Author's Note:
My third Braceface story! Trying to give this extremely neglected section some love. But I want to give a huge thank you to anyone who has stuck around and read my stories! This is gonna be my first one with chapters, so be nice! I'll warn you that this one is gonna be sad, but I am planning a happy ending. Involves a character death.
Disclaimer: I do not own Braceface and am making no money writing this story. No need to sue.
Sharon Spitz watched as her boyfriend, Alden Jones, put her suitcase and bags into the trunk of his car and closed it. She felt like she had a million butterflies fluttering around in her stomach and felt weak in the knees. This was gonna be her first overnight trip with Alden. With just the 2 of them, that is. Of course, she had to tell her mother, Helen, that Alden's older sisters, Violet and Daisy, were going to be there. Otherwise, she never would've let Sharon go.
It was the last weekend before they had to go back to school for the year and they were going to Alden's family cottage in Northern Canada. Alden organized this whole thing as a late 2 year anniversary present to Sharon, who he knew desperately wanted some alone time with him. It felt like they were surrounded by either friends or family all the time. And while Sharon loved them all dearly, she really wanted to have Alden all to herself sometimes. Just the 2 of them. She was a sucker for romance. And she always thought cottages were so romantic!
Alden put an arm around Sharon. "Are you ready to go, babe?"
She kissed him and smiled "Ready."
They both got into the car, buckled up and Alden started driving. She was so lucky to have a boyfriend who had his own car! His parents had given it to him for his 16th birthday. Sharon's parents weren't as generous though. She had to borrow her mom's car when she needed to drive somewhere and was told that if she wanted her own, she would have to earn the money for it. Just like her older brother, Adam, did. She was planning on getting a job when the school year started. This summer, she didn't want to sacrifice one moment of freedom! It was the last one before she graduated high school, after all.
As Alden was driving and putting on some Green Day, Sharon could still feel her stomach doing cartwheels. She took a sip of water from her water bottle to try to calm her nerves. The reason why she was so nervous is because she knew exactly what all her friends were going to expect to happen this weekend. And maybe even Alden himself was expecting it despite telling her otherwise. Everyone was expecting them to consummate their relationship.
Despite the fact that they'd been together for 2 years now and were madly in love, she just didn't feel ready to take that step with him. They were the last 2 virgins left in their circle of friends. In spite of the fact that they were technically together the longest if you counted the first run of their relationship in junior high.
Connor and Alyson were the first ones to lose it. On their 1 year anniversary back in the 10th grade. Alyson gushed all about how wonderful and romantic it was to Sharon and Maria the next day. It really was no surprise considering Connor was the romantic type.
Maria and Brock were next. For them, it happened at the beginning of this summer. When they had their own little getaway to Brock's parents' lake house. This one was right across from Camp Kookalah, where Sharon and Maria used to attend camp every summer up until the year they did Enviro-Camp instead. Now they just decided to spend the rest of their summer breaks in Elkford to be with their friends before everyone would possibly be going their separate ways.
Of course, everything already felt like it was changing. And so fast too. Maria now constantly talked about how sex was her new favorite "sport". Sharon couldn't believe it. Her tomboy best friend had turned to mush over something like sex.
Sharon started thinking. Alden was ready. He had been for a while now. But he respected that Sharon wasn't. He was willing to wait until she was. Alden was such a sweet guy and she was glad that he never pressured her. She did compromise a little by going to 2nd base with him, but that was the furthest they'd gone. And she wouldn't even take her shirt off for that. She had now grown to a 34B, but she was still very insecure about her breasts. She was constantly comparing herself to other girls her age who had bigger boobs.
Was this the reason she wasn't ready for sex yet? Because she was insecure about what Alden would think of her body? Or perhaps she was scared of getting hurt. Though there should be no reason for her to be. She trusted Alden with her life and he had been nothing but faithful to her throughout their relationship. And even though he was the one who broke up with her initially, he was also the one who asked her to take him back. He said himself that dumping her wasn't one of his better decisions. And he's treated her like gold ever since. Suddenly, she was having trouble coming up with any good reason to continue waiting.
"You ok, Sharon?" Alden asked, jolting her out of her thoughts.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah. I'm fine. Why?"
"You just seem distracted. You haven't said a word since we got in the car."
"I was just thinking."
"Remember what I told you." He said as he turned left at the intersection. "Nothing has to happen this weekend. We're doing this to spend some time alone together. That's all. We're not gonna do anything you're not ready for. We'll even sleep in separate beds. In separate rooms."
"Oh, well we don't have to... sleep in different rooms. I mean, the rooms do have 2 beds, right?"
"Sure, I guess we can share a room. As long as you're ok with that."
"It's fine."
When they finally arrived at the cottage, they unloaded the car and put their luggage into the room they decided they were going to sleep in tonight.
"This is gonna be fun." Sharon thought. "It'll be just like living in a college dorm with a roommate. In a co-ed dorm, that is."
She walked over to the full-length mirror and took a look at herself. She hadn't changed all that much since the day she and Alden got back together. She was a little bit taller and now had boobs, even if they weren't as big as the pump-up bra made them look. But she would never make the mistake of wearing one of those again! Not after the disastrous results the last time brought.
