Chapter 26

Bzzzz ... Bzzzzz ... Bzzzzz ... Damn! It's too damn early to get up! I opened one eye and stared at the clock beside my bed. 6:30! Five hours of sleep just isn't enough when you have go to two-a-days for football. I dragged my tired body out of bed, across the room and down the hall to Andy's room. I could hear his alarm buzzing too.

I called, "Andy?" Silence. I called his name again. Nothing. I went in Andy's room. He was dead to the world. I shook Andy and called his name until I got a response.

"uuunnnNNNNNHHHhhhh..." Andy moaned.

"Time to get up sleepy head. You need to defend your state championship title."

"Oooohhhh ... I'm getting up Kyle." Andy moaned.

"Five minutes. I want to see you in the shower then. I want to be on time today. I've get to set the example for the rest of the team."

Andy sighed. "You got it Kyle."

I headed over to the bathroom. The warm water washed away most of my fatigue from the trip. Andy hopped in the shower right after I climbed out. I brushed my teeth, combed my hair and dressed for the day. I was starting my first bowl of cereal when Andy came downstairs. He finally looked awake. We finished our usual two bowls of cereal and headed for school in my Golf.

We arrived at the high school about ten minutes early. This was my fourth year playing football, so the scene had become familiar. Moms and dads were dropping off their sons. The older guys drove here, usually with a friend or two. The crowd gathered in the gym, waiting for the coaches to get things organized.

I found Ed, Jeremy and Hal together when I reached the gym. I went straight over to see them.

Ed asked, "How was USC?"

I answered, "Fantastic. Andy and I had a great weekend out there."

Jeremy asked, "Are you going to be a Trojan?"

"Could be. They offered me a full scholarship."

Jeremy grinned. "That's fan-damn-tastic!" He slapped me on the back. "You're going to take it of course."

"I don't know. I want to see some other schools first. USC is certainly going to be on my final list of schools."

The three of us compared notes. Jeremy had an official visit to Notre Dame next weekend and one to Penn State later in September. Hal was visiting Rutgers in September and Maryland in October. Ed was set up to visit Florida in September, LSU in late October and Michigan in November.

We mingled with our friends, catching up on everyone's summers. At 7:30 Coach Caffrey appeared followed by Drew McCormick. He headed straight for Ed, Hal, Jeremy and me.

Coach Caffrey grinned. "Good morning gentlemen. You know the drill by now when we start two-a-days. Jeremy, take this list of players, find them and take them out to Coach Fisher for the 40 meter run." Coach handed Jeremy a list. "Ed, here is your list. Take them to Coach Graham for weigh-ins. Kyle, collect these players and report to Coach Wyndham for vertical leap. Drew, take these guys out to Coach Baer for the mile run. Take charge of your groups. Get things moving."

The four of us split up, calling out the names of the people in our group. It took me about five minutes to find the thirty-five kids on my list. Andy was with me. I was surprised to find Dave Mitchell, Cody Stevens and Matt Sauder in my group too. They hadn't played football before. Michael Johansen, the annoying kid who moved here from Texas last spring was in my group.

I led my group to the opposite end of gym to Coach Wyndham's station. The guys started demonstrating their leaping ability. I moved over to talk with Dave, Matt and Cody. I asked, "What are you guys doing here? I didn't think you played football."

Dave answered, "We played pee-wee together a couple years ago. We quit because the coach sucked. We got sick of losing."

Cody added, "Yeah. Football wasn't fun anymore." Matt nodded his head to confirm this.

I asked, "Why did you decide to go out for football now?"

David grinned, "You guys don't lose all the time."

Matt added, "Yeah. We first thought about it back at summer camp. We were watching you and Ed and Andy and your friends playing together after lunch. You were having fun. It got us thinking about it."

Cody continued, "Here we are. We're going to give it a try."

I asked, "What positions do you guys play?" David said he was going to try defensive back or wide receiver. Cody played running back in pee-wee football. Matt thought he wanted to try for quarterback.

I tried not to frown when Matt told me that. He asked, "What's wrong?"

"Ummm ... You might want to consider another position Matt. Garrett Houseman has been working his butt off for the last six months learning that position. He's pretty good for an eighth grader."

Matt said, "I didn't expect to beat him for the quarterback job. I want to be his back up and learn from him."

