I pulled into the parking lot and checked my phone. According to the GPS, I had arrived. I took a quick look up in my rearview mirror, ran my fingers through my hair, and sent a text:
I'm here. You ready?
I got out of my car and started walking toward the apartments. According to Rick's last message, he was in the last building on the end of the row. I tried to make out the address in the dark, just to be sure. It was only about 8:15, but the night was so dark it might as well have been midnight .
I had first heard from Rick about 6 hours ago. He had posted an ad Saturday night on one of those sites that sprang up to fill the void when Craigslist killed off their personals section. When I hadn't heard back right away I assumed he wasn't interested, but early Sunday afternoon he had emailed back. We exchanged a few messages, arranged a time, and now here I was.
I was looking forward to this, but also pretty nervous. It had been a little over a year since I'd had sex. I'd been seeing Sonya for a few weeks, but we weren't exclusive and really gotten physical yet. She wanted to take things slowly after a bad breakup, and I was still trying to figure out how to tell her I was bisexual.
Right now though, my sort-of girlfriend was the last thing on my mind. As I headed toward the front of Rick's building I shivered a bit, and not all from the cold. I hadn't been this nervous since my first time.
My phone chimed its text alert.
Apt. 31 on the second floor, 2nd from the end. Take the stairs in the middle.
I put my phone away, took a deep breath, and made for the stairs. It was hard to make out the numbers on the doors in the dark. For a moment I imagined myself accidentally knocking on the wrong door. "Hi, I'm uh... here to suck your dick?" Imagining how well that would go over with some random person, I let out a nervous chuckle. This girl coming down the stairs gave me a weird look, but I shook it off and kept going.
Thankfully I didn't have to worry. As soon as I approached apartment 31, the door creaked open and Rick stuck his head out to greet me. He looked exactly like the picture he'd sent me - a man in his early 30's, with black hair just to long enough to curl a little bit, a strong profile and prominent nose that hinted at some Italian in his family tree, and a fit body with just a little bit of padding around the belly. Rick quietly greeted me and motioned me inside.
I stepped in the door and blew on my hands to warm them up as Rick closed the door behind me. Before I even had my coat off, he had shed his shirt and pants and was heading down the hallway back to where I assumed the bedroom was. I was surprised to see that his chest and butt were not hairy at all. I quickly kicked off my shoes, dropped my jacket on the floor, and headed after him.
I stepped into the bedroom just as Rick finished turning on some music and flopped down on the bed, naked and already starting to get hard. "I guess we'll get right down to it then," I said as I pulled off my own shirt and pants. I wasn't wearing any underwear, knowing that clothes were going to come off pretty quick anyway.
"Yeah, come on. My girlfriend's going to come by later."
Uh... what?
Rick must have seen the surprise flicker across my face, because he quickly added, "She gets off work at nine, and she works downtown so we've got plenty of time." I nodded my understanding, resisted the urge to comment on the cheesy saxophone music he'd put on, and climbed on the bed.