Pulling into the long sweeping driveway of his Auntie Carla's large house, Ryan Thomson parked in his usual spot and immediately burst into tears. How he had managed to hold it together on the drive over after saying a final farewell to his long-term girlfriend Kirsty, he honestly had no idea. They were hopelessly in love with each other; and had been for so long it seemed as if they had always been together. But in reality, it had only been a couple of years. However, when you're 19 years old. 3 years of your life is quite significant. Or at least it had felt that way to Ryan and Kirsty. And yet four short weeks ago, they had been forced to accept the fact that their relationship was not going to be the "forever" they had imagined.
Every knuckle was white with strain as his large hands clung desperately to the steering wheel. He clung to the black leather as if it was an anchor to a world where he and Kirsty were still together and letting go would be the moment, he would have to accept they no longer existed as a couple. It was stupid. He knew it. They had already stopped being a couple the moment they shared their final farewell kiss before leaving with her parents for the airport. To begin their new life in Europe, over 6000km away.
Broad shoulders shook uncontrollably as the realisation that he would never kiss her beautiful soft lips, or ever embrace her lithe supple body again, swept over him. They had shared everything about themselves to one another and they had been each-others "first" too. Their first date, their first boyfriend/girlfriend, their first kiss, their first touch, their first love and finally; they had lost their virginity to one another too. And as tears streamed openly over Ryan's flushed cheeks, dripping wetly onto the soft material of his shorts. Ryan realised that they had now had shared their last of everything together. It was this thought that brought the memories of their final night together crashing through his brain. Bringing with them a powerful rush of such exceptional happiness and intense arousal that they broke through the palpable grief allowing him to smile and laugh weakly at how ridiculous he was being. They had shared a perfect couple of days together, staying in a fantastic hotel that their parents had paid for as a surprise farewell gift.
Behaving like a married couple on a naughty weekend away, they had genuinely had the time of their lives. Making such wonderful memories that they would both hold onto forever, it had been a perfect way to say goodbye. And that was the promise they had made to each other. "Whenever we get sad, lets promise to remember our weekend at the Grand." And they had begun then and there. Laughing through tears, they re-lived some of their favourite moments of their stay. Giggling and blushing at each others whispered stories, they had managed to part ways with undoubtedly heavy, but also happy hearts. And Ryan was determined to honour his promise.
White knuckles steadily regained their normal hue as blood rushed beneath the flesh as he slowly relaxed his desperate grip on the leather wheel. Then with a final long and steady breath, Ryan finally brought himself under control before grabbing his swim practice bag from the passenger seat and getting out the car to face the world head on... or at the very least he would do a damn hard set in the pool to try as a distraction from it.
Noting for the first time that Aunt Carla's SUV wasn't on the driveway, Ryan locked his car and flipped through his keys until he found the one his Aunt had given him when she'd moved in. Unlocking the door, he had expected the security alarm to be set as it usually was when she was out. But as he closed the door behind him, the warning beeps never came and a quick glance over at the alarm panel confirmed that it hadn't been armed. "She must have just nipped out for something." Ryan thought out loud to himself with a shrug as he made his way across the magnificent entrance way and into the large kitchen at the rear of the house.
Dumping his large bag down on the island worktop, he fished out an empty water bottle and filled it with the cold filtered water from the fridge as if he owned the place. Before casually retrieving his bag and heading out through the back door to the pool, just like he had done hundreds of times before.
His mom's younger sister had bought the place 5 years previously. It had been the only indulgence she had allowed herself after winning the lottery a few months before buying the property. It hadn't been one of those enormous jackpots that you sometimes heard about. But Ryan's mom had told him and his sister once that it had been enough for their auntie to never work again if she chose too. However, instead of giving up work completely, Carla had simply switched to part time hours at the law firm she worked at as a receptionist. While also giving some of her time as a volunteer for a local dog charity. She loved spending time with the dogs and walking the pets for those people that couldn't, she felt like she was doing her part to help.
