Brandy sat staring at the e-mail from her best friend on the computer screen. She couldn't believe it. Her best friend from junior high wanted more than friendship.
The last line of the e-mail said, "Call me." Brandy picked up the phone and pressed the speed dial button that corresponded to Alex's number. It rang and rang until finally, "Hey, this is Alex. Leave me a message and I'll call you back when I can." Beep.
Brandy wasn't expecting to be forced to state her case in a voice mail. "Alex... it's Brandy. I just got your e-mail... um... I really don't know what to say. Maybe we should talk in person. Come to my house tonight at ten, okay? See ya then!" She hung up the phone with slightly shaking fingers and went outside for a cigarette.
She spent the remainder of the day wasting time, trying to occupy herself until Alex called. The phone only rang once all day, a telemarketer.
Nine-thirty rolled around and Alex still hadn't called. Brandy couldn't concentrate on the television program she had in front of her, so she decided to take a quick shower to at least ease her tense muscles, if not her mind.
The hot water felt good on her body; it seemed to ease everything, even her mind a little. She got out of the shower, wrapped her towel around her damp body out of habit and walked into her bedroom. When she opened the door she screamed - there was Alex lounged on her bed as if it were nothing strange. "What are you doing in here?!" Brandy screamed. "And how did you get in?"
Alex gave a casual laugh. "I know you keep the extra key on top of the doorframe... which isn't the best of ideas because the guy in 3B is a real pervert. He left his door open the other day and as I walked by I saw some really kinky porn on his tv. Creepy if you ask me, considering he's sixty-something."
Brandy's mouth flopped open and closed, but she couldn't say anything. She was suddenly very aware that she was only wearing a small towel. "Can you please go so I can at least put clothes on?"
Alex gave a sexy little smile and got up. "If you insist."
Brandy closed the door and leaned against it for a moment, trying to gather her thoughts and what to say when she finally left the bedroom. She threw on some sweatpants and a t-shirt, without underwear out of habit (she hated underwear around the apartment) and took a deep breath, opening the door. Alex was lounging in front of the tv, in a way that made her tiny breasts seem bigger and her long legs seem even longer. Brandy realized for what certainly wasn't the first time, that Alex was incredibly sexy. Sexy in an unconventional way, and they way she didn't see it at all made her even sexier.
When she heard the door open, Alex looked up. "You wanted to talk in person?" She sat up on the couch, her short denim skirt going a little higher up her perfect thigh.
Brandy bumbled, "I... uh.. kinda... um... hoped you would do more of the talking." She looked down at her bare feet and bit her lower lip.
Alex took a deep breath. "If you insist. Listen, I know there's tension between us, and there has been since high school. I want to end it, right now, tonight." She scooted to the edge of the couch, her skirt showing the very bottom of her black panties, and beckoned for Brandy to sit next to her. "I know you're curious, and I'm a lot more than curious. I want you. I never thought I'd say that, but it's true. I've wanted you from the time I realized that I like girls; you were the girl I liked the most."
Brandy was frozen to her spot, rooted to the cold tile floor. Alex went on. "I've dealt with this for years and I can't deal with it any more." She stood up and walked toward her best friend. "Let's just try it, we don't have anything to lose. We've kissed before, that time with Jeremy, and a couple times in truth or dare throughout the years. If you're not comfortable, we'll stop at that and hope our friendship isn't hurt." She took Brandy's cold hand in her own warm one and gently raised it to kiss each of the fingers. "You're beautiful. I've always wanted to love you."
A tear began to form in Brandy's eye. Nobody had ever called her beautiful before. She let Alex pull her onto the sofa and vaguely heard her say something about stopping if she got uncomfortable at any point. In her daze, she didn't see her friend lean in until she felt her soft lips against her own. It shocked her into reality, and into realizing she wanted the same things. Brandy began to kiss back.
Alex took this as a sign to continue and placed her hands on Brandy's shoulders, caressing them and slowly, lovingly moving down her arms until their hands met and intertwined. They kissed for a moment, then Alex put her hands on Brandy's toned stomach and ever so slowly moved up until her fingertips touched the bottoms of her ample breasts. Brandy froze for a moment as her friend gingerly took her left breast into her hand, then her right. She then realized she enjoyed the sensation of Alex's strong but gentle and very precise musician's hand's on her and put her own hands on Alex's back. Alex started to squeeze them and play with them, then worked one hand up under the tshirt. Again Brandy froze for a moment, then decided to herself that this wasn't bad and started getting into it. She kissed Alex passionately and touched her best friend's breast for the second time in their decade of friendship.
Alex moaned softly at this, the first bit of realization of her fantasies from the last few years. She couldn't help smiling. She pulled away from Brandy's lips and gave her a reassuring grin, then went back to kissing, this time on her neck; she knew this was just the spot to get her going. Despite her uncertainty, Brandy couldn't help but moan at her friend's expert lips and teeth on her most sensitive spot. Alex began pulling up the tshirt over Brandy's breasts, exposing them to the cool breeze of the fan and making the nipples even harder. She moved her kisses slowly down over Brandy's fragile collarbone, then over the shirt and onto her chest. She kissed her way down between her friend's breasts and made her way slowly across to the left nipple and sucked on it gently while squeezing her right breast with one hand and pulling the shirt off her head with the other.
Brandy surrendered to the moment and let out a sigh that Alex thought to be a sign to stop. She turned only her eyes up to look at Brandy's face, but the content smile and half-mast eyes gave Alex encouragement to go on. She started biting at the nipple in her mouth and gently pinching on the other one. Brandy moaned happily and reached under Alex's shirt to take her breasts in her hands. Alex expertly used one hand to pull off her own shirt while kissing her way back to Brandy's neck, then to her lips.
After one quick kiss on the lips, Alex pulled away and whispered, "Your turn" into Brandy's ear with a lick.
Brandy became hesitant. She had no problem with her friend doing whatever she liked to her, but the only female body she'd ever explored was her own. "I've never done anything like this before," she whispered back.