Authors note: This is my first attempt at writing a story like this, so please keep that in mind while reading the pages to follow. My grammar is poor by most standards, and i really don't care either. I'm not writing this to impress you with my grammar and syntax. I am writing this however to give you a window into my life and the people I have shared my life with.
Now the legal stuff:
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This story is not all gratuitus sex but there is sex involving consenting males under the age of 18. Mainly because this story involves the details of my life and I have had my share of sex when I was a teen.
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David's Story
By
b-boy1
Chapter 6
After we finished hugging, dad knocked on my door. He peeked in and said " Dave, Can I see you for a minute?" I looked at Brad who couldn't see my dad from where he was. Brad was pale and visibly shaken. I looked at him and winked. He smiled weakly. I went out to see my dad walking down the hall to his study. I followed him in. Dad turned to me and said " I heard some urguing, is everything ok?" I said " Yeah, We were just talking about a kid down the street. Aaron wanted to fight him because he has some personal problems right now. Please don't make me go into it. I was entrusted with a secret. I must keep it." I hated lying, but it was the only thing to do at the time. Dad seemed to buy it. He said " I guess. The main reason I am asking to see you is to give you a few things before I go." We went over to his desk and pulled out several manilla folders, and laid them on the desk. " Here is the information for school, and notes for the credit card. You have some cash, but there is more here." He pointed to his safe in the credenza. I said " Dad, I don't have the combination, and I don't feel right having it either. I'm sure you trust me, but I would have to write it down to memorize it." Dad said " Ok then. I'll just take the money out and put it in your firesafe in your room." I had a fire safe in my room for my passport and vital records. Dad wanted me to be responsible for them since they were mine. He opened his safe and pulled out some money and put it into an envelope. He said " Is a thousand enough to cover you?" I almost choked when I heard that. I never had that much money around. Then again, Dad knew I still had to buy school supplies. I would probably only use the card to buy groceries anyway. I said " Um I guess that should me more than enough." Dad pulled out a few more bills and gave them to me directly. He said " I think I owe you some back allowance, so here. You haven't had an allowance since we left, so this is to make up for it." I thanked him and gave him a hug.
I was about to turn and leave and then I remembered brad asking about a laptop. I said " Um dad, do you guys still have any of thos old laptops hanging around? We found out we could use them in school for taking notes. I know someone who has a birthday comming up and thought it would make a nice gift." Dad said " This must be some friend. They weren't exactly cheap you know." I said " Brad's birthday is in two weeks. He has a pc at home, but it's kinda dated. He has been a good friend. He was totally cool when I told him why I ran off. You know my track record in the friend department." I wasn't even finished saying what I had said when dad was on the phone.
"Hello. O'leary here. Data operations please."
(pause)
"Tom?"
"Yeah it me. Do we still have any of those portables left from the Seattle job?"
"Great. Put it aside for me. My son will call tomorrow to set up a delivery time. Use a courrier. My billing info is on the mainfram from the last one I bought."
"Thanks Tom. I gotta run. I have a five a.m. flight. I need some rest."
"bye"
Dad hung up and looked at me. " You owe me four hundred bucks mister. I'm going to make you work it off on saturdays when I get back." Dad Gave me the info for setting up the delivery and went to bed.
