I was a young man, merely 18 years old, when I left home. I walked away vowing never to look back. I made good on that promise to myself, only returning twice to take care of legal issues with the ex-wife. The first time I returned was in 1996, and I had minimal contact with people from my past. The second time, in February 2001, I happened to run into an old friend…
I was sitting there in the hotel bar, sipping on bourbon lamenting about the court proceedings that I had been through earlier that day. The ex had made things remarkably difficult. She is the kind of person that lies come naturally for her. They are so natural for her that eventually she actually believes her own lies. So I shouldn't have been shocked at what I heard in the courtroom.
Just so you know… I am the type of person that wears his emotions on his sleeve. If I like you, then you know it. If I don't like you, well…then you know it. I speak my mind when asked for an honest answer. I'm not good at sugar-coating anything, I just tell it like it is. The people that know me understand that I am who I am and I will not change. So why does it surprise them so much when I gave them a blunt, honest answer?
I digress…
While sitting there in the bar, I was shocked to see the next bartender coming on-duty to be none other than my old friend Heather. Corpus Christi is not a HUGE city, but I had been lucky enough not to run into my old running mates while I was down there. Usually, I would have made a quick exit. Like I said, I vowed never to look back. A part of that vow was cutting myself off from who I used to be.
Unfortunately, I wasn't in the position to make a quick exit since I had just had my drink refreshed. Heather glanced at me, and gave me a small inquisitive smile. I could tell she was trying to think of where she knew me from. I was no longer the lanky, nerdy boy that had walked away almost 10 years prior.
She looked much the same as she had back then; she still wore her long brunette hair in a ponytail, and wore very little makeup. Her hips were a little wider, and so was her waist, but in my opinion it made her even prettier. I could remember her as a skinny little thing with no meat on her bones, this was definite improvement.
The last time we had seen each other was a year after she dropped out of school after turning 18. I had been good friends with her older brother and after he graduated, and she dropped out we lost touch. I had happened to run into her while she was working at one of the local burger joints. We got to talking, and before I knew it, I was giving her a ride back to her place.
The two of us had never been sexually active with one another, but there was always an underlying attraction between us. I have to admit, I had the hugest crush on her. It was out of respect for her family that I never acted on those impulses. Somehow that night our conversation had turned to a more intimate level, one that was never explored previously.
My last memory I had of her was stopping at an empty ballpark that night on the way to her parent's house. I had ended up on the passenger side, Heather's blouse unbuttoned and her bra unsnapped. Her panties were on the floorboard and her skirt was bunched up around her waist, as she straddled my naked lap with my hard cock buried inside of her. She was grinding herself slowly on my thick shaft when we were interrupted by a security guard making his rounds. At least the son-of-a-bitch could have let us finish!
At any rate, embarrassed by the interruption, she was in no mood to continue. I dropped her off at her house after an uncomfortably silent ride. She slipped out of the car without saying a word and made a bee line for her front door. I tried calling her a couple of times, but getting no reply, I let the issue drop. A few weeks later I was gone, hopefully never to return.
Back to the future…
"Don't I know you?" she asked me.