The Prettiest Girl in School

"Sorry." He said quietly as he sat up again.

"Don't be. That.... that was my first proper kiss and.... and it was wonderful." She sighed, "You can do it again if you want.""

His next kiss was longer, more passionate, lasting close to a minute as he slipped his hand around her head to keep their mouths locked together while his tongue probed gently between her lips to tease against hers.

"I... I love you Ash. I always have." Ben whispered when he finally pulled away.

Ashley gazed at him, the tears still trickling down her cheeks, "I love you too Ben."

They had both said it and now they knew things could never be the same for them again.

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

She stared at him, her eyes wide, "You.... you mean it?"

He grinned happily at her, "Yeah. I mean it. So, will you?"

"Y...y... yes." She had managed to stammer.

Hearing her say yes his heart had done a somersault in his chest and he had felt a euphoria he had never known before.

From that moment on they became a couple and, despite Ashley's concerns about her disability, he persuaded her to start doing the things that other teenagers did when they were dating.

When they eventually told people a few of their friends were clearly bothered by the fact they were together; a couple even asking him why he was going out with a disabled girl, although most were supportive of him.

Needless to say, they didn't remain friends for very much longer with those who weren't accepting of their decision.

However, the big surprise for them both was Ashley's mother. Expecting her to, at the very least, disapprove of her daughter having a boyfriend they were both shocked to find that she actually encouraged it.

Over time Carol Morrant had grown to like Ben; he had never been anything but kind and thoughtful towards her daughter and respectful to her. As a woman, she had quickly realised that he had feelings for Ashley and she knew that they faced a host of problems if they wanted to be together. But, seeing how happy her daughter was, she was determined to try to help the two of them as much as she could.

Life couldn't have been any better for him.

Apart from doing all the things that teenage couples do they spent a lot of time talking about their futures, how their 'A' level exams would go, about going away to university and about living together.

Ben knew that Ashley wanted to wait until they were older, and had their own place, to consummate their relationship properly and he was happy with that. He realised that she had certain issues over her body, because of her disability, that other girls didn't and he respected her need to take her time.

"Ben?"

They were alone in her house her parents having gone out for the evening comfortable with the fact that Ashley had Ben with her.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I... I was thinking. We're both eighteen now and...."

He looked at her questioningly, "And what?"

"I.... I don't want to wait until we go to university."

"Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?"

Ashley bit her lower lip nervously and nodded, "I want you so much. Take me to bed."

For a moment he simply stared at his girlfriend, considering what she had just said, before he finally responded.

"I want you to Ash, but are you absolutely sure about this? If we.... we do it there's no going back."

"I know." She whispered her voice barely audible.

"What about protection."

"I'm on the pill. I have been since I was sixteen."

"You're really sure?" He asked again, wanting to be certain that she really wanted this.

Ashley nodded, it was clear to him that she had made her mind up and was determined they were going to do it.

Pushing her chair through to her bedroom Ben helped her out of it and onto the bed, still a little unsure of what was happening.

"Lay with me for a minute, please."

Pulling him down next to her she drew his mouth to hers, kissing him passionately, as her arms encircled his neck. Responding Ben kissed his girlfriend back, one hand sliding up over her body to cup her modest breasts through her dress.

Previously they had taken things further than this, hands exploring under their clothes, but had always stopped before going too far and taking their relationship to the ultimate level. Now however, knowing what was about to happen, the arousal and desire Ben felt seemed to be a hundred times greater than anything prior.

"Undress me, make love to me." Ashley whispered breathlessly between kisses.

Lying next to her on her bed he had done exactly as she had asked and they had made love twice, giving each other their virginities and consummating their relationship.

Over the next couple of weeks, as their school life came to an end, Ben felt like his world was complete. They would be going off to university soon and, moving in together despite their young age, they could plan out the rest of their lives.

He felt he had everything he could ever want.

"What are you going to wear to the party?"

Ben and Ashley were sitting in her kitchen eating a take-away on the Saturday evening talking about their school prom that was scheduled for the coming Friday.

"I.... err.... I umm....." She had sounded hesitant as she answered him.

