How clearly I remember my first lover. Who knew of him, with his blazing blue eyes and crooked smile, but me? None of them knew; I kept him well hidden. For who would have understood our solitary passion? How might he be explained to the girls who chattered incessantly about who was seen holding hands with whom? What might they have thought? My love would be lost on them. I told nobody.
Oh, but the times we had. At night, when all was quiet, I would gaze out my bedroom window into the deep blue sky, following the airplane lights with my eyes as he climbed into bed next to me. I stared at the moon as he whispered into my ear, reminding me that I was a woman now, desirable and lovely. I would feel the cool air from the window blowing his touch on my face, stroking my cheek, tracing my lips until my tongue reached out to lick them.
His hands would roam over my nightgown, tracing the outline of my full breasts.
"They're beautiful." His fingers probed around the outline of my breasts beneath my nightgown as he breathed these words into my ear. "The essence of woman."