Lena made the dinner that the boys requested. When the whole family plus Connor sat down to eat, she told them that Jude and Connor hade made the special request. Everyone at the table gave them kudos on their choice. Lena had outdone herself in the kitchen. She had made the tastiest, juiciest southern fried chicken with real mashed potatoes and brown gravy and freshly shucked organic corn on the cob and a salad made from a baby greens mix with sweet grape tomatoes, cucumber slices and she mixed in some diced green pears and sprinkled it with dried cranberries. The dressing was her version of a honey lime vinaigrette. Dinner was a hit, the boys even ate the salad and asked for seconds.

After dinner everyone gathered in the living room for some family time, so they could talk and catch up on what was going on with each other. Lena sprung another surprise, she had made dessert, she made ambrosia. A concoction of heavy cream, confections sugar, a hint of almond essence all whipped to a cloud like consistency. Mixed in were sliced fresh strawberries and canned fruit cocktail. The dessert was chilled for a couple of hours. It was light and not too sweet, heavenly almost and a perfect way to top off a perfect evening with the brood.

Connor's father picked him up at around eight thirty that evening. When he got to the house he called Lena to tell her he was outside waiting and thanked her for having Connor over while he took care of business. The Adams-Fosters were still enjoying their family time when the call came. Lena told Connor his dad was outside and he got himself together to leave. Jude walked him out and when they got to the porch they stopped and hugged.

"I wish you didn't have to go" said Jude.

"Me too, I really like hanging out with you and your family" replied Connor.

"But at least now Jesus can stop giving me the eye, I don't think your bother likes me very much" Connor said to Jude. "And after what happened earlier, he's going to be watching us like a hawk" he added.

"He's cool, he's just a little protective" said Jude.

"About earlier, I'm sorry that I almost got us in trouble" Connor started to say.

"It was amazing and we didn't do anything that I didn't want to do also" Jude interjected.

"Next time we just have to be more careful" Jude said looking at Connor with the devil in his eyes.

Connor looked at him with surprise and a sparkle in his. He leaned in and gave Jude a sweet little kiss on his lips.

The truck horn started to beep signaling Connor that he had to go.

After the family turned in and everyone found their rooms and separate spaces Jude was sitting on his bed playing with one of his games. Jesus walked in from the bathroom and sat on his bed. He was flipping through one of his wrestling magazines with his headphones on.

Jude walked timidly over to his older brothers bed and stood there waiting to be acknowledged.

"What do you want?" Jesus said without looking up from his magazine.

"I just want to say thanks for not telling moms and sorry about what happened earlier and sorry for what I said" Jude said softly.

"We're good, just remember you guys part of the deal. And you're lucky it wasn't moms or one of the girls that walked in" Jesus replied.

"OK" said Jude. "Jesus, why don't you like Connor?" Jude asked. "It would mean a lot to me if you guys got along" he added.

"He's your boyfriend, doesn't matter if I like him or not" Jesus responded.

"I know but why don't you?" Asked Jude.

"I don't dislike him Jude, it's just that I know about boys like that" said Jesus.

"Like what?" Asked Jude sounding a little confused.

"I see the way he is with you, and the way you are around him. I'm not surprised that you two are an item. I saw that coming a long time" Jesus replied looking up at Jude.

"I still don't understand" said Jude.

"Come here Jude sit down, I didn't tell you everything about me and Miguel. You and Connor remind me of how we were when we were friends. Miguel was older but he always treated me like we were equals, he always listened to what I had to say and he would always ask my opinion. He was protective and always looked out for me. He made me feel special. I pretty much worshiped the ground he walked on. I would have done anything he wanted. I just liked him so much that I wouldn't want to disappoint him. When you like somebody that much you'll do stuff that you're not ready or prepared for or even know how to deal with. We did other stuff or at least tried anyway." Jesus said to Jude who was now sitting next to him.

"I thought you meant Lexi when you spoke earlier" said Jude.

"Well that too, but with her, Lexi, we were ready but we weren't prepared at all." Said Jesus.

"What other stuff did you guys try to do" asked Jude.

"We did everything with and to each other. Everything. But one thing we only tried once" replied Jesus.

"What thing? Asked Jude, his eyes popping open.

"You know, well maybe you don't yet. He tried putting it up there, he didn't force me, he didn't have to, I would have done anything he wanted, he just suggested it, I let him, big mistake." answered Jesus.

"What happened" Asked Jude with a suspicious tone.

"Well remember I said he was really, really big. It hurt really badly and I started to bleed. There was a lot of blood and it wouldn't stop. We both panicked we didn't know what do. How were we going to explain it to moms and his dad. Luckily it looked worse than it actually was. The bleeding stopped after a while but it was so scary. I really could have been hurt. We never tried that again. I kinda stopped hanging out over at his house after that and the rest is history." Jesus replied.

"I don't get it Jesus, you're not gay, you're not into guys" Jude said.

"True. But it wasn't about gay or straight for us. It was about me and Miguel and the way we felt about each other. The way I felt about him. That's why I'm concerned about you Jude. I just want you to be sure you're ready and prepared. I don't want you to do stuff because you really like Connor. I know he likes you too and that he probably wouldn't force you into anything but just take your time and be sure before you get into stuff. That's all. I see so much of Miguel in him, so I understand that it would be easy to go with whatever. But when it happens it should be because it's what you want, not because you don't want to disappoint." Jesus said to Jude.

"I didn't really want to try that, you know, what we tried. I was OK with the other stuff we did, with our hands, boy I needed both hands with his. I was even OK with the stuff we did with our mouths. He did it to me so I felt like I should return the favor. I didn't speak up about not wanting to. I'm pretty sure he would have understood. But I didn't want to disappoint and it could have really gone wrong." Jesus said.

"I hope you understand what I'm trying to tell you" he added.

"I think I understand, we agreed we won't do anything unless we both want to" replied Jude.

"I never told anyone about this Jude so…" Jesus said.

"I won't, I promise" Jude replied

"Jesus, thank you. You know I love you right" Jude added.

"Me too buddy" Jesus replied as he hugged his little brother.

A/N: Hope you guys like this chapter. There is another to be updated soon. Thank you to those who are following and please let me know if I should continue.