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Chapter 7 - 'A Rainy Day' Part 17.
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"Well, hullo, Ellis. Fancy seeing you here," came a woman's voice with a Scottish accent. "This is a surprise!"
Ellis looked around and saw a young tanned woman who looked somewhat familiar. She looked like an upper class light-skinned Indian woman with long black hair and attractive big dark eyes but she was wearing faded blue jeans with an orange t-shirt and she was wearing a backpack on her back. Ellis looked at her blankly trying to place her.
The woman saw the blank look on Ellis's face and laughed.
"Yes, we are both a long way from home," she said cheerfully. "Remember me, Theodora? Theodora Panarakis? I stayed with you in Sydney. Or have you forgotten already?"
Ellis smacked his forehead. "Pardon me, Dora. I'm sorry. I was a million miles away. It's been a rough few days for me."
"Sorry to hear that. Want to tell me about it?"
So saying she took her backpack off her back and sat down at Ellis's table. Theodora was a Scottish woman whose parents had migrated to Scotland from Greece many years previously and they were running a restaurant in Aberdeen. Theodora had been born and educated in Aberdeen and was about the same age as Ellis. When she was back- packing around Australia, she had stayed a few weeks with Ellis while she was in Sydney in the big old house Ellis had inherited from his great-aunt.
Ellis told Theodora his story of his affair with Sashi, his love for Sashi, the catastrophic day in the temple in South India from where he had just returned, Sashi's anger, Sashi's departure to marry the woman arranged by his parents to be his wife and Ellis's conversation with the stationmaster who had said that the black god had punished Ellis for his blasphemy and his immorality. He dissolved into tears as he finished. Theodora moved her chair next to Ellis and put her arm around his shoulders comforting him.
When the tears died down, Theodora kept her arm around him.
After a while when Ellis had dried his eyes, Theodora said gently, "Ellis, I hate to say it but I think in essence that stationmaster down in South India is right. I don't believe any god, black or otherwise, had anything to do the breakup of your relationship with Sashi but what did happen was that your boyfriend was so offended by your silly remark in front of the black god in the temple that he terminated your relationship and went home to Mummy where he's going to be a good boy and marry the girl his parents have picked out for him. I hope you understand that gay sex is very much frowned upon in many quarters here in India and it's highly illegal here too. You could have gone to prison for the rest of your life. In England gay sex is now legal, well sort of but it is risky. In the rest of Britain it's still illegal. And I think it's still illegal in Australia as well. Whatever the situation, a gay sexual relationship is fraught with risk. I do need to say though that I myself am not at all bothered about sex between men. To me it's quite OK."
"Yes," said Ellis glumly, "Sashi insisted that our relationship be kept a dark, dark secret because he said that his father would be driven into bankruptcy if people found out about him and refused to do business with his father, not to mention the fact that it's illegal here. Sashi would never allow any sort of display of affection in public. He was paranoid about people finding out."
Theodora continued. "It is very hard for me to put the kind of situation you got yourself into in the Hindu temple into a Christian context. I was brought up as Greek Orthodox and our church in Aberdeen has lots of icons and pictures. The Roman Catholics go even better and their churches are full of statues and images of saints, etc. But you would absolutely never ever get a statue of a naked man with an enormous great big erect penis in a Christian church, Roman Catholic or otherwise. The Roman Catholics in particular seem to have a real penis phobia. I've heard that all the nude Graeco-Roman statues in the Pope's art collection in the Vatican have had their penises knocked off and taken away. And the situation would never arise in the Muslim world because they have a prohibition against graven images."
"I know it was a stupid remark," wailed Ellis. "How I wish in my heart I never said it. But he's gone now, gone to get married. I had no idea that Sashi would be so offended. I had no idea that I would offend his religion so much and trigger all this shit. He was absolutely furious with me. I never dreamed that would happen otherwise I never would've said it. Oh God, how I wish I'd kept my big mouth shut. Oh God, I wish I had my time all over again. I wish it never happened. How I wish I wasn't such a stupid little gay boy."
With that he burst into tears again. Theodora kept her arm around him and comforted him.
The people in the cafe stared at Ellis and Theodora. Theodora did not care and Ellis was too wrapped up in his misery to notice.
When the storm of tears passed, Theodora said, "No, you're not a stupid little gay boy. You are my friend, my very good friend. Yes, you did make a silly remark and you paid a heavy price for it but that's life, I'm afraid. Stinking rotten unfair things happen."
After Ellis had dried his eyes, Theodora moved on to a less painful subject. She told Ellis that she had been staying at an ashram to be with a guru that she had heard about in Aberdeen. She had left because she had become thoroughly disillusioned with the guru. She described him as a charlatan, a bullshit artist and a fraud. She had had enough of India and wanted to return home as soon as she could. Now that she was in Bombay, she was going to try and find a local youth hostel and stay there if it was acceptable. She did not have much money, only just enough to pay her air fare back to Scotland.
Ellis offered to put her up in his apartment. He would be glad of her company now that Sashi would no longer be living with him. There was plenty of room for her in the spacious apartment. He said to her that he had no idea of what he was going to do next. He may just leave the apartment and fly on to the United Kingdom, just where he had no idea, London maybe.
They got up from the table and hugged. Ellis was delighted with catching up with a friend like Theodora.
