Che’s Story
“Come to back, I show you” the owner said with a thick accent as he led me and my partner to the back of the convenience store and took the padlock off the dingey metal door.
“What the fuck man” the young Hispanic guy yelled when the door opened. “You can’t lock me up like that fucker.”
“You steal from me; I lock you up. Thief.” The Store manager yelled back, like I said, his accent was heavy, but I have no clue where the hell he was from. “I press charges, he go to jail” he yelled again, “he steal from me, he bad.” He was pissed.
“Dude, all I did was take a fuckin’ bag of chips” the kid barked with a very faint Hispanic accent. “He locked me in there…he can’t do that I wanna press charges.” He was pissed too. Add to that arrogant, and convinced he was in control. He reminded me of somebody, but I couldn’t figure out who.
“You Steal!!! I lock you up!!!” The Manager yelled so loudly that the windows of the old store shook. Damn, that had to hurt his throat. “Now, police lock you up!”
“I’ll get his statement” my partner said to me as he motioned towards the store owner. “You take the kid out to the car and ID him.”
“C’mon” I said to the kid. I didn’t cuff him, honestly, he seemed harmless (just pissed), although if there was one thing I was learning, it was that the harmless lookin’ ones can cause all kinds of shit. “Can I trust you?” I asked.
He nodded his head and rolled his eyes, “Yeah, it was just a fuckin’ bags of chip, dude. It aint like I robbed or murdered the mother fucker… I was just hungry,” then added, “And he fuckin’ locked me in that closet for like twenty minutes!” He kept bitchin’ while we walked to the cruiser, I opened the door and he got in the backseat without any trouble.
I stood next to the open door, “do you have an ID?” I asked. Surprisingly, he gave it to me without argument. “Hugo Garcia” I said reading from the license, “Is this your current address?” I asked, but he didn’t answer, I asked again. Still no answer. “Hugo, is this your…”
“No man. I don’t live there no more.”
“What’s your address?” I asked. Again, no answer. “Hugo” I said almost commanding him to answer.
“I got kicked out, man. I don’t live nowhere. Okay?” He barked at me.
I was just tryin’ to get some answers, “your parents kick you out?” Hugo was taking his time answerin’ me, damn, I swear I asked him everythin’ like three times. I bugged the crap outta him until he final just unloaded on me.
“No, my boyfriend and he kicked my ass out last week cuz’ he’s screwin’ around with somebody else. I got nowhere to go, no job, no cash, no nothin’ that’s why I took the bag a’ chips. Okay?” He told me his story as I sat in the front passenger seat and ran his driver’s license through the system. He grew up in Texas and had come out to his parents when he was a little younger, they were cool with it. Then he started dating some guy his parents didn’t like, the guy got a job in North Carolina, and Hugo moved with him… apparently the guy didn’t really ask him, it was more like he invited himself. His parents didn’t want him to go, and basically told him that if he left, not to come back. He left anyway. “So, he’s got some other dude, I got nothing, and I can’t go home” he said ending his story. By then I finished checking him out… he was clean, no warrants or arrests.
“Can’t you just talk to your parents?” I asked innocently.
“And prove ‘em right? Fuck no!” He snapped back. Damn, he was a stubborn little... My partner opened the door and got in the driver’s seat before I could tell the kid to chill out.
“Okay, I calmed the guy down. he’s not gonna press charges, but he doesn’t want to see your face in there again” He said as he looked at Hugo in the rearview mirror, then he looked at me and asked, “Did you check him out.”
“Yeah, he’s clean” I said.
“Well, you’re free to go kid” he said as he got out of the car to open the back door.
“Wait? Go where? He’s got nowhere” I said. I explained the situation to my partner and we talked about options.
“Hey” Hugo yelled from the backseat. “I’m right fuckin’ here, quit talking about me like I’m not.” He was right, I was talking about him like he wasn’t even there… I didn’t mean to; I was just worried about him.
“I’m sorry, man. I just don’t want to let you go until I know you’re gonna be safe.”
“We can drop you at a homeless shelter” My partner said. “There’s a good one a few blocks away; I can have dispatch see if they have room.”
