“Your turn,” she said, nodding to Caroline’s shirt.
Caroline sat back on her knees, the rough material of her jeans scraping over the sensitive skin of Rhetta’s thighs, making her breath catch. But Rhetta couldn’t tear her eyes from Caroline’s, trapped in the most intense eye contact she had ever experienced. Only when the last button of Caroline’s shirt was undone did Rhetta look down. Caroline’s blue shirt lay open over her toned abs and black sports bra. She shrugged it carelessly off her shoulders and pulled her sports bra off over her head. Rhetta’s eyes went immediately to Caroline’s breasts, her tongue once more moistening her lips as she took in their fullness and the way they heaved with every breath.
Rhetta reached out to touch the smooth skin of Caroline’s abs, trailing up until her palm was filled with the soft, heavy flesh of Caroline’s breast. She gasped as a perfect pink nipple hardened against her palm and she barely had time to meet Caroline’s intense gaze before Caroline was on top of her, kissing her like she had never been kissed before. Caroline’s body was hot against hers, her skin so smooth and perfect that Rhetta almost couldn’t believe that she was real. But the way Caroline reacted to her, the way she moaned into Rhetta’s mouth as Rhetta squeezed her breast and rolled her thumb over her nipple, that was the realest thing that Rhetta had ever felt. Her whole body was aflame and when one of Caroline’s thighs slipped between her own, she cried out in pleasure. She couldn’t help but grind against it, her pleasure building so quickly that her vision blurred.
And then Caroline was gone. Rhetta’s vision cleared to see Caroline quickly ridding herself of her jeans, leaving on only her wonderfully tight boxers.
Rhetta forgot how to breathe as Caroline climbed back on top of her, kissing her sweetly before beginning her descent. Kisses trailed down Rhetta’s neck, a tongue flicking in the hollow of her collarbone before sliding lower to leave open mouthed kisses on the smooth skin between her breasts. One of Rhetta’s hands came up to tangle in Caroline’s hair, whilst the other clung to her finely muscled back. And then it happened. Caroline’s hot mouth closed over one of Rhetta’s nipples, sucking softly at first and then a little harder as her tongue teased and tormented. Rhetta cried out, her hips lifting up to find the relief she had felt against Caroline’s jeans, but Caroline hovered too high above her and she found nothing but air.
She mewled and squirmed whilst Caroline lavished attention first on one breast and then the other, before continuing down Rhetta’s body until she reached the waistband of her panties. They were lacy and black to match her bra. Rhetta had worn them specially, hoping that Caroline would get to see them.
Caroline tilted her head to meet Rhetta’s eyes before she leant down and kissed Rhetta above her panties and looked up once more for permission. Rhetta nodded gently and Caroline’s fingers slipped beneath the elastic. She pulled down Rhetta’s panties slow and gently, following them down her legs until they were free.
She held them up.
“Did you wear these for me?” she asked.
Rhetta nodded, unable to speak.
Caroline smiled, somehow seeming reassuring and devilish at the same time. “Can I keep them?”
Rhetta nodded again and Caroline smirked before bending down to pick up her jeans and pushing Rhetta’s panties into her pocket.
“Now,” she all but purred, dropping the jeans back down to the floor, “let’s see what they were hiding.”
She made her way back up the bed, stopping to take in the one part of Rhetta’s body that she had yet to see. She smiled and bent down to lick the smooth, wet, pink flesh. She moaned at the taste, before continuing up to let Rhetta taste it for herself. Rhetta whimpered into the kiss, her hips once more canting up, but this time finding purchase as Caroline’s hand slipped between her legs. Rhetta immediately cried out as Caroline stroked her slowly, two fingers sliding up down, never quite reaching where Rhetta needed them.
“Please,” Rhetta begged. “I need you so much, baby. Please!”
As the term of endearment slipped from Rhetta’s lips, Caroline whimpered and slid the tip of one finger just inside Rhetta’s entrance. Rhetta’s eyes screwed shut and she bit down on her lip.
“Are you okay? Do you need me to stop?” Caroline asked, guilt and fear clear in her voice.
