As darkness began steadily falling the girls surrendered to their increasing hunger and drooping eyelids and pulled off the highway into the car-park of a somewhat less than classy motel. The plus side was that it was cheap and there was a pizza take-out right next door which the two fully planned to take advantage of once they had checked into their rooms. Once Sara had swung the MG into a parking space they climbed from the car and stretched out their cramped and weary limbs.
"Damn, I'd forgotten what it was like folding these legs into that car." Sara grumbled as she tried to straightened out legs that she was sure were permanently misshapen from the drive.
"Oh, I wouldn't complain about those legs honey, I seem to remember they had their uses once upon a time" Alex jibed with a sparkle in her eyes.
"Oh they still do" Sara shot back, with equal playfulness, "It's just a different waist they wrap around these days" A look of embarrassment shot across Sara's face as if she suddenly realised what she'd just said, and to whom.
The tension soon dissipated however when Alex's melodic laughter reached her ears and she found herself once again inwardly breathing a sigh of relief.
"And who's waist might that be then?" Alex finally inquired her curiosity getting the better of her.
Sara looked panicked, "O..Oh, no one special" she stuttered entirely unconvincingly, "I just meant, you know different people. You know, generally..." She trailed off knowing that her ex was not believing a word of it.
"OK, ok I get it, you don't want to talk about her just yet, but don't be fooled into thinking I wont get it out of you eventually."
This comment earned a somewhat worried look in Alex's direction just as they arrived at the reception of the seedy motel.
They were expecting the stereotype motel manager to be at the front desk, tall gangly man, late forties, dark scraggly hair and moustache and of course pit stains on his short sleeved shirt. Because of this they were pleasantly surprised when they were greeted warmly by a short dumpy woman in her mid fifties.
"Good evening ladies, what can I do for you tonight?"
"Evening" Alex replied in an abnormally low voice, Sara had to suppress a giggle as she processed the thought that if she had been wearing a hat Alex would have taken it off an held it to her chest like a cowboy in a western entering a saloon.
Alex caught the laughter trying to escape Sara out of the corner of her eye and shot her a questioning look. After seeing her feigning innocence she simply turned back to the kindly lady.
"Err, have you got room for two small ones? Just the one night... Well one small one and one strangely gangly..." She never got to finish her sentence as Sara smacked her arm playfully and the lady grinned at them.
"Certainly dear," the woman replied tapping at the old keyboard attached to the computer on the other side of the check-in desk. "Would that be a double or two singles?" she asked raising a pointed eyebrow at both girls, but accompanied by a warm smile letting them know they would be accepted either way.
"Double", Alex said at exactly the same moment as Sara said
"Singles please" The girls exchanged a heavily laden look before Alex asked,
"What's'matter? Can't trust yourself with me?" Alex teased determined to have a little fun with Sara while she had a chance.
'Oh dear' thought Sara, that sounded worryingly like a challenge. Sara had never been one to refuse a challenge, especially when it came from this woman. So, predictably, she surrendered. Whilst sighing she turned back to the woman, who was now beaming ridiculously and said,
"A double please"
The clerk tapped some more on her keyboard and turned around to retrieve a key hanging on the board behind her. After a quick glance between the two of them she seemed to come to a decision and handed the key to Alex.
"Room number seventeen. That'll be twenty five dollars please" she stated to the space between the two girls.
The woman laughed out loud when both girls reached for their wallets simultaneously.
"Ok, you have to tell me. You two are exes right?"
Sara looked embarrassed as she ducked her head so stare at her feet, while Alex merely laughed and asked,
"Is it really that obvious?"
"Only to a trained eye dear, I get a great variety of clientele here, over the years I gotten quite good at recognising people's relationships. You two were easy though, I guessed before you even walked through the door."
The two girls continued to look embarrassed while the manager continued,
"Besides you remind me of myself and a partner I once had. After we broke up we'd keep bumping into each other, which was never good 'cause for some reason we could never manage to keep our hands off each other."
At this a look of panic once again crossed Sara's features but Alex seem oblivious as she carried on the conversation with the owner of the motel.
"Do you still see them?" she asked still not sure whether to use he or she.
"Oh no." the woman replied saddening a little, "She's no longer with us I'm afraid"
"Oh I am sorry to hear that, sounds like you have some fine memories though'." Alex replied with a genuine sympathy.
"Don't be sorry dear, I'm sure she's up there somewhere sweet-talking the angels as we speak." With this the woman's smile returned and Sara, having recovered from the attack of embarrassment let out a small laugh.
"Now, not wishing to cause another squabble but which of you is gonna pick up this bill?"
"I'll..."
"I can.."
