Author's Note:
There's some soft smut ahead but it doesn't last very long at all. Enjoy reading!
Neither of them expected it to happen. Rosie was upset over not being able to snag Bill. Tanya was her rock. Even when she felt like the most unappealing person on earth Tanya convinced her otherwise. After eating her weight in cake Rosie was sitting back on Donna's makeshift bed. It's where they all slept during their stay. It's nothing they weren't used to. Tanya had been humming to herself and sweeping the floor. Rosie noticed how it looked like a little dance. Each step she took around the room was like watching a graceful ballerina soar across the stage. Tanya noticed Rosie staring and kept her back to her as she continued to sweep. "Yes, Rosie?"
"I didn't say anything." She furrowed her brows in confusion. That's when she realized she had been staring at her friend the whole time.
"You've been staring at me for the last five minutes. Usually I don't mind getting looks but I've never seen anyone watch me do something as simple as cleaning up." She carefully swept the dirt into the dustpan and tossed it out. She propped the broom up against the wall and sauntered over to the bed. She hovered over Rosie with her hands on her hips.
"You make something so simple look so beautiful. How do you do it?" Rosie mumbled.
"Do what?"
"Always look beautiful. How can I be as beautiful as you are? Everyone likes you and wants to be with you." She sat up with her chin in her hands. She pouted up at Tanya.
Tanya's expression softened. She sat next to her with an arm around her shoulders. "It's not something you can be it's something you are. I mean sure I can be beautiful with my makeup on but I've known I was beautiful since I was born. I've also known that you've been beautiful since the day I met you."
"Don't just say what I want to hear. I'm absolutely average looking and you know it."
"I'm not. You want me to tell you that you're average looking. I would never lie to you so I'm telling you exactly how I feel. I think you're amazing and beautiful. You have those beautiful blue eyes that twinkle on stage like little stars. You have the most gorgeous smile. Your nose crinkles when you laugh and it's the cutest thing I've ever seen. Your lips are so pouty and just.." she paused. Her voice softened. "just so kissable." She found herself shifting closer to Rosie.
"Tanya?"
"Yes, Rosie?" She purred. Her gaze went to her lips and then back up to her eyes.
Rosie noticed this and sat back. "Are you trying to kiss me?"
"Do you want me to?"
Rosie contemplated it. It was tempting. She nodded slowly and before she knew it Tanya's hand was on her cheek and their lips for pressed together in the most glorious kiss she had ever experienced. It only lasted a few seconds but it was just long enough to be satisfying and leave them both reeling.
Tanya still had her eyes closed as they pulled apart. It was as if she was trying to ingrain it in her memory. She slowly opened her eyes to see Rosie watching her in bewilderment. "I can't believe we just did that." Rosie started. "That was simply amazing! It was magical! It was-"
"Shut up." Tanya interrupted as she kissed her again, somehow it was even softer this time. "Use your inside voice." She reprimanded. She sounded very much like a preschool teacher in that moment. She couldn't help but let out the softest giggle after saying that.
"Okay." Rosie all but whispered. "Do you want to do it again?" She asked.
"Of course I want to do it again. I've already done it twice. Lay back." Before Rosie even had to chance to move Tanya was nudging her to lay down. Once Rosie's back was against the mattress Tanya was hovering over her. Tanya noticed Rosie starting to fall back into her anxious thoughts. She placed a hand on the side of her face. She used her thumb to brush over her cheekbone. "Don't think too much. Relax. I want this just as much as you do if not more." She used to her elbow to support her weight and leaned down to join their lips again. Their lips moved together like waves crashing against the shore. It changed their dynamic completely but neither of them could bring themselves to care. It seemed to be something that been coming on for a while, at least in Tanya's case. Rosie didn't even know she could feel this way about Tanya until the kiss.
Tanya pulled away with a soft grin. She looked down at Rosie, leaning down again to brush their noses together and giving her one last little peck before speaking. "So, this is new."
"Tanya we just kissed, multiple times. Do you know what this means?"
