Always a Bridesmaid, Part Two

“You taste like chocolate.”

Smiling, Jenny said, “Want a piece?”

“Of course, I want a piece,” Maddie said, kissing Jenny, again. For all her want of some candy, the girl didn’t seem in any hurry to let Jenny away from the door. Maddie had barely let Jenny close the door before she was in Jenny’s arms, kissing her like they hadn’t seen each other in months.

It had been two days. Jenny thought, an eternity.

The candy forgotten, Maddie took Jenny’s hand, and they hurried to Jenny’s bedroom. They fell in a tangle of limbs onto the bed. Their lips met, and they pawed at each other’s clothing frantically. Dressed for hanging around the house, Jenny wore only a pair of pale green panties and a t-shirt, both of which Maddie made short work of. Naked, Jenny rolled Maddie onto her back, unbuttoning the jeans the girl wore. With Maddie’s help, she managed to work the snug pants off her hips and down her long legs. Tossing them aside, she hooked her fingers in the cute panties Maddie wore, pulling them down and off, as well. Leaving Maddie to finish undressing, Jenny nudged the girl’s legs open, moving between them. Maddie was pulling her shirt up and over her head, couldn’t see as Jenny rolled her hips forward. The girl was having trouble, and Jenny laughed and helped her girlfriend out of her shirt. The last of her clothing, Maddie slipped out of her bra as Jenny continued to grind against her.

Maddie wrapped her legs around Jenny’s hips, smiling up at her. Leaning in, Jenny gave her a heated kiss, which Maddie returned with an unrestrained passion of her own. Jenny loved the way the girl kissed, made love. The girl held nothing back, any shyness or timidness she might have had at first long since been replaced with a confidence and sensuality that Jenny found addictive. She couldn’t get enough of the girl.

Their lovemaking was as eager and frantic as ever, the lust they felt for each other not dampened by the passing of time. And time had passed. Jenny could barely believe it had already been nine months since that first time.

She did still lust after the girl, but, more than that, she loved her. Deeply and completely. Maddie had filled all the rooms in her heart, lived there now and always. Jenny thought she was the luckiest woman alive because Maddie loved her, too.

Jenny rolled Maddie atop her, and the girl adjusted her position, their bodies nesting together perfectly. With the ease of practice, they found their rhythm again. From her back, Jenny watched the flex of Maddie’s lovely body, her heart racing. The girl was so beautiful, with a slinky sort of grace that always grabbed Jenny’s attention.

Propping up on her elbows, Jenny enticed Maddie into a kiss, and the girl couldn’t resist. With all of her weight on one elbow, Jenny put her hand on the back of Maddie’s head, not letting her pull away. It was a wasted gesture, Maddie in no rush to break the kiss. It only ended when neither of them could hold in the little cries of enjoyment that wanted to escape them.

Their frantic lovemaking felt too good to last. Jenny felt the first stirrings of an orgasm, and she met Maddie’s eyes. The girl nodded, her hips moving faster and faster as she pushed them closer and closer to ecstasy. Jenny held on for dear life, her fingers digging into Maddie’s shoulders. She was in danger of drawing blood as her body tightened up in anticipation of the pleasure about to erupt inside of her. Maddie didn’t seem to notice, managed to keep her hips moving even as her own building orgasm robbed her of her grace. It was the look in Maddie’s eyes that finished Jenny off, and she cried out as she climaxed. Maddie’s cry was a heartbeat behind hers.

Rolling off of Jenny, Maddie stretched out on her back. She put her arm around Jenny when she snuggled close. Smiling, she said, “I needed that.”

“It’s only been two days,” Jenny said, laughing.

“An eternity,” Maddie said, kissing her.

Amused, Jenny remembered thinking the same thing when Maddie had her pressed against the door.

They laid like that awhile, in no rush to leave each other’s arms. They stole little kisses, enjoying the closeness of their bodies. Jenny thought they should probably get up and at least pretend to work on Maddie’s writing. In truth, the girl didn’t need any help. She had a natural talent for stringing words together that didn’t need to be coached.

It was just an excuse Maddie told her parents so she could see Jenny. Every Thursday had become as often as they dared, two-three times a week. So far, the ruse was holding up, Maddie’s parents unaware of the real reason Maddie couldn’t stay away.

“Oh,” Maddie said, suddenly sitting up, “I almost forgot why I came over!”

“You didn’t come over for sex?” Jenny asked, smiling playfully at her.

Leaning in for a kiss, Maddie said, “I almost forgot the other reason I came over.”

“What’s that?”

Maddie got up and walked over to her jeans. Rolling on her side, Jenny watched the naked girl dig in her back pocket. She never got tired of seeing Maddie, loved every inch of her lovely young body. Smiling, she wondered how she had been so lucky, to end up with the girl in her life.

Coming back to the bed, Maddie handed Jenny an envelope. Jenny raised her eyebrows, wondering what it could contain. The girl’s smiled suggest it was good news. She read the address on the back of the envelope, her eyes widening. It read: Wilson Publishing Company.

Wilson’s was a producer of a half dozen magazine brands whose topics ranging from gardening to lesbian erotica. Jenny knew this because she had a couple of short stories published with them before she wrote her first novel. Her first four paychecks as a writer had come from Wilson Publishing Company.

Frowning, she noticed the return address. It was her address with Maddie’s name. She wasn’t upset about the girl using her address, but she wondered why Maddie had felt the need. Why couldn’t she just have it sent to her own mailbox?

“What is this?” Jenny asked.

“Open it!” Maddie said, excitedly.

Jenny took out the folded up sheet of paper, read:

Thank you for your submission to Lezerotica. We are happy to inform you your story has been selected to appear in our upcoming March issue and will be featured as our centerpiece article. Well done. We hope to see more stories from you in the future. -Lezerotica.

Laughing, Jenny said, “You wrote a story for Lezerotica?”

“Yeah,” Maddie said, grinning. She showed the other piece of paper she had been hiding to Jenny. It was a check for a thousand dollars.

“Why haven’t I read it?” Jenny asked.

Shyly, Maddie said, “I- I didn’t know if it was any good. I didn’t want you to read it and… You are my favorite author and…”

Kissing the girl, Jenny said, “I’m sure it is amazing. Everything you write is amazing.”

“This is different. I’ve never written a story like… well, like yours,” Maddie said, blushing.

Laughing, Jenny said, “You should be ashamed of yourself, young lady, if you’ve written anything like my stories.”

“Yeah, I probably should,” Maddie said, grinning.

“A grand,” Jenny said, looking at the check, “I only got two-fifty for my first story with Lezerotica.”

