Chapter 4 – Karen’s 18th Birthday Party.
For whatever reason, I still do not know why, Karen’s parents asked me if they could use my backyard for Karen’s 18th Birthday Party. They wanted to do something very different and the pool had just outlasted its novelty. I never imagined what it was going to look like until I came home the day before from an overseas trip! Let’s just say over the top with all the decorations, and games. The whole event was also going to be catered beautifully; all I had to do was to show up!
On the day of her Birthday, I was standing alone admiring the scene when the first knock on the door came my why. Sure enough it was the Birthday girl and her parents; arriving a bit early to do their final inspection. Her parents quickly moved past the door to the backyard, while Karen and I just stood still captivated by the moment.
Karen was more than beautiful. Her 5’2″ frame was boosted up to 5’5″ with sand wedge sandals. Her soft blue floral sundress fit tight to her waist and draped perfectly over her finely defined hips. The spaghetti straps ran over her shoulders and the lines created a demur v-line heading towards her more developed breasts than I ever remembered. She spun around to reveal the open back and giggled when she faced me again.
“I like it when I can make you speechless David!”
“Then enjoy the moment Karen.”
If you are a hopeless romantic like me, this is why you are reading stories like this. The silence that fell after our words together seemed like it was going to last forever. She was now 18; our hands reached out and we gently held each other’s hands while we silently confirmed to each other this is what we both wanted.
Our bodies were drawn in to each other in way that was purposeful, wanting, needing. When our arms reached around each other I felt her young body softly touching mine for the first time. As her breasts pressed against my chest, I certainly could feel they were free from the burden of a bra. Our eyes slowly closed as our lips pressed tightly.
My hands tenderly caressed the skin of her back as her hands wrapped around my neck and she pulled me in tighter and tighter with each kiss. This was our first kiss and we both had been dreaming of this moment for a long time. This kiss was one of pure love, not lust. Neither of us held back our tears. Our bodies pressed together, we wanted to feel everything about this kiss, and we did.
Her parents never came back to the front door while we enjoyed our first kiss, they instinctively stayed and enjoyed the beauty of the backyard. When we finally approached them, we were still trying to clean up our soft tears. They came to us and we enjoyed a brief group hug. That was the assurance I needed that I had their approval to finally allow our relationship to blossom into everything it could be.
As the party started; for the first time I got to see the entire posse dressed up like young adults, very pretty sundresses for the girls and the boys all worn nice shorts and polo shirts. I was duly impressed with them all. This party had an adult feel to it; they had all grown up together so I finally understood why Karen’s parents wanted something so totally different.
Once the party wound down, Karen’s parents were the last to leave. They bid us farewell and suddenly we were alone for the first time that day. During the party it became obvious to all we indeed intended to be a couple. We slowly walked through the house hand in hand and stopped at the wine bar to grab a soothing glass of Cabernet for each!
It was two years ago when we first sat by my fire pit and gazed silently into the flames. This time we choose to cuddle in one of my larger lounge chairs. As the darkness of the evening settled in, we quietly held each and caressed each other. Gentle kisses between sips of wine were shared. The silence was finally chased away when we broke from a deep kiss.
“I love you Karen, I’m still in a fog that this has come to be, but I want you to know this is exactly what I want.”
“I’m glad we waited all this time, I’m not a little girl anymore, I too know this is what I want.”
Our kisses and caresses got deeper as the warm evening air surrounded our bodies. Soon it was late, much later than either of us realized. We wanted more from each other, but most importantly we wanted each other, and more was going to have to wait until we were both ready.
Chapter 5 – Starting to Date.
The next few months were filled with happiness and joy as we began the dating ritual. At first, I had to remove myself from the bonds of dating a lady twenty years my junior. Karen never had a problem being my girlfriend. She enjoyed a silly laugh every time her friends asked her what it was like to be dating her father!
It was always fun to rekindle our Father/Daughter conversations, but now the boy talk was about us. Karen took great pleasure calling me Daddy when she really wanted something or just to get my attention. Those were fun moments filled with laughter and tender touches. But then our first real test came.
After three months of dating, I was scheduled to go overseas for a two-week business trip. Even knowing we were only a phone call or text away; it was just too soon for this to happen. While standing together at the curbside when Karen dropped me off at the Airport, we got busted for taking too long to say goodbye! The impatient little bastard in the car behind us would not lay off the horn. That only encouraged me to kiss Karen even deeper.
As Karen finally retreated to her car and drove away; the little bastard just had to snarl at me as he drove past.