An All American Teenage Sex Life II Sophomore SeasonChapter 13
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SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1991
‘Breathe. Remember to breathe, moron.’
By mutual agreement, we decided I’d opt to go to the back of the heat race again. I needed the laps of experience before starting up front. That didn’t stop me from ripping off some fast laps in hot laps. I actually came up on a slower car in front of me, and had to back down or figure out a way to pass him on this narrow, tacky surface. I let him get a lead on me again, then tried some different lines, letting the car drift up a bit more than I had intended. I was just settling into the next corner before I had to remind myself to breathe. Holding my breath was not making me any faster, but it might make me pass out.
Grandpa, mom, Rossy, uncle Tim and dad were in the pits to help again. I could tell dad was about hooked on the whole racing thing once again. He just loved it. He would be the dirtiest crew member in the pits each night, but you couldn’t slow him down, and he was ready to spring into action the moment grandpa said something needed to be done. But he also knew his place, and would be cleaning the car or doing some other maintenance he knew how to do at all times.
Mom concerned herself only with my safety equipment, squeezing my belts as tight as possible, layering on my tearoffs and keeping my helmet clean. And she was a constant coach for me, keeping me up when I felt down, and leveling me out when I was getting too big for my britches.
Tim was there for advice, and he was having fun. Grandpa and Rossy were living old times again, marveling at how little the cars had really changed in the years they had been away from the sport. They seemed ready to pounce on even better ideas for more speed. It was easy to pick up on what they were conspiring about, since both were hard of hearing. Something about nitrogen was on their minds, and they had plans for next week.
That all left me with little to do, and too much time to overthink things. I could go over 1,000 scenarios in my head, and it was just getting me too worked up. Mom could tell, and she’d have me go get a pop from the concession stand, or try to go talk to other drivers.
There was little of that. I was 15. The next youngest driver was 20. There was no natural course to strike up a conversation with these guys, and I was a natural target as a rookie and a teenager. I was certain many of them saw me as a threat to their equipment as an inexperienced driver, or worse, a threat to their standing if I had the talent some thought I might have.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. It was already a longer day than it should have been.
Saturday started out about like any had this summer. I went to the shop a little earlier than I should have, but grandpa was already there with a steaming cup of coffee, staring at the car.
It was as if he could look at it and figure out how to make it go faster. He once said he could imagine in his head a night of racing and how the track would change, bringing needed changes to the car.
There really wasn’t a whole lot to do to get the car prepared for the race. We’d done the bulk of it the Sunday before. There was, however, something I wanted changed.
“Do you think we could adjust the throttle pedal, or maybe tape down a wooden block under my heel?”
Grandpa looked at me, suddenly pulled from his reverie.
“Adjust it, huh?” he mused. “Why don’t you get in the car and show me?”
I climbed into the cockpit, putting my feet where I had to have them for the races. Grandpa grabbed a screwdriver and removed the dzus tabs holding the right mud guard in place. It protected my feet and legs from big mud clods.
I showed grandpa how I had to hold my leg up in the air under idle, and how much that wore me out. He gave a little laugh, and said he might have something in mind. Then he grabbed a Sharpie and marked where my heel should rest on the aluminum plate.
“Go ahead and get out.”
Grandpa rummaged through the tool box, finding a cordless drill. Then he got an odd smile on his face and walked outside.
I shrugged and started looking through some odd metal scraps, hoping to come up with some sort of box I could attach to the floor of the car to boost my heel up.
When grandpa walked back into the shop, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“What the heck is that for?” I chuckled.
“This will be your heel rest,” he said matter-of-factly, carrying an old metal trash can lid into the shop.
He set the lid on the workbench and started drilling out the rivet holding the middle handle on the lid, like it was some sort of old viking shield.
In less than a minute, he pulled it off and held the handle up for my inspection with a grin.
It was strong, light, and it should hold my heel up for me.
I laughed and let him go about his business as he brought it to the car, crouched down and set the handle on the spot he’d marked on the floor of the cockpit.
Less than a minute later, he was rummaging through tools to find his riveter, and he had it fastened to the floor of the car before I could even be surprised.
“Try it now,” he smiled.
I climbed back into the car, immediately noticing the difference as my heel rested right on the garbage can handle. I could push down fully on the throttle pedal, or lift it quickly, without my entire leg floating in agony.
“It’s perfect,” I said incredulously.
“The simple fix is usually the best,” grandpa said off-handedly. “I couldn’t have welded up a box stronger than that, but it would have been heavier. We don’t want heavier.”
I nodded in understanding.
“This is going to help more than you know,” I said in gratitude.
“The more comfortable you are in the car, the faster you’ll go,” he grinned.
With nothing left to do, we put tires on the car, packed up everything we needed and rolled the car up into the trailer.
Grandpa took me for lunch, as was becoming the custom. I felt like lighter fare than usual, and stuck with a cheeseburger and fries. Grandpa had a pulled pork sandwich with potato salad.
We laughed and teased about the night ahead. Grandpa had a way of making me more relaxed about the idea of racing. It was in my blood. The family had been doing it for years. It was just natural. All I had to do was go out and do it.
So we had opted to start at the back of the heat race. The last rays of sunlight were fending off the darkness of a warm July night. The air was thick with humidity, and I was sweating again. Four rows of cars would form up in front of me, leaving me ninth in the starting order.
The adjustment we’d made under my heel was perfect, and I felt like I looked like I knew what I was doing in hot laps. The track was still a little tacky, and I felt the tingle of goosebumps on my flesh as I drew as close as I dared to the car in front of me, anticipating the drop of the green flag.
Both cars in front of me took off, but not out of my reach, as I gently shoved the throttle down, my right foot and the engine now an extension of my will, working in complete unison.
