Nina was pleased and relieved to finally hear Lisa knocking at her door. She jumped up from the sofa to answer the door like an excited school girl being picked up for the prom.
"Oh finally!" she announced as she greeted Lisa and motioned for her to come in. "I was starting to wonder if you were still going to come over."
"I got waylaid at Bert's. You know how he is. Loves to chat," replied Lisa as she looked around the room.
"Nice place Nina," commented Lisa "Must cost you a fortune."
"Thanks. And yeah I guess it does. But I'm not worried cos I'm sure we will both get picked for the magazine feature and Bert has something else lined up for me," replied Nina positively.
Lisa had stopped and picked up a bottle of wine on her way over. Nina had thrown together a light meal of salad and grilled chicken while she had waited for Lisa.
They sat down at the dining suite and enjoyed dinner and wine together as they talked and got to know one another better.
Nina told Lisa her life's story in detail. Lisa raising her eyebrow and pausing to stare at her when she mentioned just how much money Nina's father had.
"You mean to tell me you left a life of luxury to have to fight it out here just on the off chance you might get a job doing commercials?" asked Lisa sarcastically.
"It wasn't such a great life, unless you like the idea of being controlled all the time," answered Nina with a sigh. "And besides, I don't plan to just do commercials. Bert is going to get me a job in television."
Lisa shrugged but didn't want to get into a debate about her chances of that. Instead Lisa told Nina her life's story too. She told Nina how she owed Bert big time for all he had done for her, but missed out the part where she often 'pays' him back.
The girls had a great night talking and drinking and getting to know each other. The more Nina spent time with Lisa the more she was convinced she was falling in love with her.
Lisa sensed this and although she somewhat felt the same way, she wasn't about to give in to it or to show it. So anytime the conversation drifted to being too deep or hinted at anything romantic, Lisa changed the subject. Lisa also decided that it wasn't a good idea for her to stay the night with Nina, even though that's exactly what Nina wanted.
Lisa had to keep her distance emotionally or she feared she may not be able to fight the attraction she felt towards Nina.
But that didn't stop her from having a fun two hours of hot, passionate sex before she left.
Nina may have been a late starter, but now that she had a taste of it and of Lisa, she was insatiable.
The wine had made Nina even hornier than she had already been due to the blow job she had given Rick that morning. Lisa's oral 'pay back' to Bert had left her wanting more too.
Lisa didn't have her dildo's or strap-on with her, but they both managed to have many orgasms by using their tongues and fingers and a couple of good sized carrots that Nina had in her fridge.
Lisa enjoyed teaching Nina just as much as Nina loved to learn all she could about sex and what she had been missing out on.
At the end of their sex session, Nina lay in Lisa's arms and fell asleep while Lisa played with her hair. Once Lisa was sure she was asleep, she slipped her arm out from beneath her and got up and dressed. She left a note saying sorry she couldn't stay but had to be up early for an appointment. It wasn't entirely a lie, but the main reason she didn't want to stay was Nina was getting to her, making it harder and harder for Lisa to remain distant.
When Nina woke up she was surprised to find Lisa not there beside her and then disappointed once she had read her note.
She sat in bed and tried to read between the lines. Nina was naive but still she was getting signals. She was starting to realize that the love she felt for Lisa was one-sided and that made her feel sad.
Nina was just sitting there in bed alone, feeling more alone than she had since she first moved to L.A. when the phone rang.
She jumped up to get it, hoping it was Lisa.
"Hello. Nina speaking" she spoke into the receiver as she held the phone up to her ear.
"Hi sweetheart. It's Uncle Bert here. How are you love?"
"I'm fine," replied Nina, not completely truthfully.
"Great. Well I've got news for you honey. Actually I've got good news and bad news," said Bert.
"Hmm ok. Well give me the bad news first Bert cos I'd rather get it over and done with." said Nina pessimistically.
"Well the bad news is you didn't get picked for the magazine. But before you get too upset. Rick really did like you and he said it was close and if he had needed 7 girls you were next in line," Bert rattled it off so fast, taking the rip of the band aid fast strategy.
"Oh," said Nina quietly, "And what about Lisa, did he pick her?"
"Oh yes. Lisa got in," Bert replied.
"I see. So is that the good news then? That Lisa got picked?" asked Nina, somewhat envious.
"What? Oh no. It's much better news than that sweetheart," answered Bert enthusiastically, "The good news is my dear that Rick liked you so much that he recommended you and now Mr. Steele wants you to come in and do a reading for him." Bert was grinning and Nina could hear it in his voice.
"Oh my God! Really? When Bert when?" Nina asked excitedly, all trances of her glumness disappearing.
"Yes really. I told you your uncle Bert would see ya right didn't I sweetie? Yeah he wants you to come to his studio tomorrow at nine. He has seen your pictures and thinks you have the look he wants for this new part so as long as he likes how you act then it's pretty much a done deal."