"Oh, OK. I wish you guys had decided on this sooner. You could have joined us in the winter for our study sessions and passing drills in the spring."

Dave asked, "Did you do all that when you started, Kyle?"

"No. I didn't go out for football until I was starting ninth grade," I answered.

"We'll manage," Dave answered. "We are willing to work hard."

It was Matt's turn to jump, so we watched him. He made 27 inches. He was proud. Most of the guys did between 18 and 24 inches. Mike Johansen went next. He made 33 inches, which was pretty impressive.

Mike crowed, "That's how we do it in Texas!"

Andy looked at me and rolled his eyes. I could see he was ready to say something. I indicated he should be quiet. We stood near the back of the line and let everyone else go ahead of us. Mike continued making comments about his record as he watched the kids fail to match his vertical leap. No one else made it over 30 inches.

Andy smiled when it was his turn. He used the chalk to place his standing mark. It was the highest standing mark on the wall. Andy crouched a couple of times to get ready and then exploded off the ground. His leaping mark was easily over a foot higher than the next best mark. Coach Wyndham needed the step ladder to get the tape measure high enough to read the result.

It was 38 inches, better than my personal best last year. I glanced at our Texan. He just stared in shock.

I took my mark when Coach was ready. My standing mark was just short of Andy's. I warmed up with a few crouches and then exploded upward. No way was my little brother going to beat me! My leaping mark cleared Andy's. I looked up at the wall when I landed. I had beaten Andy by quite few inches. Coach Wyndham proudly announced 43 inches when he completed the measurement.

Andy asked, "How'd you do that, Kyle?"

"I guess all my lower body strength exercises the last ten months helped," I answered.

Coach Wyndham directed, "Take your group out to see Coach Baer next for the run."

I led my group out to Justin's station. He greeted me with a high five. "Good to see you again, Kyle."

"Good to see you too Ju ... uh, Coach Baer," I said, barely remembering that I had to call Justin Coach Baer for the next four months.

"Will tells me you went to visit USC this past weekend. How was it dude?"

"Excellent. I'll tell you about it at lunch."

"Cool!" Justin answered. He switched personalities to 'Coach Baer'. "Send me half the group for the one mile run."

"You got it, Coach."

I sent the younger half of my group to run the mile first. The rest of us hung out while we waited the six to 9 minutes it took them to finish the mile. No one broke six minutes on the run. I recorded the times of the guys as Justin read the times when they finished.

The second half of the group lined up and took off when Coach Baer announced the start. I set a fast pace for myself. I wanted to push myself to be better. Andy, Brett Fulmer and Mike Johansen stayed with me through the first half. Brett slowed a little as we passed Justin the second time. We continued pounding out the yards.

On the third lap Andy, Mike and I started to lap the back of our group. I glanced at Andy. He looked at me and nodded. The two of us kicked into high gear and ran as hard as we could for the finish line. Mike struggled to stay with us for a few seconds and then slowed. Andy and I continued pumping our arms and legs in spite of the burn in our muscles.

I finally pulled ahead of Andy as we started into the last turn. I increased my lead with every step. Coach Baer announced 4:52 as I crossed the finish line. Andy managed a time of 5:07. Mike had 5:35. Brett recovered and almost caught Mike at the end with a 5:42. Coach Baer continued announcing and recording times as players came across the finish line.

Mike Johansen was ticked off. "I can't believe I lost to them two!" He motioned towards Andy and me. "God damn it. I wanted to win!"

Coach Baer looked at him and said, "Chill dude. Chill."

"I wanted to show y'all how good I am," Mike protested.

Coach Baer smiled benevolently. "Just chill out. Your time was excellent. You're over the 95 percentile for your age. Relax."

"I wanted to beat the Martins," Mike protested. I tried not to laugh. Andy watched the exchange with mild amusement.

Coach Baer said, "You weren't going to beat, Kyle. He's the best sprinter and endurance runner on the team. He's two year older than you too."

"But the other Martin is my age."

"Andy is 5 or 6 inches taller than you and has trained year round for the past two years," Coach Baer explained. "Just chill out. I am duly impressed that you came within seconds of their times. That is excellent work."

