Meeting of Coincidence - 2. Chapter 2

JW missed the next day of his workouts and then he had to go to work for a day. Every spare second his thoughts dwell on Marcus, the personal side which was so enjoyable and personable; then physical side, a body that even gods on Mt Olympus would be jealous of. JW just could not get Marcus perfect body, strong facial features and piercing brown eyes out of his mind. JW just could not make sense of what happened in the locker room. After days of thinking about it and now questioning what he thought was rock solid straight sexuality he had to get to the gym to clear his mind.

As JW pulled into the parking lot he was nervous and hoped Marcus would not be there, so he could just workout and get rid of this stress. JW walked in and looked around the gym, good he was not here this time and JW could focus just working out. JW went into the locker room changed clothes and looked at the shower Marcus was standing in front of a few days ago.

Fuck! The hard-on attack, but JW this time was determined to not let this urge win and quickly walked out of the locker room and onto the gym floor. JW got to the sparring mat and sighed in relief because the hard-on was going away, he turned to look at himself in the mirror and then the front door opened to the gym and in walked Marcus

JW was angry at this act, this was the last thing he needed right now. The last work out ended well but was screwed up in the middle and then the whole spontaneously jerking off in a locker room after looking at a guy.

Marcus quickly spotted JW and made his way over to the mat, “Hey there stranger, was hoping that I would run into you again today. How is everything going?”

JW was taken back by such a warm greeting, “I am good, what’s up with you?”

Marcus quickly responded, “Not much really, work is boring as fuck, but actually I am glad that I caught you because I am needing a work out partner and was curious if you minded if I joined you today?”

Marcus looked wishfully into JW’s eyes as JW responded, “Ya man that is not a problem, I have been flying here solo for way to long as it is and it would be nice to have a guy to work out with for a change.”

Marcus, “Awesome man, just let me change.” With that Marcus turned and walked away into the locker room, ducking his head as he went in through the door.

JW stood there watching and just shook his head and thinking to himself that this was a sudden change of events and what had he just gotten himself into by accepting Marcus invitation as a work out partner?

Marcus came out of the locker room again ducking his head, if he was not showing off his body from the last work out this time he was going for all the glory. Marcus was wearing the same short cut shoes with long blue gym shorts that came to his knees, but his tank top this time was very tight and almost to short, it barely came down to the top of his shorts. Marcus stretched and revealed his lower abs.

JW caught himself staring at Marcus again and quickly turned to stretched his arms across his chest, thinking to himself what the fuck am I doing checking out this guy again, what the hell is wrong with me?

Marcus was trying to strike up a conversation but JW kept giving short answers and intentionally trying to shut down Marcus. JW was getting extremely annoyed and Marcus must have gotten the intentions because he just stopped asking questions.

Marcus finally sighed, “Look man I didn’t mean anything by it, I can just leave if you want, I just thought it would be cool to work out with someone stronger than me and maybe try and make a friend out of the deal. Besides that thing in the locker room a few days ago, it was wrong of me to tease you and I am sorry about that.” Marcus paused hoping for a response.

JW was caught in the cross hairs and had to make a decision whether to continue with this mystery giant or just brush him off and forget the whole thing ever happened in a few weeks.

JW turned to Marcus, “No man its cool, I am just in a horrible shitty mood, I just got off the phone with my ex-wife as I came into the gym and that bitch is just shredding me right now. Anyways you were right.”

Marcus had a blank look on his face, “Right about what?”

JW laughed, “About jerking off, the problem went away 15 minutes later.”

Marcus laughed loudly and covered his mouth, “Holy shit you didn’t?”

JW nodded his head, “Ya, I just don’t know what the fuck happened, you would have thought I took Viagra before I came here.”

Marcus had a serious look on his face and JW asked, “What is it?”

Marcus raised his right eyebrow, “I don’t remember which locker you had last time other than you were in the middle of a row, and I just put my bag in a middle of a row.”

JW laughed and said, “Don’t worry about it, I used the same locker as last time. I am a creature of habit.”

Marcus swept his hand across his brow to fake wiping sweat from his forehead, “That one was close.” The two laughed and made their way to the weight room floor.

Marcus looked around the weight room, “Well how are we going to do this, I am sure you have a different work out and than what I normally do, so do you have any suggestions?”