During the summer a couple of years ago, Ryan remembered his twin sister Helen asking their Aunt why she still bothered with work? Announcing that if she won the lottery she would have bought a similar house and just lounged about with her friends, having parties and fucking for hours with anyone that took her fancy on that particular day. Obviously, it been a time when their mother hadn't been around, because she wouldn't have dared talk like that otherwise. However, Carla had always been more of a friend or sibling rather than a parental figure, so both she and Ryan were always completely open and honest with her, which was something that she both encouraged and reciprocated.
Answering Helen's question and somewhat slutty subsequent statement without any hesitation or thought of tempering her answer. "Why do I bother with work and volunteering? Well that's easy. I would get bored sat at home all day doing fuck all. I enjoy my job, especially now that there is absolutely no pressure on me to keep it, which might sound odd, but that's just the way it is. As for the volunteering, you know I love dogs but I enjoy traveling so much that I think it would be a bit selfish of me to leave a pet behind all the time. So, this is a good substitute, plus I get to help people." Even after 5 years, Ryan could still remember her beautiful face light up with a warm smile as she talked. Sparkling ice blue eyes danced over her niece and nephew's young faces as they listened. Nodding slightly, Ryan had completely got it, life could have been gotten pretty dull if she hadn't carried on with work and volunteering. Whereas, although Carla could accept what her Auntie was saying, she clearly wasn't convinced that she would feel the same.
Before Helen had the chance to give any further opinion, Carla immediately addressed Helen's other comment with a naughty tilt of her eyebrow. "And as for staying at home and fucking all day? I found that I could barely stand up the next day so I couldn't take the dogs for a walk..." Letting her words hang there for a moment, it had been Ryan who realised what she was suggesting first. With a little nervous laugh he felt his cheeks blush slightly before his sister's eyes widened with sudden realisation and her mouth fell open in shock.
It had been from that moment when both Ryan and his sister had begun to open up more to their Aunt. She had also made it a great deal easier for them as well by giving them both free reign of her house too. They were given keys and an open invitation to come along and use the pool, watch TV, eat her food or even just to get some space. Their mother initially had some reservations about it, but in the end had relented under the fierce pressure that only teenagers knew how to apply.
Ryan made the most of his Aunt's invitation of course. With use of the full size 25m pool in the back yard, it meant he could put in hours of extra practice when he felt he needed too. Or could miss out on normal practice if a particularly nasty assignment was pulling him away. Usually had always been under the watchful gaze of his girlfriend Kirsty as she completed her own homework while simultaneously topping up her tan and teasing her boyfriend in one of her tiny bikini's or revealing one piece. Then inevitably once they had both finished whatever work they needed too, they vanished into the pool house.
Sometimes they would just make out and play with each other until they exploded with pleasure. Or other times they would fuck or make love depending on how the mood took them on any particular day. It had been necessary on more than one occasion that his Aunt had needed to interrupt and remind them of the time before leaving them to it with a naughty little chuckle dancing on her lips.
But as Ryan stepped up to the pool on that day, he bowed his head in sadness as he realised that Kirsty would no longer watch him swim, or tease him with a finger sliding her swim suit bottoms aside revealing a shaved pussy. Or never again would they go into the pool house and collapse onto the huge bed that Carla had already replaced once because they had broken the previous one ... "For fuck sake Ryan! The Grand. Remember The Grand!" He admonished himself quickly and audibly as he felt himself slipping into deep lingering sadness once again.
"You both had a good time at the Grand then Ryan?" The familiar voice of his Aunt coming from right behind made him jump visibly, and had it not been for Carla's small soft hands he very well might have toppled into the pool. "Oops. Sorry sweetie, I didn't mean to startle you, I called out to you a moment ago but you mustn't have heard me." Ryan nodded and consciously tried to keep his eyes averted from her face, he hadn't heard anything. Not her calling out to him, or even walking up behind him. He had been in his own little world, remembering the great times he'd had with Kirsty in this very house. And for a horrible moment, he wondered if it would ever be the same? He loved coming to his Aunt's house, it was like a perfect sanctuary for him to swim, work and spend time with the people he loved.