Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 22:44:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Brew Maxwell <brew_drinker23@yahoo.com> Subject: TwinSpin, Chapter 4 Disclaimer: The following is a work of fiction, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. The story contains graphic descriptions of sex between men, and anyone who is forbidden by law to read such material must exit the story now. This story is being posted to the Nifty Archive for the enjoyment of its readers. It may not be posted or distributed by any other media without the written permission of its author. My other works in the Nifty Archive include Unusual Christmas and Nick's Adventures, both in bisexual/high school, First Mate in gay/incest, The Dancer and Call-Boy Journal in gay/encounters, and From Slave to Houseboy in gay/authoritarian. E-mail comments are always welcome. Twin Spin Chapter Four The sun was bright outside when I woke up. Mike was already awake beside me. "Mornin'," he said, and grinned at me. "You been awake long," I asked. "I don't know, maybe twenty minutes." "What time is it," I asked. "It's about eight." "Excuse me, I gotta piss," I said. I went into the bathroom and pissed into the shower, as the boys had taught me. When I went back into the bedroom, I took a towel with me. Mike grinned when he saw it. "A man after my own heart," he said. I got back into bed, and Mike put his arms around me. He started kissing me, long and deeply and passionately. I started getting hard almost immediately, and he did, too. When Mike noticed my erection, he went down on me and started sucking my cock. He took all of it into his mouth, and the warmth and wetness were fantastic. I moved around into the sixty-nine position, and I took him into my mouth. We sucked each other for a long time, and periodically we would shift to the other guy's balls. Mike started playing with my asshole with his fingers, and I did the same to him. He inserted a finger and went right to my magic spot. I guessed doctors knew about such things better than us mortals. I probed his ass, too, and he shifted position to get better contact. Mike's cock was nice, but it was only about five inches long. It was thick, but I was still able to get the whole thing into my mouth. I gave him the best blow-job I knew how to give, and he moaned contentedly. In ten minutes or so, we both came. Neither of us pulled away, and Mike swallowed all of my cum, and I all of his. "I guess we didn't need the towel, after all," I said. He laughed. "Apparently, when the kids come, they don't bother with towels and other niceties. They said their bed is always full of cum." "Little savages," he said. "I want them." "I know what you mean," I said. "Well, hell, you're in charge of them. I mean, what kind of guy gets a job looking after two horny-ass Olympian gods whose only goal in life is to fuck and suck as much as possible? I know people who would pay to have your job." "So do I. In fact, I'm one of them, but don't tell their dad." Mike laughed. We lit cigarettes and basked in the afterglow of good sex. In a little while, we decided we needed to get up and see what was going on in the rest of that strange house. Mike said he had decided to take the kids up on their offer for him to stay with us the rest of the week. "Good," I said. "That makes me happy, and they'll be beside themselves." "Frankly, I'm on a pretty tight budget. I thought the practice was going to pay for everything for me, but they're only springing for my plane ticket. I've got to pay for the hotel myself, and of course I chose the most expensive place in town." "Well, you'll be well fixed pretty soon," I said. "Yeah, except I owe $480,000 in student loans, and my parents need my financial support." "Oh," I said. "But still . . . ." "Oh, I'll be okay. But I won't exactly be rich for the next ten years." We got dressed and made the bed. That seemed to be a requirement. We went downstairs together and into the kitchen to get some coffee. Chuck was in there putting away dishes from the dishwasher. When we walked in, he recognized me immediately. "Well, John, I see you survived the weekend with Dick and Peter," he said. "Dick and Peter," I asked. "That's what I call them. One's all dick, and the other's all peter." Mike got the joke before I did and doubled over with laughter. "I see your friend's quicker on the uptake than you seem to be this morning," Chuck said. I was laughing, too, by then, having gotten the joke. "Forgive me, Chuck. Those are great names for 'em. Which is which?" "It doesn't matter. Those are the two horniest boys on planet