As I stepped out of the exercise studio on a cool overcast southern winters afternoon, my hair up with a headband, a satin jacket covering my leotard, leg warmers covering my shiny dance tights and high topped LA Gear trainers, I'd hoped to get back to my house to study for a lab quiz. I was making a little extra money teaching aerobics and jazzercise when I wasn't studying, playing tennis or partying and I was done for the day.
I didn't get more than a dozen steps when Haley, one of the schools official football recruiting hostesses pulled up next to me an offered me a ride. We were casual friends.
Without making small talk she told me about Derek-and me. Derek was on the football team. Not a star by any means, he was still on the field a lot and I'd noticed his strong stocky build-not to mention how he filled out his gold football pants and wondered what it'd be like to date a black guy.
So Haley let me know that Derek had seen me and wanted to know if I was ever interested in a brother. I was startled at how she said it to me and how it sent a chill up the back of my neck. I was silent for a second but my mind raced. Coming from Southern California, interracial dating was very common and totally acceptable. In the deep South however in the late 80's and early 90's-when I went to school, there was still a bit of a stigma associated with the idea of black/white dating. It happened, particularly among the football and basketball players, but wasn't publicized. And I'd never dated a black guy.
Asking me if I were interested brought be back to Haley's question. I said yes and Haley smiled. She said we'd be double dating-Haley was dating Marcus on the sly and we'd be partying with them at a Mid Town club after dinner out.
I wore a cute pink tube top-I have never been large breasted and wanted to show off what I did have without a bra. Over that I wore a pink and black striped blouse unbuttoned and tied at my waist and black jeans. I also wore a little pink and green thong. Lastly, I tucked my black jeans into high heeled black leather boots.
Haley came by to pick me up so we could meet Derek and Marcus for dinner and dancing. When I got to the car, I saw that Haley was dressed to the nines-her hair and nails were done special and she was wearing a sexy cocktail dress and heels. I was aghast and told her that I just couldn't go as I looked horrible and was way too casual. She assuaged me that I was just fine-Derek really thought I was cute, but she did give me good advice-its always better to be more dressy then less-spoken like a true football princess...I mean hostess, but also she told me that Marcus liked seeing her in dresses and skirts.
We got to Mid City and parked at the valet in front of the restaurant.
Marcus and Derek weren't there yet so we had a drink. I was too young to drink as was Haley but as our reservations were with football players we were not carded plus our drinks were free.
After several white wines, they showed up. I couldn't tell who was sexier-Marcus or Derek and I enjoyed looking them both over.
Derek was a real gentleman giving me a quick kiss and hug and apologizing for being late.
We chatted until our table was ready. I noticed some people giving us a few looks but for the most part no one noticed us as interracial couples or cared.
Haley and I both had another round. We ordered and enjoyed each others company. I was seated facing Haley in between the guys. I noticed that Haley was getting attention from them and soon figured out that they were fondling her under the table. Haley was flushed and she would stutter or just not make sense. I laughed a bit but then thought we were in one of the nicest restaurants in town and here Haley was getting fingered by 2 black men.
After a few moments of this Haley signaled that we needed to go to the little girls room. We went and as soon as we got in, she ran for one of the couches took her shoes off and yanked her nylons off her legs and threw them into her clutch. She explained to me that she didn't want to run her hose and the boys were playing with her so off went her nylons!