My long-range forecast

My long-range forecast -- chapter 51

Hello everyone. Wishing all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! I'll be enjoying the remainder of the week with family and friends and will only submit this chapter this week. Never fear, CJ and all of his friends will return next week after the Thanksgiving holiday.

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CJ and Wally enjoy the rest of the evening after CJ's recognition dinner. Friday comes around too soon for CJ, but he is up for another happy hour and the christening of the play room.

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Wally and I ended my special evening with passionate love making. I drifted off to sleep in his arms, but was rudely awakened a few hours later by the damn alarm. Surprisingly, I felt pretty good going through my morning routine. I think I am on an emotional high from what all happened yesterday and knowing that in just over one week I'll be proposing to the love of my life. I know I will crash hard at some point, but I was ready for a beautiful Friday and the start of a fun weekend for all.

After I finished in the shower, I put on my casual clothes for the day with a navy-blue polo, khaki dress slacks and loafers. Thank God I did not have to pick out a suit and tie today. My man was still asleep as I went back into the bedroom. I gave him a kiss and whispered "stay in bed for me Wally and get some more sleep. I love you sweetheart, and I'll see you later today." He returned my kiss and said "thanks babe. You be careful this morning, and I'll be ready for you this afternoon. I love you CJ."

Before leaving the condo, I went into the office and retrieved the package from my drawer. There was a post it note on the package from Alex. The note said "I'm so happy for both of you, and I hope these are as beautiful as they appeared on the website. You better show them to me before you ask for Wally's hand in marriage! All my love, The Chief." I took the package back to the kitchen and poured myself a mug of coffee. I exited the condo, went to the jeep and headed out to Gulf Blvd for my trip to the station.

I was the first one into the newsroom. I began brewing a pot of coffee, then went into my office. I put the ring package into my desk and locked it up. Even though I want to rip the package open now, I want to enjoy viewing the rings later this morning when I have more time.

I went back into the newsroom to find Angela, Nick and Ross there. Angela said "oh thank goodness you're here CJ. When I saw the coffee pot was still on, I thought someone had left it on all night." I smiled and said "I started to brew a pot for all of us when I first got in. I had some things to do in my office after that before getting started on stories this morning. Happy Friday everyone! Let's have a great morning and some fantastic shows!"

I busied myself with the weather segment and had it ready by 3:15. Angela had stories lined up for Ross and I to work on by that time, and we were off and running on our Friday lineup. Jennifer was busy lining up the weekend entertainment venue for the audience, as well as updating the station website with all of the weekend activities going on around the St Petersburg area.

Angela came over to where I was working and said "I have strict orders from Bailey not to cover a story this morning." I looked at her and said with a grin "well, he is the boss and we need to follow his orders." She gave me the news article about the chamber of commerce recognition and said "congratulations CJ on this outstanding award. You deserve it so much, but I understand why you want to keep it under wraps." I smiled at her and said "thanks my friend. It was an extreme honor to be recognized. It's even more pleasing to me knowing I am helping out my community in several extraordinary ways." She cracked up and said "you know we are not going to keep this quiet from the Bay Area News Award Recognition Committee though, don't you?" I said "I know. I hope that a bigger news story happens to top this one and divert attention away from me. We'll have to create a big story for Ross to appear in so that he can become the hero of St Petersburg!" Angela laughed at me and said "okay hero, give me a yell if I can help you out with any of the stories this morning."

Ross must have overheard Angela and I talking. He said "hey you hero stud! I streamed the paper before I left home and saw the article about you. Don't even think there will be another story to top this one CJ. All I know is I want to be standing near you at the awards ceremony when you are announced as the humanitarian award winner as I plan to be the first to pull you in for a bro hug that night!" I cracked up and said "okay, only if I can pull you in for a bro hug when we're announced as the best morning news team." He smiled at me and said "deal big guy. Do you think Jennifer will be jealous though?" We both cracked up and dove back into writing the morning stories.

The morning chatter continued on and before any of us knew it, the 5:00 hour rolled around. All of the shows went well, and Jennifer surprised Ross and I with her new "Jennifer's Picks" segments for the weekend activities in the area. After the 6:30 show ended and we were off camera, I stood up and gave Jennifer a round of applause. Ross joined in with me and I said "way to go Jennifer! I like the title of your Friday segment, the content was well thought out and it's a definite winner for our Friday morning lineup." Ross chimed in and added "Wonderful job Jennifer. It's unfortunate that Sheila and I have plans already, because I heard three different events from you that I want to try. I'm looking forward to more `Jennifer's Picks' and I'm counting on you to give me new ideas for my weekend dates with Sheila!"

