Second Chance, Chapter 53
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Chapter 53
While Josh and Eric were enjoying a few days on the river with Dane and
Colt, the guys back home were busy with other things.
Rob met with his mom and Tinker to continue planning the charity event for the downtown mission. The more they contacted leaders in the community, the more support their ideas received. A number of people were willing to provide items, or services for the auction.
It would take a while to put everything in place, so they decided to host the event in late October around Halloween. The dance could then be billed as a costume ball with prizes in a couple of categories - perhaps most original individual effort and best looking couple. The details would be worked out later.
Aaron and Sam continued to volunteer as servers for the noon meal at the soup kitchen. Since Sam got his car, the two of them could get there without inconveniencing Rob every day. However, Rob felt that he should come some of the days because the clients seemed to appreciate his and Robbie's presence. Robbie was quickly becoming the unofficial mascot of the place.
Luc, Garret, and Damian were working on their normal days off at the country club to fill in for their buddies. Cliff was pleased that they were willing to keep the place functioning with no interruption in the quality of service. However, he was still going to be short-handed because of other kids who needed time off for family vacations and the like.
Damian recommended Peter Staley as someone who could fill in on short notice. Cliff called Peter to come in for a brief interview and was thoroughly impressed.
"Are you sure you're going to be able to find the time?" Cliff asked at the end of their discussion.
"I'm working for my dad right now and he said he would let me off whenever you needed me because he wants me to have work experience outside of the family business. I may end up taking it over someday, but he doesn't want me to feel pressured into it, and he figures it would look good on my resume to have worked elsewhere if I decide to do something different with my life. Uh, that is, if you actually do hire me."
"Given the recommendation of your high school friend who is a faithful worker, I'm going to ask you to come in tomorrow and work the refreshment cart with Damian to see how you work out. It takes two people to run it and it will be kind of on the job training for you. Damian assured me that you're a quick study. If he's right, you will be called upon to sub often."
Peter smiled all the way back to his father's floor-covering shop.
The second day on the river was even more interesting than the first. Despite their bedtime activities, the guys all awakened early. After having a quick wash-up in the river, they prepared breakfast. It was a fairly substantial one of eggs, bacon, and bread toasted over the coals.
The air was a bit chilly and all were happy that they'd packed light jackets and sweatpants. The sun warmed them as they broke camp and they knew that this part of their attire would soon be shed.
It was great to get an early start because most of the weekend campers were sleeping in for one reason or other. Many were families who had a challenging time getting the kids moving on a Sunday morning when sleep was more attractive. Therefore, the guys would have the river more or less to themselves in the early part of the day.
There were a few others out quietly moving through the clear water. Most waved, but did not speak lest they disturb the wildlife that was also enjoying the river.
Among the birds and animals were loons, ducks, otters, and deer. Eric was hoping to see a bald eagle because he'd been told that he might. However, such was not the case so far.
Around noon, they pulled up to an unoccupied camping site for lunch. It was one of the more desirable ones in that area according to Dane and Colt who had canoed there in the past.
"We have a few more that we could consider," Dane said, "but this is really ideal and we don't have to hurry to reach our pull-out point in a couple of days. If we travel too far today, there will be fewer hours for canoeing later. We don't want to end up with only a mile to go on the last day."
The rest agreed with his suggestion and decided to set up camp. This way, they could do a bit of fishing and catch a few rays like they had the day before.
Eric was the least experienced of the four when it came to fishing. Therefore, the others were a bit chagrined that he caught the most fish. No one was actually jealous and they would all share in the bounty when dinnertime rolled around.
Josh didn't mind the job of cleaning them and promised that he'd clean all the other guys' fish since he was having little luck. When he had them all filleted, he put them in a plastic bag and laid them atop the ice in the cooler to keep them fresh.
The next thing on their "busy" schedule was to lie bare-assed in the sun. Eric and Josh were quite comfortable in being naked with their older buddies by now and didn't pop wood the minute they undressed.
Everyone napped some as the lay out, and no one came to their site to disturb them.
Josh had packed a mixture of flour, cornmeal, and herbs for coating the fish for cooking. The other guys peeled and cut potatoes, carrots, and broccoli to steam in tin foil over the fire to get a head start before Josh started frying the trout.
If last night's meal had tasted good, this one was awesome! They could probably get by without having to use the canned stew that they'd packed in case they didn't have any luck. There were still steaks for tomorrow night which had started out frozen solid and were still not completely thawed.
