The Mark and the Mole
by: E Walk

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Chapter 4
The Predicament

When the three teenagers had finished the dishes, they came into the living room laughing.  It was so good to see Chad laughing.  When he saw his two sons, he stopped laughing.  He looked at Kevin and Kendra, “I just hope my two sons can be as comfortable with their lives, when they are our age, as you two are.  I don’t know how I will be able to provide them the nice things that you have enjoyed.”

The assembled adults were caught by surprise at that statement. Grandmother didn’t let that stop her.  She suggested, “Kevin and Kendra, why don’t you take Mark and Jon into the kitchen and make sure they are okay while their Daddy tells your parents and grandparents his story?”

Kevin shook his head, “Grandma Walker, if Kendra and I are going to be Chad’s friends, we should be able to hear Chad’s story.  If we don’t know what is going on, how can we help him?  The little guys seem to be fine right now.  So please, may we stay and listen?”

Grandmother looked at Chad.  He shrugged his shoulders.  Grandmother continued, “Chad, I want you to tell the Longs and the Wilkens what happened and how you wound up at my house with the boys on Christmas Eve.”

Chad told his story and everyone who hadn’t heard it before started to get tears in their eyes.  Both Kevin and Kendra went and sat beside Chad and put their arms around him. 

When Chad had finished his story, Grandmother started, “Okay, Pete and Frank, we need your help to make it possible for Doug and Mike to be able to be the guardians of the three young men.  Please ponder how to make it happen.  It is obvious that Chad’s parents couldn't care less and the Davises are certainly not very understanding.  We would be able to provide a very good home for them.  I would be more than willing to move into Doug and Mike’s home with them so I can make sure that Jon and Mark and their Daddy receive the proper care.”

Chad just slumped into the sofa where he was sitting with Kendra and Kevin and started to sob again.  Kevin hugged Chad, “Hey wimp, is that all you can do?   You need to be strong for Jon and Mark.  Dad and Granddad will figure a way to make it happen, so just cool it, would you?”

Chad stood, “Mrs. Long, where are my sons and I going to sleep tonight?”

Mom Long looked at Chad, “Unless you want to sleep in a bath tub, I guess you and Kevin will be sharing a room.  Between the two of you, you should be able to hear the two young ones if they start crying during the night?”

Kevin spoke up, “I will not change any dirty diapers.  I would probably be so sick that no one could stay in the same room with me.”

Kendra started to laugh, “They probably will be moving out in the middle of the night, anyway, since they couldn’t get any sleep because of your snoring.”

Kevin was not about to be bested.  “At least I don’t sing like a witch in my sleep.”

Kevin and Chad took the boys to the room where they were to sleep.  When Kevin opened the door, Chad was a little concerned.  “Kev, are you and I going to be sleeping in the same bed?”

“I guess so, dude, unless you want to sleep on the floor.  I won’t do that.  The boys can rest on either side of the bed.  Surely, one of us will hear them if they start to get hungry or need attention.  Why don’t you take your shower first and then I’ll take mine?  That way one of us will be here to take care of the boys if they wake up.”

Chad looked at Kevin, “Kev, I don’t have any clean clothes, so why should I take a shower?”

Kevin was momentarily stopped, but recovered nicely, “Well, I am not sleeping with someone who hasn’t had a shower.  Just go take your shower,

and I’ll loan you a pair of my clean bikini shorts.  Now move it.  It’s getting late.”

Chad took his shower and was coming out of the bathroom, “Okay Kev, where are those bikini briefs that I am supposed to wear?”

Kevin was enjoying the view.  He thought, ‘This might be very interesting.’  He tossed the shorts to Chad.  After Chad put the briefs on, Kevin started to giggle, “Not too bad for a boy Poppa.” 

Kevin shed his clothes and went to take his shower and when he returned, Chad lit into him.  “Kevin, that was not a very nice comment that you made.  I might add that you are good looking specimen for a juvenile delinquent.”

Kevin pushed Chad onto the bed.  “Just for that you'll pay, mister smarty-pants.  I am going to embarrass you in front of your sons and my nephews.”

Kevin started to kiss Chad.  Chad had no idea what to do.  He was repelled by the idea, but then, he realized it felt so good to have someone paying attention to him. He pushed Kevin away, “Kevin, please let’s not go there.  We just met each other.  My first concern needs to be for my sons.  I liked what we were doing, but this is not the time or the place.”

Kevin pulled away, “Chad, I’m so sorry.  I guess I got carried away.  I thought you might just be the person that I have been looking for.”

Chad sat up, “Kevin, did you just tell me that you think you are gay?”

Kevin was openly shedding tears, “Chad, I think I might be gay, or at least bisexual.  I have dreams about both men and women.  I guess I just got carried away tonight when I saw your body, knowing that you had produced two beautiful sons.  I guess, maybe I was jealous.  Please forgive me.”

The two teenagers settled down with Kevin holding Chad.  They were awakened in the middle of the night, and Chad started to change the boys' diapers.  Kevin went to get the bottles and the two guys were sitting on the bed feeding Jon and Mark.  They held them, and Chad started to sing to them and the infants settled down and quickly went back to sleep. 

Mike and I were in the adjacent room and I could hear Chad singing to the boys, so I knew that they were being well taken care of.  So I just relaxed and pulled against Michael.  Why was I becoming so attached to these young men and I couldn’t do anything about it?  Chad stopped singing, so I assumed that the two little guys had gone back to sleep.  I started to settle against Michael.  I needed to know that he was real.

