The Hitchhiker
It had been snowing all day. A wet, heavy incessant snow that was covering everything including the highway. Combined with a wind-chill factor in the teens, Christopher was almost frozen stiff. He was elated when the huge semi pulled over to pick him up. He climbed up into the cab and smiled thankfully at the driver.
"Thanks a lot mister. I was just about frozen out there."
"No problem, son." The driver smiled at him. "Name's Zeke," the driver said and extended his hand.
Christopher took the offered hand and shook it. His hand seemed to disappear inside of Zeke's grasp. Zeke was a big man. No, a huge man. Christopher guessed that he must be well over six feet tall and probably 250 to 300 pounds; probably in his forties or fifties.
"What you doing hitching on a foul night like this, boy?' Zeke asked.
"I'm on my way back to school." Christopher replied. "I hitched a ride with a nice old couple, but they could only take me this far. So, I was lucky to find you."
"I'll say. What school you go to?"
"Simpson College. I'm twenty and going to be a sophomore."
"I heard them stories about Simpson."
"What stories?"
"'Bout how all those queer college boys there always having sex with each other."
"I don't know anything about that." Christopher said. He was shocked at the comment.
"Oh? Don't you got a boyfriend there?"
"No! I'm not gay!" Christopher protested.
"Didn't mean to ruffle your feathers. Just figured you might be a twink. I mean given your size and all."
"What's wrong with my size?"
"Nothing boy. I'm guessing you're about five-six and maybe a hundred and twenty pounds. Kind of boy a real man would like to use."
"Well, I'm not gay. I'm straight." Christopher said in a huff.
"So then, you got a girlfriend?"
"Had one in high school. But she went to school on the other side of the country, so we broke up."
"Was she a looker?"
"She was cute."
"But no girl at college?"
"Don't have time with study and everything."
"I hear you. And you ain't done nothing with the boys at school?"
"I told you, I'm not gay."
"Yeah, I just figured college boys were always experimenting and stuff."
"Not this boy."
"Then that makes you a gay virgin." Zeke said laughing heartily.
"Not the way I would put it, but I guess that's accurate." Christopher replied.
"Hey, I got some hot coffee in that thermos. Reach in the back and get yourself a cup and pour some. It'll warm you up."
Christopher poured himself some coffee and they sat and conversed as they drove. Thankfully, the conversation drifted to topics like sports and politics instead of sex. Christopher began to enjoy talking with Zeke. Despite his country-boy, aw-shucks manner, Zeke was pretty astute and a good conversationalist. After about an hour though, Zeke got a message from a fellow driver on his CB. It seemed that the main mountain pass was closed because of the storm and the trucker advised Zeke to seek shelter at Ruby's truck stop. About ten minutes later, Zeke parked his rig in the truck stop lot and began to put his coat on.
"C'mon, boy, let's get something to eat and see if Ruby's got some rooms for the night." Zeke said.
"You know my money's kind of tight. I could just sleep here in the truck for the night."
"Boy, you'll freeze your ass staying in the truck. I ain't going to have no dead boy in my truck tomorrow morning. Get your coat on and I'll buy you dinner and get you a room for the night." Zeke instructed.
"Thanks, Zeke." Christopher stammered.
"No problem, boy. We can figure a way for you to pay me back." Zeke smiled.
They ate steak for dinner and while Christopher went to the men's room, Zeke talked to Ruby about a room for the night. She had plenty of them, but Zeke requested one room with a king size bed. He told Ruby that he was going to have fun making Christopher his bitch and that if he asked, Ruby should tell him she only had the one room. Ruby had been Zeke's friend for years and she was happy to assist in his nefarious scheme.
The Room at the Truck Stop
Christopher began to object when Zeke told him they only had one room, but Zeke told him not to be silly about it. After all, they were both guys and sharing a room should be fine. Christopher began to have a bad feeling about it when they got to the room and he discovered there was only one bed. Again, Zeke calmed his fears explaining that the bed was more than big enough for the both of them. Christopher offered to sleep on the couch, but that was impractical. The couch wasn't long enough for Christopher to stretch his legs out. Christopher sat down to watch SportsCenter while Zeke showered. Zeke was in for quite awhile. When he came out, he was wearing a black terry cloth robe that came down to his knees.
"Your turn, boy." Zeke smiled.