This part is not a continuation of Dan, The Man. It's rather a what-if scenerio. It's more of a real-life situation. Ro and Dan are still alive in real life. Just keep that in mind when you read this section-it will help you avoid confusion. This is a work of fiction (as the rest of the series is). Any similarities to real life is strictly coincidental. Please note that if you are under 18 (or 21 in some areas), don't read on. If you are offended by two gay college buds falling in love, then don't read on either.

And Now....

Dan, The Man - The Epilogue
"Getting Dan, The Man"

By Joey E

Well, it's been about eight or nine months since I last posted a story about Dan. The reason I stopped writing it was because I needed to get him out of my head so I could face him every day at school. Now, however, after not seeing him the entire second semester of the 99-00 school year, I know I will see him at commencement today.

Still living with Ro, Kev, and Tim (a roommate not mentioned too much in the series), I get dressed for the occasion. Ro, my roommate, is also graduating. And for those of you who must know, yes, Ro was a freshman when I moved on campus while I was a junior. It took him four years what it took me 6 years to do. But, anyway, I'm looking forward to this day very much, and am anxious to get it started.

"Joe, relax, man!" Ro, said, coming into the bedroom.

"I'm as relaxed as I can be," I said, pacing around the bedroom, trying to tie my tie.

"When do you have to be over there?" he asked me, watching me pace, seemingly amused.

"9:30, I think," I answered.

"Yeah, that sounds right. Are you gonna drive?"

"Nah, I'm gonna walk. No parking probably anyway," I answered.

"Cool. Well, it's 9:20 now, do you want to go?"

"Sure," I said, grabbing my cap and gown. I wasn't going to walk across campus with it on. I had a pair of black dockers on and a white shirt with my favorite saxophone tie. (A tie with the picture of a sax on it. It's cool, trust me).

We left the apartment, knowing that it was our big day. Both of our parents were going to be there as well as some other family and friends. I was just so excited and happy. At the same time, it was sad, leaving something that was so much part of your life for six years. But my sadness was overcome by my happiness.

I got to the place where my class was going to meet. I saw some very familiar faces, people I haven't seen since last year because they graduated in December. But since the school doesn't have one in December, they have to participate in the Spring.

Dan, the Man, was one of them.

I said Hi to some of my friends that were there already. Finally, I heard a voice from behind me say, "Well, if it isn't Joe, The Man!"

I turned right around and saw the most gorgeous, beautiful face in the world.  Brown curly hair, bright blue eyes, a goatee, about 5'9", and all smiles.

"Dan!" I yelled as I smiled at him. God, his blue eyes....I could've died and gone to heaven.

He grabbed my hand, and I shook it extra-firmly. "Dan, man, how have you been?" I asked him.

"Pretty good, dude, pretty good," he said, smiling very broadly at me. "Well, are you ready for today?"

"I've been here for six years. I think I'm ready!"

He laughed and said, "Cool, man. Who you sitting with today?"

"No one in particular," I said, hoping he'd invite me to sit next to him.

"Well, I'd love to sit next to you and we can talk during the boring parts," he said, smiling.

I had attended three previous commencement ceremonies and knew what he was talking about.

"Cool, sounds good to me!" I answered, smiling back at him.

"Awesome, Joe. Well, it looks like we're getting ready to go," he said, motioning to the people lining up.

We got in our places, marched in, and it was a long procession.  Rimsky-Korsakoff's Procession of the Nobles from the concert band was playing. It was so awesome, knowing that I was done! I was done! And Dan was sitting next to me, which made it all so much better. I had forgotten how much fun it was to hang out with him. After all, his personality is what I loved about him the best. His looks weren't bad either, but his personality was great!

About a quarter way through, I felt Dan's leg against mine. I looked at him after I didn't feel him move it out of the way. Suddenly, this feeling came over me. I was scared, and yet intrigued. I didn't know what the hell was going on. I looked over at him, he was looking at me. I grinned at him, not knowing what to expect. He grinned back. He leaned over and whispered in my ear.

"Joe," he whispered. "I read the story."

I jumped up when I heard him say that. I could feel my face turning bright red. I felt his leg brush up against mine again, and this time I knew he was trying to give me a hint.

