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Part V Truths and Lies Chapter 2 Magic Time It was with a great sense of relief early Tuesday morning when I saw Jesse waiting for me in the parking lot, next to the somber grey-white statue of St. Boniface himself. My sweet angel looked absolutely beautiful, his shiny, golden blond hair contrasting nicely with his light blue polo shirt, black Dockers, and black Vans. I knew I was smiling like a crazy person but I just couldn't help it and vaguely hoped that no one would notice
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Chapter 1 Tunafish Salad And Mountain Dew Dear Jesse, you won't believe all the stuff that happened while you were gone! Gees, it started right away on Thursday night when Josh and Derrin slept over along with my Uncle Ron. Well, Josh slept with Uncle Ron in the guest room and Derrin slept in my room. Derrin told me that his parents were having problems and stuff (I won't go into all that here, but you probably figured that out already anyway). We played video games and then he sle
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Part V Truths and Lies Prologue I was recently doing some research into the nature of the so called mid-life crisis, to see if indeed, that was the proper term to describe my current sense of global disorientation. I happened upon this curious piece of information: the word 'crisis' in Chinese, consists of two characters, one representing 'danger' and one representing 'opportunity;' therefore, crisis='dangerous opportunity.' When considering this bit of philological trivia in combinat
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Part IV Brothers Epilogue re: Satlink 5/19/34 9:02 p.m. PST Burbank, CA, USA/Tai Pei, Taiwan sc:5079383056dat30_630GSatnet0042LR206 (I have omitted the name of my wife for now--even though that name is as fictional as all the others in these memoirs--because I prefer to reveal her identity in the context of the story as it unfolds. I've replaced her name with a random number of ******'s.) Jesse had sent me a text note saying that he'd link up with me at 9:00 p.m. PST. To sa
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 16 A Visit With Tom Pt. 3 (Confessions Of An Artist Under Suspicion) My blood curdling screams of agony finally got Tom's attention. He let the whole front of my foot slip out of his mouth. There was drool streaming down his chin. His eyes had that wild, unfocused look that told me that he was much more involved with what was going on inside rather than outside at the moment. His face stretched into that very same grimace I had seen at my house,
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Chapter 14 A Visit With Tom Pt. 2 (You Show Me Yours And I'll Show You Mine) It was much bigger than I expected--really big and long. I realized that Tom's room was the whole front of the second floor. There were the three gables I had seen from the yard, with bright sunshine streaming in and reflecting off the smoothly polished wooden floor. I could immediately see that the large area was unequally divided into two parts--maybe a third of it was Tom's bedroom, with a desk and c
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 14 A Visit With Tom Pt. 1 When I opened the blinds in my bedroom on Sunday morning, it looked nice and sunny outside, but my mom warned me that it was colder than it looked. Not only did she turn out to be right, the wind was also starting to build into powerful gusts, and that made it feel even chillier. We got to church a half hour early again for my mom's choir practice. It was a strange feeling to realize that I actually didn't want to see so
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 13 Secret Brothers I woke up to the now familiar sound of clicking buttons. A glance at the clock told me it was already seven thirty. I propped myself up on one elbow and looked at Derrin, who was indeed sitting on the futon, cross legged, staring at the silent television screen, playing Kingcarver 2. I was surprised to see he was already dressed, or at least partially dressed, in a red T-shirt and grey cargo pants. He was still barefoot and his hair look
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 12 Mars Attacks! After saying goodbye to Gene and George, the three of us headed back to the arcade. Josh and Derrin seemed to be getting along okay now, although they both talked more to me than to each other. We didn't get another shot at Kingcarver 2, although I did notice that no one had come close to beating the old top score yet. I'd still get my chance one of these days. Despite the strange and wild events that had transpired earlier in the day, t
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 11 At The Mall I woke up to what sounded like raindrops splashing on the window. That was kind of strange since there didn't seem to be any hint of rainy weather yesterday. It had been downright hot and sunny all day long. I blearily opened my eyes to see that there was daylight pouring into the room. I was surprised to see it was eight o'clock already. We'd probably miss a nice breakfast if we didn't get our asses in gear. That's when I noticed
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 10 Sleep Over The rest of the day passed in a fairly pleasant blur. I finally had to admit that I loved having Jesse and Miranda spending the day with us, even though I had been dreading it before they arrived. I kept thinking how they were like family, but then remembered how much I loved getting into Jesse's pants! We couldn't do that if we were brothers--could we? Everyone helped put the evening meal together, which consisted of leftovers of cours
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 9 A Hot Thanksgiving It seemed like I had just closed my eyes when the alarm went off. Seven thirty already! I couldn't believe it. I wanted to go back to sleep, but I knew my mom would already be down in the kitchen, slaving away. Of course my eyes were practically glued shut from crying myself to sleep--what a big baby! Groggily, I stumbled to the shower and did my best to clear my head. I wondered how Morgan and Derek were doing. They were visiti
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 8 A Mixed Blessing I woke up and sat up almost simultaneously. I looked frantically around the dark room, momentarily disoriented and breathing heavily. Where was Morgan and his gun? Where was Derek? It slowly dawned on me that it had been a horrible, horrible, nightmare--and an incredibly vivid one at that. My heart was racing and my face was covered with sweat. My T-shirt felt like it was soaked as well and I could feel the sticky discomfort in my b
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Perry (A fairly rich kid who always seems to be in some sort of trouble) and Jesse (A poor kid who is a blackbelt and has a bad past reguarding his previous schools and his father) find love for each other after Jesse moves to Perry's school from another city.
