Chapter Sixteen
Kimberley returned to the room to find Cheryl sitting on the bed, wrapped in a towel. Her wet hair falling perfectly on her face. She looked at Kim and simply smiled. She just sat there, her hands on her lap, her back straight, her head turned to Kimberley. “She’s prefect” Thought Kim, feeling all the fear and shame disappear. This is where Cheryl belonged. This is how it was meant to be. Her and Cheryl, together. “Are you gonna stand there all night?” Cheryl asked. Kim dropped the bag on the floor and walked towards Cheryl, who stood up and put her arms around Kim’s neck as soon as she was in reaching distance. Kim put her hands around Cheryl’s waist and looked her in the eye. “You know, since the first day I met you, I’ve wanted to be with you.” She said. “I know, I’ve got an awesome gaydar.” Cheryl replied with a smile as she kissed Kim. “What you did before... I’ve never felt like that before. I’ve never... felt those things with anyone else.” Cheryl said. Kim knew that by ‘anyone else’, Cheryl meant Josh, but she didn’t want to say the name out loud. “What.. did you feel exactly?” Kimberley asked. “You know that feeling you get when someone.. turns you on. That tension in your body. That tingling that runs from your stomach all the way to between your legs. Those pulses all over your body. That urge of getting to the final conclusion. That voice in your head that tells you that you want the next level. All of those things...” Cheryl explained as she blushed and sounded turned on at the same time. She felt a bit embarrassed about telling those things to Kimberley. About how when it came to sex, she had only even wanted one person to share those moments with her. She felt like she opened up to Kim completely and even though she trusted her fully, she still felt out of her comfort zone. “And you feel it with me?” Kim asked.
“I’ve always felt it with you. From the beginning, there was something deep inside me that went up in flames every time you were close to me. And I’ve only felt that with you.” Chez explained. “But.. Josh?” Kim asked, saying out the name they were both avoiding. “With him... I feel good when I’m around him. I feel safe and I like cuddling with him. I feel a lot of warmth towards him, you know, like, I like being affectionate with him. “ Cherl explained, but seeing Kimberley feeling uncomfortable and in a bit of pain over how she felt towards Josh, she quickly continued. “And I used to think that’s what love is. That’s why I married him. Cause I thought this was how it works, but.. With you, I feel like.. Like there’s nothing in the world that I need more than you. I feel the need to be around you, it’s an urge and an addiction. I only ever think of you and I want to be around you all the time. I don’t care what we’re doing or how close we stand to each other, just being there with you, feeling your presense surround me.. It makes me feel lightheaded and dizzy. Everytime you touch me, there’s like a war going on inside my stomach between pixies and magic elves.. The pixies want to lift me off the ground and the elves are keeping me on my feet, I’m pretty sure the elves represent gravity, because that’s what really keeps us attached to the ground.. Not that you didn’t know that, of course! Cause you obviously did... Well, the gravity part, not about the pixies and elves, but you know now and... “ Cheryl stopped talking and looked down at the ground for a few seconds, Kimberley didn’t disturb her, she wanted Cheryl to finish what she had started. “I get really nervous around you, Kimberley.” Cheryl mumbled as she was still keeping her head down.
Kim put her hand under Cheryl’s chin and gently lifted it up. “Hey, look at me.” Kim softy whispered as Cheryl was desperately trying to avoid eye contact. “Cheryl, I love you.” Kim said as she finally got Cheryl to look at her. “You don’t need to be nervous around me.” Kim continued. “I know, but just knowing you look at me gives me shivers.. I mean, I watched all these movies to put together this perfect way of telling you how I feel and when I say you staring at me, I forgot everything and started talking about pixies and elves in my stomach... I sound diseased...” Cheryl whispered in desperation as she confessed to the origin of her love speech. Kimberley laughed. “Listen, what you said, all of it, it was amazing and it made my pulse race, but when you started talking about pixies and elves, my knees went weak, because I knew that was you talking from the deepest depths of your soul. I don’t need you to give me a movie montaged love speech, I just want to know how you feel when you speak in your own words, coming from your own head.” Kimberley replied, stroking Cheryl’s face to comfort her. “But pixies... “ Cheryl started. “That’s the perfect way to describe what you feel. In your own words. From your own thoughts. It often makes more sense than those epic speeches you see in movies.” Kimberley said as she cut Cheryl off. “But now it sounds like someone’s filming a Disney best-seller inside me...” Cheryl hesitantly replied, making Kim giggle agian. “Well, as long as I get VIP tickets to the premiere, I don’t mind.” She replied, trying to get the confidence back in Cheryl again. The girls looked at each other and smiled. “We’re a bit silly, aren’t we?” Chez whispered with a smile on her face. “I won’t rat us out if you don’t” Kim winked as she kissed Cheryl’s lips softly.