They both started before Sara placed a hand on the other girl's arm to shut her up while she said,
"I'll get it, your paying for gas remember?" Alex just sighed and nodded before saying,
"Ok then, but I'm buying the pizza..... and the beer"
Sara just rolled her eyes and pulled a fifty out of her wallet to hand to the woman across the desk. When Sara had received and stowed her change the girls nodded politely to the owner and left the office. Without discussion they both headed towards the pizza place to get the food they were both in need of.
Their orders placed, four cheeses for Sara and pepperoni for Alex, the two sat down on one of the old couches to wait.
Out of the blue Sara suddenly asked, "Do you think we'll be like that?"
"What unable to keep our hands of each other?" Alex responded with a grin "I don't know about you but I'm in complete control of my extremities thank you very much"
"No not that," Sara said as she slapped her playfully on the arm "I meant still talking about each other like that when we're pushing sixty."
Alex got a serious look on her face, something which, for her, was quite rare and said with absolute conviction,
"Of course, you're a part of me Sara, I never wanna let that go, you should know that."
'Wow' Sara thought but it didn't make it past her lips as she sat contemplating Alex's words.
They were both broken from their reverie when they were called up to the counter to collect their order, and as promised, Alex paid.
Once outside the take-away their moods lightened.
"Why don't you take these to our room and get our stuff from the car while I go get us some beer from that liquor store over there?" Alex asked gesturing towards a shabby looking building coverd with posters and signs advertising many different kinds of alcohol. Sara merely nodded and strode off in the direction of room number seventeen.
Ten minutes later Alex jogged up the steps towards their motel room her boots clattering on the concrete and a six-pack in her hand. The door was left slightly ajar and she knocked as she poked her head around it to see Sara bent over, ass in the air, fiddling with the socket behind the TV. After taking a moment to appreciate the view she jokingly said,
"Honey, I'm home"
Straightening up suddenly Sara banged her head on the edge of the TV stand causing her to wobble and rub her head pouting as she turned to face the newcomer. Her pout faded however as she saw hat Alex was carrying and she responded with equal mirth,
"So you are, and you brought me Bud! You know I love you right?!"
Alex's smile became almost shy at this and Sara kicked herself repeatedly for making her uncomfortable. The awkward moment passed quickly however and soon the girls were both sat cross-legged on the double bed each with an open pizza box and beer.
"So..." Alex began "Are you ever gonna tell about the new woman in your life or are you gonna force me to tickle it out of you?"
"No. No!" Sara responded her face and tone showing a mockery of fear "Not the tickling, anything but the tickling!" She rolled her eyes at the absurdity of the threat.
"Right that's it" Alex continued, "You've really done it now..." Alex pounced across knocking Sara off the bed and onto the floor with an "oof!" The piece of pizza in her hand went flying sending a shower of tomato sauce across both her and the carpet.
"Getting a little violent aren't we?!" Sara commented with a slight laugh from her position underneath the other girl.
"Oh you love it!" Alex almost growled before she too succumbed to laughter.
A moment later both girls seemed to realise to position they were in and abruptly their laughter ceased. Despite this neither seemed too inclined to move so they remained there hesitantly meeting one another's eyes.
Surveying the blush rising on Sara's face Alex noticed a small blob of pizza sauce sitting to the side of Sara's neck and form somewhere buried in her mind, got the urge to lick it off. Looking into her eyes for permission and seeing little resistance she gently leaned down to press her lips to the spot, her tongue flicking out to remove the sauce and taste the skin underneath. A second later her lips were gone and she was once more above Sara looking into her eyes.
Sara whimpered and her internal battle was plain to see in her eyes. As much as Alex's baser instincts told her to lean down and kiss the confusion out of her, her brain took control, realising that she respected the other woman too much to just take advantage of her like that. With an immense force of will she managed to get up off of her and stutter an apology.
"S..Sorry, I shouldn't have done that."
Just as slowly Sara got herself up from her position on the floor and reached, wordlessly for her beer. Taking long slow gulps her internal commotion continued. She couldn't deny that she and wanted to continue proceedings in the direction they were headed just as much as Alex did. After all sex with her had always been amazing and it had been a fair while since Sara had enjoyed that side of life. However she was unsure about what would happen afterward. She knew that neither one of them wanted to return to their relationship as it had been before but she doubted that i would be easy to slip back into 'friend' mindset again if they strayed from their current roles for the night. She would hate to lose that precious friendship they had built up in the years since they were last together sexually.
Suddenly she became aware that she still hadn't said anything and Alex was begging to look so nervous she may be about to bolt. As soon as she noticed this Sara was quick to reassure her. Reaching out to place a comforting hand on her shoulder she said,
"Don't worry hun, you did nothing wrong" this and a comforting smile calmed the other girl almost completely but there still remained something of an uncomfortable silence.