"That we've been hiding behind the rules of society and are just now feeling empowered enough to explore our sexualities and open up the door to our true selves who are not just meant to pleasure men." She said all in one breath.
"I was going to say it means we need to talk about our relationship but that works too." Rosie shrugged. "Are we still just friends?"
"We are whatever you want us to be, love. Ever since it became just us Dynamos without Donna I've felt so much closer to you Rosie. It breaks my heart to see you sad knowing I feel all those feelings you wish someone would feel about you." Tanya had never been this vulnerable before especially with someone she was falling for.
"You- why didn't you tell me?" Rosie wasn't angry. She was curious. She wanted to know why Tanya didn't come right out and tell her how she felt. She thought they told each other everything.
"I was scared."
Rosie let out a laugh. "You're not afraid of anything, Tanya." She continued to giggle at this until she noticed that Tanya wasn't laughing. "Oh come on, you're kidding right? You're my best friend. We tell each other everything."
"Rosie I-" Tanya was cut off by Donna bursting into the room.
20 Years Later
"Did you mean what you said 20 years ago?" Rosie asked. She and Tanya were sharing a room at Donna's hotel. They had arrived that morning to help prepare for Sophie's wedding. It was now the middle of the night and the two of them were lounging on the beds. Rosie had been reading some self help book while Tanya was flipping through a magazine. Every time they stayed at the hotel together Rosie found herself thinking back to the night Tanya kissed her. She found herself thinking about it now more than ever and struggled to focus on anything else.
"I said a lot of things 20 years ago. Be more specific." Tanya replied without looking up from her magazine. She was sitting so gracefully on the bed. She was perched on the mattress with her mile long legs arranged beside her. Her reading was propped up on a pillow in front of her. She was still in her dress from earlier, too lazy to put in the effort of carrying out her extensive night routine just yet.
"Do you remember when you told me you had feelings for me? You kissed me and told me you were scared to tell me and then Donna walked in." Rosie sat up on her bed to look at Tanya, trying to get a feel for how she felt now. Of course it was hard to read Tanya, her expressionless look was something that she had worked on for years to use during moments like this.
"Rosie we were young and dumb and honestly I don't remember much about that day."
"Well, I've never forgotten it. It was the first time I felt worthy of affection. I know you haven't forgotten it either. That's why you're putting up a wall with me right now." She could tell by the look- or lack thereof- on Tanya's face that she was lying. She knew exactly what Rosie was talking about. Rosie got up and made her way over to Tanya but not without stumbling over a suitcase and all but falling onto Tanya's bed. This caused both of them to giggle.
"Fine. I do remember. After Donna came in we didn't talk about it again. The next morning Bill came over and you still had eyes for him. What did you want me to do Rosie? Wait for you? You clearly had no intention of being with me. Once I saw how you looked at him I realized that you would never see me that way." It pained Tanya to say this but she refused to let Rosie see her expression change in the slightest.
"So you've just been holding out on me all these years? Tanya, once we kissed everything changed. I did look at him differently. I wasn't going to just stop loving him because someone else stepped into the picture." Rosie furrowed her brows. She was still searching Tanya's face for any sort of emotion. "Tanya look at me."
"I'm reading." Her voice was low and she sounded like she was already over with the conversation. Tanya knew that it was far from over but she didn't want to bring it up again. She didn't need anymore heartbreak in her life. She had forced herself to stop pining for Rosie twenty years ago. She would rather not go back now.
"Tanya." Rosie tried again. She was much more persistent this time.
"Rosie."
"Tanya."
"What?" She finally looked up. She took in a sharp breath and waited for Rosie to speak but she fell silent. She didn't know what to say. Tanya clearly had sadness in her eyes and she couldn't bear to think that she caused it. "Well, are you going to say something or can I go back to reading?"
Rosie just shook her head and went back to her own bed across the room. An awkward silence fell over them and persisted as Tanya got ready for bed. After a long while, she stepped out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and stood in front of the vanity to apply her skincare products. She noticed Rosie watching her through the mirror. "Yes, Rosie?"
"I didn't say anything." She mumbled. She had her chin propped up on her arms as she continued to watch Tanya.
