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This is for all those who are too lazy to click on every chapter to read them :) All of my HS Days 1 chapters in one click!! 252 pages of it exactly, hehe. Have fun :)

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Chapter 1

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Beep beep beep

"Oh god." Gideon said as his very loud, very annoying alarm clock went off, right next to his head. Apparently his sister had snuck in during the night and put it right next to his head, but he would get her later. He had to get ready for school.

He got up quickly, and realized his father wasn't awake yet. He walked down to the long hallway, tiled in granite, so it was cold beneath his feet. He turned the corner and knocked on his father's door, trying to wake him up without going in.

The last time he had done that, he had walked in on his dad while he was in the middle of getting dressed. A very awkward experience for him and his father. 'I'll take a shower and if he isn't up by the end of it I will throw a water balloon at his head'. He knew that would do the trick but the punishment for it would be harsh.

It was the only way to wake him up without walking right up next to him, and again, that brought even more unpleasant experiences. Experience one: His bad gas. Experience two: He sleeps naked.

He brought himself back to reality once he got to the bathroom, he opened the door, shivering when the cold metallic handle touched his hands, and stepped in. He walked to the shower and turned it to the perfect temperature.

He got in, instantly realizing his mistake he screamed in pain. He had turned the water knob to far, so the water was scorching. He jumped out quickly and adjusted the temperature so he wouldn't burn his back.

Getting in again, cautiously this time, he slowly got used to the water and started scrubbing at his body with a wash cloth. Once he got done with his body, and his hair pretty much glistened, he got out and looked at himself in the mirror.

He was a 14-year-old 6'1" Blue Dragon. He wasn't as smart as most blue dragon's were, but he was still one of the best students in the school, and he was about as strong as a red, which was saying how much work he had put in.

He had jet black hair, and a very good body, a six pack that had been hard work to get, which wasn't very common among blue dragons, he wore tight shirts to show off his six pack, and got stares all the time. Done admiring himself, he toweled off and got dressed. He wore his usual white T-shirt and black jogging pants.

Gideon was on the tennis team at school. He had only played it one year, but he had practiced nearly 24/7 just to make the team, and then had worked doubly hard so he could be the best on the team. He had nearly succeeded but there was still one person left he couldn't beat, and that day would come.

He ran through his normal routine. He got dressed, he ate breakfast, then went to his room before remembering to wake up his father. He went to the kitchen, water balloon and tab to fill it in hand. He spread the end of the water balloon just enough to squeeze an ice cube in. He then turned the faucet on long enough for the water to get nearly ice cold on its own.

He filled the water balloon up and snickered at what his father would do. He decided he needed a nice run in the morning so he wrote a quick note saying that he was going to walk to school. He walked silently, like a cat, towards his father's door. He opened it and threw the water balloon as hard as he could at his father.

Hitting his father square in the face, the ice cube hitting it causing a little bit of pain, plus the snap of it popping next to his ear must hurt. He saw his dad sit up and took off out the door, grabbing his backpack and ID on his way out.

He ran as hard as he could for about ten minutes before he decided to stop and walk. He kept turning around, waiting for his dad to drive up to him and tell him he was in huge trouble, but surprisingly enough he got to school without seeing his father.

He got to school and groaned, remembering that they were switching to gym today instead of health. He had no problem with gym in particular, but he was first hour, so it was mandatory to take a shower after class, and he didn't really like being naked in public.

He walked to his locker and deposited his books into it, then turned and walked to Gym. He walked into the large gym, the size of three regulation basketball courts, and found the locker rooms, he walked into, got his locker assignment, and found his locker.

He quickly changed into his gym clothes and was sitting on the bleachers in the gym before anybody else even managed to get to the gym. He noticed a new kid standing outside the door looking lost.

He went out to offer help to the wolf. The wolf had pure white fur, it shined like snow and he nearly had to squint so as not to go blind, the wolf was only a few inches shorter, than he was, at least 5'8", he had stunningly blue eyes, that glistened in the light, just like his fur.

He was honestly the most beautiful creature Gideon had ever seen. "Hiya," Gideon said, sneaking up behind the wolf, "you lost?"

"Ya," the wolf said after getting over the initial shock of being frightened, "could you help me?"

"Ya, I could, that's sort of why I came over." Gideon responded. "Let me see your schedule." Gideon got the wolf's schedule, "Looks like you have every class with me," Gideon said, "I'll show you around today." Gideon said with a smile. "Can I ask your name?"

"You can," the wolf said, "my name is Raymond."

"OK, my name is Gideon." Gideon answered. "Here I'll introduce you to the teacher. He is kinda strict."

"Okay," Raymond said, "lets go, I guess." Raymond seemed kinda gloomy.

"What's the matter?" Gideon asked him.

"Nothing, I was just hoping to talk to somebody a bit more." Raymond told him. "I've never really had friends."

"Don't worry, neither have I." Gideon responded, and at the look of shock on Raymond's face he said, "People don't hang out with me because I probably show the most support for gays. So, I recommend if you don't like homosexuals not to hang out with me. I have punched people for calling anybody fags."

"Why do you hate people who pick on gays so much?" Raymond asked, getting curious now. "Why not just let them get beaten."

"Because, I'm gay." Gideon said straight out. He wasn't really afraid considering he had already openly come out, and no body would dare do anything, even the toughest of furs. Mostly because his tennis team didn't care and they were all close friends, so that gives him at least twelve dragons on his side, 4 Red, 3 black, and the rest yellow.

"Oh, ok." Raymond said, not really seeming to care at all.

"Do you have a problem with that?" Gideon asked, getting slightly more threatening.

"No I don't care. Some of my best friends were gay. The few friends that I had, anyways." Raymond responded.

"OK then," Gideon said, lightening up again, "then I guess we will introduce you to the teacher now."

Raymond followed Gideon, almost hesitantly, regretting not being able to talk more. Raymond had never really had anyone to talk to, even though he did have friends, he was never really open with them. It was more of, having friends would mean he wouldn't get his ass kicked every day of the school year.

"This is Mr. Scorbon." Gideon said, Mr. Scorbon was a 7'2" elephant. He used to play professional football, so the jocks think he is awesome. But he works all the teams that he doesn't believe are actually sports, tennis being one of them.

"Hello Mr. Scorbon, I'm Raymond, I just transferred into school." Raymond told Mr. Scoborn.

"Hello Raymond," Mr. Scorbon said, "do you play any sports?"

"Ya," Raymond answered, "I play tennis."

"Oh," Mr. Scoborn said with a hint of disapproval. He gave Raymond his locker number, and found him a pair of a gym clothes.

"Be careful today Raymond," Gideon said, "if you aren't used to doing a hundred push ups and running ten laps with a ½ mile to a lap you better get used to it. He does that to all tennis players."

"Why does he hate tennis so much?" Raymond asked.

"He used to play football, and he deems tennis a sport unworthy to be called a sport." Gideon said, "Don't worry though, half our class is on the tennis team, so you won't be the only one doing extra work."

"Are you on the tennis team?" Raymond asked.

"Ya," Gideon answered, "I practiced hard to get onto it too. Working out isn't that hard. I can manage it."

"I might have troubles with it, but I will get used to it eventually." Raymond said, "I can always do the work once I practice the exercises enough. Anyways, I think I should go change."

"Here, I'll show you what the general area of your locker is." Gideon said, showing him where the locker room was and where his locker was. "OK, well, might as well hurry. He'll give us hell, especially us since we play tennis, if we get out there late. Oh, and another hint, talking during the exercises will get you double. So don't talk."

They walked out into hell, he told them to get started immediatly and watched them do their hundred push ups. Then, they had to go outside, into the scorching weather, to do their 10 laps. Gideon sprinted and was completed in a few minutes but Raymond had to keep his pace, and was only on lap four when Gideon finished.

Gideon decided to run with him, figuring Raymond may get lonely after being the last one on the track.

"The good thing about our teacher is," Gideon started once they were done, "that he doesn't make us do any activities, so we can basically hide in the locker rooms until the end of class."

They were the only ones who didn't go out and play basketball. They occupied themselves by talking. "So," Raymond started to ask, "have you ever uh, had a uh..." he hesitated.

"A what?" Gideon asked

"A boyfriend." Raymond burst out.

"No, I haven't." Gideon said, "why do you ask?"

"Just wondering." Raymond said, looking embarrassed. Raymond knew that Gideon was gay also, but he wondered what would happen if it didn't turn out right. He decided to wait. They sat in silence until the bell rang.

They got undressed, grabbed a towel, and went into the shower room. This was the worst part about this class, Gideon thought to himself. He couldn't keep his eyes off of the other guys mid sections.

He was more than happy when he was finished with his shower. He quickly got dressed and hurried to his classes before remembering that Raymond didn't know his way around. He turned tail and rushed back, to find him waiting in front of the gym. "Sorry, I forgot you didn't know your way around." Gideon told him when he finally made it there.

"It's alright, I could tell you were in a hurry." Raymond said with a smile. "Lets just get this day done."

"Are you trying to get rid of me already?" Gideon asked him sarcastically.

"No, but I can't stand this school." Raymond answered.

"Understandable." Gideon said as they got to class.

So, after 6 and a half more hours of sleeping and showing Raymond where the classes are, the day ended. "Ok, well see ya tomorrow I guess." Raymond said at the end of the day.

"Ya, cya." Gideon said. Gideon wrote on a piece of a paper and gave it to Raymond. "Call me if you have bullying troubles or if you want to hang out. Or just talk." Gideon said with a smile and a wink.

Gideon started to walk home, once out of sight of the school, he ran home. Once he got home, after passing countless cars and nearly getting hit by a few, he collapsed on his bed and felt the cold, empty feeling in the middle of his heart.

He wished he had someone to hold, someone to love. He hated being alone like he was. He slowly drifted into sleep, his mind blanking out. The last thing he registered, was that he was thinking of Raymond.

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Raymond watched until Gideon was out of sight. He sighed and called himself a coward over and over again in his head. He started walking home, the whole way thinking about how to tell Gideon that he thought he loved him.

He was thinking about it so hard he didn't see the car squeal towards him. He noticed just in time and managed to jump high enough to just roll over. He saw all the cars behind him stop just in time, that was the last thing he registered, that and the sound of an ambulance, before his mind fell into blackness.

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Chapter 2

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A field of blackness was all he could see. He was cold too, but he wasn't shivering. He had no control of his body except for thought, and he thought he had trouble controlling those too. He didn't know where he was but he knew that he wanted to leave. Raymond was left sitting in this black, hopeless place. Waiting for someone to rescue him from this place.

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Gideon woke up in the morning just like he always does. His dad was already up, so he didn't have to repeat the water balloon thing again. He took his shower, his dad flushed the toilet to the bathroom downstairs, purposefully, Gideon could tell because he heard his dad laughing. He would get him back.

Once the shower got back to the normal temperature he finished up with his shower. He got out, examined his body once again, smoothing out his hair and bending all bent scales back into place so he wouldn't get dirt or anything under his scales.

He got dressed, putting on a black King Kong shirt and a pair of blue jeans, he was gonna be forced to sit under the air conditioning today and he was tired of freezing his ass off everytime. Once done with that, he brushed his hair, making it a smooth curtain of brown silk hanging over the back of his neck.

After that, he went out to his room and started thinking of a way to get back at his father. That took twenty minutes but he figured out the perfect way to get back at him. He made sure his dad had left already, then started to fill water balloons up.

He didn't bother about running it cold because where he would be hiding them is always cold anyways. His dad's room was kept cold, very cold, by his mom. She was barely ever home anymore. She had finally found a job she had liked and she works double overtime to help make the money. She normally comes home around midnight and leaves at five A.M. so he didn't have to worry about her.

The water balloons took forever to fill, but he wanted to fill them up all the way. He took them up to his attic and found the spot above his dad's bed. He thought about his father's reaction when he dumped these on him, he just had to figure out the time he was going to dump them on him.

He left for school, deciding that being early by a half an hour is better than being home with his sleeping sister, Clarice. As usual he was walking, but this time, when he was walking by the hospital he heard two people talking. He couldn't help but listen in.

"... I just hope he will be alright" the male told the girl. "Heaven knows what will happen if he doesn't wake up."

"I just couldn't stand seeing Raymond like that honey," that is when Gideon realized that those were Raymond's parents, then he thought 'duh!'

He walked over and said "Hi, sorry about eavesdropping but I heard you say something about Raymond?" he asked them. "Are you, by chance, the people who just moved into that house over on Greenwood street?"

"Yes, we are." The mother answered, her voice shaking slightly from her crying. "Who are you?"

"I'm Gideon Restin" Gideon responded, "I met Raymond yesterday at school. We're friends."

"That's good, he never really had friends at our old home." Raymond's mother said, "As you may have guessed, we are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zasturfintzin."

"Hi," he said to Mr. and Mrs. Zasturfintzin, "so what happened to Raymond?" Gideon asked, trying to keep most of the concern out of his voice, not wanting to make them think that he had a crush on him. Which he did, he thought to himself.

"He got hit by a car on his way home from school yesterday," and at the look of shock and sadness on Gideon's face Mr. Zasturfintzin added, "He's not severely injured, well he's in a coma, but he didn't sustain any other injuries except for a few scratches and bruises."

"Can I go see him?" Gideon asked them, "I think I have time before school."

"Go ahead, we were just leaving." Raymond's parents said in unison. This is when he took in their features. Raymond's mother was a beautiful wolf in her mid-thirties. She had blue eyes, like Raymond, and had snow white fur, only slightly ruined by her tear stains. If he were straight he definitely would have stared at her.

Raymond's father, however, was a perfect match for Raymond, in every way, shape, or form. Same muscles, same eyes, same ears, same nose. It was shocking how much a son could look like his father, but meeting Raymond's parents definitely told him where Raymond got his beauty from.

Turning around, he ran into the hospital and asked the clerk, "Hello, do you know which room Raymond Zaturfintzin is in?" Starting to get urgent he said, "Hurry, please."

"He is in room 294." the clerk said, "But visiting hours are..." she was trying to add just to notice that Gideon had taken off down the hallway. He rushed through the hallways until he found 294, and when he finally found it he bursted in.

There were no doctor's in the room, and Raymond was laying on the only bed in the room. Gideon walked over and looked down in despair, almost bursting into tears at not being able to do anything to help Raymond. He didn't know if Raymond was gay or not but Raymond was his first crush and he didn't want to give him up that early.

He put his hand on Raymond's arm, it was so cold he almost shivered. He looked at the clock on the side of the wall and realized he was going to be late for school. He bent down and hugged the cold, unconscious form of Raymond and hugged it, he kissed Raymond on the muzzle, lightly, but didn't push his tounge in, afraid that if he went to far and Raymond found it he wouldn't like him anymore.

He was happy that he felt a slight response, Raymond's arm twitched and his skin got a little warmer. He left, feeling sad. He decided that he couldn't stand going to school, so he walked home, feeling very depressed.

He didn't worry about his work, his friends would end up bringing it to him, they had a system set up. He also didn't worry about skipping. His teacher's knew that he only wouldn't show up if he really didn't feel good, that's the kind of reputation he held with his teacher's. He would only be marked absent by his gym teacher, that son of a bitch hated him.

He walked slowly, mulling over what he had seen and what has happened. He hoped that Raymond would come out of his coma soon. He felt the loneliness he had felt when he had no real friends, and Raymond had made that feeling go away.

He was still contemplating it when he stepped into his room and fell on his bed.

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He could barely stand the cold, it was slowly freezing him to death. Sometimes he just wished that it would end already, but sometimes he knew that he had to fight through it. He had memories that made him happy in this dark, the problem was to bring those up.

One time he fell into a good dream for once in this impenetrable blackness. It suddenly turned to a summer day, he and Gideon had been sitting under a tree, talking and laughing, and then Gideon had bent over and given him a hug and kissed him on the muzzle. He tried to return the kiss but he lost control of his body again and it got cold, moving to the blackness once more.

But this dream gave him the will to fight, and he knew that the darkness was getting brighter. He watched the blackness slowly brighten, he started to make out the features of the room he was in. He could smell the Pine-Sol they used to sanitize the rooms. He could make out the ceiling, but then darkness started to come back, it slowly came back, blacking out his vision, his senses. He started thrashing around.

He felt his arms and legs being restrained to the bed so he wouldn't injure himself. He heard doctors bending down over him, trying to stop him from going back into the coma. His senses returned, but he lost consciousness from the pressure that was being put on him.

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Gideon woke up later, not even realizing he had fallen asleep, to the phone ringing. He went to answer and heard a cheerful voice speaking, "Hello? Hello? Is this Gideon?"

"Yes it is. May I ask to whom am I speaking?" Gideon responded through the phone.

"This is Mrs. Zasturfintzin, Raymond woke up from the coma." Mrs. Zasturfintzin told him, making him jump up into the air in joy. "I saw your number in his clothes pocket, realizing that you're the only friend he has made. I just wanted to let you know. He's still in the hospital, but you can go see him, visiting hours are right now."

"Ya, thanks for telling me." Gideon said, "It honestly means something when your friend's mother tells you he has woken up from a coma in the hospital, especially when she doesn't know you."

"Well, I also called you because he woke up asking where you were, asking if he could talk to you. I told him I would try to find you and he said that your number was in his pocket." She said, he could tell she was crying out of joy.

"Ok, I will head over there right away." Gideon answered over the phone, "Goodbye Ma'am"

"Goodbye Gideon" she said hanging up the phone, he heard the click and ran out the door. He opened the door to the garage and hopped on his bike. He rode the bike as fast as he could, which is pretty fast, and made it to the hospital in 15 minutes.

He rushed in and told the clerk he was going to see Raymond Zasturfintzin. She said "Ok..." and didn't get to finish her sentence because once again, he had run down the hallway. He turned and slid down hallways, skidding around corners, just barely avoiding doctors and nurses moving through, trying to get to the rooms they are supposed to go to.

He finally made it to room 294 and burst into it. There was one doctor in there, checking Raymond's body for any other injuries, just in case the nurses had missed any. He noticed Gideon bursting in and said, "You must be Gideon. This young man has been asking to talk to you since he woke up." and he added to Raymond, "You got lucky, you have no damages besides the coma and a bump on your head. Try watching the cars next time. I will leave you two to talk." He walked out of the room with a wink.

Gideon and Raymond stared after him, wondering what the wink was for. They both just shrugged and turned to look at each other. Gideon walked over and pulled a chair around. "So, you wanted to talk to me," Gideon said with a smirk, "your mom said you were asking to talk to me as soon as you woke up."

Raymond laughed and said, "So you met my mother?"

"Ya, I met her this morning, I heard her and your dad talking about you being in a coma and I came in to see you." Gideon said, not wanting to get into the details of the visit.

"I remember two things from being in that coma. One, A lot of black. Two, I had a dream about... about you." Raymond said, not wanting to tell him, but realizing that he had to get this out of the way, or something like this was probably going to happen again. "In the dream, it was summer, and me and you were sitting under a tree, and around the tree were all types of flowers, and near the end of it, you bent over and you uh, hugged me, and then kissed me, and I realized something."

Gideon was shocked that what he had done had registered somehow in Raymond's coma but he was getting increasingly curious, so he asked, "What did you realize?"

Instead of answer Raymond sat up, leaved over and kissed him on the muzzle. It was a deep and passionate kiss, not one like Gideon had given Raymond that morning. Raymond pulled out, took a deep breath, and said, "I have had a crush on you since I saw you sitting in the gym yesterday morning. It hasn't been very long since I had the crush, but I figure you have one on me too since you barely know me and you came here to see me in the hospital."

Gideon blushed, "So, when do you get out of the hospital?"

"The doctor said I would be here until at least tomorrow." Raymond answered, "but we could play tennis tomorrow, or something. I wanna know how good you are." Gideon could tell he meant in more ways than one.

"Cya tomorrow, I'll walk over here at 10 to get you" Gideon said with a smile.

"Ya, cya tomorrow Gideon." Raymond said, a smile on his face that reached his eyes.

Gideon hesitated and said, "Wait, are we like, boyfriends now? Or do you want to wait? Cause I know I don't"

"I think we are boyfriends now." Raymond said, smiling harder.

"So, tomorrow is our first date." Gideon said, bending down and kissing Raymond on the cheek.

Gideon left, leaving Raymond smiling. Gideon was smiling too, he rode his bike home, happier than he had felt in a long time, finally feeling that cold feeling that had taken a near permanent residence in his heart. He knew that everything would be good from now on.

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Chapter 3

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Gideon walked home after his hospital visit to Raymond, smiling a smile that was from ear to ear. He never knew that a relationship would come about like this, a friend he had just met at school going into a coma, and asking to speak to him when he woke up. Gideon didn't mind though. He was just finally happy he had someone.

He was walking down his street, not noticing his dad hadn't gotten home yet. He walked inside and was surprised to find that his sister was the only one home. Usually his father was home at this time. "Where's dad?" Gideon asked his sister, Clarice, a bronze dragon. She had bronze hair to match her skin, you couldn't tell where her hair began unless you looked really closely. Her golden eyes shone. She was muscular, for a girl, and she wasn't bad looking.

Lucky for her boyfriend. "He went to a business meeting in Springfield." Clarice said. I sighed, remembering the trick I was gonna pull, looks like the water balloons are going to get really cold. Springfield was six hours away. They lived in a small town in Illinois called Alton. It was just on the edge of the Mississippi river, being where the Lewis and Clark bridge started they got a lot of traffic.

It wasn't a big city and Gideon's Social Studies teacher blames it on the murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy, a newspaper editor for the Alton Observer that supported anti-slavery during the civil war. Alton didn't have a very good history. Now it was a peaceful town but it still didn't prosper. "Listen, I need to talk to you Clarice." Gideon said, "Its something that I honestly don't want to talk about with..."

"I'm guessing you finally found a boyfriend?" Clarice asked, with no trace of anything but laughter in her voice. She had reason to laugh. Gideon had a look of shock on his face that said so much.

"How did you find out?" Gideon asked her. "I've never told anybody in the family."

"Gideon," she said with a sigh, "I am your sister, aren't you ever going to realize that I know my baby brother well enough to realize that he's gay?"

Gideon started to get angry, he didn't like being called her baby brother. "Don't call me that, I'm 14 now."

"I'm six years older than you, your always gonna be my baby brother." Clarice said, trying to hold back another round of laughter. "When am I gonna get to meet him?"

"I'm gonna bring him over here tomorrow. He just came out of a coma, if a short one." Gideon told her.

"You have had a boyfriend long enough for him to get injured enough to go into a coma and I haven't known?" Clarice said, slightly disappointed.

"No, he got hit by a car and went into a coma, he woke up today and I walked to the hospital. In other words, it just happened." Gideon responded.

"How long have you known him?" Clarice asked once again, her curiosity getting the better of her.

"Curiosity killed the cat." Gideon said, trying to sound like a smart ass.

"No, I killed the cat because he wouldn't tell me what I wanted to know," Clarice answered with her usual response, "now tell me."

"A day and a half." Gideon said in defeat, knowing that his sister would sit there until his dad got back, making him sit too.

"Moving fast aren't ya?" she asked. "I mean, you could have at least chosen someone you know better."

"Clarice, if you knew as much as you think you know, you would realize that I may be a jock that everybody is afraid of, but people don't like me, let alone hang out with me. The only people that do are the tennis team, and they are all straight and in a happy relationship." Gideon stood up, "Now, if your game of twenty questions is over can I go? I need to move the water balloons out of the attic so they don't freeze."

Clarice looked confused, and then stood up and walked to her room, not believing her brother was actually going to drop water balloons on their dad. "Don't tell mom or dad," he yelled after her and remembered his other sister, "or Malissa, and ESPECIALLY not Craig." Malissa was twenty-two and married to Craig who was twenty-five.

"I won't, I will leave that up to you." Clarice yelled back, "Just make sure I'm there when you tell dad, you know how he gets."

"'Kay" Gideon told her, running up to the attic. He remembered the trick his sister had pulled on him and found the tiles above her room. He silently removed them and dropped the largest water balloon, right on her head. "That's for putting my alarm clock next to my head yesterday."

"I'm gonna kill you." Clarice said. He quickly replaced the floor tile and ran down the stairs. He just barely escaped his sister. He may be a guy, but when it came to dragons, even female dragons could get very strong, and he was only fourteen.

He didn't want to go anywhere so he snuck around to his back yard. He was happy to see the feral dog, the animals that couldn't talk and still had the minds all animals had before the first furs were called feral animals. They were rare and Gideon was lucky they could afford to have one for a pet.

He walked over to the Feral Alaskan Malamute. He just sat there petting the dog for hours. Before he knew it it was dark.

He decided to do something he hadn't done in a long time. He took the Malamute off his chain and carried him indoors, up to his room. He shut the door and sat down on his bed, the Malamute climbing up shortly after and resting it's head on Gideon's leg.

The Malamute wasn't allowed indoors except for special occasions, but Gideon didn't care. He hadn't let the dog in for a while and the Malamute deserved it. He stood up, disturbing the dog, and walked over to his closet and opened the sliding door. The wood was cool to the touch and kinda hard to open since he hadn't gotten into it in a while.

He pulled out one of his most prized possessions once the door was open. It was an old fashioned acoustic guitar. He walked to his bed and sat down. He started strumming the strings to make sure the guitar was tuned correctly. Once he was satisfied he started strumming the notes for one of his favorite songs. He hadn't had reason to play it in a while but now he played it like he never had before. He sung better as well.

"Imagine me and you, I do

I think about you day and night, it's only right

To think about the one you love and hold them tight

So happy together

If I should call you up, invest a dime

And you say you belong to me and ease my mind

Imagine how the world could be, so very fine

So happy together

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you

For all my life

When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue

For all my life

Me and you and you and me

No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be

The only one for me is you, and you for me

So happy together

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you

For all my life

When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue

For all my life

Me and you and you and me

No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be

The only one for me is you, and you for me

So happy together

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

Me and you and you and me

No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be

The only one for me is you, and you for me

So happy together

So happy together

How is the weather

So happy together

We're happy together

So happy together

Happy together

So happy together

So happy together (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)"

After he was done singing, having replaced a few words due to his sexuality. He had been thinking about Raymond the whole time. He looked after at the dog that was laying down on his bed still, looking at him with his tail wagging.

Gideon almost laughed at the dog. Gideon went through a whole list of songs he could play, switching to his electric guitar after the first song. By the time he was finished he was tired out. He lay down on his bed, the dog curled up right next to him, clapped twice to turn the light out. He though 'God bless the man who created the clapper.' And fell asleep.

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Raymond's day in the hospital was absolutely dreadful. There was nothing to do, the female interns who accompanied nearly all the nurses kept trying to hit on him. One kept coming back over and over again. She finally ditched the nurse and sat down on his bed. "My name is Isabella," she said with a charming Italian accent. He would have dated her if he was straight, but he wasn't.

"What's your name."

"My name is Raymond," he said without the slightest stutter, she looked shocked that he wasn't nervous. Most of the time men were when they talked to her. "How are you?"

"I'm good," she said, "do you have a girlfriend?" she blurted out.

He was surprised at how blunt she was but managed to say, "No."

"Can I be your girlfriend?" she asked.

"No, you can't." He answered, "Sorry."

"Why not?" She said, checking her clothes and hair to make sure there wasn't anything wrong. "Is there something wrong with the way I look?"

"No." Raymond replied simply.

"Then why not?" She asked insistently now.

"Because I'm in a relationship" Raymond replied, getting irritated.

"But you said you didn't have a girlfriend." She replied, trying to make a point.

"I don't" Raymond said, getting kind of amused.

"Then how are you in a relation..." she thought for a moment, then stood up and left the room.

'Well she's out of my way.' Raymond thought to himself. He fell asleep, happy that his distractions would be gone. Tell one person your gay, and the word spreads. He woke up at 9:30 the next morning. The doctor came in and said, "Ahhh, your awake. You are free to go."

"Awesome." Raymond said, deciding to wait out front. He got up and found his clothes, it wasn't that hard considering they were sitting at the foot of his bed. He got dressed and went down to the front entrance. He stepped out side and was greeted by wave upon wave of scorching heat. He stepped back, deciding to wait inside.

He was bored for the next half an hour, waiting for Gideon to show up. When Gideon finally did show up, Raymond was dismayed to find out he was riding his bike. Gideon walked in the door and Raymond said, "Did you have to ride your bike. It is really hot out there." Gideon just laughed and handed him a small disc that looked like a bracelet. "What's this?" Raymond asked.

"It's a PACU." Gideon replied, "Just put it on your wrist."

"What's a PACU?" Raymond replied, putting the PACU on his wrist.

"Personal Air Conditioning Unit." Gideon said, "I decided to steal my dad's for a bit so you wouldn't fry. Let's go."

They walked out and Raymond knew instantly that Gideon had been telling the truth. The ring around his wrist had started whirring as soon as they stepped out the door and he was cool. "I don't get how this works. How are you gonna ride us both to your house?"

"Your gonna sit on my handle bars, or you can sit behind me on my seat. Either one." Gideon said the last part with laughter almost on his face.

Gideon got on the bike and Raymond sat behind him, slightly uncomfortable. "Hold on, I'm gonna be riding fast. It's about five minutes." Raymond grabbed a hold of Gideon, his arms wrapped around his waist.

Gideon liked the feeling and started riding off towards his. He hadn't lied to Raymond, he was riding almost as fast as the cars driving on the road next to them. He made it to his house faster than his estimation, and they were stepping into the cool house with the granite floors. "Clarice, I'm home." Gideon yelled out.

Clarice walked out of the kitchen with an apron around her waist and drying off her hands. "Hi, I'm guessing your Raymond," Clarice said, pulling Raymond into a hug, "I already know." she added to the confused look on Raymond's face.

Relief flooded Raymond's face. He had thought she was gonna start hitting on him like those nurses had for a second there. "Ya, I am." Raymond said, feeling stupid about answering something that she already knew.

Gideon laughed, "Good job Raymond. Good job. You successfully made yourself look like an idiot."

"Shut up," Raymond snapped at Gideon, "you didn't exactly do to well with my parents."

"Hey, I didn't make myself look stupid. I was eavesdropping, there is a difference." Gideon said.

"Will you two stop bickering like your married, it's giving me a headache." Clarice said, causing both Gideon and Raymond to laugh.

"In about four years, we might BE a married couple. I don't care what my parents think about it." Gideon said.

"Ditto." Raymond replied. Gideon just kissed Raymond on the lips, but they pulled apart in embarrassment when they heard Clarice say, "Awww." She just laughed as they pulled apart, blushing.

"So," Raymond coughed, "does your dad know?"

"No, he doesn't. I'm not telling him yet." Gideon answered Raymond's question.

"Oh," Raymond said, slightly disappointed. "Well, I'm gonna end up telling my parents, so, do you think I could get a ride over?"

"Hey, I'm gonna be there with you when you tell them." Gideon bursted out.

"Well, I'll take you over there. Now if you want." Clarice said. Raymond was happy about being able to ride in a car, so he gave her the directions and they left. They made it to Raymond's house in a few minutes. Gideon and Raymond stepped out of the car, "Wait here," Gideon told Clarice, "we don't know how this is gonna turn out."

"OK, just hurry up." Clarice said, slightly anxious.

Gideon and Raymond walked into Raymond's house, and Raymond called his parents into the living room. "Mom, Dad, I have something I need to tell you."

"What?" Raymond's parents said at the same time.

Raymond was looking slightly nervous and looked over at Gideon. Gideon smiled reassuringly and Raymond continued, "This is Gideon, I'm sure you have met him. He's m-my boyfriend."

The atmosphere of the living room changed so fast, Gideon could swear he felt the temperature drop instantaneously. Raymond's parents just went to the kitchen after saying they need to talk for a minute. "Go to your room and get some clothes and whatever else you need. This isn't gonna end good."

Raymond did what Gideon suggested with tears in his eyes. He had everything he wanted and needed in his school bag. Raymond was still crying when he sat down next to Gideon and Gideon leaned over and hugged him.

Raymond's parents came into the room and said one thing at the same time. "Get out."

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Chapter 4

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Gideon and Raymond rushed out of Raymond's house when his dad and mom started throwing things at them. They hopped in Clarice's car and screamed at her to go. "What happened?!" Clarice said in alarm.

"Raymond told them and they went into the kitchen to talk, luckily I saw it coming or Raymond wouldn't have any belongings." Gideon said. Gideon looked over at Raymond and saw him crying. "It's alright hun, you can stay at our house. He can can't he?" Gideon added to his sister.

"Gideon, that is the most retarded question ever. Of course he can stay at our house. I'm not heartless and neither are our parents."

Gideon remembered his own parents and his heart sunk. "What are we gonna tell them about Raymond getting kicked out?"

"That is a good question. Do you have a religion Raymond?" Raymond could only nod his head. "We can tell them he stopped believing in their religion and started believing in another religion. That should cover that. Now, schooling, however, mom and dad will have to adopt him, so that mom and dad are his legal guardians too." Gideon looked puzzled and she added, "Without a legal guardian paying for school he won't be able to go."

Raymond was still crying so Gideon leaned over and kissed him. "It's ok. Everything will be ok."

"I wish I could believe you," Raymond sniffled, "but it is just so hard to believe my parents actually kicked me out."

"Don't worry about it. We're your family now Raymond, and Gideon loves you, and honestly, I'm happy with you because I have never seen my baby brother so happy." Clarice said with full sincerity.

Raymond's flow of tears slowed, and a small smile came onto his face. "Thank you." He leaned against Gideon and Gideon hugged him. They were hugging each other, not caring what the people driving by and looking into their window thought, all the way home.

They got out once they pulled into the driveway and Gideon and Raymond went inside, walking inside awkwardly because Raymond was still crying and hugging Gideon. They got inside and went up to Gideon's room. Raymond stopped crying in amazement. Raymond had never imagined that any room could look like this.

Raymond took it all in. It had carpeting so that in the morning Gideon didn't have to wear socks while getting up, it was painted dark green and had shelves with trophies of all kind on the walls. Bowling trophies, basketball trophies, tennis trophies, baseball trophies, even football. Not only that but he had certificates and medals as well.

He had a queen sized bed on one wall, and on another he had a futon. The wall opposite the football there was a 46" plasma screen T.V. and a shelf of movies. Under the T.V. there were games and the systems that go with them, he had a Wii and a Playstation 3. The room was just pure amazing.

When he was done examining he noticed Gideon by the mahogany dresser. He was moving clothes out of drawers. "What are you doing?" Raymond asked.

"I'm moving clothes out so you can put your clothes in." Gideon answered, still moving clothes out. "Give me your bag." Gideon told him once he had a drawer empty. Raymond handed Gideon his bag and Gideon opened it. He pulled out some clothes that were faded and worn. Gideon looked at Raymond before taking the clothes and throwing them in a garbage can.

"Why did you do that?" Raymond asked angrily.

"Because, they were old and worn." Gideon answered calmly. "Come on."

Gideon and Raymond walked downstairs. "Hey Clarice, can you take me and Raymond to the mall?"

"Why?" Clarice asked.

"Because, Raymond needs new clothes." Gideon answered.

"Ok" Clarice said. Gideon and Raymond walked to Clarice's car and she drove them to the local mall. "You have your cell phone right?"

"Ya, I always have my cell phone with me." Gideon responded.

"Ok, I'll be walking around, call me when you are done." Clarice told them.

"Come on Raymond." Gideon answered, tugging Raymond out of the car. They walked through the mall, holding hands, and whenever they saw someone get a disgusted look, Gideon leaned over and kissed Raymond full on the lips and said, "Deal with it."

They got to a clothes shop and walked in. Gideon helped Raymond pick out clothes. Once they got at least ten outfits, they walked to a dressing room. Raymond tried them all on and liked them. They bought them and walked out.

"Thanks for buying me these clothes hun." Raymond said, leaning over and kissing Gideon on the cheek, which brought stares from almost everyone around them.

Gideon looked at all of the people staring at them. "Do you have a problem with it?" Gideon asked, his voice getting cold. Raymond had never heard Gideon like this and he was kinda scared. A group of people stepped out of the crowd, a group of 5 or 6 at least.

"We have a problem with it." the obvious leader of the gang told them.

About twelve kids stepped out of the crowd, Gideon recognized some, some were on the basketball team and some were on the tennis team, the others were just random people who dissipated after the gangsters left. "If you have a problem with them, then we have a problem with you."

Gideon heard that echo eleven times. The gang slowly backed off and then ran away. Gideon turned to the kids on the two teams and said, "Thanks guys. They would have ripped us to shreds."

"No problem." one of the kids Gideon recognized as Dean spoke up. Dean was muscular and on the basketball team. He was one of Gideon's best friends. "Your just lucky we were here." Another kid came out of the crowd, this one Gideon recognized as Kevin, Dean's twin brother. You couldn't tell them apart except for the fact that Dean was on the basketball team and Kevin was on the tennis team.

Kevin and Dean were both wolves with deep black fur. Their eyes were strange because they were different colors. Each of them had one gold and one violet eye. They had markings in white going over there back. They were truly unique. They were both muscular and shared one sport. Track. Gideon usually spent equal time with all his friends but Dean and Kevin were exceptions.

"Ya, we are." Gideon told him. He looked at Raymond and saw his puzzled look. He slapped himself on the head. "Oh ya, introductions are in order. Kevin, Dean, this is Raymond." he introduced Raymond to the rest of the people that were standing behind them. Trevor, a golden dragon on the Tennis team, slightly muscular. Paulie, the only female on the basketball team, a lioness. She was probably the coolest girl ever, and the strongest, if you didn't look closely enough you would mistake her for a guy.

Xatrin, probably one of the most unique people you would ever meet. He was a Siberian Tiger, the only weird thing about him, was his deep green eyes, but instead of whites around them it was pure gold.

"So, I'm guessing your Gideon's boyfriend." Dean said walking up to Raymond and shaking his hand. Raymond got his hand shook by all of them except Paulie, who hugged him and was about to kiss him on the cheek before Gideon raised his hand between her lips and Raymond's face.

'Hey now, he's my boyfriend, not yours." Gideon said to her, playfully pushing her away before kissing Raymond on his cheek.

Paulie pouted and said, "How come all the cute guys are gay."

This brought an angry "Hey!" from Dean, Kevin, and Trevor. Raymond was surprised that Xatrin hadn't said hey too.

"Are you gay Xatrin?" Raymond asked awkwardly.

"Yes, yes I am." Xatrin replied. "If it wasn't for Gideon, I would be a bloody pulp every other day. He stopped four bullies from picking on me in eighth grade. The same thing happened there that happened here. Gideon asked them if they had a problem with gays and they said yes. He got pissed off and told them to pick on him then."

"About six people stepped out of the crowd surrounding us then. None of them knew Gideon well then. Three of them got to know him well afterwards." Xatrin pointed to Dean, Kevin, and Trevor. "The kids picking on me backed off then. From then on me, Gideon, Dean, Kevin, and Trevor have been friends."

"Wow, that is very cool." Raymond replied, dumbstruck. He couldn't believe that so many people are honestly that nice.

"To tell the truth, I could have taken them on by myself." Gideon added in, "You guys ended up holding me back so I couldn't chase them."

"Ya, and Kevin and I have still got scars from your claws hitting us while you were trying to break free." Dean said. "You managed to even though half the crowd was holding you back."

"That's one reason to not make me mad." Gideon said with a maniacal grin. "I've got my dad's anger, and that mixed with my strength is not good. I nearly tore down a brick wall once."

"Ya you keep telling that bull shit story." Dean told him. "No one is ever going to believe you until they see it."

This conversation kept going on until Gideon got a call from Clarice. "Dad is going to be home early. As in 15 minutes. We have to go."

"OK." Gideon hung up the phone. "Come on Raymond, we gotta go. My dad's gonna be home soon and if he gets home and no one else is home he will be pissed."

"OK, Cya guys." Raymond told everyone and everyone said the same to him. They walked to Clarice's car and she was tapping her claws impatiently.

She rolled down the window and yelled, "Hurry up." Gideon and Raymond raced to the car and hopped in through the window, not bothering with the door. Clarice turned the car on and slammed the car into reversed. She backed out and had it switched from reverse to drive without stopping. She pushed the pedal down all the way to the floor and they were home and inside just as their dad pulled into the driveway.

Surprisingly, their mom got out of the car crying. Gideon ran out the door and asked his mother what was wrong.

"I got fired from work." his mother said still crying.

"OK. Well, I have a problem to." Gideon told her, "but I can tell you later."

Gideon's parents walked into the house and his mom went to lay down. "Gideon, what was that problem you had?" his father asked when they walked into the living room.

"One of my friend's got kicked out of his house and I was wondering if he could stay here." Gideon said.

"Does he have anywhere else to go?" Gideon's father asked.

"Dad, if he did I wouldn't be asking." Gideon responded.

"Of course he can." his father told him. "He's sleeping in your room then."

"That's no problem. He can sleep on the futon." Gideon told his dad, heading up the stairs.

Once he got up to his room he helped Raymond put his new clothes into the drawer Gideon had cleared for him. "My dad said you can stay. And you will be staying in here."

"Did you tell him?" Raymond asked.

"No I didn't," Gideon told him, "I don't feel comfortable about telling him just yet."

"You are going to have to tell him sooner or later." Raymond told him.

" I want to have somewhere to go." Gideon said quietly. "Just in case."

"Don't worry. I'm sure he will understand." Raymond tried to reassure him.

Gideon smiled and they both went to watch T.V. They ended up falling asleep sitting up on the futon. When they woke up it was late at night, about midnight.

"You know," Raymond said, "we could have a little fun."

"Maybe." Gideon replied. "I would rather wait. I don't want to rush anything."

Raymond looked down and saw the bulge at Gideon's crotch. "Oh come on." Raymond said seductively, "You know you want to."

"I do want to. I also don't want to rush things." Gideon kept up his protest.

"Come on, we aren't rushing things." Raymond said, coming up to Gideon and rubbing the bulge through the cloth that was hiding it.

"O-ok./" Gideon stuttered out in pleasure.

Raymond smiled and unbuckled Gideon pants. He pulled them down and saw Gideon's boxers. He had to hold back laughter. "They used to be white, shut up." Gideon had on pure pink boxers. Raymond just held back his laughter and pulled them down to reveal Gideon's 9 and ½" length that was already semi-erect.

Raymond just looked up at Gideon with a grin on his face and ripped off Gideon's shirt. Once that was done he went back to Gideon's now fully hard length. He licked it from base to tip and was happy with the shuddering response from Gideon.

He had never had sex before or given blow jobs so he had no idea what he was doing. He just guessed at what he was supposed to do next and suckled on the tip of Gideon's cock, loving the taste of the pre-cum that was already on his dick.

Raymond slowly started to put more of Gideon's length into his muzzle until the tip tickled the back of his throat and he gagged. He pulled off of it a little and decided to only suck as much as he could fit in his muzzle. He started to run his tongue over Gideon's dick slowly, bringing pleasured moans from Gideon who quickly clamped his hand over his muzzle to try and contain the moans so they wouldn't be found out.

Raymond sat on his knees, sucking and rubbing Gideon's dick before he clamped his hands to Gideon's nuts and started to rub them slowly. Gideon could hardly contain his load with the amount of pleasure he was getting out of this. Gideon started to feel the pressure building inside him and before he knew it his balls were tightening and he released his load right into Raymond's mouth.

Raymond choked at first but then he started to swallow it. Cherishing the taste of Gideon's dragon seed. After licking the smallest amount off of his muzzle he stood up and kissed Gideon on the lips. Gideon loved the taste of himself and slowly got down onto his knees to return the favor. Gideon removed Raymond's pants in boxers in one fluid movement.

Gideon saw Raymond's fully erect 8" cock. He looked up at Raymond and saw that he was kind of embarrassed comparing his size to Gideon's. Gideon just licked it from base to tip in a repeat performance of what Raymond did, except once he put Raymond's length into his muzzle he took it in until it touched the back of his throat.

Unlike Raymond he simply relaxed his throat and fit more of it in. Raymond couldn't believe the pleasure that he was getting from being deep throated. Raymond was in a state of pure pleasure. Raymond had lost track of time when he felt Gideon's hands rubbing his balls and knot. This sent him over the edge. He released his load of hot wolf seed straight down Gideon's throat.

None of it leaked out of Gideon's muzzle, much to Gideon's joy, he wanted as much of his lover's seed as possible. Once that was good and done, they were both laying on Gideon's bed, under the covers.

"That... was... amazing." Raymond panted, grinning.

"I know." Gideon replied simply, already being beckoned into the darkness of sleep. "Good night Raymond."

"Good night hun" Raymond told him before they both fell asleep.

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Clarice stood up from her place on her bed, hearing that the moans had stopped. She walked over to Gideon's room and saw the boys laying on Gideon's bed. Naked. She just smiled, reached inside the door and turned the lock before closing it.

This way, her mom and dad wouldn't find out about Gideon and Raymond until they wanted them to. Clarice was thinking about how much she honestly loved her little brother to be doing this for him. She just hoped that he had a plan for when he told their father. He was not going to be happy.

That was her last thought before she fell into a fitful sleep with dreams remembering her older brother that had gotten kicked out for being gay. She tossed and turned and woke up. She just hoped their dad would be more understanding with Gideon. She doubted it.

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Chapter 5

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Gideon and Raymond woke up to Gideon's alarm clock at 5:30, a little bit of Gideon's seed that had landed on Raymond's chest and had dried between them and it was painful for Raymond because trying to pull his fur off Gideon's scales was like trying to pull your tongue off of a frozen metal pole.

Five minutes and a lot of painful yelps later they got apart. They walked into the bathroom that was attached to the bedroom and Raymond stopped. His bathroom didn't look anything like this. The flooring was granite, like the hallways and kitchen. It had a marble sink surrounded by a small counter.

The bath tub itself was amazing. It was marble, like the sink, and it was huge. It looked like a small swimming pool. Raymond only came back to reality when Gideon pushed him under the showerhead with freezing water.

"What was that for?" Raymond asked.

"You were spacing out again." Gideon said.

"Well, I'm sorry that the only time I've ever seen a house like yours is in a movie, and those were only slightly as amazing." Raymond told him.

"My family isn't that rich." Gideon said, "besides, its only amazing because your living here with the best boyfriend ever." Gideon added with a smile.

"I'm not so sure about that..." Raymond said but was cut off when Gideon punched him playfully in the arm. "I'm just kidding." Raymond added, acting hurt, before leaning over and sharing a passionate kiss with Gideon.

"I know." Gideon told him, "but its fun to see you pout like that."

"I do not..." Raymond started to say before being pushed back into the shower which was no longer cold, but pleasurably warm. "What is up with you and pushing me into the shower?" Raymond said angrily, almost yelling.

"Shut up!" Gideon hissed, "do you want my dad to find out?"

"Sorry," Raymond said, looking apologetic, "you've pushed me into the shower twice now though!"

"We just need to hurry up and shower. It's Monday, remember?" Gideon told him. "We have to go to school today. Then we can announce our relationship in any way, shape, or form." Raymond looked a little nervous after this and Gideon added, "You're with me. Nobody is going to be stupid enough to do anything to you." Gideon thought for a moment, "except the football team."

Raymond looked at him with fear in his eyes. "I'm kidding!" Gideon said quickly. This comment got him splashed. "Hey!" Gideon said, choking on a little bit of water that had gone into his muzzle when he spoke.

Raymond just started cracking up with laughter. "That was hilarious!" He spoke out, getting punched in the arm again. "Hey! You can't get made at me for laughing at something that is incredibly, INCREDIBLY funny."

"When you cause it in the first place I can." Gideon said. "Anyways, we have to get washed up. We do have to go to school today."

"Hmph!" Raymond grunted. "I've been in the hospital for two days! You can't blame me for not wanting to go."

"Trust me, school will be a lot different." Gideon said, "which reminds me, your signing up for tennis right?"

Raymond nodded his head and said "Ya."

"Good, now, let's get washed." Gideon said, turning Raymond around and putting some shampoo onto his back. Raymond shuddered at the cold touch.

"That shampoo is cold!" Raymond said.

Gideon only laughed and continued rubbing it in. Raymond kept on shivering. "It can't be that cold." Gideon said.

"Oh yes it can." Raymond said incoherently, due to the cold.

Raymond was relieved when the shampoo was done being rubbed in and he got to rinse off. "Your turn." he said to Gideon.

Gideon just laughed and said, "I don't use soap on anything but my hair. My scales get rinsed off by water."

"No fair!" Raymond burst out. "How am I going to get payback?"

"I don't know." Gideon said, stepping out. Raymond was struck with an idea. He turned the water all the way cold then picked the shower head out of its holding place.

"Hey Gideon, guess what." Raymond said.

Gideon turned around and said, "What?" before getting hit in the face with a blast of cold water. "That wasn't nice!" Gideon spluttered.

"Who said I was nice?" Raymond replied back, with an evil grin on his face. Gideon just laughed and proceeded to dry himself off. By the time Raymond was dry Gideon was fully dressed and ready to go.

"Man, you take forever to dry off." Gideon said.

"You don't have 20 pounds of fur on your body." Raymond told him.

"Oh, right, all scales." Gideon said

"And I love ya anyways." Raymond told him before leaning over and planting a kiss on his lips. "Even though I don't know why." After this Gideon just stormed off out of the room. "WAIT!" Raymond yelled after him. Raymond quickly got dressed to go find him but when he passed the hall closet Gideon jumped out of it and pushed him to the floor.

"Payback is awesome." Gideon said.

"Ya, now can you get your fat butt off of me?" Raymond said, wheezing because he was being crushed.

"Fine." Gideon said before getting off of him.

"God, you weigh a ton." Raymond told Gideon.

"Nonsense." Gideon replied, "I ONLY weigh 520 pounds."

"Oh ya, you're a real feather." Raymond replied sarcastically.

"Compared to my sister I am." Gideon said, Raymond froze with a horrified look on his face. "She's behind me isn't she."

"Uh-huh." Raymond replied simply.

Gideon turned around horrified, but no one was there. "You liar."

"He wasn't lying. I just move faster than you." Clarice said punching him in the stomach.

"That... really... wasn't... nice" Gideon wheezed out, trying to catch his breath after being punched in the stomach.

Raymond was rolling on the floor, laughing his ass off. Gideon kicked Raymond's head and he yelped in pain. "What was that for!" Raymond asked.

"You were laughing at me." Gideon snapped.

"So it was funny." Raymond said.

"Oh my god!" Clarice said. "Your bickering again."

"Oh my god!" Gideon mimicked, "you are like, such a girl."

"I am a girl if you haven't noticed." Clarice told him.

Gideon muttered, "That's debatable." under his breath. Clarice heard him anyway and slapped him across the face.

"Stop hitting me!" Gideon yelled at her. Clarice hit him again, just to annoy him. Raymond stood up off the floor.

"Come on, we have to get to school." Raymond said before Gideon could retaliate.

"I'll drive you." Clarice said. Clarice walked down the stairs and saw Gideon's permit. "Actually," she started when they got down the stairs. "Gideon needs the practice."

"I don't want to traumatize you guys for life." Gideon muttered.

"Don't look at me and you won't." Clarice said, getting a scowl from Gideon. She threw the cars keys to Gideon. "Let's move or your going to be late."

Gideon took the keys and walked to the car reluctantly. He thought that he could get his sister back and he grinned. He got in, fastened his seat belt. Put the key in the ignition and turned the car on. He put the car into reverse and slammed the pedal to the floor. He turned out into the street flawlessly. He put the car into drive without fully stopping and they were shooting down the street at 60 MPH. "SLOW DOWN!" Clarice yelled at him.

Gideon just yelled out "WOOHOO!" and kept driving. He managed to get to the school safe and unseen by any cops. He ended by skidding into and empty parking space.

He got hit on the back of the head by Raymond and he looked back at him. He was staring, scared, at his sister. Gideon slowly looked at her and saw her clutching her arm. "Oh shit." Gideon pulled out of the parking space and dropped Raymond off in front of the school. "Tell our teachers where I am."

Gideon drove slowly to the hospital, making sure to get there safely. Once he got to the hospital he jumped out quickly and ran over to the other side of the car. He pulled open the door, unbuckled Clarice's seatbelt, and pulled her out. It was an effort but he thought about what would happen if he didn't get her in there and he picked her up like a feather.

He ran into the hospital, holding her between his arms, trying not to shake her body to much. He got through the doors and yelled out, "HELP!" The nurse at the counter looked at him and jumped out of her chair, yelling through the door behind her. Nurses and doctors rushed into the entrance and put her onto a gurney and rushed her to a room. He vaguely registered a nurse rush up to him and ask him what happened.

He was going to answer but the fear for his sister was to much. His heart was racing and he blacked out.

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Raymond ran into the office and asked them to excuse him and Gideon from classes. "Why?" the secretary behind the desk asked.

"Gideon has to drive his sister to the hospital and I have to walk and tell his father." Raymond told her, tears burning the back of his eyes.

"Go boy, don't talk to me." The secretary said.

"Thank you!" he yelled as he was running out the door. He knew Gideon had told him to go to his classes but Gideon's dad did need to know. He knew the way to Gideon's house and he ran halfway there. He made it in ten minutes, at least.

He ran into the house and tried to find Gideon's father before remembering that he had to work. He started to panic before remembering Gideon's mom was home. "Mrs. Restin!" Raymond yelled.

He saw her coming down the stairs, "Who are you?" she asked.

"Oh ya, you haven't met me yet." Raymond said, "I'm Raymond." he said holding out his hands.

"Nice to meet you." She said, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh ya, you fell asleep. My parents kicked me out, I'd rather not say why, and Mr. Restin let me stay." Raymond explained. "I need..."

He was cut off. "I see Gideon finally found a boyfriend." she said.

"What! No! That's not it." He was cut off again.

"Don't lie. I've known he was gay since he covered his eyes the last time we watched a movie that showed boobs in it."

"That's not the issue right now though." Raymond told her. "Clarice is in the hospital."

Mrs. Restin's expression changed instantly. "Let's go! You can explain in the car." she headed out the door, keys in hand. "Oh ya, don't tell Ron. He doesn't know Gideon is gay yet." She remembered what they had done to their last son and she didn't want that to happen to Gideon too.

They got into the car and drove to the hospital. It was a short trip since they didn't live very far away. She walked in through the doors, Raymond close on her heels. "We're here to see Clarice Restin." she told the nurse behind the counter.

"If she's a bronze dragon that was just carried in by a blue dragon, then they are both in room 105." she said calmly.

"Why are they both there?" Raymond asked fearfully.

"The blue one passed out shortly after bringing the bronze in." the nurse said.

" Come on Mrs. Restin." Raymond said, wanting to see Gideon.

"Just call me Carol." she told Raymond.

"That just seems weird." Raymond said. They quickly found the room and walked in. Carol broke into tears at the sight of her two kids, lying still on the hospital beds. Their chests were moving, and Gideon was only unconscious but it was still a sad sight.

Gideon started to stir about a half hour after they got there and woke up. "Ugh." he said, holding his head. "Where am I?"

"You took Clarice to the hospital and passed out." Raymond told him, happy that Gideon had woken up, but not being able to smile since Clarice was still unconscious

"Oh ya." Gideon remembered. He looked over at Clarice and burst into tears.

Raymond and Carol quickly walked over to comfort him. "It's ok Gideon, she's going to be ok. She's just in shock."

"It's my fault she's here in the first place." Gideon said, barely being able to say the words.

"What does he mean?" Carol asked Raymond.

"He was driving to fast since she made him drive." Raymond explained.

Carol understood and looked at Gideon with sympathy in her eyes. "She's going to be alright Gideon. That's the only thing that matters."

"How do you know she's going to be alright." Gideon sobbed.

"Because her brain is active, so she's not in a coma, and her heart is beating normally." Carol told him. "She just needs to rest a few hours." She stood up. "She's going to have to stay here overnight, even if she comes to. Come on Gideon, you're defiantly not going to school today."

"Well, you'll have to call the school." Gideon started.

"No she won't, I told the secretary about what happened and she excused us from school." Raymond told him.

Gideon grumbled something under his breath and stood up. Since he was just unconscious they hadn't put him in one of those ridiculous hospital gowns. Carol drove them home and she took the boys into the living room.

"Well Gideon, there is one thing that is good." Raymond said. "Your mom knows your gay." With that Raymond leaned over and kissed Gideon.

"How did you find out?" Gideon asked, turning to his mother.

"Do you really expect me to not know." She asked. "Your father doesn't, however. You're going to have to tell him sooner or later."

"Ok, I will think about how to tell him." Gideon said. He stood up and headed upstairs, "I'm gonna lay down, I'm tired." he yelled down the stairs.

He went to his room and plopped down onto his bed. He was thinking about how he was going to tell his father when his eyes started drooping. He hadn't found his answer when the darkness encroached upon him.

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Chapter 6

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A week passed by and Gideon still hadn't thought how he was going to tell his father. Raymond and he were still moving steadily upwards. Clarice had come out of the hospital that day. Instead of using the free hit Gideon let her have at ANY part of his body she just laughed and hugged him. At this Gideon looked puzzle before returning the hug with a quizzical look on his face.

"Aren't you mad?" Gideon asked Clarice, still trying to puzzle out why she didn't just take the free hit.

"Of course I am." she said simply, "but you're an idiot and I can't blame you for that."

Raymond burst out laughing and Gideon had a hurt look on his face. "It wasn't exactly easy carrying you across the parking lot. It made me faint."

Raymond just laughed harder before getting hit simultaneously by Gideon and Clarice. "Ouch. What was that for," Raymond groaned with a hurt look on his face.

"You were laughing at our situation." Gideon told him. Raymond stared at him with big, hurt eyes. Not exactly puppy dog eyes but almost as cute. "I can't stay angry at you." Gideon said leaning over and kissing Raymond on the cheek.

"I'm in the room!" Clarice said. "I don't care how cute you guys are together I don't want to see it." Luckily their dad was at work.

Gideon and Raymond just snickered and kissed again. "You know you love me." Gideon told her.

"Only a little bit" Clarice replied. "And that little bit is very small." She added the last part as she walked upstairs to her room.

"Alright Raymond, I gotta do something really fast." Gideon told him. "Why don't you go talk to my mom?"

"Fine." Raymond told him, walking into the living room to talk to the red dragon that was Gideon's mother. Raymond just noticed that Gideon's mother, despite being old, was actually very pretty.

She had stunning eyes, not yellow like most dragons, but they were purple. She had golden hair that ran down her back, she obviously dyed it to keep it form turning gray, with kids like Gideon and Clarice she had to dye it a lot.

"How's it going Carol?" he asked her.

She looked at him suspiciously, "Fine." She answered, "Is something wrong? Did Gideon break something?" she started, sounding like she was gonna murder him if he did.

"No, he's doing something and he told me to come talk to you." He told her, trying to save Gideon from getting his ass kicked by his mother for doing something that he didn't do.

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Meanwhile...

"Hello?" The girl on the other side of the phone asked as she answered the phone.

"Hi, are there any reservations open for tonight?" Gideon asked her, starting to get anxious because of how long this was taking.

"Let me check," he heard her say. He heard voices talking in the background. "We have a reservation open at eight o'clock. Is that good?" she asked.

"Yes, that perfect. Put the reservation under Gideon Restin, please?" he told her.

"Will do." she said. "It's going to be expensive."

"I have enough," Gideon said, "thanks for your time."

Gideon hung up smiling. He walked over to Clarice's room and knocked on the door. She opened the door, looking annoyed, "What do you want?" she asked.

"For you to drive Raymond and I to the Fur Pride downtown." he told her. "I'm taking Raymond out and he doesn't know it yet."

"That's an expensive restaurant..." Clarice started.

"I have the money." Gideon said quickly. "Just don't tell Raymond."

"Fine." Clarice said, "What time?"

"Eight O'Clock." Gideon said.

"Perfect, I'm going there with Terrence anyways." Clarice said.

"Perfect, my sister is going to be able to spy on my date." Gideon said sarcastically.

"Be happy I agreed to take you." Clarice said, starting to slam the door then stopping it, "and I am driving!"

Gideon snickered, "Fine."

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Back in the living room, Gideon's mom decided to do something that would annoy any normal teenager. She brought out the baby pictures. Raymond had just looked at one of him in the bath tub when he came down the stairs. Gideon walked slowly, wondering what Raymond was laughing at.

He saw the album and got pissed. "MOM!!!"

Raymond just started laughing even more. "Please... stop... it's getting... hard to breathe." Raymond was gasping for breath and his the skin under his fur was turning to purple.

"Yes mom, stop." Gideon said, walking towards the door. "I'll be back. I have to run an errand. Just keep him busy some other way."

Gideon ran out the door, and Raymond was wondering where he was going. "He's been leaving me with you all day!" Raymond sighed.

"Is there a problem with that?" Carol asked, pretending to be offended.

"No!" Raymond said, not realizing she was kidding, "there isn't a problem with that," he started babbling incoherently.

"I was kidding Raymond, kidding." Carol said quickly, trying to get him to shut up.

"Oh." Raymond said, blushing, "Ummm, that was awkward."

"Maybe you should go get some sleep?" Carol suggested. "You look tired."

"I might as well," Raymond sighed, "Gideon's not here." Raymond started walking upstairs and stopped. "Did I ever say thank you for letting me stay?"

"A million times. Just go to Gideon's room." Carol said with a smile.

Raymond just walked up and collapsed on Gideon's bed. The last thought before he fell asleep was a thought that wondered what Gideon was doing.

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Gideon knew that the Fur Pride was an expensive, and fancy, restaurant so he had to go get something that was somewhat fancy to wear. He decided to skip the mall, he didn't want to force his sister into driving him more places than she had to, so he just ran to the nearest clothing store.

It had clothes that would fit in at the restaurant, and Gideon knew that he had bought Raymond a few semi fancy outfits. He was having a hard time hiding this from Raymond. He couldn't wait until he could get his license.

He got to the store and stepped in, stopping a minute to get used to the cold air conditioning. It was freezing in here and he wanted to get out so he quickly went to the mens section, trying to find the best outfit he could.

He found a pair of black jeans that fit him well and they had the red tracings of a dragon over the back pockets and down the sides of the legs. He tried on a few shirts before settling on a black shirt with the red tracings of a wolf on the front.

A dragon on his pants and a wolf on his shirt, he just realized that it was a perfect match for the relationship he was in. He laughed to himself until he got to the cashier. She scanned the items and put them in a bag. "That will be Twenty-Four dollars." she said in a tone that said, I don't give a shit, just get your stuff and get out.

He handed her the money and walked out. It had gotten even hotter while he was inside and he couldn't run without sweating rivers so he had to settle on walking. He hated walking because of how slow he moved. He stayed to the shade, hoping that he wouldn't stain the white shirt he was wearing.

Unfortunately for him he saw a gang. They looked over and noticed he was a rich kid and walked over and surrounded him. "Where ya going?" one of the gangsters, this one a dragon, asked him.

"Home, now move." Gideon said, getting irritated and kinda frightened. He felt a blow land on his jaw and he heard another one say. "That ain't gonna happen."

He heard a click and he froze. He slowly turned around and noticed that one of them had a gun. The gangster with a gun said, "Beat the shit out of him. Make him feel pain."

"Why are you doing this?" Gideon asked fearfully, as he felt a blow land on his head.

"Because we hate rich people." Gideon started to fight back but was already to injured to do anything. He was forced to his knees due to the pain and he looked at the one with the gun. "Have any last words?" the man asked him. Gideon could only whimper.

He heard the loud explosion of a bullet flying out of the barrel of a gun before everything faded into darkness. The last thing he registered were people yelling and screaming, some running towards him

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Chapter 7

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Raymond woke up from falling asleep about four hours later. He walked downstairs and saw Carol crying on the couch, watching the news. He listened to what the news reporter was saying and was horrified.

"A shooting outside the local clothing store left this 14 year old dragon, Gideon Rentis, identified by the school I.D. in his wallet, severely injured. Authorities do not know who the shooter was, they are just thankful that a visiting citizen from Missouri happened to be walking by the alley at the time."

The camera switched to a view of a middle aged wolf that was named Dennis Tenites, "I heard grunts of pain coming from the alley and I looked in and saw the kid forced onto his knees with a gun held to his head. I think me shouting for help probably saved his life. If I hadn't the shooter would have shot him in the head."

The camera switched back to the reporter. "The only bullet wound that was reported was to Gideon's right shoulder, narrowly missing the major blood vessels. He has been admitted to Alton Memorial Hospital and will have special visiting hours in about two hours time."

The news switched to the weather and Raymond slowly walked over to the couch and collapsed next to Carol. He started to cry and Carol called Clarice downstairs. "What is it mom?" Clarice asked, looking worried.

"Your b-b-brother is in the h-h-hospital. H-h-he was shot in the arm and nearly b-b-beaten to death." Carol replied, barely able to say the sentence with how badly her voice was breaking. "Be ready to leave in two hours. That's when visiting hours are." The last part couldn't be understood because of how bad she was crying.

Clarice stared, hoping it was a joke. "Please tell me your kidding?" she said. When her mom shook her head she dropped onto the couch to comfort the crying Raymond.

"He will be ok." she told him. "He has to be." she muttered under her breath.

She went up stairs to call Terrence. "Honey, I can't go to dinner tonight."

"What?" Terrence asked, "Why?"

"My brother is in the hospital. I have to go see him."

"Forget him, you can still go to dinner." Terrence asked, annoyed that something else her brother did stopped them from having time together.

Clarice was shocked at the words. "He has a bullet wound to the shoulder. I'm going to see him." She told him, getting slightly angry.

"Who gives a shit about that little bitch." Terrence said, growling slightly. "Your coming to dinner and that's final."

Clarice just stared at the phone, not believing a word that she was hearing. "Terrence," she said calmly, "it's over." she hung up the phone and went downstairs. Raymond and Carol were still crying.

"Come on guys, he will be okay." Clarice said, before joining in with the sorrow they were feeling. It was like that for two hours. Clarice noticed the time and said, "OK Guys, its visiting hours. Let's go."

They all rushed to the car, Clarice driving since she was the only one that wasn't crying. Clarice remembered Malissa and pulled out her cell phone. The phone rang three times before Craig picked up. "Hello?" he asked when he answered.

"Craig? You and Malissa need to get to the hospital right away." she told him.

"Why?" he asked, starting to sound worried.

"G-g-gideon got shot in the shoulder and was nearly beaten to death." Clarice almost broke down in tears telling him what happened.

"Oh my god." was all Craig could say. "We'll be there." he almost hung up before adding, "Fast."

And when Craig said fast, he meant fast. Craig and Malissa were in the room before they got there. Malissa was sitting in a chair crying. A doctor came in to tell them how Gideon was doing.

"He's in a coma." the doctor said, plain and simple. "He lost to much blood, we got the bullet out and stopped the bleeding. He's going to need a blood transfusion, that much we know."

Raymond was looking at the floor, tears in his eyes. He didn't want to look at the doctor, a person who could say these words so calmly, like absolutely nothing had happened to Gideon. He wanted to rip the man's arms out, but not just for that reason.

Raymond looked up and gasped. "Dad?"

Raymond's father just looked at him, his eyes watering instantly. "T-this is your boyfriend?" his father asked him.

Raymond was shocked that his father had even talked to him. Dumbfounded, all he could do was nod. His dad just nodded and asked, "Can I talk to you Raymond? Please?"

"O-ok." Raymond stuttered, getting more shocked by the moment. He followed his dad out of the room and into a nearby office. The first thing his dad did was hug him. Raymond noticed his mom was there.

"We are so sorry for the way we acted." Raymond's father told him. "Please come home."

His mother came over to hug him and noticed she was crying. He hugged her back, tried to comfort her. "Ok, I will." His mother and father both hugged him, they were both crying. "Can I go back to Gideon's room now?"

His father just nodded, happy that his son was going to come home and angry at himself for treating his son like that in the first place. Raymond walked back to Gideon's room, slightly happy and angry at himself for being happy when he should be sad. His boyfriend was in a coma.

He walked back into Gideon's room and walked over to a chair that was pulled up next to the bed, ignoring the rest of Gideon's family he reached out and hugged the Gideon's unconscious form. He heard two gasps and looked around. He saw Craig and Malissa and remembered that they didn't know about him and Gideon yet.

He blushed slightly before hanging his head in between his shoulders, embarrassed that he had forgotten that Malissa and Craig hadn't been told. He heard Craig whisper to Gideon's mother. "Why did he just hug Gideon?"

"It's not exactly the best time to tell you, but Raymond is Gideon's boyfriend." Craig looked shocked, he hadn't been expecting that someone like Gideon would turn out gay.

Malissa just nodded her head and said, "I should've known."

Raymond just went back to hugging Gideon's unconscious form. Raymond sat there, hugging Gideon, until a nurse came in and told them visiting hours were over. Raymond bent down and planted a kiss on his boyfriend's lips, mostly so that the word would spread among the nurses that the cute dragon in this room was gay.

The word would spread through the nurses and reach the interns. The word would spread through the interns and Gideon wouldn't have the same problem Raymond had when he woke up. 'If he wakes up' Raymond thought to himself. He hit himself on the head. 'He has to wake up, he has to.'

Raymond saw his dad and said, "Hey Carol. Hold on a second." Raymond walked over to his dad and said, "I'll move back home when Gideon comes out of his coma." Raymond's father just nodded and continued working.

Raymond walked back over to Carol who was standing patiently, her eyes red and puffy from crying. "What was that about?" she asked him.

"My parents asked me to come home." Raymond said, feeling kinda happy again. "I told him I would move back once Gideon came out of his coma"

Carol just hugged him and said, "That's great." she smiled at him and Raymond saw Malissa and Craig talking. Raymond hadn't noticed before but Malissa was a very beautiful green dragon, like most dragons she had yellow eyes and black hair. The light glistened off her scales. What was odd was that Craig was a fox, his fur burnt orange. He had green eyes and his tail was tipped in white.

Raymond asked, "Hey Carol, how did Malissa and Craig have a child?"

Carol almost laughed at the confused look on his face. "They don't know. Nobody does. Somehow Malissa got pregnant." Raymond was about to say something and Carol quickly added, "It's his child, they did DNA tests and everything."

Raymond just looked even more confused and he noticed Clarice wasn't there. "Where's Clarice?"

"She's in the car." Carol said and at that moment Clarice walked in and said, "Can we go now? I hate hospitals."

Raymond and Carol just laughed as they walked out the door. They got into the already started car and Clarice took them home. Raymond was almost crying again and decided he was just going to go back to bed. He said good night to Carol and Clarice, Mr. Restin wasn't home yet, and walked to Gideon's room.

Being alone when he was falling asleep made that cold spot in his heart come back and he fell into a deep sleep, that gave him no rest. He was thrashing all night long with nightmares. Gideon always wound up dead at the end of them and he woke up crying.

Clarice heard him from the other room and came to check on him. She sat down on the edge of the bed and leaned down to pick him up into a sitting position. "Shhhh, he's going to be alright, he's going to be alright." she kept saying that over and over until Raymond, happy at feeling warm again, slowly drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

Clarice carefully laid him back down, and looked at him. She smiled at how cute he was sleeping. He kinda looked like a child and Clarice realized with a sinking feeling that he was. 14 years old was not an age to be dealing with stress like this. She looked back at him sadly before hearing a knock at the door.

She looked at the clock and noticed it was Eleven o'clock. It may be Friday but no one had ever come over that late at night. She went downstairs and opened the door to see Malissa, child standing next to her holding her hand, crying. "Malissa?" Clarice asked. "What are you doing here?"

"Craig kicked me out." Malissa told her. "We were arguing about Gideon being gay, he didn't want to have him mentioned in the house anymore and I started yelling at him. He got angry at me and he kicked me out."

Clarice just said, "Oh my god." She looked down at her niece, Madison, a green dragon like her mother but with green eyes like her father. "Madison, do you want some milk?"

"Yes please, Aunt Crece." the little girl told her, mis pronouncing Clarice's name since she was still to young to pronounce it right. Clarice just smiled and led them to the kitchen. She poured a glass of milk for Madison and said, "Here ya go sweety." She looked back at Malissa and asked, "Do you want anything?"

"Do you have pepsi?" Malissa asked, managing to stop herself from stuttering, afraid to show any signs of weakness.

Clarice reached into the fridge and pulled out a can of pepsi. "I'm going to go wake up mom."

She walked upstairs and opened mom's door, their father had been on a business trip luckily. "Mom," Clarice said, "Mom wake up."

"Huh? What?" Carol said, slightly annoyed that she had been woken up. "What is it?"

"Malissa is downstairs. Craig kicked her out." At this Carol jumped up and yelled "WHAT!"

"Mom, SHHHH, I just helped Raymond fall asleep. Let him sleep." Carol instantly stopped yelling and walked downstairs to the kitchen.

"Why did Craig kick you out?" Carol asked her. Malissa told her the story and Carol just grew more and more pissed, "Tomorrow, we are going over there and getting your stuff. You and Madison can move back in here."

Malissa just nodded. "Can we stay in the guest room tonight?"

"Yes, of course." Carol said.

"Just be quiet, Raymond is sleeping." Clarice said.

Malissa looked puzzled. "Why is Raymond here?"

"His parents kicked him out." Clarice said. "You look tired, go get some sleep."

Malissa walked up to the guest room with Madison in her arms. She put Madison on the bed next to her and they instantly fell asleep. Clarice and Carol went back to their rooms and fell asleep.

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Gideon didn't like this place. It was cold and dark, like the feeling he had had in his heart before he had met Raymond. He was drifting, he knew that much. It was like a black hole, he heard wind howling in his ears. He felt the chill seeping into his bones.

He remembered a while ago the darkness had faded into light and he had been sitting in a clearing with Raymond. They had been hugging. It had been like that for a while before Raymond kissed him on the lips and walked away. Gideon had felt a strong desire to stand up and follow him but couldn't move. He had tried to move a finger but all he felt was a burning sensation shoot through his body.

The darkness had come back shortly after and had instantly chilled him to the bone. He just floated there, hoping that this would end soon. He didn't like it.

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Raymond's father met the gangster in the alley. "Here's your money, just don't tell anyone."

"Killing that Gideon punk was easy. If that man hadn't seen us he would be fully dead." the gangster said, counting his money.

"I'll make sure he doesn't wake up." Raymond's father said.

"Whatever, I did what I was supposed to do." the gangster said, "Bye Mr, uhhh." the gangster realized he had never been told a name.

"Mr. Zasturfinztin" Raymond's father said as he walked away. The "gangster" smirked and walked down the block to the police car that was waiting for him.

"I can't believe that idiot really believed I was the one he hired." the man said. He gave the cops the tape recorder. "You better hurry to the hospital. He said he was gonna kill that kid." the cops looked at each other and rushed to the hospital.

After the police were gone Xatrin pulled off the wig and said, "The stuff I do for Gideon." He threw the wig into a trash can and walked home, whistling to himself softly, happy that he had just helped his friend out.

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Raymond woke up to somebody shaking him. He sat up and said, "What's goin on?"

"Your father was arrested last night." Carol told him.

This caused him to sit full upright. "What!?" he exclaimed. "Why?"

"He hired the person to shoot Gideon and then said that he was going to make sure Gideon didn't wake up." Carol said, looking at the hint of anger on his face she added, "Your mother had nothing to do with it and still wants you to go home."

Raymond just nodded and said, "Ok, I will. Just not right now."

Carol was about to say something but the phone rang. Carol picked it up and listened for a minute before handing the phone to Raymond. "Gideon's friends want to talk to you."

Raymond looked puzzled but took the phone. He was instantly bombarded with questions. He answered all of them with three words and a letter. "He's in a coma." There was silence on the phone for a minute.

"How?" Dean asked, he could barely recognize their voices but he knew it was paul.

"He got shot in the shoulder. He went into the coma because of blood loss."

"You want to tag along with us to go see him?" he heard Xatrin say.

"Sure." was all Raymond could say before they all hung up. Gideon's friends were obviously the type of people to hang up without saying bye.

Raymond barely had time to get dressed before there was a knock on the door and Carol opened it to show that Dean, Xatrin, Paulie, Trevor, and Kevin were already there. Raymond ran down the stairs, skipping steps and jumping down the last three. "Be back later Carol, we're going to see Gideon." she just nodded.

They all got into Dean's truck. There was an awkward silence. Raymond hadn't hung out with them much and didn't say anything. They quickly got to the hospital considering how short of a drive it was. Raymond tripped getting out, he was in a hurry to flee the awkward silence that the van ensued.

They all laughed and Xatrin said, "Clumsy much?"

Raymond just blushed and was grateful that the silence had been broken, even if it was because he nearly broke his neck tripping out of a van. "Hehe, I've been nervous lately."

"No one can blame you," Kevin said, "you have a boyfriend that's in a coma, and your dad was the one who tried to kill him. Anybody would be." Kevin smiled at him and patted him on the back.

Raymond was almost in tears about being reminded about the situation and asked, "Can we just drop it? Please?"

Kevin looked at Raymond's face and suddenly felt guilty, "Sorry man, we can drop it." Kevin smiled again and Raymond still felt sad, but happy that Kevin understood. "Let's just go see Gideon."

Raymond just nodded his head and walked inside, faster than the others considering he was more eager to see Gideon. He walked in and asked the clerk which room he was in- just in case he got moved- and turns out he did.

"He's in room 087. He woke up in the middle of the night screaming." At this Raymond was alarmed and started running through the halls, almost tripping a few nurses. He got to the room and walked in to see Gideon sleeping peacefully. There was a doctor in checking the heart and brain rate monitors.

The doctor looked up when Raymond came in. He smiled and looked back at his papers. "I'm guessing your Raymond." he said without looking up.

Raymond looked puzzled and said, "How did you know?"

"This young man has told me all about you." The doctor said.

Raymond looked alarmed and the doctor added, "Not EVERYTHING. He has told me that you were his boyfriend, however."

Raymond looked a little relieved at this. "Can you not tell his dad? He doesn't know yet."

The doctor smiled again, "I already promised."

Raymond was fully relieved after this and the rest of the gang burst in asking questions. "How is he?" was the main one.

"Whoa whoa! Settle down. He's doing fine, he just needs rest now. The bullet is out safely, and the blood transfusions were successful." the doctor said, sounding proud that his staff could do all of this to one person in one night.

"How long does he have to stay here?" Raymond asked eagerly. The doctor was hesitant to answer.

"It depends on if he is still delusional when he wakes up again." The doctor said, biting his lips. "The trauma gave him extreme nightmares." the doctor looked at the brain wave monitor. "Looks like he's coming to now."

Gideon started thrashing and Raymond quickly went over to him. Raymond put his arms around Gideon and he stopped thrashing around and returned the hug. His body calmed down and the brain wave monitor stopped going haywire. Gideon's eyes opened slowly and he started muttering incoherently.

When his eyes were fully opened he sat up and looked around. "W-where am I?" he muttered groggily.

"Your in the hospital hun." Raymond told him, trying to force him back onto the bed.

"Why?" Gideon muttered again, getting less groggy the longer he was up.

"You got shot in the shoulder and you went into a coma from blood loss." Raymond was about to say more but it all came back to Gideon and his hand shot up to his shoulder. He felt around where the scar was and groaned.

"I hope this pain stops soon, there are games for basketball that are coming up." Gideon said.

"Don't worry, take pain pills and you will be good." The doctor smiled and said, "Well, since Raymond here is obviously the cure for your delusions, so you're free to go."

Gideon just now noticed the doctor and his friends and blushed, "Hey guys. Didn't see ya there."

"Ya, we figured." Paulie giggled quietly. "So, before you and Raymond start doing anything more than hugging how about we get out of here?"

"Good idea." Dean and Kevin said at the same time, causing embarrassed looks between them and a roar of laughter from everyone except Gideon who tried but just ended up groaning because of the pain.

"Ok, don't make me laugh. I just want to go home and sleep some of this pain off." Gideon groaned again.

"Alright, let's go." Raymond said, helping Gideon out of the chair. He helped Gideon put his clothes on(Gideon was still to groggy from pain medicine and kept missing the pant leg.)and helped him walk to the van.

"Uhh, guys." Kevin said, "My van won't fit all of us."

"That's alright," Raymond told him, "Gideon will sit on my lap." Raymond snickered evilly and Gideon blushed. "Besides, I'm afraid he's gonna fall out of the seat once he unbuckles his seat belt."

"Ugh, fine. I just want to get home." Gideon said. They all got into the van and buckled up, Raymond and Gideon a little awkwardly because they had to share a seat and Gideon was bigger than Raymond was.

With Gideon there was talk going back and forth and Raymond didn't feel as awkward. He felt comfortable with Gideon there. He never realized the way Gideon made him feel before. Gideon made him feel warm and tingly, like he was floating on a cloud of warm air and moisture was slowly falling on his skin and dripping off.

The feeling was pleasant and he knew it instantly to be love. He had told Gideon he loved him but he never actually knew if he did until now. He remembered the offer his mother had given him and he told Gideon that once they got home he needed to talk to him.

They got there shortly, Raymond had trouble getting Gideon out of the van. They walked awkwardly to the door, Raymond being aware of every crack or pebble in Gideon's path. At the moment anything could be deadly to him.

"What did you need to tell me?" Gideon asked. He was slightly worried that Raymond was going to break up with him.

"Oh, ya. My mom asked me to come home, she said that she was sorry." Raymond told her.

"Your mom? What about your dad?" Gideon asked, completely ignorant of the situation.

"My dad is in prison. He hired that gangster to kill you." Raymond said, tearing up slightly. He could feel his soul starting to rip inside of him. He had loved his father and couldn't believe that he could do something like that to anyone he loved.

"You don't have to go home right away do you?" Gideon asked.

"Not right away, but soon." Raymond answered.

"Could you stay over one more night?" Gideon asked him. "Be with me in a time of need."

"Of course hun," Raymond said, "I would go to the ends of the earth and back again for you."

They walked up to Gideon's room, even more awkward going up the stairs, and Gideon plopped onto his bed, groaning in pain because he hit his shoulder, and crawled under the covers. Raymond crawled under next to him and hugged Gideon.

"I love you." Gideon whispered before falling into a deep sleep.

"I love you too." Raymond whispered to Gideon's sleeping form. Raymond was just happy that Gideon's dad was on a business trip, otherwise he would have to sleep on the futon. Raymond just lie there, thinking about his relationship.

He was happy he would be going home, but he would miss Gideon's warm body next to him every night. He fell asleep with the idea of eternal happiness in his head.

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Chapter 8

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Raymond was done packing up all the stuff he had, barely any of it had been with him when he lived in his parent's house originally. Gideon was sad that Raymond was going to move back because like Raymond he had enjoyed the feel of Raymond's body heat warming him as well.

