Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:45:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: jaks020101@aol.com
Subject: BrothersAtPlay33

Copyright 2011 Josh. ...All Rights Reserved.


Brothers At Play, part 33


We drove to the airport and parked in the cell phone area.  When Eric's
plane landed, he was to call and we'd pick him up curbside.  We sat and
watched planes taking off and landing.  "That must be his plane," I said
pointing.  "He's going to call when he gets off the plane."

"I bet he's excited to be back."

"Yeah, he said he was looking forward to coming back." I looked at Kevin.
"I told him what happened between you and Paul." He nodded.  I said, "He
said that he feels like he's gotten to know Alex and Kim, but hasn't really
spent time getting to know you.  He wants to."

"Yeah, we will."

"Okay, listen to me.  We'll sleep in Alex's apartment, but he wants to have
meals with you.  I told him we were going to the pool and that we'd go for
a runs." We stared at each other.  "If you push him away because you think
that he and I want to spend time alone, he's going to feel reject and I'm
going to feel angry."

"I don't need to be babysat."

"Yeah, see, there it is.  Babysat.  Asshole.  If this was the other way
around and I were you and you me, would you feel like you were babysitting
or would you be wanting to spend time with me." He looked ahead.  "If we
want to be alone," I asked, "we'll be alone.  I like that he's concerned
about you.  It makes me like him even more."

He sighed.

"I'll let him take the lead and I'll be sure we spend time alone, but don't
you be the one who decides how much time we need to be alone."

"Okay," he said.

The phone chimed.  "Hey, where are you?" I asked.

"Walking off the plane," Eric said, sounding excited.

"Okay, we're on our way."

He was standing outside when we pulled up.  His entire face lit up with the
biggest smiled when he saw us.

"He really is very attractive," Kevin said.

He threw his suitcase in the back and got in the car.  "Hey," he said,
buckling up.

"How was your flight?" I asked.

We drove back talking about his days at home and how his parents reacted to
him dating me.  Everything was good.  "Don't get angry," he said, "my mom
said you seemed like a very nice young man." I heard him chuckle.  Kevin
laughed.

"Fuck you both.  Not your mom," I said to Eric.  "Fuck you and Kevin." They
laughed again.  "Have you had lunch?" I asked.

"No, all I've had all day was a bagel, a banana and coffee."

"Let's get lunch," I said to Kevin.  "Chipotle."

While we ate, Eric said to Kevin, "I don't know if this is okay to say to
you." We both looked at him.  "Maybe I shouldn't say anything, but I'm
really sorry about what happened."

Kevin said, "I'm doing okay."

"Josh said you guys went swimming," Eric said.

Kevin smiled, "Yeah, we figured if you went for a run with us, we'd go for
a swim with you."

Eric smiled.  "You're on."

When we got back to the apartment building, Eric said, "It's two fifteen.
How about you guys settle in and let's meet and go for a run at about five.
Then we'll cook dinner together in my apartment."

"Sounds good," I said.

Eric and I went to Alex's apartment.  "Is he okay?" Eric asked.

"Yeah, he's doing better.  I think he's still hurting but he doesn't seem
as confused."

We went to the bedroom and threw Eric's suitcase onto Greg's bed.  He
pulled me toward him.  We smiled at each other and kissed.  I reached for
his crotch.  "I saw this video," he said.

I looked at him and smiled, "Really, and what was this video about."

"I want to do it to you."

"What?"

He looked around.  "You gotta get naked and lie on the floor." I stood
staring at him.  He smiled.  "You trust me, don't you?"

I exhaled loudly and started taking my clothes off.  He went to the
bathroom and came back with two towels and spread them out on the floor.  I
was naked.  "Lie down," he said.

I got on the floor.  He undressed.  He dug through his suitcase and pulled
out a bottle of liquid.  "What's that?"

"Oil," he said.  "You're getting a sexual sensual massage."

"What's that?"

"We'll start with you on your back, then your stomach and then your back
again.  Have you ever had a massage?"

"Not really," I said.  I was lying on my back on the towels.  He stood over
me, straddling my body.  He had an erection.  "So, is the masseuse supposed
to have a hard on?" I asked.  He sat down on my thighs.  His balls were
resting on mine.

"When you played football, you never got massages?"

He took my arm and rubbed oil on it and massaged my arm.  "No, not really.
My father had a weight room built onto our garage and it had a sauna in it
that we used sometimes, but none of us were into massages.  Did you get
massages?"

"He put my arm down, my hand was on his thigh.  I moved my hand to his
cock.  He smiled at me.  He took my other arm and applied the oil.  "Yeah,
when I swam, sometimes I'd get his knot in my upper back.  Massages really
helped." I played with his cock.  He glanced down at my hand.  "Not this
kind of massage."

"Yeah, right," I said.

"A woman gave me massages."

He moved my hand and placed my arms at my sides.  He moved up and began
massaging my shoulders and pecs., spreading oil.  "Close your eyes." He
worked my chest and stomach.  My cock was rock hard.  After my lower
stomach, he stroked my cock several times and then moved down to my legs.
He was good.  His hands were strong.  He worked my thighs, my lower legs
and then massaged my feet.  This was fantastic.

He moved back up my legs to my crotch and slowly stroked my cock.  Tingling
all over my body.  I moaned.  Then I felt the warmth of his mouth on my
cock.  I sighed and involuntarily thrust upward.  He got me close and then
stopped.

"Roll over," he said.

He sat on my butt and dug his fingers into my shoulders.  "Oh wow, you've
got a job," I said.  He worked my back, running his fingers down my spin.
"Oh, nice."

"As you say, shut up." I laughed. He dug into my upper back and worked his
way down to my lower back.  I couldn't believe how good it felt.  He worked
my butt muscles and then down my legs.  I have strong legs, but they get
really tight.  I stretch before I run and afterward, but they still
tighten.  He had me moaning.  He worked my calves.  They were even tighter.
Then back to my buttock.

He ran his fingers over the crack of my ass and around my hole.  I moaned.
He gently probed.  My cock was throbbing.  Very slowly and gently he moved
one finger into me and then two.

"Get up on your knees," he said.  I did.  "Sit back on your legs." I did.
He rubbed my shoulders and then wrapped his arms around me and moved his
chest over my back, while he kept rubbing up and down my chest and to my
cock.

"Fuck," I said.

