Due to several request for a continuation here it is. Hope you like it. Hollie
Happy Birthday, Stephanie : Sequel to The Job.
Ric was a little nervous about his date with Stephanie. He knew he would be taking her to dinner at a nice resturaunt in town, but didn't want it to be just dinner. He wanted to do something special for her. The drive to her house he thought and thought. He decided to find out what she likes to do for fun and go from there.
He pulled up in front of her house at 6 PM and just sat there for a few minutes gathering his thoughts.
Stephanie's mother stood at the front door watching the boy who was taking her youngest daughter out on her birthday. When she saw him get out of his big truck she gasped. This 'boy' was full grown. He was very handsome, in a exotic way. Dark skin, dark eyes, and his hair was so shiny it made her jealous. He was a little muscular, not overwhelmingly bulky. Stephanie had went on about how gorgeous he was and about how he got a job to buy a car just so he could take her out on her birthday. Stephanie had said it was romantic. He was dressed in a pair of faded jeans, a blue t-shirt with the Oreo Cookies logo on the front and a black button up shirt unbuttoned. He was a good looking boy.
"Good Evening, Mrs. Plum." Ric said as he approached the door."Is Stephanie here?"
"Yes, Ricardo. Please come inside. She will be down shortly." Mrs. Plum replied holding the door open for him to enter. "Please have a seat." She motioned toward the couch. Mr. Plum was watching TV in his recliner. He sat up after Ric took a seat.
"So, Ricardo, is it?" Mr. Plum asked. Ric just nodded. "What are your plans for tonight, son?"
"We are going to dinner at Rossini's. I'm going to ask her what she would like to do afterwards. Today is all about her."
"You kids have fun." Mr. Plum said turning back to his TV show.
Ric sighed in relief. Then he saw Stephanie come into the room. She was beautiful. She wore the same outfit she had tried on at Wal-Mart the day of their first kiss. Ric wanted to kiss her now, but restrained himself, her parents were still in the room.
They got into his truck and the headed toward the restaurant. He told her she looked beauitful. Her hair was down and he loved her wild curls. She told him he looked really handsome tonight. He smiled at her and held her hand while they drove.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Ric opened the door for her and helped her out of the Bronco. They walked hand in hand to their booth and sat side by side. They talked, ate and got to know each other a little better. Ric found out that a local band was playing at a club in Point Pleasant tonight and she wanted to see them, so thats what they would go do. When they were through with dinner around 7:30, they headed to Point Pleasant. It was 8:15 when they got there and the band didn't start until 9, so Ric got their tickets for the show and then they walked the boardwalk for a little while. It was a cool comfortable night, not too warm not really cold either. Ric bought her an ice cream cone, whats a birthday with out ice cream, he thought. He watched her eating her ice cream and started to get dirty thoughts. No, he told himself, not yet.
They started to head back toward the club, and Ric stopped Stephanie before they got to the door. He stroked his right hand down her left cheek and leaned in and kissed her. Just a soft kiss, no tongue just warm, moist lips. When the kiss ended, Stephanie leaned in for more making it a little more steamy. Tongues battling for territory, but full of passion.
They went inside and enjoyed the show. When they did a cover of the song 'More than Words' by Extreme, Ric and Stephanie danced close together. Stephanie was feeling something very strong in Ric. Something she thought she had felt once before, but this time was different. She had thought that Joe Morelli was in love with her several years ago when he laid her down on the bakery floor and relieved her of her virginity but, she was wrong. The jerk joined the Navy and left her, brokehearted. Ric hadn't even tried to get in her pants and she took that as a good sign. He was different. He was doing it right. They continued to dance and hold each other tight.
Around 10:30 the show was over and they left the club. They were walking along the boardwalk again, hand in hand.
"Let's walk on the beach." Stephanie suggested. So thats what they did. The walked along the shore in silence, listening to the sounds of the waves. They ended up walking to a dark secluded area of the beach, no houses, no lights, no other people, just them.
There was a large piece of drift wood close to the shoreline so they sat down. The stars were beautiful and there was a slight chill in the air. Ric pulled Stephanie over to straddle his lap, her jean skirt riding up exposing her black cotton panties. She put her arms around his neck, his hands on her hips and the kissed more. Ric's hands moved down and held her ass and pulled her closer to him. They broke their kiss and Ric's face was even with her breast. Stephanie was self conscious of her breast. Most girl's her age had big boobs, her piddly B cups didn't attract guys attetnion, but they had Ric's attention. He brought up one hand from her ass and placed it on her breast . She arched her back and he moved his hand to keep her from falling backwards. He thought she was a beautiful, kind, loving person and would love to be hers forever.
He kissed her neck and she quietly moaned. He smiled and kissed the same spot again and she moaned again. Her hands came from around his neck and pressed against his chest, pushing her self back to look into his eyes.
"Ric, I don't want to do this, not here." She was breathing heavy. Ric wanted to respect her wishes, so he stood her up and she fixed her skirt and top. The walked back to the boardwalk, holding hands, and talking about their plans after graduation.
"Where you planning on going to college, Ric?" She asked, carying her sandals in her hand as they walked.
"I'm not, I want to go into the Army." He told her. She stopped walking.
"What?" she asked sharply.
"I want to go into the Army. They will pay for my college, and its just what I want to do."
She threw herself into his arms,"I just found you and you are going to leave." She started crying.
"Babe.", he rubbed her back and then pulled her face to his,"I'll be back, I'll be back for you." Then he kissed her, slow and sweet. He loved to kiss her pouty lips and she tasted so sweet.
He lifted her up and carried her the rest of the way to his truck. Her head on his shoulder, her sobs slowly fading. He sat her in the truck and buckled her in. He felt his heart breaking, she didn't want him to go in the Army and she was crushed that he would be leaving. He told himself he was going to make the next 8 months special for them both. Homecoming, Christmas, New Years, Valentine's, Prom. They were going to make the best of it all.
Stephanie was asleep when they got back to her house. It was 1:30 AM, Ric didn't want to wake her up, so he got her key out of her pocket, picked her up and carried her to the door. He stuck the key in and turned the knob. The door opened and Mr. Plum was at the top of the stairs. Ric started up the stairs, Mr. Plum pointed him toward Stephanie's room. Mr. Plum followed him. Ric laid her on bed sat her shoes on the floor and placed her key on the nightstand. He kissed her softly on the lips, turn and nodded to Mr. Plum then headed back down stairs. Mr. Plum caught up to him and talked to him in a loud whisper.
"Thank you Ricardo, you are a good man. I will allow you to continue seeing my daughter, you care for her like I do. I can see it in your actions. Don't be a stranger."
"Thank you, sir. She does mean a lot to me, but I think I broke her heart telling her I was going into the Army after graduation. She was crushed."
"I take that back, Ricardo." Ric started to panic, he got in her father's good graces now he had pissed him off, "You are a great man Ricardo."
Ric let out the breath he was holding.
"Thank again, sir. I love your daughter very much and you'll be seeing a lot of me. I want to cherish every moment I spend with Stephanie before I go off to boot camp in June."
"Please call me Frank. Thank you Ricardo. Drive saftely, son."
Ric nodded and they shook hands. Ric headed home feeling good. He had his dream girl and her father approved of him.
Frank Plum looked in on his daughter sleeping, she had a smile on her face and held her pillow tight. He was really happy she had met a good boy like Ricardo.
He remembered how his wife's father reacted to him being Italian, he didn't like it one bit. So he refused to be prejudice toward Ricardo. He was a nice boy and he cared for Stephanie. He was sure that Ricardo would make something of himself one day.