Erastes

Different Points of View

Chapters 31-35

I couldn't believe how easily my life was beginning to take on a semblance of normalcy again. Not only did I have Jared, Josh and Sherry back in my life, even though the situation with Josh still presented a few difficulties, but I also had Darren as well. If that wasn't enough, I had gained a constant companion in Boo-Boo, who seemed to immediately recognize me and appeared very content being back at the house, where he had more room to run around. Although Boo-Boo had created a few problems when Sherry had left him unsupervised, he remained very calm and content at my place, but that may be due to the fact that he was never left alone for very long.

During this same period, Darren and I spent our time diligently working on the picture books and my original publisher loved what we'd accomplished so far. For the story on bullying, Darren and I discussed what we thought would work best to get the concept across. Since these books were geared toward young children, and decided to use cats in the illustrations. And not just house cats either – we wanted to use the entire family of cats, so this is how we decided to do it.

First, we were going to have the largest cats, the lions and tigers, bully and push around the cats that were smaller than they were. This would include the leopards, cheetahs, ocelots and jaguars, and even though these smaller cats were outsized and found it difficult to physically defend themselves, they found another means to get even with their tormentors, at least among themselves. The smaller cats got a certain amount of satisfaction out of making jokes about the lions and tigers being big, stupid, fat and lazy, which seemed to make them feel a little better about their current situation.

The lions and tigers weren't the only bullies, however, because the cheetahs and jaguars would go out of their way to taunt the leopards, ocelots, cougars and bobcats. The cheetahs and jaguars would tease the other cats about being slow and made fun of them for losing every race. This allowed the cheetahs and jaguars to feel slightly better about their own situation, because they could now make the other cats feel as badly about themselves, as the lions and tigers were making them feel.

The bullying didn't stop there though. All of the bigger cats I've mentioned so far would also gang up on the housecats and push them around. The larger cats not only tormented the housecats because they were much smaller, but they would also taunt them by saying they were spoiled and so dependent on humans that they couldn't fend for themselves, even if their lives depended on it

Then there were the poor ligers, a cross between a lion and a tiger, and they weren't immune to this shoddy treatment either. The ligers were teased and harassed by the lions, because they were part tiger, and none of the lions wanted anything to do with them. The lions made fun of how the ligers' looked and called them half-breeds, so the ligers thought it would be better if they hung around the tigers instead. That didn't work out as they'd hoped though, because the tigers made fun of them for being part lion. The tigers also made fun of how the ligers looked and called them half-breeds as well. Even though the ligers were part lion and part tiger, they didn't fit into either world and both sides took great pleasure in making them feel miserable about themselves.

There were also the poor panthers, or as others of their kind derogatorily referred to them, the 'black panthers.' The panthers were born as either a leopard or jaguar but had entirely black fur, instead of the normal spotted coat that the others of their species bore. Using this accidental quirk of birth, which resulted in them looking different from their peers, the other members of their kind relentlessly tormented them. They not only teased them about their ugly appearance, but they also excluded the panthers from taking part in nearly all group activities.

What we were attempting to do in these situations was to show the children that it seemed as if all of the cats were willing to bully and tease the weaker and smaller members of their kind, as well as those who were in someway different from them. None of the cats doing the bullying seemed to care if their actions were leaving the other cats out of things or making them feel badly, because it somehow made them feel better about themselves and gave them a feeling of superiority over at least a small group of others. We hoped the children reading our book would draw their own correlation between what the cats were doing and how the children treated others.

For the empathy picture book, we decided to use primates to illustrate the story, since we felt those animals were not only intriguing to children, but they were also very similar to humans in many ways. By using primates as our characters, we felt we could both illustrate the trait of empathy, while also facilitating the readers into transposing what was happening in the story to a human point of view.

First, we started with a monkey that had been involved in a very bad accident in which it broke its arm, and even though its arm had healed, it hadn't mended properly. For that reason, this poor monkey was having difficulty swinging through the trees and couldn't do it as effortlessly or quickly as his peers. Due to this fact, the others took great pleasure in mocking his awkward movements and happily left him struggling to keep up, whenever he attempted to go out with the group.

Then, we used an orangutan that wasn't mentally as sharp or agile as the other orangutans. Some of his peers would tease him about being dumb and then go out of their way to prevent him from joining in on whatever they were doing at the time. A few of the orangutans would go to the other extreme and treat him like a baby and attempt to do everything for him, while acting as if he couldn't do anything for himself. The orangutan in question would get very upset whenever this happened and verbally lash out at those doing this, although he tried not to completely offend them. He would tell them that he appreciated their help when he asked for it, but he would only do that when he was totally stumped. At the same time, he would insist that he wasn't stupid and could do most things for himself, even if it sometimes took him a little longer to figure things out.

The next character was a baboon that had been badly burned in a fire when it was younger. Even though the baboon had survived this ordeal, the incident had left it badly scarred. Large portions of its body were covered in scar tissue, where the fur was unable to grow back, and these unsightly patches on its body caused many of the other baboons to stare at him. They would also tease him about how ugly those areas made him appear, but their repulsion also caused them to shy away from him completely.

Finally, we used a gorilla that had a couple of birth defects, which made him different from everyone else. When he was born, his skull was sunken in on the right side and left him with no eye socket, but he also had a twisted and badly deformed right foot, which made it difficult for him to move about. The other gorillas not only liked to point out these problems and make hurtful remarks, but none of them ever wanted to play with him either.

The final couple of pages asked the children to think about how they would feel if they had one of these problems and how they might have reacted if they had been treated the same way as the characters in the story. Then we asked the children to always put themselves in the other persons place and think about how they might feel, before they made any comments or refused to have anything to do with another child. We also reminded the readers that a minor quirk of birth or an unavoidable accident might have easily placed them in a similar situation.

The publisher loved both the storyline and the illustrations for each of these stories and rushed them into print. Once they were available, these books became an instant hit with librarians, teachers and parents, as well as the children, so they sold very quickly. This meant that Darren and I not only profited from our initial contract, but we also began receiving additional royalties when sales surpassed predetermined criteria. In the end, this was not only a very lucrative collaboration for us, which allowed Darren to save up to return to college, but it also gave him something substantial to add to his future resume.

Due to our success, Darren was not only feeling better about himself and his future job prospects, but it also improved his confidence and the way he presented himself to others. He was doing well at work, getting along terrifically with his girlfriend and was growing closer to Sherry and the boys, who were frequent visitors to the house. In fact, Darren was looking out for the boys and would sometimes go up and get Josh so he could join us, whenever Jared was with me. Darren would do this because he understood how Josh must be feeling about being left out, since he wasn't allowed to come down without another adult being present. Since Darren understood he could fill that role for Josh, we were able to include Josh in many of our activities. Sherry also got along very well with Darren and was thrilled that he was willing to go out of his way to do these things for her younger son.

Since the boys were going to be spending time with us again, I decided to have Darren help me select some other things to keep them occupied while they were here, especially once the weather began to turn colder.

"Darren, I'm thinking about buying a game system for the house, so you and the boys will have something else to do, besides watch TV, movies or just hang out," I advised him. "Do you have a recommendation for which one you think would be best?"

"One of my former roommates had a PlayStation 2 and another had an Xbox," he began. "I didn't really care for the controller the Xbox used though and thought the PS2 had better games. I had another friend that had a Wii and that was a lot of fun too. It's a tough call, but I think Josh and Jared would be happy with any of them."

I thanked Darren for his help and planned to pick something up the next time I was out. When the time came, I ended up buying both a PS2 and a Wii system for the house and had Darren help me select a few extra game cartridges to go with them.

As soon as the boys saw what I had purchased, they eagerly thanked me and exclaimed how happy they were with these new toys, as well as the additional games we had purchased to go along with them. The boys seemed thrilled that they now had something else they could use to entertain themselves while they were here and enthusiastically began to challenge each other, but they also dragged me into these contests as well. Even though Jared enjoyed doing this, he was quick to let me know that there were some other games he was even more eager to try and became much more aggressive in his sexual demands. It seemed as if he was continually hinting that he was ready to move to the next level, although I was more tentative in my approach.

Whenever we were alone, Jared would do his best to convince me that it was time for me to make love to him. When he did this, I would remind him about what his mother had told him on his birthday, that she wanted me to love him, but it didn't mean I had to make love to him. In response, he insisted that since he was now old enough to be able to choose to be with me, then he should also be old enough to decide WHEN and IF he wanted to make love as well. I told him I needed to give this some more thought first, before I'd give him my answer.

On the Saturday before school started, Sherry called and asked if I wanted to go with them when they did their back-to-school shopping, like we had done the previous year. Although I really wanted to join them, I told her I didn't think it was a very good idea. I explained that since all of the stores would be full of children and their parents, I was worried that if someone recognized me and create a scene about me being there as well, especially with so many children around and knowing about my restrictions. Sherry didn't totally agree with my logic, but she understood my dilemma and didn't force the issue.

I did, however, ask her to stop by before they left, so I could give her some money, since I still wanted to help buy things for the boys, like I'd done before. She tried to politely refuse my offer, seeing I wasn't going with them this time, but I insisted that she let me do this. Eventually, she relented and took my money, but she also made me promise that I would come up to their house after they got back, so I could see what the boys had purchased. She said she'd call once they returned and were ready for me to join them, so I agreed to her stipulation.

While they were gone, I couldn't help but think about the fun we'd had the previous year on our back to school shopping trip, so I felt sad, because I was missing out on a very important experience. I still believed, however, that I'd made the correct choice by opting to avoid this situation and any potential problems it might create. I chose to ensure my continued freedom, rather than to enjoy a few fleeting hours going from store to store with them. Although I might have been able to get away with blending in as a family, the potential fallout from being recognized was just too great to ignore. If anyone realized that Jared had been the allegedly abused minor and then saw him with his supposed abuser, then I think the proverbial crap would have hit the fan. We would have stood out like a sore thumb and been the target of their abuse, so for that reason I think I'd made an appropriate decision.

Sherry didn't end up phoning me until after dinner, and when I went up to their house, I noticed there was another car parked out in front. I thought it was a bit odd, since I'd never noticed anything like that before, but then I figured it was possible that someone had had car problems and temporarily abandoned their vehicle there. Since I didn't think I would have been invited if there were a problem, I went up to their door and knocked. Jared answered it almost immediately and invited me inside, but as soon as I passed through the doorway, I noticed there were several others sitting in the living room. Instinctively, my body stiffened and I felt the hairs on the back of my neck begin to rise, as I looked around to see if I recognized any of these people.

It didn't take very long before I realized that I did know everyone present, because it was Dean's mother, along with Austin and Steve's fathers. This caused me to suddenly wonder what this was about and if I'd been set up.

"Don't worry, this isn't an ambush," Austin's father stated, as soon as he noticed the look on my face.

"No, please don't think that," Dean's mother added. "We'd told Sherry before that we wanted to let you know that there were no hard feelings with any of us or our sons. We just wanted to let you know that we trust you as much now, as we did when you invited our sons to Jared's birthday party and took them camping."

"Please believe that," Steve's father continued. "We all talked to our sons when we saw your picture in the paper and they each assured us that you'd never tried anything with them and had always treated them very well. They enjoyed the time they spent with you, including at your house and in your pool, so they wanted us to let you know that we're still fine with the idea of them being around you."

I was temporarily speechless, because this wasn't the reaction that had leapt into my mind when I first saw each of them here. Yes, I should have known that Sherry wouldn't have set me up to be raked over the coals, since that would have hurt her son as well, but I wasn't ready for these people to be so supportive. After a few seconds of remaining totally dumbfounded and speechless, I swallowed hard and began to respond.

"I appreciate your continued faith in me and want to assure you that it means a great deal," I stated, "but there are other factors at play here, which are no longer in my control. Since I now have to register as a sex offender, I am not permitted to be around anyone below the age of 16, unless there is another adult around to supervise the activity. Other than that, it's nice to know that I still enjoy your trust and friendship."

"Just so you know, Austin made me promise to inform you that he is 16 now, so your restriction doesn't apply to him," his father explained.

"And Steve will be turning 16 in two weeks, shortly after school begins, so it won't be a problem with him for much longer either," Steve's father quickly followed.

"Sherry has told me that she's taken Josh down to your place so he can spend time with you, but she's also advised me that you have another young man who is temporarily residing with you," Dean's mother began. "If you wouldn't mind, I'd be willing to give Dean permission to spend time at your place as well, if either Sherry or that young man is there, so you won't get into trouble."

"I appreciate everything you've said and I want you to know that you're also welcome to join us, anytime your sons are at my place," I responded. "I want you to know my house is open and I have nothing to hide from any of you. I'd be happy to have your sons visit, if that is what they wish to do, but I don't want you forcing them into doing this, just to prove a point."

"That definitely isn't the case here," Austin's dad countered. "The boys are the ones who have been putting pressure on us to come speak with you and they were the ones that worked this out with Jared, so his mom could arrange this meeting for us."

"And we all came together, in one car, so we wouldn't scare you off, but still be able to show our support," Dean's mother stated, to clarify the point even further.

"Please don't be afraid to ask our sons to join you in the future," Steve's father added. "I think each of the boys felt they'd lost something very special, once the witch hunt began, because that's exactly what each of us, our spouses and our sons all believe it was."

I was choked up from this show of support, and even though it had taken a couple of minutes for this all to sink in, I finally regained my focus. I eagerly shook their hands and thanked them again for their support before they left.

Once the other adults had gone, Josh and Jared were eager to show me the things they'd purchased and Sherry even tried to give me back some money. I just shrugged it off and told her to keep the extra cash, since I had given her what I was willing to spend on her sons this year. After that, we all sat around and chatted for a while, before Jared talked his mother into letting him spend the night with me.

"See, not everyone thinks you're bad," Jared pointed out, once we were in the Tahoe. "Josh and my friends really like you too and they were all really upset when they learned what had happened. That's why they wanted us to let you know they still want to spend time with you."

"Wow! I don't know what to say and I really wasn't expecting anything like this to happen," I responded. "It is nice to know that not everyone thinks I'm an evil person and they don't feel they have to hide their children when I'm around."

"They don't and they were all kind of hoping we could spend time with you now and that we could all go out for my birthday and camping again next summer," he explained. "I think they're also hoping they might be able to come up and go swimming at your house again, before you close the pool down for the winter."

"Maybe we'll be able to do that, since it's still quite warm out," I offered, as we were heading into the house. "I might just wait a few extra weeks before I drain the pool, but you'll have to warn everyone that it would probably be best if there wasn't any more skinny-dipping. That's all I'd need, is for someone to see a bunch of naked boys running around outside my place."

Jared laughed, but I think he got the message.

When we went to bed later, Jared began to pressure me again about making love to him. He said he was ready to try it, but I wasn't convinced it was something we should be doing yet. Since he was bringing this topic up more often and becoming more insistent about it, I finally agreed to a slight concession.

"I'll tell you what," I began. "I'll go to the adult store and buy a few dildos in various sizes, so we can break you in gradually. Would that be all right with you?"

"I'd rather have you in me, but if doing this means we'll get to do it sooner," he answered, "then I'm all for it."

Seeing he was willing to go along with my concession, I would need to go purchase the required items. The thing was, I didn't want to do it locally. That's all I would need is for someone to recognize me and see me selecting dildos in various sizes, because they'd probably have the cops at my front door before I got home. Instead, I'd make the long drive to one of the larger cities and go to an adult store there. In fact, I had one in mind already, because I had done business there before.

Even though I wouldn't be having intercourse with him, I did agree that we could suck each other off. Surprisingly, he no longer wanted to do this to each other at the same time, in a sixty-nine position, and stated that he wanted us to take our time and pay more attention to other parts of the body too. I'm not certain, but I think he suggested this so I would be able take the time to rim him as well. Jared seemed to have taken a particular liking for that particular activity and I think that once I had started to do it with him, I believe it became the catalyst for him wanting me to have intercourse with him as well.

When the day came that the boys were going to be starting school again, I had warned them that I didn't think it would be wise for me to wait outside this year, but they could look for me in the living room window and I'd wave at them when they went by. That's exactly what they did and I energetically waved as they went by and saw them coyly waving back, before the bus drove out of sight.

The weekend after Steve turned 16, Jared had me invite Steve, Austin and him to the house for a swim. Sherry also brought Josh and Dean down to join us, since the two youngest boys didn't want to be left out, and we spent most of the day playing volleyball and just horsing around in the water. I was pleased that all the boys kept their swimsuits on, but then again I imagined that was because they didn't want to show their budding manhood off in front of Sherry. Anyway, we all had such a great time that they all began to pester me to let them do this again the following weekend. Once I agreed, each of them gave me a tremendous hug before he left, but the boys also mentioned that they had missed me and were really glad that I was back.

Once the others left, Jared convinced his mother to let him stay behind, but just so we could talk in private. He already knew he couldn't spend the night, since he had classes the next day, so once he agreed that he would return home within the hour, his mother gave in to his request. As soon as his mom and brother were gone, Jared got right to the point.

"Did you get that stuff yet?" he demanded.

"Actually, I did," I confirmed. "I went out Thursday, while you were at school. It's not that I thought there would be any youngsters where I was heading to purchase these things, but I wanted to stop at some other stores too and even take a little time to eat somewhere nice, since I haven't been able to do that for quite a while either."

"Ok, great!" Jared exclaimed. "Can we go upstairs and try them out now?"

"I suppose we can, although it means we'll only be getting you prepared using the sex aids. I'm not going to do anything more with you tonight."

"I know, but I still think I can do it with you without using all of this other stuff," he challenged.

"Maybe and maybe not, but this way we'll know for sure," I countered.

After making certain the doors were locked, Jared followed me up to my bedroom and I showed him what I'd purchased. There were four dildos in total, all in different sizes, with the first one being slightly smaller than his penis was. The second one was approximately the same size as his penis, the next one was slightly larger and the last one was about the same size as my penis. I felt that if he could handle the largest dildo, then he'd be ready for me, but we'd slowly work him up to that point.

While he was taking off his clothes, I laid the smallest dildo on the bed and then placed a towel on top of my bedding for Jared to lie on. When he was in position on the towel, I lubed up my fingers and slowly began to work the first one into his butthole. As is typical with a novice, his anal ring clamped down on my finger and tried to force it back out, but once he began to relax, the finger slid in and out quite easily. As I was doing this, I also twisted the finger around in his hot tunnel, as I slowly finger fucked him. When I felt convinced he was comfortable with that, I added a second finger and repeated the process.

When I looked up at this face, to see how he was doing, Jared seemed to be enjoying the experience. I could tell, because he had a contented half-smile on his lips, his eyelids were half closed and his head was lolling from side to side, as if he were enjoying a slight buzz. This buzz, however, was a sexual high and not one produced by drugs or alcohol.

After we had done this for a brief time, I added a third finger to the mix and repeated the process. When I realized that Jared was able to handle this as well, I reached for the dildo, added some lube to it and then lined it up with his back entrance.

"Jared, this won't yield as much as my fingers did, while I was working them in you, so you may have to push out a little, like you are taking a crap, as I guide it into you," I urged.

Jared did as I'd instructed and the dildo popped fairly easily past his anal ring. I noticed that Jared winced a little when this first happened, but it was only a mild reaction, so I wasn't sure if he'd felt a little pain or if he was merely surprised by the difference in how it felt.

"Are you alright?" I asked, to see how he was doing.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he agreed. "I was just surprised because that felt different than your fingers had."

Jared then went on to confirm that he hadn't realized the head on the dildo was going to feel slightly thicker than the shaft, so he was surprised when his anal ring snapped down on it, once the bulbous head had entered.

As long as he was fine with this, I slowly pushed the dildo all the way in, before pulling it most of the way out again, and I did this multiple times to prepare him. Every now and then, I would pull it out completely, before reinserting it, and the first time I did this, Jared immediately began to protest that he wasn't ready to stop. He quickly ended his complaining when he realized I was pushing it back in, and after doing this for ten minutes or so, I felt Jared was ready to try to the next larger dildo, which was the size of his penis.

This time it would be like he was doing it with a friend his own age, which meant it would be like Austin or Steve was fucking him, because their penises were all fairly similar in size. I still wasn't sure if either of the other pair was gay, straight or maybe bi, so I didn't know if Jared might actually get a chance to do something like this with them, but this would prepare him for it, if it were to happen. Anyway, I lubed up that dildo and placed it at his rectum, before I told him he might have to push out a little harder this time, seeing this dildo was slightly larger.

Jared actually yelped a little this time, when the head of the dildo popped past his anal ring, so I stopped and asked him if he was ok. He said he was, but had been surprised by how much larger it felt and how it stretched him more than the other one had. I told him that was typical reaction for a novice and then I asked him if he wanted to stop. He refused and insisted that we keep going, so I slid it in and out of him several times, before I withdrew it completely again. After adding a little more lube to the dildo, I inserted it again, but this time he didn't react when it entered, so we did that a few more times, before I stopped.

"Do the next one now," Jared urged.

"No, that's enough for tonight," I told him. "We'll do this again, the next time you're down here, and maybe then we'll get to the next larger one as well, but that will depend on how well you handle these again."

Jared wasn't happy that we were going to quit for now, but he stopped complaining when I began to suck him off and used my finger to massage his prostate. Once he ejaculated, he insisted on returning the favor, so after he had sucked me off too, he got dressed and left for home. I always hate to see him go and each time it happens it seems slightly more difficult for me to watch him head toward his house, even though I knew he'd be coming back eventually.

Unexpectedly, Jared called on Tuesday to advise me that Austin and Steve were anxious to come to my house again, so they could swim this weekend. They also wanted to know if they could come on Saturday and then stay overnight, so they could swim with us both days. They knew that Josh, Dean and Sherry would be joining us on Sunday, but Steve and Austin said they were hoping they could spend the extra day with us too. When I hesitated about allowing the other pair to stay overnight, Jared quickly reminded me that they were both 16 now and their parents were fine with the idea, so I relented, yet again. Damn, I sometimes wonder why I continue to let Jared talk me into doing these things, especially after how the situation had worked out the last time.

