Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:49:25 -0500 From: Peyton Jones Subject: A Christmas Gift, Chapter 1 - Lesbian -Beginnings A Christmas Gift This story is the property of the co-authors and cannot be reproduced or distributed without specific consent of the authors. This work is Copyrighted. All Rights Reserved. It is written for your enjoyment only. Any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental. Hope you are enjoying our story. We welcome your comments good or bad. You can reach us at shanda321j@gmail.com To our readers: As we write this it is fast approaching the holiday season. Much like we wrote in "It's So Easy To Love Maddie" our lives have evolved too. Half way through our junior year of college and soon we will debark on our careers. Our lives as we know it will soon be changing. Originally we began writing stories in our sophomore year after reading many stories on Nifty and deciding we could write too. Little did we know it would become so addicting and strengthen our relationship with each other. Very much like Maddie and Izzy we are romantics and believe the world revolves around love. We have found it together and wish it on everyone else. The holiday season is important to us as we see the love and happiness this season brings. No we are not engaged at least yet as we wrote in Maddie. Our senior year has yet to get here. HeHe. Unfortunately the love and happiness doesn't always work that way for others. One of our new traditions is to watch the cheesy very predictable holiday classics on television you see on the channel owned by the famous greeting card maker. Though they are cheesy they have a way of drawing you in and wishing joy and happiness to all. Thus we decided we are no different. To that end we wrote this very short predictable cheesy love story for the holidays. Hopefully you will enjoy. To all of our readers those who have contacted us and those who haven't we wish you the very Happiest of Holidays, the most wonderful Christmas and Happiest Hanukkah. May you all find love and joy this time of year and all through the next year. To two of our closest friends, Mr. C (no not Claus, though anymore we are... not... so... sure...) we love you dearly and wish you love, happiness and good health. Thank you for always being there for us. We can never repay what you have meant to us. To Ms. K we hope that you also find love, happiness and better health and one day we will share that experience we have discussed. We love both of you and you are in our thoughts and prayers. A Christmas Gift By Chrissy and Peyton Mary Chastain had been a wild child most of her life. At age thirteen, while her parents were traveling in Europe for two months on business, her aunt and uncle took care of her. Only the care went too far. Going through puberty her body was fast changing. Still somewhat na‹ve at home with her aunt and uncle, she paid little attention to modesty. She would lie on her stomach on the floor watching television and her skirt or night shirt would eventually crawl up revealing her panties. Most of the time around the house she went braless and her growing breasts were showing through her sleeveless shirts or her nipples protruded out the front of her t-shirts. Eventually this led to her being molested and raped by her aunt and uncle while in their custody. Mary never told anyone since it was family who had traumatized her but the psychological scars would last her through her lifetime. Her grades began to fall and she was forever getting in fights with someone, most of the time it becoming physical. Her friends came and went as she couldn't hold onto any because of her attitude. Her parents did everything to get her help, for what they didn't know, but in the end they hoped she would grow out of it and be the loving sweet girl they knew when she was younger. As Mary got older she seemed to soften somewhat but she still carried an attitude. In high school, because of her red hair and freckles and her Irish heritage, her friends attributed her actions to being a fiery Irish woman. She tended to dress more the butch or masculine but when she wanted to look like a girl she was beautiful. After high school she couldn't seem to hold a job. Her parents kicked her out telling her to grow up and thought if they forced her to be on her own she would. All it did was make matters worse for Mary. While she had a circle of friends, since she couldn't keep a job and had no place to stay, she would mooch off of her friends sleeping on their sofas or in their extra bedrooms until they tired of her mooching and asked her to leave. She also began to drink and it wasn't casual drinking. Most nights she and her friends would meet at a neighborhood pub and drink before going home. Mary however wouldn't go home right away and would keep drinking until someone had to carry her home because she was totally wasted. Something else happened to Mary after she was raped. She found she couldn't stand the thought of kissing or making love to a man. Instead she found she was attracted to girls and woman. She didn't attribute it to being raped but just a natural occurrence that coincided with the timing of the rape. Once she was on her own she would drink then go on the hunt finding some girl or woman in the pub, have them take her home and she would fuck them until they would make her leave. She was not gentle either sometimes being too rough with the women she fucked as if she was taking all her frustrations out on them for what happened to her. The group of friends Mary had now were her very best friends. They partied hard but knew when to quit and they tried to keep the reins on Mary the best they could but they knew not to hold on too tight or Mary would revolt. As long as they knew she was safe and not hurting herself or anyone else they made sure she got home at night. Her group consisted of Jill, Donna, Sharon, Elise, and Jordan. Jordan was the most protective of Mary as one night after everyone had left the pub, her and Mary confided personal things to each other. Jordan told Mary she had an abortion when she was sixteen after getting drunk and letting some boy have sex with her. She had never been able to get over it and so she kept drinking. Mary confided in Jordan how she had been raped when she was thirteen and while drinking and fighting didn't make it go away, it seemed to be the only thing that she could do to suppress her feelings. Neither Mary nor Jordan ever said anything to the others in their group but leaned on each other when times were bad. Their personal experience created a bond between them that was not to be broken. Natasha Semenov was born in Russia. Her parents immigrated to the States when she was two years old. She is the typical Russian born girl, blonde, blue eyed, pale skin. She is beautiful by everyone's standard. Natty as her friends call her, is a driven person. She excelled in school and now has a job with an advertising firm as an advertising representative developing advertising campaigns, slogans or markets for prospective clients her company has contracted with. Natty is one of their best at landing contracts as her personality is electrifying and she knows