Henry Wong really thinks he's all that.
That's what Lisa was thinking on the way back from dinner. She'd listened to him blabber on about something called 'Linux' through the entire meal. If it weren't for the lettuce wraps, the evening would have been a total loss. Megabytes, hard drives, and a million other doo-dads spilled out of his mouth in an annoying cacophony of heavily accented pontifications.
"This guy, this Bok-gwai asshole, he say 'Yooo need to use Windows Server'. I say, no. I always using Linux server with Apache. White guys always waste money."
This was all meaningless to Lisa. In three hours he'd not asked her how she was, about her studies, her life, even her opinion. She had smiled politely, nodded and ate her wraps. She had only agreed to go out with him after constant urging by her mother. He was successful, a business owner, a 'good catch', by Mom's standards. Forget that he had bad breath, picked his nose constantly and was completely self-absorbed. Thank god she had Carolyn to divert her thoughts. Every time Henry slurped his soup, she tried to instead imagine the way Carolyn's face looked as she sucked Lisa's nipples, or the incredibly soft skin of her lover's inner thigh.
When Henry pulled up to her parent's house, he began kissing and pawing at her.
"No Henry! Goodnight!" He had sneaked his hand underneath her sweater and bra and was fondling her bare breast. This had happened to her on so many dates; pushy Asian bachelors that figured this shy girl was an easy fuck. Did he think he was going to do her right here in the driveway of her parent's house? She wasn't in high school, not that she even did it back then. When he reached under her skirt and poked his fingers at her panty-covered pussy, that was it.
"NO HENRY!" With that she threw her entire 103 pounds into a punch to Henry's groin.
"AAAAHHHHH" Henry wailed. She threw the door of his BMW open, and ran up the driveway.
"Fucking crazy bitch! Fuck you! I kick your ass, you slut!" Henry hollered more obscenities as he drove off.
Inside, Lisa's Mother immediately quizzed her.
"How was Henry? He make good husband. You smiled? Make him like you?"
"No Mom, he's a jerk. He just tried to rape me in the driveway!"
Lisa's Mom twisted a scowl on to her face. "Nooooo, you probably
misunderstand him
. He successful man, make good husband!"
"Goodnight mother", Lisa turned and went to her bedroom and locked the door. It amazed Lisa that everyone around her completely dismissed her opinion. Well, everyone, except her Carolyn. It had been a month since she had kissed those soft lips, and she was going mad with anticipation. Carolyn had changed so many things about Lisa in such a short time. People were noticing her confidence and attitude. She was asserting herself, expressing her opinions and increasing her confidence. Today, she had visited a professor during office hours to clarify a point he had made in class about Shakespeare's influence on modern theater.
"Lisa, Lisa Lum". He said after explaining his lecture. "You really thought this out, and presented your point well. I expect to hear and see more from you".
It was so satisfying to hear. The point was minor, but she had been terrified of approaching a professor in the past, and this was a major step for her.
She opened her laptop, anticipating an email. Carolyn was in New York hammering out some deal. She had been gone for three weeks, Chicago, New Orleans, and now New York. Lisa wanted so desperately to make love to her. There had been the one encounter in Carolyn's apartment, and a dinner before she went on the road. They had made out in Carolyn's car that night like two high school kids in heat.
"I want to do what we did in you apartment again." Lisa had whispered.
"Patience, baby. We will, and after you've waited for a few weeks it will be even hotter".
There was no email. Lisa was dejected.