Chapter 97

Paying the Consequences

Part 3

Tommy went into the kitchen to talk to Ben, who was busy making dinner while Chance was busy making something special for dessert. Chance quickly covered his stuff when Tommy walked in to keep it a secret so he could surprise everyone. Tommy laughed at Chance’s behavior but didn’t look and ruin it for him. After a few minutes of talking to them, he left to continue his search.

As he reached the entrance to the game room, he heard Billy ask, “Hunter, what do you do when you go to see Al.”

“I don’t think I’m supposed to say,” Hunter said uncertainly. He knew he couldn’t talk about his missions that Al sent him on, but he did other things for Al and wasn’t sure they would be considered secret.

“Oh come on. What, do you just go over there and play with him?” asked Joey curiously.

“No, Al doesn’t really play with me,” said Hunter softly.

“Well then what do you do over there?” asked Ryan. “You are over there for at least one day a week and you usually don’t come back until the next morning. You gotta be doing something.”

“Please don’t make me say. I’m pretty sure Sir would get upset if I talked about that stuff. I don’t want to get in trouble again,” begged Hunter.

“Is everything alright in here?” asked Tommy from the doorway.

“Yep, everything is fine,” said Billy quickly trying to look innocent.

“That’s good, Hunter come with me please. I want to talk to you about something,” Tommy said.

Once they were away from the others Hunter said, “Thank you Sir.”

“Thank you for what?”

“Thank you for getting me away from them,” replied Hunter thinking it should have been obvious to Tommy who was listening right outside the room.

“What were they doing that you needed to get away from?” Tommy asked playing dumb.

“You know, they were asking me about what I did with Al when I go to see him.”

“And what did you tell them?”

“Nothing, I just told them I didn’t think I was supposed to talk about that,” replied Hunter confused about why Tommy would ask him these questions, as he was standing right outside the entranceway at the time. Hunter knew there was no way Tommy couldn’t have heard what was said.

“I’m very proud of you Hunter. That was a good answer.”

“Thank you Sir, but I’m afraid I would have eventually told them the other stuff I do for Al besides the missions if you hadn’t come around. You hadn’t actually told me I wasn’t supposed to say what I do with Al, just not to talk about the missions he sends me on.”

“That’s alright Hunter. The important thing is that you didn’t tell them. The rest we will just keep working on.”

“Thank you very much Sir,” Hunter said hugging Tommy.

“Hunter, for things you aren’t sure if you should talk to the others about, I want you to consider them secret. You can ask me about them later to get clarification on whether it is secret or not, but if you aren’t sure, then it’s secret. If they ask you again, what you do when you are with Al that is to be considered secret. So don’t tell them.”

“Thank you Sir. That will make it much easier.”

“Where is Shawn? He should have been able to help you with that,” asked Tommy.

“He had to go to the bathroom. He’s coming back now,” said Hunter pointing behind Tommy.

Tommy turned to see Shawn walking over to them. “Shawn, Hunter, I just wanted to say again how sorry I am for having to punish the two of you. I want the two of you to understand that I didn’t think I really had a choice. I thought I had to do something because of what you did. I hope you aren’t too upset because I had to do that.”

“Don’t worry about it TJ, we understand. You still love us and we still love you,” Shawn said. “We understand you’re in charge and sometimes have to punish us when we fuck up.”

“Thanks Shawn, I just wish everyone was as understanding as you two are, and Shawn, watch you language. I don’t want you to teach Hunter a more colorful vocabulary or the two of you might get in trouble again.”

“Sorry, I’ll try to watch what I say,” said Shawn.

“Good, you two go have fun, I need to have a talk with Joey now,” Tommy said. Tommy watched the two of them as they walked away from him after both of them gave him a hug.

He found Joey playing video games with Billy, Mike, and Ryan. Once Joey had completed playing his game Tommy said, “Joey can I please talk with you in my room for awhile?”

“Sure Tommy,” Joey said uncertainly. The others watched curiously, as the two of them left the game room, Billy possibly a little jealously.

Once they were out of earshot of the others Joey said, “I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?”

“No Joey, you didn’t do anything wrong. I’m sorry if I made it sound like that or if that’s all it seems like I talk to you about. I just wanted to talk to you about some things and how you are doing.”

After Tommy led Joey into his room and over to his sitting area he asked, “How are you and Billy getting along?”

“Not bad I guess,” said Joey unsure where this was going.

“You don’t sound too positive on that.”

“Well I mean, it’s not like he and I have the kind of relationship like you and Jon do, or you and Shawn or Hunter. We’re just friends.”

“From what I have heard, it sounds like you are more than just friends.”

“Maybe, I mean I like Billy and have a great time with him but if there were any girls around I’m sure we would be with them instead of just each other.”

“So you guys are just suck-buddies then. That’s still a pretty close relationship. You are lucky to have such a good friend who you can do those things with.”

“Yeah, we have a lot of fun,” said Joey.

“How are the games going?”

“Umm, what games?” asked Joey uncertainly.

“You know the betting games you, Billy, Mike, and the others play when you think no one else is around to hear you.”

“How did you know about those?” asked Joey.

“Joey, I’ve told you before not much happens in this house that I don’t know about, or learn about soon after.”

“Well, since you know, we are having a lot of fun with our bets.”

“You are fine with Billy doing stuff with the other boys and he doesn’t have a problem with you doing them also?”

“Not really, Billy doesn’t mind if I do other stuff with them. He really kinda likes it if he can watch me when I do stuff with the others. I feel kinda strange doing them in front of him or knowing he is doing them with someone else though.”

“Sounds like you might like Billy more than you are willing to admit.”

“Yeah, maybe,” said Joey a little embarrassedly.

“Well that’s between the two of you. If you ever need anyone to talk to, I’m here for you. Whether it’s just someone to listen or offer advice, I’m here if you need anything. The main reason I asked you up here was to talk about our relationship. I wanted to ask you if you have ever felt that you had to do sex stuff with me because you owed it to me,” asked Tommy worriedly.

“I have felt like that yeah. I mean you look out for me, feed me, and make sure I’m doing fine. You do a ton of stuff for me and the others. I know you like fooling around, so I don’t mind doing things with you, if you want. It’s not like you have ever really hurt me during it. We could do something now if you like,” offered Joey.

“No thanks Joey, not right now. I need you to pay close attention to what I’m going to say now,” said Tommy. Once he had Joey’s complete attention he said, “You don’t owe me anything. You don’t owe me for living here, you don’t owe me for my looking out for you, you don’t owe me for any of the things I do for you here. Most importantly, you don’t owe me sex. You don’t have to have sex with me ever, if you don’t want to. Just like, you don’t have to have sex with anyone else you don’t want to have sex with. No one should ever force you to have sex with them, and that includes me. I’m not just talking about physical force. I’m saying if you don’t want to have sex then you don’t have to. No one is allowed to make you or pressure you into doing anything you don’t want to do. I want to say I’m really sorry if I have acted in any way that made you think you owed me sex for the things I do for you. I always thought you did them because you wanted to, not because you thought you owed me.”

“Oh…,” said Joey uncertain how to respond. “It’s not like you ever really hurt me when we had sex. It was kinda scary in the beginning, but I still had fun. Just took a little getting used to. I know you basically forced us in the beginning but I did have a good time. You always made me feel great.”

“I’m glad you enjoyed it, but it’s very important to me that you understand you don’t owe me sex for anything. I also want to apologize to you again, for what I did right after the comet. It was wrong of me to force you boys to do that even if you enjoyed it.”

“Yeah, when you fucked Billy’s ass and made me watch, that was pretty messed up, but otherwise I have been okay with everything else that we have done. I might have felt like I owed it to you but I was okay with that.”

