Sapphic Voices Romance

Blind-Sided

“Oh my god. They are everywhere.” Said Hailey, as she watched couples kissing. “I could really get to hate New Year.”

Emily laughed and they walked up to the door of the Scarlet Cloak.

A stone arch and six steps, secluded the entrance to this female only bar. Emily threaded her arm into Hailey’s, as they approached the door.

“That’s it honey, boost my ego,” smiled Hailey. Although this pretense of being a couple, to get into the Scarlet Coat, had become almost second nature for them.

“Nasty job but someone’s got to do it.” Said Emily, suggestively winking at her friend.

Hailey laughed and smiled at her friend, adoration in here eyes. When they went out, they forgot about their messy pasts and never deserted one another.


Once ensconced just off the dance floor with drinks in hand, they topped up their alcohol levels up. Gazing at those dancing Emily placed her drink on the shelf, removed Hailey’s from her hand and did the same. “C’mon” she mouthed dragging her to the dance floor.

Drowning in the music, Hailey played her usual game of pulling back from really flirting with her friend, instead she over did the comments, so that she could get away with what she was thinking because it she hammed it up so. She’d been doing it for years. Whenever they danced she watched that beautiful body move, its rhythm, those eyes light up, that smile explode and her insides would long to brush against Emily, but all she did was campy mouth lyrics to her, in apparent homage to their age and their 80’s youth.

For she had once drunkenly confessed her attraction and the embarrassment of being drunkenly patted on the head, like a sweet child, was something she didn’t want to go through again. So Hailey vowed that she would never get that drunk or honest with her friend again.

Emily though seemed oblivious to her discomfort and was moving so temptingly tonight, almost touching her, tempting her with her eyes and almost touching her again, tempting her with more near misses than usual, invading her dance space. Hailey threw the thoughts that were forming in her mind aside and dismissed these events as a result of an overcrowded dance floor. Freud would have a field day in her head, she thought and quietly laughed out loud. Having regained her balance she let the music take over again.


The music shifted into smoochy and she looked awkwardly at Emily. Who just shrugged? As Hailey turned to leave the dance floor, a hand halted her and she turned back, to be presented with Emily’s smiling face. “C’mon, your dying for a slow dance. So I better catch you before someone else does.”

Hailey stood momentarily puzzled, then she saw a woman, heading towards them, her intent face and eyes centred on her Emily. Her mind quickly translated Emily’s words to read, ‘defend me’.

“Thought you’d never ask.” She grinned and stepped towards her friend, her only thought defending her friend from the need to fend off unwanted attention. She boldly stepped into the no go zone of Emily’s dance space, for once not conscious of any possible miss-interpretation.

After a brief organisation of limbs, Emily being taller, they settled, Emily’s arms were rested on Hailey’s shoulders, as she wound her arms around Emily’s waist. She tilted her head into Emily’s until their foreheads kissed and they smiled at each other. ‘mission accomplished’ thought Hailey as out of the corner of her eye she saw the woman change course.

As they began to dance Hailey remembered the last time they had been this close, Emily’s dog had died and she had been crying. Hailey had held her as she sobbed, she could still remember the depth of those breaths and the little shakes she had felt.

But now all Hailey could feel was the warmth of her body. She could smell her scent; almost feel her skin, through that tantalisingly thin top. The swaying of Emily’s legs and hips against hers, was very distracting, but it was all but irrelevant compared to the sensation of Emily’s breasts pressing against hers. She lost sanity in fits and spats; sure she was in a dream, or in hell, depending on where she imagined this would go. Her mind a helter-skelter of roads, each either an opportunity or a disaster, from one second to the next. Sweet insanity bathed her mind.

Hailey could feel her nipples hardening and her sex tighten. ‘Dear God’ she thought, ‘Emily must notice. The whole world is able to see how aroused I am.’ Madness ran over her as heady as ambrosia and she enjoyed the partial asphyxiation that was this moment of fear.

Emily turned her head and rested it on Hailey’s shoulder, her breath tickling the bare skin she found there. The nape of Emily’s neck drew Hailey’s gaze and she imagined how it would taste to kiss that one spot, just how sensitive was her legendary sensitive back?

She felt Emily gently hug her and heard her whisper, “Thank you.”

“Anytime,” she replied in a voice she hardly recognised as her own.

“What are you thinking?” she heard Emily ask.

Hailey sighed and lifted her eyes to look at their companions on the dance floor. “Look at them. Kissing and teasing, in preparation for a hope of more. Sometimes I miss that so much. A good deep kiss into the unknown.”

“I’ll kiss you.” Emily replied.

