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Chapter Fifteen

Tilting her head back, Charlie closed her eyes as she gratefully allowed her body to be invigorated but at the same time comforted by the hot water that was cascading like a beautiful waterfall all over her naked body. With her hands pressed firmly against the cooling slippery ceramic wall tiles, she stood that way for what seemed like the longest time.

Time seemed to stop still. Allowing the powerful jets of water to batter her exhausted body felt like the most welcome kind of relief. The past forty-eight hours had played havoc with the police officer's emotions and in that moment Charlie was just grateful for the chance to try and escape from the internal demons currently racing around in her head. Try as she might, Charlie was struggling to remove the gruesome last images of her ex from her head.

She was desperate to lose herself; to distance herself from the memory of seeing Kristen's bloodied and battered body. When it came to distractions, work was always Charlie's first port of call. But without that outlet to escape to on this ocassion, she'd tried the next best thing - drowning herself in alcohol. But that didn't help. At all. Luckily for Charlie, however, she'd managed to find another distraction; a far more successful distraction. And a very welcome one at that.

Joey Collins. Charlie smiled inwardly as the hot water continued to invigorate her senses. Joey was a godsend. A welcome relief from the pain. Someone she could easily get lost in. And Charlie was more than willing to allow herself to get completely and totally lost in Joey Collins. Something about the gorgeous, warm-hearted brunette made the usually distant and reserved police officer more than willing to lower her defenses. And her inhibitions.

After coming to Charlie's rescue and gallantly not taking advantage of her inebriated state, Joey had proved to be something of a knight in shining armour. Despite Charlie's drunken flirtations, the younger woman had refused Charlie's advances, choosing instead to take her home and allow her to sleep off the effects of copious amounts of alcohol – alone. Then, in the cold light of day, Joey had gently tried to coax Charlie into opening up about the death of her ex girlfriend. For someone so used to bottling things up and putting up the defenses like a town preparing to batten down the hatches to fend off a raging storm, Joey had the remarkable knack of effortlessly managing to make light work of Charlie's normally tough exterior.

Whilst there was nothing invincible about the senior policewoman, Charlie wasn't used to showing vulnerability. But Joey Collins was fast becoming Charlie Buckton's Achilles' heel. Her weak spot.

Charlie smiled. Again. Joey was like a painless kind of therapy. No one had ever been able to get her to open up like that. After relieving the agony of Kristen's death and the horrendous experience that had been breaking the news to her parents, a very emotional and overwhelmed Charlie had found comfort in Joey's arms. After shedding more tears in half an hour than she'd willingly care to remember, the two women had talked. And talked. And talked. And drunk far too much coffee. They'd laughed. Smiled. Flirted. Charlie had cried some more. And their emotional bonding session had eventually led to the inevitable. Sex.

Mind blowing sex. Hot, steamy almost frenzied sex. After Joey had somehow managed to persuade her somewhat annoying friend Becca to give them some space, one thing had led to another and they had ended up making out on, of all places, the kitchen floor!

The tension between them had been building up like a sleeping volcano about to suddenly erupt after a thousand uneventful years. So much so, they couldn't maintain their desire for one another long enough to make it to the comfort of a bed or the privacy of a bedroom. Their need for each other had been instant and verging on animalistic. Their carnal desire had been unleashed when Joey had tenderly reached out to brush away a stray tear that had, unknowingly to Charlie, been slowing working its way down her already tear-stained cheek. That gentle loving gesture had instigated an internal battle of wills between the two women who, after being unable to ignore the unmistakable heat and tension that had built up between them, finally gave in to their weakness and desire for one another.

There had been no words. With just one look, they had roughly collided into each other's arms, their bodies battling for control over the other. Charlie couldn't quite remember the moment they had crashed unceremoniously onto the floor. If she'd felt pain she hadn't noticed it. All she noticed was Joey. Joey's hands. Joey's lips. Joey's tongue. She couldn't even remember either of them being stripped of their clothes. But they must have spent the best part of an hour having hot naked noisy sex on Joey's kitchen floor, as they attempted over and over again to satisfy their carnal need for each other.

Charlie sighed. She'd been in the shower for some time and her skin was just starting to get pink and wrinkle slightly. But with thoughts of a certain gorgeous brunette floating through her mind, she wasn't quite ready or willing to step out of the shower – and back into the real world.

Charlie's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when she felt a cool burst of air on her bare back and she heard the shower door open behind her. Before she'd had time to turn around, a pair of arms slid themselves around her waist, pulling her back into an embrace, and causing the most arousing sensations to ripple through her body as Charlie's back made contact with two full and firm breasts.

"Hey." Joey whispered into Charlie's ear.

"Hey." Charlie replied, a little breathlessly.

"I missed you." Joey whispered, before tenderly pulling Charlie around in her arms, so they were standing face to face.

"I missed you too."

Charlie noticed as the corners of Joey's mouth began to turn upwards, and a sly knowing smile emblazoned across her face.

