Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 17:53:29 -0400
From: numlfl C <numlfl@hotmail.com>
Subject: Winning Dana's Heart
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Winning Dana's Heart
Part One
Dana sat down heavily in her chair at the nurses' station after
getting all her patients settled in for the night, the flu season was just
ending and most of her patients were the unlucky ones that came down with
it when most everyone else had had it over the winter. This was also the
last of seven straight nights and she was more than ready for a couple of
nights off. All she wanted to do was to get the night over with and then go
home and sleep for two straight days.
She was just picking up her Tablet to relax for a few minutes before
she had to make her next check on her patients when her phone buzzed.
"Shit!" Dana said mostly to herself as she looked down at her phone.
"Code on Twelve!" Dana then said to Carol, who was her only real
friend at the hospital and the nurse that she worked with most nights.
"Okay, I'll take care of your patients," Carol replied as she was
inputting some information about one of her patients into the computer.
Dana didn't even acknowledge her as she was already outside of the
nurses' station heading toward the door leading to the stairs. Dana was on
the team of nurses that responded to any emergency on any of the floors on
the wing that she happened to be working. She was just thankful that it was
only two floors above her floor. She took the steps two at a time feeling
the strain in her thighs with each step. As she rushed up the steps, she
went over in her mind what meds the doctor would need and in what
order. While every doctor was different, the medication that was used was
almost always the same. She had been through this drill many times in her
young career as a nurse and she was good at it. She took pride in saving a
patient and felt depressed anytime that they lost someone, always wondering
what she could have done different that might have saved them. While the
doctor was the one in charge, she knew that the nurses played a very
important role.
When she got to the twelfth floor, she immediately turned to the
right and headed down the hall in a run. All the floors were laid out the
same and the message on her phone gave her the room number. She entered the
room; she saw Rita and Joan already working on what appeared to be a
slightly overweight middle aged man.
Joan was giving the patient CPR as Joan was opening the crash cart
that had the defibrillator and all the medications that would be
needed. Dana saw Joan give her a smile of relief.
"What's his age and weight?" Dana asked and just as she was asking
this a female voice from the doorway was asking it too.
Dana glanced around and saw a young woman with her jet black hair
pinned up. She was slim but even with the scrubs and lab coat that she was
wearing, Dana could see that she was very pretty and very fit. She knew she
that this was the new doctor that the hospital had hired. She had heard
from some of the other nurses that this young pretty doctor knew her stuff
and was great in an emergency situation. She never got raddled or
upset. Dana figured that she was about to find out if the other nurses were
correct, not that she doubted them.
Dr. Carter came around to the opposite side of the bed to listen to
the patient's non functioning heart. Dana meanwhile was pulling out the
vials that she knew she would need and was filling the first one. When
Dr. Carter gave out her first medication order, Dana had the filled syringe
in her hand, she quickly checked to make sure she had the right med and
dosage before pushing the needle into the IV line.
She glanced over at Dr. Carter who was staring at her like she didn't
believe that a nurse would dare to know what she was going to order and in
what amount before she had even ordered it. Dana knew that she had just
pissed off another Doctor but it was too late to pretend that she was some
dumb nurse. Dana stared back at her for a second and then Dr. Carter went
back to work. She checked the patient before ordering for the defibrillator
and she shocked him. Seeing that he didn't respond, she gave out the next
order which Dana had ready. Again she did a quick check to ensure she got
the dosage right and injected it into the line. This time Dr. Carter didn't
seemed to be surprised or mad. But then she had a dying patient to worry
about. Dana knew that the nice looking doctor would deal with her later.
They worked for another ten minutes shocking the patient twice more
and several more injections of medications Dana had ready before they got a
faint heartbeat that steadily grew stronger. When the heartbeat got strong,
Dr. Carter ordered Joan to call up to the Cardiac ICU to tell them that
they were on the way up.
"I want you to come with me," Dr. Carter said with a commanding voice
that left no doubt that she expected it to be followed.
Dana knew without looking up that Dr. Carter was talking to her. "Yes
Doctor," Dana replied.
Rita helped them get the bed and IV's out the door and into the
elevator. That is where Rita left them and Dana waited for Dr. Carter to
start chewing her out for presuming to know what she would need but
instead, she just asked Dana what the monitors were reading while listening
to the patient's heart. When the elevator opened there was three nurses
waiting for them and they took over. Dana followed along to tell the nurse
that would be taking over his care what they had done as Dr. Carter went in
to talk to the Doctor who was on duty that night in the Cardiac ICU.
Dana finished up first and she waited by the elevator for Doctor
Carter; going over in her mind what she was going to say to Dr. Carter. It
wasn't the first time she had pissed off a Doctor and she knew it wouldn't
be the last. A few minutes later, Doctor Carter came out of the ICU and
Dana noticed that some of Doctor Carter's hair had fallen down and she saw
that it was long and very black, a shiny black that was actually very
pretty. Dr. Carter had it put back up by the time that she got to her.
"I wasn't trying to show you up or anything but I have..." Dana was
saying when Doctor Carter put her hand up stopping her.
Doctor Carter first looked down at her name tag before looking back
into Dana's eyes and Dana saw that the Doctor had brown eyes with long
eyelashes and she then she smiled and Dana saw that it was a very nice
smile. "May I call you Dana?" She asked.
"Of course," Dana said quickly becoming confused about where the good
doctor was going with this.
"Dana, never apologize for knowing what the hell that you're doing."
Doctor Carter said flashing a big smile.
"Yes Doctor," Dana replied. "It's just that I had an issue when I
worked in the ER."
"My guess would be that issue would be with Dr. Ellis," Dr. Carter
said looking at her with those big brown eyes that Dana couldn't seem to
avoid.
Dana looked into those eyes trying to decide if she could trust this
young Doctor or not. Dr. Carter seemed perfectly at ease with letting her
think. Finally Dana smiled, "Yea that'd be the one. He didn't seem to
appreciate that I could actually think a step ahead of him."
"Well Dr. Ellis is a great ER doctor..." Dr. Carter said and Dana
feared that she stepped from the frying pan and into the fire. ".. but he
is sexist and a pompous asshole."
To say the least, Dana was taken off guard by Dr. Carter's comment
though she had the man pinned to a T as that was exactly what he was. She
let out a laugh before replying, "That he is."
"By the way my name's Raven, please call me that." Raven said giving
her a nice smile.
"I'm not so sure that's a good idea, you know how management is about
the staff calling the doctors by their first name," Dana said trying to
keep things formal though she was warming up to Dr. Carter now that she
knew that Raven, or rather Dr. Carter respected her.
