Chapter 97.

Paying the Consequences

Part 1

Tommy awoke to the sound of his alarm, so he quickly moved to switch it off. He turned back to look at his lover as he slept next to him. Tommy was feeling quite refreshed, but still didn’t really want to get out of bed yet. He just lied there next to Jon and gazed at his sleeping lover’s face. He felt content in the knowledge that Jon loved him. He vowed to himself, that he would try to be better for Jon, and show him how much he truly loved him back. Tommy knew he couldn’t just change overnight, but with one small step at a time, he could do it if he put his mind to it. He brushed a stray lock of hair out of Jon’s face and just admired the beautiful young man lying next to him. Jon’s face always looked so peaceful when he slept with Tommy. Tommy had to admit that the other boys’ faces also looked peaceful when they were asleep, but there was something special about Jon’s face. Tommy felt happy to be lying next to Jon and thought about what it was that was making him feel so good. It wasn’t the sex that attracted Tommy to Jon, but how Jon made him feel about himself. Tommy felt especially good about himself when Jon was with him, and he liked that feeling. It was as if Jon was the missing part of Tommy, that he never knew he was missing until Jon came into his life. At least once he became more than just a friend. Tommy thought that they complimented each other so well, as if they were two parts of a whole that had at last joined together.

Tommy glanced over at his clock and said, “Shit.” It was already 8 AM. He had spent a half hour with his thoughts and admiring Jon’s face. Tommy gently shook Jon to try to wake him up. When that didn’t work, he decided to try something different. He bent over and started gently kissing Jon’s face all over. After about half a minute, Jon began to wake up. Jon smiled at Tommy and began to kiss him back a little. Tommy backed off a little, and said, “Good morning sweetheart.”

“Morning loverboi,” Jon said smiling up at Tommy. He stretched, yawned, and then said, “What time is it?”

“8 AM. Time to get up,” Tommy said.

“Man, I’m tired,” said Jon stretching again.

“You had an exhausting night,” said Tommy.

“Yeah, but it was fun,” smiled Jon.

“I’m glad you liked it. Well it’s time to get up now,” Tommy said as he gently pushed Jon.

“You get up, I’m gonna sleep a few more hours,” said Jon tiredly.

“Hey if I have to get up, so do you. Now out of bed lazybones,” Tommy said playfully.

“Why do I have to get up just because you do?”

“You need to get up to show me some moral support. I’m not too happy about getting up early either. It seems like lately there is never enough time to do everything that needs to be done around here.”

“Well that’s because you keep doing more.”

“If I don’t do it no one else will. I hate nagging everyone about doing their chores, but if I don’t then I get stuck doing them. I’m tired of doing the others chores. I have enough on my own.”

“I guess that’s one of the problems with being in charge. You get stuck making sure everyone else does their jobs on top of the stuff you have to do on your own,” Jon said as he finally sat up.

“You’re telling me,” said Tommy sarcastically. “I know some of the others think it’s easy to be in charge, because I get to do pretty much want I want to do. Unfortunately, I usually end up doing what needs to be done, rather than what I wanted to do. I have to do lots of things the others don’t seem to think about much; like making sure we have enough food, no one is sick, if they are sick I have to try to make them feel better, try to make sure everyone has some type of entertainment so they don’t run around like animals and destroy the place, among other things.”

“Well you do have help if you want it.”

“I know, but you do so much for me already. I don’t want to overburden you with some of the stuff I have to do. I’m gonna be extra screwed for a while since Kyle and Luke are grounded and I’ll have to find someone to do their chores. I’d ask for volunteers if I thought I would get more than you and Hunter.”

“Yeah, I know. You are just going to have to pass their chores around some.”

“I’m sure that’s going to go over well,” said Tommy getting up from the bed.

“Not much else you can do,” Jon said joining Tommy as he headed for the bathroom.

The two of them went about their morning routine. They both hopped into the shower and began to wash up. They finished washing and were just beginning to have some fun when they heard someone pound on the door.

“Damn,” Tommy said disappointed by the interruption.

“Yeah, I feel that way too. Do you think there is a light outside that comes on when we are beginning to have fun, just so they know when to interrupt us?” asked Jon as the person outside Tommy’s door began pounding even harder.

“I’m pretty sure there isn’t, but they do seem to have uncanny timing at times,” laughed Tommy as he got out of the shower.

Tommy grabbed a towel and wrapped it around himself as he headed out of the bathroom.

“I’m coming!” shouted Tommy to whoever was trying to break his door down.

“Oh, sorry for interrupting your shower Tommy,” Luke said after Tommy yanked open the door.

“That’s alright Luker, I’m sure you have a good reason for this. At least you better have,” Tommy said.

“I just finished walking Patches and thought you would like to know there is smoke coming from the town again,” Luke said.

“As good reason’s go, that will do. Thanks for telling me Luke, I appreciate it. I’ll go check it out after I throw some clothes on,” said Tommy. “Did you notice any flames?”

“Nope, all I saw was the smoke.”

“Alright Luker, thanks for the info,” said Tommy.

“Okay Tommy, I’d better head down to Kyle’s room now.”

“Hey Luke, before you go, aren’t you a little late to be walking Patches? I thought you did that around six.”

“Well, I usually do, but I had a rather exhausting night, so I woke up late. You wanna know what I was doing,” said Luke with an evil grin.

“Ahh, that’s okay. I don’t need to know,” said Tommy quickly turning a little red.

“Kyle’s right, it is fun to do that to you,” laughed Luke.

“Okay Luke, you got me. Now off you go to Kyle’s room. Tell him I’ll be down there sometime soon to talk to the both of you about starting your punishment,” said Tommy.

“’Kay,” said Luke as he headed for the stairs.

Tommy finished drying off and began throwing some clothes on as Jon walked out of the bathroom with nothing on but a smile.

“That’s a good look on you. You should try that more often,” joked Tommy.

“Yeah, me and Hunter will be the resident nudists,” laughed Jon.

“I could live with that,” said Tommy as he put his shoes on.

“Who was at the door, and what did they want?” asked Jon as he began to put on some clothes.

“Luke saw some smoke over the city but no flames. I’m gonna go check it out. I’ll meet you downstairs,” said Tommy.

“Okay TJ,” said Jon.

Tommy left Jon to finish getting dressed and headed to his porch. He went outside and looked over the city. He saw a thin plume of smoke reaching up to the sky. Tommy looked carefully, but he couldn’t tell exactly where it was. He didn’t see any indication of open flames though. After looking at it for a while, he decided that the fire mustn’t be that big. Because the fire was on the other side of the river, he decided he wouldn’t do anything about it. Tommy also thought that if he did go to put the fire out, he just might run into the people who set it. Tommy decided it really wasn’t worth the risk if they were the ones who took a couple of shots at Cameron and his brothers. He just stood there looking over the city as he thought. He knew he needed to find these pyros and probably sooner than later. The problem with that was it would be dangerous even trying it, unless he sent Hunter. If anyone got hurt, he was sure it wouldn’t be Hunter. Even if he ordered Hunter not to hurt them, he wasn’t totally sure Hunter would follow that if they attacked him first. He didn’t want to send Hunter in unless he was certain no one would get hurt.

Unbeknownst to Tommy, he had no clue the danger Al routinely sent Hunter into on a regular basis. The danger of sending Hunter on a little recon mission, such as this, would be extremely negligible compared to the missions Hunter usually did.

Tommy finally decided, he could put this off for a bit more and headed back inside. As he headed back to his door, he caught a whiff of something he hadn’t smelled in a long time.

“Who the hell is smoking a cigarette?” said Tommy aloud. “Shit, I have too much crap to deal with right now. That will just have to wait.”

Tommy found Jon in the kitchen. Jon was busy making some omelets for the two of them. Tommy noticed that only he and Jon were in the kitchen. Tommy rolled his eyes when he saw a number of cereal bowls sitting in the sink.

“Can I help you?” asked Tommy.

“No that’s okay, I got this. Besides, you made dinner. I can make breakfast for us,” Jon said as he carefully flipped one of the omelets.

Tommy just sat down at the kitchen table and watched Jon’s ass in the tight jeans he decided to wear today, as it wiggled around the kitchen. Tommy stopped staring at Jon’s firm ass as he heard someone enter the kitchen. He turned to look and saw his Cutie and Angel come in. Shawn was wearing some black jeans along with a Batman sweatshirt, while Hunter was wearing blue jeans along with his Superman sweatshirt. Tommy knew immediately something was wrong with the two of them. Shawn was looking a little uneasy and Hunter looked much more tired then he had in a long time.

“Are you okay Cutie?” asked a worried Tommy.

“Yeah, I just had a rough night,” said Shawn.

“Another bad dream?” asked Tommy as he waved Shawn over to him.

“Yeah,” Shawn sighed.

“Why didn’t you come get me then? You know, no matter what I’m doing, I’ll always try to be there for you when you need me,” Tommy said as he put Shawn on his lap.

“We didn’t want to disturb you. We knew it was a special night for you and Jon, so we didn’t want to bug you,” Shawn said.

“That was very nice of you Shawn, but I want you to know, if you have a problem and need to see Tommy, then its fine with me if you wake us up,” said Jon.

“Thanks Jon,” said Shawn attempting to smile at Jon.

“I’m sorry Cutie for your nightmares. I hope they go away soon. I hate to see you like this,” Tommy said hugging Shawn and giving him some gentle kisses on the cheek.

“I’m better now, but Hunter helped me out by staying up so I would feel safe. It was strange, the nightmare was terrible, but after it was over I slept really well,” said Shawn hugging Tommy tightly.

Hunter got out two bowls and Shawn’s favorite box of cereal. He put them on the table then went to get the milk. Once that was done, he got out a big bowl and filled it with his special food. As Hunter did all that, Tommy just sat there holding Shawn and watched him. Jon came over and placed his and Tommy’s breakfast down on the table.

“Thanks Jon, this smells great,” said Shawn pulling the plate from Tommy to be in front of him.

“I don’t think so, Hunter’s making your breakfast,” Tommy said taking his plate back.

“Awww,” Shawn said pouting.

“I’ll share some,” said Tommy to the pouting boy.

“Kewl,” replied Shawn happily.