earth. Don't get me wrong. I was plenty horny at eighteen, but those two put me and everybody I know to shame. Y'all want some breakfast? By the way, I'm Chuck Higgins," he said, extending his hand to Mike. "I'm sorry, guys. Chuck, this is Mike, er . . . ." "Spalding," Mike said. "Right, Mike Spalding." Chuck looked at me and laughed. I blushed a little. "I could use some coffee," Mike said. "Well, of course you could," Chuck said. "Can you use some lost bread and bacon, too?" "Lost bread," Mike asked. "What the hell's that?" "That's the New Orleans name for French toast. They make it with bread that's lost, or slightly stale. Too stale to eat at a meal. They invented it here." "Yeah, Chuck, I certainly could," I said. "Me, too, please," Mike said. Chuck handed each of us a cup and pointed with his head to a fresh pot of coffee on the counter. "If y'all need cream and sugar, the cream is in the box, and the sugar's on the table. Then y'all sit down. It'll be a few minutes before your breakfast is ready." We got our coffee, sat down, and Mike and I both lit up. Chuck got the breakfast going, poured himself a cup of coffee, and joined us at the table. "They told me all about you this morning," Chuck said. "Both of you. They said you're a doctor. Is that right?" He meant Mike, of course. "That's right," he said. "Are you sick?" "Do I look sick? I might be sick and tired, but I'm not sick." We both laughed. I was starting to really like that guy. His ironic sense of humor and obviously keen intelligence were most attractive. I could tell Mike liked him, too. "They said you would be spending the week with us?" "Well, if it's not too much trouble, I'd really like to," Mike said. "Nothing's too much trouble in this house. Do y'all's sheets need to be changed?" I'm sure I blushed again. "What the fuck you blushing about," Chuck asked. "They either do or they don't. Simple as that." "No, they don't," I said. "I figured guys your age would have discovered what towels are all about," he said. Mike and I both laughed. "By the way, John, if you can figure out a diplomatic way to tell my boys about how towels can be useful in sex, I'd damn sure appreciate it. It would save me a whole lot of work." He grinned. Chuck got up to see about breakfast, and in a few minutes, he brought two heaping plates to the table. There were six strips of bacon and three huge pieces of "lost bread" for each of us. He brought butter and syrup, and then he got us more coffee. I had put cream in mind, which he noticed, and he got the cream carton out of the refrigerator and put it on the table. Mike and I dove into the food. In a little while, Mike said, "I want to thank you for teaching the boys how to cook. They made a meal last night that was first-class restaurant quality." "What'd they give you," he asked, skeptically. "Filet mignon, potatoes, asparagus, cake. What else, John?" "Well, wine, brandy, cigars." "Oh, so they did it up nice. Did they serve bernaisse sauce with the meat?" "Yes, and it was excellent," Mike said. "Who made it?" "I think Brian did," Mike said. "Then it was probably runny. That baby can't make a bernaisse to save his life." "He said it was runny," I remembered. "But it was sure good." "Oh, I don't doubt it was good. It was my recipe he used. And it's good. But he always wants to pour the butter in too fast. I have told him and told him to slow down, but he won't listen to me." "What kind of wine did they serve," Chuck asked. "It was a Chateau Lafitte-Rothchild," Mike said. "Good. They finally learned that. I've been working with them for years on this stuff, and they seem to have finally gotten it. Did they give you Havanas with your brandy?" "Yeah," Mike said, "and they were superb." "I know. Tom's got boxes of them, but he never smokes them. I don't like 'em myself, but a man who knows cigars knows they're good." When Mike and I finished eating, all three of us pulled out our Marlboros and lit up. Chuck got us more coffee, and we sat at the table, enjoying the feeling of fullness and contentment for a long time. After a while, Chuck said, "John, have they given you a nickname yet?" "Yeah, as a matter of fact. They call me J." "That's not too bad," he said. "Most of the time they call me Chunk. Or mama." "They call you 'mama,'" Mike asked. "Well, I am their mama, bless their hearts. They've never had anybody but me and Tom. They've never had a female influence in their lives. And Tom sends them to that damn all-boys school that has nothing but men as teachers. He and I fought for weeks over that, let me tell you." "You were against it," I asked. "Damn straight, I