Author's Note: This is chapter two in my Wound in Time series. The story contains mainly F/F action as well as a plot. It's a lengthy piece that will not exactly satisfy your search for instant gratification. Okay, maybe it will. You needn't have read the first one but if you want extra juice on the characters, checking it out will be a good fix. That said, read on and hopefully, enjoy the story. Please don't forget to vote.
Sunday Morning
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Bellinda's smile widened when she remembered that Adrian's deadline for the contract had passed. She hadn't even bothered herself with calling the cocky butch. She would sign the contract but would also have Mavin with her so that things stayed business-like.
A portion of her brain told her it was unfair to use Mavin as a buffer to feelings for Adrian. Another part of her cerebrum told her that she didn't want those feelings and would be doing herself a big favor by forgetting them. Mavin would help her do that and then some. Bellinda was downright grinning now.
She snuggled herself closer to the sleeping woman's naked body and rested her head on Mavin's chest. She listened to Mavin's steady breathing and pumping heart. The warmth from Mavin's flesh sent tingles up and down her spine, confirming her addiction to this dark woman. Her hand ran small circles over the tall woman's rippled torso.
The musky scent of their passionate lovemaking hung hazily in the air. It was late in the morning and Bellinda didn't feel like leaving Mavin's side. Not that her body would even allow it if she wanted to. Muscles she forgot she had, ached dully but still, she felt . . . damn good!
She looked up at Mavin's slumbering countenance, her green eyes setting on the long, moon-shaped scar that draped down from the left side of Mavin's neck to her right collar bone. She wondered what the story was behind the shiny scar that screamed of a life-threatening event. Her curiosity piqued as she drew a hand to Mavin's neck. Her fingers began to trace the path of darker skin.
Bellinda didn't know if her mind was playing tricks on her but the scar felt hot to her touch. She lingered for a moment then let her hands wander up to Mavin's strong chin. She caressed the skin, liking the arrangement of bone and muscle. Her fingertips grazed the tall woman's soft lips while bathing in the warm air from Mavin's nostrils.
Bellinda liked the adventurous spirit welling up in her and continued her exploration; tracing the curve of Mavin's high cheekbone and disturbing the fine hairs that adorned the smooth skin. She slipped her hand to the left side of Mavin's head and found a perfectly formed ear with a fleshy lobe. Her fingers danced on the outer edges of the sensitive organ. She heard Mavin's breath shift, but didn't stop. Her eyes closed, relinquishing their task of sense to five curious fingertips.
"That tickles." Mavin whispered and the redhead jumped.
"Jeez, I thought you were asleep!" Bellinda gasped as her heart took on a whole new rhythm.
"Oh I was, until you found my ear." Mavin smiled and raised herself up on her elbows.
"Sorry I woke you, I couldn't help myself." Bellinda pouted like a school girl with an agenda.
"No, no, no. This is not how you wake me up." Mavin said and pulled Bellinda up on top of her. She took the redhead's face in her large hands and planted a kiss on her forehead, and another one on the tip of Bella's nose and then finally, Mavin seized Bella's pink, bottom lip between her dark pair and sucked it gently, greeting it with her tongue. She released it and did the
same to Bella's top lip.
Bellinda thought she would die as a moan escaped from the confines of her throat. Mavin drew back and grinned.
"That's more like it. Now if you'd excuse me, I've got a meeting with mama natura." Mavin said as she eased herself off the bed.
"I'm amazed at how limber you are after last night." Bellinda groaned as she fell back onto the warmth Mavin arose from.
Mavin walked into the bathroom and stretched. She splashed some water on her face and proceeded to take care of business. Outside, Bellinda waited until she heard the toilet flush, then knocked on the door.
"Come in and hold your breath." Mavin said from the bathroom as Bellinda opened the door. She came in, wrapped up in sheets that smelled of their bodies. She held her breath but realized there was nothing to smell and relaxed.
"I'm gonna take a shower, I gotta finish writing some software." Mavin took out a toothbrush and a bottle of bodywash from her bag, "When's your
meeting?"
Bellinda wore a puzzled look as though she didn't expect Mavin to remember her request. "Oh, um...it's today. I didn't know you had plans, sorry."
Mavin chuckled and almost choked on toothpaste, "No you ain't. You'd have asked even if I told you I had plans but it's okay. I'll go with you." Mavin said and went back to scrubbing her teeth.