"Cya at school hun." Gideon said, kissing Raymond good night. Raymond's mother was sitting in the car, trying to hide the look of disgust on her face. She just found it to hard to accept that her son was gay. She would come around eventually and get used to the idea, Raymond knew that, but if she tried to stick him with a girl he was gonna freak.

It had been a week since Gideon had come home from the hospital Malissa was living back at Craig's house until she got all of her stuff moved out, and it was now November 19th, and Gideon's parents had invited Raymond and his mother for dinner on Thanksgiving. She had gladly accepted since she had no where to go after her mother had died and now that her husband was in prison.

She was angry, surprisingly, that her husband- ex-husband- had tried to hurt their son like that. She had gotten the divorce papers an hour after she found out, no matter how much she disapproved of this relationship between her son and Gideon, Gideon was a good kid and if Raymond was going to be gay at least it was with someone who wouldn't hurt him intentionally.

"No you won't, we don't have school tomorrow. Thanksgiving break. Remember?" Raymond reminded him, slightly disappointed. He would definitely be anxious to see Gideon on Thanksgiving, his mother said they were gonna spend some time together to make up for the weeks that Raymond had been gone.

Raymond gave Gideon one last hug before getting into his mother's Ford, Mercury Tracer. Raymond quickly waved by to Gideon, Clarice, and Carol, not Gideon's father because he was on a business trip until the day before Thanksgiving.

He was always working and it kinda disappointed Gideon that he never got to play basketball with his dad anymore. He remembered when he was younger. His dad had taken him down to the park and held him on his shoulders so that Gideon could slam the basketball through the hoop.

Gideon smiled at the memory and heard the scraping of a car against a curb. He looked up and quickly remembered Raymond, slowly driving away. He managed to wave at Raymond while he was still in his sight range, but just barely.

Once Raymond was around the corner Gideon was kinda sad. He was already anxious to see Raymond again, spending a second without him was painful. Gideon walked inside slowly and sadly. He closed his eyes for a second before entering the door, the evening sun turning his eyelids a bright red.

He plopped down on the couch, instantly joined by Clarice, who reached over and stole the remote just as he was gonna pick it up. "How do you always do that?" He asked her incredulously with a touch of annoyance in his voice, momentarily forgetting the reason why he was sad.

"Easy." Clarice replied, "I'm your older sister and my specialty is annoying you. Plus, your as slow as a turtle when your not playing some sort of sport."

The last part made him scowl at her, a low growl rumbling in his throat. He was shocked at this considering that dragons hadn't actually growled in four hundred years, when they lost the ability to breathe fire. That was still a mystery, just like when they stopped growing wings and tails. Every scientist think that it was a change in some sort of chemical in their mind, because dragons got the ability to breathe fire, got their wings and their tails during puberty.

Clarice looked shocked and horrified, her expression perfectly matching the one on Gideon's face, except Gideon felt amazement as well. He had even more reason to be afraid, considering that if any scientists find out about this he would be strapped to a metal lab table and cut open. Lets hope that doesn't happen.

"W-what was that?" Clarice asked him.

"I d-don't know." Gideon told her, still horrified. The thoughts running through his mind were making him excited and scared. "Don't tell mom and dad. Heaven knows what they will do." Gideon felt like coughing at that moment and he held his hand up to cover his mouth and coughed. He was even more horrified to realize that his breath felt incredibly hot, like the inside of an oven when you were baking a cake or something.

"Mom and dad need to know Gideon." Clarice said, getting angry now. "For all we know what dragons haven't had in four centuries is being reborn now. That's bad! Dragons were feared back then because of those specific traits."

"That's why I don't want anyone to know. It will eventually reach scientists and then they will be knocking down the door trying to get me into a lab to study my brain. I AM NOT a lab rat." Gideon was steadily getting angrier and louder. His mom had woken up and had come downstairs to check on them. She had been standing in the door way, unnoticed, through the whole conversation.

Gideon turned around and saw her standing in the doorway with her eyes wide, shock on her face. Gideon's eyes widened too, realizing that now everybody in his family knew two secrets about him besides his father.

"Mom! How long have you been standing there?" Clarice asked.

"Long enough." She said.

Gideon just stood up, acting like he was going to leave, but he was intercepted by his mother, stopped by her hug. "I don't care what you turn out to be Gideon." She said with a smile. "I accepted you being gay, how could you think I wouldn't except this?" She was calm which surprised Gideon almost as much as this sudden change in puberty.

"Okay. I just need to be alone for a while anyways." Gideon said, walking towards the back door. He walked out into the cool November night, realizing that he hadn't sat outside with Malcise, their Alaskan Malamute, in a while. He walked around to see it shivering. He realized that her stomach was bulging and he had a pretty good guess at what was happening.

He yelled, "SHIT! Mom! Get a blanket."

He ran inside and heard her ask, "What is it?" an urgent sound to her voice.

"Malcise is pregnant." he told her, "and she's going to have her puppies, now." He regretted leaving her outside so much and ignoring her all the time. He would have known otherwise. He ran into his room to get a big, thick blanket out of the closet.

He ran outside and gladly noted that she wasn't having them just yet. He picked her up gently so he wouldn't hurt her. He put her down, very carefully, on the blanket which he had spread out in the living room. His mom was already on the phone with the veterinarian. "Yes, she's pregnant."

He could hear the babbling over the phone. "I don't care if it's 10:30 at night! I'll pay you triple if you get over here now."

The next thing that he heard was a the phone slammed down, obviously missing the receiver, and tires squealing as he sped out of the parking lot of the Vet building. Gideon just laughed at the greedy veterinarian

He was slowly stroking the Malamute, trying to calm her down. She was still shivering and he had an idea. He bent down and coughed lightly over her body. The air warmed around the Malamute's body. She instantly got warmer, her body still shivering slightly having a little bit of a slow time recognizing the cold change to warm.

He was happy about that, the shivering might have caused damage to the puppies. He was still cursing himself over letting this happen. Not just letting her being pregnant go unnoticed but letting her get pregnant in the first place.

He heard the car coming down the street and then the knock on the door. His mom answered the door and the veterinarian stepped in and said, "Where is she?"

"Are you blind? She's right here." Gideon said.

The veterinarian came over and bent down next to her. He felt her nose and said, "She's got a fever. It won't affect the puppies but it will certainly make it harder for her to give birth. You were right, she is going to have them within the hour. There isn't much I can do unless you want to give her something to ease the pain slightly."

Gideon looked at his mom and then back at Malcise. "Don't give them to her. Let her do it naturally."

The veterinarian just said alright and got up. He handed the bill to his mother and said, "You said triple. I'm putting it on your tab."

Carol just smiled and looked at the bill. She laughed uncontrollably. "What is so funny?" Gideon asked her.

"He forgot to put how much we owed him. He just put what he came here to do." Carol said, resuming her laughter.

Gideon joined in her laughter before he heard a yelp and Malcise started panting. "Oh my god. She's having them now."

(Writer message) I don't know exactly what dog's do during birth so I'm just going to skip this part. Sorry :) (End)

About an hour later Malcise was done giving birth and the puppies were all asleep. Clarice came home from wherever she was and was shocked. "Malcise had puppies?!" She said very loudly.

"Shh. She just got done don't wake her damnit. She has to be tired." Gideon hissed.

Clarice walked over to get a closer look. "Awww! They're so cute."

"They will be cuter in about six weeks." Carol said simply. "Who's gonna break the news to your dad that for about three months we are going to be having..." she paused for a moment so she could count the puppies, "eight puppies in our house?"

Gideon sighed and said, "I will I guess. She is mine anyways."

This just added to Gideon's list of problems. He walked up to his room to go to bed, the list of things not being dealt with slowly putting pressure on him. He fell asleep struggling to find a way to reveal to his dad that he was gay.

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A week later(Thanksgiving)...

His mother was rushing him to get dressed, still slightly disgusted at being in the same house with two gay guys, even if one was her son. She knew she would deal with it sooner or later but it was gonna take getting used to.

"Come on Raymond, we're gonna be late." He heard his mother call.

He finished up with his hair and walked into the front room. His mother whistled sharply. "You look good." she said.

Raymond just blushed and said, "Let's go, you said we were gonna be late."

His mom just grumbled and started mumbling under her breath that he had turned something she said against herself. They got into their beat up car and drove over to Gideon's house. "You know, I haven't met his father yet."

Raymond just looked at her and said, "He will be there tonight. His name is Ron. Oh ya, and his mothers name is Carol."

His mother just nodded. Raymond felt like he was forgetting something but he couldn't put his finger on it. They pulled into the large blacktop driveway of Gideon's white house. Gideon opened the door when they knocked and smiled at Raymond. "Please come in, Mrs. Zasturfinztin."

Raymond was happy to see Gideon but knew that he couldn't express it with his dad there. Raymond and his mother walked into the dining room where a feast was already set on the table. "Thank you for inviting us over Carol, I realize we haven't been properly introduced. I am Anastacia. You can call me Stacy." She said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you officially Stacy. I see you already know my name and I'm guessing you know my husbands name as well." She looked at Raymond. He just blushed and sat down next to Gideon.

He whispered, "Hiya." to Gideon.

"Hi yourself." Gideon whispered back.

Raymond's mother sat down in between Clarice and Carol. Clarice turned to look at her and smiled. "Raymond obviously forgot me." she looked at Raymond quickly and he stuck his tongue out at her. "I'm Gideon's sister Clarice."

"Nice to meet you Clarice." Stacy said, feeling a little bit more comfortable.

Malissa, sitting across the table, said, "And Raymond hasn't even met me yet so I guess I'm introducing myself to both of you. I'm Malissa. Gideon's other sister, and this is my daughter Madison. Nice to meet you Mrs. Zasturfinztin."

"Nice to meet you too Malissa, and you can call me Stacy." she looked at Madison and said, "And it's very nice to meet you little one." She told her putting a big smile on her face. Madison just laughed.

"So, now that introductions are over, if we could say a prayer we can eat." Ron cut in with a smile.

"I agree," Gideon said, starting to say the prayer. "Thank you lord, for the food you have given us on this Thanksgiving day. Please guide us through the year. Amen." Amen was echoed around the table and Raymond's mother was shocked that Gideon, who was gay, didn't care that he had just prayed to a lord that, according to most religions, hated him for what he was.

Everybody started eating. Not rushing as they passed the dishes around the table. There was all types of food. There was turkey, white and dark meat, corn on the cob, rolls, green beans, asparagus, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and a big bowl of salad.

It was silent during dinner except for the soft clink of forks hitting plates. Once everyone was full conversation started. "That was good Carol."

Carol just smiled and said, "Don't look at me, Gideon and Ron cooked it all."

Gideon blushed and Ron just chuckled. "I wouldn't trust Carol with a turkey if I was in a hospital bed."

Carol slapped him playfully. "So, uh, how did you cope with having a gay son?"

The atmosphere suddenly dropped to the temperature of ice. "Excuse me?" Ron asked.

"Your son, Gideon, he's gay, how did you cope with it?" Stacy asked.

Ron just looked at Gideon who had looked down, tears starting to form in his eyes. Raymond was looking down also, ashamed that he had forgotten to tell his mother that Gideon's father didn't know yet.

"I didn't know." Ron said coldly.

Stacy instantly felt the tension and said, "Ok Raymond, I would say it's time we go home." She turned out Ron and Carol, "Thank you for inviting us over."

Stacy had to drag Raymond out of the house. Back inside the house Everyone except for Carol, Clarice, Ron, and Gideon had left the room. "Please tell me she was lying." Ron said.

"She wasn't." Gideon said simply, looking at his dad with his head held high. He realized that getting teary wouldn't get him anywhere. "I'm proud of who I am dad. You can't change me whether you want to or not."

"How long?" His dad asked him simply.

"Since I was eleven." Gideon said, his voice still calm.

Ron just sat there and then said, "I want you out."

That instantly brought out the maternal side of Carol. "We are not losing another son because you can't stand gay people. He is still our son."

Ron just ignored her and raised his hand. "If you're not out of here in one minute, I'm going to slap the shit out of you."

Gideon just sat there looking at his watch. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." He looked up in time to see his father's hand fall to his face. Just before it hit, however, Clarice's arm was in front of his face.

Gideon's father looked shocked and said. "What are you doing Clarice?"

"You aren't touching my baby brother." she said simply. "If he leaves, then I leave."

Ron was even more shocked at this and considered if his son being gay was a good reason to lose his daughter too. He said. "Fine, I guess I'll get used to it." After this sentence he just walked out the door, obviously going to a bar to get over this. He wasn't a drunk but whenever he had figured something out that stressed him out he spent all night at a bar.

Gideon started trembling then broke down crying. Carol came over to him and started comforting him. "It could have been worse." Carol thought for a minute. "A lot worse."

"He wasn't supposed to find out like that." Gideon sobbed.

"You were luckier than your older brother." Carol said before realizing he didn't know about him.

"I have an older brother?" Gideon said shocked.

"Perfect." Carol muttered to herself. "Yes you do. He was kicked out before Clarice was born."

Carol was crying now. She hated remembering her eldest son. She slowly got over it. "If you don't mind, I don't like remembering him. He's gone now and we don't know where he is."

"Okay." Gideon said, still crying.

Malissa came down the stairs and said, "Maybe everyone should be in bed before dad gets home."

"That's a good idea." Clarice said. Clarice helped Gideon get upstairs to his room. He could barely walk because of the sobs that were racking his body.

Clarice slowly helped him lie down in his bed. "It's going to be alright." Clarice told him.

She sat there with him until he cried himself to sleep. He couldn't believe that his father had found out. Clarice stood up and sneaked to her room. She still couldn't believe that she had an older brother. She was thinking about him when she fell asleep.

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Chapter 9

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The atmosphere of the house was cold for a while after the disastrous results of Thanksgiving. Gideon's father spent most of his time in the living, meaning that Gideon spent most of his time not in the living room. If Gideon entered the same room Ron would storm out. Every time this happened Gideon's eyes would water.

Gideon couldn't stand his father hating him. It has been four days since his father had found out. He had talked to Raymond once since then, only to tell him that everything was ok, well sorta. Raymond was afraid that if he came to Gideon's house either he or Gideon would die. Gideon felt vice versa, so he spent most of his times at home hoping to get his dad to stand him again.

Gideon didn't think he was making much progress when he woke up that morning. He did his usual routine getting ready for school. He showered quickly, not doing a good job considering he was in one of the deepest states of sorrow, on the border of depression and insanity. He got dressed, not getting creative or caring if what he threw on matched.

He heard a small bark and smiled, one of the few times he did smile was when one of Malcise's puppies barked. They hadn't grown much but they had gotten to the point where they would bark at each other playfully, maybe hitting another on the head with a paw. They weren't ready to be weaned yet though so his dad still had to put up with them.

He had told Raymond he could have one, of course Raymond had to choose the cutest. Gideon knew that just meant he had good taste. That made Gideon smile even wider because Raymond had chosen him. Of course, the smile disappeared when he heard his dad call. "Gideon! I need to talk to you."

Despair slowly sunk into Gideon's mind as he reluctantly walked into the living room where his dad stood, with a look that said he was deep in thought. "Yes dad?" Gideon managed to squeeze out, his eyes watering.

"Sit down son." Gideon got hopeful when his dad said this. Was he finally going to accept him for who he was? "I've been thinking about you being g-gay," he stuttered over the word, "and I've decided that I don't need to lose another son that way."

"So do you accept me for who I am?" Gideon asked.

"I'm saying I will try." Ron told him, before smiling and hugging him, a hug that Gideon returned with twice as much enthusiasm.

"Thanks dad." Gideon started crying out of joy.

"You know, I haven't properly met Raymond yet." he said with a smile.

Gideon just smiled back and said, "I'll invite him over tonight."

Gideon was just sad that it was Wednesday. He wouldn't be able to celebrate his father's understanding tonight. That will just have to wait until Friday. He still hadn't taken Raymond out on that date he wanted to take him on.

He would have to make plans for that tonight. "I'm going to be late for school. Bye dad." He yelled as he ran out the door.

"Bye son!" He yelled back, just as the door slammed.

Gideon was running as fast as he could, faster than normal because of his excitement. He quickly made it to school. His friends, who had been worried about him for the past few days, noticed his sudden happiness and all asked the same question at the same time, drawing laughs from Dean and Kevin, who it was normal for them to say the same thing at the same time.

"Why are you so happy?" they had asked before bursting into laughter.

"My dad finally stopped being bitchy about me being gay and accepted it." Gideon said with a smile.

"That's good man." Kevin said.

"I'm happy for you." Pauli added.

"Anyways, have you guys seen Raymond? I need to talk to him." Gideon said.

They just looked at each other and said, "He's been kinda depressed. He's normally in the bathroom crying before class."

Gideon looked concerned and started his search of the bathrooms. He hated the fact that this school had five bathrooms, each on different floors. He just happened to find him on the last floor. He was in a stall crying.

Gideon walked up to the stall and knocked. "Raymond? You in there?"

He heard sniffling and Raymond said, "Gideon? Is that you?"

"Ya. It's me. Open up." he heard a scrambling and the lock opened. Raymond flew out and hugged Gideon.

"What's up hun?" Gideon asked.

"You stopped talking to me, I was afraid you were going to break up with me." Raymond sniffled.

Gideon looked shocked and realized he hadn't explained to him why he was staying away. "Of course not. I just thought it would be better if I let my father accept who I was before you came over again. Sorry for scaring you."

Gideon just kissed him and heard someone behind him say, probably a new kid since he was retarded enough to say something about Gideon being gay. "Oh look, two fags making out in the bathroom."

Gideon started growling and turned around, he hated that word, just to realize that it wasn't just one new kid, who was incredibly buff as he was, but all the kids were just as buff. Gideon was suddenly scared as he realized there were five incredibly buff kids who had locked the bathroom door.

The walls were sound proof too. Gideon and Raymond were beyond scared. The gang's conversation was still going on. "Who says we give them what they want?"

They heard that and were instantly wondering what he meant. It was also met with nods of approval from the other gang members. The biggest one, obviously the gang leader, turned around and said, "Take off your pants you fags."

Gideon and Raymond were still trembling and Gideon asked, "What?" It was hardly coherent due to how hard he was trembling.

"Take. Off. Your. Pants." The leader said again, slower this time as if he was talking to people that were slow in the head.

Gideon and Raymond hesitated before doing what they were told. Why get hurt any more than they had to? "Good fags." The leader said again. "Now bend over against the stall."

Gideon and Raymond had no choice but to obey. The two gang members walked up behind them. Their pants already off and both were sprouting huge members that were fully erect. They walked up behind Gideon and Raymond and positioned their members at the entrances of their rears. The gang member behind Gideon slowly bent over him and spoke into his ear. "This is going to hurt." Before shoving in, this gang member being a wolf and having a knot which was already fully grown, to the hilt.

Gideon tried to hold back the squeal of pain, but it was getting harder and harder as the gang member slowly forced his knot in and out, especially since he hadn't used lube, a sick popping noise with each thrust. The gang member was moaning in pleasure from moving his long member and knot in and out of Gideon's warm insides.

Raymond was having a worst time by far. He was being double penetrated by two wolves. They couldn't fit their knots into him but both of their members put together were wider than the widest part of the gang member behind Gideon.

Raymond was moaning in pleasure and pain, getting close to his climax even if he didn't want to. The same story except Gideon wasn't moaning in pain or pleasure. He was on the edge of unconsciousness. His ass was bleeding a very large amount of blood, which was mixing with the white from the gang members climax. He fell into the overwhelming blackness of unconsciousness right after he hit his very unwilling climax. The last thought he had go through his head before unconsciousness was, 'So this is what its like to get raped.'

Raymond was still being raped, only the very edges of his vision black from the pain and blood loss. He had hit his climax at about the same time as the two gang members behind him. Of course, right after their climax they had been replaced by the big dragon leader and a huge lion.

Enjoying their time in Raymond's warm insides, his now non-virgin ass.

Raymond tried to close his eyes to block out the pain but that just made the pain even more defined than it was with his eyes open. He suddenly cried out and pain, not being able to hold back anymore. This just made the two gangsters behind him smile and push harder, which he hadn't thought was possible. He heard the two behind them roar in pleasure as they hit their climax inside of Raymond's already full ass.

Raymond still wasn't unconscious, which surprised the gang, so instead of finishing their torment of him, they walked over and said, "Clean them bitch."

Raymond had no choice but to oblige. He hated the taste of ass mixed in with cum, especially since the cum wasn't from the person who he loved, but the person that was raping him. It took a long time and each gang member ended up having another climax inside his mouth, shoving his head all the way down the length of their members before releasing it, causing him to choke and gag.

By the end of it Raymond was unconscious, the gang was gone, and they were still locked inside the sound proof bathroom.

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In class, Dean and Kevin were talking, asking each other if they had seen Gideon or Raymond. They got worried and couldn't wait until the end of class so they could go look for them. Honors Geometry seemed to last twice as long as they were watching the clock, worrying about their friend.

When the bell finally rang they left in a hurry, almost forgetting their books, to go find them. They knew Gideon had gone searching for Raymond, who spent his mornings in the bathroom crying, so they searched the bathroom on the third floor first. Of course they didn't find them.

Dean went up and Kevin went down, Kevin got down the stairs faster than dean could get up the stairs so he was done searching first. He texted Dean saying that they were up there just as Dean was getting on the fifth floor.

Dean quickly ran to the bathroom and noticed it was locked. Dean was instantly worried, the things that could have happened flying through his head were all of the possible outcomes. He knew that something bad had happened, even though he knew that some possibilities were good he just knew something bad had happened.

He quickly ran to the nearest janitors office and opened it, laughing at the fact that someone had put tape over the lock to mess with the janitor who tried to lock it. He found the janitor's ring of keys and quickly found the one for the fifth floor bathroom. He ran through the now empty fifth floor hallway, slipping on the slick floors.

Obviously the janitor had mopped the floor in the time it took Dean to find the key, Kevin was at the bathroom door, pounding on it. Dean quickly ran up and said, "I have the key."

Kevin just took the key and slammed it in the lock, turning as he pushed it in. The door opened with a click and he swung the door open to see Gideon and Raymond, naked and unconscious, with blood and cum flowing from their rears.

Dean instantly took out a cell phone and called 911 while Kevin ran to find a teacher. In a few minutes the nurse was there, checking over Raymond and Gideon for any other injuries than their rears.

You could also hear the wail of the ambulance as it pulled into the parking lot. That brought curious stares out the window from the students in the class rooms. There were often fights but never anything serious enough to get the ambulance called.

The ambulance rushed upstairs, with a few cops. No one knew what the cops were there for considering that the rapists had already left. One of the cops walked over to Dean and asked him a question that he could barely understand. "What happened here?"

"I don't know, I opened the door and they were on the floor, unconscious and bleeding." Dean replied.

The cop just nodded and walked away. Dean and Kevin were still panicking, Kevin was close to a panic attack and Dean was cursing Kevin's anxiety problem. Luckily the nurse had some of Kevin's anxiety medicine in her office.

"I can't believe this happened." Dean told him simply.

"Neither can I. Now I'm just wondering who did it." Kevin said.

"They must have been new or stupid to mess with Gideon considering he's got the tennis, basketball, and track team behind him." Dean said.

Kevin just nodded. The conversation was obviously calming him down. "Come on, let's go to lunch." Dean told him. "We should probably tell Xatrin, Paulie, and Trevor."

Kevin nodded again and turned around quickly, hating to see Gideon like this. Gideon had been his best friend for a while now, and he couldn't stand to see him like that. He quickly walked down to lunch, his expression grim. He was trying to forget the way Gideon had looked but his mind kept pushing the picture to the front, the details just as vivid as if he was actually staring at the scene. Dean had to run to catch up with him.

"Are you alright?" Dean said, grabbing his shoulder and forcefully turning him towards him. Kevin had always been emotional and open with Dean but not any of his other friends. He had only kept one secret from Dean. He had tried his hardest to keep it a secret, and he would, at least until he could talk to Gideon again.

Dean could see that Kevin was almost in tears at seeing his best friend like that and said, "Dude, he's gonna be alright."

"I know." Kevin barely got out, "I just can't help seeing people like that, especially my best friend."

Dean and Kevin had always had some sort of a connection between their minds and Dean could tell there was something else going on here, but he didn't push, not wanting to make Kevin go into a worse state than he was already in.

"Maybe you should go see the nurse. I don't think you should go through the rest of school after nearly having a panic attack like that."

Kevin just nodded in agreement. He walked slowly to the nurses office, his shoulders slumped. Dean watched as Kevin slowly walked towards the stairway before following him down, making sure that he went to the nurses office. Kevin was always clumsy after an experience like that.

Kevin made it to the nurses office and Dean nodded before heading downstairs. The time was nearly up for lunch so he just went to the table where his friends were eating.

"What took ya?" Paulie asked as he approached the table.

"I was looking for Gideon with Kevin, he was uhh," Dean hesitated, thinking of how to tell them what happened, "he was raped in the bathroom."

His friends stopped eating and looked at him, "You have to be joking." Xatrin said.

"I'm not, I sent Kevin to the nurse's office because he nearly had a panic attack." Dean explained, "He and Raymond were locked inside the fifth floor bathroom."

Paulie, Trevor, and Xatrin just looked at him in shock. Paulie shook her head and said, "Do they at least know who did it?"

"No." Dean said, "The rapists were gone before we found them."

Paulie just shook her head and murmured, "They better hope no one finds out they did it. They're going to get their asses beat."

Xatrin just nodded and pushed his food away. "Well, I lost my appetite."

Trevor just nodded and pushed his nearly empty tray away from him. "Well, at least we can see Gideon later. Did they say if they're being taken to a hospital or not?"

Dean nodded and told him, "They are. We can see them later, hopefully they will be awake."

Paulie shook her head again and said, "Gideon's life has to suck." Dean, Trevor, and Xatrin just looked at her, confused expression on her face. "Oh come on. First, Raymond gets hit by a car, then he gets shot in the shoulder, then his dad finds out he's gay because Raymond forgot to tell his mom that his dad didn't know yet, now he and Raymond get raped in a bathroom at school." She explained.

"True," Dean nodded, "ever since he met Raymond tragedy after tragedy has happened in his life."

Xatrin nodded and they all sat in silence for the rest of lunch. They all went to their separate classes, waiting for the day to end so they could see Raymond and Gideon.

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About an hour later, in the hospital, Gideon and Raymond woke up in the same room. Gideon looked around groggily before looking at Raymond and saying, "Where are we?"

Raymond just shrugged and said, "I don't know." Then everything flooded back to the two of them and they almost started crying. They had both lost their virginity to rapists. The doctor came in and said, "Ahhh, You two are awake." he didn't smile, catching their mood. "There is a good thing. Neither of you have any sort of sexually transmitted diseases."

This made Raymond and Gideon happy about one thing that didn't turn out terrible in their lives. "Oh and another good thing."

Raymond and Gideon just looked at the doctor and said, "What?"

"They caught the people who raped you." The doctor said.

"The cops?" Gideon asked.

"No, kids at your school. They were bragging about at lunch, apparently, and were overheard." the doctor said.

Gideon just laughed and asked, "How much damage was done to them?"

"If you must know, 4 out of 5 ended up here with concussions and at least one broken arm. The fifth one, most likely the gang leader, ended up with both of his legs broken." The doctor smiled at the looks of joy on their faces.

A cop came in a few minutes later and asked Gideon and Raymond a question, "Are these the ones?" He held up a picture and Gideon and Raymond nodded. He asked, "Are you going to press charges?"

Gideon and Raymond looked at each other and Gideon said, "Yes, they raped us."

And Raymond added, "And stole our virginity."

The cop just nodded and wrote something down on a clipboard. "That's all I needed to know." The cop and the doctor left.

Gideon just looked at Raymond and said, "You know, we've both been in here a lot lately."

Raymond just nodded. Gideon sighed and said, "Damnit!" Raymond looked at him curiously and asked, "What?"

Gideon sighed again and said, "This is the second time I planned a date and then wound up in the hospital." Gideon sighed again and leaned back, disappointed that no matter what he did he couldn't get a date planned without getting injured somehow.

"Planned a date without telling me eh?" Raymond asked.

"Ya." Gideon sighed.

"Where?" Raymond asked eagerly.

Gideon just smirked and said, "You'll have to wait and see. If we get out of here by 7 o'clock tonight."

The doctor walked back in and smiled, "Be excited then. Since you have no injuries you're free to go now."

Gideon was confused and Raymond asked, "Were you spying on us?"

The doctor just said, "I only heard the end."

"Oh." Raymond said, "Can we have our clothes?"

The doctor pointed to a chair where their clothes were and left.

Gideon smiled and got up, stretching. "Let's get dressed so I can go pick up some new clothes." Raymond just whimpered because Gideon wouldn't tell him. Gideon just laughed.

"Come on! Please tell me." Raymond told him.

"Nope! You have to wait." Gideon said then laughed at the expression on Raymond's face. They quickly got dressed and ran out of the room. Apparently, they had been in the room long enough for school to end and Gideon's friends had been outside the door. Dean got smacked and the face and Paulie, Kevin, Xatrin, and Trevor burst into laughter.

"Dats not bunny." Dean said, his words distorted because he was holding his nose.

Gideon just said, "Oh my god, sorry Dean." He grabbed Dean's hand and pulled him up.

"We weren't expecting them to let you out so early." Kevin said, wiping the tears of laughter out of his eyes.

"We didn't get injured besides..." Gideon stopped himself and shuddered.

Raymond looked like he was going to burst into tears again after being reminded.

Paulie just said, "If you don't want to talk about it you don't have to. Heck, I don't want to talk about."

Gideon just nodded and looked at Kevin, "Do you have your van?"

Kevin nodded and said, "Why?"

"I need to run some errands." Gideon told him and Raymond looked hopeful. "You aren't allowed to come!"

Raymond looked sad but said, "Fine."

Kevin just looked confused and said, "Ok, let me drop everyone else off." They all piled into Kevin's van and Kevin took them home.

"See ya later Raymond." Gideon said before Kevin drove off.

Kevin thought for a second then said, "Hey Gideon, before your errands, can I talk to you."

Gideon looked confused for a second before saying, "Sure."

Kevin thought about how to word what he was going to say. He decided on it and said, "How did you know you were gay?"

Gideon looked shocked and said, "I was attracted to men. Duh."

Kevin just nodded and asked, "Can you please not tell anyone what I'm about to say?"

Gideon could guess what he was going to say so he said, "Ok."

"I think I might be gay." By this time Kevin had pulled over to the side of the road and he burst into tears.

"Nobody cares Kevin." Gideon told him.

"My parents do. Why do you think you have never come over before?" Gideon thought about this before realizing he hadn't been to Kevin and Dean's house before.

"Kevin, tell your parents. If they don't like it, you can always stay at my house." Kevin sniffled.

"Thanks Gideon." Kevin said.

"Kevin, I can't believe you wouldn't talk to Dean or Xatrin. What made you ask the question anways?" Gideon said.

Kevin blushed and said, "I uh, I think I like Xatrin." He blushed even harder then.

Gideon just laughed and said, "I still can't believe you haven't talked to any one of our friends. Not one of them cares. They know I'm gay."

Kevin just said, "I didn't want to talk about it until now."

Gideon understood. He hadn't wanted to people to know until he had saved Xatrin from getting the shit kicked out of him. Gideon laughed and said, "You should ask Xatrin out on a date." Gideon laughed ever harder when Kevin blushed. "I know he will say yes." Gideon said in a sing song voice.

Kevin just said, "Ok, I will." before turning on the car and driving away. "Where are we going anyways."

"Clothes shopping." Gideon looked at Kevin's face and laughed. He obviously didn't want to go clothes shopping. Gideon thought for a second and said, "You know, Kevin. Why don't you ask Xatrin out on a date tonight. You and Xatrin can double date with Raymond and I."

Kevin looked even more embarrassed before saying, "I don't have any money."

"I'll pay. I've got more than enough." Gideon told him.

"Really?" Kevin asked.

"Ya, all I have to do is change my reservation from two people to four and I'm good." Gideon told him.

Kevin smiled and said, "Sure. Thanks."

They got to the clothes store and Gideon quickly got the clothes he had put on Lay-Away last time he was here.

He walked back to Kevin's van and said, "Let's go to Xatrin's and you can ask him out."

Kevin looked nervous as they pulled up to his house and said, "I don't know if I can do this."

Gideon just smiled encouragingly and said, "Go ask him. I'm sure he'll say yes." Kevin looked like he was going to protest but Gideon pushed him out of the van and followed to make sure he asked.

Kevin looked like he was going to run away so Gideon said, "Oh for crying out loud!" He pounded on the door, holding Kevin in place.

Xatrin's mother came to the door and asked, "Yes?"

"Is Xatrin here?" Kevin asked. Gideon was happy that Kevin said something for himself.

"Yes he is, hold on." She called Xatrin and he came to the door.

Xatrin looked surprised and asked, "Yes?"

Kevin still looked like he wasn't going to so Gideon nudge him encouragingly. "H-hey Xatrin." Kevin stuttered. "I was wondering." he paused.

"Yes?" Xatrin asked.

"Do you want to go out with me?" Kevin blurted out getting a shocked look from Xatrin.

"Umm, Sure." Xatrin said, getting more excited. "I umm, didn't know you were gay."

Gideon just smiled and said, "I don't think he knew. Kevin will pick you up at 7:00. Oh and dress nice." Gideon's smile grew wider as he saw how excited Xatrin really was.

Gideon pulled out his cell phone when they got into the van and dialed the number to the Fur Pride. There were three rings before someone picked up. "Hello, this is the Fur Pride, how may I help you."

Kevin heard the person on the other side of the phone and looked shocked. "Yes, are there any open tables for four at 7 tonight?"

"Let me check." Hold music started playing and Kevin took his chance.

"You're going to pay for four people at the Fur Pride?" Kevin asked, still shocked.

"I've been saving up for a while. I have enough." Gideon just smiled.

"We do have an open table tonight. Who should I put the reservation under?" the person on the other side of the phone said.

"Put it under Gideon Restin, please." Gideon told him.

"Ok, thank you for calling." the man hung up and Gideon smiled. He looked at the clock and said, "Do you have anything nice to wear?"

Kevin just shook his head and Gideon laughed. "Come to my house, I might have something that will fit." Kevin looked really grateful. They drove to Gideon's house and went inside. They snuck up to Gideon's room and Clarice caught them.

"Whatchya doin?" she asked.

"Kevin needs nice clothes to wear and we're seeing if I have anything that might fit him." Gideon said.

"You will, he's about the same height as you." Clarice looked at him. "Your Kevin right?" Kevin just nodded. "If you need to do anything to the clothes, talk to me. Don't want you ruining them.

Gideon just said, "Whatever."

Gideon and Kevin went into Gideon's room and Gideon started going through his old clothes. He pulled out a pair of black pants and a long sleeve black shirt. He walked over to Kevin and held them up to them. "They should fit. We just need to cut a hole for your tail and a little bit off the sleeves."

They walked over to Clarice's room and knocked. Clarice came out and said, "What?"

"Can you put a tail hole in these pants for Kevin's tail and then cut a little bit of the sleeves off?" Gideon asked her.

"Sure." Clarice smiled. "Who are you going on a date with anyways Kevin?"

"Oh." Kevin said, "Umm..."

Gideon cut him off and said, "Him and Xatrin are going on a double date with Raymond and I."

Clarice just smiled and said, "How many gay people do you hang out with Gideon?"

"Not many." Gideon said.

Clarice smiled again and said, "I'll get these done." Clarice sniffed and said, "You might want to take a shower. You smell."

Gideon blushed and rushed to the bathroom. Kevin didn't know what to do so he just watched Clarice work. Gideon was done with his shower quickly and said, "Kevin if you want to take a shower you can, Clarice should be done with your clothes soon."

Kevin replied, "Thanks." before going to the bathroom. He undressed, awkwardly because he wasn't used to taking showers in another person's house. He quickly jumped in the shower and turned on the water. It was already at the right temperature so he just showered. He was thinking about Xatrin and noticed that he had a hard on.

He didn't feel comfortable about pawing off in Gideon's shower but he didn't want to go on a date with a hard on, so he imagined Xatrin, stripping the Siberian Tiger of his clothes in his imagination. He started stroking his 7 and a half inch member slowly, stroking faster and faster as he slowly undressed Xatrin in his mind.

He found his sensitive spots and started paying attention to them especially. His knot started to form and he moved one hand down to it, massaging it gently. He his breath started coming in erratic gasps and before he knew it he was feeling his load coming out of his 7 and a half inch member, exploding out of the tip.

He kept stroking, making sure he was completely finished before removing his hand. He grabbed a wash rag and wiped his cum off the wall. He quickly found their dirty laundry hamper and disposed of the rag that had his cum on it.

He found where they kept the clean rags and grabbed one before jumping back into the shower, he finished washing and turned off the water. He grabbed a towel and dried himself off, drying the floor as well.

He tied the towel around his waist and opened the door. He saw Gideon outside the bathroom door with the modified clothing. Gideon stole his dirty clothing and gave him the new clothing. "Hurry and get dressed, it's already 6:30." Kevin was shocked at how long he took. "Oh, and next time. Don't be so loud. Clarice and I could hear you in her room."

Kevin blushed and quickly got dressed. He noticed Clarice was looking at him when he was done and blushed again. "Don't be embarrassed. You look awesome." Gideon made a Hmph! sound and she said, "You both look good."

Gideon had a satisfied smile and said, "Kevin, you do look good." he whistled sharply and Kevin blushed again.

Gideon looked at the clock again and said, "Come on, it's time to go."

Kevin and Gideon rushed to his Kevin's van. Kevin quickly drove to pick Raymond up since he lived closer. Raymond rushed outside, yelling a quick goodbye to his mother. Raymond climbed in the van next to Gideon in the middle van. Gideon whistled and said, "You look good Raymond."

Raymond blushed and murmured, "Thanks, you look good too." Raymond added the last part after looking at Gideon. Raymond looked at Kevin and asked, "What's Kevin doing?"

"We're double dating tonight." Gideon said as they pulled up to Xatrin's.

"Well who. is.. he... going out with." Raymond started speaking slower as Xatrin walked out of his house and got in the car next to Kevin. "I didn't know you were gay Kevin."

Kevin let out a nervous chuckle before saying, "I didn't know until today." Kevin looked at Xatrin and said, "You look gorgeous."

Xatrin blushed and said, "You look gorgeous too." Xatrin leaned over and hugged Kevin. "Thanks for asking me out." Kevin leaned over and hugged Xatrin back. "Where are we going anyway."

"We're going to..." Kevin's mouth was covered before he finished his sentenced.

"They aren't allowed to know until we get there." Gideon smiled at the look of agony at not knowing on Raymond's face.

Kevin just turned on the van and headed towards the restaurant. Kevin was driving over the speed limit so they got there pretty fast. Xatrin and Raymond gasped when Kevin parked. "We're eating here?" they both asked at the same time, then looked at each other and giggled.

"Ya." Gideon and Kevin said at the same time. Everyone burst out laughing before getting out and walking in. It was exactly 7 O'clock as they walked in and Gideon walked up to the podium where a waiter was standing, waiting for the next people.

Gideon walked up and said, "I have a reservation for four, under Gideon Restin."

The waiter looked at a list and nodded, "Right this way."

Gideon, Kevin, Raymond, and Xatrin followed the waiter to their table and were handed menus. Kevin, Raymond, and Xatrin looked at the menu and gasped. "Everything is so expensive." Raymond said. Raymond and Gideon had sat across from each other and Xatrin and Kevin were sitting across from each other.

Gideon just laughed and said, "Order anything you want. Dinner's on me."

Raymond, Xatrin, and Kevin felt bad about ordering expensive food so they just settled for steak, which was one of the cheapest things on the menu. Gideon ordered the same thing. There wasn't much on the menu that Gideon could eat without getting fat.

The waiter came around and took their orders. For drinks they all just ordered Dr. Pepper or Coke since everything else on the menu was alcoholic. They ended up talking while they were waiting for their food.

"Thanks for inviting me Kevin." Xatrin said, not really believing it was a date.

Kevin looked shocked before leaning over and taking Xatrin's paw. "I wasn't just inviting you. I was asking you out on a date."

Xatrin was really excited at this, "Really?"

"Of course." Kevin said, leaning over to kiss him on the cheek lightly. Xatrin blushed before kissing Kevin on his cheek.

Raymond and Gideon both said, "Awww!"

"They are so cute together." Raymond said.

"I know they are." Gideon said, "But we're cuter." He added the last part with a smile before kissing Raymond full on the lips. He saw looks of disgust pointed at them and just kissed Raymond harder.

"Why did you do that?" Raymond asked.

"We were getting dirty looks." Gideon explained.

Raymond just nodded his head as the food got there. They each took their steak, which came with a baked potato. Raymond, Kevin, and Xatrin smothered it in A1 Sauce. Gideon just looked at them with disgust before taking a bit of his steak. "How can you ruin steak like that?" He asked.

"It doesn't ruin it. It just adds flavor." Raymond told him.

"Not this steak, this steak his better without it. Here, take a bite of some without anything on it." Gideon cut off a small peace and impaled it with his fork. He held it in front of Raymond's face and Raymond hesitated before using his muzzle to pick the piece off of it. This brought more looks of disgust from tables around them and Gideon just held up his middle finger.

Raymond tasted and said, "You're right, this steak is delicious without A1."

Raymond took a bite out of his own steak and sighed, it tasted almost the same with the A1 on it but it just ruined it a little bit. They all started eating, Kevin, Xatrin, and Raymond trying not to get A1 on their clothes. Once they all finished Gideon called a waiter over for the bill. Raymond got a look at it and whistled quietly. "Jeez, 28$ for four steaks."

Gideon smirked and said, "It's good steak." He pulled out his wallet and gave 28$ to the waiter for the bill then gave him and extra 20$ for a tip.

The waiter said, "T-thank you." He stammered a bit because he didn't get tips like that often.

Gideon just smiled and walked away. They piled back into Kevin's van and Gideon whispered into Kevin's ears. Kevin looked shocked as he started the van and started driving. In about ten minutes they were at a very nice ice cream place across the street from the park.

Gideon told Kevin to turn on the air conditioning and wait for a second. He ran inside really fast as Kevin turned on the air conditioning. It was warm outside for a December night, at least 70 degrees, but he didn't know why he had to turn on the air conditioning, probably to keep the ice cream cold, he thought.

Gideon came out later with a person who worked there. They were carrying four ice cream sundaes. They gave one to each of the people before Gideon got back in. Gideon told Kevin to drive a little bit into the park. At some point he told Kevin to stop.

By then they had all finished their ice cream. Gideon got out and said, "Follow me." They all got out and followed Gideon through the woods to a small clearing. There was a clear sky and since they were away from the city lights and everything else you could see the stars perfectly.

Gideon walked over to a small hill and slowly got down on the crowd. He lay down on the hill and Raymond joined him, cuddling into his smooth scales. Kevin and Xatrin did the same, Kevin being bigger than Xatrin was being cuddled by Xatrin.

"How did you find this place?" Kevin asked Gideon.

"Clarice showed it to me when I was 7." Gideon told him. He heard Raymond snore and laughed slightly. "Apparently Raymond was tired."

"Maybe we should go." Kevin said.

Gideon nodded and picked Raymond up, carefully so he didn't wake him up. They slowly walked back to Kevin's van. Once there Gideon slowly got in, trying not to wake Raymond up. Kevin slowly drove towards Raymond house. He pulled onto the street and said, "Oh no."

Raymond woke up at the flash of red and blue lights. He looked at his house and barely recognized it. It was charred black and half of it was burnt down. There was a fire truck, an ambulance, and at least four police cars outside his house.

Raymond started crying when he saw a body bag being loaded into the back of the ambulance.

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Chapter 10

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Raymond was left crying in the car as Gideon, Xatrin, and Kevin and got out of the van to go find the fire chief. They quickly found him and asked, "What happened?"

"Apparently she left the stove on with a towel on it. We found her on the charred remains of her bed." The fire chief said.

"Oh." Kevin said as Gideon turned back to the van and ran to get in.

"W-what happened?" Raymond said, hoping his mother was all right.

"I'm sorry, hun." Gideon said, almost crying, "Your mom is dead."

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Raymond woke up with a start, Gideon snoring loudly next to him. Gideon woke up, he sat straight up. Raymond let out an involuntary chuckle that was very watery. Gideon looked at him and saw him crying.

Gideon leaned over and said, "It's alright hun. It's gonna be alright." Gideon was crying too, but not for the same reasons. Gideon was crying because he had had a nightmare about the rapists. In the dream they had constantly raped him, over and over until he woke up.

Clarice heard Raymond and came in a few minutes later. "What's Raymond doing here?" She asked groggily. She was asleep when they got there.

"His uh, his mom died." Gideon whispered.

Clarice just came over and on the bed next to Raymond. She gave him a quick hug which brought one of those weird, dragon growls from Gideon. "Gideon," she said with a sigh, "are you ever going to realize that I love Raymond like a little brother, just like you?"

Gideon just blushed that he had growled, he had known that but he got jealous real easily. Clarice looked at Raymond and said, "It's gonna be alright Raymond, it's going to be alright."

Raymond nodded and said, "I have to go to the bathroom." Clarice and Gideon let go of him and he stood up to go to the bathroom.

Clarice looked at Gideon and said, "Are you alright?"

Gideon noticed that his eyes were watering so he quickly wiped them and said, "Ya."

Clarice didn't believe him and said, "What happened?"

Gideon was hesitant for a moment before saying, "Raymond and I were raped yesterday."

Clarice's expression grew angry instantly. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was afraid you would tell mom." Gideon said, "I was going to wait until we got mailed the court date."

"Court date?" Clarice asked.

"They caught the guys who did it bragging at lunch. A cop asked if we want to press charges against them." Gideon said, "Or at least, the rest of them."

"You should've told me." Clarice said, leaning over to hug her baby brother.

Gideon tried to break free for a minute but gave up, "You're to strong for your own good."

Clarice just chuckled and continued hugging him. Raymond came out of the bathroom, wiping some water off of his mouth. "I uh, sorta used your tooth brush Gideon. Sorry."

Gideon just laughed and said, "We've kissed before, there's nothing different."

Raymond came over and sat down and Clarice asked, "So, are you going to tell me why you were out so late."

Gideon and Raymond both started to speak at the same time. They both shut up until Gideon spoke up. "Raymond and I were on a double date with Xatrin and Kevin, I told you that."

Clarice got up and walked to the door. "Oh ya, when is your mom's funeral?"

"Next Saturday. I don't know how I'm going to pay for it." Raymond told her.

"I'm sure my parents will help. They have more than enough money." Clarice said with a small smile, closing the door softly.

Raymond and Gideon lay back down on the bed, Gideon behind Raymond just like it was in the clearing in the park. Raymond shook with silent sobs and Gideon started rocking him back and forth, trying to help him sleep.

"We have school tomorrow hun, you need to sleep." Gideon whispered. "One more day, then we have the weekend to ourselves."

Raymond quickly fell asleep after that, snoring lightly. Gideon smiled before drifting off into a warm sleep himself.

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Kevin and Xatrin walked into Kevin's house, quietly. Xatrin got locked out of his own house for being late, so he had to stay with Kevin. They snuck up to Kevin and Dean's room, their parents made them share.

Kevin really hoped that Dean was asleep. He Shh'd Xatrin as they got to the second floor. They tiptoed past Kevin's parent's door and quickly into Kevin's room.

Of course, with Kevin's luck, Dean was up. "Where have you been?" Dean hissed, jumping off of his back. He noticed Xatrin then and Kevin blushed. "Why is Xatrin here?" he asked, whispering instead of hissing.

"We were sorta, on a uhh, a date." Kevin said blushing. "He got locked out."

Dean just looked at him before saying, "Since when have you been gay?"

"Since today when I realized I really like Xatrin." Kevin said.

Dean just nodded before climbing into his bed. "Better hope mom and dad don't see him."

Kevin remembered that his parents hated gays and looked at Xatrin apologetically. Kevin plopped onto his bed, Xatrin joining him, cuddling into him. Dean made a fake barfing sound. Kevin and Xatrin blushed when they noticed Dean leaning down over the edge.

"Try not to do anything that will shake the bed. I'm trying to sleep." Dean grinned and Kevin slapped him. "Ouch! That wasn't nice."

Xatrin laughed softly and said, "You deserved it."

Dean stuck his tongue out before swinging himself back up to his own bunk. Xatrin giggled again before cuddling into Kevin again. "Xatrin, I think I love you." Kevin whispered, quiet enough that Dean couldn't hear him.

"I think I love you too Kevin." Xatrin whispered back before falling asleep. Kevin smiled at his sleeping boyfriend, falling into a warm sleep of happy dreams.

A few hours later, when Dean and Kevin didn't wake up to their alarm clock, Dean and Kevin's father barged in, to see Xatrin sleeping with Kevin's arms around him. "What is this!" he roared, causing Xatrin and Kevin to jump and Dean to fall off his bed.

"Oh, umm, hi dad." Kevin said.

Kevin's father just looked at him with a cold look on his face. "I want you out." He walked out then, leaving Kevin with tears in his eyes. Dean just looked sympathetic.

Dean walked over to Kevin and hugged him. "Kevin, you're my twin brother. If he's kicking you out, he's kicking me out." Dean smiled at Kevin and Kevin smiled back.

"Thanks Dean." Kevin said, before standing up and gathering his school stuff and some clothes. Dean did the same. Xatrin looked apologetic to both.

"I'm sorry I got you kicked out Kevin." Xatrin said.

"Don't blame yourself. I was going to tell my father today anyways." Kevin told him, trying to make him know that it wasn't his fault. "Now we just need somewhere to stay." Kevin added with a sigh.

"You guys can stay at my house. My house has more than enough room." Xatrin told them.

"Thanks Xatrin." Dean said.

Kevin just leaned over and kissed him before returning to his packing. He got finished quickly, not as fast as Dean, but still quickly. They quickly vacated the house so Kevin and Dean's father would not get angry. They quickly loaded into Kevin's van and he drove to school.

They got there quickly and ended up running into Gideon and Raymond at the front doors. Gideon saw the look in Kevin's eyes and asked, "Did your parents find out?"

Kevin nodded and Dean looked puzzled. "How did you know?"

Gideon laughed and said, "We double dated last night. I forced Kevin to ask Xatrin out." Xatrin looked hurt at this and Gideon added, "After he told me he had a crush on you Xatrin."

Xatrin understood and the expression disappeared off of his face. Kevin blushed and a smile appeared on his face. He hugged Xatrin and kissed him on the muzzle. Kids stared at them. They had all thought that Kevin was straight.

"Did you guys hear that the school board is letting us out of school early this year?" Gideon asked.

Dean, Kevin, and Xatrin look confused. "Why?"

"Don't know, all I know is that were getting out before Winter Break. Something to do with the a new school being built for the tri state area." Raymond told them.

"Who cares though? We've got an extra 4 months of summer vacation." Gideon said.

"Why are we getting out of school early?" Kevin asked.

"They're using this school for the new school." Gideon told them.

"Cool!" Dean exclaimed. "Two weeks of school left." Dean thought for a moment before adding, after Paulie had joined them, "Ugh, I'm going to be the only one without a relationship this summer."

"Only one?" Paulie said, "Kevin, Xatrin, and I don't have one."

"Kevin and Xatrin do," Dean snickered.

"Who are they dating?" Paulie asked.

"Each other." Dean told her.

Paulie goggled at Kevin for a moment before saying, "I thought you were straight."

"So did I," Kevin said, "before I went out with the gorgeous Siberian Tiger standing next to me." With that Kevin leaned over and kissed Xatrin, again. Paulie just goggled at them for a moment before turning.

"OK, see you guys at lunch. I need to get to my classes." Paulie said.

Kevin shrugged and said, "Are they holding a dance for the end of the school year?"

"Ya, tomorrow." Gideon said.

"Hmm, short notice." Dean said, staring after Paulie.

"Ya, but I have it set." Gideon said with a smirk. "If you guys need anything, tuxedos are required for the dance. Raymond and I are going to get ours today, if you want to tag along."

Kevin just shook his head and said, "My father kicked me out. I have no money."

Gideon patted him on the back. "I'll pay for it. An early Christmas present."

Kevin smiled and said, "Thanks."

Dean just looked over at Gideon and asked, "Do you think you could loan me some money for a tux?"

Gideon looked confused and said, "Sure, why not."

Dean saw his confusion and said, "I'm not living at my house if I have to deal with my father without Kevin."

Gideon just nodded. "Can I borrow some money Gideon?" Raymond asked, jokingly.

Gideon punched him lightly on the shoulder. "Hun, anything you need, I'll buy."

Raymond thought for a moment before saying, "In that case..." he looked at Gideon and said, "Kidding!"

Gideon just laughed and kissed him. Raymond thought of something, "You know, we're only going to be juniors next year. And the whole Tri State of seniors going to our school. They can't all like gays."

Gideon thought about it for a moment before saying, "We have all summer to toughen you up then."

Raymond punched him in the arm, there was a sharp crack and Gideon grew concerned. He took Raymond hand and said, "God damnit Raymond. Do you have to break your finger right before class." Gideon shook his head and pulled some gauze out of his bag. He said, "Raymond, close your eyes, bite your lip and don't scream."

Raymond closed his eyes and bit his lip while Gideon took his middle finger between his hands and pushed. There was a sickening pop and the finger was set, Raymond tried not to but he let out a yelp anyways. Gideon took the gauze then and started wrapping it around Raymond finger, making sure it was very tight.

"That will have to do for now." Gideon said, "Does it hurt?"

"Only a little." Raymond said. "Now I know why people don't punch dragons on their arms."

Gideon laughed just as the bell rang. "Come on, time for class." They quickly walked to class just to see the teacher at the door gathering school books. She took their school books and said, "It's going to be free time all day. We aren't allowed to give homework now."

Raymond and Gideon walked to their normal seats in the back of the classroom where they were joined by Dean and a very anxious looking Kevin. "What's the matter with you?" Gideon asked Kevin.

"Nothing, its just that now me and Xatrin are dating I can't stand to be away from him." Kevin said. Gideon and Raymond laughed.

"That will pass." Gideon told him. Dean was spacing out and Gideon punched him and said, "What's up with you?"

"I was thinking." Dean said.

Kevin and Gideon put looks of fake shock on their face. "It's the apocalypse."

Dean punched Kevin hard and Gideon softly so he didn't break his finger like Raymond. "What are you thinking about?" Raymond asked.

"Who I'm going to ask to the dance." Dean answered with a sigh. "Hopefully I can start a long term relationship."

"Hehe, ya, and if whoever you ask doesn't mind gays we can go on a triple date." Gideon said with a smile.

"No way!" Dean said.

"It's not that bad." Kevin said, "He paid for Xatrin and I and himself and Raymond to eat at the Fur Pride last night."

Dean looked shocked and said, "That place is expensive."

Gideon sighed and said, "Obviously I had enough."

Dean just sighed and said, "I think I'm gonna ask Paulie."

Kevin said, "You should, that way, we would be a group of friends who are dating each other."

Dean punched him in the shoulder. "What is up with you people?"

Kevin, Gideon, and Raymond laughed and said, "We're madly in love with the people we're dating." They looked at each other and laughed. Raymond and Gideon looked at each other happily and leaned over and kissed each other.

Kids around him Oooh'd. Kevin and Dean laughed. They heard some girls muttering nearby. One said, "They are cute together."

The other one said, "There both hot too." She sighed before adding, "I wish they were straight."

Gideon laughed at that. Raymond looked at him questioningly. "I've heard girls say that around me all the time." he explained.

Raymond nodded and said, "I can guess why." He leaned over and kissed Gideon again.

"Will you two stop? It's getting kinda annoying." Kevin told them.

"Your just jealous that your BOYFRIEND isn't here for you to kiss." Gideon put extra emphasis on the word boyfriend so that everyone heard. Kevin blushed.

After that they were silent, Raymond sitting in Gideon's lap, drawing stares from the teacher. Every once in a while Raymond would tilt his head up and kiss Gideon, bringing an annoyed growl from Kevin. The class passed uneventfully.

The bell rang for them to go to lunch and they filed out to the lunchroom. They sat at the usual table except now Kevin and Xatrin sat next to each other, Gideon and Raymond sat across from them, and Paulie and Dean sat on the ends of both sides. During lunch Dean spoke up and said, "Hey uh, Paulie."

"Ya?" She asked, looking at Dean.

"Has anyone asked you to the dance yet?" Dean asked her, getting nervous.

"No, why?" she answered.

"I was wondering if you might want to go with me." He blurted it out.

"Sure!" Paulie exclaimed happily. Apparently she had been crushing on Dean for a while. Of course, the whole time guys had been coming up asking her, but she had waited for Dean.

The rest of the lunch period was silent except for the scrape of plastic sporks against foam plates. Once the bell rang they quickly vacated the cafeteria. Kevin, Xatrin, Gideon, and Raymond headed towards Biology while Paulie and Dean went to German. Gideon noticed a fight going on, more of four football jocks picking on a kid.

He walked over and said, "What's going on?" loud enough for the football players to hear. They just smirked, obviously not afraid of him.

"We're picking on this little fag. What does it look like." One of the jocks said.

This set Gideon off. He walked up to the jock who said it and punched him in the face. The other three jocks came up to hold him down but Kevin and Xatrin had stepped in. Kevin managed to hold the two smaller ones back by himself while Xatrin held the other one.

Gideon picked the jock up off the ground by the neck of his jacket and slammed him into a locker. "I don't want to hear you say that word again. Do you understand me?" With each word Gideon slammed the older jock into the locker until he nodded his head. Gideon let him drop and said, "Get out of my sight." a look of extreme disgust strong on his face.

The jock scrambled to his feet and ran away, quickly as possible. Gideon turned to the other three, "Do you want some?" All three shook their head, afraid of getting humiliated the same way as the first jock. Kevin and Xatrin dropped them and they ran away.

Gideon looked at the small white tiger they had been picking on, obviously a new kid. He walked over and the kid started backing away, his back hit the locker and the tiger covered his face and whimpered.

Gideon just laughed and grabbed the tigers hand and picked him up off the ground, setting him on his feet. "Are you ok?" he asked. The white tiger slowly lowered his hands from his face and nodded. "What's your name?"

"T-Troy." He said, "Thanks for helping me."

Gideon saw a bit of blood on the Troy's face and said, "You're a liar, you are hurt. Come on, you need to see the nurse." Gideon put his hand on the tigers back and started pushing him towards the stairwell. He told the others he would meet them in class.

"Why did you stop them anyway?" Troy asked as they were walking.

"Because I'm not a heartless person." Gideon said. "Are you really gay?" He asked Troy, looking at him questioningly.

Troy shook his head vigorously. "You can tell me, I'm not gonna do anything. Promise."

"O-ok. I am." He said.

Gideon just laughed and said, "You don't have to feel ashamed. Two-thirds of the people I hang out with are gay, me being one of them." Troy looked at him, with admiration. "If you want to hang out with us you can."

Troy thought for a moment before saying, "Thanks."

The walk to the nurses office was short. Troy had a bleeding nose and one of his eyes were slowly blackening. "It's a good thing you brought him here." the nurse told Gideon, smiling at him softly.

"He denied being hurt. I refused to believe it. He was getting hit pretty hard." Gideon said. "Can I have a pass for class?"

The nurse wrote him a pass and he ran back to his class. He gave his book to his teacher and walked over to Xatrin, Kevin, and Raymond. "How was he?" Raymond asked.

"He had a bloody nose and he's going to have a black eye. But he's fine." Gideon said. "He's probably going to be hanging out with us."

"Was he really gay?" Kevin asked.

Gideon nodded. Raymond was starting to get paranoid and asked, "Did he hit on you?"

Gideon laughed and hugged Raymond. "Nobody can steal me from you hun. You're my little puppy." Raymond pulled out of the hug and looked at him. "I can't give you a pet name?"

"You can call me puppy if I get to call you a lizard." Raymond said.

Gideon just grumbled before saying, "Fine."

Raymond just laughed and said, "I'm not going to call you that."

"I'm still going to call you my little puppy." Gideon told him, just as Troy walked in. Gideon saw him and yelled, "Hey, Troy, over here."

Troy looked and walked over. "H-hi."

"You ok man?" Kevin asked.

"Ya, I'm fine. Thanks for asking." Troy told him.

Kevin said, "Welcome to the ranks of gay men."

Troy was shocked and Kevin laughed. "All five of us are gay." Xatrin explained.

Gideon smacked himself on the head. "Introductions, duh. Umm, Troy, this is Kevin, Xatrin, and Raymond." When he said Raymond's name he leaned over and kissed him. "Kevin and Xatrin are together and Raymond and I are together."

Gideon thought for a moment before remembering, "Hey Kevin, have you seen Trevor lately?"

Kevin shook his head and said, "He moved."

Gideon looked shocked and said, "How did I not know?"

Kevin just laughed. "Because he moved during the time when you were completely blinded by your love with Raymond."

Gideon just said, "That time is still happening but I'm not blinded."

Raymond said, "That deserves a hug." Raymond hugged him and Gideon looked hurt.

"Only a hug?" Gideon asked, still having that fake hurt expression on his face.

"Oh fine." Raymond leaned over and kissed him and Gideon laughed. Troy was just sitting in a chair blushing.

"Sorry Troy, this is normal behavior for them." Kevin said, Xatrin sitting on his lap looking up at his face.

"At least I don't have a personal lap warmer." Gideon snapped.

Kevin laughed and snuggled his chin into the fur on top of Xatrin's head.

"So, Troy, how old are you? You look younger than 14." Gideon asked, just now noticing how small the white tiger was. He had green eyes, bluish spots going up and down his body. He had a tail that was all blue and he was only 4'5"

"I'm only 12." Troy said, blushing again. "I skipped a few grades."

Gideon just laughed and said, "Good for you."

They babbled on for the rest of the class. They moved on to their next class, German. They passed Dean and Paulie in the halls. Apparenty, Troy was taking German as well. Kevin and Xatrin split up with them and had to go to PE. "Don't get anything on the walls in the shower." Gideon yelled after them.

Kevin just held up his middle finger and Raymond and Troy laughed. Troy had a very cute laugh. He hadn't gone through puberty and he still had his boyish charm. He knew German, a lot of it. They had the same routine except they had a substitute today. They gave him their books and he took role.

The substitute was a very tall black dragon, his features looked incredibly like Gideon's father. His eyes were a sharp yellow, he had jet black hair that blends into his scales. He had finely cut nails and white sparkly teeth. He was also very muscular.

He paused on Gideon's name then named off the rest. "Gideon could you come here?" he asked after he was done.

Gideon walked up to the desk, kinda nervous. "Yes?"

"Is your father Ron Restin?" he asked.

Gideon nodded his head and said, "Yes he is. Why?"

The sub thought for a moment before saying, "My name is Alec Restin."

Gideon was shocked for a moment before the sub added, "Your older brother."

Gideon nodded and said, "You're the one who they kicked out for being gay."

Alec was shocked for a moment before adding, "They told you about me?"

"On accident." Gideon answered. "You should go see them, dad might apologize."

Alec just shook his head and said, "I doubt it. He really hates me for being gay."

"He accepted me." Gideon said.

Alec thought for a moment before nodding and saying, "I will give you a ride home I guess."

"Raymond and I." Gideon told him.

"Another brother?" Alec asked him.

"No, my boyfriend." Gideon said, leaning on the desk.

"Why is he living with you?" Alec asked.

"His uh, his mom died last night." Gideon told him, his eyes watering. He didn't particularly like Raymond's mother but she gave him Raymond and that was reason enough to cry.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Alec said, "Go back to your friends."

Gideon walked back over and plopped down, Raymond slowly migrated to Gideon's lap, causing Troy, Kevin and Xatrin to laugh. "Now who has a lap warmer?" Kevin said, a huge smirk on his face.

"You have no room to talk." Xatrin said as he dropped onto Kevin's lap and licked at Kevin's face.

Kevin blushed again. "What did he want?" Raymond asked Gideon after all the laughing was over.

"Well, apparently he's my older brother." Gideon told him.

Kevin and Xatrin stopped laughing and looked at the substitute in shock. "He does look like your dad." Raymond said.

Gideon nodded. They ended up speaking in German until the class ended, just to shake things up. After that they ended their conversation with a quick, "Guten Tag."

Raymond and Gideon waited for Alec to finish cleaning up around his desk before going since he was giving them a ride. On the walk Raymond said, "Hi, I'm Raymond." He held out his hand.

Alec shook Raymond's hand and said, "I'm Alec." He looked at Gideon and added, "I can see why you want him, he's gorgeous."

Gideon laughed at Raymond's blush and said, "We're inseperable."

Alec just nodded. They got to Alec's car, a cherry red mustang, and he opened the doors for them to get in. "Nice car." Raymond said, "How did you afford it on a substitute teacher's salaray?"

"I've had plenty of well paying jobs. I get more money than you think." Raymond just nodded.

It seemed that Alec had lived in the same house with their parents since he knew the way home. He sped slightly so they made it home very quickly. Gideon walked up and opened the door. He walked in, followed directly by Raymond and shouted for his mom and dad to come to the door. They did and he said, "Guess who I substituted for my German teacher today."

His mom and dad looked at each other before saying, "Who?"

"See for yourself." he replied, kicking the door fully out of the way.

Alec stepped in, looking down at his feet. He muttered, "Hi mom, hi dad."

His parents were obviously shocked. His mother examined Alec, wondering who he was before she, screamed and threw her arms around Alec and his father just stood there.

After a moment of his mother crying and apologizing Alec struggled out of her restraining arms. "I'm ok mom."

Alec looked at his father, who was studying him, making sure Alec really was his son, before he said, "I'm sorry son." before hugging Alec himself.

"I forgive you guys, mom, dad." Alec said, "I never stopped loving you."

After the happy reunion of crying and hugging broke up Alec said, "I have to get back to my apartment. My boyfriend is waiting for me."

"Why don't you bring him over for dinner tomorrow?" His father said which brought a shocked stare from Alec. "I want to meet him."

"OK." Alec said as he turned to leave. He opened the door and the sun glinted off his black scales, the door closed and Alec was gone from sight. Ron and Carol were considerably happier.

Gideon and Raymond had stealthily snuck up to Gideon's room while the little reunion was taking place. Once there Gideon shut and locked the door. He turned to Raymond and pushed him onto the bed, lying next to him. "You know," Gideon started, "I think it's time we moved our relationship a little further."

Raymond looked at him shocked before saying, "I do too."

At this Gideon and Raymond shared a passionate kiss, stopping only so that they could slide each other's shirts over their heads. Raymond looked down and noticed the bulge in Gideon's pants.

"Eager aren't we?" Raymond said, rubbing Gideon's member through his pants. Gideon whimpered at the touch.

Raymond bent his head down and unbuckled Gideon's pants. He pulled them down to reveal Gideon's black boxers. He pulled his boxers down and took them off. He looked at Gideon's member before bending down and licking it from base to tip.

Gideon shuddered at the foreign feeling and Raymond smiled. Raymond licked it a few more times, paying attention to certain spots he found that made Gideon shudder more, before taking the head into his mouth.

He was instantly rewarded with a salty-sweet burst of pre. Gideon moaned softly, trying to keep it down so his parents wouldn't hear. Raymond slowly took more of it in until the tip tickled the back of his throat. He couldn't take any more in so he slowly bobbed his head up and down what he could take in.

He massaged Gideon's balls while he started gaining speed in his bobbing. Gideon was moaning uncontrollably now, not being able to keep it quiet. He loved the feeling of Raymond's moist muzzle over his stiff member.

Raymond kept it up, working hard to keep his teeth out of the way. After a short time of bobbing his head up and down and a long river of pre Raymond was awarded with Gideon's load. Gideon, trying to stifle a roar of pleasure, let it all out.

Raymond eagerly swallowed as much as he could but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't help leaking some out. He felt Gideon grab him under the shoulders and pull him up. Gideon whispered into his ears and said, "I want you inside me."

"Are you sure?" Raymond asked him.

Gideon nodded, Raymond had an idea and took some of the cum that had leaked out of his mouth and rubbed it over his member. Gideon got down on all fours and Raymond slowly walked up. He put his tip at the Gideon's entrance and said, "Are you ready?"

Gideon nodded, biting his lip so he wouldn't scream if it hurt. Raymond slowly pushed in, Gideon gasped at the sudden entrance. Raymond slowly pushed more and more of his member in, loving the feeling of Gideon's tight and warm ass. He let out an occasional moan from the pleasure.

Gideon was moaning slightly as well, the pleasure of being entered was to much. When Raymond finally hilted inside of Gideon he said, "Damn... you're... tight." Gasping between each word. Raymond allowed Gideon to get used to the feeling. "Are you ready?"

Gideon nodded and Raymond pulled out slowly, he took a few inches out and then pushed back in, getting closer to his climax with each thrust. He started thrusting faster and faster. Gideon had noted that the pain from being entered had dissolved into immense pleasure.

Raymond's knot started to form and it made loud slapping sounds as Raymond thrust in and out. Gideon was moaning in a state of pure ecstacy. Raymond was grunting with the efforts of moving faster and faster. He heard Gideon say something in between moans, "Tie... me..."

Raymond was worried at first and said, "Are you sure?"

Gideon nodded, "Just, *moan*, do, *moan*, it." Raymond complied with Gideon's wished and thrust in, slowly adding pressure. His knot was reluctant to go in. Raymond had a hard time stretching Gideon's entrance big enough for his knot. Raymond pushed as hard as he could and he nearly fell over Gideon when the knot finally entered Gideon with a popping sound. Raymond moaned as Gideon's tight insides squeezed around his knot as Gideon moaned and his second load rushed out of his member.

Raymond slowly started thrusting, erratic thrusts due to his inability to pull all the way out. Raymond finally felt his balls tense up and he thrust one final time into Gideon, putting all of his member inside, and he felt his climax.

Gideon collapsed onto the floor, Raymond following. Gideon felt Raymond's warm seed slosh around inside of him. It felt good to him. Raymond lay his head down on Gideon's neck and whispered, "I love you." before falling into a warm, dreamless sleep.

Gideon whispered back, "I love you too hun." Gideon fell into a sleep that was a little more restless. The dreams were him being chased by his father, his father yelling that he was a disgrace of a son. The scene changed and he was in a meadow with Raymond. Raymond looked really angry and yelled at him that it was over.

Gideon's stream of bad dreams kept going until he heard the sound of pounding on his door, causing him to jerk his head up. The back of his head collided with Raymond's and Raymond awoke with a start.

Raymond's now soft member fell out as he stood up. Gideon stood up and yelled at the door, "Yes?"

"Dinner's done. Eat before it gets cold." Clarice told them, "Oh ya. Next time, keep it down."

Raymond and Gideon both blushed. They looked at each other and said, "I think we should wash up."

Gideon and Raymond walked towards the bathroom and quickly got into the shower, turning it to the right temperature. "Turn around." Raymond told Gideon. Gideon did as he was told and Raymond lathered up a wash cloth. Raymond slowly rubbed the cold scale washing body wash over Gideon's back, scrubbing slower at Gideon's ticklish spots.

Gideon started laughing and said, "Stop... it."

Raymond moved over the spot and started scrubbing the cum off of Gideon's buttocks. The dry cum slowly flaked off. Raymond moved down to Gideon's legs, scrubbing the bottom of his feet then dropping the wash rag and started tickling his feet. Gideon fell against the wall laughing. Raymond kept it up until Gideon was gasping for breath.

"I'm going to get you back one of these days." Gideon said.

"We'll see." Raymond said, giving Gideon the wash rag.

Gideon slowly scrubbed at the back of Raymond's head, scratching him behind the ears. Raymond murred and Gideon said, "Good puppy."

Raymond just blushed. Apparently dogs hadn't lost all of their feral instincts and pleasures when they evolved. Gideon laughed and move down to his neck, slowly massaging it. Gideon scrubbed down Raymond's warm, furry body.

They finished showering and got out, using the fluffy towels in Gideon's cabinet to dry off. Gideon started staring at Raymond and Raymond noticed, "Like what you see?" Raymond asked him.

"You know I do." Gideon said. "But, unfortunately, we have to go eat dinner."

Raymond pouted before putting his clothes on and heading to the door. Gideon chuckled at Raymond's puppy dog face. Gideon dressed as he walked out the door. They sat down at the dinner table and got their food. Everyone else was already eating so they just acted like they weren't late for dinner.

"So, Gideon, how was school today." his father asked him.

Gideon swallowed the food he was chewing before saying, "Boring. We didn't do anything. The only interesting thing that happened was a fight."

"Which Gideon broke up." Raymond added in.

Gideon's father just nodded. Gideon's mother spoke up and said, "We have something to tell you."

Gideon stopped eating and noticed that Clarice was looking very excited.

"You know how you've been saying you wish you were an older brother?" is mother asked. Gideon nodded. "Well, your father and I have been talking, and we've decided to adopt a kid."

"Really?" Gideon asked, understanding why Clarice was so excited.

His mother nodded and said, "He's a really nice kid. I think you will be happy to have him as a little brother."

"How old is he?" Gideon asked.

"Eleven." His mother answered his question.

"When are you going to fill out the adoption papers?" Gideon asked. He really was excited now.

"The adoption papers are filled out. You can meet him tomorrow when we pick him up." His mother said.

Gideon nodded as he swallowed the last mouthful of food on his plate. He pushed his plate away and asked, "May I be excused?"

Gideon's father nodded. Gideon got up and walked up the stairs quickly, tripping on the top one. He walked into his room and fell onto his bed. Raymond joined him shortly after.

"Are you excited hun?" Raymond asked him.

"Of course I am. Almost excited as I was when you became my little puppy." Gideon said.

Raymond scowled before plopping down onto Gideon's bed and snuggled into his chest. Gideon stood up and said, "We can't fall asleep yet."

Raymond looked puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"We have to go get fitted for our tuxes. Remember?" Gideon told him.

"Oh ya." Raymond stood with a sigh.

Gideon walked downstairs and asked Clarice, "Could you give us a ride to the Tuxedo renting place?"

"Sure." Clarice replied, "Give me a minute."

Gideon remembered Kevin and Dean and called them. "You guys ready to get your tuxes?"

"Ya. Xatrin isn't coming, he already has one." Kevin replied.

"OK. My sister will be driving us, just meet us at your front door." Gideon told him.

"Make sure you come to Xatrin's. That's where Dean and I live now." Kevin told him.

Gideon knew why so he didn't ask. "Ok, bye."

Clarice was ready by the time Gideon got done on the phone and she rushed them out. They got into Clarice's car and she started driving towards the tux place but Gideon said, "We have to pick up Kevin and Dean from Xatrin's."

She just grumbled about wasting gas before turning towards Xatrin's, driving faster on the abandoned roads. She pulled up to Xatrin's house and Kevin and Dean rushed to get into the car. Kevin joined Raymond and Gideon in the back seat while Dean sat in front with Clarice.

Now Clarice practically flew towards the tux place and pulled into the driveway, pulling out a portable DVD player. "I have a feeling this is going to take a while."

Gideon laughed and said, "Four guys getting fitted for tuxedos? It's gonna take a while,"

Clarice just sighed and turned on the DVD player. Gideon, Raymond, Xatrin, and Kevin walked inside just to be pushed into fitting rooms instantly. Of course, the fitters were a bunch of giggling girls who tried to hit on them.

"So, cutie, want to go out some time?" the girl who was fitting Gideon ask, Lizzy by her name tag.

"No, I'm in a relationship." Gideon sighed.

"Oh. That's one lucky girl." Lizzy said with a wink.

"It's not a girl." Gideon told her.

"Oh." Lizzy said. The rest of the fitting was done in silence, much to Gideon's liking. Every once in a while Lizzy would try to jab a pin in to hard. It didn't work to well considering the pins just snapped on Gideon's scales.

Once Gideon was done being fitted, Lizzy gathered up the pile of broken needles and threw them in the trash can. She wrote down the measurements, said, "You're done." and walked out.

Gideon was relieved that he could finally move. He walked out into the main room and stepped up to the cashier desk to pay for his tux. He gave the woman who was behind the counter the 50$ for his tux.

None of the others were finished yet so he sat down. He would have gone out to join Clarice but he had to pay for Raymond, Kevin, and Dean's tuxes as well. Raymond came out shortly afterwards, rubbing his shoulder. Gideon walked up to meet him and they went to the counter.

Gideon gave her the 50$ for Raymond's tux too. Kevin and Dean came out at the same time, Dean was the only one who hadn't gotten stabbed multiple times. Gideon gave the woman the 100$ for their tuxes so they could leave. "They will be done tomorrow."

Gideon just nodded as they walked out the door. They walked back to the car where Clarice had fallen asleep watching her movie. Gideon Shh'd them and then walked around to the driver's side door. He reached in and slammed the car horn.

Clarice jumped and hit her head on the roof of the car, the portable DVD player in her lap falling to the floor. Once she understood what had happened she started slapping Gideon as hard as she could. "Ow. Ow. OW!" Gideon was saying. "You can stop now. We need to get home."

Clarice stopped slapping him and told them all to get it in. They got in, Dean in front, Kevin, Raymond, and Gideon in the back. She drove faster than normal, pissed at Gideon. They got to Xatrin's twice as fast as it took to drive from Xatrin's to the tux place.

Kevin and Dean got out and said, "Thanks Gideon."

"No problem." Gideon yelled out the window. "You guys aren't getting Christmas presents."

Kevin and Dean stuck their tongues out before going into Xatrin's house. Clarice was still driving incredibly fast. Of course she hit the curb cause she couldn't slow down but there wasn't much damage done.

They pulled into the white house's driveway. Clarice got out to examine the damage. The only thing was a scratch and a dent. Clarice reached her hand under the dent and pulled. The dent popped out with a very loud pop.

"Well, that takes care of one problem." Clarice sighed. "Oh well, might as well go inside and get some sleep. Tomorrow is a very big day."

"Ya, it is." Gideon said, stifling a yawn with his fist.

Clarice yawned and said, "Perfect. Now you're making me yawn."

Raymond started to laugh but was stopped by a jaw cracking yawn. "Ugh. Why do yawns have to be contagious?"

Now it was Gideon's turn to laugh. "Come on, let's go get some sleep."

Gideon, Raymond, and Clarice snuck inside and upstairs to their rooms. Gideon pushed Raymond onto his bed before lying next to him, snuggled up to him. Gideon pulled the covers over them and whispered, "Good night, hun."

As he said this he heard a small bark and scrabbling at his bed. One of Malcise's puppies was trying to get on. Gideon laughed before reaching his hand over the side of the bed to pull it up. He put it on Raymond's side of the bed and yawned before curling itself into a ball and falling asleep.

Gideon and Raymond laughed softly.

"Good night, hun." Gideon said again.

"Good night Gideon." Raymond said sleepily.

They quickly fell into a sleep that was full of wonderful dreams. Dreams where nothing was bad in the world. They both smiled as they cuddled into each other. They were sleeping in peace.

**

Chapter 11(Adoption)

Characters: Gideon, Raymond, Kevin, Xatrin, Troy, Ron, Carol, Clarice, and the adopted kid(You don't get his name yet :P), Dean, Paulie

Gideon woke up, smiling at Raymond's sleeping face. The snow white wolf made Gideon smile even when he didn't know it. Gideon just had to look at Raymond, his lovely wolf. Gideon didn't know why Raymond was smiling in his sleep but he hoped it was because Raymond was dreaming of him.

Gideon shook Raymond and said, "Come on love. Time to wake up."

Raymond opened his eyes, slowly blinking out the sleep that had crept into the corners. Raymond smiled when he saw Gideon's yellow eyes staring back at him. "Hmm, you've never called me love before." Raymond said.

"Why shouldn't I?" Gideon said, "We are in love aren't we?"

"Yes, I'm just saying that you've never called me love before." Raymond said, shaking his head and Gideon's rambling.

Gideon just pushed Raymond out of the bed saying, "Get dressed! We're picking up my new brother today." Gideon was excited about this, Raymond could tell because when he moved he was really jittery.

"Calm down Gideon, your going to hurt yourself." Raymond laughed.

Gideon just stuck his tongue out and started pulling on his pants. Raymond laughed before moving over to him and whispered in his ear. "You're putting your pants on backwards."

Gideon looked down and blushed. The blush was mostly hidden behind his blue scales. Raymond just laughed as he scrambled to pull the pants off so he could put them on right. Raymond was dressed by the time Gideon was fully dressed, having put his shirt on backwards as well and putting his shoes on the wrong feet.

Raymond just laughed and said, "If you're this funny when you're excited I should get you excited more often."

Gideon just scowled and punched him in the arm. Raymond was about to hit his arm back before remembering the incident they had had yesterday, he changed the course of his hand and it punched Gideon in the softer scales on his stomach.

Gideon just laughed and said, "We need to toughen you up. That tickled a little bit."

"That tickled a bit?" Raymond said smirking, "Then this will tickle a lot." Raymond started tickling Gideon's stomach, making Gideon fall onto the floor kicking and laughing.

"S-stop." Gideon said, gasping for breath now.

Raymond stopped tickling him and said, "I got you back."

"If you're done tickling my brother we have to leave in ten minutes." Clarice said, putting her hand on Raymond's shoulder and making him jump.

"How long were you standing there?" Raymond asked, disappointed that he hadn't heard her. The bronze dragon could walk like a cat when she wanted to.

Her yellow eyes grinned mischievously, "From the time you woke up to now. Couldn't let you guys start doing something and making us late to pick up our new brother." Clarice sighed, "I wish they would at least tell us what species he was."

Gideon just shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as he's not a little brat I'm fine."

Clarice sighed and said, "I don't think he's going to be a brat."

Gideon just nodded and said, "Let's go. I want to meet him."

Gideon and Clarice practically bounced down the stairs, each of their moments making their bodies go at least two inches higher than usual when they walked. They almost fell down the stairs, causing Raymond to laugh. When they were all safely in the car, it bounced from them shaking their legs.

"Will you two stop shaking!" Their mother shouted at them. Gideon and Clarice struggled to stop their legs from bouncing. They managed to stop finally and she turned around and said, "Thank you." as their father started the car.

His father was a more reckless driver than Clarice and he drove fast. His eyes always seemed to glint with joy when he was driving. Gideon guessed it made him feel younger after having four kids, two of which were gay.

