Brother's Mate
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Chapter 28
Alexander and Bradley did manage to get several short snatches of alone time together each week, but the pressures of their school curriculums and home life meant that they only got some longer times alone occasionally. During these times they learnt about each other and what each other really liked and enjoyed. For the most part that learning was done in a state of nudity but they did also spend some of their quality alone times doing things like going to the cinema or wandering a shopping mall.
What Alexander liked the most was when they had some time alone at Bradley's home. They began to get into a routine for those times with spending the majority of it in Bradley's bedroom. Alexander would open Bradley's trousers up and kiss Bradley's cock and follow that little action with stripping Bradley. Bradley would then strip Alexander and stroke him until he was close to his orgasm. Alexander would warn him to stop and leaving his hard cock bobbing and dribbling pre-cum, Alexander would get down on his knees and suck Bradley off, holding as much cum in his mouth as he could. The two would then have a lengthy kiss swapping the cum back and forth between their mouths until the saliva build-up this caused, forced them to swallow. At the end of the kiss Bradley would prop his pillows up at the head of his bed to make a back rest and he would get himself comfortable against them with his legs spread. Alexander would then nestle in-between Bradley's legs leaning against Bradley's chest as his back rest. Sitting like that Bradley would use the remote to start a video playing on the TV which was now in front of them. While they watched whatever film they had chosen, Bradley would caress and fondle Alexander, keeping him hard and leaking but not cumming. When Alexander felt his orgasm getting close he would gently squeeze Bradley's leg and Bradley would stop. Then when the film ended, depending on how much time they had left Bradley would either continue to edge Alexander until they knew they needed to complete the deed before their time alone was ended by the return of one or both of Bradley's parents. Both boys enjoyed this and most of the time, once Bradley had recovered from the blow job Alexander had given him at the start of their time together he would get hard and stay hard while he pleasured Alexander. Sometimes to add a bit of variety, they would have a sixty-nine to finish off the time giving Bradley a second cum for the session.
It was during one of these times when the film had finished and the two were still sitting in the same position but had some time left before they needed to speed things up that Bradley raised another aspect of their relationship. "Al, do you remember that time just after we had got Ben and Dom talking to each other and we were all at their house doing those forfeits and things?"
"Yeah, that was a cool time." Alexander answered.
"Do you remember you said you would let me fuck you but you didn't want the others to fuck you?" Bradley asked.
"Yeah, I was kind of talking without thinking too much." Alexander admitted.
"Okay, the thing is, I don't think we should start fucking yet. I know you're keen to try new things and so am I, but I think we need to wait for that one." Bradley said.
"You know when I want something I worry at it like a dog with a rat. But I haven't talked about doing that again because I also think we should wait. Dad said something to me that made me think a lot. I can't quite remember when he said it or his exact words, but I can remember how good I thought it was. I guess it must have been after that time at Dom's house, though. I know he had started out asking me how you and I were doing and I told him that we were still very good. Then he told me not to be in too much of a hurry to try everything out. He told me that in the old days when he was courting my mum, girls did not just jump into their boyfriend's beds at the first request. Guys also did not expect it of a girl. He said most boys expected that their girl would still be a virgin the day they got married and as part of the celebration of their marriage the new husband would lose his virginity to his virgin bride as he took hers from her. Then he told me; we can't see into the future and so I can't say whether or not you and I will always be together. And it might be that I find someone else to share the rest of my life with. And dad asked me, `what will you have left to offer that new person?' I knew what he was meaning and I've been thinking about it ever since. I'm still so young. I know I love you and want to give you all of me, but also I want to be able to give you something new when we get married if that's what our futures have for us. Does that make sense to you?"
"Our parents are sneaky. What you've just told me that your dad said to you is pretty much exactly what my dad told me a little while back. And I feel the same as you. I hope that our futures are together for ever, and I too want to have something new to give you when we get married." Bradley told Alexander.
"Good, I'm glad we've agreed that. I can stop worrying about breaking a promise to you. I'll just have to keep the promise for longer." Alexander said.
"You didn't actually make me a promise, just an offer. And that offer still stands but we both know that we both want it to wait. And that's because we love each other so much. Thank you for being so cool about it." Bradley said.
"You know what I wish for a lot?" Alexander asked.
"Being edged for ages?" Bradley suggested as he resumed playing with Alexander's cock following a brief rest period.
"No. I wish that we could just come out to everybody and know we wouldn't be treated badly for it. I want to be able to show off my boyfriend to others and be proud of it. I am proud of it but I want to show that." Alexander said.
