You'll Never Know Until You Try It
Chapter 35. Princesses Can Be Just As Charming
Author: twin who likes to travel
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This is what happened when Nikki drops Kerry off after the meal with her and her parents and most of the two days that followed.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Reviews: I would like them. Constructive criticism is ok.
Later that night, Kerry's house
The small group finished up their meal and headed back to the Alcott house. After thanking Nikki's parents for the gift and the free dinner, Kerry said goodnight to Nikki's parents and was taken home by her girlfriend. Shortly after pulling up in front of Kerry's house, Nikki leaned in and kissed the redhead. She held back a smirk at how she surprised the younger girl and continued until she heard Kerry moan. She broke the kiss at the sound. When the kiss was broken, she saw Kerry was sitting there in a daze and smiling. Kerry shook herself out of the haze she was in and blushed at the sound of giggling.
"Sorry," Kerry whispered.
"No need to apologize, I knew you would snap out of it eventually. So does a trip to the mall on Saturday sound good?"
"Yes, but how can you be sure my mom won't have a problem with me going so far on such a short notice?"
"Well, let's go find out."
"Right now?"
"Yeah, it's still early enough for all of them to be awake. Besides, they will want to know how the dinner went. Well, maybe in a few minutes," Nikki decided as she leaned in to kiss Kerry for that long before breaking it and talking to her again, "Oh, I thought you might want to know something else we could do on a trip that we can't do here."
"Ok, and what's that?"
"Spend some time on a topless beach. But don't worry; we'll stay away from the clothing optional/nude beaches."
"Really?" Kerry gulped.
"Yes, really. You're the only one who gets to see me like that."
Kerry smiled as she viewed the other girl get out of the car and walk around to help her out. She sighed happily as Nikki held out her hand and waited for her to grab it. The older girl smiled as Kerry carefully got out of the car and closed the door. The girls' hands stayed together until they entered the house and found everyone staring at them with smiles on their faces. Kerry broke the hold and blushed for a few seconds, much to the amusement of Bridget, Rory, and CJ.
"I take it the dinner with Nikki and her parents went well?" Jim greeted with a small smile.
"Y-Yeah, it d-did," Kerry stuttered, amusing the same three even more.
"Is something wrong, sweetie?" Cate asked her nervous daughter.
"No, n-nothing's w-wrong. It's just we have a something big to ask…I m-mean I d-do," Kerry explained as the amusement changed to extreme curiosity.
"What is it?"
"N-Nikki wants to take me on a trip after my birthday."
"Why?" her mom questioned even though she secretly knew the reason already.
"She wants to celebrate me turning eighteen, my graduation tomorrow, and getting accepted to Columbia University. She also wants us to have some fun before the stress of the upcoming fall hits us."
"How long would the trip be and where would you go?"
"A week in the Caribbean. I was thinking we could do a little island hopping during that time," Nikki informed them after her girlfriend had remained silent.
"Wow!" Bridget shouted in shock before apologizing, "Sorry, but that's big. You two haven't been an official couple for that long, and she wants to take you to some tropical paradise."
After the couple saw shock on everyone but Cate's face, the redhead inquired, "I know it's kind of short notice. S-So c-can I g-go?"
"You didn't tell her?" Cate stated with a smile, "I thought you were going to tell her?"
"I changed my mind because I wanted to see what would happen if I didn't."
"Wait…You already knew about it?"
"Yes," Nikki and Cate said together.
"Does that mean I can go?"
After looking at her daughter for a few seconds, Cate answered, "Yes, you can go. But you have to call us at least once, send us a postcard so we know how you're doing, and take a lot of pictures."
"I can't believe you're letting her go," Rory muttered, clearly stunned.
"She will be eighteen, Rory, so Mom can't do much about it. Is it alright if I'm jealous?" the blonde replied.
"You can if you want to, but maybe we can make it up to you someday. Like maybe in five years. We'll bring back souvenirs for all of you."
"You better..," Bridget began to insist but was interrupted by her sister.
"She better what? Bring back souvenirs or make it up to you someday?"
"Both actually," she responded with a smirk.
"I guess that means we should call it a night," Nikki suggested when she saw Kerry let out a small yawn.
"I guess so," Kerry sighed as she wondered why she was tired this early.
"Don't worry, Beautiful. Your princess will see you tomorrow at your graduation."
Kerry blushed when she saw her family smiling and smirking at the nicknames. Then she turned her back to them and gazed directly at Nikki, who hugged her for a few seconds. She silently said no when Nikki began giving her a familiar smirk. The one that indicated she was about to get kissed. Nikki stood still for another few seconds before quickly leaning and giving her an equally long, soft kiss on the lips. Before anyone had a chance to say anything, Nikki opened the door, stepped outside, and closed it behind her. As the door was closing, she had heard a few laughs, Jim saying, "Rory, Bridget, stop it.", and CJ and finishing with an, "Ooh la la, and "Ouch." Nikki knew this meant that Kerry had punched him.
