Chapter 13

Kamal...

I've never had a problem with a getting a handsome man out of his clothes before today, but with Jameel, it was taking an Herculean effort just to get his delectable little body out of his robes and into a bathing suit. I was currently leaning against the pool house bathroom door trying to coax the little beauty out of the restroom. I had found one of Hamid's board shorts for him. It may be a little long for him, but with the drawstring waist, it should be a perfect fit for his slender waistline.

I know he's anxious about his appearance,specifically the scar tissue in certain places on his body. The evidence of his time spent in the clutches of the man I called grandfather, that sick bastard. I hope he's reaping the same torture he had bestowed upon Jameel while his soul is burns in Hell.

Despite all the things he had to endure, Jameel remained modest and he's very shy by nature. I acknowledge the fact that just the thought of being overly exposed in front of my siblings and I, would make him nervous even if I've already seen him naked when he first arrived to our home and I helped him bathe before he played in the tub.

I've seen how much he enjoys taking long luxurious bubble baths in the sunken tub, so I'm sure the pool will send him into fits of euphoria. If only he'll give it a chance. I wouldn't care if he wore his robes and his veil to go into the water, as long as he got in, I'd be fine. I've seen most of his scars, but according to Yasmin, the ones I saw were just the superficial ones. Jameel had many more that made her cringe at the pain he must have endured until the healed. His marks did not matter to me, Jameel could have scars covering his entire body, but I would still see him as the prettiest thing I've ever laid my eyes on.

Leaning a little closer to the closed door, I tried again to get him to come out. "I understand your concerns little one, but please come out so you can experience swimming in the pool. It's like playing in a gigantic sunken bathtub. I don't know if you've ever had the chance to

swim or play in an inground swimming pool and I want to share the fun with you. You can even borrow one of my shirts if it makes you feel more secure." There was complete silence from behind the panel.

I sighed and rubbed the bridge of my nose in defeat, the poor thing. I can't force him out of his comfort zone. "It's alright Jameel, if you would rather sit and be comfortable in your own clothes and watch us instead that's fine. I don't want you to feel pressured. I want you to be at ease around us."

There was still absolute silence behind the door and I haven't a clue what to do or what to say next. Then the wooden panel opened and a slender hand peeked through the miniscule gap. "You promised your shirt." His sweet little voice whispered and I damn near fell over my feet in my haste to go grab a plain t-shirt from the closet for him.

I hurried back to the door and I placed one of my shirts in his hand and just as quickly as his dainty hand had appeared, it disappeared again. After waiting a few more moments, the door once again opened, but this time the space was little wider and my timid little beauty poked his head out instead of his arm this time.

God, he's is so damned adorable, I had to suck my lips in between my teeth and bite them to keep myself from smiling like the village idiot at his wide eyed but cautious expression. Jameel's curls had flopped over his forehead and he scanned the room before he took a tentative step out of the bathroom, and oh my heaven above, it took all that I had to keep my hands to myself when all I wanted to do was scoop him up and snuggle him close.

My shirt hung almost to his knees, and Jameel was so small in stature, the neckline hung off one creamy shoulder and my cock perked right up in appreciation of the view. My hands flew to the front of my body, and I clasped them over my growing crotch. No way was I going to pop an erection in front of him and make him feel uncomfortable, or heaven forbid unsafe. I silently groaned in my head and willed my shaft to shrink. This is going to be a long afternoon for me and my will power, especially if he gets wet. Maybe swimming wasn't such a good idea after all.

Oh well, what is done is done. "Are you ready little one?" I asked him and he looked up at me with those deep chocolate eyes for a second before he ducked his head again and nodded. I

began calling on every Deity out there to give me strength not to get hard and flash him like a horny two bit pervert.

I could already hear Farooq cackling like a fiend as we made our way towards the pool, there was a lot of splashing going on and if I knew my brother, there's no doubt he was getting ready to do his infamous cannonball into the deep end of the pool. I should hurry up and get there just to trip him halfway through his routine and watch him belly flop instead, but I didn't want to take the chance and leave Jameel alone at the drenched poolside. He might slip and fall.

We stepped out onto the patio area just in time to see Farooq sail through the air, he curled his fit body into a ball moments before he hit the water. My sisters shrieked on top of their lungs and turned away from the wave of displaced water the knucklehead created. Jameel still jumped as a good amount of water that had flashed all the way towards us and splashed over our feet.

Jameel yipped and scooted even closer to me. "The water is chilly?" He chirped in awe as he continued to watch my siblings make a spectacle out of themselves.

"Which is a good thing, the only reason we are not sweltering to death in the heat out here is because the entire grotto is shaded and those rocks are actually individual air conditioning units circulating cool air throughout the patio area." I chuckled as his gorgeous eyes got even wider and he actually bent down to look at one of the rocks closest to us. He held his hand out in front of it and he must of felt the cool air because he jumped up and gave me a dazzling smile.

Just as I was about to open my mouth and say something,Yasmin and Nasim came over dripping wet from head to toe. Come on Jameel, come sit on the steps with us where you will be safe from our brother's antics and you can assimilate yourself to the water. Do you know how to swim?" Nasim chirped as they dragged him away.

Jameel didn't resist them and my exuberant sisters carted him off. He did however turn around and looked at me to see if I was okay with the familiarity my sisters were taking with him. I gave him an encouraging smile and nodded my head letting him know that everything was alright. I barely had time to do anything else when I was suddenly tackled from behind. I lost my balance and toppled inelegantly over the edge and went head first into the chlorinated water.