“Yeah, but you made a hundred times that amount on your last book,” Kelly said, kissing her, “not including the two percent of sales.”

“You are forgetting about the movie deal,” Jenny said, waiting for the girl’s reaction.

“Movie deal?” Maddie asked, her eyes wide.

“I got a call from Sundry Pictures,” Jenny said, excitedly, “they want to make my novel into a movie!”

“Really?” Maddie said, then she frowned, “wait…why haven’t I heard about this?”

“I just got the call yesterday,” Jenny said, laughing, “I thought about calling you.”

“You should have,” Maddie said, excitedly.

“I’m supposed to meet with someone from Sundry tomorrow so that they can make an offer on the film rights,” Jenny said, shaking her head, “I don’t know the first thing about negotiating a contract. Hell, I’m pretty sure I sold my first book for less than half of what I could have gotten.”

“You should ask Mom,” Maddie said.

“Huh, I hadn’t thought about that,” Jenny said, tapping her finger against her lip, “that’s not a bad idea. Your mom in a business suit is intimidating.”

“Mom’s your muscle, huh?” Maddie asked, amused.

“Something like that,” Jenny said, then held up the letter from Lezerotica, “Do I get to read the story or do I have to wait and buy the magazine?”

Maddie looked at her, trying to make up her mind. Finally, she got off the bed and left the room. She came back with Jenny’s laptop. Jenny watched with interest as the girl signed into her Google account, then went to Docs. She opened a story, but didn’t immediately pass the laptop to Jenny.

“This was my first attempt at writing this kind of story,” Maddie said, suddenly self-conscious.

“You are going to let who knows how many people read your story, but not me?” Jenny asked.

“Your opinion is the only one I’m concerned about,” Maddie said.

“Sweetie,” Jenny said, kissing her.

“If it sucks, don’t tell me,” Maddie said, relinquishing the laptop.

“It’s not going to suck,” Jenny said, pulling the laptop onto her knees. Before she could start reading, Maddie moved behind her, wrapping her arms around Jenny’s neck. Smiling, Jenny leaned back into the girl.

As Jenny read, Maddie placed kisses on her neck, her shoulder. It was a little distracting, but Jenny didn’t want her to stop. It was kind of erotic, reading this sort of story in her lover’s arms. As the plot started to get steamy, Maddie’s hands slipped around to cup Jenny’s breasts. She had to re-read a sentence a couple of times as the girl teased her straining nipples. It felt so good she was having trouble focusing on the words.

“You are making it difficult to concentrate,” Jenny sighed.

“Do you want me to stop?” Maddie asked, playfully.

“No,” Jenny said, laughing, “but you might have to read to me.”

“You want me to read to you while I do…” Maddie asked, one hand slipping free of Jenny’s breasts and moving between her thighs, “…this?”

Jenny got a naughty shiver up her spine at the thought of Maddie reading her story while playing with her pussy. She should be ashamed of herself, but she said, “God, yeah.”

Laughing, Maddie kissed her neck, said, “You are such a perv.”

“That’s why you love me,” Jenny said.

“One of the reasons, anyway,” Maddie said.

“Will you read it to me?” Jenny asked, moaning as Maddie’s fingers massaged her tender bud.

Maddie put her lips close to Jenny’s ear and in a voice barely more than a whisper, she started reading the story to Jenny. The intimacy of the narration, the beautiful sensuality of the story, and the lovely pressure of Maddie’s fingertips on her bud were even more erotic than she had anticipated. Closing her eyes, she let the girl’s words paint a picture in her mind. Maddie’s diction was clean as ever, her words flowing off the page and into Jenny’s imagination. She could see the scene her girlfriend was describing as clearly as if watching a movie.

As the heat of the story ratcheted up, so did the pace of Maddie’s fingers. Maddie had to raise her voice some as Jenny’s moans and sighs grew louder. Jenny didn’t know if Maddie was turned on by her own story or by what she was doing to Jenny, but excitement crept into her voice as she read. That excitement got to Jenny almost as much as the story.

The story was rocketing toward its climax and, with some amusement, Jenny thought, so am I.

She took a few deep breaths to slow the build up of tension in her body. She didn’t want to come before Maddie had finished her story, but Maddie wasn’t making it easy to hold off. The story the girl had written was her kind of tale, one that straddled the line between romantic and raunchy. Maddie had turned the erotic screws tight, squeezing every ounce of sensuality out of her story and she had Jenny all worked up. The lovely pressure of her massaging fingers didn’t help, either. If Maddie teased the climax of her story too much longer, Jenny wasn’t going to make it.

Luckily, the pace of the story had built to break neck speed as the character’s passion boiled over. As Maddie described their rush to ecstasy, Jenny could almost feel their excitement, because it was the same as her own. Holding her breath, she held on until the women in Maddie’s story climaxed in each other’s arms, then gave into her own orgasm. Her legs jerked as she came and the laptop went sliding. She barely noticed, lost in the pleasure washing through her.

Maddie’s fingers slowed to a crawl as she finished the last little bit of her story. The slow revolutions kept the lovely sensations working through Jenny, and soft sighs slipped past her parted lips. When the story was finished, Jenny turned and gave Maddie a heated, lingering kiss.

Finally pulling back, she said, “No wonder Lezerotica gave you the centerpiece article. God, that was hot.”

“Really?” Maddie asked, meeting Jenny’s eyes.

“Really,” Jenny said, kissing her, again, “you earned every penny they gave you.”

“Um, speaking of which,” Maddie said, blushing, “I don’t know how to cash the check.”

Laughing, Jenny said, “Have your mom cash it for you.”

“Funny,” Maddie said, shaking her head.

Jenny thought about it for a second, then frowned. She wasn’t sure how the girl could cash the check. She didn’t have a bank account or a driver’s license. She said, “Um, we’ll figure something out.”

“Okay,” Maddie said, then a slow smile spread on her face, and she said, “It’s my turn for story time.”

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“Congratulations, again, Sweetie.”

Still a little dazed, Jenny smiled at Maddie’s mother. When the Alison raised her glass of champagne, Jenny clinked her own flute against it. Looking down at her copy of the contract for the film rights to her latest novel, she was still having trouble believing the number at the bottom of page two. It was the amount Sundry Films was offering, and it contained a five and five zeroes. About an hour ago, she had signed her name to a piece of paper and became a half million dollars richer.

Maddie’s mother had taken her drinking to celebrate, and they were still sitting at the bar. The flute of bubbling amber liquid in her hand was the third one she had ordered. Drinking champagne at two o’clock in the afternoon didn’t make what had happened with Sundry seem any more real.

With another sip of her champagne, she said, “I can’t thank you enough, Mom.”

