"The New Girl"
What do Spencer and Hanna have to report about Pam and Natalie?
Rated M for Mature Content.
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"Because there are a lot of girls and guys, for that matter, who would be with you that way."
"Maybe, but none of them are you."
And I blush so hard and I snuggle into her and she holds me she holds me so close.
"Don't worry Ems, when you're ready I'll be ready," she kisses the top of my head. I love you.
As I settle into her, loving the feel of her arms around me, my phone ruins the moment with its incessant buzzing.
When I finally pick it up I see that it's Spencer and Hanna...
Chapter 21: Catherine Zeta-Who?
Hanna POV
"Hello?"
"Okay, we're here sitting under the Kahn's bay window peeking in and they're inside talking and laughing and drinking wine," I report.
"That's it? That doesn't mean their having an affair," Emily sounds disappointed.
"I never realized how hot Mrs. K is! She's got some guns for an old person."
"Hanna, shhh. And I hate to admit it but Mrs. Kahn looks good. She reminds me of Catherine Zeta-Jones."
"Catherine Zeta-Who?"
"You don't know who Catherine Zeta-Jones is Hanna? Long dark wavy hair, brown eyes, cappuccino skin tone, bright white teeth smile; married to Michael Douglas. She's from South Wales. She won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Velma Kelly in 'Chicago'."
"All I heard was Catherine Zeta- blah blah blah."
"Hanna!" Emily yells. "I get it she looks like Catherine Zeta-Jones all prettied up and you have no idea who that is! But what are they doing?"
"Oh right. Well, hold on."
I sneak a peek right when Catherine Zeta's Twin moves her arm and, "Oh my god! She's not wearing a bra with her top! I see old lady side boob! My eyes! It burns!" I drop below the window.
"What, what's going on over there?" Emily's sounding impatient.
"We'll call you right back," Spencer hangs up.
"Wait! What! Guys! Damn it!"
Emily POV
"Ughh!"
"Emily, seriously give them a chance to find out what's going on," Maya says so calmly.
"I know but it's not their mother or yours," I fold my arms across my chest with a pout.
"We all know that Emily, and no one is trying to be insensitive to that," she clutches my arm caressing it with her thumb willing me to lose my defensive posture.
She wins.
"You're right I'm sorry. I just need to know."
"Catherine Zeta-Jones hmmm? She's hot," Maya attempts to get a smile out of me.
"Yes she is but not for my mom."
"Oh baby, come here, let me hold you 'til Spencer and Hanna have real answers," she opens her arms to me.
And of course I'm putty in her hands and I want her to hold me anyway. I lean into her and she hugs me caressing my back then leans against the arm of the couch pulling me down with her. I lie down on my side between the back of the couch and Maya draping one leg over hers. I place my arm across her chest resting it on her shoulder while her arms surround me, keeping me from drawing any lesbian conclusions about my mom. I know she loves my dad but what is all this about with Catherine Zeta-Jones…
Hanna POV
So that's what people from South Wales look like. Who knew? And where the hell is South Wales anyway? I didn't even know it was an actual country!
"Hanna, they're leaving. Don't move."
We watch them giggling all the way to Pam's car. They get in and take off. Spencer and I run to her car hidden in the back and chase after them.
I point to the car turning onto the interstate, "That's them! Where are they going?"
"They must be going to the city."
We get on the interstate too following them to wherever it is they're going. We are so Jessica Fletchering the shit outta this! Soon Emily! Soon we'll know what's going on with Pam and Catherine Zeta's Twin!
Emily POV
"It's been awhile since we last spoke to Spencer and Hanna."
"I know baby, but I kinda don't mind. I missed you these last few weeks," she tilts my chin up for a kiss.
"You're right. We've both been so busy though," I snuggle into her.
"Em, September's almost over which means we pretty much spent our last days at the watering hole but I kinda wish we could get one more in," she eye sexes me. Damn. I'm melting fast. My eyelids feel heavy.
"So, what do you propose we do about that?"
"You need to get your mind off Pammy for a little while," she scoots down to be eyelevel with me lying on her side facing me. "It's late. It's getting dark. Let's go for a swim," she nuzzles my cheek with her nose.
"But you didn't bring a suit." She keeps nuzzling.
"Do I need one?" she kisses my cheek and my jawline and my neck.
"But it's kinda cold."
"Yeah, so, we'll warm each other up."
"But there are no lights down there."
"The moonlight is light enough and we'll bring a flashlight. Or do you not want to," she stops kissing me to look at the reaction in my eyes. I so give myself away!
"I want to Maya but I'm afraid to," I try to look away but she keeps my eyes focused on hers.
"Why? Why would you be afraid?" she says concerned.
