~ Haunted past ~
by Larisa


Disclaimer: Yeah yeah yeah, I know and so do you.
Sex/Violence: Of course, there is and not that much and nowhere near like my other ones.
Age thing: Diapers, pacifiers, and or baby bottles, go away!!!
Song by Blake Shelton used without his permission.
Thanks to everyone who helped on this.


Haunted past
By Larisa
Hecate3366@frontiernet.net


"By the time I got home you were already gone. I swear to you that I never even touched her except to punch her out." She pleaded with her eyes for Gillian to believe her.

"You broke her nose and left her lying there in the dirt?" She started to chuckle until it was all out laughter that sent her to the floor in hysterics. Tears flowed down her face and into the hair at her temples. She looked to see the strange look on Erin's face and laughed some more. She knew it wasn't funny what Erin had done but it was in a way in her eyes. She crawled across the floor and leaned against Erin's knees. "Sorry that wasn't nice." She wiped her face and started to chuckle again. "So who did you hit last night that caused a brawl?"

"Sylvia, then her boyfriend hit me." She shrugged her shoulders and then sighed when Gillian busted up laughing again. "Come on Gilly stop before you bust a gut." She reached down and hauled her up on the couch with her. She waited until she sobered before she looked into her eyes. "I tried to find you; I searched for months but came up empty, where did you go?"

"Boston, did you hire an investigator?"

"Yeah and he said he couldn't find any trace of you anywhere."

"What last name was he checking for?"

Erin lowered her eyes and played with Gillian's fingers. "Gillian Vasnikov."

"That's why he couldn't find me, if he even tried, which I think he didn't and just ripped you off; I never changed my name, it's still Vasnikov-Dixen." She ran her fingers through the hair at Erin's temples and couldn't believe how much white hair was there.

"Don't say it, I know all about the white hair there, I'm getting old Gilly."

"I like it." She ran her fingers through the long strands and tried to untangle the knots. "This is the house you and the boys worked so hard on that you were going to surprise me with?"

"Yeah, stupid huh?"

"No, I was the one who was stupid. I am sorry for everything, for doubting your faithfulness and not trusting you. If I hadn't gone off the deep end and given you the chance to explain…"

"That's in the past; it's over and done with." She looked into Gillian's eyes. "You can stay here tonight if you want, I have three other bedrooms."

Gillian looked at her watch and saw that it was two o'clock in the morning. "Guess it's a little too late to call Sandy, she has all my clothes with her."

Erin got up from the couch, took Gillian's hand and led her to the master bedroom; she opened a dresser and pointed to all the clothes.

"You kept my clothes?" She felt tears fill her eyes. "I can't believe you kept them all this time."

"I couldn't throw them out…I always hoped that you would come back one day." She felt her ears burn and knew that her face was about the same color. "Just pick a room; they all have bathrooms in them. I'm going to take a much-needed shower."

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Gillian picked the bedroom close to Erin's; she went into the bathroom and flipped on the light. She never expected to see such a large bathroom for one of the other bedrooms. The walls were a soft white with slate blue border across the top of the walls. The shower doors were a frosted white with swans etched in each door. Opening the door to a small closet, she pulled out fluffy blue towels and found a terry cloth robe still in its original bag. "You've thought of everything haven't you Ed." Turning the shower on, she smiled when she noticed the two shower heads one below the other. "Just for short people huh Ed." She striped out of her clothes, put them on the floor, and then stepped under the hot beating water. A low moan escaped her lips when the water started to relax her sore muscles. Long minutes went by with her just letting the water work out her aches and pains, a smile came to her face when she thought of where she was. After she was done, she wrapped the soft robe around her body and went in to the bedroom to turn down the bed. Lying under the covers, she picked up the soft scent of lavender, it was calming and with in minutes she was sound asleep.

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Cussing under her breath, Erin tried to take a shower and keep her left arm outside of the shower door. She washed her hair with one hand but knew that she didn't get all of the dirt and grime from her hair. A thought came to mind and then a smile to her face; she had Gillian there to help her. "I'll ask her in the morning if she'll wash my hair for me." Rinsing the soap from her body, she then dried off and wandered to her bed. Pulling back the covers, she slipped under them, pulled Marvin to her chest and closed her eyes. She couldn't help the giddy feeling in her stomach or the smile on her face as she slipped into her dreams of Gillian.

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Sneaking down the hallway to Erin's room, Gillian peeked through the door and held back a snicker. Erin laid on her side with her arms wrapped around Marvin the Martian. Drool dripping onto her pillow from her parted lips. A rasping noise came from her throat and then a deep moan as she rolled onto her back taking the blankets with her. Gillian covered her mouth to keep back the moan at seeing Erin's breasts rise and fall with each breath. Feelings long forgotten rose and floated around in her belly. "Gods your beautiful Ed." She whispered and then leaned against the door to watch Erin sleep.

Erin felt like she was being watched, her heart sped up and every nerve ending in her body went on alert. Peeking towards her bedroom door, she caught the aroused look in Gillian's green eyes. Instantly she went from intruder alert to curious, she took a deep breath that made her chest rise and heard Gillian's breathe hitch in her throat. Stretching her arms up over her head, she turned on her side, propped her head on a bent elbow and gave Gillian a crooked grin.

"Morning Gilly, what time is it?"

Gillian ran a trembling hand across her face and stuttered. "Uuhhmm…about that…time."

"If you're hungry, we'll have to walk to my truck and then either go to the store or out to eat."

"Let me get a shower and then we'll go out to eat." Because if I don't move right now I'm going to do something completely asinine. Gillian turned and ran right into the door jam with her forehead. "Good shot Gill knock yourself senseless. Don't you laugh Ed, it's not funny!" She rubbed her forehead and walked towards the bedroom she had used. The entire time she was trying to get the picture of a seductive Erin out of her mind and not trip over her own feet. After taking a cold shower, she wandered back in to Erin's room to get clean clothes. The hair on the back of her neck stood up and sent shivers down her spine; she turned and came face to breast with Erin.

"Sorry Gilly I didn't see you." Erin removed the towel she had been drying her hair with and smirked at the slack-jawed little blonde.

"You did that on purpose Ed."

"What?"

"Played with my weakness that's what, rat bastard." She kept on mumbling that all the way back to her room while Erin snickered at her flushed face.

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They walked along the edge of the road towards the Shooting Star bar, bumping shoulders, hips, pushing each other and other childish actions. Erin draped an arm over Gillian's shoulder and pulled her against her side. She had missed having a friend around and that's what Gill had been to her in the past, her friend, lover and entire life. She hoped that Gill being there now was permanent and not just to put an end to their haunted past. She would have to ask her what her intentions were and deal with the future like an adult. Her truck was where she had left it; the only problem was it looked like a group of graffiti artists had attacked it. The words bitch, dyke, slut and other names were spray painted across the entire body.

"Didn't like the color of it anyway." She grabbed a rag and a can of paint thinner from the back and cleaned of the windshield and windows.

"It had to be Sylvia's little friends." Gillian said from the other side. "They spelled muffin diver wrong, you're now a mufin diver."

Erin grinned from where she was in the bed of the truck. "Cool, I hope it has good benefits and is as enjoyable as being a muffin diver."

"When did you become so crude?"

"When I started talking to the voices in my head and right now they're screaming that they're hungry." She crawled over the quarter panel and slid to the ground with a groan, opening the passenger door for Gillian; she helped her in and then went around to the driver's side. That's when she found out how sore she really was, it made sweat break out on her forehead and upper lip just trying to get in. "Maybe I should have just laid down in the back and had you drive."

"We can just go through MacDonald's drive thru if you want."

