It just happened
Part-1-of-1

To this day I don’t know why, it just happened. I was in a committed relation with someone I cared for greatly and we had a great sex life. She never refused me sex. Actually she was the frisky type and initiated sex as often as I did. I won’t say I’d never though about it, but that was only the normal curiosity that all guys have from time to time. I certainly had no desire to really find out.

It started with a dreary over cast day and nothing to do. I had the day off and my girlfriend was working. It was the time of year when school was in session, so I had to scour the paper for a theater that had an afternoon matinee. They weren’t easy to find, the nearest one was over an hour away.

There was nothing standoutish about him, so it must have been because we were park near each other. Whatever the case I first noticed him in the parking lot as I was walking into the building. We were early, so we had to wait in line before the booth opened and they started selling tickets.

Matinees were more popular than I thought and somehow there were fifteen or twenty people between us in line. For some reason my eyes were drawn to his back, the way his hands were jammed deep in his coat pocket and the bored dejected slump of his shoulders. He looked like the crappy weather had him feeling as blue as it had me.

When he looked back and caught me looking at him, I acted like I was looking at something behind him. Then face flushed with shame, stared at my feet. A couple of times I glanced back up and thought he was looking at me, but each time he’d look down.

I didn’t know which movie he bought a ticket to but assumed I wouldn’t see him again once we were inside. At the concession stand I caught him staring at me again. But this time he didn’t drop his eyes.

After I bought a coke and popcorn, I realized that he was stand near the hallway that led to the theaters. When he saw me looking he turned and headed for his movie.

When I got to the hallway, I saw that instead of going into his theater he was standing outside the door as if waiting.

My movie was at the other end of the hallway, but for some reason I turned towards the strange man’s theater.