I shot down the front stretch as close as I dared to the cars in front of me, lifting a little early as we entered the corner. That action naturally left the bottom open for my car, and two cars in front of me fell into place up top. The car rolled perfectly through the corner on the bottom, and I felt I had cleared both of the cars in front of me at once. The car came to life again as I squeezed down on the throttle, bottoming it out near the end of the backstretch, where I was already catching another car. He came down into the corner, cutting me off abruptly. Thankfully he missed me, because I didn’t have time to do the wrong thing and react. I was inches from his bumper as we powered through the corner. The car in front of me drifted up the track exiting turn four, and I simply shot straight down the front stretch, pulling even with him, and forcing his hand. As we entered turn one, I had the preferred line, and simply ran it as I would have. He was forced to run up top, and fell behind me.
I wasn’t sure how many laps we’d run, but I was already coming up on yet another car, this one hugging the inside line, as I had been.
I immediately recognized the white number 47 of Nelson Hill. He was the kindly older guy we’d pitted next to last week. There wasn’t much time to think, but I knew I didn’t want to get stuck behind him through turns three and four, so I ran it hard on the backstretch and pulled even with him going into three. He seemed to slow even more than I thought he might, and I dove down heading into turn four, right in front of him. The move let me make an incredible run down the front stretch, where I ran the bottom again. I could see two cars about eight car lengths in front of me, but as the laps wound down, I knew I couldn’t reach them. I was running good laps, so I just concentrated on hitting my marks and was surprised to see the white flag waving already. One last lap to go, and I wasn’t making headway on the cars in front of me. Even better, I couldn’t hear anyone coming up behind me. I laid down a very fast last lap, sliding up a little in turns three and four to give the top a taste. It was still a little slick up there, but I still ran a good lap and took the checkered flag coming down the front stretch.
I felt pretty good about that heat race. I had sort of entered a focused place in my mind, without panic or exuberance. My breathing was level, almost robotic, and I didn’t leave this sort of trance state until I was clearing out the engine in our pit stall, and was getting slapped on top of the helmet vigorously.
Rossy was peeking at the tachometer. I pulled my helmet off and could finally hear the high-pitched screech of pride from mom.
“Did you know you were up to fifth?” mom gushed as she grabbed my helmet from me.
“I hadn’t really thought about it, but I passed the two in the first corner, then got two more, so yeah, fifth I guess.”
“That was your best piece of driving yet,” uncle Tim quietly. “I can tell you’re very comfortable in the car.”
“You hit 84-hundred,” Rossy wheezed. “Not far off redline. We’re going to swap gears before the feature for you.”
Dad didn’t need to hear another word. He had the pit jack under the back of the car, lifting it up before another word could be said.
Grandpa was quiet and reflective, maybe more so than usual.
“You know Nels started that race on the pole?” he asked me cautiously.
“Yeah, that’s how the points work, right? Lowest in points start up front.”
“You might well have won that race if we let you start where you should have.”
I let that sink in for a moment. Winning a heat race on your second night out would have been pretty awesome.
“Well, I guess we can think about that again before the feature starts,” I said bluntly to grandpa. I didn’t know if I had the courage to actually start where I should, but at least we could think about it.
Dad busied himself with cleaning mud off the car. Grandpa was thinking about setup and Rossy was asking me to find a different pill for the fuel system.
I found it for him, then wandered off to the concession stand to peek at the lineup as the 410 heats roared into action.
I ordered a hot dog, a Mountain Dew and a small bag of chips. When they gave me my order, I checked the white board mounted to the side of the little shack just as the pit steward was writing down the lineups.
“360s, 18 laps.”
I checked my starting position, and it was dead last in the feature. Since he was standing right there, I waited for the pit steward to finish the 410 lineup before asking him a question.
“Can I start where I’m supposed to by heat finish, or am I stuck at the back?”
He had a quick answer.
“Since you opted to start at the back again, you don’t get your finish in the heat. If you start where you’re supposed to next week, you can start where the heat should put you.
And it was that simple. Tonight I would start 17th. If we felt froggy, I could start up front in the heat race next week.
The idea put a smile on my face as I took a bite of my hot dog and headed back to our pit.
The car sat mostly clean on the jack with the rear tires taken off. Dad had taken the cover off the center of the rear axle, allowing him access to change to another gear. A five-gallon bucket with a hand pump on it would help him remove the lubricant from the quick change, and pump it right back in when he was done. It was pretty ingenious.
Grandpa and Rossy were in conference while Tim and dad laughed and joked. Mom had my helmet cleaned and ready and was sitting in a lawn chair with her feet up on the toolbox.
I sat in a chair next to her and finished up my hot dog.
“Where’s mine?” mom asked jokingly.
“They’re still making them,” I shrugged. “I dunno, I just needed something to fill the pit in my stomach I get before the races.”
“I see,” mom said, dropping her feet off the toolbox and looking me over. “You’re going to race hard tonight, aren’t you?”
“Well, I feel a lot more comfortable in the car, and it’s damn fast,” I admitted.
“Just remember, you will crash at some point, and it might not even be your fault. It’s like a rite of passage, and you’ll have to go through it. It’s inevitable,” she shrugged.
“OK?” I said questioningly.
“OK, so don’t beat yourself up over it when it happens. I’ll be freaked out enough for both of us until I see you’re safe anyway,” she grinned.
Some great decisions had apparently been made. Grandpa handed dad a little case with two thick gears in it. Dad deftly slipped under the back of the car and slid them over little spuds, the teeth of each fitting together perfectly. The change would give me more overall speed, as the car was plenty fast coming out of the corners.
Dad pumped the fluid back into the gearbox, then sealed it up.
Uncle Tim put the tires back on, let me cinch the wheels up with the big lug wrench, then he dropped the car off the jack. We were ready to roll well before the call was made for the street stocks to have their feature.
