Chapter 24

The first day of school. The boys were all nervous. JJ had stayed the night at AJ's again so that they could all get dressed and go together. They all styled their hair as perfectly as they could, dressed in their nicest new clothes, and hopped on their bikes to ride there. They would drop TJ off at the elementary school first on their way, it was only a two minute side trip, so hardly a big deal, and then head to school themselves.

The elementary school had been warned about TJ and his decision to not hide who he was, and although the principal was somewhat shocked that TJ would make such a bold decision, he was not surprised in the least that the boy was gay. The principal even said that he had had a few gay students in the past that were outed in one way or another, but none in his school had ever voluntarily decided that they were not going to hide it. Although TJ was asked to not flaunt the fact that he was gay either, of which he heartily promised he would never do.

When TJ arrived at his new school, he went to the office as he was told to do, and talked to the secretary. She gave him his room assignment, and he headed on his way there. He had a nice teacher, he was pretty young and very good looking, and had TJ not had a boyfriend already, he might have developed one hell of a crush on his teacher. The teacher assigned everyone to a seat, and TJ ended up in the middle of the classroom, almost exactly, so he had boys and girls all around him. The teacher then had all the students introduce themselves, because there were three new students. The introductions went quickly, and TJ could tell easily that he would have difficulty making friends at this school, they all seemed to already have their friends, and had no room left for others, and he could tell just by how they all introduced themselves, only two of the existing kids seemed friendly.

TJ did not have to wait long for the questions to start. In fact at their first recess, three of the boys from his class approached him. They did not look like they wanted to fight, so TJ just stayed where he was and let them come, showing them that he was not afraid.

“Tony, Garth, and Kevin right?” TJ asked, pointing to each one, showing them his impeccable memory for names.

“Yeah, that's right.” Tony, obviously the ring leader of their little band said.

“Nice to meet you guys. So how long have you gone to this school for? I just moved here from back East during the summer.” TJ asked in a friendly manner.

“Um, always have.” Tony said, a little flustered, he was not sure what to make of the new kid, he seemed to be really nice, and not afraid of him like most of the kids were.

“That's cool. So are you guys as big a bullies as your stature in the playground would suggest?” TJ asked kindly, speaking as to how all the other students appeared to give them a wide berth.

“Um, we ain't no bullies, but we don't take no shit from no one.” Tony said defiantly.

“Cool, I can respect that, I'm the same, I hate fighting, and will try to avoid it at all costs if I can, but the few kids that tried to fight me at my old school, found out that I am a lot stronger than I look.” TJ said confidently, fibbing a bit, because he had never been in a fight in his life, but they didn't need to know that.

“Listen, we wanted to know, are you gay or something, wearing a pink eyebrow ring?” Tony asked.

“Yeah I am, but I already have a boyfriend, so you'll have to find someone else, sorry.” TJ said, and the other two burst into laughter.

Poor Tony though looked like a landed fish. Not only did he expect to be lied to, but he really never expected to have a response anywhere near that, the look on his face looking somewhat like he'd been slapped.

“I wasn't going to ask you to be my boyfriend.” Tony almost spat out.

“Oh sorry, just didn't want you to embarrass yourself if you were, I know how fragile young boys hearts can be when they are turned down. You're cute and all, but you're not really my type anyways. So, I'm not going to have any problems with you guys am I?” TJ asked.

“What, oh no, I guess not.” Tony spluttered out.

“Good. I really didn't want enemies here, I'd rather have friends, that is if you guys would have a known gay boy as a friend. Well at least you guys know I'm gay, but I suspect most everyone suspects it.”

“We can't be seen with you if you're gay, sorry.” Tony spluttered out again.

“What, not like it's catching or anything, and I can tell you that two of your little group are gay anyways, but I won't tell you which ones, but you never know, you all might enjoy playing with each other to get off, it's way more fun to have a friend stroke you than to do it yourself, and a mouth is absolutely heavenly.” TJ said dreamily.

Well all the boys blushed huge with that, they had never been talked to like this, no one had ever really talked to them before. They were not really bullies, but they made it feel like it. They were bigger than most of the kids in their class, and they had no problem telling a kid to move it or lose it if they wanted the spot the kid was in. Most of the other kids were sorta fearful of them, so just stayed out of their way. All three of the boys wondered which of the others was gay as well, or if they were bi also, because Tony was certain he was not entirely straight, and Garth was certain that he was nowhere near straight, and Kevin just had no idea what to think, his dick went hard no matter who he looked at.

“Come on, sit down, and join me, I promise I won't rape you or anything in the playground, or anywhere for that matter. Like I said, I already have a boyfriend.” TJ offered. They reluctantly came and sat down.

“You really have a boyfriend?” Garth asked.

“Yeah, he's fifteen, turns sixteen in almost two months, he's really nice, and he's really hot too, I think you'd all like him.”

“Really.” They all said.

“Oh yeah, maybe if you guys want to come to my place after school, you can meet my boyfriend, my brother, and his boyfriend, you could come and swim, or play in the games room if you wanted to?” TJ asked.

“Your brother has a boyfriend as well, what, is your whole family gay or something?”

“Oh yeah, he has a boyfriend as well, but no, my uncle and his girlfriend certainly aren't gay. I live with my uncle now because my parents freaked with a capital F when they accidentally found out I was gay, and they shipped me out here to live with my uncle, they didn't even call him and ask first. I'm really lucky to be living with him though, he's the best, and he's in the process of adopting me. His girlfriend is my brothers mom, so technically we're not brothers yet, but we're all certain they're gonna get married soon, and we can't wait.” TJ explained happily.

“You have a pool and a games room too, that's pretty cool.” Kevin said.

