The lull before the storm.
Caroline felt a movement in her bed, smiling she whispered hoarsely. "Good morning,"
"Good morning yourself," answered kate stretching, "Did I fall asleep on you last night?"
"Yep."
"I must have been extremely tired, I don't even recall getting into bed,"
"I hope it was tiredness, and not dis-interest?"
"Dis-interest!," gasped kate. " I'll give you dis-interest." And without further ado, kate launched herself onto Caroline, almost knocking the breath out of her. Pinning a grinning Caroline to the bed, she took her lips in a searing kiss, that left them both breathless.
kissing her way down Caroline's receptive neck, she nibbled her way across to the top of her breasts, until her lips found what they were seeking.
Caroline involuntarily arched her back as Kate, took a nipple into her mouth sucking firmly, then after licking and nibbling to her hearts content she transferred her lips to the other neglected nipple.
Kate moaned with the delight of loving this magnificent woman, loving this body.
She ran a finger between Caroline's breasts, across Caroline's stomach, then down to her thighs, she was enjoying exploring the dips and curves of her body.
Finally she nudged Caroline's legs apart kneading gently between her thighs, her fingers now making slow circular motions through the glorious wetness, that was evidence of Caroline's desire.
When she heard a small plaintive moan, she slipped two fingers inside Caroline and paused. "Want to talk about dis-interest now.?" She whispered,
"No!"
"You sure?"
"Pos_it_ive." spoken through almost clenched teeth,
"Good."
Kate re-took Caroline's lips with another searing kiss, murmuring "Bliss." as the kiss deepend, whilst gently flexing her fingers more deeply inside Caroline. She heard Caroline gasp when she felt the beginning of a powerful orgasm claiming her.
Kate held her tightly until she felt Caroline's body sag, then she peppered Caroline's lips with small nibbling kisses.
Caroline felt her body spasm with an earth shattering orgasm, she unconsciously stretched her legs as far as she could, When she felt her tremors finally abate, she felt kate lovingly holding her tightly, peppering her lips with small nibbling soft kisses, which she delightfully returned.
Whispering to one another, whilst snuggling under the warm duvet, with their arms around each other, and their legs entwined, they dozed of.
When Kate awoke she found Caroline gazing at her.
"Your awake." she smiled
"Yep I've been awake for awhile, watching the beautiful woman in my bed."
Kate smiled happily, and snuggled closer into Caroline.
"Tell me about yourself Kate. Tell me about your childhood, your favourite colour, favourite food, favourite book? I want to know all about you."
Kate opened her eyes fully and looked deeply into Caroline's questioning blue eyes.
"You already know my favourite colour is green, shamefully I love all food, except anything with passionfruit, I detest passionfruit, my favourite author changes from month to month, at the moment I am reading mystery novels written by Mary Higgins Clark."
"My childhood was a happy one, my dad has alzheimers', my mum lives in New York. You know most of this already Caroline." Kate smiled
Caroline ran a gentle finger down the side of Kate's face.
"How did you get to be so comfortable with yourself Kate?.. My childhood was rubbish, I married a jerk. I hid my love of women. I hid my loneliness. Apart from giving birth to William and Laurence, and forging my career. My life has not been what I thought it would be."
"I failed in my marriage to Richard, Caroline!" Kate hesitated, then continued. "I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to travel the world, and I desperately wanted a child. None of those things happened." she said sadly,
"I am not perfect," but I do believe you have to pick yourself up, and keep going.. Or you shrivel up and waste away."
Caroline leant in and kissed kate gently on her welcoming lips, "No wasting away on my watch. Miss Mckenzie,"
"Why dis-interest?"
"What!"
"Why dis-interest?, you used the word dis-interest,"
"It's just a word kate."
"Tell me,"
"It's just a word Kate," Caroline repeated... seeing Kate eyeballing her, not accepting her explanation.
"I have always been an over achiever Kate. I had to be," she quietly and reluctantly confessed.
