New Friends? Part 2 By Donal/Gold
It was the following week after her walk with her Mom that Lisa decided that she would try and locate those two girls that she saw in Wendy's. She knew she had her work cut out for her because she knew they did not go to her school so she surmised that they went to St. Francis Catholic School, about a half mile away. She knew that St Francis got off at about 3:00pm and since she got out of school around 2:30, she would have plenty of time to walk by the school to see if she could locate them.
Lisa started walking home, walking past St. Francis in the process. There was a soccer game going on at the time and she decided to stop and watch it. When she got there, her breath caught in her throat, because she recognized the goalie for St. Francis as being one of the girls; tall with red hair. She could not mistake that girl, she was beautiful. As she watched her block shot after shot, she heard another girl yell from across the field, "Way to go Beth." Lisa's eyes shot to where she heard the name being yelled and again, she recognized the blonde that was with Beth in the park. All of a sudden Lisa couldn't think straight. She was still trying to think of a way to approach them when the problem solved itself.
"Hello there. My name's Sally Ryder. What's yours?" A voice came from behind her.
Lisa spun around and realized she didn't even notice the petite blonde had approached her. She was probably about 5'1", shorter than her 5'4" frame but she had such beautiful Hazel eyes that drew her in.
"My name is, is Lisa Toms. I'm sorry; I was just startled by your appearance. I didn't hear you walk over." Lisa said kind of nervously.
Sally looked at the girl and noticed that she was a little taller than herself, had brown hair and like Beth had blue eyes and was very pretty.
"Don't worry about it Lisa. I'm usually that quiet when I want to sneak up on someone." Sally told her laughing.
Lisa started laughing about it too. "Well, Sally, it's good to meet you. I noticed the girl playing goalie for your school is very, very good."
"Yeah, that's Elizabeth Wilson but everyone just calls her Beth. Last week she shut down last year's state champion West Catholic."
"Now that is VERY impressive." Lisa said.
"Actually, one of the reasons that I came over here is to say hello and to find out what school you go to, Lisa."
"Well, I go to Washington High where I'm a sophomore. It's just right down the road about a half mile but since it's on my way home, I figured that I would stop by and watch the soccer game." Lisa told her.
At about that time, the game had ended and Beth noticed that Sally was talking to a girl. But she also noticed that the girl that she was talking to was the one that they noticed at Wendy's last weekend. As she walked towards them, she noticed that the girl was very pretty and a little taller than Sally.
"Hello there Sally. Who's the new friend?" Beth said with some amusement.
Sally looked at Beth with a twinkle in her eye and said, "I'd like to introduce you to Lisa Toms. She goes to Washington High and had stopped by to watch the soccer game. She was telling me that she was very impressed with the way you played goalie."
"Why thank you very much Lisa. I really appreciate that." Beth told her.
Beth came up to Lisa and shook her hand even though it was a little sweaty. Something happened when they shook hands and Lisa had to look away from Beth.
"Nice to meet you Beth. Yeah, you played a great game. Even our goalie, who I think is good, doesn't even come close to the way you played today." Lisa said with admiration.
As Beth and Sally were talking to Lisa, they started getting closer together and when they were close enough, they clasped their hands together, looked into each others eyes, excused themselves to Lisa then by mutual agreement, they brought their lips together and gave each other a very tender kiss.
"Mmm, that was nice baby. I was wondering when I would get a "Nice Game" kiss from you." Beth said quietly to Sally.
Lisa was very surprised by this show of emotions from these two girls that she just met and was very quiet during the entire time that Beth and Sally were close to each other. When they were done, they both looked at Lisa and Lisa was blushing up a storm.
Beth just smiled at the blushing girl, "Lisa, as you can tell Sally and myself are involved. We also noticed that you were in the park last weekend and then at Wendy's with your mom. We also heard what you were talking about with her and we would like to help you out if you let us."
Lisa was very surprised by the honesty of Beth. She let out a very deep breath and said, "Wow, I didn't realize that you had heard what I was talking about to my mom. But thank you, I would really appreciate it."
"We were about to go back to my house and do some "studying." Would you like to come with us?" Sally asked Lisa.
"Depends on where you live. I don't want to walk too far out of the way." Lisa told her.