“Yeah, you should see them, they're the best. My brother is training for the Olympics, in diving and swimming, and so is his boyfriend, his name's JJ, and they've even been teaching me as well, you should see them dive, oh my god, you'll piss your pants when you see it. But anyways, yeah, AJ had to put the pool in to train, and we just finished the games room a few weeks ago now.”

“Let me get this straight, your name is TJ, your brothers name is AJ,and his boyfriends name is JJ, how the hell does everyone keep it all straight?” Tony asked in amazement.

“Easy, and my boyfriends name is Ricky. He even lives with us, because when his parents found out he was gay, they sort of freaked out as well. So would you guys like to come over after school then?” TJ asked.

“Sure, I guess so.”

“Awesome, well we better head back inside, because it's almost time.” TJ said, his timing as good as always, because no sooner had he said that, when the bell rang, and he wasn't wearing a watch.

They sat together at lunch time again, and again at the second recess, and they all talked and got to know each other quite a bit.

During the boys' first meeting of the day, the principal had been watching from his office, making sure that nothing went on, and he held his breath when he saw the three boys walk up to TJ. He had never seen the boys fight anyone, they didn't need to, they used intimidation quite well, and they had gotten in trouble for it, but he was worried they could turn quickly into the school bullies. To say he was more than surprised when TJ seemed to disarm them straight away, was an understatement, and he even got them to sit and talk with him, and then he saw them all talking and laughing. He wondered if this was a good or a bad thing. Then he saw them at lunch together, and then at the second recess as well, and he had to wonder if the boys knew that TJ was gay. They had to have noticed the pink eyebrow ring, and the perfectly styled clothes and hair, it all cried out gay boy, and he was certain that the three boys would cause some sort of trouble. Once the boys were back in their class for the afternoon, he decided he should call Max and let him know what was happening, so he pulled up TJ's file to call Max.

“Hello, Max please?”

“This is max, how may I help you?”

“Hi Max, this is the principal down at TJ's school, do you have a few minutes?”

“Yeah sure, what's the matter, has something happened already?” Max asked fearfully, he did not want to have to hear of something like what happened to AJ.

“Nothing bad, at least I hope it isn't. I thought I should just call and warn you that TJ seems to have made friends with a known group of intimidators, they've never actually been caught fighting or anything like that, but they enjoy using their size around the playground to get what they want. I have given them trouble before, but when they don't actually say anything, you can't really do anything. I'm kind of worried that TJ might be getting himself into trouble with these three, but then again maybe they are the ones getting into trouble with him. I actually saw them relax and appear to have fun today, which I'm not sure I've ever seen them do.”

“Oh, well that's good that he's made some friends already, and on his first day too. He's really good at disarming people and making them completely at ease. I will watch over him at home, if you can please continue to watch at school, but I'm sure that if TJ has taken them on as friends, then they will turn out just fine.” Max said with an audible sigh of relief in his voice.

“Okay, I hope so, and I will do so for you. I will keep in touch with you and let you know what's happening here.”

“Thanks, and likewise.”

“So are you guys going to come to my place then?” TJ asked as the end of day bell rang.

“Sure, but we'll have to run home and get shorts if we're going to swim.” Tony said.

“Ah don't worry about that, just call home and make sure it's okay, and then you can come over. You can either borrow some of our shorts or swim like we do.”

“And how do you guys swim?” Garth asked curiously, but almost afraid of the answer.

“Why, naked of course, only the best way to swim, and I guarantee you'll like it, and suggest you try it as well.” TJ said happily.

“Um, no thanks.” They all said. “I think I'll borrow shorts if you don't mind” Tony said and the others nodded.

“Your loss, but no problem.” TJ shrugged.

They each pulled out a cell phone and called home, and in a few seconds they all had permission to stay out, and to be home by six.

“Did you guys ride your bikes to school today?”

“Yeah, we do every day.” Tony answered.

“Cool, so did I, and the others will be here pretty soon to pick us up, then we can all ride together, so let's go and wait for them.” TJ said happily, and they all headed out to wait by their bikes for JJ, Ricky, and AJ to arrive.

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“Hi guys, lookin' good.” The swim team said as the three of them all joined them.

“Thanks, you too.” They all said back.

“You guys excited?” Jase asked.

“A little nervous actually.” JJ said.

“I bet. You're doing a pretty big jump, but you'll be fine, you have the smartest kid around to help you. I like your eyebrow rings guys, but honestly, pink!” Jase grinned.

“We like them.” Ricky grinned.

“Everyone will know you're gay!” Will warned.

“Yeah, so what, I am sick of hiding, and I shouldn't have to. Everyone knows about AJ and JJ already, and they're fine.” Ricky said bravely.

“That's cool. Not so sure I'm ready to be parading it around yet, but I'm not hiding it either.” Jase smiled warmly.

They all headed to their first classes of the day shortly after. They had all been mailed their class schedules and room numbers, so they all knew where they had to go. AJ and JJ were in all the same classes, Ricky was in two of them, and a few of the team were with them in another class as well. They all had a good day, all sitting together at lunch time and talking, all saying they missed Matt and Orin being there with them, but they started their university courses as well on the same day. They all wondered who would be made the new team captain now that Matt was gone, and everyone except AJ thought AJ would be the prime choice. The rest of the day went just fine, and before they knew it, it was their last class of the day. It was English again, and they had Mrs. Berry once again, something they were both very pleased with. One thing they were not surprised at, was that they were asked to stay after class.

“Hi Mrs. Berry, we were very glad to see that you would have us again this year. How was your summer?” AJ asked.

“And I was very happy to have you two back as well, in my advanced class and another grade ahead, very good. I had an excellent summer, I went on a trip and spent a month away touring some of the nicest places I have ever seen. You two look like you had an excellent summer as well, you look incredible. May I touch your chest AJ, it looks very solid?”

“Sure, go ahead.” AJ said and Mrs. Berry reached out and knocked on AJ's breast, and as she thought, it sounded hard.

