mhobbs0430

youkeyh

wizardesslyn

There were only two more weeks of school for Adam and then he had finals coming up.  Both Devon and Kenny were graduating this year and Adam wanted to go to the ceremony.  He still hadn’t figured those two out yet, but it would work out if it was supposed to.  Devon mentioned a party after the ceremony.  Adam knew there wouldn’t be many freshmen going to that, so he felt privileged and asked if he could bring Tommy and Kris.

He and Kris spoke on the phone every night that week of finals, but weren’t able to get together until the weekend.  Adam was busy studying for exams and Kris proved to be too much of a distraction; even with Tommy in the room.

Kris had gotten Adam’s schedule, so he knew when his last final was on Friday and he decided to surprise him.  He used his key and quickly undressed and got in Adam’s bed to wait for him, completely neglecting the possibility of Tommy still being around.

Unfortunately for Kris, Tommy hadn't left for the weekend yet and got to their room before Adam.

“Hey Tommy”, Kris said, sheepishly, from under Adam’s covers.

“I’d say come and give me a hug, Kris, but I’m guessing that you’re completely naked under there”, Tommy teased.

“Uh, yeah.”

After a full two minutes of laughter, Tommy finally took pity on Kris and left him alone to greet Adam the way that he'd planned.  “I’ll be in the cafeteria, trying to get the mental image of you naked out of my mind.  Text me when it’s safe to come back”, he snickered and went out the door.

Kris had been around Tommy too much to actually be mortified, but still…

~~~~

Tommy was heading down the walkway when he saw Adam walking with a couple of friends heading towards their dorm.

“Hey man, you taking off already?”  Adam asked him.

“Uh, just grabbing a bite.”

“Oh, we’ll come with you”, he offered.

“No, that’s probably not a good idea, Adam.”  Tommy was trying to give Adam signals without letting on to his friends.

“Ok, what’s going on?”

“You should go to our room… alone.”  He gave him another look and Adam finally got it.

“Oh, Kris is here?  Come one guys, I want you to meet Kris.”

“Adam”, Tommy stopped him.

“What?”

“You need to see him alone”, he whispered.

“Is something wrong?” He asked worried.

“I think what the gentleman is trying to tell you, Adam, is that you’re boyfriend is naked and waiting for you in your room.”  One of his more perceptive friends offered.

“Oh, you mean…  Oh…”

“Yeah.  Act surprised”, Tommy suggested.

“Hey, I’ll see you guys later”, Adam was already walking briskly towards his dorm room.

“Have fun, Adam”, his friends called out, laughing and then followed Tommy to the snack shack.

“Hmm”, Adam ran up to his door, wondering what Kris was up to.

Kris heard the knob turn and got ready.  He wanted to look sexy for Adam.

Adam walked into the room slowly, looking around for Kris who had pulled down the covers, and was lying on his side, one arm bent under his head, and one knee pulled up, exposing himself and gently palming his cock,.

“Welcome home, baby”, he said in his most seductive voice.

“Kris”, Adam hissed, walking over towards his man, pulling off his clothing and then engulfing Kris with his bigger body and kissing him.

When they came up for air, Adam whispered in his ear, “You are so lucky that I ran into Tommy outside, baby.”

Kris groaned; he’d forgotten all about Tommy. 

“I had a couple of friends with me and I was about to bring them inside.”

Kris’s eye’s got wide open.

Adam just giggled, “That would have been quite the greeting, wouldn’t it?”

“This was a bad idea, wasn’t it?”

“No, it was a perfect idea, just a little warning next time”, he grinned at his naked boyfriend

“Yeah, ok”, Kris agreed, pulling Adam closer in to him.

“You look so sexy, Kris, waiting for me like this”, Adam growled, grinding their cocks together.

“Adam”, Kris moaned. “Please…”

“Mm…”

~~~~

Adam had two more exams on Monday and Tuesday and then he was finished.  Graduation was Wednesday night so Kris wasn’t able to go to the after party, but he insisted that Adam and Tommy go and have a great time.

“You’re the best boyfriend, Kris.”

“I know, and you’ll make it up to me this weekend”, he smirked.

“Oh, I almost forgot, Devon invited us to a club on Saturday night.”

“A club?  I can’t get into a club.”

“You can’t drink, but he said he can get us both in.  He was kind of secretive about it, but insisted.  I’m pretty sure it’s a gay club, but other than that, I have no idea.”

