by Vina Fenty
"When did you realize that our friendship was different? I think for me it was from the first day I talked with you. I had sweaty palms and lost my breath a couple of times. I was fascinated by you, and even though I didn't realize it, I have been in love with you since that first day."
She smiled warmly at me and took a sip of her drink.
"I remember the way you looked at me that first day like I was some magical being. Nobody had ever looked at me that way, and it did funny things to me. I realized that I loved you when I started to do your laundry and do your dishes. I was practically a junior student to you, and I was the senior in both of us. I didn't understand it, but I just wanted to take care of you, and that still hasn't changed."
"Remember our first kiss?" I asked as I got lost in thought.
"How can I forget? It's forever etched in my brain. Forever!" she said, laughing again before adding, "and then you went for your JSS three break and came back looking like a coke bottle, you almost killed me. Amara, I couldn't wait to grow up and have crazy sex with you even though I didn't know how sex worked between two girls."
I immediately got wet once I heard Tejiri refer to having sex with me.
"I was ready to do whatever you wanted, but that stupid book you read about waiting to have sex ruined my life," I said.
She chuckled and shook her head from side to side before saying, "you almost molested me, Amara. You were a wild child."
I laughed shyly as I remembered forcing her panties down her legs. We had lost track of time, but Danny didn't want any of it as he said, "the bar is closing ladies. I have a date with this hot Igbo lady, and I have to go. You are going to have to move the party to the club or lounge, dearies."
I laughed at his pronunciation of Igbo, and the laugh was a little overboard. I just imagined sitting at this same place some months later taking a drink named after an Igbo lady, because honestly, I was starting to think Danny had a problem. I laughed hard again, and it was then I realized that I was drunk. Tejiri checked her Rolex and jumped up in shock.
"Geez! It's almost midnight. Come, I'll drop you off at your place. Thanks, Danny, have fun," she said, coming over to pull me off my chair.
I staggered slightly and fell into her, we were pressed together as our eyes met again and I knew then that there was no way I was going home that night. Not even a small army would be able to take me away from this place.
"Please let me stay. Please," I said, pouting, and Tejiri chuckled and thought it over.
"It's a bad idea," she whispered as she pulled away from me.
"I will be a good girl, I promise, I don't think I want to sleep alone this night."
"I will just blame this on the alcohol tomorrow, but right now, everything inside of me is screaming 'yes' so yes, please stay the night, I will also be a good girl."
"I hope not," I said under my breath as Tejiri held me once more, and this time, she made us climb the stairs to her suite to help lighten the effects of the alcohol.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
I was breathing hard by the time we got to the second floor, and my legs were about giving way when Tejiri started to laugh.
"Okay, bad idea, let's just take the elevator," she said as she tried to stifle a laugh.
"Ugh! And the point you were trying to make was?"
I walked to her in mock wolf style as I cornered her to the wall. I placed my hands on the sides of her face as I dipped my head and kissed her, she sighed into my mouth. She tasted like alcohol and fruits, and it drove me crazy. When we broke the kiss, she pulled out her phone as she watched me with a side-eye.
"Yeah, Jon, erase that video."
It dawned on me that a place like this would have CCTV.
"Oh, shit!" I said.
She laughed as she pulled me into the elevators.
"It’s fine."
We rode up in silence again, trying to ignore the tension. When we got into her suites, she pulled out my panties from her Jean pocket.
"To think I thought you would beg for this out of discomfort and you didn't even notice it was gone. Amara, what have you turned into?"
I gasped as I realized that I had been without my panties almost all day.
"Give me that," I said,
She hid it behind once I tried to wrest it out of her hands, and I tackled her to the plush sofa as we giggled and wrestled for the panties. Finally, I got it and stood up from her body as both of us breathed hard.
"When did you get that strong?"
She said, standing up to walk to the refrigerator as she brought two bottled water.
I opened mine and gulped it directly from the bottle ignoring the glasses she placed on the table.
"Why didn't you just buy a house instead of living here?"
She turned to me and thought it over before saying, "well, I did buy a couple of houses, but I intend to renovate and sell them. They were at giveaway prices, and there is one that I love and thinking about it now. I should probably keep it for myself, but the truth is, before they get done with renovating it, I might be out of here anyway. They spoil me rotten here with foods and drinks, why should I leave?"
I chuckled at her line of reasoning and shrugged as I said, "well, I guess you are right, it’s beautiful here."
"Yeah."
"So it's time for me to take a shower and turn in. I feel a huge hangover looming," I said, sitting on the edge of the bed.
She pointed me to her bathroom and handed me a towel while I rushed through a shower. I felt better after the shower, and the alcohol's effect seemed to have reduced a bit.
When I stepped out of the showers, I came out to Tejiri, holding one of her shirts, and she quickly gave it to me and rushed into the bathroom without truly looking at me. I smiled, knowing that she was avoiding looking at me in my almost naked state.
I donned the shirt and bravely climbed into her bed and pulled the duvet over my body. The air conditioner was on, the room was freezing.
