This fictional story contains sex and graphic violence between underage minors. All normal legal warnings apply. Story should not be used, duplicated or re-written without the consent of the author as the author holds the copy right to the story. Please feel free to send all comments and suggestions to my email eric.z.james@live.com
I wanna know what love is -- Chp 4
You could hear the crunch of a nose being broke as Stellan knocked officer West senseless. He collapsed to the ground groaning in pain, dazed and a bit confused. Stellan was about to leap on him and continue his assault, when two men from his team grabbed him and pulled him back towards the waiting room. The kids didn't know where the commotion was coming from until they seen a struggling Stellan being dragged towards them. Damian stood with his defenses up ready to fight whoever had Stellan so upset, that was until he seen a burly man in uniform run into the waiting room holding his nose with blood all over his face.
"That's him" Damian thought to himself, he started to run at him but was caught by Aiden, who pulled him back before the cop even noticed the impending attack. "Not now" Aiden whispered in his ear, just as two other officers showed up to control the situation.
"Arrest him, he just struck an officer" officer West shouted to the other officers.
"That's it, I'm done waiting" Stellan said as he turned to one of his guys in a suit "Do it know"
"Officer Jason West, you are under arrest" the suit said, showing him his federal badge.
"What the fuck for, he hit me?"
"For child endangerment, assault and maybe even the facilitation of the rape of a minor"
"You can't do this" he said as he was taken into cuffs. He looked to the other officers for help, but they turned and walked away with grins on their faces, "about time someone got the sick bastard" one of them said as they left the waiting room. The suit led officer West to a black suburban, called the San Bernardino District Attorney and told him that West was now in custody.
Jason West was taken to his own unit station and locked in an interview room to wait for his lawyer. After an hour of agonizingly sitting in the interview room, a pudgy Latino man with a brief case walked in and sat down across from Jason West. He detested the sight of the pudgy Latino man; he didn't trust Latinos just like he didn't trust blacks, Asians, women, Jews and especially the queers.
"I said I'm not saying anything until my lawyer gets here" he spat at the man.
"I am your lawyer Mr. West"
"No, Alex Brennan is my lawyer"
"Correction, he was your lawyer. The assistant district attorney that is handling this case is your lawyer's brother, so due to conflict of interest one of them had to step away from this case and your lawyer chose to do so"
"Well I don't want YOU as my lawyer" Jason West said looking hatefully at the man.
"That's fine by me, but I'm telling you now, the charges against you and your boys are pretty heavy, like federal heavy and I.A.D has a case against you as well from what I heard. You can request another lawyer if you want, but trust me when I say no other lawyer is going to want to go up against ADA Brennan"
"What do you mean a case against my boys? For what?" he asked shocked.
"They are being charged with assault and battery, rape and attempted murder and maybe more, they are being picked up as we speak. If you don't want me as your lawyer, I can have someone from legal aid come and assist you"
"Fine, just make sure he's white"
Right at that moment; policed and Stellan's team members stormed the West home to take the boys into custody. Scared out of their minds, they were separated and left to wait for their attorneys. After a few hours; their mother, who had divorced their father and shared custody of the boys, had showed up with her lawyer. Because they were minors, she wanted to be in the room when they were being questioned by the police and since the lawyer was representing both of them and their charges were together, they would be questioned together.
"Mom what are you doing here? What is this about" Joshua asked.
"Why don't you tell me?" she asked with an angry tone. Joshua knew she was pissed and finally guessed what this was about. "The faggot snitched" he thought to himself. He actually had no idea the extent of the damage they conflicted upon Jules. Just then one of the suits walked in and took a seat across from the boys, their mother and their lawyer. He set down a pad of paper and a few pens, then turned the digital video camera on, to record the interview.
"My name is agent Barnes with the FBI, you two are being charged with felony assault and rape of a minor, attempted murder of said minor as well as breaking and entering" he said. Their mother's face hit the floor and the boys started to scream in protest but were silenced by the agent. "This is how this is going to work, I speak and you don't speak until I tell you or your lawyer instructs you to speak, got it?" he said firmly. Joshua went to speak but was slapped in his mouth by his mother.
