JoBeth & Amy #2: The Start of Something New

JoBeth & Amy: Story 02 – The Start of Something New - CHAPTER 11

*Note: This story got a little longer on me than I expected - it is not completely edited, so if you see any little errors in there... that\'s why!*



Note: This chapter talks a little about bondage, but doesn\'t have any in it. Upcoming chapters, however, do have bondage again, of course, if that matters to anyone.



*WARNINGS: This story IS FOR 18+ ONLY! If you don\'t like adult situations, don\'t read any further!! This story will eventually contain BONDAGE, a sexual situation, and will involve a suggestive bit of girl/girl fun...*



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The phone’s screen lit up to signal that the phone call had ended and the screen quickly dimmed as JoBeth set the phone back down on the bed, her spirits higher than ever. Looking over at Tara with a beaming grin, she tried to find the words to describe just what she was feeling but she couldn’t find any. After talking to Amy, the only thing she felt inside was a delightful sense of excitement and joy.



Letting the giddy pause hang for a moment, JoBeth brushed her bangs back behind her ears, trying to wrap her mind around what had just happened. Amy was coming over to her room and more than anything else, she hoped that Amy would want to stay with her all night.



“She called me cute…” JoBeth mused dreamily, her eyes flicking over to meet Tara’s as thoughts of what the blonde would look like laying with her in bed danced through her mind. The sweaters and the jeans Amy usually wore to class spoke of the girl’s incredibly body and the impending chance of being able to finally touch her and hold her was making that tingly feeling inside her almost impossible to resist. With a small chuckle, JoBeth figured that the shower she’d need to take later was getting colder by the second.



Tara couldn’t help an amused smile at how thrilled JoBeth looked and she felt more than a little happy for her herself. “Yeah she did,” she said, studying the brunette for a moment. Against all the odds and obstacles that were trying to make every argument why they shouldn’t, JoBeth had just spent close to a half hour on the phone flirting with the girl she’d been crushing on for weeks and now, in a few hours, Amy was actually coming over.



There wasn’t a doubt in Tara’s mind that JoBeth was happier than she’d ever seen her. The giddy smile and the twinkle in the brunette’s eyes told her everything that she needed to know. “You are so in love with her,” the redhead teased, glad that she was able to share at least a little in her best friend’s happiness.



“Oh, quiet you…” JoBeth chuckled, putting on an air of feigned incredulity.



Shaking her head, Tara couldn’t help but smile proudly. “Nope! You totally are,” she reasserted, quite sure that JoBeth had reached that same conclusion already.



Smiling wishfully, JoBeth let a small fantasy of what might happen later flash through her mind. She couldn’t deny that she’d been crushing particularly hard on Amy and considering how sweet, caring and fun Amy had been already, there was a definite possibility that this would turn into something more tonight. “Well, hopefully I’ll find out later…” JoBeth said, tossing another grin over at Tara.



“Oh, I know you’re going to,” Tara said, giving JoBeth a playful swat with the pillow that she’d confiscated from her earlier.



“Maybe,” JoBeth replied, letting the soft pillow connect and with a laugh, collapsing back onto the remaining pillows. With a beaming grin, she couldn’t even begin to describe the thrilling excitement that was coursing through her. Deep down, she didn’t want it to stop.



Watching JoBeth with a proud smile, Tara let out a satisfied sigh of her own. “I think that call went pretty well there, don’t you?” she asked, glancing quickly over at the cell phone and back, arching her eyebrow in playful curiosity.



“Oh, I don’t know,” JoBeth laughed. “The girl I like is coming over in a few hours and she said I’m cute? I think I totally blew it…” she trailed off impishly, a facetious grin tugging at the corners of her lips.



Chucking, Tara aimed another swat of the pillow at JoBeth. This time, her roommate grabbed it and hung on. “Jo, she likes you…” the redhead said, pointing out something that had been pretty obvious for days now. “A lot.”



A faint shade of pink still colored JoBeth’s cheeks and her giddy grin melted into a bashful smile. “Yeah, I think she might,” she said, feeling a small, happy tingle at the notion.



