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When Continents Collide
Chapter 5
Chicken Soup For The Soul
Raven stood just outside Teri's apartment door looking at Chelsea. Every emotional barrier inside her broke down at once. She began sobbing uncontrollably. In her mind she had done the one thing in life that she promised herself she would never do; she hurt Chelsea. That fact ate away at her. She felt as if everything had spun out of control so quickly and that Chelsea was spinning away as well. Knowing where Chelsea was, seeing her face-to-face overwhelmed and overjoyed Raven to the point of a complete loss of self.
"I am so sorry! I love you so much! I don't know what's going on! Please talk to me!" Raven sobbed. Chelsea so desperately wanted to stand firm and hold on to the anger that she still felt inside. But as she looked at the woman that stood before her, she saw something emanating from Raven that she had never seen before; pure desperation.
Chelsea did the only thing that she knew to do in this situation. She stepped forward and threw her arms around Raven. "Shhh. Don't cry. Please baby. I love you too. Come in here." Chelsea pulled Raven inside and closed the door.
In the bedroom, Teri sat on her bed and silently wept. She wept for the love that she felt coming from the both of them. She wept for the love that she wished she could share with someone as special as Chelsea and Raven. She wept for the pain that her best friends were going through. She also wept for what she almost allowed to happen moments earlier.
Back in the living room, Chelsea sat down next to Raven, who was still in tears. Her hazel eyes were puffy and swollen, evidence of the significant amount of crying she had done that evening. She wore sweats and sneakers, with little regard to their condition. And in perhaps the most definitive sign of her grief, her hair was pulled back in a haphazard, disheveled ponytail.
"I was so scared when you didn't come back. I don't want to lose you over some crap that doesn't even matter. You mean everything to me. Just please let me explain what happened." Raven rambled.
"Slow down." Chelsea laid her right hand on Raven's chest. Her heart was thumping rapidly. "I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere. Okay? I'm not gonna yell, or get angry, or storm off. All right?"
"Yes." Raven replied.
"I flew way off the handle tonight." Chelsea started. "I have some things going on in my head that I didn't know how to handle. And I took it out on you and Claire. That was beyond wrong. I am truly sorry for that." Raven dropped her head and listened as Chelsea went on. "I had to admit something to myself that I didn't want to, and it pissed me off to the point where I just lashed out."
"What?" Raven asked as she sniffed tears back.
Chelsea's lip quivered before she began to speak. "I was… I'm scared."
"Of what?" Raven asked as she sat up of the edge of the couch.
"I came to New York and basically…" Chelsea's tears began to flow again. "I stole you from Claire. And I… I am afraid that the same thing is gonna happen to me. I mean, stuff like that comes back to haunt you. I'm scared that she's gonna come and take you back… and I can't say a damned thing about it because I did the same thing to her."
"Oh… Chels… you didn't steal me from her. You didn't come here and whip your flowing auburn locks in my face and rub your breasts all over me and seduce me. WE found each other." Raven said. "WE admitted feelings to each other that had been building inside us." Raven lifted Chelsea's head to meet her gaze. "And I can promise you, after the conversation I had with her tonight, she is not stealing me from you, now or ever."
"Do you want to tell me… what happened tonight? You… don't have to if you don't want to." Chelsea said.
"Well… I didn't really answer your question before you left." Raven said before taking a deep breath to steel herself. "I did kiss her." Raven looked at Chelsea for a reaction. Chelsea simply blinked. "There was an emotional moment in the conversation that we should have had a year ago… and it happened. But, that was it. Nothing else happened."
Chelsea nodded. "Okay."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to happen. It just…"
"It's all right." Chelsea said as she stroked Raven's cheek. "I understand. I actually have to tell you something too."
Teri sat on her bed listening to the conversation. She closed her eyes and swallowed hard as Chelsea spoke. She was quietly preparing herself for a hazel-eyed Patriot missile to burst through her bedroom door in a jealous rage at any moment.
