Chapter 8

(Italics inside like this.) = Inner thoughts

Bold like this = emphasized words.

[Stuff in these = actions while speaking]

*-*-*-* = Time passing

Aria's POV*

I open my eyes slowly and see that I am in a bed. As I wake up I remember the wonder full massage Emily was giving to me. I stretch my body and roll onto my back as I look up to see Emily's beautiful face smiling at me as she says, "Welcome back sleepyhead. I was beginning to wonder if you were dead."

I groan and stretch my arms up grasping at Emily's tank top as I ask, "How long have I been out? Come snuggle with me?"

She leans down and kisses me on the forehead and says "Close to four hours."

As I pull her down on top of me and hug her tight I say, "Thank you soooooo much for the wonderful spa treatments. I feel much better now."

"You are very welcome. You deserve it, and apparently you needed it more than I thought. You didn't move the whole time you were sleeping." Emily says as her fingertips lightly brush the skin behind my ear causing my body to shiver.

I release my grip and gently push on her shoulders and say, "I need to get up babe." She rolls off me onto her back allowing me to get up and go to the bathroom.

I walk over to the bed reach across take Emily's hand and attempt to pull her up but she pulls me down into a passionate kiss instead.

I start to melt into the kiss but I slowly pull back and sit up as I say, "Emily hold that thought for a minute there is something that I want to talk to you about."

She sits up looks at me with concern in her eyes and says, "What's wrong cutie?"

I take her hands in mine and rest them on my lap as I say, "Nothing's wrong…I just have been thinking about the last time…and I'm a little worried about what I did…It sort of scares me that I couldn't remember what I was doing…I mean I still don't…"

Emily squeezes my hands and says, "What about it scares you?

I look down and close my eyes as I say, "Well…I'm not exactly sure but everything up to the point I blacked out was soooooo amazing. It felt so comfortable…I love that it felt almost automatic and that we can communicate so well without speaking…but I guess that I want make sure…before we do anything again…that I don't hurt you…I know that you said it was great but in the fog of my memory there is this sort of…anger isn't the word I want to use but it seams to be the only one that I can think of that describes it."

Emily releases her hands and pulls me into a hug as she says, "You didn't hurt me and I didn't feel that you could've…we were both very aroused and your adrenaline probably just got a little too high, add to that the leftover alcohol, and the caffeine and there ya go system overload."

I sigh and rub her back as I say, "You're most likely right but promise that if I start to act like that you will stop me…you know so that I don't hurt you…I remember throwing you into the bed and you are bigger than me I shouldn't be able to do that."

Emily releases the hug lifts my head with her finger on my chin looks deep into my eyes and says, "I promise. Aria. There is something else bothering you I can see it in there what is it?"

I swallow the lump in my throat and say, "That's part of it. It's nothing…okay maybe not nothing but it's not a big thing."

"What's part of it? That I can tell when something is bothering you?" Emily asks.

"Yes. I mean…it is great that we know each other so well…but this is different and I hope that because we don't talk about some stuff that I don't make you feel like I'm ignoring you or…I'm not doing something that you want…or doing something you don't like…I didn't have any experience with women and little with sex in general for that matter…" I trail off not sure what to say.

Emily takes my hands in hers, moves a little closer to me and says, "I was and am still a little nervous too. I couldn't have asked for a better first time. I am ecstatic that it was with you. Someone who makes me feel so loved and that I love back. Everything went so well I didn't want to spoil it by saying anything. I'm not sure why you…"

I interrupt her and ask, "That was the first time for you?…I though you and Paige…or Maya…"

She stops me and says, "Maya and I got close but never went all the way. Paige made several attempts but it never felt right so I would stop her. I know that it seems like and I guess I have dated a lot of girls…"

I release our hands and hug her as I say, "I didn't mean to imply that you are a slut or anything like that…I guess that we are both just naturals. I am so happy that you were my first woman. You know I don't like to talk about the other…(stop thinking about that asshole.) I just want us to be able to talk about everything and anything about us at least…so far going from best friends to lovers is beyond words for good and I don't want to do anything to screw that up. I love you Emily."

She leans away just enough to rest her forehead against mine and says. "I love you too. I can't imagine you doing anything to screw things up with us. I agree that we should not rely on our telekinetic communication as much."

"Now that I have sorta spoiled the mood. I feel a little sticky from the massage oil. Would you care to join me in the shower?" I say as I start to get off the bed.

Emily grabs me and kisses me. She breaks the kiss just as I was starting to deepen it and says, "The oils are flavored not just scented as I implied earlier, and I haven't got to taste yet. May I?"

I happily offer my body as I say, "By all means. You are soooooo going to be covered in Appletini later." Emily begins to kiss and lick my neck.

She sits back with a disgusted look on her face and says, "They tasted good out of the bottle but they lost something in the time you slept I guess."

I try to hold back my laugh as I move to get off the bed and say, "I'll get you some water."

"There is some soda's in the cooler I don't think water will work to get this taste out." Emily says as I was walking to get the water. I walk over to the cooler open it grab a bottle of soda. As I take it to Emily I say, "How cute are these mini size sodas?"

"Thank you" She says as she screws off the lid and takes a big drink.

"Better?" I ask after she takes a couple more swigs screws the cap on and hands the bottle to me.

"Much better. I'm sorry that didn't go as I planned. Guess we're even on mood spoilers." She says as I finish the rest of the soda.

I screw the cap on the empty bottle take it to the trash can and toss it in. As I walk towards Emily I say, "Stop being so hard on yourself, I'm sure it will be better fresh… You know there is something…unbalanced here…I wonder what that might be?"

She looks at me confused and says, "Unbalanced? What are you talking about?"

