Emerald City Boys

 

CHAPTER 39

 

FINDING TRUE LOVE

 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

 

 

 

Trajan woke up around eight-thirty Sunday morning. Normally he would be thinking about falling back to sleep on a weekend morning, but he and Levi had fallen asleep at nine-thirty the evening before, which was early for a weekend evening. He stretched and decided he was ready to get up for the day. He pulled back the covers and rose out of bed.

 

His movements woke up Levi, who was surprised to see Trajan standing. “Hey, good morning,” Levi yawned. 

 

“Good morning, sleepyhead,” Trajan responded. “What time is it?”

 

Levi looked at his alarm and saw it was eight-thirty-four. “Are you coming back to bed?”

 

Trajan shook his head. “I’m gonna piss and shower.”

 

“At eight-thirty?”

 

“Dude, last night we were asleep by nine-thirty. I’m ready to shower, grab some breakfast, and figure out along with you what we’re gonna do for the day.”

 

“You wanna do sex all day?” Levi grinned.

 

“Damn, did that fuck turn you into Mister Horn Dog or something?”

 

“You said that wasn’t a fuck, it was making love.”

 

“True, but I guess you could consider making love to be, like, one kind of fuck.”

 

Levi rose from the bed. “How about we don’t think so much and just call it love making. That way, when we want to do it again, we know exactly what we want to do.”

 

“That sounds cool to me.”

 

Trajan watched his naked boyfriend stretch. “Damn, you’re beautiful, did you know that?”

 

“I do now because you keep telling me. And you…you’re like a stud athlete which makes you beautiful, too.”

 

The boyfriends exchanged a French kiss and rubbed each other’s asses, causing their cocks to stir. “Well, this stud wants to hit the shower and get nice and clean and smell good and fresh.”

 

“And this beauty wants to join you.”

 

They were soon standing in the shower letting the hot water wash over them. They washed each other’s back and ass, with Trajan giving Levi’s ass a deep washing as he tried to make sure all of the lube and cum was out of it.

 

Their hands went to their partner’s hard cock, and it didn’t take long for them to jerk each other off to near simultaneous orgasms.

 

After drying off they dressed in t-shirts, undies, and sweats before going to make themselves breakfast. They dressed because they weren’t sure when Levi’s parents would be coming home. All they knew was that it would be some time before lunch.

 

Levi told Trajan he made great pancakes. “Are you any good at cooking bacon?”

 

“I got some lessons from my Aunt Marne, who’s an expert cook as you know.”

 

“What about your uncle? I mean he’s gotta know how to cook good, too.”

 

“He does, but he doesn’t have as much time to teach us what with his busy morning schedule. But Aunt Marne showed me how to cook nice, crispy bacon that isn’t dry. I’ll show you my breakfast cooking skill while you show me yours.”

 

“I thought we were supposed to do that with our cocks,” Levi giggled.

 

“Where did this dirty mind come from?” Trajan asked with a grin. “You sure didn’t show it when we first met.”

 

“Oh, it was there I just had to see if you deserved to see it.”

 

“What I want to do right now is see what your specialty tastes like.”

 

The boys enthusiastically cooked up and then ate their breakfast of pancakes and bacon along with some sliced fruit that was in the refrigerator. Levi said he knew there would be some ready for them to eat. “And that’s because there just about always is,” he told Trajan.

 

While they ate breakfast, they planned out their day. For the first time in their friendship Levi would be sleeping over at the DeLuca house and sleeping with Trajan in Trajan’s bed. Tony would be spending the night at Logan’s and Marco was spending the night at Justin’s. It would be a whole new experience not only for Trajan and Levi but also for Luigi and Marne.

 

Now they had to figure out what they wanted to do before going to the DeLuca residence. “I’ve got an idea,” Levi said. “How about we go swimming and ask Jack and Denny if they want to come over and swim with us?”

 

“Sounds like a plan. And since we don’t have a game later in the day like we did then, we can get a little more rowdy this time,” Trajan said.

 

“I’ll have to check with mom or dad, first, because they want to know who’s coming to the house when they aren’t home.”

 

“Are we going to come out to your parents when they get home?” Trajan asked.

 

“What do you think we should do?”

 

“I asked you first.”

 

“Fair enough. Then I say we don’t do it until your mother is here and we can come out to everybody at once. Well, except for your dad.”

 

“It’s cool. I like your idea. My mom can smooth the way for me telling my dad. Dad and I don’t always get along that good. What about telling Jack and Denny if they come over?”

 

“Hmmm, looks like you asked first so now I get to have my say first,” Trajan grinned. “That puts us even. And my answer is no. We don’t tell anybody until after we’ve come out to our ‘rents. Luigi and Marne should be included in that too.”

 

“Agreed on all that. And with Drake, Pierce, Chase and Dillon knowing we’re boyfriends we’re not exactly alone right now.”

 

“True.”

 

The teens finished their breakfasts, cleaned up the kitchen, and then dressed in shorts and t-shirts. They were playing a video game on the big screen TV when George and Arlene arrived home. 

 

Arlene praised the boys for how clean the kitchen was. “I assume you two had breakfast.”

 

“Mom, you know I can’t survive without breakfast. We had pancakes, bacon, and fruit,” Levi said. “I cooked the pancakes and Trajan fried the bacon.”

 

“Wow, you got things cleaned and put away even after cooking breakfast. You boys are impressive,” George said.

 

Levi and Trajan were happy to eat up the praise, looking at it as money in the bank when the time came to come out. They spent some of that money by asking if Jack and Denny could come over. Arlene readily gave permission and George went along with it.

