Subject: Adam and the Phoenix – Chapter 11 Nothing in this story is true and Atlanta has not been destroyed by terrorists. Any resemblance to actual places, persons, or events is coincidental. This is the inaugural Nifty submission by this writer. The story is complete. Adam and the Phoenix, Copyright 2020 Art Carda. All rights are reserved. Do not duplicate or distribute in any form without express permission of the author. Thanks again for the positive feedback. I never expected dozens of notes and each is much appreciated. The original story ends with chapter 15 which is fast approaching. I really like this chapter and hope you do as well. The Nifty Archive relies on your generosity to provide a forum for these stories. Day 11 — Thursday — Morning Their first Wii Bowling competition started after breakfast. While Wii Sports didn’t inspire much exercise it did require movement. Wii golf forced a full overhead golf swing while Wii bowling forced the motion of throwing a bowling ball. Some movement was better than no movement at all. Adam especially liked the realistic bowling sound effects through the large speakers. Their collective lack of movement and exercise concerned Adam and competition using the Wii Sports games would help them all stretch. Adam felt much looser after swinging his arms for an hour. Late Thursday morning Adam received a message from Chris saying his video meeting with the twins was set for 1:00 that afternoon. The twins would be in their room with a laptop and a closed door so the conversation would be private. Brenda at DCFS was hopeful this would work out for everybody and pledged any help she could provide. The boys found something mysterious and intriguing from the dehydrated food for lunch. They couldn’t read the smudged label and had no idea what they were eating but it wasn’t terrible. The dehydrated food wasn’t bad overall but they hoped to never eat it again. Day 11 — Thursday — Afternoon Adam placed the laptop at the kitchen work desk and got comfortable. The kitchen was his only option for privacy and Adam wanted his first conversation with the twins to be private. Two attractive but nervous shirtless boys appeared on his laptop screen. Adam smiled at the cute twins and said, “Good afternoon gentlemen. My name is Adam but nobody ever mentioned your names to me. What should I call you?” “I’m Matt and this is Trey.” It was difficult for Adam to stop laughing. “You guys have a great sense of humor. Do you watch a lot of South Park?” Trey gave a crooked grin and answered with a newly raspy voice, “We have lived with that our entire lives. Our mother was addicted to the show and named her twin sons to honor Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Only the more interesting people get the connection so you’re already cool. We’re just glad she didn’t name us Terrance and Phillip!” “Seriously? I thought you were joking but those are great names. So, it’s just three of us talking privately right now. Nobody can hear us and I need to know the secret: how can I tell you guys apart? What’s the trick?” Matt said with a straight face, “I’m the more attractive brother.” Trey smirked, “Yeah, right. There’s really only one thing different about us: my dick is bigger!” Matt scowled, “That was true a month ago but now we’re even again. He’s lying!” Adam chuckled and shook his head. “That’s not going to work because I’m not asking you to drop your pants just to tell you apart!” Trey tilted the laptop camera to point at their nude, hairless crotches giving Adam a look at their recently maturing equipment. “You don’t need to ask because we don’t like wearing clothes!” Adam knew genital growth and pubic hair growth didn’t always happen together. Matt and Trey were hairless but their equipment was developing. Matt jerked the camera back up and yelled, “You idiot! Are you trying to scare him away? Don’t you want us to stay together? I’m sorry Adam. Please don’t hold that against us.” Adam was now choking from laughter. “You sound like true brothers. We’re not here to flash each other but this might surprise you.” Adam stood for a few seconds, sending them a view of his naked crotch. Trey exclaimed, “Whoa! Why are you naked? Does that mean you don’t care if we’re naked?” “Gentlemen, we’ve all been naked in this basement since the bomb. To keep our shelter safe from radiation we can’t operate the air conditioning. You know about the heat wave last week and it was brutally hot in here. We’ve been naked the entire time and we take a lot of showers to stay cool. I’m not afraid of dicks but I’m not going to measure your dicks to tell you apart. Try again. How can I tell you apart by looking at your faces?” “Trey, we’ve got to tell him because I don’t want to be split up. Trey has a small mole just outside his left eyelid. Show him, Trey.” Trey leaned closer to the camera and turned his head to show his left eye. Adam nodded. “That’s perfect and it’s a subtle difference that most people wouldn’t notice. I won’t tell anybody your secret but that mole gives me a simple way to tell you apart. If I see the little mole then I’m talking with Trey. Thank you very much. What questions do you guys have for me?” “Miss Brenda said we should be completely truthful with you and not hold anything back. She said our first chat would just be with you and nobody would know what we talk about. Is that