I rolled up right as the Blockbuster was set to open. I wanted to run in, run out, and rush back to my oddly indifferent, curiously horny, new girlfriend as soon as possible.
Wait.
Was Krissy my
girlfriend
?! What we had didn't feel like dating, exactly. More like fooling around. Like a song that was all chorus but no verses. It was broken and strange, but also kind of awesome.
Did I even want a relationship with Krissy? That was a whole other question. I lusted after her; had since the moment I started liking girls. But I didn't truly
like
her. She was rude to everyone, even me when we weren't fooling around. She wasn't just mean, either. She acted almost analytical about it -- like the idea of someone else's misery intrigued her to no end.
But Krissy was blonde, and hot, and willing to put out with me. Even in a somewhat limited way. And again: crush. I felt like I'd found some secret, hidden treasure and that's a hard thing to let go of. Even if it turns out the riches are cursed.
Truthfully, I wasn't examining my feelings much at all at that point. My penis had taken the wheel. For the record, dicks are terrible drivers -- they only have that one eye, after all. It messes with their depth perception.
As soon as I stepped into the Blockbuster, I knew that Steve was working because Moonraker was playing on the TV screens. This was before the days of the special store feed and so we were allowed to put whatever movies we wanted on the screens, so long as they weren't rated R.
Steve was a Bond buff, so Connery, Lazenby, Moore, et al would all be featured in that day's entertainment. I just had to hope my bottom-heavy co-worker wasn't working the register. I knew he'd give me misery if he saw what I was renting.
I ran into the back and raced through the options. For a moment, I thought about grabbing The Red Shoe Diaries, but I decided that was a step beyond where Krissy would be comfortable. Instead, I picked a couple more erotic thriller type movies that I'd seen on HBO and knew would be good enough.
When I got back up front, I saw, to my dismay, that Steve was at the register. He raised his eyebrow at me as I handed him the movies.
"You're out of freebies for this week," he told me. Employees got five movies each week, which seems like a massive motherlode until you start working at a movie place.
"I'll pay," I said, reaching for my wallet.
Steve scanned the videos. He looked at me. Then he looked back at the boxes.
"Oh shit," he said, "Really?!"
"What?"
"Come on, man," Steve said, "Don't play dumb with me."
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.
"It's her, isn't it?"
"Just give me my movies," I said. I felt the heat start to swell up the collar of my t-shirt.
"It's her. The one from the other day," Steve said, "The Girl with the Golden Pussy. You snuck into her secret lair, didn't you?"
"Seriously, I have no idea what you mean," I said.
"Bullshit, you do! Fuckin'-A, man. Good for you!"
"Whatever," I said, "Can I go now?"
I pushed my money at him, but he waved it off. "Movies are on me," Steve said, "Anyone who can accomplish that deserves some kind of reward."
I wanted to be pissed, but all I could do was grin as I stuffed the bills back in my pocket.
"You're gonna need an ice pick to get at that pussy, though," Steve said, like he was thinking it through. "Still dude, I'm proud of you. Go get her!"
He slapped me on the back, hard, as he handed me my movies. Like a football coach sending me out onto the field.
I ran back to my car, feeling embarrassed and honored all at once.
*
As it turned out, I could have rented Elmo Learns His ABCs and it wouldn't have mattered. Krissy and I ignored the television completely. We didn't even bother to drop in the tape. Instead, I spent the morning engaged in a tactical tete-a-tete trying to figure out how far Krissy was willing to go and how I might manage to take her there.
Everything started out so well. Krissy stripped off her sweater on her own accord in the first ten minutes of our make out session. I took my own t-shirt off, as well, and lay back on the couch.
Krissy dragged her lips over my neck and chest. Her breasts looked oh so suckable under her basic, white-and-blue-striped bra. That little cross around her neck tickled, cold, against my pecs. For a moment, I imagined it leaving little scorch marks on my skin and I almost laughed out loud.