Troop 80 Part 13

Troop 80 Part 13
By Captain J
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Part 13

Billy and Susan arrived back home from his first Boy Scout Indian dance practice since he'd been injured. Billy was feeling really good about seeing the guys again and was glad to hear Jimmy might get back sooner than the original month at that rehabilitation camp. Paul and been great the way he'd greeted Billy and then sat with him and let Billy tell about all the things that had happened to him. It was nice to just pour it out to someone who wouldn't be judgmental about it, but support Billy as best he could.

As they entered the house Karen met them by the back door; "Billy Dad needs to see you about something and no I have no idea what it's about, but he looked serious about something."

"OK, thanks Karen," Billy replied.

Billy went looking for Dan and found him in the family room sitting in 'his' chair reading the newspaper. "Dan, Karen said you needed to see me about something."

"Yes I do Billy, I have some news for you." He replied motioning for Billy to come over to him, then set Billy up on his leg, Billy's legs dangling between the man's. "Apparently they found your mother and sister sometime this morning, and she's been arrested. She was caught down in Georgia and is being transferred back here for trial. Your sister is being sent to live with your grandparents in Indiana and should be there by now, they were flying her back from Atlanta and your grandparents were to meet her plane. I talked to your Grandfather and he said if you want to continue living here, that's fine, he won't oppose it; you're older than your sister and he said he didn't want to force you to leave your school and friends here. Also since they have a smaller house after he retired, he said it would be difficult for them to take care of two children unless they had to; so that decision is up to you. Your father is divorcing your mother and since she's entitled to 50% of all their money and assets and is going to have major legal expenses, he's going to sell the house. That doesn't affect you for the most part since you don't live there anymore. Since your mother already took what she wanted from the house he thought you should have the same opportunity as well as get anything belonging to you that might have been missed. The short version is that sometime in the next few days you'll need to go there with Tom, my attorney or me and get anything you want to keep from there. Except for your father's clothes; anything else left in the house will be auctioned off as well as the house itself."

Billy had sat and listened carefully didn't say anything immediately. But Dan could see the boy was making a supreme effort not to cry.

"Billy I know that's an awful lot for you to take in all at once and you don't have to make any decisions right now. Diane and I just want you to know, that you're part of our family and you can live here as long as you want. We want you here with us if that's what you want. We'll provide you a good home and take care of you but it's your choice."

"What about dad?" Billy softly asked, "What's he going to do?"

"When he gets out of jail he plans on renting an apartment and then going back to work again. He knows he can't take care of you because he's gone too much. He'll agree with whatever you want as far as where you live. Do you still have much stuff over at the house?

"Some, but almost none of it was in my room so those men probably didn't know it was mine or didn't know where to look. Most of it's either in the recreation room in the basement or in storage in the basement or attic. "All my winter clothes are in boxes in those two places, my room had a small closet so mother always put the clothes I wasn't using in boxes and stored it. I have a computer, portable CD player and some books in the Rec. room also. And there's a small TV and DVD player there that would be nice to have in my room if mother didn't take them when she left. Other than those things I'd have to look to see what else of mine might still be there; it's just hard to think right now..."

"Why don't I have Tom get the keys again, then we can go over there on Sunday and get whatever is yours or other things you'd like to keep. That gives you a few days to think about it, and what you might want to get. Your father said that you should take anything in the house you want; otherwise except for his clothes it will be sold, so things like that TV are fine if you want them."

"I'm sorry Dan I didn't answer the other question you asked, it's hard to think. Yes I'd love to live here if you'll have me; I love all of you more than my real family. I know I'm emotional and messed up at times but you and Diane and the girls still seem to like me anyway; so if I could I'd like to stay here. My grandparents are really old and it would be really hard on them to keep two of us and I'd rather not leave my friends especially Susan and Karen and Jimmy and Paul if I don't have to."

Diane couldn't hold back anymore; she'd been sitting there watching Billy with tears leaking down her cheeks as the boy struggled to hold himself together. She got up and knelt by her husband, "Billy you're part of our family and you will always have a place here. We love you and we want you with us." Then hugged Billy tightly and he rolled off of Dan's lap and threw his arms around her neck and the flood gated opened as his sobbed into her shoulder. "I love all of you, thank you..." he whimpered and his body shook against hers. Suddenly Billy was in the middle of a family hug as Dan and the girls all tried to hug him at once. When he managed to pull himself back together he got individual hugs and kisses from each of them; then he sat on the sofa between the girls, both of them holding him and smiled at his new family. They stayed that way until bedtime and Susan and Karen almost got into a fight over who was staying with Billy that night; but it was Susan's turn and she wasn't giving it up.

Billy and Susan didn't sleep well that night, they alternated waking up Billy would stir as his mind tried to wrap around all that he'd been told and consider what he needed to do; then Susan would wake and try to comfort him until he was back to sleep again. As a consequence, 'Chef Billy' was late getting up and only fixed breakfast for himself and the girls, Dan and Diane had already left for work and he didn't get his morning workout underway until 9:00 which threw him off schedule all day.

After his midday swimming, Susan was sitting on the loveseat lounger on the deck when Billy came up the steps from the pool. "Come here Billy you need to rest after swimming all those laps." She told him and motioned him closer.

Billy immediately went to her getting a smile from her, and started to sit. "No I want you to lay across my lap facing me." Billy sat down beside her, then leaned back across her lap, and rolled onto his side his chest over her lap his hips just outside her legs and supported his head on his bent arm and hand. He had to bend his legs and curl his body some due to the shorter seat on the loveseat, but he didn't put his body weight on her legs in this position. When he got himself in position, he looked up at her and her eyes were sparkling as she smiled down at him. "Comfortable?" and he nodded "Good!" she said as she traced her right hand up his thigh then over his hip and massaged his butt a little, then just rested her hand there lightly stroking it.

"You seem to be doing really well today Billy," she started as her left hand combed her fingers through his wet hair. Billy hadn't had a hair cut in well over two months now it was starting to get really long. He'd always worn his hair longer than most boys, over his ears (which he thought stuck out too much) now it was almost like a 'pageboy' length. "We should trim this a little just to shape it," she mumbled more to herself than him as she played with his hair.

"Whatever you think best," he mumbled back, he liked the feel of her playing with his hair.

"Pretty soon you'll need to tie it back or something when you use the exercise machines to it can't get caught in them," then tried pulling it back into a ponytail, then lifted some like a pigtail. "Ponytail I think, pigtails just wouldn't work on you," she said grinning at him.