true? If we tell you stuff will anybody else know about it?” “I’m glad you brought that up because it’s the first thing we need to discuss. Ryan, Eric and I have shared many very personal secrets with each other. We’re all living naked in one hot room sheltering from nuclear radiation and have quickly become very close. They both became orphans from the bomb and I’ve become their temporary legal guardian. We’ve all sworn secrecy to each other about several subjects. I trust them and they trust me. You can’t join us unless we can trust you. It’s essential and non-negotiable. When we tell you something is private we’ve got to have confidence that any private information wouldn’t leave our group of five people. I’ll tell you right now that some things could send me to jail and other things could ruin life for Ryan or Eric if learned at school. Can we trust you guys?” Both Matt and Trey were adamant they could be trusted. Adam concentrated as he looked at them. “Normally trust must be earned over time but we can’t wait. The bottom line is I have a new 3-person family right now. We love each other and we trust each other. It’s my responsibility to protect my new family. I’m trying to say that we get no benefit if you join us except we can feel better about ourselves by helping you. Being blunt, by helping you we put our new family at risk and that’s my primary concern. I need to protect my new family and make sure this is a good idea. Let’s put it another way by using an example. Is there something you think I should know, but you really don’t want anybody else to know about? I’m talking about something you don’t want others to learn about you, but you think I need to know about it? Are you able to trust me with one of your secrets?” Matt and Trey exchanged a silent look and slight nod. Matt spoke, “Yes. Please don’t repeat this outside our group of five. Our current foster-mother walked into our room this week and caught us naked on the bed sucking dicks with each other. She apologized for walking in and didn’t mention it after that, but we think they want us gone and they don’t have enough room for us here anyway. Miss Brenda can’t find a place where we could stay together and we’re worried about being separated. If that happens we’ll probably run away so we can stay together.” Trey continued, “We’d do anything to stay together. We won’t give you any problems and we’ll do all the chores you want. We’re desperate.” Trey paused to gather his courage. “Look, we’ll even suck you off every day if you’ll please just let us stay together and live with you. We’ll do anything you want. You can even f-fuck us if you want. Just please don’t let them separate us.” Matt started to cry and nodded in agreement. Adam jumped in, “Just stop. I want to be clear right now. Having sex with Ryan, Eric or me will never be a condition of you staying with us. You’re not prostitutes. Sex isn’t the price of joining us. Your offer tells me you really want to stay together but offering sex to me isn’t the answer. Speaking for Ryan, Eric and I, our two concerns are first, trusting that certain things stay private and second, are we all compatible and can we live together? Having sex with you isn’t a consideration at all. But let’s go ahead and talk about sex. I remember what it’s like to be a 12-14 year old horny male in constant need of relief. I don’t care if you jerk off to relieve yourself or if two people get together to relieve each other. My concerns are that everything is consensual and specific permission is given for whatever you do, and activities like that stay private and are never discussed outside our group. The other person must give 100% informed consent. That means you can’t do something to someone if they’re asleep or under the influence of something. You must have full permission before anything happens. And one more thing: Both Ryan and Eric have become used to going without clothes and asked if they can be naked regularly at the new place. I’ve told them it’s OK but not when we expect visitors and not to discuss it outside the house. To live with us you’d need to accept their nudity and not disclose it. You can be naked or wear clothes as you prefer. Nobody can ever tell an outsider that we run around naked, or if somebody has a small dick, or no pubic hair yet like you guys. We must respect the privacy of each person in the family. Anybody expecting visitors is required to tell all the other people in advance so they can put on shorts or something. I don’t care if you walk around naked, especially upstairs, but I want discretion anywhere else.” Trey spoke up, “Why would you want two 6th graders to live with you if you don’t plan to fuck us or make us give blow jobs? And you’ll let us stay naked and suck each other if we want? This just seems too good to be true. What’s the catch?” Adam paused, “Trey, you’re wise to ask that question. I want Ryan and Eric to share the details of their own stories with you but I’ll give you the short version. I met Ryan when the blast happened and I’ve known Eric since he wore diapers but he didn’t join us until a few days after the blast. They both came up with the idea to temporarily help other kids who became orphans from the blast. I passed their idea to Miss Brenda through my lawyer and she thought we could maybe help with you guys. The idea originated with Ryan siirt