Kiss Me Where Your Eyes Wont Meet Me

(Franz Ferdinand: No You Girls)

Cath could picture Wren's face exactly as she spoke to her.

"Sooo, I did it," She giggled into the phone.

"It?" Wren grinned.
"Mhm."
"Oh my God! How was he? What did he do? Tell me everything!" She flopped down onto the bed, ignoring that she hit her head against the wall.
"He was... good. I don't know, it was just-" Cath bit her lip, "It was fun."
"Wow, listen to that middle school fanfic. Everything!"
"Well, he had a migraine, and so I... went down on him..."
"Is it big?"

"Ew, Wren."

Wren scoffed and rolled her eyes, "We're twins, we have no boundaries."

"Whatever," she blushed. "I mean, it hurt, but how big is 'big?'"
"Does that mean he's small?"
"No! Well, I just don't have much to compare it to."

"Okay, like 5 inches is average then."
"Oh okay... then big."

"Good for you, you done good." Wren giggled, "So, then what?"
"Well, after I, uhm, that, he took a shower and whatever. But when he came back he returned the favor."

"Aghhhh! Was it totally great or terrible? I had a guy eat me out and it was, like, seriously horrible. I don't think he even knew where my clit was."

"Eww, Wren. No, it felt-"

Levi walked into the room, wearing a white button up shirt, a thin black tie and black dress pants and smelled like the most delicious aftershave.

"Fine, it was fine, but I'd better go get ready..." She said, quickly.
"No way, you are not getting out of this now." Wren scolded.
"Well, that happened and then you that happened and now I'm a little sore and it was great. The end."

Levi grinned, realizing who she was talking to and what the conversation was about. He crawled onto the bed and pushed up her shirt to expose her chest. Cath's face flushed and she gestured for him to go away.
"Oh my god, I could hit you. What did he do?"

He was kissing the mole on her left breast and rubbing her right nipple between his fingers.

"Uhm, he used his thumb inside of me, which I've never even heard of?"

She inhaled hard as he took her left nipple into his mouth and slid his hand down her body.

"Don't stop," he mouthed, only briefly separating from her breast.

"It was really good for sure, he definitely knew what he was doing."

"I totally called it, didn't I?"

"Do I really have to tell you all of this?" Cath asked, hoping her sister would somehow sense that Levi was not only in the room, but also disrobing her.

"I told you everything my first time."
"I didn't ask..." She grumbled between clenched teeth, trying to ignore her boyfriend kissing her inner thigh.
"Well I am. Okay, don't give me a direct play-by-play, but I want to know what happened! We don't have secrets, remember?"
"Whatever," she tried to disguise her slight outburst as an annoyed huff, when in actuality, Levi was practically nursing on her pelvic bone, "It was really, really good. I couldn't have written how absolutely amazing he was at giving... oral?"
"Gross," Wren laughed.
"Then we had sex and it was great, can I be done?" Cath's words were rushed, trying hard to hold on to a clear mind.
"Dude, you called me the morning after because you were excited to tell me, you can't pussy out now."
"Cather, just hang up the phone," Levi grinned, breathing out warm puffs of air onto her belly.

She moved her mouth away from the receiver, pretending to cough as she groaned.

"You're right, I know. I think Levi can hear me though."
"He's in the room?" Wren asked.
"Yeah... he's laying down."

Not exactly a lie...
"Whatever, just hush a little more, you'll be fine."
"Right. Uhm, so then we started having sex and it hurt at first. Like I was fully prepared for it to hurt a little and I was still taken back by it. But then I got used to it and it was great."

"Did he start out super slow though? Cause if he just went for it he could have torn something in there."
"No, no, it started out pretty slow; he sped up when I did, though."

Levi, starting to grow impatient with the call, started teasing her clit with the tip of his tongue. Cath had to fake a coughing fit to hide her excited gasp.

"Are you getting sick?"
"No, there's something in my throat." She ran her fingers through his hair, "But yeah, it was really amazing. I actually came... twice."
"I totally knew it. He looks like he'd be good in bed. It's a sexy cowboy thing."

Cath sighed, "He really is..." Fake cough. "... I really need to get ready now. We have to go all the way to Columbus."

"Oh yeah." Wren laughed, "Well, I'm glad you finally swiped your v-card, and for letting me be the first to know."
"You're the only one who wanted to know... anyways, I really gotta go."
"Later."

Beep.
He pinned Cath's legs apart as soon as she ended the call and didn't let them go until he made her come. She had a fistful of his hair and her legs were twitching. Levi stayed there lapping up everything as she spoke.

"I can't believe you did that, what if she had caught on? I would have never heard the end of it. What if I had been on the phone with my dad?!"

He sat up and licked his bottom lip, "Like you would have called your dad to talk about the 'amazing' sex you had last night."
"But still-"

Levi grinned and shook his head, "I know you well enough to know that you aren't afraid to say 'no.'"
She blushed, "Okay, I'll admit, I liked how risky it was, but still, I didn't expect it."

"That's the point." He leaned in to kiss her, " do you think I'm a sexy cowboy, Cather?"
Her heart fluttered, but she smiled flirtatiously back at him.

"You should put that aftershave you were wearing on again, you smell like... me."

