The first time she saw him Tina blushed at the broad shoulders hulking over her. He was talking amongst a crowd of pleasure-seeking college folk βall out to get drunk and see what happens. She was in another Circle of Dionysus, but not too present to the lively chatter in front of her. Her gaze had wandered to the athletic boy and sort of stopped there involuntary. He turned and looked her way catching her gaze, blue eyes pausing briefly, and then a friendly smile, "Hello, I'm Pat."
"uhhh . . . Hi" she stammered. He turned back to the conversation at hand. Tina disparaged. As is all to common with petite gorgeous women β the booze goes right to the brain. Tina was no exception, and right now was feeling a combination of dizziness and regret at her temporary inability to communicate without awkwardice.
". . . so what do you choose?"
Tina looked up to the voice speaking at her, embarrassed at being caught spacing out "umm sorry?"
The scrawny boy in front of her laughed and explained, "If you had to give up oral sex or cheese which would it be?"
The three other people, two girls and another pale musician, laughed. A hilarious premise the first time she had heard it. Now it was just . . . stale. She put on a coy smile and bit her lip. A smirk passed on her face; a unique face only Tina had mastered, something resembling sexual contemplation. "Oral sex. Yes good cheese is much harder to get around here."
People laughed at her lame joke. One of the scrawny boys eyed her intensely. Tina smiled. She got a lot of attention but the sad truth was she was a virgin. Despite appearing sexually playful, Tina had never known a man before and this worried her. Not because she couldn't get a man, but because all the men around her it seemed were, well, weak.
While Tina thought about this the scrawny boy approached and tried to discreetly place himself next to Tina in the circle of laughing people. Apparently everything's hilarious in college.
"Tina, great job on the Handel solo last night. I was wondering if you could show me sometime how you get that vibrato on C#?"
"God" she thought, "could he suck my dick more." "Thanks Ryan. Sure"
"Hehe" he snorted and Tina suddenly pictured the violinists limp white body on top of her and shuddered. She glanced over at Pat, that's what she needed, if only.
Ryan looked like he was going to make another pathetic pass, but before he could do so there was commotion.
"YES LET'S DO IT. OMG I LOVE THAT MOVIE."
And the 704 teeth in the room boiled with laughter and excitement.
"What?" Tina asked to the tall, lanky clarinet player next to her.
"The Big Lebowski β you've never seen it? It's the best!" He walked off and high-fived another clarinetist who had just smoked out of the bong.
People started find their way towards the television and claiming seats and Tina topped off her drink and was lucky enough to claim a coveted large green lazyboy.
"Quiet, quiet, its starting" The host popped in the DVD, turned off the lights and walked back to the couch. Many people were sitting on the floor and maybe five were crammed onto the couch.
Tina glanced up as Pat walked into the room. His blue eyes scanned the room. Tina couldn't help but look at his large hands clutching the red solo cup drink. She followed the muscle tension up his muscular arms and found him turning towards her.
She quickly glanced back at her phone. "Hey, you mind if I squeeze in here."
"Who me?" Tina said.
"Haha, yes Miss" he laughed.
"Sure."
Pat put his drink on the side table and eased his body in beside her. A tight fit in the lazyboy. The chair was luxurious for one but a tight squeeze for two. As Pat sat down she felt his hard abs rub against her arm and her heart started beating.
Tina was nervous. Here he was sitting right next to her. Okay it was stupid crush. What if he was nervous too. No way. She could see him whenever the TV screen flashed bright. Pat looked calm and sipped his drink as he watched the movie. Tina's mind continued to race as she felt the mass of man next to her.
After about ten minutes into the movie Tina calmed down a little but did not know what was going on. Something to do with a dude, and besides with 22 drunk college kids watching a movie, the "funny" comments and interjections made it impossible to comprehend the plot without having seen it before.
And then Pat took his arm off his lap and placed it in the small gap between their thighs. She felt his hand sitting there touching the tight jeans she wore and a tingle radiated from the point of contact towards her crotch. Pat acted normal. I guess he was just changing positions.
After a particularly funny scene Pat looked at her and smiled. His high cheek bones glistened in the electroglare of the CRT. Tina blushed. "Gorgeous," he whispered.
"What?" she said under her breath, quickly losing her voice.
"The composition of that shot." She could barely hear him over the pounding in her chest.
"Really? You are admiring the cinematography of The Big Lebowski?"
He laughed and gave her a smile. A tender face and a glance that seemed to last too long for their exchange of friendly banter. And Tina was the first to look away. "Could he? Is he," Tina thought, "No. Wishful thinking."