His father was driving really fast and he bumped a curb, he laughed as the car shook for a second causing Gideon's mother, who wasn't expecting it, to scream. His mother slapped his father and stared out the window. They were on the highway now, driving past other cars, his father slipping in between the smallest gaps possible. Gideon always admired his father for having such good reflexes even in old age.

Everytime it looked like they were going to crash his mother would grip the armrests of the passenger seat as tight as she could, Raymond would squeal slightly, Gideon would yell "Woohoo!", and Clarice would scream, "Watch out!" at her father.

His father just laughed. He knew how long this trip would take if he drove slower, especially with Gideon and Clarice in the car. Of course, Raymond was snuggling into Gideon in the backseat and Gideon had his arm around Raymond's shoulder and Raymond was laying his head against Gideon's chest.

Ron couldn't help but smile even though he was slightly disgusted at two males loving each other. He pushed that out of his head. He wanted his son to be happy and if Raymond made him happy he was ok with that. He wasn't paying attention and his wife screamed, he snapped out of his trance and swerved out of the way just in time.

"Ok, no more thinking while driving." Carol said.

Ron just chuckled. "We're almost there anyways. See how much faster it is with me driving?"

Gideon looked out the window and notice that they were there. Gideon sighed and said, "Finally."

Raymond just looked up with a look of hurt on his face. "Is it really that bad sitting next to me?"

"No, I want to meet my new little brother." Gideon told him.

Raymond nodded and whispered, "You know we aren't going to be able to do stuff with him around."

Gideon sighed and whispered back, "Yes. At least, until we decide to tell him."

Raymond nodded as they pulled into a parking space. Gideon and Clarice jumped out of the car, tapping their feet impatiently as they waited for their parents and Raymond to get out. Raymond, Ron, and Carol just laughed at their impatience.

Gideon and Clarice were at the door by the time everyone else was halfway there. They were more anxious than excited now and they weren't bouncing anymore.

They all walked in, finally, and the administrator came up to them. "Hello Mrs. and Mr. Restin. Wyatt has been anxious about this all day. He's right over there." the administrator pointed towards a small fox.

He looked up as Gideon and Clarice approached. Gideon said, "Hi Wyatt."

"Who are you?" Wyatt asked suspiciously. He had been beaten up before, and not just by kids but also by his adoptive parents.

"I'm your new brother, Gideon." Gideon said, holding out his hand.

"H-hi Gideon." Wyatt said as he shook Gideon's hand, Gideon's larger hand completely engulfing Wyatt's. Wyatt was small, only 4'5", he had burnt orange fur and startlingly green eyes. The fox's fur was white on his neck and Gideon guessed that it was like that on the rest of his torso as well. He had a big puffy, tail. His fur looked soft.

Clarice said, "Hi Wyatt, I'm one of your new sisters." She held out her hand and Wyatt took it, his hand being engulfed again.

"One of my new sisters?" Wyatt asked. "Where's the other one?"

"She's with my cousin in Texas. My cousin just got married." She said and Wyatt's ears drooped. Clarice caught her mistake and said, "Our cousin I mean."

Raymond joined them and said, "Hiya Wyatt." He grinned at the small fox and the fox backed up against the wall, cowering in fear. Raymond was confused for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Gideon asked. "Just my... friend Raymond."

Gideon felt awkward about calling Raymond his friend instead of his boyfriend but he managed. Wyatt relaxed a little bit before taking Raymond's outstretched hand. "Sorry, I thought you were someone else."

Gideon said, "Has someone been picking on you?"

Wyatt nodded before whispering, "More like everyone."

Gideon pulled him into a hug and said, "Well, if anyone bullies you at school tell me." Gideon smiled at the little fox and he smiled back. Wyatt really had hope for the first time in years. Maybe this family was the one.

Carol and Ron came over with the administrator and the administrator said, "Are you ready to go to your new home Wyatt?"

Wyatt nodded before looking into his bag and said, "I forgot something my room!"

Clarice smiled and said, "I'll take your bag to the car. You go get what you need."

"I'll come with you." Gideon said, smiling at the little fox. The fox stood up and started walking, Gideon close behind. "Do you want me to wait out here?" Gideon asked as they reached a door in the long, gray hallway.

The fox nodded and went into the room. He quickly walked to his bunk and reached under it to grab a music box. He turned around and to his dismay, there was a snow white wolf standing right behind him. The wolf grinned before picking him up by his collar and said, "What are you doing you little fag."

"N-nothing." Wyatt replied.

"You're a liar." the wolf said, slamming Wyatt into the wall. Wyatt let out a yelp and Gideon heard. Gideon burst into the room to see the wolf pounding Wyatt in the stomach mercilessly. Gideon ran over and pulled the wolf off of Wyatt.

Gideon picked the wolf up by the collar and said, "What do you think you were doing?"

The wolf just smirked and said, "Teaching that fag a little lesson."

Gideon smirked and said, "That little fag is my new little brother." The wolf's expression slowly turned to horror as Gideon slammed the obviously older wolf into the wall. "And you're going to leave him alone. Aren't you?"

Gideon slammed him against the wall again and the wolf said, "Y-yes." Gideon dropped the wolf and walked over to Wyatt, helping him up off the ground.

"Are you ok?" Gideon asked the little fox. Wyatt was crying and Gideon saw the music box with the lid broken off and the crank snapped. "Oh." Gideon said, bending over and picking up the music box. "I can fix that for you when we go home."

Wyatt looked up at him with a smile and sniffled. "Really?" he asked.

Gideon smiled and said, "Like new."

Wyatt took the dragon's hand and Gideon swung him up onto his shoulders. Gideon gasped as Wyatt's weight settled onto him but he could carry him. Gideon walked out of the room, ducking so Wyatt wouldn't hit his head on the door.

Wyatt laughed at the sudden change in height. Gideon looked up and smiled at him. "So, uh, Wyatt. Was what that wolf said true?"

Wyatt grew cold and asked, "Is what true?"

"Are you really gay?" Gideon asked him.

Wyatt said, "No! Of course not."

Gideon stopped and picked Wyatt off of his shoulders. He set the fox on the ground and knelt down so he could look him in the eyes. "Wyatt, I promise you that no matter what you are I won't hate you."

Wyatt thought for a moment, tear's forming in his eyes. "O-ok, I-I am." Wyatt looked down, not wanting to see the look of disgust he knew would be on Gideon's face. He was shocked for a moment when he felt Gideon's lips on his forehead.

Gideon pulled him into a hug. "I don't care that you're gay Wyatt. I am too." Wyatt looked up in shock and Gideon smiled. "And Raymond's not just my friend. He's my boyfriend." Wyatt was happy that someone in his new family would accept him. "Come on, everyone's waiting."

Gideon swung Wyatt back onto his shoulder's and started running through the gray, depressing hallways. Wyatt hung onto Gideon's neck for his own life. This was great, he thought. They bursted outside into the parking lot that was bathed in sun light.

Gideon picked Wyatt off of his back and Wyatt skipped happily behind Gideon. They got to the car and Gideon realized there wasn't going to be enough room. He knocked on his dad's window and said, "How are we doing this?"

"Wyatt is going to have to sit on your lap." Ron told him.

Gideon nodded and moved around to the car door. He got in and picked Wyatt up, sitting him gently on his lap. He pulled the seatbelt around them both. It was a little uncomfortable for Wyatt but he was just happy he was going to a new home.

Ron started the car and started driving as Carol turned around and said, "What took you so long any ways? And what's with the music box?"

Gideon looked down at Wyatt and said, "Wyatt went into his room to get the music box and one of his old bullies was there. I barged in on them while the kid was punching him in the stomach." Gideon grimaced.

Ron slammed on the breaks and turned around. "Did you stop him?"

Gideon nodded and said, "I beat the living daylights out of him."

Ron smiled and said, "Good. No one is going to beat up my new son."

Wyatt smiled back at him. He was surprised that he didn't yell at Gideon. Whenever he had gotten into a fight while he was staying with any of his families, even if he had gotten the shit beat out of him without hitting the other kid.

Wyatt coughed and a little bit of blood flew into his hand. Gideon noticed and said, "Oh my god. Are you alright?"

Wyatt nodded and said, "I'm fine. This is normal."

Gideon just got angrier and started wringing his hands. "That kid better hope I never see him again."

Wyatt stared at Gideon in awe. He was incredibly happy that the family that had adopted him gave him a brother that would take to him so easily. He knew that Gideon barely knew him but Gideon was protecting him like Gideon had known him since birth.

The rest of the ride was silent. Wyatt leaned back into Gideon and fell asleep. Gideon just smiled at the kit. Clarice looked over once and saw Wyatt and let out a quiet, "Awww!"

Raymond mimicked her as he looked over, a silent look of jealousy in his eyes. Gideon patted his shoulder and Raymond smiled as he leaned his head onto Gideon's shoulder. Raymond fell asleep quickly.

Gideon leaned his head onto Raymond's head and fell asleep as well. Clarice looked over again and smiled. She knew that Gideon wouldn't be able to keep Raymond away when he had that jealous look on his face. Gideon couldn't stand to emotionally hurt anybody. Physically is a different story altogether.

Carol looked back and smiled at the three boys. They were all pretty much her sons, and she loved them all. Of course, if Raymond broke her sons heart he was going to have hell to pay. She was thinking about all of this so severely she didn't notice them pulling into the driveway of their big white house.

Wyatt was up and staring in awe at the big house. Gideon grinned down at the kit and said, "What's the matter kit?"

"I've never seen a house so big." Wyatt replied.

Ron broke in and said, "Hey Gideon, Wyatt has to stay in your room until we get the basement fixed up for him."

Gideon saw the look of dismay on Wyatt's face and asked him, "What's the matter now?"

Wyatt just looked at him and said, "I don't like basements. That's where all my other families put me when they didn't want to look at me."

"Oh." He spoke up to his dad then, "Hey dad. I'll take the basement, Wyatt can have my room."

Wyatt was shocked and said, "You don't have to..."

Gideon cut him off and said, "I want you to feel welcome here, not like you're a piece of trash. You're going to live in my room. I'm not taking no for an answer."

"O-ok. Thank you." Wyatt said, he hugged Gideon at the waist and Gideon hugged him back. Raymond looked jealous and Gideon mouthed, "He's my brother!"

"Adoptive brother!" Raymond mouthed back.

"You're my only love." Gideon mouthed back.

Raymond and Gideon took Wyatt inside and up to Gideon's room. Gideon smiled as Wyatt took in the room. Gideon noticed it was only 10:00 A.M. He and Raymond had plenty of time before the dance.

Gideon looked at Wyatt and said, "How would you like to meet some of my friends?"

Wyatt looked excited and said, "I would love to."

Gideon smiled and grabbed his phone. He called Kevin up and said, "Hey man, can you and Xatrin hang out today? Oh ya, and Dean?"

"Sure, we have Troy with us. Dean is out with Paulie but I'll pick you guys up." Kevin said.

"Cool." Gideon said. He hung up the phone. "OK, so, Kevin, Xatrin, and Troy are who we are going to hang out with." Gideon smiled and said, "And Troy is only a year older than you Wy."

Wyatt smiled and said, "Awesome!"

Raymond patted him on the back. "Oh ya, and Raymond. Wyatt knows about us. It's ok." Gideon smiled as he pulled Raymond into a hug.

Raymond smiled. "So, Wyatt. Anything you want to do while we're waiting?"

Wyatt looked around and his eyes fell on Gideon's Nintendo Wii. "Could we play your Wii?"

Gideon smiled at him and said, "Of course." Gideon turned on the Wii and grabbed out two controllers.

Raymond was confused for a sec before saying, "Aren't you gonna play?"

Gideon shook his head and said, "I doubt Wyatt has played a Wii before. I'm going to show him how to play so it's fair." Raymond just nodded.

Gideon let Wyatt pick out a game. He eventually chose Wii Sports. Raymond knew that shouldn't take long to teach Wyatt how to play. Once the game was loaded Wyatt picked out one of the games that was on there. He chose bowling.

"OK, Wyatt." Gideon said, taking a hold of his hand. "What you need to do, is hold down the B button," Gideon moved Wyatt's thumb to the right button, "pull back your arm," he pulled back Wyatt's arm, "and swing it back forward and let go of B." Wyatt tried it and was happy that he didn't get a gutter ball.

Wyatt didn't know much about sports but bowling was one he was really good at. Raymond and Wyatt played through a game and Raymond won. Of course, Raymond knew the tricks to the game and how to get easy strikes but Wyatt still did good for a beginner.

Gideon heard a knock on the door downstairs and said, "That will be Kevin. Come on guys."

Raymond and Wyatt followed Gideon down the stairs. Gideon opened the door to reveal the white tiger. "Hey Gideon. What's up?" Kevin saw Wyatt and said, "Who's this?"

Gideon smiled and said, "He's my new little brother. Try not to creep him out."

Kevin just chuckled and said, "We'll see." He added to Wyatt, "Hi I'm Kevin." he stretch out his pawn and Wyatt took it.

"I'm Wyatt." Wyatt looked down and saw that Kevin's paw engulfed his. He hated being so small.

Kevin smiled and said, "Come on, let's go."

Kevin took Raymond, Wyatt, and Gideon out to his van. Wyatt got in first and took a seat next to the tiger named Troy. Wyatt looked at Troy and examined his entire body. Troy was a little taller than him but not much, which made him feel better. Troy had beautiful white fur that shined in the sun.

His green eyes were tantalizing. Wyatt wanted to rub his hands through Troy's soft fur. He wanted to feel Troy's hands on his body. Wyatt shook the thoughts out of his head. He said, "Hi, I'm Wyatt." He held out his hand and Troy looked at him for the first time.

Troy took it and said, "Hi, I'm Troy."

Gideon finally got in and said, "Xatrin, Troy. This is my new brother, Wyatt. Don't creep him out."

Troy just said, "Ok." He looked away from Wyatt so the urge to kiss him on the spot wouldn't creep up on him. Wyatt was a very attractive fox and Troy wanted him so badly. Troy didn't know if he was gay or not so he didn't even ask.

"So, where are we going?" Kevin asked as he started the van.

"Let's go to the mall." Gideon said.

"The mall it is" Kevin said. Kevin started driving. It was quite a drive to the mall.

Everyone was holding conversations with somebody else except for Wyatt and Troy. Gideon snuck into the back and said, "What's the matter guys. You're so quiet."

"I don't know these people." Wyatt whispered.

"I'm just naturally quiet." Troy said. Wyatt was hypnotized by the sing-song sound of Troy's voice.

"Get to know one another." Gideon said, "I'm sure you will be great friends."

"Maybe later. I don't really want to talk right now." Troy said.

"What's the matter?" Gideon asked him.

"My parent's got a letter from the school. They're pushing me back into the sixth grade since my grades started slipping." Troy's ears drooped.

"Well hey, that's good. You can help Wyatt out. He's going into sixth grade next year too."

Wyatt smiled that he would know someone next year. Troy let out a half-hearted smile. Wyatt was hurt by that smile for some reason. He felt like Troy didn't like him. Gideon moved back up to sit with Raymond.

Wyatt watched Raymond snuggle into Gideon and he imagined himself doing that to Troy. The van was loud with Kevin and Xatrin's conversation the whole way to the mall. Once there they parked in the huge parking lot of Alton Square Mall.

They all got out and Gideon picked Wyatt up and put him on his shoulder's again. Raymond looked at him, jealous again. "Come on Raymond. He's been to five different families. He needs some happiness."

Raymond nodded. Gideon may have said that but the jealousy was still there. They walked inside the huge building, their feet clapping on the tiled floors. "Where do you want to go first Wyatt?" Gideon asked him as he heard Wyatt's stomach growl. "Hehe, how about the food court?"

Wyatt nodded vigorously and Gideon grabbed Raymond's hand and pulled him towards the food court, Wyatt still on his shoulder's. Gideon pulled Wyatt down as he saw a group of college students come around the corner.

Gideon knew them because they were early graduated seniors and they had gone straight into college. Gideon also knew that they were stronger than he was. Kevin, Xatrin, and Troy caught up to them and they walked straight past the college students without them noticing. Gideon sighed in relief.

They were in the food court, restaurants lining the walls of the circular room. "What do you want Wyatt."

Wyatt thought for a moment before saying, "Pizza."

Gideon nodded and asked Raymond, "What do you want love?"

Raymond said, "Tacos."

"Take Wyatt and find a seat. I'll get the food." Gideon said. He jogged off towards the pizza place first since it took longer. He remembered that he hadn't asked Wyatt what kind of pizza. He just shrugged.

"Can I get a small cheese pizza?" Gideon asked the cashier. The cashier reached into the oven and pulled out a freshly made cheese pizza.

"That'll be 8$" the cashier said. Gideon gave the man the money and then ran across the food court to get the tacos.

He ordered four tacos for Raymond. He thought about what he wanted for a second before walking next door to the Chinese place to order Sweet and Sour Chicken.

He looked around once he had all the food and found where Raymond and Wyatt were. He walked over to them and sat down. He gave Raymond his tacos and Wyatt his cheese pizza. "I hope cheese is ok. I don't know what kind you like." Gideon explained.

Wyatt smiled and said, "Cheese is fine. Thank you Gideon."

"Where did Dean, Xatrin, and Troy go?" Gideon asked Raymond.

"Game store." Raymond grunted around a mouthful of food.

Gideon nodded and started eating his chicken. Once they were all done, savoring the taste of the delicious food they had just eaten, they walked down to the game store. Gideon and Raymond took Wyatt to look around the store. Wyatt was looking at a PS2 game called .Hack:// Quarantine.

"What is that game about?" Gideon asked him.

Wyatt looked up and said, "It's the fourth game of the series, I have the first three in my backpack. I've beaten all three of them. It's about an online game called, "The World" and this guys starts playing it with his friend and on his first day in the game they go to an area that has a virus in it and the virus kills his friend's character and in real life his friend goes into a coma. It's really cool."

Gideon smiled at the look on Wyatt's face. When they were done looking Gideon said, "Hey Raymond, can you take Wyatt to sit outside on the bench for a minute?"

"Sure." Raymond said. He took Wyatt's hand and led him outside to a bench.

Gideon walked back to where his little brother had seen .Hack and picked up the last copy of the game. He walked to the cashier and said, "I'd like to buy this game."

The cashier nodded and said, "That'll be 50$."

Gideon almost choked. 50$ for a video game! That's crazy. He pulled a 50 out of his wallet and gave it to the guy. He got a bag and stowed the game safely in his pants pocket.

Wyatt was fidgeting on the bench next to Raymond. Gideon smiled at his youthful restlessness. "So, Wyatt. How's the condition on the rest of your clothes, cause these are literally falling apart."

"Umm, they're about the same." Wyatt said.

Gideon shook his head, "Mom and dad will you buy you new clothes. I'm out of money." Gideon hadn't said that in a long time. Kevin, Xatrin, and Troy came up to them then. Kevin and Xatrin had an urgent look on their face.

"Do you know how long we've been here?" Xatrin asked.

Gideon looked at his watch and said, "Oh shit, the dance."

"Come on guys, time to go." Kevin said. They all practically ran out then, hopping into Kevin's van. Kevin pushed the pedal as far down as it could go as he rushed toward the tux place.

"Where are we going?" Gideon asked, forgetting about the tuxes.

"Getting our tuxes, duh." Kevin said.

Gideon looked over at Troy and noticed his ears were drooped. "What's the matter Troy?" Gideon asked him.

"I'm not going to the dance so I don't have anything to do." Troy told him.

Gideon looked at Wyatt and whispered, "Why don't you invite him to spend the night. I'm sure mom and dad will say yes."

Wyatt thought for a moment before saying, "Hey Troy. Want to spend the night?"

Troy looked excited and said, "Sure! If my parents let me."

Wyatt smiled. Gideon took out his phone and called his parents. "Hey mom." He said when his mother finally picked up. "Can Wyatt have a friend stay over?"

"Sure. We're happy he has friends already." She said. He could tell she was smiling even if he couldn't see her.

"Thanks." Gideon said as he hung up. He handed the phone to Troy and said, "Call your parents. Mine said it was alright."

Troy took Gideon's phone and dialed his phone number. After a short conversation with his parents he hung up and said, "I can. I have to go get some stuff first."

Kevin laughed and said, "Your stuff is in the back. Remember? You were going stay at Xatrin's tonight. Wyatt needs the company though."

Troy nodded and said, "Oh yeah." Kevin slammed on his breaks and slid into a parking space. He darted out the door with five receipts in hand. He came back out with five tuxedos, wrapped in plastic.

"Dean and Paulie are at your house Gideon. They called while I was inside." Kevin told him. They drove to Gideon's house and got there very quickly, passing up houses that looked like big blurs of brown and red. They all got out and walked inside the big white house.

Dean and Paulie were sitting in the front room, Paulie already in her dress. She looked very beautiful in the blue dress that had glitter all over it. It really looked good and it made her fur stand out even more. Kevin through Dean's tuxedo at him. "Get dressed."

Gideon looked at the clock. It was 5 P.M. Man they had spent a lot of time in that video game store. Each boy found their tuxedo while Wyatt took Troy into the kitchen so his adoptive parents could meet him.

Gideon looked at Raymond and laughed. Raymond was wondering why Gideon was laughing when he looked in the mirror and noticed that he had a whole bunch of fur standing straight up on his head.

Gideon ran up to his room quickly to grab a comb. On his way down he used the black comb to comb his very dark hair, making sure none of it stood up on the back of his head. He combed it straight back so his long hair hung like silk down to his shoulders.

When he got back to the living room he found Raymond trying to straighten his glistening, snow white fur with his hand. He laughed at Raymond's failed attempts and stood in front of him. He took the comb and combed down the fur on Raymond's face. He slowly combed the hair on Raymond's head back so none of it would get into Raymond's eyes.

When he was finally finished combing all of the snow white fur so that it was flat Kevin and Dean were pretty much pushing them out the door. Gideon yelled, "Bye Mom!" as he disappeared behind the door.

In the kitchen Wyatt and Troy were eating the hamburgers Carol had made for them. Wyatt and Troy were both amazed at how well Wyatt's new mother could cook. Wyatt had never had a homemade meal this good before. Then again, he barely ever had a homemade meal.

His new mother turned around and said, "So, Wyatt. How's your day been so far?"

Wyatt smiled and said, "It's been the best day of my life." Wyatt's tail was wagging and Carol laughed. Wyatt looked confused and said, "What?"

Carol said, "Your tail is wagging."

Wyatt looked embarrassed and said, "Woops!"

Clarice was standing in the doorway and said, "I think it makes him look cuter than he is." Wyatt blushed and Clarice laughed. "So, now that you're back and my brother took you out I say it's time I spend some time with my new brother."

Wyatt smiled and said, "Ok."

Clarice looked at Troy and said, "Who's this?"

"Oh, I'm Troy." the small tiger said as he held out his hand.

"Hi Troy, nice to meet you." She looked back at Wyatt and said, "How would you a Troy like to go see a movie with me tonight?"

Wyatt just said, "I've never been to a movie theater before."

Clarice looked sad at how deprived his life is and said, "Let's fix that."

Wyatt smiled and said, "Would you like to go Troy?" He figured that he should do whatever his guest wanted to.

"Sure. It sounds great." Troy said with a smile. "But I have no money." His tail drooped at that.

"That's alright, I can pay for you." Clarice said, watching as the small tiger's white face looked up with a smile.

"Are you and Gideon always doing that for friends? You guys spend so much money." Troy said.

Clarice just laughed and said, "Yes, but the difference between Gideon and I is that I make my own money. I don't mooch off my parents."

Carol rolled her eyes and said, "When are you going to pay me back for the gas money I gave you today. Or for the stereo I bought you last month after your's blew out."

Clarice blushed and said, "Soon." She looked at Wyatt and Troy and said, "Anyways! Let's go guys."

Wyatt and Troy jumped off their chairs, Troy landed lightly on the floor but Wyatt slipped and fell. Troy and Wyatt laughed and Troy helped him up. "You alright?" Troy asked him.

Wyatt nodded and said, "I"m used to it. I'm really clumsy."

"Try not to break anything." Clarice said ruffling his hair. Wyatt took it the wrong way and his ears drooped. "I meant any of your bones."

Wyatt blushed again and said, "Oh. Sorry, it's just that one family kicked me out because of me being a klutz."

Clarice just sighed and said, "They sound heartless. Now come on. We need to go if we're going to catch anything."

Wyatt walked right behind Clarice with Troy following just a little behind. Clarice unlocked the doors to her car and Troy and Wyatt climbed into the back seat. Clarice quickly got into the blue, 2009 Ford Taurus' drivers seat.

She pulled out of the black top driveway and swung her car towards the move theater down the street. She was happy they didn't have to drive far since she was running out of money for gas. Gas was expensive these days.

She pulled into the large parking lot which was practically empty since all the highschool students were at the dance. They walked in and Clarice sighed, there were three movies playing. Two were romances and the other one a horror movie.

"Ok, what do you want to see guys?" Clarice asked.

Troy and Wyatt looked at each before saying, at the same time, "The horror movie." They couldn't say the name because of how hard it was to pronounce.

Clarice just nodded before buying the tickets. "Do you guys want some popcorn or a soda?"

"Yes, please." Wyatt said.

"I really don't want you to spend more money than you need to." Troy told her.

"It doesn't matter." Clarice said. "Do you want a soda?"

"Yes, please." Troy said, feeling a little bad.

Clarice just smiled. She walked to the snack counter and bought a large popcorn and three medium cokes. She gave each of the boys a coke before they found the appropriate movie theater.

They sat down in the third row, the theater was practically empty. The previews were playing so the lights were still on. Wyatt was shaking nervously, he got scared easily and he didn't want to disturb the others. He was afraid Clarice was going to get annoyed.

The lights dimmed and the movie started, a gruesome field with dead bodies lying everywhere, floating in pools of blood that shone in the morning sun. You could hear the explosions of bullets flying out of the guns of soldiers and the whistle of bombs being dropped.

This got Wyatt and Troy's attention. They sat up straight watching the movie with interest. They sat like that for a while until the battle ended and the scene switched to a black screen that said, "Three months later."

From there it got scary. They continued watching the movie with interest. Somebody popped up behind the main character with a bloody knife and Wyatt jumped, covering his eyes and putting his head onto Troy's shoulder. Troy was shocked for a moment before reaching around and patting Wyatt on the back.

He leaned down and whispered, "What are you doing?" He had to admit he liked this feeling.

Wyatt jumped again and said, "Sorry, I thought you were Clarice for a second."

Troy's excitement dulled at this and said, "It's alright."

Wyatt looked up and smiled at him before putting his head back onto Troy's shoulder. Clarice looked over and was a little shocked but smiled anyways. She hadn't been expecting that.

Something else scary came up while Wyatt was watching, his head on Troy's shoulder with Troy's arm around him, he bent his head down and buried it into Troy's shoulder so he wouldn't see what happened. Wyatt really liked this feeling and he thought that Troy did too, otherwise he would have pushed Wyatt away. Maybe he was just feeling sorry for him.

Troy was having his doubts too. He thought that Wyatt might just be really scared and didn't realize what he was doing. Troy bent his head down onto Wyatt's to hide his eyes too. He enjoyed the feeling while he could.

The movie went by pretty fast to Troy. Mostly because he had the most beautiful fox he had ever seen with his head on his shoulder. The lights turned on and Wyatt stood up and stretched. Troy was sad for a moment as he mimicked the fox.

Clarice smiled at them both and said, "How did you like the movie?"

Wyatt grinned from ear to ear and said, "It was awesome!"

Troy nodded and said, "It was cool."

"Great." Clarice said, she led them back to her car and opened the door for them. She was disappointed to see them scoot to opposite sides and look out the windows. They were so cute together. She just shook her head and got into the driver's seat.

The ride home was silent. The atmosphere wasn't exactly cold but it was slowly getting there. They got home and walked inside, Wyatt noticed Troy's stuff was still on the couch and Wyatt said, "I'll take up to Gideon's room so you can put your stuff there."

Troy nodded and followed Wyatt up to Gideon's room. Troy looked around in amazement when they stepped in. He sat down on the futon and looked at his lap. Wyatt sat next to him and said, "Are you ok?"

Troy just nodded and said, "I'm fine."

"What was that back in the theater?" Wyatt asked, pushing him to find out if he was gay. Troy was very attractive.

"You looked really scared." Troy explained, not really thinking Wyatt was gay too.

"Oh." Wyatt said, sounding disappointed.

Troy looked at him and thought, to hell with it. "Hey Wyatt."

Wyatt looked at him and said, "Ya?"

Troy chickened out and said, "Why did you bury your head in my shoulder. I know you were scared but Clarice was on the other side of you."

Wyatt just looked down and murmured, "Because I think you're handsome."

Troy was shocked for a moment before saying, "Really?"

Wyatt just nodded, stood up, and turned around, "You hate me now right?"

Troy just stood up and walked behind Wyatt. He hugged him and said, "No, because you're the most gorgeous fox I've ever seen."

Wyatt looked up shocked and Troy smiled down at him. "Really?" Wyatt asked.

Troy nodded and Wyatt squealed with glee. He was bouncing up and down and Troy said, "Calm down." Wyatt blushed under his burnt orange fur. Troy just giggled.

Wyatt turned around and hugged him back. The small fox looked up at the tiger's face and Troy leaned down and planted a kiss on his lips. The small fox was shocked for a moment before relenting to Troy's kiss.

Troy was nervous because he had never kissed anyone before. He licked at Wyatt's lips and Wyatt opened his muzzle slightly and Troy slipped his tongue in. Wyatt and Troy wrestled tongues for a moment before pulling back for air. They sat down on the futon in an awkward silence before Wyatt leaned his head onto Troy's shoulder and said, "That was amazing."

Troy nodded. He looked at the clock and said, "Jeez, it's 8:30. That movie was long."

Wyatt nodded said, "What do you want to do now?"

Troy said, "I don't know. Video games?"

Wyatt smiled and said, "Sure."

They walked over to Gideon's TV and Wyatt said, "Wii or PS3?"

"PS3." Troy answered him.

Wyatt looked through Gideon's game and had an idea. "I have a pretty fun PS2 game. It's single player though. You can play it and I can help you."

Troy shrugged, "Sure, why not."

Wyatt smiled and went over to his small bag of belongings. He took out the game, .Hack Infection. He put it in and it went through the opening icons to the main menu. He selected new game and handed the controller to Troy.

He let Troy select his name. And the game started. He picked the Icon of the game's desktop that said, "The World" and chose it. The game loaded up and Wyatt started showing him the controls. Wyatt loved holding his hands and prolonged showing him the controls to make sure he had each one so he could hold his hands longer.

Once he had finished showing Troy the controls he let go of his hand and leaned his head onto Troy's shoulder as he played through the pointless tutorial now that Wyatt had shown him the controls.

Troy went into the first dungeon and Wyatt pointed each way he should go. Troy got to the first cut scene and was shocked at the graphics considering this was an older game.

Troy played the game for a while, getting pretty far in. He really enjoyed playing it. He got far enough into it to get two new party members, Mistral and Blackrose.

Troy saved his game so he could quit for the night and looked at Wyatt who was snoring softly on his shoulder. He chuckled and shook him a little. Wyatt woke up and said, "Huh?"

"You fell asleep." Troy said. Wyatt blushed and Troy burst out laughing. "I think it's time for bed anyways."

Wyatt nodded before getting up to turn off the PS3. Troy snuck up behind him and as he stood up Troy hugged him and turned him around to kiss him again. Wyatt was shocked but he let Troy kiss him, loving it. He felt Troy licking his furry lips again and he complied to Troy's wishes. Troy stuck his tongue into Wyatt's muzzle, exploring the fox's warm and moist muzzle.

When Troy finally pulled off for air Wyatt smiled and said, "That was amazing, again."

Troy chuckled and a thought occurred to him. "Hey uhh, Wyatt."

Wyatt looked at him and said, "Ya?"

"Will uhh, will you be my boyfriend?" Troy asked, blushing as he spoke.

Wyatt looked excited and said, "Really? Of course I will!" He jumped towards Troy and wrapped him in his arms.

They went to the futon that was set up for Wyatt's bed and they lay down together, cuddling into each other's warm fur. "I think I'm in love with you, Wyatt." Troy whispered into his ear.

"I think I love you too, Troy." Wyatt whispered back. Troy smiled and snuggled into Wyatt again. They both fell asleep, dreaming warm dreams of being happy with the person in their arms. Wyatt's were quickly replaced with nightmares but he continued sleeping in the warm arms of his new boyfriend.

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Clarice closed the door softly and smiled. They really were cute together. She walked down to the kitchen and her mother looked up from the crossword puzzle she was doing. She saw Clarice smiling and said, "What are you smiling about?"

Clarice said, "I'll show you."

Her mother looked confused and followed her to Gideon's room. She Shh'd her mother to make sure she was quiet and opened the door. Carol saw the two boys cuddling on the futon and she said, "Awww!"

Clarice closed the door again and said, "They're cute together aren't they?"

Carol nodded and said, "That's the third gay son we've had in this house." She shook her head and said, "Oh well, he's still our son."

"You can't say your disappointed. He's a good kid. So what if he's gay?" Clarice asked her.

Carol nodded and said, "He is a good kid. I don't care if he's gay I'm just worried about your father's reaction."

Clarice just shook her head, "Dad won't care. How was dinner with Alec anyways?"

Carol just said, "It was good. Your dad liked your brother's boyfriend."

Clarice just nodded and went to bed.

Chapter 12 (Dinner with Alec)

Characters: Alec, Carol, Ron, Alec's boyfriend(You don't get his name yet either.)

Carol was working hard in the kitchen to get dinner done before Alec showed up. Ron came into the kitchen and hugged her from behind. "What's for dinner?"

"Spaghetti." Carol told him.

"When is Alec going to be here with his... boyfriend?" Ron asked her.

"In a half an hour." Carol said as she finished the spaghetti. She put the meatballs into the oven to heat up. "Dinner will be done by the time Alec gets here." Carol nodded in satisfaction.

Carol and Ron went to sit down in the living room, Carol leaning softly against Ron as they watched T.V. They jumped when they heard the bell ring and Carol ran to answer it. Alec and his boyfriend were standing on the porch, both looking a little nervous. "Alec! You're here early."

"We expected the ride to be longer." Alec said as he stepped inside. They walked into the living room and Alec said, "Mom, Dad, this is my boyfriend, Charlie."

Ron stood up and held out his hand, "Hello Charlie, nice to meet you."

Charlie was a black bear with deep brown eyes, he was tall, at least 7 and a half feet, and had huge muscles. From the top of his head a long stream of brown hair ran down his neck. He wasn't that big but he was still intimidating. "Hello, Sir. Nice to meet you."

Ron smiled and said, "Call me Ron."

Charlie just nodded and said, "Ok."

Carol spoke up and said, "Hi Charlie, I'm Carol." She took his hand. He bent over and kissed her hand. "Well well, he sure is a gentlemen." Carol laughed as Charlie blushed. "Anyways, dinner will be done in a half-hour."

Alec looked at her and smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, your food was always good."

Carol laughed and said, "Your memory is good then."

Ron shook his head and said, "More like very bad." Carol slapped him until he exclaimed, "I was kidding!"

"You better have been." Carol huffed. She turned away and Ron shook his head but when she turned back he was nodding.

Alec laughed and said, "You guys haven't changed a bit."

"Maybe a tiny bit." Ron said, "You don't see me kicking you out right now do you?"

Alec just frowned and said, "Did you have to bring that up? I'd rather just forget it."

Ron shook his head and said, "I can't forget it, I remember the look on your face when I said the words. It hurts to remember it."

Alec just nodded, "It hurt a lot to get kicked out of my home."

Ron just nodded and said, "I'm very sorry I did it now."

"I know you are dad." Alec said.

Ron nodded and said, "Gideon's lucky he had Clarice. It would have been a repeat of you."

Alec nodded and said, "Clarice sounds like an awesome sister. Where is she anyways?"

"She took our adopted son and one of his friends to a movie." Carol told him.

Alec looked shocked and said, "When did you adopt a kid?"

"Today." Carol said, "We felt so sorry for him. He really is a good kid."

Alec sighed and said, "Great, one more person I don't get to meet yet."

Carol just laughed and said, "Christmas is coming up soon."

Alec said, "Very soon, only three weeks. Exactly."

"Anyways," Ron broke in, "So, Charlie, play any sports? Or watch them."

Charlie nodded and said, "I played high school football and I follow the Rams pretty closely."

Ron sat up straight and said, "Really?"

Charlie nodded and said, "The Rams are awesome."

Ron sighed and said, "Ya, but their last season sucked."

Charlie nodded and said, "That's true."

Ron said, "I've got a video of one of the super bowls they won, you probably didn't see it. It was quite a bit ago."

Charlie said, "Cool."

Ron just smiled and said, "Want to watch it?"

"Of course!" Charlie exclaimed. Alec and Carol sighed and Ron and Charlie laughed at their mates reactions. "I can see where Alec got his love for sports from." Charlie added sarcastically.

Ron sighed and said, "Alec never did like sports."

Charlie nodded, "Except when he was watching me during high school games." He smirked when Alec blushed, the small amount of red showing only making his scales look darker. He punched Charlie playfully in the arm.

Ron couldn't help but smile. He knew he had grown up to believe that god hated gays but seeing his sons with their boyfriends made him disagree with those beliefs. How could god damn these two people, or any two people, who could stand in the midst of their own families and sit with another man whom they loved. Ron could feel the radiance of the love Alec felt for this man and he could feel it off of Charlie.

He was genuinely sorry for the way he had treated his eldest son. Looking at his son and his lover now only made him feel worse. He had believed that God hated people like this, but Ron saw now that there is no difference between straights and gays besides their attractions.

They still loved and felt pain and other emotions. They bled when stabbed, they cried when they're sad, and they lie when they do not want someone to know the truth. There was no way God could hate people he had made from his own flesh and mind.

Ron found the recording of the super bowl and put it in, fast forwarding through the beginning announcements. He played the movies as one of the teams were getting ready for the kick off.

Alec and Carol slowly migrated to the kitchen, not really caring about how the super bowl had been won by the Rams. Carol smiled at Alec as they sat down on the kitchen table. "How have you been Alec, I haven't seen you in so long."

Alec smiled and said, "My life has been great if you don't count the four years of foster care." When Alec said this Carol felt like she had been stabbed in the gut.

She stood up and walked around the table to sit next to Alec. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Alec nodded before starting, "I missed you guys so much the whole time. My heart ached whenever I thought about how lonely I really was without you guys." Alec's eyes were watering as he continued. "My foster parents abused the foster children, all except for the ones who could sneak out before anyone else woke up and manage to stay out until dawn."

Alec had tears running down the sides of his face, streaking down his muzzle to fall on the table with a quiet drip. "Everytime I would see one of them come into my room I would cower in fear and wish that I was home again. I couldn't bring myself to come back here and ask if you guys could forgive me. I didn't believe you would."

Alec was full out crying now, sobs wracking his shoulders, his words were watery, and his voice broke. With every word his hair bounced on his head. "I tried to commit suicide once, it landed me in a mental hospital for a month. I didn't care, I didn't want to leave. I liked it there, away from my foster parents who would beat and torture me, away from the foster parents that would threaten me with pain for their own amusement."

Carol was crying now too, leaning her head on her son's shoulder. "I was happy to see those bastards dragged away by the cops after the doctor's asked me why I tried to commit suicide." Alec's words were almost drowned out by his constant sobs as he remembered the torture, the inhumanity of those insane people.

"I told him about them and about all the scars..." Alec started but Carol cut him off.

"Please, just stop. Please." Carol pleaded. She dug her head into Alec's shoulder and hugged him tightly, "We're so sorry you had to go through that. It's ok if you're angry at us."

Alec cried into his mom's hair and said, "It's ok mom, really. I forgive you two. Promise." They sat there like that for at least ten minutes, crying about what had happened to Alec. Alec had always been really emotional, he blamed it on the hormones that made him gay.

The timer for the meatballs beeped and Carol stood and stumbled back into her chair. Alec pushed her down and said, "I'll get them."

She smiled softly as he took the oven mitts and took the now brown meatballs out of the oven and mixed them in with the spaghetti. He yelled at Charlie and Ron and said, "Dinners done!"

He heard the shouting of the announcers pause as Charlie came through the doors. Charlie took a big sniff and grinned at Carol, "Smells delicious Mrs. Restin."

By this time Carol had cleared her face up and smiled softly at Charlie, "Please, call me Carol."

Charlie flashed another grin, "Ok, Carol." Charlie twisted his face in discomfort, "It doesn't feel right."

Carol smiled again, "You could always call me mom."

Charlie suddenly looked uncertain and looked at Alec and said, "Did you tell her?"

Alec shifted uncomfortably in his seat, "No, but it's sure going to be hard to hide it now."

Carol said, "Tell me what? What are you hiding?" She asked Alec suspiciously.

Alec sighed and said, "Wait for dad to get in here." They heard the sink running upstairs as his dad washed his hands. His dad walked down the steps and walked into the kitchen. "Hey umm, dad. Could you sit down." Alec stood up and walked over to Charlie, rubbing his forearms.

"Ok..." Ron said, sitting down slowly.

"Well, umm. Charlie and I have been dating for a few years now, and about a month ago he uhh," Alec stuttered as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring, putting it on the third finger of his left hand, "he proposed to me."

The ring on Alec's hand had a huge diamond on it and the band was covered in two rows of smaller diamonds. The ring was absolutely beautiful.

Ron and Carol looked shocked before Carol smiled a grin that went from ear to ear. "Congratulations." She walked up to Alec and hugged him. "Were you planning on telling us tonight?"

Alec nodded and looked at his father who was still shocked. Alec looked at his father expectantly and Carol slapped him on the back. "T-that's wonderful son." He choked out as he stood up and hugged his son. "I'm happy for you."

Alec hugged his dad back and said, "Thanks dad."

"When is the wedding?" Carol asked as Ron loosened his grip on Alec.

"Next month." Alec said, rubbing the back of his head, "We still have a lot to do. You would be surprised how hard it is to plan a gay wedding." Alec's face twisted. "We can't find caterers that would cater a gay wedding."

"You could always ask us for help." Carol said with a smile. "I know some people who would cater my sons wedding, gay or not."

Alec smiled back and said, "Thanks again mom."

Charlie said, "Thanks... mom." Charlie said mom awkwardly and Carol laughed at him.

"If you don't feel comfortable saying it you don't have to." She said with a smile.

Charlie smiled back, "I want to though."

Alec bursted into the conversation, "Now that we have that out of the way, can we eat? I'm starving." Alec's statement was proven true by a low rumble that made him blush.

Charlie and Ron laughed as Carol leaned back and grabbed some plates down from the cabinet. Alec was eager as he scooped tons of noodles onto his plate and then scooped half the pan of mushroom sauce onto his plate.

Carol shook her head and said, "You eat like a pig!"

Alec made a pig sounding snort and said, "It's your fault for being such a good cook. If I remember correctly."

Ron shook his head and said, "What you remember is her burning water."

Carol slapped him and Alec and Charlie laughed. Alec fixed Charlie's plate too, putting not as much on Charlie's plate even though Charlie was obviously bigger than Alec.

Alec and Charlie sat down and waited for Ron and Carol to get their food. Ron and Carol sat down with their plates and they all bowed their heads to say grace, Alec took the lead and said, "Dear lord, thank you for the meal we are about to eat and for rejoining this family. Amen."

Carol sniffed once before eating her food, Charlie and Alec instantly dug in and Ron only hesitated for a moment. Charlie swallowed his first bite and said, "This is delicious... mom." Charlie still felt awkward calling her mom.

Carol smiled again, I've been smiling a lot, she though. She said, "Thank you Charlie."

They ate in silence for a few minutes before Ron spoked up and said, "You know, my only problem with having a gay son..."

Carol cut in and said, "We don't need to hear." She was really urgent since she didn't want to offend them.

"It's nothing mean, I'm just saying that I'm sad that I'm not going to get any grand kids from Alec." Ron said.

Charlie and Alec sighed in relief, realizing they had been holding their breath. "Actually, we uh, we plan to adopt after we're married."

Ron nodded and said, "Ok. What is the exact date of the wedding?"

Alec finished chewing his food before saying, "January 14th."

Ron nodded again and exclaimed, "Well, I'll make sure I have that day off." He got up from the table and walked over to grab the phone.

Alec sighed and looked at his mother, "He doesn't approve of it does he?"

Carol shrugged and said, "He'll get used to it. I'm making him go. He's not getting out of it."

Alec smiled at his mother. The rest of dinner was spent in silence except for the clanking of silver ware and glasses. Ron came back and sat down at the table and continued eating. Once everyone was done they all stood up. "Thanks for dinner mom." Alec said, hugging her. He hugged his father too and said, "I love you guys so much."

Charlie said, "That was really good... mom." He looked at Ron and said, "It was nice meeting you... dad." He reached his hand out and shook Ron's hand.

Ron smiled and said, "Don't be strangers."

Alec smiled as his dad said the same thing he had the night before, "We don't plan on it. We'll always call before we come over."

Ron nodded before pulling Alec into another hug. "Bye son. I love you."

Alec and Charlie walked out the door to their car and drove down the street. Ron leaned over and kissed Carol on the cheek. "Good night honey, I'm going to bed."

Carol kissed him back and said, "I'm waiting for Gideon to get home so go on up."

Carol watched him walk upstairs before shaking her head, "I wonder how long it will take him to accept that his son is getting married to another man." she mumbled to herself before going to watch TV.

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Chapter 13(The Dance)

Characters: Gideon, Raymond, Kevin, Troy, Wyatt, Xatrin, Dean, Paulie.

Gideon and Raymond were practically pulled into the blue van by Kevin and Xatrin. Dean was sitting in the back urging Kevin to start driving. "We have plenty of time to get to the dance." Kevin yelled at him. "The only reason we're leaving so early is because we're going to dinner first."

Gideon and Raymond nodded. "On me of course." Gideon added in since he had gotten more money out of his stash.

"Where are we going?" Paulie asked.

"No where special, we're just going to Chinese buffet." Gideon said.

Paulie smiled and said, "That's my favorite restaurant."

Raymond had an idea and said, "Thank Dean, it was his idea."

Dean glared at the back of Raymond's head as Paulie leaned over and turned his head to kiss him on the lips, Dean's glare turned into understanding as he melted into Paulie's kiss and kissed her back. "Did I mention you looked beautiful tonight?" Dean whispered.

Paulie snickered, "Only about twelve times."

Dean blushed through his dark fur and said, "Well, it's true."

Gideon looked back and saw that Dean and Paulie had gone back to kissing each other. He gasped as Raymond dropped onto his lap and leaned into his chest. "You know," Raymond said, "you look really handsome in your tux."

"You look gorgeous in yours." Gideon told him before leaning his down and kissing him lightly. It was totally true. The black tuxedo made Raymond's fur so much brighter in contrast. His blue eyes glowing in the dark like a cats.

He heard a snicker from the front seat and noticed that Kevin was blushing enough for it to show from behind his dark fur and he looked down to where Xatrin's hand was rubbing the bulge in Kevin's pants. Raymond leaned forward and slapped Xatrin's hand.

"We're in a car with other people. Come on now." Raymond told him. Xatrin blushed turning his white fur red and Kevin to snicker at him. Xatrin pushed him playfully and the car swerved into the opposite lane. Paulie screamed as Kevin quickly swung the car back into the right lane.

"See what you made me do?" Kevin yelled at him. Xatrin's ears drooped and Kevin laughed before leaning over quickly and kissing him on the cheek before the car could swerve again. "I was kidding."

Xatrin just looked out the window while they pulled into the large parking lot of the Chinese Buffet. They got out and walked into the restaurant. Paulie took a deep breath and sighed in delight as her nose met the delicious mix of Chinese and American foods.

They examined the new Chinese decor. A painting of the Great Wall of China hung on one wall and next there was a huge Chinese fan. They paid for the buffet and then sat their silverware onto a table then went to get drinks. They simultaneously sat down, each having plates piled with different food.

Raymond almost tripped after picking up his plate so Gideon had insisted on carrying both of their plates. Raymond had blushed and his fur turned red. Gideon slowly got the food they both wanted so they could sit down.

They didn't get the strange looks for wearing tuxedos to a not so fancy restaurant because they weren't the only students eating there before the dance. They ate slowly trying to avoid leaving for a while so they didn't have to sit outside the school in the cold weather.

"Why did we leave so early anyway?" Kevin asked suddenly.

"Because Dean rushed us out the door." Gideon accused.

Dean blushed and murmured, "I forgot how close your house was to the restaurant."

Everybody just laughed and continued eating. Their was raucous laughter from the table behind them and Gideon's scales darkened to purple as his face flooded with blood out of anger. He was about to turn around when Raymond grabbed his arm on one side and Kevin on the other.

Raymond looked at Kevin behind Gideon's back and said, "Did you hear what they said?"

Kevin shook his head vigorously as Dean came around the table to help hold Gideon down so Raymond could calm him down. There was a rumbling coming from deep in Gideon's throats and Raymond reached up to touch his face, his hand trailing in front of Gideon's muzzle and his hand getting burned.

He screamed in pain and the rumbling stopped as Gideon looked at Raymond, concern painting his face as Raymond's face twisted in agony. Gideon quickly got up and got some ice on a napkin. He ran back and put the ice on Raymond's hand.

"Are you ok honey?" Gideon asked Raymond, concern making his voice very quiet.

Raymond held the ice to his hand for a minute before nodding his head and said, "Why was your breath so hot?" Gideon just turned his head down and mumbled under his breath. Raymond's agony was replaced by concern as Gideon continued mumbling under his breath. "Please tell me."

Gideon sighed and said, "Apparently old dragon traits are coming back."

Raymond knew what he meant instantly and said, "Just, don't get to angry."

Gideon sighed again and mumbled, "I can control it when I want to."

Raymond nodded and said, "Why did you get so angry anyway."

Gideon looked at him and said, "I'll tell you when we go back to the van." Gideon's voice was incredibly quiet and laced in anger still.

The rest of the meal was quiet and they left quickly before Gideon could have another display like that. The jocks at the table behind them were staring at him with wide, horror filled eyes after seeing what his breath did to Raymond's hand.

They practically ran out of the restaurant. They hopped into the van, not caring if they had to wait in front of the school anymore. They drove quickly and Raymond asked, "So, why were you angry?"

Gideon looked at him with horror filled eyes and said, "Never enter the showers without me. Ok?"

Raymond nodded confused. "But why were you angry..." Raymond's voice trailed off as he caught on and he shivered in fear, a reaction that was echoed by everyone. "Don't worry about me hun." Raymond whispered.

"If anything were to happen to you Raymond," Gideon whispered, his voice had genuine fear in it as if losing Raymond would be the worst thing that could ever happen, "I don't know what I would do. I love you."

Raymond leaned over and kissed him and said, "I love you too. But you have to promise me, that whatever happens to me, you won't do anything stupid."

Gideon looked at him and said, "I can't promise that."

Raymond locked eyes with him and said, "You have to, I don't want anything to happen to you even if something happens to me."

Gideon looked at him and said, "I can't imagine living in this world without you now."

"You used to." Raymond said.

"My body did, my soul didn't." Gideon said, his voice cracking. "Before I met you I was alone no matter how many friends I was with or how often I did stuff with them I was alone. I was depressed and lonely and you changed all of that. You gave me my reason to live and I can't imagine life without you."

Paulie was crying in the backseat at Gideon's story, Dean had his arm around her trying to comfort her. Xatrin looked like he was going to tear up, no doubt having felt the exact same way for the longest time.

Raymond just dug his head into the scales on Gideon's chest and hugging him. Gideon reached his arms around and hugged Raymond's head, digging his head into the fur on top of Raymond's.

Raymond and Gideon sat like that for the whole ride, Raymond occasionally turning his head to kiss Gideon on the lips. Eventually cars started pulling into the parking lot and people were getting out and going inside.

Kevin and Xatrin climbed out, followed by Gideon and Raymond, and Paulie and Dean came out last. Paulie got stared at by all the guys and some of the girls, who had looks of jealousy on their faces at how beautiful Paulie looked.

Other girls looked at the five guys of the group, all of them incredibly gorgeous in their tuxedos. Most of the girls sighed as they looked at Gideon and Raymond, by far the two cutest ones in the group and wished they were straight.

Xatrin and Kevin made it to the gym where the actual dance was being held just to hear the first song start playing. Gideon and Raymond instantly walked to the side of the gym where there was food and punch. They ate and sat next to each other, leaning against each other for support. Gideon was surprised at how hungry they were considering they had just eaten.

Gideon pulled Raymond to his feet and they walked down to the cafeteria where there were other activities taking place, such as pictures and an end of the year gift shop. Gideon saw the coach at a table with letter jackets for the school's basketball, football, and baseball teams.

The coach saw him and came over quickly and handed him the blue denim jacket with white arms. The jacket had AHS on the back of it with Gideon Restin written in smaller red letters under it. A basketball decorated the back of it, right under his name.

Gideon quickly ran outside to throw the jacket into Kevin's van, Raymond right beside him. They walked back in to get their picture taken, the first picture they would have taken as a couple. Gideon and Raymond still got dirty looks from most of the guys but the girls didn't really care, in fact, the girls all came up and told them how cute they were together.

Everytime one would Raymond blush and Gideon would laugh and say, "Thanks."

Raymond and Gideon finally made it to the photographer to get their pictures taken. They stood in line before getting in front of the blue sheet that served as a background. The photographer gave them a look of disgust as Gideon wrapped his arm around Raymond's shoulder and Raymond wrapped his arm around Gideon's waist.

The camera flashed and Gideon and Raymond got the picture from the photographer, who was still looking at them in disgust. Gideon looked at the picture and said, "We ARE cute together." He smirked as Raymond blushed again.

Gideon noticed something out of the corner of his eye, he looked and saw the usual tables and one new one, a bracelet weaving station.

Gideon smiled a smile that reached his ears. He pulled Raymond over to the table and set about working.

Raymond watched him with interest as Gideon slowly formed the materials into a bracelet that, if undone at the latch and lied out flat spelled "Gideon?Raymond." It wasn't some simple cord bracelet bent to spell it out, it was at least twelve cords intricately woven together to spell the words out.

Gideon took Raymond's arm and latched the bracelet onto his arm and smiled at him. "Where did you learn to do that?" Raymond asked in awe as he stared at the multi-colored bracelet made out of cords that were every color of the rainbow.

"My grandpa. He knew some Cherokee humans who taught him how." Gideon explained.

Raymond was shocked and said, "Your grandpa has found humans before?"

Gideon nodded and said, "It was hard, they are a dying species after all."

Raymond was awestruck as Gideon made something else, an even more intricately made necklace, the multi-colored cords weaving in and out as Gideon's claws worked them swiftly. The necklace didn't spell anything but Gideon left small holes for something to fit into it.

Gideon put the unfinished necklace into his pocket and said, "I have the materials I need at home. I'll finish it sometime."

Gideon looked at his watch and said, "Holy crap! The bracelet and the necklace took me longer than I thought." He looked at Raymond and said, "I want to dance at least once. Come on!"

He grabbed Raymond's paw and slung him into his arms and practically ran to the gym, putting Raymond back onto his feet and pulling him into the gym as the last song started playing, a slow song thankfully.

Raymond was nervous and said, "I don't know how to dance."

Gideon just laughed and whispered, "I can fix that."

Raymond started to ask how but Gideon picked him up and placed his feet under Raymond's feet so that where Gideon's foot moved Raymond's foot moved. Gideon started to dance, not in the slightest bit hindered by Raymond's extra weight.

Raymond laughed as Gideon spun around quickly and gracefully. "Hmm. My boyfriend is gorgeous, plays sports, makes jewelry, and can dance. What else can you do?"

Gideon kissed him softly and said, "I can do plenty more and you will discover each one sooner or later."

Raymond smiled at him as he spun again, coming out of it gracefully as ever. Raymond could barely tell that Gideon's feet were moving since he was moving them so gracefully. The song was coming to a close and they both knew it. Raymond leaned his head against Gideon's shoulder and said, "I love you, so much."

Gideon put is chin on top of Raymond's head and whispered, "I love you just as much."

Gideon spun them a final time as the song came to an end. Raymond yawned and Gideon laughed and asked, "Tired?"

Raymond tried to grin but his mouth split again into a yawn. Raymond gasped as Gideon swung his legs up and carried him bridal style to Kevin's van. By the time they made it Raymond was asleep in Gideon's arms and Gideon laughed as he set Raymond down on his feet and holding him up until he woke up.

Gideon grinned at him. "Wait until we get home to fall asleep, ok?"

Raymond just blushed and Gideon laughed again. They climbed into the van and Gideon saw his jacket and folded it neatly. Gideon buckled Raymond into the seat in the middle of the back so he could lie his head on Gideon's shoulder.

Kevin got in and started driving. Gideon leaned his head onto Raymond's head and fell asleep also.

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Gideon woke up to Kevin shaking him and Raymond saying, "You're home. Get out!"

Gideon laughed and pulled Raymond out of the van with him, picking him up bridal style again and carrying him inside. They walked in the door and Gideon remembered the music box. He walked into the kitchen and put Raymond down so he could sit in a chair.

His mom walked into the kitchen as Gideon took a screwdriver, a hammer, some nails, and a short wood saw, just in case. "What are you doing?" She yawned at him.

"I'm fixing this music box for Wyatt." Gideon told her, looking at the broken music box and he sighed. "Does dad still have that extra wood in the garage?"

She nodded and said, "Yes."

Gideon said, "Cool." He walked to the garage and got out twelve pieces of wood. He walked back to the kitchen and put the wood on the table and set to work. He measured out the wood, eight inches by eight inches.

He used the wood saw to cut out the squares, using four slow, strong strokes to cut each side through in a perfectly straight line. He cut out each square, slowly but surely. He went to get sandpaper, hinges, springs, and walked up to his room to get one of his carving blocks.

He opened his door to see Troy and Wyatt sleeping together on the futon. He looked at them for a moment, thinking about how cute they were together before slipping in and grabbing two blocks of wood and his carving knife.

He sneaked back out and shut the door quietly. He thought about saving this for the morning but decided it would be a good thing to surprise him with in the morning.

He sat back down and started carving a figure of a tiger out of one and fox out of the other. Carving both of the figures to look exactly like Wyatt and Troy. Raymond fell asleep while watching him with interest.

Gideon smiled at Raymond's sleeping form. He had a sudden idea and walked over to the cabinet they kept in the living room and took out one of the empty photo albums they had in there. He walked over and set it down on the table. He took a digital camera and snuck back up to his room and took a picture of the two sleeping boys, the flash waking them up.

Troy sat up and said, "Huh? What's going on?"

Troy and Wyatt both blushed when they saw Gideon standing in the doorway with a camera. "Sorry for waking you two." Gideon smirked. "You just looked soooo cute together."

Wyatt threw a pillow at him and Gideon laughed again before running into the room and picking Wyatt up and hugged him tight. "Oww... can't... breathe... Gideon..." his voice squeaked on each word and Gideon dropped him onto the futon.

Gideon ruffled his head fur and said, "I'm going to torture you a bit. I bought you a Christmas present that you're going to absolutely love."

Wyatt's eyes widened and he growled, "You didn't have to tell me. Now I'm going to kill myself thinking."

Gideon just smiled and said, "Have some time with Troy, it seems you two really, REALLY, like each other."

Wyatt blushed again and Troy scooted a little bit away but Gideon forced him back. "If you like each other than show it." Gideon smiled, "Besides, you do look really cute together."

Gideon winked as he closed the door and walked downstairs. He walked to his computer and uploaded the picture and printed it out. He walked back to the kitchen and slipped the thin piece of paper into the album.

He set to work on the new music box, setting the hinges onto the lid and back of the cube. He set the bottom up and put four other square of wood onto the side, setting them into place and hammering nails in to hold it together.

He cut out small circles from the other pieces of wood and used super glue to hold them over the nails so you couldn't see the heads. He opened the lid to make sure the hinges worked before setting to work on the inside.

He put the two wooden figures onto the springs and placed them in so that when Wyatt opened it the two figures would pop up next to each other. He salvaged the music chip and wires out of the old broken music box and put it into the new one. He opened it up so the music started playing.

He was shocked to hear a piano playing a song that he didn't recognize, it was a beautiful song and was so into listening to it that he was shocked when Wyatt touched his shoulder. He closed the box and looked at Wyatt.

"Who was playing that song?" Gideon asked him, wanting to know more about the breathtaking song.

"It was my real mom." Wyatt sighed. "The music box was the last thing I had from her."

Gideon suddenly felt bad and said, "Sorry, I could only salvage the music."

Wyatt nodded and said, "It's ok."

Gideon said, "It's not finished yet if you want to watch me finish it up."

Wyatt nodded and said, "Sounds great."

Gideon went back to work, rigging drawers so that you could pull them open from the top. The drawers were meant to hold jewelry and stuff. Gideon knew that it seemed kinda girly but he was sure that Wyatt would have something he could put in them.

He finished the drawers and started sand papering the outside to make it nice and smooth before he painted it. The sand papering didn't take very long. He rubbed a hand across it to make sure it was all smooth.

He turned to Wyatt and asked, "What's your favorite color?"

"Green!" Wyatt said enthusiastically.

"Hehe, ok." Gideon said as he took out a jar of green paint and a jar of red paint and a fat paint brush and a skinny paint brush. He set to work painting it, making smooth, steady strokes to paint the newly made box.

He quickly finished and the box was all green. He waited for the fast drying paint to dry and when it finally did he took the skinny brush and the red paint. On the each side except for the bottom he painted a Japanese symbol. On the top he put the symbol for love and wrote love above it, on the sides he put courage, intelligence, friendship, and wisdom.

He gave Wyatt the music box and smiled as Wyatt examined Gideon's handiwork. He opened it and saw the two figures pop up. He noticed that it was he and Troy and looked at Gideon and said, "It's wonderful."

Gideon grinned and remembered, "Oh ya, one more thing."

He took the box back and opened the lid. He used super glue to attach the photo album to the bottom of the lid. He latched the photo album shut so the top wouldn't swing down when you closed the lid.

When the super glue dried he gave the box to Wyatt and Wyatt opened it to look at the first and only picture in the album. "This is the picture you just took." Wyatt said.

Gideon smiled and asked him, "Are you and Troy together now?"

Wyatt smiled and said, "Yes, yes we are."

Gideon hugged him tight and smiled, "Good for you."

Troy came down the stairs then and joined them in the kitchen just as Gideon's mother came in. "A gathering in the kitchen?" She glanced at the sleeping wolf in the chair next to Gideon. "Going to wake him up?"

Just as she said it Gideon banged the table and Raymond shot up. Troy and Wyatt laughed while Carol gave Gideon a stern look. "That wasn't necessary." Raymond grumbled.

"Yes it was." Gideon smiled and leaned over to kiss him.

"Mom! Mom!" Wyatt exclaimed twice as he grabbed the music box and ran up to her. "Look at what Gideon made me!"

She took it and looked at it before opening it. She looked at Gideon and said, "This is beautiful." She handed it back to Wyatt and Wyatt smiled a huge smile as she hugged him. "Anyways, since we're all down here, do you guys want a snack?"

Gideon said, "Sure, I'm starving and still have one more thing to finish."

Gideon walked upstairs to grab a small box of marbles that were just small enough to fit inside the holes that he had left in the necklace. He sat down on his bed and started fitting the marbles into the holes. He thought for a moment before reaching into his jewelry box and pulled out a charm bracelet that he had gotten for his seventh birthday.

He pulled off a small fox that was on it and clipped it onto the necklace. He put the bracelet on his wrist thinking that he hadn't worn it in a while. He walked back downstairs leaving the necklace on his desk. "Hey Troy, can I talk to you?" Gideon said, an idea forming in his head.

Troy came with him upstairs and into his room. He picked up the one puppy they still had from Malcise and put it on the floor and walked over to his desk and picked up the necklace. "Do you want to give this to Wyatt for Christmas?" Gideon asked him.

Troy looked at him puzzled and said, "Why are you asking me to give it to him."

Gideon smiled and said, "Because I'm sure he would think it was sweet for you to give it to him and because I've already made him the music box and bought him a gift."

Troy nodded and said, "Ok."

Gideon patted Troy on the back and said, "I'll hide this until we're ready to wrap presents. Come on, let's get back downstairs."

When they got back downstairs Gideon could smell the mouth watering cookies his mother was making. He walked into the kitchen and smiled at his mother, "I smell cookies."

His mother laughed at the excited look on his face and said, "Yes, you do, and they're almost done."

Gideon walked over to the fridge and asked, "Wyatt, Troy, Raymond. Are any of you allergic to dairy?" They all shook their heads and he poured five glasses of milk.

He walked over and put the glasses into the microwave to heat up the milk so that they would all sleep better. The timer dinged and he beat his mom to pull the cookies out of the oven. She bursted out laughing along with Wyatt and Troy while Raymond said, "Someone's eager."

"Well, my mom's cookies are da..." Gideon started to say but his mother burst in, "Don't you say it."

"I was just going to say dang good." Gideon rolled his eyes and said, "you always assume what I'm going to say is bad."

"That's because every other word you used to say was a curse." Carol told him as Gideon started giving everyone cookies and milk. They all ate the cookies and then swallowed the milk. In unison they all yawned and everyone laughed. "Time for bed." Carol said, "Come on, let's move it."

She ushered the four boys up the stairs and pulled Wyatt aside really quickly. "Listen, if you ever want to talk about anything at all I can talk."

"Thanks, mom." Wyatt said. He had gotten into calling her mom, he gave her a tight hug around her stomach since she was so much taller than he was.

She hugged him back and said, "You may be adopted but I love you just as much as Clarice and Gideon."

Wyatt hugged her even tighter, "Thank you."

Carol hugged him just as tight and said, "Time for bed, good night."

"Night mom." Wyatt said with a smile. He walked into Gideon's room and went to lie down next to Troy. Wyatt instantly cuddled into the bigger tiger under the covers and the tiger put his head on the fox's neck.

In the actual bed Raymond and Gideon were watching them and Raymond whispered, "They are incredibly cute together."

Gideon rolled his eyes and whispered, "You know how many people have said that tonight?" Gideon thought for a moment before saying, "Well, only two but I've said it enough times for five."

Raymond just laughed softly before snuggling into Gideon's warm body. Gideon leaned his arm over and held Raymond to him. Gideon quickly realized something. "We're still in our tuxes." He whispered into Raymond's ears.

Raymond blushed and said, "Oops."

They jumped out of bed and changed before getting back into their previous positions. Raymond sighed and said, "To bad we can't do anything with them in here." Raymond pointed his head towards the two sleeping boys.

Gideon sighed and said, "You are always so horny my little wolf."

Raymond just nipped at Gideon's muzzle and gave him a kiss before lying his head down on Gideon's scaly arm like a pillow. Gideon brushed some of his hair out of his face before lying his head down next to Raymond's.

"Love you." Gideon whispered.

"Love you*yawn*too." Raymond said.

Gideon heard Wyatt open the music box and the music lulled him and Raymond to sleep, helped by the warm milk. The dreamless sleep the four boys feel into was peaceful and restful.

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Chapter 14

Gideon woke up on Monday, two days after the dance, with Raymond cuddled up really close. Gideon smiled at the sleeping wolf before getting up to turn off his alarm clock before it actually went off. He was shocked to see that he got up at least a half an hour early.

He decided to let Raymond sleep and went to take a shower. He got into the hot spray just to be interrupted by his mother knocking on the door. He sighed and got back out, leaving the water on. He wrapped a towel around his waist and went to see what his mother wanted.

"What?" he asked.

"Did something happen yesterday?" Carol asked him, "Wyatt is in the kitchen crying about something."

Gideon looked over and noticed that Wyatt wasn't in the bed. Troy had gone home earlier the day before. Gideon sighed and said, "I'll go see if I can find out what the matter is."

Gideon walked into the bathroom and pulled his pajama pants on. He walked downstairs and set at the kitchen table next to a crying Wyatt. He picked Wyatt up and set him down on his lap. "What's the matter?" Gideon asked him. Wyatt just shook his head and continued crying. "Please tell me."

Wyatt sniffled and said, "I had a nightmare."

Gideon looked down at him and said, "You could have woken me up. What was it about?"

Wyatt shook his head again and Gideon said, "Tell me. I want to know."

Wyatt looked at Gideon's face, noting the genuine concern in his face. "I-it was about you guys, s-sticking me back in that horrible place." Wyatt admitted softly.

Gideon understood completely, obviously Wyatt hated the orphanage. "Don't worry about that, I promise you that will never happen."

Wyatt nodded and said, "I start school today don't I?"

Gideon laughed and said, "At least you will know someone. And it's only a day until winter break."

Wyatt groaned, "I still have to go to school."

Clarice came down the stairs and said, "Stop complaining. Go make friends. You can't go through middle school with just Troy."

Wyatt just nodded, fears coming back. "Ugh, I'm going to have to see Mark again."

Gideon looked puzzled and said, "Mark?"

Wyatt frowned and said, "The bully from the orphanage."

Gideon said, "Oh. If he gives you any problems, any at all, tell me."

Clarice groaned as she looked out the window and said, "Malissa is home."

Gideon just groaned and Wyatt was excited that he got to meet his other sister. Malissa stumbled in, obviously drunk. Gideon noticed and said, "Wyatt, time to go get dressed." He picked Wyatt up and ran up the stairs, not trusting his sister while she was drunk.

He heard Carol yelling at her downstairs about staying gone for a week and then coming home drunk. Malissa yelled something back that was completely incoherent. Gideon just flinched as he helped Wyatt get dressed. He got dressed himself and groaned when he heard his stomach rumble which was quickly echoed by Wyatt's stomach.

"Ok, whatever you do, don't let anything she says bother you. She's drunk." Gideon heard her yell something else and said, "Really drunk."

Wyatt just nodded before following Gideon downstairs cautiously. Gideon groaned again when he noticed his sister was in the kitchen. He pulled Wyatt lightly and sat him at the farthest possible point from his sister. "What do you want for breakfast?" Gideon asked him lightly. "Anything at all."

"Waffles?" Wyatt suggested.

Gideon smiled and said, "Ok." Gideon got to work quickly, getting out the eggs and everything else he would need. He started mixing the batter as Malissa was stopped yelling for a moment and noticed Wyatt.

"Who the fuck is this?" Malissa spat in his direction.

Carol sighed and said, "That's Wyatt, your adoptive brother."

Malissa looked him over and said, "No wonder his parents ditched him, he's ugly as fuck."

The next thing Gideon heard was a slap and a thud. He turned around and Wyatt was on the floor, crying. Gideon rushed over and picked him up, hugging him close before glaring at Malissa, and hissing, "How dare you. You had ABSOLUTELY no right, at all, to lay your hands on Wyatt." his turning into a violent growl, flames starting to lick at his lips.

He was almost as shocked about that as the rest of the people in the room. Gideon just sighed and said, "Perfect, now my fricken ancient dragon traits are coming out again. God damnit!"

"Watch your language." Carol told him.

"Pardon my french." Gideon murmured. He was still glaring daggers at Malissa, he looked down at the crying Wyatt and asked, "You ok?"

Wyatt looked up and said, "Ya." He sniffled and Gideon helped him back into his chair. He walked back and finished the waffles, looking out of the corner of his eye to watch Malissa to make sure that she didn't lay on Wyatt but her and Clarice were just staring at him, shock in their eyes.

Gideon felt like a freak but he refused to let the feeling have any presence in his mind. He heard someone coming down the stairs and turned around to see Raymond. Gideon smiled as Raymond hugged him from behind and whispered, "Morning hun."

"Morning." Gideon whispered back as he took the last of the waffles off the waffle maker. "Alright," he added to Wyatt as he placed his waffles on the table in front of him, "breakfast is served."

He smiled as Wyatt dug in with his fork and practically tore the waffles apart. He gave Raymond some waffles before getting some for himself, leaving the rest for other people to get. Raymond and Wyatt were done before Gideon. Gideon quickly got more, he was starving for some reason.

Gideon groaned slightly as he felt a sharp pain in his stomach. His mother looked concerned and said, "Are you ok?"

Gideon nodded but groaned again when his back started to ache, at the base of his spine and right below his shoulders. Carol put and hand to his forehead and shook her head, "Go to bed, you're burning up."

Gideon sighed and said, "Fine." His back hurt again and he groaned, he reached a hand back and yelped as he felt a bump right where one of the pains were. "Mom, can you feel a bump right here?" He asked rubbing the spot. He took off his shirt and everyone in the room gasped.

"No, but we can see a bump." Clarice said, Gideon groaned again, "and it's growing."

Gideon sighed and said, "Guess I'm going wings." He felt a sharp pain at the base of his spine and said, "Ugh, and a tail."

Carol just looked concerned and said, "Just go up to bed, I'll call the school and Clarice can drop Raymond and Wyatt off."

Gideon sighed and said, "Ok."

Gideon reluctantly staggered up the stairs, the pain in his back being to much to handle he almost fell down. Raymond caught him from behind and helped him the rest of the way up the stairs, making sure he went back to bed. "Can you hand me my laptop?" Gideon managed to say between groans.

"Why?" Raymond asked as he picked it up.

"I'm gonna see if there was any recording on how long this took." Gideon said, pointing to his back and the base of his spine.

Raymond sighed and said, "I guess it's not going to be very comfortable sharing a bed with you."

Gideon nodded and said, "I'll let you and Wyatt sleep on the bed, I'll sleep on the futon until its over."

Raymond sighed and said, "Wyatt and I will be fine on the futon, you just, stay here."

Gideon pouted for a second before saying, "Fine." He flicked the screen up and started typing furiously while Raymond got on. Gideon groaned again, not in pain this time but in annoyance. "Ugh, this is gonna last for a week." He read a bit more than gagged on his own saliva. "Then I'm going to have to tear my back!" he exclaimed.

Raymond just looked at him, horror in his eyes. Gideon noticed and said, "The scales will grow back, it will just be incredibly painful." Gideon read a bit more than said, "Of course, if I don't do that it will be even more painful since my wings would eventually tear my skin anyways."

Raymond just flinched again, "Well, there is one good thing." Raymond said as he smiled.

"What?" Gideon asked him, seriously doubting there would be any bright sides at all to this painful transformation.

"Well," Raymond started, "you're going to be able to fly."

Gideon groaned, in pain this time. "I don't think its worth it."

Raymond said, "You're also going to be absent for the last week of school."

Gideon thought for a moment and said, "That's..." Gideon started but his words were replaced by another groan of pain, "totally not worth it."

Raymond sighed before giving up, "Do you want some pain medicine?"

Gideon nodded his head vigorously, "Yes please."

Raymond ran downstairs and asked Carol, "Do you guys have any pain medicine?"

Carol nodded and went to the medicine cabinet and pulled out a box of Tylenol. She took out two and said, "Here, and ask him to keep it down. Those groans are really loud."

Raymond sighed and said, "Apparently it's going to be like that for a week until his wings are fully grown."

Carol just sighed and said, "I'm probably going to have to get a lot more pain pills."

Raymond just said, "Most likely." He took the pain pills up to Gideon with a glass of water. Gideon was groaning non-stop now and Raymond had to cover his mouth so he would swallow the pills.

Gideon just groaned when he finally swallowed them and said, obviously in extreme pain, "Oh god this hurts." Gideon wasn't lying. It was excruciatingly painful.

Raymond looked concerned and said, "It will be over soon, try to sleep. It might be better."

Gideon just nodded before turning on to his side, clenching his teeth to stop the groans, and closing his eyes. The pain pills took effect and Gideon's breathing slowed to the regular speed for people who are sleeping.

Raymond walked downstairs and said, "Hopefully he'll sleep all day."

Carol just nodded and said, "Probably." She looked at the clock and said, "Come on, I'll drive you guys to school."

Raymond picked up his bag and helped Wyatt carry his school supplies, the middle schools still let out at normal times.

Wyatt just groaned and said, "I'm not looking forward to today."

Raymond just patted him on the back, "At least you know someone, I came to highschool not knowing anyone."

Wyatt looked up at him and said, "How did you meet Gideon?"

Raymond said, "He helped me find my classes." Wyatt just nodded. Raymond looked at Wyatt and noted the look of nervousness on his face. "Just, stick close to Troy. He's strong enough to protect you from bullies."

Wyatt just nodded and said, "I'm more afraid for him than myself."

Raymond looked puzzled but he figured it would be better if he didn't ask. They got into Carol's car and she drove them both to school, Wyatt first since he had to be there sooner. Wyatt looked out the window and smiled then groaned.

Troy was standing next to the door but standing halfway was Mark. Wyatt just looked at Raymond and Carol and asked, "Could Raymond help me take my stuff to my locker?"

Carol looked at the clock and said, "If he wants to."

Raymond looked at Wyatt and saw the horror in his eyes after looking at the white wolf and Raymond nodded, "Of course I will."

Raymond got out and took some of Wyatt's supplies. Carol went to park her car since it was probably going to take a while to navigate the three buildings that used to be Alton High. Wyatt was walking behind Raymond, Raymond at least ten feet ahead.

As Wyatt was walking past Mark, Mark noticed him and smirked. "Where are you going you little fag. I haven't payed you back for that dragon hitting me at the orphanage."

Wyatt dropped his stuff and squealed in pain as Mark landed a punch to his gut. Wyatt tried to kick at Mark but didn't make him budge. Raymond stopped and noticed the crowd and saw Wyatt being held up by the wolf and he growled. He recognized this white wolf and vaguely recalled Wyatt calling him Mark.

Oh yes, he knew this wolf. Raymond dropped Wyatt's stuff and pushed through the crowd, punching Mark in the face and catching Wyatt before he hit the ground. He set him down safely and then turned back to Mark who was growling now. "What the fuck are doing?" Mark spat at him, obviously not recognizing him. Yet.

"I'm helping my boyfriends little bro." Raymond said, calmly.

Mark looked him over for a little bit before a small light of recognition lit up his eyes. "Oh great, it's you."

Wyatt looked puzzled for a second before Mark tried to land a punch in on Raymond. Raymond caught his fist and flipped him. "That didn't work the last time you tried and it's not gonna work now."

"You know, dad always liked me best." Mark spat at him.

"And yet you were the one who wound up in the orphanage." Raymond said, letting go of the wolf's wrist. "Leave Wyatt alone if you know what's good for you. My boyfriend can be very, very violent."

Raymond helped Wyatt pick up his stuff, the crowd clearing instantly as Raymond walked past to pick up the stuff he had dropped. Once they grabbed the stuff off the step Wyatt said, "That's your brother?"

Raymond sighed and said, "By parents we are. I've hated him, actually hated him, ever since we were five."

Wyatt looked at him and asked, "Why?"

Raymond just sighed and said, "We were both in a Mixed Martial Arts class and he told the teacher something and got me kicked off."

Wyatt said, "Why does he hate you?"

Raymond smirked and said, "Cause I was always smarter, faster, and better at martial arts."

"Why was he put up for adoption?" Wyatt asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.

Raymond just grimaced and said, "My dad couldn't afford to have two children, and he costed more money." Wyatt just nodded. "Listen, don't let Gideon hear what happened." Wyatt looked puzzled and Raymond sighed, "He's in a bunch of pain and if he hears what happens he'll be down here in an instant waiting for Mark."

Wyatt just nodded and said, "Ok."

"So, why is everyone so afraid of Mark?" Raymond asked curiously.

Wyatt sighed and said, "He's the biggest bully in the school."

Raymond just nodded as Troy joined them. Troy hugged Wyatt from behind, ignoring the stares he got, and said, "Hiya."

Wyatt turned his head and smiled back at Troy, "Hey yourself."

Raymond just chuckled and walked a head a little bit. Troy took Wyatt into the secretary's office so Wyatt could get his class list and his locker number.

Raymond walked behind Wyatt, looking for his locker. He noticed all the hostile stares Wyatt was getting and decided to step up and asked, "Why are all these people looking at you like that?"

Wyatt just looked back at him and said, "Somehow it got out that I was gay already."

Troy just blushed and said, "I'm pretty sure we covered that when you got here."

Wyatt nodded and groaned, "Well, I just hope no one does anything to hurt me."

Raymond just nodded and said, very loud, "Your older brother is very violent."

Obviously the kids got the message as they cowered away from Wyatt. Wyatt just smirked and said, "Good idea, I think it would have been better if they had seen Gideon."

"Wyatt, in a week everyone is going to be terrified of Gideon." Raymond said.

Wyatt just nodded and Troy looked puzzled, "Why?"

"Well, apparently, some ancient dragon thing is happening to Gideon and he's growing wings and a tail." Raymond told him.

Troy was shocked for a second before shaking his head and saying, "That's cool."

Raymond shook his head and said, "He's in an incredible amount of pain."

Troy just said, "Ok."

Wyatt got to his locker and piled everything into his locker. Raymond ruffled his head fur and said, "Cya later kit."

Wyatt just said, "Ok."

Raymond left and walked to where Carol parked her car. She was tapping her fingers on the steering wheel impatiently. "What took so long?" she yelled out the window as he walked down the steps.

Raymond hopped in and said, "I had stop some kid from beating the... crap... out of Wyatt."

Carol looked concerned and Raymond said, "His old orphanage bully. I made sure he wouldn't do anything. I also made sure Wyatt wouldn't tell Gideon. If he did Gideon would be down here tomorrow before school started."

Carol just nodded and said, "That he would."

The rest of the ride was silent. Raymond got out once at the high school and murmured a quick, "Bye." to Carol before running up the steps.

He walked into the locker room, remembering Gideon's warning about the showers he had brought a stick of deodorant, and changed. He sat next to the teacher that was in the locker room while he was waiting for class to start.

He heard the bell ring and rushed out, ready to do the regular exercises. He was shocked when the gym teacher announced that they were playing basketball today. Raymond grinned since he was probably going to be picked last even though he could have beaten Gideon at basketball easily enough, and that was saying something.

As predicted he was chosen last but wasn't put on the bench. He got the ball and dribbled down the court, dodging the defenders easily. He took a shot from the three point line and a second later heard the ball swish in the basket.

Everyone looked at him, obviously shocked, and he just grinned. He was really good at basketball. The girls in the class were all sitting out, watching the boys play and everyone looked at Raymond even more.

They knew he was gay but they still wished he wasn't. Raymond blocked a shot that was made by an offender and passed the ball to another one of his teammates who lost the ball almost instantly. Raymond took it back, from one of the players on the basketball team no less, and ran towards the right basket, dribbling low so that it was harder to take.