“Um, ok.  Sounds like fun?”  Kris hoped.  He’d never been to a gay club and had no idea what to expect.

“I gotta go baby, but I’ll see you on Thursday.  I wish you were coming to graduation.”

“I know; me too.  But you’ll have fun with your friends, Adam.”

“Love you, Kris.”

“Love you, too.”

Kris hung up the phone, smiling.  Adam would be home on Thursday for the whole summer.  But they’d be back to sneaking time together.  Then he remembered that his mom would be working during the daytime and his smile brightened.

Adam went back to his books.  He felt pretty good about most of his exams so far.  He only had two to go, and he was ecstatic.  And, he couldn’t wait to get home.  He missed his bed, and Kris and his mom’s cooking. 

~~~~

The morning of graduation, Devon came by Adam’s room with his cap and gown to get ready there instead of his apartment.  “So, you’re coming tonight, right?”

“Yeah, just me and Tommy.”

“Ok, that’s cool.  Is Kris coming with us to the club on Saturday?”

“Are you sure they’ll let him in?  He’s only seventeen.”

“The bouncer will put a black X on your hands so you can’t drink, but yeah, I’ll make sure both your names are at the door.”

Adam raised his eyebrow.  “So, you know the bouncers?”

“I work there part time.”

“Oh, I didn’t realize..."

“I’m a waiter, Adam.  It’s not a strip club.”

“Glad to hear it.  So, what kind of club is it?”

“Drag.”

“Drag?  Wow!  You work at a drag club.”

“As a waiter”, he reiterated.  “It’s incredible, the girls do this show and…”

“Girls?”

“You’ll see.  They look fantastic, you won't even believe it.”

"Ok", he conceded.  Adam grew up in a bar and he’d seen girls dance and was wondering how this would be different.

Devon finished getting ready and then headed to the stadium for the ceremony.  They were having practice first, so Adam didn’t need to be there for a couple of hours.  He found Tommy in the cafeteria and had lunch while they waited.

"You're coming to the ceremony with me, right?"

"Yeah, sure.  Can’t really go to the after party without attending the show first, right?"  He snickered.

"Thanks, Tommy."

"Hey, I love a good party.  So what's up with those two, anyway?"

"Devon and Kenny?  I have no idea."

"How's Kris?  Did he recover yet?"

"You didn't see him naked, did you?"

Tommy laughed, "No, I didn't.  He was well hidden, but I kidded him enough to scar him for life, I think."

Adam just shook his head.  He didn't think so.  Kris had an adventurous side and Adam thinks he probably liked almost being caught.  He’d have to teach that boy a little lesson, he thinks wickedly.

“Adam, I don’t want to see him naked.  You either, for that matter”, he snorts; only guessing from the look on Adam’s face that he’s got some sort of evil plan building in his head.

“Yeah, no.”

“Good.”

They arrived at the stadium and took seats with the rest of the students that were attending.  They had a special section roped off for them.  A few minutes later, the procession of graduates began to file into the stadium and into their section on the grass.  Once they were seated, Devon looked around and noticed Adam and Tommy and waved.

They waved back at their friend.   “That will be us in three years”, Tommy acknowledged.

“Yeah, seems so far away.”

Pretty soon, the music stopped and the dean and president of the college came up to the podium.  There were a few speeches and then finally the awarding of the diplomas.  One by one, the graduates were called on the small stage to receive their diploma.  Adam and Tommy hooted and cheered as they called Kenny first and then later, Devon.  At the end of the ceremony, they graduates did the traditional throwing of the caps into the air.

Afterwards, Devon found Kenny and they made their way over to Adam and Tommy.  Devon excused himself to find his parents and sister who were in the audience, but promised to meet them so they could walk back to the dorm together.

Adam didn’t want to ask in case it was a touchy subject, but he wondered silently, where Kenny’s family was.  Instead, they chatted about the ceremony until Devon brought his family over to meet his friends.  Adam watched how Devon introduced Kenny as his friend and gave him a friendly hug, but nothing to suggest anything else.

Devon finally said goodbye to his family and then the four friends walked back to Tommy and Adam’s room so they could grab their stuff.  “So Tommy, you can follow me back to my place and Kenny will meet up with us later.”

“There’s enough room for us to stay tonight?”

“Yeah, definitely.”

Devon had an apartment he shared with a roommate, but he’d already gone back home; not staying for the ceremony, so there was an extra bedroom, and a pullout couch in the living room. 

When they arrived, Devon showed them around the apartment.  It made Adam think of when Kris was finally coming here and they could have their own place together.

Devon led them to the bedroom where they could get ready for he party.  Adam had brought his party clothes to change into and Tommy just sat on the bed watching Adam get ready.  “Are you wearing that?”  Adam asked.

Tommy looked himself over, “uh yeah?”

Adam just shook his head and mumbled something about ‘boys’.

“Ok fine, I’ll comb my hair.”

