Sun Catcher

by Giselle Fox

  Lexi gripped her arms. Her eyes dropped to Cate's breasts. Cate felt her skin prickle against her damp shirt. Their hot breath mingled. The distance between their mouths was shrinking fast.

  "I have to do this," Lexi said.

  Cate looked into her eyes. "Please."

  Lexi gripped her body in her powerful arms and lifted her. In one swift motion, Cate was carried to the bed. They fell hard into it and against each other. Cate gazed up at her, at the dark-haired woman that had broken into her room. Lexi ripped her t-shirt over her head and threw it beside them on the floor.

  Cate swept her hands up her body, up the hardness of her ribs and the softness of her breasts. She was lean muscle and curves, feline, hungry, and dangerous. She was dark eyes and wet black hair, bronze skin, and full lips. Her lips came at Cate again and covered her mouth with a kiss that took no prisoners. Their bodies came together. Breasts, stomachs, and hips fell together like dominoes. Lexi pushed between her legs and drove against her center mercilessly.

  Cate threw her head back and tried her best to keep quiet. The contact was explosive and Lexi pushed on with her face buried in her neck, with her lips, teeth and growling breath surging at her ear. Cate was overcome by the power and the singular, tantalizing focus of each of her thrusts.

  Lexi's fingers coiled through hers. Her arms were pressed into the sheets beside her head. Lexi lifted her head and kissed her lips again. Their eyes locked together. Lexi slowed her movements, her lips formed a gentle smile.

  "Let me feel you," Cate whispered. Lexi was still wearing her shorts. As thin as they were, they withheld something Cate wanted.

  Lexi reached between them and dragged them over her hips with one hand. The momentary pause in contact was almost painful, but when it resumed, both women sighed.

  Lexi rested her weight on her elbows. Her eyes were dark and heavy with emotion. Her hips rocked slowly. Cate could feel the prickly contact and the warm slip of their tender flesh. Every exquisite sensation rolled together.

  "I've been imagining this," Lexi whispered.

  "Why didn't you do something about it?" Cate asked. She rested her hands on Lexi's bum and pulled her down.

  Lexi smiled again. She swirled her hips and flicked her tongue over Cate’s lips. "You're right. I should have fucked you in the tree house."

  "Yes, you should have," Cate moaned.

  "I wanted to."

  "We could have been a lot warmer," Cate said.

  "We could have been on fire," Lexi whispered.

  "I was completely turned-on."

  "I know."

  "You don't make any sense," Cate said.

  "I make a little bit of sense," Lexi whispered as she swirled her hips again.

  Cate knew she was being teased. Yes, she was at her mercy, and yes their bodies together felt hotter than a solar flare but Lexi's grin had the devil behind it. Lexi knew exactly what she was doing.

  "Who are you?" Cate asked.

  "I'm Lexi."

  "You know what I mean," she said seriously. "Why don't you make sense?"

  Lexi gazed down at her. "Maybe that's just how it has to be."

  "What is that supposed to…?" Cate stopped in mid-thought as Lexi sprung off her and curled her arms under her legs. She was dragged to the edge of the bed and spread open. Lexi thrust her face into her center and when she did, Cate could not hold back her cries.

  Lexi's hands slid up her prone body and gripped onto her breasts. Her nipples were crushed between Lexi’s fingers. But what was happening between her legs was far more consuming.

  Lexi thrust her tongue inside her depths, moaning with every movement. Cate felt the gentle grazing of teeth and knew she was at the edge of being devoured. She gripped onto Lexi’s black hair and pushed her down. Lexi's eyes blazed up her. The musculature of her shoulders and arms rippled like a serpent’s. Her tongue drove in, powerful, probing, relentless.

  Cate wasn't sure if she'd taken a breath since it all began. Suddenly her lungs gasped for air and when her breath released, her body began to shudder. "Fuck yes!" she cried.

  Lexi reached up her hand and clamped it over her mouth. Cate sucked her fingers in.

  Lexi raised her head. Her lips and face glistened. Her smile was wicked. "Shhh," she said. She released her hand slowly from Cate's mouth

  Cate gripped on to it and held it as if it would save her from waking the whole building.