Sally told her where she lived and Lisa said that she only lived two blocks away from her. She pulled out her cell phone and called her mother. "Mom, you don't mind if I go over to a friends house do you?" She listened for a moment and said, "Well, I might wind up eating dinner over there also, do you mind?" She listened some more and said, "No problem Mom, I'll be home by 9:00 at the latest. Thanks mom, I love you."
During the time that Lisa was talking with her Mom, Beth and Sally were holding hands the entire time and talking very quietly among themselves. "What do you think babe, think she would make a good "friend." Sally asked Beth quietly.
"Well, she is very friendly and looks like she needs our help, so, yeah; I think that would be a good idea." Beth told her.
************** As they got to Sally's house, Lisa started getting nervous about this but also decided that she had to go through with this if she wanted to find out how to find other girls that felt the same way she did.
"Hey Stephi, were home, squirt! You around anywhere?" Sally yelled out.
Stephanie came tramping down the stairs from her room and froze after she saw Lisa. "Wow, she thought to herself. Who is my sisters' new friend? She's very pretty!"
"Hey sis. I thought I heard you come through the door. Hey Beth. How did the game go?" Stephanie asked both of the girls.
Beth answered first, "Well, the game went great. We won 4 – 1."
"Stephanie, this is Lisa Toms. We really just met today. She's a sophomore over at Washington High. She stopped by to watch the soccer game and we just started talking about the game and everything just happened from there. Lisa, this is my sister and sometime pain in the ass, Stephanie." Sally said laughing as she did so.
As Stephanie was sticking out her tongue at her sister, she moved to shake hands with Lisa and when they did, something unexpected happened. What felt like a jolt of electricity shot through both of them. They looked at each other and smiled. This was noticed by both Sally and Beth who really looked surprised by this.
"Stephanie, Lisa is going to be eating dinner with us. Is Dad home or is he still out of town at that conference?" Sally asked her sister.
"He's still out of town but I think he'll be back tomorrow sometime." Stephanie told her still looking at Lisa.
As the sisters were talking, Lisa was thinking to herself about what just happened with Sally's sister. She had never felt anything like that before. Even with her ex-boyfriend. Stephanie looked to be about 13 or 14, shorter than Sally but just as pretty. She was thinking about all of this when she was broken out of her train of thought by Sally.
"Hello, Lisa, are you okay?" Sally asked.
"Oh, sorry about that Sally. I was just thinking about something and just started "zoning" out. That happens with me sometimes." Lisa said.
"Hey squirt, is Mom making dinner or are we preparing it?" Sally asked her sister.
"She called a little while ago and wanted me to let you and Beth know to start on the salad and she would finish when she gets home in a little while. I guess you will have to make a little extra since you brought Lisa home with you." As Stephanie was talking, she was still looking at Lisa who was blushing a little. Stephanie thought that Lisa looked adorable with the blush.
"What does your Dad do that he has to go out of town?" Lisa asked Sally
"He's an IT Consultant. His office is here at home but he's asked to come out to the businesses that he's done work for every now and then and make suggestions on how to improve their Internet security. He's excellent at what he does too. And my mother owns her own Hallmark Card Shop in town. It's called K's Hallmark." Sally said with some pride in her voice.
"Hey, I've been in that card shop. That's where I buy almost all of my cards from. I've probably seen your mom in there and never gave it a thought. Wow, it is a small world after all." Lisa said
"Well ladies, I think we should put our things in my room then we can come back down and start on the salad and whatever else we want for dinner. Beth you need to take a shower first though." Sally said to Beth and Lisa.
The girls went up to Sally's room and dumped their stuff in there. While there, Lisa took a look around and noticed some of the posters on her wall. Gwen Stefani and others that she also had on her own wall. As Beth was taking her shower, it gave Sally and Lisa a chance to talk a little more.
Sally looked at Lisa and then asked her, "Lisa, what happened with my sister downstairs?"
"Actually, I'm not really sure but when I shook her hand, it felt like electricity went through me. I've never had that happen to me before. How about yourself?" Lisa asked Sally but really didn't expect an answer from her.
"It's happened to me only once Lisa. The first time I met Beth she was coming off the soccer field and as we introduced ourselves what felt like a jolt of electricity passed between us. It never happened to me with my ex-girlfriend, just with Beth. So I knew something special was going to happen with her." Sally was telling this to Lisa when Beth walked into the room.
