My Diary 1 -- The Outside Lavatory by Emily Harrison
It'd been some weeks since Father White had relocated to his new Parish in the north of the country, a hard few weeks as I had become very fond of my elderly friend. So much so, that quite a few tears had been shed after his departure. We had remained in phone and email contact however and he was happy, which made me very happy too, I wanted nothing but good things for my lovely friend.
But life goes on. I'm only 18 and once my University degree course starts in a few months, my mind will be concentrating on academia, and attaining my degree. Until then, and after my experiences with Father White, I needed to get out there and explore.
A quick recap on who I am. My name is Emily Harrison, as I say, I'm 18, I have shoulder-length brown hair, I'm slim, athletic, 5ft 2 inches tall and regarded as pretty, although that's for others to say. Still a virgin, and happy about that. I'm not one who would jump into bed with the first person who asks as if it needed no more thought than choosing whether to get a medium or family-sized pizza. I'm quietly proud that I'm still a virgin.
Now being a virgin doesn't mean to say that I'll be waiting till Mr Right appears before any 'physical contact' takes place. Father White was the first man to have access to my body, but we only went so far. I'd rather like my first 'full' relationship, to be with the man who will be my eventual husband, although I don't intend that to be for many years to come. I know, I know, that all sounds pretty old fashioned, but to a certain degree, in some ways, I probably am old fashioned.
I've gradually realised, over my teenage years, that I like the attention that being a teenage girl gives me. I like being looked at in a positive way. I like the fact that my body is attractive to men. Having said that, I'm relatively shy. I am not overtly flirty or 'in your face' sexual in the company of others, I like being the innocent virginal teenager, which is pretty much what I am anyway.
Behind that shy and innocent exterior, however, lies an incredible amount of controlled sexual desire and needs, and that gauge is always at a pretty high level.
Parts of my body need a lot of attention, which it gets, at night and in my bed alone. I know what to touch and when. My mind has a selection of fantasies, like having a DVD collection, and it will choose the one that fits the mood I'm currently in. That then gets played in my mind, with a few tweaks here and there to satisfy my needs at that moment.
Now as you'll know if you've read my earlier writings, by some quirk of nature I seem to be attracted to older men. And I don't mean a year or two older, I mean older with a capital O. Father White was 72, and if he had been 10 or 20 years older than he was, he would have been equally as attractive and desirable to me. As another girl might look at a 20-year-old boy, and get nice sexy feelings, older men in their 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's etc. do the same for me.
Maybe it's the age difference that thrills me. I like the thought that an older man might think he has no chance, but I very much like being the one who can and might want to give him that chance. Most older men will probably look and dream and masturbate thinking about an 18-year-old girl. Well look at me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one out there either, it can become a reality you know, just keep believing. There are many of us 18-year-olds, just waiting for that nice elderly man to start talking to us.
But then, for me, not every elderly man will fit the bill. I don't like the overly confident, leering, sexually aggressive 'in your face' type. The older man that will attract me and get my juices flowing, will be the shy, fairly quiet, respectful, gentlemanly and reticent to come and talk type.
So I've realised, Father White being a prime example, that for such a man, and to get where I want to be, things might need a little manipulation and help on my part. Steering conversations and situations to where I want them to go. I sound predatory don't I, but I'm really not. I just have desires, and under cover of my innocent virginal persona, I intend to fulfil them.
Anyway, back to what happened after Father White had left.
A new neighbour, Albert, had moved in next door, a sweet old man and helping him move his furniture around had helped take my mind off Father White's departure. The physical effort of taking box after box of his possessions up to his loft had also worn me out, but I didn't mind, he was a sweet old man and he didn't appear to have anyone else to help him. I volunteered to help when I saw him trying to lift all this stuff by himself.
But I needed a rest, and as I sat in my lounge having just helped Albert with another box or two, and trying to decide between a salad and a vegetarian lasagne for lunch, my mobile phone rang. It was my Gran. I so love my Grands.
After a brief chat about what I'd been up to, family stuff etc. Gran invited me to go down and stay with them for a week. I couldn't agree fast enough, I felt I needed a break, to get me out of the flat and get some country air in my lungs.
Gran and Grandad live in an old farmhouse, out in the countryside. No houses or people for miles other than a few close neighbours and a few farms. It was idyllic countryside. No traffic or crowds, no hustle and bustle, everything was slower, calmer and much more relaxed. I didn't need a second to decide, it was just what I needed.
I packed all that was required for a week's visit and was on the train in a matter of hours. A two-hour train journey later, and I was stepping onto the platform of this quiet backwater country railway station, to see Gran and Grandad waving at me from the other side of the ticket barrier.
After lots of hugs and kisses, my suitcase was stored in the boot of Grandads old Morris Minor and I took my seat in the back next to Grandma. A fifteen-mile journey through little country back roads and we were there.
I'd often stayed with Gran and Grandad as I was growing up, and as Grandad turned off the engine and I was out of the car, wonderful memories of my childhood came flooding back. I was suddenly a kid again. The barn where I'd clamber about in the hay, the little duck pond where Grandad and I would watch the ducklings swimming about following their mum, the apple tree I fell out of and broke my collarbone when I was 6. It was an idyllic childhood and even now that I was 18, I couldn't wait to get my old clothes on and explore again.
Gran helped me up to my old room with my suitcase, everything seemed smaller than I remembered, but apart from that, my bedroom was no different. A single bed, a wardrobe, dressing table and mirror, a bedside unit and my old rocking chair, complete with two of my old teddy bears. Nothing had changed.
It'd only been 3 years since my last stay over, but I had so missed this.
My Grands cottage was pretty small but incredibly cosy. It consisted, on the ground floor, of the lounge, Grandads study, the kitchen and dining room. Up the creaky stairs and there was my Grands bedroom, the bathroom, my room and an old box room where Gran would sketch and paint.
After a lovely supper and a long catch up sprawling on the sofa, alternating cuddles between Gran and Grandad, I was exhausted. The day had been a long one.
"I'm going to have a bath if that's ok, Gran, then I'll get to bed."
"Of course darling, but don't use all the hot water," it was a standing joke from way back when one night I'd filled the tub up to the brim and almost flooded the bathroom as I stepped in. We all three got the joke and smiled, even my Grandad who by now had his head buried in the local newspaper.