"I like it better this way."

"That aftershave smelled delicious though. And I think you should wear formal clothes more often."

Cath giggled as she started to undo his belt.

"Not right now. You need to get ready."

"Fine." She stood up, redoing the buttons on her shirt and stopped, "Oh yeah, I was going to tell you last night, but I got a little distracted; I don't have anything to wear."

"You can borrow something from my sisters."
"Levi, they're a lot skinnier than me."
"You're fine, Cath." He rolled his eyes, "Trust me they'll have something."


Levi made it through the entire funeral and reception without completely losing it. In fact, he almost seemed to have had a good time. Not so much at the funeral, he did tear up a little then, but during the reception he was almost glowing around his family. They were all happy to catch up and everyone was excited to meet Levi's girlfriend, especially his cousins.

It wasn't until they were about to leave that he became especially emotional.

"Honey, I owe you an apology for how I've been acting lately," Marlisse said as she walked up to them with glossy eyes. "I've been so angry with myself for how unkindly I treated your grandmother, that I've been treating you just as cruel."

"Mother," he started to speak, but was interrupted.

"She liked Cath, I think she saw a part of herself in her. So, I'd like to learn to tolerate you more in her honor, Cath. Especially because I see you being in my life for much, much longer than I had anticipated." Marlisse spoke in a too-sweet tone, with a tight-lipped smile and sharp eyes.

"Oh, and how grateful I am," Cath grumbled.

His face went blank for a moment as the realization that she did have the same snark and pride as his grandmother sunk in. Then took another moment to let his mother's words settle in his head.
"We'd better get going, mom. I'll see you tonight," Levi choked out, turning to leave with Cath's hand in his.

They got into his truck and sped off. She wanted to ask why he was so agitated all of a sudden, but held back so he'd calm down. Soft music drifted through the speakers and the truck rumbled as he drove erratically down a long, dusty road that would eventually lead to the freeway. The funeral took place in Columbus, Nebraska, which was three hours away from Arnold without traffic. She and her late husband were buried together now. Jeanette owned property on the edge of town where he had grown up and there were all fond memories there.

"Fuck me, fuck me, fuck me!" Levi yelled, punching the steering wheel, causing the horn to go off and the car to swerve.

Cath felt her stomach drop to her knees, "Levi, calm down."
"No. No, I don't want to fucking calm down!" He hit the wheel again and sighed, "Fuuuuuck..."

"Are you done with your tantrum?" She reached over for his hand.
He turned to her with an apologetic smile, "I don't want to be. There's just so much noise in my head right now."
"What's wrong? Marlisse wasn't even that bad this time."

"It wasn't really her."
"Then what's the matter?"
Levi didn't answer, he just kept driving with a distant look on his face.

"Levi, pull over." Cath squeezed his hand.

He did.

She unbuckled and moved over to tap on his head, "What's going on in there?"

"Headache. Noise. Nothing." He kissed her forehead, "It's hard to explain."
"No, I understand completely. That's how I feel whenever I get too stressed out, but I usually just start crying."

They sat there for a moment, listening to the radio.

"You know, I think my mom admitted to thinking we're a good couple." Levi smiled.

"You think?"
"Well, she said she sees you being in her life for 'much, much longer' than she had anticipated."
"I don't think that's what she meant." Cath laughed.

"Really? I mean her face looked so irritated about it, I think she sees us being together for a long time because we work so well together," he said.

She tilted her head, "Then why do you think she hates me so much?"
"She said you reminded her of my grandma for one."
"Which is weird because your grandma was much more outspoken than I am."
"I don't agree with that, you're a lot braver than you think," Levi ran his fingers through his hair. "I also think she wants me to date a church-goer, who's saving herself for marriage and isn't a snarky little thing."
That made them laugh.

"Do you think Marlisse will ever like me again?"

"Eventually." He smiled, "You ready to get this show on the road?"
"Are you okay now?"
"Okay enough."

"Okay."


The next morning, Cath looked over at the trail of clothes on the floor and smiled.

"Levi, you need to get up," She shook him by his shoulder.

"What time is it?"

"6:34."

"Alright," he sat up slowly and rubbed his eyes.

"You look so cute right now."
He moved to hover over her, "Ah, why thank you. I think you're noticing my new hairstyle, I call it the 'my-girlfriend-has-a-hair-pulling-fetish.'"
"Shut up," she blushed and let out a giggle.

Levi kissed her cheek, leaning into her ear to say, "that's okay, I like it."

She shivered, "God, get out of here."
Levi gave a small smile, "I wish you could come with me today."
His family was going to see Jeanette's lawyer to read off her will. The problem was it was for immediate family only, so Cath had to stay behind.

"I wish you didn't get me a babysitter."
"I did not. John said he'd hang out with you today, I'm not making you go with him."

"You're not going to get jealous later are you?" She asked.

"Of course not." He frowned and had a hurt look on his face.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude about it."
"That's alright," Levi kissed her. "I know I've gotten pretty pissy about it before, but I know better than that... Besides, I think I've marked my territory enough to keep guys from hitting on you."
"I'm not territory, and gross."
"I am yours and you are mine." He said matter-of-factly.

"Go get ready, you big doof."