Friday's Decision...
#1 of Alex's Life
6:00 am Friday morning came all too early for Alex as the jet black wolf yawned and opened his eyes to see his beautiful wife still sleeping in front of him. Leaning forward Alex licked the female over the muzzle getting a pleasant smile from her as she snuggled deeper into the covers before he silently got up out of bed and then scratched the left side of his body. Walking away out of the room and into the bathroom the muscular wolf began his morning ritual: a hot shower, brushed fangs, combed hair and morning flex later Alex stepped naked from the bathroom over into the boy's room on silent feet. Opening the pup's door found Jeffery and Alexander curled up together sleeping like angels. They were so much like their mother that they despised getting up so early leaving Alex the only early bird of the family, which also gave the best chance to pounce on his pups.
Stalking over to the sleeping boy's bed Alex let out a warning growl with his tail held high into the air before he jumped up and onto his pups!
"Banzai!" Was the only thing the two heard before they barked awake in surprised and then began to squirm and giggle as their father tickled them.
Jeffery tried to fight the hardest as he nipped and kicked at his dad around while Alexander just took it like a man and giggled for all he was worth under his dad's devious fingers. By the time Alex had had enough both Jeffery and Alexander had become two piles of snickering and twitching furry bodies happily snuggling up to their father. It was an endearing sight as Christy walked into the room with sleep-clouded eyes and a cheerful raise of her lips.
"Morning. Going to make breakfast, honey?" The silver wolfess asked before yawning.
"Of course; the usual?" The jet black wolf asked his pack getting a nod from his wife and happy wagging tails from his pups.
Rising up from off of the bed Alex hefted both Jeffery and Alexander up onto his back and then effortlessly carried them out of the room, after giving his mate a kiss, and down the stairs to the living room. Dropping his two passengers off and picking up the TV remote the older wolf switched on the cartoon channel before patting both his sons on the head and then went to make breakfast. Upstairs Christy was trying to decide whether she wanted to go back to sleep or take her a morning shower as the lure of bed possessively called her back to slumber. Just as the silver wolfess was about to head back to bed she remembered that she had an early day at work today and grunted while changing direction to the bathroom.
Downstairs Alex was making a masterpiece in the form of chocolate chip pancakes, deep skillet fried sausage and bacon, scrambled eggs, cheesy grits, oven baked toast and freshly squeezed orange juice as the jet black wolf made his famous Friday Morning Early Bird Special, as he liked to call it. On any other day Alex was all for a quick omelet while making his pups a bowl of cereal but on Fridays the older wolf went to town making breakfast for everyone. When the food was ready Alex howled for his boys just as their mother was getting down from her shower,
"Looking radiant as ever, love." Alex said as he dished out the food and then sat himself down at the table.
"Why thank you. The food looks wonderful as always, right boys?" The silver wolfess getting a double set of bobble heads for her trouble as the two pups tried not to drool in their seats.
"Hahah, alright then everyone; dig in!" Alex offered and then began a quiet half hour of munching and crunching with his family.
After the food was consumed the black wolf took up the plates and then ushered the boys upstairs to go get changed into their school uniforms while he washed the dishes.
"Honey will you be able to handle the boys after school today? I have a lot to take care of and I don't think I'll be home until late. Actually I may be busy all this weekend." Alex said easily as he made sure not to let his mate sense anything odd in his body posture as Christy looked up at him from over the rim of her cup while swallowing her orange juice.
"Sure. Is everything alright at work?" Christy asked as she watched her husband with steel grey eyes.
"I have a big project coming up and I'll need the next three days to concentrate on it." Alex didn't lie but he also didn't face his wife as he dried the dishes and his paws soon after.
"Alright. I can pick the boys up and take care of them, besides I was thinking about going to see my parents this weekend anyway. Mom has been almost begging to see her grandpups this month." Christy offered as he finished her drink and walked over to the sink.
"Thanks. You are a lifesaver." Alex praised his wife before taking her up and hugging her tightly giving her a heartwarming kiss when Christy put her cup into the sink.
When the two older wolves broke apart Christy smiled and then walked out of the kitchen letting her silver tail brush her mate's groin before turning and winking at him. Alex growled and felt himself getting excited. Maybe they could,
"Mom! I can't find my shoes!! Can I go without them today?" Alexander asked from upstairs.
"No you may not." The silver wolfess replied as she marched upstairs to play Nancy Drew.
