"You know... the best thing for a hangover cure?" Charity asked in a breathy whisper, slipping into the space next to Vanessa on the sofa.
"No," Vanessa replied curtly, frozen where she sat with Charity once again being this close to her.
Charity pulled Vanessa closer and dropped a chaste, gentle kiss to the other woman's lips. Charity knew exactly what she was doing and made sure that the sultry expression didn't leave her face. She pulled back and tilted her head forwards just a little, capturing Vanessa's eyes with her own.
"Do you wanna go upstairs and find out?"
Vanessa swallowed heavily as her heart starting beating out her chest. She didn't know what she was doing and the furrow across her brow screamed it but what she did know, was that she so wanted to go upstairs so she nodded, definitively, and then Charity lead her off the sofa toward them.
Vanessa didn't really know what to expect. It had been a quiet walk up the stairs, the air so thick with tension it was hard to breathe. Walking into Charity's bedroom only served to heighten the intensity, Charity quietly closing the door behind them before she turned to the bedside table just to her left, switching on the small lamp with a loud 'click' while Vanessa stood motionless in the space between the wardrobe and the bed.
Vanessa was facing Charity, watching her closely with a definite furrow in her brow, her chest rising and falling already quite rapidly and then Charity took a step toward her, her shoulders back and that lofty air about her that was normally annoyingly superior but right then was nothing but attractive as hell.
Charity tilted her head in that way that she did, a brief flash of her eyes as she kept them angled toward the floor and when she spoke she kept her voice as low and seductive as she could. "Wasn't sure if you were a lights on or lights off kinda girl, babe," she said as a playful smirk stretched across her lips.
Vanessa was getting more and more convinced since last night that Charity could make anything sound sexy. It seemed effortless, really, and it made a dryness coat the inside of her throat that she simply couldn't quench.
"Personally I'm a lights on girl," Charity continued as she took another step closer, knowing full well that Vanessa was now completely enraptured by her. She was in her domain now, and Charity was an expert at commanding it. She bit on her bottom lip and shrugged her shoulder a little. "For the first time anyway."
Vanessa was in arms reach now and Charity flicked her eyes over her body, more desperate than she'd ever admit to know what lay beneath those clothes. More desperate still to know the taste of her skin. "But for you I thought I'd leave it half and half," Charity teased as she glanced up at the dim illumination the lamp offered. "You know..." she husked as her fingers came to rest on the zip of Vanessa's body warmer, starting to lower it tooth by tooth. "Until you know what you want."
The tingling heat between Vanessa's legs quickly became a throb, her mind going lucid as her eyes fell closed with the proximity of Charity's body. It was ridiculous, how Charity had done this to her. Going from arguing viscously downstairs in the bar yesterday to well... this. Being more turned on in a matter of minutes than she had been in her entire life.
Charity came closer still, right into her personal space as the zipper reached the bottom of her coat and as Vanessa's eyes trailed up Charity's body, she found herself a little intoxicated with the height of Charity standing over her, looking down at the zip with the tip of her tongue poised between her teeth, her ruffled hair dropping forwards over her shoulders and all Vanessa wanted to do was lean into her presence and let her do whatever the hell she wanted to her.
"I know what I want," Vanessa heard herself say, her words all breathy and her heart doing somersaults much like it did last night, in the love seat, when Charity's hands were on her and her tongue was in her mouth. Only now it was thumping hotly with anticipation, with the knowledge that those hands would be rid of clothing and barriers this time, and her tongue could do all those things but in other places. Better places, and all it would take was a nod.
Vanessa swallowed and it made her body shudder.
"Yeah?" Charity asked, and Vanessa nodded far too quickly.
Charity pushed the body warmer from Vanessa's shoulders and it hit the floor with a gentle 'thunk'. "Tell me what you want, babe," Charity whispered, and Vanessa could feel the breath ghosting across her lips.
There was almost no space between them at all and Charity's hands hovered over Vanessa's sides, her face still angled down toward Vanessa's cheek and the sheer proximity of the other woman was almost tipping Vanessa over the edge. She ran her tongue over her top lip as her hands reached out and grabbed the front of Charity's black shirt, her fingers clenching the baggy material between them and giving it a gentle tug.
"You," Vanessa sighed as her chest pushed out a heated breath, as if either of them was ever in any doubt as to why they were there and that was all it took for Charity to lean down and capture Vanessa's lips in a searing, maddening kiss.
It was better than the night before; so much more familiar and without the haze of alcohol making everything seem that much more heightened. Clearer, even, their senses firing so much more vividly and the delicious slide of their tongues a little frenzied as if both of them had missed the feeling of it.
Charity's hand cupped the back of Vanessa's neck and she held onto her with a strong grip, Vanessa's fingers still balled in Charity's shirt having now pulled her body tightly against her own.
It had only been a moment after their lips met that the moans began. All low and breathy and desperate as their hips pressed together, unconsciously letting the other know what they both wanted. What they both needed. Charity turned Vanessa and inched her against the bed, the backs of her knees brushing against the duvet as the kiss became deeper and more demanding. Charity's hands trailed down Vanessa's sides, purposefully slowing a little over her ribs so she could tease her thumbs just along the curve of her breasts.
