Dominick in the Dorms

He can't believe
She's asking this

'I'm so sorry'

She keeps apologizing

'I'm so sorry'

But she still needs him to stay right where he is

'At least until they leave'

Her roommates don't know

'Don't know what,' he asks

'That you have sex?  You're a college sophomore.  I don't think they're going to be that horrified.  And besides, I told my friends I'd meet them for drinks later.  I can't just stay here.'

He knew he shouldn't have gone home with her

But his shift ended
Right when he was handing her the bill

'Pretty girls shouldn't eat alone'

And she laughed at that corny line
And asked him what his plans were after work

He told her about the drinks with friends
But mentioned, sort of boldly in a way
That he might have time
To hang out
For a little bit
Depending on the activity

'On the activity,' she repeated
And then she looked down
In that way girls do
When they're trying to decide
If they should be bad or not

Then she decided

'My roommates are coming back at six'

She was wrong

Well, not really wrong

But they came back at five

She heard the door open
And her body stiffened
Like water turning into ice

'You have to stay'

Her roommates were in the living area
There was no way out of the dorm
Without him walking by them

Then they'd know

'And so what,' he said

And then he saw it on her face

He was a waiter
He was a townie
He had served her

She had just screwed a waiter
And they would know
Just by looking at him

They would know that Dominick
Was not a physics major
From the frat house
Two blocks down

His hands were dirty
His hair was greasy
And his clothes
Were drift store castoffs

She had just slummed it
And now she didn't want her roommates to know

'Look,' she said, 'I can, uh, I can make it worth it for you.  To stay'

Holy shit, she was kidding, right?

'Maybe, uh,' she went rifling through her purse
Still on the floor where she'd dropped it

She had the cash half out of the bag
Before she dropped it
And dropped the purse along with it

'I'm sorry,' she said, 'I'm really sorry'

But he was already at the door

He didn't look back

He just walked straight down the hallway
Past the living area
Where giggling chatter
Suddenly became silent

They must have known their roommate was up to something
They just probably weren't expecting that something
To look so damn good

Yeah, he thought, I know what I look like with a nice-post sex glow and grease in my hair.

I look pretty fucking good

And with that thought
Dominick found himself out on the quad
Where he was surrounded
By guys and girls
Just like the one
He'd just left

He wasn't one of them
And it never even occurred to him
Day after day of serving them
That there was a difference

He never bought into that
Until he saw that cash
Come out of that purse

That purse that probably cost more
Than what he makes in a month

And now he had them on all sides of him

If he turned around
He could probably see right into
The dorm room
He'd just been in

But he wasn't going to turn around

He was in the midst of the elite

Dominick the Trick
And the upper class

And from a distance
You wouldn't even be able
To tell the difference