Ch. 21
Brad was in the library and just finishing an assignment. His phone buzzed and he smiled as he read a text from Colleen saying how much she wanted and needed him again. He replied telling her how much he wanted to be with her again as well and if she wanted to go parking again. "Oh shit. I was supposed to text Lisa!" he muttered to himself and did immediately.
Hi. How are u. U at school now?
He had just finished his assignment when both texted back. "Oh yeah!" he whispered to himself as he read Colleen's reply that she could meet him tonight, "Going balls deep into tight little blonde pussy again!" he grinned as he finalized the meeting time with her.
"Now, Long Legs," he said as he tapped her name. "Let's see what you have to say."
Hi Brad. I'm good. Nice to hear from you. I'm in the library doing some work.
He smiled as he saw how she spelt out all her words in the text and used punctuation.
I am too U want to grab a coffee now at low beans? Take a break?
Sure. Should I just meet you down there?
Great! Ill meet u at the entrance. Leave now?
See you there.
She added an emoji of a girl smiling.
He scooped up his things and went down to the basement of the library which among other things housed a huge coffee shop called Low Beans. Besides the emergency fire exits there was just one entrance and exit and the shop always had a staff on by the door to ensure no one left with coffee
.
Lisa was already there in her favourite faded jeans and certainly fit his new nick name for her. Her legs looked like they were a mile long and she had one foot cutely turned inwards. All he could see from the neck up was her curly brown shoulder length hair but then she turned around and saw him. She smiled and blushed at the same time.
"Hi, Cutie," he gave her his ladies grin.
"Hi, Brad," she looked down at her toes and then up again, her face red.
"Let's grab a coffee and a table?" They went in went to the self-serve line. There was a multitude of different types and they both poured and mixed a paper cup. "Two," Brad told the checkout and passed over his card.
"Thanks," Lisa said softly.
He found a table and they sat. "What were you working on?" he initiated the conversation and kept it flowing expertly. He started to get to know her a little bit and liked what he was discovering. She was still quite nervous and fidgeted in her seat and blushed a lot.
"You're a little bit nervous with me?" he asked gently after a bit.
"Yeah, I guess," she looked down at her cup and blushed more.
"The blonde All-American quarterback type?"
"Something like that."
"I'm just another guy, Lisa."
"Well I haven't really dated a whole lot, Brad," she informed him as she took a sip of coffee to try and cover up her embarrassment.
"Why is that? You have strict parents?"
"No. I was just, you know, never really very popular. I wasn't asked out a lot."
"See? I knew it! That explains it!" he exclaimed as if discovering a secret.
"What?" she looked at him with dark brown eyes, a mixture of curiosity and embarrassment.
"See, that explains a lot about the MacPherson football team! All those guys were so fucking stupid!"
She looked at him in shock, and then she started laughing. It was a genuine laugh and he smiled back warmly at her. "Thanks, Brad, you're really a sweet guy. But you are the All-American quarterback and I always feel a bit like the geeky, nerdy ugly duckling."
He laughed, "Jesus, Lisa. I don't know you enough yet to say if you're geeky. Ok, you're maybe a little bit girlie-nerdy, but you're nowhere close to ugly, that's for damn sure."
"I know," she absently brushed a lock of hair away from her face, "Just sometimes I feel like it. So it's just, you know, easy to feel a bit uncomfortable around you. Sorry."
"You just need to get to know me a bit." He looked at her hoodie, which had Western University Lady Riders Volleyball emblazoned across the front. "Say, do you think they will actually change our nickname?" he asked to change the subject. It was a common topic of conversation around the sports teams. Western had had the name, Stallions, for years but back in the early seventies someone coined the name Lady Riders for the women's team. The logo featured a clearly female rider on a galloping horse. Of course the sexual conations and jokes started immediately.
"I don't know. Apparently it's been talked about for years and years now."
"Maybe just change Stallions to Riders but the old guard and University sponsors won't like it much."
"They should try and do it gradually."
"Hey, that's a really good idea."
"Hey, Golden," a huge black guy wearing a Stallions football jacket that looked like it could double as an auto cover walked by.
"Hey, One-Block! What's going on, dude?"
"Got a biology test this afternoon. Hi," he smiled warmly at Lisa.
"Hi!" she said in a high pitched but little voice.
"That sucks. Good luck with it, hey."
"Gonna need it. Later, dude."
"Golden?" Lisa whispered in amusement, "That's what they call you?"
"It's, ahhhh, the blonde hair," he replied.
"Yeah right, Golden Boy!" she had forgotten her shyness temporarily; "Brad Sterling's nickname is Golden!"
"You guys got nicknames in volleyball?"
"Not really. Golden."
"Yeah, yeah!" he laughed and she joined in. "So when's your next game?"
"Well, we're playing Highland Community College next week. The reserves are, that is."
"I'll have to try to check that out."
"You don't have to Brad," she found her shyness again.
"You were at my last game."
"Well, ahhhh, that wasn't because you were playing. No offense," she smiled. "I go to all the football games I can, friendlies and pre-season included."
"Well, I should be supporting other sports as a varsity athlete, myself."
"We get lots of support. We don't even fund raise, the gate takes care of everything, travel, clothing, everything."