"Clare" - Chapter 6:- Dating Karen - "The Frog and the Thistle” - Sex Stories

"Clare" - Chapter 6:- Dating Karen - "The Frog and the Thistle”

... nineteen-seventies. It had only been saved because it was such a popular drinking haunt.

Rachael, the large-chested owner, was behind the bar. She recognised me as soon as I walked in and asked where Alan was, as he hadn’t been in for a while. With Karen listening, her question gave me a nervous nudge as well as some relief, as it seemed that tonight I would not be running into my only significant ex-boyfriend.

I explained that we were no longer together and that I was now with someone else, knowing that every word I said would eventually get back to Alan.

Leaving Rachael and with our drinks in hand, we found a corner table. It was one that my ex and I had sat at many times. I knew it was a good place to talk, without being constantly hit on. It was also the first time I had a real chance to look at Karen, and I told her she looked lovely; she really did. Her ginger hair, blue eyes, and a little black dress contrasted nicely with her white shapely legs, which tantalisingly disappeared behind the table at which we were sitting.

There was something about Karen that attracted me, and that only added to my nervousness.

“Who is Alan?” Karen questioned. “I thought you have been with David for a while.”

It was a question I had been expecting. I took a deep breath and sipped my lime and soda. Then I started to explain about Alan, how I met him, our life together and that I broke up with him when I met David. Maybe I was economical with the truth. I didn’t ...

... mention our sex life, my cheating or anything else that had gone in my past before my ex. I wanted Karen to accept me for who I am today.

She seemed to sympathise with me and even smiled when I told her that he was married to his work, so there was never going to be a place for me.

“He was a fool,” Karen remarked when I had finished.

It was a comment that made me relax and open up a little more. As I began to realise that despite being a virgin, and never before having had a boyfriend or girlfriend, Karen wasn’t that innocent at all.

I explained what happened with Jaz, knowing that every word I spoke brought me closer to what Brenda had told me I needed to mention.

“So why did you break up with Jaz?” Karen somewhat innocently asked.

Everything I had told her about so far seemed to have not flustered her. She knew I had pastbaggage, though perhaps she didn’t need to know it ran to a trolley full. That thought made me nervously twiddle with my lime and soda. I knew I had to get everything out in the open tonight, especially Brenda.

For once, I was pleased I was not drinking alcohol. It was my mum's one request when I borrowed her car. I needed to keep a clear head and focus as I was beginning to realise how much Iwanted Karen to stay being my girlfriend.

“Karen, I need you to know I do find you very attractive. When I went into the shoe shop, I only did so because you were working there. I am pleased I got your telephone number and you have agreed to be my ...