Reality Love Bites
Chapter 20
Tamsin looked up from her book and frowned in the direction of the front door, before looking towards the clock above the fireplace. "You're early and I haven't even finished my coffee. Come back in fifteen minutes," she called out as she picked up her cup and took a sip of the rich blend contained within, sighing in contentment.
Another knock, more insistent than the first, sent Tamsin towards the door grumbling to herself that she couldn't wait to be home in her own house so she could get some much needed peace and quiet.
She opened the door ready to scold whoever was on the other side disturbing her small period of solitary bliss, but her words caught in her throat when she saw who it was.
"Surprise!" Ciara said with as much gusto as she could muster. She was regretting not stopping in town on the way and visiting one of the many boutiques that knew her by sight. Any one of those stores would have been happy to outfit her in something fabulous at a moments notice. Her fears melted away, however, when she watched Tamsin's demeanour transform before her very eyes as she registered who it was that had disturbed her morning cup of coffee.
"May I come in? I know you need to finish your first cup of joe before you are functional.
"You're here..."
Tamsin reached out and softly touched Ciara's cheek as if ensuring that she wasn't a mirage, that she was truly standing before her as if she was ready to go to the gym. Tamsin's mouth quirked to the side in a half smile as she took in her best friend's dishevelled appearance. The hair, especially, reminded her of an 80's music video, with the off centre ponytail and loose frizzy bits sticking out as if teased for maximum height.
"May I come in?"
"Oh, yeah, of course," Tamsin said, still a little off guard and uncertain by Ciara's surprise appearance. "Take a seat and I'll pour you a cup."
Tamsin took her time in the kitchen needing to gather her wits. What's she doing here? Is Ciara angry at me? She didn't seem angry. Her lips usually twitches a little when she is angry and holding back from yelling at me. Is she here to say that this whole thing is a mistake and that she thinks we should go back to being friends? What did Evony say when she got back to the mansion this morning? She left without a word, ensuring that she came down the stairs naked, giving me a long look at what I was missing, before squeezing herself back into her dress and leaving without a word. She was still pissed, that's for sure. I could feel it without her having to say anything at all.
Tamsin felt Ciara enter the kitchen from the dining and living area. I've never been this hyper aware of her before, she thought to herself.
"Did you need to brew another pot?"
Tamsin realised that she had been standing there with the cupboard open, staring at the cups for several minutes whilst lost in her thoughts. "No, ah, sorry. I got lost in my thoughts, I guess," Tamsin responded lamely.
"And what thoughts would they be?" Ciara walked further into the kitchen and placed a hand on Tamsin's shoulder. "Aren't you happy to see me?"
"Of course I am!" Tamsin turned around to make eye contact with her oldest and dearest friend. And instantly got lost in them and the uncertainty that filled them. "It's just... Why are you here? I'm supposed to pick you up in a couple of hours. Hair and Make Up are going to be here at any moment to get me perfectly coiffed and presentable for you."
"Do you really think I care about any of that, Tamsin? I'd still love you even if you showed up at my door with your head shaved and wearing a burlap sack. That's why I'm here. Evony was acting like a complete bitch as always and telling Lauren and I how you and she rocked each others world last night."
Tamsin's eyes went wide and she shook her head emphatically, opening her mouth to protest and set things straight, but Ciara cut her off immediately by taking another step closer and placing her index finger against Tamsin's partly open mouth.
"Shush. Just listen for now, okay?"
Tamsin could barely think now anyway, with Ciara so close. The memories of the feel of Ciara's mouth as they kissed in the limousine and the warmth of her as her fingers entered her hugging heat came back to her in a rush and her knees went weak with the recollection. She wanted to feel Ciara again, but she wanted it to be slower and less hectic and rushed. Tamsin flicked her tongue out and tasted the finger pressed against her lips, before reaching up and taking hold of her friend's hand pulling it away from her mouth.
"Talk quickly and say what you want to say so that I can kiss you. It feels like an eternity since I've kissed you."
Ciara beamed at Tamsin at the heat that she suddenly saw in Tamsin's penetrating gaze. "Just let me get this off my chest first and then I will gladly fall into your arms for a kiss. I don't care if you slept with Evony..."
