Chapter 36.
Charlie was awake first in the morning. For a split second, she wondered where she was. Then she remembered, and smiled broadly.
They'd shifted their positions during the night, and now Joey was spooning Charlie, her arm wrapped around Charlies waist, her head resting against her back. Charlie could feel Joeys hot breath against the back of her PJ's. She loved the sensations this brought to her.
It was 8 am, and Charlie didn't have to be in work until 2 pm, so they could spend all morning together today, chilling out, after their full day yesterday.
Charlie ran her finger nails gently down Joeys arm, and covered her hand with her own. She felt so good waking in Joeys arms again. They'd done this nearly every day they'd been going out so far now!! They'd agreed not to rush things, to go at Charlies pace. Charlie was over the moon that Joey was respecting that. She knew Joey must be finding it hard, some of the comments she'd made about Charlie being sexy, her uniform, her bikini yesterday, made it so obvious that Joey wanted her. But when they'd talked, they both knew the deep feelings they had for each other, were more than a flash in the pan, so taking things slowly was an ideal way to begin their relationship.
In the last, not even 2 weeks, Charlie had loved getting to know Joey. Apart from being beautiful, sexy and confident, she was hilarious, intelligent, thoughtful and great fun to be around. She knew Joey was enjoying getting to know her as well, and that Joey wanted to and planned to spend more time with her, for example as her training partner.
Their talks had made them both realise their feelings were reciprocated, and that was all that mattered at the moment.
They'd both had such a wonderful time yesterday together. They'd clicked on so many levels.
They'd agreed to take things slow, but Charlie thought to herself that it was weird, because if she'd been out with a guy, she'd have probably slept with him straight away, on their first date, even though she knew it was going nowhere. And yet here she was, with someone she cared so very deeply about already, no, it was more than that, she already knew she was in love with Joey. She'd known that since she'd seen her at the bus station she'd fancied her, she couldn't keep her eyes off her that day, but she'd known at Judo that she was truly in love with her, when she'd thrown her on the floor, and injured her shoulder. When she looked fleetingly, with despair and sorrow at the pain she'd caused her, into Joeys eyes while she was on the floor, she knew then she was hooked.
She asked herself 'so if I love her, why hadn't I slept with her yet?'
She wondered if it was because Joey was a woman, and she was nervous about progressing things. She thought she'd fell like a 'virgin' again, as she hadn't really slept properly with a woman before, having had only brief experiences. She was concerned she wouldn't be able to satisfy Joey, and that worried her immensely.
Charlie knew that Joey would make love to her if she asked her to, and told her she was ready. She bit her lip, and turned herself around in Joeys arms, now with a shy look on her face.
Joey sleepily straightened her legs out, so they could lie next to each other, tightening her hold around Charlies waist, pulling her in closer.
Charlie looked at Joeys face, she looked so beautiful, she lent forward and kissed her briefly on the lips. Joey smiled in her slumber.
Charlie kissed her again "Umm, good morning babe" Joey managed this time, her eyes still closed.
Charlie kissed her again, longer this time "Umm, very good morning babe" Joey said, and tightened her grip around Charlie.
Charlie began to gently massage Joeys hip with her fingers. She slowly dragged her nails gently over Joeys skin, round her hip and slightly up her back, causing Joey to get goose bumps and moan at the sensation. She opened her eyes, she was wide awake now.
"Charlie" she said, looking into her girlfriends eyes.
"Yes Joey?" Charlie said, smiling back.
"What are you doing babe?"
"I think you know what I'm doing honey." Replied Charlie, dragging her nails down Joeys back as she said it, causing Joey to moan with pleasure again.
"Please don't tease me babe" said Joey softly.
"I'm not teasing you honey." Charlie whispered huskily, and she lent forward, running her tongue along Joey lips, as she moved her fingers in small circles on Joeys stomach.
Joeys eyes were wide open, staring in amazement at Charlie.
"What do you mean Charlie?" she questioned, gazing deeply into Charlie deep blue eyes, wondering if she meant what she thought she meant.
"I mean I'm not teasing you honey. I….I…I want you to…erm…to…erm..…to make love to me" she said shyly, blushing deeply and avoiding eye contact.
"Are you sure you're ready babe?" a grinning Joey asked softly. "We can wait as long as you like, you know that right. We've only known each other for 12 days, and only been going out for 6 you know."
"I know that honey. But I really want this. I really want you. It's just…..I'm worried that I won't be able to pleasure you, as I'm not really sure I know what I'm doing….or even what you like. I will learn quickly though, if you show me what to do. If you go first, I can copy you afterwards, later on. Would that be OK?" Said Charlie, extremely embarrassed, and extremely red.
Joey looked at Charlie in wonder, full of love for her. "Babe, you don't have to do anything for me, I can wait, honestly. Believe me, I will get plenty of pleasure by touching and making love to you." She said tenderly.
"If you're sure, then you know that I won't do anything you're not comfortable with. If you want me to stop, just say so OK. You don't have to do anything for me, you know that. There's no pressure at all. I'll take things slow. I'll stop at anytime, just say the word."
Charlie nodded, happy in the knowledge that Joey was so understanding, and would be patient with her. "Thank you honey" she acknowledged.
"And Charlie?"
"Yes honey?"
"I don't know if this will help or not, but I want you to know that I think you're the most beautiful, amazing person I've ever known, and I'm in love with you." Joey said emotionally.
Charlie looked into her lovely deep dark brown eyes and said "I…I...I'm in love with you too honey."
Joeys heart melted at the words. She'd never been so happy in her life. She couldn't believe Charlie felt so deeply for her as well. They smiled broadly but shyly at each other, and both moved forward to claim each others lips with a tender kiss.