“Wow, you boys have been really working hard over the summer, I've never seen a thirteen year old look quite so fit and hard like that, and I had a gay son too.” She grinned.

“Well, we are officially training for the Olympics, and we worked extremely hard over the summer, three hours of intense training every day, and an hour or so on the weekends, plus everything else we did. I'm glad you had a nice trip, looks like it was very relaxing.” JJ said.

“I heard rumors that you had started training, Phil might have mentioned something like that, hell he was so happy that he was nearly shouting it out in our meeting last week. That's some training regiment though. I thought that it wasn't a good idea to start physical training until you started puberty!” Mrs. Berry grinned and looked at AJ for the last part.

“Oh, I am probably almost finished puberty, at least I am over half way through at any rate. So no problems there.” AJ smiled.

“Oh, sorry.” She blushed.

“No worries, we don't embarrass easily, and I'm surprised you did.”

“I just don't normally ask such personal questions of my students, I forgot who I was talking to. But to tell you quite honestly, I did not think that you had started yet, or were anywhere near done.”

“Oh no worries, you may be our teacher, but we think of you as a friend as well. Most people have a hard time believing I'm as old as I say I am to begin with, and I doubt anyone who hasn't seen me naked would believe me anyways.” AJ said simply.

“I bet, but so no one knows then I guess.”

“Oh no, all our friends and family do. We swim naked all the time, we have nothing to hide at either of our houses.” AJ said.

“Ah, I see.”

“Well, we should be going, we have to go pick up my little brother.”

“I thought you were an only child?” Mrs. Berry asked, clearly puzzled.

“I was, but I'll tell you all about it in the essay you assigned for us.” AJ said. She had assigned the standard what did you do over the summer holidays essay to everyone.

“Okay, I can't wait to read it, but please keep it under a hundred pages.” She grinned.

“Okay, I guess I'll have to trim it down some then.” AJ said with a frown.

“Well have a good day boys.”

“You too.” They said and headed out.

They grabbed their stuff from their lockers and went to meet Ricky by the bike racks, and they all headed out to pick up TJ, talking about their day as they went. They made it to the school and found TJ and three other boys there waiting for them.

“Hi, sorry we're late, we had to stay and talk to the teacher.” AJ said.

“Wow, in trouble on your very first day back, that beats even my record.” TJ teased.

“Yeah right, have you ever been in trouble by a teacher before?” AJ grinned.

“Um, no, not that I remember, and I doubt you've ever been either.” TJ grinned.

“Nope. So who are your friends here?” AJ asked.

“This is Tony, Garth, and Kevin, we met today and I invited them to come home with us today, they are allowed by their parents, and Uncle Max already told me it would be okay to bring friends home any time.” TJ said.

“Cool, hi guys. I'm AJ, this is JJ, and this is Ricky.” AJ introduced.

“Wow, you're built, how old are you?” Tony asked.

“If you think I'm built, you should see JJ, he's even more so, but I'm thirteen.”

“Yeah, he is, but he's way older than you are. And you're in high school?” Tony asked.

“Yeah, just started grade ten.” AJ answered.

“We all did.” Ricky added.

“What, but you're only thirteen, that's only two years older than us, and we're in grade six.” Garth said incredulously.

“I know, I was skipped ahead a few years.” AJ said simply, not making a big deal of it.

“Wow.” They all said.

“Well if you guys are ready to go, let's get going, we want to get home and get some training in before dinner.” JJ said.

“Okay, lets go.” TJ said.

They all took off, heading towards home. They all talked the whole way there, getting to know the younger boys, and they all seemed quite nice, if not a little intimidated by AJ and JJ. And to think they had planned on intimidating TJ, that would have been a huge mistake if he had a big brother like that. They all reached home and the guests dropped their bikes where they were told to, and the others locked theirs up.

“Come on guys, let me show you the games room first.” TJ said and dragged the three boys off, and before they could get far, AJ stopped them.

“We're going out to start working out, you guys can come and join us when you want to.”

“Okay, are you going with them Ricky or with me?”

“You go ahead and I'll start working out with the others.”

“Okay baby, see you in a few minutes then.” TJ said and Ricky smiled warmly and turned and followed the others.

“Wow, he really is your boyfriend isn't he?” Tony said.

“Of course he is, why would I lie about something like that?”

“I don't know.” Tony shrugged.

“Well come on and see the games room, you'll love it.”

“Holy shit, this is awesome.” All three of them said when TJ led them into the games room.

“Yeah, we all have a blast in here. We don't have time though to play today. I want to go get a good workout today, and you guys can join us or just swim, or lay in the hot tub, or you can even sit in the sauna.”

They didn't know what to say to all of that, so they just followed TJ out to the pool. When they got out there they stopped and stared at everything. They then happened to turn and look towards the showers where the others were just getting out, and they were all naked, and all three boys went instantly hard.

“Come on, let's go get showered off, you have to if you want to use any of the stuff in here, and then I can get you guys shorts if you really want them.” TJ said.

All three boys spluttered incoherently, none of them sure what was happening to them. The three older boys were gorgeous, and they were naked, and now TJ wanted them to get naked as well.

“TJ, be gentle with them, they're all hard and they don't understand their feelings. They probably don't even understand their feelings towards other boys yet, they may not have come to terms with being gay yet.” AJ said gently, more than loud enough for all three to hear him.

“But I'm not gay.” Tony tried saying, a few tears now leaking from his eyes.

“You can try and hide it from yourself if you want, and I don't think you're totally gay, but you're definitely not straight either. It's okay, really it is. You are all at the least bi, we can tell, and we're okay with that. I'm sure that TJ would have told you all about us before inviting you here, so you had to know what you were getting yourselves into.” AJ said gently.

“How do you know?” Garth asked.

