Part One: The Cheryl Chronicles
Getting my haircut was always viewed as more of a waste of time than anything else, and this time was no exception; despite the vast time it took, a new haircut still made me look and feel like a dork.
So, to say the least, I was generally not bristling with confidence.
I left the place after tipping the girl two dollars for my emasculation: It was highway robbery.
I decided that since all of my hip friends were all already gone doing whatever it was that they were doing, that I would use this time wisely and spend some quality time with my very best friend in the whole wide world: me. I would rejoice in my singularity by going to the video store and renting a movie, naturally something violent, with lots of action, and oh yes,with a lot of splattering fake movie blood in it.
The video store was right next door, so I could just easily walk my freshly bowl-cut head over to it.
The very first thing I noticed when I opened the door to the video store was Cheryl, a girl I had gone to school with, who was working behind the counter wearing a ridiculous company uniform. I had not seen her since High School; and at the precise time I noticed her, she recognized me as well. We immediately smiled at each other and I walked over to the counter to talk to her.
Cheryl had the sweetest smile, and hidden under her uniform,as stupid and unflattering as it was, was a pair of breasts heaving to get out from underneath; they stretched at the buttons as to offer little windows at her tightly stretched lacy white bra, and if not for a couple twirls of thread they would have been fully exposed to me.
I stood there, trying not to be rude, but I could not believe that I was the only one who could see this treasure. I looked around the rest of the video store and everyone was more interested in the current releases than in Cheryl. Good, I thought to myself.
But despite her good looks, her long blonde hair, thick lips, and big breasts, it was her green eyes that sparkled with a knowing warmth that at first intimidated me somewhat. She made me feel a little uneasy how she seldom looked away from me. At first I thought it was my dumb bowl hair cut, believe me I thought everybody was looking at it.
"You know I had the biggest crush on you in school," she laughed.
"Really?" I told her that I never knew, and that I wished I had.
She recommended (and ultimately talked me into) some racy videos that she said were her favorites, and that I use her employee discount to save a couple of bucks on the rental. She even escorted me to the proper sections in which those movies resided.
Back at the cash register I thanked her for her kindness,and told her how good it was to see her again. I clumsily asked her if she wanted to go out with me, and wondered if I could get her phone number. I was surprised when she asked me for mine instead. I happily gave her the number to my phone, and she said she would call me that night.
With heart pounding heavy in my chest and a stirring deep inside me, I left the video store to go home.
I had only been home two hours or less when the phone rang. It was Cheryl. She wanted to know if I would meet her, and one of her girl friends, at the sports bar by the softball fields. I quickly agreed and said I would be right down.
The sports bar was only ten minutes away, but I got there in seven. I walked in to see her waving at me from a table about mid way through the crowded bar. Sitting at the table with her was her friend Pam, of whom I had never seen before. A pitcher of beer was already on the table and an empty glass that had my name all over it. Gone was that intimidating feeling that struck me earlier. Gone also was her ugly uniform, replaced by a nice white silk blouse and tight blue jeans.
But from the moment I sat down, the girls started to annoy me. They kept whispering to each other and laughing. With every little giggle they would shoot a glance at me that made me increasingly paranoid.
It was the haircut after all, I thought to myself. They are just making fun of me.
I could take it no longer. "What's so fucking funny?" I finally said rather sharply.
Suddenly they realized what they had been doing, or more precise, they realized that what they had been doing was annoying the hell out of me.
"Should I tell him?" Cheryl's friend asked.
"Tell him what?" I demanded. Cheryl smiled and encouraged her friend to go ahead.
Pam leaned closer to me, and in a whisper said, "I know something you don't".
I looked at her a little perturbed.
"We were laughing, because you are about to get a blow job in the parking lot."
One eyebrow lifted. "I am?"
"Cheryl," Pam whispered, "wants to suck your dick."
I looked at Cheryl who was giving me a look like she was hungry and I was a Porterhouse steak.
"Is that what you want?" I asked her.