Friends or What?-Chapter II (Revised) Gay Male/High School AUTHOR: Barry Mattison 20 June 2010
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INTRODUCTION:
This is a fictional story about how two young guys grew up as friends since 3rd grade and are now in their Junior year ready to end the year, planning summer vacation. One likes the other and has had a crush on him for some time, but doesn't really know what that means, the other has a girlfriend and doesn't really see anything beyond his childhood friend other than their friendship. The characters in "Friends or What?" are all fictional and any semblance to real persons--living or deceased--is purely coincidental.
DISCLAIMER:
This fictional story is written for the gay reader in particular and describes scenes of male nudity and sexual acts between two or more guys that some readers may find inappropriate and/or unsuitable for their reading. Please do not read any further if you find such reading offensive or if it may become property of anyone under the age of 21. "Friends or What?" is copyrighted by Barry Mattison under the trademark Foxstories© and published as StoriesByBm© with permission to publish given to the Nifty Alliance Archive. Copying, distribution or re-publication of this writing in any other web site, private or otherwise, is a violation of local, national and international copyright laws and will be pursued to the fullest extent allowable by law.
Chapter II
At the end of the first chapter Jason had just picked up Todd in his car after Todd tried to ask Jason to come to his grandmother's farm/ranch for the summer. Todd had a crush on Jason but didn't understand what these feelings really were he was feeling deep inside. But Jason initiated something by leaning towards Todd and kissing him...on the lips.
From there we take a jump to granny's for the summer where the boys have just arrived...
"Smell the woods Jason, they smell like a fresh rain. The mist rising off the cool ground feels so good on your face, like one of those commercials on TV for those face cremes. You can hear the birds, even insects buzzing around...ouch!"
"Those are mosquito's silly, and they're going to drive me nuts. I hope we brought some bug spray."
Jason and Todd had arrived at Todds' grandmother's farm in the northern part of the state for the summer vacation between their Junior and Senior years at the school they had both attended since second grade three. Since mistakenly coming out to each other about a week ago, they had not had a chance to be together to talk about all the unspoken thoughts, the years of staring at each other behind partly closed doors, or the many times they had both lain in their own beds at night, wishing and dreaming they were with the other one, waking up with wet sheets instead.
Todd had finally worked himself up to asking Jason to come to the lake with him for their last summer before going off to college, but Jason had a girlfriend, was always the life of the party, jock of the class, and always stood on a way-too-tall statue in Todd's eyes. Todd, on the other hand, was just about the opposite. Maybe that's why they were always the best of friends through life so far. When Todd got locked up in his locker at school, Jason would be the one to get him out. That's the ways it was, and that's the way it mights always be. Todd had known for a little while that he was different, not in the sense that he had a big red nose, or size eighteen feet...nothing like that. It was more a feeling inside of him when he saw guys in the shower -- which he faithfully avoided out of embarrassment -- that he couldn't explain. It was almost the same feeling he felt when he saw Jason. Jason, apart from being a long-time friend, was much more than a friend and instilled different reactions when Todd saw him in the shower, especially in the crotch area. When Todd had tried to ask Jason if he would go to the lake with him for the summer, he couldn't get the whole question out and ended running as fast as he could back home where he felt safe. Halfway back Jason almost ran him over, but slid to a screeching halt, causing Todd to jump over the bank, then asked him to get in.
Long story short, it turned out that Jason felt the same way about Todd and kissed him. Seems as though both of them needed to do some sorting out.
So here they were, at the ranch for the whole summer, together, to find out more about themselves and each other...and have FUN!
Walking up the old, partially rotten, white-washed steps, built many years ago by Todds grandfather, attached to the vine covered porch, we met granny rocking in her favorite slider and fanning herself with an old, whitish looking fan. I quickly ran up to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek and a hug.
"Hi granny, I really missed you. This is Jason, my best friend since we were little. He's the one I called to ask if it was okay to come to spend the summer with us. Jason, this my grand mother, I call her granny."
