My long-range forecast -- chapter 16
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In this chapter CJ reflects on his first day at work and receives a surprise from the guys. Chapter 17 is underway and we will find CJ adjusting to his schedule along with proposing some changes at the station to Bailey.
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I made it back to the condo in 15 minutes. I entered the condo and found Wally and Alex waiting inside for me. They had posted the congratulations banner again and had a bottle of champagne on ice. I looked at both of them and had a few tears develop in my eyes. I said "what are you two doing here?" They looked at each other and Wally looked at me and said "we can't surprise you on a Monday afternoon? We wanted to be here to express our congratulations to you, as well as make sure you have a good lunch!" I wiped away the tears and gave them both a big hug. I said "thank you both. I cannot tell you how I feel. I began the achievement of one of my personal goals today, and I feel enthused, energized, spectacular and ready for more!" Wally smiled and leaned into me for a kiss and hug. Alex followed suit and said "go get changed. We have lunch ready for you. It's not much, but it's just a small token of our congratulations to you for a fucking awesome first day! You are a real pro CJ. I cannot believe how you just took the show and ran with it. It shows you have practiced extensively, and you should be so proud of your significant accomplishment today!"
I went into the bedroom and changed out of my suit. I put on some shorts, a muscle shirt and my flip flops. I relieved myself in the bathroom and returned to the living area. Alex and Wally were busy taking everything out to the patio table. They had a wonderful looking lunch set up and Wally popped the cork on the bottle of champagne. He poured us each a flute and said "a toast to CJ. You entered our lives one month ago and little did we know then how much positive influence you'd have over us. I am so proud of the man you are, and I cannot believe what a significant feat you accomplished today. I love you more every day, and cannot wait to see your continued growth both professionally and personally. Congratulations CJ!" We clanked our glasses, I gave each one of them another kiss and said "thank you Wally for those beautiful sentiments, and thank you both for this surprise. I was not expecting this and love you both for recognizing me with this special celebratory luncheon."
We sat down, loaded up our plates and began to enjoy the lunch on the patio. There was a very nice breeze coming in which was refreshing. They both asked me questions about the day. Alex said "alright, give me the scoop on someone there that I would not expect!" I thought for a few seconds and said "Vicki is a total bitch!" Both of them busted a gut laughing. Alex followed up with "was she mean to you after the newscasts, because you two looked fine during the show?" I replied "I was told by multiple people, including Bailey, to watch my back with her. After the final morning broadcast, she stormed off the set. I asked if I had said something wrong only to find out that she hates new talent and was upset that I did so well today."
I continued on with descriptions of everyone else I met today. I said "Ross and I will work well together. I like him and he told me that he hopes Vicki leaves the station soon. When Melissa and Vicki worked together, there were always cat fights going on. Bailey told me that if she does anything off-colored to me I am to inform him of it so he can handle it accordingly."
Alex replied "wow, I would not have guessed her for a hostile and angry individual. I guess it goes to show you that you cannot judge a book by its cover."
We continued our conversation and Wally asked "does anyone want another glass of champagne?" Alex and I nodded yes, and Wally returned with our final bottle and popped the cork.
I continued the discussion and explained to both Wally and Alex how my schedule was going to go until Bailey gets a weekend weather anchor in place. Wally smiled and said "we knew it was going to be tough at first. I just worry about you becoming too tired due to the schedule." I smiled and said "it's going to be rough for a while, but I'll make it through. I'm going to throw a wrench into our weekends but I'll be back to the condo early enough in the day to still enjoy time with both of you." Wally said "we'll make it babe; you just take it easy and let us know what we can do to help you out. Alex concurred and said "let me start by clearing the table and getting everything put away."
While Alex was finishing up, Wally and I went over to the couch. I looked deep into his eyes and said "sorry my schedule will be so tight for a couple of weeks. Bailey is interviewing a candidate this Wednesday and my hope is that the person is a fit and can relieve the schedule sooner rather than later." Wally smiled and said "don't sweat the small stuff CJ. We'll get our workouts in when we both can, and make sure we make the most of our free time together. The company takes vacation the last week of July and first week of August every year. The guys like it as they can plan family vacations annually before their kids go back to school. I will be around those two weeks for whatever you need me to do."
I smiled at Wally, gave him a kiss and said "I love you, Wally." He replied "I love you more. Just keep me in the loop on how you're feeling, what you are up for or what you're not up for and what I can do to make your schedule easier."
