Part 27
Steve and I have our usual swimming lesson after work on Tuesday. By this point I’ve gotten very good at swimming all the strokes Steve has taught me. I’m still not as fast as he is in the water, but I try my damnedest to match his speed!
We hop out of the pool and head to the showers to rinse off. As I massage his back under the hot water, I lean in a bit and nibble on his ear. “Can’t wait to do more of this on Friday.”
He turns around. “Shit, I forgot to tell you, bud. I won’t be here Friday. I’m, uh, heading out of town to visit family.”
I look down. “Oh.” I look back up at him. “When will you be back?”
“Late Sunday night, probably. They live pretty far away.”
“Damn. I was hoping we’d spend the weekend together again.”
He places a hand on my shoulder. “I know, bud. I’m sorry. We’ll get together the weekend after, I promise.”
I let out a deep sigh. As much as I want to spend this weekend with him, there’s not much I can do about it.
We finish showering, dry off, and get dressed. As we stand alone in the locker room, I hug him tightly. After all, it’ll be a week until I see him again—the longest we’ve ever spent apart. We leave and drive back to our respective homes.
* * * * *
On Friday, with Steve not there, Kathy can easily tell something’s up with me. “Darlin’, what’s the matter?”
Knowing full well she won’t try to dig deeper into anyone’s personal life, I decide to keep it secret. “It’s nothing, Kathy.” She decides to leave it alone, which I’m happy about, but now I feel forced to shove my feelings of sadness deep inside and pretend that everything’s all right.
The rest of the day goes normally, and when the clock strikes five, the guards close down the pool and everyone leaves. Since there’s no reason for me to stay, I decide to head out with Kathy.
Left to my own devices, I try to keep myself entertained as much as I can when I get home. I eat dinner, then go back and forth between reading my business books and watching a few shows. I do a pretty good job, but I know I’ll have a much more difficult time tomorrow.
I decide to call it a night and head to bed, but it’s hard to fall asleep without having Steve there. I send him a text to see what he’s up to, but after waiting a while with no response, I decide to give up on hearing back from him tonight, and try as hard as I can to fall asleep.
I wake up the next morning and check my phone, and I’m excited to see a response from him. Hey bud, sorry I didn’t see this until now. I miss you and hope you’re doing well. Can’t wait to see you again. That certainly does the trick and lightens my mood, and I feel a lot better now. I text him back, then hop in the shower and make breakfast. I glance outside; the weather looks pretty nice, so I get fully dressed, take one of my business books, and head outside to a nearby park to read and get some fresh air. I spend a couple hours reading, getting distracted every so often by a cute guy jogging or walking in the park, but I otherwise try concentrating on my reading material. Soon I feel hungry and head back home for lunch.
It hits me that I haven’t spent a Saturday alone in a very long time. Since meeting Steve, even before we started messing around, we’ve spent every Saturday together. I’ve almost forgotten what to do with this much solo time.
I start missing him so much that I pull out my phone and text him again. I wait a while and he still hasn’t responded. The last time he did this, his excuse was that he was lifeguarding, but that can’t be the reason this time. Still, I try to be understanding that he might be busy with family. Just when I’m about to put the phone down, I decide to text Colt instead: Hey, got some free time?
I can’t even count the seconds until his response comes through: Hey there. What’s up?
I text back: Can I call? He says sure, so I hit the button to call him.
He answers. “What’s going on, Joey?”
I breathe a sigh. It’s so nice to hear his voice. “Nothing much, just spending Saturday alone.”
He chuckles. “Is that something you normally do with your Saturdays?”
“Not lately. Steve and I usually hang out the whole weekend, but now he’s out of town with family.”
“Bummer. Been keeping yourself busy?”
“I’ve been trying to, but I can’t stop thinking about him.”
I hear him sigh on the other end. “Damn, I’m sorry to hear that. Sounds like you’re really missing him. I bet he’s missing you, too.”
“He is.”
“When does he get back in town?”
“Late tomorrow night, so I probably won’t have a chance to see him until the middle of the week.”
“Hmm. Well, sometimes friends, lovers, boyfriends, and yes, even husbands, have to spend some time apart from each other, so you have to learn how to keep yourself occupied.” He pauses for a second. “You have bars in Savannah, I hope?”
