I had a chance to go to the Kentucky Derby in 1979 with my college girlfriend, Jessica, but I didn't. I regretted not going to America's biggest equine event, but things turned out pretty good, after all.
Jessica's best friend and roommate, Cindy, would be driving her new car there and invited me to go along. She was dating my roommate, Steve, and so the four of us would be traveling together. Make that five. You see, Cindy had a beagle named Brownie that accompanied her everywhere she went. After weeks of looking forward to attending my first Derby, the very night before we were to leave, she informed me that, since her little Pontiac Sunbird seated just four—a tight four—I would have to hold Brownie in my lap.
Now, Brownie was a really nice dog, but it was just the principle of the thing that I could go only if I held him that made me decline. Steve was her boyfriend, and why couldn't HE hold Brownie? What about Jessica, her best friend? Cindy was, basically, a bitch, and though pretty cute, never was there more of a mis-match that she and Steve. He was a great guy with a super personality, the most friendly, genuine dude I ever knew. Further, he was great looking, with a chiseled face, wide white smile, and long, sandy blonde hair. He played cornerback for our Southeastern Conference university, having the wide shoulders and slim waist of the classic football player build. Resembling David Lee Roth in his heyday, Steve was, in a word, a hunk that girls swooned over. Dude could walk into a bar and leave with any girl he wanted. Never did figure out why he was dating Cindy. He could do better, much better.
They left on a Friday afternoon while I stayed behind. Cindy's older brother was a big-time large-animal vet and was there to look after some famous horse in the race. So, with his status and connections, he got them all VIP treatment, invites into the track infield, hoity-toity parties, the whole nine yards.
Knowing this ahead of time, I lent Steve--who didn't have any dressy clothes--a crisp button-down-collar shirt, blue blazer, pressed cotton khakis, and some nice loafers. None of them was a perfect fit, but he looked spiffy. Frankly, Steve could throw on a pair of ragged cut-offs and be the best-dressed guy in town, but he needed appropriate attire for these special events.
Anyway, looking forward to Jessica's return, when there was a knock on my door late Sunday afternoon, I snatched it open to find her already pulling the sundress off over her head. Never wearing bra or panties, she was instantly naked. The puffy nipples on her pretty little apricots looked like they really needed to be sucked. And, at the terminus of her long legs, I could see through her scant bush glistening pussy lips and clit that beckoned for a good licking and dicking. But those activities would have to wait, for, sporting a naughty grin, Jessica poked me back a few feet, kicked the door shut, and lay a hungry and wet French-kiss on me. Sliding her tits down my chest and stomach, she dropped to her knees and gulped down my cock. Jessica absolutely loved to give blow-jobs and was one of the best at it in the history of womankind.
Naturally, after having been apart for two solid days, we had to make up for our then-typical fuck-three-times-a-day routine, and so got right down to business for the next couple of hours. I was lying there on my bed recharging when it occurred to me that Steve had not come in with her. Where was he?
Jessica said I was not going to believe what happened and recounted the story:
Steve and Cindy got into a spat on the drive up. I suppose without me there for Cindy to direct her near-constant barrage of snide remarks at, Steve got in the line of fire. Add in beer and the close quarters of her Sunbird, and you have the formula for an argument.
As soon as they got to Louisville, they rendezvoused with Cindy's brother at Churchill Downs and, with the well-connected vet leading the way, headed to a big pre-race party of crem de la crems where every man was wearing a tie but Steve. It was there that Cindy was openly criticizing him for being underdressed (I'd offered him one of my ties, but he just couldn't go that far and refused) and was ragging on him for imperfect manners. This was a crowd of upper-crust socialites, and, in truth, Steve was out of his operating range. He was such an affable, down-to-earth guy, and I'm sure he offended no one; yet he was anything but refined, and Cindy was treating him like an embarrassment.
Jessica said he was understandably pissed and lost Cindy and her in the crowd. At one point, they saw him across the room chatting up this gorgeous chick who was partying hardy. Much later, when Cindy and Jessica were ready to leave and asking the few left as to his whereabouts, they could get no one to say anything but an overly polite "I have no idea," though it would be an understatement that Steve stuck out in that crowd. Finally, they found a thoroughly inebriated old gentleman who was sufficiently sloshed to spill the beans. He'd been outside smoking a cigar and saw Steve and the gorgeous party-girl zoom off in her Bimmer. Apparently, it was lust at first sight, for that was the last anyone saw of Steve that weekend. Oh, who was the girl? Miss Kentucky Derby!
Yes, Steve hooked up with no less than Miss Kentucky Derby. Maybe it was the clothes I lent him. Probably not. Talk about sweet revenge: The bitch Cindy publicly puts him down, and he fucks the beauty queen! I watched the Derby on TV and saw her on camera. She was truly beautiful.
Furious, Cindy made no further effort to locate Steve and left with Jessica and Brownie on Sunday without him. Now the dog had the whole back seat to himself!
Anyway, Jessica told me about all the fun they had for rest of the festivities and the well-heeled equine gentry they met. Interestingly, the race itself seemed to fade into the background of before and after parties. We fucked one last time, and she departed in the early evening for her apartment to study for a test. I puttered about, made dinner and showered while trying to get a better bead on exactly what Miss Kentucky Derby looked like. I recalled that she was extraordinarily attractive, but—not knowing my own roomie was boinking her—didn't save a real clear mental image. I wondered if I would see Steve--and my clothes--ever again.
Then about 9:00 o'clock, while I was quietly taking a dump in the john down the hall, I heard him boisterously come in, accompanied by a voice and giggles that were distinctly female. Could that be Miss Kentucky Derby?
Our apartment was a large one bedroom, and when we'd flipped for the bedroom, I lost. Consequently, my "bedroom" was not partitioned from the rest of the very spacious den/dining area. It actually worked out OK, since I had most of the furniture and the stereo, and Steve got most of the pussy. In fact, my double bed was right by the door. So, I ambled down the dark hall to see that he and some slender chick, both naked, were in my big bed and all over each other.
I hoped they appreciated that Jessica, the cum-lover, had swallowed every drop of my semen earlier, leaving the still-unmade bed clean. To respect their privacy and let them know I was home, I ducked into the kitchen and intentionally rattled stuff around, thinking they'd take their sex party on down the hall to his bedroom, which had an actual door. I could see as they walked past the kitchen/hall doorway whether or not she was Miss Kentucky Derby and satisfy my curiosity