"Sean!" Maggie yelled waiting for her foster son to come running or for-
"Which one?" two voices yelled back from the second floor of her modest home in a small suburb of Baltimore.
"Waltman." she yelled again then gave up and went upstairs to the room Sean shared with Shawn, Paul, and PJ.
"Yeah, Mags?" Sean asked from where he sat in Shawn's lap. It was something she had been forced to grow accustomed to. Two of her foster boys were lovers... But they seemed happy and as long as it didn't effect their school work she had no problems with it.
"I have news, Sean. Your mother's sister has contacted us. You'll be going to live with her and her family now." Maggie knew that they weren't going to like this. She had always hoped that her boys would find a home, but since they were all getting close to getting out on their own, she'd realized that it probably wasn't going to happen.
"What?" Sean asked his black curls falling forward to hide his wide-eyed shock.
"Your aunt Mary has only just tracked you down and the state has agreed to give her custody of you. You'll be moving to North Carolina day after tomorrow. Your flight leaves at six in the morning so you'll need to pack and say your goodbyes tonight and tomorrow." Maggie turned and hurried away to hide her tears. She was a tough woman, she had to be raising eight boys, but times like these made her sad.
"What?" Sean asked again looking up into Shawn's eyes at the tears there.
"I won't go." Sean said when his mind had finally processed what had just been told to him.
"You have to... Seany, you've always wanted a real home... We all have. Now you're getting it." Shawn murmured into Sean's hair and tried not to cry. He didn't want to lose Sean, but this was a chance at family for him. And if there was one thing Shawn had wished for Sean, it was family. Only in all of his dreams it had been him and Sean getting out on their own and being a family to each other. But maybe now when Shawn got free he and Sean would get together and do that any how.
"But, you're my family." Sean said turning his head into Shawn's shoulder.
"Yeah and you're mine, but you've got the chance to find us some more family. Maybe someone who can help us when we get out on our own. A place to go for the holidays." Shawn suggested knowing that Sean had never had a real family. His mother had been a drug addict and he had never known his father. Shawn at least had had his parents for the first eight years of his life before a car wreck had taken them.
"But-" Before Sean could go on Shawn kissed him to quiet him.
"No buts. We will spend our last time together with no complaints and no tears. Tomorrow we will pack your things and you'll say your goodbyes and then the day after tomorrow you'll fly to your new family. And then you'll write me with the address. We'll write and some time I will come down and see you. Then when I'm eighteen I'll move down there and we'll wait for your birthday. Then when you're eighteen you'll move in with me and we'll make a go at the thing called life." Shawn said as his mind reordered their plans.
"Promise me we'll always be together." Sean whispered as he clung tighter to his one and only love.
"I swear we will always be together in spirit. Even when our bodies are far apart our spirits walk hand in hand." Shawn said softly and allowed Sean to turn his face up and kiss him deeply.
***
"Sean, is it true?" fourteen year old Kip demanded as he and his best friend Brian ran into Sean's room.
"What in particular?" Sean asked from Shawn's arms. They had spent the night making love and for once Paul and PJ hadn't yelled. Maybe it was because they knew something was up, other than their obvious arousals.
"That you're moving to your aunt's home." Brian answered for his best friend. It was something of a tradition for them to talk for one another.
"Yep. In North Carolina." Sean said as he fought his tears. He had hoped he and Shawn would never have to leave their bed, but he knew better.
"Wow. You've got an aunt. I wonder what she's like? What about your uncle? Maybe you have cousins!" Brian said as he and Kip looked at one another. Neither of the them knew what it was like to have family. Both had been abandoned at birth with only their names to them.
"I don't know. I guess I'll find out what they're like when I get there." Sean's voice wavered, but he held it together so that he didn't cry. He didn't want to cry in front of the two younger boys.
"It's sad that you're having to leave, but you've got family to go to." Kip said softly and had to pull Brian out before he cried in front of the older boys.
Just then Kevin and Scott walked in. "We just heard, chico." Scott said his accent deep with emotion.