Ellis got a porter to retrieve his luggage from the luggage room. He and Theodora took a taxi, one of the ubiquitous yellow Ambassadors, to his apartment overlooking the Arabian Sea.
Theodora was quite happy to take the spare room, the third bedroom in the apartment. It faced out over the Arabian Sea into the setting sun, something that Sashi did not like. The second bedroom still had all Sashi's clothes and personal effects and neither Ellis nor Theodora felt free to move them or even tidy them up. It faced north.
That evening they ate in the restaurant on the ground floor. Theodora told Ellis that she was keen to leave India as soon as she could. She had had enough of all the 'Hindu bullshit' from the guru at whose ashram she had been living. She said that she was keen to go to a spiritual community called Kirkmadrine on the Isle of Mull, an island of the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. She had heard about it from a young Englishman whom she knew at the ashram. Ellis said that it sounded like a good idea and Theodora was happy for Ellis to go with her to the island community. They decided that Ellis would terminate the lease on the apartment and leave India with her.
It was very comfortable living in the apartment. Ellis kept up the rent on his own. Theodora lived there without having to pay for a thing. Ellis willingly paid for all the food and for the restaurants and cafes in which they ate but Theodora was quite happy to do the cooking when they did not eat out. Ellis knew that Theodora had little money and he had lots with the money from his investments coming in from Australia. He was glad of Theodora's company.
Ellis procrastinated about informing the letting agent about terminating the lease until one day a note was placed in his letterbox asking him to contact the agent at his very earliest convenience.
Ellis made an appointment with the letting agent and drove his Ambassador carefully through Bombay's intimidating traffic to the agent's office. There the agent informed him that the owner of the apartment had put the apartment up for sale. This would mean that once the sale was made the lease would automatically terminate without any compensation payable to the tenants. Those were the terms of the lease. If Ellis and Sashi wished to continue living in the apartment, they or their agents would be required to negotiate a fresh lease with the new owners.
Ellis managed to keep a perfectly sober face through the interview but inwardly he was rejoicing. He could barely wait to tell Theodora the news.
Late the next morning there was a knock on the front door of the apartment. Ellis answered it. Standing in the corridor was a very dapper young man with a woman. They were both Indian and both were dark-skinned and appeared to be in their twenties or thirties. The woman was wearing a brightly coloured sari with several gold necklaces while the man was wearing an expensively well-tailored business suit.
The man introduced himself as Arjuna, one of Sashi's older brothers and the woman as his wife Vimala.
Ellis invited them in and asked after Sashi.
"My younger brother is now happily married and is now gone away to enjoy his honeymoon with his dear new wife," said Arjuna with pride.
"How is he?" asked Ellis.
"He's very happy and in excellent health."
"Was it a good wedding?"
"It was a very excellent wedding with three thousand guests and everyone there had a very excellent time celebrating the marriage of my brother and his bride."
"Sounds like quite a bash."
"Sorry, I do not understand."
"Pardon me, that's a bit of Australian slang slipping in. What I mean is that it sounds like everyone had a really good time."
"Yes, it was indeed, very much so," replied Arjuna enthusiastically.
Vimala was smiling sweetly. Suddenly she looked over Ellis's shoulder with interest.
Ellis turned around and saw Theodora appear barefoot and wearing a baggy yellow t-shirt with flowers on it and faded blue jeans.
"Is that girl Indian?" asked Vimala.
"No, I'm Scottish," replied Theodora.
"That's funny. You look Indian but you talk in an odd manner," said Vimala.
"It's the Scottish accent."
Ellis hastily introduced Arjuna, Vimala and Theodora.
"Are you descended from an Indian family?" Vimala asked Theodora.
"No. My parents are Greek," replied Theodora. "They migrated to Scotland from Greece before I was born. I was born in Scotland. You know, Ellis said that I looked like the daughter of an Indian nobleman. Ellis can be so flattering at times."
"Yes, indeed," said Arjuna. "You are looking like you could be the daughter of a rajah or even a maharajah."
"But I am wondering why the daughter of a rajah would go around dressed like a hippie," said Vimala.
Arjuna cleared his throat. He looked embarrassed.
"I think that is enough of that subject," he said to his wife.
She pursed her lips. She looked as though she would bide her time.
Theodora laughed. "I don't think I can qualify as a hippie. I don't live in a commune and I don't take drugs. Would you two like a cup of tea? I promise I won't put any mind-altering substances in it."
She laughed again and turned to Ellis.
"I see you have quite a large collection of teas," she said.
"That's Sashi," replied Ellis. "He's very particular about his teas. He likes to have the right kind of tea at the right time."
Arjuna laughed. "That is my brother. Anyway, my wife and I would be delighted to accept your kind invitation to take morning tea with you."
Theodora went off to the kitchen to make the tea. Ellis took the guests into the living room.
As soon as they had all sat down, Vimala asked, "Ellis, is that girl your girlfriend?"
"Theodora is my friend," stated Ellis.
"Is there a difference?"
"To native English speakers, yes, there is a big difference. If she is my girlfriend, then I am in love with her. If she is my friend, we are friends and nothing more. Theodora is a very good friend and I have known her for several years. I ran into Theodora at the Bombay Central Railway Station when I returned from a trip away. She was looking for a place to stay and I offered her a place here since I'm alone here for the time being while Sashi is away on his honeymoon. She was delighted by my offer and I'm glad of the company."