I looked at his face, he was still grinning at me. "Very nice story about me," he whispered.

First of all, I couldn't believe that Dan was pressing his leg up against me. Secondly, I couldn't believe that Dan was gay. Thirdly, I couldn't believe that he had read the story. And lastly, I couldn't believe this was happening all at commencement.

"What?" I asked him, dumbfounded, not sure else what to say.

"Dude, I read your stories..."

"About?" I asked, trying to play dumb.

"About you and I," he answered softly.

"Woah," was all I managed to say.

We both remained silent for a little.

"Wait," I finally whispered. He turned to me and smiled.

"Does this mean, that....that....you are?" I asked, quietly.

Dan said nothing but smiled and nodded his head yes.

I looked at him, and just shook my head, smiling at him, realizing what this could mean.

"Damn, Dan," I said. "We'll have to talk about this later," I said.

"Well, from what you said in your stories, I don't think we'll be talking much later," he said, still smiling as brightly as ever.

"Oh, really?" I asked him.

"Uh huh."

Oh, boy!! What could this mean? That he was attracted to me? Oh, god, I hate to knowing.

"But, let's not talk about that now, man. I just wanted to tell you great story," he said, resting his hand on my leg, looking me straight in the eyes.

I looked at him, sighed softly, and then looked back up front. Graduation was a very big ceremony that usually took place outside if it wasn't raining. Luckily, it was outside this year and there were plenty of people here. Family, friends, graduates, it was awesome and I finally got back into the spirit of graduating, which was good. After the big ceremony, the colleges split up by major and go back to their assigned area so the "diplomas" can be handed out.

"YO JOE!" I heard Ro's voice yell, as I was walked back with Dan to the site of our little ceremony.

Ro came running up from behind and lifted me up high in the air. Dan laughed at the sight. I am sure I had a frightened look on my face at first. But then as Ro kept carrying me as he walked, I relaxed and started laughing.

"Can you believe we made it?" he asked, still carrying me, lifting me up under my arms.

"Yep! We did it!" I answered. Finally he let me down.

"Well, I'll see you after the whole spiel is over. Hey, congratulations, Dan," Ro said, noticing for the first time who I was walking next to. Ro actually had known about the series Dan, The Man and its sequel. He thought it was hilarious that I had actually written an Internet sex story. Ro also knew about my attraction to Dan. He made motions silently that asked, "Did you do him yet?"

I gave him a smile and mouthed, "Maybe."

Ro gave me this surprised look and said, "Go for it, man! I'll see you later!"

Ro left us, and Dan and I continued our walk together. I couldn't let it go on any longer like this.

"Dan, do you like me?" I asked him, flat out.

Dan looked at me in surprise, but then smiled. "If you must know, Joe, yes I do."

"Not as a friend, but as a....a...."

"Yes, Joe, man. It's true. Your story can come true if you would let it, you know," he said softly.

"I don't want all of it to come true, now," I said, knowing I was attacked, and lost my boyfriend in the end in the story.

Dan must've been thinking the same reasons, because he laughed right after I said that.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to die," he said, putting his arm around my shoulder.

I immediately froze up, wondering if this is really what I wanted right now. Why does everything happen all at once in my life? Why can't it just happen one thing at a time? Instead, I'm having the thrill of my life because I'm done with college and I'm having the other thrill of my life because Dan is more or less hitting on me.

"What's wrong, Joe?" he asked, sensing something was wrong. He took his arm off my shoulder.

"Dan, I really like you very much. It's all just happening to fast for me. And with graduation going on at the same time..."

"I know, babe, I know. I'll stop hitting on you until after the ceremonies, how about that?" he asked, laughing.

I could've melted away in his eyes. I absolutely loved his smile. It made me so weak. There was nothing I could do now to stop myself from falling in love with him. Nothing.

For those of you who forget what Dan looked like, let me refresh your memory. 5' 9", about 170lbs, the cutest damn face, brown short hair, and blue eyes that pierced. His brown hair was a little wavy, and the longer it got the wavier it got. It was all cute though. His personality was the thing that most attracted my attention. Oh, sure, he was cute as hell, but his fun-loving, carefree approach was perfect.

