getting your dick sucked?”

“What guy doesn’t,” Noah replied.

“There’s a lot more to learn, and it’s gonna be my pleasure to teach you alternative lifestyles my college brother. You know, teaching sex to a big bad Marine is high on my agenda, but I want you to take things slow and easy at first.”

“Sure, I understand,” Noah, replied.

“I can guarantee you that this sex education project will be one of the best college courses you’ll ever take anywhere and I’m one of the best teachers around,” Jeremy said with a broad smile and a hearty laugh.

“I’ll bet,” Noah said.

“So, you’ve never been romantically involved with a woman?” Jeremy asked.

“Not really, nothing serious since I left high school and joined the Marines. You know, servin in the Corps didn’t really leave me much time to pursue any type romantic relationships. I spent most of my time either gettin ready for combat or deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.”

“I’ve never been in the military, so I wouldn’t have anything to compare to, you know, what life is like in the Marines, Iraq or combat,” Jeremy said, “I just want to warn you ahead of time that you may never want to go back to women after this semester. Hell, who knows, you may even want to pursue a graduate degree in the discipline.”

Noah busted out laughing saying, “Sounds great to me, I can’t wait for my next course of instruction professor Stuckey.”

Jeremy playfully pushed his Marine roommate on the shoulder and said, “Me either.”

Both boys continued shoving, pushing, walking and laughing among themselves, walking the last few yards towards the tavern. Noah was totally enjoying his new found freedom as a civilian and the time he was spending with his new roommate. He was also hopeful to meet some of Jeremy’s other friends at the tavern as well as over the Thanksgiving weekend. Neither he nor Jerry would be going home for Thanksgiving with their families. They were going to remain in the area studying for tests and preparing papers for the end of the semester.

Noah was starting to run low on money; therefore, he didn’t have the funds to party or travel over the Thanksgiving holiday season if he was to go home for Christmas break. He hoped by the end of the fall semester his GI bill money would kick in. Along with that money and forthcoming grants he would be in a positive cash flow situation by the end of January. Thus far he was surviving on his severance pay from the Marines that was almost gone; however, once he began receiving his full check from the Veterans Administration with back pay he would have more discretionary income to spend. Until that money arrived he was going to have to be extremely frugal with his cash.

Noah said to Jeremy in a cheerful tone, “By the way, I want to reciprocate by helping you put some muscle mass on your bony ass as part of the pay back.”

“Pay back for what?” Jeremy questioned.

“For everything,” Noah replied.

“Don’t worry about it Dude. What happened this afternoon is payback enough for now; furthermore, I been skinny all my life,” Jeremy said.

“You know, as much as I appreciate all you’ve done for me and are doing for me I