Long Time Companion

 by: Hankster

© 2010 by the Author

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Chapter 7

The big jet plane landed at LAX and roared to a stop.  Adam and Jamie were seated almost in the rear, and it took them forever to deplane.  In fact, by the time they got to the carousel, the luggage from their flight was already coming down the chute.  They each had been able to get everything into one suitcase, so all either had with him was a carry on and a suitcase.

They had no problem wheeling their light load to another airline’s carousel where they waited for Tim’s plane to arrive.  When the three of them were together, they took a shuttle bus to the car rental and rented a mid size car.  With the aid of directions supplied by Billy, and a navigation system, they started out to Billy’s house.

Billy instructed them to get on one of LA’s freeways.  Before they were all the way up the entrance ramp, they were stalled in heavy traffic.  Billy’s instructions, supplied by Mapquest, said that the trip would take twenty-five minutes.  After twenty-five minutes they still had not merged onto the freeway.  They were not liking LA very much.  In all, it took them one hour and fifty minutes to reach Billy’s driveway.

Billy was at work, but he had told them where to find a key.  He also told them to unpack and freshen up and he would be home at about 5:30.  It was now 4:45.  They each showered and changed and were all freshened when Billy did come home.  He embraced Adam and Jamie and shook Tim’s hand heartily.

“Fred should be home soon,” he said.  “He’s at his local office.  This is supposed to be his vacation, but he’s working.  As soon as he gets home, we’ll go out to dinner.”

Jamie and Tim were only four or five years older than Billy and Fred.  Notwithstanding that they were contemporaries, they and Adam were accustomed to eating dinner no later than 6 PM.  Fred did not get home until 8:40 PM.  Back east in Florida it was 11:40 PM.  The men were starving.

After greetings were over, Fred excused himself.  He said that he needed to shower and change before dinner.  At 9:40 PM they finally set out for dinner.  They drove for about a half hour more before reaching their destination.   The Floridians were amazed to find the restaurant overflowing, and the bar was three deep at this late hour.  The wait would be at least three quarters of an hour.

“Maybe we should go elsewhere,” Tim suggested. 

“You’ll find the same crowds at any decent restaurant,” Fred said.  “We might as well tough it out here.”  By this time the easterners were groggy with sleep and rapidly losing their appetites.  Their appetites were refreshed when they finally got seated and saw the menu, which was mainly Caribbean.   Everything was delicious and very expensive.  Fred picked up the check and the visitors objected strongly.

“First night out is our treat,” Billy said.  “We can go Dutch after this.  By the way, tomorrow we are planning on going to a gay bar and restaurant for dinner.  The bar will be busier than the restaurant so we won’t have as long a wait.  Also we are both officially starting our vacations tomorrow until Labor Day.  It will be tough to keep Fred away from his office.  You guys will have to help me.”

That night Adam slept like a log, but he awakened at 4:30 in the morning.  His body clock was still on Eastern Time, where it was 7:30 AM.  If he was home he would be going down to breakfast about now.  He certainly wasn’t hungry, but he needed to pee badly.  Remembering that he was naked, he grabbed a robe and stepped out into the hall.  Fred and Billy were to his right and Tim and Jamie were to his left.  The bathroom was directly across the hall.

The hall was dark and quiet.  He thought he heard sounds coming from Tim and Jamie’s room.  Yup!  The two of them were going at it and they were none too quiet.  Out of curiosity, he listened at Billy and Fred’s door.  It was perfectly quiet.  Obviously the early hour was late for Tim and Jamie also, but Billy and Fred were fast asleep.  Adam smiled to himself, peed, and returned to bed.

***

He and Evan had taken a long weekend at a gay resort in Key West.  The place was a real eye opener for them.  Clothing was optional and they couldn’t help marvel at how so many men with ugly, obese bodies didn’t mind baring themselves.  On the other hand there was plenty of delicious eye candy as well.  Through the thin walls, they could hear love making on both sides of them.   The sounds aroused them.  They lost track of how many noisy times they coupled that weekend, but they weren’t counting.  It never occurred to them that their noises were just as arousing to the couple on one side of them, and to the threesome on the other.

***

Adam smiled at the memory and strained to hear noises from Billy and Fred’s room.   He heard nothing.

Billy made a simple breakfast that morning, but he announced that they were all on vacation and would be eating their meals out from now on.  That suited everyone just fine.  After breakfast Fred drove them to Marina Del Rey where they had a light lunch on the pier.  Fred urged them to save their appetites for dinner that night.

