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True Fucking Story

True Fucking Story

The story of how I met your Father... LOL JK this is never going to happen , but here is the story of how I met a cute little french man. Well... he was a boy at the time :)

Your face is a boy

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True Fucking Story

True Fucking Story

Driving in my new car through the rain, I’m not too thrilled to be going to watch a movie with my cousin. I need a drink. But, on a Wednesday night for once I have nothing to do, and I told my cousin I would join her for a movie night. Not try say I don’t enjoy my cousins company....I just don’t feeling especially chipper and the weather isn’t making it any better. Hell, Im not even wearing makeup. My mind drifted to tomorrow night, I was looking forward to tomorrow night....champagne Thursday.

JE, my friend had invited me to Champaign Thursday yesterday. JE is Haitian and a sweetheart who occasionally speaks French with me. He was in class earlier this week and met a group of French exchange students that were looking for fun. Je, being a social butterfly, invited them to a new tradition with lots of cheap Champaign.

JE knew I would be interested in meeting them because of my interest in French and French guys of course. Last year JE has befriended the old group of French exchange students at Auburn. I met them at this bday party last year,. At the time I was taking French and tried to practice with them. 10 jello shots later Flourent, one of the French boys, was asking me,

"Have you eh ever hadzzzz French kiss?" as lame as this line sounds was it totally worked on me. I am and probably will always be a sucker for accents.

Me and Flourent got caught kissing on JE's staircase and then ran into an upstairs closet. I felt guilty since I had a boyfriend at the time (jake) but, we were in a serious fight. Flourent didnt care.

My phone started ringing....its JE "Hello!"

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One rainy night in Auburn....

"Polly! What are you doing babe?""Nothing," I left out the fact that I was enroute to my cousins."Well, me, Casey and Jhiggs are headed to hang out with the new frenchies, I was just seeing if you wanted to join.""Sure...but I thought it was tomorrow?""Yea, champagne Thursday is, but they called us to see if we wanted to hang out tonight at their place.""Sweet", I replied, "Where?""The reserve""O.K."JE gave me directions and I made a quick U TURN on College street.

"Hey Katherine, I don’t think I can hang out tonight. I forgot about a test I have tomorrow. Im sorry.""Oh its cool.""yea sorry love."So I drove to JE's directions and inevitably got lost. I called him back for reassurance.

"Ya, keep to the left, I'll walk outside.""are any of them cute?""Well....em.....One guy is pretty cute ... haha....but you can decided for yourself. I cant really say that since Im a guy!"

A year later in Lyon, France over xmas JE's sexuality was a bit more freed as he ran around the flat in his boxers with 3 other guys transforming his briefs into a thong while singing at the top of his lungs. But, that’s another story.....

I arrived at the apartment and made my way in introducing myself and scouting

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out the cuter french guy. Our eyes met. Oh his eyes a sharp yellow green with long dark eye lashes. You must be who JE was referring to. "Romain, nice to meet you." He leaned in and I held out my hand for a shake, forgetting to do the kiss kiss on the check."Polly, nice to meet you” I replied He Smiled. I asked again” how do you say it?""Romain.""haha ok" I didn’t even attempt it repeat.

His voice sounds so familiar, almost not even french. I quickly made my way to Casey and jhiggs. 2 of my best guy friends at Auburn. Casey, an architecture student from Macon, GA, is a southern boy with a brain. He is studying to become an Architect, a really Ted Mosby. Jason, is an artistic industrial design kid with style. Casey and I have been desperately close in the last few months. Both fresh out of long term-first love relationships. We were always smoking together to keep our sanity. We were mutually attracted but only interested in friendship.

"So you guys go to the same school as the last group from France right ?" Je asked.