"Well let's keep it formal for them and informal for us," Raven said
reaching for her forearm. Dana felt Raven give it a squeeze before letting
go.
"Okay," Dana said finally smiling.
"Good, maybe we can be friends," Raven said to her flashing Dana a
soft smile.
Dana wasn't sure what to say so she just turned to the elevator and
pushed the button.
"So how long you've been here?" Raven asked just as the doors opened.
"A little over four years," Dana stated getting into the elevator
before she realized that she meant to take the stairs but Raven had caught
her off guard and thus she wasn't thinking properly.
"Why don't you work in the ER, that's where your skills could be put
to the best use," Raven said entering the elevator behind of her.
"I started out there but then Dr. Ellis decided my skills were needed
here on the floors on the night shift, far away from him and his ER." Dana
told her honestly.
"Damn, he really is a case isn't he..." Raven mused. "You know I can
see about getting you back to the ER."
"No, don't." Dana quickly replied. "I meant I like it here on nights,
I've grown to love the peace and quiet and there's no hospital politics to
worry about. Everyone leaves us alone."
"Okay, if you say so," Raven said though Dana felt like she couldn't
trust that Raven was completely serious about keeping this promise.
The elevator door dinged and began to open, "Well I've got to help
Joan with the cart and record what medications that was used." Dana said as
she started to step forward.
"Okay, I'll see you around Dana," Raven said with a smile. "Oh and
the next cardiac arrest I have to work, you'd better be there."
Dana had to smile at the compliment, "I'll try Dr. Carter."
"Raven," the good doctor corrected her with a frown.
Dana knew she then knew that she was stuck with calling Dr. Carter by
her first name from now on, "Raven," she said correcting herself.
"Better," Raven said just as the door began to close.
"Weird," Dana said to herself as she headed for the patient's room to
help Joan.
"So what's our new Doctor like?" Joan asked as soon as she entered
the room.
"Different, very different," Dana said to her.
"Well she knows her stuff; I thought that he was a goner for sure."
Joan said.
"Yes she does," Dana said thinking about Raven and how she was going
to deal with her.
"Do you think she'll be easy to work with?" Joan asked.
"I do, she didn't mind at all that I knew what to give and how much."
Dana told Joan.
"I do appreciate that you showed up when you did, you're the best in
these situations," Joan told her.
"You'd done just fine without me," Dana said with a smile though she
did like being appreciated by her fellow nurses, even more so than the
doctors.
"I know but things go better when you're here, it's much calmer and
we're all at ease. You know you should have been a doctor." Joan told her
meaning it.
"I love being a nurse, that's all I've ever wanted to be." Dana told
her.
"Well think about it," Joan told her.
They then went on to other topics as they checked the crash cart and
Joan wrote down what they needed to replace. Dana then went to the nurses'
station to record her part into the patient's computer record before
returning to her own floor, just in time to check on her patients.
Dana thought about Raven and the conversation that they had while
waiting for the elevator and on the ride down. She had been more open with
her than she should have been, but Raven seemed to just bring that out in
her. Then she corrected herself to call Raven, Dr. Carter, despite what
Raven had told her told do. Then she had to correct herself again. She knew
it was going to be hard to do this with Raven but she knew she had to at
least try. But at least she had two whole days to forget about work and get
some much needed rest after all those straight shifts.
"May I join you?" Dana head a familiar voice say to her. She looked
up from her tablet to see Dr. Carter standing there with a tray in her
hand.
"Ah... sure, Dr. Carter," Dana said quickly marking her page and then
shutting down her reader. When she glanced back up she saw that Dr. Carter
was frowning at her.
"Thanks, so do you always take your meal break at two thirty?"
Dr. Carter asked as she sat down. Dana noticed that Dr. Carter was eating a
salad and a juice to drink so she was obviously very health conscious.
"Most of the time, Carol likes to take a later meal break so I go
first." Dana said to her.
"So what you reading?" Dr. Carter asked.
"Oh just some cheap novel, Dr. Carter," Dana said making a point to
call Raven by her title and getting another frown.
"So just what do I have to do to get you to call me Raven?" Raven
asked before putting some nonfat dressing on her salad.
"I just think that it's better that way," Dana told her.
"I'm the doctor and you're the nurse so I do the thinking and don't
you forget that." Dr. Cater said to her.
Dana looked up from her salad not believing that Dr. Carter even
dared to say something like that to her and she did so with this serious
expression so she obviously believe what she was saying. Everything that
she had believed about Dr. Carter being nice to work with went right out
the window. She felt her face going red with anger and she so wanted to
tell her off but she bit her tongue instead. However she had to say and do
something, "I really don't appreciate that remark and I can't believe that
you would be so demeaning!" Dana then began to get up from her chair.
"I wouldn't appreciate someone saying that to me, if I was you I'd be
pissed." Dr. Carter said.
"Then why did you say it?" Dana asked staring down at her.
"Because I wanted to push your button and make you angry, and then
I'm going to ask you to sit back down and let us have lunch as two friends
who call each other by their given first name." She said.
"You're..." Dana stated to say but then she wasn't sure just what
this weird doctor was.
"A pain in the ass and determined to make you call me Raven," Raven
said with a smile.
Dana finally let a smile come across her face as she sat down, "Yes
you are... on both accounts."
"Yes I am so is it Raven from now on?" Raven asked.
Dana relented as she knew she wasn't going to win this argument, at
least not completely. "Yes but if someone is around, you're Dr. Carter."
"Deal, now let's eat, I'm starving." Raven said putting a fork full
of salad into her mouth.
"Me too," Dana replied, "So is the walk-in clinic busy tonight?"
"No, it usually slows down after one, gives me time to relax and
visit the floors. The nurse practitioners can handle most of the cases
until about six when it picks back up." Raven says.
"Yea, that's about the time we pick back up," Dana said.
"So what do you like to do when you're not working?" Raven asked.
"Oh not much, I try to work out and do some swimming." Dana told her
keeping it vague.
"And read," Raven said.
Dana laughed, "Yea that too; so what about you, what are your
favorite things to do when you're not bullying poor nurses into calling you
by your first name?"
This time Raven laughed, a full hardy laugh that made Dana smile at
her. "Oh I like to ride my bike and swim... and do some reading when I
can."
"Well we got a couple of things in common, I guess." Dana replied.
"Yes we do," Raven said giving her a smile that made Dana
uncomfortable but not in a bad way.
"Where did you go to school?" Dana asked getting them onto something
other than what they had in common.
Raven smiled at that question, "Actually a little of everywhere."
"Well that tells me a lot," Dana stated with a grin.
