Mike and Vern were awakened in the middle of the night by someone shaking their shoulders. It was James saying, in a soft voice, "C'mon lovebirds, time to rise and shine."
"Okay, I'm awake," said Vern, groggily. "Mike, time to get up."
"Man, still feels like sleeping time," Mike responded, wiping the sleep from his eyes. "The night was way to short! I gotta piss."
"I'm with you there," said Vern, on his feet now and sporting a piss hardon. "I use the toilet cause I'm too short to reach the urinal."
The pair headed to the restroom and relieved their bladders, then returned to their beds to get dressed and straighten out their bedding.
"How about a good morning kiss?" asked Vern.
Mike leaned over and kissed Vern's waiting mouth, causing Vern's cock to jerk a little.
"I can't believe how just a little kiss from you causes me to get turned on." Vern continued, "James will have the coffee ready by the time we get to the cafeteria. You 'bout ready to go?"
"Not really," Mike answered, "You seem to have an effect on me too," rubbing the bulge in his pants, and laughing. "Do we have time for a little fun?"
"Naw, we need to go help James get breakfast going. He'll get pissed if he has to do too much by himself."
It was still dark outside as Mike followed Vern to the cafeteria and they walked in, immediately sensing the aroma of freshly brewing coffee. The lights in the eating area of the cafeteria were still off, but the kitchen area was well lit.
"Mornin' guys," James greeted, "The coffee should be ready if you want a cup. Seems you two have hit it off pretty well so far, being that you were both in the same bed this morning!"
"Thanks James," Mike replied, just a tad embarrassed; "Yeah, I guess it's morning. I hope I feel more awake after a cup of Java. It's probably going to take a few days for me to get used to getting up in the middle of the night!"
"You'll get used to it, Mike," while filling a coffee cup from the 50 cup coffee urn. "Thanks for pulling the sausage out last night Vern, as soon as you two get some coffee, will you please show Mike how to cook the sausage for the gravy? I will bake the biscuits in a few minutes."
Mike followed Vern into the kitchen area and Vern picked up 2 clean white aprons off a stack, handing one to Mike, and putting the other on himself. Mike fumbled with the apron strings, never having tied an apron before.
"Just like tying shoe strings Mike," said Vern, "Only you have to do it behind your back." Mike finally got it tied. "And of course, we always wash our hands before handling food." They both washed and dried their hands.
"Now for the sausage," Vern stated, brushing past Mike, accidentally on purpose rubbing the back of his hand across the slight bulge at the front of Mikes apron, causing Mike to jerk. Grinning, "We need to get it out of the cooler." Mike followed Vern into the walk-in cooler.
"Ok," Vern said, "I've got the sausage, will you please grab about 3 of those gallons of milk?"
"Sure," Mike said, and got two. "I'll come back and get the third one."
They put the sausage and milk on the prep table that was about 3 feet in front of the big, six-burner gas cook stove. Vern explained to Mike that they needed to make about 16 sausage patties, as some of the men would prefer sausage and egg biscuits, or they might be running late and need a breakfast they could eat out of hand.
Mike, with Vern's assistance, formed the patties and placed them on a piece of wax paper. Then they split the remaining sausage into three six-quart saucepans, to start cooking the meat, using what looked like a wide putty knife to break up the lumps and keep it stirred. Vern added a healthy shake of Cajun seasoning to each pan and the two continued to mix it into the cooking sausage. James came over and fired up the big oven.
"Grab one of those big spoons Mike," Vern said, pointing. Mike complied. "Now we'll add about a half cup of corn starch to each pan, and stir it into the crumbled meat, to coat it. That will thicken the milk into gravy, once the milk comes to a boil."
Meanwhile, James was opening tubes of biscuits and laying them, edges touching, on large baking sheets.
"Mike," said James, "There is something I need to make you aware of. We are supposed to have 4 or 5 guys training in CA. For the last month, it's been just Shorty and I, putting in 14 hour days, 7 days a week." Smiling, "Now you know why we are so happy to see you!"
