Clara, my childhood friend (part 1)

Hi. My name is Thomas and I’m going to tell you about the intense relationship I shared with my childhood friend Clara.

First of all, let me introduce myself. I am a young French man of 24 years old. I am blond, short hair and I have a small beard that I am quite proud of. I also have blue eyes. I am about 6 feet tall. I take good care of myself and I’m athletic, I’m pretty strong with some well-drawn abs. All in all, without wanting to be pretentious, I’ve always been successful with girls, although I haven’t had many girlfriends because I stayed with each of them for a long time, and I was obviously faithful each time.

The beginning of the year 2020 was not easy for me. During the global lockdown, I broke up with my girlfriend, after three years of relationship. A lot of things hadn’t been going right for a while, and living together ended up destroying us. I spent several months isolated, closed in on myself, and emptied my surroundings.

By the time summer came around, I was finally happy again. I had managed to turn over a new leaf, and I was ready to meet new people. But love and sex weren’t goals for me: I just wanted to take life as it came, without worrying about it. And what better way to enjoy life without worrying than a week’s holiday with my best friends?

I’m lucky enough to have some few friends that I’ve known since I was very young, and that I’ve managed to keep over the years. We are a close-knit group, and we stand the test of time. So, I proposed to them to go for a week, in August, to spend a week in a small village in Provence. The program included hiking, swimming in the local lakes, and lots of partying. Of course, those who were available accepted immediately!

Among those who answered the call, there is first of all Matt and Laura. They are the same age as me and have been madly in love since high school. They are inseparable. I love them and I have always gotten along with them perfectly, so I was super happy when they said yes.

Then there’s Clara. Let me tell you about her. She’s a little bit younger than me, she’s 22 years old. Her parents are of Italian descent, and she inherited her mother’s beautiful Italian attributes: brunette, long hair, green eyes with very lightly tanned skin. She is short (about 5’6” tall), slim, with perfectly rounded buttocks and small, perfectly round breasts. In fact, she’s exactly the kind of girl that makes me fall in love.

During our teenage years, we saw each other about once or twice a year, but over extended periods of time (several weeks in a row during the big summer vacations) when all of our respective parents got together. So we spent all our days together, with Matt, Laura and the rest of our friends. Clara and I have always had a unique relationship. We both had a major crush on each other for years. However, having never been single at the same time, our relationship never went beyond friendship. But that’s okay, because we became very good friends, and we were always very close without ever feeling any awkward ambiguity between us.

So, I was super happy to see that she would be there too. She told us that she would come with her new boyfriend, who she has been with for 6 months. Our other friends were not present, so it was a group of 5 people. I was a little embarrassed to tell them that I would come alone, since my girlfriend and I were separated. Clara sent me a message to ask me if I was ok, and I answered her that I was, that I had moved on. I also told her that I was looking forward to seeing her again and that I was curious to meet her boyfriend! Talking with her tonight by texts reminded me how much I liked her, and how much I was looking forward seeing her again.

Weeks passed and the big day arrived. We all met at the train station for the departure. I met Matt and Laura first, and gave them a warm hug.