Keep Tahoe Blue

by Nicole Pyland

  “I’m in love with you, Reese.” Kellan’s smile widened. “When I first came to Tahoe, it was to heal from a broken heart. I never thought I’d find anyone again because that’s what you always think when a relationship ends. But I’ve found this amazing community here, and you’re a part of it. I love that I can share my fondness for the outdoors with you, that you make me laugh and you challenge me. I love how it feels to hold you. I love how you’ve let me in just now and told me something no one else knows. I don’t know why you’ve kept it a secret, but that’s your choice. I support that in the same way I’d support your choice to join some trial or not.” She unzipped her sleeping bag the rest of the way so she could kneel in front of Reese and place her hands on her cheeks. “I want you, Reese. I want us. I love you.” She let out a deep exhale, and Reese wondered how long she’d been holding those words in.

  “I love you, too.” She smiled into Kellan’s kiss, which had been unexpected, but more than welcomed.

  Kellan’s lips were insistent. Her tongue dove immediately into Reese’s mouth. Reese accepted it and allowed their tongues to mingle. She’d thought that if she ever told Kellan about her condition, Kellan would treat her differently or more carefully, but she’d been wrong. Kellan’s hands were around her neck. She was pulling Reese closer. Then, her lips were on Reese’s neck. Reese moved to lie back, bringing Kellan with her. Kellan paused their kiss to stare down at her, and the desire in her eyes was more than evident.

  “You do feel pleasure though, right?” she asked.

  “Yes, Kellan.” Reese smiled up at her. “Every time you kiss me,” she added. “I want you.” She gulped.

  “Yeah?” Kellan’s her eyes flitted to Reese’s lips before meeting her eyes again.

  “If you’re not ready, we can wait,” Reese offered to Kellan’s seemingly vulnerable stare.

  Kellan didn’t respond with words. She shifted her weight to hover over Reese. Their lips met again, and within moments, Reese knew this was not going to be one of those slow, romantic nights of making love where R & B music played in the background and candles were the only light in the room. There were no rose petals in their tent tonight. Kellan’s skin was soft, but her hand was firm as it slid under Reese’s shirt and grasped her breast over her less than sexy sports bra. Their kiss grew even more heated after Reese moaned at the touch.

  Reese’s hands moved to Kellan’s hem and lifted her tank top to her shoulders before Kellan disconnected their lips so that Reese could remove it. Kellan lifted herself up, straddling Reese. She didn’t wait to begin rocking her hips into the woman beneath her. Reese’s hands were on Kellan’s hips, encouraging her to continue, while Kellan shoved at the fabric of their sleeping bags to push everything out of the way. Reese wanted everything out of the way, too. She’d gone without being with someone for too long. Kellan’s movements were creating perfect friction, but it wasn’t enough. Kellan, apparently, felt the same way because she reached for her own sports bra and pulled it over her head, tossing it into the side of the tent and causing it to shake slightly.

  Reese sat up and immediately found Kellan’s right nipple with her mouth. It was hard and ready for her. She sucked on it just as hard while one hand held Kellan’s waist in place as she continued to rock and her other hand twisted Kellan’s nipple lightly. A delighted gasp escaped Kellan’s mouth while both of her hands went to the back of Reese’s head, pushing the woman into her breast even further. Reese twisted harder as she bit lightly. Kellan gasped louder. Reese moved her lips to the other nipple and repeated her actions. Kellan’s hips hadn’t stopped, causing Reese to wonder if she was close to coming without Reese even touching her.

  Kellan reached behind her and tried to tug at Reese’s sports bra. Reese resisted the urge to laugh and reached for it herself, pulling it over her head and returning her attention to Kellan’s firm and perfect breasts. She’d watched them bounce while they’d played football. She’d felt them pressed against her. She never imagined they’d be this perfect and fit in her hands and, more importantly, her mouth this well.