“Thanks Jon, it looks and smells awesome.”

“You’re welcome,” Jon replied as he began to eat his own breakfast.

“How are you doing Hunter? You have been awfully quiet so far,” asked Tommy.

“I’m okay Sir,” Hunter replied.

“Are you really?” Tommy asked taking a significant look at the extra large bowl of Hunter’s special food.

“I…I…,” stammered Hunter worried about what might happen to him.

“You healed someone didn’t you?” asked Tommy calmly.

“Yes Sir,” replied Hunter glancing at Shawn then hanging his head in shame.

“It’s alright Hunter, you aren’t in trouble. I was just wondering why you needed to heal someone,” asked Tommy.

“That’s my fault TJ,” Shawn said immediately. “We were talking about some of the things that have happened to us and I told him about the scars I had. He fixed them for me.”

“Thanks Shawn,” said Tommy to Shawn who was still sitting in his lap.

“I didn’t know you had scars,” said Jon.

“They weren’t exactly in a place I show off,” said Shawn a little red faced.

“Oh,” said Jon realizing where they must have been, thinking of his own.

“Now Hunter, why did you do that?” asked Tommy. “You know I ordered you not to heal anyone without my permission right?”

“Yes Sir,” said Hunter tremulously.

“Then why did you do it?”

“I was pretty sure that you wouldn’t beat me for disobeying your orders and the scars made him feel bad. I thought if I could fix them, it would make him feel happy. He’s my…,” said Hunter thinking for a moment, “he’s my friend and I wanted Shawn to be happy, not sad. I didn’t think you would be very upset if I did what I thought was right. You have been trying to get me to make up my own mind about what I should do. I thought helping my friend would be the right thing to do. If it was wrong then I’ll accept whatever punishment you think is necessary,” said Hunter still a little concerned he might be in trouble.

“That’s a good reason Hunter. I’m proud of you for helping Shawn out like that, but just don’t do it too often. I don’t like to see you in pain and I know it hurts you when you do that,” Tommy said giving Hunter a smile.

“Yes T…Sir,” Hunter said feeling much better now.

The fact that Hunter even attempted to say Tommy’s name impressed everyone there on how far he had come. Tommy then finished his omelet, though Shawn did help him a little, as he continued to sit in Tommy’s lap during his breakfast. After they all finished, Tommy and Shawn put away the breakfast dishes.

“Hey guys,” said Ben as he walked into the kitchen.

“Hi Ben,” the others said.

“Tommy, can I talk to you for a minute?” asked Ben.

“Sure Ben, what can I do for you?” replied Tommy walking with Ben into the dining room so they could have a little privacy.

“I just wanted to tell you that I’m planning on going fishing in a little while after I finish my lesson for the day,” Ben said.

“Okay, thanks for telling me,” said Tommy.

“Since the fish didn’t seem to be effected by the comet, I thought we could eat more of them and spread out the other meat a bit more.”

“That’s a good idea Ben. I would appreciate it if you took Hunter with you again though,” said Tommy.

“Do you really think it’s necessary? I mean, you and Kyle have taught me how to use a gun, and I’ll be taking it with me. I won’t need Hunter to punch a hole in the ice. I noticed the other day that most of it has broken up, and now it just has chunks floating downriver,” said Ben.

“There is a little smoke coming from the city. It seems like those pyros are up to their old tricks again. I would just feel better knowing he was with you. You have seen some of the things he can do, so you know it’s safer with him,” said Tommy.

“I know, but I really wanted to get away from everyone for a bit and relax,” Ben said quietly so only Tommy could hear.

“I can understand that, but as a favor to me, would you please take Hunter with?” asked Tommy.

“Alright, I’ll take him with. Besides, with him along I can probably get enough fish for everyone,” Ben replied.

As the two of them headed back into the kitchen, Shawn was whispering something to Hunter.

Shawn got up, went over to Ben, and asked, “Can I please go with you to fish? I used to fish with my cousins sometimes so you wouldn’t have to teach me.”

“I don’t know Shawn. I kinda wanted to be alone for awhile,” said Ben at first. Seeing the disappointment on Shawn’s face he said, “I guess you can come too. I have an extra pole you can use.”

“Thanks Ben,” smiled Shawn giving Ben a small hug. “I’m sure we will have lots of fun fishing.”

“Shawn, how did you know Ben was going fishing?” asked Tommy suspiciously.

“I was asking Hunter what he wanted to do today and he said he had to go with Ben for a while. That got me curious, so I asked why. He finally told me he had to go with Ben to fish.”

“Okay Shawn. Hunter, when you hear someone else’s conversation you really shouldn’t tell anyone else about it without their permission in the future. You understand now right?” asked Tommy.

“Yes Sir,” replied Hunter.

“Good, and Shawn, I’m getting tired of telling you this, if Hunter says he’s not supposed to say then you aren’t to badger him about it,” said Tommy.

“Yes TJ,” said Shawn.

“Now I want the two of you to be very good for Ben. He is in charge, so you need to do what he says,” said Tommy.

“We will,” Shawn said.

“Alright, you guys have fun fishing,” said Tommy.

“Who’s going fishing?” asked Jordy as he, Jeremy, and Zach walked into the kitchen.

“Ben is taking Hunter and Shawn fishing later today,” said Tommy.

“Can we go too?” asked Jeremy.

“I’m sorry guys but I wanted to keep this small,” Ben said quickly.

“Come on, we won’t cause any trouble,” said Jordy.

“Yeah, and it would be fun to get out of the house,” said Zach.

Jordy, Jeremy, and Zach shared a look and then all three of them put on their sad puppy dog faces and said, “Please Ben, take us too.”

Ben looked at them, sighed, and said, “I only have two poles so unless you guys have some more you can’t go.”

“Tommy, do you know if there are any fishing poles around?” asked Jeremy.

“Sorry, but the only fishing poles I know of are Ben’s,” replied Tommy.

“Awww, that sucks big hairy donkey dick,” said Zach disappointedly making the others crack up at his choice of expression.

“That’s a good one Zack,” said Tommy as he shook his head and laughed along.

“We can share the poles,” said Jordy once everyone had stopped laughing at his brother’s stupid remark.

“Hunter and Shawn will be sharing my spare pole. I’m sorry but the pole I’ll be using used to belong to my Dad, so I don’t want to share it with you guys,” Ben told them.

“How soon are you guys going to go?” asked Jeremy.

“As soon as I finish my lesson, I’m gonna grab them and head out,” Ben replied.

“Tommy could you take us to the store really quick so we could get some stuff? That way we could go with Ben,” asked Jeremy.

“I can’t right now, but I’ll tell you what. I’ll take you guys to the store later today, and we will all go fishing sometime later this week. Does that sound fair?” asked Tommy.

“Alright, if that’s the best you can do,” said Zach disappointedly.

“Hey, he said he would take us and Tommy has always taken us to the store when he has said he would,” said Jordy giving his brother a little shove.

“Sorry Tommy. I didn’t mean to sound ungrateful. Thanks for being willing to take us to the store later today,” said Zach.

“You’re welcome Zach. I understand you guys being a little disappointed, but we will have a great time later this week. Maybe we can invite some of the others to join us, kinda like a big outing for everyone,” Tommy said.

“That sound real good,” said Jeremy.

“Alright then, I’ll call you guys when I’m ready to go to the store. Right now, I want everyone to hit the learning computers and get your daily lessons done. That way no one will have to worry about it later today,” said Tommy getting a number of groans from the boys. “Jeremy you especially need to do your lessons, you are behind and if you don’t catch up I’ll have to ground you. So please get them done,” Tommy added. “Hey, I know it might not be a lot of fun but we need to learn these things so we can do more than just survive.”

“We know, you have told us enough times already. We just don’t always like it,” said Zach as he headed out of the kitchen along with Jeremy and Jordan.

After they had left, Ben went over to Tommy and said, “Thanks for not taking them to the store right now.”

“No problem. I know you are only taking Hunter because I asked you and Shawn because you couldn’t say ‘no’ to him. I understand you wanted to get away for a bit on your own. I just couldn’t let all the others ruin it for you after you agreed to let Hunter and Shawn go with you,” said Tommy.

“I better go finish my lesson, and then I’ll grab the two of them and head out,” Ben said as he left the kitchen.

“Alright you three,” said Tommy as he looked at Jon, Shawn, and Hunter. “You guys better head out and do your lessons too. I’m gonna go talk to my brother before I do mine.”

Over with Cody…

Cody’s house was having a bit of a problem. Having a bunch of lazy boys with very little responsibility, and a leader who is already tired of constantly yelling at them to clean up, has left a small problem in the house, it was a mess! Up late usually means sleeping in late. For almost all of the boys sleeping in until 10 AM has become normal on most mornings and today was no different. Cody, who is usually first up, was up at 9, but decided to shower and get himself dressed before going to grab something for breakfast. Cody had just stepped into the shower after adjusting the water to his liking. He quickly washed his head and rinsed off the shampoo before grabbing the bar of soap and bringing it to his chest without a washcloth. Rubbing the bar to create some lather, he quickly soaped up his chest, arms, and hands before he watched the soap hastily slip from his hand and thud to the tub below. Figuring he had enough soap on himself to wash the rest, he kicked it aside for now and began to run his hands over his soapy chest and then up to his armpits and neck. With those parts done, he worked his way down. After running his hands over his lower belly, he finally bent over and grabbed the bar of soap, rubbing it once more to get plenty on them for his next task. After putting the bar back in its place this time, he ran his right hand over his buttocks and in between the crack making sure not to miss any of his special places. He quickly ran his index finger over his rectum, being sure that part was good and clean for his own piece of mind, figuring that would be enough soap to clean that area. With that out of the way, he now focused on the more important area. As his left hand cupped his nut sack, his right began to lube his hardening dick. Soon the 16 year olds soft 3.5” began to grow. Within seconds, he was at full staff as the soap and friction from his stroking easily made his 6” stand straight out, not to mention the mental image of a totally naked Kate or what he thought she would look like helping him out. Never having seen her in less than a bra and panties, one time while they were all living in the Mall of American before Bryan showed up, all he could do was wonder.