It had the desired effect as Vanessa gasped into Charity's mouth, Charity then dropping her hands to the hem of Vanessa's blue jumper, tangling her fingers in it to make her intentions clear. When Vanessa only kissed her harder, her hands letting go of Charity's shirt as to accommodate what was coming Charity swiftly pulled the jumper up and over Vanessa's head, tossing it over her shoulder as Vanessa heaved in a few breaths, Charity momentarily distracted by the movement of her chest before Vanessa grabbed her shirt again and pulled her in once more.
Vanessa had only swiped her tongue across Charity's lower lip before she lowered the zip at the top of Charity's shirt, her fingers meeting over the exposed skin of her chest and then pulling the zipper down slowly. The kiss broke as Vanessa dropped her hands to Charity's hips, their foreheads not quite touching but close enough as their lips hovered just centimetres apart. Vanessa pulled Charity's shirt out of her jeans and if she wasn't mistaken the taller woman's chest hitched just a little, before Vanessa pushed the material up her body.
It was odd, for Charity, but only in the best way possible. Her body was on fire and her shirt wasn't even fully off yet. She couldn't remember a kiss being so sensual before and Charity had seduced a lot of people. She wasn't sure why this was so different but it was, and all Charity wanted was more of it, consequences be damned.
Maybe it was because she wasn't used to a body so soft, lips so supple and hands so curious yet respectful at the same time. It had been so long since Charity had been with a gentle lover and it was all of sudden as if her body craved it. Vanessa was going to rely on her here, trust her with this experience and Charity was surprised Vanessa was allowing it but the things she was feeling as a result were something she genuinely needed, and she wasn't about to back away from it now. Even if she might regret whatever connection might form down the line. If there was one thing Charity was good at after all it was putting her feelings in a box and locking them away never to be dealt with again.
Vanessa pulled Charity's shirt over her head and dropped it to the floor at her side, another flash of desire flaring in Charity's eyes and then she gathered Vanessa in her arms, her head dipping instantly so she could press her lips to the side of Vanessa's neck.
All of a sudden it was a little rougher than before, a little more rushed as Charity's lips devoured Vanessa's neck and Vanessa couldn't help but gasp out loud at the sensation. Her head leaned to the side as her eyes fell closed, her hands circling Charity's shoulders before her fingertips dug into the soft, delicate skin of her back. Charity lightly bit her skin in response and the moan Vanessa released was practically indecent.
It had been a long time since Charity had felt another woman's skin against hers like this. An almost forgotten time but her body screamed to remember, as if it had finally sated a yearning she didn't even know she had.
Vanessa's skin tasted so good that Charity couldn't stop exploring it. She'd learned the night before of all the weak spots along the column of her neck, the places that would strike a chord deep within her and so she wasted no time in probing them incessantly with her tongue. She could feel it every time Vanessa laboured over a breath, each small gasp and body shudder that reverberated through Vanessa's skin and her heartbeat, well, Charity could almost feel that as well as she felt her own.
She tilted Vanessa's chin up with her forefinger firmly beneath the hinge of her jaw and thumb directly beneath her chin, lifting it right up so she could trail the tip of her tongue from the dip between Vanessa's collarbones, to just above the thin layer of skin over her pulse point where she then sucked, hard, and Vanessa near melted where she stood.
Vanessa ran her nails down Charity's back in an instant reaction and it made Charity growl, almost, as a shudder erupted down her spine and then all of a sudden Charity was hungry. She released Vanessa's skin with a loud pop as a fire danced behind her eyes and then she kissed her again hurriedly, all tongue and lips and Vanessa was more than happy to reciprocate. She felt like she was putty in Charity's hands but she didn't care, completely and utterly ready to go wherever Charity wanted to take her.
Charity moaned into Vanessa's mouth as her hands dropped to her hips, her thumbs pressing into Vanessa's sides just above her hipbones and it made the shorter woman jerk, the sensation rolling through her like an explosion.
Vanessa's body was strong and taught beneath Charity's hands, a tightly wound coil that Charity desperately wanted to release and she absolutely couldn't wait to see Vanessa bend beneath her as she made her come. She moved her hands to the button on Vanessa's jeans, her fingertips dipping below the waistline as she tugged at the material a little, another chance for Vanessa to slow things down if she needed too.
All Vanessa did though was kiss her harder, her hands moving from Charity's back and grabbing at the sides of her jaw, pulling her closer as her hips, if Charity wasn't mistaken, bucked forwards and collided hers.
It made a smirk appear across Charity's lips and so she popped the button and lowered the zip, her heartbeat stepping up a gear when she felt the warmth of Vanessa's skin beneath her jeans.
As soon as Charity started to push the material down Vanessa felt the rush everywhere. She grunted into Charity's mouth and her hands dropped to those broad shoulders, gripping them intensely as Charity then broke the kiss, leaning down a bit so she could leverage the jeans down and around Vanessa's thighs.
