"OK then. What's bothering you?" I asked Andy. He looked at me seriously for a moment. His ears were tinged a bit red. Finally, he launched into a dissertation. "John, there's something that's been bothering me for a while now. I've been meaning to bring it up to either you or Elizabeth, but I wasn't sure exactly what to say, or even who to talk to about it. Then tonight it became obvious that I needed to talk about it, and most likely I should be talking about it with Elizabeth, but I don't really know what to say or offer her. Earlier, when you paid for our dinner, you indicated that Elizabeth hasn't been letting you pay her any rent or anything. Well, obviously, I don't have any money or income of my own, and I haven't been paying for anything either. Frankly, I've been wondering who's been paying for all the food I've been eating. I know you've paid for some clothes and other things for me. It's not fair that you have to pay for my things, or that Elizabeth should be paying for my food. It's more than generous that I'm allowed to stay here with you, without it costing you additional money. I want to do something about it. I want to get a job and start paying whoever's supporting me. I also want to pay back the money that's already been spent on me." "So that's what's buggin' you!" I said, "Andy, I told you when you moved in here that you didn't have to worry about that. I don't like to talk about how much money I have. It's rather embarrassing. But Andy, I've got a LOT of money. I inherited a good deal from my mother, as well as her house. On top of that, she also had a big insurance policy that I'll get a lot of money from when I turn 21. Then, when Dad died, I got some money from him too, although most of his money went to Elizabeth. He set it up that way because his parents had already provided me with a large trust fund before they died, so he figured I'd have that, and he wanted Elizabeth to be taken care of, and Jacob too. The trust fund from my grandparents is rather large I guess, although I don't even know how much is in it. I won't get that until I'm 21 either though. But until then, I have plenty of money anyway. Also, Dad had a big insurance policy that I was the beneficiary of too. In fact he had three big policies. One for me, one for Elizabeth, and one for Jacob too. I'm not trying to brag or make you feel bad Andy, but basically, I'm pretty well off! Elizabeth and Jacob are too, although to a little lesser degree. So Andy, I'm more than capable of supporting the two of us. I can even pay for both of us to go to college, or 'University' as you call it. And even after that, I'll still have plenty of money left over!" I paused for a moment, while Andy just looked at me blinking, trying to digest what I'd just told him. Smiling, I said "Andy, you're my partner for life! Together we form a union - a single being. Our two souls have become one! What's mine is your's and what's your's is mine. I couldn't care less that I came into this with more than you did. We're a single unit and we have enough money to support 'us'. I've tried and tried to give Elizabeth money for us. She won't take it! So I buy lots of groceries and pay for dinners out and things. She can't argue with me, because it's all done and paid for before she can do anything about it. So in effect, we ARE paying support. Besides, trust me. My father left Elizabeth well off, and she had some money of her own even before they were married. So stop worrying about money. OK?" Andy sat just looking at me, still obviously having a hard time comprehending what I'd told him. As I looked at him, his eyes watered a bit. Then he smiled a little, as a tear escaped his left eye and rolled down his cheek. I reached over and wiped the tear from Andy's face and said "What's wrong hun?" Andy sniffled and rubbed his eyes. Then he said, "That was so beautiful what you just said about us being a 'single being' and our 'two souls being one'! I knew you loved me, but I never realized just how deeply! It's the same way I feel about you John! God I love you!" I grinned and took Andy in my arms and hugged him, and said "You boob! I thought you realized by now just how I feel about you!" Andy hugged me, then pulled away from me, wiped his eyes again, and looked at me and said "John, I love you so much, and I feel the same way about you, and about 'us', as you do about me and 'us'. But John, I just can't thole letting you pay for everything! I need to contribute too! I'll never have the amount of money you have. I can live with that fact. I don't have to be your equal financially. But, if you don't let me contribute toward our support, even if it's less than you contribute, I'll never be able to feel equal to you as a man. That I can't live with!" "Wow!" I said, "I never would've thought about it that way I guess. I'm sorry if I've made you feel like less than equal to me Andy. I never