Just after midnight, Ollie and Blake came into my office, Ollie showed me what he found out about the Groves.
I looked over the pages, and said, “that’s what I expected, both went to college at the University of Miami, dated through school and were married a year after they graduated. They had been married for 8 years before they had Isaac.”
Blake said, “that seems a little long, most people only wait a couple of years before they start having kids.”
I shrugged, “I guess everyone works on their own schedule. Maybe that’s why, according to this, they are in such good financial shape.”
Ollie said, “yeah, and their parents are in even better shape, so money and family don’t seem to be an issue.”
I nodded, “I agree, there has to be something we are missing or don’t know yet. Why was Isaac taken?”
Blake and Ollie both shrugged as we looked at each other, I looked at the clock and said, “it might do us some good to get a little rest. Let’s go home and hit it early tomorrow."
Lucy came running out of the bedroom as I walked in the door, I was trying to not wake her or Lucas up, but she wasn’t having it. I went outside with her when I let her out, I watched her run around the yard as I tried to clear my head so that I could fall asleep without tossing and turning and waking Lucas up. We went back inside, and she took her place on the bed as I undressed and tried to climb into the bed undetected.
Lucas rolled over as I pulled the covers up, “hey goodlooking, you come here often?”
I chuckled, “yeah, almost every night.”
He gave me a kiss, “me too.”
I asked, “so what were you thinking about when you had that silly grin on your face tonight?"
He shrugged, “when you guys were talking about Isaac and Chase being good friends, I started thinking about Travis and Jace.”
I wiped the tear that had rolled down his cheek, Lucas had told me all about Travis and Jace when we first started dating, I knew how much they meant to him. It brought back my memories of my teen years, they weren’t as good as Lucas’s, but those experiences for both of us are what eventually brought us together and I would gladly relive them if it meant we would be where we are today. As I tried to fall asleep, I found myself back in that group home over twenty years ago.
***
Ridge Flashback.
I had never really given much thought to my sexuality, but after the last few months, it was now one of my most frequent thoughts. Between seeing all the guys working out at the gym, and not even noticing the women, and now with what happened with Carter, I was starting to doubt that I was straight. To be completely honest, I did enjoy sucking Carter’s cock, but I might have liked it a lot more, if he had returned the favor, or at least given my cock a couple of strokes.
The next day, Carter and I just exchanged greetings, just like we had always done. I don’t know what I was expecting, I guess deep down I knew we were not going to be boyfriends. I guess we will see what happens if Carter makes another late-night visit to my room. I had a few friends at school, but because of our different living situations, I didn’t spend much time with them outside of school. As a result, I really didn’t have anyone to talk to about all of this. I wasn’t comfortable with the counselor at school because the few times that I talked to her, I got the impression that she was doing just enough to get me through school. She wasn’t expecting too much from a kid that lived in a group home and had no family or outside support. I couldn’t talk to my social worker, because I had seen another kid who came out, basically treated as an outcast. While they didn’t treat him badly, they immediately isolated him so that the other boys wouldn’t bother him. I honestly think that the real reason was so he wouldn’t “corrupt” anyone else. I saw that as soon as he was able, he moved out. It’s ok though, I have been on my own since I was 10, I just had to get through the next year and a half, and I could figure things out.
Over the next few months, Carter would visit my room after Chad made his bed checks. After the last time he was there, I decided to try to take things a little further. Once I had finished giving him his blow job, I stood up and tried to initiate some further contact. I took his hand and guided it to my still hard cock. As soon as he realized what I was doing, he pulled his hand back and pushed me away.
He said, “woah, I don’t do none of that queer shit.”
I shook my head, “then I don’t think you should come over expecting anything from me then.”
He just looked at me with a grin, “we’ll see about that.” He turned away and left.
I fell back onto my bed and sighed, fuck, I wasn’t asking him to be in a relationship, it was only fair that he give a little back. What the hell did he mean, by we’ll see? I knew it wouldn’t be a good idea to talk to Chad about Carter, that would just cause a lot more problems for everybody. I had noticed that the nights I would shower at the home after work, was the nights that Carter would visit. That was when I started to shower early in the morning, or at the gym after I was done with work. That seemed to work for a few weeks, but he was soon standing in my room again.
I looked up from my homework as he stood there with his cock in his hand.
I asked, “what the hell do you want?”
He waved his dick at me, “you know what I want.”
I shook my head, “yeah, and I told you to stop coming in here if you weren’t willing to give a little too.”
He raised an eyebrow, “oh, don’t be like that. You know you want this, now be a good boy and get me off.”
