The school I went to was a catholic girl's school. Don't navigate away; this isn't one of those 'convent girl gone bad' stories. This the true story of my first orgasm.
I was 18 years old, and hopelessly innocent. Of course, I thought I was street wise. I was one of those that gives it all the gob, tales of all the boys I'd kissed, flirting shamelessly with male teachers, and just general cocky behaviour. The truth was I was a total fucking virgin! I'd kissed one bloke, a waiter on holiday in Gran Canaria.
In my last year at the school, as part of my A level geography, we went on a field trip to Wales. It wasn't a big school so there were only about 5 of us plus the teacher that went. Monday to Friday in rainy Wales. To be honest, I didn't mind it- I enjoyed the time with my mates. My geography teacher was alright too. Mrs Weston. She was about, ooh, mid forties? She was the sort that didn't look stunning for her age or anything, but looked after herself, made the best of herself. She used to say some wildly inappropriate things now and then and shock us all. I can't explain it really, not in an overt way; there was just always an undertone to glean from her. She gave the impression that she and her husband were, how shall I put this? - Quite fulfilled! I was quite a developed young lady, and the number of times she'd scolded me for wearing a black bra that was clearly visible through my white blouse- the once she mockingly said she'd remove it herself if I wore it again! I enjoyed a bit of trouble though, and enjoyed the attention. God, if I had to teach me as I was then, I'd have hated me.
So anyway, there we all were in rainy Wales. We had a good laugh, and it was nice to be in a less formal environment as a class. I wasn't very happy with my home life at the time, so the little 'family' we became that week was really nice.
We were out all day every day hiking up hills and measuring river depths so even though my friend Anna and I were sharing a room, we were sleeping really well. Except for the Thursday night when Anna was poorly. After our dinner that night, she'd gone to lie down straight away instead of sitting round with us watching TV as normal, saying she had a headache. When we all went up for bed, she was crying, saying she felt so ill. Mrs Weston diagnosed that she thought it was a migraine and gave her a bit of a love, then told us to get some sleep. We settled down and had a brief chat, before I drifted off into a shallow sleep and reflective dreams.
I can't have been asleep that long before I was awoken again by Anna. She was really crying and wailing now, saying she'd never felt so ill. I felt really awkward, but I had to go and knock on Mrs Weston's bedroom door. It took her a few moments to answer although I couldn't fathom why. The room was tiny and it wasn't like she was the 'old' sort who would have taken time just to get up off the bed. Anyway, she answered, looking a bit tousled and flushed, but came to our room see Anna. After a bit of bustle, checking the consent forms that our parents had had to sign, she administered some paracetamol.
We settled down again, but I couldn't sleep because Anna kept whimpering as if she was still in pain. I asked her if I needed to get Mrs Weston again, and she replied with a faint 'Yes'. When I knocked Mrs Weston's door, she answered quicker this time. When I followed her into my room though, Anna was fast asleep.
"She must have just been drifting off", said Mrs Weston, feeling Anna's forehead, "Yeah, she'll be fine after a good sleep."
I was apologetic for disturbing her again but she said it didn't matter, and as I was about to climb into bed she said, "Come to my room for a bit. We can have a chat while Anna goes off properly."
I felt a little strange about the proposition, but couldn't really say no, so I ended up sat on her bed while she faced me on the dressing table stool, suddenly very aware that I had no knickers on under my nightie! I know that sounds CRAZY, but I was 18, a virgin, and an extremely insecure youth. All I could think was 'How the hell did I end up on my teacher's bed with no knickers on?' In my sheltered little existence that was as rude as it got!
Mrs Weston nattered away about what we'd been doing this week and how we must have all got some great ideas for our coursework etc... She poured me a tumbler of water and offered me some of the grapes that she had on the dressing table. I don't know how the conversation turned, but I found instead of nodding along about geography, I was now nodding along about what university she'd attended, and how she'd met her husband there. And then she just asked me, straight out, "Holly, are you a virgin?"
I had been peering down into my tumbler of water, but I now lifted my head and looked at her in surprise. I said nothing.
"Oh come on Holly, 'we're all girls together' as they say!"