"Let's see," Raven said grinning and then pausing a moment to take a
sip of her juice. "I did my undergraduate work at the University of
Tennessee and went to medical school at Stanford. I then did my internship
at John Hopkins."
"Man you did go all over but why?" Dana asked.
"Because my grandmother thought it would be better to get a little
bit of my education from different schools, that way I can see more and not
be influenced by one way of thinking." Raven told her. "Plus she paid for
my education so I wasn't about to argue."
"Well I don't blame you there; I'll be paying for my student loans
until I retire." Dana said and not stretching the truth by much.
"She was a smart lady," Raven said with just a hint of a frown.
"Was?" Dana asked.
"Yea, she died last year," Raven told her.
"I'm sorry, I bet you miss her," Dana told her.
"Yes I do, she could be a pain at times but I did love the old
woman," Raven said with a smile creeping onto her face. "So how about you,
where did you go to school?"
Dana had just taken the last bit of her salad so she had to finish
chewing before she could reply, "I grew up here, went to school here and
then got a job here at the hospital. Kind of boring aren't I?"
"No, I don't believe you are," Raven said with a curious grin.
Dana wasn't sure what to say to that but then she heard the alarm go
off on her work phone, alerting her that it was time to head back to
work. "Sorry but duty calls, it was nice talking to you Dr..." Dana was
saying before stopping herself, "ah Raven."
"I enjoyed it too, maybe we can share a salad again soon," Raven said
to her and Dana just knew that she'd be seeing Raven at her meal break
again.
Sure enough, Dana had barely sat down in the cafeteria the next
night, than did Raven show up; this time sitting down with her without
bothering to ask. They talked a little about work but then went onto more
personal things. Dana found out that Raven's grandmother was half Cherokee
Indian which explained the black hair and pretty brown eyes. Raven
explained that when she turned six, she was sent to spend the summer with
her grandmother. Then when she turned ten, her grandmother decided that she
should stay there so that she could oversee her education and her parents
relented and allowed her grandmother to do so.
Her grandmother would make her clean her house and she also made her
read to her every night. The books were all classic novels that Raven at
first had struggled to read but it also served her as she grew up. But her
grandmother wasn't all about work and studying; she also took Raven on
trips to further her education and also have some fun. Dana enjoyed
listening to Raven talk about her grandmother and she could see how Raven's
grandmother had such a great affect on Raven and made her who she was, a
determined woman and a very smart one.
The next day, Raven made Dana talk about herself, something that
while she was getting to know Raven and was beginning to see her as a
friend, she wasn't completely comfortable talking about herself. But she
did talk about growing up about thirty miles east of Wilmington. She talked
about her families trips to the beach every summer. How she and her little
sister loved to build sandcastles in the sand. But the most important thing
about herself, she left out.
Raven was off for the weekend, so Dana had lunch to herself and she
got to read as she ate. She hated to admit it but she missed Raven a
bit. She had gotten used to seeing her during her meal break and it was a
bit lonely eating alone as she normally preferred to do.
Come Monday, Dana was on the last night of only five days this time
and she was so looking forward to two days off. It was a slow night at work
as they only had seven patients for her and Carol to care for. This gave
Dana time to read while Carol worked on her needle point. Their patients
were sleeping peacefully and they only had to check on them every few
minutes which they took turns doing.
While Carol was out checking in on one of her patients and Dana was
sitting at the nurses' station deep into her book, she was lost to anything
going on around her. She was just getting to a very "interesting" part when
her tablet was suddenly jerked from her hands causing her to gasp aloud
while about falling from her chair. She looked up to see Raven turning her
tablet around to look at it.
"So what you reading?" Raven asked as her eyes turned down toward the
tablet.
"Nooo...," Dana said with fear in her eyes not wanting Raven to see
just what novel that she was reading or rather what type of novel. Raven
didn't pay her any mind as she continued to read as Dana jumped up to reach
out for her tablet.
"Ohhh..." Raven then said as her eyes went wide and she looked from
the tablet to Dana who was blushing and so wanted to find and hole so that
she could jump into it. Dana could see from Raven's shocked face that she
had just read the paragraph that she herself had been reading when the
tablet was jerked from her hands.
The two main characters were in a passionate embrace, kissing and
feeling of each other's naked backs. That wasn't so bad since it was a
romance novel that just went so far and left the rest to the reader's
imagination. However the romance novels that Dana read had main characters
which happened to be females. So the fact that Raven had caught her
reading a romance novel was bad enough but reading a lesbian romance novel
was something that she didn't want Raven to know, or anyone else for that
matter. Her sexual orientation was something that while she wasn't ashamed
of nor hid, however she felt that it was something that was personal and
something that she wanted to keep private at work.
Dana looked into Raven's eyes trying to determine what she was
thinking but she couldn't get a good read of what Raven thought and she
didn't know what to say however she did manage to reach out taking her
tablet back from Raven. She saw that Raven was about to say something when
her phone buzzed. Raven pulled it from her lab coat and her eyes lit up.
"Shit, there's been a double shooting; I've got to get to the ER."
Raven said as she started in a trot toward the stairs. "We'll talk later,"
She said before she disappeared behind the door to the stairs.
"What's wrong, you look like you've seen a ghost?" Carol said to her
as she came around the nurse's station.
"Dr. Carter just caught me reading on duty," Dana told her.
"So I do needle point, it's no big deal, you know that..."Carol said
pausing for a moment and Dana let her finish the thought that she could see
that she was having.
"She saw what you were reading didn't she?" Carol asked. Carol was
one of the few people at the hospital that did know that Dana was lesbian
and that she read lesbian romance. But then Carol was her friend and was
each other's confidants.
"Yep, and just where it was getting very interesting," Dana said
feeling her heart sink.
"I don't think she'll say anything, it's just a trashy romance
novel," Carol told her.
"Yea but about women," Dana reminded her.
"So I still don't think she'll say anything, you two have become
friends, I mean; she has made a point to sit with you when you take your
meal break." Carol told her. "And I bet she came up here tonight just to
visit with you."
Dana could see that Carol was trying to reassure her, but still, how
strong was her budding friendship to Raven. "Yea maybe...," Dana said
dropping down to her chair while feeling like her world had just ended.
"She didn't say anything did she?" Carol asked and Dana turned toward
her seeing that Carol was now worried about her.
"No about that time that she was going to say something; she got
buzzed, something about a double shooting down in the ER." Dana told her
forcing herself to smile and appear calm.
"Oh that's bad, do you need to go help?" Carol asked.
"No I think they just needed another doctor," Dana said to her, not
that she wanted to face Raven right then anyway.
