Partner now Partner Chapter 29
“Beep….beep….beep….beep.” Will somebody turn off that damn alarm clock. The alarm clock is on James’ side of the bed. I try to nudge him but he isn’t there. Where could he be ? Damn my side hurts and my shoulder. Is this that dream again ? I open my eyes and the first thing I see is a tube coming out of my mouth and I start to gag. Its bright lights and beeps. Where is James? What is going on ? “I see you finally woke up.” someone said. It wasn’t James, it was a woman. I can’t turn my head, I can’t move my arms. What the hell is going on ? It was Nikki speaking and then I heard Chris’ voice. I could now see Nikki and Chris both smiling. My mind is shouting as loud as it can “WHERE IS JAMES ? “ but nothing is coming out. I can’t speak to ask where James is. Wait a minute. The last time I saw Chris he was naked. Nikki was in Georgia. Oh shit what happened. “WHERE THE HELL IS JAMES ?” is screaming in my head. Nikki saw concern and tears in my eyes but I am not sure she knew why they were there. Gun shots, I remember gunshots. Oh holy shit is he alive ? The beeps got drastically quicker and I began to sweat. I was afraid to blink. The door opened and I heard. “I told you Boss man was tough.” James said as he looked over Nikki’s shoulder and smiled. The beeps went back to a slower pace. “He was worried about you James, that’s why his heart was racing so bad.”
A moments relief came over me and then fear sat in again. The beeps went back up and I began to tear up. I guess James could read the fear in my eyes and knew my concern. “The girls are fine. They don’t even know what happened.” James said. “Damn you two are good.” Chris said. James leaned over and kissed me on the forehead and my heart rate calmed even more until I opened my eyes and saw his arm in a sling. The beeps went up again. “ I am fine sweetheart, its minor.” James said. My heart rate returned to normal. “You need to teach this mind reading thing to Will.” Nikki said as she and Chris began to laugh. “Listen sweetie. I am o.k., the girls are too. Now that you have woken up we know that you will be fine.” James said. I had to trust the love in his eyes that he was being truthful. I gave him a funny look and he said. “Lets wait until you get the tube out and I will tell you what happened and answer any questions. For right now you just rest and get better. Me and the girls want you home.” James said.
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Hi this is Todd. I have no idea what the hell is going on. Chris ran out of the bedroom naked with a gun in his hand and into the house. I pulled on a pair of warm up pants and grabbed a pair of shorts for Chris and eased my way to the house. Oh shit I hear gun shots and see muzzle flair. I ran back into the pool hose and grabbed my gun. As I make it to the back door I can hear people shouting. I turned the corner to the master bedroom and Chris is standing over some man that’s bleeding on the floor. He kicked the gun away from the man and jumped on the bed. Oh my, I ran to the side of the bed. “Call 911” Chris shouted. “I already hear sirens coming Chris.” I said Before I got that out of my mouth good I heard “FREEZE”. There were three military men behind me with guns drawn. “GET SOME HELP” Chris shouted. “Move sir, I am a medic.” this young man said. When Chris moved I saw the most awful site I had ever seen.
James was clutching Ronnie with one arm and screaming his name. He had blood all over his arm and I could see that he was injured. The medic calmed James enough for him to let go of Ronnie and it was gruesome. The sheet was covered in blood. I could see one bullet hole in the sheet and there was blood gushing from his shoulder. His head was limp but there was blood trickling from his mouth. One of the military guy bent down to check the man on the floor and Chris jumped and grabbed him and pinned him to the wall. “Let that garbage wait on an ambulance. If you touch him you will join him, now help them over here.” Chris shouted. “Yes sir” the man said. I handed Chris the shorts to put on. He was jumping around all these military guys with out a stitch of clothes but didn’t seem to care. “Go check on the girls.” Chris pointed at me. This is his job and his business. For this moment we were not lovers, it was all business.
I checked on the girls and they were sound asleep. “Call Granny O and get her over here for the girls.” James said. I went to the phone and called. I explained that everything was still up in the air but James wanted someone here with the girls. I told her not to hurry that I was going to be here too. “Delta two , this is Tango one.” the guy said. “Go ahead Tango one.” came over the radio. “We have two that need medivac, please advise.” the young man said. “Local stable and Delta one is prepared to medivac.” the radio said. “What was all that?” Granny O asked. “I don’t know its one of the military guys on his radio talking to the helicopter.” I said. “HELICOPTER ?” she shouted. “Granny I really can’t say what’s going on because we really don’t know but I will tell you all I know when you get here, but be careful.” I said. I grabbed Ronnie’s cell phone and called our guys and told them to clear the way for any emergency vehicles and that they had a hell of a lot of explaining to do. I also told them to be ready to transport Chris.
