Choices

Sally and Beth By Gold

Sally was just waking from a very short sleep. As her eyes slowly opened, she realized that she was still wrapped up in Beth's arms and very naked, which was the norm for them since they slept in the same bed in their dorm room.

It had been almost two years since they started at the University of Connecticut. Their first year was fairly difficult, getting used to a new routine, taking courses that were actually required for their future career choices. Sally seemed to be a natural in the IT field; during her first year, she decided to start certifying in the Microsoft XP programs that the college offered. She seemed to breeze through the classes where other students struggled to understand the concepts of networking and the inner workings of the Microsoft XP operating system. After the first year, when other students were halfway through the MCSE (Microsoft Certified Service Engineer) certifications, Sally had actually received her certification in the XP MCSE. But now she was facing the Cisco classes and the certifications for Cisco were 100% harder than the Microsoft ones.

Beth on the other hand was studying to become a Pediatrician. She had gone through the first year, which had the Gross Anatomy classes, which all prospective medical students had to take. She seemed to relish all of the studying (except on weekends when her and Sally could be together) and was constantly receiving top grades in all of her classes. After her first year, she was pulling a solid 4.0 average and was on the Dean's list.

Over the summer after their first year, the two ladies decided to take a break from studying and school and decided to take an actual vacation to the Nations Capital. They took a week and toured all of the museums; The Museum of Natural History; the new Indian Museum which they found fascinating; the art Museum and they saved the Spy Museum for their next to last day.

When they returned home after that week, they both decided that they needed a vacation from the vacation they just took and just relaxed for several days. During that summer they started talking to their parents about their future plans, which also included a commitment ceremony after they graduated from college. It seemed that both sets of parents were very happy their young ladies both had someone to maneuver through life with. All of the parents gave their blessings (which they knew would happen anyway) and gave them a party during that first summer.

Sally had a very evil thought, now would be the time to wake Beth up the way she always wanted to; she unraveled herself from Beth's arms very slowly. She started kissing Beth's tits very slowly and deliberately starting with the right breast. She encircled Beth's tit with the tip of her tongue completely covering it with her saliva. She then worked her way over to Beth's left tit and proceeded to do the same thing. As Sally finished with Beth's tits, she then proceeded to kiss her way down Beth's flat stomach dragging her fingernails down as she proceeded to Beth's pussy. As Sally got to her treasure, she inhaled Beth's aroma (something she could never get enough of) and her mouth started to water. Sally then proceeded to gently lick Beth's labia very delicately.

As Sally was performing this delicious act, Beth was having a dream, or at least she thought she was having one. In this dream, Sally was performing oral ministrations all over her body giving her goose bumps. She slowly opened her eyes and realized that it wasn't a dream at all. She watched as Sally started licking the inside of her pussy starting at the bottom of her slit working her way upward toward her clit. As Sally started sucking on her clit, she stuck a finger into Beth's anus causing her back to come off of the mattress. "Salleeee, I'm starting to cummmmm!" Beth started to scream.

Sally then began to lick up and down her slit again. Sally's tongue licked all of the outside labia then it went deeper into her slit. Beth couldn't believe how good this felt because Sally's tongue had never been so deep before. Sally licked her labia a while then went up to her clit. She sucked it into her mouth driving Beth crazy. Sally licked and sucked on the clit like it was a ripe orange. Beth felt a second climax coming. When Sally pushed a finger into her pussy, she cried out as the orgasm hit. She pushed her hips against Sally's mouth and rode out the orgasm.

"God, Sally that was the MOST incredible climax I've had in a while!" Beth exclaimed. "Now it's my turn." She said with a gleam in her eye.

"Actually baby, you gave it to me last night. I was just returning the favor this morning. You know, I have an idea sweetie, since it's almost the end of our second year and since we've been studying so hard for our finals and since we haven't been home in over a month, I figure we should go home for the weekend and just chill out and not worry about any school this weekend. What do you think?"

Beth thought for a moment, smiled, and gently kissed her soul mate on the lips licking Sally's top lip as an after thought causing Sally to moan. "I think that's a wonderful idea," Beth whispered against Sally's lips.

