I Love Corey, Chapter Eleven

After he had been reading for a while I took him a bowl of fruit as I had done last night and let him continue. When I told him it was bed time, he just shut the computer down and we went to bed.

When we had done all the usual things and finally gotten into bed I had to ask him.

“Corey, about last night”

“Did you like it?” he interrupted while looking right at me.

“Yes. I loved it but where did you learn to do that?”

“Well, I was reading this story about a boy who wanted to please his friend and he told how he had practiced using a banana and there was a couple of them in the bowl of fruit so I tried. I gagged a lot but after a while it didn’t seem so hard. I didn’t know if you would like it but I thought I’d try it and see. It was a lot easier with you than the banana.”

I had been reading while he had been on the computer last night and had the stereo on so I hadn’t heard him.

“You mean I’m a lot smaller than a banana?” I asked trying to sound disappointed.

He got all flustered and tried to explain that wasn’t what he meant. I managed to keep my face straight for a while but as he kept stammering and trying to explain I finally couldn’t help it. I started to giggle. When it dawned on him I had been pulling his leg, he told me to watch out. If I did any thing like that again, he would bite it off. I asked what he would do for a toy if he bit it off. He giggled some more and said he’d have it tanned and mounted and play with it any time he wanted to. By now we were both laughing so hard conversation was next to impossible. I finally managed to gasp out that when he was tired of it maybe he could sell it on Ebay. When he finally managed to stop laughing he said no one would bid on it and relapsed into laughter. I told him it ought to be worth as much as those kangaroo scrota they sell on Ebay. He hadn’t seen those and dissolved in laughter again.

When he finally stopped laughing, I asked him what we ought to do. He started laughing again and said since it was so small, maybe we should let it rest and grow bigger. 
I could tell this conversation could go on all night so I just gave up and started kissing him. Quickly the laughter died and he started to return my kisses. I felt his tongue exploring my mouth. I sucked on it and felt him start to become aroused. I felt his hands start to explore my body. By now he knew all the right places and what to do. I pulled away and looked into those vivid blue eyes of his.

“Corey, I love you. I never realized what love really was until I met you.”

He looked at me and suddenly those eyes filled with tears. As I started kissing away those tears he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me as tight as he could. He started talking and telling me how happy he was and how lonely he had been before he met me. He continued by telling me he hadn’t had many friends as his mother kept moving all the time and how each time they moved it seemed like she had less money and time for him. By now he was crying and I held him and let him cry. 

He started telling me how afraid he was that something would happen and take him away from me. He said he didn’t know what he would do if that happened. He went on about how afraid he was for his mother and how he hated drugs for what they were doing to her. He finally ran out of things to say and continued crying. 

I didn’t know how to reassure him. There was no way I could promise that his mother would stay in the area so that I would be able to help him. I felt so helpless and inadequate. All I could do was tell him I loved him and wished he was my son. 

After a while he asked if I would hug his back and hold him in my arms as he felt secure and loved when I did that. He finally got on his side and I snuggled up to his back. He put his head and my arm and I draped my other arm across his abdomen. He sighed and after a while his breathing changed and I knew he was asleep. I couldn’t sleep. I spent a long time trying the figure out how I could keep him with me. I wanted him to feel safe and secure. I fell asleep without an answer.

He woke me when he got up to go to the bathroom. I followed him and after we were done we went back to bed and lay on our other side. I took a couple of pillows and propped his leg so it didn’t bother him and snuggled up as before. When I put my arm across him he put his hand on mine and relaxed. I kissed the back of his head and soon he drifted off to sleep again. After a while I joined him.

When we woke up, we were both kind of quiet. After his exercises, he just followed me around the house not saying much. He seemed content just to be near me.

When Vern and the boys showed up I fixed waffles and sausage and eggs. As everyone was inhaling them I decided I was going to have to get one of those commercial waffle irons that make two at a time. When breakfast was over, the boys went in and stared surfing the net. Vern and I sat at the table drinking coffee.

“You’re kind of quiet this morning?” Vern asked.

“Ya, I’m just wondering how everything is going to work out.”

I sat there and had another drink of coffee while I considered that. Vern is a good friend and I respected his judgment. I finally started in. I told him about the meeting with the lawyer yesterday and what had brought it on. I talked about a lot of things regarding Corey and myself. It was disjointed as I was thinking it out for the first time myself. I wound up telling him about almost everything except our sexual involvement. When I was out of words and thoughts I sat there looking at an empty coffee cup. I finished up.

“I don’t know, maybe I ought to get out of his life. I think I’ve fallen in love with him. I wish he was my son so I would always be there for him, to help him and teach him,,,,,,,,, maybe help him become the fine person I know he can be. I just wish I knew what was right for him?” 

Vern got up and grabbing the pot refilled our cups. He thought for a while after he returned to his seat.

