by L. T. Marie
Coal widened her stance and framed her center. “What’s stopping you?”
As if Jay had been offered a priceless gift, she placed her mouth over Coal and took her between her lips. She sucked gently, pulling Coal deeper into her mouth, the warm water mixed with Coal’s unique taste was more satisfying than any liquid she’d ever encountered. Coal’s fingers tightened in Jay’s hair as incoherent sounds broke from her.
“You make me feel so much.”
Jay released her before running her tongue a little firmer along her length. “I want you to feel everything.”
“Then come up here and I will.”
Unsteadily, Jay moved to her feet and pressed her body against Coal’s. Leaning forward for a kiss, she reached between them and slid two fingers along each side of Coal’s clitoris. Coal’s hips pitched forward. The pressure from her own hand against her sex sent a wave of arousal coursing through Jay’s body. “You feel incredible.”
“I’ve dreamt of your hands on me.”
Coal covered Jay’s hand with her own, urging her deeper. Coal felt so damn good. Jay widened her stance, placing one leg between Coal’s while using the other to brace against the wall. As Coal’s thrusts became more urgent, the motion was causing her solid thigh to rub along Jay’s clit. Jay gritted her teeth. She was seconds from exploding.
“I can feel how close you are,” Coal said.
“Funny, I can feel the same thing.” Jay squeezed Coal’s clit a bit harder and her eyes fluttered closed. “I want to see you come.”
“Then take me to bed and cover my body with yours. And I will.”
Jay shut off the hot spray, wasting no time drying their bodies off with a towel before they moved into the bedroom. She laid Coal beneath her on the cool sheets, covering half of Coal’s body with her own. She traced one of Coal’s breasts with her fingertip, marveling at the way the nipple pebbled against her skin. Too impatient to wait to experience the sensation against her tongue, she leaned forward and took the firm tip between her teeth.
“I’d wanted you to take your time,” Coal said. She moaned as Jay pulled her nipple firmly between her lips. “But you got me so pumped I don’t know how much longer I can last.”
“That sounds like a challenge I can rise to. Let’s find out.”
Jay lowered her lips to Coal’s and taunted her with a kiss, slowly darting her tongue in and out from between her lips, daring Coal to chase it. She dipped one finger into the heat between Coal’s legs, matching the rhythm she’d set with her tongue. Coal growled in frustration.
“Enough teasing. I want to come.”
“Soon, baby. I want to explore more of you first.”
“Fine, but just so you know, payback’s a bitch.”
Jay smiled against Coal’s lips and trailed kisses down her neck. When she reached her breasts, she stopped to take a velvety tip between her teeth.
“More,” Coal said. She placed her hand over Jay’s urging her deeper. “See what you do to me.”
Jay pushed up onto her free hand and hovered above Coal. “I’ve wanted to touch you for so long.”
“Same here.” Coal rubbed her hands down Jay’s chest and across her abdomen. The muscles in Jay’s stomach flexed and her clit twitched with warning shocks.
“Careful.”
“You’re so sensitive there. I love watching your abs twitch when I touch you. And you feel amazing. Do you like it when I touch you there?”
“Yes.” She shivered as Coal ran her hands down her spine and stopped to palm her ass. “Makes me want to come.”
“If I have to wait, lover, so do you.”
Coal raked her nails along Jay’s sides and stopped to toy with one of her nipples. She rolled it between her fingertips, receiving grunts of encouragement from Jay. Jay’s mind and body were at war. Too many sensations were assaulting her all at once. Her hips pumped in time with each thrust between Coal’s legs. The more her desire flared, the more difficult it became to hold back. Not helping were Coal’s quiet moans. Urging her on. Urging her deeper.
“Look at me, baby,” Coal said. She pushed a few sweat-soaked strands of hair out of Jay’s eyes.
Jay gazed down the lengths of their bodies, reveling in the slickness of her skin gliding along Coal’s. She’d had sex with a lot of women, but no one had ever stoked the fire within her until she was so hot she’d thought the core of her would melt. She’d also never wanted to please a woman so much. And with every graze of Coal’s fingertips over her heated flesh, her restraint was vanishing like smoke in the wind. “I need to taste you.”