Before they walked out to the showers, Beth told Sally to grab a stall and she would be right down. As she waited a few moments to give Sally a chance to get down there, she went into one of her closets and a hidden compartment that she found there when they first moved in, she removed a small jewelry box. In the box was a beautiful diamond engagement ring. Beth had planned on giving it to Sally next month but decided that since all the parents would be home this weekend, along with Stephanie and Lisa, she would "pop" the question this weekend. After replacing the ring, Beth grabbed her toiletries and her robe and went to meet Sally in the shower.

After dressing, they jumped in Sally's Corolla and proceeded to drive the 2 hours to their homes. While driving, they talked about how their classes had been progressing; Sally was carrying a 3.9 average so far and Beth was at the top of her class with a solid 4.0 average. The subject of her sister and Lisa came up.

It seems that Lisa had graduated after their first year in college. Lisa had gone to the local community college while waiting for Stephanie to graduate. Lisa had almost become her class valedictorian but another student just beat her out by a tenth of a point. She and Stephanie were still sleeping over each other's houses several times a week so going to the community college posed no difficulties in their relationship. Although there was one incident when looked back upon, made Sally kind of smile now.

It was during Lisa's first year in college when she was taking beginning architectural design. There was another girl in the class who had her eye on Lisa even though Lisa had made it known that she was in a relationship. This didn't seem to stop Chloe. Chloe stood about 5'7" tall with strawberry blonde hair, 36C chest and the most luscious ass (besides Lisa's) in the school. It even drew attention not just from the men but also the women in the school, all except for Lisa. Chloe came up to Lisa one day after class, stopped in front of her and forced her back against the wall. "What do you want Chloe?"

"What do you think I want Lisa, YOU!" Chloe told her with a smirk on her face.

"Well, I DON'T want you! I've already told you that I have a girlfriend and am very happy with her."

"And how do you know that I wouldn't please you more than she pleases you? I'll have you know that my former girlfriends think that I'm great in bed. Give me a chance Lisa. You'll never know until you try me."

Lisa looked at Chloe and thought for a moment, "You're right Chloe, I won't know until I try. But unfortunately for you that moment will NEVER come. Now stop bothering me before I do something unfortunate to you." Lisa told her a little more forcefully.

Chloe looked at Lisa and sized her up; 5'6", brown hair, nice build but nothing extraordinary about her. Chloe decided to take a chance. As she moved towards Lisa, Lisa dropped her books, grabbed Chloe's wrist twisted it around in one of the moves that Beth showed her, and dropped her on the floor of the building like a sack of flour.

"I told you Chloe, don't fuck with me! The next time I won't be so nice to you."

And with that, Lisa left Chloe on the floor staring up her with very wide eyes. Ever since then, Chloe had left her alone; she even transferred out of the class into another one to completely avoid Lisa. Lisa had come home that evening and told Stephanie about the incident. Stephanie just started at her girlfriend with admiration and love. That evening, they made love almost till dawn.

Stephanie had told Sally and Beth about the incident. The two of them just stared wide-eyed with wonder but secretly admired Lisa for not losing her temper more.

As they pulled into Sally's driveway, they noticed several cars there; Beth's parents were there as were Lisa's. Since it was a semi-warm day (In the low 70's) they assumed that there was to be a cookout in the backyard. Besides their parents' cars, they also noticed another car, which they didn't recognize. They decided to put off unloading their clothes until later.

As the two young ladies walked into the house, they were assaulted by their parents and everyone else that was in the house.

"Do you know how long it's been since you've been home young lady?" Judy told Sally right after she finished hugging her oldest daughter.

"And that also applies to you to young lady!" Liz told her daughter after she finished hugging her.

Sally and Beth just stood back looking at their mothers, when all of sudden both mothers broke into laughter! "Don't worry girls; we know how busy you've been with your studies. Now come on over here and enjoy this party!" Liz told them.

