Memoirs of a Diaper Boy II
Chapter 9
Onward and Upward
“Boys, remember that you’re going to get picked up after school today.” Ian informed everyone at breakfast a couple of weeks after the first swim meet. Remembering that their cousin was going to be arriving the next day this wasn’t surprising.
“What about swim practice?” David asked before Brad could.
“You’ll be having a couple of gentlemen meeting you after it’s over. Just remember what we went over a couple of days ago.”
“Yeah, dad we’ll remember.” Brad replied as he took a drink. About twenty minutes later everyone was saying goodbye to the Trips and were climbing into Ian’s Hummer for the trip to school.
“Head’s up Brad, here comes the human barnacle.” Brian announced with a smile when he saw Angie and her groupies coming their way.
“God, doesn’t that gal know how to take a hint. Well, I’m through trying to let her down easy.” Brad muttered heatedly.
“Hey, lover boy. Why don’t you come over and sit with my friends today?” Angie simpered while trying to give Brad a kiss.
“Fuck off, ho. I’m not interested.” Brad stated acidly as he pulled away.
“What?!” came the shocked reply.
“I said to fuck off. And if you try to come on to me like this again, I’ll go to Hanson and make a sexual harassment charge. Am I understood?” Brad got his answer a second later when Angie slapped him hard across the face.
“I take that as a no?” Brad asked while rubbing his jaw slightly.
“YOU FUCKING BASTARD!” Angie yelled as she tried to hit Brad again. This time Brad was ready for it and caught her hand easily.
“Angie, I’ll give you that first shot but don’t press your luck, you won’t like the results if you do. Is that understood? Now do us both a favor and walk away before any real trouble starts.” Brad informed her in a very cold voice that was lost on both Angie and her friends. Brian and Anakin both understood exactly what Brad was saying and poised themselves to stop Brad if it became necessary. With a final huff Angie walked away muttering under her breath.
“Brad, I’d watch your back for a while. From what I hear, Angie can be really vindictive when she gets pissed.” Brian told his brother.
“I’ll keep that in mind.” Brad replied wondering when the other shoe was going to drop. The rest of the day went by with little excitement after Brad’s run in with Angie, though the story of what happened had spread through the school like wild fire.
“C’mon you guys quit slacking off and get in gear.” Brad and Brian were told as they walked in to the pool area after dropping their books off at their lockers.
“We’re moving. Don’t go having a stroke on us.” Brad shot back with a smile.
“You know Miller, it’s a good thing you’re such a damn good swimmer otherwise I wouldn’t take crap like that off you. Now go get suited up.” their coach informed them with smile and slapped both boys on the rear as they walked past. This got Brad laughing even more as he walked into the locker room.
“Brad why do you keep pushing the coach’s buttons like that?” Aaron asked as Brad started to get undressed.
“Because it’s fun. Besides if I didn’t push his buttons someone else would and that wouldn’t be any fun at all.” Brad replied.
“Whatever. Is the sleepover still on for this weekend?”
“I think so. I still have some details to work out on it. I’ll let you guys know about it tomorrow.” came the answer as Brad finished getting undressed and headed for the showers to get cleaned up before getting his suit on.
“What was that about a sleepover?” Brian asked as Aaron walked off.
“Yeah, David and I are planning on having a team slumber party this weekend.”
“Dad’s going to have a fit when he hears about that. You know that, don’t you?” Brian stated with some shock.
“No, they won’t. I ran it by dad last week and gave him all the names of the people that were being invited. He said he’d run it by Uncle Jason and have him run it by his people. I figure they should have the answer when we have that little meeting when we get home.”
“Oh. I guess that changes everything. It’ll be interesting to see what the team says when they meet everyone else.”
“That’s going to be half the fun.” Brad replied with a laugh.
“Can I help you, gentlemen?” Coach Dunbar asked the men he saw watching the practice but seemed to be watching Brad and Brian the closest.
“Secret Service. We’re here for the Millers.” The older of the two explained as he pulled out his credentials and showed them to the coach.
“I see. Do you need me to get them for you now?”
“No, that’s all right we can wait until the end of the practice.” with a nod the coach turned his attention back to the boys he had up on the boards.
“Okay boys, that was a good practice go get cleaned up and get your asses out of here so I can get home myself.” Dunbar shouted a little over an hour later. Laughing the boys started climbing out of the pool and headed for the locker room to get cleaned up and changed back into their regular clothes.
“I guess you guys are our ride?” Brad asked twenty minutes later as he handed back the identification he had just been shown.
“That would be correct.” the younger of the two agents replied with a smile.
“Well, lead on McDuff.” Brian said getting a blank look from the younger agent, though the older one chuckled a bit at this.
“Uh, you guys might want to hang back for a minute.” Brian announced as he, Brad, and their escorts got out of the car and headed for the front door.
“Sorry, but we can’t do that.” The younger agent explained as he stepped in front of Brad and led them to the door before Brian had a chance to explain. Brad and Brian shot each other a knowing smile. Catching this exchange, the older agent wondered what was going to happen that they hadn’t been previously warned about.
“I’m Home!” Brad yelled as he walked into the house. The agent standing in front of Brad didn’t even have a chance to comprehend what was going on before he got run over by Sam, Clancy, and Otto, followed closely by the Trips. It took the older agent following Brian into the house all of his self-control to keep from laughing , though Brian didn’t even bother and broke out laughing the moment he saw what happened. All this noise got the attention of the agent leading the detail and Brad’s and Brian’s dads.
