Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:30:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Shiloh Creek <tbotsauthor@yahoo.com> Subject: The Boys of Twillingate Shore: Chapter Four - Beautiful Boy The Boys of Twillingate Shore _____________________________ **DISCLAIMER: I own the rights to this story 100 %. This story contains strong sexual content between minors (boy-boy, boy-teen), mature language, and some violence. If you are offended by this sort of material, please do NOT read any further. If you are underage (<18; <21 in some areas), please do NOT read any further. All characters, main setting, and places or people mentioned in this story are completely, 100% fictional. If you find similarities between this story or any characters in this story in comparison to some place or someone in real life or other stories you may have read anywhere else, these circumstances are purely coincidental and do NOT reflect the intentions of the author of this story.** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hey everyone. Thank you again for all of your messages of encouragement. I hope you guys have been enjoying the story so far. All comments and criticisms are more than welcome. You can just email me at the address provided. If I don't get back to you right away or at all for some reason, don't be offended. I have a very busy schedule to be honest, so I will most likely spend my free time writing as opposed to replying to all of my emails and stuff like that. I apologize for the delay in posting this chapter. I'm sorry to say that it would probably remain like that for a while. My schedule has become so crazy lately, so I can't spend as much time as I'd like focusing on the story. Anyway, this fourth chapter will see a growth in the relationship between the two main characters. Right now, things are very confusing for our young Logan Henderson. He just doesn't understand his place in life. And since he has just lost his older brother, he's beginning to understand that things like injury or death can happen whether you understand life or not. Things are about to get very interesting for this young kid as he begins to figure things out about himself and about life. _____________________________ Previously... "Mmm, yeah, something from the last summer we came out there," Logan said with his arms crossed. "About three years ago, I guess?" "What is it?" Cody asked. Logan sighed deeply and then let the words come out. "I remember seeing you and my brother kissing each other behind the barn." Cody's eyes widened suddenly. The two boys stared at each other in total silence for what seemed like forever. Logan couldn't believe he had just let those words slip. He had never spoken of it out loud to anyone before, not even Jesse. - - - - - - - - - - - - "Logan, I have something for you," Richard said. Richard handed the pocket watch over to his eleven year old son, hoping this would help smooth things over a little. Logan grasped the pocket watch from his father's hand carefully, initially surprised at the heaviness of the trinket. Logan unhooked the clasp of the pocket watch and opened it up. His eyes widened as soon as she saw what was inside. It was a black and white picture of Logan and Jesse that had been taken when Jesse was fourteen and Logan was eight. They were both sitting on a white platform with a white background, several white sheets on the platform. Both of the boys were completely naked. Jesse was sitting with his legs spread and his knees bent, staring up at the camera with a bright smile on his face, his body angled in just the right way that his private parts were hidden behind his leg. Logan was sitting Indian style beside his older brother, his hands and one of the sheets positioned in a way that they covered his private parts as well. - - - - - - - - - - - - The back door opened swiftly. Logan turned around in his seat and looked towards the back door as this mysterious person entered the house. A thin man wearing a plaid shirt tucked into a pair of tight blue jeans was facing the other way closing the door behind him. He was wearing a cowboy hat and boots. The thin man turned around. Logan's eyes widened in almost apparent terror. "Hey, Ruth, sorry I'm late for lunch. I was just –" Cody Haynes walked into the kitchen and stopped in mid-sentence as he noticed Logan sitting there staring up at him. "Cody..." Logan said. "Hey Logan," Cody said simply. - - - - - - - - - - - - "Secrets aren't a bad thing to have. Sometimes, it's better to keep things secret. It keeps people you love from getting hurt, you know?" "Did you miss him?" "Well... yeah... in a way, I guess. I mean, Logan, like I said before, Jesse and I weren't in love. We were just really good friends is all, who just happened to like having sex with one another." "Oh. Well, anyway, I just wanted you to know that I'm sorry for the way I said that stuff to you in Baton Rouge. I mean, I think you're a cool guy, and I really don't you to be mad at me anymore." "I'm good if you're good," Cody said with a grin on his face. "Okay. I'm good then." Cody stuck his hand out towards Logan for a handshake. Logan grasped the older boy's hand and they shook on it. - - - - - - - - - - - - Cody stood there in front of the younger boy, wearing just his wet Hanes briefs. Logan stared at the older boy's body in amazement. What caught Logan's eye was Cody's wet crotch. He had a boner, a huge boner. And Logan could see it almost perfectly through the transparent material of the older boy's briefs. Cody reached down, placed his fingers on the shaft of his hard-on through his underwear, and ran his fingers lightly over his shaft a few times. Logan watched in complete fascination, his own penis coming to attention within the confines of his little briefs. "It's big, huh?" Cody said as he continued caressing his boner through his underwear using his fingers. "It's a monster," Logan said softly. Cody smiled and then chuckled. "We really need to get going," Cody said simply. With that, Cody turned around, grabbed his swim trunks, and pulled them on. Without saying another word, Cody walked over and sat down on the driver's seat, getting ready to launch the boat for the ride home. Feeling somewhat confused, but yet as horny as he had ever been in his entire life, Logan grabbed his shorts and his t-shirt from the floor and put them on. He saw Cody's white, sleeveless shirt laying on the floor. He picked it up from the floor, walked over to where Cody sat on the driver's seat, and gave the shirt to the older boy without saying a word. The boys' hands touched as Cody tried to take the shirt from Logan. Instead of taking the shirt, Cody wrapped his fingers around the younger boy's hand and gently pulled him closer to his body. Cody gently ran his fingers over the smooth, tanned skin of Logan's hand and his forearm. Without fear or anxiety, Cody brought Logan's small hand up to his lips and kissed the boy's fingers lightly. Afterward, Cody released Logan's hand. "I can't do this, Logan," Cody said simply. "I'm sorry. Let's just get back to the house, eh? We can come swimming again tomorrow." _____________________________ Chapter Four "Beautiful Boy" The morning feeding quickly became a ritual. Within a couple of days, Logan had mastered the techniques which were taught to him by Cody. Each morning, they worked together to feed all the animals, clean, and release the horses to pasture. By the third day, Logan was able to safely tie a horse and release it into the field all by himself without having help, which reduced his and Cody's working time in half. Cody was pleasantly surprised at Logan's progress. The natural-born young city boy had become a regular country boy all within a matter of a couple of days. Each day after feeding, cleaning, and releasing, Logan, Cody, and Ruth had lunch together at the house. Cody would ramble endlessly about how proud he was of Logan's advancement in the art of morning feeding and cleaning. Ruth was pleased, of course, to hear that her grandson was moving along so well here. She had actually lost sleep in the last few nights wondering if Logan would actually adapt to the ways of country life after having spent his entire life in the city. But Logan seemed to be acclimating to this new life just fine. For Logan, he didn't mind working hard on the farm, as long as he had Cody there at his side. He had spent the last few days trying everything in his power to please Cody, to make Cody think better of him. If he saw an opportunity to better himself, he took it and ran. And it worked. Cody was very pleased with him. Each day after lunch, sometime between noon and one o'clock in the afternoon, Cody and Logan would take the speedboat to that same small cover over ten miles away from town. They would spend the afternoons swimming together in the cove, just enjoying one another's company. Since that particular Tuesday afternoon, nothing had been said about what had taken place between the two of them on the speedboat. The whole ride home that afternoon was sufficiently awkward for both boys. Each of them had something to say, but neither of them could form the words or muster up the courage to speak up. That Tuesday evening, Logan had gone into town with his grandmother partly so she could buy groceries, but also so she could show her grandson off to the people in town. They spent several hours in town that evening, Ruth introducing her grandson to the people of Twillingate Shore. Half of these people Logan had already met in times past, but it was as if Logan was a stranger to everyone. He was evidently the talk of the town. Why wouldn't he be though? A boy from Louisiana who's just lost his big brother in a tragic car accident moves to this one-horse town to be with his grandmother? Logan was just shocked it didn't turn up in the town paper as a feature story. He was exceedingly glad it didn't though. That evening in town, Ruth bought Logan a new pair of swimming shorts at the small clothing store next to the grocery store. He tried them on at the store to make sure they fit tightly