“We call it gaydar, same way you can probably tell that some boys are gay as well. Because you're totally gay, you probably know about it better than the other two do.” JJ said honestly, and Garth started tearing up as well.

“Oh would you boys quit your crying, look, we're all boys here, we're all gay, and we're all here to workout and have a good time, no sex, so don't feel uncomfortable or anything.” TJ said.

“But my parents will kill me if they find out I like other boys more than I like girls, and I'm not even sure about them.” Tony said.

“Why do you need to tell them really, and if they find out, then so be it. My dad tried to beat the gay out of me, and he lost the fight, but I'm better for it. We all stick together, don't worry.” TJ said kindly.

“Go on boys, go get cleaned up and then come and workout some.” AJ said gently again, and then they turned and headed to the workout equipment.

TJ started to strip right down, dropping his clothes right where he was standing, and if anything the three boys got even harder, TJ was gorgeous as well, and he was about the same size as they were, albeit a little shorter in height. TJ made it to the shower and was just turning the water on when the other three finally decided, with looks to each other, to just do it. So they too stripped quickly, each of them hiding their little erections with their hands and heading to the showers.

“Why are you guys covering yourselves, trust me, we've all seen boners around here, even my uncles, and it's pretty big. JJ's is almost as big though, and AJ is right behind him. He has a huge dick in comparison to the rest of his body. Mine is positively tiny compared to theirs, but it still feels really good to play with.” TJ said happily.

One by one they each uncovered themselves, and all four looked at each other, comparing sizes. As TJ suspected, all three of them were almost the exact same size as he was, plus or minus a couple millimeters in length or width, and they were all uncircumcised as well.

“Well now you guys have nothing to be ashamed of, they're all just like mine, almost the exact same size, and Ricky says mine is bigger than his was at my age.” TJ said unashamedly.

“Really!” Kevin said.

“For sure. Come on and get washed, and then we can go and workout, but a word of warning, don't try and do what AJ and JJ do, it'll kill you.”

They all finished washing and then dried off on their way to the equipment. The boys stopped and stared when they got there, what they saw was three boy gods working out, and Ricky had the smallest amount of weights on his machine. AJ was busy bench pressing his normal weight, and JJ was leg pressing the entire stack.

“Fuck me.” Tony gasped.

“Oh no thanks, like I said, I have a boyfriend already.” TJ teased.

“What, no, I wasn't asking.” Tony blushed huge time. “I can't believe how much weight AJ and JJ are doing, I bet my dad can't even do half that.” Tony explained.

“Max can't do as much either, and when he tries, Alice gets really mad at him for trying to catch up to the boys. She says he'll never do it, and to not even bother trying.” TJ giggled.

They each grabbed a free machine and TJ told them all that they would need to know, then they all started working out. Tony, Kevin, and Garth were all surprised that TJ was able to do a lot more weight than they were able to comfortably do, although he was still not pushing any more than he was comfortable with, but he had become quite used to this already. He still was not allowed to push it at all though, he just had to keep it light. The three new boys lasted only half an hour through their one hour workout, and they went and sat in the hot tub.

“Man am I going to hurt tomorrow.” Garth whined, he was already getting sore, and the others were still going.

“Me too.” The other two said as well.

“I can't believe how strong they are, even TJ is way stronger than we are.” Tony said in awe.

“Yeah, good thing we didn't do anything stupid huh. So how come we never told each other we're gay?” Garth asked.

“Was afraid you guys would leave me, and then I'd have nothing.” Tony admitted.

“Same.”

“And to think I have been playing with myself thinking of you guys for all this time, and you could have been there playing with me as well.” Garth grinned, very happy that he was free to admit his feelings finally.

“Yeah, same here.” The other two said again, both with a bit of a blush.

“This is so cool, being naked like this. It feels so........free.” Garth sighed out.

“Yeah.” The other two sighed out as well.

They laid back and relaxed in the hot soothing water, almost falling asleep, until the others called to them and told them they were going to start swimming now. The four of them dove into the water and started swimming. The boys got out of the hot tub and went to jump in the water, but stopped and stared once again. AJ and JJ were swimming so fast that they were practically skimming the water. Even TJ and Ricky were doing very well, their teaching starting to show as well.

“My god can those two swim or what!” Kevin gasped out.

“No kidding.” Tony said, his mouth actually hanging open.

They dove in the water and started swimming as well, but doing nowhere near as well as the others were. They only swam for forty five minutes before they called swimming to an end, and then AJ and JJ got up to practice their diving. The new boys were warned to stay out of the deep end for this, and they did. They all stood and watched as first AJ took a dive off the high dive, and they all gasped, and then JJ went, and they gasped again. They each did three different dives over and over again until they both felt they were perfect, and it lasted forty five minutes again. They had timed it perfectly, so that they could go in and get dinner started, so that they would have it all ready just as Alice and Max came home.

“Why don't you guys call home and ask if you can stay for dinner as well?” AJ asked them.

“Are you sure it'll be okay with your parents?”

“Sure, they don't mind at all.” AJ and TJ said at the same time.

They all headed into the house, the three new boys forgetting that they were still naked, feeling so free and at ease. They all made the calls and they were told it was okay and to be home by eight then. They all helped to cook dinner, and just as it was almost finished, Max and Alice walked in, and three sudden gasps could be heard as well as three sets of hands shooting down to cover themselves.

“I haven't seen a blush like that for a while, and from three all at the same time.” Alice giggled.

“Hi guys, didn't know you had friends over. I take it these are the three boys you met at school today?” Max asked TJ.

“Yeah, these are Tony, Garth, and Kevin. Guys, this is my Uncle Max, and this is Alice, and you can remove your hands. In case you haven't already noticed, they don't mind.” TJ introduced everyone.

“How did you know we met at school sir?” Tony asked, still blushing furiously and covering himself, he and the other two had also backed themselves up against the cabinets so that their bared backsides couldn't be seen either.

