Sara's Night

She slid her fingers between mine and I just grinned. I loved how we always seemed to fit together perfectly. Puzzle pieces. I always imagined us as puzzle pieces.

“Where to first?” She asked. We were standing in front of a map of the zoo. I couldn’t remember the last time I had been here.

“I don’t know. What’s your favorite animal?”

She smiled. “Penguins.”

“Why penguins?”

She shrugged. “They seem to have fun. They slide around and they fall in love with one other penguin and they just seem pretty happy is all.”

“Did you hear about those gay penguins a few years ago? They gave them an egg. They wrote a children’s book about it too, it’s called Tango Makes Three. It was really cute.”

“I heard about them. They must have been cute.”

“They broke up in the end though.” I said.

She squeezed my hand reassuringly. “What’s your favorite animal?”

I thought about it for a moment. “I guess it’s a wolf.”

She smiled. “Loyal.”

I chuckled. “You read into things too much.”

“Oh really? They say that a ‘human’ wolf pursues women for sexual gratification. Isn’t that what you did for the longest time? And I think you’re quite loyal once people get to know you.”

“Aren’t wolves seen as dark and ominous too?” I smirked playfully, trying to prove her wrong.

“And spiritual guides.”

I laughed again. “You want to see so much in the little things. What’s a penguin mean?”

“Playfulness and loving.”

I thought about it for a moment. “Coincidence.”

She smirked to herself. “Sure. Come on, we better get started or we won’t finish.” She pulled me along behind her and I tripped a little as I followed her, but caught myself before I fell. I caught up to her and looked over at her curiously.

“You’re enjoying this whole thing, aren’t you?” I asked.

“Loving it.” She looked over at me, this huge grin on her face.

“Why?” She paused for a moment at a place where the path split into three and chose the one to the right.

“You always do these things for me; I never get to take you out or anything. I’m not used to it, to be honest.”

“Really?” I cocked my head to the side.

“It’s not like I’m a pillow queen or anything.” She said, laughing. I thought back to our sexual experiences together, and I had to admit that she wasn’t exactly a passive lover. “My ex and I were pretty different from how we are.”

I remembered how her friend had told me about a weird relationship Sara had been in before, but she never told me about it, and I didn’t want to hear it considering I was in it for the sex. “How so?”

“Well, I was the dominant one. She was very feminine. And had just come out as bisexual when we met. I was her first anything, and it took a long time for her to even get comfortable kissing me, let alone initiating a kiss. I was always giving, never receiving. You were actually the first one to…uh…well, you know.”

I stopped and stared straight ahead. “I was your first?”

“In a way. I mean, you weren’t the first one I had done anything to, but you were my first I guess.” She shrugged, like it wasn’t a big deal.

“I took your—” I couldn’t even say it.

“Yes, Devon, you did.”

“But—” I didn’t even know what to say.

“It’s not that big of a deal, Dev.”

“It is.” I mumbled. “I’ve never done that.”

“All of those sexual experiences and you’ve never taken someone’s virginity?” I almost winced at the word.

“No!” I exclaimed. “Never!”

“Awww, I was your first first.”

“Shut up.” I grumbled and looked away.

She pulled my face back to look at her and smiled sweetly. “I think it’s cute.” She kissed me softly and I shivered slightly.

“We should keep going.” I mumbled when I finally pulled away.

She chuckled to herself about something and tugged my hand gently, getting us moving again. We admired the trees and things as we walked. Eventually we came to the first exhibit and she pointed at something behind the glass, but I was more focused on her.

It was almost empty today because it was a little chilly outside and during the school year, but I liked that. It made it feel more private.

Sara pushed a stray lock of curly hair behind her ear while she talked about the arctic fox on the other side of us. She had this grin and her green eyes shone with excitement. I could feel my stomach flutter when she glanced over at me and smiled before turning back to the fox.

A thought popped into my head that terrified and excited me.

I needed to see Jan tomorrow.

“Where are you?” Sara asked, her fingers brushing along my cheek.

“Here of course.” I said with a smile.

She smiled back and shook her head. “I mean in here, silly.” She tapped my temple gently.

I thought about it for a moment. Where was I? In a crazy place, a place I thought I’d never be. “I’m not quite sure really.”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“Not yet. Soon, I promise, but I need to think about it all first.” I ran my fingers through her hair and smiled. I pulled her into me for a kiss that I wasn’t ready to end.

She pulled away from me slightly, but I could still feel her warm breath on me. “Are you okay?”

I grinned a little wider. “Never better.”

We finished looking at the fox and went on our way. We paused at the wolves and she said something about loyalty again. I smiled and rolled my eyes. “You’re insane.”

“You just don’t want to accept the fact that you aren’t the unfeeling creature you once were.” She said jokingly.

“I’m not.” I wrapped and arm around her waist to pull her closer. “I’m in love with you. Sara Bradock, you have screwed up my life indefinitely. I was happy, you know. Different woman every night, drinking, pool, not caring about anything, and then you waltz into my life and now I have a dog and a brother and this crazy girl who wanted a stranger to be her first and then fell in love with that stranger. You have turned me upside down. What am I supposed to do now?”