“Sir , he is still alive. I need to stabilize him so that we can medivac him to the hospital.” the young man told James. “Let my partner look at your wounds.” he told James. “I am fine you take care of Ronnie.” James said. “Sir your arm is bleeding really bad and I can handle this. Please let Sergeant Napier take care of your arm.” the man said. The ambulance was pulling up to the house and I went to lead the E.M.T’s inside. “Tango one, eta for medivac ? “ the radio blasted. “Sir this is a military medivac now. I need your stretcher and some supplies. Commander Scoggins has notified your dispatch. Plus you will need an ambulance for the man on the floor.” the young man said. “Delta two, medivac eta is two minutes.” he said. “Roger, tango one.” said the radio. “We don’t have a flight pad at the hospital here.” the EMT said. “Sir he is going to Fort Sanders, Knoxville.” he said. There was still no life nor movement from Ronnie. I watched the man work on James’ arm. Damn I see why Ronnie is so happy. James is a damn sexy man and well packed too. I dug around and found some clothes for James to put on.
The military medics had Ronnie on a stretcher and strapped down. “I’m going where he goes.” James stated. “Sir only people with clearance, I’m sorry.” the young man said. “Check his I.D. He has higher clearance than you do.” Chris told the young man. “Fine sir but we have to get moving.” the young man said. Two deputies had walked in the back door. “Nobody is going anywhere until we find out what’s going on.” The short cocky one said. “Sir this is a military mission and if you don’t want to be put under military arrest you will kindly move out of my way.” The young man said Sergeant Napier pulled his pistol and the deputies stood back. “Sir you can direct any question to Commander Scoggins at Fort Campbell Military Base.” the young man stated. Within seconds they were out the door with Ronnie and James on their heals. I heard the helicopter take off. The EMT’s were working on the man on the floor. Chris took the deputies into the great room and told them what happened. “They found out the man on the floor was Greg. Chris also turned over his pistol and James’ pistol to the deputies. I went upstairs to check on the girls again.
Granny O arrived and I told her what had happened. She saw them bringing Greg out on another stretcher. I asked if she would look out for the girls and as soon as the deputies were through I would clean up the bedroom. She said she would help but I told her that I don’t think she wanted to see the room. Chris and the deputies went outside and found the tracks in the snow. I am still wondering how he got to the house. The deputies were back in taking measurements and pictures. Our guys had located Greg’s truck. Chris came into the great room. “I have to call his Mom. I hope the military haven’t already called.” Chris said. “Cll Nikki first and have her go over there.” I suggested. Chris took the phone and went into the other room. He came back in a few minutes later with tears in his eyes. “Ronnie ?” I asked. “No, I haven’t heard anything yet. That was just one of the hardest phone calls I have ever had to make. Nikki is going to call from Ronnie’s Mom’s house.” he said. About three minutes later the phone rang and Chris explained what was going on and told them that he would have a plane waiting if they needed it. His Mom told Chris that since the military took him that she would contact them. “I’m going to jump in the shower and head to Knoxville.” Chris told me. “I have to ld a driver to be prepared to take you. “ I said. “Come with me.” Chris said. I followed him to the pool house and put him some clothes together while he showered. He walked in and kissed me real quick. “While I dress get me that mother fucker on the phone that we bought that security system from.” he said, Once he was on the phone I walked out of the pool house. There was so much screaming and cursing going on.
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This is James. My whole world is crumbling down around my feet. I felt like I was trying to hold Ronnie to keep life in him. He is covered with blood and so am I. I am grateful for one thing though. These military folks don’t play. It felt like the helicopter was stuck in rush hour traffic. It didn’t take fifteen minutes to get to the hospital but they had to start CPR on Ronnie. I am so scared. This is when I generally lean on Ronnie and now I have to depend on myself. They are working frantically on him. All I want to do is hold him and cry. Sergeant Napier moved and told me. “Sir try talking to him. Please remain calm so it doesn’t upset him but let him hear your voice. “ he said. I took Ronnie’s hand and held it tight. I took a deep breath. “Hey Boss man. I told you that if you ever decided to leave me and the girls that you had to take us with you. My arm is hurt and I need you so you better not leave me.” I said.