Alex joined us on the patio and said "CJ what do you feel like doing?" I looked at Alex and said "what are my choices you planner extraordinaire?" He cracked up and said "well, your handsome boyfriend mixed up blueberry gin and tonics for happy hour by the pool, or I can leave you two alone for the afternoon?"
I said "I want to chose both. Let's start with happy hour at the pool, and then I'll enjoy some private time with my handsome stud before I turn in tonight." Alex said "that sounds good. I'm going to change into my speedo and I'll meet up with you two at the pool. Take your time as I plan to check in to make sure nothing too exciting is happening in the complex today."
Wally and I eventually made our way to the pool. When we sat down at the table, I looked at him and said "thank you my love for being here this afternoon. It's been very special for me and I truly appreciate what you did for me today." He cracked up and said "well, you can thank Alex. He planned all of it and just made sure I was on time for the party." I cracked up and said "ah, the corruption continues. He's turning out to be one hell of an individual and a very good friend. I do appreciate you taking the afternoon off though. It means so much to me for you to be here." Wally smiled and replied "my pleasure to be here my love. I'm loving the celebration on your big day!"
Alex joined us and said "no emergencies here, so let's break out the blueberry specials!" I cracked up and poured us each a drink. We each took a drink and Alex said "guys, it just doesn't get any better than this. We're celebrating the success of our dear friend, enjoying quality time together and most of all bonding even more in our true friendship." I smiled at Alex and said "I hear this celebration was your planning. Thank you so much Alex. I was not expecting this and I am really enjoying the afternoon with you two." He smiled, took off his shorts and jumped into the pool. He shouted to us "come on in, the water is fine!"
We all ended up in the pool lounging around and drinking the blueberry specials. Alex was so interested in my broadcast and asked a number of questions. He was fascinated when I told him I stand in front of a large green wall and that the graphics were imposed on the wall to make it look as though everything was coming up behind me. He asked "how do you know if you're blocking any information that you don't want to block? I said "excellent question. I told him I have side monitors on both sides of the green wall. The monitors show me with the graphics included. I take quick glances at them and adjust my position accordingly to what I see. The trick is to make the glances quick and turn back facing the camera to appear as though you're talking directly to the tv audience. I still need to work on that item, but Bailey said with more practice it will come to me naturally as well."
Alex was just like a sponge, soaking up all the information I passed on to him. I said "one day when our schedules coincide, I'll get you and Wally into the studio for a tour. Maybe you two can even stay for a live broadcast." Alex smiled and said "that sounds great CJ, I'd definitely enjoy that as well as seeing all the equipment you have described."
Around 4:00, the sky became very dark and we heard thunder in the distance. Alex said "well we should probably pack this in for the day. It's getting late anyway and you need your beauty rest CJ!" Wally and I busted out laughing on that comment. I gave Alex a hug and said "thank you again for a great afternoon." Wally gave him a hug as well and we headed back up to the condo. The rain began as we reached the front door. After we entered, Wally said "what do you feel like doing CJ?" I embraced him and gave him an extended kiss. I said "a nice long shower, followed by making love to my handsome man." He grinned and replied "I can make that happen for you."
It was definitely a new experience making love to my man during the afternoon. We spent quite a bit of time in the shower soaping each other up, caressing each other and passionate kissing. Wally got down on his knees and began kissing the inside of my upper legs. He moved to my balls and gently washed them with his tongue. Before I knew it, he had me fully erect and devoured my cock all the way down the shaft. He did not let up and kept pumping me with his mouth. I was moaning in deep pleasure and he added fingering my ass to the equation. I spoke up and said "is Daddy hungry for my cum today?" He came up on my cock to the slit, began circling and licking it and said "I sure am hungry for my boy today and every day! Give me your cum son, I'm going to milk you twice today before you turn in. I love you CJ, I want you and I need your cum in my mouth and on my face." He went back down on the shaft and nuzzled my full length. Again, he began full length pumps on me and soon he had me shooting. He took most of it in his mouth and started stroking me with his hand while I was finishing shooting. I had some more streams in me and they ended up on his face.
He stood up, put his arms around me and pulled me in a tight hug and began kissing me hard. We exchanged the cum several times before swallowing the creamy mixture. I looked into his eyes and began cleaning his face up with my tongue. I continued to share the cum with him. He said "let's dry off and take this to the bed Mr. Weatherman." I smiled and said "you lead the way, Daddy."
