Jacob Kelly ran out of his biology class and straight to his apartment. Talking to himself the whole walk home from one side of the campus to the other, he hoped, prayed, no begged that the invitation would be in his mailbox. Dodging a few cars crossing the street, accidentally bumping into a few annoyed students, but finally making it through the front doors of his apartment building, rushing straight for his mailbox.
If the invitation was there it meant a guaranteed night of fun. The Alpha Chi Omega sorority threw one of these parties every month personally inviting 12 guys from the campus to match the 12 senior girls in the sorority.
A few of Jacob's friends had gone and it was everything they hoped for and a little more. It was a guarantee you were going to get laid by one of the hottest women on campus. And chances are you were going to learn some new tricks too cause these girls were the experts.
Only senior guys who were guaranteed to graduate in May were invited. Talk about an incentive for studying, The names of the guests were clearly printed on the invitations and the girls knew exactly who you were anyway so trying to crash the party was foolish. In case somebody tried, the girls were good friends of the Alpha Theta Pi fraternity who had a few bouncers watch over the place, probably for a guaranteed lay later.
Fumbling with his keys, Jacob finally opened his mailbox and a mess of papers sprang out, scattering on the floor.
"Oh great, I'll probably lose it now", Jacob thought to himself. He gathered up the magazines and junk mail into a neat pile carefully sorting each piece to make sure it wasn't the invitation. As he picked up the last envelope, his heart was crushed. There was only one month left in the school year and that meant only one more party.
He went to shut his mailbox, an obvious look of dejection in his face when he noticed a gold envelope was there. A surge of energy traveled through his body as he reached for it and it clearly had the Alpha Delta Phi logo across it with his name and the words "Open Immediately" printed on it.
He raced up the stairs to his apartment as he tore the envelope open, skipping steps along the way. Hoping his roommate was there to share the good news with, he burst through the door to be greeted by his roommate Brian's singing in the shower. Jacob glanced over at the coffee table to see Brian's invitation carefully laid on top of its own envelope. It looked like the two roommates were going to have the nights of their college lives.
They both showered, dressed, primped and pampered themselves for a few hours making sure the girls would have no excuse for kicking them out. The invitation clearly stating that casual dress was expected and not to arrive a minute later than 10:00 PM or risk losing your spot for the evening. Jacob and Brian weren't about to take any chances. It took about 10 minutes for them to walk over to the sorority, so they grabbed their wallets and keys and headed out the door. The clock on the microwave read 9:00 PM.
They got to the sorority in about 5 minutes, the anticipation obviously quickening their paces. Not wanting to look like the biggest pair of dorks at the party, they decided to walk around the immediate neighborhood but not stray too far away. Brian pulled out his pack of cigarettes and offered Jacob one although he knew Jacob only smoked when he was really drunk. They came across a small park and decided to sit on the bench and wait out the next few minutes as Brian enjoyed his smoke.
Dwindling into a conversation about classes and homework, they each shot glances towards their watches making the agonizing wait even longer. When the time hit 9:45 PM they decided to walk on over and be a little early, positive they wouldn't be the only ones there.
Jacob starting walking away as Brian stamped out his third cigarette of the hour. As he looked up, a bum in mangled clothes and an outstretched hand was only inches from him begging for a little change. Startled at how close the man got and not willing to risk trouble at this point, he reached into his pockets and flipped the old man a couple of quarters as he walked away.
"Where the hell did that guy come from?", Brian wondered aloud to Jacob.
"I don't know buddy, looked like he just showed up out of nowhere. Fuck him, we're about to get laid."
"Well I'm not going to fuck him, but I am going to fuck tonight." Brian and Jacob sharing the laugh all the way to the sorority house.
The two showed up to a line outside the door composed of a bunch of sex-starved college seniors. After waiting in line for a few minutes, one of the sorority girls stepped out the front door to a rousing cheer from the guys waiting in line. Her name was Jennifer, a tall and slender girl with the perfect pale skin tone that was only accented by her deep crimson hair that fell straight down to the middle of her back. Wearing a short black leather skirt, fishnet stockings, combat boots, and a blue tank top, she asked the guys waiting in line if they were ready to have the night of their lives. Raising both her arms up in the air, her wrists flipping forward as her index fingers pointed out, she swayed her hips seductively to make sure the boys responded.
"Well pull out those invitations and raise them up in the air". Years of cheerleading had obviously paid off for her as she had the guys waving the passes as if they were tickets to Game 7 of the World Series.
"Come on in, the parties started".
