by T J Vertigo
"Looking a little flushed there, kiddo." Jodie teased.
"Oh my god, the things she does to me. It should be illegal to get someone so hot." Brooke shook her head and flopped into the couch. "Where's La La?" She looked around curiously.
"He's locked in the bathroom. It was best for everyone involved if he was far away from the salmon." Jodie answered.
"The poor thing. " Brooke sympathized.
"Trust me, once he gets a good knead going, your in big trouble, and where there's salmon involved, it could get ugly."
Cayden's voice drifted through the house. "Stupid cat, I'm trying to get dressed!"
Brooke turned towards the voice and sighed, drinking down the rest of her beer.
"Wait until you see what she's wearing." Wade said with a smirk.
"Bring it on, I need new fantasy material." Brooke said with a wink.
Cayden's voice was heard again, less muffled than before. "You know, why is it that every time my legs are wet, La La wipes his fat ass on them? And what in god's name is in that litterbox?"
"They're pearls dear, they're chic." Wade said snootily.
Cayden popped her head into the room. "Brooke do you really give a rat's ass what the cat craps in?"
"Well, I always wanted to see what the pearls looked like."
Cayden rolled her eyes and disappeared again. "I'll be a second." Everyone waited patiently until the tall woman entered the living room.
"Dear Lord." Brooke's eyes bugged out. Cayden's hair was wet, her shorts short and her tank top testing the very limits of cotton.
Wade elbowed her and chuckled. Brooke's gaze followed Cayden as she went to sit down at the table.
"I'm starved, are you guys coming?" The brunette asked "I know its rude to start without you all but I'll give you 5 seconds."
The three friends ran to the kitchen and Brooke sat herself between Jodie and Cayden, across from Wade. She tried desperately not to stare at the shop keeper but was failing miserably. Cayden's just washed hair smelled delicious, and Brooke shivered imagining it tickling her skin. She glanced up at the stupid smiles on Wade and Jodie's face and cleared her throat. "Okay, all set, Cayden you can eat now."
"Good." The tall woman doused her salad with dressing, and smirked to herself. She could feel the tension rolling off of Brooke and felt very smug. Ha. So there. "Ranch?" she asked, holding up the dressing to Brooke.
Brooke nodded, and took it. "Thanks. Hey, cucumbers. My dad loves cucumbers." she said just to make conversation and bring her mind out of the gutter.
Cayden speared a cucumber with her fork and studied it. "Any relation to Pete?"
Jodie snickered and Wade spat out his salad. Brooke looked amused, but puzzled.
"Pete was Jodie's special friend. Cayden explained with a wink, then popped the fork in her mouth.
"Oooh." Brooke nodded. "I have a special fried too, but you won't find it in any salad plate. My parents would have strokes."
"Which one do you have? I have the jammer, I'm in love with it." Jodie asked excitedly.
"Really? I was looking at that one but I..."
Wade dropped his fork with a clang. "Must we?? he asked in horror.
"Oh, I forgot, Wade's got vaginaphobia. We'll continue this conversation later." Jodie said with a definitive nod.
Cayden was busy trying not to hyperventilate. Oh god, she has a vibrator, she uses it....
Jodie noticed Cayden's expression and chuckled to herself. "So Cayd, how's work?"
"Good." The shop keeper grunted, stuffing salad into her mouth.
"A very... colorful old woman was there when I got there. Ida I think her name was, Brooke mentioned.
"Oh! Ida Friedman! Ain't she a pip? I love her. Cayden is an angel of the highest order."
"I am not. I have evil thoughts." Cayden argued.
"Oh yeah? Like what?" Jodie dared. "Ow!" she yelled after Cayden kicked her under the table.
"She was really evil the other morning when she dreamed... OW!" Wade rubbed his shin.
The tall woman glared at her friends, her face turning red.
"She's being evil right now, look at that tank top." Wade continued. "There ain't nothing pure about that shirt."
Brooke took the opportunity to openly stare at Cayden's chest since everyone else was. "Oh yes... definitely impure... evil..." She muttered, trying not to throw herself face first into Cayden's cleavage.
"And you're one to talk honey," Wade smirked, pointing his fork at Brooke.
