CHAPTER 12
The Election
This story contains sex between minor boys and teen-agers. If such things offend you, or you are not at least 18 years of age, then please don't read on. This story is not true, but who knows, maybe some day it will be.
Travis walked angrily down the hall and to an elevator. He needed a friend badly right now. Douglas was great to talk to, but he knew where Douglas was, in bed, and not alone. He better leave him alone. Every time he thought about a friend he thought of Ryan. He went to his room to look up Ryan's cabin number.
He called the Ryan's intercom number. Nobody answered. Maybe he ended up going to the spa, Travis thought. Or he's in the shower. He isn't out eating, because the dining halls are closed. He could've gone to the games room. Travis decided to go there first.
When he got to the games room the only kids there were Matthew and some of the littler ones. Ryan wasn't there. When Travis started to leave, Mike came in.
"Hey, Travis, how's it goin?"
"Hey, Mike. Okay. You seen Ryan at all?"
"No. I thought he might have gone to the spa."
"I was there. He wasn't there. I called his cabin and he wasn't there either."
"Maybe he is taking a shower or something."
"Maybe. I'm going to his cabin to see if he is there now."
"Do you want me to go with you?"
"Thanks. But if he's there, I gotta talk to him about something important."
"Okay. But if you need me you know I'm here for you."
"Thanks, Mike, I'll remember that."
Travis headed to Ryan's room. When he got there he pushed the buzzer. No answer. He listened for something, hoping Ryan was in there. He pushed the buzzer one more time. No answer, so he pushed the buzzer a third time. Still no answer, so he started walking away. He got a few steps when he heard the door open. He turned around. He saw Ryan's head peek out.
"Travis?"
"Hey, Ryan. What's up? I came to visit and say hi."
The door was hiding most of Ryan's face. Travis tried to look through the crack, but Ryan kept himself hidden.
"Thanks, but I'm busy right now. I thought maybe it was somebody from the crew or something buzzing. Thanks for stopping by."
He started closing the door, but Travis stuck his foot in it. Something was wrong, but he didn't know what.
"Hey, get your foot out. I told you I was busy." Travis thought he could hear a sob being fought, but he wasn't sure.
"Too busy for a friend?"
"Since when are you my friend?" Ryan was trying to act cool, but he was shaking inside. He wanted Travis to come in, but remembered Travis walking off with Carmen over him. What he wanted from Travis he would never get.
Travis stood there with his foot in the door. Ryan's question made him feel sick to his stomach. He wanted to be friends with Ryan in the worst way, in ways he couldn't even begin to explain. He started to pull his foot out when for some reason, he pushed it in harder again.
"Since right now. Let me in. We have to talk."
"I can't let you see me like this?"
"Like what? Never mind, I don't care. I'm your friend and I don't care. I want to see you. I care about you."
Ryan felt tears coming on. Shit, I can't let him see me like this. I just can't. He'll hate me forever.
He started pushing the door against Travis's foot. But Travis was stronger and he pushed harder the other way. Ryan lost his balance and the door flew open. Travis stumbled into the cabin. He looked at Ryan, who was wearing nothing but a pair of briefs. He could tell Ryan had been crying.
Travis caught his balance, and Ryan came up to him and tried to push him out of the door. He pushed but Travis wouldn't move. Suddenly Ryan half collapsed on Travis, put his arms around him and buried his head in his chest. He started crying getting Travis's shirt wet. Travis reached back and pulled the door shut, then put his arms around Ryan and held him close.
"It's okay, Ryan. It's okay." Ryan kept sobbing. "It's okay," Travis whispered.
Ryan took a deep breath and tried to stop.
"Let's go into your bedroom and talk. Lock the door in case Jeremy comes in."
"No! No! We can talk out here. It's a mess in there."
Travis started there, but Ryan stopped him again. "Please don't."