He noticed someone was open and passed the ball to them, right between a defender's legs. His teammate took the shot and missed, Raymond got the ball and took another shot and listened to the swish, satisfied. The score was 5 to 0 and Raymond knew it was only going to get higher.

The opposing team started trying even harder, still losing the ball every time they passed, not always to Raymond. The rest of his teammates were starting to get useful. One of his teammates got some points, cheering when they made a shot.

Raymond got the ball again and was body checked by one of the bigger furs on the other team. The coach called a foul and he stood up unhindered, much to the dismay of the other team. He got looks of shock from his teammates as he stepped up to the free throw line, the others taking their positions.

He shot two perfect shots and the game started again. By the end of gym the score was 42 to 13, Raymond scoring the last shot. Raymond was patted on the back by his teammates and received threatening glares from the opposing team.

He walked into the locker room and started to change, applying the deodorant and pulling on his clothes. When he turned around he saw three of the bigger jocks in his class standing behind him. "Think you can show us up you little fag."

Raymond just looked into his eyes calmly and said, "Apparently I did, otherwise you would have won."

This just got him growls from the three bigger lions. One of them tried to punched him but he evaded it easily, after the small fight he had with Mark that morning and after dodging in basketball his reflexes were at their best.

The jock ended up punching the locker, howling in pain as Raymond heard a soft snap. He didn't have time to be satisfied as one of the jocks moved to punch him the gut, Raymond couldn't block it since he was backed up against the lockers between two benches.

He took the hit and just calmly breathed deeply, taking the beating they were giving him. With each hit he felt a little bit more pain. The jock was wearing out faster than he was however and was exhausted by the time Raymond had started to tremble in pain. The other jock punched him in the face, the first jock holding him now so that he couldn't move. Raymond may have been good at martial arts but couldn't overpower the jock.

The other jock just kept hitting him in the face and gut, Raymond started to feel the pain extremely well now but managing to stay conscious. The teacher came in then and yelled at the jocks, "What's going on here?"

The jocks instantly dropped Raymond and said, "Nothing sir."

The teacher just nodded and examined Raymond. Raymond groaned in pain and the coach looked up at them and said, "Go to the principle's office, now."

The jocks just growled and left while the coach helped Raymond up and led him to the nurse's office. The nurse looked concerned at Raymond's injuries and said, "You're not going to stay here today."

Raymond just groaned and said, "Fine." The nurse called Carol and she was there to pick him up quickly, obviously concerned about Raymond. "I'm fine." he kept telling her, over and over again.

She still looked concerned but was silent the rest of the way home. They got home and Raymond said, "I'm going to take a shower, I don't want Gideon to see me like this."

Carol understood why. Raymond went to take a nice, hot shower. He ended up leaning his head against the wall wearily. He hated trying to ignore pain, it took so much out of you. He finished his shower and wondered how Wyatt was doing.

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Wyatt was walking to his second class, tears watering his eyes. He had been picked on all morning. He was excited to see Troy in his next class and quickly moved to sit next to him. Troy just looked at him, concern painting his face after seeing the tears in his eyes.

Troy's hand moved up to wipe the tears out of his eyes and said, "Are you ok, hun?" Troy asked him, getting disgusted glares from all the kids around them.

Wyatt just nodded and said, "I've just been getting picked on all morning."

Troy just nodded and said, "At least today is the last day before winter break."

Wyatt just nodded and said, "Lunch is next, thank god, I'm fricken starving."

A burst of laughter came from a group of kids who were huddling near and Wyatt was grateful that he hadn't heard what they said. He didn't want to get angry. His anger always got the best of him.

Wyatt just sighed and said, "I'm going to be picked on a lot for the rest of the year."

"Well," Troy said, "at least everyone is afraid to lay a hand on you."

"I don't want Gideon to come here, I don't want him to get in trouble." Wyatt said.

Troy just snorted and said, "At least you have him as a brother. He's so huge."

There was more snickering and Wyatt, once again, was happy he hadn't heard. "I'm pretty sure they're making sexual comments." Wyatt said.

Troy just snickered and said, "Who cares?" Troy leaned in and kissed Wyatt on the cheek, getting "Ooohs" from the girls and glares of disgust from the boys. Troy pulled off just as the teacher came in and said, "Pull out your math books."

Wyatt looked at the large, slightly chubby, orange and black tiger, each stripe getting thicker as they ran down his body. He was very muscular with head fur running around his neck like a mane.

Wyatt just took out his book and opened to the correct page. Wyatt just sighed, he had done this lesson already. He skipped through the book to the end and just about laughed. He was holding back a laugh and Troy noticed. "What?"

Wyatt calmed down a bit and said, "I've already done this book."

Troy just stared and said, "Really?"

Wyatt nodded and said, "At the orphanage we did school year round, every day. Only a few kids got to actually go to real school. I finished this book in fourth grade."

Troy just nodded and said, "Well, looks like we're two A+ students."

The teacher asked Wyatt what the answer to the question was on the bored. Wyatt just sighed and looked at the question before saying, "46."

The teacher looked in his book and said, "Correct."

The students all just looked at him considering he hadn't even gotten his book back to the right page and he didn't have a paper or pencil on his desk. The kids sitting next to them snickered again.

The teacher told them what assignment they would have, apparently he wasn't big on giving them notes. Wyatt just pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down 1-30. He then started going through the answers, answering every one without even working them out.

He was done in five minutes and he stood up to give the teacher his homework. The teacher looked up as he approached and raised his eyebrow, "Yes?"

"I'm finished Mr. Anderson." Wyatt said.

"Oh really?" Mr. Anderson said sarcastically. "Looks like we have someone who's finished already." He added the last part louder so everyone could hear. "Let's see what he got."

Every one in the class snickered and Wyatt leaned calmly against the desk as Mr. Anderson checked the answers. As he checked off the last one he looked up at Wyatt in complete shock. "A+"

The class gasped, considering he had finished at least one hour faster than anyone else, including Troy. "Check his book for answers." One kid shouted. "Check him for a calculator." another said.

Wyatt just sighed and went to get his brand new math book. He opened it for the teacher to look at, no answers were written. His teacher had him turn out his pockets, no calculator. A student searched his desk, still no calculator. The students just continued looking at him shocked and Mr. Anderson said, "Feel free to skip ahead. I'll grade any homework assignments you get done."

Wyatt just smirked before going back to sit down, pulling out at least fourteen pieces of paper. He looked at the clock. He had one hour and forty five minutes to do as much as possible. He numbered his paper to thirty and once again, answered all the questions.

He put his homework assignment off to the side and started on another one. He did the same thing, completing at least one lesson every ten minutes. By the time the class only had five minutes left he had completed seventeen lessons.

He took them up to the teacher who looked at him and took the papers, counting them. The teacher looked at him shocked before announcing to the class. "Seventeen homework assignments. Lets see how well he did."

The teacher started grading, moving through the lessons furiously. It took him the rest of the class to finish grading them and he stood up and started putting each paper down on his desk, saying the grade as he did, "A+, A, A+, A, A, A, A+, A+, A, A-, A+, A+, B, B, A+, A, A-."

The class just stared as the bell rang and Wyatt collected the assignments and gathered his stuff. He was the first one out of the class, Troy shortly following him. "Jesus Wyatt, Eighteen above average grades in one class period. You'll be done with the book by the time we go on Spring break."

Wyatt just laughed and said, "I told you, I finished that book in fourth grade. There was nothing to do in that fucking orphanage besides homework."

"How long were you there?" Troy blurted out, his curiosity getting the better of him.

Wyatt's ears lowered and he said, "I was there for a year when I was seven, then got adopted for a few weeks, went back and repeated the routine, being adopted for the same amount of time each time. After third grade I never got adopted again until now."

Troy just felt incredibly sorry and hugged him tightly. A teacher saw them and, a look of disgust on his face, said, "No public displays of affection in school."

Troy just giggled and they walked down to lunch, ignoring the stares as they walked, paw in paw. Of course there wasn't anything good but they did have BBQ Sandwiches, which were better than nothing. Of course everyone got out of the line as the two open fags of the school walked up.

They practically got to the front because no one wanted to be near them. Wyatt looked at prices for food as Troy reluctantly grabbed the cheapest thing on the menu. Wyatt looked at him and said, "You know, Carol gave me more than enough money that I can pay for you. If you want something better go ahead."

Troy smiled at Wyatt and said, "Thanks."

Wyatt just laughed and said, "No problem. Besides, you are my boyfriend." he said the word boyfriend loud enough for everyone behind them to hear and gave a delighted laugh as all the guys stumbled back to be far away from them.

Wyatt just laughed as Troy got better food and Wyatt got better food himself. They walked over to the lunch lady who was acting as cashier and Wyatt payed her the money for his and Troy's food.

They sat down at an empty lunch table and started to eat, after a moment a rabbit, obviously shy, came over to the table and said, "Is this seat taken."

The rabbit had grayish fur covering his body except for a small patch of white on his right cheek, he was very slim, obviously not muscular, and looked like he was starving to death.

Troy looked at Wyatt and said, "Of course not."

The rabbit sat down with his tray and started eating. "What's your name?" Wyatt asked him.

"It's ummm, it's Chad." The slim rabbit said.

"Hi Chad, I'm Wyatt." Wyatt said, holding out his paw.

"I know, we have math class together. Congratulations on getting all those lessons done, by the way." Wyatt just smirked. Chad looked at Troy and said, "I'm guessing your Troy?"

Troy just nodded and took the small rabbit's paw and smiled. "Why aren't you sitting with your friends?" Troy asked.

The rabbit just looked nervous and said, "I told them to stop making jokes about you guys and they told me they didn't want me as a friend anymore."

Wyatt just looked shocked and said, "Well, you can hang out with us if you like."

The rabbit smiled and said, "Thanks."

Lunch was spent in silence, the rabbit occasionally asking a question that made Wyatt laugh and reply with a simple, "Yes."

Near the end of lunch when Troy and Wyatt were finished Wyatt leaned his head onto Troy's shoulder and Troy reached his arm around Wyatt's shoulder. The only teacher down there was a female elephant and she just gave them a smile and walked away.

Troy just looked down at Wyatt and snickered, "Don't you love corrupted teachers."

Wyatt looked up and said, "She's not corrupted. We're just to cute to be together without causing girls to go crazy."

Troy whispered, "You're enough to do that."

Wyatt blushed and Chad said, "Still at the table."

Troy just laughed and kissed Wyatt very softly on the lips as the bell rang. Wyatt murred softly into the kiss before they broke it off and walked upstairs to the gym. Thankfully they didn't have to shower or change out into gym clothes in sixth grade.

They were playing dodge ball that day. Wyatt grinned again. Dodgeball. This was his favorite sport.

They were divided into teams and unfortunately Troy and he were separated. Wyatt just looked at Troy apologetically which made Troy very confused. They got to the lines on the opposite sides of the walls, everyone steering clear of Wyatt.

Wyatt just grinned as the coach blew his whistle and he took off, at the line before anyone else was even halfway. He picked up the ball and threw the ball as hard as he could at the closest person to the line.

The kid didn't even see the ball until it bounced off his chest, painfully. By the time Wyatt had gotten him out people on the enemy team had reached the line. Their main target was Wyatt, the fag on the opposite team. What they didn't expect was Wyatt to catch the first ball thrown at him then deflect the rest.

Wyatt grinned again and threw the ball. It was a very avoidable but it Troy in the chest, lightly. That had been Wyatt's goal. He didn't want Troy to get hurt.

Another ball was thrown at him and he slid to the left, grabbing the ball as it bounced off the wall. He deflected one more ball thrown at him and threw the ball he held, a big red blur against the yellow walls. It hit someone on the leg, causing them to trip.

Wyatt just smirked and dodged the balls that were flying all around him. One by one his teammates got out, soon leaving him the only person on the team, just the way he wanted it.

He smirked as he saw every person on the other team grab a dodgeball. Everyone threw at the exact same time. Wyatt dodged out of the way, catching one. He threw the ball and knocked someone out. He quickly grabbed another one and launched it towards another person. Perfect accuracy every time.

He just kept moving and throwing, getting someone out on almost every throw, sometimes just barely dodging a ball. The game continued on, the spectators staring in shock as Wyatt threw ball after ball.

It finally came down to two people. Each had a ball. Wyatt grinned as the boy looked uncertain. Wyatt threw the ball as hard as he could, to the right of the boy. The boy just walked right into it. Wyatt's team cheered as the boy got out and they all patted Wyatt on the back, not caring if he was gay.

Troy, of course, came up and hugged him while the coach wasn't looking. "Where did you learn to play dodgeball like that?"

Wyatt just grinned and said, "Well, when you practice you reflexes as much as I did it just comes naturally."

Troy didn't believe him but he took it for now. The bell rang and they all departed from the gymnasium. Wyatt and Troy walked to their last class of the day, reading. Wyatt really didn't see the point in this class. He already read at a post highschool reading level. He just took out the book he had brought from Gideon's small collection and walked into the classroom.

The teacher was a massive, female black bear with green eyes. She was pretty in her own way but she wasn't what straight guys would call hot.

Obviously the teacher just had them silent read the whole time. Wyatt read his book, finding it very interesting, and when there were only five minutes left of the class she stood up and said, "Ok, time to share."

She looked over the class and he rose his hand. She noticed and called him up. "What book are you reading Wyatt?"

Wyatt held up the large, trilogy book called, The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks. The class saw how big it was and just stared at him. "My book is called The Sword of Shannara. It takes place in a time after our time, in a world ravaged by nuclear wars."

The teacher just nodded and said, "Would you like to read part of it to the class?"

Wyatt just looked at her an nodded, "Sure."

He opened up to where he was and started reading, pronouncing every word perfectly, his voice changing tone when he was speaking for a character or describing a landscape. The teacher was shocked at the way Wyatt read. The words in this book were large and she could barely pronounce some but he pronounced them without any hesitation.

When the bell rang he put his bookmark in and picked up his stuff from his desk. He walked out with Troy and Troy said, "Are you sure you're supposed to be in sixth?"

Wyatt laughed and nodded.

"You do realize that you could be in seventh or eight right?" Troy said, "You completed lessons in math that would have taken anyone else a week to do, or more, and read a book that our teacher could barely read."

Wyatt laughed again and said, "I want to go through school with you."

Troy was touched and said, "Thank you."

Wyatt said, "No problem." He saw Clarice pull up and said, "Here's my ride."

He hugged him and kissed him full on the lips. In the car Clarice's lips turned up in a smile as Wyatt climbed in the car. "You two are cute together."

Wyatt blushed and said, "W-what?"

Clarice took her turn to laugh and said, "Don't lie. I saw you two on Saturday." Wyatt just blushed again. "I don't know why you didn't tell us. We know Gideon is gay."

Wyatt nodded and said, "How is Gideon?"

Clarice just sighed and said, "Thrashing in his sleep."

Wyatt just nodded. It was silent in the car for the rest of the ride.

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Gideon woke up, a cold sweat soaking his skin. He groaned as he looked down and saw some more of his scales had come off. It hadn't said anything about completely losing scales. Raymond came in with some more pain medicine.

"Take this." Raymond said. Gideon quickly took them and swallowed. He was instantly relieved.

"How was school hun?" Gideon asked.

"Well, we played basketball in gym." Raymond said.

Gideon just smirked and said, "Did you win?"

Raymond just said, "Ya. Oh and of course, those jocks beat the shit out of me afterwards."

Gideon's face grew cold and it looked like he was about to get up but Raymond made sure he didn't. "You're not going anywhere."

Gideon just sighed and lay back down. Raymond turned to go and Gideon pulled him onto the bed and said, "You're not going anywhere either."

Raymond just snuggled up closer and said, "As long as you don't start thrashing around I'm fine."

Gideon said, "I'm not gonna thrash, the pain doesn't bother me as much now." Gideon's lie was betrayed by a sharp pain where his tail was growing that made him groan.

Raymond just smirked and said, "It'll only last a week."

Gideon looked at Raymond and said, "ONLY a week. That's gonna feel like an eternity to me."

Raymond smiled up at Gideon and said, "How about I stay with you? That should make time go faster."

Raymond snuggled closer into Gideon and Gideon said, "That would make time go faster."

Raymond said, "Good, because I'm not going to school the rest of the week anyway."

Gideon looked puzzled and said, "Why?"

"Because, the jocks are still angry and I don't want you getting angry enough to go down there." Raymond said, "I don't want you to hurt yourself."

"Stand up for a minute Raymond." Gideon said. Raymond did as he was told and Gideon smirked at him and said, "Watch." Gideon rolled over onto his back and concentrated for a minute before exhaling sharply. Raymond jumped back as the flame grew in the air and dissipated before touching the ceiling.

"Wow, that's gonna take some getting used to." Raymond said.

Gideon smiled at him and said, "Be happy I can control it now."

Raymond just looked at him and said, "A day of practice and you can control it?"

Gideon just smirked and said, "Yes, its not that hard."

Raymond said, "Good, I can do this without risk then."

Raymond laid down next to Gideon and kissed him passionately, their tongues exploring the inside of each other's moist maws, sometimes moving together and twisting around each other. Gideon's thin tongue and Raymond's fat tongue wrestled until Raymond couldn't take it anymore and pulled off for air.

Raymond panted as he laid back down next to Gideon and snuggled into him again. "That was amazing." Gideon whispered into his ears.

"Isn't... every... kiss we... share amazing?" Raymond asked.

"Yes, but that was the most amazing one yet." Gideon whispered into his ears again.

Raymond just said, "Well it helps when you have the most amazing boyfriend ever."

Gideon smirked and barked a quick laugh, he settled his head on Raymond's head and said, "I'm tired."

Raymond just smiled and said, "Then go to sleep. I'll be here when you wake up."

Gideon was happy he had met someone as great as Raymond and managed to have such a great relationship with him. With those thoughts in his head, he fell into a very deep sleep. Raymond heard him snoring and dug himself out from under Gideon, not trusting him to not thrash in his sleep.

Raymond walked downstairs just as Clarice and Wyatt got home. He went to sit in the living room and Wyatt sat next to him, his eyes watering. "Are you ok?" Raymond asked him.

Wyatt looked over and nodded. "I'm fine. I'm just venting."

Raymond understood and said, "If you want to cry go ahead. Don't bottle emotions up."

Wyatt just shook his head and said, "I'm just remembering some of the things I got called today."

Raymond nodded and told him, "Well, as long as they don't lay a hand on you I'm fine, and so is Gideon."

Wyatt smirked and said, "You took care of that this morning."

Raymond laughed and said, "Did I really intimidate them that much?"

Wyatt nodded and said, "They were scared shitless."

"Ahem!" Clarice said as she entered the room, "I don't want to hear that kind of language young man."

Wyatt just looked at her and blushed, "Sorry."

"Just watch your tongue." Clarice said as she sat down. "Now, what did Raymond do this morning that scared the people at your school?"

"He stopped a bully from beating the heck out of me." Wyatt said.

"Oh?" Clarice said, "How old was this bully?"

Raymond held up his hands defensively and said, "He was only a year younger than me."

Clarice nodded, "Good." She looked back to Wyatt and said, "How was your first day at Alton Middle?"

Wyatt just shrugged, "Troy and I managed to screw up my reputation by lunch."

"How?" Clarice asked.

"Well, first, we decided to show everyone just how we felt about each other." Wyatt grimaced, "That didn't help. Then during math, I decided to show just how smart I was and ended up doing eighteen lessons before class was over."

Clarice and Raymond both looked shocked and said, "What were the grades?"

"Every one was A- or above except for two." Wyatt said, "I've already done the book."

Clarice smiled, "OK, don't you want to go to a book that you haven't done yet?"

Wyatt shook his head vigorously, "I want to go through school with Troy."

Raymond smiled at this and said, "Well, have fun going through seven years of school with him."

Wyatt made a face and Raymond laughed. "Seven years of school. I don't think I'm going to be able to take that."

Raymond patted him on the back, "You'll survive."

Wyatt said, "Until Gideon can't protect me anymore."

Raymond sighed and said, "Gideon will always try and protect you, even after he's out of highschool."

Wyatt smiled and said, "Well then, I'm happy to have a brother like him."

Raymond smiled back and said, "I'm happy to have a boyfriend like him."

Wyatt, obviously done venting his leftover emotions from the day, leaned his head onto Clarice's stomach. She was a bit shocked but she let him do it. About half a minute later they heard snoring and Clarice had to suppress a laugh. "Can you take him upstairs?"

Raymond nodded and picked him up, very carefully. They walked up the stairs and at the top were met by Malissa, who had obviously just woken up. Malissa noticed Wyatt in Raymond's arms and said, "Can you tell him I said sorry for the way I acted this morning?"

"Once he wakes up." Raymond said, smiling at her. "He knew you were drunk though, so he might have forgiven you already."

Malissa's obvious relief showed on her face. She turned around to get Madison out of her room, Raymond could hear her daughter crying. He walked into Gideon's room, careful not wake Wyatt as he laid him gently on the bed.

Gideon was still fast asleep, not thrashing or making any movements at all. He had lost all of his scales by now and his gray skin showed.

Raymond laid down on the futon next to Wyatt and was surprised to feel Wyatt pushing into his body. Raymond had a strong desire to put his arm around Wyatt but he resisted and flipped over before lying down again.

A few hours of sleep before dinner wouldn't hurt.

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"Wake up Raymond." Clarice said, shaking Raymond awake.

"What's up?" Raymond asked groggily, the words sounding more like 'wassup.'

"It's dinner time." Clarice said, laughing at Raymond's almost incoherent words.

"What are we having?" Raymond asked again, the after-sleep grogginess slowly disappearing.

"Fried chicken, mash potatoes, and corn." Clarice said.

Raymond jumped up eagerly. That was his favorite meal, mostly because he loved mashed potatoes, but fried chicken was always good too. "Awesomeness."

Raymond turned and picked Wyatt up, making sure to shake him when he did. Wyatt woke up with a yelp and glared at Raymond, "What was that for?" All grogginess had left his body from the fear of being shaken in the air as he woke up.

"Dinner time." Raymond said, laughing at Wyatt.

Wyatt said, "What are we having."

"Fried chicken, mash potatoes, and corn." Raymond said, walking to the door. "Now, let's go."

Wyatt yawned and followed Raymond out the door and down the stairs, purposely stepping on the step that creaked just to annoy Raymond. When Wyatt did step on it Raymond cringed at the sound. He glared at Wyatt and said, "You know that hurts my ears."

Wyatt just snickered and walked into the kitchen. He was met by the wonderful smells of chicken and mash potatoes and was shocked to see that there was another dragon and a bear sitting at the table.

Carol looked up as she sat two more plates down on the table and said, "Wyatt, there's someone I want you to meet." She wiped her hands on her apron and walked over to Wyatt and said, "Wyatt," she pointed to the big dragon, "this is Alec, another one of your brothers."

Alec stood up and smiled at him, he held out his hand and said, "Hi Wyatt."

"H-hi." Wyatt stuttered, the big dragon looked almost exactly like his adoptive father except his eyes were softer.

"And this," Carol said, pointing to the bear, "is Charlie, his fiancé."

Clarice choked on the soda she was drinking and yelled, "You never told me they were getting married!"

Malissa grimaced and said, "She never told me he got kicked out, she just said he ran away."

Clarice hugged her brother and said, "Congratulations." She then turned and glared at her mother, when were you going to tell me he was getting married?"

Carol grimaced and said, "Eventually."

"Where's dad?" Alec asked suddenly.

"He's on a business trip." Carol said.

Alec nodded and looked at the stairs as Gideon came down, Alec noticed he didn't have any scales and said, "What happened to you?"

Gideon just grimaced and said, "Apparently, in the process of growing wings and a tail I also molt all my scales and grow new ones."

Alec looked shocked and said, "Wings and a tail?"

Gideon nodded and said, "Oh ya, and the ability to breathe fire."

Alec just shook his head and said, "I don't believe that."

He looked up just in time to see Gideon take a deep breath and exhale sharply. He jumped back when fire came out of Gideon's muzzle and he said, "Believe me now?"

Alec nodded and said, "Just, don't do that again."

Gideon snickered and said, "Dinner smells good mom." He noticed Charlie and said, "Who's this?"

Alec cleared his throat and said, "He's my fiancé."

Gideon hugged Alec tightly and said "Congratulations."

Alec just grunted and said, "Can't... breathe."

Gideon loosened up and blushed, "Sorry."

"You're stronger than you look." Alec said, rubbing his arms. "Anyways, do you know how long it will take for your scales to grow back?"

Gideon nodded and said, "My scales should regrow within a week after my wings are out and my tail is grown."

"Good, you will be back to somewhat normal before my wedding." Alec smiled.

"Oh ya, I'll just have wings and a tail." Gideon said sarcastically.

Alec laughed, "You'll also have to get a new tux."

Gideon groaned and said, "Gosh darnet, the regular ones cost enough."

Alec laughed and said, "If it's to much I'll pay for it."

Gideon grinned and said, "It won't be to much."

Clarice cleared her throat and tapped her foot impatiently. "Can you two sit down so we can eat before our food gets cold?"

Alec grinned at her and said, "Fine."

They both sat down and Carol finished putting the food on the table. She sat down and said, "Dig in."

They all started eating the food, Charlie spoke up and said, "Once again, delicious... mom."

Gideon could tell it was awkward for him to say that and Carol laughed, "If you don't feel right calling me mom then you can call me Carol."

Charlie let out a huge sigh of relief and said, "Ok."

They continued eating, multiple conversations going on at one time. Wyatt made sure to avoid the subject of school, not wanting to repeat what had happened at school in front of Gideon, afraid that Gideon would end up going down there just so that everyone could see just how big he was.

Without his scales, Gideon looked even more intimidating then he did with his scales, his muscles more defined. Of course, Gideon looked completely silly without his scales. Gideon was obviously enjoying the meal, letting out quiet groans of pain before asking, "So, why are you here today Alec?"

Alec replied with, "Mom said she had the number for a caterer that would cater me and Charlie's wedding."

Gideon nodded and said, "So much discrimination against gays nowadays."

Alec laughed and said, "Of course. People fear what they don't understand."

Gideon nodded again and took his turn to laugh, "And understand what they should fear."

Alec nodded and said, "Nuclear weapons are an example of that."

Gideon nodded and started muttering under his breath and Wyatt thought he heard, "Me" trailing at the end.

Gideon turned to Wyatt and asked, "How did your first day of school go?"

Wyatt just grinned and said, "What could any day school be besides horrible?"

Gideon laughed and said, "Good point."

Wyatt ate the rest of the meal in silence but Gideon was jabbering on about this and that and complaining about the pain he felt. "I wish the pain medicine would work."

Carol put down her fork and put her hand against Gideon's head and pulled it back like she had touched a hot stove. "It's probably not working because your body is burning it out to fast. Are you sure you feel fine?"

Gideon nodded and said, "I feel perfect. The heat is probably there to get my body accustomed to breathing fire." Gideon was just suggesting the last part but it seemed to fit perfectly so Carol just guessed that that was it.

Gideon groaned again and Carol said, "Maybe a sleeping pill would help you sleep, that way, you could sleep the week away and not feel the pain."

Gideon thought for a moment before saying, "As long as it doesn't damage my body I'm fine."

Carol grinned and said, "Sleeping for a week will damage your body, but I think losing a few pounds would be good."

Gideon was also a little chubby without his scales and he stuck out his tongue. Carol fished some sleeping pills off the top shelf of the medicine cabinet and took out two. She poured Gideon a small glass of water to help wash the semi-large pills down his throat.

She handed Gideon the pills and he took them, swallowing them quickly so the pain would lessen. "Thanks mom." Gideon said. He got up to go to bed and started stumbling up the stairs.

Carol looked worried and said, "I guess giving him two was a bad idea. That should put him to sleep for a week without taking another pill."

Raymond looked at her and said, "Then why did you give him two?"

"I expected the heat to burn them off." Carol said.

"Well, let's just hope he doesn't get hurt." Alec said, sounding concerned even though he hadn't known his brother for more than a month yet.

Carol looked at the clock and jumped up, "It took us so long to eat. Time for bed, Raymond, Wyatt."

Raymond grinned and said, "The nurse said I shouldn't come back to school."

Carol looked confused and said, "Why? Just because those jocks beat you up today doesn't mean they will tomorrow."

Raymond told her, "She's afraid the jocks will try it again. Mostly because we're going to be doing the exact same thing we did today, tomorrow and I will totally win again."

Carol nodded and said, "Fine, but you," she said, pointing to Wyatt, "still have school tomorrow, then your off for what? Three weeks?"

Wyatt nodded and she just said, "Well, looks like I'll have to go Christmas shopping tomorrow."

Raymond grinned and said, "Remember not to buy anything to wear for Gideon unless it's a hat."

Carol looked confused before remembering his wings and groaned, "We're going to have to special order clothes for him."

Raymond and Wyatt just laughed as they walked upstairs and Wyatt looked at Raymond, confused, and said, "Why are you going to bed, you don't have school."

Raymond looked at him and said, "You and I have to share a bed and I don't want to wake you up in the middle of the night."

Wyatt just nodded and said, "Maybe I'll get to spend some time with Troy."

Raymond nodded and said, "You defiantly will." Raymond grinned at him and said, "Gideon's gonna throw a party New Years eve. He's been talking about it for weeks."

"Cool." Wyatt yawned, thinking about seeing Troy again as he slowly drifted into a world of happiness and dreams for the night.

Raymond looked down at the sleeping Wyatt and couldn't help but smile. He was incredibly cute awake and asleep. Raymond just sat staring at Wyatt for a while, listening to his breathing pattern. It didn't take long for Raymond to fall asleep himself.

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Chapter 15

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Transformation Day 2:

Gideon is sleeping, due to the sleeping pills, and thrashing around in pain, the lumps on his back aren't very big but they are growing, and you can see them grow if you pay enough attention. His tail is halfway formed.

He mumbles and groans in his sleep, he must be in tons of pain.

Transformation Day 3:

Everything is going as expected except the wings are coming out of the skin on their own and are already fully grown, creating full arches as tall as his body. The tail is still growing.

Transformation Day 4:

His wings have wrapped around his body, blocking it completely from view, no one can reopen the wings.

Transformation Day 5:

His wings are still wrapped around his body and they have started growing scales, not thin like dragons these days, but thick, armor like scales, and instead of being blue, the scales are a mix colors, being different colors on every scale. The dominant color is red.

Transformation Day 6:

The wings are still wrapped around his body and the scales are still growing and changing colors, now they are a shiny mix of red and blue that isn't purple just yet. Gideon missed Raymond's mother's funeral though, very sad.

It was freezing cold to stand outside the whole time but Raymond owed it to his mother for all the love and care she had given him.

Transformation Day 7:

The last day, Gideon should be wake up today and finish his transformation. His scales are now a shiny red, fully regrown, and have a luminescent quality to them.

Raymond put down his journal and ran upstairs at a faint yell. He burst into Gideon's room to see him standing in front of a mirror and his jaw dropped.

Gideon turned towards him and his wings opened, the wings starting from his back and curving up above his head and then arching back down to end with points at the balls of his feet, his tail was curling around one of his legs, a thick long tail that had dark red scales on it.

Gideon himself looked completely different. He had more curves to his body, all the baby fat gone. His muscles could be seen clearly through the armor-like scales that were thicker on his body then on his wings.

He took a step towards Raymond and Raymond's jaw dropped even further. His movements were graceful, like a swan floating on a lake, he seemed to step just above the ground. He came over to Raymond with his swift steps and pulled him into a hug. "I look so different." He whispered, horrified from when he had looked in the mirror.

"You're still incredibly beautiful." Raymond whispered, hugging him back.

"Can I go show my parents now?" Gideon laughed as he tried to pull away from Raymond but failed.

"You have to put pants on first." Raymond snickered, his snicker automatically changing to roaring laughter as the scales on Gideon's cheek turned a darker red. "Ha! Now I can see it when you blush."

Gideon looked like he was going to kill someone as he used his now incredibly sharp claws to tear a hole for his tail in his pants that was to small but Gideon managed to squeeze his tail in. "I'll have to worry about the shirt later." Gideon sighed.

Raymond grinned and said, "I like you better this way anyways."

Gideon blushed again and Raymond snickered. They walked downstairs and slowly into the living room and Raymond said, "Look who's up."

Carol, Ron, Clarice, and Wyatt looked up and gasped in unison. "He's so, so, so..." Clarice stammered in a loss for words.

"Beautiful!" Carol finished.

Ron was just staring at his now very muscular looking son. He was shocked to notice that his scales were red but in the right light if you look close enough, they would sparkle like he had millions of diamonds ground to dust and stuck to his scales.

Wyatt just stared in shock at his now, very large older brother. "Are your wings strong enough to hold you up?" he heard someone ask, presumably Clarice.

Gideon shrugged and said, "I dunno. I haven't tried em yet."

Clarice jumped up and practically pushed him out the back door. Everyone followed them out, everyone wearing coats except for Gideon. "A-a-aren't you c-c-cold?" Wyatt asked.

Gideon looked at them all as they shivered and was shocked and said, "I don't feel cold. I'm actually pretty darn warm."

Gideon smirked at them before walking over to the large pile of sticks behind them. He took a deep breath before blowing a very large breath of fire that instantly caught the sticks. Malcise and the one puppy they had kept were cowering in Malcise's dog house.

The snowy ground around the pile of sticks got warmer and warmer and the air to. "I've been meaning to burn those anyways." Ron muttered.

Gideon grinned at him and started to concentrate on moving his wings, just to see if he could control them. It was hard work, his wings were heavy but he knew that the more he used them the stronger they would get.

He opened them up so that they would catch air and instincts took over. He jumped into the air and flapped his wings once, which sent him flying into the air. He started with smaller, slightly curved flaps that kept him at the right height and moved him forwards.

He flew in a few circles, he could move surprisingly fast, before going down in a downward spiral to land in front of Raymond with a surprising gracefulness. Raymond stared at him in awe and astonishment. "You're so amazing." he whispered.

Gideon grinned at him, the new scales on his face lighting up with the smile, "You're amazing too."

Raymond hugged Gideon as tightly as he could and Gideon looked down and squeezed him back, grinning as Raymond gasped for breath. He loosened his grip and Raymond said, "Damn you're strong."

"Ahem." Carol said, "We're all standing right here, and watch your language."

Carol let go of Wyatt's ears and he glared at her but didn't say anything. He had obviously learned to not say anything to his parents.

Gideon just laughed and said, "When are we going to special order my clothes?"

Carol groaned and said, "Don't remind me, with the size of your wings were going to have to have clothes that zip around them.

Gideon grinned again as he folded his wings onto his back and hugged his wolf again, planting a soft kiss on his cheek. "Can we go back inside now?" Clarice asked, "I'm ready to go to bed."

Gideon looked at the sky and said, "How long have we been out here?"

"An hour, if you two haven't noticed." Clarice said, glaring at him.

"No one was stopping you from going inside." Carol pointed out.

Clarice just looked at her and said, "I wanted to see how well he landed."

"At least it's not cold." Wyatt said enthusiastically.

Carol nodded and said, "Time for bed, I have Christmas shopping to do tomorrow and Gideon has to get his clothes special ordered." She glared at Gideon as if it was his fault.

Gideon shrugged and walked inside, closely followed by Raymond. His father stayed outside to put out the fire while Gideon and Raymond snuggled into Gideon's bed. Wyatt was already fast asleep on the futon and Raymond was shivering as he cuddled into Gideon, trying to stay warm.

Gideon wrapped his wings around the two of them and Raymond sighed as the warmth surrounded him completely. "So the cold doesn't bother you at all?" Raymond asked him.

Gideon grinned and said, "Nope. Probably because I can breathe fire now."

Raymond just laughed and said, "As long as you don't catch me on fire I'm good."

Gideon just smiled and yawned. "I won't. Promise."

"G-good." Raymond managed to say during a yawn. Raymond was lulled to sleep shortly after by Gideon humming a tune deep in his throat. Raymond was mystified by it. It sounded almost exactly like a piano, the exquisite sound was the most beautiful thing Raymond had ever heard.

Gideon smiled as he hummed the melody, lulling himself to sleep as well with the hypnotic noise. Gideon stopped humming when Raymond's breathing changed to the slow, regular patterns of someone who was sleeping and then laid his head down on the pillow.

His first flight had taken a lot out of him as he drifted into a warm, dreamless sleep, laying next to his wolf and the love of his life.

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Gideon groaned as he squeezed into the shirt he had to wear for now. It wasn't really a problem of him being to big for it, his body was actually to small for it now that he had lost all of the baby fat that was left on him, but his mother had cut it and put in zippers so it fit around his wing and the zippers kept getting caught on his scales.

Gideon groaned again as Raymond came in to help him. Gideon envied Raymond as he pulled the zippers up without getting caught on his scales once. "How come I'm the only one who can't zip these zippers up without getting them caught on my scales?" He growled, his voice having a hint of extreme irritation.

"Don't worry, it's only these zippers. The professionals will do a better job." Raymond said, "Maybe." He laughed as he got the expected growl from Gideon which is what he was aiming for.

"Oh well, I'm still torturing Wyatt because he doesn't know what he's getting for Christmas." Gideon said that louder knowing that Wyatt was outside the door.

He heard a soft growl and said, "It might help if I didn't know you were there. Next time, try some other way of spying."

"How could you hear him?" Raymond asked quietly. "I didn't."

Gideon shrugged and said, "I don't know, I can hear better than I used to. Probably another dragon thing."

"Well come on Mr. Dragon." Raymond said, "Time to go."

Gideon grinned and said, "Eager to show me off eh?"

"You know it." Raymond said, pushing him out.

"You know, if I wanted to stop you right now I could so easily."

"I know..." Raymond started but couldn't finish because Gideon used his tail to grab Raymond around the waste and swing him around in front of Gideon. Raymond glared daggers at him and said, "That wasn't nice."

Gideon laughed and said, "I don't have to be."

Raymond just walked down the stairs and outside, slipping his coat on, and got in the car. Gideon walked up to the car and said, "Bet I could beat you there flying."

Clarice was in the driver's seat and said, "How much?"

"100$" Gideon said, grinning at her.

"You're on." Clarice said, shaking his hand.

Gideon backed off as Carol got in the car with Wyatt. "You can have a head start!" He yelled at Clarice.

Clarice just grinned as she swung the car out of the drive way and drove towards the mall. Gideon waited a few seconds before jumping into the air and flying straight up until he was at a decent height.

He flew straight forwards, as fast as he could, the wind not even bothering him even though he was only wearing a short sleeve shirt and some blue jeans. He quickly caught up to and passed Clarice who was driving as fast as she could with Carol sitting next to her.

Gideon grinned as he continued flying, not even bothering to follow the roads. He passed over houses and cars, no one noticing him in the air. He loved this feeling, the hair on his head flying out behind him. He landed behind the mall, away from people who would be able to see him, and then ran around to the front to wait for Clarice.

As she pulled into the parking lot he flashed a grin at her and walked to where she parked the car. "100$" Gideon said as he held out his hand. Clarice grumbled as she pulled her wallet out of her purse and gave him five twenty dollar bills.

"Happy?" Clarice said.

"Yes, yes I am." Gideon told her, "And it's your fault for taking the bet."

Clarice just started grumbling to herself as she walked inside with Wyatt and Raymond. "Hey mom." Gideon said once they were safely inside. "If Wyatt asks for a game called .Hack quarantine, don't get it. I already did."

"Ok," Carol said, "someone went ahead on Christmas shopping."

Gideon just grinned and said, "I had the money. Which reminds me, I have to special order something besides clothes today."

"What?" Carol asked him.

"You would love to know wouldn't you?" Gideon said, laughing at her. "You're gonna have to wait for Christmas."

Gideon walked inside and quickly found Raymond waiting for him. They walked through the mall, Gideon having his arm around Raymond's shoulder and Raymond with his arm around Gideon's waste, Gideon's wings splayed behind them.

Gideon attracted stares and murmurs, most of which caused Gideon to laugh since he could hear them. The girls were all staring at him, most of them from school wondering who he was and why he was with Gideon's boyfriend. Gideon looked completely different from the way he used to.

He flashed a grin at girls who wouldn't stop staring at him and they all giggled and walked away. Gideon leaned over and kissed Raymond every once in a while and laughed at the looks of disgust on some people's faces.

Soon Raymond said, "I'm going to go to the bookstore."

Gideon smiled and said, "I have to get something really quickly."

"Ok, meet you at the food court?" Raymond asked.

"Ya." Gideon said. Gideon quickly walked to the other side of the mall, still attracting attention from girls and guys. He walked into a jewelry store and walked up to the cashier and asked, "Do you have any promise rings?"

The cashier looked shocked, he could obviously tell that Gideon wasn't that old but he shrugged his shoulders, uncomfortably, and said, "Right over there."

He pointed to a large shelf on the opposite side of the store and Gideon walked to the shelf. He looked at the wide selection they had and noticed one that was perfect. It had a gold band and a ruby sitting on top of it. It wasn't that big so that everyone would be able to see it but it was big enough.

Gideon quickly picked it up and took it to the cashier, the cashier rung it up, looking at him doubtfully, then put it in a bag. Gideon slipped it into his pocket and walked out, heading towards the food court.

He looked over at the bookstore to see if he could find Raymond and noticed a large crowd in front of it. He walked over to see Raymond getting pushed around by a couple of jocks, mall security nowhere to be seen.

Gideon just growled as he pushed through the crowd, shoving man and woman alike out of his way until he was in the circle. He recognized one of the jocks as the person who he had humiliated for picking on Troy. He walked into the middle and caught Raymond just as he was being pushed again and noticed that he had a bloody nose.

He growled again and turned to face the jock and the jock said, "What are you doing?"

The jock was obviously scared to death of Gideon and said, "Stopping you from hurting my boyfriend."

The jock looked confused and said, "That's Gideon Restin's boyfriend."

Gideon picked him up by his collar and said, "I am Gideon you idiot."

The jock looked shocked as Gideon dropped him to the floor and he turned back to Raymond. "Come on hun, let's go get you cleaned up."

Raymond staggered over to him and Gideon held him up so he could walk. They walked to a bathroom and Gideon wetted down a paper towel and started wiping at Raymond's nose. "Are you alright?"

Raymond coughed and said, "Ya."

"Are you sure?" Gideon asked again, really concerned.

"I'm fine, really." he told Gideon.

"Ok," Gideon said as he finished cleaning him up. "Come on, let's go get that book you wanted, or if you just wanted to look."

"I just wanted to look." Raymond said as he smiled at him.

Gideon smirked at him and said, "I know you wanted a book. You've been going on about a certain book forever, I just can't remember its name."

Raymond sighed and said, "Fine, one of my favorite authors finished up another one of his books. It's called 'The Gathering Storm' by Robert Jordan."

"That's a new book." Gideon said, "It came out last month."

Raymond smiled and said, "I know."

They walked into the bookstore and Raymond quickly headed to the fantasy section, finding the book surrounded by eleven other books of the same series. Raymond read the book jacket for the information before putting it back, "Do you want it?" Gideon asked, seriously.

Raymond nodded and said, "Of course. I just wasn't expecting you to buy a fifty dollar book."

Gideon almost choked but managed to say, "It's almost Christmas time, I'll give it to you as an early Christmas present."

Raymond smiled and hugged him, "Thanks hun."

Gideon smiled back and said, "That's your only Christmas present."

Raymond just looked up at him and said, "That's ok, I'm not greedy."

Gideon said, "What are you gonna get me?"

Raymond smirked at him and said, "Wouldn't you like to know."

Gideon said, "Fine, don't tell me."

Gideon paid for the book and gave it to Raymond. "Merry Christmas."

"You know I love you, hun." Raymond said.

"Yes I do." Gideon said, "You know I do to."

"You chose a horrible time for that puberty thing though." Raymond said, sighing as he did, "You missed my mother's funeral."

Gideon was confused for a second before going, "Oh crap, stupid puberty. I'm sorry hun."

"It's not your fault." Raymond said, he saw Carol and told Gideon, "There's your mom."

Gideon sighed and said, "I hope those clothes she custom ordered are going to fit, these sure in the heck don't."

Gideon was still getting stared at, a lot, and it didn't take long for the crowd to clear for him, they obviously thought he was some freak of nature. "Next year is going to be incredibly fun." Gideon said.

Raymond looked confused before saying, "Why?"

Gideon looked down at him and put his arm around Raymond's shoulder and said, "Because I have to go to school with wings and a tail. Tell me how many kids aren't going to be freaked out by that."

Raymond just shrugged and said, "You can also breathe fire, so why do you care?"

Gideon thought for a moment before saying, "True, and we get to pick our own schedule's next year, so we don't have to be apart one minute."

Raymond smiled and said, "There's something to look forward to."

They had finally caught up with Gideon's mom and Gideon asked, "Hey mom, done shopping?"

She turned her head and said, "I've been done, I'm looking for Clarice and Wyatt."

Gideon thought for a moment before saying, "Have you checked Gamestop?"

Carol shook her head and said, "That's where I'm headed now."

Gideon just chuckled and said, "You should have checked there first."

Carol looked at him and said, "Well, your father is going to have to come down here to help load presents into the car later on, so, you, Wyatt, Raymond, and Clarice need to be out of the house for a while."

Gideon said, "No problem, I'll take Raymond and Wyatt to see a movie or something."

Carol nodded and said, "Perfect." Carol looked around and said, "Well, apparently my son is very, very handsome."

Gideon looked confused before he noticed all the girls staring at him and drooling. He laughed and said, "They did that before whatever you want to call what happened."

Raymond said, "No, they were staring at me. They were jealous that I got you."

Gideon looked at him and said, "They should be jealous that I got you."

Raymond blushed as Carol said, "I'm standing right here! I have to admit it's kinda cute but I still don't want to hear it."

Gideon laughed and said, "Now you know how I feel when you and dad do that."

It was Carol's turn to blush. "That just means that you should stop doing it if you already know how it feels."

"Nope, I'm getting my payback." Gideon said, smirking at his mother as he leaned down to kiss Raymond on the lips, drawing disgusted glares from every guy around him and regretful sighs from the girls.

Raymond laughed and said, "I'm incredibly lucky."

Gideon said, "Why?" Although he already knew the answer.

"Because I have a boyfriend like you." Raymond said, smiling at him.

Gideon laughed and said, "I'm lucky to have you as a boyfriend."

Carol just sighed, leaving the two alone because nothing she said would get them to stop. She was just happy that her son wasn't miserable for the first time in his life. They got to the quite large game store and instantly noticed Clarice and Wyatt, who were sitting on a bench in front of the store, Wyatt with a bloody nose.

"Are you alright?" Gideon asked, extremely concerned.

Wyatt nodded and Raymond asked, "What happened?"

Clarice sighed and said, "We ran into his old orphanage bully, or at least, he did while I was in the bathroom."

Gideon balled his fists and looked around, "Where is he?"

Gideon was clenching his fists, the scales on his knuckles turning gray because of how hard the skin on his knuckles were pressing against them. "He was caught by mall security, luckily."

Gideon sighed and said, "I'm never going to be able to get my hands on him am I?"

Wyatt just shook his head and said, "Let's hope not. I don't want you getting in trouble."

Gideon sat down next to Wyatt and started rubbing his back, "If he lays another hand on you I'm not going to worry about that."

"Oh yes you will." Carol said, very strictly.

Gideon sighed and said, "Fine, but he's not getting off easy either."

"Good." Clarice said, "He doesn't deserve it." She finished dabbing at Wyatt's nose and threw it away.

"Are we all done here?" Clarice asked.

Carol nodded and said, "Let's go home."

"Hey Wyatt, you wanna go to a movie with Raymond and I?" Gideon asked.

Wyatt asked, "Can I invite Troy?"

"Of course." Gideon smiled at him. Gideon threw him his cell phone, the number already dialed in.

After a short conversation Wyatt hung up and said, "He's going to meet us at the movie theater with Kevin and Xatrin."

Raymond suddenly started laughing and Gideon looked confused, "What are you laughing about?"

Raymond was crying because of how hard he was laughing and it took him a minute to stop. "How are you going to explain your new look?"

Gideon remembered that and felt the urge to laugh as well, "I don't know. But their faces are going to be hilarious."

Raymond nodded and said, "It will be. I wish I had a camera so I could take a picture of their expression."

Gideon threw his cell phone to him, "It takes pictures."

They piled into the car, Gideon felt awkward sitting in a car, the seat's leather rubbing against his wings. They got dropped off at the movie theater where they waited in front of doors waiting for the rest of the people, Raymond leaning against Gideon and Wyatt with his back on the wall.

They heard more than saw Kevin's van pull into the parking lot and then they saw them all getting out and walking towards them, Kevin and Xatrin wondering who the heck Raymond was leaning against and Troy only had eyes for Wyatt who had run out to meet him and was now hugging and kissing him.

Kevin and Xatrin finally came into talking distance and Kevin asked, "Who's this?"

Gideon started laughing and said, "Knew they wouldn't recognize me."

Xatrin and Kevin looked confused. "Is that a costume?"

Raymond laughed now and said, "I knew they would think it's a costume."

Kevin and Xatrin looked even more confused now and Gideon said, "These are my actual scales, this is my actual body. This is how I am now."

Kevin and Xatrin said, "So you really are Gideon?"

"Duh!" Gideon said, "You guys are dumb. Raymond wouldn't cheat on me."

Gideon leaned down and kissed Raymond and Raymond kissed back before saying, "Why would I want to cheat on you? You're perfect."

Wyatt and Troy had joined them now and they asked, at the same time, "What are we gonna see?"

"I don't know, what are we gonna see?" Gideon asked.

"I don't know. Let's see a horror film." Raymond said.

Gideon laughed and said, "Ok, there is only one of those playing."

Gideon paid for the tickets and they went to the theater, getting seats in the back. After Gideon had settled down from laughing at the looks he got from everyone the movie started. It started out with a scary scene like most scary movies did and Raymond buried his head in Gideon's shoulder, not taking it off once the scene was over.

Gideon put his arm around Raymond, burying his head into Raymond's fur whenever he got scared.

Wyatt and Troy were doing the same, Wyatt having his head on Troy's shoulder with Troy having his head on Wyatt's head.

Kevin and Xatrin, however, had their muzzles locked together the whole movie, completely ignoring everything else.

When the movie was over Gideon had to yell in their ears to get them to stop kissing. "Movies over."

Kevin and Xatrin blushed as they walked out, Gideon was still getting stares but he didn't think it was funny anymore. It had started snowing, very hard, and as they were driving to Troy's, Wyatt and he were making out in the back and Wyatt was moaning into the kiss which caused Gideon to laugh quietly. He was about to say something when Raymond leaned over and said, "Let them have their fun."

Gideon smiled and started kissing Raymond passionately, "We can have some fun too." They mashed their muzzles together and Raymond was murring into the kiss as Gideon's hands went to his waist.

Gideon was rubbing his hands up and down Raymond's back when Kevin said, "We are in a car together."

Gideon stuck his tongue out at Kevin and went back to kissing Raymond. They pulled up in front of Troy's house and Wyatt walked up to the porch with him, the snow so bad Troy's parents wouldn't be able to see.

Wyatt gave Troy one more kiss and as he did Troy's door opened and Wyatt heard someone shout, a male, "What the FUCK!"

Wyatt looked up and was instantly pushed off the porch, Troy landing next to him. "I'm not going to have a fag living in my house." The male said, presumably Troy's father. A second later Troy's school bag landed in his lap and the door slammed shut.

Wyatt stood and helped Troy, who was crying, up out of the snow. Wyatt hugged Troy tight and said, "Come on, we're gonna freeze."

Troy looked up and knew that was true, Wyatt's nose had been bleeding again and the blood was already ice. They stumbled their way back to Kevin's van and got in. Gideon instantly asked, "What happened?"

He exhaled sharply with his hand in front of his mouth so his scales would get warm before touching his hand to the blood under Wyatt's nose which melted instantly. "I kissed Troy on his porch and his dad answered the door." Wyatt explained, Troy was crying to hard to say anything. Wyatt continued hugging Troy, "Think mom and dad will let him stay at our house?"

"Of course." Gideon said, "Why wouldn't they?"

Wyatt just looked at Gideon and shrugged. He just kept hugging Troy, letting him cry on his shoulder. They pulled into Gideon's driveway and they walked inside, "Hey mom!" Gideon yelled.

"Ya?" Carol said as she came into the hall and noticed Troy crying.

"Troy just got kicked out of his house." Gideon said softly.

"Oh god," Carol whispered, "He can stay here, I wouldn't let him stay out on the streets or go to an orphanage. Mostly because he's dating my adoptive son."

"T-t-thank you." Troy said, still crying.

"Come on you two," Gideon said, "I think it's time for bed."

Gideon pushed the boys upstairs into his room. Troy and Wyatt changed quickly, Troy's shoulders still shaking with silent sobs. Wyatt and Troy crawled into bed holding each other. Gideon and Raymond did the same, Gideon wrapping his wings around Raymond and keeping them both warm.

"Good night, love." Gideon whispered.

Raymond snuggled into Gideon and said, "Night hun."

Gideon smiled as Raymond fell asleep and he slipped out of bed. He snuck down to the living room where his mother was trying to get a fire going in the fire place. "Need some help with that?" Gideon asked.

His mother jumped and glared at him but she nodded and said, "Yes please."

Gideon bent down and exhaled, catching the wood on fire. "Need help with the decorations?" Gideon asked.

Before she answered Gideon started setting up the Christmas tree. "Let's just hope Clarice doesn't come down to help." He heard creaking on the stairs and sighed, "Speak of the devil and he comes."

Clarice came downstairs and nearly shouted, "You didn't ask me to help."

Clarice loved putting up Christmas decorations, Gideon laughed as he put the star on top of the tree. "You don't deserve to help." Gideon said, sticking his tongue out.

"You can both help put presents under the tree." Carol said, "There's a lot of them."

Gideon grinned at Clarice as he raced her up the stairs into Carol's room before he remembered the two presents he had hidden in his room. He walked into his room quietly and picked up the necklace he had made for Wyatt and got the game out of his dresser.

He wrapped each carefully, making sure nothing showed. He raced downstairs and put them down under the tree, racing back upstairs to get more presents. He ran up and down the stairs carrying presents and quickly stacking them below the tree.

It didn't take very long for them to finish putting presents under the tree, after which, Carol told them good night and they went to bed, Gideon sneaking quietly into his bed, trying not to wake Raymond up, and wrapping him in his wings again.

Raymond pushed against him in his sleep and Gideon started to drift because of the warm fur that was pressing against his half naked body. Gideon fell asleep as Raymond mumbled, "Love you." in his sleep.

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Chapter 16

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Gideon groaned slightly as he woke up, reaching for the lamp on his bed side table. This was the one problem he had with living in the basement and that was not waking up to sunlight flooding in through the high arched windows that led out to the balcony in his old room.

Gideon turned on the lamp and smiled at the white wolf that nuzzled into his chest to keep his eyes away from the light. Gideon had been living like this for two weeks now and he was starting to cope but it was still annoying.

He shook Raymond lightly and kissed the top of his head, between his ears. Raymond stirred slightly and grumbled, "Five more minutes."

"Will you still say five more minutes if I tell you it's Christmas?" Gideon whispered into his ear.

Raymond sprang out of the bed in a flash before saying, "I completely forgot."

Raymond lost his balance and fell as Gideon laughed, "Someone is very eager."

Raymond blushed and stuck his tongue out saying, "Yes, yes I am. Christmas is my favorite holiday."

Gideon nodded and said, "Mine too, and you've never spent one with us. I think you'll enjoy ours even more."

Gideon pushed Raymond upstairs into the living room and Raymond gasped at what he saw. "There are like, a thousand more presents down here then last night."

"Ya," Gideon said, "my parents do that every year and say its from Santa. They stopped when Clarice and I got to old but now we have Wyatt and Troy and they most likely still believe in Santa."

Raymond nodded and said, "I can't believe your parents spend so much every year."

Gideon just laughed and said, "Most of Wyatt's and Troy's stuff came from Clarice and I." Raymond looked puzzled and Gideon added, "Mom did all the Christmas shopping she was going to at that one trip."

Raymond nodded and sat down on the couch, waiting for the rest of the people to come downstairs. It didn't take long considering the day it was. Troy came down the stairs sleepily followed quickly by Wyatt who fell down the last four, crashing into Troy. Troy laughed softly and Wyatt just jumped up, obviously awake from the shock of the fall.

"I'm sorry!" Wyatt exclaimed, repeating it over and over again.

"I'm fine Wyatt, I'm fine." Troy said, walking to the love seat next to the fireplace. "Jeez. It's freezing in here."

Gideon slapped himself on the forehead, "Forgot to light the fireplace." He walked to the fireplace and made quick work of starting it without his breath.

Raymond muttered, "Show off." under his breath.

Clarice came down the stairs followed by Ron and Carol. Ron was grumbling under his breath and Carol was rubbing her eyes. "Why do you do this every Christmas Clarice?"

"You guys torture us enough by putting HALF the presents under the tree." Clarice said, "So, I wake you up."

Ron just continued to grumble and Carol sighed and said, "Fine, Clarice start passing out presents. Start with Wyatt and Troy."

Clarice went over to the Christmas tree and dug through until she found two presents, one a rectangle, for Wyatt and another, a rectangular box, presumably clothes, for Troy. Wyatt took his present from Clarice and muttered, "Thanks." before tearing into the paper and quickly stripping it down. He looked over at Gideon and ran and hugged him, "Thank you." Wyatt said quickly, "I've wanted this game forever."

Gideon nodded and said, "Well, you aren't being tortured anymore."

Troy opened his present and found clothes, Troy nodded and said, "I guessed right." He smiled and said, "Thank you," to Ron and Carol.

Present opening went on for a while, there were a lot of presents. Wyatt and Troy both had the most gifts, and the most expensive, and were happy with what they got. Raymond and Gideon both got mostly clothes. Raymond got a cell phone, which he made sure to say thank you at least seven thousand times to Carol and Ron for. Gideon got a new Ipod, his old one got smashed when they were moving his stuff downstairs.

Clarice got all clothes except for a laptop, which surprised her considering she was saving up her own money for one, and her mom knew that. After all the presents were open and they had all said thank you to Ron and Carol, they started the slow process of cleaning everything up and moving their new stuff into their rooms.

Gideon and Raymond walked downstairs, Gideon carrying all of his stuff and most of Raymond's, to their bedroom and started putting all the clothes into their dressers. Gideon walked up behind Raymond and hugged him tightly before saying, "I have one more present for you."

Raymond smiled and leaned back into his dragon saying, "What is it?"

Gideon produced a small box wrapped in green paper with a large ribbon on top of it and put it in front of Raymond's face. Raymond took it eagerly and started to strip off the paper, quickly reaching the black box that was inside.

His hand was trembling as he opened the box and he saw a ring, a beautiful ring. "A-a p-promise ring?"

Gideon said, "Yep, I don't love anything more than I love you."

Raymond took the ring out with clumsy fingers and dropped it. Gideon dove down to the floor to pick it up and said, "Hold out your hand." Raymond held out his hand and Gideon put it on. Raymond admired the ring and looked back at Gideon before leaping at him.

"I love it." Raymond whispered in his ear. "Thank you so much."

Gideon fell onto the bed behind him and Raymond felt the bulge in Gideon's pants. Raymond smirked and said, "Someone's excited."

Raymond reached down and rubbed Gideon's member through the fabric of his pants. Gideon moaned softly and kissed Raymond before reaching down and unbuttoning Raymond's pants and his pants. Raymond stood up long enough to take off his pants and help Gideon with his, pulling down his boxers. He was met by Gideon's huge member.

Raymond grinned as he licked the member from tip to base and then moving to Gideon's balls, licking and rubbing them with his paw. Raymond was getting turned on by the moans that his actions were producing from Gideon. Raymond licked back up Gideon's throbbing member before taking the head into his muzzle and suckling on it gently, like a newborn baby sucking on it's mothers nipple.

This brought even more moans and a few gasps as Raymond swirled his fat, canine tongue over Gideon's member. Raymond took more of the member into his muzzle, noting every sensitive spot and rating Gideon's reactions. Gideon's member hit the back of his throat about three-fourths of the way down. Gideon loved the feeling of Raymond's warm, moist, saliva filled muzzled over his member, Raymond's tongue hitting all the right places.

Raymond could feel the veins in Gideon's member throbbing as he started to pull off slowly, his lips covering his teeth and forming a small hole. When Raymond got back to the head he licked at it, tasting the sweet and salty pre-cum coming from it. He started to bob his head slowly, hitting all of the sensitive spots he knew with his tongue, while he used one hand to stroke the rest of Gideon's member and the other to caress his balls lovingly.

Gideon moaned and put his hand on Raymond's head, not forcing him down but guiding him while scratching behind Raymond's ears. Raymond murred at the feeling and Gideon moaned again as Raymond's vocal cords vibrated sending an electric jolt up his fully erect member.

Gideon started to pant as Raymond continued the blow job, knowing his climax was getting closer he said, "Raymond, honey, stop." Raymond stopped and pulled his head off, confused. "I've got other plans."

Raymond still looked confused until Gideon picked him up and put him on the bed on his stomach and took off his boxers. Gideon bent his head down and started to lick Raymond's tail hole, sticking his thin, draconic tongue into it and getting it nice and lubed up. He grimaced slightly at the taste but kept lubing it up. He didn't want to hurt his wolf.

Gideon pulled his tongue out and stood up before laying down on top of Raymond, positioning his member at Raymond's tail hole. "Ready?" Gideon asked Raymond quietly. Raymond nodded and gasped as Gideon penetrated him, Gideon stopped and said, "Are you alright?"

Raymond nodded furiously and said, "Keep going, but go slow."

Gideon started to push in slowly, loving the rubbery feeling of Raymond insides rubbing over his member. Raymond was gasping every so often as Gideon penetrated deeper and deeper. About half-way in Gideon stopped and asked, "Are you alright love?"

Raymond gasped in a few breaths before saying, "I'm alright, keep going."

Gideon reluctantly pushed the rest of the way in, loving the feeling of Raymond's insides but hating the gasps of pain from Raymond. Gideon finally hilted inside of Raymond, his hips resting on Raymond's. Raymond and Gideon were both gasping for breath. Gideon let Raymond get used to the feeling of his member throbbing inside of his tail hole before asking, "Are you ready?"

Raymond gasped and nodded. Gideon pulled out about half-way, slowly still, before pushing in at the same speed, he moaned at the feeling and was echoed by Raymond, the pain being replaced by immense amounts of pleasure. Gideon took this as a cue to go faster and started to pull out slightly faster and pushing back in harder.

Gideon's pre was slicking the inside of Raymond as Gideon pulled out and pushed in, moving faster and harder as they went on. Raymond was letting out a constant stream of moans now. Gideon's throbbing member was throbbing against Raymond's prostate every time Gideon pushed in, Raymond was in a state of pure ecstasy and Gideon's already close climax just kept creeping closer, moving at a slow crawl.

Gideon was pounding into Raymond's now, his and Raymond's moans mixing together and echoing off the sound proof walls of the basement. Gideon felt his balls pull up to his body and slammed in one final time and roared as his load exploded out of the tip of his member and coated Raymond's insides, soaking into the soft tissue.

Gideon collapsed onto Raymond, exhausted as it was possible to be. At some point Raymond had released his own load which had burst over the comforter of the bed. They were both panting, both of their eyes drooping before they heard a snicker from the bottom of the stairs. Gideon looked up and blushed when he saw Wyatt standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"What are you doing down here?" Gideon demanded, instantly regretting it when he remembered Wyatt's abused past.

"I came down to tell you lunch was ready." Wyatt said, his ears drooping slightly after Gideon yelled at him.

"Next time," Gideon said, replacing his angry tone with a joking, "yell from the top of the stairs."

"Ok." Wyatt said, his ears lifting again.

"Now, go back upstairs so Raymond and I can get dressed." Gideon said. Wyatt went back upstairs and Gideon sighed, "Come on hun, let's get dressed."

Raymond grumbled as they both stood up but he got dressed anyways. Gideon needed help with getting his special made shirts on and Raymond was mumbling under his breath about not having any privacy. Once they had gotten Gideon into his clothes they walked upstairs to the wonderful smell of cooking dinner, they were grumbling about it smelling to good the whole time they were eating lunch.

"So," Gideon said between bites, "when are we going to Aunt Lizzy's house?"

Carol looked at him before saying, "We're going over at four."

Clarice snickered and Gideon looked at her before saying, "What?"

Clarice just smiled and said, "Nothing, nothing."

Now Carol looked at her, a serious look on her face, "What?"

Clarice sighed before saying, "Did you tell her we're going to be having three more people than usual?"

Carol nodded and said, "I told her the situation," she looked at Gideon and Raymond, Wyatt and Troy and said, "The entire thing, so she knows about you guys."

Ron was coming down the stairs at that time and heard her say that, "Good, it had to have been hell to explain that our son's boyfriend, our adoptive son, and our adoptive son's boyfriend were eating to."

Wyatt looked confused about Ron knowing considering he hadn't told her, he looked at Carol questioningly and she said, "I told him."

Wyatt just looked relieved that he hadn't caught them kissing or anything, that would have been a horrible way to find out. Ron sat down at the table and took his plate before saying, "Did you guys like what you all got for Christmas?"

Everyone started blabbering at once saying, "Of course!" and "Duh!"

Carol just said, "Alright! Alright! I get it. You liked the presents. Now, we all need to get ready to go, I want you dressed nice!"

Gideon just sighed and dragged Raymond downstairs after they were finished. He kissed Raymond deeply before pulling him into the basement's bathroom. "Time for a shower." Gideon said.

Raymond and Gideon got undressed and hopped in the shower, standing back against the wall while the water warmed up Gideon pushed Raymond into the stream and Raymond turned back and glared.

Gideon just snickered as he grabbed the fur shampoo and started to rub it gently into Raymond's back, adding more and more force as he rubbed, massaging Raymond as he got washed. Once there were soap suds all over Raymond's fur Gideon took the shower head and started to rinse Raymond off.

Once that was done, Raymond carefully rubbed soap over Gideon's scales, being careful not to cut it on the sharp edges. Once he was done rubbing the soap everywhere, and he had rubbed it everywhere, he took the shower head and rinsed Gideon off.

They stood in the shower for a bit after that, Gideon leaning against the back wall and Raymond leaning on him. Raymond managed to get an erection and Gideon noticed, leading his paw down to Raymond's half-erect member, stroking it gently.

Raymond was moaning at the feel of Gideon's warm, smooth scales rubbing up his now fully-erect member. Raymond closed his eyes but opened them quickly when he felt his back hit the wall.

He looked down and saw Gideon on his knees, his eyes level to Raymond's member. Gideon looked up and grinned at him before licking Raymond's member from base to tip. Raymond moaned as Gideon's thin, forked tongue ran up it.

Gideon grinned again before licking Raymond's balls and putting them both in his muzzle, sucking on them gently. Raymond moaned again and put his hands on the back of Gideon's head as Gideon raised his head slightly and took Raymond's head into his muzzle, his tongue licking circles all over the tip.

Raymond was moaning continuously now as Gideon slowly took more of Raymond's member into his muzzle, rubbing his draconic tongue everywhere so he could find all of Raymond's sensitive spot. Raymond's member was leaking a river of pre, which Gideon swallowed eagerly, savoring the salty-sweet taste of it.

Raymond's knot was starting to form now, Gideon took one of his hands and started to massage it gently as it got bigger and bigger, swelling rapidly.

Gideon's tail move slowly around Raymond as he continued sucking on Raymond's member, sneaking the tip of it below Raymond's tail he murred as he felt his tail enter Raymond's tail hole, the feeling of it was incredibly pleasurable.

Raymond moaned even louder now, the river of pre coming out in torrents, and Gideon started to pump his tail in and out of Raymond's tail hole. Gideon moved his other hand up and caressed Raymond's balls, rubbing them gently.

Raymond felt his balls pull up to his body and so did Gideon as he quickly moved his head back to the tip of Raymond's member, murring as Raymond released his load into his mouth. Gideon swallowed string after stream of Raymond's salty cum. It filled his mouth incredibly fast as he left the tip of Raymond's member in his mouth.

Finally, after about seven strings, the flow of cum slowed before finally ceasing, Raymond's know being smaller but not completely gone yet.

Raymond was panting as Gideon stood up and leaned onto him, planting a kiss full on his lips and pushing some of his own cum into his mouth. Raymond tasted it before swallowing it and returning Gideon's kiss, their tongue's meeting and twisting around each other.

Gideon and Raymond were both murring into the kiss before Gideon pulled back and sighed. "Come on, we have to get out and get dressed."

Raymond groaned before leaning into Gideon and saying, "I don't wanna."

Gideon hugged Raymond and said, "I don't wanna either, but we have to. My mom is going to make us."

Raymond sighed before saying, "Fine, I'll get out, but you owe me later."

Gideon chuckled before saying, "I don't have to owe you anything."

Raymond just looked into his eyes, affection and love filling his gaze, "I belong to you, and I hope you know that."

Gideon smiled, returning Raymond's warm gaze, "As long as you know I belong to you."

Gideon leaned his head down and Raymond's muzzle met with his and they kissed for a brief moment before Gideon used his tail to turn off the water. They got out, Gideon drying off Raymond and Raymond returning the favor for Gideon.

They walked out and walked to their separate dressers to pick out clothes to wear. Gideon got done first, picking a black shirt with a silver wolf head sewed into the front and a pair of black pants that had red dragon's flames going up the outsides of the pant legs.

Raymond picked a red shirt that had different designs all over it, the dominant design was a large red dragon, wings wrapped around it with spikes sticking out of its back. His pants were black with silver stripes going up the seams.

Raymond dressed quickly and laughed as he looked at Gideon and saw him struggling to zip it up. Raymond walked over and zipped it up easily and Gideon glared at him, "I still don't understand why I always have trouble with those stupid zippers."

Raymond laughed and said, "I think you just like having me behind you."

Gideon turned around and picked Raymond up bridal style before saying, "You don't even come to my shoulder, you being behind me is useless."

Raymond growled and nipped at Gideon's muzzle playfully. Gideon leaned down and kissed Raymond before setting him down and saying, "Come on, time to go upstairs."

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Wyatt grinned at Troy as he pushed him into his room and closed the door. "How long do you think we have?" Troy asked, a sinister expression painting his face.

"We have plenty of time." Wyatt said as he grinned at Troy. Wyatt pushed Troy down onto his bed and started to undo Troy's belt buckle. He was surprised when he felt Troy flip out from under him and pin him to his bed.

Troy grinned down at him as he leaned in to kiss Wyatt full on the muzzle, his tongue licked at Wyatt's lips until Wyatt opened his mouth, meeting Troy's tongue in the middle.

Troy fumbled with Wyatt's belt buckle as well as his own as they kissed. Wyatt pulled back and grinned as he finally unbuckled Wyatt's belt. Wyatt took off Troy's shirt and rubbed his hands through Troy's chest fur, it was so soft and warm.

Wyatt rubbed his head against Troy's chest, listening to the thump-thump of Troy's heart and feeling the rise of his chest as Troy breathed in and out. Troy grinned and took off Wyatt's shirt, feeling the soft white fur on his chest, breathing in Wyatt's smell.

They both took off their pants which left only their boxers, both bulging visibly. Wyatt grinned as he slipped down so his head was below Troy's waist before Troy got onto his knees. Wyatt crawled out from under him then laid down on his stomach with his head in front of Troy's crotch.

Wyatt moved his hands to Troy's waist, shoving his thumbs in under the elastic band of Troy's boxers before pulling them down. Wyatt was hit on the face by Troy's member as it sprang up out of his boxers.

Wyatt looked up at Troy was just grinning. Wyatt grinned back before licking the member from balls to head, making sure to move slow and tease Troy. Wyatt knew he was successful when Troy moaned loudly.

Wyatt put his muzzle around the head of Troy's member, swirling his tongue around the tip and savoring the taste of Troy's pre. Troy moaned again and Wyatt moaned as Troy sneaked a finger under his tail and pushed gently, not quite penetrating him but still making it feel good.

Troy grinned as he pushed a little bit harder and his finger penetrated the tight ring of flesh. Wyatt moaned even harder which made Troy moaned as Wyatt's vocal cords vibrated and sent a jolt of pleasure up Troy's spine.

Wyatt started to take more of Troy's member into his mouth, tasting every inch of it, savoring the taste of his lover. He rubbed his vulpine tongue over every inch of Troy's member, hitting all the sensitive spots constantly to make Troy moan nonstop.

Wyatt stopped as the tip of Troy's member tickled the back of his throat, he was about three-fourths of Troy's member in his muzzle. He started to bob his head slowly, swirling his tongue around the member in his muzzle as he went, speeding up little by little.

Troy moaned and put his hands on the back of Wyatt's head, pushing forcefully. Wyatt complied and he tried to take the rest of Troy's member but gagged when it touched the back of his muzzle and tried to enter his throat.

Troy, instantly realizing what he had done, pushed Wyatt's head off a little. "Sorry about that." Troy whispered.

Wyatt just muttered something incoherent around the member in his mouth. Wyatt just continued to bob his head up and down, licking the bottom of his boyfriend's member as he bobbed his head.

Troy moaned at Wyatt's warm, moist muzzle going up and down his member, his thick vulpine tongue licking at it, Wyatt swallowing his pre. Wyatt moaned around his member and Troy felt the vibrations, letting out another moan.

Wyatt continued his blow job until he felt Troy's balls pull up to his body, his hot salty cum spilling into his mouth, filling his mouth up so his cheeks bloated. Wyatt tried to swallow it all but couldn't cum leaking out of his muzzle and coating his chin, matting his fur.

He swallowed what was in his mouth and continued giving Troy a blow job, milking all the cum he could. Once he was sure he had it all, he pulled off, sitting up to give Troy a deep, passionate kiss. "That was good." Troy whispered in his ear.

Wyatt grinned before saying, "Do you think we could have our first time right now."

Troy looked slightly nervous before saying, "You want to top me? Now?"

Wyatt nodded before saying, "If you don't want to..."

"No I want to, we just don't have any lube." Troy said, the lie obvious.

Wyatt grinned before saying, "Yes I do."

Wyatt walked over to his dresser and pulled out a bottle of lube, walking back over to the bed and sitting down. Troy nodded and said, "Ok, how are we going to do this?"

Wyatt pushed Troy gently onto his back, flipping the lid of the lube up and pouring some out, rubbing it over his member, making it nice and slick. Wyatt lifted Troy's legs onto his shoulders, pouring out some more lube he rubbed it over Troy's tail hole, pushing his finger in lightly and lubing up the inside.

Troy moaned slightly at the feeling, the lube incredibly cold. Wyatt grinned at Troy and leaned down and kissed him. Wyatt took his finger out and placed his head at Troy's entrance and whispered, "You ready?"

Troy nodded and Wyatt pushed in, not putting much pressure on it. Troy felt the head pushing against him, trying to get into the tight ring of flesh. It penetrated him with a pop and he gasped and whimpered slightly at the pain from being spread.

Wyatt looked concerned and asked, "Are you ok?"

Troy nodded, the pain receding rapidly. "Just go."

Wyatt started to push in, slowly so he didn't hurt his tiger to much. When he finally hilted, the warm, rubbery insides of Troy's tail hole massaging his member, he sighed slightly. He bent down and whispered, "Are you alright?"

Troy winced slightly before saying, "It feels... weird. Give me a minute." In truth, it did feel weird. Feeling Wyatt's warm member deep inside his tail hole, throbbing and electrifying his prostate with pleasure every time.

The pain receded quickly, replaced by oceans of pleasure, putting him into a semi-ecstatic state. "I'm ok, go." Troy said quietly.

Wyatt started to pull out slowly, pulling out about half way before pushing in again, moaning at the feeling. At this point Wyatt's knot was starting to form and it slapped against Troy's entrance each time Wyatt pushed in.

Troy felt it and moaned every time it did, loving the sensation. Wyatt's knot grew steadily, it grew faster as Wyatt started to speed up his thrusts, pushing in faster and harder.

Troy and Wyatt were both moaning nonstop, both in a state of ecstasy that was unreachable by any other means then the one they had found. Wyatt was starting to get more frantic in his thrusts, he felt his climax coming soon.

He paused for a moment before whispering, "Can I tie you?"

Troy didn't know what he meant for a minute but realization hit him like a brick dropped out of a tree. "S-sure." he managed to stutter.

Wyatt started to thrust again, each time getting harder, trying to force his knot in. He pushed harder and harder and finally it went in with a sickening pop. Troy's head exploded in a firework of emotions. First came pain, so extreme he almost started to cry, he settled with letting out a small scream, Next came pleasure, he moaned like he never had before.

And last, came the purest, most defined state of ecstasy he had ever been in, nothing broke through, not even his own panting.

Wyatt was much the same, minus the pain. Wyatt was panting as hard as his lungs would allow. He leaned onto Troy, all his weight being supported by Troy's chest, which was rising and falling rapidly as he gulped for air.

Wyatt started to thrust as much as he could as he was tied to Troy. He felt his balls pull up to his body and cum exploded from his head into Troy's body. Troy felt the hot seed gushing into his tail hole through the ecstasy.

Wyatt collapsed onto Troy and let his legs fall to the sides. Troy groaned slightly but hugged Wyatt. "I think my tail hole is going to feel sore for a while." He whispered.

Wyatt grinned and hugged him back. "I love you."

Troy smiled and said, "I love you too."

"Hey guys, it's almost time to..." Clarice said as she opened the door. Her eyes widened when she saw them and she stepped out quickly and closed the door.

"Oh shit." Wyatt said, he grinned down at Troy and said, "Our first time and we get caught in the act."

"At least it wasn't your dad." Troy said, "Or your mom."

Wyatt grinned. They laid there for a while, waiting for Wyatt's knot to go down enough for him to pull out.

They were there for a half an hour before Wyatt could pull out. "I think we need a shower." Wyatt said.

Troy just looked at him and said, "No, really?" Sarcasm was heavy in his voice.

Wyatt looked at the clock and said, "Oh shit, it's almost Three thirty. We have to get going."

Troy and Wyatt rushed into the bathroom, hopping in the shower and turning it on, not caring about the temperature they quickly washed each other. They jumped out, combing their fur and drying it off. "At least we don't smell like sex anymore." Wyatt said as he sniffed himself.

Troy grinned and said, "Let's go get dressed."

Troy and Wyatt rushed out, quickly finding outfits that matched so they wouldn't look ridiculous. Wyatt put on a silk, white, button-up t-shirt with a black tiger on the back and a pair of black jeans. Wyatt looked at Troy and laughed, "What's so funny?"

"We're... wearing... almost identical... outfits." Wyatt said, gasping for breath because of how hard he had been laughing just moments before.

Troy looked them over before laughing as well. They were wearing almost identical outfits, the only difference being Troy's shirt had a red fox head on the back instead of a black tiger head. "Let's go." Troy said after he was done laughing.

They walked out and were met by Clarice, "Next time, don't do it in the middle of the afternoon. Especially when we have to go somewhere soon."

Troy and Wyatt just grinned at her before kissing each other. Clarice glared at them and slammed their heads together.

Troy rubbed his head and Wyatt said, "That wasn't nice."

Clarice grinned before hugging them both and saying, "Well, that's what you get. And I would prefer it if you didn't have... sex at all at this age, but I guess I can't control you."

Wyatt smiled and said, "Nope."

Wyatt and Troy then walked down the stairs, hand in hand, and sat down on the couch, Wyatt leaning his head onto Troy's shoulder. Troy put his arm around Wyatt and hugged him close. "You know I love you right?" Troy whispered into Wyatt's ear.

Wyatt looked at him and said, "As long as you know I love you."

Wyatt kissed Troy softly and was startled by a flash of light when they were in the middle of the kiss. Wyatt looked over at Clarice who was holding a digital camera she had gotten that morning. Clarice grinned at him and said, "You two are so cute together."

She showed them the picture and Troy blushed. Wyatt grinned before leaning over to repeat the action that was shown in the picture. Troy and Wyatt kissed passionately until Carol came in and said, "Alright, break it up."

Troy and Wyatt both blushed but instead of looking awkward like Troy, Wyatt just grinned at her and leaned back into Troy. "Come on, we have to leave." Ron said as he came in, looking briefly at Troy and Wyatt.

Wyatt didn't see any disgust on his face but he still thought that it was there, and he thought right. Even though Ron didn't voice it, he still felt disgust at seeing two men in love. Of course, he now had three sons, two biological and one adoptive, that were gay and he had to deal with it.

"We have to wait for Raymond and Gideon to come upstairs first." Clarice said.

"What about Raymond and I?" Gideon said, stepping out of the kitchen. "We've been ready for an hour now."

Raymond grinned at the two on the couch. Raymond walked over and leaned down so his head was between them, "Don't be so loud next time."

That really made them blush, Wyatt's normally orange fur turned a dark brown on his face and Troy's face was all red. Wyatt thought for a moment before saying, "At least we didn't get walked in on."

This made Raymond blush until Clarice came over and said, "That's a lie and you know it."

Wyatt glared at her before saying, "He didn't have to know that."

Clarice grinned at him before ruffling his head fur. Raymond walked back over to Gideon who wrapped his arms around Raymond and hugged him tightly, Raymond's eyes popping from his head a little bit.

"You people are so amusing." Gideon whispered into Raymond's ears, "Always fighting."

"Says the man who constantly puts himself in the middle of fights." Raymond said.

"I only break fights up." Gideon said, "I've saved more than one person a trip to the hospital because jerks can't accept homosexuals. And you're one of them."

Raymond leaned back into Gideon and whispered, "You know I love my big, strong dragon."

Gideon grinned and whispered, "And you know I love my small, shiny white wolf."

Raymond grinned at him and grabbed his hand, "Come on, we have to go." Clarice said, pushing them out the door. They got into the car, a little uncomfortably since they were being forced to sit with Wyatt in Troy's lap and Raymond in Gideon's.

Of course, Wyatt and Raymond felt perfectly comfortable, but Gideon and Troy had to shift constantly so they could fit into the seat belt without hurting the person on their lap. Raymond leaned back into Gideon, his head resting under Gideon's chin.

Gideon leaned his head down and trapped Raymond's head in the crook of his neck. Raymond looked up as much as he could and Gideon grinned down at him. "Get comfortable, we have a long ride." Carol said, looking into the backseat.

Wyatt was mimicking Raymond in leaning back, the only difference was that he had his head turned to the side and he was asleep, the same with Troy who had his head on Wyatt's. Clarice looked over at them and smiled, pulling out her camera she turned off the flash and took a picture.

