I was at work when I began getting phone calls from a blocked number. Each time I would press to end the call, I'd get another. Finally, a text.
"Hi Raj! This is Jeff. We connected online, sorry for the multiple calls, I just wanted to make sure you received all of my pics. You look stunning in all of yours. You are of East Indian origin, no?"
I felt a pit in my stomach. It was my 2nd day on the job at the campus bookstore and I was startled and confused about "Jeff" as I had no recollection of having any sort of online profile. I closed my eyes and tried to think for a second what this person was referring to and, more importantly, how this person got my name and number.
A second message was received, "Just confirming, you're 18, yes? I can't wait to meet you, Raj! Please let me know if I have the correct phone number, I'd hate to be texting the wrong person, LOL!"
Jeff was obviously an older man, just based on the type of language he was using in his messages.
I finally got off work at around 5 pm and walked home to my off campus apartment. My roommate, Noah, was also my friend since kindergarten and was home all day. I washed up and then sat down and logged in to my computer and was shocked to find 37 unread e-mails from a site, GrampsnChamps.com. At that moment, Noah walked in. He was giggling excitedly.
"What the fuck is this, man?" I glared up at him.
"It was supposed to be for shits and giggles, my dude! I didn't think Gramps would actually take this shit so seriously."
In reviewing my messages, it looked like Noah had sent Jeff several pictures from our recent trip to Costa Rica. I was shirtless and wearing board shorts or briefs in pretty much all of them. I was red with embarrassment as one of the pics sent was of me passed out on the beach on my stomach and someone had pulled off my shorts and took a picture of my ass.
"Raj, man, it's not my fault, I've never seen you even look remotely interested in a chick, and I've known you for 13 years! Not one and I know there was a list of girls who wanted to fuck your brains out in high school and here too! Don't think I don't see how they be ogling at you when we walk through the dining halls or in class!"
It was true, I was voted "Most Attractive" by my peers in high school, although I was a big fish in a little pond there. I guess I never understood it all, but I simply never cared to mess around with girls. Maybe it was the lack of time or maybe I felt it would be too easy, who knew?
"This is seriously fucked up, Noah! This guy is on my ass! He called me SIX times at work and then started texting me!" Noah looked through my phone, obviously feeling guilty.
I was curious so I scrolled through the messages to see who this Jeff character was and saw his profile. "ManBear4U, 73 M, looking for a young bottom, dominant male, D/D free, you must be too." His phone number was written out, guess it was a paid site and he didn't want to pay. Cheap bastard, I laughed to myself.
He had quite a few pics of himself, clearly a large man, the listing stated 6'6" and 300+ as his specs. He was bald with a big thick head nesting atop a short thick neck and was broad shouldered. He had several tattoos on his upper left bicep and wore a gold chain. He also had a beer gut and his chest and belly were covered in a forest of gray/silver hair. My eyes went wide and I felt another pit in my stomach as well, as I scrolled through and saw some pics of him wearing nothing but boxers and he had cupped his hand around his private area. His penis was erect in the photo and the bulge was quite obvious. Not that I was even thinking about meeting him, but he was obviously MUCH bigger than me. On my best day, I was 5'6" and weighed 130 lbs wet. I was athletic though, kept fit through cross country and track in high school and I was into biking and outdoor stuff outside of that.
"Well, it sounds like he wants to see you tonight. He's local..." Noah started.
"What?!! What did you do, Noah? I can't fucking believe you, dude!" Noah put his hands up apologetically.
"Listen, I didn't mean to give him all your info, it was just a joke initially but then got more serious..." he tried to calm me. "You're gonna have to meet him, he won't leave you alone until you do, and he's local and he knows what you look like and this is a small college town."
As much as I wanted to punch him in the mouth, I realized he was right. Regardless, I texted back.
"Hey, sorry this was a mistake, my roommate pulled a prank on me and sent you all that stuff without my knowledge. I can't meet you, I am not gay." Send.
My phone rang almost immediately. Noah grabbed it out of my hand and answered, putting it on speaker.
"Hi, Jeff? Hey sorry sir, I'm Raj's friend, I am really sorry.."
"No need to apologize, young man, but unfortunately we have exchanged far too much personal information and I have wasted far too time for us to at least not meet each other. You will need to honor your end and come to my apartment as indicated in our correspondence. Do we understand one another?" Jeff sounded gruff.