I had known Katie ever since we were little kids. Our parents were family friends. They lived on a rural block just up the hill from us. Our parents occasionally and embarrassingly reminded us that we used to play with each other naked under the sprinkler when we were small.
We were now both 19 and 18, had just finished High School and were headed off to university. I had gone to a co-educational school while Katie had gone to an all-girls school.
We had recently bumped into each other after many years. I was astonished to see what a beautiful young lady Katie had blossomed into. She had a trim figure and a dazzling smile. She was still quite petite however (at about 5' 2", compared to me at around 6' 3"). I threw it out there that we should catch up during the summer break before university. If she was any other girl, I would have been too intimidated to have asked this. But, after all, this was just Katie whom I last seen as merely a young girl in overalls. She was happy to catch up as suggested.
My parents had bought a caravan park a few years ago so we had moved about 30 kilometres from where I grew up. The park had a proper house at the back and my dad had converted the back of a garage into a self-contained bedroom for me. It had proper plaster walls and an ensuite, so was quite a nice set up.
Katie had just got her licence and was happy to drive out to my place to visit. She arrived at about 5:00pm. My parents knew that she was coming over and I had all the intentions to have them meet her after all these years. However, my parents had started to become funny around any girls I would see down the street, usually from High School and I decided to forgo this introduction and took her straight down the side to my room.
I offered her a beer or wine but she told me that she didn't drink. No real reason was stated other than she didn't like the taste. So, it ended up being a diet Coke for her and a beer for me. I had a small couch in my room and we both sat on it and turned to each other to discuss our lives to date and to reminisce.
We soon got onto matters of the opposite sex and dating -- a topic I wasn't keen to discuss given my limited success in that area. I had a terrible time trying to date during High School. It was very frustrating.
I felt like a bit of an ugly duckling who was just growing into his looks. I was hoping university would be better.
I just couldn't get my head around girls, what they wanted and what they wanted in a guy. I had a number of friends at school who were dating that I considered weren't as smart, athletic or even more attractive than me. I couldn't figure it out.
In an effort to deflect, I put the questions about dating back to her. "All the guys I meet just want to fuck me", she sighed. It was clear we were starting off at completely different bases. While I wasn't quite still a virgin, I wasn't very far removed from being one.
Rather than shying away from the topic of dating and sex, I decided this was probably a good opportunity to talk to a girl, who was also a friend who could give me some honest answers. I had chatted with guys but I never had the female perspective.
In a round-about way, I asked her why she thought guys were into sex more than girls. Rather than talk about hormones or nature, she summed it up in a manner that I had kind of suspected: "Boys' penises are just not attractive".
She elaborated, "They all just look wrinkly and they just hang between your legs and they're all hairy and strange". This was interesting information. I already knew they weren't a guy's best features but surely as a sex organ they would be of interest to the opposite sex, the same way vaginas are to guys.
I was actually quite happy with and proud of, my "sex organ". I'm not sure if it was inherently better looking than the average or it was just something I had become familiar and accustomed to, having lived with it my whole life.
I decided to take issue with her stance and mount a case for all the guys out there -- even the ones whose penises may not be super attractive. After all, maybe there was a bit of jealousy going on from her side.
"I think penises" can be attractive, I said. "They certainly feel nice and are fun to have".
"Well feeling nice and being fun to have are not the same thing as looking nice", she retorted. She had a point.
I took things back to a more personal or intimate level. "Well, if you love a guy, shouldn't you love his penis too, no matter what it may otherwise look like?"
"Yes, I know ...", she admitted. I had turned the argument on its head and knew that I had backed her into a corner a bit.
I decided to go even more personal. "Besides, I think my willie is quite attractive". In the space of about 30-seconds I had lost the moral high ground and returned the discussion merely to looks. I was a bit over the word "penis" but I wasn't sure "willie" was any better. I had also set myself up for what followed...
"Ok, show me then", she smiled. The time was approaching 11 pm and I could have easily perhaps wound up the conversation there "for another time". However, I had dodged a number moments over the past year and had determined next time around I would seize any opportunity I had. Besides, she may have been bluffing. I decided to call her on it.
I stood up. Her expression didn't change. She wasn't bluffing. I was committed. After all she had seen me naked before -- no that didn't make sense. Sensing my hesitation she said, "Come on, it's just us and besides ... you might be right. How can I tell you if you don't show me?"
I hooked my thumbs in the waistband of my shorts and underwear and took them both off at once. Out flopped my dick in front of her. Its length is in the order of three inches when soft and about six and a half when erect. (Like most guys, I had measured it at one stage). I had bought an electric trimmer about six months ago and used it every few weeks, so I was happy to say the pubic hair was nice, neat and trimmed.
She regarded it for a moment and then said, "Well, it's actually quite nice". Her words were emotionless and despite a mischievous smile a few moments ago, her expression was blank and clinical. This was good for me as I'm not sure what my reaction would have been if she had mocked it or laughed, in order to make her point. I was physically and emotionally exposed, after all.
"I do actually prefer a circumcised dick", she continued. In making this point she reached a finger out and traced the line of the head, without touching it. I was inwardly happy that she had also moved on from the word "penis".