Ginny drew back and stripped off her shirt, watching Kara’s eyes darken when she dropped her bra to the floor. Ginny took her hand and led her into the bedroom, not bothering with the covers. She drew Kara to the bed, her hands shoving between Kara’s legs, cupping her through her shorts. She wanted her. She couldn’t control this wild hunger she had. She had ached with it all day. She wanted her now and her fingers were frantic as they shoved inside her shorts. Her tongue pushed against Kara’s and she moaned when she felt her flesh, hot and wet to her touch.

Kara laid back, sensing Ginny’s need for her. She unbuttoned her shorts, giving Ginny room and her legs parted for her, ready for her.

Ginny plunged inside of her, deep and hard and Kara surged up to meet her, her hips undulating against Ginny’s fingers. Ginny pulled out, sliding through her wetness, moving over her like silk and she stroked her, faster, until she felt Kara still against her hand and cry out, her legs wrapping tight against Ginny’s fingers.

Ginny felt perspiration on her brow and she closed her eyes, shocked by her need for this woman. She had never been aggressive in bed before. Phil wouldn’t have allowed it. But with Kara, she felt free to express herself, express her desire.

"I wanted you," Ginny whispered.

Kara pulled Ginny into her arms and held her, her lips brushing lightly across her damp forehead.

"You’re a very fast learner," Kara murmured. "Sure you haven’t done this before?"

"Only in my dreams." Ginny rested her head on Kara’s breast while the other made lazy circles across her stomach. "I couldn’t stop thinking of you today."

"That makes two of us," Kara said.

"I wasn’t sure if you still wanted me," Ginny admitted.

"Why would you think that?"

"I didn’t know if last night was just… if all you wanted…"

"Just one night?" Kara supplied.

Ginny nodded.

"I haven’t wanted like this in a very long time, Ginny. You scare me, too. This is new for you. You don’t know what you want, you don’t know what’s out there."

"And you do?" Ginny whispered.

"I know I want you, yes. But you…"

"I want you, too. It doesn’t matter what’s out there, Kara."

Kara watched her, wanting to believe her. But Ginny didn’t know how it could be. She had no one to compare Kara with. And what did she want? A summer affair? No. She was too old for that. And her feelings for Ginny went beyond an affair. She was falling in love with her and her eyes widened, shocked by her own admission.

"What are you thinking?"

"Nothing," Kara murmured. "Let me love you," she whispered and she silenced Ginny with her mouth, swallowing her questions.

Ginny’s questions died as thought was lost under Kara’s insistent mouth. With gentle hands, Kara shoved Ginny’s shorts down, her hands moving lightly over her body. Kara shrugged her own shorts off and lay naked on top of Ginny, pressing her into the bed, warming her body with her own. Ginny held her, brushing her hands through Kara’s short hair, guiding her mouth to her breast.

Kara covered her full breast, her tongue raking lightly across the taut nipple. Ginny moaned in her ear and Kara closed her eyes, loving the sounds of pleasure coming from Ginny.

Kara drew back and smiled. "Tell me what you want," she whispered.

"Kara…"

"Tell me and I’ll do it. Anything."

Ginny’s hips pressed up, her desire boiling over. "I want your mouth… your tongue… where only you have been." She was so wet and she parted her legs, wrapping them around Kara’s thigh, pressing her wetness to her.

Kara kissed her, her tongue brushing lightly across her lips, then she gasped as Ginny sucked her tongue inside her mouth. Her thigh pushed harder against Ginny’s wetness, meeting the thrusts of Ginny’s hips.

"Please… your mouth," Ginny murmured against Kara’s lips. "I want your mouth to take me." She was so near orgasm already but all she wanted was Kara’s hot mouth on her, where she had been remembering it all day. Her hips slowed and she urged Kara downward, pushing lightly on her shoulders.

Kara felt the urgency in Ginny’s hands, saw the look of pleasure on her face as Kara slid lower along her body. Her hands pushed Ginny’s legs apart and her mouth found her, wet and wanting. Ginny pressed up and met her, opening wider and her breath hissed between her teeth.

"Kara… Kara." God, yes. This was what she wanted, what only this woman had ever given her.

Her whispered name was like a drug and Kara nearly devoured her in her desire to please her. Her tongue moved through her wetness, surrounding her. Her mouth opened and she covered Ginny completely, sucking her hungrily into her mouth.

