Well dear readers, if you have made it this far you have to be somewhat invested in the storyline. If you just wanted the sexy parts the narrative would be much shorter. As stated previously this is a work of fiction. Fiction inspired by true events to be sure, but fiction none the less. I hope you enjoy this installments of our heroine's story.

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Part 14 -- A New Year -- Time Marches On

The new year and the new semester started. The Lesbian Mafia gathered at lunch like we always had. There was the core group: me, Lisa, Gena, Rita, Lauren, and Michelle (the last two girls I didn't know well, certainly we had never fucked) and then girls who came and went. These were the girls who would sometimes fuck another girl but for the most part they preferred guys. Stephanie was part of this second group, she didn't sit with us every day, she really wanted to have a foot in both worlds. Lauren was in my math class, so I talked to her more than the other hang-around girls. She and Steph both let me know that Lisa and I had gotten a bit too bold at school, especially at Homecoming, and it might be best if we played it a bit cooler. They had heard talk from other students (guys and girls) about how "those fucking dykes need to be put in their place". There was no going back into the closet for me or Lisa, but we decided that being more discreet wouldn't be a bad thing. We were fine among the theater crowd and most of the music people but there were certainly other students who didn't think we even had a right to exist, let alone be in love, and that belief was shared by some teachers and some administrators. We were also going to be very careful not to be trapped in some dead-end hallway alone. We were up against, at least where students were concerned, the top of the social hierarchy and, unlike at Homecoming, we would not always have Katherine to rescue us. We had gotten complacent having a warrior woman at our backs and that was going to have to change.

One day at lunch Steph was sitting with us, clearly having something to say.

"What is it Steph?"

"So I didn't talk about it during Christmas because we were having a lot of fun." She blushed in a totally adorable way. I wanted to grab her hand, but we had dialed down really public displays.

"Anyway, I am on the girls' basketball team. We have a game this Wednesday and this is my first game on the varsity team and I would really like it if I had friends in the stands."

Lisa put her hand on Steph's back. "Of course, we will be there. Why did you not mention this before?"

"Honestly, I'm not that good a player. I'm tall and our team just isn't that good, so I sort of fell into it. It's some of the girls on the team that talk about you and Cindy, I wanted you to know that."

I put a hand on her thigh under the table, trying hard to stay under the radar. "We appreciate that babe. Lisa and I will be there to cheer you on. Just so you know, I have only the most basic knowledge of basketball, but I won't let that slow me down."

Wednesday came and I went to my first basketball game of my high school years. The only games I had ever gone to were the softball games when Lee was on the team. I had some long phone calls with Lisa and we decided that doing some less blatantly lesbian things might ease the heat off of us.

Stephanie must have told her parents we were coming, and it was so easy to pick Lisa out of a crowd; they waved us over to sit with them, so we got to meet her entire family. Her mom and dad seemed nice enough and they did not seem to know about Steph's sexual interest in us. Her dad was impressed we had taken second place in the pool tournament.

"You got a boyfriend to spend the prize on?"

"No boyfriend sir. I'm sure I'll find some use for the cash." Well, back to leading that double life again, at least with some people.

Steph's mom had played basketball in college and I think she was where the pressure for Steph to play as well came from. She was really tall, and Steph has the same brownish-blonde hair as her mom. Steph also had two little brothers, one looked to be about Janet's age and one looked to still be in elementary school.

Rita came to the game as well and she brought Lauren along. I felt a bit a relief when I saw Katherine with them as well. Her presence meant no one would jump us in some dimly-lit hallway (or at least I thought so). We all sat together, with Katherine sitting behind us watching over the crowd.

Steph was right; our team was not good. We cheered wildly when she managed to sink a 3-point shot (our team's only three pointer) and before too long we were cheering when any member of our team got the ball. Our cheering didn't help much, we still lost 64-31 and I think by the end of the game they had put in their JV squad.

I was driving that night, and since it was a school night there would be no sleepover for me and Lisa, but there was always the back of the Yellow Submarine. We found ourselves a nice secluded place and got naked incredibly fast and under the blankets before the January cold destroyed the mood. I was on top, rubbing my pussy against hers, feeling her hard nipples on mine. We were both really horny so orgasm came pretty quickly. Lisa clamped her legs around me, I was afraid she would break a rib, and I had her tongue sucked into my mouth when we finally managed our long elusive goal, simultaneous orgasms. It was incredibly! We lay there on our side holding each other tight but then Lisa started to cry.

"What the matter baby?"

"Cindy, I'm scared. What if someone at school comes after us? What do we do then?"

