He couldn't have been any more perfect if I had picked him out of central casting. He was the punk rock proto-type I had lusted after all my life. That perfectly messy hair, the tight jeans. The oldest Clash t-shirt know to man, threadbare and worn. The horn-rimmed glasses, the tattoos. It was as if my brain had made him, and put him there behind the bar. All the young punkettes loved him too. It was obvious as I watched them jockey for position around the bar, leaning seductively forward, their glossed lips formed into perfect half smiles.
Before the show started, I waited in the queue behind all the cool chicks so I could get a drink. It was worth all the effort when I was front and center with him. His cool demeanor was no act. He really was cool, to me and everyone else in the room. His eyes shone behind the glasses smudged with fingerprints. When he asked me what I wanted, it was all I could do to not say, "You." Corny, yes. But, in this case, oh so true.
He asked to see my I.D., and I was sure he was trying to flatter me. When he handed me my beer, his wet fingers slipped over my hand as he waited to let go one tick too long. The smile, the touch shocked my body awake, and I would have giggled had it been 1986. I could feel him looking at me as I walked away, and the thought made me warm between my legs.
When the show ended, my friends took off, not interested in seeing the next band. I made my way to the bathroom before the trip home. I wanted to scan the room for him, then stopped myself. I was being silly. As I thought this, I saw him. Standing by the cigarette machine. My dream boy. Seeing him in the light, I realized he couldn't have been more than 22. His height towered above me, and every step I took towards him made me want him more and more. He looked at me, and smiled. I froze. The bathroom was two steps away, and so was he.
He leaned down and picked up the pack of cigarettes. With him staring at me, I felt more awkward than I ever had in those high school days. His lanky body moved into my space, and looked down into my eyes. I couldn't move, I didn't know what to do next. His hand reached out from mine, and he pulled me through a door behind him, into an office.