From the last part of the story:After Mike's dad took over as head coach we had three games in a row all on the road, and mean while his friends finished the new stadium that was named after both Mike and his dad by using their last name in front of the word stadium. So New Town now has a state of the art football stadium named Warner Stadium. Well its time to head off to study and Mike asked me to tell you all that the next entry will be through his view.
Once dad took over as the head coach of New Town High football team, and got the rest of the returning players back he had a surprise for all of them. Dad had taken the opportunity to call in a few IOU's to get some former teammates to work as assistant coaches on the team. Yeah he was going to run this team just like they do in the NFL he told both the Varsity and JV team players. That meant having a Quarterback, Running Back, Receivers, along with special coaches to work with the defense as well. We also found out that on Saturday or Sunday's that the team was to report to the house to go over the video of the previous game played, that was to be followed by watching our next opponents previous game to break it down both offensively as well as defensively.
I was getting allot closer to Mark ever since his dad threw him out of the house after he told him that he was gay. Mark was not just another teammate to me, but he has become my high school lover. During a chat with dad I told him that we needed to get Mark more involved since his folks no longer cared for him, also due to the fact that Mark was sliding from a 4.0 gpa student to just barely 2.0 to be able to play football. One night as we laid on the bed cuddling, I asked him what was bothering him that his grades had suffered so badly. Mark's response was surprising to both me and dad. He told me that he answered the phone before my dad had gotten home from practice, and the message said," We want you to take over as Head Coach of our NFL-Euro football team here in Amsterdam." He than told me that he hoped that I would be a star over there as well as I had been last year for the high school team.
His comment took me by surprise. So I talked dad about situation with Mark, and how I had a feeling that he felt as if he was going to be left all alone again. In my own opinion his parents where really a pair of assholes, especially when they came out in support of my mom and former coach Darr.
I told dad that there was no way that I would leave Mark because he is my boyfriend, lover and the best tutor that any dumb jock like myself could hope to find. If it had not been for Mark helping me with my classwork as well explaining how to make it all simple for me to understand, and pass my tests myself with the exception of Chemistry.
We played The Franklin High School Indians in their homecoming game, which we ruined for them by shutting them out 48 -0 with Mark setting new school records as well breaking an old prep record that was set by a player from Calvert Hall some 10 years ago. Mark played both tight end as well as wide receiver in the game, and between the two of us we played pass, and catch with Mark catching 5 TD passes for just under 300 yards to top it off he rushed for the last TD ( touchdown) with a 20 yard run after I latteralled the ball to him.
I was happy for Mark, but was upset with the Prep Reporter who had named me as "Star of the Week" after that game, and I called him to inform him that he had chosen the wrong player to be the star of the week. This seemed to shock him because I had taken all of them the year before with the exception of the first week of last seasons games, but I told him that Mark was more deserving of the award along with the money that went into a college fund to help offset any costs the player may occur. The next day there was a picture of Mark on the front page of the sports section with the following headline: The True Star of The Week with Mark's picture underneath it, also all the high school records that he had broke in the game against Franklin. It shocked me to see that he had actually broke over 10 records and some where 20 years old that Mark had broke in that game.
I went to wake him up on Saturday in our normal way, by giving him the best blow job that he had ever had in his short life. Man did I really love Mark and not just cause of the sex which is GREAT, but because he was just an all around super loving guy. The major problem was he was no where in the house to be found causing me to yell, : DAD HE IS MISSING !!!!
Dad knew how I felt towards Mark and got up than called the cops, his buddies to help locate Mark. I was afraid that his parents had kidnapped him during the night, but they also showed that they seemed to care about the son that they had thrown out like the trash on collection day. It took us all day to look for him before one of his former classmates told us that as a youngster when Mark got upset he would hide in a tree house, and mot of the time he spent there was after his dad either had forced him to go to a dance with some girl or after he had beaten Mark.
My blood was getting to a boiling point especially after hearing that his dad had beaten Mark with a leather strap. I was given the directions to the tree house. So I started off towards the treehouse while thinking of a way to ruin his mom and dad since they never said a word that he liked to go to this treehouse. I found it and upon entering it saw a sight that made me ill. My best friend, boyfriend, lover Mark was laying nude in a puddle of blood with welts all over his body. I called dad on my cellphone telling that I found him, but needed an ambulance ASAP because Mark had been beaten, also was bleeding from a belt that laid there in the corner next to him. Dad along with the cops, medical personnel arrived in a few mins, but when I saw Mark's dad I accused him of doing this to Mark. Once he had been taken to the hospital with me riding with him in the ambulance, and dad requested that the police call it a crime scene since Mark's dad had withheld any knowledge of the teehouse for close to three hours. Upon hearing that they decided to take the man into custody to finger print him as there where fingerprints on the belt as well as in the blood that had dried on Mark's back.
While I stayed next to Mark's side I promised him that if he got better as soon as the school had a dance that we would attend as a couple, and I told him also that from now on he was truly my "Star Player" besides loving him as boyfriend and lovers.