escort and Eric, not from me, but I support it if we’re all compatible. Ryan just turned 14 and started high school and Eric is about to turn 13 and is starting 7th grade. I told DCFS that we preferred to help kids around the same age, and that another boy would be easier. I didn’t consider the possibility of a matching set of boys. How old are you guys?” Matt spoke again, “We just started 6th grade and we just turned 12. That all makes sense but it still seems too good to be true when Miss Brenda has spent so much time trying to find a place for us. We heard about blow jobs from kids at school and decided to try it on each other. When you have an identical twin it’s like sucking your own dick so it’s no big deal. We both liked it and now we do it every chance we get. Are you saying you don’t care if we keep doing it, and we can even stay naked if we follow those rules? Would it be OK if we traded sucks with Ryan and Eric if they wanted to? Would we get in trouble?” “That’s something you can discuss with Ryan and Eric, and they won’t mind talking about it with you. I already told you my rules: I don’t want anybody forced to do anything they don’t want to do, and I don’t want anybody doing anything without consent. That means both people must be awake and sober when they make the choice, and nobody can be pressured into doing anything. Does that sound fair?” Trey spoke up, “I think everything you said is fair but I have a couple of questions. You guys have been naked in one room for a while and they’re only a little older than us. Are they having sex with each other already? And are you having sex with them?” “Trey, what the hell? Why would you ask something like that when we’re trying to get a place to live? I’m sorry Adam. Trey sometimes says things before he thinks them through and he’s really not trying to offend you. Please don’t hold that against us.” “Trey, Matt, it’s OK. We need to trust each other enough to ask direct, personal questions even if they’re uncomfortable. I’m sorry but I can’t answer those questions right now. We pledged to keep certain things confidential until that person gives permission to talk about it. You can ask Ryan and Eric personal questions like that and they’ll be very honest and direct with you. I’m just not at liberty to talk about it.” Trey grinned and nodded. “I think you just answered one of my two question but we’ll ask them directly. You just saw our dicks and I have another question. Is it normal that our dicks have grown a lot bigger but we still don’t have any pubic hair? Is something wrong with us?” “Trey, you can always ask questions like that and I’ll give you honest answers with what I know. I’m not a doctor but at your age pubic hair and dicks don’t always grow at the same speed. I’ve known boys with small dicks and lots of hair, and boys like you with no hair but big dicks. It’s all normal for your age. Would you mind pointing the camera down again and spreading your legs a little?” The boys moved closer together and tilted the laptop down. “I didn’t see your balls earlier and they’re in perfect proportion with your dicks. All your equipment is growing at the same rate and looks right for your age. Do you have any little pubic hairs yet?” Matt shook his head. “We don’t see anything yet but we both squirt a little bit of cum now. It’s only a tiny bit but clear stuff comes out.” “I’d rather look at your faces while we talk so please move the camera back up. I think everything is completely normal with you guys. Before you finish 6th grade you’ll have lots of hair to go along with those growing dicks. Have you ever measured them?” Trey said, “Do you remember when we started talking? I said I had the bigger dick but that was from two weeks ago. Since then he’s caught up with me again. We’re both 4 inches right now and we just measured again this morning. Adam, why don’t you have more pubic hair?” “I don’t grow much body hair and I choose to keep my pubic hair trimmed and short. I like the way it looks and it feels more comfortable, especially in this heat. Everything else about me is natural. Guys, I remember what it was like waiting for pubic hair to start growing when I was your age. I know how you feel right now but it’s going to happen very soon. You’re both normal and nothing is wrong with you.” Trey continued, “You said you wouldn’t make us have sex with you but what if we wanted to have sex with you? Would you ever let us?” Matt’s voice cracked as he shrieked, “Oh my God Trey! You can’t just ask him stuff like that! He could go to jail or something. Adam, I’m really sorry if he’s pissing you off.” Adam laughed. “I know who to ask when I want honest and direct answers. I’ll ask the kid with no filter between his brain and his mouth! Matt, don’t worry. I’m not pissed but I’m not giving Trey an answer yet. I’ll answer later but not yet. We need to share information slowly and build trust. Let me give you an example. I’ll tell you something you can’t share outside our group because I’ve done something illegal and could potentially go to jail. For years I’ve stored supplies like food and water for an emergency like the bomb but I never expected to have two young teens sheltering with me. Every human needs a certain amount of fluids every day and a lot of my stored fluids included craft beer. Beer is mostly water but it’s also tasty and more fun. Ryan and