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“Darling! How are you?”
“Hi, dad. I’m a little worn out right now, but otherwise okay. I called to tell you I’m not going to make it home this weekend either,” Luisa confessed, switching her phone to speaker while brushing her dripping wet hair.
“Are you sure, Luisa? Everything alright? Maybe I should come check on you…”
“No, dad, don’t. I’m fine, I promise. I just have a friend I’m worried about, I want to keep an eye on her,” Luisa explained as she tightened the knot holding her robe together.
“A friend, you say? Luisa… She’d better be a friend, not anything else.”
“For god’s sake, papá! Would you just get over it already? I’m gay, I’d rather kiss a girl than a guy. How does my sexuality concern you?” Luisa fumed.
“You will thank me someday, darling. I will see you soon.”
“Dad, no! Please, stay in Miami, do not come here. I swear, she is just a friend. Ask your new girlfriend,” Luisa accused in a poisonous tone.
“I do not have a new girlfriend, Luisa. What are you talking about?”
“Don’t play dumb with me, papá. Felicia is too sharing of a person to keep her love life a secret.”
Luisa heard a sigh on the other end of the line. She could imagine how her dad would be rubbing his forehead right at that moment.
“I am going to check with Ms. Anders. You better not be lying, Luisa. Even Rafael knows better than that.”
This was a low blow for Luisa, being compared to the future hope of the Maracay Group, or rather the hopelessness of it. Rafael was becoming more and more like Rose’s step brother Derek – a spoiled brat.
Luisa tried to shake it off, taking a deep breath to calm herself.
“Dad,” she pushed through her teeth. “I’m giving you my word.”
“What does your word mean, darling? Absolutely nothing. I must get back to my meeting. I’ll call Felicia after.”
“Whatever,” Luisa mumbled, standing up and reaching for her blow drier.
“Te amo, cariño.”
“Sure,” Luisa groaned as she hung up her phone. At times like this she wished she had someone to talk to. Although it had been a long time, Luisa still missed her mother. She missed her smile, her deep brown eyes, her soft hands, the smell of her beautiful dark curly hair, her angelic voice singing her to sleep… She missed everything about her mom.
Luisa was brought out of her thoughts by a soft knock on her door. It was a Friday evening, who would not be out partying right now?
“Coming!” Luisa exclaimed, slowly walking to the door, trying to fix her still wet hair. Luisa opened the door, and then she saw her. She was wearing a black leather jacket over a simple white t-shirt, a pair of blue skinny jeans, and white Converses.
“Rose! I didn’t know you were back! Why didn’t I know you were back?!” Luisa’s face lit up as she swung her arms around Rose’s waist, hugging her as tight as she could.
When they had got back from Roseland on Sunday, Rose had driven to Orlando soon after to clear everything up at home. Her grandmother’s – yes, she was referring to her by that word now – funeral had taken place on Wednesday, so she had decided to take a week off from school. That of course meant that Luisa had not seen her for five days, which to the brunette was pure torture.
Rose returned the hug, grabbing strongly around Luisa’s shoulders. She smiled before explaining. “I just got here like ten minutes ago.”
“Ten minutes? Okay, now I’m even more offended,” Luisa pouted, pulling away from the girl. She expected Rose to widen her smile or laugh, but she didn’t expect this. Rose inhaled soundly, turning her sight to the floor. It was then that Luisa noticed a duffel bag on the ground beside Rose.
“What’s this? Are you going to the gym?” Luisa wondered, pointing at the bag.
Rose shook her head in sorrow. “No, I’m not.”
“Where then?” Luisa asked, letting herself go for once and ogling all the beauty in front of her.
“Paris,” Rose sighed. “I came to say goodbye.”
Luisa thought she was dreaming. It had to be some kind of a cruel joke or something. This could not be happening. She felt her eyes tear up and her heart thump loudly in her chest.
“What? Why? How? When? What?” Luisa couldn’t stop stuttering. Little drops of water were flowing down her face, she was not able to stop them.