"What is it?" Raven asked.
"I… Damn. I wish we were at our place right now." Chelsea briefly stalled herself. "Uh… I… kissed Teri earlier." As she scanned Raven's face for a reaction, the one that she saw caught her by surprise. Raven simply smirked.
"I'm not gonna say the thought didn't cross my mind." Raven said.
"Huh?" Chelsea grunted, now in total confusion.
"As angry as you were, I thought anything would have been possible. Even that." Raven said. "I have to ask…"
"I didn't sleep with her." Chelsea said.
"Okay." Raven said.
"But it was a close call." Chelsea blurted out without thinking.
Raven cocked an eyebrow. "How close? Was it Mercury to Earth close? Was it New York to Washington close? Or was it 'I'm a half a second from bustin' them draws close?'"
Chelsea bit the inside of her cheek, flared her nostrils and drew a deep breath.
"Oh boy! That close!" Raven remarked. "What made you change your mind?"
Chelsea smiled. "I couldn't get you out of my mind."
"TERI!" Raven yelled. "Is she here?" She asked Chelsea. "TERI! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE… NOW!"
"Rae?" Chelsea began shaking. "What are you going to do?"
"There's something I need to say to her." Raven said. "TERI! COME HERE!"
The bedroom door eased open. Teri inched her way out and down the short hallway. She stopped at the other side of the room. "Hi Raven." Teri was acutely aware of the size advantage Raven had on her. She was confident in her fighting abilities but didn't know if she could handle a jealous Raven.
"Come here." Raven beckoned her with her index finger. Teri didn't move. "It might be worse if I have to come over there."
"Rae, please!" Chelsea begged.
"Chels, I know what I'm doing." Raven said to Chelsea. "Right here." Raven said to Teri as she pointed to the spot on the floor directly in front of her position.
Teri steeled herself. She walked right over to Raven and stood nose-to-nose with her. "You know what? Fuck it! You want to hit me for kissing your girlfriend? Huh? Is that what you want? Will that make you feel like a woman? Well go ahead! It ain't the first time I've been hit and probably not the last! So gimme you best shot!"
Teri took a step back to give Raven room to swing. Raven looked Teri in the eye, nodded slowly and swung.
Raven swung her arms wide open and bear hugged Teri.
"What the…" Teri said as she was being squeezed.
"You are a true friend." Raven said as she hugged Teri. "You could have taken advantage of the vulnerable state Chelsea's in. I mean… I know that you are attracted to her. Thank you for not sleeping with her." Teri was speechless. She had no idea how to respond to Raven's thank you. Raven released her hug and stepped back. "And with this outfit…" Raven took notice of Teri's silk robe. Raven hugged her again, this time rubbing her back and sliding her hands down her backside and groping her as if she were frisking her. "You don't have any… she doesn't have any underwear on!" Raven said to Chelsea. "No wonder you tried to get with her tonight!" Raven was attempting to break the tension in the room.
"That's it!" Teri exclaimed. "I'm gettin' laid tonight by somebody!" She grabbed Raven's hand and started dragging her toward the bedroom.
"Not this time, buddy!" Raven said as she yanked free from Teri's grasp and picked her up, slinging her over her shoulder. Teri started laughing hysterically. "Come on, Chels! She's been askin' for this for a long time!"
Chelsea took several steps, closing the distance between herself and the other two. Raven took several steps toward the bedroom. Teri was still howling with laughter causing the other two to laugh.
"PUT ME DOWN!" Teri screamed as she laughed. Raven eased her down. When her feet hit the floor she began slapping at Raven for a couple of seconds before throwing her arms around Raven's neck. She then released her. "Get out of here! Go home and make up! And Rae… I'm sorry about tonight. Chelsea didn't initiate things. I did. Don't be too mad at her."
"Apology accepted… and I'm not mad at her. All things considered, I think we're even now. Chels?" Raven said.