"You haven't decided yet? Or is it going to be a surprise for me when I come to pick you up?"

When she didn't look up, avoiding his eyes, he started to become nervous for some unknown reason. He knew her various moods but he had never seen her so unsettled and distant before.

"I.... I'm.... I'm not going with you Ben."

For a minute he looked at her, an expression of uncertainty on his face.

"Sorry Ash, I thought you said...."

"No, I'm the one who's sorry Ben. I'm not going to the ball with you. Now that schools over I... I want us to break up."

"You what?" He exclaimed loudly, struggling to comprehend what was happening.

"I.... I just don't want to be with you anymore."

"Is there someone else?"

Standing staring at her in disbelief he wondered if she was going to tell him she had met someone else.

"No, it's... it's me."

"What. What about our plans? We were going to university and move in..." He blustered in response to her declaration.

She shook her head, "I.... I've.... I've changed my mind."

"Why? What did I do?"

Taking a deep breath Ashley steeled herself for what she was about to say.

"I'm sorry. I.... I just don't love you anymore."

"But.... we did it, you wanted me to...."

"Please Ben, don't make this any harder for me." She told him bluntly, "Just.... just go, please."

"I don't understand Ash? What have I done? Why are you breaking up with me?"

He felt his stomach clench as it fought the nausea that threatened to bring his lunch back.

"You've done nothing. It's.... it's just me."

He gazed at her for several seconds without speaking, his heart shattering into a million pieces, as the girl he had loved for five years rejected him.

"I love you Ash. I always will."

Finally, he broke his silence, saying just 7 words before turning and walking out of her front door, his world and his dreams of their future together gone.

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"Ben....."

Gwen Oakley's voice jerked him back from his thoughts.

"I'm sorry.... I was...."

She smiled, "I lost you there for a moment. Are you ok?"

"Yeah. I'm fine... I was just daydreaming for a second." He shook his head trying to clear away the memories of Ashley Morrant, "Sorry."

"No need to apologise."

Suspecting it was something more than just a case of daydreaming, she wondered just what the connection between Ben McKenzie and Ashley was.

"I... err... I had better go." He got slowly to his feet and offered his hand to the older woman.

Taking it, she smiled at him again, "You're welcome and feel free to come and visit anytime."

"Thanks, I might just do that." He told her as he opened the door and stepped into the hallway.

He had started the day in a positive frame of mind ready to begin his new job but now, after finding out his former girlfriend was working in the same building, he was feeling less than happy.

Somehow Ben struggled through the remainder of his induction day before finally leaving the ambulance station at just after five thirty that evening. Knowing he needed time to collect his thoughts he headed to the nearby pub to have a drink, pulling his mobile phone out of his pocket as he walked.

It was some twenty minutes later when, half way through his pint, he turned to greet the person who dropped onto the stool next to him.

"Hey Jan, thanks for coming. Can I get you a drink?"

"I'll have a gin and tonic please." The tall brunette raised an eyebrow questioningly, "You sounded pretty desperate on the phone, what's the problem?"

Waiting until the barman had taken their order he glanced back at her, "You remember today is my first day on the job?"

"How could I forget? You've been like a cat on hot bricks all week-end."

Ben didn't reply and took another mouthful of his beer.

"So, how did it go?" Jan prompted him.

"Pretty good until I got to take my tour of the control room."

"And....?" She waited for him to tell her what had happened.

"I... I saw Ashley. She.... she works there." He told her, his voice little more than a whisper, staring unhappily into his glass rather than looking at her.

"What.... not the Ashley. The girl who broke your heart?"

Ben nodded, "Yeah, the one and the same."

"Did you speak to her?"

"No, she disappeared out of the room as I walked in. It was only later that I confirmed with her supervisor that it was her."

For a while Jan just sat and considered the implications of what he had said to her as she sipped her gin and tonic.

"So, what are you going to do?" Eventually she broke the quiet air of contemplation that had settled over them.

"I honestly don't know." He sighed, letting his mind wander back over his more recent past in search of answers, "I really don't."