"Because I don't want our first time to be you trying to distract me from my mother and Natalie. And I'm afraid I won't be able to resist you."
"Aww, baby, I would never take advantage of you. Yes, I want to be with you. And it's killing me not to but we're just going to swim. I'll even wear shorts and a t-shirt if you want me to," she kisses the top of my nose. I love you.
"Okay. Let's go."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I trust you Maya. I trust you with all my heart."
"Baby, I know this is hard for you but if you would just come out you would feel so much better. You wouldn't feel so stressed anymore. And I could kiss you whenever I wanted," and she does. She kisses me full and long and what feels like with love. Does she love me? Could she love me? Or am I just hoping she loves me because I am absolutely positively in love with her!
Hanna POV
"They're going into that club! A club?! Holy fuck!I didn't know Pam was so hip but can she hop!"
"Hanna, you do realize that only you think you're funny."
"Ha ha Spencer."
"There they are and Natalie does look hot."
"Yeah hot for Emily's mom."
"How are we gonna get in there?"
"Just follow my lead Spence, just follow my lead."
"Oh brother. I don't like this. I don't like this one bit…"
Emily POV
When we get to the watering hole, Maya does as promised, she walks over to the edge with shorts and a t-shirt on.
"Maya, it's okay. I said I trust you. You don't have to wear that in the water."
"Yeah but I also don't wanna give you any ideas," she smiles and winks. And I swear my stomach does back flips! She's amazing!
She jumps in the water and lets out a shriek!
"Maya! Is it really that cold?"
"You'll never come in unless you jump so jump girl!"
She watches me step closer to the side. I can feel her lashes tickling my body up and down from afar as she can't resist eye sexing me. It's her way of telling me how much she appreciates me on the outside cuz I know how much she appreciates me on the inside. She lets me know every day by being the model of patience.
I jump in and scream louder than she did!
"It's so cold!" I shiver feeling my nipples press right through my top!
Maya swims over to the other side. She rests the back of her arms on the rock ledge so part of her upper body is out of the water. And I can't stop looking. The moonlight shines down upon us and that wet t-shirt is making me feel very naughty. That cotton shirt sticks against her wet skin, so tight, so sexy, so revealing. I know I lick my lips and I know she sees me and I know she knows why I did it.
I swim over to her forgetting about how cold the water is because I'm so, so hot. I smile when I reach her and she doesn't move. She keeps her arms where they are as if to say it's all up to me. And I decide to place my hand over her wet clinging shirt. I squeeze and release watching her chest rise and fall from my touch. I lightly caress her accentuated nipple with my fingertips. It's so firm and so very, very tempting…
Again, she doesn't move, she lets me decide what it is I will do with her. She's taught me so much about giving pleasure above the waist and I choose to hold under her breast with my hand forcing her nipple even further through her shirt. Then, without hesitation, I capture her breast with my mouth and her head tosses back giving me full disclosure. My tongue flicks and licks up and down and back and forth and my lips surround it and my teeth tug it and my mouth sucks until she moans a sexy little moan under the cool moonlit night…
Hanna POV
"Christ! Hanna! You told them we were dancers! Do you even know what kind of dancing goes on in this club!"
"Nope. But I got us in didn't I."
"Yeah, you sure did," she says and does not look happy.
"Hey you two! You're on in like fifteen so you better get changed!" A man's voice shouts from the end of the hallway.
"Come on Spencer. It could be fun..."
"I'm going to kill you Hanna!"
"Are you serious! We're dancing in a cage with go-go boots on and these sixties retro skirts and tops! And our makeup and hair makes us look old enough to be in here! This is awesome!"
"Hanna! I don't know how to go-go anything!"
"Just pretend to hold your nose and go under water and push your arms out in front of you and do like a choo choo train."
"A choo choo train?!"
"You know, like you're rolling down the tracks! Oh my god Spencer, just have some fun and go with it!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
"Yeah, well first let's see if we can see Pam and Catherine Zeta-Natalie!"
"Well, at least we're high enough so we can see pretty much see the whole crowd."
"There! Over there!"
"Where!"
"They're sitting at that table," I point to my left.
"Oh yeah! What are they doing?"
"Talking and drinking!"
"That's what everyone's doing!"
"Really closely though. Almost too close."
"But the music is so loud! We're talking close too! I'm not convinced just yet!"
"Hey look! There's someone with a tray strapped to their front with roses and it looks like shots just like they used to do in the sixties!"
"How would you know!" I'm surprised by Spencer's knowledge of anything fun, especially in the sixties!
"I google stuff too ya know!"
"That's it! If they buy each other a rose they're together!"
"Damn Hanna! The Jessica Fletcher in you is spot on tonight!"
