JoBeth & Amy #2: The Start of Something New

JoBeth & Amy: Story 02 – The Start of Something New - CHAPTER 16-C (End)



*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! This chapter was pretty long when all three parts are together, so I'll post each one on it's own - should make for an easier and less tiring read, and lastly, I'm not 100% happy with the ending, so... it may be revised one day! XD*

*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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Settling into her seat on the train, Lauren let out a smile and a deep, contented sigh. The Friday morning so far had been fantastic, as waking up to pancakes that were nearly as good as the ones Amy made was a great way to start any day so far as she was concerned.

Lauren took a moment to bask in the warm sunbeam shining in through the window beside her before surveying all the different bags she’d brought along with. There were a few bags of groceries that her parents were sending back for Amy on the seat next to her as well as a bottle of water. The money for a cab from the train station to their apartment was tucked away in her pocket and after making sure there wasn’t anyone else in need of a seat boarding the train, Lauren turned her attention to her backpack that she had draped over her legs.

Sliding the zipper out of the way, Lauren pulled out her sketchbook and a pencil, flipping through the few sketches she’d done already. The night at home had proven to be exactly what she’d needed and a few more ideas had sprung to mind while she’d been waiting for the train that were just begging to be put down on paper. She’d have plenty to work out even after getting back home to the apartment, but before getting to that, Lauren couldn’t wait another second to satisfy her curiosity over what had wound up happening last night between Amy and JoBeth.

The last thing she’d heard from Amy was the late night text message saying that she wasn’t coming home and since she hadn’t called yet this morning, Lauren guessed that that had to be some kind of good sign. After everything that had happened that week, she couldn’t imagine it going any other way, but part of her was glad to know that her best friend and the cute freshman had found a way to at least talk to each other.

With a smirk, Lauren figured that Amy probably still had JoBeth wrapped up in her arms or something else if JoBeth hadn’t tackled her first. Pulling out her cell phone, Lauren gave in to a grin and hit the auto-dial for Amy’s cell phone. Raising the phone to her ear, she listened to the low hum of the ring before the familiar and delightfully cheerful voice of her best friend’s greeting came over the line.

“Aims!” Lauren exclaimed, drawing an amused chuckle from Amy in response.

“Hey there, Laur,” Amy said, sitting down on the edge of JoBeth’s bed beside the straightjacket that she had only recently taken off the brunette, unable to suppress a smile of her own. Lauren’s enthusiasm was one of the things she loved about the girl and it didn’t hurt to be able to give her at least some of the good news in return. “How are you?”

“I’m good, I’m good,” Lauren replied with a laugh. “But I want to know how you are! What happened?” she asked, her own desire to know starting to mount.

Amy let out a small chuckle; she’d known that Lauren wouldn’t be able to resist asking right out of the gate and truthfully, she couldn’t wait to tell her all about what had happened last night and even this morning. After all, it had been her gentle nudging and support that had helped get her out the door for it in the first place.

“I’m really good, Laur,” Amy answered, her grin stretching nearly from ear to ear. “I’ll have to tell you the whole story later, but I’m really good…”

Barely able to hold in her excitement, Lauren’s face lit up with a smile. “Yay!” she chirped, drawing a few glances from her fellow cabin-mates that she could care less about. That was their problem, now. “Aims, that’s great!” Lauren added a moment later, a little bit quieter but just as happy for her roommate.

“Thanks,” Amy said with an embarrassed but equally delighted laugh. As elated as she was to be sitting in her girlfriend’s bedroom, it was nice to be able to share that happiness with her best friend.

“No, really, Aims,” Lauren said, settling back down into her seat comfortably. “I’m really glad to hear it. I guess it went pretty well then, huh?”

With a smirk, Amy collapsed back onto the bed, letting her hair fall around her loosely. “Really well,” she chuckled. “I can’t wait to tell you about it.”