She shrugged. “Not my problem.”

I laughed, “Thanks, Sara. Thanks.”

“Of course, Dev. Anything for love, right?”

I smiled back. “Right.”

“Come on, I haven’t gotten you ice cream yet.”

It was weird to have Sara buy me something like food. She handed me the ice cream cone and we sat down at a table.

“So, you were once the dominant girl in the relationship?” I asked while we ate.

“Oh yeah. I bought everything and took her out and did everything in bed. Very different from what we have now.”

“And so, you decided to have sex with a stranger for your first time?”

She rolled her eyes. “You act like I hadn’t seen someone naked before. I wasn’t exactly inexperienced, I’d done plenty of things before you, I just hadn’t experienced anything done to me.”

“And you chose a stranger for that?” I asked, trying to wrap my head around the whole thing.

“I didn’t go to the bar in search of sex, I went to get my mind out of everything. She had broken up with me and said she was straight and started dating some guy about a week after we broke up. I just needed to get away from the real world for a bit.”

I raised an eyebrow and smirked playfully. “I’m just a rebound?”

“You were at first. And you definitely got my mind off her. This is probably the first time I’ve thought about her since we met.” She said thoughtfully.

“Really?”

She nodded. “I like thinking about you more.”

“Everything seems to be going fast, doesn’t it? I mean, it feels like we only met a few weeks ago.”

“How long has it really been?” She asked, reaching across the table to grab my hand.

“Four months.”

“It’s almost Thanksgiving. Four months, we practically live together, we have a dog, and we’re about to spend Thanksgiving together.”

“Do you mind if Caleb joins us?” My parents wouldn’t be able to make it, but Caleb wanted to come. He had no one else to have dinner with since he and his girlfriend weren’t serious, besides, he was my brother, he had to come.

“Not at all, I’d love to have him.” She smiled and pulled my hand up to her lips and kissed it gently.

I had never had a woman do this sort of thing to me before, I wasn’t sure how to react.

We finished our ice cream and went on, stopping to look at penguins and polar bears, owls, grizzly bears, mountain lions and tigers, and just about everything else in the zoo.

We had dinner at Red Robin, Sara paying for dinner against my wishes, and went back to her place.

I smiled at the idea of finally being back home and being back in my normally dominant role.

“I had a lot of fun.” I said, smiling at her.

“I’m glad, me too.”

“I can’t believe you remembered I loved the zoo.” I said.

“I remember a lot of things.”

I smiled and kissed her. I started to pull her against me and deepen the kiss, but she pushed me away and gave me a sly look. “What do you think you’re doing?” She asked.

“Kissing you?” I raised an eyebrow, not getting what she trying to say.

“The night isn’t over, Devon.” She said.

“What do you mean?” I furrowed my eyebrows together, trying to understand.

She leaned close enough that I could feel her breath against my earlobe. “I mean that it’s still my turn to play Big Bad Dom like you normally do.”

I suppressed the shiver that threatened to ripple through me. “Big Bad Dom?” I said with a shaky laugh. “No idea what you’re talking about.”

“Oh really? Paying for dinner, taking me out, offering your jacket, being top in bed, and all of those other things you do. You play Big Bad Dom all the time, but you’re just a big softy on the inside. I don’t mind it though, I like it. Except it’s my turn tonight.”

“Why?”

She thought about it. “I guess it’s fun to change things up, besides, you do all of that for me and never expect something in return. I mean, sexually it’s pretty equal, but you’re still top in it. I also think that you deserve to be spoiled sometimes too, not just me.” She kissed my cheek and pulled me into the bedroom.

She pushed me down on the bed and one of the many thoughts that ran through my head was, ‘What do I do with my hands?’ But I didn’t have much time to think about it. Hell, I didn’t have much time to think about anything.

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You guys, I'm so sorry. I'm having so much trouble writing and I'm doing NaNoWriMo and I'm going to work and school and I'm doing high school things (Senior year and it;s the only year I went to homecoming, got excited about the pep rally, am going out (not on a date but a get to know you thing) with a girl and doing normal high school things.) So I've been pretty busy. I hope you guys enjoyed this short little chapter, I decided to cut out a lot of little fluff things I was going to do and move up the main pieces of the plot. I'd say we're a little over halfway finished with the book now, still a while to go, but not a lot. Devon and Sara make me smile you guys. Being all cute. And then sex. And then more cute. And all of that stuff, I love it. Devon is so confused about pretty much everything, and I love writing her because of that. I can just imagine her face whenever Sara says something and Dev is just like, 'What do you mean?' It makes me happy.

I had been thinking of Sara's ex for a while, but I never told you guys. I have that problem where I just assume you guys can read my mind and you can't, so I feel like this explanation is a little late, but better late than never. Not my fault you guys can't read minds.

Anyways, let me know what you guys think. I always love hearing what you guys have to say. Write a love letter to Devon if you want, I'll make sure she gets it haha. Or tell her to get her ass into gear, whatever floats your boat. Haha, but seriously, let me know what you guys are thinking!

Sorry it's a little late (Hey, Life In Color has been super late, so you guys are better off than they are, you're lucky really.) but I hope you liked it.