An Unexpected Turn

For Whom The Bells Toll

Once again, I woke up before the alarm went off, but only by a few minutes. Ian was snuggled up against me and Jr. was happy. He wouldn’t be for long because I didn’t have time for him to play. I just enjoyed the few minutes I had feeling his body melting into mine, becoming one whole essence. I felt the rise and fall as his lungs filled and then expelled air while he slept peacefully. I smiled to myself knowing the fight ahead as he would want just a few more minutes and then push back into Jr. to convince me to let him play. It was our morning ritual. This though, was my morning bliss.

The alarm went off and I reached up to shut it off. Ian pushed back into me harder. “Come on stud, time to get up”, I said. Ian began rubbing against Jr., “Just a few more minutes Steve. Jr. wants to play. You think we have time”? I threw the covers down and smacked one of Ian’s globes. He yelped and I rolled away from him, “You know we don’t have time. Let’s get in the shower”. I climbed off the bed and Ian rolled over giving me his puppy dog eyes. I grinned at him, “You know that won’t work, right”? Ian sighed and pouted in defeat, “Ok”, and then slowly climbed out of bed as well. He tried again while we showered. While soaping me up, he took extra care with Jr., applying lots of soap and soon began stroking him. I began to harden and smiled as I pushed his hand away. “Can’t blame me for trying”, Ian said.

It was around nine-thirty when I received a call from a number I didn’t immediately recognize. I thought about allowing it to go to voicemail, but then answered it, “This is Steve”. “Hey Steve, this is Tony. Tony Boscola?”, he said. “Oh, hi Tony. I didn’t recognize the number. How are you doing”? “I’m doing great Steve. I hope you are as well. Um, I was wondering if Scott and I could come over sometime tomorrow. You had said we were welcome any time and we wanted to thank you again and maybe get to know you better”, Tony asked? I sighed and said, “Tony, I told you, it was thanks enough that the four of you are still alive and that means more to me now than it had before. But I’d love to have you stop by. Will it be just the two of you”? Tony was a little puzzled by the ‘means more to me now than it had before part’ part but replied, “Yeah, just me and Scott. No ‘rents or did you mean Mike and Julie? Mike and Julie are doing something with her parents”. I said, “Ok. How are Mike and Julie? Is Mikes shoulder doing ok? I remember you said Julie was doing well and had recovered her memory. It took a while with Ian”. “Yeah, Mike’s shoulder is fine. He’s done with physical therapy and is back to 100%.”, Tony replied. “Good to hear. What time do you think you’ll be by”, I asked? Tony replied, “I’m not sure yet. Probably in the afternoon sometime. I’ll have to check with Scott”. “Ok. I’ll see you two on Saturday”, I said and then we ended the call. At lunch I told Ian about Tony and Scott coming by on Saturday. “Guess we’ll have to keep things low key”, was his response, but he was fine with it.

When we got home Friday after work, we decided to just throw some burgers on the grill for dinner and wait for Carl and Chad.

Chad picked Carl up at five and they went to the restaurant. They had red wine at Carl’s suggestion and ordered the lasagna as Ian had suggested. “So, what do you think we should do to help Steve get out of his dark mood”, Chad asked? “I’m not sure. Maybe if we can get him to talk about his nightmares, but then again, maybe he won’t want to talk about them because it will just make him feel worse. Maybe we should just play it by ear. Has Ian said anything lately about it”, Carl asked? Chad replied, “No. I haven’t talked to Ian all week. He usually calls me or me him at least every other day, but I’ve been looking for another place outside the city and he hasn’t called either”. Carl said, “Well, let’s just see what happens when we get there”. Chad agreed.

Steve and Ian were sitting on lounge chairs on the patio when Carl and Chad arrived. “Let’s get the party started, “Chad said! Ian and I both laughed as Chad and Carl walked over smiling. I got up and grabbed Ian’s and my glasses and said, “I’ll grab some drinks”. “Need a hand”, Ian asked? “Nah, I’ll get ‘em”, I said. “TGIF”, Chad said grinning. “Yep. It’ll be nice to sleep in tomorrow”, Ian said. Carl and Chad laughed, and Chad said, “Yeah, we all know how much you like to sleep”. Carl then asked, “So how’s Steve doing”? Ian smiled and said, “He’s doing better. He’s actually smiling again and not trying to fake it. We talked about it and I told him about the fact that his dream about me described what actually happened that day, except for the part where I died”. “Oh shit! How did he take it”, Chad asked? “He turned white as a ghost at first”, Ian started, but was interrupted when Steve walked out.

