Brother's Mate

By: Rick Masters
(© 2017 by the author)

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Chapter 8

Callum and Alexander got in one more 'training' session before the weekend and felt reasonably confident as the day of reckoning approached. Alexander's interaction with his brother on a more equal standing had built his confidence and courage to face Dom and Brad; Of course knowing that Brad seemed to have a soft spot for him helped too. He also was certain that if things started to get out of hand, Callum would jump in to help him against his best friends. Callum now knew that he not only could stomach someone else's cum, but that he could also cope with having a cock in his mouth and rubbing his tongue all over the cock and the balls that hang below it. What is more, he knew that he also liked it and enjoyed giving the pleasure to the recipient that his mouth and tongue could give. Sure both Dom's and Brad's cocks were bigger than the one he had tried out on and he suspected that at some stage there would be an instance of gagging as a cock went too deep into his mouth, but he was not really concerned about that. He had seen how Alexander had coped with the gagging and felt sure that he could cope just as well.

For three of the four boys Sleepover Saturday couldn't arrive soon enough while for the fourth it was a bit different. Dom was of two opposed minds over this sleepover. One half of him was excited which kept causing stirrings in his nether regions while the other half was considerably worried that he was about to lose a bet that had a significant price to pay for the loser. Dom's experience of blow jobs was limited solely to tasting his own pre-cum and cum and what he had read or seen on the internet. To add to it he had not actually swallowed a lot of his cum. Sure he had tasted some and left it in his mouth till he had produced enough saliva that he had swallowed automatically and the very watered down version of his cum had gone down his throat but he had not gone for it quite as much as he had indicated to Callum when they had talked some days previously.

But Saturday did arrive and Brad and Dom arrived in the early part of the afternoon so that they could help with erecting the tent. John Ashbourne oversaw the whole operation giving instructions and guidance the whole way through. Making sure the four boys did not stand on the tent canvas while it was lying on the ground and that they placed the poles in the right tubes and on the right pegs. It took only half an hour for them to have it up and pegged out and the inner rooms hooked up to the roof of the tent. Before they began to move their personal kit in Rose stopped them with some snacks and drinks. They sat on the decking and looked over at the tent.

"That is an awesome tent Cal. You guys are so lucky." Bradley said.

"And to have such cool parents who will go camping with you too. I am just a bit jealous." Dom said and smiled to show that though he was jealous he was not holding it against them.

"Well I've been jealous of your guy's parents for a long time. I wish my parents were as understanding and easy to talk to as yours are." Bradley said.

"You should try my parents on for size then. You all would appreciate your parents a lot more if you had to put up with mine even if only for a few days." Dominic said and both Callum and Bradley knew that he was telling the truth.

"Would your parents ground you for a week and also give you a hiding if you walked from the bathroom to your room in just a towel?" Alexander joined in the conversation.

"No. Callum told us about your friend. That was really harsh." Dominic said talking directly to Alexander for the first time since he had greeted the two brothers on his arrival.

"Guys we have two double air beds or we can sort out single foam mats for us to sleep on. What do you want?" Callum asked

"Air beds are much more comfortable so I would say to go with those." Bradley said.

"Who will sleep with who?" Alexander asked.

"I don't mind who I sleep with just so long as he also wants the air bed." Bradley said. "You want to share with me Alex?"

"If it is the difference between an air bed and a foam mat then yeah, I will share with you, but don't you want to sleep with your friends?" Alexander answered.

"I will be sleeping with my friend no matter who I sleep with out of you three." Bradley said.

Alexander felt a great sense of joy and pride welling up inside him at being called a friend by Bradley and it also caused him to swell up a bit at the thought of being accepted by the boy he hoped to suck on before he went to sleep that night.

"Dom, that seems to leave you and me together. You okay with that and which would you prefer?" Callum asked him.

"Yeah, no problem with sharing with you and I think the air mattress is the best bet too." Dominic answered.

"Right, let's get the air beds pumping up then and we can get some foam mats to put down in the front room to sit on before we go to bed." Callum suggested.

"I'll start on the mattresses because I know where the pump is and how to do that." Alexander offered and went charging off in the direction of the storeroom behind the garage where all their camping gear was kept.

