Chapter 15
Alice was snuggled under my chin, her leg thrown over my hip as we lay together in my bed. Recently, she's been sleeping with me at the hotel, and though I know her parents are home at least some of the time, they have yet to call and find out where she is, unfathomably.
My fingers gently caressed her bare back, while my other hand played in her silky locks. She rested peacefully on my chest, as her even breath warmed my breast pleasantly. Over the last week, she'd slowly started to spend more time with me at the hotel and now her toothbrush lay beside mine in the bathroom, her clothing thrown about the room in a mess with my own. I smiled as I thought of our brief exchange this morning, kissing goodbye sweetly at our cars before she left for school and I travelled into the city to oversee the remodeling.
The closing happened a mere two days after I showed Alice the property. The owner was eager to sell and snatched up my offer without issue. The following day I met with a couple construction companies to get an estimate and now, four days later they just finished their first day on the job. Of course, having money helped to get things rolling quickly.
Alice sighed in her sleep, bringing me back to the present, as I smiled down at her lovingly. Between the remodel and Alice's school year winding down, both our worlds were flying around us in a whirlwind, so I treasured these few quiet moments. The sweet young girl lying half across my body had turned my world upside down, but I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
That's not to say we didn't have problems, most of which were new to us and not anticipated. Dating was very different than actually living with someone, something which I was starting to get a taste of with Alice mainly staying at the hotel now. Besides her incessant texting, I'd come to discover that she has a tendency to take her socks off under the covers and leave them there. Then, of course, there was the fact that she doesn't rinse down the sink after she spits out her toothpaste, leaving gobs dried in it. At least for now, the maid solved most of these issues, and they were hardly deal breakers, just things I'd have to get used to. I happen to know that she didn't care for my hair in the shower, so I wasn't faultless either.
"Bella?" A soft voice broke into my thoughts and I looked down to see Alice rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "What time is it?" She asked, yawning. I smiled at her cuteness. Waking up next to Alice every morning made any annoying habits she had inconsequential in my mind.
"A little after six." I finally said with a quick glance at the clock. She groaned, burying her face back into my chest.
"That's too early." She moaned. I giggled, pulling her more on top of me and tickling her sides.
"Come on little girl. Time to get up." I teased affectionately, as she squirmed, giggling madly. She was adorable at times like these, when she allowed herself to be a child. Of course, I was quite pleased when she traded being playful for being sexy, as well. Any Alice was a perfect Alice in my mind.
"Fine!" She squealed, trying to escape my teasing fingers. She finally jumped off the bed, revealing to me her gorgeous naked body and in so doing, incapacitating me entirely. Apart from my eyes which roved over her slim figure hungrily. She smirked and leant down to kiss my lips, before turning so her lips were at my ear.
"Care to join me for a shower?" She whispered, sending chills all through my body. I nodded dumbly, as she took my hand with a smile, leading me into the bathroom. And so began another glorious day living with Alice.
"Avery! I'm so glad you could make it!" I greeted the young artist happily, reaching out to shake the hand not holding his portfolio. He smiled in return, taking in our busy surroundings. Boards, ladders, and burly construction workers littered the gallery, erecting new walls and tearing down old ones. We were now a little over two weeks into construction and things were coming along well. Now, I needed to start getting some pieces together to display and sell once it was completed.
"Let's talk upstairs where it's quieter." I suggested, leading him towards to the back. Our apartment had been done first, and short of a small balcony I wanted to put in the back, all the major construction was complete. I was waiting for Alice to finish school before I started putting in fixtures and furniture. Right now I had a table set up as my desk and a couple chairs. The new appliances in the kitchen had yet to be installed, so there was also a garbage bag full of take out containers, hidden behind a pile of boxes.
"I'm so sorry about the mess." I apologized, gesturing him to have a seat. "The gallery should be finished by the end of the month, though."
Avery just smiled, nodding. He was a quiet, young man, but very talented. I found him at an exhibition for his school. He was a mixed media artist, whose work generally revolved around the theme: diversity. In fact, he was currently working on a custom piece for me, after I'd given him some pictures of Alice and I. It was going to be my graduation present to her.
"So have you brought some pieces to show me?"
He nodded and we moved over to the table where I tried to clear a space for him to put down his work. As I finished shuffling some papers around, I noticed his eyes dart to a flyer I'd picked up earlier that day. It was a posting for a play's upcoming auditions. I noticed it on my way passed a theatre this morning and picked it up to show Alice.
"Do you know that play?" I asked him, trying to figure out his expression. He nodded, setting the paper back down neatly.