They read the names of the graduates at our own little college of communication ceremony as we went up to get our "diplomas" and I saw Dan's eyes following me up the stage. I looked at him at one point, and smiled and winked at him. I couldn't believe it! I was done with college! I was done!!

After the whole thing was over, Dan and I walked over to my parents. I hugged my mom and dad and bro and sis, and introduced Dan to them. We then went over to his parents. (He had no brother, I just made that up). He introduced me to them as well. We split up after that, not after having exchanged each other's phone numbers however. I went off with my friends and he went off with his.

I had to make a quick stop at the college radio station before I left to pick up some things. Dan was in the foyer, talking to some of his friends when he noticed me come in.

"Joe!"

"Hey, Dan!" I said walking up to him, smiling.

"Where you headed?"

"Well, I'm just making a quick stop to the station. Wanna come in?"

"Sure, man." He said good bye to the people he was talking to and followed me into the station. I didn't know what the hell to do now. I could ask him a million different questions right now, but I didn't think it was the time or the place.

"So, are you going to be around here for a while?" he asked.

"Well, I only live 15 minutes away. So, I can be anytime you want me to," I answered.

He grinned. "Well, my old roommates are having a small party tonight before they go home tomorrow and I was wondering if you wanted to drop by."

I agreed immediately and smiled. He gave me directions and told me the time to be there.

"So, I'll see you there, then?" he asked.

"Definitely," I answered.

There was an awkward pause after that.

"Well, then, I better get going," he said, getting ready to leave.

"Dan," I called out, not knowing why.

He turned around to look at me. I froze. I didn't know what else to say.

He came slowly towards me, and wrapped his arms around me, encasing me into a giant, firm hug. He whispered in my ear, "I've always liked you, Joe. More than you'll know."

I sighed as a shiver went down my spine.

"Congratulations," he whispered in my ear. I just held him tighter, not wanting to let him go.

"You too," I said, softly in his ear.

He let go of me, looking into my eyes. His blue eyes were almost hypnotizing.

"We'll talk tonight," he said softly in that deep sexy voice of his.

"Sure," I said, smiling.

He turned around and left. I went about my business in the radio station and left.

I was too in heaven to even worry about Dan at this point, and just went with the flow of celebrating with my family. We went out for a late lunch with Ro's family too and Kevin joined us by this point. It was a fun time.

The time flew by and next thing I knew I was headed out to Dan's old apartment for his party. I knocked on the door that had memories only conjured by me in the story. Dan opened the door surprisingly.

"Joe, the Man!" he said, loudly.

I got a big grin on my face. He pulled me into an embrace. We walked into the apartment together. I saw some people I knew there. None of them knew about me, and that's how I preferred it. I was wondering if it was going to be that way by the end of the night however.

"We got vodka and orange juice , just for you," Dan said, going into the kitchen.

"COOL!" I yelled, following right behind him. After that, I got my drink, made my rounds, talking to various friends at the party. Dan would casually glance over at me and smile, which I would return right away.

As the night went on, I got more wasted (off of three STRONG screwdrivers in one hour). And I sat down to relax on the couch. Dan was there in no time next to me. I felt his leg up against mine, and I pressed it back against his to let him know I felt it.

"Want to go out for a smoke?" he asked me.

"Sure," I answered, getting up. I went to go to the patio.

"No, dude," I heard Dan say. "This way."

I followed him out the front door and we were outside.

"I wanted to be alone with you," He said, sitting on the bench outside in the apartment complex.

"Oh, okay," I said, still smiling. Partially because I was drunk, and partially because I was with the man of my dreams.

I sat down next to him. We looked into each other's eyes.

"So, Joe, that story. Do you really feel those things?"

I shook my head yes. "Dan, you don't know what you do to me when you're around me. How long have you known about me?"

"Well, I was reading stories on Nifty one day, and I come across this one story called Dan, The Man. It took me about five minutes to realize it was about me... and you," he said.

"I hope you don't mind," I said.

"No, I don't. Not really. Funny part is, you wrote me down pretty much the way I am," he said, laughing.