"Excellent," said Arjuna. "What are your plans for the near future, Ellis?"
"Theodora plans to return home to Scotland soon and I'm thinking of accompanying her to the United Kingdom. That will mean I'll have to terminate the lease unless Sashi plans to take it over. However, yesterday the agent informed me that the owner of this apartment has put it up for sale. Sashi will have to negotiate with the new owner if he wants to stay here."
"That is precisely why we are here. My father is the guarantor for Sashi when the lease was signed for this apartment. He received notification that this apartment is now for sale therefore he now wishes to buy it for a place for Sashi and his wife to live. As Sashi has a good job in the City, it would be good for him to live here. I must point out that Sashi is the lessee for this apartment. However, Ellis, your name does not appear on the lease. Legally, you are just a boarder."
"That's OK. It makes it very likely that I shall go with Theodora when she returns home to Scotland. I've never been to Britain. I believe she will leave fairly soon and I'll need to sell my car."
"Yes. It will be a good run-about for Sashi's wife and it is quite a discrete car for her to drive but it is a prestige car, a real Indian prestige car. I shall suggest to my father that he buy it for her. You bought it new about two years ago, I understand, so it is still quite new."
"Sashi thought it was very funny when you bought your Ambassador, Ellis," put in Vimala. "He was highly amused and he thought you were very eccentric to buy a car that is so very upper middle-class and common."
Arjuna cleared his throat and said, "We should say no more on that subject, my dear."
"What I will say," Ellis pressed on, "is that I do like the car and I'll be sad to part with it when I go. So, if your father does buy it, I shall be glad it's going to a good home."
"Yes, of course," said Arjuna.
Theodora appeared with a tray with the teapot, teacups, saucers, plates and a plate piled with biscuits.
"I see you found the biscuits OK," said Ellis.
"I'm a woman in case you hadn't noticed, Ellis," she replied.
Vimala's mouth opened with surprise while Arjuna bent his head down and put his face behind his hand in an effort to hide his laughter. His shoulders shook.
Theodora sat down and asked, "Shall I be mother?"
"Yes, please do," replied Arjuna still grinning from ear to ear.
The tea was poured and the plate of biscuits passed around.
"Very nice biscuits," Arjuna paid the compliment.
"They're from a nice little bakery near here that Sashi found," replied Ellis.
"Yes. He has excellent taste, my brother."
"Theodora, what have you been doing here in India?" asked Vimala.
Theodora launched into a description of her time in the ashram and the guru whom she came to regard as a charlatan and a fraud.
Ellis worried when he noticed Arjuna's eyes glittering angrily. He felt acutely uncomfortable as he was reminded powerfully of Sashi's fury on that terrible day in the temple of the Black God. Arjuna was after all Sashi's brother.
Theodora finished her story and declared that she wanted to go home as soon as she could.
"I am so sorry for you, Theodora," declared Arjuna vehemently. "I am so sorry that you had a most unfortunate experience there in the ashram, which is supposed to be a holy place. The man is a false guru who has profaned the ashram. He has set himself up as a guru purely to take money from gullible Westerners like yourself. To use the expression, he has ripped you off."
"Well, I didn't give him much money because I don't have much. He demanded more but my parents refused to send me any money. I started to wonder what was going on when he started saying things like I was unworthy to sit at his feet and receive his holy guidance. Most of the other people there were Americans from rich families and he was very sweet with them and telling them that they were on the path to true enlightenment. That was because they kept giving him money. Because I had no more money to give, I was on the outer. I was like dirt, unworthy to be there."
"Ah, the poverty defence," said Vimala.
Arjuna exploded. "That man should be put out of business immediately. As you say, Theodora, the man is a fraud and a charlatan. He is no more a guru than the poohs that come out of my anus. He is less holy than my poohs. He disgraces the gods and he richly deserves severe punishment. He gives our blessed religion a very bad reputation. He disgusts me utterly. I am so glad, Theodora, that you finally saw through him. Theodora, please accept my most sincere apologies for your dreadful treatment. I assure you that Hinduism is not like that at all. Enlightenment is a gift given freely by the gods to those whom the gods consider worthy to receive such a great gift. Money should never be involved. It is profanity to ask for money in exchange for enlightenment. It is disgusting and a most dreadful blasphemy. That man is a criminal and nothing more. He deserves to be excoriated and sent away to clean public lavatories. Please do not think badly of India because this bad experience has happened to you. Please accept my sincerest apologies."
"Your parents sound very wise," put in Vimala.
Theodora gave a wry smile. "Thank you, Arjuna and Vimala, but I certainly don't hold you and people like you responsible. As you say, the man is a criminal defrauding rich Westerners in return for a false hope of enlightenment. He is a fraud, nothing more. I am going home because I'm tired and I'll be glad of Ellis's company on the way home."
"Can't the police do anything?" asked Ellis.
"It is very difficult to prove wrongdoing," replied Arjuna. He was still angry. "Holy men have a lot of freedom in our society and that includes those who set themselves up falsely as holy men. However, the gods will punish those who peddle falsehood."
"Shame about that," said Ellis.
"That's life, Ellis," said Theodora. "I put it down as a learning experience and I'm OK with it. So don't you worry yourself about it."