“Then put your mouth on me, baby.”
Jay pushed up with both arms and slid between Coal’s legs. She parted Coal with her hands, and pulled back the hood, running her tongue along the length of her.
“Enough. I can’t take it. Make me come, lover.”
Closing her eyes, Jay felt Coal’s words deep in her own belly. Her clit twitched with warning spasms, and she crossed her legs, trying to combat the building pressure. She sucked Coal’s clitoris between her lips and entered her with her fingers. Coal anchored her hands to the sheets as she lifted her hips, engulfing Jay’s fingers in a tight, warm embrace.
“Almost…there.”
Jay positioned her hands underneath Coal’s hips and pulled her more firmly to her. Alternating between quick flicks and long strokes of her tongue, she felt Coal swell against her tongue and grow incredibly hard.
Coal’s thighs tensed. Jay’s tongue moved faster. Firm, long strokes against her vibrating slick skin. As Coal cried out, and ripples coursed deep within her body, Jay entered her again, sensing a more powerful storm brewing.
Pumping harder, faster, deeper, she climbed up Coal’s body. The sight of her fingers disappearing between Coal’s legs sent tendrils of electricity racing along her spine and caused the blood to race rapidly beneath her skin. She wanted to give Coal every part of her. Wanted Coal to experience how the sight of Jay claiming her fueled her own desire.
“Straddle my thigh, baby,” Coal said. “And come with me.”
Jay let out a part moan, part sob as she placed one of her legs over Coal’s. Coal reached between them, grasping Jay’s sex between her fingers. Her hips bucked frantically. Her blood turned to liquid fire. Her body rose until it crested on the brink of shattering. And then with one final stroke, she tumbled.
*
Coal held Jay while she slept, reveling in the sensation of their naked bodies pressed together. Jay’s lovemaking was as she had expected, passionate and fierce. Jay was a skilled lover. Something she’d never considered of herself. The longer she stared at Jay the more some of her old insecurities crept in until she’d immersed herself in a tidal wave of self-doubt.
Could she be enough for Jay? She’d never been enough for anyone before, not Taylor, her family, or anyone who hadn’t agreed with her more liberal ideals. Not being able to measure up in her world had forced her to be cautious. Made her wary of other’s motives. Jay had never done anything to garner skepticism, but after seeing Jay with someone like Shiloh, she still wasn’t sure she’d ever be able to measure up. Sure, Jay had said they were nothing more than friends. But the Shilohs of the world were the ones she’d have to compete with. She glanced down at their intertwined limbs and compared her body to Jay’s. Her legs weren’t as long. Her pink-tipped nipples, so very different from Jay’s chocolate ones, weren’t as firm as when she’d been in her early twenties. Jay was strong and lean, where she was stocky and short. The differences were endless. But Jay had said she was special, beautiful. Why couldn’t she see that herself?
When she’d been with Taylor, it had always been about Taylor’s needs. Nothing much had changed with some of her one-night stands. The sex was hot and she could usually reach orgasm but at no time had she ever been tempted to forge an emotional connection with anyone since Taylor. But with Jay, she was already bound to her in more than body. She’d had a shattering, bone-melting orgasm, but still she hungered for
more. More of Jay’s body cresting. More of Jay’s skin gliding across her own. When Jay stirred beneath her, she straddled Jay’s stomach again, painting Jay’s abs with her wetness.
“Christ!” Jay groaned. “You’re so wet. Let me touch you.”
“Not so fast, lover.” She ran her tongue along Jay’s bottom lip. “I want to taste you.”
“If that’s what you want.”
“Of course it’s what I want, sweetheart.” Coal stared deeply into Jay’s eyes knowing that as long as they had that connection, neither one of them would be able to hide from the other. Jay’s evident withdrawal brought her up short. Had she been right? Had she not been enough to satisfy her?
