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Started at the Bus Stop Chapter 7
The next morning as William and Percy walked to school together they discussed what they were feeling about what they had done the day before. Percy said that it had been a great new experience for him as he had never done anything like that before. William said that doing it with someone who was not a brother or sister had been quite different from doing it with his brother or sister. He said both were great, but doing it with Percy had been better, and he hoped they could do it some more. They also talked about the offer of a meal and cinema that Percy's parents had made. They decided to ask the guys all at the same time when they got together at their first break time.
Percy waited until all of the guys were comfortably eating their food before he began. "I think my parents are so glad that I've got some friends that they want to try and make sure I keep my friends. They have offered for you all to come round mine for a meal, then my parents will take us into town to see a film together. Afterwards we can go to a coffee shop or something to chat a bit before they pick us all up and take you all home. Our treat for it all this time. What do you think?"
"That's cool. I'd like to do it," Nicky said.
"Yeah, I'm cool with it too," Barrie agreed.
"Count me in," Inky said.
"I'll be there too," Martyn said.
"Yeah, I don't mind being bought off," Bryan said.
"Come on, Bryan! What do you mean by that?" William asked. He was really annoyed by Bryan's response.
"If Cockpit's parents want to pay us to be his friends then I'll take the job."
"Hey, there's been no suggestion of anyone forcing you to join in. If you can't bring yourself to be Percy's friend, then just leave it like that. You don't have to be nasty about it," Inky said.
"In fact, if you can't bring yourself to call Percy by his real name, then maybe you'd best not join in our fun," Barrie said. Turning to face Percy he added, "I'm sorry about this guy. He's being a right arsehole. I don't like it, so I'm sure you don't."
"It's okay. He doesn't need to join us, and this is not my parents buying you guys off. This is a one off. I think it's more so my parents can meet you guys and see who has accepted me as a friend at last. Perhaps if that's how he's going to be in front of them it would be better for him to declines the offer."
"Oh, so now I'm not welcome. First he humiliates me in front of my friends, and now he tells me to fuck off," Bryan said.
"I didn't say you're not welcome. I said that if you are going to behave like this in front of my parents it might be better if you don't come. You're the one person who has used nearly every opportunity to be shit towards me for years. I gave you the opportunity to have me not say something about you, and you threw that back in my face. The others accepted what I said about them and knew I was not telling lies, but you tried to throw it all back on me until the proof was seen. Today you've given me a metaphorical slap to my face with your reaction. That offer stands. I'm not here to be a wedge between you and your friends, but if you can't accept me being with them then you need to think about what kind of friend you are," Percy said.
"By the way, did I tell you that as well as being a maths genius, Percy here is quite the philosopher?" William said.
"There is another thing," Percy said. "I've invited William's sister and younger brother to join us. I don't want Juliet to feel out of place, so I'm also inviting you to bring your girlfriends with you and Inky to bring his sister, as she is in the same year group as Juliet. And I would like to ask you to be kind towards William's brother Clive. You'll understand why when you meet him."
"Wow, thank you. That's cool,"[DGT1] Barrie said. "I'll talk to Rosie tonight and let you know."
"Yeah, I'll chat to Claire about it," Martyn said.
"And I'll talk to Bekkah and let you know this evening. I think we'll have a great time on Saturday," Inky said.
When the boys gathered for their break the next day, Bryan was not with them. Percy had seen him in class and asked, "Where's Bryan? He's usually one of the first to get here."
"I'm sorry, guys. I think that might be my fault," Barrie said. "I had a long talk with him after school yesterday. I kind of told him that he needed to think about what he values in life. I said that if he wanted to keep our friendship then he needed to show some respect towards Percy, because Percy, you're our friend now too. He ranted about Percy breaking a good group up. I laid it on the line that it was his attitude doing the breaking, not you, Percy. I'm afraid he still has some mistaken opinions about you; I haven't seen any evidence to lead us to even think they're a possibility. I told him off for that too. I think he's still licking his wounds. It seems you can't make a dumbass see sense no matter how hard you try." Barrie had clearly been quite frustrated by Bryan's attitude.
"I'm sorry, guys. I'm grateful that you want to be friends with me, but I don't want to be the cause of you guys falling out with each other. Maybe I should just go back to being by myself and leave you to enjoy each other's company," Percy said.
"Don't do that on the strength of that arsehole's reaction. William found something good in you and befriended you. He then introduced you to us, and we've realised that we've been blind all this time. We've been arseholes towards you, and now that we've learnt a bit about you we know we were wrong. Even in your isolation, you have been more of a friend to us than Bryan. As far as I'm concerned you're one of us now. If Bryan can't accept that, then he's the one who needs to take himself off," Martyn said. "Barrie, I think you did the right thing to talk to him. Maybe after he's thought about it he'll realise that he's been wrong."
