Getting Wet Again - closed except by invitation

[Steffi200051]

She was not quite awake which made it all the easier to take advantage. Her skin was silky, just as it had been so many years earlier. Claire moved so slowly, touching her breasts, each one in turn. Then Nika responded and took her directly to the spot. There could be no turning back. Nika was facing her, with her legs spread. Even in the semi darkness, everything was there for the taking.

Claire shifted herself lower. As her fingertips felt the dampness, she began circling them with added pressure to follow the tunnel. It was so warm! Kika's spot was right where she had left it back in college. One finger was used to press against it. Wetness was everywhere. Claire removed her fingers for a sample taste. Quickly she moved under the covers to between her legs, and press her tits against Nika's. They kissed deeply, a lingering loving motion, but one still filled with lust, as it was clear that Nika was about to be ravished!

"Ohh, I have missed this more than you can imagine, Nika."

Claire intentionally allowed her pussy to rub on Nika's softness. They were touching, almost connected. Claire moved to take her breast in her mouth. It was the gentle motion, exactly the correct tension, that only a woman could know about, with her tongue swirling the nipple. Claire could feel the heat in Nika's body. She ached to be taken. Nika's tits were ready to be used.

 

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At first it seemed like a wonderful dream. Nika opened herself in half-sleep to Claire’s touch. She wanted Claire with her, next to her, in her. The veneer of “just being friends” shattered as Claire woke her, urgently wanting to love. Nika didn’t even think. Her instinct was to be taken, used - she pulled Claire closer, ran her fingers through Claire’s hair and held her to her breast as Claire sucked it, swirled her tongue over the aching nipple…, “Bite, Baby, bite…,” she moaned as she caressed Claire through her sleep top and felt the sharp edge of Claire’s teeth on her swollen nipple.

Without realizing, Nika spread her legs. She lay completely open and trembled as Claire’s fingers separated her pussy lips then entered her, “Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Baby, yessssssssssssss…,” Nika called out in full passion. It all came back to her as if they were still lovers in college. Claire knew just where, just how to touch Nika. She squirmed and writhed as Claire loved her, completely willing to be used, give pleasure….

Nika’s cunt was hot to Claire’s touch and drenched with slippery wetness. The sex play was passionate, rushed, almost rough. Nika dug her fingernails into Claire’s back through her top as Claire fingered her closer and closer to orgasm. Their bodies glistened with perspiration, their breathing was heavy, urgent….

 

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Merry Christmas, Steffi

Nika’s back arched away from Claire’s bed as she cried out in a mix of pleasure and pain. The imprint of Claire’s bites was all over her tits. Her nipples ached from Claire’s sucking, biting, kissing as much as they ached for more. At some level she knew she hadn’t made love with anyone who “got her” in the way that Claire now showed that she knew her, body and soul, since she and Claire had parted after graduation. She was amazed and grateful that they were both eager so soon to be lovers again and that the loving was raw, passionate, all-consuming. Claire’s finger work on her clit made her cry out again…, “Baby, ohh, Baby!” as a shiver zigzagged up her spine.

Claire felt Nika’s fingers touch her shoulder. The pressure was so slight that it would have passed between any other two people without notice, but Claire knew what Nika meant by it. She looked up and saw that Nika was looking straight at her. And there was a knowing smile….

…before Nika laid her head back and felt Claire’s hot, wet kisses fall between her tits, then descend inch by inch onto her tummy. Nika’s thick, wild bush of pubic hair felt as if the hairs were standing on end – electrified with expectation. Claire swirled her tongue in Nika’s belly-button and felt Nika buck involuntarily under her. Nika drew her legs up further as Claire planted her face into Nika’s bush, inhaling Nika’s scent… tasting her on wet pubic hairs….

When Claire’s kisses touched Nika’s pussy lips in a gentle, lingering moment of tenderness, Nika felt a gush of wetness which Claire’s tongue deftly licked, followed by a swallow. She felt the tip of Claire’s tongue slip into her wet slit and moaned with pleasure as Claire lapped her cunt from bottom to top, always staying an extra second over Nika’s clit – making Nika cry out… weakly at first, but quickly gaining in strength and tempo until Nika planted her feet in the mattress and raised herself bodily off the bed – arching between shoulders and feet – as every muscle in Nika’s body clenched and Claire brought her to climax.

For a moment after, there wasn’t even the sound of breathing in the room.

Slowly, Nika relaxed, then collapsed onto Claire’s mattress. Claire was practically as spent as Nika. She kissed the insides of Nika’s thighs then crawled up in the bed beside her.

