I saw a lot of Larissa over the next couple weeks. She'd have me over to the house, or just show up at mine. When she wanted it, she wanted it bad and she didn't waste any time getting it. We tried different positions, but none worked as well as when she sat on me facing away. "Reverse cowboy" she called it. She'd just tear off her clothes, push me on the bed, give me a few perfunctory kisses, then get to it.
There was absolutely nothing else to our relationship. It got stale for me quick. In fact, I quickly realized that Larissa was in fact a self-centered bitch. One time she came over to my house when I was studying for a big test. I really wanted to do well so I wasn't interested in any sexy-time play fun with Larissa. But she wouldn't quit. Finally I fucked her just to shut her up. Once she had her five-minute O she just zipped up and was outa there. I'd had it. I decided that the next time I saw her I was going to break it off. But an unexpected series of events led to a rather different conclusion.
The night after my last fling with Larissa I was at the Student Union with a couple of friends. They had gone to grab some pizza and I was guarding our table when I saw Larissa walk past hanging on the arm of some tall, preppy looking guy.
"Hey, Larissa!" I called out to her.
She glanced over at me with an expression most people reserved for moldy mayonnaise. She didn't say a word and just walked off like I didn't exist. I shot to my feet fuming, accidentally shoving my chair to the ground in the process. I was so mad I was just about to make my way through the crowd and give her a piece of my mind.
But then I heard a voice behind me say, "She's like that, you know. I wouldn't get too worked up about it."
I spun around to see one of Larissa's sorority sisters, Kim, sitting at the table behind me. I had seen Kim a few times at the house and we were actually in a class together, but it was one of those huge lecture classes with assigned seating, so we never talked.
Kim continued. "Some of the girls and I had thought about warning you, but none of us thought it would last long enough for it to really matter. The smart money didn't have you lasting past the first night and no one longer than a week."
"You bet on how long I'd stay with her?" I asked incredulously.
"Oh, no money changed hands. Just an honor bet. It's a favorite pastime for several of us when it comes to Larissa."
I righted my chair and turned it to face Kim. Kim was petite, had dark hair in a pixie hairstyle, and was just cute as a bug. She had a tight little body, but her best feature was her big brown eyes, which had this burning intensity to them.
"So I gather that Larissa isn't the most popular girl in your sorority?" I inquired.
Kim regarded me for a second. "My answer to that question depends on if you're still seeing her. If so, then I'd say we all manage to get along well enough."
"Phht!" I responded. "She can rot in hell for all I care. She's a grade-A bitch. I was planning to break it off with her even before tonight's little incident. But that just sealed the deal with duct tape."
"In that case, you might be interested to know that most of us call her BQFH behind her back."
"BQFH?"
"Bitch Queen From Hell."
I burst out laughing and after a few seconds Kim joined in.
"It does fit her quite nicely," I admitted once I had settled down.
"Actually, I'd say what most of us feel around her is fear."
"Fear? Why?"
"Well, Larissa has demonstrated an amazing ability to dig up dirt or extract confessions of past sins from quite a few of her sisters. She wields the threat of revealing those secrets to keep her power. No one dares cross her because of it. Even if she doesn't have anything on someone she's developed this kind of mystique of invulnerability. Everyone just lets her have her way."
"Is that what happened to Holly?" I asked with trepidation.
"That's exactly what happened with Holly," Kim answered. "Holly's got some dark secret that Larissa weaseled out of her. Now she lives in perpetual fear of Larissa squealing on her to her boyfriend."
I looked down at my feet, recalling my night with Holly last semester.
"Say, Holly's the one who got you invited to that party in the first place, isn't she?"
I nodded.
"So, are you Holly's deep, dark secret?"
I felt my face flush and nodded again.
Kim regarded me for a moment. "Well, no big deal. It's none of my business to begin with."
Just then a couple walked up to Kim's table and greeted her. Kim rose to leave with them.
"You're better off without her," she said, then turned to her friends and left.
I replaced my chair at the table and saw my friends coming holding trays laden with pizza and sodas. As they were setting the trays down I felt a tap at my shoulder and turned to see Kim standing there.
"Would you do me a favor, Seth? Don't do anything about BQFH just yet. I have an idea, but I need to think about it. Can we talk tomorrow?"
"Sure, I guess," I answered.
"OK, then, it's a deal, Seth. Don't do anything till we talk." Kim held out her right hand.
"OK, deal," I said, shaking it.
With that she turned and ran off to her friends.
I got an email from Kim the next day. It read: "Seth, A plan is forming in my mind, but I need your help. Can we meet at the Union at 5? -Kim"
I zipped off a reply and found Kim waiting for me when I got to the Union later that day.
"Seth, thanks for meeting me. Look, we've got to find some way to break the witch's spell. There's just got to be some kind of leverage we can get over her. But I just don't know what it is. I stay as far away from her as I can get for my own safety. But since you've already wandered into her lair, maybe you know something that the rest of us don't. Any ideas?" she concluded, looking up at me hopefully.
"Well, what sort of thing do you need?" I asked. "You all probably already know she drinks, smokes weed, and likes to fuck like a rabbit." I covered my mouth in dismay after that last statement. I didn't know Kim that well and I didn't mean to offend her.
Kim just rolled her big brown eyes and laughed. "Yes, Seth we all know she likes to fuck like a rabbit. But that's not enough. We need something that will really embarrass her, humiliate her in front of everyone. Something that will bring her down in everyone's eyes."
I thought about it for a while.
"BQFH thrives on power, right?" I just couldn't help calling her by her new name. It just fit too well. "And power maintains itself by staying in control, right? If you lose control, if you are seen to lose control, then people know you're not really strong. You lose face."
"Yes, that's right" Kim said looking at me intently. "But how do we make her lose control?"
I smiled.
"Here's what we're going to do... ."