Page 273 of The Texas Sterling Collection
“You okay, son?” Grover asked.
Joey nodded and reached for a slice of bread.
Grover glanced at Mabel, and she shrugged. His eyes turned to Felix, and he shrugged, too.
Lunch turned into a somber affair as Joey’s mood settled over the table. Attempts at conversation with Joey received shrugs or one-word answers. The silent treatment tore Felix apart inside.
After lunch, Joey asked Felix to saddle Sparkle. Felix practiced roping while sitting on his horse. Then he practiced while Sparkle moved around. Then Joey brought a goat from the pen, and Felix practiced roping a moving target. He got the hang of it and did well by the time supper rolled around. No word came out about Joey’s mood, friendship, or talk the night before. In fact, not many words at all.
Supper came and went, and the silent treatment continued.
* * *
That night, Felix sat in bed writing in his diary when the usual soft knock on the door occurred. Felix hopped out of bed and raced across the room to open the door. He grabbed Joey by the arm and dragged him into the room. He closed the door and pinned Joey’s shoulders against it with his hands.
“Joey, forgive me,” he muttered as he leaned in and gave Joey a quick kiss on the lips. “You’ve been driving me crazy all day,” he whispered.
Joey shivered as he stood looking at his best friend. “What happened to no touching?” Joey asked. He didn’t wait for an answer. Instead, he wrapped Felix in a passionate kiss.
Felix pushed away from Joey but remained close. “This is wrong. It’s wrong. I’m sorry I started it.”
“It's not wrong, Felix. Why would you think it’s wrong?”
Felix eyed the floor. “I never liked anyone as much as I like you. But I think I shouldn’t, um, want you to touch me.”
Joey lifted Felix’s chin so their eyes locked. “You want me to touch you?”
“More than anything,” he said. “At night, my dick gets hard thinking of you. I can’t stand it anymore.”
“Felix, did you figure out why I stayed upset all day?”
“No…but seeing you in a bad mood made me so sad. I thought I did something wrong, but couldn’t figure out what.”
“You didn’t do anything except come to the ranch. This morning, Ma reminded me that you are leaving at the end of the summer. I don’t want you to leave, Felix. And it made me sad to think that one day you will go back to your father’s store, and I won’t have you as a friend anymore.”
“Just because I’m in town doesn’t mean we can’t be friends, Joey. It was no fun today when you stopped talking to me, but at least you stayed and helped me. We can’t keep summer from ending, but we can make the most of our time until then. And after that, we’ll figure out what happens next.”
“You’re right, and let’s start enjoying our time right now.” Joey untied his drawers and let them drop to the floor. “I want you to touch me, too.”
Felix eyed Joey’s hard dick. He touched it, and a clear liquid oozed from the slit.
“It’s leaking,” Felix said.
“Doesn’t yours leak?” Joey asked.
Felix shrugged and let his drawers drop to the floor. To his surprise, his dick leaked too.
“The leaking stuff is slick, Felix. Smear it around on mine.”
Felix put his thumb in the clear liquid and caressed the head of Joey’s dick with the slick substance.
“I’ll do yours the same way.”
As Joey did that, feelings of pleasure more intense than anything Felix had ever experienced flooded him. Felix gasped as Joey continued to stimulate him. He mimicked Joey’s actions, making Joey gasp as well.
“Joey, I think I’m about to shoot,” Felix muttered between gasps.
“Me too.”