"So do I. If it were just me, then I probably would come out; but it's not just me or even just you and me. It affects a lot of people. Our parents and Cal, our wider family and our friends. We know that they would support us, but it's also how others will react to them that we have to think about. That's what makes it so bloody difficult." Bradley said.
"Have your parents talked to you about coming out to others?" Alexander asked.
"Not really. They've just said we need to be careful when we are out in public because there are people who'll try to hurt us just for appearing as if we're gay and lovers." Bradley said.
"Yeah, that's kind of what mum and dad said too. I think that means they would prefer it if we didn't come out just yet." Alexander said.
"I guess you're right there, and I think, although I'd like the freedom of not having to worry about what others say or do, even if we were out we'd still have to worry, so maybe deep down I still have some doubts about it." Bradley said.
"At least we're out to those we need to be and we're not living a lie to our parents and families and close friends." Alexander said.
"Yeah, now how about we get ourselves sorted before my folks get home?" Bradley suggested.
"Minus thirty-one?" Alexander asked.
"You don't need to talk in code to me but yes I would like that." Bradley said.
The two boys moved apart and Bradley eased down the bed while Alexander turned around and lying on their sides facing each other they took their lover's cock into their own mouths. Bradley had had enough time to recharge and with the stimulation he got from edging Alexander he was nearly as close to the edge as Alexander had been for most of the afternoon. The two had been sucking each other enough now that they could tell when the other was about to go over and could ease up until they were ready to go over together. So it was that Alexander had a final bit of edging before he knew he was about to cum at the same time as Bradley. As they got closer they had to move their heads less because they were pumping their hips which moved the cocks in the mouth more than the mouths moving. Still their muffled moans helped to tease the head of the cock nestled in their mouth and with grunts each boy began to fill the other's mouth with their seed. For Alexander it felt like he was pumping out gallons through a very strong orgasm, which is why he preferred to be edged for a while first. Bradley just enjoyed the feeling made all the stronger by knowing that he was giving pleasure to the boy he loved very much.
Some of their alone times were at the expense of spending time with Dominic, Callum and Ben but they thought it was worth it and the others had giving them their blessing several times to take those opportunities. Knowing that, and also that these offers would be reciprocated when the others found boyfriends of their own ensured that the two did not feel any guilt with it. While at the same time when they did get together for some naked action with the others they did not feel like they were being unfaithful because they were in full agreement and most of the time they were together anyway. This allowed their love for each other to grow, as well as their love and friendship with the others to strengthen. The one who missed out the most was David because his parents kept such a tight control over him.
When John told Callum and Alexander that he had managed to find a Saturday during the holidays when all four families could join together at their house for a BBQ they were both happy and excited. They really hoped that David's parents would see how much better it was to be less strict with him and allow him some opportunity to make his own decisions. For this they were determined to make their interaction with their parents speak louder than words. After discussing the sleepover, the boys agreed that they would all doss down in the lounge and try to fit onto the two double airbeds; which they reckoned would still be more comfortable than sleeping straight on the floor.
Bradley likewise was determined to achieve the same result and he had talked to his parents about it and asked them to allow the informal banter they all enjoyed to flow naturally. Both Angela and Colin agreed that they felt David was getting the short end of the stick and assured Bradley that they would behave towards everyone in the way they always did. They also acknowledged that they would not out any of the boys to either the Carters or the McAllisters.
Despite their determination to be as normal as possible, Bradley, Callum and Alexander all found that they were a bit nervous when the day for the BBQ arrived and admitted as much to each other. Because the Wright and Ashbourne families had become quite close friends united in their sons' love for each other, the Wrights had arrived earlier than the other two families to help with getting things ready. Colin and Bradley had manhandled their own BBQ into their car and then carried it through to the back at the Ashbourne home for them to have two units to make the cooking easier. This played a role in that by the time the other two lots arrived the three teens had calmed down through the banter and play they had with each other and their parents as everyone worked together to get things ready.
Derwent, Susan and David McAllister arrived next and were warmly welcomed by John and Rose who introduced them to Colin and Angela. As the boys came in they greeted and introduced themselves and then took David off with them leaving the six parents alone for the few minutes there was before the Carters arrived and the final round of introductions were made. John made sure that everyone had drinks and then called to the boys and asked them if they would like to take charge of cooking the meat on the BBQ. This would mean that the teens were standing around in the same part of the back yard as the parents which would allow interaction between all of them. The boys jumped at the offer and soon were laughing and chatting together as they put the different types of meat which had been bought for the BBQ on to cook.
As different things were said or done Derwent and Susan would look at each other and raise their eyebrows but they did not say anything. Bradley picked up on this and he turned to John suggesting, "John, I think the meat would taste a lot better if we marinated it with some beer. Okay if I get one?" As he finished his question Bradley gave an impish grin which told John exactly what was intended with the beer.
