Chapter 2

Nicolas and Rick parted for the day. Rick offered him a ride, but Nicolas declined, knowing it was out of his way.

Rick came across the Newton brothers. Three out of the four were already in high school and he knew they'd be on their way to football practice. All three were on varsity and when Sam got older he'd probably be on the varsity squad as well.

He was almost at the bus stop when the bus he took zoomed by. It would be another twenty minutes before another bus came. He finally made it to the stop and sat on a bench plastered in ads for cheap lawyers, fast food, and weight loss.

A bus appeared sooner than he expected and he hopped on. After paying his fare, he found a seat. It was very crowded. He sat next to an older man, maybe in his late thirties. He was pretty big. When the bus went over a bump Nicolas felt the man's belly slosh against him. He felt his penis grow hard and closed his legs. The man got off before the bus came to Nico's stop. He stood up so the man could pass and felt him bump into him with his soft body. Nico blushed and quickly sat back down.

He walked the three blocks from where he got off of the bus to his home. He noted the Halloween decorations as he passed. Halloween would be in two weeks. He was hoping to go to a party, or really, anything besides passing out the candy to the children in the neighborhood.

He unlocked the door and went inside. He started cooking for his father as he did his homework. "It's the least you could do if you're not going to play any sports!" His father always said, which is what he said about laundry, dusting, vacuuming, and any other chore needed to be done.

He plated his fathers food and put it into the microwave. He'd be home soon and Nico wanted to be as far away from him as possible.

"Nico. Nico!" Called Rick as he came hustling down the hallway. "Let's dress up for Halloween!" Nico laughed.

"We're sixteen." He said.

"I'm not talking trick-or-treating, I'm talking a party!"

"A party?" He said excitedly.

"Yes." He smiled. "So are we dressing up, or not?"

"Yeah, of course!"

"I'll be Batman and you can be Robin."

"We were Batman and Robin when we went trick-or-treating in fourth grade." Rick looked aghast.

"Yeah, but I was Robin last time." Nico smiled. If he got to go to a party he didn't care who was Batman and who was Robin.

"Okay, Batman."

It was Friday and Nico told his dad he would be sleeping over at his friend Sonia's house. His dad didn't want him to have male friends he didn't approve of and Rick was one of them. His father had never met a Sonia, but if it wasn't a boy he was perfectly okay with him sleeping at her house.

The duo went to a costume shop and tried on the costumes. Rick debated with the owner about which costume was better, the original Batman or the updated one. Nico had already purchased his Robin costume and told Ricky to hurry up and pick one. He went original and only because it matched Nico's retro Robin.