“Just because you were okay with that doesn’t mean it was right. I am very sorry for doing that to Billy in front of you. I let the power of my position and his fear of being alone get the better of me. I promise I will try to never let that happen again.”

“Okay, I understand. I don’t have to have sex with you to pay you back for all the stuff you do for me. If I can’t pay you back with sex then how can I pay you back? Money and other stuff really doesn’t mean all that much anymore, so what else can I do? All I have is pretty much my body to offer you.”

Seeing the look of confusion on Joey’s face, Tommy stood up and opened his arms to Joey, offering a hug. Without hesitation, Joey stood and embraced Tommy. Then after a few seconds, he pushed Joey to arms length away and looked at him.

“Since you don’t owe me anything there is no need to pay me back, and you have a lot more to offer than just your body. No matter how cute it is,” said Tommy smiling.

“I guess, but I kinda feel that I do owe you,” said Joey shyly appreciating the complement Tommy gave him.

“If you feel that way, then pay me back by helping me around the house and being good. Help keep everything clean and put away, help me with looking after the younger boys, or help with getting supplies when we need it. No matter what you decide to do, don’t pay me back with sex. Please, I feel terrible now because you thought you needed to do that.”

“I’m sorry for making you feel bad Tommy.”

“It’s alright. It’s not your fault. You just told me the truth and I needed to hear it. There’s something else I wanted to ask you. Have I ever come over like you had to have sex with me? Other than right after the comet and I went a little power mad.”

“Yeah, last time we did it. You just sorta grabbed me, took me to your room, and never really asked me if that was what I wanted. I was okay with it, but I felt as if I had to do that with you. You did sorta ask but I really didn’t feel as if I could say no. You basically forced me to show you what I did to myself, and I didn’t feel as if I could say no.”

Tommy just hung his head in shame, “I’m so sorry for making you feel that way. I didn’t mean it. I guess I just let my excitement over your shaving yourself smooth get to me. You need to know you can always say no to me and I’ll respect that. I don’t want you to feel as if I’m forcing myself on you ever. I’m sorry for doing that.”

“It’s alright Tommy, it was fun.”

“No, it’s not alright. I had no right to do that to you and I’m sorry.”

“Well, in that case, I accept your apology and forgive you.”

“Thanks Joey, that means a lot to me,” said Tommy sadly. ‘Now all I have to do is figure out how to forgive myself,’ thought Tommy. “Thanks for talking with me about this but you probably better get back to the others.” ‘Before they think I’m molesting you again,’ finished Tommy silently.

“Okay Tom,” said Joey. He turned back once he reached Tommy’s door. “You are okay, right?”

“I will be. Thanks Joey.”

As Joey walked out of the room, the two of them heard Caleb and Danny running down the hall shouting out that dinner would be ready in a few minutes so everyone needed to clean up and head downstairs. Tommy sighed and headed over to his bathroom. He was so upset that Joey thought that way. He wanted to punch the mirror so hard when he saw his reflection. He hated himself for how the others seemed to think they owed him sex. He was just glad that he realized it now and could put a stop to it. Once he had washed up, he headed down to the dining room.

Tommy took his usual place at the head of the table with Jon on one side and Shawn on the other. Ben brought out the fish he cooked up, and a couple bowls of fresh steamed broccoli and cauliflower. Chance helped by bringing out dishes of mashed potatoes and pitchers of iced tea and milk for everyone to drink.

Dinner was its usual loud talkative affair. Everyone had fun talking with one another and enjoying the fresh fish and veggies. It had been so long since they had any fresh vegetables that it was a real treat to have some again.

For once, there were no boys from Cody or Bryan’s house over for dinner. They had all been called to their own house for a special dinner there. It was only Tommy’s boys, along with Chance and Chase, for dinner at Tommy’s house that night. Everyone was celebrating a little now that they had fresh fruits and vegetables, and that their meat problem seemed to be fixed.

Tommy was a bit subdued during the evening meal, as he was still trying to get over his conversation with Joey. Tommy looked around the table, studying each of the boys he felt so very responsible for. He sighed as he realized, he felt responsible for every boy there. He knew then that if the boys from the other houses were over, he would feel responsible for them too. In some strange way he felt responsible for everyone one on the hill, even stupid annoying Duane.

As Tommy looked at the boys who were sitting at his table, he was glad to see that Hunter wasn’t much of a mess after dinner. Shawn was getting better at handling Hunter everyday and had been able to keep him mostly under control. However, Tommy saw that Hunter’s bib seemed to take a beating. Tommy also noticed that Zach wasn’t very talkative and that his brother seemed to hover around him rather protectively. This was a clear sign to Tommy that something was up, but since they hadn’t come to him about it, he decided to let it be, at least for now. The others seemed to be doing fine and enjoying their dinner.

Once dinner was over, Ben got a couple of the boys to help put away the dishes and pass out some new ones for dessert. After everything was set, Chance started bringing out strawberry shortcake for everyone, each topped with whipped cream. He gave the first dish to Ben for teaching him how to make it. The dessert was of course homemade as the store shortcake and whipped cream went bad a long time ago. Chance had put a lot of work into making some shortcake for the dessert, along with making his own whipped cream. Everyone really enjoyed their strawberry shortcake and congratulated Chance on making such a great dessert.

As soon as dinner was completely over, the boys broke back up into groups to do their own thing. Shawn dragged Hunter back to his room to play. The twins went back to their room to relax. Billy, Joey, and Jeremy went to help Ben and Chance take care of all the dinner dishes. Caleb and Chase went with Danny and his little bro to go play video games.

After checking on his brother and Luke, Tommy went to find Jon. With the day he had so far, he needed someone to talk to, and that someone was Jon. He found Jon looking through the DVDs in the living room.

Jon took one look at Tommy and went over to him. Jon just hugged Tommy without saying a word. He then took Tommy’s hand and walked with him up the back stairs straight to Tommy’s room.

Once they were both sitting on Tommy’s couch Jon asked, “So what’s wrong?”

“Everything,” Tommy said dejectedly.

“Well let’s start in the morning, how did that go?”

“Terrible, it started nice then everything went downhill after Luke interrupted us.”

“Oh, what happened then?”

“I went and told Kyle and Luke their choices in punishment. It didn’t go well.”

“What did you finally decide on?”

“For Kyle, ten days of being grounded with no electronics, Luke got five days.”

“Ten days, that seems a bit much.”

“I wanted to impress on Kyle the severity of what he did. I was planning on letting him off a day after Luke got out but I can’t do that now.”

“Why not?” asked Jon.

“Cause he’s being a butthead!”

“What’s he doing?”

“Giving me the silent treatment and acting like I’m not even there.”

“That sounds a bit immature for Kyle.”

“I know. He gets like that when he is really upset. I don’t know why he is acting like this. He has been grounded for longer than this before.”

“I don’t know. Something must be bugging him more than just being grounded.”

“I know but since he won’t talk to me I can’t figure out what it is. I didn’t think being grounded to his room was that bad, especially when I’m letting Luke stay with him. He has books, games, and someone to talk too. This is a lot more than when our parents grounded him last time. When he got home from school, he found his room totally empty except for a blanket and pillow. My Mom was pissed. I can’t ever remember seeing her that angry before. I forget exactly what he did, but she didn’t appreciate being called by the principal for whatever it was. He was stuck in there for two weeks. All he got to eat was cereal and PBJ sandwiches and as much water as he wanted. I think it had something to do with damaging school property and Mom wasn’t pleased to have to pay for it. Compared to that I don’t think this is very harsh. I just don’t understand it. He and I always got along better than any brothers I knew about. I want to grab him and shake him, maybe smack his ass some. I can’t do that though, it would only make matters worse.”

“You are probably right about that. Do you think this punishment is what you would give the other boys if they did the same thing?”

