I worked through my chores that morning, and it was noon before I was able to catch up with Jeri and give her the news. I could see how excited she wa... as we arranged to meet in the loft later. When I finally got there, I found Jeri, laying nude on the quilt, thumbing through the magazines I had found in the old bunkhouse She smiled nervously, gave me a big kiss, and helped me strip my clothes off. She took my throbbing cock in her hand, and gave me a few strokes. I sighed as I felt the pre cum. Then she accepted the band and placed it on her head as soon as she sat down on the edge of Rachel's bed. Her eyes widened, her face registered shock. Her eyes grew larger and she reached for the band. Then she stopped and let her hands drop into her lap.She sat quiet for what seemed to Mark a long time. Then she reached up and removed the band and handed it back to him. "We have to go back up into the mountains tomorrow and pick up my band. Teacher told me it would be waiting. We're supposed. "I said I'm going to go visit you this weekend. Would you like that?"I was about to panic. "Um ... y-yes of c-course." Great! Maybe you and I can go out and Ben and your friend can come along with us. You know I have to catch up with my buddy too. Then you and I can have some alone time if you know what I mean," Gary snickered.I wasn't sure how to react to Gary's news. I had been craving my boyfriend. I had been wanting to kiss him and hold him and now..."No Ben and Flanna. Let it just be you. Silence prevailed throughout the journey as the hearse sauntered its way to the greywashed cemetery. The subsequent service went on around Matthew without his really noticing, the words hollow and worthless, his grief unquenchable. Distant relatives, made more distant by his father's stubborn refusal to leave Manila, offered heartfelt condolences prompting Matthew to force a series of smiles. Then finally the coffin was lowered into the ground, taking with it his father's lifeless corpse.Still.