{Chapter 4 - Blissful}
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It was the morning after the most magical night of their lives. The air felt electric with the few candles still burning, sending their powerful vibes, fulfilling the whole room. Faye hadn't been able to sleep at all that night, and if she did, it had not lasted longer than an hour. Her mind was racing and she had this silly smile she couldn't slap off her face, especially when Diana slept so peacefully beneath her warm embrace, with her head close to Faye's heart, the sweet smell of her hair intoxicating Faye.
Once and again Diana would wet her lips, which made Faye all too curious as to what sort of dreams the girl could be heaving. "Faye…" the girl softly whispered in her sleep, slightly biting her lips afterwards, making Faye's heart skip a beat as she heard her name crawl its way out of such beautiful mouth, in such a sweet sound. What a nice day for you to finally start talking in your sleep, Ms. Meade, she vaguely thought. She was not one to be insecure about her sexual performance, but last night had been so important that Faye just wanted Diana to say something that could be some sort of confirmation that it had been as special to her girlfriend as it had been to herself.
When Diana winced and quietly hummed in her sleep, Faye couldn't help but holding her a little closer in a protective gesture, letting her right hand fall to the girl's still perfectly settled hair. Diana could be having a bad dream, but Faye didn't want to wake her, she was enjoying the sight in front of her all too much. Her fingers were barely caressing through Diana's soft locks, and even though she didn't want to wake her girlfriend up, her tender touch began to slowly pull the girl out of her slumber.
Diana was dreaming within a dream. She was with Faye in someplace cold, where they had to snuggle really close to keep warm. There was a fireplace in the room they were at, and they had made love right in front of it. Both were getting lost inside each other's eyes, when Diana purred "I love you" and held Faye tighter in her arms. The girl closed her eyes, feeling the soft touch of her lover's caress, and as she opened them up again, she found herself still in Faye's warm embrace, but this time she was back to her dreamy reality in the abandoned house, after that magical night they had. "Hey…" she said in the most adorable sleepy voice.
"Morning, sunshine" Faye gave a huge grin when she realized Diana was awake, kicking herself mentally for being so silly in love with the girl when she realized she actually missed her eyes and voice for the few hours she was asleep.
Diana softly yawned, humming afterward, and lifted her head to Faye's eye level, nuzzling her in the process before pressing her lips slightly against the other girl's for a good morning kiss. "Were you watching me sleep?" she asked after pulling slightly back.
"What? Of course I wasn't. I'm not some kind of creep" Faye denied, putting her 'too cool for school' face, although her tone was not convincing at all, her stare getting lost in Diana's gorgeous sleepy face. "Damn, you're pretty." She absentmindedly said after a short moment.
It didn't need much to be certain that Faye was lying about watching Diana sleep since her own eyes betrayed her. Diana just narrowed her eyes towards her girlfriend and smiled. "Look who's talking…" she replied to the girl's compliment, reaching for Faye's face to trace her cheeks and brush her dark hair behind her ear. "Did you sleep at all?"
"Not really. My mind seemed to be kinda busy since last night" Faye softly smiled and softened under Diana's touch, getting chills up and down her spine, but trying to remain as normal as possible, although she couldn't help but take deeper breaths.
"Lucky you it's Sunday and you can properly sleep later." Diana remarked playing with a lock of Faye's hair.
"I'm totally fine" Faye replied stunned that Diana could even take her tiredness away "What about you, did you have a nice sleep?"
"I always sleep better when I'm with you, but this time was different… Even in my sleep I felt entirely connected to you. I even dreamt about that 'silly' romantic plan you told me, about a trip to the mountains." Diana answered, finishing in a sigh, as the memories of her recent dream were still fresh in her mind.
"Oh that explains the soft moans and you chanting my name and saying that you love me while sleeping, huh…" Faye teased, touching her nose gently against Diana's, smiling when she saw the other girl frown.
"I don't talk in my sleep." Diana countered as she pulled slightly away, her frown growing.
"Oh you do, baby." Faye arched her eyebrows and smiled proudly. She just loved to tease Diana whenever she had the opportunity to.
"Well maybe I did this time... and you were watching me sleep." Diana smirked, her eyes narrowed at Faye's as she turned the game around.
"Guilty." Faye admitted at the end, her smiled turning into a small grin. Somehow she couldn't stop her lips from smiling. She had never truly felt this happy in her life and it was definitely the most amazing feeling waking up beside the girl she loved.
Diana smiled back, and leaned in for one quick kiss, resting her forehead against Faye's "You know, I used to watch you sleep on our sleepovers. It is just always interesting, seeing how intense and agitated you are when you're awake, and yet you look like the most peaceful of all angels when you're sleeping. One time I awoke in the middle of the night and watched you sleep till I fell back to sleep. That night, I heard you softly saying my name. That kept me awake for a while, 'cause the way you said it, made something in my chest blossom. I think I was starting to fall in love with you." Diana confessed while tangling Faye's dark locks around her fingers.