I went back to my room with the stuff my dad gave me. Brad and Aaron were waiting for me when I got back. I told them that dad heard part, but not all, and I snowed him on the rest. Brad was relieved. I went to put the stuff away in my safe. Brad said " Dude, you have a safe in your room?" I said " Yeah. Dad travels alot on business and I have to survive somehow. I keep money and creditcards for that stuff. I also hide my porn here. My dad doesn't have the combo., so it's good all around." I decided to change the subject. " Brad, your birthday is in two weeks right?" He said " Yeah why?" I said " no reason really. Just wondering." I grinned and winked at Aaron. Aaron quickly caught on and took our conversation in a new direction. He said " Dave, my parents are taking me and Brad shopping for school supplies tomorrow. I know how it is to have parents who travel for work alot, do you want to come with us? I said " Sure. I have to get just about everything. I gave away all of my old stuff including my backpacks. There was this charity that gave the stuff to needy kids. I figured it was the least I could do." Aaron said " Dude is that what that letter on your desk is about?" I was a little surprised about that. I try to keep those things quiet. I'm not sure I want people knowing what I do for charity. People always try to say that I'm a good person for it. I'm not. I do it because it's the right thing to do. It's what I would want if our roles were reversed. Nothing more. Nothing less. I looked at the letter and saw it was the one from the orphanage. I said " Um, this is hard for me to say. I don't want you to get the wrong idea." Aaron said " Dude, theres nothin wron with giving a little donation to a good cause every now and then." I said " It wasn't exactly a little donation. I gave away all of my old toys. I gave them all of my sports equipment, and all of my old clothes." I handed him the inventory under the letter. Aaron looked at it then handed it to Brad. Aaro was kind of shocked at the value of it. They made the reciept out to dad so he could deduct it on his taxes. To my knowledge, he never has. Aaron looked at me and said " You actually just gave it all away? You mean to tell me your dad had nothing to do with this?" I said " My dad wanted me to keep some of it, but I figured if I'm going to clear thing out, just get rid of it all." Brad said " You did all of this on your own?" I said "Yup" Brad said " I knew there was something special about you." That had me kind of misty. I don't like to take credit for these things. Aaron came over to me and put his hand on my shoulder. He said " I wasn't too sure about you before. I thought you were a little snobby at first. You sir, you have my respect and admiration. I would be honored if you were to call me your friend." I felt my eyes watering at that moment. I never let anybod know what I did and now that they knew, they liked me even more. They really liked me. I looked at Aaron and Brad and said " Y-you g-g-guys really m-m-mean it?" I had tears in my eyes.
I made some friends back home, but not like this. We only hung out. We werent really close. Aaron and bBrad came over to me. Brad nudged my chin up. He wiped the tears away with his hand. He gave me a soft kiss and pulled me into a tight hug. Aaron got into it too. He wrapped his arms around us. He said " Now I see what Brad sees in you. You did a pretty good job of hiding it though" We seperated and I wiped the rest of the tears away. I said " guys, you have to promise me you won't say anything about this to anyone. NOBODY, do you understand. I wasn't even going to tell you guys. I'm touched that you thought it was a nice thing to do, but I always make these donations privately. It's always easier that way." I held out my hand palm down. They put their hands on top of mine. I said " This pact we make here is a test of friendship. If you break thic pact, forget about even speaking to me. You won't get a response. That was my one and only true secret I had left. I shared both of them with you." They nodded and knew that I was serious. The look on their faces when I said I would write them off completely said it all. Aaron said " I will respect your wishes. Brad said so too. Aaron had to go and said he would call me later. Brad hung aroung for a little while longer. I locked my door and went to join Brad on my bed. We kissed for a little while. We both wanted to do more, but knew we had to wait till after my dad was gone. It felt good just laying there holding each other. We talked for a while and Brad had to go. He still had a cerfew. I walked him out and stole a quick kiss on his way out. I went back up to my room and laid on my bed. I fell asleep promptly.
Dad Woke me up to have breakfast with him before he left. I went downstairs with him and sat at the table. We had coffee and bagels. Partway through breakfast, dad looked up at me. He said " I'm not going to go through the whole thing about being good while I'm away. I will however ask you to be careful with the house, and if you decide to try and have a pary, just remember that our trust is on the line. Ypu can have your friends over, but only your friends. I don't want any strangers in the house." Dad walked over to a drawer in the kitchen and pulled out a box. He brought it back to the table with him, and passed it to me. I opened it and gulped. It was a gun. Dad said " I will be gone for about a month. The police still haven't got the guy who attacked you. There is a small holster in the bottom of the box. There is also a letter from me witnessed by my attorney. State law says you can cayy it as long as there is a good reason. Carry it with you everywhere. You can't bring it to school, so you will have to go with one of your friends." I picked it up and looked at it. The gun was a small .380. It was black, and barely fit in my hand. I knew about how to use it, because we went shooting all the time back home. I checked the gun to see the chamber was empty, and made sure it was in good working order. I loaded the clip and put the safety on. I then put it in the holster, and put it back in the box. I said " You know I don't like having to do this. I will only do it to make you feel better. As far as the people issue goes, I have no intention of doing the party thing. Even if I did, it would be just Brad and Aaron to watch movies in the theater. With school and all, I won't have time for much else."
