Ara sighed contentedly and snuggled against Lauren for a moment. They have been lovers for almost eight months now, something that always made Ara feel proud every time she thought of it. She loved Lauren to death, and she had never been happier in her entire twenty years of existence than when she and Lauren were together. Unfortunately, they had to keep their relationship a secret. Their respective families, who were both conservative and traditional to the core, knew nothing of what went between the two girls. Their friends at the college knew of their relationship, though, and that was good enough for the girls. At least they could take a break from all the hiding and worrying at campus.
“I’m just really happy you’re here,” Ara said, her face buried on Lauren’s chest. She could feel the soft swell of Lauren’s breasts on her cheek. As if on cue, Ara instantly felt turned on. Her mind spun, and she remembered the countless times she had Lauren’s full breasts in her mouth. She remembered the fresh taste of Lauren’s skin and the slightly salty taste of her clean sweat. She remembered stirring the pink nubs that were Lauren’s nipples back to life, and sucking on them like lollipops when they stood firm and erect. God, she loved Lauren so much! Ara sighed again and snuggled even closer to her partner.
“Hey, someone could see us,” Lauren said cautiously. She turned her head slightly and scanned the neighborhood. It was still early afternoon. There was no one on the street, but that didn’t mean it would stay that way. Of the two girls, Lauren was the more level-headed one. She loved Ara and was proud of what they shared, but she knew not everyone was ready to know of their relationship yet. For Lauren, her being cautious was more on wanting to shield Ara from the backlash they would very likely receive once news of their relationship leaked out.
“There’s nobody home,” Ara replied. Her voice was muffled because she still had her face on Lauren’s chest. She nuzzled the tops of Lauren’s breasts lightly, and she felt Lauren stiffen a bit. Ara sighed inwardly. Lauren sometimes worried too much.
“Where’s Sean?” Lauren asked.
“He’s asleep,” Ara answered. “We played tag like crazy, and he was so worn out, he just about went off to Dreamland the second he hit the bed.”
Sean Collins was the six-year-old kid Ara babysat on a regular basis. Since Ara was free on most afternoons-Lauren had classes on Ara’s free time, so they couldn’t be together-she decided to take on a babysitting stint. The Collinss had recently transferred to the city and lived a few blocks away from Ara’s house. Ara considered herself very lucky to have landed the babysitting job. Mr. Collins seemed a nice-enough man, and of course, there was sweet little Sean. Mrs. Collins died when Sean was only two years old, and Mr. Collins had raised Sean on his own since then. Ara was sad when she learned of Mrs. Collins’s fate, but she had to admit Mr. Collins didn’t do a bad job in raising Sean. The little boy, although equipped with a seemingly endless supply of energy, was friendly, polite, and sweet.
Ara had babysat other kids before, so she was aware of the traditional unwritten rules on babysitting, especially the one on not having anyone over when she babysat someone. Ara was proud of never having broken that cardinal rule in her considerable babysitting career, save for this moment, that is. She had been babysitting Sean for two months now. She knew Mr. Collins trusted her, and she would never do anything to abuse that trust.
But she missed Lauren.
Ara didn’t know what possessed her to call Lauren and ask her to skip her afternoon classes and join her at the Collinss’ house. When she realized what she had done, Lauren had already said yes and it was already too late to take things back. The college wasn’t too far from the Collinss’ house. Lauren had promised to be over in less than fifteen minutes. True enough, she stuck to her word. Ara had sprung into action when Lauren had rung the bell. The buzzing sound might wake Sean up, and that would be the end of her babysitting stint with the family.
Now, standing on the front steps with her holding Lauren and Lauren holding her back, Ara decided she was happy she had given her girlfriend a ring. She definitely missed Lauren, no doubt about that. She was sorry she had to break one of her cardinal babysitting rules, but she missed Lauren too much to be worrying about things like rules anyway.
Besides, Ara told herself, this would be the first and last time I’ll have someone over while I’m babysitting. I swear I won’t do this again.
Comforted by her internal promise, Ara led Lauren inside the Collinss’ house. “Take a seat,” Ara said, as she shut the door behind her.