The guys rushed into the sorority house as one of the fraternity boys gathered the invitations as another one of the sorority girls made sure the faces went with the names. Inside, the stereo was blaring some classic 80s Bengals music, a disco ball hung from the ceiling of one of the rooms, the kitchen was full with bottles of alcohol and a keg of beer, every girl in the place was absolutely gorgeous, and Brian and Jacob were smiling so much they could be mistaken for Alfred E. Neuman on the MAD magazine covers.
The party progressed as any college party for awhile, guys hit on girls, girls flirted with guys, a few danced, some drinking games were being played, a couple made out in the corner, but nothing out of the extraordinary that made this monthly shin-dig the talk of the town. Then Becky, an adorable blonde girl with penetrating blue eyes that were even more drawn out by her silk blue blouse, lowered the music down and got the attention of the crowd. Jacob was particular attentive because he liked Becky since freshman year. They were both biology majors and shared some classes together and Jacob was only days away from asking her out until he found out she made the sorority. That put her "out of his league" or at least that's the way he thought of it, so he let the torch burn quietly within him without making any moves towards her. Hopefully tonight would be different.
"It's time to give this party a pulse and get down to some dirty dancing. All right guys, you pick the girl you want to dance with and don't be afraid to get too close".
"Well fuck here's my chance", thought Jacob to himself. He gulped down his beer and pushed through the crowd to get to Becky. Crouched down behind the stereo, changing a CD, she greeted Jacob before he could say anything.
"I was hiding here making sure you asked me. Let's go".
She grabbed Jacob's hand and pulled him to an empty spot in the living room. A Prodigy song started pulsating through the speakers and the party goers went wild. Hips grinding, asses shaking, and lots of groping. Apparently this was the foreplay. Becky went into another world, tossing her shoulder length hair back with her left hand, her right trailed down Jacob's right side. She then turned around and pushed her butt into Jacob's pelvis, slowly swaying and grinding it into Jacob's instant erection. The two went at it for a couple of songs almost to the point where Jacob was ready to tear her clothes off right there. Just as Jacob thought he couldn't last any longer, the music lowered and another sorority girl, Kathy spoke over the crowd.
"Well guys it's time to take this party to a more personal level", accented by Kathy's devilish smile "We're going to all pair off now and go our separate ways and by the morning you will become real men."
The guys looked over at one another in anticipation of who'd they end up with. Jacob obviously wanted Becky and he knew his roommate Brian was hoping for Jennifer, the beautiful red-head who greeted them at the door.
"It's simple boys...go over to the table in the kitchen, put on a blindfold and follow along. It's our turn to pick and no peeking", emphasized by a waving of Kathy's finger.
The guys almost trampled over each other to get to the blindfolds. "We're all going to end up naked with our photos in the newspaper tomorrow.", Jacob cracked towards Brian.
"Well I'm willing to take the chance.", Brian responded.
A female voice interrupted them. "Now stand in a line over there and put those blindfolds on nice and tight." It was blackness for all the men in about one tenth of a second.
Jacob could hear footsteps and giggling in front of him. A hand brushed down his chest. He went to reach for it but it was quickly knocked away.
"Behave", came from some strange voice. He felt the hand trail down his stomach and then around to the obvious bulge in his pants. He tried to remain calm, but whoever's hand it was, wasn't helping the situation. Then someone suddenly grabbed both of his wrists and yanked him away from the line and up some stairs.
"Settle down...we've got all night."
No response from the girl. Well hopefully it was a girl. He got up the stairs made a quick right and then another when his wrists were let go. He could hear the door shut behind him and the lock turned. He was almost sweating with anticipation. The huge smile remained on his face since he received the invitation.
He felt a pair of hands from behind him grab his wrists again and lower his arms to his sides and then place them on her ass. Well the person sure felt like a female. The hands let go of the wrists and a finger trailed up his arm and then a nail ever so slightly grazed the back of his neck. His hands squeezed her butt cheeks just a little.
The hands then went to his chest and made quick work of the buttons on his shirt. They grazed down his bare flesh stopping on occasion to linger at his most sensitive areas. He tried to remove his blindfold but his hands were quickly returned.
Her hands now undid his pants and let them drop to the floor. His shirt was removed slowly. His boxers soon followed. Left in just his socks, the girl swung around to the front, placing his hands to the side of his body. He was unable to hold a normal breathing rhythm from the anticipation of what sensation would hit him next and he could barely keep himself still. He wondered what this girl had in mind next, and who this girl was. He hoped it was Becky but he was drunk enough and horny enough to not really care.
He continued to stand there but nothing was happening. "Hey if you're going to play games I'm taking this off." He went to take the blindfold off again but once again his wrists were grabbed and quickly lowered to his sides. A pair of lips brushed against his and in the faintest whisper, "Just wait" It sounded like Becky but he wasn't sure.
