Taylor rolled over and her hand lightly smacked Kate across the mouth. Kate flinched awake. She cast a bleary eye about the bedroom before realizing what had happened. She groaned softly as she stretched under the covers. She kissed the back of Taylor's hand and tucked it safely back under the covers. Kate looked Taylor over. The blonde was cute even drooling on her pillow while sleeping off the massive bender from last night.
The blurry memories of the night before began to surface in Kate's head, along with a slow, dull, pounding sensation. They had way too much to drink. Kate had grown up in Europe, moving with her parents as they were posted at various airbases and she had been introduced to alcohol at an early age. In addition to learning several European languages so well that she breezed through U.S. college degrees in said languages' literatures, she had also acquired quite a tolerance to alcohol and could drink most men under the table. Taylor, on the other hand, had been imbibing a steady diet of champagne at each modeling shoot, but had only drunk to excess when she turned twenty-one. Kate remembered how sick Taylor was then, and grimaced when she began recalling just how much Taylor drank last night and just what kinds of drinks they had mixed.
Kate rolled out of bed, gently, so as to not rouse Taylor, and put on a sweater. She padded quietly to the thermostat control and cranked it up to dispel the frost in the apartment. She took a leak and went to the kitchen. She drank three big glasses of water and started feeling better almost immediately. She took a fresh glass and filled it and a pitcher with water. After quietly setting the glassware on the nightstand, she returned to the kitchen and sliced up some peaches on a plate and took a blister of Aspirin tablets from the medicine cabinet.
Kate set the plate and pills on the nightstand, took off the sweater, and slipped back into the bed. The warmth under the covers made her limbs involuntarily shake just as she hugged Taylor. Taylor awoke with a gasp and a start. "You're cold," whined Taylor.
"Sorry," said Kate and kissed Taylor behind the ear. Kate hugged Taylor more tightly and enjoyed the warmth of her girlfriend's tight, young body.
Taylor feebly groaned, but relaxed into Kate's hug. Kate knew the girl's head must be pounding by now. "Evil frost-bitten bitch," mumbled Taylor.
"Are you referring to the warmth of my limbs this morning," inquired Kate in a bemused tone, "or the fact that you were attempting to flirt with me for six months before I realized that's what you were doing?"
"Attempting, my ass," grumbled Taylor, "I was all over you like red on rice."
"True," conceded Kate. Kate rubbed her chin over the back of Taylor's head, letting the blonde's locks tickle her lips and neck. "But you were ouchy feely with everyone else, too. I thought you were a fresh-faced girl from the sticks, new to the big town and the modeling game, taught by her fretting parents to make nice with everybody. How was I supposed to know you had the hots for a girl, let alone me?"
"I didn't type anyone else's translations," said Taylor, before pinching Kate's hand and adding, "you doofus." Kate just laughed and fondly remembered the many afternoons when she would dictate a German book in English and steal glances at Taylor hunched over the laptop, typing away. Kate had been supporting herself through college by working as a translator and part time photo model. Taylor and she had met at the modeling agency that employed them both. Kate had been smitten by Taylor's cute smile from the first time they met, but she had thought the girl naive and innocent, and feared alienating her by making advances. For months, they spent hours together nearly every day and, as they chatted and got to know one another more, they realized they liked each other a lot. They kissed over a bottle of wine and soon became lovers. When Taylor wised up to the rip-off that was the agency apartment and asked Kate if she could move in with her, Kate could barely suppress her excitement.
Taylor's groan brought Kate out of her reverie and she reached for the glass of water. Kate took a big draught and leaned over Taylor, pressing her lips over Taylor's cute little mouth. Taylor opened her lips and let Kate's tongue plunge in. Kate licked the roof of Taylor's mouth and depressed the other girl's tongue. She let a small trickle of water drip down into Taylor's mouth and the girl accepted it. After Taylor swallowed the mouthful, she made a queasy grimace as Kate's tongue was still in her mouth. Kate got up on one elbow and held Taylor's head up. She brought the glass to the blonde's lips and began to slowly pour.
After Taylor downed two full glasses, Kate slipped two pills in the blonde's mouth, shivering slightly as Taylor licked her fingertips. Kate refilled and brought a third glass of water to Taylor's lips, now pursed in a smile, and let her slowly drain it as well. Kate set Taylor's head back down and the blonde stretched her arms above her head, groaning. "Oh, I'm never drinking like that again," she exclaimed with shut eyes and a furrowed brow.
Kate smiled and reached over for a slice of peach. She put the fruit just under Taylor's nose and the smell prompted the hung over girl to open her unfocused eyes. Kate popped the slice in her mouth and gave it a few chews as she regarded the blonde's bleary eyes. Kate leaned down and pressed her lips to Taylor's. Taylor parted her lips and Kate pushed the mushy fruit in her mouth. Taylor moaned appreciatively at the taste and hugged Kate's waist as she slowly chewed and swallowed. Kate proceeded to chew up and feed Taylor peaches, eating some herself, until they were almost all gone.
Taylor looked at the few remaining slices on the plate in disappointment before reaching up and twining her fingers into Kate's long, brown hair and bringing the older girl's face down for a long, lingering kiss. "I'm feeling all better now," whispered Taylor, after breaking their kiss. "As a matter of fact, I think it's time I start making up to you for last night."
"What do you mean," inquired Kate as she rubbed her nose over Taylor's. Sometimes, Taylor's exuberance and youthful curiosity made Kate feel like a dirty old woman, despite being only three years older that the blonde.