I hadn't seem him for six plus years but as soon as he entered the Kamikaze Topless Bar on Main St., Bowling Green, Ohio, on a beautiful early May evening I recognized him β Rod Munroe, aka 'Surfer Rod', aka 'Blond Rod'. Our paths had crossed in 1988/89 at OSU when Rod and I had lived in the same dorm during our freshman year at the University. Although we had never become close friends, we were acquaintances and due to an odd quirk of fate got to know quite a bit about the other during that year.
Rod Scouries and Rod Munroe had both arrived on campus in Columbus in September 1988, both tall (6'2"), both slim yet strong (185 pounds), both fit, both assigned to rooms one floor apart in Tally Hall and both hungry for pussy. I didn't get any work done that first month, away from home for the first time and with all those hot coeds to choose from, I was in heaven! He, likewise, was doing the same thing and soon 'that guy Rod in Tally' became quite famous among the freshettes, the success each of us was having enhancing the others prospects. I continually got phone calls meant for him and was often accused of having done something (or someone) that I hadn't. Eventually, to differentiate us, people started calling me 'Rocket Rod' and he 'Surfer' or 'Blond Rod' in deference to his long, blond locks.
Seeing him now, sitting at the bar in 1995, still looking the same, watching the strippers reflected in the big mirror over the bar, smiling as they danced, I laughed to myself, surprised by how glad I was to see him. Walking over to him and tapping him on the shoulder, I said, "Well Rod, I see you're still chasing pussy, you horny bastard."
"What? Who are y...Rocket Rod??...Rod Scouries, what the fuck are you doing in Bowling Green?" he finally asked, as he jumped up and shook my hand.
"Well Surfer, I'm out in the cold, hard world now, trying to earn a few bucks and after a day at the grindstone I figured a beer and some titties would be just fine. Don't you just love these strip bars in college towns? They just have the freshest little pussies in the world!"
"I live here, always have," he answered, and then grinning added, "Bowling Green girls rule! What do you do, where do you live anyway? Did you finish at State? Didn't you go back to California?"
"Yup, I'm back living on the coast. But what the fuck happened to you? Christ, sophomore year I got more calls from girls looking for you than I could handle. No one knew what had happened to you." He quickly told me a bare bones story, clearly uncomfortable with the subject. Apparently two weeks after returning home his after his freshman year, his Mom and Dad had died in a car crash and he finally had decided to stay home and run his Dad's business and help support his sisters. "So, are you married, have a steady girlfriend?" I asked, "Any little Surfers?"
"No Rocket, I'm at home, single, working hard and living with my three sisters."
Something in his voice when he mentioned his sisters piqued my interest and I was suddenly alert. "I didn't know you had sisters Rod. How old are they? What do they do?" He then told me about Clara, 31, a librarian at BGU; Chrissy, 30, a nurse; and Cathy, 26, a year older than Rod and working with him in the family business. In his voice as he talked I could hear the pride, the love he had for them, and I wondered if Rod was walking the same path as I. "Are they married?" I asked innocently.
"No, I think they're going to end up old maids," he joked, but I sensed his hesitation, and I could feel his desire to talk.
"So I guess you're seducing all these sexy young BGU coeds? I never would have guessed a small place like this would have so much talent."
"I'm getting old Scouries," he protested, and changing the subject asked what I was doing in life.
"I started my own computer software consulting business. I finished at State with a degree in Math and Computer Programming and for my thesis designed some software for managing Library Systems. It actually fills a real need and after further refining it in California I've gone commercial, I've been able to sell 10 universities and some community colleges in the last four years."
"What're you doing here?"
"There's a new IT guy at Bowling Green and I sold him a system at his last job. I'm hoping to sell them here."
"That's where Clara works. She's the Assistant Library Director since February. I'll talk to her tonight."
"You're kidding, that'd be good, thanks Surfer. What about you? What's the family company do?"
"Dad had started to sell flower seeds through the mail 25 years ago. It's actually taken off in the last few years; the internet's been a godsend to us. We're getting rich from our home office! Have you married Rocket or are you still as wild as before?"
"I'm like you Surfer; I've been working hard and living at home with Mom and Sis. Once in a while on the road I fool around some but... I don't know... I've done just about everything. Oh, but I have started writing."
"Writing? You?"
"Yes," I started, a wide grin on my face, "I'm writing erotic stories, tales of sex and love."
"Bullshit! Have you published any?"
"I put them on the net, anonymous. There's a site - www.literotica.com where you can post your stories free. It's sort of a little sideline for me, I have fun with it."
"Can I read them? What do I do?"
"Sure you can read them," I told him, "But I got to warn you, they're pretty risquΓ©, they deal with subjects you might not like, like Rape, Exhibitionism, even Incest."
I could see his interest rise on the last word and was pretty sure my guess about him was right. Not wanting to press the issue I told him, "Listen Rod, you could try some, they're fairly short, β you might like 'My Sister's Milk' or 'The Flaherty Family' or 'Brinnie and the Alien'." Looking at my watch I told him, "Listen I'm sorry, I've really gotta go, I'm meeting my University contact for a late dinner. But Christ man, it's good to see you. What are you doing tomorrow night; I'd like to take you to dinner, talk some more."
"It's my town Rocket, I'll take you out. Are you staying next door?" Seeing my nod, he went on, "I'll pick you up at seven in the lobby, there's a good restaurant just down the street." As I watched him walk away, I wondered what he'd think of my stories and if he'd have a story for me the next night.
He was smiling and clearly excited when I met him in the Holiday Inn lobby the next night and knew immediately that my erotic tales had been well received. Soon we were down the street, sitting down to 16 ounce T-bone steaks, accompanied by lots of fries and beer. We both soon found out we liked each other, our conversation coming effortlessly and covering a broad array of subjects, from sports to politics to business to art. As we sat back after finally finishing our steaks, Rod changed the subject, at last bracing the topic I knew he wanted to discuss.
"I read some of your stories last night Scouries," he began tentatively, "They're good, I liked them, I was surprised you could write like that, fuck, I got hard reading them. Clara read some too."
"Who?"
"Clara, you know, my sister, the librarian. I was telling her about your company, the software you're trying to sell. I mentioned your writing to her. She loves reading. She told me this morning she liked them too... Um, can I ask you something, Rocket?"
"Sure, shoot."
"Did you write the stories about people you know or are they all made up? Like 'The Flaherty Family' for example. Is it based on a real family?"
"Listen Rod, I can talk to you in confidence right?" I asked, and seeing his eager nod continued, "I have a friend; he's not called Flaherty or live in Pennsylvania, but most of what I wrote is based on his family..."
"And you visited them? You've joined them... I mean slept with...you know what I mean..."
"Yeah Rod, sorta like I wrote it."
"But you talk in the story about going with your sister!... What about 'My Sister's Milk'? You've never done anything like that, have you?"
"Rod, I'll tell you a little story. Annie, my sister, she's four years older than me Rod. She ran away from home when I was thirteen, but she came home the fall of my senior year in high school, an eleven month baby girl in her arms. I'm sitting around, a horny eighteen year old, and this beautiful girl, and Annie is really beautiful Rod, is walking around half dressed most of the time. The first night she's home, we're all sitting down eating dinner and she pops her tit out and starts feeding the kid. I'm watching this perfect tit and I'm as hard as a rock, not knowing where to look. I'm a virgin and I'm in love. She knew I loved looking at her and she loved showing me, loved exciting her little brother. Weeks later she finally let me suck her tits, oh God, I came in my pants the first time I sucked her."
"Jesus, this was when you were in high school? Your sister let you drink her milk?" he gasped.