I'll never forget that night. At first it seemed like any other, my best friend and I watching Craig Ferguson, out nightly TV show. Fits of giggles came in waves, cramping my back each time I burst. My pain showed, and she offered to work out the muscles. I removed my shirt, after all, best friends don't mind each other's nudity. Her fingers worked magic, true magic.
"Kate, you can stop whenever you like." I said after the pain had completely stopped.
"No, I'm enjoying myself, Becky. I like making you feel better." Her hand traveled up my neck, massaging the still stiff muscles there. Before I could help it, a moan escaped my lips. "I can tell you're feeling better."
That's not all I was feeling. I was feeling like I was being touched for the first time. What Kate didn't know was that I had been in love with her since the first time I saw her. Three years prior. I wanted nothing more than to be with her, but since the start of our friendship that hadn't worked out. She was always with someone while I was single, or vice versa. But now, now was the only chance I had. Her hand pulled back on the muscle again, eliciting another guttural moan from my throat. She was oblivious. Kept rubbing, acted as if it never happened. I told her to stop at some point, when I could feel the heat rising, along with my pulse. I pulled my shirt back over my head, slightly embarrassed.
Have I gone through all of this for her to not want me in return. "Kate?" I laid down next to her, heads on the same pillow. My long curly locks fell against her cheek. "Would you ever, kiss me?" She was silent, my heart raced while I waited for a response. I saw her get more and more tense, her hand gripped the sheets next to me. "You don't, have to." I rolled to face her, inches away from her beautiful face.
"I want too, I do. I would. I, haven't, for fear's sake." She faced me then, placed her hand on my hip. "Do you want me to?" Everything felt heavy, the air in my lungs, the sheet over my legs, over her legs too. I nodded my head, unsure of what I was getting myself into. "Turn off the light then." My hand reached for the switch, as soon as it was off she pulled me against her, tightly, our legs entwined. "The secret to a first kiss," She whispered, TV flickering behind her face. "Is to move so slowly that they don't see you coming." I knew she was getting closer, but the pace was so microscopic it startled me when our lips were touching. The kiss was slow, painstakingly slow. Her lips barely rubbed against mine, and it was minutes before it got deeper. Her hand pressed into my back roughly, holding me there. "You know how long I've been in love with you? Since I saw you, walking down the hallway. Back in high school." She was so close that her lips moved against my own when she spoke. Her tongue flicked across my lip, the kiss starting to flow through us again. She rolled over me, kissing me even deeper than before. "You know, I hang on every word you say. I know that this is the farthest you've gone," Her hand scaled down my chest, landing on my right breast, rubbing it gently. "But, it's also the point where things get repetitive, in my experience."