Johnny's Punishment 16

Johnny's Punishment 16
By Captain J
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Chapter 44 – Sunday

Sunlight streaming through the curtain-less window woke them the next morning. "God it's only 6:00 and I forgot this window faces south." Debbie mumbled.

"Yeah but it also faces the Blancher house, hope those two nasty boys didn't see us undressing before we turned the lights out," Nancy said thinking out loud.

"Well they would have needed a telescope or something and it was only a couple of seconds, so the odds are at most they just got a flash of flesh; their house is too far away for them to see much without a lens of some kind."

"They wouldn't dare say anything anyway. I'd knock their heads in and they know it!"

"And just what are you smirking about, Johnny boy?" Debbie asked.

"Just laying here thinking how lucky I am. I not only get to see you two, I get to touch you also!" as he reached out with both hands and held a breast in each, one from each girl and gave them both gentle squeezes.

"That works both ways!" Nancy cried out and both girls pounced on him tickling him as they held him down.

Johnny was laughing so hard he was crying, when another voice was heard.

"Is this private or can I get our almost new brother too?"

"Don't just stand there Vicky help us welcome Johnny to the family!" Debbie said laughing as she found a new ticklish spot on Johnny's ribs.

Johnny struggled but couldn't get away from six determined hands. "Please...I... Can't take any more..." he gasped out. And the girls stopped to let him catch his breath, his chest heaving.

Debbie was leaning on her hand propped up by her elbow stroking his chest as he caught his breath. "You know Johnny, SOMEONE here is wearing clothes and the rest of us are naked. I think she deserves to join us!"

Johnny just realized what Debbie had said, when, both she and Nancy, jumped Vicky and Debbie started striping her sister while Nancy held her down. "Don't just lay there, help us! Are you going to be part of this family or not?" Debbie said to him.

Vicky screamed and giggled as her sisters removed her clothes, tickling her as they did so. Johnny was beside himself, Vicky was the only one of the girls he hadn't seen naked recently and his hands trembled as he pulled her shorts down. He could see a dark area in her crotch through her panties and wasn't sure if he should remove them or not. He didn't want Vicky to be embarrassed or mad at him. All three girls noticed him kneeling between her legs looking at her panties and stopped the action.

Vicky solved the problem for him. She reached behind and unhooked her bra, then threw it across the room. "Johnny! It's OK for you to see me naked. I want you to take my panties off."

"You won't be mad... at...at me?"

"No Johnny I won't, odds are you're going to see me naked a lot since we're sharing the same bathroom and living on the same floor. So I want you to take them off and look at me, and touch me so that you know it's OK."

Johnny's hands trembled as he gently hooked his fingers under the waistband of her panties and inched them down, Vicky lifted her hips to make it easier and her panties were soon down on her thighs, then off completely. Johnny just stared at the lush pubic hair between her legs for a minute. Then cautiously reached out and touched the hair with shaky fingers, dragging them through it.

Vicky spread her legs wide and pulled Johnny closer so he could see everything. "Go ahead Johnny explore all you want, then you won't have to be wondering and trying to peek when you think I'm not looking."

Johnny started by gently petting the fur covered area, until his middle finger found a very wet opening and slid in passing right on top of her clitoris. Vicky shivered as his finger drew back over it while withdrawing, then plunged back in again. "That's nice Johnny keep doing that," she told him.

Nancy leaned down and whispered in Vicky's ear, "Johnny loves to eat pussy and is probably the best you will ever find, but doesn't like hair down there if he going to eat you."

Vicky sat up quickly and scared Johnny in the process, thinking he'd done something wrong. "God Damn it! You two have been holding out on me!" she snarled at her sisters, then seeing she'd scared Johnny grabbed him and pulled him up between her legs onto her ample chest. "Not you Johnny, you haven't done anything wrong." She murmured to him as she held him to herself.

Vicky turned to Nancy and just said, "Go get the stuff from the bathroom and make it the way he likes it!"

Nancy scrambled off the bed and rushed to the bathroom, not wanting to make Vicky madder than she already was. Vicky continued to hold Johnny but moved him to her side and held his head against a size "C" breast. Nancy was back with a bowl of water, razor, shaving cream, scissors and towels. Debbie and Nancy both went to work between Vicky's legs and shortly had every hair removed.

Once they were done, Vicky looked at her new brother and simply said, "Johnny will you please kiss me down there, I hear you're very good at it."

Johnny just nodded and crawled between her wide open legs. Then explored this new female pussy in earnest. Vicky was clutching the bed coverings and mentally climbing the walls, her pelvis grinding into Johnny's face in short order as he lapped and sucked at her. When he zeroed in or her clit she came and as fingers probed her innards while that wonderful mouth kept at her she was wracked by a second orgasm; then Johnny just kept going until she finally collapsed on the bed, her chest heaving in exhaustion.

Finally she was able to speak, "Come here Johnny I need to kiss such a wonderful boy!"

Johnny crawled up beside her and laid his head on her shoulder looking at her with a smile, when she grabbed his head and kissed him with everything she had, until both needed to catch their breaths. "My God Johnny where have you been all my life?"

"Next door," he responded giggling like the girls do.

"Do you like doing that?"

"I love doing that because I love all of you girls, and it makes you girls feel good and that makes me feel good."

