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CHAPTER 7: HARSH REALITIES. 

The boys heard the police car drive up to Mattias house. He was waiting to see what was taking so long for his friend to come back, but had to go home. He came into the living room where he saw Maggie talking to a policeman. He sat down next to her and got the news. His father was dead. How could his father be dead? He wasn't the best dad in the world, but Mattias loved him. He started to cry and reached out to his stepmom. She allowed it, but made no move to reciprocate the gesture. When the cops were gone, he wanted to go to Tommy. He needed him. But Maggie was firm. He had to stay home. 

"You can go there later today, but for now I want you here" she said.There was a knock on the door, but Maggie told whoever it was to go away. She took a few drinks and simply zonked out on the couch. There came another knock. Tommy was there and Mattias came into his arms. 

"My daddy's dead" he said. Tommy caressed his neck, comforting his friend. When Mattias pulled himself together, he finally noticed that Tommy had been crying to. 

"What are you crying for? he asked. 

"You don't know?" Uhm…just before he died your father hit Blerim with his car" Mattias face fell. 

"No. No that can't be true" he said, but Tommy nodded. 

"Nooo" Mattias said. "Not Blerim too. Please" 

"He's not dead Mattie" 

"He isn't?" 

"No, he was taken to a hospital. They don't know if he is gonna live or not" 

"We have to go there. He'll need us" 

"It's to late, baby. We can't go until tomorrow" 

"He can't die. Blerim can't die" Mattias said, holding onto Tommy, who led him across the street. 

"Mom says you can stay with us tonight. If Maggie will let you" 

"She's drunk. Passed out. She won't even notice" Mattias, Tommy and Kenneth squeezed into the same bed that night. The death of his father really hit Mattias then. That, and the worry over Blerim made him loose it completely. He was crying hard as the other boys stroked his body, trying their best to soothe him. None of them slept well that night. 

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They went to the hospital the next day. When they saw Blerim they could not believe it was him behind that horribly bruised face. There was a huge bandage on his head and tubes in his mouth. Mattias and Kenneth was crying as they approached the bed. Tommy tried holding it together, failing miserably. After they managed to calm down, Blerim's parents thanked the boys for coming. That's when they noticed Blerim's brother Muhadi sitting in a chair. His eyes were red with tears and they went over to him. 

"Hi" he said in a small voice. 

"Hi" Kenneth said. "We're sorry about your brother" Mattias and Tommy echoed that. Kenneth sat in a chair next to the boy and took him by the hand. Muhadi squeezed it 
back, grateful for the touch. All three stayed by the small kid the rest of that visit. 

*************** 

Every day after school they went to the hospital. Kenneth on the weekends he was in town. Weeks went by with no change. The bruises receeded and it felt good to see his beautiful face again. Eventually the bandages was taken off, but after two months he was still in a coma. They were told they didn't have to stop by every day, but the kids would hear none of it. One day they found the tupes from Blerim's throat gone. He was breathing on his own. The machine by the bed was still going a steady beep beep beep. The boys were so sick of that sound. 

Saturday, a week later, Mattias and Tommy were the only visitors. They were sitting by the bed, holding Blerim's hands. Tommy thought he felt the hand move and looked up. Blerim's eyes stayed close. Then Tommy thought he felt it again, he knew he did.

"Blerim?" he said. His hand was now definately being squeezed. Mattias' was too. 

"Are you awake? Blerim? Please wake up" Mattias said, his hand was being squeezed too. 

"He's waking up Tommy" he continued, smiling for the first time in weeks, as Blerims eyes started fluttering. He opened them and stared his nearly black eyes at Mattias. 

"Hi, Mattie. Where am I?" 

"You are in the hospital. You got hit by a car" Tommy said. 

"Really? I was dreaming of you two" 

"It's so good to have you back. Get the doctors" Mattias said to Tommy. 

"Wait" Blerim said. "Stay with me" Tommy sat down again. Blerim asked them what was wrong with him.

"You've been sleeping for a long time. It's called a coma. But you are back now" Tommy started to get up to find a doctor. 

"Please don't go" Blerim said. "Stay, before it's too late" 

"Don't say that. You're going to be fine" Mattias said. Blerim drifted off. They thought he'd fallen asleep, but he opened his eyes, looking from one to the other. 

"I was so happy with you t-t-two. I wouldn't change it for anything. I lo-lo-love you" His eyes closed and the monitor by the bed flatlined. 

"What's happening" Mattias said. Tommy, his tears falling, cradled Mattias cheek with a gentle touch..

"Mattie" he said very softly "I think he's dead" A look of such raw anguish crossed Mattias small face that Tommy thought his own heart was gonna break into a million pieces. 

"No" Mattias said. "No, he's not" He shook Blerim's by his shoulders. 