The track lights were the only source of light now, shining off the white concrete walls surrounding the little joint. Mom was gathering up my equipment as the stock car feature started. I zipped up my fire suit and climbed into the car.
Mom handed me everything in order, silently watching me gear up. I left the head sock and helmet for last, hoping to stave off that extra heat for a few minutes.
Dad and grandpa pushed the car back and we simply waited for a push truck as the noisy stock cars peeled around the track. I beckoned grandpa over to talk to me.
“How’s the track look?”
“Well, we should have checked it out better, but it still looks just a little tacky. It will probably slick off during your race, so watch for that.”
I nodded in understanding.
“Do what you were doing in the heat race, and you’ll move forward plenty.”
A push truck nestled up against the push bar. I gave him the signal and he pushed me up front to the rest of the line.
Just a minute later, mom walked up and motioned for me to put the helmet and head sock on.
Pulled the Nomex fabric over my head, then set the helmet over my head, looping the chinstrap into place tightly.
Now I could focus and get into my zone.
Except for the tapping on my helmet.
“Yes, mom?” I asked, popping my visor back up for the moment. “In order to finish first, you must first finish.”
“Yeah, got that one last week,” I shook my head a little at her.
She paused for a moment, and I nearly popped my visor back down.
“You can’t win the race on the first lap, but you can lose it.”
This made sense, just as much as her first proverb. But I was sensing this wasn’t so much for me as it was for her. She was nervous too, she just wouldn’t let me sense it.
“You got that right, mom,” I smiled, then popped my visor down, back into my own little world.
The stock car feature came to a quiet end. Moments later, cars in front of me were getting the push off, then I was as well.
The car came to life under my control, and I rolled around the track looking to find my place at the end of the line.
Two rows of cars formed up and I simply tagged the back, starting 17th. Another pace lap went by and I saw the pace car take the sharp left turn off the backstretch.
The air crackled with electricity and anticipation. As the front of the field entered turn four, I could see the flagman wave the green flag and we were off. A smooth start to the feature race, everyone took off and worked gentlemanly into turn one, where it seemed like everyone in front of me had chosen to run the bottom of the track. I had to get into the brake to slow down, then made a decision that would change the course of the night for me. I was going to try to run up top by the wall.
A narrow ledge, about a foot tall, had formed at the top of the track in the corners. It could be your best friend or your worst enemy. A skilled driver could run his right rear tire up against that ledge in the mud and find great speed, or he could bounce over it and flip the car into the fence.
As I came out of turn four, I let the car drift up toward the backstretch wall and buried the throttle. I passed a car going down the back chute and gave my full attention to the track, as I slid the right rear tire into the berm with a slight bump, then kept the throttle nearly all the way down as I powered through the corner.
I came out of turn four in great shape and rocketed down the frontstretch. I could tell I had passed a car or two, still no one was in front of me for some distance up top, so I kept to the outside lane, with the throttle nearly buried, my hands sawing away at the wheel to keep the car going forward with as little slide as possible.
I’d lost track of laps already when I ran up behind a car running my line. Now I had to pay attention. Now I had to race the track and other cars. I followed what looked like the number 6 for a lap before slipping to the bottom again going into turn one. I had to touch the brakes to set the car up to run the bottom. I had a glimpse of him as I exited turn two, and I could tell I had cleared him by at least a half a car length.
That was my chance. I let the car drift back up the track down the backstretch and kept the car up top entering turn three. I could hear the other car just behind me as I sawed away at the wheel, willing the car to stay snug up against that treacherous ledge.
Another clean lap zipped by. I could no longer hear that 6 car behind me. I was just peeking ahead around the corner entering turn one when the yellow caution lights started flashing, letting me know we were under yellow conditions, and I needed to slow way down.
I kept the car rolling forward under caution, looking for a car in front of me to pull up to. As we rolled into turn three, I could see the white #47 and the black #15 tangled together. It looked like one had spun and collected the other.
The pace car was out. I could see flashing amber lights on it, and the field formed up in front of me. I was a little surprised to see only four cars between me and the pace car.
‘That can’t be right,’ I immediately thought.
As we rolled down the front stretch, the pit steward was listening intently to his headphones and waving around some cars behind me to get into position.
‘I can’t be in fifth?’
Time to get some information from the pits. I knew grandpa would be standing in turn two. As we rolled around, I spotted him and gave him an exaggerated shrug. All he had to offer was a big grin and a thumbs up.
‘I’m in fifth!’
We rolled slowly down the backstretch and I knew mom and dad would be standing in turn four, near our pit stall.
I gave them a head nod. They clapped and smiled. Dad pointed a finger up, indicating I should stay up top.
I gave a thumbs up, acting cool and loose in the seat. I could tell both my parents were thrilled.
As we passed the crash scene, the #47 car was already gone and the #15 was being pushed, perhaps to start at the tail.
Grandpa gave me a thumbs up again as we rolled through turn two. The pit steward indicated one more lap under yellow before we’d restart. There were five laps left to race. It would be a single-file restart, and I couldn’t believe how far I’d moved up. It was time to put full focus into this and finish in at least fifth, or maybe fight for a podium finish.
Next time around, the pace truck peeled off on the backstretch. The cars in front of me bumped up their speed, and nearly in unison, we rolled into the throttle in turn four as we got the green flag.
I let the car slide out toward the front stretch wall, as close as I dared run it and once again ran the top through turns one and two. I could see only two cars in front of me now, but I hadn’t cleared the car inside of me. We were wheel-to-wheel down the backstretch, then wheel-to-wheel again down the straight. I was focused on making fast laps, but I barely noticed how much slicker it was getting near the ledge. I drifted into turn one a little harder than I should have, the right rear bumping the berm in a manner that upset the car slightly. I stayed in the throttle, but the damage to my lap time was done. I exited turn two behind the #55. It put me in fourth place, but I still had time.
