Please remember this is a work of fiction, and all participants are over the age of eighteen.
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Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter were playing for GB in the Billie Jean King Cup.
Katie was first up and won a really tough match to put GB 1 -- 0 up.
It was Emma's first appearance, and she had a really hard draw in her first match. But she was playing a blinder and won the first set easily 6 -- 3. However, in the second set it was much closer and ended up going to a tie-break which Emma narrowly lost 11 -- 9. This hit Emma pretty hard and the third set went to a tie-break again, however, Emma's nerves got the better of her and she lost it 7 -- 3.
Emma was devastated as the tie was now tied at 1 -- 1 with the swapped singles followed by the deciding doubles match to be played the following day, so rather than being in a strong position going into this next rubber, it was all to play for.
After the game, the others in the squad tried to pick Emma up as she would have a second singles to play, against Katie's first opponent the following day. Eventually, Emma headed to her room to rest for the next day. She striped off and headed to the shower and soaped herself down, then wrapped herself in a big fluffy dressing gown and went to relax on her bed.
A few minutes later there was a quiet knock on her door and she got up and went to see who it was. Looking through the spyglass she saw that Katie was standing outside. Emma was pleased to see her and opened the door to her. Katie was also dressed in a hotel dressing gown but also had a small sports bag with her.
"I thought you might still need a little cheering up," smiled Katie sympathetically, "I know exactly how you feel."
Emma smiled back politely, but unenthusiastically. Katie had nailed it, she did need a little cheering up.
Opening the door wider, she invited Katie in, and the older woman breezed in and dropped her bag at the end of the bed and flopped down onto it.
"You really played excellently today," reaffirmed Katie, "You do know that, don't you?"
Emma sort of shrugged her shoulders.
"Just a little bit of inexperience, and a little tightening up, that's all it was," Katie added, trying to reassure her younger team mate.
"And, I've got just the thing to help us both, loosen off," she added, smiling broadly.
Emma looked at her a little confused, her eyebrows furrowing questioningly.
Katie reached down into her bag and produced a couple of small bottles of red wine.
"I know we're not really meant to drink, but a little glass never hurt anyone," she smirked.
She broke the seal on the top of one of the small single glass bottles.
"Go and get a couple of glasses from the bathroom, we can at least be a little civilised and not drink it straight from the bottle," Katie instructed.
Hesitantly, Emma wandered over and into the bathroom. As soon as she entered the room, Katie picked up the other bottle and loosened the cap on that one. The seal had already been broken!
When Emma reappeared, she handed Katie a glass and Katie poured the contents into the tumbler, then handed it back to Emma. Taking the second glass, she repeated the process, this time with the bottle she had broken the seal on when Emma was present, and this glass she kept for herself.
"Well, here's to a little loosening up!" suggested Katie, as she lifted her glass up towards Emma and the two women clinked their glasses. Katie quickly took a sip, whereas Emma was a little more hesitant, but eventually did, making Katie smile broadly.
"There, a few more little sips and we'll soon begin loosening off," indicated Katie, "Time for a little chat now. I don't really know you that well, you've just exploded out of nowhere, and it's great for British Tennis."
Emma looked a little sheepish and embarrassed at the attention, especially from someone who just a few years earlier she had looked up to with awe. She took another couple of little sips as she considered what to say, enjoying the rich fruity flavours as they played around her mouth.
Katie patted the bed beside her.
"Come and sit here and we can have a little girlie chat," beckoned Katie, and this time there was little hesitation as Emma slipped over beside her team mate.
"So, tell me a little about yourself," enquired Katie, looking interestingly into Emma's face as she began to look for the tell-tale signs.
For about fifteen minutes or so the young women swapped tales and stories about their tennis lives to date, laughing and giggling with each other, as they recounted and acknowledged similarities.
Now, Katie could begin to see changes occurring. Emma's eyes were becoming a little more dilated, colour was spreading from her cheeks down onto her neck, and ever so slightly she was beginning to slur her words, the alcohol and the Provestra were beginning to take effect.
Katie thought it was time.
"Does it not feel rather warm in here?" she required innocently.
"Mmm, it does a bit," replied Emma, smiling, "I thought it was just the wine," she giggled.
Katie put her glass down, then untied the sash on her robe and dropped it off her shoulders, onto the bed. Katie now sat there wearing a very sexy black lacy half-cup bra and thong set.
Emma's eyes opened wide, almost on stalks.
"OMG Katie!" she squealed, "You're so beautiful!"
"Why, thank you Emma," purred Katie, pretending to behave all sexy, causing the two of them to start giggling hysterically.
"Cummon Emma, take yours off too!" suggested Katie, when they recovered.
Emma blushed brightly, then slightly reluctantly she put down her glass and unfastened her own bathrobe, but then she stopped.
"I can't!" she whispered.
"Why not?" giggled Katie, as she made a half-hearted attempt to help Emma.