"Shut up," he said.  He kept rubbing and pressing his cock into my back.
"Lean forward." He had me on all fours and played with my ass.  He ran his
cock over the crack of my ass.  I wanted his cock so badly.  Each time he
moved his cock over my hole, I tried to move and catch it.  He kept moving
and thrusting, but not inside of me as he rubbed my back.  "Lay down," he
said.  I did.  He ran his hands over my back, buttock and butt hole.  I
moaned.  He lay on me and moved over me.  His cock slid over the crack of
my ass and then he pressed into me.

"Oh fuck, yeah," I moaned.  "Fuck me."

"Shh," he said.

He very slowly moved inside of me, kissing my neck, my back and shoulders.
I lay still but I wanted to thrust up against his stomach to get him
thrusting faster and harder.  He kept moving slowly over me.  "Just relax,
try to just relax."

"Your cock is up my ass and you want me to relax.  I'm so turned on."

"Shh, it's a massage."

I laughed.  Finally, I relaxed and just got into him being on me and in me.
My cock remained hard as a rock.  He began thrusting, but slow and deep.
The feeling was incredible.  He pulled out of me.  "Roll over," he said.  I
did.  He lay on me and began slowly and gently thrusting against me.  We
kissed.  He buried his face in the nap of my neck and them moaned loudly
and shook in my arms.  I felt his cum wetting my crotch.

We were both wet with oil.  He moved down on me.  Then I felt his mouth on
my cock.  Moments later I was coming in his mouth and had one of the most
intense orgasms I'd had in a very long time.

He moved up and kissed me.  We held each other.

I smiled at him.  "Can I talk now?" He nodded.  "That was incredible.
You've really never had that done to you or done it to anyone?" I asked.

"I've done it to you a dozen times since I last saw you."

I chuckled.

We showered.

We went into Kevin's apartment.  He fell asleep on the sofa.  He never
naps.  I woke him.  He sat up.  He and Eric sat and talked.  I made coffee
the way he likes it for the three of us.

We went for a run.  Kevin seemed to come alive when we ran.  Eric and I had
gone on runs, but running with Kevin is something different.  He keeps a
quick pace and can go a good distance.  We slowed down so that Eric could
keep up with us.  We were about a quarter mile from home when I looked at
Kevin and smiled.  I took off.  "Asshole," Kevin called out.

I made it back to the apartment first.  Kevin was about ten yards behind
me.  We walked around, catching our breath and glanced down the block.  We
saw Eric slowly jogging.  When he got to us he said, "You guys are nuts,
really, you run for almost an hour and then you sprint.  You're nuts."

We showered and joined Kevin.  We cooked dinner, ate, drank wine and
talked.  Kevin seemed to be more engaged.  We watched TV and then Eric and
I went to Alex's apartment and to bed.

"Now it's my turn," I said.

"Massage?"

"No, attack," I said and roared like a lion.  He laughed.  First we gave
each other head and then I fucked him while he masturbated.

We had breakfast with Kevin.  At eleven we were in the pool.  It was Eric's
time to shine.  Again, Kevin hung at the edge after laps.  We watched Eric
speed along through the water.  He stopped and said, "Let's race the last
ten laps."

We all laughed.

The pool was empty except for a couple of woman.  The locker room and
showers were empty.  The three of us showered.  Kevin nudged me as Eric
washed his hair.  "So, you trim your pubes," Kevin said to Eric.

"Yeah," he said, looking down.

"It looks good," Kevin said staring at Eric's crock.  "How do you think it
would look if I trimmed," he asked, pressing his pubes against his stomach.

Eric looked down.  "You'd look good," he said.

"You've got a nice body," Kevin said.

I smiled and said to Eric, "He's trying to embarrass you."

"It's working," Eric said and smiled.

We went to the lockers and dressed.

"I have a clipper if you want to trim your pubes," Eric said to Kevin.

"If you show me how to do it I will, if and only if Josh does it too."

They looked at me.  I shrugged.  "Sure, why not," I said.

We went back to the apartment and had lunch.  Eric went to Alex's apartment
and came back with his trimmer.  "Who's first?" he asked.

"You can do Josh's and I'll watch.  Then I'll do my own," he said.

"And we watch," I said.

We went to the bathroom.  I got naked.

"Wait, I want to watch you do yours," I said to Eric.

He got naked and explained how to use the trimmer, running it over his
balls and shaft.  Then he put a different cover on the trimmer and ran it
over his pubic area.  Kevin and I watched.

"Do Josh," Kevin said.

Eric got on his knees in front of me.  "Not now," I said.  He laughed.  He
used scissors to cut back my pubes, while he held my cock in his hand.  Of
course, I started to get hard.  "Can't help it," I said.  "It has a mind of
its own." He put this black cover over the trimmer head and then ran it
over my balls, taking off the little hair I had there while holding my
cock.  Then he trimmed my pubic hair and the little hair I had on the shaft
of my cock.



"Actually, it's easier to trim the hair off your cock if it's hard.  It
pulls the skin tight," he said.  He used a towel to brush away the loose
hairs.

"Wow," Kevin said, "it looks huge."

"It is huge," Eric said.

From where I was, it did look bigger.

Kevin got undressed.  He started using the scissor.  Eric was still on his
knees watching and telling him where to cut.  I was bent forward.  "Here
you've got hair here." We kept directing Kevin where to cut.  Eric said,
"If you want I can do it." He looked at me and said, "Would that be okay."

"Yeah, sure."

Eric went to work on Kevin.  He finished with the scissor and started with
the trimmer.  When he held Kevin's cock and used the trimmer, Kevin got
hard.  "Ignore that," Kevin said.

"That's pretty easy to do," I said.

"He's such a dick," Kevin said to Eric.

"Tell me about it," Eric said.

We all laughed.

I looked down and saw that Eric had an erection.  "Those things are
contagious," I said, pointing.

Kevin looked.  "Oh wow.  Stand up, let me see."

"He's shy," I said.

He stood up.  "No I'm not."

"You two have very similar cocks," I said.  "Small and skinny."

I got punched and pushed.

Eric got on his knees and finished trimming Kevin's erect cock and pubic
area.  He stood up.  "You look pretty big too," he said, "just like me."

"Yeah, right," I said and got pushed again.

Eric convinced us to let him cook dinner for us.  It was going to be a
surprise.  All we knew was that he was making chicken.  He wanted Kevin and
I to go to Alex's apartment and watch TV, but it was a beautiful day.  So,
Kevin rolled a joint and he, Eric and I sat on the steps outside and
smoked.  Then Kevin and I got bottles of water and sat outside while Eric
cooked.