I saw the look of fear on Hugo’s face as he reluctantly agreed to accept our help. “Have you stayed in a homeless shelter before?” I asked.
He shook his head and quietly answered, “no.” Then he said almost inaudibly, “I’m afraid.” When my partner asked him why, Hugo looked over at me and said, “I heard they don’t like guys like me there.” I knew what he meant… Me and River had a bad experience at a shelter. I think his fear went over my partners head.
“Listen, stay there tonight, at least you’ll be off the streets. I promise I’ll come back tomorrow morning and take you to meet a friend of mine that can help you find a safe place” I said knowin’ Seth and The Village would be there for him. “He can help you find a place to stay and even get a job.” My partner gave me a weird look.
Hugo looked at me and said, “Sounds like bullshit.” When he said that, it hit me; THAT’S who reminded me of. ME! That little fucker was just like me… I could be an ass just like him, just ask Riv!
“It’s legit,” I told him about The Village, I even told them a little bit about my own experience. He and my partner both listened intently, and he finally agreed to go to the shelter for the night, and then at least talk to Seth in the morning.
My partner talked to dispatch and got him a bed at the shelter. “I know this shelter” my partner said, “it’s a good place. You’ll be safe.” I was still a rookie and didn’t have a permanent partner, so I kind of floated around, but almost all the cops they partnered with were decent guys, they really cared (well I met one a-hole, and I’m sure there were more, but that’s another story). We drove Hugo over to the shelter stopping on the way to get him something to eat. Once we got to the shelter, we waited until Hugo got settled, then we made plans for me to pick him up in the next morning and take him to meet Seth.
It was almost midnight when I texted Seth about Hugo, I didn’t expect a response until morning, but he instantly texted back, ‘bring him in, I’m free until 11AM.’ I responded with a thumbs up. With that settled, I went back to my shift. The rest of the night, my partner asked me all about The Village, how I knew about it, etc. I told him everything. “Well, damn. How come I didn’t know about that place, it’s right downtown, I pass that building a hundred times a week. You should have your friend Seth do one of our community lunch and learns.” The police department did a voluntary lunch thing every month where they invited different organizations in the community to come talk us about what they did, how they could help us, and how we could help them.
“He’d be good at that” I said. “I’ll talk to him about it tomorrow when I bring Hugo over.”
My shift ended at 2AM, I went home and crawled into bed with River who was fast asleep. I spooned his warm body. “Hey” he said quietly breaking the silence. “How was work?” He was mostly asleep, but he always woke up to ask me about my shift. He rolled over to face me, and I told him about Hugo, and how I was gonna take him to meet Seth. Then I told him how he was being kind of an asshole, and I realized he was just like me; he thought that was hilarious and laughed out loud. He kissed me and said, “you may be an asshole, but you’re my asshole.”
I kissed him back and said, “I’m hyped up form work…. Um I need somethin’ to calm me down so I can sleep.”
“You mean somethin’ like this?” he said as he grabbed my cock (I was buck ass naked under the covers, so was Riv, we always slept that way). Riv shoved his tongue down my throat as he massaged my sleepin’ black monster. He couldn’t even wrap his hand all the way around it, I’m damn thick. We were layin’ side by side, he stroked me as we made out, then I reached over and stroked his long, skinny cock. River squirmed around, and the next thing I knew, his skinny body was on top of me, still kissin’ me with his dick smashed against mine. I was goin’ from soft to hard pretty damn fast, but Riv was already there and throbbin’. He started grindin’ on me harder, and we wrapped our arms around each other’s naked bodies and humped… hard. Damn, boy! His hot, hard tool felt so fuckin’ good pulsatin’ against mine, seriously, I coulda’ grinded into him like that all night long, but then Riv took it up a notch. First, he snaked down my body, lickin’ and bitin’ me until he got to my big, black snake. He licked around the purple head, the took like an inch of me in his mouth and gave it a playful bite. “OW! What the fuck, Riv?!” I yelped.