how to cut through the bullshit and get to the bottom line better than anyone. She has no problem dealing with client's peculiar ways to develop what they need and she shows incredible patience in her business and personal life with one exception. Tonight she is celebrating with her boyfriend of two years after landing a big client. Natty and her boyfriend have been having some difficulties in their relationship as she has been working long hours to not only land this client but she wants to be the top advertising executive for this company, hoping one day to become a partner in the firm. Her boyfriend and she have had some arguments because of the hours she has been working. What she didn't know because of the long hours she has been working he has been having a fling with another girl from his work. As soon as they come in the pub Mary notices Natty. While she sees she is with some guy she can't take her eyes off of her. Jordan sees Mary staring and nudges her. "She's taken and apparently straight," Jordan says. "She only thinks she is straight. She hasn't had a part of this before," Mary says slurring a bit taking her hand and waving it around her body to show Jordan what Natty hasn't had yet. "Forget her Mary. That's only trouble. There are plenty of other single girls in here for you to hit on. Besides you never hit on me, why not?" Jordan says. Mary looks over at Jordan and smiles. "Even though you've told me you were bi, you are my best friend and I'd rather have you forever as my best friend with us desiring each other than have us get together and then something happen and we never speak again. The day will come when we each need each other as a friend and I don't want to have sex come between us when we are in need of a true friend." Jordan smiles at Mary and lays her head on Mary's shoulder. "Thank you. You are my best friend too and I wouldn't want anything to mess that up either. But just so you know, one night in the sack wouldn't be enough to ruin our friendship." Mary ignores Jordan and finishes her drink getting up to go get another from the bar. As she passes by Natty and her boyfriend she looks at Natty who looks up at her and smiles. Mary's heart races as she moves on to the bar. As she waits for her drink she glances back at Natty only to see her and her boyfriend apparently arguing as their expressions and gestures suggest. After Mary gets her drink and is walking back she sees Natty slap her boyfriend in the face and try to get up grabbing her purse and coat. Mary witnesses the boyfriend grab Natty by the wrist and twist it causing Natty to fall and wince in pain as he still has a hold of her wrist. Mary has seen enough and is several steps ahead of the bouncer who also witnessed what happened. Mary walks up and acts like she trips, spilling her drink on the boyfriend. When he reacts to the drink being spilled on him, he stands up and turns towards Mary who proceeds to kick him in the groin. Mary then turns to Natty and holding out her hand ask if she is alright. Natty is holding her wrist but gives her hand to Mary to help her up. "Thank you," she says to Mary. The bouncer appears as the boyfriend is getting up, cussing up a storm at Mary and telling her he is going to kick her ass. "Not in here you aren't, and if I ever see you in here again I'm going to call the cops," the bouncer says and takes the boyfriend by the collar and escorts him out the door. The bouncer comes back to make sure both Mary and Natty are okay. "Before either of you leaves tonight, let me know because I want to make sure you get to your car safely in case that jerk is waiting outside." Mary and Natty thank him before Mary turns to Natty. "Are you sure you are okay?" "Yes, thank you. My wrist is sore and I imagine I'll have a nice bruise there tomorrow but other than being totally embarrassed I'm fine," Natty tells Mary. "Can I buy you another drink to make up for the one you poured on John?" "No, I'm good. I probably have had enough to drink. Had I had that one I probably would have missed him if I had tried to kick him," Mary said and giggled. "I'm Natasha. My friends call me Natty." "Nice to meet you Natasha my friends call me Natty. I'm Mary." "And what do your friends call you?" Natty asked Mary while giggling at Mary's retort. "Well most call me...well I can't say in the company of a lady but there are a lot of four letter words that have been used. Mary will do," Mary laughs back. "Would you like to come sit over at my friends table for a while if you don't have to leave?" "That would be nice. I need to wait some to make sure John has cooled off and gone before I make it to my car," Natty says. Mary points Natty in the direction of her friends and Mary follows feeling high from the alcohol and from meeting Natty. "Everyone this is Natasha my friends call me Natty," Mary says to everyone. "Natty this is Jill, Donna, Sharon, Elise and Jordan." Everyone exchanges hi's and Natty sits down next to Jordan with Mary sitting on her other side. They all ask her if she is okay after what happened. She tells them she is but they notice her wrist is already red and slightly swollen from being twisted. Jill gets up and comes back with ice wrapped in a towel and hands it to Jordan who places it on Natty's wrist. "I hope whatever happened over there you two can work it out," Jordan tells Natty. "Nope that was it. One thing I won't put up with in a relationship is cheating. He told me he was screwing some cunt in his office since I've been working so many hours. Since I couldn't take care of him, I told him he could have her full time now and I would send his things that are at my place back in a garbage bag with the rest of the garbage," Natty said. Jordan and the others laughed telling her way to go and maybe she should add some rotten eggs or spoiled meat to the bag just for hell of it. The rest of the night they all talked, including Natty in the conversation as if she had been a part of their group for ever. Jordan noticed Mary couldn't take her eyes off of Natty and only drank water after that wondering if Natty was going to be the one who would be able to turn Mary's life around. Two weeks went by and the group met several times during that time to drink. Mary was there but limited her drinking and hadn't tried to hit on any girl during this time. "Have you talked to Natty at all over the last two weeks?" Jordan asked Mary. "I talked to her twice but she was always busy and said maybe another time," Mary replied sounding somewhat dejected. "Well she did say it was her long hours that caused her boyfriend and her to break up so she probably is still working long hours," Jill told Mary. "Yeah I know. I probably won't see her again anyway. It was a long shot since she was with a guy to think she might want to spend time with me," Mary said and guzzled her drink. That night Mary got wasted and though she tried to pick a girl up in her drunken state, the girl wanted nothing to do with her. Another week went by and Mary was back to her normal self of drinking heavily every night and trying to pick up some girl to fuck. She was sitting at the table her back to the door when in walked Natty. Jordan saw her first and tried to warn Mary