“Why didn’t you guy warn him about this little ritual?” Steve asked as he helped the man to his feet.
“Sorry, dad. I tried to, but he didn’t give me a chance.” Brian informed his dad through fits of laughter. Brad was still to busy getting welcomed by his brothers and the dogs to even bother trying to answer.
“It’s true sir. Brian did try to warn us coming up the walk way but Roberts cut him off before he could explain.” the older agent explained still with a small smile on his face.
“Right. You guys get upstairs and get changed then meet us in the office so you can be filled in on what’s going to be happening while your cousins are here.” Ian said while suppressing his own smile.
“Do you boys have any questions?” Brian , Brad, and David were asked thirty minutes later by the lead agent of their cousin’s detail.
“Will this cause any problems with my training?” Brad asked.
“Not at all. We already talked to trainer and he agreed to come here for the next couple of weeks instead of you going to his place.” Brad was informed.
“What about our friends coming over?” David asked next.
“As long as we have a couple of hours notice there shouldn’t be a problem. While we’re on this subject, your dad told me about the slumber party you have planned for this weekend and since all the people checked out okay, there won’t be a problem.” The boys were told. Brad just grinned at this since he still hadn’t told anyone who was going to be there. And to his knowledge, David hadn’t either. This went on for a little while longer before all the boys had gotten their questions answered.
“Dad, I need to talk to you and Agent Foley alone for a few minutes.” Brad announced as the meeting broke up. Brian and David started chuckling at hearing this as they left the room since they both had a pretty good idea what this was going to be over.
“Okay Brad, what’s on your mind?” Ian asked once the other boys had left the room.
“Well, I’m not sure if this is anything major or not but I had another run in with Angie today. Only this time I wasn’t quite so polite in how I dealt with her thinking I was going out with her.”
“I see. And what was her response?” Steve asked.
“Well she slapped me first and then called me a few choice words before trying to hit me again. I caught her hand the second time and suggested that she just walk away. She did but was muttering stuff under her breath as she did so. She didn’t make any overt threats or anything but Brian told me that she has a vindictive streak when it comes to people breaking off relationships and such with her before she’s gotten what she wanted from them.” Brad explained.
“Thanks for letting us know about this Brad. We’ll keep an eye out for any problems.” Ian informed his son, not at all surprised that his difficulties with the girl ended like they did.
“So what did dad say when you told him about Angie?” Brian asked when Brad came upstairs.
“Not much. Just thanked me for letting them know and that he’d keep an eye for any problems. It was almost like he expected something like this to happen.”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he did. David had a problem like this happen a few years back. But that gal was more understanding when he told her he wasn’t interested.” Brad nodded at this as he went about changing out of his school clothes.
Once dinner was finished and the boys finished up whatever homework they had left they spent the rest of the evening playing a couple of board games with the Trips until it was time for them to head for bed.
“Brad, they want to see you up in the office.” Brad’s teacher informed him as he walked into his fourth hour class the next day.
“Okay. Did they happen to say what it was about?”
“They didn’t say. But they said you probably wouldn’t be back so go ahead and take your books with you.” Brad nodded at this and headed back out of the class wondering if this call to the office had anything to do with the run in he had with Angie the day before but decided to not worry about it unless he had to.
“I was told that I was wanted up here.” Brad told the office aid when he walked in.
“Name?”
“Brad Miller.”
“They’re waiting for you in the conference room.” The aid informed him after looking at a clipboard in front of them.
“By the way, I loved what you did to Angie the other day.” The aid added with a grin. Brad replied with a grin of his own and headed down the hall. He was more than a little surprised to see a couple of Secret Service agents standing out side the door.
“You can leave your bag with us.” Brad was told by one of the agents. With a nod, Brad took off his bag and set it next to the others that were already lined up along the wall.
“You wanted to see me?” Brad asked as he walked into the room.
“Uncle James!” Brad called in surprise, before anyone could answer his first question, when he saw his uncle sitting at the table. After quickly looking around the room, Brad saw that his cousins were here already along with Brian, David, and a very nervous looking Sixth grader that Brad knew by sight but didn’t know their name.
“Hey Brad. Yeah, we did want to see you. Mrs. Dubov will explain. And I must say that I’m really mad at you for that swim meet last month.
“What did I do wrong?” Brad asked nervously.
“Simple, you won. I’ve had to listen to your cousins bitch about how you almost single handedly handed their team’s collective butts to them.” Brad was told with a smile. Realizing that his uncle was just joking with him Brad relaxed immensely. Before things could go any further, they were interrupted by a cough.
“Oh yes, sorry.” James said with a look towards the school’s principal.
Forty minutes later the meeting broke up with David and David in the lead.
“So I thought you guys were going to be getting tutored at the house while you’re here?” Brad asked Jackson as they headed down the hall with Jackson’s detail following them at a slight distance.
“Well that was the original plan but dad decided to change things at the last minute.” Brad was told with a shrug.
“Well look at it this way, now you won’t have to worry about being bored all day cooped up in the house.”
“True. You don’t think any of your friends will have a problem with me being around you for the next couple of weeks do you?” Brad was asked in a slightly nervous tone.
