Writer's Note:
Aussie slangs -
Durry - Cigarette
Joot - Vagina
Cuppa - Cup of tea
Bub - Babe or 'Baby Girl'
Cunt - Popular Australian word for 'Cunt'
Anything else, just let me know. Feel free to criticize as well. Enjoy!
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I was at another girl's flat - Bailey's flat. This time, it was with the intention to have a platonic talk.
Bailey was at the party where I'd had my first lesbian experience. She was playing a game of chicken against a rugby fanboy (sandwiching the burning end of a durry between their arms. First one to pull away lost) while I was eating out the hostess upstairs.
Bailey was the reason I was at that party to begin with, and the only person there who knew me as Sam. Yes — my real name is Sam. Bailey had gone as Roberta. It's what she does; make up names for no other reason than she can.
Bailey's entire flat was a mirror of herself, so when you walked in, you immediately got the picture of what kind of person she was. No matter how high strung you were, when you stepped inside her place, all you wanted to do was curl up on the shag carpet and fall asleep. It might be the vanilla incense that she had burning in every room, or the bohemian door beads, or all of the many bits and bobs she had advertised all over the place.
Bailey herself was just as exotic and decorated, being a frail thing in large sweat pants and a loose top. Her sharp face was pierced in the nose and lip, and framed by a mane of dreadlocks. She was naturally very pale, but she'd traveled a lot and spent a decent amount of time in the sun, which resulted in tanned shoulders and a plethora of freckles.
We were talking on her large bed. Bailey sat cross-legged and listening intently, looking completely at ease with herself and the world. It made me wonder if she was high while we were talking.
"I really don't get why you're freaking out so much," Bailey told me in that slow, husk tone of hers, "I mean, it's 2016, people are more accepting of gays then ever."
"But I'm not gay, Bailey. I love guys and...and I fuck blokes! That's it!" I said for the umpteenth time.
She sighed. "You're bi then."
"Well, I'm not sure about that..."
"Okay, so you're a straight girl who got curious. It happens, bub."
It was the most likely of all the conclusions, but I didn't want to be that either. She knew it too and I told her as much.
"Well, did you enjoy it?"
I covered my eyes and mumbled, "...I honestly can't even remember."
"Do you think you'll try it again?"
"Oh god, Bailey, I have no idea. That's what's freaking me out. I don't know what-..."
"Well, what does it matter as long as you had fun?"
That was an irresponsible way to think, but it calmed me down a bit. What was the harm if I liked it? If it was just a bit of fun?
"Yeah, I think...yeah, you're right." I said.
She smiled and waved her hand as if to say, 'and there you go!'
I just stared at her feet, unable to look her in the eye. I don't know why, but they just looked really nice. The nails were painted orange.
Her toes curled, before she asked, "So are we going out for lunch or what?"
I blinked before saying, "Oh, yeah, sure."
So we hopped up out of bed and went out for lunch. After all, it was the only reason she was agreeing to hang out during what she called 'Chill day' which consisted of her doing absolutely nothing on a Sunday.
The weather was a little cool but the air was still. We fought over who should pay before deciding (of course) it was going to be me, for interrupting chill day. She made me listen to Iggy Pop while we ate in the food court.
"So..." she began. "Did she ever...you know...pay you back?"
I look her in the eye — her big, hazel eyes — and innocently ask, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, did she lick your joot or what?"
'Lust for life' was blaring in my left ear, as we were sharing the earbuds. I looked around to make sure no one had heard what she just said and wasn't looking at us funny. "Uh...no...she didn't."
She clicked her tongue, "Rude."
"I know right?"
She bit her lip and said, "Say...you know I'm bi, right?"
I nodded slow, "yeah, that's...kind of why I came here and talked to you about all this."
Her smile grew, "And you know you're gorgeous...right?"
"Well that's debatable."
Her smile dropped. "What?"
Uh-oh. "I mean..." Oh god, was she angry? Why was she angry? "I'm not pin-up girl material, let's just say that."
Suddenly she was up and yanking my earbud out. She was a whole lot faster than I'd pegged her to be.
"C'mon." she said curtly.
"Okay." I didn't have the guts to say no.
So I got up holding my half-finished chai in one hand as she lead us through the mall to the first shop she saw. She weaved through all these clothes, not stopping to look at one. I just followed like a dog.
She took me by the hand and placed me in front of a full-body mirror.
"Okay" She said, trying to be firm by holding onto my shoulders. "Take a good look at yourself."
"Yeah, I'm looking." I told her, staring at my awkward reflection.
"Well, what do you see?"
"I see a gorgeous hippy chick and some gawky looking bitch."
"Give me some specifics on the awkward one."
"She's a good head taller than the hippy."
"That you are, but what else?"
I roll my eyes. "She's...blonde, got short hair, big hips and bad posture. She's wearing a T-shirt and no bra because she's lazy...a pair of acid washed jeans...okay, she looks alright but nothing special."
"You get a C grade for that description."
"What d'you mean? What have I possibly left out?"
She stood on her tippy-toes so her lips were at my ear. Our eyes met in the reflection, hazel clashing with pale green. She was so close I couldn't smell anything but vanilla.
She huskily whispered, "You're fucking gorgeous, Sam. That's what you're not seeing here. I see it all the time..."
I was warmed from the inside out. That familiar desire — the emotions I'd only felt in the depths of a drunken stupor — snapped awake like a glow stick. All I wanted was her; to know what her skin felt like, what her breasts looked like unclothed and to get to know them like I knew my own body.
I could see in her fox-like eyes that my thoughts weren't private. I was an open book to her. Hell, I was a fucking audiobook at this point. My face flushed red and she was kissing the side of my neck and...oh god...
I pulled away and stopped looking at the mirror — at myself — and mumbled something about needing the loo.
I went to the public bathroom — throwing my cup of chai in the bin on the way — and hurried inside.
I locked the door and sat on the toilet with my pants down, though I didn't need to go. I wiped anyway and found that I was creaming with arousal.
"Fuck..." I said.
There was a knock on the door followed by a hesitant, "Sam? You alright, bub?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said.
A small pause.
"Sorry if I scared ya, Sam."
I laughed. "You didn't, now stop talking. I'm trying to go here."
"Oh-ho...right, well...I'm heading back to the car. Keep in mind I drove you here so — no — you can't bail on me. Meet me in the car park when you're done."
"No worries, see you in a bit." I called out.