Bailey joined us on set and said "there she is, our latest shining star at WPHS! Congratulations on an excellent week Jennifer, and I'm looking so forward to more of your daily segments. I also like what you did on the website to enhance the local area events." Jennifer said "thanks everyone. I feel good about what I was able to accomplish this week, and I'm looking forward to continuing next week with the Monday and Tuesday segments. Let's go get some breakfast!"

Everyone was so jovial at breakfast. You can definitely feel the Friday vibe in our attitudes, conversations and our appetites! Cecilia brought us out a homemade coffee cake and said "everyone this is a family recipe that I had forgot about until Jorge found it in my cookbook at home. Please tell me what you think about it, and if you think I should add it to the menu. I hope you all enjoy it and congratulations Jennifer for your exciting week of new stories. I loved every one of them, and Jorge and I are going to look at kittens this afternoon at the humane society because of your Wednesday show."

We dug into Cecilia's pastry and I experienced so many different tastes in each bite I took. After my last bite I commented "oh man, I don't know what all she has in this but it definitely gets five stars from me today. I have got to bring UD here in a couple of weeks for this wonderful creation." When Cecilia returned to the table all of us informed her to add the pastry to the menu. She smiled and said "thanks everyone. It takes so long to prepare, but it's definitely worth the wait. I may not have it on the menu every day, but maybe this is a Monday and Friday special." I said "UD is coming back in three weeks Cecilia, and you better have a gross supply on hand for him. Once he tastes this, you will have no peace in your life as he will hound you for the recipe constantly! This is a winning menu item Cecilia, and thank you for sharing it with us today. What are you going to name it?" She replied "in honor of all of you it will be called the Channel 2 Morning Surprise."

I was stuffed and felt the energy starting to drain out of me after the delicious breakfast. I'm glad we walked to Cecilia's and hope that I will start perking up after the walk back to the station.

Once we returned to the newsroom, I poured myself another cup of coffee and headed to my office. Bailey caught me and said "do you have a few minutes to discuss something in my office later this morning?" I said "sure. I'm good for the rest of the morning except I need about 20 minutes to update the weather segment for the noon show." Bailey took a look at his watch and said "stop up around 10:00. I've got to return several calls and I should be free then."

I closed my office door, sat down at my desk, turned my stereo on and opened up the desk drawer to retrieve my package. As I began to open the package, the song on the radio changed to "Heaven" by Niall Horan. I choked up and said to myself "Okay big guy upstairs, if this is your sign to me -- thank you. I'll make sure this song is played at our beach ceremony."

I finally made it to the rings through several layers of plastic and bubble wrap. I was disappointed with the packaging, as I thought each will be in a box. I quickly discarded the packaging though as I was elated with the appearance of the rings. The white gold, black diamond and inscription was absolutely stunning on each ring. I made sure mine fit, and that Wally's was larger on me. They both were perfect and far exceeded my expectations. I also knew that my future husband will appreciate and love the quality of his engagement ring.

I sat in amazement for over 20 minutes looking at both of the rings. I came out of my trance when I realized I had three minutes to get to Bailey's office. As I packaged the rings back up in the bubble wrap, I decided to ask Bailey if he knew where I can get ring boxes quickly? I know he will quiz me about my request, so I placed the rings in my pocket to show him.

I got to Bailey's office as he was just ending a call. He looked at me, smiled, waved me in and pointed to the door. I took it as his prompt to shut the door. Once he finished the call, he came around the desk, sat with me and said "how are you feeling this morning?" I said "overall, I'm feeling great. I woke up on an emotional high and it has not left me yet. I'm chugging the caffeine though as I expect to physically crash at some point. I've got to make it through today as it going to be a good happy hour along with the playroom christening." He cracked up and said "any idea of why I asked you here today?" I smiled and replied "none whatsoever. Should I be nervous?" Bailey began to laugh uncontrollably and said "relax my friend. I will tell you in advance of when you need to be nervous with me. However, CJ I don't ever expect that day to happen as you continue to amaze me with all of your personal and professional high-quality standards." Bailey picked up a package off his desk, and said "Sorry the wrapping sucks on this, but Mindy just got it to my office ten minutes before you arrived. Please CJ, go ahead and open it."