Her hair had grown past her waist and she now wore her bangs straight across her forehead. She had given up her signature hair clip at the beginning of 11th grade last year in favor of this more mature style. She had also been free of her braces (and all their negative side effects) since the beginning of 10th grade.
Her current outfit consisted of a baby blue three-quarter sleeved button down crop top and blue denim shorts. She wore black sequined flip flops that showed off her red pedicured toes.
Alden very quietly walked up behind Sharon and put his arms around her waist. This startled the blonde teen and caused her to yelp. Alden laughed in response.
"Don't sneak up on me like that!" She cried, playfully smacking his arm.
Alden wrapped his arms tighter around her waist and gave her a peck on the cheek. Then took a look at both of them in the full-length mirror.
"You're so beautiful. You need to stop being so down on yourself."
Sharon turned around and kissed him on the lips. "I love you." She said as she smiled at him.
"I love you too." He smiled back.
They both ate a salad that Sharon had made for lunch. Later, they went swimming in the lake and canoeing. Sharon had put on a hot pink bikini that her friend, Alyson Malitski, had advised her to get. At first, she was feeling self conscious about the way she looked in it. But the way Alden was staring at her once he saw her erased all that.
"Wow!" He exclaimed. "You look incredible!"
"Thanks..." She replied, blushing slightly.
They also made out on the docks. Alden ran his hands all over her body. Her bare legs, arms, back and stomach. She had to admit, it felt REALLY good to have him touch her like that. It did make her wonder what having sex with him would be like. It must be pretty amazing if people are so obsessed with it, right? And they were on a weekend getaway in a highly romantic cottage. So it would be a momentous occasion. Maybe she was finally ready to lose her virginity.
She and Alden both made spaghetti and tomato sauce for dinner together. Cooking was another common skill they shared besides writing songs. Sharon learned it from her father, Richard Spitz, and Alden picked it up helping out in his parents' restaurant, Pick-a-Pita. They had fun cooking together while talking, laughing and even getting into a little food fight by throwing tomato sauce at each other.
Alden set up the atmosphere of the dining room they were eating in perfectly. He dimmed down the lights and lit a candle on the table. While they enjoyed their candlelit dinner, Alden pulled out a surprise from under the table.
"I found some wine in one of the cabinets. Of course, we don't have to drink if you don't want to. Totally your decision."
Sharon thought about it. She was pretty sure she wanted to go all the way with Alden tonight. But she was still so nervous. Maybe some wine would help her relax a little bit.
"I think some wine might be nice right now." She replied.
Alden poured them both glasses of wine. As they ate and drank, they discussed a song they were writing together for Alden's band, Mangled Metal, which Sharon happened to be assistant manager for.
After dinner, they went into the bedroom they were sharing and went over to their separate beds. They were both feeling a little tipsy from the wine. As Sharon went over to lie down in her bed, she thought about how much she wanted Alden next to her right now.
"If you want to come over to my bed, we can make out some more. And maybe cuddle for a bit."
"Sure." He said as walked over to Sharon's bed. He climbed on top of her and kissed her on the lips. He started planting kisses down her neck. Then he undid the top 2 buttons of her shirt and felt her breasts underneath her bra. That felt so good!
"If you want to see them... well... I'm ok with that."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
He unbuttoned the rest her shirt, revealing her pink bra with tiny black polka dots. He gently pulled her shirt off her arms and laid it down on the bed. As he reached to unhook her bra, she lifted her back up to help him out. She braced herself as he pulled her bra off.
"This is it." She thought to herself. "He's going to see them..."
Once Sharon's bra was off, Alden dropped it to the floor and stared at her bare chest. She was feeling super self conscious. She instinctively wanted to cover her breasts with her hands. Until she saw the way he was looking at them. It was a look of adoration. The same look he gave her when he told her he loved her or that she was beautiful. Suddenly, all her insecurities about her chest size disappeared.
He spent some time squeezing and caressing them. This really did feel amazing! Alden pulled back though.
"I think we should stop now. This is making me want to go further with you."
"What if I want you to go further with me?"
"Do you?"
"Yeah. I'm ready now!"
"Sharon, is this the wine talking? I don't want to take advantage of you..."
"It's not the wine. I've been drunk before and I don't feel that way at all right now. I was thinking about it on the drive over here and on the docks. I really can't think of any good reasons to wait anymore. And you're the perfect boyfriend. You always have been. So I want to lose my virginity with you. Tonight. As long as you still want to, that is."
"I do." He said as he unbuttoned her shorts...
Sex scene and some other details have been omitted from this version because I wanted to post this story under the T rating (and hopefully get it more views since it can be read without having to select the M filter) here. The full version is up on Archive Of Our Own, if you want to read it. Deleted material starts in the bedroom after dinner. It's not quite as explicit as my previous one-shots were though. It's also only this chapter which contains this type of scene. All future chapters will fit FFN's standards for T rated fanfics on all sites I post it on (good news for those of you who don't like reading lemons/smut).
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Please let me know what you thought in the reviews. I welcome all comments, suggestions, praise, criticism, etc. After all, I can't improve as a writer unless you tell me how! Chapter 2 is coming soon. Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates!