The Obdurate Avidity

Chapter 22

 
By TurtleBoy

 

 
            It seemed like only moments had passed, I had been absorbed in our closeness.  Feeling his smooth bare skin against my own; the warmth of his body, along with the wonderful smell that was his own.  His head fitting perfectly under my chin with his soft hair tickling my neck, our arms wrapped around each other.  I was in heaven.  This was what it was all about.  Being with someone you cared about as close to each other as humanly possible.  Every once in a while I could feel him kiss the top of my chest while I circled the small of his back with my fingers feeling the goose bumps spread across his body.


“ADRIAN!!! ARE YOU HOME?!!!”  Alas all good things come to an end.  The yell of my mother coming in the front door forced my heart to skip a beat.  James instantly jumped out of the blankets away from my embrace.  Before it could all register he was already putting his socks on.

 
“GAH!  Adrian, hurry up!  What if she comes up stairs?”  James giggled.

 
“Umm, then I will be naked and comfortable!”  I returned with a stretch of regret.

 
“Well, ummmm this is an awkward situation I would rather not explain to your mommy.  Come on please?”  He begged tossing me my clothes.

 
“Hehe, I’m leaking!”  I replied with a smile and a look of discomfort.

 
“Is it all over your sheets?”  He giggled in curiosity.

 
“I think so…  Guess I’m gonna have to try and wash these sheets again.  We’re gonna have to come up with a system that allows no sheet washing after.”  I raised from the bed looking back at the smeared wet stain that James bestowed upon my ermmmm bottom.

 
“ADRIAN!  I need a hand!”  My moms cried again.  This time seeming closer.

 
“Oh shit! Adrian! She’s coming up stairs! Hurry!”  His face was red and panicked this time which was hysterically cute.

 
“Don’t worry I got it covered.  OKAY MOM!!! COMING!!!” I yelled towards her, then whispered cautiously, “right after I get my clothes on and cover up James cum stains.”

 
“AH! Shut up!”  James tossed my shirt at my face and cowered towards the closet.

 
“HAHAha, what’s that gonna do?  She knows you’re here.”  I giggled.

 
“I got scared okay, you’re too slow.”  He smiled.


“Well we’re safe now, I’m ready.  Let’s go see what dear old mother needs.”


            We walked down the stairs with a skip in our step, hopping on every second step.  Mother was standing at the bottom of the stairs with her hand on the banister mount with a smile on her face.  James who was standing in front of me came to a sudden stop causing me to bump into him slightly, subconsciously taking the opportunity to squeeze his soft mound of a behind.  Oh my… wet.  I instantly went a little red, noticing James turn his toward me with an awkward look of panic.

 
“What have you two been up too?  I’ve been yelling.” Her look only a mother could produce made us feel guilty instantly.

 
“Uh, we were playing Pariah.”  I replied, knowing she would never buy it.

 
“Hmm, well okay.  I got a bunch of groceries in the car.  Can you boys help me bring them in?”  Looking into both our eyes said it all.  She called our bluff.  I just hope she left it at that.

 
“No Problem Moms.”  I hopped in front of James and grabbed his shoes so that he could venture in behind us with out a problem…  I hoped.

 
            Throwing on our shoes, I guided my mom to the kitchen to start putting things away while me and James ran back and forth hauling in the groceries.  James walked in behind me on the way in and in front of me on the way out every time.  Poor guy hehe, my mom had so many groceries we had to take 4 trips.  With that being done finally, James said he had to run home to check in and that he would be right back.


“Alright see you in a bit buddy.”  I smiled.  He looked back with a scowl and left out the back door avoiding turning his back to my mom.


“Yup, okay.”  Was all he said closing the door behind him.

 
            I helped mom put everything away then ran to my room to clean up a little bit.  Afterwards taking some time to clean up… myself.  It felt like I was going to crap myself, but knew it was something… else.  In the end I decided it best to grab a quick shower and just change into some clean clothes.  I threw on some silky basketball shorts and matching white shirt.  It felt so awesome on my skin, like being caressed with the tips of feathers.  Mmmm comfy.   

 
“Adrian! James is back!” My mom yelled up the stairs, which echoed in the laundry chute.  With a smile on my face, I hopped back down the stairs to meet James in the kitchen who was eating a large chocolate chip cookie.

 
“Took you long enough.”  I teased.

 
“Yea sorry, I had to help my mom clean up the kitchen a bit.”  James explained.

 
“That’s cool, I grabbed a shower.”

 
“Wanna bum around outside?  It’s nice out.”  A smirk crossed James face, when he said that, which peaked my curiosity.


“Okay.” I answered throwing on my shoes.

 
“Thanks for the cookie Mrs. Conner.”  James raised the cookie in the air, and turned to open the door.

 
“You’re welcome James.” Mother replied throwing some cans inside the pantry.

