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Author's Note: I see from my story page that it has been over three weeks since I updated this story. I apologize. I had to get my Hannah story out of my head before I could turn my full attention back to this one. Now I am back and ready to pick up where I left off. I hope the rust doesn't show. Enjoy chapter seven.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.
Unknown
Continental Drift
Chapter 7
Footprints
Thursday dragged on for Teresa Lynette Winters. As she sat at her desk, she counted down the minutes until her scheduled Three o'clock call to Ashley Kerwin. From the moment she saw the stunning brunette from Canada, she couldn't stop thinking about her. There was something about her that made Teri feel alive for the first time in a long while. She thought back to their encounter at the mall and their brief phone conversation the night before. All those remembrances did was whet her appetite for more.
She looked up at the clock on the wall near her spacious cubicle. The face of the clock seemed to mock her impatience as it indicated that it was fifteen minutes to three. She stared at the clock, almost willing it to suddenly race forward to three o'clock like she had seen in so many television shows. Alas, the clock stood still, mocking her impatience, daring her to blink as it ticked by, each movement of the second hand like water torture. Only the computer generated ring of her telephone snapped her out of her self-induced trance.
"Good Afternoon, Teri Winters." Teri said.
"Stop staring at the clock and talk to me." Chelsea snapped playfully into the phone.
"Nobody's staring at the clock. What are you babbling about?" Teri said.
"You told me you were calling her at three. You said you weren't busy at work today so I know you are sitting there, staring a hole in the clock." Chelsea correctly deduced.
"All right so maybe I'm a little anxious." Teri shot back.
"I think it's cute!" Chelsea said as she walked across campus to meet Raven for a leisurely walk home.
"I haven't been cute since I was five." Teri said. "I've been nice looking, pretty, stunning, gorgeous and 'Oh, baby! Shit! Right there!' fine… but not cute."
"You are a legend in your own mind." Chelsea said with a chuckle.
"So did you have Professor Hotbody today?" Teri asked with a smirk.
"If you are referring to Serena, then yes I did." Chelsea said. "You'd have loved it. She had on a cornflower blue blouse… little string of pearls…"
"Shut up, Chels." Teri said, knowing the "thing" she has for teacher-types.
"Black skirt… heels..." Chelsea continued teasing Teri. "Hair pulled back in a ponytail and oh! She had those thin, black-rimmed glasses on…"
"I absolutely hate you. You know that?" Teri deadpanned.
"I know you do… Hey baby!" Chelsea said to Teri before greeting Raven, whom she had just walked up on.
"Rae, your wife is teasing me!" Teri raised her voice, trying to get Raven to hear her. She heard the phone change hands.
"Hey Teri! What did you say?" Raven asked.
"I said that your wife is teasing me… describing what her professor wore today like that's gonna turn me on or something." Teri said in her best tattle-tale voice.
"Well my wife, as you put it, can't help it that you're a whore with a headmistress fetish." Raven joked.
"I can't believe it! You two are just alike!" Teri said incredulously.
"Swapping bodily fluids tends to bring people closer." Raven said matter-of-factly.
"I take it back. You're worse than her. Goodbye, Raven." Teri joked.
"Bye, babe. Good luck." Raven said with a smile before handing the phone back to Chelsea.
"Well, we helped you kill about six minutes and… uhh… you should hang up with me now because I just saw Ashley leaving the building next to…" Chelsea never got to finish the sentence because upon hearing that Ashley was free, Teri hung up the phone hurriedly to call her.
"Oh… bye Chels. Sorry." Teri said to the phone on the receiver as she picked it back up and dialed Ashley's cell phone. The phone was picked up on the third ring.
"I was just thinking about you." Teri could tell that Ashley was smiling when she said that. The words came out like melted chocolate.
"Care to tell me what you were thinking?" Teri asked.
"I was thinking about what you might be wearing tonight." Ashley purred.
"Nothing too… complicated." Teri purred back. I am so getting laid tonight. Teri thought.
"Plan on getting lucky, are we?" Ashley inquired.
"Be prepared in body by making yourself strong and active and able to do the right thing at the right moment, and do it." Teri said, reciting the Scout motto.
"Very nice. I believe in being prepared in mind by having disciplined yourself to be obedient to every order, and also by having thought out beforehand any accident or situation that might occur, so that you know the right thing to do at the right moment, and are willing to do it." Ashley countered.
"So you believe in obedience?" Teri queried with a grin.
"When the situation dictates." Ashley said.
"Wear something short tonight. I want to see your legs." Teri ordered, surprising herself.