"Ponytail's ok, I just don't think pigtails would go over very well unless I was in costume at it was long enough to be braided like those wigs I wear." Billy replied.

"Well we could shave your head in front half way back and just let the back get really long, I've seen pictures of Indians like that." She said, tracing a finger midway back across his skull.

"That would look cool in costume; but wouldn't work the rest of the time, I'd look really weird." Billy replied. "I think I'll pass on that thanks."

"Don't worry Billy I don't want you looking that strange, you are my boyfriend after all." She replied as her right hand moved down and was cupping his balls, then gently massaged them her fingertips gilding back between his legs stroking the tender skin behind them while they were cupped in her palm. She didn't say anything she just kept playing with this hair with one hand and his balls with the other.

"What're you doing to my balls?" Billy asked, wondering whether he was going to get masturbated but not wanting to say that.

"Warming them up and getting them looser so they're easier to play with?" she replied in a factual sounding way.

"What? What do you mean getting them looser?"

"Billy haven't you ever noticed that your sack down there expands and contracts depending on temperature? When it's cold, it pulls up real tight and when it's hot it gets loose and hangs down further?" <giggle> "When you had ice packs there, they'd almost disappear."

"Never thought about it really, but now that you mention it, it does doesn't it?"

"Yes it does and your penis gets smaller when it's cold too."

"But why are you playing with my balls anyway?"

"Because I want to. Billy I've spent more time handling these than anyone alive except you. And you don't know how close you came to only having one and maybe none. The doctor was within 48 hours of cutting this one (fingering the left one) off, it was that badly damaged; and the other one wasn't all that much better."

"What? He never told me that!"

"No he didn't want to worry you, but he told Dad, and if I hadn't gone to that two hour schedule of draining you; which was more than he'd told us to do. He told me later I saved both of them. At the very least, you'd only have one now and a plastic or glass thing in there to make you look normal. So that left one belongs to me; I saved it; probably both of them and if I want to play with them, I think I have a right to do that."

"He... He was going to cut it off? And you did more than he told you?"

"Yes to both. He told Dad that if we couldn't get the swelling under control, he'd have to remove it, just to give the other one a better chance of healing. And he told me to drain you 'twice per day or as needed to keep you empty and reduce swelling'; I checked you two hours later and found it was swelling again, so I drained you every two hours until Mom came home; then we checked with the doctor and he said I'd done well and to keep doing it. Billy if I hadn't decided to do that on my own, this one would be gone. Billy I didn't want him cutting either of them off, and decided if I had to keep my hand up your behind continuously to keep you empty, I would do just that."

"Your hand's been in there more than anyone too. Guess you own it too," he mumbled.

"Billy I know your cute little behind VERY well, every little bump and ridge. I know you didn't like those prostate massages; but it's also capable of giving you intense pleasure if I rub it a different way. You know those little electric jolts and flashes you described when you have an orgasm? I can make those happen by working my fingers in you and never even touching your cock. I know your body better than you do Billy so yes, I think I own your butt too."

Billy thought it over for a few minutes before saying anything more, "Karen's spent a lot of time doing both too; does she feel the same way?"

"Not as much as I do, but she's put a lot of time and effort into getting you well and I think she deserves the right to touch you anyway she wants, whenever she wants, but doesn't feel ownership like I do." She replied.

"So I guess you're saying I shouldn't ever object if either of you want to touch me or feel me or play with me down there... I can see why you'd think that..."

"You might also want to consider that you have to have our permission to have an orgasm, so it might not be smart to object to hard, or you might get shut off for a while. I probably wouldn't do that, but Karen can get vindictive if you piss her off."

"Never piss of Karen; I've already learned that on with a sore butt." Billy replied.

<giggle> "Not really, she was just getting your attention; she wasn't mad at you, you wouldn't have been able to sit afterwards had that been the case."

"If THAT was just getting my attention then I really don't want her mad enough to REALLY punish me! Note to self: never piss off either Karen or Susan!"

<giggle> "Billy neither of us would ever do that unless you really deserved it. Now are you rested up now? I need to do some things yet today."

"Yeah..."

"Maybe you should make lists of stuff you need or want to get from your parents house, so you won't forget things and already know what you're looking for when you go over there Sunday."

"Good idea, where can I get a pen or pencil and some paper?"

"Mom has legal pads and stuff down where we moved her office in the exercise room."

"OK thanks Susan, that's a good idea. I should do that." He said then got up from her lap.

When Diane came home that afternoon, she found Billy sitting at the table on the deck with a notepad and pen, deep in thought. "How are you Billy?" she asked.

"I'm OK, I've been trying to make a list, Susan suggested it; well two lists actually... for when we go over to the house."

"What kind of lists?"

"Well the first one is 'My Stuff' things I can remember that were mine that didn't get brought the last time and where they might be. The other list, "Family Stuff,' things like that small TV and portable DVD player that I mentioned, and if they are still there where to look for them, that one's harder because I don't know what mother took with her."

"That sound like a good idea; especially since you only get this one chance to get those things."

"I know what will take the longest is getting my books, CD's and DVD's because they're all mixed in with everyone else's. Our house wasn't as big as this one, and all the books belonging to everyone were together on book shelves in the Rec. room; kind of like a family library; same thing with CD's and DVD's they're all mixed together. The only good thing is they're mostly all in one place, but I'll have to sort through them."

Diane read over his shoulder and most of the lists were straight forward like 'winter clothes' 1 box in the attic/2 boxes East basement storage room, or 'computer/printer/monitor and software & accessories – desk in basement Rec. room.' "What's this Billy?" pointing to 'Indian Stuff – 2 boxes basement.'

"Oh we make our own costumes for the Dance Troupe and I bought the parts to make a bone breastplate, that's one box and the other is the stuff to make some feathered and beaded armbands, a tail bustle and a woodland headdress. I've been working on them in the Rec. room and put the stuff back in the boxes when I'm not working on them. Instead of listing it all, I just put 'Indian stuff' cuz I know what that means, it's just there to remind me not to forget those two boxes."

"You make your own costumes? I didn't realize boys did that."

"Yeah it's all part of the idea behind the Dance group. You have to research the type of dress for a tribe and then make the things that would be worn by a member of that tribe. Mine when it's all done would be a member of the Wolf Clan of the Wyandot Tribe who lived in this area until after the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, which the Native Americans won wiping out the army sent by George Washington; most moved to Kansas in the early 1800's but some were still here as late as 1843 ."

"So this Dance group isn't just dancing then, you're learning history and Ethnology then too."

