I Woke Up 154 by M.P. Arsent
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Came the morning Karl was gone by the time I woke up to go jogging. I got my gear on and then headed over to the dorms with my shadow. Aiden and Gordon were right there waiting for me and as we approached his dorm Karl came out and joined up with us.
"Hows the leg now Den?"
"All healed up Aiden and feeling fine. I just hope to hell there are no long term effects that might crop up later."
"We'll keep our eyes on you for any changes Den."
"Appreciate it Aiden. What's up for you guys for the weekend?"
"We're just kicking back while we have the chance. Got a feeling that getting ready for finals in a few weeks is going to be a bear."
"Hey if you've been keeping good notes and paying attention it should be a breeze."
"Says the guy with the 3.99 GPA."
"I don't know that it's that high Gordon but I'm sure as hell ain't hurting."
Soon enough we finished our laps and I headed back to the frat for a shower.
"Hey Sawyer, I'm about 12 hours late, but any time you're interested."
"Calvin,you should know better by now."
"Doesn't mean I have to stop trying."
I just shook me head and finished my shower. I got dressed, with all of the accessories, and headed back to the dorms to meet Karl for breakfast.
After breakfast Karl and I made our way over to the Rec center. The apparratus room was open so I got ready to workout there while Karl headed for the weight room.
When I went in I was a bit suprised to see Dwayne working out on the pommel horse. True he didn't have to use his leg much for the horse, but it was good seeing him workout at all. He dismounted and grabbed a towel.
"Hey Dennis, how's your leg?"
"Doing fine Dwayne. You going to try again next year?"
"Damn right I am. I just have to find someplace to work out over the summer."
"I suppose I had better be thinking about that as well."
"Uncle Max doesn't have any pull with the school board to let you use their facilities?"
"I'm doubting like hell or else he'd probably still be at the school himself. Besides they shut that place up tight as a drum over the summer. I've got some of the equipment at home but nothing that requires any real height. You know the rings or the high bar, or enough room for a full floor routine."
"More than I've got hanging around the house, but I've at least got a couple of places in mind."
I stretched out and worked the floor routine and my vaults to give the leg the worst workout that I could and it felt fine. I went and changed into my bathing suit and did a few laps in the pool and then hit the whirlpool just as Karl was getting there as well. The whole time with my shadow in tow. At least the guy looked young enough to actually be a student.
After we showered up and changed we headed for the Student Union for our lunch.
"So now what? I don't know about you but I'm all caught up with work."
"Me too. I suppose Stimson would be happy if we just went an holdup in the frat from now on."
"That would drive you off the deep end in no time Den."
"No shit. Well there's the on campus movies or we can always go off campus for something. There's that laser tag place out at the mall that we've never tried."
"Yeah thanks but no thanks. We can always go back to the frat and make mad passionate love for the next day and a half."
"And then walk funny for a week. Appealing but I don't think so."
We eventually went to the movies for the afternoon and then on back to the frat and hung out a little with the frat brothers.
Saturday night so we decided to go out to eat and ended up at Rifkins. My shadow wasn't to happy to end up with a table half way across the dining room.
Tonight we had a different waiter.
"Good evening I'm Austin and I'll be your waiter tonight. May I get you a before dinner drink?"
"No thank you Austin. I'll have the 12 ounce New York sirlion,medium,baked with lots of butter and a diet coke."
"Dressing for your salad?"
"Vinegrette."
"Very good, and you sir?"
"The same all around."
"Very good. I'll have your salads and drinks in just a moment."
Dinner went without any problems and we were soon enough on our way back to campus. Karl and I had our walk and seeing as we could, had the night together in the frat.
Sunday morning and our daily routine took over again and we were out for our morning jog along with Aiden and Gordon. Karl ducked into his dorm and I went back to the frat for my shower and change.
Breakfast was soon had and we were again faced with what to do for the day.
"I doubt like hell we can get away with going riding again."
"Or anything like it."
"Heads up Dennis!"