~~~~

The guys walked the two blocks to the party.  Kenny had driven over and parked at Devon’s place and walked with them.  He had a bottle of something in his hand.  “Should we have brought something, too?”  Adam asked Devon.

“No, I chipped in for the keg, so we’re good.”

They walked up to the door and some guy was already opening it, greeting them with a glass of beer in his hand.

"Welcome", he said, shakily, pointing to the beverages located in the living room.  Adam noticed a jar by the door that had some dollars in it and guessing that it was for donations, he threw in a twenty and then he and Tommy headed inside.  Devon and Kenny took off almost immediately, leaving the two freshmen alone and vulnerable.  However, it didn't take long at all for a couple of girls to approach them with a drink in each hand.  "Hi, you look like you could use one of these", the one flirted.  They took the glasses and talked to the girls, but before long one of his friends from the musical spotted them and came over to rescue them from the vultures.

"Hey Adam", she said.  “I didn't know you'd be here.  Where's that cute boyfriend of yours?"

"Boyfriend?"  The vulture spat.

"Yeah, problem?"

"No, none", she said, but as she walked away with her tail between her legs, Adam heard her say, "Why are all the hot guys gay?"

Laughing, Adam thanked his friend for bailing him out like that.

"You could have just told her yourself, Adam."

"It didn't exactly come up in the conversation", he shrugged.

Tommy was having a good time though.  He liked a little harmless flirting with the ladies.  However, when he mentioned being a freshman, they politely walked away.

"Hey Tommy", Adam got his attention.  "Going to the bathroom."

Tommy nodded, continuing his conversation with another music major he knew from classes.

Adam went upstairs where there was a line for the hall bathroom.  "There's another on in there", one of the party-hosts mentioned, pointing to a bedroom door.

"Thanks", Adam pushed the door open and saw a couple going at it just behind the door.

"Oh sorry, man", he began to say when he realized it was...

Devon looked up, disheveled as someone he couldn't see, had Devon pushed against the wall, but quickly hid when Adam opened the door.

"Sorry", Adam repeated, closing the door.  Was that? He wondered.

After finally using the restroom, he went back downstairs to find Kenny talking to Tommy and a couple other people.  Devon was no where to be found.  So, maybe not?

"Hey Adam, need another drink?"  Kenny asked, handing him a beer.  He wasn't acting strangely or anything, so Adam just shook the idea out of his head.

A few minutes later, he saw Devon come down the stairs walking with a couple of other people.  He made his way over and starting chatting, ignoring the stares that Adam was giving him.

One of the other girls from drama came over and grabbed Adam, "Wanna dance?"  She asked, pulling him away.

"Uh sure?"

The music was loud in the other room and several couples had turned the family room into a dance floor. 

Adam spent the rest of the night dancing and drinking and around 2 o'clock in the morning; the party began to wind down.  Devon found Adam and Tommy and said he was ready to go home.

The three of them walked back to Devon's apartment, a little tipsy, but not drunk.  Adam had danced off most of his buzz.  He wanted to ask Devon about what he saw earlier, but, it really wasn't any of his business. 

Tommy insisted that Adam take the bedroom and he took the couch.  As Tommy was falling asleep, he heard the door creak open but was too tired and buzzed to look up to notice someone quietly sneak inside and go into Devon's room.

TBC

mhobbs0430

wizardesslyn

As the doctor was leaving, the police officers arrived in the room.  “Kristopher Allen-Martin?”

Kris’s eyes got wide. “Yes”, he answered, terrified.

“Officer, you’re scaring him.”  Pam ran to his side.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but we need to ask him some questions.”

“Its ok mom”, Kris reassured her.

“Kris, we need to ask you what you remember of the attack.”

“Um, nothing really.”

The officers looked at him impatiently, almost like they didn’t believe him. 

Pam and Adam just glared at them and then looked sympathetically at Kris. “Just take your time, baby.” 

“Wait, I remember baseball practice.  Ethan went home early from school, not feeling well or some shit, so he wasn’t at practice.  We were going to walk to the diner together afterwards.”  Kris rubbed the back of his neck, trying to remember.  He was still a little foggy from the pain medication.  “After practice, I went back into school to put away my gear.  I didn’t want to walk with all that stuff.  By the time I came out, everyone else had left, so I started walking alone.”  Kris looked up at him mom, apologetically.  She nodded for him to continue.  “There’s a shortcut through the woods and I was walking…”

Kris stopped and looked up at Adam with sad brown eyes.  Adam moved closer and held him tightly.  “I’m tired, Adam.” 

“Officers, can we finish this later?”  Mom pleaded.

“Actually, just a few more questions, and then we’ll leave, ma’am. “

“Come on, baby, you’re almost finished”, Adam encouraged him.

“I was walking and then I heard noises like branches breaking behind me.  I tried to walk faster and then the noises got louder.”  Kris was holding his ribs.  It hurt to breath.  Adam could see that he was in pain, and clicked his PCA for him.  Once the medication began to work, Kris continued.

“Then I heard voices, whispering.  Before I could turn around, I was grabbed from behind and punched in the face.”  Kris was breathing heavily.  “That’s all I remember.”  Kris shook his head.  “I’m sorry.”

“They must have knocked you out, before…  Ok, I think that’s all.  Thank you for your time.  Here’s my card, if you remember anything else Kris, please call me.”  The one officer said, handing the card to Pam.

“Thank you, Mrs. Martin, I know that’s hard to hear, but if we have any chance of catching these punks…”

“I know.” 

~~~~

Shortly afterwards, the nurse came in to get Kris ready to be transferred to his room.  They moved his IV bag to a portable stand and transferred Kris onto the rolling bed.  Adam walked along side Kris, while Pam and Ron followed behind. 

They got him settled in and Adam stayed with him while Pam and Ron talked in the hallway.  “We’d better call the kids, they should be home tomorrow.”  As they were talking, they saw Amanda walking very fast towards them.  Pam ran up to her and hugged her friend.  “Thank you so much for coming, I know that Kris isn’t your client, but…”

“You’re Adam’s family and my friend.  Of course I came.  How is he?”

“Adam?”

“Kris.” 

“Oh”, Pam laughed nervously.  “He looks pretty bad, a couple of broken ribs…”

“I’m sorry.”

“He was attacked because he’s gay, Amanda.”  She dropped her head onto Amanda’s shoulders and let herself be comforted.  They stood in the doorway, just like that for several minutes.

Adam hadn’t even noticed her yet.  All of his attention was on Kris.  He was sleeping again, and Adam was carding his hands through his hair, whispering ‘I love you’ in his ear.

“Adam is attentive as always, I see.”  Amanda noticed as she walked into the room.  “Hi Adam”, she said thoughtfully.

“Amanda”, Adam left Kris’s side just for a moment to hug her.   “It’s all my fault”, he said through tears.

“What honey?  This is not your fault, Adam.”  He put her arms around Adam and held him tight.

“Yes it is, I should have insisted on picking him up after practice instead of letting him walk alone.”

“Oh honey, you couldn’t have known.”  Adam just shook his head.  He was trying to be strong for Kris, but he had so much guilt.  He let her go and walked back over to Kris.  Amanda followed him and looked at the sleeping boy.

“The doctor suggested that he talk to someone about the attack when he’s a little stronger”, Pam said to Amanda.  “Could you please talk to him or at least recommend someone?”

“Of course, I’ll talk to him in a couple of days and then give you a couple of names that I’ll recommend.”

Pam nodded her head.  Kris began to stir, and the pain was bothering him again.  Adam pushed his clicker again.  “Kris baby, it’s right here.  You need to do this yourself when I’m not here.”

“Hi there Kris”, Amanda sat by Kris.

“Hi Amanda.  Will you please convince Adam this isn’t his fault?”  He looked sheepishly at Adam.  “I could hear two you talking”, he admitted.  “You had no idea that I’d be walking home alone.  It’s my fault, I should have called someone.”

Pam spoke up, “Kris, it’s no one’s fault, however, I want you to promise me that you won’t walk alone, not now, not until they catch…”

“I won’t let him out of my sight”, Adam promised.

Ron came back into the room.  He had just spoken to both Chelsey and Brent.  “They both give Kris their love and will see him tomorrow. “  Dad said, coming inside the room, to hug his youngest son.

Several minutes later, the nurse came in to check on Kris and let everyone know that visiting hours were almost up.  Amanda promised to visit Kris when he came home.

Pam and Adam both wanted to stay with him, but the nurse insisted that he needed rest and talked them into leaving.  “You can come back first thing in the morning.”

“But I stayed with Adam when he was in here”, she tried to convince the nurse.

“Mom, I’m fine, I’ll see you tomorrow. “

“Well, OK.  Remember to breath, sweetie.  It’s really important.”

“Mom, that why the nurses are here.”

“Kris, give me your hand”, Adam put his hand on the PCA button.  “Don’t forget to use this, baby.”

Kris laughed at his over protective mom and boyfriend.  “Alright, both of you, I’ll be fine.”

They all kissed Kris goodnight, Adam a little longer, of course.  Then they reluctantly left his room.  “Love you Kris.”

“I love you too, now go.” He insisted, but with a smile on his face.