I had to go back to school and get ready for our next game, but I asked Dad if we could all wear Mark's number on our helmets and jersey because as far as I am concerned New Town was going to dedicate the season to our injured teammate. Every player thought that would be a great idea, and I was not really listening when one player suggested that we ask for a moment of silence before the start of our game, especially the homecoming game. When I turned to see who suggested that to thank them I got a surprise as it was Mark sitting in a wheelchair over near the door next to the receiver coach.
He flashed that sexy smile of his at me, and than said," I am injured not dead, so lets go out there and win another state championship, but tonight's game is first of all important as it was against rival Owings Mills HS. God I loved his smile more than anyone knew, but I felt like a burden had been removed as I was told by dad the doctors told him that Mark maybe able to play in the last three games of the season ( playoffs and state championship). I walked over to Mark to hug him and was going to just whisper to him that I loved him so much, but instead I walked over to him asking him in my loud voice," Hey sexy you do realize that I love you and still want you to be my date at the homecoming dance."
The game was dedicated to Mark who served as special captain for the team the rest of the regular season. He won every damn coin toss for us, how I could never know. Easy he told me its just a matter of chance its always a 50/50 chance to win it.
Like I stated earlier in my version of what has happened Mark was able to return to the team, but he went through some tough conditioning as well as homophobic comments by the idiots at New Town.
I was glad to have my boyfriend, lover back at the house. Even though I knew that Mark could not have anal sex until the doctors gave him the all clear to return to his normal activities. Mark surprised me by asking me," Mike would your dad become my legal guardian?" I asked him what caused that question to be asked. Mark told me that his mom had contacted her brother-in-law a retired baseball player to take me in while she went through the court system, and he told me that his uncle was worse than his father when it came to dealing with gays. Hold on buddy let me ask dad now.
I went upstairs to explain the situation that Mark had described to me, along with his request that you dad become his legal guardian. Dad, I could see how scared Mark was at the thought of having to move to his uncle's home somewhere in Okalahoma.
He called Mark upstairs to discuss the situation after he called his lawyer and former agent to see if Mark could be emancipated from his family, and have him because his legal guardian for medical reasons. Dad, told both of us to take a seat as his former teammate Bubba was going to be stopping by soon with their agent/lawyer to discuss what would be the best thing for Mark. I just wrapped him up in my arms as I could feel him starting to shiver, when ever he thought of having to leave us to move in with his uncle. Mark seemed to calm down as I promised that it be cold day in hell before he was taken away from this his home, and forced to move to another homophobic idiots home.
Uncle Bubba as I always referred to him arrived in his new BMW with 2 gentlemen that I had never seen before, but they knew dad real. After the introductions had taken place Bubba took me out back to play catch while his and dad's lawyer/agent talked to Mark in private about what had happened, and what where he wanted to live and why. Bubba could tell that I just was not into tossing the football back and forth, and decided to ask me what I wanted for Mark. Oh man a trick question I thought, but he was serious when he repeated the question," Mike what do you really want for Mark?" I finally told him after thinking about it for a short time than told him that I wanted Mark to have a loving home. Just like he has had ever since his dad threw him out just because he is gay. I love him not just as a friend, but also as both a boyfriend and lover. I then told Bubba something that I had not even told Dad, and that was I had fallen for Mark a couple of years back. I told all the girls at school that I was not interested in dating cause I had found my significant other, and I just let it drop there.
After about 3 hours, Dad called me back upstairs where he introduced me to the agent and lawyers before telling me that they had talked to Mark's parents in jail about signing away their parental right to Mark. His dad had signed without asking where he was going to live, because he did not want a fag to have his name. The mother was more hesitant until she found out the number of years that she faced for allowing all the beatings and withholding important information from the Police. Ok dad so they signed papers what does that mean about Mark and his wish to be able to stay here with us.
One of dad's lawyers than said," Mike it clears the way for the courts to grant your dad request to become Mark's legal guardian." YES !!!! I did not want his asshole uncle to have any access to Mark or take him away. They could tell that I was happy about what they had just been told, but Mark was asleep in the fetal position as he was worn out. I also heard that since this involved both parents going to trial, that Mark would not have been able to leave the state as he had to testify against both parents. Oh my poor Mark he has to relive this over two more times before he is totally free of both his parents, but the greatest thing was that Mark was going to be staying here with me.
I went back to the bedroom where Mark was sleeping and stripped before crawling in next to him even if was just to cuddle with him, because he still had not gotten clearance to return to his normal activities. Just having his smooth body next to me was enough to keep me going strong, and he truly was my Star Player whether he played football or whatever. I maybe the star player on the football team, but in my mind Mark was really the star for taking all the abuse his mom and dad had put him through over the years.
I have to go before I get too upset thinking about what could have happened to my boyfriend and partner Mark.
In the next chapter it will be a few weeks later and New Town is close to having another undefeated season.
TBC