I had to lift a bit earlier going into turn three. I knew I was close to disaster in the last corners. The car slid gracefully through three and four, as I worked the wheel, keeping the car going forward, turning right to go left and making tiny corrections as the rear tires spit dirt behind me.
I hadn’t caught up to the #55 and the white flag was out. He entered turn one on the bottom. I entered once again up top, and lifted a touch earlier again. I made a lovely lap powering around the top, but just didn’t have the momentum to catch that #55. One last set of corners was left.
He made up my mind for me, entering on the bottom again. I had no choice, but to rip the ledge one last time. I smoothly let the car bang up against the berm and sawed away at the steering wheel, exiting turn four with a little more speed. I gained quickly on the #55, wondering if he bobbled on the bottom. We nearly came together wheel-to-wheel on the front stretch and I lifted slightly before our wheels touched. It was all he needed to get a wheel in front of me at the line.
I wasn’t sure how we finished, but I felt like I was behind him at the line. More importantly, I had another set of turns to negotiate at near full speed again. Before I suffered brain fade and crashed the car, I refocused in a panic and ran one more blistering lap around the top, letting the car bounce off the ledge once more.
I was a little confused about what to do, and no one can really explain it to you from outside the car. I normally entered the pits from the backstretch, but I would need to be on the front stretch if I had finished third. I rolled around turns one and two at a slow speed and looked across the pits to the backstretch scoreboard.
“33, 28, 55.”
‘So close!’ I thought with a slap to the steering wheel. Could I have outdueled Troy Ward for the win tonight? We’d never know. We had opted to start in the back.
And maybe that was OK. Maybe I needed this night of experience to see what we could do next week. Maybe this was OK after all. I rolled through one and two, and saw grandpa still standing in his spot and clapping for me.
It was the first time I got a little choked up instead of just surprised at how well I’d just raced. It’s odd to admit, but it was sort of easy. The car was badass fast and set up to my comfort level. I couldn’t ask for more to start a racing career, and it was all mostly due to that old, balding man clapping for me in the infield.
I pulled the car into the pits, cleared out the engine as it rolled into our pit stall, and shut it down.
I needed a moment or two to collect myself. I sat for a moment in the now silent car, a tear or two of choked up emotion leaking out of me.
Both mom and dad were all over me in moments. Clapping me on the shoulder and head.
“Great racing!” mom enthused.
“You just got fourth!” dad enthused through my helmet.
I nodded to both of them, still not ready to pull my helmet off.
I slowly unbuckled my safety harness, freeing my arms as well. I pulled the steering wheel off and set it on the steering arm.
Finally I pulled my helmet off and used my head sock to dry my welling eyes, hoping that would be enough.
Mom and dad looked at me strangely, not sure what to expect.
I climbed out of the car and sat in a heap on the left rear tire.
“So close,” I said a little dejectedly.
“So close?” mom said derisively. “What do you mean so close?” “One more and I would be up there,” I indicated with a thumb toward the front stretch celebration and photos.
“You have got to be kidding me!” mom groused. “You should be jumping up and down!”
“I’m sorry,” I said, looking her in the eyes. “The car was perfect. I wasn’t. We should all be up on the front stretch celebrating.”
“You should be celebrating anyway,” mom laughed. “Where did you expect to finish tonight?”
Dad looked on with a smile, ready to roll his eyes at either of us.
“Well, we didn’t really talk about a goal for tonight, but I guess top 10?”
“You just finished fourth!”
A small smile formed on my face and I had to grudgingly give it to mom. She was right.
“Yay!” I gave a half-hearted cheer and a soft fist pump.
Rossy and grandpa shuffled into the pits just then.
“Not bad,” grandpa said quietly, but with a big grin. “Not bad at all.”
“I should have had one more,” I apologized. “The car was perfect.”
“Nice piece of drivin’ kid,” Rossy clapped me on the shoulder.
We watched the 410 feature from our pit stall. It was a wreck-fest, with three different red flags for flips. Five cars were junked in total. It was getting to be a late night because of it.
Once it was over, I was in for another surprise.
If I thought I signed a lot of autographs last week, this week was at least double. I signed tearoffs until I ran out. I signed T-shirts and programs and talked to a bunch of people. Beast and Tree had made it to the races again. There was no teasing about the location of the throttle this time. They were both suitably impressed with my driving.
“You passed more cars than anyone all night,” Beast said in earnest. “Between the heat race and feature, you passed like 20 cars.”
“Why did they make you start in the back?” Tree asked.
“Well, we chose to for the heat race for more experience,” I admitted. “Then I had to for the feature. I have a feeling we’ll start somewhere closer to the front next week.”
My friends smiled at the idea.
“We’ll be here for sure,” Beast added.
Grandma Vos had kept little Josh busy in the stands all night, but he was back at it again, sitting in the car and sawing away at the wheel. I’m sure he thought he could do better than fourth.
Grandma and Grandpa Parker had come to watch again and were all smiles as they congratulated me.
I didn’t recognize anyone else from my class, but a few students I recognized from other grades stopped by to say ‘hi,’ or even get an autograph.
A couple of groups of girls looked like they were working up the courage to come talk to me. I simply tried to concentrate on the people around me, figuring life was as complex as I needed it to be at the moment.
I was wrong. It could get more complex.
SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1991
The rains came. It had been a bit dry lately, and the skies opened up Sunday morning to some mild thunderstorms, mostly a little lightning mixed with gentle rain.
It made for a nice day of reflection. A long sleep in. A brief trip to the shop to do maintenance on the car with grandpa, a tenderloin sandwich at the diner, and a quiet afternoon of reading and a Cubs win on WGN.