“Wow, it suddenly got quiet out here. You’re not planning something are you? I mean like a surprise party or my murder”, I asked grinning? Carl broke the silence, “Actually Steve, it was about you, but no party and definitely not your murder. How are you doing? You’ve been down lately, and we’re worried about you”. I looked around at the three of them and asked while grinning, “So this is some kind of planned intervention”? Ian looked a bit surprised and said, “No Steve. We just started talking and the conversation just came up”. Chad then confessed, “Actually, Carl and I did discuss it at dinner earlier Steve. We care about you and you’ve been beating yourself up lately and you shouldn’t”. I smiled, and after I handed out the drinks, I sat down and said, “Look guys. I really do appreciate the fact that you care. I’m still confused about what’s been going on lately, but I’m becoming at peace with it. Talking to Ian helped a lot, and the dreams in the end did too”, I began, then I recounted the dreams to them, and Ian periodically nodded as Carl and Chad listened intently. When I finished, Carl said, “Wow! I can’t believe you dreamed about Dave and my Grampa again. But what did you mean about what happened that day Ian”? Ian explained, “I told Steve that the details about me in his dream; about where I looked for Daisy and where I found her, actually happened exactly like that”. “Yeah, that’s the spooky part”, Chad said. “That and the part where you talked to my Granpa and Dave again. I wonder what Dave meant by, “There’s a reason””, Carl wondered aloud? Chad said, “I think it’s obvious. What was missing in Steve’s dreams”, Chad asked rhetorically? “Steve was missing. I think if Steve hadn’t been there and done what he did, those dreams would have been the reality. All those people would have actually died in that accident. Those four teens that were here last week would have burned to death and Ian would have died in that house fire”. Carl sat with his mouth open. Ian was nodding his head and I said, “That’s the same conclusion Ian came to”. “And I’d be dead right now”, Carl said and we all looked at him surprised, then he added, “My Granpa and I were right next to that tanker truck. We hit the rear of Dave’s car on the driver’s side. My Granpa was driving and was killed, but even though the car spun and hit the bank on the other side of the road, the tanker truck was able to make it past the accident. I was banged up a bit and saw my Granpa was dead. I realized I couldn’t help him, but I saw blood around Steve and rushed over to see if there was anything I could do to at least save him”. I smiled and said, “And you did save my life Carl”. Carl smiled and said, But only after you saved almost everyone else”. I said, sadly, “Almost everyone else. I’m sorry your Grandfather died Carl”. Carl smiled, “Thanks for that Steve, but we both know and I think he knew that he was going to die in either case”. Ian then spoke up, “The Butterfly Effect. If one little thing had been different, it would have changed so many lives”. Chad then said, “Thanks to both of you saving each other, a lot of lives may have been saved and the best thing is that the four of us are here together tonight”. Ian raised his glass and said, “Here’s to that”. The four of us clinked glasses and drank to Ian’s salute.

It seemed all four of us realized how fortunate we were at that moment regardless of whether Ian and Chad’s hypothesis was correct or not. We had each other and that’s what mattered.

We all stripped and took a swim after our talk and enjoyed the cool freshness of the water. We played a game of volleyball and punished Chad and Carl for winning by dunking them. Good fun.