Her eyebrow arched up and Lauren couldn’t help but wonder if the good night was still going. She’d figured they’d talk at some point back at the apartment, but if Amy was still over at JoBeth’s, she was happy to wait a little longer. “Well, where are you right now?” Lauren asked hopefully.

A bashful grin sparkled in her eyes and Amy could barely believe that she was able to say it in the first place. “I’m actually still at her place,” Amy confirmed, feeling the faint warmth of a blush returning to her cheeks.

“Really?” Lauren asked through another giggle. “It went that good, huh?”

Nodding to herself, Amy thought last night had gone light years better than good. “Better,” Amy said with a chuckle. “She’s actually still in the shower…”

“Aims!” Lauren laughed.

Laughing along with Lauren, Amy felt giddier than she had in years. There wasn’t anything about the last eighteen hours that hadn’t been some brilliant kind of magical. “It’s actually her second one of the morning,” Amy added, knowing full well that her cryptic elaboration would only wind up piquing Lauren’s insatiable interest.

The two girls shared another laugh and Lauren couldn’t wait to hear the full story about how last night had gone. “Wow,” the brunette mused, a mischievous smirk finding its way to the corners of her lips. “What have you two been up to?”

“What?” Amy asked in mock protest. “I couldn’t help it! She pulled out the straightjacket and asked me if I could put her in it… How was I supposed to say no?”

That confirmed it for her; JoBeth had enjoyed that first night there with Amy and it would be the start of something that she hoped would be all kinds of wonderful between her and Amy. “She kept the jacket?” Lauren asked, her smirk spreading into a wide grin.

“Yeah,” Amy said with a smile. “She kept everything, actually.”

“She is so perfect for you, Aims,” Lauren said with a laugh that Amy joined her in.

Taking a deep breath, Amy couldn’t disagree with Lauren’s observation. “I know,” Amy sighed happily, feeling a very different kind of warmth washing over her; a love for the cheerful, insatiable and delightful JoBeth. “She is perfect…”

The train jerked to life and Lauren felt the engine finally start pulling out of the tree-lined suburban station on its way downtown. “Knowing you, I can imagine why she’d need a second shower,” Lauren teased, sending Amy into what she knew had to be a blushing giggle.

“Oh, she wasn’t complaining…” Amy teased right back, a dreamy smile spreading across her features. “In fact, she was pretty clearly encouraging me from behind that gag I had on her…” she trailed off into a laugh.

Lauren’s beaming grin for Amy was filled with a kind of happiness that she’d been hoping for all week. “Aims,” she cooed fondly, looking forward to giving the blonde a hug the next time she saw her. “Sounds like you two have had some fun there…”

“We did,” Amy chuckled. “Oh, we did…” she echoed, biting her lower lip bashfully. She couldn’t remember a night she’d enjoyed more than last night with JoBeth. “Lauren, I really like her…”

“I can tell,” Lauren said sweetly, wanting nothing more than to sit down on their couch and squee with Amy. “All I’ll say is that you’d better keep this one around!” she added, looking forward to meeting JoBeth officially one day soon.

“You don’t have to tell me twice, there,” Amy laughed, fondly recalling what they’d done after leaving Tara’s room.

Amy had, with her approval, left JoBeth bound up tight in the straightjacket and cuffed to the bed while she’d taken her own shower, much to JoBeth’s professed enjoyment. JoBeth had told her that she liked the idea of being stuck there on her bed, bound up because that’s how Amy wanted her to be and because Amy wanted her there. She’d said that it turned her on knowing that she had no choice because she was in Amy’s control; in the control of the person she loved.

The kiss that Amy had tackled JoBeth with back then had brought the bright red blushes back to both their cheeks and then some. It had taken another 5 minutes of cuddling, goofy giggles and kisses before she’d been able to tear herself away from the adorable and eminently huggable young brunette and head off to the shower herself.

