Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:31:56 -0600
From: Brianna Theis <gogogirl.brianna@gmail.com>
Subject: The Keeper part 2

**Okay, you all know the drill. Girl-girl relationship in the story. If you
don't like it, leave. If you are under 18 or whatever the legal age in your
country is, again: leave! For those of you can stay, enjoy part 2!**

Bella felt herself wake up. She was coming out of a dream she couldn't
remember, her heavy eyelids trying to force their way open. She took a deep
breath and felt something get in the way of her rising chest. She slowly
opened her eyes to look at the obstruction. It was Katerina's ribs. Bella
gently raised her head to take in her position. Her head was resting on
Katerina's shoulder. Bella's arm was gently laying across Katerina's
stomach, rising and falling with every breath she took. She felt her legs
tangled in Katerina's, whose arms were around her shoulders, holding Bella
close to her. How the hell did we end up like this? Bella asked herself. She
was about to pull out of Katerina's arms, but she felt so comfortable and
warm in them, she stopped and rested her head back on her shoulders,
breathing in deeply. She loved the scent Katerina gave off. It was unique
and better than any perfume.

Bella finally came to her senses and began to pull away from Katerina's
grasp. However, even though Katerina was still deeply asleep, her arms
tightened around Bella, holding her in place. Bella, not wanting to wake
her, didn't try to move away, but went back to how she was when she woke up,
much to her heart's content. Bella felt herself falling asleep again to the
smell of Katerina and the sound of her heartbeat.

The next time Bella woke up, she was alone. The bed was empty and she felt a
little cold as she pulled the sheets tighter around her. She opened her eyes
as she smelled something good and sat up. She saw Katerina in the kitchen,
the sound of breakfast cooking filled the room.
Then, Bella remembered what she woke up to earlier and felt her heart twist
in panic. She wondered if Katerina knew what happened, if she saw how they
were sleeping. Bella felt her face heat up and turn red. She hoped that
Katerina wouldn't bring it up since Bella didn't plan on it.

"Good morning," came a cheerful voice from the kitchen. Bella's head snapped
up and saw Katerina smiling at her from across the room. Bella automatically
smiled back, it was impossible not to when Katerina smiled.

"Good morning," she groaned, stretching as she did so. "It smells
wonderful."

"Bacon, eggs, and pancakes. My favorite breakfast. I don't know what yours
is, so I hope this is okay," she said.

"This is perfect," Bella replied, smiling. She got out of bed and went to
the bathroom. She washed her face, brushed her hair with Katerina's hair
brush. She tried to make herself look nice and suddenly stopped and stared
at herself in the mirror.

"What am I doing?" she muttered to herself. Why was she trying to look her
best for Katerina. She remembered waking up this morning in her arms and
felt her heart flutter with euphoria. She had a sudden urge to leave the
bathroom and wrap her arms intimately around her friend.

Bella shook her head, then splashed her face again with very cold water.

"Get a hold of yourself, Peterson. It's Katerina, your co-worker," she told
her reflection in the mirror. However, just saying her name caused her
stomach to clench slightly in either excitement of nervousness, she couldn't
tell.

She eventually exited the bathroom, promising herself that she would no
longer have these strange thoughts. One problem. She looked over to Katerina
in the kitchen, flipping a pancake on the stove and lost her breath. She
hadn't changed from her pajamas and her long, perfectly shaped legs took
Bella's breath away.

"Do you like your eggs scrabbled or sunny side up?" Katerina asked. Bella
didn't even hear her as she very openly checked her friend out. Her eyes
slowly and leisurely moved up her legs to her perfectly shaped ass and flat,
muscular stomach. "Bella?"
Katerina looked up and saw what Bella was doing and blushed slightly with a
pleased smile. She decided to not embarrass her friend by calling her out,
so she went back to cooking.

Bella worked her way up Katerina's chest and felt tingles in her hands as
she barely contained her desire to know what they would feel like beneath
her fingers. She moved to her neck, wanting nothing more than to plant
several loving and tender kisses on it. She reached her beautiful face and
felt her heart pounding against her ribcage.
She realized what she was doing and felt her face go crimson.

That's when Katerina looked up, ignoring the color change of her face and
neck.

"Do you like your eggs scrambled or sunny side up?" she asked, her smile
playing on her lips. As always, Bella smiled back. It was impossible not to.

