The Married Rat - 7. Chapter 7

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From Ruiz: How far would you put our distance so far.

From Alan: What’s your limit in the hotel room?

From Ruiz: Is that like the ball dropping.

From Alan: Kind of.

From Ruiz: Ha.

From Alan: You amuse easily.

From Ruiz: And you.

From Alan: Oft quoted: comedy is hard.

From Ruiz: Mmm.

To me, what we’ve done so far was the third step. I don’t know how many we’ll need before the hotel room.

From Alan: What were the first and second?

From Ruiz: My fantasy and our week of writing. My strip was the third.

From Alan: Most guys would only do that for sex.

From Ruiz: I never intended to get that close. So the question is how many more steps between now and the hotel.

From Alan: You’ve got a lot of hard selling before I’m anywhere near any hotel.

From Ruiz: Maybe.

From Alan: As for your next step – is that for my benefit or yours?

From Ruiz: Is there a ratio.

From Alan: And will it be worked out with one hand under your covers?

From Ruiz: Ha.

Yes.

It will be worked out in that manner.

Yes.

From Alan: You can only reach the top, kid, and you’ve had me there from your first fantasy.

From Ruiz: You could offer suggestions.

From Alan: I don’t think so. As I’ve said before, I think my best work is listening. And watching. You seem to enjoy that most.

From Ruiz: Well in your mind what would our next step be.

From Alan: Maybe you don’t understand that your existence and curiosity keep me constantly aroused.

From Ruiz: Constantly aroused is a strong statement.

From Alan: I know. But that’s why you’re so great for my discipline.

From Ruiz: Define discipline.

From Alan: How about I define “undisciplined?” You on a bed, naked. Me crawling all over you. Us on the floor. Us in the shower. Us on any available furniture. You get the idea. I’m pretty good at this.

From Ruiz: I see.

So that next step would turn into that - for you.

From Alan: Oh, yeah. Without any discipline.

From Ruiz: What about my existence keeps you constantly aroused.

From Alan: Everything. Sometimes because you just don’t get your attraction. One top of everything else, you’re a good looking man.

From Ruiz: You don’t know that. You’ve never seen any pix.

From Alan: I saw you when you shook my hand.

From Ruiz: In the dark.

From Alan: We were six inches apart. It wasn’t that dark.

From Ruiz: Wow.

Ok.

From Alan: But I’m too eager to show you the physical pleasures you seem to have not yet experienced. When I really need to let that imagination of yours explore.

From Ruiz: Ok.

From Alan: It would be great to be single, your age, and dating you, knowing there’d be a long payoff. But that’s not the situation.

From Ruiz: Thank you for all of that. It’s nice to see myself through your perspective. There are very interesting erotic possibilities between us though.

From Alan: But only very carefully on my part. And maybe only filtered through your mind and the permission you give yourself.

From Ruiz: Maybe. Though what’s already happened was unexpected.

From Alan: In what way?

From Ruiz: My drive.

The strip.

It was very unplanned.

From Alan: You’re used to taking a step at a time – all well thought out.

From Ruiz: Yes - all considered.

So I need to come up with some middle steps. Something interesting. A plan that you’d feel was doable.

Before my fantasy in the hotel.

And maybe these new things that will make that unnecessary. I’ll be self-conscious but so what.

From Alan: “So what” is a good attitude.

From Ruiz: For one thing, you’ll have the dog.

From Alan: What are you talking about?

From Ruiz: The next time.

Our next step.

As I outlined.

From Alan: The same routine only no messaging?

From Ruiz: Yes.

From Alan: I didn’t realize you wanted to go back to that. Sure. Another walk. And yeah, with the dog – he’s my reason for being out late. But I can only pull that trick one more time.

From Ruiz: Then what.

From Alan: No more late night dog walks.

From Ruiz: Which makes it a very good question.

The other question is once we finally get to it when are you free.

From Alan: For an evening?

From Ruiz: For any time.

From Alan: If you remember, you last step was over in three minutes. For that, I could be free almost any time.

From Ruiz: Right.

But I purposely left out any number of variables.

More complicated ones.

From Alan: Like what?

From Ruiz: For time.

For your risk of discovery

From Alan: You forget – I’m a guy who everybody knows. Walking his dog in his own neighborhood. And if there’s this naked kid – probably drunk – possibly high – maybe even homeless – in our park – on private property – now, who’s going to get in trouble?

From Ruiz: Ha.

From Alan: You don’t want to get arrested just for thinking with your dick.

From Ruiz: Well until something better comes that’s my next plan. And location.

From Alan: Use your imagination – that’s easily enough done. That area is safe to use once more, for under five minutes. And I still can’t come near you, other than in the most public sense.

From Ruiz: Impersonal. Sure.

From Alan: And if you’re hoping my imagination will improve your plan, you’re forgetting the power of young dicks.

From Ruiz: But I trust your imagination.

From Alan: Then think about what you left out. This time. The other variables.

From Ruiz: Right

From Alan: If we’re going back there, it should be exactly what you want.

From Ruiz: Lemme think.

How about me tossing my clothes to you.

Piece by piece.

Until I’m naked.

Then you tossing them back to me.

Piece by piece.

And me putting them in my car.

Then us shaking hands while I’m still naked.

Then me getting into my car.

To get dressed.

While you leaving.

Then me going home.

From Alan: Go on.

From Ruiz: This is just fantasy.

You’d never do it.

From Alan: Not that close to home.

From Ruiz: Some other place.

From Alan: Probably not in my lifetime.

From Ruiz: Ha.

Then I should be happy with what I’ve got.

From Alan: OK.

And now I’ve really got to go to bed. I’m sure you know ways to amuse yourself. You’ve given me a few.

From Ruiz: I’ll think on it all.

From Alan: Good.

This has been great.

As last night was.

‘Night.

You know you’ll be in my thoughts.

From Ruiz: Thank you for saying all that.

And likewise.

From Alan: You’re a good-looking guy, kid. Don’t forget it.