CHAP 9
The Conclusion

Four hours and three x-rays later Kate turned the car into the driveway of the condo. She hopped out and ran around to the passenger side to help Sheri get out.

"Your lucky your ribs are not broken. I didn't feel like checking my punch very much," Kate teased Sheri, weakly.

"I sure can't stand this tape though. It itches something fierce." Sheri tried to change the subject quickly as Kate helped her into the house. She had finally gotten Kate to quit apologizing every time their gaze met. They crossed the kitchen and Kate helped Sheri carefully move up the stairs. Sitting down into a recliner she let out a grateful sigh. She felt like a person in a body cast, her upper body unable to bend normally. Kate made sure Sheri was OK and turned to go make a couple of drinks. She looked around and didn't see the bar.

"What happened to the bar?" she asked confused.

"It's on the patio." Sheri gestured absently as she slowly reclined the chair backward.

As Kate crossed to the backdoor Sheri remembered her surprise. She gently put the chair upright and struggled to stand. Walking to the back door she saw Kate standing over the table fingering the stem of a champagne glass.

Sheri cleared her throat as she neared Kate. Forewarning was her motto from here out. Kate's fingers stilled. Coming up directly behind her Sheri wrapped her arms around the smaller woman.

"Congratulation's on your first day as an instructor." Sheri leaned forward and kissed Kate's neck. Kate suddenly turned and faced Sheri in her arms.

Sheri saw the glistening of tears and reached over to wipe them dry with her thumb.

"How can you like me? I'm weak and gullable and…" Kate stammered through her outburst.

"Hey now, what's all this? You're the best in my book," Sheri pulled Kate forward so that they were leaning on each other. Kate tried to step away but Sheri squeezed her tighter, ignoring the twinge of pain that stabbed through her ribs.

"Tell me what's wrong, Kate?" Sheri coaxed with her blue eyes capturing green. Kate shook her head. Sheri nodded her head and urged the one she loved to share her demons.

"Please Kate. Tell me!"

Kate looked back up to those loving eyes and fell into bottomless depths of compassion shining at her. She bowed her head and rested it on Sheri's collarbone. Sheri held her and waited.

"I'm not so innocent as you might believe, Sheri. I've had experiences before, when I was younger. I just didn't know exactly how things were supposed to be back then." Kate shivered at her memories and Sheri tightened her hug.

The story came out in spurts. The always-vacant parents, the first boyfriend, and very slowly the rape were revealed to her friend. Sheri clenched her jaw tighter and tighter trying to remain in control during the entire story. Her anger at the man who had taken a gift and twisted it into something black and ugly was only slightly more bitter than the anger she felt toward the parents. Kate's lonely life was unforgivable in her eyes. No child should have had to go through the trails Kate had survived. But, to think of her surviving them alone was unbearable. Sheri felt tears well up and blinked them back.

Kate's dry and scratchy voice slowly wound down. Sheri moved them over to the chairs and lowered Kate into one. Sitting down carefully and ignoring another twinge of pain she reached over to retrieve Kate's hand.

"Kate? Can you forgive me for being so stupid?" Sheri asked. Kate looked up to see Sheri's eyes filled with tears. Kate instantly moved to kneel before the other woman's chair and hug her gently. Sheri held Kate back but couldn't stop the tears from rolling down.

"What are you talking about? What are you sorry for?" Kate asked in a choked voice.

"I'm a stupid woman trying to control things beyond me." Sheri whispered. "I must have seemed exactly like the same bastard who had played games with you before?"
Kate looked up from Sheri's lap and didn't know what to say. Sheri lifted Kate up from her kneeling position and pulled her down to sit in her lap. She buried her face in Kate's chest as she hugged her tightly.

"I'm so sorry. How I must have hurt you? I'll make it up to you Kate. I promise. I love you so much."

Kate caught her breath at those words and reached up to stroke the thick dark hair. "You already have." She whispered, as she lifted up the hiding face and bent down to kiss soft lips.

They both felt a tingle ignite as their soft kiss became more solid. Pressure between them tightened and lips parted to allow taste, texture, sweet exotic sensations. Sheri ran her hands up the sides of Kate's waist and slid her palm around to cup Kate's breast.

Kate felt her gasp swallowed into Sheri's mouth. She took a moment to move back and reposition her legs onto either side of Sheri's hips. They both saw the hunger in each other's eyes as Kate lowered her body back down. Sheri let her hands rest back on hips and then slide down to cup Kate's full bottom. She pulled her tighter and moaned. Kate hesitated and pulled back slightly. She saw the pain of Sheri's ribs flaring in her eyes.