meant to! As far as I'm concerned, we always have been and always will be equals!" "I know that," Andy said, "but now that you know, is it alright with you if I get a job and pay for a few things myself?" I grinned and said, "Of course. And Andy, if there's ever something that you want to do, you don't have to get my approval or permission." Andy smiled and said "OK then, tomorrow I'm going to start looking for work!" I smiled and said, "OK then!" Andy snuggled back up to me then. I turned out the light, then rolled over so I was facing him, and he turned to face me, and we embraced. As we kissed, both our penises began to swell, so that within a minute or so, we were both completely hard. Shortly, Andy broke our kiss, slipped down under the covers, and went to work on my cock. He gave me a slow sensual blow job, which was punctuated by my having an intense orgasm, during which I filled his mouth several times with my cum. Thirstily, Andy swallowed all the fluid I pumped into his mouth, then when I was finished, he licked me dry, and emerged from under the covers to lay next to me again. Again, we kissed, and I tasted the flavor of my own cum. Then, I slipped down between Andy's legs and gave him a similar blow job, which caused him to thrash about, ejaculating over and over into my waiting mouth. I too swallowed all of my lover's juice. Once his orgasm ended, I sucked his cock dry, and returned to lay next to him. We kissed some more, then eventually drifted off to sleep, wrapped in each other's arms. * * * The next day, while Jacob and I went out with Duke for a while, Andy set off about our neighborhood on his own, visiting various shops to see if anyone needed a part time employee. By the time Duke brought Jacob and I home, Andy was already back. We found him playing 'fetch' with Jack in the backyard as we pulled into the driveway. He followed Jack, who bounded over to us when we got out of Duke's car. I could tell by the irrepressible smile on his face that he was very happy. "I found work!" he grinned at us. Grinning back at him I said, "That's great! Where? We want details!" "Yeah!" Jacob said. Still grinning, Andy said that he'd walked from our house out one end of Beaumont Crescent onto North End Road and went shop to shop as he walked to the other end of Beaumont Crescent. He'd become disappointed when he'd checked with all the shops, save the last one, and had still not obtained employment. Bleakly, he'd entered the last store at the corner of our street. Fletcher's was a little family-run grocery store. He'd spoken with Mr. Fletcher, who we knew, who was delighted to find that Andy wanted work, as he was thinking about hiring someone to stock shelves, clean up the store, and occasionally help out with the cash register. They'd discussed hours and wages and struck a bargain, and Andy was to start Monday afternoon after school. He'd work from 3-6 each weekday and also from 9-12 on Saturdays. He would earn 10 pounds an hour. And, he didn't have to do any heavy work the first few weeks, until he was completely healed. "I'm employed!" he exclaimed jubilantly. "This calls for a celebration!" I said, smiling, "We'll grill steaks tonight! Jacob, why don't you call Harry and invite him, and I'll go pull some steaks out to thaw!" Jacob grinned, said good-bye to Duke, and ran off to call Harry. As he was about to run into the house he turned and yelled, "Can Harry -" "Yes!" I cut him off, before he asked if Harry could sleep over. He grinned at me and ran inside. Duke congratulated Andy on his new job, said good-bye to us, and left. While I went in to get some steaks out and see that we had everything we needed for dinner, Andy played some more with Jack. "What's all the noise?" Elizabeth asked, as I walked into the house. I told her about Andy's job, and the dinner I was going to cook. She smiled and said "If you go downstairs, under the shelves with the canned goods, there's a wooden crate. Inside you'll find a few bottles of champagne your father had bought. Why don't you chill a couple!" Grinning, I ran down cellar and located the champagne and brought a couple bottles up to chill. I called Evan to see if he wanted to join us, but he declined. He had called Betsey, and they were going on another date. He sounded ecstatic. Grinning into the phone, I wished him a great date, telling him I hoped he got lucky. Snickering, he said he hoped he did too! That evening we had Shrimp cocktail, lobster bisque spiked with sherry, Caesar salad, steak with bearnaise sauce, baked potatoes with sour cream, honey-glazed baby carrots, rolls and butter, and cherries jubilee over vanilla ice cream and chocolate cake. Of course we had the champagne too. Because of the baby, Elizabeth only took a sip of it as we toasted Andy's success, then switched over to sparkling water. Everyone enjoyed the meal immensely, and pronounced it one of the best I'd