Brooke stuck out her chest and Jodie stood up and applauded. "You go girl! Nothing wrong with flaunting what ya got. Cayden, you better claim your woman before someone else steals her right out from under your nose."
Cayden panicked. They could do that? She looked at Brooke who was still showing off her boobs and her nostrils flared. Of course they could, she's not mine or anything... ooo... mine? she wondered tracing Brooke's body with her eyes. I don't want anyone but me touching her. Cayden's stomach clenched thinking about actually touching Brooke. Her gaze met Brooke's and Brooke's cocky little smile changed into a sultry stare.
"Well, there you go." Wade said of the way the two were staring at each other. "It looks like the claim has been staked."
Cayden broke the eye contact and calmly placed her fork down.
"I don't know really," Brooke said, "She really hasn't said or done anything to prove that to me."
"What do you want me to do?" Cayden asked seriously.
"Claim your woman. Kiss her or something... just claim her." Jodie urged.
"I already kissed you." Cayden told Brooke.
"No, you attacked her, this time, do it like you mean it. Make her want you." Wade pushed.
Brooke's eyes widened. Want her more than I already do? Is that even possible? Good grief! I'll explode!
"Here? At the dinner table? During salad?" Cayden asked nervously.
"We don't mind. "Wade spoke for Jodie. "Do you Brooke?"
"Not at all." The blonde breathed out, already able to feel Cayden's lips.
The tall woman licked her lips and bent her head, and Brooke tilted her head up. Their lips met tentatively, lightly as they were both very aware of their audience. Cayden froze at the contact, the only thing moving on her body was her lips which she adjusted just slightly to fit better with Brooke's. That little movement was all the incentive the blonde needed and she reached up and threaded her fingers through Cayden's hair, pulling her closer and strengthening the kiss. Cayden emitted a tiny whimper from the back of her throat, and slipped her tongue out, tracing Brooke's lips. The blonde groaned, opening her mouth to give Cayden permission to explore.
The shop keeper's blood was pounding in her ears. This kiss was so different in comparison to the others... she could feel it in her toes. Her scalp tingled as her tongue wandered over the different textures in Brooke's mouth. She didn't quite understand why this kiss was so different, so much more intense than the others, even though it was less desperate. It felt like something, it seemed to mean something.
Brooke's tongue met Cayden's and sparklers went off in the blonde's brain. She slid her tongue sensuously over and around Cayden's, gripping her head tighter, not ever wanting her to move. If this kiss was meant for claiming, the deed was done. She couldn't dream of anyone else invoking such an intense feeling of want in her. Her knees were shaking and she felt like she wanted to scream.
Cayden was startled as she felt someone lifting her arms and placing them around Brooke. She wanted to protest, but once she had Brooke in her grasp, she forgot what she was thinking. She flattened her hands on Brooke's back, and pulled her as close as the chairs would allow. The lack of body contact prompted a growl of frustration from her chest.
Brooke sighed into the long, sexy kiss, it was so satisfying. Cayden's large hands, were warm and comforting, yet strong and exciting at the same time. She leaned back into them, drawing another growl from the brunette.
"Wow," Wade said quietly, "Now, that is a kiss."
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Cayden, suddenly shy, withdrew, and after long moments, opened her eyes. They focused on Brooke's damp, parted lips, and her belly tightened so dramatically, her body jerked. No, I do not want anyone else touching those lips. A strange possessiveness washed over her and she leaned back in her chair. "How'd I do?" She asked her voice shaky and deep.
Brooke blinked rapidly, shook her head to clear it, and blew out a long breath. "God, Cayden."
Jodie smiled happily, her insides all warm and fuzzy. "I'd say you scored Cayd."
"Big time." Wade agreed, noting the flush that crept up Brooke's neck.
Cayden smiled and puffed up with pride. "Well, then, so I've claimed my woman?"
All eyes turned towards Brooke, who was still flustered from the sensual intensity of the kiss. "Yes." she nodded, then turned to Cayden and grinned. "But I may need some more convincing."
Cayden, a bit full of herself headed in for another kiss, but Brooke held her back.
"Later, or I swear to god, my head will explode." Brooke said, reaching up and tucking some stray hair behind Cayden's ear.