"God Damn Ribs!" Sheri grumbled as her hands cupped Kate's beautiful butt. Kate stood up and stepped away, holding out her hand to Sheri to help her stand.

"Come inside before I forget you're a lady." Kate watched Sheri chuckle as she struggled upward. Sheri finally stood and hugged Kate, feeling the smaller woman tremble.

They moved into the house and once inside the silence thickened.

"I've never been with a woman, Sheri. Well to tell the truth…I haven't really been that close to anyone since…" Kate paused to look over at Sheri. Sheri had thought something like that might be the case and she had thought of a plan.

"I have an idea you might agree with?"

Fifteen minutes later they were pulling into the massage parlor parking lot. The empty lot allowed them to pull right up to the door. Sheri took Kate's hand as they entered the darkened building. Walking slowly they progressed in pitch black to what Kate realized was the third room.

Moving inside Sheri guided Kate over to the bed and pressed her hand into the side to hold onto. Sheri moved away and suddenly there was a match being struck across the space. The brilliant flare showed Sheri frowning in concentration right before it burned out. A second later another match and this one caught. A few candles and then more brightened the room with the warm flickering candle glow.

Sheri turned to look over at Kate who stood unmoving by the bed. She gave Kate an ardent look full of desire. Kate felt a flush rising up over her body as her skin tingled anticipating Sheri's touch.

"All you have to do, sweetheart…" Sheri stepped closer to Kate's trembling body. "…is follow the house rules." Her voice lowered with her growing desire. "One…take off your clothes."

Kate felt Sheri's gaze caress her face and neck as her eyes lowered to her blouse. Looking down Kate reached up and began to unbutton one of six obstructions. Sheri reached over and stopped Kate's hands. Their eyes met as Sheri unbuttoned the first then the second.

"Tell me what you want me to do, Kate?" Sheri voiced huskily as she looked down to watch her hands. Kate took a shaky breath as Sheri ran her fingertip along each side of her breasts.

Kate looked at Sheri's half lowered eyelids and managed to whisper her desire. "Give me the works!" Sheri looked up from her mission and caught the stirring excitement in Kate's darkening green eyes. Sheri smiled and released the last button from its prison.

She slowly slipped the blouse from Kate's shoulders and let it fall to the floor. Looking at Kate's breasts encased in a lacy white Sheri quickly grazed her thumbs across the hardened nipples poking outward from the soft silk material. Kate trembled and grasped Sheri's upper arms to help her support Kate's weakening legs.

Sheri reached down and unbuttoned and unzipped the pants Kate wore. Then she turned Kate toward the bed and unclipped the bra. Kate let the material slide down her upper body even as she felt Sheri lowered her pants and panties downward to let them fall to her ankles. Kate moaned as Sheri stepped close behind her. Her heated breath ruffling Kate's hair on her neck. Sheri let her hands slide down from Kate's shoulders over the beautiful back, down to her waist and then down further to cover and cup her butt in both hands. A heat began to rise between her legs as Sheri lifted and spread her cheeks. The erotic movement was repeated two more times before a single finger slid between her cheeks and traced from the deep cleft upward over her spine and into her hair. She shivered at the sensation. Kate gripped the sheets before her tightly in response.

I've wanted to do this, forever." Sheri murmured as her hands slid around Kate's hips and over her stomach to slide upward and cup her breasts. Kate gasped.

"Two…lie down on the bed, sweetheart." Sheri urged Kate up onto the sheets. Kate was guided to lie on her back. Sheri's blue eyes sweep over her naked form. Kate watched her lover looking at her; she licked her dry lips and saw Sheri smile.

Sheri began pulling on the bed. Kate felt it roll away from the wall as Sheri maneuvered it out into the center of the room and re-positioned herself at Kate's head. She began to massage Kate's temples. As Kate closed her eyes with pleasure Sheri stroked Kate's bangs back off her forehead.

Leaning slightly forward, Sheri moved her massage to Kate's upper arms and then slid her hands back to Kate's temple. Kate relaxed deeper as Sheri worked. Sheri suddenly leaned down and pressed her lips to kiss Kate's forehead. She lifted her face slightly away to see surprised green eyes looking up at her. She leaned back down and lowered her mouth again to give a trail of kisses from forehead to lips. Kate let her eyes close once more and enjoyed the kissing and sweet nibbles on her lips and face. Sheri's hands never stopped touching her.