"Do you really think it's that easy?" Ashley asked.
"I guess we'll find out at eight when I meet you at Rhythms on West 4th and 12th." Teri said.
"I guess we will." Ashley said, a smile evident in her voice.
"See you at eight." Teri said.
"Bye." Ashley said softly before hanging up the phone.
"Bye… and hello." Teri said as she grinned and bit her bottom lip as she hung up the phone.
It was five minutes to eight when Teri arrived at the entrance to Rhythms. She could hear the blaring of a rock band on stage inside as she waited for her date on the sixty-five degree September evening. Teri opted for a black, short sleeve button-down top that had the first three buttons undone revealing the twenty-five year old's round breasts that were perky without the aid of a bra. Teri recognized that it was a bold move but she was a bold, young woman. Teri's rich denim jeans clung to her hips magnificently, accentuating her round bottom. Three-inch black round-toe heels elevated her five-foot, four-inch frame.
Her head was on a slow swivel as she gazed up and down West 4th Street in an effort to find Ashley. At one minute before the eight o'clock hour, her search came to an end as she caught a glimpse of her companion for the evening rounding the corner from 12th Street.
Teri's breath caught in her throat when Ashley came into full view. Ashley had on a form fitting black ribbed tank top with thick shoulder straps and the words "RockStar" emblazoned in red and white crystal and rhinestone across her ample bosom. Teri's surprise turned into a wry smile when she glimpsed Ashley's micro-mini skirt which framed the most jaw-dropping set of legs Teri had seen in years. The killer gams did not stop until they reached the four-inch black stilettos she was wearing, bringing Ashley's height for the evening up to an even six feet. The thick black leather and silver belt that accentuated a tapered waistline and multiple wrist bangles completed the ensemble.
Teri lustily took in every confidently sexy stride Ashley took in closing the ten-yard wide gap between them. Ashley flashed a sexy smile when she reached a safe conversational distance.
"You… look…" Teri started.
"You don't even have to finish that statement." Ashley said. "I could tell by the look in your eyes what the end of that sentence is. Good evening." Ashley placed her hands on Teri's shoulders and placed a chaste kiss on her cheek. Teri clandestinely took in the intoxicating citrus scent that emanated from Ashley's body. "You look dot dot dot yourself." Ashley said, playfully spelling out the ellipses points that belied her speechless nature after seeing Teri's outfit.
"Shall we go inside?" Teri asked.
"Let's." Ashley said.
They walked into the dimly lit club just as a band from Jersey City finished their set. Ashley and Teri made their way over to a small round black table near the front on the far side of the club not far from the hallway leading to the restrooms. A waiter soon came over and took their drink orders. When the band finished their set Teri took the opportunity to start the conversation.
"They sounded pretty good." Teri said. Ashley smiled and nodded. "This is always the awkward part, asking the first question so… who is Ashley Kerwin?" Ashley flashed her killer smile, dropped her head and looked up at Teri from beneath her eyebrows before lifting her head to speak.
"Well, I was born and raised in Toronto… I went to Degrassi Community School…"
"I have a friend that lives in Windsor. He said there was a shooting there a few years ago." Teri said.
Ashley paused. "My ex-boyfriend Jimmy was paralyzed. The shooter killed himself."
"I'm sorry." Teri said.
Ashley nodded in acknowledgment before continuing. "And I have always wanted to go to school in the states so here I am. Oh, and my father is gay."
"Whoa, wait! Your father is gay?" Teri asked. "How did your mother take that?"
"Well, after the initial shock wore off, she accepted it. She even paid for his wedding as a gift." Ashley said. Teri furrowed her brow in confusion over the willing acceptance shown by Ashley's mother. "So what about you? What's your story?"
"Born and raised in Maryland, came out to my parents the day I graduated high school, my father kicked me out of the house immediately following my admission…" Teri started. "Fell in love with a girl, girl ran off with her lab partner, found two amazing new friends and fell hard at first sight for this gorgeous Canadian chick that has the cutest way of saying 'aboot'." Teri said in one breath.
"That is what I call journalistic brevity." Ashley said. "The only person I know that can tell a quicker story is my best friend Ellie."
"Is she hot?" Teri asked.
"If you consider a short, pixie-like redhead with a great smile and body hot, then yeah, she's hot." Ashley said.
"You two ever…"
"No. The closest we've ever come to that is we dated the same guy, at different times of course." Ashley said. She then took a moment to study Teri's face.
"What? I can't have spinach in my teeth!" Teri said, noticing Ashley's gaze.