"Maybe you can see her later and talk to her, but I still don't think
she'll say anything." Carol told her.
"Why do you think that, you know something about her that I don't?"
Dana asked trying not to be mean but she didn't understand how Carol could
be that sure that she could trust Raven to keep her secret.
"I don't know, call it an old woman's intuition, I just see something
good about her. And besides she seems to like you for whatever reason, god
knows no one else does," Carol said trying to put some humor into the
situation.
Dana tried not to smile but she couldn't help herself, "You're not
old. And if I'm so unlikeable, why do you work with me?" Dana asked feeling
a little better having such a good friend as Carol to be able to talk to.
"Because you're a sweet young woman who knows her stuff, and besides
you're the daughter I never had," Carol told her sincerely.
"Thanks," Dana said with a smile. "But I do think we need to get her
to wear something other than those soft sole shoes that she wears so we can
hear her coming," Dana said with a laugh.
"That'll work," Carol said with a little laugh. "Now get up and let's
clean this place up a little."
Carol knew just what she needed and Dana was grateful to have
something to do as she was no longer in the mood to read. When Dana went
down for her lunch, she wasn't sure if she wanted to see Raven or not. She
so needed to talk to her but dreaded doing so at the same time. She picked
at her food, not eating much and she got more worried when Raven didn't
show but then she figured that Raven had her hands full in the ER at least
she hoped that was the reason for her not to show up.
When she returned, Carol asked if Raven showed and when she told her
no, Carol was quick to reassure her that everything was cool. Just relax
and forget about it for the rest of the night, which was harder said than
done. But then Carol kept her busy and she talked on and on about her
grandkids just to keep Dana's mind occupied and that did help.
When her shift ended, Dana went straight down to the clinic but since
Raven worked different hours, she had already left. Now she was going to be
off for two days without anyway of contacting Raven. She knew she could
call her that evening when Raven got to work but she wanted to talk to her
in person. And showing up at the hospital when she wasn't working wasn't a
good idea either. She'd just have to wait it out.
She knew that she'd never be able to sleep, so she went from the
hospital to a Rumba class that she enjoyed doing. It was the only way she
could work off her nervous energy and get any sleep. When she got home from
her class all sweaty and tired, she took a shower and fell into her bed for
a few hours of sleep that didn't leave her feeling very refreshed.
She woke up looking the dark walls of her bedroom and she figured
that it was time to repaint her bedroom, something that she had been
putting off for some time. By the time her two days off ended, she had
repainted her whole apartment though it actually wasn't an apartment per
say, it was a condo that she rented. There were four condos in her building
with her being on the first floor with one to the side and two on top of
those condos. All of these were two bedrooms condos though the second
bedroom was very small. So while it was a small, it took her the whole two
days to get it done and also more money for paint than she wanted to
spend. But it kept her mind off of Raven, well for the most part it did.
When she arrived for work Thursday night, she just knew that she
would be called into the Director's of Nursing office. While her sexuality
was somewhat protected by Federal Law, she did work in the south and in a
conservative state that didn't look kindly to gay rights. The most that
they could do to her was to write her up for reading on duty. But they
could also give her some shit job so that she would quit on her own.
But nothing was said when she got to the nursing station and once she
got her report on her patients for the night; she and Carol were left on
their own. They both went to look in on their patients before coming back
to the nurses' station to put some notes into the patient's electronic
records. They talked for a while or rather Carol talked about seeing her
grandkids and what they had done. Carol keep kept the conversation far
away from what was on Dana's mind and Dana was grateful. It took Dana about
an hour to start to feel halfway secure that what Raven had seen her
reading, Raven had kept to herself. She was about to pick up her Tablet
when one of her patients bussed her.
When she got into the patient's room, she saw her patient sitting on
the side of her bed and she had thrown up all over herself, her bed, and
the floor. She had an IV hooked up and she was apologizing for making a
mess. Dana went to her and assured her that it was all cool. She got Carol
to help her clean up the older woman and get the bed changed. She also got
her a pan to throw up into. Dana then had Carol call down to see who was
working the overnight clinic and get them to look in on the poor woman who
was so ill.
A few minutes later Raven strolled in, Dana was relieved to see her
as she knew that Raven would take care of her patient but that also meant
that she would have to face her. Raven went directly to the patient and
talked to her finding out what how she was feeling and what was hurting
which of course was her stomach and now her bowels. Raven then set in on
examining the patient and checking her over. Raven talked to the woman
asking her questions about why she was in the hospital and even her family
as she did her examination. Raven then went out to check to see what the
woman's doctor had ordered and what she was allergic to. Raven went with
her while Carol came in to stay with her patient.
When they got to the nurses' station, Dana said to her "I want to
thank you for not saying anything."
"Say anything about what Dana?" Raven asked not looking up from the
computer screen.
Dana swallowed hard and she had to take a deep breath not believing
that Raven was even asking her. "About what I was reading the other night,"
Dana told her.
"I didn't see anything," Raven told her giving her a little
wink. "Here give her fifteen CC's of this and let me know how she
does. I've got to get back to the clinic; it's packed for some reason."
"Oh okay," Dana said to her.
"I'll see you at your meal break right?" Raven asked as she got up
from the computer with her expression turning from a serious look of a
doctor doing her job, to a smile for a friend.
"Yea, I'll be there," Dana said finally smiling for the first time in
what seemed forever.
Dana went to the medicine cabinet getting the medication that Raven
had ordered for her patient. She drew it out and went to her patient's
room. She, with Carol's help, rolled her patient over and she gave her the
shot that would calm her stomach. Dana then sat with her until the
medication took effect and the woman fell asleep. Then she kept coming in
and checking on her to make sure that she continued to sleep and didn't
throw up anymore.
"So how's our patient?" Raven asked as she sat down at the table with
her chicken salad. Dana had to smile as it was like Raven to ask about her
patient first which was the proper thing to do.
"She doing fine now, sleeping soundly, thanks to you," Dana said.
"Well you had something to do with that too, you and Carol are the
ones caring for her." Raven replied while opening her bottle of lemon
water.
"So you got your patients cleared out?" Dana asked.
"Yea, it was like a bus stopped outside, we had no one in the waiting
room to it being full, everyone having that stomach flu going around."
Raven said frowning.
"I do want to thank you again for not saying anything about what I
was reading, it's not something I want spread around the hospital." Dana
said wanting Raven to understand how much she really did appreciate her
keeping quiet.
"Speaking of which..." Raven said as she put her fork down and began
to dig into her lab pocket pulling out several scraps of paper.