As she made the way to her car, Nikki was suddenly stopped by someone grabbing her arm.
"No so fast," Kerry warned as she spun the older girl around, "What did you think you were doing back there?"
"It was kind of self explanatory, wasn't it?"
"You told me you'd never do something I didn't want you to do."
"Yes, I did."
"Then you shouldn't have kissed me. I SAID no," Kerry complained before frowning at her.
"Sorry, I slipped up, but I thought it was cute and funny."
"Well, maybe it was for you but not for me."
"Can you forgive me?" Nikki playfully begged before giving her a look that Kerry couldn't resist.
"Ok," Kerry revealed as she felt her urge to be mad fading away, "How can you do something like that so easily?"
"It's my charm. It can make it hard for people to reject me, especially short and cute redheads who love me."
"Stop it!" Kerry demanded softly.
"Do you really want me to stop being this way?" her girlfriend quizzed as she gently ran the fingers on her right hand through Kerry's hair.
"N-No," the redhead confessed softly as a few tears suddenly fell to her cheeks.
"Don't cry," Nikki advised before quickly and softly wiping them away, "and don't say, 'I'm sorry.'. I'm good if you are."
Kerry gave her a short, positive nod before whipping around. Both realized that the entire family had been watching them silently. Kerry glanced down as she almost instantly ran past them into the house. Nikki was close enough to hear Kerry running up the stairs. The family remained quiet as this happened and followed her inside, with Bridget going in last. While she was closing the door, the blonde shared a smile with Nikki. Nikki felt the butterflies flying around in her stomach as she drove home.
A few minutes later, the girls' bedroom
Bridget came into the room and discovered her sister quickly putting on the pajamas she had gotten from Nikki on Christmas. When Kerry faced her, Bridget spotted more tears on the girl's cheek.
"Please don't make fun of me!" Kerry pleaded.
"I promise," the blonde assured her as she slowly paced over to her sister.
"I…"
"You honestly love her, I know. I'm happy for you."
"Th-Thanks," the redhead murmured as she peeked up at the sweet smile on Bridget's face and suddenly gave her a tight and brief embrace.
"You're welcome," Bridget declared softly between smiles as she hugged her sister back.
Neither girl said another word as they broke the hug, Then Bridget changed into a tank top and pajama pants.
"What's wrong?" the blonde inquired when she noticed her sister frowning.
"Nikki was going to tell me how she could afford the trip but distracted me with everything that happened from the moment we got back here until she left."
"Just ask her tomorrow." Wow, Nikki is definitely good at distracting her.
"What's so funny?" Kerry sneered at seeing Bridget smirking.
"Nothing."
"Whatever," the redhead growled after not getting a better response.
The next evening, Kerry's house
Kerry's graduation had gone well. This was despite the fact that Kerry had been nervous when Nikki had met up to say hi to her. Nikki calmed her down easily with another soft kiss and a few words of encouragement. Since Kerry didn't want a party, the family ended up taking her out for dinner at any place she wanted. Nikki was happy when she was invited to come along. As they ordered their food, Nikki had placed her left hand on Kerry's right leg. Kerry whispered into Nikki's ear for her to stop. Nikki immediately pulled it back and let out a soft sigh. Bridget had been sitting on her sister's left side and heard it. When she smiled at the couple, Nikki knew she was busted. With a brief pleading expression, she asked for the blonde to keep her mouth shut. Bridget took some pity on her and said nothing.
"Thanks for inviting me to the restaurant with you and your family," Nikki announced as they were once again sitting in her car outside the house, "Sorry about what I did at the restaurant. I just have a hard time keeping my hands off of you sometimes."
"It's ok because you stopped immediately when I told you to."
"Yeah, I did, didn't I?" Nikki recalled proudly and continued after she got an eye roll in return, "How come you never do that to me?"
"What, grab your leg under a table at a public restaurant?"
"Yes."
"Because I don't want to get caught in front of our families like that, and you would enjoy it too much. That's what would probably get us caught."
"That's true. It's just that I always feel more alive when I'm with you, especially in moments where there's physical contact."
"You did it again."
"Did what again?" her girlfriend spoke as the younger girl bit her lip lightly
"Make me feel that all I want to do is stuff like that," Kerry admitted as she pulled Nikki in for a kiss while running her fingers through the girl's soft hair before breaking the kiss and getting out of the car.
"So then I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yes, pick me up around 10:00 AM."
"I'll be here right on the dot. So you better be ready. Otherwise, I'm coming inside and upstairs, even if you've overslept and are in the shower."
"You wouldn't," Kerry gasped.
"You're right, I wouldn't," the older girl divulged with a smirk, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight. Hey, wait."
"What is it?"
