You'll Never Know Until You Try It
Chapter 10. Defining Friendship
Author: twin who likes to travel
Rating: R
Summary: The girls talk about what's going on between them again; and Kerry goes on a few dates with Chris Miller, the guy I made up in chapter eight.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Reviews: I would like them. Constructive criticism is ok.
Author's notes: Another thing about school I don't know the current guidelines to: detention. I'm going with that they still do the half hour to hour time at the end of the day and allow the kids do homework instead of just sitting there. If I'm wrong, tell me and I'll correct it. I don't condone what happens at the end of chapter. I just thought I would use it as another thing to bring them closer together.
A few minutes later, one of the girls' restrooms in the high school
Nikki had caught up with Kerry and dragged the girl into the restroom while nobody was paying attention. After seeing they were alone, Nikki made Kerry back up against one of the walls and looked at her.
"What was that about back there? I mean I think I know. But I'll ask you anyway. Are you still upset that I didn't let you know it was my birthday?"
"Yes," Kerry answered instantly and a little harshly.
"Why are you making such a big deal about it, I didn't."
"Because that's something FRIENDS tell each other," Kerry growled softly as she began to calm down.
"So we're friends now?"
"You don't think we are?" the redhead continued as the anger turned to hurt.
"Honestly?" the older girl asked her as she moved closer.
"No, lie to me," the younger girl said sarcastically.
"The truth is that you're the one who said that we weren't friends, that we get along, but that was it," Nikki replied a little harshly this time, "Do you think that just because we went on TWO dates, no matter how great they were, it makes us friends?"
"Y-Yeah, I d-do," Kerry stuttered to the girl, who had taken another step forward.
"Well, you'd be wrong. Friends don't go on dates like we have or kiss like that, and they certainly don't ask if that friend could grab her butt either."
"What does it make us then?" Kerry questioned as she couldn't hide the growing hurt.
"It makes us two girls who like and are attracted to each other enough to go on some dates. If I was a guy, it would make me a guy trying to get you out of these," Nikki described as she used some fingers to grab the belt loops of Kerry's jeans before a few moved to her shirt and grabbed it gently, "and this."
"N-Nikki," Kerry stuttered again and gulped as one of the fingers on her hip somehow slipped inside her pants and down the side of her body while the ones on her shirt moved around her back and grabbed the bra gently as well.
"And finally, these," Nikki whispered into her ear as the finger inside Kerry's pants wrapped around the side of her underwear and the others pulled back the bra.
Kerry shivered slightly as she felt a fingernail rub up against the skin under the side of her underwear. A second later, they heard a bell ring.
"Nikki, we're late for our classes."
"We're not finished yet," Nikki declared after smirking.
"What do you m-mean not y-yet?" Kerry mumbled and turned pale as Nikki let go of her bra and pulled the finger out of her pants.
She took it to mean that Nikki was going to try and get her hands under her clothes again or maybe even get some of them off of her. Nikki knew what the pale faced girl was thinking and eased the fear.
"I didn't mean that. I meant talk. I want you to remain feeling safe around me. I'm sorry if you got the wrong impression. So it's my turn to ask, 'What do you want from me?'"
"Huh?" the redhead muttered as her mind was still foggy from what happened in the last thirty seconds or so.
"What do you want from me, Kerry Hennessy?" Nikki responded before pausing long enough to give her a brief kiss and resumed the talking after that, "We go on the best two dates I've ever been on, you tell me you feel safe with me, and you didn't get upset when I asked if you could grab my butt, even though it was only the second date. Then you agree to go on a date with that jock and get mad that I don't tell you about a birthday that I didn't make a big deal about. Sure, Chris might be a nice guy, but he's still a guy. He will try that with you and won't ask either. If you go out and have fun with him on Friday night, he'll want to take you to the party that's going on Saturday. He'll try to get you alone before the party is over. That's when his hormones will take over in the hope that you will give it up like you already have. He will think that since you supposedly gave it up to Kyle, he has just as good of a chance if not better."
"Not every guy wants in my pants."
