The Story of Herbert Rayburn
Herbert Rayburn was not very good with girls. The shy 18 year old freshman at the University of Vega had trouble even meeting their eyes or putting sentences together when talking to them. Therefore it was not altogether surprising that none of the very fuckable girls at UV would spread their legs for him. He and his friend Henry Miller were treated as outcasts on campus.
Herbert and Henry sat on a park bench in the Quad, watching a circle of girls like lions watching a circle of zebras. But Herbert only had eyes for one of them.
"The Baronness," Henry whispered.
Mandy Von Neuland had long, blonde hair going halfway down her back. It was as bright as the afternoon sun. She self consciously stroked it as she talked, as if she sensed others were watching her.
"Go up to her," said Henry. "Ask her out!"
"I don't know," said Herb, shaking his head.
"You'll never know unless you try, man!" said Henry.
Henry was all talk and no action. Herb knew that Henry would never have the balls to go up to the Baronness and ask her out. But Herb knew that Henry was probably right. He
ached
for Mandy! Every so often she would give him seductive looks out of the corner of her eye before quickly turning away. Was she attracted to him? Herb decided he had to find out!
He got up on unsteady legs and walked over to her. As he got close Mandy gave an exaggerated laugh, the kind of laugh which girls give when they know someone is watching them and they want to appear happy and focused on other people.
"Hey Mandy," said Herb.
Mandy immediately broke off her conversation. "Hey Herb," she said. She and her three friends looked at him. All were silent, waiting.
It was show time.
"It's ah, a nice day, isn't it?" said Herb.
"I suppose so," said Mandy, frowning as she flicked back her long, blonde hair.
"Did you just, ah, come from class?"
"No," said Mandy.
This is how it
always
was when Herb talked to girls. He always got short, monosyllabic responses. That's how they showed their lack of interest in talking to him.
Herb sensed that Mandy's short attention span for him was rapidly slipping away. Already she was beginning to turn back to her friends.
"Listen Mandy, I was wondering if you'd like to go out."
Suddenly four pairs of eyes were on him. More silence.
"With me," Herb clarified.
More silence. More stares.
"We... we could go to a h-holo," Herb stammered.
"I don't know, Herb. I have a lot of homework tonight," said Mandy carefully.
"We could go Friday night," said Herb.
"I have a big bio test I have to study for," said Mandy.
"On Friday night?"
"The test is on Monday," said Mandy. "Why don't you try me again another time, all right?"
Herb nodded. He knew that
another time
meant
never
. He felt all eyes on him as he walked away from the group of girls. He could hear their whispers and little giggles as he walked away from them. But then he raised his head and saw a woman standing in the Quad, staring at him. She was tall, very tall, and had bright red hair, a
big
girl, just staring at him with her hands on her hips. Then Herb blinked, and she was
gone
.
"Did you see that?" Herb asked, as he returned to Henry.
"You tried, man. Kudos to you for trying," said Henry.
********
Herb was in the library talking to Trish Darnell. Trish was his friend... kind of. The dark haired beauty was a sympathetic ear for Herb, which he appreciated, but he was also attracted to her. If she liked him well enough to be a friend, why wouldn't she also go out on a date with him?
"And so I asked her out and said she was busy, busy studying on a Friday night. How likely is
that
?" Herb asked.
"Maybe she just wanted more time to study," said Trish, staring at her Pad.
"No," Herb shook his head. "She didn't want to go out with me. I could tell."
"That's very sad, Herb. You're such a nice boy," said Trish.
"Really? I am?"
Trisha looked up for the first time and smiled. "I said it, didn't I?"
Herb licked his lips. He hadn't planned this, but the timing seemed right. "Trish? Would you like to go out with me on Friday?"
"Out with you?"
"We could see a holofilm.
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just came out to rave reviews." He saw her face fall. "Or we could just go out for drinks."
"Drinks," Trish repeated, as if she had never heard the word before.
"Sure. You know, to spend some time together, and talk."
Trish considered. "Maybe." She turned back to her Pad.
"Maybe?"
"I'll have to see if Dan and Sally are available. And maybe Bobby too. We can try to get a group together, if everyone's schedule coincides." She was staring intently at her work once more, trying hard to ignore him.
"Oh."
Herb looked up. He saw the same tall redheaded woman, pretending to read a Pad, standing not fifty feet away. Then she looked up and actually smiled at him!