He looked up at me with my monster still in his mouth and smiled around my cock. He kept goin’, bobbin’ on my purple apple and taking me in a little bit more every time. Then he inhaled deep, and went down until his scruffy chin was ticklin’ my big black balls, he looked up when he did it… he loved the look of ecstasy on my face when he swallowed me like that. Hey, I aint been with too many guys… basically just River and a few guys we played with together, but I watch porn… I know I gotta big dick, and I know most people couldn’t deepthroat it like dat. But my boy taught himself how… for me. Lemme tell y’all, I appreciated the hell outta him and his skillz… shit, did I just say y’all? Damn, these rednecks are rubbin’ off on me. Speakin’ of rubbin’ off… River started strokin’ my cock while his mouth worked every fuckin’ incha’ me. I just lay back and let him go! I had my eyes close, my hands behind my head and was lost in the pleasure…. he had me on the edge and about to blow, then… BAM nothin’! He pulled off me and squeezed the base of my cock so I didn’t cum. For the second time that night I yelped, “What the fuck, Riv?!” He just left me hangin’ with my black balls turnin’ blue.
He moved like lightenin’ and within seconds he was squatting above my face with his long, slender, reddish-brown manhood buried down my throat. It only took one shove before his balls were resting on my chin. My eyes were popping out of my head as I looked up to see him grinnin’. His feet were planted on the bed, and his knees were bent just enough so that his cock was at mouth level. He had one hand on the headboard, and the other on his hip as he pumped in and out of my throat, fucking my face with long, slow strokes. Man, he wasn’t thick or nothin’ like that, but he was long as fuck, and I gagged on every downstroke. Tears were rollin’ down my cheeks when he finally pulled out. He reached into the nightstand to grab the bottle of lube, and got my cock nice and wet. Next, he reached around and slicked up his own hole, squatted above me, then sat on my fat cock. Like I keep sayin’, River could take my cock like a pro… he sunk all the way down onto me keepin’ his eyes locked to mine. When his skinny ass was resting on my pelvic bone, he just sat there with his eyes rollin’ into the back of his head and his hands on my chest.
I reached up and put an arm around his waist. “You like that fat, black, cock, don’t you?” I growled as I pumped up into him. He let his head fall back as he took my attack like a pro. I pushed up and he ground his ass back, whimperin’ and beggin’ for more… and he got it. My balls slapped against his ass while his hand furiously stroked his cock. After a couple of minutes, he squealed “Fuuuuuuuck” and then River flowed… his cum shot out of his loaded gun like a drive by and landed right between my eyes like he was aimin’. He kept bouncin’ as he milked the last drops from his pump. When he stopped bouncin’, he reached down, scooped his cum off my face and fed it to me while I kept fuckin’ him. That did it! I shot my load into his ass and fucked it deep into him. River leaned forward and put his arms around my neck as he licked his remains from my face, then kissed me.
“Ya’ think you can sleep now?”
I snickered, a “hell yes” in response. After that, I spooned him and fell asleep.
7AM came way too fuckin’ fast, but I promised Hugo I’d pick him up at 8:30. River was already in the shower getting ready to go to work at the candle factory, I got into the shower behind him. We soaped each other up and kissed good morning under the warm water. It was a nice way to wake up; we just stood there and enjoyed it for a while. River got out and got dressed first, by the time I was dressed he already had the coffee made. We stood in the kitchen drinkin’ coffee and talkin’. “It’s nice of you to help this guy… you’re going above and beyond again, officer.”
I just shrugged, “Well, this is the whole reason I became a cop, so I can help guys like us.” Then I laughed a little and admitted, “and this little fuck is a lot like me.”
Riv smiled, “sounds like a challenge to me. Hey, promise me you’ll go back to bed after you take care of Hugo.” Ever since I started the night shift, River had been worried about me gettin’ enough sleep during the day… it took me a while to get my groove, but I figured out how to get enough sleep during the day, and still spend some time with River before my shift. Things were working out good… I loved bein’ a cop.
“I will” I promised, then I kissed him goodbye and he went off to work. I finished my coffee, then went down to my car to go get Hugo from the shelter. I ran into Seth in the parking lot on the way out. “Hey man, sorry about the late night text.”