"Nice to meet you Jason. Todd talks about you all the time. I'm very glad you could come to our special home for the summer and spend time with us. Todd's grandfather passed away some years ago so it's just me and a small group of caretakers that keep this place up now, but I think you'll find plenty of space to do whatever you want; besides, young Todd here knows every inch of this place. All seven hundred and fifty seven acres of it, plus the farm buildings long ago closed up along with the chicken coops, and everything else. Whatever we have is yours so make yourself welcome and at home."
"Thank you Mrs...I mean granny. I'm going to love it here for the summer."
"You're welcome young man. Todd will show you guys up to your room. If you don't mind I've opened only one room to keep the laundry down. You young 'uns don't mind sharing since you grew up together do you?"
"No ma'am. Not at all. We have a lot of catching up to do anyway," Jason answered.
"Okay granny, half the summer'll be gone by the time you two get through. Come on Jason. Let's get our stuff and I'll find our room upstairs."
"Dang kids, always in a hurry, AND NONE OF THAT MA'AM STUFF!" Granny laughed as we ran towards the car.
"I think I'm going to enjoy this summer," Jason said.
"I KNOW you're going to enjoy it if I have anything to do with it. I finally have the person I've wanted to spend time with more than anyone else in the world with me on a huge farm with unlimited things to do. And we haven't even unpacked yet."
"Well, let's get our stuff up to the bedroom and unpack, then go do some exploring. I just realized there are no parents here to tell us what to do, when to do it, nothing," Jason said, a little surprised. "I don't think that's ever happened to me that somebody hasn't always been there telling me what to do, where we're going, all that stuff on these summer trips. My parents are never around, but they hire these stupid idiots to watch me. All they ever do is have parties and spend my parents money, of which I never get any."
"I have another surprise for you that granny didn't mention. The farm, ranch...whatever you want to call it...isn't completely shut down. Part of it is rented out to a farm down the road and they have horses boarded here that we can ride anytime we want, plus we still have our own on the farm, I have my very own horse."
"Cool, but I've never ridden a horse."
"No problem, I'll teach you. I'm an expert rider and teacher. We have all these mountains to explore and camp out -- alone."
"Well, let's get going, put our stuff in the room and do some exploring," he said.
"Good, follow me."
We headed through the large living area, through the huge, old-fashioned kitchen with its wood cooking stove, and up the wide stairs to the second floor. I could see an open door about a mile and a half down on the right, which in actuality turned out to be about fifty feet...more or less. We both peered in together, afraid some ghost was waiting for us. Seeing nothing jumping about, we walked into one of the cleanest, nicest rooms I've ever been in. The bed was HUGE, with a thick goose down comforter and large smushy pillows; we had our own bathroom with a nice shower, clean towels, everything we would need for the whole summer. We unpacked our clothes into the large, white dressing cabinet and hung up some clothes in the walk-in closet.
"Well," I said, "what now?" as we lay side by side on the soft bed looking at the ceiling.
"First of all, this...." as he rolled over and tenderly kissed me. Then he lifted his leg and placed it over both of mine, sitting up on my chest. Slowly he leaned down, all the while staring gently into my eyes, stopping just short of my lips. Gently he kissed me, and again, and again, our tongues fighting for space...give and take...deeper and deeper.
I could feel his hard-on rubbing against mine through our jeans as we tussled around on the bed, me still under his steely, athletic frame. At that moment I knew what I wanted for the rest of my life. I knew I was gay, clearly and without a doubt...I knew I would always want sex with boys...and above all, I knew in my heart that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Jason. The thing is, I didn't know about how he felt yet, even after what had just happened there were still doubts in my mind, and that is what caused my hard-on to slowly deflate a little. He felt that and we slowly stopped and once again, lay side by side.
"What's up Todd? I can read you like a book after this many years and something is bothering you."
"There is, it's not major, but it is, but it's not...I don't know. Let's change into some shorts, summer clothes and go for a walk down to the lake and we can talk. I feel better when I'm moving around."
"Well, at least you can't run home all of a sudden from here." We both laughed.