"I must say, Theodora," put in Arjuna, "that I admire your philosophical attitude. I really do. You're not unhappy about it at all. I do admire that."
"Thank you, Arjuna," said Theodora.
Vimala looked at her watch.
"We have an appointment for luncheon with my brother and his wife," she announced. "We should depart soon."
They finished their tea. Arjuna and Vimala said their farewells and made to leave. Ellis accompanied them down to the ground floor. He saw them getting into a big Mercedes-Benz 600 sedan, the so-called 'Gothic Castle' model. Arjuna was driving. Ellis waved as Arjuna and Vimala drove off.
Sashi's and Arjuna's father bought both the apartment and Ellis's Ambassador. Ellis was told that Sashi's wife really liked the Ambassador. It was not a showy car.
Theodora booked their flights to London and they flew out of Bombay the following week. When they arrived at Heathrow Airport, Theodora was delayed because she had a British passport and was stuck in long queues of English holiday-makers returning in one of the new Boeing 747 Jumbo Jets. Ellis, even though he held an Australian passport, went straight through Immigration Control because there were only a few people ahead of him in the foreigners' queue.
"Welcome to Britain, Sir" said the immigration control officer after inspecting Ellis's passport.
Ellis picked up his suitcase from the luggage carousel and went straight through Customs. He had nothing to declare and he did not attract any interest from the Customs officers. He waited for Theodora the other side of Customs in some sort of waiting area. He waited. And he waited. He looked at his watch innumerable times. He wished he had some means of communicating with Theodora, something portable like a mobile phone. He waited some more. Nothing happened.
He saw that the British passport queues were long and there were quite a few. Eventually he caught sight of Theodora in one of the queues and they waved to each other.
Finally she got through Immigration and Customs and came over to Ellis. All she had was her backpack.
"All these damned Sassenachs," she expostulated. "They're so bleedin' slow and disorganised. It took forever to get through with that lot."
Ellis burst out laughing.
"Glad you see the funny side of it, Ellis," she said acerbically.
"You're a Greek and you're blowing off at the English," he replied still grinning.
"Ellis, I'm a Scot and I'm proud to be Scottish. Don't you forget that. Yes, both my parents were born in Greece but they are both British citizens and have been for about thirty years. Most of my brothers and sisters were born in Aberdeen like me. Remember that."
"I consider myself chastised."
Ellis wanted to catch the train The Flying Scotsman to Scotland. It was a childhood dream. He managed to book seats on the train through to Aberdeen. That pleased Theodora. Ellis paid for both their tickets. The Flying Scotsman departed from Kings Cross Station so they checked into a hotel close to the railway station. They stayed in a two-bedroom suite.
The next day they boarded the Flying Scotsman hauled by a Deltic diesel-electric locomotive. Ellis was delighted. He was like a schoolboy and he could pass as one out of uniform. He was so happy.
In Edinburgh the train was split up. Ellis and Theodora remained on the part going on to Aberdeen. Theodora was happy to be going home.
Theodora's parents, Eleftherios or 'Lefty' and Evdokia Panarakis, were waiting for them at the railway station. They would not hear of Ellis staying in a hotel and insisted that he stay with them.
Their house was a comfortable home, emptier than it had been in the past because many of Theodora's brothers and sisters had married and had homes of their own.
However, Ellis had the uncomfortable feeling that Evdokia was assessing him as a future husband for Theodora, who had let slip to her mother that Ellis was a rich young man. The fact that Ellis lived in Australia did not concern her very much, even though if Ellis and Theodora were to get married, they would be likely to move to Ellis's house in Sydney on the opposite side of the world. She considered that her daughter was a globetrotter anyway.
Ellis told Theodora of his concern but Theodora laughed and said her mother often did that with young men who were friends of Theodora. The important thing was that Theodora's mother liked Ellis. Theodora warned Ellis that it was important not to let on that he was gay and had had a sexual relationship with another man in India because she feared that her parents would have ordered Ellis out of the house.
Theodora spent much of the time showing Ellis around Aberdeen and they made two trips south-west to Edinburgh. It was all new to Ellis who was fascinated by the experience.
After a few weeks Theodora decided it was time for her and Ellis to move on to the spiritual community Kirkmadrine on the Isle of Mull. A friend of hers, Angus, was driving his car there and offered the two of them a lift. Her mother rolled her eyes at the news and said that she hoped her daughter would stop searching and settle down.
Angus arrived and the three drove to the west coast of Scotland where they took the car on the short ferry ride across the Sound of Mull to the Isle of Mull.
As they drove away from the ferry terminal, Ellis noted that much of the island was bare, treeless grey or brownish rock with only an occasional scanty covering of dry grass or small bushes. Angus had studied his maps so he knew how to get to the community.
They arrived at the community Kirkmadrine which was surrounded by clumps of pine trees and green fields. It was situated on the banks of a long narrow freshwater loch sheltered by the surrounding bare rocky hills. There was a big rambling old grey stone farmhouse that had a number of old caravans around it in the fields and among the trees. The community seemed a haven from the rocky wasteland surrounding it.
The people in the community seemed friendly and happy. An efficient but nice woman allocated the three new arrivals a small caravan each in which to sleep.
Theodora was allocated to work in the kitchen. She liked cooking so she was happy with that. Angus and Ellis were allocated to work in the extensive vegetable garden that furnished sufficient food for the community. Angus was a little overweight and grumbled about doing the heavy work. Ellis set to work gardening without complaint. To him it was a relief after living the life of the idle rich in India.
