Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joaquin Xavier <the_enlightened_sentinel@yahoo.com>
Subject: Circle of Friends: Episode 2

This is the third of a new series.  The title of the series is Circle of
Friends.

Disclaimer: This story involves sexual situations between consenting mature
adults, and is therefore intended for mature audiences.  No one under the
age of 18 or in an area where such material has been deemed unacceptable
should read any further.  This story is fiction and the characters involved
are not meant to represent the lives of any individuals living or dead.
Any resemblance is coincidental.  This story deals with homosexual
relationships, and expressions of love.  If this offends you, then again,
you should read no further.  Otherwise, enjoy.

Circle of Friends
Episode 2: Classmate.

It had been 3 days since Jon and Mark had taken their friendship to another
level.  It was a good thing that Mark would be gone for a week because Jon
was just starting to recover from the all night sex-a-thon they'd had.
After dropping Mark off at the airport at 9:30 am, Jon went back home and
slept until almost 8 that night.

Steven and Weiss called and left a message about 5:30 in the afternoon to
see if he wanted to do dinner and a movie.  They weren't home when he
returned their call so he just left a message saying thanks, but no thanks.
He was still kinda tired and needed to rest.  He left out the reason why he
was so tired.  In the kitchen he fixed himself a sandwich and something to
drink before heading into his room to lie on his bed and watch television.
It wasn't until after his alarm clock went off the next morning that he
realized he'd fallen asleep, his uneaten sandwich and untouched soda still
on his nightstand where he left them.

He contemplated skipping class today but with exams only a week away he
figured skipping wouldn't be the wisest move he could make.  Forcing
himself out of bed he took a shower, dressed, toasted a bagel, gathered his
things and headed out the door.  It took all of his strength to stay awake
in his first class.  It wasn't because he was still tired, but the
professor was his usual boring, monotone self.  There was always a mad rush
for the door whenever class was over as everyone attempted to get out of
that class as fast as possible.

With a 30-minute gap before his next class he headed over to the computer
lab to check his email on his school account.  It had been nearly a week
since he last had an opportunity to check it.  Ordinarily he received all
his email on his AOL account, but most school related stuff went to his
school account.  After logging in the mail icon popped up showing he had 3
new messages.  The first message was a public safety progress report, the
second was something from the alumni association, but it was the 3rd
message that floored Jon.

The message started, " First I want you to know that I'm not some weirdo
who's following or stalking you.  I've seen you on campus and thought you
were attractive but never had the courage to approach you or even knew if
you would be open to my advances.  That was until the other night.  I know
this is coming out of nowhere, but can I ask was that your boyfriend I saw
you with the other night at the Max?"

Jon was flustered before but after reading this sentence his mind switched
into overdrive.  Someone who knew him or knew about him had seen him and
Mark together and wanted to know if they were a couple.  Jon's eyes went
instantly to the header of the email, but it had been removed.  Jon forced
his mind to focus on reading the rest of the email.

"It was my first time there and when I saw you come in I was going to wait
a little before coming over to speak, but then I saw how close you two were
sitting and the way that other guy kept touching you, I decided against it.
I ended up leaving a little after that, as clubs really aren't my thing.  I
debated whether or not to write to you, but you seem like a nice person and
I am at that point where I really need to talk with someone.  Hopefully
you.  I'm not sure if you're worried about anyone finding out about you or
not but don't worry your business is your business.  I'm not trying to
destroy people's lives.  Well I'm going to go and give you a chance to
digest all this.  I'll be in touch.  Thanks in advance, hopefully a new
friend."

Jon reread the email over and over processing each word for a clue as to
who the writer could be.  Had one of Jon's friends or friend of his friends
been at the Max the other night and recognized him?  What if they had,
which friend?  Why email and not a phone call?  Why email this account and
not his AOL one?  He wasn't even sure if any of his friends had his school
account.  In fact he was positive none of them did.  That meant it wasn't
one of his close friends, but how did whomever it was get this email
address?  That's when it hit him that it was listed on the school webpage
directory.  That meant it could be anyone who knew his name.  The more Jon
thought he'd hit upon a clue it just raised more questions.

