There's no connection between the two events, but the semester that my parents found out that Rick and I were fucking is the same semester that I had to declare a major. I'd been aiming for finance, but the classes had a lot of statistics, and I'd found a real affinity for it. I convinced Mom and Dad that the extra semester would get me better job prospects. The down side is that I'd have to wait longer before Rick and I could live together.
The next year, Rick was a groomsman at a buddy's wedding, and I was his plus-one. It wasn't my first time drinking legally, but it was the first time I'd had champagne without someone questioning whether it was okay. I took advantage of the fact that I wasn't driving, but I managed to stay sober enough not to embarrass myself or him. After the reception, we went back to Rick's apartment for the night. He'd just hung up the jacket when he put his arms around me and kissed me. "You are so beautiful in that dress," he said.
"You just wanna get me out of it," I replied. In my mind, I was slurring my speech, but later I realized I was just pretending to be drunk.
"I do, but I'm not in a hurry," he whispered.
I looked him in the eye. "My God, you really do love me, don't you?"
"After two years, you oughta know that," he said.
Alcohol removes your inhibitions, so I couldn't help admitting, "I know you do. And I love you too. Not just the fucking, either. I loved you even before I knew what sex was or-"
"Or what?"
"Or what it leads to."
Rick was confused at first, but then he understood. "So when you said, 'before I knew what sex was,' you didn't mean where babies come from. You meant the physical acts."
I'd told him this before, but I needed to explain again. "I must have been six or seven when I knew I loved you. When I told people, they thought it was cute. When I told them I wanted to marry you one day, they thought it was adorable. It wasn't till I said I wanted us to have babies together that someone told me it wasn't allowed."
Rick remembered part of the story. "They made you feel ashamed, didn't they?"
I held back the tears. "It was Aunt Joyce. She told me what 'taboo' means and said I should never tell anyone else what I'd just told them." I paused for a moment. "And I remember now that she also gave me a 'bad touch' lecture. From her tone, she was probably trying to find out if you'd done anything to me. The fact that you don't have to register anywhere means that nothing came of that part of the conversation."
"Ironic, huh?" Rick asked.
I looked at him and laughed. "I said it more than once. I'm not sure about the time I said it in front of Aunt Joyce, but there was one occasion when I said specifically that we were gonna have four babies. I don't know why I remember that one detail." Then I looked at him in his rented tuxedo. "I've heard about women hooking up with groomsmen before. And you look pretty good in that suit, too."
"I've heard the same stories," he said with a smile. He put his arms around me and unzipped my dress.
"You game?" I asked. I put my hand over Rick's crotch.
"You can tell the answer to that," he said. I unbuckled his belt. Rick carefully unhooked his pants and unzipped them. I wasn't planning on wearing my dress again, but Rick didn't want to pay for repairs to the rental tux. He paused for a moment. "There's something about seeing you like this," he said.
"Drunk?"
"A fancy dress that's not in a misses' size. You don't look like you belong at the kids' table. You truly look like a young woman."
I was flattered but also disturbed. "So who'd you think you were screwing before?" I asked.
"Don't call it screwing," Rick said. "I've been making love to the same girl I've always loved. The difference is, now I know that you're an adult like me."
"Then make love to your woman," I said.
"Follow me and I will," Rick said. He led me to his bedroom and sat on the bed.
I sat on his lap and unbuttoned his vest. He responded by reaching around and unhooking my bra. Instead of immediately sucking my tits, he let me pull his vest off. "Is everything rented, or is the shirt your own?" I asked.