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Our move to California is going well. Alfred with his usual efficiency has things at the house packed and ready to ship to our new home. Dad's got the company pretty much in the same state. Those who choose not to move to California have been assigned to the Regional Office Dad has made out of our former HQ. I am surprisingly not going to miss Alabama at all, Jeb is moving into the Dorm for his freshman year at U of Alabama. He'll come out on vacations and breaks. Jesse's not too concerned about leaving his family, and I know they weren't that close anyway. Papa Harry is a bit sad to be closing up his garage and he'll miss all of his long time customers.

Dad and I came up with a plan on one of our visits to California. An older Bear who ran the local Porsche/Audi/Mercedes dealership was wanting to retire, and when I went to buy an S560, Dad and I talked to him, and we bought the place for Harry. It has a license for selling Bentleys too. Dad wants to spring it on him when we're in California for good. Jorge is out in California, and he and Alfred spend a lot of time on the phone, when apart. It's so nice to see Alfred so happy, and in love.

We're only a week or so from moving out for good, and I ask Beau if we shouldn't go see his parents and spend some time with them. He's anxious to go. So we pack, and we drive the hour to see his folks. He's kind of nervous on the drive up, and I ask him if he's worried about something. "My Mom, she will be kind of hard on you, she'll want to make sure you're good enough for me." Beau says nervously. "But we're bonded, and that should tell her what she needs to know" I say defensively. "She's picky, always has been where I am concerned" he says. "My Dad is great, he'll love you, just because I do" Beau adds. "I can cope" I tell him. "My sister will be thrilled, she knows how much I have wanted you for so long, and she'll love you" Beau says.

We pull into the drive of his parent's farm, and his Dad runs out to greet us. His Dad is sexy, kind of like I think Beau will be in another 20 or 30 years. He hugs me, and he's happy that I love Beau so much. "I can see on my boy's face how happy and loved he is" Mr Wilson says hugging me. He's full of questions though. And he's proud when I tell him how much my Dad approved of Beau for me since the very beginning. Beau's sister comes out to greet us, and she's gorgeous. She runs up and hugs me, and she hugs Beau, and I can tell how close they are even though they're not close in age. "Got your Lion finally, did ya?" she says hugging Beau. "I had to go get him" I tell her. "He wouldn't come to me after his accident, but I wasn't gonna let him go without a fight" I tell her. "That sounds like Beau, he wasn't about to go to you, feeling wounded and scarred" She says. "Hey!" Beau says surprised. "I thought you loved me, Sis" he says smiling. "I do, but I know how you have been since the accident, you didn't want to come home til Mom made you" she says smiling.

"My name is Jean" She tells me. "I'm Claude" I say smiling. "I know, and I'm thrilled to meet my brother's bond mate" she says. "How's that scholarship coming?" Beau asks. "Nothing" she says. "Too many animals applied, not enough spaces" she says. "Where do you want to go?" I ask her. "I want to go to Auburn" She says. "Not too expensive, I'd be happy to send you" I tell her. "I can't have you do that" Mr Wilson says firmly. "Dad, don't go there, Claude lives to use his money to make those he cares about happy" Beau says smiling. "You'd pay for me to go to school?" Jean asks me. "Sure, why not, you're my sister in law, and I won't miss the money" I say smiling. "How much do ya got?" Jean asks. "Girl, that's not a thing to ask him" Mr Wilson says sharply. I whip out my phone. "$845 Million as we speak, not counting CMK stock" I tell her. "Damn, I guess you won't miss the money to send my little girl to school" Mr Wilson says stunned. "Dad, it's taken me a while to get used to Claude and his family's money, and how they think of it" Beau says laughing. "He'll spend and not care, if it makes me happy, or makes us more comfortable" Beau says. "I hear you have a brother, does he like Cape Buffalos?" Jean asks. "He does as he bond mated one, but he's gay too" I tell her. "Damn, all the cute rich ones are gay it seems like" she teases me.

"Damn, who let you back in town" I hear a deep voice holler. And A huge Palomino Horse with a long White mane comes running off of the porch. "Ed!" Beau hollers. And they hug. He's gorgeous. Big, hard muscled, shining Blue eyes, and a smile that could outshine the sun. He's big, maybe 6'9" and stocky. And he pulls me to him in a tight hug. "So this is Lion that had my buddy tied up in knots for so long" he says in that booming deep voice. "I guess" I say softly. "I knew you'd take him, and you have no idea how I argued with Beau here after his accident to give you the chance to accept him or not" Ed says grinning. "Thanks, hot stuff" I say smiling. "Did you come by to see me when you knew I was coming?" Beau asks. "No, I got laid off again and I had nowhere to go" he says sadly. "Son, we couldn't let Ed go homeless so we insisted he move in with us" Mr Wilson says. "They've been better to me than my own folks" Ed says smiling. "Come on in the house" Mr Wilson says. Ed puts his arm around me, and we walk to the house, And Mr Wilson puts his arm around Beau. And we all go into the house. Mrs Wilson glares at me, and I realize Beau was right, she's not happy with me already. I smile and put my paw out to shake her hand, and she ignores me. "Mom, Claude's gonna send me to college" Jean says excitedly. "You ain't taking money from strangers" She says angrily. "I offered, and she didn't ask" I snap. Beau and Mr Wilson are looking at me oddly. "I am not a stranger, I am her brother in law, Beau and I are legally bonded, Dad insisted so I could leave him everything if something happens to me" I snap at her."You ain't got no business coming in here and doing what you want whether I like it or not," she snaps. "And your rich ass ain't got no business with my boy" she says angrily. I'm not happy right now, she's being ungodly rude to me, and I tried to be nice. Jean's rolling her eyes at her Mom, and Mr Wilson and Beau are looking worried. Beau shoots me a look, and I can tell he wants me to be nice to her though she's being a bitch to me. But I am unfortunately offended by how she's treating me. I know myself well enough to know how this will play out. (It's not going to end well, she hates me, I'm not the one she wanted Beau to take)(Plus, being a Kitman means I'll stand up to anyone who disrespects me. Growing up smart and with money gives you a bit of a fearless streak. Plus, I am a male Lion. Come at me and I back you down.)

