The Homeroom Bunch

 by: Miguel Sanchez

© 2005-2008 by the author

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They started giggling when they heard Colin’s remark. Ray helped Shawn up off the bed and Lance helped Colin so their juices wouldn’t get on the sheets. The two lovebirds cleaned themselves up and returned to the bedroom. The four boys hugged and kissed before getting back into bed. They covered themselves up then snuggled close to their respective boyfriend and drifted off to dreamland.

Chapter 8

Saturday morning when the Ferguson’s awoke, the house was still very quiet. They went to Colin’s room to check in on the boys and they were moved by what they both saw. There cuddled close were Lance and Ray on one side of the bed and Colin and Shawn together on the other, all sleeping like babies.

The parents decided they would let them sleep a little longer and go and start a light breakfast for the four soon to be hungry teens. Mr. Ferguson started frying some bacon while his wife started the coffee. Within a few minutes flavorful smells were resonating throughout the entire house.

Down the hall Ray began to stir as his brain began to tell him food was being cooked. He began to wake up more when something else got his attention, his almost over full bladder. This was a real potty emergency so he just got out of the bed the best way he could and that was to roll over Lance.

“Oomph,” Lance said. “Did anyone see the bull that just bowled me over?” Just then Ray came out of the bathroom in all his naked glory but Lance was still slightly miffed at the way he got woke up. Lance looked at Ray and said, “And a good morning to you too. No kiss, no hug or anything? I’m hurt.”

Lance had a little frown on his face and Ray walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the lips and his tool a quick rub. He said, “Morning babe how’s this?”

Ray knew Lance better than just about anyone. The kiss was one thing but as soon as his cool hand came into contact with Lance’s warm hard tool, he jumped off the bed and flew into the bathroom and quickly emptied his bladder. Ray stood there laughing.

When Lance came out of the bathroom Ray was still giggling. He looked at him and said, “Kiss my ass baby.”

With all the commotion going on around them, Colin and Shawn woke up. They gave each other a quick kiss and went to do their business when they heard Ray say, “Sorry love no time for romance, I’m hungry for solid food, we can have fun later.”

The boys quickly dressed and came down to a nice breakfast. They helped the parents clean up then spent the day outside playing with the others in the gang. They had even gotten Mark’s father to agree to let him join the others.

By lunchtime, the temperature was climbing and Billy asked the gang if they wanted to all go to his house for a refreshing dip in his parent’s swimming pool. When everyone had received their parent’s permission, they spent the afternoon frolicking and splashing the rest of the day away.

When 5 o’clock came, seven tired teens were on chase lounges relaxing and talking. The bunch sat and completely lost track of the time when Mrs. Boyles came outside and said, "I hate to break this little party up but it’s getting late. I don’t need any of you in trouble with your parents.”

Shawn sat up and said, “Man we sure had fun today. How about you Mark did you?”

Mark turned onto his side and said, “This was the absolute best day of my life. You are all so cool. Thanks for wanting a bigger kid in your group.”

Maggie spoke next saying, “Mark, your parents fed you lies for so many years that that was all you believed. You now know the truth about things and more to the point, you’re a really cool kid. We’re glad to have you for a friend.”

The seven teens got together and did the private cheer they always do when parting, and began to head home. Maggie was having dinner with Billy so the remaining 5 boys started towards Mark’s house. They were all laughing and carrying on when Mr. Kelly approached them in his truck.

Suddenly Mark got scared. He looked at his father and said, “I know what time it is Dad. I’m not late. I still have 10 minutes and I’m almost home.”

For once, Mark wasn’t in trouble. Mr. Kelly said, “I know Mark. Your mom told me to take you for a hair cut. That’s all son you’re not in trouble. Hi boys, it’s nice of you to include Mark even though he is a year older than all of you.”

Colin looked up at Mr. Kelly sitting in the truck and said, “You have a cool son sir. He’s a good friend. Thanks for letting him join us.”

