Sweet Sensations, Part 4

Sweet Sensations
Part 4 - Candi's Last Step

   Candi awoke the next morning and got ready for breakfast.  She, Tina and
Jane had pancakes.  When Tina finished she lit a Marlboro 100.  Seeing Tina
inhale the smoke so deep in her lungs gave Candida the urge to have a
cigarette herself.  'Darn,' she thought, 'I can't wait to get home.'  Her
mother didn't show up for a few hours and Candida found it hard to just sit
there whenever Tina smoked.  When Sandra did finally arrive, Candida waited as
Tina and her mother chatted over a few cigarettes.  The time came to say
goodbye to Tina.  Candida thanked her for having her over and for letting Jane
stay over today.  Candida and Jane gathered their things and along with
Sandra, made their way to the car for the ride to Sandra's house.  The kids
sat in the back as Sandra drove.  The ambient smoke from Sandra's cigarette
smelled very good to Candi and made her long for one all the more.  They were
soon back home and Sandra told Jane to put her things in Candi's room.  Jane
offered to take Candi's things for her and Candi accepted.  With Jane in her
room, Candi turned to her mother.  "Mom, I haven't had a cigarette since
yesterday.  Can I have one now?  I've been thinking about it for so long and
I've been feeling funny inside whenever Tina smoked and when you had one in
the car."

   "You poor thing.  You're having cravings already.  I'm not ready for you to
smoke in front of others just yet."  Sandra lit up and said, "Here, take a few
drags for now before Jane comes back."  She held the cigarette out to Candi's
lips.

   Candi wrapped her lips around it and hungrily sucked in some smoke.  She
inhaled it and before exhaling took another strong puff.  She inhaled that on
top of the first one and held it in for several seconds before exhaling and
beginning another drag.  She inhaled that, held, and exhaled.  "Oh God, that's
so much better."  She took another pull and exhaled it just before Jane came
back.  She looked at her mother and smiled.

   Sandra returned the smile and took a drag of her cigarette.  She thought,
'She's probably going to have a hard time not smoking while Jane's here.  She
savored those few puffs.  I'll try to help her out without Jane finding out.'
The kids went to play in Candi's room so Sandra took the time to do some
things around the house.  An hour and a half later, she lit a cigarette and
thought about Candi.  She was probably feeling her new need to smoke.  She
called to her.  "Candi, can you come and help me for a few minutes?"

   "I'll be right there mom," Candi answered.  "I'll be back soon Jane."  She
found her mother in the kitchen smoking at the table.  "What do you need?"

   "More like what do you need Candi?" Sandra asked, waving her cigarette in
front of her daughter.  "Come here if you want it."

   "I want it!"  Candi ran to her mother's hand and took a drag.  She pulled
the smoke into her waiting lungs and double pumped.  She exhaled as Sandra fed
herself with smoke.  She found the cigarette back near her lips and without
even thinking about it, took another drag.  "Thanks mom."

   "You're welcome.  Have one more drag then go back and play with Jane."  She
offered the filter to Candi who gladly accepted.  Sandra smiled as she watched
the trail of smoke from behind Candi as she ran back to her friend.  Sandra
picked up the phone and dialed Tina.  Tina answered and Sandra said, "Hi T.
it's Sandy.  I'm might let Candida have some wine with dinner tonight.  I know
you let Jane have some once in a while, but I thought I'd check with you
anyway."

   "You know it's not an issue, I trust you Sandy.  See you tomorrow."

**AUTHOR'S NOTE: I know a conversation between two women could never be that
short, but it's just a story :) **

   Sandra started dinner soon after hanging up with Tina as the girls played.
When it was done, she called the girls to the table.

   "That smells delicious Sandy," Jane said.  They sat down.

   "Would you like wine with dinner Candi?"

   "Sure mom."

   "How about you Jane?"

   "Yes, please Sandy."