We continued our passionate actions and he began to work my nipples over. I was moaning in absolute delight before I flipped over on top of him. I continued to kiss him deeply and I started to work my way down south. I started at his nipples swirling my tongue around each of them. I eventually worked up to chewing on them which resulted in Wally moaning just as much as I had been. I continued my way down to his cock and balls. I gently washed each of his balls taking them in my mouth and sucking them one at a time. As he was moaning profusely, I took his cock in one breath. I had the whole shaft in my mouth and his pubic hair was tickling my nose. Wally spoke up saying "babe, turn around and 69 with me. I want to eat your ass while you continue working my cock." I gladly accepted the invite and soon Wally was eating my ass out, inserting fingers and expanding my hole to eventually accept his big cock.
We continued this position for quite a while. I felt like a mad man devouring his entire cock over and over. I heard the nightstand drawer open and figured Wally was getting the lube out. I was right as I soon felt cool lube being applied to my ass. He eventually smacked my ass cheeks and said "up on all four and get ready to take me boy!" I moved quickly and prepared for his entry. He spread some lube on his cock and began circling my hole. I felt the cockhead slip in and tease me. Gradually he entered me and soon I had Wally fully inside me. He gave me a minute to get used to his big cock, then started a full out assault on my ass. He pounded me hard, but it was not painful at all. I was in heaven as I felt pleasure spread throughout my body.
This went on for some time. He said "you enjoying this boy?" I replied "hell yes Daddy, keep expanding my hole and work that cock in deeper than you have been." Wally went animalistic on me and was breeding me like there was no tomorrow. He reached underneath me and grabbed my cock. As he continued his forceful thrusts on my ass, he stroked my cock working it back up to its full length. I was moaning and screamed "make me cum Daddy, give your boy what he needs!"
It was just a few minutes later and I was moaning loudly. I said "Wally, you're making me cum again. Do it you big stud and fill me up with your cum also." He was grunting and sweating profusely in his full out attack on me. I started shooting cum streams on the bed and I clenched my ass tighter around his cock. This resulted in him cumming also. He filled me up and soon collapsed on top of me.
We both laid there and recovered from our wild scene. Eventually his cock deflated and worked its way out of my ass. He rolled off me and pulled me into his side, embracing me under his arm. Our breathing continued to calm down and he said "are you okay my love?" I replied "I am more than okay Wally. You took me to a new height today and I need some time to come down from it. That was so beautiful baby and felt wonderful. You're a powerful beast you stud." Wally gripped me tighter in his embrace. He began running his fingers through my hair. We continued to lay together basking in our afterglow.
I raised my head off his chest, looked at him and said "I love you Wally and cannot even begin to describe to you how you make me feel." He smiled and said "I think I know how you feel CJ, because I am right there with you, my love." I laughed and said "I need to have more first days for us to celebrate like this." He cracked up at me and said "you feel like another shower?" I said "no, just pull out a butt plug and push it in me to prevent leaking tonight in bed." He smiled at me and said "my kinky cub comes out of his shell! We can try that sometime if you want babe." I said "I do need another shower and let's change the sheets as I made quite the mess on them."
We went back to the shower and washed each other off. After we dried off, we changed the sheets on the bed and remade it. I went out to the kitchen and programmed the coffee maker to brew a pot of coffee at my 1:45 time. Wally came out with me and said "do you think you can fall asleep CJ? I looked at him and said "I'm exhausted after my day and our beautiful love making. I'm going to sleep well." He smiled at me and said "do you mind if I join you later? I have a few calls to make and I'd like to catch some news." I gave him a kiss and said "join me when you want sweetheart. I'll be the one with a rosebud still smiling at you!" He busted out laughing and took me into the bedroom and tucked me in. He leaned over and gave me a big kiss. Wally said "goodnight my CJ. Sleep well and I'll be in later. I love you very much." I grinned and replied "night Wally. I love you too you beast!"
I must have been exhausted as I did not even feel Wally join me in bed. The only thing I remember was my alarm going off at 1:30. I quickly shut it off and went into the bathroom. I repeated my morning grooming routine and soon I was ready for another day at the station!