We landed at the hospital and they rushed Ronnie in one door and took me through another. I told them they had to hurry with me because I had to get to Ronnie. Sergeant Napier came into the room to tell me that Ronnie was stable and they were taking him into surgery. He also said that he would wait with me until I was patched up and take me to the waiting area. It took an hour for them to run tests and then stitch me up. I had tried to cover Ronnie after the first shot and it went through my arm and into his shoulder. If I had move a little more it may have hit my bone and not made it to his shoulder. Why couldn’t that have happened ? “Oh my God, Ronnie’s Mom and Nikki.” I said out loud. “My C O is in contact with them sir.” said Sergeant Napier. “I need a phone, I need to talk to them.” I said. “Fine sir I will get them on the phone for you.” he said. “Yes this is Sergeant Napier and I have a Mr. James here that needs to speak to you.” he said and handed me a cell phone. It was Nikki and Ronnie’s Mom. I told them what had happened and told them that Ronnie was in surgery and I would let them know what was going on as soon as I knew. I told them that I knew he was stable when they took him in for surgery. “Are you o.k. James ?” Nikki asked. “Don’t worry about me, Ronnie is the one I am worried about. It should have been me.” I said. “No James, Ronnie is in God’s hands right now. You need to make sure you are o.k. because he is going to need you when this is over.” his Mom said. “I’m fine, a few stitches and some pain but that’s it.” I told them
“We are leaving here shortly and coming up there. Chris offered to fly us but I need to bring some things for Brian. I have talked Mema into waiting until Ronnie is out of surgery to leave. I don’t want to be on the road until I know everything is alright. Will is packing me and Brian some things and I am helping Mema pack.” Nikki said. “You will be the first to know when the doctor talks to me. Chris is suppose to be on his way so I will have a phone.” I said. “No you keep that phone that’s in your hand. It’s a satellite link. They can have it back when I am done with it.” his Mom said. The sergeant heard that and nodded yes. “I will call just as soon as I hear from the doctor. You two try to get some rest.” I said. “James we love you and we don’t blame you for this, alright ?” His Mom said. “I love you all too but this is my fault.” I said. “No its not but lets get Ronnie fixed and then we will deal with that.” Nikki said.
The sergeant carried me to the waiting room. “Can I get you something sir ?” he asked. “No I am fine but if you want something go get it. I will be fine.” I said. “No sir, my orders are not leave your side. So if you have to pee be prepared.” he said. “So I’m stuck with you huh ?” I said. “Yes sir and don’t worry you were unclad when we arrived so I have seen it all.” he said. We sat and chatted about mostly nothing. My mind was in the operating room. I did learn that he was from Alabama and had been in the service for twenty years. He was a handsome well built man. I figured he was probably in his late thirties. I would be surprised if he had hit forty yet. “Sir can I ask you a question?” he said. “Shoot, as long as you stop calling me sir and call me James.” I said. “Yes sir, Oh I mean James. This is hard because with your clearance level you out rank me.” he said. “I don’t stand on ceremony. Just call me James.” I said. “I am assuming, uh well I am guessing I would say that you and that man are uh, well you know, that you two are a couple.” he finally said. “Yes, ah Napier, by the way what’s your first name ?” I asked. “Bill, sir, uh I mean James.” he said. “Yes Bill we are a couple. I know the military is don’t ask, don’t tell. I hope you don’t have an issue with that.” I said. “No, not at all. The truth is that I was wanting to know what it was like to be able to live like you do ?” he asked. “What do you mean by that ?” I asked. “Wait, let me get us both a cup of coffee.” he said.
Bill returned with the coffee and sat and stared into his cup. “Hey buddy, didn’t you want to ask me something ?” I said. “Yeah well its kind of hard to say but I wanted to talk to you about you and Ronnie if that’s o.k. ?” he said. “Sure as long as you aren’t going to ask about the sex thing.” I said. “Oh no nothing like that. I was just wanting to know….” “Hey James , here I got Todd to pack you some clothes. Ronnie would never forgive me If I let a nurse steal you with you walking around in a hospital gown.” Chris interrupted. “Thanks buddy. Chris this is Bill, Bill this is Chris. Chris is Todd’s boyfriend. You know the guy that had his hands in the air when you came in.” I said. “Yeah I didn’t know his name though. So you are uh, well gay too ?” he asked. “Yes Chris and Todd are getting married just like Ronnie and I are.” I said. Chris was setting there with a weird look on his face. “Chris, Bill had a few questions about me and Ronnie. He may have a couple about you two also.” I said. “Sure ask away.” Chris said.
