One of the good things about living in Washington DC is that there's never a shortage of visitors. Friends & family are always coming through town for vacation, meetings, etc., which is good because it gets you out of the house. Last week I went to meet one of my visiting friends near his hotel in Dupont Circle, and it changed my life forever.
Dupont Circle is a eclectic neighborhood with lots of interesting people and a large gay community. Even though I'm a 29 year old straight guy, I've had bisexual fantasies for years, so I always like hanging around Dupont because so many openly gay men and women are out and about. I've never once acted on my fantasies, not even as a kid, but approaching 30 I'm realizing that I want to explore every part of my personality and I don't want to look back on life and regret not having experiences.
Anyway, my friend (who is married and probably not bi-curious like me) had dinner and a few beers at a cool bar/restaurant with lots of pool tables. At about 10 PM, and after a couple of games of pool, my friend needed to leave to get some sleep before an early flight the next morning. We say our good-byes, he takes off, and I stop in the bathroom to pee before leaving. As I come out, I hear, "Excuse me." I turn around to see a guy who had been waiting for our pool table.
"Are you finished?" he asked. "Yeah," I responded. After an awkward pause, I realized I was staring at him. I don't usually notice guys as being cute, but this one was different. He looked like a male model. At about 5-10, brown hair and eyes, he had a square jaw and an unforgettable smile. He was beautiful.
I must have looked like an idiot, staring at him. He kind of laughed and said, "Well, I'm waiting for a friend to show up. Would you like to play a quick game with me?"
"Uhhh, okay," I said, still a little stunned at my reaction to him.
His name was Jim, but he said that everyone called him Jamie. Although he was even worse at pool than I was, he was incredibly kind and funny. He was quick to laugh and insisted on buying me a beer. In my experience, people that look like him tend to be stuck up and rude. But not Jamie. We got along very well, laughing at our lack of pool prowess, that I began to wonder if he was gay, and if I might finally experience what I had been fantasizing about.
When I've fantasized about guys in the past, it's always been a non-specific guy who lets me suck and play with his cock. Until this night, I'd never had strong feelings for real people. Maybe the beer was getting to me, but I was loosening up enough so that I was getting turned on by Jamie. When he bent over the pool table to take aim at a long shot, I found myself staring at his nice, tight ass.
Again, he caught me staring, and kind of chuckled.
"So, are you married?" he asked. "Nope," I responded.
"Got a girlfriend?"
"No, not any more. Broke up a while ago."
"Got a boyfriend?" he said with a smile.
"No, but I'm open to anything," I said, chuckling. The beer was definitely getting to me! I've never told anyone else, let alone a stranger, that I had an interest in men. I think he could tell I was embarrassed, and left the subject alone.
We finally finished our first game, and I went to the bar to buy us another round. When I returned to our table, Jamie was with another guy.
"Hey, Chris," Jamie said to me. "Let me introduce you to my friend Paul, who is a half an hour late."
Paul looked similar to me, about 6-1, blond hair, medium build, but he had a military look about him. His hair was very short, and I noticed a tattoo on his inner forearm that looked like something from the Navy.
The way that Paul and Jamie acted together answered my question about Jamie's sexuality. They were arm in arm, hugging, whispering in each other's ear and laughing; definitely together. I thought Paul's arrival was my cue to exit. "Well, I should probably take off now," I said, trying to give them some time alone together.
"No way, you don't have to leave," said Paul. "Stay for another game. At least finish your beer. C'mon, I'll take both you and Jamie on in a game."
I said alright, and watched as Paul beat me and Jamie in game after game. Finally, just before midnight, they decided they'd had enough pool and started to leave when Jaime turned to me and said, "Hey, Chris, you doing anything now?"
"No, I was just going to head for home," I said.
"If you want, you can come back to my place with us and hang out, maybe watch a movie," Jamie offered.
"Are you sure? I mean, you guys are probably sick of me by now," I said.
Paul said, "Don't be silly. We'd love to have you."
Again, I agreed to Paul's suggestion. The guy was authoritative, but in a friendly way. During the 6 block walk to Jamie's house, I was curious to say the least; thoughts were rushing through my head. They were obviously a couple, so I thought they would want to be alone. Did they really just want to hang around with me as a friend? Did they think I was gay? Did they want me to join in with them? No, that would be ridiculous.