"I like him," Kevin said.  "He's a good sport.  He is kind of shy.  Maybe I
shouldn't have embarrassed him."

"He's fine.  I'm sure he was more turned on than embarrassed."

"You know he's in love with you."

I sighed.

"You're trying to protect yourself and I get it, but he's not John." I
nodded.  "Are you holding back because you're not sure you can trust him or
are you holding back because you're not sure you want to be with him?"

"What?"

"John dumped you and you got hurt.  Are you afraid Eric's going to hurt you
the way John did, or are you afraid you're going to hurt him?"

I shook my head.  "I never even thought of that."

"What do you like about him?" he asked.

I gave him a list of qualities I liked.  "And he's kind and I like that he
plays along." We smiled at each other.  "That was funny when he got hard."
Kevin smiled.  "But he just went with it," I said.  "I liked that."

"He knows how important Alex and I are to you.  He wants to fit into that."

"Yeah.  And you're right, I do love him.  And I'm not going to dump him."

"I didn't think so."

"I'm afraid.  He's never had a boyfriend."

"Neither have you.  John was not your boyfriend.  John was a liar who let
you believe he was your boyfriend."

"Like Paul led you to believe that?" He sighed.  I saw tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry."

"No, you're right.  I'm talking to both of us.  It's just easier to see
when it's you." He looked at me.  "Stop saying you're sorry.  You never
have to say you're sorry to me."

Eric came outside.  "What are you guys talking about?"

"The jerk offs we had for boyfriends."

"Should I go back inside?"

"Sit down," Kevin said.  "You've trimmed my balls, that makes you part of
the family."

He laughed.  "I'm glad you're not as big as Josh," he said.

We laughed.  He blushed.  "I'd hate to have the tinniest weenie.  Short and
skinny," he said mimicking me and then they both punched me.

Eric made chicken breasts with white wine.  Then he melted Swiss cheese
over the breasts.  He boiled pasta.  When it was done, he took the chicken
out of the pan, added olive oil, garlic and red pepper flakes and scraped
the pan clean and let the garlic and pepper lightly browned.  "Where did
you learn to do this?" Kevin asked.

"My dad is a great cook and he makes this for us.  I learned how to do it."
Once what was stuck to the bottom of the pan was incorporated into the oil,
and the garlic was lightly browned he poured the drained pasta into the pan
and stirred it around.

He added salt and dished it up.

"Oh my God," Kevin said, eating the pasta.  "This is so good."

"Wow, this is fantastic.  The chicken is great too," I said.

Eric smiled, "I'm glad you like it."

Kevin looked at me and smiled. We drank wine, ate and talked.  Kevin and I
cleaned the kitchen.  When we were done, I said, "Let's walk into town and
hang out.  Maybe get dessert."

"You go," Kevin said.

"We're not going unless you go," Eric said, sitting on the sofa.

Kevin looked at me.  "I didn't tell him to say that."

The three of us went to town.  Kevin and Eric talked.  I liked that they
were becoming friends.  Eric seemed more relaxed around Kevin than I had
ever seen him, and Kevin seemed more alive than I had seen him in weeks.

We had ice cream and walked home.

"More running tomorrow," Kevin said.  "Pasta and ice cream."

"And wine," Eric said, patting his stomach.

Eric and I made love.  We held each other afterward.  "How do you like my
trimmed pubes," I asked.

"I like it a lot.  Now I'm not having to pick hairs out of my mouth."

I laughed.

"Plus you look hot."

"Did it embarrass you when you got boned in front of Kevin?"

"At first I had this anxiety, but then I realized that both of you were
boned and I thought it was pretty funny.  You guys are comfortable around
each other?"

"You mean with boners?  Yeah.  I've seen the three of them naked and boned
and they've all seen me."

"It's kind of interesting.  I mean," he paused.  "It's weird to say this
but I kind of feel really comfortable around him now." He looked at me.
"Is that weird?"

"No.  I mean you've been naked and shown yourself in a pretty personal way
to each other and after that why wouldn't you be comfortable with each
other."

Silence.

"He likes you a lot," I said.

"How can you tell?"

"Well, I know my brother and if he didn't, none of this would have
happened.  Plus, he's pretty depressed but he's talking to you and joking
with you.  Plus, he told me that he really likes you."

He kissed me.  I thought to say that I loved him, but instead I said, "And
I told him that I was deeply in like with you."

"Me too.  But now it's more like deeply deeply in like."

"Deeply, deeply?  How deep can you go?" I said.

"I'm just finding out," he said.

We enjoyed our time in Alex's apartment and the time we spent with Kevin.
Eric was a good distraction for Kevin.  Kevin got into his Josh-stories,
which Eric loved.  I knew Kevin was still hurting, but he was smiling, too.

We cleaned Alex's apartment on Friday, washing everything we used except
Alex's sheets.  Saturday morning we did the sheets.  The three of us rode
to the airport and picked up Kim and Alex.  They looked good Ðrested and
tanned.  Eric and I moved into Kevin's apartment.  It was a good thing,
because riding back to the apartment Alex told us that Greg decided to come
back that day.

Saturday night we went for Thai food.  Kevin told everyone about Eric's
chicken and pasta dinner.  "Make it for us," Alex said.

"Yeah, we'll buy all the stuff you need," Greg said.

"But they just ate it."

"I'm up for it again," Kevin said.

"I'll help you," I said.

Sunday Kim called and said that a couple of her roommates were back and she
wanted to ask them over for dinner.  "The more the better," Kevin said.

We had to use two pans to fit all the chicken and two pots to boil all the
pasta.  Eric and I worked in the kitchen.  Kevin lit a joint as we started.
I drank wine, they drank beer, we smoke a joint, listened to music, I
danced around the kitchen and they laughed.

There were ten of us for dinner ÐAlex and Kim, Greg, Kevin, two female
roommates of Kim's, and they brought two male friends (Roger and Adam), and
Eric and me.  They brought wine and beer.

Everyone raved about the dinner.  Eric received a lot of attention.  The
more he became a part of my friends/family the more enamored I became with
him.  He seemed to be enjoying the attention and being referred to as
Josh's boyfriend.

That night we were back in the dorms.  Classes started.  Back to the books
and to work for me.  We both went into a bit of a depression and found it
hard to get back into the grind and living in the dorms.

