Geron Kees

Aw...could be. I may have confused myself there. I am certainly confused as to who is related to who now! Now I have to go back and read the story. Again. 😄

Still not done yet...

Since you are now ahead of this chapter, as i can see by your comment notifications, I will see what you say later on his subject. 😃

Kind of a shame you read this one first. It does describe an odd relationship, and you are not the first to say so. But this is also not my standard, which tends to a single, solid relationship between two, and only two. This story is based on people I knew in real life in my teens, and the somewhat crazy aspects of these relationships actually happened. So I am kind of reporting on events they way they were, less than on trying to make up a strange relationship. What can I say, except that truth really can be stranger than fiction?

Makes perfect sense to me. Been there, done that. And yet, I wound up with my first love, anyway. Maybe it was karma!

Didn't I just see you in the crowd around Ivor's story? 😊 Being faithful to someone does not preclude looking at another. An appreciation of beauty is just that. Faithfulness has many parts, but one of them is resisting any temptation to act on the impulses inspired by the things we may see each day. That said, this part of the trilogy (there is supposed to be one more, if I ever get around to writing it) is about sorting out one's thoughts on life. The teen years really are an ocean, with currents pulling in every direction. You may as well know now that things will happen in this story as the characters explore. I got a lot of flack from the 'faithful' crowd on it, which is justified a little bit; but young people are explorers, and sometimes you have to walk to the edge to realize that you were a lot happier just a few steps back. I believe in faithfulness, and always have. If you read my other stories, you will see that. This is the only one I have walked around the issue in, and only because I felt that many young gay guys need a period to settle and accept what they have. Exploration is not necessarily unfaithfulness, especially when both parties in a relationship agree to the journey.

Even the term 'rotten' has to be taken with a grain of salt. Without wanting to stick up for the way Adam's dad acted, motivations can be really difficult things to pin down. The man (supposing he were a real person) could honestly have believed in his religion, and feel that punishment for his son was a lot better than seeing him go to hell. Only some of the things he said to Adam point to less noble motivations, at least at the periphery of his actions. Ostensibly religious parents that fear what their own kind will think of them if it is learned that they have a gay son or daughter, more than they care about the child, are kind of a bugaboo in gay literature. But the simple fact is that there are parents like that, even without the religion. What will the neighbors think? is a curse more than a few gay young people have had to deal with. Who cares what the neighbors think! I've never been to a therapist. Any volunteers? 😃

Interesting, how many different takes readers had on this chapter. The way it's written, it can mean different things to different people. I would like to think that Adam's dad, in the end, was trying to save his son. That small shot at redemption adds to his complexity, if nothing else. Amazing how screwed up a person's mind can get in just sixteen years of life. Mike had some issues, certainly. It's just too bad that they brought about his own end. Nice chapter, Ivor. But then, I would have been surprised if it was otherwise! 😊

Well, you don't need to drink alcohol to enjoy the Blue Bee Bar, Turtle Bay, or the guys passing by. A ginger ale sips just as well, actually. The true pleasure comes from where you are, who you are with, and the slightly exotic surrounds. As it should be.

I knew it! A typo. If I had a dime for every one of them I've found in my own stuff, we could afford to be far, far away from here, kicked back in the Blue Bee Bar on Turtle Bay in the Out Islands of the Bahamas, sipping Goombay Smashes, and watching the guys go by. Sigh. Makes me wanna tie my fingers together to type, just thinking about it! 😎

Okay...cue me in. What did you change? 😉

Oh, no. I'd rather have them laugh with me. I have heard some damn funny moans in my day. Nothing brightens sex like a moan that makes both parties laugh!

That's not what you said the other night!

A deep hole?? Wanna borrow a backhoe? But...I agree. Second guessing such a situation is pointless. What seems a sane and reasonable response might be exactly the wrong one in that particular situation. Literally, a prime example of the expression, "You had to be there!"

