Author's note: the following story is purely a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. The author wishes to express his gratitude to rozezwild for her editing to make this a better story.
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"Grandpa?"
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"Do you ever miss Grandma?"
The question came from my 19 year old granddaughter, my only companion since my wife of 44 years died year before last from the dreaded Big C. Connie - our condensed version of Constance Marie - had live with us for more than 18 of her years, since her parents had been killed under the wheels of a mammoth 42-wheeled gravel train semi after the driver had gone to sleep at the wheel. In fact we were all each other had remaining in this cold world.
"Yes, baby, I miss your grandmother every single day."
"I do too, Grandpa. I wish she was still with us."
"I know, baby, but at least she's no longer in pain. She suffered awfully bad those last few weeks."
"I know, Grandpa. It really makes me sad thinking about it. I try to remember how happy she was when we were gathering tulips from the garden that spring and the year before that when we took the vacation trip to the canyon. She was really happy then."
"You are right, honey. Those are the memories we want to keep of Grandma. That's what she would want us to remember. Those were good days."
"Do you think we'll ever have happy days like that again?"
"I would bet on it, sweetheart. Like I can just imagine how happy I'm going to be watching you walk across the stage and get your college diploma. I'm going to be so proud of you."
Connie flung herself across the room into my lap, her arms going around my neck. "Aw, Grandpa, you make me so happy. I feel so very lucky to have you. Thank you for everything."
She planted a kiss on my cheek, except that it was a little low and wound up right at the corner of my mouth. Suddenly I was embarrassed - not because of the kiss, but because of my reaction. No matter what I did, I could not keep myself from thinking about how sexy and curvy and lush and lovable my granddaughter had grow up to be. Even this old man began to get a hard-on, feeling her pretty round bottom pressing my family jewels.
It didn't seem to matter to Connie. She sat there for a long time, her arms around my shoulders and her face buried in the curve of my neck. I wondered if it was possible that she could not feel my throbbing hard-on poking her in the bottom.
Connie didn't say anything however. She just curled a little closer to my chest and sighed. I held her tightly, afraid to let her slip. I wanted to continue to be my little girl's hero, her soft place to fall. I have to admit though that it was not as easy to hold her these days as it had been to hold her grandmother when she had been nineteen.
I felt Connie's breathing change, first by the soft expulsion of each measured breathe against my neck, then I gradually became aware of the regular rise and fall of her breasts and I was reminded that my little Connie had grown into quite a woman. For most of the last year, she had been wearing 34C bras, an increase over the prior cup size. On her somewhat slender body, a C-cup made her look heavy and full on top.
Oh, man, what th' hell! There I go, getting another hard-on, poking my sweet Connie in the ass again!
Connie didn't stir. Her breathing remained regular and controlled. I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she hadn't noticed my faux pas. I certainly didn't want my granddaughter thinking that her grandpa was a dirty old man - even if I knew the truth.
She caught me totally off-guard then, when she quietly asked, "Grandpa, do you still like to fuck?"
I had never heard her use that word in my presence. I nearly dropped my false teeth ... except that I don't have false teeth. A thousand question flooded my mind in a rolling, tumbling jumble of information ... or lack thereof ... not the least of which was 'Is my baby girl still a virgin?' and 'Why would she want to know?'
Finally I ventured a soft reply, "Yes, Baby, I still like it. But I haven't tried it since your grandmother died."
"I thought so, Grandpa. Why don't you go out on any dates?"
"Oh, honey, I'm too old to date now."
Her left hand began rubbing my chest. "No, you're not, Grandpa. Lots of ladies would love to go on dates with you. And I'll bet most of them would have sex with you if you asked."
"But, sugar, wouldn't that be betraying Grandmother?"
"No, Grandpa, I don't think so. It's been long enough and I know Grandma would like for you to get on with your life."
I laughed. "What make you think she'd want that?"
"Because that's what she told me just before she died."
"She told you what?"
"She said, 'I want you to push Gene until he gets on with his life. I don't want him to keep moping around after I'm gone. Please make sure he gets out and has some fun.' I promised her, Grandpa."
"No, she didn't say that, did she?"
"Yes, she did. And she meant it too."
"That's so sweet. And just like her. But I can't do that."
"Why not, Grandpa?"
"Because I ... well, I just can't."
"Are you too bashful?"
"I ... no, I don't think so."
"Are you afraid of being rejected?"
"Well ... maybe."
"Oh, Grandpa! Women would be crazy about you. I know I would."
"No, honey! You don't mean that. I'm just an old man. I don't have anything to offer a woman anymore."
"Yes, you do, Grandpa. You're still a very sexy looking man."
I laughed. "No, sugar, you can't mean that."