"What's Ethnology?"

"Sorry that's a fancy College term, it's a sub-branch of another area of study called Sociology and then is a branch within that of Anthropology. All it means is the intense study of an Ethnic people or society and attempts of document all aspects of it, like religion, customs, linage, social power structures, what those people believe and how they interact within their society and when in contact with other groups. That's oversimplified but I'd get into a lot of other terms you didn't know either. What I tried to say was you weren't just learning dancing, you were learning all about the Native American's you are trying to represent as a dancer."

"Yeah, I found it interesting that the Wyandot Tribe was actually run by the women; still is according to their tribal constitution I found on the internet. There were 12 clans and each clan was ruled by a clan council of 1 man and 4 or more women. The women selected the Chief who was the only man on the council and they could overrule him on any decision. At the tribe level again it was the women who had final say on any dispute or important decision. They had really strict rules on marriage too, you could only marry someone from certain other clans and the Clan Council had to approve it. They were 'cousins' to the Huron Tribes, but also fought against them a lot. The French thought they were part of the Huron Nation, but they weren't."

"You're kidding? I always thought the Chief was in charge of the affairs of a Tribe of Native Americans."

"No he was the 'Battle Leader' or like we call the President the 'Commander In Chief of the Military' just about everything else the women decided. That's where us white people screwed up many times they had the wrong people signing treaties; it should have been the women of the Clan or Tribal Councils, since they actually ruled the society. Instead they had the 'general of the army' sign for things he had no authority to approve of unless the women agreed. Usually the only thing the Chief could agree to on his own was to stop fighting. Actually most of the woodland tribes from the Eastern US and Canadian area were similar; the women ran them, yet they were some of the toughest fighters against white settlers."

<chuckle> "Like I said, you're learning history and Ethnology!" she smiled at him.

"Guess so..." he replied grinning back.

"So why did you pick that particular Tribe and you named a particular Clan also?"

"Two reasons, first they were from this area and second the Fire Dance I want to do is from them, it has ties to their religion; so it seemed right to pick them. I just picked that particular clan because they're the senior clan of the tribe. It was them that led Tribal Councils and were the mediators of all disputes between clans."

"Well thank you Billy I just learned more about Native American cultures talking to you than I did in college. That was very interesting and I had no idea you knew so much; I thought it was just dancing. Now I suppose I should go figure out what we're having for dinner before Daniel comes home."

That evening Billy and Dan went over his lists and tried to make sure he wasn't forgetting anything important, that he might really need in the future. When both were satisfied that Billy had listed what he wanted; Dan decided to see whether Doug could bring a van over, since there were too many boxes for even the mini-van if in fact everything on the lists was still there. It would just be easier with an empty cargo van than trying to fit things around the seats of Diane's vehicle. He'd need some empty boxes too to put books, CDs, DVDs and other small items in. Billy suggested they might want to check for his sister's clothes in storage also as well as things in her room that she might want and them ship them to her at his grandparents, if it didn't cost too much.

"That's a good idea Billy your grandfather said she was only coming with two suitcases so most of her clothes are probably still there and it would save your grandparents the cost of replacing them. We'll see what's there and see if it would be cost effective to ship it."

Billy spent the rest of the evening playing cards with Diane and the girls. Karen was sleeping with him that night and when he was still tossing around decided that a good oral draining would put him to sleep and it did the job wonderfully she had to wake him the next morning.

Chef Billy prepared breakfast for everyone as was now becoming the norm and then had his morning workout, followed by a rest period and swimming he made the 50 laps and wasn't as tired as the previous time, but it still left him feeling like his arms and legs were useless for a hour or so.

That evening was another dance practice and this time it would be full costumes. For him until he got the rest of his made that was just the addition of a wig, headband, and two armbands. Eventually he wanted to add buckskin leggings, but didn't have the money to even buy the leather at this point.

Susan walked him over to the Baker house again, and much to his distraction held his behind as they walked, her finger sliding up and down his crack was downright worrying especially when her finger would touch his little puckered opening. But he never said anything and she didn't even act as though she knew she was doing it. Finally they got there and Susan left him to go talk to Mrs. Baker and the other girls. Billy was early, only Paul, Carl and two other boys had arrived. Carl was sitting on a bench in the basement looking miserable so Billy went over to see is he could cheer him up any. "Hey Carl, sorry to hear about your knee, but at least you still get to go with us." Billy offered as he sat down beside him.

"Yeah that's something anyway. Mr. Baker says I can be in costume, but I have to sit with the drummers, no dancing. That mean's Bobby gets to do my Eagle dance. He's been trying to learn it for 5 months now but he's still awkward with it. He can't seem to loosen up enough. He gets all nervous with people watching and then tenses up and gets all stiff. It should be smooth and flowing like a bird in flight. He looks more like a bird about to hit a crash landing. But I'm loaning him my Eagle costume anyway."

"Well that's nice of you, that's a real fancy one, with all those feathers on the wings and bustle, must have taken you a long time to make it."

"About 6 months all together, all those feathers are tied on individually, a real pain in the rear to make. Each feather had to have a loop attached to it, then wrapped at the base and then strung on rawhide and attached to the base leather, I had to redo it a couple of times to get all those feathers to lay right."

"Well you did a really good job, it really looks impressive with all those white feathers in dim light or fire light; they really standout. Your body is just kind of a shadow behind them."

"That's the whole idea, to see the bird, not the dancer, that's why smooth movement is important. It should look like the bird floats, dips, dives and then floats on the wind again. Bobby can't seem to get the hang of that yet."

"Well with you teaching him he'll get it sooner or later, you're really good at it."

"Thanks Billy; how are you doing with the fire dance; I know Scott was teaching you at our campout."

"That's the last practice I had, then I got injured and couldn't again until this week. I just got my bowls back from my parents house Tuesday evening."

"Yeah Paul told me what those girls did to you; that really sucked. I can't believe they'd hurt a guy's balls like that. But you're ok again right?"

"Yeah Dr. Collins cleared me last week on Wednesday and I've been working out daily trying to get my strength and endurance back. I was a real mess for a couple of weeks there, part of it I was so weak I couldn't even get out of bed."

"Doc Collins is alright, he's taken good care of me; I just wish this stupid knee would heal faster. He sure seems to have done a good job with you. You're looking good Billy with that all over tan; that means less makeup and you're letting your hair grow too, won't be long till you won't need a wig."

