Losing My Religion

Zach’s story

I had no idea why I was so nervous. I mean, it wasn’t like I was meeting his parents, I was just meeting friends and his brothers, and I had already met two of them. I thought the reason I was so nervous was that this was his chosen family. These guys had no obligation to love or care for him, they just chose to do it, and they were very protective of each other. Would they think I was good enough for him? WAS I good enough for him? So much was going through my mind, and I was a nervous wreck. I was only 18 so I couldn’t even ask the flight attendant for a drink, although I could really use a couple to calm my nerves. I felt Seth grab my hand on the armrest and squeeze it tight. I looked over at him.

“Just relax, Zach. We’re on vacation, and my family and friends are gonna love you. Other than being a total douchebag to everyone there’s not a hell of a lot you can do to mess this up.” He said giving me that shit-eating Seth grin. Man, this guy was so freaking positive, and just a genuinely good human being.

“I know” I replied quietly as I pushed my seatback back a little and looked at him. “But other than you, Eric, Max… and I guess Matthew, I have never really been around gay guys before. I just don’t want to come off as a dumb ass.”

Seth Laughed at me and said “Well, you ARE a dumb ass, but you’re MY dumb ass so they’ll love you. Oh, and if they give you shit, you know you’re in!”

“Ass” I muttered under my breath with a huge grin on my face. I loved this guy so much. Then It hit me THAT’S why I was so nervous. I loved Seth and wanted his family to accept me. No. I needed them to accept me. I wanted him in my life more than anything, and it was clear that nothing was more important to Seth than the people in his life, and now I was one of those people. I had a weird epiphany at that moment. I had been looking at this like a test, like I was going through an approval process, and it was freaking me out. But that’s not what was really happening. He had already approved me! Now, he was bringing me into the fold. I know that seems obvious as hell, but in my love-sick, recently closeted mind the world was out to reject me. But Seth accepted me, and his family would too. That odd little readjustment of my attitude put me at ease and turned my nervousness into excitement. Now I was excited to meet the people that made Seth into the human being he is.

“Please stow your tray tables and move your seat to the upright position as we start our descent into Phoenix. The Local time is 3:50PM and we should be on the ground in about ten minutes…” The flight attendants voice boomed over the intercom.

I turned and kissed Seth on the cheek. It was an open, public kiss and I didn’t care who saw it (very unlike me). “I’m excited to meet everyone” I said more for my own edification. Seth smiled.

“And I’m excited for them to meet you. They’re gonna love the hell outta you” Seth said. Then he added “Not that I fucking care. I love you enough for all of them.” That did it. Those words put me at ease… I had already impressed the one that mattered.

Our plane landed and we grabbed our bags and headed to meet Seth’s brother Brad. The two had been texting back and forth since we hit the ground. Seth knew where he was going and was moving at a fast pace, I just followed him in my linen shorts and silk shirt. As I looked around the airport, I realized I stuck out like a sore thumb. It was November in Arizona, and I was dressed for the tropical islands in July… I looked like a tourist. As I was becoming self-conscious, I heard someone yell “SETH!” and looked up to see Seth. Well technically Brad, but he looked like Seth just eight years older. Damn, he was hot.

Seth ran up to hug him. They embraced for about a minute; Seth was so happy to see his brother. Finally, he introduced me “Brad this is…”

Brad cut him off “No introduction necessary. Panama Jack, I’d know you anywhere” He said as he checked out my outfit and Seth laughed out loud, Brad was giving me shit. I was in!

“At your service” I said as I shook his hand with a firm grip. He just had the same shit-eating grin as his brother. I would soon learn that all four brothers had the exact same grin. I snapped a quick selfie of the three of us and sent it to my mom. “Sorry to be that guy, but my mom will drive us insane with texts and calls if I don’t keep her posted.”

The brothers just laughed. “Tell her I said hi” Brad said as we headed toward the parking garage as the two caught up as I followed behind. When we walked up to a brand-new gray Audi A4 Brad pointed his key FOB at it and it beeped.

“Is this yours?” Seth asked in an excited voice. Brad jut grinned. “So, you finally traded in your old TT!”

“Not exactly” Brad said. “I couldn’t bear to part with it. Besides, I figured one of you dipshits will need it sooner or later. Either Brian’s Subaru will die, you’ll get a job, or Eli will total his bronco. So, I had it serviced, detailed, and gassed it up. You guys can use it while you’re here.” Then Brad shot the keys to his brother, “You drive” he said. The he looked over at me and said “You ride shotgun” as he got in the backseat.