but Natty was at their table too quick. "Hi everyone, is it alright if I sit with you?" Natty said. "Absolutely," Jill said and pulled out a chair for Natty. "We haven't seen you in a while." "Work has me hopping. I'm working on a new account and the hours to get it going have been a ball buster," Natty said. Natty leaned over to Mary who was sitting next to her. "I got your message. Sorry I didn't return your call. I wanted to call when I knew I would have time to meet with you but I never could seem to find the time. I left early tonight in hopes of finding you here just so you knew I wasn't ignoring you." Mary having downed quite a few drinks was pretty wasted but she was able to muster a smile and told Natty loud enough for everyone to hear, "It's okay. I knew it was a long shot but I had to try." "What do you mean it was a long shot and try what?" Natty asked. "Uh oh," Jordan said a little too loud. "Nothing, it was nothing," Mary said. Jill then changed the subject as she didn't want to make things uncomfortable for either Natty or Mary or for the rest of them at the table. They continued to chat, Natty being a part of the conversation. Mary for the most part was quiet but again Jordan noticed Mary didn't drink another drink the rest of the night. As they got up to leave Natty waited for Jordan to come past her then she pulled Jordan aside. "You seem to be the closest to Mary. What was that comment about giving it a try?" Natty asked Jordan. "There isn't enough time to explain it right now but here is my card. Why don't you call me tomorrow and maybe over lunch we can discuss it," Jordan told Natty. They left the pub agreeing that tomorrow Natty would call Jordan. The next day Jordan and Natty met for lunch at a small caf‚. "Mary was pretty wasted last night and she wasn't making any sense," Natty told Jordan. "What do you know about Mary?" Jordan asked Natty. "Not much but she sure does drink a lot. But there is something about her that I like and I would like to spend time with her to talk and become friends," Natty explained. "Mary does drink a lot but I noticed once you came around she quit drinking. I can tell from the way Mary acts around you there is something she sees in you that has her interest even though you haven't spent much time together," Jordan said not sure how to explain that Mary was gay. "I hadn't noticed because other than talking on the phone the only time I have seen her was in the pub and then she has been pretty wasted both times," Natty said. "But what about giving it a try? I didn't understand that?" Jordan hesitated but finally thought Natty needed to know so her and Mary could come to an understanding and not play games. "Natty, Mary is gay. She has a crush on you and you seem to have a profound effect on her that I have never seen in Mary before." "I didn't know. I would have never thought that. I'm not gay in the least," Natty said. "Are all of you gay?" Jordan laughed. "No Natty. It is obvious you haven't been around many gay people before. No, Jill, Sharon, and Elise are complete hetero's. I'm bi and Mary is completely gay." "I would never have guessed you were bi either but that explains why you and Mary seem to be close," Natty said but after she said it she knew that wasn't the right thing to say. "I'm sorry, that didn't come out like it was intended." "It's okay. Mary and I are close but not for that reason. Mary and I share something else very personal and that has brought us closer together. And before you even think it, no we haven't done anything with each other. Our friendship is strong because we keep our sex life separate from our friendship," Jordan explained. "What do you think I should do? I mean I really enjoy being around you all and I feel we are becoming friends but I don't want this to come between Mary and me and thus between all of you?" "I think you need to have a face to face talk with Mary like we are having now, without alcohol involved, and tell her how you feel. Don't lead her on and then drop her with I'm not gay and not interested in you that way. That will affect all of us. But if you have no interest other being her friend, tell her up front. She will be able to accept it," Jordan reasoned with Natty. "Then I had better arrange a lunch soon before this goes any further," Natty said. Natty and Jordan parted after lunch. Jordan didn't envy either Mary or Natty but she knew it would be best for Mary to know sooner than later about how Natty felt about her. Mary currently had a job working in a retail store in the mall. Her cell phone rang as she was putting up some stock that had come in. They weren't really supposed to receive calls during work but as long as it wasn't long, frequent or distracting, no one said anything. She looked at her phone seeing it was Natty. "Hey Natty, what's up girl?" Mary said answering her phone. "Hi Mary. I was wondering if you could get away and meet me for lunch today?" Natty asked. "I get forty-five minutes beginning at twelve-thirty. I can meet then, but it has to be close so I can get there and back," Mary said. "Why don't I pick up some chef salads and I can meet you in the food court at twelve-thirty?" "That sounds great. I'll see you at twelve-thirty," Mary replied with a big smile on her face. Mary snuck out five minutes early to get to the food court. She was very happy Natty wanted to meet her for lunch. When she got there she saw Natty waving to her and she went over to the table to sit with her. "Hi," she said to Natty. "Hi," Natty said back. "These look great," Mary said seeing her salad. "How much do I owe you?" "My treat, Mary. You can get the next ones sometime." "Oh good, then there will be a next time?" Mary asked trying to be funny. "I sure hope so," Natty responded. As they ate, the conversation at first was just casual, but Natty knew she had to say something to Mary. She wanted to wait until it was close to leaving time so as to not ruin either's lunch time. "Mary, I ran into someone who knows you the other day and they mentioned something to me that I didn't know about you," Natty begins. "Who did you run into?" Mary asked. "I'd rather not say but they had nothing but good things to say about you," Natty told Mary to ease her concerns. "What they did question was whether or not I was gay because I knew you and had met you at the pub." Mary didn't flinch but she wondered what was going to come out of Natty's mouth next. "You know I'm not gay and I'm not looking for a relationship with a girl?" Natty let it all out as she knew she couldn't hold it back anymore. Normally if someone had said that to Mary she would either laugh it off or show total indifference as she knew there were millions of other fish in the water for her. But Natty was different and without knowing it she acted different around Natty in almost every way. "Natty, I take it you didn't know I was gay?" "No, I really didn't. I thought and still do think you are a very sweet and caring person and one who I would like to become friends with, but only if you know I am not interested in something beyond that," Natty explained to Mary. "Natty, I find you extremely attractive and yes my thoughts have been to see where this could go. But something