"Due to the nature of these charges and the evidence and statements we have collected, your actions are being deemed a hate crimes which are federal charges, which means federal courts and federal prison" "Now what evidence do you think you have?" the lawyer said in a cocky tone.
"We have eye witness statements about the bullying and tormenting Joshua has inflicted upon said minor over the course of three years and Jacob bullying him since the beginning of this year, then there was threatening emails"
"The emails can be forged, the kid in question is supposed to be some kind of genius, he could have faked them, and I bet the statements are from a few of his friends, am I right?" the lawyer said with a grin, thinking he had the fed stumped.
"And the vice principal" the suit said. The lawyer's grin faded.
"Well still very prejudicial" said the lawyer.
"Are you stupid enough to believe that?"
"I don't need to believe it, just a jury and if this is all you have then your case is weak"
"Well there is one more piece of evidence" the suit said, stalling for effect as he took out his laptop and powered it up. "You see, the Barrett residence is outfitted and many high tech surveillance cameras that record video and sound" the revelation made the boys gasp and start to sweat. Agent Barnes found the file he was looking for and pressed play and turned the laptop for them to see.
The mother shrieked in horror, as the lawyer covered his mouth in shock. Jacob put his head on the table. Agent Barnes noticed the change in Jacobs's demeanor and thought he might have picked on something. He closed his laptop and noticed that Joshua got a kick out of watching the video.
"I just want to know why" the suit said "what did Jules do to deserve what you did to him? Joshua, picked on him for years, and from what I hear you were pretty unrelenting yet he never did anything to you. And Jacob, you never messed with him until this year, I even heard you guys were friends at one time" Jacob looked at the man with fear in his eyes and wondered if he knew the truth about him.
"Was it because of what he said about you? And if what he said wasn't true, then what would it matter? Or did his lie cause people to tease you like you did him and so you wanted to teach him a lessen? Or was it because he kicked your asses" Joshua was about to protest but his mother raised her hand to hit him and he decided against saying anything "Or was what Jules said about Jacob true" he said staring hard into Jacob's eyes, he wanted the younger brother to feel the full weight of what he was about to say. He could tell Jacob was starting to feel the heat and was trembling, Joshua sensing his brother was about to give in gave him a look that said "don't open your mouth or I'll kill you" The suit seen the look Joshua gave his brother and decided to push a bit further.
"And because of you two idiots, a boy that I have had the pleasure of watching grow up is lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life, he may not make up"
That was all Jacob needed to hear, the dam broke and a flood of tears came pouring out of his eyes, agent Barnes new he had him.
"They made me do it, both of them" he screamed "I have been in love with Jules since the first day I met him and that scared the shit out of me, we were friends and then he came out and I remember everything my dad and Josh ever said about gay people and I knew if they knew about me they would kill me so I avoided him. Freshman yeah we had the same P.E. and one day I came on to him and he accepted, I couldn't help it. After that I left him alone, and then this year I was going to leave him alone but Joshua started in on him on the first day of school, I told him not to and when he asked me why, I broke down told him because I was gay. He told me he was going to tell dad if I didn't give him hell too so I did. Then I got scared that he would tell people what I did freshman year so I sent him that email. Then the morning of that day, I told Joshua that I wasn't going to mess with Jules anymore and he told dad. Dad told me he wasn't going to have a faggot for a son and that it was a mistake. He said that Jules brainwashed me with his queer disease, he told me and Josh that we had to go and teach him a lesson. Then after we got suspended, dad was pissed and said we had to give him what was coming to him, to teach him what a real men do to dirty fags"
Jacob rattled out his story, speaking non stop with tears spilling down his face.
"You good for nothing faggot, you couldn't keep your mouth closed. I should have done it to you instead of making you do it to that filth. We talked about it you know, dad said we should teach you a lesson too but I talked him out of it, now I wish I would have beat you just like him" Joshua spat at his brother. Jacob was shocked at what he heard; he couldn't wrap his head around his brother's words.
A week had gone by since the West boys, father included were arrested and charged for their crimes. The three of them were separated to keep them from communicating but more so for Jacob's safety from his brother. Agent Barnes told Stellan of the meeting and Jacobs's revelation, and though Stellan felt slightly bad for Jacob being manipulated, he was still angry for what he did to his son.
