“Sure.”
Payton pulled open the sliding door and took a seat. Jackie stood at the balcony wall for a second. It was a quiet night with just the sound of the waves rolling in to the shore in the distance.
“Oh,” Jackie said as she turned. “Before I forget.” She took a piece of paper out of her back pocket and handed it to Payton. “Oliver and Alvaro left for Portugal this morning, but they wanted me to give you that. For the wedding.”
Payton unfolded the paper, somehow surprised that it was a check. She’d agreed to do it without even thinking about compensation. “Wow. That is generous.”
“It’s what they were going to pay their original photographer.”
“It’s too much. I’m just an amateur.”
“Have you looked at the photos?” Jackie asked, pulling out the chair beside her.
“Yeah. They’re good. I’m happy with them. Really happy, if I’m honest. I know a lot of it is just relief. That I have actual photos to give them, but they are pretty good.”
“You’re a woman of many talents,” Jackie said with a warm smile. “Another career choice?”
“Yeah,” Payton said with a laugh. “It was a lot of fun, and I actually love the editing process just as much as taking the photos, maybe even more, and I haven’t even gotten into that really. I just touched up a handful of photos this afternoon. I’ll tackle the rest tomorrow... So, where did they go on their honeymoon?”
“Some seaside town in the Algarve. I can’t remember the name of it. They rented a villa for a week.” Jackie took a drink of water. “So, could you see yourself doing this? Being a wedding photographer?”
“Yeah. I really think I could. I’d love to do anything with photography, really, but yesterday was great. I’d love to do that every weekend. A friend of mine from college is actually a wedding planner, or so Facebook tells me. I haven’t talked to her in a few years, but I might reach out to her. Get some tips and maybe meet other people in the industry.”
“She’s based in New York?”
Payton nodded. “Yes.” She took a drink. “It’s hard to believe it’s snowing there right now. First real storm of the season. I think they’re getting almost a foot in the city.”
“Is Christmas in New York really as magical as they make it out to be in the movies?”
Payton smiled, thinking back to when her father brought her down to Rockefeller Center to ice skate every year when she was a kid. “Yes. It was when I was younger, but there really is nothing like walking through the streets of New York in the snow, especially at Christmastime, with the lights and the store fronts. It’s lovely, romantic, something out of a fairy tale, really.”
“Someday, I’ll go,” Jackie said, her lips sliding into a smile.
“You’ve never been?”
“No. Not yet. The only traveling I’ve done has been in England and Spain.” Jackie crossed one jean clad leg over the other. “New York is very high up on my to do list... So, you’re probably going to settle there?”
Payton sighed. “I don’t know. I can do wedding photography anywhere, but maybe I’ll get started there.”
Jackie simply nodded.
“That’s what I wanted to say,” Payton started. “Tonight, I mean. I wanted to talk to you about what happened at the wedding, and maybe apologize if I need to. I hadn’t planned on kissing you.”
“You don’t need to apologize.”
“Okay, well, I guess, I just want to say that... I like you, Jackie. A lot, and I know that we don’t really know each other, but I feel like there’s something here,” she said motioning between them. “But I also have no idea what I’m doing right now. I could be back in New York next month or I could decide to move here, permanently. I just don’t know yet.”
“Look, Payton, I get that. I don’t want to try and pin you down to making some sort of a decision if you’re not ready to.”
“The question is really... What do you want?” Payton asked, turning to face her fully. “I know that I’m attracted to you, that I like being around you... That kiss last night? It was pretty intense. But I’d completely understand if you didn’t want to start anything. If all of this uncertainty makes this impossible, and maybe... Maybe I’ve totally misread this, and it was just a kiss. A once off.”
“I’m attracted to you, too,” Jackie said with a smile. “I thought it might have been obvious, but I’ll just put that out there. And historically,” she said with a sigh, “The idea of starting something casual would have been out of the question. But now...” Jackie slid her hands over her jeans as she smiled. “I don’t know. It doesn’t seem that crazy. I’ve always played by the rules. Maybe it’s time I do something, I don’t know, spontaneous.”
