We're Only Friends

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We're Only Friends

Part Three

by Chris

"Oh god what have I done." Kristen thought to herself as she watched Tara wince in pain as she tried to breathe.

"Baby, are you all right? What's wrong?" Kristen asked as all the anger was gone now and she was just worried about the girl that she loved so much.

"I think my rib is broken." Tara wheezed out as she slid off of Kristen and sat against the wall.

"Oh god, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you." Kristen

said and she felt tears start to come down her cheeks.

"I know you didn't." Tara said and to Kristen she sounded defeated.

"I need to get you to the hospital, stay there and let me get my keys." Kristen said as she jumped up and went into the kitchen to get her purse and

keys.

"No, I'm okay; just let me sit here for a while." Tara said as she tried to breathe lightly but this was hard to do after just going fifteen rounds with Kristen.

"No I'm taking you to the hospital." Kristen said as she came back into the living room with both of their purses. "Now let me help you up." Kristen

said as she squatted beside or Tara.

"Go easy, I'm hurting pretty bad, I know I've got a broken rib now." Tara said as she let Kristen help her up but she moaned from the pain all the way up and then when she was on her feet, she had to rest a minute before taking a step.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry." Kristen said as the tears ran down her face. She felt so bad about hurting Tara. When she got to her car, it was a real effort to get her into the small car without hurting her more. And then every bump in the road caused Tara to moan again and that made Kristen cry harder until she was crying so much, she could hardly see the road in front of her. But she did get them to the hospital safely.

"Oh my, were you two in a car accident?" The young lady at the desk at the ER asked.

"No we..." Kristen started to say but then she didn't know what to say but Tara saved her.

"No, we were mugged." Tara said and Kristen felt relieved until the girl said, "Then I need to call the police." And she picked up the phone and

started to dial.

"No, there's no need to call them. We didn't get a good look and they

ran off so just get the doctor to look at my friend here, she has a broken rib." Kristen said but it was already too late, the girl wasn't paying any attention to them and she was already talking to a detective.

"Why did you tell them we got mugged?" Kristen whispered to Tara after they had both been checked in and were waiting to be seen.

"I don't know it was the first thing that came to me that would explain our injuries. I mean, you have a busted lip and I have broken ribs." Tara wheezed out.

"I know, I'm sorry but what do we tell the cops when they get here?" Kristen asked.

"Just that they were wearing hoodies and we didn't see what they looked like and that we chased them away with our knowledge of martial arts." Tara said and then she shut up as a nurse came over with an ice pack for Kristen's lip. It was a two hour wait before Tara was finally called back and Kristen went with her despite the nurse's protests. Then it was another half hour before a younger looking doctor came in. He talked to them and Kristen could tell that he wasn't buying their mugging story but he didn't say anything. He sent Tara for x-rays and while she was gone, he stitched up Kristen's lip and told her to put an ice pack on her lip and on the bruise on her cheek. Tara returned about the time that the doctor finished sewing up Kristen's lip and he went out to check the x-ray. Again another wait before he came back and said that two of Tara's lower ribs were cracked but not completely broken and there was no damage to her lung. He had a nurse wrap her lower chest to give her some support. Kristen and Tara then decided to make a fast exit before the cops got there and they thought that they had succeeded but then they heard their names called. They turned and saw an older lady standing behind them and they knew she had to be a cop.

"Yes, can we help you?" Kristen asked.

"I'm Karen Miracle, I'm a detective for the Eastern District. I need to take your statements about the mugging. If you will follow me, there is an office we can use." She told them.

"That's okay; we just as soon just go home and forget about it, thanks anyway, sorry to have caused you any trouble." Kristen said a little too quickly and she started to escort Tara away.

"We can talk here or down at the station, your choice." The detective

said and that stopped them in their tracks.

"Here will be fine." Kristen said as she turned and faced the stoned face lady detective.

"There was no mugging was there?" The detective said as soon as Tara and Kristen had sat down in the hard chairs and she had written down their names and addresses.

"No, there wasn't. We sorry for saying that but we didn't realize that the hospital would call you all." Kristen told her.

"Their required to by law to call us and you both could be charged by

reporting a crime when there wasn't one or was there one?" The detective said leaving the last part hanging in the air.

"But we didn't report one to you, the hospital did." Kristen said.

"Same thing, it was reported to us and I had to come here to interview you. And you both are the ones to start this. But don't worry, I'm

not going to report you but I do need to hear what happened."

Tara looked at Kristen and she knew what Tara was thinking as she was thinking the same thing. "We'd prefer to keep that between us. We did something stupid and we won't ever do this again. There will not be a repeat

performance, I promise you." Kristen said.

The detective looked at Tara and then switched her stony eyes on Kristen and she felt like she was a child who had been caught doing something wrong. She tried to keep eye contact with the cop but she found that she had to look down in shame. She wanted to cry but she was able to prevent the tears from appearing in her eyes. The detective was silent for a

long time before she said, "Okay, I'll let it go for now but if I hear a peep about something like this happening again, I will come down on you both like

white on rice. Do I make myself perfectly clear?"

"Yes, you do." Kristen said and then Tara said the same thing.

"Well go home and make up and if you can't then go your separate ways." She commanded and then she left them there sitting.

"Let's get home." Kristen told Tara as she got up.

"Then you will leave?" Tara asked.

"No, I'm going to take care of you." Kristen said and she looked at Tara and at first she saw that Tara wanted to argue but then the fight seemed to go out of her and she just sighed.

Kristen wanted to stop at the drug store to get the pain pills that the doctor had prescribed for Tara but Tara said she didn't want them so Kristen took her on home.

Once there, she did get a couple of Tylenol down Tara and then she helped her to undress and put on a long sleep shirt to wear to bed. She put her to bed and then she went downstairs to have a long cry. She just couldn't believe how everything had gone so wrong but she was even more determined to get to the bottom of what Tara was hiding within her soul. Then once that

was done, she would decide her future with Tara. She eventually cried herself asleep but it was not a good sleep. She tossed and turned on the couch and her head and face were killing her.

Kristen woke the next morning to moaning coming from upstairs and that scared the shit out of her. She jumped from the couch and she felt dizzy for a second but she made her way to the steps anyway. By the time she started up the stairs, her head began to clear and she only felt the pounding of her head from the pain and the pounding of her heart from fear for Tara. She looked in the bedroom but Tara wasn't there and then she heard Tara say "Fuck!" and she knew that Tara was in her bathroom. So she ran in there and she found Tara sitting on the toilet crying.

"I can't even wipe my own fucking ass." Tara cried as she held her side and the tears ran down her face.

"Oh fuck, what have I don't to you." Kristen said as the tears started to run down her face. But she tore some toilet paper off and she dropped down to her knees in front of Tara.

"What do you think you're going to do?" Tara said as she closed her legs.

"I'm going to wipe for you." Kristen said as she put her hand on Tara's knee.

"No, I'll figure it out; I won't have you doing that." Tara said forcefully.

"Baby, this is all my fault. First I pushed you too hard and then I did that to you." Kristen said pointing to Tara's ribs. "Please let me help you..."

"I can't ask you to do this." Tara said and Kristen knew that Tara was very independent and had real trouble asking for anything.

"You're not asking, I'm asking you to let me help you, to ease my own

pain." Kristen said hoping that if she put it this way, Tara would relent and it was the truth, she had just as much pain in her heart as Tara did in her ribs. But she also knew that Tara had even more pain in her heart and that pain was what she really wanted to help Tara help heal.

Tara looked at her for a moment and then she slowly opened her legs up. Kristen took the toilet paper and quickly wiped Tara clean, not wanting to make Tara suffer the indigently of having someone wipe her ass for her.

"Now let me help you back to bed, you need to rest." Kristen said as she helped Tara up and she was washing her hands.

"No, I'm going to go to work. I have too much to do to just sit here." Tara said and from the look in her eyes, Kristen knew that there was no use in talking her out of it.

"Well let me help you take a shower and get ready." Kristen told her and then she turned on the shower and she started to undress Tara not giving her a chance to turn her down. She carefully undid the wrap about Tara' ribs and she almost gasped when she saw the big bruise on Tara's right

side. But she bit her tongue and she pulled Tara's panties down and she helped her into the shower. Kristen then undressed and stepped in with her. She carefully washed Tara's body making sure to be extra gentle when she got to the cracked ribs. She dried Tara off and then herself. Then as Tara carefully brushed her teeth, Kristen dried off and she looked in the mirror to see for the first time what her face looked like. She bottom lip looked even fatter and more bruised that it felt. And then she saw the bruise under

her right eye and it looked bad. She saw that Tara had stopped what she was doing and she was watching her. She saw that Tara was feeling really bad about what she had done to her face.

"I'm sorry." Tara said and Kristen knew that Tara was about to cry.

"Hell with the face I had, this is an improvement." Kristen said with a laugh and Kristen was relieved to see that the comment made Tara laugh too and then she groaned with pain from her ribs.

"We're a pair you know that." Kristen said and she saw a slight nodding of Tara's head.

Once she had put some makeup on trying to cover as much of the damage to her face as she could, she helped Tara to get dressed. Then she had to convince Tara to let her drive her to work. It took some talking but she was able to do it. So they left a little early and Kristen helped Tara out of her car but Tara refused any other help. Kristen sat there in her car and

she watched Tara gingerly walk into her building. Every step that Tara took was painful for her to watch.

When she got to work herself, she was, of course, asked about her face and she just told everyone that she was carrying some clothes downstairs to wash them when she missed a step and fell. Everyone seemed to buy the story or at least they pretended to buy what she was saying. For Kristen, it really didn't matter at this point, if people were going to talk; there wasn't anything she could do about it.

She left work a little early and as soon as she pulled up to Tara's building, Tara came walking out. To Kristen it was like watching a ghost walk as she was so pale. Kristen started to get out and open the door but she was

waved off.

"How are you feeling?" Kristen asked as Tara sat in the seat with a moan.

"Oh peachy keen!" Tara said sarcastically.

Kristen looked at Tara and she tried not to show the hurt that remark

made but she couldn't help it. It was a low blow and Kristen knew that Tara meant for it to be hurtful.

"I'm sorry, it was a hard day and I'm hurting bad." Tara said as a tear came to her face.

"Will you take a pain pill that the doctor gave you if I go and get it filled?" Kristen asked as she let the first remark that Tara go as she saw that Tara was sorry that she had said it.

"Yes." Tara said simply as Kristen started the car and pulled out.

"Good, I got it filled at lunch. You can take one and I will fix us something to eat. Then I help you take a shower and you can go to bed.

"How did you know that I would say yes to the pain pill?" Tara asked.

"To be honest, I figured that you would refuse it but I wanted to be prepared just in case." Kristen said as she glanced over at Tara and saw that was a good answer.

"Thanks, you are a good friend." Tara said and Kristen wanted to let out a frustrated sigh as Tara was back on this friends thing. She just wanted to shake her until Tara admitted they were well past the friend thing. But she kept her mouth shut as she drove them home.

She put Tara at the table after she had gotten the pill down her and then she fixed them a fast supper of Taco's. Then she helped her up the stairs and she started the shower as she undressed Tara. This time Tara didn't moan as much and Kristen knew that the pain pill was taking effect. By the time she got her dried and her ribs rewrapped, Tara was asleep on her feet so she helped her into bed. The next few days followed the same pattern as Tara refused the pain pill during the day but by the time that Kristen picked her up from work, she was more than ready for the pain pill. Kristen did notice one change in Tara that concerned her some and that was that Tara was looking a little more depressed each day. But she attributed it to the pain Tara's broken ribs were causing her. Then Saturday came and Tara's spirits seem to rise. Kristen tried to talk Tara out of doing her class that week but Tara was determined not to let the girls down. Now that Saturday had come and she saw that it did lift Tara's spirits, she was glad she wasn't able to get Tara to cancel the class. But with her ribs, Tara couldn't show the class the moves that she wanted them to learn that week so Kristen had to show them. This wasn't something she really looked forward to doing but after months of training under Tara, she did have some confidence that she could do them properly, just not as well as Tara would have done them. The girls didn't get to do the pile on after the class was over but they all did give her a kiss and told her that they wanted her to get better fast and that did bring a smile to Tara's face. But as soon as the girls left, Tara's mood quickly went back down.

It took about six weeks before Tara's ribs healed and Tara was able to care for herself. Kristen was happy that Tara's ribs had healed but she missed the time that she took to care for her as that was about the only point that they had any conversation at all. The rest of the time Tara spent

in bed and even after she was healed, she tended to go to bed right after they had dinner. Kristen tried her best to get Tara to talk to her or get her to do something in the evenings other than sleep but each and every time she tried, Tara would bite her head off and then go on to bed. Kristen was now more worried about Tara's mental health than their relationship. She knew she would have to do something sooner or later but she didn't know how to approach it. Every time she did anything, Tara would bare her claws and Kristen would always back off. The only time she could see the normal Tara was on the Saturdays that she taught her class. When she was doing that, she was herself again. But even there, she didn't have the normal energy that she used to have and Kristen could tell that the girls, even as young as they were, were picking up in it. And they had always worked out after the class but Tara quickly packed everything up and she was ready to head home. Needless to say their Tuesday and Thursday's workouts had ended. Kristen could tell that she was gaining back the weight that she had lost but more than that she missed the fun they had. Nothing was fun anymore, they were just two people living in the same house and sleeping in the same bed.

After a couple of months of this, Kristen was really scared that she was losing Tara so on Monday at lunch, she decided to give Tara a call and try to talk her into going out for lunch but Tara didn't answer her cell phone. Kristen wondered what was going on as Tara always had her cell phone on during lunch and Kristen knew that was the one time during the day that she could get her. She thought that maybe Tara was working through lunch so her dialed her direct number at work. It rang a few times then it bounced to

Zelda, the operator for Tara's building.

"Hey Zelda, this is Kristen, I was trying to get a hold of Tara, is she there or did she already go to lunch?"

When she heard Zelda hesitate, she knew something was badly wrong so she said, "Zelda, you there?"

"Yes, I'm sorry but I figured that you knew but Tara doesn't work here anymore and hasn't for a while now." Zelda said and Kristen felt her heart drop and her stomach turn upside down.

"What do you mean, she doesn't work there? I watch her leave every morning to go to work."

"I don't know about that, but if she is going to work, it isn't here." Zelda said and there was a pause before she added, "I know it's none of my business and but I'm worried about her. She was just never the same after she and you were mugged and she got her ribs broke. She just couldn't seem to focus on her work and she couldn't ever finish her projects. I know I shouldn't tell you this but she quit right before she was to be fired. She's

such a lovely girl but there is something troubling her."

"I know there is and I guess I haven't been the friend I need to be with her but I just don't know how to get her to talk to me." Kristen said and then she felt a sob come out of nowhere and she was crying as she sat in her

car. She cried for a few minutes before she realized that Zelda was still on

the line and was trying to talk to her.

"I'm sorry Zelda; I don't know what came over me." Kristen said as she stifled another sob.

"You love her don't you?" Zelda asked her.

"Yes I do." Kristen said not knowing why she was telling Zelda this but when she had met her at the party she and Tara went to, she thought that she was a very loving and knowledgeable lady, the grandmotherly type that you couldn't help but to tell her things you would never tell a stranger.

"Then you need to make her talk to you."

"I've tried but she keeps biting my head off so I back off as I don't

want us to get into another fight." Kristen said and then she realized that she had just told Zelda that there was no mugging but thankfully Zelda didn't make a comment about it.

"You've heard of tough love haven't you?" Zelda asked.

"Yea, of course I have." Kristen said.

"Then make her talk to you no matter what she says, work on her until

you wear her down, but do everything you can to save that girl. If you love her and if she is really your friend then you will do anything to save her. Are you hearing me young lady?" Zelda said like her mother would have talked to her.

"I hear you and I'll do it tonight." Kristen said.

"No, you'll go home right now and catch her be surprise. By the time you get home tonight she will have prepared for you and she will have her defenses up. If you catch her at home now, then you will have the advantage.

And call me tomorrow to tell me how she is." Zelda said and Kristen started to reply only to find that Zelda was no longer on the other end of the phone.

Kristen started to go back inside and tell her supervisor that she had to have the afternoon off but she knew if she did, then she would never get out of there so instead, she just left him a message. She knew he would be pissed off at her but that would have to be the way it would be. So she did that and then she tried to pump herself up but she wasn't doing herself much good so she just started the car. She thought about what to do when she got home but every plan she came up with, she came up with a reason for it not to be the way to go. By the time she got to Tara's house, she didn't have any clue as to how she wanted to do this. She saw Tara's car parked a few spots down from her so she knew that Tara was home. She thought about calling Zelda back but then she knew this she had to do on her own. She got out and went to the door. She used her key and she tried not to make any noise as she shut the door. She put her purse down on the couch and took off her shoes. Then she made her way up the stairs, skipping the third step as she knew that it was the one that squeaked the loudest. She got to the top step and went directly to the bedroom door. She saw that it was cracked open and she peeked inside and she saw that Tara was lying on her side facing the door. Her pant suit that she had put on that morning was

at the foot of the bed and Tara was lying there in her bra and panties. She also noticed that Tara was wiping her eyes and it was at this point that Kristen realized just how far down Tara had gone. Kristen said a silent prayer to a god that she had long since stopped believing in and she burst through the door.

"What the hell are you doing home?" Kristen demanded as she came to the side of the bed.

Tara looked up at her in shock and then Kristen saw the familiar glaze go over her eyes that came every time that Kristen tried to talk to her. Tara then said "I came home sick." And then she rolled over to her other side away from Kristen.

Kristen walked to the other side of the bed so that she was again facing Tara and she said, "From what I hear, you have been coming home sick for a while now."

"Who did you talk to? Oh never mind, just get the hell out of here and go back to work, just leave me the fuck alone." Tara said as she rolled back

over.

Kristen walked calmly to the other side of the bed and stood again in

front of Tara. "I've been leaving you alone too long now. That ends today. You're going to talk to me and you're going to do it today!"

"Yea, you think. I don't think you have big enough balls to make me do anything I don't want to do and I won't do!" Tara said and this time she didn't turn away from her. Kristen could see some fire in her eyes that she hadn't seen in a while. This gave her some hope that she was doing the right thing.

"You may be right about the balls thing but I do have more than enough love and that makes up for my lack of balls." Kristen said softly as she sat on the edge of the bed.

"Don't say that. Please don't say that." Tara said and she tried to turn away but Kristen put a hand on her shoulder stopping her. She saw Tara turn angry and she was afraid of what Tara would do but she kept that fear inside and she didn't show it to Tara, she just showed her determination.

"Don't say what? That I love you? Well too bad because I do and the only time that I tried to tell you that, you stopped me but no longer. I want you to hear me say it and I want you to hear me say it over and over again because that is how I feel." Kristen said and she wanted to squeeze Tara shoulder with her hand that was still there but she didn't.

"You don't know what will happen if you say that. I can't let you say it, I can't." Tara said and this time Kristen saw fear come to Kristen's eyes. This was something she had seen only once before and that was the day she tried to tell Tara that she loved her. Then it was hidden by anger but it was there. This time the anger wasn't there but the fear was.

"Then tell me, make me understand why you don't want me to say that I love you. I don't know what is in your head unless you tell me and then maybe I can see where you are coming from. Help me help you Tara. You're dieing right in front of my eyes and I have just sat here and watched it but

I can't just sit here and watch you die anymore. I'm going to fight like hell to help you whether you want my help or not. But God Dammit, I'm going to go down fighting, I just want you beside me, fighting with me and not against me." Kristen said as a few tears came to her eyes. She had so not wanted to cry but she couldn't stop the tears from coming.

But then Kristen saw that Tara was thinking and she hadn't responded immediately and then Tara finally said, "You'll die if you love me."

At first Kristen wanted to laugh at the absurd remark but then she realized that Tara was very serious, she could see it in her eyes. "How will I die Tara?" Kristen asked very seriously and solemnly.

"I don't know, I just know that you will, everyone does." Tara said and Kristen now saw immense sadness in Tara's eyes, sadness that would tear even the most cold hearted persons soul out.

"Everyone that loves you dies or everyone you love dies?" Kristen asked.

"Everyone I love or loves me, it's one and the same, they just die." Tara said as she closed her eyes and she just seemed to sigh and for a second Kristen thought that she had just died on her but then she saw her breathing and she wanted to just grab Tara up and hug her until she couldn't

hold her anymore.

Kristen gently shook Tara until she opened her eyes, "I know that you

are tired and you just want to sleep right now but you have to talk to me. You have to tell me everything, you have to tell me who has died that you have loved, and we need to do this now. Please would you do that for me?" Kristen asked gently and softly.

"If I do will you promise to leave me. I'll die if you die on me. I can't have that on my soul. I can't handle it." Tara said and she started to sob. Kristen pulled her up and hugged her tightly and she let Tara cry and she cried with her. When Tara finally cried it out, Kristen let her go and she wiped the tears from Tara's eyes and then Tara actually reached up and wiped a tear for Kristen's cheek.

"Tell you what, I will promise to talk about it and we will have an honest discussion. Then I will let you decide if I'm to go or not, it will be your decision." Kristen said.

"Okay but I can tell you now that I will tell you to leave." Tara said.

Kristen started to argue but then she realized that this wasn't the time to do that so she just said, "Tell you what, I really need to pee and I

would love to have a cup of tea as we talk. How about we both freshen up and

I'll meet you down in the living room in a minute or two."

"Okay, I need to pee too." Tara said as she started to get up.

"You okay until then?" Kristen asked.

"Yea, this is just a conversation I didn't want to ever have but with

you nothing is ever easy is it." Tara said as a half smile came to her face.

"Nope, but the same could be said of you." Kristen said as she got up

and she saw that Tara was nodding in agreement.

Kristen quickly went to the bathroom and then rushed downstairs to put some water on to heat. Hot tea wasn't something either of them drank on a regular basis but it was something that they did on occasion. Kristen thought that this would give them something to sip on as they talked. She was getting the green tea bags out when she heard a voice being cleared at the doorway. She turned to see Tara standing there in her robe.

"Why don't you get out of those dress clothes as I fix the tea." Tara

offered as she came over to where Kristen was standing.

Kristen had an urge to reach out and give Tara a hug and then a kiss but she knew that this was not the time to do that and she also knew that there may never be a time for her to do that again. But this wasn't about her needs; today was about Tara's needs. So she just said, "Thanks, I appreciate

that."

"No problem," Tara said as Kristen turned and left to go upstairs where she quickly pulled her blouse and slacks off and then her bra. She then put her robe on and hurried back downstairs.

