by Harper Bliss
Joanne quirks up her eyebrows. “Always the smart one.” She starts scanning the ground for her clothes. “And the night has only just begun.”
* * *
After we make it back to our room, smiling sheepishly at a few fellow guests we encounter along the way in our wrinkled clothes, we break out into spontaneous laughter. I look at Joanne’s dirtied face, her disheveled blouse, her panties half-peeking out of her blazer pocket, and I just giggle—although I’m still acutely aware of a pulse between my legs.
“Best get this dry-cleaned,” she says, while stepping out of her trousers again. The action is stripped of all eroticism in the half-light of our room. I’m not sure we can ever go back to the intensity we shared between those trees, but once again, Professor Ferguson displayed her genius when she took me outside to shove me against one.
“Do you want to shower first?” she asks, already half-naked. There’s nothing left of the woman who stepped out of the bathroom in a pair of silk pajamas last night. Last night feels as though it took place months ago.
“You go first.” I sink down on the bed, suddenly hit by a wave of fatigue. My speech. The day. What happened this morning. A slew of new emotions and experiences my brain is eager to process through sleep. And then there’s the heat between my legs which still seems to consume me. The words Joanne uttered when she came still echo in my ears. And, again, I can’t help myself. I wait until I hear the water of the shower beat down onto the tiles to slip my hand inside my unbuttoned pants. It’s a wet mess down there and I realize, once again, that Joanne has barely touched me. Is this what she has specialized in during her conference tours? Driving women crazy by not touching them? No wonder I was so infatuated with her in college. The hold she can so easily have over someone, just by looking at them.
My finger circles around my clit, but my wrist is too constrained by the waistband of my panties. I quickly get up and push them off me before positioning myself on the edge of the bed, legs spread wide.
“Ahum.” A noise by the bathroom door startles me. “Enough of that for one day, Gail.”
She tricked me again, letting the water run to fool me into thinking I was alone. I don’t care this time. I even revel in the blush that, inadvertently, creeps from my neck to my cheeks.
“Unfinished business,” I say, and bring my hands ostentatiously between my legs.
“Come on.” Joanne extends her hand. “Let me show you what I can do with a shower head.”
I swallow hard, her words not missing their effect. Automatically, I rise to my feet, astounded by the lust that keeps building in my gut. I let her coax the rest of my dirty clothes off me and guide me to the shower, which is steaming already.
Underneath the spray of water, Joanne grabs me by the back of the head and pulls me close for a kiss. Although she kissed me once before, this one feels like the first kiss we skipped. It goes on and on, as the water cascades onto our faces and shoulders, lubricating the expanse of our skin.
And if I feared we could never get back to the intense atmosphere we shared outside earlier, I was wrong, because I feel it in my blood again, and I see it in Joanne’s gaze when we break for air. Her hair is matted against her head, strands of it streaking her forehead, but beyond that screen of water, I see it clearly. I think I’ll invite her to Dartmouth sooner rather than later. There’s lots of greenery there. Loads of trees which she can shove me up against. And if she stays long enough, I may even acquaint her with the good sides of monogamy. But I’m getting ahead of myself, as she pushes my back against the wall of the shower, shoots me a longing glance, and kneels down before me.
THE END
About the author
Harper Bliss has travelled the world in search of sexual satisfaction. She now resides in a hot Asian country and dedicates her time to writing down the stories that have inspired and aroused her.
Harper is the author of the High Rise series, the French Kissing serial and several other lesbian erotic romance titles. She is the co-founder of Ladylit Publishing, an independent press focusing on lesbian erotica and romance.
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