The Reunion (Part 1)

chapter 35

The next morning they woke up in the same position.
Carina had caressed Maya's face with her hand that was previously at the back of her neck.

-"It wasn't a dream," Maya said.

-"No... Or maybe we had the same one".

- "are you hungry?"

- "yes but I want to keep caressing your face"

- "you have your whole life to do that"

Carina's thumb had caressed the blonde's lower lip.

- "I know I kissed you yesterday..." She made as she looked at her lips.

- "you don't have to justify anything to me."

Carina had moved closer and picked up the blonde to give her a hug.

- "thank you"

- "no need to thank me"

They had finally gotten up to go to breakfast.

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It had been two weeks since Carina's birthday. They had spent all their time together, they had slept together when Maya was off duty.

Tonight they were at the Italian's house, they were on the couch, they were talking.

- "nooo!"

- "yes! Three weeks before the reunion"

- "at our old high school?"

- "yes, and she was young, a freshman"

- "how can you give birth in the bathroom?!"

- "she was a child"

- "oh no, I can't imagine that. If my Charlie had told me when I was twelve or thirteen that he had gotten a girl pregnant I wouldn't have been the most loving mother in the world!"

They had continued to talk while eating. They had gotten used to the fact that they knew they were in love with each other, but that nothing more was going on, even if it wasn't easy every day.

- "You, a former teacher, prefer to read on a tablet?!"

- "It takes up a lot less space with everything I read. And I can read in the dark without disturbing you.

- "you've been reading since..."

- "since we've been together all nights? No? But I could eventually do it."

- "yeah, but there's no paper and stuff"

- "You have to try it. Go get it, it's in the nightstand on the right."

The blonde got up and went into the room.

- "Did you get lost?" Carina asked after three minutes, laughing.

Maya had returned and was all red.

"Oh.... Wrong side right?"

- "I thought.... Right side when you... When you're lying down..."

- "you look like you're hot"

- "no, I uh..."

- "just because I can't get intimate, doesn't mean I don't need to... release the pressure ... From time to time"

The blonde was even redder.

"You can come sit back down on the couch next to me."

Maya had come and sat next to her.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

- "no, you have uh, you can... I mean I'd rather that, that you slept with ... Someone else."