When my roommate started dating Allison Lee, it didn't seem like a big deal. He had gone out with a lot of different women, and while she wasn't his normal type, he wasn't really all that picky. The Institute we were going to, while great otherwise, had about five men for every woman, so he couldn't really pick and choose all that much.
Allison wasn't her real name. She had a Chinese name that I don't remember, but everyone called her Allison. Even her Asian friends called her Allison. She was not the hottest girl out there. Not by a long shot. She was a tiny little thing, barely five feet and really thin. She had no tits to speak of, and not much of an ass. Her cheeks were sort of puffy and had tiny little pock marks on them like she had bad acne in high school or something. Nothing terrible, but definitely not super hot.
Her only really good feature was her tummy. It was flat and smooth with an adorable navel. While she was thin, it wasn't like her ribs stuck out. Smooth and nice. She obviously knew it too. She would always wear short shirts that made her stomach visible, either in little hints or all the way exposed up to rib cage.
Maybe that wasn't her only good feature. She had long smooth hair that she obviously took good care of. It went down past her shoulders, even when she had it braided, which was most of the time. And there was an innocence about her that was pretty attractive too. She had big round deer eyes and just the way she looked and talked, you could tell that no one had ever taken advantage of her or hurt her badly.
She was a freshman at an all women's college that was our "sister college" about 15 miles away. Both schools are very well regarded and it's tough to get in. She'd been an honor student and her parents hadn't let her so much as date in high school. Coming to our house must have seemed like an act of rebellion to her, and going out with a white guy, even more so.
I doubt if she would have even come to our house, but she travelled with a little gaggle of other Asian chicks from her school, and they hit our house together. Jack and I brought them drinks and danced with them, and we hit it off pretty well. Allison was was super shy, and barely talked to anyone but Jack, but they hit it off pretty well. When her friends were leaving, she decided to stay on and keep talking with him. By the end of the night, they were a couple.
Obviously, miss never-dated-in-high-school was a virgin, and my roomie made it his mission to take care of that. He was a charmer, and she was swept off her feet. It took about three weeks before I came up to the room and found a sock on the doorknob. I was happy for him, but also pretty envious. It had been a while since I'd gotten laid, and while virginity is over-rated, there's still something about it. You're getting something that no one else can, ever.
Once she started having sex, it was pretty obvious that she liked it. She started being around a lot. That sock on the doorknob was up often enough that it started to get on my nerves. I'm a good friend, though, and I never complained about it. I would sleep on one of the house sofas or crash in one of my other brother's rooms.
When I saw Jack without Allison, he would complain that she was super clingy. He didn't have time to hang out with his guy friends or even study, and it was starting to really bother him. I tried to be sympathetic, even though I didn't think I'd ever complain about a girl who was letting me bang her practically every night.
It came to a head when he was trying to study for an organic chemistry mid-term. Organic is notoriously difficult, and he really was behind on studying. He had gone to the library to study, specifically so she wouldn't interrupt him. Either someone told her, or she just figured it out on her own. Whatever the case, she showed up wanting his attention, and they had a fight. The librarian actually had to tell them to go outside.
When they got outside, Jack dumped her. He told her they were over, turned around, and walked right back into the library. He told me all about it afterward. We both figured that was the end of it, but it wasn't.
For a couple of days we didn't hear from her at all. Then she started calling. This is back before cell phones. We just had one line in the room, and she would call up at any time of the day or night, normally crying. If Jack hung up, she would just call again. I started always answering, and would tell her he was out.
So, during our weekly Friday night party, she showed up at the house. Jack was sort of drunk. He let her drag him upstairs and screw him. When he was sobering up, he realized that this was a huge mistake. He told her it was a one-time thing and that they were still broken up. Then the waterworks started.
When I came up to the room to go to bed, she was still there, crying. It was a bad time, but somehow she seemed to straighten herself up and leave. I guess it was OK to have no dignity in front of your ex boyfriend, but not in front of a third party.
After she left, Jack told me all about it. I told him he was a dumb ass for sleeping with her and started singing Offspring's "Self Esteem". He laughed about it. Then he said he needed to clean his sheet because to top it off, she was finishing up her period and made a mess of his bed. We made a lot of shitty jokes about it. We guys are the worst.
A few days later, Jack ran into me and said, "Hey can you do me a favor?"
I said, "Sure. What's up?"
"I've got a date with Allison Carter on Friday. If Allison shows up, can you get her to leave? I don't want her messing it up."
"Huh?" I was pretty confused at first.
"I mean, if Allison Lee shows up, get her to leave. I don't want her messing up my hooking up with Allison Carter." Now I understood. Two girls, both named Allison. Allison Carter is almost the complete opposite of Allison Lee. She was a total babe. Blond, blue eyes, hourglass figure, the works. She is also had a sparkly, outgoing personality. Some guys have all the luck, I thought.
"How do you want me to get rid of her?" I asked.
"I don't care. Whatever you need to do. Absolutely anything. We'll be getting back around eleven. If Allison show up, just get her out of the house by then."
"I'll do my best. My absolute best."
"Thanks man. I owe you."
Of course, there was a chance that Allison Lee wouldn't show up, but both of us were pretty sure she would. Jack had let her get him once, so why not try again?
Sure enough, next Friday she arrived at about nine, right when the party was really starting to warm up. It was clear she had dolled herself up as much as she could. She had on a top that looked a little like a black crop-top t-shirt, but was made out of a sort of light-weight sweater material. It did a good job of showing off her tight tummy, while making the rest of her look a little less skinny. Along with that, she wore a red skirt, just a little above the knee and black pumps. That may not sound like a lot, but normally she always had jeans and sneakers, so she was putting in an effort.
I had been watching for her and went right up to her as soon as she arrived. I gave her a drink and greeted her like I was glad to see her. I was the person she knew best other than Jack so I think that put her at ease a bit.
She gulped down most of the drink while we chatted idly, and then finally asked what I knew she had to, "Where's Jack?" She'd obviously been looking around for him the whole time.
I had decided from the beginning to just pull the bandage off. I was hoping she would get the message and take off. "He's out on a date, Allison. I'm sorry." Watching her face would break your heart. I'm sure it was a total gut-punch. She was clearly trying not to start sobbing.
"I. I. Who? Why?" She tried to say something coherent.
"Come here," I ordered. I grabbed another drink for her as she followed me. She guzzled it, and I had to grab her a third. It seemed like a good idea. Drown a broken heart, they say. We ended up in right next to the punch bowl.
"I don't understand," she whined, "What did I do?"
It would have been heartless to tell her that he was going out with a much hotter girl. It might have been worse to tell her that he was just tired of her being around. So I dodged the question. "It doesn't matter," I said, "you just need to take care of yourself."
"What do you do when someone breaks up with you?" She asked.
"Well, I drink a lot. You seem to have that down!" I joked. Seriously, she was just downing the house punch, which was strong stuff. She was a tiny girl and didn't have all that much experience with drinking. I'd already lost track of how many she'd drunk, and she had just got there. I was a little worried she'd poison herself if she didn't slow down. Besides, my role was to get her out of the house, not to have her pass out.
I wasn't heartless. I figured she needed a little attention, and then I would send her on her way. "Then I make sure to have fun," I suggested, "Let's dance." That seemed like a good way to steer her away from the booze for a bit.