Chapter 7: First date

Kate & Dana

Kate was petting her bunny Alice, while Dana rummaged through her closet, trying to find some - as she described it - 'hot clothes' for her first date.

"Nervous?" Dana's voice chimes from within the closet.

Kate just answered her question with a slight nod. She was far beyond nervous. Her heart pounded in her chest like a jackhammer. Her hands were all sweaty, so that they were completely covered with fur shed by the bunny. A billion butterflies have gone wild in her stomach. During the last hours, since Max asked her out, all she could think of was this date with her girlfriend. 'Is she even my girlfriend already? I mean, she kissed me and we're dating, but some people are very cautious with terms like 'love' or 'girlfriend'.' The blonde sighs. 'Oh Lord, why is this all so complicated? I am in love with her and I consider her my girlfriend, but how's she seeing it?'

"Hey Kate, where are you two going again?" the brunette asks, still with her head in the closet.

"Uhm, the 'Rue Altimore."

With a sudden move, Dana manages to put her head out of Kate's closet, looking at her with big eyes. "The 'Rue Altimore'?! This fancy-pansy restaurant down by the promenade?" Kate answers with a nod, again. "Damn, we need to find some really hot stuff!" With these words she continues her venture through the Catholic girl's garments. "Aren't there any clothes in here that don't scream 'Catholic school girl'?"

"My pajamas?" Kate answers cynically, with a shrug, earning a glare from her friend. She averts the cheerleader's eyes, and adds "Sorry, it's Max's 'good bad influence'. At least that's what she told me after I made my first sarcastic comment towards her."

"Good god, you two are so in love!" Dana says, taking one last peek into the closet and cheers. "Now that's what I'm talking about!" The auburn-haired girl brings forth a blue jeans and a green flannel shirt. "Why are you hiding them in a box?"

"My mom would've gone furious if she'd have found this. I bought them a few months ago and wanted to wear them at Blackwell, but never dared to do so."

With a wide grin, Dana hands her the clothes and takes care of her bunny. "Well, now's the time. Put them on!"

"B-but no peeking?" Kate says shyly, blushing a bit by the idea of changing in front of another person, even if it is someone like Dana.

The cheerleader sighs and turns around. "Fine! Now, go ahead!"

"O-okay, you can look now." Kate's voice chimes insecurely after some minutes.

Dana turns around again and nearly drops poor Alice on the ground as she sees her friend standing in front of her. The blue jeans are tight, highlighting the smaller girl's body and the shirt fits her pretty well, giving her a rebellious touch. "Looking hot, girl! Except one thing." She stands up and starts to pull the shirt out of the jeans, letting it hang lose. "There you go, ready for a romantic evening!" The small Christian girl blushes by the mention of the word 'romantic'. Dana gives her a small peck in the cheek. "Aww, you're so sweet, when you're shy. Now, let's head to the restaurant. I'm already dying to see how you two look together!"

Chloe

"I said no and that is my last word!" Joyce's voice yells through the living room. After a quite excessive talk about the last five years and the ban from David into a hotel, Chloe thought that her mom would be in a mood to accept the check Max has given her to pay their mortgage, but she thought wrong.

"But mom…"

"NO!" she cuts off her daughter, who looks at her in unbelief. "She's just turned eighteen and we don't even know where she got that money from."

"She told me that she earned it honestly."

Joyce scoffs and shakes her head. "Chloe, I made half the money in a year. How can she make more money in such a short period of time? She hacked into the bank's computer. Who tells you that she didn't steal the money from there?"

'Yeah, I should've left that part out. Damn your loose mouth, Price!' Chloe thought and answered her mother, averting her angry gaze. "No one. But do you really think that Max turned into a criminal?"

"No." the strawberry-blonde woman says and sighs. "But she has changed a lot. I mean her stature, the stern look all the time, the sad eyes. She's not that happy girl from five years ago anymore."

The bluenette looks deeply into her mom's eyes. "Mom, I don't know exactly what happened to her in Seattle, yet, but whatever it was, it broke and changed her in a way that I can't even imagine." The punk girl takes the check and makes her way to the main door. "But I know one thing, she wants to help us and I belief her that the money isn't dirty. I also know that when we don't pay our next payments we will lose this house and I don't want that, neither do you. C'mon, let's pay the bank and give Prescott something he can suck on!"