"Yeah I've spent a lot of time outside, the Cartwright's have a swimming pool and I wasn't allowed to wear pants due to pressure against my balls so the tan mostly just happened, I didn't have to work at it much, just enough to get it even. But I decided to let my hair grow a long time ago, I haven't had it cut in over two months, almost three months and it was a little longer to start with. Feels strange when it drags on my upper back when I tilt my head back but I hate those wigs, they keep falling down and I can't see; that would be dangerous with fire bowls in my hands."

"I can see your point on that one, you don't want anything getting in the way while messing with those fire bowls."

"Just don't try to rush it on your knee Carl or you may end up waiting longer. He's a really good doctor and took great care me and got me healed as quick as he could. Some things just take time for your body to heal, that's all. Well it looks like most of the guys are here, suppose I should suit-up and get ready. Nice talking to Carl and I hope you can dance again soon."

"Yeah thanks Billy I don't feel so bad now; after all this is just my knee; nothing like what you went through."

Billy enjoyed the practice for the next three hours and finally it was time to go home again. As they walked, Susan was feeling his butt again just lightly stroking the cheeks as they walked. "Uh Susan?" he softly said to get her attention.

"What Billy?"

"As much as I like you feeling my butt while we walk. I've gotten to where I don't mind walking out here naked. But I don't think walking down the street with a hard-on is what your Mom had in mind as part of my modesty training. And if you keep doing that, I'm going to be having one here pretty soon."

<giggle> "Sorry Billy, I didn't even realize I was doing that, but I love the way it feels," giving it a little pat with her hand, then moving her hand up to his waist, "especially when you're walking, I can feel the muscles move, it's kind of neat."

"I'm not complaining or anything cuz it feels good when you do that; just I don't think I should be walking around with a boner in public."

"So let's get you home where I can feel it in private then!" she replied with a snicker and started him moving faster. They were home soon and spent the rest of the evening outside on the deck with Karen and Diane playing cards and just relaxing. Billy was tired more tired than he realized between exercising, swimming and dancing that day and went to bed early. He didn't even notice when Susan crawled into bed with him.

Chef Billy fixed omelets for everyone Saturday morning, then swam his 50 laps, the only exercise required on Saturdays according to Diane's plan. He was tired when he finished but nothing like earlier in the week. He was resting on the pool deck watching Karen who was still swimming lap after lap with no visible strain when Diane came and sat beside him.

"How's it going Billy? You don't look exhausted, so you must be getting used to exercising." She asked.

"I get tired like now, but I'm not sore all over like before, so all this must be working," he replied smiling.

"I told you the soreness wouldn't last, once those muscles get used to being used. But I should warn you that after your evaluation, I'll up the weights or repetitions so you'll be sore for a short while again, that will happen each time I adjust your plan until we reach a point where you're just 'maintaining' tone and strength, not increasing it. We're not building massive bulk, just filling you out some and making what you have strong and flexible and giving you endurance."

"That's what I want so I'll do whatever you tell me. Doc. Collins says I couldn't find a better trainer than you, that you really know your business."

"That was nice of him," she replied with a little blush appearing on her cheeks surprising Billy, "So what's your schedule today, I know you have that show tonight. When do you and Susan have to go to the Baker's?"

"I'm supposed to be over there not later than 5:00 and we'll all get ready and leave from there; I'm not sure where we're going. At any rate he said we wouldn't get home till after 11:00 so it must be pretty far away, since in know the show is at 8:00 and a reception afterwards. It must take about an hour or so to get there."

"I assume Mrs. Baker and the girls will all be going with you, since Susan said they wouldn't be back until late also, closer to midnight she projected, probably figuring in clean up time with it."

"She's probably closer to right than me. I've only traveled to one of these before and all the girls came and watched the show. They were all in Mrs. Baker's van since all us guys are in makeup and have to put blankets on the seats to keep from messing up the vans. That stuff rubs off, in fact we needed a touchup before the actual show."

"So I need to figure on a light lunch and at least for you and Susan an early dinner then." She replied talking more to herself than him. "Billy would you mind if we came and watched the show? You've gotten me interested and I'm sure Dan and Karen would like to see it too."

"I sure don't have any problem with it. But you'd need to check with Mr. Baker and find out where we're even going. I really don't have any idea, he probably told the rest of them last week and he's never mentioned it at the two practices this week. I never thought to ask..."

Diane got up and went inside and came back a little later. "Just talked to Mr. Baker and we'll be going with the group, it actually solved a problem for him. One of the big vans needs repair and they were going to have to leave some of the girls behind unless they found another vehicle. So I'll be taking about half of the girls with us. And you were right it takes a little over an hour to get there; about 75 miles to some town called Ada up Northwest of here somewhere. I need to be at their place not later than 6:10, because he plans on leaving at 6:15. He said it will be in a Grange Hall and expects a crowd of around 350-400 people, it's a rural area and you guys are the big event for the week!"

Billy spent the rest of the morning and afternoon relaxing and spent only a few minutes digging out it 'good' loincloth as opposed to his 'practice' one. The good one was dark colored and he'd put designs on it both front and back by sewing on a lighter colored strip around the outside edge and then a turtle pattern (the turtle being the emblem of the Wyandot tribe) in the center of the front. He and Susan walked to the Baker house and arrived at 4:45 and Susan went and got some of the makeup in a coffee can and made a 'test' swipe on his arm with the sponge. Then put more water in the can and stirred it. "With your tan it needs to be much thinner Billy," she explained, "just enough to give you a reddish tinge, since it doesn't need to cover white areas." Then started applying it all over him as he stood spread for her. She finished quickly then they sat on a wooden bench just watching and holding hands, as the other guys got their makeup applied.

At 6:00 he put his loincloth on this time using a brand new rawhide thong and waited with the guys as the last of them got ready. At 6:10 they went outside and he saw Dan, Diane and Karen waiting with the other drivers where the vans were lined up and waiting. Billy waved to them and soon everyone was loading into the vehicles and they were off. They arrived and were met in the parking lot by Mr. Cook the Scoutmaster of the other Troop and while the girls were doing a quick spot touchup on some of the guy's makeup, he and one of the drivers took the electric campfire in and set it up. Then came back out and took Dan, the drivers and the girls inside where he had reserved seats for them.