She looked at the picture on the screen before putting her camera back into her pocket, a satisfied smile lighting up her face. Gideon leaned over and said, "If you take a picture of everything cute that happens, your not going to have any space on that."

Clarice grinned at him before saying, "I won't take to many pictures, if I do that my first picture will be deleted and I won't be able to put a picture frame around you two kissing each other."

Raymond blushed and Gideon said, "Who wants to see that? Honestly!"

Clarice laughed and said, "Mom, me, any friends I bring over."

Gideon blushed at that before leaning back and hugging Raymond tightly around the stomach. Raymond grunted slightly at the pressure but leaned back as much as he could and closed his eyes, falling asleep quickly.

Gideon leaned his head back against the seat before closing his eyes, falling asleep almost as fast as Raymond had. The last thought he had before he fell asleep was how awkward sleeping like this felt.

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About an hour later, Gideon woke up to Raymond shaking him, "We're at your aunt's."

Gideon yawned, "Ok, you have to get out first." Raymond got out of the car, followed by Gideon, then Wyatt, then Troy. Gideon said, "You guys are going to like my Aunt and Uncle. They always cook a huge dinner."

"Ya, the only problem is finding something to do until dinner time or time to leave after dinner." Clarice said.

Wyatt said, "I think we could find something to do."

Gideon laughed and said, "Do you two want to come for a walk with Raymond and I?"

Wyatt looked around before saying, "Where are we going to walk?"

"Through the forest, duh." Gideon said. "I know my way around, we've come here every year except for one."

Wyatt looked nervous and said, "I would rather not."

Gideon sighed and said, "Fine, we could go inside and play a card game instead."

And that they did, they walked up the blue porch and went inside the impressive house, the floors had granite tiles, the walls were smooth and painted beige. They had stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, glimmering like they had been freshly polished. The house smelled of Pinesol, Gideon's aunt cleaned constantly.

Wyatt stared at everything until they got into the family room, which was empty, everyone else was in the living room. Gideon walked to a desk and opened one of the doors, pulling out a random card game before sitting down next to the coffee table.

"You ready to play?" Gideon asked.

Raymond sat next to him, leaning onto him and kissing him lightly. Wyatt and Troy sat down on the opposite side. Gideon passed out the cards, telling them how to play as they did. They sat and played for a while, occasionally restarting when someone won.

Finally, Gideon's aunt, a very beautiful red dragon, her scales neat and her black hair brushed, she was slim, she had yellow eyes that were full of a youthful fire even though she was about fifty-eight, came in to tell them dinner was ready. She smiled at the three additions to the family.

They walked into the clean dining room with a crystal chandelier hanging above their heads, sitting at a polished mahogany dinner table, putting their drinks on coasters so they wouldn't leave rings on the wood.

Gideon was sitting next to his uncle, a green dragon who was incredibly muscular. Like his aunt his uncle had a youthful fire in his eyes. His uncle grinned at him before starting to pass food around the table, starting with Gideon and going to Raymond, then going the rest of the way around the table.

Once every was done getting food they instantly dug in, devouring the food that was in front of them. Once they were all finished with dinner, the delicious smells still hanging in the air, they sat around the table and played card games until it was time to leave.

They drove home, none of them bothering to fall asleep this time. The car was filled with talk or them singing Christmas songs along with the radio. They pulled into the driveway, everyone feeling tired.

Raymond and Gideon walked down to the basement, falling onto their bed fully dressed. Raymond rolled over so he was lying right next to Gideon. He put his arm over Gideon's chest and said, "I love you."

Gideon smiled and pulled Raymond onto his chest, wrapping his wings around him tightly. "I love you too. I love you with all my heart."

Raymond smiled as he laid his head down on Gideon's neck, closing his eyes he drifted into a warm, dreamless sleep, his arms resting on Gideon's ams.

Gideon put his head down on his pillow, falling asleep as well, having wonderful dreams of him and Raymond living long, happy lives together.

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Troy laid down on the bed, next to Wyatt, who instantly snuggled into him, resting his head on the crook of Troy's neck. "I love you." Wyatt whispered sleepily.

Troy laughed softly and said, "I love you too."

Troy pulled up the covers and then hugged Wyatt tight. They fell asleep, happy with their lives for the first time.

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Chapter 17

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Raymond woke up to see Gideon's smiling face hovering above his own, Gideon kissed him passionately. "Happy New Year's Eve." Gideon said, grinning at Raymond.

Raymond panted for a minute, catching his breath before saying, "Back at ya."

Gideon leaned down and kissed him again, "I love you so much."

Raymond smiled back, grogginess slowly fading, "I love you more."

"Nu uh!" Gideon said, grinning at Raymond.

Raymond smiled and pushed Gideon off, "Have to get ready for your party tonight don't we?"

Gideon sighed and said, "Oh ya, we do."

"Maybe after." Raymond said, patting Gideon's crotch playfully.

Gideon growled slightly and leaned his head down to Raymond's neck and exhaled. Raymond yelped in pain and Gideon laughed before hugging Raymond tight and saying, "I'm sorry."

He used a child voice that made Raymond laugh and nip at Gideon's muzzle. Raymond hugged Gideon tightly before saying, "Come on, time to get dressed."

Gideon whined a bit before getting up and grabbing some clothes randomly out of his drawer, throwing them on, for once getting the zippers up without any help. He turned around and Raymond was pulling his shirt on.

Gideon walked up behind him and grabbed him while his shirt was still blocking his eye sight. "Mine!" Gideon said as he hugged Raymond tightly.

Raymond laughed before slipping out of Gideon's grip and pulling the shirt the rest of the way down. Raymond stuck his tongue out before hugging Gideon, "Mine." he whispered to Gideon.

Gideon smiled before sighing and saying, "Come on, we have to go upstairs and start setting everything up." He looked at the clock and said, "The party starts at six and we slept in. It's four thirty already!"

Gideon rushed upstairs, Raymond following closely. Gideon instantly set about clearing furniture out, grabbing his laptop from above the fireplace where it was charging he set it on top of a stereo set that plugged into it.

Gideon set about making a play list while Raymond started getting snacks and everything else out of the kitchen. Carol came downstairs to help cook, there were a lot of people coming to the party and they were having a lot of food and punch made just in case.

Raymond smiled at the back of Gideon's head every time he walked in to put food on the table. Time flew by as they were setting up the party, food put out on tables, banners being hung that said, "Happy New Years!" or "Hello 2010!"

Once Gideon was done setting up the playlist for that night, making sure to throw in a few slow songs and making sure that once it got close to midnight it would start counting down from sixty.

Gideon started helping putting up decorations and everything else, setting up tables so people could sit down and play card games, poker mostly.

Once they were done setting up it was exactly six and the doorbell rang. Gideon opened the door and a flood of people came in, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, even some seniors surprisingly. Gideon was incredibly popular.

Like always, Gideon was attracting stares, mostly from girls but some guys were staring too. Gideon quickly walked over and started the music, the music loud and booming almost automatically a few people started to dance while others walked over to the food table, tasting some of everything.

Gideon grinned at the non-stop flow of people coming through the door. He found Raymond and dragged him onto the dance floor and tried to dance with him. Of course, Raymond stumbled over his own feet and Gideon ended up picking him up and placing each of his feet on his own and dancing like that.

Raymond laughed joyfully as he leaned into Gideon who was spinning rapidly. "Ok, ok stop." Raymond said suddenly. "I'm dizzy."

Gideon grinned as he walked over to the edge and set Raymond down in a chair before saying, "Hold on, I forgot something downstairs."

Gideon walked down to the basement and started rummaging through his dresser drawers for a necklace he had gotten for Christmas. He heard someone coming down the steps and turned around and was shocked to see a senior football player standing at the bottom of the stairs. "What are you doing down here?" Gideon said as the bigger bear walked up to him.

"I'm down here for you." The bear said, pushing him down onto the bed and getting on top of him, rubbing his crotch across Gideon's body.

"W-what the fuck are you doing." Gideon asked, fear in his voice.

The bear laughed and put Gideon's paw on his crotch and his own on Gideon's crotch. The bear leaned down and kissed Gideon deeply and Gideon heard someone coming down the stairs, then a pained gasp.

Gideon looked and saw Raymond, who had a look of hurt in his eyes, an aura of betrayal filled the basement as Raymond started crying openly. Raymond ran up the stairs, ignoring Gideon's shouts.

The bear barked a laughed and continued rubbing Gideon's crotch. Gideon, rage painting his face, started to push the bear off and surprisingly, to the bear and Gideon, the bear flew off of Gideon and hit the wall with a thud.

The bear sagged forward and was obviously unconscious. Gideon left it at that and ran up the stairs, looking around the living room for Raymond. He didn't see the white wolf and ran upstairs and checked Wyatt and Troy's room.

He wasn't in there so he checked Clarice's room and, surely enough, Raymond was there, leaning into Clarice and crying. Gideon entered the room and got glares from Clarice. "How could you?" She yelled at him.

Gideon just sagged onto the bed next to Raymond, who stood up as if to leave but was forced to sit down by Clarice. "I didn't, I went downstairs to get a necklace and he came onto ME!" he put extra emphasis on "me"

Raymond just sniffled and said, "Ya right."

Gideon just looked sad, as if he was going to cry as well before saying, "Raymond, I love you, I love you more than I have ever loved anyone or anything. I gave you a promise ring, I'm yours and only yours." By the end Gideon was crying himself.

Raymond stood up and turned to look at him before saying, "I need time to think."

Raymond walked out of the room and Gideon continued to cry. Eventually he stood up and walked downstairs to the basement. He picked the bear up by the back of his neck and walked upstairs, throwing him out.

Gideon, still crying, walked back downstairs and fell on his bed, and continued to cry, ignoring the sounds of the party going on upstairs he cried himself to sleep. It was anything but a restful sleep. He tossed and turned, had nightmares of Raymond glaring at him as he was on his knees, pleading.

Gideon woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of cheering upstairs, he reached over instinctively to grab Raymond before remembering what happened. Gideon started crying again and he heard someone coming down the stairs.

He sat up, ready to make anyone who came down the stairs leave again until he saw it was Clarice. Clarice walked over and sat down next to him, putting her arm around his shoulders. "Raymond's going to stay with Kevin and Xatrin for a while."

This just made Gideon cry harder as he leaned into Clarice. He cried well into the early morning, eventually hearing the party disperse upstairs. Gideon fell asleep again, Clarice laid him gently onto his bed and walked upstairs.

Carol looked up from her cup of coffee and asked, "Is he ok?"

Clarice shook her head and sighed, "He's been crying. All night."

Carol shook her head, "I hope they can make up soon."

Clarice nodded and said, "I hope so too."

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Gideon heard a knock at the door and answered it to see Kevin and Xatrin standing there. They both had looks of shock on their face after examining Gideon.

Unlike normal, his scales were bent revealing patches of the gray skin beneath, his black hair wasn't gleaming like usual, and most noticeable of all, his normally gleaming yellow eyes that were bright with a youthful fire were dull, colorless, lifeless, resigned.

"Hey guys." Gideon said in a droning monotone, a voice that made Xatrin shiver.

"How could you cheat on Raymond?" Kevin burst out angrily, "He loved you and you betrayed him."

Gideon slapped Kevin as hard as he could, "I didn't cheat on him, that bear came onto me and I can't make Raymond believe it."

Kevin stood up, rubbing his face and glaring at Gideon. "Well, he's at my house crying his eyes out." Xatrin said angrily.

Gideon turned his lifeless glare on to Xatrin and said, "He doesn't want to listen to me."

"Try. For god's sake Gideon, TRY!" Xatrin said, yelling the last word, grabbing Kevin and leaving, slamming the door behind him.

Gideon walked back and sat down on the couch, putting his head down on the back and falling asleep.

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Gideon woke up and looked at the phone and saw that their was a message. He hit the play button and heard Xatrin's voice.

"Hey Gideon, Kevin, Dean, Paulie, and I are going out, if you want to talk to Raymond the door is unlocked." The message ended and Gideon sighed, thinking he might as well go talk to him.

Gideon left a note for his mother, who was out with his father, his sister, and his cousin. He walked outside and stretched his wings before taking off, flying towards Xatrin's house at top speed. He landed in front of the house and opened the door, walking upstairs to the guest room.

He smelled a weird scent, a coppery smell that he recognized to be blood. He opened the door quickly and saw Raymond, lying on the bed, blood soaking his arm and the sheets. "Oh my god." Gideon yelled, knowing no one could hear him.

He was crying as he ran to pick Raymond up. He knew there was no one he could get a ride off of and his wings were strong enough to carry two people yet.

Raymond felt cold in his arms as he ran out the door, sprinting down the street, starting the ten mile run to the hospital.

He pushed himself as hard as he could, his legs burning with the effort. Gideon was crying the whole way, he was tired and weak, he hadn't eaten at all that day, but he kept pushing himself. His blood was pumping adrenaline through his veins.

Gideon knew his legs would give out soon so in one, last desperate attempt he opened his wings and was shocked when he took off into the air easily, flying at incredible speeds, speeds he had never reached before.

He didn't have time to be amazed though, he kept flying and landed in the parking lot of the hospital minutes later. He walked inside and yelled "Help!"

He fell to the floor, the edges of his vision turning black, the last thing he saw before he went unconscious was a bunch of nurses rushing towards them.

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Gideon woke up to the smell of Pinesol a few hours later, he sat up from the hospital bed he was in and looked around. A doctor came in and said, "I see you're..."

"Where's Raymond?" Gideon asked instantly.

"Raymond's in another room. He lost to much blood. He's in a coma." The doctor said sadly.

Gideon stood up, wobbling a little since he was a little weak from exerting all that energy in running and flying Raymond here. "I want to see him, please."

The doctor shook his head, "You can't leave this room yet, you're still to weak."

Gideon walked up to the doctor and stared him in the eyes, "I ran five miles and flew even farther to get him here, I want to see him. Now!"

Gideon's eyes burned with a fire that wasn't at all youthful, it was a menacing, threatening fire. The doctor looked shocked that he could stand, let alone speak with so much fire in his voice. "Ok, but you're eating the food that gets brought up."

"Fine, I just want to see Raymond." Gideon's voice turned to pleading at the end and the doctor led him to Raymond, stopping a nurse on the way and asking her to bring a tray of food to Raymond's room. They finally got to a room which they stepped into and the doctor said, "Here we are."

Gideon walked in and instantly walked to the bed that was sitting in the middle of the room, pulling a chair up he sat at Raymond's head and put his head down, staring at Raymond's closed eyelids.

He sat like that until he heard the door open and looked up to see a nurse standing there, she smiled at him and put the tray of food on the bedside table next to him. The nurse left, still smiling at him. He didn't understand how anyone could smile, he sure couldn't.

He just resumed looking at Raymond's closed eyelids and crying silently. The doctor came in and said, "Hey, you promise you would eat the food the nurse brought up."

Gideon looked at him and nodded, sitting up and grabbing the now cold tray of food. He started to eat the disgusting hospital food, he had to admit he was hungry. The doctor smiled again before setting about checking the monitors surrounding Raymond's bed, writing down what he saw on a clipboard he had with him.

The doctor left, muttering, "Good, good." under his breath. Gideon finished eating the hospital food and put the tray down on the bedside table, staring at Raymond's eyelids again. Tears started rolling down his muzzle and he started muttering under his breath.

Eventually he picked up Raymond's hand and held it between his. He noticed after a second that the promise ring he had given Raymond wasn't there. He checked Raymond's pockets and found it. He slipped it back on Raymond's finger and grabbed his cold hand, holding it between his.

Gideon put his head back down on the bed, closing his eyes while still holding Raymond's hand.

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Carol walked into the house, closely followed by Ron and Clarice. The first thing she noticed was that Gideon wasn't awake. "Gideon must be asleep."

She walked over to the phone and checked the messages. She replayed the first one that Gideon had gotten, then she played the second one and almost started to cry. "We have to go to the hospital." she said, pulling her coat back on.

"Why?" Ron asked.

"Raymond's been hospitalized and that's where Gideon is." Carol said, still holding back tears.

Ron pulled his coat back on quickly, Clarice doing the same and they rushed out to the car. Ron got into the driver's seat, starting the car and throwing it into reverse and pulling out of the driveway quickly, then putting it into drive and speeding towards the hospital. They got to the hospital quickly because of how close they live.

They asked for Raymond's room and were led to it. They looked through the observation window and saw Raymond apparently sleeping on the bed with Gideon sitting at his head, tears rolling down his muzzle even in his sleep.

Carol couldn't stand it anymore and she bent her head to her chest and started to cry, her shoulder's shaking in silent sobs. Clarice came over and tried to comfort her, "At least Gideon is ok." Ron said, instantly regretting it.

Carol glared at him, "Is he ok? Think on how he acted today before we left and multiply that. Gideon's going to be worse until Raymond wakes up and if he doesn't Gideon will be worse than he is now. If Raymond dies he will never be alright."

Ron nodded and Carol went back to looking through the window. Gideon woke up in the room and Carol slipped in and pulled a chair up next to him. She put her arm around him as he started to cry again.

"Shhh. Shh. It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright." Carol started telling him over and over again.

Gideon leaned his head onto her shoulder and started muttering under his breath, "It's my fault. It's all my fault."

Carol just rubbed his back and said, 'It's not your fault. It is not your fault."

"It is my fault." Gideon said, "That bear came onto me, I could have stopped him and I didn't. This is my fault!"

After that Gideon just put his head on his mother's shoulder and cried, cried like he never had before. Carol just hugged him and rubbed his back, letting him cry. Gideon cried until the doctor came in and said, "I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over Mrs. Restin. You and your family are going to have to leave."

"Can my son stay?" Carol asked quietly.

The doctor looked puzzled for a moment, "Didn't he tell you? He was put in here too because he decided not to eat and then tried to work himself to death getting him here."

Carol looked at her son and he looked her in the eye and said, "I had to get him here." He looked down and muttered to himself, "I had to."

Carol nodded and stood up, leaving the room and telling Gideon to get some sleep, she told her family, "We have to go home."

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Raymond floated in the dark, he couldn't feel any part of his body. He was aware of his breathing and his faint pulse but he didn't know what was going on.

He felt warmth on his body and felt himself moving, moving fast. He didn't know what was happening but he vaguely felt the impression of wind on his body. Then, all of a sudden, he was moving even faster, a stronger impression of wind pressing against his body.

Before he knew it, the wind stopped and his heart was beating at normal speeds again, his breathing quickened. He felt something warm on his hand then registered the feeling of a ring on his finger. He looked down at the ring and saw the ruby of the promise ring Gideon had bought him and he knew he had to fight to stay alive in this dark place

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Chapter 18

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Gideon woke up at Raymond's bedside and groaned when he noticed Raymond was still comatose. He picked up Raymond's hand and held it between his, rubbing his chin over the back of it, loving the feel of Raymond's fur.

Two weeks of sorrow and sitting by Raymond had caused Gideon's normally shiny, jet black hair to dull down, his eyes were still lifeless as if he was dead inside. Gideon knew he wasn't dead inside but he felt like it, his soul belonged with Raymond's and if Raymond wasn't well his soul couldn't be.

Raymond's hand stirred slightly, the brainwave monitor spiked with activity and Gideon stood up quickly bending over the railing on the side of the bed and put one hand on Raymond's chest and the other holding Raymond's hand still.

He started whispering under his breath, "Come on honey, don't leave. Don't leave me here. Wake up. Please. I love you so much, please wake up."

Gideon hugged Raymond's limp form to his body tightly.

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Raymond was floating in the darkness and he felt a warm paw on his, he couldn't move his neck to look at the paw. He struggled and struggled to move his paw and suddenly he felt it move. Right then he felt another warmth join the first, a paw pressing to his chest.

He heard words as if they were shouted in his ear, "Come on honey, don't leave. Don't leave me here. Wake up. Please. I love you so much, please wake up."

Raymond felt his entire body wrapped in warmth and he saw a opening in the dark and he moved towards it. He entered it and his eyes opened for the first time in two weeks. "Hi there." he said weakly as he saw Gideon with his on his chest.

Gideon's head shot up and a huge grin broke his face, quickly replaced by an apologetic look. "I'm so sorry Raymond. Please, please forgive me."

Raymond chuckled softly, his strength to weak to let out a full laugh. "Did you stay by my side the whole time?"

Gideon smiled and nodded, "And I nearly killed myself getting you here. Which reminds me..." Gideon ended the last part by slapping Raymond. "That's for trying to kill yourself."

Raymond rubbed the side of his face and muttered, "Guess I deserved that." Raymond looked back down at Gideon and sat up, hugging Gideon back. "I can't believe I did something so stupid."

"I can't either, I can't believe I let that stupid bear do that." Gideon replied, "I swear to the heaven's lord almighty that I love you, I love you more than anything in the world, more than the water I drink or the air I breathe."

Raymond smiled and kissed Gideon softly, "I love you would have been enough."

Raymond lifted his left arm to stroke the side of Gideon's face and grunted in pain when the bandages rubbed against his cuts. "So umm," Gideon started, "if you don't mind me asking, how many times did you cut yourself and what the FUCK you were thinking when you did." Gideon said, getting angrier towards the end.

Raymond's ears drooped as he tried to remember. "I only remember four times." Raymond muttered, hoping Gideon didn't hear, "And I wasn't thinking anything besides the fact that I thought you didn't love me anymore."

Raymond had almost broken into tears by the end. Gideon grabbed his muzzle and turned his head so he could stare into Raymond's eyes. "Raymond, no matter what happens in the future, I want you to know," Gideon was staring into Raymond's eyes intently, "I will never, ever, stop loving you."

Raymond and Gideon kissed after Gideon finished that, they explored each other's maws, each sucking eagerly on the others tongue. They pulled apart after what seemed like hours and they were both panting.

They stared into each other's eyes and Raymond gladly noticed that Gideon's eyes had that glowing fire back into his eyes. Gideon started to say something and then stopped. "What?" Raymond asked quietly.

"Your eyes are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Gideon said before leaning in for another kiss. Raymond met his muzzle halfway and kissed him deeply just as the doctor opened the door.

The doctor laughed softly and said, "I see you're up and active."

Raymond and Gideon pulled apart blushing. A nurse came in with the regular tray of food that was brought up for Gideon and saw that Raymond was up, she smiled at the two before placing the tray down and said, "I'll bring another up."

Gideon smiled at her and said, "Thank you." He pushed the tray to Raymond and said, "You are going to eat." Raymond started to protest before Gideon held up his hand and said, "You have put me through enough emotional stress. You are going to eat."

The doctor chuckled softly and muttered, "Kids." under his breath apparently thinking Gideon couldn't hear him.

"Just because I'm fourteen doesn't mean I'm a kid." Gideon hissed, "In fact, Raymond has put me through enough emotional stress to make me feel like an old man."

Gideon glared softly at Raymond and Raymond chuckled before running a hand through Gideon's hair and plucked a hair off his head. "Look, it's gray." Raymond laughed.

"Holy crap, it is gray." Gideon said. "I blame you."

The doctor chuckled and said, "You two are awfully interactive for friends."

Gideon and Raymond broke out laughing. "We're boyfriends, not just friends."

The doctor nodded and whispered, "That would explain it."

Gideon and Raymond just went back to what they were doing, Gideon ended up shoving food into Raymond's mouth and saying, "You're going to eat."

Raymond just grimaced and chewed the food. He realized just how hungry he was and dug into the food ravenously. The food was quickly gone and Raymond's stomach rumbled. "Still hungry eh?" Gideon asked.

Just as he said it the nurse entered again she placed the tray down and smiled, taking the other tray. She slipped Gideon a note and left. Gideon opened the note and read the words, "You two are a really cute couple."

Gideon read the note to Raymond and he blushed. "Why does every girl in the world say that about us?" Raymond asked.

"Because we were meant to be." Gideon replied, smiling.

Gideon looked at the small clock sitting on the wall for the first time and said, "It's almost noon."

The doctor came in again and said, "We're going to have to switch you to a different room."

Raymond nodded as he finished off the rest of the second tray. They stood up, Raymond taking the empty tray with him which a nurse took from him after they left the room. Raymond's legs were wobbly and Gideon to help him walk, an arm around Raymond's waist.

Raymond smiled at him and said, "Usually I have my arm around your waist."

Gideon smiled back at him and said, "This is a special occasion."

The doctor turned into a room and Raymond and Gideon followed him in. Gideon was glad to see that this room had windows, sunlight was flooding into the room. Raymond and Gideon blinked slightly and Raymond noticed Gideon blink, "You really didn't leave my side the entire time?"

Gideon grinned and nodded. Raymond hugged him tightly and said, "My big strong dragon really does love me."

Gideon looked shocked for a moment. "Of course I love you, what would ever make you think I didn't. Besides what happened with that bear."

Raymond shrugged uncomfortably. "There were a few times that I don't remember."

Gideon lowered his head a little as they sat down next to each other on the bed and the doctor left. "Listen honey, I never, ever want to hear you say I don't love you."

Raymond nodded and said, "It will never happen again."

Gideon laid down on the bed, Raymond laying on top of him and putting his head on Gideon's neck. "I love you." Gideon whispered again.

Raymond laughed quietly and said, "I understood that the first hundred times you said it, but I love you too."

Gideon said, "I love you more."

Raymond stuck out his tongue and said, "Nu uh."

Gideon grinned and Raymond licked Gideon's muzzle. He grimaced slightly and said, "God you need a shower."

Gideon grinned and kissed Raymond but as he did so he heard the door open and heard a delighted squeal behind him. He sat up, annoyed beyond belief, and saw Wyatt and Troy standing in front of Carol. "We chose a good day to come by." Carol said, smiling at Gideon and Raymond.

Wyatt ran up and hugged Gideon before hugging Raymond. Troy stood back against the wall until Wyatt rejoined him, then he sat down with Wyatt on his lap, still smiling. Carol walked over to Raymond and hit her knuckles against the top of Raymond's head, making Raymond wince and say, "Ow." each time.

Carol held his muzzle up and said, "NEVER do that again."

Raymond's ears drooped slightly and Gideon intervened, "I've already gave him a lecture on this mom, you don't need to as well."

Raymond grinned slightly and said, "And I promised I never would again. I don't want to see all of Gideon's hair turn gray before he's twenty."

Gideon sighed. Carol looked puzzled before saying, "All of his hair?"

Raymond nodded and said, "I pulled a hair off his head and it was gray."

Wyatt started laughing and said, "Gideon is turning old already."

Wyatt had his head tilted upwards and couldn't see Gideon as he came in and picked him up, hanging him upside down by the ankles. Raymond and Troy were laughing while Wyatt was gasping for breath. Gideon put him back down and said, "Don't call me old again, squirt."

Wyatt grinned before settling back into his seat, snuggling against Troy's fur. Gideon sat back down next to Raymond's bed, leaning his head onto Raymond's furry chest. The doctor came in and Carol asked, "When can Raymond be let out?"

The doctor thought for a moment before saying, "He can go now if he feels ok."

Raymond grinned and said, "I feel great."

The doctor smiled at him before saying, "I'll have your clothes brought here then."

The doctor left to talk to a nurse who walked to where his clothes were, bringing them back quickly. Carol, Troy, and Wyatt left. Carol had tried to make Gideon leave but he kept saying, "Mom, it's nothing I haven't seen before, besides, I don't trust him enough to stay standing."

Carol resigned in the end and left to give Raymond some sort of privacy. Gideon ended up having to help Raymond with ever article of clothing, mostly because Raymond liked his dragon being so close.

When Raymond was finally done getting dressed, Raymond put his arm around Gideon's shoulder to help support him and Gideon put his arm around Raymond's waist. Raymond grinned at him again and they walked out of the room. "Come on, let's get home." Carol said as they walked out.

They followed Carol outside, walking awkwardly because Raymond was still getting used to walking again after two weeks of being in a coma. They got the car and Gideon sat down, pulling Raymond in next to him.

Wyatt sat in the front seat while Troy sat in the back. Raymond leaned his head onto Gideon's shoulder, closing his eyes for a minute before opening them. Raymond's stomach grumbled again and Gideon laughed, "Still hungry?"

Raymond nodded, blushing. "Unfortunately." Raymond said.

Gideon smiled and said, "I'll make something when we get home."

Raymond nodded and hugged Gideon as they pulled into the driveway. "Is it just me, or does the ride home get shorter everytime one of us gets sent to the hospital?"

Gideon laughed softly, "It's just you."

They got out of the car, Raymond could walk without support now so he and Gideon raced to the door, Gideon winning by a bit. "I win." Gideon said triumphantly as he opened the door and walked inside.

Raymond stuck out his tongue and said, "What's for lunch?"

"Well," Gideon said, "I thought that maybe instead of making something, I could take you to the mall and get something."

Raymond grinned happily and said, "Alright, but we're taking a shower first."

Gideon nodded and smelled himself, "Damn, I need one."

Raymond pulled Gideon downstairs with an unusual strength, "When did you get so strong?"

Raymond grinned, "I carried the majority of my books near to twenty miles to Xatrin's house, I guess it helped a bit."

Gideon's smile faltered and he said, "You could have asked Clarice for a ride."

Raymond said, "The thought didn't occur to me."

"You're just making me feel worse." Gideon said, frowning now.

Raymond grinned and turned around and kissed Gideon and said, "Don't feel bad. It's all right now."

Gideon and Raymond walked into the bathroom they had to themselves and quickly got undressed and put there clothes in the dirty laundry hamper.

They hopped into the shower and turned on the warm water and laughed when Raymond almost slipped. Gideon took the fur shampoo sitting in the back of the shower and put some on his paw. He started to slowly rub his hand through Raymond's fur.

He turned Raymond around so he could wash Raymond's chest and started rubbing it. He felt muscles that weren't there before and said, "Jesus Raymond, you've got bigger muscles than the last time I washed you."

Raymond smiled slightly and punched Gideon on the shoulder, lightly so he wouldn't hurt himself. Gideon finished spreading the fur shampoo on Raymond and rinsed it off before letting Raymond start rubbing his scales clean, digging under them and getting dirt out before bending them back into place.

Raymond finished up with Gideon and they started to get out, Gideon turned off the water and 'accidentally' brush Raymond's sheath. Raymond moaned and glared at Gideon. "That wasn't nice."

Gideon grinned mischievously and slipped into his room, digging through his drawers for an outfit. He grabbed a black t-shirt and a black sports coat. He also grabbed a loose fitting pair of black cargo pants.

Raymond looked at his choice of outfit and said, "Wearing all black today?"

Gideon grinned and said, "Wait til you see how I look in these clothes."

Raymond just shook his head and went to his own dresser, choosing clothes as black as Gideon's were. Throwing on the plain black T-shirt and cargo pants he turned around and stared at Gideon.

Gideon grinned and said, "Like what you see?"

Raymond nodded stupidly staring at Gideon and taking in his clothing. The black T-shirt was all but hidden under the sports coat. The sports coat had the thin form of the ancient silver dragons winding up the sleeves, each having glowing green orbs held in hands that were placed on his shoulder's. They were breathing fire and the fire spiked down towards his waistline where the coat hung down past his waist.

The fire met in the middle of the coat, right under the last button. Gideon walked over to Raymond and hugged him tightly and said, "Will you help me put this on?" He held up a necklace of a silver wolf with emerald's in the eyes sockets.

"Jesus, your family is rich." Raymond said as he took the necklace and placed it around Gideon's neck.

Gideon looked at Raymond and said, "Turn around."

Raymond did as he was told and felt Gideon behind him. He heard the rustle of some sort of metal behind him and felt Gideon put his arms over Raymond's shoulder's before pulling them back and fastening a necklace around his neck.

Raymond turned around and looked down at the necklace and smiled. It was a golden dragon with ruby eyes. Raymond looked back up at Gideon and smiled, his eyes watering slightly. "It's beautiful."

Gideon smiled and said, "Not as beautiful as you are."

Raymond kissed him and said, "Come on, I'm starving."

Gideon said, "Hold on a second." He dug through his drawers and pulled out a comb and his wallet. He used the comb on Raymond, making sure his hair was straight. "Don't want you looking bad." Gideon said.

"Oh I see, you like me for my looks." Raymond said.

Gideon looked like he had been punched, "Of course not."

Gideon walked outside dragging Raymond with him. He grinned as he picked Raymond up and said, "Hold on." Raymond hugged Gideon's neck tightly as Gideon launched himself into the air, taking off in the direction of the mall. He got there quickly flying at top speeds.

To Raymond the flight was exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. The wind rushed through his fur and made it fly everywhere and it was even worse as they landed. Gideon put Raymond down on the ground and grinned at him. "How was your first flight while conscious?"

"Terrifying." Raymond said.

Gideon grinned and pulled the comb out of his back pocket and fixed Raymond's hair before fixing his own and putting the comb back in his pocket. "Come on, I think Kevin and Xatrin are here."

They walked into the mall, Gideon with his arm around Raymond's shoulder as usual. Gideon attracted stares today, not the two of them walking together but Gideon by himself. The sports coat was very intricate in detail, very beautiful. He was getting stares from girls and guys, mostly disgust or jealousy from the guys.

Gideon saw the bear from the party and tried to turn away but the bear saw him and walked up grinning, "Hey cutie."

Gideon growled and said, "I'm with my boyfriend, get away."

The bear just continued grinning and grabbed Gideon's shoulder. Raymond growled and said, "Get your hands off my boyfriend."

The bear stepped back and looked Raymond up and down before saying, "What are you going to do about it?"

Raymond stepped up to the bear and pushed him hard. The bear got sent back a few steps before regaining his balance and sending a punch at Raymond. Raymond stepped out of the way and punched the bear in the jaw.

The shock of the blow sent a jarring pain up Raymond's arms and sent the bear to the floor. Raymond jumped at the opportunity and jumped on the bear, punching him in the face over and over again. Gideon pulled Raymond off the bear when his nose started gushing rivers of blood, his eyes were going to be blackened. Raymond stood up and stood next to the bear before bending over and putting his face above the bears, "Stay away from my boyfriend."

Raymond spat on the bear and turned away, walking away with Gideon's arm around his shoulder. Gideon stopped a short way away and said, "Holy shit you beat the shit out of him."

Raymond grinned as Gideon leaned down to kiss him. "I don't think he's going to hit on you again."

Gideon smiled and said, "I don't think so either."

Raymond and Gideon walked to the food court and Gideon asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Raymond thought for a moment before saying, "I haven't had chinese in a while."

Gideon grinned and said, "Chinese it is."

They walked to the Chinese restaurant and ordered food. As they were looking for a table, they saw Kevin, Xatrin, Dean, and Paulie sitting at a table. They walked over and Gideon grinned and said, "May we join you?"

Kevin, Xatrin, and Paulie stared at Gideon, Kevin and Xatrin noted the difference between him now and the last time they saw him. "Of course." Dean said.

Gideon and Raymond sat down next to each other and started eating, Kevin, Xatrin, and Paulie still staring at him. Gideon looked up and grinned, "You guys don't have to stare at me like I'm a mirage of an oasis in the desert."

They shook their heads and Dean kissed Paulie, "Hope you don't think I'm not cute enough." He said.

Paulie just smiled and said, "Of course you are."

Gideon smiled at the two other couples and said, "Well, apparently your guys relationships are going good."

Kevin and Dean grinned an identical smile, one that only a wolf could pull off. "Ya, and apparently yours is fixed." Kevin said.

Gideon smiled at him and said, "Ya, and Raymond beat the shit out of the bear who was hitting on me."

Kevin and Xatrin said, "Awesome."

Paulie glared at them with that maternal stare that mother's gave their kids when they were in trouble for fighting. Gideon leaned over and kissed Raymond gently before saying, "What do you want to do this afternoon?"

"Let's go to the arcade." Raymond said.

Gideon nodded and finished off the last bite of his food. He carried both his and Raymond's plates to the trash before guiding Raymond to the arcade. A second later Dean and Paulie caught up to them. Paulie pulled Gideon off to the side after asking if she could talk to him.

"Ok Gideon, you can normally keep secrets well, and normally your not a jerk." Paulie said, her tone very serious, her voice sounding like she was going to start crying.

They sat on a bench, Raymond and Dean standing just out of earshot. Gideon looked around and glared at any who tried to eavesdrop. "What is it?"

"I don't know what to do but hopefully you might," Paulie said, "I'm uh, I'm pregnant."

Gideon stared at the lioness in shock, "Please, please tell me you're kidding."

Paulie shook her head and stared to cry, "I don't know what I'm going to do."

Gideon looked at the lioness that was two years older than him, "First off, tell Dean. Then, tell your parents."

Paulie nodded and said, "Will you help me tell Dean at least?"

Gideon nodded and stood up, "How many months pregnant are you anyways."

Paulie said, "Only about a month and a half."

Gideon held out his hand and she took it. She stood up and walked over to Dean, followed closely by Gideon. Raymond walked over to Gideon and hugged him, "What did she want?"

"You'll find out." Gideon said.

"Hey Dean, I have something to tell you." Paulie said.

"What is it?" Dean asked, slightly worried.

"I'm uhh," Paulie started, she looked at Gideon and he nodded encouragement, squeezing her shoulder. She took a deep breath, "I'm pregnant."

Dean looked shocked, his face was a mixed picture of joy, confusion, and fear. He hugged Paulie, carefully and gently like he was holding a delicate glass figure. "That's wonderful." Dean said, "That is so wonderful."

Gideon smiled at the two as they walked away chattering happily. Gideon looked at Raymond who was shocked that Paulie was pregnant. "Do you just want to go home?" Gideon asked him.

Raymond nodded. They walked out of the mall, Gideon still attracting stares. "I think I'm going to wear this more often." Gideon said.

Raymond grinned and said, "I don't. I don't want anyone staring at my big, strong, gorgeous dragon."

Gideon picked Raymond up and flew towards home. Gideon landed a few minutes later and pulled Gideon into the house. "Raymond!" Carol yelled from the kitchen, "You have a letter from the hospital."

Raymond looked confused and he and Gideon walked into the kitchen and Raymond picked up the letter and opened it, reading it quickly his eyes widened in surprise and fear.

"What is it?" Gideon asked.

"Nothing deadly or contagious." Raymond said, "Well to explain further, apparently men are born with..."

**

Chapter 19

**

Gideon stared in shock as Raymond finished explaining the contents of the letter. "T-this is w-wonderful." Gideon said, his whole body trembling in joy.

Raymond smiled and said, "For you maybe, I'm going to be a freak."

Gideon hugged Raymond gently and placed his paws on Raymond's stomach, palms down. "No one is going to hurt you, I'm not letting you out of my sight until our baby is born."

Raymond smiled and said, "I still can't believe that of a 1 of 1000 chance I am a man who was able to get pregnant."

Gideon grinned, "So, does it say how long you've been pregnant."

"Four weeks today." Raymond said.

"Uh oh. Morning sickness starts around week 4." Gideon said.

"Oh great, you have to remind me of one of the few downsides to being pregnant." Raymond said.

Carol chose that time to come in and said, "Who's pregnant."

Gideon and Raymond looked at each other and Raymond handed her the letter. She looked puzzled but she read the letter, her eyes widening in shock as she read on, her hand left the letter and gripped the counter.

She took a minute but she looked up and hugged both of them, "This is wonderful and slightly disturbing for me."

Gideon looked puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"Because I was kinda hoping that my sons..."Carol started then caught her mistake, "Son wasn't getting... intimate... with his boyfriend." Carol finished.

Raymond smiled at the mistake and asked, "Do you really think of me as a son?"

Carol nodded and said, "You will be my son in the future, hopefully. Or at least, son in law."

Raymond hugged Carol before going back to Gideon and falling into him. Gideon caught him and put his arms around him, his paws on Raymond's stomach. "Raymond, I love you so much." He whispered.

"Gideon, I love you so much." Raymond said.

Raymond yawned and Gideon said, "Come on hun, your going to get some sleep."

Raymond followed Gideon grudgingly and said, "This is going to be a long eight months."

Gideon nodded and said, "At least you aren't going to be pregnant for school."

Raymond nodded and said, "Do you think your mom will watch our baby for us?"

Gideon sighed and said, "Of course, my mother loves both of us."

Raymond smiled and laid down on the bed. Gideon covered him in the blankets and made sure he was warm. "Aren't you going to sleep with me?" Raymond asked.

Gideon shook his head and said, "I'll lay with you until you're asleep but I'm going to go back upstairs."

Raymond said, "Fine."

Raymond put his head down and Gideon laid down next to him, waiting for him to go to sleep. Gideon saw Raymond's eyelids droop and then finally close and his breathing slowed and he started snoring. Gideon kissed Raymond's forehead then kissed his fingers and put them on Raymond's stomach. "I love you, both of you."

Gideon slowly walked back upstairs and sat down next to his mother on the couch. Troy, Wyatt, and Clarice came in and joined them. "How is Raymond doing?" Clarice asked.

Gideon smiled and said, "He's doing good, but I want you three," he moved his hand and pointed at all three of them, "to leave him alone. For a while. A long while."

"Why?" Clarice asked.

Gideon sighed and looked at Carol, "Should I tell them?"

Carol said, "It's up to you."

"Tell us what?" Clarice asked. "Tell me gosh darnet."

"Raymond is pregnant." Gideon said.

Clarice looked at Gideon and said, "You're kidding right?"

Gideon shook his head and said, "Raymond is pregnant."

Clarice just looked at him along with Wyatt and Troy. All three were shocked. Wyatt walked over to Gideon and hugged him before saying, "Congratulations."

Gideon hugged him back before saying, "Thanks kit."

Wyatt blushed at the nickname but didn't react to it.

Gideon sighed and slumped into the couch, "Are you alright?" Carol asked.

Gideon nodded and said, "Theres just been so much going on lately."

Carol nodded to that and said, "There has been, and this is the biggest thing in a while."

"Mom, its going to be the biggest thing that happens in our relationship." Gideon said, thinking for a moment. "Besides getting married of course."

"That's planning ahead." Clarice muttered.

Gideon glared at her, "Do you really think I'm going to break up with Raymond after this?"

Clarice shook her head, "Of course not, I'm just saying your thinking way ahead. You've got four years until you're allowed to get married."

Gideon grimaced and said, "I know that, but this whole thing has started to make time go by really fast. Four years seems like an incredibly short time."

Clarice nodded and said, "I still can't believe that Raymond is pregnant."

Gideon laughed softly, "Neither can I. And of course Raymond isn't going to be anywhere outside this house without me."

Clarice said, "How is he going to finish school?"

Gideon looked at Carol and said, "I was hoping that mom would be able to take care of him, or her, while Raymond and I are at school."

Carol nodded and said, "Of course I will. I get more grand kids then Madison."

Gideon smiled softly and said, "Where are they anyways?"

Carol sighed and said, "They moved back in with Craig."

Gideon let out a short growl before taking his turn at sighing and said, "Oh well, guess that's better for Madison."

Carol nodded and said, "You know what, we have to get you a new tuxedo."

Gideon looked puzzle and asked, "Why?"

"Did you forget Alec's wedding?" Carol said.

Gideon's face turned into understanding, "When is it?"

"Friday." Carol said.

"Two days? Jeez." Gideon said.

"That's why Wyatt and Troy are home instead of at school, they had to help me get everything that he's going to need." Carol said, "Of course, they're going to school tomorrow."

Wyatt groaned and Gideon laughed and said, "Raymond and I will walk you two if you want, no one at your school has seen me yet and they need to see who's going to rearrange their faces if they pick on you."

Wyatt grinned and said, "Thanks."

Gideon smiled back and said, "As long as Raymond doesn't have morning sickness. Come on kit, let's go up to you and Troy's room and I can beat you at a few video games."

Wyatt and Troy stood up and walked upstairs, closely followed by Gideon. Wyatt opened the door and Gideon stepped in, trying to block his nose. "Really guys, use air freshener after you have sex."

Wyatt blushed and rushed out to get a can of air freshener which he used a good amount of to make the room smell somewhat decent. "That's better." Gideon said. "Now, what do you two want to play."

"Don't know." Wyatt said.

Troy laughed and said, "How about Mario Party 8?"

Gideon nodded and said, "Choose the one game I'm not good at but ok."

Troy hopped up and put the game in, passing out the controllers. They started playing the game, Gideon getting angrier everytime he lost a mini game and Wyatt or Troy laughing triumphantly when they won, which was very often.

About halfway through the game Raymond came in and hugged Gideon from behind. "Hey hun." He whispered into Gideon's ears.

Gideon grinned and pull Raymond in front of him before sitting down and pulling Raymond with him. "Hiya, you wanna play?" Gideon asked.

"Sure." Raymond said grinning as he took the remote. Gideon leaned his head and put his chin on Raymond's shoulder, wrapping his paws around and placing them on Raymond's stomachs.

Raymond managed to turn Gideon's game around, winning almost every mini game, even the three vs. ones. Troy and Wyatt still didn't know that Raymond was playing or even in the room so when the game was over they turned around and said, "Oh, Raymond, how long have you been in here?"

Gideon and Raymond laughed, "Raymond started playing halfway through the game."

Wyatt blushed at not noticing and Troy just said, "Raymond is good at this."

Raymond grinned at him and said, "Gideon and I used to play a lot."

"Then how come Gideon sucks?" Troy asked.

Raymond started laughing as Gideon slipped out from under him and punched Troy, lightly, on the shoulder. He picked Raymond up and sat back down. Troy came over as if he was going to punch him back and Gideon said, "You do anything that might hurt our child and I will hang you from your ankles out the window."

Troy backed off then, knowing that he wouldn't be able to punch Gideon without risking hitting Raymond. Gideon grinned at Troy before kissing the top of Raymond's head. "The next eight months are going to be incredibly awkward." Gideon said.

Raymond nodded and said, "No girl can say I don't understand being pregnant either."

Gideon grinned down at him and said, "That's true too. Did that letter say how often men actually have the ability to get pregnant?"

Raymond nodded and said, "Normally they find one in the entire world every five or six years."

Gideon whistled and said, "Well, I'm happy that I get that one to be mine."

"And I'm happy that I'm yours." Raymond replied.

"I just thought about something," Gideon said, "what species is the baby gonna be?"

"God I hope it isn't a hybrid." Raymond said, "I don't want it to go through school with being picked on."

Gideon grinned and said, "I don't know, I think having a miniature you with wings would be cool."

Raymond laughed and said, "That would be cute."

Troy cleared his throat and said, "You guys want to play again."

Gideon said, "Raymond can, I just enjoy sitting here with my wolf on my lap." Troy made a fake barfing sound and Gideon said, "Oh like you and Wyatt aren't just as bad. And besides, I've got twice as much reason as I used to to love him now."

Raymond smiled up at him and said, "You know, I always used to dream of having kids, but I never expected to be the mother."

Gideon grinned and said, "I never expected to have biological kids, but now I get to be an actual father. And at fifteen."

Wyatt broke in with a question, "What gender do you guys want it to be?"

Raymond smiled and said, "I'm hoping its a girl."

Gideon nodded in agreement, "That would be awesome."

Gideon was rubbing his hands up and down Raymond's stomach and said, "You're kinda rounded already."

Raymond laughed and said, "I'll get a lot bigger."

Gideon grinned at him and said, "This is kinda awkward."

"What's awkward?" Troy asked as soon as Raymond opened his mouth.

"Talking to my boyfriend about our biological child." Gideon said.

Raymond nodded in agreement and said, "That is awkward, it wasn't expected either."

"It's still a wonderful thing." Gideon said.

"Ok, can we just play a game now?" Troy asked.

Gideon laughed and said, "Start it up."

They played another game, Raymond pulverized Troy and Wyatt and the computer in almost every mini game and winning the game altogether. "That's what you get for going fifty rounds with somebody who knows how to get the number they want on the dice."

"I think you cheated." Troy said.

"There aren't any..." Raymond started but was cut off by a yawn, "cheats for this game."

Gideon yawned and said, "Come on hun, we're going to bed. Now!"

"Fine, but your staying with me this time." Raymond said.

Gideon grinned and picked Raymond up, "Of course I will."

Gideon walked downstairs, stepping very carefully, to the basement. He placed Raymond on the bed before getting on behind him and wrapping them both in his wings. "I love you more than ever." Raymond whispered.

"I love you more than ever." Gideon whispered back, "I'm never going to let anything hurt you or our baby."

Raymond snuggled into Gideon and said, "I love you, your my big, strong dragon and no one else can have you."

Gideon smiled at the top of Raymond's head and said, "You're my beautiful wolf and no one can have you, or hurt you."

Gideon watch as Raymond fell asleep, Gideon smiled at the sleeping form of his lover and the mother of his child. "A man as a mother, very interesting." Gideon said wearily as he himself fell asleep.

**

Raymond woke him up at seven o'clock in the morning and said, "Morning hun, you promised Troy and Wyatt we would walk them to school this morning."

Gideon nodded and stood up to get dressed, "How are you feeling this morning?"

Raymond grimaced and said, "Fine besides a touch of morning sickness."

Gideon grinned and said, "Well, in the end it will all be worth it."

Raymond nodded and said, "Hurry up and get dressed, it's almost time to leave."

Raymond put on his winter coat and started to go upstairs but Gideon called him back, "You're going to be more bundled up then that." Gideon said.

Raymond grimaced as Gideon zipped off his coat and started to give him his own jacket to wear underneath. "You're going to freeze." Raymond protested.

"I will not," Gideon said, "I only wear coats for show, you need them, I'm not going to let you get sick."

Raymond let him put on the extra four jackets before stopping him, "I'm warm enough now."

Gideon said, "Fine." and helped Raymond with his winter coat before putting on his black sports coat and black pants from the day before. "They're clean enough."

They walked upstairs and were met by Troy and Wyatt who had their stuff on their back. Wyatt started laughing at Raymond and said, "Wearing enough coats?"

Raymond grimaced and said, "Gideon made me."

Gideon grinned and said, "And I'm going to every time you go outside until it gets warmer."

Raymond grimaced again and said, "Oh well, in about two months I'm going to have to wear sweatpants."

Gideon grinned, "In two months it will be spring."

Raymond just shook his head and said, "Let's go, these kids are going to be late."

Gideon and Raymond started out, Gideon was walking with his arm around Raymond's waist and his palm resting firmly on his stomach. Gideon kissed him once as they walked and smiled at him. "Are you cold?" Gideon asked as the wind blew and Raymond shivered.

"I-I'm f-fine." Raymond said.

Gideon could tell he was lying so he used his wing to wrap around Raymond to keep him warm. Now he was walking awkwardly because he had one wing extended and another on his back. Gideon sighed, knowing he wouldn't be able to walk like that. He took off his sports coat, which was warm from Gideon's excessive body heat.

Raymond took the sports coat and put it around himself. Gideon was walking with both wings on his back again, this time without a shirt on. Raymond looked over and said, "You have to be a little bit cold."

Gideon laughed and said, "Nope."

Raymond was obviously jealous but didn't say anything as they continued walking. They got to the school after a short walk and Gideon told Raymond to wait at the gate and walked behind Troy and Wyatt up to the steps, grinning at the kids who stared at him as he walked behind them without shirt on in a temperature that was at least fifteen degrees.

When they got to the door Gideon made sure to say, out loud, "If anyone picks on you at all, make sure to tell me."

Wyatt grinned and said, "You know, Raymond already did this once."

Gideon laughed and said, "Ya, but now they're seeing a very large red dragon with wings and wearing no shirt on probably the coldest morning we're going to have here. I think I'm more intimidating."

Wyatt nodded and walked inside, followed by Troy. Gideon walked back down the steps, still getting stared at, mostly by girls. He got back to Raymond and put his arm around his waist again, "We could sit on a bench in the park." Gideon said.

Raymond looked at him and said, "It's freezing."

Gideon laughed and said, "I could wrap you in my wings, you would be warm then."

Raymond shook his head and said, "We could go to the mall."

Gideon said, "Again?"

Raymond nodded, "I want to fly again, that was fun."

Gideon sighed and said, "Ok."

Still in view of all the kids of the middle school he picked Raymond up and launched into the air, flying in the direction of the mall. He was flying much slower now and Raymond said, "Why so slow?"

Gideon grinned at him and said, "Because if I was flying fast you would feel the wind, and that would make you cold. You aren't getting sick."

Raymond smiled and said, "You are going to be the most annoying father ever."

"I'm going to care about my kids, and I'm going to show it." Gideon said firmly, "and I will love them no matter what."

Raymond smiled and said, "You're definitely going to be a good father."

Gideon smiled back and said, "You're definitely going to be a good mother."

Gideon landed and took his sports coat from Raymond and put it on as they walked inside. There were a few people there early, and two of them were Paulie and Dean. They went to sit next to them on the bench and Raymond started unzipping all of his coats, "Why are you so bundled up?" Paulie asked him, still unzipping her coats.

Gideon grinned at her and whispered into Raymond's ears, "Should we tell them?"

Raymond laughed and told Paulie, "I'm a freak of nature."

"How so?" Paulie asked.

Gideon started laughing and Paulie and Dean looked confused, "Let's say that you and Raymond can start a club."

Paulie still looked confused and Raymond gave in, "I'm fricken pregnant."

Paulie looked shocked and Dean said, "No way. You're a guy."

Raymond nodded and said, "I know, but I'm still pregnant. I told you I was a freak of nature."

Gideon grinned at the couple sitting next to them as he pulled Raymond onto his lap and put his hands on Raymond's stomach. "So, Paulie, how did your parents take the news?"

Paulie grimaced and said, "They tried to make me get an abortion."

"Ouch." Raymond said.

Dean broke in and said, "You know, I'm kinda curious, how is Raymond going to give birth?"

A few people that were eavesdropping looked at Raymond in shock and Raymond grinned at them as they walked away. "There going to have to cut my stomach open to do it." Raymond said, cringing at how he was going to feel for weeks after that.

Dean grimaced and said, "That is going to be painful."

"No duh." Paulie said, slapping him on the side of the head. "It's going to be more painful than me giving birth though."

Raymond laughed and said, "That's because your body was built so that was possible, but all the same, it's totally wonderful."

Gideon nodded in agreement and said, "Of course, I'm going to make sure he stays warm at all times. I don't want my pregnant wolf to get sick."

Paulie laughed and said, "If he's anywhere near as far along as I am he's sick enough as it is."

"I'm actually half a month behind you." Raymond grimaced, "I just had my first bout morning sickness."

"This is awkward." Dean said suddenly, "Listening to a girl and a guy, who are both pregnant, talking about being pregnant."

Gideon grinned at him and said, "Imagine being with the guy who is pregnant. Of course, it's not a bad thing, because I love my wolf."

Paulie grinned at the two and said, "So, Raymond, how does it feel to be a mother and a man."

"Confusing, awkward, and weird." Raymond said, "But you aren't interviewing me."

Paulie stuck out her tongue and asked, "Have you had any cravings? I've been craving chocolate for a while."

Raymond nodded and said, "Pickles, chocolate, french fries, pancakes. Pretty much, everything."

Dean laughed and said, "Sucks for you Gideon, I've had to buy Paulie food all morning."

Gideon grinned, "I don't care if I have to buy Raymond food though. I've got the money to spend."

Raymond grinned and said, "Good, I haven't eaten this morning and I'm kinda hungry."

Gideon laughed and said, "Ok, Paulie, Dean you guys want anything? I'll buy."

Dean and Paulie nodded and said, "Thanks."

They all walked to the food court and Gideon told Raymond to find a seat as he went to buy food. Paulie and Dean went with him as Raymond chose a table a group of jocks came around the corner and saw him sitting alone. They grinned, obviously not seeing Gideon.

They came over and one picked Raymond up under the shoulders, holding him still. "Hey you little fag, how's it going?"

Raymond was about to yell for help but Gideon had turned around just as the jock pulled back his fist. Gideon roared and threw himself at the jock, knocking him down to the floor. Gideon pushed the jock holding Raymond off of Raymond and asked, "Did he hit you?"

Raymond shook his head and said, "No, thank god." Raymond was rubbing his stomach gently and Gideon turned around and picked up the jock by the collar of his shirt.

"I have done this to many times to care, but I swear to the Lord Almighty that if you touch my boyfriend again, I will use my claws to rip your throat out." Gideon said, a look of seriousness in his face that said he was really going to do it.

The jock was staring at him with a look of complete fear in his eyes. "O-ok."

Gideon dropped the jock before turning back to Raymond and grabbing his arm, "Ok, that was stupid."

Raymond just stared at him and said, "You can be really scary at times."

Gideon smiled, "Only when someone is threatening you and my child. I'm not letting anything happen to our baby."

Raymond kissed him and said, "The next eight months are seriously going to be interesting, and miserable."

Gideon smiled and said, "I'll let you hit me where you want for doing this to you."

Raymond grinned and punched him in the shoulder, "Good, cause I'm going to want that free pass a lot."

"Hehe, you deserve it, going through with pregnancy." Gideon said as they stepped up to the restaurant. "Sorry about that," Gideon told the cashier as he paid for the food.

They took the food to the table, Paulie and Dean joining them. "I've never seen you so angry." Paulie said.

Gideon grinned, "They threatened my wolf, and in doing so, my child. He wasn't going to get away with it."

Dean stared at him in awe, "You realize that was a senior on the wrestling team right?"

Gideon laughed and said, "I've beat up bigger jocks than him."

Raymond said, "You can't really call it beating up if your protecting kids."

"True, but still." Gideon said.

Raymond started to eat and Gideon nibbled at his food, not really hungry. Dean and Gideon exchanged looks as Paulie and Raymond devoured their food, "Still hungry?" Gideon asked Raymond as he finished.

Raymond nodded and Gideon laughed as he pushed the rest of his food over to him. "You should eat too." Raymond said.

"You need it more." Gideon said. Raymond started to protest but Gideon said, "You are going to eat the food if I have to chew it up and then force it down your throat."

Raymond grimaced but started to eat the rest of Gideon's food. He finished Gideon's food and Gideon laughed, "If this is going to be your appetite for the next eight months I'm going to need a lot of money."

Raymond grinned, "Eventually you're going to have to buy me sweat pants."

Gideon laughed, "You won't be that big for at least a month and a half I hope."

"You're still going to have to buy them. I have no money." Raymond said.

Gideon shook his head, "My money is your money hun."

Raymond smiled and said, "I think your going to hold it though."

Gideon laughed and said, "Ok."

By now Paulie and Dean had finished eating, Paulie finishing off the rest of Dean's food as well. "What do you guys want to do now?" Dean asked them as they threw away the scraps that were left over.

"We could see a movie." Gideon said. "Paulie's pick of course, we don't want to force her to watch a movie that only guys would like."

Paulie smiled and said, "Good, cause I don't think Dean wants me to get irritated with him again."

Dean grimaced at the thought. They walked to the movie theater and, of course, Paulie chose a chick flick. Paulie grinned at the three boys she was with when they walked into the movie theater. "Have fun."

Gideon and Dean grimaced but Raymond just shrugged. "It might be interesting."

Gideon hugged Raymond with one arm and said, "My wolf is in touch with his feminine side."

Raymond laughed and said, "I better be. Now shush, the movie is starting."

Like most chick flicks, it started out with some huge issue and like all chick flicks, there was some sad part that made Paulie, and Raymond, cry. The movie ended and Gideon used the sleeve of his sports coat to dry Raymond's face, Dean doing the same for Paulie.

Gideon laughed as he finished, "You know, it's kinda cool that my boyfriend is so feminine."

Raymond looked puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"Because, if we have a girl she's gonna need someone to talk to. And if it isn't Clarice then it will have to be one of her parents." Gideon said.

Raymond nodded, "Imagine what the birds and the bees talk is going to be like."

"Hehe, that is going to be awkward." Gideon said.

The four walked out of the theater, chatting with each other, Gideon occasionally kissing Raymond and Dean occasionally kissing Paulie. "You know, our group started with five people, then Raymond moved here and he and I started dating each other, then Kevin and Xatrin, now you guys are dating each other. We're a group of couples." Gideon said.

Paule smiled and said, "I noticed that too, I just didn't bother to say it."

Raymond sighed and said, "What time is it? Cause I'm hungry again." Raymond started laughing at the end and Gideon looked at his watch, "It's ten thirty. What are you hungry for? I can get you some sort of snack."

Raymond grinned and said, "Sounds good."

"Paulie? Dean? Either of you want anything?" Gideon asked.

Dean shook his head and Paulie said, "You've spent enough money on me today."

Gideon smiled and said, "Really, I don't want to buy Raymond something and torture the people that we're hanging out with."

Paulie said, "Thanks Gideon, and if you want to buy me anything, I would be happy with a Hershey's bar."

Gideon laughed and said, "Gladly."

"I have to agree with Paulie," Raymond said, "a Hershey's bar sounds good."

Gideon grinned at Raymond and said, "Jesus, you and Paulie are going to go through the same things and you guys are even acting the same."

"We are not." Raymond and Paulie said at the same time. They looked at each other, turning their heads at the exact same time and blushed, their cheeks turning red at the same time. "Ok, maybe we are." they said, again at the same time.

Gideon and Dean burst out laughing. "You guys are cute." Gideon and Dead said at the same time.

"Ok, seriously need to stop being like each other." Gideon said.

"Agreed." Dean said.

Raymond took Gideon's paw and dragged him into the nearest shop with candy, Paulie and Dean following. Gideon found the chocolate section and picked up at least twelve Hershey's bars. "Why so many?" Raymond asked.

"Future cravings." Gideon said, grinning at him. He payed for the chocolate and handed one to Paulie and Raymond, "Here ya go, you want one Dean?"

Raymond and Paulie said, "Thanks." They blushed again and Dean laughed before saying, "No. I think you will need them for his cravings."

Gideon nodded and said, "I'm not going to the store everytime you crave something Raymond."

Raymond grinned and said, "Every other time will have to do."

Gideon laughed, "You'll get what you need, don't worry."

Paulie snickered and said, "My dad said that my brother has to do all my running."

Gideon and Raymond both laughed. "That sucks, but I'll probably end up going to the store for Raymond more often than not."

"Clarice might run sometimes, when she decides to be nice." Raymond said.

Gideon nodded and said, "When she decides to be nice."

Raymond groaned and said, "Alright, I need to get to the bathroom."

Gideon just pushed him towards the nearest bathroom, which thankfully wasn't far away. Gideon stood outside a stall while Raymond started to throw up. Once he was finished he sighed wearily and came out, his face covered in sweat, "Chocolate is not a good idea at ten o'clock in the morning."

Gideon said, "Noted." Gideon damped down a paper towel and started wiping Raymond's face of sweat, and getting the little bits of puke off of his his mouth. "I have a feeling you're going to hate me for the next eight months."

Raymond grimaced and said, "I probably will." Raymond hugged him and said, "But I will always love you behind that."

Gideon grinned and said, "You still have free hits on anywhere you want. And if you don't want to, I'll do it for you if you ask."

Raymond grinned and said, "Cool. Punch yourself in the stomach."

Gideon grinned and did as Raymond asked, grunting as he punched himself. "Happy?"

Raymond hugged Gideon again and said, "Yes. Now I know that I'll get something out of this besides a child."

"Being a parent with me is that bad?" Gideon asked.

"No, just bearing the child is." Raymond replied as Gideon opened the door for him. Paulie came out of the girls bathroom with sweat on her face and Raymond smiled at her, "Apparently pregnancy works much the same for everyone."

"Would you like to hit me too for buying you chocolate?" Gideon asked.

Paulie grinned and said, "No, but I'm going to kick Dean in his gut for getting me pregnant in the first place."

Gideon laughed and said, "You do that."

They walked back to the bench where Dean was sitting, concern on his face until Paulie kicked him in the gut like she said she was going to. "That's for getting me pregnant." She said as she sat down and leaned onto him.

"You're the one who didn't want to use protection." Dean said, gasping for breath.

"Ok," Gideon said as he grabbed Raymond, "I think it's time we head home."

Raymond nodded and said, "I want to brush my teeth."

Gideon walked to the door and took off his now very warm sports coat and put it around Raymond again. Gideon grinned as he picked Raymond up and walked out the door, hunching himself to protect Raymond from the cold.

Gideon took off and stayed as close to the ground as possible, the closer to the ground the warmer, he thought. He flew quickly and landed, putting Raymond down carefully and walked inside, pushing Raymond in front of him.

Gideon helped Raymond take off all of his coats and then pulled him downstairs. "Go brush your teeth." Gideon said.

Raymond did so and Gideon sat down on their bed and turned on their TV. He was flipping through the channels and Raymond came back out of the bathroom and sat down next to Gideon. Gideon kissed him and said, "What do you want to do?"

Raymond hugged Gideon close, "I just want to lie here with my dragon."

"Ok, that works." Gideon said as he pulled Raymond back at put his head on a pillow, he pulled Raymond onto his stomach and rested his paws on Raymond's stomach. Raymond rested his head on Gideon's neck

Raymond shifted around a bit before getting comfortable, he closed his eyes and he fell asleep.

Gideon smiled as he heard Raymond start snoring. At that moment he knew everything would go right.

**

Raymond's letter from hospital:

Dear Mr. Zasturfinztin,

While you were in a coma we did some X-Rays of your body searching for internal damage and it has come to our attention that you were born with an active womb and have been impregnated. My best estimation is that you are four weeks.

Sincerely,

Doctor Tristen Ulison

**

Chapter 20

**

Gideon groaned as he heard the door open upstairs. Today was Alec's wedding and the day his father came home from a business trip, which means they would have to explain Raymond being pregnant to his dad.

Gideon was helping Raymond get into his tuxedo and Raymond groaned slightly, "Are you alright?" Gideon asked, concern painting his face.

"It's kinda tight." Raymond said.

Gideon sighed and said, "There isn't anything I can do."

Raymond punched him in the stomach for the fourth time in the past hour and said, "You could have not gotten me pregnant." Raymond laughed after he finished his sentence.

"You know, these mood swings are getting annoying." Gideon said, "And how in the HELL was I supposed to know you would get pregnant?"

Raymond just shrugged and said, "I don't know. But you can leave my mood swings out of this."

Gideon grinned and hugged his wolf, very gently. "Seven and half months to go."

Raymond sighed and said, "Can't wait for this to be over."

"Well, imagine what telling my dad is going to be like." Gideon said.

Raymond grinned and said, "It's going to be hell on earth."

"Ugh! Theres another mood swing. First you were angry, then you were depressed and now you're happy." Gideon said.

Raymond laughed and said, "I can't control them."

Gideon finished with Raymond's tuxedo and said, "Come on, time to go explain to my dad."

Raymond groaned slightly and said, "I'm staying behind you, your dad has a temper to match yours."

Gideon grinned, "That he does, the only difference is that to trigger mine, someone has to threaten my little wolf."

Raymond laughed and said, "In a few months I'm not gonna be so little."

Gideon grinned and opened the door that led to the kitchen as they walked through he saw his dad and mom sitting at the table, his mom had obviously told him they had wanted to tell him something. Gideon sat down and Raymond sat next to him, as far away from Ron as possible.

After a moment of silence Ron cleared his throat and said, "So, your mother told me you and Raymond wanted to tell me something."

Gideon took a deep breath and said, "Promise not to freak out?"

Ron sighed and said, "I promise."

Gideon nodded and said, "Do you want to tell him Raymond?" Raymond shook his head vigorously and Gideon continued, taking another deep breath, "Well, Raymond is, um, Raymond is pregnant."

Ron looked like he was going to start laughing before looking at the other three people sitting at the table with him. Ron's face was a painted mixture of confusion, joy, and anger. Wyatt and Troy came down the stairs in their tuxedos to turn around instantly at the sight of Ron's face.

"H-how could that happen?" Ron asked finally, trying to keep his voice from showing the anger he felt.

"I was born with an active w-womb." Raymond said, looking down when Ron turned his stare on him.

Ron just stared, "Dad? Are you ok?"

Ron took a deep breath and nodded, "I don't know whether to yell or hug you two."

Gideon smiled as he stood up to hug his dad who hugged him back, "I wasn't expecting a calm reaction."

Ron smiled and said, "I wasn't expecting my son's boyfriend to become pregnant, now, let's go or else we're going to be late for Alec's wedding."

Gideon ran upstairs to get Wyatt and Troy, he walked into their room and grinned, "Do you really think now is the time for that?"

Wyatt pulled off a Troy and blushed deeply, he helped Troy put his pants back on and said, "How come we always get walked in on?"

"Because you do it at the wrong times." Gideon grinned, "Now come on, it's time for Alec's wedding."

Gideon walked across the hall and knocked on Clarice's door, she opened it and asked, "Are we leaving now?"

Gideon nodded and walked downstairs to help Raymond put on all his coats. Gideon grinned once he had gotten all of them on. "Warm enough?"

Raymond sighed and said, "You always make sure of that."

Gideon grinned and hugged his wolf, kissing him shortly and pulling Raymond to the car. The car was to small so Clarice was driving Troy and Wyatt and Gideon and Raymond were riding with Ron and Carol.

Carol was driving, she didn't trust Ron to drive. Gideon sat down next to the window and Raymond sat in the middle leaning his head onto Gideon's shoulder, Gideon putting his arm around Raymond's neck. The church that the wedding was being held at was only a few minutes drive, thankfully, Gideon didn't trust cars very much, at least, not with Raymond in them.

They pulled into the church parking lot, Clarice right behind them. Gideon helped Raymond out of the car and he glared, "You know, I'm not completely helpless."

Gideon grinned and said, "I know, but you can't blame me for wanting to help you."

Raymond was smiling now and he said, "I can't."

Gideon groaned slightly, "Seriously, these mood swings are annoying."

Raymond kissed Gideon and said, "You can deal with them."

Gideon grinned as he walked in the door and Alec came to greet them, "Hey guys. What's up?"

Carol and Ron said, "We're doing fine." and went to sit down in one of the many seats. Alec stayed behind to talk to Gideon and Raymond.

"What's up with you two?" Alec asked.

Gideon grinned and stood behind Raymond, his arms wrapping around and his paws resting on Raymond's stomach. "Nothing much."

Gideon started helping Raymond take off all his coats and Alec asked, "What's with all the coats?"

Raymond sighed and said, "Gideon doesn't want me to get sick."

"One coat will stop you from getting anything major." Alec said.

"I don't want my wolf to get sick at all, at least, sicker than he is every morning." Gideon said as he grinned at Raymond.

"What does that mean?" Alec said, "Come on guys, stop screwing around, what's up?"

Raymond grinned and said, "Apparently, I'm pregnant."

Alec started laughing and said, "Good joke."

"It's not a joke." Raymond said, "I really am pregnant."

Alec stopped laughing and said, "Wow, very weird."

Raymond smiled, "I know it is."

Alec hugged Clarice as she came in, "How's it going?"

Clarice laughed and said, "Fine, I guess."

Alec grinned at her then moved on to Wyatt and Troy, "Hello Wyatt, and I haven't met you yet."

Troy held out his hand and smiled, "I'm Troy, Wyatt's boyfriend."

Alec smiled at the two as he shook Troy's hands, "Dad must be angry, he's had three sons that are gay."

Wyatt shrugged and said, "Oh well, he should be happy his three sons are in love."

Gideon smiled and said, "He is, he just doesn't know it yet."

"Where's Malissa?" Alec asked Clarice.

Clarice scowled and said, "She moved back in with her homophobe husband."

Alec frowned and said, "Dang, I was hoping to see her here."

Clarice shrugged and said, "So, when is the ceremony starting?"

Alec said, "As soon as everyone gets here. Charlie's parents are the only ones who have to show up now."

Clarice nodded as she looked around for their parents. She saw them and went to sit down, Troy, Wyatt, Raymond, and Gideon following her. Raymond and Gideon sat down in front of Ron and Carol so they were farther away from the doors. "You are incredibly paranoid." Raymond whispered.

Gideon grinned and said, "I'm not paranoid, I just care about my wolf and our child."

Raymond grinned and said, "That's why you're my dragon."

Gideon nodded and said, "And I..." Gideon was cut off by the start of the ceremony.

**

After the ceremony Gideon and Raymond congratulated Alec and Charlie, "Welcome to the family Charlie." Gideon said, holding out his hand.

Charlie stared and said, "You look different from the last time I saw you."

Gideon grinned and said, "Ya, another one of those dragon things."

Charlie laughed and said, "One of your dragon things, that never happened to Alec."

Alec laughed and said, "That's true."

Gideon smiled at the two before turning around and putting his arm around his wolf's shoulders. Music started playing and Gideon grinned, "Want to dance?"

Raymond laughed and said, "If your willing to put me on your feet like you normally do."

"Come on, you need to learn to dance sooner or later." Gideon said.

Raymond was nervous for a moment and danced around on his feet for a moment before sighing, "Ok, fine."

Gideon grinned as he dragged Raymond to the edge of the dance floor, out of the way of everyone. They started dancing, Raymond moving a bit awkwardly as Gideon told him each step. Eventually, once Gideon had gotten all the steps out of the way, Raymond was dancing a little less awkwardly, but he was dancing better than usual.

Gideon grinned, "Not so hard is it?"

Raymond smiled back and said, "No, it's actually really fun."

Gideon laughed and they continued dancing, Raymond getting better every time they repeated the steps. By the end of the song Raymond was moving almost as gracefully as any of the other dancers on the dance floor. "You're a quick leaner." Gideon said.

Raymond grinned and said, "I know I am. Can we sit down? I'm kinda tired."

Gideon pulled him to a chair and sat down next to him, kissing him lightly on the side of his muzzle. Raymond was panting slightly and Gideon asked, "Want something to drink?"

Raymond nodded, "Yes, please."

Gideon grinned as he stood up and kissed his wolf before going to ask Alec, "Did you bring anything to drink?"

Alec nodded and said, "We've got fruit punch for the underage kids."

Gideon grinned and said, "That's perfect. Raymond isn't getting soda whether he wants it or not."

Alec laughed softly and said, "You are paranoid, now if you will excuse me, Charlie just got out of the bathroom and I'm going to make him dance with me whether he wants it or not."

"He's your husband, he should be dancing with you." Gideon said.

Alec grinned and said, "You don't know how good it is to hear that word."

Gideon laughed and said, "Ok, well, I need to get Raymond something to drink."

Alec nodded and walked over to Charlie, dragging him onto the dance floor. Gideon grinned as he walked over to the table Alec had pointed to and got a glass of punch. He walked back to Raymond and growled when he saw somebody talking to Raymond, hitting on him from Raymond's blushes. Gideon read Raymond's lips and saw that he said, "I have a boyfriend."

Gideon walked over to stand behind the person, "And who are you?"

The bear turned around and his eyes widened, it was the bear that had hit on him. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

"Alec is my older brother." Gideon said.

Gideon was just as shocked by the bear being related to Charlie as he was. He sat down next to Raymond and gave him the glass of punch, "Here ya go sweetheart."

Raymond giggled at the name and said, "Thanks honey."

The bear scowled and walked away. "That bear is so annoying." Gideon said.

Raymond smirked and said, "Did you see his black eye?"

Gideon laughed and said, "How could you tell? His fur is black."

"It was swollen." Raymond said.

Gideon groaned when he saw Charlie leading the bear over. "Hey Gideon, Raymond, this is Travis."

Gideon laughed and said, "We've met, just not by name."

Charlie looked puzzled, "How did you three meet?"

"Well, first, he tried came onto me at my New Years party, then, we ran into him at the mall and Raymond beat the shit out of him for trying to get me away from him." Gideon said.

Charlie glared at Travis, "You were trying to get Gideon to cheat on Raymond?"

Travis nodded his head and said, "Sorry bro, I didn't know who they were."

"Ugh, so much for my family getting along with Alec's. First, Clarice and my sister get into an argument, I don't have any siblings Troy and Wyatt's age, and then my parents just plain don't get along with your parents." Charlie said.

Gideon laughed and said, "I can get along with Travis, if he promises to stop trying to get me to break up with Raymond. I think that by now I don't think I can leave Raymond even if I wanted to. Which I don't."

Charlie looked puzzled, "Why?"

Gideon grinned, "Didn't Alec tell you?"

Charlie shook his head, "What didn't he tell me?"

Gideon grinned and scooted Raymond onto his lap, putting his head on Raymond's shoulder and placing his hands on Raymond's stomach. "Raymond is pregnant."

Charlie looked like he was going to laugh and Travis did laugh, "No way, you have to be kidding." Travis said.

"No, I'm not. Raymond is pregnant and I don't think I could leave him if I wanted to and I don't." Gideon said, still hugging Raymond as gently as possible.

Charlie just blinked in surprise and said, "Wow, weird. Oh well, looks like Alec is going to have an actual nephew or niece."

"Well, he still has Clarice too. So anyways, I wasn't really paying attention during the ceremony, which one of you took who's name?" Gideon asked.

Charlie laughed and said, "I took Alec's last name."

"That must have been confusing for you guys." Raymond said, "But I know that I'll take Gideon's name." Raymond grinned at Gideon and Gideon grinned back.

"As soon as we turn eighteen." Gideon said.

Charlie laughed and smashed their heads together as they leaned in for a kiss. "Ok, lovebirds, I'm going to go back to Alec, cause he will be mad that I ditched him in the middle of a dance, I don't want him to get angrier."

Gideon and Raymond laughed and Raymond started to drink the punch Gideon gave him. "I'm guessing you're going to stop me from having soda too?"

"You know me so well." Gideon said, smirking at him.

Raymond sighed and said, "The next seven and a half months are going to be so dull."

Gideon grinned, "You bet." Gideon turned to Travis and held out his hand, "So, can we start over and not hate each other?"

Travis grinned and said, "Sure, as long as neither of you gives me a black eye again."

"As long as you don't hit on either of us." Gideon said.

Travis blushed before saying, "Alright, I'm going to go bug my sister."

Gideon laughed and put his head back onto Raymond's shoulder as Raymond took another drink, "Can I have a drink hun?" Raymond grinned and held the cup up to Gideon's lip and Gideon took a sip, "Thank you."

Raymond leaned back into his dragon and said, "I love you."

Gideon smiled and said, "I love you too love."

Raymond leaned his head back to rest on Gideon, his head turned sideways and he fell asleep. He started snoring and Gideon almost started laughing. He shook Raymond slightly and said, "We're at a wedding, I don't think falling asleep just yet is a good idea."

Raymond grinned and said, "Have you seen Wyatt and Troy?"

Gideon shook his head and said, "I'll be right back."

Gideon walked to where he suspected the two cubs were, the bathroom. He opened the door and grinned as he was hit by the smell of sex. He looked under the stall doors and grinned as he knocked on one. "Really the best time to do that?"

He laughed as he heard Wyatt's voice shout, "Gosh darnet. We always get walked in on."

"Come on, your at a wedding in a church." Gideon said.

Wyatt sighed and Gideon heard a zipper being pulled up. Wyatt and Troy came out of the stall and he said, "Come on, try late at night."

Gideon grinned as Wyatt scowled at him, "Sorry for ruining your fun, but you really should try to do it somewhere where a random person wouldn't walk in, be happy I did, what would happen if dad did?"

Wyatt grimaced and said, "I see your point."

Gideon nodded and said, "Good, now, maybe you and Troy would like some dance lessons?"

Troy grinned, "Sounds like fun."

Wyatt laughed, "Fine." Gideon took them over to where Raymond was.

"Hey hun, I'm gonna teach these two how to dance." Gideon said.

Raymond grinned and said, "I'm going to watch. This should be funny."

Gideon pulled the two to the dance floor, to where they were still in view of Raymond. "Ok, which one of you wants to try first?"

Wyatt stepped up and Gideon laughed, "This is going to be difficult considering you don't even come up to my shoulders."

Wyatt scowled and Gideon showed him where to place his hands. Gideon took him through the steps once then switched to Troy, he did the same with Troy and then showed him the steps. "Now, try it with each other."

Gideon showed Troy where to place his hands to lead and Troy placed his hands. Gideon watched the two dance awkwardly until they got into it. Wyatt kept stepping on his own feet and yelping quietly. They finally got into it when Raymond came up behind Gideon and said, "Wanna dance?"

"Why wouldn't I?" Gideon said as he spun and placed his hands on the correct spots. They started to dance, Raymond dancing a little more gracefully then he had been earlier.

"Where did you learn to dance?" Raymond asked him.

Gideon laughed and said, "I taught myself, I didn't want to go to a dance class, they would have paired me with a girl, and as much as I like girls as friends, I would never touch one of their waists."

Raymond grinned as they got into the steps more and looked over as Wyatt tripped on Troy's legs. Raymond laughed and said, "Maybe I should help, I'm a lot shorter than Gideon."

Gideon laughed, "That you are."

Gideon sat down and crossed his legs as he watch Raymond attempting to teach the two how to dance. When he was finished they did dance better, but they still had troubles of placing their feet.

Gideon laughed as he stood up and started to dance with Raymond again. They danced for hours, taking small breaks when Raymond got tired.

Clarice came up to the four of them while they were dancing and asked, "You guys ready to go home?"

Gideon looked at Raymond who was fighting to keep his eyes open, "Ya, we're ready."

They walked to the door and Gideon helped Raymond back into all his coats. They got in the car and Clarice drove them home. They made it home and Gideon helped the eager Raymond to get out of his coats and tuxedo and into a pair of pajama pants and a white T-shirt. "Night hun." Gideon said as he tucked Raymond in like a child and kissed his forehead, "I love you."

Raymond kissed him before muttering, "I love you too."

Raymond started snoring and Gideon walked upstairs. He sat down on the couch next to Clarice and she said, "Do you think Wyatt and Troy are hungry?"

Gideon laughed and said, "Give them some alone time."

Clarice asked, "Why?"

"Because they've been walked in one twice today already, give them some time alone." Gideon said.

Clarice laughed and said, "They have a problem with that."

"Did you want something to eat?" Gideon asked, "I could run and get something if you want."

Clarice grinned and said, "Could you?"

Gideon nodded as she took out her wallet and handed him twenty dollars. "Could you run to McDonalds for me?"

Gideon laughed and said, "The usual?"

Clarice grinned and said, "Big Mac Value Meal with the big mac plain."

Gideon shook his head, "How can you murder a big mac like that?"

Clarice shrugged and said, "Don't know."

Gideon smiled, "Since I'm going down there for you can I buy Raymond a salad? I don't want to run downstairs to get my wallet. It might wake him."

"I don't care, salads don't cost that much." Clarice said.

"Good, cause he's going to be hungry when he wakes up, I just know it." Gideon said.

Clarice laughed as he walked out the door and took off into the air. The fly there was fast, flying anywhere was fast for Gideon, he walked in and ordered the food.

He took it back home, flying fast, and landed. He had guessed right and Raymond was awake in the living room talking to Clarice. "I'm back." Gideon said.

