After we got out of the pool, we were soaked. Nancy and I asked around and were told we could go upstairs and use the bathroom up there to dry off with towels. We went upstairs and found the bathroom but it was not empty, there were people in it so we checked out the big bedroom and it had a bathroom.

We went into the bedroom and shut the door and I went into the bathroom to get out of the wet clothes and dry off with towels. I gave Nancy some towlels and headed into the bathroom.

When I was as dry as I could get, I cracked the bathroom door and asked Nancy if it was safe for me to come out. She said yes so I did. She was in the bed. I thought she would be dressed but her wet clothes were on the floor by the bed.

She said come on, get in... she caught me off guard but I started taking off my wet clothes and slid in the bed next to her. She was warm...

We made love that night and we both had a great time but before I knew it 2 am was there and I was late. I got her phone number and she got mine and we said we would see each other soon and I had to go home.

When I got home my dad was pretty pissed off at my being late, wet and he could smell the whisky but I had never done anything like this before, and it was my birthday so when I said I was going to bed, he did not kick my butt any.

The next day was saturday so I was eager to call Nancy. I called her and her dad answed the phone. He asked who I was and I told him. I told him I met his daughter at the party last night. He was pissed and asked me if I was the one who got her drunk. He said she was a month away from being 15 and that she did not get home till 7 am, drunk and half naked. He said when he finds out what all she did last night, someone was going to be in trouble.

Well, the rest is like a nightmare. I told my dad and mom what all happened. They were really pissed off and we all were scared. I was really scared because it turns out this girl was only 14! She told me she was going to graduate next year and go to college.

That night around 8 pm the phone rang. It was Nancy's dad again. He told me that his daughter had told him everything that went on including the time her and I had spent in the bedroom. He started screaming at me and telling me that I had raped his baby girl. My dad could hear him and took the phone from me and tried to talk to him. It was no use, he was screaming and screaming about how I had raped his little girl.

He eventually hung up. Not long after that the police showed up and arrested me.

All through court I told the truth, thinking justice would prevail as she had lied to me. We could not afford much of a lawyer, some guy we found over in a bigger town that had lawyers and such. He talked me into taking a plea bargain. I was to serve 5 years probation and no prison time.

Needless to say, I was in shock. I was found guilty of statutory rape and now I am labeled a sex offender. A Sex offender at 19 years old.

They picked up my story once I was convicted and put my name and photo on tv and in the local paper. They made it look like I was a very bad person going out and molesting young girls. It looks like I am a rapist.

I was planning on going into the Navy. That dream is gone. Everywhere I go I feel like people are looking at me. I am not allowed to go to church because the church I have went to all my life has a nursery for babies, and I cannot be in a place that has children like that.

I cannot go to football games with my younger brother because I am not allowed on school grounds. I cannot go fishing with my family, because I am not allowed in public parks.

This summer, after my conviction, I  went to the next town over to apply for a job on a construction site. When they found out from the application that I had a sex charge conviction, that was it, they told me to get out of there and don't come back. I had no chance to tell them what happed.

I use to have a lot of friends, but since all this happened, nobody calls my house any more. Nobody invites me to their house to hang out on weekends any more.

I have to report to my probation officer just about everything I do. I have to go in and take drug tests and I have never even seen drugs before. They make me come in and get photographed and fingerprinted every 90 days... they say it is for the rest of my life.

I have never harmed anyone. I have never raped anyone. I have never molested anyone, but my photo is right up there with a bunch of guys who have raped women, molested little children and nobody can tell the difference. To anyone who sees my photo, I am a Monster. A baby raper. A child Molester.

Why do I deserve this? How many more people just like me are out there because of these laws? This is not right. To punish a person for the rest of their lives for 1 mistake. 1 event in my life has ensured that my life will never amount to anything.

If any lawyer out reads this that can help in this situation, I sure would like to have my life back. We have no money as we spent all we had for the lawyer we had at first but If I could ever get off this registry, I know I could get a job and some how pay you some each month.

It just aint right.