"That was quick, afraid I would change my mind about talking?" Tara asked as she put their cups of tea on the coffee table.

"Ah..., no..., it's not that at all." Kristen said and then she saw that Tara had arched her eyebrows.

"Oh, okay, I was a little fearful that you would change your mind." Kristen said as she went to the stereo to put on a little classical music, something soothing that wasn't too powerful but would provide some comforting background noise.

"Pulling out all the stops, I see." Tara said as she sat back on the couch and she had the look of someone that just wanted to get this over with. But Kristen knew that they would both some forget that the music was playing but it would still be there and somewhere deep inside of their heads, they would be hearing it, or at least that was the hope.

"That is the last one, I promise." Kristen said as she came to the couch and she sat with one leg curled under her other leg and she was facing

Tara. She was sitting close to her but not so close that their knees were touching as Tara turned to sit the same way facing Kristen.

"So where shall I begin?" Tara asked as she let out a deep sigh.

Kristen picked up her cup and took a sip of her tea; this gave her time to think of how to begin. "I assume that more than one person that you loved

and who loved you has died?"

"Yes," Tara said and Kristen could see that same sadness come to Tara's eyes.

"Then start with the first one and go from there." Kristen suggested.

Now it was Tara's turn to take her cup of tea and take a sip as she thought about what she was being asked to do. She took longer to compose her thoughts and Kristen didn't rush her. She picked up her cup and also sipped on her tea as she waited on Tara. Finally Tara took the cup from her lips but she kept it in her hands as she began to talk slowly and deliberately.

"I was fourteen when my parents went on a company sponsored vacation for the top salespersons and their spouses. My father was the top in his region so he got to go and of course my mother jumped at the chance to get to go to the Caribbean. I was left in the care of my father's sister.

She was always nice to me but she was one to put on airs and everything in her house had to be just right. Her husband had died a few years before and left her very well off. Anyway I was stuck with her but it wasn't real bad as it was just for a week. So anyway, their plane made it just past Florida when it developed a problem and it went down killing everyone on board. I thought

that I was going to die too but my brother, who was away at college, came home and he got me through it. I had always looked up to him and he never minded having a little sister to bug him. After the funeral, I begged my brother to stay. I couldn't bare the thought of losing my parents and being stuck living with my Aunt. I mean, she wasn't a bad woman and she did care for me but she just wasn't a fun person or one to show any emotion. So anyway, my brother transfered to a local college for me and he moved in with us. Then every weekend I made him take me anywhere he went. I know he would have rather been with a girl his age but he did this for me. After a while, I was able to get over my parent's death. It hurt a lot to lose them but I had my brother and I transferred all my love to him. I know I put him through hell and I took his freedom away but he gave willingly to me. Things

began to get back to normal for a couple of years but then a week after my sixteenth birthday..." Tara stopped talking and she began to cry.

Kristen quickly realized that she had forgotten to get any tissues so

she jumped up and ran to the kitchen to get a box out of the pantry. She gave one to Tara and she let her blow her nose. Kristen resisted the urge to

say anything. She felt like it was better to let Tara cry and then start her

story again. She decided to only say something if Tara got stuck and couldn't go on with her story.

Tara got her crying under control and she blew her nose a last time and she took a sip of her tea and then she continued with her story. "So a week after my sixteen birthday, I sent my brother out to get us a pizza as the dinner that my aunt had served I couldn't eat. It was some fancy food and I was a teenager who only wanted hamburgers and pizzas. It was rainy and the roads were a mess. So my brother went out for me and when he didn't come back within a half hour, I began to worry. Then two hours later the door bell rang and as I opened the door I saw two cops standing there. As soon as I saw their solemn faces, I let out a scream as I knew that my brother was gone. I fell to the floor and I cried and shouted for my brother. He was the only one in the world that I knew that I could depend on and he had left me too. I stayed in bed for the next two days crying as I knew it was all my fault that he had died. I had sent him out when he didn't want to

go and he was killed when a car hit a pool of water in the street and slid out of control. The car hit his car on the driver's side door and he was killed instantly. My aunt did get me to go to the funeral but it was the hardest thing I had ever done, it was even harder that my parents funeral. The guilt

I was feeling was just too much for me to handle. Now that I had no one to give me the attention I needed or wanted, so I started to get into trouble at school and I was hell on wheels to my aunt. Backtalking was my middle name and she was threatening to send me to a foster home if I didn't straighten up. Then one day, I was walking through the streets when I should have been at school. I came to an old store that had been converted into a martial arts training center. I was looking in when this old man walked up to me and asked if I wanted to come in. He looked to be about a hundred and ten and I flipped him off and ran on down the street. But the next day I was back looking in and this time when he offered, I accepted. I thought I would show

him just how tough I was and how an old man like him couldn't teach me shit.

But as you can guess, I was the one that got taught a lesson. He showed me how to kick and then made me do it. I, of course fell flat on my ass just like you did but he didn't laugh or anything. He just told me to get up and try again. I was determined to show him that I could do it and he knew he had me hooked. After a couple of hours, I was doing pretty well and I actually felt better about myself. He then told me to wait a minute and when he came back, he was holding a uniform for me to wear the next time I came. But it had to be after school. So the next day after school, he was waiting for me and he starting teaching me about Taekwando but also teaching me about life. I started telling him about my parents and my brother and he would listen carefully and he seemed to understand my pain. Then on the anniversary of my brother's death, I came in feeling bad and angry. He could

sense my mood and he made me start working the bag with my kicks and thrust and he wouldn't let me stop until I was exhausted and had worked my anger out on the bag and him." Tara stopped as she took a last sip of her tea. As she rested, Kristen went to make them another cup and when she returned, Tara was ready to start again.

"So I graduated from high school and went away to college. I lived in

the dorm for the first year and not having anyone to come home to for the summer; I stayed on at school and got an apartment. There was a girl that I had met during my freshman year and she had room down the hall from me. We got along pretty well so I asked her to share the apartment since she was going to stay at school too. She was like me; she had no family to go home to. Her name was Terrie and she was a really sweet girl. She also had a

crush on me that I didn't know about. We both had easy classes during the summer so we had a lot of free time to spend together. Just about every day we were going somewhere or doing something. So we really got close and one night, I was lying in bed and I was thinking about Terrie when my door opened and she walked in naked. She slipped into my bed and she kissed me. We were lovers from that day forward. She was my first love and I couldn't get enough of her and she couldn't get enough of me. But then at the end of the spring semester she started to get bad headaches. We both thought that she had developed migraines. I finally talked her into going to the doctor and after two months of tests where they found nothing wrong, they did a CAT scan of her head and found a massive tumor. She only lasted six weeks but I spent every fucking moment with her and then I sat there one night and watched as she took her last breath." Tara said and she began to cry again and this time Kristen was ready with a tissue.

Kristen let Tara cry as she grieved once again for her first love. By

now Kristen was feeling all the pain that Tara was feeling and she too needed a tissue. She also began to understand where Tara was coming from and she wanted to reach for Tara but she could still feel some resistance from Tara so she sat still and cried with her.

"I need a pee break." Tara said as she got up and Kristen could sense

that the worst part of Tara's story was about to come.

"I could use one myself and I'll reheat our tea." Kristen said as she got up and went to the kitchen and filled their cups with hot water. She put the

tea bags in as she went to pee. When she came back into the living room, she

saw that Tara was already there waiting for her. Kristen tried to brace herself for what was about to come.

"After Terrie had died, I decided to give up on love. I concentrated on my studies and my Taekwando. Between the two, I was able to keep my mind off of love and that was fine until I graduated and I went to Seattle for a job that I had accepted. I figured that it was as far away from the pain I was feeling as I could get. Everything was fine for awhile until I met this little bitch that was the administrative assistance for the president of the company. She was just like her boss, he was a bastard and she was a bitch. Nobody in the company liked either one of them but we all had to deal

with them, then came the day that the head engineer assigned me a special project. This project turned out to be the president's baby. I hated my boss

for doing that to me but I was the low person on the totem poll so I got the

project. So I ended up having to talk to the administrative assistance about

every day and over time I got to know her and she got to know me. Then one day she invited me out to dinner and I, for some reason, said yes. I met Caroline at the restaurant and at first we talked about the project and then

on to other things. I slowly found out that she wasn't the bitch away from work that she was at work. As she put it, that was just what she had to do at work to keep her boss happy but she did have a dominate personality and that was very evident in how she talked and acted. That one dinner turned into many more dinners and then she invited me over to her house. That night she introduced me to lots of new ways to make love and she was the first one to ever fuck me. It took me a while but I slowly fell hard for her. I loved her in eberyway that I could and she loved me. It wasn't long before I

moved in with her and we became a happy couple. I knew then that I had found the one that I was meant to be with. All the past pain was gone forever and I knew it would never return. But then..." Tara said and she burst into tears and this time Kristen did reach out and pull Tara to her. She held her tight as the sobs came pouring out. She could feel the pain and sorrow come pouring out of Tara and she cried with her and for her. Tara cried and cried until she had no more tears and it was only then that she pulled back from Kristen.

"Then she had to go to the bank one day after work and she walked into a robbery. They guy was high on meth and he was acting crazy. As she walked into the bank, he turned and shot her. She was killed instantly and I

never got to say goodbye to her or tell her how much I loved her. When I heard that she had died, it suddenly occurred to me who had really killed her, it wasn't the robber who had killed, it was me. She loved me and for that sin, she had to die. So don't you see why I can't let you love me and why you have to leave? I can't be responsible for another death." Tara said as tears ran down her face and then she added, "So now that we have had this conversation, you can see why I have to decide that you must leave. I can't have your death on my hands."

Kristen sat back for a minute and thought about what to say next. She

knew she wasn't about to leave Tara now and she had to find away around Tara decision.

"First off, we haven't gotten to the discussion as to whether I should leave yet." She said and she held up her hand to prevent Tara from protesting. "We just have begun to discuss where you are coming from and I do want to talk about you first before we ever get to the discussion about us. And I do want to talk about what you have been through and I know that you are hurting right now after having to relive all that you have been through but I want you to listen what I have to say. Then I will decide when

we will talk about us and I will abide by your decision as I have promised that I would."

"Why do you get to decide when we talk about us?" Tara asked forcefully.

"Good question and I guess that the best answer is that you get to make the decision and I have no control over what you will say. Once you have made the decision then I have to honor it. So I get to decide when my fate is determined. That is only fair isn't it?" Kristen asked.

"I guess it is but I will keep bringing it up until you do." Tara warned.

"I know you will." Kristen said with a slight smile but she was glad that Tara didn't pin her down as she had no intention if starting that discussion

until she knew Tara would decide to keep her around. "Now I want to talk about what you have just told me if you feel that you are up to it."

"I was hoping that you would accept what I had to say and understand it with any other discussion but I knew better than that. If it will help you understand why I want you to go then yes, we can talk about it." She said.

Kristen knew that was the best that she could hope for and she thought for a second and she began. "I have to admit that when you told me upstairs that I would die if I loved you, my first impression was that you had gone crazy, but now after hearing everything you had to say, I can see that you aren't so crazy. I do understand how you came to that conclusion and it also explains why you kept insisting that we just be friends. It all makes sense to me now. I just wished I had known this from the beginning but since

it was your past and given how traumatic it was, I can understand again why you didn't. But I need to ask you a few things, okay?"

"Yea, go ahead. The sooner we get this over with the sooner we can both go our separate ways." Tara said with a look on her face that showed her impatience with it all but her eyes showed something different and it was what was in those eyes that Kristen was hoping would help her.

