JoBeth & Amy #2: The Start of Something New

JoBeth & Amy: Story 02 – The Start of Something New - CHAPTER 13-C

*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 was really long - 4 times longer than the average chapter - so I had to break it up into a few parts that I hope work just fine! This part finally begins the kissing and while it does talk about bondage in the past tense, but it doesn\'t have any in it. Parts 14, 15 and 16, do have bondage again, so for those that are only interested in that sort of thing, soon, there\'ll be a lot of it! :P



*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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JoBeth let out a chuckle, squeezing Amy’s hand and inclining her head over towards her dresser. “I had an empty drawer that I thought might make a perfect home for them,” she said, her eyes locked with Amy’s. “Specifically, the one your bag is leaning against over there…” JoBeth added with a bashful bite of her lip.



“I see…” Amy said with a small laugh, nodding slowly. Her eyes flicked over to the dresser drawer and the memories of JoBeth in the straightjacket, opening up for the ballgag and accepting the hood flashed through her mind again. Trying not to give in and let those naughtier urges take over, Amy looked back over at JoBeth, barely containing the insistent warmth that was spreading over every inch of her body.



“Thanks for keeping them safe for me,” Amy said softly, her voice a little breathy. Amy could feel JoBeth shiver a little at her words and judging by the blush on the brunette’s cheeks, it had been in a very good way. “That jacket is one of my favorites,” she explained, hoping to share more of that story with JoBeth in time. “And there isn’t anyone I’d rather have it more.”



Amy’s smile set her heart racing and JoBeth couldn’t help a happy grin. “Aww, Aims…” JoBeth giggled, her blush spreading beyond her cheeks.



A curious, sweet expression settled over her features and Amy couldn’t help wondering just what JoBeth had thought about Friday night. It was a question that had been bouncing around in her head for days, what JoBeth thought about her first experience with bondage, and considering how open JoBeth had been about it already, it was something that she hoped she could ask about.



The brunette was already amazing in almost every way she could think of and if they were able to share their naughty and kinky side, Amy knew that JoBeth very well could be ‘the one.’ She was a girl that she could share her entire life with, where she could be free to be herself and express her desires for someone that could return every naughty feeling and then some. It had started as an illicit fantasy that she’d found someone in JoBeth that could be that girl, but it was rapidly becoming real in ways that she didn’t want to stop.



“So,” Amy started, a bashful smile of her own surfacing on her lips. “I’ve got to ask…”



“What’s that?” JoBeth asked, giggling a little at seeing Amy approaching a subject that she knew turned her on. A part of her heart went out to Amy; she figured it had to be incredibly difficult to broach a subject that was obviously incredibly personal with someone whose feelings about it she was unsure of. The last thing that JoBeth wanted was to torture Amy with anything or hold something secret from the girl that had just been so completely honest with her, but she still found Amy’s bashfulness more than a little cute.



A momentary pause hung in the air between them for a moment before Amy gathered up her courage to ask. “I was curious,” she started, locking her gaze with JoBeth and appreciating the other girl’s supportive, encouraging smile. “…was that your first time being tied up like that?” she finally got out, drawing a confirming nod from JoBeth.



JoBeth felt her blush glowing brighter still and a matching grin spread across her lips. “Yeah,” she said, her lower lip curling in a little, shyly, before the grin replaced it once more. “You liked how you got me all completely helpless like that, huh?” she asked, seizing upon the opportunity to tease Amy back a little bit.



“More than a little,” Amy replied, grinning and not afraid to admit to it. With all the locks that she’d used on JoBeth, there really was no other way to describe it. It was a feeling that a lot of people never experience, that complete helplessness. It was something that she could easily understand someone not being very comfortable with, but the way that JoBeth had taken to it, almost like a fish to water, had been very encouraging.



Toying with Amy’s fingers now, JoBeth wanted to let Amy know that she was okay talking about this. “Definitely my first time,” she said, hoping she could channel some of that delightfully tingly feeling inside her through her caressing thumbs and into Amy. “I mean, I played a few games with my friends growing up and all, but…” she trailed off, trying to elaborate a little as the memories of just how warm and wonderful the straightjacket had felt wrapped around her.



“But?” Amy asked, latching an affectionate finger around JoBeth’s thumb.



“But never anything quite like that,” JoBeth finished with a grin.



Amy gave a nodding smile and they shared a small chuckle. “Yeah, I kind of figured,” she chuckled, gaining confidence from JoBeth’s smile.



Bobbing back and forth a moment, JoBeth caught herself wishing that this night would never end. It was too much fun here with Amy, just being able to talk about everything that they’d had to keep inside for days. It helped that the subject at hand was more fun than she’d ever thought it would be and with a wide grin, JoBeth enjoyed how it brought out her naughty and playful side like nothing else.



“Not like I had much of a choice in the matter,” JoBeth said with playful wink and a quick squeeze of Amy’s hand.



Laughing, Amy had to admit that JoBeth had her there. “Yeah, well…” Amy started from behind a bashful grin. “You took to it pretty quick, though, once you were all secured.”



JoBeth squirmed a little on the bed, wishing she had a way to contain the very intense desire that was building between her legs. She remembered that secured feeling well, when the last strap pulled tight and then hearing the snaps of the locks around her. “I might have…” JoBeth confessed, an impish spark glimmering in her eyes.



“And you looked damn sexy while you were at it…” Amy added with a playful smile, drawing another big blush out of JoBeth. Based on the way that the brunette was squeezing her hands, Amy couldn’t help thinking that JoBeth was more than glad to hear the compliment.



“Thanks, Amy…” JoBeth purred, her memory of Friday night turning to how Amy had watched over her. Simple as it was, it had been one of the main reasons she could remember feeling so comfortable being that helpless, knowing that Amy would protected her. Another playful grin surfaced on her lips and JoBeth remembered the blush peeking out from under Amy’s mask that night and how it had given her an inkling that she looked pretty good like that too.



The brunette tried putting on a falsely wondering expression, but JoBeth couldn’t keep from breaking into a grin to tease the blonde girl again. “I do seem to remember someone keeping a pretty good eye on me, that night…” she said, causing Amy to laugh.



“I couldn’t help it!” Amy protested, fixing JoBeth with a giddy smile. The way that JoBeth was toying with her hands right now and the way that JoBeth’s toes were not-quite-casually flicking against her own leg had her feeling quite certain that JoBeth hadn’t minded at all.



“Nah,” JoBeth started, dropping her head to the side a little. Her twin ponytails dangled gently behind her and she gave Amy an affectionate smile. “I didn’t mind…”



“Speaking of…” Amy said, one of her eyebrows rising to match her curious smirk. “I really was wondering what you thought of it all..?” she asked, figuring that there would never be a better time to find out once and for all and hoping that JoBeth wouldn’t think that her question was too direct.



“Being tied up, you mean?” JoBeth asked, feeling that hazy, tingly feeling starting to bubble up inside her again. The warmth of Amy’s touch alone was enough to start it going and the prospect of taking with Amy about all of the naughty daydreams and fantasies she’d had all week was only fanning the flames.



With a blushing nod, Amy confirmed the question. “Yeah…” she said, starting to rub her thumbs over the back of JoBeth’s hands again.



A dreamy smile spread over JoBeth’s features. Every thought that ran through JoBeth’s mind was one of how good it had felt to test and struggle and just experience the sensation of being strapped inside Amy’s bonds. Above everything else, she kept coming back to the same conclusion; that she’d had a lot of fun with it.



“I liked it,” JoBeth finally said, trailing off into a small, slightly embarrassed chuckle. JoBeth felt a sharp thrill wash over her at finally saying it out loud to the girl that had tied her up. The warmth coming through from Amy’s hands was reassuring and encouraging and she wanted to try and explain it better to Amy, to try and explain just how much she’d enjoyed it and how much she hoped that it didn’t have to be a one-time thing.



Giving Amy’s hands a squeeze, JoBeth bit her lip bashfully, not breaking her gaze away from Amy’s. “It was exhilarating, not being able to move my arms, or do anything on my own,” she continued, hoping that she could find a way to her elaborate on the very visceral, intense and amazing emotions that she’d gone through in a way that made sense. “I had no control over anything, but I never felt worried, or like it was more than I could handle…”



Shifting a little closer towards Amy, JoBeth tried to reign in the gush of emotions and thoughts that were racing through her mind. “I was completely yours and you could just do whatever you wanted with me…” she paused. “And I kind of liked that,” JoBeth added with a shy grin, the blush on her cheeks darkened under Amy’s adoring gaze.