Ack! Where are the mercenaries when we need them!?! Off getting drunk and carousing, while your boys are in trouble! They need to be here, where we can send them to rescue Adam and Troy...and...um...oh, wait. Ugh. I forgot about the budget cuts. No mercs. I guess I'll just have to suffer until the next chapter, like everyone else. Rats! I'm with Timothy M. I would have yelled, kicked, and made them work to catch me. Though, if Mike and Kyle were really high, they might have done something really stupid and shot up a lot of innocents. A heck of a dilemma you have created here! Now, what do you intend to do about it????

And I appreciate that greatly. I read Heinlein growing up, too, although it was mostly in the late seventies and early eighties. But with Heinlein, it doesn't much matter what decade you read him in, and I'd be lying if I said I was not influenced by the man's writing. I hope to have more stories in this series, eventually. Too many doors left open not to! Thanks for the kind words.

Thank you for taking the time. I know I should split these things up to post them, as they're a couple of hours to read all at one time...and I may get around to doing that. I balance my writing time with the rest of my life, and always seem to be short on this end. I would really, REALLY hate to post a chapter, and then not get back here for several weeks to post the next one. So it has been all-or-nothing thus far. The characters should be growing, and I hope that comes across. Nothing can make or break you like a relationship, and if you get into a good one, it's life-changing. At the age of the characters in this series, the term 'life-changing' is highly-visible. The joy of learning to share life with someone special often makes for a great broadening of one's horizons, and Jesse and Marty are seeing some of that, I hope. Thanks again for making the trip! 😃

You read the ENTIRE series? Wow! You are quite something! That's a LOT of reading! 😄 Well, I live in upstate New York, and many of my stories take place there, named or not. Easier to write about what you know. You are not the only one to admit to liking Parker, and I do plan to keep her in the stories, because she is so much like Marty, but also a good foil for him. And she likes Jesse, which is reason enough to have her appear. She keeps him on his toes, too. I do not plan to let the Charmed stories interact with the Door stuff. Some things are best left alone! Haha. But having grown up in the Adirondacks region of the state, you can expect that locale to reappear in future tales. Never drop a good thing, I always say! 😃 Thank you so much for always being willing to speak up!

Another fine and thoughtful story from Ivor Slipper, about the difficulties of growing up gay in an indifferent and sometimes hostile world. Can't leave a spoiler here - you'll have to read. But it's well worth the time, and you'll find yourself in good company!

Hi Ivor! Nice to see you, as always. Jesse and Marty have plenty of adventure left in them, so I think they'll be back. You've been warned! 😊

Hey Boo! Good to see you again. I wondered where you had been lately. Thanks for taking the time to comment. And, I think I can manage ten more! (you'll need to be patient, though!)

Thanks for always commenting. I am aware that people read this series, but few want to comment because the main characters are young. But as you definitely noticed, Jesse and Marty are maturing. I think this is a very common process when someone young falls into a relationship for the first time. Caring about someone else like this, and sharing the daily process of living, sharpens empathy skills very quickly, and leads to changes in how we see the world. I know it happened for me at that age. Learning about love is probably one of the greatest experiences a human can have. Jesse and Marty still have a ways to go. They'll be back. Hope you will, too! 😊

I am very sorry I missed this comment. I do look from time to time, but I must have missed the notification, and yours was at the end of the second page. Not an excuse, but a reason. Thanks for making the effort. I cannot say that I didn't telegraph where the story was going, but it's cool that you figured it out before you got to the revelatory line. I can't say that anyone else did that! 😂

This story assumes some knowledge of prior events in the series. You might wish to read the other tales first. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning comes late to the woods. The hours just after sunrise are attended by a sort of twilight at ground leve

Summer is ending, school starting, and the world changing for Jesse and Marty. Their relationship has grown strong, and now they are trying to figure out how to present themselves to others. School introduces some new ideas, new thinking, and teachers that encourage them to expand their horizons. Friendships resume, grow, and lead in new directions. But no one is quite prepared for where they will go...