A number of other community members also worked in the garden. Some of the women teased Angus about his grumbling saying that he would get used to it.
One of the men attracted Ellis's attention. He was a big, fit, good- looking, strongly built, broad-shouldered muscular young man with thick short fine black hair, dark brown eyes, lightly tanned skin and frequently at least a day's growth of stubble on his face. He was English originally from London. However he knew Theodora well from when he spent his last three years of school in Aberdeen in the same class as Theodora at school. His father worked on the oil rigs in the North Sea off Aberdeen and he and his parents often frequented Theodora's parents' restaurant where Theodora would work as a waitress when homework permitted.
His name was James but everyone knew him as Big Jim or BJ for short because of his size, 6 feet 3 inches (190 cm.) tall and 17 stones (108 Kg. or 238 lb.). He was strong, very strong to go with it and very lean with little visible body fat and noticeable veins on his arms. He was a willing worker and did not hesitate to carry out the heaviest tasks. He was well liked by the other members of the community.
The community was on the south-facing side of a sheltered valley and the weather was warm and sunny in between the frequent rain periods, so BJ often worked in the garden barefoot without a shirt and wearing just a pair of shorts. Ellis used to watch him entranced by the interplay of the bulging big muscles of the hardworking man, particularly by his big powerful arms. While Ellis was staring at him, BJ frequently caught his eye and winked or grinned at him. Embarrassed, Ellis would look away hurriedly.
One warm sunny afternoon after lunch when rain clouds were piling up threateningly over the south-western hills, one of the older men said that heavy rain was forecast until the following afternoon and that they should stop work until the rain ceased.
BJ came over to Ellis and invited him to come and have a cup of tea with him in his caravan in a clearing amongst the pine trees. Ellis gulped nervously but said yes. He left the vegetable garden with BJ for BJ's caravan. Angus was too busy talking to some of the women to notice.
Inside his caravan BJ put a kettle on the little stove for tea and produced a teapot with a couple of mugs. They made small talk. BJ quickly put Ellis at his ease and invited Ellis to sit down on the double bed that took up most of the back part of the little caravan.
BJ was still wearing just his shorts from gardening. Ellis was dressed in a faded purple t-shirt borrowed from Theodora, a pair of jeans and old running shoes.
Tea made, BJ filled both mugs with tea and sat down next to Ellis on BJ's unmade bed. They took a couple of swigs from their mugs. Heavy rain started coming down on the caravan roof making a loud drumming that threatened to make conversation difficult.
"I understand it's pretty dry in Australia, like most of it's a desert," commented BJ.
"Oh, it gets pretty wet in Sydney where I live," replied Ellis. "We get some quite heavy showers there."
BJ grinned. "I noticed you've been eyeing me up and down while we've been in the veggie garden."
Embarrassed, Ellis looked down.
BJ laughed and moved up right next to Ellis so that their bodies were touching from shoulder to hip. He put his big arm around Ellis's shoulders and pulled him close.
"Don't worry yourself about it," he said. "I don't mind the attention at all. In fact I like it. I get quite a lot of it."
"Yeah, you do have a bloody nice body," Ellis managed to say.
By instinct he relaxed into a close fit against BJ's muscular body and BJ planted a light kiss on Ellis's cheek. Ellis relaxed more and leaned his head against him.
"Um, Ellis," started BJ with some hesitation, "have you ever been with another man, like sexually I mean?"
"Yeah, a fair few times I guess."
Ellis was relieved to get that out of the way.
"Feel like a fuck?" asked BJ.
Ellis sighed with relief.
"Yeah, I sure do," he replied with feeling. "It's been a fair old while."
"It's been a long while for me too, a long, long while. None of the guys here seem interested but they do look me over but it seems it's more like admiration or envy than anything else. I don't get the vibes from them like I'm getting with you. I tried once with one of the girls here but she complained that my cock was far too big and wouldn't let me go any further. None of the other girls are interested. I reckon I'm seen just as a big strong workhorse here. I must confess though I get a lot bigger bang fucking guys than I do with girls. Arseholes are tighter than fannies."
"I'll give it a go."
"Goodie. Let's get naked then."
With that BJ shucked off his shorts and underpants with one movement. His big erect cock sprang out and stood out proudly in front of him.
Ellis stared at him wide-eyed lost in admiration of the big powerfully built naked young man with his big lean hard bulging muscles and that magnificent big stiff cock sticking out in front.
BJ gave a wide sexy grin.
"Would you like me to take your clothes off, Ellis?" he asked. "Or are you going to take them off yourself?"
"Sorry. I'll get undressed now," replied Ellis.
With that Ellis stood up and removed his clothes as quickly as he could. He stood naked before BJ.
"It's a bit warm in here," he commented.
"Yes. It gets quite hot in the sun and it keeps the heat in," replied BJ.
Ellis eyed off BJ's big penis.
"Golly, that's a big cock. I don't think I've ever had a cock quite that big up my arse before. How big is it?"
BJ puffed out his chest with pride. His muscles bulged with power. Ellis felt weak at the knees. Lust roared within him.
"Eight and a half inches (216 mm.) long and two and a quarter inches (57 mm.) thick." he replied proudly.