"Yeah. As soon as that happened, I knew we were destined to be together." Beth said as she came into the room.
"Wow, does that mean your sister and I may have been meant for each other, Sally?" Lisa said with amazement.
"Well, Stephanie is 14 years old and did have a boyfriend sometime ago but I haven't heard anything about him for the last month or so. She knows that I am a Lesbian and is pretty cool about it. I never really thought about my sister also liking girls. That would be kind of cool though. That means we could double date." Sally kidded with her.
Lisa looked at Sally and was trying to decide whether or not she was kidding with her. When Sally started to laugh then she knew she was kidding.
They had been in Sally's room for about 30 minutes when they heard Stephanie yell up to them to come down and start on the salad.
The girls came down to join Stephanie in the kitchen, starting work on the salad and the baked potatoes. After a little while Lisa drew closer to Stephanie. "Stephanie," Lisa said quietly, "When we shook hands earlier, it felt as if electricity passed through me. Did you feel that too?"
"I did. Lisa, I have never felt that before. Even when I had a boyfriend, nothing like that ever happened to me. I think that means something good will happen, or at least I hope so Lisa." Stephanie said as she smiled at Lisa.
Lisa started blushing again and Stephanie just had to say something, "Lisa, I think you're really pretty and when you blush it just makes you irresistible." Lisa and Stephanie started moving closer to each other and Lisa gently took one of Stephanie's' hands in her's and started caressing it. As their fingers intertwined, their faces got closer and before either of them knew what was happening they were kissing very tenderly. As they were kissing, Lisa thought that Stephanie's lips were so soft. It was nothing like kissing a boy. At the same time Lisa was thinking that, Stephanie was thinking that now she knew why her sister preferred girls over boys.
At the sound of a very loud cough from behind them, they broke their kiss and Lisa and Stephanie both blushed up a storm as they remembered where they were.
"Okay you two lovebirds. Time to knock it off and get back to work on the food." Beth told them with a big smile on her face.
As the girls chopped, diced, sliced and baked in preparation for dinner, Lisa thought there was enough food for a small army. As they were finishing up, Sally's mother walked through the door.
"Well, hello girls. I thought I was in the wrong house for a moment. I didn't hear my two daughters arguing. And who's the new addition to the dinner table?"
"Mom, I'd like you to meet Lisa Toms. She stopped by to watch the soccer game today. She goes to Washington High. Lisa, this is my mother Judy Krieger." Sally said.
"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Krieger. You have a very nice house. I was telling Stephanie, Sally and Beth that I've been in your card shop a number of times." Lisa said.
As Lisa was talking, Sally's mom noticed that Stephanie was constantly watching Lisa and quickly realized what was happening with her younger daughter. She could only smile to herself and hope that Stephanie and Lisa would be happy together.
"I thought you looked kind of familiar Lisa. I've seen you in the store quite a bit alone and with your mother. Welcome to what we laughingly call "The Zoo." Sally's mother said laughing. "Alright ladies, I stopped by Boston Market and brought home some Meatloaf and Chicken. Bring out the salad and whatever else you decided to prepare and let's commence dinnertime."
*************** They girls brought out the baked potatoes and the salad, placing them on the table.They all sat and enjoyed the chicken and the meatloaf. The conversation encompassed just about everything; from school, to music, to Beth's soccer win earlier that day. All during the dinner, Lisa and Stephanie kept stealing glances at each other not knowing that Stephanie's mother was watching them both.
After dinner, the girls cleaned the table, rinsed the dishes and placed them in the dishwasher.
"Hey mom, we're going upstairs to do our homework. Lisa has to be back home by 9:00 so we are going to try and get everything done." Sally told her mom.
"Is Stephanie coming up there with you to do her homework?" Sally's mom said quizzically.
"If she wants to and I think she does." Sally said as she saw her little sister blush.
"Well, then, try to keep it down to low roar up there, okay girls?" Sally's mom said.
"Mooooom, we're just going to do some studying for school!" Sally tried to say with some indignation in her voice.
"Uh huh Sally. I remember the first time you brought Beth home with you. You were both kind of "loud" up there." Her mom said.