Alex laughed as he thought about the red light/green light sex he and his wife had been having as of late. It was times like this that he was glad he had his porno collection in the attic as he looked down at himself and wondered when the next time he would be getting some action before he shook his head.
"All good things come to those who wait, or so they say." Alex muttered before walking up into his and his wife's bedroom and then changed into his work clothes.
Alex didn't want to draw suspicion and was thankful his wife would be taking care of the pups this weekend while he worked for Derek. As long as he didn't consider it a farce the muscular black wolf could consider himself going to work for as long as he needed to. His family deserved his best effort in his unsure times and Alex was determined to do whatever he had to in order to pull through. When everyone came down the stairs after getting ready Alex made sure to kiss his pups on the head and playfully nipped his mate on the neck before heading out of the house. Getting to his car the jet black wolf looked one more time at the family he loved so much piling into the red four door SUV before sighing and strengthening his resolve. Starting the engine and pulling out of the driveway onto the empty street Alex kept his mind on what he had to do today.
At 7:30 am Alex had most of the street to himself as he drove down to 5867 Lester Street while tapping his fingers onto the steering wheel and humming to a tune in his head. The black wolf wondered just what kind of modeling Derek would have him do at such an early hour of the morning but for one grand a day Alex wasn't going to be picky with such a kind gift. He would use the money to pay on the bills for the next couple of months while putting together a resume and hopefully snagging a marketing job hopefully before Christy became suspicious. He'd also have to stay gone for most of the day until something worked out since the silver wolfess often came home at lunch time. Alex planned to hit the gym more often taking up half a day there and then he could sneak downtown during lunchtime, grab himself a bite to eat, use the Wi-Fi connection at the coffee café he liked so much to job search and then go back to the gym to finish off the rest of his day.
Getting his plans together Alex got to Derek's house twenty minutes later and whistled at the immaculate residence sitting atop a large hill. Driving up the long winding path the wolf got up to the front of the house and parked behind an oversized Honda before getting out and surveying the lay of the land. There had to have been four acres of terra firma spanning out from the street to the house and that wasn't counting the backside which the wolf couldn't see. Shaking his head and grabbing his gym bag out of the trunk the black wolf walked up to the front door, pushed the doorbell and then waited for someone to answer. Soon enough the heavy steps he knew so well filled his ears and then a long shadow covered over him as a certain tauren opened the front door.
"Morning, I'm glad you showed up." Derek said while standing with nothing on except an extra-large loincloth around his hips as he looked down at his friend and gym partner.
"Well, you made me an offer I couldn't refuse." Alex spoke in his best mobster voice before looking up at the six hundred plus pound wall of beef before him.
"Oh, I'd just like to think I'm just helping out a friend." Derek said as his horns seemed to gleam in the morning light before he ushered the black lupine into the house.
Alex found himself gaping in awe as he looked at the beautifully decorated front room calculating just how much everything had to have cost to furnish the place.
"You coming or are you just going to stare with your muzzle open?" Derek asked in exasperation as if he had to deal with this numerous times before.
"Oh sorry." Alex blushed as he followed behind his friend while trying to keep his amazement to a minimal.
The two muscular males made their way up to the second floor of the house and then Alex had to stop again as he found himself looking around in a room belonging in a palace. There wasn't so much a hallway leading to a room as the entire second floor had been turned into a giant plush district filled with workout equipment rivaling Xavier's gym, pillows and blankets of all varieties and sizes making up a quasi-sleeping quarters, a kitchenette area with a fully stocked bar behind it, and even a entertainment system complete with the latest LCD flat screen TV, sound system, and four foot speakers. Turning his head to look at Derek the wolf found the tauren looking almost bored as he stood there with his arms crossed and his head tilted to the side looking at Alex.
"So, I take it you like it?" Derek asked almost seemingly bored by the entire situation.
"I'm just wondering why you bother to go down to the Fight Club with all of this." Alex asked as he waved his arms around.
"Eye candy," Derek mumbled while looking away from Alex
"What'd ya say?" asked the black lupine as he blinked at his gym partner.
"Oh, it's because I like having friends to work with and I can't get that here. Most people get intimidated on their first visit and don't come back. One guy actually stayed by the door for an hour because he didn't want to dirty anything. Why I don't know when I've got a washer and dryer downstairs!" Derek muttered as he thought about that fox...
"Well yeah, this must have cost a small fortune from the rugs and pillows alone." Being an accountant Alex had the cost crunched inside of his head as his golden eyes took up the sight of each section of the room.
"Money's nothing if you don't have companionship." The larger male said sagely before going over to the workout area and then fiddled with one of the bench presses.