ever cooked. * * * After supper, while Elizabeth napped before going to work, we watched a movie together. When the movie was over, and Elizabeth had left for work, we headed up to our rooms. When we got upstairs, Jacob and Harry hesitated by our door. "Um, we were wondering," Jacob said, "if you guys wanted to be alone, or if maybe you'd like a little company for a while? It's OK if you'd rather be alone though." Andy and I exchanged glances and smiled at each other, then he grabbed Harry and I grabbed Jacob and we dragged them into our room and pulled them down on the bed with us. I began tickling Jacob, who started giggling spastically. Andy decided this was a good plan and started jabbing Harry in the ribs. He too started giggling uncontrollably. The four of us wrestled around on the bed for a couple minutes, while Andy and I tickled the boys, and they shrieked with laughter. Finally, remembering the time I'd tickled Jacob so much he peed, I decided it'd be best if I stopped tickling him. Andy didn't stop tickling Harry right away though. He kept on going, until Harry yelled "Gotta Pee!" and ripped himself away from Andy and ran, still giggling, for the bathroom. He was still panting and red in the face when he returned. "You make it OK?" I asked chuckling. "Yeah!" he said grinning, as he flopped down on the bed between Andy and Jacob. We all chuckled, then laid quietly, resting a few minutes. Finally, Andy asked "So just what'd you guys have in mind?" "This!" Harry said, and he turned to Andy and began unbuckling his belt buckle. Jacob grinned and began working on my buckle as well. Andy and I looked at each other, and grinned, as the boys unfastened our jeans. We both lifted our butts up off the bed, and they both quickly pulled our jeans and briefs down, and pulled them off of us. Then smiling laciviously at each other Harry got on his knees between Andy's legs, and Jacob got on his knees between mine, and they went down on us! As the boys began sucking up and down on our dicks, and fondling our balls, Andy and I looked at each other and grinned. Waggling my brows at him, I reached over and began tweaking his nipple. He immediately reached for mine and began squeezing it as well. Jacob looked up at me while he was sucking on me, and saw what we were doing. He nudged Harry, and pointed up at us. Andy and I grinned at them, and we could see they were grinning at us, even as they sucked on us. Both boys wrapped their right hands around the bases of our cocks and began massaging up and down as they sucked on the top halves. With their left hands, they continued fondling our balls. Jacob's mouth felt fantastic, as it slid up and down my shaft. I knew it wouldn't take long for my orgasm to begin. Glancing at Andy, I could see he was breathing heavily already too. We grinned at each other, as we continued playing with each other's nipples, and the boys' heads bobbed up and down on our cocks. It was only about a minute later, when I felt my orgasm beginning to build up. I could see Andy's was starting up too from the lustful way he was looking at me. A few more strokes up and down by Jacob's mouth, and I felt my cum starting to travel into my dick. I tried to hold back as long as I could, as that glorious pre-orgasmic feeling got steadily stronger, until I felt I would burst. I could see that Andy seemed to be at about the same point I was. Then suddenly, my body involutarily tensed up and groaning, I blasted a load of cum into Jacob's mouth. He quickly began swallowing, as I heard Andy moan as he began cumming too. Moaning, we both spasmed over and over, filling the boys' mouths with our seed. Eventually, my orgasm ended, and my body relaxed, as Jacob continued sucking slowly on me, waiting for that last drop of jizz to leak out of my cock. After several seconds he was rewarded as my dick oozed the last bit of my cum. After savoring and swallowing it, Jacob licked me clean, then released my cock, sat back on his heels and looked up at me grinning. Seconds later, Harry sat back on his heels and grinned at Andy as well. Both boys crawled up onto the bed and laid with us as we recovered from our orgasms. After a couple minutes, Andy and I looked at each other and grinned. Then we crawled down onto the floor, and began undressing Jacob and Harry. They grinned down at us, as we pulled their pants off, then went down on them. In less than a minute, we had both boys writhing and squirting their loads into our mouths. We sucked on them, until they both had oozed the last of their cum as well. Then we crawled back up on the bed with them. We all rested for a few minutes, but as it was getting late, I noticed Jacob and Harry had started yawning. Smiling, I suggested they go to bed. Neither put up a fight. They just got up, said good-night and headed for the bathroom. After they'd finished up, Andy and I went in and peed and brushed our teeth. Then