The things I do never quite cease to amaze me. Yet I must do them. Driven by impulse, or something even stronger perhaps. My name is Magdalena Wilson. A six-foot-one, dark-skinned and very voluptuous young Black woman living in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts. I attend the University of Massachusetts, Boston campus. I'm a Criminal Justice major, and someday I'm going to be a police officer. Like both of my parents before me. UMass-Boston has become my second home, of sorts. And for the most part, it's not bad. I've grown accustomed to campus life. It's what I do in my spare time that's extraordinary. And it's the subject of this story.
Right now, I'm striding through Westgate Mall in the city of Brockton. I see lots of people. Black people. Asians. Hispanics. And here and there, a few Whites. I see young Black and Hispanic guys walking with their buddies and hollering at big-booty Black, Hispanic and even White chicks walking by. I see young White guys walking around in urban gear ( with Bling-Bling around their necks ) trying to look tough. I see White chicks who look like Valley Girls walking around with their girlfriends and their moms. I see a good-looking Black man holding hands with a petite, sexy Asian woman. I see a very tall and really skinny Black woman holding hands with a short, stocky Black guy with a fedora. I guess there are some Black people who still date each other. Good to know. On campus, I know about three or four Black guys who still date Black chicks. That's it.
Brockton is a melting pot, more so than most cities in this part of the country. That's just the way I like my hometown. Brockton is one of the most diverse towns in New England. African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians along with Cape Verdeans now outnumber Caucasians of all stripes in town. Yet a decade ago, it was the reverse. The winds of change have come to Brockton, and they're here to stay. As I scan the crowd, I look for my prey. I smile when I see the one who will be my bitch.
My eyes zero in my prey. A short, plump and rather pale ( even for a White person ) young woman with blonde hair and pale green eyes. I saw her coming out of FYE with a bag in hand. I caught her looking at me a few times. Our eyes meet and I instantly know that I was right about her. She is definitely prey. Her eyes rove over my tall, athletic yet curvy body and I can tell that she likes what she sees. The plump White chick is most definitely a dyke. I smile at her, and she smiles back. I head to a nearby store and she follows suit. I know she wants me. White folks don't really like to buy stuff from PCX, the Black-owned and operated urban outfitter. Just like Black folks don't care to buy stuff from the Goth store at Westgate. I guess some things never change.
As I look at a nice blue T-shirt, the blonde plumper accosts me. She smiles, and introduces herself as Mandy Stone. I look her up and down. I shake Mandy's hand. Of course she's Mandy. Such a White chick's name. Mandy smiles and tells me she noticed me for a while. She giggles, and wonders what such an attractive woman like me is doing by herself at the mall. I look her up and down. My, someone's forward. My gal pal Kyana once told me that big White girls are sexually aggressive. Must be why they snare so many Black and Hispanic guys. Kyana's got a lot of wild theories about all kinds of people but today I guess she's right. Mandy and I start talking. I know for a fact that she came into PCX only to cruise me but she makes a show of buying a Black hooded sweatshirt featuring African-American superstar 50 Cent. I shake my head, and ask her if she's really into 50 Cent. Mandy flashes me her White teeth and tells me that she loves urban music. I pay for my blue T-shirt, and we leave the store together.
Mandy asks me out for a quick bite and since I've got some time to kill, why not? It's a Saturday afternoon after all. I ask Mandy what she's up to, and she tells me that she's new in town. She's renting an apartment in Brockton's South Side, and is living on her own for the first time. She used to attend Stonehill College in nearby Easton, but quit halfway through her junior year because her ex-girlfriend, some Puerto Rican broad named Majandra, ended up outing her to her parents after their messy breakup. Mandy's parents, a deeply conservative Irish Catholic couple who moved to New England straight from Northern Ireland, weren't too keen on their only daughter being a dyke. And the fact that she dated a Puerto Rican chick didn't please them either. So they gave her a choice. To straighten out her life in order to get back into their good graces, or they'd disown her. Since she was now living solo, I guess Mandy chose the latter option rather than the former. I looked at her, a bit surprised. I didn't know this chick from Adam but she was more gutsy than she looked, if her story was true, that is. Lesbians lie on dates, just like everybody else. Anyone who disagrees is either a bold-faced liar or their head is in the clouds.