They paused for a moment, Vanessa suddenly attempting to reign in what she was feeling but it really wasn't working, her right hand smoothing down Charity's arm and she was just about to ask what was wrong when she noticed the smug little grin adoring those kiss swollen lips.
Vanessa pulled in a breath and swallowed, her skin alive with want and then Charity gave her a small shove causing her to fall backwards onto the bed, her jeans still clinging to her thighs and her legs dangling off the edge.
Charity still wore that smug expression, all cocky and sexy and irresistible at once and then she stood between Vanessa's legs, her teeth tugging at her bottom lip as she painstakingly dragged her eyes down Vanessa's body, appreciating perhaps for the first time just how goddamn beautiful she really was.
It was a very thirsty, lust fuelled look and Vanessa couldn't help but feel emboldened by it, really, especially when Charity's eyes darkened even further. It was definitely a thing, Vanessa now knew; how confident, suave and sexy as hell Charity Dingle with her make-out tousled hair, standing over her half dressed and looking at her like she wanted to fuck her till next Tuesday could make Vanessa's whole world turn to liquid and pool between her legs.
It was as if Charity knew it too, and it would have been annoying if it wasn't so God damn good as well so Vanessa grinned, trying for wicked but not quite sure if she achieved it but then Charity reached for her jeans, pulled them from her legs with a couple of short, sharp, heavy tugs and any further coherent thought immediately migrated south, along with the rest of Vanessa's world.
Charity tossed the jeans and was quickly back between Vanessa's legs, her chin gesturing to the side and toward the headboard. "Scooch up, babe," she said softly, and then she started to undo her own jeans, too.
The only thing Vanessa could do was blink a few times, nod and then shuffle rather ungraciously toward the pillows at the top of the bed, her eyes now wide as she watched Charity take her jeans off.
Vanessa couldn't gauge how fast her heart was beating, rattling her ribcage as it was nor how much her nerve endings were firing beneath her skin. In that moment she wanted Charity on top of her more than she wanted anything else and as soon she was stood in front of her at the foot of the bed, in nothing but her black underwear Vanessa knew she was done for. Charity was breathtaking, utterly and completely and it was mind-blowing because two days ago Vanessa would've probably said she hated her, but now all she could think about was how good Charity was with her tongue and if she didn't touch her soon Vanessa felt like she might explode.
"So, babe," Charity began as she got onto all fours on the bed and crawled her way up to Vanessa's body, slowing and lowering herself over her when she was close enough. Charity briefly flicked her eyes to the lamp and then back again. "Lights on or off?" She halted her movement as she got to Vanessa's hips and dropped a chaste kiss to the bone there, the one protruding out just above the line of her underwear. "Last chance to decide."
Vanessa was stretched out fully on the bed, her body still tense and now flat to the mattress and pillows. Her eyes were closed and her voice was somewhere lost in her throat. "Uhmmm," she gasped as Charity kissed her hip again causing Vanessa's heart to lurch clear out of her chest. "I uhmm," she breathed heavily, "I really don't mind."
"Right then," Charity chuckled, her lips trailing a path across Vanessa's abdomen and coming to a stop just below her belly button, sucking the skin into her mouth lightly before releasing it. "On it is then," she husked, and Vanessa felt the vibrations of her words all the way through to her gut.
The arch of Vanessa's back was automatic, the same way her head tilted back into the pillows as she exhaled a very desperate, indecent breath, Charity's lips against her skin almost euphoric. As Charity moved higher she lowered more of her body onto Vanessa's so when her lips reached the top of her ribs, her whole side was pressed against the other woman's skin.
Vanessa revelled in it and couldn't get over how amazing the soft press of another woman's body felt against her own and when Charity's leg fell between hers well, it was the kind of contact she had longed for well before their drunken kiss in the cellar the night before. It made Vanessa spread her legs a little wider and if Charity didn't know how wet she was before, she certainly did then.
The moan Vanessa released shot along Charity's spine and it made her pause for a moment, that and the slick she suddenly felt cover her thigh. It made her jaw drop open a little, not only knowing but feeling how much Vanessa wanted this. Wanted her. She couldn't remember the last time she felt anything like it and that fact was assaulting Charity as much as anything else.
She groaned a little as she gathered herself and placed a kiss at the centre of Vanessa's chest, her left hand sliding up Vanessa's side and over her material-covered breast, giving it a squeeze as she tilted her head up at the woman who was desperately trying to stop herself from writhing uncontrollably beneath her.
Charity's hand moved under Vanessa's arm and her fingers dug into the lower side of her shoulder blade. "Lift up a bit," she whispered, Vanessa's eyes opening to meet hers and they were practically black with lust.
Vanessa did as she was told but grabbed onto Charity's face, holding herself up and kissing her as if her life depended on it. Charity kissed her back just as hard, just as fiercely as her hand slid around Vanessa's back and flicked open her bra, pulling the strap down her arm as Vanessa's hips rocked up and pushed harder into her leg.
