Tim's Adventure 20
by Wordshop
The night in the hospital had been a very rough time for not only Andy and Jimmy, but it had been very tough on Tommy and Tim as well.
Both boys really started thinking about the responsibility and the feelings of parenthood. Being gay does not matter, both of them were really bothered by what had happened to the two younger ones.
Strangely both of the criminals who had assaulted the two boys had amazingly survived and had been thrown clear of the wreck as the truck was launched on impact. One had suffered severe brain damage when his skull impacted a tree, and the other had spinal cord damage. One would stand trial, and, handicapped or not, would eventually find himself in prison, and the other was not even capable of speech, walking or much else. Brain damage on this level would condemn him to a life in an advanced care facility. IN truth, what he had suffered was severe enough that death would have been better. Blood toxicology had both under the influence of meth, cocaine, and what appeared to be heroin at the same time. Blood alcohol levels were not the major impairment.
Because of evidence of I.V. drug use, it was decided to give both Andy and Jimmy exposure prophylaxis with regards to H.I.V. The drugs made both boys very ill and they would be on them fortunately, for only a short time.
The injections that Gary had given Tim had started to take effect in a few days, but, as punishment for Tommy, he was not told.
It was also decided that they could take the new Ford King Ranch dually. Like the Dodge it was intended to replace, it had a custom camper shell on it, but instead of being a dark red metallic it matched the brown top color.
The day came for both to depart and Tim had very carefully gone through Tommy's clothing to pick out stuff that had some room in it, and there were very careful choices with regards to what might happen with size increases over the two weeks they would be gone.
The night before the departure for Scottsbluff, the truck was packed and the conversation between Tommy and Tim started.
"Remember we need to get to bed, we're leaving at four AM."
"We need to get east and pickup I-25 north before the Friday work traffic starts."
"Is the tank full?"
"Yes, it is to the tune of $120 dollars worth of fuel!"
"Do we have some of that UREA stuff if we need it?"
"Yeah, one of the local truck stops had it on sale."
"We're going to go the same route I went when I went up to get you last year."
"I hope that we don't get the same kind of weather."
"So do I. . . ."
"Where are we staying?"
"We have two choices, we can stay at my Mom's place, or we can stay at the trucker's motel, you know the place where I used to work?"
"God, I can't wait to get Cheryl off my Mom's expense account."
"It can't be that bad?"
"Cheryl really isn't a bad person, she just doesn't understand a few things about life."
"The first thing she can't seem to understand is that obtaining material goods takes money, and earning money takes something totally foreign to her and that is labor."
"After I left, for her safety, Mom got her a cell phone and told her to be careful and not to run up a ton of charges."
"Mom told me that Cheryl ran up almost two-hundred dollars worth of additional charges on the cellular bill by texting in the first month."
"When Cheryl is `hitched' her hubby gets the bill."
"You know anything about him."
"Taylor Stanford has the money of his family behind him." "His Dad owns the Case tractor dealership, and Taylor grew up in absolute pampered luxury compared to most of the kids in Scottsbluff. " "When he was 16, he got a new Toyota pickup as a Birthday present." "Now he's driving a red 66 Thunderbird convertible that was professionally restored." "Taylor's an OK guy, and I was a little surprised because I always thought he'd turn out gay like us." "He isn't really effeminate, but when you meet Taylor you'll see what I mean." "I am in all honesty a little uncomfortable in that I wonder how he's gonna react when he sees how I look now."
"If Taylor is gay, marriage or not, it could get really interesting."
"You get the luggage in the back of the truck?"
"The new trucker's atlas?"
"Yeah, double check and see of we forgot anything."
"Doesn't look like it."
"Did your Mom get Cheryl's Wedding gifts from us?"
"Yeah, the silver service got there along with the new set of China."
"What is the groom giving her?"
"He went out and bought a house not too far from where his parents live."
"He's how old?"
"He was a year ahead of me in school, which would make him about twenty."
"It was nice of him to ask me to be one of the participants."
"As I said, he's a nice guy, in fact I am somewhat mystified at him marrying Cheryl."
"Knowing my Sister, I wouldn't be surprised if she were pregnant."