was. I didn't care if they went to private school, which in this city is just about a necessity, but I wanted them to go to a co-ed school that had some women teachers. But he said Colton Academy was the best, and that's where his boys were going. Bottom line, I'm not their mama, so he prevailed." Mike was taking in everything Chuck said with a great deal of interest. Finally he spoke: "Chuck, let me ask you something. You're obviously an intelligent, cultivated man. Why do you do what you do?" Chuck didn't answer right away, but, in a few seconds, he said, "Mike, I can tell you're a northerner from your speech, so what I'm going to say may not make much sense to you. Yes, I am intelligent. I have a college degree,*summa cum laude*, from Memphis State. And, yes, I've developed a certain amount of cultivation over the years. But being a black man in the South isn't easy. And being a queer black man is almost impossible. Tom Finch and I grew up together, and we needed each other at the same time. About seventeen years ago. He took me in, gave me a home and real responsibility, and he gave me love. Nothing sexual, you understand. But real love, nevertheless. And his poor, motherless babies gave me love. He introduced me to Calvin sixteen years ago, and we've been together ever since. We spend the night here on Christmas eve and on the night before Easter, and we're part of that family in every possible way. On birthdays, we all go to Antoine's together. "Tom Finch gave me a life. A good life. And I love him and those two boys more than I can ever say. When Tom has a party--and he has plenty, with some very big shots--Calvin and I are always here as guests. I may have to work my ass off for a week getting ready for it, but I don't work parties. Tom introduces me as his 'best friend,' and I am. And he's mine. I've been to parent-teacher conferences when he couldn't be there. I was a Den Mother when they were in the Cub Scouts. I've been to every football game they've ever played in. Those boys are the closest things I'll ever have to sons, and I love them." "And they love you," I said. "They made that very clear to me this weekend." "That makes me glad," he said, and tears came into his eyes. "They're my boys." There was a silence that was both awkward and appropriate after that. Then Chuck said, "Enough of this bullshit. Y'all have things to do, and so do I." He started to clear the table, and Mike and I helped him. "Chuck," Mike said, "thanks for sharing all that with us. You're right, I am a northerner, and I didn't understand--until this morning. But I don't know whose luckier, you or them." Mike leaned over and kissed Chuck on his cheek. It was the right gesture at the right time. Chuck smiled broadly and turned away. Mike said he wanted to see the house, so I took him on a tour. I didn't know much about the stuff we saw, but he was very impressed with the decor and the quality of the art work. There were two Gauguin's, a Matisse, and four Sarat's, as well as many other artists I hadn't heard of. "I don't know if these are real," I said, "but they look good here." "They're real. Trust me. I know," he said. "This fucker must have even more money than I thought he did. He's got two kings' ransoms on his walls." After the tour, Mike said he had to leave to get ready for his interviews. "What time will you be done," I asked. "Not until late. They're taking me to dinner tonight, where I'm supposed to meet the wives and significant others. But I'm coming back. Don't worry about that." "Okay. I'm going to study this afternoon until Dick and Peter get home." He laughed. "Don't do anything with them I wouldn't do." I laughed. Mike got his meager stuff and left. I went upstairs and got to work. I had three French novels to read, albeit short ones, so I holed up and applied myself. Around 12:30, Chuck knocked at my door. I told him to come in, and he did. "Are you hungry," he asked. "I've got some pretty good corn-and-crab bisque down there, and some grilled cheese sandwiches." "God, yes," I said. So we went down to eat. "Did you cook all of this this morning," I asked. "Yeah. Nothing else to do. You like?" "It's wonderful. I'm used to McDonald's and the odd salad at the student union," I said. "Well, get used to eating right. I cook a lot." "Kevin and Brian seem to eat an enormous amount," I said. "Shit, you can't fill 'em up. There's not an ounce of fat on either one, but they eat like goddamn hogs. If I ate a third of what they eat, I'd be bloated. I guess it's all the exercise they take. They burn it up." We ate in silence for a while, then Chuck said, "They're pieces