Ray invites me back to play again with his cricket team. Early summer evenings with the sound of leather on willow become my new norm. I'm quick at fielding and scamper about after shots that fizz along the freshly mowed outfield. The guys in the team seem to like me.
My new jockstrap that Ray gave me feels lovely against my smooth bum. As soon as I got home that night that he gave it to me, I went straight to my bedroom and tried it on and admired myself in the mirror. I wasn't sure which way it went on at first but pretty quickly worked it out. My bulge fits neatly and snuggly inside the pouch. I imagine Ray's cock that has been in here before and it makes me hard.
After the next game I leave my washing out for mother to wash. There's the usual grass stained whites at the knees and the smear of red leather on the trousers where I've been shining the ball up. Also included is the jockstrap for the first time.
Later, as she is hanging out the washing she asks me "what's this? Is this someone else's you've brought home by mistake?" I tell her you need it for cricket these days and that Ray gave it to me. My step-father looks intrigued.
A few weeks later Ray asks would I like to help him with some gardening which he will pay me for. I agree to do it as I could do with some extra cash this summer. I call round to his house. His wife Jemma is out for the day which is a bit of a disappointment. We cut grass, chop down hedges and weed the flower beds. There are bags of compost which need carried to the far end of his garden and also some mulching that needs done. The compost bin needs filled up again and we water the plants from the water butt that collects and stores natural rain water. My muscles start to ache after all the hard labour.
We leave the tools back into the garden shed and he tells me to put some of the smaller ones into drawers. As I put the pruners and gloves into one of the drawers, I notice a few pornographic magazines stacked up in one of them. I take my time to look at the cover on the top magazine which features a large chested woman getting taken from behind by a young curly haired guy before I close the drawer again.