As each paper came out of Raven's pocket, Dana got more and more
worried as to what Raven had to show her. "Oh there it is," Raven finally
said pulling out a folded paper and opening it up.
"There is what?" Dana asked.
"Here are some books that I think you'll enjoy. They're written by a
woman named Bella Bailey. She has her own website where you can buy her
books. She writes some very intense books that'll have you hooked from the
first page." Raven said and Dana saw a mischievous grin appear on Raven's
face.
Dana took the paper while looking at Raven then she glanced down at
the paper to see about twenty titles listed. She looked back up at Raven
who was still smiling. From some of the titles, she got the impression that
the book were going to be about lesbians, though she had never heart of
this author and she thought that she knew most of the well known lesbian
writers.
"To answer the question that you're dying to ask, yes I've read all
those books plus several others of hers that I didn't list..." Raven said
pausing for a moment and she had this tinkle to her eyes. "...and yes I'm
also a lesbian who enjoys a trashy romance novel from time to time."
"Oh..." Dana said seeing Raven in a whole new light.
"And you?" Raven asked. "Are you a lesbian or..."
"I'm strictly lesbian," Dana said with a smile but then she frowned,
"Why did you look so surprised when you saw what I was reading?"
"Did I worry you?" Raven asked instead of answering her question.
"Well... yes, I was afraid that you were offended and would say
something to management." Dana confessed feeling relieved but also curious
as to why Raven reacted as she did.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that but I was just surprised that
you were lesbian, pleasantly surprised but surprised all the same. Then the
shooting victims came in and I didn't have time to talk to you. And since I
hadn't gotten around to asking for your number, I couldn't call since
someone has an unlisted number." Raven told her while raising her eyebrows.
"Oh yea, I do." Dana said with a smile feeling good to know that
Raven had at least tried to reach out to her.
"Well," Raven asked.
Dana looked at her confused for a moment before she laughed. "Oh!"
Dana said getting her pen out and writing her number on the corner of the
paper that Raven had given to her.
"I'll lose this tiny piece of paper before the night is over," Raven
said getting her personal phone out of her lab pocket and entering Dana's
number into it, a moment later Dana heard her own phone buzz.
Dana pulled her phone out to see an unknown number listed. "Now you
have my number." Raven told her.
"So I do," Dana said grinning at Raven and feeling good inside but
then she thought for a second, "But do you think it's such a good idea for
us to be friends outside of the hospital."
"You're hung up on this Doctor / Nurse thing aren't you," Raven
stated with a bit of a frown.
"Well yes, you know how management frowns on..." Dana said not sure
how to say what she wanted to say so she took another tact, "I meant look
around here, all the nurses sit together as do the Doctors and even the
techs sit at separate tables."
"Except us..." Raven said with a smile.
"Except us," Dana echoed.
"Well I don't worry about what management thinks and they don't
determine who I'm friends with or who I call when I'm at home or who I
invite to my home when we get off work this morning." Dana said with firm
conviction. "What about you, do you care what they think?"
Dana didn't have to think even for a second to answer Raven's
question, "No of course not."
"Good, since that's finally settled, we can eat our meals and talk
and not worry if anyone knows that when we get off work this morning,
you'll be following me home so that we can have a morning swim." Raven told
her and then she took a bite of her chicken salad.
"Yes we can..." Dana said and then her brain kicked in and she
realized that Raven had just invited her to her home. "What? A morning
swim...?"
"Damn..." Raven said as she reached into her pocket pulling out her
work phone. "Sorry duty calls... I'll wait for you in the doctor's parking
lot; I'm in the white Jeep Patriot."
"You know I don't carry a bathing suit around in my car." Dana asked
a bit confused by Raven's invitation to swim.
"That's okay, I got extra's," Raven said with a wink as she got up
with her tray in hand, "see you later." And then she turned walking at a
quick pace toward the exit.
Dana watched as Raven walked away and she suddenly had this imagine
of Raven in a bathing suit wondering just what Raven's body would look
like. She had to shake her head to get that image from her mind. Once she
had done so, she glanced up to see that Raven was at the cafeteria door,
grinning and Dana just knew that Raven knew what she was just thinking. She
felt her face turning red as she blushed and she saw Raven grinning even
more before she disappeared through the door.
Dana sat there for a moment as her mind went over what had just
happened which she wasn't sure what that was other than she was going to be
going to Raven's home. It took her another moment to realized that she had
never heard Raven's phone buzz so that meant that Raven had tricked her
into the date or whatever it was , not that she minded or didn't think that
she did.
"From the smile on your face, I see that everything went well with
our pretty Doctor," Carol said with a knowing smile.
"It seems that I've been invited to Raven's house for a morning
swim..." Dana said sitting down in front of Carol whose eyebrows raised at
hearing this bit of juicy news.
"Mmm... interesting, do tell me and don't you dare leave out a single
detail." Carol said putting down her needlepoint turning her attention to
Dana.
"Don't you want to take your meal break, I'm sure that you just have
to be starving by now, I could wait until you get back. I'm pretty sure
that I'll remember everything..." Dana told her all innocently like.
"Dana!" Carol exclaimed loudly.
"Shhhh..." Dana said smiling at Carol; she then rolled her chair over
in front of her.
"Well it seems that Raven wasn't that shocked by what I was reading
or rather she was but not in the way that I thought she was." Dana said in
a hushed tone so that their conversation wouldn't disturb their patients.
She then told her everything, not leaving out a single detail. She
knew that she could trust Carol with what she was telling her. Carol had
never broken the trust that Dana had in her and she wouldn't betray the
trust she was placing in her now.
"I just knew that our dear pretty doctor had her eyes set on you,"
Carol proclaimed after hearing Dana's tale.
"And just how did you know that pray tell," Dana said sitting back
and studying her friend.
"It was just a feeling that I had," Carol said confidently.
"That old woman's intuition again?" Dana asked.
Carol smile, "Yes that and the fact that she was making too much of
an effort to befriend you."
"But she didn't know I was lesbian until she saw what I was reading
and was surprised that I was lesbian too." Dana countered.
"Maybe she didn't know for sure if you were straight or gay but
obviously she thought that you were worth becoming a friend with and you
are. She didn't have anything to lose did she?" Carol asked.
"No I guess she didn't," Dana replied.
"So you going for that morning swim?" Carol asked.
"Would you?" Dana asked really wanting Carol's advice.
"I wasn't asked," came Carol's coy reply.
"Carol, I'm asking for your advice here," Dana told her.
"I know you are child but I can't answer that question for you but I
do have a question for you," Carol said.
"Which is?" Dana asked.
"Does your heart want to go?" Carol asked.