Rose’s heart sunk at the sight of Luisa hurt. She was surprised by such a strong reaction, but she actually knew perfectly well how painful it was.
“I moved out of my dad’s. I could not live there anymore, so he told me he wouldn’t be paying for my tuition here anymore, and he is cutting my allowance off… I called my mom, I have to go to her,” Rose’s voice broke, she felt something sting in her eyes.
“You can live with me, I’ll pay for your tuition! Rose, please, stay,” Luisa pleaded, taking the girl’s hands in hers. “Please.”
“I don’t have anyone here anymore, Luisa. My life just disappeared. I have to go,” Rose shook herself loose from Luisa’s hands and grabbed her bag.
“You don’t have anyone? Is that who you see me as – just some random person? I thought we had something between us, a friendship at least!” Luisa had raised her voice, screaming through the tears.
“Luisa, please, don’t do this,” Rose cried.
“No! Don’t run, Rose. You told me you were not going anywhere.”
“I hope you’ll forgive me and we can stay in touch,” Rose whispered, starting to walk away from Luisa’s doorstep. Her steps were gradual and unsure, but she pushed herself to go.
“Why do you try?” Luisa yelled after her, grasping for anything that would make the girl stay even if not for long.
Rose turned around to face Luisa. “What?” She took a few steps back towards the girl.
“Why do you try not to fall for me?”
Rose’s eyes went wide. “How do you– “
“I was awake in the car. I heard what you said. Why, Rose, why would you do that?”
Rose was shocked. She swallowed hard as she fixed her light blue eyes on Luisa’s. “I thought… I… I was scared you wouldn’t like me or you wouldn’t want to be with anyone yet since you just came out.”
“You’re so smart, yet so stupid,” Luisa sighed. She took a step, so she was only a few inches from Rose’s face. “How could you have missed it?”
Rose felt Luisa’s breath burn sweetly on her lips. “Missed what?” Rose breathed, feeling a shiver run down her spine.
Luisa draped her arms around Rose’s waist, pulling her against her. The air around them was thick with longing and pushed down feelings. Luisa was hesitant, scared to go on. “Lu?”
Luisa closed her eyes and placed her lips on Rose’s for a light kiss. The sensation of their lips together was insanely electrifying. They rested their foreheads together, hearts glowing in their chests. “This. You missed this,” Luisa exhaled before pulling Rose in for a much more bruising kiss, sucking on the red head’s lower lip. Rose pushed Luisa against the wall, running her hand down the girl’s back. Luisa shifted to her side, so they stumbled into her room, only breaking the kiss to breathe. Rose pushed Luisa against the door, shutting it with a loud bang. Luisa moaned into the kiss, letting her hands roam Rose’s body, removing her jacket.
“Luisa, we… can’t,” Rose managed to pant between kisses. Luisa leaned back against the door, trying to catch her breath.
“I know,” she whispered. “I just… need you,” Luisa sighed with a desperate look in her eyes, locked on Rose’s lips.
Rose felt something melt inside of her as she gazed at the girl in front of her. All of a sudden, all her responsibilities, problems, worries chaining her to the ground disappeared into the light air around her, introducing Rose to a world of hope, smiles, caring and laughter. She couldn’t help but smile as she ran her finger over Luisa’s cheek, brushing away a drop of water escaping from the girl’s soaking hair. Luisa smelled heavenly of her trademark shampoo, clouding Rose’s sober mind. The next thing the red head knew her lips were, again, on Luisa’s, hungrily searching for something she wasn’t aware of in this amazing new world full of possibilities.
It was one of these magical moments in life when time stops, when hearts start beating faster and stronger than humanly possible. Luisa had never been on good terms with time, so she wanted to make sure this moment didn’t go to waste by constantly pulling Rose closer to her, trying to memorize how Rose tasted, how she moaned when Luisa did this one particular thing with her tongue…
“Lu,” Rose panted. “You… me… this… I,” she couldn’t form sentences, doing her best just to get some words out.