“Not at all. In fact, you’ll be meeting a lot of them tonight. David and I have a slumber party set up this weekend for some of our friends and teammates from our swim teams.”
“Uh, how many people are we talking about?” came the soft question.
“Well, if everybody is able to make it shouldn’t be more than about twenty people.” Brad answered calmly like it wasn’t any big deal. Which to him it wasn’t. Jackson stopped almost dead in his tracks on hearing this.
“Did you say about twenty people?” Jackson gasped.
“Yeah, that of course isn’t including you and your brothers. Why is there a problem?”
“What about my problem?”
“What about it?” Brad asked in confusion.
“I doubt they’d want a person like me there.”
“Jackson will you get your head out of you ass for a minute.” Brad said as he slapped his cousin up side the head.
“OWW!! What was that for?!” the other boy almost yelled as he rubbed the spot where his cousin hit him.
“You were acting like a nudge. Think for a moment. Given that Brian and I have the same problem, do you really think these guys would show up for a party if they had a problem with this sort of thing.” Brad stated while giving his cousin a incredulous look.”
“Oh yeah, I guess you’re right.” Brad was told sheepishly.
“Damn straight. And don’t you forget it.” Jackson was informed with a smile as Brad led them toward their class. Explaining other things along the way. Over the next couple of hours, the rumors started flying over who all the men in dark suits and sunglasses were and what they were there for. All of the Millers got a laugh at of this since none of them were even close. Of course, Brad, having the warped sense of humor that he does, decided to help some of the rumors along a bit.
“So, what’s with all the muscle standing around?” One of the people asked, while the swim team was sitting in their normal spot for lunch, pointing to one of Brad’s cousin’s guards.
“Oh that, it’s nothing. Jackson and his brother need some guards because their dad is a drug lord that decided to turn Federal evidence.” Brad informed them with a perfectly straight face. He almost had the kid believing it, before Evan ruined it by laughing.
“Sorry, couldn’t resist. Actually, their dad is the President of the United States.” Brad added, again with a straight face, once the laughter at the look on the kid’s face had died down.
“Fine. Don’t tell me.” The kid huffed as he got up and walked away. The Millers, along with Hutch and Anakin, just looked at each other and broke out laughing again.
“So what’s so funny?” Aaron asked for the rest of the group.
“We’ll tell you at the party tonight.” David answered as he finished catching his breath.
“The party’s on then?” one of the other boys asked.
“Yep. Five O’clock our place.” Brian shot in with a smile. This got the conversation moving toward safer ground, which pleased the agents providing security since they had each of their protectees wired. The rest of the day went by with out incident.
“Boys, your guests are here!” Steve called when he opened the door to find about 15 boys standing on the porch.
“I’ll be down in a minute dad!” Brad called out as he turned back to Jackson and helped him up off the changing table.
“So what’s with all the muscle? My dad about had a heart attack when he caught sight of the piece the guy at the front gate was packing.” David was asked as he led everyone downstairs to the Rec room where the party was going to be taking place.
“Brad already told you. Our uncle is the president and we get the extra muscle while our cousins are staying with us.” David replied just as Brad and Jackson came into the room.
“So do we want to swim or games first?” Brad asked once everyone had dropped their gear.
“Swim.” came the mass response to this question. This got the assembled boys laughing since everyone managed to same the same thing at almost the same time.
“Okay then. You guys know the routine.” The guys nodded at this and Jackson almost fainted when everyone started getting undressed right in front of them.
“You can close your mouth anytime now Jack.” Daniel told his younger brother not at all phased by all the boys that were now almost naked in front of them.
“Sorry.” came the embarrassed reply.
“Now you know why I had you get a shower before you changed and had you put on one of your swim diapers.” Brad said from just over his cousin’s shoulder causing the boy to jump a bit.
“Whoops. Sorry about that.” Jack was told with a small smile as Brad walked past.
“Yeah, right.” Jack muttered more to himself than anyone else.
Soon all the boys were trooping up a flight of stairs that led to the pool area. Some of the agents standing around were caught a bit off guard seeing that most of the boys were naked. Brad, David, and Brian were all glad that nothing was being said about Daniel’s impairment aside from a couple of general questions from a couple of the younger boys on the team. Since these were honest questions and not meant to tease Dan didn’t get mad and just gave them matter of fact answers.
“Okay guys enough jaw jacking let’s get wet.” Aaron announced to get the party back on track.
“If you say so.” Brad stated with a laugh as he came charging up, lifted Aaron up of his feet and ran the both of them off the edge of the pool deck and into the water.
“Is that better?” Brian asked his stunned captain when the older boy resurfaced.
“What the hell was that?”
“What? You said you wanted to get wet.”
“I know. I just never thought a short shit like you’d be able to push me into a pool let alone pick me up and do it.”
“Surprise. I’ll admit you were a bit heavier than I’m used to but not by much.”
“Damn. How much do you normally bench?” Brad was asked in awe.
“About 180 to 190. Why is that too much?” Brad asked in confusion.
“He’s shitting me, right?” David was asked as he swam up to the other two.
“Is he ‘shitting you’ about what? David asked not hearing the first part of the conversation he had just been dragged into.
“Brad says he normally benches about 180 to 190 pounds.” Aaron replied.
