Rites of passage are funny things; by definition, almost everyone has them.
And they're trivial - your first relationship, your first breakup, the first time you take a bold fashion risk which really doesn't pay off. But they're yours, and as such they feel unique. Like you're feeling something that's never been felt before, discovering a part of life hitherto uncharted. Entering a bold new world, similar to but fundamentally different from the one you lived in before.
That's how it feels to receive your first blowjob.
And so it is Andi Ingram occupies a unique part of my memory from which she'll never be usurped.
She was cute - mixed-race Latina, with big brown eyes, straight jet-black hair, and full lips which emphasised her huge smile. Curvy, with full breasts she didn't show off but didn't need to. She seemed nice, but we'd never really bonded - the first night we met, she'd hooked up with Danny and our interactions since then had been confined to brief conversations at parties, and certainly nothing flirtatious.
Andi and I found ourselves deep in conversation sharing what common sense dictated ought to be the last joint of the nigh. She and Danny were formally over and rather than mope, she was taking the opportunity to enjoy the party rather than being Danny's shadow.
And she was hilarious! I was almost annoyed that she'd spent a year letting Danny - a good guy, but not the most interesting person in any room containing at least one other human - take the spotlight. As conversations and parties do, things reached their conclusion and we moved on, talking to other people, slowly watching the party fizzle out.
Despite being a large house, Danny's place only had two bedrooms - both occupied -so the living room and kitchen had become human obstacle courses. I was far too high to drive so I headed out to grab my sleeping bag. When I returned, the party was officially over - I was the only vertical person in the house. I stood in the living room, looking for something - anything - to fall asleep on, when I heard a whisper.