"I've been thinking about that too. I am less worried about the girls. They are unbelievable bitches, but I don't see any of those cunts actually trying something physical. It's the guys who worry me. We've heard the stories from the girls at lunch how some guys forced them into sex even though they didn't want it; that's rape in my book but too many other people think otherwise." I wiped the tears off her face and kissed her again, wrapping my leg over hers.

"We stick together. We do our best never to be someplace alone where there's not a good escape. As for defending ourselves, for that we need some expert advice and fortunately for us we know someone who can help us."

Her blue eyes were locked on mine and we said it at the same time.

"Katherine."

"Yeah, I say we get some help from a real warrior woman, if anyone knows how to get out of a bad situation it will be her. We can talk to her and Rita at the coffee shop soon."

Now it was Lisa's turn to kiss me. "I like that idea. Now we better get dressed so you can take me home."

"Yeah, I suppose. I still want to know about your surprise you have for me."

"You just wait. You'll find out." She had a very naughty smile, I could hardly wait.

At school the next day I talked to Rita to see if she (and Katherine) would be at the coffee shop that night.

"Lisa and I need to talk to Katherine about something tonight."

"Is this about what Steph and Lauren told you earlier?"

"Yeah. We can handle catty little bitches but guys who think they somehow have a `right' to us is a completely different matter."

"Katherine had that talk with me after the whole Brayden thing. She knows how to handle herself."

I had no doubt about that. "We'll see you tonight."

That night both of us went to the coffee shop after our respective work was done. Rita and Katherine were already there at a table."

Katherine was all business, as usual. "Rita has told me you girls are concerned for your safety."

Lisa spoke up, her voice quivering a bit; just thinking about this got her really scared. "Cindy and I have gotten a bit too bold and we have stirred up people who, for whatever reason, hate lesbians. We want some help in knowing how to defend ourselves if we have to."

Katherine's smile was not a warm one. "I've seen you defend yourself Lisa, you already know the prime target on men. A hard kick to the testicles will take even the biggest man down, but there are some other things I can show you. Come to the house on Sunday and I will give you some pointers."

While she did not come out and say it, there was certainly the implication that we could have fun with Rita as well. I was quite ready to watch her and Lisa fight.

Lee and Annie came in and joined us, Katherine teleported to her usual spot by the wall. Both Lee and Annie would be going back to school on Sunday, so this weekend would be the last time I would see them for a while. Annie was wearing a really low-cut top that showed off her big, brown tits to great advantage.

"Would you two like to come to my house on Saturday? The hot tub is still filled and ready."

"Oh hell yeah!" Lisa grabbed my thigh under the table. I knew she wanted to watch me and Lee wrestle and she was always up for some nice, big tits.

Friday night I went over to Lisa's. It was going to be a very sexy weekend and we were both ready to go. Being nervous about even holding hands at school had left us unbelievably horny all the time. Once the door closed to the spare bedroom we were ready to go. Lisa was practically drooling with lust and I wasn't much better.

"Let's fight Cindy. I want to get rough with you this time."

That was all I needed. I launched myself at her, grabbing her white hair and yanking her head back. I leaned it biting at her neck while I pressed my thigh up against her pussy. She grabbed both my tits and dig her fingers in hard, twisting my soft breasts. I let go of her hair with one hand and raked my nails down her back, leaving long, red scratched. She got one of my nipples between her teeth and pulled hard. That was almost enough to bring tears to my eyes. I wrapped both arms around her and smashed her tits into mine and then I twisted hard and slammed her down onto the floor. That was enough to knock the wind out of her and I pinned her wrists to the floor and spread her legs wide with mine. I had seen videos of far bustier women doing a tit splash on their opponent, so I gave it a try. It's harder when you are not a DD cup, but her boobs were about the same size as mine. Lisa was trying her best to bite my nipples and I could feel us both getting very wet. I finally grabbed her throat with both hands, squeezing on it, my hips pressing down on hers. I'm not sure if she submitted because she knew she was trapped or because she was about to climax, but she slapped the carpet in submission.

I sat up on her belly, rubbing my wet bush on her warm skin, my arms over my head in triumph. I move up so that my pussy was right over her face. I lowered myself down, feeling her tongue slide in my cunt as she did. Aroused as I was from our match it did not take long for me to orgasm. I fell on my side, holding my pussy, my legs thrashing wildly. Lisa took advantage of this to sit on my face and I greedily began eating her pussy. She was just as aroused as I was, and her orgasm was a real gusher. I thought I might well drown but I swallowed as much as I could, her pussy was pressed so tight to my mouth that only a little of her juice got on the carpet.

