Then and Now Part 1
Author's Note:
This story begins in 1986. Before cell phones reached into small town America. Before the true explosion of the internet.
This is a First Time story that mostly takes place at a secluded swimming hole in the northern Minnesota forest. Subsequent chapters will be published in different categories.
I hope you like my first submission in this category.
All characters are over 18.
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It was her last summer at home - finally. A month after graduating from high school, a month before leaving for the university, and six months after her 18
th
birthday, Jenny Williams was ready for life beyond Iron Lake, Minnesota. She'd miss her family and Jax the 86 pound black lab,
especially
Jax, whose furry warmth shared her bed every night. There were a few genuine friends she'd also miss, and a whole bunch of
supposed
friends she couldn't wait to move on from.
She was ready to begin the next chapter. More like opening a whole new book, with the spine of it still stiff and fresh ink smell on every crisp unread page. The University of Wisconsin in Madison. Six hours away by car that was a world away for her. She had a month to get everything ready for her big move, more than enough time...except for that
one
thing. That thing she'd been trying to take care of for what seemed like forever. The thing that
couldn't
wait until she got to Madison.
Maybe there'd be other incoming students who were still virgins, but she knew she'd feel like the only one. She'd be the
odd one
there, just like she was the
odd one
here. And that feeling was what she most wanted to leave behind her in Iron Lake, Minnesota.
Jenny bloomed late. Her friends had pubic hair and budding breasts the boys couldn't stop talking about before her body showed any outward signs that she was female. Being stick-figure skinny at that age didn't help. Later, as the star athlete on the girl's cross-country team she'd developed lean muscle - especially her mile long legs - before showing truly noticeable signs of womanhood. Now, at 18, stick-figure skinny had become athletically slim. She wore a bra at times, though she didn't need to except when her nipples decided to stand out.
Dramatically. Which they did at the worst times. More and more.
And she was still changing. The B-cup bras that had even recently been loose on her, were getting too tight.
None of her friends was a virgin. And all the girls knew she still was, so all the boys knew too. And worst of all - now her friends had a plan. It was the day of the first big beer bash of the summer. They always took place from late afternoon until early morning, on Forest Service land deep in the woods. Illegal beer parties that always got out of hand. Anxious as she was to be deflowered
,
there was no way Jenn was going to let it happen with an obnoxious drunk from that mess - but that was her friends' plan.
Genius
.
And...
there was what her gynecologist told her the fall before. Her mother made the appointment to get Jenny on birth control -
saying it would reduce the discomfort of her periods
- and it included a physical examination. The young female doctor said, "I see you haven't needed birth control yet." Jenny had shaken her head no. The doctor went on to tell her that her hymen was "unusually intact" and while that certainly wasn't a problem, and "not to worry," she should expect, "a fair amount of blood," with her first intercourse. She said it in a way that conveyed she understood such things sometimes happen in inconvenient places, like cars, where it could be difficult to conceal the bleeding.
That's all I need
. Jenny thought now.
A drunk and a story that would be told over and over.
When her friends insisted on their plan, Jenny pretended to give in. She said she was going for a run first, but would get home in time to shower and be ready. They knew it was a lie but felt like they'd tried.
At least the part about going for a run was true,
she thought as she drove her VW Beetle along a twisting gravel road. She loved running on forest trails and that day she was going to her favorite. Known as the
Molly's Hole Trail
to generations of teenagers, it was labelled
Little Wolf Overlook Trail
on Forest Service maps. The trail to the overlook was a mile and a half long and near its end there was an unmarked spur trail that went off to the side another quarter mile to
Molly's Hole.
The Hole
was a deep pool in the headwaters of the Embarrass River. One story said it was called
Molly's Hole
because a girl named Molly lost her virginity there and then drowned skinny-dipping when she got sucked into the whirlpool at the downstream end of the hole. The scintillation of that story might be why generations had used
The Hole
as their favorite skinny dipping place. Or maybe it was the word play of calling the Embarrass River the Bare Ass River. But likely
The Hole
became the place to skinny dip because it was perfect for it. Fifteen miles down a gravel road and then a hike of two more miles assured privacy, with smooth rocks to sun on, a small waterfall where a feeder creek entered from the slope above and even a tiny sand beach alongside the waterfall.
Jenny was going there because she loved running the trail. And because she loved swimming naked and sunbathing on the smooth rock when no one was around. And probably because of the way she felt when she thought about Molly's story whenever she skinny dipped there -
just like Molly
? Even before she got to the small trailhead parking lot, Jenny was aroused. She was thinking about stripping in the open air. And swimming. And masturbating while she reclined on sun warmed rock, so deep in the woods she could scream her orgasm if she wanted.