He was concentrating so much on the email that he forgot about class and
had to run across campus in order to make it to his next class on time.
The class was one he actually liked going to and participating in class
discussions but today his mind was elsewhere.  Only after people had
started filing out did he realize that class was over and it was time to
go.  Gathering his stuff, he was heading out the door when the professor
stopped him and asked was everything okay he seemed out of it in class
today?  It wasn't hard to notice as Jon sat right on the front row.

"Yeah, just preoccupied.  A lot on my mind," replied Jon.

"Anything I can help you with?" asked his professor.

"No, just some things I have to work through, but I'll be okay," answered
Jon.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then?" asked the professor.

"Yeah, I'll be here and I'll be more attentive.  I promise," replied Jon.

With that Jon headed out the door as the professor was preparing for the
next class.  Jon left the class with his mind in its own little world.  He
did notice the guy from his class sitting on the bench outside the
classroom but assumed he was waiting to talk with the professor and didn't
want to interrupt their conversation.  If his mind wasn't already focused
on the mysterious email he might have looked longer afterall this guy was a
straight hunk by Jon's standards.

He stood about 6'4", 255 lbs., light brown hair, shimmering green eyes,
setting off a handsome face sporting a goatee and about 2 days of stubble.
His was a member of the university's football team and judging by his
build, he was probably a defensive linemen or linebacker.  Jon could tell
having played both positions himself in high school.  There was no doubt
that the guy was muscular although it looked as though a nice layer of skin
covered his muscles.  Jon would often arrive early to class just to get a
glimpse of him as he came in wearing his practice shorts and t-shirt.  The
guy even had a reoccurring starring role in several of Jon's fantasies.
Today however, Jon's mind was elsewhere.

Jon didn't hear him at first.  It was only after he'd caught up to and was
walking beside Jon in the middle part of the hallway that Jon heard him
say, "Did you get a chance to read my email?"

Stopping dead in his tracks and turning slowly, Jon asked, "That was you?"

The guy looking down at Jon and looking a little unsure of himself replied,
"Yeah I was the one that sent it.  I didn't freak you out, did I?"

Jon always one for honesty, said, "uh, yah.  I didn't get a chance to read
it until before class and I've been racking my brain since then to trying
to figure out who sent it and what they want?"

"I'm sorry.  That wasn't my intention, you have to believe me," replied the
football player.  "It's just that I've heard some of the comments that
you've made in class and I could tell you would be a good person to talk to
and when I saw you the other night I knew for sure.  But I swear I didn't
mean to scare you or freak you out."

Looking into the guy's eyes Jon could tell that he was telling the truth
and for some reason Jon just couldn't force himself to play the "deeply
offended" role.

"No problem.  I guess, but what do you want to talk to me about?" asked
Jon.

"Perhaps if you don't mind we can discuss that somewhere else?" asked the
other student.  "My truck is parked just outside, perhaps I could treat you
to lunch."

Jon thought for a second.  The guys seemed nice enough and he would be able
to get some answers.  He probably couldn't take the guy but he was sure he
could put up on hell of a fight so Jon replied, "sure, where we going?"

"There's this little Chinese place near my house.  It has good food and
it's surprisingly empty at lunch," replied the football player.  "Name is
David by the way" as he extended his hand toward Jon.

"Name is Jon, but then again you already knew that.  Either way it is nice
to make you acquaintance."

David led the way to his truck, which turned out to be a 2001 Suburban and
the duo headed off to lunch.  They both were unsure of how to bring up the
topic of the email and the Max, but the silence was just too uncomfortable
so they ended up talking about football and the team's prospects for the
season.  By the time they arrived at the restaurant the uneasiness was gone
and they were talking as though they were old friends.  After ordering they
found a booth in the back and true to his word the place was virtually
empty with the exception of the occasional take out order.  Back in their
secluded spot David and Jon began to talk with David doing most of the
talking and Jon most of the listening.

David explained how he had always wondered about his sexuality all through
high school but never really had any occasion to experiment.  The closest
he ever came was a circle jerk with 3 of his former high school teammates.
He admitted he loved watching their dicks, as they got hard and shot cum
all over the floor.  However college teams were recruiting them all heavily
and if a rumor that they did something like this got around it could hurt
all their chances of getting a scholarship so it never happened again.