 
            I followed in behind James to the back yard, he seemed to be trying to get away from me.  He looked back with a strange smile on his face, as his pace quickened.  I didn’t know what to make of this so I attempted to follow him.  He would look back every few steps seemingly making sure that I was still following him, then he would continue to move away from me.  Watching him hop across the ditch between our yards he began to sprint towards a tree in his yard.  What was going on?


“NOW!!!”  James yelled, startling me.


            Just after he said that I saw his brother pop out from some bushes against the side of my house carrying something in his hands.  Turning to get a better look something hit me in the back of the head.  It felt weird; soft, yet dense at the same time.  Before it could register my back grew cold and a crackling sound passed my ears, I was soaked!  Looking back towards James who was laughing hysterically, another one smashed open against my leg soaking my shorts and my shoes.


“GAHHH AHHHH!!! GOD! ThaT’s COLD!”  I screamed turning to Austin who had a huge wagon of water balloons.  “Don’t you dare AUSTIN!!! ARGGHHHHH!!!” I screamed some more as James began to gorge me in even more wetness.  Austin began to laugh so hard that when he attempted to chuck another balloon it just dropped to the ground and rolled towards me.  With out a thought I jumped forward doing a barrel roll to the ground as I leapt towards the orange sphere of rubber and liquid I was bombarded by yet another balloon causing me to fall off course in mid air.  With a thud and a partial roll, I grabbed the balloon pivoting myself toward James who was about to grab another balloon.


“PUT dOWn YouR WEAPON!!! AND NO ONE GETS WET!!!”  I screamed holding the balloon in a defensive stance, awaiting the right moment to catapult it towards James.

 
“You’re in NO POsItION TO BARGAIN! SURRENDER NOW!”  James demanded.


“NEVER!!!”  I shucked the water ball toward James and watched as it soared in the air directly at him.  Before James could respond the balloon burst against his belly causing him to fall back.

 
“AHHH!!! DAMN IT!”  He cried as he fell back in shock.


            Before I could react to my victory Austin began tossing more balloons at me one after another.  Giggles were flowing in the air, while colors ventured towards me.  In a panic and a smile I ran and jumped towards some failed attempts that were lying on the grass.  The balloons were bursting against me from all angles soaking me entirely; grabbing a nice ripe blue one I rolled and snapped my arm toward Austin.  The balloon splashed against the boys bare foot and burst up his leg, with a high pitched scream the boy fell back tripping over the wagon.  With all the balloons bouncing out and scattering around him, now was my chance!

 
            Jumping to my feet I kicked into high gear and ran towards Austin laying soaked in a frenzy of water and color.  Standing directly over him with a leg on either side of his torso I grabbed some balloons and greedily gathered them in my shirt which I was using as a massive pocket.  James spared no mercy and was heaving the balloons at me one after the other, ricocheting against the ground as if by plan the balloons crashed against my back and burst all over me and Austin.  Defensively, Austin shielded his face with his arms drawn out in front of him.

 
“I’m SORRY! NO!!! PLEASE!!”  He screamed in laughter.

 
“OH REALLY!?”  I chuckled popping a balloon over his bare chest.


“AHHHH!!! COLD!!!! YES YES yes!!! I AM!”  He screamed some more.  What a little cutie hehe, I decided to then to leave him alone.  But just as I was turning from him to concentrate on James, he had grabbed a balloon and chucked it hard against my chin, it burst across my face and dripped down my chest and stomach soaking me entirely.  Lifting his legs partially he spread them out at the bends of me knees, as he kicked one leg out causing me to fall to his right and over a couple more balloons.  My shirts was emptied and the remaining ones that had no time to escape burst against my stomach.


“ARGHHHHHHHH AHHHH!!! YOU LITTLE!!”  I screamed in shock, than rolled away from him only to be soaked once more by the little puke.

 
“Never trust a McDowell!”  He warned, as he grabbed as many balloons as he could and ran off.

 
            I was in complete disorientation as I attempted to regain my balance and climb to my feet.  Tearing my shirt off over my head and dropping it to the ground, I grabbed two balloons and cautiously walked over to where James once was.  The yards were now empty both boys were no where to be seen.  I forced myself into an alerted state.  My mind attempting to be aware of everything.   I heard the squeaking of wheels and a few short giggles from James.  When I turned, no one was there.  I crouched as best I could to the ground in the direction of the squeaking.  But when I got close, the squeaking was behind me again.  When I turned I saw Austin behind a tree on guard as James snuck in behind his house pulling a little red rusted wagon in behind him.  If I wasn’t in such a defensive state I would have started laughing hysterically at the site of James trying not to destroy his heels with the tiny wagon so close behind him on the short little handle that was attached to it.