The fact that JoBeth was okay with something like that already and the knowledge that JoBeth was bound up and naked under the straightjacket on her bed had gotten Amy through the shower, dried off and dressed in record time. She hadn’t wanted to be away from JoBeth like that for a single second longer than she had to and now sitting here waiting for JoBeth to return was almost as flustering; she wanted to hug and hold JoBeth again.

“I’d still be holding her if we didn’t need to take separate showers,” Amy mused with a laugh.

With a thoroughly interested and amused chuckle, Lauren wasn’t about to let that one slip by. “Oh really?” she asked, requiring at least a little more detail.

“Well,” Amy started, laughing again. “Our first one got a little handsy,” she admitted.

“You were in there together?” Lauren asked, masking her pleased surprise with a playful chuckle of her own.

Brushing a few strands of her hair back off her face, the blonde couldn’t help another chuckle. “Maybe,” Amy said, drawing the word out knowing full well that Lauren would see right through it.

“Yeah, you two really did have some fun there,” Lauren said, finding it harder and harder to not press for too many details before they got some time back at the apartment. “You’d better tell me all about it later!”

“Oh, I will,” Amy said with a smile, increasingly glad to have Lauren to talk to. “I want her so much that I don’t think I can keep it all in!” she added with an excited exclamation.

With a small smile, Lauren nestled back a little lower in the seat, glowing with happiness for her best friend. “The good news is that you don’t have to, Aims,” she advised. “Just wrap that girl up in hugs and show her… Something tells me she’ll love that and return it in kind.”

“I think so too,” Amy said with a chuckle, grinning away. Sitting back up, Amy took a glance over at the clock that showed just how close to lunchtime they were getting. They’d made tentative plans to meet up later, but Amy hadn’t known how long Lauren would stay back at home or how long she’d be with JoBeth. Based on the way the day was going, today could easily turn into tomorrow or more. “Anyway,” Amy asked, thinking about what they could do after lunch and a possible movie. “When are you going to be back at the apartment?”

Turning to gaze out the window a moment, Lauren gave a silent thank you to the train schedule. She’d managed to catch the last express train of the morning, meaning no more stops during the forty-five minute trip from her parents’ place to downtown. “I’m actually on my way back to the apartment now,” Lauren said as the train zipped past another ringing road crossing and train station. “I just left a few minutes ago, so it might be a little bit, but I should be back there after lunch.”

“Alright, good,” Amy started, pausing to think for a moment. She’d gotten caught up with her grading on Wednesday night and she didn’t have to go back to work until Monday herself. As long as JoBeth didn’t mind bringing whatever homework she had left along with her, their time together didn’t have to end today. “Because when we were talking last night, JoBeth was asking a few questions about me…” she explained, drawing a small chuckle from Amy.

“Usually a good thing,” Lauren said encouragingly. “Probably means that she’s interested in you there!” she added.

Her smile growing a little wider, Amy couldn’t find anything in Lauren’s observation to disagree with. After last night, that much had been obvious and she’d wanted to know everything she could about JoBeth in return. “True,” Amy said with a smile. “The reason I mentioned it is that I was thinking I might bring JoBeth over to the apartment tonight, if she wants to come…” Amy finished, trailing off into a giddy, hopeful smirk.

“Oh yeah?” Lauren asked, immediately perking back up. “To visit or for the night?” she asked, another grin spreading quickly across her lips that only got wider when she thought she heard the sound of a second voice off in the background on Amy’s end of the phone.

“What about me?” JoBeth asked, turning out the light in the bathroom and heading towards Amy with a smile. Amy looked absolutely incredible there, perched on the edge of her bed in that light, fuzzy purple sweater that hugged her curves ever so nicely and the clingy jeans from last night. More than anything, JoBeth wanted to just touch her and feel Amy’s wonderful, loving warmth and now, after last night and everything that they’d cleared out of the way, she finally could.