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Walking out of Ashley's house Ben had felt like his world had ended. The words 'I don't love you anymore' were still ringing in his ears as he made his way home, trying to decide what he was going to do.

All he knew was that he had to get away. He needed some time to think.

Taking a few minutes to explain what had happened to his parents he went upstairs to pack a bag.

"Where will you go sweetheart?" His mother asked when he came downstairs with two holdalls.

"I phoned Grandma so I'll go to hers first and then maybe I'll head off to university. See if I can find some casual work, earn some money before term starts."

"Do you have to?"

"I can't stay here mum, not now not after...." He managed to hold back the tears he could feel threatening to come.

"But running away....." His mother continued to plead with him, "Do you really think that's the best way to deal with this?"

"It's not running away. We.... I.... I would have been going in a few weeks anyway. I'm just going a little early is all."

"But the place you're renting. How will you afford it on your own?" She put up another argument.

Ben shrugged, "I'll get a part time job and maybe, if I'm lucky, I'll find a lodger to help out with the rent."

Running out of reasons to keep her son home Brenda McKendrick reluctantly gave up trying to persuade him to stay and, saying her tearful goodbye's, let him leave.

As it happened things worked out well for Ben.

He found himself a job working in a pub, literally the same day he arrived, with the option to go part-time once his lectures started. Then, moving in to his rented rooms, he put up a notice in the university halls for a lodger and, having had enough of women, found a guy to share with him.

The only thing left for him to do, other than study, was to rid himself of the memory of Ashley Morrant and find himself a girlfriend.

It was something that took quite a bit longer than anyone might have expected. Not because Ben couldn't attract a girl, there were plenty who were interested in him, it was just that he wasn't over the one who had broken his heart.

He tried to limit his involvement in the vibrant campus social scene, preferring to concentrate on his studies, and it was only that he had finished his essay that meant he allowed his roommate to persuade him to go to the party.

"Hi, I haven't seen you around?"

Ben had been standing quietly in the corner not really paying attention to anything when the soft Scottish brogue made him turn around.

"Sorry?"

"You do go to the university don't you?"

She was petite, with long dark brown hair and warm brown eyes.

"Err... yes, yes I do."

"Thought so, I'm Erin by the way."

"Ben." He held out his hand as he said it.

"Don't say much do you Ben?" Erin chuckled and took the offered hand.

He couldn't help but grin, "Not when pretty young ladies take my power of speech away."

His answer raised a laugh and once the ice had been broken it turned out Erin Hayes was a medical student from Edinburgh, currently in her second year and single.

Two hours and several drinks later Ben found himself stepping nervously into her bedroom. His stomach churned and his pulse rate rose rapidly, his only knowledge of sex had been that one time with Ashley and it had been nothing like this.

Closing the door, she slipped her arms about his neck and went up on tip toe to kiss him.

Ben had no problem with kissing, he'd had plenty of practice with his former girlfriend, and the pair were soon hungrily making out.

"I... err... I need to... err.... to .... talk...." He eventually pulled his lips away from hers for a moment and tried to explain his lack of experience to her.

"Mmmmmm.... So, what exactly do you need to tell me." She murmured sexily, kissing him again.

"I've not very...."

Erin opened her eyes wide and looked at him, "You mean you're a virgin?"

"Errmm.... Almost, is that a problem?"

"What does almost mean?" Filled with curiosity Erin asked.

"I.... I mean we, my ex and I.... we did it the once."

She giggled, "Oh babe, tonight just gets better and better."

"Great..."

He barely got the word out before her lips found his again, her tongue delving into his mouth to tease against his while her fingers scrabbled to unfasten his jeans.

"I don't have anything...." Ben started to protest feebly.

"It's ok I do."

Erin virtually dragged his jeans half-way down his thighs before pausing to pull off her top, exposing her small firm unfettered breasts to his salacious gaze.

The look in his eyes as he stared at them was the look of lust, the same look he had had when he surrendered his virginity to Ashley.

Her arms encircled his neck as she threw herself against him, the pair of them tumbling back onto the bed in a frantic confusion of arms and legs as they stripped each other.