“Yeah, I do. Well it might be a little more cause I don’t want to look like I’m favoring him, but it’s close to what I would do to any of the other boys if they did what Kyle and Luke did. I probably wouldn’t have let them off, like I was planning on doing with Kyle though.”

“Do you honestly believe you are right in punishing him like this?”

“Yeah, I do. He broke the rules. He needs to understand he can’t just do as he pleases. There has to be consequences for him just as there are for everyone else, otherwise the rules mean nothing. I have to enforce them the same for everyone, even if I don’t like it,” Tommy said fiercely.

“Well, since you are sure you did the right thing and you would punish any of the other boys about the same for this, then you shouldn’t let his behavior bug you too much.”

“I know that but it’s Kyle. If it were anyone other than Kyle, it wouldn’t bother me as much. He’s my little brother and it really hurts when he acts like this to me. He’s never done it before.”

“Have you ever had to punish him before?”

“Not really, the worst I did was tell our parents what he did and let them deal with it.”

“I don’t know what to tell you TJ. I am sure eventually he will come around though. Maybe he’s going through a phase. My mother used to say that’s what I was doing when I did something strange.”

“Yeah but how long until he comes around?” asked Tommy.

“I don’t know, hopefully soon,” Jon replied. “What else went wrong?”

“I had to punish Shawn and Hunter,” Tommy said sadly.

“What did they do?”

“Hunter told Shawn some stuff he shouldn’t have.”

“Oh what did Hunter say?”

“He told Shawn about how he can sense and sorta communicate with animals.”

“That’s not that bad.”

“Yes it is when you know that I specifically told Hunter not to talk about them to anyone. On top of that, Shawn basically had to force Hunter to tell him.”

“I guess that is kinda bad then.”

“Yeah it is. I’m just tired of talking to Shawn about not pushing Hunter to tell him things. He knows Hunter will think he has to tell him if pushed a little. Yet he keeps doing it.”

“Did you give him another lecture?”

“No,” Tommy sighed, “I spanked him. Lectures weren’t working and you know I tried grounding, but that left no impression on him. If I grounded him long enough to leave an impression, it would be so unfair to what he actually did. That wouldn’t be right.”

“Yeah, you are probably right. So how did he take his spanking?”

“I didn’t spank him that hard but I think what made the difference is that it was in front of Hunter. That embarrassed him a lot.”

“You did what?”

“I spanked Shawn in front of Hunter.”

“No, I heard you the first time. That would be pretty embarrassing to be spanked in front of a friend.”

“I’m hoping that it will help him to think about what he does first, before he actually does it.”

“I hope so Tommy, because I really wouldn’t like that if it were done to me. What did you do to Hunter?”

“I spanked him too,” said Tommy sadly. “I really didn’t think it would be right to just spank one of them.”

“How did Hunter take it? I know he didn’t flip out on you or anything but how did he react.”

“I was a bit concerned about that too, but he handled it pretty well. I spanked Shawn first so he could see it wasn’t going to be anything like he had experienced before. Honestly, I think he thought the actual spanking part was pretty pathetic, but like I said, I didn’t think it would be right to just spank one of them.”

“Do you think it worked on them?”

“I don’t think the spanking really did, as it wasn’t very hard but the embarrassment to Shawn probably did. At least I think it did. For Hunter, I wasn’t about to spank him hard enough to hurt him, and I doubt my hand could have taken it. Just the little spanking I gave him hurt my hand quite a bit, spanking his ass was like hitting solid steel. Each hit I did give him made it just a little pinker for about half a second until it went back to looking perfect again. The little lecture I gave him afterwards was his real punishment. I think that worked for him. At least I hope so.”

“Was that everything?” asked Jon.

“No. I talked to Joey also. You know, about the owing me sex thing,” Tommy said despondedly.

“I guess that didn’t go over very well?”

“God, it was awful Jon,” Tommy said as his eyes began to tear up. “He thought just like Hunter did, that he owed me sex for everything I have done for him.”

“You explained that he didn’t owe you anything right?” asked Jon as he hugged Tommy.

“Of course I did,” sniffled Tommy wiping away the tears. “It just makes me feel terrible that he thought that. The others probably think that too. God, I’m such an evil bastard. How could I do that to them?” asked Tommy breaking down some more.

“It’s alright Tommy, you’re not an evil bastard,” Jon said comfortingly. “That’s what they might have thought but it wasn’t your intention. All you have to do is talk to them and explain that they don’t owe you sex for the stuff you do.”

After a few minutes of Jon holding him, Tommy was able to calm down.

“I must look like a crybaby now,” said Tommy wiping his face with his sleeve.

“No you don’t. My uncle explained to me one time that it’s okay to cry when you have a good reason. Feeling bad or hurt are good reasons and you shouldn’t let others make you think otherwise.”

“Thanks Jon, you’re being here for me means so much. I can’t tell you how important to me you are, there just aren’t words for how I feel about you,” Tommy said tenderly.

“I think you found the words nicely,” Jon said gently giving Tommy a kiss.

“I’m so lucky to have you,” Tommy said sharing another kiss with Jon.

The two young men just sat holding each other on the couch for a while enjoying each other’s company.

“It’s a bit early to go to bed, so do you want to watch a movie?” asked Jon looking at the clock and seeing it was only around 9 PM.

“Sure, why don’t you run downstairs and grab one for us. I want to go wash my face a little,” Tommy said.

Jon quickly went downstairs to pick a DVD for them as Tommy went into his bathroom and washed up. When they were done, they sat together, cuddled, and watched the movie. Jon picked Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He hoped it would make Tommy laugh and put him in a better mood.

Over to Shawn and Hunter…

It was around 10 PM when Shawn decided he was tired enough to head off to bed. He knew Tommy was with Jon right then and didn’t want to disturb them, even if it was his turn to sleep with Tommy. He was a little jealous of Jon because he seemed to be sleeping with Tommy more than his fair share. He didn’t want to think about how jealous he felt when Hunter slept with Tommy. Shawn didn’t think it was really fair because whenever he slept with Tommy, Hunter almost always slept with them. The only times Hunter didn’t sleep with them was when he went to see Al. Hunter also slept with Tommy probably half of the time when Jon slept with him. Shawn’s jealousy with Hunter was always short lived though. All it took was to spend a little time with Hunter and it went away. He really liked Hunter a lot and enjoyed being with him. Shawn had a lot of fun teaching Hunter how to play games, among other things. Knowing some of the things Hunter could do, made Shawn feel very safe. Even safer than he did with Tommy, but it wasn’t the feeling of being safe, which was very important to Shawn, that was why he liked Hunter. It was because he just really liked Hunter, and Hunter really seemed to like him. Shawn loved being able to sleep with Hunter on his own. Even more so than he did with Tommy now, not that he had the chance to do that in a long time.

Shawn and Hunter stripped down and got in bed together. Shawn thought about putting on his pajama’s but decided he wanted to sleep naked with Hunter tonight. He also knew that while Hunter might have looked incredibly cute in his superhero pj’s, Hunter really preferred to wear nothing.

The two of them started talking to each other like usual, as they held each other under the covers.

“Shawn, Sir said I didn’t have to wear my clothes in your room unless it bothered someone, and Chase said he didn’t care. So why did you make me put my clothes on after dinner when he came to visit?”

“It makes me feel embarrassed to have you naked when others are with us,” muttered Shawn.

“Why? We have been naked with Sir many times. We sleep naked together most of the time. I have slept naked with Sir and Jon, and they don’t seem to be embarrassed because I’m naked. I was naked with you and Ben at the river and Ben didn’t look embarrassed. So why do you feel that way?”

“I don’t know, I just do,” mumbled Shawn.