Eric have been drinking beer every day. I can’t let them use up all the drinking water just because they’re underage so they get to drink beer with me. And yes, they’ve been drunk. I’m breaking the law but I don’t really have a choice. So now I’ve got to trust that you won’t go around telling people I’m illegally giving beer to underage boys. That’s something I can tell you right now but there other things which require permission from Ryan and Eric. Make sense?” Trey smiled and nodded. “I think you’re saying a lot of things without actually saying them and I respect that. I also think you just answered my second question but you’re waiting for Ryan and Eric to tell us some stuff. You’re somebody we can trust. And I hope you’ll decide you can trust us. I like you and I hope things work out so we can stay with you. When can we talk with Ryan and Eric?” “You can talk with them in just a couple of minutes. Before we do that, do either of you have any questions or want to say anything just to me?” Matt looked at Trey as he took the lead. “Adam, we both like you a lot and we need help. We’ve just got to stay together and we’ll do anything to make it happen. It sounds like you’ve really bonded with Ryan and Eric and we don’t want to mess that up for anybody. But we’re desperate. I think you’re our last hope right now. If you don’t take us they’re going to split us up and we’ll probably live far away from each other. We’ve just got to stay together. We’ll do anything. Please help us.” Trey nodded. “I agree with everything he said. I promise I’ll never repeat anything you ask me to keep confidential. I promise to do more than my share of chores. I’ve never lived apart from Matt and now we’re the last two people alive from our family. Our parents died in the bomb so we’re alone.” Trey started to cry and turned to hug his brother. “Please let us stay together. Please don’t let them split us up. We’ll do anything you want.” Adam’s voice was calm and warm. “I think everybody involved wants to keep you together. The next step is for Ryan and Eric to join our conversation. I have some suggestions for you. Be completely honest and don’t hold back. Share your secret. You can’t expect them to trust you unless you trust them first. Only tell them the truth. Privacy is the most important issue for them. They need to know that things you see and hear won’t ever be repeated outside our group. For example, you can’t make a new best friend at school and share family secrets with your new friend. If those two can’t completely trust you then it’s not going to work. Let’s take a short break so you guys can pee and wash your faces. I need to carry this laptop downstairs because I don’t let Ryan and Eric upstairs. We’ll reconnect in five minutes and you can meet Ryan and Eric.” Adam noted the time and carried the laptop downstairs. After emptying his bladder he saw distressed faces on Ryan and Eric. Ryan looked to Adam, “How was it? Are we doing something stupid with this idea? What do you think about them? Is this a big mistake?” Adam smiled as he looked at them. “Their names are Matt and Trey, and they’re way more nervous than you right now. They’re identical twins alone in the world with just each other. Living with us may be their only chance to stay together so this is a very big deal for them. I think you’ll like them. You need to decide if you can trust them with your secrets and if we can all get along. Are you ready to meet them?” Ryan said, “Wait. Matt and Trey like the guys behind South Park?” “Very observant. I suggest you ask them about their names right away and let them tell you. Ryan, I want you to explain how you met me. Eric, I want you to explain how we already knew each other and how you joined us down here. Our five minute break is up. I’m connecting us again.” Adam restarted the session and addressed them all. “Matt and Trey, I’d like to introduce you to Ryan and Eric. Guys, meet Matt and Trey.” Ryan started, “I’m Ryan and I just now heard your names. Are you guys named after Matt and Trey from South Park?” Trey said, “Yep. Our mom loved that show but didn’t really think it through. Maybe she didn’t think the show would still be going 12 years after we were born. It’s OK though because we both really like the show and never miss it.” Matt broke in, “Ryan, Adam suggested we ask about how you and Adam met. And he suggested the same thing for Eric. Could you tell us how you met Adam?” Ryan told the story about the flash and being tackled by Adam just before the blast wave hit. The twins were amazed and gained respect at how Adam saved a random kid staggering around blind. Eric explained being home alone when the flash hit and how he ran out of food and became sick before walking to Adam’s house. He gave a brief explanation of his relationship with Adam before the bomb. Matt and Trey asked a few questions as Ryan and Eric shared stories of their time sheltering. Trey spoke first when they finished, “If we’re going to be brothers we’ve got to trust each other. I promise you guys I’ll never repeat anything you tell me is private and I think you’ll do the same for me. I think you’re leaving a lot out of your stories because you don’t trust us yet so I’ll go first and tell you one of our sincan escort secrets. Matt and I got caught by our foster-mom while we were naked and sucking each other off on the bed. We