Damn. What time is it?
A ray of morning sun was burning through a crack in the drawn drapes, directly striking my right eye.
I rolled to the left to avoid the piercing ray. This minimal movement traded one type of pain for another. It felt as if my temples were being squeezed between the jaws of a huge carpenter’s vise.
The throbbing headache, the dry mouth and furry tongue were enough to remind me. I’d tied one on the night before, sampling at least six craft beers. Worse, I had ended the evening by tossing back tequila shots, the number unclear with the current brain fog.
I wanted to stay in the warm embrace of my waterbed, but I had to pee like a racehorse. I begrudgingly rolled out of bed and headed to the john. I stood before the commode and waited and waited and waited. My morning wood was arresting my stream.
I’m a fairly modest guy, but when I looked down at Mr. Johnson, I had to admit, he was one fine-looking specimen of man meat. Poking out of my pajamas and hard as a rock was seven inches of thick cock. It wasn't one of those equine-looking shlongs with a big mushroom head; but rather a spear. My weapon was a good two inches wide at the base, tapering down to a smallish glans.
I had never experienced anal sex (actually I had had very little sex of any sort); but I figured, given the opportunity, penetrating a pucker might be easier with a smaller cockhead.
Back to my dilemma.
I knew I couldn’t drain the dragon through a boner and I also, understood there would be a significant delay, if I jerked off to remedy the hard-on and then tried to pee.
I decided the best approach was to use mind over matter. I sat down on the commode and began to think about anything and everything that had nothing to do with sex. I finally settled on my next week’s busy schedule, getting ready for my older sister Fran’s upcoming wedding.
By the time I got to contemplating Wednesday’s tux fitting, my dick was dangling down like a wet noodle and pee flowing like an open faucet.
The week came and went fairly quickly. I’d gotten the haircut my dad had demanded and I met the rest of the groomsmen for the tux fitting. I suggested we substitute powder blue high school prom tuxes with frilly Buckingham-style pink shirts, but was met with more than a little resistance. Ultimately, we settled for Fran’s boring Black tuxes, plain white shirts and black bow ties. Ugh.
The countdown began. It was Thursday morning and I was on the receiving end of a fifteen-minute lecture on wedding weekend etiquette. My mom concluded the tutorial with the directive, “Here’s my charge card. Head on down to Dillard's and pick out a blue blazer and some decent trousers, maybe a shirt or two.”
I finished breakfast, showered and donned my usual summer garb: a baggy white tee, Madras Bermuda shorts and topsiders.
The mall was pretty deserted. I guess that made sense, given that it was just 10 am. I stopped by Starbucks and grabbed a latte. The cute girl behind the counter asked what size. I couldn't remember the special hipster code words, so I settled on “medium.”
Dillard's was like a graveyard. I wandered through the dress shirts and ties, making a mental note to grab a couple of both after my blazer selection. That credit card was burning a hole in my pocket.
A salesman approached, “I'm Mr. Hoover. May I help you find something?”
Mr. Hoover was a well-dressed forty-something guy. He looked to be around four inches shorter than me, making him around 5’8” or so. He had a buzzed haircut and wore oversized clear plastic glasses. A pocket square matched a floral patterned tie.
I explained that I had several social events coming up in the near future and that I had a shopping list, starting with a four-season blue blazer.
“Follow me. Let’s get some measurements.”
He led me back through a curtain to an area of fitting rooms. He pointed to a low platform surrounded on three sides by floor-to-ceiling mirrors.
“I’m guessing 41-Regular, 16” collar, 34” sleeve, 32” waist, 32” inseam.”
He pulled a cloth tape from his pocket and began measuring me from head to toe, as I watched in the mirrors.
He asked me to raise my arms. I could feel his chest press against my back as he circled the tape measure around my chest and then my waist. He seemed to linger after measuring the latter. We locked eyes momentarily in the mirror. He smiled and asked how my day was going.
I could smell his cologne, a warm sandalwood scent. Oddly, it made me draw in a deep breath.
Mr. Hoover asked me to rotate and face him. He dropped down on one knee and asked, “How do you wear your pants?”
I was confused and was tempted to respond, “Duh, I put them on one leg at a time, just like everybody else.”
He presumably sensed my confusion. In hindsight, I'm pretty sure he had asked young guys this question dozens of times and responded dozens of times, “You know. Which direction are you most comfortable placing your package? Most gentlemen prefer the left.”
Without waiting for a response, he ran the tape from my right ankle up to my crotch. I could feel the back of his hand displace my cock and balls as he stopped the tape at the lower pubis. He leaned his head in and said seemingly to himself, “Yes, 32 inches.”
I took in another deep breath of his cologne.
Mr. Hoover led me out into the store and toward a rack of blazers and sport coats. He helped me try on three or four, leaning around me to button each. I could feel his warm breath on my neck and right ear.
I involuntarily closed my eyes and wished him to tighten what was essentially a hug and pull me back against him.
“What?”
Mr. Hoover broke the spell for me. “This last one fits the best. Let's head back to the fitting rooms.”