"Wake up. Don't die. Come back, Blerim. COME BACK!! DON'T DIE!!" Suddenly hospital staff came into the room. One had to pull Mattias back, so the others could work. Mattias twisted desperatly in her grip. 

"Let me go" he yelled, his arms reaching for Blerim. 

"DON'T DIE" he screamed. "Dammit, let me go" Tommy grabbed onto Mattias. 

"It's OK. I'll take him" he said to the nurse, who reluctantly let go. Mattias spun around, holding on to Tommy, soaking his chest in tears. Tommy was so afraid his knees gave out under him. He sank into a chair, taking Mattias down on his lap and they watched the staff working. 

"He'll be OK. He'll be OK" Mattias kept repeating. Tommy just held him sadly. 

"He has to live, he just has to. He can't leave me" Mattias said. Blerim's doctor came over to the boys and they looked up. There was such desperate hope in the little boys eyes he had to pull himself together. He knew the boys well and admired their standing by Blerim's side all these months. 

"I'm really sorry guys. But I'm afraid he's dead" Mattias shook his head. 

"Don't say that. Please" The boys got up on shaky legs and walked over to the bed. Blerim looked so peaceful. Tommy brushed a lock of hair from Blerim's face and kept stroking his hair over and over, not saying a word. He didn't make a sound. Just sat there while a seemingly neverending stream of tears's blurred his vision and dripped onto Blerim's hand. Finally small sobs escaped him. He kissed Blerim gently on the lips. 

"Goodbye" he said. "I'll miss you so much. God, how I'll miss you" Mattias was inconsolable, he started clinging to Blerim like he wanted to wake him with his bodyheat. Tommy got behind him, rubbing his shoulder. Mattias got up and clung to him once again. 

"I want Blerim back. I want him back, I want him back, I want him baaaaack" he sobbed. Tommy just held him, as his small body shook with grief. Mattias was wracked with sobs as he cried. Tommy was trembling himself from the loss and the sound of Mattias wailing and he sat down with him again. They sat still for the next hour, just grieving in each others arms. 

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The rest of the day they were in a daze. Frank and Pamela picking them up, the drive home; it all seemed to last forever. Mattias got permission to sleep over, even Maggie knew the boys would need eachother. They couldn't eat during dinner. Then the grief really set in on Tommy. He clung to his father like he did when he was five. The parents loved Blerim too and tried to comfort the boys the best they could. 

Tommy and Mattias went to bed where they held eachother, crying silently. That's when Tommy finally made love to Mattias. It wasn't planned on either of their sides, it just happened. Tommy started pushing down Mattias underwear and the boy moved his body to make it easier. 

"Quickly" Mattias said. "Take off yours" There was no fear, Mattias needed this too, anything to take his mind of this horrible day. He got on his back and opened himself up to Tommy, wrapping his arms and legs around him. Tommy pushed himself inside his opening. Mattias gasped from the sharp pain. Tommy hesitated, but Mattias urged him on. 

"Just do it" he said. Tommy thrust the rest of himself inside. Mattias buried a cry in his shoulder. Tommy started going in and out slowly. It hurt, but Mattias didn't care, anything was better than the pain in his chest. Tommy rocked gently on top of him. He wanted to forget too and gave the lovemaking his full attention. He increased his speed somewhat and Mattias clung to him. 

"Don't stop" Mattias said, a grip on Tommy's pumping buttocks. The pain in his butt subsided slowly and the more it did, the more he urged Tommy to go harder. Mattias wondered what he had been so afraid of. Tommy's ass pumped fast and he thrust hard. 

"Mattie" he whispered. "Mattie, Mattie, Mattie" Mattias never wanted it to end. 

"It feels so good, the pain is nearly gone" Tommy took this as encouragement and took one thrust at a time, a slight pause between each. When the orgasm came, he buried himself inside as his juices pumped out. Mattias squeezed the cock with his butt like he wanted to pull out every jet of sperm himself. He got a dry orgasm at the same time, from his balls being rubbed against Tommys growing pubes and his dick against the lower stomach. They put underwear back on just in case and finally they fell asleep, Tommy holding Mattias from behind. 
*************** 

They woke to the sounds of argument. They walked, half awake, into the front hall. Maggie was standing on the doorstep. 

"You have a boy who needs you, you can't just walk away" Pamela said. 

"I don't want him, OK. I never even liked the brat and I'm certainly not raising him alone" She stormed off to the car, Pamela following. 

"You can't do this" she said. But Maggie got in the car, started it, and spun off. Pamela walked back to the house, finally noticing the two boys. 

"Maggie left me?" Mattias asked. Pamela didn't know what to say. 

"What'll happen to me?" Mattias wondered. 

"Let's go inside" she said.

"What a bitch" Tommy muttered when Pamela went by him. Pamela sat the boys down. 

"Now Mattias can live with us right?" Tommy said. 

"Well, I..." 