Nika kissed her full on the lips. Gently. Realizing that Claire’s face was covered with her wetness Nika proceeded to kiss Claire everywhere she could taste herself. They hadn’t spoken a word. Nika pulled the covers over them and they laid quietly in each other’s arms - content.

 

[Steffi200051]

Nika had brought all of this upon herself by joining her in bed. It gave Claire all the permission she needed to explore as much she desired. Soon she was fully engaged, without any conscious plan by which to proceed. She had devoured Nika's breasts and now went down on her sex. She had thought about this moment a hundred times since leaving college.

There was only a faint amount of light in the bed. However Claire inspected her closely. She could feel Nika's nervous tension at being examined, all of which disappeared when her lips covered the opening perfectly. Claire breathed a slight amount of warm air into the tunnel. Nika surged upward, unable to disguise her wanton lust.

Her legs closed over Claire's ears yet it never hindered the ability to penetrate Nika's damp nest. He tongue swirled rapidly. Those muffled groans spurred Claire to enjoy her conquest. And then, Nika was in full release! As she pulsed her body, Claire took everything that was offered.

Slowly, the legs relaxed and parted, while Claire pulled up to kiss Nika, as her hand cupped her quivering left breast.

"K, now turn over on your tummy, I have a surprise."

Nika smiled and rolled to her left. It took only moments for Claire to straddle her legs and stretch for the lotion on the night stand. Nika had not spotted it and had no idea what was happening. She knew only that Claire's puss was rubbing on her bottom. It took a few moments of silence before the first swirls of her powerful fingertips worked the lotion across those protruding shoulder blades, as Nika was pressed against the mattress.

 

[Steffi200051]

Claire could feel the tension in her body not all of which had been alleviated by bring her to orgasm. It suggested that Nika was having difficulties in her life. There would be plenty of time for that at the cabin. For the moment, Claire was herself getting a generous dose of lust as her legs felt the warmth of Nika's thighs and her pussy was nestled against her warm butt.

By being above Nika and pressing almost straight down, Claire was applying generous pressure on the lower back. This was confirmed by Nika's labored breathing. Claire gathered more lotion in her hands and did a second coat on the shoulders, giving Nika the idea there was much more to cum.

"You taste so good..so delicious ..just like you did back at school."

She had whispered the words, thinking that Nika may be asleep. Claire felt so content to be in bed with her love. She had not had the pleasure of this nature in many months. It had been a friend at the gym, Abby. They were about the same age and had met again at a Christmas party, when each had a boring date. Later Abby called her and suggested a lunch meeting. They were quickly adapting a trust as they related boyfriend stories. Soon after they did a weekend shopping trip to Baltimore and shared a motel room.

Claire moved to the bed and finished by doing Nika's legs.

 

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"I knew I needed to see you, Claire," Nika said as Claire finished massaging, "I just didn't know how bad I needed you." Her eyes were still closed and there was just the hint of a contented smile as she Claire pull the covers over both of them and Claire's body warmth next to her. Nika rested her head on Claire's breast. She could hear Claire's heart beats - strong and steady. They lay quietly. Perfectly content to be in the same moment together.

Claire or even Katherine wasn't Nika's first lesbian experience. The summer that she graduated from high school she worked at a girls camp in the Rocky Mountains. The camp was hundreds of miles from home so she was committed to be there for the whole summer. It didn't escape the camp leader's attention when Nika began to feel homesick and soon the two of them were hanging out on the short weekends between camping groups. The Rocky Mountains are full of natural wonders of every kind which the leader, Beverly, seemed glad to share with Nika. One such wonder, Indigo Lake, was at the end of a hiking trail. They had the lake all to themselves. Its undisturbed surface perfectly reflected blue sky, surrounding granite rock formations and forest. Nika, awestruck, remembered that moment for the rest of her life.

As if spontaneously inspired, Beverly chose a broad flat rock at the edge of the lake, untied her boots and slipped them off with the socks. It was only when Beverly undid her shirt with no apparent care for modesty and began to unzip her hiking shorts that Nika realized why they had come to this lake.

Nika did as Beverly did. The lake water was achingly cold as they waded out, almost thigh deep, on the sandy bottom. Beverly dove forward into the lake. When Nika followed she found that she could hardly catch her breath. She kicked by instinct, stroked clumsily to keep her head above water and was on the verge of swimming for the shore until she felt Beverly's arm around her naked torso. Beverly's voice was close to her ear and Nika calmed as she felt the leader's body next to hers. As Nika slowly got used to the frigid water, she made to effort to move Beverly's arm around her and in fact when she knew very well that she could swim on her own and Beverly's hand moved cupped her breast, she let it be and looked over her shoulder into Beverly's eyes....