As they circulated throughout the house, they shook hands and hugged everyone they came in contact. They came across Lisa and Stephanie who were talking to a couple of friends one of who they did recognize but the other they didn't. "Hey there ladies, now what are you two planning?" Beth was asking Lisa.

`Hey there Beth, hey Sally. How's college coming along; you getting good grades at least?" Lisa said laughing.

"Of course we are. Now how about introducing us to your new friend over here holding Carmen's hand." Beth said with a smile on her face.

Carmen had let not go of the stranger's hand but led her over to the girls. From what Beth and Sally saw of this girl, she was very pretty and did not let go of Carmen's hand at all.

"Beth, Sally I would like you to meet my girlfriend Sylvia Herrington. Sylvia, these two college goof offs are some of my best friends. Sally is Stephanie's older sister and Beth is her girlfriend. They've been dating or should I say, going together for about 4 years now."

Beth and Sally came over and shook Sylvia's hand and gave her the once over; Sylvia stood about 5'7" tall, had black hair and very penetrating blue eyes. She was about 4 inches taller than Carmen but they seemed to be totally into each other.

Sally came on over and shook Sylvia's hand first, "Nice to meet you Sylvia. It's about time Carmen had someone to watch over and care for her. How did you two meet anyway?"

Sylvia eyed Sally carefully and noticed a twinkle in her eyes denoting friendliness but also a little bit of a troublemaker at heart. "Well Sally to tell you the truth, it just happened. I wasn't expecting anything and I don't think Carmen was either. I was in the mall with my Mother doing some shopping that day. We had stopped for a bite to eat at the center of the mall and were in the process of grabbing a table to sit when this troublemaker came over with her Mom and tried to grab the same table"

"What do you mean troublemaker?" Carmen said with an innocent look in her eyes

"I mean troublemaker." Sylvia said with a little smirk on her face but gave Carmen a little peck on the cheek.

"Getting back to the story; it was little crowded that day in the sitting area so we all decided to share the table. As we all sat down and introduced ourselves, Carmen and I shook hands and when we did, it felt as if an electric shock had gone through us. That had never happened to me before and as I looked at Carmen, evidently she had felt it too. We looked at each other and blushed as we sat down. We all talked and during the conversation, I noticed her taking little sneak peaks at me as I was doing with her. As Carmen and I got to talking, it seemed that we had quite a bit in common; we had both come out to our parents and friends, we had lost someone close to us and we had the same taste in music and clothes! Well to make a long story short, I asked her for her phone number in front of our Mother's and she agreed."

At that point in the story, Carmen had placed her left arm around Sylvia's waist and laid her head on her shoulder.

"Ever since that day, we've been inseparable. Right baby?"

Carmen gave her a look that Sally recognized as love. "Absolutely Love!"

Beth chimed in, "Now that's what I call a Love story you two. I hope you last as long as the rest of us."

Carmen chimed in, "I hope so to."

Sally and Beth made their way around the house to say hi to everyone, when Beth's Mom came up to them. "Beth I need to talk to you for a moment."

"Sure Mom. Let me tell Sally where I'll be."

She saw Sally talking to her sister as she walked up to them. "Hey babe, my Mom wants to talk to me about something. I'll be right back."

"Okay but don't take too long. You know how it is when I don't see your beautiful face for at least an hour." Sally told her as she laughed.

Beth started looking for her mother when she found her in Sally's old bedroom. "Hey Mom, what's up?"

Liz looked at her daughter and realized that she was a very beautiful young lady now. "Beth, before I let you know about the reservations for tonight, I just wanted to tell you how much I've missed you the last month! I know, we've talked on the phone but that's not the same as seeing you. I'm glad you came home this weekend, your father and I really missed you." She went over to Beth and gave her a big hug.

Beth hugged her mother back and tried to hold back her tears of joy but she couldn't. She unraveled herself from her mother's arms, wiped her tears off and gave her mother a smile. "Ok Mom, now that all this mushy loving stuff is over, let's get down to business. Are the reservations ready for tonight?"

"They sure are sweetheart. Table for two at the Four Seasons Restaurant for 6:00 tonight. Now, how are you going to explain to Sally about tonight's dinner?"