Joyce sighs, heads towards her daughter and gives her a hug. "Sometimes it's hard for me to accept that you already grew into a beautiful woman. I'm sorry that I didn't listen to you when you needed me the most."

"It's okay, mom. To be fair, I wasn't an easy child." Chloe says. And both, mother and daughter leave the house together to solve a lot of problems with one tiny sheet of paper.

Dana

The car stops in front of the expensive restaurant with the big golden letters on top of it, depicting 'Rue Altimore'. Dana looks at the very nervous, blonde girl beside of her. 'OMG, she's so nervous. Poor Kate!' "Well, here we are! Any last questions?"

The small girl looks at the cheerleader with her hazel eyes and shakes her head.

The brunette lays her right hand on her shoulder and gives her a warm smile. "Hey, Katie-girl, don't be afraid! Everything's gonna be fine. You'll have a beautiful evening with your Max and have a lot of fun!"

"B-but what if I say something wrong or mess up?" Kate says, her voice trembling.

Giggling, Dana brushes the Christian girl's left hand. "Oh Kate, you can't mess up, I mean, look at you! And by the way, Max is so deeply into you that you actually can't really mess up, even if you wanted to." She gives her friend a slight shove. "And now out with you and go get her, tigress!"

Kate gets out of Dana's red BMW M6 Cabrio, heading towards the entrance of the restaurant. The brunette watches her for a while and as she sees Max arriving, both girls give each other big hug, which paints a wide smile on Dana's face. 'You can see the love in their faces, the glistening in their eyes when they see each other. They're so lucky to have found each other. Maybe someday I'll meet my dream girl too…maybe.' She sighs and starts the engine and as she drives off, both girls look at her, giving her a wave and she waves back.

Courtney

Coffee has been her best friend for last couple of days. During the day, she followed Caulfield everywhere, trying to keep out of sight. At night she had to do Victoria's and her own homework, but this was normality for her. But to observe this bitch; this enemy of her best friend – well, not exactly best friend, but the closest thing she's got to a friend – was annoying. It was stupid. It was boring.

Mostly, Max Caulfield stayed at Blackwell, met with her new BFF Kate or went for a run in the woods, the only time she couldn't follow, because she hated PE, but she won't tell Victoria. But today was special. Firstly, Max left class earlier, her face showing something like pain and Kate followed her, but came back minutes later. Secondly, she left Blackwell, headed to the outer rims of Arcadia Bay and then into the woods again; she didn't even bother to follow her. Half an hour later she returned with a blue-haired punk bitch and both headed for a house in town – maybe the punk's house – and entered it through a window, secretly. Maybe the punk is her lover and they made out? But the weirdest thing was that later she followed her into Arcadia Bay downtown and there she met with Kate Marsh in front of THE restaurant in town. Both looked very happy, hugging each other's souls out. Are they celebrating something or is this a date?

'Hmm, very interesting. I need to gather more information, but as soon as I have some hard evidence I'll tell Victoria. And then, this Caulfield-bitch will get what she deserves and Victoria will always be grateful, giving me access to the upper class of the modern art world!' Courtney thought with a big, evil grin, very proud of herself.

Kate & Max

Max arrives right on time to see Kate getting out of a red BMW Cabrio, probably Dana's car. She walks towards the blonde in a bee-line and the black-haired girl sees the big, warm smile in Kate's face as their eyes meet. Her heart skips a beat and she walks faster, nearly colliding with her as they give each other a big hug.

"I missed you soooo much, even if it hasn't been more than two hours!" Max whispers in her ear with a soft voice, holding her so tight as if she never wanted to let her go ever again. She inhales the smell of Kate's peach flavored shampoo and the soft scent of her vanilla perfume, as well as her natural sweet fragrance, which makes Max's heart beat even faster.

The words of her girlfriend are sending a warm feeling through Kate's body, accompanied by pure happiness. "I missed you too!" she answers, enjoying Max's warmth and closeness.

