Many thanks to to lancerinLA and leftylooo for their input and support.
This is a continuing story so if this is your first visit to a Chronicles of Chris story you might want to read the other two.
As I said, this is a continuing story, so the sex is not continuous, but comes (pun partially intended) in fits and spurts (pun totally intended). It takes a little bit to get there so please enjoy Chris's young life.
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I got up and called Danny to see what was up. He told me that he and Steve were going to spend the day working for the condo association around the pool and marina. Danny said they could use an extra hand if I wanted to earn some money. I readily agreed and told him I'd be down in a few minutes. I got dressed and walked down to Danny's. I knocked on the door and Eva answered. I hadn't thought about this possibility and boy, was it awkward. Eva opened the door, saw me and blushed.
Before she could say anything I said, "Hey, Mrs. P., Danny and Steve and I are going to work at the clubhouse, today. Is he still here?"
She smiled gratefully and nodded, stepping aside to allow me into the foyer. She called out for Danny and told him I was waiting. With a small, shy, wistful smile, she retreated into the kitchen, so we weren't alone for too long.
Danny bounded down the stairs and chest bumped me. "Hey, where the hell were you yesterday? Steve and I called and then we went to your house and got no answer. Were you still fighting the headache?"
I smiled and shook my head. "No, my headache was cured Saturday night. I spent the day with Joni yesterday."
Danny's eyes widened in surprise. "Really? What did you do?"
I answered quietly, "We spent the afternoon on the island."
Danny's response was not nearly as quiet, "The island? No shit? Did you get some?"
I heard a shocked gasp from the kitchen and whispered to Danny, "Shhh, your Mom heard that. Knock it off. I don't want Joni to get in trouble. Besides it's none of your fuckin' business whether I got some or not."
Danny started laughing and said just as loudly, "So, you DIDN'T get any!"
Another gasp came from the kitchen. Man, this was not going well at all. "Danny, let's go. Bye Mrs. P."
"Bye, Mom." Danny called as we left.
I looked over my shoulder at the patio door as we passed by and Eva was wiping something from her cheeks. I assumed it was tears and I felt badly for hurting her feelings.
We walked over to Steve's and then to the clubhouse. The manager asked us to start in the boathouse and clean up in there and then wash out all the boats. We busted our asses all morning and our only break was when one of the waitresses from the bar upstairs brought hamburgers, brats and sodas down to us about one o'clock. After we ate, we got back at it. The manager came out and asked if one of us would take ice from the icemaker in the basement up to the bar. That was always the most strenuous part of working for the clubhouse and we always flipped, odd man loses, for it. I lost and spent the next hour or so lugging five-gallon buckets of ice from the basement to the bar on the third floor. By the time I got done, I was toast and I went down to see how Danny and Steve were doing.
Danny looked at me and told me to sit down before I fell over. Today, just as it had every other time, the other two covered while the ice man tried to recover. I laid down in the shade and they continued washing boats. When I could breathe normally again, I got a hose and a broom and started cleaning up the piles of crap that came out of the boats. We got done and the manager paid us in cash. Danny and Steve wanted to go to a movie or something and I just wanted to crash.
I went home and took a shower and used up all the hot water again. I sat down in front of the TV and when I opened my eyes, it was morning. The next week and a half was going to go really very quickly if I kept falling asleep at seven in the evening. I stood up and the work from the day before had taken its toll because I was really sore. I went over and swam about twenty laps in the pool to work out the soreness and then got cleaned up and called Danny. Eva answered and said that Danny had left to spend the day with his Dad. I called Steve and he was gone, too. I drove over to Timmerman Airfield to see if I could pick up some work washing airplanes or something. They really didn't have anything, so I went home and just hung out at the pool and went home and fell asleep early again.
The next day Danny called and said that he and Steve were going to go ice skating to try and stay cool, so I joined them. We skated and played games all day, blowing most of the money we earned on Monday. Again, I went home and showered and immediately fell asleep. During the day on Thursday I hung out at the pool with Danny, Steve was nowhere to be found. I really didn't exert myself because I wanted to be ready for Joni.
Because I had blown most of the money I earned on Monday, I went down and found the money that Mom left and there was more than enough to take Joni out for a nice meal. I thought a regular date might be fun.
I dressed in nice slacks and sport shirt and dress shoes. I went out and took the car to Joni's and arrived at 6:55. I got out and went to the door and knocked. Joni flung the door open and threw herself into my arms.
"Chris!" Joni cried. "I missed you!"
Ever eloquent, my reply was stunning. "Huh?" I looked at her, confused. "I've been away from you for three days; and you miss me like this?"
Joni laughed, "I know. But I had such a good time Sunday afternoon; I've been waiting for you!" She seemed to notice the way I was dressed for the first time. "You're awfully dressed up." She looked down at her jean skirt and crop top. "And I'm not, I've gotta change."
I thought she looked great. "Joni, you look terrific, you don't need to change anything."
She blushed. "You're dressed way too nicely for me. It'll only take me five minutes, I promise." She turned to run upstairs and her Mom walked into the foyer. "Mom, this is Chris, Chris, this is my Mom. Chris, I promise, five minutes."
I looked at Joni's Mom and could see who had the strong genes in this family. Joni looked like an eighteen year old version of her Mom. Her hair was a lot shorter, kind of a pixie cut, but the same strawberry blonde. She also had a blush of freckles, just not as pronounced as Joni's.
"So, you're him? You're the young man who has stolen my daughter's heart?" Joni's mom said with a smile. "I'm Charlotte Williams; you can call me Charlie like everybody does."
I know I made a face because Charlie started laughing and put her hand on my arm. "I'm sorry Chris, Joni and John told me what they did to you on Sunday and I couldn't resist. But, Joni really likes you. She hasn't stopped talking about you since she got home. I know we don't know each other, but, Joni told us what she said about her regrets and I agree. She hasn't been this happy in a long time and I wish you'd found each other before now. Now you're going to the Navy and Joni says you don't feel like it's fair to her to ask for a long term commitment. I must say that's very mature of you."
"Mrs. Williams..." I started before she interrupted me.
"Please, Charlie." She corrected me.
"Charlie, I can't take a lot of credit for any kind of a maturity level." I said. "I have three older sisters who had boyfriends that left for the service, or college, or whatever. My sisters wanted to wait for those jerks and every one of them were miserable for a long time before ultimately dumping the guys or being dumped themselves. I know it sounds melodramatic, but, I care too much for Joni to put her through that. She would miss too much fun in college and frankly, I don't want to be responsible for making her unhappy. She might be a little unhappy after I leave, but, that'll go away soon enough with no strings between us." I finished and looked at her, expecting a response, but I got one I didn't expect.
"Goddammit!" Charlie said explosively. "You're right, but, I think you would have made Joni very happy and I'm sorry that it will never work out. I hope she finds someone who will treat her as well as you would have." With that, she stepped up and hugged me and kissed me on the cheek.
Joni came bounding down the stairs about then. She was dressed in a bright white, pleated skirt with white sandals and a purple blouse that hung off her left shoulder. I stood there with my mouth hanging open and Joni and Charlie started laughing.