Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:12:01 -0500 From: Mark Arsenault Subject: I Woke Up 103 I Woke Up 103 by M.P. Arsent Copyright to this story remain strictly that of the author. No other publication or use of this story is allowed without the consent of the author. This story contains male on male sexual content both implied and explicit. If this offends you please do not continue. All characters and implied situations are strictly those of the author and are not based on any real life events or characters. If you are under 18 years of age please exit this story now. I welcome all responses to my stories. Please make sure that you list the name of the story in the email line. If your email is to alert me of misspelled words or improper punctuation or grammar save your time because it will be deleted. I hope you enjoy my vivid imagination. Please let me know what you think at mparsent@gmail.com and don't forget to donate to Nifty as they do an amazing job. Sunday morning and jogging had been taken care of. I was in my room to start reviewing for the tests on Thursday and Friday. We had decided again to wait until Saturday morning to head home as Christmas was once again in the middle of the week. Noontime came and Karl and I went to down to the cafeteria for our lunch and then a brief walk around campus. It was rather quiet today as it seemed most were in studying for thier midterms. After a while we both headed back to our rooms for more studying. Supper time rolled around and we headed off campus and once again to the steakhouse. We had an excellent dinner and no problems. A quick stop at the mall and the toy store for a couple of more things into the bin for the kids and we were back on campus. We had our goodnight kiss and later our texts were exchanged. Monday morning and our jogging had been done and breakfast eaten and it was off to classes. Mr McEmbers went into a lengthly and very comprehensive review. It gave a pretty good indication of what the test would encompass. He ended the class by telling us there would be no class on Wenesday so we could prepare for our Thursday exams. Mrs Flarety did much the same thing as did Mr Andrews. I was done for the day. I headed over to the gym and did my general workout and had a bit of a swim and then my time in the whirlpool. I headed back to the dorm and ran into Gordon who was looking pretty down in the dumps. "Gordon, how goes it?" "I haven't heard anything from home Dennis. Looks like I'll be spending my Chritmas with Aiden and his mom." "Don't give up yet Gordon. Anything can happen in the course of the week." "You don't know my father Dennis. Once dad has made up his mind about something you might as well carve it in stone." "Well if your dad doesn't come to his senses, it will be his loss. You're a good guy Gordon,so is Aiden for my money. If yor dad can't see it, well that's his problem. You do what you think is right. If that's staying with Aiden then so be it. That's the best advice I can give you." "Thanks Dennis. I think that's good advice." "So do I." Aiden had joined us. "Just the two of you take things easy. Things will work out in the end I'm sure." "Hope to hell you're right Den." "Go get some work done and I'll see you two in the morning." I headed into my room and cracked the books until Karl showed up for supper. "A quick run to the mall and supper at the Aisian buffet and a stop at the toy store?" "Sounds like a plan to me." We were down to my car which was quickly checked over and then out to the mall. Finding a place to park took us some time this close to Christmas, but we managed. We hit the toy store first and I found a few more things that went into the bin and then we were out to the buffet. As usual it was good food and hot. Soon enough we were back to campus and our nightly kiss had been shared and the evening texts were exchanged. Tuesday morning jogging and breakfast and I was off to macro economics. Again an extensive review and a good luck on the exam. I killed the time in between classes with a little lunch and finally it was off to Historical Effects. A general discussion was held rather than a full course review as such and we were dimissed with good wishes for the exam and a happy holiday season. Karl still had one more class to deal with so I made a quick trip to the mall and picked up a couple of things for people and then once more into the toy store. The cashier looked at me as if to say 'what your again?' but nothing was said. I dropped my things in the bin and made my way back to the car and then to campus. Karl was just coming across the quad when I was headed inside. "Been to the toy store again?" "Yeah and I think they are starting to recognize me." "Hell I wouldn't be surprised. You've been there most days in the last week." "True enough but I don't think any alarms have been tripped so at least the kids get to be happy. Cafeteria?" "Yeah I think so as long as we're here." We