Seth excitedly inspected the new ride “You really deserve this, Brad.”

It was such a benign conversation, but it hit me in a big way; Brad kept his car in case one of his brothers needed it. He shared the joy of the new car with his little brother by letting him drive. Seth told Brad he deserved it. Just little things they said and did that showed that they were always thinking about each other. I was a little envious of that camaraderie. I didn’t have that kind of relationship with my little sister, or my family. That was something I decided I was going to work on.

We got in the car with Seth behind the wheel and it occurred to me that I had never seen him drive before. He looked cute doing it, oh hell he looked cute doing anything. As we drove to the house Brad and Seth kept talking, Brad was telling Seth that he was heading ack to work after he dropped us off, and we should meet him and Scotty at some resort at 7:00 for dinner. He also told him that we should go see Kevin (I remembered he was Scotty’s brother) because little Matty (I remembered him as the toddler on the Zoom call) had been asking for Seth for days since they told him he was coming home.

I was taking in the unique scenery. I’d never been to the desert before. My eyes were wide and my mouth open as I took in the giant cacti amongst the homes. “What’s that smell?” I asked.

“It just rained” Brad answered. “The desert has a unique smell after it rains, kind of… chalky I guess you’d call it.” That was a good description. “So, I take it this is your first time to the Southwest.” Brad asked shifting his attention to me.

“Yeah, well… I’ve been to California, but just LA, and that’s big more city, less Southwest I guess.” I said trying to sound interesting. That got a chuckle from Brad.

“Well, I hope you guys can relax and have fun this weekend. Maybe go four-wheeling out in the desert or do some other touristy stuff. It sounds like you have had a hell of a couple of weeks coming out and all.” Brad said turning the conversation over to me.

I smiled “It’s been stressful, but kind of freeing.”

“He’s a full-fledged queer now” Seth said as he continued to drive us towards our destination. We all laughed at that.

“Welcome to the club” Brad said as he tousled my hair from the backseat, like a big brother. “You’re about to meet a bunch of other members. All good people.”

I liked Brad. He was like an older Seth. I felt comfortable around him and blurted out “Dude, I’ve been freaking out about that.”

Again, Brad laughed, “Don’t! You’re family. They’ll all give you shit… that’s what we do. But no one is here to judge you.”

“Yeah. That’s exactly what Seth keeps telling me” I said as I exhaled.

“Well Seth may be a little shit, but he’s right about this” Brad joked as Seth reached behind him and tried to playfully hit him. Just about then we pulled into the driveway of the older, unassuming ranch house. It was cute and well kept. We unloaded our minimal luggage and dragged it into the house. Seth led us right to his room to drop it off. As I followed him, I took in my surroundings. I was surprised to see everything so neat and very clean. I guess with five younger guys living there I assumed it would be more like a frat house, but it was a home. A very nice home. We hadn’t discussed sleeping arrangements, but it seemed we would be sharing his bed. That would never fly at my house, that’s for damn sure. “Okay, boys. I gotta get back to work. Please go see little Matty, he’s driving everyone nuts! See you at The Resort at 7:00” he said as he headed out of the house.

“Welcome to my home” Seth said as he pulled me into an embrace. “It’s a little cold out, but how about a dip in the pool?”

“Sounds good” I said. Within seconds Seth was naked.

“Let’s go” he said.

“Oh my god! Naked?! What if someone comes in?” I said, shocked by his actions.

He laughed at me “It’s a house full of guys, we rarely wear swimsuits unless Cam’s mom, my sisters, or some other female is visiting.” Seth said almost giggling as he ran out of the pool, through the house and into the backyard. I heard the splash as he jumped into the pool. I was still standing there in my tourist garb, a little in shock. ‘Well, when in Rome’ I thought to myself and stripped. I grabbed my swimsuit out of my bag to keep it close by just in case, then ran naked through the house and jumped in the pool with Seth, dropping my swimsuit at the edge as I did. Within a few seconds he came up under me and we found our way to the side of the pool where he engaged me in a wet embrace and kissed me. “I’m so glad you came home with me” he said sincerely. “I can’t wait to show you off to freaking everyone!” Then he kissed me harder. “C’mon” he said jumping out of the water. He grabbed a big, queen-sized floatie and threw it into the pool and we both piled on, lying naked, side-by-side in the chilly air (Well at least it was Arizona chilly, not Wisconsin chilly). Seth turned and kissed me, then he fondled me, and my shrunken member started to come alive as I grabbed him back. Soon we were both hard, right in the middle of the pool.