"If I want to send Jean to school, and she wants to go, well, she's over 18 and you really have nothing to say about it" I snarl fighting the urge to bare my teeth at her. Jean is smiling. "And I love Beau, and he loves me, yeah, I had to go to him instead of waiting for him to come claim me like he promised, after his accident, but I love him and I intend to be with him for the rest of our lives" I say angrily. "You have respect for your elders, boy" Mrs Wilson snaps. "I will, when you act in a manner that engenders and deserves respect" I snap back. "I am a guest in your home, and I was brought up to treat guests better than how you've treated me" I say archly. "I love Beau, and I have been good to him, and for him." I say angrily. "But I don't like having gotten off to such a bad start with you, and I'd like to back up and start over" I say softly. I put my paw out again. She grunts, and gets up, and walks off into another room. "Well that went well" Jean says laughing. No wonder I like her. "Beau, I am not putting you in the middle here, but I think I ought to leave now" I tell him. "It's obvious to me that she wants nothing to do with me" I say gruffly. "Please don't, Son" Mr Wilson says. "She's always been protective of him" he adds. "I don't see where Beau needs to be protected from me" I tell him. I go out to the porch, and I sit on the glider swing. And I fume. I should have seen this somehow, she hates me, and she doesn't know we're going to California soon, she'll really hate me then. I know I can't win here. She's his Mom. And he's not backing me up. And that makes me a bit angry too.

Ed comes out, and sits next to me. "She don't mean nothing, she's a bit annoyed at you that's all" he says, and he's trying to be kind and charming so I'll calm down. "She hates me, and she doesn't even know me, and I'm not putting up with being treated like this" I say feeling hurt. Mr Wilson comes and sits down. "Ed, Beau's upset, go talk to him" he says. "Son, you have to understand the Missus, she doesn't hate you" he says. "Could've fooled me" I say angrily. "She is wanting the best for Beau" he says. "I have been great for Beau, he's happy, you said it yourself, and I love him, and he loves me so much" I tell him. "It isn't wrong for me to want Jean to have a good life by sending her to school either, she's pretty cool, you've got two great kids, Mr Wilson" I say softly. Mr Wilson smiles. "I'd say we're two for two with our kids" he says grinning. And then he turns serious again.

"She ain't happy you're dragging him out to California, Beau told her a bit ago, and she ain't happy." he says."He's coming with me because he wants to, not because I'm making him, I could stay here and go to school if he wanted me to." I say defensively. "He loves the house I bought for him and my family to live in" I say defensively. "I do and be whatever Beau wanted me to, I love him that much, Mr Wilson" I say fighting tears.

"Son, she'd always hoped he and Ed would bond, she loves that big ole Horse, and she is disappointed that he won't now that he has you" Mr Wilson says softly. "And that's my fault, how?" I ask annoyed. "My Dad loves Beau, he was all for us being together back when Beau first came to me, when I was too young for him to bond me" I say softly. "He came to you when?" Mr Wilson asks. "I was 18 and he had just broken up with that Wolf because he'd realized he was in love with me, and he told me he'd wait for me if I wanted him" I tell Mr Wilson. "I told him I'd wait, and I went after him when he wouldn't come to me after his accident, I was 21 years and 10 days old when I went to him, to beg him to take me" I tell Mr Wilson. "I didn't know that" he says. "Beau has wanted me for a long time, and he never said anything about Ed" I tell him.

"They've been close since they were really young" Mr Wilson says. "Like me and my friend Jesse" I say smiling. "But as my own Dad could tell you, you can't control what your sons will do, just hope you've raised them well enough that they'll make you proud' I tell him. He smiles. "Your Daddy must love you, and he is happy you bonded Beau?" he asks. "He loves Beau, he was all for us being together, he respects Beau and he wants us together" I say quietly.

"Do you object to me, Mr Wilson?" I ask him gently. "No, I don't, I see how much Beau loves you, and how much you love him" he says. "I am a bit surprised at you and your family accepting a poor Cape Buffalo, like my Beau as your bond mate" he says. "Dad raised us to value folks for who they are, not what they have" I tell him. "And Dad adores Beau" I tell him. "And my brothers do too" I tell him. "I don't know, I want to try to have a decent relationship with y'all, but if she's not going to give me a chance, I'll just let him come and visit y'all by himself." I say angrily. "Don't you like me, Son?" Mr Wilson asks. "I adore you, I can see so much of you in Beau, and I adore Jean, she's cool and she's so alive and joyous" I say. "Then can't you try to get along with her" He asks softly. "I didn't start this" I say frustrated. "But you went on the defensive immediately" he says. "I am not going to let her or anyone else trample on my feelings, and upset me and Beau" I snap. "Beau is upset, he feels torn between you and his Mom" Mr Wilson says. "I can't win then" I say sadly. "I either get trampled by his Mom, or I hurt my sweet Cape Buffalo" I tell Mr Wilson. And I start weeping gently. I wish Dad were here now. He always manages to get things calmed down.

"I need to think about this" I say sharply. I go and get in my car, and I drive to a diner I saw when we went through town. I sit and I am hurt and angry. I call Dad. "Son, you know you don't want to hurt Beau, and you're going to have to figure out what you should do now" he says. "Big help you are" I snap. "I can't tell you what to do, I understand and I wouldn't want to be treated that way either" Dad says. "But she's important to him, and he should have stood up for you with his Mom" Dad says. "But he didn't, and I am not happy with this at all, Dad" I tell him anguishedly. "I want to come home, as I just don't think I can win here no matter what I do" I tell Dad sadly. "You know you can't, and she's your Mother in law, and you know you don't want to hurt Beau" Dad tells me. I eat the dinner I ordered half heartedly. Dad's right, and I wish I was more diplomatic than I am. And I'm not happy that Beau didn't stand up for me at all.