"Brad, you must think I was born yesterday. The meat has already had whatever marinating and seasoning it needed." John replied smiling.
Bradley turned and looked at John for a few moments, "Nope, couldn't possible have been born yesterday with those grey hairs."
Rose chuckled before John replied, "Grey hairs? What grey hairs? Or do you mean the ones my son's friends give me."
Rose's chuckle developed into a full laugh and Colin looked at Bradley and said, "You're going to have to get out of bed a lot earlier to get one over John, son." And then laughed with Rose.
Susan looked shocked and actually grew a little pale; but still kept quiet. Derwent likewise was a little shocked at this bit of conversation; he also kept quiet but couldn't hide a grin from everyone as he turned away from Susan to hide it from her. Once everyone had finished eating Rose suggested that the boys might like to go for a walk or something because she wanted to get them away to allow the parents to have more of an opportunity to talk without having to be careful about what they said.
"We could go to the park for a bit." Dominic suggested, "But we'll clean everything up first. I don't want to have to do it later on.
Again, Susan and Derwent looked at each other. This time in surprise; they would never have expected the teens to willingly offer to clean up. They might have felt this was a bit beyond their capabilities as when the boys were collecting up the dirty dishes Susan warned David to be careful and not to carry too much at once or he might drop something. Alexander saw David tense up and begin to blush and quickly moved over next to David. But Rose got in quickly, "Oh don't let that worry you Susan. If something gets dropped we can just pick it up and clean up any mess. I'm sure David is quite capable."
With the six boys all working at the cleaning up they got the job done quickly and Callum offered to refresh the parents' drinks before they left. They had not even got out of the driveway before David was venting his anger and frustration. "They are such fucking dorks. `Be careful David dear, you don't want to carry too much at once or you'll drop something'." He mimicked his mother, "Fuck, I only had a stack of six plates."
"Don't worry about it Dave. We know you're better than they seem to think you are." Alexander tried to comfort him.
"But they made me look like a baby in front of all of your parents." David complained.
"No. Our parents know you're not a baby. Remember you've been round ours when your parents haven't been there and they've seen how good you are." Callum said. "It's your parents that they'll be thinking the worse of, not you."
"And they won't be there tonight for the sleepover either." Dominic added.
Being out at the park meant that the boys did not hear any of the conversation the adults had and so, on their return, were not aware that David's parents had expressed surprise at the way the other parents allowed their children to speak to them. They later learned that John had countered this with what he put out as fact that their freer relationship with their sons meant that their sons talked to them about everything and there were no secrets between them which allowed the parents to trust their boys more. Bradley's father, Colin, quickly agreed with John and cited the sleepover in the tent as a good example of how the boys had done everything they had been asked to do. No one ended up in the Accident and Emergency and no property got damaged. Also no neighbours complained either. Finally Rose said, "Also we don't have to continually harangue our boys to get their chores done. Did you notice we didn't even have to ask them to help clean up? They just went ahead and did it because they knew it was a part of the BBQ that needed to be done and they wanted to get it done sooner rather than later."
"What surprised me most," Mary Carter said, "was that our boys just pitched in and helped without having to be told to do so. They really are all good friends and know what's expected of them."
The subject of the conversation changed when the parents heard the boys returning. The boys took folding chairs and moved over to where the tent had been erected for their sleepover and sat in a circle to continue the conversation they had been having as they walked back from the park. Both groups talked in low voices so while the other group could hear sound they could not discern what was being said unless someone raised their voice a bit. Unfortunately, this was the undoing of the party when suddenly David blurted out in a loud voice, "You both agreed not to do anal; why?"
Susan's mouth flew open in shock and then turning to face the group of boys, ordered, "David McAllister, you come here this instant!"
The whole party had fallen silent when they heard David's question to the others and now there was silence as a tearful young boy stood up and walked to where his mother was. Once he was standing in front of her, head bowed and tears running down his cheeks she demanded, "Young man, what's the meaning of this outburst and who were you talking to with those terrible words?"
"I'm sorry mother, I didn't mean to speak out like that." David managed to gasp out and then buried his head in his hands as sobs overtook his body.
"You haven't answered my questions and you know how much worse it will be for you if you lie to me. Now tell me what you meant by those words; who they were spoken to." Susan demanded.
"I can't tell you their names. All I can tell you is that they have agreed they will not have sex with each other." David got out amid more sobs.
"Are you telling me that some of your friends are homosexuals?" Susan asked sternly.
"Maybe." David said and looked over at the boys, who all sat in stunned silence, and mouthed sorry to them.