 

Jack and Denny were both able to come over and soon the four teens were at the pool. They changed into their swimsuits in the changing room. It was the first time they had all seen each other naked at once. In fact, it was the first time Levi and Trajan had seen Denny naked.

 

Trajan and Levi were impressed with Denny’s athletic body. While they had seen Denny shirtless in some of the practices, his nudity really put his overall build on display. They saw Denny as a combination of exotic and erotic. Trajan had wondered if Denny would have a giant cock since that’s what everybody said Blacks had. While what they saw was a little above average it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. He had a thick bush of pubic hair, some ball hairs, and was cut.  Levi and Trajan both wondered what Denny’s cock would look like when it was hard.

 

Jack didn’t have to wonder since he’d seen Denny hard quite a few times and had enjoyed the experience. In fact, when Jack turned 14 in April, Denny let Jack fuck him as a birthday present. It wasn’t Denny’s first time, his then 15-year-old brother, Jarrod, had taken his cherry when he was 12. It was something they’d only done a half dozen times after that since Jarrod had gotten into a serious relationship with a girl. He told his little brother that they would no longer be messing around together. Denny was disappointed, so he upped his masturbation numbers to compensate. That ended his messing with boys until he and Jack somehow found themselves naked on Jack’s bed jerking each other off three weeks after lacrosse practice had started.

 

In an interesting turnaround, when Denny turned 14 in May, Jack let Denny take his cherry. That was the only time the two of them had fucked, although they had often enjoyed mutual masturbation and oral sex.

 

Jack had a nice bush of pubes to admire, and Trajan admired them. He had a nice bush of pubic hair above his cock, but Jack had more hair and they covered more of his pubic region than Trajan’s. Jack and Trajan were both 14, but Trajan would be turning 15 in November while Jack wouldn’t be hitting that age until April.

 

 The boys enjoyed horseplay, pool basketball, a great lunch, swimming, and just chilling and talking. One thing that Levi and Trajan had no doubt about after listening to some of the things Jack and Denny said was that they were definitely bed buddies. Levi and Trajan, in the interest of fairness, left the same impression, which didn’t surprise Jack at all since he had jacked off with Levi a couple of times.

 

Marne had told Trajan that she would have dinner ready for him and Levi by six o’clock.  While the changing room had a sink and a toilet it didn’t have a shower. Jack and Denny toweled off and changed into their street clothes saying they would shower at Jack’s house. Levi and Trajan escorted their friends to the front gate. Levi was ready to give Denny a hug, but Denny raised his open right hand and Levi stopped.

 

“You guys are still wet,” Denny pointed out.

 

“Good point,” Levi said.

 

“You could look at it as something to remember us by,” Jack added as he mounted his bike.

 

“Hey, the day was dope, and I’ll remember how much fun it was,” Denny said.

 

“And that would be plenty,” Jack grinned.

 

So instead of hugs, they traded waves as Denny and Jack rode off to Jack’s house.

 

Levi and Trajan hustled to Levi’s room and were soon showering together. “I think we’ve made some good friends,” Levi said as Trajan washed his back.

 

“I agree and who would have ever thunk it?” Trajan said.

 

“It’s the wonders of being teammates.”

 

“And liking somebody you can’t stand.” Trajan was referring to Jack and himself.

 

“And we throw a league championship into that and it’s all good.”

 

After the boys dressed, they sought out Arlene saying they were ready to get a ride to the DeLuca house. Arlene grabbed her purse and car keys, and they headed to the garage.

 

“Are you boys certain you won’t need a ride tomorrow morning?” Arlene asked.

 

“Chase said his mom would be picking us up,” Levi said. “And since he, Dillon, Pierce, and Drake will be in the van, and since that’s everybody who’s going—well, you can figure it out. It’s all been pretty well organized.”  Levi and Trajan would be going bowling at the West Seattle Bowl with the other four boys. It was a get-together they had been planning for a while.  

 

When they entered the house Marne told the boys supper would be ready in about twenty minutes. As predicted the dinner was lasagna, which didn’t bother Levi or Trajan at all. “Best lasagna this side of Italy,” Trajan grinned.

 

Marne mentioned how different it was to have the two teens overnight as opposed to the preteens she was used to. Marne left at 6:30 to help out at the restaurant. “I should be home some time between nine and ten,” she told them, and she left for Luigi’s.

 

That was an unspoken invitation for the boys to get naked, which was exactly what they did. They then sat on the couch and played video games for the next forty-five minutes. Even though he had been staying at Levi’s house most nights during the last few weeks, Trajan had lived there long enough to know what was where and what was what.

 

Trajan was not surprised when Levi said that he wanted to talk about what had happened the night before. It was something they’d kept putting off all day although they both knew it should be discussed that night. They wanted everything to be clear between them before going bowling in the morning.

 

They sat in the living room playing checkers and enjoying the oatmeal raisin cookies Marne left for them. They were playing their fifth game when they agreed that this would be their last one. The score was tied 2-2 and they decided that the winner would be named the first ever Royal Palace of DeLuca Checkers Champion.

 

“I love the name, but it doesn’t sound very Italian,” Levi observed.

 

“That’s because it’s not,” Trajan countered. “But the word ‘royal’ makes it official.”

 

“I like how you think.”

 

Trajan had white and made the first move, but Levi ended up wearing the crown. “Now that the Royal Champion has been crowned let’s do what we’ve been talking about doing.”

 

“I’m ready,” Trajan said.

 

“Are we going to talk on the couch or what?”

 

“I thought we’d to go my bedroom, strip naked, and lie on my bed and talk about it.”

