The first time I noticed him I was having a cup of coffee with some friends at the mall. We'd been out doing a lot of looking and a little buying and our feet had been hinting it was time for a break so we'd nipped into Starbucks for a while.
I have to admit he was a honey. He was six foot, possibly a bit taller, blond, with these gorgeous blue eyes. He was solidly built, but not fat or overly muscular, just a big man. And not more than a year or two older than any of us at the table -- twenty five at the max.
He was sort of giving us the eye, but not blatantly staring. I thought that it was me he was eyeing, but the way we all sat up slightly straighter we probably all felt the same way. I'd never really noticed how some women brace their shoulders to make their boobs prominent. I almost hissed at the others to cool it, then I realised I was doing the same thing.
We sort of lingered over our coffee but he didn't approach, finishing his up and heading back into the mall. We finished our own coffee and hit the shops again.
It was odd, but now that we'd actually seen Clark we seemed to see him all over the mall. We'd be coming out of a shop and he'd be passing by. We'd stop and look in a window, discussing what was there and one of us would nudge the others because Clark was wandering by again.
We'd called him Clark after Clark Gable of movie fame. He had those same smouldering looks that Clark Gable had, even if he was a blond.
After a while we'd seen him hanging around so often that we knew it couldn't be coincidence. He was attracted to one of us and was probably working up his nerve to come over and say hullo. It's funny how even a honey like that could be daunted when faced with approaching a woman when she's with several other girls.
Annie finally suggested we split up for a while.
"If we all go our separate ways for half an hour it will give Clark a chance to approach me," she said.
There were a couple of rude remarks at that but we agreed because we all wanted to give him a chance to approach us. Anyway, we split up and went various ways.
Wandering around by myself I saw Clark a couple of times but he didn't approach me. Mind you, a couple of other guys did but I just gave them the brush off. Eventually the half hour was up and we all met up again to compare results.
We all just sort of looked at each other and shook our heads. Either Clark wasn't interested in any of us or he was excessively shy.
"Not a total loss," said Annie. "A couple of guys asked for my number. I actually gave it to one guy. He was cute."
"You're such a tart," laughed Vicki, "but I have to admit the wolves seemed to be thick on the ground tonight."
As far as we were concerned that was it for the night and we headed for the exit. And there was Clark, walking out of the exit in front of us. We laughed, split up and headed to our cars. Annie had come with me and so I had to detour past her place to drop her off and then I headed home.
Once home I made myself some dinner, then decided to take it easy and veg out for the evening. I had a quick shower and put on some pyjamas and settled down to watch some TV. It was odd, but when I glanced out the front window I could have sworn that I saw Clark walking down the street. That guy had really made an impression.
Eventually I went to bed, and then to sleep. I'm not sure what woke me up, but I suddenly realised that I was awake. You know the way you sometimes do in the middle of the night. I looked at the clock and saw it was just after midnight. I grumbled mildly to myself and started to nestle down to go to sleep again when my bedroom light was turned on.
Now I live alone, so having my light go on was something of a shocker. I sat up, saying "What the fuck?"
Clark was there. In my house. Actually, in my bedroom. He still looked stunning, a real honey. And what did this honey who was trespassing in my bedroom say to me?
"Don't swear," he said. "I don't like it and it's not ladylike."
I couldn't believe it. He breaks in and the first thing he does is criticise my language?
"Well, excuse me," I said, the sarcasm so heavy it practically thumped to the floor.
"Excused," he said, "but do try not to do it again."
By this time I was out of bed. My pyjamas were flannelette, and covered me as effectively as a blanket, and there was no way I was going to lie in bed with an intruder in my bedroom.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded. "I want you to leave immediately."
"I saw you at the mall and decided I wanted to get to know you," he told me, "You really should lock your doors and window when you're home. And I don't want to leave. I want to get to know you better."
"Well I don't want to get to know you better right now. Why don't you meet me at the mall some time and we can get to know each other better there."
Clark frowned at that. "Don't be silly," he told me. "We can't get to know each other properly in public. People just don't do that."
I suddenly had this chill running down my spine as it dawned on me just what he meant by getting to know me better.
"You know, I don't think I want to get to know you at all. I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave immediately or I'll have to call the police and have you removed."
"You can't," came the reply. "Your phone is in my pocket."
A glance at the bedside table showed the phone wasn't there anymore. That little chill was getting colder. I decided to lay it on the table and see if the mealy mouthed bastard would say what he meant straight out.
"By getting to know me, do you mean you intend to rape me?" I flat out asked.
"Not necessarily," was the surprising answer, "although that is one of the options I have in mind.
I blinked at that. What other options did he have in mind, and were they preferable to rape? I certainly hoped so.
Before I could ask what he meant he was talking again.
"If I asked you, would you take off those pyjamas and lie down on the bed so I can get to know you properly?"
Strip off and lie down so he could rape me? Fat chance. I'd still be fucked and by agreeing I couldn't even claim rape.
"No," I said, not bothering to amplify the statement, just letting the flat denial lie there.
"Oh, good," the swine said. "If you'd agreed I'd have known you were a tart and I'd have had to go elsewhere. I don't like having sex with tarts. You never know where they've been. Are you a virgin?"
How to answer. Is he going to decide not to take me if I'm a virgin or jump for joy and pounce? I decided to go with the truth.
"No. I'm not. Does that mean you'll leave now?" I added hopefully.
"No, no. Not being a virgin is a good thing. I don't have to worry about your crying and screaming when I take you. You'll know what to expect. So in answer to your earlier question, yes. Reluctant though I am to force you to do something you don't want to do, I am going to rape you. But don't worry. You'll enjoy it."
"And the moon is made of green cheese. Did it occur to you that I don't want to be raped, whether I enjoy it or not?"
He looked at me as if I was slightly dense.