Sally kind of looked at her mom but left it alone. She knew she had lost this conversation already.
The girls headed upstairs to do some studying for school.
The girls paired off, Beth and Sally, Lisa and Stephanie. They actually were studying too; Beth and Sally were studying Math; Lisa and Stephanie were studying History. After a while and after switching places, they decided to take a break from studying. It was around 7:30 and Stephanie asked if anyone wanted anything to drink. All the girls wanted some Diet Coke. "Lisa, would you like to come down and help me with the drinks?" Stephanie asked her.
"Sure, I don't mind. Let's go." Lisa said with a big smile on her face.
After they went downstairs, Sally and Beth started talking.
"Well Sally, what do you think about the squirt and Lisa?"
"That is a very surprising development. I always thought my sister was straight but it shows that people can be very surprising." Sally said with some surprise in her voice.
"I guess this means that we don't have to fix Lisa up with anyone now. It seems that your sister is very smitten with her. Did you see her face when Lisa walked into the house?" Beth asked Sally.
"I know, that is what amazed me. I still can't believe it myself." Sally exclaimed.
Beth and Sally moved toward each other. Sally wrapped her arms around Beth and Beth placed her arms around Sally's neck and they started to kiss very tenderly. Their kiss picked up steam as their tongues came into play. Their tongues slipped around each other, caressing each other mouths. Before they knew it, their hands were roaming each others bodies. After a while they broke apart panting,
"Whew Sally, I think we better tone it down before your sister and Lisa come back." Beth said almost out of breath.
"Yeah, I guess you're right but one these days (or nights she thought to herself) we will be alone and then we will be able to do what we want to do." Sally told Beth with a smile on her face.
Lisa and Stephanie were in the process of getting the drinks when Stephanie's Mom came in. "Stephi, can I talk to you for a moment? Lisa, can you excuse us for a moment?"
"Mom, what's wrong?" Stephanie asked her Mom with some worry in her voice.
"Well, honey, I just want you to know that I think Lisa seems to be a very nice girl and that I did see you and her staring at each other quite a bit during dinner. I do know what you are going through and I just want you to know that like your sister, I will support you in any decision that you make. As long as you are happy that's all I want for you. And if you need any advice, you can come to me, okay?" her mother told her.
Stephanie just stared at her mom with wonder, then threw herself into her Moms' arms and hugged her. "Thanks Mom, I really appreciate it and I love you very much. Believe me; this came as a big surprise to me too. Now I know why Sally likes girls more than boys."
Stephanie walked back into the kitchen as Lisa was finishing up. "Stephanie, is everything okay?" Lisa asked her.
Stephanie walked over to Lisa, took two glasses out of her hands that she had been holding, placed her arms around Lisa's neck and tenderly placed her lips against Lisa's. Lisa then wrapped her arms around Stephanie's waist, pulled her tighter and started kissing back. Since she had never done this with another girl before, she just figured that she would do what she would want to have done to her. Lisa then pressed her lips against Stephanie's, brought her tongue out and pressed it against Stephanie's lips. Stephanie then opened her mouth letting Lisa's tongue into it and started rolling her own tongue around Lisa's. The feeling was incredible! As the kiss deepened, their arms started to tighten around each other and they started moaning into each other's mouth. They realized that their moans were getting a little too loud so they broke the kiss but did not release their arms. They looked into each other's eyes and started to smile.
"What did your Mom have to say to you that you just took my breath away?" Lisa asked her incredulously.
"Well, my mother saw us staring at each other all during dinner and realized what was happening. She told me that she would support me in any decision that I made." Stephanie said happily.
Before Lisa knew what was happening, she realized that she had started crying a little but with happiness. Stephanie saw this and wiped the tears away. She had almost started crying herself, but Lisa saw this and just smiled.
"I think we should get these drinks upstairs before my sister and Beth think we got lost." Stephanie said.
As Lisa and Stephanie brought the drinks upstairs, Sally and Beth were pulling apart when they walked in the door. All four girls looked at each other and started blushing at being caught by each other.
"Well, it looks as if you just about caught us in the act squirt." Sally told her sister.
"Don't worry about it Sis. Lisa and I were downstairs making out anyway." Stephanie told her sister.
