There will be more development of the emotions between Hudson and Austin. As with all lives it will not be easy, there will be obstacles. Sometimes those obstacles come from within or are out of our control. Cole and Jacob will have a section too. I will probably continue in this fashion.
Hudson and I finished our shower, I washed off the residuals of his load, we exited and dried off. We both stood at the sinks and brushed our teeth. I was looked in the mirror and noticed that Hudson was looking not at his reflection but right at me. He seemed lost in thought. I just looked away letting him do his thing. Hudson could sometimes have such a faraway look in his eyes. I wondered what he was thinking. There was only one way to find out. We finished up and turned off the bathroom light as we exited. Neither of us bothered to dress and we crawled right into bed. No longer was there a separation as Hudson went right to the middle. I lay there on my back, and he scooted right next to me. He then took my arm and lifted it up and crawled right next to me. His chest right at my side and rested his head on my chest. This was new. I wonder if this had to do with the far off look in the bathroom. I just lay there feeling his warmth, his lungs filling and emptying. Then he wiggled a bit closer, if he had gotten any closer, he would be on top of me. At that thought, Lance Corporal became aware of his presence. I put those thoughts away. This clearly was not the time.
After about 5 minutes, Hudson broke the silence with 3 simple words, “what are we”? They were words I did not anticipate, and I was not sure how to answer. The smart ass in me would say, “humans, or dudes, or something”. But instead, I measured my thoughts and said, so eloquently, “ummm what do you mean”. He said, “you and me, this, what are we”. I said, with a sigh, “can I be totally honest with you”. He said, “always and forever”. I decided not to bear it all to him. This was something I was not going to do yet, I don’t think either of us were ready for those answers. I did not want to put the pressure on him but here we go, “Hudson, I love you, and I am uncertain how to deal with that”. I went on, “I have to protect my heart some too, if I just give my heart to my straight, best friend and that feeling is unrequited, it could destroy our friendship, me, and who knows what else”. There was silence. He then said, “straight best friend, I don’t think that is me Aus, when I was with Tara there always seemed to be something missing, at first I thought it was just because it was her, maybe we just didn’t mesh”. He went on, “but then I have touched you, kissed you, and even orgasmed with you, all of those things felt more complete to me”. More silence, then I said, “so what are you saying”. He replied, “I do not know what my sexuality is, but I know that when I am with you, I feel complete, maybe that makes me bi or something”. “However, I am really not concerned about that label, it does not mean a whole hill of beans to me, what I do know is I love you too, but I do not know how to deal with those feelings either”. By now, I had tears in my eyes. I pulled him up and laced my fingers behind his head and pulled him in for a kiss.
That kiss was filled with energy, excitement, and eroticism. Once we stopped, we were both breathing heavily. I then said, “for now though can we agree on one thing, this stays between us, here in this room, until we both can figure out what we are doing”. He said, “absolutely, but are you really willing to wait for me to figure my shit out”. I said, “Hud, I have nothing but time, now we need to get to sleep, we have school and you have a game tomorrow night”. I rolled to my side, and he spooned right behind me and off to sleep we went.
I awoke the next morning before my alarm, there was movement in the bed. Hudson’s top arm was around my waist, and his other arm was now snaked under my neck and his hand firmly on my chest. The next thing I became aware of was Mr. Willy, he was very much awake and lodged parallel in my crack. Hudson was also holding me tight and grinding into me. I looked over my shoulder Hudson was wide awake; this was not some sleepy endeavor. He kept flexing his hips into me and his hand then reached around my cock. He was using the friction of my backside for pleasure, and I was getting a lot of pleasure from his hand. All the feelings whirled in my head. I could not hold back and I tensed up, this caused Hudson to pump his hips faster into my now precum slick crack. He too tensed and I was now aware of my own orgasm that had released into the sheets, I felt Hudson’s all over my backside. We both lay there, in the aftermath. Hudson held me tighter and kissed my neck. He then said, “fuck Aus, you made a mess”. I said, “um Hud that was all you”. He laughed then wrapped both hands around my chest. His second hand was coated in my load and I said, “gross”. I started to squirm and tried to get away. He held me and said, “where you goin”. I finally got free and out of bed. I threw back the covers. As I was standing there, Hudson said, “dude your ass is like the marble of a Greek statue, that was wild”. I just smirked. He then got a mischievous look and said, I said, “what”. He just laughed and said, oh I was just thinking”. I said, “about”. He said, “do you really want to know”, I said hesitantly, “maybe”. He then said, “well I was thinking how you made me feel, and how I watched this video and a dude used the chicks, um chest, and then shot all over her face”. My smirk kinda subsided now. He could tell maybe that bothered me. He got up and immediately hugged me. He said, “I’m sorry”. I just said, “it’s ok it really should not bother me, it is just a video”. He said, “oh fuck, most definitely and nothing compared to the real thing”, then swatted my ass. I yelped and said, “ok good”.