I slipped out of the bathroom and tried to be quiet exiting the bedroom. I poured myself a cup of coffee and gathered my wallet and keys. I was surprised when I heard "don't even think you are leaving here without giving me a good morning kiss." I smiled and walked over to my naked man. He leaned down and kissed me just as passionately as last night. We broke and he said "have a good day you studly weather man! If you get a chance say something in code that I will only understand today." I grinned and said "challenge accepted big guy." I gave him another kiss and said "I love you, go get some more rest." He replied "I will, and I love you too. Have a great day baby." I exited and heard him lock the door.
I fell into the same morning routine and had all my work completed before 4:00 am. Angela greeted me and said "are you ready for day two?" I smiled and said "bring it on!"
We loaded my full segment to the necessary outlets. 5:00 am came around and day two was in full swing for me. All of the morning shows went well. There was a line of thunderstorms off the coast and approaching the bay area. During the 5:30 show, I adjusted my presentation of the live radar. I said "here is that line of showers approaching the bay area from the southwest. The line is going to push forcefully into the bay and fill us up with plenty of moisture this morning. I expect the line of showers to be out of the region by 9:30 this morning with sunshine returning to the area by late this morning." I hope my man got the message of "pushing into my ass and flooding me with plenty of cum." We'll see later if he mentions it.
Angela, Nick and I went to breakfast. Our conversation was general in nature as we learned more about each other. Our meals came and we continued our conversation while eating. Nick looked at me and said "CJ, I cannot believe you are fresh out of college. Your stage presence is so natural, and I'd swear you have been in the industry much longer." I replied "thanks Nick. I owe it to all of my experience at college. I had a very positive mentor who always made suggestions to me which I took to heart. I ended up with so much experience from him which I will be eternally grateful for." Angela agreed saying "I can't believe your `behind the scenes knowledge'. You have impressed me with your technical knowledge of the switcher, graphics techniques, audio tricks and camera presence. I take it your college had you doing everything including on-air presence?" I said "yes from day one in college the professors insisted on us getting our hands dirty. We were not there only to be an on-air personalities. Our coursework took us through everything from the ground up in the broadcasting industry. I enjoyed all aspects of the work but really excelled at the on-air experience."
Nick said "let's talk about next week. It's July 4th week and we plan to do two remote sessions with you. On Monday you will be live at the St Pete Beach 2023 Beach Fest. The early shows will not have that much activity but during the 6:00 hour there will be more presence on the beach. By the noon show, the beach will be packed and you will attract quite a bit of attention. You will need to come to the studio first and set your segments up with Angela. Around 4:30 you, Angela and a camera operator will take the station van and head over to the beach. We'll make sure the connection is good before 5:00 and go live to you for your intro and segments. Have you ever done a remote live broadcast?" I smiled and said "no, this will be my first experience with it."
Nick continued and said "Tuesday, we'll follow the same format except you will be live at the pier for the St Petersburg July 4th celebration. Angela will work to get you interviewees for all the segments. We'll go to you live for every segment from 5:00 -- 7:00 as well as the noon show. Do you have any initial questions CJ?" I spoke up and said "do you want me dressed casually or formal?" Nick replied "let's go casual for the events to promote the holiday celebrations. Wear a station polo each day, and if you want you can even go in shorts both days. It's been done before on live broadcasts so do not worry about you being the first one to wear shorts on a broadcast. Be flexible, enjoy the crowd and go with the flow of the interviews and crowd atmosphere. After seeing you in action yesterday, I know you're going to enjoy your first experience with remote broadcasting. Don't worry, Angela will be with you every step of the way to keep you in line." I smiled at both of them and said "sounds great and I'm looking forward to it."
We paid our bill and headed back to the station. I went into my office and checked emails. I had an email from Bailey requesting me in his office at 10:00. His last sentence said "don't worry, all good stuff!" I answered a few other emails and checked my phone for any texts or voicemails. I had one voicemail from Wally at 5:56 am. The message was "Push forcefully into the bay and fill us up with moisture. I'm acknowledging that this was your message to me describing what I did to you last night. Love you CJ!" I cracked up and deleted the evidence.
I changed my segment layout for the noon show and left question marks for the current statistics. It was almost 10:00, so I headed to Bailey's office. I got there and knocked on the door. He looked up, smiled and said "here's my new protégé! How are you doing today?" I smiled and replied "I am doing well today, how are you, Bailey?" He answered with "I am doing well CJ. Please come in and shut the door." He got up and joined me on the guest side of his desk. Bailey said "another wonderful performance this morning and I saw you making a conscious effort to keep your glances quick at the side monitors. You did better today, so keep up the good progress."
