Pole Position (3 page)

“You’re so going to lose your V-card to that
stud, aren’t you?”

I laughed
, “I highly doubt it, I’m pretty sure as soon as we left, Carey sunk her claws into him.” 

“NO doubt, she is a
catty bitch, I don’t like her at all.” Asher said. 

“I kept feeling like I was being stared at though, but I never did see anybody staring at me.”  I told her.

“Chassis, you have to accept the fact one of these days that you are beautiful.  Of course guys are going to stare, hell I’m sure women are going to stare.”

When we arrived back at
our dorm it was obvious there was another party going on, there were people standing in the yard and I’m sure somebody was puking in the bushes.  Asher rolled her eyes as she pushed people out from in front of the entrance doors.  Once inside we were greeted by even more drunk people, I waved my hand in front of my face because the smell marijuana lingered so thickly.

W
e made it through the mass of people and headed towards our room.  There was a guy with a girl pushed up against the wall, with some serious tongue action going on.  Another guy leaned against the wall staring at the ceiling, “For fucks sake Jay will you please finish up we’ve got shit we need to be doing.” He said with a very irritated tone.  The guy he called Jay pulled away from the chick’s lips, “Sorry sweet lips but, he’s right.” She bit her bottom lip as he turned away from her then ran right into me.  His hands shot out and grabbed me around the waist, I could feel his erection pressing against my stomach so I pushed at his chest;

“Gross let go of me
!” I said and tried to step away from him. 

“You want your turn too?” he asked all cocky. 

I rolled my eyes, “Please, I’d fall asleep and you’d fall in love.” I told him then tried to walk around him. 

He grabbed me by the bicep
, “What the fuck is your problem woman?  I was just kidding, I’m pretty sure it would be the other way around.” He said then let go of my arm.  We stood there glaring at each other, he narrowed his eyes, “What the fuck is your name?” he asked. 

I narrowed my eyes at him
, “That’s some more of your god damn business isn’t it?” I said through clenched teeth.  Asher grabbed my hand and pulled me away as his friend pulled him back by his shoulder.  I waited as Asher unlocked the door, I felt somebody staring at me, when I looked down the hall “Jay” had turned around and was glaring at me with his hands tucked inside his hoodie pocket. 

Once inside the room Asher burst out into a fit of laughter, I was pretty sure she had inhaled too much smoke when we had walked in the building.  “What is so funny?” I asked as I sat down and unlaced my shoes. 

“Oh god (she sucked in air and wiped away tears) you’re in so much trouble, I’m pretty sure you’re going to be fighting guys off left and right.  First Lance then that Jay guy, your V-card MIGHT make it through the week.” She said. 

I thought about throwing my shoe at her but instead I flipped her off
, “First off Lance has Crazy Carey that won’t let him get anywhere near another chic and Jay can piss off.  That was sick feeling his hard on caused by that other girl.” I shuddered at the thought. 