“Yeah. That sounds about right. Though Steve has asked him to tone things down a bit so he doesn’t pull something he’s not supposed to.” David added with grin.
“You should be the one talking, after what happened last weekend.” Brad shot back with a grin of his own. Given how red David turned at this comment Aaron guessed that there had to be a great story behind it but figured it was none of his business.
“Guys, we set up a buffet for you downstairs when you’re ready for it.” Ian informed everyone after they had been in the pool for about an hour.
“Thanks, dad. I’ll let everyone know.” Brian replied since was one of the closest to hear what his dad was saying.
Looking around for a moment longer, Ian found Brad and David joking and splashing around with a couple of their friends on the far side of the pool. Smiling to himself, Ian turned and headed back to the house thinking that he should consider giving Dr. Genault a bonus given the changes that both Brad and David had gone through in the last several months.
“What’s the smile for?” Steve asked when he saw Ian come back in to the house and sit down next to him on the couch.
“It’s nothing. I was just thinking of how much David and Brad have changed over the last several months. I almost think that Paul deserves a bonus for all the extra work he’s done with them.” Ian explained as he sat down and almost immediately had Ryan climbing over Steve so he could be held like his brothers were.
“You might be right. I’ve noticed that David’s finally taken to seeing, and treating, Brad like a younger brother than he would be boyfriend. Speaking of which, have you noticed how much time Hutch and Anakin seem to spending over here?”
Yeah, I have. I’ve been planning on talking to the boys about it. I just hope nothing is wrong. I’ve heard some funny rumors about that church their parents go to and none of it’s been very flattering.” Steve just nodded at this comment and was about to change the subject as he saw how worked up Ian was getting about the subject. He was saved from having to do this by the sudden stampede of nude boys that cut off the conversation short.
“OK guys lets keep it to a dull roar.” Steve laughed as the boys trooped past.
“We’ll try dad.” Brian laughed. Ian was about to respond to this when he saw Hutch and his brother walk past. Ian took a closer look when he thought he had seen some bruises on both of the boys. Seeing them brought back memories for him and he decided not to wait till later to talk to David and Brad about it.
Following the boys upstairs, Ian walked into Brad’s room just behind him.
“Brad, when you and David get done changing could you both meet me in the office. I need to ask you guys something.”
“Sure dad. I’ll let David know.” Brad replied to his dad’s request and wondered why the look on his face seemed so familiar. Ian just nodded at this and left the room so Brad could finish getting dressed.
“You wanted to see us dad?” David asked a few minutes later.
“Yes, I did. I wanted to know if Hutch and Anakin are doing OK at home? I noticed that they seem to be spending a lot of time over here and I could have sworn I saw some bruises on both of them as they walked past a few minutes ago.” Ian asked.
“I don’t know about any bruises but An tends to keep his shirt on around me. He told me, though, that with his parents working at their church so much he didn’t feel like staying home alone.” Brad answered.
“Hutch said pretty much the same thing about coming over here so much. When I asked him about the bruises he said that he got them horsing around on his bike and skateboard.” David added.
“OK, David you can head back down to the party. Brad, I’d like to talk to you a minute longer.” David nodded at this and left the room.
“Brad, I know you may not like what I’m about to ask you but I want you to remember that this is to help out a friend.”
“OK. What do you want me to do?” Ian was asked nervously.
“If you can, I want you to try and get Hutch and Anakin to remove their shirts so you can get a better look at what their bruises look like. I hope I’m wrong but I get a feeling that Hutch and Anakin are getting a “rough time” from their parents.” While Brad didn’t answer this statement with a verbal reply, Ian could tell that his son understood what he was saying.
“I’ll see what I can do and let you know.” Brad said softly.
“That’s all I ask of you. I’d do it myself but I doubt I’d be able to get close enough to see anything for more than a second or two.” Brad just nodded at this again.
“Thanks. Now get downstairs before your friends eat everything.” Ian said with a smile. Brad returned the smile and turned to head for the door when he felt his dad’s hand come down on his diapered rump.
“Dad!” Brad whined at this.
“Brad!” Ian replied in an equally whiney voice.
“C’mon get going.” Ian laughed as he opened the door for his son.
Over the next several hours all the boys had as much fun as any of them could ever remember having at a sleepover. At one point, Brad managed to start a wrestling match between himself and Anakin. Which once Hutch saw that his brother was losing decided to join in to help his brother out. This caused things to quickly spiral into a free for all, but it gave Brad the opening he was looking for. During the wrestling around Brad and David managed to get the shirts off both their friends. On seeing the fading bruises, Brad knew for a fact how they had been received, and it wasn’t from falling off a bike or skateboard.
“Brad? Story?” Dev asked after getting Brad’s attention and holding up a book. Seeing that Ryan, Andy, and the dogs were with him he knew they were getting ready for bed.
“Yeah, Brad, Story.” Aaron called to the laughter of all the other boys in the room. Giving Aaron a snide gesture from behind Devon’s back, Brad picked the boy up and headed over to a nearby couch. After getting all of the boys situated in his lap and on the couch, Brad took the book from Dev and started reading it, including all the voices he’d made up for the characters. As usual, all three of the Trips were asleep by the time he finished. Looking around, Brad was surprised to find everyone else sitting around the coach listening to him.
