As with most stories on Literotica this one has elements that fit within other genres. However, I think that overall it is a Romance, so that's where I've placed it.
The storyline is from my own imagination so please don't tell me that the characters would or should have done this or that. The actions and reactions I've written fit with the way I wanted the tale to unfold. If you really hate it that much simply stop reading...
Comments on the actual writing are most welcome and if you spot a fault then it's all mine and I apologise in advance.
All the characters that engage in sexual activities are over the age of 18.
Enjoy.
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COMING HOME - Part 1
Prologue
The girl wasn't a drinker and after a couple of glasses of wine she was feeling a pleasant buzz as she gazed around the ballroom at the other students, busy celebrating the end of their school life.
Standing by herself she was fully aware that no one was paying any attention to her.
She was used to it. She had always been on the outside looking in.
Almost from her first days at school she had been the skinny awkward one that everyone generally ignored or poked fun at. Not that it really bothered her and as she grew up she learned to ignore the comments and jibes.
Eventually the remarks had stopped but by then she was used to being by herself.
High school had been no different, a shy introverted girl she focused on her studies with little or no interest in the opposite sex, unlike the other teenage girls around her.
Something of a late developer she was, by the age of sixteen, beginning to garner the attention of boys but none of them even got close to getting a date with her. She had a life plan laid out in her mind and she intended to stick to it. The result was that she was labelled a lesbian and the ice queen by those young men she firmly but politely rejected.
Aside from a secret passion for reading romance novels she wasn't interested in love; it wasn't real and certainly wasn't for her. Her father had walked out on his wife and two children when she was younger and she was determined that that wasn't going to happen to her.
As she scrutinised her classmates the music changed, the DJ putting a slow song on the turntable and the floor quickly filled with couples, although, just as she expected, no one asked her.
'Sod the lot of them. I'll be gone in a few weeks.'
She thought to herself and, stumbling slightly, she left the ballroom and made her way into the hotel bar.
Looking around her she could see the place was fairly empty for a Saturday night; just a barmaid collecting glasses, a couple of older men drinking in the corner and...
Pausing she felt her pulse rate jump several notches.
He was about her age, eighteen, tall-ish, with untidy collar-length brown hair and cute. Taking a second look she changed her mind; he was definitely very cute.
However, it was the way he was sitting at the bar, staring at his untouched drink, seemingly with the weight of the world on his shoulders that really got her attention. In that instant she made up her mind to do something totally out of character.
"Buy a girl a drink."
Slipping up onto the stool next to him she approached him in a most uncharacteristic manner.
"I'm not interest...."
Turning to face her it was evident that he had clearly been expecting someone different and he stopped, mid-sentence. Lost for words he simply stared into two deep blue pools that sent a shiver right through him.
"I said want to...." Something comparable happened to her in the same moment and her heart rate jumped by a couple of dozen beats per minute when she looked back into his brown eyes.
Pulling herself together she stumbled over the rest of her reply, "err.... buy a girl a drink."
"Oh... sure but shouldn't you be in the party with your boyfriend?" His eyes never wavered and continued to gaze into hers.
The girl blushed and giggled, tossing her long, dirty blonde hair back away from her pretty face, "I don't have one but you can be him for tonight if you want."
Even as she said it she felt an unfamiliar thrill somewhere deep inside her, although for the life of her she didn't fully understand what it was.
"Umm... sure, if you want... I guess I could..." He stammered unable to tear his gaze away from her, "So, what would you like."
"A white wine please."
Batting her eyelashes at him she bit her lower lip coyly.
He ordered and they sat in silence until the barmaid had brought her drink.
"So, what's up with you? Why the long face?" She eventually asked, lifting her glass to her lips.
"Family stuff."
"I expect a better answer than that from my boyfriend. Out with it."
Her grin lit up her eyes and sent another little ripple of arousal through him, making him smile back at her in return.
"I was supposed to be heading off to Bristol university on Monday."
"And now you're not?"
He sighed, "Nope. My dad is.... was... determined that when I finished school I'd go and work for him, learn the building trade and eventually take over the firm."
Reaching out she took hold of his hand and they both felt something akin to electricity surge through their fingers making them pause and look into each other's eyes again.
"So, why don't you just go anyway." Shivering at the feeling she asked him.
"I can't. He declined my place and returned my student grant." Tearing his gaze away from her he picked up his beer and took a mouthful.
"Shit."
"Exactly."
The girl realised at that moment she hadn't let go of his hand and quickly released it, wondering if he might be the one to help her with her own little problem.
She was certainly attracted to him, disconcertingly so given her previous disinterest in the male species. Her response to his smile and the touch of his hand on hers had sent her heart rate soaring and a delicious tingle of anticipation through her.
'Could she ask him something like that?'
'What would he say if she did?'
'What if he said no. She would be so embarrassed.'
Lapsing into silence she pondered her question.
"So, how come a beautiful girl like you doesn't have a boyfriend? You must have them queueing up for a date."
She looked up, blushing, at his statement.
'He thinks I'm beautiful.'
"Nope. No boyfriends." Shaking her head, she sent her blonde hair swaying around her bare shoulders again and smiled, his comment sending a delightful warmth straight to the top of her thighs, "Not interested, I was too busy studying."