I did open the package to find a very nice framed collage of pictures with the news article in the center of the collage. There were four pictures in the collage which were all taken last night by Trevor. All of the pictures contained me along with Wally, Bailey, Alex and Aaron. I looked at him and said "these were all taken last night and the article was in the paper this morning. How in the hell did you pull this off boss? I love it, and I cannot thank you enough for this special gift." I got up out of my seat and pulled Bailey up for a hug. He looked at me and said "well, my partner in crime Trevor took the camera to Seth last night before karaoke. Seth got an advance copy of the story and created everything last night for me to give to you this morning. CJ, I'm so damned proud of how you handled the whole event. It's a true honor to be associated with you. I have another copy of this for you, thinking you may want to give UD one?" I choked up, had a few tears come to my eyes and said "Yeah Bailey, thank you. I know UD will appreciate this and I cannot thank you enough for this touching gift today. Damnit, I promised myself I was not going to cry today!" We both broke out in laughter and sat back down.

He looked at me and said "is there anything I can do for you today?" I smiled and said "do you have a secret camera in my office knowing when I need your help?" He cracked up and said "nope, but spill it as I can see it in your face. CJ how can I help you today?"

I pulled the rings from my pocket and said "this is top secret as only one other person is in the know of this." I unwrapped the rings from the bubble wrap and showed them both to Bailey. I continued on and said "when Wally and I take our long Labor Day weekend starting a week today, I'm going to ask Wally to marry me. I had these engagement rings made, and they came in a plastic bag with bubble wrap around them. I'm so pissed with the packaging, but pleased with how the rings turned out. Do you have any contacts with jewelers in town that may be able to get me two nice ring boxes?" Bailey smiled at me and said "first, these are absolutely gorgeous CJ. Wally is going to be so surprised. Second, don't worry you stud, I've got a guy for ring boxes. Let me take care of this one for you." I smiled and said "thanks Bailey, I'm so glad we can help each other out with our critical dilemmas in life!" Bailey asked "I know your full name is Christopher Jackson Skinner, but what is Wally's full name?" I replied "Anthony Charles Walters, but as you know he goes by Wally." Bailey wrote down both of our given names and said "perfect CJ. Take this item off your list of to-dos as I have you covered on it. I'll have two ring boxes for you before you two leave next Friday morning." I smiled at Bailey, pulled him in for a hug and said "thanks Bailey. My next favor will be asking you to perform our wedding ceremony in 2024." He returned a huge smile to me and said "it will be my honor to perform the ceremony for both of you CJ. Just give me a three month notice so I don't do something stupid and whisk Aaron and I off on a European holiday when you want your wedding to occur." I said "if all goes well, I want to marry Wally on our one-year anniversary in June 2024. I'm looking at June 7th if everything works out." Bailey got up, went to his computer and put a private note on his email calendar. He said "I've got it marked as a private event. If the date changes, just let me know." He got up from his chair, came back around to me and said "my dear friend, I'm so happy for you. I want to hear all the details of how it goes for you next weekend! Can I tell Aaron next Friday when I know you two have left for the weekend?" I smiled and said "yes, that will be fine. Alex is in the know on this, and I'm sure he has vowed Ronny to secrecy on it. Your four can have a celebratory drink for us next weekend. Let me share the news with the rest of the group after the Labor Day weekend though?" Bailey nodded his head yes and said "well done you Muskie stud! You and Wally are going to have a life full of love, I can feel it CJ."

I made it back to my office and felt relieved that Bailey had me covered on ring boxes. I changed the weather segment for the noon show and just needed to update the temperature. About fifteen minutes after I got back from Bailey's office, Carl and Trev appeared at my office door. They both looked like they were up to no good this morning and I said "hey you two. What's going on this morning?" Carl said "just making final preparations for the christening and orgy tonight. What's Bill's number so I can check out what beer is on special today? Trev and I will buy a keg for everyone tonight and the weekend." I gave Bill's contact info to Carl and he went into Trev's office to call him. Trev sat down and said "we're going to get steaks and lobster tails for everyone today. Does that sound okay to you?"