of work, aren't they?" "I'm telling you," I said. "They left here this morning all excited about something. They wouldn't tell me. They said it was a surprise. Do you know what's going on?" "Well, I'm not sure, but I think they might be getting tattooed today." "What?!!!" he said. "Not real ones. Skin dyes. Mike told them about a fairly new way of doing it. But they come off." "Well, thank God for that," he said. "There's a place in the Quarter that does them. They developed this procedure for cancer patients who need to have the spots marked for radiation. They use this procedure for tattooing, now." "Jesus Christ in heaven," he said. "I knew they wanted tattoos, but I thought they would wait until they got older. Tom's cool with the idea, but I have some serious reservations. Tom's got a tattoo. On his ass. He got it when he was a sophomore at Yale. But if they can be removed, I guess it's just a kid thing." "That's not all. I think they're going to get their nipples pierced." "Well, that's not so bad. In fact, I've heard nipple piercings feel pretty good." "That's what I've heard, too. They tend to grow out, though. At least on some people." "Well, I guess those two are going to try it all. They've been smoking since they were thirteen." "How old were you when you started?" "Thirteen," he said with a grin. "Me, too." "So, we're all bad. Fuck us," he said. I cracked up. After lunch, I went back upstairs and studied some more. I was getting more done at the Finch house than I had gotten done all semester. Around three o'clock, Chuck came up to see if I wanted some coffee. Yes, I did. I went downstairs with him. He poured us each a cup, and we sat at the table in the kitchen drinking it and smoking cigarettes. "Chuck," I asked, "do you know anything about comptuers?" "That's a loaded question, my friend. At least around this house. I can handle most software, but I don't program all that well. I've got to have the book right next to me." "I don't need programming. I just want to access the Internet. Do you know how to do that?" "Shit," he said, "babies know how to access the Net. I can show you how in five minutes." Each boy had a computer in his room, and Chuck showed me how to turn them on and how to go online. "What are you interested in," he asked. "General surfing," I said. "I've fooled around with it a couple of times, but I've never really spent much time with it. It seems Kevin and Brian know what they're doing on the computer, and I figured I might as well learn something about it." "Kevin and Brian got their first computers when they were seven," he said. "In this house, computers are a way of life. Those two could probably break into the CIA if they wanted to." He chuckled when he said that. I spent the remainder of the afternoon surfing around the Internet. I got to The Masturbation Home Page, which the boys had mentioned, and I found quite a few other sites that interested me, too. At 5:30 I went back down to the kitchen. "What time do the boys get home," I asked. "They're usually home long before now, unless they have football or track practice. But they don't have that at this time of year. They told me this morning they would be late. Dinner's at six. You getting hungry?" "I'll be ready by then," I said. In about ten minutes, we heard a car drive up. Then, in a few seconds, the back door burst open. They popped in like two frisky puppies, all a-chatter. "Hi, guys," I said. "Hi, J. Hi, Chuck." They spoke in unison again. "Something sure smells good," Kevin said. "It's fried chicken," Chuck said. "Yummmm," Brian said. "Y'all get that table set in there," Chuck said. "Who's eating," Kevin asked. "Y'all and John. I'm fixin' to leave." They got busy getting table settings, and, when they had left the room, Chuck said, "They been up to something. They aren't usually that excited. You notices the bulges in their jeans? And those wet spots? They're both hard as rocks and probably have been for some time." "Yeah," I said. I had noticed, but I ordinarily wouldn't have said anything. When they came back into the kitchen, Chuck said, "Okay. What's up? Where y'all been?" They looked at each other sheepishly and grinned. "Come on. Tell mama." "We got tattoos," Kevin said. "And nipple rings," Brian added. "Sweet Jesus! Let's see the damage." They rolled back their left sleeve--they had apparently worn tee-shirts under their school shirts, and that's all they had on--and there on their biceps were two fresh tattoos. They were identical, of course, black celtic designs about an inch wide. I had seen ones like them and had admired them. They showed them off