He continued on and asked "Did Nick and Angela cover the remote broadcasts with you for next week?" I replied "yes they did, we discussed them over breakfast this morning." Bailey replied "great. Do you have any questions and have you done remote broadcasts at college?" I said "no questions at this time Bailey, and no this will be my first experience with a remote broadcast." He smiled and said "the best advice I can give you is to relax, go with the flow and play off the crowd. I've always found it more pleasant for the viewers when they see the talent having fun with interviewees and the crowd. You especially see this on the beach. Don't be surprised if kids jump in front of you or start chattering your name in the background. I know with your personality you will pull these off fine. The only other thing I wanted to share with you is to wear shorts for the remote broadcasts. I know it will be warm enough for them both days. Wear a station polo each day, changing into a different on Tuesday of course!" I cracked up and said "will do boss. I'm looking forward to this and appreciate you telling me to play off the crowd." He cracked up and said "I'm just glad it's you on these broadcasts and not Vicki or Melissa. Melissa did not enjoy mingling with a crowd and it was very apparent. I received quite a bit of negative feedback from her July 4th remotes last year. This year, I'm expecting nothing but positive comments for you!" I said "Bailey, thank you. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your confidence in me. As I said, I'm looking forward to the remotes and I promise to bring my A game to the plate for you, myself and the station." He smiled and said "atta boy! I knew in March you have the whole package together and you have not proved me wrong yet! Keep up the good work CJ. It's a pleasure to see you in action, and I know that your presence on the newscast is going to bump our ratings up a few notches."
Before ending Bailey said "is there anything I can help you out with?" I said "yes, I do have one item. Who can I talk to about any sports teams existing at the station, or getting a group of associates together for a team appearance?" Bailey said "good question. What exactly are you thinking?" I shared my story of participating in the men's softball league with him and wondered if we can get a team together here? I also said "Ronny and I read about the Gasparilla races next February. He and I plan to start training for the races, and thought we might be able to talk others into the race as well. We can pass it off as a community team building exercise and get some good public relations out of it."
Bailey smiled and said "It's so good to get new blood into our environment. I love the idea and to answer your question I am not aware of any teams which exist at the station. Please go to Betty, the community relations director, and discuss your ideas. She will be the best one to start with on this. I'll put a bug in her ear also. I love the idea about the Gasparilla races. I know we have a handful of runners in the family. The idea of having a team represent the station in a race is kick-ass. Let's make this happen CJ!"
I smiled and said "I'll speak to Betty and I appreciate your initial support of the idea Bailey. I believe we can take advantage of this and make it a PR success for the station. You have a good rest of the day, and I'll talk to you later in the week." Bailey replied "sounds good CJ. You take care, have a good afternoon and I'll talk to you later."
I filled in the remaining statistics on my weather segment and Angela and I loaded them at 11:40. While we were loading the segments I said "do you mind if I do the load sometime while you're watching me? I'd like to be in a backup position for you if things get too hectic around here." She looked at me, smiled and said "you are the first on-air talent that has ever volunteered to load your own material. I'll be happy to teach you what I know and eventually if you want to start doing it yourself, I'm not going to complain. I always do a final run through for everything, so we'll have two sets of eyes always on your segments." I said "perfect Angela, I appreciate your initial support of the idea. I won't let you down."
Ross and I had a good news show at noon. For the closing segment I said "Ross, I heard from Harold Williams yesterday via email. Harold is an avid fisherman here in the bay area and informed me that muskies are a rare sighting in this part of Florida. Some have been caught in rivers along the panhandle though, but generally the muskies are most plentiful in the Midwest and Great Lakes area."
Ross concluded the show with "thanks for the follow up on that CJ, and thank you Harold for letting us know more about muskies. Thanks for joining us at noon today, and have a good afternoon, everyone." The floor director said "cut" and the camera went off. Ross looked at me and cracked up. He said "thank you for sharing that story from a viewer. It always works well for us when we share stories on air like what you just did. I'm sure you'll receive a follow up thank you note from Harold. It's a good thing I was here and not Vicki. She probably would have chewed your ass off once off camera for doing that impromptu follow up." I cracked up and said "you have a good afternoon, Ross, and I'll see you tomorrow morning."