At that point, Lisa came up to Stephanie and gave her a small punch in the shoulder and started blushing.
"Owe, that hurt a little Lisa. But it was worth it seeing you blush again." Stephanie said chuckling as she put her arm around Lisa's waist and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"I think we should either start studying again or just have a make out session. What do you think baby?" Beth asked Sally
"Since it's close to 8:30 and Lisa and you both have to leave shortly, we can just either talk or take your suggestion." Sally said as she started moving closer to Beth again.
Watching Sally and Beth move closer to each other made Lisa blush again but she knew that she and Stephanie would be kissing shortly, and she was looking forward to it. While she was thinking that, Stephanie came up behind her, wrapped her arms around her waist and hugged her. The first thought that entered Lisa's mind was how comfortable she felt with Stephanie. Something she had never felt with Mark. She turned around in Stephanie's arms and wrapped her arms around Stephanie's neck and pulled her forward. Their lips touched, their mouths opened and their tongues entered each others mouth. As they were kissing, their hands started roaming over each other bodies. Lisa felt Stephanie's hands on her butt pulling her closer and she started moaning. She brought one of her hands down to one of Stephanie's breasts and started gently fondling her. Stephanie then started moaning into her mouth. They kept it up until there was a coughing sound and realized that Beth and Sally were watching them. Lisa and Stephanie both started blushing at the same time.
"Stephanie, I think it's time that Lisa and Beth left. It's getting close to 9:00 and even though they only live a couple of blocks away, we don't want them getting into trouble now do we?" Sally said with a smile on her face and one of her arms around Beth's waist.
"I guess you're right sis. Besides, they'll be back or we'll be over their houses to "study" next time." Stephanie said as she gave Lisa a peck on the cheek goodbye.
They walked Beth and Lisa to the front door and watched both of the girls go home.
On the way back upstairs, Stephanie came into her sister's room before she went into hers.
"Well, squirt, it looks as if you now have a girlfriend! You really like Lisa don't you?" Sally asked her sister with a twinkle in her eye.
"Yeah, and it's something that was totally unexpected. I really don't know what happened, but when she walked in the door with you and I saw her standing there, something just came over me. I can't explain it, but it felt as if I was drawn to her. Now I know why you like girls instead of boys; no game to play and just holding each other feels right." Stephanie told her sister.
"And now you know. Remember squirt, you will now have to deal with your friends about this. Remember what I had to go through when I first told my friends that I was gay? I lost some of them, but then I also made new ones too. All in all, it was worth it because I now have Beth in my life." Sally told her sister with a serious expression on her face.
"I totally forgot all about that. I slightly remember you going through some tough times but I also remember that Mom and Dad helped you through it. Mom talked to me earlier about it and said that she would support me through any decisions I made." Stephanie said to her then did something that surprised both of them. She went over to her sister and gave her a hug.
"What was that for squirt?" Sally asked her.
"That was for bringing Lisa home with you. But don't expect me to do that too often." Stephanie said with a chuckle and went into her room.
As Stephanie and Sally were talking about all of this, Lisa and Beth were walking together because they both basically lived in the same direction.
"Lisa, I guess you found yourself a girlfriend." Beth said to her with some seriousness in her voice.
"Yeah, I guess I did. I certainly didn't think it would happen that quickly and easily. When I saw Stephanie standing there in the house, something about her just hit me. I have no idea what it was but even when I had a boyfriend, nothing like that ever happened to me. She's all I can think about now; how we were holding and kissing each other just feels right." Lisa said to Beth
Beth stopped and looked at her with all seriousness. "Lisa, I don't want to make you nervous but have you considered what you are going to tell your friends?"
"I'm really not sure but I have considered it already, and I know I will take a lot of shit from a number of people but hopefully I'm ready for it. Having Stephanie in my life now is all I can think about and how happy she makes me. I've seen you and Sally together and the look in both of your eyes is priceless. I just want to thank both of you for introducing me to Stephanie." Lisa said.
"Well, this is my street Lisa. Yours is just around the corner isn't it?" Beth asked her.
"Yeah, as a matter of fact, there it is. Have a nice night Beth and again, thank you very much." Lisa said to Beth as she bounced with happiness the rest of the way home.
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