Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:23:24 -0600
From: Jason Gordon <jaygordon_1981@hotmail.com>
Subject: A Light in the Darkness, Chapter 3

Disclaimer: The following is a work of fiction which will include t/t and
m/m relationships, and probably some sex too.  If it is illegal in your
area to read this, or if you are not old enough to read this (you know who
you are), stop here.  Otherwise, please enjoy.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story is a companion story to "Things that Go Bump."
The story lines are related and the characters will occasionally interact.
The stories begin at roughly the same time.  My sincerest thanks go out to
Darryl AKA the Radio Rancher (darryltheradiorancher@gmail.com) who kindly
edited this chapter.  And thanks to everyone for writing such encouraging
emails.



			A Light in the Darkness, Chapter 3
				"Identity"



    "Gideon," the boy whispered, expecting the being to appear, but only
dark silence.  Chase reached for the Braille readout of his alarm clock --
4 a.m.  He sighed and exhaled deeply, rolling into William, and putting a
hand on the boy's chest.  The boy was sound asleep, so Chase gently put his
hand on William's face, tracing its contours with fingers light as
feathers.  He could almost see it....

    William stirred lightly, sighing at the boy's soft touch, mumbling,
"That's nice...."

    "Shhh....  Go back to sleep...."

    "Is something wrong?"

    "I ... just had a strange dream...."

    William woke up a little and asked with a little more concern, "What is
it, sweetheart?"

    "I ... was just....  Are there ... magic doctors for other things?"

    William rolled onto his side, facing Chase.  "You mean, like eye
doctors, or brain doctors...."  Chase nodded.  "I suppose so....  I only
knew about the stuff I told your parents about, because...."  William's
voice broke and he stopped mid-sentence.

    "Oh, William...."  Chase said, hugging the boy tightly.  Chase couldn't
imagine, but he had to ask, "She wasn't already?"  William nodded and was
wracked by a soul-shaking sob.

    With a concentrated effort, he choked down his tears and said, "Twin
boys...."  Chase kissed his face, and cradled William's head into his
chest, stroking his hair with one hand and back with the other, as the boy
cried himself to sleep.  Chase realized that, while he had suffered a lot
in his life, William's strength was a wall against intolerable pain that
would only be released, little by little.  When William was back to sleep,
Chase slipped away to shower and dress, then he got on his computer,
finishing up his paper and starting to get ahead on other work.  He'd been
at it for over an hour when he saw the time and slipped away to meet Matt
at the bus stop.

    "I talked to Amy on the phone last night for an hour!  She's really
cool and we had a lot in common...."

    "That's really cool," Chase said, but Matt could hear that he was
somewhere else.

    "What's wrong, dude?"

    "Just ... a heavy night...."

    "Trouble in paradise," Matt asked, laughing, and Chase smacked his arm.

    "Paradise is still as hot and bothered as ever....  It's just ... don't
say anything, but you know Chase told my parents about this doctor whose
helping them ... you know....  Well, he told me how he knew about this
doctor....  His mom was pregnant when she was killed...."

    Matt's eyes watered and he coughed to clear his voice, "I'm sorry
... to hear that....  Losing his parents would have been...."

    "Yeah," Chase said, and the boys stood quietly together in the crisp
morning air, shoulder to shoulder.

    When the bus came up, the two boys got on board, and people who never
talked to them said hello and waved.  The people who sometimes picked on
them averted their eyes.  Chase and Matt laughed, and sat together.  The
girls sitting in front of them turned around to talk to them.  Chase knew
Maria, who lived two streets over.  She'd always been nice, but they never
got close.  Her friend, Susan, was relatively new to the neighborhood.

    "So, Chase ..." Maria began, "is it true?"

    "Which part," Matt asked, laughing.

    Maria actually blushed before elaborating, "You're gay?"

    "Chase, not me," Matt blurted quickly.

    Maria smiled, and said, "Well, that makes me feel a little better....
I always had a crush on you, but you never seemed to notice, so I moved
on...."  That might explain how we never got close, Chase thought.

    "I'm afraid the subtle clues are lost on me," Chase said, indicating
his dark glasses.  The girls giggled nervously.

    "You know, Chase's birthday party is a week from Sunday, you and Susan
should come," Matt said, and the girls agreed quickly.

    "What time?"

    "Sixish," Chase said.

    "So we'll get to meet him, then?"

    "Him," Chase asked with a sly smile.

    "Chase!  Your boyfriend, the badass...."

    "He's really sweet," Chase said, and Matt nodded grudgingly.

    "I'm sure he is," Maria said, "but I heard what he did when those
football thugs attacked Matt...."

    "He's ... very protective," Chase said.

    "From the stories, you'd think he was something between James Dean and
a ninja," Susan said, and they all burst out laughing.

    The four sat talking and the ride flew buy, but before the bus pulled
into the school, Chase said, "Why don't you two come by this weekend, maybe
Saturday afternoon.  I'll introduce you, maybe we can all go to a movie?"

    The girls looked at each other and shrugged, "Can we bring our
boyfriends?"

    "Sure, as long as they're cool with us...."  The girls nodded, and the
four made their way into school.

    When William got out of bed, he pulled on some pajama bottoms and
walked down to the kitchen, grabbed a cup of coffee, and sat with his head
in his hands.

    "What's wrong, champ," Steve asked as he emerged from his office.
William shook his head, but the man sat down next to him and waited.

    "What happened to Chase?  What do the doctors say?"

    Steve sat his glasses on the table and rubbed his eyes.  "Where's this
coming from?"

    "I just want to know...."

    "Chase seemed to be developing fine, but one day, after he started
walking, he just started walking into things, so we rushed him to the
doctor....  They said he was totally blind....  Eye doctors said his eyes
were perfectly developed, the neurologists said nothing was wrong with his
brain....  Wait a minute....  You're thinking...."

    William raised his hand and shook his head, "I don't know, I don't
know...."  Steve again sat silently waiting.  "Chase asked me last night
... if I thought there was someone who could help him....  I told him I
didn't know....  I'm not an expert, I just had some private knowledge about
your problem...."  Steve decided not to push that one, but he put it in the
back of his mind.

    "Chase is happy, he's as happy as he's ever been with you....  If you'd
check into it, we'd be grateful, but we understand there are limits to all
powers...."  William nodded, and took a long drink of coffee.

    Just then, there was a knock at the door: it was the men delivering the
equipment for the shed.  William ran around and unlocked the gate and
showed the men where he wanted the table and burners set up.  One of the
delivery guys was young, maybe nineteen, and cute, and William was pretty
sure he was checking him out.  When everything was settled, the older man
hopped into the cab of the truck and the young guy came back into the shed
with a work order.

    "Could you sign this, please?" the young man, Robert by his name tag,
asked.

    William signed the page and handed it back with a smile.  "Thanks a
lot."

