Sometimes things just fall into your lap. It's not because you've worked for them or because you've tried something different. It's a case of Karma. When this happens you can do one of two things. Ignore it or grab the prize and run with it.
I grabbed the prize and ran. What happened was that I'd had to go over to the sports complex at the University for some reason. I'm stuffed if I can remember why. Practices had finished for the evening and the place seemed deserted except for me, and I wasn't going to there long.
It turned out that the place wasn't quite deserted. I was just passing the office of the Head Coach when I heard an odd noise. I turned and looked towards the sound, as you do. The office door was slightly ajar, which was dead careless of Coach, especially seeing what he was doing.
He was standing in the middle of his office with a cheerleader in full uniform giving him an enthusiastic blow job. Definitely should have closed the door properly.
I think at this point I should give you a little background information. I'm in my twenties. I'd only transferred to the University this year from another State. I was doing a post-graduate course in Quantum Physics, intending to get my doctorate.
Now I'm a reasonably easy-going guy. I don't go out of my way to annoy people or put their backs up. I general get on tolerably well with most people. If I do run into someone who rubs me the wrong way (or vice versa β I'm not perfect) I tend to avoid that person. I mean, who needs the hassle of being at cross-purposes with someone for no particular reason?
Cheryl, that's who. Cheryl is quite lovely and a cheerleader. She's intelligent and I understand doing very well in her courses. She will be graduating this year and has already been told that if she wants to try for post grad causes she'll have no problems. I'm not positive about her age but she's not much younger than me. I'd say probably twenty but she may have been a little older. All in all, an attractive young thing but, where I'm concerned, the personality of a barracuda.
I don't know why. Before I transferred in I'd never even met her, but she had the knives out for me from day one. She's spread rumours about me to other girls on the campus, which made it hard for me to get a date for a while. Fortunately, once people get to know me they can see that I'm not the monster that Cheryl casts me as.
Cheryl not liking me is one thing. I'm OK with that. I don't have a rule saying people have to like me. But if you don't like me, why not just leave me alone and go your own way. It's not as though I seek out her company, but she seems to take this weird delight in shafting me.
So when I suddenly find myself looking at Coach being given a blow job by Cheryl and I have my phone in my hand do you blame me for activating the camera and filming the action? I know I don't blame me.
I just let the camera run in movie mode for a few moments, capturing the scene. Then I coughed, loudly, to let the decadent duo know someone was there. Cheryl's head jerked up as she turned towards the door, eyes wide with shock and the camera probably had a good view of her looking directly at it, with the Coach's dong bouncing gently next to her ear.
Then I practiced sprinting. By the time the coach got his trousers back on and came charging out after me I was mingling on the campus with a bunch of other students. And he didn't know who had been there. Neither, I was pretty sure, did Cheryl. She didn't really have time to see more than a figure outside the door. I was in no hurry to enlighten her. I just faded from the scene. Tomorrow was another day.
Even then I might have let the whole thing go, but Cheryl had another go at me the next day. I was just sitting in the canteen eating some lunch and going over my notes from the mornings lecture when she came past and managed to knock my drink onto my notes.
"Oh, sorry," she said, smirking her head off.
I just gave her a look letting her know I wasn't fooled. Then I smiled.
"Not a problem," I assured her, "but if you feel like apologising come on over to my place tonight. You can apologise nicely while I play around with my new hobby, photography."
Cheryl suddenly had a very odd look on her face.
"Ph-photography?" she stuttered.
"Yes. A fascinating hobby. You really must come past and see some cheerleader photos I took yesterday. I do believe you're one of the cheerleaders, aren't you. You might even be on my camera. Why don't you come around eight? Do you have my address?"
Cheryl shook her head, so I kindly wrote it out.
"Eight," I reminded her. "Don't worry if you're late. I can fill in some time putting some choice shots up on Facebook."
I grabbed my things and walked away smiling, fuming inside. Little bitch. I was going to have to redo half my notes now. And I had to decide what to do when she came around. I had no doubt whatsoever that she'd be there right on eight. She wasn't going to risk not coming and photos going up on Facebook.
I was spot on. At one minute to eight she was knocking on my door and when I opened it to let her in she started on me.
How dare I threaten her? How dare I snoop around taking photos? What the hell did I think I was playing at?
I just handed her the one photo that I had printed. It was a shot of Cheryl looking at the camera with the coach's erection waving next to her.
She took one look at it, went white, and ripped it in half. But she did also shut up.
"Did you know the coach is married?" I asked.
"Like that matters. As if I had a choice. It was either blow the coach or lose my position on the squad."
That was a surprise to me. I made a note to find a way to shaft the coach.
"Maybe so," I said, "but the basic issue for me is you and your attitude. You've had your knife into me from the time I arrived and I'm sick of it. If you don't like me, fine. You're entitled to your opinion. However you seem to go out of your way to do me dirt. I just don't think you should be doing that and I want it stopped."
"And if I don't you'll publish those photos. Right?"
"You would have to assume that that is a possibility," I admitted.
She glared at me.
"You're a rotten swine," she breathed.
"Self-defence," I pointed out. "You're the one who's attacking me."
"Well it fucking serves you right. You're a complete and utter bastard." She suddenly shrieked at me.
I was stunned. What the hell?
"What the hell is your problem?" I demanded. "We didn't even know each other before I moved here."
"It's not about me," she yelled. "It's my cousin, Marie!"
I was lost. Totally.
"Ah, who, precisely, is Marie?"
"Marie Handerly. Your girlfriend at CalTech. The one you just walked out on, without a moments warning, to come here."
"A slight problem there. I've never been to CalTech. I transferred in from the University of Texas. The Dallas campus. Why would I want to go to CalTech among all the pretty people?"
She looked slightly stunned.
"You're James Wilson," she said.
I nodded. "Generally known as Jim, but yes."
"You transferred here to a doctorate in Quantum Physics."
I nodded again.