Like the previous night, the guys went naked into the river to bathe. It was just deep enough for Eric and Josh to swim a bit. Swimming against the moderate current wasn't exhausting, but did give them a pleasant workout.
"You'll be too tired to play tonight," Colt teased them.
"Not likely," Josh fired back. "Eric thinks he's ready to graduate to the next size."
"You're the one who said you'd have to keep at it if you're going to accommodate me!" Eric joked.
"From what I saw last night when we were all stimulated, my Colt isn't the only stallion in this small herd." Dane chuckled.
The reference to last evening's erections had an effect on all of them. Even though they were in cool water, the power of suggestion seemed to be pumping everyone up. Had they been in a contest judged on size, it would have been difficult to say whose was the largest. No one had any reason to feel short-changed.
They were starting to get out when someone whistled at them and they all quickly submerged to the waist again. The canoe from which the sounds came was occupied by a middle aged couple.
"They certainly raise healthy young men in these parts," the lady teased. "Please don't be embarrassed; we aren't offended. We have three boys of our own and we couldn't keep clothes on them when they were little."
"I'm glad we didn't offend you," Josh said. "We had some old lady at a lake early in the summer who wanted us arrested for indecent exposure when we were skinny dipping."
"That's nonsense!" she replied. "But I'll bet your mothers don't know you're out here naked."
"We're married and these guys live with their dads," Colt said.
(He figured his response would avoid the necessity of explaining that Josh's mother was deceased and Eric's mother was Momzilla.)
"From what I saw before you got submerged again, those are lucky young women. Did you leave them at home for a bit of male bonding or are they up in the tents?"
"No, there are no wives; we're married to each other," Dane said, putting an arm around Colt's shoulder.
"Oh my!" the lady exclaimed. "But you seem so normal!"
"Had you assumed that same-sex couples would have two heads or maybe fangs?" Colt giggled.
"No, it's just that I'm not used to the idea. Are you from Iowa?"
"Yes we are," Colt continued, "but we were married in Massachusetts last year. Iowa just made it legal this year."
The man spoke for the first time, "We have a friend whose son is going to Iowa next month to get married to his boyfriend and we're not sure how we should respond."
"If I were you, I'd treat it like any other wedding and send a gift or card, depending on how well you know the guy." Dane suggested.
"We're getting married in Iowa next month too," Eric exclaimed. "We hope our friends and relatives will treat us like that. After all, it's legal and we feel it's our right to be able to wed the one person in our lives who means the most to us."
"I wonder what our sons will think about it if we do treat their wedding like anyone else's," the lady said.
"I'll bet they'll think they have the most enlightened parents in town. The younger generation is pretty open to the idea." Eric answered.
"Given the size of our town and the attitude of some of the people, they might be right," the man laughed. "I believe we should do what you suggested. There's no reason not to keep up with the times. In a hundred years, no one is going to care about such things.
But speaking of our sons, where the heck are they? They should be here by now. They weren't that far behind."
"If I don't miss my guess, they're back up the river about a mile cavorting nude in the water like these guys would be if we weren't interrupting them," his wife grinned. "Let's get going and hope the next site isn't occupied. The boys will be along, and it will be dark soon."
The couple pulled away and the guys stayed in the water a little longer. This time, they played grab-ass with their partners and were sprouting wood again in no time.
A canoe bearing two young teens and a "tween" came into view. It was getting toward dusk, but the grins on the faces of the boys were still visible.
"Hey, are you studs skinny dipping," the oldest of the trio asked cheekily.
"We are," Josh answered for the group.
"Cool! We're with our parents, so we can't do that as much," the middle boy said.
"Oh, I think you probably could. You're parents seem pretty open-minded," Dane assured them.
"How do you know?" The oldest one questioned.
"You're mom said she had a hard time keeping clothes on you when you were younger and she also bet that's what you were doing since you weren't keeping up with them." Colt said.
"Wow! We thought she'd freak!" the youngest boy exclaimed.
"She didn't bat an eye when she saw us and from what she said, I assume she saw more than we'd intended to show," Dane giggled.
"Wow! Maybe they're cooler than we thought," the ten-year-old continued.
"We'd better find them soon. It'll be dark setting up the tents if we don't hurry. Nice meeting you guys."
And with that they were off.