"Scrambled would be great," she answered, pushing away what just happened
and decided to enjoy her breakfast with her friend.

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A week after staying over at Katerina's apartment, Bella and her friends
were eating at Dante's Cafe, one of their favorite restaurants. She was deep
in her head, not really paying attention to the conversation.

"Bella. Bella. Bella!" came a loud voice, shattering Bella's thoughts. She
looked up to see everyone giving her a strange stare.

"What?" Bella asked, slightly annoyed that they interrupted her thinking.

"We were asking you a question. Are you feeling all right?" Alyssa asked.

"I'm fine, sorry. I was just spacing," Bella replied, her voice gentler.

"Oh, well, we were wondering if you knew what Katerina was doing tonight,"
Kayla asked. Bella's face turned hard as she felt a slight panic in her
chest.

"No, why would I know that? I'm not her keeper," Bella said, almost angrily.

"Whoa, chill. What is your deal? Is there something going on between you
two?" Max asked.

"What do you mean something going on? There's nothing going on," Bella said
quickly, her face instantly turning red.

"I mean are you guys fighting? Why are you so on edge?" he said. Bella took
a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

"Sorry, I'm just tired. I didn't mean to act so strange," she said.

"Whatever. I was only asking because I'm having a movie night at my house
after school today and I was wondering if she wanted to come. Maybe you
could give her a call," Alyssa said.

"Oh, yeah. I will," Bella said. "Wait, I don't know her number."

"Can't you get it from work?" Harvey asked.

"Sure, I'll do that," Bella said. She called AmericInn, but there wasn't a
number to reach Katerina.

"That's weird," Max said when Bella told them.

"Yeah...weird," Bella whispered. Katerina...where are you? Bella thought.

"Hey guys," came a very familiar voice that made Bella's heart jump a
million miles an hour. She turned and saw Katerina behind her.

"Whoa, we were just talking about you," Kayla said, all of them surprised to
see her, none more so than Bella.

"I was across the street, trying to find a place for lunch when I saw you,"
she replied.

"Join us," Max said, pushing out a chair for her. She thanked them and sat
down in between Max and Bella, whose heart still hadn't slowed down.

"The reason we were talking about you was because we were wondering if you
wanted to come to my house once we're finished with school for a movie
night. I have a huge selection of movies and a home theater system," Alyssa
said. "It'll just be the four of us, five including you."

"That sounds great. What time?" Katerina said, smiling happily.

"Three thirty. Do you need a ride?" Alyssa asked.

"Yeah, I don't own a car and I don't know where you live either," she said.

"Bella? Would you mind? You know where her apartment is," Alyssa asked.

"Sure, no problem," Bella muttered, still not meeting Katerina's eyes.

"Perfect, it's settled then," Kayla said. Then, their food arrived. Katerina
ordered a simple bagel sandwich as Bella picked at her food, her appetite
destroyed with the millions of butterflies flying around in her stomach.

"Bella, are you feeling okay?" Katerina asked after a few minutes. Bella
finally looked into her beautiful, wise brown eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just not very hungry," Bella replied, swallowing hard
in her suddenly dry mouth. Her heart rate accelerated again when she looked
at Katerina.

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure," Bella said, trying to sound assuring.

"Okay, you just look a little out of it," Katerina observed. "Is there
something you want to talk about?" she asked. Bella was about to answer when
she felt Katerina's hand on her knee. It was a friendly enough gesture, but
Bella took a very sharp intake of breath as her whole body came alive at her
touch. She was instantly sexually aroused, stronger than any other time she
could remember. Breathing became difficult as she tried to stop her mind
from spinning and get her heart under control.
Bella suddenly stood quickly, almost knocking over her chair.

"I'm not feeling that great, actually. I'm going to go home for the day,"
Bella announced.

"Okay. Feel better. Do you think you'll make it tonight?" Alyssa asked.

"I think so. I'll call you if I can't," Bella answered, then started down
the street to the school to get permission to go home. On the way, she
stepped into the mouth of an alley and
leaned against the wall, taking several deep breaths.

What the hell is going on? she asked herself.
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Bella was sitting in Alyssa's living room around four thirty, sitting as
still as a statue, breathing evenly.

Concentrate on the movie. I've never seen it before. Who's that actor again?
His name starts with an M...the girl is...Kate something. Their characters
are searching for some kind of treasure...I think. Bella was thinking this
as Katerina was sitting next to her on the couch.

