Part XXVIII
Bianca shifted worriedly in bed. She desperately wanted to explain herself but was unable to. Her former lover had wanted to completely shut her out. It was already obvious after their last conversation. But Bianca was also hurt. She was starting to confuse herself. This never happened after she had left Alex. This was all new to her.
She hid under the covers, wearily holding back the tears. Although she would deny it in front of her parents, Bianca couldn't deny the truth with herself. Proof of it was the tear-stained pillows in the morning. Proof that she voluntarily threw away the chance to be with someone – the one.
She sat up, and ran her fingers through her hair.
Did she want to go through with this?
Of course not. She wanted to be happy with someone. Although there have been plenty of those in her life, Bianca never ached for someone. Not even Alex. Of course, Alex was her good friend, but leaving her back then wasn't like this. It never hurt like how it was hurting her now.
Did she want to see her lover again?
Yes, with all her heart. She knows Beth would probably be working her ass out, trying to forget about her. Or worse, the other woman would be dating once more. Bianca couldn't blame the woman. She left her after all.
They met while sharing a seat on a plane that was bound for Orange County. Bianca was on her way to help Jodie and Summer check up on 'drinking' Alex, while Beth was on her way back on a business trip. They hit off right then and there, and seemingly just clicked in every conversation they shared. They exchanged phone numbers and later on went out on dates. Till finally they decided to exclusively be with each other, eventually move in together.
But then again, Bianca knew it was too good to be true. Being in a traditional Chinese family didn't help the fact that, she was, one way or another, bound to some other Chinese person. She had to leave. She had to let go. It was her only way to protect her lover. It was her only way to keep herself from shaming the family.
But was it worth it?
All she could think of was to say,
No.
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"All settled in?" Alex asked coming out of the bathroom.
"Yes, but I think I have jet lag or something. I feel nauseous." Marissa replied plopping on their bed.
She stared at the ceiling, still feeling heavy hearted.
"Forget about those for a while. You're here to watch your fiancé play and wow the world." Alex said in a low, seductive voice Marissa could hardly take.
The blonde hovered above her now, biting her lip. Her eyes were filled with so much love and desire, Marissa felt utterly flushed.
"Ummmm…" Marissa cooed lightly separating her legs, letting her fiancé rest in between them.
She earned a mischievous grin from Alex whose hands were now idly caressing her sides with her thumbs.
"Is that an invitation Ms. Cooper?" Alex raised an eyebrow, leaning to kiss Marissa's chin.
"Maybe…" Marissa replied, her eyes suddenly filled with hunger.
"But…" Alex suddenly snapped her head up.
She had practice, and with Marissa's grin, the brunette knew it too.
"We'll have to it later." Alex smiled and rolled to lay beside Marissa.
"If you still can keep yourself up…" Marissa replied playfully.
"Of course I can! I would still be full of energy, just like the Energizer bunny!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah really." Alex propped on to one of her arms and faced Marissa who a huge grin plastered on her face.
"I'll keep on going…" Alex whispered, placing a sensual kiss on Marissa's neck making her giggle in delight.
"And going…" Alex whispered once more, biting on the skin this time.
"And going…" Alex whispered again, her hand was now trailing underneath Marissa's clothing making the brunette squirm.
"EEEE! ALEX STOP IT!"
Giggling like high school girls, they went. Good thing they have a sound proof hotel room.
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Summer sat in the dining room, inspecting a few figures that were uniformly placed on the table. Jodie watched her, seating across her wife. She was patiently waiting for Summer's verdict.
"Ok sweetie, here's the thing. If we move to LA, there will be more good doctors and hospitals who have specialty on the procedures we want to do. I can also work full time, get more PR work even for small time companies. I'm sure Beth can move to, since she's single again. I can also set up an office near our place so I can just run if anything happens." Summer said monotonically, making Jodie shake her head in amusement.
"But of course it'll be a little bit expensive. And you'll have to quit your job…" Summer added looking up to meet her wife's gaze with a frown.
Jodie gave her a smile.
"I'll quit."
"But you like your job"
"I know. But I'm young. I can find one again. I intend to do this pregnancy full time. I want to make sure we do it the first time." Jodie replied taking Summer's hand.
"I'm sure having Marissa and Alex around after the road trip isn't bad either." She added making Summer's eyes light up.
"Awww… Who knew you could be so dedicated?" Summer cooed walking over to Jodie and wrapping her arms around her wife's waist.
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Alex ran up and down the court giving out assists and draining lay-up after lay-up. She was energized and obviously happy. Marissa who was sitting on the bench watched her contently as well.
"Looks like she's ready for tomorrow." Luisa mentioned, pointing towards their star player as she whispered to Juvy.
"Yeah. I hope we nail this one."
"We need to rack up the wins if we expect to beat Cathy." Luisa hesitated a little, before she continued her conversation with their point guard.
"She was saying, if you two ended up in same hotel room, you would have started a new item on the team again." The center added, making Juvy turn to her disappointed.
"I'm not that kind of person." The point guard replied, taking a towel.
"I'm sure you're not. But hey, who wouldn't want a piece of her talented ass?" Luisa shrugged her shoulders and turned to watch Alex once more.
Juvy did the same. But her gaze turned to the woman at the end of the bench.
"Do her wrong, and I won't hesitate to take her. I promise you." Juvy whispered her gaze returning to Alex once more.