Milestones part 44

True to Jack's words the honeymoon was not over when they'd packed up camp and headed for Wyoming.

"Whatcha think on cowboy?" Jack asked Ennis when he noticed Ennis was leaning on the open truck door and scanning the horizon.

"Just thinkin bout all them times we'd pack up after fishin and drive away from each other."

"Well we're never drivin away from each other ever again, we're drivin away together. Let's go home."

"Come on Clara," Ennis called out to her, she'd been off in the woods chasing a squirrel.

"Woof!" she barked and came running and hopped into the truck.

They'd flipped a coin to see who would drive and Jack won.

Jack took off north into Oregon. They enjoyed watching the countryside going by. They took a rest stop in Klamath Falls to get gas and use the restroom.

"What the hell ya got there, Jack?" Ennis asked after Jack came back from the gas station. He'd run inside to pay for the gas and then got some goodies too. He also picked up some bags of ice for the cooler.

"Got us some stuff to munch on." Jack handed Ennis the keys, it was his turn to drive. "Come on Clara," Jack called to her, she'd been sniffing around the wooded area off on the side of the rest stop. She jumped into the truck and Ennis and Jack settled into their seats. Ennis started up the truck and they headed east.

"What food did you get at the store?"

"What makes you think I got food?" Jack smiled.

"I know you Jack fuckin Twist, you got a hole in your stomach, and you're always hungry."

Jack laughed and turned around to the cooler which was sitting on the backseat. He had gotten some sandwiches for them both. Ham and cheese for Ennis and turkey and cheese for himself, he also got Ennis and orange crush soda and a cola for himself.

"Thank you," Ennis said to him as he pulled over to the side of the road so he could eat. It wasn't long before they were back on the road again.

They'd been traveling for several hours. Ennis was starting to feel tired. "Where are we going to be stopping?" Ennis asked him. He'd been staying on this road ever since they left Klamath Falls.

"There's this town called Jordan Valley, I read up about it. Seems like a nice place and they have a campground."

"How far is it?"

"We should be coming up on it soon."

"Look there are the campgrounds." Jack pointed to a sign. Ennis turned off and parked in front of the office. Jack ran inside to rent out a space for them.

"Did they have space for us?" Ennis asked Jack when he came back.

"Yep got us a nice spot right near the lake."

"Is it?" Ennis mumbled.

"Yeah, Ennis, it's in a nice quiet spot, just the two of us."

"K" Ennis sighed in relief.

Jack knew Ennis would never truly feel comfortable among strangers and he kept that in mind whenever he was thinking of traveling with his husband.

They set up the tent with the doorway facing the lake. Jack broke out the portable BBQ and cooked up some hamburgers they'd bought in the market in town. They sat on some logs next to the campfire.

"This is pretty good, Jack." Ennis said between bites. "Yer cookins' gotten better."

"Yeah thanks to my Momma and Kaylin. I can do more than be good with a can opener."

"Lureen never cooked?"

"Not much, not that she weren't a good cook, I remember how she made a fine Thanksgiving meal. But she was too busy workin to keep house. We hired a cook and maid to do all that."

"Some fancy livin." Ennis observed.

"Not the way I wanted it. 'Sides I like how I got it now." Jack reached over and squeezed Ennis' knee.

"Me too." Ennis served himself some beans from the pot on the stove. Jack still hated them but he'd gotten a small can of Better Most for his husband.

After they'd cleaned up Jack went over to the tent to retrieve a bag he'd been hiding from Ennis.

"What the hell ya got there?" Ennis sat up straight in anticipation. Never knowing what his man had in mind.

"I got us something for dessert. I don't know if ya ever had this." He sat down next to Ennis and pulled out a bag of marshmallows, a box of graham crackers and some chocolate bars.

"Let's make us some s'mores, Ennis." Jack smiled.

"I ain't had them since the girls were small." Ennis got some sticks to roast the marshmallows over the fire.

In no time they were dining on s'mores. "Mm, this is good ain't it?" Jack asked him through chocolate-covered lips.

"Yeah, real good, 'cept you're a mess."

"A mess huh?"

"Yeah, let me help clean ya up." Ennis scooted closer and leaned forward until he could run his tongue over Jack's mouth and licked the chocolate off.

Jack's eyes opened wide and then the force of nature took over and they were kissing. It wasn't long till they were in the tent. All their clothes lying in a big pile against the tent wall and two sweaty bodies were rubbing together.

"I want me a bull rider. Know where I can find one?" Ennis wrapped Jack in his arms and caressed his cheek.

"Yeah I'm a bull rider." Jack kissed Ennis, "but you know what I like riding better than bulls?" He whispered into Ennis' ear. "A cowboy." Jack kissed his cheek then neck. He gently nibbled on the skin there. "Mm, tastes so good."

"Jack," Ennis hissed as Jack licked down his chest and was sucking on a nipple.

"Yeah, I like ridin a cowboy." Jack kissed his belly and licked around Ennis' belly button. Jack licked the large cock that hit him in the face. He licked the tip which was wet then started sucking on the stiff shaft. A sudden pair of hands on his shoulders made him stop. Jack looked up into Ennis' lust filed eyes which mirrored his own.

"If you like ridin cowboys so much how about you show me," he growled.

Jack grabbed some lube from a duffle bag and slicked Ennis' large cock. Then he move up to position his puckered opening over Ennis and slid down.

"Ah!"

"You okay, darling?" Ennis asked. He held onto Jack's butt cheeks.

"Yeah, just so full, feels so good." He leaned back on Ennis' bent knees and went up and down on Ennis cock.

The rhythm got faster, Ennis felt his balls getting ready to shoot.

"Jack I'm gonna…"

"Go ahead Ennis, yeah, yeah!"

