I hadn't slept in a week.
Every time I began to doze off, the noise would start again. I mean what the hell was he doing up there? Dropping bombs? Bowling? Playing his stereo all damn night? I didn't know. All I knew was that I had to put a stop to it or I was going to go completely insane.
I knew who was making the noise. I mean, I live on the forth floor of my dorm and the banging was going on directly above me. It wasn't rocket science. My real problem was trying to figure out what I was going to do about it. I tried complaining to my Resident Assistant. You know, that geeky chick that the college hires to "be your big sister" or whatever and tries to tell everyone what to do? She said she'd take care of it. But since it was common knowledge that she was screwing the 5th floor "R.A.," I knew nothing was going to change. It was all up to me.
I figured it would be a better idea to approach him in broad daylight. I'd tried calling before, but no one ever answered the phone. So, yesterday after my classes I headed up to his room. On the door of room 553 it said just "Erik" – must be a single room. Probably some big dork with no friends, I thought, smiling to myself as I knocked. This was gonna be a piece of cake.
I knocked again. God-damn-it. Was this kid ever home?
"Hang on, hang on!" boomed a deep voice through the door. I took a deep breath. Here goes nothing, I thought.
"Alright, come in," muttered the voice. Sounded like he'd been sleeping. Either that or he was shootin-up. It was the former; I realized when I opened the door. Erik, it must have been, was sprawled out on his bed -- apparently nude underneath his low-riding comforter. I could see his tight abs peeking out at me, and his happy trail disappearing low to bare skin under the covers. Apparently he was a "shaver."
"What the hell you want at this time of…" his voice trailed off at he looked at his clock. It was nearly 3 p.m. A late sleeper. This might have something to do with his being awake every night till the butt-crack of dawn, I thought to myself. His dark hair was a mess, falling slightly over his blue-gray eyes. I could see a reddish tint to his hair as the light came in through the cracks in the blinds.
"I need to talk to you about the NOISE," I said.
"What the fuck you talking about, woman?" he asked. He scowled as he adjusted his blankets. But his face changed immediately as he looked up to mine. He was actually rather attractive when he smiled, with his cleft chin defining his features. But I was no virgin -- I knew this kinda smile. I'd be a fool not to know it by now, after three years on a campus crawling with literally thousands of sex-starved 18 to 25-year-olds guys.
"What am I talking about? Ummm I dunno, maybe it's the construction work you seem to enjoy doing up here every freakin night. I'm right below you, and there's no way I can get any sleep with all your thomping around till 6 a.m."
"Right below me, huh?" he said, his eyes traveling from my blonde head slowly down my shapely body and back up again. "Sounds like a good place for you to me." His smile grew even more evil if that were possible. I could feel his gaze pause at my breasts, and I could feel my nipples tighten as his lust-filled eyes moved up to my face, and burned into mine.
Cute one. If I weren't so pissed I would have laughed.
"Listen, I'm not trying to be a bitch here, and I can try to respect your vampirism or whatever it is. I just have class you know? I need my sleep. Would you please just ATTEMPT to keep it down at least between the hours of midnight and seven?"
I held my breath. Erik said nothing right away. He was still looking at me like I was on a menu between the filet and the lobster.
"Alright," he said, after about a minute of heated silence. "I'll do that for you."
"Thanks!" I said, forcing a smile. Was it hot in this room or was it just me? I didn't want to admit to even myself that the look in the guy's eyes was making my pussy start to dampen. I'm sure my face was red. "See you later…" I muttered, as I nearly ran from the room.
Back downstairs I started my homework. It hadn't been as easy as I'd figured, but at least I was going to get some sleep tonight. Or so I thought.
Later that night, I had just started drifting off to sleep when I was awakened as usual. This time it sounded for sure like loud music with the base on full blast, coming from directly above me once again. I looked at the clock – nearly 2:30 a.m. This was ridiculous.
I jumped out of bed, looking down for a second at what I had on. I didn't really wear pj's usually – and I was just wearing a little white tank top and some soft flannel pants. I glanced in the mirror. There was a chill in the room, and the outline of my hard pink nipples showed faintly through the thin material of my top. Oh well, I thought, I was just going to be out for a minute. I practically jogged up the stairs to his room. I wanted to get this over with and get my ass back to bed.
I was right. The music was coming from Erik's room. I knocked. I knocked again – harder. I POUNDED on the door. Fuck!!! "Are you gonna turn that shit down?" I growled. No answer. "Open the goddamned door, will you?" Still nothing. I turned the handle a little -- it was unlocked. Fuck it, I'm just going to go in, I thought. Who knows, he could be drunk passed out on the floor or something. I really wasn't in the mood to stand in the hallway all night, yelling through his door and waking up everyone on the floor.
I opened the door. It almost pitch was dark, with only a black-light making my shirt glow brightly. I took a step inside. "Hey…?" I could smell him, his sweat and his cologne. I took another step. I heard the door shut behind me. I felt a chill creep up from the base of my spine. The door locked with a click. "Erik….?"
I heard his voice from behind me. "I thought you'd never get here…"
I felt his breath on my ear as he whispered. "I knew you were coming, baby. I knew I could get you to come visit me again." I felt his hands on my sides, running from under my arms down my hips and then behind me over my ass. My body was visibly trembling. He pulled me against his hard body.
I slapped in the dark at his arms. I tried to step around him toward the door. Erik grabbed both of my wrists in one of his strong fists.
"No, no, no, hunny. You're not going anywhere just yet. Not without getting what I know you really came here for."
What did he think I came here for? My mind was racing. I was telling myself I was confused, but I was a big girl. I knew what was about to happen. I needed to get out of there, fast.
"No," I said. Louder again, "No! Let me go!" But the music was still too loud. I didn't think anyone was going to hear me. His lips came down hard on mine. I slapped his face.