"You were able to distract me from asking last night but not this time. How can you afford the trip?"
"I got a REALLY good deal," Nikki sort of lied in a very convincing tone.
"Ok."
As she drove away, Nikki was extremely happy that the conversation had ended there.
Saturday morning, 10:00 AM, the front steps of the Hennessy house
Bridget opened the door as Nikki leaned in to ring the bell, surprising Nikki and causing her to jump back.
"Good morning, Nikki. How's your day so far?"
"Great, and should be getting better really soon. So is Kerry ready?"
"I'm ready," the redhead confirmed as she weaved around her sister and met her girlfriend with a smile.
"Then let's go. Bye, Bridget."
"Have fun, you two."
They made sure they weren't being spied on through the nearby window before grabbing each other's hands and strolling to the car.
"You thought about it, didn't you?" Nikki guessed as she realized the younger girl was directing her attention back and forth between straight ahead and her while Nikki started up the car.
"About what?"
"What I said last night about coming inside."
"How did you…I forgot, you know me so well," Kerry groaned a little bitterly.
"Don't be that way. I want us to have fun today. So what was your opinion about me doing that?"
"If…If after you were sure we were alone, I…," Kerry began to imply before hesitating for a few seconds, "I m-might not have st-stopped you."
"Even if you were in the shower?"
"Y-Yeah. Can we go now?" Kerry requested before blushing and focusing on straight ahead.
Nikki complied with a small smile as she pulled away from the curb and headed to the mall. The girls spent around an hour shopping for their upcoming trip. The first half had been spent using up the gift card. They made a stop at Victoria's Secret, where Nikki teased her by talking about a few things she was tempted to buy. Then they left and picked up everything else they needed. When that was done, they traveled to the food court.
"I guess we got everything we need," Kerry assumed as she reached for her drink.
"Yeah, unless you want to go back to Victoria's."
"No," Kerry yelped, getting the attention of a few others in the food court.
"I was only kidding. Since I didn't get a long enough sight of you in swimsuits, maybe we could go back to my house."
"But what about your mom and dad? I mean won't they be home?"
Nikki took a glimpse at her watch and smiled before reassuring her, "They just left the house and were going shopping. Then they were going to see a movie."
"What were they going to shop for?"
"I think new sheets for their bed. I had the unfortunate luck to hear them having sex the night before your graduation. They're like wild animals in the sack," Nikki joked before smirking.
"Ew, that's something I didn't need to know."
"That was just another joke. They're thinking about repainting a few rooms in the house. They would have gone golfing again, but it's supposed to start raining within the hour."
"So let's go now."
"Alright," Nikki agreed.
When they reached the doors out to the parking lot, it was already raining and gradually coming down harder. They made a quick dash to the car. It was still raining when they reached Nikki's house.
Immediately after Nikki closed and locked the front door, she whirled around to Kerry and ordered, "Take off your clothes."
"What!"
"I said take off your clothes. We're drenched, and I don't want to get the floors all wet. We'll take off our shoes, shirts, and pants. While I take and throw them in the dryer, you run up to my bathroom. Dry yourself off with a towel, use the hairdryer, and then borrow some of my clothes or change into the clothes we bought. I can get a better look of you in them. Try the swimsuits first, and as you're changing between them, I'll put on some other clothes. Then you can show me the rest. I'll be up in a minute."
Kerry gaped breathlessly as the other girl stripped in front of her. Then she took off hers as her girlfriend stood there calmly. When Kerry was finished, she handed them to Nikki and ran upstairs. As she reached the top step, the redhead checked out the other girl, who was making her way through the door to the laundry room. She gulped softly at noticing the skimpy underwear the girl had chosen for the day, displaying a fair amount of her butt and figured out that Nikki had probably done the same to her. Hers wasn't exposing as much skin as Nikki's was but still enough to put a smile on her girlfriend's face. When Nikki arrived upstairs, Kerry was still in the bathroom and working on her hair while standing there in only underwear. They shared a smile as Nikki walked up behind her. Kerry's was a little more nervous than Nikki's though.
"What are you nervous about, Beautiful?" Nikki asked before putting her hands on Kerry's hips and softly kissing the back of Kerry's neck.
"Because I wasn't expecting for this to happen today…I mean getting drenched and having to do this. So my underwear is a little more revealing than what I normally wear. And yours…"
"Is more revealing than yours, especially in the back? I know you watched me from the top of the stairs," Nikki asserted and added when the redhead gulped, "And I don't really mind."
"O-Ok." Kerry mumbled softly as Nikki stood behind her and pulled her hands away.
"How many times do I have to tell you that you have nothing to be nervous about and remind you that we've seen each other naked already?"
"You're right. I'm sorry. It's just that some times I still have trouble believing you when you say that."
"Don't apologize. Just remember that you're beautiful and I love you."
"I will," Kerry promised.