Faye couldn't help herself from beaming at that revelation. She was always afraid of saying something compromising in her sleep about on their slumber parties, especially about her feelings for Diana, but now she was actually glad that she did.
"Well, who's the creep now..." Faye returned the kiss and went back to admiring Diana's sleepy face, her eyes still puff, her voice a little deeper than the usual. Faye wanted every morning to be just like this one. "I think that somehow I was always in love with you. The love I feel for you, the love I'm feeling now…" Faye made a short pause, trying to not make a total fool of herself and start crying out of nowhere "I've never felt this way about anyone before. It's so intense, so powerful."
"I know exactly what you're feeling." Diana honestly said, nuzzling her nose against Faye's, her heart so full of love that she thought she would explode anytime soon. "Waking up next to you after the night we had, with you saying these things and looking at me this way… I wish every morning could be like this one." She added, looking deeply inside the other girl's green eyes.
"Wait… Are we still on that mind reading thing?" Faye suspiciously asked. "'Cause that's exactly what I just thought!"
"No, I don't think so." Diana replied and made a test, asking Faye in her mind to see if the girl was hearing her thoughts. Once she got no answer in return, she was sure that the effect of the plant's properties had already worn off. "It's not working anymore. But that connection was always there. What the dandelion did was just enhance what was already there. I think that if we practice, it would become almost automatic."
"Hmm, cool. But have curious Diana peeking inside my mind every time she wants too? I still have those secrets to keep, you know." Faye smiled playfully and poked Diana's sides.
"Like what? That you cheated on pretty much every school test since you were 13? Or that you played mean pranks on the few boyfriends your mom had to scare them off? Or that you used to wet your bed when you were little?" Diana laughed gaining another poke at her sides. "I think I know all your dirty little secrets."
"Maybe you forgot about my romantic plans you were so willing to know last night. But just for that, I'm not sharing them anymore." Faye stuck her tongue out and gave one last gentle squeeze to Diana's sides. She was trying to look hurt but basically all she could think now was how badly she wanted a repeat of last night's activities.
"Oh, that… Okay then, I prefer the surprise factor better." Diana replied, giving her dimpled smiled and kissing Faye's pout away.
"Speaking of surprise factor… Where did you learn all that? I can't believe you were even worried you wouldn't know what to do..." Faye's smile got bigger as the memories of last night started replaying in her mind for the billionth time, her hand almost involuntarily falling from Diana's side to rest by her butt cheeks, caressing the soft flesh beneath her fingers.
Diana felt a tingling sensation down her belly at Faye's question and touch, bringing the memories of what she was referring back to her mind as well. With her cheeks getting blushed, she replied "I don't know, I think I just followed my instincts and tried to mimic you."
"Well, let me say I love your instincts…" Faye kissed Diana harder and deeper this time, lingering on the sensations for a few moments before continuing her caresses on Diana's thighs and back. "You feel like mimicking me some more?" she trailed kisses down Diana's neck while asking.
Diana corresponded kindly to the kiss, but despite the night they just had, she froze at her girlfriend's intentions. She pushed Faye an inch away, in order to face her while saying what she wanted to say. "Faye, I don't want you to misunderstand me thinking that I don't wanna do this again, 'cause I do, I so do. But I don't want our relationship to be based solely on sex from now on. Yes, that door is open now and I'll gladly enter that many, many times. But I don't want it to be just that. I want us to be more than just that. And I'm afraid that if we... you know... you may get tired of me too soon." The silence that fell upon them after she spoken nearly killed Diana, making her fear that by saying all that, she had somehow screwed their blissful moment.
Faye considered Diana's words for a moment, even though they seemed absurd at a first thought, deep inside Faye knew Diana was right and she didn't expect any less from the girl. Removing her hand from Diana's thighs, she said in a calm tone "I understand what you mean, and even though I don't fully agree, I'll respect your choice. I can wait till you're ready again, but just so you know, there is absolutely no way I could ever get tired of making love to you" Faye touched Diana's cheek and placed a gentle kiss on her lips "But we can still kiss, right?" She hopefully asked.
"Of course we can" Diana answered with a sigh, glad that Faye agreed on her terms, and pulled the girl in for a slow but deep kiss that lasted until they parted for air. "Thank you." She simply said, referring to the girl understanding and respecting her point and also for what she said after that. Diana was sure that she wouldn't ever get tired of making love to Faye either, but this was way too new to her, and she was scared of making anything to ruin it. "I'm not saying that we were going too fast, but I think I just need to take small steps with this. I don't wanna do anything to risk ruining what we have."