"I know, but you've been staring at me for the last five minutes. Not that I mind getting looks I just don't see what's so interesting about me putting moisturizer on." She continued to apply the creams and serums to her face and neck.
"How do you do it? You're so beautiful and effortlessly gorgeous."
"I'm sure we've had this conversation a million times. What is it going to take for me to convince you that you're the most beautiful person I've ever met?" That's when Tanya realized exactly what was going on. Of course she would never forget that day. She even wrote it down to keep it close to her heart forever. "You're not slick you know." She gave Rosie a half a smile.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Rosie let out a childish giggle. She was feeling giddy to finally get some emotion out of Tanya.
"You know what I'm talking about." Tanya walked over to Rosie and sat on the edge of the bed. "You wanna know if I meant what I said? Of course I did. I thought you were my soulmate after that and ever since then I've hoped for even the slightest chance of getting to love you again."
"You loved me?"
"Head over heels, baby."
Rosie sat up quickly- too quickly actually and had to place a hand on Tanya's bare shoulder to stop her head from spinning. "You were in love with me?" She exclaimed. She pushed Tanya's shoulder.
Tanya was highly amused but also afraid of anyone hearing them. "Keep your voice down." She re-wrapped her towel against her chest. "Yes, I was in love with you but like I said, you wanted Bill and not me so I gave up on it. I liked you long before I kissed you. For a long time I thought I dreamed it. I pushed away any feelings I had for you."
"So that's why you got married so many times. You went through a slue of husbands when you really wanted a wife." Rosie said.
"Maybe I did but that was way back when. I've been trying to let go of the past. It hurt back then and I'm not willing to revisit that part of my life."
"Not even if I gave you a chance?" Rosie sounded extremely English when she said that. Tanya always loved hearing her say words like 'chance' it highlighted her accent.
"You're giving me a chance?" Tanya quirked a brow. "No, darling I don't get chances. I give chances."
Rosie's smile grew. "There's the Tanya I know and love." She threw her arms around her shoulders. "Honey, I'm still free." She whispered almost singing it in Tanya's ear. "Take a chance on me."
Tanya rolled her eyes but had a delighted smile. "You're serious?"
Rosie didn't give her a verbal reply. She gave her a physical reply by pressing their lips together in a kiss much like the first once they shared twenty years ago. The difference though, this kiss had years of passion in it. Rosie shifted to straddle Tanya's lap but Tanya was having none of that.
"You should know that I'm never on the bottom." She smiled against her lips and carefully laid Rosie down on the bed. She suddenly became very aware of her nakedness from the breeze over things her towel didn't cover. She shivered when she felt fingertips tracing up and down the backs of her thighs. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Well, let me piece it together for you." She started. She took a long pause when she felt lips on her neck and jaw. "There's this gorgeous woman on top of me right? She's simply amazing and she's kissing me. She just so happens to be wearing only a towel! How insane is that?"
"Very." Tanya said lowly in her ear. The sound of her voice dropping like that made Rosie melt on the spot. "I think the gorgeous woman is tired of being the only naked one. Why don't we remedy that?" She slipped her hands up under Rosie's top. Rosie helped her pull it off. They grinned at each other as it hit the floor. This still wasn't enough for Tanya. She reached around Rosie and unclasped her bra. Both of them gasped when it was removed completely. Rosie gasped from the exposing, Tanya gasped to mock Rosie. "Did I do that? I am so not sorry." She cupped one of her breasts and brushed her thumb over her hardening nipple. She pressed a kiss to the other and sucked lightly to get a reaction out of her lover. Tanya smirked when she heard a soft moan from Rosie. She leaned up to press another kiss to her lips before ducking down to kiss just above the waistband of her pants.
Rosie was reeling from everything that was happening. It was almost happening too fast but she was too horny to worry with it. She was just about to speak when she felt her bottoms being pulled off and Tanya's hot mouth on her core. Both of them moaned. Rosie moaned from the feeling while Tanya moaned from the taste. Rosie's hands slipped into wet brunette hair. The hair was wet but the brunette was too.
"Tanya."