"It's great." Kevin said though his heart was breaking. He didn't want to lose one of his pack. That's what they were known as in school. The Pack. At one time it had been the Wolf Pack, but now they were just the Pack. And everyone knew better than to mess with them.
"Yeah. Sure, I guess." Sean murmured as he rose and started getting dressed.
That day all of the guys hung around and periodically helped him and Shawn pack away Sean's things. Then that evening Maggie made the boys all sit down for a farewell dinner for Sean. And that night Paul and PJ went to bunk with Brian and Kip so that they could have the room to themselves for Sean's last night.
In the morning, Shawn got up with Sean and helped load his stuff into the car. Shawn wished that he could go to the airport with Sean, but he had to go to class that day and also had to make sure that the others made it to school that day. So on the front step of the place they had known as home Shawn whispered to Sean, "We'll never really be apart. I'll be right there beside you. I love you."
"I love you too." Sean cried and with one last kiss ran to the car where Maggie was waiting on him.
Shawn waved as they pulled out of the drive and drove down the street. Then, he turned and walked into the house. He walked into his room and fell onto the bed that he and Sean had shared since Sean's fourteenth birthday and there he finally allowed himself to cry.
***
"Here's your ticket and your baggage stub. I'm going to miss you, Sean. If they don't take good care of you down there you just call and tell Maggie and she'll be down there to straighten them out." Maggie was in tears, something Sean had never seen but one other time before and that was when PJ had had to have his appendix removed and had gotten very sick.
"I will. Bye." Sean said as they called his flight number.
"Flight 658 to Raleigh-Durham is now boarding at gate 34.
"Bye. Love you." Maggie called as he walked to where the lady was checking people's tickets.
"Love you too. Take care of Shawn." Sean called back as he gave his ticket to the lady.
Part 2
Adam and Jason stood with Mary and William waiting for all of the passengers to disembark. They had drove to Raleigh to meet Sean so he didn't have to take a bus the rest of the way into Cameron.
Adam and Jason were standing holding a sign with Sean's name on it while William held Mary, who was crying and had been since they had gotten to the airport.
"I wonder what he's like." Jason said as they watched the people.
"Don't know." Adam returned then glanced over his shoulder and when he was certain that their parents weren't watching he leaned over and brushed Jason's hair out of his way and made as if he were whispering in his ear. However, he was endeavoring to thrust his tongue into it, telling Jason what they would be doing first chance he got.
"So, you'd be what, my cousins?" a voice said from in front of them causing Adam to jump and look at the small guy in front of them.
He was only about Jason's height and probably weighted fifteen pounds lighter. He had long black curls held out of his face by a red bandana. His eyes were covered by sunglasses. He was wearing a rough leather jacket and blue jeans.
"If you're Sean Waltman yes, we would be. I'm Adam and this is Jason. Mom...er your Aunt Mary is the crying blond over there. The man holding her is our dad, your Uncle William. Welcome to North Carolina." Adam introduced everyone jovially.
Mary rushed over and pulled Sean into a hug tight enough that he had to hug her back or have all of the air squeezed from his lungs.
"I just wish we had found you sooner." Mary started crying all over again and held her nephew.
"Come on, Mary. Let the boy breathe and we need to get his bags." William said pulling his wife away. "Boys, help your cousin with his bags. I'm going to take your mother to the car."
"Sure thing." Jason said then with Adam and Sean they turned and went for his bags.
"Are you two twins or something?" Sean asked as they waited at the turnstile for his bags.
"No! In all honesty I'm not even his brother. I'm adopted." Jason said giving Sean a smile.
"Weird. You two could pass for twins." Sean removed his glasses from his eyes and put them on top of his bandana. "Damn, is it always this hot?" He pulled off his leather jacket and slung it over his arm as he reached out and caught the first of his bags.
"It generally hotter." Adam shared his sympathy for his cousin. "You're lucky. We moved here from Toronto."
Sean winced and pointed out his next bag, which Jason grabbed with little problem.
