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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