They swam toward a rock formation that jutted up out of the lake. The dark rock absorbed the heat of the sun and warmed the swimmers as they crawled out of the water. Nika and Beverly lay on their backs on the smooth surface. Their bodies were covered with goose bumps and nipples felt so hard that they ached. Beverly turned on her side to Nika. Unbidden, she laid her hand on Nika's tummy and slid it down into Nika's thick bush. The touch felt electric.

Nika let Beverly do everything she wanted to do and wasn't a passive partner either. They went to other private places that summer and even sometimes back at camp, late at night Nika and Beverly would go down to the swimming area to skinny dip then run back to Beverly's bed to get warm and make love. There might have been more to it, but toward the end of the season, a "friend" came to visit Beverly. She wasn't available that weekend and Nika felt there was a certain distance between them during the last week of campers.

Without a word being said, she knew her summer was over. Nika took her pay for the summer, went home for a week, but found it constraining in a way that she'd never really felt before. She left early for college and in the time before registration and classes found her way to the swim center. For the next four years, Nika was always swimming for the dark rock that rose out of Indigo Lake... and every so often, she got lucky enough to crawl out of the water with a lover and feel the warmth of the rock radiate through her entire body.

 

[Steffi200051]

"Now I think that was a worthy wake-up, wouldn't you agree? My gosh I was so very glad you decided to come to bed."

Claire knew that Nika was pleased by the very way she was holding herself close to her. She was quite limber but probably still in a modest slumber. That was until she felt Nika's hand softly cup her pelvis. She only moved a few minutes later, with soft finger twirls searching and finding! Claire laid still and enjoyed the exploration.

 

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In college, Nika had never known Claire any other way than perfectly shaved. In fact it was Claire who was responsible for the one and only time in Nika’s life when she kept herself smooth shaven. So it was not quite a surprise to Nika that the first thing she felt when she cupped Claire’s firm mound was smooth bare skin. Only as Nika inserted a finger into Claire’s slit did she realized Claire was trimmed rather than shaved. Her mouth actually watered as she explored Claire’s pussy with her fingers. ‘…yes, nicely trimmed…’ she tried to picture it in her mind… ‘…cut short, too - not quite bristly… ...nice... …maybe a power look for a woman who aspires to become an executive...'

Nika wanted to go down on Claire in the worst way to see exactly how she kept herself, but she knew not to rush. There were other secret treasures to enjoy. She touched her lips gently to Claire’s and slipped her tongue into Claire’s mouth as she felt her breasts pressing against her lover. She kissed below Claire’s ear and down the side of her neck.

Claire had more of a classic swimmer’s physique than Nika ever had. Nika’s kisses fell on her shoulder, breast bone and down between her still firm breasts. Nika looked up. The look on Claire’s face made it clear that she trusted Nika completely. Nika’s lips closed brushed over Claire’s areola. Unconsciously Claire flexed her shoulder muscles as she felt Nika’s breath tantalizingly close to her naked breasts. Nika wanted to start gently, but the passion from their earlier love making hadn’t really subsided and once she started, she couldn't keep herself from kissing, sucking, even biting voraciously.

It had been ten years since she’d heard Claire’s voice during sex and it all came back to her now….

 

[Steffi200051]

Her touch excited Claire. It was a very caring and tender touch of a lover. As Nika's fingers fell over her pelvic cliff, Claire worried about being too wet, thinking it would signal eagerness. Nika's finger pressed on her, sliding as it went. With her nipples tingling, Nika's lips arrived just in time. She knew exactly how to do things. Nika progressed rapidly. Her teeth pulled on her nipple in an upward motion, bringing her nervous system to the edge. Claire's legs spread, making room.

She knew what would happen. It was the moment that Claire had thought of so very often in countless morning showers. Only it had arrived. Nika's teeth were sharp yet she acted to protect Claire, as she lingered. Nika would take her time!

"Yes, my love."

 

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Nika’s touch was tender and light. Her kisses were soulful. ...and yeah, there were a few bites -- Nika couldn't help that, but she kept them teasing and playful at least for their reunion.

