Chapter 8: Fine Wine And An Indecent Request

A fling? That was what she had said right, nothing serious. But then why was she falling more and more for this girl every day? These were the questions currently running through the blonde's mind as she aimlessly wandered around her girlfriend's apartment with a glass of wine in her hand. Despite them now having dated for a fortnight Catherine hadn't had a chance to investigate Sara's home yet. She traced the books lining her shelves. Inspected the CD collection. Brushed her fingers across the strings of the acoustic guitar propped up in its stand. "Do you play?" She asked, turning to Sara briefly.

"Yeah, I never had any formal lessons, just kinda taught myself."

Cath nodded and turned back to look at the glass shelves; there were photos, some of the grave shift, some family pictures, others looked like professional shots of San Francisco, Las Vegas, Massachusetts. She noticed a leather-bound book, which had been pushed under the corner chair and picked it up, sitting down to leaf through it. Opening it to the first page she found it was a sketchbook and the first drawing was a large manor house, followed by a few drawings of a woman and a little boy. "Are these yours?" Sara glanced across and nodded when she saw what Catherine had. "They're amazing. Truly Sara, these are incredible." Sara blushed and mumbled a shy thank you.

"The house is my grandmother's; it's where I lived for a while. The woman is my sister and the boy's her son."

Cath continued to flick through them until one particular page caught her attention. A stunning woman was laid naked on a bed, looking straight out of the page. "Oh wow" Catherine gasped. Sara moved to sit on the arm of the chair and lean over her shoulder.

"Oh, yeah that." She laughed nervously. "She was my girlfriend. She wanted to be a model and asked me to draw her for her portfolio." Cath continued to flick through, finding more drawings of the same girl.

"Sara, you have a real talent for this. How come we never knew about it?"

"Never came up I guess. It's a private hobby."

"There's quite a mix here, do you prefer drawing landscape or people?"

"Hmm, guess it depends on who I'm drawing. I love drawing people if I have the right inspiration." Sara seemed miles away as she answered, leafing through the book over Cath's shoulder. Catherine watched her thoughtfully.

"Would you draw me?" she looked up at Sara under her eyelashes.

"Sure, if you like." Sara answered absent-mindedly still looking through the pages but Cath put a hand on hers, getting her attention. She turned back to the naked girl, tapping it softly.

"Would you draw me like this?"

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Chapter 9 should be up tonight. (P.S the idea for chapters 8 & 9 is from Titanic, which obviously I do not own, am just borrowing!) Please review :)