"Come on, lets finish the pizza before it gets so cold it sticks to the box" Sara suggested. Alex just nodded and climbed back into her sitting position on the bed as the two once more tucked into their takeout.
"Damn, I'd forgotten what it was like folding these legs into that car." Sara grumbled as she tried to straightened out legs that she was sure were permanently misshapen from the drive.
"Oh, I wouldn't complain about those legs honey, I seem to remember they had their uses once upon a time" Alex jibed with a sparkle in her eyes.
"Oh they still do" Sara shot back, with equal playfulness, "It's just a different waist they wrap around these days" A look of embarrassment shot across Sara's face as if she suddenly realised what she'd just said, and to whom.
The tension soon dissipated however when Alex's melodic laughter reached her ears and she found herself once again inwardly breathing a sigh of relief.
"And who's waist might that be then?" Alex finally inquired her curiosity getting the better of her.
Sara looked panicked, "O..Oh, no one special" she stuttered entirely unconvincingly, "I just meant, you know different people. You know, generally..." She trailed off knowing that her ex was not believing a word of it.
"OK, ok I get it, you don't want to talk about her just yet, but don't be fooled into thinking I wont get it out of you eventually."
This comment earned a somewhat worried look in Alex's direction just as they arrived at the reception of the seedy motel.
They were expecting the stereotype motel manager to be at the front desk, tall gangly man, late forties, dark scraggly hair and moustache and of course pit stains on his short sleeved shirt. Because of this they were pleasantly surprised when they were greeted warmly by a short dumpy woman in her mid fifties.
"Good evening ladies, what can I do for you tonight?"
"Evening" Alex replied in an abnormally low voice, Sara had to suppress a giggle as she processed the thought that if she had been wearing a hat Alex would have taken it off an held it to her chest like a cowboy in a western entering a saloon.
Alex caught the laughter trying to escape Sara out of the corner of her eye and shot her a questioning look. After seeing her feigning innocence she simply turned back to the kindly lady.
"Err, have you got room for two small ones? Just the one night... Well one small one and one strangely gangly..." She never got to finish her sentence as Sara smacked her arm playfully and the lady grinned at them.
"Certainly dear," the woman replied tapping at the old keyboard attached to the computer on the other side of the check-in desk. "Would that be a double or two singles?" she asked raising a pointed eyebrow at both girls, but accompanied by a warm smile letting them know they would be accepted either way.
"Double", Alex said at exactly the same moment as Sara said
"Singles please" The girls exchanged a heavily laden look before Alex asked,
"What's'matter? Can't trust yourself with me?" Alex teased determined to have a little fun with Sara while she had a chance.
'Oh dear' thought Sara, that sounded worryingly like a challenge. Sara had never been one to refuse a challenge, especially when it came from this woman. So, predictably, she surrendered. Whilst sighing she turned back to the woman, who was now beaming ridiculously and said,
"A double please"
The clerk tapped some more on her keyboard and turned around to retrieve a key hanging on the board behind her. After a quick glance between the two of them she seemed to come to a decision and handed the key to Alex.
"Room number seventeen. That'll be twenty five dollars please" she stated to the space between the two girls.
The woman laughed out loud when both girls reached for their wallets simultaneously.
"Ok, you have to tell me. You two are exes right?"
Sara looked embarrassed as she ducked her head so stare at her feet, while Alex merely laughed and asked,
"Is it really that obvious?"
"Only to a trained eye dear, I get a great variety of clientele here, over the years I gotten quite good at recognising people's relationships. You two were easy though, I guessed before you even walked through the door."
The two girls continued to look embarrassed while the manager continued,
"Besides you remind me of myself and a partner I once had. After we broke up we'd keep bumping into each other, which was never good 'cause for some reason we could never manage to keep our hands off each other."
At this a look of panic once again crossed Sara's features but Alex seem oblivious as she carried on the conversation with the owner of the motel.
"Do you still see them?" she asked still not sure whether to use he or she.
"Oh no." the woman replied saddening a little, "She's no longer with us I'm afraid"
"Oh I am sorry to hear that, sounds like you have some fine memories though'." Alex replied with a genuine sympathy.
"Don't be sorry dear, I'm sure she's up there somewhere sweet-talking the angels as we speak." With this the woman's smile returned and Sara, having recovered from the attack of embarrassment let out a small laugh.
"Now, not wishing to cause another squabble but which of you is gonna pick up this bill?"
"I'll..."
"I can.."
They both started before Sara placed a hand on the other girl's arm to shut her up while she said,
"I'll get it, your paying for gas remember?" Alex just sighed and nodded before saying,
"Ok then, but I'm buying the pizza..... and the beer"
Sara just rolled her eyes and pulled a fifty out of her wallet to hand to the woman across the desk. When Sara had received and stowed her change the girls nodded politely to the owner and left the office. Without discussion they both headed towards the pizza place to get the food they were both in need of.
