I hadn't seem him for six plus years but as soon as he entered the Kamikaze Topless Bar on Main St., Bowling Green, Ohio, on a beautiful early May evening I recognized him β Rod Munroe, aka 'Surfer Rod', aka 'Blond Rod'. Our paths had crossed in 1988/89 at OSU when Rod and I had lived in the same dorm during our freshman year at the University. Although we had never become close friends, we were acquaintances and due to an odd quirk of fate got to know quite a bit about the other during that year.
Rod Scouries and Rod Munroe had both arrived on campus in Columbus in September 1988, both tall (6'2"), both slim yet strong (185 pounds), both fit, both assigned to rooms one floor apart in Tally Hall and both hungry for pussy. I didn't get any work done that first month, away from home for the first time and with all those hot coeds to choose from, I was in heaven! He, likewise, was doing the same thing and soon 'that guy Rod in Tally' became quite famous among the freshettes, the success each of us was having enhancing the others prospects. I continually got phone calls meant for him and was often accused of having done something (or someone) that I hadn't. Eventually, to differentiate us, people started calling me 'Rocket Rod' and he 'Surfer' or 'Blond Rod' in deference to his long, blond locks.
Seeing him now, sitting at the bar in 1995, still looking the same, watching the strippers reflected in the big mirror over the bar, smiling as they danced, I laughed to myself, surprised by how glad I was to see him. Walking over to him and tapping him on the shoulder, I said, "Well Rod, I see you're still chasing pussy, you horny bastard."
"What? Who are y...Rocket Rod??...Rod Scouries, what the fuck are you doing in Bowling Green?" he finally asked, as he jumped up and shook my hand.
"Well Surfer, I'm out in the cold, hard world now, trying to earn a few bucks and after a day at the grindstone I figured a beer and some titties would be just fine. Don't you just love these strip bars in college towns? They just have the freshest little pussies in the world!"
"I live here, always have," he answered, and then grinning added, "Bowling Green girls rule! What do you do, where do you live anyway? Did you finish at State? Didn't you go back to California?"
"Yup, I'm back living on the coast. But what the fuck happened to you? Christ, sophomore year I got more calls from girls looking for you than I could handle. No one knew what had happened to you." He quickly told me a bare bones story, clearly uncomfortable with the subject. Apparently two weeks after returning home his after his freshman year, his Mom and Dad had died in a car crash and he finally had decided to stay home and run his Dad's business and help support his sisters. "So, are you married, have a steady girlfriend?" I asked, "Any little Surfers?"
"No Rocket, I'm at home, single, working hard and living with my three sisters."
Something in his voice when he mentioned his sisters piqued my interest and I was suddenly alert. "I didn't know you had sisters Rod. How old are they? What do they do?" He then told me about Clara, 31, a librarian at BGU; Chrissy, 30, a nurse; and Cathy, 26, a year older than Rod and working with him in the family business. In his voice as he talked I could hear the pride, the love he had for them, and I wondered if Rod was walking the same path as I. "Are they married?" I asked innocently.
"No, I think they're going to end up old maids," he joked, but I sensed his hesitation, and I could feel his desire to talk.
"So I guess you're seducing all these sexy young BGU coeds? I never would have guessed a small place like this would have so much talent."
"I'm getting old Scouries," he protested, and changing the subject asked what I was doing in life.
"I started my own computer software consulting business. I finished at State with a degree in Math and Computer Programming and for my thesis designed some software for managing Library Systems. It actually fills a real need and after further refining it in California I've gone commercial, I've been able to sell 10 universities and some community colleges in the last four years."
"What're you doing here?"
"There's a new IT guy at Bowling Green and I sold him a system at his last job. I'm hoping to sell them here."
"That's where Clara works. She's the Assistant Library Director since February. I'll talk to her tonight."
"You're kidding, that'd be good, thanks Surfer. What about you? What's the family company do?"
"Dad had started to sell flower seeds through the mail 25 years ago. It's actually taken off in the last few years; the internet's been a godsend to us. We're getting rich from our home office! Have you married Rocket or are you still as wild as before?"
"I'm like you Surfer; I've been working hard and living at home with Mom and Sis. Once in a while on the road I fool around some but... I don't know... I've done just about everything. Oh, but I have started writing."
"Writing? You?"
"Yes," I started, a wide grin on my face, "I'm writing erotic stories, tales of sex and love."
"Bullshit! Have you published any?"
"I put them on the net, anonymous. There's a site - www.literotica.com where you can post your stories free. It's sort of a little sideline for me, I have fun with it."
"Can I read them? What do I do?"
"Sure you can read them," I told him, "But I got to warn you, they're pretty risquΓ©, they deal with subjects you might not like, like Rape, Exhibitionism, even Incest."
I could see his interest rise on the last word and was pretty sure my guess about him was right. Not wanting to press the issue I told him, "Listen Rod, you could try some, they're fairly short, β you might like 'My Sister's Milk' or 'The Flaherty Family' or 'Brinnie and the Alien'." Looking at my watch I told him, "Listen I'm sorry, I've really gotta go, I'm meeting my University contact for a late dinner. But Christ man, it's good to see you. What are you doing tomorrow night; I'd like to take you to dinner, talk some more."