As evening approached, we went downstairs and played a game of pool. I was surprised at how well Carl played. It was a close game, but Ian and I beat them. The competitor in Chad revealed itself when he challenged us to a rematch, but with consequences; the team who lost had to first, give head to the winners, and then while sixty-nineing each other, would get fucked by the winners. At first Carl thought Chad was joking, but after a brief powwow, realized he’d been serious. That game was even closer, and I thought Ian and I were about to lose, but Ian pulled off a fantastic bank shot and somehow set himself up with an easy shot at the eight ball. Both Chad and Carl stared in disbelief at their loss. They flipped a coin to see who would give head to who. Chad slurped on Ian’s cock while Carl was on mine. After we started getting close, Carl and Chad pulled off our cocks and we went into the room where the workout equipment was. There was a mat on the floor for exercising or wrestling and Chad climbed over Carl in a sixty-nine. Ian and I lubed our fingers up and prepared Chad and Carl’s holes while they bobbed on each other’s cocks. After a bit, Ian and I slid on a condom and lubed up our stiff cocks. Since we’d agreed to swap partners, I lined up behind Chad and Ian lifted Carl’s legs and slid up to him. We both slid our hard cocks between their cheeks. They moaned on each other’s cocks in anticipation. We both stopped teasing their holes and grinned at each other as we slowly penetrated their sphincters. They both grunted in unison at the invasions, and both flooded each other’s mouths with a copious release of precum. Chad and Carl began moaning louder on each other’s cocks as Ian and I sank deeper into them. Once we were balls deep into them, we began a slow deep fucking. “MMMmm! MMMmmm!”, was heard from both of them on each of our forward thrusts. We gradually began speeding up our fucking of them, but kept it synchronized which synchronized their own grunting, moaning and pumping on each other. We grinned widely at each other as Ian and I changed up to a rapid, short, slamming into their tight holes. We then slowed and took longer strokes. It was obvious Carl and Chad were being driven closer and closer to climax. I nodded to Ian, and we started to speed up again. Only this time, we kept up the full strokes and were slapping hard into Carl and Chad’s buns which echoed in the room. Soon Ian and I both felt the spasming of holes on our cocks as Carl and Chad pumped their seed into each other. I could tell by the look on Ian’s face that he was about to unload as well. I made a quick decision and pulled out of Chad’s hole and indicated to Ian to do so as well. As he did, I said, “Roll on your back Chad, with your head next to Carl’s”. He did and Ian and I took positions on either side of their heads. It didn’t take long before we were coating their faces in our cum. They opened their mouths, tasted and swallowed as much as they could. We then leaned down and licked the cum from their faces, then kissed them. As I raised back up I said, “Let’s get cleaned up and then grab a drink and build a fire”. They all nodded, and we got up and went to get showers. “That was awesome Steve. I think Chad and Carl are hitting it off really well”, Ian said while soaping me up. “Yeah, they make a cute couple. I’m happy for them. I hope their relationship grows into something special”, I said. “You’re my something special”, Ian said as he reached around and hugged me from behind. “And you’re mine”, I said leaning my head back and turning it toward him. We kissed and then I slowly turned, and we embraced again. Eventually we broke the embrace, and I grabbed the shampoo and massaged it into Ian’s hair. I loved shampooing his hair. It felt different doing it to someone else. The only thing better was what I was now doing, soaping up his body. Feeling every contour. Every muscle, every crevasse explored while the soap created a smoothness, enabling my fingers and hands to glide across them. It also excited me to watch Ian Jr. grow as I did this, but I would avoid that area on purpose, watching Ian’s expression as I teased him. “Fuck Steve. Stop teasing”, Ian groaned. I grinned and then gave in and began soaping his balls and gradually stroked his throbbing cock. I also soaped up between his hard melons before sliding my own hard cock between them. Ian began taking deep breaths as he enjoyed the feel of my hand stroking his hard cock while my own stiff member slid up and down his deep valley. “Fuck me, Steve. Please”, Ian whispered. I hadn’t planned it, but both Jr’s were insistent. I guided the head of my cock to Ian’s hole. He bent slightly and placed his hands on the shower wall. As I penetrated him, he pushed back into me and in no time I was pressed against those hard globes of flesh. He pushed back harder as if trying to get more of me inside him, “It feels so good with you inside me Steve”. I smiled, “It feels so good to be inside you stud”. I then began a slow, deep fucking. Ian kept his back arched providing me full access to his nether region. With my left hand holding his hard, muscular left pec and my right hand holding his right hip, I began a rhythmic slapping into him. “Oh fuck yeah, Steve. Fuck me”, Ian growled lustfully. “I love your tight, hot hole Ian”, I said as I sped up my thrusts. “Yeah! Slam my ass! Harder Steve! Fuckin’ pound my hole”, Ian yelled out! I felt his cock getting harder and released it, hoping he’d hold out a bit longer, but it didn’t matter as I felt my own orgasm pending, “Fuck Ian. I’m going to cum”! “Oh shit”, Ian yelled as his cum began blasting the shower wall and his sphincter spasmed around me, causing me to explode inside him, “Fuck yes, Ian. Take my seed”.