Her crush on Amy had seemed so impossible at the start. The idea that her beautiful, smart and confident English T.A. could possibly be interested in her had been nothing more than a pipe dream and the subject of a few fleeting and decidedly naughty daydreams, but in the last week, that had been turned completely on its head. Not only had she discovered that was Amy into girls, she’d found out that she was into her. A shy look crossed her features and JoBeth felt an overwhelming sense of joy at how someone like Amy might actually want to be with someone like her.



In a little more than three hours, that girl that she’d only hoped would be interested in her was coming over. They’d already shared a few intimate moments with each other but tonight would be the first time that they were really going to be alone together. It was something she’d never even thought to plan for and beyond grabbing Amy and tackling her to the bed in a huge embrace, JoBeth had no idea what they were going to do.



Giving in to another laugh, this time a little in disbelief, JoBeth tried hiding her giddy, embarrassed smile behind the pillow that she’d just taken back from Tara. “Tara, she’s coming over!” she said again with excited exasperation. “What am I going to do?”



“What do you mean?” Tara asked, cocking her head to the side ponderously. So far, it seemed like everything was going just fine between her best friend and Amy. She could understand JoBeth’s nervous energy about the evening, but she figured that things would be just fine if JoBeth just went on being herself, taking it from there. She couldn’t think of a reason to change what obviously worked.



Tugging the top of the pillow down, Tara revealed JoBeth’s eyes, seeing the gentle sparkle of a smile reflecting in them. “Why not just start by telling her how you feel, Jo, and be yourself,” Tara said simply, glad to discover that JoBeth just nervous and not actually upset. “She seems to like you as you are quite a bit, you know?”



JoBeth shifted the rest of the pillow down more over her chest, coming out from behind her makeshift hiding place. “No, it’s not that, Tara…” she said, offering her roommate a smile. “I’m pretty sure she knows how I feel about her at this point, considering I just called her and invited her over to my place for the evening…” she continued, trailing off into a wider grin.



“That’s true,” Tara nodded, unable to resist a chuckle at JoBeth’s very valid point.



“I’m happy to tell her how I feel about her if we end up there and if the time is right…” the brunette said, a note of confidence in their mutual affections sounding in her statement. “I’m more worried about what the heck we’re going to do tonight!” JoBeth clarified, amused at how silly it was to have invited Amy over without any plan for what they could get up to.



Setting all of the other, much more physical and blush-inducing ideas aside for the moment, JoBeth had a feeling that she could simply talk to Amy for hours and never run out of subjects. Their time in the library a few nights ago had been an absolute blast and there was so much that she wanted to learn about who Amy was. So far as she was concerned, Amy’s company alone would be more than enough to keep her entertained.



“Well, I love just being able to talk to a girl I like, sometimes…” Tara started with a nod, hoping she could keep JoBeth from worrying too much about something that wasn’t likely to be an issue once Amy actually showed up. Both JoBeth and Amy had a brain in their head and Tara couldn’t see JoBeth boring Amy anytime soon. They’d already managed to hang out together a few times already and they were both eagerly coming back for more, a pretty good sign for the two of them, so far as Tara was concerned. “A good conversation can be relaxing and a lot of fun. You two do have quite a bit to talk about…” she trailed off into a mischievous grin.



When Tara’s suggestion lined up with her own trail of thought, JoBeth figured that the simple approach had to make sense. “I’m just not so sure how entertained she’ll be if I’m sitting there grinning at her like a goofball all night,” JoBeth laughed, thinking about the hours that had disappeared on them in the library. One thing she knew for sure was that she would much rather talk to Amy than sit in silence, staring at some movie or television show.



With an encouraging smile, Tara gave JoBeth a gentle nudge to her thigh. “Something tells me she’d probably grin right back at you, Jo,” Tara teased, drawing another giddy smile from the brunette. “And while you’re at it, you can always show her your taste in music until you two find more to do with each other than just smile…”



The warm haze that had taken over while she’d been on the phone with Amy hadn’t faded yet and JoBeth wasn’t about to deny that she wanted to do something along those lines with the blonde. Every since Friday night, she’d been imagining what it would be like to feel Amy’s touch on her body again and what it would be like to finally be able to explore Amy herself.