“Hey, what if someone walks in” I asked nervously.

“No one will walk in. Brad and Scotty are working so is Eli. We got at least an hour of alone time” he said without a care in the world. I was nervous as fuck, but this was Seth’s territory, and I trusted his instincts, so I kissed him. Soon we were in a hot make-out session as we tried to keep our balance on the air mattress and not fall into the water.

Somehow Seth maneuvered himself around and sat on top of me with his ass in my face. His funk mixed with chlorine was amazing. Just a couple of weeks ago, the idea of touching another guy’s butthole disgusted me. Now? I can’t get enough of Seth’s, sweet pink pucker. Eating his ass is one of my biggest turn-ons. A couple of weeks ago We had anal sex for the first (and only) time (so far). Oh my god! We lost our virginity to each other, and it was so awesome! Seeing my cock go in and out of his tight hole was mesmerizing, I mean it felt incredible, but the SIGHT of it was just… just… damn! I watched as his tight hole opened for me, then gripped onto me as I moved in and out. It was like it was alive, and it was just so hot. All this sex stuff was new to me, and I exploring it with Seth. IT WAS AMAZING TO ME!

Now here I was with him sitting on my face and my tongue buried deep in his hole. I grabbed both sides of his ass and pulled him down as hard as I could as I shoved my face in his crack. Seth pushed back, grinding his hole against my face, smashing my nose, and cutting off my breathing. I didn’t care, I just wanted him. We did our best to keep the mattress steady on the water so we were keeping our movements to a minimum.

Seth leaned down and started licking my balls, the warmth of his mouth was a huge contrast to the cold air, and I could actually feel my balls move around in my ball sac as he took them in his inexperienced, but talented young mouth. For a moment he engulfed my entire shaft, coating it with his saliva, then he went back to working on my balls while he stroked my shaft with his hand, slowly bringing me to the brink of orgasm. I was about to cum when the mattress capsized dumping both of our bodies into the warm, shallow water. We both popped up out of the water laughing and Seth trudged through the water over to me and embraced me, engaging me in a full-on kiss. We were both still rock hard and started grinding each other as he pushed me backwards towards the edge of the pool then told me to jump up on the edge and he continued his attack on my cock and balls. FUCK! It felt incredible as my body shivered and his mouth warmed my most private area. I just leaned back on my hands as he licked his way from the tip of my cockhead, down my shaft, and over my balls. After giving my balls the most sensual tongue bath, he moved down my taint until he got to my virgin hole and started licking. The first time he did that I freaked out a little, but now I pushed his head into it and his moans sent vibration though my entire being as he continued to stroke my hard manhood. I was lost in ecstasy. The fact that we were out in the open in Seth’s backyard and any of his brothers could walk in at any moment had completely slipped my mind. It was just the two of us in the universe.

“Fuck, Seth. I’m gonna shoot” I said. He smiled up at me, then took my shaft down his throat and started moving his head up and down. I tried to stifle my moans and screams as I shot my load. He stayed in place with his mouth over my cock accepting my seed down his throat. I held his head tight against me with my cock buried in his throat as he swallowed. Finally, I eased up on his head and let him free. He pulled his wet body out of the pool and sat next to me, grabbing the back of my head, and kissing me WITH MY LOAD IN HIS MOUTH! That’s another thing that freaked me out just a couple of weeks ago, but now I found it intimate and sensual, something I loved to share with Seth.

“My turn” Seth said as he pushed me off the edge of the pool into the water, spread his legs and leaned back. There was this added confidence about him that day, I don’t know maybe it was like the home-turf advantage or something. He was usually kind of timid, but now he was taking what he wanted, and I loved it… because what he wanted was me! I came up out of the water and between his legs. His cock was fully hard and sticking straight up, I went right for the gold. I engulfed him completely down my throat as (I was trying to teach myself not to gag, I wasn’t quite there yet). I gagged. Then went back to it. I gagged again, then went back to it. His beautiful dick was covered in my throat slime, and I worked my hand up and down his shaft. His moans encouraged me to work warder until he warned me he was cumming. My instincts still told me to back off, but I didn’t. I was beginning to love the taste of his cum, so I tried to swallow. Damn, Seth came in buckets that day! I swallowed what I could but had to back off letting the last couple of spurts go into the air, landing on his tight, little abs. I at least licked his abs off as a courtesy. I had come a long way in just a couple of weeks.

