She was suddenly surrounded. Katherine was dancing facing her and Stefan had positioned himself behind her back. She felt warm and a little intimidated. Katherine laid her arms across Caroline's shoulders and winked at her playfully as she swung her hips to the music. It was strangely cute, and, if Caroline was being honest, kind of hot. Katherine's breasts brushed against her own and the sensation wasn't unpleasant. The sweet smell of her and the way she kept breathing into Caroline's ear was stirring unexpected feelings in the pit of Caroline's stomach. But they were just dancing, right?
Stefan's fingers firmly grabbing her hip and pulling her back against him surprised her and she gave a sharp little inhale as her lace-clad behind landed squarely against the front of Stefan's jeans. The charged heat of the contact crept up her back and down to her toes, pooling low in her belly and between her legs.
"You feel good," he whispered in her ear, slipping his hand around to her stomach, palm flat against it and pulling her back into him again and giving a soft little thrust, possibly disguised as dancing.
Caroline couldn't help the shaky breath that came from her lips.
Katherine's eyebrows shot up at the noise, suddenly very interested in the situation again. She set her eyes on Stefan, and whether she wanted to make Caroline jealous or turn her on, Caroline wasn't sure. But without moving Caroline out of the way, Katherine reached around her and gripped the back of Stefan's neck, pulling him into a kiss over Caroline's shoulder. Caroline leaned back just enough to get a better view but not enough to lose the contact of Katherine's hips on hers or Stefan's firm bulge against her backside. She watched, lips slightly parted as Stefan's tongue slipped into Katherine's inviting mouth, sliding his tongue against hers and leaving Katherine, as well as Caroline, breathless.
"Your turn," Katherine said to Caroline, licking her lips.
Caroline thought she meant with Stefan, so she was surprised when Katherine pressed her lips against hers. Caroline stilled for a moment, before allowing Katherine to part her lips and slip the tip of her tongue into her mouth. The strokes of Katherine's tongue were soft and silky and were lulling her into a fog. Caroline found her hands creeping up, one to rest on Katherine's hip and the other to gently stroke her messy curls. As he watched them kiss, Stefan's heart was pounding against her back and his bulge was pulsing against the back of her dress. She felt his hand moving from her hip down her thigh, finding the bottom of her dress and caressing her bare skin with the palm of his hand.
Katherine pulled away with a little pop of their lips and smiled, which Caroline returned.
Her entire body was a coiled spring, humming with anticipation and some level of fear. She exhaled, trying to will the fear to leave her body. As if sensing her anxiety, Stefan gently took her by the shoulders and turned her around to face him. He smiled at her sweetly before pulling her into his embrace. She felt completely safe and comfortable in that moment. He had that affect on her. Something about that speech he had given her in the bathroom after she turned had really stuck with her. She assumed she'd always trust him. He had always coming through for her. She pulled away and looked at his face. It was a mixture of adoration and desire. She swallowed hard.
His hands came up to frame her face, his thumbs stroking her pink cheeks.
"Just kiss already," Katherine interrupted, stepping away for long enough to grab another drink.
Caroline and Stefan looked at her in annoyance before back to each other with an embarrassed smile.
"Can I kiss you?" Stefan asked, shyly.
Caroline nodded without hesitation, slightly concerned with how much she wanted him to kiss her.
His lips were firm and warm on hers, his tongue soft but strong. Her legs were jelly, her insides liquified. It felt like everything she never knew she wanted. She found her arms around his waist, pulling him desperately closer to her. He moaned against her mouth as she rubbed herself against his erection.
"Now this is what I signed up for," Katherine said, walking up behind Caroline.
Caroline tensed for a moment as Katherine's hands landed on her waist, making long soft strokes with her fingers from her hip bones to her ribs, flirting dangerously close to the undersides of her breasts and the waistband of her panties. Caroline's skin tingled everywhere Katherine touched. Stefan continued to kiss her, taking one hand from her face to cover one of Katherine's hands, moving it for her to cover Caroline's breast.