I broke the surface sputtering and wheezing, trying my best to cough up the water that I'd inhaled thanks to Farooq, who was currently laughing his ass off poolside. Hamid was standing right next to him holding his gut he was so thoroughly amused by my current situation. I used their distraction against them as I slinked my way closer and lunged, I surprised the idiots by grabbing each of their wrists and pulling, they both squawked as they lost their footing and tumbled into the water right along with me.

The girls where cheering and hooting and hollering from the shallow end of the pool, and I turned and gave them a courtly bow thanking them for their support. My gaze traveled over to where Jameel was seated on the wide steps submerged in the water only to the waist. He had both hands clasped over his mouth and his slim shoulders were shaking as he tried to suppress his laughter. I knew he was amused by our foolishness, and I vowed before the afternoon came to an end, I was going to get him to smile openly with us.

I watched as all of a sudden my little beauty's eyes went impossibly wide, and he nervously pointed to someone or something over my shoulder. I should have braced myself, I should have known that frick and frack would resurface like hard to kill cockroaches. I tried to turn around, but I wasn't fast enough and once again found myself inhaling half the contents of the pool. Ugh..those fuckers are so dead.

When I came up for much needed air, the two fools were already across the pool trying to hide behind the girls. I just flipped then off and turned my attention back to the prettiest person on the patio at the moment. He was biting that plump little bottom lip and staring right back at me. I would pay any amount of money at the moment to know what he was thinking.

Hmm...I decided to go over there and find out for myself. I wanted to get in into the water as well. I know once he gets a hang of the buoyancy, he's going to thoroughly enjoy himself. Weaving my way through the water, I paid my splashing sibling no mind as I took a seat next to Jameel on the step. I watched as he averted his eyes from my chest and a furious blush stained his cheeks. Well, well, I liked that reaction very much. I almost preened like peacock with its feathers on full display.

I had to fold my hands over my lap as my shaft twitched, even in my wet shorts as it got happy all over again. "Hey, you want to go in a little further? I'll be right behind you, so there is nothing to afraid of, we won't go anywhere near the deep end."

My cutie looked out over the shimmering water and then back at me. "Um...okay, but you'll be next to me right?" He whispered and I vowed if he wanted to use me as a life preserver, I would gladly let him. Fuck, I might even enjoy it.

"I'll be right there with you every step of the way. I won't let anything happen to you." I reassured him and he nodded his head. His little face took on an expression of determination. Gah... he just pushed all of my buttons. I found myself desperately wishing my family was on the other side of the freaking world right about now, but Jameel was nowhere ready for the heat that I would bring his way if we were alone.

He stood up and I followed him, I stepped down onto the bottom step and held my hand out towards him. He took a deep breath before placing his much smaller hand in mine, and I gave him an encouraging smile as I led him out into the shallow depths. I vaguely heard Yasmin telling the two idiots to behave themselves because Jameel was properly in the pool now. I shadowed his tentative steps and once he got the hang of it, he took to it like he's been doing it all his life.

My heart almost burst with joy in my chest when he took a bold step away from me and that was it. Jameel frantically waved his hands like a little kid and started batting and splashing water everywhere. Peels and peels of giggles escaped him as he danced around and bounced all over the place thoroughly enjoying himself.

I heard my brothers and sisters laughing as they joined in on the fun. God, I felt like there was vice around my heart as I watched his innocent enchantment with something we all take for granted on a daily basis. He was absolutely stunning as he outright laughed and batted water at my sisters and timidly splashed my brothers. I heard a sniffle behind me and I turned to see my mother standing poolside.

Tears shimmered in her eyes as she watched Jameel play an take such delight from being chest deep in our pool. I know she was still adjusting to grandfather's deplorable actions, and I

caught her eye and blew her a kiss. She gave me a watery smile and pointed to the food laden tray she must have brought outside.

I nodded at her and she blew a kiss right back at me before shaking her head at our silliness and making her way back into the house. I turned back to the fun only to have a giggling wiggly little body crash into my arms. Jameel shrieked and I closed my eyes and silently cursed in my head, tweedle dee and tweedle dum were too busy splashing water at Jameel to his utter delight and he tried to used me as a buffer against them. Fuck my life, I thought as my cock almost instantaenously stood at full mast. I remained as still as possible and prayed he wouldn't come anywhere near during his wild thrashing around.

I held him tightly around his waist and angled my lower half as far away as I could get from his enticing body. I was so going to punch those two in their throat the minute I got myself out of this mess. My ever observant sister finally called and end to the water play, and Fatima pointed to the food. Sure enough Hamid almost drowned Farooq in his haste to get out of the water.

The girls quickly plucked Jameel out of my arms, this was the one and only time I was actually happy for their interference. Soon I was the only one in the water and believe me, I took my sweet ass time getting out of the pool. By the time I hauled myself out the opposite end of the pool and grabbed a towel, my misbehaving organ had once again deflated and it cooperating with me at the moment. I still glared daggers at the idiots. They were completely oblivious to my evil thoughts, they were too busy inhaling the sandwiches and pastries like they've never seen food before.

Jameel was nibbling on a thick roasted lamb sandwich when I took a seat next to him. He sweetly handed me a plate full of food. He must have served out for me seeing how the bottomless pits were trying to make it look like eating was a competition of some kind. How perfect was he? I winked at him and mouthed,"thank you," and washed his pretty little face glow with a bright blush. I tucked into my food thinking that today had been a great day and I hoped to give Jameel many more happy days like this one.