“Okay, I’ll put my clothes on then for the others if you are with me,” said Hunter. He really didn’t want to, but if it bothered Shawn then he would do it to make Shawn feel good. He tried to understand why it would embarrass Shawn but that concept seemed to be beyond his understanding right then.

“Thanks Hunter.”

“You are very welcome Shawn. You should know I would do anything for you, except disobey Sir. I felt terrible when he told me he was disappointed in me. Others had said that before and it never bothered me all that much. I acted as if it did of course, because that’s what they wanted and expected. I don’t really understand it, but somehow disappointing the Sir made me feel really bad. It felt like something inside me was breaking when he said I betrayed him. Please don’t make me do that again. I really care about you, but he has been so nice to me that I don’t want to disappoint him again.”

“I’m sorry for doing that. I was wrong to do that to you. I knew if I pushed you enough you would tell me.”

“Thank you Shawn,” Hunter said snuggling up to Shawn and giving him a little kiss.

They lied there snuggling with each other for a few minutes until Shawn said, “I wonder what’s bugging Tommy, he didn’t seem to be himself tonight.” Seeing Hunter stare blankly at him he asked, “Do you know why Tommy is not himself?”

Hunter thought for a moment and figured out that Shawn didn’t really mean Tommy was someone different but just acting different from usual. He then thought about how to answer this. He knew exactly what was bothering the Sir, but since it was because of his exceptional hearing, he wasn’t sure how to respond. Finally, he said, “Yes.”

“What is it then?”

“I’m not sure if I’m allowed to tell you,” said Hunter uneasily.

Tommy was clear with him about what was to be considered top secret and his overhearing conversations wasn’t listed in them. The problem was that Tommy had told him a number of times he wasn’t supposed to talk about others’ conversations with anyone other than him, and then only when directly asked. He hadn’t specifically told him he couldn’t tell Shawn, but he had implied it a number of times. Living with Tommy was probably the best thing that ever happened to Hunter, but he struggled with understanding what the others meant most of the time. He wasn’t sure about how he was supposed to behave most of the time either. In the facility, it was almost always clear exactly what he was supposed to do, but things here were different. Before he met Tommy, right and wrong were usually very clearly defined, like black and white. Here there was a huge gray area that confused him a lot. This not telling others the answer when asked was very difficult for him to understand. Classifying the information would make it a lot easier, but he still didn’t understand all the intricacies of when he could say things and when he couldn’t.

“Is it one of the things TJ listed that you weren’t supposed to tell me?” asked Shawn thinking of how it could be.

“Not really, but he has told me many times not to talk about my overhearing of others conversations,” said Hunter a little worried Shawn would press him to tell more.

“Oh, so he didn’t actually tell you but you know because of things you have heard?”

“Yes sir,” said Hunter tensing up a little.

“Hunter relax, I’m not going to force you to tell me. I think you are right, you probably shouldn’t say. I wouldn’t want someone who overheard some of our private conversations to go blabbing them to anyone who asked.”

“Thanks Shawn,” said a relieved Hunter.

“It’s not us though, right?”

“No Shawn, it’s not because of us.”

“Probably something to do with Kyle then,” Shawn said giving a little yawn.

“I can’t say.”

Shawn and Hunter just lied there next to each other for a while. After a few minutes, Shawn still hadn’t fallen asleep so he said quietly, “Are you still awake?”

“Yes Shawn,” yawned Hunter.

They were supposed to be trying to fall asleep when Shawn asked curiously, “Hunter, do you do anything with Jon, like we do with Tommy?”

“Do you mean like giving each other good feelings?”

“Yeah, do you do that with Jon and Tommy?”

“Oh yes, when I shower with them sometimes they will give each other good feelings and let me join them. Sir won’t let me do anything more than what we do together though. Neither one of them will let me do more than touch them a little. Until yesterday, you were the only one who let me do more. Sir let me do more yesterday,” Hunter said excitedly. “He acted as if he really was enjoying it and I thought everything was fine, but afterwards he wasn’t very happy about something. I think, I might have overdone it with him, as he passed out at the end and I had to fix him,” continued Hunter a little confused. “I hope he will let me do more with him because I want to pay him back for being so nice to me, and making me feel so good.” Hunter thought about what Tommy had said to him and what he overheard him tell Joey and Jon about not owing him anything, but he couldn’t understand why. He had learned about debts from hearing the other boys’ game and he knew they were supposed to be paid back somehow. It seemed to him, that sex was how one paid off their debts, as that was what Billy, Joey, and the others had usually done. Tommy had told him to watch the other boys as how they behaved was what he considered normal, so he knew owing debts should be normal to someone who does something for you. This led Hunter to believe that paying off his debts with sex was the normal thing to do. He was confused about how he could not owe Tommy for anything when Tommy had done so much for him.

“Do you do that stuff with me because you want to pay me back?” asked Shawn not sure why Hunter would think he owed Tommy anything.

“No, I do it with you because I really like you and it makes you happy. I also do it with you because I really like it. You make me feel really good and we can do things together that I can’t with the others. They always say it would hurt me if I did those things with them. So I’m not allowed to do them with them, but I can do them with you.”

“Does Jon give you ‘good feelings’?”

“Yes he does. He doesn’t do it as well as you or Sir, but he can make me feel pretty good too,” Hunter said. Seeing the look on Shawn’s face he asked, “Is there something wrong with Jon doing that?”

“I…I just don’t want to share you.”

“But you share me with Sir all the time. What difference does Jon make?”

“None I guess,” Shawn said. Thinking about it for a minute he said, “What would you think of all four of us doing something together?”

“I think that would be a lot of fun! Do you think Sir and Jon would want to do it together?”

“Since it’s only one more person, I don’t see why not. I’ll have to ask Tommy about it tomorrow,” yawned Shawn.

“I hope they say yes. I think it would be a lot of fun.”

“What about Chase? Would you like to do things with him? He hinted that he would like to do stuff with us earlier.”

“We could have fun with him. He is small enough that we could do more with him then Sir and Jon probably.”

“Maybe, I’ll think about talking to him. He’s gonna be here for a week probably, so we might find some time to play something real fun with him,” seeing Hunter give a big yawn he said, “Let’s get some sleep.”

“Okay Shawn.”

“Goodnight Hunter,” Shawn said kissing his boyfriend.

“Goodnight Shawn,” Hunter replied returning the kiss, snuggling as close to Shawn as he could.

Downstairs in Kyle’s room…

Luke had just entered from taking Patches for his evening walk. Kyle was busy playing darts in his living room. Luke noticed Kyle was still very pissed off, as he wasn’t just throwing the darts at the board. He was hurling them as hard as he could. Thankfully, he hadn’t missed the board yet, so no little holes in the wall to get them in trouble.

“Come on Kyle, let’s go to bed,” Luke suggested to hopefully save the wall.

“Alright,” said Kyle hurling his last dart at the board to watch it quiver as it struck the bullseye.

Once they were down to their boxers and had finished in the bathroom, they both climbed under the covers. Kyle turned on his side with his back to Luke.

“Alright Kyle, what’s wrong?” Luke asked as he pulled Kyle’s shoulder so he was facing him.

“Nothing,” said Kyle sullenly.

“Yeah right, if you threw those darts any harder they would have gone through the wall.”

“I said it’s nothing,” Kyle said angrily.

“I know something is really upsetting you. Today really sucked, I don’t want to spend another day like today and I won’t. So either you tell me what’s up or tomorrow morning I ask Tommy to ground me to my own room.”

“You wouldn’t leave me, would you?” asked a suddenly worried Kyle.

“Try me. I’m sorry Kyle but I just can’t go through another day like today, it was absolutely awful. I can’t be here and be your mouthpiece to Tommy. I feel terrible seeing you act like this. It’s so not like you, it makes me question if I really know you at all. Now tell me why you have been in such a bad mood all day,” Luke commanded.

