7:00 am
After 210 execrable days of teaching bonehead English to redneckes in Hell-fer-Sartain, Texas, I finally managed to escape. I've been driving all night, except for a couple of hours sleeping at a rest stop, so I'm quite a zombie.
And I'm angry and frustrated, after watching someone masturbate through a glory hole, but not being allowed to get any of the action.
Time for breakfast.
I get off Interstate 55 in a neighborhood south of downtown St. Louis and stop for breakfast in the Mississippi Mud House, the only gay-friendly restaurant in St. Louis, according to my Gayellow Pages.
It's not entirely gay: there are heterosexual couples, some businessmen in suits, and a scattering of college students. Actually, I don't see anyone who sets off my gaydar.
Except for a cute guy about my age sitting by himself at one of the little tables: tall and slim, with thick sandy hair, dark eyebrows, and pink lips. Wearing blue jeans and a pink polo shirt.
Maybe I struck out last night, but this time it's a sure thing.
I try to make eye contact, but he won't look up.
Who cares? My discretion has vanished. When my order arrives, I pick up my plate and coffee cup and plop down in the seat across from him.
"Hi! I've had a rough night. Can I join you?"He smiles. "Sure."
His name is Dwight. He's 17 years old, finishing his junior year in high school, with a job lined up as a life guard during the summer. He comes to the gay coffee shop almost every morning before on the way to school, hoping to meet someone, but he never does.
"You haven't been with a guy before?" I ask.
The full story, with nude photos and sexual situations, is on Tales of West Hollywood.
The full story, with nude photos and sexual situations, is on Tales of West Hollywood.