Kerry went back to drying her hair as Nikki finished drying herself off with the towel that Kerry had used earlier. When the redhead was done, she handed over the hair dryer and quickly left the room. Nikki quickly dried her hair and waited at the bathroom sink. She didn't move until Kerry gave her the word that she could come into the bedroom. Nikki joined her and sat down on the bed. She smiled at the girl standing there in a bikini. Her girlfriend was clearly a little uncomfortable about others seeing her in it.
"This isn't too revealing, is it? It feels like it."
"It looks just right from the front. Now turn around so I can see the back."
Nikki smiled again as Kerry hesitantly did a one eighty spin.
"W-Well?"
"Just as right as the front. You're showing some skin but not enough that you should feel they way you're feeling at this moment."
"Thanks," Kerry said as she faced Nikki again.
"You're welcome. Now you can take it off and put on the other one while I go check on the clothes in the dryer."
As soon as Nikki closed the door behind her, Kerry stripped off the bikini and put on the other one. A few minutes later, Nikki knocked on the door to be polite. Kerry opened the door with a smile on her face.
"Thanks for knocking."
"You're welcome," Nikki told her as she laid down the dry clothes on the bed and sat down beside them, "Now do the twirl move again."
"Ok," Kerry complied as she twirled around with more confidence than the first time.
"You look just as beautiful in that one."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Can I have my clothes back now?"
"No, because you still have some shirts and shorts to try on too."
"Alright, just let me go into the bathroom and change."
"You don't have to do that. I'll just close my eyes. Let me know when you're done."
"Fine."
Kerry eyed her silently as Nikki closed them as mentioned. Then she quickly changed back into underwear and the first shirt and pair of shorts that she pulled out of the bag.
"I'm ready."
"Still beautiful," Nikki determined and smiled when Kerry blushed, "Do I have to close my eyes again?"
"No."
"Cool."
Nikki gawked at the younger girl; who went through the same steps a few more times before reaching for her clothes that were laying beside her. However, Nikki didn't budge.
"What?" Kerry mumbled when Nikki scanned her from head to toe before coming eye to eye with her.
"Do you realize we it's been awhile since we went with the clothing optional thing?"
"Really?"
"Yeah, so are you up for it?"
"I guess so, what did you have in mind?"
"I was thinking we could go without either the pants or shirts. Or if you're up for it, both," Nikki dared as she remained still.
"Ok," Kerry agreed, "but it's one or the other, not both. So you get to decide."
"The pants," Nikki declared after thinking about how she might be able to get Kerry to pull up her shirt a little soon.
"Is there anything else you were going to say?" Kerry wondered as she tossed the pants back on the bed, put on her shirt, and sat down beside Nikki.
"Is there anything you don't look good in, and I'm happy that you were up for this again."
"You're too sweet, and we better be prepared if we have to get dressed in a hurry," the redhead said as she pulled the other in for a kiss.
The strength Kerry used brought Nikki in too fast to prevent them from falling back onto the bed. Nikki took a few steps back and lifted Kerry up the rest of the way onto her bed.
"Princess, I'm not in the mood for having sex right now or even an intense make out."
"That's ok. Actually, I had something else on my mind. Something we've never done before."
"But I just said…"
"I know what you said. Even though it stopped raining, it's still wet to do much outside. I was thinking of us picking out a book to read to each other. You'd start, and after every three chapters, we'd pass the book to the other."
"Honest, no trying anything other than that?"
"Of course."
"Ok," Kerry consented as she smiled at the cuteness of Nikki picking such an innocent activity, "Which one?"
"How about the Da Vinci Code? I'm sure you've already read it, but I haven't."
"Ok, but how could you have not read it? You like reading books."
"Well, things kept coming up."
"Like what?"
"Other books, movies, guys trying to get me out of my clothes, and letting a redhead do that," Nikki confided and added as Kerry laughed, "Then there was studying, vacations, and other family get-togethers like a wedding and a few funerals."
Kerry spoke as a few tears began to show on Nikki's face, "Uh…wh-who d-died?"
"My maternal grandparents and my paternal grandpa."
"How did they d-die? Sorry, it's none of my business."
"It's ok. It was just their time I guess. You know, people die. Some times you see it coming, other times you…"
Kerry peeked up sympathetically as Nikki began to cry and moved away from her. She knew what her girlfriend was thinking as she stopped what she was going to say.
"Please look at me, Princess."
Nikki slowly peered at her girlfriend and apologized, "I'm s-sorry, Beautiful. I didn't mean to…"
"It's alright. I know what you about to say. Honestly, it's getting easier to accept these days. Now, don't you have a book you need to get from over there?" Kerry concluded as she pointed to the bookcase.
"Yeah," Nikki relented as she slid off the bed and strutted over to the bookcase, knowing that she was probably being ogled because the shirt didn't cover her entire butt.