The air was refreshing and cool with very low humidity, and they ate outdoors.  Late August in Florida meant very humid days and threats of hurricanes.  Adam soaked in the glorious weather.  The negative first impression of the very heavy traffic was giving way to impressions of a terrific climate and balmy days.

While they were enjoying lunch in the refreshing ocean air, Billy said casually, “We’ve invited a very dear friend of ours to join us at dinner tonight.  He’s a great guy.”  When he said that, he looked right at Adam and winked.  Now what did that mean?  Adam hoped it wasn’t what he was thinking.  Nobody would ever replace Evan.  But even Adam had to admit to himself that a little bit of lustful, meaningless, unattached sex wouldn’t be so bad for him.  With that realization in his brain, Adam actually felt a pang of anticipation.

After lunch, Adam lost track of all the places Fred drove them to see.  They never got out of the car, but Fred drove all over the Los Angeles area pointing out different sights.  Adam recognized names that he had heard before, but that had no real meaning to him; Hollywood and Vine, Wilshire Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, the La Brea tar pits, Olivera Street (the old Mexican section of town), and many other places.  It was really nice to see all the places he had read about and heard about.  Some of the places he had seen in movies, but everything looked different in real life.

“I know you’ve heard of West Hollywood,” Fred said.  “It’s a predominantly gay section.  The restaurant we are going to tonight is there so you’ll get to see West Hollywood this evening. But right now, we are going home to rest and freshen up.”

Adam showered and decided to lie down for an hour or so before getting dressed for dinner.  He lay down in bed in the very quiet guest room.  He thought he heard a noise and he listened.  The noise grew into many noises which got louder and louder.  Now it was Billy and Fred who were going at it.  It reminded Adam of just how noisy he remembered they were when they made love.

***

Billy brought Fred home to meet his folks right after graduation.  The two young men came over to Adam and Evan for them to meet Fred.  The four men made small talk for awhile and then Billy looked very sheepish.

“Can I ask you guys for a favor?” he asked.

“Sure.  Shoot.”  Evan said.

“Can we use your guest room for a little while?  Fred and I are very noisy lovers and I am very inhibited in my folks’ home.”

Evan broke out laughing.  “Sure,” he said, “but I’ll bet Adam and I are noisier.  Take the bedroom at the head of the stairs.”

It wasn’t long before Adam and Evan were treated to shouts of, “Yeah, yeah, fuck me harder, fucker.  You’re holding back,” and much much more.  They might have gotten embarrassed but instead they became very horny and rushed up to their own bedroom.  Afterward, the four of them laughed themselves silly at the language they had all used and heard.

***

Lying in his bed in Los Angeles so many years later, Adam fondly recalled the incident.  Billy and Fred had been so handsome.  He remembered thinking that if he didn’t feel so fatherly toward the boys, he would have lusted after them.  The noises from next door stopped and Adam dozed off.

He was roused from his nap by a knock on the door.  He grabbed his robe and answered the door. Billy was standing there also wearing a robe.

“May I come in?” he asked.  “I need to talk to you.”

“Of course.” 

Billy entered and closed the door.  The only place to sit was on the bed. He sat down and beckoned Adam to join him.

“Why do you look so serious?” Adam asked.  “Is something wrong?”

“No, not really, but I have to tell you about something that happened a long time ago.  It has bothered me almost all my life.  I feel that if I don’t confess it to you, I won’t ever have any peace.”

“I’m listening,” Adam said.

“Promise not to hate me.”

Adam put his arm around Billy and kissed him on the cheek.  “I could never be angry with you, my son.   I love you too much.   I’m sure it’s not half as bad as you think it is.”

“It happened when I was sixteen.  You were out this particular evening at your Spanish class and Evan was home alone.”

***

The doorbell rang and Evan went to answer it.  Who the hell can it be, he wondered.  He opened the door and there stood Billy.  The boy looked really scared.

“What’s the matter?” Evan asked.

“Can I come in?”

“Of course.”  Billy came in and Evan shut the door.

“I need to speak to you,” Billy said.  “I’m really not afraid to talk to my dad about this, but before I do, I need some advice.  Can we sit down somewhere comfortable?”

Evan waved his head toward the sofa, and the two of them sat down side by side.  Billy’s thigh was touching Evan’s and Evan was very uncomfortable.  He was a gay man and he knew that he shouldn’t be alone with a minor boy.  They looked at each other for a moment and finally Billy began to speak.

“Evan, I’m gay.  I have a friend at school who wants to have sex with me, and I don’t know what to do.”

Evan was speechless.  He never would have guessed.  He put his arm around Billy and held him tight.  “I can’t help much,” Evan said.  “You have got to face it alone and deal with it alone.  That doesn’t mean that Adam and I aren’t here for you.  I just know your folks will support you too.”

