Hidden Desires (68 page)

Cayden tossed and turned for a while, flipped the channels on the television endlessly, then finally turned on her light. Brooke was a total distraction, not in a bad way, but in a lack of sleep way. Cayden didn't mind all the wonderful images bouncing around behind her closed lids, not at all, but it sure wasn't conducive to sleep. What it was conducive to was running back over to Brooke's house and jumping into her bed. Not even to make love either, but to feel her naked skin against her own, a thought that surprised Cayden, who's not particularly fond of snuggling. Knowing that snuggling or otherwise would not go over well at all with Harriet and Bert, she decided to retrieve the bag of chips and munch. It would give her something to do, and maybe the crunching would drown out the thoughts she had now about suddenly not wanting to be alone. Turning on the living room light, she was faced with La La's ass sticking out of the open bag of Doritos.

"WADE!"

Wade came running out of his room in his boxers in a panic. "What!?!"

Cayden pointed to the scene, and as she did, La La backed out of the bag, his face covered in orange cheese dust. "That cat just fouled up my Doritos! I'm sure there's tumbleweeds of fur rolling around in there now!"

"Oh please, he doesn't eat them, he just licks the flavor off. Find the wet ones and toss them."

"WADE! Remove him!"

"Yes dear." Wade hefted the cat off of the table, sifted through the bag and threw out three chips. He glanced at Cayden who was still glaring at him, so he blew into the bag for good measure. "There, no hair."

Cayden growled. Her plans shot. "Now what am I supposed to do? I can't sleep and my munchies not only have La La fur, and drool, but you just breathed sleep breath all over them."

"There's pretzels in the cupboard."

"I wanted the Doritos!"

Wade turned up his nose. "Ew, when did you start whining? It's so unbecoming."

Cayden pouted. Just when
did
she start whining? "Never mind." She went and got the pretzels and plopped onto the couch. "You can go to bed now." she said with a sigh.

"You gonna be alright? Can I trust you with La La?"

"I'll be fine. And La La lives as long as he keeps his nose out of my pretzels."

 
*  *  *

It was early Saturday morning, and Jodie was fast asleep, when her cell phone began to ring. Opening one eye slightly, she reached for the phone and brought it into bed with her. "Mmm."

"Jo? Are you sleeping? It's Brooke."

Jodie's other eye opened and she yawned loudly. "Yeah, I was sleeping, but I'm awake now. Congratulations!" She said with a smile, sitting up and stretching.

"You heard?" Brooke asked, surprised.

Jodie giggled. "Nothing escapes me. So, how was it?" She asked, shuffling into the kitchen for coffee.

"It was spectacular! Cayden is such a wonderful lover." the blonde said dreamily.

Jodie knew this information already from Wade, but she just needed to know from Brooke exactly what Cayden did to be so fabulous. She couldn't imagine her Cayden being so perfect. "Hey, why don't you tell me exactly what happened?"

"Okay, well, dinner was great. I was a bad girl though, and seduced Cayden throughout dinner." she admitted with a grin.

Jodie laughed. "You did? Oh my god, Cayden must have died!"

"Just about, she choked a couple of times." Brooke snickered. "Yeah, I really did a number on her, especially with whipped cream. She was primed and ready for the rest of the night."

"I can only imagine." Jodie tried to picture Cayden under a sensual assault involving whipped cream. She laughed again, it must have been something to witness.

"Well, anyway, it was really sweet. Cayden was nervous, probably as nervous as me, but she covered it really well. It was slow at first, but things got going rather quickly. She was so amazing, letting me call the shots and making me as comfortable as I could be." Brooke remembered the experience well and her heart began to beat quicker.

Jodie was floored. "Wow. You mean to tell me she let you take control of the situation? Even though you never did it before?"

"Yep, and let me tell you honey, that was all the incentive I needed. Cayden naked under me.... a whole lot skin to discover. Mmm, mm Heaven."

"I just can't believe it." Jodie shook her head, awed at how understanding Cayden was. Knowing how the tall woman went into this with so much trepidation, something must have changed without her knowledge. Cayden was turning out to be a real charmer. "So, what did you do?"

"Well, here's the thing, it's what I didn't do." Brooke said with embarrassment.

"Huh?"

"See, I touched Cayden, and that was amazing... wow..." Brooke became distracted for a moment. "Okay, but Cayden, well, she um, she didn't only
touch
me...she..."

"Oooooh." Jodie smiled knowingly. "And... how was it? Was it what you dreamed of?"

"Oh my god... better that that! But the thing is, I didn't do that to her, and I'm not quite sure I can."

Jodie pondered that. "Do you
want
to, or does it turn you off?" she asked fearfully.

"Oh no! I definitely want to do that, but I don't know what to do!" Brooke whined.

"Oh" Jodie snickered. "That's perfectly alright. Nothing to worry about at all."

"Jodie, I don't want to look like I haven't got a clue! Help!"