“Oh simple. We made sure to let the principal know that TJ was gay, and that he was not hiding the fact, so he said he'd watch out for TJ. He saw the three of you meet today, and he called me and told me all about you guys. Oh and please, call me Max, I hate sir.” Max said in an upbeat manner, but all three boys gulped.

“Everything sir, sorry, I mean Max?” Kevin asked.

“Yes, he said he was afraid you three might be bullies, and that you seemed to have buddied up with TJ, so he was just warning me. I told him TJ would be able to handle you guys.” Max said happily.

“Oh yeah, they're not bullies, they just liked to intimidate other kids, but they won't do that any more around me.” TJ said happily.

“Good, glad to hear it. Bullies are bad. So are you boys staying for dinner as well, I sure hope so, because even with our eating machines, I doubt we could eat that much?”

“Yes.” They all said, almost in a whisper.

“Good. You guys can uncover yourselves any time though, you know that right, there is no reason to be embarrassed. Max and I are going to go get more comfortable and we'll be right back, I expect you to be uncovered by then.” Alice instructed in her no nonsense voice.

“You better uncover yourselves, I bet she spanks you if you don't.” TJ teased.

The three boys gulped and uncovered themselves, and the other four all started laughing.

“I was teasing, she wouldn't spank you guys. But there's no sense in being embarrassed around here. You should hear some of the conversations around here, or at JJ's place.” TJ said, still giggling.

“Come on, let's get the table set and then we can get dinner served.” JJ said.

They all helped to set the table and set the food. They were about halfway done when Alice and Max walked back out, both naked as well. The three boys' faces fell again in shock.

“What, you boys were all comfortable, so we figured we may as well be also.” Alice said happily.

“Come on, let's eat before it gets cold.” JJ said, trying his hardest not to laugh.

“Man, was I really this bad when I met you guys?” Ricky asked.

“Oh yeah. But then again I was probably worse.” AJ said.

“He was.” JJ said dryly.

“Yeah, but I was even worse about being naked than he was, and look at me now.” Alice said happily, finally feeling so free herself.

“No thanks, I'm gay.” JJ said happily, and Tony spit milk out his nose, he was just taking a drink.

“Oh crap, that hurts.” Tony gasped and everyone burst out laughing.

“I didn't quite mean it like that you brat.” Alice said, trying her hardest not laugh, smacking JJ in the arm.

Everyone was still laughing a few minutes later, trying to eat their dinner. The ice had officially been broken though, and the three new boys would never again be the same. Once dinner was finished, they all helped to clean up the kitchen, and then they went out and played in the games room for a little bit. At quarter to eight, their guests said that they had to get going, so they went and collected their clothes and got dressed, then headed home.

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“Okay TJ, Ricky will be here to pick you up after school, we have our first swim practice of the year after school. Or you can meet Ricky at the school and you guys can wait and watch us.” AJ said as they dropped TJ off at school the following morning.

“I'll meet you guys there I think, is that okay with you Ricky?”

“Sure.” Ricky said happily.

“Okay, see you later then, and have a good day.” JJ said.

The three of them headed off to their school. TJ went and locked up his bike and met his friends, and they talked excitedly.

“Man, it was so awesome last night, I feel different now, I don't know why though.” Tony said happily.

“It's because you are free. It's amazing how much better you feel when you admit certain things to yourself.” TJ said knowledgeably.

“Cool.” All three of them said together.

“After school I'm going to watch the guys in their first swim practice, so I won't be able to have you over today again. But maybe this weekend you guys can come and stay at our place.” TJ said.

“Okay, that's cool. We'll probably get homework today anyways, so we will probably have to go home and do it.”

“Hell, if you get homework, just come to our place and AJ and JJ can help you understand anything at all.”

They all went about their day, going to class and learning, playing and talking at recess like they were old friends. It was a good match for the boys. The principal once again watched them, and he was pleased to see the change in the boys. He could actually see that they were happier, and not once did he see them look at another student in any bad way. He thought that TJ had been very good for all three of them.

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Ricky, JJ, and AJ all got to school, and they too went about their day, talking excitedly to all their friends. Ricky did use his free period to go and do something other than homework though. He headed out to the pool to see if Coach Phil was there.

“Hi Coach, do you have a few minutes?” Ricky asked when he entered the office after been told to enter.

“Sure, what can I do for you?”

“Well my name is Ricky, and I was wondering about joining the swim team? I've been training with AJ and JJ, and they say I'm doing pretty good, and I think I'd like to join the team.”

“Strip down to your underwear and let me take a look at you then.” Coach Phil said. Ricky did as he was asked, and in a few seconds he was down to his very brief and very comfortable underwear. Coach Phil gave him the same appraisal he had given to AJ, and countless other boys over the years, looking to see if the boy would even be able to stand the pressures of what he would put the boy through.

“Okay, you have good legs, good chest, tight bum, nice arms, and you're in pretty good shape. If you've been training with AJ and JJ, then you'll know what I expect I trust. I expect you to work hard and push yourself even harder still. We have a gold standard here, do you think you are up to that?”

“Yes Coach, I think I am.” Ricky said confidently.

“Okay, go ahead and get dressed and I'll see you at practice after school then.”

“Thanks coach.”

“Oh and have your parent or guardian sign this form, I'd like it back by the end of the week please, I would like you on the boards, and you need that first.”

“Okay coach, but I'm not very good at diving.”

“Neither was AJ when he started, and I trust you've seen him dive now!”

“True, thanks sir.” Ricky said and finished putting his shoes on and headed out.