"Just why did you go to Mae's that night that we met?" Kristen asked.

"I don't know, I guess I was feeling a little lonely" Tara said and then she corrected herself by saying, " Horny, I meant to say horny."

"No you meant to say lonely didn't you? It's all right to admit that,

that was the reason I was there. I was very lonely and I needed to be with someone and I'm glad it was you that I found."

"Yes I was lonely, but I didn't want to find someone permanent, just someone for a night or weekend or even just a casual friend." Tara said and Kristen could see Tara's mind going back to that first weekend and was remembering what she was feeling at the time.

"But you got me instead, the girl that wouldn't leave, right?" Kristen said smiling.

"Yea, you were definitely not what I was looking for." Tara said and finally a soft smile came to her face, which Kristen was glad to see.

"My next question is why did you let me stay, you could have forced me out long before now?" Kristen asked.

"I don't know, I really don't." Tara said.

"Okay, we'll come back to that question but let me ask you another question. Before the fight, were you happy with me here?"

"Yes but..." Tara said and Kristen raised her hand to keep Tara from continuing with what she knew that she was going to say.

"The next question and I want you to think about it before answering.

Do you love me?" Kristen asked and she could see the pain that question caused her but it had to be asked.

Tara sat there and she began to cry once again. Kristen handed her another tissue and then she got up and she got both of their cups and went into the kitchen. She wanted to give Tara time to think about her answer and with her in front of her; she knew it would be harder for Tara to really

think about it. She made them both another cup of tea which she didn't want but she couldn't think of what else to get them. She didn't want to pour wine as Tara didn't need and alcohol in her system as depressed as she already was. She got their cups and went back to the living room where she saw that Tara had stopped crying. She gave Tara's cup to her as she sat down.

"Yes I love you but that doesn't..." Tara started to say when Kristen

put her hand back up to stop her and she could see that Tara was about to slap that hand away.

"Well I love you too. So if you are right about your loving me will lead to my death, then the process has already been put in motion. I for one don't believe that your love will be the cause of my death just as I can't say that I won't die before you. I may go out tomorrow and get into an accident or it may be next year or fifty years from now. But there isn't anything either one of us can do about that. We love each other and that is that. So lets move on to something else. I can't leave you until you are doing better than

you are right now. I can't leave knowing that you are just lying here all day. So before we even think about talking about you making your decision about me leaving or not we need to get you back on your feet. So do you have any desire to go back to your old job or one like it?"

"No I hated that job. I don't know why I chose engineering in the first place. It was just something to get a major in." Tara said.

"That is what I thought and I have an idea for you but first I need to ask you just how well off you are. I don't mean I want to know how much money you have, that isn't any of my business but are you just comfortable or past that point."

"I don't mind telling you how much I make but to put it in your terms, I don't have to work another day in my life and still have money left over. My aunt was able, through her lawyers, to get my brother and me a huge settlement from my father's company and the company that owned the charter airline. So I ended up with both mine and my brother's part of the settlement over my parent's death and when my aunt died, she left everything she had to me. So yea, I'm more than comfortable."

"That's what I thought and now I want you to think about something. The only time I have seen you happy lately was when you were teaching those girls, that is what you were meant to do. I think you should start your own Taekwando training center. Maybe a place for just girls and women or you could teach men too or maybe just the young ones so that you can start them out right. Start them out so that they will not laugh at young girls that are trying to learn. This would be right up your alley."

Kristen saw that this caused Tara to think a bit and she saw the light start to come back into her eyes.

"I have thought about that but I didn't think I could ever make enough to make a go at it." Tara said.

"So what if you don't make money with it, if you break even then you come out ahead. You don't need the money, but you do need to find something to do that will make you happy. Go out and find a place that you can buy and fix it up. It doesn't have to be a big place, just a small house

that you can gut out and make a place to teach the kids." Kristen said and she saw a light go off in Tara's head.

"I think I'll do that. I never thought about not needing to make money off of it. Thank you for making me see that."

"Your welcome and then one last thing before we stop for the moment, I want you to do something for me." Kristen said.

"What's that?" Tara asked.

"Come here with me." Kristen said as she got up and went over to the bag that was hanging from the ceiling. She saw that Tara was following but she had a questioning look on her face.

Kristen went behind the bag and held on to it holding it still and she said, "I want you to give me your best kick."

"Come on Kristen, I'm tired and I just don't feel like it. Beside I can't with this robe on." Tara said as she started to walk away.

"Wait a minute." Kristen said as she hurried over and she pulled Tara

back to the bag and then she put her hands to the tie of the robe and she untied it. She then pushed the robe off of Tara's shoulders and threw it across the floor leaving Tara standing there in just her panties.

"Now kick it!" Kristen said as she got back behind the bag.

"No, I don't want to!" Tara said and she started to walk away again.

"By god, there goes the biggest pussy in the world. She rather go cry

like a baby." Kristen said and she saw that when Tara turned around, she had

fire in her eyes.

"You had better watch it." Tara warned.

"Watch what, you're too big a pussy to do anything." Kristen pushed her on.

Then before Kristen knew what happen, Tara spun around and laid a kick against the bag that almost knocked her down. "You call that a kick, my

mom can kick harder than that and she fat as a cow." Kristen said as she tried to push Tara's buttons.

Tara did a reverse spin and kicked the bag with her other foot, but this time Kristen was prepared and she held on to the bag and she was thankful that she was on the other side of the bag and not in front of it as

that kick would have killed her.

"Well I guess if that's the best you can do, but it was still a pussy

kick." Kristen said.

"I'll show you who's the fucking pussy around here you little bitch!"

Tara said and Kristen could see the anger in her eyes and that was what she was wanting.

Tara swung her leg around and kicked the bag and then she started to use her hands against the bag and Kirsten could feel ever thrust of Tara's hands and feet with every kick and thrust of her hands.

"Shit girl, am I'm going to have to show you how this is done. Have you forgotten everything you ever knew while you were up there in bed crying like a baby?" Kristen pushed Tara further.

"God damn you, you little bitch!" Tara said as she picked up the speed of her kicks and punches.

""That's right, I'm a bitch and don't you forget it. I bet you want to beat the shit out for me for making you feel all that pain again, don't you?" Kristen said.

"Hell yes!" Tara replied and she went to another level with her kicking and punching.

"Picture the bag as me and beat the shit out of me for doing that to you!" Kristen shouted at Tara and Tara responded.

"I hate you bitch!" Tara said as she was breathing heavy now and she went at the bag non stop.

When Tara began to slow down, Kristen tried a new tactic and she hoped that it would work, "And that bitch Caroline, I bet you would love to beat the shit out of her for dieing on you. She left you without saying goodbye!"

Kristen saw Tara pause for an instant and then she saw a tear come to

her eyes and she watched Tara angrily wipe it away, "Oh god yes, I hate her for leaving me!"

Tara went at the bag even harder and when she slowed down, Kristen hit her again with her words, "And what about Terrie, she could have fought the cancer harder, but no, she just gave up and died!"

"Fuck her too!" Tara shouted and again she went at the bag with blind

fury. Her form was completely gone now; Tara was just punching and kicking as she cried.

"And what about your brother and parents, if they really loved you, they would never have left you all alone to face this fucking world." Kristen shouted at Tara.

"Oh fuck them, I hate them all." Tara cried out as she just flung her

legs and arms at the bag until there was nothing left inside of her. All her

anger and pain went out as she flung her arms and legs at the bag. She then gave one last kick and fell to the mat, breathing hard and fast, with the sweat coating her body and her panties soak with her sweat. As Tara rested, Kristen let go of the bag and she ran upstairs. She had one more thing in store for Tara and then she hoped it was the right thing at the right time to do it.

When she returned, she found Tara lying on her back in the mat. Her eyes were closed and her breathing had begun to slow down. Kristen put what she had gotten down on the mat beside of Tara and she dropped down to her knees by Tara's hips. She put her fingers into the waist band of Tara's panties and quickly pulled them off before Tara knew what was happening to her. She pulled Tara's legs apart opening Tara's pussy to her. She jumped over Tara's leg and she put her hands under Tara's knees. She lifted them up and out and she saw Tara's pussy lips opening up to her. It had been awhile since she had seen Tara's beautiful pussy and she noticed that Tara had not shaved her pussy in a while but she didn't care. She dropped her head between Tara's thighs and she began to lick. Tara's pussy tasted sweaty from the sweat she had worked up and she wasn't wet yet but Kristen was hoping she would make her that way quickly. She licked up and down the lips and she felt Tara jerk and she knew that Tara was realizing what she was doing to her.

"No, don't... don't do that!" She heard Tara cry out and she felt Tara's hands on her head trying to push her away but with all the hitting of the bag that Tara had just done, there was very little strength in her arms.

Kristen moved her mouth to Tara's clit and sucked hard on it. "Nooo... cried out and then she let out a long moan.

"Nooooo..." Tara cried out again but Kristen could feel that Tara wasn't pushing her head away anymore but instead, she was holding it in place and then she let out a loud moan and Kristen knew that she had her.

Kristen sucked and licked on Tara's clit and she moaned again even louder this time. Kristen moved her mouth back to Tara's pussy lips and she tasted the juices that she had missed so much. She licked up and down Tara's lips before putting her tongue into the slit and going deeper.

"Oh baby, lick me!" Tara cried out as she arched her back and she shook from a small orgasm. Kristen went to Tara's clit and she started to lick and suck at it causing Tara's small orgasm to grow into a very large orgasm.

Kristen went back to Tara's pussy and she drank in her lovely girlcum. As Tara recovered from her orgasm, Kristen quickly put the strap-on that she had gotten earlier and she coated the cock with some lube.

"Turn over and get on your knees!" Kristen ordered.

"No don't..." Tara said but at the same time she did as she was told.

When Tara was in position, Kristen put the cock head to the entrance of Tara's pussy and she pushed the whole length into Tara in one hard thrust.

"Oh fuck! Oh fuck!" Tara cried out as Kristen pulled the cock out and

then pushed it back into her hard.

Kristen put her hands on Tara's hips and she began to fuck her hard and fast. She wanted Tara to feel every thrust of the cock as it pounded into her. She heard Tara began to moan and groan as the cock filled her pussy then came back out only to be pushed back in hard.

"Fuck me baby!" Tara moaned and those words were music to Kristen's ears.

"I am baby, I'm fucking you good!" Kristen said as she gave Tara an extra hard thrust of the cock and that caused Tara to moan loud and long.

Kristen fucked Tara hard and fast for a few minutes then she bent forward and she curled her hand around Tara's hip and she found her clit. She could feel the cock going in and out of Tara's pussy as she began to caress Tara's clit. She could feel the juices pouring out of Tara's pussy and she began to rub harder. Tara moaned out, "Oh god, I'm going to cum!"

Kristen worked her hips harder and she pressed down on Tara's hard clit. She could feel Tara's body begin to jerk and she knew that Tara was close. She moved her hips around as she made her inward thrusts and Tara groaned her approval. Kristen was soaked in sweat herself by this time as she fucked Tara's cunt and caressed her clit until Tara cried out and she came hard. She fell to the mat and the cock popped out of her pussy.