"Wow! That's certainly a big thick dick. The biggest real cock I've had so far was seven and a quarter inches (185 mm.) long and one and three quarters of an inch (45 mm.) thick. Yours is the size of a full-size dildo, the cock of a fantasy man. And you're real! You're a real man!"
"Thanks." BJ grinned broadly.
"I just have to ask. How big are your biceps? They are impressive!"
BJ flexed both his arms in a spectacular double biceps pose.
"Eighteen and a half inches (47 cm.) flexed and cold," he replied.
"Wow!"
Ellis just about swooned with lust.
BJ picked up a half-empty jar of Vaseline from a drawer next to the stove. He scooped out a good-sized lump with two fingers, smeared the petroleum jelly liberally over his penis and rubbed a thick layer of jelly over its entire length.
"You look like you've used a fair bit of that already," commented Ellis.
"Yeah, I often have to jack myself off several times a day," said BJ. "I work pretty damn hard around the place here doing the heavy jobs like digging in the garden, carting stuff around or chopping wood for the kitchen stove or the fireplaces to try and work off some of the energy so I can often get away with doing it just the once or not even that if I get really tired. But if it's raining a lot like it often does around here and I can't work outside, I have to go and jack myself off several times a day. I haven't had any real sex since I got here over a year ago, like I'm kind of celibate now. You're the first real opportunity I've had since then."
He scooped out another goodly gob of Vaseline from the jar and smiled lasciviously.
"OK, Ellis, bottoms up," he said. "Let's get you lubed up."
Ellis climbed onto the bed on all fours and presented his anus to BJ who smeared it liberally with Vaseline. BJ worked his fingers into Ellis's arsehole lubricating it well.
"Oh God, that's nice!" moaned Ellis. He was almost delirious with lust.
BJ extracted his fingers and wiped them with a tissue. He stood at the foot of the bed, placed one big hand on Ellis's hip and positioned his cock head at Ellis's anus. He increased the pressure until his cock head popped into Ellis's anal canal.
Ellis gasped and his eyes opened wide at the sudden inrush of mixed pain and pleasure. It certainly was a big thick dick.
"Are you all right there?" asked BJ.
"Yeah, fine," gasped Ellis. "Just don't stop."
He willed his arsehole to relax, pushing against the cock head like it was a big turd.
BJ felt Ellis's arsehole relax. He placed both hands on Ellis's hips and gently thrust his cock further up into Ellis's rectum.
Ellis felt BJ's cock impinge against his prostate.
He gasped with the increased pleasure.
"You OK still?" asked BJ.
"Oh yes, oh yes," gasped Ellis. "Oh fuck that feels good, so bloody good. Just keep on going, please!"
BJ thrust his well-lubricated cock further up Ellis's arse and proceeded to fuck him doggy style. That sent Ellis into transports of sensual delight. He moaned and groaned as BJ proceeded to fuck him with boundless enthusiasm.
It had been long weeks since he last had a man up his arse. The last time was with Sashi the night before their visit to the temple in South India and that was not very satisfactory because it was brief. BJ more than made up for it.
With BJ's vigorous fucking Ellis found himself rapidly approaching orgasm. He screamed as he erupted and shot volleys of semen all over the bed. His orgasm was enough to trigger BJ's orgasm who yelled out as he planted his cock deep into Ellis as far as it could go. Ellis could feel BJ shaking as he implanted his seed into the depths of Ellis's bowels.
BJ collapsed on top of Ellis with the intensity of his orgasm. Ellis promptly collapsed onto the bed under BJ's weight. BJ pushed his arms under Ellis and wrapped him in a tight embrace. They lay locked together as they came down off their orgasmic peaks together. They stayed there together on the bed with BJ's arms wrapped tightly around Ellis and with his cock still stiff up Ellis's arse.
They lay together without moving and listening to the heavy rain drumming steadily on the roof of the caravan.
"That was wonderful, Ellis," BJ murmured into Ellis's ear after an indeterminate time. "Thank you so much. It's been such a long time since I last had a fuck, like well over a year, certainly a fuck like that."
"My unadulterated pleasure," murmured Ellis.
"I feel like I've lost my virginity again."
Ellis giggled underneath BJ. He delighted in feeling BJ's cock still stiff up his arse.
BJ rolled them both over onto their sides and started thrusting into Ellis once more.
"Ready for more?" asked Ellis with a laugh as he enjoyed the feeling.
"You bet your arse," replied BJ.
He thrust his cock vigorously into Ellis's rectum and Ellis moaned with delight. He had the feeling it was going to be a long afternoon but he did not mind that one little bit.
The heavy rain continued drumming on the roof.
BJ kept on thrusting into Ellis with enthusiasm. He lasted somewhat longer than last time but it was not very long before he roared with orgasmic intensity and emptied his balls once more deep inside Ellis's pelvis. That was enough to set Ellis off into another glorious orgasm. He howled in his ecstasy.
Once more they came down off their high peaks of joy and they remained locked together. BJ's cock was still stiff deep up to the hilt inside Ellis's arse.
They lay together listening to the rain on the roof. It was unceasing.
After a little while BJ started vigorously powering up into Ellis's arse once more. Ellis was filled with delight. He groaned. He felt as if he were in Heaven.