“Maybe she won’t mind a little touching…” JoBeth said, her cheeks lighting up a brighter shade of red as the tingling sensation she’d been trying to contain started rolling through her once more. With an anticipatory smile, JoBeth closed her eyes for just a moment to take a quick, deep breath, thrilling at the idea of Amy’s grazing fingertips gliding slowly lower past her stomach.



Tara’s memory flashed back to that morning’s walk home from class. JoBeth had told her about the momentary cuddle that she’d shared with Amy in the lecture hall and how totally instinctive and natural it had felt. “Oh, I think she’ll be pretty receptive there,” Tara said, giving JoBeth another playful nudge and pulling her brightly blushing friend out of her momentary reverie.



“I hope so,” JoBeth said though a small giggle, trying to shake off the much more insistent warmth that was stirring inside her.



At the other end of the bed, Tara saw JoBeth glowing with a kind of excitement that she immediately recognized and she couldn’t blame her one bit. Amy seemed like a genuinely sweet and nice girl and based on what JoBeth had told her, she’d certainly made JoBeth all hot and bothered more than once. On several occasions in the past week, Amy had shown how much she cared for JoBeth and it was more than she’d seen between some of the couples she knew that had been together for years. If there were any two people that she thought something would happen for, it was Amy and JoBeth.



Donning a wide, amused grin, Tara extended her arms back behind her to prop herself up. “Well, once you’re alone over there, I’m betting it won’t be long before you two aren’t going to be too shy about touching…” she said, giving JoBeth a knowing wink.



The already crimson blush on JoBeth’s cheeks spread to her ears and chest and she burst into a surprised laugh. “Tara!” she exclaimed, feigning shock over Tara’s assertion as if it wasn’t something that she’d just been hoping for herself.



Tara’s brow rose at JoBeth’s response and the corner of her mouth tweaked up in a smirk. “Oh, you had other ideas for what to do then?” she asked skeptically, with a joking laugh.



“Nah, not really…” JoBeth laughed, shaking her head. She knew that Tara would see though any argument she could make and they both knew exactly what she’d been hoping to do with Amy, especially after what had happened during their first real encounter almost a week ago.



Every day since then, JoBeth had wanted to be able to wrap her arms around Amy and hold her without having to worry about someone seeing them and without having to let go far too soon. She could feel the blush on her cheeks burning when she thought about the first time that they’d ever been close with each other and how she’d been more than a little tied up at the time. While that might have been terrifying at any other time and while she hadn’t been completely sure that it was Amy when it was happening, she’d felt safer and more cared for then than she’d ever felt before.



Once she’d found out for sure that her maddeningly familiar ‘blonde doctor’ really was the same wonderful, friendly and caring Amy that she’d been crushing pretty hard on for weeks, she’d wanted to just grab on and thank her for being so amazing and let her know that she didn’t have to worry about anything. Amy had gotten to hold her on Friday and a few times since then, but the insistent urge to hold Amy herself wasn’t going to fade anytime soon. JoBeth wasn’t sure that she could express all of the affection she had for Amy in something as simple as a hug, but a part of her really wanted to try.



As much fun as she thought they might have together, JoBeth couldn’t completely shake off a nagging worry in the back of her mind that she’d gotten a little ahead of herself in terms of what she and Amy would do if they finally found a way to be alone. While they’d shared more than one intimate moment together already, JoBeth didn’t want to start believing that certain things were absolutely going to happen. When it came to a real physical relationship, JoBeth had no idea how fast Amy might want to move or if the blonde would, understandably, want to take it a little slow, considering that they were still teacher and student.



