My name is Cat and this is the story of how I became a cliche'.
Everyone's heard about girls experimenting with other girls in college. While I didn't plan on becoming one of those girls before I went there, it didn't take me long to join the ranks. Though, I'm not sure what we did was "experimenting" in the true sense of the word. Well, unless you consider it an attempt to prove the hypothesis "I want to fuck this girl."
I've mentioned my best friend Emily before, but she was not actually my roommate when I started college. Even though we were going to the same school, we neglected to fill out the forms to room together. As a result we both got assigned random roommates.
Mine was Holly. She was a tall, thin girl. In high school she'd played volleyball, and she was strong and lithe without being any less feminine. She had blonde hair that she'd only lately let grow out, so it was still just to her shoulders. She kept getting frustrated with it and vowing to cut it off, but she never did. She had the prettiest blue eyes - just deep and flickering. You could see all sorts of colors in there if you looked long enough.
Holly had a boyfriend who was going to an expensive private school. Her family couldn't afford that, even though she had the grades to get in. So she was here with us, hundreds of miles away from him. They'd decided to stay together but also date other people, which
always
works out great.
Holly was also bisexual. She was the first person I'd ever met who was open about being anything but straight. You gotta realize, this was some time ago. No internet meant you only knew about the people you met in person and very few of those people were "out". It's a hard thing to accept yourself as part of a community if you're the only one it.
But accepting herself was pretty much Holly's defining trait. I don't think she even understood what self-doubt
was
. I liked her from day one.
The boundaries of her open relationship were something her and her boyfriend worked out. Basically, he was allowed to date other people, and she was allowed to date other people as long as those people didn't have a penis. She thought the distinction was silly, but she had reluctantly agreed to it.
The reason she accepted the arrangement was that she was the kind of person who needed to be touched. I figured this out over the first couple of weeks. We'd sometimes hug, and on the days we didn't she'd just wilt. She didn't know anyone else at this college, you see. In high school she'd been part of a large group of touchy-feely friends. Not sexual, just plain human contact.
When I finally noticed how much she seemed revived by a simple touch, I made a point of hugging her every day. When leaving and when coming back, when waking or before going to bed, or whatever other excuse I could come up with. It made her so happy, and that made me happy. I did not at any point worry that she would get the wrong idea, by the way. Her actions toward me were always completely platonic.
Of course, she wanted the non-platonic kind of touching too. She had thought it wouldn't be difficult to find a girl to date on campus, but it turned out to be much harder than she anticipated. There were limited places to meet other girls. When she did, they would often reject her as soon as she told them she was bisexual.
I knew she was getting rejected a lot, though not the details. But I saw her keep going out again and again, continuing to try to find someone. I couldn't think of any way to help her, so I just gave her more hugs.
Then came one night when she was out on a date and I was sitting around in the room craving some intimate contact myself. There were plenty of options for a straight girl to get some dick, of course. But I'd only been on campus a couple of months at this point and didn't know quite where to start. So... basically I hadn't gotten laid since I arrived.
Since she would be gone for a bit, I decided to take care of some of that need myself. I sometimes masturbated at night, but the need to be quiet meant that I was always holding back. Having the room to myself meant I could go all out. I stripped naked, got settled on my bed at the bottom of the loft, and resolved to really take my time with it.
She'd been gone about fifteen minutes and I was just working myself up to my first orgasm. I had big plans for several of them in the next hour while I would be alone. Panting and moaning, I felt my body start to stiffen up and began rubbing my clit faster to put me over the edge.
And then Holly walked into the room.
I mean, I'd locked the door. I wasn't
that
careless. But I'd been so into what I was doing that I hadn't heard her key. Apparently the date had failed before it even started - the girl had only showed up to turn her down.
I frantically pulled the sheet up over me, but it was obvious what I was doing. I'm sure I made quite a sight. I'm only 5'3" but I have C cup breasts that seem large on my short torso. I had my auburn hair tied back in a scrunchy, and I was flushed from my erect nipples up to my round face. People always said I looked innocent and cute until they saw my wanton expressions I'd make when I was about to get off. Like right then. I felt embarrassment at being caught but also frustration at having my climax ruined at the last second like that.
Holly tried valiantly to hide her grin and failed. But after being frozen for a moment, she picked up her little bathroom bag, cool as you could be, and said, "I'm going to go brush my teeth." Then she headed out the door to the communal bathroom down the hall.
She was gone a long time, so I think she might have been trying to give me time to finish getting off. But the mood was ruined, so instead I got dressed in my pajamas right away. As a result, I sat there a long time waiting for her to come back so I could apologize.
The first thing I said was, "I really did lock the door, I just didn't hear you."
"It's fine," she said, putting her bag back on her shelf..
"I'm really embarrassed," I continued. "You shouldn't have to walk in on me doing that." After a moment I added, "Thanks for not making a big deal about it."
"Well, I didn't want to rub it in," she replied. Then grinned again as she added, "It seemed like you were already doing that, after all."
I giggled in spite of my embarrassment. "Okay, fine - you get
one
joke," I allowed.
"So," she said, turning to look at me as she leaned back against her desk. "Did you finish?" she added with a raised eyebrow.
"I... no! Of course not!"
"Why not? Gonna do it later and pretend I don't hear you?"