The swim team all met at lunch time and they all joked and laughed the entire time. So far no one had yet to say anything to Ricky about his pink eyebrow ring, but then again, there was always someone from the swim team with him, and that scared most people away. Once the school day ended, they all headed down to the pool. AJ and JJ thought nothing of it when Ricky came in the building with them, thinking that he would just go and sit in the bleachers, but he didn't, he went and joined the rest of them as they grouped around coach Phil. There were also two new faces in the crowd, both grade eight boys.

“Welcome back gentlemen, and welcome to our three new swimmers.” Coach Phil said, and the entire swim team turned suddenly and looked at Ricky, who smiled and nodded his head yes.

“I certainly hope that none of you just sat on your fat asses all summer and got no exercise at all, because we are going to work you very hard this year. Now, as I'm sure you're all aware, we are now without a team captain, and as always, we put it to a vote, who do you think should be team captain?”

“AJ.” They all shouted, except AJ himself, and the three new members to the team.

“What, hey, no, I don't want to be captain.” AJ said.

“Too late, your the captain of the team, now I just have to find you a speedo with the gold star on it. Looks like you need the next size up anyways, you've filled out a lot and added a bunch of new muscle by the looks of it.”

AJ just nodded, knowing it was useless to fight it, the entire team wanted him as their captain, even though he did not want to be, but it wasn't like he had to do anything really. Matt had never done anything as the captain.

“Okay, go ahead and get showered, and please, as always, easy on the fresh meat.” Coach Phil called out.

They all ran to the locker room and started stripping right away, the only ones not to were the two new kids. AJ figured that this must be what the captains job was, because it was about the only thing that Matt ever did, he broke him in.

“What's your names guys?”

“I'm Joey.” The small mousy brown haired boy said.

“I'm Brett.” The tall skinny blond said.

“Well Joey and Brett, this is the swim team. You'll get to know us all real well, hell how can you not when we're all naked together. Speaking of which, get naked. Don't worry, we all have dicks, and we'll try not to torture you too much when you get a hardon in the showers, it'll happen, trust me. Oh and it's perfectly acceptable to look to see what we're all packing, we'd be worried if you didn't check out the competition. Just a word of warning though, no touching, some of us are already taken.” AJ teased, and the boys both blushed.

“Aw, isn't that cute, they're embarrassed.”

“Trust me guys, hold your heads high, get naked, and let's go get cleaned up, and that brings up another thing, never, ever, enter Coach Phil's pool when you're dirty, death would probably be better than what he'd do to you.”

“Damn straight, now why the hell aren't you all clean yet?” Coach Phil yelled, sneaking in and startling the three newcomers like he loved doing, the others were all too used to it.

“Give us a chance will you Coach, we just got in here, you actually have to let us get undressed first.” AJ said, rolling his eyes at the coach.

“Don't you be taking a page from Matt's book and giving me lip boy or I'll ride you across the pool.”

“Come on guys, let's get cleaned up.” AJ called out with a twinkle in his eye towards the coach.

The two new boys did finally get undressed, and they were blushing right from the tips of their toes right to the tops of their heads. They kept their heads looking down the entire time, and the others could visibly see them thinking anything to keep from getting hard, and it caused more than a few chuckles all around. Ricky did get hard, and he did get razzed a bit, but he just joined right in and had fun as well. He was of course more used to this, they had all done it home. The two younger boys though looked as if they were going to die. They finally all made it to the change room again, and as they exited, four pairs of speedos flew through the air and hit each of their intended targets in the face.

“Thanks Coach, your delivery was perfect as usual.” AJ called out.

“You'd never guess I practice speedo flinging would you.” The coach grinned and left the room. The boys all just shook their heads and laughed.

They all slipped into their suits, and all three new boys were surprised that they all fit perfectly, if not a bit snug. Then AJ led them all out to the pool and they all gathered around Coach Phil again.

“Okay, this year we are going to be doing things a little differently. Everyone is up on the boards now. I will need permission slips signed by all those who haven't already signed one. We will do one hour training on each, swimming and diving. For today all those that do not have a permission slip, and who have not dove before, will get to watch our divers during their practice. Now, it is important to remember not to push yourselves further than you feel comfortable, but I expect you to push yourself right to that very limit. If it doesn't burn, you're not working hard enough. Now, everyone in the pool and let's see what you've got.”

They all dove in, and Coach Phil watched them all swimming. He was very pleased to see that both AJ and JJ were doing exceptionally well. Jim had come to see him a couple times during the summer, catching up and talking about their favorite swimmers. He was also happy to see that Ricky had seemed to learned quite a bit, he was doing not too bad, and the two new young boys were also pretty good. They had good form and stroke, but as with all the boys, there was room for improvement. He called out instructions and told the boys what they had to do to make themselves better.

Finally at the one hour mark the whistle was blown, and the boys all jumped out of the pool and gathered around.

“Now, all divers up top and let's see what you've managed to retain this summer. The rest of you I want in the shallow end and doing water aerobics, pick a leader and go, but I want you all watching the divers as well.”

They all split up and headed to where they were supposed to be. The next hour went by quickly. The divers all showing off and doing their absolute best, and most of the dives were very good. The two new young boys were suitably impressed with what they saw, especially from AJ, their team captain, and they could clearly see why it had been a unanimous decision. His swimming was great, but his diving was perfect.

“Well AJ, I see Jim has been able to teach you a couple things, and you too JJ, I'm impressed, you've both done very well this summer.” Coach Phil praised them.

“Thanks.” They both said.

“Well you guys go get cleaned up and have a good day.” He called out, dismissing them for the day.

They all headed back in and they were all loud and happy as they normally were. All talking and having a good time.

“Well Joey and Brett, you both did real well out there today. How long have you been swimming for?” AJ asked as they were getting undressed.

“About three years now.” Brett said quietly.

“Two years.” Joey answered.

“Two things here guys, you need to look at us when you talk, and you need to talk louder. If you've been in swimming for so long, how the hell is it you can still be so embarrassed?”