My cell rings, and it's Beau. "Why'd you duck out?" he asks. "You really have to ask?" I say highly annoyed. "Mom?" He asks. "She hates me, and she wants you to bond with Ed, and not me" I tell him. "What?" he says stunned. "Ask your Dad, if you don't believe me" I snap. "I didn't know" he says stunned. "I feel totally lost here, Beau," I say sadly. "She's your Mom, and she hates me, I'm just an obstacle in the way of who she wants you to be with" I tell him. "Claude, I am with you because I love you, and you know it" he says. "I know, it's her I am upset with" I tell him. "I am not even upset with Ed, he's as innocent as you are" "But I am not going to be treated with that much disrespect, and I don't think it's fair" I tell Beau. "My family loves and adores you" I tell him. "But I"d of fought for you if they had of been rude or hateful to you, and you said nothing to her" I say trying not to lose my temper.

"She's always been difficult" Beau says firmly. "Goody for her, my Dad can be autocratic, and domineering, but he's not that way with you" I tell him. "And why the Hell didn't you stick up for me, Beau?" I roar. "It's easier to just let her go on in her own way" he says softly. "That's fine, if that is the way your family wants to treat her, but I would have stuck up for you and fought for you if Dad had of been that rude to you" I snap. "Come back, please" Beau asks softly. "I don't know, I have to think about this" I tell him. "Don't you love me still?" he asks softly. "I do, I love you so much" I say softly. "Then come back to me, and find a way to cope with Mom" he says. "Why is it me who has to change?" I ask him. "She won't, she's been this way as long as I can remember" Beau says. "Claude, she's my Mom" he says sadly. "I don't want to have to choose between you two" he adds. "I can't win then" I moan.

"I saw a motel a ways back, and I'll stay there tonight, and I'll come pick you up tomorrow, and we'll go home" I tell him. "Claude, please, don't" he begs. "I am not going to be treated that way, and if you feel you have to decide between the two of us, I will take the choice out of your hands" I snap. "What do you mean by that?" he asks. "I mean, I will go home then, and you can stay with your Mom" I tell him. "Claude, don't do this to me" He begs. "Why not?" I say. "You think more of her than of me, so I guess you'll be happier at home then" I snap."I am tired of this, I'm the one being treated as if I am doing something wrong, just because I stood up for myself" I tell him. "Claude, please, I love you so much, you swore you'd never leave me" he says crying. I stop. I am not going to give Mrs Wilson the satisfaction of breaking us up. I have no idea what to do and I wish Dad or Rory were here to help me.

"Where do we go from here?" I ask softly. "Don't leave me, please, Claude" Beau begs me. "I don't want to, and I am sorry that this happened, and I know how hard it must be for you" I say. "I know you're being pulled between us, and I am sorry" I tell him. "Come to me, please?" he begs. "I don't want to deal with her but I have to" I tell him. 'I don't want to spend the rest of my life being miserable without you" I tell him. "Come to me" Beau says softly. I pay my check and I leave. I am tempted to go home, but I can't. I have to be with my Beau, no matter what.

I drive to their farm. Jean and Mr Wilson are sitting out on the swing glider, and I can hear arguing coming from the house. I hear Beau's voice raised, as well as his Mom's, and Ed's. I come up on the porch. "Came back did ya?" Mr Wilson says. "I did, I am angry still, but I am not losing Beau over his Mom's crap" I say. "I am still going to send you to whatever college you want to go to, Jean" I tell her. She hugs me. "I knew you'd be back, Claude" Mr Wilson says smiling. "You love my boy too much" he says. "Do you think I am doing the wrong thing to send Jean to school, Mr Wilson" I ask. 'Hell no, I wish I could, but I don't got the money to" he says sadly. "You do, and I am glad you love us enough to want to help my girl" he says. "I am sorry, sir" I tell him. "I needed to be firm, but I should have been more diplomatic" I tell him. "Son, we don't fight her, because it causes too much trouble, but she is what she is" Mr Wilson tells me. I am trying to keep calm, but I am softly growling to myself.

Jean offers to show me around the farm. I gratefully accept. We walk around and she shows me a few things, and she takes me to a pond on the property. "I don't know how your Dad puts up with her" I tell Jean. "He's so cool, and he raised you and Beau to be such good folks" I tell her. "Mom is a bitch, we know that, Beau should have warned you, or stood up for you at least" Jean tells me. "He's always been her baby" Jean says. "I am sorry, I don't usually go off like that, but I was nervous, and at best I won't be treated like that" I tell Jean. "It must be nice to live like you do" she says. "I don't live much different, and I have responsibilities too" I say smiling. "As much as I love my Dad he's got his arrogant and domineering moments too" I tell her."He's a classic Alpha Dad type" I tell her grinning. "How do you handle him?" She asks me. "We have our occasional roar offs" I say laughing. "Beau'd be better off if he did that with Mom" she says laughing. "Plus, I know that I have to take over our family company one day, no matter what I might want to do" "I have to keep it running for the next generation" I tell her. "I'm going to get a degree in Physics, but I will eventually have to take charge of CMK" I tell her. "No choice in the matter" she asks. "Not really, I have been trained for it since I was five" I tell her. "Beau said you lost your Mom when you were 12" Jean says. "I did, and my Dad worked hard to raise us and run the company, and he was great" I tell her. "And it's not all animals think it is, money brings you some freedom, but a lot more responsibility" I tell her. "I have to be cautious, and watch for those who want to use me for my money and my connections" I tell her. "I took Beau immediately because he told me what he most wanted was to take me, and we'd live on what he could make from his gas station." I say smiling. "He has finally gotten used to me using my money for us, but he isn't mercenary" I tell her.