"Yea, ESDES." Romain answered. "I showed them around a bit they were cool kids.""Yea, " Casey interrupted "Polly knew the French dude pretty well haha." he elbowed me in the side laughing.I blushed, "yea, I guess.""Who did you know?" Romain asked darking his eyes at me with a grin. He tilted his head to the side. My mind went blank."Ummm, Flourent? flourent?" My French sounding worse and worse as I try to pronounce his name. "Florent?" Marine asked with a perfect accent. "he was my boyfriend."My eyes said "oh shit" Marine was a pretty girl, naturally pretty.

"Yea we met at a party, JohnEric’s bday party last year. We just kissed.” I said shaking my head. I spit out “I’m so sorry.""haha, its ok.” She let out a genuine smile.” don’t worry. We did not stay together when he left."

, and he shot me the "oh fuck ha-ha" look.. I regained composure and I went on talking to Romain. "You want a drink?" he asked."Sure!"

He made me a vodka and sun kissed in a coffee cup .....classy.

I listened to his beautiful accent and finally figured out how I knew his voice. It was British, he sounded like the guy from Across the Universe. {A great movie about Jude, a boy from England, who come to America and falls in love with Lucy. Great love story, Great Beatles music.}

"Have you seen Across the Universe?""No""you should see it, it’s a musical about the Beatles...your accent sounds like the guy from the movie.""He is British?""Yea, Why do you sounds British?""My step father is from London…and he lives there with my mother...so I learned english from the UK.""Oh...well, you’ve got to see that movie when it comes out on DVD.....do you like the Beatles?""Yea, of course.” He smiled. We sat down at the table and I turned up my Sunkist. The French girls jumped around taking pictures left and right of our hangout. They documented everything.

"We have to show ya'll how to shot gun a beer!" Casey cheered.

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I gave Casey an "eat shit" look,

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I watched as my American friends bestowed the art of shot gunning a beer. Not quite my cup of tea, but, a fun show. I don’t drink beer, got into cider when we lived in London , but that’s another story.......

I left the frenchies stark new apartment and heading home hours later with a buzz and a crush..tommorrow will be fun. And I will have makeup on.

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I have dance practice every Thursdays, so after AU Rhythms sorry excuse for a practice, I called JE and got the directions to Jason's house in Eagles Landing. When I arrived everyone was already drinking. I sat myself at the table-playing circle of death next to my new French girlfriends. They added some new twists to this classic game.*Buffalo= a rule, that requires you to drink with your opposite hand. If you are caught with the drink to your mouth anyone can yell buffalo and you must finish your glass.*thumb rule, in this you put your thumb on your chin instead of the table.

After drinking to much Andre, I moved to liquor as we started a game of Suck and Blow. I sat myself next to Romain. Casey put himself between the French girls attempting to kiss them...a game he would pursue for quite a while.

"Lets play spin the bottle!"And the homo revelation began. The ration of girls to guys was upsetting, but we tried to keep it interesting with the girls kissing each other a so on. I had to hold Romain and Adrian apart! "Gross! Stop being to gay!" a phrase I would learn to say a lot....but that’s another story......

With the bubbling exciting of this new group the game changed to truth or dare and basically drink your face off! Romain hogged Jason's IPod playing unfamiliar tunes he had sang in concert in France.

"Romain, this is how we dance here! Polly come dance with me. Show the frenchies how we do it in America!." Je saidI’m sure was appalling to them.

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After seeing their reaction, I turned to John eric..I whispered in his ear.

”Dare me to kiss Romain, and Ill dare you to kiss a French girl.'"You like him! ? " his eyes lit up with excitement as he asked with a drunken smile."hes cute.'"ok""Polly! I dare you to kiss romain." He yelled above the music. I cringed at the thought of him realizing I put him up to it, but Romain was so enthralled in his song of Mardy Bum he did hear the dare at first, but JE didn’t give up.

