Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:55:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Mover <mikeincentx@yahoo.com>
Subject: Finding Steve Chapter 13

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Sara got back on her phone as I stepped out of the office to call Steve.
When Steve answered I gave him a real quick run down on everything that
happened so far at the PD.  Then I said, ?Steve, I need to ask you a
question.  CPS is going to remove Colby from his parents at least until the
investigation is complete.  I don?t want Colby going to some foster home.
I asked the CPS worker if Colby could stay with us.  She said she would
have to get us approved as a foster home and that she would have to
interview everyone in the house and do a home visit.  I am sure she will
figure out that you and I are more than just friends when she sees that we
are sleeping in the same bed.  Are you OK with that??

Steve didn?t hesitate at all.  He said, ?I don?t care who finds out that I
am in love with you.  We told Colby that we would ensure that he is safe
and I can?t think of a better way to make sure he is safe than if he was
living with us.?

********** Chapter 13


I told Steve that I loved him and hung up the phone to go find Sara.  I
told her to do whatever she needed to do to make it possible for Colby to
live with us.  Sara smiled and said she had already started the process.
She said, ?Once we are done here I need to do a home visit and I will need
to interview Steve. Once that is done you can be approved as a temporary
foster home and I will have a judge sign the paperwork placing Colby in
your care.?

?When can I tell Colby??

?Well, give me Steve?s number and I can do his interview over the
phone. That should take me about fifteen minutes and if everything goes
well, as I expect it will, you can tell him then.?

I went into the break room to check on Colby.  He was sitting on the couch
looking at the TV, but I don?t think he was actually watching it.  I sat
down next to him and had to call his name to get his attention.  ?Colby, do
you have any other family that lives close by??

?No, mom and dad are both an only child and my grandparents live out of
state.  Since we have moved around a lot with dad being in the Army, I have
never spent much time with my grandparents.  Why are you asking me that??

?Well, you?re a smart kid, Colby, and I am sure that you have figured out
that we cannot let you go back to your house right now.  Remember I
promised you that I would make sure that you are safe so we are going to
find a place for you to stay until we can figure things out with your dad.?

?I don?t think my dad will hit me again.  My mom was yelling at him after
he let me up.  I think she slapped him in the face.  He was just drunk and
I made him mad when I yelled at him. I know that he loves me, he just drank
too much.  He has started to drink more and more since he got back from his
last deployment.?

?Colby, no parent has the right to do what he did to you.  It was not your
fault.  I want you to remember that.  What he did was wrong and he needs
help.  We are going to get him the help he needs and if he does love you,
then maybe one day you can go back to live with your mom and dad, but until
then we have to make sure you are safe.  Do you understand??

?Yeah, I do and thank you.?

?No need to thank me.  You are my son?s best friend so I care a lot about
you.?  I looked up to see Sara giving me the thumbs up through the door
window indicating she had approved our home as a foster home for Colby.  I
pulled Colby?s chin up off the ground and looked him in the eyes and said,
?Colby we all care about you, me, Steve and the boys.  We would like you to
come live with us until we can figure this out.?

?Really, I can stay with you guys??

?If you would like to.?

For the first time in many hours I saw a smile on Colby?s face as he
wrapped his arms around my neck, giving me a big hug saying, ?Thanks,
Mike. I would like that.?

?Let me check with Det. Smith and Ms. Johnston to make sure we are finished
here and then we can head home.?

I checked in with Det. Smith who said he would be going to see Colby?s
father to get a statement from him later this afternoon and then he would
file charges in the morning.  Sara said she would follow us home so she
could do her home visit, talk with Sean and Connor real quick and then meet
up with Det. Smith at Colby?s house.  Before I went back to get Colby, I
made a quick phone call to Steve to give him the good news and to have him
let the boys know what was going on.

Back at the house Steve called both boys out to the living room so he could
let them know what was going on.  After having the guys sit down on the
couch Steve said, ?Guys, I need to talk to you about something important.
This morning, Mike and I found out that Colby had a big fight with his dad
on Friday and his dad whipped him with a belt pretty badly.  Colby is OK
but his back and butt have welts on them from the belt.  Mike took Colby to
talk with a detective at the police station along with a CPS worker.  They
have decided that it?s not safe for Colby to go back home right now and
they are going to let Colby stay with us for a while.?

Sean was visibly upset, his eyes filling with tears.  ?I thought there was
something wrong.  It was like he didn?t want me to touch him and he would
hold my hand so I couldn?t touch him anywhere.  I should have told you and
Mike that I thought something was wrong.?