"Well baby from here on out you can do that to me anytime you want!"

"Yes Vicky I like the way you taste, you're different from Nancy and Debbie and they both are different from each other, but I like all three of you."

"You say we taste different?" Debbie asked.

"Similar, but each of you is a little different, so is Jane, but I like all of you."

"Do you think you could tell who is who if you couldn't see?" Nancy asked.

"I think so." Johnny answered.

"I think we have a new game for rainy days girls." Nancy observed.

"Oh I love this game, just let me know when and where, I don't want to be left out!" Vicky said grinning widely.

"Johnny is also a breast lover, Vick" Debbie pointed out, "and you have the best of the batch, so let him play with them every once in a while, it makes him happy."

"Do you like my breasts Johnny?"

"Yes Vicky they...they're wonderful," he said as he scooped one up and gave it a gentle squeeze, then leaned over her and kissed it, and sucked her nipple into his mouth."

"To Hell with spending all my time down at the Church chasing that stupid boy! I'll be around her much more often. How could you two not tell me about this? That really pisses me off you know."

"You only seemed interested in a certain minister's son, so we didn't think you were interested in our favorite boy here." Nancy responded, "It was your own fault you know; always saying 'tall, dark, handsome and tight buns,' that doesn't describe Johnny so we didn't say anything."

"Well listen up Sisters, my preferences just changed drastically! I know you have him wrapped around your finger Debbie, but you have to share."

"Vicky, Johnny loves all of us and although he and I love each other more, we are willing to share his talents; Johnny loves making us happy and I don't mind that he makes other girls happy as long as he returns to me."

"Are you OK with all this Johnny? I know it seems we've been talking about you and around you and you should have a say in it."

"Yes Vicky, like I said, I love all of you and it makes me happy to make you happy."

"Oh you wonderful boy, you treasure, you magnificent young man! You can have any part of me or all of me anytime you want, do you understand me?"

"Yes Vicky I love you and want to keep all of you happy just like I feel right now."

Johnny was buried in female flesh all of them thanking him for being such a great new brother.

After twenty minutes the girls let a very happy Johnny out from under the pile. He had been smothered in breasts, pussy's and soft female flesh and somewhere in there got a hand-job from one of them but he didn't know or care which. All four went across the hall and took a quick shower together, it seemed to Johnny that more hands washed him than any of the others but that was OK with him if it made his new sisters happy. The girls put their robes on before going down for breakfast, but of course Johnny remained naked.

When they got downstairs, they found their parents gone, probably to Church. Then Vicky found a note on the table, telling the kids that their parents would not be back until around 3:00 in the afternoon. Vicky started working on breakfast and decided on pancakes and bacon, and quickly had the stove in full production mode. When she'd made a huge stack, she brought them and a plate full of bacon to the table and plopped in a chair beside Johnny. "Eat up Johnny if we keep up like this morning, you are going to need lots of energy!"

Johnny filled his plate and looked around the table, by some unspoken agreement all the girls had removed their robes and draped them on their chairs, so all were now sitting naked. He was feasting his eyes on three pair of beautiful young breasts when Nancy got his attention. "Like what you see Johnny?"

"Oh yes Nancy it's fantastic!"

"I didn't have to ask Nancy," Vicky smirked.

"How's that Sis?"

Vicky pointed down to Johnny's lap where a very hard cock was sticking up almost touching the tablecloth. Nancy stood and looked at Johnny's lap and giggled, "Guess not!"

"So what's the big surprise, I told you Johnny loves breasts. What did you expect?" Debbie complained.

"I expected just what happened Deb, I love it when our boy is hard, it's just so cool to have a body part that can do that. I remember when you wanted one of your own!"

Debbie giggled, "Yeah I remember asking Mom how I could grow one. But I got over that when I found out it was neat being a girl. Besides now I have Johnny's to play with." Johnny blushed when she said that.

"Oh Deb you're embarrassing Johnny, come here Johnny, Nancy will protect you from that nasty Debbie," Nancy said as she reached for the boy then pulled him onto her lap and held him to her chest. "There you go Johnny, don't you pay any attention to that bad girl." Johnny smiled as he looked up at Nancy, his head against a soft breast, as she stroked his hard erection. Johnny turned his head and sucked her nipple into his mouth and suckled while she worked on him down below. It didn't take long before he shot a load into the air, which landed mostly on Nancy since she had his body turned towards her. "That's OK Johnny I love it when you shoot for me, it's even cooler than the fact that this nice appendage can get hard at the drop of a hat." She said as she leaned down and kissed his cheek as he still sucked at her nipple.

"As nice as this is playing with Johnny, he needs to finish painting his room today, so we need to let him go so he can get to work on it." Debbie directed.

"I suppose," Nancy said as she eased her breast from Johnny's mouth, "Nasty Debbie say you have to go paint Johnny, so I guess you need to stop now. But you can do that whenever you want, I love it when you nurse on me."

"Thank you Nancy I love doing that, your breasts are terrific."

"What? So you don't like my little one's anymore?" Debbie complained with mock anger.

"Well what about my big ones?" Vicky sternly interjected.

"No Debbie I love your's too, I didn't mean to upset you, I... I'm sorry" he said almost whining, then quickly added before he got another girl mad, "and Vicky's are really great too!"

"Johnny I'm not mad at you; remember what I told you about teasing?"