"I can understand that." Alex wondered how happy he would be without his pack and all of this instead: there was no comparison; he'd give up a kingdom for Christy and the pups.
"So what do you need from me to get things started?" The wolf asked as he walked over and watched his friend adjust the weight bar before turning around to look at him.
"I'm going to need you to first off get out of those clothes and into your gym clothes then we'll go from there." Derek said as he sat down on the bench and stared at Alex, this bench not groaning like the one at Xavier's gym the muscular wolf noted.
The black lupine nodded and then moved over to an empty spot and began to undress. Derek watched the wolf with hungry eyes as he felt the loincloth begin to rise up as he eagerly pat over his waking bull meat. The wolf was totally unaware of what his friend was thinking and that made Derek's desire all the sweeter. Alex's sexy body made the tauren eager to get his paws on the smaller yet muscular wolf as he watched the wolf take off his normal work clothes and then don the sweaty gym shirt and shorts he had been wearing last night. Completely forgetting to wash them Derek's sensitive nose took in the smell of unwashed wolf sweat clinging onto the red and blue cotton material making him even hornier than he was already becoming.
"Sorry, but I didn't wash these last night so if you prefer me in my other clothes I'll understand."
"No problem, it's not like I'm going to pounce on your or anything," Derek said as he planned to have things work the other way around with Alex willingly trying to throw himself onto his fourteen inches of bull meat by the end of today. "Now let's get started, I want you over here on the work bench pumping a little iron while I draw you." Derek commanded as he got up and patted the work bench.
Alex complied with a bemused smile and then situated himself onto the weight bench like just as Derek spoke up again,
"Alright, let me get my pad and pencils so I can start the outline." The tauren moved over to his sleeping area and then fished out his materials before grabbing and overstuffed feather pillow and sat himself down some three meters away from Alex onto the floor,
"Alright, anytime you're ready." Derek said getting a nod out of the black lupine before Alex grabbed the bar and lifted the weights.
The next hour was filled with grunts from both tauren and wolf as both Alex and Derek worked on their individual tasks. Derek having to look up time and again as he photographed the changing images of Alex into his mind's eye while copying the wolf's form to paper while Alex pumped the metal bar up and down against his chest over and over getting the sneaking suspicion than the tauren was doing this just to get him to beef up as he doubled his reps with the lighter weights.
"Ok, you can stop now." Derek said getting a heavy sigh from Alex as he placed the bar back into position and then leaned forward. Rolling his shoulders to get out some of the stiffness setting in Alex realized that he was going to have to work on his workout regiment if he wanted to be at Xavier's gym until he found a new job.
"You're looking good so far."
"Thanks."
"Want to move on or are you hungry?"
"No, let's do a little more. I've already had breakfast this morning."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, I cook my Early Bird Special for Christy and the pups on Fridays."
"Hmm, it must be good with that kinda title. Maybe I can get you to make some for me one day soon."
"Hahah, not unless you find your way over to the house before 6:30 am on Friday." Alex laughed as he teased his friend.
"Maybe you can just stay here with me here instead." Derek muttered while chewing the end of one of his drawing pencils.
"Huh? You say something?"
"Just that you should invite me over sometime, we are friends and all." Derek replied.
"Ok, maybe next week then. I'd like my family to meet you." Alex offered in innocence.
Derek grunted and then smiled before getting up and then moving off while waving for Alex to come over with him. The sweaty wolf stood up and followed obediently before finding himself getting into another exercise position for the tauren. For the next four straight hours Alex was manipulated into several different areas of the room, each time doing a different exercise and bending a different part of his body for Derek to draw him in. By the time 1:15 pm came around the muscular black lupine was sweaty and panting hard as every inch of his body screamed at him in rebellion when he finally collapsed onto the floor after his sixtieth pushup.
"Ok, time for a break. Let's hit the Jacuzzi." Derek said as he put down his almost filled drawing book and then walked over to Alex helping the other up from off of the floor and over onto his shoulder.
"You don't have to carry me; I can walk just fine...once I can feel my legs again." Alex grunted and huffed as he found himself being taken through a previously unseen door into a gargantuan sized bathroom.
"That could take about thirty minutes and this is easier anyway. I can pretend you're my little puppy this way." Derek joked getting a snarl from Alex before he set the wolf down onto the already steaming Jacuzzi rim and helped the other out of his gym clothes.