“Like what?” Payton asked, her heartbeat steadily increasing as she processed Jackie’s words. She knew what Jackie had meant though. She licked her lips as Jackie’s eyes flickered down to them.
Payton met her halfway, her hand on Jackie’s neck as their lips met. She blindly put her wine glass on the table, and Jackie reached for her now empty hand, guiding her onto her lap as she searched out her lips, deepening the kiss.
Payton straddled Jackie’s thighs, smiling into the kiss as she draped one arm over her shoulder, the other sliding into her silky-smooth hair. A low moan escaped her lips when Jackie’s tongue met hers.
Payton hadn’t allowed herself to even think about this happening. She’d been preparing herself for a firm ‘no’ from Jackie, but she wasn’t going to question it. Not right now, anyway. This was new territory for her, too. She’d never been interested in one night stands, but that wasn’t exactly what was going here.
Payton genuinely cared about Jackie. She just didn’t know what her life was going to look like a month or two from now. If she’d met Jackie in New York, she wouldn’t have hesitated to get involved with her. This was a unique situation though.
Payton broke the kiss, and Jackie looked up at her, tilting her head back slightly, her hands on Payton’s waist.
“You okay?” Jackie whispered.
“Yeah.” Payton tousled her hair, leaning back to give them some space, although she was still sitting in Jackie’s lap. “I wish I could give you a more concrete answer, about what I’m doing...”
“We’ll worry about it when the time comes. Let’s just focus on right now.” Jackie’s eyes met hers, and Payton could see her own desire reflected in them.
“So, you’re okay with this? With not knowing?”
“Yes.” Jackie placed a few light kisses along Payton’s collarbone, trailing them up her neck.
Payton cupped her cheek, bringing their lips back together. She didn’t hold back this time, their tongues meeting again, dueling with one another, and Payton let herself get lost in the moment. Lost in the feeling of Jackie’s hands slipping underneath her top, her nails lightly raking across her back as they continued to kiss.
Payton could already feel the dampness pooling between her legs. She didn’t think she’d ever been turned on so quickly, so easily, but the way Jackie kissed her... Payton didn’t think she could last much longer out here. She needed to get Jackie out of those clothes and into her bed. She needed to touch her, to taste her.
Jackie’s hands dropped to her ass, sending a pulse of desire through her, and Payton resisted the urge to rock her hips. She’d come in seconds if she did that, and that’s not how she wanted their first time to be.
Payton pushed herself off her, earning her a questioning look from Jackie, but Payton was quick to reassure her. “We should move this inside,” Payton said as she stood up, holding her hand out for Jackie who just nodded.
Payton led her by the hand back inside.
Jackie closed Payton’s bedroom door behind her. This could be a huge mistake, but she couldn’t think about that right now. Her heart was pounding in her chest, her lips still tingling, but she didn’t have much time to replay what had just happened out on the balcony, because Payton was backing her up against the d
oor, her thigh slipping in between Jackie’s legs as she leaned in to find her lips.
Jackie moaned in to the kiss, a warmth spreading across her body as Payton pressed against her. She couldn’t get enough of Payton, her hand on her hip, the other on her ass, bringing them even closer together as their lips met again and again. Payton’s hands were all over her, moving underneath her shirt, setting Jackie’s skin on fire.
Payton’s jean clad thigh grazed Jackie’s center, sending a jolt of desire through her. She couldn’t stay standing much longer. She was coming undone at an alarming pace.
“Payton,” she breathed as she broke the kiss. Jackie didn’t need to say anything. Payton knew, kissing her once more before finding Jackie’s hand and leading her over to the bed and gently pushing her on to it. Payton lifted her navy top over her head, revealing a black bra, as she climbed on to the bed, dipping her head to find Jackie’s lips again.
Jackie didn’t think she’d ever get enough of Payton. Kissing her was so intoxicating. She had Jackie’s entire body humming, teetering towards the edge, and Payton had barely touched her.
Jackie raked her fingers across Payton’s back as she parted her lips, kissing Payton hungrily, their tongues dancing. Her hips automatically left the mattress, eager to get that pressure back, but Payton was gone again.