After a while both girls part and Max takes a closer look at Kate, gasping as she sees her the first time in blue jeans and a button shirt. 'Wowser! Normally she wears clothes that are very wide and don't show any details on her body, but these tight jeans…just wowser! No, wowser squared!' she thought, staring at Kate's perfect round butt and her well-formed thighs. She feels the need to kiss her again, but suppresses it, because Kate hasn't outed herself yet and she doesn't want that anyone saw them and talked shit about poor Katie.

During the same time, Kate looks at Max and forgets to breathe as she sees her the first time in such clothes, too. 'Oh Lord, I've never seen her dressed like this before. I mean, I've seen her in jeans and a tight T-Shirt before, but this…she looks so beautiful! And I feel the need to touch her, again!' Kate thought, her face blushing a bit.

"Hey Katie! Wanna keep on with the staring contest or move inside to grab some bite?" Max asks with a mocking smile.

The Christian girl blushes some more and gazes to the ground shyly, like a kid that got caught stealing cookies from the cookie-jar. "S-sorry." her soft voice chimes.

Flinging her arm around the blonde girl's shoulder, Max giggles and leads her to the entrance. "Don't be, you can eyeball me as much as you want, 'cause I'll do the same with you! By the way, you look amazing!"

"Th-thank you. You too!"

Giving a 50-dollar-bill to the waiter without Kate seeing it, Max made sure that they would get the best seats of the restaurant in front of the big panorama-window, showing the whole Bay with the lighthouse on the cliff above Arcadia Bay.

The waiter arrives at their table, giving them the menu. "Welcome at the 'Rue Altimore'. What drinks can I serve you, madams?"

"I'll have a coke." Kate answers.

"And I'll take an orange juice." Max says.

"Very well." he says and walks away.

Both girls open their menus and Kate gasps, whispering to Max. "Max, this restaurant is very expensive!"

The freckled girl shrugs. "It's okay; I wanted our first date to be special and fancy. So, take everything you want!"

Soon the waiter brought their drinks and both girls ordered their food. Kate took coq au vin and Max kept it simple by ordering Spaghetti with meatballs.

"So, Katie. Tell me something about you!" Max says, starting a conversation.

"What you want to know?"

"Dunno, just tell me something about your childhood."

"Hmm…well, there's actually not much to say. I was born here, in Arcadia Bay. My parents sent me to Catholic school, as you may've noticed by my old school uniform I'm still wearing at school. I was lucky that my mom agreed to send me to Blackwell, because she wanted me to stay at my former school."

"Sound to me like your mom's very strict."

Kate nods. "Yeah, she's very conservative. But my dad could convince her that Blackwell would be a better choice for me."

"At least your mom supported you in the end." Max scoffs.

Recognizing the tension in Max's voice, Kate tries to be cautious with this topic. "You already said that you and your mom have a very difficult relationship."

"I wouldn't call it a relationship at all. Let's just say that we didn't part as friends and never heard from each other again." Max remembered the last time she saw Vanessa. It was in August this year, right before she moved back to Arcadia Bay.

Kate could see Max's face darken. How she drifted into bad memories, making her sad. 'I need to distract her. I don't want our date to end with her running away with tears in her eyes.' She thought and brought up a much happier topic. "Well, I'm definitely happy to be at Blackwell! The possibilities are far better than in any other school. And I met you!"

Hearing these words from the blonde girl sweeps away the dark thoughts from Max's head and replaced them with joy, making her smile. "That's right. I think I should thank your folks some time. By the way, do they know about us?"

"No." the Christian girl says with a low voice, averting Max's eyes shyly. "I mean, I told dad about you, but not that you're my girlfriend. But I think, he would probably be fine with it."

"Did you just call me your girlfriend?" Max asks with big eyes; one eyebrow raised.

Blushing all over her face, Kate looks away. "S-sorry, I…I thought…" she stutters, but is stopped by her girlfriend's chuckle.

"Don't be sorry, 'cause you can bet your sweet behind that I'm your girlfriend!" the black-haired girl says with a warm smile and reaches Kate her hand on the table, who takes it. They're holding hands for the first time and Kate's eyes sparkle bright.

As their dinner arrives, both part their hands and start to dig in.

"And what about your childhood?" Kate asks between two bites.

