I laughed at Eli as we took our seats on the plane. He looked like a little kid at Christmas waiting to open his presents.
I said, “don’t get your hopes up Eli, I am just going to explore my options. I spent the first ten years of my life in that damn brewery, I had no desire to run it then, and I still have no desire to run it.”
He said, “but I have been doing some more research. Malloy has a pretty cool history, your grandpa and Frank Patefield developed a recipe while working at another brewery. When that brewery wouldn’t let them make it, they started their own brewery.”
I nodded, “yeah, I know all of that. When Frank and dad died, grandpa and Frank’s son, Scott, were left as partners. They didn’t get along and they split up. Scott’s new brewery is doing much better than mine.”
Eli said, “yeah, because of marketing, that’s where I come in. Your beer is better, Scott has just marketed his brand better.”
I sighed, “Eli, I have a job that I like, I think I will ask Scott if he wants to buy the brewery. Even if he doesn’t want the building and equipment, I’m sure he will want to buy the original recipe.”
He said, “yeah, yeah. But you can’t tell me that a little part of you doesn’t want to try something new and take a big risk.”
I shrugged, “maybe a little bit, but I have no idea how to make beer.”
He asked, “how many employees are still at the brewery?”
I said, “I’m not sure, the lawyer just told me they were limping along until I decide what I want to do.”
Eli smiled, “well, we can just talk to the guy running the place now, I’m sure he can teach you how to make beer.”
As the plane took off, I said, “maybe, I’m meeting the lawyer tomorrow morning, he is going to take me to brewery so I can look it over.”
I chuckled to myself, Eli was far more excited about this trip than I am. We will be landing in Atlanta at 1 o’clock and are going to spend the rest of the day with my mom. Mom wanted to take us out for dinner, and we would spend the night at her place. We would make the almost 3 hour trip up I-20 to Waynesboro in the morning.
We arrived right on time and after we grabbed our luggage and got our rental car, we headed to mom’s condo.
She opened the door and greeted me with a hug. I said, “hey mom, you remember Eli?”
She gave Eli a hug, “of course I do, you two have always made the cutest couple.”
I sighed, “mom, how many times do I have to tell you, Eli and I aren’t a couple. We are best friends, and we live together, but that’s it.”
She waved her hand, “oh please, you can’t tell me that you two haven’t… well… you know.”
Eli laughed, “oh hell yeah we have, lots of times.”
I rolled my eyes, “Eli, you’re not helping.”
Mom said, “it doesn’t matter, it’s just good to see you again, Eli.”
Eli said, “it’s nice to see you again too, Mrs. Malloy.”
Mom said, “for the last time Eli, call me Kristi.”
He smiled, “sorry Kristi.”
We talked for the rest of the afternoon, and mom informed me that she had started seeing a guy. She had dated when I was still living at home, but they never seemed to be serious. Maybe that is where I get my dating habits from. She told me that they had been seeing each other for almost a year.
I smiled, “oh really, maybe you don’t want us to stay here tonight, in case you want to have your friend stay over.”
She said, “oh Caleb, don’t be crude.”
I laughed, “so you can tease me about my sex life, but I can’t ask you about yours. Am I finally going to get a little brother?”
Mom shook her head, “you two go get ready to go to dinner, I made the reservations for 7. John will be meeting us at the restaurant.”
I grinned, “so I get to meet my new daddy tonight, that’s awesome.”
She gave me that look that only moms can give and said, “I’m leaving in a half hour, be ready or I will leave without you.”
Eli and I were still laughing as we got ready for our night out. We were going to my favorite restaurant, mom and I would always go there whenever I was in town.
We arrived and were seated right away, a few minutes later, mom waved at a man as he walked in our direction. He gave mom a kiss on the cheek and mom said, “John, this is my son Caleb and his friend Eli. Caleb, Eli, this is John Gibbs.”
We all shook hands, and I decided to play nice and to not embarrass mom, at least not yet.
Eli and I told John about our jobs, I filled him and mom in on what was going on with grandpa’s estate.
She asked, “so what are you going to do with the brewery Caleb?”
I shrugged, “I’m not sure yet, probably try to sell it. I’m not sure what it’s worth though, I guess the lawyer can tell me that.”
Eli jumped in, “or we might keep it and try to get it back up to speed and put that Patefield brewery out of business.”
I shook my head, “I’m probably going to sell.”
John said, “I always liked Malloy Beer, I haven’t seen it in Atlanta for a long time.”