    Robert took the paper and walked to the door, then turned back and
said, "Look, I'm probably out of line, and don't be offended, but would you
like to get a bite to eat sometime?"

    William blushed, and said, "I'm flattered, and I'd take you up in an
instant, but I've got a boy I'm mad over...."

    Robert nodded with a smile and looked over William's bare chest.
"Lucky boy....  Well, listen, you know where I am...."  With that, the
young man was gone, and William found himself wishing he knew someone who
needed a boyfriend.  The guy seemed very nice, actually.

    William walked out into the yard and grabbed a few blocks of wood from
the woodpile and carried them into his inner room.  He made a fire in the
middle of the room, and the smoke wafted into the infinite space above.  "I
call upon the elemental of fire, come to me, oh great spirit."  A humanoid
figure in flames appeared in the fire

    "What would you have of me, wizard?"

    William bowed to the figure, "I am your humble servant....  I humbly
request a vial of essence of fire...."

    "This is no small thing, young wizard....  What is your purpose for
requesting my most powerful gift?"

    "Love, my lord....  I wish to forge a Bond...."

    The being laughed deeply, "Well, well!  It is a beautiful thing, and
rare...."

    "What is your demand?"

    "Come to me," the figure said, and William hesitated only for a moment
to decide what the figure meant.  Then he stepped into the flames to be
embraced by the figure.  The powerful elemental protected him from burning
fire, but not from the pain.  Moment after moment passed, and soon William
cried out, but he did not struggle in the fiery arms. When the figure
stepped back, he reached out with his fiery hand and took William's hand in
his own, and William fainted from the pain.  When he awoke some time later,
he thought he had failed the second trial, until he opened his hand and
found the vial of red, glowing liquid.  Thank you, he whispered, and a warm
wind bustled around him.  Quickly, he opened his vault and sat the vial
carefully next to the velvet bag.

    It took all the strength he had left to lock up and make his way to the
house.  Inside, he stuck his head into Steve's office and said, "I'm going
for a nap...."

    "Good!  Aiden and Xavier will be here at 6:30, and we'll call for you
when we're ready...."

    "Oh, yeah, thanks!"  William dragged himself up the steps and laid on
top of the covers, with his clothes on, and passed out.  At school, Chase
and Matt were having a banner day, and Matt was rapidly turning Chase's
birthday into the social event of the winter, inviting all their new
friends.  When Amy and a couple of her friends joined them for lunch, it
marked the changing of the tides for them.  For the time being, even the
popular kids from the jock crowd had to rein in their hostility.

    That afternoon, they arrived at Chase's house to find William dead to
the world, so Matt went home and Chase sat at his desk to work at the
computer.  Taking a break, he went down to get a drink, and his dad called
him into his office.

    "Tonight's going to be intense, Chase....  I'm a little worried...."

    "They'll have to understand...."

    "Eventually....  Tell me, I've been wondering, has William said
anything to you about why he knows about fertility doctors?"

    Chase turned white, and answered, "Yes....  I'm not sure I should...."

    Steve held up his hand, "He nearly said something about it today, but I
didn't push the issue....  His mother?"  Chase nodded, and Steve ran his
hand through his hair.  "She wasn't?"

    "Twins....  Far enough along to know they were boys...."

    "Jesus," the man exclaimed.

    "Dad?"

    "Yeah?"

    "Do you think William ... do you think that Mom, you know, do you think
it will make him sad?"

    "It might....  But he's part of our family now, and I think he'll get
through it...."  Steve hoped, anyway.

    "So, he said something to you," Chase began, hesitantly.  "I guess he
mentioned...."  Steve nodded, and Chase's shoulders slumped as he sat down
on the love seat.  "I'm so selfish...."  Steve laughed, but if Chase could
have seen, he would have seen the tears in his father's eyes.

    The man came around and sat next to his son, wrapping his arm around
the boy, coughing to clear the emotion from his voice, "You, selfish?  Even
when you were little, you always smiled and talked up-beat to make your
mother and me feel better....  If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't
have brought William home....  You agreed to share your room with him
before you knew how you two could feel for one another....  You love
everyone unconditionally....  You are the least selfish person I know...."

    Chase wiped his eyes, and said, "Thanks...."

    "Run on, now....  Why don't you take some food upstairs?  William
forgot lunch, and when he wakes up it will be too close to time for Aiden
to get here for him to come downstairs...."

    "Is he okay?  How long has he been asleep?"

    "He seemed okay, but he's been asleep for hours....  I think he may
have worn himself out working on something...."

    "Alright.  Thanks, Dad...."  The man kissed the boy, and Chase went to
the kitchen and made a sandwich for William and took it upstairs.  Hanging
his coat on the back of his chair, Chase curled up next to William's
sleeping form, rubbing his back and, feeling naughty, his ass.

    "Mmmm," William groaned, waking up a little.  He decided to mess with
Chase, so when the boy's hand grazed his ass, William moaned, "Oh yeah,
that's the spot Matt...."  Quicker than he expected, Chase smacked him
sharply on the ass, and he rolled over laughing, pulling Chase down into a
passionate kiss.

    "When did you get home," William asked, stroking the boy's cheek.

    "Hours ago...."

    "What time is it," William asked, sitting up.  After 5!  "I need to get
ready...."

    "I made you a sandwich....  You should stay upstairs until my parents
talk to your uncle...."

    William gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.  "You're the best....  I'll
be right back...."  Grabbing Chase's robe, he hurried to the shower and
washed himself, soaking in the lukewarm water -- the hot water made his
skin tingle like he had a sunburn, he supposed from the fire elemental.  He
relaxed, but realized he needed to move, so he dried himself and came back
to their room.  He sat on the bed next to Chase and ate his sandwich, while
Chase stroked his thigh gently, occasionally grazing his balls.

    "You're doing that on purpose," William said with a laugh.

    "Me," Chase asked, sweetly, and if the boy's fingers weren't at that
moment tickling his balls, he might have believed the innocent face.

    "My uncle will be here in half an hour!"

    "Plenty of time for you to relax," Chase said, pushing him onto his
back.  Chase's mouth went straight to his balls, licking and sucking them
like before.  Again, like before, he felt the boy's tongue seeking lower
and strike on his hole.  But this time, Chase aggressively lifted William's
legs and probed the tight hole, making William writhe in pleasure.  He felt
Chase back off a little, then he felt something small and hard pressing
against his hole.  As it penetrated him, he recognized it as one of the
boy's fine fingers.  The feeling was intensely pleasing, and William bucked
back against the finger as Chase now began sucking his cock.  For a while
he fingered and sucked William, then he removed his finger and spread more
spit on his hand and now inserted two fingers.  At first the intrusion was
sharp and painful, but soon the feelings grew more intense than before.
William was now grabbing at the boy's shoulders as he sucked, moaning in
increasing pleasure.  Finally, he couldn't hold back and shot in the boy's
mouth, and this time Chase took it all, before falling over at William's
side and stroking his chest.