Dana only had to think for a briefest of moments before her heart
told her the answer, "I believe that it does."
"Then you have your answer don't you," Carol told her.
Dana had to smile at her friend, "Yes I do. But you know one of these
days it would be nice if you'd tell me what you think I ought to do without
turning the question back on me."
"How long have you known me?" Carol asked.
"Too long," Dana said seriously getting the frown from Carol that she
wanted but then she smiled.
"So where are you going swimming anyway?" Carol asked.
Dana had to think for a moment, "You know she didn't say."
"This is going to be interesting," Carol said with a little laugh.
"Yes it is," Dana said, "Very interesting."
"Well it's time for me to go to get something to eat and for you to
check on our patients," Carol said getting up and as she went by her, Dana
felt Carol give her shoulder a squeeze.
Dana got up and did what she was told; going first to check on her
patient that had gotten so sick on her. Once she made sure that she was
resting, she went on to their other patient's rooms. She had one that had
woken up so she sat with him for a few minutes until he was able to go back
to sleep.
When Dana clocked out, she decided to just go on to the doctor's
parking lot and then let Raven drive her around to her car. It would be
quicker that way since the doctors got to park next to the hospital while
the hospital staff had to park on way on the other end of the hospital,
past where the patients and visitor parking lots were.
When she opened the door, she saw that Dana was parked right next to
the building, only a few feet away from the side door. She was standing by
her Jeep with her phone in her hand, texting someone from the way that her
thumbs were moving. She stopped for a second, looking at Raven and she
realized that it was the first time that she got a real look at her without
her lab coat on. Even though her scrubs weren't tight fitting, she could
still see how fit Raven appeared. She didn't seem to have any fat on her
but she was by no means skinny either. She appeared to have a full B cup
breasts and while she couldn't see Raven's legs, but from how firm her arms
were, she was sure that her legs were the same. It made Dana thankful that
she worked out regularly thought she knew that Raven was in better shape
than her. While they were the same height, Dana was a bit bigger and her
breasts were a small C cup. It also made her begin to wonder just what
Raven would look like in a bathing suit. She then shook that thought from
her head as she was about to find that out.
"Must be nice, I'm parked about a mile from the hospital." Dana said
smiling as she approached Raven who looked up from her phone.
"That is one advantage of working nights and being a doctor." Raven
said giving her a sweet smile.
"Obviously," Dana said grinning. "I thought I'd just let you drive me
to my car, it's be quicker that way and you wouldn't have to wait so long."
"Okay, get in and we'll be on our way," Raven said as she sent her
message before putting her phone in her scrub top pocket.
"So where do you live anyway?" Dana asked.
"You'll see," Raven said flashing a smile at her, before turning to
open the door.
"Oh okay," Dana said walking around to the other side of Raven's Jeep
and getting inside.
"So how did our patient do?" Raven asked as she put the Jeep into
reverse and began to back out.
"She did fine, how was the rest of your night?" Raven replied.
"Slow, very slow, I don't think we had more than ten patients from
one o'clock on." Raven told her thus confirming that Raven had indeed lied
about suddenly becoming busy after inviting her to swim when they were
taking their meal break.
"That makes it a boring night doesn't it?" Dana said not really
paying attention to where Raven was driving.
"Oh that is when I visit the patient floors to check to on the
patients. That is part of my responsibilities too." Dana told her as she
turned onto the street leading out away from the hospital.
"And check up on the nurses to see what they are reading..." Dana
said with a bit of a grin.
"I only do that to one particular nurse," Raven said while turning
her head toward her, giving her a little wink.
"Well Carol and I have decided to sneak and put those little metal
things that tap dancer use on your shoes so that we can hear you coming
down the hall," Dana told her.
"I guess I'll have to hide my shoes from you two then won't I?" Raven
said with a little laugh.
"Yep," Dana said before turning her attention away from Raven and
then seeing where they were heading. "Hey you forgot to take me to my car."
"No I didn't," Raven told her.
"But now you'll have to make two trips," Dana said though she had a
funny feeling growing inside of her.
"I don't mind," Raven told her. "So how did you learn to swim?"
Dana wanted to press Raven on just what her intentions were for the
morning but then she decided to play it by ear. "Well my mother was afraid
of water and she didn't want my sister and me to have that same fear. So
she made us take swimming lessons from when we were young. I was even on a
swimming team up until I got to grade school."
"Why did you stop?" Dana asked.
"The town where we lived cut out the budget for the team and a lot of
other youth sports. So I had no team to swim for but I never stopped
enjoying swimming." Dana told her.
"I'm glad." Dana told her.
"So what about you, how did you get into swimming and biking?" Dana
asked her.
"Again I got to thank my grandmother for both of those. In the
evenings my grandmother and I would either go swimming or we would get on
our bikes and ride. For her it was to exercise and a way for her to get me
to work off my pent up energies so that she could get me to sleep at
night. As she got older, she had to stop but I continued to do both. Then
in college I really got into biking and started to do some mountain
biking. Maybe that is something we can do too." Raven told her.
"Well I haven't rode a bike since I was a little girl and I know I'd
never be able to ride one on a rough trail." Dana said with a little laugh.
"That's fine, we can still ride. There's lots of nice flat trails
around here we can ride on." Raven told her.
"So bike riding is next on your agenda for me," Dana asked.
"Yep, it is," Raven said with a laugh.
"Well at least you'll keep me in shape." Dana said wondering just
where Raven was taking her and she didn't just mean wherever Raven's house
was.
Dana let that thought simmer in her head while they talked about
riding bikes and Raven had several bikes, one of which she was sure that
she would like. While they talked, Dana watched where Dana was driving and
she saw that they were heading toward the coast north of Wilmington. Soon
Raven was driving along the coast road passing by a number of expensive
beach homes. The homes eventually became smaller and it was one of these
homes that Raven pulled her Jeep into the driveway.
"You own a beach home?" Dana asked looking up at the small but very
nice cottage that was elevated up on a number of thick sturdy poles thus
elevating the cottage. There was also a separate garage sitting to the left
corner of the cottage. However she didn't park in the garage but in front
of it.
"Yes... well actually it was my grandmother's home but she deeded it
over to me when I was in college. That's why I came back here to practice
when I got out of med school. It kind of pissed the rest of my family off
that I got the beach cottage, well that and the med school money and what
she left me in her will." Dana told her somewhat sadly.
"You are the one who took care of her and looked after her, what did
they expect?" Dana asked.
"I don't know but I do know I'd give them all everything if it would
bring my grandmother back," Raven said and Dana saw how much Raven really
did love her grandmother.
"I know you would," Dana said reaching over and grasping Raven's
forearm and giving it a squeeze.