Clarice grinned and took her food, "Thanks."

"Are you hungry Raymond?" Gideon asked him.

Raymond nodded and took the salad. "Ugh, thanks hun."

Gideon grinned and picked up a tomato. "Thank Clarice."

Raymond grinned as he thanked her and started eating the food. "So, why are you awake again." Gideon asked.

Raymond grimaced, "Apparently morning sickness is for when you wake up at any time of the day."

Gideon said, "Oh." and sat down. Raymond ate the salad really fast and grinned at Gideon, "I hope you realize I'm not going to live off of salad for the next seven months right?"

"I know, but your only going to get salad tonight, or at least, for now." Gideon said.

Raymond smiled and said, "I know it's all for the best but it's kind of annoying."

Gideon grinned, "I'll tell you what, when your in the hospital after having our child I'll bring you something from McDonalds to eat."

Raymond grinned, "Or, you can wait for me to get out and take me somewhere where I can eat all I want."

"Or that." Gideon said. "Restaurant of your choice."

Raymond yawned and said, "Good."

"Ready for bed again?" Gideon asked as he yawned, "I know I am."

Raymond leaned onto him and said, "Ok."

They walked to the basement and laid down on there bed after Gideon changed, "I love you." Gideon whispered.

"I love you too." Raymond replied as he fell asleep.

Gideon fell asleep shortly after, dreaming about his wolf and what his child would look like.

**

Chapter 21

**

Gideon was pacing in front of the front door while he was waiting for Carol and Raymond to get back from the hospital. He had been pacing back and forth in front of the door for at least two hours now. Raymond was five months and sixteen days pregnant now and he today they were finding out if they were having a boy or a girl.

He heard a car door slam and he opened the door and ran out to meet Raymond. "Any news?" Gideon asked.

Raymond nodded excitedly and took off his jacket as he walked in. "We're having twins, and we're having a boy and a girl."

Gideon's eyes widened in shock before he hugged Raymond gently, "That is so wonderful."

Carol smiled at the two as she walked in the door and said, "Raymond told you then."

Gideon nodded and said, "Looks like we get to use both the names we picked out."

Carol looked confused and said, "When did you two pick out names? And what are the names?"

Gideon laughed and said, "We picked out names like, two months ago, and the names are Zakai Alvin and Zandra Elizabeth."

"Your grandpa and your aunt?" Carol said, "It works. Zakai Alvin Restin and Zandra Elizabeth Restin. They have a ring to them."

Gideon grinned and said, "I'm still wondering what our children will look like."

Raymond laughed and said, "Me too. If they are anywhere near as beautiful as you are they will be just fine."

Gideon grinned and said, "If there anywhere near as beautiful as you are they will be fine."

"If you two don't stop I'm going to slap both of you." Carol said, "It's cute but it's annoying."

Gideon grinned and looked back at Raymond, "Xatrin and Kevin invited us to go to the mall with them and Paulie and Dean."

Raymond nodded, "Sounds fun."

Gideon looked at Carol, "Can you drive us mom?"

Carol nodded and said, "Sure, even though we just got home from being gone."

Raymond laughed as he put his jacket back on and said, "Why do you insist I wear this thing?"

"Because it might start raining." Gideon said, "And you aren't getting sick."

Raymond shook his head and sighed, "Three more months."

Gideon looked puzzled, "Don't you mean three and a half?"

Raymond shook his head, "No, they're going to operate to get the children out at eight and a half months."

Gideon nodded and said, "Ok, three months."

Gideon helped Raymond into the car and sat down next to him and put his paw on Raymond's stomach. He grinned as he felt two simultaneous kicks. Raymond smiled at him and said, "Did you feel it?"

Gideon nodded and said, "They're going to have a good... mother."

Raymond grinned and said, "They're going to have a good father, and a good grandmother, and a good grandfather. They're going to have good everything."

Raymond leaned his head onto Gideon's shoulder as they pulled into the parking lot of the mall. "Thanks mom." Gideon said as he got out.

He helped Raymond out and they walked into the mall. They looked around to spot their friends. They saw them sitting on a bench and went to join them and Kevin said, "Holy shit Raymond, you are huge."

Raymond laughed and said, "Yep, I'm bigger than Paulie is. I'm having twins."

Paulie stood up and said, "That's great."

"Yep, a boy and a girl. What about you?" Raymond said.

Paulie smiled and said, "I'm having a girl."

"Good, our daughter will have someone to play with." Raymond said.

"Ok, this is a weird conversation." Xatrin bursted in, "What are you naming the kids?"

Paulie spoke up first, "Oh ya, we're naming our daughter Jasmine."

Raymond grinned and said, "We're naming our boy Zakai and our girl Zandra."

"Liking the Z names eh?" Kevin said.

"We weren't expecting twins." Raymond said.

Paulie grinned and said, "Oh well, what are we going to do anyways?"

Kevin grinned and said, "I was going to suggest bowling but Raymond is so big he might fall over."

Raymond laughed and said, "Very funny. I'm fine with watching."

Kevin grinned and they all walked out of the mall to Kevin's car. Kevin drives them all to the the bowling alley which is just down the road and they all get out, Raymond taking a seat at their lanes while the other five get shoes and pick out a bowling ball. Gideon sat down across from Raymond and asks, "Are you hungry?"

Raymond nodded and said, "Yes."

Gideon grinned and stood up and walked to the counter of the bowling alley's kitchen. He ordered food and took the receipt and put it in his pocket, memorizing the number on it so he would know when to get the food. By the fourth frame his number had been called and he walked up and got the food, coming back and putting it in front of Raymond. "Oh thank god, something that isn't salad." Raymond said.

Gideon grinned and said, "Be happy, you aren't getting anything else but salad until after our children are born."

"Ya, and you have to take me wherever I want." Raymond grinned.

Gideon nodded, "Yes I will."

Raymond grinned and started eating the food. The other five kids bowled one game, not wanting to play anymore they decided to go into the arcade in the back and play pool where Raymond and Paulie both sat out. Paulie grinned as she put her paw on her stomach. "Feeling her kick?" Raymond asked.

Paulie nodded and said, "Want to feel her kick?"

Raymond grinned and placed his paw on her stomach. He felt the kick instantly and laughed. "You want to feel my children kick?" He asked her.

Paulie placed her paw on Raymond's stomach and felt the two simultaneous kicks. She grinned at Raymond and said, "Jeez they're strong."

Raymond laughed, "They are Gideon's children."

Paulie nodded and said, "It's still a little awkward to talk to you while you're pregnant."

Raymond nodded, "I know, Gideon still has a hard time calling me a mother when we talk about the babies."

Paulie said, "Ya, Dean does as well, maybe thats just at being shocked he's going to be a father."

Gideon laughed as he came over, "She nailed it." He hung his poolstick on a rack next to the table and sat down next to Raymond. "I also can't believe that I get to have children with the man that I love."

Raymond leaned onto Gideon and kissed him. Gideon put one paw on Raymond's stomach and grinned again. He left his hand there and felt kick after kick. Raymond laughed and said, "They know they're daddy."

Gideon smiled, "I hope so, I've read to them for two hours every night and then play music until Raymond falls asleep."

Raymond hit Gideon on top of the head and said, "That was my idea, and it's a good idea."

Gideon laughed and said, "It is a good idea, but you could read to them too."

Paulie smiled at both of them and said, "Raymond was definetly good for you Gideon. You laugh so much more often now."

Gideon leaned his hed onto Raymond's shoulder and said, "That, I know."

Raymond kissed Gideon again and said, "And I know he's been good for me, besides the fact that he got me pregnant at least."

Gideon groaned, "How was I supposed to know? You're happy about it anyways, so stop using that."

Paulie laughed, "Mood swings are killer aren't they?"

Gideon nodded and said, "Did you get them?"

Paulie shook her head, "Nope."

"Dean is lucky then." Gideon replied. "But I still love you." Gideon said as he kissed Raymond again.

"We say I love you a lot." Raymond said.

Gideon grinned, "I can't help it considering it's true."

Raymond laughed and the rest of them finally finished playing pool, "You guys ready to go?" Kevin asked them.

The three nodded and they stood up, Dean helping Paulie and Gideon helping Raymond. Raymond walked awkwardly because of his stomach and he got a lot of stares. He laughed everytime Gideon started to count the people staring. "Just give it up." Raymond said, "There are always going to be people staring, at least, until I have my children."

Gideon laughed, "Our children." They got into Kevin's van and Kevin took them home, groaning everytime he had to turn onto a busy street.

"I hate this town, it's so small but it's always got a busy street." Kevin said.

Gideon laughed as they turned into his driveway. Gideon got out and helped Raymond down, "Thanks for the ride."

"I might as well have given you a ride. I owe you that much after kicking your butt at bowling." Kevin said.

"You beat him by one pin hun." Xatrin said as he kissed Kevin.

"I still beat him." Kevin said.

Xatrin laughed when he saw Kevin's blush, "Come on, we've been together for half a year now, public displays of affection are ok."

Kevin glared, "I have my own views."

Raymond laughed as the van pulled out. "They're going to be arguing all the way back to Xatrin's."

Gideon laughed with Raymond for a moment before opening the door and helping Raymond out of his jacket. Wyatt ran up to Gideon and grinned, "Whatchya doing?"

Gideon looked confused, "Coming home from the bowling alley."

Wyatt asked, "Do you want to play some video games with Troy and I?"

Gideon grinned, "If I get to pick the game."

Wyatt laughed, "Alright."

"How are you doing on that game I got you for Christmas anyways?" Gideon asked.

Wyatt grinned, "I beat that forever ago."

"Are you hungry Raymond?" Gideon asked.

Raymond nodded and Gideon turned to Wyatt, "Do you and Troy want something to eat?"

Troy yelled, "Sure!" down the stairs.

Gideon laughed and walked into the kitchen where he made a salad for Raymond and put some pizza rolls in the microwave while he was doing so. He walked back out to Raymond and gave him the salad and said, "Maybe I'll let you have some pizza rolls."

Raymond glared as Gideon helped him upstairs. "I can walk you know."

Gideon laughed and said, "I know, I just want to make sure you won't fall."

Raymond said, "You really are paranoid."

Gideon grinned, "I know."

They walked into Troy and Wyatt's room and the two pulled apart from their kiss. "Finally, something to eat."

Gideon laughed, "Where are Mom, Dad, and Clarice?"

"They're at Aunt Lizzy's house. She called them to help her out and they left us here alone." Wyatt said, "Apparently they wanted to give us some alone time but forgot that we have no idea how to use a oven or a stove."

Gideon laughed again, "Well, eat, and don't eat all the pizza rolls. I promised Raymond he could have a few."

Wyatt grinned at Raymond and popped one into his mouth. Raymond started shoving salad into his mouth and swallowing. He made quick work of the salad and instantly took a handful of the pizza rolls and stuck his tongue out at Gideon as he put each one into his mouth and chewed before swallowing. "Two things that isn't salad in a day. I feel special now."

"You are special." Gideon said, smirking at Raymond.

"Very funny smart ass." Raymond said.

"Now now, watch the language. We're in the presence of small people." Gideon said, smirking at the two cubs that were now sitting on the bed kissing each other non stop. "You two want to break apart long enough to play a game like you asked me to?"

They broke apart and Wyatt grinned while Troy blushed, "What do you want to play?" Wyatt asked.

Gideon grinned and said, "I'm going to dominate you at Halo 3, that's what."

Wyatt grinned, "You can try."

They played in matches of two, Wyatt vs. Gideon and Troy vs. Raymond. Gideon laughed as Wyatt growled at him after getting completely dominated. "Let's see here, 15 kills and 1 death to 1 kill and 15 deaths. Not looking so good for you is it?"

Wyatt growled and gave his controller to Troy. Troy made up for Wyatt's horrible loss but Raymond wasn't exactly good at any video game on the xbox 360. "Ugh, I hate the Xbox so much." Raymond said. "Worst, game system, ever!"

Gideon laughed and said, "I know, I know. You prefer the PS3. Tell you what, I'll get you a PS3 for your birthday."

Raymond laughed and said, "Don't you guys already have one?"

Gideon shook his head, "Naw, my parents sold it and replaced it with a PS2. They complained that games for the PS3 cost to much and they were already spending to much money on the Wii and Xbox 360."

Raymond grinned and said, "Ok then."

They continued to play video games with the two cubs, occasionally switching to something else so Wyatt might have a chance at winning. Gideon grinned as he beat Wyatt at another game, yet again. "You suck at this game." Gideon said.

Wyatt grinned, "You suck at more games that I do."

Gideon laughed, "Good point, but the games that are harder are the games that I'm good at. Mostly because I prefer mature games over littly kiddy games."

Wyatt shut off the game system and said, "Well, Troy and I still have school so we have to go to bed."

Gideon grinned at the two cubs and said, "Don't do anything, Clarice will be home soon and you know she's going to check on you every half an hour."

Wyatt groaned, "Why does she do that?"

Gideon laughed again and said, "Because she doesn't approve of a twelve year old and a thirteen year old having sex with each other."

Troy grinned now and said, "Fine whatever." He crawled into the bed and Wyatt crawled up next to him. Gideon and Raymond left the room, closing the door firmly behind him.

"You know that they are going to lock the door right?" Raymond said. Just as he said that he heard a click behind him and nodded, "Told ya."

Gideon grinned and held up one claw. Before Raymond's eyes the claw thinned and Raymond stared in wonderment. "I found that out a few months ago. I decided to keep it a secret. You would be surprised at what I can do with my claws."

Gideon picked the lock silently and he heard it click and took Raymond downstairs. "Now Clarice gets to walk in on them."

Raymond grinned, "You've been setting them up for a while haven't you?"

Gideon laughed and put an innocent look on his face, "Why would you think that?"

Raymond grinned, "You're mean."

Gideon laughed as they sat on the couch in the living room and Gideon turned on the TV. "What do you want to watch?"

"Think your mom would care if we ordered something On Demand?" Raymond asked.

"She never uses it so she won't find out." Gideon said as he grinned at Raymond. Gideon pressed the button on the Remote control that took him to the on demand menu and Raymond showed him what movie he wanted to watch. "A chick flick?" Gideon asked, his eyebrow raising slightly.

Raymond nodded and said, "Come on, I heard it was a good movie from Paulie and I liked the last one she suggested."

Gideon ordered the movie and Raymond said, "Thanks love."

Gideon smiled and put his arm around Raymond and Raymond laid his head on Gideon's shoulder. "No problem sweetheart."

Raymond kissed Gideon as the movie started. Like most chick flicks it started out happy. About a half an hour into the movie Clarice came inside and said, "Mom and dad are going to be home later."

Gideon grinned and said, "Go check on Wyatt and Troy."

Clarice looked confused but she did so. She came back downstairs a moment later followed by Wyatt and Troy, who were both only in boxers. Wyatt glared at Gideon and said, "Why did you have to pick the stinking lock?"

Gideon laughed and Clarice slapped him, "Hey! Raymond and I are watching a movie here."

Clarice just glared at him and sat down while Wyatt and Troy went back upstairs to go to bed. Clarice cried at the same parts Raymond did, like all chick flicks there were plenty of sad parts. Gideon dried Raymond's face off each time so the fur on his face wouldn't mat. Gideon felt like crying to at the end, mostly because he hoped that Raymond and his relationship to turn out that way.

"Fine, Paulie wins. Two movies she said are good are good." Gideon said. "You tired yet?"

Raymond grinned and said, "Nope."

Clarice grinned and took the remote before Gideon could say anything. "If Raymond is into chick flicks now I have a whole bunch we could watch."

She played one and Raymond put his head back on Gideon's shoulder. They sat there watching movies late into the night and early into the morning. That all ended when they got a call from their mom. Gideon answered the phone and said, "Yes mom?"

"Gideon. Oh Gideon, your dad has had a heart attack." She said.

Gideon's heart sunk and he dropped the phone and said, "Raymond, can you stay here and watch Troy and Wyatt for a while? Clarice and I have to go the hospital."

Clarice looked concerned. "Why?"

"Dad had a heart attack." Gideon said.

Raymond nodded and said, "Go."

**

Chapter 22

**

Wyatt woke Troy up at Six thirty. "Come on honey, time for school." He said.

Troy sat up and grinned as Wyatt turned around. Troy stood up and pounced on him. "Could we have a little fun before school?"

Wyatt smiled and said, "Sure."

Wyatt grinded his ass into Troy's bulge and reached down to pull down his boxers. Troy did the same with his and sunk his head and started rimming the small fox. Wyatt moaned at the warm, moist tongue penetrating him. Troy grimaced at the taste but continued to rim his fox before pulling out and pushing Wyatt onto his stomach on the bed. He crawled on top of him and placed his member at Wyatt's entrace.

"You ready?" Troy asked him.

Wyatt nodded and relaxed as he felt Troy's member at his entrace. Troy pushed in and he winced slightly but he enjoyed having the warm, throbbing member enter him more than he felt the pain. Troy hilted himself in and gave Wyatt a moment to get used to it. Wyatt felt the warm member throb, he felt every inch of it deep inside him, pushing against his prostate and sending incredible amounts of pleasure up his spine.

Troy started to slowly pulled out and Wyatt moaned as he pushed back in after pulling half of it out. Troy got into a rhythym that continued to get faster and harder and Wyatt started to moan more and more, his own member throbbing underneath him. Troy slammed in and stayed there for a moment before pulling back out again and continuing his rhythym.

Wyatt felt his balls pull up to his body and stream of cum shot out from his member and landed on the blankets. Troy continued pounding him before leaning down and biting his shoulder gently. Wyatt moaned as this newly found pleasure sent electricty up and down his side. Troy's thrusts started to become short and frantic and he pulled out, leaving nothing but the head in, before slamming back in and stifling a roar of pleasure as his seed exploded deep into Wyatt, coating his guts in white.

Troy collapsed onto Wyatt, releasing the grip he had on Wyatt's shoulder. "I love you." He whispered.

Wyatt pushed Troy off and said, "I love you too. Now it's time for a shower."

Troy groaned and said, "Fine, I don't know why we can't just ditch school."

At that moment Raymond knocked and opened the door, "Oh god." He said as he looked in. "Clean up you two and get downstairs. We have to go to the hospital."

Wyatt was concerned instantly and said, "Why?"

"Your dad is in the hospital." Raymond said. "Now come on, hurry up. Don't bother with a shower just wipe yourselves off and get dressed. Put on some deodorant too."

Raymond closed the door and Wyatt looked down and saw more than felt the cum running down his leg. Troy grinned and said, "Come on, we need to clean up."

Wyatt's ears were drooped and Troy cleaned him up and he did the same for Troy even though Troy wasn't messy. They got dressed and rushed downstairs. Raymond had a jacket on and said, "Come on, we're walking."

Gideon was outside the door and he looked really worried. He put his arm around Raymond's shoulders and said, "Come on guys, let's go."

He made sure to have his arm securely around Raymond while they walked down the stairs with Wyatt and Troy following closely behind. Wyatt took a deep breath and smelled the wonderful smell of a morning after it rained. The nice clean air, the smell of dew on the grass. "Have you guys ever noticed how it always seems clearer out after it rains?" Gideon asked suddenly. "Everything looks even more beautiful then it normally does."

Raymond frowned and said, "Are you feeling alright Gideon?"

Gideon shook his head, "No I'm not."

Raymond looked concerned and said, "What's the matter?"

Gideon sighed and said, "I'm fine, I'm just not feeling fine."

Raymond sighed and said, "Ok, whatever."

They continued walking, Wyatt and Troy walking ahead and Raymond getting stares from windows or cars as they walked onto more busy roads. One man looked like he was going to stop and talk to them but Gideon gave him a look that made him roll his windows up and floor it. They walked into the hospital finally and found Gideon's fathers room.

There was a little trouble with Raymond and Troy but Gideon gave the nurse a look that made her rush them through so he would stop glaring at her. "You know, your glare can be useful at times." Raymond said, trying to get Gideon to smile or laugh.

Gideon smiled weakly and said, "Yes, yes it can."

They saw Carol sitting outside his father's room and they went to join her. "What did the doctor say?"

She looked at him with tear filled eyes. "He said the odds of him living are 9 to 1."

Gideon hugged her and said, "It's going to be alright. It is going to be alright."

Gideon sighed as his mother started to cry into his shoulder.

"Come on mom, we can go to the waiting room and get something to eat." Gideon said.

Carol followed reluctantly and she sat down in the waiting room while Clarice, Wyatt, and Troy went to get food from the cafeteria. They came back and Carol sighed at the disgusting food but Gideon made her eat something. "Mom, I know what it feels like. You need to eat." Gideon said.

Carol ate her food in silence. They sat there for a while, Wyatt and Troy playing cards with Raymond while Clarice read a magazine and Gideon watched. Gideon looked at his mother and said, "When are we going to go home?"

"You guys are going home today." Gideon heard someone say and he recognized the voice, "I, however, am going to be kept here and tortured with diet plans and just about everything else."

Clarice, Carol, and Wyatt sprang up and ran to Ron and hugged him. Carol kissed him and said, "Oh my god, never ever scare me like that again."

Gideon sagged down onto the floor next to Raymond and leaned his head onto Raymond's shoulder. "This is new." Raymond said as he put his arm around Gideon. "I think you're tired."

"Oh god Raymond, I am tired." Gideon said wearily, "I want to go home."

Raymond smiled and said, "Good, cause I'm tired too."

Carol came over to them and said, "Alright kids, time to go home."

Gideon yawned a jaw cracking yawn and followed Carol out and climbed into the car, "Thank god dad is alright." Clarice said.

Gideon nodded and said, "Ya."

Gideon put his head onto Raymond's shoulder and closed his eyes. He fell asleep and Raymond sighed. "He really is tired."

Raymond started stroking Gideon's hair and they pulled into the driveway. "Clarice, can you carry Gideon?"

Clarice said, "Maybe."

Clarice struggled but she managed to pick Gideon up without waking him. "You're stronger than you look." Raymond said.

Clarice grunted as she walked up the stairs. "Jesus he's heavy."

Clarice walked inside and walked downstairs to the basement and put Gideon on the bed. "Thank you Clarice."

"No problem Raymond." Clarice said. She hugged Raymond and said, "You need to get some sleep too."

"I plan on it." Raymond said as he laid down next to Gideon and hugged him.

Raymond fell asleep as Clarice watched and she smiled at the two as she wearily climbed the stairs to the kitchen and then up those stairs into her room. She collapsed on her bed and closed her eyes. She fell asleep and dreamed happy dreams.

**

Chapter 23

**

Raymond opened his eyes slowly and he smelled pinesol. He sat up and stretched and felt stitches pull at his stomach and he groaned in pain. Gideon sat up from the chair next to the bed and beamed at Raymond. "Hey hun."

Raymond smiled, "Hey sweetie."

A nurse came in and grinned at the two and asked Raymond, "Would you like to see your children."

Raymond nodded vigorously and the nurse turned around and started to take the blankets off of the two babies very gently. "What do they look like?" Raymond asked.

Gideon grinned, "They look like there mother mixed with me. You'll see. They're so beautiful."

The nurse turned around with Raymond's baby boy and girl. "Be careful." The nurse said as she placed the two in the crooks Raymond made his arms into.

Raymond stared at the two babies in his arm, "They are beautiful."

The two babies that were sleeping in Raymond's arms were small wolves that had white scales with the fur growing out of the scales and covering them up to make it seem like there weren't any scales. They had small wings that mimicked Gideon's except smaller and a wolf tail. Zandra had beautiful, deep violet eyes and Zakai had yellow eyes like Gideon's except they were wolf eyes with yellow irises.

Gideon grinned at Raymond and said, "Our children. Our children! We're parents Raymond. And you know what, Paulie just gave birth a few hours ago."

Raymond smiled at Gideon and said, "What does her child look like?"

Gideon grinned, "Her little girl is beautiful too. She looks just like her mother but she has darker fur. Dean was so excited."

"Where's your mom?" Raymond asked.

Gideon smiled, "She was at Aunt Lizzy's again. She and dad are on their way right now."

As he said that Carol came into the room quietly and smiled at Raymond. She came over to stand behind him and said, "They're beautiful. May I hold Zandra?"

Raymond nodded and she carefully took the small baby girl. Ron stood next to Raymond and Raymond asked, "Do you want to hold Zakai?"

Ron smiled and said, "I don't trust myself. I still haven't fully recovered from that heart attack."

Gideon walked over and said, "I'd like to hold him."

Gideon picked up the little boy very carefully and held him gently. Clarice walked in and glared, "Nobody wanted to tell me? Came home from my first day of college not knowing where anyone is until I see a note that's sitting at the bottom of the stairs."

Carol smiled at her, a whole hearted smile. "Do you want to hold Zandra?"

Clarice looked at Raymond a smile lighting up her features suddenly. "May I?"

Raymond nodded. Clarice walked over quietly and took Zandra from Carol. Clarice stared down at the little baby with a smile on her face, "She looks so much like you Raymond."

Zandra and Zakai woke up, their eyes opening. They started to cry loudly and Clarice and Gideon started trying to calm them down. Gideon started to hum a song that Clarice or anyone else in the room besides Raymond had ever heard before and the babies calmed down. Now they were quietly cooing at the people holding them. They passed the babies back to Raymond who took them and caressed them lovingly.

A nurse came in with two warm bottles and smiled again, "I think it's time they were fed." The nurse said.

Raymond nodded and said, "Their father and I will do so."

Gideon beamed at the word father, he still couldn't believe it. He picked up Zandra and sat down, he took one of the bottles and held it up for Zandra. She started to suckle on it and Gideon smiled down at his baby girl. Raymond was doing the same for Zakai. Soon the two babies were done and Gideon and Raymond were doing their best to burp them without hurting them.

Clarice and Carol shook their heads and said in unison, "Let me see her." Clarice said it the same except she said, "him."

Gideon unwillingly passed his beautiful baby girl to his mother and she gently burped her before passing her back. "See, it's not that hard."

Gideon wanted to glare at her but today was a wonderful day and he couldn't bring himself to do it. "August fourth 2010. Our beautiful children were born." Gideon said.

Raymond smiled, "Fourteen days after your birthday and twenty-four before mine."

Gideon grinned and sat down on the bed next to Raymond. "I think it's time we put them back in the cribs for now." Gideon said.

Raymond nodded and yawned, "Apparently being knocked out by medical means isn't as restful as normal sleep." Gideon smiled as he placed Zandra in the crib in then turned back to pick up Zakai and do the same.

"Well, at least the birth certificates are all taken care of." Gideon said, "Now, if you want some sleep I actually wanted to go talk to Paulie."

Raymond nodded and said, "You do that."

Raymond laid his head down onto the pillow and closed his eyes. He fell asleep quickly and Gideon smiled. Gideon bent his head down and kissed Raymond's forehead. He walked out of the room pushing the rest of the people out as well. "He deserves to sleep." Gideon said.

Gideon walked down the hall to where Paulie was and knocked. He heard a faint, "Come in." and he opened the door and stepped inside quickly.

"Hi there." Gideon said as he walked over. Paulie was holding her baby girl and said, "She looks like her mother with her father's eyes and fur."

Paulie grinned and said, "What do your children look like."

Gideon smiled and said, "Oh god, they're hard to describe. They are just so beautiful. Where's Dean?"

Paulie laughed, "There's a story. He's probably in the cafeteria staring into a cup of coffee."

Gideon grinned, "I'm going to go find him."

Paulie grinned, "Slap him for me."

"Why?" Gideon asked.

"Because he didn't stay in here the whole time, I only got to break his hand for two minutes." Paulie said.

Gideon laughed and said, "I'll slap him."

He walked out and walked down to the cafeteria and sure enough Dean was sitting, staring into a cup of coffee. He walked up and slapped him and grinned. "That was from Paulie."

Dean rubbed his face and said, "Why?"

"Because you only let her break your hand for two minutes." Gideon said. He patted Dean on the back and said, "Cheer up Dean, we're fathers man."

Dean grinned and said, "I'm excited. I'm just tired."

Gideon laughed, "Take a drink of that coffee while I go get some for myself."

Gideon went to get some coffee before sitting down next to Dean. Wyatt and Troy came in and sat next to them. "Congratulations. Both of you." Wyatt said and hugged Gideon and shook Dean's hand.

"Are you excited about being an uncle Wyatt?" Gideon said.

Wyatt nodded and said, "Of course."

"Have you seen Zandra and Zakai yet?" Gideon asked.

Wyatt shook his head and Gideon stood up, "Come on Dean, I'm sure you would like to see them too."

Dean nodded, "I would like to see my friends children."

Gideon beamed, "I won't be used to being a father for a while."

"Neither will I." Dean said.

They took the elevator up to the floor and walked to Raymond's room and Gideon told them to stay quiet. They walked in silently and Gideon smiled at Raymond before moving over to the crib and looking in at his children. Dean, Wyatt, and Troy did the same and Wyatt and Troy beamed at the two babies and Dean's breath caught. "They're beautiful." Dean said, "There is just no way to describe them beyond that."

Gideon nodded, "Have you seen your child?"

Dean nodded, "She's beautiful too. My little Jasmine."

Gideon nodded and started to hum quietly. The tune continued on, a slow melody and a wonderful sound. "Are you humming?" Wyatt asked.

Gideon nodded again and said, "Yes, I'm humming my beautiful children's lullaby."

Troy said, "It's doing it's job. I'm tired now."

Gideon laughed quietly, "My music apparently has qualities that puts everyone to sleep."

"Alright, I don't want to wake Raymond up. Time to go." Gideon said, pushing the other people out in front of him.

Dean glared at him as he tripped out the door but Gideon smiled back. "Why are you smiling?"

"Because today is the happiest day of my life." Gideon said, "And I can't make a glare appear on my face if I wanted to."

Dean laughed softly and said, "Today is the happiest day of my life too, but I can't bring myself to do anything but yawn."

"You don't have to stay here ya know. Paulie will understand." Gideon said.

Dean smiled, "Will you tell her for me?"

"Why don't you do it?" Gideon asked, "She's in there with your baby girl."

"Oh, when I left the room she was asleep." Dean said. "Oh well, I'll go talk to her."

Dean walked off and Gideon, Wyatt, and Troy went to join their mother and father in the waiting room. Gideon slumped into a chair next to his mother and put his head on her shoulder. "Jeez, I'm tired."

Carol patted his back and said, "It's a big day. You can sleep if you want."

Gideon smiled and closed his eyes, his head still on her shoulder. He started to snore quietly and Carol laughed. Ron stood up and kissed Carol before kissing Gideon on the forehead. "I can't ever believe I even wanted to kick my own son out for being gay." Ron said, disgust at himself lacing his voice with an icy edge.

Carol looked at him and said, "You grew up that way, no one could blame you."

Ron sighed, "I could blame me. Oh well, it's over and done with and I can't love my son more than I do at this moment."

Carol smiled and started to run her hand through Gideon's hair. "He acts so much older than he already is."

Ron nodded and sat down on Gideon's other side. "He does. To much emotional stress."

Carol sighed and looked across the room where Troy and Wyatt were sitting, playing cards with Clarice and occasionally kissing each other. "We have five kids living with us and four are in a relationship with each other. It makes me wonder if true love isn't easier to find then we thought it was."

Ron smiled and kissed her, "We found ours and our kids found theirs."

They sat in silence as the clock ticked by. After about an hour of sitting in silence Gideon woke up and yawned. "How long did I sleep?"

"Not long enough." Carol said, "You only slept for an hour."

Gideon sighed, "Do you know when they're going to let Raymond out? Or have they not told us yet?"

Carol smiled, "They are going to let him and Zandra and Zakai out tomorrow."

Gideon yawned and said, "Great. I owe him a date anyways."

Carol laughed and said, "You might want to wait for him to fully recover first."

Gideon nodded and said, "Do you think he would want something to eat now? I could run and get something besides hospital food."

Carol smiled again and said, "He probably would."

Gideon said, "Can I borrow some money? I left my wallet at home."

Carol fished out her wallet and gave him ten bucks and he said, "Thanks." and went outside and took off, heading towards a fast food place.

Carol smiled at Ron and scooted over putting her head on his chest. Ron looked down and said, "You haven't done this in a while."

Carol laughed and said, "I'm a grandmother to three children now, I need to feel young."

Ron laughed now and said, "I'll take you out tomorrow night."

Carol grinned, "Good."

A moment later Gideon came back and Carol sat up and said, "That was fast."

Gideon grinned, "I can fly fast. Do you think he's awake?"

"Go check." Carol said.

Gideon walked out of the waiting room and down the hall to where Raymond and his children were. He opened the door and grinned when he saw Raymond sitting up in his bed. Raymond smiled when Gideon walked in and said, "Hey honey."

Gideon said, "Hey hun, brought you something to eat."

Raymond beamed when he saw the food and dug in once Gideon put it down. He ate the food quickly and said, "That was good."

Gideon kissed him and said, "So was that."

Gideon and Raymond heard the babies start to cry and Gideon walked over and picked Zakai up, carrying him to Raymond before returning for Zandra. He sat down next to Raymond and asked, "Have they been changed?"

Raymond nodded and said, "A nurse came in and did it a few minutes ago."

Gideon nodded and started to hum and smiled in satisfaction when he got the desired effect. Raymond smiled and said, "Your so good with our children."

Gideon smiled back and leaned over Zandra and kissed Raymond on the cheek before sitting down on the bed next to them and cradling his baby girl in his arms. He smiled down at her and she moved her tiny little paw and Gideon laughed softly. Zandra jumped slightly at the noise but didn't start crying again.

Gideon rubbed his muzzle through her chest fur and grinned at the small child. Carol sneaked into the room when neither of them were paying attention and took a picture using Clarice's camera. Gideon jumped slightly and so did Raymond but the babies still didn't start crying. "Our children are weird." Gideon said, smiling at Raymond.

"They know they're in good hands." Carol said. She walked up to them and turned off the flash and took another picture of each of the babies. "Now I get to brag to my friends and your aunt."

Gideon smiled at his mother and said, "Imagine what they'll look like when they're older."

Raymond smirked, "Zakai's going to be big and strong like his father, I just know it."

Gideon grinned. "Zandra is going to be beautiful."

Raymond sighed, "Let's just hope they can get friends even though they're hybrids."

"Well, there's always Jasmine for Zandra." Gideon said, "And I'm sure Zakai will make friends."

Raymond grinned, "I'm eager for school to start actually. What is it? One week until school starts?"

Gideon nodded, "And five days until your stitches dissolve."

Raymond grimaced and then smiled, "And on day six you're taking me out on a date whether you want to or not."

Gideon laughed, "Why wouldn't I?"

Raymond grinned before looking down at his baby who was staring at him with his gorgeous yellow eyes. "You know, I have a feeling this is going to be a lot harder than we thought."

Gideon nodded, "It is. But it's going to be worth it in the end."

Raymond nodded, "Of course."

The nurse came in again and smiled before saying, "It's getting late. I would recommend you get some sleep."

Raymond nodded and Gideon put the two babies back into their crib and he hummed until they both fell asleep. He turned around and almost started laughing. Raymond was asleep too. Gideon walked over and kissed Raymond on the forehead before following his mother to the car. His father was there too, apparently Clarice had taken Wyatt and Troy home. "So, Gideon, are you excited?"

Gideon nodded, "Of course I'm excited."

"Good, cause you're going to be watching your babies for a good while." Carol said, "And tomorrow night you and Raymond will only have Clarice to help because your father is taking me out."

Ron grinned and said, "Think you're up for it?"

Gideon nodded and said, "Of course I'm up for it. They are my children."

Carol pulled into the driveway, and Gideon got out and rushed up the steps. "Is the nursery set up?" Gideon asked.

Carol nodded and said, "Ready for tomorrow when those babies come home."

Gideon smiled and walked downstairs and laid down his bed. He couldn't sleep but he imagined what his children would look like as they grew up.

**

Gideon grinned at his baby girl as he brought her inside and walked upstairs to the nursery and put her in her crib. Raymond did the same for Zakai and then hugged Gideon and said, "It's good to be home."

Gideon smiled and said, "Do you want pizza for dinner?"

Raymond nodded and said, "Oh my god yes."

Gideon laughed as he walked downstairs with a baby monitor in his pocket and asked Clarice as he passed her doorway, "What kind of pizza do you want?"

Clarice laughed and said, "Pepperoni."

Gideon nodded and crossed the hall to Wyatt and Troy's room. He opened the door and asked, "What kind of pizza do you two want?"

Wyatt said, "Sausage."

Troy said, "Cheese."

Gideon shook his head, "I'm going to be spending a lot of money." He walked downstairs and ordered the pizzas and Raymond came down to join him. He sat down on the couch carefully and said, "I can't wait until I've fully recovered."

Gideon laughed, "Neither can I."

Gideon smiled at him mischievously. Raymond laughed and said, "I missed that too."

The doorbell rang and Gideon answered it. It wasn't the pizza guy like he had expected but it was Kevin and Xatrin. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We can't come see our best friend?" Kevin said.

"We wanted to see your babies." Xatrin said.

At that moment the baby monitor in Gideon's pocket went off with the sound of his babies crying and he laughed, "You came at a good time."

Gideon poked Raymond on the arm and said, "Come on, our babies are up."

Raymond smiled and rushed upstairs behind Gideon and Gideon stopped at Clarice's door and asked, "Can you come downstairs and help Raymond and I with Zandra and Zakai?"

Clarice nodded and followed Gideon and Raymond down the stairs after they had picked up and calmed down the crying babies. Kevin and Xatrin smiled at the babies in Gideon and Raymond's arms. "Where do you think Zandra got the purple eyes?" Xatrin asked.

Gideon laughed and said, "I don't know. But who cares, they just make her all the more beautiful."

Raymond sniffed and said, "Alright! They need to be changed now."

Gideon grinned as he set out a towel on the couch for them to change the babies on. "Maybe we should have thought about this before we left the room."

Raymond nodded as he took Zakai and laid him down on the blanket and took off his diaper. "Oh jeez, he definitely needed to be changed."

Kevin and Xatrin had left the room and Clarice had come back in with two bottles. Clarice laughed when she saw Gideon and Raymond changing the two babies. Gideon and Raymond finished quickly and disposed of the dirty diapers and they picked their babies back up.

They took the two bottles and smiled at Clarice as the doorbell rang, "My wallet is on the table." Gideon said as he fed Zandra.

Clarice went to get the pizza and pay for it. She slipped one of Gideon's five dollars bill into her pocket and Gideon yelled, "Put whatever you took back."

Clarice came into the living room and said, "How did you know I took something?"

Gideon grinned, "There was a lot more to this dragon thing than I thought."

Kevin and Xatrin were back in the room and watching over Raymond and Gideon's shoulders as they fed Zandra and Zakai. Zandra and Zakai took half the bottle before they stopped suckling on it. Gideon and Raymond burped the two babies and smiled. They laid the babies down on the towel next to them and grinned. Clarice brought them pizza and Gideon said, "That was nice of you."

Clarice grinned, "You were busy."

Gideon laughed as he took a bite of his pizza. Kevin and Xatrin came back with pizza as well and he grinned at them, "Enjoying watching Raymond and I be parents?"

Kevin and Xatrin nodded, "It's very fascinating watching two men be actual parents." Xatrin said.

"And at the age of fourteen." Kevin added.

"I'm fifteen thank you very much." Gideon said.

"And I'm only twenty-three days behind him." Raymond said.

"Have you guys talked to Dean today?" Gideon asked.

Kevin nodded and said, "Paulie's parents are literally making him move in with them so he can help take care of Jasmine."

Gideon laughed, "It's a good thing my wolf already lives with me."

Raymond kissed Gideon and then licked his lips, "Cheesy."

Gideon glared at him and said, "I was being serious."

Raymond laughed, "I meant your lips."

Gideon blushed and said, "Oh."

Kevin snickered and Xatrin held his hand up to his mouth to stifle a laugh. The babies were moving there arms back and forth and making struggling sounds. Gideon picked them both up and smiled at the two of them. They smiled back at him and they were so cute at that moment that he almost lost sense for everything around him.

He heard the clicking of a camera and he glared at Clarice, "Why do I have a feeling that I'm going to have a whole album of baby pictures of these two?"

Clarice smiled and said, "That's good. You'll never forget their baby days."

Raymond grinned, "And we'll be able to embarrass them like hell when they finally get a boyfriend or girlfriend."

Gideon laughed, "That's true."

Gideon started to hum loudly and started to rock the babies gently back and forth, smiling as he hummed them their lullaby. Their eyelids drooped and almost as one they fell asleep, their tiny chests rising and falling as they breathed. Gideon walked upstairs and put them in their crib, staring at his children with a look of happiness that could only be directed at a person's children, so innocent and beautiful.

He picked up the baby monitor and walked downstairs to sit next to Raymond. Kevin and Xatrin had left and Gideon kissed Raymond and sighed, "You ready for bed?" Raymond asked.

Gideon nodded and they walked downstairs to their bedroom and Gideon smiled as they laid down on the bed, "So, is it easier to walk now that the babies have been born?" Gideon asked.

Raymond grinned, "Yep, thank god. I'm going to be doing a lot of walking."

Gideon said, "Yep, our new school is huge."

Raymond grinned, "At least we have all our classes together."

Gideon nodded and said, "Yep."

Raymond was silent for a moment as he put his head onto Gideon's chest. "Night honey."

Gideon kissed the top of Raymond's head and said, "I love you."

Raymond moved his head slightly and closed his eyes. He fell asleep and dreamt about his beautiful babies.

Gideon fell asleep shortly after, caressing his mate's head lovingly.

**

It had been six days since Raymond had come home with his and Gideon's babies and Raymond was getting ready for his and Gideon's date. Gideon grinned as he looked over Raymond. "You look great hun."

"I know I do." Raymond said, "Now, let's go."

Gideon grinned as he followed Raymond up the stairs, "Thanks for watching Zakai and Zandra mom."

Carol grinned, "No problem. Is Clarice driving you guys?"

Gideon nodded, "Raymond's not going to let me fly because of how long he spent on fixing his fur. He's such a girl."

Raymond grinned, "Sorry for wanting to look nice."

Gideon laughed, "Oh well, we're going to a fancy restaurant. We need to look nice."

Clarice came down the stairs and looked over Gideon and Raymond. "You both look gorgeous."

Gideon blushed. He was wearing his black sports coat with the silver dragons again. Raymond was wearing new clothes that Gideon had bought him specifically for this occasion. The shirt was a plain, black silk shirt and the pants were regular jeans but he still looked amazing.

Clarice grinned as she pushed them out the door and they climbed into the car and she drove them to the restaurant. She pulled into the Red Lobster's parking lot and they got out. "I'll call you when we're done eating."

Raymond and Gideon walked into the restaurant and they were seated when Gideon told them his name. Their waiter gave them disgusted looks but took their orders and brought them their food. Raymond grinned at Gideon as he took the first bite, "This is delicious."

Gideon smiled at Raymond and leaned over the table to kiss him. They continued eating and finished quickly, "You know, this food goes by awfully fast." Raymond said as he kissed Gideon again. Gideon grinned and asked for the check. He paid and called Clarice.

"You know, our dates always go by way to fast." Raymond said.

Gideon laughed and said, "At least the food is always good, and it's normally romantic."

"Except for the time that you took me to the bowling alley for a date." Raymond said.

Gideon grinned, "You know you loved having me behind you teaching you how to throw the ball."

Raymond laughed, "That I did."

Clarice pulled into the parking lot and Raymond and Gideon climbed into the car. "That was fast."

"I was anxious to get home to our babies." Raymond said.

Gideon laughed and said, "Me too. I love you, you're such a good mother."

Raymond grinned at him and kissed him as Clarice started to drive towards home. Raymond and Gideon kissed practically the whole ride home. They pulled into the driveway and Raymond and Gideon ran up the steps and grinned at Gideon's mother as they came inside. The babies were crying on the couch next to her and she couldn't calm them down.

Gideon started to hum and the babies calmed down. "Ok, playing music for the baby while they're in the womb, good idea." Gideon said.

"You really need to record that so I can calm them down when I watch them." Carol said.

Gideon laughed, "I'll do that as soon as I'm not as lazy as I am now."

Carol glared but smiled as she looked down at her grand children. Gideon picked up Zakai and kissed him gently on the forehead before passing him to Raymond and picking up Zandra. He kissed her on the forehead and grinned, "Daddy's little girl."

Zandra smiled and cooed, kicking her legs. Gideon's smile widened. "I love my baby girl."

Raymond grinned at him and said, "Don't you love both of them."

"Of course I do. I love my little Zakai and my little Zandra." Gideon said, "They're just perfect."

"That they are." Raymond said as he sat next to Gideon.

They just sat and smiled at their babies, feeding them or changing them when they cried, until a knock came at the door. Gideon stood up with Zandra in one arm and opened the door. He grinned when he saw Alec, Charlie, and a small dragon hiding behind Alec's leg. "Hey Alec, Charlie. Who is this little one?" Gideon asked as he bent down, holding Zandra carefully.

Alec smiled, "We decided to adopt a child."

Gideon smiled at the small green dragon, "Why in the world would any parent put a green dragon son up for adoption?"

Green dragons had a reputation for becoming famous and they were always nice and smart. "I don't know, but he seems to be really abused. His name is Alex."

Gideon smiled at Alex and said, "Hi Alex, I'm Gideon."

Gideon held out his paw and Alex took it hesitantly. "Hi."

Gideon smiled at Alex again and stood up, still holding Zandra. "I'm guessing you came over to see Zandra and Zakai?"

Alec and Charlie nodded, "And to introduce Alex."

Gideon started to walk into the living room, "How old is he anyways?"

"He's five." Alec said.

Gideon nodded and said, "Hey mom, look what the cat dragged in."

"I didn't drag anything in." Troy said with a grin.

"Stop being a smart butt." Gideon said, making sure not to say any curses around the little ones.

"Hey Alec." Clarice said happily as she hugged him and Charlie. Gideon gave Zandra to Carol and grinned at Raymond.

He bent down in front of Alex and asked, "Would you like some juice?"

Alex nodded and said, "Yes please."

Carol noticed Alex for the first time and asked, "Who's this?"

Alec smiled, "It's Alex, we adopted him about a week ago."

"And you weren't going to tell me?" Carol said.

"Well, you didn't tell Charlie and I about Raymond having his children."

Carol stuck out her tongue. "Can he have apple juice?" Gideon asked.

Alec nodded, "He loves apple juice."

Gideon walked into the kitchen and poured a small cup of apple juice and came back into the living room with it. "Here ya go." He said, handing the juice to Alex.

"Thank you Gideon." Alex said before taking a drink.

Gideon ruffled the little boy's hair before standing up and taking Zandra back. "Hey Alex," Carol said, smiling at the small child. "I'm your new grandma."

Alex smiled at her but still hid behind Alex's leg. "Do you know why he's so shy?" Clarice asked quietly.

Alec sighed, "According to the orphanage he was abused by his real parents."

Wyatt came down the stairs and Alex looked over at him and looked excited, "Hey Wyatt!"

Wyatt looked at Alex confused before looking at Alec and he guessed at why Alex was here. "Hey Alex."

Wyatt grinned at the small dragon as he carefully put the apple juice down and ran over to hug Wyatt.

Carol looked confused, "Did you two know each other in the orphanage."

Wyatt nodded and said, "I played with Alex often."

Wyatt ruffled the little dragon's hair and whispered so quietly only Gideon and Alex could hear. "These are nice people, they won't hurt you."

Alex nodded and said, "Ok."

Gideon felt a pang of sympathy for the small dragon as he walked up to Carol and hugged her. Carol smiled at the small dragon and hugged him back. Alex walked back over to Alec and picked his apple juice back up before sitting on the floor and taking another drink. Wyatt smiled as he joined the small dragon, Troy sitting behind him.

Alex smiled at Wyatt as he pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket. "Do you want to play some 'Go Fish' Alex?" Wyatt asked.

Alex nodded and smiled at Wyatt. Gideon smiled at the two boys sitting on the floor before saying, "Do you want hold Zandra, Alec?"

Alec nodded and sat down next to Gideon. Gideon smiled at his baby before placing her carefully in the crook of Alec's arm. Alec smiled at his niece, "I still can't believe I'm an uncle to a daughter and a son from my fifteen year old brother."

Gideon grinned, "And my boyfriend."

"And his boyfriend." Alec said, nodding his head.

Charlie sat down next to Alec and looked at Zandra over his shoulder. "Jeez, she looks so much like both of you."

The baby girl in Alec's arms smiled and kicked her legs again. Alec laughed softly and she started to cry. Alec started to frown and Gideon took her back hurriedly, humming to her quietly. It took a while but she finally calmed down.

Alec patted Gideon's shoulder and said, "Jeez, I don't think I could handle taking care of children."

"Haha." Raymond said, "It's not that hard."

Raymond was gently rocking Zakai back and forth in his arms and making cooing sounds at the small baby which was returned by a smile and a very faint gurgling noise. Raymond was smiling a smile that went from ear to ear. Gideon looked at the clock and sighed, "Ugh, it's time for bed."

Raymond groaned but followed Gideon upstairs to the nursery. Gideon and Raymond put the babies into their cribs and Gideon grabbed his violin from the closet. He tuned it quickly and played their lullaby. Gideon watched as the two babies' tiny eyelids started to droop and then close, their tiny chests rising and falling in the rhythm of sleep.

"Since when did you play the violin?" Raymond asked.

Gideon laughed, "I play plenty of instruments, Bass, Drums, Guitar, Violin, Flute, Cello, Clarinet."

Raymond grinned, "Hopefully our children take that much interest in music."

"It's still awkward saying our children isn't it?" Gideon asked.

Raymond nodded, "We'll get used to it."

"Eventually." Gideon said.

They walked downstairs and Gideon gave Carol the baby monitor, "We do have to go to school tomorrow." Gideon said grinning at her.

Gideon and Raymond walked downstairs to the basement and got undressed and climbed into their bed. "I love you." Gideon whispered as he hugged Raymond to his stomach.

"I love you more." Raymond said, kissing Gideon.

Gideon started to hum and Raymond's eyes drooped and then closed. The last thing Raymond heard was, "I love you more."

Gideon kissed the top of Raymond's head and closed his eyes. He fell asleep thinking of all the benefits of parenthood.

**

Chapter 24

**

Gideon shook Raymond awake and Raymond groaned as he rolled onto his other side and said, "Five more minutes."

Gideon laughed and said, "We don't have five minutes. If we want to see our babies before our first day of school we have to take a shower now."

At that Raymond jumped up and said, "First day of school! Come on, let's go then!"

Gideon laughed as Raymond pulled him into the bathroom. "Excited about school?" Gideon asked as he stripped off his boxers.

Raymond nodded as he did the same. Gideon ran a finger down the scar on his stomach and Raymond laughed. "That tickles."

Gideon grinned as he tickled Raymond some more and only stopped when Raymond started gasping for breath. "I love you." Gideon said with a grin.

Raymond grinned back and said, "I love you too."

Gideon and Raymond hopped into the shower and Gideon grinned as he washed Raymond's back, going slower as he got closer to Raymond's tail hole. He grinned as Raymond shuddered and continued washing him, turning him around so he could wash his stomach and the front of his legs. "You know, I can wash myself."

Gideon nodded, "I know, I'm just not letting you."

Gideon finished up washing his body after teasing him a bit more before scrubbing his own scales clean quickly and hopping out. He threw Raymond a towel and dried himself off, paying close attention and making sure his hair is dry. "Someone wants to go to school." Raymond said.

Gideon shook his head fiercely and said, "No, I want to see our babies before we leave."

Gideon practically ran out of the bathroom and to his dresser drawer. He picked out a pair of black pants and a plain, blood red t-shirt. He picked something up out of the bottom of the drawer and grinned. He finished off his outfit with the golden wolf necklace.

He walked over to Raymond as he pulled the black t-shirt over his head and picked up the silver dragon necklace out of the top drawer. He fastened it around Raymond's neck and grinned. "It's chilly outside." Gideon said as he gave Raymond a jacket.

Raymond recognized it as his letter jacket from last year and looked at him with a puzzled look. "Why your letter jacket?"

"So everyone knows your mine." Gideon said with a grin. "Plus, I couldn't wear it if I wanted to."

Raymond smiled and put it on. They walked upstairs to the nursery and check on their babies. Gideon smiled at Zandra and Zakai when he saw them awake in their cribs, lying there without making a sound. "Our children are weird." Raymond said.

Gideon laughed, "And they need changed."

Raymond grimaced but picked Zandra up and put her on the changing table. Gideon did the same for Zakai and they quickly changed the babies before putting them back in their cribs. Gideon hummed until they fell asleep and kissed each one on the forehead before taking Raymond's arm and pulling him out of the nursery. "So, do you want to wake up Clarice or should I fly us?"

Raymond grinned, "I want to fly."

Gideon grinned back and they walked out the door. Gideon picked Raymond up and Raymond clung onto his neck tightly. Gideon took off and flew in the direction of the school. "Have you seen the new school?" Gideon asked him over the roar of the wind.

Raymond shook his head, "I was still pregnant during school registration and Carol didn't want them to see me."

Gideon nodded and said, "Well, you should be able to see it in a moment."

Raymond looked down and saw the school. His jaw dropped in amazement. The new high school was huge, it had big glass windows that were clear as crystal and the parking lot was fresh asphalt. Gideon took them down and landed in front of the school. Gideon put his arm around Raymond as Raymond's legs stopped wobbling. Gideon kissed Raymond once and said, "Your first look at our new school."

Gideon looked at his schedule and dragged Raymond towards their first class. They got stares as they walked through the halls together. They got to their first class and walked in. They spotted Dean, Xatrin, Paulie, and Kevin and sat down next to them. "This year is so much better." Gideon said as he sat down.

Xatrin grinned and said, "Of course it is."

Gideon smiled and said, "How is Jasmine?"

Paulie laughed and said, "Good, but her crying is starting to drive Dean insane."

"So your parents really did make Dean move in?" Raymond asked.

Paulie nodded as Dean grimaced, "Her parents are evil on the highest level." Dean said,

Paulie laughed, "That they are, but it's better than the option of never seeing you again. Besides, if you hadn't moved in my parents wouldn't have watched Jasmine and I would have been forced to drop out."

Dean sighed and said, "It's weird being a father but only being a sophomore."

Paulie nodded, "It's the same for being a mother."

Gideon looked at Paulie for a moment and a thought struck him, "You know, you're two years older than I am Paulie. Why are you only a sophomore?"

Paulie blushed and stammered, "W-well I uhh... I uhh failed third grade and fifth grade."

"Well," Dean said, "that's good, cause if you hadn't I never would have met you, and we wouldn't have a beautiful baby girl."

"That is true." Paulie said with a smile.

"I don't get why we have to come to Algebra 2 on the first day, all we're doing is getting our supplies list." Raymond said suddenly.''

Gideon laughed and said, "Change of subject?"

Raymond nodded, "It's a weird conversation to have during school."

Gideon smiled, "Alright. I hope you know us having children isn't gonna be secret for long."

Raymond looked puzzled, "Why?"

"Because there were news reporters at the hospital the day they were born and unfortunately they got pictures of our children. I'm surprised they haven't put it in a headline yet." Gideon explained.

Raymond sighed, "Figures that our children are going to have a news headline before they can lift their heads."

Gideon was looking around now, glaring at eavesdroppers. "We got put in a class that's mostly juniors." Gideon said with a sigh.

"How can you tell?" Raymond asked.

"Their IDs, duh." Gideon said.

"Oh ya." Raymond said.

The teacher came in then, a black and orange tiger that was about 6' 2", and wrote his name on the board. After that he started to write all the supplies they would need for that class. A compass, pencils, paper, and a protractor. "So, what was the point in this?" Gideon asked as he turned around to talk to his friends again.

Kevin shrugged his shoulders and said, "At least it's only a half day today."

Gideon nodded, "True. But this class was still pointless."

The teacher dismissed them shortly after and they walked to their next class. "Seriously, today is so pointless. We don't need anything besides a pencil and paper in any class except math." Gideon groaned.

"We're also getting our books." Raymond said as he picked up a biology book.

"Ok, this day is still pointless." Gideon said as he flipped through the pages. "We could be at home with our babies but no, we're stuck here."

Raymond laughed, "Anxious to see our babies again?"

Gideon nodded, "Aren't you?"

Raymond nodded, "Yes, I am, I just know that your mom can take care of them while we're at school."

Gideon sighed and said, "You're right, I guess."

Raymond kissed him and said, "Of course I'm right."

They were getting stares from almost everyone in the classroom. Gideon glared around at everyone and they turned back to what they were doing. "Well, I can still scare people." Gideon said.

Raymond laughed, "You could probably beat up half the seniors in the school if you wanted to."

"He probably could." Dean said.

"You two always start having conversations without us." Paulie said, "You really need to stop that."

Gideon laughed and Raymond blushed, "We're not the only ones. Kevin and Xatrin do sometimes."

Kevin and Xatrin stopped whispering to each other then and Xatrin blushed. Kevin stuck out his tongue and said, "We can't have our own private conversations?"

"You can do that at home," Dean said, "since you two have a room to yourselves now that I was forced to move in with Paulie."

"Is it really that bad?" Paulie asked, hurt in her voice.

Dean shook his head vigorously, "Of course not, but your parents are so annoying."

Paulie grinned, "Now that, is absolutely natural."

Raymond shook his head, "Not for me. I think Carol and Ron are awesome."

"That's cause dad is never home and mom is always trying to take pictures of us with our babies." Gideon said. "We've already got a full album or two."

Raymond laughed, "Did I tell you guys about the look the pharmacist gave her when she handed them four rolls of film?"

Paulie laughed, "She went to the pharmacy for that? Normally people go to Wal Mart when they have more than one roll."

Raymond nodded, "She had to pick up some medicine any ways. But God that pharmacist glared bloody murder at her."

"I could imagine." Paulie said.

"And she has..." Gideon started but the teacher dismissing them cut him off. "She has fourteen more unused rolls to use before she gives up."

Paulie laughed as they walked out of the classroom, "I'm happy my mom isn't that psycho."

Dean took his turn to laugh and said, "Oh ya, she's totally sane." in a sarcastic voice.

Kevin, Xatrin, Gideon, and Raymond all laughed and Paulie just punched Dean on the arm. "She's not that bad."

"To you maybe." Dean said, "She might as well be my mother-in-law the way she treats me."

Paulie laughed, "I think she's planning on that."

Dean groaned, "Oh ya, she's already asked my parents, even though I refuse to talk to them."

Paulie patted him on the shoulder, "They care about you at least, it's..." she trailed off as she remembered the other people. She shot an apologetic look at Kevin had his head lowered with Xatrin having his arm around his shoulder and glaring at Paulie.

"Good job Paulie." Xatrin said sharply, the anger giving his voice an icy edge.

Kevin sighed, "She's right though. My parents couldn't care less about me."

Gideon patted Kevin on the back under Xatrin's arm, "Come on, you still have Xatrin at least."

Kevin looked up and grinned, kissing Xatrin before saying, "That I do."

Xatrin smiled at him, "Ok, so, what class do we have next?"

Gideon looked down at his schedule, "We have Web Design. Seriously, this class doesn't even need supplies."

Paulie thought for a moment, "Why did I take web design? I hate computers."

Gideon said, "I don't know, I thought it was along the lines of staying near Dean."

Paulie laughed, "Oh ya, isn't that why we all took the same classes?"

Dean nodded, "That's why I took Home Ec, I hate cooking, sewing and just about everything that that class teaches."

They walked into the classroom and the teacher came in, grumbling about having to work today even though he didn't have to do anything, told them to do whatever they wanted. Gideon just turned to Raymond and said, "At least this is the last class."

Raymond nodded, "The classes we actually don't know what supplies we need are the classes we didn't have today."

Gideon grinned, "I can guess at what we need."

Raymond nodded, "The supplies are obvious but still. We should have had those classes today."

"I'm actually starting to wonder why they stopped just giving us a supplies list like they used to." Gideon said, "It saved us all this trouble."

Raymond nodded, "I never got a supplies list, where I used to live we did this every year."

"Where did you live before here any ways?" Gideon said, "The question never occurred to me before."

Raymond groaned, "It's a question I would have preferred you didn't ask."

"Why?" Gideon asked.

"Because, I hate where I used to live and I don't even want to remember it." Raymond said.

"Alright, if you don't want to talk about it I won't ask the question." Gideon said, "I don't want to make my wolf uncomfortable."

People were staring at him as he said that and he glared at them. "Jeez, I can't believe there are so many new kids." Raymond said.

Gideon laughed and said, "The school is three different cities now."

Raymond nodded, "There are still way to many kids here."

Gideon grinned, "Just more fights I'll end up breaking up by the end of the year. There are going to be tons."

"I don't think they can really be called fights." Raymond said, "Normally its a group of jocks picking on one kid."

"Ok fine, but I don't know what to call them besides fights." Gideon said, "But what I do know, is that I'll break up everyone I see."

Raymond grinned, "Yes, yes you will." Raymond looked at the clock and started tapping his foot, "Jeez, ten minutes and we get to go home and see our children."

Gideon laughed, "Now who's anxious?"

"I am, but you can't blame me." Raymond said, "You were almost as anxious as I am."

Gideon nodded, "I still am. I just don't show it."

"You did two classes ago." Raymond said, "And I was the patient one."

Gideon laughed again as the teacher dismissed them. "Come on, let's go." Gideon said, dragging Raymond.

They were practically running down the hall towards the stairs and Gideon tripped over his feet at the last moment, letting go of Raymond's hand so Raymond didn't go with him. Raymond cried out in surprise and rushed down the stairs to where Gideon was now lying unconscious. "Shit!" Raymond yelled when he saw that Gideon was unconscious.

There was a crowd at the top of the stairs as they debated to come down or not. A teacher came out the door and started to ask why they were all standing around and then came down the stairs to kneel next to Gideon, "We need to call an ambulance."

Raymond dug into Gideon's pockets and did just that, then sat waiting for what felt like hours. Finally he heard the annoying wailing from the ambulance, which seemed more like a beautiful song to Raymond, pull into the parking lot. People were standing all around Gideon before Raymond knew it and they were putting him on a stretcher, taking him to the ambulance.

Raymond had asked if he could ride along with the ambulance but they had denied, saying that the ambulance would already be cramped with all of the people there working. Raymond started to tear up as he dialed Carol's number on the cell phone he had in his hand. "H-hey Carol, can you c-come pick me up?" Raymond asked, tears rolling down his muzzle.

"Sure, why?" Carol asked.

"G-gideon f-fell down the stairs, h-he's on his way to the h-hospital." Raymond said, sobs making his shoulders rise and fall.

"Oh god I'll be there right away." Carol said as she hung up.

Raymond just sat on a bench and waited, still crying. Kids walked around him and he continued to wait until there were almost no kids there. Carol finally pulled into the parking lot and he rushed to her car and asked, "What took so long?"

"I'm sorry, no one else was home. I had to bring the babies." Carol said.

Raymond looked in the back and sure enough behind each seat were one of their car seats. He sneaked back between them and a smile came to his lips as he buckled the seat belt and kissed each of them on the forehead.

Carol was driving pretty quickly, heading towards the hospital. "What exactly happened?" Carol asked about halfway there.

"We were just running down the hall and Gideon tripped over his feet." Raymond said.

Carol sighed and said, "We're almost to the hospital."

Raymond started muttering to himself until they pulled into the parking lot. He jumped into the front seat and got out. He unbuckled one of the car seats and smiled at Zandra. Carol unbuckled Zakai's car seat, to slow for Raymond's liking of course, and they walked inside the hospital.

Raymond was still crying so Carol asked, "What room is Gideon Restin in?"

The nurse looked up and asked, "Relations?"

Carol sighed and said, "I'm his mother, this is his boyfriend, and these are his children."

The nurse told them what room Gideon was in and they quickly walked to it. Raymond was humming the babies' lullaby as best as he could, mostly to keep himself calm but also to stop the two babies from crying.

They got to Gideon's room and walked in, Raymond's frown turned into a smile when he saw Gideon sitting up and talking to a doctor. Raymond put Zandra down and walked over to Gideon, "Hey hun."

Gideon looked at him, confusion on his face, and asked, "Who are you?"

**

Chapter 25

**

"W-what do you mean by that?" Raymond asked Gideon. "It's me, Raymond, your boyfriend."

Carol looked at the doctor and groaned when he shrugged his shoulders. "He might have amnesia, we haven't really had time to examine him."

Carol sighed and looked at Gideon, "Do you remember me?"

Gideon grinned and said, "How could I forget my mother?"

Raymond glared and said, "You can't forget your mother, but your boyfriend, and mother of two of your children, can be forgotten?"

"Children?" Gideon asked curiously.

"Yes," Raymond said, taking Zandra and Zakai from Carol carefully and handing them to Gideon who looked at them curiously. They fidgeted in his arms and cried. Gideon looked like he was in pain for a moment but when Raymond took the babies the look disappeared and the confusion came back.

Raymond sighed and said, "I guess you really don't remember."

Gideon sighed loudly and said, "I wish I could." His brow furrowed in thought, "Having such a pretty wolf for a boyfriend would definitely be something to remember, especially with such beautiful children."

Raymond blushed and leaned against him and kissed him on the cheek. "Well," Raymond said, "Having a dragon with such beautifully red scales, such beautiful eyes, and so muscular is obviously the better choice."

Gideon giggled and said, "Alright, my joke has gone far enough." Gideon kissed Raymond on the lips and pulled back before putting his muzzle directly next to Raymond's ear, "Compliments end my jokes to easily, you aren't allowed to give them anymore."

Raymond glared and said, "Carol, will you slap your son for me since I have my children."

Carol grinned and said, "My pleasure." Carol paw made a loud slapping sound as it hit his shoulder.

"Ow," Gideon said, reaching under Zandra carefully and picking her up. "My baby," he said, nuzzling her chest. She giggled and put her paws on Gideon's muzzle sneaking one finger into his muzzle. He chuckled and bit down on it gently and she giggled again before pulling her paw away.

Gideon hugged the baby gently against his chest and then took Zakai as well, who pulled the loose strands of hair that hung over Gideon's shoulder. "Ow, ow, ow, ow." he said.

He pulled Zakai's hair away and he giggled, putting his paws on his muzzle. "That," Gideon said, "is cute, beyond all belief."

He hugged his two babies and passed Zakai back to Raymond and winked, "Mommy's boy and daddy's girl."

Raymond laughed and said, "To bad both the mom and dad are guys."

"So?" Gideon asked curiously, "Who else could have made such beautiful children."

Carol, who had been sitting next to the doctor, who had a confused look on his face, said, "Alright, can we continue this conversation at home. I think we're freaking out this poor doctor."

"Yeah," he said, "but only a little."

Gideon giggled and stood up. To late, he realized he was in a hospital gown, and somehow, it had come undone while he was lying down. He blushed deeply and pulled it together and Carol said, "Nothing I haven't seen before, and of course Raymond has had to have seen it."

It was Raymond's turn to blush and the doctor stuttered as he said, "Um, your c-clothes are o-over there."

The doctor left quickly after that. "I think he liked you." Raymond said, staring after him.

"Yeah?" Gideon asked, "How could you tell?'

Raymond winked and said, "Well, for one, he groaned when I said I was your boyfriend, two, he groaned when he figured out Zakai and Zandra were our children. Three, he didn't take his eyes off you, four, he nodded whenever I said something good."

"I didn't notice," Gideon muttered.

"And," Raymond said, "his pants tented when your gown came open."

"So did yours," Gideon said.

Raymond blushed and covered his tent the best he could with two babies in his arms. Gideon laughed and got dressed quickly, moving his tail out of the way of his tail hole slightly as he bent over to pick up his shirt which he "accidentally" dropped.

Raymond groaned which was Gideon's desired affect and he said, "Someone's a little..."

"I swear to the Lord Almighty," Carol broke in, "if you say that word in front of these babies I will slap you to the car."

Gideon grinned but didn't say anything. He finished getting dressed and when he did he took Zandra from Raymond and rubbed his nose against her cheek again. "My beautiful baby girl." he whispered.

"And my beautiful baby girl," Raymond said, "plus our beautiful baby boy."

"Yeah," Gideon said as they walked through the hallways, "I think everyone is going to be jealous of us."

"Yeah," Raymond said with a wink, "we have the most beautiful children in the world."

"All parents think the same." Gideon said.

"Ahh," Carol said, "but you two are telling the truth."

"All grandparents say the same." Gideon said, "Although if they aren't the most, they are pretty dang close."

Gideon climbed into the car shakily, "I'm still a little shaky from the fall," Gideon said when Raymond looked at him with concern.

Raymond nodded, "Take it easy, love."

Gideon laughed and rubbed his free paw over Raymond's cheek and kissed him. "I'll take it easy when I'm dead," he whispered, "which I hope isn't for a long time."

Raymond sighed and said, "I don't want you to die from stress."

"Ok," Carol said, turning around in her seat, "can we stop talking about my son dying? It makes me feel old, and I'm not."

"Only thirty-six." Gideon said.

"That's not old." Raymond said, "And she looks young."

"Thank you Raymond." Carol said, smiling at him.

He winked as Gideon said, "Suck up."

Raymond giggled into his paw. "What do I suck up?" he whispered into Gideon's ear.

"Me hopefully." Gideon whispered back as he reached one paw into Zandra's car seats idly and tickled her under her arm. Zandra giggled loudly and squirmed in her car seat. "Alright," Carol said, looking back in the rearview mirror, "She's turning red, you can stop now."

"Woops!" Gideon said, taking his paw out. Zandra took deep baby breaths as she caught her breath. Gideon moved his head into her car seat and nuzzled her chest in a silent apology. Zandra put her tiny paws on Gideon's muzzle.

Carol pulled into the driveway of the house and Gideon stood up quickly and got out, picking up his baby girl eagerly like Raymond did for Zakai. "I can't wait til you are older," Gideon said to Zandra, rubbing his nose against her furry neck, "you're going to be beautiful."

They exchanged babies and he said, "And you, my wonderful baby boy, are going to be so strong."

Zakai reached his paw out and grabbed Gideon's finger, which had been tickling him under the arm, and gripped it tightly. "He's already so strong," Gideon said with a grin as he kissed his son on the forehead.

"Ah!" Raymond said as Zandra's dangling foot caught him in the groin.

Zandra giggled loudly as Gideon quickly took the baby from him so he could grip his groin and fall to the ground in pain. Gideon bent down next to him and whispered into his ear, "Want me to kiss it for you?"

Raymond grinned mischievously and whispered, "Maybe later."

"Alright then," Gideon said with a wink.

They walked inside and sat down on the couch with their babies being cradled in their arms. They laid a blanket out on the floor and laid them down on it. They watched as they struggled to lift their heads. "Don't help them," Gideon whispered to Raymond, "let them get their strength so they can do it on their own."

Raymond sighed and fidgeted in his seat as he watched the babies tried to raise their heads and made struggling sounds. "It's so hard. I want to help them so much."

Gideon giggled and put his arm around Raymond, "I know, but they'll never learn if they don't try."

Gideon sighed as he saw the pain flash across his face again and bent down and picked the babies up. They giggled and curled into Gideon's warm scales. Gideon rubbed his muzzle against their furry white chests and said, "I think it's time for two babies to take a nap."

They obviously knew what a nap was because they grabbed a handful of the hair that was falling over Gideon's shoulder and knotted their paws in it. Raymond giggled and tickled Zakai until he let go and took him into his paw and said, "I think they're hungry." he put the baby back into Gideon's arm and Raymond walked into the kitchen and made their bottles.

When he came back Gideon was wiping at his shirt with a towel. When Raymond saw what he was wiping he almost dropped the bottles and started laughing. "Go change shirts hun," Raymond said.

Gideon sighed and walked downstairs and changed his shirt quickly. When he got back Raymond handed him Zandra and a bottle, "They are hungry." Raymond pointed out.

Gideon sighed and took Zandra and tapped her nose with a claw, "Little puke machine."

Zandra giggled as he took the bottle and held it up for her. She put her muzzle around it and started to suckle on it contentedly. She sipped at the bottle, occasionally stopping for a breath, and Zakai did the same until both bottles were gone.

Gideon placed Zandra on his shoulder and patted her back until she burped and Gideon laughed and took her back into his arms and kissed her forehead. "Now it's time for a nap." Gideon said.

She yawned tiredly and put all her weight against his body. "These two are getting heavy." Gideon said as he carried the babies up the stairs.

Raymond laughed and said, "They're going to get a lot heavier."

"Well," Gideon said, "I need to start working out again."

"God," Raymond said, shaking his head, "if you get any bigger you're going to be impossible to get clothes for."

Gideon grinned and said, "It's pretty damn hard now." Gideon kissed his cheek and put the babies down in their separate cribs and covering them up with their blankets. He heard the door open downstairs and said, "Clarice is home."

They walked downstairs and he saw Clarice and an older brown wolf in the doorway. "Hey Clarice." Gideon said with a wink. "Who's this? Another boyfriend for me to scare off?'

The wolf gulped. Clarice glared and said, "He hasn't scared any boyfriends off, my other boyfriend got pissed because I decided to visit the hospital for Gideon instead of go on a date with him. And this is Jack."

Gideon nodded and held out his hand, "Nice to meet ya."

Jack took Gideon's paw, "Same, uh, Gideon I guess?"

"First try." Gideon said with a wink "And this," Gideon said, putting an arm around Raymond, "is my boyfriend Raymond."

Jack stared in shock for a moment but shook his head and held out his hand, "Nice to meet you Raymond."

Raymond grinned and took the hand, "We just put our babies to bed, otherwise we'd introduce you to them as well."

"Babies...?" Jack said, "Um, aren't you a little young to adopt?"

"Who said anything about adopting?" Gideon asked.

"It's a long story," Clarice broke in.

"Very long," Gideon agreed, "although it can be summed up in a few sentences. But instead of talking in the hall, let's go to the living room." Jack was about to follow Clarice but Gideon stopped him and said, "I want to talk to you."

Jack nodded and said, "Okay."

Gideon waited for a moment before grabbing Jack's collar and holding him up to eye level, "If you hurt my sister," he whispered, "I swear to god I will beat the shit out of you."

"I won't hurt her," Jack said, "promise."

Gideon put him down and put a paw on his shoulder, "Sorry, but I'm very protective of my sister, she's..." Gideon thought for a moment, "she's done a lot for me. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't even be living here anymore."

Jack nodded and said, "I promise you I won't hurt her, I think..." Jack hesitated, "I think I might love her."

Gideon winked and looked at Raymond, who was staring at them curiously, "I know the feeling."

And truth be told he did. He dropped his paw and sat down next to Raymond in the living room and put his arm around Raymond and kissed his cheek. "I love you."

Raymond grinned and leaned against him to kiss him but when Gideon bent his head down to do so he was slapped, "OUCH!" Gideon exclaimed, rubbing his cheek.

Raymond was whispering ow under his breath over and over again. "You ok sweetheart?" Gideon asked, concerned.

"I'm fine," Raymond said, "that just really hurt."

"If it makes you feel better, it hurt me too." Gideon said, "Now, what was that about?"

"I'm mad at you," Raymond said, crossing his arms over his chest.

Clarice smiled in amusement and Jack looked around nervously. "Why?" Gideon asked.

"Because you pretended to have amnesia," Raymond said, still glaring, "do you know how scary that is? How worried I was?"

Gideon sighed and kissed his cheek, "Love you." Gideon whispered.

"I love you too," Raymond said, kissing Gideon back, "but don't do something like that again, ever."

"Yes sir," Gideon said, winking as he did so.

Raymond giggled and kissed him yet again, but this time he let the kiss linger. Clarice coughed loudly and Gideon pulled back and kissed Raymond's cheek as he blushed. "If you're going to do something like that," Clarice said, "go to your room."

"Can't," Gideon said, "you have to take us to get school supplies."

Clarice groaned, "Fine, let's explain the whole thing to Jack before we leave though."

"You can," Gideon said with a wink, "I've already explained to every science teacher in the school. They were all interested in it."

Clarice glared but cleared her throat and said, "Well, about Christmas time, Raymond uh..."

"Let's skip that part," Gideon said quickly, not wanting to remember Raymond's near suicide attempt. Raymond looked down in shame.

"Alright," Clarice said, "anyways, he got a letter from the hospital that said he had been born with a womb, unfortunately," Clarice hesitated, "it was to late for them to use a condom."

"Oh," Jack said, "Oh! Alright," he looked at Gideon and Raymond, who had gone back to kissing, "I didn't want to know that."

Gideon laughed and said, "Can we leave now?"

"Don't Wyatt and Troy need school supplies too?" Clarice asked.

"Don't know," Gideon said, "let's find out."

Gideon walked upstairs and knocked on Wyatt's door. Wyatt opened it hesitantly, hiding his lower half. "Alright," Gideon said as he clamped his nostrils shut at the smell of arousal. The very heavy smell of arousal, "Time to get dressed and come on, we're getting school supplies."

"Man!" Wyatt said loudly as he looked around for his pants and Troy did the same. "Troy, hun, you aren't allowed to be top anymore. Everytime you do we get walked in on."

Troy laughed loudly and said, "Alright."

Gideon grinned and said, "Maybe if you would do it at a more appropriate time, say, midnight? Or better yet, lock your door. But come on now, we gotta go."

Troy groaned as he buttoned his pants and clamped his paws over his stomach. "You alright hun?" Wyatt asked, concerned.

"My stomach hurts." he said.

"Maybe you should lie down," Wyatt said, "I'll join you when we get back."

Wyatt pushed Troy onto the bed and tucked him in and kissed him quickly. "I'll be back," Wyatt said as he closed the door.

"Bye sweetie," Troy said.

"Bye honey," Wyatt said with a wink.

Wyatt closed the door and Gideon ruffled his head fur, "Really, I can't stand walking in on you, tell me before you do something so I won't."

Wyatt giggled and said, "Alright." He hugged Gideon around the waist as they walked and said, "Did I ever tell you you're the best big brother ever?"

"I think you might have mentioned it once or twice." Gideon said with a grin as he put his paw on his little brother's shoulder as they walked down the stairs. "Let's go!" he said when he got downstairs, throwing the baby monitor to his mother who was in the kitchen, reading a book. "We'll be back."

They climbed into Jack's mini van and Jack drove to his house to pick up his little brother, Dylan. When he honked a smaller brown wolf stuck his head out the door before stepping out and closing the door, locking it with a key before climbing into the van in the middle seat, next to Wyatt.

He looked around at all the people in the van nervously. "Alright Dyl," Jack said, turning in his seat. "This," he said, pointing to Clarice, "is my new girlfriend Clarice, the red dragon in the back is her brother Gideon, the white wolf sitting next to him is his boyfriend and this," Jack said, putting his paw on Wyatt's head, "is their little, adoptive brother Wyatt."

"Hi," Dylan said, blushing as he did so.

Jack sighed and said, "And this shy wolf is my little brother Dylan. God only knows how he makes friends."

Dylan glared and said, "I make friends easily enough."

"Temper temper." Jack said grinning and ruffling his head fur, "Alright, let's get going, I want to finish up so I can cook dinner tonight."

"You know," Gideon offered, "you could eat dinner at our house, my mother always makes to enough for my dad and he eats a lot and he's on another business trip."

"Is he ever not on a business trip?" Clarice asked curiously.

"Occasionally," Gideon said, "he's where now? China? Japan? Somewhere like that."

"Germany," Clarice said.

Gideon shook his head and said, "He goes everywhere."

"Workaholic?" Jack asked.

"You betchya." Clarice said, "but I'm not complaining. I love my dad and he brings in good money to feed his family."

"Yeah, five kids, mom, sometimes himself, and two babies." Gideon said.

Raymond leaned against Gideon heavily and sighed loudly. "I miss our babies already."

"We're never going to be able to go anywhere!" Gideon exclaimed, "We start missing our children four minutes after we left."

Clarice laughed and said, "What do you expect when you have such beautiful children? You always think they're going to do something cute while you're gone."

"Or something bad will happen," Gideon said, "with the luck our family has, something bad will happen, most likely."

Jack laughed as he pulled into the parking lot of the Wal Mart. "Alright, let's get in and get out. I hate shopping." Jack said.

Raymond laughed and said, "I love shopping." he winked at Clarice and said, "Then again," he put his arm around Gideon's waist as they stood, "I'm the feminine one in this couple."

"That you are," Gideon said, rubbing his nose against Raymond's neck.

"You guys are pathetic." Clarice groaned.

**

Gideon walked inside and dropped the school supplies onto the floor and sank into a kitchen chair. "We're home mom!" he shouted. No answer. He looked around curiously and saw a note on the counter.

'At the hospital. Something's wrong with Troy.

Mom'

"Oh no." Gideon said as Clarice was about to shut the door. He instantly wheeled all three of the other people around and into Clarice's car. "Hospital, Clarice."

"Why?" she asked.

"Something is wrong with Troy." Gideon said as he pulled Wyatt close. Wyatt instantly started to cry in worry. "Come on Clarice, go!"

Clarice started the car and Wyatt leaned against Gideon too. "I hope he's alright." he said.

"I do too." Gideon said, rubbing Wyatt's shaking back.

**

Chapter 26

**

Wyatt sat down on the bed next to Troy and said, "Are you alright hun?"

Troy grimaced and said, "Don't know, the doctor hasn't told me."

Gideon looked at Carol and she shrugged. "I'm fine for now," Troy said to Wyatt, "but the doctor said he wants to keep me here until they figure out what's the matter with me."

Wyatt nodded and said, "Can I stay?"

"No," Carol said strictly, "we don't know if what Troy has is contagious or not and you have school tomorrow."

Wyatt sighed and said, "Alright."

Wyatt stood up and hugged Troy as tight as he thought it would be safe to do so. "Bye hun," Troy said.

"I'll come back for a little bit tomorrow." Wyatt said, "Love you."

Wyatt turned around and Gideon put and arm around him as they walked, "He's gonna be alright Wyatt."

"I hope so," Wyatt said.

Gideon sighed and rubbed his shoulder. Raymond put an arm around Gideon's waist and said to Wyatt, "Troy will be fine."

Wyatt nodded. He still didn't believe Raymond.

**

Wyatt sighed as he walked up the stairs to the school building the next day. Today was going to be horrible. He walked to his home room after putting his backpack into his locker. He sat down and sighed when he was stared at by everyone, like what had happened yesterday.

He scowled around the classroom, a few kids looked down, other kids scowled right back. A racoon came into the room and he smiled at her and she smiled back and sat in the seat next to him. "Where's Troy?" she asked curiously.