Mike finally relaxed a little. When Mike wasn't looking Justin, uh Coach Baer shrugged his shoulders to me, indicating he didn't think it was any big deal. I whispered back, "It's good he wants to be the best. That will help our team."

Coach Baer just nodded. He sent my group over to Coach Fisher for the 40 meter run. Coach had us line up single file at the goal line. We ran the 40 meters one person at a time. I went first. Coach Fisher announced 4.37 seconds after I crossed the line. Andy did it in 4.42 seconds. Mike had the same time. Brett managed a 4.44 time. Our team was going to have lots of speed on offense and defense this year.

Coach Fisher sent us back inside for weigh-in with Coach Graham when we finished the run. I was always curious about my team mate's size and weight. That's hard to judge just looking at them everyday.

Andy weighed in at 165 pounds this year. He hadn't gown any from his 6'-5" height of last year. Mike Johansen was 5'-11" and 152 pounds. Brett Fulmer grew to 6'-0" this year. If only he could put a little weight on. He's a junior and only weighs 146 pounds. The surprise, to me, was Matt Sauder. I knew he was growing, but Jesus. He's thirteen and 5'-11" already.

Coach Graham teased me when I weighed in at 190 pounds. "You added 14 more pounds since last year. You thinking of going out for linebacker?" Or maybe lineman?"

"No. I'm happy where I am, Coach."

The coaches gathered all team members when all the groups finished the four check-in stations. We spent the rest of the morning stretching and doing calisthenics. We headed to the cafeteria for lunch.

Coach Caffrey concluded lunch with a talk to the whole team. Coach Caffrey reminded us that every other AAA football team in Pennsylvania would be looking for us this year. Excellence would continue to be our motto. Coach Caffrey also informed us that the new stadium beside our practice fields was not completed yet. The construction company was committed to doing anything it took to finish on time, ten days from now. The varsity team would practice in the new stadium after Labor Day, so it wouldn't seem quite so unknown for our first game.

We spent an hour in class room study with our position coach. We did tackling and fumble drills for our afternoon practice. Coach Caffrey ended practice with our traditional two mile run.

--oooOooo--

Andy and I grabbed quick showers at the gym locker room before we headed for home. I stopped off at Crystal's house to pick her up. Andy and Crystal spent the next five minutes of the drive home making out in the back seat of my car. I dropped them off at the house and drove the half mile down the road to the grocery store. I planned have spaghetti, salad and garlic bread for dinner.

Penny met me in the driveway as I gathered up my purchases. She was wearing a dress today, not her usual slacks and blouse. She looked great! I set the bags on the lawn and hugged her. "God, I've missed you so much honey." Penny declared.

Penny squeezed me with her hug. We kissed hard. My tongue met Penny's. They danced together for a long moment. We stared into each others eyes when we broke the kiss.

"God, I've missed you too." I sighed. "We don't have a lot time before I have to go to scouts. We need to start dinner."

"OK. I'll help you carry the groceries inside."

Penny and I proceeded inside. We began preparation of dinner with the ease of a couple who had done this many times before. Of course, cooking together was something we had done together many times in Venturers. Penny would handle browning the hamburger and warming the sauce. I started the pot of water to cook the pasta.

We could distinctly hear the deep pitched sounds of my brother moaning in ecstasy. Penny turned to me giggled and asked, "Are Andy and Crystal upstairs?"

"What do you think? They haven't seen each other for ten weeks."

Penny turned back to tend the hamburger. God, she looked good. I stepped behind her and wrapped my arms around her chest. I pulled her pony tail out of the way and nuzzled her neck, then kissed it. Penny squirmed.

"You look gorgeous today. What's the occasion?" I asked. I breathed in deeply. The aroma of her perfume aroused me. My cock started to swell. I pressed my body against hers.

"Dr. Chu likes me to look pretty when I cover the reception desk. I do it once a week." Penny pushed back against me while I caressed the underside of her breasts.

"I can't wait until I get back from scouts. I need you so much." I whispered into her ear huskily. Penny pushed back against my hard erection. She wiggled her backside against it when she realized what it was.

"MMMmmmm ... there it is. I've been dreaming about tonight for over two months," Penny murmured. She rubbed up and down against the bulge in my pants. I kissed my way up her neck and then nibbled on her ear lobe. She sighed. "Do you have to go to scouts tonight? I don't know if I can wait another four hours."