Feeling more relief than anything to hear that JoBeth had enjoyed herself on Friday, Amy thought that the way JoBeth described the experience of being bound sounded very familiar. It was something that just happened with a few of the girls she’d been able to share that kinkier side of her life with and to hear JoBeth express the same feelings gave her courage to continue teasing at least and maybe even play with JoBeth later.



“I see,” Amy said with a smile, trying not to get lost in the dozens of naughty but exciting ideas flashing through her mind. “Doesn’t sound like it was too unpleasant…”



“Not at all,” JoBeth replied with a giggle. Taking Amy’s hand affectionately, JoBeth gave it a squeeze. “Deep down, I just knew that you’d take care of me,” she started, her gaze locking with Amy’s. “And I knew you weren’t going to hurt me, so I was okay. I was helpless, but I felt really safe. I wasn’t scared of anything.”



The brunette paused, basking in the warmth of Amy’s smile for a moment. It felt like the world’s warmest, fuzziest blanket and JoBeth very much enjoyed being the focus of it. “I could just relax and enjoy being ‘kept,” she chuckled, drawing a laugh from Amy as well. “By someone I trusted, because I knew you’re take care of me,” JoBeth elaborated, letting Amy take her hands now. “It was strangely liberating, that different kind of freedom, you know?”



Nodding, with every passing moment, Amy knew she was long since gone for the brunette. Internally counting the seconds until she could hold and hug JoBeth, Amy wished hard that that time would come soon. “I’ve heard a few girls say something like that before,” she said, grazing her fingers lightly over JoBeth’s palm. “I think a lot of girls like to know that they’re cared for like that and that they can just give into it and let that feeling take over…”



“Yeah,” JoBeth grinned, her voice a little breathy as the memories of that exact moment played through her mind. “I can see how a girl might like that…” she added with a giggle, feeling a delightfully fuzzy warmth settling over her body.



What Amy was doing to her hand was sending shivers through her body and JoBeth shifted slightly on the bed, hoping to stave off what was becoming an irresistible urge to do something far beyond talking with her gorgeous blonde companion. The sense of comfort and openness between them had long since loosened her playful side and she hoped to find out what Amy might be up for.



Amy’s statement did bring to mind one of the things she’d wondered about all week. This whole fetish was new to her and Amy obviously had a lot more experience with it. As much as she was starting to feel that Amy thought she was special, JoBeth couldn’t help wondering if the fact that she was a beginner at bondage would really be okay with Amy. “So you’re out there tying up lots of girls, now, huh?” JoBeth ventured, her own curiosity at Amy’s statement getting the best of her.



Shaking her head, Amy gave JoBeth a warm smile. “Not for a while now,” Amy said, feeling the blush warming her cheeks. It had been over a year since she’d found anyone she’d had even a passing interest, but JoBeth had taken her by storm. JoBeth seemed to like her a lot, but despite that, Amy wasn’t sure just how much she could say without scaring the girl off or accidentally creeping her out.



One look at JoBeth’s encouraging smile and the natural electricity that had formed between them tonight was enough to help Amy decide to just go for it. If there was ever a time where she could feel safe admitting her own desire for JoBeth, this was it. “Right now, you’re the only girl in the world I want to have all to myself,” the blonde said, lacing her fingers between JoBeth’s.



“Good,” JoBeth chirped, lighting up with a glowing and happy grin and leaning a little closer towards Amy. Just hearing Amy said that about her filled her with a joy that she barely let herself dream of. Amy really did think that she was special.



“I wanted to stay over there with you all night, you know…” Amy chuckled, breaking the moment of happy silence that had fallen between them and drawing a giggle from JoBeth. “I just wanted to hold you in my arms, make sure you were okay, talk to you, and…” she trailed off sending a cheshire grin to JoBeth’s lips.



JoBeth thought that what Amy was saying sounded fantastic, but she couldn’t stop her eyebrow from perking up as she wondered just what Amy was about to say. “And?” she asked.



“Well, maybe a few other things too…” Amy confessed, causing both their cheeks to darken to a shade of crimson.



Laughing, JoBeth gave Amy’s hands a fond squeeze. “Nice,” she said, finding it a little difficult to contain her energy and desire to pounce on Amy and hug her right now. The blonde was so unbelievably cute with the round-about ways she kept admitting to wanting her. Being wanted by Amy was something that JoBeth both wanted to get used to and something that she wanted Amy to know she was perfectly comfortable with, as right now, she was feeling more than ready for Amy to go ahead and act on those desires.



“Well, I was all yours on Friday, you know…” JoBeth said, having spent quite a bit of time over the past week wishing that the subject had come up between them that night. Between her exploring her bonds, teasing Amy and her impromptu nap, it hadn’t come up, but that wasn’t about to dampen the playful note in her voice. “And I would’ve told you I was, but I don’t know if you’d have understood much of it with that ballgag you put on me…” JoBeth teased, an impish grin spreading across her lips to match her giddy blush at her fond memories of the gag.



“I understood you well enough,” Amy said with a smile, thinking back to how much fun it had been to talk with JoBeth on Friday after her gag had gone on. She gave JoBeth’s hands another playful squeeze, focusing on holding the other girl’s hands as a way to keep from just tackling her with a hug right now. “Besides,” she started with a mischievous smirk of her own. “You sounded so cute trying to talk around that ball…”



Her blush deepening, JoBeth laughed. “Yeah, but it made me drool all over you,” she said, biting her lower lip bashfully.



“So?” Amy asked. “I liked talking to you like that,” she continued as they both shared an amused smile. Taking a moment, Amy bit her own lower lip as a tingling wave of excitement rushed up her spine. The muffled talk and JoBeth’s determination to try and communicate around it had been one of her favorite things from Friday night in more ways than one and the little bit of drool that the ball had caused told her that it was doing its job quite nicely. “And I don’t mind the drool,” she added a moment later, drawing a blushing chuckle from JoBeth. “Especially when I’m the one that caused it.”



Letting out another giggle, JoBeth felt that naughty brand of excitement starting to take over once again. “Well, I did like it…” she confessed, feeling the warmth on her cheeks. It was a little silly to admit and she knew that two weeks ago she’d never have felt this way, but JoBeth had loved how the rubber ball felt strapped tight in her mouth on Friday. The gag had kept her from saying anything clearly as it fit securely behind her teeth and something about that added helplessness had really turned her on when she’d realized that there was no way she could push it out.



“It just added to everything, how I couldn’t move or talk…” JoBeth said, carrying a longing and dreamy tone in her voice. “Well, not clearly,” she added with a chuckle.



“Cutely, though,” Amy said with a smirk.



“I’m glad you thought so,” JoBeth said, another grin surfacing on her features when a few of her daydreamed fantasies flashed through her mind. A suggestive sparkle shone in her eyes and JoBeth’s smile quickly turned into a very playful one. “But,” she started, giving the blonde’s hands a squeeze and drawing a curious look from Amy. “I wouldn’t mind if you gave me a little more practice with it…”



Her heart was racing at JoBeth’s suggestion and Amy had to take a second to recover from the rush of excitement that the prospect gave her. Here in JoBeth’s room, they were certainly somewhere that they could be alone together and if they did wind up playing again, somewhere that they could even be intimate together, if that’s where the games led.



“If you want to…” Amy finally said, not wanting to make JoBeth feel pressured into doing anything that she didn’t want to, or to give away just how ‘weak-kneed’ that request would have made her had she not been already sitting down.



With a wide grin, JoBeth knew that despite how she was trying to play it cool, Amy was right there with her. She appreciated that Amy wasn’t trying to push her and JoBeth thought that was the sweetest thing in the world. It made her feel like Amy wasn’t taking her for granted and it made her want to do all those naughty things with her even more. “Could be a fun way to spend an evening though,” she said, giving Amy’s hands another affectionate squeeze.



“Oh yeah,” Amy replied, the response just slipping out from behind a slightly embarrassed but bright grin. She figured that JoBeth knew how she felt by now and there wasn’t any harm in hiding how she was feeling herself, considering how JoBeth was grinning back at her even bigger.



Judging by the blush on her cheeks, JoBeth was glad to know that Amy was getting just as flustered and turned on about the idea of tying her up again as she was about being tied up by Amy. “It was a totally new experience for me on Friday,” JoBeth started, feeling Amy wrap her hands around hers tenderly. “Being so helpless, I mean. I had no control over anything but I knew that you cared for me and you’d make sure that nothing bad would happen to me and it just felt so liberating…” she trailed off for a moment, trying to rein in her racing heart.



