Chapter 26
Chapter Twenty-Six
Breakfast in the Sterling household was always an event. When Felix joined the family, everyone was in their place by the time the sun's early rays painted the ranch in gold.
Grover reached for a biscuit. “Felix, can we talk after breakfast?”
Felix paused, eggs on his fork midway between his plate and mouth. “Sure, Pa. Anything I should worry about?”
“No, Felix.” The knife clattered as Grover picked it up. He scraped the end through the butter. “I need to share a few things with you.”
“Can I come too, Pa?” Joey asked, a chaw of biscuit shoved in his cheek.
Grover saw the raised-eyebrow curiosity on Joey’s face. “I suppose so. No reason not to include you both.”
“Joey and I are finishing riding fences today,” Felix said.
“I guess I'd better pack you two a lunch.” Mabel reached over and tousled Felix’s hair. “Ham sandwiches, okay?”
“Ham sandwiches are great, Ma,” Joey said.
“I’ll get those made up while you saddle your horses,” Mabel said. “Now finish breakfast so we can have our talk.”
They gobbled down the rest of their breakfast. When Ma and Pa finished, they all went to the parlor. Ma sat in her favorite rocking chair near the unlit fireplace, and Pa took his wingback chair. Joey and Felix took the sofa.
Grover leaned forward. “Felix, do you know what happened between your father and me?” He motioned his hands as he spoke.
“No, sir.” Felix shook his head and frowned. “What did Father do now?”
Grover sat back in his chair. “After your father sent the last letter, I was angry about how he treated you. I went to his store and asked him not to send more berating letters.”
Felix studied Grover. “You did that for me, Pa?”
Grover leaned forward, elbows on the arms of the chair. “Felix, you are a bright, intelligent, talented young man. Joey has been a new man since you came. Mabel and I love you like you were our son, and I need you to have the respect you deserve.”
Felix blushed. “Thank you, Pa.”
“Your father didn’t like it much. We yelled at each other, and several people heard us.”
“Father is good at yelling,” Felix nodded. “I heard him raise his voice a lot.”
“Yesterday, your father tried to frame me for beating him up. The sheriff came to the Bowden’s to ask if I had been to town.”
“We saw the sheriff yesterday,” Joey said. “He waved at us as he passed.”
Felix nodded, then raised a curious eyebrow. “What do you mean by frame?”
“That’s when you blame someone for something they did not do.”
“Oh,” Felix inspected his knees. He raised his head and locked eyes with Grover. “So somebody beat up Father, and he told the sheriff you did it?”
Grover shook his head. “Felix, we think your father beat himself up and ransacked his store. He was so determined to get me in trouble, he harmed himself to make his point.”
Felix’s eyes widened. “Why did he want to get you in trouble, Pa?”
“Because he thinks I stole you from him, Felix.”
“You didn’t steal me, Pa. At first, I came here because he wanted me to. Then I came here because I wanted to. No, because I needed to.”
“I know, Felix, but your father never believed that.”
Felix drew a shuddering breath. “I’m sorry, Pa.”
“Felix, I don’t know what your father will do. I’ll protect you no matter what. You’re part of our family now, and we protect family. What your father does is his business.”
Felix stood, avoiding the eyes of his new family. “I can’t let Father harm any of you. I’d better go talk to him.”
Grover went to Felix and put a hand on his shoulder. “I don’t think your father will listen to you. Since you’re a Sterling now, let me handle him. Joey goes crazy when you’re not here. “So for his sake and ours, go with Joey to ride fences and let what happens, happen.”
Felix narrowed his eyes. “If he does anything to this family…”
Grover held up a hand. “That frightened, timid young man I brought to the ranch has become a confident, award-winning rancher. Don’t let your father rob you of all you accomplished.”
Felix’s worry dissolved, and he wrapped his arms around Grover. “Thanks, Pa.”
Grover hugged him back. “You two go on now. Those fences need inspecting, and the spring is waiting,” Grover winked.
“C’mon, Joey. Let’s finish riding fences. I think we need fresh air.”
Joey turned to his parents. “Bringing Felix out here is the best thing you ever did.”
Mabel stood. “We’re glad he came, too.” She walked over to hug both Felix and Joey.
“Bye.” Boots clomped against the hardwood floors as the two young cowboys rushed to the back door, grabbed their hats, and left the house to ride fences.
“That was a fine thing you did, Grover.” Mabel put her arm around her husband, leading him toward the kitchen. “I’m sorry it had to end this way. Felix seemed to be okay with everything.”
Grover nodded and put his arm around his wife’s shoulders as they strolled down the hall. “I think he was more worried about us than about his father. We have a fine third son there, Mabel.”