else about you I find attractive and it has nothing to do with being my girlfriend. I like talking to you, being around you and I want to get to know you much more than I do now." "So you would be okay with a friendship knowing I'm not gay?" Natty asked. "Yes, I would be but that doesn't mean down the road you will still say that. I might just grow on you and you might decide gay is the way to go," Mary said and smiled at Natty. Natty laughed and they finished their lunch having a good conversation. Before they parted they hugged each other. Over the next few weeks Natty and Mary didn't see each other but they did talk most every day on the phone. At night at the pub Jordan noticed Mary was different. She didn't drink much and she rarely scoped out the bar to look for other girls to have sex with. Jordan was convinced Natty was the reason and she was the person who would eventually make Mary happy. Another month passed and Natty and Mary talked on the phone but only saw each other once or twice at the pub. Mary was still being good and not getting wasted at the pub. She had even held this job longer than she had held any job up to now. Her cell phone rang and seeing it was Natty she smiled and moved out of earshot of her coworkers. "Hey girl, how's it going?" She asked when she answered the phone. "Hey to you too. Want to meet for lunch? I've got time today because I'm waiting on some information to come in before I can work on this contract," Natty said. "Sure, meet me at the food court at twelve-thirty? My treat this time," Mary said. "I'll be there. See you Mary," Natty said and hung up. Mary was able to sneak out early and she was standing in line to get the salads when Natty walked up behind her putting her hands on Mary's waist. She leaned over Mary's shoulder saying to her," I'll get us a table." Mary nodded and was all smiles as this was the first time there had been some physical contact with Natty. She felt her warm breath when she leaned over her shoulder and she felt goose- bumps when Natty touched her waist. Lunch was great and they had a good time talking. As they departed they hugged but Mary gambled and kissed Natty on the cheek as they hugged. To her surprise Natty kissed her back. Two days later Mary called Natty to talk before she went to the pub. "Will you get off early enough to come to the pub tonight?" Mary asked. "No, probably not but I'll try. How about we do something this weekend? I need a break from work and a day of hanging out might be good for us both," Natty asked. "That sound like a good plan. Anything in particular you want to do?" Mary asked. "No, let's play it by ear because it might rain this weekend. Why don't you come over to my place around nine in the morning and we'll decide then. I'll even fix you some Syrniki's with fresh blueberries," Natty said. "What's that?" Mary asked. "It's sort of like pancakes. You'll like it I'm sure. If not then we will go out and get something else. Just be there at nine," Natty said. Saturday morning Mary was up early, showered and dressed. She was ecstatic her and Natty's relationship was progressing as it was. Even though there was still no sign of them becoming a couple or even lovers Mary was enjoying her time with Natty. She arrived at Natty's finding her in a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt. To Mary, Natty was gorgeous and the t-shirt was tight enough to show off Natty's nice breasts. The sweat pants while not tight were not baggy either and showed off Natty's nice ass. She walked in to the smell of coffee brewing and she could tell there was something else cooking too. "Hey come on in," Natty said opening the door for Mary. She then surprised Mary by kissing her cheek as she walked in to her apartment. "Smells good whatever it is besides coffee," Mary told Natty. Natty took Mary into the kitchen area where she had been busy making breakfast. "Coffee is over there. Why don't you pour us both a cup? The other you are smelling is the Syrniki's. They are pancakes with a fruit topping and made with cream cheese. It's typical Russian," Natty said. "They smell good," Mary said and handing a mug of coffee to Natty after she poured them both one. After the breakfast was ready they sat at Natty's kitchen table and ate. "Oh wow, these are really good," Mary said as she stuffed another forkful in her mouth. Natty smiled, "I'm glad you like them. They really are easy to make so maybe we can have them again sometime." Mary liked hearing the insinuations from Natty there would be another time. She had really grown to like Natty and while she still hoped their relationship would grow into lovers she was very happy just being around her and having her as a friend. "I knew from your name you were Russian or from somewhere over there but we really haven't discussed your background. Were you born in Russia?" Mary asked. "Yes, actually I was. I was two when my parents came to the States. I have never been back, so other than what my parents have told me and the pictures they have shown to me, that is all I know of Russia. America is my home now," Natty said as if she was proud to be called and American. "Do you speak Russian?" "It is my first language. In my home, even over here, my parents always spoke Russian, so I was raised speaking it. I learned and so did my parents to speak English after we were over here. Still to this day when I visit my parents, we will speak Russian to each other," Natty explained. "And I figure you grew up learning to cook Russian style too?" "Oh yeah. While there are American dishes my parents like my mom mostly cooked the Russian way and that was how I learned to cook too," Natty explained. "Well if it's anything like these snorky's, you can cook Russian meals for me any time," Mary said taking another off the plate in the middle of the table. "Syrniki's," Natty corrected Mary then laughed. Natty then looked out her kitchen window and exclaimed, "Oh shit," pointing to the window. Mary looked to see where Natty was pointing, "Damn, the rains came after all." "Well we can hang out here for a while and see if it let's up," Natty said. After breakfast Mary helped Natty clean up the kitchen washing the dishes from breakfast. They talked some more about Natty being Russian and how that had affected her growing up and some of the biases she had experienced once people knew she was Russian. Mary said she understood as growing up gay she has lived experiencing biases too though a different kind than Natty. Once the kitchen was cleaned they poured another mug of coffee and went into Natty's living room sitting on the sofa. They talked more about Russia and Natty got out her laptop and brought up photos that her parents had of her before and after she came to the States. They sat on the couch next to each other so Mary could see the pictures but after a while it became uncomfortable for both of them sitting forward trying to see the screen which unless you were looking straight on it blurred the pictures somewhat. Mary stretched her back and arms and moved into the corner of the couch putting her one leg completely up on the couch and leaving the other on the floor. "Here, sit between my legs and lean back on me so we