The adoring expression on Amy’s face and the warmth radiating towards her from the blonde filled her with a sense of being loved that she’d never felt before. JoBeth hoped that, eventually, she could show Amy that she felt the same in return. “It was exciting,” JoBeth added after a moment of catching her breath and gathering herself again. “I’ve never connected like that with anyone before…”



Nodding, Amy patted JoBeth’s hands tenderly. “I know a lot of people think that bondage is all whips and chains and hurting and stupid stuff like that,” she started, drawing a nod from the brunette. “But it’s what you just said that’s the reason I like it… Having someone special in my life that trusts me with everything, that is okay with letting me show her how much I want her and how much I want her to feel good… A girl that is okay with being all mine and accepting that part of me…” Amy said, filled with a warm glow at just how sweetly JoBeth was smiling back at her.



“And on top of all of that,” Amy continued, that playful smirk tugging at one of the corners of her lips again. “You have no idea how unbelievably hot you looked all tied up…”



Breaking into a giggle, JoBeth’s whole face lit up a bright shade of red. “I did?”



“You could give me an hour and I still wouldn’t be able to describe how sexy you looked that night, Jo,” Amy nodded. “But that’s not what made that night so incredible…”



Her excitement, desire and love for Amy was about to spill over, but JoBeth was very interested to hear what Amy had thought about her on Friday. “Oh?” JoBeth asked, her eyebrow arching up slightly over her curious smile.



“I’ve never had a connection with someone quite like the one I felt with you that night,” Amy explained, a longing, nostalgic sparkle in her eye. “What I felt between you and me on Friday was something beyond incredible…”



With a smile, JoBeth gave a small nod. “It was intense, but in a good way,” she offered, hoping to let Amy know she’d felt something just as powerful too.



“It was so natural and almost… electric,” the blonde continued, blushing brighter now. Taking a deep breath, Amy tried to fight back against the insistently tingling desire that had settled over her. “It can be pretty powerful when you’re with someone that you can trust and share everything with…” she said, her voice quieting to barely above a whisper. “And that’s what I can’t stop thinking about…” she finished, her gaze locked with JoBeth’s.



Feeling that familiar, longing heat stirring inside her, JoBeth smiled at Amy. She couldn’t help thinking that this thing between them was something much more than one simple night. Amy’s whisper had sent an exquisite chill down her spine and no small part of her loved hearing what Amy felt about Friday night.



“Well, I had a lot of fun,” JoBeth chuckled, looping her pinky around one of Amy’s fingers. “And after I figured out you were the girl…” she trailed off into a smile, not sure she could articulate how intense she felt that connection was still resonating between them now.



Amy gave JoBeth an encouraging smile, wanting JoBeth to know that she was here for her and that she returned those same feelings herself. They’d shared something very personal together that night and through everything, Amy hoped that it was only the first of many more to come. “That makes two of us, then,” she said, giving JoBeth’s hands an affectionate pat. “I had a lot of fun too,” she added with a playful grin. “It’s not every day I meet a girl that brings that side out of me…”



“Good to know,” JoBeth smiled, squeezing Amy’s finger with her own. “Because I like that side of you…”



Amy watched the brunette bashfully bit her lower lip once more and they shared both a smile and a faint blush together. The brilliant warmth coming through from JoBeth’s hands and smile coursed through her and Amy couldn’t help a small chuckle. “There’s just something about you, Jo…” Amy said, trailing off into a smirk.



“Oh? What’s that?” JoBeth asked from behind a curious smile.



“Something I can’t get enough of,” Amy finished with a grin that JoBeth’s shared with her. Knowing that it was what she’d just said that was the reason JoBeth looked so happy right now filled Amy with a delighted sense of joy. “There’s a part of me that wants to have you and hold you and I know it sounds weird, but that night, I wanted to keep you all to myself and make you feel nothing but good and happy, and just…” she trailed off, feeling the jumble of powerful emotions she felt for JoBeth that were stirring inside her start to rise up again.



Taking Amy’s hands in hers, JoBeth gave Amy a warm, accepting smile. “I don’t think that sounds weird at all, Aims,” she said sweetly. “I think it sounds amazing.”



“You do?” Amy asked, a small smile dancing across her lips.



“Yup,” JoBeth said with a nod and a smile. She’d never had anyone feel anything like that about her and to have someone like Amy care that much about her felt brilliant. The more time that they spent here together, the more JoBeth felt sure that Amy was ‘the one’ she’d always wondered if she’d find.



Running her hands tenderly over Amy’s, JoBeth hoped that she could find a way to explain just what Amy’s confession meant to her. “When you say you care that much for me and that you want all that for me…” JoBeth started, her heart melting with happiness to see Amy’s relieved smile. “To have someone like you want to share that with me and to feel the same things for you and to be able to share that with you? I think that sounds pretty wonderful.”



“Really?” Amy asked again, partly out of disbelief as a wide grin spread across her features.



“Really really,” JoBeth nodded, well aware that she was blushing bright red but enjoying every second of being here with Amy. She’d never felt more love coming from someone in her life and she felt the same way for the blonde. Shifting a little on the bed, it was her turn for her voice to dip into a shy whisper. “You make me feel… special, Amy,” she said fondly.



An adoring smile accompanied her glowing blush and Amy was filled with affection for the beautiful young brunette. “You are special, Jo,” Amy said with total, honest confidence.



“Aims,” JoBeth giggled, squirming a little at Amy’s assertion but loving it nonetheless. No one had ever made her feel like this before and she had to take a moment to pause and gather herself. “I’m still trying to wrap my head around everything and all, but one thing I know for sure…”



“What’s that?” Amy asked, her brow rising slightly.



“I know that I had a lot of fun with you on Friday, when we were together…” JoBeth said, meeting Amy’s gaze with a smile. “And I really liked being all yours…”



Lacing her fingers through JoBeth’s, the girl’s lips were so close that Amy wanted to lean in and kiss her right then and there. “You did..?” Amy asked, a slightly breathy tone ringing in her voice.



“Uh huh,” the brunette giggled. “I was ‘your JoBeth’ that night!” she said with a grin.



“That you were,” Amy chuckled, that very fact having been the focus of quite a few fleeting and naughty thoughts in the last week.



Trying to hide her excitement was rapidly becoming a full-time job, but JoBeth happily pressed on. “Well, what if I said that I wanted to feel that again... With you..?” JoBeth asked, her lower lip pulling up into another bashful bite. “It’s something I think I want to explore and you’re the only person I want to do that with,” she added with a smile. “I like you a lot, Amy, and I trust you… You’re the only person I want to make me feel that way…”



“Jo…” Amy sighed, a wonderful mix of honored and grateful feelings swirling inside her. “I can’t tell you how much that means to me…” she said, wrapping herself in the warmth of JoBeth’s trust and love in return. “You make me feel special too, you know…”



“I do?” JoBeth asked, delighted to know that as much as she felt for Amy, Amy felt the same way about her.



Nodding, Amy confirmed her assertion. “More than I’ve felt in a long time, Jo,” she said, trying to figure out how she could convey exactly what JoBeth meant to her. “You’re this incredible, beautiful and inspiring person in my life right now and knowing that you like me…” Amy paused, unable to suppress a bright smile. “I don’t know who to thank for it, but I can tell you that you make my day every time I see you walk in the door…”



Beaming with pure joy, JoBeth wanted to just kiss Amy and spend all weekend wrapped up with the girl that made her feel this brilliant. “Amy…” she sighed, squeezing the blonde’s hands tight.



“I just feel this connection with you that I haven’t felt with anyone before,” Amy trailed off into her own disbelieving chuckle. “I’m not sure I’m making any sense right now, but I can’t help it,” she said, comforted by the warmth of JoBeth’s hands on hers. “It’s how you make me feel…”



Smiling, JoBeth caressed Amy’s fingers. “I feel the same way, you know…” she said, gathering Amy’s attention with a gentle squeeze. “About coming to class, about seeing you…” JoBeth continued, thinking back to all their stolen glances and flirtatious smiles with a chuckle. “When I see you looking at me in class, you always have this dreamy smile…”



“Really?” Amy laughed.



“Yeah,” JoBeth nodded, a wide grin spreading across her features. “It’s the cutest thing…”



With a chuckle, Amy felt the momentary tightness that had formed in her chest loosen. As much as she wanted to be honest with JoBeth, it hadn’t been easy admitting to the feelings she’d spent all week trying to deny. Thankfully, JoBeth was proving to be even more adorable and wonderful than she already thought and she was making this one of the best nights that she could remember having.