"You know I think the heat is getting to me... But I got to ask this, but were you tonguing his ear when I walked up?" Sean gave it up and asked what he had been dying to know. At first he had figured it was nothing, because they were suppose to be brothers. But when he found out that Jason was adopted he had to ask.
Adam blushed and stuttered. "Yeah... But you can't tell Mom and Dad they would die!"
"It's not a problem, man. I got a boyfriend back in Baltimore. I miss Shawn." Sean murmured the last.
"You're boyfriend's got the same name as you?" Adam asked as he grabbed Sean's last bag and they started for the check station.
"Yeah, but it was spelled different." Sean smiled as he reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. Inside he had pictures of all of the guys, but the one he loved was the one that Scott had accidentally snapped on Sean's sixteenth birthday. Shawn had his arms around Sean and they were both laughing. He didn't remember what was so funny, but it was a perfect picture of them.
"He's cute." Jason said after glancing at the picture.
Adam merely nodded and glared at Jason waiting. "But not as cute as my Adam." He finished when he seen his larger lover glaring at him. Jason sighed and looked at Sean. "What I go through for him."
Sean laughed at them and nodded. "Don't I know it. Shawn gets weepy if I even say a guy on TV is cute."
"So does Adam." Jason said with a huff then laughed at Adam's pout. "But I love you any way."
Adam smiled and then they hurried and got through the luggage check line so they could head on home.
***
Matt, Jeff, Shannon and Shane were all waiting in their room when they got home.
The first words out of Jeff's mouth: "He's not a blond!"
Sean couldn't help but laugh. "Nope."
Adam had pointed out the room Sean would be using on the second floor so Sean had dropped all of his stuff there. "Hey, this is pretty cool. You watch wrestling?" He noted the posters on the walls.
All six of them started laughing. "Sean, may I introduce you to Matt and Jeff Hardy the owners of OMEGA. The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts. We're all wrestlers. That's Shannon Moore and his boyfriend Shane Helms they do a bit of tag wrestling, but mostly they compete in singles. Jason and I are a tag team. And as of right now we're in line to win the OMEGA tag titles... If a certain tag team will give us a match." Adam said the last looking at Matt and Jeff who gave each other mocking serious looks, as if thinking about it. Then in perfect unison said, "NO!"
"Damn owner's prerogative. Anyways, guys, this is our cousin Sean Waltman." Adam groused then brightened as he flopped on the bed.
"Adam, it's not that I don't trust you, but why did you tell him about me and Shannon?" Shane asked as he warily studied the new guy.
"No worries. I have a boyfriend waiting back for me back in Baltimore." Sean said realizing that in the south things must not be as open as they were up north.
"Oh." Was all Shane could say before nodding and going quiet.
"Nice to meet you." Shannon said bouncing to his feet and running around Sean looking him over. "He'll be a perfect high flyer!" Shannon crowed a moment later.
"You mean a wrestler? Cool." Sean was almost excited about being here.
"Welcome to the family." Jason added only half jokingly.
***
"Come on, Shawn. You have to eat something. " Scott said softly as he held out the peanut butter and banana sandwich, Shawn's favorite.
"I'm not hungry, Scotty. I just think I'll get some sleep." Shawn's voice was weak as he rolled over and turned his head away from his friend and his offer of food.
"Okay, chico. You rest. I'll come back later." Scott sat the plate holding the sandwich on the nightstand then stood and walked out to where Kevin and the others were waiting.
Sean had been gone for almost two weeks and Shawn had slowly fallen into a deep depression that none could seem to bring him out of. All he had done was lay in bed. For the first three days he had gone to school and then he hadn't felt like it. Then Shawn slowly started to not eat. Now they were lucky to get him to take a bite or two a day along with a bottle of water.
"He's not good. I don't know what to do." Scott told the others as he sat down on Kevin's lap.
They all sat in silence until Kevin spoke up. "I do."
The group looked to their leader who gave them a bright smile.