Kristen quickly removed the strap-on and threw it to the side. She then pulled Tara onto her back and she lay on top of her as she wrapped her arms around Tara's shoulders with her hands caressing Tara's face. Slowly Tara's eyes began to flutter and then they opened. Kristen watched as a small smile came to her face. Kristen's heart was pounding in her chest as she lowered her head and closed her eyes. She knew it was now or never and she so wanted to feel Tara's lips against hers again. It had been so long since she had gotten to kiss Tara she had about forgotten what it was like. She went slowly to give Tara time to turn her head away or push her away but neither happened. Kristen felt Tara's short quick breaths and then she felt Tara's lips against her lips. At first Tara was passive and Kristen held still until Tara finally began to respond by opening her lips a bit. Kristen felt the tears of joy come to her eyes and she started to cry as she kissed Tara. The

tears ran down her cheeks and fell onto Tara's face. Kristen then felt Tara's hands on her face and she felt Tara pushing her face away. Kristen knew that something was wrong and she just wanted to die right there. She couldn't handle Tara rejecting her again. She couldn't bare to look at Tara but then she heard the sweetest words that she had ever heard.

"Don't cry baby, it's going to be okay." Tara said and Kristen felt Tara wiping her tears away. Kristen opened her eyes to see a soft but sad smile on Tara's face.

"I love you so much Tara." Kristen said.

"I know you do." Tara said and Kristen could see that Tara wanted to say more but she couldn't. But Kristen didn't need to hear Tara say those words; it was enough for now that Tara was accepting her love.

Kristen then moved her head back down and she kissed Tara again. This time Tara responded immediately as she opened her lips and the kiss became very passionate. They kissed with Kristen on top and then Tara turned Kristen over to her back and she got on top controlling the kissing. They used their tongues but mostly they just used their lips and these weren't lust filled kisses but kisses of two girls discovering their passion and love for each other.

Finally they stopped and Tara put her head on Kristen's shoulder and Kristen held her tight as she moved her fingers up and down Tara's back. They lay there for a few minutes, not saying anything as the words had gone out of them for the moment. They had talked all afternoon and evening and now they just wanted to feel the warmth of the other. But then Kristen's stomach betrayed her as it growled.

"I think someone is hungry." Tara said giggling.

"Me and my stupid stomach." Kristen said disappointed that her stomach messed up the moment.

"No, it's cool, I'm getting hungry. No actually I'm starving. I haven't felt this hungry in a long time." Tara said smiling.

"Then lets go fill that stomach up and while we're at it, I will fill mine too as I'm starving. I only had a roll for breakfast and that was a long time ago. Kristen said as she gave Tara a quick kiss and she jumped up. She then helped Kristen up.

"But first I need to take a quick shower." Tara said as she started toward the stairs.

"Yea you do." Kristen said as she put her fingers to her nose squeezing her nostrils shut.

"Funny, but that is like the pot calling the kettle black, stinky." Tara said laughing. And then she held out her hand for Kristen to join her.

This gave Kristen's heart a jolt as she thought that this might be the time that she got to take a real shower with Tara but when they got to the guest bathroom, Tara let her hand go and Kristen felt a little disappointed.

"I know you want to shower with me and it will come but I need to do some things first." Tara said as her hand went unconsciously to her pubic hair that she had neglected to shave in a while. Then Kristen understood what Tara was saying and she reminded herself to take it slow and not to rush Tara. She nodded and went to her bathroom and she took off her panties and got the shower going as she felt her stomach growled again.

"Calm down," Kristen told her stomach but she was also talking to herself as she stepped into the shower to wash the sweat off her body. She took her time and let the warm water help her to clear her mind. It had been

a long and very emotional day mainly for Tara but for her also. But she knew

that she wasn't in the clear yet, Tara could still change her mind and make her leave and she would have to go this time. She had made that promise to Tara and she couldn't take the promise back. But she was determined to convince Tara to let her stay. While she was washing her pussy she felt a little stubble there and she realized that Tara wasn't the only one to let that go. So she got her razor out and she did a quick shave of her pussy and

her legs. When she came into the bedroom she saw that Tara was already there naked as she was. She noticed that her pussy was now clean shaven and that gave her body a thrill.

"So where do you want to eat?" Kristen asked as she joined Tara in the closet.

"I don't care as long as it is fast and hot." Tara said as she handed

Kristen a simple cotton dress and she got a similar one for herself. Kristen

saw that Tara put the dress over her head and let it fall into place so she did the same. Obvious Tara was really in a hurry as she didn't bother with a

bra or panties so she didn't either. They went on down stairs and got their jackets and were out the door. Kristen made sure that she was the one driving as she knew that Tara had enough on her mind at the moment and she tried to keep the conversation off of anything about what they had just gone through. She just talked about the coming of winter and how it was starting to get cold. Then she went on to her job and what was going on there but she stayed away from Tara's job or lack of one. She passed a few fast food places but none hit her fancy then she saw a Waffle House and she made a sharp turn into the parking lot.

"Hey, we can't go inside to eat, neither of us is wearing any panties or bras." Tara protested.

"They don't know that." Kristen said with a wicked grin on her face.

"Very true," Tara replied and Kristen saw a little bit of a devious grin on her face.

They grabbed their purses and went inside and Tara led Kristen to a booth in the smoking section and that made Kristen wonder why she went there. They sat down and both looked over the menu and when the waitress came over they both got coffee. Kristen knew she was beginning to tire out and she needed a little caffeine to get her going again. Once they had their

coffee, Kristen ordered steak and eggs while Tara ordered an omelet with a pecan waffle.

"So you think that I should start my own Taekwando training center?" Tara asked seriously.

"Yes I do Tara. You have the money to find a place and can last long enough to have the place start to make a profit or at least break even. Plus

teaching those girls are the only thing that I have seen you do, that makes you happy. Tara you deserve to be happy." Kristen said.

"I know but I've never tried anything like that. I mean starting a business and trying to run it. I don't know anything about doing all the tax

stuff and keeping up with expenses. Hell, I barely remember to pay my own bills on time." Tara said with a nervous laugh.

"Oh hell that is easy. There are computer programs that help you with

that. I can help you set that all up if you want me too." Kristen said with a hopeful tone in her voice.

"I would like that." Tara said and Kristen felt like crying at that point but the waitress came with their food, saving Kristen from making a scene.

Their hunger took over at this time and they both attacked their food

like they hadn't eaten for weeks. Neither girl had really had an appetite for a while now and their stomachs finally got through to their brains and they was demanding to be fed. The talking all but stopped at this point and they enjoyed the food that tasted so good but was so bad for them but they were both young so that wasn't a consideration. Once they had eaten as much as could, they both sat back and then both let out a loud burp that caused them

both double over with giggles. They got stares from the few other customers that were in the place but they played them no mind. They were finally laughing together again and that felt good. Then Tara gave Kristen a

shock as she pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

"What's this?" Kristen asked with her eyebrows arched.

"I know I shouldn't be smoking but with the tension lately, I picked it back up again. I started when I went through my pain in the ass stage and then quit with I took up Taekwando. But don't worry this will be my last one, I promise." Tara said contritely.

"Okay, you had better quit. Now hand me one, so you can finish the pack and then you can quit." Kristen said as she put her hand out for one.

"You smoke and you are fussing at me!" Tara said.

"No but I have been known to smoke one every once in a while when I'm stressed." Kristen admitted as she let Tara light her cigarette.

"So how many have you smoked lately." Tara asked as she inhaled deeply on her cigarette and she let it out.

"Let's just say that I owe more than a few packs to Joe, the guy that

works in the cubicle next to mine.

"I see, well we both quit when we leave here." Tara said as she took another puff of her cigarette.

From there, the conversation went back to Tara' future Taekwando training center. The more that they talked about it the more excited Tara got. Kristen was so pleased that she had thought of that for Tara. It gave her something to think about other than her troubles. They both went through a couple of cigarettes as they talked and sipped their coffee. Then Kristen happened to put her hand on the table as she made a point. She left it there for some reason and a few moments later she felt something soft and warm on top of her hand and she found that Tara had placed her hand on top of her hand. Kristen looked up and she saw a slight smile on Tara's face. Kristen moved her hand back just a bit so that she could lace her fingers with Tara's. This was the first time that Tara had ever shown any public affection toward her and was thus a huge step for her. They talked on but then Tara asked a question out of the blue.

"So when are you going to start the conversation about us?"

"When it's time for us to have that conversation, we will." Kristen said wondering why Tara chose to bring that subject up just now when everything was going so well.

"Okay," Tara said and then she added, "I'm about ready, how about you?"

"Yea, let me hit the restroom and get rid of all the coffee I just drank." Kristen said as she slid out of the booth to go to the bathroom but she didn't let go of Tara's hand without giving it a squeeze. When she came

back out, Tara was just finishing paying the check. She then went to the bathroom as Kristen went out to warm the car. The car was just getting warm when Tara got into the car.

"You ready?" Kristen asked.

"Just a second," Tara said as she leaned toward her and she put her hand to Kristen cheek turning her head toward her. She then moved in and gave her a long passionate kiss.

"What was that for, not that I mined you doing it?" Kristen asked.

"Because I wanted to, plus the cook was watching us the whole time we

were in there and I wanted to give him something to remind him of us." She said as she gave a wave to the cook who quickly turned his back to them.

"You are so mean!" Kristen said as she laughed. Then she put her car into gear and backed out.

"Come here a minute." Tara told Kristen as they entered the house.

"Okay," Kristen said as she followed Tara into the living room and they ended up behind the couch. She then started to take off her jacket when Tara said, "Let me help you with that." as she came and stood behind her.

But when the jacket was about halfway off; Tara stopped pulling it down. Kristen then felt a hand on her back and she was pushed forward over the back of the couch with the jacket pinning her arms behind her back. She was about to protest when she felt the bottom of her dress being pulled up and onto her back and over her head thus exposing her bare ass. Then she had a better idea of just what Kristen was up to and she got even a clearer picture when she felt her feet being kicked out wider opening her pussy and ass to Tara.

The next thing that she felt was Tara's tongue touching her clit and then going up her slit until it went across her asshole.

"Oh god that feels so damn good Tara" Kristen moaned out.

Kristen then felt Tara's tongue play with her asshole for a moment then it went back to her pussy and she started to lick at her outer lips. Kristen felt like she was in heaven, having Tara make love to her again. She

felt Tara's hands go to her ass as she licked at her pussy, Tara's hands were caressing and squeezing her ass cheeks. Kristen pushed her ass back so that Tara would lick deeper and she did. Kristen felt Tara's tongue part her pussy lips and it went deep into her pussy. Kristen felt her pussy producing juices and she felt Tara moaning as she licked them up. The fact that she was bent over the couch and her dress was covering her head made it more exciting. Plus the fact that her arms were pinned behind her back just added to it. She could have freed her arms but she didn't want to. This was how Tara wanted her and that was just fine with her. Kristen then felt one of Tara's fingers go to her asshole and it was lightly going around the rim. Kristen knew that she was going to cum pretty quickly if Tara kept this up. Kristen let out a loud, long moan and she pushed her ass back wanting the finger to enter her asshole and then it did. She felt it press against her asshole and

she relaxed so that it could. She felt it opening up her asshole and then it

slipped inside. The finger went all the way in and then Tara pulled it out only to press it back in. As she fucked her asshole, Tara's tongue went down to the clit and she felt Tara suck it into her mouth.

"Make me cum Tara, I need to cum!" Kristen shouted at Tara.

Kristen then felt Tara's tongue against her clit and it felt great. It was all she needed to help her cum and she shook all over as her pussy flooded Tara's mouth with her girl cum.