One of the things that she’d loved about going to class each day was seeing all the shy, cute little smiles that JoBeth had for her. In the light of their conversation tonight, everything she’d wishfully read into them was true. A playful smirk teased the corner of her lips and one of Amy’s eyebrows perked up once she let the familiar relaxation and comfort between them take over again. “So…” she started, drawing a curious look from the brunette. “Is that why I always see you blushing up a storm there in class?” she asked.



“Maybe,” JoBeth giggled, feeling that same blush starting to warm her cheeks once more. “But it’s all your fault, though…”



“Oh, is it now?” Amy laughed.



“Yup,” the freshman said with a quick, confirming nod. JoBeth could hardly hide the huge grin that had bubbled up to the surface and she no longer felt any need to hide her feelings for Amy. “It’s the way you look at me…”



Her curiosity piqued, Amy felt a slight but pleasant flutter to hear JoBeth’s reply. “Oh?” she asked, taking a quick, gathering breath. “How’s that?”



Teasing her fingers out from between Amy’s, JoBeth held Amy’s hand warmly as she tried to figure out how she could explain it. “I don’t know what it is, but when you look at me…” she started, catching Amy’s brilliant blue gaze. Each time she saw that smile in them, the blonde’s eyes sent a shiver down her spine. Knowing that she was the reason for Amy’s smile made it all that much more amazing.



Shifting a little on the bed, JoBeth bit her lower lip bashfully once more as she tried to marshal her thoughts. Turning back to Amy, JoBeth took encouragement from Amy’s sweet smile. “There’s something in your eyes and your smile that makes me feel… wanted,” she said, drawing what sounded like a very happy sigh from Amy. The sound sent another wonderful chill down her spine and judging by the blonde’s smile, she wasn’t bothered at all by what she was saying.



“It makes me feel sexier than I’ve ever felt about myself,” JoBeth continued with a chuckle, feeling the blush lighting her cheeks even brighter now. Amy took her hands in her own now and JoBeth was happy to give in and let Amy hold hers for a moment. “You’re the nicest, sweetest girl I’ve ever liked, Amy, and now that I know you care about me too…” she trailed off, unable to find the right words but feeling happier than she could ever remember feeling as the girl she liked held her hands.



“Jo…” Amy purred, happy to give JoBeth a moment to recover. Reaching up with one hand, she gently caressed one of the brunette’s cheeks.



Leaning in a little and nuzzling Amy’s warm hand, JoBeth gave Amy a smile. “I like the way you look at me…” JoBeth said with a dreamy and playful grin.



The girls shared the tender moment in silence and Amy watched JoBeth’s eyes close. The younger girl was cuddling into her hand, seeming like she longed for the touch as much as Amy had wanted to reach out and hold more than just JoBeth’s hands. Amy let her thumb graze every so lightly over JoBeth’s lower lip, eliciting a soft gasp from JoBeth and a blushing grin once she reopened her eyes.



It gave her a thrill to see JoBeth’s reaction to her and Amy was starting to feel more and more comfortable with the idea that JoBeth really did want to share something that was much more physical between them. As much as she’d worried that it could never happen, JoBeth really did like her as much as she liked JoBeth in return.



“You’re very easy to look at, too, Jo…” Amy said with a smirk, drawing a giggle from the blushing brunette. “Like I said before, I can’t get enough…”



Feeling her wits coming back about her, JoBeth set the sudden rush of emotions aside and focused instead on the adorably playful grin on Amy’s lips. “I hope not,” she smiled, turning her head just enough to graze her lips against Amy’s palm before Amy’s hand returned to hold hers in their laps. She missed the warmth of Amy’s touch on her cheek, but if she played her cards right, it might not be long before she’d feel it again. “Because I wanted to try and show you how much you mean to me…” she added with a suggestive and mischievous sparkle in her eye.



Amy took a deep breath, already guessing what exactly JoBeth meant by that. “I don’t think I’d stop you…” she chuckled, her heart beating faster now. “Especially since I know that if you’d let me…” she started, pausing a moment to give JoBeth’s hands a gentle squeeze. “I’d want to spend all day showing you how glad I am that you’re in my life…”



Returning Amy’s squeeze, JoBeth broke into a wide grin at the prospect. “So you’d be my Amy, huh?” she asked, drawing a smile and a nod from the blonde.



“If you’d have me…” Amy said with a bashful, blushing smile. She’d said it without a moment of hesitation and it was something that she felt completely okay with, now. If it was for and with JoBeth, it would be worth any trouble. “And only if you don’t mind me thinking about you all the time…”



The notion that Amy would want to spend her time thinking about her and only her filled JoBeth with an exquisite sense of elation and she couldn’t help a giddy giggle in response. “Yeah, well what if I want you thinking about me?” JoBeth asked playfully, her desires to wrap herself up in the blonde long since past reaching a fever pitch.



“Then you’d need to find someone else to argue with,” Amy chuckled. “Because I already do…”



Lacing her fingers back between Amy’s, JoBeth’s thoughts drifted back to one of the naughtier things they’d shared already and she happily tapped the back of Amy’s palm. “I think that’s what I liked so much about the pictures you took on Friday…” she mused, a mischievous glint shining in her eyes.



Amy’s cheeks lit up and she very much remembered all the thoughts those pictures had given her. “Oh?” she asked, feeling a little bit of the embarrassed excitement that she’d had when she’d pulled out her camera and snuck them.



She’d already teased Amy with one of them, so she hoped that Amy knew that she was both okay with them and that she didn’t have any issues with talking about them. “Yeah,” JoBeth nodded, bashfully biting her lower lip. “I’ve never really felt that… sexy, the way you looked at me that night. Knowing that you liked how I looked that much and that I had that effect on you felt really… good,” she tried to explain, trailing off into a brighter blush.



Squeezing JoBeth’s hands, Amy gave JoBeth an encouraging smile. “You’re always that beautiful, Jo…” she purred, speaking a truth that she’d kept safely tucked away for weeks and drawing another bright smile out of the freshman girl. “Not just on Friday.”



“Aww…” JoBeth cooed, chuckling. “Thanks, Amy…”



Letting her delighted smile widen a bit, JoBeth felt that warm rush coursing through her body once more when Amy called her pretty. It was something that she didn’t think she’d ever get sick of hearing, the girl she liked liking her that way too. It was a kind of erotic empowerment that Amy gave her to know that she found her sexy, just like she’d felt on their first real night together and every time that she thought of Amy looking at the photos.



“Once I figured out that you were the girl that took them,” JoBeth started, that hint of playfulness drifting seamlessly back into her tone. “It made me feel kind of… powerful. Like, even while I was tied up, I could still have an effect on you,” she continued, pausing a moment to bask in Amy’s blushing smile; one that made her feel calm and content in a way that she’d never really felt before.



With a small sigh, JoBeth gathered her thoughts again and tried suppress the exquisite tingle that had risen between her legs, opting to press on. “Knowing that you liked me all tied up like that and that the girl that I think is gorgeous and amazing was turned on by it…” she paused, feeling every bit of the blush on her cheeks as Amy lit up with a glowing chuckle of her own. “I really liked that…” JoBeth finished, still feeling very turned on to know how Amy felt about her.



The compliment from JoBeth gave Amy a kind of rush that she’d only wished she could have with the brunette. Holding the other girl’s hands tight, Amy didn’t want to ever let this moment go. “Jo…” she sighed fondly, shaking her head a small chuckle.



To accept and deal with everything that JoBeth had been exposed to last weekend had been impressive enough, but all the revelations in the last week had compounded into a downpour of new and strange things. The way that JoBeth had taken everything in stride to sit here, holding her hands, still liking her this much, was something Amy didn’t quite know how to thank her for, but she certainly wanted to try. “You are the most amazing person I’ve ever met…” Amy said with an affectionate smile and without reservation.



“I am?” JoBeth asked from behind a blushing grin.



“You are,” Amy said, caressing JoBeth’s hands warmly. “When I see your smile and know that it’s because of me…” she started, watching JoBeth light up with that very same smile she enjoyed so much. “I don’t think there’s a better feeling in the world. Right now, I just want to try and make you as happy as you make me…”



Her heart racing, JoBeth let the pleasant buzz of affection she felt for the blonde settle over her completely. “Amy…” she cooed, squeezing Amy’s hand tight with a small but happy giggle.