Travis knew again that something was wrong. He stepped away from Ryan and walked into the bedroom. Ryan's bed was covered with Kleenexes. It looked like Ryan had been crying for a long time.
Travis sat Ryan on the bed and hugged him. "Tell me what's wrong. I'm a good listener."
Ryan sniffled. "I'm a lousy talker. You see me in the games room. I can hardly say hi. I can't make any friends. I never have. Even Jeremy looks down at me I bet."
"Ryan, you're an awesome, sweet boy. I know one friend you can have just for the asking. Because this person really really likes you."
"Who is that?"
Travis smiled at Ryan. "It's me, silly."
"But you left me to go with Carmen. I mean you..well you and I.....well...never mind I don't know what I mean."
"I know what you mean. You mean you want to be my friend too."
Ryan looked at Travis. "Yeah, well, but Carmen...."
"Fuck Carmen. I went with her to help Douglas get some girls' votes. It didn't work out very good."
Ryan looked at Travis. He tried to think what Travis was saying. How didn't it work out?
"All she did was embarrass me," Travis said. "And the whole time I was there I was always thinking of somebody else."
"Your old girlfriend on Earth?"
Travis was quiet. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know if he should tell Ryan what he thought. What he really thought. But if Scooter and Douglas could go off like they did then maybe he could too.
"No. I was thinking about you, Ryan." Wow. He said it. Now what was Ryan going to say? Did he blow it?
Ryan started tearing up again. Only this time it was from happiness. He just hoped Travis meant it.
"Are you okay, Ryan? Did I say something wrong?"
"No. You said something exactly right." Ryan sat on the bed and wrapped his arms around his knees. "I've never really had any friends. I wanted to be yours right from the start."
"It's how I feel. I'm sorry if I made you feel bad, Ryan. I won't do that again. Ever."
He sat next to Ryan and hugged him. The two of them sat on the bed and cuddled and talked quietly. They didn't know it, but they were starting to fall in love.
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Scooter and Douglas woke up just before lunch. They were both hungry. They were all tangled up in each other. Douglas was awake first. He looked at his friend. But he seemed like more than a friend. He wasn't sure how yet, but he knew he had lots of friends. But the feelings he had for Scooter were way different. He couldn't take his eyes off him. Couldn't stop touching him.
He couldn't stop thinking of him. Or even dreaming of him. So what was he feeling? Was this what love was?
Scooter opened his eyes and saw Douglas looking at him. He smiled and squeezed him. They kissed and hugged. They didn't want to get out of the bed, but they knew they had to.
"Who showers first?" Douglas asked.
"I don't know. Why ask? Let's just shower together."
That sounded pretty good to Douglas. He pulled off the covers and the two of them got up and walked into the bathroom. Scooter knew his dad wouldn't mind. The two of them in one shower would keep them from going over their water ration.
Scooter got the temperature right and the boys got in. Showers had to be fast, and they set right to work washing each other. Both of them still had their morning boners getting into the shower.
Because they hadn't pissed before getting in because they had morning stiffies they both needed to go bad. Douglas had peed in the shower a lot, it was the place to do it in the morning. So he let go being careful not to hit Scooter, even though he really wanted to. Scooter looked at him peeing.
"What are you doing?"
"Pissing, silly. I'm saving more water. Don't have to flush."
Scooter laughed and stared pissing too, being careful not to hit Douglas, even though he really wanted to also. They both really enjoyed the other guy pee out of his boner and it made them even more excited when they finished.
They started washing each other, but their hands kept going to the other guy's boner. Pretty soon they were facing each other kissing and rubbing their boners together, and it didn't take them long to have cum, Douglas shooting all over Scooter's belly and dick. The water washed them off quick. They cummed just in time, because the shower shut off right after. They got out, dried each other off, kissed, and got dressed to go to lunch. +++++++++++++++++++++++
Robert Charles sat next to Lisa making plans in his head. He had two ideas. The first one needed her help. The second one was only if the first one didn't work. Either way, Douglas and his queer buddies were in big trouble. Jeremy decided he'd had enough and got up to leave. Carmen followed him.