Mr. Kelly then told Mark and the others something Mark had never heard his father say. “Mark, boys,” he said. “I have to tell you something and it’s not real ease, especially because it’s about Mark’s mother. She is real funny about wanting to keep Mark at home. She never lets him out at all and when you boys came to the house yesterday, I decided that it was high time someone let him have some fun.”

Mr. Kelly then directed his next statement towards his son. He said, “Mark, I’m glad you were not home tonight. You mother and I had some words and I’m taking a lot of heat for my decision but that is something I will deal with. I want you to have fun and to be a kid. You don’t have much childhood left so I want you to enjoy the time you have left.” He then did something that took Mark completely by surprise. He hugged his son.

Everyone there got a new appreciation for Marks Dad including Mark. As the Kelly’s drove off up the street, the four boys were each giving each other high fives because of what they all just heard and witnessed.

Saturday evening at the Ferguson’s was quiet for the adults. The boys all said they wanted to spend some time on the computer checking out the members of GYG and reading more of Open Plains. The other three boys joined the group and all 4 got into quite a rousing chat with several teens about how it is to be gay in different countries.

Before they knew it, Mr. Ferguson was knocking on the door telling them it was almost 11:30 and they needed to start getting ready for bed. Colin shut down the computer as the others started doing their nightly ministrations. Lance went to give Ray a hug and said, “Man love, you’re rank! Didn’t you take a shower today?”

Colin heard that and said, “You’re in luck guys, there’s room for the 4 of us and we’re not cramped either. Just one rule, boyfriends have to wash each other.”

Ray said, “I don’t know who made up that rule, but I like it. Come on love and move your bum shower time. It’s time to get you clean before bedtime.”

The boys took their showers and this time no one gave it a second thought that they were all naked as they crawled into bed. The Ferguson’s came in and said good night to the boys and went to their room to go to sleep. The boys chatted for a little while then all four of them fell asleep.

On Sunday, Colin’s parents asked all the boys if they wished to join them in attending worship services. They looked at each other and decided it would be nice so they all went together. After the services, the Ferguson’s treated the boys to a late breakfast at one of the local restaurants. They played together for the rest of the afternoon then their weekend was winding to a close.

Lance and Ray were the first boys to have to leave. Ray said, “Man this has been a great weekend. Can you believe Mark’s Dad? He’s all right for letting Mark finally have a bit of fun in his life. Guys, I hope we can all have that camp out over spring break.”

Lance spoke next saying, “Yeah, Mark’s dad is cool. I just hope Mark’s mom doesn’t give him grief when his Dad is at work. I would love to see the look on his brother’s face when Mark sees him. Shawn, have you talked with your parents about his yet? Think they will go for this?

Shawn looked at everyone and said, “I don’t know guys. I haven’t talked with them yet but I would like to think they would want to help. I wonder if Mark and his Dad are doing better, Mark might talk with him also. I don’t know. It’s sad that parents would lie to their son over something like this. God, Mark can’t get AIDS from visiting his brother. This was something we learned in health class last year when we took that special class out parents had to sign permission slips so we could attend.”

Lance spoke again and said, “Yeah Shawn, that’s right. But since we needed parent’s permission, I bet Mark couldn’t attend so he never learned the truth until last week.”

Ray chimed in saying, “It’s so bloody stupid. This is stuff we need to learn and Mark’s parents were acting like they were ashamed of his brother.”

Shawn looked around to all of them and said, “Guys, it’s not right to put Mark’s parents down like this. I agree it doesn’t sound fair or right, for that matter but they are still Mark’s parents. I’ll sit and talk with my folks tonight and see what they say. I’ll fill everyone in tomorrow in class or just as soon as they say yes or no.”

The four boys started having to go their separate ways and when Shawn got home he went into the living room to have that talk with his parents.

When Colin returned home he went and gave both his parents a big hug and kiss. He said to them, “Thank you both so much for this weekend. We all had a great time. Ah Dad, can we talk for a few minutes please?”

Mrs. Ferguson said, “Son I’m glad you and your friends enjoyed themselves. We enjoyed having them and you all behaved wonderfully. Maybe you all would like to do that again some time? I will let you two men talk about whatever it is you need to. I need to check on dinner.”