went inside and got ourselves some food and were soon joined by Pete and Gordon and Aiden. It was pretty plain to see that Gordon was still down in the dumps. "Still no word I take it?" "Not a peep. How the hell can he turn me away so easily!" Aiden quickly had his arms around Gordon and to hell with what anybody thought. "I don't have an answer for you Gordon. I'm not even sure there is a good one. Likely it is the way he was raised. Do you know either set of grandparents?" "No they died before I was born, or at least that's what I was told." "Well I know this sounds like corny advice, but take a deep breath and worry about it after the exams. Get through those first." "Guess you're right on that Den." Supper was shortly finished and Karl and I went for our walk. "Those two ain't gonna have an easy time of it are they?" "No they aren't. I wish everybody had as accepting parents as us." "If everybody did I bet it would be a hell of a different world." "Probably." We eventually had our goodnight kiss and later exchanged our nightly texts. Wenesday morning and the usual routine through breakfast. I had the complete day off to study. I did a quick review for the two tests that I would have tomorrow and it was lunchtime. Karl had all of his classes today so I was on my own. I walked over to the student uninon for a change and grabbed lunch there. I left the union and there didn't seem to be much going on around the campus, so I decided to hit the gym to work off some of the excess energy. The place was basically deserted. I hit the weight room and did my regular workout and them hit the pool for a dozen or so laps and then the whirlpool for a few minutes. I showered up and then headed back to the dorm. I recalled that I had never been one for "cramming" for exams. It was better to go into them relaxed, well at least for me. Karl and I had our supper and our walk, along with our goodnight kiss. It was back to my room and another quick skim of things before our texts were exchanged and I was soon crashed out. Thursday morning and the jogging to get the blood pumping, showered and fed and then it was off to my first midterm. The Macro Economics test was basically a multiple guess test of things that had been covered in class. Nothing that I couldn't handle. I finished that with time to spare, and now I had the better part of two hours to kill before I went to Historical Effects. I went outside and got some fresh air. There were a few other people wandereing around but nobody that I knew to talk to. I grabbed a light lunch and then headed over to my next exam. The first part of the test was basically cause and effect questions,historical in nature. The second part was an essay question and basically called for an opinion. Given such and such a headline,and based on historical precendence, what did we think the likely effect would be on business in general? With only 45 minutes left to go in the class I didn't think I had enough time to do that justice, but I dug into it and I had just finished when time was called. I again had time to kill before Karl would be free. Even so I headed back towards the dorm and went to my room to do a quick review for tomorrows tests. Soon enough Karl showed up. "How was it?" "I think I did pretty good lover." "Me too Karl. Food court and toy store?" "Geez Den don't you think you've done enough of the toys already?" "Is it really ever enough love?" "I suppose not, but you've sure as hell done your fair share and half of somebody elses." "Fine, then what for supper?" "The cafeteria works for me love." So it was downstairs and a quick supper. We had our walk and our kiss and then it was back to the books for another couple of hours. Pete finally showed up and he looked beat. "Things that bad Pete?" "Not really Den. Just helping Suz cram. I'm ready to crash." "Don't let me stop you." I only had to wait for Karls text,which was right on time and I was out for the night. Friday morning and the usual routine and then off to my final 3 tests. Intro to business was simply a definition or identification of terms used in business and was quickly taken care of. Ethics was a situational test. Given such and such information, what was the ethical thing to do? It too was fairly quickly disposed of. The Accounting test I knew was going to be the toughest for me. It was pass or fail. We were given the facts and figures of a business and told to generate a balance sheet. In order to pass you had to come up with the same answer as Mr Andrews. I finished it with time to spare and when I passed it in to Mr Andrews he only looked at the bottom line and nodded. That was one test that I knew I had passed for sure. I headed back to the dorm and started loading things that I wanted to take home with me tomorrow. I was on my way back inside to wait for Karl to finish his last exam when a limo pulled into the parking lot. As I walked by I heard a window go down. "Mr Sawyer a moment please."