“I’m still trying to figure out who’s hotter
, Lance is hot but I think Jay has him beat.  I’m guessing we’ll be seeing them both come Monday.” Asher said then walked into her bed room.

~~~~

The following morning about ten o’clock I woke up, showered, put on some running shorts, a tank top, and my running shoes.  I wrote Asher a note letting her know I was going for my run.  I plugged my ear buds into my IPhone and made my way out of the building. 

I found the college track, luckily there were only a couple of other runners so I sat down at the edge of the track and stretched.  With
Pitbull
and
Chris
Brown’s
- ‘
International Love’
blaring in my ears I took off running.  My playlist would drive most people crazy, according to Asher I have severe ADHD when it comes to what kind of music I like.  After Pitbull ended,
Luke Bryan
’s ‘
My Kind of Night
‘played, Asher and I had been to one of his concerts a few weeks before graduation, we scored back stage passes, I nearly fainted when Luke walked right up and started talking to me like we were old friends. I smiled and hummed along as my pace increased with each stride.

I was finally starting to feel the burn from practically sprinting the first few laps so I slowed down to a brisk walk as
Pitbull
and
Christina Aguilera
– ‘
Feel This Moment
’ started playing.  Next thing I knew my left ear bud was pulled out of my ear “Ouch…son of a bitch”, I yelled and turned to see Jay walking beside me as Pitbull was talking about red rooms and tie ups.  Jay put the ear bud up to his right ear, his eyes got big then he smiled a crooked smile at me.  I yanked my ear bud out of his fingers stuffed it back in my ear and took off running.  I was hoping he would leave me alone, but, no such luck.  Within seconds he ran so he was in front me jogging backwards so he was facing me, I stopped, put my hands on my hips and stared at him.  He smiled, walked towards me grabbed me around my waist threw me over his shoulder and walked over toward the bleachers.  I slapped at his back and kicked hoping he would let me go but he didn’t.  He set me down on the wall that was in front of the stadium, I pulled both my ear buds out, “Who the fuck do you think you are asshole?” I yelled then kicked at his chest trying to get him to leave me alone. 

He laughed grabbed ahold of my ankles and moved so he was standing between my legs
, “You need to tell me who you are, I swear I know you from someplace but I can’t figure out where.  Tell me and I’ll think about leaving you alone.  I make no promises though.” He said. 

I stared at his bare chest that was covered in sweat, he had t
attoos up and down both arm, and in the center of his chest was an engine with checkered flags stretching across to both of his pecks.  When I looked back up at his face he was giving me a crooked grin, his eyes were almost electric blue sliver and his hair was a dark blonde almost brown.  He had a scar above his left eyebrow and a scar that looked like it was just healing on his jaw line. 

“You wouldn’t know me, I’m from Kansas I just moved here.”
I told him.

“Do you have a name or should I ju
st call you Kansas?” he asked his eyes were locked onto mine. 

I rolled my eyes
, “Call me Kansas as far as I’m concerned, I don’t talk to creepy guys that think it’s okay to invade my personal space.” I said then kicked him in the chest and jumped off the wall. 

He stumbled back, “I just want to know your name.” he yelled. 
I walked away from him and never bothered to look back at him.

When
I got back to the dorm, Asher was talking on her cell phone when I walked in.  I went straight for the bathroom to shower, a few minutes later Asher was tapping on the door then she walked in. 

“Chass you looked pissed off when you came
in did something happen while you were out for your run?” she asked with concern. 

I r
insed my hair, grabbed a towel off the rack then got out of the shower;

“That Jay guy, the one that was making out with that chic in the hall way Saturday night, remember him?” I asked. 

She smiled, “Oh yes, Mister Hottie McHottie!”

I rolled my eyes at her
, “Yeah well, he found me at the track today, apparently he thinks he knows me or something.  He tried to demand that I tell him who I am.  He might be hot, but that really pissed me off.”  I told her. 

She wrinkled her eyebrows “Why is it bad that he wants to know who you are?”

“Well he could ask nicely instead of picking me up and cornering me against the damn wall for one and the next time he yanks my ear bud out of my ear I’m probably going to throat punch him.” I told her, then walked out of the bathroom to my bedroom.  

“He did WHAT?” she practically yelled behind me.  I explained it all to her  “Well I’ll do some asking around and see who he is, I don’t want some freak getting ahold of you.” She told me. 

