The Lives We Live

Chapter 15

Toni hummed and looked at Cheryl, she stood up from her place causing the redhead to stand up also and allow her back to hit the wall.

"Do you want me to prove to you that it's not true?" Toni said making her way in front of Cheryl . The redhead looked at Vee who was clearly passed out.

"What are you going to do?" Cheryl asked nervously.

"You aren't drunk, and I want to kiss you." She said getting closer, "I'm getting closer, I won't kiss you against your will, so if you want, stop me." She said softly as she placed her hands on either side of Cheryl's body and got closer.

Toni closed in on Cheryl as their bodies touched and their noses brushed against each other, the redhead was breathing heavily. "Looks like you didn't stop me." The newspaper owner said softly.

"I won't stop you," She whispered softly, "Because I can't stop you. What you want is what I want Toni, but if it happened, I might regret it and I don't want to regret it."

Toni shook her head. "No, you won't," She said softly.

"You decide, it's either we stop or we continue," Cheryl said breathing heavily.

"I don't want you to regret it, I don't want to kiss you if you aren't ready, when you tell me that you want to give this, us a try, then I'll kiss you. But till then, I'm waiting for you, Cheryl ," She said softly, as their bodies were very close to each other. "I want you to go to your room before I change my mind and kiss you."

Cheryl brushed her nose against Beca's, "I-I can't go,"

"Why?" Toni said placing a kiss on her nose.

"Because I'm stuck,"

Toni nodded and stepped away from the redhead, Cheryl looked at the brunette as she made her way to the door, "I kissed you last night because I wanted to kiss you."

The newspaper owner smiled. "If you didn't kiss me, I would have done it."

"I'll see you later," Cheryl said softly as she left. She entered her room and laid on the bed, hugging one of the pillows, but she couldn't sleep, all she could think about was Toni, thinking how her life changed since she met her and how quickly she fell in love with her, but she also was thinking about Reggie and her kids. If she was going to divorce Tom she needed a good reason to do it.

On the airplane, Toni and Cheryl were seated next to each other, talking and looking at each other with nothing but love in their eyes. "I'm really glad we took this trip, I got to know you better and I was beside you all of the time," Toni said as she looked at the redhead.

"Me too, I was with someone who I could easily talk to,"

"But you didn't talk to me about everything," Toni said back.

"Did you?" The redhead asked.

"You are not ready to hear what I have to say," Toni said shrugging.

"How did you know?"

The brunette shrugged again, "I know you, Cheryl, you don't look me in the eyes although you know want I want to say, or what am I thinking about."

The redhead sighed, "I wish I could be like you,"

"How so?"

"You are a free person,"

"What's stopping you then?"

"My family is very traditional, we were raised on the basis of family and respect."

Toni shook her head, "That's the stuff we create in our minds, how can you be a salve for something people invented?"