Page 23 of Liquid Courage
Chapter 7
“Dress warm tomorrow.”Vivian found that text on her phone early Saturday evening. To think, she was about to text Kat with previews of the outfit she might wear the next day. Vivian wasn’t sure yet. The afternoon had been a mall-induced haze after Phyllis took her out for some retail therapy.“I’ll meet you at one. Supposed to be sunny, but I know how much you hate your sweaters.”
“What’s got you giggling?” Phyllis finished putting away some of the groceries they picked up on their way home. “Some Facebook meme?” She checked herself. “Nooo, that’s the kind of giggle that says you’ve got a boyfriend. No. Wait. Girlfriend. Sorry.”
Vivian held her phone to her chest so her sister couldn’t see the chain of dirty text messages. “It’s my friend I’m going out with tomorrow.”
“Uh huh. Sure. Friend.”
Vivian blushed. “Okay,” she admitted, “it might be a date.”
“A-ha! I knew it. I knew there was a reason you bought new underwear today.”
The pink bag on the dining room table called to Vivian, who went over and inspected the silky, lacy contents that were definitely more style than function.Not sure what I was thinking when I bought these. Can’t wear any of them out and about.Well, maybe the hot pink ones, but only because they actually covered her ass. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Gay or straight, Vivi, we girls don’t buy new sexy underwear for our own home-based fun. You’ve got a hot date, and I could smell it from a mile away.” Phyllis’s smile flickered. “Wait. It’s not the woman who treated you like shit the other night, right?”
“No,” Vivian was quick to reply. “Absolutely not. She’s history.”
“Good! So it must be someone else you’ve met online?”
“Actually…” Vivian stole one last glimpse at her texts before putting her phone to sleep. “I met her at the bar Wednesday. After my date went to shit.”
“Really! Well, you did say you were going to the place the lesbians like.
“Yeah… it’s actually the bartender.”
“The bartender!” Phyllis withheld one of her classic cackles.God, seriously, keep that to yourself.Phyllis only cackled when she was convinced karma was at play. So what had happened in Vivian’s previous life to warrant a woman like Kat walking into her life, serving drinks and dirty looks? “You’re not kidding? ‘Cause that’s kinda hot.”
“Yeah.She’s really hot.”
Phyllis nudged her sister. The underwear was still in Vivian’s hand, but utterly forgotten as she bit her lip and thought back to the intoxicating way Kat had made out with her. In the bathroom, no less.
“How hot?”
“So hot that I almost slept with her Wednesday night.”
“Whoa. That escalated quickly. You got a pic?”
“None for your eyes.”
“Girl, what kind of pictures are you trading on the internet?”
Vivian instantly thought of the bathtub picture she had sent Kat.God, what was I thinking? I shouldn’t be sending semi-nudes to people just because I’m horny!It didn’t matter if the recipient were another woman. What would happen if Kat’s cloud was hacked and Vivian’s buoyant tits ended up on a porn site?
Death by mortification. So here was hoping that never happened.
“So why didn’t you sleep with her?”
Vivian, who had put her underwear back in its bag, turned to her sister with renewed mortification. Was this woman serious? Of all the things to ask her baby sister! “Phyl! Are you kidding me? Why are you asking me something like that?”
“Because I’m nosy.”
Vivian sat in one of the dining chairs. “I don’t ask you about your sex life.”
“Because mine is boring. I haven’t dated anyone in yonks. Besides!” Phyllis sat down next to her. “My baby sister has been through a lot these past couple of years. I’ve gotta make sure everything’s working out.”
“Well, I…” Vivian could barely tell her friends what went through her mind in the world of sex and dating. Even the ones who understood what it was like to be attracted to other women. It was one thing to express her insecurities to Kat, who was naturally a good listener and was personally invested in making Vivian comfortable enough to go out with her. Quite another when it was her ownsister.“It didn’t feel right. After that bad date, I wanted to take my time with someone else. Not get my hopes up, you know?” Yeah, that’s totally what went through Vivian’s mind when she was pressed up against Kat’s wall, a whole hand coming for her pussy.Not getting her hopes up!