"Brooke, just calm down. Here's the thing, everyone is different, and everyone likes different stuff. You just have to ask her what she likes."

"She knew exactly what I liked!"

"Honey, judging from the hours of foreplay I'm sure anything would have been sufficient." she joked. "But honestly, nothing really to worry about. Do what you want, and believe me, you'll know if she likes it." While before Brooke, Jodie couldn't ever picture Cayden in bed with someone giving instructions, now she had a feeling things had changed.

"What if she doesn't?" Brooke worried.

"Brooke, stop worrying. I'm sure it will be fine. Trust me."

"If you say so, but I'm not convinced. Maybe I should watch lesbian porn."

Jodie snickered. "The only thing you'll learn from that is what not to do. Just relax, why don't you start out doing to her what you like done to you?"

"I suppose I could, but I only ever had it done that once, I don't know if there's anything else I like besides what she did that time." Brooke obsessed.

"Brooke! Stop worrying! I swear it will be fine! Now, go get some coffee and sit in your room daydreaming about what you did last night."

"Oooh that is a great idea. Thanks Jo."

"Anytime."

"Are you going to visit Cayden today?"

"Yes I am." Jodie was near to bursting, dying to know Cayden's side of the whole thing.

"Tell her I think she's amazing." Brooke said with a sexy drawl.

Jodie laughed. "Honey, I do that and girlfriend would melt out of the chair and die."

 
*  *  *

Cayden was a bit sleepy when she arrived at work, but not as cranky as she should have been. Usually, when she didn't get enough sleep, everyone around her on the subway suffered her narrow eyed looks, and menacing glares, but not today. Although yawning uncontrollably, and nearly toppling over a few times when the train stopped short, the tall woman was in a rather pleasant mood. She stopped to get her usual coffee at the corner vendor, and even sprung for a bagel too. Typically, not a morning eater, Cayden was surprised at her hunger, but didn't question it. If she began to question all the new and weird things that had been happening to her she'd wind up going crazy. Settled comfortably in her chair behind the counter, she turned on the television and got ready for the day ahead.

 
*  *  *

Brooke awoke in a great mood, and to Harriet and Bert's surprise, was up bright and early cooking breakfast. "Good morning everyone!" She said with a smile as her parents meandered towards the smell of bacon. "Who wants pancakes?"

Harriet and Bert shared raised eyebrows.

"Well, this is a change." Bert said, sitting at the table and accepting the cup of coffee Brooke put in front of him.

"Mom, tea?"

"Yes, honey, thank you." Mrs. Hewitt retied her robe and stood there for a long moment, eyeballing her daughter, who was crumbling up a few pieces of bacon for Fred.

Mr. Hewitt sipped his coffee peacefully. "This is a wonderful surprise, Sweetheart, thank you."

"You're welcome, daddy, here." Brooke placed a plate of pancakes in the middle of the table and gave her mom her tea. "There. Now dig in." she said, sitting down to eat too.

Harriet looked sideways at Brooke, then folded her arms across her chest. "You can't tell me you didn't have sex last night."

Bert dropped his fork with a loud clang. "Harriet!"

"Well, why else would she be this, this... look at her, she's glowing!"

"Just eat your pancakes and leave her be. Sheesh, must we talk about this over breakfast?"

Brooke winked at her father and poured a generous amount of syrup on her plate. "Yes mom, I had sex last night and it was fabulous."

"BROOKE!" Harriet was horrified.

Bert winced into his coffee.

"Well, you were just dying to know, so now you don't have to guess any more. We did it, it was great and we'll do it many times over."

"BERT!"

"You asked Harriet, you asked."

"That's enough of that talk!" Harriet covered her ears and squeezed her eyes closed.

Brooke smiled evilly. "Okay then, lets eat."

"I don't know that I can now."

"Try Harriet, try."

Brooke chewed cheerfully, Fred's little head poking just above the table as he sat in her lap. "MMm, this is sooo good." She made slightly lewd noises as she chewed, earning a disgusted look from Harriet, and a warning glare from Bert. She chuckled to herself and ate the rest of her breakfast in silence.

 
*  *  *

Jodie arrived at the shop to find Cayden sweeping the floor, singing along loudly to a commercial. "Well! Aren't you in a good mood?" She took the broom away and ushered Cayden to her chair. "Talk to me! Come on, you know you're dying to tell me. You're about to explode aren't you? "

"I am not." The brunette shook her head.

"Oh, yes you are. I know you are." Jo insisted.

"Tell you what?" Cayden asked innocently.

Jodie jumped up and down excitedly. "Everything! Tell me! Hurry!"

"Are you sure
YOU
aren't about to explode?" The shop keeper snickered.

Jodie flung herself on Cayden's lap and bounced up and down. "ALRIGHT! I'm about to explode! Tell me!"

The tall woman sighed. "I don't kiss and tell. Besides, haven't you already heard from Wade?""