We stripped down to our birthday suits, standing still, eyes admiring each others bodies before Jason coughed, breaking the moment. I didn't want to move, but I threw on some shorts, commando style, and a loose, short-sleeved shirt. I put some bug spray and water in a small back pack along with a couple of the nicely provided bath towels from the bathroom in case we went swimming.
"Ready?" I asked.
"Ready Freddy." Jason replied, "what about a sandwich or something?"
"Let's grab something on the way through the kitchen. I'm sure granny has everything stocked up. She always keeps plenty of food around when she knows I'm coming for the summer."
"Okay then, let's go. Looks like it's going to be a nice day."
On the way out we made a few PB&J sandwiches and popped them in the backpack. As we passed by granny rocking on the porch, we told her we were going for a short hike to the lake, maybe take a swim and would be back by late afternoon.
"Okay boys, have fun, careful of the monster of the lake, hehe."
"Sure thing," I said, "I brought along my monster repellent this year, but that was a mighty close one last year wasn't it?"
By the time we thought we heard a reply we were long down the path towards the lake. It was an awesome day, the sun was shining through small patches of fog in the woods, the dew was just lifting off the green grass and tall field grass covering the old, unused trail to the lake. Birds were singing and I was walking with the person I loved the most in the whole world. For now I was perfectly happy, but I had this nagging need to find out how he felt about me.
As we got along farther into the woods we slowed down, relaxed and started to be ourselves without the pressures of family, school, friends or girls! It was neat to be friends with Jason and it didn't take long to remember our long ago play days when we would play hide 'n seek, then tumble on the ground when we found each other. It's like we were ten again. Only difference now was that I was in love with him and I couldn't keep my hands off him. What's funny is that he never pushed me away or indicated that he was uncomfortable with anything. Several times he even tackled me, wrestling me to the ground and giving me a sloppy kiss or a raspberry on the tummy before taking off again like a jack rabbit, waiting for me to find him.
We finally made it to the lake and it's cool waters. It was a large lake, totally secluded and private. Years ago when my grandpa was alive we had made a nice area with a sandy beach, a swinging tire tube to jump from, a floating dock to swim out to, and a little lean-to to get in to stay out of the rain should it hit us suddenly.
"Up for a swim sexy?" I asked Jason.
"Only if we go skinny dipping?"
"Why not!"
"Last one in's a rotten egg," he yelled as he quickly stripped down and ran for the water. "Whoa that's cold !" he yelled as he came back up, treading water and waiting for me. "You coming slow poke?"
"Right now," as I dropped my shorts, ripped off my shirt and plunged into the lake."YEOW!"
"Told 'ya so, let's swim out to the dock."
"Okay."
I finally made it to the dock and pulled myself up and lay down. Jason was already laying down on his back and I couldn't help but look at his dick. It was about four inches long soft laying on top of two large balls. I wanted so much to lay beside him and run my hands over him, but I still wasn't sure how he stood regarding his sexuality yet. Up to this point I had let him make all the advances. Then there still was this Linda thing to consider. I couldn't stand to think of sharing him with anyone else, especially a girl.
"So what do you think so far," I asked, trying to get some conversation going. Do you wish your girlfriend was here too?"
"What makes you ask that question?" he asked as he rolled onto his side and looked directly at me, his soft cock hanging down looking perfectly delectable.
"I don't know, I just asked. You two always seemed to be together and here I've dragged you away from her for the summer. I don't want to feel guilty for doing that."
"Don't worry about her while we're here, and please don't ask me again about her, okay."
"Okay, promise. Please don't be mad at me. It's not my business anyway. I just want to have fun this summer, okay?
"Agreed," and that was that for now. Jason rolled back onto his back and I still was drooling, I'm sure of it. So close, yet so far.
We lay out on the dock for a while getting some sun, rolling over occasionally to get evenly tanned. Soon though I realized that it was time to start back. Besides, I was hungry and the sandwiches were on the shore.
"Hey, Jason," I'm going to swim back to the beach and eat my sandwich, maybe we could do a little more exploring before heading back for dinner."