That left Lisa and Robert Charles. Robert Charles stroked her legs, kissed her, felt her breasts. He tried going farther but she stopped him. He tried putting her hand on his boner, but she said she didn't want to. I'm gonna get you, the thought. And it won't take long.
He eased up some, just keeping his arm around her and playing with her breasts which she didn't mind. He told her about his first plan. She listened to him and didn't like it at first. But he kept rubbing her tits and her leg and he told her he loved her. He kissed her deep and told her again. She told him that she loved him and they kissed more. And when they were finished he got her to touch him and stroke him. It only took a couple of strokes and he shot all over himself and her hand.
"Ewwwwwwwwwwwww...that's gross."
He told her what it was, cleaned it off her, told her that he loved her and asked if she would help him with her plan. She said yes because she loved him and wanted him to win because he was the best.
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At lunch everybody compared notes about the morning. Scooter, Douglas, Ryan, Travis, Mike, Alex, Stevie, and Jim all sat at one table. Jeremy, Braden, Matthew, Jordan, Lisa, Robert Charles, Carmen, and Felicia at another. The only upper grade student not there was Michelle. The two tables were on the opposite side of the dining hall so they couldn't hear each other.
Everybody at the first table noticed how Travis and Ryan were together. In fact they were all noticing pairs and how there were a lot of happy smiling faces. But Ryan had looked so sad and down, and now he was so close to Travis and looking so happy.
Alex sat close to Mike. Stevie was with Jim. And of course Douglas and Scooter were together. They looked at each other and all started to wonder about what was going on. Were each of them falling for another boy? No, that couldn't be right. Not all eight of them. Or maybe even more, because there seemed to be something between Jeremy and Braden too. All this was going through everybody's head.
Everybody was wondering if the tables were votes. If they were it was eight to eight, with Michelle's vote in the middle. It was going to be very interesting by the time Wednesday came. +++++++++++++++++++++++
The afternoon went by quickly. The kids spent most of their time in the games room, playing games, becoming better friends, and each learning more about the boy they were falling for. Evening came and they headed to the right dining hall for dinner.
After dinner most of them skipped the games room. Mike and Jim headed for Alex and Stevie's room. Douglas was planning on another night with Scooter. Ryan and Travis were in the games room. Ryan was talking to Travis about spending the night together. Jeremy and Braden were in the games room. Jeremy was thinking the same thing about Braden that Ryan was about Travis.
Robert Charles was meeting with Jordan, Lisa, and Felicia. Carmen couldn't come, or didn't want to. Nobody was sure. Matthew wasn't invited. Everybody figured him as being too young. Everybody but Matthew anyway. They were talking about the election. And what Robert Charles had planned to get his votes. Then Felicia left and Robert Charles told Lisa and Jordan his first PLAN. They loved the idea and were ready to help. He decided to keep plan two secret for now. ++++++++++++++++++++++++
In Alex's room, Mike and Jim were getting a lesson in boy sex. Mike had never done a thing with anybody, and all Jim had done was jack off with Scooter some friends on Earth, and with a couple of friends on Mars.
Stevie showed Jim how to kiss and how to JO his partner the best, and how to rub dicks, and how to make a sweet spot feel good fingering a butt. Alex was showing Mike the same thing on the other bed. Both Mike and Jim got feeling like they never had before.
After they all four had a couple of hard hot cums, Alex and Stevie had Jim and Mike lay down on the beds. Then they both got between their partner's legs and started licking under their balls. They sucked their balls next, and then licked up the shaft. Mike and Jim had feelings like they never felt before as Alex and Stevie brought them farther and farther along until they shot in their partner's mouth.
"Oh, man," Mike said. "That was incredible. Totally awesome. Unbelievable."