"I know, Di. I know this is who you are, always precautious, always prudent. I'm the impulsive one, so I'll try to keep my cool. And if things get rough, I can always remember last night and…" she temptively licked her lips, not quite finishing her sentence, aware that she had made her point.
"Oh, I know you can…" Diana chuckled watching the mischievous looked on Faye's eyes.
"I don't wanna risk anything either, so I'll just leave it to the wiser of us to decide which pace should we go from now on." Faye added with a grin, while pushing one of Diana's beautiful locks behind her ear.
"I know you don't wanna do that either. I think it's for the best. Though it's quite difficult to carry on with this when we are all alone and this close… " As Diana felt her desires starting to cloud her judgment, she was interrupted by the ringing of her cellphone, hidden in the back pocket of her pants discarded somewhere in the attic.
"Shit, judging by the bad timing, it's gotta be Cassie" as Faye finished her sentence as Diana hurried to find her cellphone, leaving Faye with the beautiful image of her running naked across the room.
"Cassie, hi!" Diana answered somehow breathless, as she had to go through several sheets and cushions till she found her pants and her phone buried in its pocket.
"Hi, Diana" Cassie blushed at Diana's voice "Am I interrupting something?" she asked almost in a whisper.
While the girl answered the call, Faye stared at her with her mouth wide open, no sign of air in her lungs whatsoever. Diana looked so beautiful in the morning light invading through the windows, her pale skin contrasting with the darkness of the attic. Faye's mouth's watered and she felt herself getting wet, immediately looking for her panties and bra, otherwise it would be impossible to do this control thing Diana had just proposed.
"No, of course not!" Diana placed a lock of hair behind her ear, and spotted with the corner of her eye Faye starting to put her clothes on, which made her notice that she was standing naked in the middle of the room. Looking around searching for the rest of her clothes, the girl realized that it would be hard to talk on the phone and put her clothes on, so she put the call to the speakers and began getting dressed, starting with her bra and panties.
"So, how was the night…?" Cassie asked with a smile. She and Melissa had waited a long time to make the call, knowing both girls probably had a busy night enjoying what they had set in the abandoned house for their two best friends. Diana turned around to see Faye, half dressed, rolling her eyes at Cassie's shyness, making gestures to Diana hang up the phone and come back to lay with her.
Diana made a shushing gesture to Faye and answered Cassie's question "It was… beyond amazing, it was perfect." she smiled to Faye and continued "I can't believe you guys went through all that trouble for us! We have to think of a way to repay you."
"There's no need for that, really. You guys deserved some alone time and we were glad to help. So, you liked the colors? I placed some of your favorite flowers as wel- HEY!" Cassie's sentence was interrupted and Diana and Faye could hear Melissa and Cassie arguing in the background.
"Hi, Di, it's me. Could you put Faye on, please?" Melissa abruptly asked.
"Uh, yes, hold on" Diana handed the phone to Faye after finishing putting her shirt on, even if it still was on the speakers.
"Hey, Melissa" Faye simply said in a bored tone.
"Witch, we'll pick you up in half an hour, be decent." Melissa simply commanded. Faye's mouth grew wide and just when her instant snarky comeback was about to leave her lips, the call ended. Melissa knew her enough to wait for Faye's answer.
"What a witch!" Faye shook her head giving the cellphone back to Diana. "Well, that leaves thirty minutes for some morning snuggles. Come back here." She said pulling Diana close, as they stumbled backward until falling in a squeak onto the cushions and sheets inside the tent.
As both girls embraced each other lingering in their blissful moment, their giggles and kisses would be the only sounds filling the room for the next few minutes until their friends' arrival.
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Half an hour passed until and Faye and Diana heard the honks of Cassie's car right on time calling for them to go. Both girls got up from the tent - where they had spent the last minutes snuggling and kissing, enjoying the rest of alone time – and walked with joined hands till the staircase. They paused their way out to give a quick glimpse around the room to put out the remaining candles, and make the rest of the food left from their feast disappear as well.
Giving one last look to the decorated attic, Faye embraced Diana from behind, feeling the bittersweet taste of leaving their little magical haven - where they could be themselves and love each other without any worries -and having to go back to reality - where they had to conceal their feelings for one another in public.
"I'll miss this" Diana's sweet voice broke the silence and she sighed replaying everything in her mind, making sure to never forget one little detail about the night they had.
"We can always come hide here anytime we want to." Faye whispered against Diana's ear, voicing exactly what Diana deep down wanted to hear.
Before Diana could reply her, they heard the Cassie's honk again, this time in a longer and more impatient one, making Faye roll her eyes so far they almost went to the back of her head. "Even her car's honk is annoying. Let's go before she does it again, 'cause if she does, I'm gonna kick her annoying little witch's ass." She said and kissed her girlfriend's temple, pulling her by the hand down the stairs.