    At last, William opened his eyes and smiled, "I never thought I'd be
saying this, but I can't wait to have your cock in my ass...."  Chase
giggled and tweaked William's nipple, "Ohhh."

    "So much power," Chase said exaggerating his villain voice.  Then,
shyly, "Do you ever think about, you know, doing me?"

    "No...."

    "Oh," the boy said simply, sounding hurt.

    "... I've never thought about 'doing' you....  But I love every inch of
you, and I can't wait to make love to you, to be together...."  Chase
released a held breath and smiled.

    "I've been thinking about what it would be like to give myself up to
the man I loved ever since I realized I was different, but now that you're
here, I can almost feel what it will be like," the boy said, sweet and
excited, hugging tightly against William's side.  "Now, clean yourself up
and put some clothes on....  This is for my eyes only...."

    William laughed, but the doorbell put some pep in his step.  He put on
khaki pants and a powder blue shirt, with a darker blue sweater vest.
Chase stood at the door.  "I'd better go down and say hi, or they'll
suspect.... I'm usually the first to the door...."

    "Go," William encouraged and closed the door behind the boy.  He heard
Chase nearly run down the steps and cry, "Uncle Aiden, uncle X!"

    "There's my boy," Aiden said, taking Chase in his arms.

    "How are you, sweet thang," Xavier asked as he got his hug.

    "Too hot to handle," Chase said, making both men laugh.  For a while,
there was a lot of catching up, but Steve knew they shouldn't delay long.

    "Listen, Aiden, Xavier, we invited you over to thank you for your help,
but there is something else...."  The men looked surprised and waited for
him to continue.  "When I show you what I need to show you, I think you're
going to be upset, and I hope you can forgive me, but...."

    "Steve, you're my best friend!  Now, don't be silly and get on with
it," Aiden said, laughing nervously.

    "Then I need you both to promise me something....  No matter what you
think, how you feel, you cannot speak a word of what you are about to see,
outside of this house, not to family, not to friends, not to anyone....
Can you both swear that?"  The men looked at each other and nodded.
"Chase," Steve said and nodded for the boy to go get William.  They heard
him take the steps slowly.  Steve moved next to Xavier and took the man's
hand, something he had never done, except to shake it.  "I am sooo sorry,
Xavier, really," Steve said, sounding very sad.  Soon, they heard two sets
of footsteps down the stairs, and then the two boys stood in the doorway.

    "No," Xavier said, standing and pulling his hand away, reaching for the
wand hidden in his coat.  "It can't be...."

    "Uncle Xavier, please," William said, pleading, "put that away...."
The man backed away as if it were all some kind of joke, or a trap, and
William held his hands up and out, circling the man carefully and moving
away from Chase.  "Do you remember when I was five and you took me to the
park?  I busted my lip, and you were so scared, I had to comfort you?"  A
look of confusion replaced the fear and anger on the man's face, and he
lowered his wand a little.  "The secret ingredient in grandma's chocolate
chip cookies was cayenne pepper?"  The wand fell from the man's hand, and
his eyes teared up.  William ran into his arms and hugged him.

    "How," the man sobbed.

    "I snuck out to go visit Peter, down the street, and when the explosion
happened I was in the back yard.... I woke up in the woods behind the house
with a bump on the head....  I went to the emergency meeting place and
waited for mom and dad, but I knew they weren't coming, so I packed up the
supplies and I hid in the woods for weeks and weeks...."

    "I looked for you....  They never found your ... body....  But no
amount of magic let me find you...."

    "I had plenty of time alone.  I cast every cloaking spell I could
find...."  Xavier ran his hand over the boy's head, with a look of devotion
and pride.  "How did you come to be here," the man asked, his voice turning
hard as he looked at Steve.

    "We were camping in the woods," Chase said, "William smelled our fire
and came to check us out....  He was invisible, but he thought he wasn't
because I knew he was there, so he came out and then dad came back and we
brought him home!"  Xavier couldn't help but smile at the boy's enthusiasm.

    William took his uncle by the shoulders and looked at him seriously.
"I told them not to tell you!"  The man looked surprised and hurt.  "It's
not that I didn't trust you, I did....  But I didn't know if the people who
killed my parents were watching you....  They may still be watching you....
Gideon didn't want me to see you today, but he said I could if you promised
not to let anyone know I was alive...."

    "Gideon!"  Xavier shook his head.  "Guardians are so overprotective....
Your house was an accident, William, a gas leak, nothing more...."

    "You don't believe that!  Every bone in my body tells me that they were
targeted...."

    Xavier sat down and looked at Steve grudgingly.  "Thank you for
protecting my nephew...."  Turning to William, "So, when all of this is
settled and you come out of hiding, you'll move to D.C. with us?"  William
looked shocked, but of course his uncle would want him!  Chase, however,
was in an inner panic, and looked like he might pass out.  His eyes were
full of tears, and he ran out of the room.

    "Chase, dear, what's wrong," Aiden called, going after the boy.

    "Leave him, Aiden," Steve said.  "There's a complication, Xavier, one I
suppose you'll understand....  I know he's your nephew, but I'd like for
him to stay with us...."  William looked back and forth between the men,
petrified and in shock, not sure what to say.

    "Complication," Xavier demanded angrily, standing up, "complication!
He's my nephew, of course he'll come live with us...."

    "Uncle Xavier," William said with a sob, "I ...."  But he couldn't
finish, as tears overcame him.  But Chase appeared in the door, wiping his
eyes with tissues.

    "William, you can go or you can stay when the time comes....  I promise
I'll understand, and we'll get through it...."  Chase sad, wiping his eyes.
William's tears intensified and Xavier's face was again etched with
confusion as he looked back and forth between the boys.  Chase walked to
the chair where William was now sitting in tears, and knelt down before
him.  With exceeding tenderness, he wiped the boy's tears and placed his
hand on the boy's cheek.  Then he leaned in and kissed William on the lips
and hugged him tightly as he broke down again....  The room was completely
silent except for the sound of William's crying, as all the adults looked
on as Chase comforted him.

    Finally, Chase stood and William struggled to his feet, putting his arm
around Chase's waist.  "Can you understand, Uncle Xavier?  I thought I was
dead inside until ..." turning aside so that he was face to face with
Chase, "you brought me back to life...."  Chase didn't care who was
watching, he kissed the boy deeply.  When William looked around, he saw
that everyone had looked away, the scene too intense to watch.

    Xavier approached the boys, putting an arm around each of them and
lowering his head to kiss each of them on the cheek.  "I love you boys....
I couldn't separate you....  I just...."

    Before the room could descend into another tear-filled chaos, Aiden
spoke in an authoritative voice, "I have a solution...."  Now all eyes were
on him, and he smiled.  "Let's move to Richmond...."