"Next time you get us," Alex said. "Right now let's bed down together and talk and learn about each other. And cuddle some."
Mike hugged the smaller skinnier Alex close and tight. Jim and Stevie were about the same size, and they cuddled and talked and kissed too. Mike and Jim both got their partners off. Even after three orgasms each the boys couldn't get their boners to go down. It was time for Mike and Jim to learn how to suck their partners. +++++++++++++++++++++++
Scooter and Douglas cuddled naked on Scooter's bed. They were happy to hold each other and kiss each other and make each other feel good. They both loved touching each other and being touched.
Douglas had his head on Scooter's stomach. He was looking at his smooth uncut penis. He let his hand rub slowly along it. He pulled the skin back and looked at the shiny head, then rubbed his finger across it. He brought his face closer. Both boys knew about oral sex even if they had never done it. Douglas was just a couple of inches away now. He knew that if he got closer and licked it Scooter wouldn't mind. And if Scooter didn't mind, then he might as well do it. Well, here goes nothing, he thought.
Before he could think about it any more he went down and let Scooter's dick slide into his mouth. Scooter shivered with surprise. He looked down at Douglas, and saw his dick disappearing into his mouth. The feeling he got was unbelievably incredible. And for Douglas having Scooter's sweet boner in his mouth just felt right. He could tell it belonged there. He started bobbing his head, sucking and licking like he had done it his whole life. For Scooter the feeling was so amazing his body wouldn't stop shaking. He tried holding back what was coming over him, but he couldn't so he just let it go. He pumped his dick into Doug's mouth, shook and moaned, and had the most intense orgasm of his life. He almost knocked Doug's head off he pumped so hard. Then he fainted on the bed.
Douglas was scared. He thought he did too much. He looked at Scooter and kissed him. Scooter opened his eyes and looked at Douglas and smiled.
"I'm glowing," he said.
Douglas kissed him. And it didn't take long for Scooter to try his skill on Douglas. And it didn't take long to fill Scooter's mouth with his sweet cum. He tried warning Scooter, but he was feeling so good his orgasm just happened. Scooter didn't flinch though and he swallowed it all. He couldn't believe how good it tasted. He kissed Douglas and the two boys lay next to each other on the bed holding each other.
"Douglas."
"Yes?"
Scooter's heart was thumping. He wanted to tell Douglas what he told him last night when he was sleeping. He was afraid, but he knew it was the right thing to do.
"I...I...um...I..."
Douglas knew what was coming. Already he could almost sense was his friend was thinking or feeling.
"Go ahead and say it...because I feel the same way."
Scooter knew deep in his heart what Douglas meant. So he said it.
"Douglas, I..I love you." Now, did Douglas really feel the same way?
"And I love you, too," he said, his heart singing. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The other boys didn't get quite as far yet. Jeremy and Braden talked a lot in the games room. Once, Jeremy tried touching Braden's let, but Braden pushed his hand away. Then Braden felt bad doing it. He just didn't know why a big handsome boy like Jeremy would be interested in somebody like him. Finally he said he was tired and wanted to go to bed. Jeremy walked him to his cabin. Once again Jeremy tried something, as he reached for Braden's hand. But Braden wouldn't let him take it.
Ryan and Travis were in Ryan's room. They were watching a vid. They were sitting close to each other on the couch. Travis let his hand touch Ryan's let and Ryan touched Travis's. Pretty soon they were leaning against each other.
No, Travis thought, I'm supposed to do this with a girl not with a guy. He could feel Ryan's breath on his cheek. His pants were tented, and he could see the same was happening to Ryan. Ryan's face was so close he could almost lean over and kiss him. And if Ryan was a girl he would. But Ryan was a boy, and boys usually didn't kiss boys.
Ryan could feel Travis's breath. He wished he knew if it was okay to kiss him. Because that was what he wanted to do right then. Travis had him so excited. He wanted to kiss him so bad. He edged up closer to Travis, and Travis moved a little closer to him. He turned his head and looked at Travis.
