To love an older woman

You sit your chair up and Velvet tries to cover herself up. Frantically, you try rolling down the window.
Its not manual, its electric. Fuck, the car isn't on.
There's a flash of light peering in to the car window.
God dammit, you're so fucked.
"Velvet. Start the car!"
"I am!" she retorts.
Having thrown her shirt back on, she turns the car on. You press the window button and it slowly slides down.
There's an officer on the other side of the window.
He looks repulsed, probably by the smell.
"Evening, Officer!" you say happily. Shit, don't be to cocky. You just lost your virginity...but don't give him a reason.
Also, you're lacking pants.
"So...what are you two up to tonight?"
"Eh...Uhh...just a late night walk was all..."
"Doesn't look like a late night walk, sir."
Well this isn't going well.
"When we saw a car still parked here, we figured someone was still out there after dark. We had a couple of people looking for you. You realize you're not supposed to be out on trail at night, correct?"
You shift in your seat uncomfortably.
"Well uhh...I didn't know that, actually...we kind of had some trouble getting back."
"Trouble?"
"Well, yeah...we fell in some water. We also started the path kind of late, so we probably wouldn't made it back before dark either way."
The officer crosses his arms.
"And about when did you get back to the vehicle here?"
You're not even going to try and bullshit him. He knows. "About thirty minutes ago, Officer."
"Okay, and why where you just sitting here for thirty minutes?"
You glance over at Velvet. You glance back at the officer.
"We were having sex."
The officer sits motionless, arms still crossed for a few moments. "How old are you, son?"
"18."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"Got any identification on ya?"
"Sure."
You grab your pants from the floor of the SUV and pull out your wallet. Laminated license in hand, you hand it to the officer.
....He examines it for a moment.
"Well, that checks out. You go to school?"
"Yeah. Senior."
He hands you back the license. "Had this been more...'public' I'd be hauling your ass away. Considering there wasn't anyone around at the time, I'm going to go ahead and look the other way here."
He suddenly glances over at Velvet. "Ma'am?" he asks.
She's a bit shaky but she responds, "Yes?"
"Whats your age?"
"37."
He looks at you. Then back at Velvet.
He smiles a bit, nodding. "Alright, well...You both have a nice evening. Though I don't think I need to tell you that."
"Thanks, Officer."
He walks off and you glance over at Velvet. She looks at you angrily.
"Why did you tell him?!"
"Tell him what?"
"That we had sex!"
"Oh come ON! He knew!"
"You don't know that!"
"He was peering through with his flashlight, Velvet."
You keep it to a whisper until the window is all the way up.
Click.
She raises her voice a little bit, "That was extremely embarrassing! You didn't have to outright say it!"
"Cops get lied to all the time. If you're just honest and straight forward...you have less of a chance of them dragging your ass out of the car."
She sighs.
"Maybe you're right."
You give the officer ample time to drive away in his squad car before you both fully dress.
You're both silent, processing what the hell just happened.
Went for a hike, she got her feet wet, made out, almost fucked on a bridge, had to walk back to the car in the dark....
Fell in water, came back to the car, had sex, had a cop get on your ass...
That was a fucking crazy night.

Velvet starts the engine of the car, still silent.
You notice how quiet she's being.
Glancing over at you say, "Velvet?"
"Hmm?"
"You okay?"
She nods. "I'm fine...Just...thinking."
"Whats up?"
She puts the car in reverse and starts backing out of the parking space. Turning the car so it's facing the road outwards, she shifts it into drive and hits the gas. Going down the road at a leisurely pace, she finally speaks up.
"Its just that....we had sex on our first date."
You raise your eyebrow.
"Don't worry about it. I think we both needed it anyway."
"It still bothers me though..."
"What is there to be bothered about?" you say, turning to look at her as she drives.
"Well...I don't want you to think I don't take this seriously..."
"Oh...Well, I mean, that never really crossed my mind."
"Its just that...I needed...I neede-"
"I get it. Don't worry about it. I know you're serious about this. Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be."
You say it straight-forward, but you keep a calm tone.
She sighs. "Alright."
"And about the kid thi-"
She giggles. "Anon, I was joking about that."
"Oh...heh, right."
You both sit in silence, both the things bothering you now hopefully behind.
She takes one hand off the wheel and holds her palm open next to you. You put your hand down and lace your fingers between hers.
You let out a peaceful sigh.
"So, Anon..."
"Yeah?"
"Do you feel like...we rushed?"
"Rushed?"
"Into sex..."
You think about it for a second.
"Sex on first date isn't exactly what I'd call ideal..."
"But at the same time, I'd never done it before...and you hadn't in years, so...I figure, sure, maybe we played it out of the usual way of doing it...but thats not exactly a bad thing."
She turns on her blinker and makes a right on the road. Sighing, she says, "Well....I suppose you're right."
"Of course I am."
There's a small silence before you speak again. "You know, you weren't exactly reluctant for it back there."
She squeezes your hand tightly.
"Like I said, I have needs..."
You squeeze back and look up at her.
She yawns, keeping her eyes on the road. "What?" she asks, a grin on her face.
You look away and watch the road in front of you. "Did you actually have fun?"
"Yep!"
"You sure?"
"Uhuh! I mean, we had sex."
"No, I meant like...with the date."
"Why do you ask?"
You sigh. Might as well get it off your chest...its bothering you this much. "There's just some things that I can't provide that older men can."
"Like what?"
"Like...money for a date. I mean, I wouldn't even be able to pay for dinner or a movie."
"You know, having Night Light pay for everything...including my lively hood isn't exactly something I want my entire life. So you of all people shouldn't be worrying about paying things for me."
"What, is he just going to stop supporting you once Twilight moves out?"
She shrugs. "Yeah. Maybe...probably."
"So whats your plan?"
"I've been thinking about going back to school."
"You mean...College?"
She nods.
"Yeah."
"You never went?"
She shakes her head. "No, I had Shining when I was really young...kind of got in the way of High School, let alone College."
She makes another turn, you almost reaching your destination.
"And when Twilight came around, Heh. I basically kissed any dreams of college goodbye at that point."
"Did you not want them?"
"Of course I did! I wanted to go to college, but I found that I really enjoyed being a Mom. I thought thats how my life would be. But then things with Night Light just kind of...didn't work out."
She pulls up to the house and pulls into the driveway. Putting the car into park, she turns the keys and shuts it off.
The both of you sigh, the humming of the engine silencing.