Eli said, “see, an untapped market, if we can get it distributed in Atlanta, then we can…”
I interrupted, “we’ll see after we talk to Tom Henderson tomorrow, Eli.”
John smiled as he asked, “so, how long have you two been together?"
Before Eli could answer, I said, “we aren’t together, we’re just friends.”
Mom leaned toward John, “they are just friends with benefits.”
I said, “mother!”
John chuckled, “whatever works for you guys.”
I changed the subject, and the rest of the evening went well. John was a nice guy, and he seemed to make mom happy, so I was happy for her. John gave her another kiss on the cheek as he said good night and left for his home, we headed back to mom’s condo.
I said, “you could have invited him back to your place if you wanted mom. You don’t have to act any different just because I’m here.”
She rolled her eyes, “I’m not acting any differently, John and I each have our own homes.”
I chuckled, “so he has never stayed over?”
She sighed, “Caleb, just mind you own business, and I never said that we haven’t stayed at each other’s places.”
I grinned, “good for you mom, John seems like a great guy.”
We finished our drive mostly in silence and we were soon back at mom’s condo. We all started to get ready to head to bed, I wanted to get an early start in the morning.
Mom said, “I only have the one spare bedroom. I’ll get some blankets for the couch for Eli, or do you guys want to stop pretending and share a bed?”
I rolled my eyes, “we can share a bed, mom.”
Eli stepped beside and put arm around my shoulder and purred, “oh yeah.”
I pushed his arm away, “you are still not helping.”
Mom laughed, “relax Caleb, you’re an adult.” She put her hand on her mouth and laughed a little harder. She said, “I remember the last time you shared a bed with a boy. You know, the guy you brought home with you from Georgia Tech. What was his name? Travis, Trever, yes that’s it, Trever Harris. He was a cutie.”
I felt my face turn red, “mom, that’s enough.”
Eli said, “oh no it’s not, I want to hear more about Trever. Come on Kristi, spill it.”
She said, “that was the weekend that Caleb came out to me. Of course, I had figured it out from the sounds that were coming from his bedroom.”
I held my hands up, “that is enough, we don’t need to rehash this. Come on Eli, let’s go to bed.”
Mom smiled, “good night boys, pleasant dreams.”
I pushed Eli down the hall and said over my shoulder, “night, mom.”
Eli was of course resisting, he said, “but wait, I want to hear more about Trever, please Kristi, tell me more.”
I closed the door as we stepped into the bedroom, “stop asking questions, just get ready for bed, we are leaving early tomorrow.”
Eli and I stripped down to our underwear and I crawled into bed. I was trying to get to sleep before Eli asked any more questions. I was unsuccessful.
He climbed in beside me and said, “so, tell me about Trever.”
I sighed, “there isn’t much to tell, now go to sleep.”
He elbowed me and said, “oh no you don’t. Now spill it.”
I said, “I met him in college, I kind of had a crush on him. I didn’t even know if he was gay, but we had a long weekend and his parents were going out of town, so I invited him to come home with me.”
Eli leaned up on his elbow, “ok, you didn’t know he was gay, but that was the weekend that you came to your mom? There is definitely more to the story than that.”
I took a deep breath, “fine, I hadn’t told anyone that I was gay yet. Not my mom, or any of my friends at school. Trever was really hot, he had red hair and beautiful green eyes. He was about 6’ and looked like he had a jock bod. I was infatuated with him, and we became friends very quickly. He never said he was gay, but I never saw him with a girl, so I was hoping.”
Eli said, “you were hoping, and he was?”
I asked, “do you really want to hear this?”
He asked, “is this a how I lost my virginity story?”
I sighed, “yes.”
He grinned, “then I absolutely want to hear it.”
I asked, “everything?”
He nodded, “every detail.”
I shrugged, I knew he was not going to let me get any sleep unless I told him the story, so I said, “ok, here it is.”
I met Trever a few weeks after we both moved into the same dorm. He had a room a couple of doors down from me. There was a group of about 6 to 8 of us that became good friends. As we started to hang out, most of the other guys found girlfriends. Trever and I were the only ones that didn’t. I had only admitted to myself that I was gay during my last year of high school, but I wasn’t ready to come out yet, so I hadn’t told anyone. Trever had never said he was straight, nor did he say that he was gay. I knew I found him attractive, but I wasn’t going to make a move until I knew for sure that he was gay. So, anyway, we got to fall break time. It was a three-day weekend, and we were supposed to leave the dorm, they were going to do some maintenance or something. Trever told me his parents were out of town for the weekend, so I invited him to come home with me. I was both excited and nervous as hell as we drove home. I really wanted to feel him out to see if he liked me as much as I liked him. I started to come out to him at least five times on the drive home but never did.