“Sorry guys only one story tonight.” Brad chuckled as he picked Devon up and headed for the stairs. David and Aaron followed behind him each carrying a sleeping boy.
“You know Brad, Even though I was kidding at first, I thought it was pretty cool how you did the voices for each of the characters.” Aaron mentioned as the three of them headed back downstairs to join the party. As they walked past their dads, Brad made eye contact with Ian and simply nodded in answer to his dad’s unasked question.
“What was that all about?” David asked, having seen the exchange.
“I’ll tell you tomorrow.” Brad replied.
“OK, guys time to get ready for bed and then it’s movie time.” Brad announced before David could ask anything further.
“For those of you needing or wanting extra padding for the night. I’ve got extras set up in the bathroom.” Brad added with a grin remembering the scene from Aaron’s party. David looked a bit confused by this since he hadn’t been to that party.
“You’ll see.” Brad replied with a laugh.
Twenty minutes later when all the boys headed into the home theater, Brad got another look at David’s face.
“Told you, you’ll see.” he chuckled seeing the slightly shocked look on his brother’s face when he saw that over half of the people were now padded. What really threw him off was the fact that Hutch was one of them.
“OK, guys take a seat.” a voice called from behind them. You could tell which of the boys wore for need and which for pleasure when they spun around and saw that Ian was coming into the room behind them. The ones that needed the extra padding looked completely normal while the others had a “caught in the headlights” kind of look on their faces. Ian just ignored this.
“Now we have a special viewing for the first movie. On each of your seats you’ll find a bag of props for use during the movie. Just follow the instructions on the screen and you’ll all have a blast. And I now present for your viewing pleasure “ The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Ian said with flourish and walked out of the room closing the door behind him. Once the movie was over Brad couldn’t remember the last time he had laughed so hard, or at the mess they had made during the movie. Looking around, Brad chuckled at the disbelieving looks on some of the peoples faces. Before anything could be said the lights dimmed again and The Who’s “Tommy” started playing. By the time the second movie ended people were definitely shell shocked. While Brad wanted to comment about the films they just saw, he saw that most of the people were getting ready to fall asleep. So they just herded back into the Rec room where all of their sleeping bags had already been laid out for them. Several of the guys chuckled a bit on seeing the double sized bag in the center of the room. Without a word being said though David and Hutch took that one as the rest of the boys found their own bags and climbed in. Soon the only thing that could be heard was the soft breathing of about thirty teenage boys.
C’mon guys time to get up and face the day.” Ian and Steve called loudly. Both men smiled at the collective groan they heard from the boys spread out on the floor in front of them.
“Five more minutes dad, please?” several of the boys called out sleepily.
“Sure no problem.” Ian replied with a smile that hardly any of the boys saw.
“Okay guys, go to work.” Ian said as he headed back up the stairs. On hearing this, Brad and Brian’s head popped out of their sleeping bags and they started to quickly climb out of them. They almost made it when, Otto, Sam, and Clancy started to attack the still sleeping boys. The dogs were soon joined by Dev, Andy and Ryan. The Trips having come down to see what all the yelling was about. For their part, Steve and Ian just stood off to the side and laughed at the resulting pandemonium. Steve, of, course was taping the whole for prosperity.
“Okay guys that’s enough. I think they’re all awake. Boys breakfast will be ready in about twenty minutes.” Ian laughed as he call the dogs off. The Trips kept going since they were having so much fun.
“C’mon guys, lets go face the day. We don’t want the rents sticking the dogs on us again.” David called.
“Yeah, grab your gear and we can just use the pool shower it’ll be quicker.” Brad added he stripped off his soaked night diaper and tossed it in the trash can his dads had brought down with them. Getting the idea, the rest of the guys that were wearing them did the same and soon followed Brad upstairs and out to the shower room on the pool deck. Most of the guys were still so sleepy that they didn’t seem to notice that Anna was standing off to the side as they paraded past her stark naked.
After Breakfast was done, the boys insisted on cleaning up and had the kitchen looking cleaner than it had in a couple of days. This was soon followed by them all pitching in to clean up the Rec room and theater. Once all this was done they went back outside and got into a tag football game that lasted till the boys had to start leaving a few hours later.
“Hutch, Anakin, could I see you boys in my office for a few minutes.” Ian called about a week after the Swim team sleepover.
“Sure Mr. Miller, what do you need?” Hutch replied as he and his younger brother were led into Ian’s office.
“I know what I’m about to tell you will be hard for you to hear and I want you to wait until I’ve finished before you say anything. Okay?” the boys were told.
“Okay.” came the nervous reply.
“I know how you really got those bruises on your backs. As well as the broken bones.” They were told calmly.
“NO! It’s not what you think!” Hutch yelled while getting to his feet.
“Hutch, please sit down. I know it’s exactly what I think it is. I’ve already had someone with CPS looking into it and they’ve already confirmed it. Now because of a mix up in the paperwork it’ll be a couple of days before they get things straightened out to have your parents picked up.” Ian told the boys calmly. As expected, the boys just sat there with stunned expressions on their faces.
“I’m not going into a group home!” Hutch yelled as he got to his feet and ran for the door. He flung the door open to run out only to find Steve standing in his way.
“Why don’t you let Ian finish what he was going to say.” Hutch was told as Steve turned him back around and followed him back into the office with David, Brad, and Brian bringing up the rear. Once everyone was seated with David holding his boyfriend in a tight hug , Ian continued.