I stood up and looked him in the eye, “I told you to stop coming in here, I am done getting you off.”
I’m not sure where that confidence came from, maybe it was from the extra 15 pounds of muscle that I had gained over the last few months, but Carter saw that I was serious.
He shook head, “whatever.” He turned and left.
I sighed as I went back to my homework, worrying about how things were going to go the next time I saw Carter in the hall. Over the next week, we just ignored each other, and I was relieved that at the end of the school year, Carter had turned 18 and graduated and moved out.
I still didn’t have a plan for after graduation, but once school was out, I was able to work full time at the gym. Since I started at the gym, I had been able to save up a nice little nest egg, I knew it wouldn’t be enough to go to college, but at least that was an option. My boss at the gym must have been impressed with my work, because as some of the regular full-time employees were taking their vacations, he trained me to close the gym at the end of the night. The gym closed at 11, so he talked to the Chad about me being out past curfew. We agreed that since school was out, I could stay out until I finished at the gym, I would just need to report to Chad as soon as I got back to the home. If I didn’t report by midnight, Chad would start making phone calls.
The first week I was scheduled to close, I was a little nervous, but after the first night went well, I was confident that I could handle it.
The third night I was working, I was still doing my cleaning duties until it was time to close. I took some clean towels to the locker room and heard the shower running. As I was putting the towels on their shelf, I glanced into the shower to sneak a peek. Most of the time it was an older guy, now by older, I mean someone in their mid-twenties to early thirties. When you are 17, that is older, while they are attractive, most would not want to risk being with an underage high schooler, even if they were gay. Tonight, when I took my look in the shower, I saw a guy that was in my class at school. His name was Alex, and I think he was on the wrestling team. I had seen him working out a few times before, and either he didn’t recognize me, or he didn’t want to talk to me. We had never talked at school, so this didn’t surprise me, we had different friend groups. He ran with the jocks, my small group didn’t really fit anywhere. We weren’t jocks, or nerds, or band and drama kids, I guess we were just there, mostly unnoticed. I put the towels away and took one more look as I walked out of the locker room.
Alex was slightly shorter than I was, but very muscular with thick legs and arms. He was a redhead, complete with pale, freckled skin, and emerald, green eyes. He had a broad chest and except for his ginger pubes, he was completely hairless. I quickly went out to finish my cleaning for the night. A few minutes later as I was sweeping the entry hall, I saw him leave.
He smiled, “see you next time.”
I smiled back, “thank you, have a good night.”
I still couldn’t tell if he recognized me or was just being polite, it didn’t really matter, I was happy he at least acknowledged me. I finished my work and went home for the night, after I checked in with Chad and headed to my room. I took a quick shower and climbed into bed to use my fresh memory of Alex to empty my cum-filled nuts. That firm round ass and nice uncut cock nestled in those ginger pubes was all it took to send my jizz flying into my towel. I drifted off to sleep with the thought of him lying beside me in my bed as I wrapped my arms around my pillow.
I kept watching for Alex for the rest of the week, but so far, he hadn’t returned to the gym. Saturday night was slow, just as they are every week, most people go out on Saturdays or are out of town for the weekend. That was fine with me, after a long week, I wouldn’t mind leaving early tonight. On slow nights, the boss would let us lock up early, if there we no customers still in the building at ten. By about 9:30, I was the only one in the building and I had all my cleaning done. Since I had been busy all week, I had planned to work out tonight, so I changed into my work out clothes. I used one of the machines near the entrance so I could watch if any customers came in. I was going to lock up at 10, finish my work out, then shower and head home. About 10 minutes before I was going to lock up, I heard the door open. I sighed, well, I guess I have to stay until 11 now. I turned to see who was coming in and my disappointment soon went away, it was Alex.
He saw me on the treadmill and smiled, “sorry I’m late, is it ok if I work out?”
I returned his smile, “sure, I was going to lock up at 10, but take as much time as you want.”
He set his bag down, and said, “I won’t be any longer than an hour, I promise. If you want, you can go ahead and lock up, it will be nice not to have to wait for the machines.”
I said, “as long as you don’t mind me working out too.”
He grinned, “I don’t mind at all.”
I locked the door and Alex, and I worked out for the next 45 minutes, chatting and spotting for each other as we lifted weights.
He said, “so I’ve seen you around school, they call you Ridge, right?
I nodded, “yep, and you’re Alex?”
He also nodded, “yeah, how long have you worked here?”
I answered, “a little bit over a year. You’re on the wrestling team, aren’t you?”
