Hidden Desires (32 page)

"Uh, that's not Cayden."

"No, it's Brooke. Cayden's sleeping."

"Brooke!" Jodie shouted. "How the hell... wait just a second, Cayden's sleeping and you're whispering... how close is she in proximity to you?" her mind began conjuring up all sorts of images.

"She's on my lap."

However, that was an image she had not anticipated. "On your lap." she repeated, hoping Brooke would elaborate.

"She fell asleep almost two hours ago, after telling me she'd never be able to while on my lap." Brooke whispered smugly. "Now she's drooling on my thigh, and I'm watching television."

"Her
head
is on your lap. Ooohhh. You have no idea... never mind. Anyway, I can hardly believe she allowed you in the house in the first place! And now she's sleeping on your lap? Congratufuckinglations Brooke, you just did something incredible!"

Brooke smiled cockily. "What did I do?"

"You've tamed the savage beast." Jodie snickered.

"Don't say that just yet, she was pretty weak and had no fight. Wait until she wakes up, I'm sure I'm in for holy hell."

"You can take it I'm sure. After all, you got this far. Well, as long as I know she's in capable hands... hey just where is that other hand of yours anyway?" Jodie joked.

"Tangled in her hair. Long story."

Another answer Jodie didn't expect. "Okay." she said suspiciously. "I'm coming over, you'll fill me in on all the gory details. I want to know just which feminine wile you used to seduce Cayden onto your lap."

"A girl has to keep some secrets ya know." Brooke teased.

"Oh, I like you. We're going to keep you. I'll catch you later."

"Bye, Jodie."

Brooke hung up the phone and stared down at Cayden's face. A small indulgent smile graced her lips as she traced the sleeping woman's lips with her fingers. Cayden would kill her if she knew Brooke had been taking all these liberties with her sleeping body, but Brooke would have to be dead not to take advantage of this situation. She was tasteful in her explorations, and always wound up back at the tall woman's lips. They were chapped, Cayden was probably dehydrated, and Brooke kept feeling the rough skin of her lips and recalling how soft they felt on hers. Brooke couldn't wait for Cayden to wake up so she could pump her full of fluids, and of course, see those beautiful blue eyes. They'd most likely be glaring at her, but they were equally as enchanting whether giving her the sultry look of last night, or drilling a hole in her like earlier in the day. The blonde sighed and moved her explorations to Cayden's shoulder, and then her arm. The tall woman wasn't as muscular as Brooke was, but what she had was well defined, giving the illusion of brawn. Green eyes closed as Brooke's fingers curled around Cayden's bicep. She'd had very detailed dreams where she was grasping this particular muscle, and Cayden was definitely not asleep at the time. Her eyes popped open as the tall woman began to move. Brooke was able to dislodge her tangled hand and quickly held them both in the air so if Cayden woke up she couldn't accuse her of touching her in her sleep. To the blonde's amusement, and her dismay, Cayden settled down in a different position all together, lying on her back with her left foot on the far armrest, her right foot and arm hanging off the couch and onto the carpet and her face up in the blonde's lap. Cayden's mouth was way too close to Brooke's breast for her to be comfortable, and if the brunette was to wake up in that position, she'd surely throw a fit, blaming Brooke's breast for molesting her. Not knowing how to change the tall woman's position without waking her up. Brooke let it go for now, hoping that maybe she'd move on her own. In the interim, she just concentrated on not screaming as the blood flow returned to her hand.

 
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As luck would have it, Wade and Jodie met on the sidewalk just outside Cayden and Wade's apartment building. Jodie stopped him from going upstairs, filling him in first on the phone call she had with Brooke. Wade was a non-believer and had to see this for himself so he ran up the stairs, forgoing the elevator, and flung himself into the apartment. He ran frantically into the living room and gasped. "Oh my god! Jodie was right!" He then proceeded to throw himself on the floor in a faint.

When Jodie arrived, she stepped over the swooning Wade and stood in front of the couch with her hands on her hips. "Has she any idea where her mouth is?" She wondered.

"No, she just turned over a little while ago and I was afraid to wake her." Brooke explained in a whisper.

"Well, it's high time sleeping beauty rises." Jodie said with an evil grin.

Brooke winced as Jodie began puling individual strands of Cayden's hair. "Jodie, that's gotta be annoying as hell."

"I know." the waitress replied with a snicker.

Cayden grimaced and swatted at her head a few times before smacking herself in the face.
Oh, yeah
, she thought groggily,
Hang over
. She became semi-conscious and let her hand fall back down when it stopped and leaned against something foreign and soft. She brushed her knuckles across the surface a few times trying to register what she was touching, and suddenly a new surface formed within the soft one. Furrowing her brows, she peeked open one eye and was completely disoriented. A snicker to her right made her open both eyes quickly and when she focused, her half open eyes widened enormously. She opened her mouth to speak, and a croak came out.

"Morning, beautiful." Jodie teased. "I bet you can use a cold drink about now."

Cayden pulled her hand off of Brooke's breast and scrambled into a sitting position, getting dizzy as she did. She looked to Brooke, who had a very humorous expression on her face, then to Jodie who was standing with her hands on her hips. She tried to form some spit in her arid mouth and swallowed. "Well, I was sleeping!" she said nervously. "How was I to know what it was?"