"Give me an hour to get everything worked out." Kevin rose and sat Scott down in his place. After giving Scott a quick kiss he walked off to use the phone in Maggie's office.
The others waited watching the door and wondering.
About twenty minutes later Kevin came walking out and grinned down at them before going to answer a knock at the door.
They couldn't see who ever it was but they heard Kevin talking softly to them before the door closed and Kevin walked back into the living room with the guys.
"Who was that, chico?" Scott asked seeing the yellow envelope in Kevin's hand.
"Terry. Remember when I loaned him the money?"
Scott nodded. "Well, I called in my markers with him and a couple other of his guys. So go pack your bags we're going to North Carolina." Kevin said as he opened the package and held up a wad of money.
Scott gave him an exasperated look then seen the excited looks the others had. Then he thought about Shawn laying in the bedroom down the hall and relented.
Scott stood and gave Kevin a kiss then turned and walked down the hall to talk with Shawn.
"Shawny?" Scott called as he heard the younger man crying.
"Hmm? Yeah, Scott? If it's about eating, I'll eat it later." Shawn rolled over and gave Scott a tired smile hoping the other man didn't say anything about the tears.
"You need to eat, chico. You need your energy because Kev's made arrangements for us to go visit Sean." Scott told him and watched as a change rolled over the depressed man.
"Really?" Shawn sat up and looked at Scott with hope burning in his eyes.
"Really. Come on. Eat, then you need to pack a few things I'll come back and tell you more when I know more." Scott stood and walked out but not before seeing Shawn grab the sandwich and inhale it.
Scott found Kevin in their room packing some things for their trip. "How much did you call in?" Scott asked as he started grabbing the things he knew his lover would forget and putting them in the bag.
"About eight hundred... I know it's more than we need, but I like to be on the safe side." Kevin had a faint blush on his face and Scott only laughed.
"I know, chico. How much do we still have out?" Scott walked to their adjacent bathroom.
"Around two-thousand three hundred."
"That's good. I'll go help the young ones pack." Scott said after he came out and put their bathing supplies in the bag.
"I'll put our bag in the car and tell Maggie." Kevin shuddered at the last.
"Do it gently." Scott gave Kevin a quick kiss and walked out to help Brian, Kip, and Shawn.
***
Part 3
Sean sat at the OMEGA boy's usual table. The others at the school were all kind of afraid of him. It might have been the fact that they had all heard rumors of what he had done while back in the city.
He had been amazed by not only the size of the school, but the lack of security. He, Jeff, Shannon and Shane all had the same shop class. Sean had been working on an engine and had commented that he wished he had his pocketknife. To his great surprise all three of his new friends had offered their's. At first he had been worried that they were going to get in trouble, then Shannon had told him that everyone carried their knives to school.
Sean had taken that with shock and moved on. Now he sat waiting on the others on the lunch patio. It was a small lawn outside of the cafeteria where some of the students ate their lunches and studied on nice days, which was often when it wasn't the wet season. The others were making their way to the table from different directions. Matt and Jason were walking from chemistry in the south wing of the school while Shane and Adam were coming from geometry in the east wing, Jeff and Shannon were coming from gym which had been outside so they were walking around the side of the school. Sean was the only one with a free period before their lunch period together in the afternoon so he generally spend it on the patio waiting on his friends.
"Hey, anything interesting happen while we weren't here?" Adam asked as he sat by his cousin and all of the others filed into seats around the table.
"Naw. Been trying to work out a couple quirks in those moves you guys were talking about." Sean said as he gestured to the note book on the table.
They all gathered around his realistic illustrations of the moves that had been giving them trouble.
Just as they were about to get deep into a conversation Shannon looked up and whistled low. "Man, that guy's huge!"
All of them turned to see who Shannon was referring to and seen the giant making his way towards them with a group of guys at his back.
Sean didn't say anything as he stood and looked wide eyed as his friends came towards them.
"Shawn." Sean murmured before breaking out into a run.
Shawn had moved to the front of the group and ran to meet him halfway. As they caught one another their lips met and held as they wrapped themselves around one another.