********
Herbert Rayburn had a stressful home life. His parents had gotten divorced when he was only four years old and he barely saw his father. Herb didn't get along well with his mother Lydia or sister Evie, who looked down on him as weak and worthless. To make matters worse, Lydia was a recovering Anal Dissolve addict.
"Herbert!"
Herb shuddered whenever his Mom shouted his name. It sounded like nails scraping along a wall.
"Dinner is ready!" Suddenly there was a buzz at the front door. "Get that, will you?"
Herbert went to the front door. When he opened it, he saw the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.
She had chestnut brown hair, equally brown eyes, high cheekbones, and a slender, angular face. Farther down she had a slender body but large, round breasts which immediately caught Herb's attention. When she smiled,
she lit up the sky.
"Hello." That one simple word aroused him. "I have a delivery from the World Government Community Wellness Center for Lydia Rayburn."
"You... you're not the regular delivery girl," said Herb.
"No," she said. "My name is Donna Besch. I'm a volunteer, a medical student at the University of Vega."
"I'm at UV too!" said Herb excitedly.
"You are?" Donna looked pleased. "What year?"
"I'm... a freshman in the undergrad," said Herb. Immediately he knew he could never have her. Donna Besch must be four or five years older than him, at least. Though she didn't look a day over 18.
"Oh," said Donna. "I have a package for-"
"I'll take that," said Lydia, suddenly appearing and grabbing it out of Donna's hands. "This the crap from the World Government?"
"Your Methacondone, yes," said Donna. The World Government offered treatment in the community for Anal Dissolve addicts in the form of Methacondone. Methacondone was just as addicting as Anal Dissolve, but was a more socially acceptable narcotic.
Lydia looked at Donna and frowned. "You're not the regular girl."
"No, my name is-"
"Miss Goody Two Shoes," said Lydia. "It must feel goooood to tell yourself how you're helping the poor addicts, doesn't it?"
"I'm just trying to improve Wellness in the Community, Mrs. Rayburn," said Donna.
"Of course you are. You love coming to peoples' homes and showing off those large milk monsters. It's your way of getting attention for your tits while appearing supremely virtuous. Well, you're wasting your time with my Herbert. He wouldn't know what to do if a girl landed in his lap. Come along, Herbert. Your dinner will be ice cold in a minute!" She turned and left.
Herbert sucked in his lips and turned to Donna. "I am so, so sorry, Donna. My Mom-"
"I know. It's all right. It's part of the substance abuse," said Donna. She smiled. "It was nice meeting you...."
"Herbert!" said Herbert.
"Herbert," Donna smiled. "A nice name."
"Really?"
"Herbert!" Lydia yelled. "Get your dick out of that girl and get in here!"
"I have to go," Herbert whispered.
But just as he closed the door, for a fraction of a second, he thought he saw a tall, redheaded woman staring at him from across the street. When he got to the dining room he anxiously looked out of the window, but saw no sign of her.
"What are you doing, moongazing?" Lydia snarled. "Eat your space peas!"
********
The next day Herbert was sitting under a tree in the Quad playing his old fashioned harmonica. He wasn't very good at it but he kept trying.
It was something he could do alone.
"You play an instrument."
Herbert looked up and saw the tall redheaded woman. This was the first time he had seen her up close. She was tall, very tall, over six feet, and she had broad shoulders. But she was also very womanly with big, heavy breasts and long legs. Her hair was super bright red and short, combed to the side like a boy; but somehow it worked on her petite, feminine features.
She extended a hand. "Sanantha," she said.
Sanantha
? It sounded like an Indian name, but she was clearly caucasian.
Herbert scrambled up and grasped her hand. "Herbert," he said. Sanantha gave him a firm grip and didn't let go even when he tried to pull back. Herbert grew alarmed as she grasped his hand and stared him intently in the eye. Then she smiled minutely and nodded, letting him go. "You're the one," she said.
"The one what?" said Herbert.
"The one I want to talk to," said Sanantha. "Do you play well?"
"Play well? Oh, the harmonica. No, not really."
"Oh." Sanantha looked a bit disappointed. Then she said, "I've been watching you, Herbert."
"You, you have?"
Sanantha nodded. "You seem to have a tough time picking up girls."
"I... uh... yeah, yeah that's true," said Herb. Where was this leading? Sanantha looked to be in her mid thirties. She obviously wasn't a student, and didn't look like a teacher. What was she doing at the University of Vega? "Are you a student here?"
Sanantha shook her head.
"A teacher?"
She shook her head again.
"Support staff?"