I replied "surf and turf -- hell yeah! I am down for that. Will the $400 cover all the food and beer, and is there any way I can help out?" Trev smiled and said "we should be okay. Carl has a local seafood shop who is hooking him up with a good deal on lobster tails. Jackson is bringing 20 steaks from the family freezer. We're hoping that Bill comes through for us with a primo keg of beer at a healthy price reduction." Just as Trev finished the statement, Carl returned grinning ear to ear and said "one full size keg of Goose Island IPA available to us at 1:00 pm. Cost is 50% off." Trev said "sweet" and gave Carl a high-five. Trev continued and said "we'll have some extra money for additional sides. This is going to be a blowout happy hour to remember at GulfView! I just hope the weather holds out as I saw your forecast this morning calling for afternoon showers and thunderstorms." I had the radar pulled up and said "yeah, we may get some pool time in. There are several lines of thunderstorms about 100 miles out into the gulf and heading east slowly. We'll make the best of whatever the weather brings us."

The noon show went by very quickly. "Jennifer's Picks" ran again with the focus being on adult oriented weekend entertainment. Between this, Ross's news and my weather we ended the week on a very high note. All of us were ready for a well-deserved weekend!

Once again, there was a mass exodus of the morning cast and crew shortly after the noon show wrapped up. Trev handed me $20 and asked me to pick up two dozen ears of corn at a farmer's market on the way home. He's heading for Publix and told me he will meet me back at the condo complex in about 30 minutes. Carl took off for the fish market to pick up the lobster tails and retrieve the keg of beer from Bill.

I got back to the complex before Trev and Carl did. Ronny and Alex were in our kitchen mixing up happy hour drinks. I smiled at both of them and said "want to see something special?" Alex grinned at me and said "did they turn out good?" I nodded my head yes and produced the two engagement rings. Ronny and Alex both started to tear up and Ronny said "bro, these are absolutely stunning." He gave me a hug and kiss and Alex said "better put those in a safe place CJ, Wally called about five minutes ago saying he will be here by 1:30." I went and put them in my file cabinet drawer and locked it up. I went back out to the kitchen and Ronny was holding Alex in a tight embrace. I said "is everything okay you two?" Ronny said "yeah CJ, we're fine. My chief here is just so happy for the both of you and can't contain himself." I broke their embrace and pulled Alex in for a hug. He said "sorry CJ. I'm just so happy for the both of you and I cannot wait to hear how everything goes for you two next weekend."

I smiled at both of them and said "there was a minor crisis today, but Bailey is calling in a favor for me. The rings came in bubble wrapping with no boxes. Bailey is getting me two nice ring boxes from a jeweler he knows."

I gave Ronny and Alex a run down on the dinner menu and beer choice. I added that "Trev and Carl should be back here by 1:30 with the supplies." Alex said "Aaron is going to wait for Bailey to get here, and Jackson checked in around noon saying he put the steaks in Ken's refrigerator to begin defrosting. Ken and Jackson said they will meet us at the pool around 2:00." I said "okay, I'm sure the others will show up between 2 and 3 today. I'm going to take a healthy crap, clean myself out and change into comfy clothes for the rest of our day." Ronny grinned and said "way too much info CJ, just go get yourself ready!"

Wally was next one into the condo. He saw Alex and Ronny at the breakfast counter and whispered "where is CJ at?" Alex whispered back "he's on the toilet you hairy ass bear, why?" Wally produced the two wedding bands from his pocket and unwrapped them from bubble wrap. He said "these came to me today, but look at the packaging. Can you believe they sent these in bubble wrap versus a nice ring box?"

Alex looked at Ronny and they both shook their heads no to Wally. Wally said "Alex, do you know of any good jewelry stores in town where I may be able to get ring boxes by next Friday morning?" Alex thought for a minute and said "Off hand, I cannot think of any which I have used Wally. Maybe Bailey can help you out more? I'm sure with all of his connections around town, he probably has a jeweler he has used in the past." Wally smiled and said "chief, once again you're saving my ass! Thanks, big guy." Alex grinned and replied "no problem, Wally. You better put those in a safe place so that CJ does not find them." He said "yeah, I'll lock them in my safe until next Friday," and headed to the office.

Ronny took a look at Alex and they both cracked up in laughter. Ronny said "should we warn Bailey, or just let him come to us with the news?" Alex said "we'll let him approach us. This is going to be funny to watch play out. If Bailey is smart, he will just double his current order and then CJ and Wally will freak out next weekend when they present each other with the same ring boxes." Ronny started snickering and said "oh man, my over-analytical Virgo brother will not have an answer for this one!" Ronny leaned in and gave Alex a kiss. After Ronny broke the kiss and said "do you know how much I love you, Alex?" Alex smiled and said "yes, but I have not heard it from you today. Tell me again stud." Ronny gave him a shit-ass grin and said "I'll tell you and show you later my love. Let's get the corn shucked."

