Model's Wanted, A story....

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

“Man what a workout,” Zach said as we climbed out of the pool. Coach put us through a grueling four hour endurance practice session with only one five minute pee break in the middle. We were both beat, as were the other guys and girls on the team. You know that great look you see when a guy climbs out of the pool and his brief clings to him? Well, it does not happen after a four hour endurance session, we all looked like we were 12, our male bulges more like tiny bumps.

“I know, my ass is dragging,” I said in reply. “Just want to go someplace quiet and lay down for a while.”

“Holy crap, I swam my balls off” Thomas said, pointing to his missing bulge. We all laughed.

We had to do 20 minutes of stretches on deck. Fifteen guys and twelve girls all spread out on the mats doing all sorts of muscular configurations. Watching all the action of these handsome bodies did start to help with the whole shrinkage problem. By the end, we not only felt better, but we looked better, at least getting more normal. I always wondered after these sessions how much the girls watched as the guys sprang back to life.

The team bulletin board was in the hall leading to the locker rooms. As Zach and I walked past, something caught Zach’s attention. “Hey, Ryan, look at this” Zach said grabbing my arm. It was small sign on yellow paper with a headline that read “Models Wanted.” It was for an art class on “drawing human life” and they were looking for 2 to 4 guys and 2 girls to model for the class. They pay was really good, $50 for a three hour session.

“Gotta be nude modeling” one of the other swimmers said.

“Yeah, for sure,” added another.

“Hey, we are practically nude now,” said Thomas, “Let’s all go now and we can just take off these skimpy suits,” That got the guys laughing. Thomas was a senior on the team. Zach and I hung out with him quite a bit, but we were not really close friends.

The subject of modeling passed as we entered the locker room. The hot shower felt awesome, and most of us stayed in the shower for an extra long time, enjoying the feeling of the warm water on our bodies. The guys on the team are all really fit, so it not only was the water hot, but the guys were too. Our showers were the old gang type, not the fancy individual ones the football and basketball team got. Certain things came with revenue sports. I think we were lucky to get water. Every once in a while a guy would get hard in the shower, but not today. While we were feeling more refreshed, our bodies were clearly recovering from the workout.

I put on a dry older suit, T shirt and pulled on my 501’s. Zach changed into surf shorts and a polo. The rest of the guys also got dressed and we all agreed to get breakfast. The girls were going to join us. It was actually only 9 am, the workout started at 4, which was cruel in itself for a Saturday.

“What an awesome day,” I proclaimed as we got out in the sunshine. It was going to be well into the 70’s and there was not a cloud in the sky.

“Man, we gotta enjoy this,” Thomas added to my comment.

Over breakfast at the dining hall, we conjured up a plan to go hang out on the rocks down by the river. The rocks was a top sunning spot for the students at school. It was the place to go on nice days. Once we sufficiently convinced we had eaten every egg and pancake in the cafeteria, we agreed to meet in front of the library for the walk to the river. It was all comer, so if you wanted to go, be there at 11.

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Thomas, Zach, Jeff, Sebastian and I showed up, along with Amy, Marilee (Thomas’s girlfriend) and Katie. We were all changed into shorts and T shirts, old shoes, and had a bag with towels, snacks, drinks and crap. Under my shorts I had on this really sweet Tyr suit that looked like a tie dye design (wild prints were really in style then), and I had a back up suit in my bag (not sure why, but I always took an extra). The other guys had board shorts or swim shorts on (the kind that looked like gym shorts, but had strings and those awful mesh liners). Zach had on board shorts, but I know he had on a back and gold Arena brief under.

The rocks were crowded. We worked our way out into the middle of the river and found a huge open space and spread ourselves out. I quickly lost the shorts, revealing my suit, as did Zach. We all sprawled out and started soaking up the sun. It was really awesome,. There were a few other guys in brief suits, but not many.

“Cute suit,” Marilee said to me. “Love the colors!”

“Thanks, it is one of my favorites,” I replied. I loved the way the suit fit on me, and looked. It was a bit more brief than most of my suits, which I also really liked.

“You guys should have worn your Speedos” Marilee said to the others.

As we laid there, kind of dozing, Zach looked over at me. “Hey, seriously, what about checking out that modeling thing?” he asked. I could tell he was serious.

“Well, maybe” I replied.

“I mean it is kind of good money, and it can’t be anything too crazy” he added.

“You’ve been thinking about this” I replied.

“Yeah, a little bit since we saw it, what can it hurt?”

I had to admit, the thought of modeling was making me a bit excited, and unlike after our workout, this time it was showing. I rolled on my side and faced Zach. “Yeah, okay, I’m in if you are.”

“Cool, I wrote the number down after we got dressed. We can call it Monday. It is some professor in the art school.”

“Plus, you’d be hot as a male model, “ I added, laughing. Zach blushed. With that I got up and stood in the water. It was only up to my shins, but I splashed it all over me, more out of need than because I was hot.

To be continued….