"He reacts kind of like you did when I offered to send you to school, grateful, and happy, but never expecting it of me." I tell her. "Beau loves me for the Lion I am, and not because I am rich" I tell her. "He's not interested in having money" Jean says. "He's always been that way, just enough to live on" she says.

"Make up your mind where you want to go, and let me know, and I'll be happy to pay for it, and give you living expenses" I tell Jean. "And I hope you'll consider coming out to California for vacations" I tell her. "I have access to corporate jets, so we can bring you out and back when you want" I tell her. "That would be cool," She says. She kisses me. "I'm happy for what you want to do for me, but I am happier for how much you love Beau" Jean says. "I do love him, and I hope he and I can get past this" I tell her. "You will, you may have helped Beau, he needs to see how out of control Mom is " Jean says. "He's always been her baby, and he makes excuses for her, like Dad does" Jean says. "But she needs to be reigned in, if only to save Dad's nerves" she says. I nod.

We walk back to the house, and I am happy Jean is so well adjusted.

We sit on the porch. And I don't know if it's good or bad that all is quiet inside. But Ed comes out looking sad. He looks at me, and he's upset with me obviously. "Beau is hurting badly now, I hope you're happy" he snorts at me. "Why is it my fault?" I ask sharply. "You just couldn't go along" he says. Jean angrily tells him to shut up. I stand up, and I walk out to my car. "Gonna run again" Ed snaps at me. "What do you care, you probably want Beau if I leave him?" I snarl. "Dammit, I didn't know she was so hot for us to get together" he snaps. "Oh Really, but you are able to buy into my being the one in the wrong for not just going along with her" I snap."I should just disappear, and then she'd be happy, in fact it's the only way I can make her happy." I snarl. "She hates me, and she'll never like me, so I am not even going to bother" I tell him. "I am sorry, cause I do like you, Ed" I say softly. "I adore Mr Wilson, and I think the world of Jean, and I love Beau, but I am not gonna deal with his Mom's attitude, and I don't have to" I snap. "If you love Beau, really love him, you would" Ed snaps. "That is it" I snarl. I go to my car. Jean runs after me. "Don't go, or at least take Beau with you" she says. "I'm not going in there" I tell her. "I'll go get him" she says. And she runs inside. I hear a lot of hollering, and Ed gets up and goes in. And I hear Mrs Wilson screaming loudly. I sigh. I hate this. I'm not liking what I'm hearing and I curse my hyper senses right now. She's going nuts and she's hurting her own kids rather badly.

Ed comes running out with a large box in his arms. He stands on the porch, and cries. I get out of the car, and I run to him. "She threw me out" he says crying. "I have nowhere to go now" he says. "You do too" I tell him softly. "Come with us, and you can stay with us, but we are going out to California soon, but you can come too, you could go to school too, if you'll let me pay for it" I say softly. "We fought, and you'd take me in" he says softly. "You mean a lot to Beau obviously, and you care a lot for him", and I did tell you I liked you, even after we fought." I tell him. "We can take you in" I say hugging him. Ed leans down and kisses me. "I misjudged you, you love Beau a lot more than I thought" he says softly.

I open my trunk and we put his box in it. Jean comes out crying. "She's gone nuts, she's told Beau to get the fuck out, and me too." she says crying hard. "Get as much of your stuff as you can, we can make room for you too, but we're going to California soon, so I hope you'll come out with us too" I tell him. She nods. "Where is Beau?" I ask her. "He's talking to Dad right now" she says. "Go get your stuff quickly" I tell her. She runs in. She and Beau come out with a couple of suitcases and a few boxes. I pop my trunk. And they put the stuff into it.

Beau is crying hard. "I'll drive" he says angrily to me. "No, you won't" I say firmly. "I know you prefer to drive, but you are upset and not yourself, I'll drive" I tell him firmly. And we get in my S560 4Matic, and I crank the engine. "She's lost it, and it's all your fault" he snaps at me. "OK, that's enough" I holler. I shut the engine off. "I only stood up for myself, and I am sick of being the one who gets all of the blame." I say angrily. I fire up the car again. And I drive off quickly. I cuss under my breath and I know I'll die and go to Hell before I come back here while she's alive.

Beau and Ed are in the back and I can see Beau glaring at me in the rear view mirror. Ed is calming down. Jean is upset but trying to stay positive. I like this girl a lot. I drive through the night, and I stop for gas. Jean tells me she's hungry. I see a Denny's at the same exit as the Shell station, so I pull in. "We're gonna go eat, if you and Ed want to come in and eat, y'all are welcome to" I say softly. Ed nods, and gets out. Beau glares at me, but he gets out. "You two go in and tell them there will be two more and go ahead and order" I tell Ed and Jean.

"You and I are going to have this out now, Beau" I tell him angrily. They go in. "You couldn't just keep quiet and let her go on" he snips at me. "No, I won't be treated like that, and you should have stood up for me" I snap. "My family loves you, and I would have fought for you if they didn't treat you right." I tell him angrily. "We've always given in to her" Beau says. "You told me she was protective, but you didn't tell me what a four doored bitch she was" I tell him. "If you're going to be mad at me for standing up for myself, then I just don't know what to think" I tell him. "I love you, and it's the only reason I didn't run away for good" I tell him. "You begged me to come back, but I was not about to go in and be abused more" I snap. "I came back, and you didn't come out to see me even" I tell him. "Would it have killed you to come in?" He asks me angrily. "Yeah, as if she'd have said anything snippy to me I'd have really laid into her" I tell him angrily. "And I would have left for good" I tell him. He's silent.