We finished our breakfast and I helped dad finish getting ready to go. It took about an hour to finish pack him up. His taxi came to tak him to the airport and he left. I grabbed the gun off the table and went back to bed. I woke up about ten o'clok to the sond of my phone.
"What?"
"David?"
"Yeah"
"Dude, it's Aaron"
"Uh huh"
"Oh, sorry. Did I wake you up?"
"yeah. My dad woke me up before he left, so we could eat and have the usual talk"
"Oh. You mean the nowild parties, no fun talk.?"
"yup. That's the one"
"Whell get your skinny little ass out of bed. I'll be there in 10."
Aaron hung up before I could respond. I really wanted more sleep, but I guess it was not meant to be. I went down to the kitchen an poured myself a cup of coffee. I had my first sip as the doorbell rang. I set my cup down and went to answer the door. It was Aaron. I let him in and went back to my coffee. He followed me into the kitchen where I stood. He said " Um Dave, don't take this the wrong way, but you have a small appearence problem." I followed his eyes don to my boxers. I blushed. I was hanging out. I quickly put it back in. I said " Sorry dude. It has a minf=d all of it's own. Have something to eat or whatever. I'm going to have a shower and get dressed." I walked back up and did just that. I put on my shorts and draped my shirt over my shoulder. I holstered the gun on my left side just behind my back. I went back downstairs to find Aaron eating a bagel. He had some cream cheese on his cheek. I chuckled and pointed it out to him. I went to get my coffe and drank the rest of it and poured another cup.
I went back to where I was standing, and Aaron was looking at me. I put my shirt on and said " What?"
Aaron said " What do you mean, what? What the fuck are you doing with that thing?"
"What thing?"
Aaron came over to me and pointed right at it. My shirt was covering it.
"Aaron, I'ts for my own safety. I have to carry it while dad is away. Now just drop it and forget you ever saw it."
"Dude, are you in some trouble?"
"No man, it's because of that thing that happened at the park. I got a couple of threatening letters. This is for last resort personal safety. Believe me, I would run away before using it."
"Just don't let my mom see it. She is a major anti gun nut."
"OK lets just change the subject. Do you know what Brad is getting for his birthday?"
"I think his parents are going to get him a new computer. Why?"
"I bought him a laptop. I have to call and have it delivered today"
"Dude. You bought him a laptop. He'll go nuts. He's been wanting one for a long time."
"I hope he likes it. It's just like mine. I'll probably have to work saturdays for the rest of my life to pay it off"
"Dude you're making me feel bad. All I was goin to get him was a cd or something."
"Whell, get him some floppies or something. Oh, you cold get him a backpack for it."
"Cool. Now call to set up the delivery while I make some different breakfast."
Aaron got a wicked grin on his face and produced some rolling papers. I called and talked to some guy in the dada center who didn't know anything about it. He transferred me to another gut who had it on his desk. He asked me when it could be sent. I told him anytime would be fine with me. He said there was a courier delivering a part nearby, he would send it with him. I hung up as Aaron finished.
I said " Should we call Brad?"
"Nah. I told him to come here when he gets up"
"OK"
I got a goofy grin on my face
Aaron said "You've got it bad dude"
"what?"
"You my friend, are in love"
I blushed
"maybe"
"I know he loves you. He told me last night on the phone."
"really" I was getting excited.
"Totally and helplessly head over heels."
"I'm going to tell him today then when he comes over"
Aaron lit the joint and took a drag, and passed it to me.
"Please just don't hurt him. He's had it rough for a while. He lost a brother last year. This is the first time since he died that I've seen him smile. I knew something was up when he told me that he met the new kid down the street. He was all smiles. When I saw you two kissing, I was mad at first. Now, I know why he was all goofy when he talked about you."
I blushed. We talked for a few mor minutes while we smoked the rest of the joint. We both got hungry and ate some more bagels. After we finished eating, the doorbell rang. I looked out and didn't recognise the guy at the door. I called down to the guard, and he told me it was a courier from my dad's company. I hung up and went to open the door. He said " I'm Mark from the computer center where your dad works. I'm here to deliver the..."I stopped him, because brad was comming up the front walk. I said " Mark, follow me for a minute" I went into my dad's study and signed for the package. I showed Mark out and found Brad talking with Aaron.
Brad said " Who was that?"