   Sandra poured wine for her and the girls and dished out the food.  Everyone
ate well and Sandra treated herself to an extra glass of wine.  She lit a
Misty Menthol 120 after eating as she sipped her wine.  Having just finished
eating and seeing Sandra smoking, Candida felt the urge to smoke begin to
intensify.  She tried to ignore it but it only grew stronger.  When Jane
wasn't looking, she put her fingers to her lips to signal her mother of her
desire.  Sandra saw her and thought, 'She's going to have to smoke in front of
others sooner or later.  She might as well get it over with.'  "It's ok
Candida.  You can if you want to."

   Candi looked briefly at Jane and hesitated before finally reaching for the
pack and extracting a cigarette.  She lit it, drew deeply and exhaled.  She
saw Jane's eyes bulge.

   "You don't smoke Candi."

   "Oh yes I do."  Candi took a second pull on her cigarette to validate her
statement.

   "When did this start?"

   "About a week ago."

   "And your mom's ok with it?"

   "Actually, Jane, I gave her her first cigarette," Sandra said after taking
a drag.

   "Why did you do that?"

   Candi told her, "Mom thought it would take my mind off sweets and she was
right.  I haven't wanted any since I started smoking."

   "Candi just kept coming back for more so I kept giving her what she asked
for."

   "Of course I kept coming back, it gets better every time."  Candi took a
drag, as did Sandra.  They exhaled almost together.  "It didn't take me long
to figure that out."

   "I'm not surprised, I fell in love with it by my second cigarette with
Tina."

   "So, you started smoking with my mother?" Jane asked.

   "Well she was already smoking, but she got me started," Sandra answered.

   Jane watched as first Sandra and then Candi brought their cigarette to
their lips.  Until now, she'd never thought about smoking.  She'd seen her
mother and Sandra smoking all her life.  Now with Candi doing it too and the
way she talked about it, she began to get curious.  "What's it like?"

   "It's the best," Candi answered.  "I thought it was good when I first tried
it, but when I inhaled..." Candi's words trailed off as she took a puff and
deeply inhaled it.  She let the smoke escape from within.  "...Best feeling
ever."

   "You make me feel like I'm missing out."

   "I think you are," Candi said.  "Mom, can I let Jane have one?"

   "I don't see why not, that is, if she wants to try it."

   "Want one Jane?" Candi asked.

   "Sure, what do I do?"

   Candi reached into the pack, took out a cigarette, and handed it to Jane.
Put it in your mouth and suck on it when I light it, then blow it out.  Jane
followed the instructions and got it lit.  "Now puff on it for a while, but
don't try to inhale it"	 Jane tasted smoke for the first time.  With each
successive puff, she got used to the basic mechanics.  She liked the cool
taste.  "Ready to inhale?"

   "I think so."  Candi coached her through it and Jane's lungs were
introduced to smoke.  In seconds, she felt it go to work on her.  Seconds
later, she was pulling more into her body.  She felt what Candi was talking
about.  Candi didn't lie.  She felt like she was floating as the smoke's
effects permeated her body.

   Sandra watched this and it was like watching her childhood all over again.
Here was Tina's daughter learning to smoke from her daughter.  The roles were
reversed this time, but the outcome was the same.  Jane was taking to smoking
like she did, like Candi did.

   Candi taught Jane to take big puffs and inhale the smoke deeply.  In this
way, she was rapidly absorbing nicotine.  "I'm shaking, but it's nice."

   "Didn't I say so?" Candi asked.

   "You sure did," Jane answered.

   "Take it easy Jane, you don't want to get sick from your first cigarette,"
Sandra cautioned.

   "I will Sandy.  I can't believe how good it is though.  Until now, I'd
never thought about smoking.  I wish I had so I could have been doing it
sooner."

   "I agree with you," Candi said.  "Why didn't you try to get me to stop
eating candy sooner mom?" she joked with her mother.

   "I'm sorry dear," Sandra joked back.  "The truth is, you didn't show any
interest until I saw you mimic me with the candy cigarettes.  I thought you
would want to try it eventually since you kept doing it, so I decided to let
you try it soon after that.  Had you shown interest when you were younger, I
might have let you."  