We both showered, got dressed, and went to breakfast. Cole and Jacob were there, and we all quickly ate and padded off to school. We dropped Jimmy off and parked. As we were walking up Tara popped up and took Hudson’s arm, he immediately stiffened. She said, “have you heard, you and I are then class nominees for Prom King and Queen”. He stopped, “turned and looked at here and said, “what the fuck, why”. She said, “that’s who student council chose”. She seemed quite proud of herself. She then looked at me and said, “I guess that means he will be taking me to prom”. I just stood there stoic. Rose and Sara arrived. Hudson looked lost then I see a shift in his eyes. He looked at me, oh god what was he going to do. He said, “sorry Tara but Rose already agreed to go with me, and Sara and Austin are doubling with us”. Without missing a beat Rose said, “it will be so much fun, and I am the senior class, queen contestant, isn’t that great”. She looped her arm through Hudson’s other arm and drug him off. Sara and I walked on too, I looked back at Tara and sure enough she was dumbstruck. Sara said, “so when were you going to tell me we about all this”. I said, “well, um since we found out together, now”. She laughed and said, “I figured”.
The day was going along without problems. However, in my head there was a whirlwind of thoughts. Was Tara trying to get her hooks back in Hudson. Hudson and I were supposed to have 3rd block together; however Hudson was not in class. I thought that was odd. About half-way through class Hudson came in. I looked up and could see that look in his eyes again. He was consternating about something. He looked over at me and could see I was concerned. He gave me a smile and nod. This did little to ease my mind. After class he stayed in his seat, I walked over to him. I nudged his shoulder and said, “you ok”. He said, “yeah just thinking a lot, I met with the counselor, can we talk later, I am fine, just thinking about my future”. I said, “ok, but we will discuss this”. He smiled and said, “ok”. I said, “ok, have a good 4th block and I’ll sneak in the locker room before the game to wish you good luck”. It was just us now. He said, “what are you gonna do give me a kiss for good luck”. I laughed and said, “nah but I’ll figure something out”. He cocked his head and didn’t say anything just grinned.
The day was over and Cole and I were going to work out; we changed and headed to the weight room. But before I made a stop at Hudson’s locker. I made sure no one was looking and put the compression shorts that I had been wearing all day, which were his originally by the way, in his locker. Then made my way on to the weight room. Cole and I had a good workout, then went for a run. After we quickly showered and changed. I kinda did not think this through now what was I going to wear for underwear. I dug through my bag. Ha, well that has not been worn in a while. In the end pocket was a jockstrap that I used to use with my cup, so I slid the cup out and pulled the jock strap on. I stuffed everything in my jeans; Cole gave me a weird look but said nothing. We made our way out to the field. I spotted Rose and Sara were sitting with my parents and Jimmy. As we set down I see Hudson striding to the mound. Man, he looked hot. Rose poked me and said, “look at my man out there”, and just snickered. She then said, “did you two plan this prom thing”. I said, “we learned about it at the same time”. We all laughed and decided it would be fun. Just then Cole and Jacob rolled in with Cole being his gregarious self. Mr. QB! Some of the parents sort of scoffed at he and Jacob holding hands, but none of our peers seemed to even make it a thing. Hudson, pitched 6 shutout innings and looked great. Due to his pitch count he could not go back out for the 7th. The game was well in hand, and we cruised to victory. After the game were waiting by the dugout, Hudson walked out and was immediately confronted by Tara. I gave him space. I could see it was not a pleasant conversation. I see Hudson say something, and Tara turned and stormed off. Hudson just smirked and waved. He then walked over to us smiling. We all congratulated him, and he looked at me and said, “eh it must have just been my lucky underwear”. Cole’s eyes swung to me with a look of suspicion. It was all I could do not to bust out laughing. I liked our inside joke, but we did need to be careful. The 4 of us (Rose, Sara, Hudson, and I), decided we would have some dinner at the diner and then head to the bonfire that was being thrown at the Adams brother’s place. Cole and Jacob said they might join us later, they had dinner with Jacob’s grandfather and cousin, as well as Cole’s dad.
