Sorry for the delay SuranneKeeleyBeauchamp, I'll try to be quicker with the next one.
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Chapter 4
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It was the end of a really long shift, it was Saturday night and Connie couldn't wait to finally get out of the Hospital. She'd spend the day with patients throwing up on her, yelling at her and generally being rude. Then she had Zoe who kept adding more and more complaint files to the pile that was already sitting on Connie's desk, she suddenly regretted offering to help…that would teach her to be so kind in the future.
"Ahh Connie, that you off then," Connie looked up to see Zoe walking in and placing another pile of complaints on her desk. "Doing anything nice?"
"As a matter of fact I am, I'm having a friend over for dinner this evening."
"Oh, anyone we know."
Connie couldn't help the sarcastic laugh that escaped her lips. "I very much doubt it Zoe."
"Come on, who is it…why the secrecy?"
"Alright, if you really must know I'm having dinner with Em."
"Em, who's….you are joking, that young woman that was here, the one you had drinks with?"
"The one and only."
"Are you mad, can't you see how completely inappropriate this is?"
Connie made a small groan as she grabbed her bag and jacket before making her way to the door. "To be quite honest with you Zoe, it is none of your business who I spend time with outside of the Hospital…have a good evening."
Zoe looked over at her, a little shocked at her outburst. "Oh and one other thing Zoe, I don't mind helping you out with the complaint files but you're starting to take advantage of my generosity, good night."
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Em stood in front of the full length mirror, trying desperately to decide what to wear. What does one wear to have a casual dinner with possibly the sexiest woman she'd ever met?
"Hey, where are you off too?"
Em turned around to see her flatmate and best friend Amanda smiling at her. "Trying to decide what to wear tonight, does this look okay?"
"Yeah you look great."
"Great, come on be serious."
"Well you do, it's a very nice dress."
"What if she doesn't like it?"
"What if who doesn't like it?"
"Oh, no one…just a friend."
"Girl please, you don't dress up like that for just a friend and did I just hear you correctly or did you say she?"
Em turned back to the mirror, trying to distract herself from the conversation. Amanda came over and stood beside her, arms folded as she eyed Em in the mirror.
"Sweetie, you better tell me what the hell's going on here. Are you going on a date with….a woman?"
"I…..it's not a date, we had a drink and she invited me over to her place for dinner."
"And?"
"What do you mean and."
"Girl please, who is this woman?"
"Remember a few weeks back I hurt my arm pretty bad at the reception."
"How could I forget."
"This really nice Doctor treated me, Connie and we got on really well and I asked her if she'd like to meet up for a drink…she said yes and so we did."
"What aren't you telling me?"
"Okay, I gave her a ride home…you should see the place, it's so big….anyway when we were saying goodbye she kissed my cheek and well I don't really know how it happened but…."
"Oh my god, you kissed her?"
"Actually I think she kissed me."
"But you kissed her back."
"Well yeah, it was kind of hard not too."
"You do realise this is a woman we're talking about?"
"Yeah, so."
"You're not gay."
"Okay I admit I've never really been attracted to a woman before but Connie, I can't explain it…she's different."
"Em I love you I do but you really need to think about what you could be getting into here, be sure that you're both on the same page okay."
"Amanda…"
"You're my best friend; I don't want to see you get hurt."
Em smiled at her and pulled Amanda into a hug. "Thank you and don't worry, I'll be careful."
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Connie was just placing some wine in the cooler when the doorbell rang, she checked herself in the mirror before walking to the door. Opening it, Em stood in front of her, a royal blue dress clinging to her body.
"Em, I'm so glad you came…I was beginning to think you'd changed your mind."
"Not at all."
"Come on in."
Em followed her through to the kitchen, smiling when she spotted the wine chilling.
"Would you like a drink?"
"I'd love one."
Em stood watching Connie, suddenly feeling a little nervous and her mind drifting back to the other night. Connie came up and handed her a glass, causing Em to jump.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
"Oh no you didn't, look I just wanted to apologise for the other night….you know, the kiss."
"I was wondering who would be the first to bring it up."
"I'm not even sure how it happened or who initiated it."
"Well I think it's safe to say it was me, Em I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable and I'm sorry if that's what I did."
"No…but that's just it. It wasn't uncomfortable, I actually enjoyed it.
Em moved a little closer to Connie, setting her glass down on the counter. She leaned in and placed a very chaste kiss to Connie's lips, she heard a soft moan escape Connie before she felt the older woman bringing her arms around her waist.
"Em, I need to know right now if you're sure about this because we can stop this right now."
Em pulled back, looking Connie in the eye before taking the woman's hand as Connie guided them upstairs.
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To Be Continued…