"You just look at me like you could eat me alive." Ashley said.
"Was I that obvious?" Teri asked in a low voice, not breaking eye contact with Ashley.
"Careful. That kind of talk can get a girl hot. And you have no idea what fate will befall you if you get me hot." Ashley said with quiet, reserved sexuality.
Before Teri could respond, the emcee for the evening hopped back on the stage. Ashley leaned over to Teri and whispered, "When do you think was the last time he washed?" Teri exploded with laughter when Ashley said that. The emcee, overhearing Teri's outburst, started his monologue acknowledging it.
"Glad to hear everybody is having such a good time! We've got another hot band for you. These guys… and gal are our neighbors to the north and have gotten back together recently. They started out in high school and are here at Rhythms to entertain you. From Toronto, Canada… here is Downtown Sasquatch!"
Ashley's eyes grew wide like saucers as she watched the band file on to the stage.
"Oh my God! Teri, I used to be in this band! These are my friends from home!" Ashley exclaimed. Teri's attention sharpened as she focused on the cute redhead taking her position behind the drum set and the handsome light-skinned black guy wheeling up to one of the two center microphones behind the cute, curly-headed guy holding the electric guitar. She correctly deduced that they were Ellie and Jimmy. "They didn't tell me they were going to be here!"
"Rhythms, how you doin' tonight!" The front man bellowed into the mic. "I'm Craig and this is Downtown Sasquatch. And we are dedicating this set to one of our best friends that is somewhere in New York City tonight. Ashley…"
"I'm right here!" Ashley bellowed out as she stood. Teri glanced up at her with a smirk.
All heads on stage shot over to the side where Ashley and Teri were. The faces of Craig, Jimmy and Marco lit up with beaming smiles. Ellie's smile was accompanied with several tears of joy over seeing her best friend for the first time in nearly two years.
"All right Sasquatch." Craig said as he turned to face his band mates. "Let's rock this bitch!" With that, the opening guitar chords of I Can't Keep My Hands Off Of You filled the room. Everyone enjoyed the funky rhythm of the song. Ashley's face glowed as she watched her friends tear up the stage. In her absence, Ellie's drum beats had tightened, Marco's bass had gotten nastier and Jimmy's lyrical flow had sharpened.
At the end of Sasquatch's third song, Rhythms gave them a standing ovation. The emcee came back on stage to thank them for performing when Ellie whispered something into Marco's ear. Marco relayed the message to Craig who in turn whispered it to the emcee.
"Before Downtown Sasquatch leaves the stage they have one more song they would like to perform but they are missing one thing…" The emcee motioned off-stage to one of the stage hands to lift the keyboard onto the stage. "They are missing the lead for this song. Ashley Kerwin, Sasquatch needs you."
"No." Ashley said, shaking her head. Ellie stood up and looked at her best friend with eyes that were pleading for her presence.
Teri looked over at Ashley. "Your public awaits." Teri said. Ashley shook her head and mouthing no. Teri then leaned over to whisper. "Whatever you sing, sing it to me. I am your date after all." Teri flashed her sexiest smile in an attempt to warm Ashley up. It worked.
Ashley reluctantly got up and made her way to the stage to the applause of the house. She embraced each member of the band before leaning in to the mic.
"It's been a while since I've sung this, but the words still ring true in my heart." Ashley said before playing her original song, How Can I B?.
How Can I B? by Ashley Kerwin
Oh just tell me how I can be
All that you ask of me
And still feel that I am free
Free to be who I am
Free to be, yea Yeah
Ashley poured her heart and soul into the song as she sang it. And she did exactly as Teri asked, she sang the song to her date. With the exception of her closing her eyes at one point, her gaze remained fixed on Teri. Thunderous applause and the embrace of hometown friends awaited Ashley upon finishing the song. It had indeed been a while for her, but Ashley had not lost a step when it came to performing on stage. Teri awaited Ashley as she came back to her seat and Downtown Sasquatch left the stage. Teri embraced Ashley, who appeared to have tears welling up in her eyes.
"See, that wasn't so hard." Teri said.
"I… have never felt this… full in my life." Ashley said, her eyes glistening with tears ready to fall. Teri was about to respond when they were joined by some expected guests.
"Oh my gosh! Ash, it is so good to see you!" Ellie said as she practically bear hugged Ashley's neck.
"Ashley!" Marco exclaimed as he embraced her.
"It's good to see you Ashley." Craig quietly said.
"You too." Ashley said as she embraced one of her two ex-boyfriends.
"Ashley, still as fine as ever." Jimmy said.