"You... you were teasing me? And... and so was Nancy... and Vicky?"

"Yes Johnny we've all been pulling your chain, you are just so easy to tease. We are going to have to be more careful. Sometimes like now you don't seem to know when we're teasing and not upset with you."

"I'm not dumb, I'm just not used to being in the middle of three beautiful girls all sitting around naked; it's distracting... you know?"

That got all three girls laughing and each in turn pulled the frustrated boy to her and kissed him, finally Vicky spoke for the group. "Johnny we know it's distracting for you, but it makes us feel good that you like our bodies, and that distraction was part of the teasing. We love you Johnny and just want you to be happy."

Johnny held her head to his body, it rubbing on his stomach. "I am happy Vicky and girls, I've never been so happy in my life. I love all of you so much, so if you feel you want to tease me... it's ok... I just get concerned that I've made one of you upset with me and didn't know why or how."

"Don't worry Johnny it would take an awful lot for any of us to be really mad at you, you're just so innocent at times that, well we don't realize when you don't know we're teasing you. But don't worry about it; believe me when I tell you if you REALLY upset one of us you will have NO trouble discerning the difference." She told him as she rubbed and patted his rear.

"Could you just be honest with me girls, at least for a while, until I get used to being teased by you and can tell the difference? I mean I've known you forever, but you never teased me like this, especially with...with that kind of distraction. I don't ever want to hurt any of you..."

Vicky stood and hugged him and was soon joined by Debbie and Nancy as three naked girls consoled him. "Yes Johnny we will make sure you know we're teasing so you won't worry," Vicky said as she kissed his face, "We love you and we want you to be very happy living here." The other girls each kissed him before he was released from the closed circle of naked girl flesh.

"Now I think you need to go paint Johnny so we can get the rest of the stuff for your room." Debbie suggested.

"OK... Thank you girls... I love you..."

After he left, Vicky put her robe back on and was soon followed by her sisters. "He's really fragile right now; I didn't realize just how much until just now. He's scared to death he'll upset us and ruin his new home. We are going to have to be very careful with him until he feels at home here girls. Up till now he's been a visitor and had some place to go if things didn't work out. Now he's here for good and is afraid he's going to mess it up; with no place to go from here."

"Right Vick, ever since we moved his bed he's been happier than I've seen him in months if not longer. We need to make sure he knows we love him and that it's OK even if he upsets one of us, at least until he's fully entrenched in our family. God I love that boy so much it hurts and we don't dare make him feel unwelcome no matter what." Nancy added.

"Well my Sisters, I've been closer to him than either of you and I can tell you flat out that Johnny is a mixed bag emotionally. Some times he's like an innocent little boy and others, he's very mature. He will do absolutely anything to please one of us. He really does love us with his whole being. Tread lightly when you ask something of him, because he WILL try to do what you want no matter what it costs him. This whole mess with his mother has shaken him to the core. He's no longer sure how to deal with women, his mother destroyed his trust with the one person he trusted most. We DO need to be absolutely honest with him until he relearns to trust women. That request of his was not just an idle thing. He needs to know what we really think and feel regarding him. So at least for the near term if you tease him make sure he knows you're teasing immediately. I've been as guilty as anyone, but I need to change too."

"Deb, is that why he was so eager to please me upstairs?" Vicky asked.

"Partly, but he really does like eating pussy. He loved it before the whole thing with his mother happened; but now he would do it anywhere if you wanted it."

"So what do we do?" Nancy questioned.

"Just be open and honest with him no matter what! He's been lied too and abused and we need to teach him to trust us. Moreover, always let him know we love him even if he manages to piss you off, he has to rebuild his life with us; so we need to make sure he's successful or it will affect us too."

Three sisters stood and held each other in a group hug as they each committed to help a troubled boy who was about to be their brother.

Johnny was painting quickly he was working on the second wall already and need a drink of anything cold and wet, it was a warm day and he had the window open. Down below him he could see Vicky on the patio and could hear Nancy and Debbie's voices but couldn't make out what they were saying. Putting down his roller he walked downstairs to the kitchen planning to get a drink.

"Jesus Johnny you're already covered in paint and it hasn't even been an hour yet." Nancy greeted him.

"Yeah I know, I was hurrying trying to get it done faster and the faster you go the more the roller throws paint; guess I'd better slow down some. Could I have something to drink?"

"What would you like?"

"Anything cold, it's getting warm up there and I'm thirsty."

Nancy opened the fridge, "How about a Pepsi, you can take the bottle and it won't make any difference if you get paint on the bottle."

"Sound good as long as it's cold."

Nancy pulled a bottle out and opened it for him then handed the frosty bottle to him.

"Thanks Nancy, I'll go back to work now."

"Ok Johnny and don't kill yourself trying to get it done fast, you have all day you know."

"Ok Thanks Again."

Just then a thought struck her, "Oh, and Johnny," she started to say, but paused putting her hands on his shoulders, "You live here now Johnny, you're not a visitor, anything in this house you need, you can have, you don't have to ask. It was probably good that you did since you've got paint on both hands, but remember, you can raid the fridge or whatever, you're family now and whatever we have is here for you too."