“Hey, look, I’m sorry,” Jay said. She held Coal in place as she tried to move away. “Guess I’m feeling a little insecure.”
Coal moved to recline along Jay’s length and rested her head on her shoulder. A moment ago, she’d been the one feeling insecure and wondered what could have possibly happened in Jay’s past to cause the worry lines forming between her brows. “Want to talk about it?”
“It’s nothing. Probably all in my head.”
“Honey, you’re being vague, and I’m still a little fuzzy ever since you nearly sexed me into a coma. Now spit out what’s going on in that crazy brain of yours.” Coal massaged Jay’s abdomen in tight, small circles, causing the already rigid abdomen to stiffen even further.
“I want to tell you, but….I can’t…think when you do that.”
“Do what, baby, this?” Coal raked her nails down Jay’s side.
“Yes,” Jay hissed.
“How about this?” Coal cupped Jay’s sex and squeezed.
“Even better.”
“Tell me what you want.”
“Your mouth on me. I want to look into those gorgeous eyes when I come.”
Forgetting all about both their uncertainties, she slid between Jay’s legs and took her into her mouth. She pressed her palm against Jay’s abdomen feeling her belly vibrate under her touch.
“That makes me want to come.”
“You’re so hard.” She ran her tongue along the length of her. “Is this what you need?”
“I need you.” Jay propped her body up onto one elbow and placed her hand on the back of Coal’s head. “Suck me. And I’ll come.”
With a groan, Coal took Jay into her mouth. She rolled her clitoris between her lips. Alternated between sucking and tugging until Jay grew incredibly hard. When Jay begged, Coal could feel her own body begin to stir. As she coated her lips with Jay’s essence, she could feel the moisture pool between her own thighs. When Jay’s orgasm consumed her, drove through her, and ultimately undid her, Coal gave in to her own body’s demands until they both collapsed haphazardly onto the bed.
“You’re incredible,” Jay said breathlessly.
Coal slowly crawled up Jay’s body leaving a trail of kisses along the way. “I could say the same thing about you. It’s a good thing I train horses. I don’t think I know of any bucking broncos that are as strong as you are when you come.”
Jay tried to hide her humiliation by grabbing a pillow and placing it over her face. “So much for my sexiness card.”
Coal yanked the pillow away from Jay’s face and kissed her hard. “After that performance, you just earned the lifetime membership card. But as long as you understand, I’m the only one who can redeem it for you.”
“I like you jealous.”
“You’re in luck then. Now, are you going to tell me what was bothering you earlier, or do I make you suffer?” Coal ran her hand down Jay’s abdomen once more and dipped one finger between the damp curls at the base of her belly. Jay gasped and her eyes fluttered closed.
“If this is suffering, I’ll gladly take whatever punishment you want to dish out.”
Coal rolled her thumb over Jay’s still sensitive clit, and Jay trembled once more. “Okay, okay. I surrender!” Jay’s head thrashed from side to side and her thighs shook. She placed her hand over Coal’s pleading for her to stop.
“Tell me.”
“Damn, you’re persistent!”
“Duh! I’ve worked with horses my whole life. Now stop dodging my question.”
“But I want to touch you.”
Coal moved to her knees and ran a hand over her own breasts, stopping when she reached the apex of her thighs. Jay’s eyes glittered madly as Coal dipped her fingers between her legs and slowly stroked in and out. “Talk. To. Me.”
“I want to do that,” Jay said. She licked her lips.
“I want you to do it.” Coal dipped deeper. “But not until you tell me what’s going on with you.”
“You’re evil.”
“You love it.” Coal groaned as her body responded to her own touch and Jay’s scorching expression. “Now talk before I make myself come.”
“After we made love, I felt you pull away from me when I was lying in your arms. I already explained, I’m scared you’re going to regret this. Now that I’ve touched you, tasted you, have parts of you embedded under my skin, I don’t know what I’d do if I lost you.”