"Hm?" She hummed, which sent a ripple through Rosie's entire body.
"It's time to take this off." Rosie tugged on the towel. Tanya moved up to straddle her hips as she let the towel fall. She tossed it onto the floor and watched at Rosie looked at her in awe.
Rosie wasn't entirely sure what to do with Tanya. She just knew that she had never seen a more perfect human being. Tanya was the sexiest person she had ever seen. She caressed her sides. Her fingertips danced over the side of her breast, tweaking a nipple as they passed by. She was almost startled by the deep moan that erupted from Tanya. She was a true alto after all. Rosie hesitated when her hand rested at Tanya's hip.
"It's okay." Tanya assured her. She wanted her more than anything as long as Rosie wanted her too. Rosie nodded and decided to use her thumb to rub Tanya's clit. Tanya's hips rolled ever so slightly. She bit her lip to keep from making too much noise. Rosie continued to circle her clit until Tanya was almost tumbling over the edge. Just before she started to cum Rosie retracted her hand.
Tanya's eyes widened. "What are you doing? Put that back!"
"No."
"No?" Tanya scoffed. She was shocked to be hearing such a word come from Rosie's lips.
"We need to talk. We can't do this until we've talked some more."
"You couldn't have realized that before you gave me blue balls?"
"Everything's happening so fast. I couldn't let this carry out any longer." Rosie admitted. She felt a bit bad for ruining Tanya's pleasure but she had to get it out.
"Twenty years isn't that fast. It's extremely slow actually." Tanya retorted. "Would you mind putting your hand back where it was? I was really close to an orgasm."
"No."
"No?"
"No." Rosie said with a firm nod. She even tucked her hands underneath her to let Tanya know she meant business.
"Why do you keep saying that horrid word? I hate that word." Tanya took note of Rosie's expression and her position and honestly she saw no orgasms in her near future if they didn't have a talk. "Alright, fine. What do you wanna talk about?" She moved to get under the blankets, covering herself and Rosie with the sheets.
"What changed? An hour ago you refused to let me in and now you're just opening up and fucking me?"
"Well for one, we didn't get to any actual fucking yet." Tanya started. "I realized that I wasn't being fair to you. You wanted the truth so I gave it to you." She pulled up another blanket and wrapped it around her shoulders as she turned to face Rosie. "And right after that you basically set me up to talk to you again."
"I did not set you up. I simply jogged your memory by replaying the day we kissed."
"Rosie, I've already explained my reasoning. What more do you want from me? Why did you bring this up again?" Tanya sighed.
"Because I've always wondered what it would've been like for us. Would there have been an us. Will there ever been an us. Who are we?"
"We're Tanya and Rosie; best friends, dynamos, and apparently almost lovers." Tanya teased. Her finger tip traced shapes on Rosie's collarbone until Rosie swatted it away.
"Tanya, I'm serious. Where do we go from here?"
"Well, we can let it happen once and never speak of it again-"
"I don't want that. If it happens I'm going to think about it for the rest of my life." Rosie interrupted.
"We could do it many more times and remain-"
Rosie interrupted again. "But that complicates things. Feelings are involved now."
"Or we could become a thing and-"
Rosie interrupted Tanya yet again with a delighted sound. "I like that idea."
"I would've liked it a lot better if I had been able to finish a sentence." She retorted with an eyeroll. She shifted into a more comfortable position with her head resting on her arm as she faced Rosie.
Rosie had the biggest grin in the world. That's when she realized she had never told Tanya her feelings. Tanya did most of the talking. Well, Rosie did most of the talking but Tanya did most of the emotion sharing. Rosie didn't even realize it but she had been staring at Tanya during this thought process. Even when she was sexually frustrated she still looked gorgeous.
"Yes, Rosie?" Tanya asked. She laughed softly as she watched the gears turn in her head. Clearly Rosie was in some deep thought but the look of adoration she was getting from it made Tanya's heart smile.
"I didn't say anything."
"I know, but you're staring. I actually don't mind it this time."
"How do you do it?"
"What?"
"Make it so easy to fall in love with you?"