I went back to my office and checked email before I left. I had one more email from Bailey which was sent just two minutes ago. In the note he said "I loved the follow up from Harold. These type of follow-up items are great to share with the viewers. Thanks for passing it on and get out of here soon." I smiled and said to myself "another good day CJ. Your work here is done for the day, go do something for yourself."
I went back to the condo and decided I wanted to go workout. I went to the bathroom and then changed into my workout clothes. I went down to the exercise room and had the place to myself. I went over, filled my water bottle and cranked the stereo. I changed the station to a progressive contemporary adult format. During my workout I listened to songs from Maroon 5, Miley Cyrus, Lewis Capaldi, Sam Smith, One Republic and many other artists I was familiar with.
I felt great during the workout and pushed myself as far as I could go. I did not notice that Alex came in. He came over to the leg press where I was at. He surprised me and I said "hey big guy, how are you doing?" He said "I'm good. I didn't think about looking in here for you. I checked your condo and the pool area first. You getting into your workout?" I said "yeah, I decided to get into my routine so I will continue to be fit for my man and my followers!" He busted out laughing and said "okay, the BS is piling up in here. The kegerator parts all came in. Do you want me to go ahead and set it up as I have time this week, or do you want to wait until the weekend so that you and Wally can help me out?" I thought for a moment and replied "how about this weekend? It will have to be after 9:00 on both days due to my weekend morning broadcasts." He said "no problem and that makes sense. If you two have questions about the setup, changing CO2 or anything we can cover it together."
I asked Alex "what are you up to today?" He replied "not too much. It's quiet around here and I'm actually kind of bored." I said "missing your man?" He said "yeah, I am. We've texted each other plenty of times and we talked on the phone last night. It's just not the same having him here in the area." I smiled and said "you two will be together one week tomorrow, and you'll bring him back to all of us." Alex immediately cheered up, giggled and said "yes, I will be doing that won't I?"
I said "how about this idea? Give me another 30 minutes to finish up my workout and I'll head back to the condo. I'll grab a shower and then you and I will head to the market to get some fixings for dinner and we'll cook for the three of us?" Alex smiled and said "that sounds very nice CJ, thank you. In the meantime, do you care if I go into your condo and install the dimmer switch on the patio? I can also look at Amazon for some dartboards for you if you want?" I laughed and said "you go to it Alex; I appreciate all your help." He said "okay, I'll see you soon at your place."
I went back to the condo and took a shower. Alex had the dimmer switch installed and called me into the office. He said "I hope you don't mind that I used your laptop?" I replied "not at all. What did you find on Amazon?" He said "what do you think about this model? It comes with a case which will look good on your patio. There are four sets of darts with it and it's half-off for the 4th of July specials." I said "sold! Let me get my credit card for you and go ahead and place the order." He replied "cool CJ, I'm on it."
I texted Wally and asked him if he wanted anything special for dinner? He texted back "how about you on a platter?" I laughed my ass off and he texted back saying "how about keeping it simple? Burgers, salad and anything else you find?" I texted back "sounds great dear, see you when you get here. Love you!"
Alex came out to the kitchen and said "the order is made and I shipped it to my place so you will not have to worry about it." I said `cool. How does a burger sound to you?" He said "sounds good. Are you ready to head out?" I nodded yes and we headed for the jeep.
We got some hamburger, cheese, fixings for the burgers, tossed salad and baked beans. I turned to Alex and said "do you remember if there was beer in the refrigerator?" He said "yes there is unless you and Wally had some last night?" I said "nope, so we should be set there. Let's check out and head back to the condo."
We went up to the condo and got the groceries put away. I opened the beans and put them in a casserole bowl. I added some ingredients that UD always used in his baked bean recipe. I topped it off with several strips of uncooked bacon and placed the entire dish in the oven to bake. Alex got to work on the salad and placed it in the refrigerator for chilling. I made up some hamburger patties and set those in the refrigerator as well. I pulled out two beers and said "patio and beer time you handsome devil?" He giggled and said "sounds good CJ. I'll show you the dimmer switch." We opened the sliding glass door and I pressed the dimmer switch. All of the fans and lights came on. I adjusted to full intensity and then changed in to low intensity. I said "wonderful Alex, we can control the lights without pulling chains now. I appreciate this. He said "no problem, CJ! It kept me busy for a whole ten minutes."
