Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:19:50 -0800 (PST) From: Boris Chen <borischen (at) rocketmail (dot) com> Subject: Ryan and his stepfather part-18 Notice! This story is entirely fictional. The characters in it are not real. The acts depicted in this story are not condoned by the author and never actually happened. The views of the characters do not represent the views of the writer. The locations for this series were chosen at random. Copyright February 2012. All rights reserved. Send feedback to: borischen at rocketmail dot com page: borischen dot webs dot com Ryan and his stepfather, part 18. Final Episode, wrapping it up. Date: 2001 Ryan is 17, Joey is 21. We sold the Ryan's Pleasure in March, 2000 to a yuppie couple from the suburbs of Milwaukee. Joey its trying to become a new ager. Now he's trying to be vegetarian, still works at a local coffee shop as the afternoon to closing manager. He plans to start college in Warsaw next semester. Joey is stuck at 6'1" still weighs 160 lbs, mostly bones I think. Ryan says he still shaves all his hair except his head, which is now about two feet long but tied up. Still doesn't smoke anything, and won't touch alcohol because it's too processed. Ryan whispered to me that they carefully shave each others back sides every two weeks. And Joey is proud to announce that he has never been to a McDonald's. Ryan is now 5' 10" an inch taller than me and weighs about 185 lbs. He quit the swim team during his junior HS year when his asthma put him on the bench for weeks at a time. I think all the moisture+dust around the pools were making his breathing worse. Last time he saw his mother was in 1999 when she came over to tell us she was moving to Kentucky with her 3rd husband. We had a little party in the kitchen and wished her well, cupcakes, candles, and grape juice. She acted as if I was Ryan's biological father and not his adopted father. Ryan wished her well and now smiles a lot more that this chapter of his life seems to be closing for good. I still have no idea why Ryan was so miserable in his mothers presence since we first started dating many years ago. He never wants to talk about it except for saying that she lied to him a lot during her first marriage. I think there's a lot more to the story I'll probably never know. Joey of course still lives with us. We heard last year that Joey's mother died in 1999 in Indy and was cremated, her ashes sprinkled into Lake Michigan. Joey was sad and depressed for a couple weeks but recovered and seems to be relieved that he finally has closure to the tragic story of his bio-mother. Someone she knew in Indy found my business card in her possessions when she died then came looking for me to tell us of her fate. She died in April, 1999 of pneumocystis. During his senior year some redneck teen at the HS started to harass Ryan and threaten him. When Ryan told Joey the next day he parked a few parking spots from Ryan's car and watched. During lunch Ryan was sitting in his car eating when this redneck dude came up to the side of his car and started calling him a disgusting fag and other stuff. Joey was instantly livid, silently approached this kid from behind while Ryan watched with a true sense of fear for what Joey would do. Joey was about three inches taller than the bully kid. Joey reached gently grabbing the back of the boys neck while he was verbally harassing Ryan through the open car window. The bully kid whose name is Warren Boone thought it was his girlfriend grabbing his neck and never turned to see Joey towering behind him. Over a period of a few seconds Joey's grip gradually became tighter and tighter on Warren's neck. When he felt the pain he tried to turn around to see who had grabbed his neck. Joey's grip tightened even more while he crunched his teeth together with a smile that would send a chill of fear down Stephen King's spine. Warren could not turn around to see who had his neck, but he now assumed it was one of the teachers from the school. Joey started to back-up with Warren in his grip pulling him with little resistance to the front of Ryan's car pressing him face-first onto the hood while releasing his neck. Warren spun around to see a face that was about 2-3 inches taller than him so he pushed his arm and right fist as hard as he could into Joey's stomach, which did nothing. In a flash Joey flung his flat-open right hand into the side of Warren's face slapping him very hard. His head/neck and upper body spun to the side then slowly returned to face Joey again. Ryan thought he felt the crack inside the car when Joey slapped him it was so hard and loud. With a movement as fast as a blur, Joey's right arm flew towards Warren's neck re-gripping the front of Warren's neck and started to slowly squeeze. Warren kicked Joey in the legs but the grip became tighter. Joey never blinked. Warren started to become weak, his arms and legs stopped moving and the expression on his face went blank. Joey released his neck but Warren never fell. Joey leaned over into Warren's face and whispered into his ear, "Leave Ryan alone or I'll come back and next time - I won't stop." Warren and Ryan watched as Joey got back into his car and silently drove off. Warren yelled, "FAG!" as Joey drove away. His brake lights came on, the car instantly halted, the door flew open and a very mad Joey walked swiftly in an extremely straight line to Warren's face. Ryan had never seen Joey that mad before, it was kinda scary. J: "Say it again." Joey quietly whispered with a huge sinister