The bra came off in an instant and then they were kissing again, Vanessa not letting go of Charity's face for love nor money and Charity pulling Vanessa to her with a hand pressed to her back, remembering with vivid clarity how much she loved a woman's curves rolling against hers. She held Vanessa close as her tongue devoured her mouth, Vanessa making all the right noises as they moved together fervently, their hips starting to grind together unabashedly. It was delicious, really, and so much better than with Zoe, Charity remembered but then she pushed that thought right back out of her mind.
She felt Vanessa's hands slide around to her back and urgently unhook her bra, yanking at it a little shakily until Charity let her go for a moment so she could remove it and fling it across the room, along with the rest of their clothes.
Vanessa was still on her back, Charity now leaning over her, propped up on her right elbow and her left hand against the mattress on the other side of Vanessa's body. Charity stopped at first, wondering why Vanessa wasn't grabbing for her but then she realised as Vanessa licked her lips and couldn't divert her eyes away from Charity's chest. She had to remind herself that this was Vanessa's first time and made a point that she'd likely have to remind herself of that a few more times during the night. It was cute though, the way Vanessa was mesmerised, kind of like how she was during her first time with a woman way back when, although Charity was pretty sure she wasn't quite so obvious about it.
Charity grinned and inched herself a little further up the bed so the objects of Vanessa's attention were more directly in her eye line. "Go on then," Charity urged, the gravel in her voice increasing tenfold. Her eyes drifted shut as she tried not to get too carried away with wanting Vanessa to kiss her somewhere below her neck. She knew it would be good and her insides clenched at the prospect of it. "You know you want to," Charity breathed and she could feel her restraint ebbing away.
Vanessa didn't need telling twice and with a confidence that surprised Charity, she reached up and closed her lips around one of Charity's nipples, sucking it slowly once and then twice as her hand came up to cup and tease the other.
This time Charity's groan was guttural as warmth flooded through her, pooling in the centre of her chest and then cascading down her body. Her skin flushed and her hips rocked down heavily onto Vanessa's thigh attempting rather desperately to find some form of relief.
Charity was completely over her now, her weight mostly pressed into Vanessa's left side with her body more or less hovering directly above her. Charity's left hand was still against the mattress, her fingers digging into the sheets as she used it to leverage herself more into Vanessa's mouth, her thigh firmly pushed against Vanessa's heat as Vanessa's thigh was against hers.
Charity knew she was wet, more so than she thought she would be and now Vanessa knew it too as Charity continued to grind herself down against her thigh. Vanessa was into it though, so, so into it and it only became more evident as time pressed on. She was responding in all the right ways, much more blatantly than Charity would've thought and as soon as Charity had rocked her hips against her the first time, Vanessa's left hand was hooked around Charity's hip and urging her on.
Vanessa flexed her fingers and it pulled Charity out of her trance. She licked at her lips, aware all of a sudden that they were dry and wanting quite urgently to put them to better use. Charity would be damned if for Vanessa's first time she wasn't going to show her exactly how much she could rock her world. She was going to make her come, hard, multiple times and when Vanessa eventually walked out of here Charity was going to make sure she damn well had the best night of her life.
Charity pulled back, her skin leaving Vanessa's mouth with a pop and Vanessa almost whined at the loss until she was sated by the press of Charity's entire body as she lowered herself down, her lips immediately at Vanessa's neck as she sucked the skin hard, her teeth leaving faint marks before she moved them up, running her lips across the curve of Vanessa's jaw all the way to her ear where she bit and pulled at the lobe.
Vanessa couldn't handle the sensations and it felt like she was drowning. The dance of their bodies, the heavy, incessant pounding in her chest that thumped beneath her skin and all the way down to her toes was overwhelming. She didn't know where she felt it more; her core when Charity rolled against her with the pressure of her thigh in exactly the right place between her legs. Her chest as they moved together and she could feel the urgent press of Charity's hardened nipples against her skin or the hot trail of Charity's lips as they ravaged her throat. It was delirious and salacious all at once. She was burning up and whatever Charity wanted to do to her she was more than happy to allow.
Charity descended down Vanessa's chest with purpose, tracing her tongue over the curve of her breast before circling her nipple with the tip, teasing the erect flesh roughly before she engulfed it in the heat of her mouth, alternating between sucking gently, breathing over it hotly and nipping at the tip with her teeth.
It was making Vanessa shudder, her whole body reacting maddeningly to the feelings shooting along her spine, spiralling outwards and then back again like a tidal wave with nowhere to go. Vanessa moaned loudly as her right hand gripped the sheets at her side and her left lost itself in Charity's hair, clenching at the roots slightly whenever Charity used her teeth.
Charity quickly moved to the other nipple, lavishing just as much attention on it while her free hand came up to continue teasing the other. It was making Charity gasp and moan too, never one to be quiet during sex or to shy away from expressing what she wanted. The more Vanessa rolled her hips and arched her body fully into her own the more Charity was losing it, too. She wanted Vanessa to fall apart beneath her, she wanted to taste her arousal on her tongue and when Charity began to move lower still, kissing, licking and caressing her skin Vanessa growled out her name so needily that Charity felt everything she had left fall torturously between her legs.