~~~~

Kris awoke sometime around midnight with his stomach and lower back hurting, really badly.  He called for the nurse.  She gave him some stronger pain medication to help him get back to sleep, but made him do some heavy breathing first.  She explained that this was to prevent pneumonia.  Then she made a note of the location of the pain on his chart.

In the early morning, a tech came to get Kris for some additional testing.  Because of his complaints of lower back and abdominal pain, they wanted to check for internal injuries.

When Pam and Adam arrived in the morning, Kris was not in his room.  Adam panicked.  Pam went to the nurse’s station to find out where he was.

“He’s having some tests done, ma’am”, said the girl behind the desk.

“What kind of tests?”

“They want to rule out any internal injuries, ma’am.”  The color drained from Pam’s face.

“It’s routine, for someone in his condition”, she assured Pam.

They waited in Kris’s room for him to come back, and when he did, he was sleeping again.  “He’s sleeping a lot, isn’t he?”  Adam asked the nurse.

“Oh honey, that’s normal.  We didn’t let him sleep though the night, so he’s probably just tired.”  Adam looked confused.  “We woke him up periodically to make him deep breath”, she continued.

Adam seemed to believe her and tried to relax.  He stayed right by Kris’s bed until he woke up.  “Morning, baby”, Adam kissed his wakening boyfriend.