"Wow", I said, panting hard.

Lisa kissed me so she could taste herself. "Wow indeed." She got up, her legs a bit wobbly, and went to get something from the closet. She came back with what looked like a whip made of strips of leather. "I've been a bad wench and I am sure The Dread Pirate Roberts needs to punish my slutty ass."

She was more than ready. She bent over, grabbing her calves, her firm ass presented to me. Her cheeks were spread enough I could see her tight butthole, which of course I had to lick some. I gave her but a smack with the whip.

"Harder baby! Harder!"

I got a good windup this time and the strips left red stripes on her smooth skin. I could see the was more juices running down her thigh; I was wet again too.

I gave her ten lashes for being a common gutterslut before commanding her to lick my ass. She did with gusto and once again I feel to the floor, a quivering tangle of limbs. Unable to contain herself she began flogging my soft ass while simultaneously fingering her pussy. From there she started biting my butt, leaving even more tooth marks in my soft skin.

Finally exhausted we crawled into bed, holding each other tight.

"Who would have thought that going a week without kissing at school would turn us into such depraved bitches?" Lisa was still breathing hard and her legs were still quivering.

"Am I a pervert if I like being choked and whipped?"

I held her tight. "Babe, if that's true then we are perverts together and a perfect couple."

"I'm so excited to wrestle with Annie. I so want to bite those big brown tits."

"Her nipples are really sensitive and so is her butthole. If you can get a finger in her butt she will cum almost right away."

We drifted off to sleep spooned tightly to each other. I woke up in the morning to the delightful sensation of Lisa squeezing my boobs. I felt her tongue in my ear.

"Do you need to pee baby?"

"Yeah, I do. Should we take a shower?"

"I think we should." We got in the shower and turned on the water. I slid down to the floor with Lisa standing over me. "Now baby, piss on my tits!" I could see the stream spraying from her and I could feel the hot liquid spraying on my boobs. When her bladder was empty I leaned forward on my knees, my arms around her hips, and started licking her pussy, cleaning her soft white pubic hair. We switched places and I spread my pussy lips with my fingers and sprayed her boobs and her pretty face. Once I was empty she buried her face in my brown bush and licked me clean. Once we were actually clean we went in to the TV room and sat on the couch to watch TV for a while.

We drove over to Annie's house to meet her and Lee. Naturally they were already naked and we had dressed for the occasion, wearing just sweatpants and sweatshirts with no underwear. We may have set a new record getting naked.

"I want to watch Annie and Lisa fight first, Lee and I can sit on the couch and watch." There was no disagreement and Lisa and Annie began circling each other. They were quite the contrast. Annie had her long black hair in a tight braid and her massive, brown breasts were jiggling as she moved (Annie was up to a DD cup). Lisa's white hair was tied back in a ponytail and she looked really pale compared to Annie. Lisa had amazing breasts too, but her C cups looked tiny compared to Annie's big girls. Both girls had strong legs. Annie's were thick and quite sturdy while Lisa's were longer but with a little more muscle definition. Lisa struck first, burying her fist deep into Annie's fat tit, smashing it flat. Annie grunted but didn't slow down, spinning on her heel to deliver a hard kick into Lisa's ribs. Rolling around on the floor, fists flying into bellies and breasts, each girl tried to her the other between her legs. Lisa was finally able to use Annie's braid to get her neck in between those strong, sexy thighs and she put on the squeeze. Annie tapped out quickly, knowing she was beaten. Lisa stood up, her foot planted on Annie's chest in victory, before squatting down for Annie to lick her pussy and ass. Annie didn't get the full gusher, but she was choking a bit on the sheer volume of juice from Lisa's orgasm.

Lisa, loving girl that she is, wasn't going to leave Annie hanging. Annie crawled over to Lee, burying her face in Lee's pussy as Lisa began teasing Annie's firm, brown butt. Lisa has done this with me, so I knew what she had in mind. She slid two fingers into Annie's wet cunt, pulling them out to lick them off before sliding them back in. She pumped her fingers in and out slowly, totally torturing Annie. As Annie got wetter and wetter Lisa slid a third finger in and then a fourth. Finally, and this was taking advantage of Lisa's delicate hand, she pushed her entire fist into Annie's pussy. I watched Annie's brown eyes go wide before her feasting on Lee's pussy went into an absolute frenzy. She tensed up as she climaxed, and Lisa's fist was forced out with a slight "pop" sound. Totally exhausted Annie collapsed onto the couch, her head now in Lisa's lap.

