Rae and Chloe have talked about embarrassing things before, like periods and orgasms and masturbating. Things that best friends normally talk about once they hit a certain age.

But this... This is a whole new level of awkwardness.

Rae follows Chloe up the stairs to her bedroom, and Chloe is chattering away about a new boy who's caught her fancy. When they enter Chloe's room, Rae makes her way over to Chloe's bed slowly, mind reeling over what she's about to ask of her age old best mate.

Chloe sits on the floor next to the bed, still talking, and idly runs her fingers over her shoes.

Rae is so absorbed in her own nervousness that she doesn't register the eventual silence when Chloe stops talking.

"Are you all right?" Chloe asks, finger poking Rae's ankle. "You're so quiet."

Rae quickly nods. "I'm fine. Yeah. Fine."

Chloe frowns up at her, unconvinced.

And Rae, not being the type to beat around the bush for very long, finally spits it out. "It's just, well, you know how Finn and I haven't slept together yet—"

Immense squealing cuts her off, and a moment later Rae is engulfed by the arms of her best mate, and she feels herself freeze before sighing and gently patting Chloe on the back.

"Oh, Rae, I'm so happy for you! We have to ring Izzy—"

"Still a virgin."

The disappointed look on Chloe's face as she pulls away is almost comical. Almost. "Oh. Well…that's okay too."

Fiddling with her fingers, Rae swallows and plunges forward before she can completely lose her nerve. "Actually, I was wondering if you can help me out with something."

Chloe's eyebrows furrow as she slumps down next to Rae on the bed. "What?"

"Well, you see, I was hoping that you could, maybe, perhaps, show me how to do a blowjob." She rushes the last part of the sentence, and for a moment she thinks that Chloe might not have understood her, and how awful will it be if she has to repeat herself?

But Rae knows that she's got her point across when Chloe presses her lips together and folds her fingers over her lap.

And then she giggles.

Groaning, Rae leans her head back against the wall and covers her face with her hands. "Ugh, I knew this was a terrible idea."

Still laughing, Chloe pulls at Rae's forearm, forcing Rae to look at her. "No, no, it's just… I dunno. I never thought you'd ever ask me something like this."

"Well then, who else am I supposed to ask? You're my only mate that's done one!"

"I bet Izzy has given one. You could've asked her."

Chloe peels into laughter again at the deadpan look that Rae gives her. "Right, right." She stands up and heads toward her door. "Give me a second."

Rae stares after her friend, listening as Chloe makes her way down the stairs, before letting herself pitch over onto the bed in complete and under humiliation.

This is going to be bad. Awful. Her cheeks are already red just thinking about it.

But it will be beneficial, she reminds herself. Very beneficial. And Chloe, bless her, is her only friend who's been around the block enough to be able to provide proper instructions. In truth, Rae probably could have asked Izzy. But the other girl's head is so filled with rainbows and cupcakes that it might have exploded if Rae had asked her how to suck a guy off.

And she could've asked Archie, technically. But just the idea of that made her want to die.

A moment later Chloe returns, two bananas clutched in her hands. "Sit up," she says, smiling. "Class is in session."

"You're enjoying this a bit, aren't you?"

"Maybe."

Chloe hands her the fruit and Rae takes it reluctantly, eyeing it. "Cocks aren't really shaped much like bananas though, are they?"

"Beggars can't be choosers." Chloe shrugs one shoulder before crossing her legs and facing Rae. "First things first, always make sure to mind your teeth. Boys don't like it if you get your teeth near their, er, things, understand?"

Rae rolls her eyes. "Right, I would've never come to that conclusion on my own."

Chloe huffs. "Do you want my help or not?"

Rae sighs, sitting up a little straighter and holding out her banana, watching as Chloe slides a fist up her own banana in twisting strokes. She studies her friend as she leans forward and traces her tongue along the tip of the banana.

Pulling back, Chloe tries to school her face into something professional. "Make sure to use your tongue a lot. Being good with your tongue can help make up for what you could be lacking."

Rae blinks. "Lacking?"

"You know, if you can't do this." Chloe then proceeds to stick the banana practically all the way down her throat, not spluttering or gagging in the process.

Rae nearly chucks her stupid piece of fruit across the room. Just watching Chloe do that had made her want to gag. She's already hopeless.

When Chloe pulls the banana out of her mouth she coughs a little, and her banana shines with her saliva.

Nope. This was a bad idea.

Chloe wipes her mouth with the back of her hand. "Don't worry if you can't do that, though. I think Finn will be thrilled regardless."

Right. Finn. This lesson is beneficial.

It takes Rae a moment to realize that Chloe is watching her expectantly.

"What?"

"Aren't you going to practice?"

Rae forces herself to concentrate before squeezing her banana with her fingers and twisting her fist up to the tip before going back down. Then she leans down and licks the banana.

She is licking a piece of fucking fruit.

Chloe is nodding. "Good. You can squeeze a little harder, though. Boys like that. And don't just lick, twirl."

"Is this a dancing class?"

"Hush up. Okay, you need to be more into it. Guys like it when you make eye contact and moan and stuff."

The banana halfway into her mouth, Rae pauses and lets out a quiet, pathetic moan, before snorting and pulling away. "This is ridiculous."

"I'm being serious! Guys really like it if you act like you're just as into it as they are." Chloe begins demonstrating with her banana again. "And when your jaw starts to get tired, use your hand more until you feel like you can start sucking properly again."

Rae hollows out her cheeks and moves her hand along the banana again, hesitantly sucking. She feels like an idiot.

Beneficial, she says to herself for the umpteenth time. It'll be beneficial.

For a brief, brief moment, she imagines what Finn's face will look like when she's finally doing it.

This spurns her on a bit.

When she finally pulls back, swallowing all the extra spit that's gathered in her mouth, Chloe is smiling, looking a little too pleased with herself.

"I make a good teacher."

Rae shakes her head before leaning forward and pushing against Chloe's shoulder playfully. "Thanks."

The other girl shrugs and starts peeling her banana. "No problem." Her eyes gleam a little as she nibbles at the fruit. "Just promise me you'll let me in on how great it is when Finn returns the favor."

Pictures of Finn returning the favor swim through Rae's mind before she can stop herself. It's a good thing that Rae opted not to eat her makeshift fruit-penis, because she likely would've choked.

Later that evening, after they've talked for over an hour about nothing and everything in particular like they usual do, Finn and Rae find themselves kissing.

Her bedroom door is closed. Her mother is surprising lenient with Finn. Rae suspects that it's her way of apologizing for the few times that Rae has been woken up by sex sounds between her mother and Karim.

Kissing, Rae has found, is great fun. But tonight…tonight is going to be different.

Finn's hands have gotten a little adventurous, as they usually do around this time. His palms slide against her breasts and Rae shifts, curling her fingers into his flannel shirt.

And then, before he can start kissing her neck, before she can lose all rational thought, she gently pushes him an inch or two away from her.

Finn's eyes are wide and dilated, and she can see the question in his gaze.

And before he can say anything, before she can completely lose her nerve, Rae moves her fumbling fingers to his waist and begins to unzip his jeans.

A/N:

Yes, I know that I'm mean and left off at a terrible place. But I don't have time to write in long intervals during the week, and this plot bunny was begging to be released from my head.

Expect the steamy conclusion to be up in a day or so. Let me know your thoughts!