Chad and Carl seemed to have the same idea. The shower was smaller, so it was barely large enough for two and once soaped up and stiffened up, contact was impossible to avoid. They took turns soaping each other up and caressing each other’s slick skin. While Carl was soaping up Chad’s perky cheeks, he couldn’t resist rubbing a finger into the crack in between. Soon that finger plunged inside, and Chad was moaning his approval. As Carl reached a soapy hand around to stroke Chad’s steel-hard cock, he was encouraged by the large amount of precum flowing from Chad’s cock, and it added to the lubrication of the soap. “Fuck me Carl”, Chad said looking back at him. “I didn’t bring a condom in with me. Should I go get one”, Carl asked? “Fuck the condom. We’re both safe. I want you inside me now”, Chad said impatiently! Carl withdrew his finger and slowly pushed his cock inside Chad, “Fuck, you’re so tight Chad”, Carl said as he soon was fully pressed against Chad’s buns. Carl soon began to piston himself into Chad, relishing the feel of sliding in and out of the tight, hot hole. “Uhh! Uhhh! Yeah, fuck me, Carl! Oh, fuck yeah. That’s the spot”, Chad was grunting and moaning. “Fuck yeah Chad, your ass feels so good”, Carl groaned. Chad was soon pushing back into Carl’s forward thrusts, Fuck me harder Carl! Fucking slam my hole”! The bathroom echoed with the slapping sounds through the shower walls mixing with the shouts and heavy breathing. Soon Chad cried out, “Oh fuck! I’m cumming”! Carl felt Chad’s hole spasm around his cock as jets of cum splashed against the shower wall, “Oh shit!”, Carl yelled as he was too late to pull out and began unloading inside Chad. As Chad leaned against the shower wall catching his breath, Carl slowly pulled his cock out and said, “I’m so sorry Chad. I wanted to pull out, but I was too late. It just happened so fast”! Chad turned his head to look Carl in the eyes, “It’s ok Carl. I wanted your seed inside me. I wanted you to breed me. I feel like you’re part of me now”. Then Chad turned and kissed Carl passionately.

As Chad and Carl stepped out of the bathroom in towels, on their way to the guest room, they were surprised to see Ian and I standing there grinning. “Sounds like you two were having as much fun in the shower as Steve and I did”, Ian said grinning widely. Carl and Chad both turned crimson but broke into huge grins themselves. “Yeah, we did”, Chad confessed as they closed the guest room door behind them. Ian and I then headed out to get the fireplace going.

Ian and I had the fire going by the time Carl and Chad came out, still bearing wide grins. “You guys staying in the guest room tonight”, I asked them? They looked at each other and Carl said, “Sure, if it’s ok”. “Of course, it’s ok. It would be reckless of me to have either of you drive tonight. Like Chad said, let’s get this party started or at least continued”, I said. Chad then asked Ian, “How come I didn’t hear from you all week Ian”? “Sorry Chad. I guess I was distracted by what was going on with Steve. Why didn’t you call me”, Ian asked in return? Chad grinned and said, “Touche’. I’ve been busy trying to find another apartment outside of town”. Ian and I both looked at each other and I raised an eyebrow. “How about a house instead”, Ian asked? “What do you mean”, Chad asked? “My house”, Ian said. “You mean move in with you”, Chad asked? Ian and I grinned at one another and Ian said, “I haven’t been staying in that house for weeks now and I was thinking of renting it out or selling it. If you want, we could discuss it”. Chad asked, “You mean renting or selling it to me because right now I’m just looking to rent”? “That would be fine. I won’t charge you much as long as you keep up the maintenance on it”, Ian offered. Chad smiled and said, “I like the sound of that. I think we can make a deal. How about we discuss it tomorrow morning when we’ve got clearer heads”, indicating the drinks. “Sounds good”, Ian said.