Once they were both naked Erin moved her body on top of his, straddling him, his hard dick trapped between them as she ground her slit against it.

Leaning down onto him she placed another kiss on his mouth, this one even hungrier than the others, her hips moving, rubbing herself on his manhood, as she pressed her firm nipples against his chest. The heat from his iron-hard erection caused her pussy to tingle, its viscous moisture coating his hard shaft as she worked her nether lips along it.

Her aching buds were like hard bullets and as she sat upright he reached for them, taking each nub between his finger and thumb.

"Your tits are amazing." Ben groaned, starting to play with them.

"Oh fuck."

Arching her back Erin sighed contentedly, clearly enjoying his hands groping her chest and fondling her aching nipples.

The faint light from outside was their only illumination as she placed her hands over his, pressing them against her breasts, her thumbs caressing the backs of his fingers as she did.

"I... I want you." He gasped eagerly.

"Oh, you're going to get me sweetie." She chuckled and reached for her bedside cabinet to retrieve a contraceptive.

Rolling it over his engorged cock she pushed him back by his shoulders and straddled him again, her fingers encircling his latex covered shaft and guiding the tip against her slick entrance. As they paused for a moment Ben ran his hands from her waist to her boobs and back down, fingers lightly caressing her soft skin as he looked into her eyes.

"Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!" Erin cried out with delight as she lowered herself onto him, impaling herself on his throbbing rock-hard erection.

"Fuck!"

Beneath her Ben could only groan out loud as the pretty girl with the Scottish accent sitting astride him, took his full length in one easy movement.

Keeping eye contact she began to work herself onto his cock, feeling his thickness stretch her open as he filled her, his movements in sync with hers.

The sensations she felt were electric, her body shuddering with pleasure every time he thrust up into her tightness, his hips forcing her thighs a little wider.

"Oh fuck.... fuck.... I'm so close." It wasn't long before Erin was panting, her hands clutching her breasts as she closed her eyes, her back arching while she savoured the feel of him inside her.

Ben leaned upright and wrapping his hands around her waist began thrusting even more powerfully upwards, driving every inch of his solid shaft as deep as he could.

"Oh shit.... shit.... I.... I can't.... aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

It had been quite a while since he and Ashley had made love and unable to resist his need he, with one final stroke, sheathed himself in her and erupted, his cock pulsing as it pumped out copious amounts of his seed into the latex sheath.

"Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss!"

Feeling him cum Erin shuddered, her muscles clenching around him, the waves of ecstasy consuming her.

Spasming in the throes of carnal pleasure their bodies remained locked together until the ripples slowly began to ebb away and Ben ran his hands over her breasts as he grinned up at her.

"I've never had a near virgin before." She returned his look, smiling down at him before leaning over and placing a gentle kiss on his lips.

"I hope I didn't disappoint?" He said hopefully.

Erin giggled running her fingers lightly down his stomach, "I'll let you know after we've done it again."

Removing the used rubber her mouth quickly followed her hand and ten minutes later Ben rolled her onto her back, slipped a condom over his hardness and entered her for the second time.

Twenty or so minutes later, smirking and breathless, Ben rolled onto his back as an equally out of breath Erin snuggled into his side.

"Not bad for a beginner." She told him, running her hand over his chest "But I'll have to double check in the morning."

The couple dated for a few weeks but their relationship was really only based on sex and soon fizzled out when she moved on to her next conquest.

While Ben was a little disappointed he took it in his stride, although he liked her he always knew it was just a short-term physical thing, she would never be the girl of his dreams.

That position had been filled a long time ago.

During the remainder of his three years at uni Ben dated a few other girls and had a couple of one-night stands but there was never anyone who came close to replacing Ashley Morrant in his heart apart from one.

It was the start of his second year when his room-mate decided to drop out and he was left having to pay the full rental for the flat. While his part-time job in the pub earned him enough to pay half it wasn't anywhere near sufficient to cover the whole cost.

Placing an ad for a new lodger on the university bulletin board he went back to his apartment and hoped he wouldn't have to wait too long to get a response.