Sara frowned as she looked into her drink, slowly swirling it. Her sorority sisters dragged her along to this campus mixer, but a quick look around the room revealed that the only guys here were the usual losers trolling for sex at the local bar they frequented. She'd been counting the minutes til they were going to leave, so she'd taken a seat by the punch bowl hoping to drown her sorrows while passing the time.
"Um, excuse me, miss..."
It seemed to take her longer than normal for her to raise her eyes to meet those of the man before her, slowly drinking in the view. He seemed to be about 6'4" with short, chestnut hair, fashionably cut and dark eyes you could get lost in.
"Is this seat taken?"
Sara caught herself staring and stammered, "No, it's free..."
"Thanks. Are you here by yourself? It seems you've made yourself at home by the punch bowl."
"Haha, no, my sorority sisters dragged me here, but there's nothing but creeps who've tried to hit on me before here." she said with irritation clearly in her voice. "But I haven't seen you around before."
"Ah, my frat brothers convinced me to come, but I knew it was a bad idea. They thought they needed another wing man."
"Bad idea, huh? Is that code for you have a girlfriend?"
"Haha, no, it's just not exactly my scene..."
"Oh? Why's that?"
"Well, for starters, I'm gay, and this place isn't exactly the best place to find a boyfriend."
"Oohhhh. Well, yeah, that makes sense."
"Yeah."
Damn, there goes any chance of salvaging the night, she thought while looking over this clearly fit guy, tracing the veins up his muscled arms.
"So...you're gay? I really wouldn't have thought that at first glance."
"Haha, I get that a lot. People say I don't really look gay. Usually they say I have a 'boy next door' look, that or a football player."
It made sense, Sara thought, with his mid-western accent and clean shaven face with just a touch of stubble. Not to mention his physique and hair. It looked like he could model for Abercrombie or Calvin Klein.
"Are you one? It looks like you work out from how fit you are."
"Nah. I did wrestle in high school, but I'm just keeping up what I built from there."
"Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that, but it explains the arms."
"You mean the guy magnets?," he smirked, flexing a bicep.
She chuckled, "You don't really use that line do you?"
"Haha, no, I'm not that kind of guy. I like to look nice for myself, but I prefer someone with a brain. The only guys that would attract are jerks."
"Tell me about it. Brains, huh? What major are you?"
"Economics, junior, you?"
"Wow, really? Same here, junior. Watch out for Mr. Brannigan, I took his class last year and he's a hard ass. Not the good kind."
"I know! I just started his class!"
Talking to him was starting to cheer her up. Chatting up a hot guy, even a gay one, was better than the alternative. Maybe this evening wouldn't be a total waste...
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It was about three hours later and they hadn't moved an inch. Talking the whole time even though all but a couple of people had left.
Sara looked around at the empty room, "Oh my god, have we been talking the whole night?"
"Haha, it looks like it."
"Well, you know, despite everything, I actually had fun tonight. Thanks to you."
"Thanks, I had a good time, too. It really beats sitting here watching my frat brothers fail at picking up women."
"Right? Well, I guess I should head back since it's getting late, but here, let me give you my number. You can text me if you have trouble with Mr. Brannigan. Or if you just want to talk again."
"Wow, thanks. I'll probably take you up on that. Oh my god, I totally forgot to ask your name," he said while passing her his phone.
"Haha, it's Sara," she laughed, typing her info in.