Once again he was left standing there for what seemed like days. "Come on...stop teasing", was Jacob's whiny response. Then finally he felt something warm and moist over his cock and a soft moan escaped his lips. A tongue swirled gently over the tip as a hand cupped his testicles, massaging them with the softest touch. The mouth moved expertly over his penis sending his mind into a blissful haze.
The mouth slowly withdrew and one more time he was left standing there without any clue to what was going to happen next. He didn't have to wait long this time as a pair of fingers slid over his lips and under his nose with the distinct female aroma on them, just getting him that more excited. Once again his wrists were grabbed and led over to another area of the room. Then the palms of the girl's hands laid flat on his chest and pushed him back, his knees buckled from the furniture behind him and he fell on his back onto a bed. A second later he could feel her warm body on top of his as their lips finally met. His built up frustration exploding through them. The girl reached behind his head and removed the blindfold.
His eyes quickly readjusted and focused to see that it was Becky that he was it.
"Hi", was Jacob's witty response.
Becky just leaned over and continued their passionate kiss. She was naked also, obviously using the previous non-touching time to get undressed. He pushed her back to get a better look at her body and it was everything he spent many a night imagining. The perfect shapely curves and wonderful breasts that he couldn't wait to get a hold of.
Becky wasted no time and grabbed hold of his cock and thrust herself down on it.
Jacob attempted to protest but the sensation was too great to put up a good fight. "Shouldn't we be using condoms or something"
"Don't worry I'm clean, I promise."
"Well maybe I'm not"
"Trust me you are and I'm on the pill, don't worry. Just shut up and enjoy."
She sped up her pace bouncing up and down on Jacob even quicker, her luscious breasts only inches from Jacob's face. Resistance wasn't making this any more fun, so he gave into the moment. He could feel his orgasm soon approaching, the alcohol not enough of a deterrent to make this wonderful feeling last any longer.
"Come on baby, deep inside me, we've got all night.", Becky encouraged.
This took him over the edge and he exploded inside her, his mind numbing, the room disappeared and he could swear he could see the stars of the night sky over Becky's head. The sensation rolled through him like a wave, starting in his stomach and extending through his brain and toes which curled downward as he let himself go.
Spent for a while, Becky rolled off of him and laid on top of his chest, her big blue eyes looking up into his. The night wasn't over though and the sexual deviancy was repeated numerously throughout the night and throughout the house.
When Jacob woke up in the morning all he found was a note on the pillow next to him.
"Thanks for a wonderful night, it's too bad we didn't get to do this sooner. I had some volunteer work to do this morning so let yourself out. I'll see you around. Hugs and kisses, Becky"
Although he knew the circumstances and the past history of the sorority he still felt a touch of hope for him and Becky. Then his brain took over for a second and he realized Becky does this once a month so don't get too full of yourself old friend. Yet as always with Jacob, his heart won over and all he could think of as he put his clothes on and walked out the front door was how he wanted to spend time with Becky again.
Lost in thought as he stared at his shoes thinking of last night's adventure, he never saw the man peeking out of the alleyway in front of him. Within a few feet of the alley, the bum wrapped up in a worn out coat and a thick hooded sweatshirt quickly walked onto the street and almost knocked Jacob over.
"Fuck man watch out."
"Gotta any change, I need some food."
"No you need a bottle of whiskey, you lying piece of shit. Don't scare me like that."
"Give me some change man."
"Sorry buddy, I'm fresh out"
"A place of evil that is....", the bum pointed towards the sorority.
"Who the fuck are you now.....Yoda? Shut the fuck up It was far from evil last night." Jacob looked up at the bum and finally got a look at his face and he almost looked like Yoda. His face was aged, and seriously scarred with large boils. Afraid now of the bum he dug into his pockets and found a couple of dimes and a quarter and made sure to throw them over onto the sidewalk.
The bum scurried on the street to pick up the change and Jacob quickly walked away to his apartment.
Finally coming home to his empty apartment, Brian was still not there. Jacob took a quick shower and went to bed, his mind going in too many directions to attempt to study. He tried to sleep but the memories of last night just kept playing over and over in his head.
A week had passed and Jacob and Brian had gone back to their normal routine although a big smile was found on both their faces still. Jacob had run into Becky a few times mostly from the same class they shared. They exchanged some pleasant small talk and Jacob tried to get a date out of her but she always had some sorority thing to do. Brian had a little better luck though. He did end up with Jennifer, the sultry red-head on that unforgettable evening and on a few evenings since.
Jacob and Brian were sitting down to some pizza and beer one evening while sorting through their mail and watching Sportscenter on ESPN. They were both exchanging cheap shots about their favorite teams when Brian noticed they both received the same envelope. A large yellow envelope with no return address and their names clearly printed on them. They both tore into them figuring it was something from university. They were both wrong.