Wally joined me in the bedroom and said "hey sweetheart, I'm home. Are you feeling, okay?" I cracked up and said "yes, I'm doing fine. Just taking my afternoon constitutional! How are you babe?" Wally replied "I'm doing fine CJ. I bet you are starting to drag from last night though?" I finished up in the bathroom, flushed the toilet and joined Wally on the bed. I looked him in the eyes, gave him a kiss and said "surprisingly, I am not feeling tired babe. I've had a great energy source today, and I'm even better now that I'm beside the man I love." We gave each other a kiss and got changed into our swim suits and tee shirts for some pool action.

When we made it to the dining room, Trev, Carl, Bailey and Aaron had joined the room. The keg was hooked up, corn was shucked, drinks were made and everyone was ready for some pool action. Trev also picked up a large shrimp ring and some pumpernickel bread with various dips for some appetizers. I looked at Trev and Carl and said "Geez you two, you went to extremes today on the happy hour festivities. We'll never be able to top this one." Trev smiled and said "don't say that CJ. I feel we have so many more adventures ahead of us that will top this event. Besides how often to we get to celebrate our local hero, even though we'll keep it on the down low for you! Congratulations on the recognition from the chamber of commerce, and it's an honor to meet someone who can blow through $100 thousand in less than five minutes." Everyone cracked up on that and I said "thanks Trev, and thanks everyone. Let's start this party and head down to the pool for a while."

We got set up and the other invited guests continued to trickle into the pool area. By 3:00 pm all we were missing from the group was Randy and Leo. Alex surprised all of us and purchased a pool volleyball net and ball for the complex. Everyone got into a pool volleyball contest with plenty of time outs for beverage breaks. Around 3:30 Randy and Leo entered the pool area. Introductions were made to everyone, and once again the Friday happy hour was in full swing. Alex retrieved his boom box from his office and cranked up the tunes.

I jumped out of the pool for a refill and also to greet Randy and Leo. I informed them of the beverage selections as well as the beer we had available. Randy said "CJ, thanks so much for the invite. I've been looking forward to this all day since I get to see Leo again." Leo smirked and said "it was hard to leave this stud this morning CJ." I smiled at both of them and said "well good for the two of you. Please make yourself at home today and we'll be having surf and turf later for dinner along with plenty of side dishes." Leo said "wow Randy, I think we just found our hangout place for Friday afternoons from now on." Randy leaned into Leo, gave him a kiss and said "sounds good Leo."

I said "Randy, I need to ask you one item before the party gets out of control. I promise I won't ask any more questions about work after this. I've been thinking of a way to present Fred and Jimmy with the cash for the house down payment. I was thinking about a nice dinner for Fred, Jimmy, Wally, you and me. If you want to include Leo also, that will be very nice." Randy smiled and said "I believe Fred will like the dinner very much. Fred spoke of dinner last Wednesday again on Thursday when he picked up Jimmy from study hall. As long as we plan for Jimmy to have a cheeseburger and onion rings, we should be fine CJ! I think the audience you mentioned is appropriate. I can see Fred pushing the money back to Pinellas Partners in Action if I am not there. This way, I can collaborate your story and inform him that the group was well taken care of by you also. Wally can also explain what he is doing for the families and Fred will really appreciate that. When are you thinking about doing this CJ?" I replied "how does Tuesday after study hall sound to you?" Randy smiled and said "I'll be there my friend."

Leo then said "did you share the news with CJ about Jimmy talking your ear off yesterday and today about the Saffir-Simpson scale?" Randy cracked up and said "no, I have not yet. CJ, you've created a junior meteorologist. He is halfway through his book already, and has a good plan started for his science project. You are going to be shocked on Tuesday when you hear his ideas as well as the other children's ideas. They're all excited about the science projects now." I smiled and said "that's great. I'm ready to start helping all of them out with their projects."

Wally saw that I was occupied with Randy and made his way over to Aaron and Bailey. Bailey looked at him and said "hey there big guy, how are you doing?" Wally replied "I'm doing good Bailey, except I'm stressed this afternoon and hoping you can help me out with something?" Bailey said "I will try my best Wally, what's on your mind?" Aaron said "I'll go get us a refill while you two talk."