“No!” Rhetta gasped out. “Please, baby, don’t stop.”
The sound of that endearment coming again from Rhetta’s tongue made Caroline’s heart swell and she leant down to kiss Rhetta’s swollen lips as she began a slow pace. She thrust gently in and out, feeling her finger slide deeper inside Rhetta’s tight entrance with each thrust as Rhetta opened up to her. It didn’t take long until she could thrust freely, keeping her pace steady and gentle as Rhetta got used to her and eventually started to meet her thrusts. Caroline kissed her lips and her cheeks before nudging her nose against Rhetta’s to get her to open her eyes. When she saw the darkness of desire in those beautiful brown eyes, Caroline held her gaze as she pressed a second finger inside. Rhetta cried out and her hips shot up, driving Caroline so deep that she cried out again, barely able to breathe.
“Shhhh,” Caroline soothed. “Let me do all the work. Just lie still for now, okay?”
Rhetta nodded, tears forming in her eyes from the almost unbearable pleasure.
When Caroline started to move her fingers in and out again, her thumb moved up to caress Rhetta’s clit. The pleasure that Rhetta felt immediately changed to something warmer and deeper. It spread out from where Caroline was touching her and as Caroline’s thrusts got deeper and faster, Rhetta felt herself begin to tremble. The pleasure built and built until suddenly she shattered, her whole body lighting up with a kind of pleasure that she hadn’t known existed as she clamped down tightly on Caroline’s fingers. She screamed, but no sound came out until Caroline pressed down on her clit and began to move her fingers again, despite the tight hold that Rhetta had on them. Then Rhetta really did scream. Her world went white and she screamed until there was no air left in her lungs and her throat was dryer than it had ever been.
Caroline kissed her cheeks as she came down, her fingers still moving gently in and out. After a minute or so, Rhetta’s eyes finally focused on her and Caroline smiled.
“You’re so beautiful when you come, babe. I’ve never seen anything more beautiful,” Caroline whispered reverently.
“I – I don’t think that I’ve ever come before,” Rhetta panted, unable to be shy when Caroline’s fingers were still buried deep inside her.
Caroline smiled beautifully and pressed a kiss to her nose. “Well I’m pretty sure that you just came twice, so you did pretty good for a first time.”
Rhetta bit her lip and grinned before leaning up to capture Caroline’s lips in a slow, affection-filled kiss.
“Thank you for giving that to me, Caro. Thank you for showing me how this is meant to feel,” Rhetta whispered against her lips.
“No.” Caroline shook her head. “Thank you for sharing that with that me. I have no idea what made me worthy of it, but I’m really glad that I got to give you your first orgasm. I’m honoured, R, I really am.”
Love radiated in Rhetta’s chest. “You make me feel so safe, Caro. Safe and protected and-”
The word ‘loved’ stuck in her throat, but Caroline smiled anyway and kissed her as she slowly drew her fingers out from Rhetta’s core.
A twinge of pleasure rippled through Rhetta’s body and suddenly she couldn’t wait a moment longer to be touching Caroline. The element of surprise let her flip Caroline onto her back and sit astride her hips before Caroline even knew what was happening.
“R, you don’t have to,” Caroline breathed out, her eyes darkening with desire. “I don’t expect you to-”
“You’re right,” Rhetta nodded, “I don’t have to. You aren’t pressuring me. But I want to. I want to make you come so much, Caro.”
That was all Caroline needed to hear. She dragged Rhetta down on top of her and guided Rhetta’s hand down,
beneath her boxers to where she was wet for her. Rhetta gasped when her fingers met hot wetness, surprised at how turned on the woman beneath her was. She wanted – no, needed – a closer look, so she kissed her way down Caroline’s body and peeled the boxers down Caroline’s legs. Then Caroline was right in front of her, wet and open and ready. Instinct took over and Rhetta leaned in to lick up the wetness she found there. Caroline’s hips canted up to meet her and Rhetta’s body flared to life at the thought of giving Caroline pleasure. Closing her eyes, she licked again, this time pressing hard with her tongue when it reached the hard bud of Caroline’s clit. Caroline cried out as Rhetta took her into her mouth, sucking and licking and moaning as did it. When Caroline began to tremble, both of her hands on her back of Rhetta’s head, Rhetta brought a finger to Caroline’s entrance and pushed it inside.