Sitting down on the bed next to Amy, JoBeth looped her arms around Amy’s waist. With a smile for her girlfriend, JoBeth felt a delightfully pleasant tingle as one of Amy’s arms looped back around her as well, pulling her in as close as she wanted to be. “Mmm… Aims,” JoBeth purred, giving Amy a quick, light peck on her cheek.

“Hey, Jo,” Amy said with a chuckle, finding JoBeth’s lips to return the kiss.

“Is that her?” Lauren asked, her excited curiosity obvious in her voice.

Amy let out a happy chuckle, enjoying every bit of the pleasant warmth of JoBeth’s body next to hers. While talking with Lauren, she hadn’t even noticed the sound of the rushing shower water turning off or that JoBeth had finished getting herself ready and cuter than ever. The girl of her dreams smelled like vanilla and strawberries and she was here, holding her in her arms.

“Yup,” Amy answered before giving JoBeth one more kiss on her forehead. The fact that she could do that now was beyond wonderful. “It’s her,” she added, giving a playful smirk and an affectionate squeeze to the grinning JoBeth.

“Who’s on the phone?” JoBeth asked, looking up at Amy curiously. She had a guess, but she figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask. “Is that Lauren?”

Nodding, Amy showed JoBeth’s the ID on the phone’s display. “Uh huh.”

“Hi Lauren!!” JoBeth exclaimed cheerfully. From everything Amy had told her about her, Amy’s best friend and roommate sounded really nice and sweet and she hoped that she didn’t mind that she’d nabbed Amy, with good cause, last night.

Laughing, Lauren couldn’t help breaking out in a beaming grin of her own. “Aww,” she sighed, biting her lower lip happily. “I can see why you like her, Aims,” Lauren added.

Amy smiled, giving JoBeth another squeeze and resting her head lightly on the ponytailed brunette’s. “It’s impossible not to,” Amy said with a chuckle, drawing a bright and happy grin from the glowing girl cuddled close into her side.

“Tell her I say hi,” Lauren said, not wanting to keep the girls from their first day together just yet. She didn’t think that there was any chance JoBeth would turn down Amy’s request for her to come over for the night and Lauren figured that there would be plenty of time to talk to them both later on.

“I will,” Amy said with a smile, giving JoBeth another kiss on the top of her head.

“Alright then,” Lauren said with a nod as another station whooshed past. “I’ll see you two later on tonight,” she continued, glad that she’d have a chance to meet the adorable-sounding JoBeth for real this time. Any girl that made her best friend this happy had to be all kinds of fun to know.

“Definitely,” Amy agreed.

Turning her attention back to her sketchbook, Lauren got ready to get some more of her ideas out. From the sound of it, she might have someone new to design for in JoBeth. “Talk to you later, Aims,” Lauren said with a last smile, thinking of the two girls fondly.

“Bye Laur!” Amy replied, glad to have a friend as wonderful and supportive as Lauren was. As long as JoBeth was up for it, Amy couldn’t wait to hang out with both of them later on that night.

Hanging up the phone and tucking it back into her pocket, Amy was happy to turn her attention fully back to JoBeth in the meantime. The girl that was nestled into her side was a focus of her attention that she simply couldn’t get enough of. “C’mere, you!” Amy chirped, a playful smile spreading across her lips as she pulled the laughing and unresisting brunette towards her.

“Aah!” JoBeth giggled, happily adjusting her embrace to sit on Amy’s lap facing her. Wrapping her legs around Amy’s waist and settling in comfortably, JoBeth felt Amy’s arms loop around behind her. Resting her head against Amy’s forehead for a moment, JoBeth smiled lovingly at the blonde. “Everything good, I hope?” she asked.

“Yup,” Amy confirmed with a nod, leaning in to give the girl another small kiss. “Lauren says hello, by the way.”

Smiling, JoBeth let out a small chuckle. “I can’t wait to meet her,” she said, hoping to maintain Amy’s best friend’s approval as they found their way into a relationship together.