“I didn’t do anything,” the woman said, smiling proudly at her, “they had the contract drawn up and ready to present before they sat down at the table.”

“God, that’s a lot of money,” Jenny said, still looking at the contract on the bar.

“You’ve earned, Sweetie,” Maddie’s mother said, patting her on the shoulder, “you’ve written a stellar novel that’ll make an excellent movie.”

“You’ve read my book?” Jenny asked, her eyes wide.

“I’ve read them all,” the woman said, then laughed, “my cheeks were red the whole time, but I enjoyed them.”

It was Jenny’s turn to have a red face as she thought about Mrs. Ogden reading her novels. The only thing worse would if her own mother had read them. Her face even hotter, she thought, Oh God, please don’t tell me Mom has read my novels.

“You should call Maddie,” Mrs. Ogden said, finishing her glass of champagne, “you two should go out and celebrate.”

“I-I…” Jenny said, caught off guard by the statement. Her stomach sank as she saw the amused, knowing smile on the woman’s face. Still, she had to try, said, “Wha-what do you mean?”

“Come on, Sweetie,” Mrs. Ogden said, with a ‘get real’ look on her face, “did you really think I didn’t know?”

“Know what?” Jenny asked, a little embarrassed that she was acting like a kid, again. She remembered being grilled by her own mother, knew it was best not to give herself away.

“That you and Maddie are in love,” Mrs. Ogden said, meeting Jenny’s eyes.

Jenny knew she was busted, so she didn’t try to deny it. Instead, she sighed, asked, “How long have you known?”

“I don’t know,” Mrs. Ogden said, patting Jenny’s hand, “I suspected it shortly after she started hanging around with you all the time, but knew for sure… Seven months, maybe.”

“Seven months!” Jenny said, dumbfounded, “You’ve known for seven months that… Why didn’t you say something?”

“I’ll admit Jim and I were concerned at first. If it were anyone other than you, we would have shut the whole thing down,” Alison said, meeting Jenny’s eyes, “still might have if we hadn’t noticed a change in Maddie.”

“A change?” Jenny asked.

“You weren’t around after Grace left for college, so you don’t know the funk Maddie had fallen into. Maybe she missed her big sister… I don’t know why but she just wasn’t herself. She’s happier now, smiles more. She seems more confident and… I guess Jim and I are just glad to have our little girl back.”

“Oh,” Jenny said.

“This thing you two have,” Alison said, laughing and shaking her head, “it seems to be good for her. As crazy as that sounds, I believe it’s the truth.”

“I’d never hurt her,” Jenny said, needing the woman to believe her.

Squeezing Jenny’s hand, Alison said, “I know that. If I didn’t think that was true, I wouldn’t let you see my daughter.”

“I-I love her so much,” Jenny said, feeling tears sting her eyes.

“She loves you, too,” Alison said, smiling at her, “that much is clear.”

Jenny took a moment to compose herself, finishing the last of her champagne. Finally, she laughed and rubbed the back of her neck nervously, said, “I-I don’t know what to say.”

“I do,” Alison said, squeezing her hand reassuringly, “you should ask permission to date my daughter.”

Swallowing hard, Jenny said, “Um, Mrs. Ogden… Can I take Maddie out tonight on a date?”

“Yes, if you’ll answer one question for me,” Alison said.

“Um, okay,” Jenny said, cringing because she thought it would be about sex. Namely, was she and Maddie intimately involved?

“Was it you or Maddie who… Did the asking, I guess?” Alison asked, leaning forward.

Holding in a sigh of relief, Jenny smiled and said, “It was Maddie.”

“You know, somehow I knew that was the answer,” Alison said, laughing.

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Jenny knocked on Maddie’s bedroom door, and the girl opened it. Maddie’s eyes widened some, not expecting to see Jenny. Her surprise gave way to happiness, and she smiled, said, “Hey. What are you doing here?”

“Can I come in?” Jenny asked.

“Um, sure,” Maddie said, stepping aside so Jenny could enter. She closed the door behind them, then moved into Jenny’s arms, said, “How did it go?”

“Better than I could have hoped,” Jenny said, kissing her, “in more ways than one.”

“What do you mean?” Maddie asked.

“I sold the movie rights,” Jenny said, shaking her head, “you won’t believe for how much.”

“How much?” Maddie asked, her eyes bright with anticipation.

“Half a million dollars,” Jenny said, laughing as Maddie gasped, “That’s the same reaction I had.”

“Half a million?” Maddie said, in disbelief.

Squeezing the girl a little tighter, Jenny said, “And that wasn’t even the best news I received today.”

“What could be better than half a million dollars?” Maddie asked.

“You,” Jenny said, kissing her.

“Me?” Maddie asked.

“Your mom knows about us,” Jenny said, then added, “I’m assuming your dad, too.”

“I- Are you sure?” Maddie asked, close to panic.

“I’m sure. Your mother told me as much… Right before she gave me permission to take you out to dinner tonight to celebrate.”

“Take me out to dinner?” Maddie parroted, her eyes wide, “you mean… Like a date?”

“Very much like a date,” Jenny said, smiling at her.

“Mom… she’s okay with… us?” Maddie asked, meeting Jenny’s eyes.

“Yeah,” Jenny said, laughing.

“I… Well…” Maddie said, at a loss for words. She slipped out of Jenny’s arms, went to her bed. Sitting down, she looked up at Jenny, said, “How did they find out?”

Sitting beside her, Jenny said, “Your mom is a smart cookie. We were kidding ourselves that she wouldn’t notice that we are in love.”

“Oh man,” Maddie said, rubbing the back of her neck, “Are you sure she is okay with it?”

“That’s what she said,” Jenny said, putting her arm around Maddie’s shoulders, “she thinks I’m good for you, said you were in a funk after Grace left.”

“Not Grace,” Maddie said, shyly.

“No?” Jenny asked, meeting the girl’s eyes.

“After Jenny left for college… You stopped coming around and…” Maddie said, blushing, “I had a huge crush on you even then. You stopped coming around, and I couldn’t see you anymore.”

“Oh,” Jenny said, her heart fluttering in her breast, “Maddie… I didn’t know.”

“I know,” Maddie said, smiling at her, “I was just your best friend’s kid sister. I- I didn’t know how to get your attention.”

“You have it now,” Jenny said, taking the girl’s hand.

Her smile widening, Maddie said, “That day at the wedding… When you finally noticed me… That was one of the happiest days of my life.”

“Alright, Maddie,” Jenny said, tears stinging her eyes, “you need to stop before I start crying.”

“I just wanted you to know,” Maddie said, meeting Jenny’s eyes.