Shaking her head quickly, JoBeth set that worry aside for the moment; that was a bridge best crossed if and when they came to it. Letting a smile spread across her lips, the brunette turned her thoughts back to the phone call with Amy and how well it had gone. There were things that she might hope would happen, but if they didn’t tonight, she wasn’t going to get upset by it. Amy was more than worth the wait. If they were going to start a relationship, the physical part would come in time and JoBeth was all for spending more time hanging out with Amy.



Rising out of her momentary reverie, JoBeth watched Tara grab the end of the body pillow and fold it under her head before lying down on her side. The redhead’s warm smile was reassuring and she wasn’t sure that she’d ever be able to thank Tara for her support in the last few days. She was her best friend here at college and in the last few weeks, she’d proven to be a godsend.



Reaching out and patting Tara tenderly on her knee, JoBeth gave the girl a wide, appreciative smile. “Anyway, I’m pretty sure that you know what I’ve been imagining…” she trailed off into another excited chuckle.



Tara returned JoBeth’s smile in kind, giving a small nod. “It is pretty nice that she’s up for coming over here…” she agreed. If there was ever going to be a sign that Amy liked JoBeth enough to throw all the ridiculous barriers standing between them aside, her coming over was it.



JoBeth’s smile turned into a giddy grin. “Yeah it is…” she said, biting her lower lip in anticipation. She still had no idea what they would do tonight but as long as Amy was there her, she had no doubt that they’d think of something. “Maybe we can just put a movie on in the background or some music…” JoBeth continued, liking Tara’s idea from earlier. “It would be pretty nice to just talk to her and not have to worry about subject matter or anyone overhearing us or anything, you know?”



Patting JoBeth’s hand warmly, Tara knew exactly what JoBeth meant. “I think she’ll like that just fine, Jo…” she said encouragingly. “Especially considering how much you two have to talk about…” Tara trailed off teasingly.



“Yeah, just a few things,” JoBeth laughed, giving Tara’s hand a quick squeeze before letting go.



Brushing her bangs back off her face once more from where they’d just fallen, JoBeth let out a sigh, trying to relax and calm back down from the rush of adrenalin and excitement that had carried her through the phone call. ‘A few things’ didn’t even begin to cover what she wanted to ask Amy about and the first thing on the list was to find out exactly what happened last Friday night.



She wasn’t particularly worried about what was going on and JoBeth couldn’t imagine that Amy was doing anything illegal there, but she wanted to know the truth. She’d trusted Amy with all of herself that night and while she believed that her trust in Amy was justified, she wanted to make sure that she wasn’t blinded by her crush. There had to be an explanation that made sense and JoBeth had faith that, if she asked, Amy would be honest with her.



Outside of that, JoBeth hoped that tonight with Amy wouldn’t be just a one-time thing. Part of her felt like it would be the first of many more nights to come if they could finally talk about how they felt about each other, among several other things. The blush on her cheeks was still glowing brightly and the brunette’s lips pulled into a shy smile when the thought of asking Amy a little more about the kinkier toys from Friday night bubbled up to the front of her mind.



Chuckling quietly to herself, JoBeth wondered how Amy would react when she told her that not only was she very curious about the straightjacket, but that she’d also brought home the rest of the various materials that Amy had used to bind her. Her curiosity had been stewing for days to learn more about the different pieces of the fetishy gear and depending on where things went later, JoBeth didn’t mind finding out more about them sooner rather than later.



A familiar, tingly feeling was coursing over her body again and JoBeth tried to brush those decidedly naughty thoughts aside for now. “There might be a few things I could ask her to help out with…” the brunette laughed, hoping that Tara wouldn’t pin her down and ask exactly what she’d been daydreaming about.



Tara had long since noticed the deepening shade of crimson on JoBeth’s cheeks and based on the way that her roommate had just shifted her legs a little on the bed, she had a pretty good idea of what was on her friend’s mind. “Yeah, looks like someone’s getting a little excited over there, huh?” she asked, an amused smirk dancing across her lips.



“Can you blame me?” JoBeth answered a moment later, biting her lower lip bashfully.