Johnny's eyes watered as he looked at the big strong girl holding him, one tear leaked out and rolled down his left cheek. Nancy quickly wiped it away. "We love you Johnny and we are all very happy you live here. We want you to be happy too." She then kissed him lightly on the cheek and patted his shoulder. "I'd hug the stuffing out you buddy, but I don't want that paint all over me," she giggled then gently turned him to send him on his way. "Now back to work!" she giggled again.

"Thanks Nancy, I love you..." he said over his shoulder as he started across the room.

While Johnny was upstairs drinking his soft drink while sitting on his drop cloth covered bed, Nancy was getting a hug from her younger sister in the kitchen. "I heard what you said, Nancy that was great, we all need to do that as much as possible for awhile. He needs to know this is home and he can screw up without his world falling apart."

Nancy hugged her little sister back and said, "When did you get so smart?"

"I've always been smart! Had to be to survive with you and Vicky! Besides we have a very smart mother and unlike some people I do listen to her when she talks about relationships."

"You're right my lucky little sister, Mom is incredible at handling people, she get's them to do what she wants with almost no effort or strain. Especially Dad, she's got him wrapped so tight around her finger, I don't know how he breaths at times. One little word and he does whatever she wants."

"He loves her more than anything in the world Nancy, we're lucky that we're next on his list. I've been watching him closer this summer, I don't know why, but I have. We have a terrific man for a father. He's not the biggest or strongest or even smartest, don't get me wrong, he's very smart. But he loves his family and always puts us first; and he's taken to Johnny from the start. He wasn't kidding when he said he considers Johnny to be like his son. Johnny is running a close third in that man's heart."

"And I notice that Johnny is in first place in my sister's heart." Nancy whispered.

"No doubt there, I love him more than I can describe. He's everything I ever wanted and I'd do anything for him."

"The rest of us aren't blind," Debbie, "you've been in love with him ever since I can remember, and I am very happy for both of you."

"Thanks Nancy you're terrific!" Debbie said tightening her hug and kissing her sister.

"Just don't forget to share his talents with your deprived sisters," Nancy giggled.

"I won't! He loves doing those things for you and I wouldn't want to deprive him of the opportunity to learn something from my smart sisters, while he makes you both happy. Who know's one of you might teach him something that I'll like too." She giggled in return.
Nancy was cleaning up the kitchen when there was a knock on the back door. "Come in." Nancy called with her soap covered hands still sunk in dishwater.

"Nancy, could I see Johnny?" Jane asked with a shaky voice.

Nancy quickly dried her hands and crossed to the younger girl. "What's wrong Jane? You look worried. Of course you can see Johnny, he's upstairs painting his room. Jane you don't need to ask to see your brother, and you don't need to knock before entering this house; you're welcome here anytime." The statements were so fast, Jane never got a chance to respond to the initial question.

"It...It's going to happen isn't it?' the smaller girl got out with a trembling lower lip.

Nancy wrapped her arm around the smaller girl and pulled her against her side. "If you mean, Johnny becoming a permanent member of our family, then yes it will happen from what your Dad told him yesterday."

"I don't want to lose my brother!" Jane cried and hugged the larger girl.

"Look at me Jane," Nancy said tilting the girls' head up and wiping tears from her cheeks, "No matter what happens Johnny will still be your Brother! He will be living here, but you can see him anytime you want or need to. Johnny still loves

you and he needs you, he's just changing where he lives,
because he can't be around your mother."

"OK?" Jane weakly responded.

"Listen to your big sister on this. Johnny is having a hard time with all of this and he needs us to be strong for him and help him get through it!"

"Big Sister?"

"Yeah, well Johnny's your brother and soon he's going to be my adopted brother so somewhere in there that makes us sisters. Doesn't it? Hell I'm not that smart, I'm the athlete of this family not the scholar!"

"Don't do that Nancy! You're very smart! You play that dumb 'jock' thing to get around problems, I've seen you do it for years. But I know you and I've seen just how smart you really are in addition to being the strongest person I know. If you're going to be my sister, I don't want you putting yourself down like that!"

"Caught again, I guess I'm gaining another smart sister here, that's going to make life harder you know..." she said as she planted a kiss on Jane's cheek and gave the hug a little squeeze.

Jane shifted and put her arms around Nancy's neck and kissed her back then looked straight into her eyes, their foreheads touching. "No it won't make things harder, it will make it easier. You guys have always been like big sisters to me and I love you. I just don't want my Big Sister putting herself down, she doesn't deserve that."

"I love you too Jane, why don't you go up and see our brother." Nancy said giving Jane another quick kiss and sending her on her way. Nancy sighed as she watched Jane exit the room and head for the stairs.

"She's right you know?" Vicky said as her arms circled Nancy from behind and her chin slid in to rest on Nancy's shoulder.

"Eavesdropping Vicky?"

"Not intentionally, I was just coming up from the laundry room, when I saw and heard my smart sister reassuring a scared little girl."

"Did I do ok?"

"Mom would be very proud of you. I'm proud of you. And Jane had a point, you do play that 'dumb jock' thing too much. You shouldn't do that to yourself. You are beautiful, and smart and very physically strong, a formidable woman, you should be proud of yourself."

"I know, it's just that most people see my physical strength and assume that strong people are 'dumb jocks' so I sometimes play that role..."

"Don't! You just reinforce the stereotype and hurt yourself in the process."

"God! Another Smart Sister! You guys are changing my whole world you know."

