CHAPTER 1
Gerri was in the Music Conservatory while I was in the Design College a year ahead of her. We still traveled in the same circles none the less. Being a Midwestern City University and having very little on campus housing, most lived at home or in off campus housing of some sort.
Gerri has a most interesting personality that I am attracted to in a strong subconscious way. Though she's not model beautiful there is a most appealing and pleasant quality about her. Thin, broad shouldered and 5'-9" with small breasts she has a pretty, thin featured face, bright very blue eyes, long nicely arched neck, very full medium brown wavy just-over-the-shoulder hair, a nice frame and fine long legs. She never wore makeup and never seemed to need it, a healthy, lightly freckled, fair skin country girl look. Gerri is also extremely intelligent and quite talented. She started school at age five and skipped a year in High School. She had just turned sixteen starting college.
When very young Gerri and her younger brother would be left to fend for themselves when their parents, being fairly well off, would go on one or two month "spiritual" trips to India, Cambodia or god-knows-where. Left with only a few friends to look in on them from time to time. Living in a small southern college town this created a dependency to her older brother who she oddly took care of. This rather peculiar situation created an insecure void in her. She was very self conscious of what others thought of her leaving her with a somewhat shy quality. Otherwise she was very independent and self-sufficient by necessity.
She had a decided bent to the strange, occult and offbeat, looking for something to fill the void. She had frequent horrific nightmares. Gerri was truly horrified of horror films. Her smile was big and sweet but with tight corners. At the same time there was a naivety and freshness to her. She always dressed tastefully and mostly wore very nice sweaters with miniskirts, sometimes with leotards and slacks on occasion. Even with her tiny tits, shy and plain demeanor she was very attractive. There was always a well arranged and tasteful hair tie, hair-clasp or hair-piece of real fur which she would unconsciously stroke often humming Bach, Mozart or other tune-of-the-moment as she did. Her brother joined the Army after high school leaving Gerri to deal with the last year on her own.
I was 5'-11", medium build, broad shouldered, short brown hair, hazel eyes and a short cut beard from freshman year on. Khakis and a sweatshirt for classes and the tweed jacket look for "dress up" was my general attire. I was generally liked and was always into philosophical and political trouble. Most thought me reasonably handsome. Some, sorority girls in particular, considered me weird. Having also grown up in a small southern college town I already knew I was too mature for fraternities. Though I was very good at sports in high school I didn't have time for that in college. There were too many other important things to do to play second string. I had to work a year before starting college and had to work my way through so I wanted the most from my experience. That didn't mean I couldn't enjoy myself. Learning should be
Gerri and I first met at the Music Conservatory since I liked to go to student and staff recitals, often during the class day. I also went to music performances off campus as well. I started to run into her with some frequency after that by chance for the first six months or so her Freshman year. She first questioned me why, as a Design student, I was so interested in classical music? I told her the only thing that exceeds my passion for Design is Classical Music and I wasn't real sure about that. In our socializing we would see each other in the same groups and events, sometimes singing in the same choir. She was animated and passionate in conversation. Gerri is very curious and inquisitive as am I. We became good friends.
For a little over a year at that time I was involved with a raven haired beauty and we were headed for engagement. We had much in common, she was in Design as well and we were both top of our classes. We had lots of mutual friends and she was the love of my life. All was not quite right in paradise, however. We never had "sex" though we frequently engaged in heavy, intimate and extended foreplay with lots of very intimate fondling. It was never consummated; her choice. She eventually broke off the relationship and I was heart broken! Our mutual friends were very surprised and disappointed. Some mutual friends still mention it.
After that I had a series of brief romantic episodes with a wide range of women with different interests, different looks and styles all being very interesting to gorgeous. Most were intelligent and talented and none lasted for more than a few dates.
There was a gorgeous blond woman in Liberal Arts who always wore a simple, classic dark mink coat on campus. After trying for weeks to meet her we met quite by chance at one of my regular social meets where she happened to be present. The conversation lasted for all of five minutes. She was a New Yorker with an ego a mile wide, talking only about herself, not very smart and NO personality. I found out as soon as she walked away from a friend next to me that she couldn't get into Columbia which was why she was at our University and the football team was her playpen. None of the women I dated really felt right and none led to a sexual relationship. Something was missing with them all. My friends were as perplexed as I. I was really not liking this dating thing and I was beginning to think that the one I wanted to be with or could be with was unattainable or unavailable, whoever she was.
Gerri and I continued seeing each other as usual at our various social and musical events and the chance meetings on campus. Many of the musical events for her were course requirements such as the Symphony. These I regularly attended and we started to attend together regularly. I don't think either of us considered it a "Date".
We spent time afterwards discussing and analyzing the performances often over a late dinner at a favorite restaurant or Dinner. I know she loved doing this as she would get very animated, smiling sweetly, in our discussions. In hind sight our discussions over music were actually much more than that. In our analysis of the works we would talk about our own feelings, many of which would touch on intimate thoughts which we would resolve leaving us with mutually warm feelings and certainly levels of satisfaction. How do you describe making love? You talk about Vivaldi Concerto for two Violins musically intertwining without bringing up making love. That's implied. Later on we would realize the significance of these "agreements" made and how they would mesh with future mutual "discussions". I am sure that is why we continued to enjoy these sessions so much. Music has much to offer. Sometimes a second safe language.