“Actually, about that,” Amy started, trailing off to think for a moment.

“Hmm?” JoBeth asked, her eyebrow arching up. “What’s up?”

“After lunch, or later tonight if you want to see a movie, I was thinking that I could bring you back to my apartment to meet her, if you wanted to,” Amy answered, offering the idea up for JoBeth’s consideration.

Lighting up with a smile, JoBeth broke into a beaming smile. “Really?” she asked, perking up.

“Yep,” Amy nodded. “You can even bring that reading you mentioned over and spend the night, if you wanted to…”

Amy had told her several times that she didn’t want to rush her into anything and JoBeth hadn’t wanted to push Amy either, but the invitation sounded wonderful. The chance to be able to see where Amy lived and to spend the night in Amy’s bedroom was something that she didn’t want to pass up. “That sounds awesome!” JoBeth said happily, her grin widening. “I’d love to, if you don’t mind me coming over…”

Chuckling and rubbing her hand up and down JoBeth’s back affectionately, Amy couldn’t think of any way that she would ever mind such a thing. “Of course I don’t mind,” Amy said, enjoying the decidedly pleasant sound of JoBeth’s happy sigh. “You’d always be welcome there… And besides, I don’t think I want to let you go tonight anyway…” Amy added with a playful and suggestive smirk.

With a big grin to match Amy’s smile, JoBeth couldn’t think of anything that sounded better. “Hnn…” JoBeth purred, giving Amy a squeeze. “I don’t think I want to let you go either,” she added through a giggle, coming in to meet Amy’s lips in a kiss that quickly turned into a few more.

JoBeth’s delightful and teasing tongue met her own and as it had each time before, the kiss sent a delightful shiver down Amy’s spine. The girl was positively wonderful and being able to hold her in her arms and kiss her was the most wonderful thing she’d ever experienced. Feeling the ponytailed brunette’s body pressing close against her own, Amy didn’t want to ever let go. “Then we agree…” Amy said with a chuckle once their kisses finally broke apart.

“Yup!” JoBeth confirmed with a smile, catching her breath and settling happily back against Amy. “But I should warn you; I might have to pull you into your bedroom for a bit of naughtiness at some point!” she added with a giggle, biting her lower lip impishly. “Or to see if you’ve got any other toys you can show me…”

Shaking her head, Amy pressed her forehead against JoBeth’s fondly and chuckled. “I don’t think you’ll have to work too hard to convince me, Jo…” Amy said with bashful smirk of her own. “And that’s only if I don’t pull you in there first!”

The brunette broke into another giggle and JoBeth found Amy’s lips for another short kiss. “Yes Ma’am,” JoBeth purred, looking forward to the day and the promise that it held even more.

Amy gave JoBeth another loving squeeze before loosening her grip enough to get a good look at her girlfriend’s chosen outfit for the day. Her twin ponytails hung down and ended just above a wonderfully clingy sleeveless sweatshirt that gave way to a tee-shirt underneath. Last night’s ankle-cuffs had returned in the form of bracelets again and Amy couldn’t help a small smirk and a pleasant chill at the fact JoBeth was wearing her cuffs like that. A pair of cargo pants completed the ensemble and Amy couldn’t help but approve; JoBeth looked as cute as ever.

“So freaking cute,” Amy chuckled, drawing both a giggle from JoBeth in response and another brilliant kiss.

“I could say the same about you,” JoBeth said once the kiss finally parted, staying close to Amy. Her lilac perfume was intoxicating and it made her want to stay like this with her all day. Brushing a few stray strands of Amy’s hair behind her ear, JoBeth couldn’t help the beaming smile on her lips for the blonde. “I can’t believe you want to date me…” she wondered aloud.

“I can’t believe you like me too, Jo,” Amy replied, pulling the brunette back in close. “But I love that you do,” she added with a smile.