We sat down, and I turned the TV on to CNN. I took a drink of my beer and said "did I help cheer you up today?" Alex smiled and replied "yes you did. I was just feeling sorry for myself and you reminded me that tomorrow I only have one more week to wait. I cannot believe how I feel for Ronny and have you to thank for introducing us." I said "it has been my pleasure to get you two together. Are you going to be okay once he, myself and Wally are into regular routines at work?" Alex said "yes, I will be fine as I know we're all in the area and together for each other. I'll have my work as well. Today just hit me hard and I felt very lonely. I don't ever want to feel lonely in my life again." I held up my beer bottle and said "cheers to that Alex, you will never feel lonely again -- trust me." We both took a drink and continued our conversation.
About an hour later, Wally walked in and stuck his head out to the patio at us. He said "howdy gents. Let me get a shower and I'll join you. Alex, are you free balling for me?" Alex busted out laughing and said "not yet you big stud, but I'll prepare myself for you while you're in the shower." Wally said "good man! Can I get you two another beer before I hit the shower?" We both took Wally up on his offer and he returned with two beers for us. Alex removed his underwear and placed it under the tv remote for Wally to see. I cracked up and said "you two kill me!"
Wally got done in the shower and grabbed a beer for himself. He came out on the patio and saw the pair of underwear on the coffee table. He just smiled and said to Alex "feel better stud?" Alex giggled and said "yes much better." After I finished my beer I got up and turned the grill on. I went into the kitchen, checked on the beans and pulled the hamburger patties out for seasoning. Alex came into the kitchen and Wally trailed after him." They both asked "what do you need help with?" I said "one of you can get plates and silverware together along with a pitcher of ice water and glasses for each of us. We can start taking the hamburger buns and fixings out to the table. Which one of you wants to cook the burgers?" Wally said "let me cook them today." He grabbed the plate and a spatula and headed for the grill. Alex continued making trips to and from the kitchen. He soon had everything set up and said to me "the only thing left is to bring out the beans." I said "okay, I've got them." I reached into the oven, pulled out the dish, shut the oven off and headed to the patio table. I met Alex in the living room and he said "I'm going to get us each another beer."
Dinner was great, and I told Wally and Alex about my remote broadcasts next week. Alex said "do you want us at either one? I said "sure if you want to be. Monday is at the beach for Beach Fest and Tuesday is at the pier for the July 4th celebration downtown. I'll be doing all the morning and noon shows live at each location."
Between the food, beer, my workout and the pounding I took yesterday, I was starting to ware out on Wally and Alex. I looked at both of them and said "guys I am so sorry, but I'm afraid I'm going to fade out shortly on you both. I think my two days this week along with my workout today is catching up with me. The good food and beer are kicking in as well, and I'm feeling tired. Do you mind if I call it an evening? You two can carry on without me." Alex said "you go ahead and go lay down CJ. I'll clean up here and keep your studly man entertained." Wally said "CJ, please go lay down if you feel like it. I'll be in later on with you. I love you babe." I got up and gave Wally a kiss and said "love you more and you were right about my subtle message to you on air this morning." He grinned and Alex said "what joke did I just miss?" Wally said "tell you later Alex."
I went into the kitchen and set up the coffee maker for the morning brew. Next, I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I planned my wardrobe, and then crashed into the bed. I think I was asleep within 15 minutes.
Wally and Alex stayed up and watched some television together. Wally told Alex about the joke he missed, and Alex shared how he was feeling earlier today and how I cheered him up. He also informed Wally that I wanted all three of us to set up the kegerator over the weekend so that we were all in the know on the operations of it. Wally smiled and said "sounds great Alex. I have never installed one, so I appreciate your knowledge you can share on the apparatus."
Wally continued on and said "we have got to keep our influencer going the next couple of weeks as he is facing a tough schedule." Alex said "we will Wally, don't you worry. I hope Bailey's interview goes well tomorrow and he hires the candidate. In addition, I hope they can start as early as possible to give CJ some relief." Wally smiled at Alex and said "I do as well Alex. Until then, let's continue to watch CJ and pamper him as much as we can." Alex smiled, giggled and said "will do chief. We can't let our leader of the circle of influence fall down on us!
Wally and Alex had a couple more beers together and watched a movie on Netflix. I did not hear a thing, and slept the night away in a deep slumber.