The surprise Cayden felt when Brooke pushed her away turned to cockiness and she smiled smugly. "Okay." she said, her heart beating hard at the implications. "I suppose we should finish eating then?"
Wade snickered and stood up. "Coming right up. Sheesh, you'd figure after something like that, you'd skip right to dessert!"
Brooke grinned "I have plans." she said with a wink.
Cayden's mouth watered and it wasn't from salmon and little roasted potatoes.
* * *
Dinner was a very tense affair for Cayden and Brooke, and neither of them knew each other's problem. They both dwelled on the sensations that the kiss invoked, and were thinking up scenarios in which they could do it again. All the while they kept up their end of the lively chatter, leaving Wade and Jodie to assume they both had gotten over the kiss incident.
Cayden's mind was stuck on replay, of the moment that her tongue entered Brooke's mouth. Cayden liked kissing enough, but for some reason, this kiss was so much more than a kiss, it was sex. Her tongue was enveloped in sweet softness and her mind clicked to something a lot more intense. She never associated a kiss with sex, sure, lots of kisses could lead to sex, but the kiss itself never felt so arousing. And that was another thing, after the first two kisses with Brooke, Cayden swore she could never be more turned on by a kiss, but this one was far more arousing, and in a different way. The last two, were hungry and hard, they made her hot, in a frantic sort of way, and she needed immediate release. This kiss was sensual and soft, and turned her on more than the others, and it was the sort of arousal she could stand forever. A sweet torture of hours of kisses, the build up more satisfying than the release.
Brooke was fixated on sensation. How soft Cayden's lips were and how hot her hands felt. She recalled over and over how her tongue felt against the velvety texture of Cayden's and the striking difference in the sharp strength of the tall woman's teeth. She shivered a few times, imagining those teeth nipping at the skin of her throat. Brooke wanted Cayden in a bad way. The kiss proved that Cayden was a lot more than she appeared to be. There was a gentleness hiding under that facade, and knowing she had that quality, among the others, excited Brooke in more ways. She fantasized, as she ate, of the many different ways in which Cayden would make love to her. Gently, rough, soft, hard, and she wondered how Cayden liked to be touched.
Wade started to collect the empty plates. "Who wants cappuccino?"
"If you're going to drag that machine out, I'll take one. Ooo, can I make it?" Jodie asked.
"No, it's my machine. " Wade denied her.
"Give it up Jo, he gets irrational if someone else froths his milk." Cayden joked.
"Do not!"
"I'll have one." Brooke said, getting up to help Wade clean.
"No, sit," he insisted," I got it." he turned to Cayden, "But I'll need you there woman to get the machine down from where you hid it."
Cayden stood up and rolled her eyes. "Well, if you didn't insist on making cappuccino at ungodly hours I wouldn't have put it up there."
"I was PMSing." Wade said with a pout.
"No, I was PMSing, and you just pissed me off." She replied, reaching up to take down the heavy machine.
"Oh yeah, work those delts baby." Jo remarked.
"Mmm." Brooke agreed.
"Aww, there's nothing special about my delts. You know, I'd look much better if I had a Bowflex." Cayden said, looking directly at Wade.
"I think you look fine." Wade commented, rinsing out the machine.
"I can look better and so can you."
"I look fine thank you." Wade said, flexing his biceps.
"What gives?" Jodie asked.
"The Bowflex is expensive and Wade won't go halves with me. He'd rather go to the gym and smell boy sweat."
"There's more to the gym than boy sweat." Wade said with an eyebrow waggle.
Cayden turned to Brooke. "have you seen the Bowflex?"
Brooke nodded, "Of course, who hasn't?"
"Its the only thing on 48 channels after midnight." Jodie added.
"I think it's a sexy machine, I can see the attraction." Brooke said.
Cayden stood by Brooke and smiled triumphantly. "Brooke, tell him the benefits!"
"Well..." Brooke stumbled. "Um, you know, if you put in the sweat equity at home, you'd have more time to socialize at the gym."
"Yeah!" Cayden said excitedly.
"Plus, you'd be able to stand around and look fabulous while everyone else sweats." Jodie added.
"Hmm." Wade furrowed his brows in thought. "You may have a point, I'll think about it."
