This is the second chapter in the Empowered series. I hope you all enjoy it and give me your valuable opinions and comments. Also all the votes are appreciated.
I thank hydratez and Natalie for helping me with the editing of this chapter.
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Nick came out of his shower. A few drops of water still dribbling down his blonde hair, flowing on his lean muscular body. He stood in front of the full length mirror in his room, staring at himself. Years of martial arts training, relentless hard work, had made his body very well defined. He had certainly come a long way from being the scrawny nerd with a cute face.
He vividly remembered the incident from school days, when Carl was harassing April. Never before he had been so angry. He instantly came at her aid but was beaten badly, being a weak kid. He was deeply embarrassed at his own feebleness, but it only motivated him to take martial arts lessons.
Never again was he going to fail at protecting an innocent, he made a pact with his soul. Since then he had only grown stronger and stronger, now considered most ferocious fighter among all his peers, due to his unnatural agility. His master had always taught him to use his great skills with greater responsibility. Nick had made it a point to always follow his master's path.
The teasing sensation of the cool water-drop, rolling down his bare midriff broke him out of his reverie. He watched the drop of water running down his sculpted abs to his navel. The one body part, he was absolutely proud of. He always wanted to flaunt, like Steve would do at times, but his shy nature proved too much to overcome. Babes lust over killer abs, they said. Clearly they lied, he wouldn't remain a virgin otherwise.
'Damn! I need to lose my virginity' he thought. Nick had dated few girls from school but somehow they didn't stick around for long. All those girls had problems over his closeness with April.
Her beauty didn't help much either. At 5 ft 7" April stood slightly taller than an average girl. Her long hair flowed down her back in golden waves. Her angelic face was blessed with prominent cheekbones, a thin jaw. Every tiny movement of her bow shaped curvy lips and big beautiful blue eyes was mesmerizing. Nick loved how delicately she would tuck her curls behind her ear, whenever she left them loose. Her swan-like graceful neck blossomed into an amazing body. High swellings of her large bosom attracted lot of attention from the opposite sex, even though she almost always wore dresses and never showed much skin.
Nick wondered how she would look without her clothes. An image of a naked April flashed in his mind. Blood surged to his cock faster than speed of light. 'Whoa boy, hold that thought! That's your best friend you are lusting after,' he mentally chided himself.
He briefly glanced towards the clock on his wall. It was almost party time. He needed to get going soon. He quickly threw on a white t-shirt. But wearing a blue jeans proved much harder of a task than usual. Satisfied with his own appearance, he walked out of the room. He took in the empty house once. Luckily for him, his parents were on a business tour. Otherwise they would ask hundreds of questions before letting him out. He picked up his keys and locked the door.
As he stepped out of the house, a cool evening breeze went running against his tanned golden skin. The amazingly teasing sensation put him in a good mood.
Blowing a whistle, he started walking towards April's house. Being only a few houses down from his own, he reached there in no time.
He pressed the doorbell. A beautiful middle aged version of April welcomed him at the door.
"Hello Mrs. Connelly," he greeted April's mother.
"Hello Nick, you look great!" she complimented him with an approving look.
Nick blushed at the compliment from the older woman. "Thanks," he replied shyly. Eva Connelly grinned. She was aware of the juvenile crush that Nick harbored on her since childhood. She had a strong belief that Nick would turn into a real good man, the kind every mother wants for her daughter.
"So did you finally ask April on a date?" she teased him, enjoying his undisguised discomfort.
Nick turned a deeper shade of red.
"Mom! Stop teasing him," came April's voice from inside the house.
Eva laughed more at his expense. "Oh it's okay honey, I won't mind if he asked you on a date." It was April's turn to blush now. She knew her mother was just teasing, but still she couldn't control the warm feeling inside her.
"Alright kids, I'll leave you two alone for the time being. Have fun at the party," said Eva finally, having had her fun.