They looked at each other, into each other's eyes. Their lips were inches apart, they both were ready to kiss. But instead they heard the beep of the door code. Jeremy was coming back. They lay back on the couch, and went back to watching the vid. Both of them knew that something awesome had almost happened. And they both knew that they wanted to get there again. Their love was growing.
Jeremy looked at them. There was no doubt in his mind what was going on between them. He liked Ryan and liked jacking off with him. But somehow Braden was the one he wanted. If he only wasn't so hard to get.
And in Jordan's room, Jordan found another bottle and started drinking. If only he could get Matthew drunk with him. And then fuck him over and over. That would be so much fun. He took a big swallow out of the bottle and felt himself get warm all over.
Matthew sat alone in his room. He felt very lonely. Jordan told him he shouldn't talk to anybody but him. He said that the other boys would pick on him and use him. That the real big kids like Mike and Jeremy and Travis would beat him up for not doing things they wanted. But he wasn't sure if Jordan was really protecting him, or if maybe nobody was really after him. What he did know was he didn't like some of the things Jordan was doing to him. He liked the feel good parts but not what he was doing up his butt. But he knew if he didn't do it Jordan would tell things about him. All he knew was he wanted more friends but he didn't know how to get them. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Sunday was pretty quiet. The boys there with their families spent a lot of the day with them. Douglas left Scooter's in the morning. They kissed long and hard and told each other "I love you."
Jim left to be with his mom, but Mike stayed at Alex's a little longer. The brothers taught him what a three way suck was like. Mike liked enough to do it twice, then went to have Sunday brunch with Brad. Stevie and Alex showered together then went to brunch together.
Just about everybody was at the games room that afternoon. Jordan hung with Matthew almost the whole afternoon, whispering and talking to him. Jordan had skipped breakfast and brunch because he was sick. He had a snack earlier and was feeling better. Now it was up to him to get things going for Robert Charles.
After dinner some of the boys went to the games room, some to their own rooms, some with their friends. By 9:00 everybody had gone to their own rooms except for Matthew. Jordan had him do stuff to him, like suck him and let him up his butt. But he didn't do anything back to make him feel good and he wanted to feel good. He was very hard, and Jordan almost didn't seem to care.
The first phone call went to Mike from Lisa. She sounded like she was crying.
"Mike, I have to talk to you. Please. It's about RC."
"What's wrong?"
"I can't say it on the phone. Please. You've always seemed to nice and easy to talk to. I need help."
Mike could tell she was really upset. He had only talked to her a couple of times because she always seemed to be with Robert Charles. He knew Robert Charles was a prick and now he seemed to be proving it. Lisa seemed to be in trouble. Big trouble.
"Where do you want to meet?"
"How about the observation lounge on deck 12? In fifteen minutes?"
"Okay. I'll be there."
"Please. I'm scared."
Mike hung up the phone and looked at the clock. He probably should tell Brad first that he was going.
The second call went to Jordan. Matthew heard a female voice on it.
"It's time for you to go Matthew. Take elevator two, because number three is down for the night."
Matthew figured the voice was his mother. While he pulled his pants on Jordan told him how he owed him. And how bad the other boys would treat somebody little like him if it wasn't for Jordan protecting him. And how he would never want those boys to know he took it up the ass.
Matthew left and headed for elevator two, even though he usually took elevator three.
The next call was to Jeremy. It was from Jordan.
"Somebody said Mike was pretty wild tonight. Really upset. I can't find RC. You're the only guy even close in size to stop him. I don't want him in trouble. Maybe you can find him and calm him down. I heard he was on deck 12 somewhere around the observation deck.
Jeremy said he would see what he could do. He told Ryan he would be right back and headed toward deck 12.
Mike told Brad he would be right back and headed to deck 12.
