Just prior to leaving to join the military I ran into a girl I knew from another town. At the time I had just turned 20 and she was just on the legal side of 18. We had met working in a summercamp for kids and I had been smitten with her for a few years. Simply because she was already a beauty long before the age of consent and because her eyes glimmered with a passion yet to be set free. She was also one of the most intelligent young ladies I had ever met.
Upon securing a date with her I set out to win her heart rather quickly, only a month before I was to leave and I wanted this one waiting for me when I got my first leave to come home. She in turn had already developed a serious case of puppy love long before we ever dated so I had a little advantage. Although at the time I had no idea. Our first date was romantic and as sweet as can be and ever the gentleman I was reluctant to kiss her goodnight right away not wanting to scare her off or make her feel like I was after one thing. She finally on the way home told me to pull the car over because she had a question before we arrived back at her house, where her parents would surely be waiting at the door.
I pulled into a roadside area and turned towards her just as she leaned in for a kiss. Sparks, twinkles, bright bolts of fireworks lit up for me and I knew this was the girl. So upon further courtship through the month spending every free moment with her I could while she wasn't in school and I wasn't at work we grew closer. She was still a virgin and reluctant to "give it up" before she was married. Now being the great seducer I am, I wanted to break her resolve and make her mine. I set up the final date before I left, a catered dinner in a hotel room from one of our favorite places to eat and candles and a few movies playing on the television.