Bradley stood up and walked over to the adult group. "Yes, Mrs. McAllister, I am gay and I'm not ashamed to admit it. And I'm the one who has said I will not do anal with my boyfriend. We're keeping that until we get married."
Alexander stood up but Callum stood and grabbed him preventing him from walking over to join Bradley. Ben and Dominic also stood up and the four of them looked on not knowing quite what to do.
"Married! I've never heard such disgusting talk in my life. Do you know this about your son?" Susan glared at Angela and Colin.
Colin stood up and moved over to stand beside Bradley. Putting his arm around Bradley's shoulders he said, "Yes we know. Bradley is a good son and tells us the truth because he knows he will receive our love and support. I am very proud of him and we love his boyfriend too."
"And I suppose one of you perverted lot down there is the boyfriend." Susan spat out with drops of spittle flying from her mouth. Then she turned to her husband and said, "Come on Derwent, we can't stay here a moment longer. David go and get your things, there is no way we can let you stay with these tools of Satan."
"But mum, there's nothing wrong with these guys. They're all good guys who won't hurt me." David said.
"Nothing wrong! Nothing wrong! No there's everything wrong with them and their families for accepting it. Now go and get your stuff immediately." Susan said.
"Now just hold on a moment." John said. "You may be entitled to have your own opinion about homosexuality, but you have no grounds for labelling others with your opinion. Yes, our children are gay, but they are well behaved and honest children. They are polite and willing to take on responsibilities that most teenagers run away from. Look at how surprising it was that without being asked they all set about cleaning up after the BBQ. How many other teenage boys would do that? I think you owe them an apology for what you said to them."
"Apologise? For what? For speaking the truth? Never!" Susan said emphasising the last word.
"Homosexuality is legal in this country of ours. Therefore to label it as perverted cannot be the truth and to suggest that because one of the group has admitted to being gay makes all of them perverts is utterly wrong and defamatory. Or maybe you would like to explain your reasoning to a judge?" Colin said, backing up John's words.
Derwent McAllister put his hand on Susan's arm and said, "Susan, I think you need to calm down a bit." Then turning to the others he continued, "I'm sorry for this but I think we had better go." He used the hand that was holding his wife's arm to guide her to turn and then he began to lead her back into the house to get to the front door.
As soon as she had her back to the group of boys Alexander broke from his brother's arms and went running up to throw his arms around Bradley and hug him. Bradley lowered his head and whispered, "Go and help David."
Reluctantly Alexander moved into the house and found David sitting on his sleeping bag in the lounge in floods of tears. Alexander put his arms around David and hugged him. "It's okay Davey, it's not your fault."
"I ... I'm ... I'm so sorry ..." David sobbed.
"Don't worry, we'll talk about it later when things have got quieter." Alexander said.
"Get your filthy hands off my son you child of the devil!" Susan shouted and began marching up toward the two boys.
Derwent grabbed Susan's arms to stop her just as John stepped between her and the pair comforting each other.
"One more accusation like that and you will be hearing from our solicitors. I'm sorry you feel so strongly about this but it still does not give you the right to speak to our sons in that way." John turned towards David and Alexander and continued, "David, I'm sorry things have turned out like this, but believe me when I tell you that we don't hold anything against you at all. You will always be welcome in our home. Now I think I had better help carry your things out as I don't know if I can trust your mother not to hurt Alexander if she gets close enough to him."
David passed John his bag and picked up his sleeping bag. Then John put a comforting hand on David's shoulder and gently guided him towards the door. Rose opened the door and with tears in her eyes she bent down and whispered in David's ear, "If you need help call us." Then she stood up straight again and looking at both Derwent and Susan said, "I'm sorry you feel like this, but please don't punish David for something he hasn't done."
"I don't think you have any right to suggest to us how we deal with our son. You don't seem to have been too successful with your brood of vipers." Susan spat out.
"At least our brood of vipers know they are loved and are able to talk to us about anything without fear of being punished for something that is not their fault." Rose responded.
John, standing behind Derwent and Susan, quickly raised a finger to his lips to ask Rose to keep quiet. Then he ushered the three McAllisters out the door and followed behind with David's bag as they walked to their car.
John and Rose went back outside to the rest of the party and apologised for the upset. They were assured by both the other two sets of parents they were not to blame and that they all supported them.
"I have to admit that it has come as a bit of a shock to learn that both my boys might be gay but they have our love and support just as you have given your boys your love and support. We were having a good time before that outburst and it would be a shame to let that spoil the whole evening. Boys I'd appreciate it if you could all go back to your chatting over there as I want to spend some time talking with your parents to see what we can do to help support you and each other." George Carter said.