Caroline gasped into Stefan's mouth at the feeling. Katherine cupped and gently squeezed Caroline's breast through her dress with one hand, the other hand now sliding down her thigh and pulling up her dress just enough to access her inner thigh where she made tickling strokes and gentle squeezes. Overstimulated was an understatement. Caroline was painfully aroused and she could barely take anymore. She broke away from the two and stumbled a few steps back.
"Are you okay?" Stefan asked, concerned and afraid that he'd made a huge mistake and ruined their friendship.
She knew what he was thinking and quickly clarified, "Yeah, I'm fine, Stefan." She smiled as he sighed in relief.
"I think," Katherine said, walking toward her again, "That she's getting tired of being teased."
Caroline looked from Katherine to Stefan, who looked a little intimidated himself at what Katherine was suggesting. Caroline was sure in that moment that neither she nor Stefan had any idea or intention of things going quite this far with the three of them. But also that neither of them had any intention of stopping it. They were having a hard time right now. They were just coping. How many times would they keep telling themselves that?
Katherine kissed Caroline suddenly again, this time less gently. She probed Caroline's mouth with her wanting tongue and grabbed her ass with the other, rubbing herself against Caroline and eliciting a surprised gasp from Caroline's lips at the sensation of their most sensitive spots colliding just so. Katherine moved her hand around and slipped it under Caroline's dress, sliding it up her thigh and making one long stroke of her finger against the outside of Caroline's panties. Caroline moaned helplessly into Katherine's mouth and clung to her, hoping she'd either stop what she was doing or do it forever, she wasn't sure which.
Stefan all but growled as he watched the two girls feverishly kissing and rubbing against each other. Caroline's eye's drifted over to him at the sound and she watched as he squeezed himself once through his jeans in an attempt to relieve the pressure. She wanted so badly to touch him herself.
She pulled away from Katherine and took her by the hand, pulling her over to Stefan. He watched the girls approach him with dark eyes and heaving breath. Surprised, Caroline guessed, at Caroline taking the initiative and leading the way. She'd lost herself for the moment, and that was okay. This was what she wanted right now.
Looping her arms around his neck, Caroline went back to kissing Stefan. The thought crossed her mind that she wouldn't mind doing this for the rest of eternity, but she tried to push it away because this was for tonight. She tried not to think about it and tried not to be heartbroken by it. Because Stefan's lips and tongue felt terrifyingly like home. He broke away breathlessly and moved his lips to her neck. She hummed in pleasure as he kissed, licked and sucked the sensitive skin. Katherine, she realized, was unbuttoning Stefan's shirt and running her hands along his chest. Then she was unbuttoning his jeans and trailing her fingers teasingly across the skin she had exposed.
Caroline stepped away to watch as Katherine pulled Stefan's shirt away from his chest and replaced it with her lips. Stefan closed his eyes and gently held the back of Katherine's head as she licked her way down the muscles of his stomach. She reached the waistband of his briefs and looked up at him devilishly from beneath her lashes. Stefan smiled in a way that Caroline had never seen and that made her feel impossibly hotter inside. Katherine reached her hand inside of Stefan's briefs and gripped him, giving one long stroke with her delicate hand.
Stefan and Caroline gasped in unison. Stefan gripped Katherine's hair. Caroline gripped the hem of her dress hard in her fists, her knuckles white. She wanted to move toward them but wasn't sure how. Stefan sensed her hesitation and motioned her back over with his free hand. He tangled it in her hair and pulled her mouth roughly against his again. Obviously he enjoyed kissing her as much as she enjoyed kissing him. It seemed like a really easy habit to form and a difficult one to break. But she wouldn't worry about that now.
She was swallowing his gasps and moans as she tasted every corner of his delicious mouth and Katherine worked on him below. Caroline couldn't believe how hot this was. She tensed for only a moment as Katherine's free hand brushed her leg and began to slide up under her dress. Stefan sensed was what happening and took Caroline's face in his hands, silently asking if she was okay.
Caroline smiled and nodded, pressing her lips back to Stefan's and gasping against his mouth as Katherine gently palmed her through the outside of her underwear. Stefan growled in response, his tongue deeply exploring Caroline's mouth and thrusting in Katherine's hand desperately. Katherine giggled and stood, moving to stand behind Caroline. Stefan turned Caroline around to face Katherine and pressed his chest firmly against her back. Katherine looked at Caroline with those dark eyes, made even darker with desire and smiled as she reached up to slowly pull the straps of Caroline's dress off of her shoulders and down over her breasts.
Her creamy white breasts spilled out freely. Stefan groaned and pushed himself against her. Katherine took in the sight before her approvingly.
"Very nice, Care Bear," Katherine said with a smile.
Stefan looked over Caroline's shoulder and nodded his approval, licking his lips.
Katherine reached forward tentatively and gently palmed Caroline's breasts, watching them move in her hand. Stefan held Caroline's arms tenderly, not exactly restraining her, although Caroline wouldn't have minded if he was. She had no intention of moving. He moved his lips to her ear and began to kiss along the outside and breathe softly into her ear. The sensations were driving her crazy and she slipped her eyes closed to focus on everything.
When something hot and wet closed over her nipple, Caroline's eyes flew open. She looked down to see the top of Katherine's dark hair and the tip of her pink tongue on her breast. Jolts of electricity shot through her body at the feeling of Katherine closing her mouth around her nipple and giving one soft suck before releasing it and giving the same attention to the other side. Caroline moaned and squeezed her legs together, going mad from Katherine's lips on her skin and Stefan's teeth now softly scraping against her earlobe.
Katherine dropped to her knees and Caroline knew she was in trouble. Stefan's heavy hands replaced Katherine's mouth on her breasts and she enjoyed the difference, the more primal way the squeezed and tugged on her. She turned her head and kissed him hard as he massaged and she gasped as Katherine's elegant fingers lifted her dress and tugged down her underwear in one motion. Stefan kissed her soothingly as Katherine slid a hand up her leg and then a finger slowly against her soaking core. Caroline's legs wobbled. She didn't remember ever being so turned on.
Stefan ran a hand up her neck and held her throat softly, kissing her hard and swallowing her moans as Katherine slipped one, then two fingers inside of her. It felt so different than a man's fingers. More gentle like her own, but not. Stefan suddenly sped them to the couch and sat, placing Caroline between his legs. Katherine, being human, looked surprised for a moment that they had disappered before she laughed and followed them to the couch. Stefan slipped a hand between Caroline's knees and pushed her legs apart, his lips peppering kisses against the skin of her neck.
Katherine positioned herself between Caroline's open legs and flipped up the hem of her white lace dress. Stefan looked down and groaned at the sight of Caroline bare from the chest up and the waist down. She felt him twitch against her back. Katherine licked her lips before lowering her head and slowly kissing the insides of Caroline thighs. Her shiny dark hair tickled Caroline's skin as she moved closer to her target. Stefan squeezed one heavy breast while his fangs scraped lazily over the skin of her neck. Caroline was frozen in anticipation.
She whispered a startled curse as Katherine suddenly ran her tongue between her Caroline's folds before closing her mouth over her swollen clit. Stefan chuckled against her neck and pulled her back against him, grinding against her. The pressure was mounting inside of her. Katherine knew exactly what to do with her lips and tongue and Caroline found herself trying to hold back her quickly approaching orgasm. One, then two fingers slid torturously back inside of her just as Stefan's fangs pricked her neck. She moaned loudly, no longer caring about her dignity.
Stefan licked the drops of blood away with the flat of his tongue.
"You taste delicious," he whispered in her ear before sucking her earlobe between his lips.
She was holding back and Stefan must have sensed it.
"Let go," he whispered in her ear, his hands on her breasts.
She looked back at him and gasped into his mouth as she felt tingling beginning in her core. Katherine licked deliberately and curved her fingers perfectly inside of her and she felt the tingles spreading.
"Just let go," he whispered against her lips, "It's okay. I've got you."
And she believed him. Because she trusted him and she immediately obeyed.
She cried out as the orgasm flowed through her body, the intensity of it shocking her and her eyes squeezed shut against the pleasure of it. She rocked lazily against Katherine's fingers before pulling away. Suddenly very aware of now nearly nude she was. She stood on shaky legs and pulled up her dress to cover her breasts.