"Even Stevens." Chelsea said.
"Whatever happened to that show anyway?" Raven said.
"I don't know." Teri said. "I love the Disney Channel. The older girls are smokin' hot! You know… we could be on Disney!"
Raven looked at the two of them and thought about Teri's suggestion. "Nah. We're too old."
"I guess you're right." Teri said. "Now get out of here. You've got some making up to do."
"Yeah Rae." Chelsea seductively raised an eyebrow. "Let's go. Bye Teri." Chelsea turned to open the door and stepped outside.
Raven watched Chelsea disappear around the door and rubbed her hands together. She turned to Teri and uttered Xander Cage's popular line from the movie xXx. "The things I'm gonna do for my country." She flashed that signature Raven Baxter smile and walked toward the door.
Teri started singing. "Oh, beautiful, for milky thighs, for auburn waves of hair…"
Claire turned the corner at the end of her building and saw someone familiar sitting on the steps. She smiled as she let Princess' leash go.
"Say hi to Aunt Casey!" Claire said to Princess. The tiny Yorkie sprinted over to the brown-haired woman for her customary rubdown. "Hey." Claire said with a seductive grin.
"Hey yourself." Casey returned Claire's greeting with equal seductiveness. She then looked down at the dog. "Hey pretty girl! Yes you are!"
"So what happened with your sister?" Claire asked.
"She got suspended from school for possession of marijuana." Casey spat.
"What?" Claire said with shock in her voice.
"Yeah. But she said someone planted it on her. I believe her and so do my mom and George." Casey said. "The school is investigating it, but she has to stay home until they have a hearing."
"That sucks. You okay?"
"Yeah. I know they can handle it. Actually, Derek has really stepped up since I left. My mom said he's really looking out for all the kids." Casey said with a smile.
"So what are you doing here?" Claire asked, hoping Casey had the right answer.
"Well, I said I'd call you to discuss… finishing what we started earlier. I called and you didn't answer so I decided to wait for you." Casey replied. Good answer! Survey says… DING! DING! DING! DING! Claire thought to herself. Casey looked at Claire's eyes. "Have you been crying since you left my place?"
"I… uh… ran into Raven in the park." Claire started as she shifted in her stance. "She had a fight with Chelsea and she went to the park to mellow out."
"Did you clear the air with her?" Casey asked.
"Yeah. I finally got it all out. She did too. I think we're cool now." Claire nodded, signaling her optimistic outlook on her new relationship with Raven.
"Now you've just got to make peace with Chelsea." Casey said. Claire winced at the thought but inside, she knew it had to be done. " We have ethics tomorrow morning. I could talk to her for you if you want."
"No. I'll call her before she goes to class and see if she wants to have lunch and talk this thing out." Claire said before her clear blue eyes began to darken like the sky of an approaching storm. "There's only one thing I want to hear come out of that beautiful mouth of yours."
Casey flashed a wicked smile as she bit her bottom lip and blushed. "Wanna come back to my place?"
"I'll pack an overnight bag." Claire said.
"I'll help you pack." Casey replied. Casey stood up to go inside. Claire stepped up to her.
"You are such a wonderful person. I love you." Claire said as she stroked Casey's hair.
"Keep doing that and we'll never make it back to my place." Casey said as she unconsciously licked her lips. "I love you too." Claire simply grinned and continued up the stairs.
Claire put together an overnight bag as Casey occupied Princess. Claire was about to take the dog from Casey when she told Claire to get Princess' stuff as well. Claire smiled. She loved the fact that Casey loved dogs as much as she did. Even though this relationship was only three months old, in that moment was the first time Claire allowed herself to think about a future with Casey. She imagined living somewhere in a remote suburb playing with Casey and several dogs in a huge backyard. The dogs were sprinting around full speed, chasing after toys that had been thrown and Casey was flashing that wry smile of hers… much like she was doing at that moment.