"Wow!" Mike responded, "That sure doesn't leave much time for personal life." Mike, with James's and Vern's guidance and instructions continued to get food ready to serve. In addition to the biscuits and sausage gravy, they prepared eggs, toast and oatmeal.
It's about 6:15 AM, all the food is ready to serve and James turned the switches to illuminate the dining area. Within minutes all the trainees would be coming in for breakfast.
The first group of trainees came in, led by a Hispanic dude who immediately noticed Mike.
"You have new cook?" questioned Juan.
"Yes we do, Juan," answered James. "Juan, this is Mike, the newest addition to the Culinary Arts program. Mike, Juan is part of the Electrical Group, and so are these other three- men."
Just a couple minutes later Ivan led the Carpentry Group in, with Luke the last in line.
Mike, noticing a strange, longing look in Luke's eyes, "Are you OK Luke?"
"I'm just fine Mike." Luke returned, "But, if possible, can we have a private chat this evening?" The look on Luke's face said he wasn't 'just fine'.
"Sure Luke, I'll catch up with you in the Dorm after we get cleaned up tonight, probably be around 7:00 PM or a little after. OK?" Luke nodded.
Mike is wondering if Luke might be having some second thoughts about what had transpired between them yesterday. He had been having some fun and sex with Vern, but still really has the longing for Luke. Mike likes Vern, but doubts he could ever commit his love to him. Mike has the desire for a long-term relationship with Luke, if only Luke could have a change of heart.
The Carpentry guys settled down for breakfast at one of the tables. Ivan, being the leader, spoke, "Josh, you're pretty good on framing now, would you work with Luke and show him the ropes?"
"Sure, Ivan," Josh answered, "But I'm not too sure he can concentrate today."
"Why not?" Ivan questioned.
"I think he's in love."
Luke's face is getting red and showing an expression of anger.
Darin spoke, "Yeah, I noticed that, both Luke's and Mike's eyes were filled with the look of love."
"It doesn't really matter," Ivan spoke. "We pretty much determined yesterday that Mike is gay, and"
Luke interrupted, "I'm not gay! For Christ's sake, the reason I'm even here is because I fucked my girlfriend, and she was under 18 and her daddy pressed charges. Mike and I were friends back at the pen, and I didn't even know until yesterday, that he is gay."
"As I was saying," Ivan continued, "Gay or straight, or bent, it doesn't matter. If a guy here wants to get it off with another guy, it's cool. Nobody really gives a fuck!"
By this time, most of the trainees have all eaten, and are getting ready to go out to the training sites. The school bus, is not yellow like public school busses, and is usually driven by the hired instructor whose training location is the farthest out from headquarters. All of the hired instructors, trainers and trainees ride the same bus, exception is the CA group, and of course Mr. Styles and his sidekick, Jesse and the GM group.
The GM Group (Grounds & Maintenance) continually changes. This group may consist of up to 8 guys that have either finished training, and are just completing their time, or may have arrived and are waiting for an opening in one of the groups. They have to eat on the same schedule as everyone else as it is the only times the cafeteria is serving. They are pretty much free and on their own when their "assigned" work is done for the day. Typically, their job is to cut grass, trim shrubbery, weed eat, dispose of trash, and sometimes paint. Like the CA students, they can be placed in either Dorm.
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Today was slow for the Electrical Group and the Plumbing Group, so the Electrical Instructor grabbed the bus, loaded all the EG and PG trainers and students and brought them back to the campus early, about 2 PM.
Since the Plumbing Group trainees are all in D2, all 5 guys, Eric, Eddie, John, Sean, and Adam needed showers. Since there are only 4 shower heads, Adam held back, not really wishing to shower with Eric, or anybody else for that matter, electing to take his shower after the others got done. At last, all 4 of the guys are back in the sleeping area. Now Adam can take a shower privately.
Adam goes into the shower stall, get the water temperature to his liking, starts to soap up and shampoo his hair.