“We never changed in a room like this. We always had our suits on under our clothes and we just put our pants back on over top when we were done.” Joey answered, a little louder this time, and venturing a look upwards.

“Okay, but wasn't that uncomfortable, and did you ever shower before and after?”

“No, we got used to it I guess, and no.” Brett said this time, a little louder again and sneaking a look upwards.

“I take it you were both in the same swim club then, I doubt there are two coaches out there so lax on pool cleanliness? Also that would explain why both of you have really damaged looking hair.”

“Yeah, we were on the same team, and what's wrong with our hair?” Joey asked.

“It is very dry, limp, and flat, and it also has a lot of split ends. If you don't wash and condition your hair properly after you get out of the pool, your hair will suffer, trust me, wash properly and go get your hair cut before it becomes too badly damaged.” AJ suggested.

“Thanks. Why are you telling us all this though?” Brett asked.

“Well because us swim team guys have to stick together, we're all friends here, and you will join us at lunch from now on as well.” AJ said happily.

“Oh, thanks.” They both said.

“Come on, let's go get showered. And don't be afraid to look. You both have nothing to be ashamed of down there, and we all have the same things, some are bigger, some are smaller, some have hair, some don't. Look at me for instance, I am bigger than both of you, but you both have more hair than I do. But you know what, they all feel so damned awesome when you play with them. And I'll let you in on a little secret. You're not the only boys here that are gay.” AJ said, but whispered that last part into both their ears at the same time.

“Really.” They both asked, not bothering to deny it.

“For sure. We might tell you later who is as well. Are you two boyfriends then?” AJ whispered again.

“Yeah, we are.”

“That's cool. Well welcome to the team.” AJ said and started walking towards the showers and the two followed him. The rest of the team were already in there and washing up, so they joined in as soon as they entered, and this time the two of them didn't blush quite as much, and their eyes didn't stay glued to the floor, but they didn't look much either. They all headed out and got dressed, and as they were heading out, AJ told Brett and Joey that the next practice was Thursday, and that he'd see them tomorrow at lunch for sure. TJ came down from the bleachers and met Ricky, JJ, and AJ as they exited, surprising most of the swim team, none of them had even saw him up there, even Coach Phil looked puzzled as to where he had come from.

“You guys did real well today. It was cool watching you, but I prefer joining in.” TJ said happily.

“Thanks. How was your day at school today?” Ricky asked.

“Good, and you guys?”

“Good as well.”

They all hopped on their bikes and headed towards home. When they got there, JJ didn't lock up his bike.

“Baby, I probably should head home for the night.” He said sullenly.

“Yeah, I know, but it doesn't mean we have to like it any, but we'll see each other tomorrow.” AJ said sounding just as down. They had not spent a night apart all summer, and it was going to be very hard on them both.

“I'll see you tomorrow morning baby, I love you.” JJ said, a tear actually trickling down his cheek.

“I love you too.” AJ said, and they even chanced a quick kiss. JJ took off and headed home.

The three of them headed into the house and went to the kitchen to get started on dinner.

“TJ, you could probably do your homework now if you have any, we can handle dinner.” AJ said.

“That's okay, I don't have any, I did it while you guys were practicing.”

“Okay, that's a good idea. That would explain why we hardly saw you, you must have been laying down or something most of the time.”

“Yeah, I was, but I could still see the entire pool.” TJ grinned.

“That's cool.”

They made dinner, and just as it was finished, Max and Alice walked in together, and they all sat down to eat. Both Alice and Max could very clearly see that AJ was depressed. They wondered how difficult it was going to be on the boys to have to separate now that school had started, and it looked like miserable was not strong enough. They all curled up on the couches in the living room and watched a movie, and AJ actually curled right into Max and Alice, needing to feel close to someone at the moment. Right before he went to bed, he called JJ and said goodnight, I love you, and they both hung up. AJ couldn't sleep, and ended up going and asking TJ and Ricky if they minded him sharing with them, and they both said they didn't mind at all. They had not played, and had not planned on it anyways. They all cuddled up together and fell asleep.

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JJ had gotten home, and his parents too could instantly tell that he missed AJ already. They too had wondered how the boys would take being apart now, and they too thought he looked miserable. They all ate dinner together, and JJ curled up with his parents as well, needing to cuddle up to someone, and just as he was about to pick up the phone to call AJ, it rang and AJ was on the other line. They said goodnight and I love you to each other, and JJ headed up to bed. JJ also ended up not being able to sleep, so went and curled up with one of his sisters, she didn't wake up, but she curled right into her big strong brother, and JJ fell asleep right away.

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“He must have really missed sleeping with his baby, huh, all cute and cuddled up to his little sister like that, and both sleeping with diaper bums up, how adorable.” Frank said the next morning when he and Sarah went to wake the kids up, and both JJ and his sister were sleeping with their knees tucked up under them, and their cute little diaper bums sticking up in the air, the blanket was not even covering them.

“It is adorable for sure, but I think we're going to be losing our baby a little sooner than we thought, and we're going to have to tell him, because he won't ask.” Sarah said.

“I suppose you're right, but it's not like he'll live that far away.” Frank sighed.

“I'll call Alice and Max today and see if we can come over and talk it over with them.”

“Okay, well we better wake them up.”

“Come on babies, wakey wakey, time to get up.” Sarah said, patting both her babies on their thickly padded bums.

“Morning mommy.” They grumbled as they woke up.

“Come on, time for breakfast.”

“Be right down mom.” JJ yawned and stretched.

They all met down in the kitchen a short while later and sat down to eat. As they were eating, Sarah told JJ what was going to happen.

“I trust you'll be going to AJ's after school to workout today again, so just stay there, we'll probably be over at some point.”

“Okay, what's up?”

“Nothing much, we'll all talk about it later.”

“Okay.” JJ said, knowing he'd not get anything further, so did not bother to ask.

