Chapter One: First Encounter
I always dine alone and somewhere obscure, because I'm a misfit and need to play with myself. I stay away from other people because my mom wants it that way and I feel less insecure. I'm a loner with a boner she'd rather not know about, think about, or discuss in any healthy way. She's a Catholic burdened with unjustified guilt and the need to see her son suffer on the cross for her sins. My life has been one of sexual frustration, masturbation and condemnation. My world is one of dirty magazines, an occasional pornographic movie and the lies of my moms religion. When I finally did take this job, mom almost suffered a stroke, but settled for daily depression. I mean weekly migraine headaches between bouts of anxiety and fits of crying. I've been raised in a Tupperware container and kept from maturing. Today was the beginning of the end, the first day of liberty.
I was sitting in the company cafeteria during lunch, hiding behind one of the square columns as usual. I'd just sat down with my tray when Colleen appeared out of nowhere and sat down next to me. It was the first time anything like that had ever happened to me and I was scared to say the least. Little did I realize everything from then on, would be for the first time.
"Hi, mind if I join you?" Colleen asked while sliding into the chair. She didn't wait for my answer. I was shocked and dumbfounded. I couldn't believe a woman sat down beside me and was talking to me. I was at a loss for words and my thoughts were garbled beyond recognition. She almost laughed but smiled instead and I was glad for that. She put her elbows on the table and her chin in her hands. I gulped and couldn't stop fidgeting.