"Oh him, he works at my dad's company. He came to drop off a package for him for when he gets back" I hated lying to him.
"Oh, so how lng's the dad type guy going to be gone?"
I laughed and said "Probably a month or so."
"How are you going to get yor stuff for school?"
I pulled out my wallet and produced four, hundreds."Is this going to be enough?"
Brad said "Yeah....more than enough."
"Good. Have you eaten hon..?"
Brad looked at me and broke into a grin and said "Yeah babe I ate before comming over." I walked over to him and took his hand. I pulled him up to stand in front of me. I said " I hear you and Aaron had a nice talk last night." Brad blushed then glared over at Aaron, who became rather facinated with the tile pattern in my kitchen. I said " If you meant what you said, tell me then."
Brad said "Dave, I don't want to"
"Why?"
"I'm afraid"
"Of what?"
"That you don't feel the same way"
Brad had tears in his eyes. He wouldn't look me in the eyes. I put my hand under his chin and lifted it up till he was looking me in the eye. I said " Aaron told me what you said. We talked for a little while this morning." I looked right into his eyes and said it. " Brad, I love you. You are my first thought in the morning and my last thought before I go to sleep. You have made me happy beyond words. The only thing taht would make it better is if you loved me just as much." Brad just stood there. He knew I had feelings for him. He just needed to hear it. Brad said " David, I love you too. I was so afraid..." I cut him off by kissing him right there in front of Aaron. A slow gentle kiss turned passionate. I felt Brad wrap his arms around me. I was totally unaware of everything around me. Time seemed to satand still. We were caught up in a perfect moment in time. I felt Brad's hardness agianst my own. I felt him backing up. He was still kissing me. We got to the stairs and he carefully started up the stairs backwards, still kissing. Aaron said " Guys, you only have thirty minutes before my mom gets here." I dismissed it with a wave of my hand. We got up to my room and kicked the door shut behind us. I took my gun off and quietly put it on my desk. We made it over to my bed and broke our kiss. Brad was looking into my eyes. He said " What a kiss. If I'm dreaming, I don't ever want to wake up." We pulled each others shirts off and kissed again. While we were kissing, brad started taking my shorts off. I did the same to him. Ou shorts and boxers hit the floor at the same time. We stepped out of them, not breaking our kiss. Brad started kissing my neck and working his way down. He kissed his way down to my chest and ran his tongue over one of my nipples. I shivvered from the pleasure of it. He kissed his way down to my navel and looked up at me. There was an urgency in his gaze. I nodded and put my hand on his shoulder. Brad reached up and took my dick in his hand. He slowly stroked it. I could feel his hot breath on my dick. Brad ran his tongue over the head. I let out a loud moan. Brad took my head in his mouth and slowly worked his way down. Brad got down to the base and burried his nose in my pubes. He took his time making love to it. I was moaning and bucking to meet his motion. I started breathing heavy. I knew it wouldn't take long. He kept working his tongue over my head. I felt my balls draw up. I said " Brad I going to cum soon." I tried to pull him off, but he slapped my hand away. I felt my self drawing close to the point of no return. I grabbed his head and fucked his mouth for all it was worth. He sucked furiously, as if his life depended on it. I exploded into his mouth. Shaot after shot of my boycream hit the back of his throat. Brad was holding his hands on my ass as he swoallowed my seed. He pulled off of me and looked up at me smiling. I pulled his up and kissed his passionately. I could taste my cum as our tongues fought for control to explore the other's mouth. I reached down and felt his cock in my hand. I broke our kiss to kiss my way dow his beautiful body. I ran my hands over his hard chest and smooth stomach. When I got dow to my prize, I looked up at him and winked. I took his head in my mouth. I tasted his precum. It was sweet and reminded me of honey. Brad put his hands on my head. I worked my way down to his bush. I burried my head in it. He smelled fresh, like he just got out of the shower. I sucked his fast and furious. I needed to taste him. I kept thinking of just how much I loved him. I was in extacy felling his hot too hitting the back of my throat. I stroked myself as he made love to my mouth. He was breathing in short bursts. I used my free hand to caress his smooth ass. I brought my hand around to play with his balls. I worked them in my hands till I felt them draw up. He tightened his grip on my head and fucked my mouth for all it was worth. He made one last shove and burried his tool in the back of my throat. Brad moaned loudly as he shot his load in my mouth. I swallowed as much as I could. There was just so much of it. I thought he would never stop. I felt his knees buckling. I held onto him while I stood to meet him. He was stille breathing heavy as I kissed him. Our tongues did that same familiar dance as we tasted each other. We gently caressed each others backs as we kissed. I wanted to stay there forever. We were both sweaty and comming down off our high. I broke our kiss to look him in the eyes. I said " I love you Brad Fisher."
