Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:34:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: CH
Subject: Casey and Leslie

Hi! This is a story of two close friends who found out that they both
felt an attraction for each other. 

			     Casey and Leslie

	Casey Arnold and Leslie Smith have been friends ever since they were
in high school. Both are now on the same university, taking up
different courses but are still close. Leslie knows that Casey is a
lesbian. She doesn't mind being close to a lesbian. They both find it
quite funny that no one have ever mistaken them as lovers. It wasn't
that they were, it was just that they were super close and Casey was
quite obviously a lesbian and well, Leslie was super feminine.
	Casey is a medium built soccer player, short dark hair with a rat tail
and is quite chubby. She usually wears jeans and shirts and on
occasions wears blouses and dresses. Leslie, on the other hand is a
typical female. So much different when it comes to clothes.
	Casey had been crazy over Leslie for quite sometime now and is
desperately trying to forget her and find somebody else. It didn't even
come to Casey's mind  to confess to Leslie about what she feels for
her. Casey thinks it's too much of a risk and she didn't want to lose
Leslie's friendship. 
	"Sorry I'm late Casey, I got stuck in traffic.", apologized Leslie.
	"It's okay, I just got here anyway.", replied Casey.
	They went to the locker room of the gym and changed into their
work-out  clothes. Leslie thought Casey had something in her mind
because she was so quiet.
	"Hey there! What's on your mind?", asked Leslie.
	"Oh well, nothing really.", said Casey.
	"How come you're so quiet?"
	"Les,  have you ever felt so in love but you can't even express it?"
	"What do you mean?"
	"Never mind. It's not really that important."
	Both did their usual routine and finished after about an hour or so.
When they finished dressing, Leslie invited Casey to come to their
house that afternoon just to have some company and to spend a few more
hours together  before school started again.
	At Leslie's house, Casey took every opportunity to look at Leslie. She
was so dumbfounded with her! She only wished she could find a woman at
least half of what Leslie is to her. 
	"Well, it's gonna be a school day tomorrow. It's study time again. I
guess we won't be  seeing much of each other, huh?", Leslie said.
	"Yeah, I guess so. We'll be both busy again, no time for play!",
replied Casey.
	It has been a whole month since both have seen or talked to one
another when Casey called Leslie.
	"You won't believe this but I've found somebody here!", Casey almost
shouted on the phone.
	"Really? Who is she?", asked an ecstatic Leslie.
	"Her name is Flora, Flora Michael and she's not yet my lover but I'm
getting close to her and there's just this chance for me!"
	"I'm really happy for you Case."
	A week passed and Leslie haven't heard from Casey and she thought that
Casey changed her mind on Flora. Casey on the other hand was busy
flirting with Flora. She was very happy that Flora is very nice  to
her, even after she found out that Casey was a lesbian.
	Casey had soccer practice one afternoon and she invited Flora to come
watch her play. Flora did and Casey played one hell of a game. She had
about 20 saves that day and she had a shutout.
	Flora congratulated her for an excellent game and offered her to come
to her house and celebrate. Casey of course accepted the invitation. As
a polite gesture, Casey opened the passenger  side of her car first, as
what she usually does with her other friends. Flora told her, when she
got into the car, that it was such a gentleman-like gesture.
	"You're lover must be very proud of you. You're so kind and
thoughtful.", Flora said to Casey with a smile.
	"Oh, I don't have a lover yet. I'm so shy to tell anybody of my
feelings", Casey answered.
	"Oh. Why don't you try? It may be worth it in the end."
	"Okay, maybe I'll try."
	Casey parked her car outside Flora's house and went inside.
	"Make yourself comfortable and I'll be back with some  drinks", said
Flora.
	Casey browsed some CDs and realized that Flora was into R & B music.
So she picked Monica's CD and put it into the player. Casey opened a
scrap book lying at the bottom of some photo albums. The first page had
a title "My Greatest Influences" and had an A+ on it. It was obviously
a school project. She saw  Flora's parents at the next page and a long
paragraph describing them and why and how they had influenced her. The
next few pages contained pictures of other people, Flora's friends. The
last page surprised her the most. It contained the pictures of Ellen
DeGeneres and Anne Heche. Before she could read why they had an
influence on her Flora got back with some drinks and a couple of
sandwiches. She noticed what Casey was looking at and explained.
	"Ellen and Anne just showed me to be who I am and be what I want.
They're so brave for coming out of the public. I admire them for
that.", Flora explained.
	"Oh. Uhmm.... Flo, there's something I wanna tell you. I'm madly in
love with you. I am not expecting you to reciprocate the feeling but I
just want you to know.", Casey finally said.