That seemed like ages ago now, but it was more than enough to bring him to yet another great orgasm as he beat the head of his cock until the shower curtain and bottom of the tub began to accept shot after shot of his cum. Finally, he was done blowing his load. With hope and a dream, he shook the remaining cum from the end of his cock wishing it were her doing it for him. He let out a small sigh and finished washing his lower body before rinsing off and getting out. After drying and dressing, he was downstairs by 9:45 searching for something to eat in the semi-empty refrigerator. He cursed the other boys as he opened it to find it all but empty once again. He swore he just filled the damn thing yesterday, but with four hungry boys living with him, it was time for yet another trip to the grocery store to try to find more food to put in there. Getting used to stocking a refrigerator was new for him. At the mall, everything was there and all they had to do was go get it and make it. Now he had to get used to judging how much he should bring home with him when he went out shopping. It was getting harder and harder for him and the others to keep stuff in stock now, some seven months after the disaster struck supplies were getting low. After digging some cereal and milk up, he heard some footsteps. A half-awake Calvin walked into the kitchen dressed in boxers and a blue Bugs Bunny t-shirt and said good morning.

“Hey Calvin, how’d you sleep last night?”

“Not bad, I didn’t get in bed until 2 AM. I swore I wasn’t going to let Philly beat me in another game of pool and it took me until then, but at least I beat him.”

“I haven’t been in there yet, I sure hope you guys cleaned up. I am way past tired of trying to keep this place neat all by myself,” said Cody thinking Phil probably let him win just to get some peace and quiet.

“Umm, well…” was all he said, trying to think quickly enough to give Cody a fair answer.

“So I take it that’s a no? The place is still a pigsty?”

He looked at Cody and saw the boy shake his head yes.

“I guess it’s time to get everyone in gear and get this placed cleaned up. I am tired of you guys messing everything and me having to clean up so when others come over it doesn’t look like and smell like a zoo in here! We need to have a meeting today!”

“Okay Cody, don’t just blame me, there are three others still asleep who are worse them I am.”

“I know Calvin, I don’t mean to take it all out on you, but you just happened to be the first one I saw today. We will clean this place up or I am going to start giving out some punishments!”

“That’s cool. Just please whatever you do, no spanking! I know Tommy does that stuff and I don’t need that kind of punishment. I’ll be more than happy to clean up without getting my ass beat.”

“I hope the others feel that way too Calvin, because if I have to, I will start to give out punishments like Tommy does! And if no one listens, maybe I’ll just go get Tommy and let him give out the punishments.”

“Hey Cody, whatever you do, just remember I am here now and offering, I don’t want my butt hurting from any ass beating. I heard how bad Billy and Joey felt after they got theirs and I might still be youngest here, but I just don’t need that. I’ve never been spanked before and I really don’t want it to start now.”

“We’ll work it out when everyone is awake, I know none of you guys want Kate to find out or see how we are living here on a regular basis. We both know she wouldn’t put up with this shit.”

“I’m sure they will listen Cody, they aren’t bad guys.”

“I know Calvin. I am just getting tired of asking.”

Within the next half hour as Calvin sat with Cody to eat, the other three boys began to awaken. Cody waited for them to come into the kitchen and grab a bite to eat. Finally, by 10:15, everyone was in there and as Denny, Phil, and Junior began to eat, Cody started to plead his case. Calvin, who had already heard it, just sat and listened for now.

“Okay guys, we need to talk. I don’t want to sound like a prick, but we have to start keeping this place in better shape. It seems like I try to keep it neat and you guys do your best to mess it up every night. I really don’t want to start handing out punishments and I know you guys are old enough to do your share around here, but for some reason you are all being lazy about it. It really needs to stop because it’s embarrassing to have the others come over for our game night or just to visit and I wind up scrambling around like a nut to get things looking good. Can I count on all of you from now on without punishments or do I need to get Tommy or Kate to help me?”

“Well I for one don’t want Tommy coming over here to punish me when he doesn’t live here or control this house,” said a concerned Denny.

“Yeah I agree with Denny,” added Phil.

“How about you Jr.?” asked Cody.

“I like Tommy and as far as I’m concerned he can come over, but I don’t really think I want to risk our friendship with him over something that we should be doing already,” Junior said giving the first real common sense answer.

“Then since none of you want punishment, I think after breakfast and before any games start or anyone thinks about leaving the house, we should get it vacuumed and all clothes and garbage picked up. Also, someone needs to load the dishwasher, which isn’t hard to do. Should I start making a list of chores for everyone like they do in the other houses?”

That brought mixed mumblings and a few ‘no’ comments including something about living in that house if there was going to be chores handed out.

“Okay then. I don’t ask a lot from you guys and I want everyone to start keeping their bed made, room clean, or at the very least, your door closed so others can’t see it. Most importantly, I want these rooms downstairs neat. Then I will stay off your backs and we will all have a good relationship here. No one is forcing you guys to stay here. So remember if it keeps up, I can go to either Kate or Tommy. Otherwise, the lazy person who doesn’t want to clean can find himself out living alone with those half-baked people. Now please decide who is going to do what, I’m going to my room.”

Cody didn’t wait for any feedback. He just got up and headed out of the kitchen and to his room to clean. He left the others to divvy up the chores of cleaning the kitchen and game room besides their own rooms.

Back over to Tommy’s house…

Tommy headed over to his brother’s door and knocked. After hearing Luke shout ‘Come in’, he opened the door and walked in. Tommy saw both Luke and Kyle sitting on the couch with Al’s laptops, as they must have been busy doing their lessons. Tommy walked in and took a seat across from the two boys.

“Guys, I wanted to talk to you about yesterday and what I think would be an appropriate punishment,” said Tommy.

“Fine, then talk,” said Kyle angrily. It was clear he was upset that his brother was actually going to punish him. Kyle had thought that his brother might yell a little at him, but he had never considered that he would actually be punished for what he did. He figured that since his brother put it off for a day that he would be able to get out of it. Luke’s telling him that Tommy was going to talk to them about their punishment later that morning had put him in a very bad mood.

Seeing his brother’s reaction, Tommy sighed and said “Kyle, I have given it a lot of thought about what you did yesterday. I have been giving the other kids choices in their punishments and I don’t think it would be right if I didn’t give you one also. So here are your choices: one, you can get a hard spanking like Billy and Joey had or two, you can be grounded for ten days.”

“Ten days! I hardly did anything wrong!” shouted Kyle angrily.

“Yes, ten days,” said Tommy coolly. “Kyle did you know you weren’t supposed to tell anyone about the tunnel?” asked Tommy.

“Yes,” said Kyle belligerently.

“Did you know that some kid died in that room?” asked Tommy calmly.

“Well I did know, but I wasn’t thinking about that,” said Kyle uneasily.

“Since you knew these things and did them anyway, you have admitted to being guilty and deserve some form of punishment. I don’t like it, but I can’t let this go with just a lecture.”

“Why not, I’m your brother after all,” said Kyle.

“Kyle, you get away with things that would get anyone else in big trouble. Not even Jon or Shawn gets away with as much as you do. I let you get away with it because you are my brother, and I love you. Unfortunately for you, when you do something that I think requires some form of consequence, I can’t go easy on you. If I did, then I would just be setting up huge problems in the future. I put it off for a day for you already. I did that because you are my brother and I didn’t want to ruin your day yesterday. So, I’m very sorry but you are going to be grounded for ten days to your room or get a hard spanking on your bare butt. I can guarantee that this spanking won’t be fun like the one Luke gave you yesterday.”

“But why ten days, that is like forever,” said Kyle disappointedly.

“One week, for your showing Luke the tunnel without permission, after you had already been specifically told not to tell anyone. Two days is for doing what you did in there. You knew a kid died there and the least you should have done is ask me first before you desecrated the place where he died. The last day is for calling Hunter a freak. Mom and Dad raised you better than to say hurtful things like that. He saved your life and deserves better from you,” said Tommy. He paused for a moment then said a little embarrassedly, “If you haven’t noticed, I care a great deal about him. He’s very important to me. What you said really hurt me and I’m sure it hurt him too. It hurt me a lot to hear you, of all people, say that about him. You know more about Hunter than almost anyone that lives in this house, but you still called him a freak. That’s just plain wrong, and deserves some punishment on its own merit. He’s not a freak he’s just different. I don’t ever want to hear you say that about him again. So what’s it going to be, grounding or spanking?”

“Well your not gonna spank me!” said a very pissed off Kyle.

“Good, because I really didn’t want to have to do that to you. I was hoping you would choose the grounding because I wasn’t sure if I could really do it. I was going to try if that was your choice and if I couldn’t do it then I would have had to call DJ to do it,” Tommy said.

Turning to Luke, he said, “Now for you. Since you didn’t know what had happened there, I don’t think it would be fair to punish you for it. You did go along with Kyle into the tunnel and you really should have known better than to do that without getting my permission first. Did you bother to ask Kyle if he had permission to show you the tunnel?”

“No, I didn’t think of it,” replied Luke quietly.

“In that case, you are still in trouble, just not as much as Kyle. I tried to think about if I was in your position, and my parents were still around, what would happen to me. I’m pretty sure if I found a secret room in my house and explored it without my parents’ permission, or at least them knowing about it, I would get in trouble. Now before you start, I’m not your parent. I do however have some of the authority of a parent over you as long as you choose to live in my house. You decided to stay, so you have to live with the consequences of that decision. Because you didn’t know about what happened there and no one told you not to tell anyone, your choices will be less severe than Kyle’s. Your choice’s are: one, you can be spanked but it won’t be nearly as bad or two, you can be grounded for four days with Kyle for going down there and an additional day for calling Hunter a crybaby when you know he can’t help it. In addition, for the other five days, you can’t be with him. He spends that time alone. So what’s it going to be?”

“I don’t want you to spank me either,” said Luke softly.

“Okay, then you will be grounded for five days with Kyle and have to stay away from him for the rest of his grounding. I didn’t want to spank either of you, but Billy and Joey were right, it’s over a lot faster that way.”

“I don’t care, you aren’t spanking me!” barked Kyle angrily.