"Hey, it didn't bother me at all." Brooke said with a grin.

"Yeah, and you don't see me complaining." Jodie added with a smirk.

"Fuck off, the lot of you. Where's Wade? Why isn't he jumping at the chance to tease me?"

"He fainted." Jodie said, pointing to the floor.

"Candy ass." Cayden muttered, getting to her feet shakily. She was horrified that she was groping Brooke's breast unbeknownst to her, with an audience, but she'd never let on.

"I'm not really fainted." he said getting up. "I saw you feeling Brooke up. For shame Cayden."

"I repeat, fuck off." She began to make her way into the kitchen.

"Cayden, I have some soup for you, let me warm it up." The blonde followed the tall woman.

"I'm capable." Cayden shot.

"I'm aware of that, but you're also dehydrated and probably weak as a kitten." Brooke said, putting a bottle of water in front of her. "Drink this while I heat it up."

Jodie and Wade looked on in amusement as Cayden diligently opened the water. "Oh look, I did that all by myself, and weak as a kitten to boot." she drawled then guzzled nearly half the bottle at once.

"Don't fight me Cayden, you know you'll lose." Brooke said, with her back still turned on the tall woman.

Jodie covered her mouth as Cayden stuck her tongue out at Brooke's back and then made childish mimicking faces at her. When Brooke turned around suddenly, Cayden was the picture of innocence.

"Here." Brooke placed a bowl of soup in front of Cayden, then sat down opposite her at the table.

"You're not gonna just sit there and stare at me when I eat are you?" she asked crankily.

"Why, do you need me to feed you?" Brooke asked sarcastically. Cayden glared at her and clenched her jaw. "You're going to make your headache come back if you keep that up." Brooke pointed out. "Fine, you big baby, I'll go inside while you eat. You have to be starving by now. "

Cayden turned her glare on everyone in the apartment before picking up her spoon and eating. The soup smelled so damned good she wanted to shove her face in the bowl and slurp it out, but she curbed that desire and opted for the spoon. She couldn't let everyone know that Brooke was right.

Brooke carried a plate of soup chicken into the living room, right past the shocked duo of Wade and Jodie, with La La Bird hot on her heels. When she sat down on the couch and looked up, she almost laughed out loud. Jodie had the exact same expression on her face as the first time she saw her, prompting Brooke to think she was retarded, and Wade looked like he was about to drop down into another dramatic swoon. "What?"

Jodie pointed towards the kitchen, her mouth agape. Wade pointed at Jodie and nodded rapidly.

"Oh, her? She's easy." Brooke said with a snort. "I totally expected the worst, but if this is as good as she gives, ha, I can take it."

Wade and Jodie watched as Brooke fed La La chicken. Wade turned towards the kitchen and looked inside, then shook his head in wonder and smiled warmly at Brooke. "Can't argue with a woman who feeds my La La." He said with a chuckle.

"Well, I was kind of afraid not to. He was staring at me for hours." Brooke joked. "Ya know, I don't know about saddling him with a name like that. It may be why he turned to food."

Wade rolled his eyes, "Oh good, and here I thought I liked you." he teased.

Cayden shuffled into the living room. "Hey, Brooke, I want seconds. Do you think I should get up on my own and get it?" She asked obnoxiously.

Brooke crinkled her nose. "Go right ahead, I think you're capable."

Cayden looked outraged, but the need for more food forced her back into the kitchen.

I
T WAS LONG after Cayden finished eating her fill of Gramma Millie's soup, and she was currently hiding in her bedroom, while Wade, Brooke and Jodie communed in the living room. Cayden pouted, trapped in her bedroom, unable to go out there and face the traitorous group. "They're probably talking about me." she groused. A scratching at her closed door made her frown. "Oh no, you Brooke loving, back-stabber. You don't actually think I'm going to touch you with that chicken breath do you?"

The tall shop keeper felt like a baby. She couldn't believe Brooke had gotten away with as much as she did, or got her in the position she was in so easily. Not to mention how she felt waking up in the blonde's lap, in front of Jodie and Wade. Cayden growled. "I was groping her tit! God, it really doesn't get any worse." The brunette threw herself into her pillows, then a wry smirk formed on her lips. "Well, she's right, I coulda shit my pants."

 
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Brooke forced Wade to allow her to wash the dirty dishes she created, then made coffee for everyone. They were all sitting in the living room, indeed, talking about Cayden

"So, then she threw up and I felt bad so I made her go home." Jodie finished.

"I'm surprised she even went into work at all!" Wade said.

"You know she never lets anyone know she's sick." Jodie reminded the man, then looked thoughtfully at Brooke. "Which brings me to you. How the hell did you get in here in the first place?"

"The door was wide open. She was pretty miserable when I got here."

Wade grimaced. "Boy, she must have held it in all the way home in the cab. God forbid she should puke in front of someone."

"She hadn't even taken off her shoes, I'm sure she ran straight for the bathroom, that's where I found her anyway." Brooke continued.

"Ooohhh. So that's how you managed it." Jodie snickered, then looked serious. "The fact is, she let you stay here. That's a big deal Brooke."