Jenny kissed her tenderly, said, “I love you.”

“I love you, too,” Maddie said.

“Listen, I have to go let Lady out, but I’ll be back tonight at seven,” Jenny said, smiling at the girl, “wear something nice, because we are going out to celebrate my new found fortune and your first published story.”

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Taking a deep breath, Jenny rang the doorbell at the Ogden’s residence. Her heart skipped a few beats when Maddie’s dad, Jim, answered the door. Suddenly nervous, Jenny offered him a smile, not sure if he would return it. After all, she was here to take his youngest daughter out on her first date. This was the first time she had seen him since finding out he knew about her and Maddie and she didn’t know what to expect.

His smile put her at ease, and she relaxed as he stepped aside to let her in. As he closed the door behind them, he said, “You look very lovely, Sweetie.”

“Um, thanks,” Jenny said, smiling at him.

“Maddie will be down in a minute,” he said, then inclined his head toward the kitchen, “can we talk for a second?”

“Um, yeah,” Jenny said, her heart racing. She had a feeling it was going to be an awkward conversation.

Seeing her hesitation, Jim laughed and said, “Relax. I’m not going to ask you what your plans are for tonight.”

Jenny followed him into the kitchen, asked, “What did you want to talk about?”

“Alison tells me you made a pretty penny selling your movie rights today,” he said, leaning against the sink.

“Yeah,” Jenny said, nodding.

“Any thoughts about what you are going to do with it?” He asked.

Laughing, Jenny said, “I’m still not sure it wasn’t a dream. I half expect to wake up poor again, tomorrow.”

He smiled at her, said, “Well, if you do wake up tomorrow a whole lot richer, I have a friend who can help you invest your money.”

Jenny gave him a curious look, asked, “You brought me in here to discuss finances?”

“Well, yeah. What did you expect?” He asked.

“I guess… Maddie and me,” she said.

He pushed away from the sink, put his hands on her shoulders, smiled and said, “I’m not worried about you and Maddie.”

“You’re not?” Jenny asked.

“No,” Jim said, meeting her eyes, “You two… you are doing just fine.”

“Oh,” Jenny said, then hugged him tightly.

Laughing, he hugged her back, said, “I love you, Kiddo… Like you are my own daughter.”

“I love you, too,” she said, close to crying.

“Which is why I’m going to give you my friend’s card,” he said, pulling back.

With a startled laugh, she said, “Okay.”

“But that can wait,” he said, nodding at something behind Jenny.

Turning around, Jenny gasped at the sight of Maddie standing in the living room. She wore heels and a dark blue dress, had her hair up and makeup on. Putting her hand to her mouth, Jenny could only stare at the girl.

Swallowing hard, she managed to say, “You look… Amazing!”

“Mom took me shopping,” Maddie said, looking down at herself, “bought this for me to wear tonight.”

“It’s a beautiful dress,” Jenny said, meaning it. It was an off the shoulder style, falling to mid-thigh. In heels, Maddie’s already great legs looked even better.

Smiling, Maddie said, “You look beautiful, too.”

Maddie’s mother breezed into the room, her camera in her hand, “Alright… Stand together… I need a picture.”

“Mom,” Maddie said, rolling her eyes.

“Don’t ‘Mom’ me,” Alison said, motioning Jenny closer to Maddie, “it’s my baby’s first date. Well, the first official one, anyway. I need a picture.”

“Sorry,” Maddie said, grinning sheepishly at Jenny.

“It’s okay,” Jenny said, putting her arm around Maddie’s waist. She smiled as Maddie snuggled against her.

“You two make such a cute couple,” Alison said, in her best gushy mother voice.

“Come on, Mom,” Maddie said.

“Sorry,” Alison said, lifting her camera, “Say cheese!”

The flash went off, leaving Jenny blinking away colorful dots. Alison came over, showed them the picture. Jenny had a couple of photographs of Maddie, but none this perfect. She wanted a copy to put on her nightstand.

“Um, can you send me a copy of this picture?” Jenny asked.

“I’ll put one in a frame for you,” Alison said.

“Can I have one, too?” Maddie asked, blushing.

Her mother laughed, said, “Yeah, Sweetie.”

“You’ve embarrassed her enough, Honey,” Jim said, putting his arm around his wife’s shoulder.

“Right,” Alison said, smiling at them, “Get out of here. Enjoy your date.”

“Be home by ten,” Maddie’s dad said, “it’s a school night.”

“Okay,” Maddie said, taking Jenny’s hand.

Outside, Jenny asked, “Your mom took you shopping for a dress?”

“She did my hair, too,” Maddie said, smiling, “helped me with my makeup.”

Laughing, Jenny said, “That had to be awkward.”

“Not really,” Maddie said, pausing halfway down the walkway, “we talked about you… Us.”

“Yeah?” Jenny said, meeting her eyes.

Maddie’s smile turned up even more, and she said, “Mom and Dad really are okay with us… And I mean all of it.”

“All of it?” Jenny asked.

Blushing, Maddie said, “She knows we’ve been together.”

“Oh,” Jenny said, glancing at the house, “well that’s… awkward as hell.”

“Yeah,” Maddie said, laughing, “silver lining… They don’t care.”

“How can they not care?” Jenny asked, incredulously.

“Come on,” Maddie said, inclining her head toward the car, “we can talk in the car.”

Jenny opened the door for Maddie, making the girl smile. Closing the door, she walked around and got in the driver side. As she pulled away from the curb, she glanced at Maddie, thought, God, she looks so beautiful.

She didn’t realize she had stopped in the middle of the street, until Maddie asked, “Aren’t you going to drive?”

“You really do look amazing,” Jenny said, shifting the car into drive. Before the car started rolling, Maddie leaned in and gave her a quick, but heated kiss.

“I was hoping you’d like it,” Maddie said, smiling. Her smile turned up a little more as she said, “I bought something else, but you won’t get to see it until later.”

“What is it?” Jenny asked.

“Let’s just say it’s something I picked up when Mom wasn’t looking,” Maddie said, laughing, “you should have seen the cashier’s face when she scanned it.”

“Oh?” Jenny asked, intrigued now.

Maddie just winked at her, which only made her already overactive imagination get away from her. She needed something to distract her from making herself horny thinking about whatever naughty thing Maddie had bought, so she said, “So, we are in the car…”

“Mom and I had… The Talk,” Maddie said, then laughed, “well, something like it, anyway. There are some benefits to have a lesbian for a daughter.”

Laughing, Jenny said, “No unexpected grandkids?”

“That’s a big one,” Maddie said, smiling at her, “I guess her big concern is that I started so young. She was more worried about me being interested in you, than the other way around.”

