Threading the Needle Ch. 11 - Sex Stories

Threading the Needle Ch. 11

... speaking again. "You're right. It's fun but he probably isn't my type in the long run." "Okay, I'm glad to hear it. Talk to you later," Gabby said and turned to head back to her friends. After a couple of steps, she turned around. She still walked backwards toward them. "You know, someone like you is probably what he deserves. He's too successful with women for his own good." They both laughed and Gabby turned around again and finished rejoining her group.

Looking over at where Lena and Rikki were still in deep conversation, Winnie took a big swig of her beer. "Do I really feel that way?" she wondered, but no matter how she looked at it, she didn't muster up much passion about whether or not Logan was in her life. She gazed at Rikki. The tall brunette was laughing easily at something Lena said. As she tossed her hair, she happened to catch a glimpse of Winnie. Focusing for a second, Rikki gave her a big smile.

Winnie felt her heart jump. She couldn't help her reaction. It was like that every time she saw Rikki; every time she looked at her. "Now if it was Rikki saying she didn't ever want to see me..." Even imagining that made her heart clench up, and a feeling as if she would cry passed through her. Clenching her fist, she dug her fingers into her palm, reminded herself that Rikki was in her life, and would stay in it.

Rikki jerked her head a little. The message was clear. "Come join us." Winnie took a big breath and walked over to her friends. She joined the ...

... conversation and tried to forget her anxieties.

Despite the huge group, it didn't degenerate into a party. There was a fair amount of drinking, and more singing than Rikki appreciated given the general skill at it, but things began to calm down shortly before midnight. The guides all rafted that day and had to be up early in the morning. The few who stayed up late regretted that decision the next day.

The three women lasted longer than some, but by midnight, they all were ready to get in their sleeping bags. Earlier when she laid them out, Winnie put Lena in the middle. While it wasn't out of the question that Lena would try fooling around, she still felt safer beside her than being next to Rikki. Today seemed to be designed to increase her awareness of her attraction to her friend. Already she had visited Winnie a few times in her dreams back at home.

"How much worse would it be right next to her?" she thought. "Lena is just curiosity; Rikki is...." She didn't allow herself to finish the thought.

Rikki got into her sleep bag after having pulled on her long underwear. It still got pretty cold late at night. Winnie and Lena had on their tops but not their bottoms. They trusted the insulation of their bags.

"Night, Lena. Night Winnie," Rikki said as she snuggled down inside and waited for her body heat to warm it.

"Sleep tight, you two," Winnie said, zipping her bag up all the way.

Lena chuckled and rolled over onto her side. She surprised Rikki with a kiss on ...