"Oh my god!" I exclaimed in awe as I got out of the car and looked around me. I had to remove my sunglasses and place them on top of my head to make sure I was seeing the world around me correctly.
Everything was so...different. The passage of 7 years had done much to the town I'd grown up in. When I left all those years ago to accept a job nearly 8 hours away, I didn't realize the significance of that distance. In my young mind, I figured I'd drive down every holiday, birthday, and whatever. I couldn't imagine not seeing my parents every few months or so.
What I didn't count on was life. New friends, new job, new responsibilities, bills, bills, bills...
Time got away from me. And that was before I met my now fiancΓ©, John. When he first entered my life, I didn't even really want to date him. He was a young widow (his wife died of cancer). I did anyway, just to see why my friend kept insisting that we'd be perfect for each other.
I started to like John pretty quickly, but when I met Olivia (his 10-year-old daughter), I fell in LOVE with her. It wasn't long before I fell in love with her father also.
Now that we were thinking about marriage, it was time for him to meet my folks. So, we planned a nice 4-day trip to my hometown, just the three of us. I was apprehensive about this meeting, but so far, it's been great. My parents like John, love Olivia, and are supportive about our plans.
John has been listening to story after story about me growing up as a child. He's laughed at my embarrassments, smiled at my accomplishments, and genuinely enjoyed getting to know me better through my parents' tales.
Of course, there were things he just couldn't learn about me from my parents.
Me and John have a strange kink. One night we were lying in bed cuddling, and somehow we got on the conversation of having a threesome. He told me he always wished for one, but his late wife would never go for it. She was WAY too jealous to ever even think about it.
Naturally, he was talking about a threesome with two girls. Why is it that when guys hear the word "threesome", they automatically think of THAT one?
It was then that I slipped and told him that I've had a few threesomes in my day. Both kinds. To say that he was intrigued would be an understatement. He wanted to hear about all of them. I wasn't even halfway through the first story before he pounced on me with a raging hard-on.
That was when I realized how much he liked hearing stories about my sexual past. He liked imagining me with other guys. And honestly, I enjoyed sharing with him. I was a little embarrassed at first. Not embarrassed about my history but embarrassed about being so open about it.
To put things bluntly, I've always enjoyed sex. I love having it. I'm very good at it, as I've been told several times.
For some reason, my past boyfriends would shame me when they realized exactly how much sex I've had. Even if their number was higher than mine, they felt emasculated, and would often throw my history in my face. After a while, I did what most girls do; I lied about it. Men seemed much happier to remain in ignorance about the fact that their cocks weren't the only ones to ever penetrate my vagina (or mouth, or ass).
But John was different. He got off on those stories, imagining me "being a slut" as he called it. Normally, I hate that word. I've been called a slut before, and there was nothing endearing about it. But when he said it...I don't know...it always made me feel naughty (in a good way).
So, I often told him about my past sexual relationships. Sometimes I've embellished a bit to add spice, but for the most part, I had a lot of tales to choose from. Yes, I was a bit of a slut in my past, but I'm HIS slut. He was the first guy to not make me feel ashamed of that.
"Bringing back memories?" He asked as he walked up beside me.
"Not really." I admitted, shielding my eyes from the glaring sun as I took in the scenery. "None of this was here when I worked here. Not even that McDonald's." I added as I pointed to the golden arches across the street.
This gas station looked nothing like the place of my past; the place I worked when I came home from college during my summer breaks. For one, the small, quaint, family-owned business was bought out years ago by a larger company. Since then, it's been turned into a carbon copy of every other gas station. Everything was updated. Additions were made. The old-time gas pumps with the rolling numbers had been replaced with digital monitors. It even played music while you filled your tank.
John kissed me on my cheek before walking over to the pump. By this time, Olivia got out of the back seat and came to my side. After tugging on my arm to get my attention, she said, "I gotta pee."
I turned to John, who was removing the pump from its cradle and placing it inside the tank. "I'm gonna take her inside to use it. You want anything?"
"I don't know. I'll meet you in there when I'm done."
"Okay."
After we donned our facemasks, my daughter-to-be and I walked into the convenience store. When I first opened the door, a cool blast of AC hit me. It felt refreshing against the hot summer day.
I chuckled at a brief flash of a memory. When I worked here all those years ago, Bob (the then owner of the store) was notoriously cheap. The spotty AC was something all his employees complained about. His solution to the problem was to buy a bunch of fans. He even complained about having to do
that
.
It was especially bad back in the storeroom. That was a place in the back where we stored all the product that was going to be stocked on the shelves. It also doubled as a sort of break room.
If those walls could talk...
Lots of funny, flirty, and even raunchy conversations happened back there. Lots of illegal naps were taken. And there then were...other things.
Thinking of the storeroom made a shiver run down my body that had nothing to do with the state-of-the-art AC that was blowing on us.
I led Olivia to the restroom, taking note of the drastic modifications that had been made to the store. Everything was newer and brighter. The tiles on the floor were shiny and waxed. The arrangement of the shelving opened the store up, making it look roomier than it did before. There was even a small hot bar that cooked hot dogs, burgers, chicken, and fries.
Olivia went into the bathroom, making sure to remind me that she didn't need a babysitter. I put my hands up in surrender and gave her the privacy she wanted.