Kevin seemed to be back to being himself.  I tried really hard not to show
my concern or the fact that I was keeping tabs on him.  Eric agreed, as did
Alex, that Kevin was doing okay.

Since I didn't have to take another calculus class, I took a philosophy
class as a general education requirement.  Eric took the class with me.
So, we were taking two classes together Ðphilosophy and history.  It was
the middle of April, when Eric and I were walking back from our history
class.  I was talking about something unimportant, when Eric leaned into
me, pushing to one side of the path.  "What are you doing?" I said. looking
at him and then I noticed someone walking right up to me.

It was Paul.  Looking back, I'm amazed at how quickly I went from calm and
chatty to my jaw being so tight that I'd need a pipe wrench to open my
mouth.  That was until Paul spoke.

"How's your brother," he said in a way that was more like a statement than
a question.

"Fuck you and get the fuck out of my face," I said through my teeth.

Eric pulled at me.  "Let's go."

I glared at Paul and began to step away from him.  He said, "Tell him that
my parents never divorced and are happily married.  I never had a step
father and I'm an only child." I stared at him for a second trying to take
in what he was saying.  I felt my face burning.  My arms tensed.  I had a
fantasy of hitting him.  "Nobody leaves me.  I do the leaving," he said and
started walking away.  He looked back at me and said, "Ask him how it
feels."

I took a step toward him.  Eric jumped in front of me.  "You fucking lying
piece of shit," I yelled, pointing at him.  People glanced our way.  Paul
continued walking away.  He gave me the finger and laughed.  I tried to
push Eric away, but he chest slammed me and grabbed my arm.


"Josh, don't.  Josh, he's trying to provoke you."

I was so angry, my eyes filled with tears.  I hate that.  I watched him
walking.  I looked at Eric.

"Josh, calm down."

"Don't tell me to calm down," I growled.

"Okay, fine, don't calm down.  He's a liar.  You know that.  He's being an
ass."

I exhaled loudly.  "You should have let me hit him."

He smiled.  "No, I shouldn't."

I looked at him.  "Fuck you too." I sighed.  "Fuck you for being right."

We started walking toward the dorms.  "I hate him.  I mean I didn't like
him, but I figured he had his shit going on.  Now, I fucking hate him." We
walked.  I turned around and started walking back to where we had been.
"I'm going to find him and kick his ass."

Eric grabbed my arm.  "No you're not," he said, pulling at me.

We walked not speaking.

"He was lying to you," Eric said.

"Yeah, how do you know?"

"He can't be that evil.  What he was saying is that he told Kevin a story
to manipulate him, to make him feel sorry for him and then he dumped him
because Kevin said he was done with him."

"Yeah, that's what he was saying."

"He can't be that evil."

We walked without speaking.

"You can't tell Kevin," Eric said.  "He seems to be over Paul.  If you tell
him, it might get him nuts again." We walked.  "He better not say that to
Kevin."

"He couldn't be that stupid.  Kevin would hit him."

I didn't eat much dinner.  I went to the library to work.  I knew I'd see
Kevin.  I decided Eric was right.  It would just hurt Kevin to hear what
Paul said.  I did see Kevin.

"Is Eric here?" he asked.

"Is Eric here.  You see me and the first thing you ask is if Eric is here?"

He chuckled.  "I see you all the time.  I haven't seen Eric,"

"You saw him two days ago."

He laughed.  I said, "I came alone, but he'll probably be at the table when
we're done working.  He might be down there already.  Why?"

"We came up with this great idea."

"We?"

"Alex, Kim, Greg, all of us.  We'll buy all the food if he'll come over on
Sunday and cook whatever he wants."

"Am I invited, or you just want him?"

"Asshole," he said and twisted my nipple.  I smiled and shook my head.  He
said, "You know we love you.  We haven't had a nice party since classes
started and midterms are coming.  This would be a good pre midterm Sunday
night.  Besides, I think he'd enjoy it."

"Yeah, I'm sure he would."

We made Sunday dinner.  We were twelve.  In addition to everyone else who
had been there for his last dinner, James and his girlfriend joined us.
This time it was a beef dish in a thick rich tomato sauce.  The sauce was
put over rice.  He made string beans with olive oil and garlic. It was so
good.  Everyone raved.

"We should do this like once a month," Alex said.

"That's not fair," I said.  "He does all the work.  You guys just sit and
eat."

"I don't mind," Eric said.  "They do all the clean up."

"Then it's a deal," Kevin said.  "We'll buy everything.  You tell us what
to buy and we'll have it here for you and we'll do all the clean up."

"I think it's a good idea," Eric said to me.  "At least we get a good meal
once a month.  That's better than dorm food or eating at the grill."

"We should have started doing this sooner," Greg said.

Greg and Alex were graduating in June.  Greg accepted a job at a drug
company across the country.  He and his girlfriend were now engaged and she
was going with him.

Alex decided to get his masters degree in engineering.  Actually, two of
his professors asked him to work with them and get his masters.  Kim was a
junior so she'd be here for at least another year.  Alex was happy with how
things were working out for him and we all wondered if he'd ask her to
marry him soon.  Kevin told me that Alex wanted to secure a job before he
thought about marriage.

The week after our Sunday night dinner, I saw Kevin get up from his seat in
the library and head outside for a break.  I told Eric I was going with
him.  He and I walked to the grill and got coffee and sunflower seeds.  "I
saw Paul this morning," he said.  I felt my stomach twist.  "He didn't see
me.  At least I don't think he did.  It was weird.  For a moment I felt
this sick feeling in my stomach and then I felt angry."

"Well that's good." We hadn't talked about Paul in weeks.  "Kevin, he was a
real prick.  I didn't know whether to tell you or not, but,"

"What?"

"He stopped me one day.  I was with Eric or I would have hit him.  Eric
stopped me." Kevin looked at me.  I said, "Paul said that all that stuff he
told you about his family was a lie and that no one leaves him, he leaves
them.  I got so angry."

Kevin sighed.  "I'm glad I'm done with him." He looked at me.  "I'm glad
you didn't hit him," he said and mussed up my hair.  "My little brother, my
protector."

"And I'm hung, too," I said.

Kevin laughed.  "Good for you." We both laughed as we walked up to the
library.

We noticed Adam sitting out front.  We walked up to him.  Adam was shorter
than me Ðfive ten, I'd say.  He had dark brown hair, much like Eric's Ðsoft
and wavy.  He had big brown eyes and nice lips and a great smile.  He was
on the lean side Ðhe didn't look like he had ever worked out with weights.
He saw us and smiled.