"What's on your mind? As if I didn't already know." Casey purred.
"Not that… I mean… yeah, that, but not at this second." Claire said. "I was just thinking about houses with big backyards and dogs running around…"
"Are WE in that backyard with the dogs?" Casey asked.
"Do you want to be?" Claire answered the question with a question.
"Would have I have asked if I didn't?" Casey shot back with a smile.
"Are we going to answer each others questions with questions for the rest of the night?" Claire countered.
"No. We're gonna get out of here and go back to my place where the only thing we'll have to say is, 'Oh my god, baby!'" Casey said. Claire chuckled in surprise at Casey's boldness. It was something she rarely displayed outside the bedroom.
"Let's go." Claire said as she slung the overnight bag over her shoulder and walked out of the room. Casey was right behind her with Princess' bag on her shoulder and Princess in her arms.
Author's Note: This is the first time I have ever put an author's note in the middle of a story. I normally don't like to ruin the continuity of what you are reading but there's a first time for everything. Speaking of which, that's why I did this. Coming up will be the first time in one of my stories (not counting Eddie and Gina in The L Word) that there will be a love scene that doesn't involve Raven or Chelsea. It fits in the story by establishing the bond between Casey and Claire. If you don't want to read about them, then stop here and pick things back up at the beginning of chapter six. I promise that most of chapter six will be to your liking (HINT, HINT!). But if you have been reading and wondered about Casey and Claire wonder no more.
The walk to Casey's apartment was about 10 minutes in length. They talked about school, life back at home and the Bennet's trip from Texas to visit Claire the following month. It would be their first trip to visit Claire in New York. She had gone home twice to visit since leaving.
When they arrived, Casey unlocked the door and flipped the lights on. She took several steps forward and placed the dog on the floor. Princess pranced around the room looking for something to get into. Casey sat the pet bag on the floor. She waited until she heard the door close before wheeling around and pinning the younger girl to the door. She locked fingers with Claire and stretched their arms above their heads as she looked at down at Claire.
This was the first time in their relationship that either one of them had really taken notice of Casey's six-inch height advantage. At that moment before their lips met, Claire looked up and felt like she was she was being surveyed by a tall goddess. In her bare feet, Raven was only an inch and a half taller than Claire; therefore, this was a different feeling for the gorgeous blonde.
"Casey… you are killing me." Claire said breathlessly. "Kiss me."
"I've been dying a slow death since you kissed me earlier." Casey said. "I didn't want you to leave."
"I'm glad I did." Claire responded. "It just made me want to be here even more." Claire watched Casey's eyes roll back into her head just before shutting her eyes. She also squirmed and let out a soft groan. "What are you waiting for?" Claire asked with sexy impatience.
"That." Casey said referring to the drop of impatience she heard in Claire's voice. She then leaned in and kissed Claire with an intense passion Claire had not seen from Casey. Claire's senses were on maximum overload. Casey pressed her athletic frame against her as she continued kissing her. Casey slowly moved to Claire's neck, allowing the blonde Texan an opportunity to breathlessly respond.
"You have no idea… what you're doing to me." Claire's voice was laced with the tone of a woman whose every button was being pushed simultaneously.
"Yes I do." Casey throatily growled before moving to a more sensitive area of Claire's neck while at the same time pressing her knee into Claire's most sensitive area. The blue-eyed beauty could wait no longer. She brought one of her hands down, her fingers still interlocked with Casey's. She unlocked her fingers and took Casey by the wrist, feverishly bringing her hand in contact with her center.
Claire let out a loud groan from deep inside her being. Casey smiled against Claire's neck as she heard this. Aggression was something that was not a normal part of Casey's lovemaking repertoire, but on this night she felt that stepping outside the box was something that she needed to do, for her own sake and for Claire's as well. She rhythmically rubbed Claire through her sweats for a moment before quickly and feverishly reaching inside Claire's baggy sweats. Just before touching her, she could feel the heat between Claire's legs and she felt Claire shake in anticipation of her touch.