"Nope, it's been months since I've gone anywhere for breakfast, a meal period. How's Billy's sound to you?"

"Better than MacDonald's, I've missed their western omelets and hash browns."

Erin pulled out onto the road and headed in the direction of Billy's, she cast a quick glance to Gillian and felt her heart hitch in her chest. Gillian was the same woman who she had spent years with but different as well. She had small lines at the corners of her eyes and mouth and a sharper jaw line, it was if she had matured more in the past year. She was also emotionally harder in some ways to, more sure of herself.

"What are you looking at?" She turned her head and gave Erin a raised eyebrow.

"You, is that a problem?"

"Only if you have evil intentions."

"You mean like pointing out the gray hairs at your temples?"

"Don't talk about them, they'll call all their friends and then I'll look like you."

"So that's what happened, I thought it was from looking in the mirror every morning and scaring myself gray."

"Haa, even on your worst day you couldn't scare any one with your looks." A light blush came to Gillian's face with her next words. "You're still the most beautiful women I've ever seen." She turned and looked out her window not believing what had just come out of her mouth.

"Only in your eyes Gilly, ya know I've never seen you blush so much." She snorted when Gillian smacked her in the thigh. "Oohh lookey no ones here." She pulled into a parking space, moaned, and groaned when she got out of her truck. She tried to beat Gillian to the passenger side door but her body wasn't letting her. "I would have opened it for you."

"I know you would have, I was thinking that maybe I should have helped you out." She took Erin's forearm and steadied her. "Are you all right, you look a little pale."

"I just moved to fast that's all."

"When we get home you're not moving for the rest of the day." Gillian was shocked at what she had said; her home was in Boston or was it? "And I need to call my room mate; he's probably going nuts by now wondering where I am."

Erin smiled down into Gillian's face and knew she had realized what she had said; she could only hope that's what she considered the house. "You have a male room mate?"

"Yep, come on I'm starving and you look like you could fall down."

After ordering their breakfast, they sat in a comfortable silence before Erin brought up Bob. "So what's Bob like?"

"Ohh he's one of a kind, you know the bouncer from that movie Striptease? That's what Bob looks like on a normal workday. Friday night it's an evening gown and a very big drag queen who thinks he's Diana Ross. He's a good guy, does all the cooking and cleaning and thinks he's my mother."

"Bet that goes over real big?" She sipped her coffee and noticed the slight grin on Gillian's face. "What's the grin for?"

"Oohh I was just thinking of him and all the Queens running around the apartment trying to get dressed for the bar scene, very scary when they start using duct tape."

Erin crossed her legs and groaned she just couldn't see doing that, tight pants bothered her, tucking and taping would kill her. "Must be the reason they talk so funny, gonads being strangled." She moved her coffee cup so that the waitress could put her plate down and nodded her head at her. "Real honest to God food, I'm used to the breakfast things ya throw in the nuker."

"Cardboard's cheaper and has more nutrients than that stuff, why don't you cook?" Gillian poured enough maple syrup on her pancakes that they looked like they may drown.

"It's hard cooking for just me, I hate having to eat the same stuff for a week."

"Doesn't anyone ever come to see you?" She knew she was fishing for information on if Erin had dated anyone or not.

"Nope, yesterday was the first time anyone's been there in about nine or ten months. I'm pretty much a hermit; I play around in the garden and on the internet."

Gillian smacked her forehead and groaned. "I need to check my e-mail; I'm expecting to hear from one of my clients about a contract."

"What do you do in Boston if you don't mind my asking?"

"Same thing I did here, it's a sister branch so I had no problem getting a job. Bob works with me so that's how I found a place to live so quickly. It took some getting used to; the place is so damn feminine!"

"Uuhmm Gilly, you're not exactly a bull dyke."

"Ed, I stop at pinks, mauves, frilly things on the toilet and faux furs. Bob shudders at leather jackets and work boots. It took me weeks to convince him that my bomber jacket would not attack his girlie coats in the closet."

With their meal finished, they fought over the check until Gillian decided that biting Erin's hand worked better. She took the check up to the register and snickered at Erin who was rubbing the tooth marks on the side of her hand. She gave her a wicked smirk and pulled her up from her chair. "Come on old woman, I hear a couch calling your name."

"No, more like the Jacuzzi and a bottle of aspirin, maybe after a week in there I'll feel almost human." She lost again when Gillian took the truck keys from her hand and helped her into the truck.

Wicked arousing thoughts went through Gillian's mind of her and Erin in the Jacuzzi, the things she would love to do to the tall dark woman.

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The hot water bubbled up around Erin's breasts, a deep moan rumbled at the back of her throat to sound like a purr. Turning the jets on, she sunk lower in the water and let the flow massage the stiffness from her aching body. She rested her left arm across the thick padding and closed her eyes. Hearing the Jacuzzi's motor change pitch, Gillian stepped into the master bath and watched Erin. Her green eyes traced the sharp angles of her face down to a muscular shoulder, fingers twitched with want, she had always loved the feel of the thick muscles flexing under soft skin. Walking closer to her, she sat down on the bench behind Erin and let her fingers trail over the damp skin. Goose flesh rose under her fingertips and a soft sigh came to her ears, moving her hands to the thick shoulders; she dug her fingers into them and worked the stiffness free. Erin's head fell forward with a deep groan. It had been a long time since her shoulders had been massaged; she knew she would give up anything to have her whole body massaged.

"That feels so good Gilly, I've missed this." She covered a small hand with her own and squeezed gently.

"What do you want for lunch and don't you dare say nuker food."

"What did you get at the store; remember I was just the cart pusher?"

"That's so you couldn't fill the cart up with junk and nuker food, we have hamburger, lunchmeat, soup and breaded fish fillets."

"How about fish sandwiches with cheese on them?"

Gillian pushed the damp hair back from Erin's face and smiled. "OK, I'll call you when it's done." She ran her fingers through her hair one last time before leaving the bathroom. You would have kissed her wouldn't you? Of course you would have, you've thought of nothing else all day long! She ran her finger across her lips and thought about what it would have felt like to kiss Erin. You're a pig Gill; it's been a year since you've seen her, what makes you think she would want you to kiss her.

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"Ohh little Gilly are you ever in for a big surprise, you had me right here and you ran away. Guess I'll have to make it more obvious for ya." She chuckled and sunk back into the hot water thinking of wicked things to do to let Gillian know that her feelings never changed. Hearing Gillian yell that lunch was ready, she crawled out of the Jacuzzi, pulled a threadbare midriff tank top on and a pair of blue silk boxer. In her bare feet, she wandered out to the kitchen and stopped when she saw what Gillian was doing. She wore a headset with microphone and was speaking a couple hundred words a minute and gastrulating with each one. Tracking the thin cord, she saw that it was plugged into a laptop. Easing up behind her, she goosed her and jumped back when Gillian let out a howl.

She spun around and pointed a finger at Erin. "Why'd you do that?"

"I wanted to see what it would look like in words." She scanned the screen and snorted. "Here it is it's a lot of A's. Whatcha writing…voice typing what ever ya call it?"

"Answering my e-mails, thank God Sandy brought my stuff by. I still need to call Bob." She placed two plates on the table and pointed at Erin. "Sit down and eat before the fish turns to rubber."

"I'm used to rubber food, ya should try the lasagna, and the noodles can patch tires." She took a huge bite of her sandwich and moaned. Licking her lips, she saw flames erupt in Gillian's eyes. Running her tongue over her fingers to get the tartar sauce off, she held back a snort when Gillian sunk lower in her chair and cleared her throat. "These are good Gilly." With each bit she took, she felt the temperature in the kitchen getting hotter. When she was finished, she pulled a quart of strawberry ice cream from the freezer. "Want some I'll share?"