  Kellan let her play for a few more moments before she slammed Reese to the ground. Reese laughed until Kellan covered her mouth with her own and their breasts pressed together for the first time. Kellan bit lightly at her lower lip before sliding her lips to Reese’s neck, which she worshipped for what felt like forever, before she moved them down to her collarbone. Kellan’s lips moved to her breast, but she hovered there for a moment. Reese’s eyes opened. She watched Kellan looking up at her, with Kellan’s lips a mere inch from her erect nipple. She lifted her body up to meet those lips. Kellan smiled around the nipple before she sucked it into her mouth.

  Kellan moaned as Reese moaned. Reese hoped one of Kellan’s hands would end up on her other breast because it craved the touch, but she was disappointed as Kellan’s hand made its way to her hip instead. The disappointment only lasted a moment because Kellan’s hand slid inside the sweatpants she’d donned earlier and covered her center over the boxer briefs she usually wore when camping.

  “Oh.” Kellan lifted up enough to say. Reese knew she was commenting on the wetness that had pooled between her legs. “For me?” Kellan asked.

  The expression on her face at the realization would have been adorable in any other moment but was now just sexy as hell.

  “Yes,” Reese answered.

  Kellan’s hand slid up to the waistband of Reese’s underwear and then back down inside them to feel her fully. Reese’s hips lifted on their own to welcome the touch. Kellan kept her hand still for a moment while she continued to meet Reese’s eyes with her own. A second later, she slid her fingers into the wetness, coated them, and thrust them inside her.

  Kellan’s fingers were inside her. She was thrusting her hips along with them. Reese was holding onto Kellan’s shoulders, sliding her hands down her back and resting them there. She pressed hard with her palms to encourage Kellan to go deeper. Kellan did. Reese’s hands slid inside her pants to feel Kellan’s ass. Kellan had decided to go without underwear tonight, apparently, and Reese was clenching her cheeks to get her to go faster.

  “Yeah?” Kellan huffed out before she latched her lips around Reese’s nipple.

  “Yes,” Reese encouraged.

  Kellan thrust harder and faster. Reese’s hips were moving in time with Kellan’s. Kellan’s mouth moved to Reese’s, and their kiss was sloppy and hard. Reese’s hand slid around Kellan and found her hard and wet. Kellan nearly growled as Reese squeezed her clit between two fingers before she started sliding them up and down over it. She wanted Kellan to come with her. But she was already so close, she wasn’t sure Kellan would be able to catch up. Then, the woman moved her lips to her neck before sucking Reese’s earlobe into her mouth. She let out several small sounds before she released Reese’s ear and her hips more twitched than rocked into Reese’s hand. The fingers inside Reese continued to thrust. Reese nearly gushed as she came.

  “Oh, my God,” Kellan whispered into Reese’s ear as she came on Reese’s hand.

  Reese’s fingers continued to slide around while they both rode out their orgasms. Kellan collapsed on top of her, leaving her fingers still inside Reese, with Reese’s hand still covering her wet center. Their breathing was fast and heavy. Neither of them said anything while they both attempted to come down.

  CHAPTER 23

  Kellan realized Reese was tight around her fingers and smiled. She wanted to keep them there forever. She wanted to always be inside this woman; to feel her skin warm and slick with sweat pressed against her own. She slid off Reese without removing her fingers and laid at her side. She stared down at Reese and watched her breathing begin to return to normal before she regretfully slid out of her, earning another of her now favorite gasps. Reese’s eyes opened and stared into Kellan’s.

  Kellan slid her fingers through Reese’s wetness and slowly dragged them around her clit. Reese was swollen and in need of release. Kellan’s gaze went to her own arm as she watched i
t slide up and down under Reese’s clothing. There was something so sexy about touching Reese like this without actually being able to see what she was doing. Reese’s arms went around Kellan’s neck, and she tried to pull her down, but Kellan resisted. She stared into Reese’s eyes until Reese understood.

  “Keep them open,” Kellan requested.

  Reese gave a small nod. Kellan placed Reese’s thigh between her own legs. She rocked into her while her fingers met the rhythm. She watched as Reese’s mouth opened and hung in that position while Kellan stroked her slowly.

  “Kell–” Reese tried, but didn’t follow it with anything.