She hoped that this wasn’t too much to throw at JoBeth all at once, but with how the evening had started, Amy felt like it wasn’t anything that JoBeth couldn’t handle. The way that the brunette had been sliding just a little bit closer every few minutes told her that she might have been hoping for it and Amy was entirely okay with that. With an adoring gaze, Amy smiled at JoBeth, glad that they’d finally found the time alone.



“If it’s not too much to ask…” Amy started, feeling a sense of relief that she didn’t have to keep her feelings locked away any longer. “I just want you in my life right now. If that’s too weird or something, I can deal with that, but…” she paused, trying to read something in JoBeth’s face. She had to admit that the beaming smile was pretty encouraging.



“I had to tell you what I felt,” Amy finished, happy to see JoBeth’s smile spreading from ear to ear. “I hope that’s okay…”



“Amy…” JoBeth said again, all kinds of emotions welling up inside her that were simply wonderful. “I think that’s completely okay,” she finally answered, wishing she could just pounce right on top of the blonde and hold more than her hand.



They both shared a small laugh and Amy let out a breath she didn’t know that she was holding. “Good,” Amy chuckled. “Thank God for that…”



“Very good,” the brunette seconded. “Because I don’t think I could handle waiting until the end of the semester to talk to you…” JoBeth continued, suddenly very aware of the blush on her cheeks again. “To tell you how beautiful and amazing I think you are and how you make me feel every time you smile at me…” she said, drawing the most adorable blushing grin from the blonde. “Since, in case you can’t tell, I like you too…”



Barely able to contain the giddy sense of elation that was churning inside her, Amy focused on the one, best thing that this night had brought. JoBeth really felt the way that she’d okay secretly dreamed she did and here they were; holding hands in JoBeth’s bedroom.



“Well,” Amy started, taking a quick glance over at her long-since neglected water. The low drone of the television filled the room with a background wash of noise, but all Amy wanted to do was look back at her companion. JoBeth was the only thing in her mind right now. She could sit here and talk with her for hours and it would rank one of the greatest nights ever.



Smiling back across the bed at Amy, JoBeth basked in Amy’s warm affection and smile. The rest of the world had long since fallen away from around them, leaving only the girl that very well could become ‘her Amy.’



“Well…” JoBeth echoed, a playful smirk resurfacing on her lips.



“What do we do about this?” Amy asked after a pensive moment, idly caressing JoBeth’s fingers with her own.



To JoBeth, the possibilities seemed positively endless and so long as Amy was with her, it was a journey that she couldn’t wait to start. “Anything you want,” she replied from behind a slightly mischievous smile.



“Anything…” Amy said, rolling the concept around a moment. Her mind raced with all of the thoughts that she’d had to keep tucked away for weeks. The way that JoBeth was smiling at her and the way that she was holding her hand suggested that JoBeth would be okay with taking all of this somewhere deeper, despite what anyone else might think.



Letting out a heavier sigh, Amy wished she could escape the worries that had hounded her ever since she’d first had the fleeting thought to tell JoBeth how she felt. JoBeth was worth any trouble as far as she was concerned, but at the same time, she didn’t want to do anything that might jeopardize JoBeth’s reputation and standing with the school.



When Amy’s expression turned dark, JoBeth couldn’t help worrying that Amy was letting the stupid little problems that had kept them apart this long get the best of her. “Aims?” she asked, hoping to keep Amy from sinking into them too deeply before they could talk about it together. “Are you still with me, there?”



Her eyes darting back up to meet JoBeth’s, Amy gave a weak nod. “Yeah,” she said softly. “I’m just thinking, is all…”



“What about?” JoBeth asked, tapping her fingers on Amy’s hand lightly.



“About everything that I want to share with you,” Amy said, a bashful smile finding its way back to her lips. “And if it’s possible for both of us…”



“I know it’s possible,” JoBeth interrupted, wearing a confident smile. The path that Amy was heading down was one that she’d spent nights staring at the ceiling, wondering about herself. Sure, they’d have to keep it quiet in public for a while, but she had no qualms with sneaking around a little if it was with Amy. “Between us, if we want it, I know we can,” JoBeth asserted, drawing another softer and warmer smile out of Amy.



The encouraging smile and words from JoBeth only added to her desire to lose herself in the brunette and forget the rest of the world until morning. “Jo…” Amy chuckled affectionately, lightly caressing JoBeth’s cheek once more. The girl’s confidence was amazing and to know that she was in it just as much as she was meant that they would find a way to make it work.



“I’d do whatever it takes to see where this could go, Jo…” Amy said after a moment with a small, hopeful smile. The statement caused JoBeth to light up with delight again. Something about that just filled her with a kind of warmth that she couldn’t explain and that she wanted to wrap herself up in as long as possible. “Because you’re worth it.”



JoBeth giggled, that special feeling Amy gave her reaching new and brilliant heights. “Aww, Amy…” she purred, a beaming smile glowing across her features. She reached out and took Amy’s second hand in hers, but as much as she was elated to hear Amy say that she was worth it, she sensed there was something that the blonde wasn’t saying. “So let’s hear the ‘but…’”



Amy laughed; she hadn’t exactly been very coy about it and JoBeth had caught her red handed. With a deep breath, she continued. “I just care about you too much to ever put you in a position where you could get in trouble, Jo… I couldn’t take knowing that I’d done that to you…” Amy explained before JoBeth started shaking her head.



JoBeth’s heart had skipped a beat to hear just how much Amy was thinking about her. She’d never had anyone do that for her and for that first person to be Amy, the girl she adored and thought of the same way, told her in no uncertain terms that Amy was the one. She refused to let Amy over-think herself out of seeing where this might go and deep down, she didn’t care what anyone else might think. Amy liked her and that’s all that mattered. She just had to make sure that Amy was with her, because the only way that they’d find to make it work would be if they did it together.



An idea leaped to mind a moment later and JoBeth’s heart starter racing even faster. Giving Amy’s hand a quick squeeze, the brunette gathered up Amy’s attention. “Aims..?” she asked, putting on her best sweet and innocent smile.



“Yeah?” Amy asked, her eyebrow rising. She perked up just in time to see the playful and desirous glint in JoBeth’s eyes before, suddenly, she felt JoBeth’s arms slide around her neck. “Jo…”



With a warm, loving smile on her lips, JoBeth crawled over Amy’s lap and she laced her arms behind the blonde’s back. Pulling her close, her voice dropped into the hungry, passionate whisper that she’d tried to contain all night and she locked eyes with Amy. “You’re worth it, too…” JoBeth said before closing the last few inches between them to meet Amy’s soft, perfect lips with her own.



Amy let out a squeak of surprise at the kiss, but in a moment, her arms snaked around behind JoBeth and pulled the other girl tight against her. The sensation of JoBeth’s lips against her own was even more wonderful than she remembered and it felt like her every nerve ending was on fire with excitement and desire. With a small sigh, Amy sank deeper into the kiss, basking in the warmth and passion of JoBeth’s lips pressing against hers.



She felt JoBeth’s tongue teasing her lips and Amy met it with her own as JoBeth settled onto her lap. It was someplace that she couldn’t help feeling that the brunette belonged and it was right where she’d wanted to have her for days. JoBeth clung to her as tightly as she held her in return, their bodies entangling in the intense and wonderful heat of the embrace.



“Mmmh…” Amy sighed, drawing both a chuckle and a renewed vigor from the incredible brunette. All of the desire and energy coming from JoBeth sent her mind spinning and Amy felt herself melting and falling for the girl in ways she’d only ever given a fleeting hope for. She could feel every curve of JoBeth’s body pressing against her own and it felt so wonderful, perfect and natural that she never wanted to let JoBeth go.



JoBeth felt Amy’s hands start to wander over her back, the firm caress sending brilliant shivers up and down her spine. She ran her fingers through Amy’s soft, blonde hair and let herself be wrapped up by the blonde, sinking deeper and deeper into the passionate kiss that Amy was matching step for step. The warm, fuzzy feeling deep inside her had spread over her entire being and the warmth of Amy’s body was making her tingle all over in ways she didn’t want to stop. All the energy of her kiss coming back from Amy served as the final, concrete proof that she wasn’t the only one that felt this way. More than just wanting to taste Amy’s sweet lips once more, JoBeth wanted to prove just how much she cared for Amy and to prove that she cared just as much in return.



Another wave of pleasure rocketed up her spine and JoBeth let out a low but longing moan as their lips touched a few more fleeting times. If they could share this kind passion and desire for each other, they’d find a way through any troubles that might come their way. With a wide, blushing and ecstatic smile on her lips, JoBeth leaned back just enough to look at Amy, the girl that was, at long last, here and holding her in her arms.



