Kasey and Camille are favorites of mine. After you read this story, tell me, do you wish you were Becca?
Thank you to Robert for your insightful comments.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, merchandise, companies, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. All characters are 18 years or older when in sexual situations.
Chapter One
She was always painfully shy and somewhat insecure. She'd spent all day preparing for this moment but in the end couldn't muster the courage to go in. She stood just to the side of the doorway to the bar, watching as an occasional patron would enter or leave. Using the screen of her phone she nervously checked her make-up for the umpteenth time. She was too caught up in her own little world to notice a woman approaching her from behind. The woman tapped her lightly on the shoulder. The young girl, who was just 22, almost jumped out of her skin.
"Nervous?" the older woman asked politely.
"Yyyesss," the girl stuttered.
"Don't be. It's just a bunch of women looking for a good time. Look, I'm here to meet my wife. How about you join us for a drink?"
The girl took a moment to assess this Good Samaritan. She was tall, a natural redhead, impeccable make-up and hair, full figured, and clearly either a model or an actress. Her soothing tone of voice lowered the girl's anxiety level.
"Sure ... that would be nice."
Kasey was pleased that the young girl accepted her offer. She remembered her first days exploring her sexuality as a lesbian. She was uncertain what to do, and was too afraid to ask any of her friends, or heaven forbid, her family. She recalled the many women along the way that eased the path in her voyage of discovery. Kasey knew at an early age that she was a lesbian, but it was still a hard road carving her path to contentment. Along the way she was first a Domme, relishing the power of control over others, but later wanting a more balanced relationship. The tall redhead ultimately found herself deeply in love with Camille, now her wife of three years [ed. note: Kasey's relationship with Camille is chronicled in "Eleanor's Valentine's Day Wish"].
Kasey eyed the young girl, barely old enough to drink, exhibiting the uncertainty that comes from a partially formed sexual identity. She was a pretty one, her blonde tresses framing an attractive face, her high cheekbones and strong chin suggesting a woman of underlying strength, a small but sensual frame with cute "B" cup breasts, and shapely legs accented by her dressy pumps. Kasey couldn't suppress the thought that if she was ten years younger and single that she would have been interested in a date with her new friend.
Kasey extended her hand, introducing herself, and in turn the young girl told Kasey her name was Rebecca, but her friends call her Becca. Becca couldn't believe her good fortune. One minute she was standing indecisively in front of the bar, the next minute she was being escorted into the bar by a tall, attractive, redhead.
It was 8 p.m., and the bar, just a block off Castro, was bursting at the seams. Kasey and Becca wove their way through the well-dressed throng of women to a table in the back with a "reserved" sign on it. Kasey looked towards the bar, catching the bartender's attention, and signaling that she was taking the reserved sign off the table. The bartender nodded and went back to mixing drinks.
"It's our favorite bar," Kasey half talked, half shouted, over the noise of the crowd and the background music, as the two of them slid into the padded bench seats. "And the bartender is a good friend of ours."
The lesbian bar scene was new to Becca, and the intensity of the experience surprised her. The young guest leaned forward and in a whisper admitted to Kasey, "I'm not sure why I'm here."
The petite blonde's admission was of little surprise to Kasey. She had been there before. She took Becca's hand in hers and asked, "How long have you known you were a lesbian?"
Becca's face expressed shock. She had never heard someone refer to her as a lesbian, and had barely admitted it to herself. Her first reaction was to deny that she was a lesbian, but standing in front of a lesbian bar probably made that denial a waste of breath. Becca decided to come clean. This sympathetic woman might be the right person to talk to and perhaps bare her soul.
"I'm not sure. I just know that I don't like men. I've been on a number of dates and am just not attracted to them. I'm attracted to women ... I'm attracted to you," Becca confessed.
Kasey squeezed her new friend's hand. "Bless you for saying that. I think you're cute, but you know I'm married."
Becca admired Kasey's honesty and candid nature. She thought the world she was entering was black and white with sharp edges, but was finding instead its softer side. Becca started to relax and felt a budding trust with this compassionate redhead. She confided what she thought she would never confide to anyone.
"I've never been with a woman. That's why I'm here. I'm interested, but afraid." Becca's tone turned serious. She didn't find it easy to admit her motivations out loud to a person she barely knew. Kasey struck an encouraging tone.
"I figured as much, with you standing outside the bar trying to decide if you were going to go in. You're young, and I presume single, so why not explore? It's the only way you're going to find out for certain."
"I guess so ... but this is so intimidating," the perky blonde noted as her eyes scanned the throng of women surrounding their table.
"I suppose so," answered Kasey, trying to dismiss her familiarity and comfort with the surroundings and put herself in the young girl's shoes. She was struggling, but failing in her ability to recall what it was like when she was in her early 20's when she was trying to find herself.
As Kasey's voice trailed off both women turned their heads to see a person waving to them and then approaching the table.
"Camille!" Kasey shouted, standing up to hug and then kiss her mate. Becca took note of Kasey's wife, an attractive brunette in her own right, also impeccably dressed, but somewhat shorter than Kasey and not quite as well-endowed.
Somewhat breathlessly Camille said, "Sorry I'm late. First it was traffic on the Bay Bridge and then finding a parking place in the Castro ..."
Camille noticed Becca sitting at their table, and before she could utter the question Kasey interjected, "Our guest's name is Becca. She was standing outside the bar and looked like she needed a friend."
"Pleased to meet you Becca," said Camille, warmly. "Where are you from?"
"Berkeley," replied the blonde.