It was only in his 5th year, having redshirted his freshman year that he
actually did something with another guy.  Up until then he played the role
of a "straight" boy of dating a lot of girls although he had sex with very
few of them.  He got the reputation as a player, but it was so far from the
truth.  His first guy encounter happened with one of the other guys from
the football team.  He couldn't explain how he knew but he could tell that
the guy was interested in him.  Then one day after practice most of the
guys had already showered and it was just those two remaining and David
looked over and caught the guy eyeing David's dick.  The guy tried to avert
his eyes but David had seen him.  The thought that another guy was watching
him in the shower caused David's dick to rise.  When he looked back over
the guys was again looking and this time David saw his dick wasn't the only
one excited.  The guy turned off his showerhead and wrapped his towel
around his waste.  As he was walking out he whispered to David to follow
him.

David was hesitant at first, but the prospect of finally fulfilling a long
held desire and a virtually empty locker room motivated David to follow
him.  The guy was standing outside the equipment room and seeing that David
did indeed follow him, he ducked inside quickly.  David followed and as
soon as he was inside the guy locked the door and dropped to his knees.  He
admonished David that he would have to be quiet and with that he engulfed
David's cock to the root.  David was on the verge of screaming and stuffed
his towel in his mouth to keep anyone from hearing his moans and groans of
ecstasy.

It was obvious to David that this guy wasn't new to this.  His tongue,
mouth and throat were doing a masterful job on David's dick and it didn't
take long before he was unloading in the guys mouth.  The guy swallowed
every drop.  It was as David was coming down off his orgasm that he
realized the guy had shot his load in the cup of a dirty jockstrap laying
on the floor awaiting to be washed by one of the team managers.  David was
a little disappointed as he had hoped today would be the first day he got
to taste a guy's dick, but he and the guy did agree to meet again soon.
With that the guy straightened himself and exited the training room.  David
waited a couple minutes then he too left and went back to his locker were
he dressed and headed home.

David and the guy had many more such occasions in the training room and at
each other's apartments.  That was until the guy got caught with someone
else in the training room and was kicked off the team.  David heard later
that the guy withdrew from school completely.

Since then David had done nothing to draw attention to himself.  He only
got up the courage to go to the Max because he tore something in his knee
during practice and surgery was the only option, effectively ending his
career.  He figured now he didn't have anything to lose if someone saw him
there.  He never thought that he'd see Jon.  He was glad he did at least
until he saw the way that Mark was hanging onto him.  He'd never really had
a fantasy about a black guy before but listening to Jon in class started to
have an affect on him and he wondered what it would be like to not just be
with a black guy, but to be with Jon in particular.

Now they were sitting together at a table in a Chinese restaurant having
lunch and talking.  They talked for over an hour and a half about almost
everything, but the one thing that was on both their minds.  The probably
would've kept talking hadn't the waitress come over to let them know they
were closing of lunch, but would be open later for the dinner hour.  So the
pair, taking the cue paid their bill and left.

Outside in the parking lot David spoke, "I really don't want this
conversation to end.  Would you like to come to my apartment?  We can talk
so more there, that is if you don't have any plans or anyone to get home
to?"  David said that last part slowly and looking into Jon's eyes for a
reaction.

Jon thought about it for a second and was like, "Sure I have no plans and
no, there's no one I have to rush to get home to.  My roommate is in New
York for the week."

Jon left the answer as ambiguous as possible and David took note of that.
Jon still hadn't answered whether or not his roommate was also his lover,
but then again he didn't just say my lover is in NYC so possibly there was
hope thought David.

On the drive over they again avoided the subject of "the Max."  They talked
about family, the fact that Jon was very close to his and how David's
wasn't that tight.  Like Jon his parents were divorced and remarried so he
was shuffled back and forth between his parents a lot.  He loved his
parents but they never did any of the family stuff that Jon's family seemed
to do all the time.

"I have to remember to bring you next time we do something," replied Jon.
"I'm always bringing my friends around and my family treats them just like
family."

"Kewl, let me know.  I think I'd like that," replied David.

As the two pulled up into the parking lot of David's apartment, or
townhouse, Jon realized he lived just up the street in the next apartment
complex.  Jon thought for sure they'd have seen each other in passing at
least once.

Inside the living room Jon sat down on the black leather couch.  David
headed to the kitchen where he offered Jon a drink and Jon replied, "water,
will be fine."  David's place was nicely decorated and surprisingly clean
for a single college guy.  He had a several big framed pictures on the
walls, a luxurious black leather living room suite, a nice entertainment
system complete with 36-inch t.v., multi-cd changer, a surround sound
stereo system, vcr, dvd player, and what looked like the new PS2.

