This is a follow-up to my story, "
The Gift
," and was requested by Maonaigh, one of my favorite authors on Literotica. This story was written as a stand-alone story within the 'Virginiaverse.' However, it could give away some of the plot elements of other stories in the 'Virginiaverse.' It wouldn't hurt to read "
The Gift
" before this story.
© 2020-2023 Candy_Kane54
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November 1985
I woke with the early morning sun shining on my face. "Oh, God, I can't believe I left the shades up," I grumbled. I had wanted to sleep in this morning. "Oh, well, so much for that idea," I thought before turning to look over at Becky. However, her side of the bed was empty. "Her Muse must have paid a visit," I mused as I got out of bed. I picked up my sleeping tee and pulled it on before heading into the en suite bathroom for a quick pee.
As I squatted over the toilet bowl to empty my bladder, I thought about how my bladder had taken more and more control of my life the older I got. Once I woke up, my bladder demanded relief, and once I was out of bed, I was up for good because I'd never been able to get back to sleep once it was light outside.
After performing a quick toilet, I walked out into the hallway. I saw the door to Becky's workshop was ajar, so I knew she was in there, working away on her latest creations. Becky loved making jewelry. Her specialty was bracelets, but she also made necklaces and other accessories. Like me, she was a lark and couldn't sleep once she was awake and it was light outside. I'd always envied night owls who could stay up all night and sleep all day, but I just wasn't built that way.
I poked my head into her workshop and saw her hunched over her workbench, working on something. "Good morning, Becky. Have you eaten yet?" I asked.
After a pause that stretched long enough that I began to wonder if Becky had heard me, she put down the tool she was using. She turned to me, a bright smile coming over her face, and said, "Good morning, Cindy. No, I haven't eaten yet. I woke up with an idea for a bangle bracelet, and since I couldn't get back to sleep, I just got up and came in here to work."
"Okay, sweetie," I replied as her smile made my insides melt. I smiled back at her before saying, "I'll get breakfast going. Love you, Becky."
"Love you too, Cindy," Becky said before turning back to her work.
I headed out into the kitchen and began putting breakfast together. I stuck a couple of Eggo™ waffles in the toaster while I started the coffee pot and let the coffee brew. I prepared to fry some bacon and scramble some eggs. When the bacon was done, I pulled the strips out of the frying pan and laid them on a paper towel before pouring the eggs for scrambling.
As the aromas of breakfast wafted through the house, I heard Becky leave her workshop and head into the bedroom. She must have been hungry this morning because some days, I nearly had to drag her out of her workshop to eat breakfast. With perfect timing, Becky entered the kitchen and sat at the breakfast bar just as I finished plating up the food.
I looked up at her, and my breath caught, as it always did when I first saw her in the morning. My nipples hardened, and a pulse went to my pussy as I drank in her beauty with my eyes. Her black hair was up in a loose bun, exposing her long, beautiful neck. Her expressive brown eyes locked with mine, and a familiar jolt went through my body as I fell into those brown pools. Tearing my eyes away, I saw that her nipples were tenting her sleeping tee, signaling that her body was responding to the sight of me. Before losing track of what I was doing, I turned back to pour the coffee. I handed her the mug with coffee and cream in it as I sat down at the breakfast bar next to her with my mug of coffee only.
"So, what are you making?" I asked to break the silence.
Becky looked up from her food and smiled as she always did when I showed interest in her hobby. "I got a great idea for a bangle bracelet, and I was so excited that I couldn't sleep. So I got up and started working on it. It still needs more work, but I was at a breakpoint, and breakfast smelled so good, I just had to take a break."
Becky reached over and took my hand in her hand, giving it a little squeeze. I squeezed back and smiled at her, my heart clenching at her display of tenderness. For too many years, we'd been sleepwalking through our relationship. I couldn't put my finger on exactly when it had started, especially since I had undoubtedly exacerbated it when I hit menopause several years ago.
I just happened to be one of those unfortunate women who started menopause sooner than expected and suffered greatly from it. The hormonal and emotional changes really irritated the hell out of me. I'd snap at the slightest things, and Becky, as much as she cared for me, just stopped interacting with me, not wanting to set me off or be the brunt of my bitchiness. Of course, her distancing herself from me made my situation even worse, and it just spiraled down to the point that for the past couple of years, you could have just called us roomies. We went through the motions of being in a relationship, but the spark we had once was gone.