I'd like to thank ngnx for his wonderful suggestions and editing. He makes my writing better and more fun for me to do.
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Melanie is an 18-year-old college student who has given her virginity to her father, a Navy SEAL. Melanie has a lot to learn about love and sex. Her dad is happy to teach her.
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1.
Saturday Morning
I don't know who's panting harderādad or me. It has become a competition. We share genes. We're both determined to win.
"Dad, you're wheezing." I tease him. "Do you want to slow down?"
"Actually, baby, you're sweating so hard you're a salt lick."
"You would know what I taste like."
He flashes me a naughty look out of the corner of his eye. "I would. Delicious."
I don't want to admit it, but I'm having a hard time keeping up. He might have twenty years on me, but he keeps in great shape from his training as a SEAL.
But I also hear him panting.
We've been at it for two hours. I'm getting tired. And hungry. And sore. "How about we slow down before our final push?"
He flicks a stream of sweat off his forehead. "You can't keep up with me?"
I love a good challenge. "Dad, you know I always come with you."
My innuendo catches him up short. He falters a step.
I take off like a rocket, pivoting my hips hard and fast. I narrow my vision to my goal. My breath accelerates with my pace. I'm so close, there is no way he can come first.
I hit the straightaway and kept my eyes on the prize. Seconds from my goal, I give it one last push. I'm jubilant as I hit my target. I slow down and enjoy the feeling of my muscles loosening, my body surrendering to the bliss of triumph.
Dad and I both love to win, and we are always thinking of ways to compete. Some of the ways are more fun than others. The ones that end with us sweaty, blissed out, and spent are the best.
Not far behind me, he puts his hand up to high-five me. "Great run, sport."
We stretch. It was a long run. We're both exhausted. And I'm cranky.
"High-five? 'Sport'? Dad, we're lovers, not teammates."
He lowers his voice. "Baby, not here. Not outside the house."
"We're in our own driveway."
"The neighbors could come out and hear."
I know I'm pouting, but I can't help myself. "I love you. I'm sick of having to hide that."
"Me too. We'll figure something out."
I cock my fist on my hip in frustration. "You keep saying that."
"Give me until I retire to figure something out?"
"Isn't that forever away?"
Dad smooths his palms down my arms, smoothing out my emotions. "A few months. We'll work it out."
He knows how to make me happy. "I'm done stretching. Let's go in the house so we can engage in private PDA."
He grins. "You got it, sport."
"Stop."
Since dad and I became lovers, I'm not the same Melanie. I'm a woman in love with her father, so grateful I was able to share the gift of my virginity with the man I love.
When we get in the house, he wraps his sweaty arms around me and buries his lips in my neck. "I wish we could do this anywhere."
He carries me to the sofa and sits with me straddling his lap. Inhaling my post-workout scent, he sighs like he's sniffing the finest perfume. "It's still early. What would you like to do today?"
Smiling and licking his salty neck, I grind my hips into his developing erection. "The same thing we do every day."
"We're going to save that for tonight."
"Tonight's great. But we don't have to wait for the sun to go down."
He sighs so hard it puffs out a lock of my hair. "Do you remember what we did last weekend?"
"No."
"We stayed in. What about the weekend before that?"
"I can't remember."
"We stayed in. How about before that?"
"I'm guessing we stayed in."
"That's right. Don't get me wrong, I could stay home every day and make love with you all day long."
"Me too. Perfect. Let's do it."
"Hang on. I think we should do something else. Since you're not from here, I'd like to show you some sights."
"Like your bedroom? And your bare chest?" I run a hand down to his pecs. "Those are nice sights."
"You're impossible."
"No, I'm in love."
"So am I. Which is why I insist on dragging you out. We're going to spend the day in a town called Temecula, then we'll have the whole night and all day tomorrow to make love."
"Butā"
"Stop pouting. Go get dressed."
2. Temecula
With traffic, it takes two hours to get to Temecula. As much as I wanted to stay home in bed all day, I appreciate the time to talk with dad without the distraction of pawing and mauling each other.
He wants to know how my classes are going.
"Astronomy 101 is kicking my buttāthe subject is tough and the teacher drones on and on. Plus I don't know what it has to do with nursing."
"Would you believe it might come in handy when you have kids?"
"You mean when we have kids."
He frowns. "I need a little time on that."
"Sorry to push it. You know how I feel. And I promise I'd still get my nursing degree after we have children."
"Baby, slow down."
"OK. But seriously, how is astronomy ever going to help me?"
"When you were little, you and I used to sit outside after your bedtime and look at the stars. I didn't know a lot about astronomy, but the little bit I did I loved sharing with you."
"I don't remember that."
"You were little. There's probably a lot you don't recall. But I do, and it meant a lot to me."
I turn to gaze at his profile. "Sometimes I wish I had grown up with you the whole time. But if you and mom hadn't divorced, then you and I wouldn't be together. And I wouldn't trade us for the world."