"I didn't!" Tamsin clamped her mouth shut with the look her friend gave her for interrupting her again.
"Whether you did or didn't sleep with her, doesn't matter," Ciara reiterated, but secretly, behind her serious facade, she was ecstatic at Tamsin's emphatic denial. "I put you in this position by being a coward. This whole show is because I have been too afraid to just sit you down and tell you how I felt. If I lost you to one of these women on the show, I would have had no one to blame but myself! Because of my cowardice, I inadvertently gave you a smorgasbord of women to choose from and for the life of me, I don't know why I ever thought that this escapade was the answer. I'm sure that Vex's career will advance because of this, but it wasn't the right way for me to confess my feelings to you and I am sorry for putting you through it. I'm here, now, in the clothes I slept in and my hair not even brushed, because I told Evony that I didn't need anything to win your heart, your love. That I didn't need a glamorous dress, perfect hair and flawless makeup, no, all I needed to do was show up at your door, as is and you'd be mine. I know I am being presumptuous and arrogant, but I just couldn't allow Evony to psych me out and make me question what we already have and what I know we can build together. I don't want to worry about losing tomorrow; I just want to spend this entire day with you as if it was just you and me. No reality television show, no cameras and most of all no competition. Just us. That's all that matters. Okay?" Ciara was breathless after her long speech, but she felt incredibly light and free for the first time in forever and as she stared into Tamsin's eyes, Ciara knew that this would be a day that she'd never, ever forget.
Tamsin placed her hands on Ciara's hips, her eyes a little glassy from her friend's, no, her girlfriend's, heartfelt declaration. Her heart pounded in her chest and she knew that this is where she belonged. Her spirit and soul was always happiest and lighter in Ciara's presence. The woman before her knew her like no one else in the world or beyond. Even Jess hadn't understood her quirks and quibbles like Ciara did. "Lovely speech," Tamsin said with a teasing smile. She pulled Ciara tight against her and moved her face within inches of hers, their lips just a whipper apart, and Tamsin's heart leapt and her stomach tightened with anticipation at the complete acceptance and surrender from the woman in her arms. "How could I have been so blind?"
Ciara was breathless and she felt a flood of warmth spread through her entire body with the tickling of Tamsin's breath against her mouth. They were so close and the intensity in Tamsin's eyes looking so deeply into her own as if truly seeing the truth for the first time was invigorating and she felt so giddy and complete. Ciara reached up a hand and cupped Tamsin's face, her thumb caressing her cheek. "I hid it well; I had to," was Ciara's breathless response.
"Well, no more hiding. I want you to always look at me this way," Tamsin said, before finally brushing their lips together, eliciting a whimper of need from Ciara that her heart skyrocketed to the moon.
Their lips crashed together with scorching intensity and need. The kisses were deep and long as their tongues explored and tangled with each other. Ciara was pressed against the kitchen counter, all thought of coffee gone as they instead drank each other in with all consuming kisses and searching, eager hands. Tamsin's hands found their way under Ciara's loose top to find her small breasts bare and eager for her touch and the way Ciara responded with a moan and a tightening of the hand that had a fistful of her hair, let Tamsin know that they were quickly losing all sense of control and she didn't give a flying fuck in that moment as she sunk deeper under her new lover's spell.
"Gosh, you feel so good!" Ciara gasped breathlessly when they parted for some much needed air and she pressed herself harder against the thigh insinuated between her legs.
Neither Tamsin or Ciara registered, the door opening and the gasp of shock and surprise that followed. "Ahem! Ladies?"
Ciara saw the petite and blushing makeup artist over Tamsin's shoulder first and she pushed the blonde's shoulders in an effort to break off the contact as Tamsin's hands started to raise her top in order to love her breasts with more than her hands. "Tamsin. Stop."
"Hmph whatever for?" was Tamsin's gruff response and despite the awkwardness of the situation she couldn't help but chuckle at how eager her friend was to touch her. Ciara yanked her top down as Tamsin continued to try to yank it up. This got the blonde's attention and she stopped kissing Ciara's long, elegant neck to look at her in frustration. "Stop that," she said with desperation as she tried again to raise Ciara's top, thinking that her friend was playing with her. "There are times to play and tease me, baby, but this isn't one of them. I need you so much right now.