"Dear Lord," Ginny breathed and she clutched at Kara, her heels digging into the bed.

Kara’s shoulders pushed into Ginny, driving her legs apart, pushing her farther up the bed with the force of her desire.

"Oh, God!" Ginny screamed. "Kara…" Ginny’s heart pounded in her ears and Kara’s mouth sucked her in, not letting her go and Ginny was filled with such sweet pleasure. Her body throbbed against Kara’s face and she felt as if she were drowning, sinking into blackness, trying to catch her breath. "Yes, yes… God, yes," she breathed, feeling her orgasm build, threatening to swallow her, to end this sweet torture. It came to her slowly, climbing, driving her mad and she pulsed in Kara’s mouth, spasms shaking her. Kara’s mouth held her, continuing her assault on her as wave after wave rammed into Ginny, causing her to cry out Kara’s name again and again.

When her body stilled and her hips lay limply on the bed, only then did Kara’s mouth leave her. Ginny could not even open her eyes and she rolled her head from side to side.

"I didn’t think it could possibly get any better than last night," she whispered. "But each time…"

"I know." Kara bit her neck gently, then moved to her ear. "I wanted you like that all day," she whispered back.

"I don’t think I can move."

Kara leaned up on her elbow, letting her eyes move lovingly over Ginny’s face, down to her breasts. She was in love with her. The certainty of that thought filled her heart painfully. Love brought hurt. It always did. She touched Ginny’s face gently, her eyes lingering on her full lips. She hadn’t been looking for love, of course. The women who had shared her bed since Marsha were simply diversions. Someone to ease a lonely night, someone to talk to for a moment, then gone. No feelings were involved. No commitments, no worries. Just a physical release that they both had needed.

But it was so very different with Ginny. Kara wanted her, sure. But she also needed her. A deep, burning need that touched her very core, causing her to question her very existence. How had she lived this long without Ginny in her life? How could she go on, now that she’d had her?

"What are you thinking about?" Ginny asked gently.

Kara closed her eyes, unaware that Ginny had been watching her. "I was just thinking about you," Kara admitted. "About how you make me feel."

"Then why did you look so sad?"

Why, indeed? Because now that I’ve had you, I don’t think I can live without you. She rested her head against Ginny’s breast again, letting Ginny stroke her hair.

"You’re not going to tell me?"

"No."

"Is it Marsha?" Ginny asked.

"Marsha?"

"Are you thinking about her?"

"Why would you think that?"

"You loved her once. Are you thinking about that?" Ginny asked again.

"No. That was a long time ago, Ginny."

"Was it… was it good with her?" she asked quietly.

Kara looked up and met her eyes. "It was never like this," she said truthfully. "It’s never been like this with anyone."

"I find that hard to believe. It’s not like I know what I’m doing," Ginny said, finally breaking the hold her eyes had on her.

"Does that frighten you?" Kara asked. "That you know how to touch me?"

"I’m not sure. I mean, I know I want you… like this. But, is this who I am? What I am? Is it just you or is it…"

"Or can any woman make you feel this way?" Kara asked. She closed her eyes against the pain that she was feeling. Always pain when you loved a woman.

"I don’t think so," Ginny said softly. "If any woman could make me feel this way, I wouldn’t have waited for you."

"But you won’t know until you’ve tried it," Kara said.

"I don’t think I want to… try it, Kara." In fact, she knew she didn’t. No one could ever make her feel what Kara did. She knew in her heart that it was the truth. But she couldn’t say the words. Kara would never believe her, anyway. Kara had experience. She’d been with other women, and Ginny was jealous of each of them. Had Kara loved them this way, too? Had they wanted her so deeply that nothing else mattered?

Kara raised up and kissed her softly. She’d had enough talking. "Can you stay the night with me? Please? I would love to wake up with you," Kara murmured against her lips.

"Yes, but I’m not ready for sleep," she whispered.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

"WHAT DO YOU mean, Phil is coming?" she asked, stunned by Nana’s words.

"Well, he called last night. He wanted to surprise you. He took off all next week and he’s coming tomorrow." Nana watched her. "I thought you’d be thrilled. I told him how you just haven’t been yourself lately."

"Nana!"

"Well, you haven’t."

Ginny paced behind the counter, thankful there were no customers in the store. "Where will he stay?" she asked.