"Look! They stopped her!"
"Come on. Come on. Buy something already!"
"Catherine Zeta-Natalie, damn it Hanna! Now you've got me saying it too! Natalie is about to reach for a rose or a shot!"
"Come on girl! Pick something!"
"She's reaching, she's reaching…."
Emily POV
I make sure both nipples feel the warmth from my mouth and the shudder in her loins. Finally she wraps her arms around my neck and grabs my lips with hers. The kiss is aggressive as her wet clothes clinging body rubs against me. I almost topple over from the force of her kiss. She wants me so much! I can feel it and I want her too! I do! But I can't! Damn it! I can't!
"Maya," I say muffled against her mouth. "Slow down. Please."
She pulls away turning her back to me while she catches her breath, "Em, I'm, I'm so sorry." She turns to face me. Her head is tilted as she looks at me, "I just really want you."
"I know. Believe me, I know. But it would just be sex and I don't want it to just be sex. I want it to mean something for both of us. I'm so so sorry Maya."
I start to swim away but she won't let me. She takes both of my hands, "No Emily, there's nothing for you to be sorry for. It's not like this is a surprise to me. You told me. I heard you. And I respect you. I'll try harder to control myself around you. It's just really hard for me."
"Maybe we should go back. Maybe Spencer and Hanna have some answers."
"Yeah, we should, let's go back."
We're quiet all the way to the house. Maya showers in my shower and I shower in my parents shower. We get dressed and meet downstairs waiting for news from Spencer and Hanna...
Spencer POV
I'm so pissed at Hanna as we grab out stuff and run out the side door in our borrowed sixties attire. We throw our stuff in my car and take off back to Rosewood.
"I can't believe you told him I started my period!"
"You said we had to get out of that cage and I got us out didn't I!"
"But did you really have to say that Hanna!"
"Look, Spence, all guys have the anti-period gene. They don't wanna hear about it. They cover their ears and la la la us. And what does it matter anyway, it worked, we're out and we're on our way back."
"Fine. It worked."
"Yes. It did."
"Jesus, I never had so much hairspray in my hair before I can't even press my head against the head rest! I didn't even know retro sixties was still in."
"It's not. The eighties are. Thanks a lot Taylor Swift!"
"Well at least I don't have to keep track of all that. Preppy is always in," Spencer says so confidently.
"If you say so."
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing. Just drive. We need to get back and tell Emily what we saw."
Emily POV
There's a knock at the door. I barely click the handle when they barge in not looking at all like Spencer and Hanna…
"What in the world!" Maya says in disbelief as we both stare at their outfits.
"Look, we didn't have time to change into our clothes," Hanna says.
"But why are you in those clothes in the first place?" I'm so confused.
"We followed your mom and Cath…Natalie to the city. They ended up in a club and we couldn't get in so this was Hanna's bright idea."
"And it worked!"
"Yeah I guess it did."
"We had to dress like the dancers so we could blend in and not be found out by your mom or Natalie."
"So? What happened? What did you find out?" I implore.
"Can we sit down? My feet are killing me," Hanna disregards my question.
"Maybe we should all sit down," Spencer agrees.
Now I'm worried.
Maya and Hanna sit on the couch with me in the middle. Spencer sits in the chair next to us.
"Your mom and Natalie sat together when a woman stopped at their table offering them a rose or a shot or both."
"And? What did they choose?" Do I really want to know? Am I ready to know?
Spencer and Hanna look at each other. Spencer gets up from her chair, takes something out of her bag and places it on the coffee table.
"I'm so sorry Emily," she says.
"Natalie bought a rose for your mom and she thanked her with a kiss, a very thankful kiss. And then your mom bought Natalie a rose and she thanked her with a kiss as well," she looks down at the carpet not quite knowing where to look.
I sink into the couch cushions. I feel as though I'm in a dream. This isn't happening. It can't be! My mother is gay? No! I don't believe it. I think she's lonely.
How do I know this? I'm the one who's gay and I'm the one struggling with coming out and I'm the one sparing my mother's feelings. And here she is kissing a woman out of loneliness? I feel somehow betrayed. I feel angry because I'm hiding behind who I really am and now I have no idea why…
"Emily, are you okay?" I hear that sweet voice of my secret girlfriend. I feel her soft hand squeezing mine in a comforting way.
I look up at her with a tear rolling down my face and I can see the gentleness in her eyes and the caring and maybe even the love. I can feel her support and I know she's right. I can do this, no, I have to do this. Spencer and Hanna deserve to know from me.
I take a deep breath letting it out slowly, tears welling up in my eyes, and I say it out loud to them for the very first time…
"I'm gay."
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To Be Continued…