“Yes, we do. Even gay ones!”
He laughs. “Awesome! Go to one tonight. You might run into someone you know or someone you can talk to, just to help keep your mind off things.”
I shrug. “I guess I could try. I don’t usually go by myself.”
“Well, just make sure you can get home safely, don’t do anything I wouldn’t do, and you should be fine.”
I chuckle. “That’s a good suggestion. I’ll give that a shot. Well, enough about my depressing life—how was your time in Ohio?”
I hear him groan on the other end. “Completely boring compared to my time in Florida!” We laugh, and he goes on, “No, things were great. And I got to fly to and from first class since work paid for the flight.”
“Can’t complain about that!”
“Nope! And Matty’s back home as well, so we’ve been enjoying getting reacquainted, so to speak.”
A big smile forms on my face. “That’s good to hear. At least you’re not alone tonight.”
“Oh Joey, stop it! You’ve gotta get your mind off Steve, at least for the rest of the weekend.”
I sigh. “I know. I’ll try.”
“Good. No one got anywhere by not trying.”
“Right.”
“And Joey? Thank you for reaching out. I mean it. I’m glad we met. I haven’t known you long, but I can tell you’re a really good guy, and I care about your wellbeing.”
“Oh, thank you, Colt. That’s really sweet of you to say.”
“Now you go out tonight and have yourself a grand time. And call me anytime you need to chat, got it?”
“Got it.”
“All right, sweetie. I’ll chat with you again sometime.”
“Thanks again, Colt. Goodbye.”
We hang up. There’s not much else to do but wait for the sun to go down, so I decide to take a nap. I don’t set an alarm, so I end up waking up about an hour later. Steve still hasn’t texted back, and I’m beginning to worry about him, so I send another text his way, then tell myself not to think about him until he texts back. Otherwise, it’s just going to eat me alive.
I freshen up and grab a bite to eat, then hop in my car and head to River Street and walk to one of the gay bars after I find a parking spot. It’s drag night, and all the performers sing songs from four decades ago all the way to today. The whole time I’m there I don’t see anyone I recognize, and no one there really catches my eye. It could be that I’d rather have Steve here with me that I simply don’t want to interact or involve myself with anyone here, so I just relegate myself to sitting alone at my own table, drinking my beer, and enjoying the drag performances as much as I can.
It’s finally the time of night when the atmosphere turns from a drag performance into a dance club. I hang around for an hour or so to sober up, then head home. On the way, I can’t stop thinking about Steve, but Colt’s suggestion did help a bit—I was at least able to keep him off my mind while I was there.
I get home and crawl into bed. Steve still hasn’t texted back. I bet he’s just very involved with family, or maybe he lost his phone. There are too many reasons to list why he hasn’t responded yet, so I figure the next time I’ll hear from him will be when I see him back at the pool on Tuesday. I try as hard as I can to shut my mind up until I’m finally able to fall asleep.
The next day is basically a repeat of the day before, save for calling Colt. Even though he said to call anytime, I don’t want to burden him with all the drama going on in my head with Steve. In the middle of the day, however, I feel my phone buzz and am immediately relieved to see that it’s a text from Steve, letting me know he’s heading back to town and that he apologizes for not noticing my earlier texts. I let him know not to worry about it, and that I’ll see him at the pool on Tuesday.
* * * * *
I greet Kathy as I step into the office, then squint into the distance and see Steve on the lifeguard stand. I immediately perk up when I see that it’s him, but I’m careful not to outwardly show it, just in case Kathy starts to catch on about what’s really going on between Steve and myself.
Kathy has me working on the monthly newsletter to send out to all the racers. The swim meet this weekend will be the last for this year, and the weekend after that will be the banquet where we’ll hand out the awards for the season. It takes a few hours with the occasional interruption to get the newsletter all put together, but when it’s done, I email it out to all the racers.
Soon, the end of the workday arrives. Everyone except for Steve heads home, and the two of us are left behind to our own devices. As soon as he comes back into the office, I bolt out of my chair and run to him, wrap my arms around him, and squeeze him tight. “Oh, God, Steve, I missed you.”