"Hey," Kevin said, walking up to him.

"Hey," he said.  "For a moment I didn't realize it was you," he said to
Kevin.  "I was thinking, wow, hot guy."

Kevin smiled and said, "Flattery.  That works."

I laughed.  Then it occurred to me that maybe Adam was gay.  "Checking out
the guys instead of studying?" I said.

"Well, just for a few minutes.  I guess I got lucky Ðtwo of you."

"You're gay?" I asked.

Kevin and Adam looked at me.  "Yeah, didn't you know?" Adam asked.

"No," I said.  Kevin sat down beside Adam.  I said, "I'm going in.  I've
got a lot to do tonight.  Great to see you again, Adam."

"Tell Eric that I'm counting the Sundays until out next dinner," Adam said.

I went inside and stopped and watched them talking.  Kevin looked relaxed
and was smiling.  Oh please, oh please, I thought, let Adam ask him out.

I went to our table.  I whispered to Eric.  "You know Adam, the guy who
comes to the Sunday dinners?" He nodded.  "Did you know he was gay?" He
nodded.  "Damn, no one tells me anything.  Anyway, he and Kevin are outside
talking." Eric shrugged.  "Maybe Adam will ask him out." Eric rolled his
eyes and went back to reading.  I punched him in the leg.

When Kevin came back, I kept staring at him.  He stared back and then
smiled.  I whispered across the table.  "Did he ask you out?" He nodded.
Eric looked at me rolled his eyes and shrugged.  I punched him again in the
leg.  He laughed.

Our May Sunday night dinner went well.  We were all becoming good friends.
Kevin and Adam had gone out twice.  Kevin said that he was enjoying Adam.
When I asked what that meant, he said, "I like him, but I'm taking a page
out of the Josh dating book Ðtake it slow."

The quarter went quickly.  Finals were upon us and so was the awareness
that Eric was going home for the summer.  Neither of us talked about it
much, but he seemed sad.  We pushed each other into the library and
studied.

Eric's and my final schedule was much better this time around.  I was
finished early and so was he.  Brad was also finished early.  He took off
right after his last final.  Eric asked if he could move into my room with
me.  He was going to stay until the dorms closed, but I talked him into
staying until after Alex's graduation.  My parents wanted to meet him.

The plan was to stay until the dorms closed.  James would be leaving after
his last final.  Adam and Kevin had not spent a night together.  After
James left Kevin asked Adam to stay at his apartment until finals were
over.  Then Adam was heading home.  After Adam left and the dorms closed,
Eric and I were moving in with Kevin.

My parents would come up for graduation and meet Eric.  Then Kevin and I
would drive Eric home on our way home.  Kevin and I were going to hang out
at home until June 29th, pack up a bunch of stuff that I would need and
then head back, so we could move everything out of Alex's and Kevin's
apartments into our three bedroom.

Kevin, Eric and I were done with finals.  Adam was in class taking his last
final.  The three of us waited for him outside.  Kevin had suggested we
meet him and then go to the pool.  "Does he know we're wait and going to
the pool?" I asked Kevin.

"Yeah."

"Does he trim," I asked.  He smiled and shook his head.  "Hey, maybe we can
get him to try it."

"You just want to see him naked and with a boner," Kevin said and smiled.

I laughed.  "Do you think he might want to learn how?"

"You're nasty," Kevin said.

"Me?  What about the way you embarrassed Eric?"

"I wasn't embarrassed.  I thought it was kind of fun."

"After we swim," Kevin said, "why don't we all go to my apartment, hang out
and then go into town and have dinner?"

"Yeah," Eric said.  "That sounds like fun."

"I am so glad that's over with," Adam said, walking up to us.  "What are we
doing?"

"The pool," I said.  "Work off some of the tension."

"He just wants to see you naked," Kevin said to Adam.

"That works both ways," Adam said and winked at me.

I laughed.

We swam.  Adam had used the pool before.  The three of us swam alongside
each other and had a good workout.  Eric did his thing, lapping us several
times.  In the showers, I looked at Kevin and smiled and then said to Adam,
"You've got a nice body."

"Thank you, but compared to the three of you I'm kind of skinny."

"You've got nice legs," I said.  Kevin chuckled.

"You guys trim," Adam said.

"You ever think about it," Eric asked smiling.

He's going to go for it, I thought.

Adam had a clean chest and back and butt, but his bush was thick and his
balls were pretty hairy.  "Yeah, I like the way Kevin looks."

"What about me," I said, swinging my cock back and forth.  "You know, Eric
showed us how to do it.  If you want, when we get back to the apartment, he
can trim you up."

"Yeah, I need a trim," Kevin said.

"We'll have to stop at the dorm to get my stuff," Eric said.

We stood in Kevin's bathroom, the four of us naked.  "I'll do Josh," Eric
said, "and show you how to do it.  Then Josh can do me.  Then Kevin can do
you, and you can do Kevin."

Adam nodded.

Eric got on his knees and took hold of my cock and started with my balls.
By the time he got to my cock, I was hard.  "It helps if you have a hard
on," I said, as he trimmed the shaft of my cock.  By now, Eric was hard.
He did my pubes and then I started on Eric.  I looked over and Kevin and
Adam were hard.

Adam seemed to be longer than Kevin.  Kevin started with the scissors,
cutting the hair off of Adam's balls, while Adam held his cock aside.  Eric
and I were bent over giving instructions.  Then I watched Kevin take hold
of Adam's cock and trim the hair from the shaft.  Then his pubes.

"You do the trimming," Kevin said to Eric.

"You mind?" Eric asked Adam.

"Not at all."

Eric took hold of Adam's cock and began with the trimmer.  When he was
done, we all stood back and took a look.  "Damn," Kevin said, "you look a
lot bigger."

"Wow, I like it," Adam said.

"I think he's as big as you," Kevin said to me.  "And maybe as thick."

Of course that meant comparing.  Adam and I stood close together.  I took
hold of his cock and he mine and back and forth.  Eric and Kevin touched.
Adam said, "I think he's thicker, but I think we're about the same length."
That was the general consensus.

"You've got a nice cock," I said.  "You really do look better now."

Kevin handed the trimmer to Eric.  Without hesitation, Eric took hold of
Kevin's cock and trimmed his balls, the shaft of his cock and his pubes.