"I really haven't thought about it that much Mom. Do you have any ideas?"

"Well, I have had a couple of ideas one of which is a kind of celebratory dinner if you can call it that. Remember, you've been there almost two years now, and I think celebrating that would be a great idea. What do you think honey?"

Beth thought for a moment, "You know Mom; I think that would be a great idea!" She threw her arms around her mother and gave her a very nice hug. "Thank you Mom, you always seem to come up with these great ideas."

"Anything for you honey. Besides, I know how much you and Sally love each other."

As the two ladies walked out of the bedroom, Beth's mind was spinning with possibilities after the dinner tonight. Should she take Sally back to her house or to a hotel to really celebrate? She would have a little time to mull it over before they left for tonight. "Oh yeah, one more thing Beth, your Father and I made reservations for you two at the hotel afterwards!"

Beth looked at her Mom with total bewilderment in her face, "Mom, you and Dad didn't have to do that. I'm glad you did though." Beth then threw herself into her Mother's arms and hugged her.

"Come on sweetheart, we better get downstairs before your girlfriend gets suspicious."

As Beth walked back out of the bedroom her mind was still spinning with her mother's words echoing in her head. She thought of the possibilities tonight and smiled inwardly.

She found Sally talking to her father about her upcoming year and the Cisco certifications she would need. She quietly snuck up behind Sally, and grabbed her waist, which made Sally jump at least 10 feet in the air! "Jesus Beth, you really know how to scare someone out of their wits don't you?"

Beth was laughing so hard that that she had to grab onto her sides just to keep from falling down, "You should have seen the look on your face Sally that was priceless!" As her laughing died down, she took Sally's hands in her own, looked into her beautiful face that she never got tired of looking at, took a deep breath and gave her a little romantic peck on her lips. Sally looked at her quizzically but quickly realized that Beth was apologizing to her in her own way. Sally smiled, grabbed Beth's face with her two hands, brought her face down to hers and laid a very wet, sloppy kiss on Beth's lips which surprised the taller girl. As they broke apart, they looked at each other and smiled at each other. They heard a cough and realized that Sally's father was still standing there. "Sorry Dad, I forgot you were still standing there."

"That's okay sweetheart. I was watching Beth sneak up on you and didn't say anything. I just wanted to see what you would do."

"Thanks a lot Dad, I really do appreciate it!"

Sally's father was still laughing when Judy snuck up behind him and grabbed him making him jump out of his skin! "Judy! Please don't do that. I almost had a heart attack!"

All the girls couldn't help but help but roll with laughter at Sally's father. "Well, Dad, you know what they say don't you? Paybacks a bitch!" Sally said laughing as she and Beth walked away from her parents.

They roamed around a little more, stopping to talk with Carmen and Sylvia. They found out that Sylvia had lost her best friend Kathy about a year ago. They had been best friends since the age of one and it devastated her. Sylvia wouldn't go out after school or the weekends and just moped around the house all the time. Her parents had just about given up on her when she met Carmen that fateful day. Watching Carmen and Sylvia interact with each other, reminded Beth and Sally of their early years together. They were really happy for Carmen and Sylvia.

The party went on till late afternoon when Beth came up to Sally. "Hey babe, you want to get ready for dinner?"

Sally questioningly looked at Beth, "What do you mean, get ready for dinner?"

"Oh, I didn't tell you did I? The parents made reservations for us down at the Four Seasons tonight so we can celebrate the end of our second year at college. Of course you have to drive us down though."

Sally looked stupefied, "Wow, the Four Seasons just for ending our two years there? What else is going on Beth?" Sally asked suspiciously.

Beth had to be careful with her answer. Sally was not a stupid girl. "Absolutely nothing else is happening sweetheart. Just a celebratory dinner, so we can celebrate the ending of our first two years in college. Besides, we really haven't had real together time in quite awhile now."

Sally looked at her girlfriend and tried to discern anything else she was saying. When she couldn't read Beth's expression, she took it at face value. "I guess that means I have to dress up then huh? If I have to dress up then you do also."

