It was two days before rent is due. How could I be so careless? I spent way over my budget and my roommates weren't going to be too happy. I looked around my room to see if I could sell or pawn something. Rent was short by $250 and the only thing that was worth close to that was my Xbox. Feeling defeated, I started to disconnect it as one of my roommates walked in.
"What are you doing with your Xbox Jacob," Mark asked. I explained that I spent way too much on going to eat and bars so I was a little short on cash to pay rent. Mark sighed deeply and shook his head in disappointment. He replied, "Well, I may have a solution for you. My cousin Chelsea has a spending addiction and is always short on cash. So when it comes rent time, she heads down to the truck stop towards Woodenville. There's some lonely truckers out there that wouldn't mind a little company in exchange for some cash."
I nearly threw the Xbox at him and said, "I'd rather sell my Xbox and Computer than do that. You kidding me? I just need a couple hundred until payday. No thanks." I packed up the Xbox and headed to the pawn shop. As I drove there, the thought of me doing sexual favors for money made me feel uncomfortable, yet there was a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach about it.
So I got to the pawn shop and after taking a glance at my game console, the guy behind the counter offered, "I'll give ya $40." Shocked in disbelief, I couldn't even stammer a reply.
"Sorry kid, I got a whole shelf of them Xbox over there and in the back," he explained. I still played it regularly and $40 wasn't worth selling. Dread washed over me as I got back in my car with the Xbox. My phone sounded off with a notification, "Hey Jacob are U going to give me ur part of the rent today or tomorrow?" The panic bloomed inside me as I replied, "I'll give it to u tomorrow."
I knew what I had to do, but I wasn't sure I had the courage to do it. It was getting late as I drove down the highway. A sign read "Woodenville 15" as I whisked by. Another sign for the next exit showed a fast food place and a truck stop. I pulled into big gas station and surveyed the scene. A pretty big building was light brightly that had a restaurant attached to it. Giant trucks with trailers were all around the place. I didn't even know where to begin. I was hoping I'd get lucky and find some half decent lady trucker.
This whole situation was a bit intriguing and my curiosity was starting to grow, well among other things. I got out of my car and walked towards the main gas station, as I did movement to my right caught my eye. A rather hefty woman in an extremely tight miniskirt and a halter top was walking towards a row of trucks that was in the back. A trucker got down from his cab and nodded at her. A quick verbal exchange and then the trucker stepped out of sight as she climbed in. Moments later, the trucker climbed in after her.
Amazed at what I just witnessed, I decided to take a look around back there also. Being surrounded by these trucks made me feel very out of place and then realized I probably stuck out like a sore thumb. A woman trucked walked passed me and gave me a quick scan to then ask, "You lost?"
"Um, no. I'm just stretching my legs," I sheepishly replied. She grinned like a cat and answered, "Too bad I'm not into men. I think you're kind of cute." The trucker winked and headed to her big rig. She didn't look too bad. Maybe there was hope for me yet. I told myself that I'd maybe walk to one more row and then just leave. Maybe I could pawn the Xbox and Laptop tomorrow morning. Surely I could get $250 for the both of them. I googled to see when the pawn shop would open up again but to my dismay, they were closed because it was Sunday.
I hung my head in frustration. Now what was I going to do. The panic in me started to rise again as I searched for any woman that would have me. Just then I saw one. She was wearing black leggings and a tank top. As she got closer, I recognized her.
"What are you doing here Jacob," Mark's cousin, Chelsea asked. I don't know what over came me but it all came out in an emotional jumble of words. She hugged me and said, "It's ok Jake. It happens. I'm out here every other month because I can't stop buying crap off Amazon. Listen, if you wanna make that money, just follow me."
I felt better letting it all out and I didn't feel so alone anymore. We walked over to the next row and she pointed to two trucks, one was red and the other was blue. As we approached, a fairly old guy climbed down from the red one and a burly middle aged man from the blue one.
"Hi Rich," She greeted the older man and he replied, "Hey there baby girl. You out for trouble tonight?" Chelsea playfully nodded. The burly man spoke up, "Who's you're friend?" She introduced me as Jake. Rich shook my hand and then gave Chelsea a rather over friendly hug. I noticed his hand slid down to cup one of her ass cheeks. Meanwhile, burly man stared right at me and that broke my gaze from what was happening with my roommate's cousin.
"That fine thick man right there is Abraham. But we all call him Abe. Abe, this is Jake. Me and Rich have some catching up to do so why don't you two get acquainted," Chelsea said with a wink. It then dawned on me what she just offered. Sheer terror washed over me. I slowly turned to look at Abe. He stood there with his arms crossed with a look of what I could only describe as disdain.