proudly. "Well, I've seen worse," Chuck said. "At least they're not naked women. Or people fucking." "You like 'em, Chuck," Brian asked. "Well, I wouldn't have one, but they are pretty." "They're not real tattoos," Kevin said. "They're skin dyes. They'll come off, but the doctor has to do it." "Well, that's a relief," Chuck said. He winked at me. Then, "What else y'all got? Nipple rings, did you say?" "Yeah," they said together. They both pulled off their shirts at that point to show their nipple rings off. They had identical rings, each in their left nipple. Chuck reached over and started flipping the rings up and down. After a few seconds, they both pulled back. "What's the matter? Does that hurt," Chuck asked. "No. It feels good, but . . . ," Brian started to say. "But it's gonna make you come, isn't it," Chuck said. I was surprised at his frankness. "I saw those two rods of yours come into the house ten seconds before you two. I know what's going on around here." They laughed, a little embarrassed, perhaps. "Is the table set," Chuck asked. "Yeah," they said. "Well, here. Put the food out, and y'all eat. Bye, babies. I'll see y'all in the morning." With that, Chuck took off his apron and left. We went into the dining room and sat down to eat. It was fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green peas, corn bread, and tomatoe salad. Kevin and Brian didn't bother to put their shirts back on, so I had a chance to admire their new body decorations. I had to admit, the tattoos looked good against their tanned skin, and they added a look of wildness to them. They didn't say much as we ate, as though they were in a hurry to get through. They didn't have dessert but offered me a piece of the cake we had eaten the night before. I declined. We all smoked cigarettes, and then they hurriedly got up and cleared the table. I could hear them putting things away in the kitchen and loading the dishwasher. They passed through the dining room and told me they would see me in a little while. Their cocks were still erect, so I figured they were going to take care of them. I couldn't blame them, I suppose. I drank a cup of coffee and smoked another cigarette before I went up to my room. The door to Kevin's room was open about half way, and I could hear them in there. I snuck down the hall to see what was going on, and, just as I had expected, they were busy jerking each other off. "God, Kevin, that feels good," Brian said. "I know, man. I've been wanting to do this since she first squeezed my tit to make it hard. Mike was right about the feeling. We'll probably both stay at least half-hard all the time now. Kevin, I think, put Brian's cock up to his face and jerked him with his hand and his cheek. Kevin started to put Brian in his mouth to suck him off, but Brian said for him to wait and just jerk him off. Kevin continued jerking Brian. In a few minutes, they both reach climax, and cum spurted everywhere. In a matter of seconds, Brian had Kevin on his back and entered his ass. Kevin's face had a look of exquisite pleasure on it, and he reached up and tweaked Brian's nipples, especially the one with the nipple ring. "I won't hold out long, if you do that," Brian said. "Do you want me to," Kevin asked. "It feels so fuckin' good, Kevin, I want you to do that for the rest of my life." Kevin continued, and Brian came inside him with lungeing jerks and bucks that made him look like someone having a seizure. Kevin wasted no time. He eased Brian out of him, got on the floor behind Brian, and took him from the back. Then, without removing his cock, he flipped Brian onto his back, and Brian did to Kevin what Kevin had done to him. Like his twin, Kevin spasmed and bucked mightily as he shot his load into his brother. Kevin flopped onto Brian, and they entwined legs and arms and tongues and bodies. They played with each other's nipple rings for a while, and, pretty soon, they were hard again. "You know what," Brian asked. "Me, too," Kevin said. "Where do you think he is," Brian said. "In your room, I guess. He's been studying pretty hard." I suddenly realized they were talking about me. Apparently they both wished I were there with them, and, if the size and density of my cock were any indication, I, too, wished I were there with them. I didn't want them to discover me spying on them, though, so I hurried back into Brian's room and quickly got out a book to pretend I was studying. They came into the room, hard-ons leading the way. I looked up and grinned. "What's up, guys," I asked, "as though I couldn't tell." We all laughed. "Hi, J," Brian said. "What are you doing?" "I'm reading