"You just ate three sandwiches and now you're going to eat ice cream?"

"Yep." She dipped the spoon in to the container and licked at it while watching Gillian. Holding the spoon out, she fed Gillian and then smeared it on her chin. Leaning forward she licked the ice cream from her chin and lips and found arms wrapped around her neck and the ice cream smashed between them.

"You know you've been teasing the Hell out of me all day, what do you want Ed?"

"Everything and more." Slowly, she leaned in closer to Gillian and stopped a breath away from her lips. "What do you want Gilly?"

"Today, tomorrow and every day after that." She brought their lips together in the softest of kisses, mere touches of their lips until Gillian couldn't stand it anymore. She bit down on Erin's bottom lip hard enough to make her groan and then sucked it until she gave her entrance. Their kiss was deep and sultry, igniting desires long forgotten. Soft moans were swallowed and hands roamed under clothes and across warm flesh. Without breaking their kiss, Gillian walked Erin backwards until she came up against the counter. She ran her hands up the front of her shirt and cupped firm breasts in the palms of her hands. Erin broke their kiss and gasped when Gillian lightly brushed her thumbs across her nipples. Moisture built up between her thighs and tingles ran down her spine. Tangling her fingers in Gillian's hair, she brought their lips together for a heated kiss that left them weak in the knees.

"For Christ sakes you two, go to the bedroom." Sandy smacked Gillian on her ass and dropped down at the kitchen table. "Ya know it's not nice to do that in front of someone who hasn't had sex in years."

"Who's fault is that Sandy 'She's not my Type' Barnes?" Erin sat down and pulled Gillian down onto her lap. "Stop being so picky."

"I'm not picky, I just want someone who has all her own teeth and doesn't chew Beechnut." She leaned closer to the couple. "You have to have female relatives somewhere, even if they're in a foreign country!"

Erin grinned at her and wiggled her eyebrows. "I have a cousin in Ohio; she chews Skoal, is that better."

Gillian patted her friends shoulder and gave Erin a roll of her eyes. "Sandy try going to a gay bar for once instead of the straight ones."

"Been there done that, got scared and came home with gray hairs." She dropped her head down onto the table and mumbled.

"So what brought you over here?" Gillian asked and leaned back into Erin's chest.

"I was bored and I wanted to make sure that you two hadn't killed each other, and to pass on a message from my royal pain in the ass neighbor. Dave says that they're having a problem with one of the houses, something about the cedar shingles keep splitting or something."

"I'll go out tomorrow and see what the problem is, let's get some iced tea and go out in the garden." She looked down at her and Gillian's ice cream soaked shirts. "Better yet, Sandy you get the iced tea while we go change."

The three of them sat outside, Gillian told Sandy what had happened between her and Erin a year ago and how it was all her fault that they had split up. Sandy sat with her mouth hanging open and shook her head at Gillian.

"You ignorant little shit; why the Hell did you think that? I could have told you nothing was going on, all you had to do was ask me."

"I was pissed, confused and the only thing I could think of was to run away." She shrugged her shoulders and leaned into Erin's side. "When I walked into that trailer and found Sylvia half naked, I went insane."

"And drove Erin in the same direction, ya know what we to do is go to the bar and try and find me a woman."

"Ed are you getting the hint that Sandy's a horn dog?"

"She's worse than that, she looks like she's about to hump poor Buddha by the water fall."

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With plans made for the three of them to go out the following night, Sandy left for home and a night in front of the TV. Erin and Gillian went back in the house to make supper, at least Gillian was going to cook, and she gave Erin explicit orders to stay away from the stove.

"Just sit there and cut up the potatoes and don't cut your fingers off."

"What else we having besides potatoes?"

"I was thinking baked chicken in wine and steamed baby carrots." She pulled the chicken from the refrigerator along with the bag of carrots.

She looked over her shoulder and raised her eyebrows. "Gilly I don't have any wine, I don't keep any alcohol in the house."

"All taken care of Ed, I got this at the store." She held up a twelve-ounce plastic bottle of blackberry Merlot. "And I noticed the box of Twinkies you snuck into the cart."

"That wasn't me that was a little troll that ran past the cart, he…"

"Uhh huh," She gave Erin a raised eyebrow over twinkling green eyes. "Did he throw the Hershey bars in there to?"

A huge innocent grin came over her features. "We got them to?"

"You are a slick one Ed." She put the chicken in the oven bag, added the wine and other spices and herbs she pulled down from the cabinet and placed it inside a roasting pan and then put it in the oven. "While you're killing the potatoes, I'm gonna call Bob and let him know I'm still kicking." Erin watched as Gillian left the kitchen, her eyes followed the sway of trim hips and the flexing of a tight ass. A low moan rumbled in the back of her throat when tingles rolled around in her stomach and fell south. She dreamed of where they would be if Sandy hadn't showed up and thrown cold water on them. The potatoes forgotten, she sat with her eyes half lidded and a crooked grin on her face.

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Gillian waited for Bob to pick up; she knew he was going to get his panty hose in a bundle over where she was and what she had done. She winced at the high voice he used to answer the phone and the sound of his fingers snapping.

"The Queen is in, how can I help you?"

"Hey Bob I just wanted to let you know I'm alive."

"Girlfriend you are sooo lucky! I was going to call out the boy scouts to search for you and then I thought what the Hell, I'll just let them come over and have a weenie roast in the back yard." His voice dropped to a menacing tone. "Where are you?"

"Sit down Bob, because when I tell you, you'll fall down and snag your control tops."

"I'm not wearing any; I'm wearing one of your sports bras, G-string and my stiletto heels."

"EEWWW! Gods I didn't need that visual! I'm at Erin's house."

"WHAT! I can't believe you Gill, after all that belly aching you've done over the last year you end up in the snake pit."

"It's not like that Bob; I was the one who screwed up." She told him about what happened and felt like she had been repeating the story all day.

"I can't believe you are that weak Gill, one kiss and you're renting the U-Haul!"

"I don't need a U-Haul; she kept all my clothes and stuff."

"Girlfriend those clothes are out of style! You'll be a fashion flop!"

"Bob, all I wear are Levis and T-shirts so I don't think I'll have anything to worry about. Besides, I'm in West Virginia and they wouldn't know a designer suit from a Jaclyn Smith from K-mart."

"So what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to spend my vacation here and see how it goes…"

"You're staying Gill just face it. You're still in love with her, so it's meant to be. If you need anything you just give a yell OK?"

"Thanks Bob and I promise not to take this too fast." She hung up the phone and sunk back in the soft leather of the couch, placing a hand over her heart, she felt it speed up with the thought of staying with Erin for the rest of her life.

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Erin was still off in her own little world when Gill came back into the room, she waved a hand in front of unblinking eyes and resorted to snapping her fingers and pulling the hair on Erin's arm.

"What huh, I didn't do anything."

"Yeah I've noticed are you going to do anything with the potatoes before they turn brown?"

Erin gave her an innocent look and a crooked smile. "Sorry, went off somewhere. She scoped the wedges up in her hands and dropped them into the pot. "All done, what about the bird, when will it be done?" Gill looked at the wall clock and counted in her head.

"In about two hours or when the legs fall off."

"OK, I'm going out in the garden to weed." She placed a soft kiss on Gill's lips and went out the kitchen door.

Gill spoke to herself as she watched Erin run out the door. "She's like a little kid going out to play in the yard." She cleaned up the small mess they had made in the kitchen and then went out to see what Erin was doing. She found her pulling weeds around the small bridge and talking to herself. "She's been alone too long, she talks to the weeds." Walking up onto the bridge, Gill's eyes grew large at the sight of all the fancy Koi swimming in the pond. "They're beautiful Ed; I don't remember this in my sketch."

