My wife left the local newspaper on the kitchen table opened to the obituaries. My aunt had passed away at the ripe old age of 93. I was never fond of my Aunt but I would attend the funeral anyway.
As I was turning the page, I saw an article and when I read the name, I reread the article just to be sure:
"...named by Board of Regents to the post of...."
Suddenly, I was transported back almost 30 years to 1976. I transferred to a university in upstate New York and was starting as a first semester junior. My previous college was a 2 year institution and with good grades, I had managed to get accepted to a much better school.
In those days, attendance outstripped available housing by 2 to 1 or more. Fortunately, I found an off campus dormitory room which I had to share. Jay and I got along famously. We were both into good pot, booze and women.
Although I had a steady girlfriend, I was bored and she was 300 miles away. Jay was a fun loving person and he introduced me to a lot of his friends. They accepted me with open arms and it was party time.
It was late September and I was at a party hosted by his friend Marty when she walked in the room. Marty introduced her and we spent the rest of the night talking.
Suzy was a second semester sophomore and one of the smartest people I have ever known. She was pre-med but with her brain she could have been anything she wanted to be. At 5' 6", she was taller than my girlfriend and from what I could see, her body was much better. She talked about her boyfriend but for some reason that didn't bother me. I learned she liked running as exercise and invited me to join her. Just looking at her dark green eyes was hypnotic and I heard myself accepting her invitation.
We started out near the west quad and before we got to the other side of campus, I was winded. The entire way I kept staring at her small but very firm ass. She told me the route she was taking and I should walk and meet her at the student union. Walking the rest of the way, I finally got to the union. When Suzy saw me, she laughed out loud. I looked like a wreck with sweat pouring off me.
I wasn't exactly Adonis back then but I wasn't chopped liver either. Working at a famous package delivery service loading trucks during summer and semester breaks had given me a half decent body but after 2 months of trying to keep up with Suzy, I lost over 15 pounds. For the first in my life I was in shape and it felt fantastic
Suzy saw the change and told me so. Even though we spent a lot together, it was strictly a platonic relationship. Once in a while she gave me a friendly peck but that was it. She loved to argue about everything until I cried "uncle".
During those 2 months I learned a lot about her. Her father was a chemical engineer and her brother and sister were gifted as well. Marty was a childhood friend and they dated briefly in high school. She rarely drank but liked smoking pot. She was one of the few people who had a car at school, a rarity in 1976. Most family's only owned one car and if they had a second it was usually a "junker". Suzy's car was just a hair above "junker" status.
And that's where this story gets interesting. It was mid November and Jay and I were at the local pub for Friday happy hour. Suzy walked in and asked if I would go with her to her boyfriends' college some 50 miles away. Always the village idiot, I agreed.
Upstate New York can be treacherous from late October till May, so I was aware why she wanted someone to go along but I thought it was weird that she would take me with her. She hadn't seen him for almost a month and well... you get the picture.
I ran back to my dorm and collected some clothes and my best pot. Thanks to my brother, I always had a good supply and great quality. Suzy picked me up and we were off to the races, literally. Suzy was a fearless driver and on slick roads she drove with the same abandon as if they were dry pavement. I feared for my life and told her so.
We reached her boyfriend, Craig's, college in record time. I practically kissed the ground when she stopped the car in front of his apartment.
Craig's apartment was heated to about 90 degrees but he turned out to be one of the nicest people I ever met. He bought Chinese food for dinner and after my nerve wracking journey, I was hungry. Of course, we smoked some pot in his bong before dinner. I was right about the pot, two or three hits and we were wasted. I don't remember eating dinner because we were so giddy from the pot.
Craig wanted to play a card game they invented. It was a variation of strip poker and each player was dealt 3 cards face up with the best hand winning and the losers' removing an article of clothing.
"What the hell. Ok" I mumbled.
I wanted to see Suzy naked. We had a few more hits off the bong and 15 minutes later, Suzy and I are naked as jaybirds. Craig had his jockey shorts left but he stripped them off and joined the naked crowd.