"Uh oh," Katherine said, licking her lips, "Regrets already?"
"No," Caroline, challenged, wondering whether or not that was true.
"Good," Katherine said, "Because it's Stefan's turn."
Caroline looked back to her friend who was staring at her in amazement, obviously questioning the reality of the fact that she had just cummed while sitting on his lap. Today was weird. His shirt remained unbuttoned and hanging open, displaying the perfect muscles of his abdomen and the low hanging waistband of his underwear showed off his perfect hip bones.
She had always known he was hot. From the moment she'd laid eyes on him she'd wanted him in that way. But then he'd turned her down and they had become better friends than she ever would have guess. But now, she realized, that she'd never really stopped wanting him. She could admit that now. It seemed silly to try to deny it at this point. What worried her more than the fact that she was attracted to him was how her heart thumped and stomach flopped just from kissing him. The way he could convince her that something this crazy was perfectly normal with just a whispered word in her ear. And the way that something akin to jealousy flashed across her mind as she watched Katherine crawl onto the couch and straddle his hips.
Caroline watched as he wrapped his arms around Katherine's waist and she grabbed his face, kissing him thoroughly. He pulled on her waist, lining her up perfectly with his crotch and slid his hands down to grab her ass, which was about to pop free of the very short, tight dress she was somehow still wearing. She released his face for long enough to take down the straps of her dress and take off her bra, freeing her breasts to hang in front of Stefan's face. His eyes flashed before he attached his hand to one and his mouth to the other. Katherine tossed her head back and lavished in the feeling.
Stefan jerked the bottom of Katherine's dress up, freeing her from the clothing and finding her bare of any underwear. He growled when he realized and greedily ran his hands all over exposed skin, raking his fingers across, squeezing, grabbing. Caroline breathed heavily, aching to rejoin the fun but unsure of how to go about it. They looked pretty self-contained. They looked beautiful together. Knew and played each other expertly. Like only an ageless pair of vampires having known each other for over a century and a half could. She laughed to herself at the absurdity of the thought.
Feeling eyes on her, she noticed Stefan staring at her over Katherine's shoulder. He made a "come here" motion with his head and smiled. Caroline walked over to the couch and allowed Stefan to pull her down next to him. His lips founds hers and her head began to spin again. She heard some movement but her focus was completely on Stefan's mouth and the gentle brushes of his tongue against hers. It wasn't until he finally released her lips and she looked down that she realized that Katherine had slipped herself down onto Stefan. Caroline sucked in a ragged breath, moisture pooling immediately between her legs. Stefan squeezed his eyes shut, the onslaught of Katherine repeatedly lifting and lowering herself on him and Caroline's obvious arousal almost more than he could handle.
Katherine leaned over and kissed Caroline softly, a ghost of a kiss, until Caroline willingly deepened it. Katherine moaned against her mouth and began to ride Stefan harder. He squeezed Katherine's hips desperately, wanting to hold on and wanting to let go at the same time. Caroline watched him, not believing how sexy he was like this. The image was burning itself onto her brain, which would be a problem after tonight when they went back to being friends and pretending this never happened.
Stefan was losing control, after all the teasing and foreplay. He was barely holding on. Slipping a hand between their bodies, he began rubbing Katherine where their bodies were joined. She gasped and smiled, in utter bliss. Caroline felt the pressure between her own legs but resisted the urge to touch herself, no matter how badly she wanted to. Stefan seemed to read her mind and she suddenly felt his hand on her thigh. Her eyes darted to his, which were open and staring at her, questioning, asking permission. In response, Caroline leaned forward, pushing his hand futher up under her dress.
He brushed his thumb against her clit and she gasped and gripped the couch roughly. His other hand was busy quickly bringing Katherine closer and closer to the edge. Caroline watched him as he disappeared into Katherine over and over and tensed as he slid a finger inside of her, followed by another. She moaned at the pleasant stretching sensation, squeezing around his fingers. She wanted to close her eyes when he added his thumb on her clit, making deliciously rhythmic circles and curved his fingers to stroke her g-spot exactly where she wanted him to, but she kept her eyes on him making love to Katherine. For as long as she could before the pressure became too much to withstand.