“Okay,” said Kyle submissively. “I’m not happy with our punishment.”

“I’m not exactly thrilled either, but you don’t see me acting like an angry little kid.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to act like that.”

“Well you have been. You have been acting extremely immature to your brother all day. I don’t get it. The two of you have always been so close. I wish my brother and I were half as close as you two are. My brother hated my guts, and I felt about the same to him, which is why we never got along. I probably would have drowned the little bastard if I thought I could have gotten away with it. I’m sure he would have done the same to me, or worse if he could have. Your relationship with your brother is totally opposite from what mine was, and I envied you two for that. Hell, at least you still have a brother. Tell me what’s really bothering you. I know it must be something hard to talk about, but if you can’t tell me, who can you tell? You obviously can’t tell your brother. So tell me why.”

“I think our punishment sucks and is very unfair,” said Kyle biting off each word.

“I don’t really agree with it either, but your brother is in charge. We are stuck with it, so we might as well get used to it. There’s got to be more to it than just that though. From how you have treated your brother I know that can’t be everything.”

“This is the first time he has ever really punished me and I don’t like it,” Kyle said.

Inside Kyle was seething at the temerity of his brother to punish him. How dared he punish him like this? A little lecture in private would have been all right, but grounding him made his punishment public and he couldn’t stand for that. Making his punishment public just humiliated Kyle. Being punished was bad enough but by it being public, the others would wonder what they did and keep asking until someone finally told them. He could take embarrassment, but humiliation was a very different thing. He hated being humiliated and that hatred went to whoever was responsible for his humiliation. Right now, he hated his brother. Never before had he felt that way, but he couldn’t help it. Humiliation was just something he couldn’t stand. It pushed all the wrong buttons on him and he was helpless to his hate and inner rage. Tommy wasn’t in charge of him, no matter what his brother might have thought. Only his parents had the authority to punish him like that, and since they were dead, no one had the authority to do that to him anymore. How could Kyle ever go back to being in charge of the house after his brother did this to him? It totally undermined his authority with the others by humiliating him this way. What hurt the most was that he had to go along with it. His brother was big enough physically to enforce it if he had to and he was pretty sure he would. Since Tommy now had Hunter, there was no way Kyle could see to get out of this. He couldn’t even run away now. Kyle was mortified by his brother’s actions and thought they were so unfair. He wanted to do something about it but he knew there was nothing he could do. All he could do was show his displeasure by treating his brother like shit.

To have Tommy, Shawn, and Hunter know what he and Luke did was almost more than he could stand but he knew it wouldn’t be very long until everyone knew what they did. A secret was a very rare thing in their house. Almost always, someone said something, and when they did, it would be the end for Kyle. He just didn’t think he could live with that much humiliation. That kind of humiliation would crush him and he despised his brother for doing it to him.

“This isn’t that bad. I mean we get to be together, at least for half of it,” said Luke interrupting Kyle’s thoughts before they could get even worse. “It’s not like we are in prison. Your room is pretty cool. If I had to pick a room to get stuck in, it would be this one.”

“That is nice but I’m gonna get stuck in here alone for the second half while you get to go be with the others.”

“What did you expect him to do? We screwed up, now we are paying for it. You more than me, cause you screwed up worse.”

“I don’t know what I expected him to do, but he doesn’t have the right to punish me like this.”

“What do you mean? He’s the one in charge here.”

“He’s NOT my parents, so he doesn’t have the right to ground me. He certainly doesn’t have the right to spank me, ever!”

“Kyle, he is in charge. That gives him the right.”

“I don’t care. He’s supposed to be my brother first and in charge second. If this is how he is gonna treat me, then he’s not my brother anymore!” said Kyle angrily.

“I don’t think that’s a very good way to look at it, but he’s your brother. You might want to think carefully before you go too much further down that road with him. He does love you, he just did what he thought was right.”

“I don’t care if he thought he was doing the right thing. He shouldn’t have punished me like this!”

“Okay if that’s how you feel, but I don’t like it. I won’t put up with it either. Now you need to be better tomorrow or I’m outta here.”

“Alright, I’ll be civil to the bastard, but I won’t like it.”

“You don’t have to like it. You just have to do it.”

“I’ll do it for you,” said Kyle tenderly finally getting over being angry.

“Thanks Kyle. We might as well have some fun together since we are stuck here for the next few days. Let’s not have another day like today, okay?” asked Luke as he hugged Kyle to him and gave him a kiss.

“Okay, I’ll be good,” said Kyle snuggling close to Luke as he kept the kissing going.

“That’s my good-boy,” said Luke happily, as he reached behind Kyle lightly spanking him.

“That’s right I’m a good-boy,” laughed Kyle.

“And a big boy too,” joked Luke as he groped Kyle’s growing dick.

“Mmm, this good-boy likes that,” murmured Kyle.

“I know something else my good-boy likes,” said Luke huskily as he crawled under the covers and pushed Kyle’s boxers off.

Up in the attic with Billy and Joey…

“Are you ready to pay up?” asked an excited Billy.

“Yeah I’m ready,” sighed Joey thinking about how bad his luck was that night.

He couldn’t believe he lost to Caleb, Chance, Danny, Jeremy, Billy, and even Chris. He didn’t win a single game. He knew it was probably because once he started to lose he got upset and started to take stupid chances with the games, which just made him lose faster. It was hard to believe how much he owed Billy now. He owed him well over a hundred favors now. They had bet earlier that whenever they lost a game that day it would cost them a bet to the other one. Billy lost a few but they were all quickly paid off from the huge debt Joey just earned. Joey’s big problem was that he bet Billy double or nothing a couple times when they played each other and lost each time.

“Good because as long as you don’t wimp out on me, I’m gonna have you do one of my biggest fantasies. First, I want you to strip.”

“Alright,” replied Joey knowing that was going to happen. “And don’t worry I won’t wimp out on you.”

“Excellent, after that I want you to put a special outfit on,” Billy said digging into one of his drawers.

“Okay,” said Joey.

“It took me awhile to find all this but it’s worth it now,” Billy said getting some things together.

Once he was stripped totally naked, as usual Joey’s dick started to grow. He turned to look at Billy and was shocked to see Billy holding a little pink skirt, short pink shirt, and collar.

“What the hell is that!” exclaimed Joey pointing at the outfit.

“It’s your clothes for now so put them on,” said Billy handing the outfit to Joey excitedly.

Joey sighed and took the outfit hoping he wouldn’t be made to run around the house with it on, like he made Billy do last week late one night in nothing but a g-string. Joey put the skirt on, which he immediately noticed was a micro-miniskirt that barely covered his balls. The top wasn’t much better as it covered only half of his chest and left most of his belly bare.

“Umm, where’s the underwear?” asked Joey as he put on the black choker with a nice red heart shaped stone dangling in front.

“I think I’ll put that on,” smiled Billy as he bent down and helped Joey on with a pink g-string.

Joey wouldn’t have minded too much but this g-string was a bit too small and his balls were in constant danger of falling out, not to mention Billy pushed his dick up so it was hanging out of the top. Billy gently caressed Joey’s package before he stood up and adjusted the stone on Joey so that it was centered properly on his throat. He then bent forward to give Joey a little kiss.

“Okay now sit here, while I work on you,” Billy said.

“Okay,” said Joey sitting down so Billy could put make-up on him. “Where did you learn to put make-up on? Last time you put it on me you said it looked terrible.”

“I got some lessons from Kate,” Billy admitted embarrassedly.

As Billy worked, Joey was able to get a few glimpses of himself in a small mirror. He was amazed at how good Billy had gotten, when just a few weeks ago he was abysmal with it.