Shaking her head, Tara gave a small laugh of her own. “Not at all…” she said. She had to admit that, as strange as they sounded and looked, some of the kinky stuff that JoBeth had showed her had a good bit of appeal, if the right person was involved. The way JoBeth had described them had sounded almost sexy if they were put on by a loving partner and if she was in JoBeth’s position, Tara thought that she’d probably be having the exact same thoughts herself.



JoBeth let out a deep, cleansing exhale and with a wide smile, rolled onto her back to stare up at the ceiling for a moment. If she could hold those naughtier thoughts off long enough for Amy to arrive, everything would be fine. “I just hope I can last until she gets here,” JoBeth said, trying to rise back out of the pleasant haze that had spread over her and prompting another amused chuckle from her red-haired roommate.



“Should probably start getting ready here at some point…” JoBeth continued, turning her head to look over at Tara. “My room is a mess and I still have no idea what I’m going to wear…” she said, trailing off into another giddy grin over how excited she was about Amy coming over and how flustered it was already making her.



“Hey now,” Tara said, not wanting the moment of indecision snowball into something much more difficult to surmount. “Nothing to worry about there, Jo,” she continued, offering a supportive smile and gently nudging JoBeth’s legs with her foot. Her friend’s room had never really struck her as dirty; the clutter that was there was mostly a kind of organized chaos that suited the brunette just fine. “We’ll clean your room up together,” Tara said confidently. “It doesn’t really need that much work anyway, once you put all your clothes and papers away.”



The corners of JoBeth’s lips curled up slightly. The mess that had formed over the course of a busy week filled with homework and midterms would disappear quickly with Tara’s help. “Yeah, I guess that’s true…” she said, happy to concede Tara’s point and grateful for her offer.



“That’s what I like to see…” Tara said, glad to see JoBeth’s smile. “We’ll head down and grab something for dinner, you’ll think of something cute to wear and you’ll still have plenty of time to hop in the shower to get ready,” she continued. She didn’t see any trouble with getting all that done in the next three hours, so long as she could keep JoBeth’s spirits up. “By the time you’re done with that, she’ll almost be here!”



Reaching over, JoBeth took Tara’s hand appreciatively, giving it a few gentle pats. “Thanks, Tara…” she said fondly. The redhead’s occasional jokes and unwavering support had kept her from getting too wound up and nervous about calling Amy earlier and here she was, still helping her now. JoBeth was grateful to have someone like that around, reminding her to keep being herself.



Tara returned JoBeth’s squeeze and she felt her own cheeks warming a little in humility. She hadn’t had many people in her life that she counted as true friends and even though they had only known each other for a few months, Tara felt that JoBeth was one of them. She knew that JoBeth really did appreciate and care for her and she hoped to know the brunette for a long time to come.



“You’re welcome, Jo…” Tara said as JoBeth gave her back her hand. “You just need someone to keep you on the right track, that’s all,” she added teasingly, not backing down from her assertion that JoBeth would be just fine if she could just be herself with Amy.



“Maybe a little bit,” JoBeth chuckled, flashing a grin at her friend. “And one of these days, I’ll find a way to repay you for how awesome you’ve been about everything…” she added, thankful for how open-minded and accepting Tara had been about both the strange way that she’d discovered her curiosity about her kinkier side and the fact that she was actively pursuing one of her teachers in hopes of kindling a relationship.



Laughing a little, Tara shook her head dismissively. “You know you don’t have to, Jo,” she said, hoping that JoBeth understood that there weren’t any strings attached to their friendship.



“Yeah, but I want to,” JoBeth replied. “You deserve to be happy too, Tara,” she continued, offering the girl a warm smile. “One of these days, we’re going to find you an amazing girl that’ll adore you and treat you all kinds of right…”



The blush on her cheeks deepened to a brighter shade of red and Tara couldn’t deny that the notion had a delightful kind of appeal. “Well, I wouldn’t say no…” she said, trailing off into a wishful smile of her own. “But for now, we’ve got you to focus on!” Tara added a moment later, turning the conversation back to the subject at hand.



