I Woke Up 190 by M.P. Arsent
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There had been a car accident and Dwayne had been found guilty of vehicular manslaughter. Dwayne was incarcerated. From what I could gather from the article, Dwayne was forced off the road and hit a child, so the lesser charge of mansluaghter as opposed to homicide which would have meant that Dwayne had intent as opposed to this being accidental. It was no wonder that coach Mathews hadn't said anything.
"Damn"
"What?"
I just set the monitor so that Karl could read the article.
"Damn but he has shit luck. First getting shot last year and now this. I hope he can at least take extension courses and get his degree before his sentence is up."
"That would be good for him at least. Well, if you're done for the night let's crash. I'm going to try and hit the room tomorrow after class. I'll call before I leave the rec center."
"As if I expected anything different lover."
We were soon to bed and Wednesday morning was upon us. So up an out and over to campus for our laps with the guys,back home for showers and breakfast and then out to classes.
Once classes had been taken care of I hit the rec center and the apparatus room. Most of the guys were there including the two freshmen. I stretched out and went to work on my floor routine. I had freshened up the routine by changing a couple of pieces of the tumbling runs, and Coach Warren noticed even though I left out the triple.
"That's looking good Dennis. Anything else you've changed?"
"Not much else coach."
This was open practice so I didn't mention the added triples.
"Then keep up working on your routines. What do you think of the two freshmen?"
"I haven't really had a chance to watch them coach,but from what I saw on Monday they seem to be in pretty good form."
"They do that. Going to make it hard to decide who the alternates are going to be."
"A decision I don't envy you."
"You'd better get back to work before you cool off too much."
I got back at it and did one more run through of my floor and then went to work on my rings, again only doing the double dismount.
Soon enough I hit the pool and then into the whirlpool. As luck would have it the freshmen were there when I slipped into the tub. It was easy to see that they were a bit uneasy.
"I thought we had this covered guys?"
"Intellectually yeah, but the......actuality of it is a bit different."
"Well just relax. I know it might take a little getting used to but the rest of the team is cool with it,even if it did take a bit of time for them. You spoke to coach about room assignments for away meets?"
"We did and he said he understood. The crux of the matter is they neither one of us has known a gay guy before."
"That you know of."
"Come again?"
"If my reputation hadn't of preceeded me, or coach Connors hadn't said something, would you have known I was gay?"
"Not just by looking at you. Yeah I get it,I think."
"I hope so. Like I've told other people, I like alot of the things guys like. I rebuilt the car I keep at home, I'll go out and play a game of touch or flag football, I watch the NFL on occasion, I just don't like girls."
"We kinda can understand that. We both love to cook,but we'll chase a skirt all day."
"So you guys knew each other before getting here?"
"Yeah we've been best buds since like the third grade. By the way I'm Josh and this is Greg."
"Well I hope you guys can get comfortable with my being gay and like I said before I'm not looking to hook up."
"Then a dumbass question. Why are you at that gay frat?"
"Matter of principle. Last year they were in danger of loosing their charter because they didn't have enough members. The guys I was touring the houses with were stopped by a bunch of guys that intended to see the frat disbanded. Once they were dealt with and we finally got into the house I made a decision that they weren't going to loose thier charter if I could help it. The rest, as they say, is history. My question is why did you guys even show up there?"
"We figure we owed it to ourselves to see all of the houses and....well.... we hoped to maybe run into you there. We wanted to check out the competition."
"I suppose I should be flattered. Well do I measure up to expectations?"
"After watching you work today, yeah you sure do. We're hoping to ride your success to the all state this year."
"We stand just as good a chance as anybody else and probably a lot better than some. Well guys I need to get my ass in gear. I'll catch you later."
I headed into the showers which were pretty empty for some reason. Just before I was ready to get out Josh and Greg got there but did keep their distance. I hoped to hell they got over it soon. I was fairly well ready to go when the two of them came around the conrner and to their lockers. They looked at each other and shrugged and started changing. I made it a point not to look at them and was soon on my way. I did give Karl a heads up before I left the rec center.