"I added it; I like Koi and thought the pond would look nice. I moved your water fountain to higher ground so that it looks like it's flowing into an underground stream that feeds the pond." She stood up and led Gill over to the trickling fountain with the Buddha sitting beneath a large Bonsai. Tears came to Gill's eyes at the sight of the tree; hers was still in Boston in her bedroom.

Erin noticed the unshed tears and pulled Gill into a gentle hug, resting her chin on top of a blonde head she whispered. "What's wrong Gilly?"

"The Bonsai, it reminds me of our first Christmas." She wiped tears from her cheeks and leaned back into Erin's warmth. "I still have it ya know, it's in my bedroom in Boston."

Erin pulled her tighter against her and kissed her temple. "I do all the Bonsai's for the landscaping jobs, so I can make you another one."

"You've developed quite a green thumb haven't you?"

"It gives me something to do and it's calming."

They pulled weeds together and replanted some flowers that had died off or gone out of bloom. Gillian was amazed at all the different types of miniature trees and shrubs that filled the garden. Her favorite spot was Erin's bench beneath the weeping willows and cherry trees. While sitting there resting, she could hear the soft tinkle of the bells in the fountain and it reminded her of a Temple in a far away place. After an hour or so, she went in to check on their supper and started preparing the other courses. She had just pulled the chicken out when Erin came in drenched in sweat and filthy with dirt.

"Suppers ready so go get cleaned up and I'll get our plates ready. Do you wanna eat out on the deck?"

"There's a couple of bug torches out there we can light and the awning switch is near the door."

Gillian lit the torches and flipped the switch on the wall; she hadn't even noticed the awning snuggled up against the roof. It rolled down, stopped a few feet over the patio, and then bug screens dropped down to enclose the entire area. Grabbing a few candles from the kitchen, she placed them in the center of the table and then brought their supper out. Erin stepped behind her and kissed her cheek.

"It smells good; it's been a long time since I've eaten like this." She held the chair out for Gillian and took the one next to her. They drove each other nuts with the seductive ways they were eating and feeding each other. Temperatures rose as well as their pulses before they had finished eating, Erin pulled Gillian over to her and kissed her passionately. Breathless, they pulled apart and gazed into each other's eyes.

"Would you consider dating me?" Erin asked in a deep sultry voice.

"Date you? Ed we're still married, what do you mean date?"

"We've been apart for a year and I thought it would be a way of getting reacquainted. You know maybe go out to supper before we go out tomorrow night with Sandy. Gillian ran a fingertip across Erin's bottom lip and smiled.

"OK, we can do that. Let's finish eating and then clean up so we can watch a movie or something."

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They lay on the couch together in the TV room watching one of the videos that Erin had in her collection. It had been years since Gillian had seen the movie Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. She loved the smoky voice of the actor and chalked it up there with Erin's deep voice. When Erin whispered in her ear it always sent chills through her body, right now the warm breath on the back of her neck was doing that and then she heard a soft snore. Turning the volume down, she pulled Erin's arm around her tighter and closed her eyes. They slept to the early morning hours, when Erin opened her eyes; she caught sight of Gillian's tousled blonde head resting on her chest. Running her hand from hip to shoulder, she felt her snuggle closer and mumble in her sleep. She had missed this most of all, waking up and having Gillian lying across her. Easing out from under her, she went into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee before going to take a shower. When she was finished, she came back out in her robe, got them both cups of coffee and sat down on the couch next to Gillian. Giving her a soft kiss, she waited for green eyes to open.

"Morning Gilly, I brought you some coffee." She waited until Gillian had pulled her self up before handing her the cup.

"I can't believe we slept on the couch all night."

"I do it all the time, I can't remember the last time I stayed awake to see a whole movie." She sipped the rich brew and then looked down at her bare feet. "Gilly do you want to go with me to the site today, I have to check on those cedar shingles."

"Let me get a shower first and then we'll stop and get something to eat before we go there."

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Gillian gazed at the huge cedar house that Erin's crew was building; it looked similar to theirs but had an extra wing to the one side that was a four-car garage. She took Erin's hand as they walked up closer to where all the banging of hammers and cussing was coming from. Tilting her head back, she tried to see who was on the roof but the sun blinded her.

"Who's up there Ed, I can't see?"

"That's my boys up there with the exception of a new guy, her names Billy."

"Excuse me," Her one brow rose in confusion. "Is Billy a he or a she?"

"It's most definitely a she by the tits, now if you look at her build in general, she makes the guys look like Pee Wee Herman's. Come on let's see what the problem is."

When they came upon the pile of cedar roof shingles, Erin picked one up, pulled a micrometer from her pocket and measured the thickness. Tossing it back on the pile, she picked up another one and repeated the process.

"No wonder why they keep splitting, look at this." She showed Gillian the difference in width of a good shingle and a split one. "Not only are they too thin but the damn things are cut wrong. See how the grain of the wood is going diagonally across the shingle. Water will never flow right off this; it'll cross over and get under the other shingle."

"So are you going to send them back or just trash them?"

"We'll keep them for kindling or what ever and the dumbasses that brought these are going to replace them for free." She pulled her cell phone and dialed Sandy's number. "Hey sandy can you get a hold of Simpson's and tell them I said to bring another load of shingles." She listened for a few seconds and then replied. "Nope, we're not paying for them, if he says why not, tell him that I have diagonally cut shingles and the wrong thickness." She hung up the phone and snickered. "Ohh are they gonna be running for the hills."

"Ohh you mean Sandy's temper is going to blow the trailers roof off because of their incompetence?"

Erin turned when she heard a car pull up and Sandy get out. "Ohh ohh she must have forwarded her calls, she's never been out to this site before."

"Hey guys, where's these shingles so I can throw them at that dipshit, because of him, we're gonna be behind schedule on this contract by about a week. That's money out of our pockets!" Erin put a hand on her shoulder to calm the small woman down.

"Take it easy Sandy before you keel over, I'll come out and we'll get it done on schedule." Sandy did fall over with that said, she leaned into Erin's side and fanned her face with the papers she held in her hand.

"You're going to actually do something besides play with little trees?"

"Yep, can't have you going off and killing people because of a over dead line contract fine. I might even get Gilly here to help."

Gillian was paying any attention to them, she was listening to the yelling coming from the roof.

"Don't you dare throw that at me, I'll bust your ass in a heartbeat Douggie!"

"Come on Billy Bob, flex them pecs for us!"

"Flex this you little twit!"
She grabbed her crotch and gave him a lewd gesture.

Shingles came flying off the roof in the direction of where Erin and the other two women were standing. Shaking her head and grumbling, Sandy stepped closer to the house, tilted her head back and yelled.

"KNOCK THE SHIT OFF YOU MORONS! THE BIG BOSS IS HERE!" Her eyes went wide when she saw the can on the edge of the roof tilt over and a brown liquid fall towards her. It was like a slow motion movie, she closed her eyes and threw her hands over her head. The liquid splashed down and covered her from head to toe.

"OOHH SHIT! Sandy don't move and keep your eyes closed." Erin ran to her side and kept her head down so that she was looking at the ground. "Gilly there's some towels in the truck…"

"MOTHER FUCK!" Billy yelled and then launched off the roof to drop to the ground beside Erin and Sandy. "I told him not to throw stuff, Doug knocked over that can of wood stain." She pulled her shirt off and used it to wipe the stain from Sandy's hair. "Look up a little so I can clean you up a bit." Billy's pale blue eyes narrowed as she tried to keep the stain from running further into Sandy's eyes. "I'll kick his ass later, you need to get to a shower quick."