Elevator 2 stopped at deck 12. Matthew stepped out and got slammed by a punch in the gut. He doubled over in pain and tried to look up to see who was hitting him when he got punched in the face twice and fell to the floor, blood coming out of his mouth. He couldn't tell who it was. All he knew was that it was somebody big. The hall was spinning and somebody was still there. He looked up and saw Mike.
Jeremy came around a corner and saw Matthew on the floor and Mike kneeling in front of him. He walked up and saw that Matthew was holding his gut in pain and he was bleeding from his mouth and already was getting a black eye.
"Get away from him!!!!!!!!!" Jeremy screamed. "Get the FUCK way from him!!!!!"
"I didn't do anything. I came around that corner and saw him on the floor."
"Like hell you didn't do it. Just like you didn't hit Ryan."
Mike stood up. He was getting angry. "I never touched him? Why should I?"
"Because you're pissed about something. And because some little kid got in your way and now you can show what a tough asshole you are." Jeremy was so mad he was ready to hit Mike. "What were you doing here anyway? This isn't even your deck."
"Lisa called me to meet her in the observation lounge. She was having some kind of trouble."
"Well, for your sake that better be a true story. Because if it isn't you're going to have every boy on this ship ready to get you." He bent down to help Matthew up. "He's just a little kid. And tomorrow I'm going to make sure somebody deals with this. I think your ass is fucked."
Jeremy took Matthew and walked him to his cabin while Mike stood there wanting to help. He was confused. Lost. Wondering what was happening to him. He turned and walked to the observation lounge to meet Lisa, trying hard not to cry.
He sat in the lounge for over an hour. Lisa never showed. And he knew why. He knew he had been set up. And unless he could prove it he might have cost Douglas the election by being stupid.
He walked back to his cabin and woke up Brad. He told him exactly what happened going back to the cavern on Mars. When he was done, Brad hugged him and sent him off to bed. Then he sat down and wondered how much trouble Mike was in. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mike sat alone at a table at Monday's breakfast. Ryan came a couple of minutes later and stared at him. Mike didn't want to look back at him, but knew he had to. After all, he had no reason not to. Ryan sat down next to him.
"Jeremy told me about last night. He says you hurt Matthew pretty bad. He says you're going to be in big trouble when you show up for class today."
Mike looked down at the table.
"You're the one who really hit me, aren't you? And you hit Matthew. I believed you Mike. I believed in you. I believed you were who I thought you were. And all the time you were probably laughing at me." Ryan was near tears.
Mike took a deep breath. If he didn't say anything right now, Ryan would leave believing he was the one who hit him and Matthew. He looked up at Ryan.
"Ryan. I never hit you. I never hit him. I was set up last night. I swear, I never hit anybody. And I mean here or on Earth or Mars or anywhere." Mike went on to tell about the strange call from Lisa and how she never showed up for their meeting.
"Yeah, Jeremy told me what you said. Jeremy was ready to kill you last night. He is so pissed right now. He called Lisa this morning and she said she didn't know what he was talking about."
"Ryan, she's lying. She called me to meet her saying she was having problems with RC. I was set up. And I bet it was by RC. He wants to force Douglas to quit taking my side and to split up our votes. He's evil, Ryan. Totally evil. And he needs to be stopped."
Ryan looked at Mike trying to decide whom to believe. He was about to say something when Douglas and Scooter showed up and sat at the table. They hadn't heard about last night, and Mike and Ryan filled them in.
Douglas looked at them. He was wondering what to think. He liked Mike. A lot. He just couldn't believe Mike was the one who attacked Matthew. But he did believe it that Robert Charles could. He also knew that backing up Mike would pretty much lose him the election. It would all depend on who believed Mike. He was stuck with a decision to make. Would he back up Mike and stick by his friend and lose the election for sure, or would he turn his back on him to give him a chance of winning?
Finally he made up his mind. There really was only one decision to make and that was the right one.
"I believe you Mike. I'm behind you all the way."