Payton was kneeling on the bed, unbuttoning Jackie’s jeans, lowering the zipper. She tugged them down Jackie’s legs, tossing them over the edge of the bed before resuming her position on top of her.
“I have a feeling,” Payton whispered between kisses, her hand running up Jackie’s thigh, over her panties, and under her shirt to cup her breast through her bra, “That if I were to...” Payton’s voice trailed off as her fingers traced a line down her stomach and slipped underneath Jackie’s panties, her hand cupping her sex before she glided her fingers along her slit. Payton groaned, her breath hot on Jackie’s neck. “You’re so wet.”
Jackie’s answer was to reach up, her hand on Payton’s cheek, bringing their lips back together while Payton circled her clit with slow and deliberate movements. Jackie kissed Payton’s neck, her tongue flickering over her soft skin as she unclasped Payton’s bra, pushing the straps away from her shoulders, and Jackie’s breath caught as Payton’s breasts spilled out, hovering above her.
“The jeans,” Jackie said, her voice barely recognizable as her own. “They have to go.”
Payton nodded and stood, stripping them off, leaving her in just her black panties. Jackie took off her own top and bra as Payton climbed back on top of her, picking up where she left off, her hand flat against Jackie’s stomach as it slid lower, moving underneath the black lacy fabric as she kissed her.
Jackie’s hand was filled with Payton’s breast, her fingers playing with her nipple, before moving to the other. Payton’s breath was ragged as Jackie kneaded each breast, her own hips gently rocking to Payton’s touch.
“I can’t believe how wet you are,” Payton whispered, dipping her head to take one of Jackie’s nipples in her mouth.
Jackie groaned as Payton’s tongue flicked across her nipple, hardening it in seconds, and Jackie knew she was not going to make it through much more foreplay.
Payton’s hand was gone, but Jackie could feel her sliding her panties down her legs. The rush of cool air against Jackie’s sex sent a tingling sensation through her entire body. Payton must have taken hers off too, because Jackie’s hands found her ass with nothing between her fingers and Payton’s soft skin.
Jackie moaned into another heated kiss, but instead of letting Payton take the lead, she rolled them over, and Jackie let her eyes roam over Payton’s body. She didn’t even know where to start.
Payton’s hand slid between Jackie’s legs, her fingers back on her clit, but Jackie found her hands and pinned them to the bed.
“I had no idea,” Jackie said with a smirk.
“You had no idea what?”
“That you were a top.”
Payton rolled her eyes. “I’m not anything, Jackie. I just want you, and I couldn’t wait.”
“I know the feeling,” Jackie murmured as she lowered her head, kissing Payton tenderly on the lips before moving lower, trailing kisses over her collarbone and across each breast, taking her time.
Payton writhed beneath her, but Jackie kept her hands pinned to the sheets as she sucked on each of Payton’s nipples, circling those hardened peaks with her tongue and gently biting down before moving lower.
She had to let go of Payton’s hands as she kissed her stomach and then her mound, sinking lower until Jackie was comfortable between Payton’s legs, parting them gently with her fingers, the musky scent of Payton’s arousal filling the room. Payton’s sex glistened. Apparently, Jackie wasn’t the only one who was wet.
Jackie tongue swept across her folds, pushing them apart on her way up to Payton’s clit. She skimmed across Payton’s sensitive bud, coming back to circle it, to take it into her mouth, her tongue gently moving across the bundle of nerves, swirling around it as Payton’s back arched off the bed, her hips lifting to Jackie’s mouth.
Payton’s hand threaded through Jackie’s hair, keeping her there, her moans urging Jackie on as her tongue continued to lick and tease Payton.
“Fingers,” Payton panted, and Jackie looked up to meet Payton’s eyes, momentarily taken aback by the desire in them. “I need your fingers, Jackie.”
Jackie’s tongue moved across her clit one last time before she propped herself up with one hand, shifting her weight until she was on top of Payton again, her hand hovering, her fingers gliding through Payton’s slickness.
