who is this boy

Hearing a noise of his own that sounded like footsteps matthew huddled further back into his little crevice.As soon as Mathew got into the guest room of the bar 20 ranch he sat down on the bed no one ever came to visit him they often labeled him as weird , all of the kids on the ranch refereed to him as who it was often he was alone and too much in his thoughts .

Mathew tried as as he as he could to break out of his funk but the name who kind of stuck until one day he finally broke the air meeting a boy just as shy as he was just 12 years old he found it easier to sit with someone who was just as quiet as he was , it was not log before Justin spoke introducing himself Mathew looked over equally as shy and nodded they each hoping they would be best of friends the one thing they had in common was they loved horses .

Mathew got on a horse as did Justin each rode their own horse and learned the fine art of husbandry as time went on the boys became close friends Justin's dad was a lawyer , and specialized in late adoptions and hard to place kids and Mathew was defiantly a hard to place kid after his family divorced , Justin lost hm in a is mom in a freak car accident Justin and Mathew had a unique kid of love they saw through all the bigotry and hatred that other used to destroy other peoples love Mathew and Justin loved each other they way they want to be love and treated .

Mathew and Justin invited each other to and spent holidays with each other Justin's only Christmas wish was to have Mathew as his brother each gift became a contest for each of the boys to out do the other kind of like a sibling rivalry ,one hot Sunday Mathew and Justin Went to church for the first time looking at each other empathically they walked ti the front of the church to give their hearts to God .

The Christmas that fell next was going to be the best there was going to be only one gift under the tree this year Mark Justin's dad walked into the court room entering into a closed adoption of Mathew ,neither boy knew of what was going on in Justin's dad's head but ever the less the biggest gift was the relationship between Mathew and Justin . Justin got on Giggles and Mathew rode on bear , it didn't matter to the boys that they would be bullied in school they knew there was more to their relationship than meets the eye the boy took a ride down the old manchard path suddenly just when things were getting good Mathew became irate with Justin " you stupid shit you always get in my stuff " "" no i don't you are just being an ass you hate me Mathew took off out of the door .

As Mathew walked the wilderness alone Justin sat at home in his tears Mathew would never consent to be his brother now Justin had convinced himself Mark hated seeing the boys at odds and went out daily to see if he could find Mathew , each day he searched he came back empty handed Mark tried to be a liaison between the boys and help mend the relationship , sometimes only making it worse at times After a long day of searching the woods around the house mark came back. Yet again he had mussed Matthew. Exhausted he came and sat by Justin. I wish Mathew wouldn't be such a hot head said Justin almost in tears , giving a deep heaving sigh his eyes filled up with tears.

Mark walked over to his son and embraced him. “I guess you can blame me for that. I used to be the same way. Nobody could tell me anything without me blowing up” Naw it was me I kept pushing all I want is for Mathew to come back i know son me too said Mark shedding a few tears of his own Grabbing his dad's waist Justin let out a big sigh.

 let us get a good night’s sleep and resume the search tomorrow. Said mark picking Justin up. Justin cuddled as mark brought him to bed Justin was more exhausted than he thought as mark laid him down telling him goodnight before heading for the door.

 Mark got into his room and had just settled in when he heard a noise outside getting up and darting outside he looked around his senses heightened straining he looked a little further into the woods it was Mathew Mark approached cautiously and stuck out his hand Let talk this through he pleaded ,

Justin stretched as he woke up looking around his bedroom for any signs of Mathew but still was disappointed

Hearing Justin moving around mark came in the room. “Ready to go searching? He asked

Yeah said Justin half heatedly as he threw off his covers getting ready for the day

Mark had already made them breakfast to go. By the time Justin had gotten dressed he was standing at the door waiting.

Justin walked out of the house and began the search for Mathew

You head down by the pond. I'm gonna go up on the ridge and see if i can see anything from up high. Said mark.

OK said Justin kicking rocks as he went down the path that led to the pond, the wind whipped a tear to his eye

Meanwhile Matthew was huddled up in a sleeping bag tucked as close to the side of the mountain as he could get to try to shelter himself from some of the wind.

Justin dismissed a noise he had heard thinking it was nothing more than wild life.

Hearing a noise of his own that sounded like footsteps Matthew huddled further back into his little crevice.come of his noise hearing it again Justin shook in his boots straining to see where it was coming from,Suddenly Justin felt a hand on his shoulder. It was mark. There is no sign of him bud. Time to go home. With that they discontinued the search. Never to see Matthew again.