Young Boys Ongoing Journey of Self-Discovery and Fatherly Love This second story happened in the same year as the last. After the first time that I had any kind of sexual encounter, my mind began to slowly wrap itself around the idea of my sexuality. Still so young at ten, I wasn't honestly certain of everything. I knew what I felt both mentally and literally. My father and I, though the encounter did open up a new closeness between us that was different when my mother was around, and even when she wasn't, he never did anything with me, nor insisted we do since that night. Granted, we did eventually, and this is that memory, but he was also so reserved about it. I guess that's what made me kind of proud of him now, because he didn't take advantage and still treated me as his son, rather than anything more, nor less. 

A few months after, he was more often than not preoccupied with work. A single father trying to pave the way for both himself and his son, I didn't really understand it then, but now that I look back, it was amazing of him to take on such responsibility. I probably didn't help much at the time, but that's beside the point. 
 
My father never worked normal hours like some people. He didn't work the nine to five shifts like some, and never really had weekends off. Monday and Friday were his days, and Fridays always for the two of us. It was our father and son day, he always made sure of that. This happened on one of those Fridays. 
 
I remember waking up in the morning after a night terror. I may have actually awoken, paralyzed and riddled with fear, but I don't really remember it too well. I tried to block as much from my mind as possible. I only remember it being enough to spring me out of bed at Six AM in the morning with my heart beating rapidly. Quickly, I climbed out of bed in just my father's Pink Floyd shirt, which hung low enough to touch my knees at the time. …but everything was about to change