When the weekend arrived, Jared was extremely anxious and came down on Friday night instead, so he could spend the entire weekend with me. I soon discovered he had an ulterior motive for doing this, however, because before we went to bed that evening, he wanted me to use the dildos on him again. After I agreed, I repeated exactly the same process that I had used on him before. When he wanted to move on to the next larger dildo, I told him that I didn't want to do that yet, because we wouldn't be able to do more later, since Austin and Steve were going to be here. I told him when we moved on to the next larger dildo that I wanted to be able to do it a couple of days in a row, to make certain he was having no problems either in between or afterward. He wasn't happy with my decision, but he gave in, at least until the following weekend.

Saturday, Austin's father dropped the two boys off at my place just before noon, along with two pizzas. He explained that he felt he needed to do at least this much, seeing I was entertaining the boys and being so good about it. I invited him to stay and join us, but he said he had other plans and told us to have a good time. The boys each had an overnight bag, which they carried inside with them, so while they were bringing their things inside, I took the pizzas and carried them into the kitchen.

After we ate, we sat around and talked for a while, because I told the boys we should probably wait a bit before we hit the pool. I excused myself for a few minutes, while I went to use the toilet, and when I came back, I was shocked to hear Jared telling Austin and Steve what we had done the previous weekend after they'd left, as well as last night. I was mortified that he had informed them that we had oral sex, but he also told them that I'd started using the dildos on him too. After hearing this, I hung back and didn't go into the living room right away, because I didn't want the boys to know that I'd inadvertently overheard their conversation and realized they now knew the types of things Jared and I were doing.

After standing in the shadows and debating my next move, I eventually decided to go to the kitchen next, instead of returning to the living room. Once there, I began to putter around doing some other stuff, until Jared came out to find me.

"What are you doing in here?" he demanded.

I merely turned and stared at him, since I wasn't quite sure what to say. Finally, I decided to confront him about what he'd just done.

"What the hell were you doing in there?" I challenged. "Why did you tell them what we did in private?"

"Calm down, Dad," he replied. "They're old enough to know and they're cool about what we are doing. Don't worry, because they won't tell anyone else about it either."

"Jared, I'm not sure I can risk that again…" I protested, only to be cut off.

"Trust me, Dad, and trust them," he stated. "None of us will ever do anything to hurt you again. That was hard on us too, whether you know it or not"

Even though I realized they had suffered due to my incarceration as well, it didn't mean I wanted to tempt fate again. I didn't have long to consider this, however, because Jared had begun to urge me to rejoin him and the other pair. He obviously wasn't about to take 'no' for an answer and dragged me back to the living room.

"Sorry about that, but Dad began to worry when he heard what I was telling you guys," he announced, as we walked back in and rejoined the others.

After hearing Jared say that, the other pair quickly assured me they had no problems with what we were doing and would never say anything about it to anyone else. I told them I hoped that was true, because if I ever got arrested again the judge would probably lock me up for life. They looked shocked and began insisting that I could trust them completely, and I figured that I had little choice. Since Jared had told them everything, he had effectively taken away any options.

A few minutes later, the boys asked me if we could change now and go swimming, and since we had waited a sufficient length of time since we'd eaten, I agreed. At first, I thought they might have worn their swimsuits under their clothes, but they quickly told me that since they were staying overnight they had just packed them with their other things. Seeing we all had to change, I led them upstairs.

Along the way, I told Austin and Steve they could use the guest room and put their things in there, but I also advised them we'd have to be quiet, so we didn't bother Darren. I also pointed out which room was his, so they wouldn't accidentally disturb him, and they promised they would be very careful and not let that happen. After they carried their bags into the guest room, Jared and I went into my bedroom, but we hadn't even began to undress yet when Austin and Steve came bursting in to join us, carrying their swim trunks.

"I thought you guys were going to change in the guest room," I stated, when they came charging in.

"Nah, we've all changed together before, so we didn't see any reason why we couldn't do it now too," Austin stated.

"Yeah, we don't have anything to hide from each other," Steve added.

I wasn't sure about this, but I didn't want to hurt their feelings and make them feel as if I didn't trust them, so I let it slide. Before long, each of them seemed to be showing off his body to me, both front and back, totally lacking any signs of inhibition.

The boys wanted Boo-Boo to join us and we spent a couple of hours in the pool. We were all fairly exhausted when we got out, well at least I was, so we decided to sit on the patio furniture for a while and air dry, before going back inside. When we did, the boys all followed me into my room again.

"Bob, would you and Jared show us some of the things you've been doing?" Austin asked, once we'd reached my bedroom.

"I don't think that's such a good idea," I answered. "I don't want to do anything that might upset your parents."

"You won't," Steve assured me. "Our dads told us that we were old enough to make our own decisions and they would trust us to do what was right."

"That may be, but I'm not sure they'd consider this as being the right thing to do," I replied.

"They won't care, as long as it's our decision," Austin stated, while appearing quite sure of himself. "Besides, we aren't going to tell them what we did either."

"I don't mind if they watch, Dad," Jared quickly added, before I'd had a chance to respond. "I mean we've all seen each other naked a whole bunch of times, so what's the big deal?"

"The big deal is they want to see us doing sex stuff," I pointed out.

"The three of us jacked off together a few times while you were gone, although I didn't feel like doing it as often without you around," Jared added.

"Come on, Uncle Bob, it will be all right," Austin chimed in.

"Uncle Bob?" I repeated, surprised at this new moniker.

"Well, I do feel closer to you than just calling you Bob now, so please do this for us," he pleaded.

I was being backed into another corner, as they quickly all stripped down and stood naked in front of me. Jared then put his towel on the bed and laid on it, while acting as if he was waiting for me to begin.

"Come on, Dad. Grab the little one and let's get started," he urged.

"It's not that I don't trust you guys, but I still don't think this is a good idea," I protested.

"Come on, Uncle Bob. Just do it for us, please," Austin begged.

Reluctantly, I closed the bedroom door and began to loosen Jared up with my fingers first. When I felt I had done that sufficiently, I grabbed the smallest dildo and lubed it up, before I worked it into Jared's butt. Austin and Steve were wide-eyed and closely observed everything I was doing to their friend. Once I'd finished with the smallest dildo, Jared wanted me to use the next larger one on him. When I retrieved it and started to lube it up, Austin and Steve both commented on how the dildo was about the same size as their erect penises. I then began to wonder if this was giving them an idea.

Slowly, I worked that into Jared for a while, and when I stopped, Jared told me he needed to ejaculate, so he asked me to suck him off. After a brief discussion, I finally agreed to do it for him, although I wasn't sure if I should be doing this in front of the other pair. I was worried about what Austin and Steve might think if I forgot and swallowed Jared's spunk, because I felt that pair might think swallowing was gross. Jared, however, kept pestering me to do this for him, with Austin and Steve adding that they wanted to see it too, so I finally relented.

I used my hand to rub Jared's scrotum, before I began to stroke him to erection. Once he was hard, I began to bob up and down on his penis and slowly brought him to ejaculation. Even though I had consciously tried to remind myself not to swallow, when the time came I ended up doing it instinctively. Neither of the other boys commented about it, so I was hoping they hadn't put two and two together and figured it out.

Now that Jared had cum, I was thinking that was going to be it, but the other pair seemed to have a different idea. I should have realized this when I turned around and saw that they were both hard as nails.

"Will you do that with me too?" Austin asked next. "I've always wanted to know what it would feel like to have someone do that to me, so could I try it too."

"Look, I gave in and demonstrated what I did with Jared, but I don't think I should be doing it with you too," I responded.

I was really worried about where this was leading and my mind was racing over all of the potential repercussions.

"Come on, Uncle Bob," Austin pleaded. "We're all legal, so you won't get into any trouble, but I'd really like you to do that with me. I'm really curious to know what it feels like."

"Which part are you talking about?" I followed, since I wasn't sure if he meant the blowjob or using the dildo on him.

"I would really like to see what getting a blowjob is like," he responded, before timidly adding, "but I wouldn't mind seeing what the other stuff feels like too."

"Austin, I'm not sure I should be doing that with you," I replied. "I wasn't even sure I should be doing it to Jared in front of you, so doing it to you is a whole other step."

"Please, I really want to see what it's like," he persisted.

"Me too," Steve chimed in, to let me know he was up for this as well.

I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. I wasn't sure how to handle this and I wanted to avoid doing anything that would cause me any more problems.

"Guys, I didn't even know you were gay, but maybe it would be best if you just tried these things with each other, instead of with me," I suggested.

"Look, Austin and I don't think we're gay, but we want to try it anyway, just to see what it's like." Steve argued. "We talked about this after Jared told us about the types of things he wanted to do with you, but we feel it would be best if you did it for us. We don't have any fake dicks to use, and even if we did, I think we'd be worried that we might hurt each other, so please just say yes."

I was trying to think of a response, but when I looked up and saw the expression on their faces, it helped me to make up my mind.

"Look, I'm willing to suck you both off, but that's it," I offered. "Will that satisfy you?"

Their heads began to nod energetically and Austin jumped on the bed and got ready to go first. I looked at Steve and he nodded that it was ok and he'd wait, so I turned back toward Austin. Just as I had done with Jared, I used my hand to bring him to arousal, since he his penis had gone flaccid again during our discussion, and once he was hard, I bent forward and guided his penis into my mouth.

Austin released a very audible moan when I did this, so he obviously was enjoying the sensation. As I began to nod up and down on his rod, he began thrusting his hips to meet me, so I sensed he wasn't going to last very long. It only took a couple of minutes before Austin jammed his cock into my mouth, as his body stiffened and he released several warm jets of cum into my throat. When he was drained, his body relaxed, his penis wilted and he lay panting on the bed.

When I looked up, Steve was gawking at his friend and I could only imagine what was going through his mind. I could tell he was eager for his turn, although he was waiting very patiently for Austin to recover and move out of the way. A minute later, Austin sat up.

"That was fucking unbelievable," he stated with gusto, as he looked at me. "I've never had anything make me feel that good before. Thanks, Uncle Bob."

It seems I had met Austin's expectations or possibly even exceeded them, so now Steve was ready for his turn. He eagerly urged Austin to get out of the way, so he could take his place on the bed, and impatiently shifted his weight from one foot to the other until Austin was out of the way. Once Austin got off of the towel, Steve hopped on the bed, spread his legs and then his expression pleaded with me to give him as much pleasure as Austin had experienced.

Just as I had with Jared and Austin, I used my hand to stimulate Steve to arousal, although he was still semi-erect after watching Austin and me, and then I bent forward and guided his erect staff into my mouth. I didn't mess around with any licking or other stimulation with either Austin or Steve, because I felt the novelty of the experience might cause them to prematurely ejaculate. Instead, I began bobbing up and down on Steve's young manhood and began working him toward the ultimate sexual high. He only lasted a couple of minutes as well, before coating my tonsils with his boy cream, which I went ahead and swallowed. I felt that since neither of them had said anything about my having done that with either Jared or Austin, they wouldn't notice this either, so I savored his load.

After I released his penis from my lips, Steve continued to lie on the bed enjoying his post orgasmic bliss. When he recovered, he looked at me and spoke.

"Wow, Austin was right," he began. "That was the best thing I've ever felt too."

I was happy that both boys were pleased with their experiences and seemed content, so I just hoped that this foray wouldn't lead to any adverse repercussions later.

Chapter 32
The Next Level

After initiating Austin and Steve into our sexual activities, we all went downstairs and chilled out watching TV for a while. Both boys made occasional comments about this new experience, all of which were extremely positive, and stated that they wanted to do it again before they went home. I told them that might be possible and then tried to distract them from thinking about it further by asking what they wanted for dinner.

After discussing the various options for several minutes, the boys finally agreed that Chinese sounded good, so I called and ordered a bunch of items to be delivered. I made certain that there would be enough so Darren could have some too, after he woke up, but I knew the boys wouldn't want to wait that late before they ate. Therefore, we chowed down as soon as the food arrived and then I put away the leftovers, so Darren could heat them in the microwave when he was ready to eat.

The boys and I then went into the living room to watch a movie and Darren came downstairs just before the flick ended. When it was over, I got up to use the toilet, and when I returned Darren was waiting to speak with me. He glanced around briefly first, just to make sure that no one else was nearby and could hear what he had to say.

"Are you sure you know what you're doing by allowing these boys to stay overnight?" he asked, concerned.

"Yes, I do," I assured him. "They've all reached the legal age of consent and they're also Jared's friends, plus their parents know about me and are fine with their sons hanging out here. I knew these boys before everything happened and their families have all let me know they trust me completely and are fine with their sons being here."

"Oh, ok. I just didn't want to have to worry about you getting into trouble again," he admitted, while breathing a sigh of relief.

We then went back to the living room and chatted for a few minutes, before Darren asked the boys if they wanted to swim laps with us and then join us on our walk. Once they agreed that they wanted to do this, we went upstairs and changed into our swimsuits again, before we went outside and hopped in the pool. Since we knew Boo-Boo would probably get in the way while we were doing this, we left him in the house for the time being, but we could hear him barking to get our attention, even before we dove into the water.

Since the boys were all competitive, they wanted to race against each other when we swam the laps, but the pool just wasn't wide enough for us all to compete at the same time, so we opted to go three at a time. The lucky winner got to race the two that had just sat out, which meant that I doubted we'd have many repeat winners, at least until they'd had a chance to sit out and rest for a while. We did this until we had each swum several times and then we went inside, put on a shirt, socks and athletic shoes, in preparation for the walk. The boys didn't want to put on shorts or sweats to do this and felt we could just wear our swimsuits instead, since they were like shorts anyway. Seeing they were all ok with doing this, I grabbed Boo-Boo's leash and we all loaded into the Tahoe, so I could drive them over to the college.

It was another very energetic walk, as Darren and the boys turned it into another competition, so I had to haul ass just to keep up. Once we finished the final two laps around the track, we did a brief cool down and then got into the Tahoe again, so we could return to the house. When we got there, Darren went up to shower and change, before coming back down to eat.

While he was doing that, the boys, Boo-Boo and I took another quick dip in the pool, and then we sat on the patio to air dry, before I had to take Darren to work. Once Darren had finished his meal, the boys announced that they all wanted to go with us when I drove him down to Walmart. I was impressed that everyone was getting along so well and I think Darren felt this way too, so before he got out of the Tahoe he asked the boys if they wanted to join us again in the morning, when we did our next workout. Since they didn't realize we did this twice a day, it took them a couple of seconds to respond, but they finally agreed that it sounded like a good idea. After they'd accepted his offer, Darren said he would see us all again in a few hours, before he shut the car door and started toward the main entrance.

When we got back to the house, we all went upstairs to shower next, before getting ready for bed. I sent Austin and Steve in to use the guest bathroom, while Jared joined me in the master bath. When we came back out, I found a naked Austin and Steve waiting for us on my bed and they immediately began to tease me to suck them off again before we turned in for the night. They were very persistent about this and Jared soon chimed in his desire as well, so I finally agreed to do them all again before we went to sleep.

Austin and Steve lasted a little longer this time and seemed to enjoy the experience just as much as they had the first time we'd done it. Even though Jared wanted me to use the dildos on him again, I refused to do it this time and he had to settle for just a blowjob too. I think Austin and Steve were impressed by how long he lasted before he blew his wad, but since Jared had a lot more experience than they did, it was to be expected.

After I'd finished taking care of the three of them, I sent Austin and Steve over to the guest room for the night, but they were back in my room again, after a few minutes.

"What's up?" I asked, mildly surprised to see them again.

"Uncle Bob, you've got a really big bed, so Steve and I were wondering if we could sleep in here with you too," Austin observed.

"Well, it is a king-size bed, so there should be plenty of room," I agreed. "I'm not sure why I bought it in the first place, since I lived alone, but I guess maybe it was just wishful thinking."

"Do you think you might have been wishing for us all to sleep with you?" Austin asked next. "I mean just in the same bed and not to have more sex. Steve and I just want stay in here with you tonight."

I looked at Jared, because I didn't want to say yes and then have his jealous streak kick into high gear and create a different sort of problem for us. When he saw me staring at him, Jared quickly figured out why.

"I don't mind," he announced. "In fact, I think it will be kinda fun."

Seeing I had his approval, it was time to decide how we were going to do this. I was hesitant to make a suggestion, since I didn't want to risk hurting anyone's feelings, but fortunately I didn't need to. Instead, Jared was the one who came up with a seemingly generous proposal.

"Steve can sleep on that side," he stated, pointing to the right side of the bed, then Dad, with Austin next to him and I'll sleep on the other side of Austin."

"We don't want to take your place," Steve objected, looking concerned that he had just pushed Jared out of his usual spot.

"You aren't and I sleep with Dad all of the time, so I guess I can let someone else do it for tonight," he agreed.

Since it was Jared's idea and he was ok with it, I got on the bed first and Steve jumped in beside me. Then Austin hopped on the bed and crawled up on the other side, with Jared moving in behind him. Since this did make it a little crowded, I decided it might be better and would leave more room if we all slept on our sides, so I faced Steve and cuddled with him, while Austin did the same to me and Jared did the same with him. Steve seemed to enjoy this arrangement and quickly wrapped his arms around mine, as it draped across his chest, and then he squeezed it for all he was worth. I think this was to let me know that he approved of this situation.

I was just starting to doze off when I felt Austin's boner rubbing against my butt. I'm not sure if he was aroused by the thought or it was purely due to the contact, but then again it was possible that Jared was doing something that had caused Austin's erection. Whatever the reason, I fell asleep with his hard on pressed against the crack of my ass.

In the morning, I woke up first and slowly climbed out of bed, so I didn't wake the boys. When I did this, I ended up pulling the covers off of their bodies temporarily, as I climbed off the bed. When I went to cover them again, I noticed each of them had a morning erection and it was so cute seeing them all lined up in a row like that, with just a small gap between them, which I had recently vacated. I took another few moments so I could stare at them a little longer, before I covered them once again. As soon as I finished, I headed into my bathroom, so I could pee, wash my hands and brush my teeth.

Once I finished doing those things, I got dressed and headed downstairs, so I could drive over and pick up Darren. When he got into the Tahoe with me, Darren asked where the boys were, so I explained I had let them get a little more sleep, but I would wake them when we got back. He seemed ok with my answer, so we began to discuss how much we were going to do today, since Darren didn't want to make this too hard on the boys. As soon as he said this, I responded that they were probably going to have a lot less trouble keeping up than I did, which caused him to chuckle, before we agreed to go ahead and do our normal workout.

When we got back, I woke the boys to see if they still wanted to go with us. I hated to wake them, but since they'd previously agreed to participate in our morning workout with us, I felt I had to do this. The three of them quickly agreed that they wanted to do this, so I urged them to get up and get ready, so we could head over to the campus.

When they came downstairs, the boys were dressed the same as they had been the evening before, because Jared had informed them that this time we'd take our walk first and then do some calisthenics next, before we came back to the house and finish up in the pool. After seeing them, I was slightly worried that they might be underdressed, since there was a slight nip in the morning air, but they assured me they'd be fine. Therefore, once Darren changed, we took Boo-Boo and headed over to the college to begin our routine.

We completed our normal walk around the perimeter of the campus first, including two laps around the track, before we moved onto the football field to do our exercises. I let Boo-Boo run loose while we were doing this, since I knew he wouldn't go too far away and there was no one else around for him to check out. Once we started, I was a little surprised to see that Austin and Steve seemed to be struggling to keep up and concluded that maybe they weren't in quite as good shape as I'd first suspected. They wouldn't, however, give up and finished doing everything we did, but they were a couple of tired puppies by the time we'd stopped and we still had the pool ahead of us.

When we got back to the house, Darren and I talked it over and decided to just play volleyball with the boys today, instead of swimming more laps, since we felt they'd already just about reached their limit. The boys were grateful when we told them this, so we stripped down to our swimsuits and hopped in the pool, but I also allowed Boo-Boo to join us this time, since I didn't feel this game was going to be overly competitive.

After playing a couple of less than rousing games, we decided to end our workout and chill for a while, before we had breakfast. Surprisingly, it was already starting to warm up and was quite comfortable out for this time of year, so the boys and I opted to sit on the pool deck and chat for a while before we ate.

"Wow, that was some workout," Steve began. "Do you do that every day?"

"Yes, sir," I confirmed. "Once in the morning, after I pick Darren up from work, and then again in the evening, before Darren gets ready to go in for his next shift."

"I can't believe you guys workout that hard every day," Austin followed, shaking his head. "I wish I could join you though, because doing this today made me realize I'm a little out of shape."

"We could pick you up on the weekend to join us, if your parents agree to the idea," I offered, "but the weekdays will be out of the question for now, at least until you're out of school for summer vacation. That's what Jared is doing, so I hope it works for you too."

Both boys agreed that they'd like to continue doing this with us on the weekend and said they were going to ask their mom and dad for permission to join us. This made me wonder if their parents would consent to their proposal, since we did this twice a day. I was worried that a definite commitment might create some conflicts with whatever other weekend plans they might have in the future and felt that possibly their folks might ask them to choose doing it just one time or the other. I thought they would most likely agree to let their sons join us on Saturday and Sunday mornings, unless it would interfere with their attendance at church. If that were the case, then we could do it late night on Friday and Saturday, since the Sunday session would conflict with their bedtime for school the following day. Whichever way it went, I didn't think their folks would allow them to do it both times.

While we had been talking, both boys had told me they'd slept really well the previous night and felt the blowjobs had relaxed them and made it happen. I suggested their sleeping so well might have also had something to do with the workout they'd been through too, but either way, they were pleased with how well rested they felt today.

The boys then began teasing me to wait another week before I closed up the pool, since it was still fairly warm out and the weather was much more pleasant than usual. They also told me that they wanted to see if their parents would let them stay overnight again next weekend, so we could do this one more time before I drained the pool. After listening to them whine about this for another half hour, I finally agreed to wait, as long as their parents had no objections with their plans, which seemed to make them all very happy.

Once Darren came down after taking his shower, the rest of us went upstairs to clean up next. When we finished up, I took everyone out for breakfast, because I didn't feel like fixing it myself and no one had any objections to this idea. After filling our bellies, we came home and sat down to chat for a while, during which time Austin and Steve told Darren about their desire to join us for our weekend workouts. This seemed to please Darren, since he always claimed "the more the merrier," so now we just had to wait to see if they could get permission from the 'rents.'

We continued chatting about various other topics until Sherry showed up with Josh and Dean, and then we all hopped in the pool for a while. The boys all wanted to play volleyball first and Sherry was fine with this idea, so we quickly chose up teams. We played three games in total, with each team winning one of the first two, so it became a very hotly contested final game. The game was extremely close and neither team was able to manage scoring two consecutive points at the end, to secure the two-point victory. Due to this fact, we ended up playing a much longer game than usual, until one team finally prevailed. Even though we'd technically declared a winner, I believe each of us actually felt that we'd all been victorious and had a wonderful time.

After the volleyball games ended, the boys let Boo-Boo out to join us and then they, including Darren, played a few other games, while Sherry and I got out and sat at one of the patio tables to talk. Once we had caught our breath again, she proceeded to tell me how much better the boys were doing now, and she explained that she wasn't just talking about her sons. She stated that the other parents had told her that they'd noticed a difference in their sons as well, so everyone was glad that I was back in their lives. This made me feel a little better and helped to ease some of the doubts I'd been having about giving in to Austin and Steve about the sexual contact, although I didn't tell her that.

Sherry and I then went inside and whipped up some lunch for all of us and then we called everyone in to serve himself. It wasn't anything fancy, mostly just hamburgers, hot dogs and sausage with peppers and onions, but Sherry had also thrown together a tossed salad, to go along with a potato salad she'd brought down with her earlier. I was glad that I had thought ahead and stocked up on the appropriate items beforehand, which included the buns, or this might have been a total disaster.

After lunch, Darren went up to bed and the other boys took Boo-Boo outside, so they could take him for a quick walk and then play with him for a while. They did this because we'd left Boo-Boo in the house while we were playing volleyball and had heard him crying and whining the entire time. Even though they'd let him join them later, they felt it would be best if he wasn't out while we were playing volleyball, because he would have gotten in the way and messed things up for us.

In the end, the boys gave him a really good workout and played with him for over an hour, before they were ready to hop in the pool again. This time, we allowed Boo-Boo to join us again, which made him very happy as well, because the boys kept him very busy. They had a tennis ball that they threw around for Boo-Boo to chase after, both in and out of the water, and this was a game that Boo-Boo never grew tired of.

As it began to get closer to dinnertime, Steve, Austin and Dean went inside to change and collect their things, because one of their parents would be arriving shortly to take them all home. Before they left, however, each one came up to thank me, but they also gave me a hug and said they hoped we could do this again next weekend. They promised they'd call to let me know for sure if their parents agreed to the idea, so I told them I looked forward to hearing what their folks decided.

After those three had gone, Sherry, Josh, Jared and I sat around and talked for a while longer. Josh started out by telling me about his week and then Sherry asked how our weekend had gone. I told her pretty much everything, except for the sexual activities, and then Jared finished up by informing his mother that Steve and Austin were going to try to do this again the following weekend, since she hadn't overheard our previous conversation. When she flashed Jared a puzzled expression, he explained they were doing it because it would be their final chance before I closed the pool up until next spring.

After hearing this, Sherry merely raised her eyebrows again, but this time she was giving me a questioning look, so I told her the boys had cleared this plan with me first, so it hadn't come as a surprise or a problem. In response, she flashed me another look that seemed to indicate she thought I was letting the boys take advantage of me, but she didn't try to dissuade me from doing this.

A short time later, Sherry, Josh and Jared went home too, so I was left sitting alone until Darren woke up. After going out for our evening exercise routine, I fixed us both something to eat, while I waited for Darren to clean up and change. While we ate, Darren made a lot of favorable comments about the boys, but he never asked if I had done anything sexual with them. I wasn't sure if he merely felt they were all legal, so anything we did was between us, or if he really didn't care. It was also possible that he just didn't want to know. Whatever the reason, he didn't express any hesitation about the boys joining us again the following weekend.

The rest of the week was pretty quiet for me, because I didn't have a lot to do during the day. Since I'd already finished two books and two picture books during the past year, I had decided to take a short break from writing, although I had begun toying with the idea of writing another story. Even though I was taking this brief hiatus, I still had Boo-Boo to keep me company and he certainly loved the extra attention, but other than that my days were fairly routine and somewhat boring.

This situation changed briefly on Wednesday, after Austin called and informed me that both Steve's and his parents had agreed to let them come for the weekend again. He also mentioned that his father wanted to talk to me first, which made me wonder what he wanted to discuss. It turned out that he merely wanted to make certain that this arrangement was ok with me, since he was concerned that the boys had just planned this on their own, without my prior approval. Once I assured him it was fine and they had mentioned the idea and sought my approval the previous weekend, he said one of them would drop the boys off about the same time as he had this past weekend.

Once that had been squared away, I spent the next couple of days making sure that I had the groceries I thought we'd need and tried to plan enough activities so the boys wouldn't grow bored. I even practiced some of the video games, because the boys had mentioned challenging Darren and me the previous weekend, before we got sidetracked doing other activities. Since I now had time to practice up first, I was hoping I wouldn't totally embarrass myself if I ended up playing against them.

On Friday, Jared showed up shortly after he got home from school. He was smiling broadly when he walked in and came over to give me a big hug and a kiss.

"Well someone's in a good mood," I teased.

"Of course I am," he replied. "I'm spending the weekend with my Daddy-Lover and my two best friends are also going to be joining us. It doesn't get any better than that."

I merely smiled and enjoyed his enthusiasm, but he had something more to add to his previous comment.

"Come on. Let's go upstairs, so you can use those things on me again," Jared urged. "I want you to use the last two on me this time as well, because I'm ready to try it."

"We can either do that now or before we go to bed," I offered, "but I won't promise that I'll use all of the dildos on you yet. I'm willing to try the next larger one, but I don't think you're quite ready for the largest one."

Jared looked crushed, while at the same time appearing hopeful that he might be able to change my mind. He still wanted to go upstairs and do this now, rather than wait until later, so I gave in and followed him up to my bedroom.

Once he was undressed and lying on the towel he'd grabbed while I was taking things out of the nightstand, I lubed up my fingers and began to loosen him up that way first, before I used the smallest dildo on him. He took that one easily, so I moved on to the one that was about the same size as his penis and he seemed to have no problems with that one either.

Immediately, he began to urge me to use the next larger dildo on him, so I lubed it up and placed it at his backdoor. Slowly, I applied a little pressure to it and the head of the dildo started to penetrate his rear entrance. Jared gasped slightly as it popped through his anal ring, so I asked him if he was all right. He assured me that he was and wanted to keep going, so I continued to push it further inside of him.

Once he had time to adjust to it, I slid it back and forth in his chute for several minutes, before pulling it out completely and then reinserting it. I did this a handful of times, and once he appeared comfortable with this dildo, he wanted me to use the last one on him too. I told him I thought we'd done enough for now and he should take it easy for a while, but Jared wasn't about to give in. Instead, he showed me his stubborn streak and kept pestering me, until I finally let him have his way.

Even though he was anxious to do this, Jared had a bit of trouble accommodating this last dildo, since it was sufficiently larger than the previous one. After several failed attempts and with Jared pushing out as much as he dared, it finally broke through his anal guardian's resistance and popped inside. When this happened, Jared released a slight yelp.

"How are you doing, Champ?" I started.

"Not bad, but you were right," he acknowledge. "This one felt a heck of a lot bigger going in than the other one. I thought you might be shoving a bowling ball up there, but I'm ok now, so you can keep going."

"No, take a minute, so you can get used to it first, and then we'll add more," I suggested.

I looked up at Jared and saw him shrug slightly first, before he began to nod his head slightly, in agreement.

"All right, but I'm telling you I'm fine," he insisted.

I eyed him suspiciously and continued to hold the dildo still for another thirty seconds, just to make certain he was ok. I guess this must have given him enough time to adjust to the larger girth of this dildo, because he started to urge me to push it all the way in again. Since I was now convinced he was able to handle this, I decided to keep going.

Slowly, I inched the dildo farther inside of him, but at the same time I was keeping an eye on his face, so I could monitor how he was doing. This time, the dildo seemed to slide in more easily, but it might just have been due to the fact that Jared was determined to make this happen and not to show any signs of discomfort, but he was taking it like a trooper. Since he seemed to be doing all right, I kept working it in until Jared had taken it all. Once it had been completely inserted, I left it motionless for a brief time, to give him a few more seconds to adapt to this new intrusion, but when I did this, Jared let me know he had a different idea in mind.

"This is taking too long," he noted. "I'm ok, so keep going and work it in and out now."

"Tell me how you feel first," I urged.

"I feel stuffed, like a Thanksgiving turkey, but it doesn't hurt," he confirmed. "It felt really good when it was going in and it made me tingle inside. That didn't happen with the other ones."

"This one probably hit your prostate then," I suggested. "That could make you feel that way."

"I don't know what did it or what you hit, but push it in and out now, so I can feel that some more," he practically ordered.

I did what he wanted and he was moaning louder than he ever had and his head was whipping from side to side, as his arms slapped against the mattress and his hands tugged at the sheet. I've never seen Jared that animated or completely out of control before, so maybe I was wrong. I expected he might experience some pain, but it seemed as if he was experiencing extremely pleasurable sensations instead. In fact, he even ejaculated without either of us touching his dick and shot his creamy load all over his belly and chest.

After that happened, I stopped moving the dildo and let him calm down. Once he recuperated and caught his breath, he looked up and me and had a huge, shit-eating grin on his face.

"That was fucking unbelievable!" he nearly screamed. "Oh, man. That didn't hurt at all. It was just the opposite. It was unreal. Why did I shoot? No one touched my dick. You didn't and I didn't, so how did that happen?"

He was just so excited and had enjoyed it so much that he was talking a mile a minute and firing questions at me.

"Ok, settle down and I'm glad you enjoyed that," I assured him. "First of all, sometimes when your prostate gets massaged, and I think this dildo was thick enough to do that for you, then that can be enough to get you to ejaculate, so obviously that's what happened for you."

"Since I'm able to take this last one without any problems, I want you inside me next," he demanded.

"Jared, I think you've done enough for now, but if you still feel this way later, then we can try it before we go to sleep," I offered.

He accepted my compromise, because he knew this meant he wouldn't have much longer to wait until he got his wish, so he began to clean up and get dressed. As I watched him do this, Jared moved as if he was walking on air. He was still giddy from his accomplishment and eager for what was going to come next.

We went downstairs after that, but held off having dinner until Darren woke up, because we thought it would be nice to eat together. Darren was pleased that we had decided to eat with him, but our nightly workout came first.

One the workout routine was finished, Darren happily chatted with Jared and me while we ate. When he eventually went upstairs to shower and change for work, Jared announced that he wanted me to use all of the dildos on him again when we got back, but this time he wanted me to do it with him too, once he had taken each of the dildos. I was reluctant, but told him we would give it a try, which made him very happy.

As soon as we got back from taking Darren to Walmart, Jared began teasing me to go upstairs with him. Since it was getting late, I agreed, and he raced upstairs, while I turned off the lights and locked up. By the time I arrived at my bedroom, Jared had already placed a towel on the bed, stripped down and positioned himself on the towel, as he waited for me.

We repeated the steps we had taken earlier, but when that process was completed, Jared began pressuring me to enter him this time. Since I had told him earlier that we could try it, I got myself ready to do the deed. When I looked up at his face a few seconds later, I noted the pleased expression on it, but wondered how long that was going to last.

After slipping on a condom and lubing up, I had Jared get up, so I could move the towel to the very edge of the bed. Then, I had him lie down on it again, with his ass nearly dangling off the mattress, while I stood on the floor beside the bed. As soon as we were both in position, I lifted Jared's legs and placed them on my shoulders, while I slid closer and placed my engorged member against his hole. I tried to be very gentle with him and applied only moderate, but consistent pressure, and noticed that Jared was struggling to accept my thicker shaft. Although this was difficult for him, I could read the determination on his face and knew he wasn't about to give in, so I continued my efforts. Eventually, the head of my dick burst through his resilient ring and he winced slightly, before a smile began to spread across his lips. He was thrilled, now that he knew I was finally inside him.

I waited a few seconds before I moved again, but once I was convinced he was ready to proceed, I slowly began to inch my way deeper into his moist love canal. When I was completely seated, I paused momentarily, to give him time to adapt. Jared, however, didn't want to wait and urged me to keep going, while insisting that I hurry up and make love to him. Slowly, I began to rock back and forth, but only minimally, so I was barely moving inside of him. When it appeared that he was able to handle this, and possibly even starting to enjoy it, I began to lengthen my strokes and increased my pace, as my penis glided in and out of him. We eventually built up to a very comfortable rhythm and Jared was moaning, or was he purring, in enjoyment. It was very easy for me to tell that he was only experiencing pleasure and not pain, because he also had this wonderful, blissful expression plastered across his face.

Even though I was trying to ensure that Jared was doing ok, I gradually got lost in the wonderful feelings I was receiving from this activity and forgot about watching him. As I began to increase my pace and started that final dash toward the finish line, Jared's body stiffened, his back arched and his hips rose off of the mattress. Before I had time to ask if he was ok, strings of his alabaster cum began erupting from his erect shaft and landed with a splat upon his belly. Although I had been worried that Jared was in distress, unbelievably he'd just experienced a hands-free ejaculation, which was something I'd only heard about, prior to this happening.

When Jared unexpectedly began to release his load, it caused his rectal muscles to clamp down on my erection, which pushed me over the edge and caused my seed to gush forth and completely filled the condom I was wearing. Exhausted, I bent forward and tried to balance my weight on my arms, as I kissed Jared passionately. He responded in kind and wrapped his arms around my neck, so he could pull me tightly against him.

"Man, I can't believe I shot my sperms like that and you didn't even jerk or suck me off!" Jared exclaimed, as soon as our lips parted.

"Yes, that doesn't happen often, so it kind of surprised me too," I agreed.

We then discussed how and why this had happened and how he felt, before we headed into the master bath to clean up in the shower. After that, we cuddled together on the bed and slept peacefully until the alarm went off the following morning.

After picking Darren up from work, we did our morning exercise routine and then had breakfast with him, before he went upstairs to sleep. Darren usually stayed up a little longer than this, but he was really tired today, so he decided to turn in early. As soon as he did that, Jared began begging me to take him upstairs and make love to him again.

I was thinking maybe this would be a bit too much, since last night had been his first time, but he was insistent. After thinking this over and talking to him about it, I finally decided to give it a try. After loosening him up and working him with each of the dildos, he was ready for me. I had him stand on the floor and lean over the side of the mattress, against the towel, which I'd draped over the side of the bed. As soon as he was ready, I moved forward and entered him from behind.

Jared seemed to have less trouble accepting me in this position, as we did the old bump and grind, but he didn't ejaculate before me this time, as he had done previously. Therefore, as soon as I pulled out of him after I'd cum, I turned Jared around and lifted him onto the bed, so I could suck him off and allow him to enjoy his own release. Once that happened, he had a question he wanted to ask.

"How come I didn't shoot this time, like I did before when you were in me?" he wondered.

"I told you last time that it doesn't happen often, so it might have just happened because it was your first time and you were feeling things you had never felt before," I offered in response.

He seemed a little disappointed, but accepted my answer, and then we went into the master bathroom to clean up. Once we finished, we went downstairs and decided to watch TV, while we awaited our visitors. They showed up a little over an hour later and this time Steve's father came bearing subs and chips.

"We brought four different kinds of subs for lunch," he began in explanation. "Austin and Steve told me they like all four varieties, so you and Jared can choose which sub you want and then they'll take what's left over. I hope there is something there that you'll enjoy as well."

I assured him we would be fine and invited him in for a while, but he said his wife was waiting for him to take her shopping. He didn't look thrilled about having to do this, but he had promised to take her, so we all said goodbye and told him to try and have a good time.

After the boys put their things in the guest room and we'd eaten our lunch, they took Boo-Boo outside so they could play with him for a while, as they waited for their meal to settle and the temperature to warm up a bit more. When they came back inside later, we all went upstairs to put on our swimsuits and then we joined Boo-Boo in the pool, because he had raced ahead of us and jumped in before we got there.

The boys were having fun playing with Boo-Boo and the dog was reveling in the attention. By the time they grew tired and got out of the water, it was time for me to get something ready for dinner. I quickly wrapped a bunch of potatoes in aluminum foil, so I could bake them, and then got the steaks ready to throw on the grill. Darren had already woken up and come down to join us, so he decided to eat with us now and then we'd wait a bit, before we began our nightly exercises.

I was impressed seeing how well Darren and the younger boys were getting along. He treats them as equals and they all look up to him as if he were their older brother. I think they're all benefiting from this arrangement and I was thrilled that I had been able to play a small part in helping them get to know each other.

After we'd finished eating, Darren suggested we should all play Uno and the boys agreed that it sounded like fun. It was a very raucous and hotly contested game, since everyone took great pleasure dumping on those on either side of him. There were also an assortment of playful taunts and threats made from time to time, but no one followed through on them, so I think they all had a good time playing. In fact, they confirmed this when they agreed that we should do it again sometime, since they'd had so much fun.

Once the game ended, we went out to the pool to play volleyball for a while and then I drove them all to the college so we could take our walk. The boys decided they wanted to jog the final two laps around the track, once we'd completed our walk around the perimeter, so I did my best to keep up, as they took off in front of me.

After we got back home, we jumped in the pool and swam for a short time, before Darren went upstairs to shower and change for work. After he came back down, we drove him down to Walmart and then returned to the house for the night.

When we got back, Jared surprised me when he suggested that he wanted Austin and Steve to see how he could take the two largest dildos now. I actually didn't think they'd be interested, so I was mildly shocked when they agreed that they wanted to see him do it too. Since they were all in agreement, I led them upstairs and got everything ready.

I think Steve and Austin were totally amazed that Jared could handle the largest dildo, because their mouths dropped open, as they watched it disappear into his body. After I had slid it in and out of him for a while, Steve made another unanticipated comment.

"Uncle Bob, Austin and I have talked it over and we want to try having you use the two smaller plastic dicks on us, so we can see what it's like," he announced.

Since they had asked this the previous time we were together, I had a chance to think of a reason why we shouldn't do this.

"But you two have told us that you don't think you're gay, so why would you want to do that?" I asked.

"Well, Jared seems to enjoy having it done to him and we just want to see how it feels," Steve replied. "We thought it might help us to understand why Jared likes having it done to him so much."

I guess that made sense, at least in a strange sort of way, but then something else dawned on me.

"Guys, I only have the one dildo in each size and it would be unsanitary if I were to use them on both of you too," I pointed out.

"There must be something you can do," Austin challenged. "Can't you wash it off or put a rubber on it? There must be someway we can try it."

Even though that particular solution had never dawned on me, seeing I never intended to use the dildos on more than one person, he was correct. I could use a condom on them, but the thing was, did I want to do it and allow them to try this? After thinking about it a little longer and seeing how much they both seemed to want to do this, I finally relented.

"Ok, I'll do it for you then," I agreed, "but if you feel any pain at all or change your mind, then just tell me and I'll stop."

"Thanks, Uncle Bob,' Austin stated, with a grin, "and I'll go first. Ok?"

Since Steve agreed with Austin's proposal, I took the two dildos into my bathroom, washed them and my hands with anti-bacterial soap, before drying everything off on a clean towel. When I came out, I walked over and fetched a handful of condoms from my nightstand and slipped one over the smallest dildo first, before setting it down on the bed. Then, I lubed my fingers and looked at Austin, who was lying on the towel and waiting for me to begin.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" I asked, one final time.

He merely nodded his head and spread his legs farther apart, to give me better access. Slowly, I probed him with one digit, then two and finally three, which Austin seemed to handle quite well. I then picked up the lube and used it to coat the condom on the smallest dildo, before I placed it at his rectum. I then asked him one final time if he was ready, and he said he was, so I slowly began to apply a little pressure to it.

I don't know if Jared had told him about pushing out, but Austin did it without any prompting from me, so the head of the dildo slipped right in. After I worked it in and out of him for a while, I took it out completely, before I reinserted it, to see how he'd handle doing it a second time. He took it like a pro, so I worked it in him for a little while longer, before taking it out for the final time.

I then got the next dildo ready, the one that was about the same size as the three of them when they were erect, and placed that at his entrance too. Once again, he pushed out and the head popped inside, so I worked the shaft of that dildo back and forth inside of him too. After following a similar procedure to what I had done with the first dildo, we finished up and I pulled it out of him one final time.

"How was it?" Steve asked Austin, once we'd stopped.

"It was a little strange at first, but it actually felt kinda good too," Austin told him. "I wouldn't mind doing it again sometime, but I need Uncle Bob to suck me off now? Please, Uncle Bob. I really feel like I need to get off now."

When I looked at his face, he had this pleading, almost desperate look on his face. After seeing how pathetic he looked, I agreed to do what he wanted.

"Thanks, Uncle Bob," he commented, as I bent forward and let his penis slip into my mouth.

He squirmed around beneath me like an eel and moaned quite a bit, as I bobbed up and down on his erection. This not only let me know how much he was enjoying my efforts, but his little responses told me exactly which types of stimulation he enjoyed the most. When he was ready to shoot, he rammed his penis into my mouth, grunted and shot several warm blasts of his hot seed down my throat, which I eagerly swallowed. Once he was drained, he collapsed on the bed, panting and spent.

"That was absolutely incredible," he gushed, as soon as he came back to his senses. "No wonder Jared likes doing this stuff with you so much. Damn, that was the best ever."

After seeing how much Austin had enjoyed doing this, Steve was eager to take his turn. As soon as Austin got off of the bed, Steve quickly took his place, spread his legs and looked up at me in anticipation.

"I'm ready, Uncle Bob," he grinned.

"You too, with the Uncle Bob, huh?" I teased.

"Yep," was his only response.

