Lyon laughed and said, “You never fucked a girl in your life, cock sucker.” Lyon was actually married to a woman.
J.D. ignored the comment; they were only joking around. He turned to Treston and said, “Could you give me a hand, man? I don’t think I can do it alone tonight. I just got this new g-string for the show and I think I might have made a mistake.”
Treston removed his shirt and walked over to where J.D. was standing. Treston was the only guy in the dressing room still wearing his underwear. This wasn’t the first time J.D. had asked him for help getting ready for the show. He said, “Spread your legs a little, hold your nuts, and lean your hips forward,” and then he reached down and grabbed J.D.’s dick with his right hand.
While Treston pulled the g-string’s waistband with his left hand and lifted J.D.’s dick with his right so he could work it into the pouch, J.D. asked, “What’s happening with you and Senator Harlan Rocks?” The other guys had never liked Harlan; they thought he was using Treston. They referred to him as “the senator” with sarcastic expressions.
Treston continued to gently push J.D’s dick down into the pouch. He frowned and said, “He left me at Lake Mead yesterday.” He caught J.D. and Lyon exchange a quick glance and he told them an abbreviated version of what had happened at Lake Mead. He left out the part about being naked and how Cooper Boon had found him crying on a rock. That would have been too much information to tell anyone.
Lyon crossed to where they were standing and he reached down to help Treston put J.D.’s dick into the pouch. It wasn’t easy. It was the first time it had taken two of them to do this. Each time Treston thought he’d gotten J.D.’s dick in the pouch, either his balls would pop out of the right side or the head of his dick would slip out of the left.
Treston pulled J.D.’s dick all the way out and started over. “I think you might have to put on something else.” It always amazed him how non-sexual these things were. The men outside in the club would probably have paid three times as much just to see what happened backstage.
“Just keep working on it,” J.D. said. “I’m sure you’ll get it in there.”
This time Treston and Lyon exchanged a glance.
J.D. said, “Well, I guess that’s the end of the senator. And I say good riddance to bad rubbish. The guy was only out for what he could bleed dry from you. He’s a gonif.”
“A what?” Treston asked. J.D. was Jewish and he often used Yiddish words none of them knew.
“A gonif is a fucking creep who you can’t trust and never will be able to trust,” J.D. said. “They’ll take anything they can get, and they have no moral fiber.”
Treston found that if he pointed J.D.’s dick down, and then curled it around his balls, it seemed to stay in place. Of course the sides bulged and he wasn’t sure how long it would stay in place, but it was the best he could do. “He’s not that bad,” Treston said. “I think he just owed a few people some money and he panicked. I’m sure he’ll call.”
Lyon rolled his eyes. “Don’t count on it, bro,” he said. “And if he does call you tell him to go fuck himself.” Lyon was like most of the straight guys in Treston’s life: they tended to be protective toward him, as if Treston couldn’t be trusted to protect himself.
J.D. glanced down between his legs and said, “I think this will work.”
Lyon frowned and said, “I think you’d better put on something else. I have a thong you can borrow, man. You’ll love it. I wore it already and never washed it.”
Treston just gaped at what he saw. J.D.’s dick was way too large for the pouch. The sides were sticking out and J.D.’s balls were exposed. “I agree with Lyon, buddy. You’d better put on something else. This won’t work out well on stage. You know how Chickey is about this stuff.”
“No, it’s fine,” J.D. said. And to prove it, he pressed his hands to his chest and bucked his hips as if he were dancing on stage. But the second time he swung his pelvis forward, his dick fell out and slapped against his thigh.
Treston said, “Ah well.”
Lyon smiled.
J.D. shook his head and said, “I guess you’re right,” and he pulled the g-string off. When he handed it to Lyon he said, “You can have it. Why let a perfectly good g-string go to waste? I’ll wear yours instead.” He didn’t seem to mind that Lyon had already worn it.
But Lyon stepped back and lifted his hands, palms up. “No way, dude. I don’t wear other dude’s shit like that.”
J.D. rolled his eyes. “You were just holding my nuts a minute ago. Seriously, man.”
“That’s different,” Lyon said. “I’m straight. I was just helping you out. But there’s no way I’m wearing something another dude’s dick touched. Freaks me out, man.” He turned to get his thong for J.D.
Treston smiled. They each had their quirks. “I’ll take it,” he said. “I’ll wear it under my costume tonight.” He thought it would be just the right size for him—a pouch small enough to make a great big bulge. And even if it did reveal a little too much of his dick, his unusual act focused more on his ass. He didn’t mind wearing a thong another guy’s dick had touched.
As Lyon turned to go back to the full-length mirror and J.D. turned to put on the g-string Lyon had just given him, the phone rang and Treston’s heart stopped beating for a moment. Maybe it was Harlan. Treston had actually talked himself into believing Harlan might have regretted what he’d done at Lake Mead and he would call and beg Treston for forgiveness.
One of the new strippers answered and a second later he pointed the phone toward Lyon and said, “It’s your bitch, man. She wants to know if you’re available to come to the phone at this moment.”
As Treston’s heart sank and he turned with his head down to start putting on his costume, J.D. turned and placed is hand on Treston’s shoulder. In a rare serious moment for him, he said, “You gotta let this one go, buddy. He’s not worth it. Consider yourself lucky he didn’t get any more from you.”
Treston still believed there was a chance Harlan might call, but he didn’t want J.D. to think he was a complete idiot. So he looked up and smiled. Then he reached into his bag and pulled out his newest costume for an act that seemed to drive the men in the club out of their minds. It was so outrageous, and so unusual, even the other male strippers at the club gaped at him when he did this. And Chickey found it amusing. He would sit at the bar and smile through the entire act.