Bradley made a move to go and help but Callum stopped him. "Let him go and do it. He's so concerned about proving himself to us and also wants to show all three of us how grateful he is that we have included him. Be prepared to be driven nuts by his insistence of helping all the time. If there is a next time for him, he won't be quite so eager so make the best of it while you can. Brad thanks for asking him to share with you; did you see how it made him feel?"

"He's a good guy and I want him to come away from this with a positive attitude because I think he is going to surprise all of us this weekend." Bradley said.

"I think as he has already surprised me so I might not be that surprised, but I think you made the right decision to include him. Come on, let's get the other stuff moved in or Al is going to think we are lazy." Callum said.

The three older teens got up and headed in the same direction that Alexander had gone and as they approached the storeroom they could hear the electric pump going as it inflated the first of the two mattresses. They found John in the room with Alexander and he had already pulled the foam mats off the shelf and stacked them near the door. Alongside the mats were a cool box and a ground sheet and some folding chairs. "Put the ground sheet down outside the tent and peg it down with those ring pegs there so it doesn't blow away then put your folding chairs on there and the cool box and mum will give you some ice and cool drinks to have when you want them. There are also some lights there on the shelf, Callum, take one each for the bedrooms and two for the other room. You can use one or two of them when you are outside too. Fold the chairs up and put them inside the tent before you go to bed or they will be wet with dew in the morning. Please leave the cool box outside so that you are not tempted to drink inside the tent." John told them.

Dominic picked up two of the folding chairs and then holding one in each hand he asked Bradley to put a roll of foam mat under each arm and once loaded headed off to the tent. Callum picked up the groundsheet and pegs and headed out while Bradley got the next two chairs and then asked Alexander to put some foam mats under his arms. With Alexander standing close in front of him he said in a whisper, "you are not our slave for the weekend. We all need to pull a fair share of the work so don't think you have to try and do more than us. Okay?"

"But I want to show you that I'm really happy you guys asked me to join you." Alexander protested mildly.

"Just join in like you would do with your own friends. That will be enough." Bradley assured him.

"Bradley's right, Alex, listen to him." John said and both Bradley and Alexander gave a start because they had not realised that John was back at the storeroom as he had left after telling Callum to take four lights for the tent. John had taken the cool box into the house and Rose had filled it before John took it out to the tent and then he had returned to the storeroom to check on the air beds.

"Dad! You gave me a fright. Why are you sneaking up on us?" Alexander complained.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. And I wasn't sneaking up on you, I just came back to see if you needed a hand with the mattresses. They are a bit big and bulky for one person to carry by themselves." John told his son.

"I'll help Alex to carry them, John. I'll be right back as soon as I have delivered these things to the tent. Looks like the first one will be about ready by the time I get back." Bradley said.

"Okay, then, I'll leave it to you two. I don't want them being carried by just one person please. It's too easy to snag them on something and a punctured air bed is no good to anyone." John told them.

"Thank you for letting us use your tent like this." Bradley got in quickly as John turned to go again.

"It's good to get it aired and see it properly up and we can't get in enough camping trips so I'm happy for it to be used in this way too."

Bradley took the mats and chairs to the tent and then returned to help Alexander carry the first mattress out to the tent. Alexander had already got the second one hooked up to the pump and was ready with the first one. Taking an end each, Bradley let Alexander lead the way out.

As he stepped into the tent Dominic looked up and said, "Here's the phantom eavesdropper with our bed."

"Actually I don't think you can call him an eavesdropper when he was merely sitting in his own room. It's us who are at fault for talking too loudly and we should be thankful to Alex that he has kept our conversations secret from everyone." Bradley admonished Dominic.

"Oh dear, getting touchy are we?" Dominic retaliated.

"No, just correcting a wrong impression." Bradley retorted.

"Hey guys, we're here to have fun. Let's not spoil it with a fight over nothing. Sure Alex overheard us. But he kept it secret because he didn't want there to be trouble between us. And this has just proved that he was right to do that." Callum said.

"Okay, I'm sorry Alex I shouldn't have had a go at you." Dominic quickly apologised.

"It's okay Dom." Alexander forgave him.

"Can you two help get this thing into one of the rooms, please? I think it would have been easier to inflate them once they are inside the rooms but then we are short of a plug." Bradley said.

"Haven't you heard of an extension cable?" Dominic asked rather sarcastically. Although he had apologised to Alexander it seemed that he was still smarting at being told off by both his best friends for his jibe at Alexander.