"I am not a puppy, thank you very much!" The pride struck wolf flexed an arm showing off his triceps for illustration making Derek flex his own much bigger quads overshadowing the black wolf's arms.
"Awww, but I like thinking of you as my little puppy. With the way you work so hard for my benefit and all." Derek stepped over onto a ladder and then into the almost boiling water letting out a sigh before helping Alex in.
"Well, it's not for you but for my pups and wife that I'm doing this, thanks again by the way."
"No problem."
Derek helped Alex into the water before they sat together in silence letting their bodies relax inside of the bubbling water. Alex's tense body getting more benefit than Derek's as he rolled his shoulders and let his legs just float over the jet streams coming out from somewhere underneath him. The wolf paid no more mind to his friend as he closed his eyes and just floated away on a cloud of warm bliss, ignorant of the smile peeling on the tauren's face as Derek gazed at him. A few minutes before Alex was about to nod off he felt a large body press up towards him and opened his eyes to see Derek holding out a fur comb for him to use.
"Oh, thanks and sorry, I'm drifting off here and it's only midday." Alex apologized before taking the comb and using it to get the sweat and knots out of his fur.
"It's fine. Alex do you know what I do for a living?" Derek asked as he sat beside the muscular wolf and stared at him in all seriousness.
"Not really."
"If I told you I was a gigolo what would you think of me?"
"...not any different really. I mean it's not like I can say what you do for a living is wrong because I don't judge other's that way."
"How altruistic of you, hehe. Now, what if I told you that you could work as a male escort and make almost as much as me?"
"I'd have to turn you down."
"Because..."
"One, I'm happily married and two, Christy would neuter me." Alex replied completely serious as he remembered the vows and oaths he made to his wife eleven years ago.
"Oh, so it's not just because you're 100% straight?" Derek asked with endless curiosity now.
"I am straight but all the same I couldn't spit on our union by sneaking around behind her back like that. Why are you asking me all of this anyway? I know that I'm out of a job but I'm not at that point yet." Alex said as he looked up into Derek's brown eyes.
"Just wanting to let you know that there was an opportunity if you wanted or needed it." Derek put his previous lustful thoughts on the backburner, now just wasn't the time.
"Thanks but no thanks. I...just can't see myself doing that."
"I see. Alright. The offer will be open if things change for you. There's a lot of money to be made but I value your decision." And Derek was truthful no matter how much his cock begged to differ. The half hard eight inches of bull meat getting soft as all of Derek's plans got shot to hell.
'Damn honorable bastard.' Derek thought while trying to keep his disgruntlement from being seen on his face.
"Thank you Derek. I had a feeling you were going to ask me to sleep with you today anyway, but I'm glad I was wrong." The black lupine said as he finished using the fur comb handing it back to the tauren.
"Oh really?"
"Don't play dumb, I may be very trusting but I'm not dumb and my nose still works. I can smell how much you lust after me whenever I'm bent over or doing exercises at the gym." Alex said with a knowing smile on his face as he looked down at his friend's waist.
It was Derek's turn to look sheepish as he blushed under his brown fur and rubbed the back of his head. "Damn, I guess I underestimate you."
"Many people do." The wolf said as he got out of the Jacuzzi and walked over to a part of the bathroom where he could properly shake his fur dry.
"Towels are in the closet."
"Thanks. Are you still going to want me to pose for you?" asked the soaked black lupine.
"Most definitely, I may not be able to get that sweet ass of yours but I can enjoy what I can get right now."
"That's fine with me. Being straight doesn't mean that I'm an extremist when it comes to sexuality. I'm the way I am because I chose to be not because I feel I have to be. If you want me to pose naked I'll do it." Alex said as he grabbed a towel from the closet and then shook his tail at the six hundred pound beefcake still simmering in the Jacuzzi.
"Thanks. I'd like that." Derek said honestly as he watched Alex towel down and then throw the said towel over his shoulder before flexing his muscular body and walking back into the other room.
The tauren grunted and then sat himself down into the bubbling water to begin a very fast pawing session.
The rest of the day was spent with Derek in a number of positions either working out in the nude or just laying around with a pillow shyly covering his groin giving the black lupine an ever sexier aura about himself. At about 8:30 pm Derek called it quits and then watched Alex dress in his work clothes before handing the wolf one thousand dollars and walking him to the front door.
"So still want me to come by tomorrow morning?" Alex asked as he looked at his friend with a cunning smile on his black muzzle.
"Oh most definitely; now that I don't have to beat around the bush anymore I plan to have you do some different poses on Saturday while I break in my new photography camera." Derek answered eagerly.
