The evening at army reserves ended early and I had the choice of using money for a bus home or hitchhike and save the money for something else. Hitchhiking was not taboo as it is today and the decision to pocket the money was easy.
I had recently turned eighteen and the chances of getting a ride were quite good. After five minutes, I began to doubt my choice, but then a new model car stopped in front of me. I peered inside and a middle aged man waved his finger for me to enter.
He pulled from the curb. "Hi. What's your name and where you going?"
"Thanks for picking me up," I said. "My names Greg and I'm going as far as Prim Road, unless you're going left from there."
"As a matter of fact, I was going to turn left there."
We stopped at a light and his hand moved and brushed the side of my leg. It seemed a little strange, but he didn't move it further until we stopped at the next red light. His hand moved to the top of my leg and although my sexual experience was nil, I did know what he was wanting to touch.
I felt a slight tingle, but brushed his hand away. He kept that distance for a few streets and then moved his hand over my crotch. The tingle happened again, spread around and my penis began to stiffen. He must have felt my growing bulge and started to rub in light circles.
Part of me was urging to stop this touching, but another part was enjoying the new feelings that were growing from my groin to the rest of my body. From time to time my friends and I would call each other gay, but I had never met a gay guy before.
My cock got hard many times a day and always due to seeing a girl in a short skirt or imagining a girl wearing a short one. Getting hard from a man's touch was confusing and I didn't want to contemplate what this meant.
The man turned left on Prim, but then turned right and two lefts. Houses were replaced by trees and the asphalt road changed to dirt. He kept pressing and circling over my penis and the confusion skittering through my mind was driving me crazy.
He turned again, stopped and shut the engine off. It was pitch black. He re moved his hand and flicked on the overhead light.
I must have been stupid, gullible or both, but I never felt I was in danger.
His voice was deep and friendly. "This must be the first time you've allowed a man to touch you?"
"Yes," I said. Trying to calm my nerves, but hearing my own voice shake.
"I knew you were enjoying my touch and I promise I won't do anything you don't want done." He paused. "It's really important for you to believe me."
"I do believe you," I said.
"This must be confusing for you and this is something that I don't normally do. Picking up young guys, that is."
"Are you gay?" I asked.
He laughed. "Yes. I'm gay ... Queer ... Fag. There are many names for people like me."
"I don't want to be gay," I said.
"Your sexual orientation happened at birth. At your age, you probably have no idea whether you are gay, bi or heterosexual."
"What's bi," I asked.
He responded. "Bi is being attracted to people of your sex and the other. Some people think a bi person is gay but hasn't yet admitted to it."
His hand moved to my leg again. "Is this okay?"
"Yes," I nodded.
The tingles returned as did my hardness. His hand rubbed in circles and my tummy flipped with butterflies. His fingers unbuckled my belt, unsnapped my pants and lowered my zipper.
"Lift up," he asked. I kicked off my shoes and he lowered my pants until they were completely off.
I was wearing purple coloured briefs and my bulge was quite evident. He slipped his fingers under the band and for the first time in my life, another person was touching my bare penis. I drew in a deep breath and a shiver rushed through me.
His fingers closed around my hardness and a moan escaped my lips.
"This is what I want you to do to me," he said.
His hand slipped out of my underwear and being touched was one thing, but touching him was something else.
"Do it."
His voice wasn't mean, but I did get the feeling that it was more a command than a request.
I shifted on the seat and unbuckled his leather belt. He had a button and it took me a while to unfasten it. His zipper lowered with ease, kicked off his shoes and lifted his butt from the seat. It was awkward, but I was able to lower his pants until completely off.