I circled my fingers around her nipples. "I wish..." Penny ground against my erection again. "I have to ... It's been ... ten weeks..." I groaned.

"I need your cock in me, Kyle," Penny purred. She turned around to face me. We wrapped our arms around each other and kissed. Electricity coursed through my body when our tongues met. I felt Penny's nipples poke into my chest. She was as turned on as I was.

We heard Andy moan, "Ohhh ... Crystal." He groaned as he apparently came upstairs in his bedroom. Things became quiet upstairs but continued to heat up in the kitchen. That included the frying pan, where wisps of smoke started to rise.

"Shit! The hamburger." I exclaimed. Penny and I separated. She stirred the meat.

"Not too much damage, Kyle. I'll watch this. Why don't you get the salad ready?"

"OK." I chopped the carrots, mushrooms and cucumbers and Penny minded the frying pan while we traded sexually charged comments to each other for a few minutes. We could hear that it was Crystal's turn upstairs. Her higher pitched moans and squeals told her story.

I dumped the pasta into the kettle when the water boiled. Penny added the sauce to the browned hamburger. I wrapped the garlic bread in foil and put it in the oven. Crystal let out her familiar high pitched squeal when she orgasmed. Things became quiet upstairs.

I went back over behind Penny and held her as she stirred the sauce. "They're preparing for round three, where Crystal gets stuffed with a big sausage."

"Yes, it sounds like that. Lucky girl. I like sausages and I haven't been stuffed in a long time." She emphasized her point by rubbing against my erection again.

"You're going to get it."

"Promises, promises," Penny said as she rubbed against me again. "You can't do anything about it now."

"You want to bet?" I asked. I ran my hands up her thighs until I reached her panties. I rubbed her cloth covered mons. Penny was leaking considerable amounts of her pungent juices.

"We shouldn't, Kyle," Penny said. I pulled her panties down until they dropped to her ankles.

I ran my finger along her outer pussy lips, spreading her moisture around. I whispered in Penny's ear, "I'm going to..."

"Can we?" She asked hesitantly.

"Turn down the heat on the sauce." I pulled my shorts and boxers down and guided my rock hard cock up under my lover's dress.

"One second, Kyle. Let's do this at the table. I don't want to burn anything important."

I tweaked one of her nipples. "That's right," I said. Each of us pulled one foot from the underwear at our ankles and moved to the table. Penny leaned over the table, presenting her backside to me. I pulled Penny's dress up over her waist, lined up my cock and slid it into my lover. Her moist heat engulfed my rod. Penny shuddered as I drove it home. "Ooohhhh..." I whimpered. "I needed this."

"Do it, Kyle. Do it hard," Penny begged. I obliged her. I pulled out and thrust in repeatedly. I had my hands on her sides to steady myself. Penny pushed back against me in time with my thrusts. We filled the kitchen with the sounds of my groin slapping into her ass along with our moans of passion. It only took a few minutes for us two sexually deprived lovers to approach climax.

Penny reached down to play with her clit as I neared my peak. Penny needed only seconds of rubbing before she stiffened, groaned and was swept away by her orgasm. Penny shimmied. I held her steady and continued thrusting into her spasming pussy. I came seconds later just as she came down from her climax.

I buried my cock in as deep as possible and unloaded weeks of frustration and many days worth of cum into my lover in powerful spurts. I laid my body down against Penny's back and wrapped my arms around her.

"God, I've missed you so much."

"I know, Kyle."

We stayed in that position for half a minute. Reluctantly I stood up and pulled my cock out of my lover. I said, "We better get cleaned up. I don't hear Crystal and Andy upstairs anymore. They could come down soon."

Penny cleaned herself with tissues and put her panties back on. I pulled my boxers and shorts up and made sure my semi-hard cock wasn't too obvious. We checked each other quickly to make sure we looked OK. Penny said, "They'll never know. We look good."

Andy and Crystal strolled into the kitchen from the living room seconds later. Penny and I glanced at each other and shared our thoughts. That was too close!

Crystal asked brightly, "Do you need any help with dinner?"

My SPL instincts kicked in. "Crystal, why don't you gather all the vegetables and put them with the lettuce in the bowl on the counter. Andy, set the table. Penny, please get the garlic bread out of the oven. I'll finish the spaghetti."