Luisa sighed. “Please?”
Rose bit her lower lip as she felt Luisa intertwining their hands. She turned her gaze there, trying to find any willpower to stop this but she couldn’t – she wanted this, she wanted Luisa. That’s why when Luisa started pulling her towards the bed Rose subconsciously followed. The brunette fell back on the bed, taking Rose with her to fall on top of her. Rose knew this wouldn’t be right, she had to leave as soon as possible, but the way Luisa felt against her skin, the way Luisa breathed her name as she kissed her, overweighed everything else. So, the battle of heart and mind ended, Rose’s heart coming out as the winner – she would stay. Having finally come to a decision, Rose started discovering Luisa’s body, pushing herself firmer against her and letting her hands roam freely. Luisa breathed heavily in response to Rose’s touches, which made Rose try even harder. When the red head’s hands eventually ended up on Luisa’s chest, she gasped.
“Are you not wearing a bra?” she looked at Luisa with lust-filled eyes.
“I’m not wearing anything under this robe right now,” Luisa admitted, placing a soft kiss on Rose’s neck.
“You are not making my life any easier, you know that?” Rose groaned as she slid her hands to Luisa’s sides.
“Where would the fun be in that?” Luisa husked, grabbing Rose’s hands. She brought them up to her chest, moving past the hems of her robe, placing them on her breasts.
“Lu,” Rose warned but failed to sound serious. Luisa had started moving Rose’s hands on her breasts, encouraging her to go on. Rose was too turned on to control herself. She flipped them, so that she was hovering over Luisa. They resumed to their making out but with even greater passion, discovering every inch of the other’s body.
“Rose, pants,” Luisa urged. Rose tried to get rid of the denim hugging her legs as quickly as possible. She stood up beside the bed, pulling them eagerly downwards, Luisa laughing amusedly at the sight of Rose’s struggle.
“What’s so funny?” Rose mumbled as she finally got her jeans off. She crossed her hands on her chest, arching an eyebrow. Suddenly, Luisa was too occupied to answer. Rose’s legs were truly exceptional. She had seen them when they were in Roseland but now that Rose had taken her pants off for her, the sight brought something entirely different to life inside of Luisa. She stared at them with her mouth open.
“Come here and I’ll tell you,” Luisa smirked, curling her index finger. Rose measured Luisa up and down, weighing a thought. She returned to her position on Luisa, sneaking her hands on the knot of her robe to pull it open. Her actions, however, were stopped by Luisa grabbing Rose’s arms and flipping them over, so she was now on top. She pulled Rose’s shirt over her head, wanting to reach similar states of undressed.
“What about you?” Rose whined when Luisa returned her lips on Rose’s neck.
“If I take my robe off, I’ll be completely naked.”
“I have seen you before,” Rose pointed out.
“I had my underwear on,” Luisa chuckled.
“Not in my mind.”
Luisa thought about it for a moment. “Not yet.”
Rose frowned but forgot about it soon. Luisa had tangled her legs with Rose’s and was teasingly running her foot along Rose’s leg. It was driving Rose insane – she was used to having the control, to be the one on top. She suddenly sat up, Luisa now resting in her lap. Although Luisa was disappointed by the fact that she wasn’t the top anymore, she liked the intimacy of their current position. Rose surged forward, starting to place urgent kisses on Luisa’s chest. Luisa arched into the touch of Rose’s lips, each and every one of them hitting the right spot.
“Luisa?” a sound echoed somewhere far away, a knock following after. “Luisa? Can I come in?”
Both Rose and Luisa froze in their current position, Rose’s lips on Luisa’s chest – Felicia was behind the door. “Oh, fuck!” Luisa whispered, already getting off from Rose. “She’s here to check on me!”
“Why would she do that?” Rose wondered, reaching for her shirt.
“It’s a long story, I’ll tell you later. Now, hide!”
“What? Why? She knows we hang out sometimes.”