Brad said " I love you David O'leary."
We hugged and I said " I hate to break this up, but we need a shower, and Aaron's mom will be here soon." Brad said " Will you take a shower with me?" I kissed him again and said " Anything for you babe." I must have been grinning like an idiot. We left my room and headed for the bathroom. I got some towells for us and walked over to the top of the stairs. " Aaron, when is your mom going to be here?" Aaron came to the stairs. He said " Aw man, Put that thing away." Aaron turned around and said " I figured you wanted a little time to um 'talk' so I called and said to make it another half hour. I told her you had to fax a bunch of stuff for your dad. I hope you're happy now I lied to my mother so you could go play butt pirates with Brad." I laughed and said " Thanks, you're a prince." Aaron said " Yeah, Yeah. Dont let it get around. People might think I'm a nice guy or something. Now go clean up." I laughed and walked down the hall. Brad was already in the swoer when I went in. I slipped into the shower behind him. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his neck. I said " Hello beautiful. You were awsome. You made me feel so good."
Brad said " You weren't so bad yourself gorgeous." I kissed him again. Brad said " I you keep that up, we'll never get out of here." I kissed him again and said " I know, I can't help it that you are just so damn cute. I have to kiss you." We talked and kissed all through our shower.
We went back to my room to get dressed. We had gotten our shorts back on when brad saw the gun on my desk. Brad said " WHAT is that." I said " THAT is the only way my father would let me stay here while he is away. The guy who attacked me in the park sent me some threatening letters. It is a last line of defense in case I get cornered and have to defend my life. I have to carry it everywhere but school. I don't want to have it, but it IS necessary. An no, I won't say anything to Aaron's mom."
Brad said " You never said anything about it being that bad."
"I didn't want to get you involved in it."
"I want to be involved." Brad said
"Noone was meant to know I have it on me. Like I said before, it is an ultimate last resort line of defence. I will run away first."
"I don't like those things Dave."
"Whell, I just won't bring it today." I picked up the gun and removed the magazine. I checked to make sure the chamber was clear, and put it in my desk drawer. "There does that make you feel better now?"
I kissed Brad on the forehead and put on my shirt. Brad said " I'll tell you sometime why I don't like guns. If I do now, I won't be in any kind of mood to go out today."
"Only when you are ready then."
We walked downstairs to see Aaron rolling another joint. I said "Don't leave any of that stuff on my table. The maid comes today. She'll tell my dad for sure if she finds it."
Aaron dismissed it with a wave. He said " Don't worry dude. How was your um 'talk' Brad?"
Brad Blushed and said " If you must know, it was rather stimulating."
Aaron said " I can be cool with that once, but don't leave me to do that again ok."
I said "Would you rather we did it in front of you?" Aaron shot me the bird, and winked. I still can't figure him out. I think he's at least bi. We talked for a little till Aaron's mom showed up. Brad and Aaron went out as I set the alarm. I walked out the minivan and got in.
I remembered what dad Said about offering to buy gas and lunch for Aaron's mom. After all, she didn't have to do it. She was being nice and helping me out. I looked at her gas gague and it was at a quarter tank. I said "Mrs.Welsh, you may want to stop for som gas, it looks like you are running a little low." Aaron was sitting up front and turned aroun to look at me. I winked at him and he figured out what I was doing. She said "You know I forgot all about it David. Do you boys mind if we stop before we go to the store?" We all said to go ahead and get gas first. Brad looked at me as if searchin for a reason for my comment. I pulled dad's credit card out of my pocket and showed it to him. He nodded and smiled at me. We drove to a Circle K and pulled up the pump. Mrs. Welsh got out and started pumping gas. I said " Um I'm going to get a drink, does anybody want anything?" Mrs Welsh said "David, sweetie could you tell them I'm going to fill it up?"