As Evan was comforting Billy, Billy had placed his hand on Evan’s thigh and he was slowly inching up into territory reserved only for Adam.  At first Evan didn’t realize what was happening.  All of his thoughts were on how he could help Billy come out.

Billy had almost reached Evan’s crotch when Billy looked into Evan’s eyes and began to kiss him.  Billy’s mouth on Evan’s sent shudders through the older man’s body.  He knew he should pull away, but Billy had parted his lips and his tongue was probing Evan’s.  Finally Evan realized what was happening.  He wanted desperately to pull away, but by now Billy was stroking his cock.  Evan was hard and dripping pre-cum.  Billy’s seduction was successful and Evan was longing to make love to him.

“Teach me!” Billy begged.  “Show me what to do.  I want to have sex with my friend, but I want the first time to be with someone I love.”

Billy told Evan he loved him.  He knew he loved Billy.  There was no way they could harm each other.  Evan was over the top.  He picked Billy up and carried him upstairs to his bedroom.  Evan put Billy gently on his bed.

They were both skimpily dressed and undressing took just a moment.  Evan took a moment to admire Billy’s nubile young body.  His cock was fully developed and almost as big as Adam’s.  Evan literally fell on top of Billy and devoured his rod in his mouth.  Billy came gushing into Evan’s mouth in a few short seconds.  Evan swallowed every drop.  He saved nothing for Billy.

“Please,” Billy said, “I want to do that to you.”  Evan was not of a mind to stop him.  He instructed Billy in the fine art of fellatio.  Billy learned quickly and Evan came quickly.  Following Evan’s lead, he swallowed every drop also.  Billy had never lost his erection and he realized that he was enjoying the hardest erection he had ever had in his life.  It was so hard that it actually hurt him. 

Evan took out some KY Jelly.  He put some on Billy’s finger and instructed him to grease his ass.  He rolled on his back and Billy did as instructed.

“Now grease your dick and I think you can figure out what to do with it,” Evan said.  Billy entered Evan easily and started pumping.  Evan thought that Billy felt so wonderful inside of him.  Billy pumped harder and harder and came a second time.  He kept himself inside of Evan until at last he softened and fell out.

Now the two lay facing each other, holding tight, rubbing their cocks together, and kissing passionately. 

Finally Evan said, “Billy, Adam and I love you, but this must never happen again.  I want you to go home now and nobody must ever know of this.  Do you understand?”

Billy nodded.  He was weeping. 

“Someday you will come out to Adam and me, and I’ll pretend to be shocked.  Is that clear?”  Billy nodded again.  He dressed quickly and disappeared.  They never coupled again.

***

Adam was speechless.  He didn’t know what to say.  Billy was quiet now, trying to read Adam’s face.  What could Adam think or say?  He had kept a secret from Evan and Evan had kept one from him.  Adam had to wonder if Evan had ventured outside of their bed on other occasions, but he put the thought out of his head.

“Honest, Adam,” Billy said.  “It wasn’t Evan’s fault.  It was easy for a young 16 year old to seduce an older man.  It never happened again.”

Finally Adam found his tongue.  “Well,” he said, “he sure put on an academy award performance when you came out to us.”

“Please forgive me, Adam.”

“There’s nothing to forgive.  It surely is water under the bridge.”  Adam put his arms around Billy and hugged him tightly.  “Let’s get ready for dinner,” he said.  “I’m anxious to check out West Hollywood and the blind date you have rounded up for me.”

“Thank you Adam,” Billy said.  “You don’t know how I have suffered keeping this secret.  I feel a million percent better.”  He leaned into Adam and kissed him like a son would kiss a father.  Then he left the room.

Why Evan, you old reprobate, Adam thought.  Well don’t sweat it old man, wherever you are.  I still love you, and I always will.  Even if you slept with a hundred different men, nothing could change how I feel about you. 

Adam looked up to heaven and smiled.   Suddenly his smile turned to dread.  He distinctly heard Evan’s voice.  He did not imagine it.  “Don’t live like a hermit, big guy.  Get out in the world and enjoy yourself.  Take a lover.  Live until you die.  It’s my parting wish for you.”

The voice disappeared and Adam composed himself. 

You old fart, he thought.  I’ll bet you did sleep with a lot of guys and now you’re feeling guilty so you want me to do the same.  Well, I won’t assuage your guilt.  I’m a single man and I can sleep with anyone I want to, and I won’t feel guilty.  On reflection, he added.  It doesn’t mean I don’t still love you, you old coot.

To be continued...

Posted: 05/07/10