Gillian ran up with old bath towels in her hand, stopped beside Erin and knew her jaw was laying on her chest. Billy was a miniature version of Erin, she was the same height as Sandy but with a bulkier body than Erin had. The muscles flexed in her arms and upper chest when she moved and if Sandy would have had her eyes open, she would be drooling.

"Gilly close your mouth before Doug whips a shingle in it." Erin leaned down and whispered into Gillian's ear. "She's my freakin twin huh? I think I'll call her mini me."

"Ohh yes she is," Gillian whispered back. "Does Sandy know?"

"Does Sandy know what and why are you two whispering anyway and about me?"

Erin handed the towels to Billy and grinned into her pale blue eyes. "Hey Billy can she open her eyes yet?"

"Yeah, I think it's safe now. Damn stain is at least water soluble."

Erin placed a hand on Sandy's shoulder and turned her to face Billy. "OK Sandy open your eyes, but don't fall down or anything."

She opened her eyes and gasped out. "Ohh my God!" She reached out and fell forwards into Billy's arms. Billy looked towards her boss and Gillian.

"What did I do?" she looked down into the peaceful face of an unconscious Sandy.

"Nothing yet." Gillian chuckled at her shocked expression. "Take her home so she can get cleaned up." She looked up at Erin and rose an eyebrow. "That's OK isn't it?"

"Yep, go ahead and take her to your place it's closer and when she wakes up have her give me a call."

They watched Billy scoop Sandy up in her arms and carry her towards a burgundy Chevy truck. Gillian wrapped an arm around Erin and leaned into her side.

"You knew about Billy didn't you and you never said anything to Sandy?"

"I let the fates handle it, worked kinda differently than I expected though."

Chuckling at the look that had been on Sandy's face, Gillian replied. "You know how kids ask their parents how they met? Can you see Sandy telling the kids 'I got wood stain dumped on my head, and that's how I met your Ma."

"Gilly, you've already got them married with kids and they haven't even shared one word yet."

"So what, one look into those baby blues and Sandy was gone. That is if Billy's interested."

"Ohh she's been interested for a while but she's so damn backward about things. Wanna help me scare the shit outta Doug?"

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They climbed up the ladder to the roof and looked at the busy workers, they knew damn well that they had all been looking over the roof after the Sandy incident. Erin walked over and tapped a dark haired man on his shoulder and wiggled a finger at him. "Come over here Doug." Gillian hid a grin behind a hand and watched the young man look around for support from his friends. "You see this woman right here," she watched his pale blue eyes look to Gillian and back. "That stain almost hit her and if it had, you'd be planted in my garden right now." He dropped his head and mumbled an apology to both women. "I'm gonna let you off easy, I'm gonna let your sister take care of you." She busted up laughing when his eyes shot wide and he started to stutter.

"But Billy will kill me!" He looked to the other men who were snickering.

"Should have thought about that before you threw things at her." Gillian stepped forward and squeezed his shoulder.

"Just tell her you're sorry and offer to wash and wax her truck." She gave him a bright smile. "She'll need that truck for tonight so you had better do it as soon as you're done here."

"Thank you Ma'am, I'll do that." He looked down at his boots then back up at her. "What's your name if you don't mind my asking."

She held out her hand to him. "Gillian Vasnikov-Dixen, nice to met you Doug." His eyes went wide when she said her name, he looked to Erin and then back to Gillian. "OK, boys time to get back to work. She looked around and spotted Billy's tool belt. "Come on Ed we got shingles to lay."

Erin slapped Doug on the back and shook her head. "You thought I was the boss huh?" She chuckled when he nodded his head, nodding her head in Gillian's direction she remarked. "See what happens when you get married."

"I heard that ED!" Gillian yelled from across the roof.

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Erin laid out the shingles and Gillian came behind her and nailed them in place, she asked why they didn't use the nail gun like other contractors and was answered with a grunt and was told that the other contractors were lazy wimp asses. With the two of them working side by side, the had one whole side finished while the other guys came behind them and put up the trim work, stained the shingles and hung the gutters. By them being there, they cut a day and a half off the work schedule. Erin knew that Sandy would be jumping for joy when she found out. All that was left to do was shingling the garage and spraying the house with wood stain and a wood preserver on the wrap around deck. Two more days at the most and they would be ahead if not right on schedule, that was if the new load of shingles got there the next day. Erin got on her cell phone and called the guy who supplied them, when he heard her voice, he agreed with a stutter to send a guy out that day with a load at no charge. With the work done, Erin and Gillian headed home to shower and change for their date that night. Erin called Sandy's house and asked what plans she now had after meeting Billy. With Sandy's first words, she had to pull the receiver away from her ear because the woman was screaming her excitement. They arranged to meet at the Anvil restaurant in Harpers Ferry at seven o'clock and then go to a bar in Hagerstown Maryland afterward.

Erin waited in the living room for Gillian to finish getting ready, she smoothed down her black pleated Dockers and royal blue button down silk shirt that she had rolled the cuffs up to the middle of her forearms. She felt butterflies flittering around in her stomach and knew that her hands would tremble if she held them out. Getting up from the couch, she paced back and forth with her hands stuffed deeply in her pockets.

"You look like a cages animal Ed."

Erin spun around and put out a hand to the back of the couch to steady herself, Gillian wore black Dockers like hers with a cream colored silk shirt. Her hair was parted on the left side and neatly brushed back over her ears. Erin scanned her body over and noticed the gold herring bone chain at her throat.

"I'm going to jail tonight." Erin mumbled lowly and closed the distance between them.

"Why are you going to jail?" Gillian asked with a raised brow and her head tilted sideways.

Placing a soft kiss to Gillian's pink lips, Erin pulled back and looked into light green eyes. "Because the first person who eyeballs you, gets punched out." She ran a finger across the gold chain and let her finger trail downward to where the button stopped her advance. Gillian wrapped her arms around Erin's neck and pulled her downward, in a deep sultry voice she said close to waiting lips. That makes two of us, maybe we can share a jail cell?" She brought their lips together for a deep sensual kiss and heard Erin moan when she pulled away.

"We better go before we don't make to the restaurant at all." Wiping the sweat from her brow, Erin took Gillian's hand in hers and led her from the house. The rounded the house and went to the garage where the door was closed, Erin hit the door button and waited for the door to open. Inside was her car with a tarp over it, she grinned down at Gillian's surprised expression and then went into uncover her baby.

"I didn't know you had a car?"

"This is not just a car, this is my pride and joy." Erin said as she pulled the tarp back to reveal a 1972 Silver Stingray in show room condition. "So whatcha think?"

"It's beautiful Ed, are you sure you want to take it out to the bar?"

"I'll pay the doorman to keep an eye on it, for the right price, he'll guard it with his life." She opened the passenger side door and helped Gillian in to the low slung Corvette and then went around to her side and got in. The purr of the massive engine brought a grin to the women's faces, Erin eased it out of the garage and tore down the road at 85 mph. What made it even more special was that the T-tops were open allowing the night air to drift across them. Gillian laid her hand on Erin's thigh and gave it a soft squeeze, she let her hand remain there in a possessive way until they pulled up in front of the Anvil. Sandy was waiting near the door with Billy at her side holding her hand. Gillian shot Erin an amused look and chuckled.

"I give them a month and they'll be married."

"Maybe sooner than that if Billy has anything to do about it, she's been pinning away for the last seven months." Erin got out and ran around to help Gillian out of the Corvette.

Billy ran her pale eyes over the sleek car and whistled. "Nice wheels there Boss."