Jean comes out. "Don't let Mom fuck you two up" she tells Beau. "She was rude to Claude, who was being nice to us all, he was great with Dad, and Ed, and me" she says. "She's getting worse, and she's made my life miserable, Beau" Jean says. "You haven't lived at home for a long time, but she's been ragging on me and Dad, and I am sick of it, why do you think I tried so hard to get into college" she says. "Don't you want to go?" I ask. "Hell yeah, but I had to get away from her, she treats me like a slave, and I can't do anything right, I'm not like my perfect brother" She says angrily. "I didn't know" Beau says sadly. "I think your Mom is mentally ill, Beau" I tell him gently. "But I am biased" I tell him. "I am sorry, Beau, but I will not put up with her" I say firmly. "I wish I could get your Dad out of there" I tell him softly. "I can't believe she threw Ed out" Jean says. "She practically worshiped him when she thought you'd bond him" Jean says smiling.

"Beau, we either get past this now, or we break up" I tell him. "I am not wanting to let you go, but I won't have you being angry at me, when I did nothing wrong" I tell him. "Why couldn't you just have gone along with us, and ignored her?" he asks sadly. I glare at him. I'm getting too mad now, I don't dare answer him right now. "Beau, I thought you were smart, but you're being so stupid here" Jean says sharply. "Claude loves you, and you have no right to expect him to deal with her bullshit" she says angrily. "Claude is the best thing that has ever happened to you, and you're about to throw him away because he didn't want to be abused by Mom" she says firmly. I can't add anything to what she said, and I admire her a lot.

"I'm going to go eat" I tell them both. And I walk off and go into Denny's. "Why is Beau so angry?" Ed asks. "He thinks I should have just gone along, and ignored what his Mom was saying to me, like you did earlier" I tell Ed. "She's gone around the bend this time" Ed says. "I am sorry for what I said earlier" he adds. "And she may just take my relationship with Beau around the bend with her" I say sadly. "He really loves you, Claude, he'll come around" Ed says. "I just don't know, Ed" I tell him. Ed takes my paw. "Don't let her win, he loves you as much as you love him, find a way back to one another, Claude" Ed says quietly. I nod.

And I realize I am fighting off tears. I order, and I break down and cry. Beau and Jean are coming back to the table. Beau sees me crying, and his face softens. He hugs me, and I cry on his big shoulder. He holds me tight and he weeps too. We're holding each other and crying. "I should have stood up for my Lion" Beau says weeping. "I guess I should have stood up for myself, and not been so angry and rude" I tell Beau through my tears. "I don't want to break up with you" Beau says crying harder. "I don't either, babe" I tell him weeping. "I love you, y'know, you big Cape Buffalo" I say drying my eyes with a napkin. "I love my little Lion, more than I can say" he says gently.

"Jean, I am sorry, and I am sorry she's been so rough on you" Beau tells her. "Will you two be willing to come to California with us?" I ask. "I'll go if you and Beau and your family will have me" Ed says. "I will too, I can go to college out there as well as here" Jean says. "OK, now that's settled, you guys will love the house we bought out there" I tell them. "A big pool and a hot tub and a beautiful garden." Beau says.

We finish eating and I call Alfred. "I know you have most of the house packed, but I need to put up Beau's sister, and his best friend" I tell him. "I can do that, Master Claude" he says. "We'll be home in about an hour or so" I tell him. "I will be ready, are they coming with us?" he asks. "Yeah, Alfred, they will be" I tell him. "I'll tell your Dad, he'll want to be sure to welcome them" Alfred says. "Thanks, Alfred, you're a true gem" I tell him. "Who's Alfred?" I hear Ed ask. "He's the family butler, and he's pretty damned cool" Beau says.

I pay the check, and leave a huge tip, and we get in the car and drive home. Beau is happier on the way home, even though I insisted he not drive. He and Ed are laughing and joking. Jean and I talk. I warn her she's entering a family who are mostly gay, and she tells me she's used to it, because of Beau and his friends. And we chat, and the more I get to know her the more impressed with her I am. Ed and Beau are talking and they are as close as me and Jesse. I'll be happy to have Ed with us, he's a good Horse and he's hot too.

We get home and I pull into the drive. I stop at the door, and we unload Ed and Jean's things. And I let them out, and pull the car into the garage. Alfred already has their things in their respective bedrooms. I show them around the house, and Dad and Papa Harry come out to welcome them both. Dad is really sweet to Jean, and seems very taken by Ed. As is Rory.

Beau pulls me by my tail to our bedroom. And he throws me on the bed, and the look on his face seems angry to me. I lay on the bed, and I am not sure what's coming next. "I am sorry for what happened tonight" he says gruffly. "I know you were just trying to defend yourself, but I am still upset" he says. "I thought we left this behind us" I say with a note of apprehension in my voice. "I did too, but I am upset still" he says. "I'll go then" , and I stand up. He throws me back on the bed. "You are going to stop this right now" He growls. "I won't have you running from me when we fight or you're upset or scared" he growls. "I love you dammit, and I have never given you any reason to fear me" he says sharply. "I am upset because I didn't know things had gone this far with Mom" he says. "And I wish you had of tried a bit harder to get along with her" He says. "But I..." I try to say. "No, you didn't have to put up with her shit, but neither did you have to be so angry, you came up fighting as soon as she went after you" he says angrily. "You did at least try to back down and back her down" he says.

"But I have lost my Mom now, and I don't know if she'll ever calm down enough so that we can mend our relationship" Beau says sadly. I sit, and I tear up. "Are we ever going to mend our relationship?" I ask him tearing up more. "I am angry, but I don't know why, Claude" he says softer in tone. Ed knocks on the door, and I go open it. He comes in and sits on the bed. I go into our bathroom and I splash water on my face. I try to stop crying but I can't.