"Are you really taking a photography class?"
"Yep, it really is the off season for gigolos like me unless I fly overseas but I'm not desperate for money right now and so the visual arts class I'm taking right now is a hobby I plan to work with all this time until I get called back to work." The tauren shrugged.
"Oh, ok. Well thanks again. See ya tomorrow Derek!"
"See you tomorrow, wolfy boi!"
Alex chuckled as he walked out of the mansion and then popped open his trunk to throw his gym bag inside. A grand richer the muscular black lupine felt confident about going home and wondered just what his wife had planned for dinner as he got into his town car and started the engine. Driving back down the winding driveway Alex found himself looking into his rearview mirror back at the tauren's home wondering...
By the time he got home the sun had set and Alex was almost bushed. The workout had drained him more than he had thought and the near silent drive made the black lupine as sleepy as a pup as he killed the engine and then stepped out onto his lawn. Seeing that the SUV parked was in the driveway Alex figured that Christy would be going to her parents come tomorrow but got a surprised when he found the door opening for him and his wife standing on the inside.
"Hey honey. How'd things go at work?" Alex asked as he reached out and hugged his mate and then noticed that something seemed off.
Pulling back the muscular black wolf stared at the silver wolfess and then blinked when he saw her usually shining gold eyes shadowed by a dark haze.
"Honey, I need to talk with you." Christy said walking into the house that now seemed very cold all of a sudden.
When Alex walked in and closed the door behind him Christy was seated on the sofa with two glasses in front of her. Not sure what was going on Alex sat himself down and then waited.
"Your office called today to apologize for letting you go and saying that they would be sending you a letter of recommendation in the mail come Monday."
Alex felt his heart drop as he heard the news and then bowed his head in shame before picking up one of the glasses on the table. Sniffing over the rim he realized that it was the white Zinfandel they had been saving for their anniversary floating inside of the glass. Breathing a sigh Alex brought the glass to his lips and took a deep swallow. Only after the sweet wine ran down his throat and into his belly did Alex found the courage to look at his mate,
"I'm sorry. I wanted to wait before telling you."
"I'm honestly not mad honey, but" Christy found herself at a loss as what to say. She wasn't angry or disgusted with her husband just...scared.
Reaching out to hug her close to him Alex rocked himself and his wife together while licking over her ears to comfort her. His mind raced trying to find something he could say to comfort her or do to make his make feel better but he was at a lost. Time had conspired against him on this one, Alex thought as he clenched his eyes shut in anguish. He had let them all down. He didn't even know how he could face Jeffery or Alexander after this. As he reached into his pocket to pull out the paycheck and pink slip he been avoiding thinking about a slim piece of paper fell out onto the couch making Alex look down at it with teary eyes.
_"Good fortune will come when you give something of value to another."_the small slip read making Alex's eyes dry up instantly before blinking and opening his muzzle to speak,
"I...found another job today, but you won't like it..."
"You're not thinking of doing anything illegal are you?"
"No! Not at all. The job...would be working with a friend..." Alex throat closed up as he tried to finish.
"Doing what Alex?" Christy asked with concern as she looked at her mate with trepidation.
"Being a gigolo," The muscular wolf said after getting his throat to open up.
Christy just stared at her mate for a long time after that. Her golden eyes blinked rapidly at her husband as if testing to see if this was a joke. Finally finding nothing the silver wolfess rested her head onto Alex's shoulder and began to cry. The black lupine laid his head onto his mate's and then began to cry as well. For a long time the tears that fell down their chests seemed to have no end as they ran almost forever before, as with all things, they finally did stop.
"Alex, I love you. If you think that this is the right choice to make I'll stand by you to see it through all the way." Christy said as she lifted her head and then nuzzled her mate onto the cheek and then got up and walked away into the kitchen.
"I love you too." The black lupine murmured as he picked up his half finished drink and then downed the last of it.
Sitting there on the couch in silence Alex noted the absence of the pups but didn't dwell on it long before he got up and headed out the front door. Leaving the pink slip and paycheck onto the couch Alex didn't look back as he got into his car and revved up the engine. His eyes were no longer teary but instead fiery with a conviction that he would never waver. Making his way down the silent road Alex drove himself onward almost breaking the speed limit until finally he got to where he wanted to be. Stepping out of his car and walking up to a familiar door the black lupine pushed the doorbell and then waited.
When a dark shadow once again covered his form the wolf had only this to say,
"That offer...I think I'm ready to accept it now."