“You look adorable,” gushed Billy once he finished.

“Thanks,” said Joey a little embarrassed, but also a little proud of getting such praise from Billy.

“No I mean it. Here look in the big mirror,” said Billy happily, as he pulled Joey over to it.

“Wow! I look just like a girl,” said an astonished Joey.

“I know you look terrific! I’ve wanted to dress you up like this for a long time. I know I dressed you up a little before but nothing like this. I never had won enough bets to do it like this, plus the rest that I want to do. That is until today,” Billy said extremely excited.

“It’s amazing. I look like a totally different person and a pretty girl at that,” Joey said staring at himself in the mirror.

“The prettiest girl I’ve ever seen. I’m gonna have to thank Kyle for making us dress up as girls next time I see him. If it weren’t for him, I would never have known how pretty you could look,” said Billy admiring the pretty young girl in front of him. “You looked hot then, but now you look fabulous!” Billy said touching Joey’s long hair.

Billy had been using his favors to keep Joey from getting his haircut for a while now. With the clothes and make-up, the longer hair just completed the picture and really did make Joey look just like a girl.

“Thanks Billy,” blushed Joey admiring the image in the mirror feeling his dick begin to grow more and push out the front of his skirt a little.

“Okay, now you need to wait while I change,” Billy said quickly.

“It’s your fantasy so I’ll do as you say.”

Billy quickly stripped down to his boxers and then put on some suit pants, dress shirt, socks, and shoes. Then he put on a matching suit jacket and tie. When he was done, Billy looked really sharp.

“First we are going to dance,” Billy said happily.

“Umm, Billy I’m not a very good dancer,” Joey said.

“That’s okay. I can teach you. My mother made me go to dance classes a couple years, so I know what I’m doing.”

“I didn’t know you took dance classes.”

“Yeah, I kept it pretty secret. I didn’t want to be teased by anyone because of it. It was the only way my Mom would let me play the drums. I agreed to the dance classes and she agreed to the drum lessons.”

Billy went over to their stereo and put in a CD he had made. A classical waltz began, as Billy went to Joey and took his hand and led him to a clear area in their attic. Billy led Joey in a waltz as they danced around the room. Billy was having a great time and Joey didn’t think it was that bad. After a while, Joey began to enjoy it too, much to his surprise. They danced through five long songs, as Billy showed Joey the correct steps for each. Joey had a lot of problems with some of them, but with Billy to help him out it went pretty well. At least, he didn’t make him wear the high heels to dance. It ended with one of Billy’s favorite love songs and the two boys danced closely together moving to the music.

Once it was over Billy went over to his dresser again and came back with a camera. Billy grabbed the tripod from the corner and placed the camera on top of it.

“I’m gonna put it on timer so stand still and I’ll be over there in a second,” Billy said fiddling with the camera.

“Okay,” Joey replied, not sure he liked the idea of having his picture taken dressed up like this.

Billy ran over to Joey and hugged him close for the picture. After getting a couple shots of the two of them together, Billy took the camera off the tripod.

“Okay, now I want you to do a little fashion show for me.”

“You aren’t going to show these to anyone are you?” asked Joey a bit concerned.

“Not unless you give me permission first,” said Billy.

“Thanks.”

Joey then began to move to Billy’s directions and tried his best to show whatever emotion Billy wanted. After a little bit, he got used to it and began to have some fun with it. Billy had a lot of fun taking around a hundred pictures of Joey in multiple poses.

“Okay, that’s enough pictures,” Billy said.

“What next?” asked Joey.

“I’m gonna use one hundred of my bets that you owe me for you know what!” exclaimed Billy.

“Okay,” was all Joey could say to that.

It was Joey who had come up with the price on that, and he never imagined he would lose that much. Now he was thinking he should have made it one thousand but it was too late for that.

“You are gonna be gentle right?” asked a worried Joey.

“Of course, I don’t want to hurt you. I mean you know it’s gonna hurt some the first time, but I’ll be as gentle as I can,” replied Billy reassuring Joey.

Billy led Joey over to his bed and began kissing Joey. Soon both teens’ lips were smeared in lipstick. Joey chuckled as he noticed his lipstick all over Billy’s face. Billy’s hands began roaming all over Joey’s body. He squeezed Joey’s ass and began to rub Joey’s growing erection through his skirt. Billy gently pushed Joey down on his bed and began to kiss Joey’s neck and nibble on his ear. Billy lied Joey down and pushed up Joey’s pink shirt. He kissed Joey’s chest all over paying special attention to his nipples. Joey began to moan and squirm a little from all the attention Billy was giving him. Billy smiled after hearing Joey moan. Billy reached down and began to grope Joey some more before he flipped up Joey’s skirt. Joey’s raging erection was poking out of the top of his g-string making Billy’s desire grow along with his dick. He slowly began to kiss his way down Joey’s stomach as he stroked Joey’s hard five inches. Billy pulled aside the very small pouch on the g-string and rolled Joey’s hairless balls in his hand as he began to lick the head of Joey’s dick. Billy once again smiled at seeing Joey’s hairless dick. To Billy, Joey’s hairlessness was a big turn-on. He intended to keep Joey as hairless from the neck down as possible, for as long as possible. He really got off on the smooth feeling of Joey’s skin. Billy reached over to his bedside table and grabbed his lube. He put some lube on Joey and his own fingers, then slowly inserted a finger inside a squirming Joey. Joey was wiggling a little, not from the finger that was intruding into him, but from the marvelous blowjob Billy was giving him. Billy kept sucking on Joey as he worked another finger into Joey. When Billy pushed a third finger into Joey, he let out a little squeak of pain. Joey was now grateful for the butt plug Billy had been having him wear for the last couple of days. The pain suddenly went away as Billy touched something inside of him and he began shooting off in Billy’s mouth. Billy drank it all down as fast as Joey could give it to him. As Joey recovered, Billy pushed his knees up to his shoulders and lubed his own aching erection. Billy then reached over, grabbed his camera, and began to record as he very slowly entered Joey. Joey began to come back as Billy pushed another inch into him. Joey felt as if he was being split apart in the beginning but soon it turned into pleasure. The pain didn’t totally go away but it was bearable. Then Billy began to slam into him again and again. It hurt more but it also touched that something special inside him that gave him great pleasure. Billy couldn’t control himself anymore as he slammed his dick into Joey as hard as he could. The ecstasy Billy was experiencing was beyond anything he had felt before. Now he knew why Tommy seemed so happy after he screwed him for the first time so long ago. Joey couldn’t take it anymore and began to shoot once again. He shot all over his chest and the first two hit his face and dribbled into his mouth. The contractions of Joey set off Billy, as he shot blast after blast up into Joey’s ass. Billy gave a silent scream of pleasure as he enjoyed one of the best orgasms he ever had. As the two boys recovered, Billy pulled out of Joey and moved back a little. He put away the camera smiling to himself that he was able to take Joey’s virginity and had it on tape.

Billy began to clean up and wiped Joey off as he was still pretty wiped out. Once Billy was done cleaning the two of them up, he lied down next to Joey and pulled him close to him. The two of them just lied there next to each other smiling at one another.

“That was awesome Joey,” said a very happy Billy.

“Yeah it was,” smiled Joey.

“I hope I didn’t hurt you too much in the end. I just couldn’t help myself,” said Billy.

“It hurt a little but it still felt good,” Joey said.

“I’m glad you enjoyed it too.”

“Were you planning this? I mean you have been having me use that butt plug for a couple days now,” Joey asked.

“I was hoping we could do this eventually, and I knew you would need some stretching or it would have hurt you like it did me when Tommy did it to me.”

“Thanks for that. I don’t want to imagine what it would have felt like if you didn’t stretch me out first. Did it hurt much when Tommy did it to you?”