It had been a while since I’d been so relaxed and carefree. No fewer than three girls called my teen line to get a full recap of the night’s racing. I was proud to tell Shelby, Mandy and then Autumn how I’d ended up fourth. I had to tease Autumn a bit more for not coming to see me. She wanted to see me Monday afternoon, and I thought I could arrange that, remembering at the last moment that I had tutoring once again. Mandy wanted nothing more than a Friday night date, and Shelby wanted details on what was going on with both. I was able to give everyone what they wanted.
MONDAY, JULY 15, 1991
Rain again. Dad had me help move some equipment around the yard in the morning, knowing I’d be back at tutoring in the afternoon. He was taking the day to do some equipment repairs, and had me pack some wheel bearings on a hay wagon. As long as I could do it in the shop, I had no problem with it.
Getting all that grease off my hands was problematic as I took a midday shower, wondering exactly how many days had passed since I had last seen Betsy. My entire world had changed, with getting publicly dumped by Deedee, a birthday complete with a life-changing day with my best friend, dates and sex with not one, but two more girls and the start of what I hoped would become a racing career.
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FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1991 Just like the school year, the summer finds a pattern. Weekends aren’t much different than weekdays, other than the rhythm of the activities. Tuesday means a baseball game. Baseball practice Wednesday and Thursday. Tutoring Tuesday through Thursday. Finding a way to get to the varsity baseball games Friday nights. Oh, and a Saturday at the race shop. The calendar says spring, but the weather and the school year say it’s summer. Summer goes from Memorial Day to Labor Day...
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1990 I dreaded going to school Tuesday even more than I had Monday. At breakfast, mom was trying to fish for more information on what was going on between Mel and me. I wasn’t biting today. No way I would ever want mom to hear a word of the rumor going around, at least if it was just a rumor. On the bus, I had to let Mikey in on it. He hadn’t heard, which was a good sign. It took little to convince him that I didn’t know anything about it, but I was going to find out...
I walked into the freshman hallway of the school and made my way to my intended target. She was, again, talking to Lexie and facing away from me. She was filling out a set of acid washed jeans rather nicely, a pink sweater over another button down long-sleeve. This time Lexie didn’t raise her eyebrows as I approached. “Parker,” Lexie announced, suddenly surprising Deedee. “You’ll be a dear be sure to bring your home jersey for Deedee to wear tomorrow morning? I stared blankly for a moment,...
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1991 Time was running out before I would turn 15. Sure, it was more than a month away, but we had a lot of work to do to get the racecar ready to go. I was up early Saturday. Mom cooked a fantastic breakfast, as she’d left some bread out the night before to get crusty, then made her signature french toast with it. It’s a hell of a way to start your day, full load of sugar and all. Josh and I loaded up, and mom drove us to grandpa’s shop. Today would be a little different,...
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1991 “Jake, I need you to wake up.” “Wha?” “Jake, it’s time to wake up.” “Huh?” I complained through bleary eyes, then suddenly gasped and sat straight up in the bed in a panic. Dad took a half step back, after shaking me on the shoulder. Was last night a dream? Was the whole day a dream? “What day is it?” I asked Dad desperately. He chuckled. “It’s Saturday morning, son.” My eyes started to get used to the harsh light of the lamp on my nightstand and I caught...
While it was true that Sundays were my own, for the most part, my Saturdays belonged to someone else. Since the racecar was in pieces and not back from the body shop, I belonged to dad for the day. Grandpa Parker was running the disc. Dad was planting, but he still had plans for me. “I’m going to have you field cultivate about 50 acres of last year’s sorghum,” dad said as he attached the old 4440 to the implement he was talking about. “Start with the end rows, then just try not to miss...
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1991 More punctual than ever, Lexie pulled the Hunter minivan down our long driveway. As the van pulled closer, I noticed Mitch was not in his usual place in the passenger bucket seat. Mandy Prentice was in his place. This was odd, but nothing was ever ordinary when Lexie was involved. As the van pulled up and I hopped in, I noticed all three girls were rocking their sunglasses. Mandy had identical aviators to both Lexie and my gorgeous girlfriend. “Ladies,” I smiled as I...
Saturday rolled around quickly, and I was thrilled to head to my grandpa’s shop with mom in the driver seat and little Josh strapped in the back. I had asked mom to let me drive, holding up my learner’s permit, but she was hesitant to let me drive with Josh in the car. “That’s some confidence you have in your future race car driver,” I grumped. “Jacob, I only have two of you. I don’t like taking chances with you both in the car.” “Alright,” I acquiesced, deciding we’d get to the shop...
SUNDAY, July 7, 1991 I saw some of Sunday before I ever got a chance to sleep. Between the extra adrenaline of racing for the first time, and a few Mountain Dews drank too late in the night, I was wired for sound. Before we finally bid goodbye to everyone at the track and brought the car back to the shop, I was directed to stop at the pit gate to pick up my winnings for the night. I was handed an envelope with $125 in it. I had finished 12th that night, the first of my racing career. I...
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1991 Edited by WRC264 I rumbled into Mandy’s driveway at the appointed time. This time she did let me get to the door and I did have a short and awkward talk with her parents, who were very nice. I knew them from years of being around their daughter. We’d been classmates many school years. Soon we were off to The Corner for supper and shakes, or a shake, I should say. We shared a big one. I had an extra critical eye for Allison as she served us, knowing the advice Woody...
MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1991 “Here we go around, ‘round, ‘round She givin’ me the run around, ‘round, ‘round, ‘round” I was up early with Van Halen, but shut my clock radio off immediately. Today would be the first day of football practice. I’d been doing this since 7th grade, but something felt very different for my sophomore year. I was taller, leaner and looking pretty ripped. I hadn’t done quite as much farm work that summer, but I was in the gym or at the running track four days a week,...