JoBeth’s smile turned into a wide grin once more, her anticipation starting to build even higher. “Tara, Amy’s coming over!” she exclaimed happily.



“I know!” Tara laughed, sharing in the brunette’s excitement.



Sitting back up on the bed, JoBeth cleared the loose hairs back off her face, still wearing a beaming smile. “I can’t believe she said yes,” JoBeth said, rocking back against the pillows stacked against the headboard. “I was so worried she’d be all weirded out!”



Tara hadn’t been worried at all, having heard JoBeth’s stories and seeing for herself how the two girls had been staring and smiling at each other all week in class. “She likes you, Jo…” she said confidently. “And I think you two are going to have a pretty good night tonight…”



“Oh, I hope so,” JoBeth said. “Okay, I really should get started…” she trailed off, letting a small, blushing giggle break into her thoughts. Glancing over at Tara, she let the warm thoughts of Amy and what they might do together drift through her mind. “I want her here now, Tara…” she admitted with a bashful smirk.



Tara couldn’t help chuckling to herself at how cute JoBeth was being about her crush. “I know you do,” she said, donning a teasing smile. “You wanted her here on Monday night!”



JoBeth had admitted as much once she’d told Tara all about what she felt for the blonde and she couldn’t claim that Tara’s statement was accurate. There were still a few small worries in the back of her mind that she’d only find a way to embarrass herself somehow or that she’d end up turning into a babbling mess and boring Amy despite the fact that nothing of the sort had even remotely happened yet, but JoBeth brushed past them, refusing to give in to that now.



“I just hope I don’t sound like a doofus when she’s here…” JoBeth chuckled.



“Jo…” Tara sighed, offering the same reassuring smile for her friend. The JoBeth that she knew was a straight-forward girl and Amy seemed to like her exactly for who she was, without any pretenses hanging in the air between them. “Just keep on being yourself and I know you’ll blow her socks off,” she said before a playful smirk spread across her features. “Literally.”



The two girls shared a laugh at the teasing implication and deep inside, JoBeth thought that it was pretty much exactly what she was hoping might happen. “I wouldn’t mind that…” the brunette said, biting her lip shyly and feeling her blush warming her cheeks. She’d always liked how surprisingly comfortable her dorm room’s bed was, but the idea of having Amy in there with her all night was something on an entirely different and vastly superior level. Her pillows were nice enough on their own and JoBeth couldn’t imagine a better way to fall asleep, or wake up, than by curling up in Amy’s arms.



“I didn’t think you would,” Tara said, her playful smile still sparkling in her eyes as she sat up on the bed. Taking a quick glance at the clock, she figured that it would be a lot less stressful to have spare time at the end by getting started now and avoiding a panicked rush to be ready in time. “Now come on,” she added, hopping up off the bed. “Let’s go get your room ready!”



With a big smile of her own, JoBeth grabbed her phone and slid off the bed after Tara. “Okay!” she said cheerfully, feeling all the energy and the rush of anticipation for Amy’s arrival churning inside her. The sooner they started getting things ready, the sooner that Amy would be there. “Let’s get this show on the road!”



“All right,” Tara chirped with a smile, letting JoBeth past her to lead the way.



The brunette’s energy was infectious and Tara couldn’t imagine a way for Amy to not fall head over heels for a girl as endearingly cute as JoBeth. She knew that JoBeth was looking forward to Amy’s eventual knock on the door more than anything else and Tara couldn’t wait to hear all about how things went tomorrow.



Following JoBeth through the bathroom and into her room, Tara took a quick look around. “So what’s up first?” Tara asked, surveying JoBeth’s room and finding it in pretty good shape already.



“Room first, then dinner?” JoBeth asked, offering the redhead a smile.



Sharing JoBeth’s bright smile with her, Tara gave a quick nod. “Sounds like a plan,” she said, liking the sound of dinner coming soon and eager to start getting her friend ready for what they both hoped would be a fun night ahead.



*End Chapter 11 - To Be Continued!*