"OK boys listen up," Mr. Baker said getting their attention as they finished putting on their costumes. "Mr. Cook and I have figured out a way to wow them right off the bat. As you can see," pointing to the big old wood building near them, "this is a big hall and except for a kitchen and bathrooms in the rear is all one big room with no stage. Other than the refreshment area they've set up near the kitchen, it's all open in there and the audience will be all around us. They've left an entrance aisle in the seating about 8 feet wide. Now Mr. Cook is giving them the warm-up talk right now and introducing us. When we get the high sign, he'll turn off all the lights except for the fire and a few along the outer walls. The drummers will lead in with only a single drum beating slow, that's you Gary, followed by me. I'll do my usual 'blessing' with the peace pipe, while you wait just outside the door. Then I'll signal the drummers to hit it and you guys dance into the room single file; give it the works; spins and all that as you enter, then form a circle around the fire in the center of the room and as soon as the last dancer is in the circle the drummers will start the first dance. The only difference from our normal shows is that during the individual and special dances I'll need you to sit in a circle, so you're not blocking the view of the audience. After the last dance, just stay sitting on the floor in a circle, I'll say a few words then the lights will come up and Mr. Cook will talk for a couple of minutes. Then it's the meet and greet reception. Any questions? None, OK then get lined up and we should be starting in just a couple of minutes. Give'm your best boys!"

They'd no more than lined up when a man stuck his head out the door and motioned to Mr. Baker. "That's it! OK Drummers, lead, Carl you follow, I'll be about ten steps behind you." Gary stepped into the door was as the lead drummer and gave it a really loud thump and it was suddenly dead quiet in there, then slowly walked up the aisle with the other drummers following him, around the fire and then took seats on the other side, Carl carrying a couple of rattles following, then Billy heard a gasp from the crowd as Mr. Baker made his entrance in all buckskin with beaded designs on it, with full war bonnet and a double feather trail down his back almost to his feet. Then they were on, and Billy danced his way in, concentrating hard not to accidently trip and fall, maintaining his distance from the boy ahead of him, giving him lots of room to maneuver. When he sat down after the first dance he looked around and decided this place was bigger than it looked from the outside and it was packed with people, they were even standing along the walls. The lighting made everything very dramatic and there was even a dim spot light they used during the individual dances from a catwalk up above on one end of the building.

When the show ended they got a standing ovation from the crowd and all of the boys were proud of themselves. Then the reception started and his family came over gushing about how good the show was and how well he done. Dan started to reach to hug him, when Billy put his hand out and stopped him. "Not unless you want makeup all over your clothes Dan," he said grinning, then shook hands with him instead.

For the next hour the boys circulated through the crowd getting a bite to eat and answering questions about their costumes, dancing and scouting in general and getting complements on the show. Susan stayed with Billy and at a point where he was talking to a woman with her two sons, a little girl snuck up beside him and pulled on the bow knot at his side and suddenly his loincloth was on the floor between his feet. The girl's mother grabbed her and was swatting her rear, saying "Candice how could you do that to that poor boy!" then swatted her rear some more, before turning to Billy who was calmly picking up the cloth from the floor but made no effort to cover himself, "I'm so sorry young man I don't know what got into her!" A few people nearby laughed and a couple of girls giggled, but Billy realized it was more at the situation than him being naked.

"It's OK" Billy replied as he put the garment back on, this time putting the knot under the front flap. "no big deal." And saw Susan beaming at him, her eyes sparkling. "I'm ok..." he calmly told her as she gave his arm a squeeze.

Soon they were loading back into the vans to return home and Billy ended up sitting next to Carl. "Bobby seemed to do OK tonight Carl," Billy offered.

"Yeah he finally got his shit together when the pressure was on; still needs work though, but that lighting made it impressive."

"Next time you'll be doing it again Carl, you're always impressive doing that dance," Billy replied patting his arm.

"Sure hope so, I don't like sitting out like that..."

To Billy it seemed they got back to the Baker house faster than the trip up there, and he quickly removed his remaining costume and was under the showers washing himself. Susan made sure he got it all off, then he walked home naked with her, his costume in his duffle bag. "You did really good tonight Billy both with the dancing and when that little girl did that; I'm really proud of how you handled it too," she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek and slid her arm around him to his waist, pulling him against her as they walked.

"I think it shocked her mother more than it did me, she seemed really embarrassed that the girl did that," he replied as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "and I think that girl will have trouble sitting for a while too."

"Yeah I think you're right on that one; Momma was pissed." <chuckle>

It was almost midnight when they got home and a 'clean' Billy was greeted by hugs and kisses from his family and congratulations from all of them before going to bed. It was closer to one o'clock before he got to sleep as Susan decided he needed rewarded for his good behavior. She also proved to him that prostate massages could be pleasurable when she snuck a finger up there while sucking him, he'd never argue about that ever again; he all but exploded in her mouth.

Everyone except Dan slept in Sunday morning; Dan decided he needed to go to Church if for no other reason than to keep the other trustees and the pastor off his back, he'd missed the previous Sunday again.

Billy was fixing himself and Susan breakfast when Diane and Karen came in and was immediately hugged as he stood there wearing only an apron fixing Susan's western omelet. "Billy I'm so proud of you and that show was fantastic; now I know why you boys are so excited about your dancing," she said as she hugged him from behind. Billy just smiled looking back over his shoulder and got a kiss from her as she patted his back then released him.

"Western omelets if that's OK or I can do something else," he said as he put Susan's on a plate and handed it to her, while looking to the other two women.

"Fine by me," Karen answered, then added, "Or anything else as long as you're making it, I hate cooking."

"Anything Billy, you really are a good cook! Unlike some who don't even want to learn," she said as she poured a cup of coffee and scowled at her younger daughter.

"Don't see any need to Mom, I'm surrounded by a family of excellent cooks, Billy, you, Susan, even Dad, so why do I need to?"

"Because young lady, sooner or later you'll be moving out of here, either to live on your own or get married and you'll need to know how or starve." Her mother replied.

"Nah, I'll just marry Billy and let him cook for me..."

"Hey that's MY cook you're talking about stealing, Go find your own!" Susan said as she gave Karen a shove on the shoulder. Billy just grinned at both of them as he stood working on the next omelet.

Billy just enjoyed himself during breakfast as the two girls argued back and forth playfully as to which of them gets to marry him and have him cook for them. Diane leaned close and whispered, "Sounds like they have your future planned out Billy, I'd be careful."

"Either one would be fine with me, I love them both. But I'm not about to get in the middle of that fight, I'll just let them figure it out and let me know the results. Like I said I love them both!" he whispered back so only Diane could hear, and got at wide smile in return.

After breakfast, Billy sat out on the deck reading while the girls washed the breakfast dishes, he was just killing time until Dan came back and then they were supposed to go to his parents house and get his remaining belongings and anything else he wanted before it was all sold off.