Cayden's eyes lit up and she hugged Brooke spontaneously. Her breath caught when their bodies met and she breathed deeply, capturing the scent of Brooke. Her eyes closed and she blew out the breath, blowing warm moist air across Brooke's skin.
The blonde shuddered, her nipples tightened, and she swallowed hard. She pulled away and tried to calm down.
Cayden wanted more than just the hug and fought the urge to reach out and take what she wanted. This new feeling of dominance was strong, she never had the urge to take control like she did with Brooke. She was sure it had something to do with the whole stake your claim thing. Regardless, the feeling was new and she wasn't sure she could keep it at bay.
"If you'll excuse me." Brooke said, getting up.
"Don't let La La out!" Wade called after her.
"I'll be careful." Brooke closed the bathroom door behind her and ran the cold water. God, I am so incredibly turned on! She splashed the cold water on her face, and when that didn't cool her off, she filled up the sink and submerged her whole face. Gotta do something about this. I want more Cayden.
"Oh, Cayd, this is so perfect! Don't let her get away!" Jodie exclaimed the second the bathroom door closed.
"Yeah, play for keeps Cayd." Wade agreed. "I saw that kiss with my own eyes, it said something."
"I know." Cayden admitted. "It was wild... I want her so bad."
"Hell, I want her!" Wade exclaimed. "I'm frothing for you now Jodie."
"Oooo baby, froth for me... it makes me hot."
"Let's not talk about hot, I'm on fire here. Did you see her tits? Oh my god, they're reaching out to me, they're begging me to touch them." Cayden whined.
"I'm sure we can find a way to leave you two alone." Jodie said, with a wink.
The bathroom door opened. "Cayden, can you come here a minute? I need your help."
All eyes turned to the brunette and she raised her eyebrow. "What in the world could she need me to... " a smirk spread across her lips. "Coming." she yelled and got up quickly.
"Hey the bathroom, now there's a novel idea." Jodie joked.
"We won't wait up." Wade giggled, slapping her on the shoulder.
"Oh please, like we'll really do anything in the bathroom, how tacky can you get."
PART 24
C AYDEN WONDERED WHAT Brooke
really wanted by calling her to the bathroom. The door was closed and she could hear La La purring from where she stood. She tapped on the door tentatively. "Brooke?" The door opened enough for her to see one green eye, "You called for me?"
"Yeah," Brooke answered nervously.
Cayden let herself in, then closed the door behind her, mindful of La La. The small blonde was standing by the bathtub, next to the john. "So...."
"Um..." Brooke looked the tall woman over, then smiled. Cayden looked good, real good, and she had her all to herself. "I thought I could use a little more convincing." she said coyly.
Cayden's body twitched as all of her muscles felt the jolt of nervous excitement. "You could, huh?" she replied while trying to figure out how to get the three steps to Brooke without stepping on the cat or falling into the toilet. Her worries were over when Brooke moved to lean against the sink and crooked her finger.
"Kiss me, Cayden."
The tall woman advanced eagerly, and in one long step was as close to Brooke as she could be. Never before giving kissing so much thought, this awkward moment puzzled her, and she felt her palms start to sweat.
"What's wrong?" Brooke asked in a whisper, afraid Cayden was backing off.
"I think I'm nervous." Cayden said quietly, confused by her emotions.
Brooke placed her hands on the tall woman's hips and pulled their lower bodies together. "You weren't nervous before, in fact," she moved her hands up to grasp Cayden's ribs, "you knew exactly what you were doing."
Cayden's lips formed a lopsided grin. "I think quickly under pressure. This is quite planned." she said with a raised eyebrow. "As is this." she reached over and opened the door, letting the cat free, then locked it behind him. "So..."
"Do you not want to kiss me?" Brooke asked, tilting her head back invitingly.
"Hell yeah, but I feel like it counts, I don't want to screw it up."
"Trust me Cayden, you can't screw it up." Brooke assured, gripping the tall woman's ribs tighter.
Cayden closed her eyes and hoped for the best. She felt all the hairs stand up on the back of her neck when her lips touched Brooke's. In less than a second, their mouths opened simultaneously and each tongue darted out eagerly. Brooke whimpered as their tongues danced sensuously, and she pulled the shop keeper even closer.