Max shrugs and continues to chew on her food. "I was a pretty boring child until I met Chloe in elementary school. She protected me from the bullies and we became very close friends; did a lot of shenanigans, to our parents displease. Well, at least until I moved to Seattle and she told me to beat it."

"That wasn't very nice of her. No wonder you were mad."

"Yeah, but don't get me wrong." Max adds. "She can be a really great friend. She's always there for you, if you need somebody, but sadly she tends to lose it, when she's pissed off. Maybe you should meet her sometimes and make a picture of your own."

"I'd like that!" Kate pauses a moment to take another bite. "By the way, how did it go with Chloe, today?"

"Great! We're back to be friends again. Thanks to you! Without you…"

"Max, it's okay. That's how I am and I'm glad that I could help you!"

"Kate, you need to answer me one thing; how is it possible that a Christian girl from a very conservative family becomes so open minded and likes to listen to metal and other dark music?"

"Well, first of all, I'm not that conservative. Yes, I believe in god and read the bible, but I'm also very tolerant and have a free mind. And lately, I can add my romantic relationship with you to the list." She says with a smirk and winks. "And my taste of music has been influenced by my cousin. She's not Christian and one day, after she visited us, she forgot one of her CDs and I listened to it and fell for this music, especially symphonic metal." Leaning a bit forward, Kate whispers to Max, like she fears that someone might hear it. "But mom doesn't know about this and actually, I would really like to go to a concert some time!"

After dinner, Max paid the check and both headed out of the restaurant and made their way back to Blackwell, taking a slight detour over the beach, walking arm in arm and chitchat about last week's classes, people at Blackwell, the Everyday Hero Contest and that Kate's gonna spend the weekend at her parent's house, separating them for two days. Sometimes, when they just walked side by side, without a word, Max's thoughts wander back to the last time she met her mother. She tried to shove them away, but they always came back.

Seattle, August 2013

'Okay, let's see. I've got my clothes, all my pictures and the other stuff.' Max thought, looking around her room at her mom's apartment. 'Let's bail, before she comes back, 'cause I don't feel like raging today.' She grabs her duffle bag and backpack, and wants to leave as suddenly she hears the main door closing.

"Maxiiiine" Vanessa's voice chimes through the apartment.

'Damn, I thought she'd need some longer to get the groceries.' The young girl sighs and drops the bags, right before her mother comes around the corner.

"What are you doing?" the brunette woman asks surprisingly.

Her daughter sighs and rolls with her eyes, slightly annoyed. "I told you that I'm gonna get my stuff this weekend, because I'm moving back to Arcadia Bay. Are you even listening to me sometimes?" Max always hated the weekends at her mom's, who she only calls Vanessa, since she moved out of the Caulfield house. Most of the time Vanessa was not there, partying or meeting with some – what she called – friends. But that wasn't Max's problem, no. The problem was that Vanessa always wanted her to accompany her and meet some boys. Mostly she avoided this bullshit by locking herself into her room or going for a long jog until her mom was finally out of the apartment again.

Vanessa is waving her hand in front of her face, like she tries to swash away a fly. "Stop what you're doing, because you will come with me to a little party."

Anger dwells inside of Max. She needs every glimpse of patience to suppress the need to punch her mother right into the face. "Uhm…I don't think so!"

The brunette pokes Max on her shoulder. "C'mon, girl! You are always so tense; you finally need a boy in your life to loosen up! And one of my colleague's sons is gonna be there, too. He's handsome, single and want's to meet you!" she says with a playing voice, a wide smile and a wink.

Looking at the spot on her shoulder, where Vanessa had touched her and back at her again, Max grits her teeth and clenches her fists. To maintain peaceful became almost impossible. "I said no! And don't ever touch me again with your fucking hands!" she says in a harsh tone.

Due to the aggressive words of her daughter, Vanessa raises her hand and wants to slap her again, but before she even touches the face of the black-haired girl, it is caught in midair and Max squeezes it very hard. A sharp pain runs through the woman's hand. She hisses, her face grimaced in pain. "M-Maxine, you're hurting me."