“Yeah, it actually hurt a lot but I faked it and acted like it felt good. I didn’t want you to feel that, so I tried to go easy on you in the beginning. At least I tried until I lost control of myself and started to slam into you.”

“That’s okay, it kinda felt good when you did that.”

Billy just hugged Joey close and gave him a tender kiss. The two of them just lied there resting again.

Finally, Billy said quietly, “Joey, I found your cigarettes. I really think you should stop before you get caught.”

“What were you doing? Were you snooping through my things?” said Joey suddenly upset.

“No, they fell out of your pants when you were changing.”

“Well you better not say anything or I’ll tell on you,” Joey said somewhat mollified.

“You got nothing on me and you know it,” blustered Billy thinking quick as to what Joey might have on him.

“Yeah right, there’s a little matter about you, Mike, Ryan, and a whiskey bottle I could mention.”

“Okay, I won’t tell on you and you don’t tell on me.”

“Good, that way both our asses are safe,” said Joey.

“Joey, I only mention it because cigarettes are really bad for you.”

“And what about alcohol, is that good for you?”

“I see your point. How about if I stop drinking you stop smoking?”

“I’ll think about it,” Joey replied.

The two lapsed into silence once again.

After a few minutes of silence Billy said, “Goodnight Joey, thanks for doing that for me tonight.”

“Night Bill, and don’t mention it. I mean it. Don’t mention it to anyone, please. Whatever you do, please don’t show anyone the pictures or video. It was kinda embarrassing, but it was a lot of fun for me too and I did owe you.”

“Joey, I wouldn’t tell anyone. I don’t want to embarrass you like that. Joe I know you owe me more, but I think after tonight that we can call it even. This was the best day I have had since the comet,” Billy said tenderly.

“Thanks Billy,” said Joey as tears of happiness formed in his eyes. Joey felt so good and happy because of Billy.

With that, the two of them fell asleep to rest up for whatever games they might play tomorrow.

Back to Tommy and Jon…

As the movie credits were rolling by, Tommy gave Jon a hug.

“Thanks Jon. After talking to you and watching the movie with you I feel better now.”

“You’re welcome TJ,” smiled Jon.

Tommy put aside the almost empty bowl of popcorn and gently pulled Jon’s face to his and gave it a kiss.

“I’m gonna go close up the house. I’ll be right back,” Tommy told Jon.

“I’ll be waiting,” replied Jon.

Tommy went down the back stairs and began to close up the house. Everything looked good until he made it to the game room. Danny, Caleb, and Chance were the only ones still up and they were being rather loud. Tommy was surprised to see Chase lying on the floor asleep.

“Chance you should take your brother to bed,” Tommy said pointing at the comatose little boy.

“Can you do that for me Tommy? I want to keep playing,” Chance said smiling up at Tommy.

“Alright, don’t forget you two are sleeping in DJ’s bed tonight,” Tommy said bending down to pick up the little boy.

“I won’t. His pajamas are in the red backpack on the bed,” Chance said getting up to talk privately with Tommy. Once they were in the hall he said, “His special underwear is in the bottom of the backpack too.”

“You mean he wets the bed?” asked Tommy.

“Not very often, he’s had only one accident this month. He used to have them all the time after the comet. Even during the day, but after he went with you he pretty much stopped. I doubt he needs them but it is DJ’s bed. Cam didn’t want to take any chances so he packs them for him, and I’m supposed to make sure he wears them.”

“Maybe you should get him dressed then,” Tommy said.

“No that’s okay. When he’s out like this, it would take a bomb to wake him up. Just slip them on him to make sure no accidents happen in DJ’s bed. I doubt they will but Cam would spank my ass if I let him have an accident in his boyfriends bed,” giggled Chance at saying his brother had a boyfriend.

“Alright,” Tommy said holding a sleeping Chase.

“Thanks Tommy,” Chance said giving him a hug before going back to his games with Danny and Caleb.

Tommy was surprised that Chase didn’t wake up at all from his picking him up and carrying him to his bed. He figured Chase must be a deep sleeper. Tommy carefully pulled the covers back then placed Chase on the bed. He gently pulled the boys shoes and socks off before pulling the shirt off. He then opened up the pants and pulled them along with his underwear off. Tommy couldn’t help himself as he looked down at the cute boy lying naked on the bed in front of him. Tommy knew he shouldn’t, but couldn’t help himself as he gently began to caress Chase’s little dick. It responded quite quickly and lengthened to its full skinny three inches. Tommy smiled to see the cute little thing in all its glory. Tommy began to move around the little marbles in the boys sack a bit, as he continued to caress his dick.

Finally, Tommy stopped and was about to get the boys nightclothes out when he heard Chase sleepily say, “Can you keep doing that please, it feels so good.”

“Okay if you really want me to,” said Tommy.

“I do,” said Chase quietly.

Tommy began to stroke Chase’s little dick with his finger and thumb making Chase feel great. Tommy took Chase’s legs and moved them apart so they were spread out like frogs legs. He then began to run one of his other fingers over the little boy’s butthole. That new sensation made Chase giggle a bit. Soon the feelings from Tommy stroking his little dick, feeling his tiny balls, and caressing his hole caused Chase to spasm a little. He gave out a single quiet squeak, as he had a beautiful dry orgasm thanks to Tommy expert manipulation.

“Thanks Chance, you’re the best,” said Chase sleepily as he fell back asleep to dream about the fun he hoped to have with Shawn and Hunter.

Tommy just sat there for a minute gazing down at the naked little boy, amazed that he could fall asleep like that. He had seen no one other than Hunter fall asleep as fast as Chase just did. However, Chase never really woke up totally either. Tommy knew this from Chase calling him Chance. This made Tommy think maybe he should talk to Chance about this but couldn’t really think of a way to bring it up that wouldn’t make him sound like he didn’t just molest Chase. Tommy finally began to put the boy into his pajamas. Tommy pulled out the Goodnight and put that on him first, before he dressed him with the rest of his Mickey Mouse pajamas. Chase murmured a little as Tommy moved his arms and legs around but didn’t really wake up this time. Tommy gave Chase one last caress, making the boy moan in pleasure before he covered him with his covers and left the room.

As Tommy left Chase, he was feeling somewhat guilty. While Chase did ask him to do it, he did start it when the boy was sleeping. Here he had been talking to the boys about them not owing him anything and how no one should force themselves on anyone else, and what does he do? He practically molested Chase in his sleep. It was then that Tommy realized just how much he needed to change his own behavior to stop the others from thinking they had to have sex with him. Up until then, he had been good all day. He didn’t give in to his urges when he had Shawn and Hunter half-naked over his knee when he could easily have done something with them. He didn’t do anything with Joey when he offered to do something. He knew what he just did with Chase wasn’t in line with his trying to be better for Jon but he just couldn’t help himself. This was something that wasn’t going to be fixed in a day or probably a couple months, but more than likely it would take years for Tommy to change into the man he wanted to be rather than the pervert he was right now. He was trying though. He knew it would take a lot of effort and time before he could be the man he thought Jon deserved. He was more than willing to put the effort into it and he knew he would be having failures like this along the way, but as long as he kept trying and was making more progress then falling back, he could do it. As long as Jon was willing to be there for him, Tommy would keep on trying. Tommy thought that Jon must have the patience of a saint to stick with him after everything he had done and the failures he was bound to have until he could change. Jon had to know the failures were coming, since it seemed to Tommy that Jon sometimes knew him better than he did. Next time he hoped he would be strong enough not to give in. Tommy decided he wouldn’t beat himself up for this, as he would have more setbacks but he would just use them to try to motivate him to be better next time. Hopefully, the next times would be further and further apart from each other.