had just learned about sucking and now we do it all the time. You guys have been naked in a basement together for a week and we’re about the same age. Are you guys sucking each other?” Matt yelled again, “Trey, what the fuck? You can’t ask questions like that! We need a place to live and it’s like you’re trying to piss them all off! I’m sorry you guys. You don’t need to answer personal stuff like that.” Ryan and Eric shared a silent conversation and grinned. They leaned together in an embrace and shared an extended, passionate kiss. The twins stared in wonder and Eric spoke, “Yeah, we’ve become pretty close since we met. Does that answer your question?” Matt and Trey had never kissed like that and were dumbfounded by the display. Trey smiled widely and said, “Well, that moves things out in the open. I’ve never said this to anybody except Matt, but I think I might be gay. Matt thinks he’s straight but we still like to fool around with each other. Are you guys gay?” Eric responded, “I don’t think I’m gay but I’m not completely straight. This is embarrassing but I didn’t even know how to jerk off before Ryan taught me last week. We’re young, naked, horny and locked in a hot basement together. I love Ryan like a brother and we help each other squirt. A lot.” Ryan piped up, “Unlike Eric I know I’m 100% gay. Just thinking of sex with a girl is nasty to me. Please don’t tell anyone I’m gay until I’m ready. Adam and Eric were the only two people who knew, and now you guys know. Eric is now my younger brother and I love him. Sex with him is fun and I’ll keep doing it until he wants to stop. What about you, Matt?” “Well, I’m more like Eric. I still think about girls but I really like trading sucks with Trey. We’re horny all the time and we’re identical twins so it just seems like I’m sucking my own dick. I don’t know if I’m gay or straight but I don’t need to decide yet. Until then I’m just glad to have Trey.” Trey leaned over and hugged his brother. “Thanks for saying that. I really love you and can’t imagine being apart from you.” Matt pulled back and looked into Trey’s eyes as he leaned into their first kiss. “I love you Trey and I’ve wanted to do that for a long time. I don’t care if you’re gay or you like humping walruses. I’m just glad you’re my brother. We’ve lost our parents but we’ll always have each other.” They gripped each other in a tight hug and both shed tears. Trey finally pulled back and looked directly into the camera. “I’ve just got to ask this. Have either of you had sex with Adam?” Matt smacked Trey’s bare arm and yelled, “What the fuck is wrong with you? I like these guys and you just keep trying to piss them off! You can’t ask people stuff like that!” Ryan struggled to control his laughter as he looked to Adam for permission to talk. Adam gave a slight nod and smile as Ryan spoke, “I need to be the person to answer that question. This is a little embarrassing but I guess I’ve got to trust you guys. You seriously can’t ever tell anybody about this. The flash from the bomb made me blind and that first night Adam was the first person I ever told that I was gay. He told me everything would be OK. He made me feel good about myself and that I wasn’t a pervert. I already knew I loved him and didn’t know where I would live or what I would do when we got to leave the basement. I was so scared. My parents were dead and now I was blind. Anyway, I woke up first the next morning and I could see again. I was so happy that my vision was back. I watched Adam sleep on his back and I stared at his big old beautiful boner. I’d never tried it before and I just had to try sucking on it. So while he was sleeping I got between his legs and started sucking on his dick. I guess I was doing it right because later he grabbed my head in his sleep and almost drowned me when he came. That’s what woke him up and that’s the only time he’s ever yelled at me because he didn’t give me his permission first. We talked for a long time about consent and the laws, and I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll never do anything like that again unless I have permission from the person first. Adam, should I say anything else?” Adam thought before speaking. “Guys, I propose we take another five minute break to pee and stretch. We need to talk privately about something here before we talk further, OK?” They paused the session again and Adam spoke. “Have you both heard enough to make a decision? I don’t want to tell them much more unless they’re joining us. Do you want them to be your brothers? Do you want them as part of our family?” Eric spoke first, “This may not be the right reason but I just can’t stand the thought of them being separated. I’ve only known Ryan for a few days but he feels like my brother. I can’t imagine losing Ryan. So the thought of separating identical twins is horrible. They’ve always been together and now they’re orphans with just each other for a family. They need to be together. I think we can trust them and I don’t have any concerns, so my vote would be for them to join us.” Ryan then spoke, “I’ve just told them my biggest secret along with the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever done. I think we can trust them. I’m with Eric on the twin thing. It would just be cruel for them to be separated and it sounds like we’re their last hope. I like them both and I think they’d