    "Aiden, really," Xavier said, "I couldn't ask you to...."

    "You didn't," the man said, with finality.  "For most of my daily
business, I can work from here, and it's not exactly as if the commute will
be difficult....  My company has private planes, and I've got my wand...."

    "And I could move my gallery to Richmond," Xavier mused out loud.  "A
good deal of my business is over the net, in any case...."  William wiped
his eyes, and Chase was practically bouncing.

    "Really," he asked, and when the men nodded, he threw himself into each
of their arms.

    "Now, if the rest of you don't mind," Xavier said, smiling
sarcastically at Chase, "I'd like to talk with my nephew privately...."
William led the man up to Chase's room and they sat on the bed.

    "It still seems like a dream," Xavier said, hugging the boy again.
"But you're still here....  And you're gay?"

    Again, William shrugged and said, "At least for Chase, I am...."

    Xavier laughed and said, "That's easy to understand....  Certainly easy
to see....  Your mom and dad would be proud of you, for not letting fear
get in the way of love....  They knew, you know?"

    "What," William asked with a laugh, "I didn't know...."

    Xavier shrugged his shoulders, "They always used to ask me what life
was like, how I thought a gay boy should be raised, and the like....  They
knew...."

    William's tears started pouring, and he said, "I wish they would have
known him...."

    "They do, they do," Xavier said, "somewhere, they know...."

    William nodded, and when he could speak, he said, "Thank you for not
taking me away...."

    "How could I?  I've known and loved you both since you were babies....
I couldn't have done it to either of you...."  The boy snuggled into his
uncles chest as they laid down together, getting all the comfort they
needed from each other.  After a little while, there was a light knock at
the door, and Chase came in.  "Feel like dinner?"

    "In a minute," Xavier said, and Chase wandered over to the bed and
crawled into the other side, laying his head on Xavier's chest across from
William.  "You boys!"

    "You love it," Chase joked, and the man hugged both boys.

    A few minutes passed and Aiden showed up at the door.  "Come on guys,
let's eat," he said with a big smile.  "Look at you!  I leave you alone for
a few minutes and you've got both arms full of teenage boy!"

    "Come on in if you want some," Chase said, playfully, but Aiden waved
them over.

    "Come on, guys," he said, and the three of them stood and walked to the
door.  When the boys were on their way downstairs, Xavier grabbed Aiden and
dragged him back inside.

    "Thank you," he said, putting his head on the man's shoulder.

    Aiden wrapped his arms around Xavier, but whispered with a laugh, "I
love you.... But keep it in your pants til we get home...."

    Downstairs, everyone tore into dinner, and they were all laughing and
talking, catching up.  It was very late when the little party broke up and
William walked outside with his uncles, after everyone had said goodbye.
"Listen, William," Aiden said, "we need to talk sometime soon....  There's
some business we need to discuss....  I'm the executor of your parent's
estate, so I'll be taking care of all that til you turn 25, but I need your
input...."  William nodded and hugged the men again.

    Before they left, it occurred to him to ask, "Do you remember my father
ever talking about a man, Sam Roth?"

    "Rabbi Roth," Aiden asked, smiling.  "Of course!  He, your father and I
were once on this ... thing in Budapest...."

    "For the Council?"  Aiden's smile faded, but he nodded.  "What's the
Council?"

    "We'll talk about that later," Aiden said, "but, for now....  It's like
the congress of magical beings....  They make rules and enforce agreements,
and mediate with the human world....  Your father and I were both with the
Council, representatives of the Society, but not for a long time now....
Rabbi Roth was our chief...."

    "Is he safe, can I trust him?"

    "Yes, you can....  But wait, you've been in contact with him since the
explosion?"

    "Yeah, in town....  I had a glamour on, but he helped me and I told him
what happened, and then he knew...."  William sounded in a panic, and Aiden
took him by the shoulders.

    "It's alright!  He won't be under active surveillance....  And he loved
your father like a son...."  William nodded.  "Now, go back inside....
We'll call you soon...."  William waved goodbye and stepped inside.  Sarah
and Steve were getting ready for bed and he went and hugged each of them
wordlessly before making his way upstairs to find Chase waiting in bed for
him.  Again, silently, William undressed and crawled under the covers,
laying his head on the silky skin of Chase's head, closing his eyes as he
felt the boy's fingers stroke his hair.

    "What you said tonight," Chase whispered, "it's true for me as well....
My dad said something to me this afternoon ... I've always been so strong
for everyone, but when I'm in your arms, I feel so alive...."  William
looked up into Chase's face and kissed his chest.  Gently, he reached under
the covers and started stroking the boy, and Chase's head lolled backwards.
Sliding the covers down the smooth body, William gave the boy a sloppy blow
job until the cock was rock-hard in his mouth.  Grabbing Chase's waist, he
slid the boy down the bed and straddled his waist.

    "What are you...."  Chase began, but William put a finger on his lips.
Reaching around with his other arm, he rubbed saliva into his crack and
guided the boy's penis to his hole.  Gradually, he sat back into it, and
increased the pressure until the fat head slid in.  He gasped sharply and
stopped, and Chase grabbed his hips to help steady him.  "We can stop,"
Chase gasped.

    "No, I need this," William said, and a few moments later, he again
increased the pressure and put his weight into sliding the boy's six inches
all the way in.  Losing his balance, he drove the last three inches in all
at once and whimpered again.  The boy's cock felt like it was expanding in
his ass, and the heat of it was intense.  Gradually, his ass relaxed and he
lifted himself a few inches and then lowered himself again.  This time, the
pain was residual and the rest was pleasure....  Chase sighed and William
leaned it to kiss his lips, and began to slowly move his hips up and down.

    Chase broke the kiss.  "Get on your back, let me...."  William lifted
himself off Chase and rolled onto his back, and the boy got between his
legs, William's legs hugging his waist, he guided his cock back into the
boy's hole.  After a few slow, deep strokes, William was moaning and
rolling his head.  William tightened his legs around Chase's waist, digging
his heels into the boy's ass on the in-stroke.  Chase gave William a fiery
kiss as he picked up his speed, and William held onto him tightly, sucking
his earlobe.

    He whispered, "Oh my God, oh....  Deeper, deeper," and Chase responded
by driving his cock in til his abdomen was flush with the boy's muscular
behind.  "Oh, that's it, that's the ... ungh...."  Chase was surprised to
feel hot, sticky cum splatter his and William's chests, as the boy came
beneath him.  The spasms in William's anal muscles drove Chase over the
edge, and he unloaded inside of William.  Chase collapsed on top of the big
boy and laid there until his cock shrank and popped from the William's ass.

    "What a stud," William sighed, cracking a smile.

    "What was that," Chase asked, standing up and tossing William a towel
to clean up some of the mess from the bed and from their bodies.