The guys stirred up the coals and added a little more wood to their campfire. They hadn't bothered to dress. This time each seemed to be very conscious of his nakedness, and that was having an obvious effect on his penis.
Dane stood up and yawned. His semi looked impressive by the light of the fire. Colt stood also, drawing his husband into a loving embrace.
"I think I'm ready for bed," he said as he ran his hands over Dane's firm ass. "Could I interest you in a little relaxation?"
By now the two younger guys were hard and throbbing. Eric took Josh by the hand and led him toward their tent. No one had sleep uppermost in his mind.
Dane lay back with his knees drawn up as a signal of which role he wanted to play. Colt didn't need any coaching on what to do. He licked his way up the insides of Dane's legs making them both feel even hornier.
Their lovemaking was much like the night before except that they'd switched positions. Colt was a master at teasing and had Dane begging to be taken before he eventually entered him.
In the other tent, Eric begged Josh to use the middle sized dildo on him. He wanted to be first this time. Josh made sure that he spent plenty of time on foreplay and preparation before inserting the somewhat larger toy. Eric took it bravely, though he tensed up at one point and Josh had to wait for him to adjust.
Josh wiggled it around in a kind of stirring motion fantasizing that is was his cock that was making his boyfriend squirm in delight. Eric was pretending the same thing.
"Fuck me deeper!" he moaned at one point.
"You wanna talk dirty?" Josh asked.
"Yeah!"
"Okay. Take my big cock! Tell me how much you like it!"
"I love it. Keep doing it!"
About that time, Eric's moans turned into a gasp and a cry.
"Oh God, I'm gonna cum!"
He did and he did and he did!
After Josh had licked him clean, he felt rested enough to return the favor. It ended with much the same result.
Eric and Josh awakened in the morning to the sound of Dane's voice outside their tent.
"May we come in? It's cold and wet out here and we need to decide what to do."
Josh quickly unzipped the tent flap far enough for their slightly damp, boxer-clad buds to crawl in. He then scooted over closer to Eric and lifted the other edge of the sleeping bag inviting them to share the warmth.
"Damn!" Josh exclaimed. "I left some of our stuff out last night. It'll be all wet and soggy."
"Nope," Dane grinned. "We listened to the weather channel on our radio when we couldn't sleep because of the noise you guys were making. Colt insisted that we get back up and put everything under cover since rain was predicted. We could tell you had more important things on your minds."
"Thanks," Josh said blushing. "My dad would be disappointed that I'm not the outdoorsman that I should be. I admit that I had a rather big distraction."
"You both did," Colt teased. "But we understand – been there; done that, and still doing it!"
"So, what are we going to do, given the wet weather?" Eric asked changing the subject.
"Well, we could eat cereal for breakfast and climb back in bed for a long nap." Dane suggested. "According to the forecast, it's supposed to clear up by noon. We don't have to hurry, so I suggest we don't try to strike our tents until they're at least dried off some. No sense in getting us and everything else wet."
The rest agreed. Josh and Eric ran out to piss under a large pine tree while Dane and Colt dug out cereal, milk, and eating utensils. They brought them back to Eric and Josh's tent where all sat cross-legged to eat their breakfast.
When they had finished, the two older guys gathered up things to put them away. The left the dishes and spoons out in the rain to get rinsed off and quickly climbed back into their tent.
It would seem imperative that guys with nothing but time on their hands would end up having a wild romp in bed, but that was not the case. Dane and Colt were content to cuddle and kiss like the married couple they were.
Josh and Eric lay in each other's arms listening to the soft patter of rain on their tent discussing wedding plans. Their ideas were getting more elaborate and they hoped that their dads, Rob, and Blake wouldn't think it was all getting out of hand.
Eventually, all four young men fell asleep.
Author's notes:
Thanks to all who wrote since last posting: Rutabaga, Bertrand, Tim E, John McD, Chris B, Harry T, Cody, Chea, Paul R, Jim C, Caleb, Tom A, Jim We, Charlie and Mark, John McD, Carroll, and Rick M.
Rick found a word in the last chapter that needs to be replaced. "Libations" should have been "ablutions" and I'm not sure why I messed it up. Honestly, I do know the difference!
Please do remember our brothers and sisters in Uganda. Let's hope that the draconian laws against gay people are not enacted! Let's also hope that New Jersey becomes another state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Hugs to all,
David