It was a videotape along with a few photos of them. The photos made their jaws drop. It was them and their partners from the notorious sorority party. They looked and gawked at them, turning them different directions as their necks twisted in another direction amazed at some of the things they had done while fondly remembering the night. They guessed the videotape was more of the same. A moment of panic hit them as they thought that someone might see this stuff. Then they realized that they had already told everyone what they did and no one was going to accuse them of date rape considering the reputation of the sorority house.
Intrigued and confused by the pictures and tape they went on eating while discussing why the sorority girls would take the pictures and send them out. "I'll just ask Jennifer tomorrow when I see her, we're suppose to have sex, I mean a date tomorrow"
"That's cool, I'm kind of curious."
They went through the rest of their mail and found smaller matching envelopes addressed to the two of them. They looked up at each other with quizzical looks on both of their faces wondering what these had in store for them.
They shredded the envelopes and read them quickly to themselves. After finishing, they both shrugged their shoulders with looks of confusion on their faces.
The letters said the pictures and tapes were just keepsakes for them, nothing more and the girls hoped they all had a good time. Brian and Jacob just filed their "keepsakes" and thought nothing more of it for a few more weeks.
It was now May and graduation was upon them. Everyone was done with finals and it was a week of drinking and partying for the seniors before the big graduation day. Brian and Jacob were at their favorite bar, Murphy's, throwing back a few beers and playing pool. Their heads turned as if their were on swivels when they noticed a group of the sorority girls walk into the bar including Becky and Jennifer. Brian and Jacob attempted to be suave about it and not get over anxious. This lasted about 2 minutes, then they walked over and said "hi" to see how they were doing. The girls invited them to stay and drink with them and after a few drinks and some good laughs Jacob had a feeling he might get a chance to feast on Becky's beautiful body once again.
As the conversation continued to go well, Jacob started to feel sick. He didn't have that much to drink yet so he was a little confused. He excused himself from the table and went to the bathroom. By the time he found a stall he was sweating like crazy and the pain in his stomach was excruciating. He knelt on the floor and threw up lunch, dinner and possibly some internal organs. He laid on the bathroom floor still in the pain but the vomiting was over. Now though an incredible itch had overcome his entire body. He started scratching himself like crazy. His face, his arms, legs, chest. Everything. After a few minutes the itching finally went away. He managed to get himself up off the floor and looked into the mirror to see how much of a mess he looked like. It wasn't as bad as he thought and after splashing some water on his face he was ready to go back out, not willing to give up on Becky yet.
As he approached the table he noticed Becky was gone. "Damn", he thought to himself. She must have gotten tired of waiting and found another guy already. But always the optimist and not wanting to let the rest of the table to realize how desperate he was, he asked where Becky was.
"She wasn't feeling too great and went to the bathroom. I was about to go check on her", Jennifer responded. As Jennifer was about to get up, she noticed Becky was on her way out. Jennifer asked if she was feeling better and Becky responded with an approving nod.
"Well let's get out of here, I'm getting tired of this place," were the first words out of Becky's mouth. Jacob and Brian tensed up afraid they lost these two for the evening.
"You guys care to join us?" Trying to remain calm and indifferent to the invitation, Jacob and Brian only managed to appear like absolutely dorks when they tripped over their stools getting up and landed face first on the beer soaked floor.
The bar got a good laugh and the girls helping a lending hand remarked, "oh that was classic. Do something like that again and your walking home alone."
They walked over the sorority house and the couples parted to each of the girls' rooms. When they got into Becky's room, Jacob nodded approvingly and said, "So this is what your room looks like?" having been blind-folded and having the lights out last time.
"Yep...you feeling okay now?", Becky asked.
"Yeah it was strange, just felt like I got the hives all of a sudden but I feel great now. How 'bout yourself? A few too many tonight although you don't seem drunk."
"No it wasn't from alcohol, something else."
"What?", with a sincere twist of his neck.
"It's not important now, I brought you up here for another reason."
"Oh yeah, what would that be?" Jacob tried to remain calm and act as if he didn't know.
"Because I want you...duh?"
Suddenly she hiked up her skirt to reveal that underwear was unnecessary on a humid evening like tonight. Jacob got an instant hard-on and walked up to her and planted a firm kiss on her while his hands went right between her legs feeling the moistness that had already built up.
They repeated their previous encounter experimenting with a number of positions in an all-night lovemaking session. Once again drunkenness and the heat of the moment overcame logic and protection was overlooked. This time when Jacob woke up he found Becky next to him. Her angelic face lying still on the pillow, the side of her left breast exposed. He kissed her on the cheek and got up to get dressed. He was on the last button of his shirt when he was startled by a pair of cold hands on his chest that he sure hoped were Becky's.
