I still remember when the fourth season of my favorite show, "My Psycho Ex-Girlfriend" became available on my favorite streaming app. It was two parts comedy and one part musical and I loved it. I was glued to my TV, unable to tear myself away from the antics of the protagonist, Erika Clump. She was so stupid, always doing insane things and then trying to cover them up. I decided to watch all four seasons that weekend and as I watched, I realized that Erika was getting crazier and crazier as the seasons wore on.
She was basically a stalker and she had followed this guy, Jon, to Arcadia because she had a crush on him in eighth grade. I watched as she systematically destroyed every part of his life until she was the only thing in it. It was awesome to watch someone with such a horrible mental illness portrayed as the star of a show! I couldn't look away. I just wanted to know how crazy she would get and how long she could stay out of trouble without Jon finding out that she was completely nuts.
I guess you could say that I sympathized with Erika. I was a bit of a psycho mess myself and I fantasized that one day I would get an opportunity to stalk a guy and make him mine the way that she had. It was wishful thinking. I hadn't had sex in almost two years and I knew it was mostly because I was so nuts that guys couldn't seem to get past the first date with me without wanting to run. I wasn't the type to have sex with a guy right away. I needed some type of connection. Watching Erika, it gave me new hope and a bit of confidence in myself that I hadn't had before.
I vowed to get myself out there in the world to try to meet a guy like Jon, someone worthy of my stalking behaviors. I would have sex with him as much as possible and I would let it all happen without worrying or trying to control it the way that I always did. This time things would be different. I was learning from watching this show and I was going to be more like Erika. I was going to finally get laid. Who knows? Maybe I would even have period sex like Erika did.
It was getting late. It was almost 3am and I had been watching the show all fucking day. I had barely eaten, opting to have some food delivered but then barely touching it because I was so into the show. Erika was in trouble. She had lied to everyone about everything and they were all finding out what a psychotic liar she was. Jon had dumped her. Everything was in the toilet for her and I couldn't stop watching her trainwreck. I wanted to see her crash but at the same time, I felt sorry for her. I could barely keep my eyes open and I knew I was drifting off. I tried to grab the remote control to press pause, but before I could I was out, just like that.
I could still hear the show playing in the background as I slept, the theme music coming on every forty-five minutes as Erika continued to make poor choices all night long. I woke up to complete disarray, discarded ice cream bar wrappers littered the floor and even the bed. Except, something was very, very wrong. I hadn't eaten any ice cream the day before and this wasn't my bedroom. The comforter was beige and my comforter on my bed was pastel pink with flowers on it. I wasn't sure where I was but I knew it wasn't home.
I got out of bed and recognized where I was. I was in Erika's apartment! I recognized some of the quirky decorations from the series I had spent the past day watching. I thought I was dreaming but there was a knock on the door and when I opened it, there was Jon! I hadn't realized how short he was in real life, but he was just as sexy as I had imagined he would be and I realized that this was my chance! I was going to have a chance to fuck Jon Chang just like Erika did.
"Hi there, can I help you?" I asked him, trying my best to be seductive.
"Where is Erika? I need to talk to her!" Jon looked like whatever he had to tell Erika, it was urgent.
"I'm not sure where she is. I just woke up in her bed a few minutes ago and I don't remember what happened," I admitted.
"Wait! Did you have a lesbian experience with Erika? She was talking about going to that lesbian club the other day and I thought she was kidding, but now I'm not sure."
"I seriously doubt that!" I laughed. "I'm not a lesbian. In fact, I'm 100% heterosexual and looking for a willing guy." I tried my best to be flirtatious but I'd never been good at flirting. I was awkward and weird, a lot like Erika. If Jon had been into her, then surely I had a real chance!
"Wait. Are you propositioning me? You know I'm a go-go dancer now, right?" He did a few undulating moves that made me laugh more than they turned me on.
"I'm not sure what I'm doing. Why? Is it working?" I smiled and tried to flip my hair over my shoulder the way I had seen the popular girls from my high school do.
"Is there something wrong with you?" Jon asked with concern.
"What do you mean?"
"Have you looked in the mirror today?"
"As a matter of fact, I haven't..." I walked over to the mirror in the entryway and took a look at myself. I was shocked at what I saw. I had chocolate all over my face as if I'd eaten each and every one of those ice cream bars, whose wrappers had littered the bedroom. "Goodness! No wonder you think I'm crazy!"
"Did you say crazy?" Jon laughed and he literally burst into song and dance. Music began to play from an unknown location and I was moved by Jon's singing.
"She's crazy but I think she's cute..." Jon sang
"I'm crazy but he thinks I'm cute!" I sang back, moved by the music. We danced and I found that I knew the movements. It was like the whole thing had been choreographed and rehearsed. I knew what I was doing and I was enjoying myself. Jon took me in his arms and dipped me. I laughed, feeling carefree and full of joy.
"I'm going to take her to bed!" he sang.