"Jimmy, still as sexy as ever." Ashley said as she squatted down to embrace Jimmy. She released the hug and set about introducing her date. In her last trip home, she had told Ellie, Marco and Jimmy of her choice to come out. When Craig came back to Toronto, they told him. "Guys, this is Teri Winters. Teri, this is Ellie Nash, Marco Del Rossi, Craig Manning and Jimmy Brooks."
"Nice to meet you guys. You sound awesome." Teri said.
"Thank you." Craig said.
"You've got great taste, girlfriend!" Ellie said.
"Thank you!" Teri and Ashley said in unison, causing everyone to laugh. "So how have you guys been?" Ashley asked.
"Wanna tell her how we've been, El?" Jimmy asked Ellie, who nodded then bent over to plant a semi-passionate kiss on Jimmy's lips.
"No… way!" Ashley said in surprise. "You and Jimmy? Very nice. How about you Marco?"
Marco smiled and looked at Craig. "Craig?" Marco said as Craig nodded. Marco leaned into Craig. Just before he got to within breathing distance Craig smushed Marco in the face.
"Get the hell out of here!" Craig joked. Jimmy nearly fell out of his wheelchair laughing as everyone else cracked up. "Seriously, some dude named Carlos is ringing his bell."
"Ding, ding!" Marco said cheerfully. "But old Craig here can't seem to get Manny off his mind!"
"How is man-eating Manny?" Ashley spat.
"Be careful how you talk about Craig's fiancée." Ellie said.
"Wow." Ashley deadpanned. "Good luck with that one."
"She's really changed. You should come visit us sometime." Craig said.
"Maybe I'll do that." Ashley said.
"We're gonna be in town until Sunday. Let's do something, huh?" Ellie said.
"I'd like that." Ashley said with a smile. "I'll call you."
"Great. Teri, nice meeting you. Have fun!" Ellie said. The rest of the guys said their goodbyes as they left the table and headed backstage.
"They seem really nice." Teri said. "How did it feel performing with your ex-boyfriend behind you?"
"You mean both ex-boyfriends." Ashley deadpanned.
"Craig too?" Teri asked incredulously. "I'm beginning to think you may be easy, Ashley."
"That's Ms. Kerwin if you're nasty." Ashley said with a smirk, conjuring up a paraphrase of Janet Jackson's famous line from her hit Nasty Boys. "Thank you for letting me sing to you. It really helped me get into the song."
"I'm glad that I could motivate you." Teri said. Both women were paralyzed for a moment as they looked into each other's eyes, making a connection. Teri was the first to break the connection. "Now… since the next band will be a couple of minutes, I'm gonna visit the little rockstar's room. Miss me while I'm gone." Teri stood up, locking eyes with Ashley once more before disappearing down the hall.
Teri went into the bathroom and rested her hands on the sink. "Wow." She said to herself softly. She felt an electric attraction to Ashley that was making her needle go haywire. It was driving her so batty that she had to tell someone. She took out her cell phone and dialed.
"Hello?" A subdued Raven answered the phone.
"Hi Rae." Teri said softly.
"How's your date going?" Raven asked.
"Oh my God! Raven, this girl is incredible. She can sing. She sang a song to me. I thought my panties were gonna melt right there." Teri gushed. "Is Chelsea with you?"
"She's asleep."Raven purred.
"Do you two ever quit?" Teri asked.
"Never. Chelsea's pussy is like crack." Raven cooed in uncharacteristically explicit fashion.
"You sound hornier than I am. I didn't know that was possible." Teri said. Raven simply giggled.
"Call us tomorrow with as many details as you can give. Love you." Raven said.
"Love you too. Bye." Teri snapped her phone shut before going over to the far stall and closing the door.
Several minutes later, she emerged from the stall and came back over to wash her hands. She had just grabbed two paper towels to dry them when the bathroom door opened. Teri looked over to see Ashley coming in.
"Hey." Teri said softly as she dried her hands. She could hear the next band start their set. "You didn't have to send the search and rescue party out…" Teri said as Ashley walked up to her. "I would have…" Teri was cut off in mid sentence by the most blindingly intense kiss she had ever experienced. Every nerve ending in her body shot to full alert status as the taller girl feverishly kissed her as she walked forward, pushing Teri back step by step until they crashed into the wall at the end of the sink row.
Teri had not been overwhelmed in this way since the incident with Chelsea at her apartment a year earlier. Ashley was not kissing Teri so much as she was consuming her. Hands frantically roamed, heads tilted back and forth, tongues dueled for supremacy as the two women removed all of their sexual safeguards and attacked each other in primal fashion.