Tejiri came out later in her towel, which she tied so tight that I almost laughed at her unease. What was she hiding? I knew her body more than I knew mine, and the vision was still seared in my head like it was yesterday.
However, she awkwardly took off the towel with her back to me while she searched her wardrobe for her sleeping wear. She pulled pajama pants on and then a shirt similar to mine. I watched her curiously, drinking in the exposed flesh that was flawless except for a faint scar that cut across her back.
I swore under my breath as the rage I felt that day I stabbed Luke reappeared. I took in the one on her arms, and the anger doubled, I really should have killed Luke. Tejiri turned the lights off just leaving the night lights, and then she climbed into bed beside me.
"Are you asleep?" she asked me as she turned to me, and I shook my head in the negative.
"I am too angry to sleep, I saw the scars, and I am thinking that my worst mistake is not killing Luke."
"Don't say that. Come here," she said, raising the duvet as I shifted till I was close to her. I turned my back to her front, and she pressed into me, her breasts pressing into my back as her crotch positioned on my ass.
We were joined together in ways that left me breathless, and it took me back to the many times that Tejiri and I had cuddled. I was a wet mess, and my breathing was irregular as I moved my ass from side to side. She breathed in my neck and hair as her hands tightened around my waist.
"I never did meet any woman that had any effect on me as you do. The warmth, the softness, the smell, and the way my heart beats wildly whenever I hold you. All these years and I still feel the same. What have you done to me? How can I feel this way for you still after all these years?" she said, nuzzling my neck, and I felt a hot tear roll down my neck to my front.
I turned around quickly and took her lips in a soft, gentle kiss. That was my intention, to be gentle, sweet, savor her, but the minute she opened her mouth to me and moaned, I lost my mind. I had waited years to have this person, I had craved her to the point of
tears before, and my lust took control of me. The fact that she wanted this as much as I drove me insane. She had she helped me take off all of her clothes. She opened herself for me, showing me all of her, all the scars that she'd acquired for my sakes. The sight was too beautiful to behold, I licked and kissed all the scars that I could see as she moaned and pressed my head on her body.
I ravished her in a way that I had only dreamt of. I wanted to give her pleasure so great that she wouldn't be able to forget for life. I wanted to erase the thought of every other woman she had been with, she was mine, and I was going to claim her, this night.
I kissed down her stomach to her wet center. She tasted delicious once I dipped my tongue into her, sucking and slurping, making sure that nothing was lost. I ate her as though my life depended on it, and when she came, she came hard. She quivered and shook like a leaf. I held her down as she came down from her climax, screaming my name.
''You once asked what I'd do if I ever did succeed in taking off your panties. Can you see?'' I asked boldly as I licked my lips.
She squirmed shyly as she watched me before bursting into laughter.
I climbed up to her body, thinking that I should take her completely, all of her body, her hymen, and everything that it covered. I wasn't done with that thought when Tejiri flipped me over and without warning wrenched my shirt, which was technically hers into two, my breast spilled out. She didn't wait before taking a nipple into her mouth. She was shaking so much that I started to get scared through all of my emotions.
"Tejiri, are you okay?"
She stopped and then sat up, leaving me craving her touch immediately.
"I want this so much, I can't believe that you are here and I don't know. I am overexcited, I can't keep calm."
I sat up and wrapped my legs around her waist as I sat on her laps.
"We can wait if you want."
I said, kissing her jaw, down to her neck, I used my left hand to knead her breasts softly, and I heard her take in a deep gulp of air. I finally raised my head to kiss her, and she immediately attacked my lips. Oh wow! Tejiri was hungry for me, and I hated having her hungry.
She flipped me on the bed and finally removed the torn shirt from my body. I was naked underneath. She took her time admiring my body, and what she saw must have excited her because she spread on the bed and pulled my legs above her head as she buried her tongue deep into my wet aching center. I screamed out for joy as Tejiri brought me to a powerful climax that took all but five minutes to achieve. I was still shaking and basking in the euphoria of my orgasm when she left the bed, and minutes later came back. She held me from behind and stroked my breast, kissing me at the same time.
"Amara, do you trust me?"
I nodded as she pulled my hands and wrapped around what felt like a dildo. I turned to her in fear, I didn't like it when Sam did that to me, and I didn't know if I could take it, but I trusted Tejiri, and I knew she would never hurt me.
"I will never hurt you, I would die before I hurt you, I just want to have you this way, completely," she said softly stroking my hair.
I nodded, but my fears still hadn't dissipated totally, but this was Tejiri, she wouldn't hurt me.
She gave me the foreplay of my life, stroking and sucking and strumming. She would push me to the edge and then stop at the dying minute to refrain me from tilting over. I was begging for relief minutes later, and without warning, she thrust deep into me, breaking the last barrier that remained. She didn't move, just pushed deep inside, and allowed me to adjust to the intrusion.
I didn't expect the mother of all orgasms that crashed into me and made my eyes roll over in my head. I convulsed all over her as the orgasm dragged and dragged and knocked the breath out of me. All through it, Tejiri just watched me, never moving, waiting for me to climb down an orgasm that seemed to go on and on.