Lee and I were ready to go; theirs is nothing like watching two beautiful girls wrestle naked to get you dripping wet. We charged at each other, slamming together tit to tit. I came out the loser on this, Lee's boobs will always be bigger than mine. I wrapped my arms around her in a bear hug, mashing her big tits against mine. Lee got one leg behind me and we both tumbled down to the floor in a tangle of limbs. We rolled around, Lee pulling on my brown bush while I was sinking my teeth into her nice muscles. I was finally able to get hold of her legs and I rolled her up so that my knees were on her arms and her legs were tucked under my arms and her pussy was in easy reach of my tongue. She was spread wide open so that everyone (except Lee) could see her lovely cunt on display. I started licking around her pussy lips and her clit, feeling her naked body trying to unroll as she approached her orgasm. I kept licking so that when she did finally climax her pussy erupted like a little fountain; it wasn't a gush of juice like Lisa's orgasm, it sort of bubbled up and I made sure none went to waste. I let her unroll a little so that she could lick my pussy too, though she really worked on my butthole, finally sending me into a quivering, shaking orgasm.

Lee and I joined our lovers on the couch and we all just laid there, playing with each other and enjoying all the lovely bodies. After a little while Annie announced it was hot tub time, so we went outside (damn it felt cold!) and we slid into the hot water for more kissing and fingering.

Lisa whispered in my ear, "Hold me under until I squeeze your boob three times."

I grabbed her by the neck and pushed her head under the water, my other hand rubbing her pussy. She stayed under for what felt like a couple of minutes before I felt her fingers squeeze my tit three times. I pulled her up, kissing her hard.

"Do it again baby! I almost came that time!" So, I did it again and I felt her legs spasm before she squeezed my tit. She leaned in, biting at my neck, hopefully not leaving a visible mark.

Lisa and I luxuriated in the hot water and we watched Lee and Annie titfight. Lee had nice tits, but Annie had her beat on sheer size and weight. Lee's advantage was her intimate knowledge of Annie's body and how sensitive her nipples were. I the end it was Lee's nipples rubbing on Annie's that brought her to orgasm. Lee gliding through the water over to me, kissing me thoroughly. Now dear reader, don't come to the wrong conclusion. I was totally in love with Lisa, but Lee was the girl who helped me really understand my sexuality and I would call her often when I wasn't sure what to do in some situation.

"Sweetie, did you and Annie ever consider going to the same college?"

Lee and Annie were both quiet, as was Lisa. She knew where I was going with this; we had talked about it a lot and we still weren't sure how we felt about our future.

"Annie and I met in our senior year, we didn't have the time to grow as close as you and Lisa. Annie's dream was to study economics at Chicago and I was going to go where my mom and dad could afford to send me. If the scholarship at Grinnell had not come through I would probably have gone to Eastern or to ISU. Chicago was never an option unless I could get full financial aid and that was just not going to happen. Annie's the brains of the relationship."

Annie chimed in, "We do a lot of online chatting through the university networks, that really saves on phone bills. We've both fucked other people, but we still love each other. Will that last through four years of college? I don't know. I hope it does, but if it doesn't then we will still be friends."

I could see the tears in Annie's brown eyes and Lee was holding me tight; Annie had her arms wrapped around Lisa and she kissed Lisa's neck. "I've been in several relationships, I've known I was a lesbian since I was in the 5^th grade. Most of them haven't lasted very long but they've been really intense. I've been with Lee longer than I have been with anyone else and it has been great; but what you and Lisa have is different. You two are a real couple, it's like you say Cindy this isn't something that happens every day. I really think you two will someday be two old ladies living together and getting your pills mixed up."

That made us all laugh. It had been a good afternoon, but I needed to get home. We would see each other in the summer and have more fun together.

Sunday I picked up Lisa and we went to Rita's house. Katherine must have seen us coming because the gates opened for us without us talking to her on the intercom. She met us at the front door, dressed more casually than we had ever seen before; black sneakers, black sweats, and a red USMC t-shirt. Rita was wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants and not showing off her tits as much. We all sat on the couch in the main room. For all the times I had been to Rita's house I had actually seen very little of it. What you could see from the road suggested it was a really big house, especially for just four (five if Carolina was there) people.

Katherine was all business. "So, what is the situation? What kind of threats are you facing? The key to any conflict is having good intelligence about the opposition." She really sounded like George C. Scott in Patton.

Lisa was holding my arm so tight she was cutting off the circulation, so I knew that thinking about what we faced had her totally freaked out. It was going to be on me to explain, as best I could, what we were up against.