"We have company, honey, and I'm not a fan of having an audience."
Ciara let out a laugh at the comical way Tamsin's eyes went wide and she disentangled her hands from her top and turned to face their visitor. "Janice!" Tamsin blurted. "Don't you knock?"
"I did, ma'am. I just presumed you were still upstairs and I was going to wait like I usually do," the embarrassed woman said softly, her face bright red. "Vex will be in momentarily and I... uh... should I go?"
Ciara couldn't stop laughing. Her usually unflappable friend was as red as the poor make up artist and Tamsin seemed to want to ask the girl to leave, but Ciara could see that she was also feeling sorry for Janice who was looking anywhere but at them. Tamsin turned to Ciara, "Are you enjoying yourself, chuckles?" she asked in exasperation.
"I'm Sorry, but I've never seen you so embarrassed... EVER! It's cute!"
Tamsin shook her head and grinned at her friend, "Unbelievable. Why aren't you as mortified as I am?"
"From all appearances, you were the one trying to ravage me," Ciara responded, laughing harder, tears now falling down her face.
Tamsin Rolled her eyes, "Pfft, whatever. You were doing plenty of ravaging on your own, it wasn't just me," Tamsin replied smartly, a lopsided smirk on her face and an eyebrow arched up in amusement. "At least I know that you will continue to tease me and give me a hard time, just like you always have, despite this new dimension in our relationship."
"Hmm, and what a wonderful, delicious new dimension, it is," Ciara responded with a wink and a playful kiss upon Tamsin's cheek.
Vex burst through the door with his usual emphatic flourish, making all the ladies in the room focus on him. "Saddle up, Tam Tam, you're on the last stretch and... Cee Cee? What in the world are you doing here?" He rushed further into the room completely ignoring Janice and stopping in front of his two favourite people in the world. "And what is with your clothes and hair! You look like a reject from a Tiffany video!" He waved his finger up and down a look of distaste on his face. I'll get Becky in here to fix you up and I'll see if Edward can find something for you to wear. You certainly can't go on your date looking like that!" Without waiting for either of them to speak, he started hollering for Becky and Edward at the top of his voice.
After several attempts to be heard over his yelling Tamsin shoved Vex to get his attention. "Hey, quit shoving, I bruise easily you know!"
"Then listen up, Bozo," Tamsin retorted. "You may think you are running this show, but without me there wouldn't have been a show, so listen up. C and I have decided to do away with all the glitz and glamour. We don't need it. We have both seen each other at our most lovely and most haphazard, so today we are just going to do something we both enjoy." Tamsin turned her attention to Ciara, "How about going on a ride in the hills? We haven't been mountain biking for ages and we can have a picnic at our favourite spot. Super casual and all fun. What do you say?"
"That sounds divine. Except..."
"Except what?" Tamsin asked with a spike of panic.
"Relax, Sin. I just want to run a hairbrush through this bird's nest atop my head."
Tamsin laughed, "Are you sure? I was finding the 80's pop princess look very sexy."
"I'm very sure," Ciara responded with a delighted laugh even as Vex rolled his eyes and said, 'Barf'. Tamsin and Ciara punching him lightly in the arm at his comment.
"So can you set it up, Vex?"
The mans chest puffed out, "Of course, I can! This is my production and I can do anything. Give me an hour," he said, pulling out his phone and telling both Becky and Edward to get out because they were no longer needed. "Janice! Get Ciara a hair brush and help her fix that mess!"
"Right away," she squeaked, rushing off after him, leaving the two lover's alone once more.
"Hmm, alone once more," Tamsin said, turning to face Ciara a look of mischief on her face, her eyebrows wiggling suggestively, "now, where were we?"
Ciara giggled and slapped Tamsin's hands away as they gripped the bottom of her top, "We are on hold for now, Sin. Go get dressed, while Janice helps me fix this mess." As if on cue Janice reemerged, hairbrush in hand.
Tamsin pouted, but released her hold on Ciara's clothing, "We are just paused, right? We can press play on this later, I hope."
"Definitely, I promise," she said, giving Tamsin a soft brush of the lips to seal the deal. "Now skedaddle," she said, slapping Tamsin's ass to get her moving...
"I win!"
