"Kenny, you are fourteen."
"Sure as fuck am."
"SO do you like girls?"
"Fuck yeh."
"Yeh?"
"Yeh, but I like guys too. But I'm too young for anything. I want better than going all hornytoad over ANYBODY."
"Kenny. Geez dude. You got girls AND guys both crawling all over your hot self wanting your sorry butt."
"Yeh, so?"
"You never DO anything?"
"Hell no."
"REALLY"
"Really."
"But you never get horny?"
"Sure but God gave me a left hand (Kenny is left-handed).
Teddy and Jake both busted out laughing and so did Kenny.
Long as I don't get my hand caught in a chainsaw, I'm good," and he smirked big time.
"Not likely since you are a total klutz weapon with a steak knife even the plastic ones."
Mutual laughter.
"Yep, das me," grinning.
Suddenly Teddy got up and got Kenny up and hugged the shit out of him.
"Loves you bro."
"I love you too, bro."
Then Jake did the 🌹 same."
"I think we need to find you a BOY friend."
Then the laughter got serious.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Oh God no please no. I..."
"Ok," Jake said. "A girlfriend."
"OH PLEASE NO. They are much too needy. I would rather eat Roses and shit the thorns than be with a girl."
That brought the conversation up short and to a halt.
"TRUTH?" Teddy asked him.
Kenny stood there wrapped in the arms of both Teddy and Jake for a long long minute.
FINALLY...
"Yeh, truth and fuck it. I do NOT want to be with a girl. They are too much trouble and SO not worth it. When the time comes if it ever does...yeh, I do NOT want to be with a girl. That said, I am not ready to be with anyone. I will be someday maybe after college..."
"College?"
"Yeh, oh I know you all think I am a ditz but I get good grades remember."
"Really. I never knew your grade point."
"3.97+"
"REALLY?"
"I am impressed."
"Yeh, what's yours, Bro?"
"4.0."
Yours Jake?"
"4.0."
"I am right up there with you and I am shooting for 4.0 too. I can still make it if I apply myself."
Kenny got hugged again and a new triumvirate was thus born. Sort of.
"I still cannot get over you don't have a boyfriend...or a girlfriend."
"Don't want one."
"Yeh, I know but...you don't like ANYONE?"
"I didn't say that, but I don't like anyone boy OR girl...ENOUGH to want to get involved. I got too much going on and I AM bright enough to know that. I want to be successful in life, and if that means doing life alone, so be it. Dad is a chemical engineer and makes tons of money. I want to be something challenging and fulfilling, but I too want to make lots of money. If I can find someone to do it with fine. If not, that's okay too."
Teddy and Jake just stood there looking at this absolutely GORGEOUS HUNKUS brother of Teddy's...in awe as they suddenly realized that he is a whole lot smarter and brighter than anyone has ever given him credit for. Both felt a bit ashamed at how much they have underestimated Kenny...EVEN THOUGH they have been right about his dizzy streak. He is a klutz and a bit of a ditz but you CAN still be dumb as a post and simultaneously smart as a fox and oddly enough...Kenny had just proven that.
Teddy suddenly decided that he wondered if Jake had perhaps picked the wrong brother to love, but then rejected that notion out of hand. Dylan is a prize catch too.
The three of them stood in hug mode as Dylan and Ann came out through the library french doors.
"Hey," Dylan said.
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