?I want both of you to always remember that you can come to Mike or I any
time you or one of your friends have a problem.  We will always do whatever
we can to help you and your friends.  Now, Mike is coming home with Colby
and the CPS worker.  She needs to talk with you two and check out our house
before Colby can officially stay here.  So if your rooms are a mess go and
clean them up and when you talk with her I want both of you to be honest
with her.?  When the boys got up to go clean their rooms, Steve pulled Sean
aside and told him, ?Don?t worry. Colby is fine, but he is going to need
his best friend to be there for him.?  Steve gave Sean a big hug before
sending him to clean up his room.

A short time later, Colby and I arrived home followed by Sara.  We went
inside and I introduced her to Steve and the boys.  Sara walked around the
house and made a few notes.  Sara asked me what the sleeping arrangements
were in the house.  I was honest with her and told her Steve and I stayed
in the master bedroom and the boys each had their own room.  Sean jumped in
and said, ?Colby sleeps in my room when he spends the nights so he can
share my room while he is staying here.?

Sara said, ?And which room is yours, Sean??

Sean answered, ?The front bedroom with the twin bed.?

Sara made a note in her book before she asked Sean, ?How often does Colby
spend the night??

Sean answered, ?Only a few times a month.  Colby and I have been best
friends since we met at school when me, my dad, and brother moved here at
the beginning of the year.?

Sara asked Connor what he thought about Colby staying here.  Connor said ?I
like Colby a lot and he is like another brother to me; he?s cool.?  Connor
was a man of few words around people he didn?t know well.

Sara said she had all that she needed and asked if she could speak with
Steve and me outside.  When we got outside Sara leaned against her car
before saying, ?I don?t think I will have a problem getting your house
approved as a permanent foster home.  I have just one concern and that is
where Colby will sleep.  I think it would be better if he stayed in the
bedroom with the bunk beds.  I understand that Colby?s dad beat him because
he has a problem with how you two are living your lives and if he finds out
that Colby is sharing a bed with another boy that might give him some
ammunition to challenge the placement.?

I jumped in asking, ?So you don?t care who shares a room with Colby as long
as each boy has his own bed.?

?That?s what I am saying yes.  It just takes away that ammunition Colby?s
father could use.?

Steve asked, ?What about our sleeping arrangements?? pointing to himself
and me.

Sara said, ?The state doesn?t have a problem placing a child with a gay
couple as long as the child is in a safe place and I cannot think of a
safer place for Colby right now.  Any other questions before I meet up with
Det. Smith??

Steve asked, ?What about getting Colby?s clothes and personal items from
his house??

As Sara was getting into her car she said, ?I will get all his stuff while
we are talking with his dad and mom and then drop them off here.  Right now
I am not going to let Colby?s parents know where Colby is staying.  Once we
see how they react and how receptive they are to our recommendations, I may
allow them supervised visits.  Let Colby know that for right now he can
call his parents but he is not allowed to tell them where is staying.?  We
all agreed that would be best before saying our good byes.

Steve and I went back inside and called the boys out to the living room.
We told them about what Sara had said about each boy having his own bed and
gave them the choice of switching rooms or just switching beds.  They
figured it would be easier to just switch the beds so I got some tools so
we could make it a little easier.  We figured it would be best to get it
done before Sara came back with Colby?s stuff.

After we got the beds switched and the boys where cleaning up their rooms,
I made a phone call to a nurse friend of mine.  I told her about Colby?s
injuries and asked if she thought he needed to be seen by a doctor.  She
told me as long as there was no broken skin and if we didn?t think there
were any broken ribs he should be fine.  She did recommend a cream that
would help the welts heal faster and help insure there was no scarring.  I
told Steve what she said and he jumped in his car to go pick up some of the
cream.

A while later Sara stopped by with Colby?s stuff and briefed Steve and I on
what she learned.  She told us that both she and Det. Smith believed this
was the first time this had ever happened and believed that with some
counseling and classes, Colby would be able to move back in with his mom
and dad.  Sara said Colby?s dad was sobbing the whole time and kept
repeating how sorry he was and that he would do whatever was asked of him.
Sara also stated that Colby?s mom had actually called CPS herself and asked
for help.  Both Steve and I were relieved and told Sara to let us know if
there was anything we could do to help.  She told us to just make sure
Colby is safe, and to make sure that Colby didn?t become depressed.  She
said Colby would be required to talk with a counselor also and she would
let us know when and where those appointments would be.  Steve mentioned
that we had moved the bunk beds into Sean?s room so Colby would have his
own bed to sleep in.  Of course, we all knew Colby and Sean would be
sharing the larger bed on the bottom of the bunk bed and never use the top
bunk.