I answer, "Well one of us is wearing too many clothes." with a giggle.

"Or one of us is not wearing enough?" Emily replies with sarcasm.

"Hummmmm…If we are going to go skinny dipping I'm going with the first one." I say as I reach to pull Emily off the bed.

"Skinny dipping? You are crazy. But that is part of why I love you." She says resisting to be pulled up as she looks at me and smiles.

"Come on. It's such a nice day and whatever magic we had seems to be missing in action right now. A little bit of naughty fun might be just what we need to find it. Plus a splash in the pool will wash the sticky off me. And as sexy as you look in that tight outfit you look better naked." I plead as I smile and watch Emily's smile grow.

"Okay. Could you get my robe out of my bag please?" She says as she gets off the bed and starts to undress.

"Robe? There is no need for that." I joke as I go to get it.

"What if someone comes home? And I'm not as brave as you are to run through the house naked." She says not seeing me as she continues to undress.

"That wasn't brave. That was a necessity. I was terrified about halfway down the stairs…" I pull a robe from Emily's bag identical to the one I had this morning and look around to locate it. "This matches the one I got this morning. That is so sweet babe. You got us matching robes. Thank you by the way. Speaking of…where is mine?"

Emily walks over wraps her arms around my waste and gives me a kiss before she says, "You are welcome. I made great tips this week so I figured this was a good way to pamper us…well mostly you since you have been working so hard getting two parties organized. And I think your robe is still out on the patio." I feel her body move against mine before it pulls away. She says, "I see what you meant by sticky now."

I pull her back and kiss her before I say; "You have truly pampered me today. Thank you doesn't seem good enough to express my appreciation for everything. That massage was absolutely fantabulous and I am sorry I passed out."

"No need to be sorry cutie. I was shooting for that actually. You wore yourself out this week. You very much needed and deserved it. It was a little tough to resist being naughty with the massage but we have all weekend to do that. I even got about a two hour nap with you." Emily says as she releases her half of the embrace we were in.

I release my half and hand her the robe as I say. "Yes we do. I feel so much better. Guess I didn't realize how exhausted I was. Too bad I missed snuggling with you but like you said we have all weekend…correction we have all week, and I'm not going to miss out again. You are probably sick of hearing me say I miss that but last weekend was soooooo cozy with you I want as much of that I can get." I pout my bottom lip as I watch Emily close and tie her robe.

She giggles and interlocks her fingers with mine. As she leads us to the door she says, "All week?…" I jog her memory when I say, "Your mom is in Texas."

She smiles and says, "Oh yea…I don't get sick of hearing you miss snuggling with me. I like and miss it too. Come on let's go to the pool before I decide I am not brave enough." I bump into her when she stops to ask, "Do you want me to go get your robe?"

I wrap my arms 'round her waist like I meant to do that instead of bump into her, giggle and say, "No sense in that. I'll just share with you. Where did you get such soft robes? All the ones I have ever had were never this soft." We start walking again.

"I had some help with that. Hanna the shopaholic found them for me. Spencer helped a lot with setting up the house like a spa. Even your mom helped with getting your bag. She is so great." Emily answers as we walk down the stairs to the pool.

"I feel even more special now. How long have you been planning this?" I ask.

"Not too long. I got the idea the night you came over for dinner and I saw how zombie like you were. By the way I'm supposed to tell you mom liked it when you called her mom but there is no need for the 2 part." She answers.

I smell something cooking as we walk into the kitchen on the way to the pool. "Wow you are in charge of the party organizing from now on. You did all this for little ol' me in two days? "That smells good. You cooked too?"

Emily smiles and says, "The Hastings Hotel is full service. We will be serving Pork tender loin roast with baby red potatoes and mixed veggies for dinner tonight. It's not that much trouble in the slow cooker. Just toss it all in on low and leave it."

I grab her hug as hard as I can and kiss her before I say, "Emily your are too good to me. Again thank you just doesn't cover it."

"Stop it Aria, it's not that big of a deal." Emily modestly replies.

"Don't forget the Appletini flavored Emily for dessert…or maybe a late lunch?" I say as I kiss her. She deepens the kiss as her hands roam their way 'round my back and eventually find my bottom and squeeze it. I follow her action and melt further into the kiss. (God her tongue feels so good…no come back.) She pulls away as I am reaching to untie her robe and asks, "Weren't we going swimming? Don't get the wrong idea this feels really good and I want more…it's just I know your body doesn't taste very good right now."

I smile and lick my arm, "Yuck. Not that I didn't believe you but I thought how bad could it be? Big mistake."

Emily laughs as she walks to the fridge and grabs a soda for me. "Now I know why you laughed. Did my face look like that when I licked your neck upstairs? She asks as she hands me the bottle.

I walk to the sink nodding my head as I guzzle the soda. I set the bottle on the counter turn on the water. As I clean my arms I say, "Where is that stuff? We are going to test the rest and see if it's just that one or the time or whatever so it doesn't spoil things again."

"Good idea. I know they were good before I did test them." Emily says as she takes the bottles out of the bag on the counter.

We test the oils a little at a time and decide that they are good but need to be used in small amounts.

"I bet it reacted bad with the moisturizer I used this morning." I say with my 'duh' tone. "So shower or pool? It's totally up to you babe."

"That's a relief. I was worried that I goofed." She says looking at the floor apparently not hearing my question.

"Hey babe it's just a minor set back no big thing. Problem solved. You still want to swim? 'Cause a shower works too." I say as I hug her.

"A swim sounds good. And a shower after just to make sure that nasty taste is gone." She says with a smile.

"Deal. Lets go." I say as I grab her hand and walk to the pool.