Yelling into the kitchen, Jon said, "nice place you have here."

"Thanks," replied David as he came back into the living room carrying a
tray with 2 glasses of water and a bowl of fresh mixed fruit.  "My mom
decorated it the way she thought a young single guy would like.  I like
it."

"I see you have the new PS2, you play a lot?" asked Jon.

"Yeah, more now that I don't have football practice to go to," was David's
answer.

Jon could see by the look on David's face that his injury was still a bit
of a sore subject so he left it alone.  "You have Madden Football 2001?"
asked Jon.  "That's my game, I play at least one game every night before I
go to bed, sometimes 2.  We should play sometime now that I know you live
right down the street."

"Yeah," replied David brightening up "but be warned I'm quite good and I've
never lost."

"Ah, I see I'm not the only undefeated person in the room," state Jon.
"One day we'll have to play and change that."

"Why not now, I'm game if you are?" asked David.  "That is if you don't
mind a little competition and a quick butt spanking."

Jon took that last remark in a direction David wasn't expecting, "I've been
spanked before, quite good actually, but never in Madden though."

David picked up on the joke and the two burst out laughing.  David hit a
button on one of the remotes and the entire entertainment system lit up.
The speakers began to crank out "Bad Man" by R. Kelly.

David apologized.  "Sorry, I'll turn it down," I know it's kinda loud.

"No problem.  Actually this is one of my favorite songs," replied Jon.

David did turn it down so that it could still be heard but didn't drown out
the sound of the opening credits on the game.  Grabbing a controller, a
pillow and kicking off his shoes, David assumed a prone position on his
stomach in his socks in front of the t.v.

"So," he asked "are you ready for that spanking?"

Taking a pillow from the couch, Jon joined David on the floor, kicking his
shoes off and grabbed the other controller.  There was a slight problem
however when they both tried to select the same team, Tennessee, to play
with.  David surprised Jon when he positioned his hands for what Jon knew
to be rock-paper-scissors.  Jon laughed thinking of the last time he'd done
this and where it lead.  Scissors cut paper and just like that Jon lost.
He ended up playing with the Baltimore Ravens.  They played a close game,
as both defenses keep both offenses from scoring.  It looked as though the
game would go into overtime, until on the last play Eddie George's
character broke through the Baltimore defense and scampered virtually
untouched across the goal line.

Jon couldn't believe it.  He'd lost on the last play of the game.  His eyes
were fixed on the screen in disbelief.  Talking to himself he just couldn't
believe he'd lost not on the last play of the game.  As he turned to
express his disbelief to David, his lips were quieted by the soft tentative
kiss of David's lips.

Sensing that Jon wasn't going to pull away, David intensified the kiss a
little more with his tongue attempting to seek entrance into Jon's mouth.
Jon opened his lips and mouth allowing the new invader complete access.
David role on his side so that his mouth was directly over Jon's and the
kiss continued for what felt like an eternity.

Simultaneously the two separated to catch their breath after the intense
kiss they'd just shared.

"To answer your question, no, the guy you saw me with the other night isn't
my boyfriend," stated Jon.  "He's my roommate and the reason we were
sitting so close was because some guy had just hit on him and we were
pretending to be a couple so that no other guys would get any ideas about
approaching.  Obviously it worked too well."

Jon could see what he believed to be a look of relief cross David's face.
Jon decided not to tell David about the other things that happened that
night, partly because he didn't want to ruin the moment and also because it
wasn't just his business to tell.

This time David balanced his weight on top of Jon and leaned in and planted
what felt to be an even hotter kiss onto Jon's lips.  Jon was amazed at how
light David's 255 lbs felt lying on top of him.  Jon's hands were busy
roaming over David's back feeling the muscle that lay just beneath the skin
and down across what appeared to be a tight ass encased in his khaki
shorts.  David on the other hand had Jon's face trapped inside his big
hands as he was showing that he could've been an All-American in kissing as
well.