"Yes Stellan, it was fucked up what he did, but he was scared and forced to do what he did, if you seen him you would know. He needs to do some time, of course he does, but I don't think prison for a confused 16 year old boy will do him any good. His father and brother are far from help, but there is this place I know that can help him"
He didn't wanna hear about helping that kid at the moment he was more concerned with the fact that the doctors were about to try and wake Jules from his coma. Stellan called his son's friends were at his house doing homework, they went back to school except for Damian who refused to go back to New York until Jules was better so he was having his school work sent to him. The kids took up going to the Barrett home after school to be closer to the hospital incase they were called. Against his better judgment, Dr. Dhatri allowed for the group to be waiting in the room while Jules woke up.
The darkness was starting to rescind, and Jules's hearing was becoming more alert. His eye lids started to peak open as he tried to adjust to the light. He looked around noticed people staring at him but his vision was blurred. It took him a few seconds to figure out where he was, he looked up to notice an Indian man in a white coat standing next to him.
"Hi Jules, I'm Dr. Dhatri, do you know where you are?"
Jules nodded.
"Do you remember what happened to you?"
He nodded again.
"Is your mouth a little dry?"
Jules nodded again. The doctor left the room and came right back with a cup of ice chips and placed one in his mouth.
"Jules I know you are young and most doctors handle patients your age with kid gloves, but in light of your situation I'm going to be honest with you so you are fully aware of what's going on, ok?"
"Ok" he spoke as his voice cracked. For some reason he didn't want to look at the other people in the room so he kept his eyes on the doctor.
"Due to the attack, you had a severe head injury. It is substantially better now and you should progress fine but you will experience headaches and dizzy spells for a while" he took a second to allow Jules to take in what he just said "You had several broken ribs and a ruptured spleen, all have been repaired and should heal fine" again, he paused to let Jules understand what he was saying "Your anal cavity was also badly damaged, there was a rip in the lining and was also badly bruised, as was your pelvis, we had to keep you in a medically induced coma to keep you from moving and tearing your wound again, but now it has begun to heal just fine but I still need you to be very careful with your movements, ok? You get some rest, visit with your friends and family, I'll be in to check on you later"
Jules nodded his response to the doctor. After he walked out of the room, Jules was embarrassed at himself, buried his face in his hands and began to cry. His dad tried to put an arm around him to comfort him, but he pulled away. Having Jules pull away hurt Stellan, but seeing him in this condition hurt him even more. He didn't know what to do or say, so he sat there hopeless. "Can I be alone for a little bit please?" he asked behind his sobs, when his friends started to protest he shouted "please just get out"
"Come on guys, lets give him a minute" Stellan said. They all got up and followed him out except for Damian.
"I said to get out Dam, please"
"I'm not leaving, you can shout all you want if you need to but I'm not leaving. I'll just sit right here and keep my mouth shut"
"I'm so embarrassed" Jules said after a few moments. Damian took his hand and looked at him with tear in his eyes.
"There is nothing to be embarrassed about; this is not your fault"
"Yes it is, I could have fought them off a long time ago, I'm more then capable to really hurting them but I didn't until that morning in the hall, I had enough. But later that day they caught me off guard and I just..." He stared sobbing again.
"Shhh, its ok brother, I'm so sorry I wasn't here because I knew something was wrong, I felt it that afternoon when I was at school" he said as he wiped the tears from Jules' eyes.
"How long was I out?" he asked
"A little over a week" Damian said. Just then a male nurse came in with a large tub of water and declared it was time for a sponge bath. Damian sensing Jules's apprehension about letting a strange man touch him, he offered to do it for him. The nurse understood the situation, smiled at Damian for his kindness and walked out.
"Ok brother, let's get you cleaned. I was trying to be nice but you stink" he joked trying to make light of the situation, and it work; Jules cracked a smile at his comment. Pleased with himself; Damian leaned in and gave his best friend a peck on the lips. Trying to fight back emotions, Damian broke down in sobs.
"I thought I was going to loose you, I was so fucking scared, I started to loose my mind. What would I do if you were gone?" he asked behind his sobs. Jules was too weak to put his arms around his best friend, so he lifted his hand and placed it on his cheek.