JW looked at the gym and then looked to Marcus, “Well to be completely honest my workout I made up for my job so I could perform better on scenes and I do not want to change my workout if I know the change will not help me at work.”

Marcus looked at JW, “Well I seriously doubt that any work out I could tell you about would be any better than what you are doing right now. Just look at you, your fucking ripped man, so I tell you what, lets just do your workout and if I have any suggestions or anything like that I will just bring it up later.”

JW thought about it for a second, “Thanks man, I really do think that would be the best.”

Marcus swept his arms across the gym, “So where do we start at then?”

JW pointed at the squat rack and Marcus frowned, “Well that’s going to be a bitch, I did legs the last time I was here,” and looked at JW who had a blank look on his face, “But that is fine, do it now and we are on the same plan.”

Marcus led the way to the squat rack and stepped under the empty bar, “These god damn racks, I wish that someone would fucking make a gym for someone taller than five feet.” With that Marcus lifted the bar on his back and started his warm up sets.

JW just laughed and knew the hell that Marcus was having in the gym, for the most part everything in a gym is intended for anyone under 6’6 and for someone easily over seven feet tall, life must be hell in a gym much less in every day life.

JW and Marcus both worked through the squat rack and it was pretty obvious that Marcus was still sore from his previous leg workout. But Marcus powered through it and only decreased the weight a few pounds for every set. Marcus asked what was next on the list and JW pointed over to the leg extension with an evil smile. Marcus sighed dramatically and sarcastically dragged his feet to the leg extension machine.

JW laughed, “Sorry dude I know how hard this shit is for you because it is difficult for me as well and I am no where close to your height,”

Marcus interrupted, “I am 7’5 and thanks for not asking, you are one of the few people who have no asked that in the first five seconds of meeting me.”

JW thought about it for a second, “You know I actually just knew you were a lot taller than me. On a side note I was shocked mostly by how fast you were going on the stair climbing machine. If anyone else was in here doing that hey would have broken a leg or just fell over dead, then you went to the dead lift mat and busted out 405 pounds. I have never seen someone even close to your height doing that.” JW thought to himself and ya I left out the fact that you standing naked in front of the shower might have been the cue for one of the biggest erections I have had in years.

Marcus shrugged, “Well I have worked out for years and I just really enjoy it, its one of the few things that people can control in their life.”

The two of them laughed and looked at a slender girl across the gym on a treadmill. After setting up the leg extension machine for Marcus the two of them worked quickly through the sets

Marcus leaned over and rubbed his quad’s, “Jesus that was brutal, what is next?”

JW stepped a few feet to the side and adjusted the weight on a hamstring machine, “Right here man and why don’t you just decrease the weight so its not so hard this time,” JW snickered.

Marcus frowned and spat out, “Screw that, I will never just lay down and let you think I am weak.”

JW was taken back, Marcus just took that really personal, “Whoa dude! Sorry it was just a joke!”

Marcus laughed and smiled, “Man you need to know that I don’t really take anything to serious.” With that said Marcus jumped into the leg curl machine and started his set. JW stood there watching Marcus laying there, he did not even come close to fitting in the machine but again he made it work. JW and Marcus finished the sets quickly and sweat was starting to pour off them. Both moved to the water fountain at the same time, Marcus moved in first and stooped down. With Marcus drinking from the fountain his ass was sticking out towards JW and his eyes moved up and down his legs and back. JW thought to himself that Marcus was really incredible shape.

Marcus stood up and moved to the side; he was talking about one of the machines as JW went down for some water. As JW raised his head up and he saw Marcus eyes fixed on JW and there was only one thing he could be looking at while JW was drinking water.

Marcus was talking about the gym again, “So what do you think?”

JW didn’t know what he was talking about, “Sorry what?”

Marcus shrugged and pointed at the gym floor, “Well I was asking you about what else we were doing because if we are doing legs I have some extra stuff you might want to add.”

JW was completely confused and he must have missed a lot of the conversation when at the drinking fountain, “Well lets see, I only do three more exercises, one arm rows, lat pull downs and wide grip bench. What else did you have in mind?”

Marcus frowned, “Chest again? Well then do you have any pull ups in there? They are great for the back, shoulders and triceps.”