“Really?” Jenny asked, amused.

“She wanted to know if you seduced me,” Maddie said, laughing, “you should have seen her face when I told her I seduced you.”

Snorting in surprise, Jenny said, “You didn’t say that!”

“I did,” Maddie said, grinning.

“Wow,” Jenny said, laughing harder, “what did she say after that?”

“I think I derailed her train of thought, because she sputtered something unintelligible,” Maddie said.

“I think that is the right reaction, given the circumstances,” Jenny said, shaking her head, “poor Mom.”

“A long story short – she said as long as my grades don’t suffer, I can keep coming over,” Maddie said.

“Well, that’s good new,” Jenny said, laughing, “the craziest thing I’ve ever heard, but good news.”

They drove a while in a comfortable silence, lost in their own thoughts. As she drove, she couldn’t stop glancing at Maddie. That dress and those shoes… Oh God, and her hair! I’m not sure we shouldn’t just skip the date and go back to my place.

“Watch the road,” Maddie said, when she caught Jenny looking at her, again.

“I can’t help it,” Jenny said, glancing at the road before returning her attention to the girl, “you look amazing,

Amused, Maddie said, “So you keep telling me.”

Laughing, Jenny said, “I’m not going to lie, I’ll probably tell you again before the night is over.”

Maddie smiled warmly at her, said, “You look amazing, too. I don’t think I’ve seen this dress before.”

“It’s new,” Jenny said, glancing at Maddie, “bought it for tonight.”

“We are going to get some funny looks,” Maddie said, the corners of her mouth turning up even more, “both of us dressed like this.”

“I don’t care if they look,” Jenny said, taking Maddie’s hand, “I’m taking my girlfriend out to dinner and if they don’t like it… Well, hopefully, they won’t call the cops.”

Snorting, Maddie said, “As long as we don’t start making out at the table, I think we’ll be okay.”

“Well, I can’t make any promises,” Penny said, winking at her.

That line Maddie smile and she said, “Me, either.”

They had driven through the thickest part of town, where the majority of the restaurants were located. Jenny saw Maddie frowning, and it made her smile. As they passed Dillan’s, the second to last restaurant on this road, she heard Maddie gasp. Glancing away from the road, she saw the girl’s eyes widen.

“We aren’t going to…” Maddie said, looking at Jenny, “Really? The Chateau?”

“We are celebrating,” Jenny said, enjoying the girl’s reaction, “besides, I want to splurge a little for our first date.”

“A little?” Maddie said, laughing, “I’ve heard the cheapest thing on the menu still has three digits in its price. Besides, this is only our official first date. We went to the movies on our first date.”

“First or fiftieth,” Jenny said, winking at Maddie, “doesn’t matter. I want to take my beautiful girlfriend to a nice restaurant.”

“When you say it like that,” Maddie said, obviously pleased with the comment.

Laughing, Jenny said, “Did I mention you look amazing tonight.”

Maddie smiled at her, said, “Once or twice.”

Jenny had made two reservations last night, one at The Chateau and one at The Mulligan, which was still a nice restaurant but a lot less expensive. Depending on how her meeting with Sundry Films went, she would have to cancel one of them. When she saw what they were offering, she knew she wanted to do something crazy to celebrate. Shaking her head, she thought, Like go to a restaurant where the average bill was about a half month’s rent on my apartment.

Seeing the look on Maddie’s face as they pulled up to the valet made the dent in her bank account well worth it. The valet opened Maddie’s door, offered his hand to help her out of the car. Coming around, he did the same for Jenny. She smiled at him, gave him the keys. Walking around the car, she put her arm around Maddie’s shoulders. Maddie glanced at her, then shrugged and put her arm around Jenny’s waist.

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Maddie asked, as the valet drove away with Jenny’s car.

“Probably not,” Jenny said, laughing, “come on. Let’s go inside.”

Walking up to the hostess, Jenny said, “Reservations for Marion.”

“Ah yes, Ms. Marion,” the hostess said, smiling and motioning to her left, “this way, please.”

The hostess led them to their table, leaving them with a drink menu. Looking at it, Maddie laughed, “Bottled water- fifteen dollars. Some of these wines- a glass costs more than my dress.”

“Don’t look at the prices,” Jenny said, smiling at her, “order whatever you want.”

“Do you think they have Coke?” Maddie asked.

“Probably,” Jenny said, then laughed, “do they make a top shelf version of sodas?”

“I think Coke is top shelf,” Maddie said, shaking her head.

Their server came by the table and took their drink order, left them with a menu. Maddie’s eyes got big as she read the prices. Laughing, Jenny said, “Stop looking at the prices.”

“I can’t,” Maddie said, shaking her head.

A few minutes later, their server came by again to take their order. As they waited, Jenny asked Maddie if she intended to write any more erotica. Blushing, Maddie leaned forward and told Jenny about a story she had started writing. Jenny had to shake her head, both because thirteen-year-old girls shouldn’t be writing stories like Maddie was describing and because she couldn’t wait to read it.

When Maddie asked about it, Jenny told the girl about her meeting with the representatives from Sundry Pictures and having drinks with Maddie’s mother, afterwards.

“I bet you needed something stronger than champagne after Mom dropped that bombshell on you,” Maddie said, laughing.

When their food came, they sampled each dish. While delicious, Jenny thought The Chateau’s prices might be a little steep for the food they received. Still, they ate with relish, enjoying their little sample of how the rich lived. When their dishes for the main course were removed, they ordered dessert. The desserts earned their price tag, at least.

“This is sinfully good,” Maddie said, sighing happily.

“Yeah,” Jenny agreed, stealing a bite of Maddie’s.

“Hey,” Maddie said, laughing.

“I’m ordering that next time,” Jenny said.

“Next time?” Maddie asked, raising her eyebrows.

“Oh, it won’t be anytime soon,” Jenny said, laughing, “our anniversary, maybe.”

“That’s not too far off,” Maddie said, looking at Jenny as she spooned some ice cream into her mouth.

“I know,” Jenny said, smiling at her, “hard to believe it’s already been nine months.”

“Time flies,” Maddie said.

“Speaking of which,” Jenny said, slipping her phone from her purse, “we need to hurry if we are going back to my place.”

“We are definitely going back to your place,” Maddie said, with a playful smile, “Check, please.”

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“Who’s a good girl?” Jenny asked, scratching Lady behind her ears. She filled the dog’s water and food dishes, then headed to her bedroom.

Closing the door, Jenny stepped out of her heels, running the zipper down on her dress. Slipping out of it, she sat on her bed in just her panties to wait for Maddie to get back from the bathroom. She popped the cork in a bottle of champagne, pour a glass for herself and one for Maddie. She smiled at the bubbly amber liquid, a little surprise for Maddie.