"It's ok brother, it looks like I made it"
"Come on, time to get up" Aiden said to Jules, opening the shades to the window in the hospital room. It has been three days since Jules was brought out of the coma, and his wounds are healing nicely. His ribs still hurts and so does his pelvis, and due to lying in a coma for eight days, his legs are still week and the doctor wants him to be able to walk around without getting winded before they discharge him.
"I don't wanna get up" he said grumpily.
"You gotta get up and walk around or they won't let you go home"
"No, just let me go back to sleep, I'm tired"
"Ok, how about you go take a shower, brush your teeth and eat something then go back to bed"
After waiting for several seconds, Jules relented. He knew Aiden wouldn't give up trying to get him out of bed. He gently got up and slowly walked to the bathroom. He closed the door behind him and turned on the shower. After getting undressed, he stepped under the warm water trying not to get the stitches from the two and a half inch incision behind his left ear wet.
He pumped some soap from the dispenser into his hand and began to slowly wash his body. He started with his arms and chest, as he ran his hand across his stomach he realized he had lost some weight from his hospital stay. He was already a short and skinny kid, and now he looked frail. He soaped both legs and made sure his feet were clean; he carefully spread his butt cheeks and washed. Though the doctor said his anal injuries are healing perfectly, he still wanted Jules to be careful and not have sex for a month.
He turned to face the spraying water and then soaped his genitals. Spread his legs and slowly began to wash his balls; it sent a tingle up his spine. It had been over ten days since he last jacked off and his nuts were aching for release. He pumped more soap into his hand and took a firm hold of his growing cock and started to slowly stroke it while using his other hand to hold his balance against the shower wall. Jules grabbed the base of his 7 ½ inch cut cock and brought his hand all the up to the top and back down again. For a little guy, he had a nice set of balls and a large dick attached to his body.
He stroked himself slowly but with a firm grip for what seemed like minutes. It felt so damn good and he wanted to moan really loud but he bit his lip to keep from sounding off. He picked up speed and gripped his dick tighter; bringing a sensation he missed so much. His swollen nuts drew up against his body as his massive orgasm came to the brink of spewing from the tip of his rock hard member. "FUCK" he moaned loudly as five thick creamy ropes erupted from his cock and coated the shower wall. Jules stood in the shower trying to steady his wobbly legs and catch his breath.
"Are you ok in there?" Aiden shouted from the outside of the door.
"Yeah, I'm fine" he shouted back. He laughed at himself for being loud and almost getting caught. He dried himself off and put on a clean hospital gown and exited the bathroom with a happy and relieved grin on his face.
"Were you alright in there?" Aiden asked.
"Yeah he was alright, look at the silly grin on his face" Damian said walking into the room. "You were pulling it weren't you brother?" he said laughing.
"Shut up" he said embarrassedly.
"DeMarco told me to bring you chicken McNuggests, he said you would appreciate them" Damian said while handing Jules a McDonald's bag. He smiled at the gesture, remembering the day DeMarco brought Jules some nuggets, it was the day they became friends. The three of them hung out and chatted up for a few hours and Jules seemed to be in a better mood, he even walked around his room. Aiden sat back and watched with a smile as his young friend who almost died was now joking around with Damian. He was surprised Jules hadn't asked about what happened to the West boys, but he didn't want to bring it up. He wanted Jules to not have to think about it just for a little while longer.
"Looks like someone is in a better mood" Amy said as she entered the room. She gave Jules a hug and a kiss on the cheek before telling Aiden it was time to leave for his game. He told Jules he will come see him tomorrow and hopefully try and talk the doctor into allowing him to be discharged early. Amy was silent all the way to the car which was weird for her; normally Aiden couldn't get her to shut up.
"Are you going to tell him?" she finally said as they drove towards the school.
"Tell who what?"
"Are your going to tell Jules?"
"Tell Jules what?"
"Are you going to tell Jules that you are in love with him?"