Wally continued on and said "next weekend when CJ and I get away for a long Labor Day weekend I'm going to ask him to marry me, Bailey." Bailey smiled at Wally, gave him a hug and said "congratulations Wally. You two make such a handsome couple, and I know CJ will be thrilled with the proposal. He loves you very much you lucky guy!" Wally smiled and said "thanks Bailey. I decided to go straight for wedding bands, and they arrived this morning at my business. I must not have paid attention to the packaging and they showed up in bubble wrapping. I asked Alex if he knew of any jewelers who may be able to get me two nice ring boxes before next Friday morning. He does not know of any in town, but suggested I check with you as you are the man with all the connections." Bailey cracked up and said "I've got you covered Wally. I know a jeweler who will be happy to help out. I know CJ is Christopher Jackson Skinner, but what is your full given name?" Wally smiled and said "it's Anthony Charles Walters. Why are you asking Bailey?" Bailey said "I'm envisioning a nice walnut ring box with both of your initials engraved into the box and a heart surrounding the two initial sets. Does that sound okay to you, big guy?" Wally was overjoyed and said "Bailey, I will pay any amount that it takes to get something like that!" Bailey said "no money needed, it's a small gesture on my part for you and CJ." Wally gave him a hug and said "I'll show you the wedding bands this week before we leave. It's a secret to CJ and only you, Alex and Ronny know about it." Bailey said "do you mind if I tell Aaron once you two leave next Friday morning?" Wally said "that will be fine. I'll fill you in on how the weekend goes when we return."

Bailey went over to the side of the pool and said "hey Aaron, will you hand me my phone baby?" Aaron did, and Bailey made a call. He said "hey Jonah, it's Bailey. Have you started on my order yet? Ah good, I need to increase the number to four versus two. Is that going to be a problem for you to get done before next Thursday evening? Perfect, Jonah. I will pick them up after work next Thursday afternoon."

Aaron looked puzzled at Bailey and said "who was that honey? I've never heard you mention a Jonah before." Bailey motioned for Aaron to come close to him and whispered to him "I'm on a top-secret mission for CJ and now Wally. I'll tell you more later, but Jonah is a jeweler I know. He's doing a favor for me to help out CJ and Wally. However, both of them are keeping it a surprise to each other. We'll talk more later when we're alone. Mum's the word my boy!" Aaron smiled at Bailey, gave him a kiss and said "okay Daddy, you have me very intrigued!"

Everyone was having a great time and broke up into smaller groups for lively discussions. I mingled around with everyone, and made my way over to Bill and the twins. I said "hey Bill, thanks for the keg and such a good price! We appreciate it, and I hope the three of you will knock some Goose Island back with all of us tonight?" Bill said "no problem, CJ. Like I told you last week, give me a call every Friday morning and I will clue you in as to what's for sale. Don't worry, my boys and I will chug a few beers tonight during dinner. Won't we boys?" Mason and Gabe both answered "Yes Sir" together. I thought it was strange and Bill must have noticed my facial expression. He leaned into me and said "the boys and I are all into BDSM CJ. I hope this does not offend you, but we've had a great week together. They're both in training for me now and I hope to collar them later this fall to be mine. Wait until you see what I have planned for them in the playroom tonight." The twins both smiled and Gabe said "can I get you a drink refill Sir?" Bill said "yes boy that will be fine, and Mason get CJ a refill on whatever he needs as well." They exited the pool and I took a double take at the size of their groin area. I said to Bill "Jesus, those two are hung. You're one lucky guy." He cracked up and said "they're in chastity and what you're seeing is their chastity device enclosed on them. I'm working on their deepthroating techniques now, and they're both taking my cock up their asses well." I cracked up, gave Bill a fist bump and said "way to go Sir! Be gentle with them though." Bill replied "don't worry, they can take it." Mason and Gabe returned with our drinks and I made my way over to Darrell and Lucas next.

Darrell and Lucas had a nice week together. They told me about all that they did together. Darrell said "I had such a nice evening on Thursday CJ. Thanks for the invite to the chamber dinner and the karaoke afterward. It was nice to go home with Lucas and have him wake up next to me this morning. I even took today off and we lounged around together all day doing nothing special other than being together." I said "that's great you two. I had a good day at work, and I'm glad it's the weekend. Make yourselves at home and enjoy the day, the dinner and the playroom tonight!" Lucas smiled and said "don't worry, we will CJ."