After going into my bathroom, discarding the used condoms and washing my hands and the dildos with anti-bacterial soap again, I came back out and repeated the process I had used on Austin with Steve. He seemed to enjoy doing this just as much, or maybe even a little more, than Austin had. As I was thrusting the dildo in and out of him, he actively began to push his hips back to meet my actions, which was something Austin hadn't done.

After I had stopped using the second dildo on him, he wanted me to suck him off too and I think he moaned even louder than the other pair had done. Once he'd ejaculated and I'd swallowed his load, he sat up, hugged me and kissed me on the lips, which caught me totally off guard.

"Thank you, Uncle Bob," he sighed. "That was wonderful and I agree with Austin that I wouldn't mind doing it again. In fact, I'd be willing to do this whenever we're able to come here and spend time with you."

After he said this, I glanced over at Jared, to gauge his reaction, and was mildly surprised to see that he had a huge grin on his face. I guess he was thrilled that his friends had enjoyed themselves and he didn't seem upset that they wanted to do this with me again. I, on the other hand, was conflicted. Of course, I had enjoyed having three willing young men who wanted to do things with me, but I was still worried about how their parents might react if they ever found out about what we were up to. On the other hand, these boys were all willing, legal and totally adorable, even though I still thought Jared was the cutest of the three, but they also had nice bodies and were adequately hung, so there were absolutely no negatives.

What more could a boy-lover want, other than to have a young man who felt we were boyfriends, but was still willing to share me with his friends? The only drawback was that I still worried something might go wrong. Yes, they were all old enough to consent, hadn't been forced into participating and their parents all seemed willing to let them hang out with me and make their own decisions, so I hoped they would still feel this way, if push came to shove.

Once that pair was satisfied, I sent them off to shower and then they were going to bunk in together in the guest room. Of course, Jared was going to sleep with me, as usual, but I had my doubts that I'd be getting a chance to sleep anytime soon.

Chapter 33
The Call of the Wild

As soon as we were alone, Jared quickly popped the question.

"Will you make love to me again tonight," he asked.

He looked hopeful that I'd give in to his request, and when I agreed, he made another suggestion.

"Can we do it the same way we did the first time, with me lying on my back at the edge of the bed?"

I had no problem with doing it this way, so he quickly got into position, as I got myself ready. As soon as I had slipped on a condom and lubed it up, I carefully loosened him up with my fingers first, before I lined up my penis with his anal opening and began to add pressure. Jared was aggressively thrusting his butt in my direction, as he prepared for me to enter him, but when the head of my dick popped through his anal ring, he cried out.

"Ahhhh," Jared yelped, as I entered him.

"Are you ok?" I asked, very concerned.

"Yeah, I just tried to take too much, too quickly," he replied, while still grimacing. "I'll be ok, but I just need to take a minute first and then go a little slower. I kinda forgot you were bigger than that last dildo."

"I'm sorry that I hurt you, so don't you think it would be best to stop for now?" I offered. "We can always put this off until another time."

"No, I'm fine and it didn't really hurt that much, so I want to keep going," he declared, while trying to make me feel better about what had just happened.

Even though he'd given me permission to continue, I took another moment to decide whether I wanted to keep going, since I didn't want to hurt him. Jared, however, was persistent in letting me know that he was fine and didn't want to stop. After listening to his pleas, I relented and gave him what he wanted.

As I gradually began to add a little more pressure, my penis slowly slid the rest of the way into him without causing him any more pain – only minor discomfort. Once I was completely seated inside him, with my thighs brushing against his ass cheeks, I waited a few seconds, so he'd have time to adjust, and then I began working my penis back and forth in his chute. He seemed to be handling it adequately now, so I slowly worked into a rhythm and Jared began to moan in pleasure.

As I felt my release was approaching, I began to increase my pace, when suddenly Jared exploded with his own orgasm. When this happened, his anal contractions brought me over the edge too and I filled the condom with my seed, while still buried deep in his bowels. It was a very powerful release, which I thoroughly enjoyed, although I still felt guilty about having hurt him when we'd first begun.

"It happened again," Jared gasped, as soon as he'd recovered.

"It certainly did," I agreed.

"And we were doing it the same way we did it the last time when it happened," he pointed out.

"I hadn't thought about it until you mentioned it," I stated, "but you are definitely correct."

"I wonder if it will happen like that every time we do it this way," he pondered.

"I'm not sure, but I guess we'll find out," I observed.

I then bent forward and kissed him tenderly on the lips, before we went into the master bath to clean up. Once we had finished our shower, we cuddled together on the bed and fell asleep.

When I woke up the following morning, I let the boys sleep in, while I went down to get Darren. As soon as we got back, Darren decided to go to bed, so he could get some rest before the others showed up later. When he did that, I went upstairs and slipped back into bed with Jared and enjoyed a little more time cuddling with him.

When Jared woke up, about an hour later, I gave him a good morning kiss, before telling him I'd go down to the kitchen to fix breakfast, while he used the bathroom and then woke up the other pair. He was fine with this idea and padded off to the master bath, as I got dressed and headed toward the stairs.

When the boys came down to join me, I noticed that the three of them were merely wearing their underwear. I guess this was a slightly better than when I'd last seen them, since Steve and Austin had been naked when they'd left my room the previous evening and Jared hadn't been wearing any clothing when he slept with me last night. Anyway, I had them sit down at the table, while I went to bring the food in from the kitchen.

As we were eating breakfast, the boys were commiserating about how they were going to miss being able to swim in my pool again until next spring, when they suddenly asked if they would still be able to come and stay once in a while, even though they wouldn't be able to swim. I agreed that would be fine, as long as their parents were ok with the idea, which seemed to cheer them up. I wasn't exactly sure whether they were worried that they were going to miss my sparkling wit and dazzling company or if they just wanted to come back for the sex-capades. Since I'd prefer to not have my ego bruised too badly, then I'll just assume it was the former reason.

As soon as we finished eating and the dishes had been rinsed off and placed in the dishwasher, I told the boys it was time to go upstairs and put something more on than just their skivvies. They eagerly agreed with my idea and followed me upstairs, but we were still in the hallway, just outside of my room, when Austin turned toward me and spoke.

"Uncle Bob, can we do what we did last night again, before Jared's mom, brother and Dean show up to swim?" he wanted to know.

"Austin, you really like doing that, don't you?" Jared challenged, before I had time to respond.

"Yeah, I really do. Doing this stuff makes me feel all tingly inside – even better than when I just jack off," Austin concurred.

"Do you think it means you might be gay then?" Jared followed, while looking at his friend closely.

"I don't think so," Austin replied. "Even if I enjoy doing these things, I still really like girls and want to do sex stuff with them too. I will admit that I kinda enjoy looking at cute boys and doing this stuff too, so maybe I'm just one of those guys who doesn't mind doing things with either sex."

"Yeah, I think I'm like that too," Steve chimed in.

"So you both think you're bisexual then?" I asked, to clarify the situation.

"Yeah, I guess so, if that's what you call people who are willing to do stuff with both guys and girls," Steve agreed, with Austin nodding beside him in agreement.

"You're absolutely sure you want to do this again?" I asked once more, just to be certain.

"Yeah, I think we both do, Uncle Bob," Steve agreed, while looking at Austin for confirmation, "but this time I want to go first, if that's alright."

Since both boys wanted to do it, I agreed, so Steve quickly shed his briefs and hopped on the bed, so he could go first this time. While he was doing that, I grabbed a handful of condoms, along with the dildos, and took them into the bathroom, so I could clean them. When I came back, I lubed my fingers and started loosening Steve up with those first, and then I put a condom over the smallest dildo, lubed it up and then used it on him. Steve was aggressively taking part in this activity again and eagerly matching my actions with counter moves of his own, which let me know that he was enjoying this just as much as he had the previous time we'd done this.

Now, that he seemed to be handling that dildo without any problem, I did the same with the next larger one and he remained just as involved as he had with the smaller one. After I'd used this dildo on him, I stopped and told him he could get up, but he didn't move.

"I want you to use the next one on me now," Steve urged, which caused me to look at him in disbelief.

"Are you sure about that?" I pressed. "It's a lot bigger than the ones I've used on you so far and might be much harder for you to take. You can ask Jared about that, if you don't belief me."

Steve quickly glanced over at his friend, to see what he had to say.

"It was a little harder for me to take the first time, but not as bad as the last one," Jared quickly offered. "I think you can handle it, but I don't think you'll want to try the biggest one yet."

"See! Jared thinks it's ok and I can do it," Steve insisted, while looking to see if I was going to consent to do it for him.

"Are you sure?" I asked, one final time.

He merely nodded his head in response.

Since he didn't seem to be having any second thoughts about doing this, I took that dildo into the master bath to clean it up as well. When I returned, I slipped a condom over it, lubed it up and urged him to push out. Steve did as I asked and I began to apply a moderate amount of pressure against his opening. To my surprise, the dildo went in fairly easily and he didn't seem to experience more than a moderate amount of discomfort. Once the head was inside him, I stopped to see how he was doing.

"Are you having any problems?" I wondered.

"Just a little, at first," he responded, "but I'm fine and you can keep going."

Since I had his permission, I slid it slowly into his bowels, until it was all the way in. After giving him a few moments to adapt, I began to slide it in and out of his chute, with Steve aggressively matching my actions again. After doing this for almost ten minutes, I finally stopped.

"That wasn't so bad," Steve announced, while glancing over at Jared. "It actually felt pretty good, once I got used to how much bigger it was."

That was a promising response, so Jared and I kind of nodded toward each other, pleased with his reaction. We were also waiting for Steve to get up, so Austin could take his turn, but he stayed put. When I gave him a questioning look, he finally let me know why he had done this.

"Aren't you going to suck me off now? Please. Having those things in me made me feel like I need to shoot really bad now, so please suck me off?" he whined, while giving me a pleading look.

"I suppose I could do that," I agreed.

I quickly bent down and began to polish his knob, and since he was still fairly new to this activity, he reached his boiling point fairly quickly. After he'd fired his spunk into my mouth, I gave him a couple of minutes to recover, while I went in to the master bath to discard the old condoms and wash my hands and the dildos again. When I came back out, I told him it was time to switch with Austin, so he slowly scooted over on the bed. While Austin was getting into position, Steve thanked me for doing it for him and then leaned forward and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. He's such a sweet kid and I think even Austin got a kick out of seeing him do that to me.

Once I turned my attention to Austin, I repeated the process with him and he seemed to be getting more into it today than he had the previous evening. This time, Austin was lifting his hips and thrusting them toward the dildo each time I pushed it forward, like Steve had been doing, but he was also moaning loudly in enjoyment. After I had used both dildos on him and felt we had done this activity long enough, Austin insisted that I try the next dildo on him too, as I had with Steve.

Since he was willing and Steve had been able to handle it without difficulty, I placed it at his rectum and told him to push out. He seemed to experience a little more pain than Steve had, since he winced and grunted when the head first popped inside, but he quickly assured me he was fine and urged me to keep going. After taking a moment to satisfy my own curiosity that he was all right, I slowly continued and failed to note any signs that might suggest he was continuing to have difficulty.

After a couple of minutes, Austin seemed to get into doing this just as much as he had with the two smaller dildos, so I eagerly continued giving him what he wanted. When I stopped, I sucked him off as well and was rewarded with his creamy load. I then got up and headed for the bathroom again, so I could dispose of the condoms and wash my hands and the dildos again.

When I returned to the bedroom, Austin came up and wrapped his arms around me, before lifting his head and guiding his lips to mine. I was surprised that he was doing this and preparing to kiss me, since he'd never done this before, but obviously seeing Steve do this earlier had given him the courage to do it himself. When he finally released me, I looked up and saw that Jared and Steve were both grinning, but Jared was also holding the largest dildo in his hand.

"It's my turn now and I want you to just loosen me up with this and the last one you had used on them. I don't need to have you use the smaller ones on me first. Ok?" he pressed.

As he was saying this, he held the largest dildo out to let me know exactly what he wanted, so I agreed to his proposal. After lubing up the smaller of the two dildos, I slowly worked it into his rectum. Once it was completely inside his tunnel and he indicated he was ready to continue, I thrust it in and out multiple times. Jared then told me to use the largest one on him, so I lubed that up next and slowly guided it into his backside. Once again, Steve and Austin were both amazed that he could take something that large and I heard both of them gasp when the head first popped inside of him. Slowly, I pushed it the rest of the way in, and once I'd given him sufficient time to adapt to it, I began to work it in and out of his backside. As I was doing this, Jared squirmed and moaned below me, in pure enjoyment.

When I finished using it on him, he made his next surprise announcement.

"Now, I want you to do it to me," he stated, assertively.

This shocked me, because I didn't know he was quite this much of an exhibitionist and it certainly wasn't something I was into. I looked at him skeptically, but I could tell he wasn't about to change his mind, so I decided to speak privately with him about this. With that in mind, I bent forward and placed my mouth next to his ear.

"Jared, I'm not sure this is such a good idea," I whispered. "It's one thing to give in to you guys and do this much with Steve and Austin, but what you want to do now is a pretty private act and I'm not sure it's something we need others to see us doing."

"But I want them to see how much I enjoy it and what it does to me," he responded, in a voice loud enough for the other two to overhear.

"Please, Uncle Bob," Steve pleaded. "I think it would be great to see what it's like for real and not just with those rubber dicks."

He pointed at the dildos when he said this, to make certain I understood what he was talking about.

"Yeah, Uncle Bob," Austin added. "I'm not sure we'll be into doing that too, but I'd still like to see what it's like for Jared. He's told us he really enjoys doing it with you, so I think it would be great to see what it's like."

Damn, they were all ganging up on me again, but I still wasn't convinced this was an activity that we should be doing in front of someone else. As I stood there internally debating this point, the boys kept pleading with me to give in to Jared's request. After some serious deliberation about doing this, I finally came to the conclusion that it was actually no worse than the other things we'd done together. We'd all seen each other naked plenty of times and they'd all had me do sexual acts with them, and even though Jared now wanted to show them that not only could he take me, but also wanted them to witness how much he enjoyed it, I decided it wasn't really any worse than the things we'd already done.

When I finally let him know I was going to relent, Jared quickly pulled down my shorts, along with my boxer briefs, and began to suck on my penis, in order to get me hard. Once I had firmed up, I slipped on a condom and lubed up, while Jared took his place on the bed. Once I had his butt at the very edge of the bed, I slowly began to push into him and both Austin and Steve gasped, as they saw Jared's small hole open up to accommodate something much larger than they had imagined possible. Once I was completely inside Jared's love canal and my pelvis was pressed firmly against his butt, I glanced over at the other pair again and saw they were intently staring at what we were doing, with their mouths hanging open.

Slowly, I began to rock in and out of Jared, as we began to make love. Over the next few minutes, I gradually picked up the pace and slipped into a very comfortable rhythm. Jared was beginning to moan louder than I think he ever had done before, so I wasn't sure if he was merely just showing off and trying to impress his friends, or if he was enjoying this more than he had before. We continued going at it this way for several more minutes, when Jared's body began to stiffen, which cause his back to arch and his hips to lift off of the bed. At this same moment, his penis began firing several ropes of alabaster boy seed into the air, which landed, with a splat, on his chest and abdomen.

"Holy shit!" Austin squealed in amazement. "Jared just busted a nut without touching his dick."

"How the fuck did he do that?" Steve followed.

While they were saying this, Jared's anal muscles clamped down on my organ and caused me to ejaculate too. After I painted the condom with my semen, I collapsed beside him, with both of us panting. Austin and Steve remained speechless as they watched us slowly come back to our senses and then Austin spoke again.

"That was fucking amazing," he announced, all excited. "You acted as if having that big thing shoved up your ass felt good and you really enjoyed it!"

"He must have, since he shot that big load too," Steve observed.

Jared wasn't merely smiling, as he listened to his friends make their observations, because this grin went from ear-to-ear and nearly split his face in half. After a moment of enjoying Steve and Austin's expressions of amazement, he finally responded.

"It did feel good, really good," he confirmed. "I mean, you know how you like it when Dad uses the dildos on you and how good it feels in your butt. Right?"

Both boys nodded.

"Well, this feels even better than that," he confessed.

"But how did you shoot without touching yourself?" Steve followed, immensely curious about that fact.

"When we do it like this, with Dad standing on the floor next to the bed, the angle of his cock sliding into me rubs something inside. What did you call it again, Dad?"

"It's your prostate," I answered. "It's a leathery gland that is located behind your penis and testicles."

"Yeah, so when he hits that, it makes me shoot and it happens every time we do it like this," Jared explained. "We've done it other ways too, but I only shoot like this when we do it with him standing beside me on the bed. I'm not sure why, but I think this way his penis rubs my prostate thingy more and causes me to explode."

Austin and Steve seemed very impressed and I think they began to wonder if something like that might happen to them as well. However, I was thinking that if they were hoping to find that out then this time it wasn't going to be with me. I think I've done as much for them as I dare and they'd have to look elsewhere, if this was what they were seeking.

Now that all three boys were sexually sated, at least for the time being, I had them all shower and then put on their swimsuits while I did the same. The boys wanted us all to take a dip with Boo-Boo before the others arrived, so I told them that would be fine. The water was definitely cooler at the moment than we probably would have preferred, but it was invigorating and spurred us to swim a little faster.

After doing that with them for a little while, I got out and went back inside the house, because I knew our company would be showing up soon. I had already unlocked the front door, but I didn't know if Sherry would enter on her own or allow Josh to do so either, therefore I felt I should probably be best if I were there to greet them. I'd only been inside the house for a few minutes when I heard the doorbell ring.

"Come on in," I greeted them, as I opened the door. "It was unlocked, so you should have just come in, because I was in the pool with the boys until just a few minutes ago, so we may not have heard you."

"You're started swimming without us?" Josh asked, with a pout.

"Only for a short time and I'm going to warn you that the water is a little chilly," I cautioned, as I led them outside.

Jared got out of the pool to say hello to his mother and then he leaned against me, while he continued to chat with her. He was being a little silly and extremely talkative, which caused Sherry to keep glancing up at him. This made me wonder if something was wrong or if he might be trying to say something to her so I couldn't hear, but since she kept glancing at me as well, I didn't think this was the case. I wasn't convinced about what might be going on, but I felt it was probably best if I didn't broach the subject and point this out.

After a few minutes of being with us, the other boys began calling out for Jared to come join them, so he took off and hopped in the pool again. As soon as he was gone, Sherry looked me directly in the eye and spoke.

"You made love to him, didn't you?" she stated, very matter-of-factly.

I was startled that she had said this and wasn't immediately sure how to respond. When she noticed I was suddenly tongue-tied, she continued.

"I know you did, because he has this glow about him this morning and he seems more bubbly, silly and talkative than usual," she pointed out.

Since she had guessed that her son had lost his virginity to me this weekend, I felt I needed to clear up this issue for her.

"Guilty as charged," I admitted. "I'd put him off for as long as I could, but he was determined that he wanted to do it and insisted that he was old enough to make that choice."

Sherry tittered like a schoolgirl and blushed slightly, once she realized how she had pushed me into divulging this fact.

"Oh, I knew it was going to happen sooner or later," she confessed, "but I am a little surprised that it took him this long to talk you into it. I could tell he wanted to be intimate with you, so I assumed you must have been the one who was putting him off."

"I made him wait for as long as I could, since I knew you weren't eager for this to happen," I answered.

As soon as she heard my comment, a shocked look came over Sherry's face.

"No, I wasn't trying to prevent it from happening," she replied, "but it's just hard for a mother to accept that her child is old enough and ready to engage in sex. If he was going to do it, I'm glad it was with you."

Suddenly, I was able to breathe a sigh of relief, although I was slightly embarrassed that Sherry had figured out what we had been up to. I shouldn't feel that way, I know, but it's equally difficult for a person to discuss his sex life with his lover's mother.

Once this had been cleared up, we talked for a while longer, before the boys decided it was time for us to join them.

"Come on, Uncle Bob," Austin shouted. "It's time for you to get in here with us, so we can race again."

"In a little while," I answered, since I wasn't sure if Sherry was ready to do this yet and I didn't want to get up and leave her alone.

"Uncle Bob?" Sherry asked, while giving me a questioning glance, when I turned back toward her.

"It wasn't my idea, but I don't have a problem with it," I replied. "Austin and Steve both said that they felt too close to me to just call me Bob any longer, so they asked if they could call me Uncle Bob instead. I told them it would be fine, as long as their parents didn't object to it, but I think there was more to them wanting to do this than what they were willing to admit. I think they really decided to do it after they heard Jared and Darren both call me Dad."

"Can I call you Uncle Bob too?" Josh immediately wanted to know.

He had come over to ask me this after he'd heard Austin's comment, so I wasn't certain if he'd also overheard what I had said. Since he had asked for permission to do this, I quickly glanced over at Sherry, to get her reaction. As soon as I did, I noticed that she was nodding her head vigorously, to let me know this was fine with her.

"Sure! I'd like that," I told Josh, which brought an instant smile to his face.

Sherry gave me a knowing wink, as Josh raced back to the pool, so he could tell the others.

"I'm sure Steve and Austin's parents won't have a problem with their sons calling you that either," she stated, while grinning broadly. "I have to admit, you sure do have one hell of a way with kids. No wonder so many youngsters love to read your stories."

I thanked her for the compliment, but she wasn't quite ready to swim yet, since I'd mentioned the water was still chilly. That comment had made her decided to wait until the water warmed up a little first, so I continued to sit with her at one of the patio tables and chatted, as we kept an eye on the boys.

"I take it things went very well last night, with you getting stuck with all three boys again," she observed, after a few seconds.

"Very well, in fact," I confirmed. "It is almost as if the past year hadn't even happened, although I know too well that it did."

"Well, I'm glad to hear that everything is going well for you," she stated, with a smile. "All of the boys were very depressed and weren't themselves after you were arrested and sent away, but Jared was the worst of all."

"Really? I didn't think it would bother them that badly," I stated. "Sure, we got along fairly well, but except for Jared and Josh, I didn't expect any of the rest of them to get upset when that happened to me."