this French novel. I've got to get it read for my exam in a few days. I got a lot done this afternoon, though." "Come on and play with us," Kevin said. "We're both really horny. Are you?" "I'm always horny, Kevin," I said. "Yeah. We are, too. Especially with these nipple rings." Saying that, Kevin leaned over me and started licking my ear from behind. There are few things that are bigger turn-ons, and the boner I had had for the last forty minutes only got bigger. He pulled back on the chair I was sitting in, which was on wheels, and Brian got down between my legs. When he discovered my erection, Brian said, "He is horny, Huck. He's got a king-size down here." Brian started undoing my belt and the fly of my jeans, and in a second, my "king-size" was free and clear. He pulled my pants completely off and slipped off my loafers (I wasn't wearing socks, or he would have gotten them off, too, I suppose.). My boxers came next, and then my shirt. Kevin, meanwhile, had continued working on my ears, one with his tongue and the other with his fingers. When Brian got my shirt off, Kevin shifted down to my nipples. Brian took my hand and led me to the bed, as Kevin threw back the covers. We got into the bed, with me in the middle, and they started kissing me and rubbing me and making me moan in pleasure. Then Brian said, "J, I want you to fuck me. Okay?" "Okay," I whispered, through a moan. "And I want to fuck you at the same time," Kevin said. "It'll be like a fuck-sandwich, with you between us." Ordinarily, that would have made me laugh, especially the way he said it, but at that moment I was too involved in the physical reaction that was occurring in every cell in my body to be capable of laughter. Brian got on his side and raised his right leg, thus exposing his anus. Kevin nudged me toward him and guided my cock into his hole. I went in with no effort, and my body sank up to my pubes in him. Next, Kevin raised my right leg so that I was just like Brian, with my foot planted solidly on the bed. Kevin moved closer to me and whispered for me to relax and enjoy. "Brian and I will do the work," Kevin said. "You just do whatever you feel like." With that Kevin entered me. The pain I anticipated never happened, and, in a second, I felt his pubic hair tickle my ass. Kevin started the humping, and Brian responded. It was like they were fucking each other, but I got the most benefit out of it. Kevin rotated his hips, and that made the time his cock spent on my prostate longer than it would otherwise have been. In a few minutes, I was moaning loudly. I had jerked off twice that afternoon fantasizing about them and Mike, and that no doubt helped me stay with them longer than I otherwise would have. Still, in seven or eight minutes I announced that I was going to come, and they both must have contracted their asshole muscles--I know Brian did, because I could feel it, and I suspected Kevin did, as well--and all three of us came at the same instant. I gave in to the instinct to buck that I had supressed for years, and I came in a gully-washer that flooded Brian's guts. "Oh, fuck," I screamed. They misinterpreted that as a desire to go again, and they continued plowing me from both sides. It took longer the second time--fifteen minutes, probably--but my second orgasm was much longer and more intense than the first one had been. Kevin pinched my right nipple hard when I came, and that only added to the intensity of my moment. When we finished, nobody moved. Kevin stayed in me, and Brian stayed so close to me I couldn't pull out. We stayed that way for a long time, and finally my cock softened up too much to stay in Brian. "Did you like that, Huck," Kevin asked. Brian didn't say anything. "Was it good, Huck," Kevin said again. Still no answer from Brian. Finally, Brian said, "J, he's talking to you." "Oh," I said. "It was fantastic." Then, after a pause, "Why did you call me Huck?" "'Cause you're our brother, Huck," Brian said. "We love you." I didn't know what to say. I kissed Brian on the neck and I put my hand around to fondle Kevin's ass. "I love you guys, too," I said. Tears welled up, and I couldn't control them. I started crying. They both knew what I was feeling, it seems, and Brian turned to face me. Kevin put his arm around me, and Brian clenched both of us. They both started crying, too, and the three of us lay there, bawling in each other's arms. When we had been like that for a while, Kevin finally said, "I want a smoke." With that, we extricated ourselves from the pile, and Kevin got us a pack of cigarettes and an ashtray. We sat up in Brian's bed, smoking. "So, do