Claire's pussy was luxuriously wet. Nika herself was capable of heavy wetness (in fact she just had been nearly the same way with Claire) and she found herself excited with Claire's response. Her mouth watered. Nika withdrew her fingers from Claire’s pussy and slowly circled wet fingertips around and around Claire’s areola. She licked her lips unconsiously when she first recognized Claire’s pussy scent so close. Nika looked up. As she expected, Claire was watching. She held Claire's eyes as she extended her tongue and licked the wetness off her breast -- ending by swirling her tongue around and around the nipple then taking it between her lips and sucking Claire's tit without breaking eye contact.

Nika felt Claire spread her legs further for her. She slipped her finger back into Claire's wetness, circling her clit with the fingertip until she saw her lover's pelvis following the motion of her finger. Nika withdrew it again, holding it up a moment for Claire to see before touching it between Claire's tits and drawing a wet line straight down to Claire's cunt. Nika got on all fours over her lover and slowly licked/kissed the streak of pussy wetness down across Claire's belly, across her vulva and into Claire's neatly trimmed pussy hair.

The trim job struck Nika as both erotic and a personal symbol Claire's sense of power. Nika closed her lips on a tuft of the short hairs and tugged. Claire's was so different from her own thick, wild bush. It seemed right to her to get on her knees at the edge of Claire's bed. Claire came to the edge herself. Under her breath, Nika said, "Oh, Honey...," as she parted Claire's glossy wet pussy lips and breathed in her musky sweetness. She plunged her tongue straight into Claire's vagina and wriggled it in deep. Nika lapped and swallowed wetness. Her tongue flicked briefly over Claire's clit...

...and sought it again.

 

[Steffi200051]

Nika was taking her time. Each effort appeared to be well thought out and designed to bring Claire to new heights. It was her body warmth that made an impression on Claire. Nika had always been a warm person, easy to snuggle with on those cold winter nights so many years ago. They were two close friends sharing one bed.

Once Nika moved to the edge, Claire understood her intensions and followed with placing her feet on the floor. She watched Nika's graceful movements especially her swaying breasts. This brought attention to her own nipples which ached slightly from the grip of Nika's teeth. Nika stretched one hand up to grip her left breast and raked her nails lightly over the skin.

Claire made several guttural moans. They were clearly unladylike and she tried to curb the desire but as she felt the driving tongue it happened yet again, followed by a reflex to close her legs against Nika's head. Nika shifted speeds and intensity. She was driving herself rapidly. It was unexpected and very erotic. It had the feeling of someone who had lost control. She pulled on Claire's breast as if clinging to a rock. Claire felt an intense heat building within her spine. She drove her hips toward Nika who held firmly to her position.

"Aaaaaagghh...ooohhhh....yesssss"

Claire's mind went blank as it was flooded with sensations of pleasure. One leg twitched against Nika's side, yet nothing slowed her relentless thrusting directly into her wetness.

"Ooohhh...take me. TAKE IT ALL."

 

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Nika knew exactly what she was doing to Claire. She thrust her tongue relentlessly, changed up her rhythm and depth every time Claire would start to move in sync with her. Nika wanted to be the one in charge and she wanted Claire's orgasm to be shattering.

Claire’s breasts heaved as she arched her back and writhed back and forth on the pussy-wet sheets. She took her own nipples between fingers and thumbs and pulled/pinched hard as she tried to make herself cum. Her voice was rasping as she begged Nika over and over, “take me… take me now, …” Nika seemed to have no concern.

When she was finally satisfied, Nika slowed her rhythm and allowed Claire to follow the movements of Nika’s tongue with her hips, torso, back, legs. Nika lapped the full length of Claire’s cunt with her tongue – each time flicking the tip of it over Claire’s tortured clit, causing her to moan out loud. Claire’s wetness flowed. As Nika’s tempo built gradually, Claire ground her pelvis into Nika’s face as she felt Nika’s tongue sweep upward between her pussy lips and linger barely a second just touching her clit.

Claire seemed to have mental block keeping her from her orgasm until Nika laid a hand on her belly. Somehow the simple touch made it OK for Claire to cum and in an instant every muscle in her body seized tight. Nika was reminded immediately of what a strong swimmer Claire had been. She froze with her tongue deep in Claire’s pussy until the orgasm started to pass and Claire slowly relaxed, but barely had time to take a breath before a second orgasm caused her to tense up again, practically cutting off Nika's breath as Claire held her vise-like between powerful thighs.