Neither of them said much to the other. They glanced at each other
occasionally, but immediately looked away when they caught the other one's
eye. Bella was constantly blushing since she picked her up at her apartment.

Now, on the couch, there was Max, Kayla, Bella, and Katerina. They were all
very squished together since Max wanted to sit on the couch, but no one
would move. Bella was in the middle of Kayla and Katerina, her body pressed
up against Katerina's and she was having a lot of trouble focusing. Her
heart was pounding erratically and her body was refusing to settle down. Her
mind was spinning in her head, giving her a headache with the battle going
on inside it.

A part of her was screaming at Bella to turn her head just a little and kiss
Katerina. The mere thought of Katerina's lips on hers made Bella almost lose
complete control of herself. Another part of her body was telling her to get
up and leave Alyssa's before something happened that she would regret. The
third part of her was trying to calm herself down, trying to make her deny
that anything was happening. The longer Bella sat that close to Katerina,
the more she realized that the first part was starting to win.
Then, she heard something amazing and she turned her head. Katerina was
laughing at a part of the movie. Her whole face lit up, her beautiful eyes
sparkled and her smile made Bella's already spastic heart feel like it was
going to burst with feelings.

Katerina must have felt Bella's gaze because she turned to look at Bella.
Neither of them looked away this time. They were inches from each other's
face. As Bella stared into her eyes, she saw something in them she couldn't
quite figure out. Bella looked into her eyes, but quickly glanced at
Katerina's lips, which were open only a few centimeters. Bella saw Katerina
lean in slightly and Bella gave into to one part of her mind.

She suddenly stood, nearly banging her head against Katerina's, and took off
for the stairs. She ran up them and into the bathroom at the top of them,
shutting the door tightly, leaning against it breathing heavily.

"Oh, my God," Bella whispered. She walked over to the sink and splashed cold
water on her face trying to get control over herself. She dried her face off
and stared at the sink, trying to calm down her body.

Then, she heard the door open and her head snapped up.

"Katerina," Bella whispered standing up straight. Katerina shut the door
behind her.

"Look, Bella," Katerina said, walking toward Bella, who didn't move an inch,
"I think there's something we need to talk about."

"There's nothing to talk about," Bella said quietly. Katerina continued to
walk toward her.

"Yes, there is," Katerina said just as quietly. She stopped in front of
Bella, only a foot away from her.

"I don't know what you mean," Bella said weakly. Her hands were shaking and
she put them on the sink counter behind her.

"I know what you're thinking and what you're feeling. I think it's the same
thing that's going on with me," Katerina said, taking a very small step
forward. Bella didn't make any attempt to move, so Katerina took another
step. Soon, she was almost touching Bella's body with hers and Bella
couldn't breathe.

"Katerina...we can't-I can't-" Bella said, having no idea what she was
trying to say.

"I know, Bella. I know more than you could possibly understand how we
shouldn't-" Katerina said, then stopped and took a deep breath. "If you tell
me to stay away from you right now, I'll go. I'll leave you alone, but I
can't do it voluntarily, Bella. You have to tell me to go away."

Bella searched her eyes and saw the pain she was feeling as she said those
words. Bella didn't reply right away as she forced herself to breathe.
Katerina's scent filled her and her knees nearly gave away, but she held
herself up.

"You smell so good," Bella muttered, but Katerina heard her. She smiled and
her eyes lit up again, only this time, it was different and Bella still
couldn't figure out what she was seeing in them. Katerina raised her hand
and lightly brushed her fingers along Bella's cheek. Bella closed her eyes,
taking in her touch, sighing with happiness.

"You...are beautiful," Katerina whispered, her breath tickling Bella's face,
making her skin erupt with goose bumps. She opened her eyes again to see
Katerina and then it hit her.
She knew what she was seeing in her eyes. It was love.

Right when she figured it out, she slowly leaned forward and their lips
touched in the lightest of kisses. Bella's body roared with happiness, a
kind of happiness she's never felt and never knew existed. Katerina locked
her arms around Bella and their lips pressed together in a fervor.

