Give me a Chance

Ben

Our “prom” was a great night, after we ate our pizza, we hit the bed for round two. We cleaned up and slept in each other’s arms, I think it was the best night sleep that I had since I lived with my grandpa.

I woke early the next morning to Chance just looking at me and smiling.

I asked, “What are you looking at?”

“You, did you know how cute you are when you sleep?”

“Quit being so gay.”

He came in for a kiss, and round three was underway. We finished our morning with a quick shower and then headed home. I walked in the door as Lynn was making breakfast, she smiled and asked how my night was.

“It was good.”

“I am glad you had a good time, Ben. Would you like some breakfast?”

“No thanks, Lynn, I am kind of tired, I think I will just go to my room and get some sleep.”

“Ok, if you are hungry when you get up, just let me know.”

I wasn’t too tired, I just wanted Lynn to think that I had been up all night. I laid on my bed and thought about the how much I enjoyed the last night. I am not sure why, but my mind switched gears and I started to think about graduation and Chance going away to college. My eighteenth birthday is next week, and Jeff and Lynn could ask me to leave any time after that, I didn’t think that Lynn would do that, but I wasn’t sure about Jeff. It wouldn’t be fair for me asked them to let me live there for much longer either. I guess Chance was right, I really should have some sort of a plan, I just don’t know what I want to do.

As graduation got closer, Chance tried to convince me to move with him when he went off to college, I kept resisting. I could tell he was getting frustrated with me, but I just didn’t want to move someplace new. He was driving me home after school one day.

“Chance, I told you that I don’t want to go to college.”

“Damn it Ben, what the hell do you want to do then?”

“I don’t know, I just know I don’t want to move. I can find a job and save my money and then get a place of my own.”

“That doesn’t seem like much of a plan Ben.”

“Well, that’s my problem, isn’t?”

“Do whatever you want, I am done trying to help. I am leaving two weeks after graduation for summer training, if you want to come along you are welcome, if you want to stay here and work some minimum wage job, go ahead.”

Chance dropped me off and headed to his house, I sat in my room thinking about what Chance said. Jeff got home from work, and we sat down to eat supper, I didn’t have much of an appetite and just picked at my food.

Lynn noticed, “Ben, is everything ok?”

I looked up, “yeah, I’m fine, I guess I am not hungry, can I be excused?”

“Sure, just please put your dishes in the sink.”

I went to my room and started drawing, I heard Jeff and Lynn talking, they started to get a little louder.

Jeff said, “well I sure as hell am not going to put him through college if he doesn’t know what the hell he wants to do.”

“Jeff, I know that, but we can’t just throw him out on the street.”

“How long do I have to support him?”

“Let’s just give him a few weeks to find something and maybe by the end of summer he will have changed his mind and we can enroll him in the community college.”

“Why can’t we let his social worker deal with him?”

I quit listening to them after that, I had talked to my social worker, she said she would see what she could do, that was three weeks ago. I was getting tired of everybody telling me I needed a damn “plan”, between Chance, Lynn, and every teacher, I felt smothered. To tell the truth, I just didn’t know what I wanted to do, the only thing that I was good at was drawing. I knew that I would never make a living drawing without some kind of big break, those kinds of things don’t happen to people like me.

Chance and I had barely spent any time together in last two weeks after graduation, he was getting ready to head off for summer training camp and honestly, I was getting tired of hearing about it. I know I should have been happy for him, but I was finding it hard, I needed a break from all of this pressure.

Lynn was out running some errands, I packed all the clothes that I could fit in my bag and strapped it to my bike. I placed the last picture that I had drawn on the bed along with the cell phone that Lynn had bought me. The picture was of Lynn and Jeff, that I drew from their wedding picture. I updated it a little and I had it framed, just as Lynn had done for my grandparents pictures. I also left a note:

Lynn,

Thank you for everything that you have done for me for the last three years. I hope you like your picture, I know it is hardly enough to pay you back, but it’s the best I can do. It’s time I take care of myself. 

Thank you again,

Ben

I had saved a little more than $300 from my mowing jobs, I headed to Walmart and found a small tent and a sleeping bag. I rode over to the park and back to a grove of trees, there was a clearing that wasn’t easily seen from the park. I set up my tent and unrolled my sleeping bag, put the rest of my things in the tent. I decided to take a ride down to the strip mall that was just a few blocks from the park, there were several retail stores there, maybe one of them had a job opening. The first couple of stores had nothing, then I saw the help wanted sign hanging in the window of the Midtown Fitness Center.

I walked in and found Julie Collins sitting at the reception desk, she gave me a big smile, “welcome to Midtown Fitness, how can I help you?”

I said, “I saw the help wanted sign, I was wondering what the job was and if I could apply?”

“Well sure, the job is for a someone to clean each night after we close, can I ask how old you are?”