I looked up in time to see a frisbee headed my direction. I snagged it out of the air and spotted Devon and slung it back in his direction. Carlton was not that far away. So Karl and I ended up playing frisbee for about an hour. Finally I had to chase the frisbee down and we called the session.
"So Dennis, you worried about the final?"
"Not a bit, not for any of them."
"How about the last meet?"
"At this point Carlton, I'm not even sure who the last meet is against."
"I looked. Dresmire College a little over 2 hours away. They've never even come close to beating us if I read the records right."
"It sure as hell would be nice to have an easy one for the final of the season."
"An just because you said it Den, I'll bet money that if you check, they're having their best season in history."
"With our luck you're probably right Karl. I'll ask coach on Tuesday."
"You're taking both today and tomorrow off?"
"Yeah, there is such a thing as overtraining after all. Despite my confidence in the finals, it's never to early to start reviewing."
"Sounds like a dull afternoon to me Den."
"Unless a certain somebody really puts his foot in it, it's going to be a dull month or so lover. Even if he does put his foot in it,I'm betting he would still be calling the shots."
"Yeah probably. Well I guess I'd rather have dull. Let's get some lunch."
We ducked into the cafeteria for lunch and then we headed back to the frat. We socialized for a bit and Karl and I went up to my room.
"You actually going to study Den?"
"Yeah, I'm going to study... you."
I pulled him into a hug and a kiss and we spent a good part of the rest of the afternoon simply snuggling and talking.
About what you might ask?
I finally broached the subject of our finally getting married.
"Are you sure you want to do this Den?"
"Would I have brought it up if I wasn't?"
"When do you want to do it?"
"Well we had planned it for Christmas eve originally. We could still do it then."
"Why wait that long lover?"
"We don't have to. We could do it over the summer as long as we don't want to go the 'big white wedding' route."
"You know damn well that was never the intention. It was just going to be a simple civil ceremony. The reception was going to be a blowout though."
"No reason to change things I'm guessing. Shall we go ring shopping tomorrow?"
"You want to get matching rings like Devon and Carlton?"
"Damn right I do. I don't want any mistakes made about our being together Karl."
"Then I guess we're going ring shopping tomorrow."
The afternoon passed and we had supper at the cafeteria and our walk. We had our kiss outside of the frat and Karl headed back to the dorm and I went inside. Messages were exchanged at 11 and I was soon asleep.
Monday morning and the routine carried on. Our laps were completed and showers and breakfast had and we were off to classes.
Once completed Karl and I took his car for a change and went to the mall to start the process of getting matching engagement rings, my shadow in tow. We had several jewelry stores to chose from.
We had talked about it on the way to the mall and decided that we should both have a ring with a diamond. Not the usual diamond solitaire but maybe a band with a bezel mounted diamond and nothing really big.
The first store we went into didn't really have anything that we liked. We moved on to the next store. They did have a few that were the type of thing we were looking for but the gentleman who was serving us did so with clear distain.
"Karl, I don't think these folks deserve our business. We should keep looking."
I heard the guy muttering to himself as we walked out.
"Fucking faggots."
I must have stiffened our something and was about to turn back to have words with the guy, but Karl took me by the arm and walked me out into the mall area.
"Let it go lover. He isn't worth the trouble."
"It still irks me Karl."
"I know Den. Come on deep breath and let's just move on."
They say that the third time is the charm. We walked into the third place and were looking in the wedding case when a guy only a little older than us walked up to offer assistance.
"May I help you gentlemen with something today?"
"We're looking for matching bands with possibly some diamonds. Nothing over a quarter carat."
"Single stone or total weight?"
I didn't get a chance to answer.
"Den, I found what I want."
Karl was pointing to a band that had an infinity symbol engraved on it with a small diamond in each loop, in yellow gold.
"It's perfect love."
"A very nice choice and a very new style as well. Just let me get your sizes and hopefully we have them in stock."
We were quickly sized and they did indeed have them in stock.
Once we were out of the store we placed the rings on each others hand and to hell with anybody that was around and objected, but I kissed Karl long and hard.
I took out my phone and snapped a picture of our hands together to use as an annoucement. I'd worry about sending it off to people later.