"You cheated and had a distinct advantage," Tamsin called out as she came skidding to a halt beside Ciara.
"I did not cheat and what was the advantage that I had over you, gym rat?" she asked, taking off the helmet and turning it around until she was looking into the mounted camera. "This woman is a terrible loser and I may have to reconsider continuing this relationship," she said, speaking into the tiny microphone.
"Ha-ha, very funny. I'm the one carrying the backpack with our picnic lunch and it weighs a tonne!"
Ciara shook her head, "I offered to carry it, you insisted. What else have you got?"
"You were leading all the way," Tamsin whined with a huge grin, enjoying the playful banter they had been partaking in the whole day.
"And? You could have overtaken me at any time, the path was wide enough," Ciara countered.
"I couldn't," Tamsin responded, her eyes sparkling as she watched Ciara dismount her bike and set the stand before placing the helmet on the handlebars.
"Why couldn't you pass me? We have ridden this track dozens of times before and you never had a problem." Tamsin was almost salivating as Ciara removed her loose top, leaving her standing naked from the waist up as she used the small hand towel she had tied onto the bike to dab at her sweaty neck and shoulders. Ciara looked up and found Tamsin staring, "You are looking at me with very sinful thoughts behind those eyes and living up to your nickname right now, Sin."
"Well, put your shirt back on and I may be able to stop," she responded with a laugh. "Besides, I'm wearing a helmet with a camera too, you know. So it won't be just me getting an eyeful."
"Oh, please! There's hardly anything to see anyway," Ciara responded flippantly with a wave of her hand. "I may be British, but I am not a prude! Besides, I said that today, I wasn't going to pay attention to the show or the camera's. They don't exist for me today. It's just us."
Tamsin dismounted her bike and unclipped her helmet, removing it and hanging it haphazardly on the seat. She then shrugged out of the heavy backpack and placed it on the ground beside her bike. She grabbed one of the water bottles and made her way over to where Ciara had walked to look out over the crystal clear lake of their favourite spot. "It's so beautiful out here," she said, passing Ciara the water bottle and watching her take a few swallows, a single drop falling from the corner of her mouth, making its way down her chin and trailing down her neck.
Tamsin leaned over and licked the water from Ciara's neck, "can we un-pause now?"
Ciara shuddered as Tamsin took one of her nipples into her mouth and sucked on it, sending sparks straight to her groin. "Don't think for a moment that I couldn't feel your eyes glued to my ass the entire way up here," Ciara said as she gripped Tamsin's head and pressed her harder against her breast.
Tamsin released the nipple a moment later and looked up at Ciara with pure fire and desire in her eyes, "That's why I couldn't overtake you. The view," she responded with a chuckle. "Would you go for a swim with me to cool off, before we eat?"
"Depends."
"On what!" Tamsin demanded, standing up and placing her hands on her hips, their faces only a few inches apart.
"Will you ease this agonizing ache that I've had since you kissed me this morning?" Ciara took Tamsin's hand and pressed it against her mound knowing that she was radiating so much heat that the blonde would feel it through the thin material of her well worn yoga pants.
"God, Ciara. It would be my pleasure to take care of your needs."
"Then get out of those clothes," Ciara said with a smile as she kicked off the sneakers she had borrowed from Janice, who was conveniently her size, before pulling down her pants and stepping out of them.
Tamsin took in the sight for several moments watching Ciara walk to the edge of the water and testing the temperature of the sparkling blue water with her toes, before slowly immersing herself until she was covered to her waist. Ciara turned and watched Tamsin as she hurriedly removed her own clothing and beckoned to her with her finger when she was done and standing gloriously naked at the water's edge. "Un-pause," she said with a spectacular smile and laughed when Tamsin rushed into the water, splashing and lifting her legs high, until she was close enough to dive into Ciara's arms, taking them both under the water and coming up, their mouths connected in a heated kiss...
Author's Note: Hello my faithful readers, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and that you'll let me know that you did. I would also like to know if you'd like me to give you a full Tamsin/Ciara sex scene or if I can just move on to the final elimination. I'm not sure whether there is much demand for that pairing so that's why I'm asked, you, the readers. Please let me know and I will try to write it sooner rather than later.
Thank you, take care and enjoy your weekend.
Doccubus21
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