    "I guess I'll have to get you something for your birthday now," William
said, laughing.  Then, seriously, "I hope it's okay, I just, I felt like I
needed to be close to you tonight...."

    "I've never ... that was the sexiest, most wonderful thing...." Chase
said, blushing thinking about it.

    "I'm glad you liked it, too....  I guess I don't need to tell you, you
can have my ass any time, big man."  Chase really blushed now.  If he would
admit it to himself, making love to the sexy jock, and his gushing over
Chase's prowess, made him feel strong, masculine, in a way he rarely had.
But, so did having the big boy cuddle up to him and lay his head on Chase's
chest, as he was now doing.

    "I knew it would be good," William said, curled up on him, "but, my
God...."  Chase chuckled and stroked his back, and soon drifted off.
William noticed the boy's hand fall still and knew he was asleep.  William
rolled onto his own side, keeping his back in contact with the boy's side,
and drifted off to his own deep sleep.

    Friday came too early for either of them, and it was the alarm clock
that woke them both.  Chase ran off to shower and threw on his uniform,
while William pulled on a pair of athletic pants and a t-shirt.  They
walked downstairs together and found Matt waiting for them.

    "Waz up," the boy said, sillily.

    "You're a little early this morning," William said.

    "Hellz yea," the boy said, then in his normal voice, "I'm just stoked!
Tonight's my big date....  I'm taking Amy to eat and to the movies...."

    William laughed, and Chase said, "Well, you should probably calm
down....  You don't want to come off as a dork...."

    "And speaking of coming off," William said, trying to stifle his laugh,
"You should probably try to choke the chicken before your date so you don't
keep bumping into her with your boner...."  The boy looked down, goofily.
"Man, you are a lost cause.... I didn't mean you have one now, only that
... never mind...."  The boys all laughed over their cereal, until they
heard the bus coming down the street.

    "I'll take care of the dishes," William said, and the boys ran out the
door.  He was putting the dishes in the dishwasher when Steve came out in
his robe.

    "Sarah gone already," the boy asked.

    "Yeah, early morning, but it wasn't any trouble for her, since she
didn't have any wine last night...."

    "Getting ready...."

    "Yeah," Steve laughed.  "Listen, about that....  With all the drama
last night, I don't know if Chase mentioned it to you, but he and Matt
invited some girls and their boyfriends to go out with you guys tomorrow
night...."

    "No, he didn't...."

    "I think it's like pizza and a movie or something....  I was just
wondering if you boys might want to make it a late night....  I thought it
might be nice for Sarah and I to have a romantic dinner at home...."
William snorted and nodded.

    "Sure, I'll just tell them we need to see the later movie because
Chase's dad is at home boning his mom...."

    Steve gave him a good smack in the arm and laughed, "Thanks...."

    "Steve, are you going to be around today?"

    "Should be, why?"

    "I'm going out for a run this morning, and I want someone he be here
when they deliver my weight machine...."

    "No problem....  I'll be here...."  Steve walked to his office and came
back quickly.  "But take this with you, it's my old business cell....  It's
yours until we get you a better one....  Keep it on you!"

    William took the phone and said, "Thanks, dad," this time with a cheeky
grin.  Steve put his arm around the boy and ruffled his hair.

    "I think I like the sound of that....  You know, it's no
disrespect...."  William nodded, smiling and only tearing up a little.
"After all, I am like your ... father-in-law...."

    "Does that mean, if Chase gets me pregnant, we'll have an
honest-to-goodness Virginia shotgun wedding?"  Steve rolled up the paper
and gave the boy a swift smack on the behind, making him jump and laugh.
He walked to the door and laced up his tennis shoes, before jogging out the
door waving goodbye.  Steve picked up the phone and called Sarah's favorite
restaurant, arranging a very expensive home service, with server.

    William took it easy this time, and bypassed the park and its creepy
denizens, heading straight for town.  He was just getting a little tired
when he arrived at the door of the old synagogue.  Pushing the button, he
heard the woman ask, "How may I help you?"

    "Irma, its William, the boy from earlier this week...."  He heard the
door buzz, and he walked over to the office where the woman sat.  "Thanks a
lot!  I was wondering if the Rabbi was available?"

    "He's with someone right now, but he'll be free after," she said,
checking his calendar.  "If you like, you can wait in our library...."
William nodded and she pointed him in the right direction.  He found many
interesting books, most of which he knew nothing about.  But he gravitated
to the section labeled mysticism....  He thumbed through a few books on
Kabbalah before he heard the door open behind him.

    "William," the man exclaimed warmly.  "I was worried I wouldn't see you
again for a while...."

    "My uncle Aiden vouched for you," the boy said with a smile.

    "Aiden Phillips is your uncle?'

    "Well, yes and no....  His partner, Xavier, is my mother's brother...."

    "Then he is your uncle....  Remarkable!  How is he?"

    "Well, you can ask him yourself, soon....  They are moving to Richmond
to be closer to me...."

    "Do you mind if I ask why you aren't planning to move back to D.C. when
your troubles get cleared up?"

    William considered the man closely and figured he had not disapproved
of Aiden and Xavier.  "The son of the people who are taking care of me....
I'm in love with him...."  The man smiled and nodded, sitting down in a big
easy chair and motioning William to the other.

    "You are ... very young...."  The man watched him carefully, "And love
is a difficult thing...."

    "Believe me, I know how difficult love is, but I also know that that is
no reason to live without it....  And who knows how long you've got...."

    The man smiled and nodded, "So you are in love....  Good for you....
Hold onto him...."

    "I will....  Listen, with your connections to magical beings
world-wide, I wonder ... do you know of any neurologists who have access to
more-than-human techniques?"  The man sat back and looked at him
expectantly.  "The boy, Chase, he's blind, and no one can figure out why,
and I just thought...."

    The man nodded, and said, "But you know, it's like anything else....
Our powers are not absolute....  If it's a curse, if the wizard was very
powerful and very dark, there is only one way to help your friend...."

    "I'd do it," William said, and the look in his eye confirmed it.  The
man nodded.

    "Then there are some powers above ours...."

    "What powers?"  The rabbi laughed and spread his hands motioning to his
surroundings.  "Oh, yeah, of course...."

    "You know, Chase, wizards are people too, and we all need something to
believe in....  We of all people know what's possible.  That's why there
are wizards of every tradition....  I tried to talk to your father, but he
didn't want to hear it....  I loved your father, but he was very
stubborn....  I hope that there are some things he didn't pass on to
you...."

    "I believe in God....  The source of all power and magic...."

    The rabbi smiled, but clearly disagreed.  "God is so much more than
that, more than the source of our power....  A machine could serve that
purpose, like a power plant....  God is the merciful, the compassionate,
the benevolent...."

    "Where was God, then?"  The boy spoke with a little anger, less than
the man expected, actually.