“That’s fine with me,” said Tommy. Taking a deep breath he said, “Now just so there are no misunderstandings. The two of you are to be grounded to Kyle’s room. No one other than I will be allowed in. I’ll check on the two of you a couple times each day to see how you are doing. If you need anything, you need to tell me and I’ll get it for you. This means no going out, except for emergencies. The only exception to that is Luke. Luke is allowed to take Patches out for his walks but you have to go alone, Kyle stays here. Once Luke’s time being grounded is done, Luke won’t be allowed in here either. Do you understand your punishment?” asked Tommy.

“Yeah,” said Kyle clearly upset as he got up and headed for his bedroom.

Tommy went over to try to give his brother a hug and say he was sorry for having to do this, but Kyle just pushed him away. Tommy left the two of them to their punishment and headed out of Kyle’s room. Kyle’s attitude really hurt Tommy. Tommy hated grounding his brother, but he knew he had to do something. If he did nothing the others would see his brother walk all over him and he would lose what authority he did have. If that happened, there would be chaos and Tommy couldn’t let that happen. Tommy sighed and then headed up to his room to do his own work. On his way up, Tommy stopped to look into Shawn’s room. He saw both of his boys’ busy working at their computers. Tommy smiled looking at the two of them and headed into his room to start his own lessons. Tommy sat down at his own computer and began his work. Tommy worked on them for a while before he remembered something he needed to talk to Al about.

“Al, I need to talk to you for a bit,” Tommy said into the special headset Al gave him.

“I’m here Tommy, what can I do for you?” asked Al.

“Well, I need to ask a favor of you,” Tommy said.

“Since you are doing a good job with looking after Hunter, if I can do it I will,” said Al.

“Hunter said you had a number of animals and that we might be able to have some,” said Tommy.

“Yes, I know. You are beginning to run out of meat and you want to have some of my animals,” Al said.

“How…did you know,” stammered Tommy.

“You forget, Bryan’s house is bugged just like yours is. Ever since you had Hunter fix the surveillance devices I have heard what’s been happening in all of your houses.”

“I forgot about that,” said Tommy.

“Well you do have a lot on your mind usually,” said Al.

“Does this mean you will let us have them?”

“Sure, I have already put some aside for you. Once you leave your house to head over here I’ll transport them to the surface and into a vehicle that you can use to bring them to the farm.”

“Thanks Al, I really appreciate it,” said Tommy happily.

“With Hunter eating you out of house and home it’s only right that I re-supply you with some livestock. I have even put together a load of fresh fruit and vegetables for all of you.”

“How did you get fresh fruit and vegetables?”

“Where I grow my fruit and vegetables, the environment doesn’t really come into play that much.”

“You’re a lifesaver Al. Those animals and the fresh veggies will help us out a lot. Everybody is probably gonna go nuts over some fresh fruit. I’m sure everyone around here will enjoy your gifts a great deal. I just hope Cam knows how to take care of the animals so we can eat them without any problems.”

“Well if he needs help you can always ask Hunter to slaughter the animals for you, or at least have him show Cam the right way.”

“Hunter didn’t say he knew how to do that.”

“There are a lot of things Hunter can do that he doesn’t talk about. For one he can probably smell if any of the meat gets tainted and wouldn’t be safe for you to eat.”

“That could be very useful. Well, I better finish my lessons and set up a time to get with Cameron later this afternoon.”

“Okay Tommy, you work hard. I’ll have everything set up for you when you arrive.”

“Thanks Al,” said Tommy as he turned back to his lessons. Tommy finished his current lesson before he decided to call Cameron.

“Hello Tommy,” Cameron said on his cell phone.

“Hi Cam, I wanted to talk to you about getting together later today to go pick up those animals from Al,” said Tommy.

“So Al will help us out then?” asked Cameron.

“Yeah, I just talked to him a little while ago. He is happy to help us out since I’m watching Hunter for him.”

“Does this mean I will actually be able to meet him?”

“Probably not, you know I have told you before that he is very secretive and doesn’t like to be around other people very much.”

“Yeah but still, I think I should meet him so I can thank him for helping us out like this.”

“I understand Cam, but I really don’t want to take a chance of pissing him off. He is helping us a lot just for watching Hunter. I think it would be best if we honored his wishes and left him as alone as we can.”

“You’re probably right, it would be nice to meet him though,” Cameron said.

“I’d like to get together a little later this afternoon if you can make it over here,” said Tommy.

“I can head over there right now if you want.”

“No, I have to take some of the boys over here to the store so they can get some more stuff. How about at 3 this afternoon?” asked Tommy. “I should be done with them by then.”

“I can do that. I’ll bring my brothers along and they can play some with your boys as we go to pick up the animals.”

“Sounds good, I’ll see ya then,” Tommy said.

“Okay, later,” said Cameron.

Tommy put his phone away and went back to his lessons. After working on them for a few hours, he put them aside to go check on the other boys. He noticed that Shawn and Hunter weren’t in their room anymore so he figured they must be out with Ben by now. As Tommy went around, he found Billy and Joey working up in their attic and told them he would be leaving soon so they needed to finish their lessons if they wanted to go. The twins, Jeremy, and Jon were the only others that wanted to go pick up some fishing gear. Danny was busy playing with Caleb and his brother and they didn’t want to stop right then, but they did ask Tommy if he could pick up some stuff for them also. Tommy found DJ exercising in the home gym.

“Hey DJ,” said Tommy.

“Hi Tom,” replied DJ as he took his towel and wiped the sweat off his brow.

“I’m gonna take some of the boys to Wal-Bart for some fishing gear, and wanted to know if you would look after the house while I was gone.”

“Sure, but who will be left to look after?”

“All you really have to do is look after Danny, Chris, and Caleb. They are busy playing some game in Danny’s room. You should probably double check that they get their lessons done for the day. Kyle and Luke are grounded to Kyle’s room, so they shouldn’t be a problem. If you see them out of there, I need you to call me right away. Unless it’s Luke taking Patches for a walk, he’s allowed to do that only. Ben took Shawn and Hunter with him earlier to the river to go fishing. I’ll be taking the rest to the store so you won’t have to worry about them.”

“That doesn’t sound too difficult. Can you pick me up some fishing gear also? I’ve never gone but if everyone else is than it might be fun.”

“Well we won’t be going today, but I did promise the others I would take them later this week if they wanted to. I’ll make sure I grab enough fishing gear for everyone, at least everyone who lives in this house. That reminds me, no one from the other houses is over here yet so if they do come over you need to watch them too.”

“That’s no problem. I’ll look after the house while you are gone.”

“Thanks DJ. Oh I almost forgot, Cam is coming over this afternoon to go with me to pick up some animals and other stuff from Al. He’s gonna be bringing his little brothers with so they can play with their friends up here. Can you look after the house with Jon then too? I’ll be taking Hunter with me but probably no one else since Al is very private.”

“Private, that’s putting it mildly,” laughed DJ. “Only you, Bryan, and Hunter have even seen the guy. I mean, I understand the guy must really like his privacy but he’s going a bit overboard with it.”

“Maybe, but with all he’s done for us, I don’t want to take a chance of annoying the guy.”

“Yeah I can understand that, but it’s just kinda weird that only three of us have even seen him.”

“I know, but the guy’s paranoid so what can you do,” said Tommy shrugging his shoulders. “Well I can hear the boys’ sound ready, so I’ll be heading out.”

“Have fun Tom,” DJ said.

Tommy first went to check on his brother and Luke. He told them he was heading out with some of the other boys in just a little bit. He asked them if they needed anything before he left. Luke told him they didn’t, as Kyle wasn’t talking to his brother right then. Tommy felt really bad that Kyle was treating him like this, when he was only trying to do what he thought was the right thing. Tommy dejectedly went to the sitting room where he had told the others to meet. Seeing all six of them there, he plastered a smile on his face and said, “Okay let’s all go load up in the truck. Just so there is no fighting, Jon gets shotgun.”

“Yeah, yeah, we already figured that one out Mr. Bouncy-Bed,” said Zach.

“What?” asked Tommy confusedly.

“We heard you and Jon going at it last night,” giggled Jordy making both Tommy and Jon blush.

“Oh,” said Tommy embarrassedly.

“Yeah, you guys might want to tone that down a little in the future. I almost bust a gut laughing when Danny told Chris that you were just giving Jon a massage and playing around by jumping on the bed,” laughed Jeremy as everyone headed outside.

“Don’t forget ‘harder, harder, yes, yes, YES,” laughed Billy as Joey got behind him and began humping his ass making everyone laugh as they waited for Tommy to unlock the door to the truck.

“What, were you guys sitting by the door?” asked a red-faced Jon.

“We were having our own fun down in the fitness room,” said Billy blushing a little.

“Chris was playing in the playroom by the stairs and we heard Danny talking to him as we headed up after dinner,” said Jordy laughing from remembering Danny having to deal with Chris’s curiosity.

“Well Tommy can give one hell of a massage,” giggled Jon.

“I guess no one is too old to have fun jumping on the bed,” said Tommy joining in with the laughter.

Everyone got into the truck and Tommy began driving them all into town.

“Hey Jon, can you put this in the CD player?” asked Jordy.

“Okay Jordy,” said Jon as he took the CD.

“That isn’t what I think it is, is it?” asked Zach.

“Yep, I found it and now you have to sing along with it,” Jordy said happily.

“Oh come on Jordy, you weren’t really serious, were you?” asked Zach worriedly.

“You better believe I was,” said Jordy to his brother.

“What are you guys talking about?” asked Tommy.

“Zach and I had a bet, which I won. Now he has to sing a song for me,” Jordy told him.

“What song?” asked Billy.

“Barbie Girl, by Aqua,” laughed Jordy.

“That’s a good one, Joey you can join him,” laughed Billy.

“What?” asked Joey.

“By my count you still owe me five favors, so this can be one of them,” said Billy.

“Oh alright,” said Joey not very happy about it, but since he did owe Billy he wasn’t about to not pay his debt. Besides, this was a lot easier than some of the other things Billy had made him do. For that matter, it was much simpler than most of the things he had made Billy do also.

Jon turned the song on as he heard Joey and Zach start to sing:

Hi Barbie
Hi Ken
Do you wanna go for a ride?
Sure Ken.
Jump in.