She didn't feel Tara's tongue leave her clit or her finger leave her asshole as she enjoyed her climax. But as she started to recover from her orgasm, she felt something hard at the entrance to her pussy. Then with one hard thrust of Tara's hips, the cock filled Kristen's pussy. Kristen let out a grunt but it felt good to have her pussy filled again. She felt Tara pulled the cock back and then back in hard. Then Tara started to fuck her and Kristen was moaning to beat the band.

"How is this feeling?" Tara asked as she put her hands on Kristen's hips.

"Like my fat mother is trying to fuck me." Kristen said just to egg Tara on and to see what she would do.

"You and your fat mother!" Tara said and then she gave a real hard thrust of her hips and Kristen thought that the cock would come out her mouth.

Tara then gripped her hips harder and she started to really fuck Kristen's pussy with the cock. She had never been fucked this hard before and Tara could fuck hard when she wanted to but this was what she needed. It was what they both needed. Tara was going at it hard and when her hips met Kristen's bottom, Kristen was pushed forward on the couch.

"Fuck me Tara, fuck me!" Kristen cried out as she grunted at every thrust of Tara's hips.

Her pussy was getting a work out and she could feel the cock going in

and out of her pussy and every thrust felt so damn good. Her pussy was so wet now that you could hear the squishy sounds of the cock fucking her all around the room.

"Oh god, I'm going to cum soon, make me cum Tara!" Kristen cried as she felt her pussy spasm around the shaft of the cock. Then her orgasm hit and she came hard. The orgasm felt so good that she blacked out for a moment and when she came around, she was lying on the floor naked and Tara was kissing her face and lips.

"That felt so good, I have missed making love to you." Kristen said as she kissed Tara back.

"I have missed it too." Tara admitted.

"Let's go to bed where it is much softer." Kristen suggested.

"Sounds good to me." Tara said and after another passionate kiss, Tara got up and then helped Kristen up. Tara grabbed onto her hand and pulled her up the steps and into the bedroom.

They settled down in the bed and they kissed for a few minutes but then the day began to get to both of them as they started to yawn. They kissed again and then they settled down to sleep but this time Tara didn't pull away. She stayed up against Kristen.

"I'm scared." Tara said as they both were about to go to sleep.

"I know you are, but we can work this all out. I'm not going anywhere." Kristen reassured her as she kissed Tara on the forehead.

"Please don't go." Tara said and Kristen started to respond but she saw that Tara was already asleep.

Kristen woke when the alarm clock went off and she quickly turned it off before Tara woke up. She slipped out of bed carefully and then for some reason, she turned to look at her sleeping friend. Tara's short black hair was all messed up and she had a peaceful look on her face. But then she saw that

same face change and it looked sad as if she was dreaming about something bad happening. She knew then that there wasn't anyway that she was going to leave Tara alone that day. She knew her supervisor would kill her if she called in on a Tuesday after leaving the day before without any notice. But she had to do what she thought was more important and then an idea came to her, something that would do them both some good. It might get her fired but it was worth the risk. So she got her cell phone and took it downstairs with her and she sat down at her computer. She worked everything out and charged a shit load on her credit card but she knew it was worth the money. Once everything was set, she took her cell phone into the bathroom. She sat down on the toilet to pee and she dialed the number to her supervisor's desk. She told him that she had to have the rest of the week off and she would be back at work on Monday. She then turned her phone off as she knew that when he came in at eight; he would be giving her a call. Once she finished peeing, she went back into the bedroom and she slipped back into bed. She pulled Tara gently to her and held her tight as Tara slept and soon she was asleep herself.

"What are you doing here?" Tara asked as she came into the kitchen a little later that morning.

"I'm making breakfast silly." Kristen said smiling as she turned the pancake in the pan over.

"I can see that smarty pants, I mean, why aren't you at work?" Tara said as she came to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"To tell you the truth, when the alarm went off this morning, I was still so tired that I knew I wouldn't be worth much at work today so I just called in." Kristen said and she so wanted to turn and see Tara's facial expression to see if she was buying the excuse she was giving her. And in fact, she was tired when she got up as they hadn't gotten into bed until late but that wasn't why she took off.

"Won't you supervisor be mad?" Tara asked and Kristen was relieved that Tara didn't question her reasoning.

"No, he won't be mad, he'll be pissed as hell but he'll get over it or he'll fire me." Kristen said as she put the pancake on the platter with the others

she had made and she brought them to the table where Tara was sitting.

"So what do you want to do today?" Kristen asked changing the subject quickly.

"I don't know but I don't want to have any more deep discussions for a day or so, okay?" Tara asked and Kristen saw that Tara had her forehead knitted.

"I agree but I do have an idea that I thought about this morning."

"What's that?" Tara asked as she took a bite of her pancake.

"You know the new airline has a special going on with cheap fairs to Miami and I know you said you love the beach. I figure we can catch an afternoon flight out and rent a car to the beach. We could spend the rest of

the week there and fly back early Saturday morning so that you can still teach your class that day. I know you wouldn't want to miss that. What do you think?"

"I would love that but we'd never be able to get a flight out now." Tara said disappointed.

"Yee of little faith, I have you know that we have two tickets waiting for us for the two fifteen flight at the airport, a rental car reserved, and a motel booked for the rest of the week." Kristen said feeling very proud of herself.

"Are you serious?" Tara asked.

"No, I'm pulling your leg." Kristen said dead panning it.

"Shit," Tara said and Kristen saw that Tara thought she was serious when she said that she was pulling her leg and Kristen knew Tara still had a

way to go to and she definitely needed to get out of here.

"Oh Tara, I was kidding about pulling you leg. I sorry, I shouldn't have done that but I'm very serious about the flight and everything else. We'll be on our way to Florida in about four hours."

"You're serious aren't you?" Tara said acting as if she was afraid to

get her hopes up.

"Yes I'm serious. We're actually going!" Kristen said.

"Holy shit! What are we doing sitting here, we have to pack and get to the airport." Tara said as she took one last bite of her pancake and jumped up.

"Slow down girl, we got time. We're going to the beach so what's there to pack, shorts and a bathing suit." Kristen told Tara's back as she was heading out of the kitchen.

"You haven't seen me pack before have you." Tara said as she ran up the stairs.

Kristen felt good about what she had done and if she lost her job over it then so be it. Tara was much more important than her job. She then cleaned up the kitchen and went upstairs to the bedroom. When she walked in, it looked like a tornado had hit the room as clothes were flung all over

the place and she heard Tara talking to herself in the closet. She hadn't seen Tara this excited in a long time.

"What are you doing?" Kristen asked as she went into the closet where Tara was pulling things down and then tossing them away.

"I'm packing, what's it look like. And besides I'm not talking to you

anymore." Tara said seriously.

"Why not?" Kristen asked.

"One, you got me excited about the trip then you let me down then you

got me excited again. Two, you only gave me less than two hours to pack. I need at least two days to pack for that long a period." Tara said but she could tell that Tara really wasn't serious, at least not serious about not talking to her; she wasn't so sure about needing two days to pack. That part

Kristen was beginning to believe.

"What can I do to help?" Kristen asked.

"You can pack your own stuff and stay out of my way." Tara said without looking at her.

So that was what Kristen did, she packed her bag and then she sat on the bed staying out of Tara's way. But Tara didn't stop talking to her, in fact, she talked nonstop as she packed and repacked her bags. Finally, Kristen had to just shut Tara's bags and she started to carrying them downstairs with Tara standing there protesting that she wasn't done yet. Tara then followed her down the stairs with two more outfits that she wanted to place in her bags. Kristen let her do that then it was out the door and to the airport. The flight went well with very little turbulence, which Kristen was thankful for as she was a very nervous flyer. Once out of the airport, they got their rental car and headed for the hotel. Kristen had requested a room facing the ocean and since was before the winter tourist season hit, they had their chose of rooms. The first thing that they did was

to go down to the beach.

"Thank you for doing this for me. I really needed to get out of the house." Tara said as she took Kristen's hand and they started up the beach.

"I did it just as much for me too." Kristen said and it was true but when she thought this trip up, she only had Tara in mind.

"Well, thank you anyway." Tara said and they walked up the beach for a while, mostly in silence but they did talk some. They then sat and watched

the sun set before heading back toward the hotel. Once they both had freshened up, they headed out for a restaurant as they hadn't had much to eat since their late breakfast. They stopped at the first seafood place that

they came too and they lucked out as the food was great but then they were starving at this point so anything would have tasted good.

As Tara took her shower, Kristen turned on her cell phone and she found that her supervisor had called ten times but he didn't leave any messages. She knew that she was in trouble at work but that was the way it had to be. She had a choice to make and she made it and she would deal with the consequences when the time came.

"Anyone important?" Tara asked as she came out of the shower naked and drying her hair.

"No, just wrong numbers," Kristen said as she quickly deleted all the

missed calls.

"The shower is all your but I must warn you, I used up all the hot water, you'll have to take a cold shower." Tara said laughing.

"After seeing you naked, that's what I need, a cold shower." Kristen said laughing.

"Well, if you're a good girl, I might just warm you back up when you get out." Tara said with a wink.

Kristen smiled as she thought about just how Tara planned on warming her up. She gave Tara a kiss as she passed her and she went on into the bathroom for her shower. There was some hot water left and Kristen enjoyed a long hot shower.

As she came out of the bathroom, she started to say something like, "I'm real cold baby and I need warming up." But then she saw that Tara had already fallen asleep and she just stopped and smiled as she looked at her sleeping friend and lover. She quietly turned off the lights and she gently slipped into bed so as not to wake Tara. She settled in next her, laying on her back to think a minute. But then Tara turned over and she laid her head on Kristen's shoulder.

Kristen pulled her in close, kissing her forehead and she said softly, "Sweet dreams my love."

"Mmm..." was Tara's reply and then all Kristen heard from her was the

gentle breathing of her sleeping friend. Kristen wanted to think about things but then sleep overtook her and she had nice dreams about Tara.

Kristen woke the next morning to Tara's kisses on her face. "Morning baby," Kristen told her as she gave Tara a morning kiss.

"I'm sorry that I fell asleep on you last night. I don't know what happened to me. I was waiting for you to get out of the shower and then next thing that I knew I was waking up to light coming through the window. But I promise to make it up to you this morning." Tara said.

"There's nothing to be sorry for and there is nothing for you to make

up for. You know what I enjoyed the most about last night?" Kristen asked.

"No, what?" Tara asked.

"We have been sleeping in the same bed for the last couple of months but on opposite sides of the bed but last night when I got into to bed, you turned over and put your head on my chest. That meant more to me than anything else you could have done. That warmed my heart like nothing else could do. This trip is about getting you back on your feet and allowing us to get to know each other again, sex will be there any time we want it. We started our relationship based on sex, now I want us to start it over but this time it needs to be based on friendship." Kristen said hoping that Tara understood what she was saying.

"If you don't want to fuck me anymore, that's fine with me." Tara said with a pout on her face.

"No, that's not what I mean..." Kristen was saying as she tried to backtrack when Tara burst out laughing.

"I told you I would get you back for only giving me two hours to pack." Tata said laughing and then she turned serious, "but I know what you are saying and I agree with you. We've put each other through hell lately and now we need to get it back together with each other's help."

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean. But you almost made me pee when you got me there." Kristen said.

"Speaking of peeing, I'll be right back." Tara said as she jumped up from the bed.