 

“That’s what I thought the plan was, to talk about our feelings about what happened last night. You make it sound like it’s going to end up being sex and not talking about sex.”

 

“That’s what I said, we’d talk about last night,” Trajan said. “But with us being totally naked together we get to look at all of the person we fell in love with and if we touch, we touch that person and not that person’s clothes. It, like, puts everything in the open.”

 

“Hmmm, it all sounds really romantic.”

 

“Exactly. Talking about being romantic should be romantic.”

 

“You know, since I’ve met you, you’ve gone from being a wise ass to being a really wise man,” Levi said.

 

“That’s only if a guy can be a wise man when he’s, like, only fourteen.”

 

“None of this only crap. You’re almost fifteen, old man.”

 

Trajan quickly grabbed Levi and gave him a noogie.  Both boys broke out into hysteric laughter and wrestled on the floor for a couple of minutes. “You win, old man. Now, let’s go talk,” Levi said.

 

Levi picked up the clothes he had shed and led the way to Trajan and Tony’s bedroom wearing nothing. Trajan carried his clothes as well and tossed them on the floor at the foot of the bed. Levi threw his clothes there and then pulled off his socks and added them to the pile. The naked teens then positioned themselves on their backs on top of the covers. They turned their heads and looked directly at each other. Trajan couldn’t resist running his fingers through Levi’s thick red curls.

 

“So, tell me my love, what did it feel like to have somebody make love to you?” Trajan asked. Trajan wondered how he ended up saying ‘my love’, which sounded dorky and wonderful at the same time.

 

“It was different than I thought,” Levi responded. “When you started talking about pounding my ass and making the room shake, and hammering me deep, and that kind of stuff, I thought it was going to hurt really bad and I was going to hate you. I was thinking that if this was what making love was about then I didn’t want anything to do with it.”

 

“And I was thinking of my ex-so-called boyfriends and how to me, making love was all about dominating them. Making love was about my love and not their love. I mean I treated my so-called boyfriend, Derek, like shit. I thought since I was, like, a couple of years older than him that I knew what love was all about and he didn’t have a clue. Shit, I think it turned out that it was the other way around.”

 

“You’re sounding pretty grown up,” Levi said. “Is that what making love is about?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“I mean, is making love to me instead of fucking me deep and hard like you were gonna mean you were acting grown up?”

 

Trajan thought over his boyfriend’s question for a few seconds before answering. When he finally gave his answer, his voice was soft and gentle, like it had been the night before after he replaced his thoughts of fucking the shit out of Levi and putting his love into him. “It doesn’t mean I was acting grown up. What it means is I felt something I don’t know I’ve ever felt before. What it means is I felt so in love with you I had to share that love and make sure you got it. That’s what making love was all about to me.” Trajan had never been as articulate in his entire life as he was right then as he cuddled naked with his true love. Trajan was surprised to feel tears welling up.

 

“Last night, it felt like my brain and my body got all warmed up because of what you were doing to me,” Levi whispered.

 

“I felt the same way,” Trajan responded. “Warm and wonderful.”

 

The two adolescent boys stared at each other as they basked in a glow of warmth that few of their peers had felt and some would never feel. They scooted closer together and exchanged a long, deep kiss. Trajan turned the light off, leaving the bedroom dark. Their tongues slithered back and forth, and their rock-hard teen cocks started humping. They rubbed their cocks together with gusto. Somehow, Levi ended up on top of Trajan and he humped his boyfriend’s cock until they both blew their warm cum over each other as well as themselves.

 

“Well, that certainly wasn’t planned,” Trajan said after they recovered from their intense orgasms.

 

“Who said love’s gotta be planned?”

 

“Good point.”

 

Trajan turned the bedroom light on. The boys went into the bathroom, cleaned themselves off, took care of their teeth, and returned to Trajan’s bed, holding hands and kissing during their short walk to Trajan and Tony’s room and into Trajan’s bed.

 

“Where’s Marne?” Levi asked.

 

“Uncle Luigi and Aunt Marne have both told me that owning a restaurant ain’t easy and sometimes extra shit comes up that means working later than they planned. I guess this is one of those times.”

 

Even though they hadn’t planned on falling right to sleep, Levi and Trajan fell instantly to sleep once they’d snuggled under the covers. When Marne arrived home, she thought about checking on Trajan and his friend. ‘But they’re not little boys. They deserve their privacy,’ she thought and went to her bedroom.

 

The next day when they went bowling with their friends, Trajan and Levi would carry a glow around them sending a message their friends couldn’t miss.

 

MONDAY AUGUST 3 

 

 

 

8:30am 

 

Troy Miller was ready to leave for his downtown office, but he had to ask his wife one more time about the details of her plan to take six teenage boys bowling then bring them back to the house for lunch and swimming. Eddie was at Maria’s house, Curt was at Duncan’s house, and Logan was with Madison. Chase was currently the only Miller boy at home. 

 

“We’ve been through this already,” Susan said with a big grin. She knew her husband was yanking her chain a bit. 

 

“I know, I know. I just want to be sure I heard it right the first time.” 

 

“Drake spent the night at Pierce’s house,” Susan said, patiently using her best why-do-I-need-to-go-through-all-this-again tone of voice. “Levi spent the night at Trajan’s and we know that Dillon spent the night here with Chase. So, at about ten o’clock I’m going to get Chase and Dillon into the van, drive to the DeLuca house and pick up Trajan and Levi, drive to the Bledsoe house and pick up Pierce and Drake and get all six of them down to West Seattle Bowl. From there, I’m going to the beauty shop to get my hair done and run a couple other errands while they’re bowling. Then I’ll pick them up and bring them back here for lunch and some time in the pool.” 

