Use a small weight room at work when I have some free time, wish I had time for a real gym.”

“I go five days a week to that one downtown.” He said. “You’ll have to come with me sometime.”

“Cool,” I said, “you look like you could show me a few things.”

“Nah,” he said rubbing his hard belly and even in the darkness I could tell he was both embarrassed and flattered. “I enjoy it though.”

The conversation quieted and he watched the rain together. We both lit up a second smoke, great for our workout routines. He scratched his thigh and exhaled, “Damn, I am enjoying this.”

He cocked back his head and closed his eyes; awash in the cleanness of the rain and whatever thought was running through his mind. I, too, just closed my eyes and enjoyed the storm, my mind relaxed and clearing. I startled when I heard him catch himself.

“Man, I almost forgot I was out here.”

“Huh?” I opened my eyes and turned to look at him.

“I had my eyes closed and started drifting off. Thought I was alone for a minute there and started to get a little…well you know….” he trailed off.

Realizing, I think, what he said, I assured him. “No problem man, I had my eyes closed, off in whatever place there was to be in my head.”

The lightning flashed again. He chuckled and nodded his head towards me. “Guess we were both headed in the same place.”

I noticed that my robe had fallen off my lap, exposing my boxer briefs and giving any one glancing that way a glimpse of a growing erection.

“Oh, God,” I moaned and quickly covered myself.

“Don’t be embarrassed man.” I chuckled again and glanced his eyes down at himself. “At least you’ve got the robe.”

It was my turn to look in his direction where, sure enough, his beefy hands barely covered a fat semi-erection. I was suddenly no longer embarrassed and we both laughed like two school boys caught with a dirty magazine at school.

“Well,” I said not thinking, “at least you have Laura to help out. I’ll have to go inside and work on going blind.”

He laughed. “Well, buddy, I’m with you in that boat tonight. She had to work late and is staying