are both looking straight on to the screen," she told Natty. Natty didn't hesitate other than to say once she leaned back into Mary, "Let me know if it gets too uncomfortable or if I'm too heavy leaning on you." "Okay," Mary said but there was no way no matter how uncomfortable she was would she tell Natty. The feeling of her laying back into her and being able to smell Natty's hair and have her against her was too much for Mary to say anything to Natty. They scrolled through the pictures of Natty when she was small and up until when she was in her late teens. Mary adored Natty and seeing how happy she had it growing up was hard for her to look at and not want to cry, but having Natty here now was what she needed. Her hands were either on Natty's shoulders or around Natty's waist as they talked and looked at the pictures. Before they knew it the time had got away from them and it was almost two in the afternoon. Natty was still leaning back into Mary but the laptop had been put aside and she was just laying there with her feet up flat on the sofa. Unnoticed by both during this time Mary had begun to comb Natty's hair with her fingers which was both soothing and stimulating both of them. They continued to talk with Mary playing with Natty's hair until it got silent. Neither noticed or said anything about the silence and Natty hadn't noticed but her hands were on Mary's outstretched legs and she was caressing her fingernails up and down Mary's jeans. Mary sighed and that seemed to bring Natty out of her contentment lying against Mary. She pulled her head forward a little bit and turned back to look at Mary. Their eyes met and they looked at each other neither wanting to flinch. Mary leaned forward just a bit to gauge Natty's reaction and was surprised to see Natty looking at her lips and mouth and leaning in more towards Mary. Mary not giving time for either to think closed the distance and let her lips touch Natty's. It was just a touch to see if Natty would pull away but instead Mary noticed Natty's eyes closing and her head inching closer to her. They kissed a slow easy kiss not any tongue or movement mainly their lips touching and that was it. It was only about ten seconds and Mary pulled back to see if she had fucked up big time. "I'm sorry. I guess the moment got to me. I'm so sorry Natty," Mary said and looking like she was going to cry. "For what? If I hadn't wanted it you would never have touched my lips. I'm only sorry it didn't last longer," Natty said. "But I thought you were strai...." Mary tried to say but Natty brought her finger up to Mary's mouth to silence her. "It's only a kiss Mary. Now are you going to kiss me again or are you going to waste your time apologizing?" Mary was stunned but happy and she leaned back to Natty this time kissing her longer and with more behind it. She still didn't try to force it by using her tongue or touching Natty anywhere but she did put her arm around Natty's shoulder while they kissed. The two kissed several times neither taking it any further. After a few more kisses their tongues finally entered into play and they were kissing each other with more passion. Mary couldn't believe how this was going. She was over the top in excitement that she was kissing Natty. She so wanted to undress her and make love to her but she also knew how big a step this was for Natty and she made sure she would not cross any lines until she knew Natty was ready. Natty moved, turning herself sideways lying up against Mary as they kissed. Her hand was around Mary's neck holding Mary's head to her lips as they kissed. A few moans escaped both of them as they continued to kiss. Mary had never felt this way about anyone. Usually by now she and whoever she was with would be naked and she would be sucking boobs or licking someone's pussy but with Natty she wanted to go slow and enjoy what they were doing. They spent an hour kissing and running their fingers across the other's lips, chin and cheeks looking each other in the eyes, neither saying a word, or needing to take this any further than it was. They had just parted lips when Natty moved and cuddled up into Mary laying her head on Mary's chest. Mary wrapped her arms around Natty holding her tight to her. Natty sighed and whispered, "Thank you." Mary could feel a change in Natty as she was no longer lying completely still but was slightly shaking and then she felt liquid fall on her hand that was holding Natty. "I don't know why you are thanking me but you are welcome," Mary said to Natty. Staying in Mary's arms Natty spoke but Mary could tell she was crying, "Thank you for not pushing me. This is all new to me and I'm not sure how to take it right now. I just need you to keep your arms around me and hold me." "Natty, I will hold you as long as you want me to hold you. I won't do anything to harm you or push you to do something you are not ready to do. If you decide this was too much then it will not happen again and we can still be friends," Mary said softly to Natty then she kissed the top of Natty's head. Natty lifted her head and kissed Mary hard on the lips as her tears continued to fall from her eyes. "I don't know what is going on as I have never felt this way before," she said as their lips barely parted. Mary's heart was racing as she knew she had been falling in love with Natty from the first time she saw her in the pub and she too had never felt this way about anyone ever before. "It's new to me too, Natasha, my friends call me Natty. I've never felt this way about anyone either so we are both learning as we go. But I promise you I will never push you to be anything you are not. I will be patient and understanding." They lay there cuddling for another half hour before Natty said that they needed to get something to eat as all that kissing and cuddling had made her hungry. Once they were up they noticed it had stopped raining. Natty fixed sandwiches for them which they devoured. Since the rain had all but stopped and the night was beginning to creep in, Natty wanted to go see a movie and Mary agreed. They decided on an action drama with a lot of scary tense scenes in the movie. At times Natty would close her eyes and lay her head on Mary's shoulder until the scary part was over. They held hands through most of the movie warming Mary's heart that was about to burst out of her chest. After they watched the movie they went by the pub but being a weekend night most of their friends were out somewhere else. They ran into Jill who was there with her boyfriend and some other couples. They sat and talked with them for a little while before they left to go back to Natty's so Mary could get her car. Before Mary got in her car they hugged and kissed several times in the parking lot. "Thank you for the best day I've had in, well I can't remember when I had a day as good as this," Natty told Mary. "I can't either but I'm hoping each and every day after this will be even better," Mary replied. They kissed again then Natty put her finger to Mary's lips running it across her lips. "Goodnight Mary." "Goodnight Natasha my friends call me Natty," Mary said and smiled at Natty. Natty swatted at Mary's arm and laughed as she watched Mary get in her car and