 

Troy couldn’t help grinning. “So far so good. So how do they all get back home?” 

 

“Marne is going to bring Italian beef sandwiches, a salad, and some amaretti cookies for lunch around one o’clock. We’ll all have lunch together then she and I are just going to visit while the boys are outside swimming. She said she’d take Pierce and Drake back to Pierce’s house and Trajan and Levi back to her house. Dillon will stay here with Chase. From there it’s up to the boys to get where they need to go.” 

 

Troy kissed his wife. “You’re an organizer, my love. Sounds like a plan to me. In the meantime, I gotta get to the office.” Troy didn’t broach the subject of the boys skinny dipping - he knew Susan would deal with the situation if and as needed. 

 

About half an hour after Troy left, Susan was at the table double checking her errands list when two naked fifteen-year-old blonds came into the kitchen. She glanced at the clock - it was exactly 9:00am. 

 

“Good morning, Mom,” Chase and Dillon greeted simultaneously. 

 

“Hey guys - did you sleep well?” 

 

“We slept great and we’re all showered and fresh and ready for some breakfast,” Chase said. He didn’t bother mentioning that his bedroom reeked of boy sex or that the sheets were in dire need of laundering. 

 

“There’s some of your favorite breakfast pizzas in the freezer if that sounds good to you.” 

 

“Works for me,” Dillon said. 

 

While Dillon cooked the pizzas, Chase loaded the sheets and pillowcases from his bed, along with some other laundry, into the washer. Susan knew what was in the load of laundry Chase was doing and why he was doing it but she let it pass without comment. She was just glad all of her sons kept their bedrooms clean and laundered their bedding when needed. 

 

Dillon set the table, took the pizzas out of the oven, and he and Chase sat down to eat. As they ate, Dillon chattered constantly about the way his laptop computer was having trouble connecting to the internet and how the connection process could be improved. Dillon was insatiably curious about how things worked and how they could work better, and his chatter sometimes got to Chase a bit. Chase truly loved Dillon, however, both as a friend and as a boyfriend, and he never showed any annoyance. The fact that since they had met, Dillon had become a powerhouse in bed also influenced Chase’s thinking. 

 

Halfway through breakfast, Chase’s phone chimed. The text was from Drake: “dude what time u picking us up?” 

 

“Hey, Mom, Drake wants to know what time we’ll be at the Bledsoe’s to pick him and Pierce up.” 

 

“Tell him about 10:15. We need to leave here at 10:00 so if you have laundry to get into the dryer, you better hop to it.” 

 

“Ok.” Chase sent a reply to Drake and headed to the laundry room. 

 

Amazingly, everything that needed to get done got done and at ten o’clock Chase and Dillon climbed into the van. In the midst of the rush to leave, Dillon almost forgot his bowling bag but he remembered it just in time. Susan backed out of the garage and headed to the DeLuca house. As she arrived, Trajan and Levi bounded out of the house, climbed into the van, and exchanged good mornings with everyone. Susan and Marne exchanged waves as Susan headed for the Bledsoe house. 

 

Once she had all six, constantly chattering, boys in the van, it took her about 20 minutes to drive them to West Seattle Bowl where the boys all clambered out of the van and Susan headed for the beauty shop. Chase and Dillon had bowled at West Seattle previously, so they knew their way around the place and led the group to the entrance. They stopped at the service counter where all of them (except Dillon) rented shoes and were assigned lane 15. There was a total of 32 lanes in the house and, as was typical of any bowling establishment, the sounds of balls hitting pins and bowlers laughing and talking echoed throughout the building. There were rows of tables behind the area where the bowlers sat so spectators could take in the action. An arcade filled with video games, pinball machines, and a juke box was located off the main bowling area. Metro Station’s big hit “Shake It” rocked out of the juke box and Drake and Pierce couldn’t resist sharing a few quick dance steps as they walked toward lane 15. 

 

“Did you see that long-haired blond dude in the pink shirt bowling on lane 9?” Pierce whispered to Drake as the whole group arrived at lane 15. “Damn, he was hot!” 

 

“No, I missed him,” Drake said as he sat down to change shoes. “I’ll walk back down there in a little while and cruise him.” 

 

“Yeah, right,” Pierce said. “Just don’t overdo it.” 

 

Drake gave Pierce a quick kiss. “Don’t worry, I’ve got cruise control.” 

 

Dillon took off his sneakers, opened his bowling bag, and put on his pink-and-gray bowling shoes. 

 

“Whoa, this dude looks ready to do some serious bowling,” Trajan said good-naturedly as Dillon took his sparkling blue bowling ball out of his bag and placed it in the ball return area. 

 

“For sure,” Chase said. “He’s very good - he’ll show us how.” 

 

Dillon sat down at the scorer’s table and entered the team name as “Magnolia Madness” on the electronic scoreboard while the rest of the boys each picked out a house ball. Dillon then entered the boys’ names in order by couples: Chase, Dillon, Drake, Pierce, Trajan and Levi. They would bowl as though they were a six-member team and, as a team, they hoped to bowl three games - a total of 18 lines altogether. 

 

The electronic scoreboard hanging over the lane displayed each bowler’s frame-by-frame score as the game progressed and also showed a display of the triangular arrangement of the ten pins and identified the pins by number. There were four rows of pins: pin 1 was in the front row, pins 2 and 3 in the second row, pins 4, 5, and 6 in the third row and pins 7, 8, 9, and 10 in the back row. When pins were knocked over, those pin numbers disappeared from the display so only the pins standing remained displayed. It helped the bowlers and spectators be aware of the pins remaining to be knocked down.