"Yep, it sure does."

While Sally was getting ready upstairs in her room, Beth was downstairs getting ready. Her mother had brought over the dress she was to wear that evening along with the accessories that goes along with getting ready for a four star restaurant. Beth had her mother braid her long red hair in a French braid, which looked gorgeous.

Upstairs, Sally's mother was helping her with her long blonde hair. Judy was brushing it out for Sally making it fuller and lusher. Afterwards they put her dress on then applied her makeup. Afterwards Judy took a step back and her breath caught in her throat. "My god Sally, you're an absolutely beautiful young woman now. I didn't realize till now because I haven't seen you in a month but you've grown up. My little girl isn't a little girl anymore!"

Sally took a long look at her mother and like Beth, jumped into her Mother's arms. "Thank you Mom. If it hadn't been for you and Dad, I don't think any of this would have happened. You made me stand up for myself, and made me realize that I need to be happy with who I am."

"I'm just glad that you're happy with Beth. Ever since the time that you brought her into this house and introduced us, I could see it in your eyes. Even though you didn't realize it at the time, I knew you two would fall in love with each other. Well, I think it's time to get downstairs and see what Beth looks like."

As Beth walked upstairs, Sally was coming down the stairs. Sally arrived at the bottom just as Beth arrived at the top. They just stared at each other and gasped. Beth was wearing a light purple dress that was very form fitting for her taller figure. It showed off every curve of her delectable body, plus it also had a slit on the right leg showing off plenty of leg. Around her neck was a necklace that Sally had given her about three years ago to make up for a silly argument they both had the previous day. Sally on the other hand was wearing a dress that came about an inch above her knees and showed off her beautiful legs. Her mother had done her makeup to perfection. Both girls just stared at each other like it was the first time they saw each other.

Sally broke the silence first, "Well, it looks like we're ready to go to dinner. Time to go babe!"

Beth broke out of her trance just in time to answer Sally, "Oh, and yes, definitely time to go to dinner. Although, looking at you, I know what I would like to have for dinner!"

Sally looked at her lover and soul mate and just blushed. She grabbed Beth's hand and walked out the door towards her car. As they were walking toward the car, Sally's and Beth's parents were at the door watching them knowing what would happen this evening at the restaurant.

As they drove down to the Four Seasons in companionable silence, Beth started thinking about the past four years and how wonderful they had been. Sure, they had their arguments, what couple didn't. But it was the apologizing and the make-ups afterwards that were amazing. Some of the make up sessions had lasted into the next day sometimes. Afterwards they spent the better part of the next couple of days sleeping and conserving their energy for the next time.

As they pulled up to the Four Season, a young valet greeted them, took Sally's keys and gave her a ticket for the car later on.

They walked into the foyer of the restaurant and was greeted by a nice young man dressed to the nine's in a tuxedo, "Good evening ladies, my name is John. What can I do for you this evening?"

Beth looked at him and spoke for the two of them, "Good evening John. We have a reservation in the name Wilson for two."

"Let me take a quick look for you. Ah yes, right here. Would you ladies follow me please?"

Beth and Sally followed John to a table in the corner for two. It had a candle burning in the center of it and in a single flower glass vase, was a single rose.

"Here is your table ladies." John held the chairs for both of them as they sat down. "Your waitress for the evening will be Emily. She will be with you momentarily. Have a nice dinner." John said with a smile as he left.

Beth gave him a quick smile before Sally had a chance to look up.

Beth looked over at her lover, best friend and future companion. "Well, what do you think so far?"

Sally looked over at Beth and her breath caught in her throat. The candlelight flickering just caught Beth perfectly; the faint light from the candle caught the color of Beth's hair, complexion and ensemble just right so when she looked at Sally, she looked like a goddess from Mount Olympus!

"Beth, I really don't know what to say except I'm glad we came home this weekend. Even after all these years, you are still the most beautiful woman I have even seen."

Evidently, this caught Beth unawares and she blushed furiously! "You really do know how to flatter someone don't you sweetheart?"