Diane came out and sat beside him, "I'm really proud of how you handled it when that girl untied your loincloth Billy I think you've finally got that modesty problem licked."

"You're probably right Diane, I think it embarrassed her mother that she did it, more than it embarrassed me. For me it was just a surprise, and I just picked it up and put it back on, no big deal really. I'm been naked so much this summer it seems natural anymore, I usually don't feel any need for clothes. I'm comfortable and now that I feel better, well, I just don't think about it and I sure don't worry about it anymore."

"Have you heard anything on your friend Jimmy? Susan mentioned he was away at that camp but was expected back early. Do you still want to invite him over when he gets back?"

"Do you know about Jimmy?" he asked wondering how much he could tell.

"Actually I do Billy; his mother is a member of my club and I made a point of talking to her after I found out you wanted him to come and then he couldn't because of that camp. She knew you were living here and was so happy you are his friend; she told me all about his history and his problems, so don't worry about breaking his confidences. His mother told me because she thought I needed to be aware of them and we agreed he could stay a few days with you and the girls to try and bolster his self-esteem and get him more comfortable with being around girls."

"No, the only thing I've heard was from Paul that he was going to get out early but he didn't know when. Could I call his mother and see if she knows when, and then invite him? You said she and you agreed to a few days?"

"Yes and Yes," she smiled at him. I think we should have him over of 3 or 4 days anyway. He'll need to either sleep in your room or on the sofa, we don't have any extra beds."

"Oh he can sleep with me, that's no problem we shared a small tent camping so neither of us will have any problem with that."

"Good why don't you call her today and see when he can come then."

"OK and thanks Diane, I think this will be really good for him, he's really a nice kid..."

"I think so to Billy and he's very lucky to have a friend like you. Now go call her, she's probably home, it's almost 11:00 and I know she and her husband always go to the early Church services."

Billy was back after a little while, "His dad's supposed to pick him up late Wednesday afternoon and she said she'd bring him Thursday morning; and he could stay until Sunday afternoon before dinner, unless that was a problem. I'm supposed to call her back if he needs to come home sooner than that, but otherwise, that's what she agreed to if it was OK with you."

"That's fine Billy we'll plan on him being here then, and I'll reduce your workouts on Thursday and Friday to just morning weights and swimming so you have lots of time to spend with him."

Dan arrived home a half hour later and immediately changed into shorts and a T-shirt then they had lunch. As soon as they were done with lunch, he said, "OK Billy why don't we go ahead over there and find the stuff on your lists and check for your sister's things; then hopefully we can have it all in one big pile when Doug brings the van at 2:00."

"OK Dan that sound good, we won't be rushed or anything." Billy replied.

"Can I come along Billy?" Susan asked.

"Sure why not, you can help pack any of Anne's stuff that needs to be sent to her." He replied.

"OK we're off then," Dan replied "I have the keys so we should get started, so all we'll need to do is load it once the van arrives." So one man, one girl and one naked boy headed down the alley to the back of his parents house. Billy paused when they reached the back fence.

"Dan, we should let Mr. Davis know before we go in there, he's been watching the house. Otherwise he might call the police or something if he doesn't know what's going on."

"Good point Billy, here's the keys, you two go ahead and get started on your lists and I'll go talk to Charlie."

Billy walked up to the back door and unlocked it. "You know that's the first time I've ever unlocked that door," he quietly told Susan. "The only times it's ever been locked was when we were gone on vacation."

Inside the house, he paused in the living room looking around and a little shiver passed through him, Susan put her hand on his shoulder, "What's wrong Billy?"

"It's all so dead and lifeless in here, strange..." he muttered, then shook his head clearing that thought from his mind, "OK you take the one list and I'll take the list of my stuff, I can find it faster because I know exactly what I'm looking for, and we'll get started. Oh and Anne's room is the first one on the left, look and see what's in there she might want sent to her. You're a girl and know better what she'd want than I would." With that, they split up and Billy was quickly back with boxes of clothes from the attic both his and his sister's and then from the basement, again both his and his sister's putting them in two separate piles; then started taking the computer apart down in the Rec. Room. Dan came in just as he was disconnecting cables.

"Billy I'll handle the computer why don't you pull the books, CDs and DVDs you want and just put them on the floor behind you and I'll box them. That way all you have to do is select them and not bother taking any time more than to set it down behind you and losing your place on the shelf; you wouldn't even need to look down, just put it behind you."

"OK," Billy replied and was quickly going down the rows of books doing just that, without having to look where he was putting them it went fast. Quickly followed by the music CDs and then DVDs. Where he'd thought it would take some time to do it, he was done in about 40 minutes and Dad already had most of them in boxes."

"Billy are there any empty boxes down there? I need a couple more for your sister's things?" Susan called from the top of the steps.

"Yeah how many? I'll bring them up." He replied.

"Three medium should be more than plenty to do it, I already got four from dad and they're all full of clothes, shoes and stuff like that. There's still some dress clothes and I found some personal things I know she'll want."

"OK be right up." He yelled up to her and then went in the storage room and got them from a stack of folded boxes and a roll of packing tape to seal them. When he entered his sister's room Susan was folding 'party' dresses on the bed and there were a couple of picture albums laying on the bed with his sister's diary and some costume jewelry in a plastic sandwich bag. "She'll want these pictures and I was surprised her diary was even here, no girl leaves that behind." Susan told him.

"I wouldn't know about that, I never kept one..." he replied.

"Billy you should take those family picture albums in the living room, you can go through them some other time and decide what pictures you want to keep." She said turning and putting her hands on his arms, "Billy you didn't always feel bad about your family and you should keep ones from the happy times, if nothing else."

"Yeah you're right," he said then leaned into her with a sniffle and she wrapped him in a hug. "You'll be OK Billy I know this is all hard for you, and all seems so final, but you're with us now and don't need to feel bad about leaving this behind you."

"Thanks Susan, I needed that, you always make me feel better..." then stepped back and went to his own room to see what might have been missed. What he found was a completely empty room except for his furniture, nothing but a bed, nightstand, dresser and chair. The room was too small to even put a small desk in; that's why most of his stuff was in the recreation room. No place to put it in his room.

There was only one thing in that room that no one knew about and he retrieved it right then. Pulling out top drawer of his dresser, he reached underneath and removed an envelope taped on the underside. It was his secret stash of money, mostly birthday and Christmas gifts, but it was his and he sure wasn't going to leave it.