“As I was going to say, I’ve already made arrangements for you boys to come live with us since you don’t have any other suitable relatives that can take you in.”
“We’re going to come live here?” Anakin asked softly for the first time.
“That’s the plan. Now to help keep you safe until tomorrow, I’ve talked with your dad and he’s agreed to let you spend the night. He thinks you’re both working on science projects.”
“What if they find out before all this happens?” Hutch asked.
“Then do what you can to get away and then come straight here.” Both boys nodded at this. Ian and Steve both noticed the look of relief that the brothers had on their faces when it finally sunk in that they were going to be getting a new start on life.
“You boys look like crap.” Steve joked when he saw Brad and Anakin the next morning.
“Yeah, well, we didn’t get much sleep last night with Hutch and David “celebrating” in the next room.” Anakin stated plainly while shooting a look at his brother. Seeing how red both Hutch and David turned at this comment, Steve knew what the “Celebrating” involved.
“I see. I guess Ian and I will be needing to lay down some ground rules tonight then.” Steve said, with a slight grin, to David and his boyfriend. This only got the boys turning an even deeper shade of red than they had been. They were spared any more embarrassment by the Trips, and Ian coming into the room.
“Boys while I don’t think there will be any problem with what’s going to be happening today I still want you to be on the look out in case it does. I’ve already spoken with your principal so she knows what’s going on. If for any reason you feel uncomfortable about something then, I want you to head straight to the office and stay there until either I or someone I choose comes to get you.” Ian announced as he got the younger boys situated in their seats.
“How will we know if you sent them?” Anakin asked.
“Because they’ll give you this password.” Ian stated as he leaned in between the boys and whispered something in their ears.
“If they don’t give you that phrase, don’t go with them.” Ian got understanding nods to this as the boys turned back to their meals.
For the rest of the morning things were going fine for the boys but for some reason Brad kept getting a feeling that something was going to happen. Just before Lunch break this feeling came true when Angie walked up to Brad while he was getting something from his locker.
“Hey there, lover boy.” Angie said sweetly as she draped her arms around Brad’s neck while trying to give him a kiss.
“God, Angie, don’t you know how to take a hint. Piss off. I’m not interested.” Brad told the girl heatedly as he pushed her away.
“Oh c’mon, I know that once you see what I have to offer you’ll change your mind.”
“Angie, I wouldn’t touch you like that if my life depended on it. Who knows what kind shit I might get.”
“And What’s that supposed to mean?!” Brad was asked heatedly.
“It means that I’ve heard of most of the stories of all the people you’ve been with and the end results of those “relationships”. Now for the last time piss off.” Before Brad know what was going on he was pushed hard against his locker door.
“Fine, you want to do this the hard way , I can do that too. I’ll make it really simple for you. My parents are out of town for the week, so I’ll expect you to come over to my house this weekend, and any other time I’m in the mood, and let me do what I want to you or else I’ll start spreading all this over the school.” Brad was told with an evil grin. Taking the file Angie was holding, Brad opened it up and found himself looking at a copy of his prison record.
“How did you get this?” Brad asked in a dangerous tone that was completely lost on Angie.
“How doesn’t matter. That I have it, does. And don’t even think about trying to do anything to me because if you do you’ll really be sorry.”
“How’s that? And before you go any further I better tell you that everything you say is being recorded/”
“ Yeah, right. You don’t think I’m stupid enough to fall for that old line. And his is how you’ll be sorry, if anything happens to me then your little boyfriend will have a small but terminal accident.” Brad was told as Angie handed him over photos of him and Jackson wrestling around in their backyard.
“And just to prove how easily I can make this happen, I took the liberty of sending these to the Anderson’s.” Angie added with another evil grin before Brad could say anything. Brad turned a bit pale on seeing a picture of David and Hutch in the middle of a rather passionate embrace.
“So let me get this straight you want me to become your personal fuck toy , and if I don’t you’ll release sealed court documents and have one of my cousins killed. Is that about right?” Brad asked trying to fight off the urge to put his fist through Angie’s face.
“That’s right. So what do you say?”
“I’ll be there you fucking psychotic bitch.” Brad whispered as he slammed his locker shut and stuffed the items Angie gave him into his backpack before turning to walk away. What Angie didn’t see as Brad walked away was his grin.
Once he was out of Angie’s sight Brad broke into a run and headed straight for the office. He was more than a little relived to see one of the twins security detail standing outside the medical office door.
“We’ve got a problem. Follow me.” Brad all but ordered as he walked past the agent.
“Brad, you better than this.” Steve said heatedly when Brad barged in to the exam area.
“Sorry, this couldn’t wait. I just had another run in with Angie. Things have gotten more serious.” Brad said as he explained what happened.
“Jesus. Do you have any proof of this?” The lead agent in the room asked.
“I have it all on video along with all the papers she handed me.” Brad replied as he handed over the papers as well as a Personal Video Recorder.
“And what are you doing with that? You know those aren’t allowed on campus.”
“Actually, this one is allowed. It belongs to the school. I’m using it for a class project.” Steve was informed along with what teacher it was for.
“OK, but we better not see anything other than class work on this.” Steve said as hooked the device up to his computer.
