shortly after arriving in the islands juliette met sharona and june and decided to share an apartment with them. sharona was three years younger than juliette and june was several years older. by comparison, both girls were a lot more worldly than juliette. they had been on their own for some time and were far more experienced in life.
soon, juliette discovered that june was what one could consider a 'tramp'. it seemed that on any given morning a new and different guy was leaving june's bedroom with a smile on his face. this situation troubled juliette as she was still a virgin and planned to remain so until she married. but in an effort to fit in, and be one of the girls, she kept her opinions to herself. then one day juliette and sharona were hanging out on the beach and sharing girl-talk. juliette confided in her the truth about her non-existent sexual experience. she was afraid that sharona might laugh at her and call her childish, or worse, a prude. but sharona did nothing of the sort. she was kind and she told juliette how wonderful that was. she too had planned to remain a virgin until she got married. but then she met a boy and he promised her the world and she gave in to him, and he promptly left her soon after.
time passed and the girls hung out on the beach and in the clubs. they partied with the locals and the military stationed in the islands almost every night. one saturday, juliette was awake early and watching tv when june's current paramour stepped from her bedroom. he made a quick phone call and then returned to the room. june came out and informed juliette that tim (the guy) had just called one of his buddies to come pick him up and drive him back to the military base. when he got there, june wanted juliette to keep him entertained because she and tim were going to go take a nap, she winked.
an hour or so later the doorbell rang and juliette let in a handsome, quiet young man. she told him what june had said and he rolled his eyes. juliette invited him in and offered him something to drink then she went back to watching tv. the guy said his name was bryan and he sat down to watch tv with her. the hours passed and day turned to night. juliette and bryan talked alot. she learned that he was recently divorced. that his wife left him when their infant daughter had died from SID. he seemed very sad and still hurting from this experience. she told him about growing up in california. they seemed to get along quite well. eventually he reached out and kissed her. she braced herself for the inevitable as it seemed that all the boys she had met since moving to the islands had one thing on their mind and she had to be strong to fend them off and protect her virtue. but bryan was not like that. he was kind and gentle. and he did not press her to go further than that kiss. eventually june and tim finished 'napping' and bryan and tim left.
tim came back quite often over the next few weeks. sometimes he brought bryan with him. other times he brought groups of other guys and the whole apartment turned into a party zone. one of the other guys, jim, took a particular interest in sharona and the two of them began dating.
spring became summer and summer rolled into fall and soon it was thanksgiving. for the first time juliette began to feel lonesome. she experienced her first bout of homesickness since arriving in hawaii. she had never been away from her family for such an extended length of time. and she had never ever missed celebrating a holiday surrounded by her parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. june had flown to the big island the day before to spend the holiday with her father. sharona sensed her roommate's sudden depression and announced that they were going to have an adventure.
the two girls went down to the local car rental office and picked up a shiny red mustang convertible. and, with map in hand, headed to the windward side of the island. sharona's boyfriend had to work all day. so sharona thought it would be a great idea to go and surprise him. she mentioned to juliette that maybe bryan would be around and they could all go out after jim went off duty.
jim was very surprised when he got the call that the girls were there. he took a break to come chat with them. much to juliette's dismay, bryan was no where to be found. the girls hung out in the parking lot for the next six hours chatting with anyone that happened to stop by. soon jim was done with work for the day and he came out to the car with another buddy. he introduced the guy as wayne and they climbed into the backseat of the convertible. with sharona behind the wheel the foursome headed back to waikiki. they pulled into the parking lot of a local liquor store where jim and wayne went in to buy some refreshments and then they headed over to the apartment.
walking in the front door the girls were chatty and the guys were pushing each other about. jim pulled the bottles out of the bag and apologized that they did not get any juice/mixer to go with the vodka. sharona said it was ok, she thought there was some pepsi in the fridge. jim mixed the first round of vodka and pepsi and everyone made a face when they first tasted it.but after the third or fourth drink no one seemed to mind the strange taste any longer. they played cards and told stories about what the holidays were like when they were kids and everyone speculated as to what was going on in their own homes right at that moment.
it wasn't long before the gallon of vodka was nearly empty. sharona and jim slipped off to the bedroom for a little one on one conversation, leaving juliette alone with wayne. she tried to make casual conversation but found that, in her drunken state, she had little control over her thoughts. worse yet, she felt uncomfortable being alone with this guy that she barely knew. something about him gave her the eebie jeebies.
juliette went out on the lanai. she hoped that if she left him alone wayne might just pass out. but he soon followed her outside and brought another drink with him. he gave it to her and told her to drink it. she didn't really want another drink, but he teased and cajoled her and soon she found herself emptying the glass. he pulled her back into the apartment and even though her mind was shrieking danger alarms her body was no longer under her control.
wayne pushed her down to the floor and layed on top of her. she tried to push him away but found she had no strength. she had no voice. in her mind she was screaming for him to get off of her but no voice was escaping her throat. in her mind she was pushing him away but in reality her arms and legs were as limp as a rag dolls. he pushed her clothes free and without any ceremony entered her roughly pushing until he had satisfied his urges and then he fell away. lying on his back he zipped his pants and closed his eyes, satisfied.
juliette was still unsure of what exactly had just happened. she gathered her clothes redressed quickly and escaped onto the lanai. she did know what had happened. her life had just sailed down the drain in the flicker of a moment. she no longer had her one and only prized possession. her virginity was washed away. the problem that she could not wrap her mind around was how it happened.
sharona found her out there on the balcony with her arms wrapped around her knees. she took one look at her friend and knew. sharona was furious. she was ready to take a dull kitchen knife and separate wayne from the parts that made him a man. but juliette stopped her. she said no. it was her own fault. she brought this all upon herself and has no one to blame for her loss but herself. juliette looked crushed. sharona reached out to her friend to try and console her. but juliette turned away in shame.
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