He plants a kiss on my cheek. “I missed you too, bud.” He pulls away. “How did your weekend go?”
“Really boring without you. I’m just glad you’re back. What about you?”
“Oh, you know, visiting with family can be boring, too.”
I chuckle. “It sure can be. We still doing our lesson tonight?”
He smiles. “Yep! And guess what else I brought?”
I shrug. “What’s that?”
He pulls at the drawstring of his guard shorts until the knot undoes itself, then hooks his thumbs under the waistband, tugging down slightly until I see the bright orange color of the Speedo he got back in Fort Lauderdale. “This.”
A huge smile begins forming on my face. “Oh, fuck yeah.” I can’t help but start sprouting a semi. It’s fucking hot thinking about how he’s been wearing his sexy swimsuit all day with no one else knowing. I place my hands over his and help him push his guard shorts all the way down to the floor, then stand up and admire him. “You gonna wear that for the final meet?”
He makes a devilish grin. “Thinking about it.”
“I hope you do.” I turn and retrieve my own swimsuit from my bag, then kick off my shoes. “Well, I better get changed.”
Just then, I feel his hands on my hips. “Let me help you.” He undoes my belt and slides my pants and underwear down while I grab the bottom of my shirt and rip it off my body. I try as quickly as I can to pull on my swimsuit before my growing erection makes it impossible. I reach down and get my package situated while he takes off his shirt, then we step out.
Since this weekend is the last meet, our lesson tonight is just more practice doing strokes. Halfway through, I tire out and sit at the edge of the pool while I watch Steve gracefully and elegantly maneuver his way through the water. Once he’s had enough, we climb back out of the pool and go to shower off.
We start up the water and rinse off, and I watch as he bends down and peels his new orange Speedo off his wet body. He stands back up and looks at me. “I want to try something with you.”
I look at him inquisitively. “What’s that?”
He comes closer. “I want you to fuck me.”
I’m taken aback by his request. “Right here and now?”
He laughs. “Oh, no way. But maybe when we stay the night at one of our places this weekend.”
I raise my eyebrows. “You sure you want to try that? I mean, really sure?”
He nods. “Yeah. Just like when I wanted to blow you for the first time, I want to return the favor and let you feel what it’s like when I’m fucking you.”
I can’t help but spring a woody in the shower from the way he’s talking, and have to peel off my swimsuit to relieve the pressure. “Aren’t you a bit nervous about it?”
“Yeah, a bit, but I know you’ll be gentle and be a good teacher.”
I chuckle. “I like that you have that confidence in me.” I breathe a huge sigh. “All right, yeah, I guess we could try that this weekend, as long as you’re really sure that’s what you want to do and that you feel ready.”
He nods. “I think I will.”
I look down at myself. “But for now, I need to take care of this.”
He makes that devilish grin again. “Allow me.” He squats down and opens his mouth wide, and I guide my hard dick into it. He wraps his lips around the base of my shaft and goes to town sucking me off, all the while tugging at his own dick. It feels like it’s been forever since we fooled around, and I haven’t gotten off the entire time we’ve been apart, so it doesn’t take me long to climax. I grip the back of his head and pump my load down his throat. He swallows every drop, then stands up and continues jerking himself off, wrapping his other hand around the base of his dick, cupping and squeezing his balls.
I squat down and spin him around to face the wall, then move closer and bury my tongue inside his hole, giving him a taste of what to expect this weekend. His moans of pleasure grow louder and louder, and I fear they can be heard from outside the building, but eventually he reaches his own climax and shoots his load all over the shower wall. I stand back up and wrap him in my arms, my still semi-hard dick finding a temporary home in the crack of his ass. He turns his head so our lips can meet. We stand like that for a while, kissing as the hot water runs down our bodies.
Eventually he reaches up and turns the water off. We dry off, return to the office to get dressed, then head out to the parking lot. Being careful not to be affectionate with him out of fear the cameras will catch us, I keep my distance. “See you Friday?”
He nods. “Yeah. How about we stay the night at your place afterwards like we did last time?”
“That’s a great idea. I’ll see you then.”
And with that, we part ways.