Chapter 11: Life Goes On

When we got home things settled into a fairly constant routine. I don't mean to say it was boring. Far from it. Every day I spent with Kim was golden. Things went well for the next two years. One day I suggested to Kim that we have a little talk. She said "Now is as good a time as any. So what do you want to talk about?" I sat and thought for almost a full minute and then began "Kim, I have overheard some of the kids in school pondering the thought that you never go out on dates. I mean that at your age of 16 most girls, sorry, young ladies, go out with boys on dates to do fun things. Romance should be alive and well among your classmates. Social interaction is important to your character development." She replied "Dad, I get to do all the fun things I want with you. I don't need anything more."

I then said "Some day you may meet a boy you would like to marry and start a family with. You need to know how to relate to the opposite sex and the only way to get that is to interact with them more than just in classes in school." She then asked "Dad, are you saying that you don't want to be around me anymore?" I said "Oh gosh no that's not what I mean at all. I value our time together as something precious but you need to expand your horizons and delve into new relationships." She thought this over for a while and then said "Ok dad I'll give it a try. There are a few guys who have asked me out so I'll give some of them a chance to see if I can have a good time with them. No promises but I'll try." I answered "That's all I can ask."

Well her virtual dance card started to fill up and she was dating almost every Saturday night. Most of the guys she dated seemed to be ok nice guys. They even came close to almost being good enough for my little angel. This went along just fine until one Saturday night she came home early from her date at nine when her curfew was eleven. Normally we would sit on the couch after her dates and she would tell me how it went. That night though she just came in and went straight to her room and closed the door.

I was a little puzzled by what had just happened and figured something had gone wrong and wanted to talk with her about it. I went up and when I approached her door I thought I heard her softly sobbing. I knocked on the door and asked if I could come in. She answered "Sure, come on in dad?" I opened the door and came in sitting on the bed next to her. I saw tears running down her cheeks so I wiped them away and asked "Sweetheart what's wrong? Did you have trouble on your date?" She sobbed again and kind of stuttered "everything went wrong tonight." I asked did your date hurt you?" she replied "No he was a perfect gentleman which is why I went out with him. I really like him. I decided it was time for me to lose my virginity and he was the perfect guy to take it." I then asked "So what's the problem?" Still sobbing more she said "Everything was going fine. We were making out when I suggested we get in the back seat.

Before I climbed over the seat I took my panties off. Then I got in the back and spread my legs. He climbed over me and then is when it went terribly bad." I asked "Why, did it hurt too much? Was he too rough with you? Tell me what happened" She meekly said "No he didn't even put it in. I just clamped my legs together and asked him to take me home." I then said "Honey, that's nothing to cry about. It's perfectly all right for a girl to change her mind. Almost every girl has guy problems at some time or another." She answered "Dad, I didn't have guy problems. I had a Kim problem." I asked "What do you mean by Kim problems?" she said "I can't tell you." I lifted her face up and looked straight into her eyes and said "Kim, we have never had any secrets from each other so please don't start now."