Tommy checked the other rooms upstairs and found the curtains in Danny’s room were open a little. He went and closed them, then checked on Chris. Chris was sleeping peacefully sucking his thumb. Tommy went and pulled his thumb out, then tucked the small boy in bed before he gave him a little goodnight kiss on the forehead. He glanced into Jeremy’s room and saw everything was good as Jeremy was sleeping with the covers strewn about him. Tommy very gently put them back on top of Jeremy before going to check the other rooms. After saying goodnight to Ben and checking his windows, Tommy went to Caleb’s room and closed them. The lights weren’t on in Caleb’s room, so it didn’t bother Tommy very much as he figured Caleb probably hadn’t been up to his room since nightfall. Tommy had to be very careful walking into Caleb’s room as the floor was strewn with toys and clothes. It was also beginning to stink a bit, which was what made Tommy decide that Caleb would be spending his day tomorrow cleaning before he did anything else. It was a little annoying that Tommy was finding some curtains open, when he had talked to the others many times about how important it was to keep them closed for safety reasons. Tommy knew that Chris couldn’t be held accountable as he was too young to understand really, but Danny wasn’t. He didn’t let it get to him though as Danny’s window was pretty minor. Nothing had happened to them recently that would be any cause for concern, in regards to their safety up on the hill. The fire today was rather minor and far away. While it made Tommy more safety conscious, it obviously didn’t make an impact on the others. Tommy decided he would have a talk with everyone tomorrow about it, and especially Danny and Caleb. Tommy saw that the twins had a light shining from under their door, so he knocked on it before entering. He double-checked their curtains before he said goodnight to the two of them. They still seemed to be having problems but looked like they were dealing with them on their own, so Tommy let it be. Luke, Jon, and Shawn’s windows opened up to the poolroom so they weren’t as important as the other windows but Tommy checked them anyway. Tommy was happy to see they were all closed tight and he looked out to see that the curtains in the poolroom he had put up were also closed. In Shawn’s room, he found Shawn sleeping as Hunter sat in bed next to him staring off into space with a haunted look on his face.

“Hunter, why aren’t you sleeping? Is everything okay?” asked Tommy quietly.

“I was Sir, but something woke me up. I’m afraid to go back to sleep now,” said Hunter a little frightened.

“Why? What happened?” Tommy asked sitting on the bed next to the frightened boy.

“I’m sorry Sir. I don’t really know. I was sleeping when I suddenly awoke. I was covered in sweat, like usual, from my nightmares and very afraid. I feel as if something bad is coming but I don’t know what.”

It was clear to Tommy that Hunter was doing his best to put up a brave front like he had seen some of the others do at times but it was beginning to crumble.

“Calm down Hunter. Can you tell me about the dream?” asked Tommy as he held the boy close to try to relax him some.

“I don’t remember all of it,” sniffled Hunter.

This was very strange, as Hunter had never forgotten anything in his life until then. If absolutely necessary, Hunter could have given an account of his entire life, including dreams, and accounted for every second of it. If Tommy knew about this, he probably would have been more concerned than he was.

“Something very bad is coming Sir, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to beat it,” squeaked Hunter who was obviously struggling with whatever dream he had.

“Hunter, I doubt there is anything on this planet that you can’t beat, but something obviously frightened you terribly.” Seeing Hunter begin to shake in fear Tommy said, “Why don’t we go to my room, that way we won’t wake up Shawn.”

“Yes Sir,” peeped Hunter doing his best to hold back his tears.

Tommy helped Hunter out of bed. He then pulled the covers around Shawn and gave his Cutie a kiss. He then picked up the frightened naked little boy and carried him to his room.

Jon looked up to see Tommy walk in carrying a very frightened Hunter into the room.

“It’s one of those nights I see,” Jon said. Jon made no comment about Hunter’s nudity as he had gotten used to seeing the boy naked by now.

“Yep, I hope you don’t mind,” Tommy said placing Hunter on his chair before going over to Jon.

“No, I understand.”

“Thanks Jon,” Tommy said giving his lover a hug and kiss.

“I guess I’ll head over to my room then. You probably don’t want me here,” Jon said sadly.

“You can stay if you like. You can sleep on my bed and we will join you once Hunter is feeling better, or you can sit with us.”

“I’ll stay then, as long as it doesn’t bother you Hunter,” Jon said to them.

“It…it doesn’t bother me sir,” said Hunter quietly, struggling with his fear.

Tommy went over to his chair and sat down before motioning Hunter to climb in with him. Jon lied down on the loveseat next to them, resting his head on the arm so he could look at them.

“Do you remember anything about it? The dream I mean,” asked Tommy quietly pulling the boy close.

“It was about some of the people from the facility,” sniffled Hunter sadly.

“They were doing bad things to you again, weren’t they?”

“Not to me Sir, but one of the others,” whimpered Hunter.

“Did they…kill him?”

“Not then, they killed him later. He was sort of nice to me. Most of the other experiments weren’t that nice to me as I was different, even from them. They weren’t mean to me but not nice like Shawn and you have been. He was one of the few that didn’t care that I was so different…and they killed him,” sniffled Hunter as tears began to fall from his face.

“I’m sorry Hunter, I’m so sorry,” Tommy said comfortingly, hugging the boy.

Suddenly the floodgates opened as Hunter began to cry. Thankfully, this time Hunter’s cries weren’t as loud, so they didn’t wake the whole house. Still, it was loud enough for a number of boys to hear it. They didn’t bother to run up to see what was happening as they had a good idea it was just Hunter again. Danny and Caleb had to tell Chance a little about Hunter. They explained that he sometimes did this. It wasn’t anything to get concerned about, as Tommy would take care of him. Shawn had to be in a deep sleep right then, as he didn’t wake up from Hunter’s cries.

“Why did they kill him? He wasn’t that bad. I…I could have fixed him,” sobbed Hunter.

“I don’t know Hunter. I don’t understand how those people could have done any of the terrible things they did,” replied Tommy giving his little Angel kisses on the head.

“He was only eight, I could have fixed him,” cried Hunter. “Why? Why did they do that to him, he was the closest thing to a friend I had. At least until I met that boy from the bad room.”

“Hush Angel, hush, everything will be okay. I’m right here,” Tommy murmured into Hunter’s ear, rocking the little frightened boy in his lap.

Tommy glanced over to Jon seeing a concerned look on his face. Tommy reached over and caressed Jon’s face as he mouthed ‘Thank you’ to him for being there with him. Jon just smiled as he reached out to rub the frightened boy’s back some. Together the two of them did what they could to comfort Hunter but he kept crying for hours. After he had finally cried himself out, Jon fell asleep on the loveseat while Tommy continued to hold Hunter in his lap. Tommy stayed there the rest of the night just holding Hunter and whispering comforting words to the boy until they both fell asleep.

Earlier that evening, off in a short distance of town…

As the night sky began to darken, a figure once again stood outside looking up into the sky as he took a sip from his glass. He wondered for the thousandth time how things ever got this crazy and he once again prayed as he put his glass of wine down after taking a few more sips. After he looked to the heavens and said his prayer, he grabbed the wine glass and headed back inside as the clear night was making things cool off quickly. The snow was beginning to melt now as the warmth of the day slowly signaled the end of winter, but this night had now turned into yet another chilly night. He glanced in the one direction he knew he had seen a few lights through the trees before, and hoped somehow things would get better soon. He then headed inside to tell that silly computer what supplies he wanted, he especially wanted to get another bottle of good cognac as he had finally finished the last one. As he shut his door, he glanced outside once more and hoped that soon someone would answer his prayers. Someone had to be alive out there and he hoped that soon he would be found. He just hoped it wasn’t anyone from where he used to work that found him.

To be continued…