"Baby, you're making my arm go numb." Lisa gave a nervous giggle and loosened her grip; I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"OK. We have friends who sometimes talk to people higher up the social ladder. There is a group, we don't know how many, who cannot get past Lisa and I going to the Homecoming dance as a couple, much less her kissing me right on the dance floor. I don't know who is driving all this but what has been told to us is that there are guys who think we need to be taught a lesson. I've read about it happening in places like South Africa and it's called corrective rape. That's what has us scared. Stuck-up bitches calling us names and talking shit about us we can handle but the thought of being raped is one of the most awful things we can think of." Lisa was really shaking now.

I didn't think it was possible but when Katherine scowled she looked ever scarier.

"This has happened in Jamaica as well. I will do what I can to equip you girls to defend yourselves, but I want you to hear me clearly here; your first and best option is to run like hell and get to a safe place. This is not a movie; you are not superheroes. You are honorable and courageous young women but that is not always enough. I cannot guarantee your safety but I would be derelict in my duty to the Graff family if I did not do all I can to keep you safe."

Rita slid close to Lisa and hugged her tight; that helped with the shaking.

Katherine stood up and walked around the room, her hands behind her back. It was like she was delivering battle plans to a squad of marines.

"You girls already know the most vulnerable spot on a man, or at least Lisa does. It doesn't matter how big her is, a hard kick in the testicles will put him on the ground and give you time to run. Almost as good are the eyes; people have an instinctive fear of being fear of their eyes being hurt. A hard kick to the knee or the ankle will disable a man for a little bit. What I need to show you is how to react if you are grabbed."

She proceeded to show us how to fight back if grabbed from the side or the back and, no surprise, she was all business. She had all three of us take turns grabbing her arm from the side and trying to grab her from behind. Each time she just shifted her weight and before any of us knew what was happening our asses were on the floor; fortunately for us the carpet was nice and thick. She also showed us how to ram our heads into someone's nose and where to stomp on their ankle to break it; all the while reminding us our goal was to get away, not to be Wonder Woman.

"I've told Rita this several times after some incidents," she looked at Rita quite sternly (Rita would have been looking at her toes if her tits weren't in the way) "But you girls can come here if you need a safe place and don't want to lead someone back to your own house. I can promise you if they follow you here they will not be leaving until the police arrive." Her voice was as cold and as hard as I had ever heard it and I was glad it was not directed at me. "I've got some work to do for Mr. Graff so I will leave you girls to yourselves." I am pretty sure she knew there was some serious three-way fucking coming soon but she was too professional to mention it.

We headed to the pool house and our clothes were coming off as soon as we shut the door behind us. We got on the big bed and started devouring each other in a nice daisy chain (daisy triangle?) We switched around so we each got to eat the other girl's pussy.

"Lisa, did you bring your new toy?"

"I sure did sweetie. I think we need to use it on Rita's chubby ass." Rita was already on her hands and knees in eager submission. Lisa went over to get her whip out of her bag and I licked Rita's butthole to keep her from getting bored.

"Cindy, you get on the bed next to Rita. I think you both need a good flogging." This was the absolute meanest Mean Girl I had ever heard from Lisa. This was going to be epic!

I squeaked a little when the whip hit my soft ass and Rita did the same. Each one of us got a full forty lashes, leaving our butts tender and bright red. Mean Girl Lisa then had us lay on our back so that she could apply the whip to our pussys as well. That was enough for me to orgasm very energetically and Lisa made sure that none of my juice went to waste.

Rita was laying on the bed, her quivering legs up in the air and three fingers in her pussy. I rolled over and got on top of her, my ass right on her soft belly, and I started squeezing and kneading her massive tits until at last she came as well. Rita led us out to the hot tub, the cold air was quite arousing on my naked body but oh boy did that hot water feel good!

Lisa had gone from Take-Charge Mean Girl to submissive victim in the blink of an eye.

She locker her blue eyes on me, "Do it Cindy! You know what I want!"

I knew exactly what she wanted. I grabbed her by the throat and pushed her over backward into the water, her white hair waving in the water currents. My entire body jerked when I felt her fingers slide up inside me, fingering me as I pretended to be an assassin drowning the beautiful queen. I felt her squeeze my breast and I brought her up right away.

"Again!"