you really like our tattoos," Kevin asked me. "Yes, I do," I said. "How did you guys decide on what to get?" They both laughed. "It was the funniest thing," Brian started. "We went into separate rooms," Kevin said, "because there were two people who were going to do us. I had a woman" "And I had a man. They both showed us a bunch of designs," Brian said. "And we picked the same design without talking to one another," Kevin continued. "That's pretty fuckin' weird, isn't it," Brian asked. "You mean, you guys got identical tattoos without knowing it," I asked. "Yeah," they said in unison. "That is very fucking weird," I said. We all laughed. "What about the nipple rings," I asked. "Did they give you a choice?" "Yeah," Kevin said. "And we picked the same one," Brian finished. "We're still identical." "Except for the earrings," I said. They both laughed when I said that. "What's so funny," I asked. "I lost mine at school today," Brian said. He was the one who wore the gold stud. "Kevin had an extra loop, so I put it in. You didn't even notice. You can tell us apart without them." "That's why you're our brother," Kevin said. "You know us for who we are." "What about at school," I asked. "Won't they want you to wear different earrings so they can tell you apart?" "Fuck them," Kevin said. "If they say anything, we'll take the loops out. We aren't required to wear anything that distinguishes us. There's another set of twins in that school in the seventh grade, and they don't wear anything. We didn't until last year. They'll just have to cope." "Besides, we only have two more weeks there," Brian said. "Do you guys have exams or anything," I asked. They laughed. "Yeah, we have exams. Do you know what AP is," Brian asked. "You mean like 'Advanced Placement,'" I asked. "Yeah. We have AP exams. Tomorrow afternoon in European History, Thursday in Biology, and next week in French and Spanish and English. On different days, of course." Kevin was talking. "Are you studying for them," I asked. "We've studied our balls off all year in all those courses," Kevin said. "We're ready. We'll make 5's." "You sound pretty confident," I said. "We are," Brian said. When the scores arrived in the second week of July, I found out they weren't cocky; they were right. They both made 5's on all five exams. We got out of bed, and I was surprised to see it was only eight o'clock. They wanted to work out, so I dutifully went down to the poolhouse and watched them work out. Once again, they doubled in size, and their tattoos stretched out so they looked just the slightest bit faded, as though they had had them a while. After the workout, they were both ravenous and wanted ice cream. They didn't want to wear shirts, but I told them they had to. "We don't think you're right, J," Brian said, "but we'll do what you say. Can we wear tank tops?" I knew they wanted to show off, and I couldn't blame them. "Tank tops are fine," I said. "But you've got to wear something." They got dressed after their shower in very, very short navy blue shorts and loose white tank tops. They looked good enough to eat. They wanted to go to a large place near a local mall, where they knew there'd be a lot of people. When we got there, we had trouble finding a place to park, and we had to wait a half hour for a table. They were in hog heaven at having to wait because it gave a lot of people a chance to admire them. In the car on the way there, they asked me if I spoke Spanish. I told them I did, of course, so we spoke Spanish while we waited. They were both very good at the language, and I knew it was to attract even more attention, especially from the other people in line. They said it was to practice for their upcoming exam. When the hostess addressed us, they both spoke perfect English, then they went right back to Spanish. These two were truly remarkable. I would imagine twins get a lot of stares in the best of circumstances, but that night those two were the center of everybody's attention. Their appearance attracted a lot of looks, and the Spanish, juxtaposed with the English, only made more people look at them. They talked about school, about their dad, and about the impending move to North Carolina. They also talked about Chuck and Calvin, especially Chuck. The man ahead of us in line was obviously listening, and they noticed. Halfway through the conversation, Kevin asked me in Spanish if I were comfortable switching to French. When I said yes, we did. Their accents were better than mine, and they had great vocabularies. The man in front of us looked pretty confused. I could tell he wanted to talk to us, but he didn't.