Bill’s Senior Prom

“Baby, I’m Yours”

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The weeks passed quickly, and it would soon be time for Bill’s graduation. Unlike the year before, when Julie had graduated, and Julie and Bill had almost split up afterwards, this year Julie and Bill knew each other so much better. After spring vacation, just one year after their romantic walk on Rainbow Pier in Beach City, they had seen each other nearly every weekend, even if it had to be a quick trip home for Julie on just Saturday night.

Julie and Bill spent every moment together when Julie was home from college. Sandra and Bob were away at Pacific Christian College, and Kurt and Peter and Darlene seemed to always be busy doing other things. Bill was really glad that Allen Macintosh was away at San Margo Academy. Julie never even mentioned his name any more.

Of course, the highlight of Bill’s senior year was taking Julie to his senior prom. Now he could really show her off! He stood more than a foot above her in height, his 6’4” frame towering over her petite 5’2” frame. She looked so pretty in her baby pink ballerina-length spaghetti-strap prom dress, Bill thought. And they danced well together, despite their difference in height.

It was after midnight when a tired but happy couple climbed into Bill’s old ‘57 Chevy and drove out of the Riverdale High parking lot. But Bill did not head toward Julie’s house.

“Where are we going?” she asked him.

Bill grinned. “You’ll see,” was all he would say.

Julie looked around and soon recognized that they were on their way up to Riverdale Bowl. They had never gone there at night before! “Bill?” Julie questioned. But then she was silent, wondering and waiting.

Instead of stopping at the edge of the now-deserted asphalt parking lot, Bill turned into an obscure dirt road, just wide enough for his Chevy. Julie chuckled.

“I didn’t know this road was here!” she said.

“Neither did I,” Bill said, “until last week when I was just driving around up here. It goes almost up to the hay pits. Must be how the Riverdale Pageant cast gets up here when the shows are going on.”

Bill turned off the headlights just before pulling the car to a gentle stop. Julie looked around at the distant barren hills and the yellow moon that had risen from behind the hazy purple mountains, now cloaked in misty darkness. Neither of them spoke for a long moment. Julie felt Bill’s arm slip around her shoulder.

“Baby,” he whispered, very close to her ear, “tonight was so very special. Thank you for going to the senior prom with me. I’m so glad you’re my girl!”

Julie sighed contentedly as she leaned her head onto his broad, soft shoulder. “So am I!” she breathed, wiggling just a little to be even closer to him.

Now his warm lips nuzzled her ear, and she giggled slightly. “I love you, Julie,” he whispered, kissing her neck. She felt a tingle and moaned softly. Then she turned her face toward his.

“Oh, Bill! I never thought I’d ever find a boy like you. And,” she hesitated, “I wasn’t sure you’d ever really like me, anyway. I mean, Sandra is so much cuter. And Kurt and Bob are both in love with her—”

Bill put his finger on her lips. “Shh!” he remonstrated. “I don’t want to hear it. All I want is you.” And he kissed her tenderly.

Julie squirmed as she put her hands on Bill’s neck and pulled closer to him as they kissed. She felt his lips part and then felt his warm, wet tongue tracing the outline of her lips. Her own tongue was quick to meet his. Now Bill, too, let out a soft moaning sound.

On such a warm May night, Bill soon needed to roll down the car windows. Julie jumped just a little and looked around. “Don’t worry,” he laughed. “No one ever comes up here.” He looked back at Julie, his eyes searching hers as if for an answer to some unspoken question. She returned his gaze for a long moment, half-frightened, half-fascinated with what she was feeling at this moment. Did Bill feel it, too?

“I love you, baby,” Bill repeated, as he leaned in again to kiss her. Her lips parted readily now, and her breathing quickened. Bill moved his hand to her shoulder and gently slipped one spaghetti strap of her prom dress down, caressing her bare arm. She shivered suddenly, as she felt his large soft hand cupping her breast lightly and then continuing to caress her as they kissed. Bill’s face was warm, and his breathing, too, had sped up.

“Do you love me as much as I love you?” he whispered now, his voice strange with a new tenseness that Julie had never heard before.

“Oh, yes, Bill, I do love you!” Even her own voice sounded unfamiliar to her now, more intense, more passionate than she could ever have imagined before now.

Bill took Julie’s hand into his and caressed it with his other hand. He drew her fingers up to his lips and kissed them, wordlessly, and then sucked gently on her pretty index finger with the Pink Pearl nail polish she had chosen just to match her prom dress. She watched him, enthralled, unable to speak.

Bill and Julie kissed again, but this time he held her hand in his as he dropped it into his lap. She was half-startled, half-embarrassed to feel the hard bulge inside his pants, and instinctively pulled her hand away quickly. But he placed his hand on top of hers. “Your hand feels so good there,” he whispered into her ear, this time running his tongue around the outer edge of her left ear.

She relaxed and let her hand fall naturally around the place where Bill had put it. Curious, she squeezed just a little and then felt Bill’s entire body suddenly stiffen and heard a quick gasp from his lips. Their deep kiss grew even more intense, though she wasn’t sure how it could get any more passionate.

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