I said " Sure. I let the guy know." I said " Aaron, You want to come with me?" Aaron followed me in. When we got inside, I said " I wanted her to get gas, so I could pick up the tab for this little journey. I'm also under orders to buy her lunch. I cannot and will not take no for an answer on either count."
Aaron said " Dude, she's not going to like this. She going to have a fit. She wanted to do this because she wants to to the mom thing today."
I said " You will soon find out, that my dad does this alot. He likes to pay back people who help out like this. Besides it's just gas and lunch. This stuff is just a common courtesy to me." I pulled out my wallet and took out my dad's note and the card. I handed them to the clerk. He looked at me for a minute and said " Ok I remember this guy." I said " My dad probably gets gas for his jag here." He nodded and said " I was just checking. So, what can I do for you?" I said " I'm paying for pump 4 and what ever else she wants. Under no circumstances take any money from her, or else I'll send my dad here after you." He nodded and we waited for her to finish. She came in and tried to pay. The look on her face was priceless. The clerk just smiled and said " Thank you very much for shopping here mam. Have a nice day." He swiped my card and rang up the gas. She was about to walk over to another employee when she saw me sign the reciept. She gave me a look. We walked out and she pulled me aside once we were out side. She said " What did you do that for?" She sounded a little annoyed. I said " Mrs. Welsh, the last thing I would ever do is offend you. My father gave me strict orders to buy gas and a nice lunch. If he get his statement and doesn't see them on his bill, I'm going to be grounded for a month." Her look softened and she pulled me into a hug.
She said " Your father is a very nice man, but I wanted to do this for you guys. I rarely get to take the boys shopping. This is the first time for you, but I really do like this stuff."
I said " I'm not used to having someone doing the mom type thing. Dad and I have been alone for a long time. We compensate by doing nice things for those who help. Don't tell my dad I told you this, but mom left us when I was seven. We had to learn to take care of each other. My dad really feels like crap for having to be away for my firt day at a new school. Shopping for school supplies was a tradition for us. He used to take the day off and spend the day together. You are doing what he wanted to do more than anything. Buying you gas and a nice lunch is his way of saying thank you." Mrs. Welsh smiled and hugged me again as we walked back to the van.
When we got back to the van, Aaron was smiling. He said "I told you she would chew you out for that." Mrs. Welsh said "Aaron Christopher Welsh, you knew about this and did't say anything to me. Do you have any idea what I went through to get this day off. You know how much I like doing this. I cerainly don't need to be given anything for doing it. I listened to a superior court judge bitch me out for an hour because I asked for a continuance to do this."
Aaron said "I had no idea he wanted to do it till we were in the store. Honest mom." I felt like crap. Aaron was getting bitched out because I did something that was, to me at least, the right thing to do. I was taught that this is the kind of makes friendships stronger. You reward a good deed with a good deed. Tfeft the tears welling up in my eyes. Aaron was nice to me and offered me friendship, and I went of and got him in trouble.
I said "M-Mrs.W-Welsh, I d-d-didn't m-m-mean t-t-t-to g-g-get y-y-you m-m-mad. I-I'm s-s-sorry." I burst into tears and ran off. I ran as hard and fast as I could. I ran probably a mile down the road. I sat down on a bench and cried. Aaron was totally cool when I met him. He was just as nice as Brad.
I'm going to change the point of veiw to a narrative. Brad and Aaron told me about this later that day.
Aaron: Just fucking great mom. You just had to go off and do that. Now he feels like shit for you yelling at me.
Mrs. Welsh: I just thought you knew about this all along.
Aaron: Whell I didn't, and he ran off feeling like it was all his fault.
Brad: David is really sensitive. He is always trying to be a nice guy.
Aaron: (ANGRY) You really fucked up on this one mom. He hasn't done that since we met him. It took us a month before he stopped stuttering. And you go and screw it all up by overreacting over some stupid shit.
Brad: David has a stuttering problem. When he is stressed, or nervous, he stutters. We got him to the point where he only does it a little. He hasn't done it that bad since that first day he moved here.
Mrs. Welsh: I tried to explain to him that this is a tradition for us. I've been taking you boys to do this since the third grade. I was just being motherly.
Brad: You really don't know this, and it really isn't my place to say it either. David's mom left him and his dad in the middle of the night, without so much as a good bye or a fuck you. He was seven. He completely shut down. He stopped speaking for a year and a half. His dad hired detective to try to find his mother. They finally found her. She gave the detective a letter to give to his dad. She said some pretty horrible things about them. By the time David finally spoke again, he was stuttering pretty bad. Worse than he was just a few minutes ago.
Mrs. Welsh: (crying) That poor boy. Don't they have any other family?
Aaron: No, they just have each other. They are really close. His dad almost quit his job when they sent him to India this week. David finally convinced him to go.
Brad: Oh shit! David ran off by himself, and he doesn't have that 'thing' with him. I saw it and freaked. I told him to leave it home.
Aaron: You did WHAT? You made him break a promise to his dad?
Mrs. Welsh: What are you boys talking about?
Aaron: David's been getting threatening letters sent to his house after the attack. The only way his dad would leave town is if David promised to carry a gun. He was given instructions to use it as a last resort only. That was really fuckin' stupid numbnuts.
Mrs. Welsh: I don't approve of guns, but this is quite different. He has a very real need to fear for his life.
Brad: We have to find him. I don't think I could live with myself if something happened to him. Did you guys see which way he ran?
***************************** Back to my point of view * *****************************
I sat at that bench crying for a while. I finally got up and walked down the street. I walked for a few blocks trying to calm down. I spotted another Circle K and went in to buy a sports drink.
(This was my introduction to the wonderful world of gangs.)
When I walked out two angry looking kids walked up to me. They were a little older than me. I didn't get a good feeling about this. One of them said "What the fuck are you doing on our turf wearing that shit?"
I said " I just moved here, so I don't really know what you mean"
Dumbass#1 pushed me and said "Yuo're wearing the wrong color to be in our neighborhood." I went into my defensiv stanse after that.
Dumbass#2 said " We shoud just beat the shit out of you for just being here."
I said "Guys, I really don't want to fight you. I'm just out for a walk. I don't want any problems."
Dumbass#1 shoved me again trying to provoke me. I shifted to stand on the balls of my feet to get ready for the inevitable.
Dumbass#2 threw a punch. I blocked and swept his leg, putting his on his ass. I moved aroud to face the other guy.
Dumbass#1 came at me to try and tackle me. I pulled him into a shoulder throw, and he landed hard on his back.
I said " Guys you may want to rethink this before somebody gets hurt. I am trained to defend myself. I realld don't like to fight, but will when pushed."
I remembered my training. I cleared my mind of all anger and focused on the moment.
Dumbass#2 came at me again and tried another punch. I swept his leg and put him back on his ass. I was beginning to get the feeling these guys weren't going to back off till the felt some pain.
Dumbass#1 came back at me. He threw a punch. I blocked and hit him twice before he fell to the ground unconcoius
The clerk came out and said " I'm calling the cops!"
I said " If these guys don't back off, they might need an ambulance too"
Dumbass#2 pulled out a knife and made sure I saw it. He stood there waving it back and forth trying to get a reaction out of me.
I heard a horn blowing behind me somewhere. I ignored it to watch the dumbass with the knife. He lunged at me to try to cut my midsection. I backstepped out of it, and caucht his hand when he was off balance. I twisted his wrist till his palm was facing up. I applied a steady even upwar preassure to get his hand out of harm's way. I snapkicked him in the chest and face. He fell backward and Hit his head when he landed. It put him out cold. I reached down and took the knife out of his hand. I snapped his cheap switchbade in half, and threw it in a trash can.
I walked inside and the clerk said " I called the police. They shoud be here soon. Are you ok? Did they hurt you at all?"
I said "Nope. My dad made sure I could defend myself. I guess all those years of Akaido training paid off." I walked back to the cooler ang got a couple big bottles of water. I paid for them and walked back outside. I finally saw that it was Aaron's mom who blew the horn. I ignored them and walked over to the two dumbasses laying in the parking lot. I opened a bottle of water and squirted some on Dumbass#1. Whe he came around, I said "Are you alright? Do you need medical attention?" He just glared at me. I handed him the water and said "Here, drink this. It will help you feel better." He reached for it hesitantly. He kaept staring at me. I said " I told you I didn't want to fight. I even gave you a chance to back out. Now, I'm going to make sure your friend is ok.
I did the same for Dumbass#2. He was a little more talkative. He said " did you wait around to beat on us some more?"
I said "Are you ok? Do you need medical attention?"