Ashley pulled back just far enough to speak with just enough breath to utter, "If you want me to stop… you better tell me now." Ashley almost violently pressed her lips to Teri's once again. Teri's response to Ashley's breathless ultimatum was a desperate attempt at groping for the stall door that was just out of her reach.
It was now Teri's turn to breathlessly respond. "Step into my office and let's talk about it." Teri pressed her lips to Ashley's and deeply kissed her. The gorgeous blonde then took her first advantage of the encounter by squeezing one of Ashley's buttocks, eliciting a gasp from the taller woman.
Teri pushed Ashley's back into the black stall door flinging it open and causing it to crash against the side wall as they practically tumbled into the stall. Ashley reached behind her to lock the stall door. Teri tried to step forward, however, Ashley turned at that moment and pressed herself into Teri, slamming her into the side wall of the stall. Ashley made her way to the pulse point on Teri's neck as Teri grabbed two handfuls of thick, dark brown hair.
"Oh God, fuck me." Teri breathlessly spat as she rolled her eyes to the back of her head.
"I thought you'd never ask." Ashley shot back as her hands began moving south toward the button of Teri's jeans.
"Wait!" Teri whisper-spat as she feverishly pushed the bottom of Ashley's t-shirt up, exposing her raspberry-colored bra. Not looking for a hook, Teri pulled one cup down and took one of Ashley's breasts out. She quickly wrapped her mouth around the nipple and sucked deeply. Ashley threw her head back, panting in short, quick breaths as she felt a tingle throughout her body.
Through this, Ashley managed to unbutton Teri's jeans and zip them down enough to slip her long, black nail polished fingers inside jeans and panties and began making quick circles on a swollen, aching clit.
Teri slammed her own back against the side wall of the stall as she felt the first touch of a hand other than her own in two years. She brought her hands up over her head to grip the top of the side wall as she pushed her pelvis out toward her bathroom lover.
"SHIT!" Teri whisper-yelled as intense waves of pleasure rocketed through her diminutive body. Ashley pressed herself against Teri, practically pinning her to the wall as she continued her devastatingly effective fingering of the blonde bombshell.
Ashley, however, received her own of intense pleasure waves when Teri took her hands off of the side wall and managed to snake her hand underneath Ashley's skirt and underwear. Teri's fingers found their mark causing the brown-haired hottie to spit out a profanity of her own.
"FUCK!" Ashley spat before letting out the most deviously sexy chuckle Teri had ever heard. "First one to come here… last one to come at your place." Ashley cooed.
"Deal." Teri said.
The two women engaged in a pitched battle to bring the other to orgasm quickly. The kisses were frantic, the touches were urgent. They kissed every part of lips, cheek, jaw, neck they could as they both panted, hungering for the release that the other woman could bring.
At one point they both panted the other's name, one after the other… "Teri!" "Ashley!"… just as the amazingly quiet main door to the bathroom opened. The woman that entered heard the names along with the panting and made a quick retreat. Standing outside the bathroom door, Ellie stretched her eyes wide open.
"Holy shit!" Ellie whispered to herself. "The guys are not gonna believe this!"
Teri and Ashley were both on the edge of orgasmic oblivion.
"I'm about to fucking come!" Teri whispered.
"Me… too!" Ashley whispered back.
"What if we come… at the same time?" Teri breathlessly asked.
"I don't… fucking care!" Ashley countered just before they both bore down and gripped each other tightly as their powerful orgasms shot through them. Each woman closed their eyes as they rested their heads on the other's shoulder as they panted.
After a moment or two of regaining a semblance of a normal breathing pattern, they slowly lifted their heads and looked at their surroundings before locking eyes and bursting into laughter.
"I guess it was a tie, huh?" Teri said.
"I guess so." Ashley softly said.
"You have class tomorrow?" Teri asked.
"No." Ashley replied. "You have to go to work?"
"I think I'm calling in sick." Teri said with a smile. "I think I might need a nursemaid."
"Now I'll be the nurse or the French maid but both is just greedy." Ashley said causing Teri to laugh again.
"Let's get out of here." Teri said. "You touched it but you haven't seen it yet. Ashley chuckled.
"You either." Ashley said. "Time for show and tell."
That was chapter seven. I blushed while writing it. Did you blush while reading it? Chapter eight is next. We'll check on Raven and Chelsea and then Teri's date with Serena… and maybe a little Eddie and Mikki. Need a scorecard? Me too. See you in chapter eight.