He pulled himself up out of the pool and padded naked to the outdoor setting and picked up the towel on the table. He rubbed himself roughly dry as he walked into the kitchen, holding the towel around his hips as he approached the front door. It'd serve her right if I flung the door open and dropped the towel, he thought, grinning. He resisted the temptation and opened the front door.

It took him a moment to recognise the two youngsters on his step because he was so sure it was Mrs Campbell, and he stood there dripping and staring at his visitors.

"Hi, Mr Timms," the taller boy said. "Sorry to disturb you."

The other boy acknowledged his teacher, standing a little behind his mate.

Dan saw it was Steve Reynolds and Alby Thomson, two of his fifth class students. They were two of his favourites - smart, hard working, very complient and very attractive. Both boys looked down at him and he realised he was only holding the towel loosely together around his hips and it was obvious he was naked under it - the whole of his bare hip and leg were exposed...as well as an obvious bulge in the smooth front of the towel. Both boys blushed and looked away.

"Hi, guys," Dan said, tucking the ends of the towel in - which didn't make much difference. "What are you doing here?"

"Er...Steve looked up your address in class because we wanted to come around," Alby said hesitantly from behind the bigger boy.

Steve turned around to him then looked back at Dan. "We're sorry to interrupt you, Mr Timms, but Alby and I wanted your help with some holds." He looked embarrassed.

Both boys were in Dan's wrestling squad which met after school on Thursday afternoons. Both were very good.

"If its not a good time we'll let it go," Alby proferred, making to turn away, but Steve held his arm and stopped him.

"Why can't it wait until Thursday?" Dan asked, curious as to why the two boys had ridden the distance they had in this heat just to get some wrestling tips.

The two lads shuffled their feet and looked at each other. Alby prodded Steve in the arm and they both blushed again. This was getting curiouser and curiouser, Dan thought. He was about to ask them more firmly when Alby looked away and said softly, "We wanted to see where you lived. It was Steve's idea. He likes you and...Ouch!!"

"I did not! You wanted to...you like him...."

"You do, too...Don't hit me...."

"Hey, boys!" Steve said, stepping in between the two youngsters and taking their arms. He had heard what they were saying and realised they had wanted to come out here for no other reason than that they liked him. I like them, too, so this could prove to be very interesting if I play my cards cards right, he thought. "I'm flattered you like me and came out all this way in the heat to find out where I lived. There's no need to argue about it. I'm pleased to see you both."

The two boys stopped struggling and looked up at him. He felt them relax and he let go of their arms. "Really?" they asked. "You don't mind us being here?" Alby added.

Dan laughed and shook his head. "I'm pleased you've come," he said. He put an arm around their shoulders, pleased to see them both blush again at the contact. "But we better get inside the house before this towel falls off and I shock the neighbours." The two boys giggled and blushed an even brighter red and Dan ushered them into his house, glanced around to see if Mrs Campbell had been watching (which, he was pleased to see by the drawn blinds, she hadn't been) then closed the door behind him.

He followed them down the passageway, admiring their young bodies from behind. They were both wearing shorts, rockstar tee shirts and sneakers, which seemed to be the uniform of the ten to twelve year-olds. They were both slim, but well formed, muscles just beginning to show on their arms and legs. Steve was blonde and the taller of the two and Alby was dark-haired, his skin a lovely olive colour showing his Mexican heritage. He ushered them into the kitchen which overlooked the courtyard and pool through the large open glass sliding doors.

"WOW!!!" both boys exclaimed when they saw the pool. Beyond it was a glass fronted building that formed the rear boundary of the yard and they could see it was divided into three sections and there was a gymnasium in its central room. The building was joined to the house by ten-feet high brick walls that had a clear-covered walkway about four feet wide attached to both, providing undercover access to the gymnasium and helped soundproof the courtyard from his neighbours.

"This is fantastic!" Steve exclaimed, standing in the open doorway and looking around the courtyard.

"Its terrific, Mr Timms. It looks like something out of my mum's Home magazines!" Alby also enthused, his eyes lit up. Their shyness seemed to have evaporated.

"You guys want a drink? Coke?" Dan asked, enjoying their enthusiasm. He rather liked his place as well. They both said yes so he grabbed them all a can of coke. "Let's go and sit outside in the shade and drink these, hey? Its too hot inside." He followed the boys into the courtyard and handed them their cokes. They pulled the lids and drank thirstily.

"Great pool, Mr Timms," Steve said, wandering over to look at the water.

Dan sat in a chair near the table, still wearing only the inadequate towel that just came to halfway down his thighs and aware that he would be visible under it if he opened his legs, so he sat with his legs together and his arm resting across his loins. Alby sat down beside him and Steve came over and also took a seat on his other side.

"Thanks for the drinks, Sir," said Alby, looking at Dan. "I was dying of thirst."

Dan grinned. "No problems, buddy. You can drop the 'Sirs' and 'Mr Timms', too, guys. I'm not at school now. Just call me Dan."

The two boys looked at him and smiled. "Okay, Dan," they said together and laughed.