Katherine called out Stefan's name and came around him. He watched her, his eyes wild and his fangs emerged. Then he turned his eyes to Caroline, who followed immediately. Caroline bit her tongue to avoid crying out his name as she came hard around his fingers. He growled and pumped himself furiously into Katherine, who used her sexy voice to entice him to let go. She stroked his hair lovingly as he came down. Caroline was envious of the connection and wanted to be the one to share the sweet moments after with him. Then she rebuked herself for the thoughts. Her breathing returned to normal and she watched as Stefan's eyes regained focus and flitted over to hers. He looked satiated, confused and guilty at once. He smiled shyly. Caroline felt something replacing the ecstasy that she was coming down from...panic.
Katherine's dark hair was splayed out across Stefan's chest. He absently stroked the silky strands, twirling them around his fingers. She purred against his skin and snuggled more securely against his side. He smiled. He'd forgotten how loving she could actually be. Katherine Pierce, former vampire badass, expert human cuddler.
Caroline had made a quick getaway. Grabbing her underwear and her purse with a few muttered words and disappearing into the night. Stefan worried about it. About her. Or he would. Tomorrow. Right now was just about right now. He was coping.
"You're thinking about Caroline," Katherine accused, leaning onto her elbow and looking at him.
"Yeah," he admitted, "I am."
"She'll be fine," Katherine said, dismissively, "She'll get over it."
"Well, she only made us promise five hundred times not to tell anyone," Stefan said, chuckling, "I think she's ashamed of us."
Katherine smiled, "Not of us. Just of being a vampire, with normal vampire desires."
"You're not even a vampire," Stefan teased, tickling Katherine's side, "What's your excuse?"
"Hey, I'm still a vampire at heart," Katherine said, laughing and wiggling away from the tickles.
"Can I ask you a question?" Stefan asked, turning on his side to face her now on the other side of the bed.
"I suppose," she said.
"Why did you want Caroline to be with us tonight?" he asked, sincerely, "I thought you wanted me all to yourself."
Katherine chuckled, "Well, in an ideal world, yes, you would be allll mine," she said, faux sinisterly.
Stefan smiled and rolled his eyes.
"But," Katherine continued, "I'm dying, Stefan. Like, actually dying."
Stefan rubbed her back soothingly.
"And, believe it or not, I DO love you and I always have," she said, resting her head back on his chest, "And I guess...I just want you to be happy."
Stefan smiled and hugged her tightly to him, kissing her head.
"Okay..." he said, "But what does Caroline have to do with that?"
Katherine laughed and looked at him, surprised, "Oh come on, Stefan. You can't be that clueless. You have like twelve college degrees."
He looked at her, confused.
"She loves you, Stefan," Katherine said, sincerely.
Stefan's heart pounded at her words.
"And, you love her," she added, poking his chest with the word 'you'.
"Of course, I do," Stefan said, "She's my best friend."
Katherine shook her head, "No, that's not it."
"Friends don't look at each other the way you looked at each other all night. Friends don't agree to something like we did tonight," she said.
Stefan considered her words.
"You're saying..." he asked, "That we were just looking for a catalyst? An excuse?"
"Bingo," Katherine said, lifting up and kissing his cheek.
Stefan's ears were ringing with the realization of how good it felt to have Caroline in his arms, to have her lips on his, not to mention everything else. But just holding her. And the look on her face when he told her it would be okay, the pure trust in her eyes. The way his entire chest ignited with emotion when she let go of her reservations in his arms.
"I love her, huh," Stefan said out loud, saying the words out loud somehow making them more real.
"Of course you do, Stefan," Katherine answered sleepily, drifting off.
Stefan smiled as her breathing changed and he knew she was asleep. He glanced at his phone and resisted the urge to text Caroline. She would need some time. And he would stick to his promise. He wouldn't mention tonight ever again. They would be able to return to normal. He was confident. But something besides confusion stirred in his chest, something that felt like possibility. Maybe tonight had been about more than coping. Maybe it was about possibility. Change. New beginnings.