The following day Zach met with Luke in the weight room, while Mark hung-out with Trey.Luke walked into the weight room, looking his typically messy self. Luke was a junior, and Zach and he had played together for three years now. Zach set Luke up on a bench press and started to bark at him like a drill sergeant. As he spotted Luke, he started to ask him about how things were going. Luke was mostly evasive at first. As Zach continued to push him physically and Luke was struggling to push the weight up, he snapped at Zach.Luke was pretty upset that Zach moved in on Mark. He thought that he was getting close to “closing the deal” when Zach had his very-public conquest of Mark. He also knew that they were continuing to hook-up.Luke had been close friends with Jacob, who had graduated the previous year. Jacob was a backup shooting guard who had a magnetic personality. Since Jacob left, Luke had become a bit depressed and increasingly messy. Mark had been the first person that Luke had attempted to charm since Jacob had left. The fact that he felt “shot-down” by Mark didn’t do any favors for his confidence.Zach couldn’t really let Luke know about all of the details of why he had seduced Mark that night, but he did apologize. He built Luke up quite a bit, focusing on his best qualities. He also told him that he needs to step up his game if he wanted to land a choice guy like Mark. He told him that he needed to tidy up his appearance a bit and spend a couple of days in the gym each week with him.Zach continued to push Luke physically for close to an hour. Luke seemed quite motivated by Zach’s comments and was working hard. The two guys hit the showers Büyükçekmece escort bayan and then headed over to practice.~~~In the meantime, Mark was having his practice with Trey. Well, he was supposed to, but Trey was nearly a half-hour late. When Mark asked him what held him up, he didn’t really have an answer. Mark headed out onto the court and tried to set some stuff up, but Trey just lounged around giving minimal effort.Mark knew that he had to change his approach. He knew that Trey was a gamer, so he started asking a few questions about what he was playing and his energy-level started to increase. After connecting with Trey on that level, Mark started to dig a bit deeper. Aside from the family-issues that Mark already knew about, it would seem that he had experienced a one-timer with some fellow named Zach. Apparently, Zach was one of his first partners and afterward he didn’t have much contact with him on that sort of level.Trey was a bit of a sensitive guy and he felt a bit used-and-abused by Zach. After that, he started to put on additional weight and he gave even less of an effort on the court. Watching Zach be with other guys didn’t help his outlook, either. Trey’s introverted nature meant that he didn’t have a lot of close relationships or meet many people. Even though Trey was a senior and would be graduating soon, Mark felt like he needed to do something to boost his confidence before he left.The two “hugged one out” and headed to the locker room to get ready for practice. ~~~The next day, Maxi met with Zach in the weight room. Zach set him up doing arm-curls and was challenging Escort Çatalca him face-to-face. Maxi had a lot of determination and willpower, but couldn’t keep up with Zach, even using smaller weights.It was obvious that Maxi looked up to Zach in a lot of ways. He started to ask Zach about some of his sexual-conquests. Zach told him a couple of stories, including one about Mark. It was clear that Zach’s stories piqued Maxi’s interest in more than one way. Never bashful, Zach called him out on it. Zach told Maxi that he was a stud and that all that he needed to do was show it and the boys would be lined-up for a ride.He advised Maxi that he needed to tone-up a bit in his upper-body area and he needed to add a bit of style to his appearance. He also mentioned that he needed to do some serious man-scaping.They finished their workout, showered, and headed to practice. ~~~Meanwhile, Mark was hanging out with Lee. Mark showed Lee some of the signals that he was using with Justin and Zach on the court. Lee was very enthusiastic to learn. They also worked on a few things of their own.Afterward, Mark challenged Lee to a game of horse. Neither of the two were terrific shooters, so this threatened to take a while. While they were clanking basketballs off of the rim, Mark started to ask Lee about his personal life. As Mark suspected, there wasn’t really much to tell. Lee was the typical nice guy that was always being overlooked. The fact that he was pretty shy, didn’t help matters any either. Lee indicated subtly that he liked to be both top and bottom.Mark told him that he had to be more confident. Others wouldn’t Esenler escort believe in him if he didn’t first believe in himself. He asked Lee to pretend like he was trying to pick up on Mark. He was pretty rubbish at it. Mark gave him a few tips.Overall it was a nice chat, but Mark didn’t feel like he was getting anywhere. So he decided to drop the bomb on him. Out of nowhere, he said, “Maybe you and I should fuck sometime.” There was nothing but silence. Lee’s face turned bright red and he acted like he didn’t hear him. “OK, I guess not then,” Mark added.“Are you being for real?” Lee asked.“Yeah, sure. Why wouldn’t I? You are a good-looking guy and you are probably the nicest guy that I know. I think that we would have fun,” Mark said.That was all that Lee needed to hear. He was absolutely beaming. Trying to play it cool he said, “Yeah. I think that I would be down for that.”Mark chuckled at him, “You may want to be the top, though.”Lee smirked at him confidently and said, “With you, I wouldn’t have it any other way.”They finished their game and Lee was a completely different person, at least for now. They headed to the locker room joking and flirting a bit. ~~~After practice, Mark and Zach took a quick shower and then requisitioned the treatment room to discuss what they had found out. Zach told Mark that Luke’s boyfriend had graduated the previous year and that Mark was his first attempt to get back out there. He said that he wanted to try to get Luke in better shape and to tidy up his appearance. He added that some positive-reinforcement from Mark as he made strides would go a long way.Moving on to Maxi, Zach explained that Maxi just hadn’t found his way. He knew that Maxi admired him, so he wanted to get Maxi toned-up, add a bit of style and do a bit of hair removal. Then he joked that Maxi got an erection when Zach was talking about Mark. Mark tried to get Zach to explain what he had told Maxi about him, but Zach left him to wonder.