Chapter 2 - Meet Lauren and Tamsin

29th March Gatwick Airport - London

"Don't cry mum, its only eight months, I'll back before you know it," Lauren said to her mum while standing at London Gatwick airport's departure gate.

"Tis true Laur, you know ya ma. She t'was the same when you went to Afghanistan, and the Congo. She'll be fine, now off with ya. Come 'ere and give ya ole pa a hug first" Adam Lewis thick Irish accent still so strong although he had lived in England now 26 years.

Lauren stepped forward allowing her leather shoulder bag to slump to the floor and pulled her mum and dad into a tight group hug. Lauren noted this was now the fifth hug since arriving at the airport forty minutes ago.

"Ohh I'm being silly. Just, I will miss you. You're my baby and my only daughter and you know I worry about you. I don't know why you accepted a job in Egypt anyway. There is political unrest there, the British Consulate recommends against all but essential travel, and here you're scooting off to play doctor in a hotel. Lauren there is a perfectly good job here in London at the Queen Mary's Hospital. They practically begged you to take it. I just don't understand you sometimes dear". Kate Lewis pulled back from the embrace and composed herself, taking her husband's hand and giving a gentle squeeze.

"I know mum, I know. And the hospital agreed that if I wanted a job there, they would find me one. So I 've a backup. Its, you know, after Nadia, I just need to get away. We need the distance. She'll be forever coming back in my life and I can't do it any longer." Lauren sighed and picked up her bag and flung it loosely round her neck.

"Well if it's about her, the reason you run away, then we can report her to the police dear, get a restraining order or something? Adam back me up here," Kate said looking towards her husband now for support.

"Mum, please don't it's not just Nadia. I want to go. Tamsin is there and she says it's great. It will be refreshing to just be a doctor in a hotel. What could possible happen? A bout of sickness from eating raw seafood? I 've been in Afghanistan, a war-torn place and I saw too much that I never want to ever see again. I've been to the Congo, researching cures, it was great but exhausting. I just need to enjoy being a doctor. I worked for so long and so hard. I just need some fun before I settle down to a career. If I don't do all kinds of crazy now, then when will I?" Lauren turned to look at the departure gate then back to her parents.

"Well, I for one, tinks ya friend is cuckoo. But th'ts maybe t'wat you need," Adam laughed now pulling Kate slowly away, "I'm ya father and i's love ya, I do ya know, but t'is true, you studied so hard for so long. Now off ya goes on ya wee adventure, don't forget to call when ya get there. I even set up skype, so I did, so ya go on now have yourself some fun. I will take care of ya ma, she will no doubt be mothering more ya brothers, god bless them, now you're not around" Adam gave Lauren a wink before fully pulling a now crying, yet scolding, Kate behind him.

Lauren watched till they disappeared behind the wall before turning back to departures. Yes, I need this. Yes, this will be fun. Yes, Tamsin is cuckoo, Lauren thought with a smile. Dam, need to put my liquids in that bag. What do I have that's liquid? As Lauren prepared herself to go through departures she felt like she was being watched by someone. Slowly turning around and seeing no-one she put it down to all the security guards and cameras they had in this airport, being one of the UK's Largest. Actually she knew it was the second largest behind Heathrow. Why she knew that or why she would need to know that never ceased to amuse Lauren. She just had a natural ability to remember stuff. Like she also knew that it was only humans and elephants that had chins! Again, why did she know this?

Happy with her liquid bag and with her passport and e-ticket in hand she walked though security. Passing the duty-free to settle in the pub for a cider and black and a quick read of some medical journals. In just over an hour she would be boarding a plane to Sharm el-Sheikh. Another 5 hours she would land in her new holiday job.


Sentido Diamond Resort and Spa – Sharm el-Sheik

Tamsin had been standing at the reception for ten minutes and waiting was not one of her strongest characteristics. She had been asking for Lauren's staff room key for tw-days, without any success, now she was adament not to leave without it. The room was next to her's, recently empty since her last neighbour had left. We not left exactly, after another argument about Tamsin's music she had requested a move. This was not Tamsin's plan but she liked it when things worked out for her. Now she wanted Lauren to be her new neighbour and was determined to make it happen. The rooms were all staff rooms so not as nice as the ones the guests got, but still a decent room. It had a flat screen TV, with BBC World News, movies in English and MBC Action that showed all the American shows like CSI and Covert Affairs. She could imagine those keeping them both entertained as Tamsin loved the police programmes and Lauren the science ones, although it annoyed her when Lauren would point out any inaccuracies correcting the show and not being able to simple watch it simply watching it.

Tamsin met Lauren nearly eight years ago in Afghanistan when she was serving as a solider and Lauren an army medic. Being both only twenty-two years old, and the first time either of them had lived away from home, they struck up an unlikely friendship. Not so much in the beginning but after friendly fire was not so friendly and Lauren patched her back up they became inseparable. They served in the same regiment for three-years before deciding to leave to pursue other things. Tamsin joined the Police Dept. and become Detective four-years on.

They had stayed close despite them living in different continents and they still managed to keep in touch visiting each other three to four times each year. She never liked Lauren's girlfriend Nadia and if she had got her way would have got rid of her early on. Tamsin prides herself on being able to spot a loser bitch at five feet. Tamsin never thought the relationship was that serious, a university girlfriend was all she was.

Now she was working in Egypt and had been there four months, she was on a break from the Police Force after a particularly bad shooting last year. Again it was Lauren that saved her that night and put her back together. Lauren had been visiting her when a gunman had crashed through Tamsin's apartment. Lauren had not been there during the shooting, as she had gone for takeout, returning to find Tamsin lying in a pool of blood. It was Lauren's quick thinking and calm composure that save her that night and Tamsin knew it and again was forever in her gratitude.