"Well, if the shoe fits!"

They just looked at each other and laughed.

As their laughing subsided a young lady came over to their table. "Good evening ladies. My name Is Emily and I will be your waitress for the evening. May I take your drink order?"

Beth looked at her and answered the question for both of them, "Hello Emily. We would both like ice tea for now. Thank you."

"I will be right back with your drinks. Here is the menu for you to browse." Emily left and went to get the ice tea for the two. They browsed the menu and saw that there were quite a number of nice appetizers on it. One of which caught Beth's eyes. As Emily came back with the iced tea, she asked if there was an appetizer they would be interested in. "As a matter of fact there is Emily. Your wheat cracker with mozzarella caprese looks very good. We'll have that while we continue to look at the menu. Thank you."

"That's a very good choice. It happens to be one of our more popular appetizers. I'll go put that order in now."

"Beth, how did you know what appetizer to order?" Sally asked quizzically.

"Well, on of our dinners that we made at the house, your mother made it for us and I noticed that you almost ate the entire thing yourself!"

"I guess you do pay attention, don't you? I think we should look at the menu so when Emily comes back, we can let her know what we want for dinner." Sally said smiling.

They browsed the menu, which was very extensive in its selection. There were steaks, seafood, salads and other sundry items. There was one selection, which caught Sally's eye, and she decided on that item. She looked over at Beth, "Well, have you decided what you're going to get for dinner?"

"I do believe I have made my choice!" No sooner had the words left her mouth than Emily showed up to take their order.

"Are you ladies ready to order?"

Beth looked at her, "As a matter we are ready. I will have the Chicken Marsala along with a Caesar salad on the side."

"And I will have the Chicken Madeira with mashed potatoes and a house salad with vinaigrette dressing. Thank you."

Emily smiled at the both of them, "Excellent choices both. I will go ahead and place the orders."

As they sat waiting for their orders to come out, they started talking about college, life in general, their families and whatever else they could think of. Beth noticed at this time a small band ensemble came out and started to play. The music was a mixture of oldies, i.e. Frank Sinatra tunes, and the newer standards She had an idea forming in her mind. "Sally, I've got to go to the ladies room. I'll be right back."

"Okay but don't take too long!"

Luckily the ladies room was towards Sally's back. As Beth walked toward that way, she motioned for John to come over to her. "John, I just wanted to ask you a favor. I am going to propose to that lovely woman tonight and would like to ask you to ask the band to play a song for me after we eat our dinner."

John smiled broadly, "I don't think that would be a problem. What's the song you want them to play?"

"The song is called, Unforgettable by Nat King Cole. Would they play that?"

"I don't see a problem with that. They know almost all of Sinatra and Nat King Cole's songs. I will let them know to keep an eye out for you when you come on the dance floor."

"Thank you very much John. I appreciate it."

Beth went back to the table and noticed that the waitress was in the process of bringing the food out to them. She also noticed John going up to the band. She smiled inwardly at how well everything was going tonight.

"Well, there you are. I was beginning to wonder where you had gone to!" Sally told her as she smiled.

"I went to the little girl's room. I just had to do something else that I wasn't prepared for, that's all."

Beth sat back down and contemplated tonight's event and hopefully it would go smoothly.

The food had been placed and they attacked it with relish. Over the mouthfuls of chicken marsala and chicken Madeira, they talked about anything they could think of; from their early years together, to Sally's sister realizing that she was attracted to girls to their college years so far. It was a very pleasant conversation filled with lots of quick glances at each other and even some blushing from Sally.

Emily had been over a number of times already to fill the iced tea glasses. Finally, they finished with their dinner and Emily was back over asking if they wanted anything for dessert.

Beth answered for them both, "Can we see the dessert menu please? Thank you."

Emily was back in a flash with the dessert menu and the girls perused the menu until their eyes lit upon a chocolate dish that was to die for. Beth glanced over at Sally and noticed the approval in her eyes. "I think we will both have this decadent looking chocolate dish on your menu called `Lovers Delight.'

