She was standing around at the party. Her name was Claire, she had long brown hair and brown eyes and she was fairly tall. She had very large and beautiful breasts. She had just picked up a fresh drink and she was desperately trying to avoid the guy who had been talking to her all night. She found him extremely annoying. She scanned the crowd for an attractive face. Her eyes met many of those about, some replied with smiles, some with stares and some with no reaction whatsoever. Typical, she thought. Some people are no good at acknowledging strangers. She was admiring one of the more interesting male heads in the room when she noticed someone staring at her. It was tall, dark haired girl much like herself. This girlâs hair was almost black. She was wearing a red tank top that showed off her impressive cleavage and she had on really tight jeans. The girl smiled and moved towards her. Good, thought Claire, maybe thereâs someone else here whoâs as bored as meâŠI just hope sheâs not annoying.
âDo you know Bob?â the girl asked.
âWho? Bob Dwight, Bob?â Claire confusedly replied.
âYeah, he told me you were a friend of his.â
âI guess you could say thatâŠsure, I knowâem.â
âCool, heâs the only reason Iâm at this partyâŠIâm Kelly.â
âClaire.â
âItâs nice to meet you. Finally someone to talk to at this placeâŠI was wandering around for agesâŠâ
âIâve had the same problem.â
The two girls continued to talk for most of the rest of the evening. They found they had a lot in common, liked a lot of the same movies and music. Both were happy to have met someone new. When Kelly decided to leave she expressed how much fun it had been.
âIâm just glad I found someone interesting to talk to for once. Sometimes these things really suck.â
âYeah, it was nice meeting you.â
âWell, I guess Iâll see you around. Maybe with Bob sometime.â
âYeah, maybe.â
âBye.â And she left
Claire stood there. She had had a great time. That was really nice, she thought. But it was time to get out of there so she took off rapidly noticing that her annoying would-be stalker had finally reappeared and was making his way towards her.
Two weeks later Claire was lying on her bed listening to music when the phone rang. It was Kelly. She had almost forgot about her. Almost. Kelly said that she and Bob and maybe some other people were going to see âKnock, knockâ that night and Bob had told her to call Claire and ask if she wanted to come. Of course Claire wanted to come. The critics had said, ââKnock, knockâ is silly, sweet and endearing.â They would meet at 7:00.
âI donât know where everyone else is,â said Kelly, disappointedly. âThey said theyâd all be here at 6:50 at the latest.â
âMaybe theyâre just running late,â helped Claire.
âMaybe, weâll seeâŠIâll call from that pay phone.â
âSounds good.â
âFuck! Theyâre not coming!â said Kelly as she walked out of the booth.
âWhy!?!â
âTheyâre all at Bobâs and he canât get the car and they âfeelâ that they wouldnât make it in time. Fuck!â
âWell, we can still see it.â
âYouâre right, youâre right. Letâs go see the movie.â So they did.
Claire was enjoying the movie. It was silly but it was kinda cute. She just didnât feel right during it. She kept thinking that Kelly was looking at her funny but when sheâd turn Kelly would be staring intently at the screen. Just your imagination, she told herself. Then Kelly moved around a bit so that her thigh was completely up against Claireâs. Claire moved away.
Doesnât she have some respect for my space?
she thought.
The whole aisleâs hers
. A few more times she thought Kelly was staring but who could really tell? At the end of the movie Kelly grabbed Claireâs hand and led her out of the theatre. Claire swore she had rubbed her palm with her finger just a little. But she wasnât completely sure.
âLetâs go get some food,â suggested Kelly.
The phone rang. Claire got up to get it.
âHello?â she said as she answered the phone.
âHey darlinâ, itâs Kelly,â said the voice on the other end.
âOhâŠhey, whatâs up?â said Claire. She was kind of surprised. She didnât know that Kelly had her number.
âI was just wonderingâŠâ Kelly paused for a moment, âwe had a pretty good time last weekend didnât we?â
âUh yeah, sure,â Claire responded.
âSo, you wanna do it again? Like, I mean, go see a movie?â
âUmm, ok. Why not? So, what you wanna see?â
So it was set. That night they would see another movie. Claire was pretty happy. She had a new friend and this one looked she was becoming a good one fast. They had talked on ICQ a few times during the week and had got along great again.
As they bought their tickets Kelly grabbed Claireâs hand and pulled her into the theatre. They got a spot in the back row for âThe Horror!â
âI may get scared so donât be surprised if I leap into your lap,â said Kelly.
âOk, donât worry, itâs just a movie.â
Kelly sat there still holding on to Claireâs hand.
Sheâs just really friendly,
Claire thought. Partway through Kelly threw her arms around Claire and shoved her head to Clarieâs breasts. Claire held her and reassured her. During a couple of these comforting moments Claire could of sworn she thought she felt something brush against her leg and once she thought she felt something brush against her breast. Itâs the movie, she thought, youâre scared. At the subway platform they parted ways.
âThanks for being there, it was great.â Kelly said.
âNo problem, it was a great movie.â
âSee ya later then?â
And she pecked Claire directly on the lips. Claire didnât move.
What was that? What is going on? Did Kelly just kiss her?