Max stares into her mom's blue eyes, her face showing no emotions. "I hope so, because I want your full attention!" She applies some more pressure, bringing Vanessa on her knees with a short cry. "Now listen to me, bitch! I don't give a shit about you, your fucking parties or your fucked up friends. You can have all the men all around the fucking world for yourself, because I hate men! Yeah, you heard right, I'm a lesbian and I've been crushing on girls since I was 12! Learn to accept it, finally! Secondly, I'm gonna grab my stuff, leave this fucking apartment and move to Arcadia Bay. Don't call, don't text me, don't send me a mail and don't even think about visiting me, because we're done, forever!"

"B-but Maxine…y-you're my daughter." her mother says with a shivering voice, tears are now dripping on the floor, although Max couldn't tell if they're spilled because of the physical or emotional pain. Honestly, she didn't care.

"No, I'm not! Your daughter died on her 14th birthday." She shows her the scars on her wrist, which makes Vanessa gasp out of surprise, because she hadn't noticed them before, now more tears are flowing over her cheeks. "She died piece by piece every time you hit her; every time you yelled at her; every time you accused her of something you did wrong. And now, Maxine is dead, all that remains is Max!" The girl lets go of Vanessa's hand. She crumbles to the ground, holding her hand and starts to sob. But Max still doesn't care; she takes her stuff and heads for the main door, looking back one more time. "We will see each other never again. I left the keys in my room. Good bye, Vanessa!" she says and slams the door shut.

Kate & Max

After a long walk, both girls arrive at the dorms right before curfew. The building is dark, because most of the students are already in their rooms or visiting their families for the weekend. Stopping in front of Kate's room, Max and Kate look at each other deeply.

"W-well, this was a very nice evening. Th-thank you, Max." Kate says with a shy voice, because she's uncertain, what will happen next. 'Is she waiting for me to initiate the kiss or do I have to wait for her? Should I invite her in or should we kiss here in the hall? Is it even right to kiss after the first date? Oh Lord, I don't know!'

"Yeah, I enjoyed it very much! It's been a long time since I had that much fun!" the freckled girl says with a big smile. 'Should I kiss her now? Is this the right moment? This afternoon I was so certain and now I chicken out? Damn my stupid head!' They stand there for a moment in an awkward silence, only the tinkle of Kate's keys in her hand making a sound. Max makes a step forward, but instead of kissing her, she just gives her a hug. 'Shit, I panicked! What now? Abort? Go for it? C'mon, do it, Caulfield!' Both part again. "Well…uhm…good night then?" 'Coward!'

"Y-yeah, good night." Kate answers with a flat voice, clearly dripping with disappointment. She unlocks her door and stops in her movement. 'No! First she suddenly kisses me in the girl's room and now she doesn't? That's not fair! I want my first-date-kiss! But how? Hmm…' The Christian girl turns around again. "Uhm M-Max?"

"Yeah?"

"Uhm…c-can you come inside for a moment, I-I want to show you something." The blonde chimes with a nervous voice.

Both girls enter Kate's room, it is almost completely dark; except of a small lamp on the nightstand, which Kate left on to give her bunny at least some light. Max closes the door. "What is it that y…"

Max can't even finish her sentence, as Kate wraps her arms around Max's neck and gives her a big kiss. At first the freckled girl is surprised and stiff as a plank, but after a moment she relaxes and returns the kiss.

With every passing second the kissing gets more and more emotional. Before Max could even realize what she's doing, her hands wander Kate's back up and down, and soon farther down to her round butt cheeks, squeezing them, pressing Kate closer to her. At first she expects some resistance, but the blonde doesn't mind.

Kate enjoys the closeness, the warmth of Max's body, the trails her fingertips leaving on her back. Her heart pounds against her chest and a big heat forms inside of her. She feels the need for more. More closeness; more kissing. She wants to feel her bare skin on Max's. A slight moan escapes her mouth and out of pure instinct her tongue plays on her girlfriend's lips, which are parting and a moment later their tongues meet, entwining each other in a lustful dance. Kate's breathing becomes heavier, while her hands wander to Max's butt. And like the black-haired girl, she squeezes it and feels more heat inside of her, this time emerging from between her legs.

Max breaks the kiss. Both girls are breathing heavily now, resting her foreheads on each other, smiling. "I love you, Katie!" she whispers.