    "He was in your back yard, shielding you from harm....  He was in the
spirit that guided you to the forest, into the arms of your beloved...."
William felt angry at himself because he was hearing the sense in what the
man said.

    "Gideon was the spirit who did those things...."

    "And who do you think Gideon is?  Who do you think he answers to?
'Secular wizards' call them guardians, but they are what we call
angels...."

    "That's what Chase said, guardian angels...."

    "Bright boy....  Your Gideon, I suspect, is closer to God than
most...."

    "Why do you say that?"

    "Gideon is the name of a man, not an angel....  Gideon," the man
stopped abruptly, as the big black, winged figure loomed silently and
unnoticed behind William and raised a finger to his lips before
dissipating.

    "What?"

    "I'm afraid, I'm not allowed to say any more....  It has been
forbidden...."  William looked frustrated, but nodded.

    "So, God is looking out for us, God cares for us....  What about my
parents?"

    The man sighed.  "I don't know....  It's not ours to know....  But it
may be that you have some great purpose, and that for that to come about
... a tragedy was necessary....  In the end, all will be restored ...  all
will be united ... and your parents watch over you still...."

    "Xavier said the same thing, the last part anyway....  Anyway, theology
later....  Could you look into the doctor for me?  I want the best, most
powerful practitioner in the world...."

    "That will be ... expensive...."

    "I don't care about the money," the boy said, and the man knew he must
have plenty, if he knew the boy's father.

    "I'll have a name and a contact for you next week," the man said.
William gave the man his new cell number and thanked him.

    "Do come see me again soon....  You do remind me of your father," the
man said, eyes glistening.

    "I will," William said, and pleased the man by giving him a hug.

    William was pushing on the door, when the man said, "Wait!  I forgot,
there's something I want to show you....  I was doing some research for
your father...."

    The man showed William two papers, one in Hebrew, the other his English
translation.  "There is little more important to a wizard than his magical
heritage....  It's part of what ties us all together....  Your father's
family tree is complete back into the middle ages, and connects there to
very ancient wizards, but your mother's was more ... incomplete....  Many
of her ancestors were unaware of their powers and left them undeveloped.
But there was one connection I was helping him check.  It turns out that
your mother's mother's mother's mother was married to one of the great
figures in Hasidic Judaism, a sect of modern mysticism.  Your
great-grandfather was a very powerful and important figure in the
movement...."

    "What does this mean?"

    "Well, it means that you and Xavier can fill in a long branch of your
family tree, because through this man, you trace your roots back to the
biblical era," William sat down, hardly able to believe what he had heard.
"And it means that you are a Jew...."

    "What?"

    "Well, a person can be born Jewish or convert to Judaism, but if your
mother was born Jewish and never converted to another religion, you are
Jewish....  In your case, generations of your matriarchs never converted to
another religion, and so you were born a Jew....  Should you choose to
embrace your heritage...."  William's head was reeling and the man sat next
to him.

    "I don't know anything about Judaism....  I don't understand...."

    "Your relatives hid their identity to escape the Nazis, and I suppose
they masked their identities in fear....  They came to America and lived as
secular wizards, which is what they passed on to your grandparents, and
they to your parents....  Come by some Saturday for services, just to see
how it feels....  You should know about your past, and perhaps your
future...."  William nodded in confusion and took the English translation
and the original copy, and thanked the man, before leaving.

    A week ago, he didn't know there were Jewish wizards, and now he finds
out he was one.  As he started jogging toward home, he couldn't help but
ask, 'Who am I? What am I?'  This raised more questions than it answered,
and by the time he reached the house, he found himself in the midst of an
minor existential crisis.

    He numbly asked Steve if his weights had arrive, and the man pointed
him to the yard, outside his building.  "You forgot to open the door,
so...."

    "Thanks," he said, and went out into the yard.  With a wave of his
wand, the door opened and the box floated through it and into the inner
room.  William borrowed the tools he needed and threw himself into putting
the equipment together.  His whole sense of space and time was thrown off,
so when Chase got home and called for him, he didn't answer.  Chase
carefully walked across the yard to the building and knocked on the door,
calling his name.

    Chase's voice penetrated his thoughts and he came out to the door and
threw his arms around the boy, surprising him.

    "That was ... unexpected....  Is everything alright?"

    "Yeah, sorry," William said, catching his breath, "just got caught up
in putting this stuff together.  I bought this new weight equipment to work
out at home and I just want to get it set up and out of the way...."

    "Okay," Chase said, smiling and putting a soft hand on his cheek, "I'm
going to go do my homework so I'm free this weekend...."

    Before he could walk up to the house, William called playfully, "So
were you going to tell me about this quadruple date we have tomorrow
night?"  Smiling playfully, Chase walked away.  William laughed and shook
his head.  "I love you," he called, lighting the boy's face.  Chase blew
him a kiss before heading inside.  William's head was clearer, suddenly,
and he was able to finish putting the machine together.  Then he went out
to his lab and found the willow branch he had collected, and took out one
of his ritual knives and carved the wood into a long smooth shaft a little
thicker than a thick pen and about 11 inches long.  It was a good start, he
thought, but a lot of work remained.  So he took the shaft into his inner
room and locked it in his vault.  Better safe than sorry....  Looking at
the weight machine, he decided that this was as good a time as any.  He
hadn't lifted in a while, so he knew he needed to start slow, but he still
needed to work out some energy, so he adjusted the machine to a
not-too-strenuous weight, and started a circuit through the basic
exercises.

    When he came out into the yard forty-five minutes later, he was
drenched in sweat and ready for a shower.  Upstairs, he stripped off his
exercise clothes and hopped in a cold shower, hoping to avoid sore muscles
the next day.  Then he styled his hair in the mirror and crossed the hall
wearing a big towel.

    "Hey," Chase smiled up at him and ran his hand up the back of William's
towel, squeezing his ass.  "All clean?"

    "As a whistle," William said, "whatever that means...."

    William pulled out some black pants and a form-fitting white
dress-shirt, which he left unbuttoned to the third button, and shiny black
leather shoes.  "Why don't you get dressed and let me take you out on a
proper date....  We should have one before we go out with a group...."

    "Really," Chase asked excitedly.  William told him what he was wearing
and ran downstairs while Chase was changing.

    "Well, aren't you dressed up," Steve said.  "What's up?"

    "I want to take Chase out tonight, just the two of us...."

    "And you need rides?"

    "No, I thought you might want to practice for tomorrow night," William
said with a mischievous smile, "I just need your permission.  I'll call a
car service...."

    "Well, well....  Sounds fun!  Take your phones and be safe...."