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991 Little drops of perspiration gathered in the lovely valley of her spine where her back joined the round globes of her sexy little ass. She sighed in pleasure as she slowly ground her hips back and forth atop me, my throbbing cock trapped deep inside her hot, wet folds. I admired the two little dimples at the base of her lower back, and slid my hands over her hips, placing a thumb pad over both of those indentations in her nearly-flawless skin. Her skin was hot to...
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1991 “I’m learnin’ to fly ... But I ain’t got wings...” The haunting tone of Tom Petty woke me from a fitful slumber. I knew who Tom Petty was, but I didn’t really consider him a rocker until this latest album. I let the whole song play before shutting my alarm off, just as the DJ started talking about a new album coming from Metallica. I skipped the shower and put my workout clothes on. That meant a muscle shirt and cloth shorts. I picked Mikey up at his house just...
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1991 Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” is a hell of a way to wake up in the morning. I slapped the snooze button on my clock radio, almost instantly regretting it. Of course, that radio was hardly a stereo, so the sound quality suffered immensely. I loved the song, but it was getting constant radio play in early September. Of course, I had a bootleg copy of the cassette tape so I knew there were many more songs on the album that were just as good. I became more aware of my...
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1990 HOMECOMING A new week had made life all good again. We played a freshman football game Monday afternoon. I dominated at defensive end with a pair of sacks and four solo tackles. I made a nice catch at tight end for twelve yards. We won 35-6. It was our first Homecoming Week, and my friends and I were learning the traditions. Monday had been White and Blue day. We dressed accordingly. Tuesday was 70s Day, and I raided dad’s closet for a wildly-printed polyester...
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1991 I did something I had never done for a girl before. I wrote her some little notes. Sappy? Silly? Romantic? Maybe a little of all of the above, but Deedee was going to be gone for more than two weeks with little chance for contact, and I wanted to stay connected to her. She was a very good girlfriend, and I wanted to keep her that way. The idea was simple. I grabbed a stack of 17 Post-It notes. On the first note, I wrote: “For Deedee every day. Please peel off one note...
FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1991 “Jake, wake up. Do you have plans this morning?” “Wha?” Roused from rather pleasant dreams of pretty redheads and curvy raven-haired beauties, I rubbed the sleep from my eyes to consider the source of this rude awakening. “Dad?” “Jake, wake up!” I shook my head groggily, wondering what strenuous farm chore awaited me outside. “Yeah?” “Any plans this morning?” I guess not.” “Good,” dad grinned. “Someone from the phone company will be here sometime between now and...
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1991 I woke up long before my alarm clock was set to go off, feeling sick to my stomach. The anguish was physical, not just emotional. The events from the night before played out in my head while I considered what to do. I hadn’t missed a school day for being sick in years. And if I did call in sick, I couldn’t participate in any sport or activity that day. That meant missing the Homecoming game and the dance. The idea didn’t really seem so bad at first, but a larger...
The Adventures of American-man: Dreamworld By Paul G Jutras Chapter One: Doorway of Doom October 31, 3086, a historical team uncovered a weird chest with pictures carved all over the outside. Each was dressed in hiking boots, knee-high socks, too tight shorts, sleeveless shirts and pit helmets. As one of them broke open the chest a mist rose out and formed into a skull headed demon. Rays shot from it's eye socks, transforming the girls' skin to plastic. As they fell over, the...
South American Cock TormentAndy Douglas was eighteen even though he only looked much younger. Five seven, he had a nice balance of slim waist, good shoulders and a neat, tight butt. Plenty of sport and exercise in the open air had given him a great tan and a body with good muscular definition including a modest six-pack. The sun had also bleached his shock of naturally blonde hair. Coupled with pale blue eyes and a ready smile he looked good and attractive?and he knew it.He liked girls, but...
You know, when you read "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" with a modern understanding of science, as a person who understands chemistry, biology, and psychology, the rational part of your mind will tell you it's not possible. That it makes for a fun story, but you could not drink a potion and transform either physically or mentally like the title character of that book. You can't change yourself like that. But the irrational part, oh it wishes you could. It looks at...
America hosts dozens of agents, who work secretly exclusively for me. Although all-American applicants think they are for porn.America's agencies are in all major cities, which house hot tasty teen or twen beautiful brides to be. We will mention all towns.Professor Poet-PETER erotic experiments interestingly include his agencies world wide. Together a dozen of dozens capitals.Professor Poet-PETER prayed his dear great granddaughter Princess Petra to go the other side of the 'big drink', to...
America hosts dozens of agents, who work secretly exclusively for me. Although all-American applicants think they are for porn.America's agencies are in all major cities, which house hot tasty teen or twen beautiful brides to be. We will mention all towns.Professor Poet-PETER erotic experiments interestingly include his agencies world wide. Together a dozen of dozens capitals.Professor Poet-PETER prayed his dear great granddaughter Princess Petra to go the other side of the 'big drink', to...
“The fuck was that this morning in the hallway?” Mike boomed, setting his lunch tray down to my right. “QUIET!” I seethed. “Nothing. I don’t know.” “THAT was not nothing,” Shelby added quickly from my left. I dropped my spoon back into my chili and closed my eyes. Oh yes, chili, maybe my favorite school lunch. And it seemed to taste better than usual today. Then again, maybe everything had started to taste better lately. “Look, I’m as confused as anyone. I’ve known Alexis since what,...
Deedee was holding my hand tightly and giving me doe eyes as we were once again on the back roads headed to my first high school party. “No one has ever done that for me,” Deedee whispered. “It was amazing,” she husked. “Done what, exactly?” I teased in a half-whisper. She bit her lip and shoved me lightly. “You know what!” she whispered with laughing eyes. “Oh,” I said in mock recognition, then leaned to whisper in her ear, my voice deepening. “Do you mean the part where I ran my tongue...