"Maybe not, but it appears you made a far bigger impression on them than you thought," she countered. "I was in constant contact with their parents during that time, and although the other boys weren't as uncommunicative and morose as Jared, or even Josh, they were still definitely bummed out. Austin's mother told me that he seemed to take it the next worst, after my two, and admitted that he seemed to really bond with you on that camping trip. She felt that probably happened because you showed him more affection and paid more attention to him than his father ever had."

"But I thought Austin and his father were close," I countered.

"They do a lot together," Sherry agreed, "but his mother told me that her husband remained aloof while doing this. She said her husband thought he was making a man out of Austin by being so demanding and not being affectionate, since he didn't feel it was manly to show any sort of affection to another male, even if he was related. She seems to feel her husband is rethinking his position now and might even be ready to admit he may have been wrong about it, especially after he's seen the sort of impact you've made on his son in such a short time."

"I really didn't do anything special," I confessed.

"That's just it," she countered. "You treat every one of them the same way and they all respond very well to it. I talked to the other parents many times while you were away and confided in them about how much Jared had changed and matured since you had come into his life. That's when they finally agreed that they'd also noticed similar changes in their own sons, even if it wasn't quite as extreme as it had been with Jared. That's why they were so eager to come meet with you at my place, so they could let you know that they were fine with you being around their boys."

"That was very special for me and I really appreciated it," I confessed. "Up until you'd dropped by and then that happened, I was convinced I would be totally alone and no one would ever want anything to do with me again. At first, I wasn't sure if I should do as you'd asked and I was more than a little reluctant to put myself in that situation again, but you finally convinced me I should give it a try. Then, after they expressed their support too, it helped to reinforce the idea that I'd made the right choice. I want to thank you and the others for doing that for me."

"You're welcome, and I think they'll tell you the same thing, but we were all doing it for our sons too," she admitted.

I was deeply touched, but the moment quickly ended, when Darren suddenly appeared and sat down at the table with us. After saying 'hello' to Sherry, he turned toward me and spoke.

"Since we skipped our morning exercise program today, what do you think about maybe do an extended version later?" he wondered, looking around.

"That sounds fine with me," I confirmed.

Darren merely nodded in response, before jumping up and racing toward the pool, so he could jump in with the other boys. When I looked back at Sherry, she was giving me a quizzical look.

"Exercise program?" she asked, cryptically.

"Yes. Darren and I felt we needed to workout, in order to get in better shape, so he and I have been exercising twice a day. Once in the morning and then again at night," I acknowledged. "The boys have been doing it with us too, whenever they're here, but I decided to let the boys sleep in this morning, since I knew we'd all get a good workout in the pool, which would more than make up for skipping our usual routine."

"And all of this time I thought you'd just lost weight because they starved you in jail," she teased.

"They did that too," I agreed, "but now Darren wants me to build some muscle to replace the fat I've lost."

"Well, it looks good, no matter how you've managed to do it," she confirmed, with a sly wink.

I knew she wasn't flirting with me, since she knew her son and I had something going, but I did appreciate her positive comment about my recent change.

A short time later, the boys started calling to us again, but this time they confirmed that the water had definitely gotten warmer, so we should come and join them. After hearing this, Sherry stripped down to her swimsuit and we hopped in the pool. Almost as soon as our heads came back above the surface, Austin had a question for Sherry.

"Why didn't Dean come today?" Austin wanted to know.

"Dean and his parents, along with your parents will be showing up shortly," she announced.

"I invited them all for a cookout to mark the closing of the pool." I quickly added, "and told them they could either spend the day swimming with us too or they could just show up for the party."

The boys were surprised that we hadn't mentioned this to them earlier or that their parents hadn't said anything about it either, but I thought it would be good for their parents to spend time doing this with us as well.

Once that was settled, Darren announced that his girlfriend was planning to drop by too, after she finished her shift at Walmart. He had asked me about this before he'd invited her, but I thought it was a great opportunity for everyone to get to know her a little better and for her to get to know each of us as well.

Dean and the three sets of parents showed up first and Dean immediately joined the boys in the pool, while the rest of us sat down and chatted for a while first. It was difficult for us to do this for very long though, since the boys were constantly bugging us to join them in the pool. While they were doing this, the boys were continually calling me Uncle Bob, except for Jared and Darren, because they were calling me Dad instead. I'm sure the other parents must have caught on to this fact, but none of them said anything about it. I wasn't certain if the boys had already cleared this with their parents or if their folks had no objection to it, but either way it seemed fine.

After we had agreed to join them in the water, the boys suddenly tried to talk us into making teams, so we could play volleyball against each other next. While their parents were stripping down to their swimsuits, which they had worn under their other clothing, we began discussing the fairest way to do this. It immediately proved to be a challenge: we could split the 14 of us into two teams of 7, but that was too many players for the size of my pool. Besides, no matter how we grouped them, one team always ended up with more of the better players than the other team.

This problem was solved when Darren's girlfriend, Brittney, showed up and brought the number to 15. Although we initially were thinking of having only three teams of five, we quickly agreed upon another option. Instead of three teams of five, we decided to split into five teams of three, with one youngster and two adults on each squad. Once this had been decided, Brittney quickly raced up to Darren's room to change into her swimsuit. She had left it in the car while she was at work, instead of wearing it under her clothing, so she couldn't very well change in front of us. Since she had been to the house before, she decided to go up to his bedroom to change. Once everyone was ready, we quickly set up the ground rules.

We had agreed that each family unit would play as a team, with Sherry, Jared and I making up one team as well. That's because Josh had agreed to join Darren and Brittney to form a team, since Darren was the one who often went up to his house to get him, so he wouldn't be left out. Besides, everyone thought this would make fairer teams than with Josh being with his mother and brother and me being on the same team as Daren and Brittney.

We took turns playing and each team ended up competing in four games, one against each of the other teams. When all of the games had been played, Darren's team was declared the winner, since they'd managed to beat each of the other teams. This made Josh very happy. Not only was he pleased that he had agreed to join them, but this also gave him bragging rights over the other boys – at least for now.

After drying off and catching our breath, we decided that it was time to eat. Darren quickly offered to help man the grill again and Sherry led the other mothers inside to bring out the paper plates and utensils, along with the dishes each family brought to add to the meal. While they were doing that, the other men helped me move the two picnic tables onto the patio as well, to use along with the patio tables,

Fortunately, it had turned out to be a very lovely afternoon and everyone seemed to be enjoying himself, including Boo-Boo. We had let him out to join us again, once we'd finished playing our volleyball games, and he was receiving a lot of attention from our guests. They were also slipping him a lot of food from their plates, as he wandered back and forth.

Besides spoiling Boo-Boo, we also chatted about a lot of different topics, but the boys also took this opportunity to ask their parents if they could still come and spend time with me, even though the pool would be closed up. When their parents asked what they were going to do then, if they couldn't go swimming, the boys eagerly pointed out that they wanted to keep doing the morning and evening exercise routines with Darren and me, plus they'd be able to use the game systems I'd purchased and we could also play Uno against each other, as well as the other stuff we did. I was pleased that they had wisely opted not to mention the sexual activities to their parents, because that might have worked against them. Eventually, their parents agreed they could continue to do this, as long as it was all right with me. When I indicated it was, the boys cheered, which let us all know they were pleased that this was now settled.

We spent the entire afternoon together and had a wonderful time. Before everyone left, each of the adults thanked me, not only for today, but also for being so good to their sons. They were also very friendly with Darren and told him that they'd heard a great deal of good things about him from the boys as well. They then thanked him for being so good with the boys too, but they also praised him for the great job he'd done in preparing the steaks, hamburgers and sausages on the grill. As soon as they finished doing that, they told Brittney they had been glad to meet her and then invited all of us to come to their houses and spend some time with them there as well.

Everyone also pitched in and helped us to clean up the mess first, before they returned home, which Darren and I definitely appreciated. Darren had plans to spend time with Brittney and I was just too exhausted to do much more tonight. For these same reasons, Darren and I also agreed that we'd wait and drain the pool on his next day off, rather than trying to do it now. Even though we'd be doing this far later than we normally would have, it would still serve as the final sign that our 'extended' summer had officially come to an end.

Sherry, Jared and Josh stayed a little while longer, but then they went home too. Before he took off, Jared told me that he'd stop down to see me during the week, since his mother didn't mind, as long as he got his homework done and kept his grades up. I told him that would be fine, and then I kissed him on the lips and Josh on the forehead, before they walked out the door. I think Jared was surprised that I had kissed him on the lips in front of his mother, but he merely gave me a knowing smile and a wink before he walked out the door.

I had a lot of time to think about everything after they had gone and reflected upon this past weekend. I once again began to question whether I'd let the situation get out of hand and taken things too far by allowing them to do everything we'd done, but they were three willing and legal boys, so I was just too tempted to say no. I hope this doesn't come back to bite me in the butt again, but I don't think that will happen. Of course, I didn't think it would happen the last time either, but regardless of what happened before, I fell asleep still feeling that I had nothing to worry about.

Chapter 34
The Age of Exploration

I wasn't surprised when Jared announced that he wanted to spend the following weekend with me as well. He had already received his mother's permission to stay until Sunday evening, although he had to agree to a few stipulations first. Since he was hoping to be with me for part of Sunday too, which was the day of the week he generally spent with his mother, we had to find a way that he could also spend time with her. This way, Sherry would still be able to see her son, since it seemed as if he wanted to spend all of his free time with me now. Making a few concessions was fine with Jared, as long as he got to spend most of the time with me.

In an attempt to keep the situation amicable and accomplish this goal, I invited Sherry and Josh to have dinner with us Saturday evening, since she always comes home to have dinner with the boys between jobs. When I made the offer, she said that would be fine, as long as we promised to come up and have breakfast with them Saturday morning. I quickly told Sherry we would be willing to do that, if she and Josh would also have Sunday breakfast with us and then I'd have Jared return home in time for him to have Sunday dinner with her as well. Sherry was happy with these arrangements and Jared was too, since I'd still be with him while he was with his mother.

Shortly after he arrived home from school on Friday evening, Jared grabbed his overnight bag and came rushing down to my place, eager to get started. He immediately wanted to go up to my bedroom and have some fun, but I had other plans. I told him we could do that when we went to bed later, but for now I just wanted to spend time with him and find out how his week went. After that, we could compete against each other on the Wii and PS3 until dinnertime, and then after we ate, we'd watch a movie. He wasn't happy with my itinerary, but he agreed to go along with it, as long as I promised to make love to him later.

When we finally went up to my bedroom, I offered to let him be the pitcher, or on top, tonight, but he said he was happy with the way we usually did it. He said he might try doing it with Steve or Austin sometime, if they were willing, but he was more than satisfied having me make love to him, especially when it led to another hands-free ejaculation. Since that was what he wanted to do, we orally explored each other's body first, before I made passionate love to him. To his delight, he experienced another spontaneous ejaculation, so he was in a state of total bliss when he fell asleep.

Shortly after we woke up the following morning, Jared and I went up to his house, so we could have breakfast with his mother and Josh. She liked to spend this time with the boys in the morning and made an impressive breakfast for all of us, but when I mentioned that I was worried she had spent too much on it, she informed me that it wasn't really a problem, since I was feeding her human garbage disposal much of the time. After hearing his mother say this, Jared made a face and complained, but he knew she was only teasing, as her way of trying to make me feel better about eating their food.

We had a marvelous time together and I totally enjoyed the items Sherry had prepared. She made some delicious cheese blintzes, which she topped with strawberry preserves and served with several sausage links. I think we were all stuffed when we finished, but we also enjoyed having a wonderful conversation, as we caught up with what each other had been up to, as well as discussing a variety of current events. I did, however, also notice Sherry looking at her son strangely a few times, but I didn't have any idea what it was about. It's possible she just enjoyed seeing him so happy and in such a talkative mood.

As Jared and I were getting ready to leave, Sherry started to get ready for work and I was beginning to feel bad that Josh was going to be left home alone. I needn't have worried, however, because when she came back out, Sherry informed me that she was going to be dropping Josh off at Dean's house, so he could spend the day there. Then, Dean would be coming back with them when Sherry picked Josh up after work and then he was going to stay overnight, so he could spend a little more time with Josh on Sherry's day off. When I heard this, I made sure to let them know that Dean was invited to join us for breakfast the following morning.

As soon as we got back to my house, Jared began teasing to go upstairs so we could do something again, but I told him I'd rather wait for a while. I suspected Darren had either come home while we were gone or would be arriving home shortly, although I didn't know which was the case, but I would prefer to avoid any awkward situations that might crop up.

Jared quickly pointed out that Brittney's car wasn't in the driveway when we arrived here, so he didn't think Darren was home yet, so I reiterated my feeling that he would be arriving soon that and I didn't want him to overhear what we were doing in our bedroom. Although Darren seemed to be fine with the idea that Jared and I were 'boyfriends,' I didn't want to shock him with the realization that I was also having anal sex with Jared. When I put it in those terms, Jared finally agreed, so we went outside with Boo-Boo to throw his Frisbee as exercise, while we waited to see what was going to happen next.

When Darren didn't come home right away, I went upstairs to see if he might already be here, but his bedroom door was open and he was nowhere to be found. I wondered if maybe he might be putting in some overtime or possibly even waiting for his girlfriend to finish up so they could spend some time together, if she had only been scheduled for a short shift today. The more I thought about this possibility, however, I began to realize this might be pushing it, since even the short shifts were usually four hours long, so I began to think that he might have just gone out with some of his co-workers. He hadn't done much of this in the past, since he'd been spending most of his time either with his girlfriend or here with me, so I thought it would be good if he was hanging out with someone else for a change. I'd just have to wait until he comes home in order to discover where he'd been and what he was doing.

Since Darren had helped me drain the water out of the pool on his last day off, I suggested Jared could give me a hand with a project, to keep his mind off other things. He quickly agreed and we fastened the cover over the pool, since most of the remaining moisture had already evaporated after Darren and I emptied it. Fastening the cover over it would keep the leaves and other debris from ending up in the empty pool and help prevent other damage from occurring over the winter months. Once we finished doing that, we went back inside and Jared was helping me finish up a few other tasks when Darren finally showed up. He immediately came to find me, so he could let me know he had arrived home.

"You're late," I teased, since he was old enough not to have to account for his actions.

"I know," he admitted, "but Brittney didn't have to work today, so we decided to go out for breakfast and then spend some time together. I hope you're not upset."

"Hell, no. You're an adult and can do as you please," I advised him. "I was just making a comment, not an accusation."

"Oh, ok. Sorry about how I reacted then and for not calling to let you know what I was doing," Darren replied.

"No apology necessary," I assured him. "I was just worried that something might have happened to you is all."

"Sorry. I never thought about that," he responded. "I promise that I'll call the next time I'm going to be late and let you know, so you won't worry then."

"Thanks, but I don't want you to feel that you have to constantly check in, like you're still a little kid," I clarified.

"No, I understand and it's not a problem," he assured me. "I know my dad still worries about me, even if I am an adult now."

Darren flashed a broad grin after saying this, to let me know that he was fine with me being concerned about his welfare.

"Are you two still up for doing our morning exercises?" Darren followed. "I'm willing, even though I've already eaten, if you guys still want to do it."

When Jared and I agreed that would be fine, we all went upstairs and changed into our workout gear. After reaching the college, we took our walk around the perimeter and then did several laps around the track, before we finished up with some calisthenics. Then, we stretched and did a brief warm-down next, to work the toxins out of our muscles.

When we arrived home again, Darren went upstairs to shower first, before going to his room to get some sleep. Jared and I had also gone to clean up, but when we were walking down the hallway Jared noticed that Darren had gone to bed, so he started in on me again.

"Come on, let's go back to our room and do something," he suggested.

"Damn, you just don't give up do you?" I playfully chided him. "You really need to learn to have patience,"

"I already have patience, because I've waited this long before I said anything more about doing this, but now it's time to have some fun," he urged.

"Let's give Darren a little more time to fall asleep first and then we'll do what you want," I countered.

After looking at me with those pleading, puppy-dog eyes and making the face that almost always gets me to give in to him, he finally realized that it wasn't going to work this time. Looking defeated, he followed me downstairs, so we could spend a little more time together first. I suggest that we could watch a college football game on TV and then we'd do what he wanted during halftime, which seemed to make him feel better.

Shortly after the second quarter started, the phone rang, so I got up to answer it.

"Uncle Bob, it's Austin," the caller stated.

After we exchanged pleasantries and then I asked him why he called.

"Steve and I were talking and wanted to know if we could come stay with you and Jared over Columbus Day weekend," he answered. "We haven't seen you for a while and thought that would be a good opportunity to spend some time with you guys again."

"Sure, Austin, I don't see any problem with doing that, as long as your parents agree with your plan," I confirmed. "Since you boys are off on Monday, but your parents probably still have to work, then why don't we plan on you coming here Sunday afternoon and staying overnight, and then I'll take you home Monday, after dinner. That way, you'll be able to spend Saturday and part of Sunday with your folks first, before you come over here."

"Ok, that sounds great and it might work better with our parents too, if we aren't going away for the whole weekend," Austin agreed.

He seemed thrilled that we had been able to work this out and told me he and Steve would see us then. As soon as I finished the call, I went back and sat with Jared, so we could watch the rest of the second quarter, although he asked me to tell him what the call was about first.

When halftime started, I talked Jared into going to the kitchen with me next, so we could get a drink and a snack before we headed upstairs. He agreed with my proposal, as long as I promised we wouldn't have to rush through the sex, just so we could see the rest of the game. After I promised that wouldn't happen, he willingly followed me out to the kitchen.

I happened to have half of an apple pie in the fridge, so Jared suggested we should have a piece of that, a la mode, so I looked to see if I had any ice cream. Believe it or not, there was some French vanilla ice cream in the back of the freezer, so we had the pie a la mode, along with a glass of cider, which I'd asked my personal shopper to pick up for me the last time he went to the store. When we finished, I followed Jared up to the bedroom, so we could do what he desired next.

This time, Jared wanted to be on his back, but he wanted me on the bed with him too, rather than standing on the floor beside the bed. I immediately concluded that he wanted to try this so he could see if he would have a hands-free ejaculation using a slightly different approach. When I agreed I was happy doing it this way, we got undressed, grabbed the things we needed and then began to make love.

Doing it this way was just as passionate as the way we had been doing it, except for the fact that I had to remain more alert about keeping my weight from crushing him. When I eventually had my ejaculation, I realized that Jared hadn't done so yet, so I bent over and sucked him off, so he could enjoy his own release.

"How come it didn't happen this time?" he wondered. "We were basically doing it the same way and I always shoot when we do it with you standing on the floor."

"I think it has something to do with the angle," I offered. "Even though it may have seemed that we were doing it the same way, with you on your back and me on top, the angle was slightly different. This time, my penis was basically angled downward, with most of the pressure going toward your back, but when I'm standing on the floor, my penis has a slight upward angle to it, which means the pressure is exerted against your prostate more. I think it's that pressure which causes you to ejaculate, without either of us having to touch your penis."

Jared seemed to accept this explanation and understood the difference between the two methods, so we cleaned up quickly, before heading down to the living room again. When we got there, the second half had already started, so we settled in and enjoyed the rest of the game.

I had chosen to root for the opposite team Jared was cheering for this time, so he kept giving me dirty looks whenever I got excited when my team made a large gain, scored a touchdown or stopped the other team's drive. I think this was partially due to the fact that I'd been fairly quiet during the first half, since it hadn't been very exciting, but all of that had changed now. Suddenly, Jared began to cheer even louder too, which I had to stifle slightly, since I was afraid he was going to wake Darren. Jared managed to end up having the last laugh though, because his team was victorious, but I actually wanted that team to win anyway. I'd only decided to cheer for the other team just to give Jared a hard time, since I generally went along with him on most things, but it also helped to make the game slightly more interesting for each of us.

As soon as the game ended, I went out and began working on dinner, while Jared played video games. When his mother arrived, we quickly sat down to eat, since Sherry would need to leave for work again, shortly after we'd finished. Josh wasn't with her, since he was at Dean's house, but she seemed fine with him doing that, since he'd be with her all day tomorrow.

The meal wasn't anything fancy, but it sufficed, and it gave Sherry a chance to chat with her son, so she could hear about the things he'd been up to during the day. I noticed that she kept looking at Jared quite oddly at times, and then she'd smile and glance between Jared and me, but she never let on to us as to what this was about. As it got closer to the time she would have to go to work at the bar, she said her goodbyes and Jared gave her a big hug and a kiss before she departed.

After we'd taken care of the dinner dishes, Jared decided that he just wanted to cuddle with me and watch a movie next. I thought that sounded fine, so I let him select what he wanted to see and then he sat on my lap, with his head resting against my shoulder and his arm around my back, as I started the movie. I then wrapped both of my arms around his waist and occasionally kissed him on the cheek or forehead as we watched the screen. When the movie ended, Jared continued to stay by my side for the rest of the evening. He would either have his arm around my waist, his head pressed against my shoulder or he would be making contact in some other way, but it was almost as if he and I were conjoined, like a pair of Siamese twins.

I think Darren noticed this too, after he woke up and before we left to do our evening exercise routine. When we got back to the house afterward, we sat with Darren as he ate his dinner and then he went upstairs to get ready for work. As he was heading toward the staircase, he looked over at Jared, smiled and then winked at me, but he avoided doing it so Jared could see what he was up to. In fact, I think Jared was so wrapped up in staying close to me that Darren could have set off a cherry bomb or been waving a flag and Jared wouldn't have noticed. In fact, when we drove Darren to work a short time later, Darren even let Jared have the front seat this time, which I thought was a wonderful gesture. As he was getting out, Darren thanked me for the ride, winked at me again and chuckled slightly when he noticed Jared's hand resting on my thigh, and then he disappeared into the building.

When we arrived back home, we decided to go to bed, since we were tired and it was already quite late. Jared still wanted me to make love to him again before we went to sleep though, and although I tried to talk him out of it, he was insistent. This time he wanted me to do it while standing on the floor, beside the bed, and this elicited the precise results Jared was hoping for. I just can't get over how he responds to having a big dick up his ass, but he seems to enjoy it as much, if not more, than anything else we might do, so I'm not about to complain. Am I a lucky guy or what?