Beau comes in. "Are you hiding now?" he grunts. "For God's sake, Beau" Ed says. "Quit being so hard on Claude" he says. "You're both upset, and he's hurt and so are you, and look at him, he's scared of you now" Ed says firmly. "He's not scared of me" Beau snaps. "He is too, just look at him" Ed says. "You're not scared of me are you Claude?" Beau asks. "I'm afraid I am" I say so quietly I can barely hear myself. "Why are you afraid of me?" he snaps. "Probably because you keep snapping and snarling at him,Beau" Ed says angrily.

I can't help it, but I run out of the room, and down the stairs to the kitchen. I hole up in the laundry room for some odd reason. I sit on a pile of towels to be washed, and I turn the light out, and just sit, and try to figure out how to fix the mess my life has become. I lay there for a long while.

The door opens, and the light comes on. "Get up, Claude" Papa Harry says to me softly. "Beau is almost hysterical, and he came and begged your Dad and I to help find you" he says. "I know how you hole up when you don't know how to cope" he says sitting down by me. I tell him what happened at Beau's parent's farm. He got most of the story from Ed and Jean. "Beau is upset and still angry at me, and I know I could have been gentler, but I don't have to put up with that sort of stuff" I tell Harry. "No, Claude, you don't, but you have to understand, that's his Mom, and no matter how out of line she was, she's still his Mom" Harry says softly. "How would you react if Jim went off on someone, and they reacted like you did?" Harry asks. "I'd be angry, but I would have taken Dad on to protect someone I cared about" I tell him angrily. "Yeah, you would, you aren't afraid to clash with Jim" he says smiling. "But Beau is afraid to take on his Mom" He says gently.

"How do I get out of this mess without losing him?" I beg Harry. "Apologize to him" Harry says. I get angry, and start to complain. Harry tells me, "You do need to apologize, even though you didn't do anything wrong, but it is his Mom, and he needs that to get past his anger" Harry says stroking my mane. He knows how it calms me.. "Claude, you know you have to, Beau means more to you than anything, and you have to quit giving way to your pride, or you'll keep your pride but lose your Cape Buffalo" Harry says. I hang my head. "Is it all my pride, Papa Harry, is that why I keep getting upset over this, and can't cope" I say sadly. "It is, and you have to think of what you really want now" Harry says. "You're still young, and you don't know you have as much pride in you as Jim does, Claude" Harry says softly. I cry. "Let me take you to Beau, and see if I can help the two of you get past this" Harry says gently. I nod, and I stand up. Harry takes my paw, and he takes me to the living room, where Beau is sitting with Rory and Jesse crying hard. "You know what you need to do, Claude" Harry says softly. I nod.

I go and I kneel in front of him, and I take Beau's hand. "I'm sorry, I had no right to be so rude to your Mom, no matter how badly she was treating me" I tell him as apologetically as I can. Harry smiles at me. Beau looks at me, and stops crying. He starts fussing at me. "Beau, he's backing down, because you mean so much to him, shouldn't you back down a bit too" Harry says softly. Beau looks at him, and then me, and I have to admit I look pretty pathetic right now. He hugs me, and he cries. "I should have warned you, or stood up for you, but I can't buck her, you have no idea how much trouble it causes" he says sadly. "I don't know if she'll ever talk to me or Jean again" he says sadly.

I bite my tongue to keep from saying what I am thinking. Harry smiles, he knows I am fighting to keep the peace. Dad tells him that he's got family still, that his Dad called him to talk about what happened. "Your Dad thinks your Mom will calm down in a while, and he knows Claude had every right to stand up for himself, but he thinks Claude could have been gentler" Dad says. "He still loves you Beau, and he knows I'll look after you til your Mom calms down" he says.

Beau is weeping now, and he's hugging me and won't let go of me. "Please stop running from me, Claude, stay and talk to me" Beau begs. "You were so angry, and you didn't want to talk, you just seemed to want to yell at me" I tell him. "It breaks my heart when my Cape Buffalo yells at me like that" I say crying harder. He hugs me, and pulls me to him. "I am sorry, babe" he says. "I know I was still angry, and I should have known how upset you were" he says "You should have taken more time to cool off before you two tried to talk" Harry says softly. "I am sorry, Beau" I tell him. "I love you, and I am sorry this day went as it did" I tell him sadly. "Claude, I hope we can get past this" Beau says. "I pray we can too, I'm not wanting to lose you over this, Beau" I tell him crying. "I can't lose you, Claude" he says crying. "I can't lose you either, Beau" I say weeping.

"Son, I think you two need to put this behind you and go make up" Dad says. "You both know how you feel about one another, and you know how you could have made this situation better" Dad adds. "And you need to let go, and make up" Dad says firmly. I nod. Beau kisses me. "I am sorry, Dad is right, we need to go on from this" he says. "I agree, babe" I tell him. "Harry told me earlier that nothing meant more to me than you do, and he was right" I tell him hugging him tightly. "Take Claude upstairs and make up with him" Dad says smiling.

Beau picks me up and carries me to our bedroom. He literally rips my clothes off, and he puts me on the bed on my back. I kiss him hard, and he mounts me. And he slides his huge dick up me, and it takes my breath away. He moans and he moves slowly inside of me at first. I buck and moan. And I paw his back. He kisses me deeply, and I move back as he moves forward. I'm trying to get him in me as much as possible. "My Lion wants me badly" he says grunting. I kick and growl and he's speeding up inside of me. I look up at him, and his eye is shining with his love for me. I lick his neck, and he bites mine. I kick and moan, and I am lost feeling him inside of me. "I love you, Beau" I grunt loudly. "I love my Lion so much" Beau grunts to me. We are sweating heavily and I love it, I lick his pits as he moves inside of me. And he roar/growls and I feel him getting bigger in me, and I roar and cum on his belly. He growls and I feel him gushing his cum into me. We lay holding each other panting hard. "Don't leave me, ever" Beau pants. "I can't leave my Cape Buffalo" I tell him. "Please babe, don't run from me anymore" he begs me. "I will try, Beau" I say. He kisses me deeply. "I am sorry, I just get scared, I'll lose my baby Lion" Beau says. "I am just as afraid to lose my sweet Cape Buffalo" I tell him.

I hear a knock on the door,and I sniff the air. It's Ed. "Come in" I tell him. He comes in and sits on the bed. "I guess, you two have made up" he says smiling. Beau is still on top of me. He goes to get up, and I pull him back on me. Ed smiles. "Claude, I know you were right" Ed says. "Mrs Wilson wanted me to bond with Beau, and she was firm about it, when I told her I didn't feel that way about Beau, is when she threw me out" he says sadly. "How do you feel about Beau?" I ask him. 'He's been my best friend for years, and I love him that way, but I am not in love with him" Ed says. "I am glad he has you, and you love him so much, and you'll do anything for your Cape Buffalo" he says. "I am sorry that she turned on you, Ed" Beau says sadly. "Ed and I are like you and Jesse" Beau says. "Jesse, that cute Cape Buffalo who's with your brother" Ed asks. I nod. "He's been my best friend since Kindergarten" I tell Ed. He nods.

I notice the big bulge in his pants swelling, and I have to wonder what he's thinking now. I reach over and take his hand. And he gets harder, and it's pretty damned big too, not quite as big as Beau, but big enough. "How long has it been since you last had sex?" I ask Ed. "Way too long" he says smiling. "Do you want him?" Beau whispers to me. "Do you mind, babe?" I ask. "No, he's a great fuck" Beau whispers to me. Beau gets off of me.

And I look at Ed, and smile at him. He damn near jumps me. He pulls his shorts and shirt off. He's rock hard, and pretty big. It's a typical Horse Cock. Blunt headed with a flange on the end. He's not as big as Beau though only 21". I put my legs back up. Ed kisses me, and he slides in. I buck and moan. "He's a hot little kitty" Ed moans. He moves slowly in me. "Fuck me" I holler. He grins. "If you take Beau then I should be easy" he grunts, and he speeds up. I kick and grunt, and he kisses me again. I look over and Beau is smiling. "He's so tight, considering he's fucking you a lot" Ed says. "He's so gorgeous" I moan. "You think I'm hot?" Ed asks me. "I do, I wanted you cause you are so hot, as well as being a good Horse." I moan. "I don't get it, I usually can't find anyone nice" Ed says. I grunt and I can't speak, he's fucking so hard and hotly. I roar and I shoot on his belly. He groans,. "So fucking tight" he grunts, and he convulses and I feel him gush a huge load in me. He pants and holds me tightly. I paw his back, and I kiss him. "And I worried you two wouldn't get along" Beau says laughing.

Ed starts backing out of me, and I grab his back and hold him still. "He likes me inside of him" Ed says smiling. "Keep me in you, and you'll get fucked again" Ed says gruffly. I kiss him. He growls and starts moving in me again. I kick and grunt, and he's moving faster. "I want to just cum, babe" he says grunting. I squeeze his dick with my ass, and he snorts and whinnies, and I feel him cum hard again. He's holding me tightly and panting. Beau kisses us both. Ed rolls off of me still panting hard. "He's a hot Lion" Ed says panting. "I know, and he's tight as hell" Beau says. "I'm glad you two made up" Ed says. "I want to be close to you, Ed" I tell him. "I want him to be close to all of us, Beau, me, and Jesse, and Rory" I tell him. "Let me fuck you like that often and I'll love you" Ed says laughing. "Sleep with us tonight, Ed?" Beau asks him. "OK with you?" Ed asks me. "Of course, it is" I tell him.

Ed sleeps with us and they take turns fucking me for most of the night. I fall asleep being held tightly between them. I've rarely been fucked as well as this. Ed's as good as my Beau.

At the end of the week, we leave the house in Auburn for the last time. When Alfred has it closed up, it'll go on the market and be someone else's family home. I am a bit sad, and before we go to California for good, Dad and I go to Mom's grave. I know I won't be back. It's an intensely emotional few minutes saying goodbye again to Mom. We go home, and I cry holding on tightly to Beau for a while. And then we drive to the airport, and board Eagle One to go to our new home in California. As we leave the ground, I know I'm happier, our future is in California.

The flight is uneventful, since we've been doing it so much of late. We get to our new home, and I am so happy. I've been happier at our new place than I was back in Alabama. I unpack myself and Beau, and I go to the pool where everyone else is. Rory is swimming happily in the pool. Ed is sitting in the hot tub and looks happy. Beau is with him and they're talking happily. Jean is lying in the sun, and seems happy. She tells me she wants to move into a dorm room when she starts school, as she's not comfortable being the only female here. Even though she knows we are all gay. I do understand I think, and I'll happily foot the bill, and I tell her I hope she'll stay with us during the holidays. And to know she always has a home with me and Beau and our family. "I know, and I'm sorry to be this way, I know you love me too" she says. "I do, you're pretty awesome and I can't thank you enough for standing up for me like you did" I say grinning.