Bradley grabbed Alexander's hand and led the boys back to their chairs while the parents all sat down except for John who offered to refresh drinks first. He also called out to the boys suggesting they might want to get some more drinks.
"I don't know how you feel about it, but I think after what they have just gone through maybe something stronger than coke could be a help for the boys. I am happy for Bradley to have a beer if you don't mind." Colin said.
John looked at George and Mary and got a nod of the head from both of them, "If you guys would like to have a beer each we don't mind this time. But only one each, okay." He called out to the boys. Callum and Dominic got up a few moments later and moved over to the drinks table to collect and carry back a beer for each of them.
"I hope you don't think this is prying, but how do you feel about your sons being gay?" George asked.
"Bradley has made us very proud of him for a long time. We were sorry to learn that we might never have any grandchildren, but we're not sorry he's gay. And we're definitely not sorry he has chosen a very lovely boy to fall in love with. Our love for him and Alexander has grown and keeps on growing the more we have to do with them. Nothing will change that. Seeing Bradley come forward and stand up to that vile woman made me so proud I just wanted to jump up and hug him, while I spat in her face." Angela said.
"We have two wonderful children who have both turned out to be gay, or at least bi. Before Callum was born we had talked about if any of our children should turn out gay how would we react and we both were in agreement then as we are now. We cannot change the love we have for them. They are as much a part of us as we are of them and their behaviour compared with many teens today is exemplary. Like Mary and Colin we're very proud of them and also the friends they have chosen. We love your sons too and if they are gay, straight or bi, it makes no difference to us. They are welcome in our home and welcome to associate with our children." Rose said.
Mary then spoke up, "We couldn't help but notice the freedom your children have to talk to you. I really liked the banter that they had which was at times mischievous but never rude or cheeky. I would like us to have that sort of relationship with Dominic and Ben. Can you tell us how to develop it because I guess it will have to start with us?"
"Yes, watching that today was very eye opening, and then hearing how because of it you have an open and honest relationship with your children, which allowed you to know about their sexual preferences made me realise we are probably missing out on so much with our two."
"I can't speak for Colin and Angela, but we did it by always taking time to talk openly and honestly with our boys. They knew that they could come and talk to us about anything and also that they would only get punished for things they had knowingly done wrong. Yet, even so they were still harbouring secrets about their sexuality from us and from each other. I think though that this was because of seeing reactions like we witnessed tonight." John added.
"I don't think we have achieved as much as Rose and John have with their two, but we are working towards that as well with much the same thing. Bradley knows he has our support and our love. He also knows that we will listen to him and explain why we are taking the stance in a given situation that we are. Since we began developing that openness and honesty with him we have got to know him so much better and our love and our respect for him has grown. He's got quite a mature head on his shoulders and that bit about waiting till they are married is a part of that. Saving something that you can only give once for the one you are going to spend the rest of your life with is evidence of that."
"I would suggest that you get your two boys and sit down with them and tell them this is what you want and while it will be difficult at first if all four of you work at it then you can achieve it. I'm sure your boys will be delighted. They've seen how we are and I know Dominic has mentioned he'd like it." John told them.
"Thank you. You know, if you don't mind, I would like to make a little start with that and ask the boys to join us and share in our conversations now." George suggested.
"I have no problem with that." John agreed instantly. Rose smiled and gave her consent and both Wrights also agreed that it would be a good thing.
George stood up and said, "I'd like to be the one to invite them." Without waiting for the others assent he walked over to the five boys. "Guys, Mary and I have been very impressed with the relationship you other three have with your parents and would very much like to have that same relationship with our two young men. It's going to take some adjusting for all of us and to help begin that we adults would all be honoured if you would please come and join us for the rest of the evening and share with us and we with you."
Dominic looked at his dad with an expression that spelt disbelief. "No Dom, honestly. Your mother and I are actually a bit jealous of the relationship Al and Cal have with their parents and Brad has with his. If we had that we would not have been as surprised as we were tonight. And don't worry, we love both you boys more than we can tell and it will not bother us if you are also gay. And maybe if we can work at it we will also find out what happened to make the change in the way you and Ben are towards each other. Please would you guys help an old man out and come and join with us." George said.
"You see, out of the ashes the phoenix will rise." Bradley said looking at Dom. "Come on guys, let's go and make an old man happy."
"Thank you Brad. And if you can help these two in any way to overcome their misgivings about their parents we would be very grateful." George said.
The five boys stood up and picking up their chairs moved to join in with the adults. As they were getting the chairs re-arranged to fit everybody in, the doorbell rang and John went to answer it. Opening the door he was confronted by two police officers.