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Little Secret Leslie Dikes rarely got asked out even though she was one of the most beautiful girls that ever graduated from Great Falls Virginia High School. Perhaps men found her overwhelming beauty intimidating and she seemed inapproachable, or maybe it was because of her persona. She always appeared distant and uninterested even though she was just shy. The only guy she ever really talked too was little Johnny Kemp, who didn’t find her intimidating at all, in fact he understood Leslie, probably better than she understood herself. She shied away from men for the most part, except Johnny. He had been her friend since junior high and she confided in him. He was one of the few people who knew how Leslie learned about love. Leslie had an everlasting dark complexion that complemented her long black hair and the most precious emerald eyes of the deepest green ever known. The only girl in school who could compare to Leslie was Jamie Pereson, a blond girl with magnificent features and the prettiest smile. Leslie often found herself watching Jamie and felt in awe of her beauty. She admired how Jamie’s golden hair shined after she would rinse the shampoo out of it during their post-gym showers. Jamie was destined for greatness as far as Leslie was concerned although the two of them rarely exchanged words until one fateful night. The night of graduation brought rain to Great Falls
and the ceremonies were moved inside the auditorium with last minute
preparations. The stage was quickly decorated with pink and blue ribbons and
lights were posted in the front corners behind the opened curtains. The
graduating class was to stand in rows facing the auditorium and folding chairs
were positioned facing the stage for the people who came to watch their loved
ones graduate. Great Falls High was a large, wealthy school but the unexpected
rain made the lack of preparation for the graduation ceremony hideous. The far corners of the stage had
doors that lead to locker rooms. The boy’s locker room was on the east side
and the girls on the west. The seniors would dress for the big event in their
prospective locker rooms and enter the stage through the back doors. Most of the graduating class
showed up at 6:00 sharp full of anxiety and uncontrollable smiles, for they were
about to end their high school careers and enter the unknown world. Leslie and
Jamie coincidently showed up late, after the rest of the student had already
prepared for the night and taken their places on the stage. For the first time that either
could remember, they were alone in the locker room and their conversation
started off slowly. “What are you doing after graduation,” Jamie asked? “I
don’t know yet, what are you doing?” “I’m undecided,” Jamie said as
she disrobed, “but I’m feeling a little wild tonight.” “I could stand to
get a little wild tonight too,” said Leslie, “but I think I’ll just go
home when this shin dig gets finished.” As she spoke she couldn’t help
noticing how exceptionally wonderful Jamie looked that night. Jamie was standing about two feet away from Leslie and the smell of her expensive perfume lingered in the air. Leslie’s eyes became fixated on Jamie’s nearly nude figure and she quickly put herself in the same uncovered situation. Jamie’s could feel Leslie’s eyes on her and turned to observe what could have been mistaken for a reflection of herself. A feeling of awkwardness filled the locker room as the two girls stood in awe of each other’s beauty. A startling voice yelled, “Let’s get going girls!” It was Mrs. Jones, the home economics teacher and graduation coordinator. Jumping from the embarrassment of their positions, Leslie and Jamie quickly donned their gowns and took their places on stage among the rest of the class. The graduation ceremony proceeded slowly and both girls unknowingly to the other came close to giggling as the class valedictorian made his speech about entering the unknown world. After what seemed to be several hours, although it was only an hour and thirty-seven minutes, the graduation was over and all the hats flew high into the air, most of which hit the ceiling of the gymnasium. The parking lot was dark and empty by the time Leslie reached her car. The heal of her left shoe had broken off and she was soaking wet from the rain that continued to fall, and the water-filled potholes that stretched the distance of the lot. Her stockings were ruined and she was ready to cry as she wiggled her key into the car door and worked the lock. Distracted by the sound of wheels rolling across wet pavement, she turned and became instantly blinded by headlights. Her slightly frightened mind fell to ease when she realized that the source of the blinding lights was Jamie’s BMW. Jamie rolled down her window and asked, “are you headed home now Leslie?” “Yep” Leslie replied as she continued to work the lock of her car door. “My parents are away for the weekend and I have the whole place to myself,” Jamie exclaimed with an inviting grin, “and you’re soaking wet. You should jump in and come to my place for a little while. I have some JD.” Jamie’s house was immaculate; her parents were well off and made no attempt to hide the fact. There was a huge gate at the end of the long driveway and nobody could get close to the house without being let in deliberately. The girls were alone and Jamie gave a quick tour of the house that ended at her room. Everything inside the room was plush. The bed was made up of red satin sheets, a bedspread and a HI-FI stereo system that stood next to a chest of drawers in one corner of the room. “Help yourself to the JD,” Jamie said as she tuned in a local Rock-N-Roll station, which happened to be playing Love isn’t always on time. Leslie took a shot of the JD and sat on the edge of the bed. “I’m going to change,” whispered Jamie as she walked towards a closet near the opposite side of the room. Before she reached the halfway point of the room, her blouse fell to the floor revealing the bare skin of her back. She did an about-face and retraced her steps leaving her standing directly in front of her new friend. Reaching down, Jamie began to undo the buttons on Leslie’s shirt. Her attempts were met with no resistance as an intense and uneasy feeling of awkwardness filled the room and the soft sound of “TOTO” coming from the stereo speakers seemed to vanish. Leslie reached up and mimicked Jamie’s motions and the two girls soon rid themselves of the rest of their clothing. With a rolling motion they fell backwards onto the bed and began to explore an unknown world of passion. Seconds turned into minutes and minutes into hours. Leslie was delighted by the unfamiliar taste of another woman and the tender sensation of having Jamie’s gorgeous face nestled in no mans land. The experience surpassed all the fantasies she had formulated in the showers after gym class so many times before. Their passion lasted into the early hours of the morning and seized only as the fell asleep entangled around each other’s nudity. Upon awakening later the next day Jamie’s hands continued their exploration of Leslie’s sensuous curves, while Leslie planted passionate kisses on Jamie’s lips and random spots of her body. “Maybe we should get in the shower,” Jamie finally said, breaking the silence of the new day. Leslie agreed and followed her friend to the shower admiring the view as she walked. They took turns washing each other’s hair and soapy wet figures. When the girls had finished their shower, Leslie asked for a ride back to her car. During the ride back, Jamie said, “I’ve never done anything like this before.” Leslie was pleasantly surprised and expressed the same. Both girls agreed that the whole event would be their little secret. That was three years ago. Jamie went off to college and Leslie has a desk job in a nearby town; her nameplate now reads Mrs. Leslie Kemp. The girls get together from time to time when Jamie comes home for visits from college. They almost always repeat the events that took place on graduation night, and Johnny knows what they do in privacy. He never says anything about it though. After all, he always did understand Leslie better than she understood herself. |
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