"We don't have one that will reach the tent from the house." Alexander pointed out.

"Touché!" Bradley said and smiled at Alexander with his face hidden from Dominic behind the mattress. Alexander found he liked Bradley more and more and especially when he used these conspirational signals that were being shared only with him.

The four boys got the first mattress into the one room and then Alexander and Bradley returned to the storeroom to collect the second one. When they got there they found that it was not quite hard enough and decided to wait for it to inflate a bit more.

"Thank you for sticking up for me." Alexander said as they stood in the room.

"Dominic was wrong to say what he did. He should appreciate that you've kept it to yourself to keep us out of trouble. I'm sure his parents would not be happy to hear what you heard." Bradley told him.

"I don't think he likes me." Alexander stated.

"I think he thinks that you're going to mess up our weekend for us by making it so we can't do some of the things we might want to do." Bradley said.

"How's my being here going to make any difference? You guys already know that I know what you like to do and I've kept that secret. Why should anything change just because I'm not in a different room this time?" Alexander asked.

"How old are you now?" Bradley asked.

"I'm twelve but will be thirteen in four months' time." Alexander said.

"You know you could make people think that you are a couple of years older by the way you talk. It's much more mature than most thirteen year olds that I know." Bradley told him.

"Yeah, well I learn a lot off of Cal and my parents." Alexander admitted.

"How do you feel about some of the things we might try and do later on?" Bradley asked.

"It's exciting. You know that I've been looking at your bulges and I'm hoping now to do more than look." Alexander admitted. He found it easy to talk to Bradley, maybe because Bradley was treating him almost as an equal but also with gentleness.

"So you're saying you want to join in and not just watch then?" Bradley asked

"You got it in one, mate." Alexander answered smiling but a little embarrassed.

"You might have just made my day then." Bradley told him. "Come on, I think this mattress is ready now." He said giving it a squeeze.

Alexander quickly disconnected it and plugged the valve and they picked it up and carried it out to the tent to put it into the room they would share. Once the second air bed had been moved in the four boys moved their personal stuff into the rooms they would sleep in. Callum and Alexander did not have that much to bring in as they could easily go to their respective rooms if they needed any other clothing but Dominic and Bradley each had a bag with them which they took in along with pillows and sleeping bags.

"We should get our beds made up now so that we don't have to do it later as it's unlikely they will be messed up because we can be in the outer room until it's time to go to bed." Callum suggested.

The beds were soon made up and the four boys decided to sit outside in the warm sun for a while. Opening the folding chairs they placed them so that they were all facing each other and sat down. There followed a period of silence with none of them knowing what to talk about which was really strange for each of them.

"Does anyone want a drink?" Alexander broke the silence and stood up to move over to the cool box which was at the edge of the groundsheet and between his and Callum's chairs.

"What you offering? any beer in there?" Dominic asked knowing full well that there wouldn't be.

"Okay mum has gone to town on this. There is squash and bottles of water. Let's see: orange or blackcurrant. Or there are cokes and lemonades in cans. There's also a bag of ice and four glasses. So what will it be?" Alexander asked.

"I'd like a lemonade, please." Bradley replied.

"With ice?" Alexander asked.

"Yes please." Bradley answered.

"Give us a coke." Dominic said.

"Do you want ice too?" Alexander asked him.

"No, just as it is." Dominic told him.

Alexander got Bradley's drink ready and passed it to him receiving a 'thanks' in acknowledgement but when he passed Dominic's drink to him, Dominic just took it without even a nod. Nobody said anything, but Bradley looked at Callum and saw that Callum was not too happy.

"What do you want Cal?" Alexander asked.

"I'd like a coke with ice please." Callum answered emphasising the 'please' which drew a smile from Bradley. When Alexander passed him the drink he said with some emphasis again, "Thank you Al, somebody else can play host for the next round."

"I don't mind; really I don't. In fact I quite like it." Alexander responded.

"I know that, but it does not mean that we can take advantage of it and who knows, someone else might also like being hospitable?" Callum told him as he sat down with his drink of blackcurrant squash in his hand. As he lifted his glass to his mouth Alexander looked over the rim of it at Bradley who was sitting diagonally opposite him. Bradley gave him a thumbs up and a smile which pulled at Alexander's emotions some more.

With the serving of drinks the conversation got going and worked its way around to school. "Hey Alex, you know my little brother, Benjamin, don't you?" Dominic asked.

