Take My Cherry, Please
Sometimes, the first one really is the best one.
Mick and I had known each other since childhood. He was known as Micky back then, and we lived on the same block. Back in the neighborhood, we were the best of friends. We held bike races, climbed trees, and played board games for hours when it was raining. We even remained best friends after Micky hit me on the lip with a pinecone, at least after the bleeding stopped and Micky's mom made him come over and apologize.
By the time we reached middle school, the BFF thing faded as we moved to our age-appropriate groups, but we still remained friends. It wasn't the same, naturally, we could no longer tell each other our deepest, darkest teen secrets. Those were saved for members of our own gender. Girl-girl stuff, of course, remained just that. And I assume it was the same for the guys. But Micky was always there for me if I needed a guy around to defend my honor or perform any other intrinsically male function.
When it came time for college, I went out of state to Grinnell, a private liberal arts college. It wasn't really my choice, but my mother was an alum, and that made me a legacy. Besides, the school was co-ed and six hundred miles from my parents. Mick, as he was now called, had gotten a soccer scholarship to OSU, and now my best friend and substitute brother was even further away. We saw each other during school breaks and in the summer, but that was pretty much it.
I never doubted for a minute that Mick had an active social life while attending a major public university. The handsome, smart, and a star athlete would be irresistible to horny buxom co-eds. And boys will be boys, I fully understood that. On the other hand, I remained pretty much as I had throughout middle and high school. Morphing from tomboy to adolescent wasn't easy for me. I was normal looking enough, with sandy blonde hair just past my shoulders, trim figure, and respectable B-Cup boobies. It was just my shy and rather bland personality. I just wasn't motivated to chase boys or to be chased.
That came to an end during my junior year at Grinnell. I was simply a Liberal Arts major, which meant that I had no prescribed field of study. So, I took whatever interested me each semester. The spring semester of my junior year, I signed up for a course in child psychology and was surprised by the number of men in the class. One was a handsome athlete named Gage Boman. I can't say for sure, but I think what attracted me to him was that he looked a lot like Mick. Tall, dark hair, muscular, and alluring sexuality that, for some reason, just got my juices flowing.
It was not normal for me to flirt with any boy, but as Gage had inspired me like no other guy ever had, I became the seductress that had always been lying dormant within me. Within a few weeks, I was attending his baseball games, meeting him for lunch, and informally dating. I was still afraid of actual nighttime dates, as I was holding onto a deep, dark secret that I wasn't quite sure how to tell him. Then, just as I was getting my courage up to commit to this guy, I received a gut punch that threw our entire relationship into doubt.
We were attending a party with many of the school's athletes. Beer was flowing freely, and I'm sure Gage had maybe had one too many, but there was no way I could unhear the conversation Gage was having with a half-dozen other guys. One of the boys was bragging about the virgin he had just deflowered and claimed she had not been his first. In fact, he preferred virgins as they gave him the ultimate notch on the bedpost of life.
This started a lively discussion of the pros and cons of such a feat, and to my surprise, Gage was squarely in the other camp. I was standing behind him and facing the other way, talking to a group of girls, but I recognized his voice and could clearly hear every word.
"I would never fuck a virgin," Gage proclaimed. "Why would you hire a mechanic who had never looked under the hood of a car? Would you fly with a pilot who had never flown a plane before? Would you go to a doctor whose only training was Boy Scout first aid? No--no, I want someone who knows what the fuck they're doing. It's hard enough to bed a chick around here, and I damn sure don't want to spend good money wining and dining some chick only to find out she was in a remedial class."
The guys all started laughing, half agreeing with him and half arguing the other side. But after another swig of his beer, Gage continued, "I want a chick who knows how to please a guy, who knows how to fuck and show me a good time. I don't want some bimbo who had never sucked a dick in her life. She might bite me by mistake, and she might even gag when I unload down her throat."
Now this really did get a huge laugh from the group, and wiping tears of laughter from their faces, they all moved toward the keg to refill their beer cups. I was not laughing; I was almost in tears. Not because Gage had had so much experience with other girls, but because I was a virgin. The very type of girl he railed about.
Spring break was the next week, and upon returning home, I was relieved to see Mick was also home. "Micky," I said over the phone after seeing his car in the driveway of his parents' house. "I need to see you. Can we meet somewhere to talk?"
"Sure, Tori," he responded. "What's the matter?"
"I just need to talk... I mean, I have a favor to ask."
"Of course, you want me to come over?"
"No," I said, pausing for a moment. "How about Starbucks?"
"Sure, I'll pick you up in ten," Mick quickly responded.
In less than four minutes, he was in front of my house, and I ran to the car to meet him. "Okay, what can I do for you?" he questioned once the car was rolling.
I was calm and wanted to remain so, but I just turned and smiled, "Oh, I just have a small favor to ask. We can discuss it over coffee."
It took us only fifteen minutes to get to our neighborhood Starbucks, and with cold Frappuccinos in hand, we found a quiet table under a century-old oak tree. After taking a sip, Mick spoke first, "Okay, Tori, what's going on?"
I swallowed hard, cleared my throat, and slowly said, "Micky, I'm dating this guy..."
"Oh, Tori, that's great. Congratulations."
"No--there's more." I took a long swig of my Frappuccino. "The issue is..." Now I took another sip, as I built up the courage to say it out loud, "I'm a virgin."
Mick didn't laugh as he knew I was serious. He sipped his drink and replied slowly, "That's okay, lots of guys like virgins. It's nothing to worry about." He paused to consider his next words carefully. "Tori, if you're worried about it--I mean, how to do it, etc., shouldn't you be talking to another girl about this?"