Chapter 15
Getting to Know My Bro
“We’re home Ian.” My mom said while giving my shoulder a soft shake. I
startled Jason a bit with how I jumped at the touch but at least I wasn’t
jumping as badly as I used to. Jason stopped dead in his tracks when we walked
in to the house and started to look around in awe.
“I know how you feel,” I said with a small
grin while giving him a small shove to get him moving again.
“C’mon you two let’s
get you into some other clothes and down for a nap.” my mom said while leading
both of us up the stairs towards my room. I saw Jason stiffen up again at
hearing my mom mention that we were going to be laying down for a nap. I had a
pretty good reason why he was so tense but I was willing to let Jason be the
one to mention it. I also figured that once he found out that I wore protection
full time he wouldn’t be quite so tense about needing it himself at night.
“Well, come on boys.
I haven’t got all day here.” My mom said from my changing table.
“
I was a little shocked when I saw my mom pull
out a couple of my cloth diapers. I knew that she insisted we use them at home
but I hadn’t expected her decide to use them on a person that was over for the
first time.
“OK Ian, you want to
tell me what happened today?” I was asked as my pants were unfastened and
pulled off.
“There’s not much to
tell. Some older kids were pushing Jason around so I went over to see if I
could help.”
“You decided to jump
in on fight that was six to one. That doesn’t seem like it was a very smart
thing to do.”
“Probably not, but
it did seem to be the right thing to do at the time.” I responded as I felt the
wet diaper I was sporting being pulled out from under me.
“Well, as luck would
have it,
“I help someone out and I get in trouble for
it? That really blows!” I stated angrily.
“Watch that tone young man.” I was told as my
mom gave my butt a sharp slap.
“I happen to agree
with you though. How ever in the future I expect you to let a teacher handle
it. Understood?” my mom added as she had me raise my butt so she could slip the
cloth diapers under me.
“Yes ma’am.” I said glumly as I felt the
diapers pulled up between my legs and fastened. Though I think we both knew
that if Jason, one of my other brothers, or Megan were the ones involved I
wouldn’t hesitate to jump in to help.
“OK, you can finish changing in the bathroom.”
I was told once my plastic pants were in place.
“Thanks.” I said as
I jumped off the changing table, grabbed a set of sleep pants and a T-shirt off
my bed and headed into the bathroom. I saw Jason giving me a strange look at
this. I knew he probably thought it was strange that I would finish getting
dressed in the bathroom after getting my diaper changed in front of him. I
guess my mom was thinking along the same line as I was in letting Jason see
what I’ve been through.
“All right Jason,
you’re up next.” I heard my mom say before I closed the bathroom door.
My mom was just
finishing up getting Jason diapered when I came out of the bathroom. I did
notice that, unlike myself, my mom had taken the time to fully undress Jason.
“Here. You might
want these.” I called as I tossed the other pants and T-shirt towards Jason. I
was surprised again when my mom took the clothes from Jason’s hands and started
dressing him herself. I just smiled at this as I climbed into bed and waited
for my mom to finish and come over to tuck my brother and I in.
“So what’s going on
here?” Jason asked once my mom left the room.
“It’s a long story
and kind of complicated.” I replied. I found it hard at first trying to figure
how to explain things. What made things even more difficult was the fact that I
felt something in me start to link subconsciously with my brother. I guessed
that this was just from the fact that we were twins. I mean I had always felt
that some part of me was missing. I guess this was it.
“I’m not really sure
where to begin. If it’s OK could we wait till later when I could have my mom
and dad around to help with it?” I could tell that Jason wasn’t at all happy
with this but decided that he could wait. We did talk for a little bit about
our general likes and dislikes. As I drifted off to sleep, I couldn’t help be
think of how lucky he was that our father had sold him off. He at least had a
chance at a normal childhood. I just wondered what would happen when his
parents found out that we had met.