Their lips met and parted as Sheri deepened the kiss to As Kate began to respond to the kisses Sheri raised her head and went back to the massage. Moving behind the bed she lightly ran her fingers down from Kate's forehead to her chin and let her hand flow down to Kate's chest. Resting her palm between Kate's breasts she watched Kate's breathing begin to speed up.

Kate felt the sweep of Sheri's hand and reveled in the sensations. Her body tingled with excitement.

Sheri gently spread her fingers outward and cupped both breasts. Leaning down Sheri kissed the protruding tip of the left nipple. Kate arched her back, pressing upward in appreciation. As she kissed the other nipple she slowed to graze her teeth across the point of Kate's heaving breast. Then she suckled it into her mouth and ran her tongue over the sensitive tip. A small cry sounded from above.

Sheri moved to the other breast and repeated her ministrations. Her hands surrounded the warm skin, her fingers lightly stroking, pressing, sliding over Kate's chest.

Kate reached up to grasp Sheri's head holding it in place. Her fingers entangled in dark hair, clenched from each brush made from the touch of a wet tongue. A fire raged inside Kate. She felt the flames of an inferno rising within.

Sheri released the rigid nipples and rose higher to find Kate's mouth with her own. The deep kiss they shared swallowed the moan of desire and the moan of surrender. Kate's body trembled as Sheri slid her hand down over the flat stomach into the blonde curls. A finger dipped in to run through the juices gathered there. Kate threw her head back as she experienced the rapture from the contact.

Sheri skimmed her lips down the exposed neck and sucked on the rapid beating pulse point. Her finger slowly rubbed over the pleasuring spot again and again. Kate cried out to Sheri as she rocked her hips upward into the pressure.

Sheri paused her touch to whisper to Kate.

"What do you want, Kate. Tell me what you need."

Kate writhed on the bed. Her closed eyes opened. Emerald green stared at Sheri and willed her to continue.

"I need you, Sheri." Sheri kissed Kate and then kissed down her neck to the space between her breasts. She kissed over the trembling flat stomach as she kissed the blonde mound of hair. Hearing Kate's ragged breath from above Sheri continued as she lowered her tongue into the cleft and stroked over the essence between. Kate's thighs clenched tight.

Sheri maneuvered her body around the table to see Kate as she began to flick her tongue. Sheri heard her name called as she flickered her tongue over the rigid nub. She spread Kate's legs wider as she drank of her juices and pleasured her. Kate's knuckles were white with strain and urgency. The hardened button swelled as Sheri sucked it in her mouth.

A roaring filled her ears. Kate felt the pending orgasm near as she climbed to an impossible height of arousal. Sheri held on to the rocking hips as Kate crested the mountain and found the final release. Her body clenched and forcefully pressed upward into Sheri's mouth as she cried out. Sheri felt the rush of Kate's excitement coarse through her own body as Kate tightened every muscle. They both rode waves of pleasure as Sheri softly ran her tongue around the inner folds of Kate's apex. Lowering her back down onto the bed Sheri kissed the inner leg before standing to look down over Kate.

Kate lay with her eyes closed and a smile on her lips. She had never felt so relaxed and complete. She opened her eyes to see Sheri's beautiful blue eyes looking down at her. Sheri's eyes held a look inside that made Kate's smile widen and her body shiver with reaction. The residue of heat simmered brightly from those gorgeous blue orbs. Kate felt a warmth caress her skin where their gaze touched.

Sheri moved to Kate's side and gently reached up to trace her fingers over Kate's lips. The connection sent electricity to Sheri's body like a lightening bolt. Kate's lips parted suddenly and sucked a finger inside. Sheri locked gazes with Kate as arousal surged inside her. Her breathing increased as Kate's tongue flicked repeatedly across the fingertip inside the wet heat.

"Your driving me insane…you realize?" Sheri spoke, a slight crack in her voice. Kate reached up and withdrew the digits from her mouth and led them down to rest upon her breast.

"I love the way you make me feel!" Kate whispered back as she urged Sheri to cup her breast in her palm. Kate's eyes fell heavy lidded as Sheri obliged, her fingers lightly pinching the tip.

"Is this how you like to be touched?" Kate asked with a throaty moan escaping. Sheri looked back at Kate and swallowed the extra saliva she suddenly had in abundance. She licked her lips and started to answer. Kate raised up on one elbow and answered her own question.

