Nadia at 14 - A Smoking Girls Story, Part 4

Nadia at 14 - A Smoking Girls Story
by Nikita

Chapter 4- Nadia's Choice

Nadia glanced at her watch.  Only 12:30.  "Oh, Tina, could you please check
on something for me?  Back at the house?  I think we might have left the oven
on, ok."  

"Uh, sure," replied Tina.  "I'll be back in a jiff," she said, skipping off
down the path.  Nadia eyed her until she'd disappeared.  "Ummm, Missy?"  

"Uh huh?  What?" Missy replied.  

"Would you mind if I tried that?" Nadia asked.  

"You sure?  These things are really easy to get used to, you know."  

"Uh huh, sure."  Nadia extended her hand to Missy.  "C'mon, Missy, you've
been trying to get me to smoke for months now.  And it's my birthday."  Nadia
coyly replied.  

The other girls smiled as Missy offered Nadia her cigarette.  "You sure, now?
Have you ever tried it before, Nadia?" Jeannie asked as Nadia raised the
cigarette to her lips.  

"Umm, no.  But I've been thinking about it for a while."  "Well, you'd better
not inhale right away, Nadia, or you'll probably cough your lungs out the way
Melissa did, remember?"  

Nadia nodded.  "So what do I do?"  

"Well, just suck on it, a bit like a straw, but just hold the smoke in your
mouth for a second; then, blow it out, ok?"  

Nadia nodded, bringing the cigarette to her lips slowly.  She drew in a bit
of smoke, holding it in her mouth as she'd been told.  

"Ok," Missy instructed.  "Just blow it out."  Nadia exhaled a cloud and
smiled anxiously back toward the house.  

"It's ok, Nadia.  We'll keep an eye out for Tina.  How was it?" Jeannie
asked.  

"Well, not too bad.  It doesn't taste quite like it smells."  

The girls nodded.  "Take another puff, Nadia."  Missy encouraged.  

Nadia smiled and raised the cigarette to her lips, sealing them tightly
around the all white filter, this time daring to take in more smoke.  Her
eyes widened as she felt the first effects of the nicotine and she exhaled a
larger cloud.  "I think I could get used to this," Nadia giggled.  "How do
you inhale?" she asked looking from one girl to another.  

"It's easy," Chrissy offered.  "But just take a small puff, very small, ok.
When you get it into your mouth, just breathe in.  You might cough at first,
but it gets better, I promise," she said smiling.

Nadia was already imitating the other girls with her wrist bent at her side
as she listened intently to the instructions.  She was in 8th grade.  She
could DO this, she thought to herself.  With that Nadia raised her cigarette
to her lips, remembering to take a "small puff", pulled the cigarette back
down to her waist as she breathed in quickly.  "Ohhhhh, m'god!  Whew!"  She
felt the mentholated smoke in her lungs for the first time.  Her eyes were
wide as she pursed her lips to exhale.  At first, nothing, but then; a thin,
gray stream as she fought to manage her exhale.  "Oh, WOW!" Nadia exclaimed
as she handed the cigarette back to Missy, who eagerly took another puff.
"That was really something!"  

The girls all giggled.  "Welcome to the club, girlfriend!" Jeannie laughed.  

"Let me try that again," Nadia said, this time reaching for Jeannie's half
finished cigarette.  Jeannie nodded, passing the cigarette to Nadia who
raised it to her lips, confidently pulled the smoke into her mouth, cocked
the cigarette next to her head as she inhaled a bit more smoke more deeply
and smiled widely.  She finally exhaled a thicker stream as she cocked her
chin up and to the right.  "One more puff, ok?"  Jeannie nodded.  Nadia drew
on the cigarette, inhaling once again, holding for a moment, cigarette cocked
near her face, eyes dreamily closed, chin tilted up to the right as she
exhaled a long, smooth stream.  "Thanks, Jeannie.  That was nice.  I think
I'll try this again, really soon."  She smiled easily as she handed the
cigarette back to Jeannie.  

"Anytime, girlfriend," Jeannie replied.  

Missy and Chrissy nodded.  Nadia had definitely joined the club.

Just about then Tina rounded the corner into sight.  "Nope, stove's off.  No
problem."  

"Thanks, Tina.  You're a doll," Nadia cooed.

The girls put out their cigarettes, carefully tamping them into the ground,
being careful to pick up the butts and stow them in a plastic zip lock bag
Missy pulled from her beach bag.

Tina decided to take a break, telling the girls she was going to see if
Cynthia was online.  She waved goodbye as she headed down the path.  

"Don't forget your promise, Tina!" Nadia called out.  

Tina nodded smiling.  She liked being trusted by her sister.

"Look, it just 1 o'clock.  We've got time for another cigarette before the
party, right?"  Jeannie said.  

"Sure," Nadia replied.  "Can I have one, too?"  Her eyes twinkled as a smile
broke across her face.  

Chrissy offered her one from her pack.  Nadia accepted.  Jeannie lit her.
Nadia inhaled shallowly but nicely, her exhales gaining fullness with each
puff.  "This IS nice," Nadia thought.  I should have done this sooner!"  She
felt a little lightheaded as she sat on the bench in the grotto, but held her
cigarette near her face, imitating the other girls.  

Chrissy offered another to Missy who thanked her as Jennie drew one from her
pack.  Jeannie lit them up as well.  The girls smoked easily.  They talked
excitedly about how much fun the party was already.  Jeannie did a nice
French inhale to the delight of her girlfriends.  

"You'll have to teach us how to do that, Jeannie," Missy exclaimed, studying
Jeannie.  

"Sure," said Jeannie, "Just pull the smoke into your mouth, then open your
mouth as you breath in through your nose, ok?"  

The girls nodded.  Missy tried it, getting it right the first time.  It took
Chrissy a few times to get it right.  Nadia decided to put it off until
another day.  She raised her first full cigarette to her lips, centering it
carefully, drawing in the sweet smoke.  "God, I LOVE this," she thought.
Inhaling more deeply now, she held the smoke longer in her lungs, reveling in
the nicotine high, finally tilting her chin up and to the right as she
exhaled languidly.  "Oh yes!  This really IS nice!  I wonder if I look as
good smoking as they do?"  She couldn't quite bring herself to ask.  "How am
I going to get cigarettes?"  Nadia figured that as much as her mom and dad
smoked they wouldn't notice a few missing here and there.  She could probably
get a whole pack once in a while!  She noticed the lipstick stain on her
cigarette filter.  "Yes, I guess that's mine," she laughed to herself.  Nadia
took another puff, now getting used to the feeling.  It felt good.  She'd
already decided that.  She brushed her hair back as she looked up and exhaled
slowly.  "I guess I'm a born smoker.  Mom smokes.  Dad smokes.  I smoke!"
She smiled softly to herself.  

Missy grinned.  "You sure look like you're enjoying that cigarette, Nadia."  

"Umm hmm," was all Nadia could muster as she inhaled again.  She giggled,
"You girls sure have corrupted me!!!"  

They all laughed.  Jeannie gave her a playful whack on the shoulder.  "It was
the easiest corruption I've ever seen, Nadia!"  

Nadia almost choked on her exhale.  "Yeah, I guess you're right," she said
grinning.

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