Bellinda sighed and fidgeted with her hands. She caught herself before Mavin did. "There's something I think you should know." Mavin was rinsing her mouth, liking the minty freshness and thanking ingenuity that it wouldn't last forever. Bellinda went on, "The contract is being offered to me by my ex." Mavin gazed at her for a minute and cleared her throat.
"So?" She said with a black brow raised.
"That won't bother you?"
"Should it?"
"Well I-"
"She wasn't the one in your bed last night and she's not the one buck naked in front of you now." Mavin said with a straight face, her deep voice taking on an acoustic edge from the spacious, aqua-tiled bathroom. She held her arms out and Bellinda found herself in the tall woman's warm embrace. "Do you still have feelings for her?"
Bellinda was caught off guard. The words died before she couldn't even put them in order, let alone say them. Mavin spoke before she could.
"What time is the meeting?"
"Three." Bellinda managed.
"Aight, the way I see it, you'll sign the contract and there'll be no chit-chatting." Mavin planted a kiss on Bellinda's head, "Don't worry about it, you'll be fine."
Bellinda smiled to herself, 'Yes! Operation Chocolate Buffer is a go.' She pulled herself from Mavin and took her turn at the sink. Mavin got into the shower and soon, Bella could barely see herself in the mirror. Mavin lathered herself slowly, enjoying the feel of the hot water cascading down her body.
She battled the urge to ask Bellinda into the shower with her. She wanted to take things slow, do things differently and perhaps conquer the lust that blinded her. Alright, let's not get carried away.
Bellinda busied herself with wiping the mirror and treasuring the few seconds for which it stayed clear, until it fogged up again. She was done brushing her mouth but she didn't want to leave the bathroom.
"If you keep going like that, you're gonna have me showering cold." Bellinda said with something in her voice that begged for invitation.
"What's wrong with cold?" Mavin said knowingly and smiled to herself as she rinsed.
Bellinda scoffed, "I can't believe you just said that. You're using all the hot water!"
"Not anymore." Mavin yanked the curtain back, "I'm done."
Bellinda watched speechlessly as a steamy Mavin got out of the shower and grabbed a towel.
"You're just gonna stand there looking at me, or are you gonna get ready for your appointment?" Mavin said as she wrapped the towel around her waist.
Bella ignored the tall woman and got into the shower. It didn't take long for the water to turn cold.
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Adrian sat in the same chair as the last time she saw Bellinda. She was a tad pissed that the redhead had extended the deadline but she kept her cool. After all, she was going to sign the contract. The redhead called her this morning, saying she'd show up at three . . . ish.
Whatever, she'd have a signed contract by sundown if it came to that. But then again, she didn't have 'til sundown. She had an evening flight to catch back to Seattle.
She had a hot little piece of cherry pie named Sandy, waiting for her. 'What a tongue on that one!' Adrian thought as she rapped her fingers on the table. It was already twenty minutes past three when she spotted the redhead at the door, clad in a pair of supertight jeans that seemed to defy all laws of material physics and a white, frilly blouse that housed her magnificent double-d breasts.
There was a tall metro-looking guy with her, probably a lawyer. Adrian got up from her seat as the redhead approached. She almost fell back when she saw that the tall figure was a woman.
"Hello Adrian. Hope you don't mind my tardiness." Bellinda said with a smile as she sat down.
"Not at all," The blonde butch lied, "I see you brought your lawyer." She said, looking at Mavin, whose glare bored through her.
Adrian felt slightly uncomfortable but she stuck her hand out anyway and tried to play it cool. Mavin took it in a firm grip and kept her gaze steady.
"How presumptuous, Mavin's not my lawyer." Bellinda said in a clipped tone. "Do you have the contract or are we just here to suck air?"
'She's good.' Mavin thought as she stood behind Bellinda's chair, getting a big kick out of being intimidating.
"Here are the necessary documents you need to sign," Adrian said as she laid the papers out on the table. "This one grants you immunity to freak accidents, this one says you'll relinquish ownership of the work you do concerning this project and finally, this one pays you for your services."
"So you just want me to sign and that's all the explanation I get?" Bellinda said as a few doubts tried to get her attention.
"Precisely. It's that simple. You design, I consult, we both get paid. No questions asked." Adrian said with effort to hide her exhaustion.
"It feels sketchy, Adrian. I don't know."