The rest of the week went very well, and I was in high spirits. Every other lunch period was spent either with my crew or my new girlfriend, and each side seemed to appreciate my company more. Well, other than Morgan, who was still a bitch to me. Two new things happened during the week, though. Beast asked if I’d like to go cruising with Tree and him at some point over the weekend. I had to tell him Friday was out, as I was going to the game and the opening night of races came Saturday...
I was up and at it early again Saturday morning with rather pleasant thoughts from the night before. Mom hustled me to grandpa’s shop and I went to it. Grandpa had clearly made more progress on the pit cart, with some metal cabinet doors now in place, along with a thin steel plate top. Work benches were getting cleared off and this was starting to look like a proper race shop again. Grandpa was out to help about an hour after I arrived. He ambled into the shop with a big thermos of coffee...
Deedee and I had surprises for each other Tuesday morning. I walked up to her locker just before classes started and handed her a freshly pressed gray jersey. She eagerly took it and opened her locker to hand me my white jersey. I made a show of pressing it to my nose. “How does it still smell like you?” “A girl has to have her secrets,” Deedee giggled, tapped my chin dimple and gave me a peck on the cheek before spinning off to the girl’s room to change into my jersey. “Get a room!” Mike...
We walked back inside and I quickly discovered my Sunday wasn’t over. Beast was on the line. “Parker, you wanna shoot hoops?” “Yeah, sounds good. We need a fourth?” “I supposed, who you got in mind?” “Mikey?” “Yeah, I guess I can kick his ass as easy as yours,” Beast chuckled. “I’ll call him.” “I’ll pick you both up and we’ll go to Tree’s.” “Later.” I asked mom and dad if I could go shoot hoops for the afternoon. “Be home for supper.” I could hardly think about supper. I was still...
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1991 I saw her for the first time on a rainy Tuesday morning. I had never seen anything like her before. But I’m getting way ahead of myself. Let’s skip back to earlier in the morning. Dad had ordered a few items for the Mustang. In particular, a few interior items he wanted fixed. He bought a headliner, new carpet and new vinyl for the both front seats. With installation, this was going to put him back nearly $400. But where to get the work done? Dad had called a brand...
TUESDAY DECEMBER 25, 1990, CHRISTMAS DAY I hadn’t seen Mel since Friday, and while I did miss her, it was probably good for my soul. Every moment seemed tumultuous, and drama buzzed around her like bees to flowers. We did everything at full throttle, whether it was making love or just not getting along. A few days of quiet time around my family was welcomed. Our family had our traditional Christmas Eve meal of oyster soup and appetizers like ham-wrapped pickles with pineapple cream cheese,...
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1991 After the playoff loss and public dumping, we skipped any kind of celebratory meal and headed home. I lugged my heavy bag of baseball gear into the house for the final time of the season. I didn’t even have time to strip and get my uniform into a soak before the phone rang. A tiny part of me wondered if Deedee had changed her mind. “Hello?” “Why didn’t you call me?” The feminine voice at the other end of the line was insistent and accusatory all at once. “I just...
SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1991 I leaned forward with my head in my hands, rubbing my temples. Shelby pulled some of the blanket around her shivering form. It was a warm day, but a body soaked in sweat would get chilly in the breeze. Her horses, Destiny and Doc, munched grass lazily, paying us little heed. “Why not?” I asked the prairie scene in front of me, not wanting to look her in the eye. Shelby sighed and put her hand on my shoulder. “I might have done a bad thing today,” she sighed. “I did...
JULY 4, 1991 “Happy birthday, Jake.” It was a pleasant way to wake up. No alarm had been set. I was allowed to sleep in a bit. It was mom who woke me up in a gentle way at around 9:30. But it wasn’t her words that woke me up. It was the smell of bacon in the oven. I rolled out of bed and felt the sharp sting in my lower half. ‘Fucking leg day!’ I swore to myself. We’d spent the early part of Tuesday morning on the track, running short bursts of sprints on up to a full mile run. Then...
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1991 ‘Breathe, just remember to breathe.’ The heat, the humidity. Oppressive. Harsh lights shining down on me. Mercifully, my Nomex head sock is soaking up the sweat from my head, keeping the stinging drips out of my eyes. My helmet feels a little suspiciously loose on my head, but the chinstrap is tight. All is almost silent here in the cockpit. I flip my visor up as my breathing is creating a little fog under the lense, with more than two dozen tear offs piled on...
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 “I’m out in the cold (out in the cold) Body and soul (out in the cold) There’s nowhere to go (out in the cold) I’m out in the cold (out in the cold)” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had it about right. I was out in the cold. Of course, I still slapped the snooze button and shut him up anyway. I had a riot of feelings to deal with. Two rejections, were weighing heavily on my mind. Sure, I had sort of patched things up with Shelby. At the same time, we were...
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1991 “What’s on your mind,” I asked as I closed my car door carefully. Jen seemed to stiffen and forced herself to turn towards me in her seat so that she couldn’t avoid looking at me. “What I said about the dance wasn’t entirely true.” “So you DO want to go to the dance?” I said with a lopsided grin. “I don’t know,” she said softly. “Let me finish.” “OK,” I replied, letting her continue. “I have gone to a dance before. It was, it was horrible.” “Go on,” I...
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1991 “And homegrown and down-home, that makes one Cookin’ up that old time, long lost recipe for me, woh It’s gettin’ hard to find Guess it ain’t hip enough now You take an average guy, he can’t identify, uh And there’s a short supply of her fine, fine stuff Lemme get on, lemme get on, lemme get on some of that Shake it up, bake it up nice, uh Lemme get on, lemme get on, lemme get on all that I so love my baby’s poundcake.” Van Halen was so much better with Sammy...