Two minutes later we were seated at the table, ready to eat. Our dinner was simple. Everyone agreed it was delicious. Andy and I told our girlfriends about the trip to L.A. They filled us in on their summers. The conversation was as pleasant as the company. Twenty minutes later the four of us cleared the table and put the leftovers in the refrigerator.

I walked Penny to the door when it was time for her to go home. I said, "We'll be back from scouts between a quarter to nine and nine o'clock. I'll call you when we get home."

"I'll have my overnight things packed when you call," Penny answered. "I'll see you then." I gave her a kiss before she went home.

Andy and I headed to our bedrooms to change for scouts. Crystal went along to help Andy. I was half dressed when I heard the two of them giggling. I banged on the wall and yelled, "Andy, get dressed. We only have twenty minutes to get Crystal home and get to scouts. Stop fooling around."

"Sorry, Kyle," Crystal answered.

"I'll be ready in a minute," Andy added. The three of us left a few minutes later.

I dropped off Crystal and headed for the church and our scout meeting. I asked, "Did you have a good reunion with Crystal?"

Andy frowned and answered disgustedly, "No. Crystal is having her period now." He paused for a few seconds. "God! I need to fuck!"

"Be patient. You'll get your chance soon." I said, trying to reassure him.

"Could Crystal spend the night tomorrow like Penny?"

"Would Crystal's parents allow it?"

Andy chuckled grimly. "Yeah, right. 'Fornication is a terrible sin.' No chance at all."

"That's your answer. Penny is allowed to stay only because her parents allow us to stay together."

"Damn! Mom and Dad will be home on Wednesday night. When are we going to be able to get together after that?" Andy asked.

"Their flight doesn't come in until almost 8:30. I doubt we'll be home before midnight."

"Do I have to go to the airport with you?"

"I think I can find it on my own," I answered.

"So I'll have the house to myself Wednesday night?" Andy asked

"All yours, loverboy," I confirmed.

"All right!" Andy exclaimed. He paused for a second. "How'd you know Crystal calls me loverboy?"

"I overheard her."

"Don't tell my friends about, OK?"

"You got it..." I grinned evilly. "Loverboy."

The scout meeting was cool. I got to see friends that I hadn't seen since my troop was in camp. Andy reconnected with the kids in his patrol. I talked with Mr. Clark and Mr. Good. They were very interested in my visit to USC. I told them all about Coach Carroll and the Trojans. The hour and half went by quickly.

I called Penny on the drive home when I was a couple blocks away. She met us at the front door carrying her overnight bag. We went inside. I locked the doors and told Andy, "We're going to bed now. Turn the lights out when you come upstairs."

"You got it, Kyle," Andy replied. "I'm going to watch TV for awhile down here."

"Good night, Andy," I said.

Penny added, "Good night."

My lover and I headed for my bedroom. Our coupling before dinner took the edge off our urgent need for sex. Penny did a playful strip tease for me. We pleasured each other in the 69 position. Penny had two orgasms that way. I made love to Penny in her favorite position, the one with her ankles on my shoulders where I could penetrate her fully. She came again before I filled her with my semen. We finished the night with Penny on top riding my rod. We took our time in this position, enjoying the connection together. I finally used my finger to stimulate Penny to a last orgasm before I emptied my tired balls into her. We collapsed together, satisfied and worn out.

It was after eleven o'clock when I got up to check the house. Andy had turned the lights out the way I asked. I went back to bed and spooned with my lover. Sleep took me quickly.

I woke up the next morning still spooned against Penny. The morning sun lit the room. I glanced at the clock and chuckled. I was "sleeping in." Half the summer at camp I had to get up at 6 am. It was 6:20 am. I had ten more minutes until I had to get up for football practice. I held Penny, listening to her breathe. I was totally contented holding my lover against my naked body. My morning wood was nestled in the crack of Penny backside. I definitely wasn't at camp anymore.

My alarm clock roused me from my daydreaming. I moved Penny's hair aside and kissed her neck. "Honey. Time to get up." Penny stirred. "Honey?"

"Mmmm ... good morning, Kyle," Penny said contentedly. I kissed the back of her neck again.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Yes. I wish we could do this every night."

"I know. We have tonight," I said.