 

There were four teens on lane 14 next to the Madness team that were just finishing up their games - two boys and two girls. The taller boy sported blond curls styled in a broccoli like Levi’s. The shorter boy was dark haired and very petite. The girls were very attractive but had a bit of a boyish look. The natural assumption would have been that they were a pair of boy/girl couples, but that assumption was quickly proven wrong. 

 

Pierce suddenly recognized the taller boy as a fellow student at his school and, as their eyes met, the two boys realized they knew each other. 

 

“Hey, Ben,” Pierce greeted as he and the boy bumped fists. 

 

“Hey, Pierce. What’s up, dude?” 

 

“Not a lot - you?” 

 

“Just out doing a little bowling,” Ben said. He put his arm around the other boy and pulled him to his side. “This is my boyfriend, David.” 

 

“Sup, David?” Pierce said. He motioned to Drake to come closer. “This is my boyfriend, Drake - and this is Chase and this is Trajan and his boyfriend, Levi.” 

 

“Nice to meetcha,” Chase said. He pointed at Dillon. “That’s my boyfriend, Dillon.” 

 

Trajan bumped fists with Ben and David and took Levi by the hand. “This is my boyfriend, Levi.” 

 

The two girls joined the conversation. “I’m Angie,” the taller girl said. “And this is my girlfriend, Sara.” 

 

There was a rather awkward moment of silence as the teens realized that lanes 14 and 15 were hosting ten gay teens. Trajan almost blurted out “This is just like old homo week!” but he caught himself in time to realize that while it might have been a funny remark with a bunch of male friends, in the present company it would have been a totally stupid and embarrassing thing to say. He was glad he kept his mouth shut. 

 

“Who’s the top bowler in your group?” Ben asked. “Ours has gotta be Angie.” 

 

“Dillon gets top honors in our group,” Chase replied. 

 

“Well, we’re ready to head out,” Ben said. “Great to meet you guys. Good luck.” 

 

Chase led off the first game with a resounding strike. As the game progressed, the boys quickly found out that Dillon was obviously a very good bowler who practiced a lot. He had been bowling since he was ten, had bowled in several youth leagues during summer vacations since he turned 12, and carried an average in the low 180’s. His smooth footwork and accurate, consistent delivery appeared effortless. He seldom missed the head pin on his first ball, scored a lot of strikes, and was also very adept at picking up spares. In league play, his high game had been 262. 

 

The team did very well in the first game - the scores were Chase 142, Dillon 189, Drake 135, Pierce 133, Trajan 139, and Levi 109 for a team total of 847. Only four gutter balls had been thrown. 

 

In the fifth frame of the second game, Drake picked up his spare and then said, “I gotta go take a leak.” 

 

“Have fun,” Pierce said with a leer. 

 

Drake surreptitiously offered his boyfriend his middle finger as he headed to the men’s room. 

 

Standing at the urinal with his pride and joy hanging out, Drake was a little surprised when a shaggy-haired boy about 9 years old came in and fearlessly stood at the urinal next to him. He pulled out his two incher and proceeded to release a powerful stream that belied his age. Being a typical boy, he glanced over and checked Drake out. 

 

“Wow, you sure got a big wiener,” the boy commented. 

 

It was one of the few times in his life that Drake was momentarily left speechless. “Thanks,” he mumbled. Quickly packing himself back into his jeans, Drake washed his hands and headed back to rejoin the team. 

 

“Ok, you’re not gonna believe this shit,” Drake said as he sat down. 

 

“With you having just come from the men’s room, I’ll believe anything,” Pierce said, drawing a rollicking laugh from Chase and Dillon and Trajan and Levi. 

 

Drake gave Pierce a kiss-my-ass expression. “Ok, so I’m standin’ there takin’ a whiz and this little kid, prolly 9 years old, comes in, stands next to me, whips it out, and takes a monster piss. He looks over and says ‘Wow, you sure got a big wiener’.” 

 

“And you, being the pillar of modesty that you are, responded how?” Pierce asked. 

 

“I asked him if he wanted to touch it.” 

 

Pierce and the other boys cracked up laughing. “You’re so full of shit,” Pierce said after he stopped laughing. 

 

“Ok, wisenheimer, what would you have said?” Drake asked. “Probably something lame, like ‘Yours’ll get big someday, too.’ or some shit like that.” 

 

Pierce shrugged. “Yeah, probably. So what did you really say?” 

 

“I just kinda mumbled ‘Thanks’, packed everything back in my jeans, washed my hands, and got outta there.” 

 

“You didn’t start to bone up, did you?” Trajan asked with a grin. 

 

“Fuck, no!” Drake retorted with a laugh. “Jeez, Trajan, the kid was only nine.” 

 

“Well, I’ve seen your wiener,” Levi said with a frisky grin. “At least you gave him something to dream about tonight.” 

 

Drake playfully punched Levi on the shoulder. “That’s about enough outta you, Red,” he said with a huge smile. 

 

“I don’t let too many people call me ‘Red’ but it’s ok if you do,” Levi said with an approving grin. Ever since Drake had complimented him on his broccoli hair style, Levi had considered Drake to be a total friend and a pretty cool dude. 

 

“Ok, ok - back to bowling,” Trajan said. “Whose turn is it?”  

 

“It’s your boyfriend’s,” Chase said with a grin. 

 

The scores for the second game were Chase 140, Dillon 213, Drake 122, Pierce 160, Trajan 158, and Levi 123 for a team total of 916. Dillon rolled a turkey (three strikes in a row) twice in the game. 