I jumped out of the pool and sat next to him, bringing his in for a cum-filled kiss. Then we sat there breathing heavy, smiling, and snickering with our cocks still sticking straight up, deflating slowly as we caught our breath. Seth exhaled “We gotta take a shower and get going if we’re gonna stop at Kevin’s before dinner.” He stood up, then reached his hand out, I grabbed it. He pulled me up and led me to the shower. We cleaned up and got dressed. Like an idiot, I put my linen shorts and silk Tommy Bahama shirt back on. I should’ve changed out of my tourist-wear. Seth threw a sweatshirt at me and said, “it gets cold when the sun goes down.” I followed him through the house as grabbed some keys off a hook in the kitchen and led me to the garage. Brad’s old TT was waiting for us, its silver paint shining and its top down.

“This is Brad’s old car?” I asked impressed “cool!”

“Yeah, it’s over twenty years old, he keeps it perfect. Eli taught me how to drive stick so I could borrow it. Now that Brad finally treated himself to a new car, it’s the extra vehicle I guess.” Seth explained as he opened the garage door, started the purring engine and back out of the driveway. We drove past his friend Cam’s house and Seth said “Cam’s taking the red eye in from Chicago, you’ll get to meet him tomorrow. I can’t wait to introduce you guys”

We drove for about a mile when the scenery changed from residential to a hillier, desert landscape. We pulled onto a road and started going up into the desert hills and soon pulled into the driveway of an old, mid-century modern ranch that reminded me of a 1950’s Beverly hills movie star’s house. It was cool. So different from the old houses in my small Wisconsin town. Seth pulled the parking brake up and started to open the door when a little man, about two years old came running out of the open garage door with a hot man holding a baby walking right behind him.

“Seth!” the cute little guy yelled as he literally jumped into his arms before he even he finished closing the car door. Oh my god this kid loved him! He wrapped his arms around Seth’s neck and buried his face into his shoulder muttering something that I couldn’t understand but seemed to make total sense to Seth as he responded back and carried on a conversation in a completely different language that the two of them spoke fluently.

“I’m so glad you guys stopped by.” Said Kevin. Seth introduced us as the man handed me the baby turned toward the house and said “Come on in, I’m prepping for tomorrow. Randy should be home any minute.” It was like I was instantly part of the village. The baby wasn’t shy and had a huge smile as he touched my face and explored the new guy.

Seth came up next to me, still holding Matty and gave baby Scotty a kiss, then kissed me on the cheek. “Welcome to the family. Let the chaos begin.” He said with a smile. I felt a little bit like a fish out of water, but Seth never looked more comfortable. This was his universe, and he was basking in it.

We followed Kevin into the house. I stood there, still holding baby Scotty, while Seth put on an apron and moved in next to Kevin. He was a natural. He didn’t ask what he could do, he just seemed to know what needed to be done and he did it. I watched my boyfriend in his natural habitat with a big smile on my face. As they worked together Kevin asked us a million questions. It was weird. The adults in my world made small talk, Kevin seemed genuinely interested in us. He wanted to know what Seth was up to and he wanted to get to know me. He treated us as equals. “Hey, if you guys want to go four-wheeling out in the desert this weekend you can take the Jeep.” Kevin offered. I was all over that and Kevin laughed at my excitement.

After about a half hour Randy came through the front door. Damn the third extremely hot man I had met on this trip so far (and the trip was just starting). Matty ran up to him and jumped into his arms while baby Scotty reached up to greet him as he tried to squirm out of my arms. “I’ve waited a long time to meet you…” Randy said, then added “Mr. Bahama.” And the others laughed.

“I get it, I get it, I look like a damn tourist” I said with the three of them still laughing as Randy put a hand on my shoulder.

“Seriously, we’re so glad you’re here, Zach. I hope our two little goofballs haven’t been driving you crazy” he said looking at Matty and Scotty.

I looked at Scotty who was grabbing my nose and for some reason started talking baby talk “Are you a goofball? Yes! I think you’re a goofball” Scotty put his forehead against mine and started giggling. Apparently baby Scotty approved me.

We sat there and talked to them for a while until Seth said “We gotta head out, we’re meeting Brad and Scotty at The Resort for dinner.” Everyone hugged their goodbyes, Matty clung to Seth, and I handed Scotty to Randy.

