****Author's Note - thanks again for all your votes and comments, for all who are waiting for Alex and Suzy's reunion I promise it WILL happen in Ch 5. If you are discovering this story for the first time, please have a look the preceding chapters as well to make more sense of the tale ***
Alex returns to the University halls of residence on an adrenaline high, his step bouncing as he regains the sanctuary of his room. Kicking aside a small rainforest worth of pizza delivery leaflets and club flyers that had been pushed under his door as he enters. Students are paid a pittance to deliver this junk mail within the halls and to Alex it has always been an extremely irritating downside to the general amenity of halls living but this evening as he flicks on the light and closes the door he finds he no longer cares so much about the waste of time and paper that the flyers represent. His room is the same but his eyes are viewing it differently, almost from an elevated perspective, like an out of body experience, as if he no longer 'belongs' in this environment.
At 21 he's just started the final year of his degree, for the past few weeks he's felt in an almost liminal state, like a larva starting it's metamorphosis into the adult form; no longer fully a student but not yet a convincing member of the mature populace either.
That day's experience with Suzy has only served to amplify the disconnect and now he stands in a the familiar space feeling acutely alien, his books and laptop on the desk incongruous to him, somehow not his domain anymore. Alex recognises the feeling, he'd experienced something similar when he'd first arrived at the University three years ago, both the bustling grimy city and the relentless ant hill like atmosphere of the halls such a culture shock to him, so different from the sleepy Devon town he'd grown up in. Now again it seems he's entering a period of transition.
As he shucks his jacket and switches on the the kettle, noticing a copy of a popular 'lads mag' in the pile of paper detritus behind the door. A yellow sticky note blaring out between the pages bearing the scrawl of his friend Ravi who lives in the room across the hall; one word in block capitals "THIS!!!" accompanied by an arrow. Opening the magazine at the marked page Alex sees there's actually a whole mass of arrows on sticky notes haloing a topless photo of his and Ravi's shared crush, a nubile young soap opera actress whom they've discussed in lewd terms many times, wondering if and when she would do a skin shoot.
Alex chuckles softly, what a day! Not only does he get the fucking of his life but Ravi finally gets to see his ideal woman topless. Ravi has circled a web address in red where the rest of the shoot can be viewed by members of the magazine's fan page which explains why he's happy to push his copy of the magazine under Alex's door, but then knowing Ravi he's probably gone out and bought all his friends their own personal copy. Grinning Alex takes out his phone and calls him, it rings just twice before he picks up:
"Alex my man, you got my gift then? You knocked one out on her yet?"
Alex chuckles at Ravi's obvious glee and his picturesque turn of phrase, shaking his head as he replies,
"Not yet bro, I just got in, I'm a bit knackered actually. Have you?"
"To tired to wank man???!!!" Ravi exclaims his pitch raising in exasperation; "You fucking lightweight! I'm so dehydrated I've had to come to the pub to re-energise. You should come down, Dave is letting us look at the pics on the 52" internet TV. He's taking his time polishing those glasses behind the bar now mind you - dirty bastard!"
Alex laughs as Ravi's garrulous enthusiasm continues, how on earth he'll cope with making the transition to being a sombre barrister is a question Alex has mused many times. Ravi has the intelligence and the drive to succeed but is such an effusively alive person that it is jarring to think of him buttoned down by laws and codes of conduct.
"Thanks for the offer, but I really am bollocksed, gonna eat & crash, have one for me and I'll maybe see you tomorrow?" Alex replies
"Fair enough man, you fucking geriatric! Get logged on and have a look at the rest though, guaranteed bonersville, your dick'll be bruised and battered like mine by morning."
Ravi hangs up and Alex pictures him tossing his phone away with disdain, tutting and rolling his eyes at Alex's boring attitude; as for having a bruised and battered dick.......well, if only he knew!
Glancing at his watch Alex extracts a cook-chill lasagne from his tiny fridge, and puts it into the microwave oven to cook. He's missed the catered dinner this evening so ping-ping food it is. Pouring hot water from the kettle into a mug containing instant coffee and sugar he flips through the magazine disinterestedly while he waits for his food to cook, musing on the events of the afternoon as he lounges back on his messy bunk. The whole scenario seems unreal now in reflection but yet the dull ache in his cock and balls reminds him it did happen, an involuntary twitch in his groin takes him by surprise as the images in his mind rekindle his arousal, flashes of sensation play through him like muscle memory.
Alex is dumbstruck, never before has a sexual encounter stayed with him so vividly, although in his limited experience with girls there have been some stand out moments. His height and athletic build have ensured that he's had his share of conquests, where his quiet studious personality means that he's never been a babe magnet. Most girls he's dated have been either gorgeous but one dimensional and so he easily bores of them or studious types whom he could talk to but didn't necessarily fancy that much.
Growing up on the North Devon coast Alex naturally learned to surf. As a skinny lanky boy it didn't come naturally but he worked hard to find a style and technique that suited him and being a strong swimmer he joined the local surf lifesaving club as a teen. From turning 16 to leaving for university Alex took a shift each Saturday alongside the regular lifeguards at his local beach and acted as part of the water patrol for local surf competitions. Gradually his shoulders broadened and he gained upper body muscle mass and definition through swimming and paddling out through the surf, he liked his filled out triangular shape and so did the girls it seemed.
For almost a year before he left for London Alex had dated a girl he'd lusted after all through high school, a confident beautiful blonde, 5'8" with long tan legs and a perfect figure, perky B cups adorned her narrow frame and crowned her perfection. Her name was Abbi, her family owned the local holiday park where Alex had worked cleaning caravans one summer; her uncle ran the local surf shop/cafe bar and Abbi was their poster girl, in short she was beach royalty in his tiny home town.
Alex and Abbi made a cute couple, everyone said so and they had been ecstatically happy for about eight months, going to parties, taking long walks together, hanging out at the beach until late at night with a fire of driftwood. Making love in an unused caravan at the back of the holiday park or under the stars on a picnic rug overlooking the tumbling surf, exploring and experimenting as teens do, seeing what would go where and whether this felt better than that. Alex discovered that Abbi was quite good at wanking him and also that if he sucked her clit while fingering her pussy she'd go wild and bounce on his cock 'til they both reached orgasm. All good wholesome sexy fun. Abbi had taken Alex's cherry, and she had been a great first love...........for a while.