"He needs us now" 

"Would you want to live with us?" she asked Mattias. Did he want to? There was nothing he wanted more. Frank was in agreement with his wife. He loved Mattias dearly, he was like his third son and from the moment he had listened to that bitch Maggie, he knew she was serious. She was not coming back. Mattias staying with them was the only option. Luckily his brother was a lawyer. Pamela decided to take Mattias to social services right away, she needed to talk to them. Tommy grabbed her arm when she headed out the door. 

"Don't let them take him. He lost his dad, we both lost Blerim, we can't loose eachother too" 

*************** 

It seemed forever before they came back. Tommy was terrified she would come back alone. When he heard the car, he ripped the front door open. When he saw Mattias he rushed by his mom and sweeped his lover off his feet, hugging him tight. The smile on Mattias face was very encouraging. Pamela had barely sat down when he dumped down next to her. 

"Well, did we get him, did we get him?" Pamela had had a long day with her brother in law over at social services. 
"Mattias will live with us. We've been granted the permission of being a foster home for him, with the possibility of adoption down the line. We don't think it'll be a problem, it'll just take some time" The boys where estatic at the thought. They only wished they had Blerim to share it with. But they were grateful for the happiness that could get their mind off the sorrow they were feeling. They sat down by the creek that day, talking about their lost friend, remembering the wonderful times they had shared. They laughed and they cried back and forth. 

*************** 

The funeral was hard for them, they stood hand in hand as the coffin was being lowered. They took a rose each and let it drop. Tommy bravely made a 5 minute speech at the wake that brought tears to the eyes of the people in attendance. Mattias told a story that had the same people laughing. The boys made a point to visit the gravesite at least twice a week, putting down fresh flowers every month. Their grief passed and they focused on the happy memories. Blerim would never be forgotten.

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The anticipation was killing them, waiting for Frank and Pamela to come back from court. They had rushed home from school and was now waiting. Finally they came through the door. Frank went right over to Mattias and picked him up. 

"Welcome to the family...son" Mattias was now officially Tommy and Kenneth's brother. Not just a friend...but brother. He was beside himself with happiness. He held on to his new parents, happy tears running down his face. 

"Thank you" he said. "I love all of you....so much" When he was finally put down, he went slowly over to Tommy. 

"Hi, bro" Tommy swooped him up. Mattias was getting too heavy for him these days, but he didn't care. They hugged, they kissed (though saving the mouth for later), they would not let each other go the rest of that day. Kenneth was coming tomorrow, they called him right away with the good news. 

"I wanna go now, I wanna go now" they heard him say to whoever was in the back ground. 

*************** 

The next day Kenneth rushed out of his mom's car and into the house. 

"Where is he" he nagged his father. 

"They went down to the creek a few min..." Kenneth rushed out of the house. When he didn't see them, he heard sounds from behind the bushes. Just in case he pushed one to the side so he could see the clearing beyond. Tommy was lying on his back, he was totally naked. Mattias was on top of him, his body going up and down. 

"Shit, they're fucking" Kenneth thought. He watched as Tommy's erect cock vanished inside Mattias over and over. 

"Oh, Mattie. Ride me. Good boy, faster" Mattias increased his speed, met Tommys thrust by pushing down. 

"Tommy. Unnggh. Ooooohhh. That feels good, you so nice and hard inside me" 

"You have such a great ass, Mattie. Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. Unngh. Unngh. Ungghh" he grunted which each thrust. Kenneth was staring, facinated, his dick throbbing in his shorts. He'd suspected this for some time, he wasn't blind despite their efforts. Seeing how far they'd gone turned him on so much. He started rubbing the front of his shorts. 

"Mattias sure has a gorgeous body" he thought. Mattias hands were on Tommy's chest as Tommy used his dick to lift Mattias body into the air, arching his back to get as far inside as he could come. Kenneth had whipped out his own dick, pulling it hard and fast. He quickly felt himself shooting dry, his body spasming. He pulled his shorts back on and continued staring. 

"I'm gonna cum, Mattie" Tommy said

"Pull out, I wanna see" Kenneth begged in his head. He had spied on his brother a few times over the last two years when he played with himself. Seeing him shoot had fascinated him since he first saw it, he definatley wanted to see it under these circumstances. He got his wish. Mattias got off and opened his mouth over the tip of the cock. Kenneth was hard again and rubbed himself feeling his second dryshot. He'd never done it twice in a row this quickly before. 

"Fuck. Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck" Tommy moaned as his load hit Mattias mouth. When done, Mattias swallowed some and the rest moistened his lips, dripping down his chin. Kenneth ran when they started dressing. Only when they were sitting clothed by the water did he rush over. He hugged them both. 

"My brother, huh?" he said, looking at Mattias. 

"Yep. Your brother" Grinning, they hugged again. 

TO BE COINTINUED