“Well its like this. I have a boyfriend too. At least I guess you could say that. We have been together when we could for the last year or so. It’s not easy being in the military and having rank. I just wanted to know what it was like to be free to love who you wanted. I am afraid I have waited too late.” he said. “Nonsense, I am forty two, Ronnie is forty eight, Chris is forty seven and I have no idea how old Todd is. Ronnie is the first man that I fell in love with and slept with and that was less than two years ago. So its nowhere near too late for you. I wish I had realized what I know now when I was your age.” I said. “The same for me. Todd and I have been together even less time than Ronnie and James.” Chris said. “It’s just hard for me to show any affection to this guy. I am too close to being able to retire to get kicked out.” Bill said. “Plus I am not sure how monogamous the guy is so I am real careful.” he added. “I can fully understand that. Ronnie and I made sure we were both disease free and the way we feel about each other we aren’t concerned about either cheating.” I said.
The doctor came in to the waiting room. “We have been able to remove the bullet from his abdomen and repair that damage. We are waiting on two surgeons from Emory to remove the bullet from his shoulder. That surgery will take longer because part of the shoulder bone will have to be rebuilt and the larger arteries in that area will have to be repaired.” he said “Is he going to be alright ?” I asked. “As of this moment he is stable but we needed to give him a rest before we continued. The doctors from Emory are here now and preping to continue. This next surgery is going to take a while.” he said. “Can I see him ?” I asked. “You will have to wait until the recovery room. He is still in the operating room.” he said. “I will make sure the nurse comes out every few minutes and gives you and update.” he said. “Thank you doctor.” I said. “Let me go call his family.” I told Chris and Bill. When I returned Chris and Bill had been talking. “James, Bill said that they were going to station people around you two for a while. Do you have any problem with Bill doing it ?” Chris asked. “Not at all. In fact I would be more comfortable with him.” I said. The commander came in about an hour later and I wouldn’t take no for an answer. Besides it wasn’t difficult. All I had to do was request and it was granted. About five hours later the doctors came out and told us that the surgery had went well but that they didn’t know when Ronnie would wake up. He had lost a lot of blood but at this point they didn’t want to give him any. They wanted to see if he could hold on his own. The next forty eight hours would tell a lot.
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It was about thirty minutes after I woke up that they came in and took the tubes out. I couldn’t talk but I could whisper. James, Nikki, and Chris stood by the bed. They had me strapped down because they didn’t want my shoulder to move. James leaned over and lightly kissed my parched lips. “Are the girls o.k.?” I whispered. “They are fine sweetheart. They don’t really know what happened. Your mom and Granny o are there with them now along with Brian.” James said. “Are you o.k. ?” I whispered. “I will be just fine. My job now is to get you back on your feet. “ he said. “I will be fine.” I whispered. “I know you will because I am going to make sure you are. I told you in the helicopter if you were leaving you had to take me and the girls.” he smiled and said. Another light kiss and he stood back up. “How long have I been here ?” I asked. “Well you have been here five days so far.” Nikki said. “What happened to Greg ?” I asked. “He’s in a coma in another hospital. They said if he ever wakes up they are going to charge him with a hate crime.” Chris said. “I am so sorry James.” I said. “What do you have to be sorry about. Nothing. “ he smiled and said.
“Well I need to go back to the house and let Mema come up here or she will never forgive any of us.” Nikki said. “Can you bring me another change of clothes ?” James asked. “No, you need to go home with her.” I said. “I’m staying right here.” James said. “He hasn’t been home since the helicopter flew you two up here.” Chris said. James was holding my other hand and I squeezed it hard enough for him to get the message that I meant he better go home and check on the girls. “You three go home. The nurse said they were going to knock me back out shortly. I don’t want to see any of you all including Mom until tomorrow.” I whispered. “Boy you picked a tough one to marry James.” Chris said. “Tell you guys what. Todd is outside. Let me see if he will stay. Plus Sergeant Bill is here and two of my guys.” Chris said. “NO” James said. But with and even tighter squeeze of his hand he said. “O.k., O.k. As long as Todd will stay I will go.” I tried to smile but my lips hurt too bad. “Is this what your dreams were about ?” Nikki asked. “I think so.” I said. “Well good then the worst part is over.” she said. They brought Bill in to introduce me to him. Todd said he was more than pleased to stay. It took a while for them to get James to the door. He came back for a couple of kisses but stopped when he realized my lips were starting to bleed. “I love you Boss Man and I will see you in a little while.” James said. I gave him a stern look. “Tomorrow.” I whispered.