"Yeah, we have some classes together." Alexander replied.

"So what do you think of him?" Dominic asked.

"He's alright but we're not friends." Alexander answered non-committedly.

"That's what I thought. He doesn't really have any friends in his class does he?" Dominic questioned.

"I can't really say. I don't hang with him and haven't seen who does." Alexander evaded the truth again.

"Look, you don't need to try and spare my feelings. I know he's not well liked but I don't know why. I have got some suspicions but can't be sure of them and I was hoping you could tell me." Dominic told Alexander.

"Like I said, I don't have much to do with him and only know some of it and that's mostly from hearing what others have said. All I can tell you is that he is seen as a shit who tries to blackmail people into doing things for him." Alexander said.

"How does he do that?" Dominic asked.

"Well when he knows something about someone that they would not want others to know about he threatens them with telling that to others." Alexander said.

"You mean like if he knew about David's parent grounding him for walking from the bathroom with a towel he would then try to make David do something for him?" Dominic probed.

"Yeah that sort of thing" Alexander said.

"Do the guys in your year know that he's probably the least mature out of the whole class?" Dominic asked.

"I don't know. I haven't seen him getting changed or anything and I'm not sure if anyone else has." Alexander said. "But what has that got to do with anything?"

"Well if the one he was threatening with exposure were to know that, then perhaps he could counter threaten and maybe stop him." Dominic said.

"But that would also be telling others that you had looked at his cock which would not be too good for you." Alexander pointed out.

"Okay, you're right with that. Has he ever threatened you?" Dominic asked.

"Like I said before, I only know what I have heard from others, so no, he's not tried it with me." Alexander said.

"Look, I think you just need to have a chat with Benjamin and let him know that what he's doing is not the way to go about getting friends." Bradley suggested.

"But not as soon as you get home from this weekend. He's not stupid he'll know that I was with you guys and even he can work out that you got information from me." Alexander said.

"Shit, you can think quickly for a young one. I hadn't thought of that. Al's right, Dom, forget what I just suggested for a couple of weeks at least." Bradley said.

"I was going to anyway because the turd won't listen to me anyway. I tried talking to him about a year ago about something he just went off and ignored everything I said." Dominic admitted.

"Look, maybe the situation is a bit like it was with me and Alex. I didn't give Alex much credit for anything until I discovered that he had been keeping our playing together a secret for some time. Since then I've looked on him differently and we've become friends as well as brothers. Maybe, you need to become more of a friend instead of just an older brother to him to win his confidence and then you can talk to him about what he's doing." Callum suggested and Alexander blushed.

Callum then excused himself and headed into the house to have a pee. Returning he brought out a tray that had its own folding legs to make it into a table. On the tray was an arrangement of snacks for the four boys to enjoy.

"Your folks are spoiling us. I must remember to thank them profusely." Bradley said as he stood to help get the folding legs adjusted while Callum held the tray. With that sorted, Bradley asked, "Anyone need a refill of their drink?"

"I could do with another coke please." Dominic said.

"With no ice again?" Bradley asked as he lifted the lid of the cool box.

"Please." Dominic answered.

Once Bradley had finished serving drinks to all of them and sat down again he said, "You know Dom, maybe Callum is right. You need to show Benjamin that you care about him. I noticed when I asked you what you wanted to drink you said 'please' and 'thank you' but earlier when Alexander was doing the drinks you never said a single please or thanks. Maybe that's the way you treat Benjamin. It's almost as if you think they are lower than you because they are younger than you."

"Fuck off. I said please and thank you to Alex." Dominic denied the accusation.

"No you didn't. And you don't even seem to have realised it. Look at the way you spoke to Alex earlier too." Bradley insisted.

"Brad's right Dom" Callum added.

"It's okay, I didn't mind." Alexander said.

"No! It's not okay. I'm sorry Alex, I didn't even realise it. Next time kick me in the shins or something. I'm going to have to watch myself, and try to be a better brother to that pain in the ass." Dominic apologised. "Look guys, I'm sorry, I seem to be making this time a bit shit for all of us. Maybe I should just go home and spend time thinking about my attitude."

"No! Firstly you will have a chance to practice being nicer to younger people if you stay for these two nights and secondly you are not leaving me to pay the debt by myself." Callum said.

To be continued...
 

Posted: 10/27/17