Grow As We Go

Zone Defense

Feeling the sunshine through the opened blinds, Azzi's eyes began to flutter open. Cursing herself for actually sleeping with the blinds not fully closed, Azzi was sure that it was Paige's fault in some way. Feeling the warmth of the body next to her, Azzi's eyes narrowed in to see that Paige was nearly an inch away from hers. Seeing as her eyes began to flutter open as well, Azzi laughed softly as Paige began to rub her eyes as she was slowly waking up from her slumber. Laying eyes on each other. Paige on Azzi. Azzi on Paige. The two just looked at each other for a few moments as words were of no use when their eyes could speak. Bringing her hand up, Paige rested her hand on Azzi's side as Azzi reached towards Paige's face to move the hair away from her face. They couldn't explain it. It was a feeling that was unexplainable that they were both trying to figure out.

Scared. Terrified. Feeling every bit of her palms sweat. Azzi decided to be the bold one between them as she wanted to touch the fire of the feeling she was experiencing at this moment. Leaning towards her, Azzi slowly brought her lips to the corner of Paige's mouth, slowly taking in the slight feel of her skin. Pausing for a moment, Azzi waited for some sort of confirmation that she hadn't crossed the line at this moment. That she hadn't invaded the boundaries that Paige was known to put up with without realizing. For a moment, they both remained still. Azzi slowly panicked as she completely misread the moment, mauled her best friend as she lay in her bed. In her mind, she is writing her obituary for how horribly wrong this moment was going. Picking the casket for her own funeral of embarrassment, Azzi was quickly caught off guard by the softness of Paige's lips pressed against hers. Shocked. Relieved. On fire. Content. Those were but a few feelings that she was experiencing in this moment as Paige's lips were pressed to hers. Feeling her hand travel up to her side until it gripped the side of her face, Azzi felt as if a wildfire had caught on to her body with her every touch.

Parting her lips with hers, asking for an unspoken permission, Paige slid her tongue inside her mouth, massaging hers with Azzi's. Moving closer towards her, Azzi felt as if the distance was too far between them. Deepening the kiss, Azzi attacked her lips as if they were a source of water, a means of survival. With every taste, they both wanted more to the point that it was a craving. Biting down on her lip, Paige solicited a whimper from Azzi that served more as a turn on for herself as her hands ran wild over her body.

"Girls wake up! Breakfast is ready!" Tim called out from down the hall. Hearing her dad's voice, Paige and Azzi ripped away from each other to their respective sides of the bed, both sitting up so that just in case her dad appeared, he would see nothing that was going on.

"After you" Paige said hesitantly as Azzi and her met at the door after nearly jumping out of the bed.

"Yeah, thanks" Azzie smiled weakly as they walked down the hall, feeling as if it was a walk of shame for what they were doing just a few moments ago.

"They have arisen" Tim declared as the two girls took their seats at the table, unable to avoid sitting next to each other as the rest of Azzi's family claimed their spots. "You guys must've been fooling around." he began to say as Paige nearly choked on her orange juice.

"Oh God, are you okay?" Katie asked as she patted Paige's back.

"Yeah, I'm fine. My guy here just caught me off guard with the early morning joke" Paige said trying to recover from the awkwardness.

"I was just saying that you guys must've been up late last night with how late you slept in" Tim teased.

"You guys want to help out with the basketball clinic today?" Katie asked.

"Uh, I have to meet with Colleen. We're supposed to go shopping for a dress for her dad's anniversary dinner" Azzi quickly replied.

"Paige?" Tim then asked.