“I am 18, I just graduated from high school, I am Ben Meyer”

“Hi Ben, I am Julie, my husband, Todd and I own this place.”

Julie was an attractive woman about 40, with blonde hair pulled back in ponytail, clearly, she used her own facility, as she was very fit.

She said, “come on back to the office, I will introduce you to Todd.”

She led me behind the reception desk to an office.

“Todd, this is Ben Meyer, he is asking about the cleaning job.”

Todd looked to be about the same age as Julie, he stood about 6’ and like Julie looked like he worked out regularly. A broad chest, well defined biceps and an ass that I could look at all day.

Todd stood, “Hi Ben, nice to meet you. Are you still in school?”

“No, I just graduated, I have decided not to go to college, so I am looking for a job.”

We sat down and Todd and Julie filled me in on all the duties and then gave me a tour. It was a small fitness center with all the typical exercise equipment in front, a sauna and two locker rooms in the back. We spent the better part of an hour on the tour, by the end of the tour they were offering me the job, I happily accepted. I was pleased with myself, I would work at the gym and save up enough to find an actual apartment, I could get by in the park for the summer.

I started work that night, the gym closed at 10:00, I started work at 9:00. I would start by washing the towels. There were usually only a few people after 9 so I could also start wiping down all the machines, just as long as I stayed out of the customer's way. Once I was done with the machines I would clean the floors, by that time most of the customers were finishing their showers and leaving. The showers were the last to be cleaned, I would usually be done a little bit after midnight. One of the perks of the job was that I could use all the equipment, anytime I wanted, I was even able to use the washer and dryer for my own clothes and of course I was able to shower each night after I was done working.

A few weeks in and I had my routine down pretty well, arrive by 9, clean the areas that had no customers, after the last person was out at 10, lock up and clean equipment. Next were the floors and locker rooms. Once I was done cleaning I would do my workout, alternating running on the treadmill one night and lifting weights the next. Wrap my night up with a shower, I was usually back to my tent by 2 am.

I had put on about 20 pounds of muscle and I would catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I had to admit, I looked pretty good. I finished my cleaning for the night and changed into my work out clothes, I hit the weights for the next hour and worked up a good sweat. I wiped down the machine and headed to locker room, stripped down and stood under the shower. I lathered up and was rinsing off, just standing under the hot water enjoying the steady stream beating against my freshly worked muscles. I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye, I quickly turned and saw a well-built redhead standing at the door of the shower watching me. He had a smooth chest and wash board abs, I looked my way down to the ginger pubes just above a well-proportioned 6-inch cock, sticking straight out.

I jumped, “sorry but we are closed, how did you get in here?”

He grinned, “I was in the sauna, I must have fallen asleep.”

Shit, I cleaned the sauna early tonight, I must have forgotten to check it when I locked up.

“Well, you can shower if you want to, but you really need to leave, I am not supposed to let people in after hours.”

He walked toward me, “I see you have already cleaned the other showers, maybe I can share yours?”

I stared at his hardon, “I don’t think we should, I can clean the showers again.”

He kept walking, “now that wouldn’t be any fun.”

He was now standing over me, his hard dick rubbing on my own wash board abs, he leaned down to kiss me, I fell under his spell and met his lips. I felt my cock instantly harden as he reached down to stroke it, he pulled away slightly and looked down at my dick.

“Damn dude, for a little guy, you have a big dick.” He resumed his kiss as he reached around and grabbed my ass, pulling me tight against him. He broke our kiss and worked his way down my chest, giving me little love bites all the way down, once he was on his knees, he gave my nuts a lick and then inhaled my cock. This was not his first time, this guy knew how to suck a dick. Just as he was about to drive me over the edge, he spun me around and used that skilled tongue to open up my hole. I thought I was going to crawl straight up the wall of the shower. He stood up and replaced his tongue with the head of his cock, he wrapped his arms around me lifted me up and pulled me back onto his dick. I squirmed a little until I felt his balls against my ass cheeks.

He started to pump, “Damn it, you have a tight little ass, don’t you?”

A few strokes later he pulled his cock out and shot a load all over my ass. He bent down and licked his load up and turned me around giving me a deep cum filled kiss. He sank to his knees taking my cock into his mouth until I was ready to cum, he let my dick out of his mouth and said, “come on buddy, give me your load.” He jacked me off until I was shooting across his chest.

I was leaning back against the wall trying to catch my breath, he stood and gave another kiss, “that was great, thanks.”

We rinsed off and went to dry off, “how much do they pay you to work here?”

I said, “it’s a fair wage, why?”

“Ok, do you have to work every night?”

“No, I have Friday and Saturday off, the owner has their son clean on the weekends. Again, why?”

He pulled his pants on, reached into the pocket, and pulled out a business card, handing it to me.

The Gemini Club

Brad and Chad Shaw, Owners

He pulled on his shirt, “you should stop by and talk to these guys, tell them that Big Red sent you.