Soon enough I was home and upstairs to Karl.
"So how was practice lover?"
"Pretty good. Coach likes the changes I made to my floor."
"And the triples?"
"Waiting for a closed practice on all of them except the high bar, as everyone has seen that one already."
"So you see any problems this year?"
"None that I'm pretty sure won't work themselves out in short order I think."
"Explain."
"The two freshman members are a little concerned about my being gay, but I think they are almost over it already."
"If they aren't I'm sure the rest of the guys will get them there in short order, if it is mostly the guys from last year."
"It is so I'm not really worried about it. What are we having tonight?"
"Baked chicken, mashed and peas. Ready in 5."
Once again I set the table and we were soon sitting down to supper. Once we had eaten and things were cleaned up I made a quick review of my imaginary portfolio. Everything I had "bought" had held steady today or had gone up a little. I wasn't one of the ones scheduled for my 10 minute window tomorrow but I intended to be there anyway. I wasn't concieted enough to think I knew all there was to know about investing so I would be there to pick up any gems that I could.
Karl and I were in bed early just so we could snuggle a bit.
Much as you would expect 5:30 got there sooner than wanted. We were up and out and our morning routine accomplished. Karl was off to campus while I didn't need to be in until noon, so got to reading.
11 am rolled around and I was off to campus. There was about 15 minutes of actual lecture and then the portfolio reviews were started. I started to get my stuff together to leave and Mr Caruthers noticed.
"Mr Sawyer, if you have the time I'd like you to wait and see me."
Great. What the hell had I done already? I sat down and waited for him to finish the reviews that were scheduled for today. Finally they were done and everyone else had left.
"Mr Sawyer, I knew your father,condolences young man."
"Thank you sir."
"I just wanted to caution you not to use any of the resources or advice from your business. It might be considered an unfair advantage."
"I thought as much sir and I have made my purchases based on open source information."
"Very good. Then I shall let you get on with your day. Good luck to you."
"Thank you sir. Have a good day."
Now it was just a little after 1:30. Should I head home or hit the rec center for a general workout? I decided to hit the weight room for a general workout.
I had soon enough made the rounds of the weight station,gone a few miles on the stationary bike, another couple of miles on the treadmill and had spent a little time beating the hell out of the heavy bag. I was on my way to the showers when I heard a voice that I recognized.
"Hey Dennis! How was your summer?"
It was Randy Porter.
"Hey Randy. It was pretty good. Karl and I did get married and had a great honeymoon."
"Good on you guys. How's Pete doing?"
"He's fine as far as I know, in Cochran hall this year. How have things been for you?"
"I'm hanging in, and glad I took the the sure thing."
"The rest of them fighting over the estate?"
"Like you wouldn't believe. Machiavelli could take lessons from these guys."
"Sounds like you and Pete did the smart thing."
"I'm convinced of it. Did he ever get out to meet the family?"
"Not that I know of, but we didn't hang much over the summer."
"Oh I'm sure you would have heard all about it if he had. It would have been a traumatic experience for him."
"Then I guess he took your advice and didn't see them. I suppose I had better stop by the dorm and see how he is doing."
"You're off campus this year?"
"Yeah now that we're married Karl and I decided to get a place so we could be together seeing as we couldn't be in the same dorm."
"Makes sense I suppose. Well I need to get it in gear. Catch you later."
"Later."
I made my way into the showers and was soon enough out and headed towards Cochran hall. I ran into a few people from last year and passed a few minutes with them. Dave,Gordons roomie from last year and Angus,Aidens roomie, amongst them. They had ened up with each other as roomies this year.
I made my way upstairs, as I had the room numbers for both Gordon and Aiden as well as Pete. Gordon and Aiden I saw every morning, but I hadn't seen Pete since before we got back to campus.
Pete apparently wasn't done with classes yet,or he was hanging with Susan. I tried Aiden and Gordon, but it appeared they weren't back yet either.
I headed for the door and saw them coming in. Before I could say anything to them, there was a fast warbleing siren heard.