Kris smiled and kissed him back.  “Morning.”

~~~~

Once the results from Kris’s morning tests had come back, the doctor came in to talk to Kris and the family.

“Well, the bad news is that Kris has a slightly bruised Kidney, which is what was causing the lower back and abdominal pain last night.”

“Pain last night?  I knew I should have stayed with you, Kris”, Pam was visibly upset.

“No you shouldn’t have mom.  You would have just worried all night long and probably not let me sleep at all”, Kris said lovingly to his mom.

“The good news”, the doctor continued, “is that there are no other internal injuries, and this one is minor, so he won’t require surgery.  However, we do need to monitor him for a couple of more days.”

The doctor continued talking to them about Kris’s treatment plan, when a thought popped into Kris’s mind. 

“Baseball”, Kris said suddenly.

“No baseball, not for a couple of months”, the doctor broke the bad news.

“Sorry, baby.”

“It’s ok.  I still have the play to look forward to.  I can still do that, can’t I?”

“You need to take it easy for a quite a while, Kris.  I would recommend while the ribs are healing, for Kris to have a tutor, instead of going to school, for just a couple of weeks“, he addressed Pam.

“Ok, thank you doctor.”

“Kris, I’ll come back later this afternoon.  It’s very important that you keep deep breathing, but you also need fluids, lots of them, for the kidney injury.”

They all nodded and watched the doctor leave.

“I’m staying with you tonight.  No arguments this time”, Pam stood her ground.

During the day, plenty of Kris and Adam’s friends came to visit him.  They all promised to ‘get that asshole’, for him.  Kris made everyone promise that they’d let the police take care of Ray.  He didn’t want anyone getting into trouble. 

Chelsey and Brent arrived in the afternoon too, and came to see their brother.  He was fussed over all day, and actually couldn’t wait to be alone for a while.

Adam never left his side, but Pam made him go him with Chelsey and eat dinner.  He could come back in the evening.

While he was gone, Kris got another visitor.  Ray.

Kris looked at him with wide eyes and reached for his call button.  “What do you want?  To see your handiwork?

“Um. The police questioned me and all of my friends.  I want you to know, that I may not like you guys, but I’d never do this.  I swear.  I just wanted you to know that.  And I’m sorry.”

At that moment, Pam came back into the room with a nurse and spotted Ray.  “Oh hello, are you another friend of Kris’s?

“Mom, that’s  Ray.  He says he didn’t do this.”

“Well, we’ll let the police handle that.”  She continued staring at Ray.

“Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that.”  And Ray walked out of the room.

Kris realized that he’d been holding his breath the whole time.  When he released, he was in a lot of pain.  He reached for his clicker.

“That was really strange, Kris.  Are you alright?”

“Yeah, why would he come here if he did it?”

“Well, to make you believe that he didn’t”. 

“Should I tell Adam?”

“No, not while you’re in here.”  Pam sat on the chair next to Kris and held his hand.  All I want you to worry about is getting better, sweetie.  Adam’s so worried about you; don’t give him anything else to dwell on.”

“Ok Mom.”

“Oh, here he is now”, Pam said as Adam walked into the room with the rest of the family.

“Baby, is everything alright?”  Adam could tell that Kris looked upset.

“Yeah, it is now.” 

TBC

mhobbs0430

wizardesslyn

Kris and Dani were running around, making last minute arrangements for Adam’s surprise party in a few days.  Adam was beginning to get suspicious because the two of them would act strangely whenever they were together.  Also, Dani came over to see Pam a few times and they’d get quiet whenever Adam came in the room.  He really had no idea, since all Kris would talk about to him was being alone together on his birthday, and what he planned on doing to him when they were at their special place.  He grinned stupidly every time he thought about it.

January 29^th fell on a Saturday, so in the morning, after everyone slept in, Pam made a special breakfast in honor of Adam’s birthday.  Chelsey was home from school and Mr. Martin was home as well.  They all sat down and wished Adam a happy birthday and told him how much they loved him, and he just beamed.   His life was so different than it had been just two years ago on his birthday.  He never knew he could be this happy.  He smiled at each of them and said he loved them too.  He looked over at Kris and saw the love in his eyes as well.  He could have cried, but he just smiled instead.

Adam and Kris had play rehearsal for a couple of hours in the early afternoon, and then they would go home and get ready for their date.  Kris wasn’t sure that he’d be able to pull this off; he had to pretend that dinner was his big surprise, and then instead of taking him to their special place, which is where he really wanted to go, he had to pretend he forgot something, so Adam would drive them back home, where he’d lead Adam into the house and then everyone would jump out and say ‘Surprise!’

Adam spent what seemed like hours, picking out the perfect outfit for both himself and Kris.  “Remind me for your birthday to buy you some really tight pants”, Adam yelled from their closet.

“Baby, whatever you pick will be perfect”, Kris said, sitting on Adam’s bed.

Adam emerged from the closet a few minutes later. “Here”.  He threw a pair of black jeans at Kris. 

“Adam, these don’t fit me anymore”, he said, standing up and holding the pants up to him.  “They’re too short”, he snorted.