Bella put one hand on the back of Katerina's neck, pulling her closer, and
the other ran her fingers through Katerina's hair. She pushed Bella against
the sink and pressed her body against hers. Bella pulled back and gasped at
the feeling of lightheaded and dizzy with arousal and happiness. Katerina
didn't stop though, she pulled Bella back for another mind blowing kiss.
This time, parted her lips and ran her tongue along Bella's upper lip. Bella
immediately opened her lips and allowed Katerina's tongue entry. Bella
hesitated for a split second before she touched her tongue with Katerina's,
but when she did, bright lights exploded behind her closed eyelids and she
moaned, unable to control herself. Katerina's lips and skin were as smooth
as silk and Bella knew she had never felt anything so incredible than
Katerina's body beneath her fingers. Their kiss was like nothing Bella has
ever felt before. The feeling was as if the whole world was made for them
and only them; that everything centered around their kiss. She felt as if
the warmth of the sun was bursting in her chest, sending it's rays to every
particle and molecule of her body.

She was also very aware of Katerina. It was as if she could feel every atom,
every reaction, every thought Katerina had. They were completely connected
in a way that no one else could ever experience.

Katerina gently, yet passionately, caressed Bella's tongue expertly, causing
Bella's body to shudder. Bella wanted nothing more than for that kiss to
last forever, but she soon had to come up for air and pulled away, both of
them breathing heavily. They didn't move, but looked into each other's eyes.
Katerina's were glassy with happiness and love.

"Wow," Katerina breathed. Bella was unable to speak, everything she was
feeling was too much to put into words. Bella swallowed and opened her mouth
to say something, but then there was a loud pounding on the door, making
both of them jump apart.

"Hey! Are you all right? What are you guys doing in there?" came Kayla's
voice.

"Yes," Bella said, her voice hoarse as it cracked. She cleared her throat.
"Yes. We'll be down in a minute."
They heard Kayla go down the stairs. Neither of said anything as Bella came
back to her senses. She replayed what just happened and she couldn't believe
she just received the best kiss of her life from another girl. Bella's legs
started shaking and she sat down on the closed toilet.

"Oh, my God," she said quietly, putting her head in her hands, trying to
think straight.

"Bella...are you okay?" asked Katerina timidly. Bella looked up and saw fear
on Katerina's face. "Do you regret-" she didn't finish and Bella knew what
she was asking, but she didn't have an answer. She wasn't sure how she was
feeling. Katerina let out a shaky breath when Bella didn't reply. "I'm
sorry. That was stupid of me. I'm sorry."
Katerina then started toward the door and Bella saw the pain in her eyes.
She realized with a painful twist of her heart that if she didn't stop
Katerina now, she might not get another chance with her.

"Wait," Bella said, standing as she grabbed Katerina's hand to stop her. "I
don't want you to go."
Katerina didn't face her.

"It was wrong of me to do that, Bella. I'm sorry," she said.

"I'm not," Bella whispered. Katerina slowly turned and stared at her, her
eyes apprehensive.

"What?" she asked.

"I'm not sorry," Bella said more confidently.

"What are you saying, Bella?" Katerina asked. Bella took a deep breath.

"I'm not really sure. Things lately have been so crazy and I don't know what
to think," she said. Katerina looked guilty. "But there is one thing I am
sure of." Katerina looked deep into her eyes, waiting with her incredible,
seemingly endless patience. "I have feelings for you, Katerina. They're
strong; stronger than anything I have ever felt before. I don't know what to
do with them, I've never felt anything like this. But I do know that I don't
want you to go away. I don't want you to leave. More than anything, I want
you to stay."
Katerina started to smile, but then stopped.

"Are you sure, Bella? Is this what you really want?" she asked. Bella raised
her hand and caressed her cheek, and she realized she was doing what she had
been daydreaming about ever since she stayed overnight with Katerina. Bella
smiled.

"I've never wanted anything more in my life," she answered. Katerina allowed
her smile this time, looking like the happiest person in the world. She
pulled Bella into a loving hug and Bella hugged her back, letting her
emotions wash over her. Nothing had ever felt so right or so perfect then
when she was standing in her arms.

"Come on, we need to get back down before your friends suspect something,"
Katerina whispered, her breath tickling Bella's neck, making her shiver.

"No, not yet," Bella said, grasping her tightly. She felt Katerina chuckle.

"Don't worry, Bella. We have all the time in the world to be together," she
said. Bella reluctantly let go of her and stared into her eyes. Katerina
leaned forward and gave Bella a tender kiss.




**Hope you enjoyed this. More to come soon!**
Brianna

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