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My thanks go, once again to Angel Love who helped me to finish my story and edit the hideous grammatical errors. Please comment or vote, I'd appreciate the feedback once again.
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Chapter 02 - The Birthday
A few weeks later, it was Stephanie's birthday; and I had made all the necessary preparations for such an occasion. I had invited her over for a meal at my place (I was sharing a flat and I paid for my flatmate to be elsewhere that night). As I began to prepare the meal, I ran through a mental checklist of everything I would need that night: food to cook, presents, candles, aftershave and of course, Condoms.
Once dinner was on the go, I grabbed my new outfit from the cupboard and tried it on for later. It fit perfectly. I ran back into the kitchen just in time to save the rapidly blackening salmon steak.
I was just finishing the salad when the phone went off.
"Hello?"
"Guess who?"
I smiled and buzzed her in downstairs. I dished the salad and placed it on the table. Final crucial checks; Dinner, presents, candles . . . CANDLES. I sprinted into my room to find the candles hopelessly fixed in their box. I could have brought them through but I doubt I would have had time so I shelved the idea of candles and I wondered what I could do with ten rose scented candles.
The doorbell went. I tidied myself up, and turned on some light jazz - Miles Davis? Or Oscar Peterson? I opted for the lighter and more tinkly sounds of Peterson and opened the door.
"Hey Steph, happy birthday!"
We kissed for a moment and then she came inside. She plopped down on the sofa and I sat down beside her, I was sure I was forgetting something at this point but I could remember so I decided it wasn't important for now. We started kissing more and then it came to me, 'Shit, the fish.' I thought and I realized that unless we skipped the salad we would have to have burnt salmon.
"You good for some dinner?"
"Yeah, sure. What you cooked?"
"Uh, Salmon and a side salad, Nothing too heavy."
"Sounds delicious."
I smiled and went over to serve the dinner. We spent a good hour chatting over our meal about nothing; the weather, how she was doing in class, how much I had to do as a med. student. As dinner drew to a natural close, I cleared away and we sat down on the sofa again. I then gave her birthday gifts - A necklace and bracelet to match. Despite the clichΓ©, she squealed the way only excited girls can and insisted she try them on this instant.
She admired them and decided that they were the best present she had ever gotten for her birthday although I suspected she had said that about every present she had gotten for her birthday - she was that kind of person.
After dinner we flopped onto the sofa, our lips met again; we tongue wrestled for a good ten minutes before both of us felt the urge to go to the next level. We broke apart to move into the bedroom but as we did so Stephanie stopped me.
"Before we go any further tonight, I have a little something of mine I want to introduce you to."
My look of consternation must have been very apparent. Stephanie continued, "Do you have any ahh . . . Interests?"
"Like things I do? Yeah sure; Films, jazz, backstage work. Why?"
"Not that kind of interest. More sort of a sexual interest."