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1991 I woke with excitement Sunday morning. No alarm set, just the refreshing feeling of sleeping in after being worked hard for a few days. Well, that and the fact that I would be shooting hoops with a tall, gorgeous blond that day. The tantalizing aroma of a beef roast in the crock pot was what got me awake. I followed my nose out to the kitchen to see it bubbling away on the counter top. The parents had, as usual, let me have my Sunday while they headed to church...
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1991 Seven days of kisses and bliss. Jen got her kiss every day for a seventh day. Every time I saw her or thought about her, the butterflies were there. We held hands in the hallways and word around school was that we were the hot couple. The upperclassmen had accepted and welcomed me with open arms. If I’d been placed on the varsity team at the start of the season, I’d have likely faced some hazing. As it was, saving the big game and showing them I belonged put...
Harold Spencer Eversly was on vacation in Acapulco with his Mom. He was sixteen but looked younger. His father had died suddenly when he was only eight leaving his Ma a very rich woman. She was very possessive and Harold was something of a mother’s boy. They traveled around a lot, all over the world. Harold had been to a lot of different schools but not learned much. He figured he didn’t have to with the money coming to him from a Trust when he was 25. Until then he was quite...
American-Man At War By Paul G. Jutras "1,2, 3, 4...." Christine said as she stood in gold three inch pumps and a backless evening gown with spaghetti straps. With the clicking of drumsticks the band prepared to join in. Soto began to played the guitar in his usual leather jacket, pants and boots and red tee shirt. Mark played the drums, Luke the keyboard in their yellow and red striped coveralls, and Starshine the tambourine in her purple blouse, leopard print mini skirt...
Ida Hoe was waiting nervously back stage as her arch rival, Holly Keyhole, performed on stage riding Hoss Bigg cowgirl style on a trampoline. She could hear the audience shouting in delight. The raucous cheers were almost deafening.Ida was horrified that Holly might give an unsurmountable performance. Ida barely trailed her for first place in this grand finale episode of Miss American Pornstar. Winning the title of the first Miss American Pornstar would not only make her the newest rage in the...
Group SexNew Job for American-Man By Paul G Jutras Since American-Man's appearance the crime rate in Federation city had dropped way down. Too bad the number band of gigs his rock band had were also way down. Needing the extra pay, it was in his American-Man form that he became a bag man at a Federation City super market. The job was easy and American-man changed his costume with the bluish green shirt, black slacks and sneakers of the market. When he eyed a shoplifter trying to head out...
Okay, here goes nothing. African-American guys like myself have a certain image in the eyes of the world. We’re thought of as tougher, meaner and more athletic than the average guy. Also, people seem to think we gravitate toward either athletic pursuits or criminal endeavors, and nothing in between. Neither is exactly true for most Black men living in the United States of America. Just to prove to you how untrue these stereotypes are, take me for example. My name is Arnold Thompson. And I’m a...
“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.” ― J. Robert Oppenheimer It seems sort of strange looking back on the unfolding events of...
-We learned in Part One of this story that I was a sixteen year-old virgin boy named James, who everyone called Jimmy, with a very thick, nine-inch-long cock. My neighbor Norm was forty-two at the time. His wife Lindsey was forty-one and their son Todd was eighteen and away at college.I went with Norm to open his lake cabin for the summer. We were skinny dipping on an unusually warm day for spring in Wisconsin and he convinced me that we should masturbate one another on the boat. That evening...
MILFTo begin, may I must make something perfectly clear. I’m virgin by my haughty cousin’s definition -- he says we may do it now because it is very assuered our families will marry us together -- but that doesn’t mean I have never made love. My story begins at St. Mary’s, an elite English-medium secondary school for girls. St. Mary’s has a Christian headmistress and several Christian faculty, but few of the students are of that faith. Christians know academics better than do mullahs and holy men....
The unlucky American. ? A reader of some of my other stories challenged me to write one about a terrified boy enslaved by a girl. This is the outcome of my efforts. ? Note: Tim’s private thoughts are marked by single inverted commas: ‘Shit’; direct speech by double: "Yes, Mistress". ? Part one. ? "I'm an American citizen, for chrissake. It's your fucking duty to defend me!" I shouted angrily at the embassy's legal secretary. ? "You are and I have". She looked calmly back. ? "But I was...
American Girl in Bangkok By Tiffany Parker The following story is a work of fiction and is copyright property of the author. Please don't repost it without permission. But most importantly, I hope you enjoy reading it. Chapter 1 Kaylee impatiently bided time while sitting in the middle seat in coach on the long trans-pacific flight. She was excited about her trip to Bangkok that would complete her journey and provide her the gender affirmation surgery she desperately...
Promises and Secrets: A Teenage Transsexual By Maria Ski Things changed for me after I was discovered trying on my sisters clothes. My mother had caught me. But there was no anger, no disgust, just a warm understanding smile and the love of a mother. From that day of being discovered, and after telling my sisters things seemed to change. Every weekend I became Maria. With a wardrobe of girls clothes of my own which I either bought myself or had bought for me. One thing led to...
Author's Note; This story is a dedication to Tom Petty. Song meaning to me are very subjective. I can take someone different out of song than someone else. I can even take something different out of a song depending on my mood. So with saying that this story is how I filled in the blanks of this great song. Debra Webster was an American girl who was raised on her mom and dad's promises.These promises were being able to be whatever she wanted to be in life, and their daughter would...
Alright, I can finally admit it to myself. I am a Muslim. I used to be one of those people who felt a strong dislike of Muslims, until I fell in love with one. It’s funny how these things happen, huh? My name is Solomon Kingsley Henderson, although many of my friends have taken to calling me ‘King Suleiman’ in recent times. It’s my Muslim name, though it’s not on my passport or anything. My wife Khadija Abdullah certainly likes it. She’s a lovely lady of Somali descent who saved my life back in...