 
            I decided a new plan was in order.  I ran towards the bushes on the side of his house, keeping down low.  Crawling in the leaves and twigs I ventured around the front of his house and off to the other side.  I hadn’t been there before.  It was filled with nothing but dirt and dead branches, covered in old trees and darkness.  So cool.  It was at that moment I saw him.  He was crouched in behind a fallen tree trunk that spread clear across that side of the house.  The bark had been stripped from it years ago, now it was smooth.  With a slight bend upward in the middle and a dip at the other end until the old dried roots stuck out the other end where James was hiding.

 
            Before I made my move, Austin came around the corner and told James that he had lost me.  James said something and pointed towards the outskirts of his yard and Austin ran off in that direction.  Now was my chance!

 
“HRGGHH RAWRRRRRRRR!!!”  I smiled instantly after that horrid war cry and heaved a balloon at James.  The purple mound burst against his shoulder causing him to scream and scurry with his stupid squeaky wagon in behind him.  This shouldn’t be hard to catch up….


            Running in behind him, I hopped over the tree trunk, tucked my knees to my chest then thrust them backward in mid air drawing back my right hand with a nice white balloon in my hand.  Whipping my arm forward I released the object from my hand and watched it soar towards him.  It crashed into the centre of the wagon bursting a couple of balloons on contact, after doing so it bounced up and crashed into James behind, causing him to scream and fall to the ground.  Before I made contact with the ground another balloon hit me in the side and burst past my hip and stomach.  In a startle I too fell to the ground.


            Austin ran at me and leaped on top of me straddling my stomach in an attempt to hold me down.  He grabbed my arms and pinned them to the grass, as James rolled and tossed a balloon at my head.  As is splashed upward Austin screamed and fell back in between my legs in an awkward bend.  Sliding out from under him, I rolled backward toward James and grabbed the back wheels of his wagon; tipping it over the remaining balloons rolled across the yard.  Austin scurried towards them as did James.  This was my chance once more!  Grabbing the last balloon that was near the wagon I chucked it at Austin and watched it crash against his thigh and burst up his backside and down his leg.  He fell toward James grabbing hold of his hip.  The two tumbled clumsily to the ground bursting a couple more balloons at the end of their fall.

 
“Don’t ever mess with a Conner!”  I teased taking a stance and raising my left foot over top the tipped wagon with both knuckles firmly at my hips.

 
“Oh, so you think this is the end?”  James smirked.

 
“You can’t win! You’re out numbered!”  Austin cried out while reaching for a balloon and tossing it at me.

 
            With out even thinking I leapt in the air raised my left knee towards my chest and spun my body in a quick circle.  The balloon made contact with my right heel, and was sent back at Austin, crashing against his shoulder and bursting on both of them.

 
“Holy shit!” Austin screamed.

 
“HEY! Watch your language!”  James smiled and slapped Austin’s shoulder lightly.

 
“Sorry…  How’d you do that?”  Austin asked in excitement.

 
“He’s a cheater! That’s how!” James smiled at me.

 
“Wow that was one hell of a fluke hehehe. Bet I couldn’t do that again.”  I chuckled.

 
“James… I think we should give up.”  Austin looked around the grass…  “I think we’re out of balloons anyway.”

 
“Well that was fun, guess you weren’t helping your mom after all huh…”  I said to James with a smile.

 
“Nope, Austin had a bunch of balloons that were impossible to blow up…  So I fixed them.”  He explained and poked out his tongue.

 
“We better clean up all this garbage before mom gets mad.” Austin stated, climbing to his feet and picking up some balloon shrapnel.


            With that said, we all began to collect the remains of our game.  It was horrible, the little pieces of rubber were scattered everywhere.  Some in places I didn’t think were possible.  Like stuck in between the bark crevices of a few trees, and lodged into the siding of James house.  The majority of the debris was scattered in the ditch between our houses.  I hadn’t realized just how many balloons they had filled.  God, now wonder it took him so long to come back.  All together it took a good half hour before we were convinced all of the pieces were safely in the garbage.  Upon the official announcement of being done we all laid back on the grass and followed the clouds as they ventured across the sky absorbing the warm summers heat.

 
            Austin was lying in between me and James with his arms sprawled out over ours.  This was actually the first time I had spent any time with Austin.  He wasn’t a bad kid.  I wonder why James never lets him hang with us.  Guess it’s a brother thing.  I’m guessing if I had a little brother I wouldn’t want to be stuck with him all the time either.  But all in all a good kid.  Didn’t look much like James though, which I found weird.  His hair was near the same length, maybe a bit longer, he build was thin and bony but suited him.  His blond hair curled a little at the ends, and his eyes were more of a brown.  I wonder how James managed to looks so different from the rest of his family.  God seemed to have gotten their eye colors mixed up though.  James had brown hair which usually resulted in brown eyes… but they were blue.  Austin had blond hair but brown eyes.  Hehe, maybe that explains all the clashing colors in their house.  Their physical bodies clashed as well.  Of course they seemed to pull it off nicely.  Austin was bound to be a heart throb when he got older.