Todd came in a sat in the chair. Bill stood near the door. “Tell me what happened Todd.” I said. He looked at Bill and he shrugged his shoulders as if he didn’t know what to tell him. So Todd went into as much detail as he could about what happened. “What started all of this ?” Bill asked. Not being able to speak I look at Todd and nodded yes to let him know that he could tell Bill. In a matter of five minutes Bill was caught up to speed on what everyone else knew. Todd was setting looking out the window and said. “I hope James and Chris come out alright tomorrow.” “Why tomorrow ?” I whispered. “I had to promise I wouldn’t say anything but I am really scared. They both have to meet with the Sheriff in the morning so he can determine if he is going to press charges on either one of them.” Todd said. I could feel my blood boil and my skin turning red. The phone rang and it was James. He wanted to let us know they made it home and that my Mom wanted to talk to me. We talked for a couple of minutes and my whisper even began to give out. I asked Todd to give me a pen and paper. I wrote a note and handed to him and told him to read it to my Mom. “Tomorrow James and Chris have to go to the Sheriff and let him decide if he is pressing charges on them. Call these three people (which I named) and tell them that before the two leave his office tomorrow that this had better be put to rest. If they don’t they will find out just how far and strong my arm will reach from a hospital bed.” I noted. Todd looked at the note. “I can’t tell her that.” he said. I just looked firm at him so he read the note to her. After they hang up Todd commented that she didn’t realize that this was going on but if my three couldn’t fix it that she could.
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Hi this is James. My heart feels like two hundred pounds have been lifted. Ronnie is awake. The doctors say it may be slow recovery but he will be fine. His Mom even told me that I didn’t need to worry because anytime Ronnie has been sick or ever had surgery that he was determined and always bounced back quicker than the doctors expected. The only thing she asked was that I watch out for him because he would definitely over do it to beat the odds. I promised her I would not let that happen. The girls seem much easier now that I have come home at least for the night. I know they were scared but I was scared myself and I don’t have Ronnie’s strength. I couldn’t be brave for all of us. Chris helped me remove my shirt so that I could get in the shower. I can handle the rest and in a day or two I think I will have this shirt thing down. The warm water feels amazing. I have been so uptight since the shooting and still have to deal with the law tomorrow. The water just seems to wash most of it away. I leaned up against the wall and closed my eyes. I had not realized that the stress and lack of sex had made my cock want to recede inside me and that my nuts were drown so tight that I could feel them in my throat.
As the water ran over my body it felt like fingers. With my eyes closed I envisioned Ronnie standing there running his fingers over my body. The smell of the soap in the steam makes me feel that I can smell him standing there. I feel my manhood coming back to life. My cock begins to respond to the touch of the water, or at least in my mind the touch of my lover. I feel my balls begin to loosen a little as the sack begins moving back down the side of my leg. With my eyes closed I can see my lover and the last time we had sex. We lay on the floor of this shower. I still can’t understand but as long as he is happy then I have reached my goal. He lay there with my dick deep inside him with a smile on his face and pleasurable moan coming from his chest. Each stroke of my cock reveals a new facial expression. These are expressions of joy. My mind at the time is on reaching my own prize of releasing a part of me into him to bond us together. I can see now that his goal was to make sure that I reached mine. I can feel his fingers on my body, I can see his smile and can almost taste his lips. In my own dream world I didn’t realize that the one working hand was working furiously on jacking myself off. When I realized I was close I closed my eyes an pictured my lovers face as I kissed him last while unloading my cum deep inside him and begin to blast a heave spent up load all over the shower wall. I had masturbated for years to pictures of women while I was married. None of those could compare to this with my lover so strong in my mind that it was almost as if he were in here with me.
(to be continued… you tell me. ???????)

p.s. sorry about the lack of lots of sex. Sometimes it can’t be helped.
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