Scene 14

Scene 14

Getting out the door had been a trial for Aaron, his parents had come home and wanted all sorts of photos of the three and both of his sisters were hamming it up. Eve didn’t tell him that was something he needed to do too, but a hard glare gave him that exact impression. Leaving him doing photos like the one where he laid on his parents bed. On his stomach feet bent up into the air to show off his shoes, elbows bent and his head resting on the top of his bridged hands, while he gave a vapid smile, feeling like he was dying inside while his stepmother took photo after photo. His sisters had joined him in that pose, but she made sure each of them had their time to shine instead of just group shots.

When they finally made it out the door, their father had hugged each of them. The embrace from his father had always been a soothing one to Aaron. When his father spoke it almost broke him, tears coming to the teens eyes. He was able to hold it in, but it was a near thing.

“I’m proud of you Erin, and I love you.” Gerald said, the words were true, but he felt like a failure. His child had shared with him a part of themself and while he was doing his best to accept them for who they were the forty year old man found himself silent when golfing and someone had made a joke about a tranny. He knew he should speak up, but he hadn’t found the courage. Gerald had drank a bit too much, planning on poking the bloated man in the chest that had made the off-color joke and tell him how he was wrong and how his on child was trans and he was just as happy to have them in his life, but he had never worked himself up to it. Gerald told himself he would do better, and holding Erin, his daughter in his arms he made himself a promise that he would do better, he needed to.

“Dad, stop, you are going to make me cry and then I will have to redo my makeup.” While the comment was true, the words felt sour in Aaron’s mouth.

“Wait.” Gerald said, pulling back and holding up one finger before running off to the garage. Moving as quickly as he could, Gerald grabbed what he was looking for and darted back to his daughters.

“Thanks Dad…” Aaron said, holding onto the black magnifying glass, a prop for his costume he supposed. Then found himself a little surprised when his father reached over and pressed a button, activating the one way ring light.

Feeling a little proud of himself Gerald smiled, the device was for when he was soldering. “Thought it would help the three of you stay safe with the light and help you look for clues.”

When they left the house the three Bright kids got into Evelyn’s car and drove off. Aaron felt better than he had when he first saw himself in the mirror. He didn’t want to look like a hot girl, or fucking hot as Eve had said, but his dad really had made him feel better. It wasn’t like his old man didn’t hug him or show him affection, Aaron had just gotten more of it since that day his old man walked in on him reading his sister's diary. The change felt good, and he hoped it would continue tomorrow when he was back in jeans and sneakers instead of skirts and heels.

Driving, Evelyn was a little surprised to see her brother smiling, not that it looked like it was her brother at all. The person sitting in the passenger seat looked like she could have been a cousin, or a friend from school and they appeared to be happy. She didn’t know what was going on there and didn’t want to interrupt whatever was going through their head and instead focused on the road while Dotty happily watched a show on her tablet in the backseat. Their own neighborhood was what people would call wealthy, but it wasn’t known for giving out the best candy. For that they just had a short drive, and a not so long walk, or at least it wouldn’t be if a person wasn’t wearing high heels. She had intended for her last act of punishment for the night to be making Aaron walk back home after they dropped Dotty off, but after the family photos and with how happy Aaron looked, she thought it might be best to leave things off on a happier note instead of something sour.

Out of the car Aaron walked down the sidewalk, the sound of his shoes filling his ears with every step. In one hand was the ring light magnifying glass, the light wasn’t on yet, no need with the sun still in the sky and in the other he held Dot’s hand. While Eve walked a few steps behind their younger sister. He tried to not let it rub him the wrong way that she wasn’t wearing her heels, Eve said she wouldn’t be for walking around, but still it was aggravating. He wasn’t having a problem with his footwear at the moment, but it didn’t take a psychic to know what the future held for his feet and calves. “Alright, let's get you some candy.”

“TRICK OR TREAT!” Dorothy yelled as the front door opened to the house and she held up her pumpkin bag.

When the door opened Aaron took a sharp intake of breath as he saw a teen boy, maybe a little younger than himself open the door. It wasn’t someone he recognized, but seeing a boy around his own age while dressed as he was, felt like a splash of freezing cold water had hit him, the previous calmed nerves acting as if they were exposed all over again. The boy that opened the door wasn’t wearing a costume, wasn’t holding a bowl of candy. The teen’s eyes on him felt like a physical weight to Aaron and it made him want to bolt and was pretty sure at this point he could run in his footwear. Something he scoffed at in that dinosaur movie when an actress ran in her heels, but now he had a different perspective.