Adam and Jason looked at one another, having recognized the man from Sean's pictures. When they noticed a couple of other kids staring, Adam growled at them making them ignore the scene in front of them.
"What are you doing here, baby?" Sean gasped when they separated for breath.
"I couldn't stand not being with you." Shawn said as he kissed his boyfriend again.
Finally after a few more kisses they drew apart and Sean clucked his tongue at Shawn's weight loss. "You need to eat more."
"I didn't feel like it until I knew I was going to see you again. Are you okay? Are they treating you well?" Shawn asked looking him over then raising an eyebrow at Sean's overalls with out a shirt beneath them.
"It's great. Aunt Mary and Uncle Will are cool. Come on... Meet my cousins." Sean drew Shawn over to the table where they others still sat.
Kevin and the rest of the Baltimore group followed and waited for introductions.
"Okay, easiest way to do it this way." Sean said as he reluctantly left Shawn's side to introduce everyone. He walked over and put his hands on Adam and Jason's shoulders. "These are my cousins Adam and Jason." He moved onto Matt and Jeff who were watching the other group carefully. "That's the Hardy brats, Matt and Jeff. The blond beside them is Shannon and beside him is Shane."
Sean turned and after thinking about it for a moment let out a happy squeal and ran to jump into Kevin's arms. "This big brute is Kevin. The man with the toothpick is Scott. The big blond is Paul. Baldy there is PJ. And the squirts are Brian and Kip." Sean wiggled down from his arms to go back to Shawn who happily wrapped his arms around him.
"That's that. God, it's good to see you guys. You would not believe what I'm doing every night!" Sean said earning him a worried look from his foster brothers.
"I'm learning to wrestle! They say I should have enough training before the school year is out to start wrestling in the local fed... Which just happens to be owned by the Hardy brats." Sean bounced in Shawn's arms who gave him a smile.
"Professional wrestling? That's so dangerous, Seany... I'm worried just thinking about it." Shawn said, but he wasn't going to stop his love from what he loved.
"It's only dangerous if you're in the ring with someone who doesn't know what they're doing. And the only people I train with are Jason and Jeff. They don't want me trying to take any of the bigger guys..." Sean stopped and thought for a moment. "Blow off afternoon blocks?"
The OMEGA boys looked at one another and nodded. "Yay. Let's get out of here." Shannon said as he stood and took a few steps only to stop in front of Kevin who stared down at him with a smile. "Damn, but you're big!"
Kevin and the rest of the Pack could only laugh as Shane walked over and clamped a hand over his boyfriend's mouth. "Excuse him, too many shots to the head in the ring."
The two groups laughed and together they made their way to where the Pack had parked their car in the school parking lot. "I'll ride with you." Shawn murmured as he nibbled on Sean's ear.
"Sure. Kev, just follow us." Sean called and the large man nodded as he hustled all of his group into their SUV.
Matt and Jeff got into Matt's car and took out first, after promising to meet them at Adam, Jason, and Sean's after they had put their things back at their house.
Shannon caught a ride with Shane, who had been planning on spending the night at the Copeland house with all of the other guys like they did every night they had a complete practice.
Adam, Jason, Sean and Shawn got into Jason's car before pulling out with Kevin and the others right behind them.
It was a twenty minute drive out to their house and once there Mary came out onto the porch watching her boys get out worried for what might have happened. Until she saw her nephew literally wrapped around another boy.
"Has something happened?" Mary called trying not to stare.
Adam and Jason looked at each other and blanched. Their mother didn't know about Sean and Shawn. "Mom, this is Sean's boyfriend from Baltimore. Shawn Micheals this is our mother, Mary Copeland." Adam introduced hoping she didn't freak.
"It's a pleasure, Shawn... Come in all of you." Mary moved into the kitchen and started setting out more to make for supper.
"Oh boy... Is she pissed?" Shawn asked as he watched her walk into the house.
Adam and Jason looked at one another shocked by the reaction. They had expected tears or worse. This was a lot better. "I think she'll be okay once she's had a chance to think about for a little bit."
