I have been a very lucky man: my parents could afford to send me through college and school-work came easy for me; fresh out of college I landed a prestigious and lucrative position in a major law office; when my father passed-away I inherited the family business; with little effort I built the business up to the point where a competitor bought me out and I made a huge profit; I took that money and made a killing on the stock market and was able to retire at the ripe old age of forty.
I've been lucky in love, too. For the longest time I concentrated on school and then work. I didn't allow myself the luxury of personal relationships. I knew early on that I was gay, and would socialize at clubs, and inevitably go home at closing time with the prettiest boy in the club.
My mother recently passed-away (no, that was not lucky) and I moved into her house until I decided what I wanted to do with it. It was a small two-bedroom with a nice screened-in porch. I loved watching the world go by inside that porch.
One day I was sipping a glass of wine on the porch while watching a new boy move into the house next to me. The house was a four-plex, and he was renting the downstairs apartment immediately next to my house.
He was a young and pretty thing and I decided then and there that I would seduce him--just looking at him gave me an erection. I had turned fifty the day before and this boy would make a nice birthday present.
On the pretext of going to see the owners of the house, Floyd and Lavita, I casually introduced myself to the boy. We chatted and I invited him over for a beer when he was finished.
His eyes lit up at the mention of beer, I guessed he wasn't old enough to legally drink. Floyd invited me inside when he opened his door.
"So what's the new kid's story?" I asked.
A wry smile came over Floyd's face. "You never let the cute ones get by your radar, do you? You know," he continued, "it took me three months to rent out that apartmentâand now you want to take him from me?"
I laughed. "You rich old bastard, you don't need the money...besides, you said yourself you think he's cute."
"He sure is a pretty boy, but I don't think you can turn him like you did the last one," he said.
Floyd was referring to Billy, a previous tenet of his who I seduced and is now my part-time boy-toy.
"Maybe I can't, but what if I do turn him? Wouldn't you like a piece of the action?" I asked.
A glazed look came over Floyd's face. "Yeah...I really would like a crack at him..."
"I'll give you the same deal we had the last time," I told him.
Floyd smiled and shook his head, "Okay-okay...if you can get that boy to kneel between our legs it would be worth losing another tenet."
Floyd made a copy of the boy's apartment application and questionnaire and gave them to me.
"Happy hunting," he said as I left.
"That's half the fun," I smiled.
I held the door open for the boy as he struggled with a large box.
"Looks like you're building up a powerful thirst..." I said as I noticed the sheen of perspiration covering his exposed flesh. "I've got the coldest beer in town."
He smiled. "That'll be great, Mister JonesâI'm almost doneâmaybe I should take a shower before I come over?"
"Noâdon't botherâa little sweat never hurt anyone."
I went home, poured a glass of wine, filled an ice bucket with three bottles of beer and ice then sat on the porch reading the papers Floyd had given me.
'John' was from a large northern city and moved here to attend college. He went to school for only one semester then it appeared he took a job at a grocery store. He didn't have any local references. On the application he listed his folks, a brother, a sister and four friends--all of them living a thousand miles away from here.
Oh myâthe possibilities for this boy excited me. My cock became semi-erect in my shorts. I found myself hoping that I found 'Johnny' interesting enough to make him my live-in boy.
I studied him as he approached my house. I guessed him to be 5'7", and 140 pounds; light brown hair and a slender frame. When we shook hands earlier, I noticed he was rather small-bonedâmy hand dwarfed his. He had delicate features.
He knocked on my screen doorâthe screen prevented anyone from seeing inside the porch.
"Come in," I said.
I opened a beer for him and he sat in the chair across from the loveseat where I was sitting.
"So Johnnyâdo you prefer 'John' or 'Johnny'?" I asked.
"Well, I guess I prefer 'John', " he said.
"Would you mind if I called you 'Johnny'?"
"Ah...well...noâI guess not."
"What do you do? Do you work?...go to school?...or are you independently wealthy?"
He laughedâhe had a beautiful smile and laugh.
"No, ah, I work at Pantry PrideâI stock the shelves."
"Sounds like a good job."
"Well...it doesn't pay much...not like the grocery stores back home."
"Where are you from?" I asked. He told me. "You were probably in a union up thereâwe're a right-to-work stateâif you don't have a college degree I'm afraid you won't find a good paying job here. Ever thought about going back to school?"
He shifted uneasily in his chair. "Well, actually...I moved here to go to schoolâI lasted one semester---then I had to find a job."
"I don't mean to be nosey, but what happened? Why did you quit school?"
He blushed. "Well...they kicked me out of the dormitory for drinking...I couldn't afford a place of my own and my folks wouldn't help me outâthey said I needed to learn a lesson...I had to quit school when I got this job."
He finished the beer quickly so I opened him another. Everyone has at least one major character flawâsomething that grounds them in realityâsomething that stops them from being over-confident and cocky about life. His was obviously alcohol.
I found his honesty very refreshing. I liked him.
"Do you have any hobbies?" I asked him. "What do you like to do when you're not working?"
"I'm always on the internet at home...I like to read a lot of different websitesâusually political stuff."
I mentioned websites I liked and he perked-upâwe had similar interests and views. Midway through his second beer I noticed his eyes getting watery, and he was becoming excitable.
A cheap date, I mused.
He was relaxed and talking freely. We made each other laugh. He was a smart boy with an open personality but he definitely had a drinking problem. When he finished his third beer I asked him if he wanted another or maybe a glass of wine.
"Well...ah, actually I've never had wine...."
"There's a first time for everythingâwould you like to try a glass?"
"Sure...why not?"
I had him follow me to the kitchenâhe was a little unsteady on his feet. He made a joke about how clumsy he was. I poured him a glass of sauvignon blanc and refilled mine. We sat on the couch in the living room. I decided it was time to ask him about his sex life.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" I asked.
"Ah...no...not right now...."
"Have you ever had a girlfriend?"
"Well, yeah-sure...of course...."
He appeared to be uncomfortable with this conversation.
"Are you a virgin?"