“I SAID!” Dorothy raised her voice more than she had before. “TRICK OR TREAT!” Her not sure why the older kid didn’t know how this worked.

Wetting his lips the sixteen year old boy looked down at the girl who was shorter than five feet in her brown dog costume, seeing her for the first time. His teenage brain had hyper focused on the two girls standing on his porch. “Yeah, sorry. Great costumes, do you maybe want to come inside and watch a scary movie?” He asked, not caring about the little girl, he would just give her the candy, turn the porch light off and sit on the couch between her chaperones.

Chuckling Eve flashed the teen a smile. “Sorry cutie, my sisters and I have a lot of houses to hit tonight, maybe another time.”

With the situation defused, the small group was on their way to the house next door, Dorothy pleased to have gotten two full size kit-kat bars. “You should.” She started before reconsidering. “Both of you should flirt at every house and then I can get three candies!”

A happy laugh bubbled up Evelyn’s throat at the notion and her sister’s logic. “I dunno, Erin, I’m up for it if you are.”

Pressing his red lipstick covered lips into a line Aaron gave a few sharp shakes of his head, feeling the odd sensation of the long hair fluttering about from the action, while at the same time having to deal with the feeling of the skirt bouncing with each of his heeled steps. “No, not going to happen.”

“Awww!” Dorothy complained.

Not willing to give in, Aaron and his sisters continued down the block, moving from house to house and then back up the other way. Things hit a rhythm and Aaron found himself getting much less nervous. No one had called him out, other than people telling them that they loved his costume. There was plenty of leering from men, but as uncomfortable as that was it was still preferable to being outed as some sissy. It wasn’t until little over an hour later, the sun now set, the ring light turned on, that things changed. The door to the house opened before they could knock, Aaron watched two tall young men step out and he knew exactly who both of them were.

Swallowing the saliva in his mouth Aaron pointed from one of them to the other. “Cody… Barlow and, and Mathew Barlow.” he said first pointing at a caucasian blonde curly haired young man with green eyes that stood at six feet tall. The other was a black skinned young man with brown eyes and stood at six foot two.

“Well, Hello.” Mathew said seeing the group on his family's porch, happy to see the cute brunette know who he was. “I feel at a loss, you know who we are, but…” His eyes drifted from the brunette to the redhead, who looked like she was wearing a wig for her costume. “Well, I for one would love the chance to get to know the two of you.”

“Three.” Cody added, pointing to the young girl.

Confused, Evelyn looked between the two men and then to her brother. “Erin, do you know them?” She hadn’t said to embarrass her brother, they didn’t appear like they could be someone from his school.”

“Hey!” Dotty spoke up, shaking her bag. “TRICK OR TREAT!”

So much was happening all at once in Aaron’s mind. The two men standing in front of him were on their college baseball team and it was heavily rumored to have been scouted by a major league baseball team. “Yeah… yeah… the brothers are on our college team.”

The green eyed brother squatted down to look the youngest of the group in the eye. He had taken an eyeful of the pretty females, it wasn’t normal for someone to just know who they are and he would love to address that, but the trick or treater looked like she needed the most attention and if it was one thing he had learned from going to weddings was that young woman paid very close attention to men when they engaged with a child and he was clinging to that. Cody had never been as smooth with words as his brother. “You want candy?”

Shaking her bag Dorothy nodded. “Yessss!”

“How much candy?” He asked, raising an eyebrow.

“I ahh.” Dotty narrowed her eyes as she looked at the young man in front of her, unsure if she should be polite or tell him what she actually wanted. “Can I have all of it?”

“Hmm.” Cody rubbed his chin. “We should leave some for others, but we have those peanut butter cups, how about I give you two, but I might be able to give you three, though that would cost you.”

“You can have my tootsie rolls, I don’t like them.” The young girl said, holding out her bag again so he could take the pieces of candy she didn’t want."

“You can hold onto those, I got a better trade. I will pop in the house and get you the peanut butter cups and you get me one of your sister’s phone numbers.” Cody glanced up to the girls standing next to the little girl, hoping to have earned a smile from them and their numbers.