"Well, we owe you," Kevin said.  I looked at him.  "It's a shame to waste
these, so you use my bedroom," he said to me, "and Adam and I will use the
living room."

Eric smiled.  "Sound great."

Sometimes, Eric is in a more passive mood and wrestles me to fuck him.
Sometimes, he pins me to the bed and gives me the roar.  I usually laugh.
Sometimes, we both roar.  That day, he roared first.

We heard them in the shower.  When they were done, we went in.

It was a beautiful day.  We sat outside.  "Wow," Adam said, "My balls
really feel different now."

I smiled at him.  "We kind of talked about this while you were in your
final.  Seeing if we could get you to trim."

"He just wanted to see you naked," Eric said to Adam.

Adam laughed.  Kevin said, "Actually, Adam told me last week that he wanted
to trim up.  I told him to wait and I'd suggest the pool."

Adam said, "Kevin told me that you two were hung and that you and I were
pretty similar.  I was curious.  He hatched this plot."

We all laughed.

We had made love the last night we were in the dorms and lay in my bed
holding each other.  "I've always looked forward to the summers.  I'm not
looking forward to this one," he said.

"It will go quickly."

"I know you don't want to promise that we'll be together in September,
but,"

"Why do you say that?" I asked.

"I wish it was September and I was back."

"Why do you say I don't want to promise?"

"I mean,"

"I want us to be together in September.  I have no plans, thoughts,
desires, intentions of dating, seeing, having sex with anyone else.  I'm
not going to ask you to do that, but I am."

"Why?  I want you to ask me."

"Why?"

"Because then it says that you want me for you.  I want you for me."

"Well, I am for you and only for you.  That's the way I want it to be for
me.  I'd like it to be that way with you too, but I don't want to tell you
to do that."

"Tell me," he said.  "Tell me that you'll beat the crap out of me if I see
someone else." I chuckled.  "I know I probably shouldn't say this, but I am
so much in love with you that it scares me."

We stared at each other.  I said, "I love you too, am in love with you too,
and I guess it scares me too." Silence.  He leaned over and smiled and
kissed me.  "What?"

"I thought you were in love with me, but I didn't think you'd say it.  You
did."

"Shut up," I said and smiled.

"Damn, now it's going to drive me crazy counting the days."

"Why can't you come and stay here once in a while?"

"I have to work."

"You're not working seven days a week, are you?"

"No," he said.  "I can leave work and drive and be here before it was too
late, spend the night the next day and night and then head home.  Would
that be okay with you?"

"Very okay.  Brad won't be at the apartment until school starts so I'll be
the only one in my room.  You won't be able to make a lot of noise when I
fuck you." He laughed.  I said, "You knew I was in love with you?" He
nodded.  "No you didn't."

"Kevin told me.  He said that he knows you better than anyone in the world,
even you.  And he said I was lucky."

As it turned out, Adam would be hanging around for one more day.  Kevin and
Adam showed up with the car and helped Eric and me move out of the dorms.
It took two trips.  After we moved everything into Kevin's apartment, Kevin
said, "Let's go for a run."

We took off at a good pace.  Eric was getting his legs and we kept our
pace.  I was surprised that Adam was keeping up with us.  We ran for about
thirty minutes and then started back.  We were about a half mile from the
apartment when Adam took off.  I looked at Kevin.  He smiled.  I took off.
Kevin stayed with Eric.  Half mile, I thought.  No way can he keep this
pace.  Each time I'd get within ten yards of him, he'd increase his speed.
He beat me back to the apartment.  "I walked around holding my sides,
catching my breath.

Adam walked up to me and said, "You okay?"

"What the fuck was that about?" I said.

Kevin and Eric ran up.  Kevin was laughing.  I looked at Adam who was
smiling.  "I ran track and cross country in high school.  This is just a
warm up for me."

I hugged Adam and said, "Nice run." I smiled at Kevin and gave him the
finger.  He laughed, lifted his arms above his head and did this weird
dance in the street.

We went to dinner and then a movie.  Since it was Adam's last night, Eric
and I slept of the sofa bed, giving them the bedroom.

My parents showed up the day before graduation.  They brought Steven with
them.  Steven stayed in Kevin's room and Eric and I stayed on the sofa bed
again.  It was good seeing Steven.  We talked about how he was doing at
school.  He talked about his new girlfriend.  He was going through
girlfriends, faster than I was going through boyfriends.  I thought to ask
if he got laid yet, but I didn't want to go there.

I remembered what Alex told me about Steven feeling left out.  I hardly
ever spoke to him anymore.  I knew that he and Kevin spoke once in a while,
but that was infrequent.  He and Alex were never close.  After the dinner
that Kevin and Eric cook, Steven and I cleaned up the kitchen.  I said to
him, "You know we are brothers.  I'd really hate to see us become the way
dad and his brother's were."

"Yeah, just because we see things differently, doesn't mean we can't be
close.  I do miss you guys.  I feel like if I'm not around Alex, I'll never
hear from him and if I don't call you, I won't hear from you."

"Well, I don't know about Alex, but I think I can make more of an effort.
Like you said, we may feel differently about stuff, but we can just put
that aside and be brothers."

"I'd like that, really."

"Me, too."

We hugged.

Graduation day, the four of us had to get ready at the same time.  Kevin
jumped in the shower first. Steven and I pushed each other around in the
bathroom.  Eric waited.  When we were done, I called to Eric, "It's all
yours."

"Mom and Dad are here.  They're in Alex's apartment," Kevin said.  Alex and
Greg had an open buffet type of brunch going.  "I'm going over there," he
said to Steven and me.  "Hurry up."

Steven and I were getting dressed.  Eric was in the shower.  "Is he coming
to dinner with us."

"He?"

"Your boyfriend."

I felt that feeling that he always gets going in me.  "He has a name.  It's
Eric."

"Is he planning on going with us?"

"Yes.  Mom said she wanted to meet him."

"She met him yesterday." When they arrived and dropped Steven off, they
came up to the apartment and spent some time with us.  "You know, what
you're doing is up to you, but I don't think you should shove it in Dad's
face." That feeling that started was now roiling through my body.

"Shove it in his face.  Shove what in his face?"

"The fact that you're gay and have a boyfriend.  I mean he knows it and
deals with it, but come on, this is Alex's graduation and a big day for
Dad.  His first son graduating and you've got to,"

My arms were tense and frozen at my sides.  "Mom invited him," I said,
trying to keep my cool.

"Yeah, well Mom did and she thinks of you and not Dad.  Why can't he just
skip it?"