I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic.
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere.
Imagination, life is your creation.

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

I'm a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy world,
Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly.
You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink,
Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky.
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please,
I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees.
Come jump in, bimbo friend, let us do it again,
Hit the town, fool around, let's go party

You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic.
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere.
Imagination, life is your creation.

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Oh, I'm having so much fun!
Well Barbie, we are just getting started.
Oh, I love you Ken.

Joey and Zach did a good job with it, especially with the ‘I’m a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world’ chorus. The other boys even joined in to help them. Tommy saw in his mirror that the boys were just bopping around with smiles on their faces, as they sang the song. It was pretty funny to see all of them sing it and move to the music. Joey went above and beyond what was necessary, as he put hand motions and everything into it. He even acted like he was singing just to Billy. Joey sang Barbie’s part as Billy joined him singing Ken’s part. Together they did a great job. The song might have annoyed Tommy, but seeing everyone was having fun with it made it bearable. Everyone had a lot of fun with that and continued to sing along with the CD until Tommy finally pulled into the parking lot of Wal-Bart.

“Alright everybody, you all know the routine. I’ll go check it out, and after that, we can all go in. Once we are in, I want everybody to stay with a buddy. No one goes anywhere alone. Is that understood?” asked Tommy.

“Yeah we know all that already,” said Zach.

“Good, I’ll be back in a few minutes then,” Tommy told them.

Tommy took his gun out and carefully went into the store to check around. He really missed having Hunter with him for this. Hunter could have checked the store within a matter of seconds. Tommy on the other hand, took a lot longer to make sure the store was safe. Tommy checked the small stores in the front and then the big main floor. After that, he went in the back to check it out. Tommy didn’t see any indication that anyone was there. He did notice that someone had taken quite a few of the sleeping bags and probably some of the camping gear as it was pretty sparse on the shelves for that area. Tommy was once again grateful to Al, as Al had made sure the power was on for their trip. It would have been a lot more difficult if all the lights were off, especially in the back. There were skylights but they wouldn’t have lit the place up as well as it was now. He finally came back to see the boys milling around the truck, once again singing the Barbie girl song, waiting for him to say it was safe to go in. This made him smile and chuckle to himself.

“It looks safe so we can go in now. Don’t forget, no one goes anywhere without their buddy. That includes taking a piss,” said Tommy.

“Oh come on Tommy, it’s not like we will need someone to hold our hand as we take a piss,” Billy said.

“I don’t care if Joey holds your hand or your dick while you take a piss. I just want him in there with you. You don’t go anywhere without someone else with you. Everybody understand?” asked Tommy firmly.

“We understand Tom,” said Jeremy, “don’t worry we will all be good.”

“Good, then I need to talk to Zach for a minute in private, so the rest of you go inside.”

“Zach’s in trouble,” teased Jeremy.

“No he’s not. Now get,” laughed Tommy as he gave Jeremy a little swat on the butt as he passed him by.

After they were inside Tommy said awkwardly, “Umm Zach, do you have enough of your special supplies?”

Zach sighed and looked defeated as he said, “I could probably use some more soon.”

“Okay,” said Tommy.

“You aren’t going to get them now are you? Not with everyone else around,” said Zach worriedly.

“Well we are here already. I can probably hide them in the back of the truck without the others noticing,” Tommy said reasonably.

“Please Tommy! Don’t get them when the others are around. They will make fun of me if they see them. I feel enough like a baby having to wear those things every night. Please don’t get them now,” begged Zach getting very emotional.

“It’s alright Zach,” said Tommy hugging the distraught boy. “I won’t get them now. I’ll pick them up later today or tomorrow for you then.”

Tommy felt Zach was very tense at first, but then he finally relaxed into the hug. He even hugged Tommy back a little.

“Thanks Tommy,” sniffled Zach disengaging himself from Tommy.

“You know Zach, when you aren’t being a pain in my ass you are actually pretty cute,” said Tommy. Seeing Zach tense up again he added, “Don’t worry, I would never do anything like that to you. I know you wouldn’t like it. You’re safe with me. I won’t hurt you or force you in anyway, at least not that way. I might spank your ass for being an asshole but I won’t touch you otherwise.”

“Thanks Tommy,” said Zach. After a moment of getting himself back under control he added, “You know, I might like that other stuff eventually but not right now.”

That took Tommy totally by surprise but he said, “I’m not sure what to say to that, other than I’ll be here for whenever or whatever you need. I also want you to know that I’ll do everything I can to make sure no one ever forces themselves on you. That includes me. I will never do that to you, so you don’t need to worry about me hurting you like that. We better head inside or the others will wonder what we are up too.”

“Okay,” said Zach.

Together the two of them went into Wal-Bart and found the other boys with the fishing gear. Everyone had a good time getting themselves a rod and a box of tackle. Tommy had to help most of them a lot, as he was the only one that really knew what he was doing. Tommy filled a number of carts with stuff for their upcoming fishing trip. He and Jon made a number of trips to the truck to unload everything they needed. As Tommy and Jon were busy doing that, the others broke up and looked around the store to pick up anything else they might need or want.

“Come on Joey, I have to take a piss,” Billy said.

“I’m sure Tommy wasn’t actually serious about that,” Joey said.

“I don’t care. I’m not taking a chance. I don’t want to give him a reason to spank me again,” Billy said.

“He wouldn’t have spanked us if we decided to be grounded instead,” Joey said as he walked with Billy to the restroom.

“Yeah, but I hate being grounded,” Billy said.

“Me too, but maybe next time I’ll take being grounded. Having him spank us together and on the bare was pretty embarrassing,” said Joey.

“It wouldn’t have been so embarrassing if you didn’t pop a boner when we were getting ready for our spanking,” giggled Billy.

“Yeah, but his spanking took care of that,” Joey said, unconsciously touching his ass.

“I still think taking the spanking is better. It’s over a lot faster, even if he makes us stand in the corner for awhile like last time.”

Once they were in the restroom Billy said, “Want to hold it for me?”

“No that’s okay,” Joey replied.

“Fine then it’s one of my favors that you owe me,” Billy said.

“Oh come on, that’s a little weird,” Joey said.

“No, what’s weird was when you read about golden showers and then made me lie down in the tub so you could piss all over me. I didn’t complain then since you won the bet, or the other times you have made me do that. Now don’t wimp out on me here.”

“Alright, you’re right. You have always done whatever I wanted you to when I won, so it’s only fair for me to do what you want. Even if it’s weird,” teased Joey.

“I don’t care if you think it’s weird or not, just do it. Cause I gotta pee,” Billy said.

Joey went over to him and opened Billy’s pants. He pushed them down along with his boxers and took hold of Billy’s soft penis. Joey pointed it at the toilet and waited.

“Well?” asked Joey.

“Give me a second, and stop squeezing it. You are just going to get me hard, and then you will have to do another favor to get me soft so I can go,” said Billy.

Joey stopped squeezing it and just held onto Billy’s dick gently. After another minute, Billy was finally able to go. Joey did the obligatory two shakes and then pulled Billy’s boxer’s and pant’s back up.

“That was pretty strange to hold your dick while you were taking a piss,” Joey said.

“You can do more with it now if you want,” said Billy suggestively.

“Not right now, maybe later,” Joey said.

They both went and washed their hands before they headed out giggling a little at what they did. They saw the others were all gathering by the door to head back home so they went over to them.

Once everyone was together, they all loaded back into Tommy’s truck. They were all joking and having a good time as Tommy drove them back to the hill when suddenly Tommy turned the truck around.

“What’s up?” asked Jon as the others all became quiet.

“I thought I saw someone,” Tommy said.

Tommy slowly drove back down the road and onto a few side streets. Everyone was searching out the windows for any sign of life. After looking for a while, Tommy turned the truck around again and headed back to the hill. Tommy noticed that they weren’t very far from the fire. Thankfully, it was only sending a very feeble plume of smoke into the sky. This told Tommy that it must have burned itself out by now. All of the other boys had gotten very serious, looking for whomever Tommy might have seen. They were also a little scared, even if they wouldn’t admit it.

“I guess I was wrong,” Tommy said.

“That’s okay Tommy,” said Zach. “Thanks for scaring the shit out of us.”

Zach turned to look at his brother and saw Jordy was holding Jeremy’s hand. He quickly turned away as he felt a wave of jealousy. Jordy was his brother, and he should be the one to comfort him when he was scared, not Jeremy. Zach sighed and looked out the window. Zach knew that his jealousy was only a small part of his problem, he didn’t like that he needed Jordy to comfort him so much lately because of his nightmares. He hated that he needed to wear those stupid diapers at night because of the nightmares. He felt like such a baby when he wore them. He really wanted to talk to someone about what Robert did to him but he just couldn’t do it. It was too embarrassing and he was sure once they knew what he was forced to do, no one would ever want to talk or be around him ever again.

As Tommy drove away, a figure stepped out of the shadows. Willie was at once elated but at the same time depressed. He recognized a few of the people in the truck that had passed him by. Will was amazed to see that Billy, Joey, and Jon were still alive. While he now knew some of the people on the hill, after he saw Tommy, his hopes of running away from the others to join them were dashed. After what he did to Tommy, he would be extremely surprised if Tommy didn’t kill him as soon as he found out that he was still alive. He truly regretted not telling the truth about Tommy to the police and others. He knew Tommy didn’t force him to do anything and he did enjoy what he remembered of it, but he was too afraid to tell them the truth. Now he had to go back to the others and act as if nothing happened. He didn’t mind Sammy, she was usually nice to him but his ass still hurt from Jimmy taking him so roughly last night. Willie was thankful that Jimmy’s dick was pretty skinny because the other guy’s dick was a monster. Will was only too familiar with that thing, and dreaded whenever he was called to sleep with the evil bastard.