After getting dressed I told Asher that I was going to go the grocery store to get a few things and to the pharmacy to get my birth control pills refilled.  I know you probably think I’m crazy, why does a virgin need birth control?  My periods were almost unbearable so the doctor suggested to my mom to have me put on birth control to help relieve some of the problems.  Asher was on her phone, she gave me some money to pick her up a few things from the grocery store as well, then was back talking on her phone.  I walked out to my car to find Lance leaning against it, he smiled big when he seen me walking towards him; 

“Hey there beautiful, Asher was on the phone with Mitch, I overheard him talking about you going to the grocery store.  I need to pick up a few things too so I figured I’d
see if I can catch a ride with you?”

I smiled
, “That’s fine but I have to make a stop at the pharmacy too.” I told him. 

I unlocked my car, once we were both inside Lance let o
ut a long whistle, “Sweet ride!  It’s not going to start throwing me forward in my seat a spewing anti-freeze in my face like Bumble Bee did in Transformers, is it?” he asked with a laugh. 

I shook my head and laughed, “If it does you will be the first per
son that it has happened to.” I told him.  On the way to the store we talked about my car, the start of school on the following day and where each of us was from.  Lance was a sophomore from Wyoming on a full ride football scholarship, he was the only boy in his family and had two older sisters and one younger sister.  I told him that I am an only child and that my dad passed away when I was five years old, he didn’t press on details so I didn’t say much more. 

When we made it to the grocery store, I had my list in hand pushing the shopping cart not paying attention to where I was going.  Next thing I know I had ran right
into the back of somebody, “Son of a bitch” the guy said and whipped around to see Lance and me standing there.

“I’m so sorry…” I trailed off when I
recognized the guy was Jay.  He looked at me then to Lance with a crooked grin he turned and walked away without saying a word. When he was gone I asked Lance if he knew who Jay was or anything about him. 

“Uhh, he kinda lives at our house.
” Lance said sounding very irritated.  I told him about what happened earlier in the day, Lances jaw muscles tensed, “I’ll have a talk with him.  He can be a dickhead.”

After I was finished shopping Lance carried the groceries out and loaded them into
my trunk. I followed Lance’s directions to the pharmacy, to say that I was embarrassed that Lance went inside with me, would be an understatement.  I tried to tell him he didn’t need to but he insisted.  When he realized what I went in for he turned and walked out and waited for me in the car.  I’m pretty sure I was blushing bright red when I walked out, Lance laughed when I got in;

“Why are you embarrassed?”

“Well because I don’t really know you and you just followed me into get my birth control refilled.”  I told him then backed out of the parking stall.  Lance was quiet most of the way back to the dorms.

W
hen I pulled into the parking stall he looked over at me;

“So, I think we need to go out on a date and actually get to know each other.” He said with a smile. 

I let out a small laugh, “What about Carey, I don’t want some crazy ex chasing me around.”

He waved his ha
nd, “Eh, I’ll take care of her, I’m hoping she’ll find some other sucker to stalk this year.” 

I chewed on my bottom lip for a few seconds, then
I agreed to go out Friday night with him.

Lance helped carry
the groceries up to the dorm, when we got inside Mitch and Asher were in the midst of one hell of a make out session.  “OH MY GOD, GET A ROOM WILL YA!” I yelled trying not to laugh. 

Asher tried to sit up to fast and ended up head butting Mitch in the nose, immediately it started bleeding.  Mitch jumped off the couch
, “Son of a bitch Asher!” he said as he tipped his head back and pinched the bridge of his nose. 

Asher ran to the kitchen and got him a wad of paper towels
, “I’m SO sorry…uggg, Chass have you ever heard of knocking? JEEZ!” she yelled as she held the paper towels to Mitch’s nose. 

“Nope I live here, shouldn’t you have tied something on the door knob or something to let me know you were “busy” (
I said in air quotes) or better yet…USE YOUR DAMN ROOM!”  I told her then walked to the kitchen.  Lance was laughing so hard he couldn’t even talk, he would stop laughing then look at Mitch and start laughing all over again. 

Mitch flipped him off
, “Fuck you man, that hurt!” he said as he dabbed the blood from his nose.  Asher kept apologizing repeatedly then she would turn and glare at me. 

After
I put the groceries away, I walked over to Mitch, “I have a couple light absorbency tampons we can shove up there to stop the bleeding.” I told him in the most serious tone I could without laughing.  That caused Lance to start laughing even harder, then Asher started laughing, then I started laughing.