Chuck looked at the time on his watch. It was getting late as he sat
on the bleachers of the football court. He was impatiently waiting for Ashley to finish her cheers. They had been high school sweethearts, and now attended the same college. It was their second year at the university, and while Chuck remained a Psychology major, Ashley switched from Nursing to Physical Education. She applied for the college cheer-leading squad, and was quickly accepted; after all she did fit the bill for the position. Ashley was a petite, red-headed hottie. She never had any problems with getting her way because of her looks, and she became popular in a very short time.
Chuck supported her and came to all her practices and games; however, the whole routine was becoming tedious. He was beginning to realize that their relationship was suffering, because she never had time for him anymore. He loved her, but his patience was wearing thin. For the past two months, he couldn’t count how many times she blew him off for practice and cheer-leading meetings. He had responsibilities too, and even he made time for her. Ashley was becoming too absorbed in the college football world, and didn’t seem to care about them as a couple. Still, Chuck was hesitant to leave her and hoped that she would come to her senses. Now he was waiting for practice to end, and it seemed that he would only have to wait half an hour longer.
“Thank God it’s almost over.” he thought.
“Hey man!” a voice called out to him.
Chuck turned to see Shawn, one of the football players coming towards him. The two first met at one of the games, and became very good friends. He and Chuck would sometimes double date with their girlfriends, and also drink together. Chuck had been so busy with exams and trying to get some quality time with Ashley, that he’d abandoned his friend.
“Hey, how ya’ been?” Chuck replied.
“Good…got our game in two days. You coming?”
“I don’t know. Ashley and I aren’t doin’ so good. Chuck said sadly. “I gotta worry about my exams, plus I start an internship soon. It’s gonna be tough.”
“Damn man…well after the game, we’re gonna celebrate right?” Shawn said, obviously trying to get his spirits up. “I haven’t seen you in…shit I don’t know how long! Maybe everything will be good with y’all after the game. Everybody’s all stressed out.”
“And you’re not?” Chuck asked with a slight frown.
Shawn always seemed to be able to keep his cool no matter what was going on. Chuck envied him on that note.
“Nah man! I got this! You know those scouts will be there. They’re gonna be looking for talent, and got everybody on edge. Maybe that’s why you ain’t seen your girl much. ”
“Yeah maybe.”
“Come on man, don’t do that. Everything will be good! Maybe we can go see that new spy movie or sumthin’. I wanted you to meet my new girl. Well…she’s not new anymore.”
“New? What happened to Tara?”
“Oh… shit wasn’t workin’ out.” Shawn replied nonchalantly.
“Oh, well…sorry man. What’s her name?”
“Diana…matter fact, I think she’s got a few classes with you.”
“Maybe. I don’t really talk to anybody much, and there’s like over 100 students in all my classes.”
“Well she’s gonna meet me here in a lil bit. You can meet her.”
Just then Ashley blew Chuck a kiss from across the field, and he smiled and waved at her. At least she showed him a little attention. Unfortunately, this pleasant moment was quickly ruined when the star quarterback broke her gaze, and put his arms around her. She looked quite comfortable in his arms, and Chuck’s heart sank as he witnessed this. He pretended not to see any of it with Shawn sitting next to him, but his heart was ready to burst.
“You aight man?” Shawn asked.
“Yea I’m good!” Chuck lied.
“Look, it’s my girl.” and Shawn’s head cocked towards the direction of a young woman, who Chuck had indeed seen before.
Diana was quite the opposite of Ashley. She was much heavier, but still had gorgeous curves. While Ashley was a B cup, Diane’s breasts were probably in the DD area, and the rounded orbs swelled against her tight black sweater. They were probably the first thing a man would look at, but Chuck always thought that she had the prettiest brown eyes. Although they were far apart in cultural backgrounds, he was still a man and appreciated a beautiful woman.
He felt a bit jealous as Diana made her way to Shawn, hugged him tightly and smiled happily. Ashley never did that anymore, and she never looked so happy to see him.
“Baby, I want you to meet my friend.” Shawn said, turning to Chuck.
Diana leaned forward in her seat to get a better view of him, and smiled.
“Hi, I’m Diana. You’re Chuck aren’t you?”
“Yeah that’s me.” Chuck smiled, feeling a little happy that she had recognized him.
“Yeah we have a few classes together. He’s the smartest one there babe.” she giggled.
“Nah…I’m just trying to stay on top of my work, that’s all.” Chuck replied shyly, and ran his fingers through his raven hair.
“And he’s modest. Don’t listen to him baby. He always gets the highest scores on the exams, and he’s the professor’s favorite.”
“Told you I don’t only hang out with dummies.” Shawn mumbled.
“Yeah, yeah. Hey um Chuck, I always wanted to ask if you could tutor me or something. I was kinda shy, and I didn’t wanna bother you before. I have ‘okay’ grades, but I wanna do better. Think you can help me? I wanted to get an internship at one of the top psychiatric facilities, but my grades weren’t good enough. ”
“Yeah of course. You could’ve asked me before. I wouldn’t have turned you down or anything.”
“I don’t know…you look so serious sometimes.” she laughed.
“I’m not that serious. I know how to have fun.”
“No you don’t!” Shawn interrupted.” But you and Ashley are comin’ out with us after the game. No excuses and no cancelling on me.”
Chuck didn’t say anything, and only sighed as he spotted his girlfriend still in the arms of the quarterback. He didn’t want to go. Instead, he wanted to run to his dorm, to bury his head under a pillow.
“Come on Chuck. It’ll be fun. We can worry about tutoring later.” Diana urged on.
“Alright.” he murmured, in a less than enthusiastic voice.