Chad and Kevin crawled back into bed after making sure that Mark and Jon were settled comfortably.  Kevin pulled Chad as close to him as he could and put his hand in Chad’s bikini briefs. 

Chad reacted, “Kev, what are you doing?”

Kevin wasn’t the least bit perturbed, “I’m playing with your cock.  I want to see if I can get it excited and if you will let me play with it.  Chad, I would love to be able to take care of your needs, but I know that this is not the time or the place.  I don’t even know if you are gay.”

Chad pulled Kevin’s hand out of his briefs, “Kevin, I don’t know what I am anymore; but I can’t do anything to jeopardize my having my sons with me.  I don’t have any idea about what is going to happen, but they need to be my primary concern.  Kevin, I am attracted to you but right now I don’t know what that attraction is.  It could be because I think of you as friend or maybe even a brother.  I am not willing, at this point, to be involved in another sexual relationship.” 

Chad kissed Kevin on the lips, “Brother, can we just go to sleep.  Mark and Jon will need to be taken care of shortly.”

When Mike and I got up the next morning, Chad was in the family room feeding the twins.  I looked around, “Where’s Kevin?”

“He is still asleep.  I brought the boys down here so we wouldn’t wake anyone else.  They are my responsibility, so I need to be able to care for them properly, if I am to be able to provide a good home for them.”

I went and picked up Jon while Mike went and put his arm around Chad, “Listen and listen well, Son, Dad Doug and I will do everything within our power to help you rear these two boys, to the best of our collective abilities.  You heard what Grandma Walker said yesterday, that she would even move in with us to help with the boys.  I hope you were listening to what I was saying.  Both Doug and I are already becoming attached to the three of you.  I think you also realize that Grandma is not about to let anything bad happen to any of you.  Give me Mark and go get dressed.”

Chad looked at Mike with a funny look, “Dad, the only clothes that I have are the dirty ones I wore yesterday, except this warm up suit and my new sweater.  Do you want me to sit at breakfast in the bikini briefs and a sweater?”

Grandma was standing in the doorway laughing, “Dear Grandson, that might be interesting to see, but I think you might want to stick with the warm up suit for now.  We can take care of the rest a bit later.  Come on let’s get breakfast started.  You two granddaddies can take care of boys for a few minutes, can't you?”

Chad looked at us, “Her majesty has spoken.  Don’t you dare corrupt my sons.”

The boys quickly went back to sleep, so we went to the kitchen to see if we could help with anything.  Grandmother, Kendra and Chad had everything under control.  Grandmother noticed us, “Michael, go inform everyone that breakfast will be ready in 30 minutes.”

Mike went to inform his Dad and Mother and Frank and Elaine what he was told to do.  They were already up.  He went and knocked on Kevin’s door.

There was no answer so he went in and gently touched Kevin.  Kevin bolted up, Mike whispered, “Kevin, its time to get to get up for breakfast.”

Kevin rubbed his eyes, “Where’s Chad and the twins?”

Mike sat down on the bed, “Kevin, they are already downstairs.  Chad and Kendra are helping Grandma Walker fix breakfast.  Mark and Jon have been fed and are sleeping.”

Kevin looked at his Uncle Mike, “Uncle Mike, I made a fool of myself last night.  I tried to force Chad into wanting to have sex with me.  I just wanted to know what it would be like to kiss and play with another male’s penis.  I probably scared Chad half to death.  He took my hand away from his penis and kissed me and called me brother.  Uncle Mike, am I so bad?”

Mike took a deep breath, “Kevin, I don’t think you are bad at all, but please don’t ever try to force someone to do something they aren’t ready for.  Chad is carrying a lot of excess baggage right now, so we need to be very careful not to push him too hard or he might bolt, and we certainly don't want him to do that.  Chad probably has no idea right now about his sexuality.  He made one mistake and he will probably suffer for it for the rest of his life, because of it.  We all need to help him forget what has already happened and help him to move forward.”

Kevin climbed out of bed and hugged Mike, “Thanks, Uncle Mike.”  Mike was a little stunned when Kevin shed his briefs and started toward the bathroom.  “I’ll be down in ten minutes.  I need to get rid of some pent up emotions.”

Everyone was finally assembled in the kitchen, and we started to eat the pancakes and sausage that Grandmother, Kendra and Chad had fixed.  Mike’s father spoke, “Chad, after breakfast, I would appreciate it if you could give Frank and me the telephone numbers of your parents and your wife’s family, so we can call them and visit with them.  I think we might very well be able to make it possible for Douglas to become your legal guardian.”

Before anyone could say anything, Mr. Long added, “I think that it would be best that Michael not be involved in the discussions at all.  Right now, we need to concentrate on getting Doug assigned as the boys' guardian.”

To be continued...

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Editor's Notes:

Well, that last statement bothers me a bit.  I realize that as a couple it is not easy for a pair of Gay men to become guardians of, let alone adopt small children, especially young boys. Of course we all know it is a stupid thing, but yet it is the way people tend to think of gay people. Even though it has been observed time and time again that there are a lot more heterosexual men sexually abusing children than there are gay men doing it.  Unfortunately, old habits and prejudices die hard. One thing for sure though, we have a wonderful group of people who are going to do everything in their power to make this happen, and I have faith that they will find a way to accomplish it.  

Please hurry with the next chapter.

Darryl AKA The Radio Rancher

Posted: 01/18/08