After Sara had left, Steve and I went inside and realized it was dinner
time.  We decided to order in pizza since neither one of us felt like
cooking.  We sat down with the boys and watched some TV while we waited for
the pizza to be delivered.

We ate our pizza and spent the rest of the evening watching TV.  Sean and
Colby were in the love seat together with Colby lying down with his legs
lying across Sean?s legs who was sitting at the other end.  I noticed that
Colby was twitching a lot and guessed that the welts were starting to itch
as they healed.  About nine we told the boys it was time for bed since it
had been a hectic day.  Connor came over to where Steve and I were sitting
on the larger couch to give us both a hug good night.  Sean came over to do
the same.  Steve told Sean and Colby he had something for them as he got up
to get the cream that my nurse friend told us to try.  Steve told them the
cream would help with the healing process and stop the itching along with
helping to make sure there were no permanent scars as he handed the big jar
of cream to Sean.  Steve pulled Colby into a hug saying, ?We like to give
our boys hugs before they go to bed each night and since you are now one
our boys, we expect to get a hug each night.?  Colby turned a little red as
he and Steve hugged and after Steve released him, he stopped to give me a
hug as he and Sean walked to their bedroom.


After Sean and Colby finished getting ready for bed they climbed into the
bottom bunk.  Sean was just in his boxers but Colby still had his shirt on.
Sean asked, ?Do you want me to rub this cream on your back, or do you want
one of our dads to do it.?

Colby said, ?I would rather have you do it.  I already had to have my
picture taken with no clothes on in front of Mike and the detective.  Some
of the welts are on my ass too so they had to take pictures of my ass.  I
don?t think I could handle having one of them rub some cream on my butt.?

Colby carefully pulled his shirt off and for the first time Sean could see
what Colby?s dad had done to him.  A tear rolled down Sean?s cheek as Colby
lay down on the bed on his stomach.  Sean opened the cream and put some on
his fingers and then rubbed his hands together before gently applying the
cream to Colby?s back.  Colby would wince in pain every now and then as
Sean worked his way down Colby?s back.  As Sean got close to the waist band
of Colby?s boxers he asked, ?Do you need me to put some cream on your butt
or would you rather do that yourself??

Colby said, ?Well you have already washed my butt for me that weekend we
went camping so I guess you might as well put the cream on for me, if you
don?t mind that is.?

Sean thought to himself, ?Like I would mind running my hands over those
smooth cream colored mounds of flesh.? Before saying, ?Why don?t you just
slip your boxers off so I don?t get any cream on them.?

Colby slipped his boxers off and threw them on the floor and lay back down
on his stomach again.  Sean applied cream to Colby?s butt, carefully
rubbing the cream into each cheek and around the sides.  Of course he
couldn?t resist running a finger along the crack of Colby?s beautiful ass
before he said, ?There. I think I covered every welt.?

Colby said, ?Not quite.? as he rolled over.  Sean then saw that a couple of
the welts wrapped around the front of Colby.  Colby said, ?Can you rub some
cream on these for me?  I mean, since you already have the cream on your
hands.?  Sean just smiled as he rubbed the cream into the welts.  He had to
move Colby?s soft dick over to one side so he could get at the last welt.
You would think Colby would have started to get hard like any other
thirteen year old boy would when someone else touched his dick, but with
all that went on today neither Colby nor Sean were thinking about any kid
of sex.  When Sean was finished he replaced the lid on the cream and set it
on the night table next to the bed as he stood to take his boxers off
before climbing in to lie down next to his best friend rolling over to face
him.  Colby rolled over onto his side to face Sean and looked into his eyes
and said, ?You know that you are my best friend right??

Sean reached up and rubbed the back of his fingers over Colby?s face as he
answered, ?Yes and you are and always will be my best friend.?

Colby continued, ?I don?t know how to ever thank you and your family for
everything they are doing for me.?

Sean said, ?My dads told me one time they would do anything to help me or
Connor and any of our friends so you don?t have to worry about anything;
they will take care of everything.  Now, let?s get some sleep because my
dad is going to wake us up when he gets back from PT.?  Sean rolled over
onto his other side and pulled the sheet over the two of them.  Colby
scooted up to Sean?s back, reaching over Sean?s side to pull Sean back into
him.  After they both settled and were comfortable Colby whispered, ?Thanks
Sean, you?re a great friend.?  A few minutes later they were both sound
asleep.

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