As usual, I waited until the last minute to register for classes. I wasn't sure I even wanted to return to university classes this semester. In truth, I was hoping my student loan would go through. I was doing all right in my previous studies, but the pressures of financing tuition, books and living expenses gave me pause to go deeper into student loan debt. I earned a little bit over the summer with typical fill-in type, non-career-oriented jobs, but they never pay much. In July, I got a speeding ticket which wiped out a whole week's paycheck by paying the fine, so I guess you could say my money just got "spent". When my student loan application was approved for my second year of studies, I got the notification a little late.
I registered for Fall Semester classes, but two of them had already started. Loan approval doesn't necessarily mean the check has arrived in the Student Affairs Office, so I only bought the textbook for the Thursday class with what little money I had left - hoping my loan check would arrive before next week's classes. The first days of classes that I missed already could easily be caught up with a little help from other students. In the beginning, every student seems helpful, but competition for top grades doesn't really begin until after mid-terms.
After class, I was walking back to my car when a cute and nicely shaped, petite little girl with shoulder length, mousy brown hair called my name. I stopped walking and turned to see what she needed. I didn't know her, but I thought I sure would like to.
"Hi. I'm Jean. I saw you in class and I wanted to get to know you. I hope you don't mind my being so forward. It's hard to meet new people here. Everyone is so stand-offish sometimes."
"Yeah, I know what you mean - especially since I'm a poor boy without a full-ride sports scholarship. I'm just a regular guy. Hi, my name is Jack, but I guess you know that already. It's nice to meet you."
"I was just on my way to the Student Union to take a break. Mind if I walk with you a while?" She had lipstick on her attractively full lips and light makeup, but her real beauty came from behind those sparkling blue eyes. I liked her immediately and she seemed to like me.
"Well, my car is parked in the other lot. I was a little confused about which building my class was in. I can drive you there, if you like." I explained.
"Sure, that would be great." Jean replied. We got in my old Chevy and just as I put the key in the ignition, Jean slid over next to me and put her arms through mine and kissed me on the cheek.
I was a little taken aback. "What was that for?"
"Just being you. You don't remember me, do you?"
"I'm sorry. I seem to be in my own little world when I'm here. I have a lot on my mind - family, the war, money, the future. If I want to get ahead in my later life, I need to do very well here. How do you know me?"
"You were the organizer of last year's Student Talent Show, weren't you?"
Of course I remembered that. The Monday following the Friday night show, I was called into the Dean's Office. It seems that during a particularly physical dance number the costume top of one of the female performers slipped down fully exposing her breasts for all of about three seconds. Of course, she recovered quickly and continued the performance. The Dean wanted to know if I had seen the performance and was that wardrobe malfunction intentional. Since I had been working the lights for the special effects, I missed the whole damned thing, but I assured him that was not intentional. Fortunately, the Dean believed me. Still, I wish I hadn't missed the highlight of the show.
"Yeah, I was. I almost got into big trouble over that deal, but you weren't in the show, or I would have remembered you, for sure."
"Then I saw you dressed up as a girl with a mop for long hair and balloons in your dress at the Roaring 20's Dance. That was you, too, wasn't it?"
"I guess my sunglasses gave me away - that and my summer job work boots." I grinned. "It was a spur of the moment idea from one of the backstage crew. Since I didn't have a date, I got drafted into it. Not my proudest moment."
"Anyway, I like a guy who can take charge of things and doesn't mind being the brunt of his own jokes. It doesn't hurt that you're kinda cute."
"Well, thanks, but the other stuff is all a facade, I'm afraid. I'm over-acting to compensate for feelings of inadequacy. You know, like the Jackson Browne song, The Pretender. You know, 'Caught between the longing for love and the struggle for the legal tender." In truth, I couldn't get a date that night.
"I'll bet you picked that up in Psych 101, didn't you?" Jean said with a sly grin.
"I suppose. I've always felt that way, but since that class, I now have a name for it." I smiled.
Jean scooted closer and made a distinct effort to press as much of her body against me as she could. As naive as I was, I picked up on the clues and my body automatically reacted behind the zipper of my Levi's. She noticed immediately and walked her fingers up my thigh from the knee to my crotch and cupped my growing bulge in her hand and slightly squeezed while sucking on my right earlobe. It was all I could handle to keep my car between the lines of the road.
As she gently squeezed my growing bulge in long pulses Jean exhaled her hot breath into my ear and down my neck and whispered, "Let's forget about the Student Union. I have a better idea. It's got to be Ladies Night somewhere here in this town."