When we woke up Sunday morning, I don't think Jared's feet ever touched the ground, as we performed our morning ritual. He was still giddy from yesterday's double lovemaking sessions and thrilled that we could do this all the time – at least in his mind. I, however, was concentrating on getting breakfast ready, since Sherry, Josh and Dean would be showing up shortly.

As I went into the kitchen, I quickly made up my mind. I knew the boys liked pancakes, so I whipped up a large bowl of batter, but I also got out a package of bacon and one of sausage links, along with a dozen jumbo eggs. When our guests arrived, I gave them the choice between pancakes, an omelet or both, plus I also offered them toast, an English muffin or a bagel to go along with whatever they chose.

The boys all decided to have pancakes, with a bagel on the side, so I had Jared toast the bagels and get out the cream cheese, while I fixed the pancakes. Once they were fed, I made Sherry and I each an omelet, along with an English muffin, a couple of strips of bacon and a sausage link or two for good measure. Jared also poured each of us a glass of juice and Josh, Dean and him a glass of milk, while I poured Sherry and I a cup of coffee. It was a lovely family breakfast, complete with stimulating conversation.

When Darren came home, I fixed him some pancakes as well, since that's what he wanted, plus I put the remaining bacon and sausage links on his plate. He didn't want a bagel or English muffin to go with it, but he did pour himself a glass of juice and then sat down with us.

Sherry and the boys didn't have to rush home after they finished eating, since she didn't have to go to work today, which left us time to do other things. Once we'd all finished our breakfast, Darren bid us all goodnight and went up to his room to sleep, since I think he felt it would be rude to ask about exercising. Once he had departed, the three boys asked if they could go to the living room and play video games and Sherry and I said that would be fine. With the boys now entertained, Sherry and I agreed it was too nice a day to be inside, so we took Boo-Boo and our coffee outside, so we could sit in the sun to chat, while Boo-Boo sniffed around in the yard.

"You've made love to him again, haven't you?" she asked, quite pointedly. "I can always tell by the way he acts afterward. He always seems to have a glow about him, a lilt to his voice and a sparkle in his eye after you've done it with him."

I can't get over how direct she is when talking about this, but it's obvious that it doesn't appear to upset her. In fact, she seems thrilled that it's making her son so happy, but I'm not used to talking to my partner's mother so directly about our sex life.

"Well, your son is a little horn dog," I joked, "and the instigator, every time we've done it."

"I noticed he was glowing and acting the same way yesterday morning and at dinner last night too, so you must have done it before we got together then as well," she observed. "I say this because he's been acting the same way each time I've seen him, so I just knew that you must have made love to him shortly before we got together for each meal. Besides, he's also been walking funny too."

I wasn't sure if she was being serious about this last part or if she was just trying to get a rise out of me, to see how I was going to react, but I wasn't about to play into her little game. Instead, I attempted to remain stone-faced and unmoved.

"He is very insistent about wanting to do it," I answered.

"I was wondering how in the world you managed to do it the first time without hurting him," she pressed, looking concerned. "I was initially worried about that, since you're probably so much larger than him, but I quickly got over my anxiety when I realized you would never do anything that might harm him."

"You're definitely correct about that," I concurred. "After he started pestering me to do it with him, I put him off for as long as I could, but then I went out and bought four dildos, in various sizes, and used those on him first, to gradually get him ready. I made him go slowly, although he wanted to move quickly and do it all in a single day."

"That's my boy. Determined and impatient," Sherry joked, with a titter. "So I take it that he apparently likes doing it with you then."

"Yes, he's taken to it like a fish to water," I replied, although I wasn't sure if I might be giving her too much information.

"I just knew it," she stated. "He's been absolutely radiant and seems to be walking on air, since I first realized you had been doing it with him. I can also see that he wants to be in constant contact with you and keeps giving you those love-struck, puppy-dog eyes."

"Damn, I hope others don't notice the change in him or that he's acting differently," I observed. "I certainly don't want them trying to figure out what we've been doing too."

"I doubt they will, because it's only obvious when he's around you or just returned from being with you. Besides, it's hard to fool a mother, because we pick up on things that others might not notice," she pointed out. "I just hope you enjoy doing it as much as my son obviously does."

She eyed me suspiciously after saying this, which let me know that she was waiting for my response and this wasn't rhetorical.

"I'll admit it," I confirmed. "I absolutely do."

She smiled, but said nothing more about me having sex with her son after that, although I'm convinced that she had no qualms about what her son and I have been doing. I have to admit that I am pleased that she and I get along so well and she's copasetic concerning my relationship with Jared. I couldn't have chosen anyone better to be the mother of my lover.

After we completed our conversation, I offered to take them all to see a movie next, but Sherry was reluctant to allow me to do this. She didn't want me spending that much money on them, but the boys really wanted to do this, so she finally relented. I left Darren a note to tell him where I went, just in case he woke up while we were gone, and then the rest of us hopped into the Tahoe. I drove them to a theater complex that was several miles away from our local community, so we could relax and have a good time, without me having to worry about who might recognize us.

The boys wanted to see the new James Bond movie, Skyfall and Sherry and I were fine with their suggestion. Jared sat between his mother and me, while Josh sat on the other side of his mother and Dean took the seat next to him. We continued chatting while watching the upcoming attractions, but we all quieted down and focused on the movie, once it began. I think we all enjoyed the film, because there was plenty of action and an assortment of unique Bond gadgets to marvel at, as well as many wonderful settings to admire.

When the movie ended, I took everyone out for ice cream and a drink next, before we headed home. It was a nice day and we got to spend a good part of it together, which made it even more special. I know we can't do this all of the time, but I will find ways to include Sherry and Josh in our plans, whenever Jared spends the weekend with me.

Once we got back and the others had left for Sherry's house, Jared wanted to go upstairs and make love again. I tried to talk him out of it, by telling him that Darren would probably be getting up soon and teased that I didn't want him to hear Jared's loud moaning. After giving me a dirty look, Jared insisted that Darren probably already knew what we did anyway and our rooms were at opposite ends of the hallway, so we should be fine. Although I though he'd made a valid point, I also felt he was overdoing it with the love making, but he said it was only because it had to last him until the following weekend, so I eventually gave in again. I'm such a pushover when it comes to him.

Anyway, we went to my room and got ready to go at it again. I'm actually mildly surprised that I've been able to keep up with Jared in this department so far, but let's just say that he inspires me. He got on the bed, just like usual, but after I'd entered him, he grabbed my head and dragged it downward, while lifting his to meet mine. As soon as our lips met, he nearly rammed his tongue down my throat, which shocked me. Usually, he's so lost in his own feelings of enjoyment that he never thinks about doing anything else, but this time it seemed as if the act of kissing had moved to the top of his priority list. Once I'd overcome my surprise, I eagerly tongue dueled with him, as I rammed my penis in and out of his hungry hole.

Even though I had been bent over his torso, so I could kiss him while we were doing this, I was still standing on the floor and the angle of entry proved to be sufficient to once again stimulate his prostate and cause him to spontaneously ejaculate. However, this time his semen ended up coating my chest, as well as his belly, so we decided to take a shower, once we'd finished up.

Darren was definitely up by the time we got downstairs, but other than saying hello and grinning at us, nothing else was said. I wasn't sure if he had been able to hear what we'd been doing, but since I'd told him that I wouldn't interfere or dictate what he could do in the house with his girlfriend, I didn't expect him to say anything to me about what we had been up to either. I don't believe the idea of Jared and I making love would bother him at all, since he could see how much Jared loved me and wanted my love and attention in return. Besides, he knew Jared was legal as well, so we were safe, at least in that regard.

Jared and I only had a small, late lunch after that, because I didn't want to ruin his appetite, since he'd be having dinner at home with his mother and brother. I thought he might even go home early today, but he stayed until his mother called to let him know dinner that was nearly ready. Reluctantly, he headed out the door, but not before kissing me several times, and then he said he'd drop down to see me after he got out of school the following day.

A short time later, Darren and I went to do our exercise routine, which was much more extensive than usual, since we'd skipped the morning session. When we got back, I fixed our dinner, while he went up to shower. As we ate, Darren asked me what movie we'd seen, so I told him. He wanted to know if we'd liked it, because he was thinking that he might take Brittney to see it, so I told him we had all enjoyed it. That seemed good enough for him, so he was going to mention the idea to Brittney, but he never asked me anything about what Jared and I might have been up to in private. I was glad that he wasn't trying to push the boundaries, but then again, I was giving him space when it came to what he and Brittney were doing.

After taking him to work, I spent the rest of the night reflecting upon the entire weekend. Not just the time I'd spent with Jared, but I also thought back to my conversation with Sherry and how she seemed so comfortable commenting about Jared and I making love. It did seem slightly bizarre, but at the same time it was also comforting to know that we had her support, so I was determined to include her in our weekend plans, seeing she was willing to relinquish some of her time with her son to me.

The next couple of weeks slipped by fairly normally, without anything noteworthy happening. Jared did manage to come down for an hour or two nearly every day after school, but it was mostly so he could tell me about his day or to occasionally ask for help with his homework. Since he's still a horny teen, I would agree to suck him off most days, although I told him we'd reserve the lovemaking for the weekends, when we didn't have to rush and could enjoy it. Of course, he wasn't thrilled about this, but he did go along with my request.

When Columbus Day weekend came around, Jared and I spent part of our time on Saturday getting ready for our company and Austin even called to make sure we remembered they would be coming, or was that cumming? Steve's father dropped the boys off around 3:00 Sunday afternoon and Jared and I watched as they raced to my door clutching their bags. When I opened it, we all waved at Steve's father, before he drove away.

Once again, I felt badly that Josh wasn't going to be able to join us, but Jared informed me that his mother was going to drive Josh to Dean's house again. He was going to spend the night there, because Dean's mother was going to be home both days, and this made me feel better. At least now I knew Josh wasn't going to be left home alone.

After Steve's father left, I offered the boys a drink and some cookies, which I had taken out of the oven just before they'd arrived. They eagerly accepted my offer, and while we were polishing off those treats, we began to chat. Steve and Austin used this opportunity to inform me they each had a girlfriend now, and even though Jared had mentioned this fact to me in passing earlier in the week, I didn't let on that I knew. I wanted the boys to feel that they were the first to fill me in about this, since it seemed important to them and Jared hadn't given me any details about the girls involved.

The boys explained they'd only been going out with these girls for a couple of weeks, although they had known the girls long before this happened. They also told me that they'd kissed the girls, but they also felt each other up a little, although that's all they'd done so far. I guess telling me about this must've made Austin and Steve horny, because they suddenly announced that they wanted to go up to my bedroom and have some fun.

I couldn't believe they wanted to do this so soon after they'd arrived, but had no problem agreeing to their request, especially after Jared chimed in and said he'd like to do that too. After I told them that would be fine, I followed the boys up the stairs to my bedroom, and once inside, all three began to strip, without uttering a word. Once they were naked, Austin looked at me and spoke.

"Steve and I have talked this over and we want you to use the same three fake cocks on us that you used the last time," he stated. "We enjoyed doing it then, so we want to try it again."

I looked over at Steve for confirmation and he merely nodded his head in response. Since this was what they wanted to happen, I went to retrieve the required items. As soon as Austin saw me pull them out of the nightstand, along with the condoms, he jumped on the bed and got in position, so I guess he and Steve had already worked out the order they were going to do this. When I came back from washing the dildos, Austin was already pulling his legs up, even though I hadn't yet placed a condom over the dildo or lubed it up. I guess he really was eager to do this again.

Once I had everything prepared, I used my fingers and the smaller dildo on him first, as I began to get him good and loose. Then, I prepared the dildo the size of their teenage cocks and inserted that into him next. Austin didn't seem to have any problem accepting this larger toy and moaned approvingly, as I slid it back and forth in this chute. He was also bucking to meet my actions this time and seemed to be really getting into it. He even reached down and started to masturbate himself, but then quickly stopped and pulled his hand away again. After I felt we had done this long enough, I removed the dildo and looked into his eyes.

"Are you sure you want me to use the next one again?" I asked, just to be sure.

He confirmed he did, so I went ahead and got that one ready next and placed it at his opening. I then began to apply gentle pressure, since I didn't want to hurt him and could tell it was a little more difficult for him this time. No matter how much effort it took, he was determined to continue, since he'd done it before. I watched as he struggled to accommodate the bulbous head, until it eventually popped past his anal ring and began to slide further inside of him. Now that Austin's body had accepted it completely, I slowly began to work it back and forth for a while, but when I pulled it out of him for the final time, he looked up and me and spoke.

"Suck me off, please," he begged. "I really need to bust a nut."

He sounded desperate, so I did as he'd requested and sucked on his adorable piece of boy flesh. Since he was so physically and emotionally aroused, it only took a couple of minutes before he blew his wad and sent his boy cream down my throat. When that happened, his body collapsed back onto the bed and he lay panting and exhausted. It actually took him longer to recuperate than it had to cum, but when he had recovered, he was beaming.

"Man, that was terrific!" he exclaimed. "I think it gets better every time we do this."

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, but I'm still not sure I should be doing this with you," I admitted.

"Yes, you should, because Steve and I want to and we're old enough to make up our own minds," Austin insisted.

Steve also uttered his agreement and then urged Austin to switch places with him, so I could perform the same treatment on him. He was just as involved and seemed to enjoy it just as much as Austin had, because he also met my actions with thrusts of his own. Just as soon as we stopped, Steve pleaded with me to suck him off next, because he also felt the need to ejaculate. After we'd done this and he'd recovered, he thanked me, much as Austin had done, and then I looked at Jared, to see what he wished to do next.

"Do you want me to get the other dildo out for you?" I asked, anticipating his request.

"No, I want you to do it to me instead," he replied.

I'm not quite the exhibitionist that Jared seems to be, but Steve and Austin quickly voiced their support that they'd like to see us do it again, so I relented. Jared wanted us to start out doggy style, with him on all fours on the bed, but after we'd done that for a short time, he asked me to pull out, so he could flip over on his back and I could enter him again, with both of us still on the bed. We had only done it this way for a short time though, when Jared asked me pull out again and stand on the floor, so we could do it the way he liked best. Shortly after we'd begun to do it in that position, Jared erupted in a powerful orgasm, which also pulled me over the edge and caused me to fill the condom with my man seed. Once we'd both recuperated, I looked at Jared quizzically and he seemed to understand my unasked question.

"I just wanted Steve and Austin to see there were other ways they could do it too, since they had asked me questions about that before," he responded.

"Yeah, we wanted to know about this stuff, just in case our girlfriends agreed to have sex with us," Steve volunteered next.

"If you wouldn't mind," Austin added, "we were hoping you'd let us borrow a few condoms and some of that slippery stuff, so we could try it on each other later, after we go to bed. We thought we should practice doing it with each other first, so we'd know what we're doing, if our girlfriends said 'yes.'

"It seems that you're more than a little anxious about trying this with your girlfriends," I pointed out.

"Well, they didn't object when we felt them up and they even did the same thing to us by rubbing our cocks through our pants," Austin replied, "so we felt maybe they'd be willing to do more. Would you mind if Steve and I took a couple of extra condoms with us, so we'll have them if our girlfriends say it's ok?"

"Certainly," I agreed. "I'd rather supply you with the condoms than worry about you getting those girls pregnant."

Both boys smiled and then gave me a hug, to let me know they appreciated my help. Then, before they left my room to clean up, they both also gave me a kiss.

"Thanks, Uncle Bob," Steve stated, after he'd removed his lips from mine. "Austin and I knew we could count on you."

"You can, but just be careful," I reminded them.

After we finished cleaning up, we got dressed and then went downstairs to watch a movie. Once I had everything set up, I turned around and discovered the boys were having a private conversation, but I had no idea what they were discussing. It didn't take long, however, before I discovered what this little conspiracy was about.

"Since there are three of us and we all want to sit next to you, I've come up with a plan," Jared announced, with a grin. "Dad, I want you to sit down on the couch, on the middle cushion."

I eyed him suspiciously, but did as he asked. As soon as I was settled in, he plopped down on my lap and leaned his head back against my shoulder, as Austin and Steve took their places on either side of us. Once they all got comfortable, I used the remote to start the movie and soon felt Austin and Steve lean their heads against my upper arms.

I'm still amazed that these two boys are being so affectionate with me, since I know they aren't gay or looking at me in quite the same way that Jared is, but as long as it's their choice, I'm not going to complain. In fact, I lifted my arms and placed one around each of their shoulders, which I could tell pleased them immensely. When Jared noticed what I had done, he turned and gave me a smug smile, which let me know this met with his approval as well.

When the movie ended, I went out and began to prepare dinner, and while I was doing that, the boys took Boo-Boo outside, so he could get a little exercise. I figured they were probably also using the time to compare notes about our earlier session, as well as taking the opportunity to discuss their future plans. When they returned a short time later, they began chatting with me, while I finished getting the food ready.

After we finished eating, the boys decided to challenge me to games on the Wii and PS3 next. It was like a mini-tournament, as we played against each other, although I knew they were much better at this than I was. We kept this up until it was time to go to bed and then they were all eager to go upstairs again. I knew why Steve and Austin were in such a hurry, since they'd told us about what they had planned earlier, so judging by his actions, I suspected Jared had something similar lined up for us.

Of course, I was correct and Jared wanted me to make love to him again, but this time he wanted to do it doggy style. I wasn't sure why he wanted to make this change, but I had no problem doing it this way, so we did what he wanted. Since he didn't let me masturbate him while we were doing it this way and he didn't ejaculate on his own, once I shot my wad I rolled him over and sucked him off.

"Ok, why the switch?" I asked, as soon as he'd recovered.

"I just thought we should try doing it different ways more often," he answered. "I still like doing it the way that causes me to shoot on my own the best, but it's fun doing it these other ways too."

I guess that answered my question, so I didn't push it further. I did, however, wonder how Steve and Austin were making out, since I knew this was the first time they were going to try doing it with a partner. Those thoughts were spinning around in my mind as Jared and I cuddled together and slowly drifted off to sleep.

The following morning, I slipped out of bed, so I didn't wake Jared, and then headed downstairs to make a pot of coffee and get things ready to make the boys breakfast. Before they woke up, however, Darren arrived home. He had spent Sunday with his girlfriend, since he knew that I'd be spending time with the boys and didn't want me to have to worry about doing things for him too. Even though I assured him it wouldn't be a problem, he said it was my turn to take care of them, the same way I had done for him. I wasn't sure if his comment was meant in general terms or if he was possibly referring to the fact that I had given him oral sex in jail, but I felt it would be better not to ask. Instead, I just thanked him for his thoughtfulness.

As soon as he came through the door, however, he seemed excited and wanted to talk, so I told him I'd listen as I fixed us both some breakfast. I quickly discovered his excitement was due to the fact that he'd just been offered a promotion at work, as team leader, so he wanted to ask my thoughts on the matter. He was worried that he shouldn't accept the position, since he was planning to go back to college the following fall and hadn't told his employer this bit of information yet.

Although I understood his concern, I merely pointed out that Walmart has a fairly high turnover rate anyway, for various reasons, so he shouldn't let the fact that he would be leaving stop him from accepting the job. I told him if it was something he thought he could do and would enjoy, plus the fact that he'd be getting a raise if he took the offer and that would help him save more money toward his education, then he should do it. He smiled, thanked me and confirmed that he thought he was going to take the job.

As he and I sat eating our breakfast, the three boys groggily wandered into the kitchen, clad only in their underwear. Darren looked at them, smiled and looked at me. I'm not exactly sure what he was thinking, but it was obviously nothing bad, or he wouldn't have looked at this as being so humorous.

"What for breakfast? I'm starved," Jared announced, as he stood beside me.

I assumed the others were hungry too, so I quickly offered up their choices. The three of them quickly agreed that French toast sounded good, even though Darren and I were finishing up our eggs, sausage and toast, so I went out to prepare it for them. I also whipped up some scrambled eggs and tossed a few more sausage links into the frying pan, so they could have some of those too. It turned out to be a good thing I'd done this, since they were all really hungry and devoured everything I set on the table.

While I had been fixing their meal, the boys had been chatting with Darren and joking around with him. I believe their lively banter and harmless ribbing might have caused a casual observer to conclude they were all his little brothers, since they were all so comfortable with each other. It was nice to see them all getting along so well and that they had no inhibitions when it came to playfully teasing one another, but it also pointed out that the boys respected and admired Darren as well.

Since the picture books Darren and I had worked on had been published, the boys were in awe of his artistic talent. I always keep copies of my books at the house, so the boys had each read them and seen his artwork and most times they'd just tell him how great they thought his drawings were, but today was different. At this particular moment, they were having more fun mockingly comparing him to some of the primates and cats he'd depicted in those stories. This pleased and impressed Darren as well, knowing they were familiar enough with his work to be able to do this, and even though they were currently trying to use his talents against him, it still helped to endear the boys to him even more.

Darren was also anxious for us to do our excise program, but since we had just eaten, we decided to wait a while before doing this. When I felt we were finally ready, Darren asked the boys if they'd like to join us and they each agreed, so after changing quickly, we set out for the college. We started out by taking a walk around the perimeter, followed by several laps around the track and then we finished up doing calisthenics. It was quite a workout and only Steve seemed to be struggling to keep up, but he wasn't about to quit. I'm not sure if he did this because he wanted to do everything the rest of us did or if he was worried that he might get picked on if he stopped. I hoped he didn't feel that any of us would have done anything mean to him if he dropped out, although the other boys might have teased him in a playful manner, such as they had been doing to Darren earlier.

When we finished, we went back to the house and cleaned up next. We let Darren use the guest bathroom first, because he would be going to bed afterward, but once he was done, Austin and Steve followed him in there next. Jared and I cleaned up in the master bathroom, and when we came out, Austin and Steve were waiting for us, naked and smiling.

"Ok, what's up?" I asked, seeing them like that again.