JW thought about it for a second and knew they would be a good addition to this days workout, “Ya man that would be great. After wide grip bench though.”

Marcus nodded his head. The rest of the work out went great and smooth. JW was shocked at how great the two worked out together, and when weights needed to be changed there was not a strange pause or minutes lost in conversation.

JW and Marcus made there way back to the sparring mat to stretch out. Marcus continues to talk when he struck a nerve with JW when he asked, “So you said you were married? You said your ex pissed you off.”

JW scowled, “Ya that fucking goddamn bitch. Biggest fucking mistake of my life and now I am paying for it ten fold. But the problem is my kids; I absolutely love them to death. But I think they hate me because of my ex. So when I am around them I try hard to be really careful what I say around them. My ex just fucking makes me out to be the worst fucking person and she does it all the time right in front of them. So then they come and tell me what she says and asks questions about the things she says. It’s a god damn nightmare.”

Marcus sat there silent for several seconds, “Well I wish I could say something smart and encouraging but the fact of the matter is I have never been married and have never really been in a long relationship. I have an issue with getting to know people, after I get to know them I just get bored. So I just blow them off, besides the only thing I am really interested in is the sex. After that is gone there really is nothing left for me.”

JW thought about this and almost wished that he had taken the same road through life. His marriage ended in disaster, his kids borderline hate him right now and can’t stand to be around him. The only thing he has going in his favor is his job at the fire department and that’s even been touch and go the last few months. Both of them sat there for a few minutes stretching quietly.

JW finally decided to ask Marcus about his previous workouts, “So to change things up and get off this bullshit, tell me how the fuck you are in such great shape?”

Marcus laughed, “Dude you’re in great shape too, if I could shrink thirteen inches I would want to your build. But I was as skinny as a rail for a really long time, just got tired of it and started to go to the gym a lot, finally figured out that I had to eat a lot and found a workout routine that packed on muscle. I have been on it for several years now.”

The two of them started to talk about different workouts for different muscles and results. The two inadvertently started to show off each others high lights of their bodies and JW joked that he had a, “Great ass,” even his ex-wife would complement this feature.

Marcus lifted his tank top and flashed his abs, “You might have the ass but you don’t have these babies.” JW laughed and lifted up his shirt to show off a well-defined six-pack but it fails in comparison to Marcus eight pack, his body fat level was so low that the veins on his abs were visible. The two started to argue who would do better at picking up girls and both agreed that the other man would have a better chance at any bar. Marcus and JW continued to joke about other people in the gym and what they looked like as they walked into the locker room to change clothes.

Marcus was again chattering away and laughing while JW stripped down to his sweaty underwear again and he stood there looking into the empty locker. Marcus was standing there looking at JW, “Dude you ok? Having another head ache?” as a smile crossed his lips.

JW laughed, “Bet you would fucking like that again wouldn’t you?”

Marcus shot back in his best gay voice, “Oh babe you never know what I would like!” They laughed. Marcus was wearing his towel again and walked over to turn on the shower.

JW asked, “So do you shower every time at the gym? You must be the only person who I have ever seen use these damn things.”

Marcus shrugged, “Its how I finish winding down from the gym, its like meditation for me, I absolutely love to have the hot water just burn into my muscles. Its also what I do after I go through another horrible date. So by chance I spend a lot time in here.” Marcus laughed, turned and headed to the shower. Marcus dropped his towel again and showed JW his ass and walked into the steam cloud.

JW was completely taken back by Marcus, christ he was in great shape and the way he walked just completely drew JW’s attention. Then JW remembered he caught Marcus staring at his ass just a little bit ago at the drinking fountain. But then again that could have just been nothing, JW looks at guys all the time and does not ounce think anything about how they look, its more of just what kind of shape they are in and what they do at a gym. Then it happened again, JW’s cock went from perfectly stable to throbbing against his boxers. JW's eyes shot to the shower, steam was still coming heavily from the entrance.

JW slipped off his sweaty boxers and his cock launched out in front of him. His cock was begging for attention and his right hand right instinctively reached down to grab the base of his shaft and gripped hard. JW took his left hand and started to run it across his chest and abs. The water in the shower turned off and like an electric shock JW jumped, grabbed his fresh boxer briefs and was stepping into them when he could tell Marcus was standing behind him. He finished pulling up his boxers, his cock up against his abs.