Hailey stopped moving and Emily raised her head to hear her carefully reply, “Thanks for the offer honey, but that wouldn’t be a good idea.”

“Why.” Emily asked innocently.

“Cos, it would mess with us. I’d hate me in the morning and although you’d try very hard not to , so would you.” On a lighter note she added. “Aside of which, I wouldn’t want to tempt you.” Hailey winked, hamming it up again.

“What if I want to be tempted?” She quietly and suggestively enunciated.

Not taking Emily’s saucy look at face value, she played along and pulled her closer. “Gee tempting you, there’s a fantasy come true.” She raised her eyebrow as lecherously as she could manage.

“One fantasy coming up.” Emily replied and before Hailey could react, she claimed her lips.

At first dumbstruck she froze. Not knowing what to do as Emily gently massaged her lips. Such soft warm lips, tempting, teasing – she surrendered to the need within her. Emily’s lips made hers so sensitive to each brush, taste, and caress. Emily’s lips were so edible, the promised taste filled her and she was in. Exploring, savouring, pulling her closer. ‘I’m dreaming’ she assured herself.

Then Emily invaded her mouth and she was no longer holding, she was clinging. Her legs divorced her and her senses exploded. She groaned.

All attempts at dancing ended as they drowned in each other. Hands began to travel, caress, cling, and tease. Independent of music, fuelled by desire. Hailey devoured her with almost blinding desperation.

Emily groaned as she recaptured the kiss and invaded Hailey again. ‘Oh God she tastes so sweet’, Hailey thought, and reality came crashing in. ‘I’m kissing Emily.’ She slowly pulled back.

As she did so Emily sighed and almost whispered, “Mmm, better than a fantasy” and as she opened her eyes, to see Emily smiling.

“I uhh…” No words came. She stood like a fool, her arms still wrapped around her friend, her insides spinning. “I’m confused.” She managed.

“Yep that’s apparent.” Emily grinned. When Hailey didn’t reply, she added, “What are you confused about, you wanted me to kiss you, didn’t you?” She asked slightly tensing at having asked the question.

“Well yeh.” She gulped. “But that was, well it was…” Again no words. The only ones she could think of couldn’t be said; ‘What the hell am I meant to say? That was so incredible, I’m still shaking. Can I make love to you.’ But instead she said “I’m in recovery. You can kiss a girl dumb you know.”

“That wasn’t my intention.” Emily replied seriously.

‘Okay she wants to do serious, here goes.’ Thought Hailey, “What was your intention?” she asked.

“To do something we have both wanted for a very long time. Are you sorry?”

“Oh God, No.”

“Good.” Emily smiled and disentangled herself. “Time for another drink, I think.” And she led a dumb Hailey off the dance floor.


Hailey sat on the toilet floor reminding herself it wasn’t a dream. They had kissed. No, they had devoured each other. On the dance floor of the Scarlet Cloak. Emily had kissed her!!?? not a peck, but, a real kiss. Okay so she had deepened the kiss, but Emily had followed.

What the hell did it mean? Would they kiss again? Was this a once off curiosity solver? Why hadn’t she stopped it sooner?

Emily was downstairs now, making coffee. Behaving as she always did when she stayed over. ‘I bet she’s not racking her brains over what this means.’

‘This is ridiculous, we were both lonely, both drunk, it was nothing more.’ She told herself and having set her head as level as it was going to get, she headed back downstairs.

Emily was exiting the kitchen with two cups. “There you go.” And she handed one to Hailey. “So, any new CD’s? I’m wide awake.”

Settling in the lounge, Hailey flicked through the CD’s and put one on, she then returned to her coffee on the floor next to Emily. Both leaning against the sofa, as they always did.

“I’m getting to old for this 3 am thing. That taxi driver thought we were married friends with kids, for god sake. ” Complained Emily, as her knee clicked loudly.

“Pretend it didn’t happen, denial is a wonderful thing.” Grinned Hailey.

“Is that what we’re doing?” She said changing tack.

“I guess so.” Hailey replied unable to keep a hint of he sadness, from invading her words. ‘a few cryptic sentences, and its over.’

“Why?”

“Because its easier than having to deal with it.” Hailey replied, realising this was not going to be a five line disappearance. She had some how been volunteered to do the leg work. “Easier than dissecting each others motives. You don’t want to tell me it meant nothing and I don’t need my ego to hear it.” Her words sounded harsher than she had intended.

“I haven’t said that. And I wasn’t intending to.” Emily stated, turning to Hailey as she spoke. “Why do you assume it meant nothing to me. I care about you.”

“As a friend, yes. But friends don’t kiss like that. At least not any friends I know. Kinda makes it hard to remain friends.” She ended.

“Why?”