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 7 What A Nightmare! Part II It was a fifteen minute walk to the Kipner's house, up the hill from my street. We were still in our school clothes and it was warm enough today that we didn't even need jackets. It was a big house, easily twice the size of ours. I recognized the loud barking of their Doberman Pinscher, Dumbbell, as we got closer. Derek was waiting for us in the front yard, the huge black dog sitting obediently on it's haunches next to him.
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 6 What A Nightmare! Part I On Tuesday, while Morgan seemed close to his old confident, easy going self again, there was undeniably something different between he, Jesse, and me, and it made me sad. As much as I still cared for Morgan, I imagined that things would never be quite the same. Tom however, seemed to have recovered somewhat from his angry outburst yesterday, and we were all sitting together again at lunch: Tom, Morgan, Gene, Jesse, and me.
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 5 Confrontation The next day was one of the most difficult ever. I didn't even want to get out of bed. I had no appetite, and I forced myself to eat, just so my mom wouldn't think there was something wrong. The problem was, I think she already suspected that something had happened yesterday that I hadn't told her. Even though Morgan had been the one to tell her those stories, it felt to me like I had lied to her face. And it wasn't like the lies I
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So there I was, wearing nothing but my boxers, with Morgan sitting on the futon next to me, naked except for a handtowel carelessly laid over his genitals. "Uh...you know...this was great and all..." I stammered, "but I don't think..." "Perry," Morgan said with some exasperation, "I've got to do you--I mean shit, you did me--you did me fuckin' awesome! Let me return the favor, please?" He was seriously pleading, the thin smile on his face now looking more forced than ever. I would'v
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 3 Morgan’s Visit Pt. I The Sunday before Thanksgiving started out dark and grey. Even though the house was warm and comfortable, just looking out my bedroom window at the dreary scene was enough for me to wish I had Jesse to snuggle up with. I wanted to smell the scent of his freshly shampooed hair, to feel the soft fleshiness of his smooth cheek against mine, to feel his warm breath on my neck, to look into those depthless crystal blue eyes... Unfor
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Part IV Brothers Chapter 2 Secrets, Basketball, and Rocketships On Wednesday, Morgan was looking a bit uneasy at lunch. I had noticed him talking to Artim before he came over to sit and eat with Tom, Jesse, and me. Gene had told me he was going to be spending most of his lunch times either at football practice or in the library, trying to catch up with his school work, so I didn't even look around for him anymore. "Hey Tom, I think Derek wanted to talk to you about something," h
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Chapter 1 Frustrations I was too exhausted Saturday night to think about much of anything. It wasn't until early Sunday morning, while lying in my warm and comfortable bed, listening to the water dripping from the eaves during what sounded like a light November rain, that I had my first opportunity to go over everything that had happened... It had been an amazing couple of days with Jesse. He had come over on Friday to help us get ready for the big St. Agnus rummage sale. The afte
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Part IV Brothers Prologue It has been pointed out by numerous readers who are enjoying the story of a naive young boy named Perry Thompson, that these prologues are more often than not, infuriating in their subtle and not too subtle insinuations of things to come. To those disgruntled readers I can only say this: Take what you will from these chronicles. Enjoy what you find here to enjoy; discard that which annoys, confuses, or offends. Lives often follow convoluted paths filled w
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...Yeah, Like They're Really Gonna Set Up That Computer...
underthehoodster posted new chapter in Choices
It was nearly three thirty when we pulled up in front of Jesse’s apartment building. The day had remained grey and overcast, with occasional chilly gusts of wind suggesting there might be rain by this evening. My mom thanked us both for all our help at the rummage sale, and told me to call when I was ready to come home. Jesse and I each carried one of the boxes of computer stuff up the stairs to his apartment. Jesse set his box down long enough to get his keys out and unlock the front door. -
Part III Choices Chapter 9 Rummage Sale Part III Returning to the social hall at St. Agnus, Jesse led the girls back to our table. It was like a quiet island amidst the hustle and bustle of the sale that was going on all around it. “Just wait here for a minute,” he said, leaving the three of us. His five foot six inch figure soon melted into the crowd. It was only after I caught sight of Gary’s tall form, that I noticed Jesse was talking to him. And the conversation seemed
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Part III Choices Chapter 8 Rummage Sale Pt.II It seemed like it had been days, rather than the hour or so that had actually transpired since I first headed for the john. Life at the rummage sale seemed to be going on much as it had when I left. It didn't seem like anyone had missed us... “There you boys are!” I heard an elderly voice say. I looked around until I saw Mrs. Jenkins waving to us from the cashier’s table. “Sorry, Mrs. Jenkins,” I apologized as we walked ove
