Growing up in the countryside in Greece is not always an easy task, especially if it is in a small village outside Sparta and especially for girls. There, people know everything about everybody, and very rarely does something remain secret for long. That makes any physical contact between people who are not married close to unthinkable. Apart from that, teenage boys are not often lucky enough to meet and go out with someone of the opposite sex since parents, and quite often brothers, are strict with the upbringing of their children and are not comfortable to permit their girls to stay out much without supervision.
Growing to my mid teens in such circumstances, and having both my father and my three brothers to worry about, I soon wiped all thoughts of âgettingâ a boyfriend out of my mind and opted to spend more time with the young males of my family instead.
When the weather turned warm in the spring, and believe me in Sparta the weather can be very warm, and up to the first rainy days of September when school starts, we would spend most of our time outside, either helping our father with the farm chores or playing by the stream and in the fields. Since we were with each other a lot we had grown very close and we were always having a great time, me being part of the gang, often forgetting that I was a girl.
When the weather turned cold, and after we had all completed our school work, we would spend our time at home, or in one of the barns with the animals or the warehouses where our father kept seeds and farming equipment. Although we could not run and play football or hide and seek in the open air, we still managed to have a great time and strengthen our bond even further.
That autumn evening that changed our lives and relationship we were at the warehouse where our father stores weed for the livestock. We had all lain on the seed and were discussing our future and dreams for our lives. Like all teenagers growing in the sparsely populated towns of Greece, we were all dreaming the day we would leave the village to go study or work in the big city. My older brother, Yiannis named after my fatherâs father, was almost 21 then and had plans to study Agriculture in a college in Thessaloniki, Greeceâs second largest city. Yiannis had grown to be a very handsome young man, and since he was the one helping our father the most, he was very well built with strong muscles and a great tan. Thanos on the other hand was the scientist of the family, so spending much time behind books was quite frail and pale, though he had the most beautiful eyes I had seen, inherited from our grand father on my motherâs side. Thanos was 20 and the second child in my family and destined to leave the village to study in Athens. Nikos was the opposite of all the boys in the family, the young rebel who disregarded our parentsâ instructions and always went out to play football with his friends. Nikos was quite thin and of average height for his age. Nikos was strong and at 19 dreamt of becoming a football star. I am the third child of the family. At eighteen I was quite developed and my body had definitely change. Having spent most of my life outdoors I was quite fit and tanned after the hot summer days we spent splashing in the stream and playing in the fields. At the age of eighteen and being quite attached to my family I was rather torn as to what I wanted to do, fighting between living in the big city and experiencing the big life, and staying at home with my family.
We were fooling around joking and laughing about all matters, commenting on how we had grown and remembering our fun times together.
âRemember when we were 10 and we used to take our clothes off to swim in the river!â asked Nikos laughing.
âIt was the best summer I can rememberâ I replied.
âI wonder why never did than again,â asked Yiannis.
âWell, look at Sophiaâs body and how her tits have grown,â exclaimed Thanos, âDo you think she would undress to show them to you?â he added and they all laughed. All but me, who suddenly realized that I was not a part of the gang anymore, I was not considered to be one of them anymore and all because I had tits. I was devastated, my world was crumbling and I needed to save it.
âWhat are you talking about?â I called back.
âCome on sis,â Yianni said âface it, you have grown into a young woman now, you ARE changing, we âve all noticed!â
âA YOUNG WOMANâ I thought, what are they talking about. I froze, I was losing them.
âCome on guys, you know I would still do what we always did, no?â I did not know that back then, but I was falling freely and willingly in their trap.
âNo, you wouldnât sis,â Thanos said. He was obviously trying to save me, but to no avail, as I am too stubborn to back away.
âOK, OK, challenge me and I will prove here and now that I am still part of the gang.â I did not know what I was heading to.
âOh, letâs see now,â said Yiannis. âHow about we all undress here and now and all see how Sophia and we all have changed since the time we used to swim naked. âGood idea,â Nikos said. Thanos did not seem to be too happy about it but added âYeah, letâsâ