"aight" romain answered.And we kissed with Mardy Bum in the background. He grabbed my face. It was a quick kiss, but I snuck in a quick lip bite. (thanks JE)We danced around to the music for a bit and Romain left for the bathroom. I was feeling pretty ballzy so I followed a min behind. But I didn’t have to pee. I waited at jasons bathroom door. It opened and he fell out "Oh Sorry, here you go. "

I shot him the ultimate eye fuck and he returned it smoothly....."Wow he has mastered this art too" I thought. We both kept the stare as we passed each other in the doorway. I turned over my shoulder as he walked back into the bathroom. We kissed with no hesitation. And there it was.....mutual chemistry. he kissed for a bit and finally made our way out of Jason's bathroom .....a bathroom we would make out way out of more than once....but thats another story.......

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Le Kiss

We all headed out side for a smoke in the cold January air. Truth or dare made its way around the circle. Marine kissed Casey. JE chugged his glass. Anne-Elodie kissed JE. Then Casey dared me to kiss Romains neck. Perfect I thought .. Hes mine now. Little did I know that was his ultimate weakness.. I leaned in for the kill. I started at his neck like a vampire gentally kissing then ran my bottom lip up to the base of his ear and licked under the bottom of and gave it a quick suck.

"God Bless America!!!!!!" It felt to nice to have someone I enjoyed playing with. Well all laughed as I moved on to my turn.

"Casey! I dare you to streak up the street." I Yelled "What? Polly?? Its freezing!!! “Casey answered as he huddled between the two girls wearing his sorry excuse for a jacket. "C'mon Casey! Take your shirt off!! ""Well," He paused, "maybe if one of you wanted to join me.” he looked at marine and anne-elodie, then back to Marine.

"Naked!!???" Marine asked."No, No, No. " anne-elodie laughed."Just your shirt!" Casey answered, begging like a baby now. "C'mon Casey stop being a pansy!" I yelled. Me and JE sat and laughed as Casey reluctantly tried to convince the girls to undress.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" we heard yelling behind us. We turn to the street to see them!

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naked Romain and Adrian running up the street in the cold of January with their arm stretched out to the side. "VIVE LA FRANCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

We all stared in shock. WTF? Are you kidding me? My eyes wide. These guys are crazy. People were stepping out of their housed to see the commotion coming from the streets.

"Casey! Help me grab their clothes!" Casey and I ran to the street to grab the clothes of the two boys. By now the party had gotten larger with more kids from industrial design that weren’t that impressed by our nude entertainment of truth or dare. The boys ran back in from the cold, covering their last shred of dignity. The night continued will more drinks and laughter.

We headed for Casey's rooftop for a night cap. As my drunkenness reached a point I knew I was in trouble.

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My mind began to race as I wasn’t getting the attention I was used to. Polly, He lives with two French girls, how do I compete? he has kissed them as much as me. Do I mean anything yet?

The night of love with our new perfect group finally ended as all the Frenchies pilled into JE's car. We all said bisous bisous, a cute French kiss on the cheek and called it a night I heard squeals from the drunken girls as romain pilled in last. I felt my first tiny sting of jealously...get a hold of yourself! Polly he’s French. It the first night you have kissed!

As I drove back to Campus point, only 2 seconds away, I turned up the heater and put on Across the Universe.

"Close your eyes and I kiss you, Tomorrow I miss you. And remember Ill always be true. And then while I’m away Ill write home everyday. And Ill send all my loving to you. "

I sat in the parking lot with my eyes closed and my face in the warm heater. I could see him singing it to me. God, I wanted him to sing that to me one day. I wanted him to be mine. It had been so long since I had felt so excited to be around someone. I played the song over again. and then dizzily stumbled out of the car. I walked through the parking lot on a cloud dancing to my house and humming the end of the song. Jake was right I laughed they are swave mother fuckers. My mom was arriving the next day to stay for the weekend. Of course I will be hungover when she arrives. She will looooooooove that. It is my little Nuggets 1st bday Saturday.( my cotton head little nephew) ..and tomorrow was the black and white party. I smiled because and I have the perfect dress for the black and white party.