be good brothers. My vote is to let them join us but I want Adam to really, really lean on them hard about keeping our private stuff a secret. They’re younger than us and I don’t know if they really understand what could happen if they accidently say the wrong thing to the wrong person.” Adam spoke next, “Ryan, I completely agree with you. Those two are a year younger than Eric and we need to make sure they understand the potential consequences of breaking promises. I was ready to take them before you first saw them, so it’s unanimous. If it’s OK with you, I’d like to take over the conversation for a while. Any objections?” After a quick bathroom break Adam restarted the session. “Gentlemen. I’m going to take over for a few minutes. Matt and Trey, can you please verify for me that you’re alone, your door is closed and nobody can hear us?” Both twins nodded and Adam continued. “We need to be very clear about some things before we share some very private information with you. If this information is shared beyond the five of us, I’ll probably die in prison and you four will probably be split up. Things would never be the same again and life would suck for all of us. You can’t accidently or deliberately talk about this outside our group or we’ll all suffer. Do you both understand what I’m saying?” The twins stared with rapt attention as they nodded. Adam continued, “OK. You need to know some things before we take any more steps. Ryan initiated additional sexual activities with me after that first incident and I didn’t stop him. I have never forced or coerced him to do anything and both Ryan and Eric will tell you the same thing. Eric witnessed us having sex and asked to join in. We’ve all had sex with each other, including both oral and anal, and that won’t stop once we move. It’s only fair that you know this if you wish to live with us. It’s crucially important for you to understand that I’m not making them do anything at all. In fact, they usually start things. You will never be forced or coerced into any sexual activity with me, Ryan or Eric at any time. If you ever initiate anything we’ll probably be receptive, but we’ll never force you. I said this earlier but it bears repeating: having sex with any of us is not a requirement to live with us. OK?” The twins were completely focused on Adam and what he was saying. “I’ve now told you our biggest secret. If you share our secret with anyone please understand that I will go to prison and these two will likely be separated and moved. Our new little family would be destroyed. That’s the power you now have over us. During the last bathroom break we talked everything over and agree we trust you and we’d like to invite you both to live with us.” The twins looked stunned until they realized what Adam just said. They both screamed and cried as they grabbed each other in relief. Matt faced the camera as tears streamed down his face. “We can’t thank you enough for keeping us together. You never need to worry about us saying anything about your relationship. You have my word that nobody will ever hear it from me.” Trey looked to Matt and nodded. “I make the same promise. Thank you for letting us stay together.” Trey turned to his brother and with complete sincerity said, “Matt, I promise I’ll try to think more before I blurt stuff out so I’m sorry for what I’m about to ask them. Adam, I understand that you’ll never make us have sex with any of you, but I want to anyway. I want to try sex with all 3 of you. Can that ever happen?” Matt shook his head and moaned as he did a facepalm. “Trey, there is seriously something wrong with you but at least you warned me this time. I’m going to surprise you for a change with my question. Guys, I don’t think I’m ready for anal yet but I’d sure like to do oral with all three of you. I don’t want to sound like my horny brother, but can that ever happen?” Ryan and Eric smiled and nodded. Eric said, “Oh yeah. Before the flash I was horny and irritable all the time but didn’t know what was wrong with me or how to fix it. Since joining them in our shelter I get sex all the time and it’s a great cure for being horny and cranky. When you guys join us it’ll be even better. This is going to be great!” Ryan called for their attention. “This means I’m the oldest of four brothers. Before last Monday I didn’t have any brothers or sisters and now I have three. This is going to be great and welcome to our two new brothers. We’re going to see a lot of each other naked so we should just look now and get it out of the way. Everybody tip the screens down and show your equipment.” They compared equipment and Matt said, “Wow. I wish we had hair like you guys! We look like little kids.” Ryan spoke up, “Matt, you should worry about things you can control and accept things you can’t control. I’ve been concerned because my dick isn’t very big yet and Adam helped me accept that I can’t control when it’s going to grow. You’ve already got nice dicks and it won’t be long until you have tons of hair.” Trey was excited and said, “We can have contests when we meet in person. Like, who shoots the most, who shoots the furthest, who can come first. It will be fun!” sinop escort Matt did another facepalm and said, “You need to know that he likes contests. Every day we’ve got to measure our dicks and look for hairs. Once that starts he’ll want to count our hairs