She moaned again at how tight and hot Caroline felt around her, marvelling at how quickly Caroline relaxed to accommodate her, stretching around her finger and then around two as Rhetta pushed in another alongside the first. She thrust in and out, moving between sucking greedily on Caroline’s clit, which pulsed and twitched in her mouth, to drinking up the fresh wetness that spilled from Caroline’s core with every thrust of her fingers. And then, with barely any warning, it happened. Caroline slammed down tight around her fingers and she cried out Rhetta’s name as she came.
Rhetta gently pulled out her fingers and reverently licked and kissed at the trembling flesh laid open for her. When Caroline finally stilled, Rhetta climbed up Caroline’s body, her arm and jaw aching from the pleasure that she had given to Caroline. But she didn’t care. She would take all the pain in the world to feel Caroline come in her mouth again, to feel her clamp around her fingers and cry out.
When Rhetta’s kisses found Caroline’s lips, she saw that Caroline’s eyes were wide and unfocused.
“Are you okay, baby?” Rhetta asked softly, her still wet hand rubbing Caroline’s belly soothingly.
“Fuck, R. You just made me see stars,” Caroline choked out, her lips dry and her voice hoarse.
Butterflies fluttered in Rhetta’s belly and she kissed Caroline’s cheek before reaching over to grab a bottle of water from the beside table. She unscrewed the cap and held it up to Caroline’s lips, letting her drink from it. When Caroline was done, Rhetta took a gulp before recapping it and throwing it down on the bed beside them. Then she sank down beside Caroline and laid her head on Caroline’s shoulder.
“I hope they were pretty,” she said after a moment, when she felt Caroline’s hand start to stroke up and down her back.
“What?”
“The stars. I hope they were pretty.”
Caroline chuckled. “Oh, they’ve got nothing on you, babe. Don’t you worry.”
* * *
“I still make you see stars? Even after all this time?” Rhetta asked shyly.
Caroline smiled warmly and nodded, before leaning up to dust a kiss over Rhetta’s lips.
“Even after all this time,” she promised.
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
She was watching from the side-lines when it happened, her eyes trained on her perfect, beautiful defence. Those four women who, more than anyone else, had made her proud to wear the crest and call herself their keeper. Four women who had played the truly beautiful football that had gotten them to this moment. And of those four, well, there was one who made her proudest of all. One who had been making her proud since that first game in their first camp when she had taken Caroline’s breath away and never given it back. Since she had made that game-winning PK and an entire nation had stood on their feet and screamed for her. Every time that she stepped onto that field it made Caroline proud, but never as proud as she was when Rhetta fell to her knees as a world champion.
It was chaos on the field. The first person she found was Denise and she was pretty sure that she hugged her hard enough to leave bruises. She looked for Rhetta in the whirlwind as soon as Denise let her go, but she was all the way on the other side of the field and suddenly Charlie was in her arms.
“We did it!” the forward screamed a little too loudly. “We actually did it!”
“I’m so proud of you Charlie!” Caroline screamed back. Because she was. Charlie had worked harder for this title than anyone would ever know. She had come back every day even when the whispers that she had lost her magic touch had become so loud that R couldn’t hear anything else.
“And I’m proud of you, Caro,” Charlie whispered, her arms wrapped tightly around Caroline’s neck. “I couldn’t have done this without you.” She pulled back and held Caroline at arm’s length. “None of us could.”
Caroline smiled and blushed then, and Charlie hugged her even tighter.
“Come on, champ. Let’s go do our lap of honour.”
* * *
One weekend. That was all they had before they were swept up in the biggest tournament of their lives. One weekend alone before they had to kiss each other goodnight in a hallway before sleeping alone. One weekend before their lives would be put on the back burner and their focus would be on nothing but the pitch and the next set of players standing in their way. One weekend that Rhetta would much rather be spending holed up in their apartment with a no interruptions and, preferably, very little clothing.
