We made love for hours that first night. Neither of us kept count of the orgasms we had but we finally fell into a deep and restful sleep, wrapped in each other's arms. I was awoken the next morning by my phone ringing. I hadn't retrieved it from my handbag the night before and so it was still down in the hallway.
I felt Allie stir as I unwrapped myself. I grabbed my short silk dressing gown off the back of the bedroom door. I saw our dresses and shoes piled on the floor and got a little frisson of memory from our night of passion giving me a momentary tingle.
I tiptoed down the stairs, slipping the dressing gown on and tying it as I went. I noticed my cardigan on the hall floor. I grabbed my phone out of my bag and saw it was Sasha.
'Oh shit!'
I thought to myself. She'd seen Allie and me leave together. I really didn't need my life unravelling once more.
I wandered into the kitchen, sat at the breakfast bar and answered the call with, "Hi Sasha! Thanks for last night. It was wonderful."
There was a brief, worrying pause, before I heard Sasha say, "Oh, no. You're welcome, Anna. Your gift was beyond anything we expected. We're so looking forward to the gig. Ummm..."
I didn't like the
'Ummm...'
one little bit. I decided to try and divert the conversation.
"So, any plans for the day?"
"No... not really. We're going out for dinner later. Have to clean up the mess from the party. Mike's out there sorting things out already. Ummm... Is everything okay Anna?"
At that moment I heard Allie's footsteps on the stairs
I tried to sound bright and breezy as I replied, "Yes! Of course! Why would you think it wasn't?"
At that moment a naked Allie appeared in the kitchen doorway. I was lost for words for a moment. Even after a night of sleep she looked fabulous. I was so conflicted. Her dark beauty was luring me but I had to focus.
Sasha interrupted my thoughts with, "Well, I saw you leaving with Allie last night. What was that all about?"
Oh god. What was it Allie had said she was going to say?
"Oh, yes. That's right. She stayed over. We're planning a shopping trip together today. She's... still asleep in the spare room. I'm making coffee for when she comes down."
I hated lying quite so much but I really, really needed to keep Allie and me a secret for both our sakes. By this time Allie was standing right in front of me, a mischievous gleam in her beautiful brown eyes. She blew a kiss at me and I had to stifle a moan as she trailed a finger down over my shoulder, under the material of my bathrobe and down to my right breast, circling my now very erect nipple with her finger.
Sasha continued, "Well, okay. I'll let you get on with it. I know Allie can be a little in-your-face but she is fun."
I don't know if Allie heard or not. I didn't think so but at that moment all I could think about was how much fun she was being with me.
I just said, "Thanks, Sasha, I'm sure we..."
She interrupted me with, "I know you two kissed, Anna. Even if I hadn't seen you I could smell Allie's perfume on you when we kissed before you left."
'Fuck, fuck, fuck!'
I said to myself. For two reasons. One was the obvious one, that we'd been seen. The second being that Allie was now stroking my upper thigh as I talked. She was smiling directly at me.
I thought quickly and laughed as convincingly as possible and said, "Oh that! It was because of the silly game you and I were playing. Remember?
'I kissed a girl and I liked it?'
Allie and I were just playing around. A silly game. Promise."
I knew for certain I was sounding a little too desperate to be believed but I also had to know something else.
"Did... did anyone else see us?"
Sasha replied with a caring tone in her voice. "I don't think so, hun. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me. I won't even tell Mike. I promise."
How much did she suspect? In the following months I would find out that she had no idea. She really believed my lies.
Allie's touch was now too much and I needed to cut the call as quickly as possible.
"Oh, I think I hear Allie stirring now. I better get on with the coffee..."
Sasha said, "Okay, hun. Enjoy your shopping. What on earth is Allie going to wear? Surely not that Bardot dress?"
'Shit, shit, shit,'
I thought. When you start lying it just makes everything worse.
By now I was starting to feel my heat rising to an awfully high level.
I quickly said, "Oh, no. We talked about that. She's going to borrow some of my clothes. We're pretty similar. Look, I have to come... go... Allie's coming down."
Sasha took the hint. "Okay, hun. I'll let you go. Have a wonderful time with Allie. Say
'Hi!'
to her from me. Mwah!"
I managed a brief, "Mwah!" before cutting off the call.
Allie chose that moment to stop what she was doing which just made things worse.
She smiled at me. "Good morning my wonderful new lover. You lied so beautifully to protect my innocence. I wanted to thank you."
I didn't say a word. I pulled her to me and felt her warmth on me. We kissed deeply and I wanted to carry on but first had to let Allie know.
"Allie. Sasha saw us. Kissing. Last night."
Allie obviously hadn't been paying much attention to my call because her eyes flew open and she bit her lower lip in a way that, under different circumstances, would have looked cute. She hissed, "Fuck. She knows?"
"It's okay. I think I managed to convince her it was all part of the
'I kissed a girl'
joke."