Claire bit her bottom lip and unsuccessfully tried to swallow a whimper that came from the back of her throat. She had never been so wet before, and Casey hadn't even touched her yet. She had never wanted to scream so bad in her life. She felt like she was going to explode. When Casey unexpectedly whispered in her ear just before she touched her, it made the touch that much more explosive.
"I want you so bad Claire." With that Casey began slowly stroking Claire's swollen bud.
"AHHH SHIT!" Claire screamed. She buried her face into Casey's shoulder and screamed again. It was a muffled scream, but Casey understood every word. "Shit! Feels so fucking good!" Casey blushed. There was a small part of her that would not allow her to completely let go of herself like Claire just did. Her mother raised her to be a proper young lady and her penchant for always being in control of herself had manifested itself in the bedroom. She was a good and responsive lover; she just didn't let go like her lover was doing now. Maybe now was her chance to give and receive what she had secretly longed for.
"Oh, god, Casey, yeah!" Claire screamed as she bucked her hips against Casey's fingers. Claire reached down and helped Casey slide two fingers inside her. This seemed to ignite a fire inside Casey. She covered Claire's mouth with her own. Shivers shot through her body every time Claire let out a muffled scream into her mouth. Her hand pumped faster than she knew she could go. She suddenly felt like she was having an out of body experience. She was venturing into a passionate territory she had never been in before. Claire cried out again. Casey felt herself as aroused as she had ever been.
Casey placed her cheek against Claire's, positioning herself so Claire's lips were at her ear. She wanted to hear Claire up close and personal. Claire's cries became staccato grunts as Casey continued fingering her against the front door. Every staccato utterance from her blonde lover emboldened Casey more and more.
"Take these off." Casey ordered, referring to Claire's sweats. Her order was simple and direct. Claire obliged with no hesitation. When Claire had finished undressing, Casey led her by the hand over to the sofa and sat her down. Casey moved the coffee table aside forcefully with one hand. The loud sound of the legs screeching across the hardwood floor made Claire jump. Inside she was excited by Casey's surprising display of passion.
Casey was about to drop to her knees when Claire spoke up. "I like the Maple Leafs too, but the t-shirt's gotta go." Claire purred. Casey smiled. Her lifelong dance training was about to come in handy as she began to do an impromptu strip tease dance. After watching a minute of the performance, Claire had reached the end of her rope. "Come here… now!" Casey grinned again and slowly dropped to her knees. She grabbed Claire's hips and positioned her comfortably on the sofa before taking Claire's swollen clit into her mouth.
In their previous encounters, Casey used a deft touch when making love to Claire. On this night, she devoured her. Claire's back arched off the sofa as she grabbed the back of Casey's head and pressed the brown-haired temptress into her. Casey grew more insatiable by the moment. Every cry Claire let out, every curse Claire uttered made Casey work even harder for Claire's release.
"Come on Claire!" Casey said, eschewing her mother's lessons about talking with her mouth full. "Come for me!" This brought Claire closer to the edge than before.
"Say… it… one more time!" Claire breathlessly uttered.
Casey lifted her mouth off of Claire once more just long enough to say it. "Come for me baby!" She then lowered her head, taking Claire into her mouth once more before Claire's orgasmic scream bounced off the walls of the apartment.
Several moments passed by as Claire's body came down from it's Casey-induced high. "Ohshit, ohshit, ohshit." Claire repeated in a near-whisper. Casey slowly slid up Claire's body, trailing kisses on the way up. She had just reached Claire's lips, planting a single kiss before she felt Claire's small but strong hands grip her butt and begin pushing her forward. At the same time she felt Claire begin to slide underneath her in the other direction.