“Cos, the relationship changes, when kissing gets started.”

“I don’t want to loose you as a friend.”

“Exactly, so we pretend it never happened.” Hailey replied, feeling that as the circle was closing, she was loosing her patience. She wanted this part over. She wanted to be able to relax with her friend and end a night out as they had a thousand times before.

“But I enjoyed kissing you and I may want to again.” Persisted Emily.

Hailey’s eyebrows almost flew off her face with shock as she half heard the words. “You what?”

“Didn’t you like me kissing you?”

“Well yes, but it was something of a surprise.” Hailey scrutinised Emily’s face, trying to read her mind and guess where this was going. “Not that I don’t like surprises.” She quickly added as she saw the beginning of worry appear on her face. “Hell you know damn well I enjoyed that kiss. You curled my toes and straightened my hair. But, I don’t want to blow it up. Make it seem more than it was. If your honest, your not sexually, let alone romantically interested in me. Your curiosity has been sated and I was always a safe bet.” Too late she saw the anger in Emily’s face.

“I was not thinking that way. What a horrible thing to say. That you could think that I could use you like that. What kind of woman do you think I am?” She seethed and then added to herself, “It went so much smoother when I planned this.”

“Planned this?” Hailey laughed. “What Plan?”

“My plan to seduce you.” She said looking Hailey straight in the eye. “I just assumed you still found me attractive. Not the case I guess.”

“Your what? Okay now I know you had too many Tequila’s. You are the most attractive woman I have known in my entire life. Your crazy…that’s becoming apparent, but I wouldn’t change a thing.” Frustration and soft laughter filled her voice and somehow the release of the kiss, allowed her eyes to show that she meant every word. “But you’ve changed tack on me and its no wonder, I no longer know where your coming from. How am I meant to react to what happened tonight? I’m skeptical of your motives, that’s a given, but what did you expect. I’m working in the dark here… so fill me in. What’s going on here?” She let her fear and confusion become visible. “Is this curiosity, loneliness, …” She never got to finish.

“You don’t know? I can see it hasn’t even occurred to you that I might want to seduce you, because its been running between us like electricity for years. I find you attractive, I want to be more than just friends.” Emily’s eyes looked sadly hopeful. “I want to make love, I want to make love to you, I want you to make love to me. It’s time Hailey, well beyond time. We have danced around this for far too long”. She raised her hand to Hailey’s cheek. “You know we have.”

Silently Hailey stared at her friend. A thousand thought fighting for a place at the front of her head. “But…” No one thought made it to her mouth.

“Ahh, there’s always a, But.”

Collecting herself Hailey regrouped her thoughts and proceeded. “But, I told you I found you attractive five years ago. Why now? Then, you practically patted my head, like a small sweet child. Now you try to seduce me, decide we should stop being just friends and make love, to scratch some lusty itch we have apparently been suffering from. Why now?” She stared at the carpet between them as she finished speaking.

After a brief silence Emily replied. “Back then I was fighting it, you know, or you must have had some idea that I felt a connection between us, but you scared me. Okay? By the time I got past the fear, you were in a relationship or I was. When you first got the feelings, didn’t you try to fight them?” She asked. “I hated your girlfriends, but put it down to being possessive of my friend. I went out with Mike and Jimmy, to try and be normal. You know what I mean. But, five years on we are both single and have been for a while now. I have had time to grow up, if you like and sort out what I want from life. And what I want is you.” She said placing her hand on Hailey’s folded leg.

“But your straight, you like men, they turn you on, not women. Okay you snogged a woman age fifteen, that does not a dyke make and you know it.” Hailey replied, going for her last logical argument, her last reason why this couldn’t work.

“I may like men, that is to say I don’t hate them. But, I’m in love with a woman and have been for far too long. You’re my best friend, I’m sorry I don’t have the street cred, but I have never been in love before. If I’d known I was going to fall in love with a woman, I would have revised for the exam. But it wasn’t on the list of possibles I was given.” Slowly she brushed away Hailey’s hair and raised her face. “I didn’t mean for this to be such a shock. But your so good at keeping that friendly distance.”

“It seemed safer to, after the Tequila episode.” Hailey gazed at her friend. “This seems so unreal.”

“Hailey, for god sake say something or kiss me, let me know I’m not the only one who needs more.” Emily pleaded. And Hailey’s heart exploded.

She gave into years of wishing in that moment. Lowering her head, anticipation filling her, she raised it again, this time closer, quenching her hunger as their lips met. The sweet soft eagerness of Emily’s mouth met her. She found herself in Emily’s arms. ‘Too sweet’ she thought or did she whisper?

For, “Yes, you are.” Came as the reply.

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