Jackie had two fingers ready, her eyes locked on to Payton’s as she pushed her fingers inside of her, easily slipping in before withdrawing them slowly and finding a steady rhythm. Jackie bent to find Payton’s lips, kissing her as she started to move her fingers a little faster.
Payton broke the kiss, her fingers digging into Jackie’s arm as her hips met Jackie’s strokes. Payton’s head was thrown back into the pillow, and Jackie took the opportunity to lower her head and kiss her neck, then her collarbone before finding her nipple again and taking it into her mouth, her fingers keeping a steady pace. She could hear Payton’s wetness against her hand, and it was such a turn on. Jackie knew it wouldn’t take much to get her over the edge, but right now, she had all her attention on Payton.
Jackie added a third finger as Payton’s hand grabbed her ass, keeping her close, and Jackie took the hint, shortening her strokes.
“Oh my God,” Payton moaned. “I’m so close. Yeah. Just...” Her voice trailed off as her hips lifted, and Jackie held her fingers inside of her as Payton’s body trembled, then stiffened, her hands clinging to Jackie’s arm and back as she rolled her hips against Jackie’s palm.
“Fuucckk.”
Payton’s body went limp underneath her, a light layer of sweat glistening off her body.
Jackie carefully withdrew her fingers, her heart racing. She’d never made anyone come like that. Payton had been the image of pleasure, her entire body taken over by desire, and Jackie took a moment to drink it all in. Jackie’s eyes raked over her body, one arm covering Payton’s eyes as she tried to catch her breath.
“I don’t even have words,” Payton murmured. “That was incredible.” Her eyes fluttered open, her arm thrown out to the side. “You are so fucking sexy,” she said, looking up at her.
Jackie pushed her hair over one shoulder as she straddled her leg, and Payton’s hand reached up to fondle her breast as she licked her lips.
Jackie bent down to kiss Payton, and their lips met in a slow, sensual kiss as Jackie grinded her center against Payton’s leg. They both moaned, and Payton’s hand moved to Jackie’s hip as she sat up, encouraging the rocking of Jackie’s hips, guiding her towards Payton’s own sex, and when their clits touched, Jackie closed her eyes, her mouth agape.
Payton’s hands moved across Jackie’s silky smooth skin, looking up at her as she rolled her hips against P
ayton.
Jackie’s eyes were closed, her breasts swaying with the motion of her hips, and Payton was so close to coming again. She loved having Jackie on top of her, setting the rhythm, grinding up against her.
Payton reached up to knead Jackie’s breast, tweaking her nipple between her fingertips as Jackie’s hips moved faster, her strokes shorter.
“Fuck,” Jackie grunted, her eyes on Payton. “Yeah.”
“Don’t stop,” Payton moaned, sliding her hand over Jackie’s hip, groping her ass with both hands as they moved together, both of them so close. Jackie came first, her hand pressed against Payton’s chest as she leaned forward with once last roll of her hips, and Payton held on to her, coming undone with the added pressure. Payton’s second orgasm took over her body, a warmth spreading through her with Jackie’s breasts against hers, their bodies tangled together.
Payton kissed Jackie, rolling them over as she parted her lips, finding her tongue, tasting herself on Jackie’s lips.
Payton broke away, still out of breath, her thumb grazing across Jackie’s bottom lip as her eyes fluttered open.
They both smiled, and Payton couldn’t remember ever feeling like this. That was unlike anything she’d ever experienced, and she knew that this wasn’t what a one night stand looked like. That was too intense, too intimate.
“You’re beautiful,” Jackie whispered, brushing Payton’s hair away from her face.
Payton bit her lip. Yeah. This was so much more than that.
Chapter 14
Payton blinked, her eyes focusing on the digital clock beside the bed. 9:53AM. She rolled onto her back, flashes of last night coming back to her as she stretched her legs, but the space beside her was empty. She pushed herself up, leaning back against the headboard as the sheet fell away from her naked body. She inhaled a shaky breath, swallowing the lump in her throat.
Last night definitely happened and after the shock of waking up alone wore off, Payton knew that it was for the best that Jackie wasn’t here. This was what casual looked like.
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