"Hope so, it needs a little tweak of a change. But you did good with Jane and I'm proud of you."

"Thanks Vick, I tried and was hoping for the best."

"It worked, you got rid of her concerns and didn't even have to work at it." Vicky said as she released her sister and patted her back.

Upstairs, Johnny was painting a wall and had his back to the door when Jane saw him.

"Johnny!" she cried out and launched herself at her brother, grabbing him around the neck as he turned, knocking him back against the wall. "Johnny I've been so worried!" she said while planting kisses all over his face.

"Uh...Jane?"

"Yes Johnny what?"

"Uh let go a second and step back..."

"What? I didn't hurt you did I?"

"No, but..." and he started laughing, laughing so hard he slid down the wall sitting cross legged on the floor. He held up the roller from his lap and Jane finally realized what she'd done. The roller had been pinned between them and his whole front side was now painted antique white. Then the laughing boy pointed at her and she looked down and found her front was painted too.

"Shit!" she spat and then collapsed laughing on the floor in front of him. Johnny threw the roller in the paint tray and crawled over to his sister and pulled her into a hug, and in the process smeared more paint on her both front and back. As her arms wrapped around him they were coated where he'd been knocked against the wet wall and both laughed so hard they were gasping as they rolled around on the floor.

"Oh My God!" from the doorway interrupted them as they continued to laugh and roll around the floor. "How the hell did you two manage this? Johnny you're back is completely covered?" Debbie asked as she watched their show.

Johnny finally recovered enough to pull his sister between his spread legs as he sat flat on the floor her back to him as he hugged the laughing girl. Debbie could now see that Jane's entire front was soaked with paint and had it on the insides of her arms and palms as well as paint smears on her face, then she started laughing too and had to sit on the floor to keep from falling.

Nancy and Vicky arrived shortly to find out what all the commotion was about and took in the scene and began laughing also. "Thank God you had the floor covered," Vicky said when she could stop laughing long enough, "There's paint everywhere!"

"Do I need to ask what happened?" Nancy asked.

"Jane...Jane didn't wait for me to put the roller down and knocked me into the wall," Johnny finally said gasping.

"I...I didn't see it, I just wanted to hug him so much..." Jane added still giggling.

"Jane your clothes are soaked with paint, we need to rinse them out and wash them before that paint starts to set up or they'll be ruined!" Vicky told her. "Both of you to the basement! Right Now!"

Vicky led the way as two paint cover kids meekly followed and Nancy and Debbie brought up the rear. In the basement Jane's clothes were quickly removed by Nancy and Debbie as Vicky filled the deep sink and started rinsing them to get the majority of the paint out, then drained the sink and rinsed them some more. Johnny and Jane were just standing there naked holding each other grinning as they watched Vicky work, until behind them Nancy turned on the shower.

Both kids screamed and jumped when the water hit them as Nancy laughed behind them, she had only turned on the cold water. "You did that on purpose!" the shivering boy said accusingly.

"Yep and it was fun too!" Nancy snickered, then reached over and added hot water until the shower was now warm.

Debbie handed them soap and rags to use as washcloths and three girls stood and watched the two giggling kids wash each other, trying to get all the paint off. When they finally managed it, Debbie handed them towels while Vicky threw Jane's clothes into the washing machine. Johnny started to wrap a dry towel around his sister when she was done but she stopped him. "I'm OK Johnny, I'll wait for my clothes."

Nancy had left while they were drying and came back down as they were finishing, "Johnny I poured the paint back into the can and closed it up. Jane came over to talk to you before all this happened so you can take your time with it. Why don't you two go up to the Den and we'll bring Jane her clothes when they're dry."

"OK, Thanks Nancy!" he said as he guided his naked sister up the steps.

"They need some alone time," Nancy told her sisters who just nodded assent.

In the den, Johnny had no more than sat on the couch when Jane plopped onto his lap. "Easy Sis, you could hurt a guy doing that, lucky I had my legs open."

"What are you mumbling about," she said as she curled up on his lap her head on his left shoulder and her shoulder tucked under his arm.

Johnny tweaked her nose with his fingers as he hugged her, "I mean, if I hadn't had my legs open so my balls had some place to go, you would have squashed them and that would be very painful," he said smiling at her.

"Oh...sorry... I didn't realize that..."

Johnny kissed her forehead and stroking her face said, "It's OK, I did have my legs open so it didn't happen, you just need to be aware of the danger."

"I will Johnny, I'll be more careful..."

"Now what was the big problem that started all of this?" he softly asked her.

Jane reached up and stroked his face then tucked her head tightly against him, "I've just been so worried about you and today Dad was meeting with a lawyer in the kitchen and...and they had legal papers spread all over the table... and I just needed to see you. I'm scared Johnny I don't want to lose my brother."

Johnny hugged her tighter and stroked her back and behind down to her knees as he talked almost in a whisper, "You're not losing your Brother, I'll always be your Brother and I'll be right next door anytime you need me or want to see me." Ending the words with another kiss to her forehead and squeeze to her shoulders.

Jane's fingers played over his chest as she listened to his heart beat and felt safe in his arms. "I know, Nancy told me the same thing... it...it's just all so hard, Johnny everything is happening so fast."

"I know Sis, it's hard for me too... Just know that everything will work out, we have to believe that. But no matter what happens I'll still love my beautiful sister and I'll be there when you need me."