At the diner Sara set with me and Rose on Hudsons side, he and I were across from one another. Under the table our knees were pressed together. This was not necessary, but I think we both liked the touch. We ordered and ate. The server asked about the check and to quell any issues I started to say something, but Rose handed her a card and said, “my treat”. I protested and said, “I can pay”. She said, “yeah so”. When the server was gone. Rose said, “we should clarify somethings, yes I will certainly bail you boys out and go to prom with you, but by no means are we an item”. Hudson, chuckled and said, “harsh”. Sara tried to be a bit more eloquent. She said, “what my sister means to say is that, um Hudson, you aren’t exactly her type”. I caught on quick, but Hudson was a bit behind the curve. He said, “oh you don’t like baseball players”. Without missing a beat Rose replied, “I prefer softball players”. He then said, “oh, ohhhhh”. She said, “so in a way you are helping me out, I can have this and move on to college, where I have a full ride scholarship for diving and that’s that”. Hudson replied, “right on”. We finished up and rode together out to the gathering.
Cole and Jacob
After the game Jacob and I headed home to pick up my dad and head to dinner. We did not have a lot of options but there was a small steak house, so there is what we chose. We picked up dad and drove over. We arrived and Jacob’s phone buzzed, he said, “his grandfather was at the one stop light in town”. We waited and about 3 minutes later he pulled up. If my dad was surprised at the Ranger Rover that Lloyd was driving, he did not show it. He pulled up and got out; we all shook hands and headed in. We set at a table toward the back. It was a quaint place. We ordered drinks, and Lloyd took note that no one ordered anything stronger than tea and just had soda water. We ordered a couple of appitizers, then Jacob broke the silence. “So grandfather, I know you probably have a lot of questions, concerns and probably ideas, so maybe we should start talking”. Then he said, “sorry, that was a bit terse, I am just anxious”. I could already tell this all the way here he chewed on his thumbnail and setting here his knee was bouncing. I placed my hand on his knee under the table and he stopped and looked over at me. Lloyd then said, “well to be honest, I do not know where to start or what to ask”. “I will say, Al, thank you for acting quickly and moving Jacob in with you, I can see the effect your son Cole has on him and it appears to be good”. Al replied, “no need to thank me, I just did what anyone would”. Lloyd just said, “well I wish that were true, but it seems more and more people just don’t help one another”. He then said, “as you may know, I have a good amassed a good amount of wealth, but I must admit I haven’t done a lot to help either of my grandchildren beyond money”. Al just said, “well I am sure I am not going to be nominated for father of the year but that is in my past”. Lloyd responded, “well I am certainly not proud of my past behaviors either, however with the few years I might have left I can and will do better”. He went on, “so on that note I move fast and today I purchased a house just outside of town, and an office building on the square. I will be moving here so that I can be part of both of my grandson’s lives”. I looked over at Jacob and he just looked stunned. He said, “what, you would really move here just for us”. Lloyd said, “well it is sort of my retirement too, I am not getting out and completely walking away, however, I will be hiring several upper management folks and turning over some of the duties to them in Chicago. I will still go back there for events, meetings, and such, but I can spend some time here as well. I have visited many times and well I like the quietness this town has”. Jacob said, “what do you mean you have visited here many times”. He said, “well you may or may not know Joey has always lived here, and for a time when you were younger you did too, I would drive down every weekend and visit, and um well drop off a check to your mother, then when you moved, she forbid me from seeing you so I came here to see Joey and mailed the checks to your mother”. Jacob’s leg was bouncing again; I could tell this was causing big feelings. Jacob said, “I had no idea”. Lloyd responded, “well as I said, it is all in the past and we can’t change it, I know your mother did not like me and honestly, she may have had a good