Love is a Place Ch. 01: The Puzzle - Sex Stories

Love is a Place Ch. 01: The Puzzle

... the challenge and soon the four of them were browsing their laptops in the sitting room, Amanda sitting next to Samantha and explaining to her what the different venues were like. Lydia found a concert by Jamie Wyatt at St George's after Christmas that she said Sarah would be very excited about - "maybe it could be a Christmas present from you?" - while Ms Nadine had a concert at The Lantern on December 18th.

"Oh, she's really good. We saw her at Bristol Pride in the summer, do you remember Lydia? Sarah loved her. Maybe we should all go! Would it be okay with you Samantha if we all went?"

Samantha thought about that. Dr Alison had said that friends did things together. These people were her friends. Besides, having more people there who knew her would probably make things easier.

"Yes. I would like us all to go. But I should buy the tickets."

This led to a bit of an outcry. In the end Samantha was persuaded by Keith that it would be more appropriate for him and Lydia to buy each other's tickets as they were a couple, and Amanda said that she owed Louise some money so she should buy Louise's ticket. So Samantha ended up paying for hers and Sarah's. She also bought two tickets for Jamie Wyatt's concert.

The rest of the evening was pleasant. Amanda surprised Samantha by asking if she wanted company while she studied and Samantha thought that would be okay. It was. Samantha still got her reading done, making notes at her desk while Amanda sat on the bed, but it ...

... was a warming feeling to also have Amanda in the room doing the same. Samantha wondered if this was the feeling of friendship. It had a different texture to her friendship with Sarah, which was rich and velvety and always warm yet sometimes pulsed hot, but this was a very pleasant sensation, like pillows with a strong headboard behind. She thought maybe she should tell Amanda this. She then thought that wanting to tell somebody this was a new idea, which pleased her. She decided to try it.

"Amanda."

"Yes?"

"Having you here is like the feeling of soft pillows with a strong headboard behind them."

"What? I don't... you're sitting in a chair? Oh!" Amanda put her hand out and touched Samantha's arm, "Oh, honey, that's, like, really sweet, I get it. That's a lovely thing to tell somebody, Samantha."

Samantha smiled. "Oh good! I am pleased. I wasn't sure if it was a good thing to tell somebody."

"It was, it really was." Amanda seemed to think. "Being with you Samantha is like being with a beautiful plant that smells sweet and, like, puts out lovely flowers when you aren't looking."

"Oh." Those words smelled like coconut. "That was really nice. That was a compliment, wasn't it?"

"Yes it was sweetie. The lovely flowers are like all the kind things that you do for us. The sweet smell is like how gentle you are."

"Oh. Yes. I see that. Thank you for explaining the simile."

Samantha felt really light, like she was in water. Her chest was like a buoy, floating. ...