I go into the kitchen, and I fix lunch for us all. I'll be happy when Alfred is home. And I know Jorge will be too, he sits in the kitchen and chats with me, and I know he's missing his Fox. He is happy to have us all home though. He's glad to not be here by himself. And he's got the Japanese garden half way done. I hug him, and I kiss him. Jorge smiles and tells me he's glad to have a home where he's loved and wanted. He mentions being a bit horny as it's been two weeks since he's seen Alfred. I tell him I'd be happy to take care of that after lunch is done. He deep kisses me, and tells me he'd be happy if I would. I have him set the table Alfred bought to go out by the pool up for me. And I take some plates and silver ware out and bring lunch for everyone. I sit and eat, and everyone seems happy to eat and lounge in the sun. I clean up, and wash the dishes and put things away. Jorge is sitting patiently waiting for me to finish. Beau comes in and kisses me and gets a beer from the fridge. I pull him aside and tell him I want to take care of Jorge's horniness problem. Beau laughs and tells me to have fun, and he wants me when we're done.

I go kiss Jorge, and tell him I'm more than ready for him. He kisses me, and I am reminded of how hot kissing a Saber Tooth can be. He's smiling deeply, and I am awed at how beautiful he is. He strips me, and kisses me all over my body. And he lays me on the bed and keeps kissing me all over. He rims me, and then kisses me hard, while he's taking off his own clothes. He lays on top of me, and he's rubbing himself on me. I push him back and I lick his chest, and take his dick into my mouth. He groans, and pushes his hips forward a bit. He grunts, and I slip him down my throat. He growls. I lick his ball sac, and I rim him. He growls softly, and he's so hard he looks like his dick will bust.

"I want my Lion" he moans softly. He pulls me by my tail up onto my back. And he deep kisses me. And he pushes his fat uncut dick into me slowly. I growl, and I push back on his dick to the root. He growls softly, and he kisses me and licks, and gently bites my neck. And I kick, and grunt. He speeds up a bit. "I want to take my time with you, but I am horny" he moans. "I'll take you as often as I can" I moan. "I'll want you two or three times before I let you go today" he growls softly. "I'm fine with that" I tell him groaning from the pleasure he's giving me. "I love being inside of my beautiful young Lion" he moans. And I feel his dick twitching, and he growls loudly, and I feel him fill me up with his huge load. I am not surprised to note that I had already cum all over us both. He holds me and kisses me panting hard. "I want you when you will give yourself to me" he pants.

"Beau likes you and he's fine with us fucking when we want to" I tell him panting hard. His eyes light up, "I can have you when I want?" he asks. 'Yeah, you can" I hear from the doorway. Beau is standing there smiling at both of us. Ed is standing next to him. "I am happy you let me have your beautiful Lion when I want him" Jorge says gratefully. "He's as beautiful as you told me he was" Ed says grinning. "You are so handsome yourself" Jorge pants.

Ed pulls off his shorts, and sits by us. "Would you take me while I recover?" Jorge asks Ed. Ed nods. Jorge rolls off of me, and Beau takes his place. And Beau is horny for me. "I love watching you fuck someone you're really into" Beau says sliding into me. "Jorge is so gorgeous, and watching you two fuck got me hotter than Hell" he grunts moving hard inside of me. I growl and kick, and I love having my Cape Buffalo inside of me. He kisses me hard, and he licks my neck. "I love you , Beau" I moan. He kisses me. "You just had that beautiful Saber Tooth in you and you're so in love with me" he tells me. "I love my Lion, and you make me so happy with how much you love me" he says speeding up in me. Ed is moving gently inside of Jorge, and Jorge is cursing in Spanish, and growling and bucking on Ed's huge Horse dick. Our Palomino is very hot when he fucks, he's so intense, and it's making me hot watching them. Jorge growls and shoots on Ed, and Ed snorts and bucks and he fills Jorge's ass. We lay panting and happy. Jorge asks Beau if he can fuck him. "I don't get fucked, no offense meant" Beau tells him. "Then may I have Claude again?" he asks. "Of course, Jorge" Beau says softly. Beau rolls off of me, and Jorge mounts me. He moves slowly at first gradually speeding up. I kick and growl and I love feeling him inside of me. And he's moving faster now, and I know he just wants to go for it, I squeeze my ass on his dick and he growls and fills me.

I am pretty done in, but Ed wants a Lion ride, so I oblige him. And he is his usual great self, but I am exhausted now. And I fall asleep when he rolls off of me. I wake up a few hours later to the smell of pizza. I slept and no one else cooks but me. So they had to of ordered pizza I guess. I stumble out and get a piece and take a Diet Pepsi out of the fridge. I notice I need to go to the store tonight, as we're running out of things.

After I eat, I go find Beau, and ask him to take me to the grocery store, as I'd rather have a bit of help with all I"m going to need to buy. He kisses me, and goes and gets his keys and we go. He's a lot of fun in a grocery store, he's like a kid, he finds something he wants and he throws it in the basket. "I've never been able to just buy what I wanted without thinking of a budget" he tells me. He's so happy over it, so I let him get what he wants, and I get what we need. And I think to myself, that I am grateful that the Mercedes S560 I bought for myself has such a huge trunk. Beau likes his Mercedes GL550, but he knows I like my car if we go anywhere. Dad's Bentley is on order, and Harry was so happy when Dad took him to the Car dealership he'd bought for Harry. He's busy fixing it the way he wants it to be.

We check out of the grocery store, and the cashier is amazed at the total, but I just shrug. I have money, and I don't care how much I spent. It made my Cape Buffalo happy, so it's worth it. We load up the car, and go home. Rory comes out and helps me and Beau bring the food in. He's a help for sure, but he loves nosing through the bags, especially if he thinks Beau's been impulse shopping. He and Beau get along very well, and I am happy, as Jesse is still my best friend. He and Beau sit at the kitchen table and chat, and nosh on food out of the bags, while I put the groceries away. Dad comes in sniffing the air, he knows I bought some of his favorite cookies, and he takes a few, and kisses me. "My boy knows what I like" he says smiling. He asks me to brew him some coffee so I stop and brew him a pot. He sits with Beau and Rory and chats and drinks his coffee and eats his cookies. I get everything put away, and I sit. It's a wonderful feeling to sit like this with my favorite guys.