"Enough sad stuff, let me show my little beach cottage and then let's
hit the water." Raven said flashing a bright smile.
"Sounds good to me," Dana said reaching for the door handle and
getting out. She was at least thankful that it was a warm early summer
morning so she wouldn't freeze.
Raven took her on up the stairs and into her home. Raven first
noticed the hardwood floors that were polished to a shine. Raven took her
through the living room that had mostly older looking furniture but it all
looked nice. Dana guessed that the house was still much the way it had been
when Raven had grown up there. The kitchen was small but again it looked
nice. There were two bedrooms, one the smaller guest bedroom and the other
the master bedroom. There was a full bath that had a tub/shower. It was
roomy enough and Raven told her that she wanted to remodel it but Dana had
a feeling that was something that Raven would never get around to doing.
"What are you about a size eight?" Raven asked.
"Good guess," Dana said with a smile.
"Thought so," Raven said going to her dresser. She looked around for
a moment checking out the swimsuits that she had before pulling out a light
green floral colored bikini.
"Don't you have a one piece?" Dana asked.
"Nope," Raven said giving her a wink. "Now you can have the bathroom
and I'll meet you out on the back pouch.
"Okay," Dana said taking the small bikini from Raven and looking at
it while she walked toward the bathroom. Once she had closed the door
behind her, she began to undress. She found a coat hanger to hang her scrub
top upon, hanging it on the shower curtain rod. She then took off her white
pants folding them and placing them by the sink. She took off her bra and
panties leaving her naked in front of the mirror. She looked at her body
and thought it didn't look to bad but she wondered what Raven would think
of her breasts. She cupped them in her hands feeling how firm they were
with no sag. She snapped her mind off of her body and she sat down on the
toilet to pee. She wiped herself clean before getting up and picking up the
bikini.
Both the top and bottom used strings to tie them on so she started
with the bottoms. She slipped it between her legs and tied the right
side. She then went to the left side tying it together. She had to go back
to the right side to retie it a bit tighter. She adjusted it around her
pussy and at her asscheeks getting it to cover as much skin as
possible. She was thankful that she shaved her pussy so she didn't have to
worry about showing any pussy hair which she would have with this small a
bikini. All she could say was at least it wasn't a thong. She then put the
top around her body tying it in front before she turned it on around and
brought the stings up around her neck tying it. She adjusted it around her
breasts so that they were covered.
She looked at herself in the mirror and she had to admit that she
didn't look half bad. She would have preferred a bathing suit with a little
more material but then again, maybe she should wear something like this
more often. She used her fingers to brush out her hair before turning and
opening the door before she chickened out. She looked in the bedroom seeing
Raven's clothes on the bed but no Raven. She walked on through the house to
the back door where she saw a pair of what looked like new pink
flip-flops. She slipped them on before taking a deep breath, exhaling
slowly before opening the screen door and walkingout.
The first thing that she saw was the view of the ocean out beyond the
sand dune. It was such a beautiful view that she walked on out to the end
of the porch and she just took in the beautiful view.
"It's beautiful," Dana said to herself however she did so louder than
she realized.
"Why thank you, I think this bathing suit brings out all my best
assets," Dana heard Raven say from somewhere below her.
Dana looked down seeing Raven standing at the bottom of the stairs on
the small boardwalk leading out to the dune and then the stairs leading up
over it. "No I meant the ocean view," Dana said before she could stop
herself.
"You meant you don't think I look beautiful in my bathing suit, I put
it on just for you," Raven said looking up at her with sad puppy dog eyes.
Dana felt like shit and she tried to get herself out of the hole that
she dug for herself. "No you look beautiful too, I just..." Dana was saying
when she saw Raven smile before she burst out laughing.
"Got you!" Raven said with glee in her voice, "I was messing with
you; I know you were talking about the view of the ocean and it is
beautiful."
"You're mean!" Dana said and she pouted at Raven who laughed again.
"Yes I am," Raven said smiling. "But you do look beautiful in that
suit; it does bring out all you're nicest assets."
"I wish it had a bit more material," Dana said blushing but she liked
Raven's compliment.
"I don't, now come on down here and let's go swim." Raven said
holding out her hand to her.
Dana started down the steps and this time she did take in the other
wonderful view that was Raven. She had on a black colored bikini that was
much like hers, only it did have less material. The top had just enough
material to barely cover her breasts and the bottoms showed a lot more of
Raven's ass than did Dana's. The front showed enough skin to indicate that
Raven also shaved her pussy. Raven's stomach was tight with no fat at all
and her thighs and calves were muscular while still being very
feminine. Raven was a very fit and beautiful woman and she was all woman
for sure. Raven then turned around slowly and Dana just stared at the
beautiful woman before her.
"Do you like?" Raven asked.
Dana knew that there was more than a slight sexual context to Raven's
question. "Yes I do, you're a beautiful woman." Dana told her.
"You're a beautiful woman too, a very beautiful woman," Raven said
smiling softly.
"Thank you," Dana replied blushing a little.
"First off, let me put some sunscreen on you, with your fair skin, I
don't want you to get sunburn." Raven said going over to what appeared to
be an outdoor shower and changing room. Raven went in and a moment later
came out carrying a bottle of sunscreen.
"Hold out your arms," Raven said sounding like a doctor instead of a
friend which made Dana smile.
"What?" Raven asked as she began to spray the sunscreen on Dana's
arms.
"You just sounded like a doctor there," Dana said still smiling.
"I'll always be a doctor, it's a part of me," Raven told her but not
defensively.
"I know, I didn't mean it in a bad way but a good one," Dana told
her. Raven then moved the spray of the sunscreen to her stomach making her
giggle a little from the cool spray.
"I'm got to make sure I look after that soft smooth skin of yours,"
Raven said giving her a wink that made Dana smile and she felt a shiver go
through her body that started from between her legs.
Dana decided that she needed to change the subject so she said, "You
know I'll always be a nurse so even if you are nicely tanned, you're
getting some too," Dana said.
"Of course," Raven said with a shy grin and Dana realized that she
would be seeing Raven's body even closer than she was seeing it now and
that was pretty damn close. She then felt the spray on her legs and she
knew that she would need to get to the water rather quickly less Raven see
a damp place on her bikini that she feared was developing.
"Close your eyes dear," Raven said as she straightened back up and
she sprayed some of the sunscreen onto her hand.
Dana closed her eyes and a moment later she felt Raven's fingers
touching her forehead. Raven was using a soft gentle touch which made Dana
want to coo however she stopped herself from doing so and thus embarrassing
herself in front of Raven.