   "Can I go get my own cigarettes now mom?" Candi asked while putting out her
cigarette.

   "Go ahead Candi."  Candi bounded for her room and the drawer she put them
in before going to Jane's yesterday.

   Jane put out her cigarette.  "Thank you for letting me try smoking Sandy,
it rocks."

   "You're welcome Jane."

   Candi came back with her pack and lighter in her left hand.  In her right
hand between her index and middle finger was a freshly lit Misty Menthol 120.
"I just had to light one.  You want another Jane?"

   "I'd like to try another if it's ok with you Sandy."

   "You can smoke if you want to Jane," Sandra told her.

   Candi gave her one and lit her up.  "Here you are Jane, breathe out the
first puff.  Jane sucked the cigarette to life and blew out the smoke.  "Now
you can inhale."  Jane did and felt the tingling start to return.  Like Candi
just days ago, she welcomed it.  "Do you want to go play in my room?"

   Jane took another puff, "Yea, let's go."  The girls played for the rest of
the night.  Jane accepted Candi's offer to smoke every time, having four
throughout the evening.  Bedtime came and they slept soundly after their fun
filled day.  After breakfast the next morning, Jane accepted Candi's offered
cigarette and smoked with her and Sandra again.  "What about my mother?  I
can't smoke in front of her, and she's picking me up soon."

   "Leave her to me," Sandra said, dragging on her Misty.  "She won't mind
after I talk to her."

   "Thank you Sandy, you're so nice."

   "I'm just helping a fellow smoker, Jane."  A half-hour later, everyone was
watching TV when Tina rang the bell.  Sandra let her in and got her coffee.
Tina sat down, took the coffee and reflexively lit up a cigarette.  Sandra did
likewise.

   "Did you girls have fun yesterday?" Tina asked.

   "Yea, we did all kinds of things," Jane replied.

   "The kids sure are getting older aren't they Tina?"

   "Time did go by fast Sandy.  It seems like only last year they were
starting school."

   "Remember how we were at their age?  How we used to play in your yard?"

   "We used to have such good times."

   "Like the time you gave me my first cigarette.  Now there's something we
both still enjoy."

   "I'll never forget that day Sandy.  Remember how we used to hate sneaking
around from our parents?"

   "Perfectly Tina.  We said if we ever had kids, we would let them smoke if
they wanted to.  This past week, I let Candi try it.  She liked it of course
and she's been smoking here with me since then."

   "Candi smokes?"

   "Do you want her to show you?"

   Tina chuckled.  "This, I've got to see."  Candi obliged by taking out a
cigarette, lighting it, and inhaling.  As Candi exhaled, Tina said, "You
really do smoke.  Welcome to the club, I guess."

   Sandra said, "She's a good member.  In fact, she already is making our club
bigger.  You see, when Candi told Jane that she smoked, Jane asked to try it
and Candi gave her one.  She's had a few so far."

   "Is this true Jane?"

   "Yes mom.  Candi told me what it was like and let me try it.  I like it."

   "How ironic is this?" Tina asked rhetorically.  "I got you started and now
your girl starts mine.  Do you want to smoke now Jane?"

   "I'd like another mom."  With a flash, Candi's hand appeared.  Jane took
the extended cigarette.  Can I have a light mom?"

   Tina extended a flame to Jane and watched her daughter.  Jane blew out the
puff then took a fairly long pull.  She inhaled it and held it before exhaling
a cute cone.  "You look like you have what it takes to become a member of the
club Jane."

   "Initiation was a breeze mom."  She took another puff.  "Can I be a full
time member?"

   "I'll let you smoke here and at home Jane."

   "The same goes for you Candi," Sandra said.

   "Can I still smoke if I have friends over mom?" Jane asked.

   Tina made eye contact with Sandra.  They exchanged knowing glances.  "I
expect you will."

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