Charity needed to move, though, because it was killing her, Vanessa's thigh pressing so heavily into her every time she rolled her hips. It was exquisite, and Charity had never wanted to come so much in her life except she couldn't, not yet. Not before Vanessa had at least once and certainly not before Vanessa had even touched her. She positioned herself fully between Vanessa's legs, pushing them apart that little bit wider as she moved lower. Vanessa shuffled herself up against the pillows with an expression on her face like she was barely keeping a grip on reality and if Charity's brain wasn't currently in several gutters, she would've stopped to acknowledge how beautiful she truly was in that moment.
Charity's right hand ran along the underside of Vanessa's left thigh, her index finger teasing a line from the top and down toward the back of her knee. Vanessa exhaled as her chest juddered, and Charity leaned her head down and turned to face Vanessa's right thigh to place a soft, open-mouthed kiss directly onto her skin.
Vanessa thought she might come right then, in all fairness, as she felt the fluttering in her chest start to grow bigger. She knew her mind was somewhere up by the ceiling and her body was losing touch with its senses. All she could feel were Charity's lips and her scandalous fingertips as they played havoc with her emotions but all she wanted was to feel Charity inside her. Fingers, tongue, she didn't care and she honestly wasn't above begging for it if Charity didn't take pity on her soon.
Charity edged her mouth closer but it still wasn't enough, her hand then hooking Vanessa's leg over her shoulder before she dug her nails into the underside of her thigh making Vanessa shout out, her upper body jumping off the mattress as her eyes shot open and she gazed down at the woman between her legs with the most wretched expression Charity had ever seen.
"Charity..." Vanessa heaved out almost painfully, her voice much more of an erratic, aching plea this time but the desperation in her eyes was unmistakable. "Please..." she implored as the furrow in her brow deepened and to say Charity liked it when she was pleaded with during sex was an understatement, but to hear it fall from Vanessa's lips in such a way made her own clit start to pulse.
Charity smirked devilishly and made Vanessa wait only a moment longer before she inhaled deeply and then dragged her tongue through thick, soaking wet heat from just above Vanessa's opening to the tip of her quivering clit.
Vanessa's head hit the pillows like a dead weight and this time both of her hands sunk deep into the sheets, grabbing them so hard between her fingers that it made her knuckles turn white. Her body tensed as once more her back arched, staying that way until Charity's tongue flicked against her clit, slowly at first and then relentlessly as Vanessa let out moan after moan of sheer delight.
The pounding in Vanessa's chest quickly dropped to beneath her abs, a yearning there that was building enormously, spreading through her groin and shooting down her legs. It was all encompassing, her body on fire and then Vanessa felt Charity's fingertips add to her heat and she simply couldn't contain it. It was almost too much, poised on the brink as she was as Charity's fingers swirled a little, circling her opening as her lips enclosed fully around her clit.
"Jesus Christ!" Charity heard Vanessa shout as she slowly pushed in two fingers although she didn't need to with how wet she was. There was no resistance and Vanessa was quick to clench around her, pulling her in deeper and Charity let out a heady groan against Vanessa's still throbbing clit.
The way she tasted was amazing, and Charity felt like she could spend an eternity teasing and exploring but the desire to see Vanessa come more than won out. She felt incredible around her fingers and Charity had long forgotten the pleasure it brought, to make another woman fall apart in this way. It was like nothing else and when Charity added a third finger, making Vanessa pant out something unintelligible, she sucked even harder on her clit and curled her fingers forwards, continuing a rhythm that she knew Vanessa couldn't ride out much longer.
Vanessa's mouth fell open as her whole body clenched, Charity's fingers trapped as they pushed into that soft spot that was about to make Vanessa crumble in all the right places.
"Oh my God, yes!" Vanessa screamed, her shoulders coming off the mattress a little and all of a sudden she reached down and grasped Charity's head, urging her up, needing to attach herself to something and not let go.
Charity levered herself up on her elbow letting Vanessa's leg fall from her shoulder as the other woman clung to her, a hand at the back of Charity's neck pulling her forward as fast as she could. She wrapped her other arm around Charity's shoulders and kissed her savagely as soon as she was within reach, her legs hooking immediately around Charity's hips.
Charity's tongue plunged into Vanessa's mouth, her fingers jolting forward a little with the movement and then she flicked her thumb across Vanessa's clit a few times, applying just the right amount of pressure to finally make Vanessa's body still and then she broke, hard and fast and completely as Vanessa pulled her lips away to suck in a lung full of air, her body shaking wildly as the sensations engulfed her tumultuously. Her moan was loud enough to fill the room and she kept on filling it as wave after wave of pleasure swept through her, her skin absolutely buzzing with sensation and she had never before in her life felt anything even remotely close to it.
Her chest continued to hammer and her hands weren't losing their tremor but her grip loosened a bit around Charity's shoulders, even if inside she refused to let go of her fingers. Her walls were still vibrating and her eyes remained closed as she tried rather fruitlessly, to calm down her breathing.
