Chapter 1. Caught!
Like many guys when I was a teenager I experimented sexually with another male. I wasn't gay - I liked girls and straight porn - but somehow my best friend Danny and I started "playing around." How that started is a whole 'nother story. At first we masturbated together, then progressed to fondling each other. And on four occasions I ventured far enough to actually lick his penis, something Danny had never done to me. I justified what we did by saying that we were just horny guys and that there were no girls around. I played with his cock so that he'd reciprocate and play with mine. Quid pro quo.
We worked in the same diner as dishwashers/busboys, and one night after the dinner rush we were bored. Danny had brought a Oui magazine and we snuck down to the basement, a dimly lit area with shelves of supplies. It was a safe space since people rarely came down here, and we moved to a corner hidden behind the shelving units.
A few minutes of looking at the pictures gave us both hard-ons. At first we rubbed ourselves through our pants, but then Danny lifted his apron and unsnapped his pants. He reached into the open flaps and rubbed himself through his underwear. When he saw me eying him he asked: "Do you want to...?" Knowing what meant, I shrugged and knelt down on the hard floor. As he returned his attention to the magazine, he lowered his underwear and his teenage penis flopped out. I spit into my hand for lube, then began stroking the base. With my other hand I teased the tip of his penis. I did the things I knew I wanted done to mine.
"Do you know what would really feel good?" he asked.
I really didn't want to, but yet for some reason I agreed to do what I knew he was asking for. And so, for the fifth time in my life, I found myself licking his cock. I wasn't turned on by this; I was just anticipating how good it would feel when he would jerk me off.
And then a male voice shouted. "What in God's name?"
Caught! It was the night shift cook, Carlos, a slim, religious Puerto Rican in his forties. He looked at Danny, then at me, and shook his head in disgust. I was instantly overcome with embarrassment and shame. And fear - what would happen to us? Carlos folded his arm and in a stern voice ordered us to get back to work. "Both of you perverts." I stood up while Danny fixed his pants, then we rushed past Carlos without looking at him.
Two awkward hours passed till quitting time. I was worried that Carlos would tell the owner or, worse, call my parents. I kept looking at the clock, waiting for Danny's mom to come to pick us up (neither of us had our own car). She pulled into the parking lot at 11:55.
If I thought I was escaping Carlos, I was wrong, because Carlos came into the back room and pointed at me. "I need to you to stay an extra half hour." When I tried to protest he said, "I'll drive you home. You're on my way." I looked at Danny for help but he was as scared as I was, especially with his mother outside. He made a quick exit, whispering "good luck" as he slipped out the door.
There was no need for me to stay late. The task Carlos gave me - rearranging the shelves in the walk-in cooler - was just busy work, and I spent the time lost in thought and worry. I guessed that since I was the one on his knees Carlos assumed I was the problem, or at least more of a problem than Danny was. That's why I was the one getting punished.
I punched out at 12:30. Ten minutes later Carlos finished in the kitchen and came in the back, not smiling. He punched his time card and in silence led me outside.
His car was a roomy Buick, with a religious statue on the dash and a pine tree air freshener on the rear mirror. He started the car and turned on the cassette deck. Latin music played softly. I stared at the dashboard statue - Jesus with arms outstretched. Knowing Carlos's religious streak I expected a sermon about the fury of God and the fires of hell that awaited me, but he said nothing as we pulled out of the driveway. To avert his gaze I stared out my window.