    "Thanks," William said and ran to get the phone book, calling to
reserve a car and driver for the evening, then calling for a reservation at
a posh Thai restaurant.  He was stumped about what else to do.  They
couldn't go to mini-golf, and they were going to the movies the next night.
Sarah passed behind him and leaned down to whisper, "There is a performance
of Beethoven's Fifth tonight at the Carpenter Theatre....  Chase loves
Beethoven...."  William gave her a peck on the cheek and phoned the box
office.  The timing was perfect, and there were seats left, but they were
the most expensive in the house, the woman explained, hearing the youth in
his voice.

    "Two, please," he said, and made the reservation, in time for him to
see Chase coming down the stairs looking like a young movie star in his
tight white turtleneck and sleek black slacks.

    "Picture time," Sarah announced, and the boys posed for her at the
bottom of the stairs.

    "Now," Steve said, taking a fatherly tone, "You guys have a good time,
have my son home after 11, and don't do anything I wouldn't do...."

    "Dad!"  Chase complained playfully.  "Wait....  After 11?  Ewww, dad,
gross...."

    "Those baby brothers and sisters aren't going to fertilize themselves,"
he said, giving his wife a playful smack on the behind.

    "Was that....  You guys are gross...."

    "They're pretty cute for old people," William said, dodging Sarah's
hand.  Their banter was halted by a knock at the door.  A young man in
black suit and hat stood at the door.

    "I'm Derek, I'll be your driver for the evening....  Would you like me
to wait, sir," they young man asked, looking at Steve.  He was surprised
when William answered, "No, we're ready...."

    "Yes, sir," the driver said, leading them out to their car, a new black
Lexus limousine.  He stood by the door and opened it for them, and watched
William help Chase inside.  He closed the door behind them, and climbed
behind the wheel.

    "Will there be any other passengers, this evening, sir?"  He could tell
the young man was wondering if there were any young ladies to be picked up.
William's response would confirm his suspicion.

    "No, Derek, it's just us, tonight," he answered, wrapping his arm
around Chase.

    "Very good, sir," Derek replied, not revealing anything.  "Where to?"

    "Thai Curry House...."

    "Very good," Derek answered.  "There are drinks in the cooler...."
With that, he raised the privacy glass, and Chase cuddled into William and
they rode along.  Shortly before they arrived, Derek lowered the privacy
glass to announce the impending arrival, and Chase made no move to withdraw
from William's embrace.  And now William saw the look in Derek's eyes --
not disgust but longing.  He pulled the car to a stop and came around to
open the door for them.  As Chase and William got out of the car, William
asked the young man, "Can I get you something to eat?  We'll be a while at
our next stop...."

    "Thank you, sir, I'll be fine...."  Something told William the young
man was being polite, but he said nothing, and led Chase to the door.

    Approaching the hostess, William said, "We have a reservation for
Abernathy...."  The boys were led to their table and sat next to one
another facing the room.  Each boy ordered soup, salad and a meal, and they
sat talking and holding hands, ignoring the few disapproving looks.  The
food was delicious, and the boys cleaned their plates.  They ordered a
desert to share, and William asked for an order of pad thai, to go.  When
they were all finished, William paid and took Chase's arm, leading him out
of the restaurant.  Seeing them emerge, Derek jumped out of the car and
opened the door for them.

    When Derek was back in the car, William directed him to the theater.
William let Derek help Chase out of the car, while he sat the food on the
man's seat.  They collected their tickets at the will-call window and found
their way to their seats, sixth row center.  Chase held William's hand
throughout the concert, occasionally squeezing it in approval.  During the
intermission, William ran to the restroom, leaving Chase alone.

    He was startled when a young woman leaned forward and said, "You two
are very cute together...."

    Chase turned to thank her, and introduced himself, extending his hand
awkwardly, "Chase Abernathy...."  It was the ill-aimed hand, as well as the
dark glasses in the dim light, that revealed his condition, and she took
his hand warmly in both of hers.

    "Charlotte Wilson, and to my left is my fiancée, Dave Swanson."  Dave,
too, shook his hand warmly.

    William came back and smiled at them as Chase was chatting away.
"William, this is Charlotte and Dave....  They're engaged....  Oh, and they
are students at the University of Richmond...."  William smiled and shook
hands with the couple.

    "William, I know you're on a date, but Charlotte and I were going to
get coffee and a snack afterwards if you guys would like to join us...."
Chase took his hand and squeezed....  Anyway, the concert would be over and
they had some time to kill if they didn't want to hear Sarah and Steve
'practicing.'

    "Why not," he said, smiling, as the lights flashed to quiet the
audience.  The symphony played a few more short works and the show was
over.  The foursome waited while the audience cleared the aisle a little
for Chase, and William asked, "Did you have fun?"  Chase, always
enthusiastic, through his arms around William and squeezed, and William
kissed him on the cheek before smiling at the other couple in
embarrassment.  "So where are you guys going," William asked, and Dave
explained that there was a diner they liked near campus and that they had
taken the bus.

    "Well, we have a car, we can all ride together," William invited, and
the couple happily took them up on it.  As they walked out of the theater,
William warned, "We don't always travel in this kind of style...."  Derek
pulled up to the curb and came around to open the door.  "Derek, Dave and
Charlotte are joining us for coffee...."

    "Yes, sir...."

    As the other couple, then Chase, got into the car, William asked, "Do
you like pad thai, I wasn't sure...."

    For a moment, the young man dropped his mask of professionalism and
smiled, "Thank you...."  William nodded and climbed in.

    "You sure know how to show a guy a good time," Dave said, laughing.
"Poor college students like us get by best we can...."

    "You had pretty good seats," William joked.

    "My parents have season tickets and they couldn't come," Charlotte
laughed.

    "Dave, could you tell Derek where we're going," William said, and when
the car started to roll, the privacy window went back up.

    "So, I don't mean to be nosey," Dave said, looking around the car.

    "Sure you do," Charlotte broke in, cutting him off.

    The boys laughed and William said, "It's alright...."

    "How'd you swing this?"

    William smiled and said, "My parents were very good with their
money...."

    Charlotte heard him, and put her hand on Dave's arm, stopping his
follow-up.  "How long has it been?"

    "Two-and-a-half months....  Tonight is my first night out...."

    "I'm sorry," Dave said, genuinely.  "What happened?"

    Chase squeezed William's hand and answered for him.  "Someone blew
their house up...."

    "I'm sorry, I really am....  I grew up without my parents," Dave said.
"They died in a car accident when I was nine and I lived with my
grandparents...."  William nodded in sympathy.

    There was a short silence, which Chase broke, asking, "So, when is the
wedding?"

    The couple looked at one another and Charlotte said, "June, if we can
get our site reserved...."  She and Chase chatted away about her wedding
and the planning she'd done, and William and Dave just smiled at one
another.

    "What do you want to do after you graduate?"

    "Well, I'm an economics and business major, so I guess I'll do
financial advising or something like that....  I'd like to go to law school
so I can handle more aspects of my clients' businesses, but it's so
expensive and I don't have anyone helping me....  I don't want to put us in
that kind of debt at the beginning of our marriage...."

