"I can't believe how chilly it got!" Dakota exclaimed, as she peeled off her leather jacket inside the warm shop. Her normally pale cheeks were rosy from the brisk November winds, and her long, wavy blonde hair, never exactly styled, was even more wild. "And to think last week it was 80 degrees out!!"
She hung up her jacket in the closet in the office, and came out the counter, where one of her closest friends, and co-workers, Tereza, had buried her nose in a cup of tea and had yet to take off her scarf.
"Well, you know, Indian summer. I froze my ass off getting here!!" Tereza told her. "And I can think of a lot better ways to be spending tonight than watching the store for the old coot!!"
"Such as?" Dakota asked
"Oh, you know," Tereza replied. "A roaring fire place, a cup of hot cocoa, a warm body to snuggle up with..."
"And who's warm body would that be?" Dakota asked, raising an eyebrow. Both Tereza and Dakota were bisexual, but while it had been some time since Dakota had been with another woman, she never knew who Tereza was going to tell her had shared her bed!! And the two friends had never been lovers, which was the way it should be, as far as they were concerned. They were friends, and co-workers, and who wanted to be around if the shit hit the fan after an affair gone south?
Not that Dakota didn't find Tereza attractive. Petite, slim and gorgeous, she had enough choice of both men and women, that even if Dakota was interested, she felt Tereza had far more attractive prospects to choose from. With her dark brown hair, big blue eyes, and year-round tan, she was fighting off lovers with a stick.