grin on his face with his nose within inches of Warren's ear. W: "Nothin." He said looking down at the parking lot pavement. Joey returned to his car, stopping to glare at Warren before he sat in the car, closed the door and drove very slowly across the HS parking lot. Warren ignored Ryan the rest of the school year. Warren walked back into school with his face burning on the left side. Ryan finished his lunch then went back to class. Warren developed four small oval bruises on the sides of his neck but never admitted to anyone how they got there. In the student commons the next day Warren was sitting next to a fellow idiot. They both saw Ryan walk across the room. Warren's friend said to him, "There's fag boy." Warren looked at his friend and told him, "Why don't you shut the fuck up!" They stared at each other briefly then decided to go outside to smoke. Ryan is already accepted into Ivy Tech in Warsaw upon graduation for an accelerated students program to fast track him into X-ray/sonography school. He wants to do ultrasound imaging for a living. He'll graduate in 2003 if everything goes well. OG has moved into the house with us part-time. He spends half of every week with us, the rest at his house. His job has changed to partial telecommuting sharing my computer and network capacity in the basement office. His place in Goshen is up for sale. We have discussed moving to southern California when Ryan finishes school. 2003 Ryan is 19, Joey is 23. Joey is still the night manager of the (only) coffee shop in Syracuse. His car now has 200,000 miles and running strong. Those old Honda's never die. He is halfway into his associates of business program at the IPFW extension campus in Warsaw. He also takes some classes at IVY Tech too and should graduate next year with a 3.0 GPA, a miracle for him but proof that Ryan is as motivated to help him learn and study as Joey is. We cannot forget that Joey is learning disabled but hides it well. I think Ryan does some of his homework for him. He's also Joey's private tutor since the boys mastered the techniques for helping Joey learn and retain the best using flash cards and music. The thing to understand about Joey's injury is that he is `learning' disabled, not thinking disabled. He struggles with the absorption and retention of new information. Certain types of problems he also struggles with solving. It took him almost two months to learn to give change at the coffee shop. Ryan taught him that too. Ryan graduated and passed X-ray Board exams and is now working full-time at Goshen Hospital as an ultrasound tech. He finished high school and college with a 3.85 GPA. We rented a party room in the back of a restaurant in Goshen for a party for both boys. For the 2nd time they hugged and kissed in front of a now larger group friends. As a graduation gift I got the boys a full size Tempurpedic mattress and bed frame. Joey moved into Ryan's room officially the day after graduation. The sofa went into Joey's room so they use that end of the house as their own two room apartment. Joey does all the laundry and dishes as rent payment. Ryan got a card in the mail from his mother after he graduated. Ryan's been staying in touch with Scotty since he graduated from Wawasee High School. Last contact with Scotty was he got himself into IU Med School and is still pre-med with a 3.9GPA. He told Ryan he wants to join the Navy and be a doctor on a US aircraft carrier. My house went up for sale in August of 2003 and sold on the 74th day. OG and I flew to San Diego to look at condos with ocean view finding one near the USS Midway for $750,000. It has two bedrooms, two baths and 1200sq ft, which is an adjustment down from my water-front home on the east side of Lake Wawasee on the channel. At least we won't need the snow gear any more. In September we moved to San Diego. The boys rented an apartment in Goshen near the hospital. Joey now works at a Starbucks in Goshen as the assistant manager. Ryan is still working at Goshen Hospital. The boys are happy and healthy. I sold my truck to Ryan for one dollar before we drove to California via Indy, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Yuma, San Diego in OG's car. It took us six days because we made a few side trips, like to see the Grand Canyon and the Gateway Arch. Ryan sold his car to Joey for one dollar when the Honda finally died at 220,000 miles. In 2004 Joey and Ryan phoned telling us of their plans to get married. Of course we changed their plans. They agreed to something more lavish and fun but costing them nothing instead. 2005 Ryan is 21 Joey is 25. We flew the boys out here for a dedication ceremony since they still can't legally marry. I rented rooms at a local hotel, the Andaz. We hired a gay minister to perform the ceremony on the hotel roof top by the pool with a Padres game in the distant background. It was Joey and Ryan, me and Gary, and two of their best friends from work, one for Ryan, one for Joey. We all rented tuxedos except the girls. There were about five hotel employees attending also. I reached down to firmly hold OG's hand when the ceremony started. Minister: "Do you Ryan Joseph Green take this man Joseph Alexander Wilson to be your husband, in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?" R: "I do." Minister: "And do you Joseph Alexander Wilson take this man Ryan Joseph Green to be your husband, in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?" J: "Yes Sir." Minister: "By the power vested in me and in front of your family and friends and