  Lexi slid her eyes down her body. "You're so fucking beautiful," she rasped and plunged in again. This time, her hand went with her, teasing Cate’s warmth until it was slick. Then in a coordinated attack, Lexi’s mouth bore down and her fingers pushed inside.

  Cate arched backward, her arms pressed against the sheets. The lightning that shot through her turned around and came back for more. She pulled her legs back, her chin pointed to the ceiling, her mouth opened, gasping as the fan spun around and around. The blistering heat in her core shot through her body. The gates inside her opened and with her hand clawing at Lexi's shoulder, she climaxed.

  Lexi held on until she relaxed.

  Cate dragged her heavy hand through Lexi's soft hair. "Come up here."

  Lexi pulled herself up and enveloped her in her arms. "You came in my mouth," she whispered.

  Cate looked at her, unsure of whether that was okay. But Lexi's expression said it had been much more than okay. It was a triumph.

  Cate closed her eyes for a moment and let it all sink in. Now that she could breathe and think again, it all felt so deliciously soft. She grazed her fingers up Lexi's thigh and sighed happily.

  "I think I can figure out what happens next." She grazed her fingers higher and dipped in between Lexi's legs.

  Lexi inhaled sharply and grinned back at her. "There's no pressure," she whispered.

  Cate lifted herself onto her elbow. "Oh, I'm going to bet there's a lot of pressure, right about ... here." She pressed her middle finger down.

  Lexi's breath hitched. "Yeah, I’m a little sensitive."

  "A little?" Cate frowned. She knew better. She could practically feel Lexi’s blood racing below her fingers.

  "More than a little," Lexi said. Her voice quivered.

  Cate gazed down upon her. The devil was still there behind her eyes but it was much more subdued. Longing gazed back at her.

  "You're beautiful, Lexi," Cate whispered. "Thank you for breaking into my room."

  Lexi smiled back at her. “You’re welcome.”

  They stared into each other's eyes as Cate summoned her nerve. She looked down at their bodies, so feminine, so soft. The power between them, so strong and wild. The rain had stopped but gentle taps of water dripped from the rail onto the deck below. The world outside was wet. Their skin was wet too.

  Lexi looked up at her and placed her hand on her cheek. There was so much that could have been said, but none of it was necessary. Something had already shifted and something brought to life. It was there in the darkness of the room, beyond the borders of their vision, just waiting to be named.

  She bent her head and kissed Lexi gently. Lexi accepted her lips with a sweet moan. Something in the sound pulled at Cate’s chest and dragged her in deeper. She let herself fall into it with a gnawing hunger. She pulled back from the kiss and looked down into Lexi's dark eyes. The power she felt was exhilarating. Before she knew what she'd done, she was on top of her, pinning her down on the mattress. Her body ignited with arousal again.

  Lexi tipped her head back and closed her eyes. Cate looked down at where their bodies were mashed together, at the fusion of their cores. She lifted her hips and slipped her hand in between. The soft heat, the slippery silkiness of Lexi’s body overwhelmed her. She slid inside and watched Lexi’s face flush with pleasure.

  "You’re fucking incredible," Cate heard herself say.

  She felt every sensation through her fingers. Every texture, ridged and smooth, was electrifying. When Lexi’s legs curled around the backs of her thighs, it felt like a switch had been thrown. Suddenly
, the creaking bed, the open balcony door, Lexi’s soft cries, and the words that spilled from her own filthy mouth ceased to matter.

  She pushed and pulled Lexi toward the edge as nails dug into her back. Pain and pleasure drove her. Her body strained with exertion until she felt it happen - the cascade of internal muscles tightening toward a singular purpose. Lexi tipped her head back, her eyes opened wide. Cate bore down until the moment Lexi shuddered and her eyes squeezed tight. When the quaking stopped and the night was once again still, Cate kissed her cheeks and quenched her hot, dry lips.

  Lexi’s arms flopped on the bed beside her as she caught her breath.

  Cate tucked her face into Lexi’s neck and played gently with her breast. "I want to watch you do that again," she whispered.

  Lexi sighed. She wrapped her arms around her back and held on tight. Their breath slowed and fell into a soft rhythm. They looked out into the night and listened to the sounds of the sleeping town. Together they fell into a blissful place where they stayed until the sun rose over the hills.