	"You know Case, I've been waiting for you to tell me that you love me.
>From the start, I've been attracted to you but I was afraid to make the
first move. So when you told me that you're a lesbian and judging from
our closeness, I thought you'd make the first move. But I love flirting
with you!"
	"So you mean, you love me too?"
	"I love you more than you'll ever know."
	Flora gave Casey a tiny kiss on the lips. It wasn't passionate, more
on the playful side.  
	Life was so wonderful for Casey then. She hasn't told Leslie the good
news yet because she wanted to introduce Flora personally to Leslie. 
	Casey and Flora spent most of their time together. They were mostly in
Flora's house because  both her parents worked and aren't home until
seven in the evening. Casey and Flora would kiss playfully but nobody
ever dared to try and kiss passionately. 
	After a month of being lovers, Casey finally introduced Flora to
Leslie.
	"Leslie, I want you to meet my lover Flora.", Casey said.
	"Hi!", Leslie said speechless.
	Leslie felt strange. She should be happy for her friend but she
wasn't! She thought about all the time Casey would be spending with
Flora. 
"She's probably be spending all her time with Flora and she won't have
time for me! No! Casey and I will remain to be friends! Or would we?",
Leslie thought to herself that night.
Time just flew by and it was Christmas vacation. Some of Casey and
Leslie's friends held a beach party for old times' sake. Both were
invited but they could bring anybody they want. Of course,  Casey
brought with her Flora. Leslie couldn't help but steal a few glances at
them while they were eating, talking, laughing and when they were
building sand castles.
"They are flirting to death with each other. This is super PDA!",
Leslie thought to herself.
Meanwhile, Casey and Flora went to Casey's car to get some lotion when 
Flora tripped on the matting of the car and accidentally fell on Casey.
 They made eye contact and slowly Flora leaned closer and made contact
with Casey's  lips. Casey felt the electricity running through her
body. This is their first kiss lying down! And there was something
about a kiss being done while lying down. This is also their first
passionate kiss. 
Back on the cottage, Leslie was trying to understand why, all of a
sudden she hates seeing  Casey and Flora together. Is she jealous? Is
she falling in love with Casey?
"No! I am 100% straight! Maybe I'm not just used to this.", Leslie
reminded herself.
Throughout the Christmas vacation, Leslie tried to push back all the
things she felt whenever Casey and Flora were together. She
concentrated on reading books, watching all sorts of movies and even
tried to study early, just to forget Casey and Flora. But Leslie's mind
always drifted back to Casey. She decided to have a boyfriend so that
she could forget about Casey.  She decided to try and reciprocate the
feeling of anybody that courts her, especially the one who doesn't know
Casey personally.
A month passed and Leslie found herself watching a movie with Steven
Gates, her boyfriend. They were watching a very scary movie but for
Leslie, what's going on in her mind was far scarier than the movie. All
the time that she was with Steven, she was thinking about Casey. It
seems that everywhere Steven would take her, there is a lingering
memory of Casey.
"Hey! What's on you're mind? You're mind seems to be a million miles
from here.", said Steven.
"Oh! I was just thinking about the fun times Casey and I had here. We
used to play soccer here and she would always win and play against the
computer. She was one of the champions on that game.", replied Leslie.
"Come on, let's go get something to eat."
"I remember when Casey and a few friends of ours went to eat. We
usually wanna eat the ice of the drinks but one time, it was a big ice
so Casey grabbed two straws and used it as chopsticks."
Realizing that Casey still was on her mind, Leslie asked Steven to take
her home. On the way home, Leslie thought that it wasn't working with
Steven. Steven was very nice to her but she just didn't love him. 
"Steve, I'm so sorry but I think we should just call this thing off.
It's not you, you're very nice but there's just something about me that
I need to fix. I hope you understand.", Leslie said.
"I love you Leslie, and I respect your decision. I'll just be here if
you need me, okay?", Steven replied while giving Leslie a friendly hug.
Leslie lied down on her bed and started to think. She thought about how
lucky Flora is to have  Casey as a lover. Casey is very sweet,
thoughtful, fun to be with, funny, always there to cheer you up, she
always seem to know what to do to you whenever you have mood swings.
Leslie's thoughts however were interrupted by the ringing of her phone.
"Hello?", Leslie answered the phone.
"Hi Leslie! It's me Casey! How are you?", said Casey.
"I'm fine. I broke up with Steven, I never did love him anyways."
"Oh, I'm sorry Les. Anyway, I just called because it's been so long
since we've talked. Are you busy?"
"Not really. I've been just thinking about some things."
"Oh and what would those things be?"
"It's nothing."