He nodded, “yep, coach gave me a workout routine for the summer so I could stay in shape.”
I said, “it looks like it’s working.” As soon as the words left my mouth, I wished I hadn’t said anything.
Alex just looked me up and down and said, “thank you, you look like you’re in pretty good shape too, do you play any sports?”
I shook my head, “no, I get a free membership for working here, so I use it a lot.”
He grinned, “well, it looks like it’s working for you too.”
I blushed, “thanks.”
We held each other’s legs as we each did a set of sit-ups. Alex held his hand out to help me up off the floor when I finished. He picked up his towel and wiped the sweat from his face.
He said, “thanks for staying around, workouts always go quicker when you have someone to workout with.”
I chuckled, “no problem, I’m actually getting paid to workout, so it’s a win-win for me.”
Alex laughed, “good for you Ridge. Do you mind if I shower before I leave?”
My heart raced, this was going to be my chance to get an up close look at Alex naked.
I said, “no not at all, I was going to shower anyway.”
We went to the locker room and started to undress. I had to stifle a gasp as Alex dropped his shorts and I got a look at him in just a black jock. He turned to put his shorts in his bag as I stared at his pale bubble butt contrasted by the two black straps that led to what I was sure was a perfect pink pucker. I told myself, I needed to be careful, I felt my cock twitch and was afraid I would pop wood if I didn’t think of something else. I watched that ass bounce as I followed him to the shower. Alex faced me as he stepped under the water and flashed me that sexy uncut cock. I turned away as I turned my shower on as cold as I could stand it, hoping that would keep my cock from swelling.
I was startled out of my trance when Alex said, “wow, you have some serious hair on your ass.”
I turned to him a little shocked, and stuttered, “what?”
He chuckled, “sorry, but you have a nice ass, and I think that hair is sexy.”
I’m sure I blushed as I muttered, “thanks?”
Alex started to walk toward me, he said, “don’t think I didn’t notice you checking me out in the shower earlier this week when you brought those towels in here. Not to mention the way you have been looking at me all night while we worked out.”
I knew my face was now even redder, I said, “sorry I didn’t mean to…”
I paused as he got closer to me and I noticed that his dick was now at full mast, his grin just got bigger as he looked down at my cock. Shit, I was hard too.
He looked me in the eyes and asked, “have you ever done anything with a guy before?”
I swallowed hard, “well. sort of…”
Before I could explain, he leaned in until our lips met, and he grabbed my ass. Our tongues began to dance while our rock-hard swords started to duel like two swashbucklers fighting to the death. I took Alex’s smooth, firm ass cheeks in my hands as we held each other tight. This is what was missing with Carter, I was anxious to taste Alex’s dick, but I wanted this to go on forever.
He whispered in my ear, “I love the feel of your hairy ass.” He gave my butt a squeeze and lightly pulled on the hairs.
I whispered back, “and I love the feel of your uncut cock rubbing against mine.”
Alex stuck his tongue in my ear, driving me to a new level of horniness, he breathed into my ear, “then why don’t you give it a taste?”
I was going to my knees before he finished the sentence, I pushed his foreskin back to reveal the pink head. A dab of precum appeared at his piss slit, I greedily licked it clean. It had never occurred to me that different guys precum would taste different, but Alex was slightly sweeter than Carter. My tastebuds danced as I tried to coax more of his sweet juices from that rock-hard cock. I ran my tongue under his foreskin and was rewarded with more of his nectar with every stroke. Alex moaned as he held onto my shoulders and began to fuck my face. He paused to push me away and then pulled me back to my feet. He gave me a kiss and said, “you were going to make me cum, I want to taste you now.”
Alex went to his knees, gave me a smile as he tugged on my erection, he opened his mouth and before I knew it, his nose was buried in my pubes and my nuts were resting on his chin. It only took a few minutes for him to bring me to the brink of orgasm, so I pulled him to his feet for another kiss.
He grinned, “did you like that?”
I panted, “God yes, that was the first time anyone had ever touched my dick.”
He smiled, “why don’t we keep trying new things then?”
I asked, “like what?”
Alex turned toward the wall and put his hands up like was ready to be frisked by a cop. He spread his legs apart and looked over his shoulder, “do you want to try to lick my ass?”