In the kitchen Mary was pulling out a second package of hamburger. She turned and blessed the boys with a bright smile. "Sorry about my shortness on the porch... I didn't know that Sean was gay."
The Baltimore boys just stared as she walked over and started cooking and humming to herself, waiting for them to introduce themselves.
"I-I'm Brian...and this is my best friend Kip." the two youngest came from where they had been standing behind the others.
Mary turned and her heart melted at the sight of the two boys who were watching her as if they had never seen anything like her. She grinned down at them. "I think that I need some help, would you two be willing? I'll have a special treat for you if you do."
Brian and Kip looked at one another before smiling and nodding. "Good. Adam get them the recipe box. I want you to find the chocolate chip cookie recipe and start gathering the stuff to make them. You can set your stuff up right over there." She pointed out a low counter off a little out of her way.
The two boys nodded and took the recipe box Adam handed to them before scuttling off to look for the recipe and ingredients.
"Okay, are the rest of you going to be as brave as your smaller friends?" Mary asked with a quirked smile.
Kevin blushed and stepped forward. "Kevin Nash, ma'am. This is my boyfriend Scott Hall... Thank you for not being angry with Sean about Shawn."
"Don’t be silly, Kevin. My late brother, Warren - God rest his soul - was gay."
Adam and Jason looked at one another in shock. "What? We had an uncle Warren?" Adam asked as he watched his mother nod.
"He was older than Anne-Clare and myself. He was disowned before he was eighteen. I never understood. But I can tell you boys if either of you are gay, you'll not disappoint your father or I." Mary told her boys seriously, not missing the relieved and shocked looks on their faces.
"I'm Paul Levesque," the large blond said softly as he took Mary's hand and gave her a gentle smile.
"Happy to meet you, Paul." Mary said wondering when her boys were going to tell her.
"PJ Polaco." PJ said as he consciously reigned his foul language. He knew Sean had found a good thing here and didn't want to fuck it up.
"PJ." Mary returned and then seen Brian and Kip both scurrying around the kitchen looking for and retrieving the ingredients for the cookies.
"You boys are both good workers." she commented then chuckled when both blushed and went on working.
"Sit down all of you. Tell me why you've come all the way here." They all found places to sit. Adam and Jason beside one another on the back side of the table where they could hold hands and Mary not see. Scott sat on Kevin's lap. Paul and PJ sat on two of the bar stools at the island in the middle of the large kitchen. Shawn held Sean in his arms as they murmured softly to one another.
Mary noticed walked over to them for a moment the Seans looked worried until she pressed kisses to both their foreheads. "You two love each other so much. I almost wish I hadn't split you up."
With that she went back to cooking the largest supper she had ever made outside of holidays. She did a mental count. There would be her, Will, Adam, Jason, Sean, Shawn, Kevin, Scott, Paul, PJ, Brian, Kip, Matt, Jeff, Shane, and Shannon. She chuckled then started unwrapping the hamburger just when she was about to start ask them to tell their story she noticed Brian was crying softly over a bowl.
She quickly wiped her hands on a towel and walked over wrapping her arms around the crying boy. "What's wrong, sugar?"
Kip was just standing back not sure what to do.
Brian lifted his head. "You're such a nice momma... Seany's lucky to have you." He sniffled and gave her a watery grin.
Mary's heart melted as she hugged him tighter. "I try to be. But darling, that's not a reason to cry. You have all of these brothers. My two only had one another. You see God finds ways to make up for lacking areas."
"I always wanted a momma who'd let me make cookies... And wouldn't care about the mess I made..." Brian rubbed his hands over his eyes them smiled even larger. "I'm going to enjoy you while I'm here."
"That's the spirit. Now hurry up on the cookies... I might just be persuaded to allow some boys to sample their work before dinner... If they're done on time." Mary let him go and went back to her meatloaf.
Mary gave them all a bright smile and went back to work. Kevin told about Shawn's depression and then making the trip.