"You and Andy take your showers first. I'm not in a hurry. I don't have to leave for work until 8 o'clock."

"Thanks, honey," I said. I hopped out of bed and headed straight to the bathroom, sans clothing. I beat on Andy's door and yelled for him to get up too. The three of us completed our morning routines and met in the kitchen for cereal, toast and jam.

As we cleaned up the dishes I asked Penny, "Do you want to go to the fireman's carnival tonight?"

"Sure, that sounds like fun."

"I'll ask Jeremy, Hal and Ed if they want to invite the girls. We can get our group together."

Penny looked surprised. "You do know Lindsey and Ed broke up right?"

"Sure. I was sitting beside him when he read the Dear John e-mail. It's no big deal to go stag with our group. Nobody had a problem with me last fall after Julie moved and before you and I got back together."

"OK. This should be fun. What time do you think you'll be done with practice?"

"We'll be home around 4:30."

"Good. I'll see you then," Penny said. She headed back to her house to check in with her mom before she went to work. Andy and I hopped in my Golf and headed for school.

The coaches started us off with calisthenics and stretching exercises. We moved on to drills to practice our fundamentals: blocking, tackling, and fumble recovery. Lunch followed the morning workout and then we moved into the classroom to review the playbook.

Hal, Jeremy and Ed liked the idea of taking our girlfriends to the carnival tonight. They called during lunch and made arrangements. Ed tracked down Holly Cox, who was at school with the cheerleading squad preparing for the season. Holly agreed to be Ed's date for the evening.

Afternoon practice was more drills to sharpen our fundamental skills. I looked forward to Thursday when the coaches would break us up into squads and let us start running through our plays.

Crystal joined Andy, Penny and me for dinner again Tuesday night. We headed for the fireman's carnival after dinner. Andy and Crystal met up with Eric and Sammy soon after we got there. They disappeared for the evening. Penny and I found Hal, Tammy, Jeremy, Kathy, Ed and Holly.

We hung out with our friends, ate too much junk food, rode the rides and wasted money on the ring toss, basketball throw and other games of chance. We had fun and the money went to a good cause.

Penny and I headed home around 9:30 pm. We heard Andy and Crystal in the family room when we got home. We went straight to my bedroom. We spent the next hour making slow gentle love to each other. This was how it was meant to be. Sharing our bodies and souls with each other without need to hurry or any care at who knows. Penny offered to ride along to the airport on Wednesday night to keep me company. I readily agreed.

I was a little melancholy on Wednesday morning when Penny packed her things. Who knows when I would be able to spend the night with Penny again? Probably not until the fall Venturer trip.

Practice was routine. I was pleased. My teammates seemed to concentrate and work hard at the drills. We would go far again this season if everyone kept their concentration on football. Andy and I ended up ordering pizza for dinner. Crystal's parents and Penny's parents both agreed that missing dinner at home three days in a row wasn't acceptable.

Andy was like a little kid on Christmas Eve. Crystal was done with her period and they planned to spend the whole evening together in our big empty house. Andy was desperate to make up for the almost ten weeks he hadn't slept with a girl. Our girlfriends showed up at our house as soon as they finished dinner, right after six o'clock.

Penny and I told Andy and Crystal to have fun. I warned Andy that we didn't expect to be back until nearly midnight. Andy promised to look after the house until we got home.

Penny and I took the family mini-van to the airport. We hadn't been on the road more than a couple minutes before Penny asked, "We've been so preoccupied the last two evenings I never got a chance to ask. How was your trip to California?"

I chuckled. "We have been kind of busy, haven't we?" Penny nodded. "The trip went real well. I was extremely impressed with USC. They offered me a scholarship at the end of the weekend."

"Does that mean you're going to go there?"

"I don't know, Penny. I haven't made up my mind. I might."

Penny let that thought sink in for a few seconds. She sighed. "You would really go three thousand miles away for college?"

"I haven't decided yet," I explained. "I want to visit some more colleges before I decide."

We rode on in silence for a couple minutes. Penny finally said, "I've have the early admission application for the University of Pennsylvania. I'm planning to apply there this fall."

"Penn's a good choice," I said.

"If I can get in."

"You'll get in, Penny. Coach Bagnoli said your grades and SAT's will get you in."

"Who is Coach Bagnoli and why does he know about my grades and SAT's?"