"Sounds good to me, race you in," We lined up on the edge of the dock, toes over the edge in a racing position, counted 3....2...1...and dove in. Of course Jason beat me, but not by much. I put my shirt on first and shook to dry off. Out of the corner of my eye I caught Jason looking at me, watching my dick shake back and forth. Knowing this I slowly pulled on my shorts, taking my time to adjust my dick and balls while looking across the lake as if seeing something.
When I looked back towards Jason he was all dressed and ready to go. He handed me a sandwich and bottle of water as I led the way on a trail away from the lake, up the hill through some meadows, knowing it would eventually lead us back to the horse stalls.
We were walking along, side by side, when Jason asked me a curious question considering he'd just told me to not ask about the subject again.
"How come you asked me about Linda?"
I stopped, stood looking ahead for a moment, then turned around and looked straight at Jason. "Because to tell the truth, I'm jealous of her."
"Jealous, how can you be jealous of her? She's smart, funny, and fun to hang around with."
"She's more than that to me." I started slowly walking again.
"I don't get it. Stop walking, will you. Let' sit on that patch of grass and talk."
I really wanted to run again, but I knew that this had to be sorted out once and for all. If anything, we could always end the summer early and I could go to another school for my Senior year to avoid the embarrassment.
"Oh no, I know what you're thinking, don't you dare run. I can tell. Sit and talk to me. This is Jason, you're best friend. You trusted me to get into the car and I agreed to come on vacation with you. Now sit down, please, and talk to me. I need to understand some things."
Those last few words surprised me, but I sat down and Jason sat beside me.
"Okay, why are you acting this way today?
I looked out over the fields for a moment trying to gather my thoughts and figure out a way to begin.
A sudden "WELL!" from Jason just about made me shoot me up a tree looking for a bear or something.
He didn't mean to scare me, "Sorry Todd, I thought you were falling asleep. So what's really been bothering you lately? I mean deep inside...what is it? The truth."
I stared into his gorgeous face, not knowing where to begin, or how to start.
"I don't know how to say this, but here goes...I'm in love with you!" Just like that I said it, then waited for the hammer to come down. When nothing happened I tried to explain.
"I didn't know what I was feeling until lately, but now when I look at you, see your face, catch you in the shower by mistake, all I can think of is how much I love you. Naturally, when I see you with Linda, I get so jealous I can't even speak because she thinks she owns you; I see it and I can't do anything about it. So my heart breaks every time I see you two together. I want so much to believe that it's me and you sitting there with your arm wrapped around my shoulder, talking with friends, laughing, planning our evening together. That's why I've been running away from you two so much, hiding at home, doing whatever I can to stay out of your way because I don't think you feel the same way. Even now I can see in your eyes some fear of my saying all this. Jason, I don't know what to do with my feelings, how to handle them; they confuse me, they haunt me continually because I feel so different -- even other people can sense it -- that's why I always end up stuck in my locker or locked in a room somewhere. I can't change who I am now that I understand I'm gay. I've never had any interest in girls at all, or any other guys, just you lately. People pick up on that, can't you see that?"
I was sobbing so hard now I could barely speak, my head was between my drawn up legs and all I wanted to do was run, run away and never come back or be seen again. I felt Jason slide closer to me, but I slid farther away, confused and feeling alone.
"Listen Todd, I'm not sure about how I feel about girls, boys, the whole sex thing. I' m just as confused as you are. Sometimes I look at you and think that you are the most beautiful person in the whole world, and then the times I'm with Linda I feel some of the same feelings for her. I'm torn in half because I've seen how much I've been hurting you lately and now that you've told me why, I'm really sorry if I misled you in any way in thinking that the feeling was totally mutual. I mean, I don't know if it is or it's not. I just don't know anything now. But I can tell you that the reason I decided to come with you this summer was to find out for myself how I do feel about you, to sort out my own sexuality, and to put things to rest between us one way or the other. Can you give me credit for that? I know it's not the answer that you wanted to hear, but it's the best I can muster right here, right now."
"Thank you Jason, at least you've been honest with me and the door isn't all the way closed yet."
"Todd, look at me please, will you?"
