On Saturday morning Claire awoke late. She and Tess had spent Friday night at a frat party. Dancing, drinking and laughing with new friends. They were inseparable all night, which had come the norm.
They were now into their second semester. Classes were going well and their sex was going fantastic. Whenever Claire thought Tess had shown her all she knew, she would surprise her yet again.
At one point last night Claire was sitting on a counter stool talking to one of the frat boys; he was doing his best to flirt with Claire. Tess was standing to her side taking it all in without showing but mild interest. Claire innocently reached behind her and took Tess's hand. She pulled it around her waist, letting it rest on her thigh. The frat boy smiled. "Of course. " He said. "Good for you." He looked at Tess. "Congratulations."
Tess just smiled and gave Clair a pat on her hip. Was that little move for my benefit or yours?" Tess asked.
"Ours." Clair relied.
"Good answer." Tess said
"Excuse me." A soft voice interrupted them. Claire turned to look into the bluest eyes she had ever seen. The sparkled and they belonged to a blonde beauty with long legs and small breasts and why was she taking notice of this she wondered?
Could I get a napkin?" She asked
Clare just stood there until Tess nudged her back to earth. The girl pointed to the counter behind Claire. "A napkin?" She said again.
Claire looked. "Oh. I'm so sorry. Here." Claire said and picked up a couple and handed them to the girl."
"Sarah." The girl said,
"No," Claire replied. "I'm Claire and.......and this is Tess."
The girl paused then smiled. "No, I'm sorry. I'm Sarah. I was just introducing myself."
Clare blushed as the young girl took the napkins and proceeded to wipe something from her finger. "I'm sorry." Claire said, "I don't know where my head is tonight. Too much beer I guess."
"Thanks any way." Sarah said and turned and walked across the room to where she had been the center of attention for a group of frat boys. Claire tried not to watch but the girl's slender legs looked like they were a block long in 5" heels and a hip hugging black dress with a hemline at least 10" above her knees. A slit up the right side ending along her hip didn't hurt. Blonde curls covered most of a long, lean and tanned bare back.
She leaned against Tess, "Sorry." She said. "I don't know why she effected me like that. No offence but she must be the most beautiful girl I've ever seen."
"My feeling exactly. No need to apologize for your feelings." Tess said. "You can't control your feelings." Tess pulled Claire's head back and kissed her. It was the first time she had done that in public.
When their lips separated Claire said "I don't think you wear a bra in that dress."
Tess relied, "I don't thing you wear anything else when you wear that dress."
As the evening progressed Claire 's eyes would inadvertently land on the girl, Sarah. Each time Sarah would be looking at her or soon after her head would turn to search her out and then both of them would look away.
"I think I should take you home," Tess said, "before you have an accident right here,"
They were walking across campus getting close to the dorm when Claire spoke. " I'm really sorry Tess. I've never acted like that before. Not over a boy and certainly not over a girl. I don't know what the hell happened to me. I don't know what's going on"
Tess squeezed her hand. " Its called sex, it's called arousal, it's your sexual awakening. Since I'm responsible for getting it started, I don't think I have a right to object when you act on it."
"But I wasn't......acting on anything. She was just a beautiful girl that walked by and I wanted to look at her." Claire tried to explain.
They were in their dorm room. They had showered, undressed, prepped for bed and pulled on pajamas. They lay together spooning. "Do you understand what I was trying to say....about the girl?" Claire asked
"Maybe." Said Tess, "But If you're being honest," Tess kissed Claire's shoulder. She kissed over her back and let her hand caress her breast. "How would you act if she was lying over there on you bed right now, nude and waiting for you?"
"I have no idea." Claire said.
"Then you need to find out." Tess said
The following Wednesday afternoon, Claire was setting at a table in the outdoor dining area of the campus coffee shop. Tess was away for three days at the Big Ten Track and Field completion being hosted by Michigan State. Tess ran Cross Country and she was very good. When she left earlier that morning they hugged and kissed and Claire already missed her.
She was reading Melville, part of her current 'Great American Writers' class. Melville and Hawthorne, they would consume the bulk of her reading time for the next two months
"If I was going to bother to read American writhers I would prefer Fitzgerald." When Claire looked up she was looking into the same hypnotizing blue eyes once again, the girl from the frat party. She had taken a seat at an adjacent table, setting on the opposite side so they were facing each other. She must love exposing those legs because they were crossed and were only half under her table and half out pointing directly at Claire.
"Uh....Sarah? Right? From the frat Party? Last Friday?" Claire was struggling for an ending.
"Well. Lets see. Yes. Yes and I thing it was Friday, yes." The girl was toying with her.
'Right." Said Claire. "Nice to see you again." God, that was stupid she thought. Sarah was wearing white shorts and a white Polo shirt. White sandals and her toenails and fingernails were white. She had a white pearl bracelet. And most amazing, Claire thought, She had the whitest most perfect teeth she had ever seen.
There was nothing 'Wal-Mart' about this girl. She was upper class all the way. She was from wealth and good breeding and privilege.
"I'm not a fan." Claire said. "Class assignment." She waved the book and shrugged.
Sarah leaned back in her chair without responding. She uncrossed her legs and then, looking into Claire's eyes, she let them open. Wide. She ran a hand from her crotch to the inside of her knee and back.
Claire was clearly becoming unnerved and looked away. Without thinking, she began to gather her books and stand. "I need to get back. I have a lot of studying to do."
"You're in the Copeland dorm, right?" Sarah asked.