"My girlfriend was just asked to be the costume designer for it." He stated quietly, a small, but proud smile on his face.
"Really? That's wonderful! Tell her congratulations from me." I said, helping him open up the large leather carrying case.
"Are you planning to try out?" He asked, watching me curiously from the corner of his eye. I chuckled, blushing at the thought of me bumbling about on stage.
"Hardly." I mumbled, shaking my head. "I picked it up for my…um, girlfriend." Girlfriend? I guess that's what Alice was, though it didn't really seem to fit. It felt too temporary. Avery just nodded, completely unfazed by my announcement.
"She's an actress?" He asked, as we leafed through his work. It was really a formality. I already knew I wanted him for my gallery.
I nodded, stopping to look over a particular piece with a closer eye. "Yes, she's starting at Fordham in the fall, but she won't have anything to do during the summer, so I thought this would be perfect, if she gets a part." I said absently, while continuing my inspection. I noticed his eyes widen minutely in surprise when I mentioned the school, but he didn't comment on it.
"Rachel will be at the auditions, so I'll tell her to keep an eye out." He said, smiling kindly. I grinned.
"Oh that would be great! Thank you."
Thirty minutes later we had finally settled on an arrangement and I was showing him back down the stairs when a small tornado nearly tackled me from the side. With an 'oomph' we both crashed to the floor, sprawled out at the feet of my, thankfully, very amused client.
Apparently, his presence had escaped Alice's notice until his chuckle reached our ears. With a look of shock and embarrassment she scrambled to right herself and help me to my feet, where I brushed myself off, blushing furiously.
"You must be Alice." Avery said, holding out a hand to the girl nervously shuffling her feet in front of him. Her eyes met his in surprise that he knew her name, but she quickly gathered herself enough to return his handshake politely.
"Alice, this is Avery. The artist I told you about." I said quietly, standing beside the two awkwardly.
"More like, raved about." Alice corrected, quickly regaining her confidence and winking at Avery jokingly. "She hasn't stopped talking about how much she loves your work. I was starting to get a little jealous." She said, smirking at me, as I blushed a deeper red. Avery laughed louder than I'd ever heard him.
"Rachel's going to love her Bella." He stated, before making his departure, leaving a questioning Alice with me in the hallway.
"Shouldn't you be in school?" I said, leading her back into our apartment and closing the door behind her. She shrugged.
"I cut out after lunch." She said simply before fixing her gaze on me challengingly. "Now who is this Rachel person?" She asked, a hint of jealously coloring her more pronounced curiosity.
"She's Avery's girlfriend." When she tilted her head to the side, adorably, I padded over to the table and grabbed the flyer. "She's also the costume designer for a new play they are putting on this summer. Auditions are next week, and I thought you might be interested." I said, smiling as I handed her the paper and watched her eyes light up in excitement.
Alice squealed, throwing her arms around my neck and bouncing in the circle of my arms.
"This is so perfect, Bella! I can't wait for tryouts!" I hated to diminish her happiness in any way, but there was still a major roadblock between her and that play, not to mention us.
"Alice, honey." I said soothingly, calming her enough to stop the bouncing. "You realize that you're most likely going to need to start staying here only a couple days after graduation, if you do this, right?" If she got the part, rehearsals began right away and it would be too much of a hassle to drive back and forth every day. Her expression became serious and she leveled her gaze at me.
"That's actually the reason I came here." She said, pulling me over to sit at the table, while she remained standing. "I'm telling them tonight." She stated, staring at me as if she expected an opposition. Granted I was nervous for her, but I knew it had to happen sometime.
"Are you sure, baby?" I asked softly, pulling her by the waist towards me. She smiled at me, plopping herself right on my lap and leaning in to brush her lips against mine.
"You know, Bella, I've only been sure of three things in my life." She said, staring at me seriously as she began to count them out on her fingers. "One, that I want to act; two, that I like girls; and three, that I love you. So it was never really a choice to tell my parents I was moving out and going to Fordham, just a question of when; and now seems as good a time as any." I brought my lips back to hers in a long, but gentle kiss.
"I love you." I breathed against her mouth, pulling her tighter against me. After several more kisses, increasing in heat, Alice sat back on my lap, twirling a bit of my hair on her finger.
"Sooo…" She started, looking down at me lustfully, a mischievous smirk on her face. "You want to christen our new apartment?"
"Baby, there's still workers here. Besides, we don't have any furniture yet." I said, moving to stand, in a preemptive move and causing Alice to get up with me. I made to go towards the table, but Alice caught my wrist, pulling me back to her.
