We are getting closer, faithful readers. Thank you for your kind feedback so far. For those who have not yet read about my relationship with Duncan, we are straight friends who are discovering a new erotic side to our relationship. As of this writing, we have not yet 'done the deed,' but our foreplay has taken on an new intensity. Take a read of the first two chapters if you are interested. As ever, I welcome your feedback and emails.
For the next few days, my head was spinning. Do you know the kind of thoughts that go through your mind when you discover a whole new aspect to your relationship with your best friend? The excitement, the possibilities, the unexplored territory. Once or twice, it occurred to me I should be feeling doubt or uncertainty. I had never had 'gay' thoughts before, and yet what had happened between us was certainly outside the realm of what straight guys did. Still, I felt no doubt, no uncertainty. I liked what we were doing and how we were doing it. When we met in public, we were still as straight as ever. We checked out girls together and were two normal, chummy male friends in a publicly healthy relationship.
Still, we would always make sure to sit next to each other at the bar or in a restaurant, and once or twice each night, very discreetly, we would touch hands under the table as clandestine lovers do. We never discussed what we were doing, and yet, by some unspoken accord, we were both very comfortable with where we were. Between us, we knew where we stood, and to the world outside our relationship was as it had ever been.
The next weekend, I had to travel for work, so we didn't see each other, but Duncan called me on the road Saturday night.
"Marty, you ready for what's next?" he asked, completely out of the blue. We had been talking about football and he just slipped that into the conversation. I knew instantly what he was talking about.
"I am if you are."
"Good. Your place next Saturday. I'm bringing steaks and the...entertainment."
"Sounds good to me."
And with that brief exchange out of the way, we went on talking about the BCS standings, who was hot and who was stinking up the field, and the trials of traveling for work. It was almost as if we had compartmentalized that part of our relationship.
In meetings that week, my mind kept wandering, wondering what was next. I found it harder to focus on work as the weekend came closer. I couldn't wait to see what Duncan had in mind.
Early Saturday afternoon, he showed up at the house. I had taken a long and careful shower earlier and made sure the bedroom was ready for whatever he had in mind. Although we had significantly escalated the intimacy the last time he was over, I was pretty sure we weren't going to just hop in the sack and jerk each other off. Duncan was too smart for that, plus we were both enjoying the long physical dance we were in the middle of.
He was carrying several large paper grocery sacks and I helped him carry them into the kitchen. He made me sit at the bar as he unpacked, clearly enjoying the role of showman and revealing the contents of the bags in a very planned way.
First he brought out the food. Gorgeous steaks from a butcher he knew; a six-pack of good beer; a nice loaf of crusty bread; and a few other odds and ends to get us through the long afternoon.
After I approved of each item, he put it in the fridge, saving it for later.
He stopped before going into the last sack which was rolled closed at the top.
"You ready for this?"
"You bet. I've been ready for this all week."
"Ok, Marty, but, um, we've been doing things...and I don't want to assume..." He couldn't really say what he wanted.
I looked him straight in the eye. "Duncan, do you like what we are doing?"
"Yes."
"Me too. I like what we are doing. Hell, I really enjoyed your last visit. Don't worry, I'll say stop if I want you to stop, and you will tell me to stop, too, if you want me to."
He looked relieved. That was the first and last time in our relationship either of us paused and considered staying on the safe path.
"Now, quit stalling and show me what's in the bag." My curiosity was killing me.
"No. Not yet. Let's eat first." The trepidation was gone. Now he was enjoying the game and making me wait.