 

As they got ready to start the third and final game, Trajan offered an idea. 

 

“During this third game, what do you say about letting Dillon try to pick up any spares that the rest of us leave?” 

 

Levi nodded. “Ok, so what you’re saying is if on my first ball I leave two pins, we’ll let Dillon try for the spare, but the score will go on my game.” 

 

“Exactly. This dude is dynamite on spares - we should all end up with a great third game. Just something for fun.” 

 

Dillon smiled and nodded. “Works for me. Let’s have at it.” 

 

Chase rolled a strike followed by Dillon rolling a strike to start the third game. Drake left the 7 pin which Dillon easily converted for a spare. 

 

“Shit, I could have picked that one up myself,” Drake said with a laugh. 

 

“Maybe so, hotshot,” Pierce said with a chuckle. “But let’s stick with the Dillon Insurance Company.” 

 

Pierce left the number 3 and 10 pins - Dillon hit the 3- pin but left the 10 pin standing. Trajan hit the head pin straight on and left the number 4 and 6 pins - Dillon tried for it but left the 6-pin standing. Levi missed the head pin and left the number 1, 2, 4, and 7 pins which Dillon converted for a spare. The game went on with Dillon helping all six boys rack up very respectable scores. 

 

Chase opened the tenth frame by leaving the number 6 and 7 pins - a tough split. Dillon adroitly delivered his ball just to the right of the six pin sending it sliding across the alley to take out the seven pin for a spare. The entire team hollered and applauded. Chase jumped to his feet and hugged and kissed his boyfriend. “Awesome!” he yelled. “Way to go!” 

 

The team suddenly realized there was someone else applauding Dillon’s shot. It was Susan - she had completed her errands and beauty shop appointment and had arrived at the bowling center just in time to see Dillon convert the tough split. 

 

The final scores for the third game were Chase 196, Dillon 219, Drake 201, Pierce 199, Trajan 206, and Levi 198 for a team total of 1219. The boys took off their bowling shoes and put on their sneakers. 

 

“Your hair looks awesome, Mom,” Chase said. As a 15 year old, he was well aware that a strategically placed compliment could work wonders in helping a mother-son relationship. 

 

“Well, thank you, honey,” Susan said sweetly. “You guys ready to head out?” 

 

“For sure,” Chase said as he blushed a bit. “Just gotta go to the counter and return our shoes and we’ll be ready.” 

 

Given a choice, Chase would have preferred that his mom not call him ‘honey’ in front of the other guys but, all things considered, his teenage brain was telling him that his compliment was a good idea and had done its job. 

 

The group was ready to leave when Susan’s instincts as a mom took over and she did a headcount. “Where’s Dillon?” she asked. 

 

The boys hadn’t noticed that Dillon had gone missing. “Where’d your boyfriend go?” Drake asked. 

 

“Beats me,” Chase replied with a shrug. “I thought he was right here with us.” 

 

“Maybe he went to the john to see if Drake’s admirer is still in there,” Pierce said with a leer. 

 

“Hey - up yours,” Drake retorted with a big grin as he punched Pierce’s shoulder. 

 

Trajan pointed toward the arcade. “There he is - in the arcade.” The five boys and Susan headed to the arcade. 

 

An amusement machine technician had one of the pinball machines opened up to replace an apparently defective circuit board. Dillon was standing next to the machine talking with the technician and admiring the maze of wiring and circuit boards inside the cabinet. The technician could sense the wide-eyed interest of the boy watching him service the machine and offered comments as he worked. 

 

“This is the main power control and rectifier unit,” the tech explained to Dillon as he showed him the board he had removed. “They’re a weak point in these machines - they overheat and go bad quite a bit. They really need a bigger heat sink or an on-board fan.” 

 

“Or both,” Dillon said with a grin. 

 

“True. At least they have LEDs on them to tell us what’s wrong with them.” 

 

“Is that board kind of like the motherboard in a computer?” Dillon asked. 

 

The tech shook his head and pointed to two other boards. “Pinballs don’t really have a motherboard. This is the CPU - the Central Processing Unit -  and this is the MPU - the Memory Protection Unit. They control the basic operation of the machine.” 

 

Dillon was enthusiastically absorbing everything the technician said. “Do you just toss the boards when they go bad?” He asked the question in a way that said he was wondering if the technician would give him the board since it was defective. 

 

“Oh, no - we return them to the company and they refurbish them.” 

 

“Come on, dude, we gotta jet,” Chase said as he came up to Dillon and grabbed his hand. 

 

“Ok, ok,” Dillon said. “Thanks for talking with me,” he said to the technician. 

 

“No problem,” the tech replied. ‘Damn, he was a cute little nerd.’ the tech thought to himself. 

 

“The shit inside those machines is totally sick,” Dillon babbled to his boyfriend as they walked out of the arcade. “They’re like a humungous computer.” 

 

“They pretty much are a computer,” Pierce remarked as the whole group left the building. 

 

“That was an awesome time,” Levi said as they all walked out to the van. “Nice 206 on that third game,” he added as he kissed his boyfriend. Levi felt a surge of pride and happiness as Trajan returned his kiss. 

 

“Yeah, thanks to Dillon,” Trajan said. He and Dillon bumped fists. “You are awesome on spares, dude.” 

 

All six boys piled into the van. Once everybody was buckled in, Susan pulled out of the parking lot and headed for the house. 

 

Dillon kept the conversation about bowling going. “Picking up spares is the key to the game,” he explained knowledgeably. “Strikes are nice but you gotta pick up your spares. It just takes practice.” 

