Author Notes: Wow, this was the biggest response I have ever gotten for any story that I have posted. So thanks to everyone who read it and a special thank you for everyone who reviewed. Even you jf, lol. So this one takes place during the first half of episode two, I say a little prayer for you.
Enjoy!
Fly… -Chapter 2 – Getting Closer …
Even though she didn't need to get up just yet, Savannah Monroe had been awake for the last hour. She was lying next to Marti and she didn't want to leave from her side. She had been sleeping with her back to the blonde but she had quickly turned over so she was facing her. She smiled as she watched Marti slowly breathed in and out. She had never seen anything like it. How just watching someone sleep could make her feel so complete. This wasn't something that she had ever experienced before.
"I knew you were special from the moment I met you…"Savannah played with Marti's slender fingers. She had never spent the night in the same bed with anyone. And now she couldn't imagine spending another in the bed alone. And here was Marti. A girl that by all rights should be her enemy and now she was sitting there staring at her as if she was going to disappear if she took her eyes off of her. She just never thought she could want a person in so many different ways all at once.
"I still can't believe you're real." But in the few days that she had known this girl, it made her feel like she had finally found that thing she had been looking for since leaving Memphis Christian.
"But I am so happy that you are here…with me…" Savannah gently brushed some strands of hair out of Marti's face and she felt a tingle go through her body from just touching her. She looked over at the alarm clock and knew the real world would be intruding on this dream soon enough.
Marti Perkins was many things and heavy sleeper was at the top of that list. But somehow, even though she was sleep, she could feel Savannah beaming at her. She kept her eyes closed though. She was enjoying the feeling of having Savannah staring at her. Sure she got attention from a lot of people because of the way she looked but it didn't feel that way when Savannah looked at her. That was there but it wasn't the only thing there. Marti could feel it even now with her eyes closed. Just from writing that simple little word on her arm she had erased the doubt that was floating around her. She did that with just a word. No one had ever done that. Savannah Monroe was an amazing girl who changed her world with one look. Even now the words that she had been whispering, managed to hit Marti's soul. She couldn't pretend to be asleep anymore and she wanted to hear that voice again.
"Hey baby…" Marti opened her eyes and there she was. Even prettier than when she went to sleep. Damn, she was still wearing her 'cheer' necklace from earlier. It was just so cute that she would do something like that. She was going to say something but her train of thought was completely and totally derailed from just looking at her.
"Hey back..." Savannah couldn't help but smile. Being close to Marti made her happier than she could ever say. And she couldn't stop looking at her. She didn't know why the blonde made her feel that way but she did.
"What are you doing?" Marti whispered.
"Our thing…" Savannah answered.
"I like it when you do that. Makes me feel like I'm special…" Marti gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.
"You are special. That's why I stare." Savannah kissed her back. She didn't break the kiss quickly. She let it linger so she could enjoy the feeling of those full lips on hers. She opened her mouth slightly allowing the kiss to deepen. When she did that, she could hear Marti take a deep breath in. Right after that, she could feel the soft tip of the blonde's tongue quickly dart into her mouth. It wasn't there for long though. Almost like Marti was doing out of reflex but she decided against doing it. Savannah broke the kiss. She could tell that she was trying to hold back and she would respect that. They both took a minute to catch their breath.
"I could do that every morning…" Savannah whispered.
"I would let you do that every morning…"Marti couldn't believe she stopped herself. She wanted to kiss Savannah like she needed to be kissed. When her lips touched the captain's, she felt like her entire body was buzzing. But she didn't want to rush anything with this girl. But on the list of things that Marti Perkins was good at, self control was surprisingly high on the list. After all with a mother like hers she had to be. God with the way she was looking at her right now and the way she just said what she said, Marti wasn't sure she would be able to keep holding back.
"Oh really?" Savannah couldn't resist an opening like that. She kissed Marti again. It was a slow and gentle. She just loved the way her lips felt and could spend countless hours kissing them.
"Damn woman…" Marti gasped as she broke the kiss.
"What did I do?" Savannah gave this little grin like she knew what she was doing but would never admit to it.
"You are driving me crazy…you are just so…so…" Marti tried to think something to say but all she could think of doing was kissing her again. And that would not be a good idea consider how turned she was. Savannah started staring at her again. The looks she would give her made her weak in the knees even though she was lying down.
"What are you thinking about?" Savannah asked still not breaking eye contact. She moved her left leg so she could tangle it around Marti's right leg. She watched Marti smiled from the contact and waited for the blonde to answer her.
"How pretty you look right now…" Marti let her fingers trace a pattern on the brunette's chest. She was just making these little motions like she was writing her own word on Savannah's skin.
"And what are you doing with those fingers?" Savannah asked.
"Just playing around…" Marti smiled.
"Are you lying to me already? If you are going to be a lawyer, you need to learn how to lie better because I can totally tell when you are." Savannah smirked.
"Whatever. No you can't…" Marti playfully smacked her arm.
"Yes I can and I know you are. You have such an obvious tell, sweetie." Savannah sang to her.
" Fine then, I'll tell you…" Marti held her breath. She knew exactly what she was writing on her chest and she was beyond embarrassed to admit to it. She had to keep some mystery about herself but Savannah was reading her like a book. But that was the amazing thing about her; she didn't want to hide anything from Savannah. But just as she was getting ready to tell her what she was writing, the alarm clock blared and the real world called.
"No fair." Savannah pouted.
"Saved by the alarm. Darn…" Marti laughed.
"Don't think this gets you off the hook…" Savannah crawled on top of the taller girl so she was straddling her. She brought her face closer to Marti's so that she was close enough to kiss her. Marti placed her hands on the cheer captain's hips and held her in place.