Amy looked to be just as breathless as she was and JoBeth could feel the blonde’s chest rising and falling deeply against her own. JoBeth leaned forward a little, resting her forehead against Amy’s for a moment while her smile pulled back into a giddy grin. Feeling Amy’s hands warmly caressing her cheek and shoulders, JoBeth looked into Amy’s deep, beautiful blue eyes for a moment and saw that same loving sparkle there that she felt for Amy. Giving the blonde one more affectionate squeeze, JoBeth tilted forward just enough to give Amy another quick, light kiss.



“Hi,” the brunette finally said, biting her lower lip bashfully. A delighted giggle escaped her lips and JoBeth waited for Amy gather her wits back about her.



“Hi,” Amy echoed with a small, happy laugh of her own. JoBeth’s kiss hadn’t exactly taken her by surprise, but all the passion and hunger and desire was something that she hadn’t felt in a long time and it had left her wanting more. She wanted all of JoBeth, to share everything with this amazing girl that made her feel this way, and to show JoBeth that same joy and happiness in kind. “Jo, that was…”



Wearing a big smile of her own, JoBeth leaned back a little, keeping her arms secure around Amy’s shoulders. “I kind of liked it,” she chuckled, more than happy to stay perched on Amy’s lap as long as the blonde would let her. She could feel the warmth of Amy’s arms behind her back and this was a place that she’d dreamed about all week; a place she didn’t want to leave.



Amy reached up, caressing one of JoBeth’s cheeks fondly a moment. “That makes two of us…” Amy said, barely able to contain her own giddy smile and feeling a little thrill when JoBeth kissed her palm before she slid her hand back to bat at one of the brunette’s ponytails.



The girls shared a giggle and JoBeth slid back a little closer, wanting to feel the warmth and wonder of Amy’s body against her own again. “Good…” JoBeth purred, feeling the blush on her cheeks glow brighter as Amy’s arms tightened around her waist.



“You are too incredible, Jo…” Amy sighed, drawing a bright grin from the girl resting happily on her lap. “That was just…” she trailed off, getting lost in JoBeth’s beautiful, deep green eyes. Amy let her thoughts flicker back to JoBeth’s lips and she could still feel the warmth and excitement from the kiss coursing through her body. She wanted to feel it again and she didn’t want to share it with anyone other than the girl she held right now.



An adoring smile sparkled in her eyes and JoBeth leaned in a little closer. “Well, that’s how you make me feel,” the brunette said, her voice just above a whisper.



“I do?” Amy asked, the faintest hint of elated disbelief sneaking into her tone.



“Yeah,” JoBeth confirmed, her glowing smile only underscoring the sentiment. She felt more alive here with Amy than she could ever remember feeling and she finally didn’t have to keep anything hidden away from the girl she had a crush on anymore. “I don’t know if I can show you how you really make me feel, but I had to try…” she added with a chuckle.



Amy brushed a few stray strands of hair back off JoBeth’s face, tucking them behind her ear. “I didn’t mind,” she replied, offering a sweet, affectionate smile of her own.



“I’d hoped you wouldn’t,” JoBeth chirped, her wide grin retuning once again.



Running her hand slowing over JoBeth’s back, the last thing that Amy wanted to do was let JoBeth go. Thankfully, the adorable freshman seemed just as happy with their temporary arrangement as she was and she wasn’t pulling away at all. Taking a deep breath, Amy let the amazing, wonderful moment here with JoBeth wash over her.



“Just… wow…” Amy chuckled, sending them both into a small, shared laugh. “Jo…”



“Yeah, Aims?” JoBeth asked, her eyebrow quirking up a bit. It felt so good to hear Amy say her name like that and to hear all the fondness in her voice. Letting her arms rise a little, JoBeth teased her fingers through Amy’s soft, silky hair, living out another one of the small, little wondering fantasies she’d had over the last month in seeing the blonde’s dreamy smile in return.



The sensation of JoBeth’s fingers tickling the back of her neck sent the best kind of chills down her spine, but Amy was determined to ask her question before losing the battle against her own desires. Content to let JoBeth continue for a few exquisite seconds, Amy took a centering breath and locked her gaze with JoBeth’s. “Do I really make you feel that way?” she asked before quickly being met with a resolute nod in reply.



“Really,” JoBeth said calmly, already far beyond sure of the fact. “And I don’t care what anyone else thinks about it because I like you, Amy…” she paused, breaking into another giddy smile. “A lot.”



Idly twirling the end of one of JoBeth’s ponytails around her finger, Amy marveled at just how amusing and good it felt to just be able to touch, hold and play with the brunette. Her hair was delightfully soft and something inside her hoped she’d get a chance to maybe even take the twin ponytails down later on in the evening.



Trying to suppress a dirty chuckle, Amy focused back on the brilliant smile that JoBeth was giving her. “I like you a lot too, Jo…” she started, the words hanging in the air between them while she decided if she even wanted to give voice to her concerns any more.



“Then no buts,” JoBeth interjected, a playful smile tugging at the corner of one of her lips. She could sense Amy worrying about the same things that had been troubling her all week and now that everything was out in the open, they could find that way to work together and make this work.



“If you really like me, then I say screw everyone else, Amy. I don’t want to let some stupid school people get in the way of seeing what might be here now… between us,” JoBeth continued, her arms settling in a loop around Amy’s neck. Raking her fingertips lightly over the blonde’s back, she pressed onwards. “I don’t care what anyone else thinks because I like you.”



A beaming smile settled across Amy’s features and she pulled JoBeth’s waist a little bit closer against her body. “Jo…” she cooed, not wanting to interrupt any more than that before the other girl finished saying what was clearly on her mind.



“I’ve never felt this way about anyone else and you’ve made me feel things that I’ve never felt before…” JoBeth said, the blush on her cheeks deepening another shade of crimson to accompany an impish smile. “You get me excited in ways I never imagined…” she added, sending them both into a mutual grin. She could feel Amy shift her legs a little beneath her and JoBeth couldn’t help a little smirk at knowing that the naughtiness she was referring to had the same effect on the blonde as it had on her.



Giving Amy a little squeeze, JoBeth gathered her nerves up once more in hopes of letting Amy know that she was willing to do whatever it took to see if this was something. Feeling all her emotions welling up inside her, she clung firmly to the blonde and continued. “It’s just that every time we find a little time together, I have a lot of fun, and you always make me feel… special,” she said, trying not to sink too far into the warm and fuzzy feeling of Amy’s tender embrace. “Like I’m the most important person in the world to you, and like maybe I’m good enough…” she trailed off quietly, gazing hopefully into Amy’s eyes.



Amy’s heart raced in her chest as she listened to JoBeth set everything out in the open. To hear this amazing girl that she was holding in her arms say those things filled her with a warmth and desire to wrap the girl up in their embrace and never let her go. She wanted to show JoBeth that she was already a lot more than special to her.



Grazing her hand once more over JoBeth’s cheek, Amy met the brunette’s affectionate smile with one of her own. “What do you mean, ‘good enough’?” Amy asked, arching a curious eyebrow. “The whole time I’ve known you, I’ve thought you were amazing, Jo…” she said, stroking JoBeth’s cheek fondly with her thumb.



“I’ve read your work and I’ve talked to you enough to know that you’re smart,” the blonde continued, finally getting a giggle out of JoBeth. “You’re caring, curious, very open-minded…” Amy added, this time getting a laugh. “And to be completely honest…” she said, letting her thumb trail lightly over JoBeth’s soft, pink lips. “I think you’re wonderful…”



JoBeth chuckled softly, and the small, shy smile on her lips gave way to a happy grin. “Aims…” she purred, tightening the embrace a little bit. Amy felt so warm and wonderful, she didn’t think she could bear letting go of the girl that made her feel this way just yet.



Taking a deep breath, JoBeth let the insistent tingly feeling inside her wash over her entirely. “You’re the nicest, most caring, smartest and sexiest girl I’ve ever met,” she started, the last of her compliments eliciting a giggle from the blonde. The sound of it rang in her ears, a wonderful sound that she hoped she could cause as often as possible. “And if a girl like you could like me…” JoBeth continued, pausing for just a moment to look Amy straight in the eyes. “…I want to see where that could go.”