I pushed her under again, this time face first. Rita joined in, pushing two fingers into Lisa's pussy, pumping madly. Lisa played into it by thrashing some before signaling me to let her up. She knew Rita liked the game too, so she pulled Rita under with her but grabbing her nipples. I didn't hold them down this time since I didn't know how long Rita could hold her breath. When they came up the sandwiched my naked body between theirs and squeezed as hard as they could. I was a wonderful feeling to be trapped between two sets of sexy tits. We sat back, exhausted. Lisa was in my lap so I could nibble on her nipples and Rita was beside me, stroking my bush.

"I think it is settled Lisa, if we get to live together some day we have to have a hot tub, if not a full-on pool."

"Definitely." Lisa looked over at Rita, who was energetically chewing on my nipple, "Rita, have you thought where you want to go to college?"

"My mom would love it if I went to an all-women's college, though I wonder if she has changed her mind since she knows I'm bisexual. Dad will pretty much pay for wherever I want to go but he would really like it if I went to the University of Illinois, that's where he went and where he went to law school. Oh, by the way, Katherine will be finishing law school in May, so I hope you can come to the party."

"Count on it. She has been a good friend to us, as much as she is friendly with anyone. I will be honest, she still scares the shit out of me sometimes."

"She's actually really nice but it takes a long time for her to open up to anyone. Her parents died when she was in elementary school and her grandmother and her aunt raised her. She joined the Marines straight out of high school to get away from some bad people in her hometown."

Lisa was curious, "Where is she from?" I was curious too, we knew so little about her.

"She was born in Jamaica just before it became an independent country," Rita continued, "Her parents came here when she was a baby and brought along her dad's mother and his sister. She grew up in Calumet City."

I knew where Calumet City is. It is one of the rougher areas around Chicago.

"After she left the Marines she saw an ad for a nanny and applied for the job. My mom and dad saw a lot of potential in her which is why they paid for her to go to college. She got her degree from Loyola in Chicago and has been working on her law degree for several years; first from Illinois-Chicago and now from the main campus in Urbana."

I was impressed. I hadn't known anything about her background, but this really cemented my opinion that she was an amazing woman and a total bad-ass

"So, what are your plans for college?"

Lisa and I looked at each other. This was the subject of a lot of post-sex talking in bed. We still had another year of high school, but we were both making plans.

"I want to go somewhere with a good music and theater program. Indiana and Northwestern both have really good programs, but Northwestern is really expensive, and Indiana would be almost as expensive. My mom and dad have money saved for me to go to college and there is some I inherited from my grandparents, but it wouldn't be enough for those places without loads of financial aid. One place I'm looking at is Illinois Wesleyan. It's about 2 hours from here and it's a really good school and also not too huge. I'd love Cindy to go wherever I go but she wants to do something technical and there are other, better schools for that." She held me tight, kissing my neck.

I took a deep breath. "My parents would, I think, like me to go to Eastern Illinois. It's really close to here and it is a good school. I'd love to go to Illinois, but my grades and my test scores aren't good enough to get into the engineering school there. If I go to Illinois State I can study engineering technology there, and while I wouldn't be at the same school as Lisa, we would only be about 3 miles apart. I got some nice information from Indiana State also, but my parents can't afford out of state tuition, so I have to stay in Illinois."

"What about after college?"

Lisa's pretty face brightened up. "I would probably move to Chicago and try to get acting and singing jobs."

"I'm going to be taking Electricity 1 and 2 through the tech ed program at school. That would mean I could work as an apprentice electrician and make decent money while going to college. The Chief also tells me I could make decent money as a commercial electrician once I got my journeyman's card and I could do theater lighting and things like that so I could be close to Lisa. I told her we could get married, even though the state wouldn't recognize it, but she shot that down."

Rita looked a little surprised. She looked at Lisa, "Why?"

"Here's what I told Cindy. I grew up in the Episcopal church and dammit I want a church wedding! So the day the Episcopal church decides to allow same-sex marriages she and I will start planning our wedding and not one minute before."

"Wow. You two have thought this out."

I smiled at her. "We do more in bed than fuck sweetie." With that I reached down to grab her pussy under the water while my tongue slid into her mouth. After a few minutes I moved over to Lisa, pushing three fingers into her pussy. My hands are way too big to fit my fist in her cunt, but I pumped vigorously, holding her tight until her orgasm came. If we had been out of the water it would have been an epic gusher, but it was too cold for that.

Lisa and I needed to get home, so we got dressed, gave Rita's boobs a few good squeezes and Lisa drove me home. When I crawled into bed that night I couldn't get to sleep. I was determined not to start crying, even in my own bedroom. I'm almost a grown ass woman for God's sake! I want to go off to college with Lisa and live with her so we could be together all the time. But what if she got tired of me? What if some other girl (or guy), who I just could not compete with, swept her off her feet and I wound up living with a girl who I was still in love with but who I could no longer fuck? These questions just kept swirling in my head and I could not sleep. Dear readers, can you tell I'm kind of insecure? I finally dug out a well-worn copy of Battling Girls and rubbed my pussy as I read the story of the beautiful blonde Cynara fighting nude. An orgasm always helps me get to sleep.