Emily smiled at the two, "Another excellent choice. That seems to be our most popular dessert dish here. I'll go bring it out."

As they waited for Emily to bring out their dessert, Sally felt Beth's foot caressing her right leg underneath the table. "Beth, someone might see you!"

Beth smirked," Nonsense Sally. The table cloth is long enough so it will hide what I'm doing. Besides, I think you like it."

Sally gasped as Beth's' foot was at the entrance to her pussy and was giving her goose bumps! "Beth, stop it! You're going to make either spill my tea or make me cum too soon."

Beth couldn't stop her smiling, "I think that's the point, isn't it?"

Before Sally could answer, Emily had brought their dessert out. "Enjoy your dessert ladies."

"Thank you very much. We will." Sally answered enthusiastically.

As the girls dug into the dessert, their eyes lit up at the amount of chocolate that was actually on the dessert. They both knew they would be on a sugar high right after dinner and Sally was wondering how they were going to burn if off. As they were finishing their dessert, the band came out and started playing. Beth noticed that Sally had her hands up on the table as she started listening to the band. She reached over and gently cupped Sally's hands in her own. Sally looked up into those lovely eyes she had come to know over the last few years and saw nothing but love in those eyes. "Sally, let's go dance."

Sally just nodded her head and the two headed out to the dance floor.

As the two young ladies were finishing up their first dance together, the band started playing Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable." At the first sound of the song, Beth pulled away from Sally and looked at her, "Sally, I've been so happy the last few years with you that I've decided that I don't want to spend the rest of my life without you." Beth took out the small box that she had hidden in the confines of her dress. She got down on one knee, grasped Sally's left hand, and opened the box. "Sally, would you marry me?"

Sally couldn't believe this was happening to her. In front of everyone in the room, all of the waiters and waitresses, she was speechless. She looked at the beautiful diamond ring shining in the glow of the chandelier above and looked at Beth with tears in her eyes, "Beth, I would love to marry you. The answer is yes!"

Beth slipped the ring on her ring finger of her left hand, got up off of her knee, placed her arms around Sally's waist and gave her the deepest kiss she had ever given her. There was a very loud applause from everyone in the dining area.

As their kiss ended, Sally looked around and just noticed that everyone had stood up and was clapping and yelling congratulations for them. She looked at Beth and couldn't believe she did this. She was blushing so much that her face was the red of a fire engine! They walked off the dance floor holding hands and went back to their table. This time when they sat down, they sat next to each other instead of across from each other.

Sally looked at her lover and soul mate and couldn't believe Beth had just proposed to her. This was the dream of a lifetime for her. She was still speechless when she realized something was out of place. She started looking around the room and noticed that their parents along with Stephanie, Lisa, Carmen, Sylvia and others were there. She hadn't noticed them before but now she did. They started walking towards the two with very large smiles on their faces.

Judy walked up to her eldest daughter, "Congratulations honey. I'm so happy for you and Beth." She hugged her daughter and had tears coming down her face.

"Thanks Mom." Sally stood back and looked at her Mom and realized that she knew what was going to happen. "Mom! You knew what was going to happen tonight didn't you?"

Judy looked a little sheepish, "As a matter of fact sweetheart, we all did. We just wanted to see the look on your face when Beth proposed to you. Sorry Sally but we couldn't tell you anything, you know that."

"I know Mom and I'm glad you didn't." Sally went back to hugging her Mom when her father approached her. Sally stopped hugging her Mom and just about jumped into her father's arms. "Thank you Dad."

Eugene didn't know what to say so he just continued hugging his daughter. He also had tears in his eyes. As Eugene backed away from Sally, that allowed everyone else to come in and congratulate the two ladies. "Congratulations big sister." Stephanie said as she walked up to Sally. "I just hope when my time comes, it's as nice as yours." Stephanie then proceeded to hug her sister.

After all the congratulations and the hugging subsided, everyone started drifting away to allow Sally and Beth to continue with their little party.

After everyone had left, Emily showed back up at their table asking if they needed anything else. "Emily, the evening was perfect. Thank you for all your help this evening. Is the check ready for us?"