and see who has more. You’ll get used to it but now you’re warned.” Trey stuck his tongue out at his twin as Eric said, “Well, that’s all fine but no making fun of each other. Besides Adam, I temporarily have the biggest dick right now and I have no control over it. In a few weeks it might be Ryan and after you guys stop growing I might end up with the smallest dick! We’re all around the same age and we’re still growing. No making fun of each other!” They all nodded in agreement. There was a knock and a voice at the door but only the twins could make out the words. Trey yelled, “Be right there” and turned back to the camera. “We’ve got to go now but we can get on line again around 7 if you want.” Adam smiled and spoke up, “We don’t have plans to go anywhere besides this room so we’ll all be here at 7. I think you should keep this low-key until things are legally approved. You can tell your foster-mom that our talk went well and I’m going to ask to take you but nothing has happened yet. I’ll send the request as soon as we’re done here. Congratulations gentlemen, it looks like you have a family and a couple of new brothers.” Matt looked into the camera and spoke, “Thank you for trusting us and for letting us stay together. This was the most important thing in the world to us and we really appreciate it. We’ll be back at 7.” Eric closed the laptop looked at Ryan. “This is going to change things but I love you and I’m glad you’re my brother. I’ll always have your back.” Ryan hugged him tightly and said, “Even with a bigger family you’ll always be special to me. And I’ll always have your back, too. I love you Eric.” Their current positions gave Eric an advantage as he lunged into Ryan and pinned him on the bed with a wrestling move. Ryan tried to squirm away while he shrieked as Eric tickled his ribs. They struggled but were well matched. They agreed to a truce as they panted. Eric wheezed and said, “This is fun but I think we need to get the tarp again. This would be a lot better if we were slippery.” They both grinned as Adam said, “I suspect we’re going to need a bigger bed and tarp!” Day 11 — Thursday — Evening “I’ll say this to the twins later but I need to say something now. We can have no more explicit chats with the twins until we’re together in person. Nothing else on line. No flashing dicks and nobody can say anything that can’t be read to a jury. You should get to know each other but pretend your conversation is being recorded by somebody who doesn’t like you. Everything will be OK if we all do that.” Ryan nodded and said, “That makes sense. If nothing is ever said outside our home and never over the Internet we’ll be OK. I just want a family and I like all my brothers, especially the cute one next to me. It’s stupid to do anything that could ruin things. Please explain that to the twins at 7.” Adam carried a pizza down the stairs and the cellar-dwellers were all smiles. “We’re celebrating the addition of two more brothers when we get out of here. We’ll have challenges but I’m glad we can help them. You’re both great people for pushing this.” Eric said, “Thanks for saying that. I think you’re the one we should thank for taking in four orphans. Hey, I thought we were out of pizza.” Adam nodded, “So did I until I found a couple under some Chinese food. We can still celebrate with one last pizza the night before we leave, whenever that happens. Also, I cut this pizza with an odd number of pieces and already took one. I ate something with fewer calories upstairs so you can split the rest of this pizza.” Ryan turned to Eric and said, “It used to bother me when he gave us most of the food but I understand what he’s saying about calories without exercise.” Adam explained, “On our first day I moved a bathroom scale to the kitchen and I’ve been checking my weight every day. So far it hasn’t changed and I plan to keep it that way. I used to snack every night on carrots and celery but since we can’t get them I’m usually hungry. I’d rather suffer a little now instead of dieting later.” Eric had a mouthful of pizza as he said, “That must really suck. How much longer can we eat like pigs without gaining weight?” “You’re probably good for a few more years until you stop growing but regardless of calories you need to eat healthy. We’re lucky to have all this food in our shelter but we’re not eating healthy. This stuff is packed with sodium, fat and sugar. It’s tasty but unhealthy. Once we’re at the new place and can buy fresh food our diets won’t be unhealthy like this. I hope you all get into the habit of munching on raw vegetables for snacks. I keep stuff refrigerated in plastic tubs ready to eat any time. I usually have green peppers, radishes, celery, carrots and stuff like that. You can eat as much of that as you want. It fills you up better than hot pockets or other junk food and raw veggies won’t make you fat. I’d love you no matter your size but healthy food is a big part of having a healthy body.” Ryan emerged from deep thought and said, “For several years now I only got fresh food at school. I like raw vegetables but our lunch ladies could even ruin that. I like fresh stuff so I’m looking forward to it. I love munching on green peppers.” At 7:00 Adam started the session and smiling twin boys soon appeared on the screen. Adam greeted the twins and said, “I need to say a few words before we start. I