Charity was shaking a little too. Her eyes heavily lidded as she gazed down at the woman beneath her, her heart rattling her ribcage rapidly and her fingers still moving slightly, enjoying the warmth and softness too much to remove them just yet. It was to heighten Vanessa's experience, though, she told herself firmly, because being amazing in bed was something Charity prided herself on, after all. The stirring in her own chest wasn't something to be concerned with, because fantastic sex always did that, right?
After a good few minutes Vanessa opened her eyes and noticed that Charity's were closed, her lips slightly parted as she seemed to be focused on steadying her breathing. It was too intimate to be awkward, and Vanessa's mind was far too cloudy and sated to feel anything other than post-orgasmic bliss.
It helped that Charity's eyes were closed, though, as Vanessa wasn't sure what she'd find if she should open them. Vanessa's body though proved traitorous and twitched involuntarily causing Charity's peaceful expression to flicker, a little, Vanessa bringing her hand up to cup Charity's cheek for a reason she wasn't at all sure of.
Charity swallowed as she felt the touch and her eyes cracked open slowly, her gaze somewhere around Vanessa's chin before it darted up and then back down again. Charity could sense Vanessa was about to say something and so she started to remove her fingers, slowly and deliberately making Vanessa's words stick somewhere in her throat as another wave of pleasure rolled through her.
Vanessa hummed deeply as her hand fell from Charity's face, her eyes falling closed again as she bit down on her lower lip.
Charity looked her then, the euphoric expression steadily back on Vanessa's face and the power quickly back in Charity's hands. "Don't worry," she uttered and the depth in her tone was enough to make Vanessa hum again. The gratified smirk was back on Charity's lips and then she leaned in and nipped at the side of Vanessa's jaw, her fingers now free as they pressed into the skin around her hip. "I'm not finished with you yet," she whispered, as her mouth moved against Vanessa's ear, the words rumbling heavily passed her lips.
Vanessa exhaled as she collapsed fully into the mattress, Charity's lips returning to explore the column of her neck.
"That is," Charity grinned, the playfulness back in her tone full force. "If you can handle it?" She quirked a brow up and waited for Vanessa's response.
Vanessa couldn't resist the grin that tugged at her lips, too, and she chanced a glance at the woman hovering over her. "Oh I can more than handle it," she breathed.
The expression on Charity's face changed to one of a challenge that had just been accepted and a definitive glint appeared brightly in her eyes. She flicked an eyebrow up. "Well we'll see about that," she teased, and then she started to move down Vanessa's body once more.
Vanessa's head was spinning, delirious in more ways than one and if she hadn't of come three times already she'd probably be a lot more nervous but Charity was needy, and by the way her body was taught and rocking heavily against her thigh Vanessa knew she was close to breaking.
They were facing each other, lying on their sides with their bodies more or less moulded together.
"What do you want?" Vanessa asked quietly as she leaned in and placed a kiss over Charity's collarbone. She heard the slight tremor in her voice and she really hoped Charity was too worked up to notice it as well.
Vanessa had to steel herself, a little. She wasn't a shy person, especially sexually but it had been a long time and it was hard to shake the feeling that she would be a disappointment, particularly after what Charity had just done to her.
"Fingers?" she continued, trying for a decidedly more seductive and confident tone. She kissed Charity a little further along her collarbone. "Tongue?"
Charity had never been so turned on in her entire life. It was crazy, but it was far too late to do anything about it now. Making Vanessa come another twice wound her up tenfold and she was certain it would be a very long time before she forgot what it was like to make Vanessa came hard in her mouth.
Charity chuckled as she sighed breathlessly, digging her fingertips into Vanessa's hip which made Vanessa tense the muscle in her thigh, pressing it more solidly against the juncture of Charity's legs. "Fingers are a good place to start, babe," she murmured in response, another shudder rippling through her and warming her chest.
Vanessa felt the vibration of Charity's words through her skin as she kissed the base of her throat, the grit in it making Vanessa's body twitch. She dropped her hand to Charity's thigh and grazed her fingertips along the skin causing Charity to sigh languidly as they started to inch upwards. She kissed her neck again in the dip above her collarbone as thanks to the night before Vanessa knew Charity had a weak spot there that made her chest hitch and shudder.
Vanessa sucked the skin harder as her fingers pushed into muscle, leaving a pale trail in their wake as they moved toward Charity's heat.
Charity actually hissed it felt so good and the throb between her legs was driving her insane. Her mind could only think about her pleasure and every inch of her just ached to be touched. She bit on her lip to stifle a groan but she couldn't suppress the gasp that Vanessa drew from her, when she released the skin from between her lips.
"Ness..." Charity husked as her hands gripped Vanessa a little tighter, her fingers really not moving as quickly as Charity needed them to.
Vanessa paused and looked at Charity's chest, her fingers idling in the 'v' at the top of her thigh. She was nervous about a whole lot of things and touching a woman intimately for the first time was only the tip of the iceberg, really. She couldn't dislodge the lump at the back of her throat and she felt the sudden need to voice what she was feeling.
