Swimming Upstream

Chapter 3

I woke up hearing the loud buzzing of my alarm going off at 6 am. I had just enough time to shower and get dressed to be pool side by 7. I reached down, oh crap, another morning hard on; however, fortunately when I got into the showers no one was there. I found out that there was one bathroom and a communal shower to every four dorm rooms. My roommate was still dead asleep and didn't look like he was waking up anytime soon.

I gave myself a quick tug definitely needing to relieve stress. I made it just in time to the aquatic building seeing the coach hasn't come in yet. I gave Eric a relieved look stripping down to my suit.

"I came in just under the wire too," Eric said laughing.

I walked by heading my way to the pool where I could overhear Coach Butler talking on the phone in his office.

"Love you too," he said. "Have a good day."

I assumed that it must have been his wife judging from the photo of him and the pretty trophy woman that sat on his desk and the sliver wedding band on his finger.

It was another day of heavy drills and relays where afterwards we all showered afterwards. I looked around the big shower room that left nothing to the imagination. Honestly I couldn't help but being a bit turned on seeing the other guys all tan and muscular with tight six packs. I only hoped that the other guys didn't see that I was checking them out.

"Hey, if you want the fraternity is looking for new pledges."

"New pledges?"

"Yeah, I joined last year."

"Not sure if the Greek life is for me," I replied. "Heard too many horror stories."

"No, it's nothing like that. The fraternity doesn't want to see what has happened to other students happen here."

I still looked wary feeling uneasy. Fraternities exuded a hyper purely straight masculine environment where I was the complete opposite. It would be like fitting a square peg into a round hole.

"Don't worry," Eric replied smiling. "I will put in your bid and a good word for you."

"Okay, I'll do it."

It was the one day that I got to sleep in that the phone woke me up at 5 am.

I picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"

"Your bid has been accepted, pledge. Be at the fraternity house in 10 minutes or you are not getting in," the voice said.

I was still groggy but could tell it was the Abercrombie and Fitch bouncer from the party.

Quickly throwing on my clothes I raced outside and down the block to the steps of the frat house seeing a group of other guys lined up. In the group of brothers there was one that stood out who appeared to be the leader that looked like a really strong gymnast with big guns, big chest and a flat stomach.

"Pledges, welcome," the head frat brother announced. "Before this week is over you will be pushed to your limit and discover what it means to be a brother."

"Okay, everyone inside and strip naked," Abercrombie said.

We all filed inside stripping down to nothing standing single file. I couldn't help but see the homo eroticism of all this.

"This is your first test," the head frat said, opening up the door to the basement. "Having trust with your brother is essential to every fraternity. Down there it will feel like a sweat box and the only way you can leave is if you shoot a load given to you by a fellow pledge."

There were a few chuckles making the usual wise cracks about guys masturbating together; although, for me I nervous as hell but excited that I really needed to contain inside of me.

We all paraded downstairs into the pitch black basement feeling what felt like ninety degree heat all cramped together with just not a lot of room to move around. Suddenly, I could feel a hand wrap his hand around my penis slowly rubbing which already felt hard. I could hear from around the room some more commotion from the other guys talking, swearing under their breaths and hearing some moans. I reached out feeling the guy in front of me stroking him back. I didn't know what could be more homoerotic than this moment.

"Yeah, that's it," I could hear him whisper.

It didn't take too long until I heard guys cumming one by one hearing them climb up the stairs. The guy in front of me started to stroke me faster which in turn made me do the same to him. I couldn't believe this was really happening soon feeling light headed from the heat and the intensity of my load building up.

"Yeah, bro. Shoot it."

I immediately came right after he said that where I felt him shooting at the same time. I walked up the stairs trying to avoid stepping on all the white semen spilled out on the floor that went up my nose that almost made me nauseous though intoxicating.

I squinted my eyes turning around seeing my partner from the basement sigh and laugh patting me on the back. He was tall and tan with surfer good looks and his dark blonde hair went down to the nape of his neck.

"Congratulations, pledges," the muscular gymnast said. "Now all of you get to clean the house in your briefs."

After spending most of the afternoon vacuuming and otherwise cleaning the house with the other pledges in nothing but our underwear, we were finished and completely spent. We stood at attention until the house was fully inspected.

"Good work, pledges."

"You are free to go for today," Abercrombie said, handing each of us a book. "This is the history of our fraternity. Study it because they'll be a surprise quiz at some point."

As I walked back my cell phone rang hearing Eric's voice at the other end.

"So did they send you to the basement too?"

"Haha, yeah."

"They do that to just weed out the ones who aren't committed. Just a way to solidify the friendship between all the brothers," he replied. "If they choose not to participate they know that the frat life isn't for everyone. Jonathan acts tough but once you get to know him he isn't a bad guy."

I could only imagine now what was still part of their initiation process before you were considered a full fledged brother.