Casey's mind began to race. She was on her knees on the sofa and felt Claire sliding down until her head stopped in between her legs. She's not going to… "FUCK!" The word exploded out of Casey's mouth as Claire's mouth latched on to Casey's clit. The shock of that word coming out of Casey's mouth for the second time that evening quickly wore off for both of them as Claire seized Casey's body with the same intensity as she experienced earlier.
Claire was lying on her back, hands on Casey's backside as she intensely sucked and licked Casey like there was no tomorrow. The Canadian girl's normally reserved demeanor was about to take a richly deserved night off as Claire began to hit her stride. Getting caught up in the moment, Claire smacked Casey's butt.
"Goddamnit, Claire! Yes!" Casey cried out. Claire gave her a matching smack on the other cheek. Casey cried out again burying her face in the sofa cushion. Casey's lungs filled with air, readying for another scream. She gritted her teeth as sensation after sensation flowed through her body.
"Come on baby! That's it!" Claire said. In another un-Casey like move she ground herself down into Claire, who simply chuckled and adjusted herself underneath. The cries became more guttural as the moments ticked by. Casey was nearing primal. Claire slid out from underneath. Casey was still on her knees, breathing heavily; her hair wild and hanging around her face. "Tell me what you want, Case!" Claire said. "Tell me what you want."
Casey growled, flipped over onto her back, grabbed Claire's hand placed two fingers at her entrance.
"Is this what you want?" Claire asked.
Casey nodded frantically. "Umm-hmm."
"Tell me." Claire's voice dropped devastatingly low.
"I want you inside me now!" Casey whisper-yelled. She stretched her eyes and gave Claire a look that answered Claire's next question of 'How do you want it?' Claire slid her two digits inside Casey to the base. Casey's high-pitched scream was unlike any Claire had heard from her. She thrashed around on the sofa as Claire held her fingers in that same spot. "OH… SHIT… YEAH!" Casey dragged out.
Claire furiously pumped her fingers in and out as Casey begged for release. She was mere moments away from her climax. She began pinching and rolling her nipples as her breathing grew shallow. Casey's eyes darkened and rolled back in her head. Her entire body tensed. At the moment of release she lifted her pelvis off of the sofa. She tightened around Claire's fingers and released one single scream that signaled her orgasm was at hand.
Her breathing was still heavy as her body began to relax. Claire sat on the sofa in between Casey's legs and looked down at her. Casey, her chest still noticeably rising and falling as her breath caught up with her, looked up at Claire with the signature Casey MacDonald look of bewilderment.
"There's a bad girl in there trying to get out." Claire said with a grin.
Casey chuckled. "A few more nights like this and she'll come out to stay." Claire laughed. "You know I want more right?"
"Why do you think I'm sitting here resting?" Claire said sarcastically.
"Who said cheerleaders weren't smart?" Casey joked.
"Almost as smart as smart-alecky illegal aliens." Claire shot back.
"Hey! My status in this country is legal, thank you very much." Casey returned fire. "I was going to apply for permanent citizenship but your football is just too weird. I mean four downs? And no 55-yard line? Where's the skill in that?"
"We'll what about YOUR football?" Claire countered. "Three downs, twenty-yard end zones and twelve men on the field? Is it real football or a video game?"
"I'll put my Argonauts up against your Cowboys any day of the week." Casey offered.
Claire climbed on top of Casey. "Speaking of your Argonauts…" Claire began kissing Casey's neck. Casey closed her eyes and smiled.
"You ready for round two already?" Casey asked.
"Talking football makes me horny." Claire said.
"Is that right?" Casey asked as she kissed Claire. "So do you think the Steelers are gonna repeat this year? I mean their quarterback…"
Thank you for coming with me this far. Five chapters down and a couple more to go. How many more? Two or three maybe. I promised you a chapter six that would be to your liking. Casey and Claire just made up. Now it's Raven and Chelsea's turn. Yes, there will be plot mixed in. We are talking about me after all! LOL! Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW this chapter and I'll see you in chapter six.