While Cody was interacting with Dorothy, the others continued their conversation. Evelyn looked puzzled. “You are brothers?” Her brother knowing who they were made more sense now that she knew they were on a college team. Aaron never played sports, but he loved watching games with their dad.

“Adopted.” Matthew said, motioning his head to the house behind him. “The Barlow's adopted both of us when we were kids. Cody here is my older brother, he is the dorky one, but I love him the same.”

A light snort came from Eve’s mouth as she laughed. “Erin here is my little sister and the dorky one, but she is into baseball as you can tell.”

His mouth open slightly Mathew crossed his arms as he looked between the two and ignoring whatever his brother was doing he took his shot for both of them. “We were about to head over to a party on South North street, maybe the two of you can swing by later?”

Evelyn was about to answer him when she instead held up one finger with one hand and put the other on her little sister's shoulder. “Dotty, don't give him our home phone number.” She had heard what the blonde haired young, Cody, had said and wanted to say she couldn’t believe the child wouldn’t immediately give someone their home phone number for some offer of chocolate, but then she would be wrong. “Far as the party.” Eve turned her attention back to the boy who was talking to her. “Funny enough I was planning on going there after we were done getting some candy.” She continued to talk with the taller Barlow, keeping an eye on the other as he instead bargained the chocolate treats away for a series of high fives that made her smile.

After blurting out their names a spike of shame ran through Aaron that the broad shouldered athletes were seeing him dressed like this, but as the seconds turned into minutes with them not accusing him of being some freak his emotions calmed down and the little baseball fan in him came back to the surface. “Could I get your autographs!?” A college player's signature wasn’t going to be worth much, but if they really did get picked up by some major league teams it could be worth a lot in a few years, or so Aaron thought.

Hearing what her brother asked for, an amused smile grew on Evelyn’s face, knowing that her sibling had no idea what it looked like to the college age men. “You see if you can score what you want little sis. I’m going to take Dotty to the next house. Maybe see you later Mathew, Brody.” She said with a small wave of her hand.

Aaron hadn’t been so lost in his goal that he didn’t pick up on his sister's words, but kept the sneer off his face. “His name is Cody!” He said, calling after her.

Cody, hearing the glasses wearing girl, who didn't seem to think twice about waving around her flashlight magnifying glass, correcting her sister and brought a smile to his face as he stood back up to his full height, now believing that this was the one he had a chance with. “Tell me Erin, are you going to go to the party with your sister?” he asked, picking up the girl's name from her necklace.

“I ahh… wasn’t planning on it, but…” He was ready to say he would go if Cody wanted him to, before reality sunk in with how he was dressed.. Looking down at himself he was even standing there pigeon toed in the heels like some nervous girl. That was when a devious thought occurred to him and a way to get little pay back with his sister. “I’m not, but you know, while my sister isn’t into baseball as much as me. I do know there is something she is much more interested in doing, and I could talk her into it if you were willing to just sign a piece of paper.” Aaron said at first trying to play it off like he was coy, but afraid they weren’t going to pick up on it he touched his index finger to the top of his thumb, making a looks grip with the hand before motioning with it to his lips. Opening his red lipstick covered lips Aaron motioned closer to his face with his hand while pushing against his cheek with his tongue. Moving his hand forward and then back again in time with his tongue to make sure they were getting that he meant blow job and having no idea of the very appealing image he was making in front of the older men.

Mincing away from the house with a bright smile on his face Aaron held the magnifying glass up to the piece of paper in his hand, lighting it up enough for him to easily read.

To our beautiful and adoring fan Erin

• Cody Barlow

-Mathew Barlow

It wasn’t perfect, but it had their signatures and all it cost him was a promise to get his sister to blow them at the party, his sister's phone number and a selfie of himself with them. That last part had been the most uncomfortable, with Cody’s hand on his hip and Mathrew’s hand somehow finding its way down to his ass. The picture ended up being pictures and it was clear by the blush on Aaron’s cheeks when he had been felt up. ‘I got it though… Dad is going to freak out that I got this. I just wish I had a baseball for them to sign. I do know where they live now, maybe…’ Aaron shook his head, they wouldn’t know who he was, not really and tonight was Erin’s last night. Looking up at his sisters he kept a bright smile on his face as he approached, wondering how Eve was going to take it when the Barlow brothers expected oral from her later. Would she have to open her mouth and get on her knees like she made him do with the dildo or would she get out of it, like he had been unable to do with her punishment.