Emily Eve Best & Myself

A line between Friendship & lovers

Reader's pov:

Eve does not respond to my kiss, I pull back slightly searching for her eyes, when I find her eyes I see a grain of hope within them as well as a hint of fear, as I looked deep into her eyes, I felt my heart pounding relentlessly.

"Eve?" I whisper her name as I felt her hands come to rest on my hips, as we just stared into each other's eyes, I could feel myself getting lost in her dark chocolate brown eyes, "Emily, call me Emily not Eve," Emily asks me, then started biting on her lower lip as if she was considering her next words carefully, "I want us to try and have a relationship, a real relationship," Emily tells me as the lines on her face looked deeper the more in thought Emily went, "I don't want just one night with you, I completely understand that because of your past, why you don't want this or have feelings for me, well not like that anyway, if friendship is all you can give me, then I would rather have your friendship," Emily said before kissing me on the cheek, taking a step backwards to put some distance between us.

I study Emily for a moment from her facial expressions to her body language, as I study Emily as I get an unsettling feeling of Deja-vu and a tightness around my heart as I couldn't help thinking of her, I don't dare think of her name as I know I would end up crying, so many times I had wanted to pick up the phone and call her, I doubt she would answer if I did call her, that's if she hadn't changed her number, had Emily gone through a similar experience? I swallow hard while doing my best to hold back my own tears.

"Emily? Did you lose a friend after having a one nightstand?" I finally was able to ask her, though I wasn't sure I wanted to know the answer.

"Yes, that's why I won't risk losing our friendship, especially after all the hard work we have put into this friendship," Emily tells me with teary eyes, I walk over to her, lacing our fingers together, while gently placing my other hand on her cheek, once again finding myself getting lost in those big dark brown eyes of hers.

"I also lost a very good friend after a one night stand," I share with Emily, before bringing our lips together, Emily's lips were warm and soft, I felt a wave of relief when Emily responded to my kiss this time, Emily's free hand found it's way to my lower back pulling me closer into her, I run my tongue over her mouth, asking for permission to enter, Emily open's her mouth slightly and I slipped my tongue inside her mouth, our tongue's slowly began dancing together, when the need to breathe becomes an issue I pulled back from our kiss, resting our foreheads together while we both did our best to catch our breath.

As we stood there, neither one of us moving a muscle, as I felt my heart lock in a full-out sprint that threatened to steal all the oxygen from my lungs, what was happening to me right now? I ask myself as I finally pull back so that I could once again look into her eyes, what was happening right now? I asked myself, I had so many questions running around in my mind that I was starting to get a headache.

"Stay with me tonight? We don't have to do anything, we can just be together," Emily asked sounding very unsure of herself as she stumbled and stuttered over her words.

"I would love that, maybe we could even watch criminal minds together, but Emily, whatever happens next between us, lets take things slow, since we both have made it clear we don't want to lose each other's friendship," I said as I couldn't bear the thought of losing another friend.

"I don't really feel like watching criminal minds tonight, maybe another night? Tonight I want us to just talk, maybe you can tell me about your friend that you lost and I can tell you about mine, I think that would do us both some good, that only if you feel comfortable with telling me," Emily said looking down to avoid looking at me.

"Sounds like a good idea to me," I said with a sad smile though Emily could not see it, I move back a little keeping our fingers laced together as I move us towards the bedroom, I pull back the covers, "What side do you normally sleep on?" I asked Emily, Emily arched an eyebrow at me in question, however, doesn't say anything as she kicked off her shoes and slipped into the left side of the bed, sitting against the headboard, "I guess am on the right side," I think to myself as I kick off my own shoes then unhook my bra pulling it through my sleeve of my top.

Emily is watching me intently the whole time, doing my best to ignore the butterflies in my stomach, I slip in to bed next to Emily, lying down on my side facing her, Emily smiles down at me from where she was sitting, reaching a hand towards me to move a lock of my hair from my face, before laying down on her side facing me as well, pulling the covers up over our bodies, once we were comfortable, I take Emily's hand in mine lacing our fingers together again, letting our joining hands rest between us on the bed.

"Did you want to tell me about your friend first or would you rather I go first?" I asked Emily as I knew this was going to be difficult for the both of us, however as I lay there looking into Emily's eyes my heart did a little skip making me wonder if I did have feelings towards Emily that just wasn't friendship? I lick my lips as I think about the kiss we had just shared and how right it had felt, being with Emily feels right, I look down at our joining hands, they fit perfectly as though they were made to belong together, like two jigsaw puzzles pieces.

To Be Continued:

Sorry I know it wasn't what you were expecting, you were most liking expecting smut, sorry it's going to be a slow burn with some ups and downs as they both try to navigate, their newfound relationship with both their private lives and work lives, plus I may just throw in a little jealousy along the way 😉

Please R&R and be kind until next time xxx