“Brad could you go
wake Ian and his guest up for lunch when we get home.” His mom asked as she and
my brothers left the hospital.
“ Sure mom. But I
thought Ian decided to go to school today?”
“He did. But during
the first break he ran into a small problem with some sixth graders.” While she
knew she shouldn’t a small smile crossed her face at the thought of how worked
over the older boys had looked when she saw them come out of Mr. Coleman’s
office.
“Who were they?”
Brad and Isaac asked with an edge on their voices.
“I’m not going to
tell. The matter has already been handled. And if either one of you try
anything else in the matter, what I do to you will make the school’s response
seem like a walk in the park
“Yes, ma’am.” With
this the rest of the trip home was met with silence. Though the boys mom knew
that they would find out who had done it when they returned to school the next
day. She did feel that once they had learned of what Ian, and to a smaller
extent Jason, had done she was pretty sure that they would let the matter drop.
Brad started chuckling to himself a bit when
he entered his brother’s room shortly after getting home to wake him up. All he
saw was a lump in the middle of the bed with a mass of red hair at the top of
it.
“Hey Ian, It’s time to get up.” Brad said
before touching the shoulder he thought was his brothers’.
“Huh?” came a voice from under the covers
“I said, it’s time to get up for lunch.”
“All right.” Came the reply.
“Is something wrong?” Jason asked on seeing
the shocked look on the older boy’s face.
“What the hell did those guys do to you?” Brad
asked thinking he was still talking to me.
“Who? Those sixth graders?”
“Yeah, and what’s with the hair?” Brad
continued in confusion. Not yet realizing he wasn’t talking to me.
“What’s wrong with my hair?” Jason asked
running his hand over his closely cut and spiked hair. Before Brad could
continue, I walked back into the room while still drying my slightly longer
than shoulder length hair.
“Something wrong, Brad?” I asked.
“Mom said lunch was
going to be ready in a few minutes and that it was time for you to get up.”
Brad told me dumbly while looking back and forth from Jason to myself.
“OK. Let her know
we’ll be down as soon as Jason has had a chance to grab a shower and get
dressed.”
“Yeah, Right.” I
just started chuckling as Brad walked out of room still trying to convince
himself that what he was seeing was real.
“My god, what the
hell happened to your back ?” I heard Jason whisper in shock as I turned around
to grab some clothes for us to wear after he had showered.
“It’s part of that long story I told you
about. Go get a shower and we’ll sit down with my mom after lunch and I’ll
explain everything to you then.” I said as I turned around to toss the clothes
on the bed then walk over to my changing table.
“Well come on. I don’t think my mom is going
to hold lunch forever.” I said when I saw that Jason was just sitting on the
edge of the bed with a lost look on his face.
“I’m not sure what
to do?” Came the soft reply with Jason looking down as he pulled down the sleep
pants he had on exposing a very wet diaper under it.
“Oh sorry.” I said
as it hit that he had probably never changed a diaper before. Let alone one
that he was wearing.
“Come on over here
and I’ll take care of that for you.” I announced while patting the top of my
changing table. Jason turned a bright red as he stood up, kicked the pants the
rest of the way off, and walked over to me. To keep his embarrassment to a
minimum I didn’t say anything while I went about taking his wet diaper off. In
the back of my mind though I was thinking that it was a good thing my mom had
decided to use my thicker night time diapers.
“There you go. Now go grab a quick shower and
get dried off. I’ll have some clothes waiting for you once you’re done.
After getting out some clothes for my brother
I started to look around for our school clothes thinking that I could just have
him wear the same underpants he had on earlier in the day. About then , Anita
came in to the room. Probably to see what was taking us so long.
“Anita, have you
seen Jason’s and my clothes from this morning.”
“Your mom had me put them into the wash, and
then I hung them out to dry. Why?”
“I was looking for the underwear Jason was
wearing earlier.”
“Those ended up getting washed as well.”
