My dad moved to this hick town when I was nine years old, he was the new foreman of the mid-shift at Papermore's paper mill in Grinnell Iowa, in other words B.F.E. Working the mid-shift meant I couldn't make noise during the day as dad was sleeping so I read ALOT. By the time I was in the eighth grade I knew I couldn't handle living in this town. There is literally only two options work for the paper mill or some sort of customer service in town supporting the paper mill, no way not me.
So from the ninth grade on I studied and then I studied some more and just when I thought I couldn't study anything else I started over. I essentially blew the curve on every test in every class. I had no time for sports or girls, even though I was in good shape I jogged to school four miles and back every day, and dad got me a bow-flex for Christmas when I was fifteen. I use that every day as well for twenty minutes like it said. So by the time I graduated I was 6'1" a lean 178 pounds and a valedictorian.
With my grades and hard work I received a full scholarship to M.I.T. as an engineering student. My future was looking good I was getting out of this town, but it couldn't be fast enough. So back to graduation day I finished my speech the forty eight other students in this podunk town politely clapped. We all got our diploma's and I headed home, no parties for me I was leaving today. I packed a backpack kissed mom good-bye shook dad's hand and hit the road. Dad offered me a couple hundred bucks I turned him down as I had turned in my savings bonds from grandma this morning.
So I am walking down the road with $3400.00 in traveler's checks and $100.00 in small bills. I was heading to M.I.T. in whatever way I could to get there. No one would miss me I didn't have any friends I was of a singular purpose to leave this place and as I walked down the road I had never been happier in my entire life. I had just over three months to get to Cambridge, Ma. and I intended to live a little before the studying resumed.
I started walking south till I hit I-80 I didn't care which way I went, I was just glad to be out of Grinnell. I must have been walking for a couple hours before I finally hit the freeway. As you can imagine in the middle of Iowa there isn't much traffic. I flipped a coin heads east, tails west, it landed tails so I started moving out. I put my thumb out as trucks occasionally drove by but none stopped. It must have been about 4:30 in the afternoon when I heard another truck coming up behind me so I stuck my thumb out again, I didn't even look till I heard its air-brakes kick in and it slowing down to the side of the road.
I ran up to the truck so glad for a ride I opened the door and jumped into the cab, closing the door behind me.
Saying, "Thanks I've been walk..." as I turned to see the driver. She was possibly the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, coming for a town of less than 10,000 that's not saying much but she was a sight to behold for sure as my words caught in my mouth.
"Where ya going sugar?" she asked as she clutched up and got back on the road.
As I stared at her I was at a complete loss for words as I looked her over she was around 5'4" but she was sitting so later on I would find out it was closer to 5'6" she was well defined and fit. What caught my attention and my voice was her breasts. They were in my eighteen year old mind perfect, 36D at least and showing everywhere as she was in a tank top, clearly no bra as one wasn't needed. She was also in daisy dukes and luscious legs to match as I watched the muscles on the legs flex as she shifted gears again.
"Honey are you ok, I asked where ya headed?" she asked again.
"I'm sorry ma'am I was really just surprised to see a lady driving one of these big trucks." I said, "To answer your question, Cambridge Massachusetts."
She looked at me and smiled, "Honey you are going the wrong way this is west, Cambridge is east." She started braking to let me out.
"No don't stop ma'am I don't have to be there till September." I told her about my drive to leave my parents town and get out into the world and how this was my first summer of freedom, EVER!.
"Well then young man you are definitely out there, I never even heard of Grinnell. By the way I am Lila, you are?" She laughed easily as we talked.
I'm Mike ma'am, nice to meet you."
"Ok Mike nice to meet you as well however since I am only 31 years old you better stop calling me ma'am and calling me Lila or I am gonna throw your ass out of my truck." She said grinning.
"Yes ma.. Lila." I said.
She told me she was recently divorced as her driving partner and husband. Ted was caught fornicating with some dude from Boise, at a truck stop while she was sleeping. She had been driving her truck for about six years but only solo for about seven months. She had him sign the divorce papers in jail as she drove off without him, she said she never looked back.
"Well sweetie I am hungry and I have just about hit my ten hours for the day so we'll be pulling over at a truck stop in Omaha, Nebraska. You are welcome to stay with me but I can't leave for eight hours, or I could check and see if anyone is heading out before that on the CB." She told me.
"Well can I at least buy you dinner for taking me this far?" I asked.
She said, "Sure if you would like to."
"I would let's get some food." I smiled at her.
We pulled up to this huge truck stop, there had to be over 100 trucks here. I have to admit I got out of the truck a little slow as I watched her ass as she climbed out of the cab. I left my backpack in the truck till after we got some food. We walked over towards a series of restaurants, she turned and looked at me.
"Well kid what kind of food are you in the mood for? as she waved her hand across the front of the building that was easily a block long.
I told her, "I'm buying you pick."
she said, "Alright."
We headed over to a Mexican place, we ordered and got a couple beers, I was a little scared but they didn't card me. I guess the waiter was too busy looking at Lila's tits to bother with me. We ate a great meal and talked more. Several trucker buddies of hers came over to say hi more than one invited her to his cab for the night. She turned them all down, one thing I did notice that nearly everyone of the trucked in this place was quite large in girth ok let's say it they were all fat. As one walked away I asked.
"Am I intruding I can get lost if you want to go." I said sheepishly.
She laughed out loud, "Oh God no kid you are saving me from those," leaning closer to me, "fat smelly beasts. They have been trying to get into my britches ever since Ted got arrested."
After dinner we headed back to her truck, she looked at me smiling as she unlocked the door to her rig, "Alright kid you staying or going? I got plenty of room in the back and I am heading to California."
After thinking about it for a second of two realizing my choice were to quote Lila, fat smelly beasts or Lila there really wasn't much choice, "I'll stay." I said.
"Alright sugar give me a couple minutes to freshen up and you can come on up, or if you need to you can go grab a shower over in the rest building." she said.