Thanks to all who have read my previous stories, and a special thank you to those who favorited them. I hope this one meets with your expectations as well.
All parties in this story were over the age of 18, and are much older now!
My writing style, to put it kindly, is a little quirky. I once took a 'Write Like You Speak' course; since I'm not a talkative person, the style has evolved into 'Write Like I Think'. Couple that with my brand of humor, and....
Feedback is always appreciated, I can only get better if others point out the errors I'm blinded to. To those who have given advice and guidance, I treasure your comments and suggestions.
Enjoy!
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Have you ever fallen into that nostalgic period? Whatever happened to whomever; the boyfriend, or in my case, girlfriend? The classmates who were said to have so much potential, or even the guy who came to school because the surf wasn't breaking right that day? It happened to me a few years back. I could see where my career had topped out, far beyond my expectations as a younger man. While I still had supervisors and other successful people telling me I had some good professional years ahead of me, I'd always claimed I was Peter Principle times three having long since exceeded my level of expertise. I didn't really believe that, just a way of coping with the wonderment of my professional success.
So it was during this time that I began wondering what ever happened to the guy who went off to Harvard, or the girl who was accepted at Yale? Me, I went to the much-cliche'd small Midwestern university. For a whole semester. Too immature at that point, I guess. So I joined the Air Force instead. Best thing that ever happened to me. I'm dating myself here, but I was assigned to Strategic Air Command, and they did things right. By the book, attention to detail, and all that. Hey, we had to because we were working with nukes!
That period certainly brought things into focus, and while I could still engage in sophomoric behavior from time to time, I'd like to think I grew. I also grew tired of it, sensing there was something better ahead for me. I'd also grown up in a military family, with my father retiring from the Navy shortly after I graduated from high school. So, after "doing" my own twenty-five year hitch, four on active duty, I moved on.
Stepping back a little, it was during the last semester of my high school senior year that I met Susan, while I was dating another girl, her friend Beth. You see, Sandy's parents were letting her throw an end-of-school year pool party at their house. Beth and Sandy were best friends, and since I was dating Beth, who it turned out was spending the night at Sandy's with some other girls from school, I got to attend the party as well. On that late-May evening, shortly after dark, a blue-eyed brunette beauty arrived at the party. Hard to say who Susan resembled back then, but I'm reminded of her innocent beauty when I see Zooey Deschanel on TV these days.
When Susan came into the back yard she was accompanied by some tall guy I didn't know, and immediately came over and started talking to Beth. Naturally, Beth introduced us. Little did she know, but that was the beginning of the end for her and I. Turns out, while Susan attended a rival high school, she and Beth attended the same church. I'm sure she noticed me staring at her the entire evening, and when engaging in small talk where possible, she always had a pleasant smile.
Soon, the couples had migrated away from the pool to more secluded surroundings so they could engage in the various stages of making out, and copping whatever "feels" our girlfriends would allow. Without a doubt my hormones were in overdrive, but my mind was elsewhere and I'd imagine it was Susan I was kissing instead of you know who, and her breast I was feeling under this shirt.
Just before midnight Sandy's parents let us know it was time to head out, but I had already made up my mind that I'd be seeing more of the lovely brunette I'd met that evening.
Sure enough, having spent the entire morning waiting for time to pass, I looked up her number and called her house. When her father answered I politely asked if I could speak to Susan, and was pleasantly surprised when she was given the phone. Naturally I told her who I was, and how I wanted to take her out if she'd like to go, and if her parents would let her.
Of course the first thing she asked was, "What about Beth?"
I told her Beth and I were friends, and of course classmates, but we weren't that serious. I then asked her where she lived, which turns out was only a couple of miles from my house, and suggested she ask her dad if I could take her to an early movie, at the theater near her house, and have her back home at a decent hour. She said call back in ten minutes, and hung up. Long story short, he approved of the date as long as I came in and he and I spoke. Though most questions were directed at me, I did find out he was a civilian working for the Navy instructing pilots. Guess I passed the test, because soon Susan and I were in my car and headed to the show.
Even though we were "old" seniors - I had turned 18 the previous December, and Susan celebrated her 18th birthday in January - things started innocent enough, the usual hand holding and door openings, popcorn and soda, more hand holding in the theater, etc. Time to make my move while the movie was playing, so I brought her hand up to my lips, softly kissing the back of it before gently rubbing it on my cheek. So far so good, then extended the arm around her shoulder and gently pulled her head to my shoulder as I leaned in her direction. Next, I kissed the top of her head - which smelled great - before reaching across with my other hand and lifted her chin towards me, leaning further in to kiss her full lips. I thought I'd kissed Heaven.
Her moaning and pleasantly surprising aggressiveness told me she was enjoying this as much as I was, and almost shockingly she suggested we leave since we weren't paying attention to the screen anyway. Once back in the car - this was the mid-seventies, thank goodness for bench seats - she suggested a couple of secluded places to go. Soon we were engaged in heavy lip locks and feeling each other through each other's clothes.
While holding her close with one hand, I'd feel her bra-encased breast with the other before switching hands and squeezing the other. Susan could certainly feel my hardness pressing into her, and soon ran her hand down between us and rubbed my steel-like cock through my trousers. Just as I was about to slide my fingers into the top of her jeans she stopped me, and said it was probably best I had her back home in time if we were going to have more dates. I grudgingly gave in, but was smart enough to know I needed to deliver her home as advertised so we could do this again.
I walked her to her door where we hugged and kissed very passionately, before she turned to enter her house. Before closing the door Susan said, "Call me Monday, after school."