Sandy pointed a finger at Erin and shook it. "You and I are going to have a little chat later, you were holding out on me!" She slapped Erin's shoulder when she came up beside her.

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Inside the restaurant, the two couples got funny looks until two sets of pale blue eyes drilled holes into the gawkers. Sandy and Gillian could only snort to each other and follow along to their table. They knew that some of the men in the restaurant could take lessons from their partners. Erin and Billy held out their chairs for them to be seated and then ordered two expensive bottles of wine. With their orders taken and the waiter away from their table, Sandy kicked Erin under the table.

"Why didn't you tell me I had an admirer?"

"Because I didn't want you to say I was playing matchmaker, besides the great backward one there was too chicken shit to talk to you." She shot Billy a raised eyebrow. "Right Billy Bob?" All Billy could do was grunt and turn red.

Gillian gave her friend the once over. "So Sandy how many showers did it take to get the wood stain off?"

"Enough to make me feel like a raisin, I'm just glad we…I got it out of my hair." She looked to Billy and blushed.

Erin and Gillian gave them knowing looks. "Uhh huh, all ready took a shower together." Gillian said and then jumped when Sandy kicked her.

"It was all innocent what we did." She choked out while trying not to look at Gillian. "Ohh look our foods here!"

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After the four women pissed off every man in the restaurant by them getting kicked under the tables by their wives for not treating them in the romantic way that Billy and Erin treated the other two women in their lives, the four of them headed for the bar. The bass could be heard through the closed doors and windows of the bar. Erin fought not to cover her ears or run in the opposite direction. She was no fan of the hip-hop or rock music but she would suffer this night to make Gillian happy. Taking Gillian's hand, she paid the door fee and pulled her close to her side as they walked further into the bar with Billy and Sandy following. Heading for a table in a corner, she held out Gillian's chair and then leaned down to ask her what she wanted to drink. Waiting for Billy, Erin draped an arm over her shoulder as they walked towards the bar.

Gillian leaned close to Sandy and had to yell in her ear to be heard. "I think Erin's giving her some tips that means you're in trouble tonight!"

"I hope it's the bedroom tips she's sharing with her!"

"Come on Sandy, you two took a shower together."

"She had her clothes on and it was just to help me, I told you it was all innocent but you and your gutter mind! Plus she still lives at home and there was no way I could take her to my place with my pest Dave living next door." She nudged Gillian's shoulder. "What about you and Erin, have ya gotten her into bed yet?"

Gillian blushed and lowered her head. "No, we're dating and you know how long it took the first time around."

"Dating, you have got to be kidding! You're married for Gods sakes, what's…she doing?" Sandy pointed to Erin who was leaning over someone at a nearby table.

"I have no idea and knowing Ed, it could be anything."

They watched as them as they came back to the table with stoic looks on their faces, Gillian shook her head and grinned at Sandy. "Ed calls Billy, Mini Me and now I know she's right." Erin held out a pure white rose to Gillian and Billy did the same to Sandy. Both woman looked to each other and then pulled their romantic dates down for heart stopping kisses. All Erin and Billy could do was melt into their chairs afterwards. After drinking a few drinks, Sandy took Billy's hand and dragged her up onto the dance floor. Sandy found out real quick that Billy may be a little shy but was nowhere near that on the dance floor. She had their bodies pressed together tightly and from the look on Sandy's face, she was hitting all the right buttons. Giving in to the jealous look on Gillian's face, Erin took her hand and pulled her to an open space on the dance floor. She wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled her tightly up against her body; she slipped one leg between Gillian's and pressed against her. She felt the low rumbling moan in her wives chest and moved her hips with the beat of the pounding bass. Gillian felt her body turn to jello when Erin started to move against her in a sensuous way, they had never danced this way in the past and she was shocked that Erin knew how. Tingles ran through her body when large hands made their way down her body to caress her rear and back up to massage her back. She let out a gasp when Erin's thigh pressed against her groin and warm lips nipped at her neck. She tangled her fingers into long dark hair and pulled Erin away from her neck so that she could attack her lips. The kiss started out deep and passionate and then turned hungry, when they came up for air, Erin's eyes were a deep blue and full of need. She leaned forward and placed her lips next to her wife's ear. "Let's go home."

Gillian tapped Sandy on her shoulder and wiggled her brows at her, then pointed to the door. Sandy pulled away from Billy, took her hand and followed her friends. When they got outside, Gillian leaned up and whispered into Erin's ear.

"That's fine with me if it's OK with them." Erin said in a hoarse whisper.

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Erin opened the kitchen door and jumped out of Sandy's way as she dragged Billy behind her towards the spare bedrooms.

Gillian came through the door and chuckled. "Would you say that Sandy is about to be de-horn dogged?" She pulled a breath between her teeth after taking one look at the sultry look on her wife's face. "Uuhhm…aahhh!" Erin took her hand and sped them towards the master bedroom. Closing the door behind them, Erin dipped her head down and kissed Gillian with everything that was in her body and soul. She scooped her up in her arms, carried her towards the bed, and lowered her gently down in the center without breaking their kiss. Coming up for air, Erin ran her fingertip across Gillian's kissed bruised lips. "I love you Gilly, always have always will."

Gillian cupped Erin's face between her hands and spoke in a deep voice. "Then show me Ed." They slowly undressed each other, caressing skin that had only lived in their memories. Soft moans and heartfelt words were whispered in the moonlit bedroom. Erin moved to cover Gillian's body with her own and brought their lips together in a soft gentle kiss that deepened. Kissing her way down to a soft neck, she lightly nipped the flesh beneath Gillian's ear. A low moan and small fingers threading through Erin's hair pulled her closer. She licked and sucked until Gillian wrapped her legs around her waist and thrust against her. From the soft moans and motion of her wife's body, Erin felt her center twitch and juices flow. Inhaling the soft scent of musk perfume, shampoo and their combined arousal set her heart to beat rapidly against her chest. Her hips thrust down on their own accord trying to make contact with Gillian, she knew that neither one of them would last long if she didn't slow them down now. She moved down Gillian's sweat dampened body to lavish her firm breasts with kisses but never touching her hardened nipples.

"Ed…stop teasing…me!" She pulled Erin's face right over her nipple and let out a gasp when her nipple was sucked greedily between wet lips. Erin groaned and growled against the warm flesh and released Gillian's nipple to nurse greedily on its twin. Moving lower, she nipped and licked the sensitive area below a right breast and continued to move until she stopped at tight abs and Gillian's naval. She looked up and connected with smoldering green eyes, circling her naval with the tip of her tongue, she dipped it in quickly and felt the tight abs flex beneath her chin. Gillian spoke with a hoarse voice loud enough to just be heard. "I love you Erin." Her head fell back against the bed when Erin ran her tongue through her cinnamon curls. A low whimpering noise came from her when a warm tongue slipped between her folds. Erin moaned with her first taste and hummed her pleasure against an engorged clit. She lifted her eyes, saw the flushed skin of her lover's heaving chest, and knew how close she was. Moving her hands under Gillian's rear, she lifted her up and buried her face against her nether lips. The noises she was making was pushing Gillian closer to the edge, she felt the muscles in her stomach and thighs start to quiver and let out a shuddering breath when she felt her lover's tongue enter her center. She wrapped one leg over Erin's back and thrust her hips to the same rhythm as the thumb brushing her clit.

Erin moved her lips to her lover's clit and alternated between sucking and flicking the very end with her tongue. Gillian arched her back and yelled out Erin's name as she went over the edge with a powerful climax. Shuddering with the after effects, she felt another climax over take her when Erin entered her with two fingers and brush her sensitive spot just inside of her. She gasped and clutched at Erin's shoulders with her fingers as ripples tore through her body. With one last kiss to her nether lips, Erin laid her cheek on her lover's belly and felt the last tremors fade away.

