleep naked with Andy?  uh - are you guys like me and John?"
Bewildered, I just looked down at Scott.  "It's OK," he said after a few
seconds, "I get it.  And I won't tell anyone.  Not even John!"  I smiled
down at him and said "Thanks Scott, I'd appreciate that!  We'll talk more
later about it."  He smiled up at me, then left.  I grabbed my jeans off
the floor and yanked them on.  Then I stumbled down the stairs and picked
up the phone that was laying off the hook on the buffet in the hall.

"Hello?" I said.  I heard some sniffling, then Van Gogh's voice said "I
got bad news."  "What?" I asked.  I heard Craig starting to cry.
"Craig?  What's wrong?" I asked.  Sniffling, he stuttered "it-it's
M-Mike!  He-He's d-dead!"  "WHAT?" I yelled into the phone...

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