"Sorry," I said, and released my tight grip on her."You never really liked me did you?" I asked."Whatever gives you that idea?" She asked with surpris...e."But it's so obvious!" I said with emphasis. "I used to say such a cheerful hello when I saw you in the office and you would always reply like I'm someone collecting for the homeless." That made her smile and she shook her head and with a movement of the hand swept her silky hair behind her shoulders.We chatted about things for a while and. ”“But a paddling? At eighteen? Isn’t that a bit too much? What did you do?”“Dad wanted me home by midnight. I got home after 2:30 A.M.”“He gave you a paddling for not being home at midnight? You’re kidding me. You’re an adult now.”“Yup, paddled my ass but good. Gave me eighteen whacks with the Board of Education.”“Eighteen. What the hell?” Erin chirped in a raised voice.“Yes, eighteen whacks. Made me take my skirt off too. Told me ‘My house, my rules.’ Mom agreed with him. Really. She pushed me down on the bed on my back and she crawled on top, peppering me with kisses. This was definitely going farther than either of us intended but nothing could stop our young love now.We began rubbing each other’s bare backs again and I made the first bold move of untying her bikini top, but when I finished and the strings fell to the sides, I stopped kissing and asked Kazuna, “Are you sure you want to do this?”She looked me in the eye almost amused and said confidently, “Yes, I…I. He said in my current state I needed to ride back there, so I flopped into the plastic lined trunk and felt myself fade off to sleep.I awakened to Henry opening the trunk and helping me out, guiding me around to the back of the house. As we got to the back porch he had me drop to my knees and turned on the water, spraying me down with the cold blast. When he was satisfied with the cleaning he turned it off, my body shivering from the sudden change in temperatures. He gave me a towel that I.