    William had an impulse and considered the young man's face, "Give me
your hand," William requested, and Dave looked at him funny, not sure what
to make of it.  At last he held out his hand and William took it like he
was shaking it, but held it still.  Now Charlotte and Chase were wearing
curious looks, as Dave started to get nervous.  "Calm down," he said.
"Would you ever lie to your client?"  The young man shook his head, no.
"Would you ever take money from a client that wasn't due to you?"  No.  "Do
you honestly believe you have the skill to make money for your clients?"
Yes.

    William sat back and thought for a moment, before speaking.  "In the
last couple of months, I've learned to go with the flow....  I've also
learned that not every meeting is random and insignificant...."  Chase
smiled and took his hand, and William squeezed it.  "I think you should go
to law school....  And I'd like to make you a proposition.  I'd like you to
work for me...."  Everyone looked at him in shock.  "Finish school, come to
work for me....  Go to night and weekend classes for law school, work for
me, and then when you're finished, take on other clients...."

    "Are you serious," Charlotte asked, and Dave looked at him with
incredulity.

    "I'm very serious....  While you're working for me, I'll give you $70k,
plus law school tuition and insurance...."

    "This is ... unbelievable," Dave said, still not sure he wasn't being
put on.  William pulled out his card and dialed the number for the first
account.  He told the voice his account number and entered his secret pass
code.

    "Balance," he asked, and heard the response -- upward of 14 million
Euros.  Holding the phone up to Dave's ear and asked the voice to repeat
the balance.  The young man's eyes bulged as he heard the number and
William snapped the phone closed.  "I have ten accounts like that one....
Additionally, there's my parents' estate.  I'm not interested in most of
the day-to-day, so your job would be to expand my finances and build a
reputation for yourself.  If you're successful, we can talk about a
percentage of the profits for you...."

    Dave looked at Charlotte, who was just bouncing and who, at last,
leaned across with a squeal and gave William and Chase a big hug.  The car
pulled over and Derek opened the door for them.  In the diner, they all got
coffee, and Chase and Dave talked about the kinds of business interests
Dave wanted to research before he would start working for William
officially.  William offered to have a contract drawn up and wanted to meet
Dave the next week to get that signed and in place.  He would also have the
young man meet with Steve, who was an expert in struggling businesses.  In
the meantime, Chase asked Charlotte about the wedding venue and what was
the delay in scheduling it.

    "The down-payment -- they want half now, and half at the wedding, and
my parents think it's too expensive...."

    Chase nodded, and said, "I'm sure you'll figure something out...."

    They all chatted for a while longer, and William said, "I think we
should head home...."  They settled their bill and William stopped at the
ATM on the way out to the car to get some cash.  "Do you guys want a ride
back to your places?"

    "No, thanks," Charlotte said.  "We're just across the way, so we'll
walk."  William exchange numbers and emails with Dave, and he and Chase got
back into the limo.  "We're ready to head home, Derek...."

    When the privacy glass was up, Chase said, "I think you did the right
thing....  He'll be a good man...."

    "I thought so....  And I don't want to worry with business, it's not my
thing...."  Chase snuggled up to him and William wrapped his arm around the
boy, and they started a little light making out, but soon enough, Derek
pulled up to their house and came around to open the door for them.  As
Chase stood by, William signed the slip for the credit card and gave Derek
a very generous tip.

    "Derek, could I talk to you a minute," William asked, and the man
straightened up a little.

    "Sure I'm off the clock," he said.  Chase looked like he was worried
William was about to hire this man too, given his wry smile.

    "I may be out of line, but are you gay?"  The young man blushed
heartily, and nodded almost imperceptibly.  "Are you out?"

    Again he nodded, but he added, "Not that I know all that many
people....  I've had a hard time and, well, I keep to myself...."

    "Do you have a boyfriend?"

    "No, I've never had ... a boyfriend...."

    "I met a guy this week," William began, "he's a really nice guy, and I
thought you guys might hit it off....  If you'd like, I could introduce
you...."

    "Really?"  Derek asked, sounding a little excited.  "I, it's hard for
me to meet people and especially to ask a guy out unless I know he's
... you know...."

    "Well, give me your number and I'll call him up and see what we can
do....  Two cute guys like you shouldn't be alone," William said, teasing a
little, as Derek wrote out his number and handed it to him.  Chase took his
arm and walked with him up to the house.  Before they could get inside,
however, they saw Matt's car pull in next door, so they walked over to say
hi.

    "Yo, Matt, what's up?  Besides you?"  William snorted at his own joke,
which was true this time.  Matt's hair was a little mussed up as well.

    "Oh my God," Matt said, "what a weird night....  We went out and had
dinner, and ... you were right, William....  She notice my discomfort, and
just smiled.  When we were in the movie, she held my hand in my lap and
fingered me through my pants....  When we kissed goodnight, she put her
thigh between my legs and I'm so frustrated ... and she's freaking
awesome!"  The boys laughed at Matt, who seemed well on his way to knocking
boots with the prettiest girl in school.

    "So, we're all going out tomorrow and I'll get to meet your Amy,"
William asked, and the boy nodded dreamily.  "Well, night," William said,
nodding toward Matt's lap, laughing, "I guess we'd better leave you to
it...."  Matt waved and shot him a bird, and William and Chase went in the
house quietly.

    A tell-tale sound from the master-bedroom said it still wasn't late
enough, but the clock said after 11.  William looked at Chase, holding back
his laughter, and said, "Must be round two...."

    "Ewww," Chase whispered, smacking him on the back, and the boys tiptoed
upstairs.  William stripped down and laid on the bed, pulling up the covers
and turning on his side, and Chase crawled in with him, wrapping his arm
around his waist.  The warm spooning soothed William and he fell quickly to
sleep, but in the night, he felt Chase's sleep hard-on snaking between his
cheeks, leaking sticky precum.  William smiled and spit in his hand,
reaching back to lubricate the penis and guiding it to line up with his
anus.  Feeling the hot target, the sleeping boy tightened his grip on
William's waist and pressed forward, pushing his cock into the hot hole.
Like a teenager humping his bed, Chase went to work in his sleep, and was
in full fuck mode when the motion shook him from sleep in the middle of
sex.  He stopped suddenly and William whispered over his shoulder, "Please,
fuck me...."

    Chase resumed his pounding of William's ass, using his hands to pull
William's waist into line for deeper penetration, and his cock started
massaging William's prostate, driving the boy crazy.  He felt Chase's dick
swell in his ass and felt the warm cum in his ass....  Chase quickly pulled
out and climbed over William, taking his cock in his mouth, sucking the
biggest load yet from the big cock.

    "That was different," Chase said, smiling, and gave William a kiss as
the boy got up to go to the bathroom.  Chase straightened the bed and, when
William returned, this time William spooned into him, and they fell back to
sleep....