"Leaving me so soon."
Jacob kissed her hands. "I have a few things to tidy up with my apartment before graduation and I start my job with the biotech firm."
"Oh yeah I heard about that, congratulations."
"Thanks. Any ideas where you're headed?"
"I think I'm going to move to Chicago, take a year off and then start med school at the University of Chicago."
A huge feeling of excitement came over Jacob because Chicago was where his job was located. "You know that's where my job is right?"
"Yeah"
"Well we'll have to stay in touch once we get settled", trying not to push the fact that he wanted more than verbal contact with her.
"Oh definitely." Becky responded as if not expecting anything less.
"Well I really have to go, we'll talk though before I leave so we make sure we can get a hold of each other."
"Sounds wonderful", they kissed good-bye and Jacob walked out looking back to enjoy Becky's naked body back-lit from the morning sunshine coming through her window.
Jacob almost skipped all the way home thinking of the possibilities of him and Becky in Chicago. At least until he was grabbed and pulled into an alley.
"Give me your all your money now!" Jacob noticed it was the same ugly bum from the last time he walked home from the sorority house.
"Hey Yoda, how's it going? You want to get your hands off me."
"Shut the fuck up and give me all your money.", the bum answered in a hoarse voice while tugging at Jacob's shirt.
"Settle down, I'll give you my money." Jacob surveyed the bum noticing he didn't seem to have any weapons on him as he slowly reached into his back pocket for his wallet. "I could take this guy", Jacob thought to himself and after his night with Becky he felt like he could take on the world.
He reached into his pocket and dropped his wallet on purpose. He went to reach for it but the bum stopped him and went for it himself. As he leaned down Jacob crushed the side of his head with the tip of his heavy-soled Doc Martins. The bum fell over and Jacob quickly reached over and grabbed his wallet and then unleashed about eight consecutive kicks to the ribs, stomach and head of his assailant.
"Asshole. Bother me again and I'm going to fucking kill you."
He began to walk away when he heard some grumbling from the bum. His heart took over and unable to leave the wounded man there he went back over to see if he was okay. The bum rolled over and Jacob asked how bad he hurt him.
"I deserved that, sorry. Being hungry is a miserable thing."
Going for Jacob's sympathetic nerve was working.
"And to think a year ago I was walking home on top of the world from that same sorority house."
"Yeah right buddy, what'd you do...rip off the place?"
"Nope, my name's Bill Schiebez. I believe you went to a few of my parties last year. I use to be your R.A."
"Sure your Bill, what'd you do, steal his wallet too?"
"Nope, I'm Bill but you won't believe me."
"Damn straight. You look like your about 70 years old, Bill was about 22."
"May 15, 1976. I've aged a little the last year."
"Uh-huh, I saw Bill on his graduation day. He moved to Pennsylvania to start a new job as a civic engineer."
"Yep, Pittsburgh. fifty grand a year to work for the city and improve some of their bridges and buildings."
"That's some good research you've done."
"Yeah it sure is, so has the itching starting?"
Jacob was startled thinking back to his episode in the bathroom bar yesterday. "How the fuck do you know about that?"
"Well that's too bad...you lost the odds. Enjoy married life...but do yourself a favor...don't fight her...or you'll end up like me.", annoyingly pausing every few words.
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
"You lost the game, don't you understand? Those girls are playing a game with you and you lost. In a few days you're going to get a package with no name or address on it with a vial of medicine saying to take it if you want to stop feeling sick. A month later another anonymous package and another note saying that if you don't take it you'll get sick again. I didn't take it. Soon after that your sorority babe is going to show up looking a little heavy and a little round. Did she say she was on the pill? I bet she did. Last night it didn't matter, she's already pregnant. No fear of any other diseases though, they volunteer at the blood drives. I bet everyone there donated blood at the last drive or they wouldn't have been invited. No risks, except this disease. The insurance they call it. Keeps you around, they have the perfect successful husband, hand-picked. You should be flattered she considered you the pick of the crop."
The pieces made sense to Jacob but why should he believe this old man. Just some elaborate story he made up to get some cash off him.
Jacob started laughing. "You had me going there, but your some crazy old fool. I'd love to help you out but I gotta get going here."
"You shouldn't believe me. Ask her though. Did you get pictures, a tape? Proof you were there and willing. Go to the cops and they show them to your family, your boss. Not really a big deal other than the embarrassment though."
"Okay pal. I'll be happy that I'm never going to see you again."
Jacob walked away trying to forget the incident. He got home and Brian was there. He asked if he was getting sick lately, if there was any itching. Brian said no. He asked if he wore a condom any of those nights. Brian said no, Jennifer claimed she was on the pill and clean and he knew he was. Guys are so gullible and the alcohol sure didn't help their decision making. Jacob told Brian the story the bum told him. Brian laughed at the tall tale.