Billy went back and got the 'other' list from Susan and started checking off items that had been found and looking for ones still on the list. Almost everything had already been found so he went from room to room, just looking for things he might need or want and didn't find much he hadn't already had on his list; just an odd small item here or there that had some special meaning to him, but no real value otherwise. His mother had done a good job of removing anything that was worth any money.

Billy was checking the last room as Doug pulled up in back with the van. Dan went out and greeted the man and Billy took note of the 'special' handshake and Mr. Davis was standing there talking to the two of them. "Are we ready to start loading Billy?" Dan said smiling as he came back inside.

"Yeah, we've got everything on my lists that's still here and Anne's things too; I've looked in every room and didn't see anything else I needed or wanted so I guess this is it," he replied pointing to the two piles in the living room.

"OK then, let's load it in the van and take it to our place, and I'll arrange shipping for your sister's things and we're all done here." Then picked up the first box and turned towards the door. It didn't take them long to load the van, since Mr. Davis decided to help so with 3 men, and two kids working it was done in no time. "I'll lock up" Billy told them as they were closing the van doors. "We'll meet you at my place in a few minutes Doug," Dan told the man and he nodded then got in to drive the vehicle. Billy checked to make sure all the doors and windows were locked, then locked the back door as he came outside. He looked a little sad as he turned to them, then handed Dan the keys and just mumbled "That's it then," and started walking home.

<Home, I'm going to my REAL home> he thought then felt Dan's hand rest on his shoulder and Susan's arm slip inside his and take hold of his hand. "Thanks both of you," he said smiling at them "For everything," then squeezed Susan's hand and reached out and wrapped an arm around Dan's waist, and Dan put his arm around Billy's shoulders as they walked home.

That evening Diane and Susan repacked Anne's belonging and got it down to four boxes of items and labeled them for shipment; Dan would drop them off at the UPS depot on his way to work in the morning and called Billy's grandparents to let them know to expect the shipment. His grandmother was very happy about them shipping the things to them and talked to Billy for a few minutes to see how he was doing. Satisfied with Billy's responses, she asked to talk to Diane; the two women talked for a while, then Diane put Billy back on the phone. "Billy you're living with a wonderful family and I want you to be on your very best behavior at all times. They care about you a great deal or they wouldn't have offered to take you in but they love you and I'm very happy for you. Don't worry about your sister, we'll take care of her; I have to knock some of the nonsense your mother taught her out of her, but she'll be just fine. Your parents are adults and can deal with their own problems. You just be a good boy like you always have been and everything will work out fine. I love you Billy and I'd like it if you sent me a letter or called every once in awhile and let me know how you're doing. Your grandfather has a hard time traveling anymore, so I probably won't see you often, just know that we love you and care about you."

"Thanks Grandma and I love you too; don't worry I'll be good and I will write to you." Billy said with tears in his eyes. Then gently hung up the telephone.

Billy took a deep breath, got himself together then spent the rest of the evening happy with his new family.

Jimmy

For the next three days Billy's life dropped back in to the routine of exercise, swimming and relaxing with the girls. Thursday morning just after breakfast, Jimmy arrived and announced himself with a loud "Billy!" and ran past Susan who was holding the door and leapt laughing on his friend, who returned his hug and swung him around before setting him down and turning towards Jimmy's mother.

"Hello Mrs. Stewart, thanks for letting Jimmy visit for a few days, I've missed his crazy antics," he said smiling at the woman and ruffling Jimmy's hair. These are my foster sisters, Susan and Karen he said introducing the two girls watching all this.

"Hello girls, as you've no doubt guessed I'm Jimmy's mother and I'm so happy Jimmy got this chance to be with some friends for a few days. I've been talking to your mother recently and she's such a nice lady to invite Jimmy to stay with you, I hope all this isn't an imposition on you girls."

"Not at all Mrs. Stewart, Billy needs to have another boy around, he's been cooped up with us girls most of the summer, it will be good for both of them and no trouble for us at all," Susan replied.

"Well thank you girls and Jimmy you be good and don't cause any problems or I'll come and get you right away, and take you home."

"I'll be good mother," he replied with a sigh.

"OK then you kids have fun and I'll be back Sunday afternoon to pick him up. Bye now!" and she was gone.

Jimmy was still clinging to Billy who was standing there rubbing the boy's back. "Come on Jimmy grab your bag and we'll put it in my room; you'll be staying in there with me, then we can go swimming and relax some."

"OK!" Jimmy squealed and picked up his bag and followed Billy down the hall.

Jimmy put his bag on the chair and started digging through it, "Jimmy what're you doing?" Billy asked.

"Looking for my swimsuit."

"Why?"

"Well you said we were going swimming didn't you?"

"Jimmy turn around and look at me." Billy said smiling "Does it look like I'm wearing a swimsuit? Does it look like I've worn one at any time this summer? Am I wearing anything at all?" <chuckle>

"But the girls?"

"Don't care at all, they've seen lots of boys naked and it doesn't bother them one bit. In fact Karen likes to swim naked herself and Susan mostly topless and they don't care if you see them either." Billy replied before Jimmy could make an argument.

"But?"

"Jimmy if I learned anything this summer it's that young boys don't have any reason to be modest about their bodies, I'm not anymore and you shouldn't be either. Now relax and get undressed and we'll go swimming."

Jimmy stepped back and looked at Billy and it finally dawned on him that Billy didn't have a single tan line anywhere. "You really don't wear a suit do you?" and Billy just shook his head 'no'. "OK then if you say it's alright... it makes me a little nervous with girls and all, but if you say it's ok..."

"It'll be fine Jimmy just relax and enjoy yourself, and don't stare at the girls and they won't stare at you ok?"

"OK,... but I've never seen a naked girl...."

"Well you probably will in a matter of minutes," Billy said laughing. "Now come on get those clothes off!"

Billy led a very nervous smaller boy outside onto the deck and looked down and saw both girls already in the pool. Both were wearing their bikinis. Billy walked him on down to the pool and Jimmy was hiding his crotch with his hands. "NO hiding." Billy told him and Jimmy blushed as he moved his hands to his sides.

"Girls Jimmy is really nervous about being naked and you seeing him, but I told him he had nothing to be nervous or ashamed about and that naked boys didn't bother you at all, you've seen lots of them and it's no big deal. So go easy on him until he gets used to it. Jimmy also told me he'd never seen a naked girl and I told him he probably would, especially knowing how much Karen likes to skinny dip, so could you help him out with that problem?"