"The only thing my Sister has going for her is her looks." "Cheryl is darker skinned than I am and like me she didn't get any tall genes either." She is about 5'2" tall, about one hundred and ten pounds, a skinny waist and a great butt, and has the same dark hair and dark eyes that I do except as I said her skin is darker." "She inherited my Grandmothers huge tits, and that is what probably interested him in her."
"Well I hope that she loves this guy for more than his wallet."
"So do I, let's get some sleep!"
Alarms went off at 4:00 in the morning, and it was a very difficult awakening for both Tim, and for Tommy as well. They awakened, cuddled with each other, and the warmth generated by the masses of muscle were enough that even on a rather cool morning, the covers were more or less
Several ice chests and thermos bottles had been left in the kitchen, and in spite of trying to awaken, both stumbled and dressed in sweats for the trip. Sweats were very comfortable and the weather was according to the weather station not predicted anywhere along the planned route as being cold.
While Tommy was taking the food that had been prepared for them and was packing it in an ice chest, Tim cleaned up their bedroom making the bed and leaving it presentable in case Mike or Gary had company that wanted to see the ranch home. Tim noticed that both cell phones were lying out, but the vehicle and home chargers were not with them. He located the missing equipment and placed it in a bag taking both phones with him into the kitchen in the nude. . .
Tommy thought back only moments and looked over at his only love and even in the morning, stark naked, with his hair looking like his finger had just been removed from a light socket Tim was the hottest thing Tommy had ever seen. His face had that constant shadow of stubble that no matter how often he shaved never stayed gone for long, and the amount of hair on Tim's body was astounding, but, the patterns and everything about it was incredible. The additional muscle, and hair that the enhancement had brought, just made Tim more erotically exciting in Tommy's eyes.
Tim had padded back into the bedroom and found about a dozen very large comfortable sets of sweats, which he packed in a spare suitcase. Sweats were what both of them had planned on wearing for travel this time. They would be comfortable, not particularly revealing, and acceptable as far as modesty for Tim, but because of the genital swelling still very much preset, Tommy would have to wear a jock strap.
Tim made the decision and had telephoned making reservations at the truckstop motel thinking that he and Tommy would have more peace than trying to get both of them into the bed that remained in the bedroom at his Mom's house. It was also common at that location for multiple men to share a room, so things would "look" respectable to the religious nuts. He was there to "Give Cheryl Away" do a few things with and for his Mom, and then head back to Taos, NM where they were supposed to meet with Mike and Gary. I in a way, melancholy, thinking about how he really didn't fit with the people with whom he had grown up anymore, and he had grown enough mentally over the past year to realize that mind games were mind games, and he didn't want to play. The privacy meant more to Tim than it did to Tommy. Tommy was interested in meeting and interacting with new people. Tim's mind drew some mental lines in the sand. He wanted time for peace. When they were away from family, they would be "away from family". Tim was more than a little concerned at how people would react to how his appearance had changed over the past year.
Tim was frightened. Here he would be with Tommy in tow, and it would be the first time that any of these people would be meeting him. He himself had changed a great deal physically, and he knew Cheryl enough to know that her wedding would be a "Dog and Pony Show" because it was simply Cheryl's nature. There would be many people that he had known all his life at this event even people he had known from High School. How would they react? All of this had Tim's feelings very much at the surface.
Tim was staring at himself in their bathroom mirror. . . .
"Penny for your thoughts. . . ."
"Just thinking about how people are going to react to me. . .us. . ." "This is Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and it's only been a year." "I don't look like the same guy, and I don't know if anybody will be prepared for you husband. . ."
"Is there a gym in town?"
"Yeah, there is a 24-hour fitness in one of the shopping centers. . ."
"Why don't you just take your fears and insecurities out on the weights?" "One of the few times I have very little stress is when I am pushing iron." "I can block other things out and simply concentrate on moving the metal. . ." "If I am really stressed out, I increase the weight on the bar to force myself to concentrate on that instead of my problems." "It doesn't solve my problems, but what it does do is allow me to create a situation where the endorphins from the exercise create a chemical state that forces rest." "That rest after the adrenalin and endorphin release is what really does help".
"You remember my stupidity of course from the forever famous snake-bite fiasco?"" I have never in my life been so terrified!"
