All of the participants in this story are over the age of 18.
Prom Night
Like every little girl, daddy was my hero. When I was little, he picked me up when I fell over, literally, and as I got older his helping hand which aided my recovery was much more metaphorical, but even more necessary.
While I've always been his little girl, it seemed like an overnight change that I was one day that little girl, to the day I felt like a grown woman. I recollect him picking me up from my first day at school (mum had taken me) in my little skirt, with my knee high white socks and patent leather sandals. Suddenly, he was taking me for my sixth form Prom dress the day after my 18
th
birthday. This time I was seriously hung over, my feet ached from dancing in very high heels and I wasn't entirely sure whose cum had stained the dress I was still wearing when I woke up.
Mum and dad were divorced by then, and I mainly lived with my mum but spent a lot of time with my dad. This was mainly because he wasn't my mum but also (shockingly awful though it is to admit it), he was much more generous than she was. Spending money on his little girl made him happy (possibly because it eased his guilt over cheating on my mum and thus not being there all of the time), and I can't deny I exploited that.
So when I went shopping for my Prom dress, I made sure dad took me.
The choice was overwhelming. Every shade and hue was available, most of them with a metallic glint, and with hemlines of varying lengths, all the way from covering my feet with a train to barely covering my crotch, and every single dress ensured my boobs, which were not enormous but were youthfully pert, actually held up even better and looked even bigger.
First, I out showing him a sparkling blue dress, with a sweetheart neckline, a train and a thigh split.
'What do you think?' I asked, a mixture of giddy and slightly nauseated. I tried to disguise the second feeling.
Dad just glanced at me, pulled a face of lukewarm approval, replied 'It's lovely,' then looked away. I stomped slightly back to the changing room, wondering if bringing my dad and his apparent lack of interest was actually a better option than bringing my mum.
Next I showed him a quite obscenely short scarlet dress with a halter neck and my boobs pulled right up.
'Is this better? Worse?' I enquired, skipping out of the changing room.
He looked up from his phone again, shifted in his seat, pulled a puzzled face and said, 'Yeah, that's nice.'
Deflated, and a little frustrated, I went back and tried another dress. Ankle length, cobalt blue, spaghetti straps, criss cross back, with a split that ran all the way to (and slightly past) the very top of my thigh.
I felt amazing in it. When I walked out, I felt as if I was gliding and my nausea seemed to disappear.
'Well?' I asked, impatiently. He hadn't even looked up. 'Dad!'
'Oh, wow,' he said, 'that's lovely.'
I realised that was as much as I was going to get and decided that was approval. Dad looked back down to his phone and shifted again.
Dad paid for my dress and then I trailed my him around more shops for heels (which he bought), new knickers (as there was no way I could wear a bra with that dress), handbag and tiara. Dad bought them all with only minimal interest.
'Thank you so much,' I squealed as I hugged him, heading back to the car.
'You know you're welcome, Princess,' he answered with a wide smile and a voice that betrayed a sense of exasperation and relief and absolute warmth. I couldn't wait for Prom and I couldn't wait to wear the dress.
Summer was glorious. Exams got in the way but I was able to spend time in the sun once the main exams had passed. The last one or two were late in the cycle and required little focus, so I spent a lot of time in a variety of gardens in a bikini, making sure I had a tan for the night of the Prom.
When I sunbathed at my mum's I had to wear my bikini tops. She didn't want the neighbour (or his teenage son) getting over excited and thinking I was a loose woman. However, my dad's house had no one overlooking the garden and he never objected to me being topless. He was probably used to it from our holidays. Whenever he took me away I was topless as often as possible.
It was important that come Prom night I had a tan as all over as possible, and that meant my cleavage needed to get as much sun as possible.
Exams finished, friends started to drift off, but we knew we had Prom to look forward to. Most friends didn't go away before this. It felt like a rite of passage, a last hurrah before we all drifted off, potentially rarely to see each other again.
Emily, Evie and I planned to get ready at Lissy's house with her, after we had spent the day getting nails, hair done, and (for Evie and Lissy) their tans topped up.
We were at the salons from early in the morning, and then I was going home to get my dress before I drove over to Lissy's house. It was late afternoon when I got back to dad's house.
Unlocking the door, I walked in and called for dad. There was no reply.
'Dad,' I called, again, louder.
'Just a minute,' he called down from upstairs. 'I'm just out of the shower.'
Putting down my keys, I was about to wander upstairs to get my dress then head back out. Dad came down the stairs, seeming a little flustered.
'Shit, sorry Princess,' he said, hurriedly. I thought you were coming back later. I'm off out with Alan for a game of golf before I come over to see you off.'
He hugged me, briefly, and picked up his own keys.