Page 64 of Falling Together

Blair took this as silent permission, so when Erin moved her hand off of Blair’s, Blair traced circles around her thigh, getting higher and higher with each minute that passed. When she reached the bottom of Erin’s teasingly-short shorts, she snuck her fingers underneath them and watched Erin for her reaction. Erin continued to stare straight ahead, but licked her lips and gave the most subtle nod that Blair would’ve missed if she hadn’t been watching her so closely.

She moved her hand higher and had just reached Erin’s underwear when Erin jumped from the couch. “Do you, uh, want some popcorn?” she asked while clearing her throat an obscene number of times.

“Popcorn sounds great.” Blair couldn’t help but smile proudly as Erin nodded stiffly and walked away. Even though Erin had pulled away from her, it was clear that she still wanted Blair, and that was enough to keep Blair from giving up.

Blair stood from the couch and walked into the kitchen, where Erin had already put the bag of popcorn into the microwave. She was staring at the microwave as if it were the most interesting thing in the world, so Blair took that opportunity to sneak up behind her and gently pinch her ass. She knew for a fact that Erin wouldn’t care, which was why she felt comfortable doing it, and the way Erin yelped but also laughed as she turned around to look at Blair told her she was right.

Blair held both hands in the air, unable to stop the huge grin that came to her face as she stared at Erin’s gorgeous smile. “Oops. My hand slipped.”

Erin smiled even wider and pushed Blair up against the counter, trapping her in place by resting her hands on the counter on either side of her. “In that case,” Erin leaned in and placed a chaste kiss on Blair’s lips. “My lips slipped.” After she pulled away, her smile dropped, and she shook her head. “Sorry. I shouldn’t have done that.”

“Erin, I’m not going to start planning our wedding just because you kissed me. Until you tell me something has changed, I’ll take everything that happens for what it is—just a little bit of fun.” God knew Blair could use some fun in her life right now, especially since she was no longer going elsewhere to get her primal needs met.

“When you put it that way…” Erin smirked and leaned in once again, this time bringing her hands to rest against Blair’s stomach; a move that made Blair’s skin burn underneath her t-shirt.

Then Erin’s lips were on hers, and it felt like the first time and like something they did all the time, all at once. How was that possible? Blair had no idea, but this wasn’t the time to overthink it. This was the time to enjoy the moment, because she didn’t know when she would get another one. Blair had just worked up the courage to slip her tongue into Erin’s mouth when the microwave beeped.

Both of them laughed as they pulled away from each other. Blair waved her fist at the microwave as if she was threatening to fight it. “You fucking cock block,” she said between giggles.

Erin rolled her eyes at Blair, but leaned in for one more quick kiss before going to the microwave and taking out the popcorn. Blair couldn’t wipe the shit-eating grin off of her face as she watched Erin delicately transfer the popcorn into a bowl for them to share and pop a piece in her mouth.Oh, to be that popcorn.

They turned the movie back on, and once they were both sitting on the couch, Blair took handfuls of popcorn from the bowl on Erin’s lap and shoved them into her mouth. She had taken the lead in the kitchen, so if anything was going to happen again, it had to be on Erin’s terms. After a few minutes, Erin let out a long, frustrated sigh and moved the popcorn bowl onto the coffee table. “I’ve seen this movie so many times. I don’t actually have to pay attention to know what happens.”

“Oh yeah?” Blair lifted an eyebrow. She felt pretty positive she knew what Erin was getting at, but she needed Erin to say it before Blair did anything.

Blair wasn’t sure who moved in first, but soon their lips were just inches from each other and Erin’s body was towering over hers. Erin raked her eyes all over Blair’s body before stopping at her lips. “Only kissing, okay? And we keep our clothes on.”

Blair put a hand over her chest and feigned offense rather than show how extremely excited she was over what was about to happen. “Of course. What kind of girl do you think I am?”

Erin laughed and brought her lips to Blair’s once again.

With friends like this, who needs other women?

Chapter 22

Erin

“Yes. Of course. I’ll be right there. Thank you for calling.”

Erin sighed as she ended the call and closed her laptop. Clearly, she wasn’t getting any work done today. She had already kind of figured that would be the case when she woke up with a scratchy throat and runny nose, but since she was still working from home on Fridays, she thoughtmaybethere was a chance she could force herself to do something.

Any hope of being productive went out the window after the call she just received from Nolan’s daycare. Apparently, he wasn’t acting like himself, so they took his temperature and it was high. Taking care of herself was one thing. Taking care of a sick toddler when she was already under the weather was a completely different ballgame. She had no idea how she was going to make it through the rest of today (and most likely through the weekend as well).

To make matters worse, Blair was supposed to be coming over after work again tonight, and now she had to tell her not to. Erin was getting way too used to their movie nights which often ended with them making out on the couch. Just thinking about those hot makeout sessions made Erin’s whole body heat up. Or was she getting a fever now, too?Shit.

She knew she had to go get Nolan from daycare, but she didn’t want to forget to tell Blair and have her unknowingly enter the house of germs, so she took out her phone to text her before leaving.

I have to cancel tonight :(

Erin was surprised when Blair’s response was almost immediate. Did she stare at her phone while she was supposed to be working?Why? Hot date? :-p

Erin rolled her eyes at her phone. Blair should know by now that if she was going to have a hot date with anyone, it would obviously be her.Yes. A hot date with my bed. Both Nolan and I are sick.

Blair’s next reply came in just as quickly.No way. I’m so sorry to hear that. Anything I can do?

Of course Blair wanted to help, because that’s exactly the type of person Blair was. Which was also why Erin refused to do anything that could get her sick (if it wasn’t already too late, seeing as how Blair’s tongue had been in her mouth just two days ago).Stay far, far away.

Where’s the fun in that? ;)

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