Dana kept her eyes closed as Raven moved around her and she felt
Raven moving her brown hair with its soft natural curls. Dana had always
kept her hair cut so that it just reached her shoulders and when she was
working or working out she kept a hair tie in it to put it into a pony
tail. She felt Raven moving it over her right shoulder so that it fell in
front. She felt Raven spraying her back with the spray and then she felt in
down to the back of her legs.
"Your turn," Dana told her and Dana opened her eyes to see Raven
standing back in front of her.
Dana wanted to decline, at least her mind was telling her to do that
however her heart told her to take the spray bottle from Raven's offered
hand. But when a decision had to be made and her heart and brain were at
opposite sides of the argument, Dana's heart always won and it did so
now. So she reached out taking the bottle from Raven, noting that it was
water resistant. Dana was wondering about that since they were going
directly into the water.
Raven moved her arms out from her body and Dana began to mist the
sunscreen onto those tan, firm arms. Dana saw that Raven was watching her
and she tried not to show how Raven's body was affecting her. She had one
problem with that, she was never one to hide her emotions; they were there
for everyone to see. When she was angry, her face showed that and now that
she was becoming aroused, she knew that her face was letting that be known
too.
She moved the spray bottle over toward Raven's chest and her eyes
glanced down at Raven's breasts that were barely covered by the top that
she was wearing. She could feel her face warming and when she glanced up at
Raven's eyes, she could see that they seemed to understand what she was
feeling and what Dana was feeling, she suspected Raven also was feeling.
Dana began to mist the spray onto Raven's shoulders and down toward
those breasts. She tried to be careful not to get any spray onto Raven's
pretty bikini but that meant that she had to place the bottle closer to
Raven's chest and that also meant her hand got closer to those lovely
orbs. Dana moved on down below Raven's breasts to get her stomach but then
she had to squat down and she was face to face to Raven's bikini
bottoms. This just added to her arousal as the top of that bikini was just
an inch or so above Raven's pussy. Even though the bikini was black, Dana
swore that she saw an area that was just slightly darker. Dana quickly
moved to Raven's legs and the tops of her feet.
Raven then turned around and Dana was face to face with Raven's
ass. Dana felt her tongue slip out and wet her lips, doing so with without
her thinking about it. Dana thought to herself that she was in real
trouble; she had in a few short hours went from fearing that Raven would
turn her in for what she was reading to wanting to drag her back inside of
her house and tearing her bikini off. She pressed the button on the spray
bottle and saw that she was spraying between Raven's legs, not hitting any
part of her legs. She quickly adjusted her aim and then sprayed Raven's
legs and back as rapidly as possible. She wasn't sure that she hit all of
Raven's body but then with her tan skin, she really didn't need the
sunscreen that much anyway.
"All done," Dana saw and she felt the sweat that now coated her
body. Even though it was a very warm morning, it wasn't that warm.
"Good," Raven said taking the sunscreen from her and putting it on
the shelf of the change room.
"Come on, let's go for a swim," Raven said as she came back out of
the change room.
Dana felt Raven's hand grasping her hand and Dana naturally entwined
her fingers with Raven's. "Yes, it's getting warm out here." She replied
trying to cover that fact that she was sweating from every pore.
"So did you and your family come to the beach often?" Raven asked as
they walked down the boardwalk to the stairs leading over the sand dune.
"Yea we came out pretty often, I loved to build sand castles in the
sand," Dana said and she felt Raven squeezing her hands tenderly. She liked
the feeling of Raven's hand in hers. That fit into her romantic side along
with kissing. Then she wondered why she thought of that right then.
"I never was any good at making sand castles, I don't guess I'm
creative enough," Raven told her.
"Well I'm great at it so I can teach you," Dana said with a little
modest laugh.
"Yes you can," Raven said turning and smiling at her.
Raven had her describe what she liked to build as they walked on out
to the edge of the water. They both slipped off their flip-flops and began
to walk into the water. The tide was going out so they didn't have to worry
about their flip- flops disappearing on them. They moved on out into the
water until they were up to their chests. The waves were small so it was
easy for them to jump over them. Dana got Raven to talk about living on
the beach and also about her grandmother, who Raven seemed to love to talk
about. They didn't actually do much swimming; mostly they just let the
waves move past them as they floated in the sea.
After an hour or so, they were both ready to move back to the
beach. They belly surfed a small wave part of the way, which gave Dana a
good view of Raven's ass. That caused her to feel a stirring down below,
one that she had been able to control as they talked. When they got in
close to the beach, they both stood up. Dana saw how beautiful Raven
looked with her shinny black hair plastered to her back. They took a few
steps toward the beach with neither of them saying anything.
Raven was to her right and Dana glanced down to see Raven's
hand. Dana eased close moving her right hand over taking Raven's hand in
hers. Raven's head turned and Dana saw the soft smile on her face. She felt
Raven entwine her fingers with hers. Dana gave Raven's hand a squeeze
drawing a loving smile from Raven. They walked past their flip-flops,
neither seeing them nor caring that they were leaving them behind for the
ocean to claim. No words were necessary either; they just slowly walked
toward Raven's beach house.
It was only when they got to the change room that Raven let go of her
hand and Dana felt the loss of Raven's touch. Raven turned on the shower
and Dana was glad to see that she had both hot and cold water. It was very
warm outside but still Dana didn't want to rinse the salt water off in cold
water. Raven got the water going, getting it warm before stepping
back. Dana stepped forward until she felt the tepid water hit her face. She
heard Raven close the door giving her some privacy though there was no
ceiling and the four walls began about the height of her knees and ended a
foot or so above her head.
The water was spraying her face and hair when she felt Raven's
fingers at her back where her bikini top was tied. Dana tensed her body and
she lowered her face though she kept her eyes closed.
"What are you doing?" Dana asked.
"I'm untying your bikini; you can't wash off completely with it on
now can you?" Raven asked all so softly.
"I... I guess not," Dana said feeling the back come loose, then she
felt Raven's soft fingers parting her hair and untying the string that tied
there.
The bikini clung to her wet skin and she felt Raven's hands at her
sides. They slowly moved on around slipping under the edge of her top.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" Dana asked feeling her breath
catch as Raven's soft hands replaced her bikini top which fell to the
floor.
"Yes I do," Raven whispered and Dana felt Raven's hands tenderly
clasping her breasts and then she felt Raven's hard nipples pressing
against her back. Raven had obviously already removed her bikini; an
instant later she felt Raven's lips tenderly kiss her right shoulder.
"Do you want me to stop?" Raven whispered with her lips now at the
back of her right ear.
End of Part One
To be continued...
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