Mom arrived the next day as I finally recovered easily from the night before. I hid my bong in a box next to my bed and other stuff that she might find offensive. “sniff, sniff, What is that (sniff) Smell?”Oh shit, I thought she smells it. Omg..My walked around to the side of my bed getting warmer to the box. She got down on her knee..Oh god im dead, she is going to flip, Im not going to be able to go to this party. FML!“II don’t know mom, I need to clean my room better I guess. I don’t know.” She looked at me and got up. I made new conversation about family life as I changed into my dress. It was a silk thin black and white dress, sleeveless and short. I put on black leggings beneath leggings and black highheals I had bought a whim in Charleston at my cousins wedding. They were by far the most expensive pair of shoes I ever owned. I stood in the bathroom looking at my self in the mirror. Last week I cut all my hair off and made a big change to a short short bob. It was so short the hairdresser had to razor my neck. I gave 10 inches to locks of love. “You look like twiggy” my mom said looking at me with a smile. I turned to my mother, “What?”“Do you even know who that is?” She asked.“Yes mom, thank you. She is a judge on america’s next top model now. She is amazing. Thanks. “ “you do , let me take a pic of you. You are wearing something on your sleeves right? ““yea, my peacoat” I reassured her. She will never stop being a mom.

I kissed her goodbye and headed out of my apartment followed by my roommate and her beau. We got to Jasons’s place and the streets were packed. I walked up to the packed house and immediately started to recognize faces. I

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Black & White Party

. I spotted Romain smoking with Jason in his black velvet jacket. Wow, ive never seen velvet look hot, but wow. We said hello and I quickly headed inside in need of a drink to calm my now racing nerves. I got a braclet at the door and made my way thru the tangle of streamers, music, and blacklights. Jason has really out done himself. I headed to the bar and received speedy service…pays to be a girl. Je approached with open arms and his sunglasses. He never fails to wear his shades at night. “haha whats with the glasses at night?’“My future is too bright” I laughed an gave him another hug. He really is something else. I began drinking and said hello to Casey. “were should I put my coat?”“right in here! Follow me”Me and casey began to joke about shitting on the coats.“Everyone! Some one shit on the coats”“someone shit in or around the general vicinity of the coats! I repeat!”I said hello to Marine and Anne-Elodie, they were happy and loving the party. Each wearing a sticker saying “kiss me Im French”I chugged my glass and headed to the dance floor. A few drinks later Romain made his way to the dance floor with Adrien speaking French. Everyone stopped to ask them about their origin. Its not every day in Alabama you meet someone from France. I had a different introduction because my next door neighbor growing up was French.

Marine began to ask Romain a question in French very strongly. She looked like she was pleading with him. Romain took his coat off and took her by the hand and they began to dance. …. And Dance well. It looked like swing dancing. Its not to often in Alabama you see someone who can dance everyday either.

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with wonder following their steps trying to understand the dance. She was so good. He was so good. There was no way I could do that. I love to dance, but the only swing dancing ive ever done was late at night when me and my big brother were bored. It totally didn’t count.After the song concluded Romain gasped for air with a face of exhaustion. I congratulated them.“That was great” I said to Romain. “Where did you learn that?”“We do this dance in France, its called the Rock’n’Roll, I will teach you.”“Really? I want to learn , is it hard?”“No , but I need a break I am dying!!!!! Aaahhhhh” he walked towards the bar and I walked to Marine. She was sitting with Anne-Elodie. “that was so great, I want to learn that!”“He can teach you, he teach me before we came to US. “I wanted so desperately to learn more about him, “So, tell me about Romain, at your school, what is he like ? Does he have a bad reputation?” I squinted one eye almost to a wink.