Finding a way to make it work wouldn’t be easy just because they both liked each other, no matter how much they wished it would. They’d have to keep it secret around the college in particular, at least until the semester was over and any questions about impartiality could be tossed aside. All things considered, Amy didn’t think that it would be that different from what they’d been doing all week in class. Now that she knew how JoBeth felt and that JoBeth liked her too, it wouldn’t be nearly as easy to resist the urge to want to hold her and kiss her anymore, but so far as she was concerned, that was a nice problem to have.



A smile pulled at the corners of her lips and Amy decided to focus on what JoBeth said; that there are things that were worth the trouble and JoBeth was definitely one of them. Amy ran her hand over JoBeth’s back tenderly. “It won’t be easy,” she said with a nod, only a hint of caution in her tone.



Encouraged by Amy’s choice of words, JoBeth’s smile widened. “I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make it easy, Amy,” she said, her eyes lighting up with an excited sparkle. “I don’t care if it’s hard to figure out how we’d deal with it in class,” she added with a smirk. “I’ll find a way to resist the same desire I’ve had to run up to the front of the classroom and tackle you that I’ve had to fight off all week,” JoBeth teased, causing Amy to pull her a little tighter against her.



“Tackle me, huh?” Amy laughed, a blushing smile glowing on her cheeks. That JoBeth felt the same desire for her sent another rush of exhilarated delight coursing through her body.



“Okay, maybe more than just tackle…” JoBeth replied, her cheeks brightening a little. “You know what I mean!”



“I think I do…” Amy said, grinning. “I think that’s a battle were both fighting in class, Jo…”



Running her fingers through Amy’s hair playfully, JoBeth gave a happy sigh. “Good,” the brunette said. “But we can keep that to ourselves until we find a nice place where we’re alone…”



“Like here?” Amy asked, still smirking mischievously.



“Exactly,” JoBeth grinned. “But I don’t care if we can’t go out in public or anything for a while,” she said, not wanting to get off track. She’d spent most of the last two days trying to figure it out in her head and she was quite happy with her plan of attack. A little smirk tugged at the corners of her lips and JoBeth sensed that if she really could get Amy to buy in, from there, anything was possible.



Tousling the back of Amy’s hair idly, JoBeth continued. “We can order take out, or hang out here,” she paused, bashfully biting her lower lip. “Or at your place, if you ever wanted to. Whatever we need to do to make it work, I’m in.”



An adoring smile lit her features and Amy pulled JoBeth in a little tighter. Just seeing the way that JoBeth smiled and reacted to that made her heart soar and that was aside from how wonderful it felt to have JoBeth’s body pressed against her own. “You are?” Amy asked, getting a confident nod from JoBeth in return.



“Whatever it takes, Amy,” the brunette said simply. “If you can kiss me like that,” JoBeth continued, the heat burning on her cheeks to match the grins that they both shared at the comment. Several minutes had passed already and it still had her tingling all over. “If you feel the same way about me, I am.”



Amy brushed her hand gently over JoBeth’s cheek, filled with a pure sense of joy. To hear JoBeth say that was more than a dream come true and Amy wasn’t going to let that slip away if she could help it. She was holding the girl of her dreams, the one that she’d been crushing on for weeks, right here in her arms and there was nothing in the world that would be able to make her give that up.



“Josephine Elizabeth Kelley…” Amy said longingly, her voice a smooth and seductive purr.



Unable to suppress a chuckle at the full use of her name, JoBeth perked up a little bit. “Yes Amy Reynolds?” she asked playfully.



With a small giggle of her own, Amy gave the girl a beaming smile that was filled with every bit of the affection that was building inside her. “You make me feel more amazing than anyone else ever has…” Amy said, a small thrill coursing through her when JoBeth gave her a little squeeze.



“Yay,” JoBeth chirped, a happy sparkle in her eyes. “So if there’s ever been anything worth a few hurdles…” she added, hoping to hammer her point home.



A nod confirmed Amy’s agreement. “That’s a pretty good point there…” the blonde said, feigning a bit of playful thoughtfulness and surprise.



“I thought so,” JoBeth grinned, more than happy to play along. “If there’s anyone worth that trouble, you’re my girl, Aims…” she said, giving Amy’s cheek a tender caress.



The gesture sent a wave of exquisite pleasure down her spine and Amy had to try hard not to gasp right then and there. “I’m your Amy, huh?” she asked quietly, an amused but pleased smile finding its way to her lips.



Giving a bright grin and a bob of her head, JoBeth laced her arms back around behind Amy’s shoulders. “If you want to be,” JoBeth said invitingly.



The prospect did sound quite perfect to Amy and it brought a mischievous spark to her eyes. “Would that mean you’d be my JoBeth?” Amy asked, a curious eyebrow rising with her question.



“Already am,” JoBeth replied immediately, a giddy giggle escaping her lips. After what they’d done together a week ago and how she’d felt so loved back then, JoBeth already felt happy to belong to the beautiful blonde.



Her warm smile glowed on her cheeks and Amy let the moment settle over her. So much had changed in so little time. There had been so much passion and desire in JoBeth’s kiss that it had blown her away. The echoes of that shudder were still coursing through her body and it was something that she wanted more of.



“That kiss was pretty amazing,” Amy mused.



“I thought so,” JoBeth said, grinning.



Hearing those words were enough to give Amy another wonderful thrill and she couldn’t help feeling that the connection between them had already become undeniable. For that to happen so quickly and with someone like JoBeth, a girl she really might be able to share her life with, it was tantamount to absolute perfection. “Jo…” Amy sighed, not ever wanting to let go.



Delighting at the sound of the way Amy rolled her name around like that, JoBeth’s grin spread a little wider and she shifted ever so slightly against Amy’s body. The warm pressure of Amy’s chest against her own reminded her of all the longing desires she’d been unable to quench on her own over the course of the week, but now, Amy was here. The one kiss had only fanned the flames and it hadn’t been nearly enough.



“You don’t have to answer me now, you know,” JoBeth said, hoping that she hadn’t jumped the gun on anything either. In her desirous and instinctive kiss, there was a chance that she’d pushed Amy a little too hard and the last thing that she wanted to do was worry Amy by turning the situations that’d she’d spent all week worrying about herself around against the blonde. “There’s no rush,” she added, before spotting an amorous spark in Amy’s eyes.



Caressing JoBeth’s cheek, Amy gave the freshman girl a loving smile. “I know,” she said, barely able to hold back her own desires. With JoBeth here, right now, Amy knew there was no way she’d make it to the end of the semester without going crazy.



The girl she’d been dreaming about for weeks had just given her the most incredible kiss of her life. Best of all, JoBeth was willing to do whatever it took to keep this secret between them, at least until they could walk freely beyond any cloud of suspicion. If JoBeth was willing to help her do everything that she’d been trying to figure out how to do herself, there was no longer any doubt in her mind that she wanted to pursue this. She wanted JoBeth to be hers, to date her, to hold her, to be able to kiss her and maybe, if she was willing, even tie her up and keep her all to herself every now and again.



A bashful grin tugged at the corners of her lips and Amy felt her whole body glowing with a blush as her thoughts turned kinky, but that didn’t matter. JoBeth knew all about her, even the part of her that loved bondage, and she still wanted to be with her. She’d told her that she was willing to explore all the parts of her life and there was no one that Amy wanted to let in more than the adorable, curious and incredible girl that she was holding in her arms. JoBeth still wanted to be with her, to be hers, to have all of her in return and to play with her, too.



Lacing her arms back around JoBeth, Amy pulled the brunette close, eliciting a wondering, anticipatory gasp from JoBeth. “But maybe I don’t want to wait,” Amy said softly and a moment later, her lips met JoBeth’s once more.



“Mmm?” JoBeth had started to ask, but when Amy’s lips took hers, her every thought flew out the window. Her eyes drifted closed and her curiosity faded into desire as she gave in to all of the passion she felt coming back at her from Amy.



The sensation of Amy’s lips against hers was like an explosion of pleasure and longing inside her and JoBeth felt waves of arousal rising higher and higher over her. For Amy to take her and kiss her was something that she’d been dreaming about for weeks and her every nerve ending was alive, taking this moment in. She could feel Amy’s arms around her body, pulling her close and her chest pressing into Amy’s, leaving her wanting to let her hands wander all over Amy’s body. Best of all was Amy’s tongue that she felt teasing her own and with a small smile between kisses, and JoBeth gave Amy an affectionate squeeze of her own, happy to try her hardest to keep up.



With a lustful sigh, JoBeth sank into Amy’s hunger and desire. Beyond the shadow of any doubt, it was the most erotic feeling that she’d ever experienced. Having this incredible girl, one that she loved, want her this much made JoBeth feel so warm and excited and turned on and in return, she wanted Amy more than anything.



