Carey rolled over; lost somewhere between sleep and wakefulness. Her naked body pressed up against warm softness that moaned happily at the contact. "You awake?" she asked in a low whisper, not wanting to wake the young woman.
"Sorta," Grace said, reaching back and pulling Carey's arm over her. "I'm enjoying this too much to get up."
"We have to get up sometime," Carey said, opening her eyes and kissing the bare shoulder that was too close to resist.
"But if we get up then the day will start and you'll have to leave," Grace said.
"The day has already started," Carey said, lifting her head to look at the clock. "And we have less than an hour before I have to go."
Grace rolled over, pinning Carey beneath her. "Any suggestions on how to pass the time?" she asked, lowering her lips to kiss Carey's neck.
"You can't start this," Carey said, though her hands began roaming over Grace's sides. "We need to get up." The lips that had sent her to heaven and back the previous night claimed hers, the kiss going from gentle to hot in seconds. Carey brought her hands between their bodies
and began gently rubbing Grace's erect nipples.
"Ohh," Grace moaned, her head dropping and her eyes closing. "Oh, Carey, that...mmm, that feels so good."
Carey smiled, remembering how easily she sent Grace over the edge the night before. "You want me to stop?" she asked with feigned innocence.
Grace shook her head vehemently. "Don't...oh yes, keep doing that. Oh that's nice."
"I keep that up and you won't last long," Carey said, lightly rubbing her fingertips over the undersides of Grace's breasts and smiling when the young woman frantically moved to get her attention back on the sensitive nipples.
"Don't tease," Grace said, groaning when Carey lightly pinched the erect points. "You're going to kill me."
Carey stilled her fingers. "I don't want to do that," she said.
"Argh...Carey!"
Laughing lightly, Carey resumed caressing Grace's breasts. "For someone so new to this, you certainly don't hesitate when it comes to letting me know what you want in bed," she said, raising her right leg squarely between Grace's legs. "I knew you wouldn't last long," she said
in answer to the low groan and immediate rocking motion.
"Carey...I—I can't...feels so good...oh, Carey."
"Yes?" she asked innocently, flexing her leg muscles. "Are you going to do it again?"
Grace nodded vigorously. "I can't help it," she gasped, her hips moving purposefully against Carey's thigh. "Oh...Carey."
Carey was no less amazed than she was the first time. Grace's eyes were tightly closed, unintelligible sounds coming from her parted lips as her rocking increased to a frantic rhythm. "I'm right here," Carey said, rubbing her knuckles against the erect nipples.
"Mmm, it...oh...oh Carey it feels so good...oh...don't stop."
"I won't," she promised, using her thumbs and forefingers to pinch lightly.
"Oh God...Carey...Carey...mmm...I...I..." Grace threw her head back, teeth gritted as her body trembled. She gave a soft cry as waves of pleasure buffeted through her.
Carey rolled over, capturing Grace's mouth with her own. "I have to go," she said apologetically.
"I know," Grace said, gently guiding Carey onto her back and snuggling up against her.
"What are you thinking about?" Carey asked.
Grace kissed Carey's shoulder. "I was just thinking I'm happy I waited."
Carey smiled and pulled her closer. "You think so, huh?"
"You're a wonderful lover," Grace said softly. "You were so gentle and...and..." She kissed the bare skin again. "I don't know how to explain it." She sighed happily. "Better than I imagined it would be."
Carey kissed the top of her head. "Sweet talker."
"Carey?"
"Hmm?"
"Was I...I mean...did I do okay? Really?"
"Oh, Grace," Carey said. "You..." She rolled them over so the young woman was beneath her."...were terrific." She touched Grace's lips with her finger. "Everything I could ask for...and then some," she added with a smile.
"Know what?"
"What?"
"Now I understand why lesbians don't use dental dams," she said, wiggling her eyebrows.
Carey smiled and groaned. "Don't get me thinking about that," she said, giving Grace a quick kiss before getting out of bed. "Sue's gonna kill me. I should have been on the road by now," she said, grabbing her clothes and quickly pulling them on.
Grace crawled to the edge of the bed and watched her dress. "I wish you didn't have to go."
"I wish I didn't have to either." She walked to the dresser mirror and quickly ran a comb through her hair. "Well, I guess I'm ready."
"Are you going to miss me?" Grace asked, a little pout forming on her face.
Carey walked to the nude woman perched on the edge of the bed.
"I'm going to miss you desperately." She opened her arms. "Come here."
Grace fairly flew off the bed and into her arms. "It's not fair that I had to wait so long, and now you're leaving."
"I know, baby. But I have responsibilities. I have to go."
"Why did I have to fall in love with someone who's so...responsible?"
"I haven't a clue," Carey said, brushing her lips against Grace's. "But I'm awfully glad you did."
Grace wrapped her arms around Carey as she deepened the kiss.
"Believe me when I tell you that it's just as hard for me to leave you as it is for you to watch me go," Carey said when they finally came up for air. "I'd give anything if I didn't have to leave you right now." She leaned over for one last kiss, and then she was gone.
"It's about time you got here," Carey heard as she reached the mess hall.
"Sorry, traffic was murder," she said to Gage. "Any problems?"
"Not at this end. How was graduation?"
"Nice," Carey said. "Her father gave her a new computer for a graduation gift."
"Did she like your present?"
"Um...yes," Carey said, coloring at the thought.
"Uh-huh, Joanna Carey, tell me you didn't."
"How did PT go?" she asked, knowing full well her friend could read the answer on her face.
"You did," Gage said, moving closer so they wouldn't be overheard. "You slept with her?" she whispered.
"Let's talk about it later," Carey said.
"Oh no," Gage said, guiding her away from the noisy teens and over near the door. "So now what?"
"I don't know," Carey said. "Grace is going to visit her father in Alaska for the summer and then decide if she's going to go on to a four- year college or get a job."
"And what about the two of you?"
Carey shook her head. "I'm not moving to Alaska, so I guess it's up to her."
"Are you going to move her into the cabin if she comes back?"
"You're assuming she wants something more with me," Carey said, keeping her eye on the roomful of girls. "Maybe what happened will change things for her. You know, you try so hard to get something and once you've got it, you don't want it. Maybe she'll meet someone in Alaska."
"Uh-huh," Gage said. "And maybe I'll wake up and be six feet tall."
"It's possible, Sue," Carey said. "She's had the experience now. The thrill is gone, as they say."
A truly devilish look came over Sue's face. "I didn't know you were that lousy."
"I'm not," Carey said, giving withering glares to the girls who looked their way. "That's not what I meant." An image of Grace leaning over her, naked and on the verge of orgasm, flashed through her mind. "Far from it," she said with a rakish grin.
"Well I'm glad she enjoyed it," Gage said. "She certainly waited long enough."
Carey smiled when she heard the car pull up. "I knew you'd be early," she said, rising from the recliner and going to the door. When she opened it, an excited Grace ran into her arms. "Hi."
"Hi yourself," Grace said, brushing her lips over Carey's. "I've missed you so much.”