“Is that for me?” Maddie asked.

Jenny turned at smiled at the girl, the word ‘surprise’ on her lips but she never said it. Instead, she just stared at Maddie, stunned. She blinked a couple of times, but the vision before her didn’t change. The girl had slipped out of her dress and into a clingy black bustier and stockings. The fit wasn’t perfect, but the girl wore it well enough to get Jenny’s heart racing in her breast. Especially the stockings. Maddie had beautiful legs and with them now sheathed in stretchy black nylon…

“I… Wow,” Jenny said, speechless. As a writer, it took a lot to rob her of words, but Maddie standing there in her lingerie reduced her repeating, “Wow!”

Smiling, Maddie said, “That’s the reaction I was hoping for.”

“You bought this?” Jenny asked, remembering the girl’s comment about the look on the cashier’s face.

“Yeah,” Maddie said, crossing the room to the bed. Taking one of glasses of champagne from Jenny, she said, “I wanted to surprise you.”

Looking at the flute in the girl’s hands, Jenny remembered she had poured champagne. The bubbly had been pushed out of her mind with the girl’s entrance. Laughing, she said, “Here I thought a bit of champagne would be a nice surprise… but you… God, you look so hot.”

Maddie’s smile widened, and she leaned in and gave Jenny one of those kisses that left her a little dizzy. Pulling back, she said, “I’ve been waiting all afternoon to let you see me in it. While Mom was doing my hair, at the restaurant…”

“At the restaurant?” Jenny parroted, her eyes wide, “you mean, you’ve been walking around…”

“Wearing this under my dress, with the stockings in my purse?” Maddie asked, playfully.

“Oh, you are bad,” Jenny said, shaking her head, “you can’t tell a writer like me things like that. It’s just mean.”

Laughing, Maddie sat on Jenny’s lap, gave her another toe-curling kiss, said, “Did I get your imagination going?”

“Yeah,” Jenny said, shaking her head.

“Good,” Maddie said, smiling at her, “maybe it’ll give you an idea for a story to read to me.”

Laughing, Jenny kissed her, then said, “Love… Right now, all the ideas I’m getting would get me in trouble if I wrote them down.”

“Mm… You should write it, anyway,” Maddie said, playfully.

Jenny laughed, gave the girl a kiss, then said, “Maybe I will.”

Raising her glass of champagne, Maddie asked, “What should we toast to?”

“There are so many things worth toasting these last couple days- the movie deal, your first published story, not having to hide the fact that we are dating- I don’t even know where to start,” Jenny said, looking at the glass in her hand, “How about to us? Nine months in and the rest of our lives to go.”

Maddie inhaled sharply, then gave Jenny a heated kiss. Pulling back, Maddie smiled warmly at Jenny and clinked her glass against Jenny’s, said, “To the rest of our lives.”

Drinking to them, Jenny wondered if Maddie meant it like she did. She loved the thought of growing old with Maddie. She knew Maddie loved her now, but the girl was only thirteen, still had a lot to figure out about herself and life in general. Jenny would let the girl go, if she stopped feeling the same, but God she hoped Maddie never stopped loving her.

Maddie took Jenny’s glass from her and set it and her own on the nightstand. Standing up, Maddie urged Jenny onto the bed, then joined her. The girl tasted like champagne as their lips met in a deep lingering kiss. As it always did when they were together, passion welled up between them in a hurry. With one more kiss, Jenny rolled Maddie onto her back, smiling down at the girl from her hands and knees. Leaning over, Jenny opened the little drawer in the bedside table and, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Maddie start to smile. She pulled her pale purple vibrator out and showed it to the girl. Maddie nodded, eyes flashing with excitement. Turning the black knob, Jenny ran the buzzing toy up one of Maddie’s nylon clad legs, let it just brush against the bustier’s matching thong. The girl inhaled sharply, her hips moving at even the briefest contact.

Smiling, Jenny thought, she’s as excited about wearing this lingerie as I am seeing her in it.

“You know,” Jenny said, running her hand up Maddie’s stomach to cup her breast through the sheer bustier, “you’ve spoiled me, wearing something like this.”

With a laugh that was half a moan, Maddie said, “That’s okay… I like wearing it for you.”

Favoring the girl with a playful smile, Jenny said, “Good to hear.”

Maddie’s eyes went to the vibrator in Jenny’s hand, and she bit her lip nervously. Jenny raised her eyebrows, wondering what the girl was thinking about. The sex toy was nothing new to the girl, had seen regular abuse when Maddie came a visiting. Seeing the questioning look on Jenny’s face, the girl took a deep breath and let it out in a nervous little laugh.

“I-I think I’m ready to try something,” Maddie said, meeting Jenny’s eyes, “I’ve wanted to try it for a while now, but it’s a little scary.”

“What’s that?” Jenny asked, then her eyes widened as she thought she knew, “you mean…?”

“Yeah,” Maddie said, smiling at Jenny’s reaction, “tonight- all day really- has been amazing and I-I think tonight is the night.”

“Are you sure?” Jenny asked.

“Yeah,” Maddie said, sounding surer than she had before. She still sounded a little nervous, which was understandable. Meeting Maddie’s eyes, Jenny saw the girl’s mind was made up.

“This is a big step,” Jenny said.

“Not really,” Maddie said, blushing, “at this point, it’s just a… what’s the word I’m looking for?”

“A formality?” Jenny asked, amused.

“That’s the one,” Maddie said, smiling at Jenny, “like Mom said, let’s make it official.”

“If you are sure, we can put this away,” Jenny said, turning off the vibrator.

“Put it away?” Maddie asked, surprised.

“I have something better,” Jenny said, her heart beating a little faster, “last chance to change your mind. Should I put it away?”

Maddie looked at her for a long second, then took the toy out of her Jenny’s fingers and put it back in the nightstand. When Maddie met Jenny’s eyes, she managed to look both anxious and excited, a little fearful and eager at the same time.

Jenny gave Maddie a slow, tender kiss, said, “I’ll be right back.”

Getting off the bed, Jenny went to her closet. On tippy toes, she pulled down the wooden lock box from the top shelf. Dusting off the lid, she took it to the bed. She pulled out her strap-on harness, and she heard Maddie gasp.

“Um, I-I don’t think I’m ready for that!” Maddie said, her eyes wide.