Nick finally released a sigh of relief. His relief was just momentary though. As Eva moved to go inside, out came her beautiful daughter. As Nick looked at her, his jaw dropped to the floor. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. April had decided to forgo her usual attire and was standing in a skin-hugging white t-shirt and blue jeans shorts. Those simple clothes looked scandalous on sweet, demure April.
Her large, round breasts looked impossibly huge in the tight t-shirt. They strained the fabric of the t-shirt to its elastic limit. It caused the hem of the t-shirt to stop just above her omphalos, baring the smooth pale skin of her flat stomach. Her slender waist flared nicely into curvy hips. While her shorts covered her privates sufficiently, they left her smooth toned legs unconcealed, for the visual benefit of every straight male. The innocent expression she wore on her face, completed her divinely sexy attire. 'She looks like a barbie,' he thought. 'Well Barbies' bosom never blossomed like this!' Suddenly his jeans were too restricting for his own comfort. His mouth went dry. Finding himself at loss for words, he blurted out a single word, "Wow!"
April smiled at him nervously. This was the exact effect her mom said she would have. April had her doubts, but probably her mother was right.
"Do I look okay?" April asked, searching for his verbal approval.
"No! You don't look okay," Nick said with a serious expression. She raised a shapely eyebrow at him in confusion. Tense creases appeared on her forehead.
"You look amazing!" Nick said quickly. "But I'm not sure if we can walk to Steve's house safely."
"Thank you," a visibly relaxed April chirped happily. "And I'm sure you'll protect me."
"Always," he replied in a firm tone. April marveled at the sincerity in his voice.
"Let's leave for the party or we'll be late," April suggested, changing the topic, afraid she had over-thought about the implications of the intensity in Nick's words. Maybe it was all her imagination.
Nick nodded, "Yeah, let's go. I want to be there for Steve when Katie breaks his heart."
"You are so bad! I can't believe, you of all people, would bet on her," April said in a disapproving manner.
"Oh you misunderstood. I didn't bet on her, I bet on him. You see, Steve is extremely unlucky when it comes to girls. Every time he plans to have some fun with one, he somehow fails," Nick informed.
"You mean, like last month with Tina?" inquired April.
"Exactly. She invited him home when she was all alone, but unluckily her father came home and caught them before they could have some fun," said Nick laughing. "Luckily he didn't kill Steve."
"That is not funny," April said with a failed attempt at controlling her own giggles.
"A little," he replied still laughing. The easy banter flowed until they reached Steve's house. It appeared that the party had already started. As they went to the door, Nick pushed April ahead and made her ring the doorbell. As soon as Steve opened the door, he hollered, "Holy fucking shit!"
Both April and Nick cracked up at Steve's amusing expression. Steve was mesmerized at the sight standing before him. He took her right hand gently and raised it to his lips. "Jealousy is great fuel to ignite passion for progress," he said with a smirk.
"Are you implying I'm jealous of someone?" asked a surprised April.
"Maybe. I assume this beautiful change happened because of Katie," Steve let out his thought.
"You are hallucinating! I'm not jealous of anyone," April replied in a fierce tone. "Move out of my way," she said curtly, pushing him aside and making her way in.
As she entered in, a deep hush spread over the crowd. The only audible sound was coming from the music system. April noticed everyone looking in her direction. She felt like a freak. Someone turned off the music system immediately, allowing the situation to become more dramatic.
April was standing fidgeting as both her friends came in. Timely, the sound of a beer mug crashing to the floor culminated April's torture. The crowd just laughed and resumed whatever it was they have been doing before she came in.
She detected certain hot breath at her right ear. "This is progress, some real good progress," came a husky whisper from Steve. Did he just lick her earlobe, or was she imagining it? She couldn't decide. Now she was pissed off.
"Shit!" groaned a hurt Steve as he was elbowed in the stomach by the furious Femme Fatale. Nick laughed at their antics. He needed to separate them soon or there was going to be chaos. "Steve if you do not wish anymore bruises on your body, I suggest you leave her alone and go attend the incoming guests," Nick suggested with mock seriousness.