Claire lay back on the bed with her eyes closed. Nika rested her head on Claire's tummy, her breasts were between Claire's thighs, swaying together when she moved. Finally Nika managed to say in a hoarse whisper, "I dunno how many times, I've made myself cum imagining that - 'bout time it was for real."

 

[Steffi200051]

There no place on earth that Claire would have rather been. It was a moment that held perfection for Claire based on her long standing memory of that winter at college. A moment that she had replayed in various ways thousands of times. And yet the reality, the touch and the sheer warmth of having Nika explore her was somehow better.

Claire's mind recovered slowly. She was drenched and wanted to pull Nika up from the floor, but lacked the co-ordination. She used her left hand to pet Nika's head, as she inched closer. Claire's left breast ached, but it was worth it. And soon Nika was nuzzling it.

"Take anything you want, you were so amazing."

Nika rose up and moved onto her, allowing a brief glance at her fur-covered mound. Claire knew how to take care of it and would do so at the cabin. But that was for later. She was still amazed at how good a lover Nika had made herself. She could feel the intensity even now. Claire pulled her close. Their eyes met with a simultaneous smile. They held each other endlessly.

"So, we can share a shower, then catch breakfast on the road?"

 

[Steffi200051]

It felt so good to have the sex firmly established. Claire could now speak freely and she was sure that Nika felt the same way. Slowly they emerged from the bed and moved toward the shower. Claire led by taking her hand. It was like old times, only somehow better!

 

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Traveling to the resort later in Claire's car, Nika absent-mindedly looked through her reflection in the passenger window with Claire reflected in the background. The countryside rolled by quietly as she stared blankly. The previous 24 hours had been a whirlwind. She felt, for the first time in a long time, that she had time to think, to put her life in some order.

Why had she chosen to come to Claire now? Why did everything seem to fit? ...to feel right? Nika didn't think she knew - or maybe she just wasn't ready to admit anything yet.

 

[Steffi200051]

It had been a hasty task of packing for the cabin. Claire knew exactly what clothes to take but it was the extra touches that she tried to track down. In the end she had a duffle and three paper bags to be loaded in her car. This included the surprise she had planned for Nika that she cleverly wrapped in a pair jeans!

"If we are missing anything we stop at the store in town."

Nika was a real sport as she helped with the coffee and the loading. The ride was only 40 miles, just enough to feel like a vacation. The weather looked to be promising even a touch on the warm side, which was good in case they decided to swim. The entire trip was on two-lane roads but the traffic was light, which made for an easy drive.

"So, this guy Josh, was he a long term-type?"

 

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The question snapped Nika out of her thoughts.

"Long term?" she repeated, considering, "Yeah, for somebody."

Claire drove on for another mile before Nika thought of anything more to say about it.

"Josh has a lot to offer. The only thing is that it comes at a price - he's not a guy who is interested in an equal partnership. Whatever woman he ends up with will have to be satisfied with that. There are probably women willing to accept that. We probably know a few from the team who are living that life right now..." they exchanged a knowing look between themselves, both thinking of the same promising, young faces of team mates whose stated goal was to settle for the security of a good life.

"...and nothing wrong with that - there is somebody for everybody," Nika added, pleased that she could put a good spin on her comment. "I WILL miss a few things, I can't lie."

 

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"Yep, so true. There was always the hope that things would turnout for the best, which is not the best way to plan for a lifetime."

Claire was driving at a modest speed giving Nika an opportunity to enjoy the countryside and get a lay of the land, as they left the city and moved up in elevation.

"My problem seems to be the timetable is running out. I am thinking that the choices are getting slim."

 

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...an open book

"You're the practical one, Claire, and it shows, but that isn't your situation alone," Nika found herself stating the obvious, "I was literally just thinking about that. Maybe its only traditional choices that are starting to look a little thin...."

Nika turned her head from the landscape to Claire, "I've felt as completely sexed up with Josh as I've ever been in my life... to where I can still feel him inside me, long after he's cum and the taste of him is still on my lips -- I've laid with him after making love feeling used, bruised, sexually satisfied and still thought of him as a stranger. I just don't see the last part as a viable choice for me," she said. Nika searched her mind for the right words. She didn't want to be presumptuous with Claire or put her in an awkward position regarding Nika's own intentions behind this sudden trip. "I'd never seriously thought about this before, but its part of the world all around us: not every girl gets a guy - not every guy gets a girl and the luckiest ones, whether they do or don't, are the ones who simply find someone to love and respect and are loved and respected in return. For the rest, there's ways.... Does that make sense?"

