Sweet Saturday Sample - Feb 25

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We all have memories of our high school and college years, and our friend June from I.O.U. Sex is no exception. Getting reacquainted with her former steady Denny after so many years apart has triggered memories from June’s past. She had moved to Berkeley to attend the University of California, to take advantage of a scholarship and to get away from her controlling mother. Unfortunately, that meant leaving her first love behind too.

In October, Denny drove all the way from Dallas just to see her. She signed out of the dorm for the night and met him on the steps. He took her hand and led her to his car, parked a block away.

“God, I’ve missed you, June Bug.” Denny leaned against the car and pulled June close, wrapping his arms around her as they kissed. 

“I’ve missed you too, Den.” 

They stood quietly for a while, talking and kissing, enjoying the familiar warmth of each other’s bodies.

Denny bent his head and whispered in June’s ear. “Do you want to go somewhere so we can be alone?”

June’s heart raced at the thought of spending the night with Denny. It felt so good to be with him—she’d missed him so—but she wasn’t sure she was ready for the next step. The good girl image in her mind fought with her desire.

“Yes, but would you mind if we found a place to eat first? I’m starving. There’s an Italian cafe nearby.” Somehow eating dinner seemed like a much safer and saner alternative just then.

Denny stared into June’s eyes. “I’m hungry, too . . . for you . . . but Italian sounds okay.”

The yearning in Denny’s eyes made her shiver.

After dinner, June agreed to spend the night with Denny at a local motel.

When Denny went inside the motel office to register, June waited in the darkened car, alone with her thoughts. Without him by her side, doubts and fears flashed through June’s mind as quickly as the blinking neon vacancy sign outside the car window. She thought of the other college co-eds who had surely been to this motel before her—maybe even girls from her dorm—and wondered whether they’d shared her misgivings. In late night confessionals, some of her dorm-mates had laughed at her naïveté, calling her old fashioned, amused by her good-girl ways. They shocked her with their drinking, cussing, and smoking, and their open attitudes towards sex left her wondering if she was the only virgin left in California. Though she’d moved to the most liberal college in America, she’d brought her Texas values with her.

June pushed back her worries. She told herself she was not like those other girls. If she and Denny made love, it wouldn’t be casual sex. She was with the man she loved—the man who loved her. That made all the difference.

We will leave out exactly what happened due to the PG 13 rating on this “Sweet” post and instead give you a glimpse of June’s thoughts afterward.

           

Just before daybreak, June awoke, showered, and dressed. She sat in a chair by the door, watching Denny sleep, her mind on the night before. Yes, their night together had been wonderful, but the thought of how close they’d come to having intercourse terrified her. She couldn’t let that happen again. The next time they might not be able to stop. And then what? What if she got pregnant? What if they had to get married? She’d have to give up school and move back to Dallas. And her dreams of a career would be over. 

            She shuddered and shook her head.

            I can't let this happen again. I just can't. The stakes are too high.

If you think you know what happened, perhaps you are correct. But then again, life is sometimes not as it seems. Is it?



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