enough. The next day, he and Cody swam in their swim trunks. Regardless of what had happened that particular day between Cody and Logan, it didn't change or alter the new friendship the boys had found with one another. Over the next few days, they got to know each other much better. And they had fun together on the farm and boating on the lake. Logan enjoyed every minute he got to spend with his new older friend. He had certain feelings for the older boy that he couldn't completely come to terms with. He hadn't felt this way for anyone before. He didn't even understand these feelings and why he had them in the first place. Whenever he wasn't physically with Cody, he was thinking about him ceaselessly, especially in the privacy of his own bedroom during the nighttime. Since that one Tuesday afternoon, any and all of Logan's previous fantasies died off in his mind, replaced solely by what could have hypothetically taken place that afternoon on the boat. Every time he relieved himself with that fantasy though, that same guilty feeling from before overwhelmed him, making him feel lower than a bug under a brick. He didn't know what to do to shake that feeling. He couldn't help but think there was something seriously amiss about himself, as if his thoughts and fantasies made him wicked. He didn't believe he was wicked though. By the time Friday arrived – the day in which they were to spend the night on the houseboat with Cody's girlfriend and his family – Logan was beginning to understand that nothing could ever actually happen between him and Cody. How could anything work? What would there be to work in the first place? Logan almost dreaded this weekend on the houseboat. He knew he would feel miserable having to share Cody with Cody's girlfriend, Darlene. He hadn't yet met the girl, and he really had no interest in meeting her at all anyway, but he understood he would have to meet her and he would have to be polite about it as well. But he at least knew he wouldn't be forced to be happy about it. He could think all of the cruel things about Darlene he wanted and no one would be able to take that away from him. Perhaps I'm wicked after all, Logan would think to himself. On this extremely hot Friday afternoon, Cody and Logan had decided against going out on the boat after feeding. Instead, Cody went home after lunch so he could pack for the weekend on the houseboat, leaving Ruth and Logan alone at the house. Originally, they had planned to stay on the boat just for Friday night, but in the end, Ruth and Cody's parents decided they would stay on the boat for the entire weekend. Instead of going to church on Sunday morning, they would go on Sunday evening after getting off the boat. Ruth needed to go into town to buy a few things she needed for the weekend. Logan said he'd go with her, but first, he took a shower after having spent the morning outside. He got dressed in a pair of blue soccer shorts and a white, sleeveless, Nike t-shirt, knowing it was nearly ninety-five degrees outside at this point. Once he was ready, he slipped on a pair of flip flops and then he and Ruth drove into town. Ruth needed to buy a few non-perishable items such as bug repellant, charcoal, lighter fluid, and refills for her three propane tanks. For that, they headed to the Twillingate Shore Hardware Store. After they were finished at the hardware store, Ruth and Logan drove across the street to the grocery store. At the grocery store, Ruth bought some steaks, hamburger meat, a few odds and ends food items, and some drinks for the weekend. When they got to the checkout lane, there was a young female cashier standing behind the register. She saw Logan's grandmother and waved. "Oh, hey Ms. Ruth!" the girl said excitedly. "I can check you out here." "Well, hello to you, Miss Darlene!" Ruth said enthusiastically. Logan's ears burned at the sound of that name. Was this the same Darlene he had been told about? Cody's girlfriend? "Are you all ready for this weekend?" Ruth asked Darlene, who was now beginning to scan the items Ruth was buying. That answered Logan's question. He rolled his eyes slightly and then helped stack the food onto the conveyor belt, trying to seem invisible otherwise. "Yeah, pretty much," Darlene said. "I just have to get some more tanning lotion, but other than that, I'm ready. Now, this cutie wouldn't be Logan, would he?" "Oh yes, you haven't met my grandson yet, have you?" Ruth said. Ruth pulled Logan over closer to her so Darlene could get a better look at him. Ruth draped her arms around Cody's shoulders, as if putting him on display for Darlene. "Darlene, this is my eleven year old grandson, Logan Henderson," Ruth said. "He'll be turning twelve on the second day of August. Logan, honey, this is Darlene Chase, Cody's girlfriend going on, what...? A year and a half now?" "It'll be a year and a half next Thursday," Darlene said. "It'll be a year and a half next Thursday," Logan scorned her mentally, mocking the girl with all his will. Logan suddenly wished he had the power to singe with a mere stare. Logan began to size the girl up as she and his grandmother continued talking. She wasn't nearly as pretty as he originally thought she would be, which was actually a sort of relief for him. In his mind, he had pictured a drop-dead gorgeous girl with hair more golden blond and wavier than Cody's. But this girl didn't look at all like that. She wasn't ugly. But it seemed as if a boy of Cody's stature should be dating someone as gorgeous as him, not someone plainer. Darlene's features, while not ugly or disturbing, looked weird in a way. Her nose seemed far too large for her face. Her dark brown eyes looked too close together. Her chocolate-colored hair was as flat as a board and severely unconditioned and dry-looking. Unfortunately though, she wasn't ugly by any stretch of the imagination. Logan was mostly just searching for things that could be wrong with her. "Well, we'll see you at the house in a few hours," Ruth said after she finished checking out. "Remember that we're staying on the boat until Sunday." "Okay, Ms. Ruth, I'll see you in a little bit," Darlene said. "Bye Logan. It was nice to meet you." "It was nice to meet you too, Ms. Darlene," Logan said in a phony polite voice. "Oh, he's just so cute!" Darlene exclaimed, admiring Logan's cuteness in a way that she would probably admire a dog's cuteness. "I know he is," Ruth said. "He's gonna be a heartbreaker someday." "No doubt about that," Darlene agreed. "I'll see you in a while." "Bye, sweetie," Ruth said to Darlene. With that, she and Logan left the store. The nerve of that girl to call Logan cute and make him feel guilty for trying to find things wrong with her. She's just a bitch, Logan thought to himself. With that, he and his grandmother left the grocery store, got in the truck, and headed back home to get ready for the weekend. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A few hours later, the Haynes family and Darlene arrived at the house. By this time, Ruth and Logan had already stocked the houseboat's pantry and refrigerator with food, and Ruth was already on the boat preparing dinner for everybody. Logan had brought his and his grandmother's overnight bags onto the boat and put them in their respective rooms. Logan unpacked his clothes in the bedroom that he would be sharing with Cody for the whole weekend. If there was one thing Logan had been looking forward to, it was the fact that he and Cody would be sharing a room together on the houseboat. Not only that, but there was only one king-sized bed in the bedroom, which meant he and Cody would have to sleep together in the same bed! That is, unless Cody decided to bring an air-up mattress or a sleeping bag. Logan certainly hoped that wasn't the case though. Once he unpacked his clothes, everything was officially ready to go for the weekend. When the Haynes family arrived, Logan and Ruth went out onto the dock to greet them. Logan hadn't yet seen Cody's parents or his younger sister since he arrived in Twillingate Shore a week before, so they had to spend several minutes getting reacquainted. After all, he hadn't seen any of them in three years now. Logan saw Cody and Darlene standing to the side together. They were holding hands like a happy couple. Logan desperately wanted to stick his finger up his own mouth and force himself to vomit at the sight of them holding hands. On the bright side though, Cody wasn't carrying a sleeping bag or air-up mattress or anything like that. He just had a backpack slung over one shoulder and that was it. Logan felt a little relief about that. Once the reacquainting number was finished, they all boarded the houseboat together. Once everyone was settled, Cody's father Jack Haynes headed upstairs to the captain's room to start the boat's engine and then drive it out into the lake. While he stayed in the captain's room driving the houseboat, Ruth and Cody's mother Linda stayed in the kitchen, trying to get dinner prepared. Meanwhile, Logan, Cody, Darlene, and Cody's fat thirteen year old sister Katherine sat out on the lower level deck at the stern of the houseboat. They were sitting at one of the small, round, picnic tables. Darlene was sitting on Cody's lap, Logan sat across the table from them in complete disgust wondering why Darlene had to sit on Cody's lap when there was a perfectly acceptable empty chair right beside her, and Katherine sat to the side of Logan, constantly making what Logan used to refer to as "googly-eyes" towards him. Logan tried to ignore Katherine's stares and grins, wondering why in the world she liked him anyway. Logan decided it was official. This weekend would actually suck. Even sharing a room with Cody wouldn't undo the suckiness of the weekend overall. Having to endure watching Darlene and Cody cuddle and kiss all weekend was bad enough. To have a thirteen year old girl three times Logan's size staring at him and making "googly-eyes" at him all weekend really just set Logan at a brand new low. "God, it's so nice out here this evening," Darlene said, her arms draped over Cody's shoulders, Cody's