"Really?" I asked, smiling. "Good! I'm glad!"

"It was really weird reading about myself from your prospective. But, I liked it. Mainly because it had to do with you and I."

I grinned.

"Damn, Joe," he said, softly. "You're cute when you do that."

"Do what?" I asked, grinning.

"Smile like that. Makes me want to kiss you," he said, softly.

"So, why don't you?"

"Keep that up and I will."

We looked at each other for a long time, and our heads moved slowly toward one another. We touched our lips together and I shut my eyes. We only touched for about a second, but that was enough to send me to heaven.

I opened my eyes after kissing him. "Damn," was all I could say.

"Yeah," he said, smiling at me. By this time, we were both sitting on the bench, Indian style, facing each other.

"Dan, are you really gay?"

"Yeah, I suppose I am."

"But you had a girlfriend!" I said.

"Yeah, but we broke up before the end of last school year. I was still not sure then," he said.

"What made you make up your mind?"

"Well, it's a long story, but let me tell you something, a person can change in just one year like you wouldn't believe."

"I know, man, I know. So, were you bi before?"

"Yeah, I didn't know what I wanted. It was a hard time trying to accept it, but I had the help of a gay friend back home. He really made it easier to accept. I mean, all those classes we had together, man. I knew I was attracted to you, but I never had the balls to do anything about it."

"But now?" I asked.

"But now, I know that you feel the same way as I do, and I'm here to say, let's try it in real life."

"Really?" I asked, not believing what I just heard.

"Really."

I kissed him lightly on the cheek. I was hard as a rock by this point.

"You want to go inside?" he asked, softly, almost touching my ear.

I nodded my head yes, as we both got up to walk back into the party scene. People were getting drunk as the night went on. I was pretty buzzed myself. Dan, however, looked like he was in complete control of himself.

We went back to one of the bedrooms, which I assume was the room he was stayin' over night.

"My replacement in the apartment went to another party tonight, so he won't be back. That's why I'm sleepin' here tonight," he explained, as he sat down on a bed.

"Cool," I replied. I walked slowly over to the bed where he was sitting, never taking my eyes off of him. I wasn't sure where to start. I was determined to let him make the first move if he wanted to. I wasn't going to.

I sat down next to him, and as soon as my butt hit the bed, his hand hit my thigh. He started rubbing slowly up and down the inside of it, which turned me on like hell. I kept staring into his eyes though, those bright blue eyes of his.

"Does that feel good?" he asked, softly, and huskily.

"Oh yeah," I said, sighing. "Damn it feels good."

"Yeah?" he asked, bringing his hand up to my face, slowly brushing my cheek.

I couldn't breathe much less talk. I shook my head slowly up and down.

"Come here, dude," he said, softly as he put his other hand behind the back of my head, drawing me closer and closer. This was the moment I had fantasized about time and time again. This was the moment that I had written about, but never thought I'd feel.

I gladly wrapped my arms around this man, this cute, handsome stud who I was in love with, and held on to him for dear life. Somehow, we managed to find each other's lips and kiss so passionately, tongues, slipping in and out of each other's mouth, fighting, playing....it was awesome. I was the one who broke the kiss.

"Why did you do that?" he asked, with a hurt look on his face.

"Because I wanted to make sure it was really you man. You don't know how often I would dream about this."

I grabbed the back of his head with my hand and brought his lips to mine again for another kiss. This time, I pushed him back on to the bed. I climbed on top of him, never breaking the lip lock. Almost immediately, I felt his hard cock pressing against mine. I grounded my cock into his, moaning softly, breathing through my nose. His hands were all over my back, moving under my shirt, and feeling my bare skin. He was an awesome kisser, better than I ever expected.

He surprised me when he rolled me over and got on top of me. Though he was about 50lbs heaver than me, I didn't mind at all. It was so hot. I started to take his shirt off, which he gladly continued doing. He took mine off, and soon, our chests and stomachs were against each other, body heat radiating every where. Though he was not the most muscular guy, he had some definition. A light coat of soft hair on his chest, which was fine for me. He seemed to be very pleased with what he saw.

"Aw, Joe. Man, you gotta nice fuckin' chest and stomach. All smooth..." he said quietly, rubbing my pecs.

