As she dressed for her last day at high school, Yvonne had no notion that during the next 24 hours her perspective on life would change so profoundly. With not a care in the world, she walked to school as usual on that Friday in late July. It was a beautiful morning, the end of term and the start of the long summer holidays. That meant no more homework and no exams until she went off to university at the start of the new term in September.
Added to that, today was her birthday and she had reached the so-called 'age of consent'. At the age of eighteen, she could now do all kinds of things – including drinking in pubs and learning to drive – that had hitherto been illegal. Tomorrow though would be the day when she really celebrated her birthday with her family and friends at big party. She had been looking forward to that with growing excitement for weeks. By the following morning, she would have discovered a new excitement that would give her pleasure for years to come.
It may have been 'sex rearing its ugly head' although Yvonne herself never thought what happened was in any way ugly. In fact, it turned out to be the most exciting and pleasurable thing that had happened to her in her life so far. She always said afterwards that those eight or so memorable hours one summer evening determined the way she felt about sex for the rest of her life. It all began with what she thought of later as her first 'hands-on experience' of sex. In the years to come, the approach of her birthday would evoke nostalgic memories of that evening when she was groped for the first time.
At lunchtime James, Head Prefect of the boys' school came over to where she was sitting in the dining room. He had been her regular boyfriend during the term and all her friends joked that she 'had the hots' for him. They had been out together several times but so far, they had not gone beyond a little innocent necking. Yvonne liked being with James who was a year older than she. He was so self-assured that she always felt really grown-up when she was out with him. James was going on to university too and to celebrate his acceptance he asked her if she would like to go to the early evening show at the cinema in town. She enjoyed going to the cinema and accepted readily although she had no idea what a different kind of performance she would experience that evening.
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As soon as school finished, Yvonne went home for tea and to change out of the school uniform that even senior girls were expected to wear. There was no one about when she arrived home. Her father who was a doctor was still at his medical practice in town and her mother had left a note to say she had gone to visit friends and would not be back until much later. In the privacy of her bedroom, she hunted through her wardrobe for something suitable to wear. Finally, she chose a floral pattern dress with a full skirt and an open necked, short-sleeved top that buttoned up the front.
Taking off her gymslip and blouse she inspected herself in the mirror. Standing there in only her regulation school knickers, she wrinkled her nose in displeasure at the sight that greeted her. She was disappointed to observe that her breasts were still depressingly small. They didn't seem to have responded at all to her nightly attempts at the massage suggested by one of her more generously endowed friends.
Looking down at her school knickers, she could not suppress a little shudder of distaste. She hated her regulation bloomers. Really, she could not go out on such a special date wearing navy-blue 'passion killers'. The only thing to do was look to see if there was anything more elegant in her mother's bedroom. There was one drawer filled with lovely undies that her mother could no longer fit into since the onset of 'middle age spread'. She didn't mind her daughter borrowing any of them as long as they were laundered and replaced neatly afterwards.
Searching through her mother's drawer, she found a pair of dainty, white silk knickers. Trimmed with lace they were so fine as to be almost transparent. They were the most feminine of garments and as she pulled them out excitedly, she saw that a matching girdle had been folded with them. As she examined the girdle, she saw it was as dainty as the knickers. It was really just a cobweb of a garment. Light but strong and designed solely for holding up stockings, it had six slender suspenders and was in fact a suspender-belt.
Seeing the suspender-belt, Yvonne thought immediately of the very special stockings her father had brought back for her and her mother from a recent business trip. They were sheer fully-fashioned nylons, shiny and a lovely rich tan colour. They were quite the loveliest stockings she had ever had. They were so much nicer than the thick black ones she had to wear for school and she loved it when she could find an excuse to wear them.