want all four of you to agree that certain topics won’t be discussed until we’re all living under the same roof. I don’t want anyone saying anything on these chats that can’t be read to a jury or police officer. Pretend someone who doesn’t like you is recording this and you’ll be fine. Also, after our earlier conversation I sent in our request for me to become your legal guardian and for you to live with us.” All four boys cheered but it was loudest from the twins. Matt turned to the voice knocking at the door and said, “Sorry ma’am. We just found out that Adam sent the request to be our legal guardian and we were cheering. We didn’t mean to wake up the baby and we’ll stay quiet. Sorry about that.” Adam said, “I think you guys need to keep it quiet because we can’t get you yet and they are nice people for letting you stay. So, to finish, I sent a formal request to start the process. It went quickly for both Ryan and Eric and it will probably be quick for you. The difference is we can’t physically get you for a few more days. The original projected date for us to leave was the weekend but the readings are still high. Those self-driving cars keep collecting radiation readings and the trend line prediction implies we can leave on Monday. If we have the legal paperwork by then we could get you right away. This lunch with the judge just keeps getting bigger and bigger.” Trey looked confused. “What are you saying about a judge and lunch? Why do we need to see a judge?” Adam answered, “I’m doing the same thing for you that I did for Ryan and Eric. I’m petitioning to be your permanent, legal guardian. The only thing past that would be adoption, and this is just one step under that. Make sense?” Matt’s eyes got misty as he asked, “Does that mean you might be our new father?” “I wouldn’t ever try to take away that title and I want you to tell me all about your father some time. You can call me whatever you’re comfortable calling me, within reason. I’d be honored if someday you thought of me as your dad, but it will be up to you.” “We’ve missed our dad so much and you remind us of him in a lot of ways.” Trey continued, “Would you ever think of adopting us?” Ryan excitedly jumped in. “Adam that would be so cool if you could adopt them at the same time you adopt us. Then Eric and I could really have them as brothers.” Adam looked at Ryan and raised an eyebrow. Ryan was chagrined and said, “Adam, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have blurted that out.” Adam smiled and said, “Both you and Trey should try thinking for a few extra seconds before saying bold things. But, you’re right. I mentioned in the request that the intention was adoption.” Adam quickly waved his hands as he tried to stop the screeching and cheering from the twins. Trey turned to the door and said, “We’re sorry ma’am. We just found out that Adam wants to adopt us and we didn’t mean to wake the baby again. We won’t yell anymore. Sorry.” Adam made a mental note to send flowers and a nice card to the foster-mom. Adam continued, “There is a judge in our new town and he’s been very helpful with the paperwork. He wants to meet Ryan and Eric over lunch and hear them say they want to stay with me. I’m sure he’ll also want to meet both of you. I don’t know if it’s legally required but it would make him feel more comfortable. I think he’s also curious and wants to hear directly how Ryan and I met. Also, twins please listen up. I need to order furniture. Ryan and Eric each have separate rooms but I’m afraid you’ll be sharing a room. I was thinking of the same setup like your new brothers — each brother gets a twin bed, desk and clothes chest. How’s that sound?” The twins glanced at each other, silently choosing Matt to talk. “Adam, that’s great because we prefer to share a room. We appreciate everything you’re doing but is it possible for us to share a king bed? We sleep better when we share a bed and we’d like a big one. Would that be OK?” Eric popped up, “Oh, I can think of lots of great things about having a king-sized bed.” Adam gave a stern look and stretched out the name, “ERIC!” Eric blushed, “Oops. Sorry dad. It just slipped out.” The twins again glanced at each other after hearing Eric refer to Adam as `Dad’. Adam gave Eric a nod and said, “Gents, I need to do some things including a furniture order. While I’m doing that you can get to know each other better. Let me remind you to keep your conversations clean. Pretend somebody is going to read a transcript of this call to a jury or police officer. Get to know each other but use common sense, please. Oh, and twins, please stay quiet and don’t wake that baby again.” They agreed and Adam moved to his desk. Adam skimmed his e-mail messages and immediately opened the latest from his attorney Chris. He let Adam know that Brenda was thrilled he would take the twins and keep them together. Chris had the paperwork ready and would personally walk it through the process in the morning. Chris said his furniture store cousin couldn’t donate more bedroom furniture but he would sell it at cost. Adam replied with a list that included a king sized bed. Randy would meet the delivery truck and show them where to set up the bed and furniture. Adam replied with a big `thank you’ for his efforts. Adam marveled at the new direction in his life after a surprise nuclear attack. This would be `Family 2.0′.