“Oh, sweetheart.” Coal removed her hand and reached for one of Jay’s. Guiding Jay’s fingers between her legs, she wanted to convey with her body and soul that every touch was real. “Truthfully, while you were asleep, I was starting to feel a little self-conscious too. My fear is that I won’t be enough for you.”
“You are more than I can ever imagine.” Jay curved her fingers upward and circled her thumb over Coal’s clit. “I want you and only you. Please believe me.”
“And you’re dangerous when you talk like that.” Coal rotated her hips, feeling something twist pleasurably inside. “I want you too, and I promise I won’t regret this. Ever.”
After recovering from another earth-shattering orgasm, Coal felt content to let Jay hold her until Coal’s rumbling stomach had other ideas.
“You got a tiger in there,” Jay said. She bent to kiss Coal’s belly.
“No, I have a tiger right here.” Coal pulled Jay on top of her and Jay settled between her parted legs. “But she’s going to have to wait to get fed again. I, on the other hand, need food immediately. If you forgot, we skipped lunch earlier because someone was in a hurry to get me into bed.”
“You complaining?”
“Never! But you need to get dressed, sexy, and feed me before I become evil.”
“Oh no! Not again. I almost didn’t survive the last time.”
“And it only gets worse. So get moving, lover.”
Jay leaned over the side of the bed and picked her pants up off the floor. She stood to pull them on, stopping with them halfway zipped to gawk at Coal’s nude body. Seeing the look of pure lust on Jay’s face forced Coal to her knees. She wrapped her arms around Jay’s middle, pulling her close.
“Food first,” Coal said then sucked one of Jay’s nipples into her mouth, releasing it with a pop. “Then you can have me for dessert later.”
“And you called me dangerous.” Jay broke their contact and moved out of Coal’s reach. “If you want me to cook for you, I think I’m going to need to invoke your no touching rule.”
“You cook?” Coal asked, pleasantly surprised.
Jay grinned and leaned forward just enough to steal a kiss. “Baby, I’m Italian. Of course I cook.”
“My, my, Miss DiAngelo. You are full of surprises.”
“Ms. Davis, you haven’t seen anything yet.”
Chapter Sixteen
The morning was bright and cheery, matching Coal’s mood. After leaving Jay’s yesterday, she’d thought of not much else except for the next time she could see her again. Getting out of Jay’s bed and returning home had been a true test of her mental strength. What she wouldn’t give for the opportunity to lie in Jay’s arms forever and forget the rest of her responsibilities. But as she stood outside her father’s office door, she was reminded that life would never be that simple.
The door was slightly ajar, and she raised her fist to kn
ock but stopped short when she heard another voice inside. She peeked through the small crack and noticed Judge Parker sitting in the chair across from her father’s desk. From the sounds of their raised voices and her father’s no-nonsense tone, whatever they were discussing was serious.
“Justin, how the hell can you say that?” her father asked. “You know if this law is deemed constitutional, this state will be made a mockery for the rest of the country. God didn’t intend for two men or two women to wed. It’s our duty as judges to protect the law and vote that the gay marriage ban stands. If we don’t, the term marriage will lose its true meaning.
“That’s a bunch of shit, and you know it.” Judge Parker reached into his briefcase and threw a sheet of paper onto her father’s desk. “Look at these stats. The state of Massachusetts already allows gay people to wed, and there’s no proof that they’re struggling with problems of morality. Honestly, I never understood what everyone’s problem is with this issue. It’s not like gay people are manning booths looking for enrollment. Think about that, Tom…Massafuckinchusetttts! This is California, for Christ’s sakes. If any state should allow gay marriage to pave the way for other states, it should be ours.”
Coal remained stone still, afraid to exhale as her father stood and began to pace in front of the large office window. Her dad placed a cigar in his mouth, chewing on the end of it as he appeared to be contemplating what to say to his liberal friend. “Justin, the people of this state want to set forth an amendment to our constitution that marriage is between one man and one woman. Not two women—not two men—not two Goddamn animals! How can we vote on something that the people of this state clearly do not want?”