"Uhhh," Ennis arched up.

Jack settled into Ennis arms and Ennis gently pulled out and gathered his man into his arms and they fell sleep.

The next morning found both men spending a lazy time in the sleeping bag. Clara spent the night in the back of the truck on a comfortable cushion.

"Mm, Ennis." He kissed his cowboy and nuzzled against his neck.

"Jack, don't. I gotta pee." Ennis moved away from Jack and put on his parts and his shirt and exited the tent.

"When I come back I'll make us some breakfast."

He kissed Jack and left.

Jack got dressed and put the coffee on. It suddenly occurred to him that Ennis was gone a long time.

"Ennis?" Jack called out, he didn't hear anything. Clara jumped out of the truck when Jack opened up the back.

"Go find Ennis, girl." She ran into the woods, barking all the way.

When Jack caught up to Clara she'd found Ennis. He was sitting on a log holding something in his lap. Clara was barking.

"Hush Clara!" Ennis snapped at her. She shrunk back at the unexpected admonition.

"Ennis, you okay?" Jack slowly came over to him and knelt down beside him.

"Yeah, I found this little fella."

Jack saw Ennis held a little gray and white kitten in his hands. Jack saw Ennis wipe some tears with one of his sleeves of his shirt.

Clara crept slowly over and sniffed the kitten.

"I heard some noise and saw a bag lying in the grass. Someone threw the little guy away." Ennis held the kitten close against his chest to keep him warm. "Why would someone do something like that?"

"I don't know, sweetheart, we know how some people are born mean and they don't care about nothing. Not even an innocent kitten." Jack took a closer look at the kitten. It was looking up at Ennis and mewing at him for attention.

"We gotta take him to the vet, get him checked out. Make sure he's okay." Ennis slowly got up and cradled the kitten in his arms.

"Yeah come on, let's go back to camp." Jack said, Clara led the way back to camp. Jack made sure the campfire was out and they left the tent and things behind. They made sure they had their valuables and got into the truck and took off for town.

They found the vet's office and sat in the crowded office waiting to be called in. "Mr. Del Mar?" A nurse called out. They led him back to an exam room and Ennis put the kitten gently on the table.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Coleman." The vet introduced himself. He looked down at the table to see who his patient was going to be. "Ah now what seems to be wrong with this little kitty."

"We were out camping and I found him out in the woods. He was put into a bag and left there. Someone threw him out like he was trash." Ennis hissed out the last part.

The doctor looked up at both men before he took his stethoscope and put the ear pieces in his ear and began to listen to the kitten's heartbeat. After palpating his stomach and examining his eyes and ears the doctor made some notes on his clipboard.

"He seems to be a bit malnourished, but it doesn't look like he'd been out in the woods too long. He doesn't have any broken bones and his eyes look clear and his heart rate is normal." The doctor watched the kitten walk towards Ennis and rubbed up against his hand.

"Is it okay if we take him with us?" Ennis asked him, he looked over towards Jack. Jack nodded his head in agreement.

"Sure, I'm going to give you some vitamins to give him. He just needs some food in him."

"Any special food or anything?" Ennis asked him.

"No some kitten chow will be fine."

The doctor gave them some vitamin drops. "Just put this in his food and bring him back in a few days."

"We're on our way home to Wyoming." Jack mentioned to him. "We can have our vet look this guy over when we get back home."

"Sounds good," the vet said his goodbyes and left to see the next patient.

"Let's take this fella home, Ennis."

They stopped at a general store and picked up some Kitten chow, bowls, and groceries for their trip. When they made it back to camp Ennis made sure that the kitten and Clara were fed and had fresh water. Then he started to make breakfast for both of them. When he was done and he and Jack were sitting on a log he looked over at the kitten. "Well will you look at that." Ennis pointed with his chin. Jack looked over to where Ennis was indicating.

"Aw, that is cute." Jack saw Clara lying next to the kitten and the kitten was pressed up against her chest asleep.

"I had cats when I was a kid." Ennis said as he drank some coffee.

"You did?"

"Yeah, they were great at catching the mice around the barn. My daddy never liked them much though. It was summertime and one of the cats had kittens and one of them was sickly. My daddy wanted to put him out of his misery, but I snuck into the barn and took off with him. I didn't want him hurting the kitten. I hid him in the crawl space under the house, kept him in a box all warm. At night he used to crawl in bed with me. I'd make sure to keep him hid from my daddy. He got better and became a great friend.

Come the end of summer I had to go back to school. One day I came home and I couldn't find the cat. I asked my momma if she'd seen him, she knew I had kept him. She told me my daddy found out I was keeping him and took off with him. She tried to stop him but he got angry. I went out to find my daddy and he was over by the back of the barn." Ennis stopped, his eyes getting all watery. "He told me the cat ran in front of his tractor and he got killed. And he had to bury him."

"Do you think that is what really happened?" Jack tentatively asked.

"No, that cat was smart as a whip, he never went out into the fields. He stuck close to the house or barn. He'd become a good mouser." Ennis took out a handkerchief out of his duffle bag and blew his nose.

"Bastard that is what your daddy is. He's no better than mine. Taking you out when you was nine to see a dead body and killing your cat too. I never knew him but I hate him."

"Jack." Ennis was about to say something but he couldn't argue with him. At one time he idolized his father but as the years went by and he was able to look back at things as an adult he realized his daddy was a bastard.

"Don't you worry Ennis, that kitten is going to be living the sweet life with us and Clara."

Ennis came over and hugged and kissed Jack. They snuggled on the log and watched Clara and the kitten sleep.

"We're going to have to come up with a name for him." Jack said softly as he nuzzled against Ennis' neck.

"Yeah we are."