"Only if he's gay or too focused on getting into your sister's. I'm sorry if that hurts, but you know too many guys are that way. Have you even decided on when you want to go out with me again? Well, maybe I should use the past tense because I probably ruined any chance of another date."
"What about you using Amanda to make me jealous just because I made a date with someone other than you? Does she even know that you were doing that?"
"You figured that out, huh?" Nikki stated, received a nod, and added. "Yeah, she knew but doesn't know who I was trying to make jealous."
Nikki thought about the conversation she and Amanda had a few days ago and laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"It's something Amanda said when I came up with the plan to make you jealous, which obviously worked."
"What did she say?"
"When we talked about the plan, she said I was one of the hottest straight girls in the school. I acted like I was shocked that she didn't think I wasn't the hottest. Then she mentioned a few others…"
"Who?"
"She said your sister first. Then she said she thought you were kind of hot too. I asked when she thought that way about Bridget. She said when she saw her in the shower after gym class."
"Ew, don't talk about my sister like that."
"Sorry, but even you know, despite that she's your sister, she is attractive. Although you're the Hennessy I want to date, I have to admit she's kind of hot too."
"I'll forget I heard what Amanda said about the whole shower thing. I'll admit she is attractive. Did she say anything else about me and Bridget? Pick your words carefully," Kerry warned her.
"She said that if your sister was gay or she was a guy, she would try hooking up with her. She also thought you were gay and she should try hooking up with you. That was until I set her straight, no pun intended. Then I told her I was gay."
"Ok, I'm not sure what I want. I mean I like Chris, but I like you as well. I thought that if I went out with him, it would help me decide who or what I wanted. For your information, you didn't ruin your chance. I understand why you said what you said and the emotion behind it. I would like to go on more dates with you. This weekend is probably booked, but how about the weekend after that?"
"That sounds good. Can I kiss you now?"
"For a few seconds, then we have to get back to class."
"Ok," Nikki agreed before kissing her as passionately as she could without any resistance. She gasped into Kerry's mouth when the redhead softly grabbed Nikki's butt. The feeling of Kerry's hands on her butt caused the older girl to break the kiss and the hold, "K-Kerry…I thought…" Did that just happen? Well, she wouldn't be looking at you like that if it hadn't.
"I know what I said. But consider that a belated birthday present and leave it at that. Well, back to class," Kerry reminded her before examining her watch, "Uh, Nikki."
"Yeah?" Nikki murmured while she checked herself in the mirror to make sure she looked ok and smiled when the redhead suddenly joined her.
"We're going to be at least five minutes late…"
"And?" the senior interrupted as both saw that they looked good enough to head back to class.
"Wh-What are we going to use as an excuse?"
Nikki smirked and suggested, "Just say it's a 'girl thing'. They never say anything after that."
Kerry frowned and groaned, "Never?"
"Trust me, I know from experience. Besides, it isn't a complete lie."
After giving the shorter girl a confident expression, both headed to their classes with smiles on their faces. When they returned to class, both of them went with Nikki's suggestion. Nikki smiled again at the never fail excuse with a male teacher while Kerry sighed in relief at Nikki being right. This turned into a smirk when the female classmate, who sat in front of her, signaled for a quick, behind the back hand slap. Kerry immediately did as requested and made it quick and soft. It was returned just as quickly and softly. Unfortunately, the good feeling ended for Nikki. She had been warned twice to quit daydreaming and pay attention. The third had earned an exciting trip to detention after school.
After class, Nikki's locker
Kerry arrived at the other girl's locker. When Nikki saw her, she frowned.
"Oh, it's you," Nikki grumbled before turning her back to Kerry and smirking as she exchanged a textbook for another.
"What's the matter…I mean what did I do?" Kerry whispered.
"Thanks to your little or not so little 'present' in the restroom, I got distracted in class," Nikki whispered back.
"How much?"
"Enough to earn one of these," the senior exclaimed as she waved a detention slip in front of the junior before putting it back into her locker and closing the door.
"I'm s-sorry," Kerry apologized before softly laughing but stopped when Nikki frowned again, "I am truly sorry."
"Yeah. Even though the thought of it was worth the detention, you're going to make it up to me."
