"forget it! You know me – impulsive Gretchen, wants to hold hands so she does it"
"I know and I love that about you! I wanna be more like that and not be beholden to … any label or definition or who I'm supposed to be I just..." Claire takes a deep breath
"I wanna hold your hand"
Gretchen beams at Claire as she takes her hand in her own gingerly and squeezes.
"People are gunna talk" Says Gretchen – a little taken aback
"Let 'em talk" Claire responds, cooly
"Talking's good." She continues "In-fact I could use some talking if you still have a sympathetic ear?"
"I in-fact have two ears" The two grin at each-other for a moment before Gretchen announces "c'mon" and pulls Claire up by the hand and leads her out of the cafeteria
"So what did you wanna talk about?" Gretchen asks, still smiling ear-to-ear, as the two walk hand in hand down the corridor. "And what was that back then? Did something happen?" She added
"Yeah... I kinda thought you'd been kidnapped by Sylar"
"What the hell?" Gretchen laughed
"Oh and I think I know who took your backpack"
"Really?" She paused to think for a few seconds "Wait that was..."
"Yep" Claire interrupted
"Wow, for an evil psycho he's pretty hot" Gretchen joked. The only response she got was a half-smile-half-frown as if to say 'you weirdo', to which she just laughed at. By this point both girls had almost forgotten they were holding hands. They were soon reminded, though, when a group of boys staring at them caught their attention. None of them said anything, but their floored jaws expressed their thoughts easily enough. Gretchen looked away, blushing slightly while Claire sustained eye contact with one of the boys.
"They think you're hot" Gretchen joked as they walked out of earshot.
"C'mon they were obviously looking at you..." She paused for a second and made eye contact "... Sexy" Gretchen looked back with an expression of lust and astonishment. Claire bit the side of her lip and looked away.
"I told you that would happen"
"You said people would talk. You didn't say people would stare" Claire retorted. Gretchen looked at her and squeezed her hand firmly in response. Before they knew it they had arrived at their dorm room door. Claire attempted to get the keys from her pocket and unlock the door without breaking the hand holding, but she ended up dropping them.
"Maybe we should..." Gretchen suggested. Without pausing the other girl responded "Yeah", let go of her hand and in a fumbling rush – picked up the keys, unlocked the door and swung it open in one swift motion.
"So..." Claire took a long pause after shutting and locking the door "... Alone at last" The two looked at each-other for a moment, bravely gazing at one-another as hearts started pumping faster and faster. The 'subtext' that had once filled this space was now all exposed, and it filled the room with a real intensity that neither of them could ignore any longer. Claire's voice broke up a little as she asked "What now?"
"I guess we already kinda had our first kiss" Gretchen was almost shocked at her own confidence when she said this. Claire took two slow steps towards her and placed her hand on the other girl's collar bone. Her eyes were focussed on her hand as she traced her fingers up towards Gretchen's neck. She made eye contact once again when she said
"Well... maybe I'll kiss you this time" Gretchen's eyes turned puppy-dog-like and she whispered "...Oh Claire" Claire slowly leaned in as she said this, without breaking eye contact and pressed her lips firmly against Gretchen's. She tugged at Gretchen's hair intermittently as the tenderness battled with the passion within her. Meanwhile Gretchen wrapped her arms around her new lover and held her tightly to bring her closer to her.
They started to move backwards as Claire pushed them against a wall. With one hand on the wall beside Gretchen's head and her whole body pressed against hers, she broke off the kiss. There was a look of confident dominance in her eyes that made Gretchen's heart pound in her chest. She'd always imagined she'd be the dominant one in this situation, guiding Claire through her first experience with another girl. But Claire was clearly in the spirit for this and was going full speed ahead. The fact that it wasn't quite as she'd imagined made it all the more exciting, she didn't know what to expect. And as that thought hit her Claire started delicately kissing her sensitive neck. She gently rolled her head back in response, closing her eyes to enjoy this silky wet tongue on her tender skin. Claire wrapped both her arms around her waist as she continued to kiss up Gretchen's neck. She took a deep breath in and inhaled her scent
"Mmm... You smell good" Claire spoke slowly, in hush tones. Squeezing her in her arms. Gretchen found herself buckling at the knees and she slid down the wall with her new lover attached. Thoughts were racing through her head as this blonde beauty knelt between her legs, barely inches away. She stared into those misty blue eyes in almost disbelief and re-positioned herself so she was also kneeling, she placed a hand on her soft cheek.
"God your beautiful" She admired with the same look of desire and emotion that she had the first time. This time when she kissed her though, instead of a look of shock, Claire looked relaxed and almost blissful and she felt herself tipping backwards in sympathy. As she climbed on top of her, Gretchen slowly stroked upwards from Claire's abdomen, and as the hand reached her breast she laughed out; "I never actually believed I'd ever get to do this to you... You're an amazing kisser by the way!"
"So are you Gretch" a devilish grin graced Claire's face and she pulled on the other girls clothes "Now get back here". This caused a shocked yet muffled yelp on Gretchen's behalf as she was pulled into the softest, deepest kiss yet. Moans followed as thighs grazed and hips bucked. Claire slipped her hand up Gretchen's shirt and stroked the soft warm skin underneath with her palm. Her hand slowly went north and she cupped her breast and gently squeezed over the fabric of her bra.
"Oh boy..." Gretchen exclaimed softly, appreciating the sensation. Her lips were gently sucking on Claire's ear as she tousled her hair with her fingers. Claire could hear her woman's heavy breathing as she toyed with her ear lobe. It gave her a kick to know how much she was affecting her. She was suddenly surprised that this had come this far without freaking her out. It was the first time she'd had such a heated make-out session with anyone, never mind another woman. The thing is, it just felt right, it felt natural. And she wasn't thinking too much, in this case that was a positive thing. She was letting her body do the talking. Claire slipped her hand back down over Gretchen's smooth stomach and slid her fingers under her jeans.
"Wait..." Gretchen stopped her. Claire, looking slightly concerned, retracted her hand and let her continue.
"Your first time should be special" She said earnestly. Claire sat up and placed her hands on Gretchen's shoulders.
"This is special" She looked into her eyes, flicking back and forth between them.
"Well its not good enough for my supergirl. I'm gunna give you the most romantic, special virginity loosing night ever. Just trust me on this one. K?" The brunette said enthusiastically. Claire couldn't help but give in to her charming demeanour and smiled on one side of her mouth.
"Besides, think of all the fun sexual tension we'd miss out on if we did it right now"
"Yeah... fun..." Claire laughed "Well as long as it's with you Gretch, I don't mind. But if you want to wait then we'll do that" She reasoned
"It's what I want" Gretchen confirmed, mimicking the lopsided smile on Claire's face. She pushed hair behind Claire's ear and slowly moved in to kiss her. This time kissing her slowly and gently; lips barely touching, tongues teasing...
"Fuck... if you kiss me like that again I don't think I'll be able to control myself" The blonde said, eyes wide with lust. Gretchen on the other hand was grinning ear to ear.
The pair talked and canoodled all evening, enjoying this new dynamic to their relationship. Joking about pushing the beds together and chatting about Claire's crazy superhero experiences with Sylar that day. All the while Gretchen was mentally planning this incredible evening she promised.