arms wrapped around the teenage girl's tiny waist. "Yeah, and you know what makes it nicer?" Cody asked. "What?" Darlene asked. "A pretty evening with the prettiest girl," Cody said. "Awe, isn't he just the sweetest thing?" Darlene asked rhetorically. Darlene leaned in and kissed Cody on the lips sweetly. Cody accepted the kiss gladly and kissed her back, allowing his tongue to slip into her mouth. Logan watched in revulsion from across the table, his upper lip curled in utter disgust. He tried not to make himself so obvious, but he couldn't help it. He just hated seeing Darlene on top of Cody in that way. It just didn't seem right to Logan. It didn't seem natural. She wasn't Cody's type. Then again, Logan began to realize he would be disgusted no matter who was sitting on Cody's lap kissing him – even if it was some ultra gorgeous actress like Sarah Michelle Gellar. He finally figured it out though. He was beginning to understand exactly why it disgusted him to see him and Darlene display there love for one another like this. Logan wanted to be the one sitting on Cody's lap. He wanted to be the one leaning in to kiss Cody on the lips like that. He wanted to be the one with Cody's arms wrapped around his waist. But no, it wasn't him doing any of those things. It was Darlene. Simple, plain, big-nosed Darlene. "What the hell's wrong with me?" Logan asked himself mentally. Why was Logan thinking about such things? It didn't make sense. Why would an eleven year old boy like Logan want a sixteen year old boy like Cody kissing him and cuddling him and slipping his tongue into his mouth? Oh... the mere imagery was enough to give Logan a stiffie underneath his soccer shorts. He was thankful that the lower half of his body was hidden under the picnic table. Logan felt like a freak. There was something wrong with him. There had to be. Logan knew about homosexuality. There was a boy at Logan's old school in Baton Rouge who always said he was gay. That boy always seemed to have a boyfriend following him around. Logan never thought anything bad about it though. Then again, that boy always had boyfriends close to his own age. Cody was nearly five years older than Logan. Cody was an older teenager. Logan was just a preteen, just entering puberty, just beginning to understand the full extent of sexual relations. Why would Cody even want to be with someone like Logan who had no experience whatsoever? About thirty minutes later, once they were a good distance from any of the nearby towns or places on the lake that usually held a lot of boat traffic, Jack drove the boat into a secluded cove, stopped the boat, and then dropped the anchor. Afterward, he came downstairs to join everyone else. A few minutes later, Ruth and Linda called everyone inside for dinner. They all ate in the dining room, which had a large window overlooking the water. Logan sat between his grandmother and Katherine at the dinner table. Cody was sitting between his mother and Darlene directly across the table from Logan. While they ate, there were several instances in which Cody would glance up at Logan and smile. At one point, he even winked at Logan, as if they shared a secret together. Logan loved these little smiles and winks, absorbing those moments into his soul as best as he could. Logan would always respond by smiling back or winking himself, trying to soak up every last ounce of attention Cody directed his way. Cody just looked so cute tonight – wearing a burnt-red-colored t-shirt with a picture of a golden retriever on the chest, a pair of his signature tight blue jeans with an elaborate belt buckle on the front, his shirt tucked into his jeans, his brown cowboy boots with the denim legs of his jeans tucked into them stylishly, his white cowboy hat sitting proudly atop his head, his gorgeous light dirty blond hair traveling in slight waves from underneath the hat and within several inches of touching his shoulders. Logan sighed deeply as he stared discreetly at the older boy from across the table, wishing he could simply walk over to Cody and just land a kiss directly on his naturally red lips. "Ruth, this steak is just too damn delicious!" Jack exclaimed. "I may just have to get me another one." "Well, help yourself, Jack," Ruth said. "I made a few extras just so you boys could have seconds." "Yeah, like my Jacky needs seconds," Linda said jokingly, referring to the fact that Jack weighed too much. "Get off my case, woman," Jack said with a chuckle. "We're not on land now, so the rules don't apply." "I don't believe we ever established that," Linda said with a domineering smile. "Drink a few less beers a day and we'll discuss you having seconds at the dinner table." "Cody, my boy, tell your mother how it is for me, won't you?" Jack said. "Sorry, Dad, you know I can't win an argument against Mom," Cody said. "She'll just ground me until I'm on her side." "Well shit, I'll just ground you till you're on my side then," Jack threatened. "That won't work," Linda stated simply. "I'll just un-ground him if you ground him, and then he'll still end up being on my side." "I'll do that too if you ground him," Jack argued. "You just give that a try, sweetheart," Linda said with a bright smile. "See how it works for you. You may end up being the first customer at the new bed-and-breakfast down the street from our house in that case." The older couple just stared at one another, as if they were having a staring contest or something. Eventually, Jack gave it up. "Well, shit," Jack said simply. Linda and Ruth busted into fits of laughter. Logan and the other three kids laughed halfheartedly, while simultaneously thinking that adults are all dorks. After everyone finished eating dinner, Cody declared that he and the rest of the kids were going swimming. Linda put a quick stop to that, saying that they needed to wait at least half an hour before going swimming. So while waiting for that half hour to pass, they all decided to go ahead and change into their swim suits. Logan and Cody went upstairs to the room they'd be sharing on the boat that weekend. Darlene and Katherine had rooms of their own, so they went to their respective rooms to change into their bathing suits. Once Logan and Cody got to their room, they locked the door behind them. Logan had been looking forward to this part of the weekend – sharing a bedroom with Cody. At least during the night, he'd be able to snag Cody's attention without the constant interruption of the older boy's annoying girlfriend. There was just the one king-sized bed in their room, so they'd have to share the bed for the weekend. On top of that, there was a private bathroom attached to their bedroom, so they wouldn't have to share with the girls or anything like that. Cody walked over to the bed where he had thrown his backpack earlier. He took his cowboy hat off, placed it on the bed, and grabbed his swimming shorts out of his bag. Logan had placed his clothes in the dresser earlier that day, so he grabbed his new swimming trunks out of the dresser drawer. "So what's up with you, bud?" Cody asked as he stripped his shirt off. "What do you mean?" Logan asked as he took off his own shirt. "You seem kinda... I dunno... off?" Cody said as he unfastened his jeans, letting them hang open, exposing the front of his white Hanes briefs as he kicked his boots off and stripped his socks off his feet. "Is there anything wrong?" "No," Logan said simply as he took his soccer shorts off, leaving him in just his white Fruit of the Loom briefs. Thankfully, he didn't have a boner this time around Cody and he was doing a good job of keeping it that way so far. "Are you sure? Cause you know, you can talk to me about anything if you need to. Anything at all," Cody said, now pulling his jeans off, leaving him in just his own briefs. "I'm fine. Really," Logan said with a slight grin as he pulled his new swimming trunks on over his underwear. "Well, okay then," Cody said, unconvinced. Suddenly, out of the wild blue yonder, right in front of Logan eyes, Cody hooked his thumbs under the waistband of his white briefs and simply pushed them down to his ankles, kicking them off his feet casually. Cody stood completely naked in front of Logan, his penis flaccid, but still totally beautiful in every sense of the word. Logan tried not to gawk at Cody's naked body for fear of getting caught. He couldn't really help it though. He needed a diversion. He looked around on the floor for his flip-flops. He glanced over at Cody's penis again. There were light brown hairs around the base of the older boy's penis. Logan found his flip-fops next to the nightstand. He looked over again. Cody's left ball hung a little lower than his right. There was no hair on his balls. Cody grabbed his swim trunks and put them on, covering up the penis that he had just so shamelessly exposed to his younger friend. Logan looked away again, trying to focus on the seemingly problematic task of putting on his flip-flops. "Umm... I thought you... you wear your underwear under your trunks usually," Logan remarked as he slipped finally into his flip-flops. "Eh, depends on my mood," Cody said calmly. "Sometimes I just like to ditch the underwear and go free-ballin'. It's a lot more comfortable while swimming. Not nearly as constricting anyway." "Hmm, maybe I should try that sometime," Logan said. "Well, go ahead," Cody said. "No one's stopping you. You got shorts now that won't fall off at the drop of a hat, so why not?" "Nah. Maybe some other time." Cody chuckled lightly with the knowledge that Logan was just far too shy to do something like that. "Okay, buddy. You ready?" "Yeah, I guess." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Everyone went swimming that evening. The adults floated on inflatable lounge chairs to one side of the houseboat, talking back and forth while all the kids had splash fights and swimming contests on the other side of the boat so they wouldn't disturb the adults. Logan and Cody were the rowdiest of the four kids though. They were constantly having water fights, splashing contests, and they tried their best to get the girls involved as well. After about an hour in the water, the adults retreated back to the boat to have drinks on the deck while watching the kids in the water. The kids continued playing and swimming in the water for another couple of hours. While on the deck, the adults talked about how the kids seemed to never loose energy. "Looks like we'll have a peaceful night," Linda said. "All of the kids are gonna sleep hard tonight." "You kidding?" Jack said. "Ten bucks says those kids stay up most of the night. I swear, Cody especially, that kid never winds down." "I'll bet Katherine's gonna end up with a bad sunburn," Linda said, referring to the fact that her daughter had tremendously fair skin and most times refused to wear sunblock. "Well, she can't say you didn't warn her," Jack said. "That's true," Linda said. "Well, I brought some Banana Boat on board if you wanna have her put some of that on," Ruth offered. "I tell you, that stuff is a life saver." "Thanks, but Katherine's under the delusion that if she doesn't wear sun lotion, she'll eventually get a good tan like her brother," Linda said. "We try telling her that her skin's too sensitive for that," Jack said. "She seems so determined though," Linda said. "So why crush her dreams?" Jack asked rhetorically. "She'll get skin cancer like that," Ruth warned seriously. "Yeah, we tried telling her that," Jack said. "She said we were just full of crap." "I tell her all the time that boys will like her all the same if she lets her skin just stay white," Linda said. "If only she could get some of that weight off..." "I noticed she's beginning to look a little slimmer now though," Ruth commented. "That's because she's grown a couple of inches," Linda said. "That's the only reason she looks smaller now. But she still weighs over a hundred and eighty-five pounds." Ruth gasped in astonishment. "Does she really weigh that much??" Ruth asked in disbelief. Linda shook her head, confirming what Ruth had heard in dismay. "Yep, last time I took the kids to the doctor's office, she was at one-eighty-six," Linda said. "Isn't that just sad?" "Wow, I never would've thought that," Ruth said. "Logan's just shy of seventy-five pounds right now and he's almost twelve." "Logan's a really small boy for his age," Linda said. "But you know, Cody was always like that as well. In fact, he still doesn't weigh what he should for his age. He's sixteen, so he should weigh somewhere around a hundred and forty-five or so, but that same day they weighed Katherine at the doctor's office, they weighed him as well and he only weighs... I think they said one-thirty-one or one-thirty-two; I can't really remember which. But yeah, he's always been pretty small himself. Not an ounce of fat either. He's all bone and muscle." "He weighs over fifty pounds less than Katherine??" Jack asked, obviously amazed. "Yes! Didn't I tell you that?" Linda asked. "Well, maybe you did and I just don't remember," Jack said before sipping his beer. "Katherine takes after her daddy," Linda said. "He was always the chubby kid." "Yeah and damn proud of it too!" Jack exclaimed. "No one messed with me as a kid. They knew they'd get their asses handed to `em." Meanwhile in the water, Cody and Darlene sat together on a large inflatable tube while Logan and Katherine floated alone on noodles. They had finally grown tired of their obnoxious water games and contests, so now they lounged in the water, just enjoying the coolness of the lake. The sun was setting now. The other side of the sky was turning a deep blue color, the color of the night. Logan stared at Cody and Darlene as they sat on their tube together rubbing noses, giggling, laughing, whispering in each other's ears, Cody's arm wrapped around the teenage girl's torso. He watched in burning envy, wishing he could be in Darlene's place under the cradling arm of Cody. He wished now more than ever that he could just simply push Darlene off the tube and then sit down in Cody's lap himself. He actually grinned a little bit thinking about that prospect. "What's your favorite color, Logan?" came a familiar squeaky voice from the other side of the triangle from Logan. Logan snapped out of his daze. Katherine was talking to him, asking him a question of some kind. He looked over at her with a confused expression. "Damn, she's so ugly!" Logan thought to himself. "How is it that the sister of the most handsome boy in the world isn't a complete knockout?" "What'd you say?" Logan asked the huge girl. "I asked what your favorite color is," Katherine said in a rather sweet tone of voice, which made Logan feel rather like an asshole for the way he thought of her. "Oh, umm... green, I guess," Logan said, thinking of the color of Cody's eyes. "What about you? What's your favorite color?" "Blue. But it's a certain kind of blue though that I like," Katherine said slowly and pointedly, as if trying to hint at something. "Fucking swell. She's talking about the color of my eyes now," Logan thought to himself, now wishing he had simply ignored the girl from the start. Now that he gave her some attention, she would never leave him alone. "That's cool," Logan said. "Blue's a good color." "What's your favorite movie?" Katherine asked. Logan watched as Cody leaned down and kissed Darlene's neck and then nibbled on her earlobe. He would have done anything to be on the receiving end of that kiss right now. "Uhmm... Stand By Me," Logan answered the girl, still looking back and forth from her to Cody and Darlene. Cody stopped kissing Darlene all of a sudden and snapped his head up. "Stand By Me is your favorite movie??" Cody asked. Logan grinned immediately, completely content now that he had Cody's attention. "Yeah, it's always been my favorite," Logan replied to Cody with a noticeable happiness in his voice. "You know, that's my favorite movie too," Cody said. "Guys, we should watch that tonight on the boat. I think Ruth has it in the movie cabinet in the den." "Okay, that sounds good," Darlene said. "That's a very good movie. Plus, we can sit on the love seat together on the love boat." Darlene wrapped her hand around the nape of Cody's neck and pulled him in for another kiss. Logan's smile vanished and was replaced by a disgusted expression, his upper lip curled again like before. "Hey, Logan, who's your favorite singer?" Katherine asked. "Dear lord, she's annoying!!" Logan thought. Afterward, he remembered hearing a Garth Brooks album playing in Cody's truck several days before while they were feeding the cows in the field. Perhaps he could sway Cody's attention towards him again. "Garth Brooks," Logan said confidently. "He's my favorite singer." Logan glanced over to see if Cody would break the kissing and look his way again. No such luck though. He kept his lips glued to Darlene's. It was disgusting. "Oh that's cool!" Katherine exclaimed. "He's my favorite too!" "Awesome," Logan said nonchalantly. Logan continued watching Darlene and Cody as they hugged and kissed on one another like a couple of sex-starved mongrels. His upper lip was curled again. He wanted to roll his eyes, but thought better of it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By the time the adults finally went to bed, it was already a little past midnight. They had all spent the evening swimming, snacking, and playing games. But by midnight, the three adults had had enough and decided to go to bed. Once they were upstairs on the second level in their respective bedrooms, the four kids decided now would be a good time to watch Stand By Me in the den. Cody and Logan set the television up along with the VCR. Logan found the VHS copy of the movie in the cabinet closest to the entertainment center. It hadn't been rewound since the last time it was viewed. Logan deposited the tape into the VCR and pressed the rewind button. Once everything was set, Logan seized this opportunity and sat down next to Cody on the couch. Both of them were still shirtless. Logan was wearing the blue soccer shorts he had worn earlier that day. Cody was wearing just a pair of blue jean shorts. Logan could tell Cody's shorts used to be actual jeans. Obviously, Cody had just used scissors and cut off the legs at mid-length. Darlene and Katherine were in the kitchen gathering up snacks and drinks for everyone to indulge on during the movie. Logan understood this time alone with Cody would only last for a couple of minutes, but he was enjoying it all the same, wishing it could last forever. "Did you have fun today, buddy?" Cody asked. "Yeah, it was a blast," Logan said simply. "You know, I think my sister's got a crush on you," Cody pointed out. "Oh really? I didn't notice anything." "Hmm, I'm kinda surprised. She didn't try to hide it much. She's not exactly what you might call stealthy. Or covert." "I'm not really into going out and dating and stuff yet," Logan said pointedly. "Eh, give it a couple more years," Cody said. "You'll get there eventually. You'll come across some hot chickadee and your heart'll jump up into your throat. Then you'll be latched on forever." With that, Cody patted Logan on the back gently, as casually as a friend would do to another friend out of kindness. Only... Cody patted the boy's bare back and then left it there. Logan wondered what was going on now. Cody gently rubbed Logan's naked back, his hand pressed flat against the younger boy's smooth skin. Logan sighed in contentment, the feeling of Cody rubbing his back sending shivers up and down his spine. A few seconds later, Cody gently pushed Logan's body against the backrest of the couch. Logan and Cody stared into each other's eyes, neither of them daring to say a word. Logan stared into Cody's deep green eyes in wonderment. Cody placed his hand on the boy's bare knee. Logan swallowed nervously as Cody began to glide his hand along the smooth skin of the younger boy's upper leg. Logan could hear the girls talking and joking around in the kitchen. Thankfully, they couldn't see what was going on. Cody gently grazed his hand up Logan's leg until he finally made it to the hem of Logan's blue soccer shorts. Cody looked up