I watched

Anne-elodie cocked her head to the side and puckered up her bottom lip, “Umm, he is popular with the girls.” She said with her eyebrows lifting up and a grin started to form on her perfect French face. They blushed in unison. “He did have a girl friend before he left but I don’t know if they are still together. He doesn’t not normally have relationships with girls, he is friends with all the girls.”Great I thought , haha, well that’s probably not going to stop me. We talked for a while and got up for more drinks. I made my way outside into the cold air and saw Romain playing beer pong. “French VS. US” People stood around watching as they bantered back and forth.

I stood next to Romain sipping my glass for a few turns . Romain turned and gave me a cheeky side smile. “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo! French dominate!” They high-fived as Romain got one in the glass. “Give him a kiss,” one spectator said close the the French side. Romain looked at me and raised his eyebrows, I shrugged and kissed him in the back of cheek rather close to his ear. He shivered his sholders up. Oh yes! His weakness. I almost forgot. “mmhhh haha Ill have to keep winning.” He said with a smile. I stayed out for a bit longer in the cold without a coat then made my way in for some drinks and dancing. I spotted Je and we started to get down on the dance floor and the French girls joined with fingers pointed to the sky. Everybody was free. I walked outside for a break. My feet were beginning to hurt. I found Romain in the same spot. I stood in the cold. “You want my jacket?”“Sure”

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I put on his velvet coat and watched the game, pretending to be amused. This coat fits very well. I stood their for a while balancing on my highheals and singing songs in my head. I moved in closer to block the wind. He made a score. I turned to him and looked at his neck…why not? I pulled away and he lowered his mouth to my ear and whispered “If you keep doing that Im going to rape you.” I laughed and stepped away and put my head down as I blushed. ‘please I thought. “When are you going to teach me how to dance?” I asked“after this game.”“Ok Ill be inside, here is your coat.”I walked back into the loud warm party..it was less than before but still plenty of drinks. Romain came in from the cold and took my hand and led me out to the practically empty dance floor. “ok now just follow me”He began to dance around me and I tried hard to follow with my drunken feet. We mostly laughed and lost each others grip.“keep holding my hand, but softly.”I had never had a boy lead me before.

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So I finally just closed my eyes and let the music go. He dipped me at the end of the song. Ahh“great”“ahh , that was so fun” By now there were only a few people left in the living room

where is everyone?” I ask him.We found everyone pilled into Jason’s room and we joined them with smiles and hugs. Everyone was taking pics and playing on the bed. I took out my phone to call my mom. I didn’t want to go home, but I Knew she was worrying. God I hope she did go snooping…but im sure she did. I decided to just text her.“Hey mom, I drank at the party. Im staying with Mary. Sorry. I love you. “We headed back to the reserve to drop off the frenchies. “Come in and watch a movie. After crashing on the cramped couches for a while, and watching a bit of a movie from a computer screen..something I was not used to. The girls decided to go to bed. When everyone left the room me and Rom began to kiss. “You can stay here ya know, You probably shouldn’t drive.”“yea,” I sighed. We began to kiss on the couch and the girls came in with a laughI smiled at them and they kissed me goodnight in their jammies. We went on kissing and my mind raced as the drunken polly rambling began. “Umm.. romain…I ..uh…just want you to know that like, Im not gonna sleep with you. “He looked at me confused as if to say I didn’t ask.“I know, like ….i just didn’t know what you were thinking of me….staying with you an all…I just wanted you to know. I just don’t sleep with people unless they are my boyfriend ya know.”“Yea that’s fine. “ he answered thinking in his head maybe she'll change her mind when its gonna be cuddle time in my bed

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We kissed for a while, and then headed for his bed room.“im going to shower.” Romain said heading into the lit bathroom. I looked at his empty bed with a single blue striped sheet and one brown pillow. Not as cozy as my bed at home, but I fell in like a ton a bricks. Both tired and drunk from a night of partying..we kissed on out sides for a min and my mind raced again as the drunked polly rambling continued. “so do you have a girlfriend?”

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21Auburn LIfe

22 Adventures in Auburn

23France

24 Paris