Neither Carl nor Kevin could quite remember when they decided they would go to University together. Or had it just been a coincidence? Whatever, they were both glad to be taking this next step with a friend. Not only did they get on, but they had shared experiences at the hands of Doreen and her cohorts. And, of course, a shared love of being looked at by women.
When they got off the train with their suitcases, they couldn't hide their excitement... Kevin almost literally as he'd worn his favourite grey sweatpants with no underwear, because he liked the feeling of his penis swinging and liked even more the attention that swinging attracted from women, young and old. But the excitement drained from them when they arrived as arranged at the Halls of Residence where they were to spend the first year to find that their names were not on the list.
'I'm so sorry,' said the woman at reception. 'You're just not here.' She seemed genuinely disappointed, maybe because they were an exceptional pair: Carl tall and blond and boyish, Kevin almost as tall and handsome in a masculine way. Together they were real head-turners and as she looked up and down her list desperate to find their names, she was secretly checking them out, from Carl's packed jeans and Kevin's sweatpants, with the ridge of the helmet clearly visible, to the muscles and nipples she could make out through their T-shirts.
'I'm afraid you'll have to go to student services in the other block,' she said, giving up on finding them, and pointing them in the right direction, saying that they should ask for a Mrs. Simmonds when they got there.
Gutted that their first day was turning out to be a bit of a disaster, they asked directions to this Mrs. Simmonds, knocked on the door with the name plaque and heard a woman calling impatiently for them to come in. Behind the desk at the far side of a room that was big and fairly grand even if it looked like it had seen better days, was a woman probably in her 60s with short hair, thick glasses and a dowdy cardigan. 'Yes?' she barked as she poured all her attention into what looked like bank statements on her desk.
'Erm, we were told to come and see you...' started Carl as she looked up and, seeing the pair of them, so tall and young and handsome, took off her glasses. 'The lady in Block A said that we should come and see student services.'
'Well, that's me. And how can I help you?' asked the woman, getting up out of her seat, her attitude completely altered.
'Well, we were booked in the Halls of Residence,' Kevin explained. 'But our names are not the list and the lady said you'd be able to help.'
Mrs. Simmonds went back to her computer and, asking their names, started tapping the keys. 'Strange,' she said, peering up at them over the top of her glasses, 'you're definitely not here... And it is completely full now. But what I can do is... And this is quite unorthodox... but there is one room for two...'
'Great!' said Carl. 'We don't mind sharing...' Then, looking at Kevin. 'Do we?' Kevin shook his head.
'In the girls' Halls. How would you feel about that?'
Carl and Kevin looked back at each other, shrugged and nodded at Mrs. Simmonds. If they had their own room, it didn't really matter which Halls they were in. She did something else on the computer then, going into the drawer of her desk, pulled out a pair of keys attached to each other, which she held out to them. Carl went forward to take them but she seemed to take them back as his hand reached out.
'Have you both had your medicals yet?' she asked.
'Medicals?' said Kevin. 'What medicals?'
'If you stay in Halls, you have to have a basic medical examination so we know if there are any underlying issues,' she explained. 'I'm not allowed to give you any keys until that particular box is ticked but I'm sure the nurse is around. Let me give her a ring.'
She picked up her phone, looking at Carl and Kevin, up and down, from feet to face, taking in strong legs in jeans, visible penis in tracksuit bottoms, fit bodies in T-shirts and handsome smiling faces, though the smiles had taken on a bit of a worried look. 'Hello, Sandra? Listen I have two category A's here with me right now,' she said with a slight smirk, still looking Carl and Kevin up and down. 'And it seems that they've not had their medicals. Are you free to look at them now? I can bring them along. You are? Good. See you in a couple of minutes.'
'We're in luck!' she said cheerfully as she put the phone down. 'Nurse Sandra can see you right away,' and she crossed the room, opened the door and led them out and down the corridor to a door that said 'Nurse' on it. She knocked, was called in and opened the door.
'I have two young men for you here, Nurse Sandra,' said Mrs. Simmonds cheerfully to a slightly overweight woman in her late 40s or early 50s with bleached blonde hair, wearing a white nurse's dress that was too small for her.
Nurse Sandra looked at Kevin and Carl and then back at Mrs. Simmonds with a smirk on her face. 'Yes, Category A, like you said,' she said to Mrs. Simmonds, clearly using some sort of code. 'So, who wants to go first?'
'Erm, I will,' said Carl, looking at Kevin and Mrs. Simmonds, expecting them to leave the room. Kevin started to move but Mrs. Simmonds took him by the arm and said, 'You're friends, aren't you? Nothing to be embarrassed about. And we do need to get this done before you can move into your room...'
Kevin shrugged. 'Whatever you say, Miss,' he said, and she showed him to a chair by the wall and sat down next to him.
'Now, let's get that T-shirt off,' said Nurse Sandra, matter-of-factly, 'so I can take your blood pressure...' Carl wondered why she needed his T-shirt off to wrap something around his arm, which was bare anyway, but he didn't question and pulled it over his head. He saw Nurse Sandra look at Mrs. Simmonds as the T-shirt came off and Carl stood bare-chested in front of her.