reason, so all we can do is move forward”. Just then Joey and Carol arrived. Lloyd stood and greeted them. Jacob looked at Joey and said, “why didn’t you tell me things about Grandfather”. Joey just said, “J (his nickname for him I learned), it really wasn’t my place, I had a tenuous relationship at best with grandfather, and for years mom barely spoke to him”. Carol confirmed this and just said, “after losing Jason and your father it broke all of us, and no amount of money, or trying could bring them back or make us forget the words that were exchanged, however, time may not heal wounds, but the bleeding does eventually stop, and we are just left with some nasty scars, that we can choose to keep reopening or just let them be”. She then said, “so Lloyd how have you been, what brings you to our town this evening”. Jacob explained what happened with his mom, and how he moved in with dad and me, and where he thought his mom was. Lloyd then chimed in that he bought a house and office building and was going to be here at least part time. This took her by surprise, but she just took it all in. She then said, “well that will be nice that Jacob will have a place to live then”. Jacob was quick to say, “oh I already have a place with Cole and Al”. Lloyd just nodded and said, “and we are thankful for all you have done Al, but if any of you ever need anything I am here, the house I bought is large, maybe we can do family dinners there on Sundays”. Carol then said, “which house did you purchase”. Lloyed replied I believe it is locally called the Beck place. Joey, said, “you bought the Beck Mansion, that place is like 4 million and has been for sale for years, and doesn’t it have like a huge horse stable and like a thousand acres”. Lloyd chuckled and said, “it sure does, you know I have a few horses that I can stop boarding now and move them here, who knows maybe I’ll just become a farmer”. Jacob and Joey both laughed. He then said, “no seriously, I will likely start something there, it is beautiful and I talked to a gentleman that owns a bunch of land here about running cattle maybe too”. I said, “you must have met with Mike Tucker, I am best friends with his son Austin”. Lloyd said, “yes he may have had his other son with him Jimmy”. I said, “no Jimmy and his brother Hudson live with the Tuckers for now”. Lloyd just said, “there sure are a lot of nice people around here that take in others”. I said, “Mike and Alice are the best, we have breakfast there most mornings before school”. The rest of dinner went well. Lloyd insisted on picking up the check, and then asked if he could have a moment with Joey and Jacob. Dad and I went to the car and waited. About 10 minutes later they all three walked out, hugged and Jacob got in the van and Joey with his mom and we all drove away. I asked Jacob if he was ok. He replied, “yes grandfather just wanted us to know that he was not here to take over, but if we ever needed anything he was a phone call away, he then asked if we had future plans”. Jacob then said he told him he wanted to go to college to be a music teacher and music therapist, but I’d have to choose a college that had a good medical school. I just laughed. I said, “did he ask about that”. Jacob responded, “yeah I told him my magnificent man was going to be doctor, to which he responded, that if you need a reference or connection you let him know he sets on the boards at Northwestern and Rush University Medical Center. We got home and told dropped off dad and said we were headed out to the party. Dad just said, “ok well there are several back roads and parking spots out that way and nudged me”. I just said, “wow”.
We headed out of town toward the Adams farm. I said to Jacob, “you know we will be going right by the place your grandfather just bought if you want to drive by”. He said, “well maybe just from the road I am curious”. We turned off the main road and onto Highway 149. I slowed and pointed off to the west. There was a long drive but about a quarter mile down you could see a very large house lit up. I said, “that’s it”. Jacob just started laughing hysterically and said, “of course it is, that’s fucking huge”. I said, “it was built by the former governor over a hundred years ago, this is where he retired to, it was his mother’s farm or something”. We drove on and then turned onto another highway that turned to gravel and eventually we pulled into a driveway and parked. We walked behind the barn and there everyone was.
