Still Falling For You: Chapter 4
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Claire awoke, sitting up in bed, she looked beside her but Zara was not there. She got up and padded around the apartment but Zara was nowhere to be found. In the living room Zara's duffel bag was still there but her shoes and hoodie were gone. She figured that Zara had gone out for a run, so she went into the kitchen to start breakfast.
Zara stopped to catch her breath, stretching her legs on the bench in front of her. It was always refreshing to run in the mornings, even if it was humid. She hated to have left Claire without a warning, but she needed to burn off some energy. She had no idea where this…whatever this was with Claire was going, but for once she was going to let it run. Seeing as how Claire was technically her first…well everything with a woman, with the exception of kissing.
She used to get in trouble in secondary school for kissing girls, but it never stopped her. Smiling at the thought, as a helicopter flew over her; she resumed her run back to the staff condos.
Claire set the table for two, pouring some orange juice and placing the plates on the table. Suddenly there was a knock at the door; she opened it to find Zara standing there, breathless and slightly sweaty.
"Welcome back." Claire said smiling, stepping aside so Zara could enter the apartment.
Zara stepped inside and closed the door behind her, locking it out of habit.
"Smells good, I'm starving." Zara said taking off her arm band and headphones.
"It's hot off the stove, have a seat, dig in." Claire said sitting down at the table.
Zara sat down and tucked into her food, closing her eyes and appreciating the taste of the food. Claire could cook, this was a pleasant surprise.
"The omelet is delicious." Zara said after a while.
"Thank you, I wasn't sure what or if you ate breakfast, so I decided on something light." Claire said as she finished her omelet.
"It's perfect, I typically eat a bagel in the mornings, and this is a refreshing change." Zara replied drinking her orange juice.
Claire smiled and cleared the table, she sat back down at the table looking over at Zara.
"I saw the HVAC crew fly over on my run back here; I expect that that they will have the AC working soon." Zara said stretching.
Claire's mouth went dry as she watched Zara stretch; she wanted to be underneath her, kissing her, touching her….
"Claire stop it." Claire inwardly hissed at herself.
She was blushing profusely and her cheeks were hot, she was sure that Zara could see it but Zara was getting up from the table, removing her shoes and socks, neatly setting them under the couch.
"Do you mind if I used your shower?" Zara asked softly.
"I don't mind, go right ahead." Claire replied swallowing gently.
Zara gathered up her clothes from her duffle bag and padded into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. Claire sat down on her bed, but decided that it was too close to the bathroom, so she decided to get dressed. Putting on her favorite jeans and a t-shirt, she put on some socks and went into the living room, she sat down on her couch and turned on the TV.
Zara sighed softly as the hot water cascaded over her body. She took and deep breath and began to wash her hair, remembering Claire's fingers in her hair, kissing her neck, Zara moaned softly and began to move her hand down between her legs. She moved her legs apart and leaned her forehead against the tiles of the shower.
"Fuck…" Zara hissed through her clenched teeth as she began to rub tight circles around her clit.
Panting softly, she bit her lip to keep herself from crying out loud as her orgasm fast approached.
"Fuck….yes…."Zara moaned as she came slowly and intensely.
She closed her eyes, getting her equilibrium back she finished washing herself and got out of the shower. After drying off she brushed her hair and got dressed.
She walked out of the bathroom to find Claire was not in the bedroom.
"Good." Zara said softly, running her finger through her hair before putting it up in a high pony tail, which meant she probably didn't hear Zara fucking herself in the shower.
Padding down the hallway she heard the TV in the living room, and assumed Claire was watching it. So she decided she would join her.
"Hey, all clean." Zara said entering the living room slowly as not to startle Claire.
Claire looked up from the TV and smiled. Zara was also wearing jeans but instead of a t-shirt she was wearing a black tank top, which left little to Claire's imagination. Her hair was pulled back in a high pony tail and she had on her Dr Marten's.
"Sit with me?" Claire asked scooting over on the couch so Zara could sit down.
Zara smiled and sat down next to Claire. Noticing that Claire wasn't wearing her normal perfume, it smelled different but a good kind of different. She looked up at the TV.
"So you like watching the news too?" Zara asked.
"I do, sometimes." Claire replied
They sat in a comfortable silence for a while.
"Would you like to go for a walk around the park?" Zara asked breaking the silence.
"That sounds great, let me get my shoes on." Claire replied walking down the hall to her bedroom.
She put on her chucks and grabbed her denim jacket. Rejoining Zara in the living room who was putting her phone in the back pocket of her jeans and a small wallet in her other pocket.
"Ready?" Claire asked.
"Ready when you are." Zara replied smiling.
Claire walked to the fridge and grabbed to bottles of water, handing one to Zara.
"Let's get going." Claire said walking towards her front door. She grabbed her keys and opened the door for Zara.
They stepped out into the hallway and Claire locked up her apartment. Zara tentatively reached for her hand and without a second though Claire laced her fingers with Zara's and they took the elevator down to the ground floor stepping out into the early morning sun.
"Where would you like to go, it's not so busy right now." Zara said putting on her sunglasses.
Claire did the same, and thought for a second.
"I would like to go see Rexy, they should be feeding her soon." Claire replied looking at her watch.
"Sounds great." Zara replied and they began walking to the T-Rex exhibit.
TBC…..