Nika wondered whether she said too much.... 'We've been intimate in about everyway imaginable,' she thought, 'but it wouldn't count for much if I couldn't be an open book.' Nika went back to watching the countryside. It was a beautiful day. She was content.

 

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"Actually, it makes perfect sense. I know the feeling that you described, as I have been there. It was four years ago about this time of year. Jeff was a year younger than I and we had been quite friendly around the office and a few Fridays for drinks. Then we began going on dates. Next, I was sleeping over at his place. But it was always a feeling of being temporary. Then, we went for a weekend in Vegas. To much drinking on his part, it was like he was the party boy who couldn't grow up."

They were halfway there. The trip was off to a swell start and Nika was giving real clues about the mission her life was on. Claire had herself questioned her own intentions about a life course. There were huge ramifications for making an ill-fated choice. Nika was smiling as she listened.

"I don't think I could ever do a friends-with-benefits relationship. Especially, at my age. That's why I never went back to that guy Larry's house or even to church. I wasn't objecting to the sex, but he just wanted some quick relief. He probably thought I was going to be impressed by his wealth."

Claire reached over and took Nika's hand as she drove.

 

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friends with benefits

Nika was blown away

and maybe a little scared. She'd never thought of their relationship as 'friends with benefits'. Wasn't it more, but was it enough for Claire , who seemed to be ready for life commitment? Her mind raced. There were no easy answers.

Claire's hand was warm. Nika let her head rest against the seat back and closed her eyes. She wondered what a life would be like....

 

[Steffi200051]

Nika was right about catching up on her sleep, as the moving countryside appeared to be making her sleepy even though it was not quite noon. Claire watched the road and allowed Nika to rest, as she knew there was plenty to do once they arrived. They could "catch up" later. She slowed her travel to under the speed limit and took the curves slower. Soon, the landscape changed to taller trees and rolling hills. The city had been left behind.

 

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...you really hurt me

Tired or not, Nika found that she couldn't fall sleep. Her mind was racing. She was surprized that Claire not only seemed to share her thoughts, Claire seemed to be far ahead of her, ready to make decisions and get on with life, but was she (Nika) ready??

...then there was the matter of commitment. They'd never made formal commitments -- they'd just always been there for each other. Claire made it clear that she wasn't willing to keep up a relationship with a guy who wasn't ready or willing to make a commitment to her, so where did Nika fit in?

...and then there was also the matter of sex. Nika liked both. But she couldn't really tell whether Claire had any interest and patience left for men or just women -- and what would that mean for them?

She realized that what she didn't know about Claire and her was more than she knew at the moment. And there was nothing she could do about that but be the friend that Claire had asked to share a weekend with at a resort in the mountains. 'Fair enough,' she thought, 'I'm all yours, Claire.'

With the passenger seat back and her hand in Claire's, Nika relived the passionate and tender moments of their love making. She moaned quietly at times and when she thought that Claire was looking out of the corner of her eye, Nika cupped her breast tenderly, barely whispering, "Oh, you really hurt me." When it didn't look like Claire knew how to reply to what she heard, Nika added, very seriously, "Please promise me...." Claire looked over at her, "...that it won't be the last time, OK Lover?" before she cracked a smile, curious about what Claire would do or say now.

There is truth behind a lot of jokes and Nika's truth was that she had a taste for a certain amount of pain from the right partner. She hoped that Claire wouldn't take forever to guess it and she really hoped that Claire had it in her to let Nika have a little more sometime soon.

 

[Steffi200051]

Nika seemingly was only resting her eyes, but then there were audible mumbles that Claire could not discern. There was really no need as they entered the town of Longmont and moments later they were on Lake road, a bumpy dirt lane. Nika sat up and looked out at the first glance of the lake.

"Yep, lakes up here tend to be quite rustic. Mostly just camps and seasonal homes. "

Claire found the office and parked in front. Nika insisted on paying the rental fee of $140 for the two nights.

 

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Longmont wasn't what Nika expected, but she felt at home among the recreational properties. "You're full of surprises, Claire," she said, "Have you been coming up here for long?" Nika had a feeling that Claire was doing more than introducing her to a favorite place - perhaps Claire was ready to show Nika a side of herself that she'd never known before.

As they were bringing things in from Claire's car, Nika realized why she felt so comfortable at Longmont - it reminded her of the resort town where her family spent summers before she left home. They settled in after everything was in from the car. Nika noticed Claire staring out the picture window toward the lake. The floor creaked as she walked up barefoot behind Claire. Nika touched her arm, "It's lovely," she said.