Hudson and I were standing with a group that included some of the baseball players and a few on the football team, some were on both teams. I see Cole and Jacob walking up smiling and holding hands. I said, “hey guys, how was dinner”. Jacob’s grin grew bigger and he said, “it was great and my grandfather is actually moving here, and I guess he met with your dad today, and your brother, he looked at Hudson”. I said, “well that’s awesome man”. We all were talking and enjoying the time. It was an unseasonably warm evening. The Adams brothers were circulating around a bit as were their parents Steve and Marcia. They were making sure that nothing nefarious happened. They had a strict policy of no alcohol or as they called it “funny business”. We all respected their rules. The fun was quickly extinguished when Tara walked up and said to Hudson, “we need to talk now”. He said, “what now Tara, I am done with you”. She said, “well just maybe you will think different, because I am pregnant”. Hudson busted out laughing at her. She then smacked him and said, “you think this is funny”. Hudson said, “well good luck Tara, but you should probably be talking to Justin Garrett. Tara was finally speechless. She then said, “you know what Hudson fuck you”. She then stormed off. He turned to all of us and said, “I am sorry y’all had to witness that, she is just messed up a bit, I honestly think she just likes attention, I doubt she is even pregnant”. We all just kind of moved on, although I could tell that Hudson was kind of over it. The festivities were winding down, and I asked they were ready to head out, the girls said yes as did Hudson. Cole and Jacob were going too and mentioned something about a detour on the way home, something about stargazing on the backroads. Weird I thought.
We dropped the girls off and made it home, as per usually I checked in with mom and dad and headed upstairs. We stripped down and I was going to put our clothes in the washer since they smelled like the bonfire. Once I pulled off my pants, Hudson stopped and stared. He shucked his pants and was in the compression shorts I had worn all day. I was in the, a bit too tight, jockstrap. Hudson looked at me and gulped. I said, “be right back gonna put these in the wash”. I felt his eyes on my all the way out of the room. I started the washer and returned. Hudson was now laying in bed. He said, “umm first, that chiseled ass is fine in that, but second why are you wearing that”. I said, “well this was all that was in my gym bag after leaving you my or rather your underwear”. He said, “ahh the lucky underwear, you really did wear them all day, that’s hot”. I see them on the floor beside the bed. I walked to my side and pulled he covers back and hooked my thumbs in the waist band. Hudson said, “wait, give me a spin first”. I just laughed and spun around and then with my back to him smacked my left cheek, then crawled in bed with the jock strap still on.
We relaxed there and finally I said, “so that talk you promised earlier after class”. He said, “yeah, um it’s kinda heavy man, you sure”. I said, “Hud, I’m a big boy I can carry heavy things”. Hudson then said, “well I met with the counselor, we went over my credits, and some potential college options, and I quickly realized there is no way I can afford college without a scholarship”. Then he continued, “I then started thinking, what college would offer me a baseball scholarship. It would likely be a smaller college, definitely not a major DI school, like the ones you will get. So, just one more question about us”. I exhaled, “yeah that is pretty heavy.” I rolled onto my side, propped up on my elbow and said, “I do not care what offers I get, I don’t care where, or if I play football. I meant what I said, what’s mine is yours”. I went on, “whoever offers you, well maybe they have room for a decent D end”. He just laughed, and said, “well we will see”. I said, “now the other part, Tara”. He said, “I’m going to stop you right there, if she is pregnant there is no way it’s mine, remember when I said, it felt different, well, I was not even able to finish or keep Mr. Willy interested”. He went on, “I thought maybe it was about her, but maybe it was about me”. I just took his hand and said, “ok, ok, no matter what I will always be here Hud, always and forever”. He then looked at me and said, “you and me always and forever”. I said, “love you good night”. He said, “love you too good night”. I rolled over on my side toward the fan and Hudson was immediately spooned up behind me. I drifted off to sleep.
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