Mike was stunned. It wasn't what he expected to hear. If Douglas stood behind him he stood a good chance of losing the election. And that couldn't happen. Robert Charles could not be allowed to win.
"Thanks, Douglas. That means a lot to me. You're a good friend. But you can't support me. It would keep you from winning."
"You don't know that, Mike. And if I won because I couldn't stand up for a friend...well, then I am not any better than Robert Charles. This trip is only a couple of months. Being leader for two months isn't that big deal. And I sure wouldn't turn back on a friend even if it was for two years."
Mike felt tears starting up. He tried to pull out a hanky to wipe them away but it was too late. By the time he got to them and started wiping, everybody saw them. And nobody cared.
Right then Alex and Stevie showed up. When he found out what happened, Alex was ready to explode he was so mad. But he felt a little better when he found out what Douglas had decided. It made him feel they did a pretty good job picking their candidate for leader.
Then Robert Charles, Jordan, Lisa, Jeremy, and Matthew came into the dining hall. Matthew's lip was swollen and he had a black eye. Robert Charles walked up to the table.
"He looks real nice, doesn't he asshole? And I see your faggot friends are still sitting her talking to you. I guess that says a lot about you guys. I'm sure glad you won't be winning this election, Douglas. Because it would make us all real sick taking any orders from you." He walked away and joined his friends at another table. A couple of minutes later Braden walked in not knowing what had been going on. He saw Jeremy and went over and joined them.
They counted and recounted votes. No matter how they counted them, the vote was 9-8 in favor of Robert Charles. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
When they got to class, Mr. Z called Mike into his office. Matthew was there and so were his parents, and the ship's First Officer. Like he expected, Mike was accused of attacking Matthew. Matthew said he wasn't sure if it was Mike. He just knew it was somebody big and that Mike was kneeling next to him when he opened his eyes. Mike told his side of the story. Lisa was called in and said she never called Mike last night. When it all ended Mike was put on a two week cabin restriction, except for school and meals. He was told if anything else happened he would be totally restricted to his cabin for the rest of the trip. Matthew's parents said they couldn't understand why a big kid like him had to assault a little boy like Matthew.
Mike was crushed. He tried telling Matthew as they left the office that he didn't do it. But Matthew wouldn't even look at him. He went straight to Jordan and ignored everybody else. He knew for sure now that Jordan was his friend along with Robert Charles and that the rest of them weren't close to as nice as they said they were.
Just after break an alarm went off and yellow lights started flashing. It was an abandon ship drill. If the lights were flashing red it would mean it was the real thing. If they had been in their cabins they would have gone to one of the big shuttles. Since the school was toward the back of the ship near Engineering it was too far from them. It had it's own small shuttle. The student would get on it, then would meet up with one of the big shuttles after it left the ship. Mr. Z. was trained to fly the little shuttle. They opened the lock to the ship, and all got in it. Just after they got seated the smaller kids came through the lock and sat in the empty seats. Mr. Z took a count and got on the radio. Pretty soon the alarms stopped and they got off the shuttle. This was the first drill they had from class, but they already had had two of them at other times.
At break Douglas went to talk to Jeremy and Braden. He tried telling them that Mike didn't hit Matthew and that he was set up. But they wouldn't listen to him. They had made up their minds they said. Jeremy told Douglas about the call from Jordan, that Mike was threatening people and if he could try stopping him.
"Isn't that interesting," Douglas said. "Jordan just happened to know that Mike was on deck 12. Matthew just happened to leave Jordan's room the same time Mike just happened to get a call to meet Lisa on deck 12. Think about it Jeremy. You're being set up just like Mike was. They're playing you for a sucker."
But at lunch Jeremy and Braden sat with Robert Charles and his group. Douglas had a chance to talk to Michelle about how she was going to vote. Michelle said she didn't know, and even if she did she wasn't going to tell anybody.