"I would have given him all the money in my wallet. That's the best story I've ever heard. He would have put those 'Queen for a Day' guests to shame.", referring to the old game show where wives tried to tell the biggest sob story for a new washer and dryer.
Brian started walking towards the door as he heard a knock. He opened it, but nobody was there. On the floor though was another one of those yellow envelopes that they received the pictures in but this time there was only one and it had Jacob written in large red ink and underlined across the front.
"For you buddy, maybe it's the mysterious vaccine our bum was talking about it."
Jacob ripped it open and sure enough it was a vial of medicine with a note just as the bum had described. "Take this to stop the itching and vomiting." Jacob went to put the vial down, when suddenly a huge twist of pain went through his abdomen and he rushed to the bathroom. With no food in his body, it only extinguished the bodily fluids that churned in his stomach. After the fit of vomiting, the itches came back over his entire body and his fingers couldn't work fast enough to relieve the pain. Then like a flash it was over. He felt fine. He got up from the bathroom floor and went to look in the mirror. He didn't look so good this time. He could see red blemishes on his face and as he looked over the rest of his body he found more. He was scared. Was this bum telling the truth? He walked out of the bathroom and Brian took a step back in disgust after seeing Jacob.
"Dude what's wrong?"
"I think the bum is right, I got sick again. I'm going to take the medicine."
"It's probably cranberry juice anyway."
Jacob scared of ending up like the bum, slowly took the cap off the test tube and raised his hand, shaking all the way to his mouth. It sure didn't smell like cranberry juice. He swallowed it down and stuck out his tongue in disgust of the taste as he shook his head trying to get the flavor out of his system. He lied down on the couch and for the rest of the day felt fine.
The next day was graduation day and Jacob was intent on finding Becky and talking to her to see if the bum's story was true. It shouldn't be too hard considering they were both in the same major. The university ceremony was being held in the field house where the men's basketball team played, the individual colleges in the university like the communications college and the arts & sciences college would present the diplomas later on in the afternoon. He searched through the crowd for Becky and finally found her laughing it up with her sorority friends.
"I need to talk to you right now in private."
"I'm a little busy right now, can we do this later?"
"No NOW!!!", Jacob grabbed her by elbow and dragged her underneath a staircase, the only empty area in the whole building."
"You know this will not help you get laid later tonight."
"I don't want you anymore. What did you do to me?"
Seductively putting her hand on his chest she responded. "Is this anyway to talk to the girl who showed you the time of your life."
"The time of my life, you're trying to kill me."
"Kill you, what are you talking about?"
"Your pregnant aren't you?"
Becky lowered her eyes not sure of how to respond. "Yes how did you know?"
"And it's mine, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Were you going to tell me?"
"Well I was hoping to get you to fall in love with me first. Makes everyone happier."
"You moving to Chicago, that's because of me?"
"Yep, why you don't want me there?"
"No, not if this is all true. Your blackmailing me, you sent me the medicine yesterday?"
"Feeling better?"
"That's not the point. You've given me some sort of disease...you're blackmailing me to marry you."
"Who said anything about marriage?"
"So marriage isn't a part of the equation?"
"No it is, I just want to know how you found all this out?"
"Ever heard of Bill Schiebez?"
"He was such an unreasonable man, that poor girl Triana, all alone and taking care of the baby, luckily his family had a little more honor and is helping out."
Becky grabbed Jacob by the hand and they both sat against the wall.
"It's simple really. I've wanted you for a long time. I want kids and a husband. Your a smart, funny guy who's going to be successful and take care of our family. But men are scum and don't own up to their responsibilities. Our sorority is made up of students in the scientific fields. Did you notice that?"
Jacob didn't respond.
"A few years ago, some ex-sorority girls came across this disease in one of the research projects they were working for. It was a new strain of H-I-V, even more deadly than the original but they developed a vaccine for it. Now the two girls were both single mothers who had boyfriends 'who loved them' but once they found out the girls were pregnant flew out of town. So these girls decided not to disclose the results but help their sorority sisters use it as a guy magnet. We threw one party a month, all at different times of the month for one girl who is at the most fertile point of her menstrual cycle. Whichever guy she chooses for the evening usually wins. And conveniently the symptoms of the disease only show up in men, us fragile women are just carriers."
"You fucking bitch!, how could you this to me?"
"What...like you don't want to be with me? Yeah right."
"Not like this. I'm going to the cops, I'll discredit you. How many parties have you thrown? I'll deny it's my baby, not like you haven't had enough partners."
"A simple blood test will prove that. And I don't recommend going to the cops. Do that and you won't get your vaccine."
