This is the true story of my first serious relationship and how it fucked me up...
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I was in my second year of college and enjoying life as a 20 year old living away from home for the first time. I had made some good friends in my first year, and we all decided to live together in the second year. There were eight of us in total (including me); two girls and six guys.
One day my housemate, Becky, mentioned that one of her friends, Rachel, from back home was coming to stay with her for a few days. She warned us that Rachel had a 'reputation' with guys and that we should steer well clear. She told us a few stories about how Rachel was a total slut and messed up. I'm guessing she told us these stories to warn us not to get involved but to six testosterone filled guys it obviously had the complete opposite effect.
About a week later Rachel arrived at the house. The attention was almost comical, six guys bending over backwards to make a good impression -- carrying her suitcase to her room, offering her drinks etc. It was ridiculous, but Rachel obviously loved the attention.
Rachel was short -- about 5'2" I would guess - but always wore heels to compensate. She was curvy in all the right places, round ass and boobs which I would later learn were DD. She wasn't the prettiest girl in the world to be honest, but she oozed sex and was well aware of the effect that she had on guys.
My game plan was different to the other guys, I figured that a girl like her wouldn't go for the guys that buzzed around her like flies. I had known girls like her before, and understood that someone so desperate for attention, like she obviously was, would desire the person that didn't seem interested. So, when all the other guys flocked around her I hung back.
We caught each other's eyes a few times and there was a definite connection, but I played it cool. I went out to see some friends for the rest of the day and Becky text me to say that they were all going out to a nightclub that night and I should come.
I met them in the club at about 10pm and went to get a drink at the bar. I asked my housemates how it was going with Rachel and they pointed to middle of the dancefloor where Rachel was sandwiched between two guys and getting very intimate with them. I laughed and spent the next hour just catching up with an old friend I bumped into.
Towards the end of the night I went to the bar again to get a drink. It was packed full of people and we were all squashed together -- hard to imagine now in these post Covid days!
Anyway, I was waiting for my turn at the bar when I felt someone squeeze up next to me. I turned to see Rachel who was smiling up at me. She shouted 'Hi' over the music and said something which I couldn't make out. I leaned my ear down towards her to try and hear her better and she put her hand on my cheek, turned my mouth towards hers and kissed me. It was a long passionate kiss and after about two minutes she pulled away and disappeared into the crowd without saying anything.
I got back to our table with the drinks and Becky was scowling at me -- "I saw that" she said, "Stay away from her -- she's trouble!". I just smiled and told her I was well aware of girls like Rachel and I wasn't going to get involved with a headfuck.
At the end of the night we were all drunk and left the club. No one could find Rachel anywhere and she wasn't answering her phone. Becky said not to worry and she always disappeared at the end of the night with some guy and we wouldn't see her until morning. So we got a cab back home and went to bed.
I'm an early riser regardless of hangover so I woke up at 7am and went down stairs to make a coffee and some breakfast. As I was pouring my coffee there was a quiet knock at the front door. I opened the door to find a very dishevelled Rachel standing there, lipstick smeared and looking a bit of a mess.
She gave me a sheepish smile and walked past me. I made her some coffee and we sat on the couch talking. It started off as just polite chat but soon got deeper until she was telling me about her family and upbringing. Her mom and dad had children from previous marriages and she was their only child together. Her family used to be very wealthy, but something had happened and her dad had lost all their money.
For most of her life she had experience a combination of being completely ignored emotionally by her parents, while being simultaneously showered with presents and gifts by her dad to try and compensate. She said it had left her a bit messed up but she was dealing with it. I was impressed at how self aware she was.
We continued talking for hours and clicked on a deep level until my other housemates started to come downstairs and we stopped talking.
We didn't really talk again during that visit, they went out again that night but I didn't go. Rachel stayed out all night again and when I woke up the next morning Becky said that Rachel had already collected her suitcase and gone back home.
I didn't think much of it other than a sadness that maybe the connection between us had only been one way.
A few weeks went by and I thought about Rachel off and on, but was starting to forget about her when I received a text. I don't know how she got my number but she just said that she wanted to come and see me. I replied something like "It would be good to see you, what are you plans?" but didn't receive a response.
The next morning I received a text from her saying that she was driving down and would be there in an hour! I felt awkward because I hadn't mentioned anything to Becky so I quickly went and told her. She was clearly not happy and tried again to persuade me not to get involved with Rachel, but I wasn't really paying attention to her.