“Shit! RED CARD! RED CARD!” The agent started calling into his earpiece when they got to the part about Jackson. This got things happening all over the school as agents burst into classrooms with their guns drawn and started dragging all the boys out ignoring the questions of the confused teachers. Unfortunately, in all this confusion, nobody had noticed the van that had stopped on the edge of one of the soccer fields and managed to grab both Hutch and Anakin.
“Okay, what’s going on?” The lead agent was asked as the boys were escorted into the safe room that the agents had taken over as a command post while they were there. With no preamble, the agent started going over what he had been told by Brad and after hooking the recorder up to a computer showed them as well. Ian went white when he heard what the girl had done in regards to Hutch and Anakin. Walking out of the room he headed to the nearest phone and called the school.
“Lana, Ian. Listen I don’t have time to explain anything but I need you to make sure that Hutch and Anakin Anderson are still on campus. I have reason to believe they might be in danger.”
“I’ll have them check right now. The school’s still in lock down after the thing with the Murphy’s. I’ll tell you we haven’t had this much excitement around this place since that little incident we had concerning your half-brother.” Ian was informed.
“I’ll bet.” Ian replied thinking back to the incident Lana was referring to.
“Hold on while I check and see if the boys are where they’re supposed to be.” While Ian was doing this he noticed two agents walk past him followed closely by Steve.
“What’s going on?”
“They’re about to conduct a search of Angie’s home and then plan on arresting her.” Ian was told with a shrug just as Lana came back on the line.
“Ian, I’ve just checked, and the Anderson boys aren’t in the class they’re supposed to be in. I’ve just informed the police of this and they said they going to start searching the grounds for them.”
“Okay, but I have a pretty good idea of where they are. You might want to stay on lock down for a while longer. You’ll be having some visitors coming to see in connection with what happened earlier.”
“I see. Well, I have some things I need to co-ordinate here. I’ll talk to you first thing in the morning.” Ian was informed as the conversation ended.
“I’ll see you then.” Ian said to a dead line. Just as he was hanging up the phone the alarms in the house started going off.
“What Now!?” Ian almost yelled to himself. Running out the front door he saw a scuffle going on off to the side and started over to it. By the time he got there he saw two men getting handcuffed and another agent was leaning over a figure lying on the ground.
“Hey, Mr. Miller. See, I remembered what you told me.” Hutch said before passing out. Before Ian could say anything, Steve was pushing him roughly out of the way.
“What happened, Anakin?” Ian inquired of the younger boy who was still standing off to the side of the group.
“I don’t really know. I mean, a couple of guys grabbed us while Hutch and I were running our laps for gym and they tossed us into a van and took us home. I got taken up to my room and didn’t really see anything. I heard a lot of yelling at first. When everything got kind of quiet I went downstairs to see what was going on. ..” The narration trailed off a bit as if the boy was trying to forget something he saw.
“Anakin!” Ian said in a kind of sharp voice to bring the boy back.
“I know this is hard, but I need to know what you saw.”
“They had Hutch bent over a chair with his pants down. My dad looked like he was fastening his pants and our minister was standing behind Hutch ranting about trying to save Hutch’s soul and this was the only way to do it.” Ian was told in a dead tone of voice.
“I just couldn’t take it. I grabbed the collapsible batons that dad kept in a nearby drawer and entered the room. My mom came at to try and stop me so I hit her with it.” Anakin continued, only this time Ian could detect a hint of pleasure in the boy’s voice.
“OK. Go on.” Anakin was told as Ian pulled the boy into an embrace.
“There’s not much more to tell. I hit as many people as I could with them and then got Hutch out of there. I reminded me to come here. I guess they had those guys watching the place because as soon as they saw us coming down the street they tried to grab us again.” Anakin said before collapsing into a Ian’s arms.
“Everything will be OK.”
“Thank Brad for me.” Ian heard Anakin mumble before the boy passed out from the stress. Standing up with the boy in his arms Ian looked around for the nearest Agent and saw one a few feet away.
“I heard. We already have the police heading for their house, and we found these on the other side of the wall. I guess the boy must have dropped them while helping his brother over the wall.” The agent said while holding up a large plastic bag with the batons in it. Going off the amount of blood that looked like was on them, Ian shuddered to think of what the police were going to find when they got there.
“Take the boy inside. Brad will show you were to put him.” Ian told the agent. The agent catching the tone being used didn’t offer any argument to this request.
“How’s Hutch doing?” Ian asked as Steve supervised the loading of the boy into an ambulance.
“He’s been worked over pretty good but he should be okay.”
“That’s good to hear. There’s something you need to know though.” Ian said before quickly letting Steve know what he learned from Anakin.
“I’ll let them know at the hospital.” Steve said with great disgust as he and one of the agents climbed in after Hutch. Moments later the ambulance vanished through the gates.
“How is he, dad?” David asked in a ragged voice.
“Steve said he should be fine. I know things are tough right now but just be calm and we’ll get everything worked out.” Ian said as he pulled his son into a tight hug.
“I swear, dad, if Hutch doesn’t make it, I’m going to beat the shit out of them. I don’t care if one of them is a priest.”
“David, I know you’re upset, and Lord knows I feel the same way, but we’ll let the police handle things. Besides, from what Anakin told me he already took care of the “beating the shit out of them” part.” Ian told his son with a smile.