"No problem Billy" Karen said grinning, "I'll be right out," then quickly swam to the ladder and was standing in front of them looking very sexy in her bikini. Standing there she was almost half a head taller than Jimmy, even though he was two years older than her. Billy was small in stature for his age, but Jimmy was really small. "So Jimmy step right over here and have a good look then," Karen said smiling at the boy as she untied her top and removed it exposing her smooth chest. "I'm only 9 so I don't have boobs yet and my chest looks a lot like you and Billy, Susan over there is starting to grow some, but neither of us have anything really. My nipples just stand out a little more," she explained to the wide eyed boy. "Go ahead Jimmy you can touch my chest if you want," she said as she moved closer and Jimmy reached out a trembling hand and lightly did so. "Now then down below is where boys and girls are different," she said as she untied the strings at her hips, "I really hate wearing a swimsuit, so this will make us both more comfortable," she explained as it dropped away and she threw it to the side where her top had landed. Jimmy's eyes were about to pop out and Karen was really enjoying herself.

"Let's go over here where I can sit down and show you better, Jimmy," she prompted taking Jimmy's hand and leading him to a lounge chair. "Don't worry I won't hurt you and you're not doing anything wrong here," she continued as she led the very nervous looking boy. Karen sat down and opened her legs and had Jimmy kneel down and look closely and feel her mound, then opened herself and explained her different parts to him and surprised even Billy when she had him put a finger in her and feel the inside a little. Finally she said, "OK Jimmy you've seen what a girl looks and feels like, do you have any questions?" Jimmy shook his head no and Karen sat back up still smiling at the boy. "That must have been exciting for you Jimmy" she said with a giggle then reached down and touched a very hard but small erection sticking out from his body with her finger and caused it to bounce; which caused Jimmy to turn beet red. "Don't be embarrassed Jimmy," she softly told him, "you getting hard like that tells me you liked looking at my body and I take that as a complement. So now that you've seen everything you won't have a need to stare or sneak peeks will you?" Jimmy shook his head no again, "But it you want to look or touch again, just ask OK?" and Jimmy nodded yes. "Good then let's swim!" she said still smiling and quickly got up and dove into the pool.

Jimmy was still standing there in shock at what had just happened. "Wow!" he finally said when he got his voice to work again, "I sure never expected to see something like that!"

Susan's voice interrupted Jimmy's thoughts though, "Karen's somewhat of an exhibitionist, Jimmy she likes being naked and has zero embarrassment. She's not ashamed of any part of her body, she's proud of it and you should be too; you've got a nice one there for a boy your size."

Jimmy turned to face towards her just in time to see her removing her top, and gulped when he saw her breasts and two puffy nipples sticking out from her chest. "Mine are just starting to grow really," she said moving closer, "not much there but you can touch mine too if you want, I won't mind." She told him with a smile. "My thong stays on though, I'm not quite the exhibitionist my sister is."

Jimmy gulped again then gently stroked his hand on her chest and cupped her left breast in his small hand, "that feels nice," he managed to stammer out.

"Felt nice to me too Jimmy," she said then gave him a peck on the cheek and dove into the pool.

"So now that you've had your sex lesson Jimmy I think you need to cool off," Billy said then picked Jimmy up and dropped him in the shallow end of the pool, sputtering and laughing at the same time and Billy jumped in after him. Then splashed Jimmy and a splashing war ensued, which soon turned into a girls against boys war all of them laughing and having a good time.

Later Billy was resting near the wall when Jimmy came over to him. Karen was swimming laps and Susan was doing a lazy backstroke around the pool. "Girls are kind of neat aren't they Jimmy" he said then pulled Jimmy in under his arm into a one arm hug.

"Yeah, they are and they're so nice to me; I'm not used to that, usually girls either ignore me or pick on me because I'm so small. I still can't believe Karen did that... I mean she showed me everything and explained it to me..."

"Karen's a really nice girl Jimmy, she's very special, both of them are, I love both of them." Billy told him, "Just relax around them and feel free to ask or tell them anything, they'll never hurt you intentionally and they want to help you get better. I told them what you've been through so they'd understand what you're dealing with. They needed to know since you're staying here with us. Both of them want to help you and don't think you did anything wrong or have anything to be embarrassed about. They want to be your friends Jimmy let them help you that way."

"They know what my brother did to me then?"

"Yes and so does their mother, your mother told her before your mother agreed to let you come visit us. Diane had some trouble like that once too and she's very understanding; you should talk to her about it, she's had to get through the same kind of thing, but she was lucky it only happened once. She wanted you to know that, otherwise I wouldn't have told you."

"I don't have to hide things then do I?"

"No you don't; we all want to be here for you Jimmy and we want you to enjoy yourself. You can tell any of us anything and not worry about it, we won't judge you, you didn't do anything wrong."

"Yeah the doctors keep telling me that but I still blame myself for not fighting back harder."

"Jimmy he started doing it when you were so little you don't even remember, how were you supposed to fight him?"

"I couldn't ever, he was always so much bigger than me... "

"So why are you feeling that way then?"

"I don't know, it doesn't make any sense, I know that but sometimes I do..."

"Well don't! Blaming yourself doesn't work. I learned that after what my sister and those girls did to me. Put the blame where it belongs on your brother."

"Thanks Billy you're really easy to talk to, easier than those doctors..." he replied laying his head on Billy's shoulder, "and you don't mind holding me when I get shaky either; that helps a lot, Thanks!"

"Any time Jimmy, I'm your friend and I want to be there when you need me..."

A little while later, "Hey you two you're supposed to be swimming! This is a 'swimming' pool!" Susan told them and they were hit with a big splash, and heard giggles as another splash hit from the other side, and a new splashing war started the boys standing back to back trying to defend themselves.

Billy made the mistake of looking over his shoulder and Susan jumped and dunked him then threw him through the air about five feet into the water. Jimmy didn't believe what he just saw and paused and quickly found himself flying then sputtering as he hit the water. When he surfaced Billy was treading water beside him, "OK Jimmy?"

"Yeah but I don't believe what just happened, she threw you like you didn't weigh anything and Karen did the same to me?"

"You haven't seen anything yet," Billy replied then dunked his friend who came up giggling. Jimmy quickly found himself being tossed like a ball between the three other kids, him landing just short of the next one then being picked up and tossed again around their triangle formation; Jimmy squealing and laughing each time one of them threw him, having a ball with his new friends, two girls, he never thought that would happen. When they finally stopped they all got out and laid in the sun for awhile and Jimmy was totally relaxed. Billy was happy for him.