JoBeth’s grin spread from ear to ear and she felt that other, wonderful kind of warmth that Amy inspired inside her. “Me too,” she purred, leaning in to meet Amy in another kiss.

Her arms wrapped tight behind JoBeth’s back, Amy felt the brunette pressing into her, wanting to be as close to her as she wanted to be with her in return. The comfortable warmth and acceptance and love of JoBeth’s embrace felt almost as fantastic as the way the younger girl kissed her and it was a feeling that she wanted to return tenfold back to JoBeth. When she finally pulled away, smiling that adorable, impish smile of hers, Amy took a second to catch her breath, smiling away herself.

“Alrighty, Jo,” Amy started, giving the girl on her lap a small nod. “You ready to go get lunch?”

Her stomach had already started reminding her that they’d missed breakfast while she was in the shower, but JoBeth couldn’t think of a better reason or a better person to miss breakfast for. Waking up in Amy’s arms had made for the best start to any day she could remember. “Yup!” JoBeth chirped, climbing off Amy’s lap and standing up to hold a hand out to help Amy stand up herself.

“Okay,” Amy sighed, stretching out a moment after standing back up. “We just need keys for now,” she started, glancing around and spotting her wallet and keys over on JoBeth’s dresser. Grabbing them, Amy watched JoBeth pull the same out of her backpack and she held out her arm for JoBeth to settle back in next to her. “We can come back and grab the rest later,” Amy finished with a smirk, drawing a knowing chuckle from the brunette.

“Sounds good to me,” JoBeth chuckled, very much looking forward to the reason why she’d need to grab stuff later. “I’ll have to pack an overnight bag too, huh?” she asked playfully, causing Amy’s cheeks to turn a faint shade of pink over her smile. “Or maybe a weekend…” JoBeth added with a wink.

Laughing, Amy gave JoBeth a kiss on her forehead. “We’ll see how you feel, Jo,” Amy said, giving the girl a squeeze. “I’m not here to rush you into anything and you can still have your own life when you want, you know that…”

“Yeah,” JoBeth smiled, nuzzling into Amy’s side. “But you’re not pushing me anywhere I don’t want to go…” she explained, meeting Amy’s gaze. “We’ll just take it one day at a time, right?”

Amy nodded, giving JoBeth an agreeing smile. “One wonderful day at a time,” she chuckled, enjoying every bit of the hug JoBeth gave her in return.

That plan sounded perfect to JoBeth and while they would have to keep it low key at least for the rest of the semester, she couldn’t wait to see where this could go. Amy was brilliant, loving, funny, kinky and amazing so far and she didn’t see that changing any time soon. The longer they spent together, the more she wanted to keep staying around someone that made her feel this good.

A smirk tugged at the corners of her lips and JoBeth gave in to a naughty chuckle. Lunch out with Amy and Tara sounded excellent and she was excited to meet Lauren, but there was something else churning in the back of her mind that JoBeth hoped they’d get up to later and she was looking forward to that just as much. “You know I’m totally going to pack the straightjacket, right?” JoBeth asked, sharing a blushing laugh with her girlfriend.

“I won’t stop you,” Amy said with a smirk of her own. “They’re yours now. You can bring them with or keep them here…”

“Oh, I’m bringing them back,” JoBeth chuckled. “In case we’re over here another night and you want to play…” she added with a teasing and a slightly excited smirk. Just talking about doing that with Amy again got her heart beating a little faster. “But just in case we want to use them later tonight…”

Amy gave JoBeth a smile, turning her chin closer with the tip of her finger. “Oh, I’ve got things I want to use on you tonight, alright…” Amy said seductively, her voice dropping into a sultry tone that sent a bright blush to JoBeth’s cheeks. “You’ll see…” she added, pulling JoBeth into another passionate and anticipatory kiss.

“Mmmmh…” JoBeth moaned, unable to suppress the arousal that was starting to churn deep inside her again. Blushing bright red, JoBeth clung tight to Amy’s side, smiling demurely. “Sounds like fun,” she finally said with a breathless giggle.