"I-I love you, too!" she answers and adds after a while "W-why did you stop?"

Max smiles warmly at her, giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Because this was a pretty intense kiss for a first date. We should spare something for our other dates. And I don't want to go the whole nine yards right now, because our first time should be special!" she says in a calm and soothing voice, giving her another small kiss on her soft lips. Kate nods, understanding her words, but still a bit disappointed. "Good night, my Katie! And thanks for giving me a kick in the butt by being bossy again!" Max says, winking; gives Kate another kiss and leaves her room.

Kate

After Max left her room and she closed the door, Kate leans against it. She still feels the heat inside of her; the longing for her girlfriend; her breathing was still heavy. 'What is going on with me? I never felt like this before. It's so strange; so unfamiliar.' Kate sighs. 'Maybe I should go to bed now and sleep. Tomorrow I will see everything in another light.'

Changing into her pajamas, the blonde girl tries to think about the visit of her parents and her sisters. She was always happy being around her family, but this time it will come with a bitter taste, because she knows that she will miss Max like crazy.

Kate says her prayers and cuddles herself under her blanket, but sleep averts her. She turns from side to side several times and finally on her back. Every time she closes her eyes, she imagines Max's freckled face; her smile; her sweet blue doe eyes; the feeling of her lips. 'All I can think of is this kiss and Max's body. At first, it was weird to touch her, but it felt so good after a while; so perfect; so…' Before she can finish her thought, her heart starts to pound faster and the heat inside of her grows again as she tries to imagine Max's body without clothes. It is hard for her to focus her thoughts on something different than Max. An inner longing lets her move her hip. 'W-what is happening? I feel s-so…Max! I-I need you!'

"Don't worry, Katie. Let me take care of it! Just relax!" Max's voice chimes in her ear.

A hand wanders down her stomach. The sudden touch lets Kate moan. As the soft touch reaches her waistline and reaches past it, her body twitches. And as it brushes over her pubic mound deeper down, finally reaching her sex and massaging it, her moans become louder. Another hand reaches under her shirt until it makes its way to her right breast and kneads it.

Soon, her breathing gets shallow, almost hyperventilating. The heat between her legs intensifies, turning into a strange and new feeling for the Christian girl. "M-Max…I f-feel strange…s-something…M-MAX!" she moans and waves of hot sensation is running through her body, making it twitch and arch.

It takes Kate some time to regain a state of consciousness after the last wave has passed through her body. "Max?" she asks in the room, but receives no answer. She opens her eyes, lifts her head a bit and looks around her dorm room, but no one's there. Just now she realizes that there's still a hand resting between her legs and another one on her breast; they're her own. She takes out the one inside her pajama pants and glances at it. It is still wet and sticky. And with every passing second Kate begins to understand what just happened. 'Oh my, did I just…? Have I actually…?' She starts to sob, covering her eyes with her clean hand. 'Oh Lord, what have I done?!'

Max

Max enters her room and leans against the door after she's closed it. She's still breathing heavily. A smile grows on her face as she recalls the kiss. 'It's been so long since I felt that way. I'm actually happy. I would've liked to do more, but I had to stop. Otherwise it would've been over too fast and I want Kate's first time to be special; something she likes to remember; nothing like my first time.'

Closing her eyes, she let all the feelings of this intimate moment with her girlfriend pass her body again. The happiness, the touch of her hands on her body, the feeling of her soft lips, the heat that was forming inside of her, the lust for her. All these emotions coming down on her in a big wave, making her sigh in arousal. 'Okay Caulfield, enough smuttiness for one evening! Calm down and get to bed! NO! It's been so long. I want to feel these emotions; I want them to devour me!' she thought, letting all emotional barricades fall and started to let her hands wander around her body. Every time they brush over her breasts or private parts, Max groans in arousal. She wants more and she wants it now.

Max starts to undress quickly, throwing her jeans and button shirt onto her couch. She throws herself onto the bed, now only wearing a sports bra and panties, and continues to touch her own body, biting her lower lip in excitement. Her breathing gets faster with every touch. Her thoughts wander to Kate; how she smelled; how she felt, trying to imagine her naked. With a big moan Max touches her sex, starting to play with it. 'Oh dog, this is so good! It's truly been a while! Katie, I love you so much!'