Earlier with Ben and the boys at the river…

Ben was driving Shawn and Hunter to his favorite spot along the river. He had found it while he was playing around on the snowmobiles. Shawn was talking a-mile-a-minute about the other times he had gone fishing with his cousins. Ben was beginning to see a trend in Shawn’s stories. They all seemed to end with him being thrown into the water by one of his cousins after they had caught every fish that was in the lake or stream they were fishing out of that day. Ben smiled, as the size of the fish Shawn caught also got bigger the longer he talked. Once they arrived at his spot, all three of them got out of the car and walked over to the river. Ben set up the two outdoor portable folding chairs. Hunter put one cooler down next to Ben’s chair for a little table. The other cooler, Hunter put by Ben’s feet, that way he could relax with his feet up as he fished. Shawn took his chair about a dozen feet downriver from Ben so that they wouldn’t be to close to each other. Ben took out his ice tea from the cooler and put it into the drink holder on the arm of his chair. Hunter then brought out the tackle box and carried it over to Ben as Shawn very carefully brought over the poles. Once Ben had both poles set up, he handed one to Shawn, relaxed in his chair, and cast into the river. Shawn and Hunter went over to Shawn’s chair and Hunter sat on the ground while Shawn began to cast also.

“About ten feet to the right,” whispered Hunter to Shawn.

“What?” asked Shawn.

“The fish is about ten feet to the right of where your line is,” said Hunter.

“How do you…okay,” said Shawn as he recast his line.

Shawn tried about half a dozen times before Ben said, “What are you doing Shawn? You need to let the fish have some time to bite the lure before you recast. You aren’t even giving them a second to bite it. I thought you said you knew how to fish.”

“I know, but I’m just practicing my aim right now,” Shawn said quickly.

“Okay, but I don’t think you will catch anything if you keep doing that,” Ben said as he went back to his own fishing.

Shawn practiced his ‘aim’ about a dozen times more before Hunter said, “Can I do it please?”

“Have you ever cast a line before?” asked Shawn.

“No, but I have watched you,” said Hunter.

“You think you can get it where the fish are?”

“Yes Shawn,” replied Hunter.

“It’s a lot harder than it looks to hit a specific spot with the lure,” Shawn said.

“If you say so, but I can do it if you let me,” Hunter said.

Shawn handed over the pole to Hunter to show him it really is harder than it looks. Hunter reached back and cast the line. It landed precisely in the middle of the spot Shawn had been trying for. Hunter then handed it to Shawn as he sat on the ground next to Shawn.

“You better hold tight, one’s about to bite,” Hunter told Shawn.

“How…,” Shawn started to say as he felt a big tug on his line. “I got one! I got one!” shouted Shawn excitedly.

As Ben put his pole down to help Shawn, he wasn’t too sure who had who. The fish had pulled Shawn out of his chair and was quickly pulling him closer to the riverbank. That was until Hunter grabbed the back of Shawn’s jeans. Hunter pulled Shawn back to his chair and sat on it. He braced his feet into the ground and then pulled Shawn into his lap as the fish struggled to get away. Shawn almost let go of his fishing pole in amazement when the fish jumped high into the air. Luckily, Hunter grabbed a hold of it so the fish couldn’t get away. The sheer size of the fish startled both Ben and Shawn as it continued to jump into the air again, and again. Shawn struggled as he slowly reeled the fish in with some help from Hunter. Shawn followed Ben’s directions as he fought with the fish to bring it ashore. Eventually, Shawn succeeded and was the very proud owner of a four foot, fifty-five pound Muskie. Shawn was overjoyed that he had caught such a big fish. Ben took it off the hook and tried to put it into the large fish cooler he brought with to store what they caught. The problem was this fish was just too big. Ben thought for a moment about putting it back, but this one fish could probably feed the entire house with plenty left over.

“Holy Shit Shawn!” exclaimed Ben. “This thing is huge! Look it’s a Muskie! I have seen them but I have never caught one. This fish could feed everyone up on the hill and then some.”

“It’s really a Muskie?” asked Shawn.

“Yeah, look it has eight sensory pores and its tail is at a sharper point,” said Ben excitedly.

“Wow,” said a very proud Shawn.

“Wow is right. Hunter, can you take care of this one for me while go grab one of the bags in the car to wrap this monster with?” Ben asked.

“Yes Ben,” Hunter replied. Hunter killed the fish quickly and efficiently as Ben went to get the bags to wrap it up.

“Now I want you guys to hold it up so I can take a picture of it with the two of you,” said Ben after getting back with the bags.

The two boys each grabbed a hold of the Muskie and held it up. The fish was almost as big as they were. Ben took a number of pictures of the two happy boys and their fish. Some were with them holding it upright and others were with the two of them holding it as it lied on the outstretched arms of the two boys. Ben even took a few silly pictures of the two boys as they kissed the fish and straddled it as if they were riding it around. Once he had enough pictures, Ben and Hunter wrapped the huge fish up so that they could take it back to the house later. Ben put some crushed ice around the monster fish to try to keep it as fresh as they could. Ben then went back to his chair, sat down to relax, sipped his tea, and waited for a nibble on his own line.

Shawn let Hunter cast the line for him after that, and he just held on as fish after fish attacked his lure. Shawn was pretty amazed at his luck, as he pulled one medium sized walleye after another out of the river. Occasionally, it seemed as if the fish were fighting each other for the chance to get Shawn’s lure. He began to get a little suspicious of what was happening, but he didn’t see Hunter do anything other than cast the lure to where the fish were. He didn’t know how Hunter knew where the fish were, but Hunter hadn’t missed yet. Shawn was curious to know what was going on, but right now, he was just too happy to be catching so many fish. Shawn had never caught so many fish before and he was enjoying every single minute of it. He wondered what his cousins would say if they could see him now.

“Alright, what’s going on here?” demanded Ben bringing Shawn back from his daydream.

“What do you mean?” asked Shawn.

“I mean, how do you keep catching all the fish? I’ve had bad days before but this is ridiculous. You have caught ten fish and I haven’t gotten so much as a nibble,” said Ben.

“I guess this is my lucky day,” said Shawn.

“Yeah right, Hunter what are you doing?” asked Ben.

“I’m just casting the line to where the fish are sir,” mumbled Hunter suddenly worried he might be in trouble.

“Ben, you’re scaring him,” said Shawn as he felt Hunter tremble.

“I’m sorry Hunter. I didn’t mean to scare you. I was just frustrated by not catching anything while the two of you seem to be able to call the fish to your line,” Ben said.

“Thank you sir,” said Hunter looking a little guilty all of the sudden. “If you would like Ben-sir, I can tell you where they are too?”

“No that’s okay, I’ll just keep trying on my own,” Ben said. “Hunter, I really am sorry for scaring you, do you forgive me?” asked Ben gently.

“Thank you Ben, and yes I forgive you,” said Hunter smiling at Ben. He was pretty sure that was the correct response, but he couldn’t understand why Ben would ask for his forgiveness. It just didn’t make sense to him, but then a lot of things the others did just didn’t make sense to him either.

After Ben went back to his chair and cast another line into the river. Shawn sat back down in Hunter’s lap and took the fishing rod, after Hunter had cast it. Shortly after he cast his line, Ben caught a nibble and soon pulled out his first fish, an eighteen-inch, twelve-pound walleye. Ben was very happy to catch something finally. He then sat back in his chair, and began to whistle. Ben thought it was a little suspicious that he caught something so soon after he confronted Hunter, but when he looked over at the two boys, he saw they were happily talking to each other.

After seeing Ben finally catch one, Shawn leaned back into Hunter and whispered, “What else are you doing?”

“What do you mean?” asked Hunter.

“You know what I mean, I saw you stare at his line for a second. Not five seconds later, he had a bite. You cast the line for me, hand me the pole, and not a minute later I’m fighting with a fish to bring it ashore. It might take me ten or more minutes to bring it in, but it’s never more than a minute after you hand the rod to me. You aren’t going to try to tell me that was all coincidence, are you?” said Shawn quietly.

“What else could it be?” asked Hunter. “You have another bite.”

“Don’t change the subject,” said Shawn as he began to reel in another walleye. “I’m your friend, you can trust me. I won’t tell anyone else if you don’t want me to.”

“Sir doesn’t want me to talk about the other things I can do though. I can’t say or I will get in trouble,” said Hunter worriedly.

Shawn knew he should stop there but his curiosity got the better of him.

“I’m sure Tommy won’t get mad at you for telling me,” Shawn said convincingly.

Hunter thought about it for a minute, Shawn had been right before about that. The Sir hadn’t really gotten angry with him for doing what Shawn told him to do. Shawn knew better about what was right or wrong than he did, so maybe Shawn was right this time too. Shawn already knew he was doing something, he just didn’t know what.

“Come on Hunter, I’m your best friend. You can tell me, you won’t get in trouble for it. Trust me,” urged Shawn.

Hunter was in a fight with himself over what he should do. He knew Tommy didn’t want him to say anything, but then Shawn was right there and he very much did want him to say it. Hunter didn’t want to tell Shawn, because he was pretty sure Tommy would be disappointed in him if he did. Hunter very much wanted to be a good boy, but he had intentionally disobeyed Tommy a few times when he thought it was the right thing to do. Shawn had been right before about Tommy not getting mad at him for disobeying him. Just last night, he had healed Shawn and didn’t get in trouble for it even though Tommy had told him not to before. Those times were only about things that would hurt him though. Tommy explained he only gave him those orders so he wouldn’t hurt himself too much or for no good reason. The problem was that Shawn was telling him to say what he was doing. Shawn was a real person and he had been trained to follow real people’s orders, even if he didn’t want to. Hunter finally caved and did what he had done in the past when confronted with this type of situation. He would follow the person’s order that was actually there and hope for the best afterwards. Hunter’s only hope was that if Tommy didn’t ask him about it, then he might not get in trouble. He doubted that would happen though, Tommy seemed to be very perceptive at times.

“I can sense where the fish are,” Hunter began softly.

“I know that because otherwise how would you know where to cast,” Shawn said.

“It’s hard to explain. I’ve been suggesting to the fish that they are very hungry and that your lure looks extremely tasty,” Hunter said quietly.

“That is soooo wicked!” said Shawn excitedly. “How do you do that?”

“It’s difficult to explain. I can just sense them and sort of share my memories of hunger with them. Then I try to think about how tasty your lure is and how it would make them not hungry.”

“Wow, you are so kewl to have as a friend. You are amazing with all the things you can do,” said Shawn.