“If something happened to his mother, what would you do?” 

“Probably try to adopt him. I don’t think his grandparents would take him from what I’ve heard. If that wasn’t possible, maybe I could be a foster parent for him.”

“Well Sam, I don’t think you should get out of his life. Anyone who’s been around him has noticed how much happier and contented he is……….. I’d say just keep doing what you’re doing and hope for the best.”

“Vern, you’ve got a few years experience on me, how do you know what’s best?”

Vern laughed. “Sam, you never know what’s best. You just do what you think is best at the time on hope like hell it is. If it isn’t, you try to fix it and go on.”

I knew he was right but I just needed to hear someone say it. 

“Thanks Vern, I guess I needed some one with a broad shoulder to cry on.” 

He just laughed and said anytime. I’m lucky. I’ve got some good friends I can talk to. Vern is the one I go to the most and I suppose he knows me better then anyone except Uncle Matt and Sandy. I can’t imagine not having friends like that. How do people survive without good friends? I’m sure I couldn’t make it without them.

After that the conversation lightened up and we covered what the scouts were up to and how his daughters were doing in college. When he left, I loaded and started the dishwasher and then wandered in to the computer room to see what the boys were up to. They were playing some game they had found and were all having a good time. I went back to doing the usual housework that is never ending. 

When Mike and Fred left, I asked Corey what he would like to do. He surprised me by asking how he could learn to read better. When I asked him why he wanted to do that, he said he now realized that it would make some of those computer games easier and he would be able to read the porn stories better. I laughed and told him that we would ask Mrs. Webb on Monday for some guidance. I also told him he better not tell Mrs. Webb about the porn stories or I’d beat his ass. He glared at me and asked if I thought he was an idiot. I told him I didn’t think he was an idiot, I thought he was beautiful, sexy, and about the nicest person I had ever met, especially in bed. He started grinning and suggested we go there. I laughed and asked him how he would handle company if any came. We spent the rest of the morning in that bantering mode and after lunch, we went shopping. 

I didn’t tell him where we were going so he was surprised when I stopped at the computer store. I told him he ought to pick out a couple of games as he was going to be laid up for a while. He started through them and I went to the counter and asked Dale if it had arrived. He told me it had and I said we would have to get some additional programs and games. As we discussed what programs would be best Corey finally came up with a couple of games. Dale looked at them and said one of them was not very good and he had a better one on auto racing. He took it back to the display and came back with his choice. He then asked Corey if he would like to have them loaded or did he want to do it himself.

Corey looked blank and I grinned and Dale just stood there straight faced. Corey finally asked what he meant. Dale explained that loading them meant installing them in the computer and getting them ready to run. Corey still didn’t get it. I told Dale to go ahead and load them and Corey looked puzzled. Dale grabbed the laptop sitting on his counter and started installing the programs. When he finished he told Corey to try them. As Corey was playing with them we went and picked out some more and went back to the counter. Dale suggested we have a cup of coffee and come back and everything would be ready. 

As I drank my coffee and Corey his soda I could see he was trying to figure out what was going on. His mind was not on his soda or me. When he asked why Dale had put the programs on that laptop I told him it was so he could try them. He didn’t seem entirely happy with that answer but didn’t say anything more.

After lunch we went back and I told him to wait in the van and went inside. Dale had everything boxed and I paid him and left. I put the box in the back of the van and told Corey I was tired of shopping and we were going home. When we got there I set the box on the table and asked him if he would unpack it. When he opened the box there was a card that simply said Corey. Under it was the laptop and case and the cds for the programs and some other boxes. 

He just looked stunned. I told him to open the rest and when he did he discovered the game controller and the cables to hook into the network along with a wireless keyboard and mouse. We hooked it up and I told him to have fun.

He put his arms around my neck and told me it was the nicest thing that had ever happened to him. I laughed and asked him if it was better than our time in bed. That got him to giggling and finally he went over and started figuring out how to work it. He sat there the rest of the afternoon exploring the laptop and having a ball. Every time I got close to him he kept grabbing me and hugging me and telling me I didn’t have to give him anything. I told him I knew I didn’t but wanted to and to shut up and enjoy it. After dinner I logged him onto one of the story sites and gave him the passwords for some others and left him alone. 

After while he came in and sat on my lap and hugged me and told me how happy he was. The hug was more than enough reward for the laptop. I managed to get a few kisses as a bonus. As we sat there with him on my lap, I realized I couldn’t remember when I had been this happy and contented. I just hope it never ends.
To be continued. 
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Upon reviewing chapter ten I noticed that I missed a couple of Ernies corrections. His work was excellent but my mine wasn't so blame me and not Ernie. As always feel free to email with comments or suggestions or whatever. Be sure to put something about the story in the subject line so you don't get deleted. I'm getting about 100 spams a day and delete most without checking them.