Sometimes you meet people that will influence you at the strangest times. I was sitting around the campus with some friends just hanging out when I met the man who would change the way I thought about men forever. We were really just lounging around the couches and chairs in the union when a group of men approached us and asked if they could sit down as well.
They looked like they had been walking forever so we didn't hesitate to let them sit with us. Now when you are sitting down everyone looks tall, but one of the guys seemed to tower over everyone around him. At this point I should say that usually I like guys with dark hair and eyes and fair skin. But this guy was the total opposite of the men that I generally looked twice at. He had long blonde hair that was pulled back at the nape of his neck. His eyes had a sparkle that you usually find in men who love life and live to have fun.
His skin was tanned, but not the fake-n-bake kind of tan that you see so often today, but rather a golden color that only comes from being in the sun. He had a mustache and goatee that normally I would not like at all, but on him was strangely attractive. I watched as he looked for a place to sit, finally settling on the sofa directly across from the one I was sitting on. I watched him for a moment before I realized that I was being obvious and looked away to rejoin the conversation that my friends were having with our new arrivals.
My friend Renee' was looking at two of the guys like she was going to take a bite out of them. I briefly wondered if she knew them, but I didn't ask. As it turned out they were all professional wrestlers. It seemed that both of their conferences were having shows in Dallas that night and they had gotten together since they were friends. One of the guys, who's stage name I didn't really hear, introduced himself to me as Steve. Apparently he had gone to my college several years before and was visiting some favored coaches and the other guys tagged along to get out of the hotel. One by one I learned there names were Bill, Scott, and Kevin. Kevin's eyes lingered on mine as we were introduced and they seemed to dance just a little when I told him my name was Dannielle.
"Parlez-vous Francais?" He asked. Do you speak french?
"Oui, Pourqou?" I replied. Yes, why?
"Isn't your name French?"
"Not really my parents just liked the sound of it. Where did you learn French?"
"I picked up a little bit of a few languages while I was in Germany."
"What were you doing in Germany?" I asked.
"A little bit of this and a little bit of that," he said enigmatically. I nodded deciding not to probe any farther. However I desperately wanted to talk to this guy alone, but it didn't look like that was going to happen with all of these people around. The more I looked at him the more I wanted to touch his face. I decided to try idle conversation just so I could hear his voice and maybe maintain his attention.
"So do you have a nom de guerre?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's ‘Big Sexy'," he said with a grin.
"Oh really?" I couldn't help but smile. "A little confidante are you?" He laughed good naturedly," It really wasn't my idea, but now that it's mine I'm used to it." As Kevin spoke Steve stood up, "Where are you going?" Kevin asked.
"Well there have been so many new buildings added since I was here last that I think I'm going to find a map so that I can find the coaches offices to see if I recognize anyone there."
"Hey," James, a friend of mine, said, "I know where they are, I can take you there if you want."
"I'll go too!" Renee' said practically leaping on Steve.
"Sure, how about now?" Steve said. James answered by standing up and heading for the door.
"You coming Bill?" Steve turned and asked.
"Yeah, are you Kev?" Bill asked.
Kevin looked at me for a full minute, "No I think I'll stay here." he said while pointedly looking at me. I could feel my cheeks burning as I blushed. All of my friends got the hint before I did and got up to go with James and Steve to the coaches offices. Suddenly I found myself quite alone with this large good looking man.
Kevin leaned forward, putting his elbows on his knees and looked at me so intensely that for a moment I thought he was trying to look through me. "So tell me about yourself." It seemed his voice was a little deeper and softer then it had been a moment ago.
"What would you like to know?" I asked trying to sound coy. For just a second it seemed like something purely erotic flashed in his eyes before he answered, "Tell me whatever you want to tell me. Do you have a favorite movie? What kind of music do you listen to? What kind of books do you read? Ever seen an episode of Star Trek? How did you learn French?" He finally paused for a breath and I decided to try and answer him.
"I needed eight hours to complete my foreign language requirement, I chose French, anything else?" I didn't know if I was pulling off nonchalance very well but I certainly hoped that maybe Kevin wouldn't sense how turned on I was.
"Okay," he said with a smile, "what are you here studying?"
"I started out as a film and photography major, but now I'm finishing my history masters."
"History huh, why that?"
"Because those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it," I quoted.
"But why spend so much time learning it, when history repeats itself regardless?"
"Good question, but what would you rather see repeated: the moon landing or the Holocaust? By learning from history we can keep repeating the good things and eliminate the bad." I explained.