He said "Why the fuck do you care?"
I said "You guys started this. I told you I didn't want to fight. I even tried to just put you guys on your ass a few times. I gave you every opportunity to leave. Then you decided that you had to pull a knife. I had to put you out. I's sorry that you guys thought I was a threat. I reall hate fighting. Someone always gets hurt. I also told you I wanted no part of your gang problems. I said I was just out for a walk. Now, I got you a bottled water. Drink it, it will help your head clear a little." I went back over to where my sports drink was and picked it up.
I took a long drink and walked over to Mrs. Welsh's minivan. They were staring at me. Brad and Aaron's jaws were practically on the ground. I looked up sheepishly and said " What?"
Mrs. Welsh said "We came to find you because we were worried about you."
I said " Thank you for your concern. I might have been in trouble if there were two more."
Aaron said "Dude, you kicked the shit out of them"
I said "I only did what it took to disable my attackers. I never at any time caused any lasting damage. At most, they will have a headache for the rest of the day. Now, if you will excuse me. I have to make sure they are still ok. I will also offer them my friendship. The are the real victims here. The judged me too quickly. The automatically thought I was a threat because of the color of my shirt." I walked back over to them. I held out my hand to help the first guy up. He didn't want to take my hand. I said " I'm not going to hurt you. I only reacted to your hostility. I'm offering you a hand of friendship. It would seem to me, that I would definitely make a better friend than enemy." He took my hand and I helped him up. I said "My name is David. I don't mean to sound dense, but why did you do that?"
He said "I'm Darrel. We thought you were a member of a rival gang. They shot one of our friends last week."
I said "I'm sorry to hear that. Are you sure you're ok?"
Darrel said "Yeah I'm fine. I'm not too sure about him though."
I walked over to the other guy. I held out my hand to help him up. He slapped it away. I put my hand right back where it was. He looked up at me questioningly. I said "That blacktop mst be at least 150 degrees. You can sit down there roasting your ass off trying to be proud, or you can take my hand and let me help you up. The only one you hurt is yourself. His look softened and he took my hand. I pulled him up and he was still a little dizzy. I held onto him and put his arm ver my shoulder and walked him over to the shade of the building. He leaned up against the building. I held out my hand and introduced myself. He took my hand and said " I'm Detrick. You've got one hell of a punch for a little guy."
I said "I really don't like to do that. I feel really bad about having to hit you. Are you sure you're ok? We can get you to a hospital if you need to." He said "It's all cool. I've been hurt worse than this before."
I said I don't want to have to worry about you guys. Are we cool? They both said " Yeah, we're cool. If we told our friends that we got beat by a guy half our size and younger that us, we'd get the shit beat out of us."
Detrick said " Aw shit, it's the cops." A police car pulled into the lot. I said "Don't worry guys. I don't want to see you guys go to jail over this. I think you learned your lesson." I walked over to the police car. Aaron's mom was telling them what happened.
The officer in the passenger side got out and came over to me. He said " I think we should take all of you in." He was being beligerent.
I said " Pardom me officer, but you may find it difficult to make an raaest without sufficient parties to press charges. In an assault case, someone has to be willing to press charges. You may also take into consideration that I only used defensive moves to sufficently disable them. I exercised due care, in that I moved them out of the sun and bought them a cold drink to help in their recovery from heat exaustion"
Mrs. Welsh producewd a business card for the officer talking to me. She said " This is David O'leary. If you need any information, it will go through me. Now, if you will excuse us, we have some shopping to do."
The cop gave her a dirty look and got back in the car. I watched them till they pulled out of the lot. I waved to the guys and got in the van. We left right after them.
*********************************************************************** Authors Note:
Whell, I'm giong to leave it there. I run out of memory in the program that I use. I would type this up in html format, but I don't know how. I do want to take this time to let you know tht all of your e-mails are apreciated. I would mention some of you by name, but I will respect your privacy. However, I would like to thank some very special people in the Nifty chat room. You know who you are. You have provided me with encouragement and given me courage to put some of it to paper, as so to speak.
As far as this chapter goes, This was a rollercoaster of a day. I am going to try and speed up the time line. Reading about my day to day life will get old really quick. Thank you for being patient. This writing thing is hard to do. I'm trying to do this right, but this is my fist time. No pun intended.
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