It was the end of September 2004 and the finals had come and gone. Port Adelaide had won the premiership and Brisbane was finally defeated for the first times in 3 years. Unfortunately, it wasn't Collingwood who had bet them and it only made James Clement bitter. Collingwood managed to make the finals in 2002 and 2003, but 2004 was a stinker of a year.
James managed to overcome the feelings of disappointment and bitterness by spending 2 hours each day at the gym. From 5 to 7 in the morning, he worked to strength his body physique and through the workout, his emotions were forced out of his body.
Every second day or so, he spent the two hours doing laps in the 50 meter pool. He immensely enjoyed swimming; it was one of the best times to think through everything. He couldn't really explain it, but the quietness of not hearing anyone speak left him with his own thoughts.
It was early Monday morning, around 5:30 and he was doing laps. Swimming up and down, arms lifting out of the water, gulping down the air when his faced emerged from the water. It wasn't until 5:45 that James noticed that another person was doing laps in the lane next to his.
As he took a short break, reaching up for his bottle of water, the person in the next lane stopped as well and looked over at James. James was shocked to see that it was Nick Riewoldt.
"Nick!" James exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"The same as you, of course. Got to stay fit somehow in the off season."
"I suppose you're right. How long have you been coming here for? I would have seen you around"
"A while now. 4 or 5 months I think it is. You haven't seen me because I come in just after you leave" Nick replied
"Really? Why didn't you say something when you see me?" James enquired.
"Well, every time that I had planned to say something as you were leaving, you had this look on your face. Concentration or some shit like that, and if you were deep in thought, I didn't want to interrupt your thought process."
"Well, I was probably thinking about our next loss for next year." James replied, feeling miserably about his team's performance in the 2004 season.
"Don't think like that mate. You should always think positive"
"Easier said when you're near the top" James replied, before swimming away to continue his laps.
Nick couldn't think for his life why James was upset, sure Collingwood had a crappy year but there's more to life then the losing streak of your team. Nick just couldn't put his finger on it, but he knew that there was something wrong with James and he was going to find out what the problem is.
Half an hour later, James decided to call it a day. He lifted himself out of the pool, grabbed his water bottle and headed towards the locker room. Arriving their, he dropped his wattle bottle with the rest of his stuff and headed into the showers. Hopping into the warm water, he was washing his chest and had his eyes closed when he heard someone else came in. Not surprisingly, he could guess who it could have been and wasn't surprised when he opened his eyes.
"Hey" was all that Nick said, before starting to wash himself. If James was going to act like a total cunt, he wasn't even going to speak to him.
"Hey" James replied, running a bar of soap along his chest. "Sorry about before man. I was just....never mind"
"Sure, but if there's something wrong you can tell me. After all, we are both in the same sport. You can take that as our Hippocratic oath- we look out for each other." Nick said looking directly at James.
There was only a slight murmur from James, acknowledging what Nick had said, before silence descended again
"Yeah, you're right in that sense Nick. But some things are better left unsaid" James said, as he dropped his red Speedos to reveal his 8" cock. He started washing his cock and could see that Nick was looking at him, at his cock.
Looking up Nick said "Well, I can see were you're coming from. After all, thinking about it gives you the time to analyse the entire situation. And I can bet anything, that you don't won't to tell me because you think that I'll somehow use it against you on the green because I'm on an opposing team. Is that correct?" Nick dropped his own pair of bright blue Speedos to reveal his 9" thick cock.
James only nodded looked down at the tiles, continuing to wash himself.
"Let's go sit down" Nick said gently. Grabbing their soap and their Speedos, they both sat down on a bench naked as the day they were born. Nick was facing James trying to look into his eyes.
"What's the matter Jim?" Nick said softly, rubbing his hand on James's back.
This caused James to look up. No one called him Jim, no one except..... But that was a long time ago. They call it emotional baggage but for James it was an emotional scar- still deep as it was when he first found out.
"Nothing all right? Nothing is wrong and stop trying to play the part of a sympathetic ear you blonde bastard! You are an idiot, a freak and a fucking ugly guy with the bleach blonde hair! You are a try hard!" James yelled at Nick as he stood up, his frustration boiling over into a verbal attack.
"I don't think so Jim. I know you and you're a gentle guy. I really am not a try hard; just sit down and tell me the truth. I won't repeat any of it- I give you my word!" Nick said this in such a gentle tone, it made James wonder why exactly he yelled at Nick and he sat down again.
But then he remembered why.
"Have you ever had your heart broken Nick?" James asked.
"Sure. More times then I really want to admit too, but yeah I know that feeling."
"Well, it was the first time. My one true love just uped and left me. After 4 years of a relationship they just left me. Now I have no idea who I am."
"I'm sorry to hear that" Nick said, sitting next to James again and started rubbing his back again. "I'm sure you'll find another girl."
"That's the thing Nick. It wasn't a girl that made me feel who I was. I never knew my true self, my identity until I met him. And now he had to go and leave me!" James started crying at this point, his head in his hands.
Nick was shocked. He just had James Clement admit to him that he had a gay lover who had just left him after 4 years. Though this was a shock, it made no difference to Nick. James was a human and it didn't matter if he was gay straight or bendy as you could come; they were mates.
"Here, here" Nick said and he soon found Jim resting his head in Nick's lap, with Nick comforting him and just rubbing his back. Nick enjoyed comforting James and the lack of attire didn't rate a notice; until James started feeling something poking him in the neck.
