Lacey felt her world changing as she took those few shorts steps into Kristi's room. When the door closed quietly behind them, it felt like she was leaving another life behind her. She trembled as she waited to follow Kristi's lead, but was relieved that her cousin was acting nonchalant, as if it were a best friends' slumber party.
"This will be fun, like back in grade school, having sleepovers with friends," Kristi said.
"Um, yeah. I don't remember the last time I did that," Lacey muttered, now suddenly unclear about the arrangement. Why did she get her hopes up, she wondered? Why would she expect someone like Kristi to actually be attracted to someone like her?
Kristi sat down on the right side of the bed.
"I like to read sometimes before I go to sleep. Is that okay with you?" Kristi asked as she grabbed a book from the end table.
"Oh, and I'd ask what side of the bed you want, but this one's so small it doesn't really have sides," she laughed.
"Either side is good, Kristi," she said quietly, trying to control the pouting of her lower lip.
With the small twin bed pushed against the corner of the tiny bedroom, Kristi settled in next to the bedside table and the reading lamp, leaving Lacey standing at the foot of the bed, with a choice of climbing in from there or easing over her cousin to get to the other side. She was surprised to see Kristi reach into the table drawer to pull out a pair of glasses before opening the book.
Kristi was lying on her back on the right side of the bed with the pillow propped up under her. Lacey paused, looking at the footboard which suddenly seemed way too high to easily climb over. Kristi pretended to read the book, hoping her outward demeanor would bely her internal nervousness.
She looked up over the top of the book. "Change your mind, cuz? I'm sorry it's such a small bed," she lied, not at all sorry about the tight sleeping arrangement.
"No, um. I'm just not really good at hurdling footboards," she giggled nervously.
Kristi looked down and realized that she had given her cousin no access to the bed.
"Oops, sorry. I'm so selfish! Here," she said, sitting up and bending her legs to give Lacey room to pass.
Lacey smiled and eased past her on her hands and knees. Kristi watched the t-shirt rise over Lacey's cute boy shorts and resisted the temptation to reach down to touch her cousin's butt. Instead, she pulled the sheet and bedspread down for Lacey to slide under.
"If you need another pillow, I can try to scrounge one up somewhere," Kristi said, extending her legs under the sheets after her cousin got situated.
Not surprisingly, Kristi's right side was forced to graze against Lacey's left side under the covers, but neither one complained. Kristi couldn't concentrate on the book. She chose instead to mentally count down, estimating the appropriate amount of time before turning the page. Seconds ticked by, then minutes. She glanced over at Lacey who was fumbling with her iPhone. They lay quietly on the small bed, before Kristi's book dropped onto her chest and her breathing deepened. Lacey looked over and was surprised to find Kristi sound asleep.
Lacey bit her lip, wondering if she should just nudge her awake or allow her cousin to sleep. She decided to delicately attempt to remove Lacey's glasses. She folded them and reached for the book, methodically prying it from her cousin's fingers. She removed her own glasses and slowly reached across Kristi's sleeping form to place her phone, the book and the two pair of glasses on the small table. As she did, she couldn't avoid pressing her body slightly against her cousin's. Despite her half-hearted effort to minimize the contact, her left breast pressed against her cousin's small right breast with only the thin fabric separating their bodies.
Although they had hugged multiple times throughout the course of the week, this was so different. The electricity from the simple pressure of body on body was too much to resist, and Lacey found herself prolonging the reach. She looked down through slightly blurry vision at her sleeping cousin and listened intently to her breathing. Their faces were so close at that moment that she could feel and savor Kristi's warm breath against her cheek as she exhaled. She hovered over her older cousin, longing to press her lips to Kristi's. Instead, she diverted a light kiss to Kristi's forehead and rolled over to her 'side' of the twin bed, reluctantly withdrawing contact with Kristi's body.
They both stayed in that position, each on their backs, calves touching under the sheets, until Lacey felt herself drifting off to sleep. It wasn't long before each shifted in their sleep, resulting in an intertwining of their smooth legs under the sheets, followed by semi-conscious apologies and occasional adolescent giggles. Both girls were 'side-sleepers,' and coincidentally they each preferred rolling onto their right sides. Eventually their bodies naturally found themselves in those positions, with Lacey in more of a fetal position on her side with one hand resting down between her thighs just above her knees, and the other arm tucked under her pillow, cradling her own head.
In that position, her butt innocently violated Kristi's space, jutting out across the imaginary line of the twin bed. Fortunately, it was a perfect complement to Kristi's body with their comparable heights. Initially, the girls were pressed against each other in sleep, but Lacey's body heat soon penetrated through fabric to Kristi, waking her. Realizing the position that they were in, Kristi's left arm slid over her cousin's side and stopped at her waist. Kristi felt a rush seeping through her body as Lacey stirred in sleep, and she nearly panicked as she felt Lacey's left arm move to gently place her hand over Kristi's hand. Kristi couldn't resist moving her left leg across to mimic the bend of Lacey's left leg. In this position, she found herself spooning tightly against her cousin's panty-clad ass, with her left hand mere inches in either direction from the point of no return.
The heat had a similar impact on Lacey, waking her. She remained still as she felt her cousin's arm wrap around her waist. She tried hard to control her breathing, feigning sleep, and when she felt the gentle warmth of her cousin's hand, she stifled a moan. After several seconds, she removed her hand from between her own knees and slowly reached up to hold her cousin's hand tightly against her. She kept her eyes closed in the darkness - unsure if her cousin was awake or asleep - and suddenly not caring either way. When she felt her cousin's body press tightly against her, she felt a familiar moisture building between her legs and knew that - had she been alone - she would have had to touch herself. Now, however, she forced self-restraint out of necessity, but the desire continued to mount with only subtle movements of her cousin's hand against her bare stomach under her t-shirt. Still pretending to sleep, she shifted, rolling slightly to her left. That tiny movement resulted in Kristi's thumb resting against the base of Lacey's breast. This time, Lacey couldn't help but let out a very feint moan before quickly squelching it. Again, as if her own hand had a mind of its own, it followed Kristi's up, nudging her hand to press more tightly against her right breast. They remained motionless for several minutes, both awake in total darkness but unsure if the other was. Finally, Kristi opened her hand, hesitating before lightly cupping Lacey's full breast, with Lacey's hand following along to cup Kristi's hand. Kristi's fingers soon found her cousin's hard nipple, pinching it lightly as much out of fascination as excitement. The breast was so much bigger than her own, and the feeling of the firm yet soft flesh was more incredible than she could ever have imagined. She felt Lacey's hand move and froze for a split-second as her young cousin shifted more to her left to rest on her back.
