Page 18 of Spicy Sapphic Christmas

Bea breathed out hope.

“Don’t let them tell you anything you don’t want to hear. Ignore it.” Bunny kissed her again. “Because I’ve seen all of you. And you’re stunning.”

This was Bea’s melting point. Her knees went weak, and she had to grip onto Bunny in order to keep herself upright. Bunny pulled away, pursing her lips and stepping back.

“Welcome to the real world, Bea.”

Bunny walked out of the room, her hands shoved into her pockets. Bea was speechless. What the hell had just happened?

SIX

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“You’ve got to be kidding me, right?” Bunny pinched the bridge of her nose. It had been a whole week since they’d met Bea and Jo at Julianna’s, and Bunny couldn’t stop thinking about Bea.

“Oh come on,” Piper pleaded for the third time. Piper had been talking up Bea and Jo since that night, which wasn’t helping Bunny forget it. “It’ll be fun.”

“Singing into badly wired microphones along with tinny recorded music will be fun?” Bunny wasn’t convinced as she wiped the stage makeup from her face. It was always the first thing she did. No matter how much her clothes stuck to her skin or her body ached. After every set, she went directly to the makeup counter and removed the cloying shit from her face.

When they first started, she had put her foot down and insisted she would never wear makeup on the stage. But then the first questions and hushed whispers about her and Piper’s sexuality started floating around, and she’d changed her mind real quick.

After a breakdown, she had given in to the stage makeup. It had been met with jumping, clapping, and a high pitched squeal from Piper. Bunny had also started talking about her workoutroutines and her running in interviews when the inevitable questions came up about what she does during her down time.

“Earth to Bunny!” Piper called from the other side of the dressing room where she hung up the new bold diagonal stripe shirt, ready for dry cleaning. She loved to wear it on stage, and Bunny couldn’t deny how she wished she could get away with something similar. It reminded her of Iggy Stardust. Which was one of many reasons Bunny wouldn’t. She didn’t entirely enjoy being on stage with Piper wearing it, but she knew Piper didn’t care as much about the rumors or about the things the press printed in just about a damn three month rotation.

The name Jamie Kettlehouse was a regular curse in Bunny’s life.

“What?” Bunny removed the last of the makeup and turned around to face Piper.

“I want to go. Please come with me? We need to have more fun together. It’s been all work lately.” Piper might as well have lowered her bottom lip and let it quiver a little. But even knowing Piper’s tricks, Bunny rolled her eyes and knew she would give in eventually. Right now, she was too tired to go another three rounds before she got there.

“Fine.”

“Really?”

Bunny should have expected the jumping, the clapping, and the squealing. When Piper wrapped her in her arms and tried to get Bunny to jump right along, Bunny couldn’t help but let the smile rest on her lips. But she refused to become a woo-girl.

“We’re going to have a fantastic time.”

“Sure.” Bunny smiled, hoping Piper didn’t see Bunny’s plans for getting cramps or food poisoning less than an hour into the karaoke debacle.

It didn’t take them long to get changed and ready. Piper was in charge of getting them there, which was such a relief. Bunnydidn’t have the brain power for it. The place was small, and the narrow staircase they walked up gave Bunny very little hope for the type of business they would find at the top. Then again, there would likely be fewer people there, which would be perfect for hiding her face in the crowd. She couldn’t roll her eyes more at that.

But Bunny was pleasantly surprised when Piper opened the door to a well-lit open area.

“This is nice.” Piper seemed surprised.

“Wait. Didn’t you say you’d been here before?” Bunny didn’t like the feeling that swirled in the pit of her stomach.

“No. I didn’t say that. I said let’s do karaoke. Oh look who’s here! What a nice surprise!” Piper ignored Bunny’s jaw drop as she waved her hand and headed over to a table where Bea and Jo sat.

Fuck!

Bunny’s stomach twisted hard, and her heart beat just a little too fast for her liking. She had given Siena her impression of the band and had washed her hands of thinking about them again. Except of course for the memory of how she’d sucked Bea’s clit until she came. Even now, the thought sent a shiver of arousal through Bunny. She wouldn’t mind a round two.

“Hey, what are you two big shots doing here?” Jo jumped up and a dusting of pink covered her smooth alabaster skin. She wrapped her arms around Piper’s neck in a quick hug and then started toward Bunny.

Bunny looked from Jo to Piper and back again before she accepted the quick embrace.

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