Slowly I looked up into his beautiful green-blue eyes, clouded somewhat by my own tears, and tried to hold my gaze on him, feeling somewhat ashamed at letting all my innermost feelings out so quickly.
"All I know at this moment in time, in this place, this field, looking into your wonderful, sensitive eyes, is that you've been my best friend all my life. You've always been there for me, good or bad; you've taken abuse from me and come right back for more because you cared. I know that there have been times that I've been an insensitive jerk to you, made you feel like a nobody so I could look good in front of my sport jock friends at your expense, and I'm so sorry for ever doing that. I know how much you hurt inside every time I did that in front of everyone else, yet you always come around like nothing has happened and forgive me. I wish that I was more like you than me, and I am attracted to you in a much deeper way than I can put words to. Kissing you is as natural to me as winning a race, or racing you back to the shore today. I just don't know how to handle all these feelings."
"What about Linda? How do you feel about her?"
"I'm not sure about her either. She makes me laugh and we enjoy each others' company. Do I want to spend the rest of my life with her...I can't answer that question yet because I'm not sure what I'm supposed to feel or what tells me that she's 'the one'. She wants to have sex and is always pushing me for it, but I always make an excuse, but that will only last so long. So I don't know what to do."
"When we were laying down on the bed together this afternoon, what were you feeling?"
"Honestly, it felt so natural to be with you, to kiss you, I was sexually excited. But what happened to you?"
"It was the thought that I suddenly knew how much I loved you, yet I had no idea if you had any inclination if you felt any of the same feelings I did and it totally distracted me from where things were headed. I don't believe that sex for sex is the right way to start anything, especially when you have no idea how the other person feels about it and I didn't want to lose my best friend in the world if things went wrong. All I could picture was having to drive back home, drop you off and never see you again and that would have destroyed me."
"Thank you Todd. You are so incredibly sensitive, obviously more mature than I am, and the guy I'm very proud to call my best friend."
"Thanks. So...shall we agree to just let nature takes it's course and see what happens this summer? Of course I'm always going to want to be close to you, but I'll do my best to respect your space. Spit and shake on it?"
"We're over that now, how about this..." While staring into each others eyes, Jason leaned in and kissed me again, but this time it felt different as I closed my eyes when we did. When I opened my eyes we were nose to nose, staring into each others face and smiling.
For a moment time stood still, that is until I heard the horses whinny down in the barn. I stood up and offered a hand to Jason. He reached up, gave me a hug, said, "thank you for being so honest with me," and we headed down the field towards the horse barn.
Once we reached the barn both of us were in a completely different mood than earlier in the day. The air between us had been cleared up and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Even Jason looked different to me; he was more comfortable, open, talkative, even affectionate to my surprise. But I knew that if I took advantage of this new-found freedom we both felt and just be ourselves it might ruin everything. So for now, it was time to just be kids, catch up, talk about little things and forget about school, parents, all that responsible stuff and just take advantage of granny's wonderful hospitality.
Jason had never been around horses, so we went up and down the stalls as I taught him the names of the equipment used in the different types of riding. I wanted to go riding tomorrow, so I asked the guy in charge of the barn which horse was available for Jason to ride when we wanted. He and I were old friends, so he knew I was experienced and had my own horse boarded here, but I told him that Jason would need some pre-ride training, which I would be able to do. He showed us a nice horse about fifteen hands tall that was gentle and well trained. I showed Jason where all the tack was, saddles, blankets, bridles, and all the rest of the things necessary for riding, including cool down blankets, wash buckets and sponges for afterward. Barn rules were that if you rode, you took care of the horse after, including a rub down or wash and feed, stable clean and bed down for the night.
As we finished up in the barn and headed to the house for supper I could tell Jason was excited about the horses and was looking forward to riding.
"When are you going to give me a lesson so we can go for a ride?"
"If the weather is okay, we'll start tomorrow, then after that, how about a trail ride, or some fishing in a few of the streams that run into the lake, or even a picnic in this secret spot that I have?
"I've never been fishing before."
"Cool, after supper we'll dig out the rods from the cellar and tonight we'll go out for night crawlers."
"Night crawlers? Are they dangerous?"