  Kellan stoked her harder and faster while her hips met the pace. She could feel her own body begin to climb again, which surprised her because the orgasm she’d only just come down from had been one of the best she’d ever experienced. It had torn through her entire body in the most intense and wonderful way. Reese coming with her had only made it even stronger. Kellan wanted her to come again, and she didn’t want to wait any longer. She wanted to hear her. She wanted to feel her come against her hand. Reese’s eyes were still open, but Kellan could tell she was struggling to keep them that way as she grew closer to climax. Kellan watched as they closed for a few seconds and opened again wide. Reese’s hips twitched. Her hands tightened around Kellan’s neck.

  “You’re so gorgeous,” Kellan gasped out.

  “Yes! Kell, there!” Reese’s eyes closed.

  They opened again. Kellan dove into their depths as Reese came beneath her. The gray of Reese’s eyes darkened as she climaxed. Kellan was sure her own bright blues were a darker shade as well. Her own hips were still moving, but they’d slowed with Reese’s release. And while Kellan’s body wanted to come, it seemed less important now.

  “I love you,” she said to those eyes.

  “I love you too,” Reese replied and finally raised her head so their lips could meet.

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  Kellan’s body was pleasantly tingling down to the tips of her toes as she rolled onto her side. She couldn’t help the smile that appeared on her face. She knew it looked ridiculous to be smiling that widely after sex, but she couldn’t stop it.

  “That’s why you didn’t invite me in that morning when I dropped you off, isn’t it? You were worried I’d see those things,” Kellan asked.

  “Yes.” Reese laughed. “I didn’t exactly expect us to get trapped on an island and require an escort home the next morning.”

  “I thought about that the whole day.” Kellan laughed softly and rolled to face her. “I wondered what the hell I’d done wrong because we’d had such a good time – except for the near freezing part – and then you asked me to wait but didn’t invite me inside.”

  “I’m sorry. I didn’t know what to do. Then, Remy showed up.”

  “I have no idea why I just thought about that right now.”

  “Can I change the subject?” Reese asked.

  “Yes.” Kellan’s laughter died down.

  “No underwear? Really?” Reese snapped the waistband of Kellan’s sweats, causing Kellan to laugh again.

  “It’s actually a funny story. Wanna hear it?”

  “Of course.”

  “So, I forgot to put them on in the bathroom.”

  “That’s your funny story?” Reese laughed.

  “You’re laughing, aren’t you?” She wrapped an arm around Reese’s waist, pulling her closer. “We were in the bathroom. Things were weird. I put my sweats on and didn’t realize until we walked back that I’d forgotten a step.”

  “Oh, I’m not complaining.” Reese smirked.

  “No, but you are cold.” Kellan rubbed Reese’s back up and down.

  “Kellan, please don’t–”

  “I know what you’re going to say,” Kellan interrupted. “I’m not checking on you. This isn’t about that. I just noticed you’re cold, Reese, and I don’t want you to be cold. Plus, I’m cold.”

  Reese smiled at her as she drew her own body closer to Kellan’s and pressed their breasts together. She hugged Kellan tightly and smiled into the embrace. Kellan had surprised her completely in her reaction to the news of her condition, but also in how she’d known how Reese would respond with her cold comment. Reese didn’t want Kellan to be worried about her all the time. She also didn’t want another watchdog. She wanted a girlfriend. She wanted everything to be as it was prior to her revelation. Well, except for the sex part. She didn’t want to go back to a time where they hadn’t had sex.

  Kellan had said before that they wouldn’t share their first time on the ground in a tent. Reese had also expected it to be slow, paced, and romantic. She’d pictured Kellan asking if she was sure at least three times since they’d waited so long. She thought they’d spend an hour sharing kisses and touches everywhere but where it counted in a delightful yet lengthy round of foreplay. While that would have been amazing, and they would do that soon, she loved their first time together. It was hot, fast, and a little rougher than she’d expected; in the best way. She didn’t want to be treated like a paper doll because Kellan worried. She wanted Kellan to take her and claim her, and that was what Kellan had done.

  “I know a way we can warm up,” she suggested as her nipples hardened against Kellan’s at her thoughts. “And I want to see all of you this time.” She slid her hand under Kellan’s pants to start sliding them off.