David withdrew his tongue from Jon's mouth and began tracing Jon's lips
with it.  From there he drug it across the hairs of his goatee as it travel
down his neck, across his adam's apple to the spot right where the neck and
chest join.  He took a moment to undo the button to Jon's shirt leaving his
chest completely exposed.  He then made a b-line to Jon's right nipple were
he licked, sucked, and bit them until it was a hard point little nub on
Jon' chest.  He then drug his tongue parallel across his chest to the other
nipple, where he treated it to the same treatment.  As his tongue and mouth
was working on Jon's nipples, he hands were busy undoing and lowering Jon's
shorts.  Jon had to raise his ass as David slipped the shorts down his
legs.

After this was done, David replaced his mouth with his hands as they
continued to tease and pinch his nipples as David's mouth and tongue
explored lower.  Jon to the chance to somehow wiggle the rest of the way
out of his shirt and prop himself up with a pillow to watch the show that
was taking place right now at his navel, but proceeding lower with each
second.  Just as David made it to Jon's crotch he reared back on his knees
and in one moment pulled and discarded his t-shirt leaving his chest
exposed.  Jon got his first look and it made his dick throb even more.

David had a nice mat of brown chest hair matching his head.  Even with
through the hair you could see his pecs standing out capped by two hard
pink nubs.  The hair from his chest spread across his abdomen and tampered
into a nice little treasure trail just past his navel leading into the
waistband of his underwear, which could be seen just above the waistband of
his shorts.

Jon's hands were drawn to his chest were they wandered through his chest
hair stopping to pinch and tug on those two little pink buds.  David's eyes
rolled to the back of his head and a pleasurable sigh escaped his lips at
Jon's touch.  Jon reluctantly abandoned David's nipples and followed the
treasure trail of hair down to his shorts where he began to undo David's
khaki's.

David stopped him and began to undo his shorts himself.  Looking into Jon's
eyes he let his undid his shorts and let them fall down his legs leaving
him in nothing but a pair of black boxer briefs.  Jon thought black was
supposed to make things look slimmer but if that was the case the tube
trapped against the left leg of David's brief must truly be gigantic.

David's gaze never left Jon's eyes as he lowered the black underwear down
his thick thighs.  David smiled as he saw how wide Jon's eyes grew as they
feasted on his manhood.  He didn't like to brag but for a white guy he was
nicely endowed.  He measured and he was 9.1 inches long and 6.2 inches
around.  As Jon was admiring his endowment, David took the opportunity to
lower Jon's boxers and it was his turn to for his eyes to bug out.  Jon
wasn't quite as big as David.  David judged he had a half-inch on Jon in
length and they were about the same girth wise.

Just watching the big black rod lying against Jon's thigh had David's mouth
watering.  He lowered himself back down onto Jon and using his hands & feet
he removed their underwear and shorts discarding them behind them somewhere
on the floor.

David lowered himself until his face was just about Jon's thighs.  There he
began to kiss and lick them.  Occasionally he'd rub his mustache and goatee
against the inner part of Jon's smooth thighs eliciting a soft moan from
Jon's lips.  David moved up slowly to treat Jon's balls to the same
treatment he'd just showered on his thighs.  They were too big to take into
his mouth together but one by one they were treated to the super heated
confines of David's mouth and skillful tongue.

It didn't take long before David couldn't control himself and had to feel
what Jon's dick felt like in his mouth.  Gripping the cock with his right
hand, David slowly lowered his head down the hard black shaft, stopping to
swirl his tongue around the fat head and dip the tip into his piss slit.

David took the entire rod into his mouth and relaxed his gag reflex to
allow it entry into his throat.  The feeling of fullness was literally
taking his breath away.  He slowly began making his way up and down Jon's
dick slowly at first but pretty soon with increased speed and urgency.  His
mouth was a blur as his hands were busy pinching and tugging on Jon's
nipples.  Jon's body was covered in a nice sheen of sweat and his hands
were guiding David's mouth up and down his dick. Jon could feel his cock
enter David's throat on every downstroke and he could feel the cum boiling
in his balls as a result.  He knew it wouldn't be long before he would be
plastering the back of David's throat if he didn't stop.

He tried to pull David's mouth from his cock, but David appeared to know
exactly what he was doing and what he wanted.  Jon didn't try and interrupt
again.  It only took another couple strokes before Jon felt the surge of
cum leave his balls.  David felt it too for Jon's balls drew up and out of
David's hand and plant themselves at the base of Jon's cock.  David buried
Jon's cock in the back of his throat with his nose grinding into Jon's
crotch.