 

Twenty minutes later, Susan pulled into the Miller driveway and as the boys climbed out of the van, her phone chimed. She checked the text. “Marne says she’ll be here in about a half hour with lunch. You guys gotta be starved by now.” 

 

“No doubt,” Chase said. “In the meantime, we’re gonna go downstairs, rinse off and hit the pool.” 

 

“Have fun. I’ll holler when lunch is ready.” 

 

The boys went to the lower level, stripped naked, and took a rinse off shower. 

 

Susan texted a reply to Marne letting her know that they had just gotten home and were looking forward to lunch. As she finished texting, she saw, out of the corner of her eye, six naked teenage bodies jump into the pool with one massive splash. 

 

Marne arrived about twenty minutes later. Susan greeted her at the car and helped her bring the food to the kitchen. Marne glanced outside and got a huge smile on her face as she observed the naked swimmers. 

 

“I’m not sure I’ve figured out what it is about being naked that appeals to them so much,” Marne chuckled. “I’m trying, though.” 

 

“Well, frisky young males in lots of animal species like to show off their wares to each other,” Susan said. “By the way, Trajan is a very nice-looking animal.” 

 

Marne nodded. “Oh, no question about that - he is every inch a classic Italian boy.” 

 

“Well, don’t worry - I know how to get them to cover up.” Susan went to the sliding door leading to the deck and hollered, “Lunch time!! Come and get it!!” 

 

Marne chuckled as she watched six naked boys quickly climb out of the pool and head into the lower level. “You sure got that figured out - all you have to do is mention food and they’re like putty in your hands.” 

 

“You’ve got boys living in your house, too,” Susan replied with a laugh. “You know the drill. You learn quickly what tools get the best results. By the way, this Italian beef smells delicious.” 

 

“Thanks, Susan. I’m not sure how many pounds of it Luigi makes every week but it’s a lot and we sell every bit of it,” Marne replied. She put the rolls, salad, and cookies on the counter. She filled ramekins with au jus for dipping the sandwiches. 

 

Dressed in the briefest of Speedos, the six boys came up on the deck and into the kitchen. Drake and Trajan were sporting evidence of chubbing - they had both exchanged quick passionate kisses with their boyfriend before coming up on the deck and the side effect was unmistakable. 

 

Trajan gave Marne a hug. “Thanks, mom - this smells delicious.” He then proceeded to explain how to grab some of the beef with tongs and pack it snugly into the rolls then add extra sweet peppers if desired. It only took a couple minutes for all six boys to load their plates with a sandwich, salad, and cookies and go back out on the deck. 

 

“Trajan, this Italian beef is beyond awesome,” Chase complimented. “Talk about delicious. The sweet peppers are perfect. And the au jus dip adds just the right touch.” 

 

“Thanks, Chase,” Trajan replied. “It’s made right in the kitchen of my uncle Luigi’s restaurant. He sells a ton of the stuff.” 

 

“Trajan let me be in the kitchen once while his uncle was making it,” Levi added. “The smells in the kitchen are unreal during the prep.” 

 

“There’s something about this dipping sauce,” Pierce commented. “It’s got some heat in it. Is it like hot peppers or tabasco or something like that? It’s just enough to make it perfect.” 

 

“I’m not sure,” Trajan replied, “but I know what you mean. I do know that my uncle has a lot of recipes for the food they serve. I’ll ask him.” 

 

“Trajan, you and Levi have got a vibe going today that’s really beautiful,” Drake commented. “All the time we were at the bowling alley it was so obvious how much you were enjoying yourselves.” 

 

“We were loving being with you dudes,” Levi said. “It just all seemed so fun and so natural.” 

 

“Couldn’t say it any better,” Trajan said. 

 

“You guys are so smooth together,” Chase commented to Drake and Pierce. “Your relationship seems so perfect. How do you do it?” 

 

Drake and Pierce exchanged looks. This was an interesting and challenging question - it was something they knew they felt but had never really thought about. 

 

“Well, I know one thing for sure,” Pierce said. “For us it was love at first sight. In fact it happened at Luigi’s Restaurant.” 

 

“It was for us, too,” Chase said. “Although it didn’t exactly happen in a restaurant.” 

 

Dillon nodded. “Right. It was in Mr. Saxton’s history class. Chase was sitting at the desk across the aisle from me and I couldn’t take my eyes off of him jacking himself off.” The other boys laughed heartily. 

 

Chase shrugged. “Can’t fault the dude for telling the truth. I remember I was so horny that day I could’ve honked.” 

 

“And then he invited me to his birthday party,” Dillon said. “I thought I’d died and gone to heaven!” 

 

“I knew a lot of guys down in California,” Trajan said. “There was one that I thought I loved. But when I saw Levi, I felt a special feeling - sort of a special tingle. And after we talked a little bit and got to know each other, the feeling just got stronger.” 

 

Drake hadn’t said anything, but his face held a thoughtful expression. “One thing I think Pierce and I feel in common is pride. I’m proud of Pierce beyond anything you could imagine. I’m proud of how he has recovered from a tough time in his life. I’m proud to introduce him as my boyfriend.” 

 

“I feel the same about Drake,” Pierce said. “I’m endlessly proud of how he recovered from a tough time in his life.” 

 

“It sounds to me like you’ve helped each other through those tough times,” Levi said. “Sharing the help brought you closer together.” 

 

“It really did,” Drake said. “I often wish we lived a little closer to each other, but we’ve got our transportation routine worked out right down to the minute.” 