With a big moan Max climaxes so intense that she almost fell off the bed and slept in instantly, only to be awaken by the chime of her phone. With heavy limps she reaches for it and reads the message.

Chloe: how was your date?

Max: Both thumps up! :-D

Chloe: coolcool! therefor I grant u this emoji. want more info tomorrow

Chloe: btw paid the bank 2day and on monday I gonna cash my check and pay Frank!

Max: That's cool! Glad I could help and Joyce accepted it.

Max: Sorry Chlo, I'm done for today. Need sleep. See ya tomorrow and don't forget to bring PE-clothes!

Chloe: PE?! r u cereal?

Max: Hella cereal! Good night, Chlo!

Chloe: nightynight, Maximus!

She throws her phone on the nightstand and wants to turn around and close her eyes as it suddenly knocks on her door.

Sighing annoyed for being disturbed again, the black-haired girl gets up and opens the door. In front of her stands a crying Kate in her pajamas. "Oh my dog, Katie! What happened? Come in!" she says with concern, closing the door behind her.

Before Max even knows what's happening, Kate hugs her and starts to sob. "I'm sorry, Max. I'm so sorry!"

Caressing her girlfriend's back with her hands, Max holds her tight. "What happened, Kate? Why are you so upset?"

"I-I ch-cheated on you!" she answers and her crying intensifies.

"What?!" Max gasps, but not out of shock, but more out of surprise, because she can't imaging Kate to cheat on her with another girl. 'Kate is not the cheating type. Something different is going on here.' she thought. "Katie, calm down and tell me what happened. What do you mean with 'you cheated on me'?

The blonde girl tries to explain. "A-after you left the room, I went to bed and wanted to sleep, b-but I couldn't, because I was thinking about you. And then I felt so strange and then you were there, touching me down there, b-but you were not really there, it was me." After she said these words, Kate hugs her girlfriend even stronger, sobbing louder.

It takes Max some time to make some sense out of her words, but as she realizes what Kate just said, she pushes her away softly, in order to look into her face with a warm smile, brushing with one hand through her blonde hair. "Hush now, Katie! Everything is alright!"

Kate shakes her head. "No, it is not! I'm despicable. I'm a…I'm a whore!"

Max grabs her on her shoulders firmly, her face now stern. "No! You're not a whore! Don't ever think that of yourself!" With a sigh she calms down again and her smile returns. "It is okay, Kate! Was it your first time you touched yourself?" Kate nods shyly, averting her girlfriend's eyes with a big blush. "Katie, masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of, 'cause it is natural. And it is no cheating!"

"Yes, it is! Only you should be allowed to do something like this to me!"

Max sighs again. 'Dog, she's so cute, so innocent! Even if I wanted to, I could never be mad at her!' she thought and maintained her smile. "Listen, Kate! How many people belong to our relationship? Two, right?" Kate nods. "So, it would only be cheating if you did such things with a third person, who's not part of our relationship. But you are a part of it, so it is okay to do it to yourself. I'm okay with it, because I did it myself, some minutes ago and I would never cheat on you! Never ever! Promised!"

Kate looks at her, her reddened eyes wide open. "Y-you did it, too?" Max nods, still smiling, now pulling the blonde girl closer to her again.

"See, nothing to be ashamed of. I do it, too." Max says, brushing Kate's cheek. "Katie, to tell you the truth, back when we kissed I wanted to devour you instantly and you wouldn't even have resisted. But I'm not such a person, who takes advantage of such situations. Frankly, my first time sucked; I hated it and I want to spare you this experience by making your first time special. Not by rushing into it. Katie, I love you with all my heart and I only want the best for you! But if you feel that you are ready to take the next step, say it and we will take it together! And I would rather f…touch myself than making you feel uncomfortable. You're all that matters to me!"

The blonde girl looks at Max with a soft smile, her eyes watery again, but this time because of tears of joy. "Thank you! I love you, too, Max!"

Both girls kiss each other, but this time it is only a soft kiss that shows their deep love for each other, not lust or longing.