into Logan's ocean blue eyes. Logan bore a nervous, but contented expression on his face as Cody brushed his hand along the smooth skin of his upper leg, beginning to move further upward, pushing the shiny, blue fabric of Logan's shorts up the boy's leg, exposing more and more skin. Logan felt the well-known stirring within the confines of his shorts and underwear. He knew if Cody continued all the way up, he would eventually feel Logan's stiffness. He was painfully aware that it was visible from underneath the thin material of his shorts. Cody kept his hand moving further up Logan's thigh, verging closer and closer towards the boy's crotch, exposing more skin still as he continued to push the material of Logan's shorts upward as well. Finally, Cody's fingers made contact with the elastic leg hemming of Logan's briefs. Cody looked into the younger boy's deep blue eyes, as if nonverbally asking for permission. Logan nodded his head once, a slight grin crawling across his lips. With that, Cody started to push his fingers underneath the hemmed leg of Logan's white Fruit of the Looms. Logan's heart was pounding so hard that he could hear it. Just as Cody was about to reach his ultimate goal, he and Logan both heard the girls' voices approaching. They were coming into the den now! Startled suddenly, Cody removed his hand from underneath Logan's shorts and underwear, and then quickly moved over to the love seat before the girls entered the room. The girls came into the den bearing snacks: two bowls of popcorn, a bag of barbeque flavored potato chips, a plate of chocolate-chip cookies, and four glasses of ice-cold cola. The girls set the snacks and drinks down on the coffee table, receiving noticeably edgy "thank you's" from the boys. Ignoring the apparent discomfiture, Darlene sat down next to Cody on the love seat, wrapping her hand around the hand of Cody's that had just been shoved up into Logan's underwear just seconds before. Logan actually found that rather funny. Logan deliberately stretched his legs out on the couch seat, which forced Katherine to have to sit on the opposite side of the couch from Logan. He wanted there to be no reason for her to sit any closer to him than that, especially after midnight in a darkened room. Once the tape was fully rewound, Logan turned the movie on using the remote control. As the movie started, Cody and Darlene cuddled up with one another on the love seat, beginning that god-awful smacky, slobbery kissing once again. Logan pictured Darlene as a dog, which made him grin. She could certainly pass as a droopy-faced hound dog. As the two of them kissed, Logan propped his elbow on the arm of the couch and set his hand to the side of his face, at least blocking the painful sight of what was going on between the two teenagers on the love seat. Logan could see out of the corner of his other eye that Katherine was stealing peeks at him from the opposite side of the couch. "She's two years older than me for gods sake!!" Logan thought to himself. Logan enjoyed watching his favorite movie once again. He hadn't watched it in about a year, so it was very delightful to be able to watch it again. Stand By Me was always his favorite movie. He recalled seeing it for the first time with Jesse about four or five years before. Both of them loved it. Now that Logan was about the same age as the boys portrayed in the movie, he was beginning to wonder what one of those boys would be like during sex, especially River Phoenix, god rest his soul. Wil Wheaton was also really cute in a dorky sort of way. Logan certainly enjoyed the scene with the leaches. Since he had learned how to masturbate, Logan had had many fantasies involving those two boys particularly. Watching this movie at a slightly older age, Logan now found himself wondering about the friendship between Gordy and Chris in the movie. They seemed a little too close for such a casual friendship. Logan liked to fantasize that there was far more to their friendship than what he could see in the movie. While he was watching the leach scene on this night, he wanted to put his hand into his shorts, but he knew Katherine was sitting on the other side of the couch watching him. Perhaps she would enjoy the show though. Logan knew he couldn't bring himself to be so openly indecent, no matter how liberal a household he had grown up in with his father and Sophia, but it was at least fun to think about. Two o'clock in the morning was drawing close when the movie ended. Katherine had already fallen asleep on her side of the couch. Darlene and Cody both seemed exhausted by the time the end credits began rolling, in which the song "Stand By Me" was playing. Logan sat up in his seat, stretched, and then yawned, realizing then just how tired he was. He got up and turned off the VCR and the television set. Darlene awoke Katherine and told her to go on to bed. Without saying a word, Katherine got up from her seat and stumbled out of the den towards the houseboat's staircase. Logan turned around and caught Darlene and Cody making out while they stood in front of the love seat. Logan rolled his eyes and headed towards the stairs himself, now feeling a bit angry towards Cody. "I'm turning in," Logan said as he headed up the stairs. "Just turn out the lights when you're finished there." With that, Logan went upstairs out of sight, leaving Cody and Darlene downstairs by themselves. The two of them stood in the exact same spot in front of the love seat, making out and whispering sweet things to each other for a little longer. "Well, we should probably try to get some sleep now," Cody said, his arms wrapped around his girlfriend's waist. "It's been a long night." "Yeah," Darlene agreed with a grin on her face. "This has been so much fun though. I hope tomorrow is just as fun." "I'm sure it will be," Cody said. "Let's go on upstairs." Cody and Darlene turned off all the lights on the lower level and headed upstairs together. Cody walked Darlene to her bedroom, which was next door to Katherine's bedroom. They kissed for several minutes and then finally said their goodnights. Afterward, Darlene walked into her bedroom and shut the door behind her. Cody began his trip down the long hallway towards his and Logan's bedroom. As he walked slowly down the hall, he began to think about what had taken place between himself and Logan earlier, before they watched the movie. He had actually tried to grope an eleven year old boy. What was wrong with him? Here he was; he had a beautiful girlfriend, a bright future, a nice family, a decent childhood behind him. What the hell was going on with him now? Why had he found himself attracted to Logan lately like this? First, the incident in the speedboat a few days before, now this with the attempted groping. Cody could hear his father in the master bedroom snoring loudly. Jack had been diagnosed with sleep apnea about a year before, but he still hadn't done anything about it. Cody continued towards the bedroom, the thoughts about his attraction to Logan still haunting him. He remembered having sexual thoughts about Jesse back when the two of them were sneaking around having sex and kissing and groping each other in public places just out of sight of anyone. All of that had been a lot of fun. But half the fun in that was the thrill of being able to do it and get away with it. Cody and Jesse both had found a certain thrilling element about that sort of rebellion. To this day, Cody wasn't convinced that he and Jesse shared a love for one another. Not in that special way at least. When they were together in that special way, they were simply exploring sex and learning how things worked, not to mention the fact that they would have actually found themselves in dire trouble had they ever been found out, which in and of itself was thrilling and somewhat exciting for both of them. But this thing with Logan was much different. For one, of course, Cody was a little over four years older than this boy. Secondly, this couldn't be counted as experimentation on Cody's part, because he had already been through this before. He knew his way through sexual escapades. He had Jesse had explored the hell out of sexual relations. But shit, Logan reminded Cody so much of Jesse at that age. It was almost a little creepy. There was something else too; different feelings than the ones Cody had experienced for Jesse in previous years. Logan himself was much different than Jesse. Had they been born within closer age proximity, Logan and Jesse might as well have been labeled as identical twins, but their personalities were polar opposites. Jesse was more outgoing, daring, zany, and just completely wild and untamed. Cody recalled how most of the craziest stunts took place as a result of Jesse's harebrained ideas. For example, it was Jesse's idea when they were thirteen years old (actually, Jesse was fourteen) for them to walk into a dressing room together at the small clothing store in town and have sex right then and there. They did it alright. Thankfully, they hadn't been caught, but to this day, Cody was sometimes questioned by various people about what had really taken place that day. Logan, on the other hand, was a very different boy altogether. Logan was more introverted, sweet, sort of timid, gorgeous as hell, and he seemed like the type of kid who would generally have unconditional love for anyone who crossed his path. Perhaps Cody was giving Logan a little too much credit. In reality, Logan was little more vicious than most people could probably fathom out of such a small, beautiful boy, but even Logan had his darker side. Unfortunately though, Cody found that effect even more attractive. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cody walked into the bedroom and shut the door behind him. Logan was nowhere to be seen. Cody could hear water running from a faucet in the adjoining bathroom. As he moved closer, he could hear the sound of a toothbrush scraping consistently against teeth. Cody walked over and stood at the threshold of the large bathroom. There was eleven year old Logan, standing in front of the sink brushing his teeth, little white foamy bits of toothpaste collecting on the edges of his mouth. He looks so damn cute, Cody thought to himself. Logan was still wearing his blue soccer shorts and no shirt. The very tips of his soft blond hair were now within a couple of inches of reaching his shoulders. Cody had noticed over the past several days that Logan was letting his hair go wavy just like his, like that of a surfer boy. Logan looked through the bathroom mirror and saw Cody standing behind him. As he brushed his teeth, he gave Cody an acknowledging stare, not happy nor sad, his toothbrush still lodged in his mouth, moving rapidly bath and forth, up and down, side to side. Cody could feel his other self beginning to take over as he stood at the threshold watching this shirtless young boy brush his teeth, the brushing movements causing his cute little bubble butt to shake in a steady rhythm. Logan took the toothbrush out of his mouth, rinsed it, and placed it back into his overnight toiletries bag as he swished and swashed the leftover toothpaste inside his mouth. Afterward, Logan scooped some water from the running faucet with his hands and drank from his them like a gauntlet. He rinsed his mouth and then spit the water into the sink along with the foamy, leftover toothpaste. Cody approached the younger boy from behind. Logan grabbed a hand towel and wiped his mouth. Cody stood directly behind the boy and gently placed his hands on Logan's hips. With that, Cody slid his hands simultaneously around the boy's sides and then looped his arms loosely around Logan's small waist. Logan just stared into Cody's eyes through the mirror, a serious and somehow melancholy expression draped across his face this time as opposed to the approving grin he had been putting on display earlier. Cody attempted to embrace the younger boy tighter, but suddenly, Logan broke out of the embrace and left the bathroom, obviously irritated about something. Now completely stumped, Cody turned around and walked into the bedroom again. Logan was gathering a towel, clean pajamas, and his soap and shampoo. Clearly, Logan was about to take a shower. Cody stood still just inside the bedroom from the bathroom, watching silently as Logan went about his business in the bedroom in silence, getting ready to take a shower. Had Cody misread the signs all along? Hadn't Logan been approving of these things before? What was wrong? "Whatcha doing, buddy?" Cody asked in a light tone. "I'm gonna take a shower if that's okay with you," Logan said simply. "You mad at me for something?" Cody asked. "Gee-golly, what gave you that impression?" Logan asked sarcastically and then rolled his eyes. "Oh, you are mad..." "Good fucking work, Sherlock." "Hey! What the hell's your problem?" "You really think I want you touching me like that?" "You didn't seem to mind before." "Well, you know what? Do me a favor, Cody. Stick to people your own fucking age, like my brother or your precious Darlene." "Oh, that's what this's about," Cody speculated. "You're mad because of Darlene." "Shut up! You don't know fuck about anything." With his stuff in hand, Logan headed towards the bathroom, attempting to pass Cody by. Determined to settle this dilemma quickly, Cody firmly grabbed Logan by the wrist as he tried to walk by and stopped him from going any further. Logan tried to struggle out of Cody's grasp, but Cody wouldn't allow him to budge. "Oh, I don't think so, dude," Cody said simply, his grasp still unyielding on Logan's small, bony wrist. "You're not just gonna talk to me like a god-damn mutt and then walk off like that, all willy-nilly." "Just try and stop me," Logan dared him. "Buddy, I don't think you want that," Cody said simply, a hint of daring threat hidden within his tone of voice. "Fucking let me go!" Logan said, struggling roughly to release himself from Cody's sturdy grasp. "Nuh-huh! Not till we have ourselves a little talk," Cody said. "Please, can we sit down and talk things over? I really don't like you being mad at me like this." Finally, Logan stopped struggling, nonverbally agreeing to cease all attempts at running off. With that, they sauntered over to the bed together and sat down on the side. Logan sat on the bed staring down at the floor, deliberately facing away from Cody's confused gaze. Cody stared at the boy, knowing what he wanted to say, but unaware of how to say it correctly without digging himself a deeper hole. "Buddy, this whole thing's really about Darlene and me, isn't it?" Cody asked. "Well, duh! What do you think!?" Logan asked angrily. "Look, Logan, I understand why you're mad," Cody said. "You don't like Darlene and you're taking it out on me because I'm dating her." "It has nothing to do with whether I like Darlene or not, Cody," Logan admitted. "I'd like her just fine if she wasn't dating you." "What're you talking about?" Cody asked. "What's wrong with me dating Darlene?" "Cody, you can't date Darlene and then just turn around and expect me to let you touch me like you did before," Logan said, not allowing any of his anxieties about this particular subject to get in the way anymore. "Oh. Is that the problem? You're jealous of Darlene just because I'm dating her?" "Just..." Logan repeated, as if implying that Cody had used that term too loosely. "Logan, can I let you in on a secret?" "What is it?" "You can't tell anyone about this, okay? You gotta swear that what I'm about to tell you is never revealed to anyone else." "Yeah, okay, I swear!" Logan blurted out impatiently. "I'm only dating Darlene because it looks good to everyone else," Cody said in a softer voice so that no one outside could even possibly accidentally hear it. "What do you mean?" Logan asked. "I mean, I don't have feelings for Darlene. Not in the way everybody else thinks." "Then why the hell date her at all??" "Because... well, it's like a cover. It hides my secret to be dating her." "What secret?" "Logan, I'm gay," Cody said softly. "I've known I'm gay for a long time now, ever since me and your brother did things together." Logan's eyes widened in disbelief. "Then why did you tell me you didn't love Jesse in that way?" Logan asked. "And for gods sake, it's almost 2000! Who cares if you're gay or not?" Cody sighed deeply. "Buddy, I meant what I said about your brother," Cody admitted. "I wasn't in love with Jesse. And he wasn't in love with me. And as far as I know, Jesse wasn't actually gay at all. He was just doing it for fun, basically. He even told me he'd beat the shit out of me if I ever said anything to anybody about it. Secondly, this is rural Oregon – middle of fucking nowhere. You try telling someone out here that you're gay and you may wake up several days later in the hospital, if you're lucky." "It can't be that bad..." "This isn't Baton Rouge or New Orleans, Logan. Things are very different there, I know. People can be openly gay in big places like that now and it doesn't really make a damn bit of difference to anybody. But in small towns like this, I mean, people get crazy when they think someone in their town is gay." "Oh." "You see, that's the reason I'm dating Darlene. I know I should've said something to you before, but I didn't and I'm sorry for it. The thing is... I don't even really understand this shit myself. Explaining it to someone else seems impossible." "It makes sense to me. But... I'm probably gay too. That's maybe why I understand it... I guess." "You think you're gay?" Logan nodded his head affirmatively. "What makes you think that?" "Well, for one thing, when I'm... you know..." Logan moved his fist up and down over his crotch, referring to masturbation without uttering the word. "...I always picture other guys. And when I know a girl likes me, I avoid her at all costs, instead of going for it like my friends at school would do." "Oh. Well, you're just eleven, so you have like plenty of time to figure that out for yourself, but you sound no different than me when I was your age." "Cody... there's another reason I think I'm gay," Logan admitted. "What is it?" Logan stayed quiet for an inordinate amount of time, as if weighing some life-altering options in each hand, mentally speaking. Finally, Logan voiced the words – the words that proved to be the most beautiful words Cody had ever heard. "I... I can't get you out of my mind." Cody took those words into his very soul. He suddenly realized something he hadn't thought of before, something that just felt so right. "Same here. I can't stop thinking about you either," Cody admitted proudly. Logan looked over at Cody and grinned slightly. They stared into each other's eyes for a few long seconds, with no words spoken. Cody simply enjoyed the sight of Logan's killer smile, that cute, boyish grin that actually made Cody's knees go weak. "I'm sorry for getting so mad at you," Logan said. "I'm sorry for lying to you," Cody said. "What about Darlene?" Logan asked curiously. "Okay. Well... you understand why I'm dating her, right?" "Yeah. I understand." "I just need you to understand this, buddy. Darlene, whether I like her that way or not, she's always been one of my best friends. I can't just... walk in there right now and break up with her. That would just tear her up, you know?" Logan nodded. "I understand," Logan said simply. "I've actually been trying to think of a way to break it off gently with Darlene for a while now. Just give me some time though, okay? I promise I'll figure something out." "Okay. I trust you." A silence took over the bedroom. The boys were staring in one another's eyes, neither of them uttering a word, neither of them entirely sure of what was happening now between them, not to mention what would happen in the near future. "So... what... where do we... go? From here, I mean..." Logan asked carefully. "Wherever we want to," Cody said simply and confidently. The boys smiled at one another once again. Logan reached over and placed his hand on top of Cody's. Cody wrapped his fingers around the younger boy's small hand. Logan glanced over and stared at Cody's bare chest. The older boy's nipples were erect and gorgeous. Logan