“Um, dude are you ok?” Marcus asked coolly.

JW was confused and stood with his back to Marcus, “Umm, ya why do you ask?”

Marcus started to laugh, shook his head and walked to his locker, “Well dude you put your boxers on backwards and you have a raging hard on again and if you want to know how I know you have a hard on you are standing in front of a mirror.” Marcus laughed loudly.

JW was beyond embarrassed and sat defeated on the bench, even his hard on dwindled away in embarrassment. JW sat there in complete silence with his elbows on his knees and arms holding his head up. Marcus tapped JW with something cold on his left hand. He was holding out another Gatorade and in the other hand was some more Tylenol. JW slowly accepted the gifts and thanked him.

Marcus sat down next to JW, “Man dude you are one high strung son of a bitch, most people would just laugh at this stuff. You do realize that its nothing serious right?” JW didn’t make a sound so Marcus tried to lighten the mood a little bit, “Well if it makes you feel better I have this effect on everyone I workout with.”

JW took his hands up from his hands and looked horrible all of a sudden, “Do you typically cause straight men to question their sexuality? Because that is exactly what is happening to me right now and you are starting to drive me insane and question everything I know about myself.” JW stood up and turned away.

Marcus sat there and didn’t have a single clue at what to do or say. He could tell JW was really struggling with the sudden revelation that he had an attraction for men. Marcus was debating whether or not to tell JW that he knew exactly what he was going through. Marcus himself would be labeled as bi-sexual, but it was much more than that. Marcus loved beauty no matter where he found it, men or women.

JW was starting to unravel in front of Marcus. Marcus stood up and gave JW some room; he walked over to the end of the lockers.

Marcus sighed, “Well dude I don’t know what to tell you other than I know exactly what you’re going through right now. I know what your going through because I am actually bi myself. And now that I have told you this please do not judge me like so many before you. I honestly just want a friend and nothing more. Besides I can be valuable resources if you like, I have a lot of experience with this issue and it took me an extremely long time to find myself.”

JW stood there still in his backwards boxers, “I am not a faggot god damn it!”

Marcus coolly said, “Sure as hell not, this is the farthest thing from being gay. Gay men are generally very pathetic.” Marcus knew this was completely untrue and the farthest things from reality but right now simple white lies with help this process.

JW still appeared to be crushed and Marcus said, “Look man the last thing you need right now is to dwell on this, this is what I propose. I will leave you to your thoughts but I have one request, just meet me here again at the gym in three days. That will give you time to reflect on what is going through your mind and time to settle down. Just please meet me again ok?”

JW was still blank as paper, staring at the floor. He finally sighed and agreed. Marcus nodded and stuck his hand out for a handshake.

JW looked at his hand and turned a shoulder, “Don’t worry I will meet with you again, I just don’t want to touch you.”

Marcus turned and just shook his head; if JW had known Marcus better he would have never disrespected him like this.

JW herd the gym locker room door close and he quickly changed around his underwear and put on his street clothes. What the fuck just happened? He is so confused right now. Going from the sudden realization that he was actually more than just looking at Marcus to being highly attracted to him. JW pushed open the locker room door and went straight to his car.

JW threw his gym bag into the passenger seat and wrapped his hands around his face. The stress of his ex-wife, kids and firefighting are more than enough to deal with and now this crisis. A sudden rage filled JW and he really hated Marcus. But the second Marcus ran across his mind a flood of memories ran across him. Marcus on the stair climber, Marcus doing the dead lift, Marcus standing in front of the shower and Marcus offering counseling.

JW yelled out in his car, “FUCK!”

A sudden a knock on the car window and JW about jumped out of his seat. It was Marcus standing there and motioning for him to roll down the window.

JW rolled his eye and opened the door, “Now what the fuck do you want?”

Marcus stood there and anger crossed his face, “Look here god damn it, get out of the fucking car and just come with me to get something to eat.”

JW was about to shout back when his phone rang, he looked down at it and it was his ex-wife. Suddenly JW realized that he should not be so eager to remove Marcus from his life, he has been nothing but friendly even if it was only two meetings in a gym.

JW hit the silence button on his phone, “Screw my ex, where are we going?”