She licked her lips quickly. "I've never-"
"Doesn't matter," Charity interrupted, knowing exactly what Vanessa was about to say. She glanced down at Vanessa with dark eyes and then gave her hip an encouraging squeeze. "It really isn't gonna take much, babe," she said with a breathy laugh, her throat however thick with desire as arousal clung to her every inch.
Vanessa smiled, a little, still gazing at the skin covering Charity's chest and when Charity's nails dug into her hip a moment later she did the thing she'd wanted to since the love seat last night, if she was honest. She moved her fingers across and ran them over Charity's clit.
If Vanessa had wanted to stop Charity would've been fine with that but she was so, so glad she didn't. The pleasure rocketed through her like a thunderbolt and it seemed like everything just refused to stop shaking. Charity was so wet and so sensitive and Vanessa seemed to get the message by the way Charity pushed herself harder into the touch.
Charity's moan was measureless and she lost herself to the bombardment of sensation overwhelming her.
Vanessa continued the movement of her fingers, running them up and down the length of Charity's clit and then back and forth over it, revelling in how silky and soft she felt. How delicate and wet and responsive that the lump in Vanessa's throat simply got bigger and bigger by the second.
Vanessa shimmied down the bed so she could shower Charity's chest with heated kisses, wanting all of a sudden to taste her skin everywhere and make her feel as good as she possibly could.
Charity though was rapidly reaching her peak and honestly she was passed caring how quickly it was going to happen. All of the sensations ambushing her senses were everything Charity didn't know she had missed and fuck, how she wanted to fall over the edge and come like she hadn't in God only knew how long.
She rocked her hips up trying to get Vanessa to move her fingers lower, grinding in a way that meant she needed more and Vanessa more than took the hint. She lowered the tips of her fingers to the source of Charity's heat and the groan Charity let out was thunderous, Vanessa closing her lips around a nipple as she pushed two fingers deep inside her.
Vanessa's mind was gone. She had never felt something so soft and warm in her life and she knew she'd never get tired of wanting to feel it again. Charity felt utterly amazing and Vanessa could tell she was close so she moved her fingers again but all of a sudden Charity clasped a hand around Vanessa's upper arm, making her stop her movements abruptly.
Charity breathed, her entire body pulsing as Vanessa moved inside her. It was so good Charity's heart pumped wildly, her blood boiling as it raced beneath her skin. She bit on her lip as her whole being thrummed, her head tilting down but her eyes staying closed as she gripped at Vanessa's arm, needing to regain some form of control but after a moment she tugged the arm closer, praying that Vanessa would get the hint to continue.
She did and so Vanessa restarted her rhythm, gentle for a moment but then more fiercely as Charity's moans got louder. Vanessa added a third finger which made Charity's hand slide up to Vanessa's shoulder, engaging it in such a death grip as her head tipped back and her body began to tense.
Vanessa felt Charity's walls tighten around her so she doubled her efforts, her fingertips rubbing against her front wall fervently making Charity shout out, her body going still for a moment or two before Vanessa felt even more wetness coat her hand and then Charity's entire being rocked viscerally.
Charity's heart thrashed her chest endlessly and she could feel its beat in the back of her throat. She felt electrified and her body purred with the pleasure of someone who hadn't had sex like that in an absolute age. Every part of her was warm and fuzzy and she dragged air into her lungs raggedly as she tried to control her chest.
Her head was still tipped back and she opened her eyes a sliver, the grin unabashedly spread across her face seeing as how there was no way Vanessa could see it. Her grip had softened on Vanessa's shoulder and Charity could tell the smaller woman was still curled in slightly to her chest, her breath panting out against her breastbone. It was a good few minutes before Vanessa started to remove her fingers and the sensation caused Charity's eyes to drift closed once more.
Vanessa was exhausted, her body still tingling from the exertion and the pleasure of what she'd just done to Charity. Her heart though had dulled to a firm but heavy thud, much slower than before but still causing a shudder each time it struck. When she felt Charity loosen around her fingers she withdrew them slowly, a faint hum emanating from the taller woman who then rolled over fully onto her back, heaving in a very satisfied and content breath as she did.
Vanessa watched her for a minute as Charity angled her head away, her eyes remaining closed the entire time and then Vanessa did the same, mirroring Charity's position on her side of the bed. Vanessa lay back and just breathed, both attempting to process and not process at the same time. She folded her hands neatly over her stomach and couldn't stop the flashbacks that started to rattle through her mind. Powerful didn't even begin to describe it.
Vanessa had no idea how long they lay there for but eventually the idea of tomorrow hit her and all of a sudden Vanessa's eyes shot open and her mouth dropped open, a bit.
She'd slept with Charity Dingle. Charity. The woman she'd come over to talk to about keeping quiet about last night. To spare her blushes over a drunken kiss and any questions about her sexuality it might bring.
So now what?