we too went to bed. * * * Very early the next morning, I woke up to the doorbell ringing. I extricated myself from under Andy, who continued snoring softly, put on a housecoat and went downstairs. It was Evan. He looked the happiest I'd ever seen him. He wondered if I'd make a pot of coffee so he could tell me about his date with Betsey. It was great! In fact, he'd only just left her house a few minutes earlier. "WHAT?" I said, stepping aside so he could come in. Evan snickered as he strode past me, heading toward the kitchen. I threw on a pot of coffee, and we sat down and Evan started to talk. They'd had dinner, and then Betsey invited him back to her house, as her parents and brother had gone out for the evening and wouldn't be back til late. Evan stopped on the way and picked up a bottle of wine. Betsey told him to park on the street around the corner. He didn't know why. But he did it. When they got to her house, she took him to her bedroom. They'd opened the wine, and laid on the bed snogging, as he called making out. The next thing he knew, she was squeezing his crotch. He went for her tits, and began squeezing them. Then he felt her shove her hand down his pants, inside his briefs and begin rubbing his hardon. He said he almost creamed right then and there. They'd stopped snogging and looked at each other. He knew then, he was going to fuck her. He began undressing her, and she began undressing him. When they were both completely naked, she dove on his cock and started sucking it. He had to tell her not to scrape him with her teeth, but after that she was great at it. Within a minute, he thought he was going to cum. So he pushed her off, then went down on her. He said her pussy stank like dead fish, and he'd almost gagged from the smell, but he loved how when he started eating her out, she began writhing and whimpering in ecstasy. After a minute she said "Fuck me Evan!" He lost no time finding a condom he had in his pocket. He quickly put it on, and laid down on top of her as she spread her legs. He pressed his dick slowly into her dripping cunt and pushed gently. Betsey gasped, and winced at one point. He pulled out quickly. Looking down he saw a bit of what looked like blood on his rubber sheathed dick. "NO! Put it back in!" she'd cried. Evan gently pushed back into her. Then once he was inside her, he'd started fucking her. She began fucking back, and the two of them fucked each other's brains out, until suddenly, she'd begun cumming. Her body was shuddering and and she was fucking him like crazy and whimpering and crying out, as she kept on spasming. He lost it and blew his load then, filling the condom! He said it was awesome! He'd never experienced anything like it before! He couldn't wait to do it again! I got up and poured our coffee, as Evan continued. They rested a little while, but soon Evan was ready to go again. They fucked again, only a little slower this time. Both enjoyed it just as much, if not more, as they took their time and held back as long as possible before they came. Evan said it was Earth-shattering! After that, they'd fallen asleep in each other's arms, and when they woke up it was 4:30 in the morning. Betsey looked out, her parents' car was in the driveway. They decided Evan should climb out the window and down the lattice by the side of the porch. Now he knew why she'd had him park around the corner! Before Evan left though, they fucked again! Evan said he'd never been so happy, and so exhausted. He couldn't wait to see her again later though. I grinned and said, "so, do you love her?" "I think so! Yeah!" he said, blushing. I grinned, and said, "I know you haven't had much time to think about it, but now that you've had a girl as well as me and Andy, have you figured out your sexual preferences?" "That's just it, I still don't know!" Evan said, "I just had the greatest sex with a girl three times in the last 8 hours, but now I'm sitting here looking at your chest, where it's showing, and I've got a semi!" "Really?" I grinned, "You're more like me than I thought!" Evan grinned then too, "I guess I'm bi then. Just like you, aren't I?" "Well, if I had to guess, that's what I'd say," I said. Evan said, "Um, getting back to my hardon. Well, I know you didn't ask, and even though I'd really like to fool around with you right now, I haven't showered yet, and still have 'Betsey' all over me. Besides, I'm to see her again later, and I might better save my spunk for her!" I chuckled and said "No problem, I fully understand. By the way, what're you telling your Mum about where you were all night?" "Can I say I was here?" he asked. I grinned and said "Sure!" We talked a little more, then Evan left to go home and shower before work. From then on, Evan and Betsey were together as much as they could be. Both of them had never seemed happier, and both credited Andy and I with helping them get together. Once