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    Gift Giver
    Gift Giver
    Gift Giver
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    Gift Giver

    By JD Forbes

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    This book is to be written and updated during the month of November as part of National Novel Writing Month:

    For six teenage boys the opportunity to get what their hearts desire for the measly price of a bad dream is a temptation that they can’t resist.

    -I've been working on this again....

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJD Forbes
    Release dateNov 2, 2013
    ISBN9781311890122
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      Gift Giver - JD Forbes

      Gift Giver

      JD Forbes

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2010-2013 JD Forbes

      ISBN: 9781311890122

      Duane

      Hurry up Duane! It’s time to go!

      Mother yells at me for the third time. I don’t know why, but she always ends up yelling at me three times. I finish loading up my backpack with the last of the snacks and hurry out to the garage. I apologize for taking so long then my Mother heads to Chad’s house like she’s in a race car. We all live in the same complex and I didn’t really need a ride, especially one going this fast, but there was too much stuff to lug over there. Especially since my bike was stolen.

      On arrival, I thank Mother and grab my backpack and the rest of the gear and head up the front walk. Sunset is not for another three hours and in the meantime the other guys were out back setting up the campsite. I join up with them and start setting up my tent around the fire pit.

      Hey Timmy. You and Boomer are sharing a tent tonight. I hope you brought a gas mask. Chad laughs at his own joke.

      You better hope he doesn’t like to roll around when he sleeps or you will be as flat as a pancake tomorrow. Lucas hops up and shakes his butt at Boomer, Wahoo, Pancakes for breakfast everybody!

      Boomer starts after Lucas and bellows, You’re gonna be flat as a pancake!

      Lucas is way too quick and nimble for the big guy and the chase is given up quickly.

      Boomer huffs, growls and then says, I’ll stomp a mud hole in your butt later you little weasel. This only encourages Lucas to turn around and shake his scrawny rear end again. It’s true that Boomer will make him pay later on tonight, but it won’t be enough stop Lucas from baiting him again tomorrow; it’s an endless cycle.

      Timmy watches all this with an excited little grin. Timmy was the butt of Chad and Mark’s jokes as often as Boomer and Lucas went at it. Unfortunately, Chad and Mark’s jabs are usually more hostile than Lucas’. Timmy put up with it in his one day at a time sweet Jesus attitude.

      The sleeping arrangements were finalized. I was bunking with Lucas which is as it should be. He happened to be my best friend and unfortunately, the real threat of late night gas.

      Timmy and Boomer were physical opposites which worked beautifully when tent space was limited. Timmy was the shortest male in our class and surely the skinniest as well. Boomer could easily be triple his weight and has at least ten inches taller than the diminutive boy. Despite their physical differences, they shared a lot in way of temperament as it’s easy to upset either of them but nearly impossible to piss them off.

      Lastly, it was no surprise that Chad and Mark were sharing. They were always together, the winning team, Pete and Repeat. When we play three on three, they chose Boomer for his size. When we are paint balling they chose Timmy for his size. They never chose me or Lucas. It was just the way it was, Lucas and I were destined to lose. They are mostly good guys but their Fathers just want them to be on top and push them pretty hard. It seems that when someone gets pushed around a lot they either need to push back or find someone else to push around.

      -

      We cooked hotdogs over the fire pit then followed that up with s’mores. You just ate and you want s’mores? A lot of the food ended up on fire, some on purpose and some by accident. Along with the food, we torched the paper plates, plastic bags and anything else we could get our hands on including some of the nearby pinecones, of which we got a few to explode.

      Darkness snuck up on us while were screwing around and

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