"Yeah, you like that?" I asked him.

"Aw, yeah, dude..."

He bent down to kiss my neck, licking his way down to my earlobe, which, if a person does it right, can turn me on very much. He licked my earlobe very softly, and made me moan out loud. He licked his way down to my chest then. He licked my right nipple oh so gently, then sucked on it. My body just was in total pleasure. I shivered when I felt his tongue go over my left nipple. He licked his way back up.

I couldn't take much more, so I rolled him over with me on top this time. I kissed him again, letting my hands wander on his chest. Leaving his mouth, I then kissed and licked my way down to his neck and over to his ear. That seemed to set him off good. I enjoyed giving pleasure. It's always been a big turn on to me. And to hear him softly moan and shiver from the pleasure, turned me on more.

"Oh, Joe, aw, man..." he said.

"You like that?" I asked, my mouth against his neck.

"Aw, yeah...."

I continued my way down to his chest, where I teased his nipples with my tongue, flicking them, getting them erect. Then I licked my way down some more, to his stomach. Then, remembering a trick that I used to sort of seduce my old best friend where I used to live, I rubbed the inside of his legs, lightly moving my fingers up and down the inside of his thigh.

"Oh....oh, man..." he moaned.

I grinned and looked up at his face. His eyes were closed and his facial expression was priceless. He looked in absolute ecstacy. I couldn't help myself and I let my hand wander up the leg of his shorts, moving back down, and then moving it back up higher and higher until they were in the legs of his boxers. Then I had to have it.

I couldn't resist and moved my hand up his shorts all the way, and brushed against his balls. He twitched and gasped and looked down at me.

"Oh, man..." he said. I grinned up at him evilly and started to unbutton his cargo shorts. He didn't stop me, though. As I continued to unzip his fly, I was aware of a wet spot of his shorts. I just chuckled a bit when I saw that.

"What?"

"You're getting a little wet down there," I remarked, pointing to his wet spot.

"Oh, I always precum a lot. But you're absolutely driving me wild tonight!" he said, sighing.

"I know..."

I continued to pull down his shorts, and took them off, revealing his boxers, with a gigantic tent in it. His cock was big, in comparison to mine. Mine wasn't all that small, about 6", but his was more like 7".

"Aw, man," I said softly, as I bent down to lick some of his precum that was seeping through the boxers.

He gasped and twitched again as my lips were on his cock, through his boxers of course.

He grabbed me by my arms and forced me back up to him and with his hand behind my head again, he kissed me, hard! However, I wanted to see what was behind those boxers, and I immediately went back down. I took a hold of it with my hand, rubbing it slightly.

"Go ahead, Joe, take it off," he said, softly. I needed no further encouragement. I slipped his boxer shorts off, and his cock was beautiful! I couldn't believe my eyes. It was perfectly straight, hard as a rock, and average thickness. I wrapped my hand around it, stroking it slowly, as I would my own.

"Oh, Joe...oh yeah...." was all I heard from Dan.

I couldn't control myself for long and I ended up leaning over, licking his head, just as a drop of precum came out. I heard Dan gasp as I licked the head of it, swirling my tongue all around his head. All the while, Dan was squirming around, moaning softly. I licked my way down his shaft, down to his balls.

"Oh, yeah, come on baby, lick my balls," he whispered.

I did as he commanded and I licked his balls, getting them nice and wet. I licked my way back up to his shaft and I took his cock finally in my mouth. I slid my mouth up and down on his cock, slowly, trying to take it all the way, but not exactly succeeding. Dan didn't seem to mind. I kept sucking on his cock, going faster and faster. I reached down with my hand gently stroking his balls. I could feel them rising.

"Joe, man, I'm gonna cum."

I stopped what I was doing and asked, "Already??"

"Yeah man, you're awesome at that! Please, don't stop," He said, catching his breath.

I went back to matters and sucked on his cock, sucking harder and faster. I felt his cock expand in my mouth, and I knew the end was near.

"Oh, Joe....aww...fuck man....yeah....I'm gonna cum!" he said, loudly.