“Oh, not a problem, my sexy baby”, Adam took out a pair of boots and walked them over to Kris.  “Tuck them into these”, Adam winked at him.

“Seriously?”  Kris rolled his eyes lovingly at the boy he couldn’t resist.

“Yup, and here, put this on.”  He threw a black silk button down shirt that was Adam’s, but was too small for him now.

Kris started laughing, “God Adam, I’m gonna look like a porn star or some shit.”

Adam looked at him, kind of hurt.  “You don’t like it?”  He pouted.

“I love it;” he grinned and quickly started changing, while Adam’s mouth turned from a frown into a smile. 

Kris blushed, “Ok, now what are you going to wear?”  He challenged.

Adam pulled out a pair of black jeans for himself, too, with these really cool boots that Chelsey had found him at school, leather and pointy.

“Your boots are cooler than mine”, Kris noticed.

Then he pulled out a black ac/dc t-shirt that clung to his chest and a leather vest that he’d gotten for Christmas.

Kris was busy getting dressed and didn’t see Adam go into the bathroom to change and work on his face.   When Kris was finished, he walked into the bathroom and saw Adam leaning into the mirror, applying eyeliner.  He stopped and stared into the mirror.  “I am the luckiest guy in the entire world, I’m just sure of it.”  Kris said lustfully to his boyfriend, who was now laughing. 

“Nuh uh, babe, that would be me.”  Adam turned around and pulled Kris into him and kissed him softly.  He swept his lips gently against Kris’s and then licked his way inside of Kris’s mouth, who willingly gained him access.  Next thing they knew, Adam had lifted Kris on the counter and was leaning over him, pushing him into the mirror, while exploring ever inch of his mouth with his tongue.  They broke apart a few minutes later, Kris’s lips swollen and hair looking slightly debauched.

“God Adam, this is supposed to be your birthday, but you just keep giving me, um…”

Adam looked at Kris with hearts in his eyes.  “You’re a gift every day to me, Kris.”  He pecked his lips one last time and lifted him off the counter.  “I gotta get ready, babe.  You distract me.”  He winked.

Kris stepped away, and picked up a brush, running it through his hair, while Adam commenced his makeup routine. 

Kris had made the dinner reservations for 5:30.  Mom and Chelsey were waiting down stairs.  Brent wasn’t sure he’d be able to make it home, but he’d really try.  Adam had made him take the car back to school because he felt bad that he got to drive it more than Brent.  Brent reluctantly agreed, and promised he’d bring it back during spring break.  Adam loved having the car, it gave him and Kris freedom to be alone, but he knew that it meant a lot to Brent, too.  He had waited so long to get a car.

They were driving Ron’s car tonight to the restaurant.  That meant that they couldn’t fool around too much in the car, I mean, yuck, in your parent’s car?

The boys finished getting ready and ogling each other and finally made their way downstairs and into the kitchen.  “Adam, Kris, you both look terrific”, Pam said, hugging her two boys.  Chelsey agreed and gave them both a hug too.

“Have fun tonight and be careful”, she warned them.  “And Adam, when you get home, we’ll have a family celebration, too.”

“Really?”  Adam sounded surprised.

“Of course, sweetie, we would never forget your birthday.”

“I can’t wait for you to open my present, Adam”, Chelsey smirked.

Adam had gotten over so many of his insecurities, especially about the family, but every once in a while, he’d seem genuinely surprised at their continuous support and love.

Ron walked the two boys out to the car and gave Adam some instructions on driving it.  Adam just looked at him and smiled.  “Dad, I know how to drive.”  He reminded him.

“Of course, of course you do, Adam.  Sorry, it’s just...”

“Your car, I get it.  I promise to be careful.”  Adam and Kris both hugged their dad goodbye and waved to Pam and Chelsey who were standing at the doorway grinning.

When the boys drove off, Chelsey got on her phone and texted Dani who was waiting down the street with a car load of stuff.

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Adam drove to the restaurant, anxious though, to be alone later with his boyfriend, who looked so hot sitting there next to him.  Kris looked over at him, seemingly reading his thoughts and grinned evilly.  “I know you’re driving Adam, but this is me taking you on the date this time, ok?”

“Of course, baby”, he reached out to hold Kris’s hand.  “And just think next year, you will be driving me on our date.”

“Oh no, I don’t want to talk about next year, not yet”, Kris squeezed Adam hand tightly.

Adam couldn’t have realized this, but Kris had been worrying about some lecture in health class concerning adults and children.   It seemed that an eighteen year old was considered an adult and it was illegal for adults to have sex with minors.  He had gotten the facts completely mixed up, however, and had tried researching it, but couldn’t find anything to ease his fears.   It scared the hell out of Kris that next year, Adam might not be able to touch him for a year and a half.  He was practically panic stricken over it.  He didn’t want anything bad to happen to Adam if he did, so he was resigning himself to the fact that they’d have to stay away from each other when Adam turned eighteen. 

“Baby”, what are you thinking about so hard?”

“Oh sorry, nothing; I just really want tonight to be perfect.”

“It already is.” And Adam pulled Kris into him to kiss him on the cheek.

He pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant.  It was a Japanese steakhouse and Adam was instantly excited.  He started to get out of the car first, but Kris put his hand on his knee to stop him.  “Remember, Adam, I’m in charge tonight”, he declared.

Adam giggled and stayed in his seat while Kris got out of the car and walked over to Adam’s side and opened the door for him.  He reached his hand out to grab Adam’s and help him out of the car.  “You’re the perfect gentleman, Kris.”  Adam giggled.

They stood at the side of their car kissing for a few moments and then walked hand in hand to the front door of the restaurant.  Kris held the door open for Adam who smiled so big, and then they walked up to the hostess.  “Reservation for Kris Martin”, Kris said to the pretty girl who greeted them with a huge smile on her face.  Kris whispered something to her that Adam couldn’t hear.  She just nodded.

“Welcome to Tokyo Japanese Restaurant”, she said bowing in Japanese fashion.  Adam and Kris couldn’t help bowing in response and then giggling.  She showed them to their table, which they’d be sharing with other people while their chef cooked their meal in front of them.

Adam was in total awe walking through the restaurant watching the show at the other tables.  “Kris, look”, he pointed at a chef who made a small fire on the table about four feet in the air, and then shook pepper on it to make sparks.  He could faintly hear the chef say with a heavy Asian accent, “Japanese fireworks”, and then the table laughed.

“Wow, this is going to be so much fun.”  Adam said as Kris smiled to himself at making this choice.

They were seated, alone at first, to which they were both grateful.  They sat there holding hands and looking at each other.  This prompted a few stares, but not many, and not for long.  Soon, they were joined by another couple who looked to be in their twenties.  The girl smiled at both of them and then they all made small talk.  Shortly after that, a family joined them with small children.  The little boy asked his mom why those two boys were holding hands, and his mom told him it wasn’t polite to stare.  They decided to lower them after that, and Adam put his hand on Kris’s thigh instead while Kris blushed.

Soon, their waiter came over and took their orders.   Adam and Kris wanted the show so Adam ordered the hibachi steak and Kris the shrimp.  The other people at the table ordered similarly, so Adam knew they’d have a great time.

First, they were brought the salad and soup.  It was a clear soup but had a lot of flavor.  “Mm, Kris this is so good”, Adam said, trying not to slurp it down.

Then their chef came over and greeted the entire table. He had brought over this little rolling table with all kinds of food and knives and everything he needed to prepare their meal.  He had this tall chef’s hat that he tipped when he greeted them with a huge smile.  “Welcome”, he said with a thick Japanese accent.

Pretty soon, he was sautéing vegetables and cooking the fried rice.  He made a volcano out of the onion and Adam recognized it from when they first came in.  “Kris, watch this”, he said as the guy did the thing with the pepper to make sparks and said the exact same thing as the other guy had said.  It also got laughs and awes from their table.

Once he was finished cooking all of their main dishes and finished the show, the chef bowed and thanked everyone at the table while they all clapped.  Then he quickly cleaned up the Teppanyaki grill/Table and soon departed with another tip of his hat and another round of applause from the group.

Soon, everyone was quietly eating and talking in their small groups.  The little boy was still staring at Adam and Kris, whom he found extremely interesting.  They just smiled at him and went back to staring at each other while shoving bites of food in their mouths.

“Kris, that was amazing, baby.”

“I’m so glad you liked it, I couldn’t decide where to take you, but mom helped me.”

“It’s perfect, baby.  I love you.”  Adam pecked him quickly on the cheek, while the little boy sucked in a breath, totally shocked by the boys’ display of affection.  The mom politely asked the child not to stare, but gave Adam and Kris a quick glare.

The other couple noticed the display and decided to strike up a conversation with the boys.  “You two are a cute couple”, the girl started.  “How long have you been together?”  She asked, while taking another bite.  She quickly shot a look over at the mother and then looked back at Adam, waiting for an answer.

“A few months”, Adam answered, smiling at Kris.

“Today is Adam’s birthday”, Kris added, scooting closer to his boyfriend and taking his hand again.

“Oh, happy birthday, Adam”, the girl replied.  A few minutes later, the waitress brought over a birthday dessert with a candle in it and several servers joined her in singing Happy Birthday.

Everyone at the table sang along and clapped when it was over.

Then it was time to leave, and Kris was getting nervous again.  He wasn’t good at lying, and didn’t know if he could pull this off.  Fortunately, neither did Chelsey, and just as they were leaving the restaurant, Adam’s phone rang.  “Hello, Chelsey?”

~~~~

“What’s going on, Adam?”  Kris asked concerned.

“It’s Chelsey, she wants us to come home for a minute”, he said, worriedly.

“Is everything alright?”  Kris instantly understood what Chelsey was up to.

“Yeah, she just said Brent came home and wanted to see us.”

“Oh, ok.”

“Yeah, it’s weird.  I hope everything’s alright?”

“I’m sure it is.  Let’s just swing by home for a minute.  Maybe they want to do your presents first or something like that.”  Kris tried to sound convincing.

“Maybe”, Adam shrugged and they got into their car and drove home.

TBC