“Does this mean you two are shacking up”, Carl asked the obvious. That gave Ian and I the opening to reveal our plans. “You might put it that way”, I said as Ian quickly got up and went inside. Carl and Chad looked at me questioningly, wondering where Ian had quickly headed off to. I waited for Ian to return. When he did, he was holding a bottle of champagne and four glasses. He handed each of us a glass and then sat beside me and nodded. “Ian and I have an announcement to make. We’re engaged to be married”, I said to them and then looked to Ian smiling. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him beaming so brightly. “That’s fantastic”, Carl and Chad said almost in unison and then, “Congratulations you two”! Ian then opened the bottle of champagne and Chad made a toast, “To Ian and Steve! Uh, will it be Andrews or O’Connor”? Ian and I looked at each other as that was something neither of us had discussed. Noticing our look, Carl said, “To Steve and Ian Andrews-O’Connor”! We all smiled and clinked glasses before taking a sip of champagne. Ian and I then locked elbows and sipped again. We sat, laughing, and joking for a while before I noticed Carl’s expression had sombered. “What’s wrong Carl. You suddenly look sad”, I asked him. Carl looked to me with a half-smile, “It’s nothing. I was just thinking that what we had done earlier was the last time the four of us will do that. It’s ok though. It’s just that it’s been so much fun and now it’s ended”. I looked over at Ian and he was smiling. I then said, “Carl, that’s one of the things we did discuss. Before we discussed getting married, Ian and I had agreed to have an open relationship. The stipulation being that we be protected whenever we’re with anyone else”. Carl and Chad looked at each other knowingly. I then added, “The only thing different now is that we’ve agreed to be together when doing things with others except in special circumstances. Ian and I trust each other”, I finished, and Ian and I kissed briefly. Carl’s expression grew brighter, and Chad said, “That’s a relief”. The four of us all broke into laughter. We finished off the champagne and several drinks later we were cuddling before a diminishing fire. The partying had died down and it was quiet as we all reflected on the day’s events. It was after 2AM and the fire had turned to glowing embers. I nudged Ian and he nodded. “Well guys, Ian and I are going to bed”, I announced. Chad looked to Carl and said, “Us too”. I put the screen in front of the fireplace, and we headed inside.

As Carl and Chad undressed, Chad said, “Wow, I never saw that coming”! “Carl asked, “What do you mean”? Chad said, “I still remember how freaked out Ian was the night Steve caught us out behind Ian’s house”. Carl grinned and said, “No way”! Chad explained, “Yeah. Ian was sucking my cock on his back patio and we thought we heard something. We looked and didn’t find anything, but when we went inside and Ian checked his security cameras, we saw Steve at the back gate. He looked over and when he saw us, he made a sound and quickly went to his car and drove off. Ian was terrified that Steve was going to out him the following Monday morning. I felt bad for him and now he’s pretty much going to out himself by getting married to Steve. I don’t think Steve is out either”. Carl thought for a second and then said, “I guess it just shows how much they love each other”. Chad agreed saying, “Yep. I could see Ian was smitten when they returned from that job out of town even before he got his memory back”. Carl said, “Yeah, Steve was pretty broken up over that. I’m glad it worked out for them”. “Me too”, Chad said as they both climbed into bed. Tonight, Carl spooned Chad and Chad enjoyed the new position.

As Ian and I undressed for bed, Ian looked over at me and said, “I don’t know. What do you think about O’Connor-Andrews”? I thought about it for a minute and said, “That sounds a little cumbersome”, and then looked over to Ian who had a devilish grin on his face, “I know. I was just kidding. I like Andrews-O’Connor. It sounds kind of noble. I’d be fine with just Andrews if you want. What I want is just to have you”. I smiled as I climbed into bed beside him and as we faced each other I said, “And I just want to have you, Ian. Have I told you how much I love you”? Ian smiled and said, “Every day, but I’ll never get tired of hearing you say it. I love you too Steve. So, is it Andrews or Andrews-O’Connor”? I smiled and said, “I love you Ian Andrews-O’Connor”, and then we kissed. As we broke the kiss, Ian looked in my eyes and said, “I love you too Steven Andrews-O’Connor. Good night and sweet dreams Steve”. I replied, “Sweet dreams stud”, as he rolled over on his side and I slid up behind him and put my arm around him. He moved back into me and we drifted off to sleep.

End of Chapter 20