I nodded as I went to my knees, putting one hand on each of those perfect ass cheeks. I spread them to reveal that pink hole, I gave each cheek a little kiss. I worked my way to my ultimate treasure, I raked my tongue across his hole as Alex exhaled and shuttered at my touch. I pulled his cheeks apart as far as I could and dove in, my tongue going in and out like a little cock. Alex fell against the wall as he helped my spread his ass wide and I reached up to stroke his dick. Alex sighed, “that feels so good.” His encouragement spurred me on, pushing my tongue further inside his love tunnel.
He panted, “fuck, that’s enough, will you please fuck me? I need your dick inside me right now.”
I quickly stood, so that he couldn’t change his mind, and slowly pushed my sword into his sheath. He was so tight and warm, once I bottomed out, Alex groaned and started to push back. He screamed, “yes, that’s it, you’re hitting my sweet spot.” We were soon in a rhythm, and I felt the pressure start to build, I wasn’t going to last much longer. Alex panted, “fill me with your seed.” That was all I needed to push me over the edge. I thought my cock was never going to stop spasming and shooting cum deep inside Alex. As Alex milked the last drop from me, I fell against him, and my deflating cock slipped from his cum-filled hole. He turned around and gave me a kiss, and asked “will you help me cum now?” I nodded, “of course.” I went to my knees and took his manhood back into my mouth as I rolled his nuts in my hand. I heard his breath quicken, he gasped, “I’m close, if you don’t want a mouthful, you better let me go.” I grabbed his ass and pulled him in as deep as I could as he let out one last grunt and fed me his seed. I gulped down every drop, until he squirt his last morsel. I kept just a bit of his cum in my mouth and stood up for a kiss. He smiled as we broke our kiss, you didn’t have to eat my cum.”
I smiled back, “I know, but I wanted to.”
We finished our shower and got dressed to go home, I made it just before curfew. We continued to hook up for the rest of the summer, and experiment, finding out that we both liked to get fucked as well as fucking each other. It was so much better than the way it was with Carter, we both tried to please each other.
Once school started that fall, we returned to our own friend groups, and didn’t interact too much. We had agreed before school started that we weren’t going to tell anyone about our relationship. I found out that Alex came from a very wealthy family and his parents were well respected in the community. His mother liked me, so Chad was easily convinced to let me spend some time at Alex’s house. His mom was so proud of her son for becoming friends with the poor orphan, that she allowed me to come over whenever we wanted. Lucky for us, Alex’s parents went out of town often, so we had the house to ourselves quite often. I was even able to have Alex come to my room, so we could do homework together, as long as he left before 10.
We continued our secret relationship through the rest of the school year. Right after Christmas break, Alex found out he got a scholarship to wrestle at Ohio State. While I had some money saved, I knew I didn’t have enough to go with him. I knew that it had always been Alex’s goal to wrestle in college and he worked very hard to accomplish that dream. I still had no idea what I wanted to do, so I knew the best thing for both of us was to go our separate ways.
Shortly after Alex got his scholarship, we had a career day for all seniors. I had a talk with Chad, and he suggested that I attend and see if anything sparks my interest. Alex walked with me to the gym to visit all the booths. He was going to wrestle and study to be a coach after college.
He said, “ok, this side of the gym is four-year schools, they have business courses, teaching programs, that kind of thing.”
I shrugged, “yeah, not really interested in any of that.”
He sighed, “community colleges and trade schools are over here, do you want to look at construction programs or see about learning how to be a mechanic?”
I laughed, “yeah right, I can barely change batteries in a remote control, let alone rebuilt an engine or build a house.”
Alex shook his head, “ok, let’s just keep looking around then.”
We walked down the next isle to find the booths for all the armed forces. Air Force, Navy, Marines and the Army.
I stopped in front of the Army Recruiter, he smiled at me, “now you like a soldier if I ever saw one.”
I shrugged, “I’m not sure what I want to do yet.”
The recruiter said, “that’s no problem, the army has lots of different jobs. The best part is, you get paid while we train you. You can enlist for as short as two years and then use the GI Bill to continue your education after your enlistment. You might even find out you like serving and make a career out of the army.”
I glanced through the brochures he had on the tables, “what if I don’t know what I would like to do, how do I choose what training to take?”
He said, “no problem, we have you take an aptitude test. It will tell us what jobs you are best suited for, and you can decide from there.”
Alex looked at me, “what do think Ridge, do you think you might be interested in the army?”
I picked up the brochure about becoming an MP and asked the recruiter, “can I take the test before I sign up, just to see if what I am suited for is something that interests me?”
He smiled, “yes, you can.”
***
Lucas wrapped his arms around me as I drifted off to sleep, I would need to be back at the station in about six hours to resume my search for Isaac.
To be continued…