Not long after JJ was showered and dressed for the day, he was out the door to meet the others. They all met up and rode to school.

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“He really does miss JJ, just after one night, he even looks sad in his sleep.” Alice said sadly, feeling bad for AJ. She and Max had gone to wake up the boys, because they were not up yet, something that was unusual.

“Yeah, but you had to see it coming. They've lived together all summer, they've not been apart hardly for more than a few minutes, and they are deeply in love. Now all of a sudden they can't cuddle up and sleep together, it would be hard. Even I could not sleep without you now, I'd toss and turn all night, and it's probably why he came in here, at least the others he could cuddle up to and feel a little more normal.”

“Yeah, I wondered how the boys were going to take it, I just didn't think it would be this bad. I think I'm going to call Sarah this morning and see what she thinks we should do.”

“Good idea, because I bet that JJ is in worse shape, AJ at least had Ricky and TJ to cuddle up with.”

“Maybe, but I'm willing to bet that he slept with one of his sisters last night.” Alice grinned.

“You're probably right. We better get them up so that they can get ready for school.”

“Come on babies, time to wake up.” Alice said, shaking all three boys one by one. Slowly they came awake and smiled to Alice and Max.

“Morning.” They all said with a yawn.

“Couldn't sleep last night, missed your baby I take it?” Alice smiled warmly to AJ.

“Yeah, it was horrible. It was only one night and I couldn't take it. I don't know how I'm going to sleep without JJ sleeping there next to me every night now.” AJ sighed.

“I'm sure you'll be fine, and it's not like you won't see JJ every day.” Alice said softly.

“I know, but I still missed him last night.”

“Well, come on and get up boys, it's time for breakfast, and then you all have to get ready for school.”

“Okay.” They all said with a yawn and a stretch.

“Thanks guys for letting me sleep with you last night, it really did help. I'll try not to disturb you too much from now on, I'm sure it was just hardest for the first night.” AJ said.

“No problem, you can come and sleep with us anytime you need to.” TJ said warmly, knowing where AJ was coming from, because he was not so certain he could sleep without Ricky anymore either.

They headed out and ate breakfast, just some cereal, fruit, and toast, and then they all headed in to the bathroom to shower, and they all showered together to save time, not like they weren't used to it anyways. It was a good thing the shower stall was so large though. They all headed to their rooms and got dressed, and then the boys headed out, saying goodbye. Alice and Max still had almost an hour before they too had to leave, so Alice went to pick up the phone to call and talk to Sarah, but just as she was about to do so, it rang.

“Hello, Alice speaking.”

“Good morning Alice, it's Sarah, I hope I didn't wake you.”

“Oh no, we've been up for a while, and we just sent the boys to school. I was just about to call you in fact.”

“Let me guess, AJ looked pitiful this morning as well, like his heart had been torn out and stomped on!”

“Yeah, and I bet JJ looked the same huh?”

“Yeah, it was so sad. Hey listen, do you think we could all come over and talk this evening?”

“Sure, come for dinner and I'll leave a note for the boys to cook extra for you guys. You think it's time for JJ to move in here though, don't you?”

“Okay, that would be nice, and yes, I think it's time our baby left the nest, but it's not like he will be going far.”

“No, that's for sure. Well I should be going now, have a good day.”

“Thanks, we'll see you tonight.” Sarah said and they hung up.

“Well it looks like we're getting another one moving in real soon.” Alice said.

“I figured as much. The boys sure will be happy to hear that, and at least they won't look so sad.”

“Yeah.”

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“I missed you so much last night, I had to go sleep with Jess just so that I could sleep.” JJ said happily as soon as he saw AJ.

“And I missed you too baby, I had to go and sleep with TJ and Ricky. I don't know how I'm going to sleep for the rest of the week though, but I'm sure we'll be fine.” AJ sighed.

“Yeah, but I don't want to be just fine, it was so miserable not getting to sleep with you last night.”

“I know, but what other choice do we have. You can't move in yet, we can't possibly ask.”

“I know, I don't even want to imagine the looks on my parents faces if I were to ask them, it would be so hard on them.” JJ sighed.

“You guys will be just fine, and we'll be there to help you out.” Ricky told them.

“Thanks. My mom told me just to stay at your place after we workout, that they might try and come over tonight for a bit, she wouldn't say why though.”

They continued talking until they dropped TJ off at school. They all said goodbye to TJ, and he went and met up with Tony, Garth, and Kevin, and AJ, JJ, and Ricky headed off to their school. They talked the rest of the way there. The day went by smoothly for all the boys, all sitting with their friends at lunch and breaks, and having fun. The school day was finally over, and they all headed out, TJ being picked up at his school and his friends wanting to come over as well, so all seven of them headed home. They all talked excitedly the entire way, and when they got home and were about to head out to the pool, they saw a note.

“Mom says that your family is coming over for dinner, and asked us to get dinner ready for when they all get here.” AJ said after reading the note.

“Okay, well we should probably get something out then.” JJ said.

“She says there is ground beef in the fridge already for us to cook.”

“Okay, we can figure out what to do with it later then, we should get our workout done now then, I say one hour on the machines and then half an hour of swimming and diving each to give us more time to make dinner.”

“Sounds good to me.”

They all headed out to the pool, and this time the new boys just stripped down and went and got showered with the rest with no embarrassment. They then headed over to their gym area and started a good hard workout, the younger boys all being told to make sure and take it easy, TJ of course no longer had to be told this though. They all worked out for their one hour, then they switched to the pool and all started swimming laps for half an hour. JJ and AJ would switch after every lap to a different technique to practice them all, but the others all just stayed with the standard breast stroke. Diving time began and the boys just sat in the hot tub and watched AJ and JJ practice for the last half an hour.

“I still can't believe how good those two are, and how strong they are.” Tony said.