Mrs. Ferguson went into the kitchen and Colin sat beside his Dad. Mr. Ferguson closed his newspaper. While setting it on the coffee table he looked at his son and said, “Now what’s on your mind son? You have a serious look on your face. Is this about what I think it is?”

Colin’s face turned a little red when heard what his Dad asked him. He hadn’t expected him to pick up quite so quickly what he wanted to talk with him about. He gathered his thoughts for a moment and said, “Well Dad, it is sort of. Things happened on Friday with Shawn and me. He kissed me and I kissed him and well, I touched him and he me.”

Mr. Ferguson looked at his son and asked, “Son did you do anything more than kiss and touch?”

He looked up at his father and said, “No sir, we didn’t. I mean I did kiss his chest but that’s all.”

Mr. Ferguson chuckled a little. He said, “Son, that’s normal. I’m not worried about you two son, I think you will know when to come to me when you will need real advice. Go get cleaned up for dinner son.”

Back at Shawn’s he and his parents were finishing dinner and Shawn asked, “Mom, Dad can I talk with you two about something? I have something I think is important.”

When the dishes were put into the dishwasher, the Maxwell’s went into the living room and Shawn had the floor. He said, “Mom, Dad I have a favor to ask and I know on the surface it’s not going to sound right. But when you hear everything I have to say, I hope you will agree with me.”

Before he continued, Shawn went into the kitchen to get himself a cold drink so he wouldn’t need to stop his speech once he gets on a roll. He sat across from his parents so he could see them both while he spoke. He started by giving them some background on Mark. He said, “First, I made another new friend Friday. The gang and I learned some things that are so unfair it really makes me mad. Our new friend’s name is Mark Kelly and he’s in our homeroom. We don’t have him in any of our other classes but now we wish we did.”

Shawn took a quick break for a mouthful of his soda. He continued by telling them about his brother. He said, “You see, Mark has an older brother Roger. Roger is gay but he’s also quite ill. Mark told us that his brother used to use drugs and he got AIDS. Now he’s in a hospital. What really got me was what Mark’s parents told him about his brother. They told him he got AIDS as punishment for being gay. For so long he believed that until Mr. Williams sat him down and got him to believe the truth that the drugs and not him being gay was the most likely cause if him getting sick.”

Shawn needed to take some more of his drink and compose himself because he was close to getting emotional and this was one thing he didn’t want to do right now. He sat there a few minutes wondering if he was saying more than he needed to or what, but he had to have his parents behind him on this. After taking a deep breath he continued saying, “The thing about his brother being in the hospital is his parents won’t let them see each other. For the longest time Mark believed if he even saw his brother or hugged him, he would get it too. I was wondering if you would be willing to do us a big favor. Well, it’s more for Mark than us but we thought it would be cool if his brother knew he had a lot of people pulling for him.”

Mr. Maxwell looked at Shawn and said, “First, how do you know Mark’s brother is strong enough for visitors and the next question is how do you know he’s even allowed visitors. His parents may have said no visitors at all.”

Shawn looked at his father and said, “Mark has been emailing his brother for the past few weeks in the schools computer lab so he knows how he is doing. Roger is 18 and now an adult so he can be allowed his own visitors. Mom, Dad would you help us? Mark said we could use his Dad’s big tent and set it up in the back yard and have a sleep out with Colin, Ray, Lance, Mark and I. We were thinking we could sleep out two or three nights that way Marks parents wouldn’t worry about him. They knew he would be with us and he would be fine. The other kids are going to talk with their parents so if you do say it alright, they will have permission.”

Mrs. Maxwell looked at her son and said, “I must say that you have done your homework. I feel for Mark not being able to see or talk with him all this time. You all may sleep out as many nights as you like and if the other parents say their boys may stay providing you behave yourselves. Your father and I will discuss this some more between us and we will give you an answer soon.”

Shawn stood up and said, “Aw Mom, we’ll behave. Thanks for not coming right out and saying no. You are so cool. I love you.” He gave his mom and dad each a hug before making sure his homework was complete before calling Colin and giving him the news.