"We thought that we'd tell you how things went for us last night, after we went to the other bedroom" Steve announced. "We talked it over in the shower and thought you should know what happened, since we couldn't have done it without your help."

"You could have gotten dressed first," I teased, "but you don't need to tell us what you did in private."

"We don't mind staying like this and Jared told us what you guys did in private," Steve pointed out. "You even let us watch you too."

"We did that so you could learn, but you don't need to feel obligated to return the favor," I replied, "unless you had a problem that you wish to talk about."

"No, we didn't have any problems, but we did want to let you know how it went," Austin countered.

"If that's what you truly wish to do, then I'm willing to listen," I agreed.

I thought they might change their minds about doing this now, but that's not what happened. Instead, they each told me about their experience and how they felt about it.

"Steve let me do it to him first," Austin began, "so I started out on my knees behind him, like you guys did it when you first began last night."

"You mean doggy style?" Jared asked, innocently.

"Yeah, I guess that's what you'd call it, because it does remind me of two dogs humping," Austin concurred. "Anyway, I didn't realize that I'd have to push so hard to get it into Steve, but once I was in him, we did it like that for a while, before I pulled out and had him get on his back. I thought that would probably be the way I'd do it with my girlfriend, if she's willing, so I felt I should practice it that way too. It was great both ways and felt just as good as when you suck me off."

"It felt good to me too," Steve quickly added, "but I liked doing it to Austin just as much. We did have a few problems while we were doing it though…"

"Like pulling back too far and having our dicks fall out," Austin joked.

"Or when you farted," Steve added, with a giggle, "but most of it was good, and like Austin said, it felt just as good as when you suck us off."

I was pleased their experience had gone so well and they both had positive memories about it. I'm sure they'll be doing it with each other again, at least until their girlfriends agree to take their place.

Now that they had filled Jared and me in about their experience, they slipped on a pair of shorts, sans underwear, and we went downstairs to watch something on TV. The boys selected another movie, so by the time it ended, I felt we had been quiet long enough to allow Darren plenty of time to arrive in the Land of Nod.

When I asked what they wanted to do next, before I took them home, they said they wanted to go upstairs, so we could all do it with each other, meaning they wanted Jared and me to join them. I told them that I couldn't do that, because I was much to large for any of them, except for Jared, so the three of them should just go upstairs and have some fun without me. They began to argue with me about this, hoping they'd convince me to change my mind, but when they saw I wasn't going to budge, the three of them headed upstairs without me. They stayed up there for quite some time and when they came back down to join me later they were all smiles.

"Since Jared hadn't done it to anyone else before, I let him do it to me first," Austin announced. "Then when he was done, he let Steve and me each do it to him next."

"Then I let Jared do it to me after that," Steve added, "so he got to do it twice."

"It was fun and I enjoyed doing that too," Jared chimed in, "but I still like when you do it to me best."

It seemed it's just as I suspected. Jared is definitely happier being a bottom.

After the boys told me more about their experiences with each other, I suggested they should go upstairs and get their things together, while I fixed dinner. After we'd eaten, I took them home, but before we got to their houses they made me promise that I'd let them come back over Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, so we could do this again.

Chapter 35
The Road Ahead

I didn't see Austin and Steve again until Thanksgiving weekend. After getting my permission first, the boys convinced their parents to bring them to my house on Friday evening and let them stay until Sunday afternoon. I thought their parents might object to this proposal, seeing it was a holiday weekend, but they seemed eager to go along with the idea. I discovered later that it was so they could do their Christmas shopping without the boys and I couldn't blame them that they wanted to use this opportunity to do this task in peace.

We started off by watching some college football and basketball games, but then the boys wanted to repeat some of the activities they had enjoyed over Columbus Day weekend. To begin with, they asked Jared to join them for another three-way, but he said he would rather just spend time with me today. He then asked me if we could just make love to each other, but indicated that he also wanted to penetrate me this time. He'd never seemed interested in doing this before, even though I had offered to let him try it on several other occasions. When I agreed to his request, he told Steve and Austin that he'd join them the following day, which seemed fine with them.

Once this had been agreed to, Steve and Austin went into the guest room, while Jared and I entered the master bedroom. Once we were alone, Jared repeated his previous intentions.

"You don't mind that I want to do it to you this time, do you?" he wondered, while studying my face.

"No, Jared," I replied. "I've told you before that I was willing to do this for you and all you had to do was to let me know you were interested, so I'm fine with the idea."

Now that this was settled, we got undressed and began making out for a while first, before Jared got ready to enter me for the very first time, although he had done it with Steve and Austin prior to this. After he put on a condom and added some lube to it, Jared guided his penis into my rectum and we began making love. To my surprised, Jared took off like a sprinter, rather than a marathon runner, so I knew this was going to be a quick race. I didn't say anything about this, because I figured I could do that later, so I let my little rabbit go at the pace he wished. As expected, it didn't take very long before Jared began panting, and then grunting, as he unloaded his baby-makers into the tip of the latex love-glove.

As soon as that happened, he collapsed on top of me, so I let him lie there and didn't try to get him to roll off. He wasn't that heavy and it wasn't uncomfortable, especially after he recovered and began kissing me again.

"Thank you," he gushed. "I enjoyed doing it more with you than I did with either Steve or Austin. You're the best and I love you so much."

"I love you too, sport, and I'm glad you enjoyed yourself," I replied.

"You do it to me now," Jared urged. "You can do it anyway you want, because I've already shot my load, so I doubt I'll be able to do that again for a while."

Since he didn't mind, we both stayed on the bed and merely swapped places, so I could enter him while he was lying on his back. I took a slower and much more deliberate approach than he had and hoped he might catch on to the idea that making love was not a race, but a slow, sensual dance. For that reason, I took my time, as I filled him with my love and attempted to bring him as much pleasure as possible.

Once I had my orgasm, Jared let me know that he had truly enjoyed what we'd done, even though he hadn't climaxed again. We then got up and took a quick shower, before Steve and Austin came running in to join us. They were extremely eager to tell us that they'd also had a great time and thought they were getting better at doing it as well. They were also filled with anticipation about doing it with an actual girl, so hopefully their girlfriends will eventually give in to them about this.

On Saturday, we spent a large portion of the day watching college football games again, but we also took some time out to enjoy another session of unbridled sex. This time, Steve and Austin wanted to do it on the bed next to us, while Jared and I made love to each other again. I was slightly reluctant about doing it this way at first, but then the three of them convinced me that it wasn't much different than what we'd already done with each other, so I agreed to their request. I kept an eye on how the other pair was doing, while Jared and I were busy taking turns with each other, and noticed that all three boys seemed to be in a big hurry when they were on top. Therefore, I decided to address this issue with them, once we had all finished.

"Guys, I know your satisfaction comes from the high you get from your sexual release, but doing it in such a hurry will leave your partner feeling that it's just another 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am or man' performance. I think it's very important that you understand they will appreciate the love making more if it lasts longer and you are more passionate with them.

"Look, I don't expect you two to kiss each other," I added, while looking at the other pair, "but there are other parts of the body that you can pay attention to, both before and during the time you are doing the deed. I want you to realize this, because it's especially important when you are making love to a girl, since they are capable of having multiple orgasms, compared to our solo ejaculation. You can help make that happen for them, as long as you take your time and pay attention to these other areas as well, and aren't merely thinking about your own enjoyment."

By the expressions on their faces, I wasn't convinced they totally understood what I was saying, although I did see some glimmers of comprehension.

"Will you show us what you're talking about, the next time you make love to Jared again?" Steve asked. "I think Austin and I will understand it better if we can see you do it, rather than just have you tell us about it."

After checking with Jared next, I agreed that we would do this for them tomorrow. Steve and Austin seemed thrilled that we were willing to go along with their request, because they said they wanted their girlfriends to really enjoy it too, so they'd be willing to do it more than just the one time. Even though they had their own reason, I was glad they were also thinking about their potential partners.

After going downstairs and watching some more football, we played a few video games against each other next, but that was about all we did throughout the remainder of the day. When it was time to go to bed later, the boys wanted to know if we could all sleep together in my bed again, like we'd done before. Since we were merely planning to sleep, I gave in to them once again.

Sunday morning, I slipped out of bed, got dressed and then drove down to pick up Darren, but he went straight to bed after we got back. This was because he was exhausted after working both Black Friday and Saturday at the store, so I felt he would probably fall asleep quickly. I would still make sure that we kept the noise down and didn't bother him, once the boys got up, because I could tell he really needed his rest.

A little while later, Jared, Steve and Austin came trudging down the stairs looking like grumpy old bears after a long hibernation, and they were just as hungry as those bears as well. After fixing them a rather large breakfast, I let them chill out for a while, as they slowly began to overcome their early morning stupor.

As soon as they had shaken the fog from their brains, the boys wanted to go up to my room again, so they could watch me make love to Jared. They were eager for me to show them what else they could, and possibly should, be doing when making love.

Once we got upstairs, we all stripped down and I had them take a shower next, while explaining that I wanted them to wash all areas of their bodies thoroughly. When we finished, we all went back to my room again, still totally naked, and I began to explain what I was about to do. Even though we were already naked, I informed them that they should begin kissing and making out with their partner while slowly undressing each other, because it was an extremely erotic thing to do. Once they understood that, I began showing them what I meant, while pretending Jared and I were still clothed.

First, I kissed Jared passionately, with our tongues dueling, before I started to simulate removing his shirt and then having him do the same thing to me. Then, I began working on each of his ears and then made my way around his neck, as I simulated I was undoing his pants and letting them fall to the ground. After he pretended doing the same things to me, I slowly began to work my way down his chest, while momentarily stopping to pay attention to his nipples next, gently nipping on those tiny nubs, and then I proceeded on to his bellybutton. After I had used my tongue to explore that area thoroughly, I moved down and began working on his genitals,

Since the boys knew how to do this, I flipped Jared over and began to rim him next, when I suddenly heard the other pair gasp. Having a good idea what they were thinking, I lifted my head and turned to speak to them.

"I can imagine what's going through you're minds right now, but that's why I had everyone wash thoroughly first," I pointed out. "Besides, if you have oral sex with your girlfriend then you'll be sticking your tongue into her vagina, which is actually quite similar. Whether you are willing to do something like this or not will be mostly a mental obstacle and controlled by what is going on in your brain. Therefore, you'll just have to make up your mind about whether you think you'll be able to do it or not, before you get to this point."

Once I'd finished explaining this, I went back to work on Jared. I rimmed him thoroughly and allowed Steve and Austin to get an up close look at what I was doing. Once I completed getting him ready in this manner, I encouraged Jared to get in his favorite position, since I was trying to teach the boys that doing the things their partner liked best would maximize their satisfaction level. I then began to make love to Jared in a very slow and tender way, while at the same time kissing him and working on various parts of his body with my hands. After a lengthy and sensual coupling, we were both rewarded with very powerful and satisfying orgasms.

Once Jared and I had recovered and cleaned up, Steve and Austin asked if we'd watch them, while they practiced on each other. After they explained that it was just so we could make sure they were doing it correctly, Jared and I agreed and I gave them a few more pointers as they were doing it.

To my surprise, Steve and Austin actually started out kissing each other, even using their tongues, as they mimicked what I had done with Jared earlier. When they started to work on each other's ears and neck. I made them stop so I could give them some advice, since they were doing it like a dog licking its master, rather than a lover being affectionate. Once they had improved their technique, they moved down to their partner's breasts, and I suggested they could use their teeth to lightly clamp down on the tiny nub. I even urged them to use their tongue to stimulate that area as well, but I also explained how they could add some suction to increase their partner's feelings of enjoyment.

After they moved down and worked on each other's genitals for a brief time, I was shocked when they voluntarily flipped their partner over and began to rim him. When I asked about this, they explained that they thought it was good practice for having oral sex with a girl, so I didn't disagree.

This time when they finally entered each other, I explained how they should start out using longer strokes and proceed at a slow, steady rhythm and then gradually increase it as they went along. I explained that machine-gunning into their partner, as they had done previously, may have been pleasurable for them, but it most likely would leave their partner feeling unfulfilled. I think by heeding my advice it helped them enjoy the experience even more, so I hoped it would also pay off when they did it with a female.

After they'd finished, I had them clean up again before we went downstairs. While we sat in the living room and waited for their parents to pick them up, we spent a little more time discussing everything we had done. I believe that hearing each other's comments and observations helped to reinforce everything I had tried to teach them earlier, because they were able to hear how the others felt about the differences as well.

"That was fun and I learned a lot," Steve announced, when we'd finished our discussion. "I think we not only enjoyed doing it with each other, but it's been good practice for Austin and me, for when we get to do it to a girl. Even though we had fun doing it with each other, we still really want to fuck a girl and get to play with her titties. I think that now we can make sure the girls enjoy doing it with us too, so they might want to do it more than once."

Austin readily agreed with Steve's observation and I was glad they had found a logical way to justify having done this. I felt that since they looked at these encounters in this fashion, then it should keep them from having any psychological issues about their actions later, such as when they'd rimmed each other.

Now that the Thanksgiving weekend had ended, things remained fairly quiet for me until Christmas. I spent some of my time planning on how I was going to celebrate the holiday this year and what gifts I was going to buy, but I also felt badly for Darren. He had wanted to take time off from work, so he could go home and spend some time with his parents, but since it's a busy time of year in retail, he couldn't get the time off without losing his job. Since he didn't want that to happen, he told his parents that he'd come home to spend a week with them in mid-January and they could have their Christmas celebration then. Since they understood his dilemma, his parents eagerly agreed to his plan and looked forward to seeing him then.

Besides having Darren here for the holiday, I knew Jared would also be spending plenty of time with me during his vacation. In fact, he showed up at my door shortly after he got off the bus on the final day of classes, as his Christmas break got underway. I did, however, make him agree to one request and that was that he'd spend Christmas Eve at home. I knew this would be important to Sherry, because she wanted him to be there to open his presents with Josh and her on Christmas morning. Somewhat reluctantly, he agreed, but only after I assured him they'd all be coming down to spend the rest of Christmas Day and having Christmas dinner with me.

Darren, however, wouldn't be joining us for this meal, because once his plans to visit his parents fell through, Brittney talked him into spending Christmas Day with her family instead. Since he would be leaving early Christmas morning to do this, I opted to give him his presents on Christmas Eve. The first gift was a Christmas card, but inside I explained this gift was to give him an opportunity of working on two more picture books with me, along with the benefits that included. The idea for doing this had been pitched to me by my publisher, since our first two picture books had sold so well, but it would also give Darren a chance to earn some extra money, which he could then use toward his college expenses. After reading my message, Darren looked up at me and smiled, before eagerly accepting the offer.

The second gift was a round-trip ticket, which I had purchased so he could fly home to visit his parents. He had asked me if I would make the reservation for him, since he didn't have a credit card so he could complete the transaction online, and then he was going to give me the money later. Instead, I decided to use this as another gift for him and informed him that now he could save his money for something else

As a final present, I'd bought him a lovely gold chain to wear, since I had heard him make comments about how good they looked on other guys, such as in a movie or on TV. I knew he'd appreciate this and it was something he probably wouldn't purchase for himself, at least not yet, since he was being very frugal right now. He might be willing to splurge on one later, once he had finished college and secured a job, but since that was such a long way off, I decided to do this for him now.

Needless to say, Darren was thrilled with the gifts and thanked me several times for them. In return, he gave me a couple of very special gifts of his own, the first of which was a special honor. He asked me to be the best man at his wedding, but then quickly added that he didn't know when that would be or if it would be with Brittney, but he wanted me to agree, nonetheless. I thought it was remarkable that he was willing to make this commitment to me, even though he wasn't ready to make the marriage commitment, but I assured him I'd be honored to do it, whenever he was ready.

After I accepted his offer, Darren then handed me a package. Once I unwrapped it, I discovered a series of drawings he had done just for me. There were portraits of Jared, Josh, Austin, Steve and Dean, along with a self-portrait. Each one was exquisitely drawn and extremely lifelike, so I was unable to take my eyes off of them.

"I thought you might like to make a separate wall with portraits of your adopted sons," he stated, while smiling broadly. "I know that's how each of us thinks of you, so I wanted you to be able to remember each of us as we are now."

I thought this was a marvelous gift and I assured him I'd treasure them always. Since his other artwork hung on the wall on the right side of my office, I would hang these on the opposite wall, so I'd have something wonderful to look at, no matter which way I turned.

After thanking him for such wonderful presents, Darren and I spent the remainder of the evening playing video games, but we also watched the 1951 Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol before we went to bed. Even though there have been many versions made of this beloved story, I believe this is one of the best and I look forward to watching it every Christmas Eve. I slept very soundly afterward, while looking forward to the big day ahead.

When I invited Sherry and the boys to come down to the house on Christmas Day, after they had opened their presents at home, Sherry insisted that she wanted to help me prepare Christmas dinner, which we would all enjoy together. We would exchange gifts first, which made me excited, because I had bought each of them something I thought they'd enjoy. I had made the long trip to the city to do my shopping, since I preferred not to run into anyone locally, but I still hoped the locals would eventually forget about my conviction. For now, however, I opted to do it this way, and it was during this shopping excursion that I'd also purchased the chain I'd given to Darren.

When Sherry and the boys arrived, we exchanged greetings, kisses and hugs, and then I led them into the living room, where I had decorated my artificial tree. The presents I had purchased for them were all stacked beneath it, so I went over, grabbed a package and handed it to Sherry. Once she opened it, she discovered that I'd selected an elegant necklace and matching pair of earrings for her. She immediately thanked me and stated that she thought they were lovely, although she feared that I had spent far too much on her. After I insisted that had not been the case, she then assured me that she would enjoy wearing them when she dressed up, but conceded that these items were far too fancy to wear to work.

I was pleased that she seemed thrilled with her gift, so now I grabbed the next package, which was a large box, and handed it to Josh. I think this surprised him, because it looked as if he thought I was mistakenly handing it to the wrong person. I assumed that when he first saw this good-sized package sitting under the tree, he instantly concluded it was something I had purchased for Jared. Therefore, when I handed it to him instead, he looked at me quizzically for a few seconds and then glanced nervously over at Jared next, as if he was expecting me to realize my mistake.

Noting his reluctance to take the package, I assured him that it was indeed meant for him, so he finally accepted the gift and eagerly ripped off the wrapping paper. As the writing on the box came into view, he discovered I'd bought him his own PS3, which I figured he would enjoy having it at home, so he could challenge his brother or even Dean, when he came over. I also handed him a smaller package, which contained a couple of additional games, which Jared had suggested. I was fairly sneaky when I got Jared to do this, because I'd merely asked him which games I should buy that Josh might like to play on my PS3. Jared certainly hadn't suspected I was going to get Josh his own system.

Having seen Josh rip the paper off of his present and toss it on the floor, Boo-Boo immediately grabbed some of it in his mouth and then shook his head back and forth. The wrapping paper was flopping around as he did this, until Boo-Boo's saliva and teeth caused it to tear and fall harmlessly to the floor again.

"What's Boo-Boo doing that for?" Josh wondered, watching the dog's actions.

"I think his mimicking what you did to the paper," I responded. "I'm not sure if he thought you were fighting the paper or if it had hurt you, but Boo-Boo seems to be helping you fend off the threat."

The boys got a good laugh out of my explanation and I felt Boo-Boo would probably repeat the process as each of the other gifts were unwrapped.

Now that Josh was taken care of, it was finally time for me to hand Jared his gifts. When he opened the first one, he found a gold chain, identical to the one I'd given Darren, although neither of them knew about the other's chain yet, since Darren was with Brittney's family today. I had decided to do this because I thought it would be cute for the 'brothers' to have an identical item they could each wear.

The second package was even smaller and when he opened it, he found a gold ring. As soon as he saw it, he looked up at me quizzically, since he wasn't quite sure what to make of it. I had a feeling that he was wondering if this was a wedding ring, or even an engagement ring, so I felt I'd better explain it to him.

"It's a promise ring, which I had specifically made for you," I advised him. "In the center is an Irish Claddaugh, which shows two hands clasping a heart, with a crown above it. The hands signify friendship, the heart love and the crown loyalty. On one side of the Claddaugh is a ruby, which is your birthstone, and on the other side is a diamond, which is my birthstone. On either side of those jewels you'll find a Celtic knot, which signifies that we are now bound together forever. The Celtic knot is very special, because it has no end and is, therefore, infinite, just like our love."

Jared stood gawking at me, so I wasn't certain if he was able to fully comprehend the meaning of my gift. Sherry, however, was beaming, while Josh was still busy examining his PS3 and reading everything about it. Seeing Jared's confusion, I decided to explain my intentions further.

"Jared, the ring signifies my promise that I will be with you forever, if that's what you want," I explained. "I had it made so you can either wear it on your finger, or if you are afraid that might draw too much attention, you can slip it onto the chain I just gave you and wear it beneath your shirt instead. No matter which of those methods you choose, the ring is my way of pledging my love and devotion to you."

Now that he fully comprehended the meaning of my gift, he raced across the short expanse separating us and threw his arms around my neck. Then, he began kissing me passionately, even though his mother and brother were still in the room with us. When I glanced about, Sherry was smiling broadly and I thought she might even burst from joy, but Josh had a slightly different reaction to what his brother was doing.

"Ewwww. Get a room or something," he teased, which earned him a playful cuff from his mother.

"Hey," he chirped in response, while giving his mother an evil glare.

"Behave yourself," she admonished. "After all, it's Bob's house, so you can just go home if you don't like what they're doing."

"What about dinner?" Josh pressed.

"I guess you'll just miss out on the food then, seeing the rest of us are eating here," his mother continued, as Josh flashed her a look of horror.

"Don't worry, Josh," I chimed in. "We're not going to keep this up, so you can stay and eat with us."

"We are too going to keep this up," Jared challenged, so I quickly gave him another kiss to shut him up.

"In time, my love," I whispered in his ear, when our lips parted. "There is a long day ahead and we have many other things to do as well."

Jared accepted my assurance, so we sat and chatted with his mother and brother for a while longer, after Jared proudly showed his new ring to his mother.