"And if I have to tell Juliet and Clive that you're no longer with us, you'll all be attending a funeral. They've only met you a couple of times, but they really like you. They'll lynch me if I send you packing," William said.
"Thanks. That's really nice of you guys. I hope you still feel like that in a month or two. Please let me know if any girlfriends or sisters are coming so that I can give a definite number to Mavis for food. Inky, I've already told her to look into what Jewish people can and can't eat and to make sure there's nothing that might be a problem for you. Do any of you other guys have any dietary problems that I need to know about?"
"I'll double check with Claire, but I don't think so," Martyn said.
"Not that I know of. Rose has never mentioned anything, and she's eaten everything in front of her when we've been out together," Barrie said.
The rest of the group all said they had no problems that needed to be taken care of. Percy was quite relieved; he had been concerned that he should have known about them already.
As they continued through the week, a number of the other students in their year group noticed the change in attitude of Percy's new friends and became curious. Every so often, when opportunity allowed, someone would ask them what had happened with Cockpit. The first thing that they learned was that it was not acceptable to call Percy by that nickname anymore and there would be trouble for those who did. Over the next few weeks the number of people who called Percy `Cockpit' faded until there was just one person in the whole year group still using that name – Bryan.
Bryan had not joined them for the meal and movies and had distanced himself from the whole group. Others in the group had tried talking to him and come away as frustrated as Barrie, declaring Bryan to be as stubborn as a mule.
The rest of the group had thoroughly enjoyed the meal and movie night. Some of them had gone home to their own parents to ask if they could do something like it. The meal had started out with a prawn and avocado cocktail served on a lettuce leaf. Mavis had outdone herself, roasting a beef joint that would have fed the whole party twice over. The Nisbetts were going to be having cold roast beef sandwiches for quite a while yet. Along with the roast beef was horseradish sauce as well as a rich gravy. Roast potatoes in a mountain, all done to perfection. Peas, carrots and roasted parsnips completed the menu for the main course. Then she followed that with cherry and blueberry cobbler served with cream and ice cream. The teens were so full they struggled to find the energy to get away from the table and into the cars to go to cinema.
Percy's parents had gone to some lengths to make the evening one the group would remember. They had borrowed in some tables to make sure the whole group could sit around one big table. There was a wide range of cool drinks for them to choose from, and both parents made a point of trying to talk to each of Percy's guests. Barrie's and Martyn's girlfriends had joined in with Inky's sister to make up the number of girls, and they all seemed to get along well together. All the older ones had been really kind to Clive and made sure he was included in their conversations.
When the group descended on a poor unsuspecting coffee shop after the movies the staff were pleasantly surprised at how well the group behaved and how they tried to not disturb the other patrons with too much loud laughter and talk
They were all still buzzing over it when they got to school on Monday. That teenage boys would sit down, of their own accord, and write thank you notes to Percy's parents, and separate ones to Mavis, was testament to how much they had enjoyed the evening.
The following weekend Percy was invited to stay over at the Chesterton home for both Friday and Saturday nights. Even though Adam, their father, was going to be away from early on Saturday morning to late Sunday afternoon or early evening, Percy's parents gave the okay for him to stay over. They had seen how well William and Juliet looked after Clive and how careful Percy had been to make sure that Clive was included in the fun and discussions. They felt sure that they would all behave responsibly. Truth be told, they were also relieved that Percy was at last meeting people and getting out of the house a bit.
Percy carried his school bag and his overnight bag down the road to William's house on the Friday morning and left his overnight bag there ready for when they got back after school that day. Then the three of them walked to school together. Juliet had started joining them for the walk to school. Previously she was never ready in time to go with William, who liked to get to school a little early. Now she made the effort and joined them. Clive was still picked up from the house and dropped back off by one of his TA's.
Much to Juliet's disappointment, she had agreed to join some friends after school on the Friday and would only be getting home just in time for the evening meal. Although she knew that Percy and William had done some intimate things with each other, she was still holding out the hope that he might be bi and willing to have some intimate times with her too. In fact she was hoping that he would like to have some action with all three of them at the same time. Getting home later was going to put her at a disadvantage in trying to work towards that idea.
William and Percy arrived home just as Clive was fumbling with his school bag to get his key out. He was having some difficulty; he had his school bag swinging from the crook of his elbow while he tried to find his key, which was attached by a string to the inside of the school bag. Being right-handed, he made it more difficult for himself by having his bag swinging on his right arm and trying to use the less dextrous of his hands to find the key.