"Las...last night when I was going to go to bed, I...I went to your room, like...like I always do...and then it really hit me... your bed was gone and I knew... really knew you wouldn't be back... Oh Johnny it hurts so much and I miss being held by you. You've always been right there when I need a hug or a kiss or a pat on the bottom to reassure your scared little sister.... And... and now you're not..."

"I miss holding you like this too Jane, we've always been close, closer than most brothers and sisters from what I seen of other families. Dad's still there if you need a hug, go to him if you need to."

"Yeah, but it's not the same. I don't know how to describe it, when...when I sit on his lap like this... I... I can feel his whole body get kind of stiff, he's not relaxed like you are, it makes me feel like... I don't know I'm imposing or something. And mom if she ever comes back, I can't remember her hugging me more than a couple of times in the last five years."

"Well just remember, I'm right next door and if you need a hug or want to sit like this on my lap all day, you just come to me and we'll do whatever you need. I love you baby sister and I don't want this stuff to hurt you."

"Thanks Johnny I really love you and that house is so empty right now... it's just hard."

Johnny hugged his sister tighter and her arms snaked around his chest as she buried her head tightly against him. They just sat there quietly holding each other for a long time until Debbie brought Jane's clothes in for her.

"I better go now," Jane softly said as she unwrapped herself from her brother's body. Jane slowly got dressed and Johnny stood waiting for her to button up her shorts, before pulling her in for one last hug before she left. Then gently kissed her mouth and whispered, "I love you Sis, remember I'm here when you need me."

Jane returned his hug and quietly left the room, Debbie circled his waist and hugged her best friend as they watched his sister leave. "I better get back to painting," he said with as sigh as he rubbed her shoulder before leaving.

Johnny finished up painting and was just returning from cleaning up and was folding the drop cloths when he was surprised by all three girls carrying boxes into his room and stacking them on the floor in the corner. "What that?"

"Your clothes from the basement of your house, we've still got two more boxes to get and we need to bring your dresser and desk over yet. The night stand and lamp and chair are downstairs. Your Dad said you could come over tomorrow and get anything else you need, he said you had a bunch of books he thought you'd want but he didn't know which ones." Vicky answered.

"I'll help," he offered

"No you stay here and hang up the clothes in the closet that need hanging," Nancy directed. Then pulled him into a hug, "Your Dad's having a hard time right now and it's easier for both of you if we move the stuff. I'm afraid he will break down crying if he sees you carrying your stuff out right now and I don't want him to be embarrassed like that." She softly told him.

"Thanks Nancy we'll do it the way you want, I don't want to cause him any more pain."

"Good now where do you want this bed before we start filling this room with the other stuff."

Johnny looked at the room and decided he wanted the bed where he could see out the window if he were sitting up in it, so he picked a spot and the girls quickly moved it into position.

"Go ahead and get the nightstand, lamp and chair from downstairs and put them where you want them and we'll be right back with another load." Nancy directed as the girls were leaving.

Johnny was just putting the nightstand between the bed and the window when they returned, Nancy and Vicky carrying the dresser while Debbie had another box of clothes. Johnny pointed out where he wanted the dresser and they were quickly gone again. He was hanging shirts in the closet when the desk arrived and had them put it leaving a big gap along one wall. "Why don't you want it centered?" Vicky asked.

"Books! Lot's of them. I'm going to have to build some shelves, I probably have over a hundred, more like 150 come to think of it; they take up most of the one side of those built in shelves in our living room.

"You mean we have a bookworm for a brother?" Nancy smirked.

"Not really," Johnny grinned back at her, "bookworms like to study, I like to read as recreation. It's my favorite pastime, fiction for the most part, I love books!"

"Favorite Pastime? I'll have to change that!" Debbie snickered, "I can think of MUCH more interesting things to do." She giggled and Johnny blushed. "Just teasing Johnny, but I really do intend to occupy some of that time you spent reading!"

"Yes Debbie" he responded which got giggles from all the girls.

"Just don't forget your other deprived sisters!" Nancy added and Johnny blushed again which got more giggles around the room. Debbie hugged the blushing boy and all of them jumped in to help unpack and put clothes away for him.

"We need to find or make some curtains for him," Vicky announced.

"What's wrong with the one's I had before?" Debbie responded.

"Debbie, Really! Frilly pink curtains are not suitable for a boy's room!"

"Yeah they were kind of 'girly' weren't they." She chuckled.

"Aren't there some in the basement in those boxes from Grandma's house?" Nancy asked.

"Don't know, let's go look, while Johnny sorts his undies out and puts them away."

In a flash, he was alone again folding his underwear and placing them in the dresser.

They returned in a little while and Vicky held up two different curtains, "What will it be Johnny? These brownish ones have wagon wheels and look kind of Western, or the green ones have leaf patterns. Western or Woods?"

"Western I guess."

"I should have known, with that all over tan and long hair, put a loincloth on you and you'd make a great Indian." Vicky said with a smirk.

"That would require there be cowboys or at least cowgirls." Johnny said grinning.

"Oh, I think I see more games here, we could capture that Indian and tie him up and torture him!" Nancy laughed, "Would you like to be tied up and helpless, left to our tender torture Johnny?"