“DAD! What are you doing home? I thought you were going to be gone for the entire week.” Angie asked in surprise as she and her family’s housekeeper came into the front room and saw her father sitting on the couch.
“The deal came together faster than we thought it would so we decided to come home early.” Her father said.
“Now what was going on at your school?” Her mother asked coming into the room.
“Nothing? Why do you ask?”
“If “nothing” happened why is it all over the news that the school was in lockdown for the past three hours.” Her mother asked, getting the feeling that there was something was going on that their daughter wasn’t telling them. Before the conversation could go any further, the door bell rang.
“I’ll get it Jan.” Angie’s mom call as she got up from her seat.
“You stay right where you are young lady. I’m still wanting some answers.” Angie was told as her mom walked past. Little did she know what kind of answers she was about to get.
“Mrs. Von Dreisch?” The man asked.
“Yes?” Came the highly confused response.
“Special Agent Hanson, United States Secret Service. This is Agent Fox. ” She was told as the men pulled out their I.D..
“Agent Hanson, I’m not sure what is going on here, but now is not a good time.”
“I’m sorry ma’am but I insist we have a warrant.” She was told as another agent handed over the said warrant as they walked past her.
“What the hell is going on here?! What are you men doing in my house?” Angie’s father asked as half a dozen men walked past the doorway to the room he was in.
“These men have a warrant.” He was told, as his wife handed him the papers she was handed.
“I think you better call your brother.” Mr. Von Dreisch told his wife after looking over the warrant.
“He’s our lawyer.” The agents were told. With a nod from his boss, agent Fox handed over a cell phone so the call could be made.
“ He said he’d be here in about ten minutes. Now would you mind telling me what’s going on?” Angie’s mom asked once the call was finished.
“I’m sure you know about the trouble at your daughter’s school today?” Angie’s parents were asked.
“Just a little. We know they were in lockdown. We were about to ask Angie about it when you got here.
“I see. Well, you see there was a kid knapping at the school today. Luckily, both boys were retrieved alive.”
“It’s good that both boys are safe, but you can’t possibly think our daughter had anything to do with that.” The agents were told heatedly.
“That’s what were here to find out. You see we had gotten information that could implicate your daughter.”
“And what, or who, was the source of that information? And how is it the Secret Service is involved?” Hanson was asked.
“The source of the information is still being verified but it was enough to warrant an investigation. And the reason we’re involved is the fact that several members of the Presidential family were on the grounds at the time. This brings up the second matter. The source also implicated your daughter in several other possible crimes. The least of which is blackmail for personal gain. ” the family was told. While both of the parents looked shocked at this announcement, Angie looked livid. Seeing this, Mr. Von Dreisch turned on his daughter, as another agent came up and started whispering in Agent Hanson’s ear.
“That had better not be true, young lady.” Angie was told heatedly.
“Daddy, it’s not what you think. It was all Brad’s doing he’s twisted my words.”
“Don’t say another word Angie.” A new voice called from the doorway.
“Robert thanks for coming.” Angie’s mom said as she gave her brother a hug.
“No, problem. Sis.”
“Now what is my niece being charged with?” Robert asked after having looked over the warrant and found that everything was in order.
“Accessory to kid knapping, Blackmail, Possession of Confidential Information, Solicitation of Prostitution, and Conspiracy to commit murder of a member of the Presidential Family.” Angie’s parents got paler as each charge was listed.
“I’d like to see the source of your information. Because from what my niece has told me this sounds like nothing more than a boy wanting to get even for her dumping him.”
“Actually, it’s the other way around. She’s wanting to get even for him dumping her. And Angie her is the source of the information that gave us the warrant.”
“Then the warrant is invalid since it would fall under the 5th Amendment.”
“Sorry, but in this case it doesn’t you see the boy in question got the whole on video. And before you say anything he did warn her that she was being taped.”
“I still find this hard to believe.” Angie’s father said finally finding his voice after the shock of hearing all this.
“Ben, don’t say anything. I’ll handle this. I’d like to see the supposed video of this conversation.” The agent was told.
With a nod Agent Fox pulled out PVR similar to what Brad used and asked to use the Video player that was nearby. By the end of it Angie’s father was shaking in rage.
“Don’t worry Ben. We can fight this.” Robert told his brother-in-law.
“Don’t bother. Angie you’re on your own. I’ve had it trying to clean up your messes. As far as I’m concerned, my daughter died with her mother.” and with this statement he stood up and walked out of the room, ignoring the pleas coming from his daughter.
In the following month, some of the biggest trials ever to hit Arizona happened. Angie ended up getting life in prison for all the charges against her, but mostly it came from the threat she had made against Jackson. Anakin’s and Hutch’s parents also ended up getting life in prison for their part in the assault on Hutch. The courts decided not to press charges against their minister. Because when Anakin had gone after him to protect his brother he had ended up breaking the minister’s neck and casing severe head trauma that left him paralyzed and with moderate brain damage. The church wasn’t so lenient. After all the bad press they had gotten from sex scandals over the years they had taken a hard line when things like this and after stripping him of his ministerial duties, excommunicated him.
On the Bright side of things, Anakin and Hutch were adopted by the Millers. Brad and Anakin even managed to find some girlfriends that were more their speed. Though Brad was getting really tired of how his swim coach seemed to be treating him more like a prized steer to be shown off at every chance than a person.