Her words startled him, his brain was working overtime but his lips seemed to not be working. He couldn't figure out how she knew, he kept his feelings for Jules a secret for just over a year now. He had known Jules since they were very young, and when Jules came out at 13, Aiden still didn't think of Jules as anything but a close friend and little brother figure. But right around Jules's 15th birthday, he started dating this kid named Christian and Aiden despised him right now. He didn't think he was right for Jules, and then he started becoming jealous of the time Christian was spending with Jules. Then one day, they were all hanging out when they started making out in front of Aiden. He was boiled over with jealousy that it wasn't him kissing Jules; it took all the strength he had not to kick Christian's ass right on the spot. He knew right then that his feelings for his friend were more then friendship and brotherly love, he actually LOVED him. The realization scared the shit out of him and he didn't know what to do about it. He kept it a secret out of fear; fear that Jules wouldn't want him, fear of what his team members would say if they found out, fear that Jules wouldn't want to be his friend any more and fear that his hopes at an athletic scholarship would be over if he was discovered.
He resigned to the fact that he couldn't and wouldn't love Jules that way he wanted to, and since he was two years older then him, he would protect him and be there for him like an older brother would. But sadly his plan was back firing, as school started this year; his feeling got stronger. He would catch himself staring at Jules when no one was looking, and when Jules was attacked his heart stopped, he knew he couldn't halt his feelings for his young friend, but he still wasn't ready to tell him, let alone anyone else.
"Don't deny it Ade, I saw the way you were looking at him in the hospital today, I've seen the way you've looked at him for months" he sat in silence, he didn't know how to respond "It took me a minute to figure it out Aiden, you started acting weird when he was dating Christian but I chalked it up to being a big brother to him like you do with me, but then I noticed the way you would hover over him like a hawk and stare at him when you thought no one was looking" she chuckled at her last comment.
"You haven't had a girlfriend for over a year, but no one thinks anything of it because you are always surrounded by your football groupies. And the way you were worried when about him after the attack, I mean we were all worried but you were almost out of your skin. You love him; I know you do ... and so does Damian" she said.
"What?" he asked in horror.
"You think no one has noticed?" she asked "maybe people who aren't in our little circle don't see, but you don't hide it well, especially when you are around him. I just put it all together last week, but Damian said he knew a year ago. Hell, even Stellan figured it out". He was speechless; he thought he had hidden it so well, now he was scared of what his sister was going to say.
"I think its sweet Ade; if you love him then you need to tell him, he has a right to know"
"So you don't hate me?"
"For what? Being gay? Don't be an idiot. We treat Jules like he is one of the family and he's gay, it would make me a hypocrite to hate you for that...so are you going to tell him?"
"No, I dunno, I'm scared; it's the scariest thing in the world to me. You are right, I have been in love with him for a long time and even though I can walk out on a football field and not be afraid of the beasts that are coming at me; telling Jules how I really feel about him scares the shit out of me" "I have never took you as someone to be afraid of anything Ade, what are you so scared of? What your teammates and the school would say? Or what mom would say? Even though she wouldn't care or is it because you are afraid of what Jules would say?"
"All of the above" he said so low, she almost didn't hear him
"He's a great guy and someday very soon someone is going to snatch him up, and if you tell him, that someone could be you. But if you don't tell him, you're going to have to sit and watch as the next guy tries to capture his heart...all because you were being a pussy" she joked. "Tell him, we all think you should"
"Who is we all?"
"Me, DeMarco, Damian and Stellan"
"Was I that obvious?"
"You have no idea" she laughed.
"Do you think Jules knows?"
"I don't think so" she said as she pulled into the school parking lot.
"So brother, you know I love you right?" Damian asked with an anxious look in his eye. Jules know that look all to well, he gave it whenever he wanted something or thought he did something wrong.
"What did you do Dam?"
"Promise you won't be mad at me"
"What did you do?"
"First promise me you won't be mad"
"I can't promise that, so spill it"
"Well last night; I was in your bed about to fall asleep when your cell phone rang" he gulped, almost scared to go on "Well I picked it up, no big deal" he paused "It was your ex Christian" Jules stared blankly at his face waiting for him to get to the point "Well I was really tired and falling asleep when he called and I kinda told him you were in the hospital"
"What?" Jules shrieked.
"I didn't tell him what for though, but I did tell him what hospital and he said he wanted to come see you"
"Damnit Dam, I don't wanna see him"
"But um" Damian paused "he will be here in about five minutes"
Jules looked at Damian with horror, "Damian Michael Johanson, what the fucking hell" he shouted. Damian winced at the sound of his whole name. Seconds later; there walked in Christian Anderson, Jules' first love and the one who broke his heart.