"Oh Shit! I completely forgot! I need to go to Flora's house, I'll be
having dinner with her parents. Catch you later Les!"
Leslie put down the phone and flopped down into her bed. 
"Having dinner with Flora's parents? Are they going to be engaged or
something? Casey can't handle being with other people's parents. She's
always shy about it. Casey needs somebody to boost her confidence, to
listen to her problems, to laugh at her jokes, to sing awfully for her
and to listen to her sing crookedly, to go with her to the gym, 
somebody....somebody like....like me?! Oh my God! I can't believe it.
I'm in love with Casey. I'm madly and deeply in love with her!", Leslie
shocked herself.
Leslie spanked herself for taking so long to realize what she felt for
Casey. Now she had to take a back seat behind Flora. 
While at Flora's house Casey's mind was wondering to far away places.
She was happy being with Flora but she felt that if she really wanted
their relationship to last, she would have to erase everything she felt
about Leslie.
After dinner and a short conversation with Flora's parents, Casey went
home and started to think. Is she being fair with Flora? After all, she
is cheating  technically speaking.
After much deliberation and consideration, Casey decided to break-up
with Flora.  Flora asked what she did wrong and Casey confessed her
affection for her close friend.
"I guess it just wasn't right and fair for you. My mind and heart
belongs to somebody else and I would hurt you if we continue being
together. I'm sorry Flora. I really don't wanna hurt you. I thought you
would make me forget her, it worked for a few months but my feelings
for Leslie are just too strong.", Casey tried to explain.
"One thing is for sure Casey, I love you very much and I probably will
for a long time. That's why I want you to be happy. Although it hurts
me a lot, if you'll be happy with it, then I'll set you free. But
please do me a favor?", Flora said teary-eyed.
"Anything."
"Don't forget me."
"I won't. You'll have a special place in my heart."
With that, Casey gave Flora a final kiss on the lips and hugged her.
Casey felt so moved with what Flora had just said to her. She felt
sorry that she had hurt this wonderful creature in her arms. But if she
continued their relationship, she would have hurt her much more.
Casey didn't want to tell Leslie about her break-up with Flora. She
wanted to just let things settle down. And besides she still wasn't
sure  what to do with Leslie.
Both started to talk often again and Leslie was sure she was falling
deeper for Casey. Although she was still lonely because she was afraid
their friendship would go down the drain if she told Casey what she
really felt.
One day in school, Casey had no class and started to take a walk when
she saw Leslie  sitting alone on a bench reading her notes. It was
chili outside and Leslie shivered a bit. Casey took her coat off and
gently put it on Leslie's shoulders. Leslie spun around to see who her
donor was. She saw Casey smile at her lovingly.
"Can I sit here?", asked Casey.
"Sure,  don't you feel cold?", answered Leslie.
"I'm used to cold weather."
Leslie thought for a bit and said to herself to at least give a bit of 
a hint to Casey about what  she felt.
"Come on, you'll catch a cold.", Leslie said as she put her arms around
Casey and snuggled against her. "At least let me give you some of the
warmth your coat gave me."
Both sat there motionless, not knowing what to do with the growing
tension between them. 
"Flora and I broke up Les.", Casey broke the ice.
"Oh I'm so sorry. Why?", Leslie asked.
"I was feeling guilty that I'm with her yet my mind is with another 
girl."
"Another girl? Who is she?"
"I don't know if I should tell you who she is."
"Come on, tell me. No secrets remember?", Leslie lied.
Casey sat  up, took Leslie's hand and looked her straight in the eye.
"Les, I don't know what will happen to us, but I think I should be
honest to you. Les, it's you. I'm in love with you since last year. Yet
I couldn't bring myself to tell you, because I was afraid you'd get
angry.", Casey said, looking down.
Leslie put her hands under Casey's chin and guided her view back to
her.  Casey saw the loving eyes of Leslie and felt secured. 
"Case, I didn't realize how much you mean to me until Flora came into
your life. I was so jealous of her that I tried to find console with
Steven. But it didn't matter, I broke up with him because I knew that
something inside me was longing for something else. Then I realized
that it was you that I was longing for.", Leslie said to Casey.
Without any care to who might see them, both found their lips
entwining. It was such a wonderful kiss, it wasn't hard and long. It
was a sweet and gentle kiss.
Leslie and Casey went on to be lovers for the rest of their lives and
never felt a day of sadness. Both finished their respective courses and
got a job that suited them. Leslie is a very successful doctor and
Casey also found great success as a computer engineer. Both are also
into businesses, they have a restaurant, a boutique, a mini gym and
have toured their favorite country, the Netherlands.

---the end---