“Oh, OK. I’ll find him something else to wear
then. Thanks.” I was almost going to suggest he go bareback when I remembered
that
“We’ve got a bit of
a problem. My mom had our housekeeper wash our clothes from earlier. Your
underwear got mixed up with them.”
“That shouldn’t be a problem. They should be
down by now.” Jason said.
“That’s the problem. Anita decided to hang
them outside to dry. And she did this just a short while ago. So you have a
choice. You can either go bareback, and not wear any underwear, or you could
wear these.” I said tossing the GoodNites onto the bed.
“You’re not serious
about this are you?”
“Those are the only options I have for you. If
any of my other brothers were your size I’d just borrow a pair from them. But
“Oh, right. Sorry, I
forgot. I won’t have to use these if I wear them will I?” Jason asked as he
picked the pants up.
“Not at all. I just
thought that you might be more comfortable with something on under the clothes
I’m loaning you.” I replied with a small smile.
“So good of you boys to join us.” My mom told
us with a smile.
“Sorry about the wait. I figured that Jason
would feel better if he had gotten a shower before getting dressed.”
“I kind of figured as much. Besides, Anita
told me about the slight problem you were having regarding clothes.”
“That too.” I
replied with a small chuckle.
“You know guys it’s
not polite to stare.” I told Brad and Isaac when I saw that they were still
looking at Jason and I.
“Oh, sorry.” Isaac said once he seemed to
break the spell he seemed to be in.
“It’s OK. So how’s
Megan doing?” I asked my mom a moment later.
“She’s doing fine. I plan on taking you guys
back up to the hospital a little later so you can see her.”
“So Jason did you
sleep OK?”
“Yes, ma’am. Just fine.”
“No problems?”
“No ma’am.” Came the
embarrassed reply
“Mom, I told Jason
that you and I would sit down with him after lunch to explain what’s going on.”
I said trying to change the subject.
“I thought it was
agreed to let his parents handle that?”
“It had been, but you have to agree that the
situation has changed a bit. And Jason does have the right to know about his
past. Besides, he happened to get a look at my back and chest while we were
getting dressed.” I explained.
“I see. Well, that
does change things some. OK. Once Lunch is over we’ll go into your dad’s office
and bring him up to speed.” With this comment, the conversation changed to
other matters.
“Brad, I want you
and the other boys to go outside for awhile. I’ll call you when it’s time to
head back to the hospital.”
“Sure mom.” my
oldest brother replied. I was kind of surprised that he didn’t put up any kind
of argument. I guess he caught something in our mom’s tone that I missed.
“
“Nah, I’m okay.” I
told her.
“OK.” was the last
thing we heard her say till we all sat down and my mom took a moment to compose
herself for what was going to be a long talk.
“I’m not sure really
where to begin Jason. I still have a problem trying to understand what your
father did to you boys. I’m sure you’ve already figured out that you and Ian
are brothers. It seems that for one reason or another my brother-in-law decided
to tell your mother that you had died shortly after birth and then proceeded to
have you placed up for adoption. Which is how you ended up with the Murphy’s. I
couldn’t really begin to tell you why he decided to do this.”
“I know why. He
loved Ian more than me.” Jason interrupted starting to sob. At this, I started
to laugh coldly. Which of course brought him up short.
“Jason you’ve seen what
my back and chest looks like. I got most of those scars from our father and his
family. I can tell you that if that’s your idea of love , then you can keep it.
You should feel glad that he decided to place you up for adoption. I spent
three years getting sent from foster home to foster home. When I was finally
placed back with my father and his family, I was almost immediately sent to
live with my step-mother’s father in
“That’s enough, Ian!
Let’s face it your father didn’t give a damn about either one of you or he
wouldn’t have done what he did to either of you.” My mom announced with such
anger that it brought me up short. Nothing was said over the next couple of
minutes while I got my temper under control. Once this was done. My mom and I
spent the next hour or so trying to bring Jason up to speed on what our father
was like. He looked positively pale once we had finished. Not that I was all
that surprised by this.