"Hey, I was the one to bring that up." Kristen called to Tara's back as she headed to the bathroom.

"Hey, I can't help it if you are slow as your fat mother." Tara said laughing.

Kristen laughed with her and she was glad to have the old Tara back.

Once they they had stopped for breakfast, they walked out on the pier and watched the early morning people who were fishing off the pier. >From there, they went back to the beach and started walking. Soon they both had their sandals off and they were walking in the water edge and then running up the beach when a larger wave came in sending water further up the beach. Kristen kept the conversation light but then something Tara said reminded her mother and without thinking, Kristen told Tara about something that her mother had done. About halfway through her story, she realized what she had done and she looked at Tara to see what effect it had on her. She had always avoided talking about her family but for once, Tara didn't seem to mind. Then Tara did something she had never done before, she began to talk about her parents. It wasn't about the crash or anything but some things that she had remembered from her childhood. And there were no tears this time, but Kristen noticed that she was having to think hard to go back and try to remember something that she had buried inside of the wall that she had put around herself. Kristen could see that it wasn't easy for Tara to open up but she was doing it. It came slowly at first but as more things came back to her the easier it was for her to talk. Kristen gently encouraged her and asked questions she felt Tara could and would answer. It was so nice to hear about Tara's past without the pain that she had keep inside of her for so long. Tara talked all morning as they walked up and down the beach.

"What do you want to do this afternoon?" Tara asked after she had come out of the bathroom. They had gotten a couple of tacos and ate them on the beach before coming back to their room to pee.

"This," Kristen said as she put her hands to Tara's waist, pulling her in close and then she kissed her.

"I like that." Tara said as the kiss ended and then she moved back in

for another kiss which Kristen was more then happy to give her. She slipped her hands to Tara's back and pulled her in close as she opened her mouth and

she moved her tongue into Tara's mouth. She ran her tongue along Tara's top teeth and then the bottom teeth before she moved her tongue further in and she felt Tara's tongue come out to meet it. Her hands were caressing Tara's back and then she moved her hands down to the bottom of Tara's tee shirt and she began to pull it up. She didn't stop kissing Tara until she had her tee shirt at Tara's neck. She slowly moved her mouth back and she pulled

Tara's tee shirt on off. Once it was off, she started to kiss Tara again as her hands moved to Tara's back and she unhooked the bra. Again she moved back and she took Tara's bra with her and once it had slipped off Tara's arms she dropped it to the floor. She looked down at Tara's beautiful pert breasts and the dark nipples that were beginning to grow hard. She dipped her head and kissed the left nipple and that drew a moan from Tara. She then went to the right nipple and kissed it getting another moan from Tara. Her mouth left this nipple and went back to the right one and this time she sucked it into her mouth. As she sucked on the nipple, she moved her hands down to Tara's shorts and she unbuttoned them, and then she pushed the zipper down. She put her hands to Tara's hips and she started to push the shorts and panties down. She kept her mouth on Tara's left tit for as long as she could but when she got the shorts halfway down Tara's thighs; she let the nipple slip out of her mouth. She dropped to her knees and pushed the shorts and panties on down. She was eye level with Tara's pussy and she could see and smell the juices that had begun to flow from that pussy she loved. Kristen placed a kiss at the top of Tara's pussy and she tasted the juices.

"Oh that feels good." Tara cooed.

"It's about to feel even better." Kristen said smiling as she got back up on her feet.

Tara gave her a dreamy smile and Kristen lead her over to the bed and

Tara laid down in the center of the bed. Usually Tara was the aggressor when they made love but today Kristen could tell she wanted to be made love to and Kristen was going to do that all afternoon.

As Kristen began to pull her clothes off, she saw Tara bring her knees up and then out. Kristen had to stop a moment as she watched Tara's pussy lips open and she could see the wet pink flesh that she so loved to lick. Kristen quickly finished pulling her tee shirt off and she pushed her shorts

and panties off. Keeping her eyes on Tara's face, Kristen climbed onto the bed. She moved between Tara's legs and she lay down on her stomach with her head placed between Tara's thighs. She placed her hands on Tara's thighs and she slowly moved them up Tara's body and she could see the anticipation in Tara's eyes. She made Tara wait as her hands snaked their way to her breasts. But when they got to the swell of the breasts, Kristen stopped moving her hands. Tara broke eye contact with her and she looked down at Kristen's hands that were within a hairs width from her aching breasts. Kristen waited until Tara bit her lower lip and then she moved her hands on up and she cupped Tara's breasts with them. This brought a soft moan from Tara. Kristen squeezed them and then she moved her fingers to Tara's nipples and using a feathery touch she ran her fingers across the nipples causing them to grow hard. Then using her thumb and index fingers, she pinched each nipple tenderly and this made Tara groan and moan. Tara slowly closed her eyes as Kristen played with her nipples and Kristen then lowered her mouth and she kissed Tara's clit and Kristen watched as Tara's eyes pop open and she moaned again. As she closed them again, Kristen started to lick Tara's pussy. The juices were pouring out of Tara by this time and Kristen set about licking them off and making Tara produce more. She licked up and down Tara's slit, sucking on the lips and taking a few quick strokes of her tongue against Tara's clit to keep her excited and on the edge of an orgasm. Kristen's fingers kept at Tara's nipples pulling and pinching them as she licked her pussy. She started to move her tongue in deeper between Tara's pussy lips and she felt Tara move her knees even wider apart, opening her pussy even more. Kristen pushed her tongue in deep and moved it around and Tara began to push her hips up to get even more in her pussy. Kristen sucked and licked as she continued to play with Tara's breasts. Finally Tara really started to moan and groan and Kristen knew that she needed to cum so she moved her mouth to Tara's clit and she started to lick it. She licked lightly at first and then harder. As Tara neared her climax, Kristen sucked the clit into her mouth and she sucked hard as the tip of her

tongue stroked Tara's clit.

"Oh Kristen, I'm cumming baby!" Tara cried and then she jerked her hips upwards and Kristen felt the girlcum hit her chin.

She wanted to go down and suck up the girlcum but she kept her mouth on Tara's clit as she wanted this orgasm to be a powerful one. She kept licking and sucking at Tara's clit and Kristen could feel Tara's body being racked with one pleasurable spasm after another. Soon the spasms became one long spasm and Tara's eyes went into the back of her head. Tara gave one last jerk of her hips and then they fell to the bed and Kristen knew that she was spent. It was only then that she moved her mouth to Tara's pussy and she licked up the sweet girlcum that Tara had produced. She licked down to Tara's asshole and she licked there getting the juices that had run down and then back up to Tara's pussy and sucked up the last of the girlcum.

Tara was still out cold so she came up into the bed and pulled Tara's

limp body to her and she kissed Tara's lips lightly. She heard a low mummer come from Tara and then she was back asleep. Kristen snuggled up close and she let her own body relax and soon she was sleeping just as hard as Tara was.

"Hey baby, wake up." Kristen said as she sat on the side of the bed. She had woken up about two hours after she had fallen asleep.

"Mmmm..." Tara said as she opened her eyes and she looked up at Kristen.

"Did you sleep well?" Kristen asked and she bent down and kissed Tara

lightly on the lips.

"Yes, you wore me out but now it's your turn." Tara said as she reached up to Kristen but Kristen took Tara's hands preventing her from pulling her back into bed.

"Later baby, I'm hungry and I bet you are too." Kristen said smiling.

"Yea but I want you to feel good like you made me feel good." Tara said as she turned on her side.

"You did baby, just seeing you feeling good and knowing that I was the one doing that to you was just as pleasing to me. I want you to feel good, now get your ass out of that bed and let's go eat and then get into some meanness." Kristen said as she got up and pulled Tara from the bed.

Tara had spent too much time in bed these last two months and Kristen was determined to break her of that habit and she was going to do it

this week. So after they had eaten supper, she took her to a club that she had found out about. Even though she wasn't much for dancing, she got out there with Tara and they danced and laughed long into the night.

The next morning, Kristen didn't let Tara sleep too long and she had her up and out on the beach by mid morning. This time as they walked up the beach, Kristen gently edged the conversation to past loves and she talked about Janet for a while and then she asked about Terrie and Tara started to talk about her and Caroline. This was what Kristen wanted Tara to do, not that she wanted to know about these girls, she just wanted Tara to learn how to talk about them without feeling the pain of their deaths. It took Tara a bit to get started but soon she was talking about them and that pleased Kristen.

That afternoon they were back in bed and again Kristen was able to make love to Tara first and she worked her so hard that she wore Tara out like she had the previous day. Then that evening, she made sure that they didn't come right back to the hotel after eating supper but she took Tara to

a park and they rode about every ride in the place. So when they came back to the hotel, they both were so tired, they fell into the bed falling asleep

before their heads hit the pillows.

Friday morning, they slept late and then they decided to go into town

and do a little shopping. They went to the big mall and spent most of the day there, buying new outfits and just trying on things that they liked or would

like to see the other person in. Tara also found a martial arts store and bought one for Kristen and a couple new uniforms for herself. Kristen also noticed that Tara picked up a couple of smaller uniforms for the couple of girls that couldn't afford one on their own. Kristen started to say something about it but then she stopped herself as she knew that Tara would only say that she would charge the girl's parents for them but she knew better than to believe that. So she just kept her mouth shut but she did smile at Tara as she paid for the uniforms and Tara gave her that "What?" look. After the mall, they went to an outlet center and shopped there for a while before deciding that they had shopped themselves out. They stopped on the way back at a seafood restaurant and had a big meal as this would be their last chance to get good seafood for a while.

"If you don't have anything planned for tonight, I have something I want us to do." Tara said as she came out of the bathroom after they had gotten back to their room.

"No, anything you want to do is fine with me." Kristen said wondering

just what Tara had in mind but she was glad that Tara had come up with something as she wasn't sure what to do to keep Tara active. But the trip had done what she had wanted it to do and that was to start to bring Tara out of her depression.

"Good, grab a blanket and meet me down in front of the hotel in about

fifteen minutes." Tara said as she rushed out the door before Kristen could say anything.

Kristen was now really curious as to what Tara had in mind but she got the blanket and she waited a few minutes before going out the door to meet Tara. She found her in front of the hotel with a bag in her left hand. As she came up to her, Tara reached out and took her by the hand. She then started toward the beach. Tara was talking about the sounds of the waves crashing onto the beach and the fresh ocean smells not giving Kristen a chance to ask just what and where they were heading. They went a little further and stopped when they got to an isolated part of the beach. She then led her up to the dunes and she had Kristen spread out the blanket for them. Once they had sat down side by side, Tara pulled out a bottle of wine and two plastic champagne glasses.

"Sorry but this is all they had at the liquor store." Tara said as she unscrewed the cap on the cheap wine. "They also didn't have a great selection of wine either so who knows what this will taste like." She added.

"Well, I'm sure it will be good." Kristen told Tara.

"I wouldn't bet on it." Tara said with a laugh as she filled both of their glasses and she handed one to Kristen. "What shall we drink to?" Tara asked.

"How about to our new beginning?" Kristen suggested.

"I like that. To our new beginning!" Tara said and they touched glasses.

Kristen took a sip of the cheap wine and was surprised at the taste. "This isn't so bad, you know."

"Yea, it's actually pretty good. The old guy at the store wasn't lying to me after all." Tara said and she took another sip.