"It's so beautiful, Bob," she gushed. "Not just the ring, but the meaning behind it. I'm so glad that you moved in here and that you and Jared found each other."

I thanked Sherry for her support, and then Jared gave his mother a huge hug and kiss as well, to show his approval for what she'd just said. Josh, however, did his best to ignore the rest of us.

Now that they had opened my gifts, I thought we were done, but I was wrong. I was suddenly informed that they had a couple of presents for me as well. First, Sherry took something out of her purse and handed it to me. It was a gift certificate from the pool company I'd used, which indicated it was good for a pre-season pool maintenance inspection and cleaning. Since I knew this was quite an expensive proposition, I began to object that they had spent too much for it, but it appeared they were prepared for this.

"No we didn't and we're happy to do this for you," Sherry stated. "We all use the pool and enjoy it as well, so it benefits all of us, not just you. Besides, it's the least we could do, considering all of the wonderful hours we spend in the pool with you."

Since it was obviously something she and the boys wanted to do, I thanked them for their thoughtful gift. As soon as I did that, Jared ran and grabbed something out of his coat. When he came back, he handed me another package.

"You've already done far too much," I protested.

"No we haven't, but this present is just from me," he explained, with his chest puffed out.

I was somewhat stunned that he had done this, but I also sensed it was extremely important to him, so I removed the wrapping paper to see what was inside. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was a photograph of Jared and me, which he had placed in a very handsome frame. As I looked at it more closely, I realized I had never seen this particular snapshot of us before, although I recognized where and when it had been taken.

Unbeknownst to me, Sherry must have taken this shot sometime after I showed up at Jared's last birthday party. Even though I don't remember anyone having a camera at the time, I had to admit that it was a great photo of the two of us. Jared and I were both sporting humungous grins and appeared to be glowing, since it was the first time we had been together after I was released from jail. Jared had an arm wrapped around my shoulder, which almost appeared as if it was both a protective measure, so no one would harm me, but it also looked as if he was staking out his claim. I don't believe either of us could have looked any happier.

"It's perfect and I love it," I announced. "I shall cherish it always and I will put it in a prominent place in my office, where I can admire it daily."

Jared seemed thrilled with my response, so he hugged and kissed me once more, which elicited another groan from his brother.

"Hang on, because we've got a few more things to hand out," I announced, which brought questioning looks from the others. "We haven't given Boo-Boo his presents yet."

They all smiled, now that they understood what I was referring to and watched as I grabbed a bag and reached inside.

"Josh, you can give Boo-Boo this first," I stated, while handing him a canvas dog Boo-Boo could play with. Boo-Boo took it immediately and began shaking it in his teeth.

"He's going to rip it," Josh yelled, concerned.

"That's why I got this," I added, as I handed the next gift to Jared to give to Boo-Boo.

It was a very thick rope, which was knotted at both ends and could be used to tug on, since Boo-Boo liked to play tug of war with things. This way we could use the rope and not the canvas dog, which means it might last longer. While Jared was playing with Boo-Boo, I went out to the kitchen to get his final gift, which I carried back to the living room with me. When I noticed Jared was getting tired playing with Boo-Boo, I held out the last gift, which was a bone I'd had my private shopper purchase for me at the grocery store. Boo-Boo immediately grabbed it and began chewing on it.

"Well, I think he's taken care of for now," I noted, as we watched Boo-Boo gnaw on the bone.

Now that the gifts had been unwrapped, we decided to watch the parade on television next. When that ended, Sherry and I went out to the kitchen, so we could get dinner started, and then we all watched a movie together, while it was cooking. After the movie ended, we shared a very lovely family meal and enjoyed a wonderful afternoon together. I would have to say that this was the best Christmas I've been a part of since my parents had passed away, so I looked forward to sharing future holidays with Sherry and the boys as well.

That night, after Sherry and Josh had returned home, Jared and I made love to each other again. In fact, it turned out to be the most passionate session we'd ever shared. I'm not sure if it had been inspired by the holiday season or possibly the gifts we'd exchanged earlier, but tonight was much more than just about loving and pleasing each other. It was a lifetime commitment of caring and sharing, which meant our orgasms were merely icing on the cake.

I had let Jared go first, since I didn't want to take the chance that he would ejaculate while I was making love to him and then not be able to enjoy being on top. Surprisingly, he seemed eager to make love to me tonight and actually admitted he was willing to do it more often as well, although he's still a natural bottom and prefers doing it that way best. Once he'd achieved his release, we took a quick breather and then I returned the favor. Much to my surprise, Jared had a second ejaculation when I made love to him, even though it was a much smaller load than he normally would have released.

Jared spent the next few days with me as well, although I also made sure he spent some time with his mother when she wasn't working. He would have both breakfast and dinner with her, as well as spend time with her on her days off, but other than that he was with me the rest of the time.

For the most part, Josh was staying at Dean's house whenever his mother was at work, but Darren also invited him down to join us a couple of times, so he stayed here instead. We felt it was important that he wasn't left home alone, so we worked together to prevent that from happening, because we didn't want Josh to feel left out or ignored. It was just that he couldn't stay with us unless Darren was going to be here as well, because I still had to deal with the various restrictions from having been labeled as a 'sex offender,' so I needed Darren or Sherry to be here whenever Josh was with us, to avoid any additional problems.

Josh, however, wasn't the only one that spent time with us. Five days after Christmas, Austin and Steve came to stay with us for a few days. Once again, they had talked their parents into letting them do this, since their mothers and fathers still had to work, so the boys felt this would prevent their parents from worrying about what they were up to while they were at their jobs. They had also arranged it so they were going to be here with Jared and me for New Year's Eve. Their folks were happy to allow them to do this, because it gave them the opportunity to go out and have a good time too, without having to worry about the boys throwing a party at their house and then possibly coming home to find it trashed.

Since they were all going to be here, I thought it would be nice to plan a little soiree for the boys, but we'd also invited Sherry, Josh and Dean to join us, along with any of the other parents that didn't have other plans. Even though they all thanked us for the offer, it seemed that each of them were looking forward to spending a quiet evening out with just their spouse, which they seldom got a chance to do.

When Austin and Steve showed up to begin their stay, they immediately wanted to go upstairs and have some fun, but I thought the three of them should just go upstairs to fool around without me. The problem was, they had another idea and were insistent that I join them. Thinking something was up, I asked why they thought they needed me to go with them and that's when they explained that since they hadn't done anything since Thanksgiving, they felt they needed me to loosen them up with the dildos first. Since I didn't really think this was necessary and they were quite capable of loosening each other up, I tried to talk them out of this. They, however, were adamant and kept trying to convince me, so after covering the same ground several times, I finally relented and agreed to do this with them.

Jared, of course, didn't need to be stretched, so Austin wanted to go first. Carefully, I used the smallest dildo on him first and then gradually worked my way up to include the next two larger sizes, before moving on and doing the same thing with Steve. When I'd finished getting them ready, I felt Steve and Austin would then take turns with each other, but they had something else in mind.

"Uncle Bob, can I do it to you this time, while Jared does it to Steve?" Austin asked. "Then you can do it with Jared afterward, while Steve does it to me."

I had to stop and think about this for a few seconds, to make certain that I fully comprehended what they wanted. It was clear they weren't asking me to make love to either of them and it appeared that they merely wanted me to allow them to have a chance to doing something with Jared and me. I didn't see any harm in doing it this way, as long as Jared was agreeable, so I turned to him and asked what he thought next.

"Yeah, why not?" he responded. "I think it might be fun to try it like that."

Since Jared was fine with the idea, I gave my consent to their plan. Steve and Austin seemed thrilled that we had agreed to do this and immediately began kissing Jared and me, to show their appreciation. This caught me by surprise, since the kisses they gave me was more passionate than a father-child kiss, but they obviously didn't care, since they were the ones that had initiated it. Once they broke their lip-locks on us, I prepared for Austin to enter me, while Jared got ready to penetrate Steve.

I had to admit that Austin was a little better at doing this than I'd expected, so I guess the time he'd spent practicing with Steve had paid off. He was taking it nice and easy and going slowly, and when I complimented him for having taken to heart the advice I had given them over Thanksgiving, he told me that he'd also been taking it slower when he jacked off too, so he could learn how to delay his ejaculation. He said he wanted to make his experience last as long as possible when he did it with his girlfriend, if he could convince her to do it with him, but he also wanted to make sure that she enjoyed it too, so it wasn't just a one-time thing. For that reason, he held on quite a bit longer than I'd anticipated and did an admirable job. Once he and Jared had both finished, we took a short breather, before I made love to Jared and Steve did the same thing with Austin.

The following evening, the boys wanted to switch things around again, so this time Steve made love to me first, while Jared did the same thing with Austin. Although he might not have lasted as quite as long as Austin had, he still performed very well and I was impressed with his effort. Once both he and Jared had ejaculated, I made love to Jared again, while Austin took his turn with Steve. Since we had now done something with each other, it helped us to form an even deeper bond than we had shared before. I also think Steve and Austin's obvious improvement indicated that their first time with a female should go very well, no matter when it actually happened.

The boys used the remaining time to help me plan the various things we'd do on New Year's Eve next. This meant we had to do some shopping at Walmart, in order to pick up the items we were going to need, so we decided to do this one evening after we dropped Darren off at work. Since I still wanted to mask my identity, while I was out with the boys, I wore my hat and pulled it low on my forehead. I didn't wear the sunglasses, since it would look foolish if I wore them at night and I thought that might draw even more unwanted attention. We then made our way around the store and picked out snacks and drinks, but we also grabbed some other items that we could use to help pass the time and still have some fun doing it. I also threw in some party favors, which included noisemakers and hats, because I thought they would make the evening a little more festive.

When the big night came, Sherry brought Josh and Dean down just after 6:00, because I'd also fixed a big dinner, so we could spend even more time together. Darren had also invited Brittney to join us, but they weren't going to stay, once we'd finished eating. They had made plans with some of their friends and were going out with them later, but I thought it was nice that they were willing to still take the time to have dinner with us first.

For this meal, I had prepared a large ham, topped with a brown sugar glaze and covered with pineapple rings, with a cherry placed in the center of each one. I'd also prepared a huge bowl of mashed potatoes and another with candied yams, plus I'd made a green bean casserole and fixed a Greek salad for each of us. I also had pumpkin and pecan pies for dessert, along with plenty of French vanilla ice cream and two cans of whipped cream to top them off.

We had a lovely time, filled with great conversation and a whole lot of teasing, as Brittney was initiated into the playful antics of this group of young men. When we finally pushed ourselves away from the table, we said goodbye to Darren and Brittney and then the boys brought out one of the activities they had selected to pass the time until midnight. First, they selected 'The Game of Life,' which they'd asked me to purchase, and we played it until we finally declared a winner. Before that happened though, the boys had a blast cracking numerous jokes and teasing each other about some of the life options they had either chosen or ended up with, such as getting stuck with a lousy career or having a wife and whole bunch of children. This was all done in fun, however, so everyone accepted it the same vein as it was being offered.

After we finished that game, I brought out the game 'Days of Wonder: Ticket to Ride,' which I had selected. It was designed for two to five players, which was exactly the number of boys there were, so Sherry and I agreed to sit out and watch the boys play. I had to read the directions to them though, since none of them had ever played this before, but they all caught on rather quickly to the objective of the game. It also required a modicum of knowledge about U.S. geography, which I thought they might acquire as they played, so it might also help them with their schoolwork in the future. That's another part of the reason I had chosen it for them to play.

The game also required a bit of strategy, which the boys seemed to pick up quite quickly as well, so it soon became extremely cutthroat. Sherry and I were amazed by some of the things that came up in the questions and I think we also learned quite a bit from watching. The boys seemed to have a great time doing this and even stated that they wouldn't mind playing it again in the future. Since Sherry and I had nearly as much fun watching them, I guess this turned out to be a pretty good choice after all.

Since quite a bit of time had passed since we'd eaten, I brought out the snacks next and made sure that everyone also had a drink. Once that had been taken care of, we sat down to play Uno, at my suggestion. Talk about competitive and cutthroat! The boys were having a blast dumping on each other, as well as doing the same thing to Sherry and me, but there was a lot of name-calling and threats being passed around as well, although it was all harmless and done good-naturedly. I believe everyone had a great deal of fun playing this too, and when our second Uno game ended, it was time for us to great ready for the final event of the evening. To prepare for this, Sherry offered to help me pass out the party favors, as we anticipated the big, final countdown.

To begin with, I gave everyone a plastic hat to wear, which included pirate hats, leprechaun derbies, cowboy stetsons and something more feminine for Sherry. Even though the boys mildly complained that this was lame, they still put them on and I think they actually enjoyed wearing them.

While I was doing this, Sherry began passing out the assortment of noisemakers and gave the boys one each of the first three devices. I had selected these things because they were simple to operate and would allow the boys an opportunity to make plenty of noise when the time came, plus they were all fairly inexpensive. These devices included a simple clicker, which you squeeze between your finger and thumb to make a clicking sound, a plastic Racket-N-Raise noisemaker, in various shapes and colors, which you spin around on a handle to make the sound, plus a party blowout, where a tube unrolls when you blow on the horn-mouthpiece at one end.

Before Sherry finished passing those out, I began giving each boy several party-poppers, which would release a collection of streamers when you set them off. Even though I knew this was going to leave a mess for me to clean up afterward, I figured 'what the hell!' It's New Year's Eve and I want the boys to really enjoy themselves.

We continued to snack while we watched the festivities on TV, until it got closer to the witching hour. Then the boys started to whoop it up as midnight approached and this prompted Boo-Boo to get excited and he began jumping on the boys, since he thought this was some sort of a game. We all counted down with the announcer, as we watched the ball begin to drop in Times Square, and you could feel the excitement building.

As soon as we reached zero and it was officially the New Year, the boys began to make a tremendous ruckus with the noisemakers and the room was filled with the sounds of small pops, as streamers filled the air, before ending up on the floor around us. Boo-Boo began barking when the boys started with the noisemakers and he was jumping and trying to catch the streamers in the air, before they hit the ground. The boys were getting a kick out of watching him do this, but then we all started wishing each other a Happy New Year, giddily acknowledging the arrival of the New Year.

As our impromptu celebration came to an end and the boys began to quiet down, I announced that I wanted to make a toast. I had purchased a small bottle of champagne for Sherry and I to share and a bottle of sparkling cider for the boys, so I opened the two bottles and poured each of us the appropriate beverage in a champagne glass. Once everyone had their drink, I offered a toast for a year of prosperity, fun and happiness.

After we consumed our beverages, with most of us taking refills, we finally decided it was time to call an end to this long and joyous evening. Sherry, Josh and Dean bid us all goodnight and then began walking up the road to Sherry's house, since she didn't feel either of us should risk driving. Even though we hadn't had that much to drink and it was such a short distance, the potential problems that would arise if someone else plowed into our vehicle, we caused a minor fender-bender or a police car suddenly appeared and stopped us was far too great to risk. Therefore, we stood and watched their progress, until we saw Sherry unlock her front door and they all disappeared inside.

After I locked up the house and turned off the remaining lights, I went upstairs to join the boys, since they had raced up the steps as soon as we'd come back inside. Once I entered my bedroom, the three boys raced over and wrapped their arms around me, just before they began thanking me for a wonderful evening. They then told me that tonight was the most fun they'd ever had on New Year's Eve, even though they had each celebrated at home with their parents during previous years. They explained that when they had done that they only watched the celebrations on TV together or basically did their own thing until midnight, when they all came together to participate in the final countdown to the New Year. They said this was much better and more fun, because they had enjoyed playing the various games too, as well as having all the different noisemakers and participating in the toast at the end, even though they weren't allowed to drink any alcohol.

After Austin and Steve gave me a hug and a kiss, Jared wrapped me up in a very passionate, tongue dueling lip-lock, before they announced that they all wanted to sleep together again. This time, however, Austin and Steve switched sides, so I cuddled with Austin, while Steve was behind me and Jared was behind him, but we were all too exhausted to even think about doing anything sexual.

I slept very soundly that evening, probably because of all the activity I'd been involved in, the small amount of alcohol I'd consumed and the late hour we went to bed, so I woke up refreshed and rearing to go again the following morning. I got up first, of course, even though it was nearly 10:00 by the time I rolled out of bed, which was late for me. I'm used to getting up much earlier than this, so I felt I needed to hurry up and get moving. After going through my normal post wake-up routine, I went down to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee next. I then cleaned up the mess we'd created the previous evening, before I began to get things ready so I could fix the boys something to eat when they came down.

I quickly got out a bag of potatoes and started to boil them, while I cracked open two-dozen jumbo eggs, as I prepared to make scrambled eggs for everyone. I wouldn't pour the mixture into the frying pan until they came downstairs, but before that happened the potatoes finished boiling, so I drained the water and left the potatoes to cool.

While I was waiting for that to occur, I took two pounds of bacon and a large package of sausage links out of the freezer, and then I chopped up an onion, before I began cutting up the potatoes. Once I'd finished those tasks, I was ready to make home fries for us as well. I also took out a loaf of bread, which I would turn into a stack of toast, and once I had all of this set, I merely waited for the boys to join me. It was after 11:00 before they came stumbling down the stairs, still clad in their underwear, and staggered into the kitchen.

"What's for breakfast?" Jared asked, which made the other pair perk up slightly.

"How do scrambled eggs, toast, bacon, sausage and home fries sound?" I replied.

"It sounds super!" Steve answered.

"It sure does. I'm starved," Austin added.

"Starved? After all you packed away last night?" I teased, which earned me a scowl.

"Hey, I'm a growing boy!" he snapped back.

"You'd better keep active then or you'll be growing in the wrong direction," I tossed back, which garnered me a disbelieving sneer.

With a sudden sense of urgency, I placed four slices of bread in the toaster and tossed some bacon and sausages into one of the large frying pans. Then I put the ingredients for the home fries in another skillet, before I poured the eggs into a third frying pan. While I was keeping an eye on that, I buttered the toast as it popped up and put more bread in its place. I was also flipping the bacon strips, turning the sausages and stirring both the home fries and eggs, so I began to wish that I'd had another pair of hands. As each item finished cooking, I placed it in a bowl or on a platter next and then I started carrying the various items into the dining room.

The boys were already sitting at the table and had a plate in front of them, so I placed the food in the center of the table and told them to help themselves. As they were doing that, I poured each of them a glass of orange juice and a glass of milk, before I poured myself another cup of coffee, to go along with my glass of juice. I then sat down and filled my plate, before the boys got ready to take seconds. I'm glad I was able to do this, because there wasn't much left by the time the human locust had finished grazing.

Once everyone was full, we went into the living room to watch the various parades, before the football games came on. I was somewhat surprised that the boys didn't bother to go upstairs and get dressed first, since it was a little chilly in the house, but they all cuddled together on the sofa, under the blankets I kept there for situations such as this. Although they didn't know it, I also stopped to turn up the heat, because I wouldn't mind seeing them lounging around in just their skivvies.

When the parades began to wind down and prior to the first football game starting, the boys wanted to go upstairs and have sex next, because they thought this would be a great way to start out the New Year. After hearing what they wanted to do, I gave in and went upstairs with them. We started out with Austin doing it to me again and Jared drilling Steve, and then Steve had sex with Austin, while I made love to Jared. It was all very satisfying and Steve and Austin were thrilled that they got to do this again before they had to go home.

Once we finished, the boys decided to get dressed before we started watching the football game, because they knew Sherry would eventually be coming down and they were worried that Darren might bring Brittney back with him as well. We weren't exactly sure when any of these people were going to arrive or when Steve or Austin's parents would be showing up to take them home, except that it would happen before dinner. For that reason, they felt it would be best if they were ready before this happened.

To our surprise, Steve's mother showed up around 2:00 to take the boys home. It turned out that she had drawn the short straw and was assigned this duty, and Sherry, Josh and Dean hadn't even come down to join us yet. This made we wonder if that pair had slept in even later, otherwise I would have thought they'd have been here by now. Anyway, I invited Steve's mother in, while the boys went to collect their things, and when they rejoined us, she asked them if they'd had a good time. They each gave her a resounding 'YES!' in response, which for some reason made her chuckle.

Once she backed out of my driveway, she drove up to Sherry's house to pick up Dean next, since she was dropping him off at his place as well. She and the boys all went inside for a few minutes, so she could chat briefly with Sherry, who gave her a quick synopsis of what we'd done the previous evening. She also filled Sherry in about her evening and then she took her precious, yet somewhat subdued, cargo home. I think we were all satisfied with how things had gone and were eagerly looking forward to a much better year ahead.

Josh and Sherry came down for a while, but Jared stayed with me for the rest of the day. He didn't have to return to school until the day after tomorrow, so Sherry said he could do this, but we mostly just cuddled as we watched the various games. Later that night, when we went to bed, he wanted us to make love again and told me that he felt we were now like a married couple, since I had given him the promise ring. For that reason, he felt that every time we made love helped to punctuate the deep and abiding love we felt for one another and I readily agreed with his assessment, since I couldn't find any flaws in his argument.

I actually began to feel sad when I had to drop him off at his house the following day, because I really had enjoyed having him around. The house suddenly seemed empty again without him beside me, and even though it had only been a few days since I'd last slept alone, the bed seemed awfully big and terribly lonely without him here to share it with me. I knew I'd have to get used to this, at least for a little while longer, but I looked forward to the day when we wouldn't have to go our separate ways any longer. I knew this situation was just temporary and would end when he graduated from high school, as long as he decided to attend college locally. If he did, then he could just move in with me, but there would still be plenty of opportunities for us to be together in the interim, so that would have to suffice for now.

There was another bright spot in this situation, which was that Darren would still be here with me until the fall, so I wouldn't be totally alone until then. Even though he wasn't sharing my bed, his being around helped to keep me from feeling lonely and gave me someone to do things with when Jared wasn't here.

Even though I still had Darren around, there was still a certain amount of loneliness in the house, an empty place in my bed and a void in my soul, which would temporarily be healed each time Jared came down to spend time with me. Only his presence could alleviate those ills, so I looked forward to his return the following weekend, as well as to our long and bright future together, which still lay ahead.

The End