reached over with his other hand and gently ran his forefingers over the boy's rigid nipples, finding a peculiar enjoyment out of the feeling of their hardness. "I really need to take a shower," Logan said simply, his fingers still brushing against Cody's hard nipples. "I have lake gunk over all me." "Well, I wasn't gonna say anything..." Cody remarked jokingly. "Shut up," Logan said with a chuckle. With that, Logan grabbed his stuff and stood up from the bed. He walked over to the door that led into the bathroom. Before entering the large bathroom, Logan looked back towards Cody and cocked his head to the side, motioning for Cody to follow. Suddenly, Cody's heart jumped straight into his throat. Without hesitation, Cody practically leaped up from the bed and walked toward the bathroom to join Logan. Once Cody entered the large, private, luxurious houseboat bathroom, he closed the door behind him and locked it just for good measure. Logan hung his towel on the rack closest to the shower. Then he opened the shower door and stepped inside to place his shampoo and body wash on the rack. Logan stepped back out of the shower and then leaned far inward to turn the water on, his cute butt sticking out purposely, almost like an invitation for Cody. Cody accepted this nonverbal invitation. He walked up and stood directly behind the younger boy again. Logan kept leaning over as he adjusted the temperature of the water which was now jetting out from the sprinkling faucet inside the shower. The sound of water hitting the tile reverberated throughout the large bathroom, sending echoes every which way. Visible steam was beginning to float through the air, causing the humidity in the room to rise immediately. Cody, still standing directly behind the younger boy, placed his hands on Logan's hips as he had attempted before. Logan straightened up in front of Cody as the older boy began to run his hands over the boy's hips and upper thighs through the material of his blue soccer shorts. Cody could feel the seams of Logan's underwear through the fabric of the shorts as he ran his hands over the boy's butt and thighs. Cody's penis rose to full attention as he explored the younger boy's butt and thighs with his hands. Logan spread his arms out and propped himself up against the glass wall of the shower with the palms of his hands as Cody ran his hands over the lower half of his body. Cody hooked his thumbs into the waistband of Logan's blue soccer shorts and pushed them down the boy's legs, leaving him in just his cute, white Fruit of the Loom briefs. Logan casually kicked the soccer shorts off his feet. Cody went back to running his hands over the boy's bare thighs and brief-clad buttocks and hips, feeling as if his own hard dick would explode inside his shorts. This boy was so sexy he could barely stand it. Cody ran his hands gently over the smooth skin of Logan's thighs, upwards, and then he let his hands move underneath the white, cotton fabric of Logan's underwear. Cody felt the suave skin of Logan's butt cheeks underneath the underwear. Finally, Cody took his hands off and turned the boy around to face him. Logan smiled at him sweetly. Cody looked down and saw that the gorgeous eleven year old boy was sporting a noticeable hard-on underneath his briefs. "You're just so beautiful," Cody said honestly. The warm steam from the shower was beginning to fog up the entire bathroom, thickening the air and causing the boys to start sweating a little. Logan smiled and then placed his hands on Cody's bare, muscular abdomen. He felt the beginnings of a six-pack around Cody's sexy abdomen. Cody's chest was virtually hairless except for the tiny, light brown hairs that formed a happy trail leading from his naval downward. Logan took a step forward and placed his fingers on the button of Cody's jean shorts. Without saying a word, Logan unsnapped the button of the jean shorts, grabbed the zipper's pull tab, and slowly lowered it down, revealing more and more white fabric underneath. Logan stared at the elastic waistband of Cody's underwear. "Hanes" stitched in gray letters on the white waistband, Cody's small happy trail of little brown hairs traveling casually underneath the waistband. Logan began to wonder how far down the happy trail went. He hadn't really noticed it earlier that day when Cody was naked in front of him for those brief moments while they changed into their swim trunks. Logan pushed the older boy's shorts down, leaving him in just his own white Hanes briefs. Logan saw that the older boy's penis was as hard as a rock underneath the undies. Not only that, but there was a very noticeable wet spot in the area that Cody's piss slit would be. Without fear or shame, Logan reached down and touched that wet spot with his index finger, causing Cody to gasp in sudden pleasure. The wet spot was sticky. Logan now understood what the wet spot was. Finally, Logan grabbed the sides of Cody's briefs and pulled them all the way down to his ankles, revealing the sixteen year old boy's beautifully crafted six and a half inch boner. Logan stared at the older boy's penis in utter amazement. He had never in his life seen anything like it. He had seen Jesse naked many times before when he was alive, but never in this erotic sort of state. Cody's blondish-brown happy trail traveled from his naval all the way down to his pubic region, which was also very light brown and not tremendously thick yet. Logan couldn't believe this was really happening, that he was actually standing in front of a bare naked Cody Haynes, looking at the older boy's rigid penis. Logan felt his own small cock jump excitedly inside his small briefs. "Oh my god, it's huge," Logan said simply. "Yeah... well, your turn now," Cody said. "Ugh, do I have to?" Logan asked. "Mine's so small compared to yours." "C'mon, let's just have a look now," Cody said. "Oh, okay," Logan gave in as he got ready to push his underwear down. "Wait," Cody interrupted. "Let me do it." Logan automatically stopped and placed his hands at his sides, giving Cody access to push his underwear down for him. Cody stooped down on his knees in front of the younger boy, his eyes now level with the boy's creamy, soft abdomen. Cody placed his hands on the boy's stomach and ran them over the baby-soft skin. Feeling unable to control himself, Cody leaned in towards the irresistibly soft skin of Logan's abdomen and landed a kiss just above the boy's small naval. Logan chuckled as Cody kissed his stomach, because his stomach was one of his most ticklish spots. Cody moved down and kissed the soft skin directly above the FTL waistband of Logan's underwear. Cody reached back with both hands and began to caress the boy's thighs and butt once again, his face now within inches of Logan's crotch. Cody could smell the sweet aroma of boy and a faint hint of fabric softener mixed together as he kneeled so closely to the underwear. Cody reached up and hooked his thumbs under the elastic waistband of Logan's white briefs. Logan took a deep breath, realizing that the most secret area of his young body was about to be revealed to Cody. He felt good about it though. This whole experience felt mischievous in a way, but somehow right at the same time. Cody began to slide the younger boy's clean, white briefs down. Cody's heart felt liable to thump straight though his young chest as he slowly pulled Logan's briefs down himself. His mouth watered, knowing that within a matter of milliseconds, he'd be gazing in wonderment at this eleven year old boy's penis. Finally, Logan's stiff boyhood was revealed – moderately sized, hard as a rock, sweet, completely hairless, and mouthwatering in every way. Cody pushed the boy's briefs the rest of the way down to the floor. Logan kicked them off his feet. They landed in the general area of his shorts and Cody's shorts and briefs. Cody stared in awe at the younger boy's cock, totally memorized by its beauty, its perfection. Not a hair in sight yet. Logan's left testicle hung just slightly lower than his right inside his fleshy, gorgeous scrotum. "So what do you think?" Logan asked. "Pathetic, isn't it?" "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," Cody said, meaning it quite literally. "Wanna get in the shower now?" Logan asked. Without replying, Cody stood up in front of the younger boy. Cody gently grasped Logan's hand and then the two of them walked into the shower together and closed the glass door behind them. Both of them became drenched within seconds underneath the large, sprinkling shower head. In the heat of the shower, Cody and Logan stood staring at one another, smiles draped across their faces. Logan leaned in and sweetly wrapped his arms around Cody, that feeling of security beginning to take over again. Cody leaned down and kissed the boy's head, wrapping his arms around his torso and rubbing the boy's smooth, wet back. "Cody..." Logan called out softly. "Yeah?" Cody replied. Logan looked up into Cody's face. Cody stared deep into Logan's ocean blue eyes, feeling himself loose all control, especially after what Logan was about to say. "I want you to suck me," Logan said simply, in a serious tone of voice. Cody nodded his head in agreement. "Okay," Cody said softly. Cody gently pushed Logan back against the ceramic tiled wall of the shower for support and then kneeled down in front of Logan, once again taking in the magnificent sight of the younger boy's gorgeous, hard penis. Cody placed one hand behind on Logan's sweet buttocks. With that, he leaned in and kissed the completely bare pubic area above the base of Logan's penis, realizing that within a years time, this same area would probably be masked over with little pubic hairs. As he kissed and licked the naked area above Logan's cock, he could tell that little, invisible blond hairs had already sprouted and were ready to grow and thicken. Finally, Cody leaned down and placed his tongue on the base of Logan's sweet boyhood and allowed it to travel up the shaft towards the head. Cody then licked softly around the circumcised head of Logan's penis. Logan was breathing in