I don’t know how it happened, how it came down to that. Liz was in my English class, she was a hippie by any standard, and most guys would have been repulsed by the simple fact she never wore deodorant. I thought she was wonderful, tangled black hair, olive skin, natural smell and all.
I knew she always got on campus late, and more often than not had to park near the edge of the parking lot. When she left the lot was empty except for very few cars. I lied to the professor, told her my brother had called, and was in a wreck, he needed a ride home. I went out and waited about fifty yards from her car, off in the side of the lot, nearly hiding in the bushes. I dressed completely in black usually, so no one noticed when I was wearing black jeans and a black sweater, it worked as no one that left seemed to notice me.
I wanted to run away, run to my car, drive home and scold myself for hours in the mirror for even thinking about what I was about to do. Right before my conscious was going to win though, I saw her walking up from the other end of the parking lot. She didn’t look as nervous as usual when she walked to car. She often asked me to walk with her after class so she wouldn’t havta worry about anyone jumping her. I felt like a such a shit as I sunk a lil farther into the shadows on the driver’s side of her car.
She looked so great in her cloths from good-will, the bell-bottoms were stretched tight on her ass just below a light coat that was wore over a fuzzy sweater. I could smell her as she walked beside her car, it was a musky scent covered up by a strong smoky smell, not of cigarettes and nicotine though. I knew the smell pot from family and friends, as well as a few of my own experiences.
I moved just as she unlocked and opened the back door to put her books inside. I rushed silently up behind her, I didn’t want her to see my face, to feel that betrayal yet. I clamped my hand over her mouth and my other arm around her waist. She struggled and tried to scream. “Shh, sh, shh.. quiet down, or I’ll make this painful.” I whispered and prayed she didn’t recognize my voice.