in a while, we'd double date with them. Two or three nights a week, Evan used us as his alibi with his mother. We still saw Evan often, but not as much as before. Our sexual encounters with him became much fewer and farther inbetween, and he didn't stay overnight with us as much anymore. We remained best of friends and 'brothers' though. * * * Later that same day, the phone rang. Andy answered. It was Duke. He wanted to talk to me. He was at the hospital with his mum. She'd had a stroke. I asked if we should come over. He said not to bother yet, as she was really out of it. He said he'd let us know how she was doing. I let Jacob talk to Duke then. Jacob was sad when he heard. He had tears in his eyes. Afterward he said that he was glad that we'd had a nice visit with her the day before. I told him we'd go see her as soon as possible. Duke called later in the evening, and then again the next couple of evenings. Finally, mid-week, he told us she appeared to be stabilized. He said she couldn't talk properly, and her mind seemed to be gone though. We went up to see her the next night, and she just laid in the bed and looked at us. A few times she tried to speak to us, but we couldn't understand a thing she said. When we were saying good-bye to her, she did manage a slightly drooped smile. By the next week, she was moved back to the nursing home, but she required a lot more care. She never regained her ability to speak properly, and seemed to not remember anything or anyone. We still visited her every so often though. * * * Andy started working at Fletcher's the day after Duke's mother had her stroke. He enjoyed his work, and the Fletchers enjoyed having him there. After Andy got his first pay, he asked Elizabeth and I to sit down with him. He announced that he wanted to start paying board. Elizabeth quickly told him that wasn't necessary. Andy looked at me. I just shrugged. He explained then that he felt like he was taking advantage of us. Elizabeth assured him that he was very helpful around the house, and that that was more than adequate payment in lieu of money. "You won't accept any money from me?" Andy asked. "Absolutely not!" Elizabeth said, "Not from either of you!" "Well then I think I should start looking for my own flat," Andy said. "WHAT?" Elizabeth and I both said in unison. "I don't like being dependent on anyone," Andy said, "if you won't let me give you some money toward the household expenses, then I'd best find somewhere else to live." "You'd leave here without me?" I asked, shocked at the thought. I could see tears welling in Andy's eyes, as he said "I don't want to do that John, but you're needed here, and you do so much for everyone, that it's proper for Elizabeth to not let you pay to stay here. It's very nice of you to say I do a lot Elizabeth, but I know better. I don't do that much. I'm just a leech. I can't live that way. So yes John, if Elizabeth won't take some money from me, I'm going to have to leave, and it'll have to be without you, as you're needed here!" I stared at Andy incredulously, as I realized he was serious. "Oh Bugger!" Elizabeth exclaimed. "You're not going anywhere! This is your home now too! Furthermore, you're not even 18 yet, nor have you finished school. And you don't make enough money to get your own flat anyway. I want you to stay here. Jacob does too, and for God's sake Andy, look at John. He needs you! You cannot walk out on him, he's already lost too many people in his lifetime!" A tear rolled down Andy's cheek as he said, "Thank you for saying your home is mine too Elizabeth. I love you, Jacob, and of course John very much, and it would kill me to have to leave, but I need to feel like I contribute. I cannot stand living on charity!" Elizabeth and I sat and stared at Andy for a minute. Finally Elizabeth said, "Fine! Then give me 50 pounds a week. Will that satisfy you?" Andy smiled and said, "Well, I'm not sure that's really enough, but I can live with that for starters!" Then happily, he pulled out his wallet, and took out a 10 and two 20 pound notes and handed them to Elizabeth. Looking sternly at Andy, Elizabeth said, "So that'll end this lunacy about leaving?" "Yes!" Andy said, grinning at her. Elizabeth smiled at him in an amused way, but turned to me as I opened my mouth to speak and said "and I don't want to hear a word from you young man about paying board! You go way above and beyond your duty to this family! That's MORE than enough from you!" Quietly I closed my mouth, and smiled at her. Andy just smiled broadly at both of us. After Elizabeth had left the room, I asked Andy if he'd meant it when he said he'd move out without me. He admitted he could never do that, and had had no idea how he was going to convince Elizabeth to take some money for board, if she hadn't agreed to when he said that. "Thank God she didn't call my bluff!" he said, smiling. "You asshole," I muttered, as