“I’m so glad you guys stopped by. We’ll see you tomorrow morning.” Kev said as the cute little family walked us to the car.

We pulled out of the driveway and were on our way to The Resort. I knew the place was a gay resort, Kev and Randy were on the board, and Scotty worked there. Other than that, I knew nothing about the place and had no idea what to expect. We drove through the desert hills with the top down. The sun was down, and it was getting chilly, so Seth put up the windows and blasted the heat. I’m glad he threw me the sweatshirt before we left.

“You good?” Seth asked as we drove with the cold air whipping through the little roadster.

“I’m awesome” I said as I rested my hand on his knee and watched him drive through the desert night. “I really love your family, and Matty… damn that kid LOVES you” I said.

“I spent a lot of time babysitting him this summer when Scotty was born, we got close. Speaking of Baby Scotty… he was loving you!” Seth said. We talked about the kids, and Kevin, and Randy, And Scotty, and Brad, and everyone else I was going to meet. Man, Seth loved his family, and it was clear they loved him. I was starting to realize that it was an honor that he wanted me to meet them all.

It didn’t take long to get to The Resort. It was breath taking, up on a cliff and lit up beautifully in contrast to the dark desert night sky. We parked the car and entered the restaurant at the front of the beautiful resort. Maybe it was just the months of cafeteria food, but the place smelled incredible, and my stomach started to growl. Seth saw his brothers right away and started to walk towards the table, Brad, and Scotty, both in a suit and tie, stood to greet us. UH-OH! Scotty was a hot little muscle stud. I had seen pictures, and spoke with him on Zoom, but he was stunning in person… and he and Brad together… WOW! Everyone in Zach’s life was just so freaking hot. I had no idea how he made it through his teen years without a permanent hardon.

Scotty held out his hand to introduce himself and greeted me as Zach hugged Brad again. “Zach, it’s great to finally meet you” he said with a smile as he shook my hand with the solid, comforting grip of a man. “So did you guys get over to see the gaybies?” Scotty asked as we sat down. ‘Matty has been driving everyone nuts asking for you since he saw you on the Zoom call a couple of weeks ago” he said as he looked at Seth.

“Yeah, we took a quick swim, then went over and hung out at Kev’s. Scotty wouldn’t let Zach go” Seth said beaming at me.

Brad laughed “you’re in. Scotty is a picky little shit. He just squirms and whines when I try to hold him.” Then the conversation just flowed naturally, nothing was forced. We talked about the family, school, then somehow the conversation switched to me, and they asked a lot of questions about my family, sports, school, etc. They genuinely were interested in the guy Seth was dating. Dinner was incredible and when I pulled out my wallet Brad said, “keep that in your pocket this weekend, we got you guys.” Just like any parent would have done.

After dinner Seth asked for a tour of The Resort. You need to be 21 to stay, but only 18 to get a day pass and apparently Seth had been bugging the hell out of Scotty to let him in since he turned 18 almost a year ago. Scotty looked at Brad who just kind of shrugged as if to say ‘well, we knew this was coming.’ “Okay” Scotty said with a sigh “We’ll give you the tour, but I’ll warn you up front, This is a beautiful, 5-star resort, as are all our properties. But the pool and spa areas are clothing optional, and frankly people tend to…um”

Brad interrupted “Let loose and, let it all hang out. Guys, you might see some shit going on, sometimes it can get hardcore. Especially when we bring a twink and a twunk back there. Are you guys ready for that?”

Zach and I looked at each other. First off, they were telling us we may see guys having sex, secondly, I had no idea what a twunk was but was afraid to ask (I made a mental note to ask Seth later). Thirdly, I was hard as a fucking rock and wanted to run into the place. “We’re big boys, we can handle it Seth said.” His two guardians let out a sigh as if to signal ‘our baby is all grown up.’ Signed the check and left a big tip on the table and led us out the back door and into the lobby of the beautiful resort. Everyone knew Scotty and just let him walk through, never questioning our age or asking for our I.D.'s. Scotty went behind the desk, looked at the computer quickly, said something to the very hot clerk, then grabbed a keycard.