"Nick" James started laughing a little, as he wiped away some of his tears and he leaned up off Nick. "Is that your cock hitting me in the neck?
"Yes" Nick said, slightly embarrassed at having a hard cock. He admitted it freely after James found the confidence to confess to his relationship to man to him.
"Have you ever had a relationship with a man before Nick?" James asked point blank.
"Yes I have Jim. Well, it would be better to say that we are more fuck buddies then anything, but I have feelings for him." Nick confessed.
"Really?" James said looking straight into Nick's eyes. "If you don't mind me asking, do I know this person?"
"Have a guess; you'll probably be able to guess who it is no doubt."
"Nick Dal Santo?" James asked, looking straight at Nick.
Nick could only nod his head- god was it that obvious to others? Did he show it when they were training?
"He's a stud." James said. "Have you told him you feel?"
"Well, obviously he knows that I love his cock otherwise we wouldn't be fucking. But he doesn't know that I love him." Nick replied softly, remembering the feelings that Dal Santo gave him.
"Have you ever loved a man before Nick?"
"Well, in a way I have. Loved the way he made me laugh and I don't even know him. God, we're hardly friends and I think this guy is hot- a nice all around guy. I would have him or Nick any day, but god, don't make me choose between the two because it would be too hard."
"Really! How can you love him if you don't really know him- not that I'm saying whom you can and cannot love?"
"It's hard to explain Jim. Maybe it's the impression that I get whenever I chat to him, or maybe it's all the good things that I hear about him from others. Or it could be entirely down to the fact that I love to be loved and that he would a great guy to fall in bed with, to hold in my arms"
There was silence for a few minutes, each guy deep in their own faults. Nick, believing that he gave the right description of the person he was in love with and James thinking about whom on earth Nick could possibly be thinking about.
"Do you want to know who I'm talking about James?" Nick asked, quietly.
"It's up to you mate. Whatever you say, I'll support you and it will stay between you and me."
Taking a deep breath, trying hard to keep calm and not vomit, Nick revealed his biggest secret.
"It's you James. You are the person that I love."
Silence followed this revelation; neither guy knowing what to say nor do in that space- in that short period which changed the way they looked at each other.
"Want to come back to my place?" James asked Nick, after five minutes.
Nick and James spent the next few hours talking. Talking about why Nick laughed James, what was James's hot spots on his body, everything under the soon. They talked until they realised it was midday.
"Can you believe the time already?" James said, surprised they had been chatting for a few hours.
"I can Jim" Nick replied. "Any time with you is the best time. You make it go by so fast, I don't want the evening to come, because then I would have to leave for the night."
During that talk, James had rested his hand on Nick's thigh. But then he placed his other hand on Nick's cheek and he turned his head to face him. Moving in James gently placed a kiss on Nick's lips, causing Nick to moan. Getting into it, Nick gently opened his mouth and Jim slipped his tongue in and the next few minutes were spent with the two sharing saliva and tongues.
They both knew that there was more to come, so they stood up and made their way to James's bed.
Striping out of his jeans and shirt, Nick stood in a pair of black boxer briefs which James attacked, sucking the big bulge in them. Nick just moaned, loving the feeling of being sucked off through his underwear and before long he found himself, somehow, on his back on the bed.
James then stood up and seductively took his tight blue t-shirt off and started playing with his nipples.
"Like what you see Nick?" He asked huskily, the hormones running though his body.
Nick only nodded as James pulled his shorts off revealing a massive bulge in red briefs. As he started feeling his 8" cut through his briefs, Nick encouraged him to do more.
"Oh yeah, Jim. Feel your cock; jack your big hot cock for me."
The verbal attack was enough for Jim and he pounced on top of Nick and shoved his tongue down his throat. They were soon two withering bodies, sweat pouring off them as they moaned and Nick pulled James's briefs off and started feeling his hot tight arse.
"Fuck me Jim" Nick managed to whisper as they continued to make out with Nick's thick 9" cut monster being rubbed against James's stomach.
James did not hesitate and he moved back slightly before slamming all of his cock into Nick.
"Fuck!!!!!!!!!" Nick moaned, the initial entry hurt but the pleasure was fantastic.
James knew he had captured Nick and he slowly withdrew half of his cock before slamming back into the blonde stud.
"You like it rough?" He asked as he shoved his cock against Nick's prostrate.
"MMMMMMMMMM" Nick moaned, he was loving the rough attack on his arse by this Collingwood stud and he started jacking his cock. God, the pleasure he was receiving was unlike anything he had ever felt before.
James continued the rough fuck, slamming in and out of the hot hole. Although he was no stranger to fucking a mans hole, the pleasure was the best he ever had. It was causing his body to go into meltdown, the sweat pouring of them as thick as if it was a form of butter.
Fifteen minutes later and with an "OH MY GOD!!!" from Nick, his arse tightened around Jim's cock and he started spraying his load over both of them and James's hair chest soon found itself covered in a mixture of cum and sweat.
"Fuck me!!!!" James screamed, the arse he was banging became unbelievable tight and he soon found himself shooting his load into Nick and falling down next to him.
The two slowly kissed, coming down from the sex high.
They turned and looked at the clock on the bedside table.
It was only 8:00A.M They could fuck the rest of the day.