Mom was still living in the two-bedroom apartment that we moved into when she and dad divorced. So just like tonight, mom offered the couch to Trever, but he said he didn’t mind sharing my bed, if I was ok with it. Of course I was fine with that, and my nerves only multiplied as we got undressed for bed. Once we were in our underwear, I got my first good look at Trever’s body, I had never even seen him shirtless before. He was just as hot as I had fantasized in every one of my dreams. That red hair, green eyed beauty had the sexiest body I had ever seen. Not that I had seen a lot of real guys undressed before. His muscular chest and wash-board abs were better than any Abercrombie and Fitch model I had ever seen. His torso and legs were completely hairless, except for a few hairs that led from his outie belly button to the top of red CK boxer briefs. I suddenly panicked when my cock started to stir, so I quickly looked away and crawled under the covers. Trever took his spot on the other side of bed and said, “thanks for inviting me to stay with you this weekend.”
I nodded, “you are more than welcome, sorry you don’t have a bed of your own.”
He smiled, “that’s ok, I really don’t mind. In fact, I was kind of looking forward to sharing your bed.”
My mind raced, what did that mean? I had been looking for the right time to let Trever that I was gay, maybe this was my chance.
I took a deep breath, I said, “I was a little nervous about it, to be honest.”
He asked, “nervous? Why?”
I decided to just put it all out in the open and see what happens. I said, “because I think I might want to be more than friends with you.”
Trever paused as he stared at me and my guts were doing backflips. He finally said, “I might like that.”
I looked into his eyes and asked, “really?”
He nodded, “yeah, I think so.”
I swallowed hard, “what do we do now?”
He shrugged, “I’ve never done anything like this before, so I’m not sure either.”
I moved closer to him and said, “should we try a kiss?”
He swallowed hard and just nodded.
As soon as our lips met, our instincts took over. We both reached for each other’s hard cocks and stroked them through our underwear. As soon as Trever slipped his hand under the waistband of mine, I nearly shot my load. He was the first person to ever touch my dick, besides me of course. When I grabbed his cock, I knew I had to see it. It felt thicker and longer than mine, not to mention I had never seen another cock fully erect, other than in porn. I pulled the covers back and we both removed our underwear. My mouth began to water when I saw his dick, not only was it the first real cock that I had gotten a close look at, but it was also uncut. I sat there mesmerized as my stroking caused the foreskin to move back and forth over the bright pink head. As soon as I saw that drop of precum form, I knew I had to taste it. I leaned down and ran my tongue across the piss slit and my taste buds began to dance. I had to have more, I opened my mouth and sucked Trever in as far as I could without gagging. Trever began to moan as I sucked him like a newborn calf. He pulled my legs around and he was soon returning the favor. We continued to please each other until we were both close to cuming. Trever released my cock and panted, “can I fuck you?”
I was too far gone to refuse, I quickly grabbed the lotion that I used to jack off with, out of my nightstand. Trever coated my ass and his dick as I rolled onto my back and pulled my legs in the air. Trever positioned himself and slowly started to push. I grabbed his thighs as the pain hit me, causing him to pause, he asked, “are you ok?” I took a deep breath, “yes, just go slow.” He locked his eyes on mine, waiting for me to signal him it was ok to proceed. I took another deep breath, and he made it past the first ring of muscle. The pain subsided and pleasure took over. I felt Trever’s nuts against my ass cheeks, and I was hit with another amazing round of pleasure. Trever paused, “are you still, ok?” I nodded again, “oh yes, you just hit something that feels really good, do it again please.” He sped up his strokes and a few minutes later, we were both spilling our seed, his inside me and mine all over my stomach, He collapsed on top of me, we stayed like that for a few minutes, trying to catch our breath.
I looked over at Eli just in time to see him cuming all over his stomach. I had been so lost in telling him my story that I didn’t notice he had pushed his underwear down to his knees and was stroking his cock.
He opened his eyes to see me staring at him, I said, “dude, really?”
He grinned, “sorry, but that was so hot, I couldn’t resist.”
I shook my head, “you really need to find a boyfriend.”
He laughed as he got up to find a towel to clean himself up. He pulled his underwear back on and got back into bed.
He asked, “so, what happened after your first night together?”