I wrapped an arm around him and kissed him. * * * The last week in March, Elizabeth was scheduled to have her first ultrasound of the baby. I was surprised when, the night before, during supper, she asked me if I'd like to come with her. Jacob and Andy looked up in surprise as well. Before I could say anything, she added that she had been thinking about it, and wondered if I would be her lamaze coach and go with her when the baby was born. I was rather stunned by this. Jacob and Andy looked completely shocked at this. "Of course if it'll bring back too many bad memories of Lynn and Dylan, I'll understand," she said, when I didn't answer right away. "NO! That's not it, it's just that I'm rather surprised," I said. "Well, obviously if your father was still here, he'd be doing these things, but..." she trailed off, and I could see her eyes looked watery. "I'll be there for you Elizabeth, no matter what you need!" I said quickly. She smiled then, and rubbed her left eye. "Then, you should start coming to the doctor's appointments with me, and lamaze classes start in about a month," she said. There was a lull in the conversation for a couple minutes. I noticed Jacob was fidgeting, and playing with the food on his plate. He kept glancing at his mother. Finally he said, "Mum? Can I come to the ultrasound too? I'd like to see the baby too." Elizabeth looked at him in surprise, but then she smiled and said, "I guess that would be alright. The appointment's after school. Andy, would you like to come too? Can you take an hour or so off work tomorrow?" Jacob smiled, and began eating his supper again then. Andy grinned at Elizabeth and said he'd call Mr. Fletcher. He excused himself and went to phone his boss, before the store closed. A few minutes later he was back. "I can go! I offered to make up any time I take off at the beginning of my shift by working later. Mr. Fletcher said that would be fine." Andy said smiling. "OK then, I guess we'll make this a family outing!" Elizabeth said. * * * The next day after school, I drove us home and we picked up Elizabeth and drove her to the doctor's office. Her doctor was more than a little surprised when she asked if the three of us could attend the ultrasound. He told her it was her choice. So we all went in when he did the ultrasound. The doctor had the latest state-of-the-art ultrasound machine. It was much better than the one they used on Lynn when she was pregnant with Dylan. You could see the baby much clearer. It was amazing watching the baby appear on the screen as he ran the wand over Elizabeth's gooped belly. First we saw the whole baby in the fetal position. The doctor snapped some still shots and printed them for us. We watched as he checked over the head, and looked at the back bone. Then he counted the toes. He wanted to see the baby's hands, but they were down in his or her crotch. Jacob snickered and Andy said he wondered just what the baby was up to. "Andy!" Elizabeth said sharply, but then she chuckled too. The doctor asked if Elizabeth wanted to know the sex, if he could get him or her to move their hands. Elizabeth said yes, so the doctor tried a different angle. We were looking up at the baby's butt now. The doctor pushed a little with the wand, and suddenly the baby's hands flew up. I couldn't believe what appeared on the screen. "Is that what I think it is?" Jacob asked incredulously. "Uh, well, yes, I expect it's what you think it is," the doctor said. "I can say with 99.9% certainty that you're having a boy Elizabeth." "OH MY GOD! It's so BIG already! And he WAS doing what Andy thought!" Jacob exclaimed. Andy and I burst out laughing, and I said, "That's our bro!" Even the doctor and Elizabeth had to laugh then too. "Can we get a picture of that too?" Jacob asked. The doctor looked at Elizabeth, who rolled her eyes, but smiled and nodded. The doctor printed one then and handed it to Jacob. "Oh Yeah! This'll be a blackmail picture in a few years!" Jacob said. We all laughed again. Then, after the doctor checked the baby a little more and looked around at the womb itself a little, he said the ultrasound was done. We waited in the lobby for Elizabeth's exam to be finished up. She came out smiling as the doctor told her that everything was fine! "Have you chosen a name yet?" the nurse asked as we were leaving. "Yes, Austin Alan Wilder", Elizabeth said, smiling. * * * The following weekend was Palm Sunday. Jacob, Harry, Andy and I decorated the house for Easter and made Easter cookies and painted and died dozens of hardboiled eggs. Of course we were all a mess after baking the cookies and decorating the eggs, as we got into flour and paint fights! We had a good time though, and the house was all set for the arrival of Grandma and the twins the following Thursday morning... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next chapter in this series will be published shortly.