"If it's you three beautiful girls, you can tie me up anytime." Johnny softly replied.

"Look out girls here come the puppy dog eyes I told you about!" Debbie said laughing.

Johnny turned beet red and Debbie quickly grabbed him, "It's OK Johnny just teasing, but you're so damn cute when you blush."

"I love you too Debbie, now can we pick on someone else for a while?"

"No, that's no fun they might gang up on me, so we'll just stop teasing our favorite boy for awhile," she offered as her hand patted his behind.

"Hey guys with all the excitement around here today we missed lunch! It's almost 2:00 and Mom and Dad said they'd be home at 3:00, how about we fix an early dinner?" Vicky suggested.

Down to the kitchen they trooped and Vicky immediately took charge after looking in the fridge and pulling out a package of pork chops. "OK Debbie find that huge skillet we got from grandma's; Nancy we need rice and mushroom soup. Johnny I'm going to teach you how to make something mom taught me when I was about eight." Just then Debbie plopped a huge cast iron frying pan on the stove it was about 15 inches in diameter and so heavy she had to use both hands to carry it.

"We need an onion chopped Deb," Vicky directed as she poured a small amount of vegetable oil in the pan and lit the gas stove. "You Sir will be cooking this dinner and you are going to need protective equipment!" she continued as she reached in a drawer and pulled out a white cotton apron with a frilly edge and embroidery on the front and quickly tied it around his waist.

Johnny was handed the pork chops and told to put them in the skillet and cook them until they were brown. Johnny quickly found out why he needed an apron as the cooking meat popped and spit grease at him, so he stood back as he turned the meat over. While Johnny was cooking the meat the girls were making a fresh salad in a giant bowl and when he told Vicky the meat was brown on both sides, she checked and continued instructing, "OK, put in the onions, good, now these two cans of mushroom soup and some mushroom pieces, now sprinkle rice over all of it and we'll add some water. More rice and stir it some so the rice and soup are mixed around enough; good, now some more water so all of the rice is covered. OK let it cook until you see it start to bubble, then we'll turn the fire down so it just simmers and cover it up with the lid, pointing to a huge cast iron lid sitting on the counter.

When it started to bubble, Johnny told her and she told him to stir it around a little especially between the pieces of meat, then looked under the pan and turned the flames down low. "OK put the lid on and it will be ready in about 15 to 20 minutes. See that wasn't so hard now was it Johnny?"

"Not really, it you know what to do. But no one ever showed how before."

"Well you're going to learn now Johnny, Mom will make sure of that."

"OK... I want to learn how to do this stuff; thanks for showing me Vicky, you're a good teacher."

"My pleasure Johnny; now how about you and I set the table."

Johnny was just placing the last of the silverware when he heard a giggle from the doorway. "They've got him domesticated already, I told you not to worry Chuck," Kay told her husband. "Where's my camera when I need it?"

Kay sniffed the air, "Smells good, What's for dinner?"

Vicky put her arm around Johnny and turned him towards her parents, "Johnny made pork chops and rice in mushroom sauce for us and we have a big garden salad, and ice cream for desert."

"Wonderful!" Kay exclaimed as she kissed Johnny's cheek."

"Vicky taught me how," Johnny offered, "and the girls got all the stuff ready for me, I just put it together, with Vicky supervising."

"That's the best way to learn sweetheart," Kay said as she patted his shoulder, "fewer disasters that way." And chuckled while glancing at her husband who was nodding approval.

Vicky checked the skillet and pronounced it done and everyone gathered around the table as Johnny used two hot pads to move the skillet from the stove to an insulated holder on the table and removed the lid. Debbie brought over the salad and everyone dug in. Vicky was sitting beside him as he ate and leaned over close, "The other advantage of this dinner Johnny is there is only one pan to clean and no serving dishes, since you serve it straight out of the pan."

"That's neat Vicky, thanks for teaching me."

"My pleasure Johnny, next time we'll try something else."

"OK!"

"That was a great meal Johnny," Chuck told him, "but if you aren't careful, these girls will have you doing all the cooking."

"I don't mind Chuck I want to learn how to cook, it was fun and Vicky was a good teacher."

"Well if you really want to learn Johnny you will have lot's of opportunities in this house," Kay responded, "I love a man in my kitchen especially one who want's to be there. That brings up one of our house rules you need to know Johnny. If you cook the meal, you don't have to do the dishes and clean up!"

Nancy groaned, "We know Mom and that skillet is going to be a bear. Especially since you won't allow an SOS or Brillo pad anywhere near it."

"Absolutely NOT! That pan has been seasoned cured and an abrasive pad would ruin it, I'd have a devil of a time getting that finish back on it and it would make it rust!"

"Yeah we know and we'll be careful with all of your cast iron stuff. You don't have to remind me that most of it is almost a hundred years old." Nancy moped.

"If you are very lucky young lady I MIGHT give you some of it when you set up housekeeping on your own. There is nothing to compare with a cured cast iron skillet or pot when it comes to kitchenware."

"I want the Dutch oven," Debbie interjected, "That thing is fantastic! Oh... just putting my dibs in early..." she said as she got a stern look from her mother.

"Maybe I'll leave it to you in my will, but don't count on it any sooner; I like that pot too much young lady," her mother replied with a chuckle.

"Hey you can't blame a girl for trying?" Debbie giggled back.