"Where's your sense of adventure?" She said, moving closer to me, and I stepped back on instinct. She just kept moving towards me, undeterred, reaching up to undo the buttons on my blouse.
"Alice!" I gasped, glancing towards the several large windows in our living room, while I tried to stop her progress. I wasn't about to give any peep shows to a passerby.
"Oh come on, Bella. Don't you think it's kind of hot?" She purred, finally opening my shirt completely and undoing the clasp on my front closure bra. "Think of all the people that might see us." She whispered, lowering her head to suck roughly on my nipple. I moaned at the feel of it. I was still unsure about our possible exhibitionism, but the more Alice worked my breasts with her tongue, the less I cared. She is probably the only person in the world who could distract me enough to not care about people seeing me naked.
While her mouth continued lavishing kisses and nibbles to my breasts, her wandering hands found the button of my pants. Before I could even wrap my head around what was happening, I looked down to see Alice kneeling in front of me and removing the last bit of clothing on my lower half, pulling it right over my four inch heels. Alice purred, caressing my calves as she took in my shoes.
"You were practically asking for it in these shoes, Bella." She said, her voice slightly husky. Then she looked up at me with a grin. "These are one hundred percent 'fuck me' heels." She announced with a wink. I was already panting when she raised herself up and pulled one of my thighs onto her shoulder. My back pressed firmly into the wall behind for support, knowing what was to come. "Mmm, that's a gorgeous picture." Alice said, taking in my chest and hips arched outwards while my head and shoulders stayed firmly planted against the wall. That was the last thing she said for thirty minutes, as she devoured me, forcefully bringing me to climax three times in that short period. My hands were still firmly tugging at her hair while I held her head beneath me, thighs trembling in weakness as the pleasure rolled through my body.
When I finally settled, Alice released my ass that she'd been using to anchor my hips to her face, and I slumped to the ground, weakly wrapping my arms around Alice as she snuggled into my chest.
"Oh my God, baby. You're a goddess." I breathed, and felt Alice's body shake with laughter against me.
"A pussy goddess?" She joked, looking up at me with doe eyes that mocked innocence.
"MhmmmALICE!" I groaned as she pressed against me, sending another aftershock through my still twitchy system. She just giggled, and leaned up to peck me swiftly on the lips.
"Unfortunately, I have to get going. I want to have my stuff packed before my parents get home. It will save some drama later." She said, wiggling in my arms to try and stand up.
"But…" I started to protest, pulling her back to me by her breasts, cupping one in each hand. I needed to reciprocate. I knew she wanted it, because I could feel her nipples straining through the fabric of her bra and shirt. "I want you." I whined pathetically, causing Alice to laugh even louder. She finally turned around and met my lips in a searing kiss, plunging her tongue into my mouth dominantly and making both of us moan.
When she pulled back, she kept her face close to mine, her eyes alight with desire and love. "And you'll have me sweetie, tonight at the hotel and every day thereafter. Just give me a few hours to sever ties with my baggage and we can finally put it all behind us." Her eyes watered, but they were angry tears, nothing more. I pulled her close and kissed her forehead.
"So you don't think there's any chance they'll allow it." The 'it' I had in mind being both her going to school for acting and moving in with a woman. I was hoping for her sake that they would pull their heads from their asses and see what a wonderful daughter they had, but from what Alice has told me, it was hard to stay optimistic.
The small brunette in my lap shook her head, laughing darkly. "No." She said bluntly, looking at me briefly before staring down at her hands, playing with the hem of my shirt. "You know what's stupid? They have all these expectations of who I am and who I'll be, but they never talked me, I never saw them. How was I supposed to grow up to be who they wanted when they were never there?" She asked bitterly, and I squeezed her tighter.
"I'm sort of glad they weren't." I murmured into her hair, laying another kiss into the side of her head. Her face was scrunched up in confusion as she looked up at me. "I mean, I think you turned out perfectly, and if they had been around more, who knows who you'd be now, you know?"
I only had a moment to take in Alice's blinding smile before I was attacked by a pair of precious pink lips. I was afraid my inarticulate rambling sounded stupid, but by her reaction, I couldn't have been more wrong. After a thorough session of kisses and fondling, I was forced to release my lover back to the world. I didn't even hear the clattering and banging of tools behind me as I watched her drive away. All I could think about was later tonight and how I could cheer up my Alice.
A/N I don't have much to say. Hope you liked it. I think the update was a little faster than last time...maybe? Review please :)