Emily just smiled at them, "The check has already been taken care of. Thank you anyway."

"Well, can we at least give you a nice tip?"

"That's already been taken care of also." Emily just smiled sweetly. "I hope you two can come back here soon."

Sally smiled at her, "I hope so to. This was a perfect evening."

As the two girls were walking out towards the entrance to the restaurant, Beth immediately made a left turn towards the Hotel's main desk.

"Beth, the car is this way!"

"Yes it is but we have reservations in the hotel for this evening compliments of our parents!" Beth smiled

She looked over towards Sally who had the biggest grin on her face that she had ever seen. Beth knew what Sally was thinking and she started to blush. They got the key card to a room on the seventh floor and went on up. When they got into the room, they noticed that there were some suitcases there and realized that their parents had struck again!

"Do you think our parents set this whole thing up or what?"

"I know they did because I had been planning this for a while now!" Beth smirked.

"Why you little sneak you. Remind me to get you back for that." Sally smiled at Beth.

"You may get your chance tonight if you can catch me!" And with that Beth took off toward the bathroom but since it was not that far, Sally caught her with no problem. She backed Beth against the wall, wrapped her arms around Beth's neck and looked deep into her eyes. She gently kissed Beth at first. Sally then brought her tongue out and ran it around the outside of Beth's lips causing her to moan with delight. "You definitely have a way with that tongue of yours, don't you?"

"Oh yes, and just you wait till we get into the bed!" Sally continued tracing Beth's lips with the tip of her tongue teasing her beyond belief! As Sally continued her "tonguing" of Beth's lips, Beth was moaning so much that she could barely stand up. Then when she wasn't expecting it, Sally plunged her tongue deep into her mouth. As they rolled their tongues around in each others' mouth, Sally leapt up and wrapped her legs around Beth's waist They continued to kiss for the next few minutes and it was Sally who broke it off. With her legs still wrapped around Beth's waist and their lips only a fraction of an inch away from each other, Sally gently whispered to Beth, "I love you Elizabeth Marie Wilson."

Beth looked at the love of her life and whispered back, "I love you, Sally Ann Ryder." They looked at each other again and by mutual consent, went back into the bedroom.

As the mid-morning sun filtered in through the white satin drapes in their hotel room, the girls started to stir from their extracurricular activities from the night before. Beth was lying on her back with Sally's head in her usual position; resting on her chest. Beth's eyes opened very slowly as she remembered the previous night; they had made love so many times and came so many times that they both lost count. The thought of last night and yesterday put a smile on her face. Beth had never been happier in her entire life; with her life mate lying beside her, her college career already mapped out, their future seemed set. Beth was also a realist; she knew that anything could happen in their lives that could derail that future but as long as the two of them were honest with each other she felt that her and Sally could face whatever life threw at them.

She felt Sally stirring on top of her and wrapped her arms a little tighter around her. Sally was just waking from a delicious dream, at least that's what she thought it was, when she realized it wasn't a dream and everything had happened yesterday; the proposal from Beth and the constant lovemaking all night long. Her eyes flickered a little then opened slowly as she realized that she was partially lying on top of Beth. Sally cooed as she snuggled closer to Beth to hold her tighter. As she fully opened her eyes Sally saw Beth looking down at her. Beth started stroking Sally's face very gently with her fingertips giving Sally goose bumps. "God Beth, I still can't believe what happened yesterday and last night. It seems like I was living a dream but then I realized it wasn't one and I've never felt happier!"

"I know what you mean sweetheart. But it's getting late and we have to be out of the room by noon time. You want to save time and take a shower together?" Beth said with a smirk.

"I thought you would never ask! Lead on." Sally said laughing.

Copyright 2007 Gold/Donal

I would like to thank all the people that have emailed me over the last year if I would be continuing my "Choices" storyline. Sorry it took so long to complete but I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to continue or not. Please let me know how you like this chapter and whether or not you would like me to continue writing. I do have another story that I am working on, separate from "Choices." Hopefully I will be finishing that up shortly also.

Gold