"I need to take it again?"
"It's more of deterrent than a cure. Every month you'll start getting the same symptoms and you'll have about 12 hours to take the medicine or it will be too late and the virus will reach it's final stage and you'll die eventually. Of course the medicine is delivered anonymously from our source only a few hours before you need it."
"I'll go to the doctors."
"I told you only my two friends know about the strain and you're not going to find out who they are. Most doctors won't diagnose it properly or say it's normal H-I-V and prescribe drug cocktails that don't help at all."
Jacob rested his head in his hands and then drew his hair back from his face, the rage filling him. He didn't know what to do, what to say, how to get out of this. All he knew was that he wasn't going down without a fight. He may have liked Becky before but that had all changed the moment he told her the truth. He could never love someone who would this to another human being. Anger filled his brain though and he couldn't think clearly, so he calmly stood up and walked away from Becky, the look of disgust in his face almost enough to penetrate even Becky's hardened heart.
The graduation ceremonies went on as normal although Jacob's mind was somewhere else. His parents and relatives asked why he wasn't happy on this eventful day but he just managed to draw the conversation in another direction and get it off of him. He finally managed to get all his relatives in their cars and off to their own homes so he could finally concentrate on his problem and see if there was any solution other than spending the rest of his life in captivity and hatred with Becky.
There was none, at least none that he could see. He asked Brian about it, but all he could offer was a sympathetic ear. That was it for Jacob, his life was ruined. He was going to move to Chicago, marry Becky, somehow explain the child to his parents and live life miserably ever after.
5 years later.....
"Hi Melanie, how was school today?" Jacob picked up his daughter and raised her high above her head. He carried her upstairs, while loosening his ties to see if the 3 year old, Janet, was sleeping. He ran into Becky giving her a kiss on the cheek exchanging the mandatory, "How was your day?"
They owned a luxurious home in Winnetka, Illinois which Jacob mostly supported. Becky's plans to go to med school were put on hold for a few years but she did start medical school this year. Jacob had no intention of fathering more than one child, but threats by Becky of cutting off his medication and male hormones overcame rational thought once again. And for those brief moments which Jacob could forget about what Becky did to him, they actually did get along. Anyway who can stand being miserable every moment of the day?
In the last five years Jacob finally came up with a plan. Take the serum to a chemical laboratory, have the contents analyzed and get his own serum made and then find a way to get rid of Becky. Unfortunately the children presented a huge problem. Although he never expected to be one who loved children, having your own is a whole different story. These were his own flesh and blood and despite being brought into this world for all the wrong reasons they were innocent victims. And he loved them, nothing more complex than that.
Today was his monthly medicine day and Becky should be handing over the red life-prolonging solution in a couple of hours. She always kept a watchful eye over him to make sure he didn't steal a precious drop or two just for this situation. But he had his kids throw some distractions for him and managed to steal a drop which is all he could afford or he wouldn't have taken enough of it to keep him alive until next month's dosage.
Getting the medicine analyzed was simple. He worked at biotech company, chem labs were easy enough to find. All he needed was to get friendly with one of their scientists. Luckily he fell in love with one of the scientists, Diana. A women in her late 20s with a killer body, long blonde hair, big brown eyes and the perfect pair of glasses to accent the intelligence and compassion which he fell in love with it. He didn't want to ruin her life like Becky ruined his, so just when things were getting serious he told her the whole story expecting her to run screaming from the place. But she stayed, tried to understand and this was why Jacob was in love with her. She offered to help anyway she could, probably more in an attempt to believe than out of the goodness of her heart.
He offered her blood samples to confirm the disease and as Becky had said, Diana had no clue what she was looking at, there was nothing in the medical books that matched. It appeared to be a virus similar to H-I-V but different. She begged Jacob to let her publish it in the medicine journals, but he asked her to wait. Find his cure first or he'd be dead within weeks. He managed to preserve a drop of the medicine and let Diana try and match it. She analyzed the contents and after about a month or two of work, she believed she found the cure.
It went through the normal tests on animals who were injected with Jacob's blood. They took to the medicine and it looked like Jacob found his way out. There were only two things left to figure out. How to get out of the marriage and if the cure worked on Jacob? They tried the new vaccine 2 months ago and when Becky gave Jacob her stash, he took it in front of her, had Melanie scream at just the right time from the other room and spit it out while Becky was distracted. He had to make sure he could survive on the new cure. Two weeks later, there was no itching, no vomiting, Jacob was well on his way to freedom.