“I think you’ll think so,” Amy teased, giving JoBeth a quick squeeze around her shoulder. “I know I will!” she added a moment later, drawing another laugh out of JoBeth before nodding her head in the direction of Tara’s room. “But before we get to that, I think we’ve made Tara wait long enough!”

Chuckling happily, JoBeth nodded her agreement. “Yup!” the brunette chirped, following Amy over towards the door to the bathroom that connected their rooms. “Our first lunch out together,” she mused wondrously.

“Hopefully the first of many,” Amy said with a smile that was met by a bright grin from JoBeth.

“Darn right,” JoBeth said cheerfully, looping her arms around Amy’s waist. “My Amy…”

A dreamy, content smile spread across Amy’s lips and she pulled JoBeth close one more time. “My JoBeth,” Amy purred, meeting her girlfriend for a sweet, soft and wonderful kiss.

“Mmm…” JoBeth sighed into Amy’s kiss. Lingering for a moment, she didn’t want the kiss to break. “Yes Ma’am…” she cooed from behind another grin. The kiss was even better than their first and like every one they’d shared, it had sent a shiver down her spine. Deep inside, JoBeth knew beyond any doubt that Amy was ‘the one.’

Catching her breath and letting JoBeth do the same, Amy tried to shake off the tingling pleasure that JoBeth’s kiss had stirred up inside her. She’d already felt herself falling in love with JoBeth; the girl really was the one she’d always hoped she’d find. In JoBeth, she’d found a girl that she could share all of her life with and she was glad that now, finally, that life together was beginning.

“Come on, you,” Amy said with a smile, taking JoBeth’s hand in hers and leading her through the bathroom doorway.

Taking one last glance around her room, JoBeth checked that her room’s door was still locked from last night and that everything else in the room was off; they could head out whenever they wanted. “Yes Ma’am!” JoBeth laughed, happily following Amy along to knock on Tara’s door.

The knock caused Tara to hop up off her bed and grab her wallet, tucking it into her pocket along with her keys. “Come on in,” Tara said with a smile for the two girls as they opened the door and entered the room.

She’d settled on an unzipped hoodie, a striped shirt and jeans for the day and she’d just finished freshening back up when then the knock had come. While wasn’t sure if her blush had completely faded yet, Tara couldn’t deny how absolutely adorable Amy and JoBeth looked together, arm in arm and both blushing and smiling away at each other. “Aww,” she sighed, giving both her roommate and her TA a chuckling smile.

“Hey Tara,” Amy and JoBeth both said at once.

“Hey you two,” Tara replied, heading over to join them. “Not a moment too soon!”

JoBeth wrapped her free arm around Tara’s shoulder and gave her best friend a squeeze. “Ready to go?” she asked, drawing a single confirming nod from Tara.

“Yup!” Tara said, smiling and looking forward to heading out to hang out with the two girls.

Letting Tara go, JoBeth wished she didn’t have to let Amy go at all as the three girls turned to head towards the door. “Then I say we get going!” JoBeth said, giving Amy one last affectionate squeeze that the blonde returned in kind.

The three girls made their way out into the dorm hallway, pausing for a moment to let Tara lock the door. “So what are you two in the mood for?” Amy asked, happier than ever to see and return the little smile that JoBeth gave her as she and Tara lead the way to the stairwell.

After deciding on a soup, sandwich and salad place that they all knew and liked, JoBeth launched into a story about the last time they’d used the off-campus bus system and the three girls shared a laugh as they headed down to Amy’s car. Tara darted ahead to hold the door at the bottom of the stairwell and Amy took JoBeth’s hand for a moment. Sharing a smile, they stepped out into the warm fall sunshine and the start of their new life together.

 

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Amy Reynolds & JoBeth Kelley: Part 02 – The START OF SOMETHING NEW – THE END

To Be Continued in Story #3