"Ed…come up…here." She forced out through her heavy breathes. When Erin made her way up and lay down on her side next to her, Gillian wrapped her arms around her and buried her face against her damp neck. She shuddered against her and moaned when Erin ran her hands down her back and pulled her closer. "Love you little Gilly." Erin pulled back, placed gentle kisses on her lips until Gillian moaned at the taste of her self on her lover's lips and tongue and deepened the kiss. She rolled them over and took total control. Pulling the soft flesh of Erin's upper breast between her lips, she sucked until Erin whimpered. She slipped one hand down between their bodies and sighed when her fingers were covered in silky wetness. "Gods you're so wet." She mumbled against a firm breast. Her words caused Erin's center to clench and more juices to flow over her fingers. She felt her own body to become aroused again and her center twitch. Moving downward while keeping eye contact, she moved to lie between her lover's legs and reach out with her tongue to lap up her juices. "Come for me baby." She growled against Erin and watched as her body arched and shuddered as her climax tore threw her. With her strangled cry from her release and the flow of juices, she sent Gillian over the edge with another climax. When her deep gasp vibrated against swollen nether lips, Gillian took Erin with her again. They lay gasping for air and riding out the last of the tremors, Erin reached down and pulled Gillian up her body. She wrapped her arms around her and buried her face against her neck. Moments later, she snorted when a loud cry came from down the hallway and then busted out laughing when Gillian tried to cover their ears.

"Gods who ever that was is loud."

"Just think Gilly, they had to listen to us to."

"I never thought of that," She raised her head and looked into sleepy blue eyes. "I'm not leaving the bedroom in the morning, I'll die from embarrassment."

"No ya won't, you'll tease the Hell outta Sandy and Billy will die of embarrassment."

"Ohh OK, that sounds better." She yawned and snuggled against her lover and fell asleep listening to their heartbeats. Erin ran her fingers through wet blonde hair, yawned and joined her lover in sleep.

Down the hall in a brightly lit bedroom, Sandy was lying on the floor gasping for air after what Billy had just done to her. Never had she ever had someone be able to give her multiples continuously. She felt Billy crawl up her body, lay part way across her and rest her head on her left breast. She ran her fingers through the long tangled dark hair and wrapped her arm around the muscular back. Looking down into her face, she smiled at Billy and spoke in a deep husky voice. "I'm in love with you Billy Bob." Billy rose up onto an elbow, looked into hazel eyes, and said one word. "Ditto." Sandy ran a fingertip across a dark eyebrow and noticed that Billy's eyes were no longer blue. "Your eyes, they're…"

"I wear colored contacts and my middle names Jo not Bob."

Sandy's smile grew wider the more she looked into the strange colored eyes. "They're a golden color; I like them better than blue." She rolled them over and kissed Billy until she was putty in her arms.

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Erin rolled half way over with a low glutteral groan, her body was sore but in a pleasant way, the only thing that really hurt was where the cast was digging into the top of her hand. She opened her eyes, found Gillian trapped between her thighs, moving one leg, she slipped out from under her lover's body, and headed for the bathroom. Running the water I the sink so that it would get hot, she relieved herself and then stuck her cast-covered arm under the water. Taking the edge with her other fingers, she worked the softening material back and forth until it started to fall apart. Fifteen minutes later, she was free of the cast and looking down at her hairy arm.

"That's cute, looks like an ape arm." She rubbed her arm down with moisturizer and went back into the bedroom. What lay sprawled out on the bed sent fire to her center, Gillian lay against the headboard with her feet planted flat and her knees spread wide. In her hand was a purple dildo that Erin knew she had found in a drawer under the bed. She turned the lower part and grinned when it started to vibrate.

"I stole the batteries out of your flashlight." She waved it in front of Erin and patted the area in front of her with a foot. "Come here Ed, I want to show you something." Erin moved with feet that felt as if they were set in cement, her mouth was dry and moisture was building fast between her legs. She crawled onto the bed and sat down on her calves so that her legs were spread. Keeping her eyes on Gillian's hand, she gulped when she brushed her fingers through cinnamon curls, parted her folds for a brief second and then sat up to pull her down for a deep steaming kiss. When they parted, Gillian ran her finger back through her folds, collected the silky offering on one finger and painted her lover's bottom lip. "See what one kiss from you does to me." Her deep raspy voice sent shivers down Erin's spine to zap her center and make it clench. She licked her lip and moaned deep in her chest, she had never seen Gillian act like this before and it was causing her body to do all kinds of things. She gazed into smoldering eyes and felt her breath hitch in her throat. Following a small hand down to where it brushed through cinnamon curls again and then the other hand spread swollen folds apart to show fluid flowing from a twitching center. She felt her own clench and wetness flow from her and run down onto her calf.

"Gilly." She whimpered and tried to touch her lover but had her hand pushed away.

Gillian looked into aroused blue eyes and asked. "Touch yourself for me…please." Erin scooted closer so that Gillian's legs were resting on top of her thighs. With a slight hesitation, Erin ran her fingers down through short-cropped hair and sucked in a breath when she touched her throbbing clit. Her eyes went to half lids, her breathing picked up and a soft hissing noise came from between her teeth when Gillian used two of her fingers to slide downward on either side of her own clit. They mimicked each other's movements until Erin had to touch her lover, she pleaded with aroused eyes and a whimper. "Giiiiilly." Gillian took her large hand, pressed it close to her center, and moved it up and down until she was thrusting relentlessly against it.

"It's not…working…right…Ed." She slipped two fingers into her lover's center and felt Erin do the same to her. They leaned forward and rested their foreheads together as they thrust against each other and stroked their own clits. Gasping and moans were swallowed when their lips came together in a hungry kiss. Erin broke the kiss and threw her head back when she felt her climax over take her and pull Gillian's fingers deeper inside of her. Gillian answered her cry of release when she followed her lover. Staying connected; Erin laid them down and rode out the last of the ripples of their combined orgasms. When they caught their breathes, Gillian started to chuckle and then busted out laughing.

"What's so funny Gilly?"

"I didn't even use the dildo."

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Sandy stumbled out to the kitchen rubbing her eyes; she had no idea what time it was only that she smelled coffee and breakfast cooking. Gillian looked over her shoulder and shuddered. "Sleeping…EWWW…scary!"

"Well, you're no queen of Sheba either in the morning. I would look a Hell of a lot better if I could have slept without the sound effects."

"Sound effects…Ohhh those sound effects, well, it was no different from what we heard." She wiggled her brows at Sandy. "So where's Billy, she's still alive isn't she?"

"Snoring up a storm right now, how about Erin?"

"I think I put her under for the count." She chuckled and leaned in close to Sandy to whisper. "She's lying on the floor in the bathroom, after our shower that's where she dropped."

Filling up four cups with coffee, they took a cup into their lovers and dragged them out into the kitchen to eat. Erin and Billy both looked at each other across the table and grinned.

"All right you two, eat so you have some strength for work." Gillian said and then put more toast in front of Erin. "Obviously you never used your toys baby." Erin's face turned a beet red and she choked on her eggs.

"Gilly that's way too much information for everyone."

"Here's some more for ya just for giggles, my vibrator is electric and I named it Ed." She kissed a red cheek and went back to getting her plate. She gave everyone a grin after seeing dropped jaws and waved a hand at them. "You three can't tell me that you've never ever gotten yourselves off before." When no one answered, she grumbled to her self. "Prudes."