"So am I in trouble?" Marti gasped. The weight of Savannah was resting on her waist and she could feel her center resting on her waist. She took a deep breath trying to keep her composure. Normally that would be the only opening she would need. She would grab her by her head and kiss her like she had never been kissed before. Then she would pull her Hellcats t-shirt off and see the incredible body she was hiding underneath it. She would spend countless hours learning, memorizing and kissing every single inch of this beautiful girl's body. But Marti just continued to hold that desire in check and just looked into the eyes of the girl that was hovering so very close to her.
"If you don't tell me what you were writing, you will be." Savannah couldn't help but notice the effect she was having her teammate.
"Nope, no way, not happening." Marti playfully stuck her tongue out at her.
"Don't make me pull rank…again." Savannah stuck her tongue out right back at her, sat up straight up and crossed her arms.
"No need, my captain. If we make it through qualifiers, I'll tell you. Ok?" Marti whispered.
"Deal. Time to get up…" Savannah got up from her spot on Marti's lap. Marti groaned and pulled the blanket back over her head. Savannah just smiled and went over to the closet. As she took her cheerleading uniform out of the closet, she paused.
"Today is going to be a good day."
Later back in the bedroom…
"Oh my god! Today sucked!" Marti said as she crashed face first onto her bed. Nothing went right at all. Savannah's sister cracked her head after falling from the top of that pyramid thingie (ok she did know what the formation was called she just didn't remember), her mother showed up at the qualifier and pulled her usual crap, and something happened between Savannah and her family because she hadn't said a word since they got back from the hospital. In fact, Savannah had disappeared the second they got back home.
"Which scares me a little…" Her mind was all over the place. She tried to stay focused on being there for Savannah but there was so much on her mind. And of course dealing with her mom had left Marti even more stressed than she was before. At least Coach Lodge got the performance moved to the last day of the competition which was either a good thing or a really bad thing because it would delay her first official public embarrassment for another day.
"I just need to turn my brain off…" All she wanted to do at this point was sleep. She got up off of her bed and started pulling off her uniform. She was in the process of pulling her skirt off when Savannah came in.
"Hey…" Savannah had been looking down at the floor when she came in. Her sister's accident, seeing her mom and being ignored by her, and her sister's parting shot had worn her down to a nub. It was more than she could handle. She tried to stay positive of course but she just couldn't pull herself out of this funk. Her family couldn't even see past her decision even when something bad happens. She felt the loneliness and rejection wrap itself around her once again. She got right into her bed and under the covers of Marti's bed.
Marti pushed the door closed as she pulled her pajama pants on. She noticed that Savannah got in her bed without any hesitation at all. She was happy about that but at the same time it broke her heart to see her like this. She turned off the main light in the room so only the lamp on the stand was still on. When she got into bed, Savannah turned over and rested her head on Marti's chest. Her leg had hooked around Marti's and the brunette let her hand rest on Marti's stomach.
"Baby, where were you? I was worried about you…" Marti was just glad to have the brunette in her arms once again. She just needed her there with her. That balance she had been feeling earlier was back and she didn't want to give it up.
"I was in the gym…I just needed to be alone for a bit. I didn't mean to make you worry." Savannah felt a tingle go through her when Marti called her baby.
"Did something happen when you saw your sister?" Marti asked as she started playing with Savannah's hair.
"My mom was there…and my sister said some things. My family is complicated…" Savannah whispered.
"Mine too." Marti held her team captain closer. It was like she was trying to absorb whatever pain that was flowing through Savannah into herself. She took another deep breath in, inhaling the sweet smell that was Savannah Monroe. She always smelled good even after coming back from the gym.
"Is there anything that I can do? I just want you to be ok…" Marti asked.
"Yeah, you can tell me what you were writing earlier…" Savannah answered sounding like she wasn't really there at this very moment.
"I said if we made it through qualifiers, I would tell you and we didn't even perform yet…"Marti playfully answered but she could tell that Savannah probably was up for banter at this point.
"I know…I don't want you to break your promise…" Savannah answered.
"Did you want to talk some more about what happened?" Marti felt so helpless she didn't know what to do.
"I just don't feel like talking right now… Can you just turn the lamp off and hold me?" Savannah closed her eyes and held onto the taller girl tightly. She just wanted to rest. She knew that Marti probably had a lot of questions and she did want to tell her everything. She just didn't have the strength for it at that moment.
"Ok." Marti reached over and turned the lamp off. Normally she would have just stayed quiet because it was what Savannah had asked for. But there was this little voice in the back of her head telling that she should say something. Something would help her. When she settled back into her spot, Marti just spoke aloud because she knew that Savannah was listening to her.
"I was writing the word mine. Because that is what I want you to be…"Marti said all in one breath.
"Really?" Savannah answered. She couldn't believe that Marti had said that. She had already felt like she belonged to her. From the very moment they spoke she felt like she belonged to Marti. And that she didn't want to be anywhere else.
"Yes, Savannah, I do. I don't want you to say anything right now. I just wanted you to know that. And I am right here if you need me." Marti kissed her on the top of her head and stroked her hair.
Savannah smiled and nodded. Even though the day didn't go the way she wanted it to, the night had definitely ended better than she could have ever hoped for. She waited until she could hear that her roommate was asleep (which only took a few minutes actually) and answered anyway.
"I wanna be yours, too. That's all I want…"
Okay I know this is a sucky spot to stop the story but I wanted to know something. Do you guys want me to keep at Rated T level or kick it up a notch and go for Rated M? Whatever you guys want me to do, I'll do. Just trying to see what you guys want from the story. Now back to those unfinished OTH Fics lol.