in the presence of God, I now pronounce you married. Joey, you may kiss your husband." Joey leaned over briefly kissing Ryan, then turned toward us as if for approval. We all were tearfully happy and applauding with joy for the two boys. There they stood on the roof of the Andaz with the San Diego skyline in the background in their fitted black tuxedos. It was the first time I really noticed that Joey's ears were really not sticking out any more. That didn't make a difference to me but I knew it bothered him. They looked so handsome in their tuxes. It was one of those images I want to remember for the rest of my life. I was so proud. Ryan was the only one who didn't cry. Don't know where he pulled that strength out of that day. I heard from his best friend Summer who we also flew in from Goshen (she was his best man) that on their wedding night, after the party, back in their hotel room, Ryan did his sultry slow belly dance strip tease for Joey while he was sitting in a chair in the room. It must have been extra erotic and hot because Joey started to spray cum on himself and Ryan before either of them actually touched his dick. The rumor was they did it eight times that night and really never slept. She said Ryan told her they spent over half the night in 69 position. About three weeks after they returned home I got a call from Ryan one Saturday night. He said they wanted to move out west. D: "Like to where?" R: "Maybe L.A. or southern California" D: "Let me look into things and I'll call you back." R: "Cool, thanks Dad, give Ohjee a kiss from us, bye." D: "Yeah, bye." Three months later OG and I found a studio apartment in a converted garage near the beach. We agreed to pay to move the boys west. In August they drove out in Ryan's truck following the same path we did, arrived four days later and moved into their tiny apartment in Ocean Beach, California. We paid their deposit and first 4 months rent in advance. About the only thing they brought from Indiana was their full size bed and money they saved. Joey and Ryan quickly became surfer dudes, adopted the lingo and everything. Ryan was hired at a local plastic surgery clinic that does face lifts, tummy tucks, liposuction, and abortions for $85,000 a year. Joey is manager of three Starbuck stores. Ryan was also hired to pose for a local gay magazine on his surf board on the chilly pacific ocean, wearing only a tiny speedo. I got a copy of the centerfold framed in our bedroom. He was shaved smooth and very hot. The same magazine offered to shoot Joey but he declined. OG and I have dinner with the boys once a month. Joey drives a 20 year old beater BMW with a surf board rack on the roof. I hear he still skateboards at a local park with the kids once a week helping them learn. He also lets his hair down on those days but for nothing else. 2020 Ryan is 36, Joey is 40. OG and I are in our 50's. Ryan's best friend 'Summer' from Goshen Hospital moved to San Diego a year after the boys. Ryan and Joey got married in 2020 after gay marriage was legalized in California, Nevada, and Washington State. OG and I rented two suites at the Andaz in the Gas Lamp district again and re-did their I-Do's. This time instead of rented tuxedos it was swim suits and t-shirts followed by a dip in the roof top pool. Joey had his skateboard at his feet. We shared the occasion so OG and I were married at the same time. We've been together for ninteen years now. Last we heard Scotty graduated from medical school and is now a practicing MD as a naval officer aboard the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Scotty told Ryan that when he finished officers school his father (former Navy enlisted) saluted him with tears in his eyes but still rendered a proper naval salute. They plan to meet next time the carrier comes to San Diego. While helping care for an abandoned infant at a local hospital, Ryan expressed an interest in adoption. In 2007, Ryan and Joey adopted a nine month old Korean orphan and named him Daryl. At first Joey was stumped about what to do. But one day his brain just clicked-in and Joey became the best parent ever. At fourteen months of age he spends part of every day with Joey at work. Sometimes Joey just needs extra time to think about stuff. Joey took up Yoga and Ryan is getting certified to do CT X-ray in addition to ultrasound and regular old X-ray pictures. He said he was tired of listening to pushy expecting mothers and looking at fetuses. OG sold his part of the business in Goshen to his partner and decided to retire at age 55. We work together still enjoying the fruits of my software patents writing programs for large manufacturing companies all across the world. We now work three days a week from home, spend one day a week with our grandson at the beach or in their apartment, and invite the boys over for dinner about every month. My life is wonderful. I am so blessed. The End. Thanks for reading. Note: I am writing two more books, one a sci-fi/horror story. The other one is a mainstream gay story. I hope to have both books on feedbooks or smashboooks late in 2012. It's funny, but as much time as I spent developing the characters in the Ryan series I hate to just walk away from them, so I may recycle them into the other books but with different personalities. There is a tiny chance I may re-write the Ryan series removing the incest and some of the fetish elements and release it as a mainstream book too. Thanks to all the people who wrote during the entire process. I appreciated every email. Hugs! Boris.