I don't know what came over me, but I just kept sucking. I wanted to taste my man's juice. I felt his hand on the back of my head, and it held me down as I felt his first shot hit the back of my throat with such force. I kept my mouth there, not missing a single drop of his load.

"Aw fuck, man..." Dan said, breathing deeply. I climbed up to him and he put his arms around me, and smiled.

"You like that?" I asked him.

"Oh, yeah....I loved it," he said. He kissed me softly on the lips..he got up and said, "But now, it's your turn!"

He put me on the bed....traced my chest with his hands, moving them down to my stomach. I shivered and withered away at his light touch. I felt the warmth from his body. It occurred to me then that my shorts were still on. I reached down to unbutton them, and I felt Dan's hands stop mine.

"Stop, Joe. It's my job," he said, as he pushed my hands out of the way.

"Okay," I said, almost inaudibly. I put my hands behind my head, and just looked up at the ceiling. I felt my shorts come off with my boxers in one motion. I looked down and saw my cock standing upright, with Dan's hand around it. I shuddered at his touch.

"Do you want me to suck it?" he asked, stroking it slowly.

"Oh.....yesss..."I moaned.

He chuckled slightly and lowered his head down to my cock. I wanted it so bad that I raised my butt up in the air to decrease the distance even further between my cock and his mouth. He put one of his hands underneath my ass and lifted me up even higher. I felt him flick the head of my shaft with his tongue. I let a moan escape as I exhaled.

"Aw man, come on...."

He took it in his mouth, and lowered me back down to the bed. I was in heaven. He slowly went up and down on it. I was so turned on by pleasuring him, and now by the pleasure that he was giving me, that I knew it was going to be soon.

"Dan, aw....man....babe......I'm close...." I moaned. He continued to keep on sucking, this time, though he pulled on my balls slightly, rubbing his hand lightly against them. That sent me over the edge.

"I'm.......uh....yeah...I'm gonna....I'm gonna cum," I said, getting louder as the intensity built up.

I moaned as I released the pressure, shooting a load of semen into his mouth. I felt a second, then a third, a fourth, and finally a fifth shot shooting out of my cock, that was now deeply in his mouth. I just grabbed the back of his head and held it down.

Finally, he let go of my cock in his mouth, and licked his lips.

"Not bad," He said, smiling up at me. Still recovering from the biggest load I ever shot in my life, I sighed.

"Dude...aw...man....that was awesome," I said, as he came up next to me.

He smiled at me, and kissed me on the lips. I tasted the slight taste of my own load in his mouth, but didn't care. We kissed passionately and slowly as he held me tightly in this arms.

We laid there for a while, in silence, my back against his chest, as he held me in his arms. I could feel him breathing, feel his warmth radiating from his body. I just felt so good and safe. Just like I had written about 8 months earlier. I couldn't believe how true it was.

"So, did you like how I wrote your character?" I asked Dan, turning over to face him and kiss him on the lips lightly.

"Yeah, I did. It was very true to life, as you wrote yourself as well," he said, smiling at me.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it."

He kissed me on the lips. It was then that I realized that there was still a party going on in the apartment.

"Damn, man! We did all of that and no one bothered us?" I asked him.

He looked over towards the door. "Shit, I totally forgot about that!"

"So did I," I said, giggling. "Do you want to go join them?"

"I guess we better soon. But promise me something," he said.

"What's that?" I asked, smiling up at this face.

"Stay the night?" he asked with a serious expression on his face.

"Dude, I'll stay with you the rest of your life, if you want me to," I said, looking up at his big blue eyes.

He smiled down at me. He took me in his arms, laying back down with me on the bed. "Right now, I'd like that more than anything else in the world," he said, cuddling up next to me.

"Bro, I'd never thought I'd actually hear you say that."

"Well, it's true man!"

"What took us so long?" I asked him.

"I don't know, Joe. But you are Joe, the Man, and I think I'm in love with you, babe."

I wish I could say that we stayed together for the rest of our lives. However, this whole story (hell the whole series) is a fiction. And therefore, any similarities is strictly coincidence. Though it may have been a little hard to take in first, I hope you got the feel for what this addition was. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. Please send any comments to SNJBoy76@aol.com Thanks.