"He's in the hospital." Wyatt said with a sigh, "Don't know why, the doctors haven't figured out what's wrong with him."

"That doesn't sound good," she said.

"I don't think it is, Heather, even though I keep getting told he'll be fine." Wyatt said in frustration.

Heather put one of her paws on Wyatt's shoulder, "It will be alright."

Wyatt sighed, "I hope so."

Wyatt struggled through the day to lunch where he and Heather sat down at an empty table. Wyatt saw a familiar brown wolf as he walked in, alone, and looked around hesitantly to find somewhere to sit.

Wyatt gestured for him to come and sit down and he did so hesitantly, blushing intensely as he sat down next to Wyatt. "Hi," he muttered shyly.

"Hi," Heather said, looking at Wyatt curiously, "I'm Heather."

"Dylan," Dylan said, taking the offered paw.

"So, Dylan, did you guys just move here?" Wyatt asked curiously, "I didn't see you last year."

"Yeah," Dylan said, "Jack and I moved here after my parents got into a car accident."

"Oh," Wyatt said, "didn't know that."

Dylan nodded as Heather said, "I'm going to go get my lunch."

When they were alone Dylan grew silent but he spoke up and said, "Hey Wyatt, I have to a question to ask you."

"What?" Wyatt asked curiously.

"A-are you gay?" he asked, blushing at the personal question.

"Yeah," Wyatt said slowly, "why?"

Dylan scooted closer to Wyatt and said, "Because I think you're kind of cute."

Wyatt scooted away quickly and Dylan looked hurt. "I think you're cute too," Wyatt said, "but I already have a boyfriend. Sorry."

"Oh," Dylan said, "well, I guess you don't need to apologize for that."

"If I wasn't already with someone," Wyatt said sadly, "I would probably say yes to a date, but I'm already with my boyfriend Troy."

Heather sat back down and looked between the two awkward looking boys and she said, "What's up? You guys look like you just admitted your deepest secrets to the two of you."

Wyatt shook his head, "Nah, nothing that severe."

Heather waited for a moment before saying, "Alright, whatever."

They ate lunch in silence from that point on.

**

Wyatt eagerly walked through the hallways of the hospital, wanting to see Troy soon. A nurse came out and smiled and said, "I'm sorry, but he just fell asleep."

Wyatt's heart sunk and Gideon put a paw on his shoulder and said, "I'll bring you back tomorrow before school, ok?"

"Yeah," Wyatt said glumly.

They turned around and walked out of the hospital, climbing into Clarice's car. Gideon started the car and said, "Boy, Clarice needs to get out here or I'm going to leave without her."

Clarice quickly came out of the hospital and climbed into the passenger seat. "Alright, Gideon. Let's finish your driving hours. Don't traumatize Wyatt."

Gideon grinned and backed out carefully, before putting the car into drive and driving out of the parking lot. He hit the curb on the turn out. "You're paying for any damages done to my car." Clarice grumbled.

Gideon grinned and said, "So what? Mom and dad will take a few of my allowances, oh well."

Gideon carefully drove to the house, parking in the driveway carefully. "Well," Clarice said, "you did well except for the curb."

Gideon grinned and said, "Wyatt, you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Wyatt said.

"I hope so." Gideon said, patting his shoulder, "I hope so."

**

Wyatt walked into the hospital a week later. He wanted to run to Troy's room, but Carol and Gideon held his paws tightly to prevent that like they had every other day that week. "I'm not a child." Wyatt said with a scowl.

"We know," Gideon said, removing his paw. Carol removed hers and Wyatt tried to run but Gideon grabbed his shoulder, "But you're going to do that."

Wyatt sighed and walked at their pace. To him it took way to long. They made it to Troy's room and walked in to see the doctor talking to Troy. When he looked up there was a touch of sadness in his eyes but it disappeared in an instant. "Mrs. Restin, may I talk to you, privately."

"Sure," Carol said.

They walked out and Gideon followed. "I wanted to talk to her privately," the doctor said, obviously irritated.

Gideon set his feet and said, "What she hears, I hear."

The doctor shook his head and turned to Carol, "We have found something in his bloodstream. We don't know what it is but it has a similar cellular structure as an STD. We're afraid it is. We want to have Wyatt tested."

There was more. "What else?" Gideon asked sadly, knowing what it was.

"Troy has got less than a week to live." the doctor said sadly, "and it will be a slow, painful death, unless..."

"Unless what?" Gideon said. Carol couldn't speak, she was crying to hard.

"We have a drug," the doctor said hesitantly, "that can kill him easily, quick and painless. But it's quite expensive."

Carol choked back some tears and said, "I don't care. He's a son to me. It's up to him."

The doctor nodded, "I will wait for you to get done talking to him."

Carol and Gideon walked back into the room and Gideon sat down on the bed next to Wyatt and put his arm around him and Troy and Troy spoke up, "I'm going to die aren't I?"

"Yes," Gideon said. Wyatt almost howled. "Within a week. It will be slow and painful, but..."

"But what?" Troy asked.

"They have a drug, that will make it short, and painless." Gideon said, trying not to cry himself. "It's up to you."

Wyatt stopped crying long enough to say, "D-do i-it T-troy. I don't w-want to s-see you in p-pain."

Troy started to cry silently and nodded, "Please." he said.

Carol informed the doctor and he came back a few minutes later, a needle ready. Wyatt grasped Troy's paw tightly and the doctor started to cry silently himself. Now Gideon let his burning hot tears flow down his cheeks. "Will it hurt any?" Troy asked.

"Just a small pinch," the doctor said, "and then a few minutes and it'll... it'll be over. Just like falling asleep."

Troy started to cry and held out his arm. The doctor placed the needle against his vein. The doctor pushed it in carefully and injected the liquid. Troy cried as he hugged Wyatt for the last time. He kissed him deeply and said, "Wyatt, I love you. Live your life, live it happily. Don't waste it mourning for me."

Troy yawned deeply, "I want you to mourn me, but don't let it rule your life."

Wyatt cried, "I love you too, so much."

"Bye," Troy said, "I love you."

And with that, Troy's eyes closed for a moment, before opening and remaining open, his body going limp. Wyatt buried his chest in Troy's temporarily warm chest and Gideon had to pick him up, carefully removing each of his limbs away from Troy's body.

The doctor was crying openly as well, "I hate it when I have to break the bad news to families." the doctor told them, "or boyfriends and their parents. It always makes me cry."

Carol put a paw on his shoulder. She couldn't talk because of her crying so hard but she nodded at him and he nodded back. Gideon was holding Wyatt tightly to his chest as Wyatt cried into his shoulder. Gideon switched positions so it would be easier to walk.

"Mrs. Restin," the doctor said, "I'd like to take a sample of blood from Wyatt so we can test to see if he has it."

Carol nodded and Gideon walked out of the room, following a doctor to another room where he set Wyatt down, keeping his arm around him. Wyatt held out his arm obediently for the doctor and barely felt it when the need broke the skin and started to suck blood from his arm. The doctor took at least three samples before putting a small bandage over the hole in Wyatt's arm.

"There," the doctor said, still crying, "I'm done."

Gideon picked Wyatt back up and, on his way out, hugged the doctor with one arm. "You've helped us more than you believe," Gideon said truthfully, "by telling us about that drug. If we had to watch Troy die... it would have killed Wyatt."

The doctor nodded, "I know."

Gideon held Wyatt closely as he walked, getting a few stares from nurses and other doctors as Wyatt practically howled into Gideon's shoulder. Gideon gave them all scowls, the menace ruined slightly by the tears flowing openly down his cheeks.

Carol walked behind them and when they were all in the car, Gideon holding Wyatt in the back seat. She started it, her hand shaking. "Mom," Gideon said, "are you going to be able to drive safely?"

"I can drive just fine." she said.

Gideon nodded and said, "Alright."

Carol managed to drive them home, only getting into a few near accidents, and when they did they walked slowly inside the house. Wyatt had cried himself to sleep on the car ride home and when Clarice came into the room she frowned and said, "What happened?"

"Troy's dead." Gideon said quietly.

"W-what?" Clarice said, looking at Wyatt sadly.

"Troy's dead," Gideon repeated. He handed Wyatt to her carefully and said, "Where's Raymond."

"Upstairs," she said, "playing with Zandra and Zakai."

Gideon walked hesitantly up the stairs and into the nursery where Raymond was dangling a ball on a string, like he would a feral cat, and the two babies were batting at them with their paws and giggled whenever they managed to pull the strings from his paws.

He looked up when Gideon entered and smiled but the smile was quickly replaced with a frown. He picked the babies up carefully and put them down in their cribs. He kissed their foreheads quickly and then walked out, Gideon close behind him. They closed the door and Raymond said, "What's the matter?"

"First," Gideon said, holding his arms out. Raymond walked into the hug and put his arms around the dragon. "The matter," Gideon said quietly, "is that Troy died, hun."

"What?" Raymond said, tears in his eyes, "How?"

"He got a..." Gideon started, "the doctor thinks it was a disease, a STD."

"Oh no," Raymond said, "that means Wyatt might..."

"I know, hun," Gideon whispered, "all we can do is hope."

They walked downstairs and joined the mourning people in the living room. Raymond and Gideon sat down, Raymond leaning against Gideon, crying as he watched Wyatt sleeping. About an hour later they heard the back door opening and Ron smiled as he walked in, "I'm home," he said.

He caught the mood and stopped smiling, "What happened?" His voice caused Wyatt to stir and he sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Where's Troy?" Ron asked.

Wyatt started to cry loudly again and Gideon spoke up, "Dad... Troy's dead."

"What?" Ron said, "How? When?"

"Today," Gideon said, "he had, the doctor thinks, a STD."

"Oh," Ron said quietly. He walked over to where Wyatt was crying into Clarice's shoulder and picked the small fox up. Wyatt switched his head to Ron's shoulder and Ron sat down with him in his lap and rubbed his back.

He started to whisper into Wyatt's ear so quietly that Gideon, with his very good hearing, could barely hear. "I know I haven't been a very good father to you," he said, "but... but I want you to know that I love you like a son, as much as I love Gideon, or Clarice."

Gideon felt a pang of sympathy as he realized that compared to him and Clarice, Wyatt had been left out. For twenty minutes the room was silent except for Wyatt's crying and Ron's occasional attempts at comforting him.

When Ron stood up, after Wyatt had cried himself to sleep yet again, Gideon separated himself from Raymond and gestured for him to stay. Gideon followed Ron upstairs and waited as Ron covered Wyatt up and tucked him in.

When Ron came out of the room and had closed the door Gideon hugged his father. Ron was shocked by the hug but accepted it and put his arms around Gideon, patting Gideon's back a few times. "That probably took a lot to admit that," Gideon whispered to his slightly taller father.

"Do what?" Ron asked curiously, confusing thick in his voice.

"To admit that you haven't been a very good father to Wyatt." Gideon said.

"Oh," Ron said, "you heard that."

"Yeah," Gideon said, "and it probably took a lot to admit that."

"It did," Ron said quietly, "but it was true."

Gideon patted his back and said, "I love you dad."

"I love you too, son." Ron said, "Never forget that."

"I won't," Gideon said.

Gideon walked downstairs and hugged Raymond and pulled him downstairs quickly. "I love you Raymond," Gideon whispered into his ear as they laid down.

"I love you too," he said, rubbing his paw down Gideon's cheek, sneaking a finger under one of the scales and tickling the skin of a ticklish spot that he knew. Gideon started to laugh and had to restrain himself from thrashing.

"Stop!" Gideon gasped, "Stop!"

Raymond laughed as he stopped and Gideon glared as he fixed the scale so that he couldn't get back at it. "How did you know about that?"

"I was tickling Zakai there and I figured his daddy might have the same ticklish spot." Raymond said with a grin.

Gideon laughed and nuzzled his boyfriend, "I love you," he whispered.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Raymond said with a grin.

**

Wyatt walked up the stairs to his school, sniffing and wiping his nose on the back of his paw. Gideon had made it clear to the students that morning by saying loudly that if anything happened to Gideon he would personally find out who it was.

He walked into home room and sat for a few minutes before female racoon with light brown fur and black fur that looked like it had a few smoky, gray spots in there. She sat down in the desk next to Wyatt's and said, "Hey Wyatt, Troy still in the hospital?"

Wyatt choked back tears and said, "No Heather, Troy isn't in the hospital. H-he's de..."

"He's what?" Heather asked curiously.

"He's dead." Wyatt whispered.

"Oh god," Heather said, putting a paw on Wyatt's shoulder and said, "Are you going to be alright?"

"I don't know." Wyatt said.

Heather rubbed a paw up and down his arm idly until the teacher walked in. Wyatt struggled through the day until lunch where he and Heather sat down at a table. Heather got up to get her lunch and Dylan sat down. "Hey cutie," Dylan said with a wink in his normal greeting.

"Shut up," Wyatt snapped instantly, realizing that he didn't want to talk to Dylan. All he did was flirt.

"Wha...?" Dylan asked.

"I don't want to talk to you right now," Wyatt snapped at him.

"What did I do?" Dylan asked, the hurt plain in his voice.

"Flirting with me," Wyatt said as he stood up, "that's what."

He left a very hurt Dylan behind as he left the cafeteria

**

Chapter 27

**

Gideon woke up excited ten days later. He woke up Raymond quickly and whispered, "Guess what day it is hun."

"Saturday?" he said groggily.

Gideon laughed and said, "Yes, but guess what day it is!"

Raymond sat straight up and grinned, "My birthday."

"Happy fifteenth birthday, sweetie." Gideon said, kissing him on the cheek.

"What time is it?" he asked.

"Twelve thirty." Gideon said.

"That late?" Raymond asked.

"We had a... pleasant night last night, what do you expect after working ourselves so hard." Gideon said.

Raymond giggled at his wording. Raymond rolled out of the bed and stretched, the light catching his fur and making him glimmer. "You're beautiful." Gideon whispered.

Gideon stood up and hugged Raymond, the light from the lamp hitting his scales and reflecting onto Raymond, turning his fur red. "You're even more beautiful." he whispered back.

"Oh come on now," Gideon said, "that's impossible."

Raymond started laughing and his eyes closed as he wiped at them. When his eyes opened there was a moderate sized box wrapped in green wrapping paper. "You can have this now on one condition." Gideon said.

"What?" Raymond asked eagerly.

"You have to open it with these on," Gideon said with a grin, pulling oven mitts out of his dresser.

"Cruel," Raymond said with a glare, taking the oven mitts, "but I accept."

Raymond put the oven mitts on and grinned mischievously, sticking his claws through the oven mitt without Gideon noticing, or so he thought. He made quick work of unwrapping the first layer. Then the second. And the third. And finally, the fourth.

He opened the small box inside and gasped at the necklace inside. "It's beautiful hun."

"Let me help you," Gideon said, scooping the polished and filed blue dragon scale out of the box, the golden chain dangling and glittering in the light. Raymond turned around and Gideon put it around his neck. "Oh," Gideon said, "by the way, I noticed that you cheater."

Raymond giggled and said, "Uh oh, am I in trouble?"

"Maybe," Gideon said, nuzzling Raymond. Gideon pulled Raymond upstairs slowly and Raymond was instantly bombarded by Carol who hugged him tightly and whispered a quick, "Happy birthday."

Raymond laughed softly, mainly because Carol was hugging him so tightly it cut off his airways, at her reaction. She grinned and patted Raymond's cheek for a moment before saying, "We got some good news today."

"What's that?" Gideon asked as he sat down at the table and started to eat the food his mother put down.

"Wyatt's clean." Carol said, the relief was noticeable in her voice.

"Does Wyatt know?" Gideon asked after a moment.

"No," Carol said, "he's up in his room crying again."

Gideon sighed and stood up, "I'll go talk to him."

Gideon walked up the stairs slowly and cracked the door open and heard Wyatt's sniffling and then walked in and closed it quickly. He sat down next to Wyatt and put a paw on his back and started to rub it slowly.

"Hey Wyatt," Gideon whispered, "got some good news."

"What?" Wyatt muttered quietly.

"You're clean." Gideon whispered.

Wyatt groaned and Gideon said, "What's the matter."

"I was hoping I had gotten it, whatever it was." Wyatt said, "I wouldn't have to live without Troy for much longer."

Gideon pulled him up so that they were eye to eye and stared him down fiercely. Wyatt wilted under the glare, "Never- ever!- say anything like that again. Do you hear me?" Gideon said angrily. "How do you think Troy would feel if he had given it to you and he hadn't died yet? Do you think he would be happy as can be, even where he is?"

"No," Gideon said, "he'd be crying his eyes out for ruining your life even after saving it. Never want to die. Death isn't something to be embraced at such a young age." Gideon whispered the last sentence.

Wyatt stared at Gideon in shock. Gideon had never yelled at him before, and to tell the truth, it was terrifying. "I'm sorry Gideon," Wyatt said, rubbing the top of his head against the bottom of Gideon's muzzle affectionately.

Gideon chuckled quietly and held Wyatt in a tight hug for a moment before letting go. "Come on now," he said, "Go wish Raymond a happy birthday so we can be off."

"Where are you going?" Wyatt asked curiously.

"I've got a long day planned," Gideon said with a wink, "and the first is a walk in the park with our babies."

Wyatt rushed down the stairs as Gideon got the babies dressed, smiling and cooing at them the entire time and listening to them giggle. When he walked downstairs Wyatt was hugging Raymond around the waist and he let go quickly.

Gideon laughed as Raymond stared after Wyatt, who walked back up stairs, obviously flabbergasted. Raymond noticed the dress babies and grinned, "We're going for a walk?" Raymond asked.

"Step one of your best birthday ever." Gideon said with a wink, "Now, go get dressed."

Raymond disappeared and Carol looked at the large grin on Gideon's face. "What are you planning?" she asked.

Gideon grinned and pulled something out of his pocket. Her eyes widened in shock and Gideon grinned and hugged her tightly, "I've been waiting for today for a while now."

She chuckled and said, "Lets hope he takes it well."

Gideon stashed the thing back in his pocket. Raymond came upstairs and took the babies while he got their dual stroller. He grinned at them as he covered them up with the sun protection cover and they walked down the street towards the park.

The babies giggled as they walked, seemingly enjoying the outside. The smell of crisp, fresh air and the sight of the multi colored leaves on the trees that signaled the coming of fall. There was occasionally the smell of burning leaves and Gideon grimaced. "You would think that we could go for a walk without smelling burning leaves." Gideon muttered.

"It is burning day," Raymond pointed out.

"That's true." Gideon said with a sigh.

They made it to the park and the sound of children playing and laughing, having a good time, not a care in the world. Children of different species mingled with each other, enjoying the warm weather, for soon it would be freezing cold.

A few of the mothers at the park stopped them and started asking questions about the babies in the stroller and Gideon grinned and answered them all, even when he had to tell them that Raymond was the biological mother and he was the biological father.

The mothers always sat down in disbelief and they could walk on their way again. One time a butterfly flew into the stroller and landed on Zandra's head and she giggled and swatted at it with her miniature paw. Gideon laughed and said, "Hold on Raymond."

Gideon walked off the path for a moment and came back with a very pretty flower. He grinned and put the violet flower into Zandra's head fur and she giggled and poked at it a few times before leaving it there.

"There," Gideon said with a grin.

"Just makes her even prettier," someone said from behind them.

Gideon turned around and grinned. "What are you doing here?"

Alec grinned and took Alex off of his back, "Can't come to the park with my son?"

"Yeah, you can," Gideon said, "but you're far away from the play areas."

Alec shrugged, "I saw you and remembered it was Raymond's birthday."

"Did everyone but me remember?" Raymond asked angrily.

"You forgot your own birthday?" Alec asked, astounded, "that is horrible."

"Oh well," Gideon said, reaching into Raymond's shirt and pulling the necklace with the blue dragon scale out of his shirt so that the sunlight reflected off of it, turning Raymond's fur blue. "Don't hide it," Gideon said with a wink, "it makes you look so much more beautiful."

Raymond chuckled as Alec walked with Alex so that they were standing next to the stroller. "Shall we continue walking?" Alec asked. Gideon nodded and started to push the stroller, watching as Zandra batted Zakai's hand away whenever he would try to touch it.

Zakai would giggle each time and try to get it again. Gideon reached his paw in and ruffled the little boy's head fur. "You push for a bit," Gideon said to Raymond.

Raymond took the stroller and Gideon grinned at Alex who was smiling widely at everything around him. "Hey Alex," Gideon said. Alex looked at him hesitantly and he frowned slightly. "You wanna ride on your uncle's shoulders?"

Alex looked at Alec and he said, "If you want to go ahead."

Alex turned back to Gideon and nodded and Gideon picked him up easily and put him carefully on his shoulders, holding onto his legs. Alex giggled and said, "You're shoulders are so much bigger than Alec's."

"It's because I'm cooler." Gideon said, grinning at Alec who glared at him.

"Trying to brainwash my son?" he asked, the ridge above his eye raising like a humans eyebrow would.

"Maybe," he said, grinning.

Alex almost fell off as he leaned back and Gideon turned quickly and caught him. "That was close," Gideon said with a wink, putting him carefully down on the ground and holding his shoulder so he wouldn't stumble from the shock of the fall.

Alex giggled into his paw for a moment, no doubt because the world was spinning in front of him. When Alex could finally stand straight Gideon asked, "You alright?"

"I'm fine," Alex said.

"Come 'ere squirt," Alec said, picking his son up against his struggling. "Keep struggling, you aren't gonna get away."

The young dragon sighed and poked his father angrily. Alec laughed as he was assaulted by the pudgy little fingers. He grabbed the small dragon's paw and said, "Alright, Alex, I get it, you're angry at me."

The small dragon giggled and buried his head into his father's shoulder. Alec shook his head, "He's going to have mood swings when he gets older," Alec said in exasperation.

Raymond chuckled and put one arm around Gideon, "I'm happy Gideon doesn't go through mood swings."

"Oh ho!" Gideon said, "So you can go through mood swings but I can't?"

"Only while I'm pregnant," Raymond said with a grin.

Gideon sighed and rubbed Raymond's cheek. "Did I mention that I love you?" Gideon whispered.

"Yes," Raymond said, "Yes you did."

"Good," Gideon said with a grin, "Because we're moving to step two of your perfect birthday."

**

A few hours later, after going through countless numbers of steps, they sat on a cliff, a small fire roaring behind them as it warmed them up in the chilly night air.

**

Quick author's note. If you haven't guessed what's about to happen by now, then by god your dumb. Alright, back to the story.

**

Gideon touched Raymond's cheek softly and Raymond giggled and nuzzled his boyfriend. Gideon smiled and leaned towards Raymond, "So, hun," he said quietly, "are you ready for your final birthday present?"

"Yes," Raymond said quietly.

Gideon grinned and stood up, taking one last look at the stars, "It's beautiful," Gideon said quietly.

"It is," Raymond said with a smile, looking up as well. "Almost like a movie, or a dream."

"Almost," Gideon said with a grin, "but it's real."

Gideon got down onto one knee and pulled the black box, that had been in his pocket all day, out. "Raymond," he whispered, "love."

Raymond looked at him, obviously not noticing what was happening. "Yes?" he asked.

Gideon chuckled slightly before saying, "Raymond, I love you, with all my heart, and I want to be with you... forever. I want to bind our souls in the strongest bond I can think of." He took a deep breath and said, "Raymond Zasturfinztin, will you marry me?"

He flipped the lid of the black box up to reveal the gold ring with small diamonds outlining it. It wasn't big and expensive, but it was perfect for someone like Raymond. Raymond wouldn't care, as long as it meant what it was supposed to. Raymond covered his muzzle with his paws and tears filled his eyes. He pulled his paws away and said, "Yes, yes, yes, a millions time yes."

Gideon grinned and grabbed Raymond's paw and put the ring on the correct finger. Gideon stood up and pulled Raymond up with him, "Now, instead of being my wonderful boyfriend, you're my wonderful fiancé."

"And you mine," Raymond said with a smile, kissing Gideon and pulling him closer.

Gideon pulled his head back and put two fingers on Raymond's lips, "Not yet," he whispered.

He walked off into the trees, leaving a very confused Raymond staring into the dark shadows that surrounded the brown trees, their leaves rustling making nature's song as he sat on this most perfect of nights.

Gideon came back a moment later, his scales glittering brightly in the moonlight as he walked from the shadows. The sight was breathtaking. Raymond didn't notice the basket Gideon held until Gideon sat down after throwing a blanket over the ground.

He gestured for Raymond to sit down, what he didn't expect was for Raymond to sit in his lap and grin at him mischievously. "You know what would make this night even more perfect?" Raymond asked.

"Sex under the stars?" Gideon whispered.

"You betchya," Raymond said, grinning.

Gideon grinned and before Raymond knew it, Gideon was on top of him, kissing him and unbuttoning his pants. Raymond kicked his pants off and pulled Gideon's shirt off, feeling the scaly chest against his furry chest. He moaned into the kiss as they both finally finished undressing.

Gideon grinned and pulled back before getting onto his knees. Raymond got on all fours and took Gideon's fully erect member into his muzzle. Gideon moaned as Raymond's canine tongue ran over his member, hitting the sensitive spots with practiced ease. Raymond knew him so well.

Gideon relaxed as he placed both hands on the back of Raymond's head and guided him down. "Oh Raymond," Gideon moaned, "you've gotten so good at this."

Raymond's muffled response sent jolts of pleasure up his spine. Gideon felt Raymond's paws run up and down his body as Raymond bobbed his head on Gideon's member, feeling all of the veins with his tongue.

When Raymond stopped Gideon looked down at him curiously and noticed him switch positions so that his tail hole was pointing to him. Gideon grinned as Raymond raised his tail. Gideon said, "Ready for me hun?" Gideon asked.

Raymond looked back at him and winked, "I'm ready for you."

Gideon grinned and grabbed Raymond's hips and held it up while he bent his head down and rimmed Raymond's tail hole, his slim, draconic tongue sneaking in and lubricating Raymond's insides. Raymond moaned and said, "Stop teasing me and give me my reward." Raymond winked.

"Alright," Gideon said, grinning as he straightened up and bent over Raymond. His member found Raymond's tail hole and Gideon pushed his tip in gently. Raymond winced and Gideon waited until Raymond nodded.

Gideon pushed in slowly, waiting for that wince that should signal the time for him to stop and wait for Raymond to get used to how much of Gideon was currently inside him. Gideon managed to hilt without another wince.

Gideon moaned as Raymond shifted a few times before saying, "Alright, I'm ready. No mercy," he added with a wink.

Gideon grinned and started to pull out before thrusting back in with one, quick thrust before repeating, his pace starting out slow and speeding up as he went, Raymond's tail hole stretching to accept Gideon's member, being lubricated by Gideon's pre-cum. "Oh god hun," Raymond moaned quietly, "You've gotten bigger."

"Really?" Gideon whispered.

"Yes," Raymond said as Gideon continued to thrust and moan, jabbing Raymond's hardening prostate. Raymond moaned louder as his prostate was stimulated. Gideon panted as he reached his paw under Raymond and started to stroke his hardened member, with his knot already half formed Raymond moaned louder and more frequently.

Gideon used his other paw to squeeze and massage Raymond's knots and balls. "Gideon, honey," Raymond moaned, "I'm gonna..."

Gideon felt Raymond's warm seed on his paw and quickly brought it up to his muzzle and licked it off. "Now," Gideon moaned quietly, "I-it's m-my turn."

Gideon roared loudly, not holding it back at all as he released his load into his soon-to-be husband. Raymond moaned as he felt Gideon's warm seed rushing through his tailhole and deep into his gut. A realization went into his head which made his heart sink.

"Gideon..." Raymond said quietly, horror in his voice.

"I know..." Gideon said, his eyes widening in the same horror. They got dressed hurriedly, the rest of their plans for that night forgotten.

**

Chapter 28

**

One week after Raymond's birthday Wyatt groaned as Clarice pushed him out the door, "You are going to talk to Dylan about this little fight, whether you like it or not."

Wyatt sighed and complied, getting into the car and turning the radio on so Clarice couldn't talk to him. He looked out the window as she drove the short way to Jack's house. When she got there she forced Wyatt to walk up the sidewalk to the white house and knock on the door.

Jack answered and smiled before hugging and kissing Clarice quickly, "Well, what a surprise."

"Oh, you knew I was coming and that I was bringing Wyatt," Clarice said with a grin.

"Yeah," Jack said, "Dylan's in his room."

Wyatt walked into the one story house and down the hall to where Jack had pointed out Dylan's room. He knocked on the door and heard Dylan's sweet voice say, "Come in."

He walked in and Dylan's expression turned foul and he turned back to his book, completely ignoring Wyatt. Wyatt made a few failed attempts at starting a conversation so he left and sat down on the couch in the living room, watching the show that Jack and Clarice were ignoring as they kissed.

When they pulled apart Jack noticed him and blushed, "I thought you were talking to Dylan."

"He ignored me," Wyatt said, keeping his eyes on the screen.

Jack sighed, almost a growl, and stood up and walked down the hall, coming back a moment later pushing a very reluctant Dylan and sitting him on the couch next to Wyatt. He sat down on the love seat across the room and said, "You guys are going to talk this out, or you will not leave this house."

Dylan growled and Wyatt said, "If you're going to make us talk can we at least do it privately."

The two left the room and Dylan scooted as far away from Wyatt as possible. "Listen, Dylan," Wyatt started, "I... understand that you're mad at me. I snapped at you and haven't explained why I did."

Dylan now looked curious. Wyatt started to speak, "The day before I snapped at you, Troy died."

"Oh," Dylan said.

"H-he died of a disease that the doctor thinks was an unknown STD." Wyatt continued, "And you flirting with me just made me... so angry. I wasn't thinking properly. I-I'm sorry."

Dylan scooted closer to Wyatt and said, "I didn't know about Troy. If I had... I would have understood." Dylan put his arm around Wyatt's back. Wyatt put his arm around Dylan's shoulder and Dylan leaned over and shrank into Wyatt's side. He fit perfectly.

"Alright," Dylan said, "tragic story for tragic story."

Wyatt looked at him confused. "I'm going to tell you about MY first boyfriend." Dylan said.

Wyatt looked at him, his attention fully focused. Dylan untangled himself and left the room for a moment and came back with a picture. Wyatt gasped and touched the boy laughing with Dylan. "That's him," Dylan said, tears in his eyes. "Trevin."

"A human?" Wyatt said incredulously.

"Yes," Dylan said with a smile, "a human, and how lucky I was to have him. He was sweet, smart, funny, and he was absolutely gorgeous. He was unique, he had a heart of gold. Never would have hurt a fly."

Dylan was crying full out now. "I told you that my parents died in a car crash. I didn't tell you that Trevin and I were in the car. We were driving home from school on the last day. It was Trevin's birthday and we were going to drop him off and then I was going to go home and get ready for our date that night."

Dylan wiped his paw across his face, smearing the tears. "A drunk driver, yeah in the middle of the day," he said to Wyatt's shocked face, "slammed into the side of the car that he was sitting on. The crash didn't kill him. The glass of the windows shattered and a large shard buried itself in his throat."

Dylan wiped his eyes again, "The same with my mother and father. If Trevin hadn't been sitting where he was, I'd be dead and he'd still be alive."

Dylan was burying his muzzle in his paws as he talked. "Jack and I stayed long enough for the funeral and after that, I kissed his mother and father goodbye, hugging his little brother- who was practically my little brother- and then, we disappeared. I couldn't stay any longer. To many memories."

Wyatt scooted closer to Dylan and put an arm around his shoulder. Wyatt wiped Dylan's tears away and kissed him softly on the lips. He tried to pull away but Dylan grabbed the back of Wyatt's head and knotted his fingers into the fur, pulling Wyatt's lips to his and kissing him passionately.

Wyatt submitted to the kiss, absolutely no hesitation in his actions as he opened his muzzle and allowed Dylan's tongue into his muzzle, rubbing against his own tongue. "You two done talking yet..." Clarice said, "Oh," she added, blushing furiously and quickly trying to push Jack back.

It was to late. "Woah," Jack said, shaking his head, "I mean, it popped into my heads a few time, but I never really believed you would get together."

Dylan pulled away from him then and blushed fiercely as Wyatt pulled him to his side. "You fit perfectly," Wyatt said as Dylan leaned into him.

"Just like Trevin did," Jack said.

Dylan almost started crying again but Wyatt prevented that with a quick kiss. Dylan sighed and leaned his head onto Wyatt's shoulder, placing his paws on Wyatt's chest and rubbing up and down Wyatt's slim, feminine body.

Jack sat down and Clarice joined him. The two couples had a staring contest, each staring at their own sibling. In the end, the two older ones looked away and the two younger grinned and kissed each other. Jack chuckled and said, "Glad to see you two happy."

**

Wyatt grinned at Dylan as they drove in the backseat of the car, going towards wherever Clarice and Jack were taking them. "Where are we going?" Dylan asked again, irritation plain in his voice.

Wyatt reached over and pulled Dylan's head down so that it rested in his lap. Wyatt started to stroke Dylan's fur and whispered into his ear, "Be patient."

"Patience isn't my strong suit," Dylan whispered back.

Wyatt kissed him on the lips and whispered, "Every time you manage to stay patient, I'll kiss you as a reward."

"That's cheating," Dylan said, "if that's my reward, I'm never going to rush anything, and we're never going to get done with anything."

Wyatt grinned, "Maybe that's what I want!"

Jack started laughing in the front seat, "If you want him to be patient for a kiss, you're never going to kiss him."

Dylan glared and said, "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, Trevin did the same thing Wyatt's trying to do." Jack said.

Dylan's eyes watered yet again and Wyatt kissed him one more time, playing with a few strands of his fur. "I guess that's true," Dylan said quietly. "But will you stop reminding me of him?"

"Sorry pup," Jack said, looking back.

"Don't call me that!" Dylan said, growling slightly.

"Or what?" Clarice asked, "the puppy and the kit gonna team up on him?"

"Maybe," Wyatt said, kissing Dylan's cheek and whispering, "I'm with you hun."

Jack laughed as he pulled into the parking lot of the park, "Alright, let's see what you two can do."

Jack ran out to the middle of the field and turned toward them. Dylan laughed as he and Wyatt climbed out. "Don't bother with it," Clarice yelled at him, "they're going to take you down and you know it."

Jack laughed, "No they won't."

Wyatt grinned and pushed Dylan ahead in front of him as they ran at Jack. Dylan jumped into his chest and Wyatt jumped onto his back. "Umph," Jack grunted as he got used to their weight and started to walk towards where Clarice was setting up a blanket for a picnic.

"Shit," Jack said as he toppled over onto his side next to the blanket. Dylan sat on top of him and Wyatt sat next to Dylan and they started laughing, all of them. Jack pushed them off and sat up and grabbed them both around the necks as they all laughed.

He rubbed their heads together and grinned at the two and said, "You may have made me fall, but I still win!"

"Nu uh," Dylan said, punching his shoulder.

"Uh huh," Jack said, sticking his tongue out at Dylan. Dylan grabbed Jack's tongue and Jack said, "Eww."

Dylan laughed and hugged Wyatt as they sat down at the picnic table where Clarice had set everything up. "Alright, now that you're done roughhousing, I guess we can eat," she said, sitting down across from Wyatt.

Wyatt grinned and started loading the plastic plate in front of him with food before passing everything down to Dylan. He dug into the food immediately, blushing when Dylan said, "Holy shit, slow down."

He winked once and then continued to eat. When his plate was empty yet again he leaned heavily against Dylan and sighed. "So," Dylan whispered into Wyatt's ear, "does this count as our first date?"

"Maybe," Wyatt said, tilting his head up and kissing Dylan on the bottom of his chin. "But I hope so."

Dylan grinned and kissed him on the lips. Wyatt pulled back and said, "Corny."

Dylan laughed before kissing Wyatt yet again.

**

Chapter 28.5

**

Gideon pushed Wyatt in front of him, towards Troy's parent's house. "I don't want to," Wyatt said quietly. It was about four hours after Wyatt had apologized to Dylan, and Wyatt had been in a somewhat good mood, well, good compared to his regular mood of late. At least, until now.

"Well, you have to." Gideon said, pushing Wyatt up to the door. "Don't worry, I'll take over if you breakdown."

Wyatt sighed and knocked on the door. A moment later a boy, about eighteen by Gideon's estimate, answered the door. His fur was white, like Troy's, and had an occasional black stripe. He smiled and said, "Hi, can I help you with something?"

Wyatt stared up at the tiger then shook his head as if to clear it, "Are you Troy's brother?"

The tiger looked down at Wyatt and said, "You know my little brother?"

"He was living with us for almost a year." Gideon said. He held out his paw and said, "My name is Gideon, and this is my little brother Wyatt. And Troy's boyfriend, to clear up anything else of how we know him."

"I'm Seth," the tiger said, taking Gideon's paw, "what happened to my little bro?"

Gideon put a paw on Wyatt's shoulder and shook him slightly. Wyatt took a deep breath before saying, "Troy died."

"What?" Seth said, his eyes darkening, "How?"

"Some sort of disease," Gideon said. Wyatt was crying now, and his shoulders were shaking with sobs. "The doctor couldn't identify it."

Seth had tears in his eyes and said, "Well, come in, I'm sure my mom will want to hear about it."

Gideon and Wyatt followed Seth inside, Wyatt with one arm wrapped around Gideon and his head buried in Gideon's chest. Gideon walked awkwardly because of Wyatt clutching his shirt. They walked into what must have been the living room and Gideon saw another white tiger, a female, sitting on the couch.

Her white fur glistened in the light that came through the window and the T.V. was on, some random soap opera or something like that. When she looked at Gideon he was almost startled, her eyes were of the same shade as Troy's. She smiled until she saw the look on Seth's face and said, "What's the matter Seth?"

Seth gestured for Gideon to speak and then sat down. "Ma'am," Gideon said, "Troy's dead."

"What?" she said, her voice cracking slightly, "H-how?"

"We don't know," Gideon said, "the doctor said it was some kind of disease, a slow acting one, a painful one."

"So my little boy died in pain?" she asked, the tears flowing openly down her face.

"No," Gideon said quietly, "the doctor had a drug, that would kill him early, before the pain got really bad."

"Who are you?" she asked quietly.

"My name is Gideon," Gideon said, "and this is my little brother Wyatt, and Troy's boyfriend. Or ex-boyfriend I should, but hate, to say."

"Oh," she said quietly, wiping her eyes, "I wish he hadn't run away."

"Run away?" Wyatt said, sniffing, "His dad kicked him out. I should know, he pushed us off the porch in the middle of winter."

"Dad did what?" Seth said, growling now, "I can't believe him. And then he lied to us."

"I'll get on him about it later," Troy's mom said. She turned back to Gideon and said, "My name is Teresa."

Gideon nodded and said, "My parents have his funeral planned for Thursday."

"We'll be there," Seth said, putting a paw on his mother's shoulders.

"Ok, my mom will mail you the information." Gideon said, "Time, place, etc."

"Thank you," Teresa said quietly.

"I'm just doing something I should do," Gideon said. Wyatt was still crying and Gideon decided it wouldn't be fun to walk home with Wyatt hanging onto him like a leech, so he picked Wyatt up and cradled him against his chest as he walked.

**

That Thursday, Wyatt cried into the shoulder Seth had offered him. He had been shocked when Troy's older brother had offered the shoulder, considering Seth didn't know Wyatt well at all, but Wyatt took the offer.

Seth was rubbing his paw up and down Wyatt's back, pressing against his spine just enough to be slightly relaxing. Seth was crying himself. He was the first person Troy came out to, and it had been awkward for him at first, but he had dealt with it.

Troy had cried at first, fearing that Seth would tell their parents about him, but Seth kept his promise not to tell and to love his brother no matter what. The preacher finished speaking and stepped out of the room as quickly as he could. He had been paid to do this, of course, and he had accepted, even though he had positively resented preaching at a gay boy's funeral, even if the gay boy was only thirteen years old.

The funeral didn't have many people there so the viewing went quick. Seth, Wyatt, and Teresa spent the most time viewing Troy's body, sobbing loudly as they looked at the peaceful body. After about five minutes of staring Wyatt had collapsed to his knees and buried his head in his paw.

Gideon had walked up slowly behind him and picked him up, cradling his body against his chest. Seth sighed as he looked at the two. He remembered when he had done a similar thing for his brother, except it had been a small feral cat the little boy had cried over. He almost smiled at the memory, but the day was too sad for a smile.

When Seth was finished, saying his final goodbye to Troy, he stepped away from the coffin and sighed as he walked back to where everyone was standing together, talking quietly or not at all.

**

Wyatt cried into Gideon's shoulder as the dirt was slowly dumped onto Troy's coffin. Gideon shushed him and rubbed his spine, doing his best to relax the fox. Wyatt watched as the hole was filled completely and the dirt was patted down.

Gideon let him go and Wyatt walked slowly over to the tombstone, the flowers he had gotten for this reason in his paws. He put the flowers carefully on Troy's headstone and the tears flowed down his cheeks with renewed ferocity.

Gideon walked forward and picked him up and rubbed his back softly. When Gideon was sitting in the backseat of Carol's car, tears rolling down his cheeks and into Wyatt's fur. Gideon rocked Wyatt back and forth, occasionally whispering something so quiet that Wyatt barely managed to hear it.

After about ten minutes of Gideon watching the others talk Carol walked over and said, "We're going out to dinner Gideon, do you and Wyatt want to come? I'm sure Raymond would stay home if you do."

Gideon looked at Wyatt and Wyatt said, "I'll go."

"Then I'm going too," Gideon said, smiling at Carol. "Did you invite Seth and Teresa?"

"Yes," Carol said, "I did."

"Alright," Gideon said, pulling his feet into the car and holding Wyatt tightly for a moment before releasing the pressure. "Ready when you guys are."

**

That night, Wyatt lay in his bed, crying his eyes out, when Dylan walked in. Dylan sat down on the bed next to Wyatt and started to rub his back quietly. "Are you alright hun?" Dylan whispered quietly.

Wyatt wiped his eyes and said, "I'm f-fine. I'm j-just really s-sad."

Dylan wrapped his arms around Wyatt and said, "That's alright." It was now that Dylan noticed that Wyatt only had a pair of boxers on and he blushed.

Wyatt noticed and let out a wet laugh and said, "You embarrassed to see me naked?"

"No," Dylan said, "I just wasn't expecting to see you naked, or nearly naked anyways." Dylan pulled back from the hug then rubbed a paw up and down Wyatt's chest then hugged him again, wrapping his arms around Wyatt tightly and kissing his cheek.

Wyatt smiled and then turned in Dylan's arms so that his back was pressing against Wyatt's stomach. "I love you Dylan," Wyatt said quietly as he laid down on the bed.

Dylan laid down behind him, still hugging him as tightly as possible without suffocating him, and said, "I love you too Wyatt."

Wyatt rubbed his tail against Dylan's clothed member and said, "Do you wanna..."

Dylan cut him off and said, "Not tonight, hun. Troy's funeral was earlier today, I want to give you some time to calm down from that. Laying here and cuddling is just fine."

"Alright," Wyatt said, smiling as he closed his eyes. "Love you."

Dylan chuckled and said, "I love you too, hun, I love you too."

**

Chapter 29

**

Gideon and Raymond woke up with a groan. It had been two weeks since Raymond's birthday and the night before Gideon's mother had been idiotic and decided that, to celebrate the wedding and to mourn Troy since the day before had been his funeral, they were going to get the two very underage husbands-to-be drunk, and now, they were in pain.

Raymond put a paw to his muzzle and ran to the bathroom and threw up. "Alright," he said between washing his toothbrush off and putting more toothpaste on it, "never again."

"I agree," Gideon said, clutching his head tightly.

They walked upstairs slowly, groaning when the sunlight hit their eyes and, to Gideon's mother's annoyance, walked around the living room shutting all of the dark curtains until it was practically pitch black. "Why did you do that?" she asked.

"Because," Gideon said, his tone accusing as he clutched his head, "you got us drunk last night."

"Oh ya," Carol said, laughing, "I forgot."

"Oh yeah," Gideon said sarcastically, "Your son and son-in-law come upstairs, gripping their heads because of a major hangover, and you forget you got them drunk."

Carol grinned, "I'm sorry."

"Sure you are," Raymond said, "I guess you also forgot that we have to go to Lizzy's today to pick her up to start doing shopping for decorations and invitations? Let alone that we have to do everything soon considering we want to have it September 24th."

Carol grinned and said, "Well, today you have school."

Gideon groaned, "Are you really going to make us go to school today?"

"Yes," Carol said, "yes I will."

Gideon grumbled as he dragged Raymond downstairs and they got dressed quickly, only bothering with brushing their hair, for Gideon, and fur for Raymond. "Clean enough," Gideon said.

Raymond giggled and they walked upstairs, leaving before Carol could notice that they 'forgot' their backpacks. They walked towards the bus stop, laughing loudly as they waited for the bus. When it got there, Gideon noticed through the window two foxes sitting in a seat, across from them the seat was empty.

Gideon pulled Raymond to the back of the bus so they were sitting opposite the two foxes. "Hey," Gideon said, smiling, "I'm Gideon."

He held out his paw to the smaller fox first and the fox took his hand and said, to his surprise in a male voice, "I'm Nathan."

Gideon looked puzzled and the bigger fox laughed, "He's a crossdresser." The bigger fox took Gideon's hand and said, "I'm Alan."

Gideon grinned and put his arm around Raymond, which caught puzzled looks from the two and said, "This is my fiancé, Raymond."

"Fiancé?" the smaller fox asked, "How old are you two."

"Fifteen and fifteen." Gideon said. "How about you?"

"Fourteen and sixteen," Nathan said.

"You guys new?" Raymond asked?

"Yeah," Alan said, "we just moved after..."

"After my parents died," Nathan said.

"Oh," Gideon said.

"I have a quick question," Alan said, "Does the school here have a larger tolerance of gays?"

"You bet," Gideon said, winking. "When you have someone as big as me beating the shit out of anyone who makes the slightest bad remark about gay furs, it tends to give results, if not acceptance, they at least don't pick on them." Gideon looked Nathan over, "Looks like you'll have trouble. It'd be fine if he was just gay, but... I haven't met any crossdressers before and if he is going to dress like that often, well, he's going to get picked on, a lot."

Alan cracked his knuckles, "Anyone touches him they're going to get the shit beat out of them."

"I'll help if you want it," Gideon said with a wink.

"Nah," Alan said, "I prefer to handle my own problems."

"Alright," Gideon said, grinning at the larger fox he patted the foxes shoulder.

The school was coming into view now and the foxes gaped, "It's a large school isn't it?" Raymond said with a grin.

"Yeah," Nathan said quietly.

"Don't get lost," Gideon said with a wink after they walked inside. "Meet Raymond and I here after school, my mom can give you guys a ride."

"Sounds like fun," Alan said, chuckling as he saw Nathan's tail start to wag. "Why is your tail wagging?"

"Because," Nathan said, looking everywhere at once, "there are lots of cute guys."

Gideon and Raymond started to laugh as they walked and Gideon put his arm around Raymond and kissed his cheek, "I love you."

Raymond laughed and said, "I love you too, and in two weeks, we'll be husbands."

They walked towards their first class, enjoying the moment where they could just walk and talk with their arms around each other, just enjoying the time they had together until they had to sit down in the hot, stuffy classroom.

"How much of an issue do you think it's going to be to get your name changed by the school district?" Gideon said suddenly.

"I didn't even think of that," Raymond said, grinning. "We're going to go through so much trouble to get my name changed. I'll have to get a new I.D., everyone will be confused when my name is called."

Gideon grinned and kissed Raymond's cheek, the kids in the hallway ignoring them as if they were completely invisible. "You know," Gideon said, looking at all the kids, "I can't stand school."

"Well," Raymond said, grinning before saying, "let's skip."

Gideon grinned and said, "Sounds like a good idea." They hid in a bathroom, kissing each other passionately in a stall while they waited for the bell to ring and the hallways to clear. When they did they sneaked out of the school carefully, making sure they didn't get caught.

When they were out Raymond grinned at Gideon and kissed him. "So, where are we going?"

"Hmmm," Gideon said, "we can't sneak back into the house."

"We could sneak into Wyatt's room," Raymond said, grinning.

"Nah," Gideon said, "Wyatt's home sick today."

"How do you know?" Raymond asked.

"Because he wasn't downstairs bugging me to walk him to school," Gideon said, laughing as he did so. "We could go and sit in the park."

Raymond shrugged his shoulders, "We could go home and tell your mom that we got sent home sick."

"That would work too," Gideon said, nodding his head, his face scrunching up in a thoughtful expression. "I vote that, we can go home and see our babies."

Raymond grinned and kissed Gideon on the cheek as Gideon picked Raymond up and started to fly towards the house. Raymond started to look down at the houses and Gideon laughed as Raymond stared at one child who was playing in the front yard of a house. "Someday that will be Zandra and Zakai." Gideon whispered.

"That's going to be a good time of our lives," Raymond said with a grin, running his paw over his stomach, "and it's going to happen multiple times."

Gideon grinned and said, "We don't even know if you're pregnant again."

Raymond shrugged and said, "I probably am."

Gideon shook his head and said, "Mom will be so pissed."

Raymond laughed and kissed Gideon on the cheek as Gideon landed. Gideon took Raymond's paw in his and smiled and leaned over and kissed him. They walked inside and Carol looked up and sighed, "You complained to the nurse as soon as you got to school didn't you?" she asked.

"You betchya," Gideon said, grinning at his mother and heading upstairs to the nursery. He saw Zandra and Zakai laying in their separate cribs, completely quiet and fully awake. He bent over Zandra's crib and she reached up and poked his muzzle with her finger.

He smiled and picked her up carefully and then sniffed once and almost gagged. "Someone needs changed," he said, nuzzling her chest.

"Two little someones need changed," Raymond said from behind him at Zakai's crib.

Gideon laughed as he laid Zandra out on the changing table and undid the dirty diaper, wrinkling his nose as he did so, his scales now covering his nostrils. He quickly replaced the diaper and then moved for Raymond.

When both of the babies had been changed and the trash had been taken out- the diapers just smelled so horrible!- they walked downstairs with their babies in arm and sat down next to their mother. "Our babies are so beautiful," Gideon said, looking at Raymond and winking.

"Yeah," he said, "and soon we'll have more."

He had waited for Carol to take a drink of soda, or whatever she was drinking, and whatever it was came out of her nose as she choked. "What?" she exclaimed.

"Raymond might be pregnant again," Gideon said, his face contorted by his huge smile.

"How could you be so irresponsi..." Carol started but Gideon interrupted.

"It was a heat of the moment thing." Gideon said. "You and dad know about that, don't you?" Gideon said, grinning and raising an eyebrow expectantly.

Carol stuttered as she said, "I swear to god, shut up right now or I'll ground you."

Gideon frowned but said, "Fine."

"Good," she said, "now that that is settled, what do you want for breakfast, since your home."

"I don't know," Gideon said, "I'm going to go and wake Wyatt up, we can ask him."

Carol nodded, "He's not feeling well, so don't bug him to much."

Gideon walked upstairs slowly and when he knocked on Wyatt's door he heard Wyatt say, "Come in."

He walked in and sat down on Wyatt's bed and reached a paw out and touched Wyatt's forehead. "You're a little warm," Gideon said, "You want something to eat?"

"Sure," Wyatt said.

"What do you want, mom said it's your choice." Gideon said, rubbing Wyatt's head softly.

"I'm fine with anything," Wyatt said.

"How about waffles?" Gideon asked.

"Sounds great." Wyatt said, "but can you make them? Mom always burns them."

Gideon laughed and said, "Alright." Gideon thought for a moment before saying, "How are you and Dylan doing."

Wyatt smiled and said, "We're doing just fine, thanks for asking."

Gideon grinned and then stood up and stretched before walking out of the door and down to the kitchen where Raymond joined him as he set up the waffle iron. "Wyatt wanted waffles?" Raymond asked.

"Yes," Gideon said, "and specifically from me."

Raymond laughed and kissed Gideon's cheek, "I guess you do make the best waffles in the house when Ron isn't here."

"True," Gideon said with a grin as the phone rang. Gideon reached over and plucked it off the receiver, holding it expertly between his head and shoulder. "Yes?" he said into the phone.

"Gideon?" Jack asked from the other end, "Can you ask Clarice to go to my house and check on Dylan, he wasn't feeling well today and I couldn't not go to school."

"Yeah," Gideon said, "I'll do it."

"Alright," Jack said, "thanks."

"Who was that?" Raymond asked as he hung the phone up on the receiver for Gideon.

"Jack asking me to tell Clarice to check on Dylan." Gideon said, closing the top of the waffle iron he looked at his watch. "I've got five minutes, I can get there and back in time"

Gideon walked out of the house and took off, flying towards Jack's house. When he landed he walked inside to the astonished face of Dylan who was sitting on the couch. Gideon grinned and said, "Your brother asked me to check on you."

"Oh," Dylan said, rubbing his throat as he talked. His voice was hoarse and Gideon almost laughed.

"You need anything?" Gideon asked, "Tylenol, something to help your throat, I can have Clarice bring something back."

"Some Tylenol would be nice," Dylan said, "and, maybe," he reached his paw onto the table and pulled six dollars off the table, "could you ask Clarice to stop and get me something to eat?"

Gideon laughed and said, "Yeah, I'll tell her."

"Thanks," Dylan said. "How's Wyatt?"

"He's doing just fine," Gideon said, smiling as he took the money and put it in his pocket. He rubbed a paw over Dylan's head, "I'll tell him you said I love you."

"Thanks again," he said, smiling.

Gideon laughed as he walked out of the house and flew back home. He walked inside and saw Clarice sitting on the couch, he threw Clarice the money and said, "Dylan asked you to take him some Tylenol and to get him something to eat."

Clarice shook her head and stood up, stretching before going upstairs to get dressed. Gideon walked into the kitchen and took the waffles out of the waffle iron and putting more batter in. Clarice was gone when he walked upstairs and when he knocked on Wyatt's door he didn't get an answer. He frowned and knocked again. He sighed and opened the door and the plate of syrupy waffles he had in his paws crashed to the floor.

In Wyatt's bed, Wyatt was lying down, the fur on his wrists soaked in blood, along with his sides and the sheets underneath. He stared at Wyatt's body lifelessly for a few minutes before he heard the door open downstairs and heard Carol yell something.

He couldn't make out what it was. He was numb everywhere. Carol walked up the stairs and asked him a question. He still couldn't make it out, he could only point into the room and lean against the wall.

Carol looked at him curiously before walking to the door and screaming at the sight inside.

**

Chapter 30

**

Gideon put his head on Raymond's shoulder as he cried, Raymond's warm arms surrounding him, the warm fur brushing through the scales and to the skin beneath making him shudder. "Who's gonna tell Dylan?" Clarice said quietly.

Gideon sat up and wiped his eyes. Everyone in the room was crying. Carol had her head on Ron's shoulder, Ron who had come home from a trip to Japan because Wyatt had died, a very good reason in everyone's opinion.

"I'll tell him," Gideon said.

"I'm going with you," Raymond said, putting his paw on Gideon's shoulder reassuringly, "I'll always be there for you," Raymond added quietly, only for him.

Gideon smiled through the tears and hugged Raymond tightly, "Just like I'm always here for you," Gideon whispered back. "We'll leave as soon as school ends," Gideon said for the entire room.

Gideon stood up and Raymond followed him downstairs. Gideon laid down on his back and Raymond laid down next to him, putting his head on Gideon's chest. Gideon hugged Raymond tightly and said, "I can't believe Wyatt committed suicide. I tried so hard."

"You can't prevent everything." Raymond whispered, "It was Wyatt's choice, no one could have stopped him."

"No," Gideon said quietly, "but I could have saved him."

"You aren't a miracle worker hun," Raymond said quietly, sitting up to kiss Gideon on the cheek and then wrapping one arm around his love, "you managed to save me, but Wyatt was already dead when you found him."

Gideon buried his head into Raymond's chest and started to cry again, soaking the front of Raymond's shirt with his tears as Raymond rubbed his back and whispered comforting words to him. When Gideon had cried himself to sleep, Raymond still rubbing his back, Raymond laid down and got comfortable the best he could.

He put his head down on the pillow and slowly stroked Gideon's hair, his eyes drooping as he did so. He fell asleep, his paw knotting in Gideon's hair as he did so.

**

Raymond woke up to Gideon saying, "Ow, ow, ow."

Raymond blushed as he realized he had been pulling Gideon's hair in his sleep. He untangled his paw from Gideon's hair and sat up and hugged him, "Sorry hun, I was asleep."

"I could tell," Gideon said angrily, rubbing the top of his head. He grabbed Raymond and squeezed him, "You owe me later," Gideon whispered into his ear.

"Sounds like fun," Raymond said, grinning at Gideon. He looked at the clock and said, "But now we get to go tell a currently happy wolf something that will make him very sad."

"I don't wanna," Gideon said, burying his head in Raymond's chest.

"Too bad," Raymond said, "you volunteered, you're going."

"Fine," Gideon said, standing up and starting to strip off his pajamas. Raymond grinned and stood up and stretched before taking his own pajamas off. When he was completely undressed and at his dresser looking for what he wanted to wear Gideon grabbed him from behind, "We could be quick you know," Gideon whispered quietly.

Raymond turned around in Gideon's arms and kissed him before saying, "Later hun, later."

"Oh," Gideon groaned, "fine."

Gideon walked back to his dresser and Raymond leaned back against his dresser and watched as Gideon bent down to reach for the bottom drawer. Gideon caught Raymond looking and grinned to himself and raised his tail and waved it a few times.

Raymond turned around quickly and pulled boxers out of the top drawer and put them on quickly. Forget looking nice, he just wanted to get upstairs so Gideon could stop seducing him. He finished getting dressed and slapped Gideon on the ass as he passed him.

Gideon laughed and said, "Not my fault you were staring at my sexy body."

"You didn't have to raise your tail you ass," Raymond said with a grin.

Gideon grinned and continued getting dressed. Raymond grinned and walked upstairs and sat down on the couch. Clarice sat down next to him, "Waiting for Gideon?" Clarice said.

"Yeah," Raymond said.

"You guys just did something didn't you?" Clarice said.

"Why do you ask?" Raymond said.

"Because your face is flushed." Clarice said, grinning.

"No, we didn't do anything," Gideon said from the doorway, "but he could at least be horny after the show I gave him."

Raymond grinned and stood up and wrapped his arms around Gideon's neck before kissing him on the lips. "Where's mom anyways?" Raymond asked. "Wait... is it alright if I call her mom?"

"Of course hun," Gideon said with a grin, "she will be your mom, soon."

Raymond smiled and Gideon turned to Clarice, "Do you want to drive us over there?"

"Sure," Clarice said, standing up, "and mom's at Aunt Lizzy's, she should be home soon."

They walked out and got into Clarice's car. Gideon put his head against the cool glass of the window as Clarice drove, Raymond's paw resting lightly on his shoulder. Raymond scooted closer to Gideon and put one paw on his spine. Raymond started to rub slowly up and down Gideon's spine.

Gideon reached his paw up and grabbed Raymond's paw and squeezed it. "It's gonna be alright hun," Raymond whispered into his ear.

Gideon squeezed Raymond's paw again, "I'm not worried about us, I'm worried about Dylan."

Clarice pulled into the driveway of Jack's house and turned around in her seat, "Be sensitive about it."

"I will," Gideon said, smiling at Clarice as he got out of the car. Raymond followed Gideon and they walked to the door and Gideon put an arm around Raymond as he knocked on the door. Dylan answered and smiled slightly but he obviously caught the mood.

"What do you guys need?" Dylan asked curiously.

"We need to talk to you Dylan," Gideon said, "can we come in?"

"Sure," Dylan said, stepping to the side.

Gideon smiled and walked in and to the living room and sat down on the couch. Raymond sat next to him and leaned against him as Dylan sat down in the chair across from them. "So... what is this about?"

"Wyatt." Gideon said, frowning as he did so. "Wyatt is... Wyatt's dead, Dylan."

Raymond walked over and got on his knees next to Dylan and started to rub his shoulder. "How?" Dylan asked, his eyes slowly filling with tears, "When?"

"Yesterday," Raymond said quietly, "yesterday morning, he committed suicide."

"No," Dylan said, shaking his head and putting his head in his paws, "no, no, no, no. Why me? Why did it happen to me again?"

"What are you talking about?" Gideon asked curiously, getting on his knees on the other side of Dylan.

"My first boyfriend died, a few months ago," Dylan said quietly, the tears in his eyes glistening.

Gideon rubbed his back, "His funeral is next week, are you going to go?"

"Of course," Dylan said quietly, "I would never not go."

Gideon smiled and rubbed the back of Dylan's head and then leaned in and kissed his cheek, "I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault," Dylan said quietly.

"I couldn't save him," Gideon said under his breath, barely loud enough for Dylan to hear, "I could've if I had checked on him more."

Dylan sighed and rubbed Gideon's shoulder, "It's not your fault."

Gideon smiled and said, "Thanks for the reassurance."

Dylan laughed and said, "It's hard not to reassure you when you're acting so pathetic."

Gideon grinned and tickled Dylan's stomach. Dylan started to laugh and started to hit Gideon's paw, "Stop it, stop it, stop it." Gideon stopped tickling him and Dylan sighed and wiped some tears from his eyes. "Thanks for telling me," he said with a smile, "I know how hard it must've been for you to tell me, especially since you don't know me that well."

Gideon smiled and rubbed his back, "Clarice is wondering if you want to come over for dinner tonight."

"Umm," Dylan said, rubbing the back of his head, "sure."

Gideon grinned at Raymond's confused look and then turned to Dylan, "Well, go get your jacket and we'll leave a note for Jack."

Dylan walked to his room to get his jacket as Gideon found a piece of paper and a pen. "Clarice didn't invite him over," Raymond said accusingly, his arms crossed over his chest.

"I know," Gideon said, "but it would seem awkward if I did and I don't want to leave him alone."

Gideon finished the note, signing his signature with a flourish. Dylan came out of the room, a leather jacket covering his torso and partially down to his knees. "Kind of big don't you think?" Gideon asked, "Hey! That looks like the jacket I gave Wyatt a few weeks ago."

Dylan blushed and said, "It is, he gave it to me last Monday."

Gideon grinned and said, "Something to remember him by."

Dylan smiled back and climbed into the car in between Gideon and Raymond. Clarice looked back at them confused and Gideon grinned and said, "Dylan wanted to come to dinner, just like you asked if he wanted to."

Clarice glared daggers at Gideon as she said, "It makes me happy that he wants to."

She turned back, her teeth grinding audibly. "Clarice didn't ask me did she?" Dylan whispered into Raymond's ear.

"Nope," Raymond whispered back, grinning at the back of Clarice's seat, "that's Gideon for you."

Dylan grinned and sat back in his seat, putting his head back. As they pulled into the house's driveway Clarice's phone rang, "Must be Jack," Dylan said, "He's normally home by now."

Clarice answered the phone and said, "Hi Jack. What? Yeah, Dylan is here. Yes, I guess I did invite him."

Gideon giggled into his paw as he stood up and helped Raymond out of the car and kissed his cheek. Dylan climbed out and followed Clarice inside hesitantly. Gideon took Raymond's paw in his and grinned at him as they walked inside.

Gideon sat down on the couch and watched as Dylan sat down awkwardly next to Carol, who smiled and put a paw on his shoulder, "Hey, you ok?" Carol asked him quietly.

"Yes," Dylan said, smiling up at her.

Carol rubbed Dylan's back for a minute before standing up and stretching, "Looks like I'm making dinner for seven tonight."

"Isn't Alec coming over?" Gideon asked.

"No," Carol said, sighing as she said it, "Charlie isn't feeling well."

"Ok," Gideon said.

Gideon stood up and walked upstairs towards the nursery where his babies were sleeping. He walked in and smiled down at the two babies lying in their cribs. He reached down and ran a finger down Zakai's muzzle.

Raymond hugged him from behind and he jumped. "Jumpy much?" Raymond asked quietly.

"I wasn't expecting you to follow me this time." Gideon said.

Raymond smiled and turned Gideon around and wrapped his arms around Gideon's neck, staring up into his eyes, "Are you alright hun?" Raymond asked quietly.

"I'm fine," Gideon said.

"Don't try to tell me that B.S." Raymond said, "Are you alright?"

"No," Gideon said, sighing as he wrapped his arms around Raymond's waist, "I feel horrible."

"I know you feel horrible," Raymond said, smiling. "I'm here to help you if you need it."

"Just being here helps," Gideon said, bending his head down to kiss him.

Raymond smiled, "Unfortunately, Dylan doesn't have the help you do."

Gideon sighed and rubbed Raymond's back, "Let's hope Jack is enough."

"Let's hope," Raymond said quietly.

**

Jack sighed as he rubbed his head on the couch later that night. That dinner had been hard. Everyone was completely depressed and not even trying to fake being happy. He stood up and stretched, he was going to check to see if Dylan was sleeping yet.

He walked to Dylan's door and knocked a few times before opening it. There was a rustling and he guessed that Dylan was about to fake sleeping. "I know you're awake so sit up." Jack said as he sat down at the end of Dylan's bed.

Dylan sighed and sat up rubbing his arm nervously. Jack noticed. "Something wrong with your arm?" he asked.

"No," Dylan said quickly. Too quickly.

Jack took Dylan's arm gently and pulled his paw away from his wrist. Jack saw the blood on the fur and parted the fur to see the shallow cut beneath. "Dylan," Jack said, his blood running cold, "what were you doing?"

"Nothing," Dylan said, pulling his arm away.

"Dylan," Jack said again.

"Fine," Dylan said, "I was cutting myself."

"Why?" Jack said quietly.

"Because," Dylan said, scowling slightly as he stared into his lap, "Wyatt's the second boyfriend of mine that's died in a year. A year! How do you think I'm feeling right now?"

Jack rubbed Dylan's back, "I know how you feel, but..."

"But what?" Dylan snapped, "You don't know how I feel, you've always been the one to break up with your girlfriends, you don't even know what a heart break feels like, let alone someone you love, someone you've had sex with, die while your still dating them."

Jack stared at Dylan for a moment before hugging his now crying brother and holding Dylan's head to his chest, "Alright," Jack said quietly, "I'm sorry, I don't know how you feel, I could never know how you feel. I'm here to help you though, you're my brother, and I love you."

Dylan cried as Jack hugged him, soaking the front of Jack's shirt. "I'm sorry," Dylan said quietly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry," Jack whispered, "there's nothing to be sorry for. You're really sad about Wyatt, I understand, but now, we need to get those cuts cleaned up.

Jack helped Dylan up and took him to the bathroom and sat him down on the toilet. Jack took Dylan's arms and gently cleaned the cuts, rubbing a rag with rubbing alcohol over them carefully. Dylan grimaced every time the rag passed over one of the cuts and he sighed in relief when Jack put the gauze pad over the cuts.

"Now," Jack said, grabbing Dylan's wrists carefully and said, "promise me you will never try this again."

"I promise," Dylan said, looking down at his feet in shame, "and I'm sorry."

Jack smiled and rubbed the back of Dylan's neck for a moment before picking Dylan up and carrying him back to his room. Jack tucked Dylan in and said, "Now, where's the razor?"

Dylan reached under his pillow and gave Jack the razor blade. "Here," Dylan said.

Jack smiled and put the razor blade, stained with Dylan's blood, in his pocket. "Do you want me to stay in here with you tonight?" Jack said quietly.

Dylan smiled at his brother, "It might help me," Dylan said, "it helped when Trevin died."

Jack laid down on the bed behind Dylan and draped an arm over his brother and pulled him close. "I'm here for you bro," he whispered, "never forget that."

"I won't." Dylan said, smiling at Jack.

**

That Sunday, Dylan cried into Jack's shoulder at Wyatt's funeral. Jack rubbed his back and whispered comforts as the people took their turns speaking. Gideon was the last and when he sat back down it was time for the part that Dylan had been waiting for. The viewing.

Jack sighed as everyone stood up, "Maybe you should go last buddy," he whispered quietly, "you have the longest goodbye to say."

Dylan nodded, "Yeah, that's a good idea."

Gideon walked over and stood next to Dylan, his eyes red and puffy. "Hey Dylan, you gonna view him?"

"Yeah," Dylan said, "waiting until everyone else has."

Gideon sat down next to Dylan and rubbed his back, "Don't worry, everything will be alright."

"I can't imagine it," Dylan said, sniffing.

Gideon rubbed his back, "It may be sad to think about it now, but eventually this will pass, you'll find someone else, and life will go on."

Dylan buried his head back into Jack's chest and started to cry again. Jack glared at Gideon and punched him in the shoulder. "Come on now, stop making him cry." Jack whispered as he rubbed behind Dylan's left ear.

"Sorry," Gideon said, "I guess I'm not really as good at comforting as I thought I was."

Clarice walked over and sat down next to Jack and turned to look at the three sitting on her left. "Well, you guys get to be the first to hear somewhat good news on a bad day?"

"Oh?" Jack said, "and what's that."

"Well first," Clarice said, smiling at Dylan and saying, "do you mind getting away from Jack for a sec?"

Dylan scooted away from Jack and Clarice smiled and grabbed Jack's paw and put it on her stomach, "I'm pregnant."

Jack stared in shock for a moment before leaning in and kissing Clarice on the lips. Clarice draped her arms around jack's neck.

Gideon grinned and shook his head, "Poor mom and dad."

"Why?" Clarice said.

"They're going to feel so old." Gideon said.

"Why?" Clarice said.

"Because, they already have four grandchildren, and they're going to have at least two more."

"Two more?" Clarice said curiously.

Gideon grinned, "Raymond thinks he's pregnant too."

Clarice sighed and shook her head, "You are so irresponsible."

"Hey! It was a heat of the moment thing." Gideon said defensively.

"Uh huh," Clarice said.

Gideon looked towards Wyatt's coffin and nudge Dylan, "Alright, you want to view him now?"

Dylan nodded and stood up. Gideon followed Dylan up, a paw on his shoulder. When Dylan was looking into the coffin, his paws on his muzzle as he looked at Wyatt. He noticed that Wyatt's shirt was buttoned crooked and he reached in. "What are you doing?" Gideon asked, grabbing Dylan's paw.

"His shirt is crooked." Dylan said.

Gideon looked it over and blushed, "My bad."

Dylan grinned and unbuttoned the shirt and gasped audibly. "This isn't Wyatt," Dylan said.

"What?" Gideon said.

"This. Isn't. Wyatt." Dylan said.

"Of course it is." Gideon said.

"No it's not, Wyatt had a white spot right here," Dylan said, circling an area on the fox's neck and chest.

"Duh!" Gideon said, slapping his forehead, "How did I miss that?"

Dylan grinned and said, "Maybe your just slow."

"Alright, what's the matter here?" Carol asked, walking slowly up to the coffin.

"This isn't Wyatt!" Dylan said fiercly.

"But if this isn't Wyatt," Gideon said, "then who is it?"

"More importantly though," Dylan said, his tail wagging, "Wyatt's still alive!"

**

Wyatt cried as the ropes were tightened around his wrists yet again. He was naked in the basement, a faucet dripping somewhere on the far wall. A few other kids were down here with him, five or six year olds tied up as well.

His first adoptive father bent over him and said, "Well, you're my bitch again, just like you were six years ago. How does it feel, now that you know that no one will save you?"

"My brother will save me," Wyatt said fiercely.

"Sure he will," the man said, "sure he will."

**

Chapter 31

**

The next month was spent setting up different ways to advertise Wyatt being missing. Posters wherever they could put them, pictures on the back of the milk carton, mass spam email methods that Gideon got a lot of sad replies from, telling him they would search as well as they could.

Even a newspaper article was dedicated to Wyatt missing and the news mentioned him, showing a picture and asking for any information if anyone has seen and to call the Restin's number if they saw Wyatt.

The month had been spent in an excited frenzy, searching for Wyatt, searching the town in pairs. Dylan had dropped all of his death wishes and dedicated his time to find Wyatt, wherever he may be. But Gideon was walking towards the bus stop, Raymond bundled up as best he could be without being noticed by many people, safe from the chilly morning air, he was actually sweating.

Nathan and Alan were stepping out of a car at the bus stop and when they got there Gideon asked, "Why do you take the bus if you can get a ride?"

"The school is too far away for my mom to drive to,"Alan said with a grimace, "she got into a car crash a few months back and she can't drive for more than a half an hour at a time."

Gideon nodded, "Ok, how does she work?"

Alan grinned, "Online."

"Oh," Gideon said, nodding, "working from home is good."

"Well," Alan said, putting his arm around Nathan, the small fox was dressed in a long black skirt and a blue girl's t-shirt, "it wouldn't be possible without Nathan's charitable donation."

Gideon saw another fox, that looked exactly like Alan, jogging down the street toward the bus stop and when he stopped he was panting. "You... couldn't... wait... for me... before... bugging mom... for a ride?" the fox asked between pants.

"You were taking to long," Alan said, slapping the side of his head.

Raymond leaned against heavily, "Well, at least you guys aren't melting."

"Oh, I didn't bundle you up that much," Gideon said, kissing Raymond's cheek.

"Jesus Alan," the other fox said, "you attract gay guys or something?"

Alan sighed and said, "This is my brother Travis. He doesn't have a problem with gays, he just has issues with not being in the loop."

"Well," Gideon said with a grin, "if you want to be in the loop, I'm the one you want to hang out with."

"True," Alan said, "he is one of the most popular sophomores in the school."

"Yeah," Travis said, "but we're juniors."

"Nathan is only a freshmen," Alan said with a grin, "being friends with Raymond and Gideon is a good idea for him."

"Alright," Gideon said, "Gideon and Raymond prefer to be in conversations that include them."

Nathan giggled into his paw and then looked up at Gideon and said, "Did you see the posters about that fox that's missing?"

Gideon sighed and said, "Yeah, I was the one putting them up, that's my adoptive little brother."

"Really?" Nathan said. He walked over to Gideon when Gideon nodded and hugged him around the chest quickly and said, "I'm sorry about that."

Gideon sighed and said, "It's no issue, we'll find him eventually."

"When was he kidnapped?" Alan asked.

"About a month and a week ago," Gideon said.

Alan stiffened, "I was home sick about a month and a week ago, and there is a house across the street from me that this creepy wolf lives in and I saw him carrying a fox inside that day, it seemed like the fox was asleep. I didn't put much thought to it, but now that I remember the posters he kind of looks like the fox that was carried inside."

Gideon stiffened, "After school, is it alright if I come over and... stake out the house?"

"From one of the rooms in my house?" Alan asked, "Sure, I wouldn't mind, I don't think my mom would either."

"I'm coming too," Raymond said.

"No hun," Gideon whispered, "you need to be home and tell mom where I am, one, and two, I don't want you involved in this more than you have to, because if I find out what I need to and call the cops, it may get rough, and I don't want to risk...." Gideon didn't finish what he was saying, instead he just put his hand on Raymond's stomach.

Nathan stared between them curiously and said, "What's going on?"

Gideon looked at them and then looked at Raymond. "Should we tell them?" he whispered, "They don't need to know but... they are curious, obviously." Everyone of them except for Travis, who was leaning against the street sign listening to his Ipod.

Nathan noticed the Ipod and walked over to Travis and slapped his arm and pulled the ear bud out of his ear, "That's my Ipod you know."

"Really?" Travis said, "Oh, sorry, Alan said it was his."

Alan glared at Travis as Nathan turned on him and stomped over to him, "That's my Ipod, not yours you liar."

Alan grinned and picked Nathan up and kissed him, "Better?" he whispered into Nathan's ear as he put the fox down.

Nathan fluttered his eyebrows, "Maybe."

Travis held the Ipod out to Nathan and Nathan said, "You can use it, I just wanted to make sure you knew it was mine."

Travis grinned and said, "Thanks."

Nathan looked at the song named and said, "You're listening to classical music?"

"Yep," Travis said.

Gideon and Raymond watched this exchange and Gideon couldn't help but let out a laugh, "Are you still curious about what's going on?"

"Yes," Nathan said, turning to Gideon eagerly and leaning back against Alan.

"Alright," Gideon said, hugging Raymond from behind and resting his paws on Raymond's stomach, "Do you want to tell them, or shall I?"

"I shall," Raymond said. "Alright, first, don't interrupt me, or I will slap you, now, for the actual story. About last December, Gideon and I had our first time, I'm sure you know what I mean."

"Yes, we do," Nathan said, smiling up at Alan.

"Alright, and about a month later, I went into a coma," Raymond said.

Nathan nodded again and said, "Alright."

"When I came out of it, the doctor had taken x-rays of my body to make sure nothing was broken or anything," Raymond said, "and he caught x-rays of my stomach, which had a womb in it."

"A womb?" Nathan said, his eyes wide, "like, what a girl has, where the baby forms."

"Yes," Raymond said, "exactly, and I was pregnant."

Nathan nodded, "Go on."

"Well, about two months ago, Gideon and I had our first children," Raymond smiled up at Gideon and said, "a baby boy and a baby girl."

"Names?" Nathan asked.

"Zakai and Zandra." Gideon said, "You can come over to dinner tonight and see them."

"You're inviting us to dinner?" Nathan asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, is there an issue with that?" Gideon asked, laughing slightly, "My mom makes plenty, and you can bring food home to your mom and Travis if you want. They could come too, but there is nowhere near enough room for three more people let alone four."

"Ok," Alan said, smiling, "we'll come over for dinner, and then you can come over for your... stake out."

Gideon laughed, "It sounds like we're in a spy movie or something."

"Well," Alan said, "we are spying on someone."

The bus pulled up and Gideon put his arm around Raymond and said, "We'll talk after school."

Gideon sat down near the back of bus, Raymond sitting in Gideon's lap. "I love you," Raymond whispered, putting his arms around Gideon's neck.

Gideon sighed and said, "So, as soon as we find Wyatt, we get to assign a new date for our wedding."

Raymond smiled and said, "Yes, we do, but Wyatt comes first."

"Yeah," Gideon said, "Wyatt comes first."

**

That night Alan smiled at Carol as he walked inside and held out his paw, "I'm Alan," he said, "and this is my boyfriend, Nathan."

"Well, it's nice to meet you, I'm Carol." Carol said, smiling, "and the black dragon that looks like he has really bad gas in the living room is my husband Ron."

Ron turned his head, with obvious effort, and said, "Hi." He even managed a smile.

"Does he have a problem with gays?" Alan asked quietly.

"I think he's trying not to laugh." Clarice whispered from behind him, causing Alan to jump. Gideon laughed from the kitchen.

"Or he's shocked beyond belief that a guy would actually dare go to high school dressed as a girl." Gideon said.

"Gideon pegged it," Ron said from the living room.

Nathan giggled and sat down across from Ron, "Well, when I have someone like Alan to protect me it doesn't really matter."

Alan sat down next to Nathan and Raymond took the last spot on the couch. Clarice sat next to Ron and Carol sat down next to her. Clarice leaned into Ron and said, "Daddy, did I ever say I love you?"

"What do you want?" Ron said.

"Nothing," Clarice said defensively, "I just have something to tell you." She rubbed a paw over her slightly, but not noticeably, bulging stomach. "Well, Jack and I have something to tell you, and Jack should be here any minute."

They heard a knock at the door and Jack walked in and smiled, "Hey everyone."

"Perfect timing!" Clarice said standing up and walking over to Jack, putting an arm around his waist. "Alright, Jack, we have something to tell mom and dad, don't we?"

"We do?" Jack said. Clarice gave him a look and he said, "Oh yeah, that. You tell them."

Clarice sighed and said, "Chicken." She walked over and sat back down next to Ron. "Daddy," she said, hesitating slightly before saying, "I'm pregnant."

Ron's reaction was instantaneous, his body stiffened, his claws dug holes into his pants and scraped against his scales, making an absolutely dreadful squealing noise. "You're what?" Ron said, the what bringing his voice to a shout.

"I'm pregnant, daddy," Clarice said, trying her best to soften up the glaring black dragon, "and there's nothing you can do about it. I love Jack, and that's all there is to it."

Ron took a deep breath, "You couldn't have waited until you were married."

Clarice looked down and to the right, away from her father, "I'm sorry."

Ron took a few more deep breaths, before putting his arm around Clarice and saying, "Alright, there isn't anything I can do about it, so, I'll go along with it." Jack sighed in relief but his relief was cut short, "But! I expect you two to be married before the baby is born."

"But, dad, if we get married, where are we going to live?" Clarice said, "Jack barely has enough money to support himself and Dylan, let alone me and a baby."

"They can move in here," Carol said, silent until now, "we can support them. Of course, Jack gets to pay rent." Carol winked, "Hundred a month to stay in your room."

"What about Dylan?" Clarice asked.

"He can stay in Wyatt's room." Carol said. "They don't have to move in right away."

Clarice nodded, "But how do we know we'll find Wyatt in time... I'm already two months pregnant, we don't want to cut it short."

Gideon coughed loudly and said, "I actually, might have found him already, I'm not sure though. It depends."

Alan took his turn to speak up, "I saw a fox, that looked like the Fox from the poster, being carried inside the house across the street. I don't know if it was him or not, though."

Carol was obviously excited and she was about to say something but Gideon said, "Mom, don't get your hopes up. We don't know. After dinner, I'm going over to Alan's house, I'll hopefully find out then."

"I hope," Carol said, nodding grimly, "we all hope."

**

Wyatt cried as he rubbed his sore rear. He sat on the rough stone floor and he heard a quiet whimper and a thump as the wolf threw the last kid he had taken back into the basement and took the next, a small tiger, upstairs.

Wyatt stood up and limped to the small white wolf, not even six years old yet, and helped him stand and walk over to the softer part of the floor. When they were sitting down Wyatt put his arm around the white wolf, Garret, and the other fur, a small bear named Marty. He could only tell the colors of their fur, not what they actually looked like, it was so dark.

He put his arm around the two furs and pulled them close to him. He was the oldest fur there, he was the leader of them. He comforted them and helped them with what he could, and he tried to take the punishment away from them, as much as possibly, but it was difficult.

He rubbed the crying wolf's stomach and tried his best to focus his efforts to comfort on him more than the bear. The little bear had gone before the wolf, and him before the bear, but the wolf needed the comforting now. "What did he do this time, Gare?" Wyatt whispered, using the wolf's nickname.

"He put his thingie here," the wolf said, clutching at the front of Wyatt's shirt and touching his tail. Wyatt sighed and pulled the little boy into his lap. He didn't often rape the cubs like that and they were always sore for days after.