The next week came with news of something fun and news of something worrisome, just like the rest of life. There was a meeting for students in the assorted theater classes as well as drama club members. During our spring break there was the opportunity to go to Chicago for several days to see a performance of Phantom of the Opera and to get to go backstage to see how things operated there and to meet the cast. Lisa announced she would go even if I didn't. I told her she was a silly goose and of course I would be going. Managing the entire hotel room situation was going to be a headache for Ms Middlemarch (the drama teacher and theater sponsor) but that would be something to deal with later.

Mid-week I saw Lisa and she looked worried. Not quite the on the verge of tears worried (I often wondered if other lesbian cried as much as we seem to) but concerned.

"What's wrong babe?"

"My mom found a lump in her breast. She had a biopsy last week and the doctor called the results `concerning'. Next Monday she has to go in for surgery and after that she'll be in the hospital for a couple of days."

OK, this is pretty damn serious. "Monday is a holiday, so we are off from school. Do you want me to come to the hospital with you?"

Lisa grabbed both my hands, "Yes, I need you to be there." I wanted to kiss her really bad but here in the cafeteria was not the place for it, in our new spirit of being less obvious.

"Can I tell our friends? I think some of them would want to be there for you. You also need to think about what you and your Dad will want to eat because between my mom and the other PFLAG ladies there will be loads of food."

Lisa giggled softly and wiped a tear away. "I'll do that." I squeezed her hands tight.

I got home and shared the news with my mom. True to form she was on the phone within minutes arranging deliveries of casseroles and lasagnas. My mom can be quite efficient when she needs to, and she and Lisa's mom supported each other a lot as they dealt with their incomprehensible lesbian daughters.

Lisa's mom went into surgery at 10 on Monday morning. I got there a little after that and brought Janet too. I found it a little weird that she felt so close to Lisa, but they did see each other pretty often in the music wing of the school. Janet had me pick up her friend Rhonda as well; her dad would come pick her and Janet up later if things went on for too long. When we got to the hospital we went to the surgery waiting area where Lisa and her dad were. I was completely surprised when Lisa's dad got up and hugged me. Looking at him it was plain he had gotten no sleep the night before.

"I'm so glad you're here Cynthia (he insisted on calling me Cynthia). I'm so glad you are here for Lisa." Another man, probably about my dad's age came over and shook my hand. Lisa's dad introduced him, "This is Reuben, he's Rachel's (Rachel is Lisa's mom) older brother from Scottsdale.

"I'm glad to meet you Cindy. Lisa has told me a lot about you."

I blushed. I'll never get used to compliments.

I sat down on a little (and kind of uncomfortable) couch with Lisa. She leaned against me, holding my hand. Unsurprisingly within a few minutes she was asleep, she hadn't gotten any sleep the night before either. She was snoring adorably when Rita, Gena, Steph, Lauren, and (of course) Katherine arrived. They sat quietly and let Lisa sleep.

Lisa woke up after about a half hour. "When did you all get here? Was I asleep?"

"You were sleeping sweetie and snoring like a chainsaw." Lisa hid her face against me, taking the opportunity to bite my boob as well. "Have you had any breakfast this morning?"

"No. We had to get mom here really early."

"I looked up. OK girls, we're going to the cafeteria. You're all welcome to come but I am getting some food in this girl no matter what."

I took Lisa by the hand and led her down the hall. Unsure what to get her I grabbed two burritos, hoping they were good. Fortunately for us they were. We shoved some tables together and tried hard not to smother Lisa. I was actually shocked when I heard Rhonda's voice (she's really quiet).

"I know this is scary Lisa. The doctors found out I had cancer when I was little, and I went through two rounds of chemotherapy when I was in elementary school. I could see how scared my family was when I was going through it. If Janet and I had asked I think the entire band and orchestra would be here and the choir too. We're all here for you."

Wow. I had never known that about Rhonda; but that did explain, I think, why she was so pale and why her parents kept her at home when she was the least bit sick. I wondered if Janet had known about this? Lisa held on to me very tight, trying very hard not to cry, which meant I had to try even harder not to cry too. We have to be the weepiest lesbians on Earth.