"Well, they can get up to about a foot long or so and about as big around as your little finger. But mostly they just wriggle around and make good fish bait."
"Sounds like fun...I think."
"Let's get some dinner into us first, granny is fairly punctual about dinner, and a great cook besides."
"Sounds great babe, I'm starved!"
I don't even think he realized what he had said, but I just went along as if nothing was different. Inside I was glowing. He called me '"babe" , a word reserved for someone very special in your life.
"Race 'ya back to the house."
"1...2...3...GO!"
I beat him! First time EVER!
"Well, there you two young'uns are. You boys hungry yet?"
We looked up at the clock...five o'clock exactly.
"Perfect timing boys, right on time. Wash ye'r hands and let's sit down."
"Yes ma'am."
"What did I say about that that ma'am business?"
"Sorry granny...never happen again."
After washing up we sat down. I warned Jason that granny was very religious and always said grace before each meal. After grace we dove into hot potatoes, fresh steamed vegetables and pork roast topped off with applesauce and gravy. For dessert we had fresh made Apple Pie that granny had made today.
"Man, I'm full," Jason said. "Me too," I piped in.
"Now boys, what am I going to do with all this food?"
"Well, tomorrow we're going fishing after some horseback training for Jason, so we'll take some sandwiches with us and help clean up some of these leftovers. How's that granny?"
"Okay boys. I don't want either of you to go hungry while you're here. You're both so skinny I can barely see you. 'Gotta get some meat on them bones."
I shuddered and looked at Jason. She made it sound like a Hansel and Gretal story, "fatten 'em up so they taste better."
We both helped her clean up the table and the dishes. She had a house maid that usually did all this, but we didn't expect her to have to handle the overload of two growing boys.
"Well Jason, feel like doing anything, or want to rest a bit before going out for crawlers?"
"What time do you do that?"
"Oh, about ten or eleven tonight, when the grass has dew on it is the best time."
Jason let out a small groan, "that late huh...then let's go lay down for a little bit and rest. We covered a lot of territory today."
"Okay, I'll just let granny know we'll be crawling around the lawn later tonight so she doesn't call the cops on us, then meet you upstairs."
When I got upstairs Jason had stripped down and put on a pair of tighty whities, so I did the same and lay down on the top of the comforter. There was a nice warm breeze blowing through the massive windows of the old farmhouse.
"Granny says this used to be a huge working ranch with slaves and everything. That's why the house is so big. And there's another house for the help to live in. I don't even know how many rooms there are in this part of the house. Granny lives in another wing with her maid nearby in case something happens, and the rest of the current help have their own house down near the horse barn. It's pretty nice compared to what it used to be I'm told. Back in the days when this was a working farm they grew all kinds of crops and sold them all over. My grandfather was very well known for his generosity and how well he treated his laborers."
"That must have been a sight to see...all the people doing their work all day, the barns full of horses, cows and all kinds of animals. People coming and going. I would have liked to have grown up during that time."
"Granny says that my grandfather didn't put much stock in banks either, although he used them. She thinks he used to sneak out and bury money in cans around the place where nobody could find it. She doesn't think it's true though; she says 'don't put much stock in it', but it would be cool to find something like that."
"That would be cool. Would it be ours if we found it?"
"I think I'd have to ask granny about that. I believe in being honest. But that's not to say that she wouldn't let us have it for college."
We lay there for a while. I was thinking about what had happened today and feeling good about myself and the fact that I had finally worked up the courage to talk to Jason about how I felt. We still had a few hours to go before it was time to go outside and grab a few crawlers. It was starting to chill a little. I was just working up the energy to go close the window a little when Jason rolled over and snuggled up behind me. I didn't want to move...ever! Soon his arm came over my body and he wrapped himself around me, just short of a full spoon I guess you call it. All I know is that if I could purr, I would be right now. He felt so warm and I felt so safe. I wasn't sure if he was asleep or awake so I didn't dare move. Now I wasn't sure how much we needed to go out and get those crawlers or just stay like this. There was still about forty five minutes or so to go, but in about five minutes I could feel his hard-on against my back, pretty much matching the one I'd had since he snuggled up to me. Now I was stuck. I didn't want to break the trust we had established today and push him into something, yet here we were in a very suggestive place...and he'd done all the work to get there. Ohhhhhh my, what do I do? My question was answered then.
