Ch 36 - In the Army

The room fell quiet as Walter, Bobby, Spencer, Triston, Darrell, and Josh took their seats  around Spencer’s dinner table with boxes of Thai food spread between them.  There was more than enough for them to eat.  Each began to look over the dishes, take some, and pass it.

“I think I’m going to have to break up with Aden,” Spencer said.

“What?  He’s so cute,” Walter said.

“Cute maybe, but he’s not that smart.”

“But he looks good naked,” Josh added.

“You saw him naked?  What was it like?” Bobby asked.

“Thin and a little to the left,” Josh said.

“When did you see him naked?” Darrell asked.

“He slept over, didn’t know I had a roommate and they kind of ran into each other in the morning,” Spencer said.

“I hope not,” Bobby replied.

“He seemed like a nice guy,” Josh said.

“Not really,” Spencer replied, “he borrowed forty dollars from me a week ago and he hasn’t said a thing to me about it since.  I saw him in person, we talked on the phone, and we even sent text messages.”

“Why did you give him forty dollars?” Triston asked.

“We were out shopping and he saw this shirt he really liked.”

“That was a gift,” Bobby said.  “Guys buy things for me all of the time.”

“Really?” Walter asked.

“Well, okay, sometimes, but still it’s a gift.”

“This wasn’t a gift.  I specifically told him it was a loan.”

“Maybe he hasn’t gotten paid yet,” Darrell suggested.

“Whatever the case it’s kind of annoying.  It’s only been a week but he’s had money for lots of other stuff.  In fact he even told me two days later he bought new shoes.”

“Don’t let him take advantage of you,” Walter said.  “You should have him pay for something and then it would be even.”

Spencer looked down to his plate of food and shook his head.  He wasn’t the type to try and pull something like that.  He’d confront him maybe, but con it out of him, no way.

“Well, you don’t want to be known as a Sugar Daddy.  You’re too cute for that,” Bobby said.

“Thanks, I guess.  Speaking of Sugar Daddy’s, we haven’t heard about Triston and Vincent in Las Vegas.  How was it?”

“It was nice,” Triston said.

“Did you ever leave the room?” Walter asked.

“Yeah, we did.  We even spent some time by the pool.  I was all worried about going there as a couple and I definitely had my moments of insecurity but it was nice to travel with someone.  We didn’t really hold hands or anything in public, though we went to a few gay spots in the Fruit Loop.  It was nice to know that we’d go back to the room together though and we could just relax.”

“Was it crowded?”

“Not really, but it there were people around.  There were lots of advertisements for female strip shows and private escorts, that type of thing.”

“How much did you lose?”

“I actually didn’t gamble that much.  That was more Vincent, and he actually won some money, but it wasn’t much compared to how much we spent on liquor and food.  We did meet a very nice gay boy though.  It was kind of funny.  Vincent was at the bar and this middle aged, middle America woman came up to me and asked to use his chair.  I said it was for my boyfriend.”

Everyone oohed at his boldness.

“That’s when she drops this bomb on me that her son just came out.  She just told me he was gay.  It was like this casual conversation.  She was kind of proud I think.  I was stunned, but then when the son got there she introduced us.”

“Was he hot?”

“Very, but shy, at least in front of his parents.  It was kind of cute.  He’s in the army and he took his family to Vegas while he was on leave.  He had this whole army boy thing going for him.”

“Did you have a three way?” Walter asked.

Everyone looked to him.

“I’m just asking what everyone is thinking.”

“No,” Triston said with a shake of his head.  “We went out though.  He got a little too drunk at the bar.  He was kind of a light weight but we got him back.  The whole time in the elevator I was praying for him not to throw up.  Thankfully he had his own room though.”

“Man that would have been awkward.”

“I ran into him the next day at the lunch buffet they had.  We talked a little bit and we promised to stay in touch with each other.  He wants to come to D.C. when his contract is up.  He says there’s more jobs here.”