“Where are we going?” Rhetta groaned as her fiancée flicked on her blinker and turned onto yet another unfamiliar road that took them further and further from their apartment and that fantasy weekend.
Caroline just laughed and shook her head. “You do understand the concept of a surprise right, babe?”
Though Rhetta rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue, she didn’t have to wait long. A couple of minutes later, Caroline pulled into a long, winding, tree-lined drive that made Rhetta sit up straighter in her seat.
“We’re not!” she gasped, squeezing Caroline’s thigh with the hand she had resting there as they drove. “Oh my God, you didn’t!”
“I did.”
Rhetta’s mouth fell open as they rounded the corner and the old, grand hotel of many a childhood fantasy came into view. “Stop it.”
Caroline slammed on the brakes and Rhetta gave her ‘the look’. This was not the first time that this had happened.
“You’re hilarious,” Rhetta deadpanned, snatching back her hand and folding her arms over her chest.
Caroline smirked and put the car back into gear. “And don’t you forget it, babe.”
Rhetta soon forgot to pretend to be annoyed when the full vista of the hotel and its grounds opened up before her. She had wanted to stay here ever since she was a little girl. Her aunt had gotten married here and the six-year-old bridesmaid Rhetta had been awestruck by the place. Even twenty-something years later when she had first started dreaming about marrying Caroline, this was where she had dreamed of saying ‘I do’.
“We’re staying here?” she asked, her voice full of child-like wonder and disbelief.
“We sure are, Princess.” Caroline smiled. She loved making her happy. Nothing had ever brightened her soul as much as Rhetta’s smile and knowing that she was the one who had put it there made Caroline swell with pride.
“Oh Caro,” Rhetta sighed happily. “You didn’t need to do this.”
“No,” Caroline agreed as she pulled up in front of the grand entrance to the hotel reception. “But you know how much I love spoiling you. And a little time away with you somewhere romantic sounds pretty perfect to me too.”
When it looked like Rhetta might cry if she didn’t break the moment, Caroline jumped from the car and ran around to open Rhetta’s door for her. She bowed and held out her hand for Rhetta to take. “My Lady.”
Giggling, Rhetta took her hand and stepped right out of the car and into Caroline’s arms. She stepped up onto her tiptoes and gave Caroline a soft, loving kiss.
“I love you,” she said almost shyly.
“And I love you,” Caroline said back.
When she stepped back and turned to the hotel, s
he saw a man dressed in a deep purple uniform standing by the driver side, carefully avoiding watching them. She nodded to Rhetta, who turned around to see what had caught Caroline’s attention.
“Can we help you?” Rhetta asked.
“Miss Williams, would you like me to park your car and take your bags to your room?”
Rhetta’s mouth fell open. This was even better than she remembered.
“Sure, thanks,” Caroline said, handing the guy her car keys and pulling a twenty dollar bill from her back pocket.
Whilst Caroline checked in, Rhetta gazed wide-eyed around the expansive entrance hall. She was surrounded by the kind of timeless grandeur that reminded her of Germany. And even though it seemed smaller than it had when she had been a child, it was no less beautiful, only a little more real.
Whilst she gazed up, captivated at a painting so large that it reached from floor to ceiling, strong arms wrapped around her waist from behind and she was surrounded by the scent of Caroline’s cologne.
“Mmm… Hey baby,” Rhetta murmured, leaning back into Caroline’s embrace.
“Hey yourself,” Caroline purred. “I think it’s time that we get you up to our room, out of these clothes and-”
“Caroline!” Rhetta interrupted, a deep blush creeping up her cheeks. She tried to step out of Caroline’s arms, but her fiancée’s grip tightened.
“I was going to say that we need to get you out of these clothes and into your swimsuit so that we can spend the rest of the day relaxing in the spa, but if you don’t want-”
“The spa!” Rhetta squealed. “We’re going to the spa!”
Caroline smirked. “You didn’t really think that I would bring you all the way out here and not book us into the spa, did you?”
Rhetta blushed because, really, she didn’t. Even though she never took it for granted, Caroline never failed to spoil her. She had never been half the princess she was now before she and Caroline had met.
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