Now how was he going to get out of this marriage? He couldn't kill her, not only was it morally wrong to him despite what she did to him, but the husband would always be the first suspect and he couldn't have death on his conscious anyway. He could just leave her, but he wanted to keep the kids cause he couldn't stand the thought of Becky and her evil ways raising the kids. Then just last month he came home during lunch because he forgot something and his exodus was revealed. Becky lying naked in her bed, her legs spread open with Jacob's boss's face buried between her thighs. Oh well, the poor sap didn't know what he was in for. He acted as he if he didn't know and it wasn't as if he really cared. He hired a private investigator to take some pictures and develop some hard proof. Divorce, blackmail and a couple of hundred other options to choose from.
Diana and him were going to get married. She had met the children at a company outing and it seemed like they would grow to like her. He didn't want him and Diana to move too quickly especially for the five year old Melanie, let her slowly get to like Diana as he fed her stories to make her hate her mother.
Becky grabbed a hold of Jacob and led him to the bedroom.
"It's time to take your medicine like a good boy."
"Thanks dear." "Bitch" is what he would have preferred to use but he kept it in for the sake of the children and to make Becky think everything was normal.
Jacob grabbed the test tube from Becky, uncorked it and was about to ingest it's ingredients. Before the first drop reached his mouth though he took the vial and threw it right above Becky's right ear, shattering against the Ansel Adams photo behind her.
"What the fuck are you doing? I can't get another vial before tomorrow. You're going to die."
"Eh...", shrugging his shoulders, flippant about his life.
"You idiot!!!", quickly rushing to their computer, trying to send an e-mail out to her supplier, hoping to get the cure in time.
"Don't bother, it's all over."
"What are you talking about?"
"We're through. It's over. We're getting a divorce. I'm taking the kids. No discussion."
"You'll be dead in a week."
"I have a feeling I'll be okay."
"A divorce? Yeah right? I'll be the alimony queen of Chicago. I'll get everything."
"No you won't. You'll get nothing. I'm taking the kids cause after I show everyone the pictures of the affair, you won't be fit to be a mother."
A look of surprise came over Becky, but she was quick on her feet.
"I'll get you fired, it won't look too good in court if you can't support them."
Jacob was quicker though.
"I put my letter of resignation in today. In 2 weeks I start my new job."
Check. It was Becky's move.
"My parents are rich, I'll get the best divorce lawyer in the state. I'll send you to bankruptcy just in court costs.
Jacob had every angle covered.
"You could try that. But let's remember I have the cure. This also means I have proof of what you've done to me and no longer have the fear of going to the police and ending up dead."
Checkmate. Becky was furious.
"Now listen Becky. We can all benefit from this just like five years ago. Just keep quiet, let me have custody of the children, and you don't end up in jail."
Becky wasn't liking this idea. Jacob though wanted to twist the knife a little.
"Plus...I'm going to need the names of all the affected husbands and offer them their own cure."
Becky looked at him as if he was asking her to reveal who really killed John F. Kennedy.
"Well once again you can fight this, but if you do I'll have to open a full criminal investigation and knowing how nostalgic you sorority sisters are, I'm sure a list of who's been in your sorority is easily available. And if I do open a criminal investigation, I'm sure they'll discover your sources and I'm guessing they'll want to avoid that at all costs."
Becky suddenly became calm, figuring time was the only agent on her side and would let her think of a way out of this.
"All right Jacob you win, I'll bow out quietly and you'll get your names as soon as I can."
"You have 2 days, if I don't get it by then I'm going to the police."
The doorbell rang.
"My parents...right on time. They're taking the kids in case you had any strange ideas. I wouldn't make a scene in front of the kids either, I'd prefer not to put them through years of therapy."
Jacob ran downstairs announcing to his children that their grandparents were here. Jacob's parents acted as if they knew nothing happily greeting the kids although they knew everything. They saw Becky at the top of the stairs, threw an evil glance her way and then continued to play grandparents for Melanie and Jacob.
"Come one girls, we're going over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the weekend. Mommy has to stay behind and get some work done."
The grandparents bundled up the kids and grabbed some of their clothes for the weekend. They brought them upstairs for one last good-bye to their mother. The three year old Janet kissed her Mom goodbye and gave her a big hug. Melanie then said good-bye and also gave her Mom a hug. Becky wrapped her arms tightly around her daughter unwilling to let her go. Jacob's parents tried to let Melanie loose but Becky's grip was firm, almost crushing Melanie. It wasn't until Melanie begged her Mom to stop because she was hurting her that Becky realized the damage she had been doing, not only in that moment, but for the past six years.
As the children were let out the door, Becky sat down Indian-style at the top of the stairs and wept. Jacob patted her on the head and left her alone in the big two story house, crying the night away.
Rob works as an editor in that wonderful entity known as the entertainment industry cutting together commercials and music videos. His dreams and aspirations lie in the movies though and is feverishly attempting to land a job telling stories rather than marketing lousy music artists.
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