The next morning Shawn and the gang started joining up on their way to school. As soon as everyone was together he said, “Colin already knows this but last night I talked with my parents about us all going to see Roger in the hospital. Mark my Mom and Dad want you to know how sorry they are about you two not being able to see each other. They are going to talk amongst themselves and will let us know something in a few days. Also, the camp out is on. We can sleep out as many nights as your parents will let you because she gave us the week.”

Everyone started cheering and whooping it up on the way to school, high fives and hugs went around to everyone. School flew by and soon it was Thursday afternoon. The teachers didn’t give homework assignments because Friday was the last day for ten days. The gang all went home and quickly changed because they agreed to meet at Mark’s house to play some basketball. Maggie and Billy had plans of their own at Billy’s house.

Shawn, Collin, Ray and lance met up and began the two-block walk to Mark’s house. As they got about two houses from his house two high school kids started coming towards them. They kept walking but by the time they were in front of Marks house, they had caught up to them.

The shorter of the two started running his mouth first saying, “Well what have we here, four little fairies. Why don’t you flap your wings and go home fairies. Oh, that’s right your not fairies your fags.”

Colin tried to stay brave but the longer this went on he was beginning to lose it. Ray pulled Colin over to him so he could have some protection while Lance and Shawn got in front of the high school kids.

Shawn remembered what worked with Mark so he thought he would try it again. Shawn said, “Look, don’t you two have a toilet to go flush yourselves down? Just keep moving and leave us the hell alone.”

Shawn was about to grab big boy’s jewels when he heard, “Cole, Kyle what’s up dudes?”

They all look and there was Mark walking down the driveway towards the two big dudes. They’re watching as if it’s a family reunion or something wondering if Mark is all of a sudden going to aid in there pounding.

Then the big dude says, “Hey Mark want to have some fun with these little fags? I know you haven’t pounded anyone in a long time.”

While big boy was talking to Mark, Shawn felt his friend grab his shirt from behind. He just knew this wasn’t going to be pretty. He then presents Shawn to Mark as the first sacrifice. Mark puts one hand on his shoulder while the kid lets go of his shirt.

As soon as he sees that Shawn was loose Mark says, “Yeah guys, I’d love to pound something. I haven’t been in a fight in a long time and I would love to pound your two butts for picking on my friends here.”

The high school kids’ eyes get real big and the bigger one says, “They are your friends Mark? You know these…”

Mark stops him in mid sentence saying, “Look you pricks, I can take you and your friend with out breaking a sweat. If you think your friends would like to jump me some time, bring it on. Remember I have friends too and they are a lot bigger than you are.” Mark pointed to Colin and said, “This kid has more guts in his little finger than the two of you do in your whole body. Now get the hell out of here and leave all of us alone.”

The two big kids just walked away lucky they weren’t on the receiving end of one of Mark’s fists. When they were out of sight they all went and hugged Mark for what he did.

Shawn looked up at him and said, “Man dude, I thought I was going to be road kill. I could feel you hitting me.”

Mark wrapped his arm around Shawn and Colin and said, “Guys, I said you were my friends and I never let my friends down when they need me. None of those punks would have hurt you. They’re just jealous that they don’t have the guts to hold hands.”

They all just stopped dead in their tracks when Mark said that. Ray looked way up at Mark and said, “What did you just say mate? You mean they’re gay like the whole bloody lot of us are? So what’s with the tough guy routine?”

They started walking towards the back of Mark’s house while he finished the story. He said, “Well guys the word going around the high school is that Cole and Kyle are gay. They were almost seen a few times in their gym class staring a little too long at each other. So they decided to try to bolster their own reputations by picking a fight with you guys. They told me they saw you guys holding hands last week when you were coming to my house. You know I don’t care but please be careful.”

Shawn spoke for the group saying, “Mark you’re right. We do need to be more careful. This problem seems to have been resolved, but next time Mark may not be here or we may not be as lucky.”

The next day dragged by because they were all looking forward to their vacation and camp out. When the bell finally rang, their books were in their lockers and they were out the doors to enjoy their spring break and the camp out that they had planned.

To be continued...

Posted: 07/04/08