At First Sight (GirlxGirl) LGBT+

Chapter Seventeen

Isla put her pen down in home office and rubbed her eyes. She checked the clock. It was a little before nine. That's enough for today she thought. She was writing report cards for the fourth years ahead of their parents night in a fortnight. They had to be submitted tomorrow to be handed out on Friday. She tired her best to not to write your son's a cunt on Craig Johnston's. So she hadn't written it yet.

Wonder how Dani's last counselling session went? She lifted her phone.

Dani: Hey beautiful. Just catching up with Cait and Bill. Taking Mol out then I'll give you a bell. I miss you xxx

She'd sent that almost two hours ago now. Her mind drifted to Cait's words yesterday about Dani returning after three days looking to plan an escape route. Stop it. She's done nothing to indicate that's what's she's thinking. I'm really missing her, even her just being here humming tunelessly to some old 90s song. It's weird three nights and already I feel like I'm going to miss her sleeping next to me.

"Daniel" Isla shouted the dog. She was going to take him across the road to the grass. Empty him for the night. Then bath, bed and hopefully hear from Dani. She lifted the dogs lead, and headed down out the flat.

"Oh!" She jumped.
"Shit sorry," Dani smiled "I was just about to knock."
Isla smiled, "you miss me that much?"
Dani nodded. "Yeah, I was planning to surprise you but I guess a scare will do." She kissed her.
"I'm just taking Daniel for a pee. I'll be back in a minute if you want to go up?"
"I'll come with you" Dani smiled. "Is it okay that I'm here?"
"More than okay" Isla took her hand. "I was just thinking that it was going to be weird sleeping without you."
Dani smiled. "What we're you up to this evening?"
"Reports. I've only got Craig's to write."
"Just write Craig's a fico"
"What does that mean?"
"Excuse my language. Cunt"
Isla laughed. "Fico, hey I'm learning to swear in Italian. What is wanker?"
"segaiolo" Dani shook her head, "did you not look up foreign swear words when you were like twelve or something?"
"No, I was a good girl."
"Yeah what happened?"
"I became a very good girl" Isla kissed Dani. "I was also just going for a bath, if..."
"Yeah" Dani didn't even let her finish the sentence.

...

Dani settled back into Isla's body. In the warm water of the bath.
"Comfy?" Isla smiled and stroked Dani's arm.
"Yeah, you okay?"
"Perfect" she held Dani. "So how was the rest of your day?"
"Yeah it was okay, it's got better in the last half hour." Isla kissed her shoulder. "That's the counselling finished"
"How do you feel it went? If you want to talk about it"
"I want to talk about everything with you. Yeah it was interesting, we finished up by putting things in a box. Like those irrational fears. I can talk about what happened without reliving it. Without thinking I was stupid. Without thinking that anytime something similar happens that I'll die"
"That must have been so hard to live with. You were in an awful place that day in the school. When the kids came into the canteen and said there were knives. I couldn't stop myself I just ran to you. I couldn't leave you, I needed to make sure you were okay. I stayed with you for a few hours, held you while you slept. I think I was kidding myself that we could be anything other than this. I couldn't be just a friend I think that's why I think we fought all the time.
"I'd miss you went to the station in a mood. I was so jealous of Lynsey. The thought of you with her. That's when I realised that my hang up was about you. I don't like the idea of you being with anyone but me." Does that sound possessive "I hope that doesn't sound like I'm some crazy person"
"No. I felt horrible the other night when you said you were going to meet someone"

"I'm so glad you came tonight. I was missing you."
"Yeah I missed you too,"
"We're getting a bit soppy here Sherlock."
"Yeah, Cait says you've turned me to goo"
Isla laughed. "I'm stupidly soft. I love romance stories and Hollywood endings and all that stuff. It's never really worked out that way though, I guess. I dated guys for a bit. Lost my virginity at the age of 17 to some boy at school who I thought I was going to spend my life with. I hated it. It just didn't feel like I was expecting it would. But we split up maybe couple of months into us going to Uni. I met a drama student, called wait for it Aurora"