romance short stories

An Evening to Remember

Tom Dudley tapped his fingers on his desk in his Advanced English 11 room as he waited for the class to begin. The 16 year old boy was a good looking, hard-working student who pretty much stayed within a small circle of friends due to extreme shyness. Not one to socially approach any of the girls in Marshall High School, he was taken off guard when Jill Babcock came over and sat beside him.

"Hi Tom. Got a minute?" The cute brunette with straight, silk-like hair was leaning in towards him.

"Um, sure??" Casual social conversation was not Tom's strong point. Ask him about the American Civil War and he could talk for hours. Talk off the cuff to a girl about anything and he went into a panic.

"Velvet and I are interested in going to the Sadie Hawkins dance on Friday and we would like you to come with us. If, of course, you're free that evening."

Dudley mentally checked his extensive social calendar for Friday. Yep, you bet he was free. Not like he had much planned for any day of the week. So Friday basically came down to going to a dance with these young, attractive girls or watching Jennifer Lawrence movies on DVD. Now Jennifer Lawrence is pretty awesome but an evening with a real live girls just seemed like a much better option.

"Sure, I would love to go with you guys." You guys? Well, it sounded better than "you girls". Besides, didn't girls always call each other guys when talking to each other?

Jill smiled and replied "great, we will pick you up at your house at 7 on Friday." Dudley smiled and watched, mesmerized, as Jill's slender body moved gracefully to the back of the classroom. God, the girl was gorgeous.

Finally exhaling, he turned back to the front of the room. From the corner of his eye he could see his best friend Dan Kirchhoff pumping his right arm up and down while mouthing the words "hey buddy, you scored !!". Gezz, Tom was definitely going to get teased at lunch today.

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"So, tell me more !!" Kirchhoff was pressing Tom Dudley for details that he didn't have. "Are you going out with Jill or Velvet?" Velvet was the nickname for Gloria Larkin, a slender redheaded girl who was best friends with Jill Babcock.

"Um, I don't know."

"What?" Kirchhoff couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Well, Jill never really explained who I was supposed to be with" replied Dudley with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Maybe you are going out with both of them. You know, one of those 'manage a torque' type of things." Dan Kirchhoff was not particularly good at foreign languages.

"It's called a ménage a trois, Dan. And it's a sex term." Dudley was turning red at this course of conversation.

A young blonde boy sat down next to Dudley and joined in with the conversation. "You know Tom; it's actually a phrase that refers to a domestic relationship between three people, usually dealing with romantic as well as sexual interactions. So it doesn't have to strictly deal with sex."

Brad Collins smiled while reaching over to grab some of Tom Dudley's French Fries. Collins was a good student who was on track to being the school valedictorian. He was part of Tom Dudley's small circle of friends and generally considered to be the most knowledgeable about sexual matters. Tom dreaded what might be brought up next.

"Tommy, just start off dating one at a time. Two girls could cause a heart attack." Collins laughed while grabbing more free fries.

"It's true Tom," replied Kirchhoff as he too went in for free fries. "Some guy at Hearn High last year had to have medics revive him when he tried to do what you are trying. It's not worth it buddy." And at that, Collins and Kirchhoff laughed while Tom Dudley pondered what the dating plans really were for Friday. Was he supposed to be with the cute, soft spoken Jill or the spicier redheaded Velvet? Maybe, he thought, I should get that long overdue physical before Friday just in case....