When he was done Mary asked one question, "Does your foster mother know you're here?"
"Yeah... I had to beg, but she agreed." Kevin answered as he continually glanced at the boys to make certain they were really trying to make the cookies.
"Okay... You're more than welcome to stay here. Other than Sean, our second floor is free." Just as Mary finished her sentence Matt and Jeff walked in with Shannon and Shane right on their heels.
"Cookies! Can we help?" Jeff squealed as he seen the other boys working. It was generally him and Shannon who made the cookies. Shannon was right beside him wanting to get in the middle of it all.
"Sure. Get the oatmeal-raisin recipe out and start making those. We're going to need a lot of cookies... If the rest of you boys want to go upstairs and talk about your wrestling things I'll keep an eye on these four until they're done and send them up." Mary offered as she handed the recipe box to Jeff and Shannon.
"Thanks, Mom." Adam said as he stood and led the others upstairs.
"Your mother is really nice." Scott commented after they reached Adam and Jason's attic.
"We love her..." Adam and Jason both crashed onto their bed and without thought started to cuddle until they saw the looks they were getting from the Pack. "We're not really brothers. Jason's adopted." Adam's voice made it clear that if they had a problem with that he had a baseball bat with their name on it.
"That's cool. Even if you had been brothers... I mean in the eyes of the state me and Sean are brothers... It's just that, damn, you two are hot." Shawn said with a wink at the blonds.
"Yeah, all that hair..." Kevin said as he fiddled with his own long locks.
"Thanks." Jason said with a chuckle as he rolled on top of Adam and gave them his most seductive look, before rolling again to curl at Adam's side.
Matt and Shane only laughed, accustomed to their blond friends' actions. Sean shook his head; he was still getting used to the blonds' loving playfulness. The rest in the room just stared then shook out of their trance.
For a while they spoke of the normal things boys their age talk about. Cars, wrestling, school, wrestling, sex, wrestling, professional sports teams, and just a little bit of wrestling.
Oddly enough though they had all come from totally different walks of life they formed fast bonds.
Just then, their four young ones came running in. Shannon bounded into Shane's lap with a laugh as he whispered into his boyfriend's ear.
"Oh, is that right? Shanny tells me that Mary wishes to speak with her boys... It seems she's been asking questions about who her boys have been seeing..." Shane said and Adam and Jason paled and stood.
"What did you tell her, Shan?" Adam asked as he pulled Jason close to him and tried not to worry needlessly.
Jason curled under his lover's arm and waited for Shannon's answer.
"I told her that you both had found the perfect person for you and left it at that. But then she got this weird little smile and asked me to tell you to come downstairs." Shannon said though he left out one part. The part where Mary asked if she knew these perfect people. To which Shannon had told her 'yeah'.
"Okay...no need to borrow trouble." Adam murmured as he gently kissed Jason, who lost himself in it, trying not to think about the coming conversation.
The others were quiet as the blonds' love was all but visible as they kissed.
"Let's go." Adam said after pulling back. Jason nodded and tried not to be so afraid. "Remember I love you." Adam told him as they started to walk out.
Sean reached out and put his hand on Adam's arm. "It'll be okay. Mary's pretty cool. She'll understand."
Adam and Jason nodded then with one last look at one another they went down to talk with their mom.
"Will Adam and Jason be okay?" Kip asked from where he and Brian were sitting on a bench by one of the windows. None of the others saw their fingers intertwine.
"Should be, squirt." Kevin told him as he pulled Scott closer.
"There's no reason to worry. I think she already knew and she didn't seem to be upset." Jeff said as he glanced longingly at Matt, wishing he could take the comfort that the others were seeking from their significant others. Surprisingly Matt smiled and opened his arms. Jeff glanced around at the new guys and gave Matt a questioning look. Matt's smile gentled as he stood up and moved from where he had been sitting at Jason's desk to where Jeff sat on the end of the guys' bed. Slowly the dark-haired brother sat beside the pale-haired one and pulled the lighter one onto his lap.