Marty still leaned against him and Wyatt rubbed Marty's shoulder. Wyatt could hear the pounding of the bed against the floor from two floors above. That poor tiger, Wyatt thought.

**

Gideon sighed as he sat down on Alan's bed, "How am I gonna see his house with the street lights out?"

Alan walked to his dresser and dug around for a bit before pulling out a pair of military grade night vision binoculars. Gideon looked at him curiously and he grinned, "I spent three years in military school because of my dad, he wasn't cruel, he made up for it in gifts. These were one of the many he gave me."

Gideon took them and smiled, "Thanks," he said.

"Don't mention it." Alan said, smiling.

"Hey Alan," Gideon heard a high voice say from the doorway, he turned to see a little fox- a seven year old?- smoky gray fur sticking out in every direction like a puff ball, standing in the doorway, "will you read me a story?"

"Sure kit," Alan said smiling, "are you going to sleep in here or in your room tonight?"

"In here," he said, walking to Alan and raising his arms to be picked up. Alan picked him up and kissed his cheek before putting him on the bed farthest from the window. "Gideon," Alan said, "this is my cousin Steve. Steve, this is Gideon."

"Hiya Steve," Gideon said, smiling widely. Steve shrunk back from and Alan sighed.

"He's shy." Alan said, "it's kind of cute, honestly."

Steve buried his head into Alan's chest and Gideon said, "Should I leave?"

"No," Alan said with a sigh, "just, do what you were doing."

Gideon shrugged and pulled the binoculars to his eyes and turned them on, a soft whine as they lit. Everything was tinted in green but he could see just fine. He looked at the house Alan had told him and he heard Alan telling his little cousin the story.

Gideon scanned the windows and he saw movement in the upper left window and he focused the binoculars on that window, zooming in as far as he could. What he saw sickened him. An old wolf was thrusting roughly into a small tiger, obviously a cub but at least it wasn't Wyatt, the thought sickened Gideon but he couldn't help but feel relief.

Alan had finished the story and Gideon whispered, "Come here Alan."

Alan walked over and took the binoculars from Gideon and Gideon pointed to the top left window and Alan looked in. Gideon could see him stiffen at what he saw. "That's sick." Alan said as he turned his head away, lowering the binoculars.

"Unfortunately," Gideon said, pulling a camera out of his pocket and holding it to the binoculars so he could see the man in the camera's screen. He took a quick picture and then lowered the camera.

"Now the question is," Alan said, "do we call the cops now, or later?"

"I'm not leaving any cub, even if Wyatt isn't there, in a situation like that," Gideon said, "we call them now."

**

Twenty minutes later, Gideon stood behind the cops as they knocked on the wolf's front door. It took about three minutes before the man answered, wearing only a night shirt, his fur standing in every direction at the places were you could see. "Can I help you officer?" the wolf said.

"Yes, we'd like to search your house," the officer said.

"Do you have a search warrant?" the wolf said.

"No, we do not, but..." the officer started.

"Well then, I have every right to deny you access to my house." the wolf said. "Good night."

The cops stared at the door in shock then turned to Gideon, "We'll be able to get a search warrant, but we'll need you to watch the house for a few days."

"I can do that," Gideon said, "as long as Alan's mom will let me."

"She will," Alan said, smiling, "of course she will, now that we have evidence."

"Good," Gideon said, "I'll do it," he added to the cops.

**

Wyatt heard the door slam upstairs and saw the old wolf come back into the basement where he kept the children, he was obviously seething. He glared at Wyatt as he dropped the tiger cub, who he had been carrying by the scruff of his neck, "You better hope that damn dragon brother of yours doesn't get a search warrant," he growled, "or your hide will decorate my wall."

Wyatt grinned and said, "Oh, you can count on my brother getting a search warrant, he doesn't give up once he starts something."

"Well," the wolf said, walking forwards and slapping Wyatt across the fate. The crack that came with the slap was loud and resounding, "you can expect your hide to decorate my wall."

Wyatt spat into his face and said, "And I'll be glad to know that you killed me instead of innocent cubs."

The old wolf grinned and grabbed Wyatt by the scruff of his neck, "I never said I wouldn't kill them, there murder will just be more of a, choking."

Wyatt glared and spat into his face again, getting him another slap. The wolf walked up the stairs, cracking his knuckles. Wyatt heard the loud lock click at the top of the stairs and stood up and turned to the cubs, "I'm getting you out of here."

He walked up the stairs and dug into one of the loose bricks and pulled it out, grabbing the knife that hid inside of it. He sidled it along the crack until he found where the wolf's wooden lock set into the door frame to lock the door. He grinned and said quietly to himself, "It's a good thing that old wolf is a cheap old bastard."

He started to saw at the door as the cubs whimpered and then started snoring quietly downstairs.

**

Two days later Gideon sat in Alan's room, watching the house across the street that he knew Wyatt was in. It was night now, and when viewing the hallways, he had seen a knife tip sticking out of one of the door cracks. He suspected he knew what was going on, but he wasn't completely sure.

He saw the cubs getting raped constantly, and his brother Wyatt, who he had to turn the binoculars away or risk getting angry and flying across the street and murdering the wolf where he stood.

That wouldn't do anything to help the cubs and Wyatt. That would only hurt him. He hoped the cops got the search warrant soon.

**

Wyatt continued to saw at the lock, the wolf had finished with the cubs a few hours ago, it was ten o'clock he guessed since the wolf never fell asleep until then and he didn't here the blaring of the T.V. from the living room that was only steps away from the basement door.

He heard a soft thunk and the knife went down the crack. His eyes brightened, could he have done it? Could he have finally cut the lock?

He turned the knob and the door opened slowly and it squealed quietly, but it seemed to echo in the wood floored hallway. Wyatt grinned and walked quickly downstairs and nudged the cubs awake. "Come on," he said quietly, "we're getting out of here."

He picked the small tiger, who had just gotten the worst of the wolf's temper again, and ran up the stairs quickly. When he was outside, on the front porch, he took a deep breath and grinned. He saw a light on in the house across the street and saw a silhouetted figure move from the window. A moment later he saw the door across the street open.

He saw a dragon gesturing for them and he knew it was Gideon. He heard the wolf thundering down the stairs and shouting when he realized the door was open. He put the tiger down and told the cubs to run to the dragon.

They were hesitant but they went. Wyatt started to follow but the wolf caught his ankle and he was dragged inside.

**

Gideon cried out as he saw the door slam on Wyatt but he sighed and took the cubs into the living room and when Alan's mother, Stacy, saw she almost gagged. "Are these the cubs from across the street?" she said, standing up and dropping to her knees in front of the tiger, who was on his own knees, and started to examine their fur and skin. She checked their teeth and grimaced.

"So he kept their teeth clean but not their bodies." she said, shaking her head.

She took the three cubs upstairs and Gideon followed them into the bathroom where she had turned on the water and put all three of the cubs into the water. They all sat still, obviously scared. No one had tried to talk to them yet.

Gideon got to his knees and put his elbows on the side of the tub and smiled at the three cubs, "Hi, can I ask your names." Gideon said.

The snow white wolf, he looked oddly like Raymond, said, "I'm Garret." The little wolf was shy, the warm water was coming up around all of the boys' chests and it was obviously stinging cuts under the fur.

"I'm Marty," the bear said.

The little tiger made hand gestures but he didn't speak. "Are you a mute?" Gideon asked the boy.

The boy nodded his head and symboled some more. Gideon sighed and rubbed the boy's cheek, "I can't understand you."

The boy frowned and Marty spoke up, "He said, "My name is Horen." The tiger gestured again and the bear added, "And asked if we were going to save Wyatt."

"I'll get Wyatt," Gideon said bitterly. "I will."

He heard a knock at the door and grinned. He knew who it was.

**

Wyatt whimpered as the cold knife touched against his neck, pressing against his neck and drawing some blood. He whimpered. There was a knock at the door and a moment later the two cops came in with Gideon close behind him.

The man pushed the knife as hard as he could into Wyatt's neck and Wyatt cried out then collapsed to the floor.

Gideon shouted but Wyatt didn't hear it. All he heard was a soft buzzing as the world faded to the black and the cold.

**

Gideon growled and charged the wolf, slamming into him and knocking him to the floor, he held the wolf's wrists to the ground and waited for the cops to grab him and cuff him and then he picked Wyatt up and kissed the fox's cheek, trying to get some sort of response out of him.

"We need to get him to the hospital," Gideon said fearfully.

The wolf laughed maniacally, "It's to late for that."

"No it's not," Gideon snapped. He turned to the cop, "Can you drive me."

"Can you handle him?" The cop asked the other cop.

"Go," the cop said, "I'll watch him."

Gideon ran to the car, the cop following behind him, and Gideon got into the passenger seat, clutching Wyatt closely to his body. The cop was about to object, but the situation was serious. He got in and buckled his seatbelt then started the car and set it to drive.

He turned the sirens on as he got onto the more crowded roads and the cars pulled to the side of the road as the cop sped down the road. With everyone moving they made it to the hospital in less than six minutes.

Gideon walked inside as fast as possible, trying not to shake Wyatt to much. A nurse saw Wyatt and then instantly showed Gideon to a room where a doctor came in moment's later and started to examine Wyatt's neck and the rest of his naked body.

"The smaller cuts aren't serious, but the one on his neck needs stitches, and he's lost a lot of blood. He's going to need a blood transfusion." the doctor said as he wiped as much blood as he could from Wyatt's neck.

"My parents can pay for it," Gideon said, "just save my baby brother, please." Wyatt would have resented the use of baby brother but Wyatt was his baby brother, and by god he would call him that if it would get the doctor to move faster.

The doctor nodded and pulled a mask up over his face, "You're going to have to go to the cafeteria or the waiting area."

Gideon sighed and walked out of the room as the doctor set to work. He walked outside to use the phone and called his parents, "Mom," he said when she answered, "get dad and come to the hospital. Right away."

**

Carol was smiling brightly at Gideon and hugged him as the doctor reported the news. "The transfusion was successful, the cut is stitched and as long as he doesn't get whiplash for the next few days they'll hold, which means he needs to stay here for a few days, just to make sure."

Wyatt groaned, he was awake now. "Can I at least see Dylan?" he asked.

"Jack should be here with him soon." Carol said, "And it is a complete surprise. Dylan has no clue why they're coming here."

Wyatt grinned and said, "Act all sad."

He laid down on the bed, his hands at his side, not moving. They realized what he was doing and acted like they were sad. Ten minutes later when Dylan and Jack walked in Dylan saw Wyatt on the bed and walked quickly to the bed and sat down next to Wyatt. He reached a paw out and when his paw was right in front of Wyatt's face Wyatt sat up straight, careful of his neck, and shouted, "Boo!"

Dylan jumped back and off the bed and glared at Wyatt as he giggled. Wyatt held his arms out and said, "Can I have a hug from my puppy?"

Dylan stood up quickly and pushed himself into Wyatt's arms and put his head on Wyatt's chest. "I missed you so much," Dylan said.

"I missed you too," Wyatt said, rubbing his muzzle against the back of Dylan's neck. Dylan brushed his head against Wyatt's chin and Wyatt whimpered. "Are you ok?" Dylan said.

"You hit my stitches." Wyatt said, rubbing at his neck carefully.

"I'm sorry," Dylan said, hugging Wyatt again and kissing him lightly, "maybe I can make up for it when you get to leave."

"I'm going to be in here for a few days," Wyatt said, smiling at Dylan and kissing him again. The kissed lasted long enough for everyone to leave without their notice. When Wyatt pulled apart he noticed this and hugged Dylan.

He felt Dylan's body started to shake in his paws and heard soft sobs. "Are you alright?" Wyatt asked.

"I'm fine," Dylan said, pulling back from Wyatt and wiping his eyes, "but you shouldn't be."

Wyatt frowned and said, "Why?"

"You got kidnapped, and were away from your family for a month and a half and who knows what he did to you besides you and the other kids that were there." Dylan said, the tears flowing openly down his cheek. "You should be hysterical."

Wyatt smiled and hugged Dylan tightly, rubbing his muzzle against Dylan's neck. "I'm with you." Wyatt said, "How could anything be wrong?"

Dylan smiled, "I'm glad you think so."

"I don't think so, I know so!" Wyatt said, kissing him deeply. "And it will always be that way."

Dylan smiled, "I love you."

"I love you too." Wyatt said, kissing him.

**

Three days later, Wyatt walked back into his house for the first time in a month and a half and he sighed in relief as he clung to Dylan's neck. He was a little woozy. He ran his paw over the spot where the stitches had been, luckily they had dissolved quickly.

When he got in he saw the little tiger from the basement on the couch next to Carol and Carol was reading a book, she was learning sign language and making the hand gestures to see if she could get them right.

The little tiger nodded when she got one right then flash it back at her and she would say what it means. "Why's he here?" Wyatt asked Gideon quietly.

"Mom adopted him," Gideon said, shaking his head, "our house is gonna be packed."

"Why?" Wyatt asked.

"Dylan and Jack are moving in." Gideon said, "Did I forget to tell you?"

"Yes!" Wyatt said. "And you didn't tell me, either." he said, glaring at Dylan.

Dylan blushed, "Sorry hun."

Wyatt giggled and started to push him towards his room, "Come on, you owe me."

"Oh yeah," Dylan said, grinning, "sounds very pleasurable."

Wyatt laughed as he pushed Dylan up the stairs, struggling with him all the way up. When they were inside Wyatt's room, door locked, he pushed Dylan down on the bed then whispered into his ear, "Do you want top, or bottom?"

"Dibs on bottom," Dylan whispered.

Wyatt grinned and kissed Dylan, rubbing his hands up and down Dylan's back, reaching under his shirt and rubbing his paws through Dylan's fur. The shirt came off slowly, next came his pants, and then his boxers.

When Dylan was completely naked Wyatt stood up and held his arms up and Dylan grinned and kissed Wyatt's neck taking Wyatt's shirt off then slipping slowly down towards Wyatt's body, kissing every patch of fur his lips would reach.

When he was at Wyatt's waist he unbuckled Wyatt's pants eagerly and then pulled down Wyatt's boxers, Wyatt's already stiff member springing and slapping him in the face. Dylan grinned up at Wyatt before pulling Wyatt's hips closer to his face and taking Wyatt's member into his muzzle, licking the tip of his member and making Wyatt spurt some pre onto Dylan's awaiting tongue.

Dylan murred at the taste of Wyatt's pre and started to take as much of Wyatt's member as he could, stopping when it tickled the back of his throat. "Can you go any farther hun?" Wyatt asked, his paws resting on Dylan's head, his eyelids flickering in pleasure.

"I don't know," Dylan said after taking Wyatt's member out of his muzzle and stroking it slightly, "let me see."

Dylan took Wyatt's member into his muzzle again and started to push his head back down it, when it tickled the back of his throat Wyatt said, "Relax, just relax."

Dylan relaxed as best he could and took more of Wyatt's member into his muzzle, the tip going down his throat. Wyatt moaned loudly as Dylan started to bob his head, up and down Wyatt's full member. Wyatt moaned as Dylan bobbed his head rapidly, licking at it and getting all the sensitive spots.

"S-stop hun," Wyatt said quietly as when his knot started to form. "My seed is going somewhere else."

Dylan grinned and pulled off, "I wouldn't have it any other way."

Dylan got onto all fours and raised his tail, wiggling it seductively, "Come and get me," he said with a wink. Wyatt growled playfully as he got onto his knees behind Dylan and position his member at Dylan's tail hole.

"Ready for me?" Wyatt asked quietly.

"You bet, big boy," Dylan said, winking again.

Wyatt pushed into Dylan carefully, waiting for him to flinch. He moaned as he pushed past the tight ring of muscle and push steadily deeper into Dylan. Dylan moaned as Wyatt pushed steadily into him, stimulating Dylan's prostate as he slowly hilted inside of him

When Wyatt was in all the way, except for his knot, he waited for Dylan to say that he was ready to continue. When Dylan said, "Go hun." Wyatt started to pull out slowly, then pushing back in when he was halfway out. He started to speed up, slowly getting to the point where he was ramming himself as hard as he could into Dylan's tail hole.

They were both moaning loudly, the familiar room filled with the smell of their combined musk as they had sex. "Tie me," Dylan moaned quietly as Wyatt's fully formed knot started to slap against his tail hole, "Please."

"Alright," Wyatt whispered, "as you wish."

Wyatt started to pound Dylan's tail hole, his knot making more progress with every thrust. When his knot slipped in he moaned loudly as Dylan clenched his tail hole over Wyatt's knot. Wyatt released his load, painting Dylan's insides with his white fox cum.

Wyatt collapsed on top of Dylan and Dylan moaned quietly and shifted before saying, "Did I mention I missed you?"

"Yes," Wyatt said, "you did."

"Did I mention I love you?" Dylan said.

"Did I mention I love you?" Wyatt asked.

Dylan laughed and put his head on his paws, "Yeah, you did. Night hun."

"Night." Wyatt said, pulling the covers over them.

**

Gideon smiled at the Horen and picked him up and nuzzled the boy's neck. The boy made the gesture that was for giggling, but being a mute nothing came out. He made hand gestures and Gideon managed to pick out, 'Thank you.'

Gideon smiled and said, "My pleasure."

Horen rubbed a paw over Gideon's scales and then giggled as Raymond grabbed him from behind and he switched arms. He made another hand gesture and Raymond picked out, 'Hi Raymond.'

"Hi Raymond?" he asked.

Horen nodded and gestured, 'Good.'

Raymond grinned and said, "You've gotten over what happened surprisingly well."

He made some complex hand gestures and Gideon stared between them confused. "It's because you guys are so nice." Clarice said, leaning against the doorway and the little tiger nodded vigorously.

"Where did you learn sign language?" Gideon asked.

"If you're forgetting," Clarice said, "I spent two months volunteering at a school for mutes."

Gideon blushed, "Oh yeah."

Horen's mouth opened in a yawn, no sound came out. "Why don't you make any sound at all?" Clarice asked curiously, "Most mute people will still cough or let out a dry wheeze to laugh or cry or yawn."

His fingers moved and Clarice said, "Oh, you practiced not making any noise at all."

"Are you tired?" Gideon asked. The little boy nodded.

Gideon smiled and walked upstairs and laid the boy down in the bed that had been put in Clarice's room. He tucked the boy in and rubbed his cheek, "Do you want a bed time story?'

The little boy shook his head and gestured, 'I'm to old for that.'

Gideon laughed and said, "Ok, I'll talk to you in the morning."

The little tiger nodded and turned onto his side. Gideon walked quietly out of the room and Clarice was grumbling, "Why does he have to be in MY room."

"Because dad doesn't want you doing anything with Jack." Gideon said, grinning. Clarice's mouth opened and then shut.

"Good point," she grumbled.

Gideon grinned and walked downstairs and Raymond grinned. "Our wedding is in two weeks, and next Saturday we're having a large picnic."

"Cool," Gideon said, grinning. "I can't wait until the first part."

"Neither can I," Raymond said, smiling, "neither can I."

**

Chapter 32

**

On the morning of the family reunion picnic, Gideon woke up with a groan. He opened his eyes to see Raymond's face hovering right above his and yawned sleepily. Raymond giggled and kissed him on the lips and said, "Good morning hun."

Gideon yawned again and said, "Morning."

"Aww," Raymond said, "is my big red freak tired?"

"Is my small white freak asking for it?" Gideon said, sitting up and rubbing his eyes.

"Depends on what you're talking about," Raymond whispered, reaching his paw down and fondling Gideon's balls with his paw.

Gideon let out a soft moan and said, "If you want that you have to go get a condom."

"What if I don't want it there," Raymond whispered quietly, sinking down Gideon's body and crouching in between his legs and smiling up at him.

"Well I guess that's alright," Gideon said quietly, smiling at Raymond. "As long as I get something in return."

"Oh?" Raymond said, stroking Gideon slowly, "And what's that?"

"You'll see," Gideon said, moaning softly, "when you get done."

Raymond smiled before lowering his head and licking Gideon's member from base to tip. Raymond started to rub his paw up and down Gideon's member as he smiled up at him and then said, "Do I get a kiss?"

"Maybe after," Gideon said, smiling down at Raymond and rubbing behind Raymond's ears affectionately.

Raymond grinned and said, "Alright hun," before lowering his head back down and licking from base to tip again before closing his lips tight around the tip and licking across the tip. Gideon let out a soft moan and then clenched his hands slightly on impulse when Raymond took more of his member into his muzzle.

"Oh god hun," Gideon moaned quietly, "your muzzle is better than ever."

Raymond grinned as he pulled off to take a breath and said, "Well, with how much we've been doing this lately, I'd be surprised if I wasn't more in practice."

Gideon giggled and said, "Yeah..." but that's all he got out before Raymond took his member into his muzzle yet again. Gideon moaned as Raymond's warm, most tongue ran over his member and Raymond's lips squeezed tight around it as Raymond started to take the member into his throat. "Don't hurt yourself hun," Gideon said quietly, his voice concerned.

Raymond just held up a thumb and continued to take more into his muzzle until his nose was buried against Gideon's pubic hair. "Oh god hun," Gideon moaned, his head falling back against the headboard as he moaned, "that feels so good."

Raymond started to bob his head, one hand managing to move under Gideon and place a finger against Gideon's tail hole, which he slowly started to push in. Gideon moaned from the extra stimulation and started to rub Raymond's ears again. "Keep going," Gideon moaned quietly, "I'm getting close."

Raymond started to bob his head quicker and Gideon started to moan louder as he felt pressure in his member. "I'm c-cumming hun." Gideon said loudly, biting his lip to prevent a roar as he released his load into Raymond's muzzle.

Raymond managed to swallow a few strings but then had to pull off, the rest of Gideon's load spraying over his face. When Gideon's member stopped shooting his load Raymond crawled up next to Gideon and Gideon kissed him, tasting his seed in Raymond's mouth before pulling away and starting to lick the seed off of his face.

Gideon kissed Raymond deeply again before nuzzling his lover's neck and saying, "Now it's my turn."

"For what?" Raymond asked quietly. Gideon grinned and got on all fours, turning his tail towards Raymond and moving it out of the way of his tail hole. Gideon winked and said, "It's been a while since you've mounted me."

Raymond giggled and got onto his knees behind Gideon, bending over him slightly and grunted as Gideon's tail wrapped around him. Raymond positioned his member against Gideon's tail hole and said, "Are you ready?"

"Are you going in dry?" Gideon asked.

"If you want me too," Raymond whispered.

"Meh," Gideon said, "why not. Ready when you are."

Raymond pushed in gently and when Gideon gasped when his tip popped in it was only slightly from Raymond's member being dry. "Are you alright hun?" Raymond asked Gideon.

"Yeah," Gideon said, "but who told you you could grow?"

Raymond giggled, "I don't know. Are you ready for more?"

Gideon nodded and said, "Go."

Raymond started to push more into Gideon, stretching him uncomfortably at first but then Gideon started to get used to it, moaning softly by the time Raymond had hilted inside of him. Raymond was panting slightly and Gideon said, "Tired already?"

"No," Raymond said, "it's just a little bit harder when I'm dry."

Gideon giggled softly and said, "Well, I'm ready when you are."

Raymond bent over Gideon and started to pull out, moaning as he did so. Gideon moaned at the feeling of Raymon's member rubbing against the inside of his tail hole as he pulled out, the warm member's veins throbbing against his insides as it moved. Raymond pulled out halfway before pushing back in, jabbing Gideon's prostate and causing him to moan loudly. "Oh god hun," Gideon moaned quietly, "go faster."

Raymond complied, pushing in and pulling out faster and harder, sweat starting to roll down his face and pre lubing Gideon's tail hole, making it easier for Raymond to go faster. "God hun," Raymond said in Gideon's ear, "you're so tight."

"I know," Gideon panted, "now, fuck me harder."

Raymond started to thrust as hard as possible, pounding against Gideon's tail hole, his knot starting to form and his breath coming in shallow gasps. Gideon was moaning non-stop now and he managed to say, "Tie... me." between moans.

Raymond started to thrust harder, his knot spreading Gideon's tail hole more and more as he thrust harder. Gideon started to push himself back against Raymond and then Raymond's knot popped into his tail hole. Raymond howled as he released his load into Gideon's bowels, biting down on Gideon's shoulder to quiet the rest of his howl as the warm wolf seed flooded Gideon.

"Oh god that feels good," Gideon said quietly as he laid down on the bed, Raymond resting gently on top of him.

"It felt good for me too," Raymond whispered into his ear.

"I'm happy," Gideon said with a grin, "now the only problem is that I forgot how long it takes for your knot to shrink."

Raymond giggled and said, "We'll be stuck like this for a little bit."

Gideon sighed and looked at the stair way and froze. "Uh-oh," Gideon said, giggling slightly as he pulled the covers over them.

"What?" Raymond said.

Gideon spoke loudly enough for the small tiger that was frozen at the base of the stairs to hear, "Horen is at the bottom of the rs."

Horen started to flash sign language, 'Sorry, sorry, sorry.' His hands moved non-stop, but he didn't move.

Raymond blushed deeply and buried his head into Gideon's back, "Woops," he whispered.

Gideon giggled and felt Raymond's knot starting to shrink and when it got small enough he rolled Raymond off his back and pulled his boxers off the floor and under the comforter and slipped them on. Then he stood up and put his pajama bottoms on then walked over to Horen and sat down and rubbed the little boy's arm. "You know what Raymond and I were doing right?" Gideon asked quietly.

Horen nodded and signed, 'Yes.'

"You know that it's wrong to force someone into it or do it with someone you aren't positive you love too, right?" Gideon asked.

Horen nodded and signed, 'Yes, I know.'

"Then you need to know that Raymond and I love each other, very much." Gideon said, smiling at the little boy and saying, "And I am completely embarrassed you saw us."

Horen blushed and signed, 'My bad.'

Gideon giggled and then stood up and stretched before throwing a night shirt on and wrapping an arm around a now, clothed Raymond and picked Horen up with one arm and kissed the little boy's cheek. "It's not your fault," Raymond said, "Gideon and I shouldn't be down here being naughty with a little boy awake upstairs."

Gideon giggled and kissed Raymond on the cheek as they walked upstairs and said, "Totally our fault Horen, don't feel bad."

Carol smiled when they walked into the kitchen and said, "How are you guys feeling today?"

"Fine," Gideon said, smiling, "though I think we just scarred Horen for life."

"Why?" Carol asked absentmindedly as she continued to pack sandwhiches and other foods into baskets for the picnic later that day.

"He walked in on us," Raymond said, blushing deeply.

"Really?" Carol said, still packing food, "We need to get you two a lock for that door."

Gideon laughed and said, "It would be nice."

Carol looked over at them and said, "Well! Don't just stand there, get dressed and help. We have to be there in two hours."

Gideon laughed and put Horen down, who ran to get some clothes to put on, and then grabbed Raymond and dragged him down and started to get dressed. Raymond was already dressed so he walked over and helped him with the many zippers he had to zip.

"Thanks hun," Gideon said, turning around and kissing Raymond on the lips.

Raymond murred and said, "No problem hun."

Gideon sighed and said, "Let's go help my mom."

"Going to be a long morning isn't it?" Raymond asked.

"It's going to be a long day," Gideon said with a grin, "in general."

**

Raymond stretched as he got out of the car, "God that was a long ride." he said.

Gideon laughed and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, we still have the ride back. But now," Gideon said, grinning widely, "you get to meet my grandma."

Gideon got Zandra and Zakai out of the car, nuzzling their bellies as he walked, Raymond close beside him, holding out his paws for Zakai. Gideon passed Zakai to him and smiled as Raymond cradled the baby against his chest and poked at Zakai's belly with his finger.

Zakai giggled and grabbed at the finger but Raymond pulled it away too fast, causing Zakai to giggle more and even louder. Zandra, however, was content to be cradled against her father's chest and put her paws on the paw that rested gently on her belly.

Gideon smiled at his daughter and then started to rub the paw up and down her belly. She giggled as his paws tickled her lightly. Gideon looked up as a car pulled into the grass next to theirs and his grandma, a very beautiful black dragon with violet eyes, Zandra had to get them from somewhere, stepped out of the car, her blonde hair, with only a few strands of gray in it, fell down her back like silk.

She smiled and when she stepped up behind Ron he turned around and hugged her tightly, "Hi mom, you need to come down more often."

She laughed and said, "But if I did that moments like this wouldn't be that special. Now where's my grandson."

"Which one?" Gideon said, "You have four now."

She laughed and said, "Ahh, but this is the one I want." She put a hand on Gideon's head then smiled and hugged him, careful of the baby in his arms. Gideon's tail flicked back and forth slightly and when she pulled away and said, "Let me see my great-granddaughter," he passed Zandra gently to her.

She smiled down at the baby in her arms who kicked her legs and smiled, "She's so beautiful," she said.

"I know," Gideon said smiling. Gideon could tell Raymond was awkward and smacked his forhead. "Oh yeah! Introductions." He put his arm around Raymond and said, "Grandma, this is Raymond, my soon-to-be husband. Raymond, this is my Grandma Donna."

Raymond smiled and held out his free paw to her and she took it and squeezed it tightly and he grinned and squeezed back. "And of course," Raymond said, "this is one of your other great-grandbabies, Zakai."

Donna traded Raymond babies and smiled down at her other great-grandbaby. Zakai was really active and kept poking at her glasses and eventually he reached up and pulled them off her face. "How old are they again?"

"Just a couple months." Gideon said, smiling.

"They're growing really fast," she said, frowning.

Gideon shrugged and took Zakai and strapped both babies into their car seats, mainly because they both needed a nap and that was the best place for them to nap, and then smiled at his Grandma and put the car seats near Carol. He then walked over to where Horen was playing with Wyatt and Dylan and said, "Alright you three, time to meet Grandma."

Horen looked excited and walked eagerly with Gideon. Wyatt and Dylan held back, talking quietly to each other. When they got to Donna, Horen smiled and signed something, meant for Gideon to translate but his Grandma obviously knew sigh language. "Hi Horen," she said smiling, picking him up and kissing his forehead, "I'm glad to meet you too."

Horen was shocked and she noticed. She laughed and said, "I was a teacher at a school for deaf people for twenty-two years. I know sign language."

Horen made a gesture that showed he was giggling silently and leaned into his new grandma. She laughed and rubbed his back, "God, how long it's been since I've rubbed a little boy's back like this."

She put Horen down and turned to Wyatt who smiled awkwardly and walked up to her and said, "I'm Wyatt, your other new grandson."

She laughed at his awkwardness and hugged him too and said, "I'm glad. You're such a cute little thing."

Dylan giggled and said, "Isn't he?"

Donna eyed Dylan up and down and said, "I'm guessing you two are together," She pointed between Dylan and Wyatt and Dylan nodded.

"Yeah," Dylan sank against Wyatt and smiled and held out his paw to Donna who smiled and said, "You can call me Donna."

"I'm Dylan," Dylan said smiling. Donna ignored the paw and hugged Dylan too, who's eyes widened and then shrunk as he sank into the hug. It had been a long time since he had gotten a hug from someone old enough to be his mother or grandmother.

Donna chuckled and said, "Suffering from not having parents I'm guessing?"

He blushed and pulled back, rubbing his arm nervously and saying, "Sorry."

Wyatt giggled and hugged him and said, "You're so cute when you're embarrassed."

"Glad you think so," he said, fluttering his eyebrows at Wyatt and grinning seductively.

"Stop that," Wyatt said, slapping his paw away from his groin.

Dylan giggled and said, "Fine."

Donna sighed and covered Horen's ears and said, "I forgot how horny teenagers were."

Dylan blushed and Gideon fell to the ground laughing, pounding his paw against the ground. When he stood up again he was breathing heavily and wiping tears from his eyes. "Oh god, I forgot that grandma had a good sense of humor for an old person!"

She slapped Gideon over the head, an annoyed expression on her face, "One! I'm not old, I'm well lived." She grinned and said, "Two! That wasn't humor, that was pure fact."

Gideon laughed and said, "Well, that's true."

Wyatt grinned and said, "We're going for a walk."

"Alright, make sure to be back before lunch," Gideon said.

Wyatt grinned and said, "We will."

**

Wyatt pulled Dylan along eagerly into he thought they had gone far enough into the woods. He took a deep breath and said, "It smells so fresh out here."

"I know," Dylan said, smiling at Wyatt and hugging and kissing him.

Wyatt put his paws on the back of Dylan's head and pushed his tongue into Dylan's muzzle. Dylan moaned quietly into the kiss as their groins rubbed together. Wyatt smiled as he pulled back and forced Dylan to his knees. Dylan went along with it, playing submission.

Dylan unbuttoned Wyatt's pants and then pulled them down so they were around his ankles. His boxers came next. Dylan smiled up at Wyatt and Wyatt smiled down at him and said, "Suck it, bitch."

Dylan whimpered and then took Wyatt's member into his muzzle and started to suck on it. Wyatt put his paws on the back of Dylan's head and started to thrust into his throat. Dylan relaxed his throat and took it like a bitch, like Wyatt wanted him too.

Wyatt moaned and said, "Good little bitch." Wyatt started to rub the back of his love's head and scratch behind his ears as he thrusted a few more times, after which he pulled out and started stroking himself while he said, "Alright, get down on all fours."

Dylan whimpered but did as he was told, playing the part of bitch very well. He lowered his pants and boxers then raised his tail and as a final touch, wiggled his butt seductively. Wyatt bent over him, kissing the back of his neck as one of his paws positioned his member at Dylan's tail hole, the other digging into the dirt.

When Wyatt had himself positioned he said, "Ready bitch?"

Dylan nodded and Wyatt slammed into him, not being at all gentle and moaning as Dylan's tail hole enveloped his member. Dylan cried out from the sudden pain of being stretched and grunted and said,

"I... wasn't expecting... that."

Wyatt started to whisper in his ear, "We're roleplaying here, and I'm going to treat you just like what you're acting like."

Wyatt started to pull out and thrust back in to his temporary bitch, moaning as he used Dylan's tail hole. After a little bit Dylan started moaning too, Wyatt's member jabbing his prostate with every single thrust. Wyatt's knot started to form and Wyatt moaned and said, "Here comes my knot... bitch."

Wyatt slammed his knot into Dylan's tail hole and Dylan cried out in pain until he felt Wyatt's warm seed start to fill him up. "That feels good." Dylan moaned as the warm seed rushed into him, painting his insides.

"I know it does," Wyatt whispered into his ear, licking the back of Dylan's neck. "Sorry I was so rough."

"It's ok honey," Dylan said, "it didn't hurt that badly."

Wyatt reached his paw under Dylan and slowly started to stroke his semi-long red member, his paw bobbing along time with his heart beat. By the time Dylan had blown his load, Wyatt's knot had shrunk enough for him to pull out of Dylan.

Wyatt smiled as he licked the cum off his hands and then helped Dylan with his pants. Dylan helped Wyatt with his pants and then they embraced each other, kissing deeply. "Now," Dylan said, panting, "how are we going to hide the smell of sex?"

Wyatt's eyes widened and he said, "FUCK! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I completely forgot!"

Dylan giggled and said, "Well, we proved your grandma right. Time to go to the bathrooms and wash our fur with hand soap."

"Nah, that won't work." Wyatt said with a sigh.

"Why?" Dylan said.

"Because, the hand soap isn't strong enough." Wyatt said with a grin, "The stuff these public places use never are."

"How do you know?" Dylan said.

Wyatt blushed and said, "Did I never tell you about the time that Troy and I had sex in a church bathroom."

"No," Dylan said, smiling, "and I don't want you too."

"Good," Wyatt said, "cause I ain't gonna!"

Dylan giggled and said, "Good!"

**

Gideon smiled at his cousin Bobby, which he called Uncle Bobby because he was old enough to be his uncle, and said, "Hi, long time no see."

He laughed and took Gideon's paw, "Yeah, long time no see. Guess I should congratulate you on the kids, and the whole getting married thing too."

Gideon laughed and said, "Thanks."

"Damn, you've gotten big since the last time I've seen you," he said, looking up and down Gideon's body.

Gideon grinned and said, "Visit more than twice every four years."

"Maybe," he said, grinning, "but not visiting my mom seems like a good choice to me."

"It doesn't to your mother," Lizzy said, putting her paws on her hips as she stood.

Bobby blushed and said, "Well uh, uh... How long have you been there?"

Gideon laughed and slipped away quietly and saw Wyatt and Dylan coming out of the woods. He walked over and sniffed and then waved his paw in front of nose. "Alright you two," he said, "Now how in the world are you going to hide that smell from everyone else?"

Wyatt blushed and said, "We don't know."

Gideon laughed and gestured for them to stay there and walked to the car and got into the trunk and grabbed his sports bag and found the spray deodorant he kept in it. He walked back and started spraying them down heavily.

He sniffed when he was done and got closer and started sniffing them closer and nodded, "Good, it's hidden as best as it could be."

Wyatt hugged Gideon, "Thanks."

Gideon laughed and said, "Stop having sex in public places."

Wyatt giggled and said, "When's lunch?"

"Twenty minutes, go play with the other kids." Gideon said, gesturing towards where a whole bunch of the kids were playing random games. "Looks like they're playing dodgeball."

Wyatt's ears perked up and he pulled Dylan towards the game. Gideon laughed and walked to where Raymond and his grandma were sitting on a bench talking. He sat down in between them and said, "Well, grandma, you are right, teenagers are horny. But the younger they are, the hornier they are."

"Why do you say that?" Donna said.

"Because, Wyatt and Dylan just got done having sex in the woods." Gideon said. Raymond started laughing and said, "First Wyatt has sex in a church, now in the woods? What's next? An airplane?"

"Maybe." Gideon said, laughing with Raymond.

Donna sighed and said, "Well, they are thirteen, what else could you expect?"

"Well, I wasn't expecting to waste half a can of deodorant on them to make sure no one else smelled the sex on them." Gideon said.

"True," Donna said, "it's a good thing you had deodorant, or else everyone would be staring at them."

Gideon looked over at the dodgeball game where Wyatt was the last one standing on his team and there was almost an entire team on the other side. They also had all the balls. "Uh oh." Gideon said.

"What?" Raymond said.

Gideon pointed to the game and Raymond giggled and said, "Wyatt's gonna win."

"Why do you think." Gideon said.

"Did you forget the rules of dodgeball or something?" Raymond said. "When there's only one person on the team if the person catches a ball the entire team comes back into the game."

"Oh yeah," Gideon said.

Gideon watched as one of the people on the opposing team threw the ball and Wyatt caught it and threw it all in the same motion, slamming the ball against one of the smaller dragons on the other team.

**

Author's note: Basically all of Gideon's relatives are dragons. I realize I'm not doing very good at detail s and all that, but honestly, how many different descriptions can I make for dragons?

Alright, back to the story.

**

Raymond grinned and said, "I told you."

The smaller furs on Wyatt's team all rushed back onto the field as the other team released all the balls. Gideon laughed and stood up, stretching and walking towards the field where they were playing. Raymond ran after him and said, "You're not going to play are you?"

"Why not?" Gideon said with a grin, "I'll just have to promise I won't hurt them too badly."

Raymond dragged him to the sidelines where they sat with a few other parents who were watching the kids play with smiles. Clarice and Jack were watching Dylan play on the other side of the field and Gideon waved at them and they waved back.

Raymond sighed and said, "I love this family."

Gideon laughed and said, "We have a large family. I don't even know everyone here."

Raymond giggled and said, "Well then, start trying to meet everyone here."

"Sounds boring!" Gideon said after pretending to think about it for a moment.

Raymond giggled and said, "Yeah, it does."

Gideon sighed and stretched, "But if they will all be at our wedding, I might as well learn their names."

"That's better hun," Raymond smiled as Gideon stood up. "Have fun!"

"I won't!" Gideon said.

**

Gideon sighed as he looked at his watch and then kissed Raymond grudgingly. "See you in a week honey."

"See you then," Raymond said. "And then we'll be married."

"Yep, then we'll be married." Gideon said, smiling.

Gideon watched as Raymond got into his Aunt Lizzy's car and they drove away. He sighed, this would be the longest week ever

**

Chapter 33

**

Gideon woke up to Wyatt shaking him at 10:30 A.M. the next Saturday. "Go away!" Gideon groaned as he rolled onto his side.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Wyatt said, "I only wanted to wake you up for your wedding in four hours."

Gideon bolted upright and said, "Oh my god! I completely forgot."

Gideon jumped out of his bed and flew into the bathroom, (Not literally) and jumped into the bathtub, turning the water on as hot as possible. He quickly washed, scrubbing his scales clean, his scales steaming from the hot water.

When he got out of the shower he quickly towel dried then opened the door and sneaked upstairs, opening the door enough to push his muzzle through and shouted, "Where's my tux?"

"On the other side of your door!" Carol yelled, "Better hurry! We have to leave in twenty minutes."

Gideon almost yelped as he grabbed the tux from the other side of the door and rushed downstairs, flipping the overhead light switch so he could see himself in the mirror better. He bent all his scales out of position and used cotton swabs to clean the dirt out from under his scales. He bent his scales back into position and started to rub at his scales with scale polish.

He put his tux on, spreading it out so that it was completely straight, no wrinkles at all. He walked up the stairs quickly and opened the door just as Carol was about to knock. She blinked and then said, "Good, you're ready. Let's go."

Gideon looked and saw Wyatt and grinned at how uncomfortable he looked in the tux. "It's so warm!" He complained as they climbed in the car.

"You'll be happy for it after hours outside in the cold weather." Gideon said, grinning.

"He's right Wyatt," Carol said from the front seat.

"Yeah," Ron said, "It may be uncomfortable as hell but it'll keep you warm when it matters the most."

Wyatt groaned and Gideon said, "Hey, Dylan will be wearing one too."

Wyatt grinned and said, "I get to see my wolf in a tux!"

Gideon laughed and said, "So do I."

**

Raymond woke up too Dylan shaking him at 12:30 P.M. "Wake up sleepy head," Dylan whispered into his ear, "you're wedding is in an hour."

Raymond groaned as he sat up and said, "Alright, thanks for waking me."

"Oh, I'm not just here to wake you up," Dylan said, "I'm here to make sure you get cleaned up as fast as possible."

Dylan ushered Raymond into the bathroom and stripped him down and then got him soaked and then scrubbed at him. "I can wash myself you know," Raymond said, blushing fiercely as the thirteen year old scrubbed his body.

"I know," Dylan said as he scrubbed at a particularly dirty spot on Raymond's fur, "but Liz said you would take too long, so she told me to do it for you."

Raymond sighed and said, "Fine, whatever, just hurry up."

Dylan laughed and rinsed him off and then started drying him off. When he was nice and dry it was 1:00 and Dylan was pulling all the parts of Raymond's tuxedo onto him, smoothing them out and smiling as he started to comb Raymond's fur.

When he was finished Raymond grinned and twirled in front of him and said, "How do I look?"

"Absolutely hot." Dylan said, grinning.

"Good," Raymond said, smiling.

"Well," Dylan said, "better hurry, ceremony is starting soon."

Raymond smiled and kissed Dylan on the cheek, "Thanks for your help."

Dylan smiled and said, "No problem."

Lizzy was in the doorway suddenly and she smiled at Raymond. "Come on Ray, time for the ceremony."

Raymond grinned, his heart pounding nervously. "Let's go."

**

Gideon looked around at the area in his Aunt's back yard that had been prepared for the wedding. They had hired someone to make a temporary dance floor, that was decorated with paper lanterns for when it got night and everything looked very nice. The area for the ceremony was packed with people who were being seated slowly by ushers.

Wyatt was behind him massaging his back to help relax him. He had ignored Gideon's attempts to get him to go find Dylan, eager to help his older brother relax before his big day. Gideon could see Horen seating people, along with Dylan and Jack. His mother stood next to him, tears flowing down her cheeks.

"You alright mom?" he whispered to her quietly.

She sniffed and said, "Of course I am honey. But my baby boy is getting married."

Gideon rubbed his mom's shoulder and said, "You still have Wyatt and Horen."

She smiled and said, "Yes, I do have them."

The music started playing as the last guests took their seats and Gideon took his mother's arm and smiled at her and they started walking down the aisle. Gideon's heart started to pound more and more nervously as they drew closer to the front.

When they made it to the front Carol walked to the side and Gideon stood up and turned to face Raymond, looking into his eyes and smiling widely. Raymond returned the smile as the preacher started talking.

Gideon couldn't hear the words the man spoke. He was lost in Raymond's eyes, and it seemed like Raymond was lost in his. They were obsessed with each other, as if seeing each other in a new light now that they were moments away from being bound forever.

Gideon's scales glinted in the sunlight, the scale polish making his scales shine almost as much as the sun itself did in the sky, reflecting blood red light onto Raymond's fur. It was a beautiful sight. Suddenly the words sprang into Gideon's mind. "Do you, Gideon Restin, take Raymond Zasturfinztin, as your lawfully wedded husband."

"I do." Gideon said, without hesitation, his voice ringing out in the large space.

"And do you, Raymond Zasturfinztin, take Gideon Restin, as your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do." Raymond said, smiling as he did so.

"I know pronounce you man and husband." The preacher said. "You may now kiss the bri... uh... husband." The preacher blushed as Gideon and Raymond leaned their heads together.

When their lips were a centimeter apart white flared in Gideon's vision and he sat up, rubbing his head and groaning slightly. He looked around the room and wondered where he was. He moved to stretch his wings and realized suddenly that he didn't have them. He looked around frantically and realized he was in a hospital.

He looked into a mirror and what he saw shocked him. He looked like he had when he was twelve. He looked at a calendar and gaped at it. It said it was the summer right before he went into seventh grade! And it all came back to him.

The car ride, the crash, the hitting his head hard on the street. He was just a scrawny, gay, twelve year old dragon. His mother came into the room and her eyes widened before she jumped at him, hugging him tightly and crying, clutching at the back of his head. "Oh god you're awake. You're finally awake."

Gideon cried too, but for a completely different reason.

**

Chapter 34

**

Raymond woke up and rubbed his eyes groggily. He looked around and his eyes went wide. Why was he in the hospital? Where was Gideon? What had happened? He rubbed at his stomach and noticed one thing. His stomach wasn't bulging. He felt under the fur and his eyes widened further, there was no scar there.

He looked around the hospital room and found a mirror. His eyes widened as he scrambled out of the bed and touched his face as he looked in the mirror. His fur still had a slightly grayish tint to it, which had disappeared by his thirteenth birthday. He touched his shoulder and groaned slightly and lifted the hospital gown away from his body and his eyes widened as everything flooded back to him.

The fight at school. The knife going into his shoulder and him collapsing as he had the shit beaten out of him while bleeding from his shoulder. His mother walked into the room and gave a strangled yelp before throwing herself at her son. "Oh god, you're awake." she said, her eyes tearing up, "you're finally awake."

Raymond started to cry as well, for different reasons then she did, but he cried still. A moment later his father walked in and his eyes widened before joining in on the hug, both of his parents encasing his body and making him feel so warm. He cried in joy, about having his mother and father back, but sadness because he had lost the dream. That wonderful dream. He would give up both his parents again to have that life back.

"Thank god you're alright," his father said, crying into the top of his head.

"How long was I out?" Raymond asked.

"A month." His mother said, "An entire month of worrying about my baby boy. Never, ever fight again. Ever."

"I won't mom," Raymond said, tears rolling down his cheeks, "promise."

**

Gideon continued to cry into Carol's shoulder, his mother's shirt already soaked through. A moment later Ron and Clarice came in and Clarice blinked twice before rushing to hug Gideon. "My baby brother is alive." she said, blinking back tears as she hugged Gideon.

"Yeah," Gideon said, sniffing, "I'm alive."

He continued crying as he shifted arms yet again to his father, his father hugging him close. Ron obviously didn't feel Gideon relax when his arms wrapped around him. "My son is alive." Ron said, his eyes tearing up but the tears didn't flow.

Gideon kept on crying, even when he felt his father lift him up and the doctor saying that after some tests he could go home. He went through the tests in a haze, his mind fogged over. He kept doing everything that he was told to do and eventually the doctor said he could go him.

He got dressed and followed his parents down to their car, looking down at his feet the entire time. When he got in the car he leaned against his sister and closed his eyes, her paw idly stroking his arm as he quietly drifted off to sleep.

When he woke up, Ron was carrying him inside, his reassuring warmth against Gideon's side and Gideon shifted in his arms so that his head was pressed against his father's muscular chest. Ron chuckled quietly as he set Gideon down in his bed and tucked him in.

Gideon rolled onto his side and closed his eyes again and his father sat down next to him and started to stroke his hair. "What's bothering you Gid?" he said quietly.

"Nothing." Gideon replied, almost as quietly.

"You're my son," Ron said, "I know when something is bothering you."

"Nothings bothering me dad." Gideon said.

Ron sighed and stood up and said, "If you need someone to talk to, I'm here."

Gideon thought for a moment before sitting up and saying, "Hey dad, do we still have those weights in the basement?"

"Yeah," he said, "why?"

"I'm suddenly interested in working out," Gideon said.

"Alright, if you want someone to help you," Ron said, "I'd be glad to."

"Thanks dad." Gideon said.

"No problem, son." Ron said, smiling before turning out the lights and leaving.

Gideon fell asleep quickly after, his mind already setting out a work out schedule that would either fit his goal, or kill him.

**

One and a half years later...

Gideon stretched as he woke up, feeling along his sore muscles before getting dressed quickly and walking downstairs to eat a quick breakfast. Ron smiled at him from over a newspaper he was reading and said, "Since when do you get up early?"

"Dad," Gideon said, his voice cracking slightly, "I've been getting up early since the beginning of seventh grade."

"Yeah," Ron said, "but you're almost a freshmen now. Aren't teenagers supposed to be lazy?"

"Not this one," Gideon said, grinning at his father. In the past year and a half, since he had the coma dream about a wonderful life, he had worked himself basically to death to get like he was that first day of gym in his freshmen year.

He was getting there. Very close to it, in a matter of fact. He would have his task completed before his desired date.

He stretched and said, "Alright dad, I'm going to head out now."

"Alright," Ron said, looking at Gideon over the top of the paper, "I expect you to come straight home today, not to the gym."

"Fine dad," Gideon said, sighing as he did so.

Gideon shouldered his backpack then jogged out the door and towards the middle school. When he got there he sighed and sank down into a chair. He didn't pant for breath, after his working out the jog to his school was like a walk from his room to his bathroom.

His friends slowly started to gather around him and they chatted absentmindedly as they waited for the bell to ring. One of his friends started talking about him and he listened in on the conversation, "I still can't believe how big Gideon has gotten." the small, plump wolf said quietly.

"I know, he's like, triple his old size." A rabbit said, flicking at his ear with his finger.

One of them laughed and said, "Yeah, triple his old size times two. He spent all of last summer inside his house or jogging."

"Yeah, we all know, he didn't hang out with any of us." a tiger said, sighing and shaking his head as he did so, "I can't believe him. We could've completely ignored him in sixth grade and left him alone and he'd be completely friendless right now."

"You know," Gideon spoke up, "I can hear everything you say."

The tiger blushed and said, "Woops."

"No problem," Gideon said, "it's most likely true."

The bell rang before anyone could reply and Gideon was out the door and on his way to P.E. He sighed as he walked in and sat down, waiting for class to start. They went through the easy workouts once class had started and then the coach lead them to the weight room where they had to take a turn on every machine.

Gideon sighed and walked to the first machine, setting it to the max he could rep, which was currently 220 pounds, and did his reps. When they were told to switch he walked to the next one and did the same. He sighed as he did every machine effortlessly, and when the bell rang he walked out of the weight room and to his locker to get his English stuff.

The day basically went the same. Gideon staring off into space, only slightly focusing on his teacher's voice. At least, it did until lunch. Gideon got his food and was walking towards his table when he saw a crowd forming around some kids. Six kids pushing around a familiar looking tiger.

Gideon put his food down then walked towards the group, forcing his way through the crowd and stopping the tiger, who whimpered and tried to get away but Gideon held him tightly and said, "I ain't gonna hurt you."

"What the hell do you think you're doing." one of the larger furs, a stallion, said.

"Stopping you from beating him up," Gideon said, smiling at the stallion.

"And one person will stop six from beating up a faggot little tiger?" the stallion said.

Gideon pushed the tiger behind him and stepped towards the stallion and said, "One, that is not a nice word."

"What the hell do I care?" the stallion said.

Gideon slammed his fist into the stallion's face and said, "You should care."

The stallion stood up and glared at Gideon then looked at the tiger and spat into Gideon's face and said, "He ain't worth my time." the stallion walked away and Gideon went to follow but the tiger grabbed his arm. Gideon ended up pulling him with him and a few more recognizable furs grabbed his arms. Two wolves that could be twins, a lioness that obviously played sports, and a golden dragon.

They all managed to stop him, if just barely. Gideon sighed and relaxed and turned to the tiger and said, "You ok?"

"Yeah," the tiger said, looking down at his feet and blushing before holding out his paw and saying, "I'm Xatrin."

"I'm Gideon," he said smiling at the fur.

He went around the small group as everyone cleared out. The two wolves were Dean and Kevin, the lioness was Paulie, and the dragon was Trevor. Gideon almost laughed to himself, so much for that wonderful dream being just that. A dream.

**

Two years later...(or something like that)

Gideon smiled as he watch Raymond walk down the aisle with his mother. Everything had happened just like the coma dream, except for one little detail where he had managed to get Raymond's mother out of the house the night that it burned down.

He hadn't been able to figure out a way to stop Troy's death, unfortunately, and Wyatt's kidnapping was, if painful for him, partially good for the family as it had gained Horen out of the whole thing. It had just been cut down a few weeks.

He smiled even wider as Raymond stepped up next to him and the preacher started to talk. He looked into Raymond's eyes and saw Raymond's lips stretch into an even wider smile, if that was possible. The words suddenly snapped into Gideon's hearing. "Do you, Gideon Restin, take Raymond Zasturfinztin as your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do," Gideon said, his voice ringing out strongly over the crowd. He could hear a soft sniffling in the crowd and looked to see Raymond's mother crying and wiping tears out of her eyes as she cradled Zakai against her chest. She had absolutely loved her grandchildren.

"And do you, Raymond Zasturfinztin, take Gideon Restin, as your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do," Raymond said, smiling at Gideon.

"I now pronounce you man and wif..." the preacher blushed and said, "I now pronounce you man and husband. You may now kiss the bri... uh, husband."

Everyone laughed as Gideon bent his head to Raymond's and smiled and said, "Finally." Before pushing his lips to Raymond's and sharing the most passionate kiss they had shared in weeks.

When they finally pulled apart and looked around to see a few people crying. Gideon smiled and took Raymond's paw and started to walk with him down the aisle, towards the street where a limo was waiting to take them to the closest airport, which was a two hour drive. They would have plenty of time to do whatever they wanted on the drive there.

They climbed into the limo and the driver, one of Gideon's many cousins, started driving, rolling up the window that separated the front and back seats. Raymond smiled then asked, "Why did you say finally?"

Gideon blushed and reached an arm behind his back and rubbed his wing tip nervously and said, "You'll think I'm stupid."

"I could never think you're stupid." Raymond said, smiling.

Gideon chuckled and said, "Well, I guess I could tell you. When I was twelve," he started, "my parents were driving and someone crashed into our car. My seatbelt snapped and I flew through the windshield and hit my head. I went into a coma."

Raymond nodded and said, "Go on."

"I woke up from it a month later, and during the coma, I had had the most wonderful dream."

"What dream would that be?" Raymond asked.

"Basically," Gideon said, "everything up to right before our kiss."

Raymond smiled and said, "I had the exact same dream."

"That's weird. But cool." Gideon said, smiling. "Now, don't you want to know where we're going for our honey moon?"

"Where?" Raymond said, smiling.

"Paris." Gideon said smiling.

"Really?" Raymond said.

"Yep," Gideon said smiling, "we're going to Paris."

Raymond giggled excitedly and said, "I love you honey."

"I love you too, puppy." Gideon said, kissing his cheek.

"What did I say about calling me puppy, lizard?" Raymond said, grinning at him.

"I don't know," Gideon whispered into Raymond's ear, "but I'm gonna get you if you call me lizard again."

"Uh-huh," Raymond said, "sure ya will."

Gideon grinned and looked out his window and sighed, "Did I forget to mention we have a chaperone?"

"Yes, yes you did." Raymond said, smiling at him.

Gideon laughed and said, "Well, at least we still get our own room at the hotel."

"We do get that at least," Raymond said, smiling and rubbing a paw up and down Gideon's chest. "Which means that I get my wonderful dragon tonight."

"Yes you do," Gideon said, smiling, "Mr. Restin."

Raymond giggled and said, "Oh please, Mr. Restin is your father."

Gideon laughed and nuzzled his boyfriend's neck. "I love you."

"I love you too." Raymond said,s miling at his love.

**

Later that night, Gideon moaned quietly as Raymond pushed him down on the bed and slowly started to unbutton his pants. "I love you baby," Gideon said, smiling as Raymond unrolled the lubricated condemn over his member.

"I love you too." Raymond said as he positioned himself over Gideon's member, his tail flicking back and forth, his clothes already on the floor.

Raymond slowly lowered himself onto Gideon's member and Gideon moaned as he penetrated Raymond's tail hole. "It all seems... so different... now that we're married." Raymond said as he pushed himself down onto Gideon's member.

"It does." Gideon said between moans. He turned Raymond over and put Raymond's legs on his shoulders and kissed him before pulling out slowly and then pushing back into him. Raymond moaned slightly and said, "I love you."

"I know you do honey," Gideon said as he moaned as his pace started to quicken as Raymond's tail hole stretched. Gideon kissed him again, his tongue running around Raymond's mouth eagerly as he drew closer and closer to his climax.

"You're so warm," Gideon moaned, "and tight."

"You're so big," Raymond said, as he draped his arms around Gideon's neck.

Gideon moaned louder and said, "I'm gonna cum honey."

"It doesn't really matter," Raymond said, moaning again as the condemn inflated inside him, Gideon's cum filling it to the brim.

Gideon panted as he turned onto his back, laying Raymond on his stomach before starting to slowly stroke Raymond's fully erect member. Raymond moaned loudly and started bucking his hips into Gideon's paw saying, "That feels so good hun."

"I know it does babe," Gideon said, smiling at him, "now, cover me with your seed."

Gideon squeezed Raymond's knot and he howled loudly and released his load, the white, hot, creamy seed flowing out of his member and covering Gideon's chest. Raymond panted for breath as he fell on top of Gideon and kissed him again.

"Love you honey." he said.

"And I love you," Gideon said, "and I will forever."

FIN

**

Christmas Special

**

Gideon rubbed his temples as he finished placing presents underneath the tree. When he was done he looked around the large living room of his and Raymond's new house. His loving husband came down the stairs a moment later and gaped at the amount of presents that completely filled the living room.

"When did you buy all this?" Raymond said, smiling and hugging Gideon.

Gideon laughed and said, "I've been hiding it in the shed for weeks."

"Aha!" Raymond said, "So that's why you won't let me do anything in the shed."

"Nah," Gideon said, smiling and putting a paw on Raymond's large, bloated stomach, "the reason I don't let you do anything in the shed is because you're three months pregnant. Again!"

Raymond giggled and said, "It's been four years."

"We already have four children!" Gideon exclaimed, "And we're nineteen!"

"So?" Raymond said, "Your family name is guaranteed to carry on."

"Our family name," Gideon said, smiling and kissing Raymond and then looking at the clock. "Hey it's 5:30. Our kids should be down here in three. Two. One."

And as he said one four little furry bodies bounced into the living room and blushed when they saw their parents. Gideon almost burst out laughing when he saw Zakai. "Zakai." Gideon said, his concentration completely focused on not laughing. "What are you wearing?"

Zakai blushed and tugged at the pajamas he wore. His sisters pink pajamas. "Zandra lent them to me." he said, blushing extremely, "I-I liked them. Do you want me to change?"

Gideon looked at Zandra and saw she was wearing a pair of Zakai's pajamas. Gideon looked Zakai over again and then saw the pink bow wrapped around his neck. Gideon couldn't help but laugh and Zakai blushed again and said, "Do you want me to go and change?"

"No hun," Gideon said, picking Zakai up and kissing his cheek and tightening the bow that Zakai had started to loosen. "You are the cutest thing I have ever seen."

Zandra pouted and tugged at her father's shirt and started to talk in her whining voice, "What about meee?"

Gideon laughed and picked up his daughter too and kissed her cheek. "You are both the cutest things. You all are." Gideon had added in the last part to prevent Samantha from joining in the whining. Samantha was at the stage where she would mimic her sister.

Gideon put his kids down and clapped his hands together and said, "Alright! Mom, it's your turn to play Santa."

Raymond laughed and sat down on the floor next to the tree and started to pull presents out and hand them around to the appropriate child. When all the presents had been open, and the children had been done squealing out their thank yous, Gideon and Raymond sat on the couch, Gideon with his two girls leaning against him and Raymond the two boys.

Gideon smiled at Raymond and said, "And to think, we still have to give Horen, Marty, and Garret their presents."

"Don't forget Alexandra."

*Author's note: Alexandra is Clarice and Jack's daughter *

Raymond said, smiling, "and of course we promised Wyatt and Dylan something special considering they're both eighteen now."

Gideon reached into his pocket and smiled and jingled the small plastic bag with keys in it. "They should be pretty happy with their presents."

Raymond giggled and said, "We spent so much money on them it's not even funny."

Gideon laughed and said, "Yeah, that's true. Of course, we also bought something for Clarice, and Jack, and my mom, and your mom, and my dad, and Dean, Paulie, Kevin, Xatrin, Jasmine."

"And just about everyone else we know." Raymond said, giggling quietly.

Gideon shrugged and said, "Well, 'tis the season to be jolly. And by god we made those people jolly when I pulled my wallet out."

Raymond giggled and said, "That is definitely true."

Gideon sighed as he looked around the room and the down at his children and picked the two girls up and carried Samantha to her room then Zandra to hers. Then did the same for George and Zakai, the two sets of twins shared rooms with their opposite twin, then went back to the living room and started cleaning up, sorting the toys and clothes depending on the kid and then moved them to the right rooms. When the living room was clean he sighed and stretched before he and Raymond started to work on their part of the family dinner for that night.

He heard a knock at the door and said, "Hmm, I wonder who that could be. I doubt it's two eighteen year old boys as eager for their presents as our four and five year olds were."

Raymond laughed and said, "Yeah. Most likely not."

Gideon chuckled and walked to the door and opened it and Wyatt and Dylan walked in, shivering their butts off. "God! It's f-freezing out there." Wyatt said, shivering. His voice had deepened, a lot, and he could almost look into Gideon's eyes without tilting his head back. Dylan looked almost the same, except for his height gain and instead of losing baby fat, he had gained it, making everything about him look more plump than it used too.

Gideon laughed and said, "No duh, now, be quiet, my babies are sleeping."

"Oh, sorry." Wyatt said, his ears flicking back onto his head then back up. "So! What did you get us?"

"Well first," Gideon said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out two strips of cloth which he used to blindfold them. "Now," he said, grabbing their paws and pulling them towards the garage. He opened the door and pulled them down the steps and grinned and shook his head at the two brand new cars that were sitting there. The newest model of Mustang and a new Camero.

The mustang was green, with red racing stripes going down the front and back and on the roof and on the sides had flame vinyls going down the sides. The Camero was black, it's shiny color only disrupted by the red flames on the side.

"Alright!" Gideon said, "Hold out your paws, and say, "Pretty please can we have our presents."

They both sighed and said, "Pretty please can we have our present," holding out their paws as they did so. Gideon grinned and got the keys silently out of his pocket and dropped one into each of their hands. When they tore the blind folds off and saw the cars they turned to Gideon and their jaws dropped open in complete shock. "Holy hell!" Wyatt exclaimed, "You bought us both new cars?"

"Yes we did," Raymond said from the doorway. "And you better be damn happy we did. Expensive as hell those were."

Wyatt giggled and said, "Which one is who's?"

"The mustang is yours, Wyatt, and Dylan gets the pretty black Camero. Of course, you guys could use either one, it really doesn't matter. Just make sure to get insurance ASAP."

Wyatt hugged Gideon and said, "You are literally the best big brother anyone could ever have. Ever. At all. There will never be a better big brother."

Gideon laughed and noogie'd the fox. "How bout now?" he said.

"Nope, no one can beat you still." Wyatt said, giggling as he got into the new car just to feel how it felt.

"Yeah," Gideon said, "that's why we're feeding your fat butts too, because it's more than likely that you skipped breakfast to walk over here so fast."

Wyatt blushed as his stomach grumbled. "Yeah, we did."

"And then afterward you can help me pack the family's presents into the car." Gideon said.

Wyatt groaned and said, "Why can't Raymond help you?"

"Because Raymond is three months pregnant and probably feels horrible this morning. Don't ya hun?" Gideon said, walking into the very nice, and large, kitchen, where Raymond was working on their part of that nights dinner and there breakfast.

"Yeah, I feel absolutely horrible." Raymond said, rubbing a paw absentmindedly down his belly as he flipped the pancakes. Wyatt sighed and said, "Fine, whatever. I guess we can after you bought us cars."

Gideon laughed and said, "Yeah. Keeping the kids from blabbing their mouths about them was hard. By the way, which ever one of you drives the Mustang first has to stay here."

"Why?" Wyatt asked.

"Zakai wanted to ride in it over to mom's house." Gideon said, shaking his head and chuckling slightly.

"Oh, ok." Wyatt said, "Guess I will."

Gideon chuckled as he heard a door open from the hallway. "Be prepared, it's either Zakai or George, and both were incredibly excited about seeing both of you."

And sure enough, a moment later, Zakai was hugging Wyatt and Wyatt was laughing and picking his nephew up and grinning at him and said, "Did you have a good Christmas?"

"Yes!" Zakai squealed, "Best Christmas ever!"

"You say that EVERY Christmas," Dylan said, rubbing the boy's head quickly, making Zakai growl slightly. "Oho! Someone thinks they're mister tough-stuff, eh?" Dylan added in, "Growling at me."

Zakai jumped from Wyatt's arms onto Dylan and started trying to push him down. "Nope!" Dylan said, grinning wickedly at the pup, "You can't get me to go down."

Zakai sighed and slid to the floor and walked over to Raymond and said, "Mommy, is breakfast almost done?"

"Yes Zakai, breakfast is almost done. And I should slap your uncles for getting you to roughhouse before it's even noon! You guys both know how he gets when he overworks himself before eating!" Raymond said, talking about Zakai's slight issue of fainting when overworking himself on an empty stomach.

Wyatt's ears flattened and he said, "Oh, right, sorry."

Raymond pointed a finger at Wyatt and said, "Just don't do it again."

Zakai leaned against Gideon wearily and said, "Daddy, will you pick me up?"

Gideon smiled and picked his son up, rubbing his nose against the boy's neck as Zakai put his head on Gideon's shoulder. "See?" Raymond said, "He's already tired! And he just woke up!"

"Hun, they said they were sorry." Gideon said, putting a paw on Raymond's shoulder. "Just hurry up and he'll feel better." Gideon sat down with his son and smiled at Zakai and said, "How ya feeling buddy?"

"Hungry," Zakai said, yawning, "and tired."

Zakai leaned against Gideon and said, "I'm tired."

"I know kiddo," Gideon said, rubbing Zakai's shoulder, "Mommy will have breakfast done soon."

Zakai rested against his father, his eyes steadily drooping closed until Raymond set a plate of already cut pancakes down in front of him and smiled. "Eat up, pup."

Zakai giggled quietly before sitting up and pulling the pancakes closer and started eating. Raymond smiled and put a plate down in front of Gideon and Gideon smiled and said, "Thank you honey."

"You're welcome." Raymond said. Raymond looked over the other two furs sitting at the table and said, "I don't know if I should feed you. It's your fault that Zakai feels so bad now."

"We said we were sorry." Wyatt said, his ears drooping onto his head.

Raymond laughed and made three more plates, putting them down in front of the two furs. Zakai finished and burped and then blushed and said, "Excuse me."

Gideon laughed and put a paw on Zakai's stomach and pushed lightly and said, "Oomph, you're full now, aren't ya?"

"Yeah," Zakai said, smiling up at his dad, "I 'm full now."

Gideon smiled and said, "Why don't you go lie down for a little while longer. You still have a little bit before you need to get ready to go to Grandma Carol's house."

Zakai smiled and pushed his head up against his father's hand quickly before going back to his bed room. Gideon sighed and said, "They grow up so fast. I can still remember when he couldn't even walk."

Raymond smiled and put a paw on Gideon's shoulder and said, "We're getting old, hun."

"I know," Gideon sighed, "and we're only nineteen."

"Five glorious years of being together." Raymond said, smiling.

"And hopefully many more!" Wyatt said, smiling across at the table at them. When he saw their glares he said, "Sorry! It seemed like something would elevate to something sexual and we really don't want that while we're eating."

"Look at my little brother. Using big sophisticated sounding words." Gideon said, chuckling slightly and standing up and pulling his little brother into a hug and giving him a noogie. "Where did my cute, shy, innocent little brother go?"

"I was never innocent," Wyatt said, grinning as he slipped out from under Gideon's arm.

"Oh, you were innocent at one point in your life," Raymond said, chuckling, "you just can't remember it."

Wyatt laughed and said, "Just get back to working on dinner."

Raymond poked his nose and said, "You don't tell me what to do, boy. This is mah house."

"Technically it's Gideon's house." Wyatt said, grinning at Raymond.

"Well, we decided long, long ago that what was mine," Gideon said, "was most definitely Raymond's as well."

Wyatt grinned and said, "Yeah, yeah, whatever."

"I really hope this isn't how Horen acts now," Gideon said, "otherwise I may have to slap him over the side of the head."

Wyatt laughed and said, "Oh, Horen is VERY excited to see you guys."

"Well then, we'll have to leave early." Raymond said.

Gideon smiled and looked at the clock, "Well, time to get the kids up to start taking showers."

"Oh, you know George and Zakai will take a shower with you." Raymond said, "Let them sleep longer."

Gideon chuckled and said, "They will want to try out their video games before they go over."

Raymond sighed and said, "Fine, but take your shower with them. Wastes less water."

"Yes dear," Gideon said, smiling.

Raymond smiled and slapped Gideon's ass and said, "Smart ass."

Gideon smiled and walked down the hall and walked in Zakai and Zandra's room. The room was heavily decorated on both sides. Zandra's side colored pink with all the girly stuff. Dolls, doll houses, so on. Zakai's side was painted bright green, clothes littered the floor and he had a baseball glove and bat sitting against the wall. In the middle of the room there was a CD rack. Half of it was pink and had Zandra's music on it and Zakai's music was on the other side. All four of his children were very interested in music, even at this young of an age.

Gideon shook the two kids awake and smiled down at each and said, "Time to get up."

"Ok daddy," Zandra said, her muzzle opening in a yawn as she sat up.

Gideon smiled at the two grumbling kids and then picked Zakai up and he yelped slightly. "Feeling better kid?" Gideon asked as he walked across the hallway to George and Samantha's room.

"Yeah," Zakai said.

"Good, cause you, me, and your brother get to take a bath first." Gideon said, grinning at the boy.

Zakai smiled as Gideon woke George up by picking him up and then shaking Samantha with his elbow. "Time to get up." Gideon said.

"I don't want to." Samantha said, turning on her side.

"Don't make me get your sister." Gideon said. Samantha sprang out of bed and Gideon laughed and said, "You two get to take a bath next, so be ready."

Gideon walked, a pup in both arms, into the bathroom and set them both down onto the floor and then started the bath water, making sure it wasn't too hot for the pups. When he turned the two pups were already undressed and waiting to get into the water and Gideon chuckled and put both of them in and then got undressed himself, climbing in quickly to hide his privates. He didn't want to have the sex talk six or seven years early.

He grinned as the boys started to splash him and he splashed them back playfully before pulling one to him and getting some shampoo and saying, "Get ready pup, you're about to get the washing of your life."

Zakai giggled and sat back for the show as Gideon started to scrub his paw hard through George's fur, making sure it was all nice and clean and when Gideon was done, George's fur was shining and he was whining. "Daddy! I can wash myself!"

"Not right!" Gideon said, grinning at his son and reaching for Zakai and pulling him closer and saying, "Now, your turn."

Zakai whimpered and struggled against his father's arm as Gideon started to scrub his fur and start to get under the scales. Zakai went limp and whined as his father washed him nice and good. When Gideon was done Zakai scrambled away and growled slightly at his father.

Gideon laughed and then George said, "You got to wash us, we should get to wash you!"

Gideon blushed deeply at the thought of his sons washing him as thoroughly as he had washed them but sighed and said, "Fine."

They both got a wash rag and started scrubbing their father's scales clean, including under them, and they started to go lower and lower but when they were about to make it to Gideon's privates he said, "Alright boys, I can wash that part of my body myself."

They giggled and said, "Ok, daddy."

He stood up and turned away from them and washed his privates quickly then washed his legs and then sat back down in the now very soapy water. He smiled at his boys and then hugged them quickly and then got out and wrapped a towel around his waist before picking each boy up and scrubbing them dry. They whined but sat there and took it until they were dry and Gideon told them to go get dressed.

The girls were next but Gideon let them do it on their own. It wasn't weird for a guy to wash his sons but a guy washing his daughters seemed a little creepy to Gideon. Gideon got dressed then walked down the stairs and hugged Raymond from behind and said, "Once the girls are out it's your turn."

"Are the boys clean?" Raymond said.

"Yes!" Zakai whined as he walked down the stairs and hugged Raymond and looked up, a pouting face put on. "He was mean to us mommy."

"Oh, and what did the mean ol' daddy do?" Raymond said, smiling at Zakai.

"He scrubbed us!" George said as he hugged the other leg. "It hurt soo bad."

Gideon laughed and poked both of them on the top of the head, "But you're clean now, and that's all that matters."

Raymond laughed as he got down to eye level with the two pups and leaned his head forward and took a big sniff of them and murred quietly. "Coconut. He used my shampoo on you two."

Raymond glared at Gideon and he shrugged and said, "Hey, they're clean now, that is what matters."

"Yeah," Raymond said, sighing as he looked the boys over. "Wait! I forgot," Raymond picked the pink ribbon up from early and tied it back around Zakai's neck and smiled and said, "Now, that is absolutely, positively adorable."

Zakai blushed and adjusted the bow and Gideon picked him up and nuzzled his neck. "You do look adorable. Grandma will love it."

"Do you think Leo will like it?" Zakai said, blushing deeper as he mentioned his best friend. "I mean, he is coming over for dinner isn't he?"

"Yeah, he's coming, and it sounds like my boy has his first crush." Raymond said, hugging Zakai and nuzzling his neck like Gideon had, "Looks like I'll have to start getting pictures."

Zakai blushed again before pulling George into their room to start trying out the many new video games they had gotten. Raymond chuckled and got back to work.

**

When they got to Carol's house Gideon walked in to see Zakai shaking in his grandpa's arms. "What's the matter pup?" Gideon said, sitting the food he had carried inside down in the kitchen.

"Uncle Wyatt drives really, really fast." Zakai said, going from his grandfather's arms to his father's.

"Oh really? Did he scare you?" Gideon said.

"Yes." Zakai said, burying his head into his father's shoulder.

"Do you want me to beat him up for it?" Gideon said.

"Yes," Zakai said. Gideon laughed and put Zakai down then walked upstairs and towards Wyatt's room.

*Author's Note: Wyatt moved back into Carol and Ron's house because he figured that a relationship where the two people in the relationship live in separate houses was more romantic. (Which means I think it is :P) *

He walked into Wyatt's room, Zakai close behind him, and said, "Alright Wyatt, Zakai told me to beat you up."

"Why?" Wyatt said, pulling the headphones he had on off his head.

"Because you scared him," Gideon said, pinning Wyatt down against the desk then picking him up, struggling slightly, and then pinning him down to his bed. "But since I can't physically hurt you without mom being angry, I'm just going to tickle you until you turn purple."

"No!" Wyatt yelped as Gideon's paws started to rub up and down his ticklish spots, making him giggle before Gideon really started tickling him, his paws a blur as he tickled Wyatt and he grinned as Wyatt tried to kick him but couldn't because Gideon had his knees on Wyatt's legs.

"Zakai," Gideon said, stopping his tickling, "do you want to tickle him?"

"Yes!" Zakai squealed, crawling onto the bed and tickling his uncle. Wyatt started laughing again until he was gasping for breath, which was when Zakai finally stopped. Wyatt panted and when Gideon got off of him he pinned his nephew to the bed and said, "Payback time."

Zakai started squealing as Wyatt tickled him and when Gideon pulled Wyatt off of Zakai and picked his boy up, Zakai was panting heavily. He heard a little voice from the doorway and Gideon turned to see a small fox in the doorway. "Leo!" Zakai squealed, jumping from his father's arms and running to hug the little fox.

Leo blushed and said, "Zakai! You're embarrassing me!"

Zakai giggled and pulled back and said, "How do you think I look?"

"I think you look pretty," Leo said, blushing.

Zakai giggled as Wyatt put a movie in. "A classic." Wyatt said with a grin, as he showed me the case to "Dr Seuss's How a Grinch Stole Christmas."

Zakai crawled up onto the bed and Leo crawled up next to him and they leaned against each other as the movie started. Gideon sat down in the computer chair and Wyatt sat down on the other side of the bed. Eventually Gideon heard a soft snoring and looked to see Zakai and Leo sleeping, leaning against each other with their arms wrapped around each other.

Gideon smiled as they sank down onto the bed so they were laying together and hugging like he and Raymond did on a nightly basis. Gideon took his phone out of his pocket and started taking pictures. They started shifting in their sleep until Zakai was holding Leo around his middle and Leo was pressed tightly against Zakai. Gideon smiled and said, "Aww! How cute." He took another picture before walking downstairs and forcefully dragging Raymond and Leo's mom, Tracy, up to Wyatt's room.

They both grinned and Raymond said, "That is the cutest damn thing I have ever seen."

Tracy laughed and said, "I have to agree. Even my older son hasn't done anything as cute as that before, and he's ten now."

Zakai's leg started kicking and Tracy laughed and said, "Does he always do that in his sleep."

Wyatt was watching the boys and when she said that he said, "Yeah, the last time I watched the kids he had a nightmare and slept with me and he kicked me in my privates. Almost woke the entire neighborhood."

Tracy started laughing and Gideon heard excited squealing from downstairs and walked downstairs to see Dean and Paulie with Jasmine and Clarice and Jack with Alexandra standing downstairs. Zandra and Jasmine were sitting on the couch, sitting very close together, with Alexandra sitting against Jack, looking around at all the people. Gideon remembered who shy she was.

He picked her present up from where he had placed them and said, "Here ya go Alexandra."

Alexandra took it hesitantly and then started tearing the paper open and when she saw the doll inside she squealed and hugged Gideon and said, "Thank you Uncle Gideon."

"You're welcome Alexandra." Gideon said, turning to Clarice as he did so, "Heard from Alec?"

"No," Clarice said with a sigh, "they're gone again, visiting Charlie's parents in Iowa."

"Figures," Gideon said with a sigh, "Zakai was looking forward to talking to Alex."

"Zakai looks forward to everything," Clarice said.

Gideon laughed and walked over to Dean and Paulie and put an arm around both of them, "How's it going?"

They jumped and then laughed and said, "It's going good." They sat watching Zandra and Jasmine poke and tickle each other for a little bit before walking into the kitchen and sitting with the rest of the older people.

Gideon sighed and said, "It seems like yesterday our squealing children were babies."

Dean laughed and said, "Yeah, it does. They do grow up fast."

Paulie sighed and said, "Shut up, you're going to make me feel old."

Gideon patted her back and said, "You are old."

Paulie slapped him and said, "No I'm not."

"Yes you are," Gideon said, plucking at a strand of fur, "You even have gray fur."

"Where?" Paulie said, looking at her body fearfully.

"I was kidding," Gideon said, laughing.

Paulie slapped him once, twice, and then three times. Gideon laughed each time and said, "Alright, alright, I get it, you're mad at me."

"Dinner's done!" Carol yelled from the kitchen.

Gideon walked upstairs and knocked on Wyatt's door before walking in and stopping in shock. Sitting on the bed, were Zakai and Leo, their lips pressed together. Gideon could tell it wasn't that bad, it was just their lips touching lightly.

Wyatt was asleep in the chair and when Gideon pulled the two boys apart and then shook Wyatt awake Gideon slapped him over the side of the head, "Good job keeping an eye on them."

Wyatt blushed and said, "Sorry, what were they doing."

"Kissing," Gideon said.

Zakai whimpered slightly and said, "Did we do something wrong daddy?"

"No," Gideon said, turning back to them and sitting down on the bed with a sigh and said, "listen, boys, what you were doing, wasn't necessarily wrong, but some people wouldn't approve of it. And I don't think that you should be kissing at your age anyways."

Zakai's ears flicked back onto his head and then said, "Alright daddy."

"Now, listen," Gideon said, "if you two do that again, promise me that you won't do in front of Leo's daddy. He might not approve of it."

"Ok," Leo said, "promise."

Gideon put a paw on both of their shoulders and said, "Dinner time. Come on."

Zakai and Leo followed Gideon downstairs, Zakai's ears still flicking onto his head and then back up. When they all sat down at the table and Gideon said the prayer they started eating slowly, talking among themselves and laughing, enjoying the food. When the food was eaten, and the presents had been opened and everyone was starting to clear out, Gideon picked Zakai and George up, who were sleeping against Raymond's sides, and Zandra and Samantha followed him out to the car.

Gideon smiled at Raymond after getting into the driver's seat. "Love you honey," Gideon said, smiling.

"I love you too." Raymond said.

"You know," Gideon said, starting up the car and sighing, "I feel really bad about taking that job in Florida."

"Why?" Raymond said.

Gideon looked back at Zakai, who was sleeping peacefully in his booster seat. "Because Zakai and Leo would have made a great couple."

Raymond smiled and said, "I know, but we can't help it. Your job is moving and we have to go with it or not have enough money to support our kids."

Gideon sighed and said, "Yeah, I know. I still can't help regretting it."

"I know hun," Raymond said, smiling, "but it'll work out. Love always finds a way."

Gideon smiled as he pulled into the driveway of their house. "Yeah," Gideon said, "love always finds a way."

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GOD DAMN! Finally! Lol, took me FOREVER to get everything copied :P I know, I didn't put all the tags on, but it would be ridiculous to put all those XD Anyways, for those who have never read this before, please give me feedback :)