A few moments later, JoBeth felt Amy leaning forward, guiding her down onto the bed. More than happy to let Amy take control, JoBeth slid her legs around Amy’s sides and waited for the gorgeous blonde to climb on top of her before wrapping them around Amy’s waist. Her eyes still closed, JoBeth gave all she had into the kisses, still holding Amy tight, basking in the wonderful pressure of Amy on top of her and all the kisses that they were sharing.



When their lips finally broke apart, JoBeth let out a happy sigh, a beaming grin spread across her lips. Opening her eyes again, she looked up at the loving, blushing smile on Amy’s face and wondered for a moment if this is what heaven felt like. A mischievous sparkle shone in her eyes as she ran her hands gently over Amy’s back and JoBeth was glad that Amy didn’t seem to mind how her legs were looped around her still.



Amy took the moment of elated silence to try and catch her breath from the brilliant kiss. She was happy to let the obviously flustered JoBeth recover for a moment along with her before asking her anything else. She could feel JoBeth’s arms around her and her legs keeping her close; a delightful sign that JoBeth wanted her right here, like this. As much as JoBeth was holding on, Amy couldn’t dream of letting the brunette go now.



The blushing freshman’s panting breaths were the sexiest things that Amy had heard since last Friday. JoBeth sighed happily beneath her as Amy started to trail a few light kisses over her cheek and even one on the tip of her nose that drew a giggle from the girl in her arms.



“Hey,” Amy said finally, met by a huge grin from JoBeth that Amy knew she was returning in kind. “Hopefully that was a good enough answer for you…” she added playfully.



“Uh huh,” JoBeth nodded, still breathing a little heavy. Her blush stretched from ear to ear now and she felt beyond exhilarated. The only thought running through her mind was the wondrous thought that Amy, her Amy, had just kissed her. “Wow…” JoBeth added through a sigh.



Leaning down, Amy rested her forehead against JoBeth’s, keeping her held tight in her arms. She felt JoBeth reacting beneath her, moving with her. Beyond simple chemistry, playful teasing and their kinkier interests, she felt a connection here with JoBeth that was deeper than she’d ever felt with any girl she’d ever liked. One thing that stood clearer to her now than anything else had ever been was that she wanted to have JoBeth in her life.



Nuzzling JoBeth fondly and giving her a bright smile of her own, Amy gave a happy purr. “My JoBeth…” she said assertively, that slightest hint of commanding authority slipping into her tone.



Amy’s words sent a tingle down JoBeth’s spine and the brunette thought that the way that she’d said them was beyond wonderful. She couldn’t think of anything better in the world than to be Amy’s. “Yes, Ma’am…” JoBeth said with a playful giggle of her own, teasing her fingers through Amy’s soft blonde hair once again.



Leaning back a little, Amy brushed a few stray hairs off JoBeth’s face, chuckling a little at how adorable JoBeth looked grinning back up at her. She looked so absolutely happy in way that melted her heart and Amy felt both proud and a little honored to know that she’d had that kind of effect on JoBeth. “Hopefully I didn’t do something wrong there,” Amy said, an impish smirk tugging at one of the corners of her lips.



“Oh, shush,” JoBeth laughed, blushing away and prompting a smile from Amy. The kiss was almost indescribably wonderful and considering how Amy was laying on top of her, she hoped that it would only be the first of many more that night. Sliding her arms up around Amy’s neck adoringly, she continued. “You can do that whenever you like,” JoBeth said, biting her lower lip suggestively.



Amy’s eyebrow perked up and she gave JoBeth a curious look. “Whenever I like, huh?” she chuckled playfully.



“Yeah,” the brunette confirmed as another one of Amy’s light, affectionate kisses sent a wave of tingling pleasure over her. “I decided you have special privileges.”



“Oh, do I now?” Amy asked, grinning.



Arching up off the bed slightly, JoBeth returned one of Amy’s soft kisses right to the blonde’s lips. “Uh huh,” JoBeth said, falling back onto the bed and basking in Amy’s smile again.



“I like the sound of these ‘special privileges…’” Amy mused, sliding her hand out from under JoBeth’s back to caress the girl’s cheek.



Chuckling, JoBeth bit her lower lip bashfully. “I’m hoping you’ll like them,” she teased.



Her curiosity was definitely piqued but Amy was happy to wait and find out just what the brunette intended. If JoBeth was planning something for her, Amy figured she’d more than enjoy it. Until then, she could always try and convince JoBeth to tell her anything she wanted though kisses, among several other things.



“Oh, I know I will,” Amy said seductively. “And another thing I know is that you are one hell of a kisser, Jo…” she added with a smile and another light kiss to the tip of JoBeth’s nose.



Grinning happily, JoBeth gave Amy a squeeze. “I think it’s thanks to who I get to kiss…” JoBeth replied, sliding one of her legs down and looping it around one of Amy’s.



“Speaking of things you’re allowed to do whenever you like…” Amy chuckled, quite enjoying the feel of JoBeth playing with her hair.



Shifting a little under the bed, JoBeth reveled in how absolutely wonderful it felt to have the warm pressure of Amy’s body on top of her. It was something she’d always enjoyed when she’d been with someone she cared about and it felt even better to have that warm and wonderful feeling caused by Amy. “Mmmh…” JoBeth sighed, the pleasant haze of arousal settling over her. “Good. Because I think I’m going to want to a lot…”



Another affectionate smile lit her eyes and Amy caressed JoBeth’s cheek again. The brunette nuzzled into her hand happily and Amy couldn’t imagine a better way to spend this night. “I just can’t believe it…” she trailed off into a contented sigh.



“What’s that?” JoBeth asked, one of her eyebrows arching up over a curious smile.



“This…” Amy replied, letting the cool and quiet clam of JoBeth’s dorm room wash over them a moment. “All of this. You and me, here…” she chuckled, her mind still spinning a little as she tried to digest everything that had lead her here to be with the girl she once believed she could never be with. Not twelve hours ago, she’d had nothing more than a huge crush and a basket of worries but now that she knew how JoBeth felt about her, there was a real chance that this could turn into something more.



“The kiss,” Amy elaborated, inwardly thankful that JoBeth didn’t mind waiting for her to try and explain. “Laying here with you…” she added with an adoring smile.



Her happy smile glowed brighter and JoBeth nodded. “I know,” the brunette said, biting her lower lip bashfully. It was a moment she’d been dreaming of for weeks now and finally Amy was here with her. “But I’m not complaining,” JoBeth added with a chuckle. “I like it.”



“I do too,” Amy seconded. “But still… I don’t want you to think you have to rush or anything…” she said, her worries getting the best of her for a moment. “I don’t want you to think you have to do anything for me to…”



“Shh, shhh…” JoBeth whispered, cutting Amy off with a kiss that the blonde didn’t fight off at all. When it broke, their gazes locked once more. “Amy, look at me…” she started, capturing the other girl’s attention completely.



Smirking, it was Amy’s turn to bite her lip shyly. “Not the hardest thing in the world…” she teased, drawing a chuckle and another affectionate squeeze from JoBeth.



“Jokes aside?” the brunette asked, drawing a nod of acquiescence from Amy.



“Jokes aside,” Amy agreed, trying to set her growing sense of playfulness aside for the moment.



Smiling away, JoBeth laced her fingers through Amy’s hair and held her lovingly. “Far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing to rush, Amy,” she said simply. “I like you a lot and I think there’s a pretty good chance that you like me a little bit too…”



Chuckling again, Amy nuzzled against JoBeth’s arm. “I thought you said no jokes,” she said in mock protest, leaning in to give JoBeth a kiss that the brunette met and turned into two. “I really like my JoBeth,” Amy said firmly, once the kiss broke.



Just hearing Amy say that gave JoBeth a thrill that coursed through her body and her grin spread from ear to ear. “Then I vote we see where this goes,” she said. “Together…”



“You’ve got yourself a deal, Jo,” Amy agreed, a loving smile dancing across her lips. She could barely believe that what seemed like such a normal Thursday had led her here but there wasn’t a doubt in her mind that she was ready and willing to ride these uncharted waters as far as they might go, so long as she had JoBeth by her side. “Together.”



A giddy giggle escaped JoBeth’s lips and she tightened her grip around Amy ever so slightly. “I’ve got an Amy,” JoBeth said, her smile glowing.



“That you do,” Amy said with a small laugh and a glowing smile of her own before she leaned in to steal another kiss from her happy JoBeth.



*To Be Continued in Chapter 13-D!*