Morning came and Alex awoke with a start. He looked around the room trying to remember where he was. He had a funny taste in his mouth and his stomach was rumbling with hunger. And someone was in bed beside him, taking up too much room. But then he remembered who it was and it all came back to him, the shower, the kissing, the dick-sucking. He reached over and gently touched the shoulder of the man he'd spent the night making love with.
Making love? Was that the right term to describe what he and Rob had done? Some people would use a different term, but it hardly mattered. Regardless of what anyone called it, Alex knew he was a changed man. Having sex with Rob had changed his whole life. He would never be the same again.
He got up from the bed and looked out the window. There were several feet of snow on the ground but the sky was clear now, and he could see that snowplows had already been at work on the road in front of the motel. One guest was out in the parking lot clearing snow from his car and two or three other vehicles drove slowly past on the road.
Was the big adventure over?
Rob yawned and stretched under the sheets and sat up on the side of the bed. He scratched himself between the legs. "Good morning, handsome!" he said, smiling happily. He parted his lips and showed his perfect white teeth.
Alex smiled back. "Good morning to you, too," he said quietly.
"Helluva night."
"Yeah, it sure was."
Alex suddenly felt sad. He almost wanted to cry. He didn't want the night to be over.
Both men were famished, so they got dressed and hiked over to McDonald's where they ordered coffee and Egg McMuffins. And then they ordered seconds. The food wasn't bad, but the coffee was awful β like warm dishwater with coffee grounds. They washed it all down with little cups of orange juice.
By the time they left McDonald's, the sun was twenty degrees above the horizon and the sky was a beautiful cerulean, with just a few white clouds to the south. The light bouncing off the snow was blinding. When they got back to the motel, Alex called the gas station in town to find out if the tow truck was available. The owner said the truck was out on another run, but as it happened, their driver had seen Rob's car on the side of the road earlier in the morning and knew where it was. He could pick it up on his way back to town and drop it off right at the motel if they wanted. This was agreeable to everyone, and it also gave Alex and Rob some extra time to shower and shave before they got on the road.
Alex gave Rob some toothpaste and shampoo and Rob turned on the shower while Alex used the toilet. Rob didn't say anything about taking a shower together, so Alex went back into the other room and sat on the bed, wondering what he was going to tell Judy. He listened as Rob climbed into the shower. Alex figured that if the highways were plowed, he could probably get home to Denver before noon, but the thought of going home left him feeling depressed.
Alex heard the shower curtain and looked up. Rob was standing in the bathroom doorway, dripping wet with a towel around his waist. "Just wondered if you wanted to join me," he said. Alex almost jumped to his feet.
"Sure you don't mind the company?"
"Mind?" said Rob, grinning. "You don't need an invitation from me, stud. I thought you knew that."
Alex was pleased to have another opportunity to look at Rob's beautiful body and quickly stripped off his clothes. In the shower the two men embraced and Alex began to soap the younger man's chest. He had barely touched Rob's nipples, though, before he started getting a hard-on again.
"I love hooking up with you," said Rob. "Nobody would ever believe it was your first time. Was that all bullshit you told me just to get into my pants?"
Alex laughed and kissed Rob on the cheek. "You know that's not true. I don't know what I'm going to do when you leave, babe. You opened the door for me. What if I can't go back?"
"Hold me," said Rob, and the two men kissed again. Rob had an erection now, too, and playfully he poked it against Alex's thigh.
"Do you want to get off again?" asked Alex.