Copyright © August 2021 by CiaoSteve
CiaoSteve reserves the right to be identified as the author of this work. This story cannot be published, as a whole or in part, without the express agreement of the author other than the use of brief extracts as part of a story review.
This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons.
Author's Notes
This is an entry for the 2021 Summer Loving Contest. I do hope you enjoy and would love to hear your feedback. As it is a contest then your votes would be welcomed. Just a heads up though. The story is lesbian in nature, but there are some suggestions of bi tendencies towards the end.
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The bar was packed. It was always the way in the Student's Union on the night when exam results came out. Music, at least that's what they called it, blared out from the stage where a local band played their set of totally unrecognisable songs. People danced, people shouted above the noise, and most of all, people drank. Already, the atmosphere was taking on a drunken edge as the pent-up pressure of another academic year was released, just like the cork in a bottle of fizz.
Somewhere amid the crowds of early twenty-somethings, Jen was waiting for her best friend Natalie to return, the two of them eager to make their escape before things got too rowdy. Natalie though, was nowhere to be seen. When Natalie had said she would get them their own bottle of fizz, and somewhere private to drink it, Jen had mocked the young Aussie. Fuelled on though by the several glasses of wine that she had already drunk, Natalie was having none of it. She disappeared into the crowds, leaving Jen to simply watch and wait. When she did return, Natalie wasn't empty handed.
"Got it. Now let's get out of here before anyone notices," Natalie announced.
That was the thing about Natalie. She had that sort of persona, the endearing charm, the cheeky smile, the gift of the gab which would get her anything, and anywhere. Natalie was everyone's friend, or so it seemed. It helped when you had the looks as well. Standing at around five foot four, she was a pocket-sized party animal, confident in her own body and not afraid to flaunt it when she needed to. The latter wasn't exactly surprising given her petite frame, slender toned legs, and surprisingly full bust for such a slight body. Even her chosen hairstyle, a shoulder length wavy bob of mousey-brown locks, matched her bubbly character.
"Come on, then," Natalie continued, practically dragging her bestie through the noisy Student's Union as she bounded off towards the exit.
"Where are we going?" Jen tried to ask as she felt herself running along behind the excited Aussie.
The two had met as fresher's, some four years earlier. They'd been placed in the same dorms, and even though they were on different courses--Natalie was a scientist, if you counted sports science as a true subject, while Jen was into literature, her long-time dream to have something published in her own name--they soon hit it off. Now, four years on, they had hardly been apart. You would have thought there was little that the two women didn't know about each other, yet every so often Natalie continued to surprise, just like now as they raced out into the fresh air.
Where Natalie was a pocket-sized party animal, Jen was much more your homely girl next door. She was several inches taller, standing at five foot ten, slimly built but not to the point of being skinny. With full hips, narrow waist and an ample bust, Jen had a subtle hourglass figure. Her long dark hair, straight glossy locks down to mid shoulder-blade, gave an air of seriousness to Jen's appearance. She didn't turn heads in the same way that Natalie did, but she was still a most attractive young woman. Don't get it wrong, Jen liked a party just as much as Natalie did, it was just that she was more the introvert to Natalie's extrovert. That said, they had become the best of friends, just like they say that opposites attract.
"Slow down, Natalie. You're gonna pull me over," Jen called out. "Where exactly are we going?"
It was a warm summer evening, the sun now dropping low in the sky as they ran across campus. Both women had gone for a casual look of short skirts and tees, with sneakers to boot. Even so, Jen was wondering what had gotten into her young friend, and why they had to be dashing so fast. It had been Natalie who had suggested they grab their own bottle and get out of here. Initially Jen had suggested she wouldn't dare, and that they wouldn't give her one anyway. Imagine the surprise though when Natalie appeared with bottle in hand just a few minutes later. Jen didn't dare ask what she had done to get it, but knowing her friend, she would have found a way.
"Come on... your place is closest," Natalie responded, turning her head to smile at Jen, then breaking out in laughter as she watched her young friend trying her best to keep up.
It was true. The two had moved onto campus for their final year and for the first time in their four years they were in different accommodation. Before long, they reached the housing block, the two women still running as quick as they could. Natalie shoulder barged the outer door, sending it slamming into the inside wall with an almighty crash.
As the door shook from the impact, Natalie bounded up the stairwell, taking the steps two at a time with Jen stumbling on behind. If anyone had been in the block, they would have thought that a herd of drunken elephants were charging through the stairwell, such was the thud of footsteps and loud giggling from the two women. Luckily, for everyone, Jen's room was on the first floor which brought the invasion of intoxicated pachyderms to an abrupt end. The two friends disappeared inside, both now panting slightly from their exertions.
"Prosecco?" Natalie asked, holding up the bottle she had been hanging onto for dear life as they charged across campus.
"Did you grab some glasses?" Jen replied, taking a seat on her bean bag as she got her breath back.
"Errm... nope," Natalie responded, bursting into giggles. She hadn't thought about that bit when she had made off with the bottle. Jen was always the sensible one, and Natalie... well, she was just impetuous.
"Mugs?" Natalie continued, thinking on her feet
"They'll be in the kitchen. I can go get them," Jen continued.
"Or..." came Natalie's giggled reply, "we could simply drink from the--"