David felt the first blast as it bounced off the back of his throat and
flowed directly into his stomach.  The next 2 spurts were just as powerful
bouncing off his tonsils as he was making his way up the shaft.  After the
initial 3 big powerful spurts the rest of Jon's cum just seemed to leak out
slowly into David's mouth allowing him an opportunity to savor the taste of
Jon's male ambrosia.

As David continued to nurse on Jon's cock, which surprisingly didn't go
soft after that intense orgasm, Jon raised his legs to his shoulders
exposing his tight little brown rosebud to David's view.

"Are you sure?" asked David.

"Definitely," replied Jon.

Standing up and going into the other room David returned with a towel and a
bottle of wet.  Resuming his previous position between Jon's legs, David
put the towel under Jon's ass and throwing Jon's legs across his shoulders
and onto his back he treated Jon to one hot rimjob.  He ate every inch of
Jon's ass and fucked Jon's hole with his steely hard tongue.  He left Jon's
hole thoroughly wet and gaping.

After applying some wet to one of his fingers Mark began to finger fuck
that hot hole while jacking his dick.  Judging by the way that Jon was
thrusting back to meet his finger he knew it was okay to add another and
another and another until he had 4 fingers working in and out of Jon's
hole.

Jon's eyes were closed and he felt as though his entire ass was on fire.
David would massage his prostate with his finger with every inward thrust
of his hand.  The sensation was incredible and he new that his next orgasm
would be a powerful one.  The anticipation of feeling David's big dick
ramming in his ass had him on the verge of coming without touching his
dick.

He didn't have to wait long as he felt the tip of David's dick rubbing up
and down the crevice between his butt cheeks coming to stop directly over
his pulsing rosebud.  With one hand guiding his cock and the other on the
side of Jon's head for balance, David began to slow insert his cock into
Jon's tight asshole.  For most people the hardest part of getting fucked is
over after the guy has head pass the sphinter, but with that wasn't the
case with David.  When he was fully aroused, like he was then, his cock got
thicker the further down it went.  So after getting his head in he went
slowly allowing Jon's insides to accommodating his incredible thickness at
its own pace.  Pretty soon he felt his dick hit rock bottom as his pubic
hairs ground into Jon's upturned ass.

Jon had been fucked before just recently by Mark but he'd never felt this
full.  It felt as if David's cock had reached way past his rectum and was
somewhere up in his intestines.  He didn't think after this fucking that
his asshole would ever close.  Somewhere deep inside of him he began to
feel a unique itching & he knew what it would take to scratch it.

David brought his body down to kiss Jon's lips and as they were kissing
David slowly began to withdraw his cock from Jon's ass.  The feeling of
emptiness that swept on Jon was immense.  He found himself grabbing David's
hips to stop him from removing his cock.  Jon didn't have to worry because
just as he had removed his cock, David plunged his cock back into the hot
hole.  He felt the muscles inside Jon's ass as they welcomed the big
invader back and grasping onto it for dear life.

David continued to his long strokes in and out of Jon's ass causing them
both to see stars, pink elephants, dancing giraffes.  It was truly amazing
and pretty soon the slow fuck began picking up the pace and the new
sensations were just as earth shattering as the previous.  It didn't take
long before David had his hands on the back of John's thighs and he was
throwing one helluva fuck to Jon's ass.  Jon's ass was bouncing up and down
and around on David's dick.  All that could be heard from Jon was one
continuous moan of pleasure and a steady stream of "fucks" from David.

Unfortunately, David was unable ward off the mind-shattering orgasm that
racked his body.  Falling down on top of Jon the two locked into a kiss
just as lust-filled as their fucking.  With one last plunge of his dick
deep into Jon's ass, David fired volley after volley, after volley of cum
deep into the recesses of Jon's ass.  Triggered by David's cum gun in his
ass and David's fur rubbing his dick, Jon fired off his second orgasm of
the day with cum firing up to nail he and David on the face as they
continued to kiss.  The rest served as glue to plaster the two together.

The two drifted off to sleep right there on the floor, cum glued together
with David's cock still implanted up Jon's ass.

Author's note: This is the first episode.  As mentioned before comments,
constructive criticism or ideas are greatly appreciated.

Next episode: Business Trip