 

“For sure,” Pierce agreed. “When Drake invites me over, I can be there in thirty minutes - and I usually know why he has invited me.” Pierce planted a kiss on Drake’s cheek. 

 

“Pierce is also a hopeless romantic,” Drake said with a huge grin. “He cries when we dance to romantic songs. The song “Beautiful In My Eyes” will do it to him every time.” 

 

“Yeah. Well, guilty as charged,” Pierce admitted with a shrug. “I can’t help it. I guess I wear my emotions too close to the surface.” 

 

“Last Saturday night was a special night for Levi and me,” Trajan said with a smile. 

 

“Trajan and I made love,” Levi said. “Not just sex - it was love.” 

 

“Pierce and I know the difference,” Drake said with a smile. He kissed Pierce tenderly. 

 

“Dillon and I know the difference, too,” Chase said as he gave Dillon a kiss. 

 

“I felt a feeling of happiness,” Levi said. “A feeling of togetherness - of being united. And a feeling of warmth.” 

 

“And just so you know,” Trajan said with a bit of a wink. “we fit together perfectly.” 

 

All six boys exchanged fist bumps. They knew exactly what Trajan meant. 

 

“Damn, these cookies are good,” Drake said to Trajan. “What did you say they’re called?” 

 

“Their full name is Amaretti di Saronno but at the restaurant we just call them amaretti cookies. There’s a legend about how they were invented that my dad and my uncle could tell you. I’m not sure of all the details.” 

 

Drake nodded. “Well, whatever the legend is, they’re awesome.” 

 

“Levi and I have talked about coming out to our parents and friends,” Trajan said. “We don’t know whether our parents will give us the you’re-too-young-to-know-for-sure line or not - but we want to do it.” 

 

“I was out to my parents and friends before I met Pierce,” Drake pointed out. “And Walker knew Pierce was gay before he adopted him. So, we really didn’t have to go through the come-out-to-our-parents thing.” 

 

“I can tell you one thing pretty much for sure,” Pierce said with a smile. “Your moms already know you’re gay. I’m not sure about your dads but trust me - moms know. It’s a mom thing.” 

 

“My mom told me a story,” Dillon said. “She told me that my dad once said to her ‘I’m afraid Dillon is gay.’ and she said she told him ‘You’re afraid? How do you think he feels?’”. 

 

“How did your dad react to that?” Levi asked. 

 

“I’m not really sure but ever since I came out to them they’ve been totally supportive of me and Chase. And I agree with Pierce - my mom knew.” 

 

“I came out by accident a couple years ago in front of a big bunch of peeps at a big Thanksgiving feast down in Mayfield,” Chase said. “After the dinner, they had like a gratitude meeting and I said I was grateful that Dillon was my boyfriend and my dad was there. Funny thing is he told me later that he knew anyway.” 

 

“Do you guys kiss and hold hands and stuff in front of your parents?” Levi asked Chase. 

 

“Yes,” Chase replied. “But we don’t do it as any kind of big deal or an act of showing off. Like earlier today when Dillon converted that 6-7 split that Drake left, I jumped up and kissed him. It just seemed like a natural thing to do at the time. To me, it was no big deal. I guess I could have just bumped fists with him but I was really proud that he converted the spare.” 

 

“I know one thing we DON’T do,” Dillon said, “is hold hands all the time when we’re in a mall or walking down the street or something like that. Doing that seems so over-the-top.” 

 

“It’s the same with us,” Pierce said. “Drake’s dad and mom don’t think twice when they see us show affection to each other. But, like Chase said, it’s nothing blatant. It’s just that now and then something will happen that makes us want to share a quick kiss.” 

 

“Of course, when you’re alone, the level of affection is totally different,” Trajan said with a sly wink. 

 

Pierce gave Trajan a big grin. “Well, yes, I was cumming to that.” 

 

“You gave Trajan a quick kiss as we were walking out to the van at the bowling alley,” Drake said to Levi. 

 

Levi and Trajan turned to each other and shared a kiss and a smile. “Yes, we remember,” they both said simultaneously. 

 

It was almost 3:00pm when Marne came out on the deck. “We gotta be going,” she said to the boys. “I have to get to the restaurant to help in the kitchen.” 

 

The boys all got up and headed into the house. “You guys have a great time on your cruise,” Trajan said to Drake and Pierce. “Be sure to put lots of pics on Facebook.” 

 

“You can count on it,” Pierce said. “We are really looking forward to it.” 

 

“I had an awesomely unreal time today,” Levi said. “Thanks big-time for inviting us. We need to go bowling again sometime.” 

 

“I’m ready,” Dillon said with a big smile. 

 

“I hope Trajan and me can come to that special family night swing dance event you’re having just before school starts,” Levi said to Pierce. 

 

“We’ll see to it that all of you are invited,” Pierce replied. 

 

“Thanks for bringing the food, Marne,” Susan said as they all went out the front door. “Everything was delicious.” 

 

“You’re welcome, Susan. It was a pleasure.” 

 

“Love you guys bunches,” Chase said. The boys all exchanged hugs (and a kiss or two) as they climbed into the car. “Have a good trip, Drake and Pierce!” 

 

“Will do,” Drake hollered as Marne drove away. 

 

“Damn, those sandwiches were good,” Dillon said as he and Chase and Susan went back in the house. “All in all a really fun time.” 

 

“Thanks for being our taxi, Mom,” Chase said. “We all appreciated it.” 

 

“No problem,” Susan said. “I needed to go out anyway.” 

 

“Wanna watch a little SportsCenter?” Chase asked his boyfriend. 

 

Dillon nodded and put his arm around Chase. “You got a deal.” 

 

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