“Thank you Shawn,” said Hunter pleased with Shawn’s reaction and a little embarrassed to be getting such praise. “You aren’t going to tell anyone, are you?” asked Hunter suddenly worried.

“Nope, you’re my friend so I would never betray your trust. Your secret is safe with me.”

“Thank you very much Shawn,” Hunter said sounding relieved. Now all Hunter had to worry about was how Tommy would take it once he learned about it.

Hunter just relaxed back into the chair hugging Shawn who was still sitting in his lap and casting after Shawn finished reeling in each fish. Ben’s luck seemed to be picking up as he too caught some more fish. After Ben’s third fish, he took out some sandwiches he had prepared, and brought them over to the two boys. He also gave each of them a container of milk to drink. Ben didn’t forget Hunter’s special food, as he gave him a big bowl of it. Once he made sure both of them were taken care of, he went to eat his own lunch. By the time Ben was ready to call it quits, they had caught almost two dozen fish.

“Hunter can you go grab another dozen fish for us, that way we can give a dozen to both Cody and my bro,” asked Ben.

“Yes Ben,” said Hunter as he took off all of his clothes, folded them neatly, placed them on the ground next to Shawn, and then skipped over to the river before he dove in.

Both Ben and Shawn admired Hunter’s body as he stripped unashamedly in front of them.

“Modesty doesn’t seem to be a concept he’s terribly familiar with,” joked Ben after Hunter had dove under the water mooning both of them with his perfect ass.

“Yeah, but it’s a little embarrassing to watch him do that though when someone else is around,” said Shawn.

“Well, as long as he doesn’t have a problem with it, I don’t see why we should. He doesn’t really seem to like wearing clothes, and if given half a chance, he seems happy to take them off,” said Ben.

“I know he really hates to have to wear clothes all the time. He is looking forward to this summer, because Tommy said he might let him go around naked if it was something he really wanted to do.”

“That would be interesting to see. I’m not talking about him, but how the others would deal with it.”

“Yeah, but do you think it would be right for him to run around naked?” asked Shawn.

“If it made him feel better then I can’t see it as being wrong, but it could cause some problems with the others. Shawn there is nothing wrong with the human body. Let’s face it his body is perfect. The human body is a beautiful thing, and we should admire it for its beauty and its sophistication.”

“Sophistication?” asked Shawn.

“Yes, it’s one of the most complicated things in the world. It’s amazing the things it can do.”

“His more so than others,” said Shawn thinking of all the amazing things Hunter could do.

“Yeah, he is pretty special that way,” agreed Ben. “I’m not sure exactly what he did to help us catch all these fish, but I’m sure it was more than just knowing where to cast the lure.”

Just then, Hunter leaped out of the river and walked to the shore. He was holding three brook trout, one in each hand and the other in his mouth. They were each around five pounds. Shawn giggled a little as he watched Hunter walk over to them to drop off his catch. Hunter’s dick had shrunk so that it looked like a button attached to his groin, and his ballsac looked empty since his balls were being pulled into his body to stay warm.

“A little cold in the river huh?” asked Shawn.

“It’s a little cold, but not as bad as last time,” Hunter replied as he happily skipped back to the river to catch some more fish.

“Last time?” asked Shawn to Ben.

“Yeah, last time he had to bust a hole in the ice to do this. It was pretty cool to see him suddenly burst through the ice holding onto a couple fish,” Ben told Shawn.

“Wow, I wish I could have seen that,” said Shawn.

“It was pretty amazing, he reminded me of those dolphin shows you used to see at the zoos,” Ben said. “I could have sworn he caught a few fish only to swim over to my lure and attach it so I could catch them.”

“I’m sure he might have,” laughed Shawn with Ben. “Why do you think that?”

“Because a couple fish had teeth marks on them after I pulled them up and I didn’t bite them, so it was probably him,” laughed Ben.

“Maybe he did it to try to make you happy,” said Shawn.

“You’re most likely right. He does seem to try very hard to make people happy with him.”

“That’s possibly because, he thinks if we are happy we won’t hurt him,” Shawn said.

“It’s very sad what’s happened to him, but I would say you are right.”

Ben and Shawn sat there as Hunter kept walking out of the river over to them to drop off his latest catch. Each of them marveled at Hunter’s glistening perfection even if certain parts of him were rather shrunken. Once Hunter was done catching the fish, Ben allowed him to play some in the river. Shawn marveled to see Hunter swim around in the river. One moment he would be one place and the next he would be jumping out of the water a few hundred yards away. Hunter asked them if they wanted to swim with him, but Ben explained that the water was too cold for Shawn and him. Shawn told him, he would just have to have enough fun for all of them then.

After a while, Ben shouted, “It’s almost 2 PM, time to get out now Hunter.”

“Yes Ben,” said Hunter as he walked out of the river.

Shawn took the towel Ben had brought and began to dry his friend off with it. After Hunter was dried off, Shawn helped him into his clothes as Ben began to load up the car. Once Hunter was dressed, he and Shawn skipped over to the car hand in hand laughing and having fun together. Shortly afterwards, Ben was driving all three of them, the monster fish, and over three dozen other fish back up the hill to home.

Back to Tommy and the boys…

Tommy and the boys made it back to the house around 1 PM. Everyone had a good time on their outing, but they were a little subdued after their scare when Tommy thought he saw someone. Tommy told them to put the fishing gear in the garage and the rest of their stuff in their rooms. They all unloaded and grabbed their stuff to put away. He then told them that after he put his stuff away, he would be making some simple sandwiches in the kitchen, and if any of them were hungry to come down and grab one.

Before Tommy took his stuff upstairs, he went to check on his bro and Luke. They seemed fine, but his brother was still extremely pissed off at him. Tommy talked to Luke for a bit and tried to talk with Kyle. Kyle unfortunately, wouldn’t even talk to him. Tommy had hoped that his brother would get past this, but it wasn’t looking very promising. Tommy was hurt badly over his brother’s silent treatment, but it also angered him a little. Tommy knew his brother had crossed the line yesterday and therefore, some punishment was in order. He only did what he truly thought was right. Tommy didn’t think grounding the two of them together was that bad, and that Kyle was overreacting to it.

Overreacting or not, it still hurt Tommy that his bro wouldn’t talk to him over this. Tommy grabbed his stuff and headed upstairs to put it away before heading down to the kitchen. On his way down, he saw Jordan talking to Jeremy at Jeremy’s doorway.

“Hi Jeremy,” said Jordan happily. “You still want to do ‘that’ today?”

“Hell yeah, as long as you still do.”

“I have wanted to do it for weeks now,” said Jordan as he stepped into Jeremy’s room.

“Well why didn’t you say something, we could have been having a lot more fun if you did.”

“I was a little scared. I wasn’t sure how much you wanted to do and too embarrassed to just come right out and say it. At least until you brought it up yesterday.”

“I know exactly what you mean. I felt just the same but then I said ‘screw it’ and just asked. Since you said yes that’s all I can think of doing,” said Jeremy excitedly.

“Did you finish your lessons?” asked Jordy.

“Not quite, but I’m ready to go now if you are,” said Jeremy.

“Jeremy, you know you have to catch up on your lessons or Tommy is going to have to ground you.”

“I’m sure we can get away with it.”

“I don’t care if we can get away with it, you finish your lessons and I’ll wait for you. If Tommy catches you then we won’t be able to do anything for days and I don’t know if I can go days without some of your special attention.”

“Okay then, I’ll hurry up with my lessons. Then I’ll be happy to give you all the special attention you want,” said Jeremy as he pulled Jordan close to him so he could give him a kiss. As the two of them were enjoying a tender kiss, Jordan held Jeremy tightly as Jeremy’s hands grabbed his bubble butt and squeezed. As they were parting, Jeremy grabbed a hold of Jordy’s package and gave it a nice gentle grope. “That should hold you until I finish.”

“Thanks Jeremy, I’ll be waiting for you,” said Jordan excitedly.

Zach had seen his brother go over to Jeremy and suspected what they were going to do. Zach felt like a knife was being stabbed into his heart. His brother was the only one he had left in the whole world. Zach thought he was the only person who actually loved him and now he was losing him. By losing Jordan, Zach thought he would be all alone, with no one to love him. The betrayal of Zach’s Father had hurt him deeply and caused a number of scars. It had been far worse for Zach than it was for Jordan. He had idolized his Father, where Jordan was far closer to his Mother. After his Father’s betrayal, Jordan was the only one Zach trusted or allowed himself to care about really. Now he thought he was losing the most important person in his entire life, and he was losing him to another boy.

He was wrong of course, but he couldn’t see that as he was so focused on losing his brother to Jeremy.

“Hey Zach,” said Jordan as he walked into the room.

“How’s your new lover doing?”

“What?”

“You know, Jeremy. He’s your new lover isn’t he?”

“He’s not my lover, he’s just a friend,” said Jordan defensively.

“Well I’m sure Tommy will be happy to know that,” said Zach.

“What are you going on about?”

“Next time you see Tommy, make sure you suck his dick extra special. That way he won’t come after me and will let us keep living here.”

“I don’t know what’s gotten into you Zach but you’re being an asshole.”

“Yeah, whatever,” said Zach.

“I was going to ask you if you wanted to do anything, but I think I’ll just go out with Jeremy and leave you alone.”

“You go do that. You go have a good time with your boytoi. Oh, and don’t forget your kneepads,” Zach said spitefully.

“What is wrong with you? Everything was fine just a little while ago. Why are you being so mean all of the sudden?” asked Jordan grabbing his brother so he could look him in the face. “Oh my God!” exclaimed Jordan. “You are jealous!”

“Am not jealous,” said Zach angrily turning away from his brother.

“Yes you are,” laughed Jordan grabbing him to turn him back.

“I am not!!!” yelled Zach.

“You are jealous of me. My God that is hilarious,” snickered Jordan.

“What the hell would I have to be jealous of you for?” snapped Zach.

“You are jealous because I have someone else, while you are stuck with your hand or if I’m in a really good mood, me.”

“You know I don’t do that anymore,” said Zach suddenly embarrassed.

“What you actually mean is ‘I don’t do that anymore’, since you won’t do it back to me. I have heard you late at night when you think I’m asleep,” teased Jordan.

“I do not!” yelled Zach.