"Why?" Kate asked gently
"To fit in, I suppose, to not be different." Caroline hesitated, "to be loved." she whispered.
"Caroline,"
"It's alright Kate," Caroline started to say.
"No! it is not alright," Kate interrupted gently, whilst fuming internally. "It is not alright," she repeated."
"Caroline," Kate said after a period of silence between them, "Will you do something for me?"
"What do you want me to do,?" Caroline smiled.
" Always talk with me... I will listen. It is important to listen, I learnt that fact strongly recently.
kate sighed, then lovingly stroked Caroline's face with the back of her fingers, as they shared eye contact,
"This has been an, interesting, different, and lovely way to start the day Caroline, don't you think?"
"Exquisite love making, snuggling, sharing secrets." Kate whispered.
"Hmmm" mumbled Caroline, kissing Kate along her lovely long neck.
"It could be improved don't you think?" she whispered in kate's ear.
"Absolutly," agreed Kate emphatically, grabbing the duvet, as they snuggled down and under it, to show each other just exactly what that improvement was.
The arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Two hours later, they were sitting at Caroline's kitchen bench enjoying a leisurely breakfast.
Kate heard a rap at Caroline's window, a diminutive woman was standing peering in.
"Caroline there is someone peering in your kitchen window. " Kate stated the obvious
"It's my mother,"
"Aren't you going to let her in?"
Caroline walked to her kitchen door, swung it open, and without further ado, her mum barrelled through the door.
"Oh you've got a visitor?,"
Kate had never met Caroline's mum, but for some reason she felt the hairs on the back of her neck raise. She could hear Abigail's voice in her head. Intuition, listen to your intuition.
She now understood what Cynthia meant when she spoke fearfully about her premonition of danger.
"Mum, this is Kate. Kate this is my mum, Celia." Caroline smiled in Kate's direction.
"Nice to meet you," kate smiled.
"You work with Caroline do you?."
" I do." kate had no intentions of giving this woman any added information.
"I assume your a teacher, so Caroline is your boss then." Celia said friendly enough. If you weren't watching her eyes.
Glancing at Caroline, and perceiving her demeanor. Kate had a light bulb moment. She returned her gaze to Celia.
"Yes, Caroline is my boss, and a magnificent boss too." She smiled using her friendliest voice.
Celia looked at Kate directly now, she was no fool she recognized that this woman that appeared friendly, had an inner core of steel.
The battle lines had been drawn.
"Well I will leave you to it." Celia smiled. "Caroline when you get a spare moment, can you pop in to see me please." and with that request. Celia was gone.
"Mum didn't stay long," Caroline mused.
"She may have had things to do," kate smiled at Caroline. Thinking yeah like sharpening the kitchen knives.
'I have a favour to ask of you Caroline, when you tell your mum about us... and you will. " she smiled,
"Would you mind if I was beside you.?"
"I can handle my mum, if thats what your thinking Kate?." Caroline said a little peeved.
"I know you can sweetheart, but you don't have to be so alone any more, and nor do I, when it is my turn to explain about us."
Kate suddenly spotted the time. " I better get on home Caroline, I have markings to do. And boring washing," she smiled.
"I could get used to this, you becoming my chauffer," she smiled as Caroline drove her home.
Caroline almost snorted, "Chauffer, what a cheek," she laughed.
Finding a car space near Kate's house, Caroline parked her Jeep, "This was the best weekend I have spent in years." she smiled,
"Next weekend Cynthia and I have our workshop on again, after that would you like to do something,?" Kate enquired.
"Yes, I would," Caroline said eagerly,
"I will see you at work tomorrow Caroline, you can't miss me. I will be the one stalking you up and down the corridors." she laughed.
Leaning in at the same moment for a farewell kiss, took them another ten minutes of saying their good bye's. Finally Kate jumped out of Caroline's jeep, waving good bye as Caroline drove away.
Kate spent the next hour sitting at her kitchen bench, sipping at a tepid cup of tea.
Thinking about Celia.