Jenny saw that Bertha was still attached to the harness and she started laughing. She had been dating a kinky girl who liked her toys on the ridiculous side. Bertha was about twelve inches long and as thick as her wrist. Even Jenny had found Bertha intimidating, had never let the girl use it on her. To Maddie, it had to look like a torture device. Smiling at the girl, Jenny pulled a second dildo out of the box, this one much, much smaller. Maddie’s look of relief was comical, and Jenny had to laugh.

“This is Red,” Jenny said, as she unhooked Bertha, “she’ll be your best friend, once you get to meet her.”

“You named your sex toys?” Maddie asked, amused.

“Well, yeah,” Jenny said, like it was a dumb question, “the relationship between a woman and her dildo is a very intimate one. After all we’ve been through, it would seem wrong not to call her by her name.”

Laughing, Maddie said, “Wrong, huh?”

“You’ll see,” Jenny said as she slipped Red into the harness, securing her in place, “by the way, the vibrator is named Lady Violet.”

“Then what do you call this thing?” Maddie asked, picking up Bertha.

“That’s Bertha,” Jenny said.

Snorting, Maddie started laughing, said, “That’s the perfect name for her. Have you really… used this thing?”

“Not on the receiving end,” Jenny said.

“Oh,” Maddie said, dropping it.

Laughing, Jenny said, “It’s clean.”

“I still can’t believe that was… inside someone,” Maddie said, squeezing her thighs together.

“The female body is an amazing thing,” Jenny said, smiling at Maddie, “maybe when you are older I’ll show you just how amazing.”

“What does that mean?” Maddie asked, curious.

“You’ve read my books, I’m sure you can guess,” Jenny said.

“You mean…” Maddie said, miming putting her whole hand in her vagina, “people really do that? I thought it was just… I don’t know what I thought it was.”

“It’s not for every day,” Jenny said, leaning in and kissing Maddie, “but it can feel good if your partner is patient, skilled.”

“Let’s put that on hold,” Maddie said, laughing, “save it for the honeymoon… Maybe.”

Jenny laughed and kissed her again, said, “Okay. I’m going to pencil it in for our wedding night. That gives me a little over four years to talk you into trying it.”

“Two years, if Mom and Dad give consent,” Maddie said, smiling at Jenny.

Jenny blinked at the girl, then asked, “Is that true?”

“Yeah,” Maddie said, blushing. She looked like she was regretting mentioning it.

“How do you know?” Jenny asked, the girl’s red cheeks making her heart beat a little faster

“I-I might have Googled it,” Maddie said, shyly.

Her heart got all stupid in her chest as she thought about the girl looking up information on marriage. The notion of marrying Maddie some day in the future had crossed her mind a couple of times. More than a couple. Hearing that the girl had had the same notion made her heart want to race and stop at the same time. The girl’s red cheeks suggested it wasn’t just idle research but a genuine interest.

Jenny’s voice was a little shaky as she said, “Sixteen, huh?”

“Yeah,” Maddie said, finally meeting Jenny’s eyes, “with parent’s consent.”

“Do you think your mom and dad would give consent?” Jenny asked.

“Before today, I would have said no,” Maddie said, laughing, “After today… I don’t know. Maybe.”

“We’ve got two years to wear them down,” Jenny said, mostly joking.

“Yeah,” Maddie said, smiling at her. Jenny wasn’t sure if the girl was joking or not.

Suddenly thinking about Maddie in a wedding dress, Jenny reached for her champagne and finished it in one gulp. Jenny’s heart was racing, but her thoughts left it in the dust. Did Maddie want to marry her? More importantly, would she still want to in two years? Jenny didn’t want to get her hopes up, so she pushed the thoughts aside, took a deep breath to calm down.

Standing up, she slipped into the harness. Maddie watched with interest as Jenny fastened the straps on her hips, adjusted it until she had it situated the way she liked. It had been awhile since she had worn it, not since before she and Maddie became a thing. She was still a little surprised to be wearing it, now. Jenny had expected Maddie to be older before she wanted to try this.

Jenny noticed the girl looking at the dildo nervously and asked, “Are you sure you want to do this?”

“Yeah,” Maddie said, laughing self-consciously, “I’ve wanted to for a while, but that doesn’t mean I’m not nervous.”

“A little nervous is okay,” Jenny said, crawling on the bed and giving the girl a kiss, “you’ve probably been told all the same horror stories I was told about it hurting your first time.”

“It doesn’t hurt?” Maddie asked, her eyes wide.

“It can, but with a gentle partner, it shouldn’t hurt that much,” Jenny said, urging the girl to her back, “my first time didn’t hurt at all. Then again, I was a little older than you. Sixteen.”

“Huh,” Maddie said, thinking about that.

“I promise I’ll be gentle,” Jenny said, running her hands up Maddie’s nylon-clad thighs, “and we can stop anytime you need to.”

Maddie relaxed some and she nodded. She sighed as Jenny pressed her lips to the inside of her knee, then higher on her thigh. Jenny rolled her eyes up at the girl, as she left a trail of kisses along the inside of her leg. She smiled as Maddie’s breathing got a little funny the higher she went until the girl was barely breathing by the time she pulled the skimpy thong aside.

With an amused smile, she said, “You should always put your panties on over your garters so they can come off easier.”

“I’ll keep that in mind for next time,” Maddie said, laughing.

“You keep teasing me with next time,” Jenny said.

“Who’s teasing?” Maddie said, with a smile that made Jenny’s heart stop for a few seconds.

With the lovely thought of Maddie in more clingy lingerie rattling around her head, Jenny lowered her mouth to her girlfriend bud, tasted the salty sweat on her skin. The flick of Jenny’s tongue drew a moan from Maddie, and the girl’s hand fell on the back of Jenny’s head. Getting the hint, Jenny didn’t let up until Maddie’s fingers tightened in her hair and the girl’s hips left the mattress.

When she thought Maddie was ready, she put her finger in her mouth to wet it with saliva. She eased it into Maddie’s hot, slick core, felt the girl draw her in. Glancing up, Jenny met Maddie’s eyes, saw the girl was fine. She moved her finger in and out slowly, but the girl showed no sign of discomfort. Instead, Maddie moaned thickly. Jenny added another finger, still holding the girl’s eyes. The girl winced, and Jenny thought it was done. Thrusting her fingers in and out slowly, she watched as the girl’s eyes grew wide as she realized that was it, just a flash of pain followed by a whole lot of pleasure.

Jenny’s fingertips eased deep, found that magic spot on the inside of the girl. Maddie gasped as the intense pleasure washed through her. The gasp became a moan as Jenny teased her g-spot with little come-hither motions. This was a new experience for Maddie and Jenny rolled her eyes up to see the look of surprise on the girl’s face. Surprise gave way to ecstasy, her hips pushing against Jenny’s mouth and fingers eagerly.