  CHAPTER NINETEEN

  Cate stirred and felt the comforting weight of Lexi’s leg and arm curl tight across her body. She felt Lexi’s breath against her neck, could hear it blowing gently over her ear. Cate reached down and slid her hand up Lexi’s thigh and then under to where the skin was baby smooth. Lexi twitched a little. She was ticklish. Cate smiled to herself with the discovery.

  Lexi lifted her head and kissed Cate’s shoulder, kissed her jaw and the nape of her neck. The kisses warmed and lingered. Lexi’s leg curled tighter too. Her foot looped around and pulled Cate’s leg open. Her hand slid down beneath the thin cotton sheet and tucked between Cate’s legs.

  Cate sighed and shifted onto her back enough that she could turn her head. Lexi’s dark eyes were open, gazing into her with piercing intensity. Her dark hair flipped and curled around her face.

  “You’re still here,” Cate whispered. The slip and slide of Lexi’s hand had brought it all on again, that pulling sensation inside her chest, that need.

  “You want me to leave?” Lexi’s grin told Cate that she wasn’t serious. She had no plans of leaving at all.

  Cate gripped onto her arm. “I want you to stay right where you are,” she whispered.

  Lexi lifted her head and pressed her warm lips to Cate’s forehead and then she shifted until her body was on top. The sheet fell away from her shoulders. Her bronze body radiated heat. Cate could feel the pounding inside their chests as Lexi’s fingers slipped and circled. They both dropped their eyes and watched Lexi’s hand. She drew her middle finger up slowly along the soft ridges of Cate’s center and then slid back down. Lexi’s eyes moved back up Cate’s body, stopping for a moment at the nipple that was poised hard in the air between them. Lexi bent her head and pulled it between her soft red lips.

  “Mmm,” Cate moaned. “What have you done to me?”

  She closed her eyes. It was all so overwhelming and undeniable now that the sun was up and the shadows had been cast from her room. She didn’t have words for how naked she felt beneath Lexi’s gaze as she watched her defenses get swept away. Each deft stroke, each pull of her lips, every second that those dark eyes watched her seemed to peel back another layer until she was laid bare. She felt more rag doll than human, or like a marionette being made to dance. It was all at Lexi’s will. That unreadable expression, the burning behind the darkness of Lexi’s eyes, the fingers that triggered the logical sequences of her body. Cate felt like a simple machine, as if a button had been pressed and that her body was simply carrying out a function and she had no control. It might have been frightening if she didn’t feel so safe. Lexi had found her key. Perhaps Cate had handed it to her by opening the balcony door in the middle of the night.

  Cate’s arms were pressed into the pillow above her head. Her legs were pushed outward. She’d been opened and her body had eased the way. She knew she was wet already. She could feel it on her thighs and on Lexi’s fingers as they pushed their way in.

  Lexi was inside her now with her eyes and her fingers. She was inside that soft, deep place. Cate could feel it in her chest too. As Lexi’s body pressed down on her, breast to breast, she knew exactly how far she’d gone. Lexi’s lips moved to her neck. Cate felt teeth and the searing heat of her mouth. Lexi’s hand pushed and pulled in the same heaving rhythm as the breath against her ear.

  “Come for me,” Lexi whispered.

  As if a trigger had been pressed, Cate wrapped her legs around her, pulled her in tighter with her arms, fingers, and nails. She felt the muscles of Lexi’s back respond, heard her breath pull. It gave Cate power. Her hips found their rhythm and thrust back. She opened her eyes to the bright room, to the bed in the center of it all, to the woman making love to her, and fell into those dark eyes.

  Lexi pressed her mouth down and engulfed her cries. Cate’s voice burst through and echoed through the room.

  Lexi pulled her head back. Her smile made the room even more brilliant. Her laugh was free of care.

  “Don’t stop,” Cate gasped.

  “I’m not stopping.” Lexi’s smile beamed down on her. Their bodies slid together. Lexi did something, touched something with her fingers. She was reaching for it with every thrust, caressing it, driving against it.

  Cate felt her insides open and heat infuse her veins. “I’m coming,” she gasped.