"Hey babe, you warm enough?" Jason said quietly without moving.
"Not only warm, but safe and secure with you wrapped around me. But I didn't move here, you did."
"I know. I'm working things out in my mind and I have to admit, I feel the same way you do. I love your smell, it's different, it sexy."
"We'll need to shower after crawling around on the ground looking for worms. Which we might as well do now so we can can get back into bed and get warm again. Besides, I don't want that loaded gun going off between my legs until I'm in a better position to do something with the mess."
"He he, you're funny. Okay, let's go pull those snakes out of the ground. Is it cold out?"
"I don't think so. I'm just going to throw on a t-shirt and go out like this with sneaks on. We won't be out long. It looks like a good night."
"Okay sexy. This is one for the books. Two teenagers in their tighty whities out scrambling around the yard looking for crawlers."
"Sounds pretty funny. We better not let anyone find out about this one."
"Agreed, and sealed with another kiss."
Jason sure was getting comfortable with the kissing thing. I was thrilled to death, but I let him make all the advances.
I had already gathered a couple of coffee cans and two flashlights. I explained to Jason how to use the outside, weaker ring of light to sneak up on the worms in the grass because bright light makes them flash right back into their holes. Then you grab as fast as you can and use steady pulling pressure to play tug of war until either you or the worm wins without breaking it in half. Throw those away because they'll stink up the can. Having given him those instructions we split up a little bit and, scrunching down, started around the yard. Within a few minutes I was into a good area of worms and picking them up as fast as I could. Jason was getting a little frustrated though.
"Come on over here with me," I said. "I'll show you how it's done. When he came over I told him to stay slightly behind me and to the side.
"Crouch down a little and turn off your light for a moment and watch mine. See how you can see them in the weaker light with the dew sparkling off their bodies. Then you move the light away from where you saw it, and quickly grab for that spot, hoping you get it, but just don't grab so hard you break it"
I quickly grabbed for the worm and then turned the light on it so he could see. Then I handed the struggling worm to him and had him pull it from its hole without breaking it.
"There, see how easy it is."
"Yeah, just like that. Okay Master, do we have enough yet?"
I looked at my can half full and his can with one worm and decided that we needed a few more.
"Just a few more and then we're done, okay?" My student faithfully dropped in behind me, holding onto my shorts and offering to hold the can while I grabbed the worms. We had a pretty full can when I felt this slippery thing down the inside of my underwear.
"You asshole, I'll dump all these down yours if you're not careful," I said, fishing out the crawler from my underwear."
"You should have seen the look on your face, too funny!"
"I'll fix you." I turned and tackled him right in the abdomen, taking him to the ground and sat on his upper chest. He was still laughing so hard that he couldn't throw me off. I started tickling him and soon found his weak spot. He was rolling back and forth uncontrollably.
"I give! I give! UNCLE!"
"Ha, I have finally conquered the mighty Jason, King of the School and Master of all he surveys."
He looked up at me as I started to let his arms up from being tacked to the ground. I thought he was going to spin me around and take me down as soon as he was loose, but he totally surprised me as I sat on his muscular chest by sitting up and wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me tight to him. In turn, wrapped my arms around him and he laid his face against my hairless, flat chest.
"What's this?" I asked.
"It's just how I feel right now. I've never felt so comfortable around anyone in my whole life. When I'm with you I feel quiet inside. The more we do things, the more comfortable I get and the less confused I am."
Pulling his head back a little he kissed my chest, then each of my nipples until they were standing straight out, as was something else.
"Shall we go take that shower now?" he asked.
"I'd love to. Together?"
"I hope so."
I stood up and offered him my hand, never letting it go until we put the worms on the porch, went upstairs, undressed and got into the shower. Then my hands were used for pulling another worm or two, but they were much bigger than the ones we had pulled from the lawn.
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