“I’ll show you guys a room, so you can get a true feel for the place, then, against my better judgment, I’ll take my baby boy and his innocent boyfriend through the spa area and show you the amenities.” Scotty announced with a somewhat defeated tone in his voice as if he decided that there was no way to deny that Seth was an adult now. We followed him to the bank of elevators and up to the top floor. We walked to the end of the hall, as he opened the double doors and stood aside to let us in. The place was amazing! I had never seen anything like it in my life. There was Jacuzzi in the middle of the room and a glass wall overlooking the desert hills landscape. The room was furnished elegantly, but simply. “Not all the rooms are this extravagant, but each property has a handful of suites like this. Most of the rooms more like a typical hotel room, a nice hotel room, but definitely more ordinary than this one” Scotty said as we looked around the room a bit before leading us back to the elevator. He hit the button marked spa. He looked Seth in the eye and said, “I don’t EVER want to hear you say that I treat you like a little kid again.” Seth just grinned devilishly as if this had been an on-going fight between him and his guardians and he just won (it kind of reminded me of the time I begged my dad to let me go to his country club alone for the first time). Then Scotty looked me square in the eye “and you! Don’t you EVER breathe a word of this to your parents!”

I nodded in agreement and said “Yes, sir” then looked down. For the first time this entire trip, I felt like a little kid. But that was all about to change when the elevator door opened.

The door opened into a beautiful atrium. Scotty walked through with purpose as he told us about the amenities and the rules as if he were giving a tour to a new guest. The we got to the double, stainless steel doors leading to the pool and spa area. Brad looked at Seth and me giving us one last chance to turn back. There was no way in hell that was gonna happen. Scotty took a deep breath, then exhaled and said, “Okay then, welcome to The Resort boys” and opened the door.

It was magnificent. A beautiful indoor pool with a huge hot tub off to the side, and there was a sauna, a steam room, a massage room, a locker room, and a shower room all off the main area. But that wasn’t the magnificent part. There must have been 50 lounge chairs, almost all of them occupied by a hot, naked man. Several of them just were your average gay guys, but most of them were hot as hell, mostly daddy types. The four of us drew the eyes of the crowd. Scotty and Brad in their business attire, Seth the twink, and me the… what was the word they used? Twunk? Whatever the hell we were the daddies couldn’t stop watching us as the tour continued. I looked around taking it all in. Some guys were flaccid, some semi-hard and a few who were even fully erect. One guy was even slowly stroking himself as he looked our way. No one seemed to care or be offended by any of it. Remember how I said earlier that this reminded me of the time I begged my dad to let me go to his country club alone for the first time? IT WAS FUCKIN NOTHING LIKE THAT!!! This place was wall-to-wall hot daddies, all of whom would likely give their right nut to fuck our twinky, or twunky (or whatever you call them) asses!

I was hard as a rock and regretting the hell out of my decision to wear linen shorts, when suddenly I heard someone yell “Who the hell let my baby boy in here!” I looked towards the voice and saw a hot Latin guy jump out of his lounger and wrap himself in a towel. He was sitting with the most stunning black man I had ever seen, a muscle daddy, and a sliver haired fox. The Latino man was Mauricio, Seth’s “church buddy,” and the other men were all Kevin’s neighbors, and friends of the family. The black man was Mauricio’s husband, Darren. The other couple were Marc (the cop that helped find Brad) and Jordy (his husband who ran a local café). They were all naked as they basked in their formerly private little oasis and quickly covered up when they saw me and Seth enter the room.

The now covered Mauricio ran up to Seth and hugged him “I forget you’re all grown up now” then he looked at Scotty at Brad “Someone could’ve warned a sister to cover up” he said.

“Oh shut up, it’s not like I haven’t seen you all naked in the pool before” Seth said as he hugged his confidant. Damn, we truly were from different worlds. “This is Zach” he said as he introduced me to his friend. I had heard a lot about Mauricio.

“ZACHY!” He yelled. “I’ve heard EVERYTHING about you.” I wondered if that was true. “Seth says you go to church together. I’m so happy he found someone to take my place” then he hugged me. Mauricio was loud and flamboyant, and the entire place was watching us and listening to our conversation. We were being leered at. You know in the cartoons where the starving man looks at his companion and sees a giant turkey leg? THAT’S what I felt like.

We moved over to where Mauricio and the others were sitting and talked to them for a while, they were all wonderful people, and like everyone else I had spoken with this trip they had a million questions for e. And again… they were genuinely interested, and truly loved Seth. I was surprised at how soon I forgot that these guys were naked, and we were being stared at by a bunch of lust-filled daddies.

I was getting very comfortable in Seth’s world.

To be continued…