Stan and Julie
I have always been that, "I like you Stanley, but not in that way," guy. What I mean to say is, all though high school, I was the guy that girls came to when they were treated badly by their boyfriends. However, when I asked for a date, or, God forbid, tried to steal a kiss, I was rebuffed with that familiar phrase. So you can imagine my surprise when I met Julia Meyers.
I was a freshman, living in the dorm at the University of Oregon, and Julia was a "non-traditional" student in my Speech class. I guess she was about 30 years old at the time, and frankly, very sexy. She wasn't a conventional beauty, but sexy. I'm not sure what "full-figured" means, but she wasn't a Barbie. I guess I'd describe her as round in the right places. She had a round face too, surrounded by chestnut hair which she often wore in a ponytail. She dressed in jeans and shirts, and the shirts were open enough to show a bit of cleavage. I admit I stared at her when I thought she wasn't looking.
One morning when I was sitting alone drinking coffee in the Union, she approached my table.
"Hi, aren't you in Hansen's speech class?"
"Oh, yeah, so are, uh, Julia, right?"
"Right, so you noticed me, you're Stan, right? Mind if I join you?"
She brought her coffee over and sat down, and we chatted a bit, mostly about this and that, you know small talk, then she said, "Um, I hate to ask you this, but could you help me with my speech? I'm really nervous and I've never had to stand up in front of people before."
"Sure," I said, "I'd be happy too, where would you like to meet?"
"Well, if it's not too much trouble, could you come over to my place? It's not far, just down Ferry street a way."
So, I agreed to meet her at her place at 7:00 the next night.
I'll admit I was a bit nervous. I sort of had the hots for her, and I was afraid I might say something stupid.
She lived in one of those "Student Ghetto" apartments not far from campus. I put some legal pads and pens in my backpack and walked over there. When she opened the door, she was wearing cutoff jeans and a man's shirt tied just under her breasts. Her hair was down, and she looked so sexy, I just stood there for a minute staring.
"Well, don't just stand there, silly, come in. Would you like something to drink, I've got coke and beer, or maybe just water if you like it."
"Um coke is fine." I'm afraid I croaked. My throat was dry.