"So, does that mean you're ready for round two, Senior Constable?" Joey said, eying Charlie seductively.

Charlie immediately noticed the devilish glint in the slightly shorter brunette's eyes. But before she had time to answer, Joey pulled the older woman to her, kissing Charlie long and hard before tenderly guiding the policewoman backwards. Charlie gasped slightly as her back made contact with the cold cubicle tiles before getting completely lost as Joey's tongue sought permission to enter her mouth.

Both women began to moan as their lips and tongues met in a heated kiss. With their hair soaked and caked to their faces, they continued to kiss as the hot water beat down above them. Even cooler water wouldn't have succeeded in putting out the raging inferno of lust and desire that had long since been building up between them.

With their wet bodies slick and sliding against one another, Joey pushed her body further into Charlie's. With every touch, every kiss, their want and need for one another was becoming increasing more desperate. Encouraging her lover, Charlie firmly locked her arms around Joey's neck, pulling her in even further as the two women shared a deep and slow sensual kiss.

With neither woman seemingly willing or able to break the connection of their lips, Charlie was on the verge of orgasming from just their intense kissing alone, when she suddenly felt Joey's hands moving up and down all over her body. In one quick movement, Joey broke their kiss only to lower her head and seek out Charlie's wet swollen left breast with her mouth. Letting out a long gutteral moan, Charlie felt as though she'd died and gone to heaven as Joey's lips started to suck and kiss her breast before guiding her mouth and tongue to capture Charlie's already hard nipple.

"Oh… god… oh… god… Joey… please… please… I need you… I need to feel you inside me… please… Jo…"

Charlie gasped suddenly, as Joey gently teased her, biting down ever so gently on her nipple as if to acknowledge her lover's request. Seconds later, whilst Joey continued her oh so pleasurable biting and sucking assault, Charlie began to tremble as she felt Joey's hand move down. Slowly - like slow motion slowly – the policewoman was in agony, waiting for Joey to reach the spot she so desperately needed and wanted her fingers to touch. By the time Joey's fingers had found her centre, Charlie was already on the verge of screaming.

Joey continued to slowly stroke and tease Charlie for what seemed like forever, until she gently pushed one finger inside, before another digit followed. Charlie was in absolute ecstasy as Joey's long fingers plunged deeper and deeper inside her. Moaning, Charlie closed her eyes and threw her head back, wincing slightly as the back of her head connected with the hard ceramic tiles, enjoying every immense moment of pleasure as Joey's fingers continued to quicken their already steady pace.

There was no doubt about it. Charlie was on the verge of losing control. As Joey continued to build her up to the most exquisite climax, Charlie was seconds away from reaching the point of no return. Screaming Joey's name, they road out Charlie's orgasm together before clinging on to one another, their spent wet bodies molding together.

They stood that way, holding onto each other, each silently trying to recover their breath, enjoying the extra sensations as the hot water continued to beat down on their exhausted bodies. After almost ten minutes, Charlie broke away slightly and was met with the most beautiful smile.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"That was… that was…"

"Incredible? Amazing? Earth shattering?"

Charlie giggled. "Yeah, actually, all three."

"Really?"

"Yes, really." Charlie said, as she reached out and tenderly cupped Joey's face with both hands.

"Well, I aim to please, Senior Constable. I aim to please."

"And so do I," Charlie said, seductively, before gently capturing Joey's swollen wet lips with her own, engaging her in the tenderest of kisses.

They continued to kiss, gently, tenderly, their lips and tongues making tender sweet love, before Charlie surprised Joey by breaking free from their embrace. Joey barely had chance to figure out what was happening, before Charlie had pushed her back against the hard tiles and away from the gushing hot running water. Charlie then began to trail kisses all the way down Joey's body, from her neck to her throat, down the gap between her breasts, her stomach and down to her inner thigh, where she lingered, knowing it was one of Joey's favourite spots to be touched. Moments later, kneeling down onto the cold hard tiled floor, Charlie then gently parted Joey's thighs and began stroking her centre, her fingers playing with Joey's moist wet folds.

"You are so beautiful, Joey," Charlie said, a little breathlessly, as she continued to play with Joey, stroking and teasing her but somehow managing to find the willpower not to give Joey what she knew she so desperately wanted. Needed. Charlie could smell Joey's arousal and she knew she couldn't keep up the torture for much longer.

"Oh… god… Charlie… please… please don't tease me…"

Charlie smiled knowingly before she entered Joey's most exquisite place with her tongue, lapping up every drop of her sweet juices. Charlie felt Joey's hands press firmly down on the back of her head, encouraging her on. With Joey powerless to prevent the many moans that were escaping her, Charlie began to lick and suck and tease Joey's engorged clit. She could feel the younger woman's body trembling above her. Joey was completely at her mercy and Charlie liked her that way. In fact, the only thing Charlie liked more was hearing the gorgeous brunette screaming out her name as she brought her to an orgasm.

It wasn't long before both women got what they wanted and Joey came. Loud. And fast.

TBC