Hidden Desires: A Love Story

Chapter 6

The scene the next morning was the same as the last time. The only difference was that Lauren was wearing a track suit and the girl sipping coffee was blond. Not being at all strange this time, Normani smiled warmly as she introduced herself to the lovely young woman.

She poured coffee and sat down as Lauren was plating omelets. This young woman was named Gina and she was an aspiring violin player with the local music school. She was only twenty two but admitted that she liked to date slightly older women. She was straight forward and not shy at all in her admittance.

When Gina went to change, Mani told Lauren, "I need to talk to you alone."

"Can it wait until after I take Gina home?"

"Sure. Maybe I'll take a nice bath while you're gone," Mani said.

Mani did take a long languid soak in the bathtub and really thought about what was happening to her.

Her father's side of the family was devout  Catholic and her mother  joined her husband in church often but never truly converted. Normani along with her sister grew up going to church regularly but by the time Normani was in high school she attended less and less. Now she only attended church for weddings or funerals.

Many religious people deemed homosexuality a sin, but in Normani's opinion, if it was between consenting adults, why should anyone care what went on between two people in private?

Was she worried about going to hell for feeling a sexual attraction to women, about dreaming about having sex with women? No she wasn't. A bigger question was how she felt about the actual act of sex with a woman. She fantasized about a woman licking her pussy but could she honestly reciprocate.

With Victoria she thought yes she definitely could.

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Lauren returned and they sat in the living room.

"So what is so urgent?" Lauren.

"I need your help," Mani stated.

"Alright, I'm all ears."

"Well first of all, last night I talked with Victoria and after everyone left, we danced and..."

"And?" Lauren asked her eyes wide with surprise.

"God Lo, I know I've only just met her but I'm really attracted to her. I—I want to see more of her, Lo," Mani finished in a breathless rush.

"Okay," Lauren said shaking her head in disbelief. "You're really moving fast with this, and with Vic of all people." Lauren blew out a heavy breath.

"What's wrong with Victoria?" Mani questioned. She felt her stomach lurch. What did Lauren know that she didn't?

"Oh, no, nothing's wrong with Victoria per se, it's just that I've known her for almost two years and she's never seriously dated anyone. She goes out once or twice with a girl but she always breaks it off before it gets too serious."

"Do you know why?

"No, she just always says, they were not for her and she asks us not to pry any further. We've respected her privacy so we don't bug her."

"So are you telling me not to even try to date her, pursue her or anything like that?" Normani asked feeling her stomach sinking.

"No, I'm just saying that if you do try with her don't get your hopes up cause I don't want you to get hurt."

"Okay, I understand. It's just that there's just something so special about her. I can't help myself when I think about her," Mani revealed to Lauren.

"If that's how you feel, go for it, just be careful and don't be surprised if it doesn't work out, okay?"

"Yeah, thanks," Mani said. She felt a bit discouraged but decided that she still had to try to see if this attraction could go somewhere.

"Lo, I also need some other advice."

"Okay, what is it?"

"I need you to coach me on how to pursue a woman."

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Hey party people, I'm sorry for the wait but I've been working and then we had to do a balloon release for my brother and I wasn't mentally stable for a little after that but umm I'm good now. So yeah umm yeah 

Until then

JD