drive off. The next morning Mary awoke to her cell phone going off. Before she answered it she got up and used the bathroom. When she came out she looked seeing she had six texts from her friends some who had sent two. She looked and almost everyone wanted to know what was going on between her and Natty. "Fuck," she said still trying to wake up. "Jill didn't waste any time letting everyone know." She sent out a text to everyone telling them they had just spent some time together since they had not really done so other than at the pub. It was nothing more than that. Mary no sooner sent the text when Jordan called her. "Bullshit! Don't tell me it was nothing. You told me you were going to go over for breakfast to her place and you two were still together at almost midnight. And Jill saw you two holding hands. What gives?" Mary told her most of what happened leaving out some of the intimate details about them kissing and cuddling but she did tell her they got along very well and she really liked Natty. Over the next month Natty and Mary saw each other even if it was only for lunch three or four times a week. Natty was taking the following weekend off as she needed to go see her parents. She asked Mary if she wanted to go see what it was like in a house full of Russians. They drove the two hours to Natty's parent's house and Mary was welcomed into Natty's parent's home like she had known them for many years. Though they did speak Russian most of the time, one of them, either Natty or her mom, would translate for Mary so she did not miss out on the conversation. After eating two full meals there Mary and Natty headed home. "Your parents are really nice Natty. I see a lot of you in each of them. And wow, can your mom cook! I thought I was going to explode from my stomach having so much inside of it," Mary said. "I'm glad you had a good time. They really seemed to like you. They aren't always that open and inviting but more cautious with the people I have brought over there. For some reason they acted like you have been their friend for years," Natty told Mary. When they got back to Natty's apartment Natty insisted on Mary coming up and staying the night. Natty brought out some pajamas for Mary to wear and they both changed getting ready for bed as it was after midnight. Mary was very nervous sleeping in bed with Natty as this was another of those times where she wanted to crawl on top of her and pump her pussy into Natty's before she put her fingers inside of her and felt her warmth. "Would it be better if I slept on the couch?" she asked Natty as they were ready to get in bed. "Not unless you don't want to kiss me then I can fix up the sofa for you to sleep on," Natty said with a sly grin. Natty motioned for Mary to get into bed and then she turned out the light and got in bed next to Mary. The light from the security light outside the building gave just enough glare they could see each other but not enough to keep them awake if they were going to sleep. Natty moved over to Mary getting close to her. "I just want to kiss you and have you hold me in your arms while we go to sleep," Natty whispered to Mary. They began to kiss with each other having an arm around the others shoulder or back. Through their pajamas they both could feel the other's breasts pushing into theirs as they hugged each other. They kissed several times their breathing increasing before separating. Mary was struggling with what to do because she couldn't take this much longer the way she felt about Natty. Natty kissed her lips then with her hand she held Mary's face rubbing it with her thumb very gently. "I know you are frustrated and if you need to touch yourself to ease that frustration you can. I'm not sure I can do what I know you want to do just yet." "Natty, I'm fine with holding you. Take all the time you need and if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen." Not long after Mary was sound asleep. Natty however feigned to be asleep. Her thoughts were about the girl sleeping soundly next to her. In all her life she never expected she would be so attracted to a girl and feel so many emotions when they were around each other. She was trying to come to grips with this feeling and what it meant as she knew she wasn't the least bit gay. Yet when Mary held her in her arms she never felt such comfort and contentment. She felt safe and secure but there was more to it than that. Natty turned over and watched Mary who was sleeping on her stomach. She admired Mary's auburn hair as it cascaded across her face and on to the pillow. She watched Mary's mouth as it opened slightly and closed with her breathing and the sounds of her breath as she exhaled. She turned back over closing her eyes and wondering what it would be like to live her life with Mary. Her eyes got heavy and she drifted off but not for long. Her mind would not quit churning and she couldn't sleep soundly. She turned again to look at Mary who now was sleeping on her back. Natty watched as Mary's chest rose and fell with each breath and she was tempted to put her hand on Mary's breast to feel her heart as she breathed. She wondered if she could ever have sex with Mary or any other woman as that thought had never entered her mind until she met Mary. Now it seemed she had thoughts of what it would be like if she did, just like she had to herself many nights when she was alone. She closed her eyes again and tried to fall asleep wondering if she could ever do to Mary what she knew Mary wanted to do to her. Sometime early in the morning not long before the sun would come up, Natty was still awake and her mind continued to run through scenarios of being with Mary. She gently got out of bed and went into the living room lying on the sofa. Her mind still churning, she closed her eyes. As the sun came up Mary awoke to find Natty not in bed with her. She sat up listening for any sounds. Not hearing any she got up and walked into the living room finding Natty apparently asleep on the sofa curled into a ball. Mary pulled the blanket Natty had kept on the back of the sofa and gently tried to cover Natty to keep her warm. Natty feeling the blanket being placed on her, opened her eyes seeing Mary covering her up. She smiled at Mary who then sat on the edge of the sofa next to Natty. "Why are you sleeping out here? Is there something wrong?" Mary asked very worried why Natty would have slept on the sofa. "I couldn't sleep and I was restless. I didn't want to wake you up so I came out here," Natty said though that was only partially true. Mary brushed the hair from Natty's face putting it behind her ear. With Mary's light touch Natty closed her eyes and cooed from the touch. Mary noticed a tear escape from Natty's eye. "Natty what is it? Something must be bothering you for you to be out here and to have tears in your eyes. Please tell me if I have done something wrong?" Mary pleaded. Natty lifted her hand to Mary's face and gently caressed her cheek. "You haven't done anything wrong Mary. In fact, everything you have done has been perfect, too perfect." "I don't understand then why are you out here? Why the tears?" Natty sat up and pulled Mary into her with her arms. "I don't know if I can explain it. I have always been straight and never had any feelings for a girl before. I really don't think I am gay but I find every day, every moment and especially when I am around you I feel closer and closer to you and my heart tells me there is something there that shouldn't be there because I am not gay." Mary smiled at Natty. 