“Yes, but not all sweaty, half-naked and with swollen lips! Please, I’ll make it up to you after she’s gone,” Luisa smirked, running a finger down Rose’s cheek. Rose quickly placed a nipping kiss on Luisa’s lips and hid herself under Luisa’s bed, quickly grabbing her pants before.
Luisa fixed her hair and robe. She opened the door to find a normally perky Felicia standing in front of her.
“Hi! How’s it going?” the blonde chirped.
“I’m fine, what’s up?” Luisa tried to maintain a regular tone.
“Just wanted to check in on our resident of the Chamber of Purity,” Felicia announced, evidently trying to keep it nonchalant.
Luisa almost let a chuckle escape her lips as she recounted in her head what had just been going on in the Chamber of Purity – there had been nothing pure about the way Rose had shoved her tongue in her throat.
“Your father called, by the way. He sounded worried, don’t you think it would be nice to go see him in Miami this weekend?” Felicia winked. They were obviously plotting against Luisa, and she could see through it.
“I’m perfectly fine here. Besides, my ballet instructor wants me to attend more lessons – I have an extremely important recital coming up,” Luisa explained, holding her plain expression.
Felicia did not know what else to say – it was clear that she was stuck.
“Are you sure?” she tried one more time.
“Totally,” Luisa shrugged.
“Okey-doke, I’ll let you get back to… whatever exercise you were doing,” Felicia smiled, pointing to Luisa’s flushed expression.
“Exercise – yes,” Luisa could see how this – what or whom she was doing – could be interpreted as a form of exercise.
Felicia waved her goodbye and strolled down the hall. When Luisa had made sure she wouldn’t come back to eavesdrop on her – them – she closed the door and sneaked back into her bedroom. She knew Rose couldn’t see her from under the bed, so she decided to take advantage of the situation. Once she was in the room, she squatted beside the bed, and with a frank movement pulled the cover up.
“Boo!” she exclaimed, earning a jumpy reaction from Rose.
“Oh, you’re going to pay for that,” Rose announced. The next thing Luisa knew, Rose had grabbed her hand and pulled her on the floor.
“Hey!” Luisa gasped. Rose burst into laughter, her silvery voice filling the room. She started caressing Luisa’s face and suddenly turned serious. “I have to go.”
“No, Rose. Please don’t. I need you. I want you,” she punctuated every sentence with a kiss to Rose’s lips, eventually getting the girl to kiss her back.
“My mom’s waiting for me, Lu.”
Luisa sighed and rolled out from underneath the bed. She stood up, helping Rose do the same.
“What’s going to happen to us?” Luisa whispered, taking a hesitant step closer to Rose.
Rose cupped Luisa’s cheek with her hand. “Sally told me you like French girls.”
“But I like them near me.”
“I know. I like girls from Miami, on me,” Rose smirked, tracing Luisa’s face with her fingers.
“I’ll be back before you know it. Christmas is here soon – I will be back then.”
“I’m going to miss you,” Luisa sighed longingly. She rested her hands on Rose’s shoulders and her forehead on Rose’s forehead. “So much.”
“I know, me too,” Rose breathed, kissing Luisa tenderly. Luisa groaned, pulling back. “You really have to go before we end up in my bed again.”
“That wouldn’t be so bad, would it?” Rose hummed playfully. Luisa giggled as she started pulling Rose towards the door. “Come on, you dork!”
They made their way to the door, lips locked most of the time. It was young love – full of hope, desire and need. Neither of them knew it just yet.
“Call me when you’ve landed?” Luisa asked, looking deep into Rose’s sad eyes.
“Of course, I will,” Rose promised, allowing them one last kiss. “Luisa?” she mumbled through the kiss when Luisa wouldn’t let go. Luisa let her hands fall from Rose and let out a deep breath. “Okay, fine. I’ll see you in a couple months. I’ll miss you, a lot.”
Rose blew her one last kiss before disappearing behind the corner. This was going to suck even more than being sent to boarding school.