I was so angry, but also confused and concerned.  Was my father upset about
being around Eric?  Was I ruining this day for him?  Steven was right, my
mother had asked me to ask Eric to hang around and come to dinner, not my
dad.  But my dad never invites people anywhere.  He always has my mother do
it.

I kept taking breaths, trying hard not to just react.

I pulled on the rest of my clothes and went next door.  I saw Kevin.  He
saw me.  I was headed for my mother, but she was talking to Greg's parents.
Kevin walked up to me and said, "Are you okay?" I stared at him.  He pulled
me out of the apartment.  "What's wrong?"

I told him what Steven said.  "I don't want to fuck this up for Dad."

"You've got to be fucking kidding me.  Okay, look, talk to Mom."

"But she'll just say it's okay."

"Come with me." He pulled me back inside.

My mother and father were still chatting away.  Kevin nodded to my mother.
She looked at us and nodded.  Moments later she came to us.

I asked her if Eric was invited to the dinner.

"Yes, of course.  Why?"

I told her what Steven said.

"That's just not true," she said.  "Where is he?"

"Mom, you can't tell me that it's okay with Dad if it's not.  Don't do
that," I said.

She stared at me angrily.  She walked over to my father and then came back
with him.  "Josh is concerned about your feelings," she said.

"About what?"

"Please tell me the truth, Dad.  I don't want to ruin today for you," I
said.  My lips trembled.  "If you don't want Eric to come to the dinner,
please tell me."

"What?  Where is this coming from?" He looked at my mother.  "Josh, I want
Eric to come to the dinner.  If I didn't want him to come, your mother
would not have invited him.  Where is this coming from?"

"Never mind," I said.  "I just had to know.  Go back to the party," I said,
trying to control my anger.  "Everything is fine."

Kevin and left the apartment.  I walked toward Kevin's apartment.  Kevin
was on my heels.  He grabbed me.  "If you start with him, Eric's going to
hear you.  Stay out here."

He opened the door.  Steven was in the living room.  "Get out here," Kevin
said.

"What?" he said, stepping outside.

"Where do you get off telling anyone who can come to dinner," Kevin said.

"I'm just worried about Dad."

"Look, you stupid fuck," I growled.

"Oh so were going to be close are we.  Just as long as we do what you want.
I'm your older brother and that counts for something," he said, pointing
his finger at me.  "We're close as long as I kiss your ass.  I have a right
to an opinion, just like them."

I was frozen with anger.  It was one of those moments that if I moved,
something bad was going to happen.

Kevin was standing between Steven and I.  He said to Steven in a very calm
voice, "You're entitled to your opinion.  If having Eric there makes you
uncomfortable, then say so.  But that's not what you said is it, you
weasel."

"You said, Dad, was uncomfortable," I said, pointing at him.  "You said I
was ruining Dad's day.  That concerns me.  I couldn't give a shit about
ruining your day."

"This is the thing I've always hated about you, Steven," Kevin said,
quietly.  You're a fucking coward.  You have no balls, no guts, no
integrity.  You're a fucking loser."

"What's going on here," my Dad said.

"Nothing," Kevin said.  "Really, Dad, it's fine.  Go back to the party."

"You told Josh that I didn't want Eric to come to dinner?" he said to
Steven.

"I know how you feel about,"

"You know nothing about how I feel about anything.  You don't get to speak
for me.  No one speaks for me," he grumbled.  "Not your mother, not you, no
one.  You mother told me that Josh was dating Eric.  I was the one who told
her that I wanted to meet him, spend time with him, take him to dinner,
like I had taken Kim to dinner."

I looked at my dad and tears filled my eyes.

"I just thought," Steven said.

"Do us a favor and don't think," my dad said and walked away.  Then he
turned and said, "Where is that boy?"

"Inside," I said.

"He went for a walk," Steven said, his face red.  "I guess he overheard
Josh and I talking."

"Josh and me, you idiot," I grumbled.  I had to get that in.  I knew it
would piss him off.

My dad walked back toward us.  "Did you say something to him?" he asked
Steven.

"No," he said to my father.  "He asked me if it was going to be awkward
having him there.  I told him it might be but that you'd act fine no matter
what."

Kevin grabbed me as I lurched toward Steven.  "Anything you say right now
may never be taken back," Kevin said to me.  "Call Eric."

I stared at Steven.

"Call him," my dad said.

I took out my phone.  "Hey, where are you?"

"It's okay," Eric said. "Look, I'll go to a movie.  I'll see you tonight."

My dad put out his hand for the phone.  I gave it to him.  "Eric, this is
Josh's father." My father took several steps away from us.

I looked at Steven, trying to control myself.  "If he doesn't come to
dinner tonight.  You're not going either, because I'm going to knock your
teeth out.  And if he does come, I'll wait until after dinner."

Kevin smiled at me, grabbed my face a kissed me on the mouth.  "I love
you," he said, still standing between us.

My dad handed me the phone.  "Go and pick him up," he said to Kevin.  To
Steven he said, "Come with me." They walked away.

I talked to Eric and found out where he was.  We got in the car and picked
him up.  When he got in the car he looked sheepish.  "I should have gone
home after finals."

I was about to speak when Kevin said, "What did my dad say to you."

"He said that Steven was full of shit, that he was the one who asked to
meet me and have me come to dinner and that not only would he and your mom
be upset if I didn't come to dinner but that I'd ruin it for Josh, Kevin
and Alex."

I turned and looked at him.  "My brother is an asshole.  My father never
said that he'd be uncomfortable.  You believe that, don't you?"

"Yeah.  I just feel bad about it all."

We went back.  When we walked in, my mother pulled Eric aside.  I stared at
Steven.  He wouldn't look at me.  We went to the graduation.  I calmed
down, or put my anger aside. Alex was graduating with high honors.
Sitting, watching, brought back all those memories of us being kids and how
at high school games I'd stand in the bleachers and yell that Alex was my
brother.  I felt so proud to be his brother.  I looked over at my mother
and father.  He was holding her hand.  She had tears in her eyes.

We all gushed over him afterwards.  He introduced us to the two professors
he would be working with.  They talked to my parents about how excited they
were to have him joining them.  My dad listened and smiled.

We went to dinner.  My dad made a toast.  "Alex is my first son.  When he
was a boy, I'd watch him play and wonder what sort of man he'd be.  He's
turned out to be the sort of man who I couldn't possible be more proud of.
You are and always have been a gift to your mother and me." I looked over
and saw tears in Alex's eyes.