Maddie had done this to her on their first night together, and Jenny was happy she was finally getting to return the favor. How crazy has this day been, that she had her fingers inside of Maddie? The big check from Sundry, the stunning revelation from Maddie’s mother, the date at the Chateau, and now this… If she woke up tomorrow and this was all a dream, she wouldn’t be surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.

Well, if it is a dream, I’m going to enjoy it tonight, Jenny thought.

“God that feels so…” Maddie moaned, never filling in the adjective.

Jenny thought she knew how it felt though, could see the look of pure ecstasy on the girl’s face. She didn’t let up, had the girl’s back arching and her fingers clutching at the sheets. It was all too much for Maddie, too many lovely things happening to her young body for her to last long. Jenny smiled as she heard the girl’s cries grow urgent, saw the tension gathering in the girl’s abdomen. Then Maddie lost control of her body, shaking with her orgasm. The girl looked a little dazed as she smiled at Jenny.

Laughing, Maddie asked, “God, is it always like that?”

“More or less,” Jenny said, smiling as she crawled up to give the girl a kiss, “are you okay?”

“It hurt for a second, but not too bad,” Maddie said, kissing Jenny, again, “then it just felt amazing.”

“Good,” Jenny said, smiling at the girl.

“Are you going to introduce me to Red, now?” Maddie asked.

“Think you are ready to meet her?” Jenny asked, amused.

“God, yeah,” Maddie laughed.

Laughing, Jenny leaned in and gave her a deep, lingering kiss. On her knees, Jenny scooted forward, moving between Maddie’s spread legs. With her hand, she lined Red up and eased her into the girl. Maddie gasped as the dildo slipped deep, deeper than Jenny’s fingers had reached. Jenny stopped, meeting the girl’s eyes. Maddie’s eyes were wide, but she seemed okay.

“Okay, that’s bigger than I expected,” Maddie said, laughing.

“Too big?” Jenny asked.

“Um, I don’t think so,” Maddie said, propping up on her elbows to look at the dildo buried inside of her, “maybe just… take it easy, at first.”

Jenny nodded, rolling her hips back and forth nice and slow. Maddie moaned each time Red moved inside of her. As Maddie got used to the dildo being in her, the girl started to push her hips up into Jenny’s thrusts eagerly. When Jenny thought the girl was ready, she let her pace gradually increase, the roll of her hips coming faster and faster.

Maddie’s face was pinched in pleasure, her eyes closed and her mouth slack. Jenny smiled at the look of utter enjoyment on the girl’s face. She leaned in and kissed Maddie’s chin, slipped her arm under the girl’s neck. In a move that startled a gasp from the girl, Jenny rolled the girl on top of her. Maddie’s eyes opened and she looked down at Jenny in surprise. Jenny put her hands on the girl’s hips, urged her to move up and down on Red. A smile spread on Maddie’s face as she caught on and she started moving on her own. With some practice, Maddie found her rhythm and her pneumatic body squeezed every drop of pleasure she could get out of the dildo.

Jenny half sat up, running her hands up Maddie’s stomach to cup her breasts through the bustier. Maddie groaned and arched her back, her long blonde hair brushing against Jenny’s legs as she continued to bound up and down on Red. Jenny’s hand slip onto the back of the girl’s neck, pulling her in for a kiss. Maddie kissed her back, moaning in Jenny’s mouth each time the dildo bit deep.

Sitting all the way up, Jenny had Maddie to sit in her lap, facing her. The girl’s long legs were poking out behind Jenny, the dildo still buried in Maddie. Her hands on the girl’s buttocks, Jenny urged Maddie to roll her hips forward. Maddie moaned each time the flex of her body pushed Red deep inside.

Jenny wanted to let the girl experience all the positions she loved, but the girl was just too excited to make it through all of them. Jenny smiled, wrapping her arms around the girl as she started to come undone in her lap. She kept her hips moving even as Maddie lost control of hers, thrusting the dildo once, twice, three times more. Maddie cried out as her body exploded with pleasure. Her orgasm shook her like a rag doll, then left her a trembling, panting mess.

Tenderly brushing the hair from Maddie’s sweaty brow, Jenny said, “I love you.”

“I love you, too,” Maddie said, kissing her. Pulling back, she laughed, “And I think I’m in love with Red, too.”

“Told you’d like her once you got to meet her,” Jenny said, smiling at the girl.

“Do you think her harness would fit me?” Maddie asked.

Jenny grinned at the girl, said,“We might have to make a few new holes, but I’m sure we can make it fit. That’ll have to wait, though.”

“It will?” Maddie said, raising her eyebrows.

“It’s getting late,” Jenny said, inclining her head toward the clock, “I need to get you home before we get in trouble.”

“Mom would ground both of us if I missed my curfew,” Maddie said, getting off Jenny’s lap. She winced, rubbing the insides of her thighs.

Seeing it, Jenny gave her a sympathetic smile, said, “You are probably going to be sore tomorrow. You just used a bunch of muscles you’ve never used before. A nice hot shower and some Aleve will take care of the worst of it.”

Maddie gave Jenny a lingering kiss, said, “It was totally worth it.”

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Jenny walked Maddie to the door, but the girl didn’t go in right away. Smiling at Jenny, Maddie said, “Tonight was amazing. I’ll never forget this. The dinner at The Chateau. Meeting Red.”

Laughing, Jenny said, “Tonight was pretty amazing.”

“I can’t believe my parents know about us,” Maddie said.

“I can’t believe they are okay with it,” Jenny said, shaking her head, “the deal with Sundry, going on a real date… I feel like I’m going to wake up tomorrow and it’ll all have been a dream.”

“It would have been a good dream,” Maddie said, meeting Jenny’s eyes.

“A wonderful dream,” Jenny said.

Nodding, Maddie said, “A wonderful dream.”

Out of the corner of her eye, Jenny saw the curtain on the living room window twitch, and she said, “I think our time is up.”

“Yeah,” Maddie said, sighing, “I need to get inside. I have a math quiz I need to study for.”

“Okay,” Jenny said, taking a step back, “I’ll let you get to it.”

“What? No kiss?” Maddie asked, grinning at Jenny.

“Your parents are okay with us, but your neighbors might have a problem with it,” Jenny said, laughing.

Maddie opened the front door and turned out the porch light. In the sudden gloom, the girl came to Jenny and, on her tippy toes, gave Jenny a quick, but heated kiss.

“Goodnight,” Maddie said, pulling back.

“Goodnight. I love you,” Jenny said.

“I love you, too,” Maddie said, then headed inside.

As Jenny walked to her car, she couldn’t stop smiling.

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