  She kissed Kellan and rolled on top of her without disconnecting their lips. She wanted to taste her. She wanted her head between Kellan’s legs. She wanted Kellan’s thighs to grip her so tightly, she couldn’t move her head due to the intensity of the orgasm she provided her partner. Unfortunately, in a tent this small, there wasn’t room for her to do that properly, and she wanted to do it properly. She leaned up and separated their mouths while she slid off her own pants and underwear. She tossed them and hadn’t paid attention to where, until the light in the tent became almost non-existent.

  “Babe!” Kellan laughed.

  Reese’s underwear had covered the lantern. Reese leaned over Kellan and slid off the woman’s pants without a word. She tossed them aside, too, and knelt in front of Kellan. She could just make out Kellan’s form as light and shadow chose the perfect locations to accentuate her beauty. The little flickering of the lantern shone in Kellan’s bright blue eyes while the shadow under her neck only made her strong jawline appear even stronger, balancing with the beauty of her perfectly sized nose and beautiful lips. Her breasts were just large enough without being overly large. Reese had always preferred small breasts on women, and Kellan’s were perfect. Her nipples were rosy and erect. Reese wanted her lips there. First, though, her eyes had to take in all of her. They lowered to Kellan’s flat stomach, which she’d seen before, but never in the light like this.

  There was something new about this, despite Reese having seen, touched, and kissed that skin already. Her palms pressed into Kellan’s flesh just under her breasts. Kellan spread her legs on instinct, giving Reese more space as she knelt between them. Reese lowered one of her hands to use her fingertips to graze the light brown curls at the apex of Kellan’s thighs. Kellan’s hips jerked almost imperceptibly at the touch. Reese slid forward on her knees and leaned forward just enough to press her center to Kellan’s.

  She parted Kellan’s folds first and then parted her own before pressing further into Kellan’s flesh. She placed both hands on either side of Kellan’s shoulders and leaned into her as she rocked her hips forward. She felt Kellan’s wetness mingle with her own instantly, and her clit throbbed as it pressed to Kellan’s. Kellan’s arms went to Reese’s ass. She pushed Reese into her further as they worked a slow rhythm into a much faster one. Reese’s lips hovered just above Kellan’s, but neither made any effort to kiss the other. They merely exchanged the air back and forth as they let out hard and fast breaths matching their pace. Reese’s arms had always been strong, but due to her lack of consistent activity, they weren’t as strong as they had been. She could feel the slight tremor
s in her muscles as she continued to drive her center into Kellan’s.

  Both of them were incredibly wet, which normally she loved, but she was having difficulty holding herself up while continuing the rapid movement she knew both their bodies craved. Kellan’s hands moved from her ass to Reese’s hips. She lifted herself up, spread her legs just a little further, and used her hands to guide Reese’s hips into her while Reese lifted up off her arms and placed her hands on Kellan’s shoulders. She rocked into Kellan as Kellan held her in her straddling position. Reese felt the rippling muscles in Kellan’s upper arms as Kellan slowed their pace and took one of Reese’s nipples into her mouth. Reese gripped the back of Kellan’s head to encourage her more.

  Reese was close to coming, but her breathing had slowed with Kellan’s pace. She knew it wouldn’t take long. When her clit slid against Kellan’s with a little more pressure than before, she sensed her orgasm was about to overtake her. She squeezed the back of Kellan’s neck unintentionally. Kellan nipped at her flesh while her hands gripped Reese’s hips tighter and moved her faster. Reese had never been handled so roughly yet so gently and lovingly at the same time. In her past relationships and dalliances with women, she’d usually been the more dominant in bed, but Kellan was taking the lead. Reese decided she liked that just as her orgasm ripped through her.

  Kellan came moments later. Reese felt the sweat on Kellan’s back as she continued to help Reese move against her to ride out their shared climaxes. Reese leaned down and captured Kellan’s lips just as she determined Kellan’s orgasm had begun to fade. She pressed Kellan back to the ground and slid her fingers quickly inside her. Kellan gasped first before she moaned. Reese thrust hard as she used her free arm to hold herself up while her lips remained connected to Kellan’s. Kellan’s muscles clenched around Reese’s fingers, and she thrust harder and deeper.