“Yeah right,” teased Jordan again.

“I don’t do that anymore,” said Zach sullenly. He really didn’t do that anymore because of his nightmares. He did want to, but the last time he gave in to his urge, he had a terrible nightmare. He woke up enough nights crying, scared, and wet. He didn’t need to make it any worse.

“You are jealous because I have Tommy and now Jeremy to play with, while you have no one,” said Jordan as he just kept twisting the knife into his brother watching him squirm.

“Why should I care what you and the other faggots do in this house,” said Zach trying to hit back at his brother’s comments.

“I don’t know, so why do you care?”

“I don’t.”

“Sure you don’t, maybe it’s because you want to join us but are too afraid to ask.”

“Am not,” said Zach.

“Awww, is the little baby to afraid to ask. Why don’t you let little Zachy out to play,” teased Jordan as he grabbed his brother’s dick, feeling it through his jeans.

“Stop that you homo,” said Zach as he backed away from his brother knocking his hand away.

“Alright baby, I’ll stop.”

“I’m not a baby,” said Zach quietly as he turned away from his brother again.

“Sure diaperboy,” Jordan replied enjoying teasing his brother some more.

Zach stood very still as tears began to fall from his eyes. He couldn’t believe how mean his brother was being to him. Here he thought his brother actually cared about him, obviously he was wrong. He knew he had said some mean things to his brother before, but he also knew that Jordan knew he didn’t really mean them. He never meant them. He was just angry and had explained that to his brother many times since they had been rescued.

“Just leave me alone,” said Zach dejectedly still hiding his tears from his brother.

“I know you like Tommy,” Jordan said suddenly.

“No I don’t,” said Zach angrily.

“That’s probably because I got to him first, otherwise you probably would have been allll over him,” laughed Jordan.

“I’m not gay,” said Zach furiously.

“You keep telling yourself that, maybe one day you will actually believe it you big baby.”

“I’m not gay!” cried Zach as he threw himself on his bed and faced the wall so his back was to his brother. “And I’m not a baby,” sobbed Zach. He just lied there and cried his eyes out. He knew deep down that he wasn’t gay. His good dreams, when he had them, were always of girls he had known. While he didn’t mind doing things with other boys and especially his brother, he always imagined them to be girls when he did things with them. He actually liked doing things with his brother, as Jordy was the only person he felt comfortable enough with to let down his guard. He just couldn’t do anything sexual lately without paying for it at night. This was why things had stopped between the two of them. He couldn’t reciprocate anymore, no matter how hard he tried.

“I’m sorry Zach, I was just kidding around. I didn’t mean to hurt you like this,” said Jordan as he sat on the bed and put a comforting hand on his brother’s shoulder. Jordan saw that he had gone way too far in his teasing of his brother and now he felt terrible because of it. “It’s okay Zach, I know you aren’t gay, and you aren’t a baby,” said Jordan comfortingly.

“I’m not gay,” mumbled Zach.

“I know, you aren’t gay and I’m sorry for teasing you like that,” Jordan said as he lied down with Zach and held him tight. This reminded Jordan of when he was growing up with Zach, only then it was usually Zach who held Jordan. Zach had always been there for his brother. It didn’t matter if it was after one of the times their father abused them or at school and he was being bullied. Zach always was there to stand up for him or hold him when he was scared. Jordan cursed Robert because he must have done something extremely bad to break Zach. Zach had always been a pillar of strength to his brother, but after they were rescued, Zach’s strength seemed to fail him. Jordan really wanted his loving brother back but he didn’t know how to do that. “I’m sorry Zach. I was out of line to call you a baby or gay. Please forgive me, I didn’t mean it.”

“How could you say such mean things to me? You know how I feel about having to wear those stupid diapers. How could you say that,” sobbed Zach.

“Hey you weren’t exactly being nice to me either. Calling me a faggot and homo really hurt,” said Jordan trying to comfort Zach.

“You know I don’t really mean those things. You know when I get angry I just blurt out crap.”

“They still hurt Zach. I really am sorry for teasing you though. I’m sorry for calling you gay and especially for calling you a baby. I know you can’t help it. I’m just proud of you for wearing them. I don’t know if I would be strong enough to wear them if I had a problem. You have always been the strong one Zach, and I’m worried about you now.”

“You shouldn’t worry,” said Zach sadly.

“Yes I should. You are my brother and I care about you.”

“Then why are you leaving me again?”

“What do you mean, I’m not going anywhere.”

“I mean, I feel like I’m losing you, first to Tommy and now to Jeremy.”

“You aren’t losing me to anyone. I might do things with them, but you will never lose me. We have been together for longer than we have been alive. You won’t lose me that easy. What did you mean when you said ‘again’?” asked Jordan.

“I meant from when I thought you were dead.”

“Yeah, being told you were dead was the worst I have ever felt,” said Jordy sadly.

“The happiest moment of my life was learning that you were still alive,” said Zach. “You should know how much you mean to me. Lately, I have just been angry and scared all the time and I find myself lashing out. I don’t mean to be an ass. You are the only important person in my life. After Dad did…well did what he did, all I have ever had was you. I was never close to Mom, like you were. To me she was just some nice lady who lived with us. Then when that bastard caught us, he told me he killed you. I just wanted to die and give up. Nothing mattered anymore, not if you weren’t around to share it,” said Zach sadly.

“But I didn’t die. I’m still here for you. I’ll always be here for you,” said Jordan tenderly.

“Yeah but because I thought you were dead, he was able to get me to…,” said Zach shuddering over the memory.

“What did he make you do?” asked Jordan gently.

“He…he forced me do things to him, bad things” stammered Zach as tears streamed down his face again.

“He made me do bad things with him too,” said Jordan sadly.

“I’m not talking about sucking his dick or letting him fuck me!” said Zach angrily. “What he made me do was a lot worse,” cried Zach.

“What else did he do to you?” asked Jordan extremely concerned.

“He…he…he made me e…I just can’t say it! Please just leave me alone! I don’t want to talk about it!” begged Zach as he broke down in front of his brother again.

“I’m not going to leave you alone, but we don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to,” said Jordan. “Robert’s dead Zach, so he can’t hurt you anymore.”

“Is he really? I don’t recall seeing his body,” Zach said worriedly.

“You are just being paranoid. You burned the house down around him. He was already dead when you burned it down. He died right before we found DJ. Personally, I wish he had survived a little longer so the bastard could burn along with the rest of the house.”

“But we didn’t see his body,” said Zach hugging his brother’s arm.

“Zach, he’s dead. D…E…A…D,” said Jordan convincingly.

“Then why won’t you go over there with me to make sure?”

“I have told you before, the house is unsafe now. The last thing either one of us needs is to get hurt because of that bastard. He’s a crispy critter now, so he can’t hurt either one of us ever again,” Jordan told his brother reasonably.

The two of them just lied there on Zach’s bed. Jordan holding Zach as he cried from whatever terrible thing Robert did to him. Jordan really wished his brother would tell him what happened, but it seemed like it was still to traumatic for his brother to talk about it. He almost talked about it, which was progress from his total refusal to say anything before. Jordan thought hard about what Robert could have possibly done to his brother that was worse then fucking his ass. Jordan knew how bad that felt and couldn’t think of anything worse. He knew Robert didn’t mutilate him or give him any scars. He knew this because he had seen his brother naked a number of times and some of them he was able to look over his body very closely. Jordan knew that Robert had forced him to sleep with him tied to the bed so he couldn’t get away most nights. Robert also made Jordan dress up as a baby and spanked him a lot but neither one was as bad as when he fucked his ass. The two of them jumped a little when someone knocked on their door.

“That’s probably Jeremy, I’ll get rid of him and be right back,” Jordan said gently to his brother.

“‘Kay,” said Zach softly.

He got up out of Zach’s bed and went over to the door.

“Hi Jordy, you ready?” asked Jeremy expectantly.

“Sorry Jeremy, Zach’s not feeling too well and I need to look after him.”

“You want me to get Tommy?”

“No, it’s not that serious, but I just would feel better if I looked after him for now.”

“Okay, I understand. I guess we can get together later then,” said Jeremy disappointedly.

“Thanks for understanding Jeremy. I promise we can do that once Zach is feeling better.”

“Sounds good,” said Jeremy to Jordan. “I hope you feel better Zach,” he said a little louder into their room before he headed away. Jeremy was pretty depressed, he and Jordy were planning on going to his house to play around, and just maybe, suck each other off for the first time. He and Jordy were getting closer, but all they had managed to do with each other was jerk each other off some. He really wanted to do more with Jordy. The problem was that whenever they got together to ‘do’ something, it always seemed like someone would interrupt them before they had a chance to get started. Jeremy knew Zach was having some problems and that they really had Jordan concerned. Jeremy just wished Jordy would tell him what the problems with Zach were. He thought they probably were something to do with Robert. Since he too had experienced the pain, humiliation, and suffering Robert was capable of, he thought he might be able to help. Zach, unfortunately, didn’t seem like he wanted to talk to anyone about it. Jeremy thought the difference between him and Zach was that Zach caved into Robert. He had still held out, no matter what he was forced him to do or what Robert did to him. He might have ended up doing what Robert wanted anyway but he never just did it without some type of fight. Jeremy knew that wasn’t really fair to Zach, as since Robert was capable of pretty much anything, Zach might have had it worse than he did. Jeremy shuddered to think of what Robert could have done that was worse than what he did to him. Jeremy had been able to confide in Jordan about some of what Robert did to him, just as Jordy did with him. Both of them were sickened by what the other had to live through but by sharing it, they were better able to cope with it. He hoped he could talk to Zach a little and maybe help him out with whatever was bothering him. Jeremy wanted to do this without Zach blowing up on him, and then being mad at Jordan for him knowing something was up.

Right now, he was having another kind of problem that he had hoped Jordy would take care of, but with Zach having his problem killed that. Jeremy thought about going over to see Tommy about his borderline blue balls problem but decided against it. He had noticed, just as most everyone one else, that Tommy was getting a lot closer to Jon and not really playing with the others sexually anymore. Jeremy looked at his right hand and thought, ‘back to the old standby’ as he went into his room and locked his door behind him.

To be continued…