We watched TV. We read. We played endless games of Uno (Lauren had brought cards). Early in the afternoon a doctor came in to talk to Lisa's dad. Lisa went over to listen too while the rest of us were frozen in our seats. I grabbed Gena's hand and Lauren's and held on tight.

Lauren whispered in my ear, "Cindy, if you break my fingers I will beat your ass silly!"

"Sorry." I mumbled.

Lisa hugged her dad and her uncle and then the doctor, so I assumed the news was good. She came over to us, grabbing my hand as I stood up.

"The surgeon said they removed a lump and some lymphatic tissue but that things looked good and there was no sign of it spreading. They are going to keep mom her overnight, but she should be able to come home tomorrow afternoon. I was caught in the midst of the group hug and I feared I might be crushed, but I emerged OK. The girls all headed for home, Janet caught a ride with Rhonda's dad when he got there.

"Cindy, will you stay until mom is out of recovery?"

"That is a silly question sweetie. I would walk through hell in gasoline underwear to be here for you if I needed to."

She smiled, "That's an interesting way of putting it."

"It's something I read that Carlton Fisk once said, he's a catcher for the White Sox."

About an hour later a nurse came to get us since Lisa's mom was being moved to a regular room. The four of us went upstairs to her room. As I was going in a nurse stopped me.

"I'm sorry dear, family only."

I heard Lisa's mom's voice from inside the room, "Is that you Cindy?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Let her come in Delores (that must have been the nurse's name), she's part of our family too." Dammit, I was going to cry in front of most of Lisa's family.

She was laying the in bed, still looking a bit out of it but clearly glad that this part of the ordeal was over. She took my hand.

"Cindy, I'm glad to see you. Please tell your mom to remember that it is just the four of us, she does not need to attempt her own version of the Feeding Of the 5000." She chuckled softly.

"I will certainly do that. I can even come help Lisa eat leftovers if it is necessary." She smiled but she looked really tired too. I took the hint.

"I'm going to go home now." I turned to Lisa, kissing her on the cheek, "I'll see you at school tomorrow."

I think Lisa's mom knew what Lisa was thinking, "Cindy, you take Lisa home. Everett and Reuben can head home later, there's no need for you girls to stay here all night."

So I took Lisa home. The house was empty so I didn't even make it down the stairs before my clothes were stripped off me. Lisa needed to let her stress out and she was going to release it by fucking the ever-loving shit out of me. She took my right on the floor, her strong body between my legs grinding her pussy on mine and sucking my toes. I finally climaxed when she began rubbing her hard nipple on my clit. I got her up on the bed facedown and spread her buttcheeks so I could work on her pussy and her butthole. Lisa moan and raised her butt in the air, allowing me to slide my tongue deep inside her. I rolled her over and laid on top of her, mashing my boobs on hers and rubbing my bush against hers, kissing her all the while. We didn't manage to climax together, I came first, but we were quite close. We lay on the bed, holding each other.

"You going to be OK tonight baby? I'll call my mom and ask if I can stay the night here if you want me to."

"I'll be here with my dad and my uncle and mom should come home tomorrow. I'll see you at school."

I kissed her firmly and got dressed. On my way out, I saw her uncle.

"My sister has told me a lot about you and so have Everett. You sound like a special girl and I can certainly see you girls love each other. I'm glad my niece found you."

I stammered out a nervous "Thanks".

I related all of the day's events, not including the sex, to my mom. She was getting meal deliveries set up for the week for Lisa's family. I assured her that, knowing her and their other PFLAG ladies there would be ample food for everyone and that I might be called upon to help with leftovers. Mom laughed at that one.

Lisa was gone from school for the rest of the week, leaving me to be the official go-between. By mid-week even teachers were asking me how her mom was doing, word spread fast, and I was regularly being given cards to take to her house. I would stop by the house and keep Lisa up to date on what was going on at school and deliver loads of Get-Well cards. The entire family was quite moved at the cards from the choir, orchestra, band, and the theater groups. Lisa showed me one, a really large one, from all the little girls in her dance class telling "Miss Lisa's mom" to get well soon. I managed not to start blubbering but it was not easy. By the end of the week word had come back from the pathologist that there was confidence that all the questionable tissue had been removed and the prognosis was good. Lisa had a good happy cry over that one and, for once, I managed to maintain my composure.

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I'm going to get on my soapbox now. Ladies, do not neglect breast self-exams. Early detection is one of the best paths to surviving cancer. The inspiration for Lisa in the story experienced a cancer scare with her mom during her high school years and my own mother went through this when I was in college. Take care of yourselves ladies!

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