They then sat and sipped their wine and just enjoyed the fresh air and the sounds of the waves coming onto the shore. Kristen started to say something to start a conversation but she could see from the moon light that Tara was just enjoying the silence so she kept quite but then Tara turned to her and she looked Kristen into the eyes and Kristen knew something was up and she was scared for a second.

"I know what you have been up to this week?" Tara said.

Kristen's fear grew quickly and she felt a knot forming in her stomach and she replied with the only thing she knew to say, "I haven't been up to anything this week, I just thought we both needed to get away." Kristen said

and she started to go on lying but Tara put a finger to her lips and she stopped talking.

"No, you had a plan all along and don't lie to me. No more lies between us." Tara said and the knot in Kristen's stomach got tighter and she wanted to respond but Tara's finger on her lips kept her from doing so.

"You got me out of the bed and out of the house and brought me down here. You got me to talk about my family and about my past lovers and then you had the gall to make love to me so long that I couldn't do anything when

you were done. I was so exhausted that I couldn't return the favor. And when I was able to, you wouldn't let me. I thought that you didn't want me to make love to you anymore but then I figured you out and I saw into your devious plan. And I just got one thing to say about what you did."

"What is that?" Kristen asked nervously even though Tara's finger was

still on her lips.

"Thank you." Tara said as she finally smiled and then she removed her

finger and replaced it with her lips.

Kristen didn't think that she had ever had a sweet a kiss as this one

was, but then she thought just seconds before that she had fucked everything up with Tara but as this kiss proved, that wasn't the case. In fact, the opposite was true; the week had gone just as she had wanted it to.

"I do have one more thing to say." Tara said as the kiss ended.

"What's that?" Kristen asked.

"I want to make love to you tonight, here on the beach. Just let this

night be about you and nothing about me." Tara said.

Kristen could see how important this was to Tara by the look in her eyes so she said nothing as she took Tara's wine glass and she threw it to the side with her own glass. She then lay back on the blanket, putting her arms above her head showing her submission.

"Close your eyes baby." Tara told her softly and Kristen did so.

For a moment nothing happened, and then Kristen felt Tara coming up beside her and then leaning over her. The next thing that she felt was Tara's soft lips touching hers. They stayed there only briefly and Kristen groaned when they were gone. But they quickly returned and Kristen let Tara take the lead and she followed just mimicking what Tara was doing. When Tara's lips opened she opened her lips and when she felt Tara's tongue in her mouth, she pushed her tongue out to meet it. As they kissed, Kristen felt Tara's hand on her stomach. Kristen felt the hand start to go in circles on her stomach and she took in a deep breath as the hand came closer to her breasts. When Tara's hand finally cupped her left breast through her tee shirt and bra, Kristen had to let out a deep moan into Tara's mouth. Tara's hand just lay on her breast for a moment and Kristen could feel her nipple hardening and she wanted Tara to touch her bare breast but she didn't make any move to rush Tara. Her panties were getting soaked with her juices and she knew that soon her shorts would be soaked too. Finally Tara's began to squeeze her breast and Tara moved her mouth to Kristen's neck and she began to kiss and she nibbled her on her ear lobes. Kristen was moaning and cooing as Tara kissed her neck. Tara moved her mouth back to Kristen's lips and Kristen felt the passion in Tara's kiss.

As the kiss ended, Tara spoke softly, "I'm going to take your clothes

off. I want your see your beautiful body in the moon light."

Kristen could only nod her approval as she felt Tara's hands at her sides pulling her tee shirt up. Keeping her eyes closed, Kristen sat up and let Tara pull her top off. Then she felt Tara reach behind her and unhook her bra. She felt the cool night air hit her nipples as the cups of her bra came

off. Nothing happened for a moment but then she felt Tara's hot mouth kiss her right nipple leaving it wet and hard. Then she felt a warm kiss on her left nipple and Kristen let out a long moan. When the warm mouth came off her breast, she felt Tara's hands on her shoulders and she was being eased back down on the blanket. The next thing she felt was Tara's hands at the front of her shorts and they were being unsnapped. She lifted her hips as Tara pulled her shorts and panties down. The cool air hit her hot wet pussy and Kristen thought she was going to cum right then. Once her shorts and panties were off, she felt Tara separating her legs out and she felt her pussy lips opening. She wanted to feel Tara's fingers or mouth on her pussy but instead, she felt her fingers on the tops of her feet and they slowly moved up her legs using a light touch. Kristen shivered as the fingers went up her lower legs to her thighs. As the fingers neared her pussy Kristen raised her hips up but this only resulted in the loss of Tara's fingers on her body. Kristen quickly got the message and she lowered her hips. The fingers returned to her hips and they went to her abdomen where they circled around her lower belly before moving to her stomach. When the sensual fingers got to her breasts, they circled each one going further up until they were right at her nipples, then they reversed course and circled their way back down. Kristen was going crazy with desire but she also loved every moment of what Tara was doing to her. Soon the fingers were at her face and she felt a finger tracing her lips and she wanted to kiss the finger but

she didn't. The fingers went to her neck and then to her ears, caressing them. Then they went to her shoulders and up her arms to her fingers. Then they left her body and Kristen let out a long mournful sigh.

Kristen waited for what was to come next and then she felt Tara's lips touch her lips with a light kiss. The next place she felt Tara's sweet lips was on her right nipple and then her left one. Then they were at her belly button and finally her clit and that sent a shock wave through out her body. Kristen then felt Tara leaning over and she felt Tara suck her left nipple into her mouth. She sucked hard and Kristen couldn't help but to arch her back and this time Tara didn't punish her for it. Her mouth stayed glued to her nipple as she sucked and then nibbled on her nipple. After a minute or two, Kristen

felt Tara's mouth move over to her right nipple sucking and biting on it. Kristen so wanted to hold Tara to her breasts but she kept her arms over her head. When Tara's mouth left her right nipple, it left it with a wet popping sound. She felt Tara move down on the blanket and she felt Tara's hot breath on her pussy an instant before she felt her mouth cover it and she felt Tara's tongue sneaking out and start licking her. Kristen cried out as she had a small orgasm and she felt her girlcum squirting out of her pussy and she felt Tara sucking it all down. Tara then set into licking up and down her slit as she used her fingers to pull her lips open.

"Oh fuck Tara!" Kristen cried out not caring that they were out on the open beach were anyone could see and hear them.

Tara's tongue went in deep and she licked and sucked so well. Kristen

cried and moved her ass as the tongue moved in and out of her pussy. Then she felt Tara's mouth move to her clit and she felt two fingers enter her pussy. They moved all the way in and then they started to fuck her as Tara's

tongue licked her clit.

"Fuck me Tara, oh god, please fuck me!" Kristen cried out to Tara and

then she felt a third finger enter her pussy and Tara started to fuck her harder. Her pussy felt full and Tara's tongue was licking harder on her clit. Kirsten knew she wasn't going to last long this way, even after having a small orgasm earlier.

"I want to cum, make me cum!" Kristen said as she jerked her hips upward trying to get more of Tara's fingers into her pussy and for Tara's mouth to suck on her clit harder. But then the fingers left her pussy and she almost reached down to get Tara to put them back into her pussy. But Tara did that on her own but this time, she was bringing stretched even further than ever before. At first she thought that Tara had brought along a dildo or something but then she realized that Tara had added her pinky to the fingers fucking her so now she had four fingers in her pussy stretching her more than ever before. Tara twisted and turned her fingers as they fucked her and Kristen thought she was going to die from the pleasure the fingers and Tara's tongue was doing to her. She felt her pussy spasm and she let out

a cry as her orgasm began and wave after wave of pleasure washed over her. But Tara didn't stop fucking her pussy with the four fingers nor did she stop licking her clit and the one huge orgasm turned into multiple huge orgasms that racked her body leaving her lifeless and finally causing her to black out.

When she came back to her senses, she looked down to see Tara happily licking at her pussy lips. When Tara's looked up at her, she had a grin on her face that went from one side of her face to the other.

"Turn around and let me at that pussy of yours." Kristen said as she smiled. Tara started to say something but then Kristen could see that Tara changed her mind. She stood up quickly and her clothes came flying off her body. When she was naked she walked around to Kristen's head and Kristen found she was looking between Tara's legs. Tara's pussy looked so pretty and

sexy and her mouth was drooling. Tara stepped back and Kristen got a profile of her body and she could see those pert breasts sticking out from her chest. Tara dropped to her knees and she moved forward. When Kristen's pussy was over her head, Kristen reached up and put her hands on Tara's ass. She pulled Tara's pussy to her mouth and she began to lick. She tasted Tara's juices and she could tell that Tara was very aroused as she pussy lips were swollen and her clit was starting to stick out. Kristen ran her tongue up and down those lips and she heard Tara moan. She moved her tongue up Tara's pussy lips and she went on until her tongue got to Tara's asshole. She moved her tongue across the puckered hole and then she began to lick it causing Tara to moan again. Kristen moved the fingers of her right hand to Tara's pussy and she began to rub them up and down the slit. Tara was moaning and groaning as Kristen licked her asshole and masturbated her pussy with her fingers. Kristen began to push the tip of tongue into Tara's asshole as she pushed two fingers into her pussy. Kristen was fucking both of Tara's holes and Tara was starting to push back against her as she fucked

her. Kristen pushed a third finger into Tara's pussy and she used the fingers of her left hand to caress Tara's clit.

"Oh yes girl, make me cum girl, make me cum, do damn hard!" Tara cried out to her.

Kristen started to fuck Tara's pussy with her fingers harder, going in deep and then pulling them almost all the way out before shoving them back in. she pushes her tongue in deep into her asshole as she worked her pussy and clit with her fingers. Soon she felt Tara's asshole and pussy grip her tongue and fingers and she heard Tara groan as she had an orgasm. Kristen quickly moved her mouth to Tara's pussy and she drank in her girlcum. Tara's

moans and coos were music to Kristen's ears as she sucked up the juices that

she loved. She kept licking and sucking on Tara's pussy and soon she felt Tara's tongue on her pussy and she opened her legs up wider as Tara began to lick harder. They licked each other through a couple of more orgasms before they exhausted themselves. Kristen pulled Tara up to her and they kissed for a few minutes and then they just cuddled in the moonlight and listened to the waves as they broke and came to shore. Slowly Kristen drifted off the sleep.

"Wake up Tara!" Kristen said as she shook her awake.

"What?" Tara said as she stretched and yawned.

"It's four am!" Kristen cried as she scrambled to her feet.

"So?" Tara asked as she sat up.

"Our flight leaves as six and we are an hour away from the airport. We still have to pack and check out." Kristen said as she tried to put her tee shirt on.

"Oh fuck! We can't miss our flight; we have a class to teach this morning. The girls will be so disappointed if we aren't there!" Tara cried as she jumped up and started to dress quickly.

They dressed in record time, forgoing their bras and panties, and then they ran up the beach and into the hotel. When they got to their room, they just threw clothes into suitcases, not caring whose clothes or suitcase it was. They checked out and made it to the airport in record time. Once there, they turned in their car, paying extra for letting the rental company

refill the tank. They got to the terminal just as they had started to load the plane. It took half of the plane ride home before Kristen calmed down enough to realize that she was in a plane and she remembered that she didn't like to fly. So she took Tara's hand and that made her feel a little better. It took forever for the airline to unload their bags and they got to

Kristen's car. Again she made record time in getting home and they left their bags in the car as they ran up to the house and up the stairs. They each went to their showers and washed the sand and sex off their bodies. Then it was back out of the house and on to the class.

End of part Three - To be continued...

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