I said, “well, the next morning while Trever was taking a shower, mom asked me if I wanted to tell her anything.”
Eli laughed, “she heard you going at it?”
I nodded, “oh yeah. We were busted. I told her I was gay, she told me still loved me. I was just glad she talked to me while Trever wasn’t there, I’m sure he would have been mortified that mom knew what we did.”
He asked, “so, you didn’t tell him your mom knew?”
I shook my head, “no, I did tell him that I came out to my mom, but not that she heard us.”
Eli asked, “so did you two date after that?”
I chuckled, “nope, we talked about it on the drive back to campus, but Trever made me promise not to tell anyone about us. He didn’t think he was ready to tell anyone. It was such a relief when I came out to mom, so, as soon as my roommate got back to the dorm, I came out to him too. He was cool about it and we both let each other have the room whenever we had friends over. I started to date Cory a short time later.”
Eli laughed, “oh yeah, you told me about Cory, little dick, tight ass.”
I chuckled, “yep, that’s him.”
He asked, ‘so, the rest of your friends were ok with you being gay?”
I nodded, “most of them, the few that weren’t didn’t bother me too much. I figured they weren’t really my friends if they couldn’t accept me for who I am.”
He nodded, “that’s true. So, did Trever ever come out?”
I shook my head, “not that I know of. I have never told anyone about what we did either, that is until now. You and mom are the only ones that know about me and Trever. We still hung out with our friends, but Trever and I never spent any time alone after that weekend. I think he was afraid of what everyone would think if he was hanging out with a gay guy.”
Eli said, “sounds like a real closet case.”
I chuckled, “yeah, I guess, but I will forever remember my first time.”
We sat in silence for a few minutes, I said, “we better get some sleep, I want to get an early start in the morning.”
Mom had a big breakfast ready for us when we woke up the next morning. We loaded our bags back into the rental car and were soon on our way to Waynesboro. We pulled up to Tom Henderson’s office in plenty of time for our 10:00 appointment. We told the receptionist that we were here to see Tom and she led us to a conference room and offered us a cup of coffee. A couple of minutes later, Tom walked in, and we shook hands as I introduced Eli.
Henderson said, “thank you for coming out, Caleb. We can go over everything here this morning, then I have made arrangements to have lunch brought in. After we eat, I’ll take you to the brewery and I have your grandfather’s house ready for you stay in, while you are in town.”
I said, “thanks Tom.”
He said, “first of all, let me give you all that I know about the brewery. There are five employees still working there, led by Hal Jenkins, I will introduce you to him this afternoon. From what he has told me, they have one line running. That has been enough to meet what sales the company has, of course there really isn’t anyone out there trying to get more sales. I figured you could talk with Hal, and he could tell you if he thinks there is a market for your beer. After your talk with him, you can then decide if you want to keep the brewery.”
I asked, “do you think anyone would be interested in buying the company?”
He nodded, “I assumed that would be your first question, I am sure you could find a buyer. I have had the business appraised, here is the appraisal report.” He slid a paper in front of me.
Tom continued, “if you decide you want to sell, you have a few options. You can try to sell it as an operating business, but I’m sure any potential buyer would probably have to have cash. Not too many banks would be willing to loan any money after seeing the brewery’s books and to be honest, the brewery does need a little work.”
He handed me a few more pieces of paper, one with the brewery’s balance sheet, a profit and loss sheet and the last bank statement. I scanned them quickly and asked, “what other options do I have if I want to sell?”
He said, “you could shut done production then list all the equipment for sale, although it sounds like the equipment might need some work too. Then you could sell the building and property. Of course, the most valuable asset might be the rights to recipes for your beer. All those values are listed on the appraisal”
I asked, “do you think there are any buyers for the recipes?”
Tom shrugged, “I’m not sure, but I would think that Scott Patefield would be interested.”
I nodded, “yeah, I thought about him too. Although, I’m sure grandpa would roll over in his grave if I sold the recipe to him.”
Tom chuckled, “yeah, I was thinking the same thing, those two did not get along very well.”
We talked more about the financial shape of the brewery and my grandpa in general. He answered a lot of questions about what I would need to do if I were to decide to keep the brewery running or sell it. It was a lot of information, and there was no way I was going to be able to make a decision today.
We ate a quick lunch and Tom said, “well, now that I have you sufficiently overwhelmed with information, why don’t we take a drive out to the brewery so I can introduce you to Hal.”
I sighed, “why not, it can only confuse me more.”
To be Continued…