“I think that’s all
for now. Once your mom and dad get back into town we’re all going to sit down
and get things straightened out. Till we can I want you to do me a favor and
not give them any trouble over not telling you what was going on. I’m sure they
were doing what they thought was right. OK?” my mom asked Jason.
“OK.”
“And if you need someone to talk to feel free
to call us anytime. Is there something else?” My mom asked when she saw the
look on my brother’s face.
“Would you mind if I
called you Aunt Mary?” Jason asked timidly.
“I couldn’t think of
anything else I would like more at this point in time. Now why don’t you two go
outside for a bit. I’ll call you when it’s time to head out to the hospital.” I
didn’t have to be told twice as I grabbed Jason by the arm and led him from the
room.
We were barely out
the back door and of the patio when Jason went flying to the ground with a
giant mass of Black and brown fur.
[“Heinrich Heel!”] I
yelled as I went running over to where Jason lay pinned to the ground by the
snarling dog. My yelled command caused Heinrich to look up in confusion.
[“Come!”] I called
firmly while pointing to the ground in front of me. Heinrich slinked over with
his tail between his hind legs and laid down in front of me. I kneeled down in
front of him and started to pat his head.
“It’s OK Jason. It was just a mistake in
identity. He won’t hurt you.” I said as Brad and Isaac ran over to help him up.
“Sorry about that. He saw you guys come out
the back door and got away from us. I guess you didn’t here us yelling at you.”
Isaac said as he brushed the dirt off Jason’s clothes.
“Big dog.” Was the
only thing I could make out from my brother’s mumbling
“It’s OK, Jason. He
was just playing. He thought you were me. It’s all right.” I said while trying
not to laugh at the look on my Jason’s face. As he got closer, I caught a whiff
of something I knew all to well.
“Uh Brad, could you
give me a hand here.” I said as I turned control of Heinrich’s collar over to
Isaac.
“What happened now?”
My mom asked as she came over to see what was going on when she saw Brad and I
walk into the house with Jason supported between us.
“We had a bit of a
misidentification between Heinrich and Jason.” I said.
“We’re going to take
Jason up to my room to get him cleaned up and let him rest a bit from the shock
he just had.
“You boys go on back
outside. I’ll take care of Jason.” My mom told us while she took control of
Jason, who was still mumbling something about “big dog”.
After about an hour
or so of playing in the back with Heinrich and my brothers, I decided to head
inside for a quick diaper change before we headed off to the hospital.
“Oh, Ian. I’d like
you to meet Jason’s uncle.” my mom said as I walked by the door to the sitting
room.
I wasn’t sure what
caused his startled reaction more that fact that I was dead ringer for his
nephew or Heinrich trotting behind me.
[“Stay.”] I told
Heinrich while motioning for him to lay down.
“Pleased to meet
you.” I said while holding my hand out to him. I guess they were more in shock
from how much I resembled Jason because neither one moved to take my hand. I
was just about to pull it back when Jason’s uncle finally snapped out of his
shock and took my hand.
“Sorry about that.
It shocked me by how closely you look like Jason.”
“It’s OK. I should
have expected it. Oh, I’d like you to meet Heinrich.” I told them while motioning
for Heinrich to come over.
[“shake.”] I
whispered causing Heinrich to raise one of his paws. Chuckling Jason’s uncle
took the offered paw.
[“Go on upstairs.
I’ll be there in a few minutes.”] I told Heinrich with a pat on the back.
“And no jumping on Jason this time!” I said to
the retreating form when I saw that he was getting ready to bolt up the stairs.
“Speaking of Jason,
where is he. I thought he would have been outside playing with you.” I just
turned red at this.
“I had Jason lay
down for a bit. I didn’t know that Heinrich had been dropped off while I was
having a talk with Jason and Ian. And when I sent the boys out to play Heinrich
mistook Jason for Ian and kind of steamrolled him.”