BJ lasted a little longer than before. Once more Ellis shot his load and that triggered BJ's orgasm. Once more into the orgasmic peaks they went. It was bliss for both of them.
They had several more rounds of sex in between lying on the bed listening to the rain drumming steadily on the roof.
Ellis exclaimed, "Crikey, mate, you're bloody insatiable!"
"Yeah," replied BJ still stiff up Ellis's arse. "But then it's been far too long a time. I'm breaking the drought as you Australians say."
"You've got one hell of a lot of stamina, BJ. I was lucky to get three rounds of sex with my last boyfriend in India. He had nothing like your stamina even though he was pretty fit and strong."
"Yeah, I'm a big strong boy."
"Dicken!"
"I love your Australianisms."
Once more BJ thrust his cock up Ellis's arse with enthusiasm. He was both insatiable and unstoppable. Ellis loved it.
They had many more rounds of sex. Ellis lost count of how many. He eventually ran out of spunk but BJ powered on. Ellis was lost in bliss and his arse felt full of BJ's spunk. His consciousness blurred.
The afternoon wore on and the rain on the roof continued unceasing.
Eventually when it was getting dark outside, BJ ran out of spunk and energy. He stopped. Ellis has long since stopped ejaculating. He had a dull ache in his arse and balls from overuse.
The rain kept on.
They lay together quietly in the semi-darkness thoroughly blissed out listening to the rain falling heavily on the roof of the caravan. Ellis lay on the bed and enjoyed being snuggled up tight with his back against the front of BJ's big powerful body and BJ's thick strong arms wrapped around his body. BJ's cock was still up his arse although it was softening.
Ellis felt like he was in the seventh heaven. His happiness was complete. BJ more than made up for Sashi's angry departure from his life.
Ellis realised after a number of discussions with Theodora that his relationship with Sashi could not have continued indefinitely whatever the circumstances. He understood that the pressure from Sashi's family was on Sashi to get married, settle down and have children like his brothers and sisters. Sashi's relationship with Ellis had to end sooner or later. It was most unfortunate that it ended in the manner it did.
Now BJ roared into his life full of power and energy and the promise of endless sex. He was like a big muscular teddy bear and he had fucked Ellis into a state of stupefied delirium. Ellis was totally blissed out. He was wrapped in the golden afterglow of glorious, magnificent sex although his arsehole felt very well used and rather sore after all that sex. He had a lovely ache deep inside his arse.
They lay together quietly. Ellis revelled in the feeling of total bliss as he listened to the rain on the roof.
BJ's cock was still plugged up Ellis's arse.
"Christ! I've never been so well fucked in my life, ever," murmured Ellis.
"It's been my pleasure," replied BJ quietly. "Thank you, Ellis. It has been truly wonderful."
"I'm willing to do it again. And again. Yes, it has been wonderful this afternoon."
"Um, Ellis, I've got a confession to make. Dora told me you were hot for me."
"Bloody hell! I told her in strictest confidence. I certainly didn't want her to tell you. I can't trust her anymore if she goes and does that."
"Look, Ellis. Don't be too hard on her. She knows I like other guys. She's known that since we were at school together and I used to fuck guys at school. She said that I should make the first approach to you 'cos there's no way you'd make the first move. I had to make it clear to you that I was interested in sex with you. She was concerned that you'd be languishing away and I'd continue building up pressure 'cos I wasn't getting any. She said that you badly needed a good hard fuck after the bad time you had in India and I needed a good fuck after over a year as a virgin. And yes, you and I had a damned good fuck. I needed it badly and I get the feeling that you needed it too."
"Yeah, alright. I guess she did have my best interests at heart, both our best interests."
"She certainly does, Ellis. She's a jolly good friend to both of us."
"Yeah, I sure needed that fuck. You certainly fucked me stupid. It was like being fucked by a big horny bull. It was wonderful. Thank you. I reckon it was the best sex I've ever had by far even though I've got a sore arsehole and a bum full of cum. It's going to leak out all over the place as soon as you pull your cock out. Jesus, you've got a lot of stamina. I've never been so thoroughly well fucked in my life."
"Thank you, Ellis. It's been my absolute pleasure."
BJ kissed Ellis on the cheek. Ellis knew that he had fallen head over heels in love with BJ.
"Feel like a feed yet?" asked BJ. "I certainly do. I'm starving."
"Now that you mention it, yes, I do feel a bit peckish," laughed Ellis. "Isn't it a bit late now though?"
"It's so dark because of the thick cloud cover and the pine trees around us. Dinnertime is probably over by now but we could go over there and one of the ladies in the kitchen should be able to rustle up some leftovers for us."
"What? In this rain?" Ellis queried.
"Yeah. I've got an old golf umbrella big enough for the two of us. There's no food here. And I'm about to fall out of you. Just hold still while I pull out and I'll get something for you."
BJ extracted his flaccid cock from Ellis's arsehole. Ellis sighed at the departure. BJ immediately reached under the bed and produced an old porcelain flower-patterned chamber pot.
"Here. Use this potty to empty your bowels into," he said holding up the pot.
Ellis gingerly clambered off the bed while clenching his arsehole tight. He sat on the pot and with relief and many farts emptied his bowels of BJ's semen. There seemed to be at least a cupful in the pot.
Meanwhile BJ lit a couple of candles and a golden glow filled the caravan. BJ washed his cock in the sink.