"No! I bet you like the feel of a tongue on your nipples, swirling around." Kate's voice was hypnotic as Sheri felt a rush of desire. "Do you like the feeling of teeth against your skin, grazing your nipple's hardness?"

Sheri listened as Kate drew a clear portrait of the act with her words. A sudden excitement surged into high gear as she heard Kate tell her to 'take off her shirt'. Sheri removed her shirt and drew in an unsteady breath. She looked at her lover waiting.

Kate continued the litany of graphic scenes as she stared at Sheri's full breasts and tight nipples, their large brown areolas jutting outward. "I think you like the brush of hair across your breasts and you love the feel of our heartbeats throbbing together as our skin touches." Kate leaved forward and kissed just above Sheri's nipple. She licked around the breast peak, managing to allow her hair to slide lightly across the tightened bud at the tip.

Sheri let her head fall backward as a low moan escaped her throat. Kate reached out and held Sheri's breast as she flicked over the nipples repeatedly. She sucked the tips inward to a warm haven filled with raspy texture. Sheri felt weak at the knees as Kate continued. A swift lick then a cold blowing of her breath Kate enjoyed the tightening flesh. Exquisite torture made Sheri gasp.

"I think you like the feel of hands on your body and the scent of sex in the air. I bet you enjoy the way my hand can cup your sex and slide through your juices." The words took on exponential meaning as Kate followed them with the action. She released the button and zipper of Sheri's jeans and shoved her smaller hand into the material. She sought the source of Sheri's essence and dove in without hesitation. Sheri felt fingers slide between her legs and run over her still swollen sex. She thrust her hips forward wanting more. Kate moved to stand beside Sheri as she caressed her. Kate's other hand pushed the jeans lower.

"I bet you like for me to touch you and rub over your wetness. My fingers are covered in your juices. My tongue can't wait to taste you. What if I kissed you right there?" Kate asked as she pressed the spot that had Sheri cry out. "What if my tongue covered that spot and my lips sucked your clit into my mouth?" Kate's fingers rubbed the rigid button and Sheri thrust her hips to the rhythm as she held onto the edge of the bed.

Sheri was beyond caring about anything except for what Kate was doing. Kate pushed Sheri to lean over the bed slightly as she took her other hand and from behind she entered Sheri with two fingers. Sheri moaned in ecstasy. Sheri barely noticed the tape binding her ribs had tightened. She was riding the climbing wave and shuddered as Kate thrust into her over and over while still rubbing her clit.

"How does it feel to have my hands on your body? I love touching you. I can feel your body making love to me. Tell me how it feels to have my fingers inside you? I want to taste you, Sheri. I want to taste your body, your juices, in my mouth." Kate removed her hands from behind and pulled Sheri up to stand. She had her step out of the jeans at her ankles and pressed her to take a few steps back and lean against the wall.

Kate kneeled down and pressed her tongue into Sheri's dark hair covered juncture. The strong thrust of her tongue had Sheri reaching down to guide the blonde hair covered head exactly where she needed that ravishing tongue to be. Kate's tongue found Sheri's button and flicked rapidly across, over and down. Her hot mouth spurred the heat in Sheri's body to a frenzied pitch.

Sheri felt the insanity build and Kate push Sheri's legs wider, inserting her fingers back into the inner depths. Sheri felt the climax near and clenched her jaw with anticipation. The burst of her orgasim burned through her body like an explosion. She cried out weakly as the pressure released again and again. The pulsing of her blood roared in her ears. The penetrating fingers and tongue continued causing wave after wave to follow. Kate slowed as she felt Sheri sliding down the wall. She stood up to hold her and made sure she didn't fall.

Kate rested her head in the crook of Sheri's neck as they both breathed in each others air and scent. Kate nuzzled her lover softly as they shared the ride down from the crest. Sheri's hands wrapped around Kate's hips and held her close.

"Your amazing!" Sheri whispered, when she was able. Kate kissed the nearby jaw and sighed.

"You have got to be…" Kate's voice purred with satisfaction "…the best masseuse in the world."

They both released a chuckle as they held each other.

"I love you Kate!" Sheri said with her heart on her sleave.

Kate looked up to meet her gaze. Sheri looked back her eyes full of warmth, honesty, and a promise. Kate smiled her eyes suddenly filled with unshed tears.

Sheri reached up to catch a single tear that fell from an eyelash, concern and confusion in her expression.

Kate just tucked her head into the warmth of Sheri's neckline.

"Now I finally know what that means, my love." Kate whispered.

The END