encouraged.
Riley assured him she would and headed out to call Sam and finish up her
patients post-op orders so she could get out of there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sam prowled her apartment restlessly. She had talked to Riley earlier in the day
and she'd told her it would probably be late when she finished up. They had
ended up taking even more critical patients than expected. It was almost 11pm
and Riley hadn't called yet say to come get her. She worried about the long
hours she was working and knew Riley had probably not bothered to stop to
eat.
She had called Kim and Jess as soon as she'd gotten in that morning. Jess was
furious when she told her about the confrontation with Riley's uncle. Kim wasn't
surprised by the reaction, though it saddened her. It didn't make Sam feel any
better when Kim told her it was an all too common reaction to a parent or parent
surrogate to finding out their child was gay. Sam and Jess realized how lucky
they were that their parents and family had been so accepting. It wasn't like
there was just one gay child in their family to accept; two sisters being gay
wasn't that common in their experience.
Sam flopped down on the couch her thoughts going back to that morning at
Riley's condo. She had gone over it in her head all day. She still couldn't believe
she'd just lain there and let Riley take her. That just wasn't how things were
supposed to happen. She had never even touched her. Her experience with
Riley was so outside what she was used to she just wasn't sure how to react.
Sam enjoyed all the different ways two women could make love but always from
the position of being the one in control. Being passive just didn't fit her image of
herself. She couldn't even remember a time she'd lain on her back and allowed
someone to just take her. Even with the men she'd been with she had insisted
on being on top. The thing that scared her most was the fact of how much she'd
liked it. She wasn't sure if they were together again it wouldn't happen again.
Sam had never felt so out of control around anyone in her life. The ringing of the
phone interrupted her thoughts.
"Hello"
"Hey Sam, it's me," said a very tired sounding Riley.
"Hey Babe, you finally done?"
Riley was exhausted but felt better just hearing Sam's voice.
"Yes, please come get me."
"I'll be there in fifteen minutes."
Sam made a quick run into the kitchen. She'd picked up Chinese takeout earlier
and had it on warm in the oven. She knew it was unlikely Riley had eaten.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Riley leaned against the wall outside the ER trying to stay awake. She sighed in
relief when Sam's T-bird pulled up into the small parking lot next to the ER. She
hurried over to get in.
"Hi." She greeted Sam, suddenly shy. During one of her breaks she had
replayed the events of the morning. She still couldn't believe she'd been quite so
aggressive with Sam. In her previous relationship Linda had always been the
one to initiate sex and call the shots so to speak. To just have taken over like
that was very foreign to her. Now face to face with Sam she was embarrassed
that she'd let her libido get the better of her. She didn't like feeling out of control.
Sam immediately sensed Riley's uneasiness and wondered what was wrong.
With anyone else she would've just let it go figuring they'd tell her when they
were ready. But, she found she couldn't do that with Riley, if something was
wrong she needed to know what it was.
"What's wrong?" She asked softly as she tilted Riley's chin up to make eye
contact.
Riley blushed as she met Sam's warm blue eyes. Sam couldn't resist and leaned
over brushing a soft kiss across Riley's lips.
"Nothing." Riley said looking down again, hoping Sam couldn't see her blush.
"I'm just tired."
Sam didn't believe her. "Riley..." she said with a question in her voice.
"We should get going."
"We will as soon as you tell me what's wrong." Sam insisted.
"I just um... I'm a little embarrassed."
"About what?" Sam asked curiously.
"Umm...about this morning... I'm not like that... I mean I usually don't do that...
It's just you make me so crazy... I can't help it." Riley felt like her face was on fire as she blushed fiercely.
Sam's brow furrowed as she tried to figure out what Riley was talking about.
Then it hit her, their lovemaking that morning. Or rather Riley making love to her.
Her mind flashed back to Riley on top of her thrusting deep inside. She felt an
immediate jolt of arousal. Her voice was deep and desire ridden when she
spoke.
"Don't worry Babe, I liked it." Sam's eyes widened in shock at her own
words. Whoa, shit where did that come from? She thought in panic. Oh, you
know it's true. Sam's little voice piped up.
Riley was shocked not only by Sam's words but by the rapidly spreading blush
covering her face.
Her mind was playing back the images from that morning. All the discomfort and
embarrassment she'd felt when she first got in the car were gone.
"Really?" Riley husked in a sultry tone.
Sam felt her ears go hot. The sound of Riley's voice and the images from that
morning were doing strange things to her. She glanced over and swallowed hard
at the expression on Riley's face.
"Yeah." Sam managed to squeak out.
Riley leaned over the console. "Maybe you should take me home and we can
talk about this further." She purred in Sam's ear as her hand massaged Sam's
thigh.
Sam wasn't so sure she could drive. The pulse pounding between her legs was
totally distracting. When Riley's hand slid higher up her thigh Sam placed her
hand on top stopping her from going higher. She had to clear her throat twice
before she managed to speak.
"Babe if you keep touching me like that we'll never make it out of this parking
lot."
Riley stuck her lip out in a pout but removed her hand from Sam's thigh. Sam
breathed a sigh of relief and headed for Riley's apartment.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Neither woman spoke as Sam made her way to the freeway entrance. Once she
was on the freeway and had calmed down a little she glanced over at Riley. A
soft smile lit her face; Riley was sound asleep. Poor thing must be
exhausted. Sam drove in silence not willing to risk waking Riley. She pulled into
the visitor parking lot and shut off the car.
"Riley..." Sam called softly. "We're here." Riley never moved or showed any signs of waking. Sam reached out gently shaking her shoulder. Riley instantly
jerked awake then looked around in confusion. Her face flushed in
embarrassment when she realized she'd fallen asleep.
"Sorry about that," she said sheepishly.
Sam reached out and ran a gently hand up Riley's arm. "Don't worry about it,
you must be exhausted. When was the last time you ate?"
At the mention of food Riley's stomach growled loudly. "Umm I'm not sure."
"Damn it Riley!" Riley jumped at Sam's angry tone. "You've got to take better care of yourself."
Riley looked down at her lap and Sam immediately felt bad for her outburst.
"I'm sorry, I just worry about you."
Riley smiled sweetly at Sam then leaned over to kiss her. "Thank you." She
whispered as she pulled back.