Authors note: Some of this story is true, some of it is purely a product of my imagination. I leave it to the reader to decide which is which. Details have been altered for the sake of anonymity.
The Gift
The Beginning:
Maria was born in Portland Oregon, the only child of Eastern European immigrants. There was a small but close-knit community in the city and clubs, social events and sports teams grew out of this community. One of the clubs focused on Archery and it was to this club that Maria was involved from the moment she was big enough to hold a bow.
She was good. Not Olympics good or anything close to that, but she was good enough to compete at club level in State and Regional competitions. This year, the competition everyone in her club had been excited about was being held in Los Angeles. Prior to this, for any competitions being held outside Portland, one or other of her parents would have been travelling with her. However, two days ago Maria had turned eighteen and so this time she was travelling just with her coach.
Olya, her coach, collected the young woman at her apartment. As always, her parents made a fuss of her as she got ready to leave. Despite the fact that she was an adult now, they still treated her as a child, possibly due to the fact that she was their only offspring.
"Don't worry, I'll be with her the entire time, I'll keep a close eye on her" Olya assured her parents. Her father took Olya's hand, shaking it as he wished them both good luck that weekend at the competition. Mother and father watched as Maria and her coach walked away. Closing the door to the apartment her mother remarked; "I still remember her as a little girl, when the bow was bigger than she was. So hard to believe she's considered an adult now."
Her husband agreed, his eyes still shining with affection, "She may be an adult, but her room is still full of dolls and to me she's still my sweet little girl."
The flight left on time, and they passed through security without a hitch, despite the bows and arrows that made up part of their luggage. Olya and Maria were soon seated in the back of a taxi taking them to their hotel. Maria rested her head on her coach's shoulder, an affectionate habit she'd been doing for years, knowing this woman since she was eight years old.
"Coach, thanks again for agreeing to accompany me. It means so much to me, my first out of state trip without my parents." She grinned then, a wide cheeky smile, adding. "Don't laugh but you're practically a second mom to me anyway."
Olya smiled affectionately and patted Maria her head. "I guess I should be glad you didn't try calling me 'Grandma' or something. Well, you know that to me you have always been like a daughter, but listen... for this weekend, let's cut out the 'Coach' label. You're eighteen, long past time you should be calling me Olya."
"Okay... Olya" Maria said trying it out.
They got checked in and shown up to the hotel room by early evening. The travelling hadn't really tired them out, but Olya still insisted on them both getting an early night as tomorrow would be a long day of competition. In a little while they will go to bed because tomorrow will be a long day.
Maria jumped into the shower, keen to get the travel stink off of her. She heard the door open, thinking nothing of it until the curtain was pulled back sharply. Surprised, she attempted to hide her breasts and crotch with her hands. Standing with the shower curtain still clutched in her hand was her coach. Naked.
"Coach, like... what the hell? What are you doing?"
"What did we agree? Cut out the coach stuff okay?"
"Fine. Whatever" Maria said. "Olya, can you get out of the bathroom? Give me some privacy?"
"Cool your jets. Don't go getting embarrassed. I'm just grabbing my razor" Olya explained, looking on the small shelf of the shower.
"Not embarrassed, I just..." Maria tailed off, clearly embarrassed.
"Don't mind me, just met me find this, I need to run the blade over my pussy, got to keep on top of that you know. Or, maybe you don't?" Maria blushed as Olya made a show of staring at the pubic triangle the eighteen year old was still trying to cover with her hand.
"You know what? You're eighteen now, never too early to start a bit of trimming and tidying... you can borrow my razor when I'm done" Olya declared, finally locating the errant razor blade, tugging the curtain back closed on a bewildered Maria...
Maria looked at her naked self in the mirror and especially at her completely shaved vagina. She still felt strange. Not about shaving her pussy bald, she actually loved how that looked. No, what had been strange, weird even, was letting her coach bend down between her legs and shave her. Maria waited in the bathroom, still feeling a little self-conscious, until finally she heard the creak of a mattress, Olya turning in to sleep. Turning off the light in the bathroom, Maria crept out quietly into the darkened room, slipping into her own bed.
"Night Maria, sweet dreams" Olya murmured in the darkness.
Being gifted:
The competition went really well. In her individual category, Maria placed fourth, her highest showing to date. In the club, group competition, Maria and her teammates came in third place, earning a beaming Maria a medal. Everyone was on a high, the young women buzzing from the results and planning celebrations on their return to Portland. The majority of the others were travelling back first thing in the morning, however Olya had booked an evening flight back, giving her and Maria another twenty-four hours in LA before returning home.
"Let's head back to the hotel first, get rid of the equipment, we can figure out a way to celebrate afterwards" Olya suggested, Maria agreeing.
Maria was packing her bow away, stowing her medal in the same case, when she heard Olya clearing her throat behind her. The young woman turned to find her coach holding a shiny rectangular cardboard box in her hands.
"For you, call it a late birthday gift or an early gift to mark your achievements today" Olya said passing the box to Maria.
Maria opened it up, eyes widening as she saw a set of sexy red lingerie utterly unlike the plain, functional underwear she owned.
"Wha... What's this?"
"I told you, your present" Olya said, obviously seeing nothing wrong with it.