*A Month Later*
Ever since that night with Normani, little moments between us became less sporadic and more frequent. Days spent without working became chances to deepen our understandings of each other. As our friendship steadily progressed, the moments driving the progression became more intimate. Our conversations would range from extremely personal to babbling nonsence to complete silence while cuddling like a newlywed couple.
Being in Normani's strong arms always made me feel some type of way. I felt safe. I felt wanted. I felt content. And as much as I wish to deny it, everytime I gaze into Normani's gleaming dark pools, my heart flutters and my stomach flips like crazy. My hope is that my fascination with Normani is the reason behind these feelings, but judging by the magnitude of my body's reactions to her, I have to ask myself,
Do you really believe that?
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"Ally," a melodious voice called from a few bunks over.
"Whaaaa...," I drawled, knowing exactly who was calling me.
"C'mere," Normani says lazily.
"Whyyyy," I said whining.
After a beat, she simply says,"I wanna cuddle."
Perking up instanly, I got out of my bunk and lackadaisically made my way to Mani's. I took my time to aggravate her further to get slight revenge for making me get out of my comfortable bed. When I get to her bunk, she draws back her curtain and says, "Finally!"
I giggle lightly and climb into her waiting arms. Settling down, my head nuzzles into the crook of her neck as she shifts slightly to tangle her legs with mine and wrap her arm aroung my waist. And there it is again. That feeling of contentedness overpowers everything I'm feeling at the moment. I know I should take a step back from having moments like these with Normani, but I can't. I just can't bring myself to do it.
But she's becoming your best friend. But would it be so bad to just accept how I feel about her? Wouldn't it be? You could lose your friendship with her if she finds out. But what if she feels the same way. That's a huge "what if". Not to mention she's still with Masi and you're with---
Troy.
Fuck, what about Troy?! A pang of guilt rips through me just at the thought of his name. How could I forget about my jolly green giant, my rock, my. . . boyfriend. How am I possibly going to explain my feelings for Mani to him? Should I even tell him? I mean my feelings for Mani aren't that strong. I just have a girl crush, right?
I sigh deeply at my thoughts, but decide to humor myself for now.
Concerned by my sigh, Normani asks,"Ally. you okay?"
"I'm fine," I say dejectedly, not at all concerned if I sounded convincing or not.
When she speaks up again, I half expect her to call me out on my bullshit, but miraculously she drops it with,"Whatever you say, but you have to tell me what's bothering you later."
With that, my breath hitches slightly as she squeezes my waist; I stop breathing altogether as her thumb slips under my shirt, caressing my exposed skin. Every single swipe of her thumb dragging slowly from my exposed hip up my side, sends sharp bolts of electricity down my spine, leaving me clenching the muscles at my center.
Somehow I manage to nod into her neck as I suppress a groan, not fully trusting my speech at the moment.
My senses begin to cloud and all I can focus on is Normani.
All I smell is her unique scent of fresh rain amd freesia.
All I hear is the steady pounding of her pulse from my place in her neck.
All I feel is the entire length of her sculpted body against my own.
I'm in too deep. Just thinking about her clouds my thoughts and reasoning. All I can think about is dragging my nails back and forth on her firm abs. Her settling in between my legs, slowly spreading my thighs apart. Her strong arms lifting me onto a counter and--- shit. God, what am I going to do?
Unaware of my mini mental breakdown, Normani's breath slows down; unfortunately for me, her thumb also stills from its ministrations. As the haze of Normani's everything lessens, I acknowledge the sheer intimacy of our position. But as hard as I try, I can't feel anything less of loving everything about it.
Fuck.
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A/N: Finally my lazy ass updated. I know this is short, just bear with me. But foreal I've been blocked basically the whole second half of summer. I'm starting school this week, so if I don't update, assume I'm swamped in work. I hope I'll be able to update this again within the next two weeks, but I won't make promises I can't keep.
I hope you liked this installment of Mystery, please don't be discouraged in giving me feedback.