'You know the concept of gay is really just a nomenclature for women who find women sexually and emotionally attracted to each other more so then they find attraction to men. There is also the term bi meaning attraction to both and there are many other terms people have come up with for those who can't decide or don't care. They are just labels. They don't define who you are. I happen to like women. It doesn't mean I don't find men attractive. I just have no desire or sexual attraction to them," Mary tried to explain. "That doesn't help me in my situation," Natty interjected. "Yes it does, because labels are just that, labels. While you are still sexually attracted to males and you are not to women, it doesn't mean you don't have feelings or attraction to one person of the same sex. Don't worry about being defined as one label or another. I guarantee you it will not matter to you or anyone else as long as you are happy with the person you choose to be with. You are letting society define who you are instead of you defining who you are." Natty thought about what Mary had just told her and it made sense. She was more worried about being in a category and being labeled as one than not worrying about it, and being with the person she wanted to be with. She looked up at Mary, smiled at her, then moved her head to Mary's and kissed her lips. "Take me back to bed and make love to me," she softly said to Mary as their lips parted but were close enough that Natty's breath was felt by Mary when Natty spoke. "Are you sure this is what you want?" Mary asked her running her fingers through Natty's hair. "Yes, you will have to help me as I have never done this before and have no idea what to do but I want to make love to you. No, I need to make love to you," Natty explained to Mary. Mary stood up and held out her hands to Natty who took them and stood facing Mary. Mary, holding Natty's hands, leaned in and kissed Natty who responded to the kiss slipping her tongue into Mary's mouth. They stood their letting go of the others hand and wrapping them around the other kissing with more and more passion. Tears of joy begin to fall from Natty's eyes as she was experiencing a new world that was opening up to her. They broke the kiss and Mary used her thumbs to wipe the tears away then took Natty's hand and led her to the bedroom. They stood next to the bed and Mary turned to Natty to make sure this is what Natty wanted and wasn't having second thoughts. Not seeing anything but lust in her eyes she began to unbutton the buttons on Natty's pajama top. As the last button was opened of her top exposing the cleavage and swell of Natty's breasts, Mary took her hands and placed them on Natty's abdomen. She slowly brought them up until she felt her hands touch the bottom of Natty's breasts. She looked at Natty to be sure she should continue seeing Natty's eyes close and her face looking content and serene. Mary moved her hands up over Natty's breasts feeling them for the first time. She could feel Natty's nipples harden to her touch as she gently squeezed both breasts. Natty cooed and Mary could feel Natty relax almost to the point of falling as she experienced being touched by Mary for the first time. Mary moved her hands up higher pushing the open top off of Natty's shoulders then pulling it down off her arms allowing it to fall to the floor. Mary waited for Natty to open her eyes and when she did she took Natty's hands bringing them up to her pajama top and placed them on the buttons. Natty hands were shaking but she was able to unbutton several buttons before Mary helped her with the last few. She took Natty's hands and like she did to Natty she moved them up her stomach bringing them up to her breasts. She placed Natty's hands on her breasts holding them there. Natty looked at her hands and gently squeezed Mary's breasts causing Mary to moan from Natty's touch. Mary took her top off allowing it to fall to the floor moving next to Natty. They kissed with their arms around each other. As the kiss was coming to its end Mary moved her hand down to Natty's waist and putting her thumbs under the waistband of Natty's bottoms she pushed them down. They got below Natty's bottom and fell to her knees where she raised one leg pulling the bottoms off her leg then doing the same to the other side. Mary did the same to her bottoms so they were both naked standing next to the bed. Mary took Natty's hands and held them in hers. She looks at Natty giving her one last chance to say no before she got on the bed taking Natty with her. No words were exchanged just looks, glances, and stares all telling how much both have grown to care so deeply for each other. Mary pulled Natty in close their skin touching each other, their breasts against the others and Natty's one leg on top between Mary's legs. Mary kissed Natty who returned the kiss with more passion. Their hands now freely roaming on each other with Mary's one hand running down Natty's back and on to her butt cheeks. Her other hand moved between them to cup Natty's breast. They both moaned to the slow sensuous love making. Natty kissed Mary pushing her tongue into her mouth. Mary could tell Natty was feeling something special because of the way she was reacting and the passion she was showing Mary in her kissing. She rolled them over so she was now on top of Natty. She held herself up with her forearms looking down on Natty. "I've never seen you more beautiful than you are right now," she tells Natty. Natty is overwhelmed with emotion and tears come to her eyes again. She pulled Mary down to kiss her holding her head to hers with both of her hands on the sides of Mary's face. They kissed passionately no one in any hurry to move past the moment. Their breathing became short and labored and they broke the kiss for both to catch their breath. Mary gave Natty a series of soft quick kisses to her cheeks, ears and neck moving slowing down to her shoulders and upper chest. Natty held Mary with her hands on Mary's back moaning to the kisses from Mary. Moving lower until she reached the upper swell of Natty's breasts, Mary kissed the tops of each then between them through her cleavage, which was almost non existence with Natty lying on her back. Mary kissed the inner sides of each breast before she kissed gently on her nipples giving a shudder to Natty. Mary used her tongue to twirl around Natty's nipples before she sucked first one then the other into her mouth. Natty moaned louder and her hands moved to Mary's head holding her head against her breast. "Oh Mary, oh god," she moaned. Mary kept kissing and sucking on Natty's nipples getting both hard. She moved lower kissing her way down Natty's stomach using her tongue to caress Natty's belly button before she moved lower. Mary moved Natty's legs out farther so she could lie between them. Her hands were on Natty's upper thighs, her thumbs gently rubbing