"H-How?" Kerry babbled after seeing an evil looking smirk appear on the other girl's face. Uh oh. What does she have on her mind? I can't believe I did that so soon.
"When we go out on our next date, it's your treat."
"Ok."
"And one more thing."
"What's that?"
"I want to see you smile more often."
"Why?"
"Ever heard the advice about smiling?"
"Maybe, but why don't you refresh my memory."
"About how you never know when someone could be falling in love with your smile."
"Like this," Kerry guessed before smiling at the girl in front of her.
"That's the one. So do that more often, even if it's just for me," Nikki suggested before glancing around and seeing nobody at the particular moment. She knew that could change quickly, so she leaned in and kissed the younger girl for a few seconds before breaking it, "Well, GTG. Meet me here as soon as the last class is over."
When the school day was over, Kerry told her family a lie that she needed Nikki's help with something and walked with Nikki to her destination…detention.
"I'll wait just outside the front door for you."
"You don't have to."
"I know I don't have to, but I want to."
"Ok, but won't you be bored?"
"No, I have my homework and an iPod."
"Cool," Nikki chuckled.
After Kerry smiled again for her, both searched around to see the already empty halls. Nikki pressed Kerry up against her locker and made the kiss last longer than the last one. Kerry then headed outside with a happy sigh while Nikki entered the detention room with an equally happy sigh.
Saturday night, May 14th; the party
Just as Nikki had predicted, Chris had convinced Kerry to go to the party with him after their first date. Kerry admitted the date with him had been a little fun, but she had more fun with Nikki. From what she remembered about those dates, Nikki had never stared at her chest and butt like Chris had. She was still unaware about the short glimpse the girl had given her before they sat down at the movie theater. Even though they had fun, the aggravation at how happy Cate was when Chris came to the door Friday night made her think about the other girl again.
When he had gotten caught ogling both her chest and butt, he claimed that it was an accident. She had accepted his lame apologies, but they had stuck in her mind until she went to sleep that night. Nikki, Amanda, and Bridget were already there when the couple arrived. The party had been going on for almost two hours when Chris asked the inevitable question.
"Kerry."
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to go someplace where we can be alone and…you know…talk?"
"Uh…sure," Kerry answered softly.
There had been parties at this house before, so he knew there were three bedrooms and hadn't seen anyone go into them.
"Cool," he commented before slowly taking her hand, leading her into one of the rooms, closed the door behind them, and locked it.
Chris was pretty sure no one had seen them go into the room, but he was wrong. Nikki had watched them whenever Amanda got them more drinks. She knew she wasn't being that great of a date to the blonde, but she couldn't help it. She really liked the younger girl. She didn't know that Amanda had caught her eyeing the redhead. When the blonde saw this, she held back a laugh. Her date had it bad for the other girl but was somehow able to hide from the rest of the school, or so she thought.
Bridget had noticed the way Nikki had been focusing on her sister. When Nikki stared away from the redhead the first time, she ended up directly facing Bridget. She held in a blush as the blonde had smirked back her. She was thankful that her date had returned shortly after that. They began talking about their upcoming college lives. Amanda had excused herself and went to the bathroom about a minute before Chris led Kerry into a bedroom. As the door closed, Nikki felt a mix of anger and sadness. She peeked down at the floor; and when she peered back up, she spotted Bridget giving her a sympathetic smile. Nikki smiled back before the blonde turned and resumed talking to the guy beside her, who just happened to be the host of the party.
About a minute later, in the bedroom
Chris sat down and motioned for the girl to join him. Kerry joined him and sat there quietly, trying to keep what Nikki had told her two days ago out of her mind.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Kerry finally inquired.
"I just wanted to say again how much fun I had. I mean I liked the movie and the food we had after that was good. Did you have fun too?"
"Yes."
"So maybe we could go out next weekend as well?"
"I don't know. I might be busy."
"Oh," Chris sighed.
"But you never know, I could be wrong or plans could change."
"True, so have you decided what your plans are for this summer?"
"I haven't really thought about it. Have you?"
"I really hadn't thought about it until I was sure how this weekend would go."