"Yes I can... I had to wait for your Grandmother to die to get my hands on it and fight my mother off in the process!"

"What's the big deal?" Johnny asked confused.

"I'll explain it to you sometime Johnny but no cook will willing give up seasoned and cured cast iron ware if they can avoid it; the older it is the better, just know for now that it's hard to come by and cooks will fight to defend it."

"Uh... OK... I guess if you say so..."

"I do!" I'll show you why some other time ok?"

"Yes Kay thank you."

"So what have you kids been up to today?" Chuck inquired.

"Johnny got his room painting done with only a minor disaster," Nancy reported, then explained about Jane's visit which had the adults laughing. Then we brought over his furniture and clothes and set it all up. Daddy Johnny says he has around 150 books and is going to need book shelves."

"Ok, well we can make some temporary ones easily enough. That's a lot of books though, I've got some orange crates out in the garage we could paint so they don't look so bad; or we could use cement blocks and boards, but either will just be temporary. Johnny you and I are going to have to do some carpentry on this one."

Kay leaned her head between them "Johnny just remember to keep reminding him! Chucks 'temporary' fixes tend to become permanent otherwise. He is VERY good at putting things off, when it comes to fixing things around here."

"I'm wounded Woman! How could you imply such a thing!"

"Easy my faithful husband, I've been living with you for 16 years now and know how you are. Besides Johnny had to clean up that list that's been waiting forever, some of those things were over a year old."

"Johnny help a guy out here! Part of your job in this house will be defending my honor against all these women!"

"Can't do much on this one Chuck, but I'll try and make sure we keep their repair and remodeling lists short and timely, so we both stay out of trouble with them."

All the women were laughing hard at the two males and soon they both joined in; dinner ended on a happy note for everyone.

After dinner Chuck guided Johnny from the room, "How about we take a look at that room of your's and get away from all these women for awhile."

When they got upstairs, Chuck looked the room over and gave it his approval, and seeing the blank space along the wall said, "it that where you want your books to go?"

"If it's not a problem. I figure I'll need about three shelves high along there to hold them all."

"We'll make it four and that way you'll have room to expand. You always seem to have a book in your hand so I know how much you love reading."

"It's always been one of my favorite things..."

"Well don't stop Johnny you can learn a lot from books, even fiction. Now sit down a minute we need to talk about some things."

"Is everything ok? Dad isn't changing his mind is he." Johnny worriedly asked.

Johnny was guided to sit on the bed and Chuck pulled his desk chair over in front of the boy.

"Everything is fine Johnny and moving very quickly. Your Dad met with my lawyer today and went over all the paperwork and what needs to be done. Monday the lawyer will file a petition to remove your mothers' parental rights. The Probate Judge has all ready reviewed the case and will approve the petition as soon as his court is in session on Monday. Your Dad signed the paperwork to abdicate his rights over you also, which will make you a Ward of the Court. That and the order concerning your mother will be filed at the same time with a petition to adopt you by Kay and I and that will be before Judge Spencer later in the week. Probably Wednesday a Social Worker will come here to check out our house and talk to you about it all, so they can make a report to the Judge at the hearing. The hearing will be on Thursday or Friday and you will have to appear in court for that hearing, and the Judge will want to know how you feel about both your parents giving up their rights and being adopted by us. He will listen to what you have to say, and your opinions will have weight in the case. If you want to be adopted by us, you need to tell him that. Otherwise you might end up in a Foster Home or go to an Orphanage."

"Oh Chuck how can I ever thank you!" Johnny cried as he jumped up and hugged the man, standing between his legs.

Chuck returned his hug and guided him down to sit on his lap, hugging the trembling boy. "You just did!" Chuck told him as he ran his fingers through Johnny hair as Johnny's head rested on his shoulder. Then stroked over his shoulder, down his arm and patted his rear.

"Johnny we love you and want you to live here and I think you feel the same way."

"Oh God YES!"

"Then all you have to do is just be yourself and tell the Social Worker and the Judge the truth and everything will work out fine. By Friday evening, if everything works out the way it should you will legally be my Son and Kay your Mother and the girls your Sisters."

"Thank you Chuck, I love you so much!" the boy wept into his shoulder. Chuck waited for Johnny to settle down before continuing.

"There will be one question you'll need to think about Johnny and I do want you to think about it."

"What Chuck?"

"The Judge will want to know if you want to change your name... last name I mean. You can either keep it the way it is or have it changed to EcBright; it's up to you and it won't mean anything to us whichever way you choose. You will still be our Son regardless."

Johnny sat up straight and it was clear his mind was running full tilt. Finally, he spoke, "It would really hurt Dad bad if I changed it and I wouldn't want to hurt him any more than this is already doing to him. Are you sure you don't mind if I leave it as it is?"

Chuck hugged him and kissed his cheek, "We don't mind Johnny and I think you made the right choice; your Dad is a good man and it would hurt him, so I agree with you."

Johnny continued clutching at him and Chuck held him for awhile longer gently stroking his back as Johnny buried his head against him. "How about we go out to the garage and see what we can make those temporary bookshelves out of," he softly suggested.

Johnny uncurled from his lap and smiled up at him as he gave his new father another hug, "Whatever you say 'DAD'!"

"Not yet, but soon!" he said smiling down and ruffling Johnny hair.