little erotic spasms, feeling something so amazing that he could have never before imagined it. No one had ever done anything like this to him before. The feeling was beyond amazing. Cody placed one hand around the shaft of Logan's enlarged dick to keep it steady and then he wrapped his other hand around his own swelled up cock and began to jerk it back and forth fiercely as he licked around the head of Logan's resplendent boyhood. A few seconds later, Cody allowed Logan's little joystick to enter his mouth completely. Due to it's smaller size, Cody was able to envelope the entire length of Logan's sweet penis without issue. Logan's breathing turned into erotic groans that echoed throughout the tiled shower as Cody began to lightly suck on the boy's cock as if it was a lollipop. The shower water was beating down on Cody's head, drenching his longish blond hair and distorting his hearing temporarily. As Cody sucked on Logan's hard little boy dick, Logan placed his hands on top of the older boy's head, gently grabbing fistfuls of Cody's thick hair, guiding the boy's head backwards and forwards, in and out, up and down. Logan's eyes were closed. His head was tilted up towards the ceiling. His breathing had been fully replaced by sensual gasps and moans. His toes were clenched on account of the intense pleasures this new erotic activity presented. Cody sucked on the smaller boy's dick harder and harder. As he continued sucking, he placed his left hand on Logan's buttocks for support. After a few minutes, his lower jaw was beginning to twinge slightly, but he didn't care. He continued to suck on the beautiful boy's cock, harder and harder. His left hand was now caressing and grabbing at Logan's butt cheeks, occasionally pushing the boy's butt inward to give himself even more access to the boy's rigid dick. Cody stroked his own dick turbulently with his right hand, knowing his cum would erupt from the head of his dick any minute now, like lava out of a volcano. He felt so horny that if he was to speed up the stroking, he could cum within a matter of seconds. He could feel the almost rubbery skin of Logan's cock sliding easily between his tongue and the roof of his mouth. At one point, he tasted a salty tang at the back of his tongue, realizing that Logan was releasing pre-cum into his mouth. He was actually surprised that a boy Logan's age and size could produce pre-cum or even cum at all for that matter, but he was more than happy to receive the tasty treat. Logan moaned out loud in total ecstasy as Cody bobbed up and down on his hard boyhood. That pleasured sound was all it took for Cody. As soon as he heard that sound coming from the lips of this perfect, beautiful boy, his dick erupted forcefully. He sprayed his white cum all over the shower tile. Some of it landed on Logan's right leg, beginning to travel in a glob down the smooth skin towards the floor. Logan didn't seem to notice or care though. He was in a nearly paralyzed state of ecstasy at the moment. Most of Cody's cum mixed with the shower water. The shower water washed the creamy cum off the tile and onto the shower floor. The pressure and current of the water carried all of Cody's cum down the drain, with no evidence left that the orgasm had even taken place at all, except for the tiny bit of semen that remained on the babyish, soft skin of Logan's lower leg. During Cody's climax, he managed to suck even harder on Logan's delightful cock, providing even more pleasure to Logan, which was inevitably about to lead to a powerful orgasm for Logan. The younger boy could feel it coming. He knew that feeling very well. It almost tickled as it traveled up, Cody still sucking for all it was worth. Finally, Logan inhaled deeply with one last erotic moan, squeezed tighter on the fistfuls of Cody's hair enveloped in his hands, and then his small dick spurted it's boyjuices directly into Cody's awaiting mouth. He had felt Logan's dick tense up inside his mouth, so he stopped sucking. Within seconds, his mouth filled up with a fantastic mix of salt and cream. Logan was holding firmly onto Cody's hair as he came, applying a wonderful pressure to Cody's head that was sure to give him a memorable headache the next morning. Logan's intense orgasm finally ended and he let his breath out slowly as he allowed his head to fall back and hit the tile wall. His now deflating penis was still lodged inside Cody's mouth. Cody was swishing the boy's cum inside his mouth, moving the gluey liquid over the nearly flaccid shaft of Logan's penis. Cody finally swallowed the scrumptious boyjuice, and then released Logan's penis from his mouth. Logan was leaning back against the shower wall, now completely exhausted. When Cody took his mouth off the boy's penis, he took a good look at it, still eye level with it. It was now completely flaccid. Now it looked more like a young boy's penis: no hair anywhere, a fleshy scrotum made of perfection, his sweet little balls hanging impeccably low for their small size, and his limp shaft hanging loose and perfectly between his balls. Cody looked up into Logan's flushed face. He was just the most charming, beautiful boy Cody had ever had the pleasure of knowing. "What'd you think?" Cody asked. Logan took a few deep breaths. "That was... that was the most amazing thing... I've ever felt," Logan said. "There'll be better things than that later on," Cody said. "But we should actually get cleaned up now. It's late." "Yeah..." Logan agreed. With that, the boys took turns washing each other, using the body wash and shampoo Logan had placed in the shower earlier. Logan washed Cody first, paying special attention to his butt and man-sized penis. Logan was completely fascinated by the size of Cody's penis. He loved every bit of it. After he washed Cody's flaccid penis and then rinsed it off, he leaned in and kissed the head sweetly. Cody thought that was awesomely cute. He recalled doing something similar to that with Jesse one time when they were younger. After Logan finished washing Cody off, Cody took his turn with Logan. Since he had already paid a lot of attention to Logan's penis, he decided to spend a little more time with Logan's sweet bubble butt, which Cody thought was the most adorable butt ever created. After thoroughly washing Logan's butt cheeks, Cody lubricated his pinkie finger with body wash and then gently placed it on Logan's sphincter. Logan propped himself up against the shower wall with his hands as Cody began to move his pinkie finger in and out of Logan's anus, cleaning it really well. Cody hadn't pushed in too far though. In fact, he had only pushed about half of his pinkie finger into Logan's anus. Afterward, he pulled out and went back in only about halfway once again. He never went any further than that. After the boys were finished with their shower, they got out, dried off a little, and then wrapped the towels around their waists. Logan grabbed his clean clothes and followed Cody back into the bedroom. The air was much cooler in the bedroom than in the bathroom; almost too cool actually. Once they were in the bedroom, Cody unwrapped his towel and began to dry his hair with the towel, standing completely naked in the middle of the bedroom. Logan unwrapped his own towel and followed suit, hoping he could get his hair to look wavy like Cody's if he followed the same steps. Once Cody dried off, he grabbed a clean pair of white Hanes briefs out of his backpack and put them on. Logan was still standing naked and drying his hair with the towel. A few seconds later, he stopped drying his hair and walked over to his clothes. "Wait a minute," Cody said suddenly. Logan stopped in his tracks, standing stark nude in front of Cody. Cody walked over and sat down on the side of the bed next to Logan's clean clothing. He searched through the clean pile and located Logan's clean briefs. White Fruit of the Loom briefs – size 10. Absolutely no stains visible anywhere. What a clean boy he was. Cody held the briefs out in front of him low to ground so Logan could step into them. Logan smiled and then slipped his feet into the legs of the underwear. With that, Cody pulled the briefs all the way up into place, covering that cute, sweet penis of his. Logan chuckled. "What?" Cody asked. "You're just funny is all," Logan said. "I've always wanted to do that for some reason," Cody said. "I know, I'm weird." "No more weird than I am really," Logan said. "I'm sorry I was mad at you earlier." "Don't worry about it. You had every right to be angry." Logan simply smiled at him. "Well, we should probably try to get some sleep," Cody suggested. "It's already a little past three in the morning." "Yeah..." Logan crawled into the bed, still wearing only his briefs, which was usually how he slept anyway. Cody walked over and turned the lights out before crawling into the bed next to his boy. The two of them cuddled together in the bed and moved around until they were comfortable. Cody was cradling Logan's small body under his arm. Logan was holding onto Cody's strong, supporting arm, feeling more secure and comfortable than he had ever felt in his entire life. Within minutes, both of them were sound asleep in each other's arms. _____________________________ END OF CHAPTER FOUR NEXT: Chapter Five – "Fireworks" _____________________________ Preview of Chapter Five: "You are one crazy, sexy boy, you know that?" Cody said. - - - - - - - - - - - - When Cody turned around, he saw a boy standing amongst a few other kids close to the concert stage. There was Logan – his boy – standing there wearing a pair of blue jeans with a big, western style belt buckle, a short-sleeved denim shirt tucked into his jeans, a pair of brown cowboy boots, and a white cowboy hat. Cody thought he was the most beautiful person ever to grace this earth. Logan looked up and caught Cody's stare. He smiled brightly, which caused Cody to smile as well. "Wow," Cody said simply. "You... you did this for me?" "Of course! Who else would I dress like this for?" Logan asked with a chuckle. "Oh, wow, you look... holy crap..." Cody said. _____________________________