Vanessa turned her head to the side and glared at Charity who was for all intents and purposes, more or less rolled over onto her other side. She was peaceful, though, and her breathing had returned to a gentle rise and fall of her chest so it was easy for Vanessa to assume she had fallen asleep. Fallen asleep as if she hadn't just caused Vanessa a huge crisis of sexuality in the space of twenty-four hours or like she hadn't just completely turned her world on its head via some rather mind-blowing sex.
Vanessa's head lulled back to the centre of the pillow so she once again gazed up at the ceiling feeling if she was honest, a little on the brink of panic as her chest suddenly quickened its breathing but this time it didn't feel good at all. She swallowed heavily and then sat bolt upright in bed, the need to do something scratching at her skin.
"Should I go?" Vanessa asked hurriedly but quietly, suddenly awkward and anxious all at once.
Charity wasn't asleep and she could hear the anxiety in Vanessa's voice loud and clear and all of a sudden it dominated the room. About what though exactly she couldn't really place. It was just sex, after all, right? However great it was.
Charity sighed but it was quiet, something in her knowing that sarcastic comments weren't the way to go this time. She wondered briefly why she should care but then she knew the answer to that, really, and in that moment she wasn't about to let Vanessa feel any shame.
Or maybe she was just too tired to be amusing.
"Why?" Charity mumbled as she rolled her head in Vanessa's direction, her eyes still closed though as she made a show of getting more comfy against her pillows. "It'll be cold out there. It's warm in here."
Vanessa cast a look over her shoulder and down at her bed mate and worried about how she could be so unaffected. It was singlehandedly the best experience of Vanessa's life and Charity was acting like it carried no weight at all. Luckily though, Vanessa's brain was still a little delirious about the whole thing and she couldn't help but smile a touch at the woman who had just rocked her world. She looked contented, actually, as she lay there with her eyes closed, her breathing soft and Vanessa wondered albeit fleetingly, how many other one night stands Charity hadn't immediately kicked out of her bed.
Vanessa chewed on her bottom lip as her chest felt warm again but then she quickly turned her head away before she fell down that particular rabbit hole, because that way of thinking wasn't going to get her anywhere at all.
It's Charity, Vanessa thought to herself. Take it for what it was and then she was back to worrying whether she should leave or not.
At the lack of any response Charity cracked open an eye to find Vanessa's naked back staring at her, Vanessa's hair all sex-messy as it hung loosely across her shoulders and down the smooth expanse of her back. Charity now knew the sounds Vanessa made when it arched beneath her and she knew what that pale, flawless skin tasted like-
"But..." Vanessa started, the indecision still there and Charity quickly cleared her mind and exhaled a small breath.
"-Look just, come 'ere," Charity cut in. "If you want," she added in a hurry, feigning irritation as she furrowed her brow and turned on her side toward Vanessa, still keeping the space between them, however. "And bring the duvet with you, yeah?" she instructed, thinking that if Vanessa was going to stay she may as well make herself useful. Charity hated being cold during the night.
Vanessa glanced at her again and then reached down to the duvet that was folded back on itself at the foot of the bed, shuffling back with the top of it clenched in her hand. She didn't really know what to do, if she was honest, but she wanted to stay more than she wanted to go even if it was just to prolong the light stirring that was still going on inside her. Plus it had been a really long time since she'd fallen asleep next to a naked, warm body.
Charity felt Vanessa begin to lower herself down as the mattress dipped beside her and she reached out blindly to grab at the duvet before she pulled it up under her arm. She was absolutely exhausted but strangely felt kind of content and actually a little proud of how the evening had gone. It was odd but there was a weird stirring in her chest that she really didn't want to think about.
"Don't forget the light, babe," Charity added and then she heard Vanessa sigh, a slight ruffling of the sheets and then the 'click' of the light as it went off.
Vanessa settled onto her back and if it was awkward she didn't really feel it. Confusion was more the emotion that dominated her mind. She closed her eyes and pushed out a long breath, trying not to focus on what the hell had just happened as she knew there would be plenty of time for that tomorrow. All she wanted to do was drift off to sleep and if anything think about how good Charity had made her feel because right then, all she needed was that contentment again.
As if Charity knew of the barely held at bay turmoil threatening to keep Vanessa awake all night, she stirred a little as a noise came from her throat that sounded like she was pretty much asleep already but then Vanessa felt her move closer. Close enough that Vanessa could feel Charity's breath against the curve of her shoulder and then her hand as it swept across her stomach beneath the duvet, coming to rest just over her hip. Her fingers squeezed around the bone a little before they went slack and lay still.
Vanessa was surprised to say the least but then of course it wasn't the first surprising thing to happen that night. She spent a moment or so staring at the curve of Charity's cheek, the only part of her visible in the outside light from the window and by all accounts Charity was now out for the count. Vanessa sighed again as she smiled a little, snuggling down as her eyes closed and her head lulled in Charity's direction, her hand moving beneath the duvet to rest just over Charity's forearm.
If nothing else Vanessa supposed she had learned that Charity Dingle was a cuddler and that above anything else strangely enough, made her feel more relaxed than it should have but for one night at least, Vanessa was prepared to take it.