Their orders placed, four cheeses for Sara and pepperoni for Alex, the two sat down on one of the old couches to wait.
Out of the blue Sara suddenly asked, "Do you think we'll be like that?"
"What unable to keep our hands of each other?" Alex responded with a grin "I don't know about you but I'm in complete control of my extremities thank you very much"
"No not that," Sara said as she slapped her playfully on the arm "I meant still talking about each other like that when we're pushing sixty."
Alex got a serious look on her face, something which, for her, was quite rare and said with absolute conviction,
"Of course, you're a part of me Sara, I never wanna let that go, you should know that."
'Wow' Sara thought but it didn't make it past her lips as she sat contemplating Alex's words.
They were both broken from their reverie when they were called up to the counter to collect their order, and as promised, Alex paid.
Once outside the take-away their moods lightened.
"Why don't you take these to our room and get our stuff from the car while I go get us some beer from that liquor store over there?" Alex asked gesturing towards a shabby looking building coverd with posters and signs advertising many different kinds of alcohol. Sara merely nodded and strode off in the direction of room number seventeen.
Ten minutes later Alex jogged up the steps towards their motel room her boots clattering on the concrete and a six-pack in her hand. The door was left slightly ajar and she knocked as she poked her head around it to see Sara bent over, ass in the air, fiddling with the socket behind the TV. After taking a moment to appreciate the view she jokingly said,
"Honey, I'm home"
Straightening up suddenly Sara banged her head on the edge of the TV stand causing her to wobble and rub her head pouting as she turned to face the newcomer. Her pout faded however as she saw hat Alex was carrying and she responded with equal mirth,
"So you are, and you brought me Bud! You know I love you right?!"
Alex's smile became almost shy at this and Sara kicked herself repeatedly for making her uncomfortable. The awkward moment passed quickly however and soon the girls were both sat cross-legged on the double bed each with an open pizza box and beer.
"So..." Alex began "Are you ever gonna tell about the new woman in your life or are you gonna force me to tickle it out of you?"
"No. No!" Sara responded her face and tone showing a mockery of fear "Not the tickling, anything but the tickling!" She rolled her eyes at the absurdity of the threat.
"Right that's it" Alex continued, "You've really done it now..." Alex pounced across knocking Sara off the bed and onto the floor with an "oof!" The piece of pizza in her hand went flying sending a shower of tomato sauce across both her and the carpet.
"Getting a little violent aren't we?!" Sara commented with a slight laugh from her position underneath the other girl.
"Oh you love it!" Alex almost growled before she too succumbed to laughter.
A moment later both girls seemed to realise to position they were in and abruptly their laughter ceased. Despite this neither seemed too inclined to move so they remained there hesitantly meeting one another's eyes.
Surveying the blush rising on Sara's face Alex noticed a small blob of pizza sauce sitting to the side of Sara's neck and form somewhere buried in her mind, got the urge to lick it off. Looking into her eyes for permission and seeing little resistance she gently leaned down to press her lips to the spot, her tongue flicking out to remove the sauce and taste the skin underneath. A second later her lips were gone and she was once more above Sara looking into her eyes.
Sara whimpered and her internal battle was plain to see in her eyes. As much as Alex's baser instincts told her to lean down and kiss the confusion out of her, her brain took control, realising that she respected the other woman too much to just take advantage of her like that. With an immense force of will she managed to get up off of her and stutter an apology.
"S..Sorry, I shouldn't have done that."
Just as slowly Sara got herself up from her position on the floor and reached, wordlessly for her beer. Taking long slow gulps her internal commotion continued. She couldn't deny that she and wanted to continue proceedings in the direction they were headed just as much as Alex did. After all sex with her had always been amazing and it had been a fair while since Sara had enjoyed that side of life. However she was unsure about what would happen afterward. She knew that neither one of them wanted to return to their relationship as it had been before but she doubted that i would be easy to slip back into 'friend' mindset again if they strayed from their current roles for the night. She would hate to lose that precious friendship they had built up in the years since they were last together sexually.
Suddenly she became aware that she still hadn't said anything and Alex was begging to look so nervous she may be about to bolt. As soon as she noticed this Sara was quick to reassure her. Reaching out to place a comforting hand on her shoulder she said,
"Don't worry hun, you did nothing wrong" this and a comforting smile calmed the other girl almost completely but there still remained something of an uncomfortable silence.
"Come on, lets finish the pizza before it gets so cold it sticks to the box" Sara suggested. Alex just nodded and climbed back into her sitting position on the bed as the two once more tucked into their takeout.