That evening Jeremy was invited to Braden's room. Braden wanted to talk. They talked first about the election. Braden told Jeremy he thought that maybe Mike was telling the truth. Jeremy said he didn't think he was, but Douglas did say some things to think about. But he still thought Robert Charles was the better leader. He was bigger and more forceful. He acted like a leader. Douglas sometimes seemed to hung up on himself and his problems and he was only running because his friends talked him into it, not because he was interested in being a leader. Not like Robert Charles was. Braden and Jeremy agreed not to totally make up their minds until Wednesday.
Then they talked about each other. And why Jeremy wanted to be Braden's friend. And how Braden needed to come out and join everybody more. Finally, Braden asked Jeremy why he wanted to be his friend.
"Simple. I think you are a kind sweet boy with a big heart. I like you. You're special." Braden smiled. Then Jeremy got up to leave because it was getting late. He got to the bedroom door and turned and smiled. "And besides, you're really hot."
He left fast and Braden stood there stunned. And hard. Hot? Me? He looked in his mirror and a short skinny kid. No Way. But thinking about it and Jeremy made him get a nice sized bulge in his pants.
While Jeremy was in Braden's room, Travis was in Ryan's. This time they didn't wait. They both knew what they wanted. They sat on Ryan's bed kissing and hugging. For Travis it didn't make any difference that Ryan was a boy. In fact somehow it made it better. For Ryan, he was getting exactly what he wanted. He was in love.
When Jeremy got back he saw them both kind of messed up and breathing hard. He knew exactly what was going on and smiled. Ryan and Travis had gone as far as kissing. They both knew more was going to happen and they couldn't wait.
When they came down to earth, Jeremy asked them about what happened to Matthew. Ryan said he was still sticking with Mike. He didn't see how anybody as sweet as Mike could do the things he did. Travis said he wasn't so sure. He could see both sides. But he agreed with Ryan that he couldn't see Mike doing it. It was just all the evidence seemed to show that he did.
Travis finally left. But he didn't really want to. He wanted to spend the whole night with Ryan, and now he wasn't even feeling bad for wanting it. He was in love. So what that it was with a boy. Love is love.
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Tuesday was a lot of talk about the election. Mike was unhappy over his restriction. He knew he had done nothing wrong. Mr. Z was unhappy about Douglas backing up Mike. He saw Douglas as being another trouble maker, and was hoping totally that Robert Charles would win the election.
That afternoon two things happened. One was Robert Charles's dad visiting Mr. Z. He reminded him how he could get Mr. Z. a top position on Earth or any planet he wanted, and how much easier that would be if Robert Charles won. He told Mr. Z that Robert Charles had been raised and trained to lead, while the Douglas boy was just another nobody kid. He said real leaders should win. And truly great teachers knew that only the best should lead.
Not long after Robert Charles's dad left Mr. Z's office Robert Charles came to see Mr. Z. He didn't know his dad had been there. But he did know he wanted to be totally sure he won and it was time for the second part of his plan. He told Mr. Z. how cool he was. And how if he won the election he would be a good leader and keep things in order. And how he could find ways to make things good for Mr. Z. About an hour later, Robert Charles left the office. Mr. Z was still tasting the sweetness that Robert Charles shot into his mouth. And Robert Charles walked out thinking that a lot of people could learn how to give a BJ from his teacher.
That night, when Engineers were looking in other places the temperature gauge on the Warp Enhancer jumped close to the red mark and slipped back down. Alex and Stevie slept cuddled, both loving each other and thinking of their new loves. Jeremy and Ryan jacked each other off, but were thinking of the boys they wanted. The rest of the boys jacked off in their own rooms, thinking of who they loved on the "Starkeeper".
Suddenly it was Wednesday morning. It was school election day. Robert Charles and Douglas woke up ready to see what was going to happen.
Next: Chapter 13. The Show Constructive comments are welcome. E-mail me at TheHakaanen@Hotmail.com. Douglas DD