Heavy Downpour:

The warm air rushed around me. I couldn’t smell smoke anymore. My eyes slowly pulled opened. Cool blue met my face. I took a breath out. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Jim grinning at me. Again, I wanted to punch him for that. So annoying.

“Nice pool, huh?” he asked.

“Huh?” I asked back. He pointed out in the background. I followed the direction intently. Holy cow!  This wasn’t a pool! This was a lake! A freaking lake!

“Wow!” I gasped.

“Impressive, huh?” he asked. I nodded without a word to say. Jim chuckled at me. I glanced up at him to that infamous annoying grin of his. The next thing I knew, SPLASH! I fell right into the water.

“Cold!” I screamed. Your grandfather laughed at me. I frowned at him.

“Jerk!” I screamed. His laughter made me burn. He gave me a little shrug.

“Sorry dear,” he said. “Just had to do that.” I glared at him.

“Asshole!” I screamed. I reached forward and grabbed him by his left ankle. Your grandfather tried to shake me off.

“Hey now!” he yelled. “Let go! Let go!” I snickered at him. I pulled your grandfather into the pool. He looked at me as I laughed aloud. He shot a cold glare at me.

“You!” he exclaimed. I snickered as I looked at him.

“Serves you right,” I said. he still frowned.

“Not funny!”

“I thought it was!”

Jim stuck his tongue out at me. “Boooo!”

I smiled and splashed water in his face. He tried to wipe it from his eyes. I laughed as he did so. I splashed him again.

“Cut it out!” he yelled. I splashed him again.

“Stop!” Jim yelled. I splashed him again. This time, he caught on quick. He splashed me back in the face. I gasped for air.

“You’ll mess up my hair!” I yelled. Splash!

“Who’s fault is that?” Jim asked. Splash!

“You pushed me in!” Splash!

“But you pulled me in too!” Splash!

“That’s because you pushed me!” Splash! This battle went on for ten minutes or so. I didn’t really keep track. We both sat in the pool panting and laughing afterwards. I looked up at your grandfather smiling.

“You’re bad,” I told him. He gave me that famous annoying grin of his.

“Am I?” he asked.

“Yes!” I said. The warm summer silence flooded over us for a moment. Your grandfather and I broke in laughter.

“Oh man,” I said. “If daddy could see me now.”

“Yeah,” he said. I sat there smiling to myself for a moment. Jim looked on at me.

“What is it?” he asked. I chuckled a bit at first. Then, I leaned in and kissed him on the lips. I felt him smile as he kissed back. I was quick to grab onto his strong arms. I didn’t think straight that night. I had just defied my father, so any direction was possible. I just had to grab the chance.

Your grandfather broke off the kiss. I looked up at him with big hopeful eyes. He gave me a little smile.

“Don’t you want to get out of the water first?” he asked.

“I don’t want to go back inside,” I said.

“We don’t have to.”

“But where would we go?”

Your grandfather winked at me. “Follow me.” Then, he took my hand and dragged me out of the pool.

I’m sorry to say this, Frida. I know you don’t want to hear about your grandfather and I doing it. But, it has to come out. I have to say this. So bear with me here.

Jim rook me over to a shed in the backyard. I nodded a bit.

“Okay,” I said. “This a start.”

“Allow me,” he said. Then, he pushed open the door. In that instance, I felt my heart pounding.

“We can turn back if you like,” I heard him say. I looked up, confused.

“Huh?” I asked. Your grandfather gave me a serious face.

“I’m saying you don’t have to…” he spoke. I quickly shook my head.

“No, no, no,” I said. “I want this!” He blinked at me.

“You sure?” I asked.

“Yes!” I declared. “Take me! I am yours!” Your grandfather gave me a cute little smile.

“Okay then,” he said. “As you wish.” Jim took me into the shed. I drew the door closed behind us.

The streetlights from the high windows were are only source of light. We wandered over to the back wall. I sat on a stack of crates of tomatoes. Jim gave me a little smile.

“Oh,” he said in a cheeky way. “What is this?” I smirked and licked my lips at him.

“Come on,” I said. “Come on and take me!” I reached under my skirt and rolled down my white and flowered panties. I tossed them onto the ground. Your grandfather looked at me with big, silent eyes. I spread my legs for him. Jim raced over to me and kissed me on the lips. I threw my arms around his neck. He pushed his tongue into my mouth.

What? What’s with that look on your face? You’re almost fifteen now. You should know a thing or two about sex for your age.

I sighed and shook my head at my squirming grandchild.

What are they teaching you in school these days? Fine, fine. I’ll spare you this time. I’ll give you the basic details of that night.

Your grandfather made me a real woman that night. Yes, he took my virginity as you can guess. Our clothes littered the whole floor. By that time, all common sense left my being. I just rode this wild path wherever it went. I don’t know why I did. Maybe I wanted to be a true bad girl. Maybe this was the real me. Or maybe I just wanted to piss daddy off from earlier. Either way, I enjoyed the hell out of it. We spent the rest of that night in that shed.

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