William gently stopped him and had him put his bag down on the step and use his right hand to get the key out. Clive was then able to unlock the door and let the three of them in. That he was quite excited about seeing Percy was evident in his exuberant greeting for Percy and a somewhat less flamboyant greeting for his brother.
William told Clive to get changed out of his school uniform, then grabbed Percy's overnight bag from where they had left it at the foot of the stairs that morning and led Percy up to his own bedroom. "We can pump up an air mattress if you'd prefer, but I've got a double bed. I thought we might be able to share it."
"What will your dad think?" Percy asked.
"He'll probably not even know about it. He seldom comes into my room, and never when I have someone staying over," William told him.
"And what about Juliet and Clive?" Percy asked.
"They'll both probably be a little jealous, but it won't really bother them," William said.
William began to take off his uniform. Seeing this Percy also started to undress. William had just taken his boxers off and was standing, naked, facing Percy, who still had his trousers on, when Clive came bounding into the room.
"How come you can get naked when Percy's here, and I'm not allowed to have only boxers on?" Clive demanded.
William turned to Clive[DGT2]. "I'm in my own room, and Percy is going to be staying the night here, sleeping in my room. When you have a sleepover your friends all get changed in your room. But I'm not going to be walking around the house naked while Percy's here."
"It's not fair! You're going to get to see Percy naked, and I'm not even allowed to be naked with him," Clive said.
"Look, I tell you what. If you promise not to say anything, after Dad's gone tomorrow I might let you wear just your boxers in front of Percy, okay?" William said.
"Can Percy also wear just his boxers?" Clive asked.
"Well, I'm not sure that Percy will want to do that, and it might not look too good for Percy to be in just his boxers in front of Julie."
"Julie won't mind!" Clive insisted.
Percy stepped closer and whispered into William's ear. William looked at him and smiled. "Are you sure?" he asked.
"I offered, didn't I?" Percy said. William just nodded his head in agreement and Percy began to undo his fly.
"Listen, Clive. Tomorrow you might even be allowed to go naked in front of Percy, because he's sleeping over for two nights," William said.
"Two nights!" Clive shrieked excitedly and turned to look at Percy who was just starting to lower his boxers[DGT3].
"Is that true?" Clive asked as his gaze landed directly on Percy's bulging boxers and the bit of flesh that was slowly coming into view.
"Yes, I'm staying until some time on Sunday," Percy said as his cock came free and bounced a little bit. Percy was not used to having an audience when he changed, so he was sporting a cock that wasn't hard but wasn't soft either.
"Yippee. What are we all going to do?" Clive asked excitedly.
"Well, firstly, Percy and I are going to finish getting changed out of our uniforms, and then we are all going to go and find something to drink and maybe nibble on. Then we can talk about what all we're going to do," William told Clive.
Clive's eyes never left Percy's cock until Percy turned around to get some clothes out of his bag. Clive just used it as an opportunity to look at Percy's butt until he turned back to pull some joggers on. Clive grinned when he saw that both his brother and Percy were going commando.
As Percy pulled his jogger bottoms up, he suggested, "I thought we might want to try and get our homework out of the way first, so that we don't have to worry about it the rest of the weekend."
"That's a good idea. Do you have a lot of homework, Clive?" William asked.
"I've got some. Can you help me with it?" Clive answered.
"You know we always help you a bit, but you've got to do the work yourself or you won't learn as much," William told him.
"Will you also help me, Percy?" Clive asked.
"If I can, but you need to remember to say that little word," Percy told him.
"Please, please, please," Clive said. He knew straight off what Percy was looking for.
When Juliet arrived home, all three boys were sitting around the dining room table doing their homework. Clive was really enjoying having Percy help him with some of it. William was in awe, because the way Percy was helping Clive was getting Clive to work through things and come to the result himself, rather than just being shown the answer. William could see Clive getting more animated as he worked things out and realised he had done it, he had succeeded. Clive was also glowing in the praise that Percy was piling on him each time he achieved something. There was no doubt about it - Clive had a new hero. It would take a lot to change his mind now.
Juliet had greeted them when she got home, and after changing herself she joined them with her homework. Very soon she also became very impressed with the way Percy was helping Clive. The three siblings were very happy that they had found this new friend and hoped that their friendship would last a long time.
To me the deleted sentence just doesn't sound like boys this age talking amongst themselves.
I presume this was supposed to be Clive as William was facing Percy the last time his position was mentioned.
The deleted bit is what most readers will assume, since Percy is lowering his boxers, and it distracts the reader from the flow of the action.
I think readers ordinarily expect the narrative to flow forward, so there has to be a fairly strong reason for backing up instead of mentioning significant action at the point in the narrative where it occurs.