That was six months ago and hadn't returned to the Police Dept. Tamsin was told by the departments shrink that it wasn't medical why she hadn't returned, more physiological. Tamsin did not care; she liked being head of security in a fancy five-star resort because she got to mix with the rich and famous. She had met Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, the Beckham's and even Prince Harry. If it's good enough for them, then it's good enough for her, she thought. Now her best friend Lauren was on her way to join her, she was ecstatic.

During their friendship there had been only one romantic engagement spent with Lauren. While waiting for the hotel receptionist, she allowed herself to remember back to when that was and how much she adored her 'out of hours Lauren'.

Six Months Ago - Tamsin's Californian Apartment

Lauren had visited her in California and they had spent ten days together in Las Vegas, visiting all the theme parks in California and spending a few days in San Francisco. It was after they had flown back from San Francisco that they both felt maybe they could be more than friends.

Lauren had cooked them dinner that night, Tamsin wanted to talk about her feelings. Knowing that Lauren was logical she knew she would maybe prefer to talk about it first. Tamsin had been waiting for the right moment but after drinking two bottles of red between them and telling old stories, Tamsin decided not to make a move. Lauren was due to go home in a few days; she has only just broken up with her long-term girlfriend of four years and was she was meant to be on this holiday as a distraction.

Tamsin did not expect Lauren to take the lead by simply putting down her glass and kissing her. No words were spoken, just a deep kiss that said it all. Looking into her brown eyes Tamsin was not sure if this was simply a 'get over someone get under them' kind of thing. Like Lauren could sense that was what she thinking she said softly to her 'This is not about Nadia, this is about us', before taking her hand and leading her to the back master bedroom.

Lauren was all over Tamsin as soon as the bedroom door was open, pulling at clothes and kissing all down her face and neck. Tamsin never knew Lauren would be so sexual yet sensual. Pushing her down on the bed Lauren yanked down her jeans, then unbuttoned her own jeans. In only their underwear Lauren sat on Tamsin's lap pulling her upper body up and tugged down her tank top. Tamsin was pulling Lauren's top over her head. Lauren returned urgent kisses, deepening them and letting out muffled sounds. The lovers took no time in getting each other naked.

Tamsin had no trouble rolling over onto Lauren taking each nipple into her mouth. Slowly sucking till the pink was red and hard. Biting gently on each nib while moving her hand down Lauren's leg, leaving her breasts she trailed kisses down between her breasts and her stomach. Tamsin looked up to see Lauren had closed her eyes and her head was pushed hard against the pillow. Lauren took this break in missing touches to look down and manoeuvre herself back on top on Tamsin. Sitting on her she grabbed Tamsin's hand and pushed it to her wet centre.

"Take me Tam, do it now" Lauren barely whispered.

Tamsin took her cue and wasted no time to push two fingers inside her. Lauren arched back and started to move back and forth on them. Tamsin was building up a steady rhythm when she entered a third finger. Lauren gasped but kept the motion going. Tamsin could already feel the wetness between her own thighs. With Lauren bucking forward and back on her making her own pleasure heightened. Tamsin used her thumb to stroke Lauren's hardened clit, bringing on more moans from her. She reached her left hand to Lauren breast and massaged it. It did not take long to feel Lauren's legs start to twitch and her muscles begin to contract, she knew she was close and that just made Tamsin even hornier. Wanting to taste her lover Tamsin thrust Lauren up with the hand inside her and shifted her from her body placing her next to her on the bed. She continued her thrusts. She was not sure that Lauren had even noticed that she had been moved, as her eyes were still tightly closed. Keeping her eyes on Lauren she moved her own face till she was lined up with her hand. She could see her clit throbbing. Knowing that she was close she kneeled down and took her clit in her mouth and sucked hard. Lauren's eyes shot open and before she knew what was happening she was violently shaking and screaming her lover's name.

"Oh. My. God," was all Lauren could say as she unrelentingly shook through her orgasm.

"My, My Doctor your heart rate seems to be a bit high" Tamsin moved up her body and smirked.

Not wanting to be outdone Lauren turned Tamsin around and sat on her bottom, keeping her front to the mattress and her arms spread out either side of her.

"So lover how do you want it?" Lauren's dirty talk and whisper into Tamsin's ear made her shudder again. She was already wet, she now felt her excitement trickling down her leg.

"Erm, Erm, Well...Erm", was all that Tamsin could muster.

Taking the lead Lauren shifted down Tamsin's leg and sat between her thighs. Lauren pulled her up by the hips placing her on top on her own legs. Using the gap she had created, she reached around her stomach and took both breasts in her hands and started to massage them. Taking her nipples and rolling them between her fingers and thumb. Lauren kept one hand on her breast and the other she stoked down her back and over Tamsin's perfect arse. Moving round her arse she stroked her sex, using her left palm to mould her lover and apply pressure. Without warning she put three fingers inside her and used her thumb to flick her clit. Tamsin tried to move but Lauren moved her right hand to hold her back down against the bed. Increasing the pace and depth into her lover she put in the fourth finger. Tamsin bucked back against Lauren's hand and moaned into the pillow. She was so wet and knew she was close to orgasm. Like Tamsin had done to her, Lauren knelt further down towards her lovers centre and flicked her tongue across the hard, wet clit. Licking, flicking and fucking her into orgasm. Lauren made the motions slower and softer as she came hard. Tamsin again tried to turn around, but Lauren held her still, removing her hand completely replacing it with her mouth, licking and sucking her wetness. The pure thought of it made Tamsin build up quickly and come again, this time in Lauren's mouth.

Satisfied Lauren lay across Tamsin's sweaty back and kissed her on the side of the mouth. Tamsin pulled her around and laid her arm over Lauren's stomach before falling asleep.