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A Night Away for Rob and Jen
Date: 4/10/2017, Categories: Love Stories, Author: Nauticalguy
It was a beautiful day when I left the house that morning. We had celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary the week before. My parents were away and this was the first time Jen’s mother could find time to sit for the children, and then for only one night. Yes, a beautiful day for Jen and I to have a night to ourselves. The sky was blue. It would be warm in the sun but cool in the shade. We both left work at noon. I thought about Jen on the drive home. And how it all began so long ago. I think I’ve loved Jen Hanson all my life. We lived on the same street, just a few houses apart. Her parents knew my parents. We played together when we were little. We were within a few days of being exactly the same age. And of course we went through school together. But in time we grew too old to play together. She had girl friends and I had boy friends. It was like I didn’t exist for her anymore. But I never forgot her, even if at times she was just a vague presence in the back of my mind. I loved her from afar in middle school. She was turning into a woman and I of course was turning into a man. I thought about her all the time during adolescence. I fantasized about her when I masturbated. I masturbated a lot in those days, sometimes four or five times a day. I wish I had that kind of stamina now! It never occurred to me that she might be thinking of me while I was thinking of her. In high school I had much more confidence and even attracted the glances of a few girls. But she was ...
... the girl I dreamed of. In spite of her friendliness I still thought she was beyond those dreams. I wish I could explain why she was so attractive. It’s not that she was the prettiest girl in school, she wasn’t. She wasn’t the most popular either. The boys still buzzed around her nevertheless, there was something about her. She was of average height and on the thin side. Her hair was nearly blond as she still insists it is. She didn’t have large breasts. That was important to boys at that age. I thought her figure was just right. She had startling blue eyes that even the glasses that were too big for her couldn't hide. But what absolutely captivated me, was her quick mind. She always seemed to be ahead of me. And her sense of humor, her sardonic and sometimes sarcastic personality. There was depth in Jen that the other girls seemed to lack. She had her own mind and wasn’t influenced much by what anybody else thought. She didn’t care about the latest heart throb or the latest fashion. She was an adventurous person, just as I was an adventurous person. That surprised me when things began between us. Her adventurous nature was hidden from everybody. Even from me. I remember waiting for her each morning for the high school bus. She always greeted me with a smile that turned me to jelly and tried to strike up a conversation. I now know she was trying to draw me out. But I was so shy I never could find much to say. We were friendly enough but that’s all. And I wanted to be more than ...