"Matt, what are you doing? Can we trust them?" Jeff's voice was small but everyone in the room heard it.
"We can, little love." Matt whispered in his ear and pressed a little kiss right in front of it.
Jeff giggled and batted a little at his lover. "That tickles."
"I know. That's why I do it." Matt did it again as his fingers started running lightly over his brother's ribs, knowing the reaction he would get. Jeff fell off of his lap on to the bed giggling and trying to fight his bigger brother off.
Shannon got a contemplative look and turned on his boyfriend and started going for his ticklish spots.
Soon all of the Cameron boys were rolling and tickling their partners. It wasn't long before Kip pounced on Brian and after that the other Baltimore boys followed.
***
"Hey, Mom. You wanted to talk to us?" Adam said as he and Jason got into the kitchen.
"Boys I want to talk with you about something important." Mary sat down and gestured for them to sit across from her.
"Now I know you boys aren't real brothers... And I also know that you're closer than brothers... Just assure me of one thing... That this is more than just hormones. If this is really about love and not sex I'm fine with it... But if it's hormones... I'll be sorely disappointed in you two." Mary said her piece and waited for their reaction and answer.
Adam and Jason looked at her for a moment then at one another with barely concealed smiles. Jason jumped up and landed on Adam's lap with a laugh of relief. "Mom, it's more than hormones... I've loved him like this forever. I just didn't know what it was for a while."
Adam nodded as he gripped Jason closer. "I love him, Mom... Like I never thought I could... He makes me feel right."
Mary smiled and sniffled away her tears. "I'm glad for you... But if you ever wake me and your father up I'll tan your backsides, got it?"
Adam and Jason both stood and went to hugging her for everything they had. "We won't. You haven't heard us before."
Jason and Mary both smacked Adam at the same time for the comment. "Okay you two. Go on back up with your friends. I need to finish supper."
Adam and Jason nodded and hand in hand ran off upstairs to tell the others the good news.
***
"Did everything go okay?" Sean asked after Adam and Jason came back in.
The two blonds nodded then glanced around the room laughing at the sight presented to them. "What in the world have you been doing in here?" Jason asked as they looked at the mess that had been made of their room.
"Tickling each other." Brian giggled then gasped as Kip ambushed him and started tickling him again.
"Say it!" Kip demanded as he pressed closer and tickled his best friend harder wanting to hear the one thing that would make his day perfect.
"Okay...okay! Stop...long...enough...for me...to breath!" Brian asked and Kip relented.
Brian took a deep breath and smiled up at his lover. "I love you," he whispered so that none of the others could hear him.
What they didn't notice was that all of the others were watching them.
"Since when have you two been together?" Kevin asked as he heard the words that Brian had said to Kip.
"What?" Kip demanded as they finally paid attention to the others in the room. Kip moved to stand as did Brian. Without being obvious Kip pushed his lover behind him.
"How long have you two been a couple?" Sean asked from where he sat on Shawn's lap.
Kip growled at them and started backing Brian out of the room.
"We don't have a problem with it, if you are." Shawn told them knowing that they would try to run if he said anything else.
"You don't?" Brian asked as he slipped his hand into Kip's, who squeezed it before going back to watching the others.
"No. I mean, hell, we're all gay or bi in this room." Kevin told them before approaching them slowly and leading them back into the room. "Just tell me one thing... Are you being safe with each other?"
Brian and Kip looked at each other and shrugged. "We've never been with anyone else. And frankly we don't plan to be." Brian said as he laid back into Kip's arms.
"That's good... Umm." Kevin turned bright red before he asked his next question. "Do you...know what you're doing? Or have any questions?"
"No... We got a book so we didn't hurt each other and we wouldn't have to ask anyone." Brian said as he reached into the backpack he always carried and pulled out a book and handed it to Kevin.
"The basics and an in-depth look at the gay Kama Sutra." Kevin read out loud causing the others to laugh.
"To think, chico, we had to figure this stuff out all on our own." Scott said laughing so hard there were tears streaming down his face.