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Erin smashed a couple fingers while shingling the garage because all she could think of was Gillian and her vibrator Ed. Her soaking wet boxers were testament as to what she thought of the whole thing and if the guys weren't around them, she would be throwing Gillian's clothes off the roof and making sure she couldn't walk for a couple of hours. Looking over her shoulder at her wife, she let out a deep breath and tried to re-adjust her Levis that kept hitting her in a sensitive spot.

Gillian smiled at her and replied. "Having problems Ed or should I say one big problem that you can't do a damn thing about because of where we are?"

"Yeah and it's your entire fault, I'm dying here and I may just fall off the roof to put myself out of discomfort."

"We could always go for some un-necessary supplies." She ran her hands down her breasts to her stomach and stopped with her hands between her legs. Erin groaned and fell over on the roof and laid spread eagle. "Come on Ed; let's go for a little ride." She pulled Erin to her feet and tried not to laugh at the way her wife was walking.

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Erin lay on her back in the king cab area of the truck with her Levis hanging off one foot, her other foot was braced against the cab area and Gillian was between her thighs making all kinds of noises as she licked all that Erin offered her. Erin grabbed a hold of the seatbelt from the front seat and pulled against it when her orgasm crashed in on her, then her yell reverberated in the small area. Gillian rode her lover's shin and followed seconds later with her own climax. Huffing and puffing while trying to catch their breaths, Erin heard the sound of another vehicle approaching them where they were sitting out in the middle of a field. She pulled her self up and cussed.

"Son of a bitch, it's a cop!" They scrambled in the small cramp area trying to get their pants back on before the cop got to the truck.

"What are you two doing out here, you know this is private property." He said as he looked inside the truck for anything illegal.

"Yes sir its private property, but we're the contractors that will be building on it." Gillian pointed to the plans spread out across Erin's lap. "We were just going over the building plans and trying to figure out where to start." He looked down at the large rolled out blue prints and then to the name on the side of the truck.

"Sorry about that but we get all kinds out here parking for other reasons. Have a good day ladies." He gave them a small salute and walked back to his cruiser. Erin threw her head back and let out the breath she had been holding.

"That was fun Ed; can we try in an elevator now?"

"Gods give me strength." She pushed the old blue prints to the floor and tried to get her pants back on.

"Not so fast Ed, I never said we were done." She dropped down between her lover's legs and had her yelling minutes later.

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Later that night, Erin was in her office checking her e-mail while Gillian was on their bed with her laptop checking hers. She smiled when she saw an e-mail from her friend Mac.

Hey Sonny

The most amazing thing happened this week, I haven't been this happy in a long time. I won't go into details but I'm not alone!

Later
Mac

Erin grinned and started her reply. The entire time she was typing, her grin got wider until it was a full smile.

Hi ya Mac

That makes two of us then, I'm back with my wife after being away for an entire year. I was so stupid and should never have left, I caused a lot of pain for Erin and I and I don't know if I'll ever be able to make up for it. I'm so glad that I've had you to talk to during my trying times and I will continue to write to you. I know this is a short note but I have supper to get ready and then desert if Erin's up for it.

She hit send, logged off of her ISP and shut her laptop down, leaning back on the pillows; she continued to smile as she thought about the last couple of days. Erin was still on line when the 'You've got mail' voice alerted her; she opened the e-mail from Sonny and almost fell out of her chair. "I am sooo stupid!" She smacked her forehead, got up from her chair and went into the bedroom. She stopped in the doorway when she saw the smile on her lover's face.

"Hi ya Sonny." She smirked when Gillian's head swiveled and gave her the funniest look.

"Why did you call me Sonny?" Erin repeated the e-mail that she had just gotten from Gillian back to her.

"All these months we've been writing back and forth to each other and never knew." She crawled across the bed and rested her head on her shocked wives stomach. "I'm Mac, your e-mail buddy."

"Ohh my Gods I can't believe this, I've told you all kinds of stuff that I never would have." She covered her face and felt warm lips on her stomach.

"Gilly, I've done the same, I understand more things about you now than all the years we spent together. I think we should continue to e-mail each other as a way of getting our intimate thoughts out that we can't say face to face." Gillian reached down and pulled Erin up to her.

"You're right, I'm so lucky to be married to such a smart woman. I love you Ed."

"Love you to Gilly, why didn't you ever mention your buddy the electric Ed in your e-mails?"

"I wasn't about to tell Mac everything, why torture her with my phony sex life?"

"Good point Gilly, now what's for supper?"

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Everyone was at the worksite the next morning to clean up the area and prepare for the landscaping crew to come in and start laying the sod and plant all the vegetation that Gillian had ordered. With the radio blasting from where it sat on the tailgate of Erin's truck, they tossed the rubble into the huge dumpster while listening to the guys sing with exaggerated twangs in their off key voices. Gillian looked up at the dark clouds that were floating over and shivered at the thought of the rain that was coming their way. A drop of rain dropped and hit her square between the eyes and made her curse the coming weather.

"Ed It's starting to rain."

"That's OK we're almost done here and the landscapers can start tomorrow if it stops." She went to walk away when she heard a familiar song come on the radio; it was the one that kept her hopes up. Blake Shelton's voice poured from the speakers and went straight to her heart, she looked over her shoulder and a lopsided smile came to her lips. She dropped the rake she had in her hand and pulled Gillian into her arms. "Dance with me Gilly."

"Ed we're in the middle of a worksite with rain falling on our heads and you want to dance?"

"Yep," She smiled down into green eyes and felt her heart pick up speed. "Listen to the words of this song, this gave me hope when I had no where else to look." She pulled Gillian closer to her and buried her face in her neck as they swayed to the music.

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Dave looked over from where he and the other guys were putting the equipment in the back of the trucks and smiled. He had thought at first that Gillian had come back to cause more problems but what he had seen over the last two days was like looking back in time. The only difference was that both women were matured emotionally and the love that they shared in the past was stronger now after all they had gone through apart from each other. He wiped an errant tear from his eye and went back to work.

Doug stood with his hands laced across the top of the shovel watching his boss and her small partner dance in the rain. "She's different now that Gilly's back, almost fun to be around." Dave stepped up beside the younger man and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"That's the Erin I grew up with, without Gillian; she's a shell of a person."

"Even my sisters different, she's all goofy and even wiped the mud off her boots before she got in her truck." He looked up at a grinning Dave. "They took the two best looking women around here, what's left for me?"

"Ohh she'll find you don't worry."

"She'll find me; I thought I was supposed to look for her?"

"Nope, we're at the bottom of the food chain and are never in charge of anything so why should we be in charge of finding our mate?"

"Ohh great, I'll be 90 before I go out on a date." His shoulders dropped into a slouch as he dragged the shovel behind him.

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Gillian's tears flowed from her eyes and soak the front of Erin's T-shirt where her face was buried against her breasts as she listened to the words for the first time. She wished that she had paid more attention to the song in the past. Wrapping an arm around Erin's shoulders, she buried her fingers into the thick hair at the back of her neck and pulled her head down for a long passionate kiss that had their hearts racing. She pulled away and looked into tear filled blue eyes. "I'm sorry Ed, if I had only known."

"It's over and done with," She took a deep breath and felt fear grip her heart with the hardest question she would ever ask. "Will you move back home?"

Gillian ran her fingers down Erin's cheeks and wiped away the collection of tears and raindrops. A small smile came to her trembling lips as she nodded her head. "I came home the first time I looked in your eyes." Her lips were taken once again and she felt all their fears and pain from the past vanish.

"Let's go home." Erin said, wrapped an arm around Gillian's shoulders and pulled her close to her body.

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Larisa
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