            It was then I felt like a complete perve.  I shook off the thoughts of James little brother and continued to look at the sky.  The clouds were large and fluffy today, perfect shape chasing weather.  There was what looked to be a squid nearing the edge of the horizon, and a gigantic elephant directly above us.

 
“Hey look!  A Platypus!”  Austin giggled.


“Where?”  James replied trying to follow Austin’s finger in the air.


“Right there next to the big cloud.”  He whispered.

 
“I dunno, looks more like a beaver.”  I added.


“That’s because the beak fell off and went in the elephants bum.” Austin blurted out, instantly spraying spit into his hands as he covered his mouth.  That being done me and James began an uproar of laughter.


            Austin kicked his knees into his chest and rolled towards me holding his sides.  Looking towards his reddened face, I gently shoved him towards James and watched him roll away, as I giggled some more.


“EWE!!! Gross! Get away from me!”  James squealed, rolling away from Austin who had burst out a stream of saliva at James face from between his fingers which were pressed tightly against his mouth.


“HAHAHHAa hahha I’m sorry!  I didn’t….. HehhEHHEHEheheheh hahaha mean.. hehe to!!”  Austin was laughing so hard he let out a loud sharp sounding fart from his behind, which was pointed towards me.


“GAH!!! That’s nasty!” In a panic I did a backwards head-over-heels and rolled away from the sulfur like smell.


“HAHAHAHHAHA! HooohoooHOOOOOOOOO” Austin rolled over again reaching for James arm.


“Get out of here yea puke!”  James giggled giving Austin another shove.  It was then Austin froze.  The look of panic flooded his face, and his laughter stopped immediately.


“OH GOD!!!”  James held his hands to his butt, “I need to POOOOH!!!”  He screamed and climbed to his feet, running to the door.


“OH WOW GROSS!!! HAHAHAHAhahhahahahaHAHAHA!”  I had to grab my sides in a frenzy of laughter induced pain.


“I think he pooped himself! Did you smell that?!”  James blurted while climbing to his knees.


“Yea, it did smell rather fresh didn’t it…”  I chuckled.


“Ewe, don’t ever say it like that ever again.”  The look of revolt grew green across James face.


“What’s the matter?  Week stomach?”  I joked.


“No, but I think that cookie I ate disagrees with the smell.”


“You gonna spew?”  I smiled.


“Nah, just a bit of a queasy knot.”  He replied.


“Oh, well if you do… can you go over there, cause I don’t want to get soaked again.”  I requested with a tease.


“I’m fine,” James poked out his tongue, “Thanks for caring.”


            I smiled and sat up to look at him.  He was joking, but his facial expression looked so serious it kind of hurt deep in my chest to see.  I looked to the grass avoiding the glare James was expelling from his body.  Noting that I looked hurt, he came and sat next to me as close as he publicly could.


“I was kidding silly, I’m sorry.”  He nudged my shoulder with his own, playfully.


“I know, my insides are just being stupid don’t worry about it.”


“Well quit being such a ninny.”  He teased.


“A ninny?  What does that mean anyway?”


“About as much as Ginormous I guess…”  He smiled and looked down at his knees with a chuckle when he noticed my memory clicking in.


“If you want to add words to my dictionary, you gotta fill out a request form first.”  I said as a matter of fact.


“Oh really?  Well maybe it’s from my own dictionary.”


“You can’t have your own dictionary, that’s way too much to remember.  If life had more of a vocabulary and we had to remember all of my words and your words we’d never make any sense of each other.”  I explained.


“But… You’re not making any sense now…”  He teased.


“Exactly! See what you’ve done!”  I stated.


“Oh shut up!  FINE!  I get it….”  James raised to his feet and hovered over me.


“Whatcha doing?”  I asked looking up at this wonder before me.


“Submitting my request.”  He smiled, as he turned his cheek toward me and lifted his leg…..


*PffFFFFFFFFFeeeEEEEEETTpHHHHH*


“OH GOD!!! What did you two eat?! WoW!” I waved my hands to move the air away from me in a frantic and desperate manor.


“I couldn’t tell you that.”  He smiled.


“You’re right, I probably don’t wanna know.”  I smiled as I raised a hand for him to help me up.


“JAMES!!! DINNER’S READY!!!”  Austin screamed from the bathroom window.


“Hmmm, guess I’ll catch up with you later.”  James said while waving at his brother.


“Yea, It’s probably dinner time for me too.  Give me a call later?”  I asked.


“Sure.  Love you.”  He smiled as he began to head towards his house.


“Love yea too.” I replied with a warm chest and a large smile.

 


Chapter 23