"Not much shit on my dick," he commented.
"Just as well I had that big shit this morning," replied Ellis sitting on the pot.
He got off and cleaned himself up while BJ took the pot outside and emptied it out.
Ellis looked out the door. It was almost completely dark. The rain was coming down heavily. Naked, he felt cold. He watched BJ out in the rain stark naked rinsing the pot in a small running creek.
They got dressed. Even with his clothes on, Ellis felt cold. BJ got out an old jacket of his for Ellis to wear outside. It was much too big. BJ wore just a t-shirt, jeans and wellington boots.
Ellis's running shoes were totally inadequate for walking through the long wet grass so BJ piggy-backed Ellis all the way to the house. Ellis held up the golf umbrella to shelter them both.
BJ appeared barely to notice he was carrying Ellis's extra weight. Clinging to BJ's broad muscular back and holding onto BJ's thick hard rounded plates of pectoral muscles while being carried, Ellis knew he had fallen madly and totally in love with BJ.
In the kitchen of the main house, some of the women including Theodora were cleaning up after dinner.
"One guess what you two have been doing," remarked Theodora with a grin. "I hope you two were having fun."
BJ gave a slow sexy smile.
"Yeah, sure did," he replied.
"No, surely not!" exclaimed one of the other women. "Surely you two haven't been, er, er..."
"Yes, Deirdre, they have been," laughed Theodora. "BJ has been fucking Ellis cross-eyed. And it's quite a while since I've seen Ellis looking so happy and relaxed."
"I... I didn't know you were into guys, BJ," said Deirdre.
"Yeah, well I am now," stated BJ.
"Damn! And we've all been missing out because bloody Mary said you had a cock the size of a bull elephant's and it would never have fitted into her vagina without splitting it apart. We should've never listened to her," complained a third woman.
"You're not wrong there, Trish. We shouldn't have listened to her. And now BJ's found Ellis and as Dora says, he's fucking him cross- eyed! And obviously Ellis is surviving quite happily, thank you very much. Bloody hell! We're all going to miss out," exclaimed a fourth woman with a pronounced English Midlands accent.
BJ saw the kitchen clock.
"Golly!" he exclaimed. "Is it really five past eight?"
"Yes," said Trudy, the fourth woman. "Don't worry. There's food enough left over."
"I'm hungry enough to eat a horse."
"You always are, BJ."
Trudy fetched a casserole out of the oven and laid it on the kitchen table.
"We knew you'd be coming over sooner or later so we kept some food warm for you," she said.
"Thanks. Much appreciated," said BJ.
Ellis and BJ sat down at the kitchen table to eat.
After dinner Ellis spent the night with BJ in BJ's caravan in amongst the rain-sodden pine trees. After a couple more rounds of sex they went to sleep with BJ's cock up Ellis's arse and BJ's arms wrapped around his body and the sound of the heavy rain drumming on the roof.
The next day Ellis moved in with BJ to the caravan in amongst the pine trees.
Having discovered BJ, it seemed to Ellis that he had found paradise. They had a lot of sex together and there was no doubting their love for one another. They were completely in love with each other and they fitted together like hand and glove. Their caravan rocked with the storms of their passion. That caused much discussion and a lot of amusement among the other community members.
This continued for the rest of their stay at the community. Occasionally during winter there would be a heavy snowfall blanketing the ground and the pine trees. Often during winter the ground would be too frozen to dig. Some of those days Ellis would spend the day in the caravan getting fucked senseless by BJ. Other days they would play games in the farmhouse with the other members. On fine days they would hike through the hills that were often snow-covered.
During the warmer months they would work hard in the garden and around the community. They often worked together on the building projects taking place in the community. The strenuous exercise caused Ellis's body to harden up and grow muscles on his slim frame. Ellis found himself able to carry heavier and heavier items like wooden beams and large rocks. He did not feel the cold nearly so much. Often he would be wearing a t-shirt and shorts even in quite cool weather or no shirt at all during the milder weather.
BJ liked the change. He liked fucking the stronger and more muscular Ellis.
Often on times off when it was not raining, they would go for long hikes in the surrounding rocky hills. They would find a secluded spot, strip off their clothes and BJ would fuck Ellis senseless out there in the wild under the open sky. One day their passionate noisy love-making was watched by a stag possessing a magnificent spread of antlers. Ellis did not mind the frequent showers of rain nearly so much. He developed into a healthy fit lean strong muscular young man sporting a tan.
Theodora never commented on the change in Ellis but she seemed to approve.
Angus left after less than a year.
One day more than two years later a new-age guru arrived in the community from the United States. He was a passionate advocate of self-denial, self-restraint, self-discipline and not yielding to the passions and appetites of the flesh. He declared that all sex was sinful and people should abstain from sex altogether even if they were in a marriage sanctified by God.
He anathematised the sexual relationship between Ellis and BJ decrying it as sinful, immoral and an abomination to God.
He threatened to report Ellis and BJ to the police as sex between men was still illegal in Scotland, particularly practices like sodomy. He declared that Ellis and BJ should reform themselves and turn aside from their sinful practices. If they wilfully refused, they should either leave the community or he would report them to the police.
BJ and Ellis chose to leave the community and they travelled to London where BJ had come from originally and where he had friends. There were tearful farewells as they departed. Theodora was very sad to see them go.
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