"As your mother," my mother said, "You were my first, too." We smiled.
"You broke us in for your brothers." I chuckled.  "You have always made me
proud to say that you were my son.  Always."

"Thank you Dad," Alex said, "Mom."

Everyone drank.

Kevin said, "Alex's shoes were always tough to fill.  The thing was that if
I ever need help, you were the first one to give me the guidance and
encouragement that I needed.  I wouldn't be half the man I am today, if it
wasn't for you."

"Ditto," Steven said.

Ditto, I thought.  Ditto, really?

I said, "My turn." Alex smiled.  "The best thing about being born after the
twins and last was getting to share a room with you.  Any one else might
have hated having to share a room with his kid brother, but you were always
so generous and kind to me.  It's been said that I've always been your
biggest fan, standing in the bleachers screaming your name.  The truth is
that you have many fans.  I just make the most noise." Laughter.  "I made
the most noise because you've always been my hero," I said and my voice
cracked.  "I love you."

"Come over here," he said to me standing.  We hugged.  "I love you," he
said into my ear.

I sat.  Kim had tears rolling down her face.  She said to my mother,
"You've raised beautiful sons."

We had dinner.  It was good.  I liked having Eric sitting beside me.  My
mom talked to Eric.  My dad asked him about swimming Ðwhat he did and how
he did.  Eric seemed at ease talking to them.

The plan was that my parents would leave the next day.  Kevin and I were
hanging around for a couple of days and then driving Eric home on our way
home.  Steven was going to hang around with us and drive home with us.
Kevin, Steven, Eric and I rode to the apartment together.

I said to Kevin, "Either Steven goes home with Mom and Dad tomorrow, or we
have to figure out a way to get me home and get Eric home."

Kevin looked at me through the rear view mirror.

Steven said, "Don't be an ass."

I very calmly said, "How is it that you show up here, I reach out to you
and say let's be friends, let's be closer than we are, and then you stir up
crap all on your own with no one's help and I react and I'm the ass.  You
know Steven, before I talk to you again you're going to apologize to me
Until then, I'm done and that's all I have to say."

"I don't owe you an apology," he said to me. "Eric I'm sorry for the
misunderstanding."

"I'm not sure I misunderstood anything, but you don't have to apologize to
me."

We got to the apartment.  As we walked up to the stairs, Kevin distanced
himself from us and got on his cell phone.  Steven went upstairs and
waited.  Eric and I stood at the bottom of the steps.  Alex and Kim drove
up.  "What's up?" Alex asked.

"It's a long story you don't need to concern yourself with," I said.  "It's
all a lot of bullshit."

Kevin walked up to us.  "They'll pick him up in the morning."

"What happened?" Alex asked.

Kevin gave him the short story.  "Alex," I said. "I thought about what you
said, about Steven feeling pushed aside.  Maybe I'm the one who does that,
but I'm sorry, whatever his story with me is, he does his best to get me
nuts.  You and Kevin can be close to him, I'm done trying.  From now on,
he's going to have to do the trying."

Kim looked at Eric and asked, "Are you okay?" He nodded.

Alex and Kim went upstairs.  I was talking to Kevin when I saw Alex and
Steven arguing.  Alex yelled, "It's my graduation and I decide who comes
not you.  When you graduate you decide." Steven started to talk, but Alex
walked away.  Then he yelled, "You're a passive aggressive prick and that's
why no one what's to have anything to do with you." Then Alex turned and
walked back toward Steven.

I said to Eric, "Let's go for a walk.  I don't want to hear any of this and
I don't want to get crazy again."

Kevin said, "Wait for me." He ran upstairs and opened his apartment door
for Steven and than came downstairs.  We walked.  "Eric, Steven and I were
close at one time.  He always drove me crazy, but we were twins.  When I
found out that Josh was gay, he and I got a lot closer.  Steven hated it.
So, I guess this is all my fault."

"Is he gay?" Eric asked.  "You don't seem quote unquote gay or straight and
neither does Josh, but there's something about him that does seem gay. I
mean when I met him I just assumed he was and was shocked when he said he
had a girlfriend."

I didn't say anything.

"I've always thought he was," Kevin said.  "He hates the idea of being gay
and I think he hates that Josh is okay with it."

"Yeah, but you are too," Eric said to Kevin.  "Does he hate that you are?"

"Yeah, he does.  He started to give me the talk last night, about how if I
tried really hard I could date girls.  I told him to shove it up his ass
and that if he said another word, he'd be sleeping at the hotel with Mom
and Dad.  Then he went to bed and he hasn't spoken to me since. He really
goes after Josh and I think it's because Josh reacts.  Years ago, I learned
to give him the finger and walk away."

We walked back to the apartment.  Steven was in bed.  Kevin, Eric and I
went back outside.  Kevin had a joint.  "Knock very lightly on Alex's
door," Kevin said to me.

I did.

Alex opened the door.  I was about so say something when he looked toward
Kevin who showed him the joint.  Alex called Kim.  They were both in shorts
and tee shirts.  We sat on the steps and passed a joint around.

"I like your parents," Eric said.

"Let's not talk family," Kevin said.  "I want to enjoy this."

"Tough year," I said, "but it's coming to a good end.  I'm with Eric.
Kevin and Adam seem to be hitting it off.  And you two," I said.  "Things
are good."

"Things are good," Kevin said.

"Josh told me he's in love with me.  It used to be that he was in deep
like, but he said he's in love with me." He looked at me.  "Shit, I'm so
stoned."

Everyone laughed.

Alex said, "we've all known that for months."

As angry as Steven made me, I thought about him and felt bad for him.  Did
I really take Kevin from him?  Was this all about him not wanting to be
gay?  Alex, then Kevin, and then I was the center of attention, the
quarterbacks, what my dad treasured.  Steven was always in the background.
He cried when he got hurt.  Alex, Kevin and I braved it out without letting
a tear fall, even when we got the strap.  He lied to get out of trouble.
Alex, Kevin and I learned to hide the truth, but when confronted we owned
up.  Alex, Kevin and I held the code of brothers Ðnever tattle.  He always
tattled on us when we were kids.

"Where did you go?" Kevin asked me.

"Just thinking about when we were kids," I said and smiled.



This is a long one.  So, this is a good place to stop.  Well, again, thank
you for hanging in there with me.  This is coming to an end soon.

Josh