“It’s cool, Izzy had a nightmare, so I was up anyway” Seth responded with a smile. “So, you still bringing your guy in this morning?”
“Yeah, I’m on my way to pick him up now. He stayed at the East Shelter last night” I responded with a sigh. “Seth, he aint got shit” I said leveling with him. “he was livin’ with some guy who kicked him out with nothin’” I explained as Seth nodded. I told him all I knew.
“I’m here all morning, bring him by when you’re ready.”
I was about to leave but then I remembered the Lunch and Learn thing, “Hey, I almost forgot. the cop shop does these monthly meetin’s to connect us with community organizations… do you want me to see if I can get you in to talk about The Village?”
Seth smiled wide and chuckled, “look at you! Mr. Community, making connections and giving back.”
I couldn’t help but smile… my skin may be dark, but I’m sure he saw me blush “Yeah, I learned from the best. So, you interested?”
“That would be great, if you set it up, I’ll be there” Seth said as he walked up the back steps to the building and went in to start his day. “See you guys in a few” he yelled as he entered the building and I got into my car.
When I pulled up to the curb of the shelter, Hugo was already sitting on the front steps waiting for me. I tooted the horn. He walked over to the car. I rolled down the passenger window and greeted him with a “hey” and asked if he had all his stuff.
He lifted his arms, did a quick spin, and answered, “I AM all my stuff” just like the little smartass he was. Damn, he really was like me.
“Just shut up and get in” I said with a grin, yeah, I appreciated a smartass.
Hugo gave me the once over and said, “You look different when you’re not dressed up and playing Rambo” then he caught me off guard, “you’re kinda cute.”
I wasn’t expectin’ that, all I could think to say was, “thanks, my boyfriend thinks so.” He smiled at me and chuckled… he was just messin’ with me. We talked a little on the short ride back to The Village, his night at the shelter went okay, and he was glad he had a chance to take a shower. I told him what to expect with Seth, when I parked the car behind the building I said, “hey listen, the more you tell him the better he can help you. So be honest with him. This guy’s legit. Okay?” I said that because I didn’t trust Seth for shit the first time we met, I didn’t trust anybody at that point, I just talked to him to shut Riv up. But here’s the thing, he changed my fuckin’ life. I just wanted Hugo to have the same opportunity.
We got outta the car and walked up the back steps, “hey. Um… thanks” Hugo said. I just nodded as I opened the door and led him to The Villages office.
“Che, aint you s’posed to be sleepin’?” BA shouted at me as I opened the door, then she greeted me with a hug and I introduced her to Hugo. Seth heard all the noise and came out to see what was goin’ on. He introduced himself to Hugo with a smile, Hugo’s whole demeanor changed. He smiled, like he was lettin’ his guard down; Seth made him feel comfortable.
BA got everybody coffee and brought it to the therapy room; I was about to leave Seth and Hugo to talk when Hugo asked me to stay. Seth shrugged his approval, so I stayed. I listened as Seth casually talked with Hugo. I noticed he was pulling little bits of information out of him the whole time. I’d sat in that room a buncha’ time with Seth, sometimes with Riv, sometimes just me and Seth, but this time was different. I got to watch Seth in action. I couldn’t help but notice his body language; he was open and totally nonthreatening. I noticed his eyes; they were focused on Hugo’s. I even noticed his notetaking; he wrote stuff down at the strangest times… like not when Hugo would say something important, but when Hugo was done talkin’, his focus never wavered. I had learned so much from Seth about how to help others, but damn there was so much more to learn.
Seth pulled Rodney into the conversation and they got to work on logistics. They set Hugo up with a place to stay on the second floor of Harrington House, then Seth took him over to the BroMax Candle Coompany to introduce him to Ricky and get him a job.
I headed up to bed feeling damn good about shit. Not all that long ago, I was just like Hugo, but every day I was another step closer to being more like Seth. Shit, I never thought that some gay white boy with a buncha’ kids would be my role model. But he was and I was damn lucky to have him.
To be continued…
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