I continued making the rounds when I noticed that Alex and Bailey were in a discussion together at a table near the pool. They had both fired up a cigar and seemed to be enjoying the afternoon. I was curious to hear what they were discussing, but continued to talk to Jackson and Ken. Bailey turned to Alex and said "what the hell did you get me into today chief?" Alex took a draw on his cigar and said "well, CJ gave me the news that you helped him out with ring boxes. Wally came in frantic from work complaining about his packaging for the wedding bands and asked me for help. I really don't know any jewelers in the area, so I suggested he go to you for help." Bailey was smiling around his cigar and said "want to hear something funny?" Alex nodded his head yes and Bailey said "I just doubled the order I made for CJ. They will have a total of four walnut ring boxes with their initials engraved in them and surrounded by a heart." Alex said "they're going to shit when they exchange the same box to each other Bailey." Bailey said "I know, don't you just want to be there to see it transpire?" Alex cracked up, gave Bailey a high-five and said "hell yes, I want to be there. Have you seen the rings yet Bailey?" Bailey replied I saw the engagement ring from CJ which is absolutely beautiful. Wally is going to show me the wedding band this week. Did CJ tell you that I'm and ordained minister? He asked me to be ready to officiate their ceremony for them." Alex said "yes, CJ mentioned it to me. Did he tell you he wants to get married next June?" Bailey nodded his head yes and said "I marked the date on my calendar already. I'm assuming that you and Ronny will be the best men, and it's a fight between Trev and Carl for the flower girl duties?" Alex busted out laughing on that and said "I'm so happy for them Bailey, and I hope to join them soon with another announcement." Bailey smiled and said "that's great chief! I'll be ready to perform the ceremony for you and Ronny whenever you need me to. I'll need you or someone else in the group to get ordained so you can marry Aaron and me when our time comes."

I don't think anyone knew how late in the afternoon the time was. Several of us heard a clap of thunder coming in from the gulf. Trev went over to Carl and said "how about you and I start the lobster tails, and do you think we can recruit Jackson to cook the steaks for us?" Carl said "yeah, I already talked with Jackson and he's going to help us out whenever we need it. I think we'll need both ovens to broil enough lobster tails. We can also put two or more pots of water on to boil corn."

Carl, Trev and Jackson told everyone they were going back up to start preparations. Just as they informed everyone, a bolt of lightning lit up the sky to the west. Everyone decided to pack up and high tail it to the party patio for cover.

I joined my man on the way back up to the condo. I smiled at him and said "I made a mistake and this group is getting too big!" Wally cracked up at me and said "everything is fine sweetheart. It's so good to see everyone having fun. I love our Friday afternoons and once again it all started with a little CJ magic." I looked at him, put my arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. When I released the kiss, I looked into his eyes and said "thanks babe. Once again, you remind me of the good things I have done and keep me grounded in this wonderful life of ours."

Carl, Trev and Jackson did a great job at serving dinner to everyone. The steaks, lobster and side dishes were all delicious. It started raining heavy as we were eating dinner, but once again the party patio provided the perfect space for everyone to continue enjoying the evening.

After most people had finished dinner, Trev announced to all "hey gents, there is still plenty of food left in the kitchen. Help yourself to more if you are interested. And now, the moment you have all been waiting for. The playroom is open to all in unit 402. We probably cannot all fit in there at once, but enjoy the room tonight when you can. We'll also keep things going here on the party patio with cards, dart games, music and plenty of drinks and goose island IPA on tap. Enjoy the evening everyone."

Alex gave me a wink and grabbed Ronny's hand. He led him back into our condo and I knew he was taking Ronny to break in the sling for the night. I cracked up at the two of them and smiled knowing that Alex was going to get his wish granted of being the first one in the sling today.

Bill and the twins left the patio next which did not surprise me. I know the three of them are into kinky sex games, but I sure hope Bill takes care of them. The twins seem so innocent. I need to check in with Aaron to see if he has heard anything about their scene. Maybe he can give me past historical information on the twins which will help calm my nerves down from worrying about them.

I was surprised when Aaron and Bailey left the patio next. I did not take Bailey for a social sex stud, but maybe this is a part of his new image as Bailey 2.0? I'm not worried about the two of them as I know they will watch out and take care of each other. Listen to me carry on like a nervous father watching over his flock! It's time for me to mingle around on the patio and I'll catch up with Alex later on the playroom activities.