Sarah Platt was now 19 and had been working at her Grandmother Audrey's hair salon for a couple of years, and during that time she had become quite friendly with Maria, the 25 year old young hair stylist that Audrey employed.
Sarah still had an on-off relationship with Jason, and Maria was still looking for a regular boyfriend after the various disasters of her affair with Charlie Stubbs and others.
It had been quite a hot day in Weatherfield and it was still a warm evening, and Sarah was wearing light blue denim jeans and a thin pink cotton top and Maria was dressed in a lightweight skirt with a plain white tee shirt.
It was just after six in the evening and they were clearing up the hair salon. Audrey had gone home ten minutes earlier having left the pair of them to tidy the place and lock up.
'So Sarah, how are you and Jason getting on these days?' asked Maria.
'Well I still like him and fancy him and everything, but after the fiasco of the wedding I'm don't think I could ever fully trust him again' replied Sarah.
'But he's still alright for the occasional bit of rough sex though eh?' sniggered Maria
'Oh you bet, no complaints there, but what about you these days - are you getting any?' asked Sarah
'Well' smiled Maria 'to be honest, as you know, most of the men in my life have been crap, they haven't cared about me at all, just their own egos and getting their needs serviced and well, it's been so bad recently I thought I might give up on blokes and try girls. You know, Tracy's quite pretty, Clare looks like she's got a good body and Michelle the new barmaid at the Rovers looks fabulous.'
'Oh charming, so what's wrong with me?' asked Sarah 'Why aren't I on your list - aren't my tits big enough?' she said and with that lifted her jumper up to show Maria her breasts.
'I'm sure they're absolutely gorgeous' said Maria, 'but I can't really tell if they're inside your bra – so why don't you get them out so I can see them properly?'
'Oh' said Sarah taken aback 'I thought you were joking about trying girls, I didn't know you were, well you know, a lesbian!'
'I'm not' said Maria, 'at least, I don't think I am, and to be honest I've never even kissed a girl let alone tried anything else, but sometimes I just wonder if I might like it'
'I'm the same, I have wondered sometimes, but I've never had the courage to ask anyone.
I nearly kissed Candice a couple of years ago when I was drunk, but I chickened out.'
'Do you think you'd like kissing a girl?' asked Maria
'I don't know' said Sarah 'I guess lips are lips, so I suppose it would be much the same'
'Look, I know this may sound a bit weird, but why don't we lock the door, go into the backroom and find out' said Maria 'If either of us doesn't like it, we'll stop straight away.
Sarah was very unsure about Maria's suggestion, but hesitantly replied
'OK, but as long as we stop if I don't like it'
'Sure' said Maria 'Look I might not like it either, but we'll never know if we don't try.'
Maria went to the front door of the salon, pulled down the blind and turning off the salon lights. Maria and Sarah then went into the back room and closed the door.
'So how do we do this?' asked Sarah
'Well I suppose we just do what we do with blokes and see how it feels, if we don't like it we can stop, but if we do, then we just play it by ear' said Maria.
'OK, said Sarah, still feeling very unsure where this was all going.
Locking themselves in the backroom they used for patient massages Maria walked up to Sarah, put a hand on either side of her face and pulled her towards her saying
'Just forget it's me, forget I'm a girl, close your eyes and just enjoy the sensation' and with that she started to place light gentle kisses on Sarah's lips.
Sarah kept her mouth firmly closed feeling she shouldn't really be doing this, but the more Maria kissed her the more she realised she liked it. Before she was aware of what she was doing, she had opened her mouth and was using her tongue in Maria's mouth. Maria responded instantly and then they were both kissing passionately.
