This is the second chapter in the Empowered series. I hope you all enjoy it and give me your valuable opinions and comments. Also all the votes are appreciated.
I thank hydratez and Natalie for helping me with the editing of this chapter.
All characters in this story are above 18. All rights reserved.
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Nick came out of his shower. A few drops of water still dribbling down his blonde hair, flowing on his lean muscular body. He stood in front of the full length mirror in his room, staring at himself. Years of martial arts training, relentless hard work, had made his body very well defined. He had certainly come a long way from being the scrawny nerd with a cute face.
He vividly remembered the incident from school days, when Carl was harassing April. Never before he had been so angry. He instantly came at her aid but was beaten badly, being a weak kid. He was deeply embarrassed at his own feebleness, but it only motivated him to take martial arts lessons.
Never again was he going to fail at protecting an innocent, he made a pact with his soul. Since then he had only grown stronger and stronger, now considered most ferocious fighter among all his peers, due to his unnatural agility. His master had always taught him to use his great skills with greater responsibility. Nick had made it a point to always follow his master's path.
The teasing sensation of the cool water-drop, rolling down his bare midriff broke him out of his reverie. He watched the drop of water running down his sculpted abs to his navel. The one body part, he was absolutely proud of. He always wanted to flaunt, like Steve would do at times, but his shy nature proved too much to overcome. Babes lust over killer abs, they said. Clearly they lied, he wouldn't remain a virgin otherwise.
'Damn! I need to lose my virginity' he thought. Nick had dated few girls from school but somehow they didn't stick around for long. All those girls had problems over his closeness with April.
Her beauty didn't help much either. At 5 ft 7" April stood slightly taller than an average girl. Her long hair flowed down her back in golden waves. Her angelic face was blessed with prominent cheekbones, a thin jaw. Every tiny movement of her bow shaped curvy lips and big beautiful blue eyes was mesmerizing. Nick loved how delicately she would tuck her curls behind her ear, whenever she left them loose. Her swan-like graceful neck blossomed into an amazing body. High swellings of her large bosom attracted lot of attention from the opposite sex, even though she almost always wore dresses and never showed much skin.
Nick wondered how she would look without her clothes. An image of a naked April flashed in his mind. Blood surged to his cock faster than speed of light. 'Whoa boy, hold that thought! That's your best friend you are lusting after,' he mentally chided himself.
He briefly glanced towards the clock on his wall. It was almost party time. He needed to get going soon. He quickly threw on a white t-shirt. But wearing a blue jeans proved much harder of a task than usual. Satisfied with his own appearance, he walked out of the room. He took in the empty house once. Luckily for him, his parents were on a business tour. Otherwise they would ask hundreds of questions before letting him out. He picked up his keys and locked the door.
As he stepped out of the house, a cool evening breeze went running against his tanned golden skin. The amazingly teasing sensation put him in a good mood.
Blowing a whistle, he started walking towards April's house. Being only a few houses down from his own, he reached there in no time.
He pressed the doorbell. A beautiful middle aged version of April welcomed him at the door.
"Hello Mrs. Connelly," he greeted April's mother.
"Hello Nick, you look great!" she complimented him with an approving look.
Nick blushed at the compliment from the older woman. "Thanks," he replied shyly. Eva Connelly grinned. She was aware of the juvenile crush that Nick harbored on her since childhood. She had a strong belief that Nick would turn into a real good man, the kind every mother wants for her daughter.
"So did you finally ask April on a date?" she teased him, enjoying his undisguised discomfort.
Nick turned a deeper shade of red.
"Mom! Stop teasing him," came April's voice from inside the house.
Eva laughed more at his expense. "Oh it's okay honey, I won't mind if he asked you on a date." It was April's turn to blush now. She knew her mother was just teasing, but still she couldn't control the warm feeling inside her.
"Alright kids, I'll leave you two alone for the time being. Have fun at the party," said Eva finally, having had her fun.
Nick finally released a sigh of relief. His relief was just momentary though. As Eva moved to go inside, out came her beautiful daughter. As Nick looked at her, his jaw dropped to the floor. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. April had decided to forgo her usual attire and was standing in a skin-hugging white t-shirt and blue jeans shorts. Those simple clothes looked scandalous on sweet, demure April.
Her large, round breasts looked impossibly huge in the tight t-shirt. They strained the fabric of the t-shirt to its elastic limit. It caused the hem of the t-shirt to stop just above her omphalos, baring the smooth pale skin of her flat stomach. Her slender waist flared nicely into curvy hips. While her shorts covered her privates sufficiently, they left her smooth toned legs unconcealed, for the visual benefit of every straight male. The innocent expression she wore on her face, completed her divinely sexy attire. 'She looks like a barbie,' he thought. 'Well Barbies' bosom never blossomed like this!' Suddenly his jeans were too restricting for his own comfort. His mouth went dry. Finding himself at loss for words, he blurted out a single word, "Wow!"
April smiled at him nervously. This was the exact effect her mom said she would have. April had her doubts, but probably her mother was right.
"Do I look okay?" April asked, searching for his verbal approval.
"No! You don't look okay," Nick said with a serious expression. She raised a shapely eyebrow at him in confusion. Tense creases appeared on her forehead.
"You look amazing!" Nick said quickly. "But I'm not sure if we can walk to Steve's house safely."
"Thank you," a visibly relaxed April chirped happily. "And I'm sure you'll protect me."
"Always," he replied in a firm tone. April marveled at the sincerity in his voice.