“Steamrolled?”
Jason’s uncle asked.
“Heinrich ran Jason over
then pinned him to the ground. It was all in fun though.” I said quickly.
“Anyway, Jason was
kind of shook up by the experience so I had him lay down for a bit more.”
“You had Jason lay
down for a while?” Mr. Murphy asked nervously.
“Yes, and don’t worry about that. Your wife
already explained Jason’s condition to me.”
“I see. I hope you had Jason help with the
clean up. While we know it’s not his fault, his parents, my wife and I all
insist that he takes responsibility for this.”
“Oh, I hope you don’t mind but I placed Jason
in some protection before putting him down. You see both Ian and my youngest
son both have bladder problems and we find using protection a lot easier to
deal with than having to clean several sets of bedding each morning.”
“I could understand
that. I’m just surprised that you got Jason to wear something without him
throwing a fit over it.”
“He did seem a hesitant about it at first but
when he saw that Ian already wears protection full time he calmed down about
it. And I explained to him that lots of boys his age have this condition and
wearing protection for it makes a lot more sense than waking up in a cold wet
bed each morning.”
“Hmm. Well, maybe we
might get him to start using something at night now.” About this time Jason
walked into the room with Heinrich trailing behind him. I started laughing to
myself when I saw the look on Jason’s uncle’s face when he was his nephew walk
into the room wearing nothing but a rather wet disposable diaper.
“Uncle Brendan!”
Jason stated in shock on seeing his uncle sitting there.
“Hey Kiddo.” his uncle replied he reached
forward, picked Jason up, and sat him on his lap.
“I can explain.” Jason sobbed while trying to
cover up his wet diaper. Which I happened to notice was getting wetter by the
second.
“It’s all right
Jason. Mrs. Miller already has. I’m glad to see that you’re finally trying
something to keep your bed dry when you’re asleep.” Jason was told while
getting a hug from his uncle.
“So does this mean
we’re going home now?”
“Not really. Your aunt and I got called out of
town and I’ve asked Mrs. Miller if they would mind watching you till we get
back Sunday night. That is, of course, if you want to.”
“Sure I wouldn’t
mind at all. But what about clothes though?”
“I’ve already got a
bag packed for you out in the car. Why don’t you go up and get out of those wet
pants while I get it.” Jason was told as his uncle ruffled his hair and set him
back down.
“C’mon Jason. I need
to change as well.” I told him as I started pulling him towards the stairs.
I had just gotten
Jason’s diaper untaped and was handing him some wipes to clean off with when
his uncle walked into the room with the bag he had packed for his nephew.
“
“Thanks. I got most
of this stuff from my grandfather’s estate.”
“Yeah, your mom mentioned that. Please accept
my condolences on that.”
“Thank you.” I told
him.
“May I?” I was asked when he stopped in front
a display of swords I had in a display case.
“Sure just a moment.” I told him as I walked
over and released the safety catch. I took out the sword I thought he was
looking at and handed it to him.
“How did you manage to come by this.” Came the
awed response as I heard the blade being pulled from it’s scabbard
“It belonged to my grandfather. As I
understand it, This was one of the first swords he made.” I explained as my
brother’s uncle examined the blade closer.
“I know some
collectors that would give their life to get a chance to even hold one of
these. You be sure to hold on to that.” I was told as the sword was re-sheathed
and handed back to me.
“You can bet on
that. I just wish I would have gotten the chance for him to show me how to make
these.” I told him as I replaced the sword back into the display case with a
small bow. Once the case was relocked, I asked for some privacy so I could get
my diaper changed. I saw that Jason didn’t have any problems with getting
dressed and undressed around him, but I figured that this due to the fact that
he had done this several times before over the years. About this time my mom
started calling for Jason and I to speed things up so we could get headed for
the hospital.