"Of what?" "Dying. . . ."
"Though that aspect of course did cross my mind, my worst fear was that I had been so moronically stupid that I had lost you." "I was afraid not of dying as much as I was afraid of dying alone." "I was lying in that damned hospital bed knowing that my stupidity had two Uncles that I dearly love, mad at me." "I laid in that bed feeling as if my soul had gone into a black void completely divorced from love, completely divorced from emotion and completely divorced from worst of all the person I loved most." "There were places that my own mind took me that were more horrible than I can describe." "There were moments that I wanted to die." "I failed so miserably in life and I failed you so badly that I will die with that failure fresh in my mind." "I have learned with my failing you, but I will never forget it."
"This past year, it has been amazing and I really don't think that I deserve you." "You have watched me do many things of which I am ashamed." "I have spent many nights lying awake and still do on occasion thinking of my `mental melt down' over your horse back riding on Rosie without my knowledge." "I have analyzed that incident, and to this day I do not understand what it is, or was, that caused that breakdown."
"For me, I have grown with my love for you to fully understand that you are a fiercely loyal person to your Mom." "You are marching in your own way into the unknown and that is very difficult." "You don't know what you are going to find that makes fear." "No matter what happens I want you to know that in spite of past failures I will be at your side, and I will help you face it." "I know and understand that this is going to be a very rough time for you." "You are not yet used to the muscle bulk and the changes it creates." "You are not yet used to the stares especially from small kids because of your muscles." "You are also not even aware of what you can do or the physical strength you have." "It takes time sweetheart, there is an old saying: `Rome wasn't built in a day' and it takes you time to learn about who you are when you undergo a physical change like this.
"When we get back, one of the things that I want to talk to Uncle Mike and Uncle Gary about is the mental parts that this transformation brings." "There are times I have wondered if my instability and I guess, for lack of a better term, `momentary lapses of common sense' are part of the chemical changes that take place with this chemical enhancement."
"I hate to point out something sweetheart. . ."
"What?"
"We have been talking about this for over an hour. . . it's now five-forty-five and we need to get our rear ends out of here. . ."
"We have over eight hundred miles to drive and we will be on the road for over thirteen hours." "I really do want to talk about all of this, but, we are never going to get our sorry rear ends out of here and up there for that damned Wedding if we don't get moving."
"Where's the checklist?"
"Kitchen table. . ."
"Everything but the food and liquids should be in the truck."
"Double check that our wallets, I.D., and the cell phones make it to the truck too, not to mention cash." "Did you remember to get cash out of the bank?"
"I took out two- thousand dollars."
"Why that much?"
"For your Mom. . ."
"Why?"
"Over the past few days you've talked about Cheryl the `money sponge' and I was concerned that your Mom would not be able to pay for the materials for the repairs to the house." "We have a limited amount of time to be there and we have to do everything in that time." "As it is, I feel really bad about being away from Andy and Jimmy right now." "Tim, they need us and I want to help them through the rough times."
"Andy still throwing up?"
"They've gotten that under control."
"Weight loss?"
"Ten pounds."
"What about Jimmy?"
"The worst part with Jimmy is the depression."
"The family simply is having trouble coping with the fact that their son was raped by a couple of idiots."
"Truck started."
"Engine is warming up now."
"Tommy, my dear, the way I feel towards the whole thing right now, I just have this gut feeling that is totally black." "I feel like I am walking into a situation where I am going to find out all about some kind of mess that my Sister has created."
"What gives you that kind of idea?"
"My Mom's letters and the way that they tend to look at the world through rose colored glasses."
"Why ? I don't understand why looking at the positive side of things is a problem."
"Because what I am reading is not my Mom, she is very straight forward about things."
"Why would she cover?"
"She doesn't want me to know."
"Sheez Tommy!" "Let's get on the friggin road!" "It's getting later and later and I don't want to hit the Las Cruces commuter traffic when we get to I-25."
"Did you figure stops to urinate and stretch our legs?"
"Yep, the first one is in Santa Fe which is 245 miles and it will take us just over three hours to get there if we drive around the speed limit." "If the fuel mileage is as good as Uncle Gary says it is, there are not going to be that many stops needed."