“We sure do.”
* * *
Joey and Felix didn’t ride fences; they galloped fences. While they watched for problems, both knew riding fences ended at the spring, and both understood what swimming in the spring meant.
Of course, they didn’t find anything wrong with the fences. Within thirty minutes, they were at the spring. They hopped off their horses, tethered them to a tree near the spring, and stripped down as fast as possible. They jumped into the water and reached for each other in a collision of bodies.
Felix wrapped his arms around Joey. “I couldn't wait to hug you. I need to be close to you right now.”
“I want to hug you forever,” Joey whispered in Felix’s ear. “I love the spring because we can be naked together.”
Joey's hot breath teased Felix's ear. “Back into me like you did before,” Felix pleaded. “You made me feel so amazing when you did.”
Joey turned around so Felix could spoon him and wiggled his butt so that Felix’s hard dick was between his cheeks. “Hold on to your dick, Felix, so that I can sit on it.”
Felix reached down and held his dick so Joey could back onto it, and he felt Joey slide onto his dick.
“Oh my God, you feel amazing inside me,” Joey gasped, leaning back to nuzzle Felix’s ear.
“You feel amazing on my dick.” Pleasure waves washed over Felix. “I like this.”
“Me too.” Joey held Felix’s arms in a loving embrace.
“Joey, I love you so much.” Felix turned his head enough to kiss Joey.
The two young lovers held each other and enjoyed the fantastic feelings they had when they joined together. Felix had his arms around Joey’s belly, and Joey surrounded Felix’s arms with his.
Felix moved his hand down to Joey’s hard dick. He loved touching Joey’s dick.
Joey gasped as Felix teased his dick. “I’ll give you ten years to stop that,” Joey whispered.
Felix moved his hips in and out, his hard dick pushing inside Joey. Both gasped as the pleasure overtook them.
“I’m about to squirt,” Felix’s pleasure built to the edge.
Joey gasped, “Now.”
The universe narrowed to the man Felix held in his arms. They both gasped as they squirted again and again, collapsing as the pleasure subsided, left with their intense love.
Felix inched out of Joey. Facing each other, they began washing together. They got out of the spring and lay on the bank, enjoying the noonday sun.
“Felix, is what we’re doing called having sex?” In school, he studied reproduction, but the book contained no information about two men, so he was unsure if sex was only between a man and a woman.
Felix smiled. “Yes, it’s sex. It’s amazing, wonderful, loving sex. The kind I was afraid of when I first came to the ranch, but now I don’t know how I could live without Sterling ranch, or you.”
As they lay there, Joey turned on his side to face Felix. He touched Felix’s chest, teasing the light hair and rubbing his thumb over Felix’s nipples. He trailed his fingers down to Felix’s navel, teasing the hair and then running the palm of his hand over Felix’s stomach.
“You’re making my dick hard again, Joey.”
“I know. I want to pleasure you and like playing with your dick.”
Felix now had a rock-hard dick, throbbing as Joey reached down and caressed it. He sat up to see it better and ran his fingers over the stiff shaft and down to caress Felix’s tight ball sack. Felix grew hot, and not from the sun.
“Oh God, Joey. The things you do with those fingers.”
He took Felix’s hand and put it on his hard dick. “You can play with my dick too, Felix. I’ll stretch out so you can see.” He moved his head toward Felix’s feet, and they could see each other’s hard dick.
“You have such a beautiful dick.” Felix’s fingers caressed the shaft. “It's so soft to the touch, and I like it when it does the little dance when I touch it.”
“My dick likes to be touched by you, and I like touching your dick, too.”
“I want to watch you squirt, Joey.” Felix leaned over and kissed Joey’s hard dick. He licked the head, then took Joey in his mouth.
Joey gasped at the warmth of Felix’s mouth. He licked Felix’s dick from base to swollen head, dragging his tongue up the sensitive shaft. Felix shuddered, and slick juice leaked out.
“I’m about to squirt,” Felix moaned.
“Me too,” Joey whispered as he arched his back, ready for the unloading.
Both moaned as their dicks squirted together, and they jerked with spasms of pleasure.
Felix reversed direction so he could kiss Joey’s sweet lips. “We just had sex twice in less than an hour,” Felix whispered. “I sure do love you.”
“I sure do love you, too.” Joey kissed Felix.
Their lips parted. “We'd better get back to the house. Ma will have lunch ready soon,” Felix said. They entered the spring and washed each other before getting dressed.
“Tomorrow, I’ll take you up to one of my favorite spots on our ranch,” Joey said as they rode along.
“Where is that?” Felix asked, curious as to why he had not yet been there.