inside just out of reach of Natty's outer lips. Natty was not completely shaved but had a small strip starting above her pussy, and going up a couple of inches neatly trimmed. Mary's head was just over Natty's pussy and she blew gently on it causing Natty to arch up and moan. She looked up to Natty to be absolutely sure before she went any further. Natty looked down at Mary, her mouth forming a slight O. Mary saw Natty give her a slight nod indicating for Mary to go ahead. Not taking their eyes off of each other Mary first kissed Natty on her lips then with her tongue she licked her from the bottom of her slit up to the top. Natty's head fell back onto the pillow and her eyes closed. She moaned louder and opened her legs a little more. Mary knowing she had Natty now, parted her lips with her fingers and began to actively lick and taste the sweetness of Natty. Natty's body took over and her hips moved to each lick that Mary gave her and her breathing rapidly increased. "Oh god, Mary, oh god, I never..." she moaned. Mary continued to lick and taste the juices of Natty getting her close to an orgasm. Being experienced enough to know when someone was close she backed off and did something different not allowing Natty to peak just yet. She used a finger to enter Natty while her tongue moved up and finding Natty's clit she teased it with her tongue. Natty's head was rolling side to side and her hips kept moving up and down in response to Mary's fingers and tongue. She was rapidly rising to her peak again and not wanting her to be in any more agony, Mary took her clit into her mouth and sucked on it while she increased the speed of her finger inside of Natty. The feel on her clit plus the increased movement of Mary's finger was too much for Natty and she exploded in an orgasm crying out to Mary. "Oh fuck, oh god, I'm cumming!" Her body jerked and tensed then went back into convulsing as her orgasm consumed her whole body. Mary eased back on her finger and the sucking of Natty's clit. She released her clit and using her tongue licked Natty's juices she produced from her climax. After Mary felt Natty's body calm down, she moved up next to Natty. She stared at her lying there with her chest rising and falling rapidly, her eyes still closed and her mouth still formed in an O. Mary could see the sweat on Natty's brow and a little sheen to her skin on her chest. She thought how beautiful Natty was now and how wonderful it felt to give her the very first orgasm she had from a woman. Natty opened her eyes and looked over at Mary smiling at her. Tears formed in her eyes as she tried to talk to Mary. "Shhh," Mary said to her placing her finger to Natty's lips. "I know what you are trying to say. It was the most wonderful I have felt too." Natty pulled Mary down for a kiss then whispered in her ear, "Thank you." They lay there for a few minutes until Natty was able to get control of herself and she rolled Mary over so she was now on top of Mary. "You don't have to if you are not ready. I'm feeling great right now with being able to satisfy you," Mary told her. "I want to Mary. I've never ever wanted to do this to anyone but you are so different. I want and need to do this for you," Natty said to Mary. Natty kissed Mary with quick kisses as Mary had done to her. She wasn't sure how and what to do but following what Mary had done to her, she hoped it would bring out the same feelings in Mary it brought out in her. She kissed Mary on the neck and shoulders seeing a few of the freckles Mary had as many auburn-haired people have. She moved lower until she got to Mary's breast. Mary was watching her to see if she was going to be able to do this. Natty looked at Mary's breasts for a moment and smiled seeing a few freckles here and there on her breasts. She tried to kiss each one before she got to Mary's nipples but she only kissed a few. She kissed then sucked on Mary's nipples not sure if she was doing it right but she heard Mary moan and her chest arch up a little to meet her mouth so she knew she was doing something right. She moved lower on Mary getting between her legs. Both Mary and Natty knew this would be the biggest step for Natty. Mary lifted her head to watch Natty who seemed to be studying Mary's pussy and deciding what to do. Mary was going to say something to Natty but before she could Natty had parted her lips with her fingers and leaned in kissing her pussy. Mary moaned and laid her head back on the pillow. Natty then licked Mary like she had been licked causing Mary to moan louder and her hips moved up to meet Natty's tongue. Natty wasn't sure she was doing things right but from Mary's reaction she knew she must be doing something right. She kept licking finding the taste to be actually good and not revolting like she would have imagined it would be. She inserted a finger inside of Mary and trying to mimic what Mary had done to her. She pumped her finger in and out as she licked Mary all around. She found Mary's clit and used her tongue to tease it causing Mary to jerk and her hips to jump up meeting Natty's tongue. Natty knew she was doing okay and continued to work on Mary's clit. This caused Mary's own climax to swiftly rise. This was mainly because of who it was that was doing it to her and she felt she knew she was losing control. When Natty sucked her clit that was all that Mary could take and her orgasm rose beyond going back and she felt it explode inside of her. It was like a tidal wave that started from the top of her head and simultaneously at the tips of her feet and spread down and up from both peaking at her pussy. "Natty, oh yes, fuck that's it, awwwhhhh!" she cried out and her body went into convulsions as she climaxed. It seemed like it went on forever as Natty didn't ease off and Mary felt a second wave hit her not long after the first one and she again went into convulsions. Mary had to push Natty's head away from her pussy because it had become too sensitive. She lay there exhausted and sated a very happy girl. After Mary had pushed her head away Natty moved up next to Mary. She pulled her over to her holding her as Mary continued to reap the effects of her two very powerful climaxes. Mary finally calmed after a few minutes. She looked over to Natty kissing her lips gently. "For a first time you hit more hot spots than have ever been hit before and had me on the verge of passing out," she told Natty. "I never thought I would ever do anything like that but with you it just seemed to be natural and something I wanted to do for you," Natty softly said to Mary. "You were absolutely perfect in every way," Mary told Natty then kissed her. They continued to kiss and hold each other for several minutes before Natty spoke up. "Making love has made me very hungry. How about I make us some Syrniki's? I have some fresh blackberries we can put in them." "That sounds wonderful," Mary said. They both got up putting their pajamas back on and went into the kitchen. Mary got out the plate and made the coffee while Natty began to make the Syrniki's. They ate and then cleaned up the kitchen. They spent the rest of the day together talking but neither bringing up the love-making that occurred earlier in the day. End of chapter one