''I do hope that this was worth the wait,'' she said, caressing my bare butt.
All I could do was nod.
**********
At work the next day, I got lost in thoughts far too many times. I was thinking about how Tejiri had taken me in different ways, every way. It felt like we were catching up on all the years that we had missed.
I woke up sore in a delicious way. I woke up to Tejiri's tongue, lapping away in between my legs. It was an excellent way to wake up, and we had sex again.
A delicious tray of breakfast was brought up to us, and we ate with our eyes locking and shy smiles passing between us, I felt so happy that I could almost burst.
She'd driven me back to my house and waited for me downstairs while I quickly changed to fresh clothes. She had refused coming up with me, and weirdly, I understood, she didn't want the reality of Sam and me to hit her in the face, and maybe she did feel guilty a little.
I was still dreaming and smiling when Stacy burst into my office.
"See who has a dreamy look on. Give me details, how was the dinner?"
I shook myself out of the happy thoughts and focused on Stacy.
"It was wonderful. I think she has forgiven me now."
Stacy eyed me in mock surprise.
"I haven't ever seen you this laid back, ever. Wait a minute, you guys had sex!" she said.
I blushed brightly, feeling my cheeks heat up as I looked away.
"Amara, aren't you worried a bit about cheating on your husband?"
I turned to her sharply in disappointment, what did she mean?
"The only person I ever cheated on since this charade of marriage started is Tejiri!"
"You said a vow!" she countered.
"I don't care about that, and even though I am not going to tell Tejiri about this till it's done, I am going to get a divorce. I will surprise her with the news once it's done. I just want to make her happy because she deserves it and I deserve it too. We both do, I do not love Sam, I belong with Tejiri, and you know this."
Stacy had tears in her eyes as she watched my enthusiasm, she sniffed them in.
“You guys are going to get through this, I know, but be careful, men can get irrational."
I did understand what she meant, but I let it slide as I realized that I hadn't given Stacy hell for hiding the truth from me.
"You snitch! You have been a mole in my life, and you didn't even tell me. You are an Oscar deserving actress, Stace. I never imagined."
"Yeah, right. You thought I forced this friendship because you were so awesome or what? Nobody wanted anything to do with the beautiful ice queen, but I pressed because I had a mission," she said.
We both laughed at that, and I rolled my eyes.
"You were the first to ever did try to befriend me. It was weird at first, and then I just got tired of fighting your persistent ass and let you in. You are very important to me, Stace, and thank you."
She smiled a teary smile and then sat up.
"I have a good lawyer that you can use if you want and I am always here for you Amy, I have come to care about you."
And for the first time since we have started this friendship, we hugged each other.
******
I met up with the lawyer, and he was a brilliant mind who seemed very competent, and I immediately trusted him. He drafted the papers and promised to send them to Sam. We filed irreconcilable differences, and he advised me to separate from Sam a while so we could have more leverage.
I was very excited about the prospects of being free from the shackles of being married to Sam while I wanted someone else.
Tejiri and I fell into a routine, we went back to the hotel together often and had crazy sex all over the place. Most times, we weren't always able to make it to the bed, and we just did it wherever we could.
One Wednesday evening, I got a call from Sam. Once I picked, he barked, "Amara, where are you?"
I was taken aback as I sat up and shifted away from Tejiri so she wouldn't hear.
"I am with a friend, why?"
I wondered if he had gotten the divorce papers yet.
"I am at home now,
and the gateman said you haven't been at home in days. Amara, where are you and who are you with? How can a Married woman be sleeping out, are you cheating on me?"
Tejiri, at this point, was looking at me in worry, and I blew a kiss her way before thinking of what to tell Sam.
"I will explain everything to you if you're still around by tomorrow. See you then Sam," I ended the call and immediately called the lawyer, he assured me that he had sent it and that Sam would see it once he settled down and checked his files.
I switched off my phone once I was done and climbed into bed with Tejiri.
"Are you okay, babe?"
I melted at her voice and sighed, I was over the top crazy about this woman.
"I'm fine, it's just that Sam is home today and he didn't find me at home, and now he's all worked up. I don't know what he is doing home on a Wednesday."
"Are you going to be in trouble? I can drop you off right now if you want, even though it would kill me to imagine that your husband would touch you in any way."
"No, I will stay, and Sam and I don't have sex."
She nodded in agreement and readily accepted that fact maybe because I had bled the first time we had sex that night, and I couldn't explain it when she asked if I was still a virgin.
"No! Sam and I had done stuff before," I had answered shyly.
She had cocked her head in that way that she always did before churning out an intelligent opinion.
"You know some women after being married for years, and looking for a baby get to the hospital, and the doctor finds out their hymen is still intact. Maybe Sam hadn't been doing it the right way. I only needed to do it once to ruin everything," she'd said, kissing me.
I giggled and assimilated the piece of information Tejiri had just offered.
In all honesty, I had never bled for Sam. He'd always had to beg and persuade me, promising not to hurt me. Whenever we did have sex, I rarely felt him there, maybe because he was too scared. He knew that I could quickly never want to have sex with him if he ever did hurt me once.