  Lexi grinned down at her as she lifted herself and gripped onto her shoulder.

  Cate felt her climax begin to grip her. “Ohhhh fuuuck!!”

  Lexi thrust deep and then held fast. Cate’s body strained as the power surged through her. She was gripped and shaken until her breath returned and she relaxed.

  Lexi was above her still, rolling her hips gently, watching her with a smile. “Fucking beautiful.”

  Cate felt proud that she’d done well and that she hadn’t held anything back. She slid her hands up Lexi’s body and cupped her beautiful breasts. “I liked that.”

  “I could tell.”

  “You’re very good at this.”

  “You make it easy.” Lexi laid her body down again.

  “Do you think we were loud?” Cate asked suddenly aware of all the regular, every day sounds coming through the open door.

  “Um, yes,” Lexi grinned. “I would be very surprised if a lot of people didn’t hear that.”

  Cate covered her face and laughed. “Alice is going to freak.”

  “I don’t think she’s home.”

  Cate uncovered her face. “How do you know?”

  “I just have a feeling. I’m sure we would have heard something by now.”

  She was probably right. Alice wasn’t one to keep quiet if something pissed her off and Cate knew that having loud sex with Lexi in the next room would definitely be one of those things.

  “Maybe she’s with Ambrose,” Cate thought out loud. She clamped her hand over her own mouth. “Oops.”

  Lexi grinned and lay her head back against her pillow. “Oh, I already called that one, don’t worry.”

  “You knew?”

  Lexi looked at her and laughed. “Of course, I knew. I’m surprised everybody doesn’t.”

  Cate thought about the rest of the group. “They’re all oblivious. I didn’t even know until yesterday.”

  “Well, I see things from a different perspective.”

  “Which perspective is that?”

  “The sober, behind-the-bar perspective.”

  “Right, that makes sense. You probably have a lot of stories.”

  “I have a few,” she said.

  Cate thought about that a moment. “You see everything. Everyone in this town drinks there.”

  “Almost.”

  “Is that why you do it?”

  Lexi gave her a funny look. “What do you mean?”

  “Well, you seem to like hanging back and being the observer. Is that why you work at the bar?”

  Lexi kissed her shoulder. “For one thing, I don’t work at the bar. I’m just h
elping Yolanda out.”

  “You told me last night you liked seeing things the way they are. Is that a part of it?”

  “Maybe,” Lexi said as she shifted a little. She rolled onto her back. Her body was still damp with sweat but the air of the morning perked up her nipples anyway.

  Cate was distracted by them and by the whole stunning image of Lexi lying there beside her. Lexi turned her head slowly and nestled her cheek into the pillow. Her dark eyes were softer now, almost serene but for the simmering arousal just below their surface. Cate forgot what she’d been thinking about or where her line of questions had been leading. Instead, she raised herself up onto her elbow and pulled a nipple into her mouth.

  ***

  It was after eleven and there was still no sign of Alice.

  “She’ll be back soon,” Cate said. She didn’t feel like dealing with whatever Alice would have to say about letting Lexi into her bed but she didn’t want to get out of bed either. “Maybe we should just go up to your place.”

  Lexi looked down at her.

  “Are you hiding bodies up there or something?”

  Lexi laughed. “Why would you ask that?”

  “Because you’ve never invited me up and you seem, I don’t know … reluctant to for some reason.”

  “I’m not reluctant to invite you up. I was just thinking about what I had to offer you for breakfast.” Lexi bent to kiss her lips.

  “For real? You were planning to make me breakfast?” Cate asked trying hard not to sound too excited.

  “Yes, and I was also going to ask you to spend the day in bed with me. But we could always do something else if you’d prefer.”

  Cate wrapped her arm tighter around Lexi’s body and smiled happily. There was nothing she wanted to do more than to lie around all day with Lexi. “I’d love to spend the day in bed with you,” she said.

  Lexi shook her head. “I knew you were trouble,” she sighed.

  Cate chuckled into her shoulder. “But you came for me anyway.” She watched Lexi’s eyes shift up to the ceiling and stay there. She watched her brow furrow. “I bet I know what you’re thinking.”

  Lexi looked down at her again. “What?”