"So?"
"I'm thinking if this weekend continues to go well, we could go on some more dates. And then see where it goes from there."
"Ok."
"If I asked you something else, would you not think I'm some dork or tell anyone I asked this?"
"Maybe, what it is it?"
"Would it be alright if I kissed you right now?"
"Yes, you can," Kerry consented before smiling.
Chris leaned in and began kissing her. Chris could feel that both of them liked it, so he slowly pulled them down onto the bed. They were both lying on their sides now. Kerry felt slightly nervous but shook it off because it was just harmless kissing. As the kiss continued, Chris raised his hand and rested it on her hip. When he moved it gently to her butt, part of her thought maybe they should stop; but another part thought it actually wasn't that bad. When he caressed it, she softly moaned into his mouth. She wondered if Nikki felt like this when she had grabbed the older girl's butt in the girls' restroom. If she was honest with herself, it didn't bother her that much either and briefly thought about Nikki doing that to her.
I wonder how it would feel if Nikki was doing this? No, stop thinking about Nikki. You're on a date with Chris!
"So you like that, huh?" Chris quizzed stupidly after temporarily breaking the kiss.
"No, I always moan like that," Kerry voiced sarcastically before actually starting the kiss this time.
As the kissing continued, Chris decided to try more and began squeezing the redhead's butt this time. Once again, Kerry wasn't stopping this. She tried to shake off the slight fear that was growing and telling her to stop this. Chris, however, was extremely happy that he wasn't being stopped yet. He thought to himself as he managed to roll the redhead onto her back without any objections.
Dude, she wants this as much as you do. You aren't going to stop now, are you? Try getting your hands up her shirt or maybe try pulling her pants down. Who knows how far she'll let you go? If Kyle can get her into bed, maybe you can too.
Kerry was enjoying the kissing more than she thought she would. The redhead began thinking that Nikki was completely wrong about him. That was until she felt how turned on he was getting. When she realized he had unbuttoned her pants and pulled down the zipper, she broke the kiss.
"Ch-Chris, d-don't," Kerry insisted as she attempted to push him away while his hands pulled on the sides of her pants and got them just past her butt, "Stop."
"Don't you like this? You didn't mind the other stuff. Come on, you'll like it if you give me and it a chance," he said as he got them past her knees.
"I said STOP!" Kerry demanded loudly before kneeing him hard in the groin as the pants fell to her ankles.
She had smirked in satisfaction at hearing a loud groan of pain while seeing that he had gotten more excited before she hit him in the groin. When he rolled off of her, Kerry quickly got off the bed, pulled up her pants, buttoned and zipped them back up, and headed for the door.
"Kerry, wait. I'm…," he groaned as he put his hand on her left shoulder.
"No, this date is over," she growled as pushed his hand away and stepped closer to the door.
"Can't we just talk about thi….," he tried to say before the redhead surprised him by turning around and punching him in his left eye, "OW!"
As he yelped in pain and put a hand on his eye, Kerry unlocked the door, opened it, and almost ran into the crowded room. The music continued to play even though the crowd had become silent at the sight of the crying girl in front of them. Kerry quickly scanned around and saw her sister running over to her. Bridget then dragged her sister into the currently empty kitchen. Nikki followed without them knowing it.
"What happened, Kerry?" the blonde grilled as they sat at the kitchen table.
"Ch-Chris…," Kerry mumbled before shedding more tears.
"Tell me everything," Bridget commanded as she hugged her sister.
"Why?"
"Because you're my sister, and I want to know how much he needs to be hurt."
Without a second thought, Kerry told her sister everything. After she was finished, Kerry had never seen her sister so angry.
Before Nikki could stop herself, she almost shouted, "That asshole!"
"Nikki, what are you doing in here?" the crying girl spoke to the girl standing by the door.
"I'm sorry, I interrupted you. I-I was worried…about you."
Kerry almost let out another tear at the sincerity in the other girl's eyes.
"Come with me," Bridget requested as she pulled her sister out of the chair and led her to the kitchen door before pausing for a second to say something to Nikki, "Are you coming with us?"
"Definitely."