16

I felt a finger poking my cheek. One, two, three times and then it stopped.

A throbbing pain in my head prevented me from going back to sleep.

And again the poking. One, two... I grabbed the offending finger with my hand and tentatively opened one eye.

As expected, the finger was Ann's who was hovering over me.

"Finally." She said and tried to step back but I was still holding onto her index finger.

"You'll pay for this." I warned her.

"I don't think you're in the condition to proclaim revenge." She started pulling her finger but I held on strongly. "Let go." She said.

"No."

"Cam..." She warned.

We were pulling with all our strenght, I was now holding on her finger with both hands while she was using her standing position as an advantage.

"Ouch! My head..." I said suddenly in the midst of it all.

That made Ann stop and in that second I pulled her forward making her fall half on top of the bed and half on top of me. I laughed. "Aha! Got you!"

She lifted her head to glare at me. "That was cheating." She shifted then, putting more of her weight on me.

"You're heavy." I said and started pushing her.

"Am I?" She grinned and tried her damnest best to apply as much weight as she could on my poor little suffering body.

Her hands were blocking my arms as the rest of her body was successfully crushing me.

With a move worthy of an action movie I was able to lift my leg, push her up and flip us over, reversing our initial positions.

I was the one holding her down now, my hands blocking her arms and my thighs on either side of hers, securing her legs.

I was looking down at her, a triumphant smile on my face.

"Okay, you win." She conceded.

I smirked now. "See? I always do."

"Right." She scoffed. "Can you let go of my arms, please?"

I blushed, suddenly realizing that I was actually holding her down... on a bed... straddling her.

I let go of her arms, now self-conscious about everything but didn't get up from her legs.

"And for the record, you're heavy too."

I laughed. "That's why- Oh, shit! My head!" My hand flew up to hold the back of my head that hurt like mad while I closed my eyes from the sudden sharp pain.

"It doesn't work twice." I heard Ann say amusedly.

I didn't reply and fell back on the bed next to her, holding my head with both hands.

"Cam? Are you for real?"

When I still didn't reply, she sat up on the bed and bent down to examine my state.

"Where does it hurt?" She asked, taking my hands away from my head. I managed to indicate the back of my head somehow and I heard the bed shift, Ann getting up and going out of the room.

She came back a little while later, handing me two pills and a cup of water. "Here, take this."

I swallowed the pills with the help of the water and lied back down on the bed.

I felt Ann carress my forehead before kissing it softly. "Sleep for a bit and you'll feel better when you wake up."

***

I guess the pills worked because when I woke up the headache was gone. I got out of the room in search of Ann and found her in the living room watching something on TV.

"Hey, how do you feel?"

"A lot better, it was just a little hangover." I said and sat down next to her.

"Yeah, right. You should not drink around me by the way."

I grinned. "Why? What did I do?"

"You don't remember?"

I did, or I thought I did but I still panicked. "Don't tell me I said something I shouldn't have said."

She seemed to think about it. "Maybe."

We were looking at each other now challengingly. I wondered if I really had said something bad, or that could be considered bad by her, or if she was bluffing.

"Wait, I didn't tell you about my deeply secret sexual fantasies, did I?"

She seemed taken aback, her eyes widening. "Oh, uhm-"

I let out a breath of relief. "Oh, thank God. Wouldn't want you to know about any of that."

"I don't want to know, thanks." She paused. "But you happened to tell me your deepest secret."

She glanced my way and I held her gaze, thinking. I didn't even know what I could consider my 'deepest secret' in the first place. "Right, as if I believe you..."

"Fine, don't believe it. Meanwhile I learned lots of things about you."

I sighed. "Did I tell you that I peed my pants my first day of school?"

She looked surprised and then burst out laughing. "Seriously?" She asked in a fit of giggles.

I furrowed my brows. "It's not funny. That traumatized me for years."

She kept on laughing.

"So if I didn't tell you that, then I'm pretty sure I didn't reveal anything important."

That got her attention. "You told me a lot more than that." She smirked.

"Uhm..." I remember we talked a bit on the bed but what about exactly, I wasn't sure.

"And I remember someone saying 'in vino veritas'..." She trailed off.

"Oh." I gulped. I'd said that? About what? "Give me a hint at least." I whined.

"Okay. You talked about you internet watching habits."

Internet watching habits? I thought about it and then it dawned on me. Oh. I felt my cheeks get red and heard Ann laugh. I didn't even know why I was embarassed, it was perfectly normal.

I cleared my throat. "Porn? That's an interesting topic."

"Yeah, you seemed to think so."

"Uhm, what about porn?" I asked tentatively.

She smirked yet again, she was enjoying this. "It seemed like you had some complaints about lesbian porn."

"D-did I? I bet they were reasonable complaints though."

She laughed. "I guess, you approved of my nails at least."

Fuck. I did? I looked down at her hands in her lap. I reached slowly to grab one of her hands and I briefly examined her nails. Yep.

"They are fine." I said and let go of her hand.

She laughed again, "I'm glad to know I pass."

"What else?" I asked.

She seemed hesitant. "Oh, uhm..."

"You have to tell me now."

"I don't think you really believed the other things you said." She looked at the TV then, avoiding my gaze.

I furrowed my brows. "What, did I tell you I wanted to kiss you or something?"

She blushed.

Shit. So that wasn't a dream.

I was looking at her while she squirmed under my gaze, avoiding eye contact at all costs.

"Oh." I managed to say.

"It's okay, you didn't really mean it." She added quickly still not looking at me.

I smiled sadly. Of course I didn't. When I didn't say anything she looked up and I got lost staring at her face. Her still red cheeks, her curious yet embarrassed eyes, her lips moving, saying something I didn't catch.

I held her gaze then and with a courage I did not feel I whispered. "The sad thing is... I meant it."

I saw her eyes widen.

"Cam..." She protested before my lips were on hers, my hand cupping her cheek, my heart beating out of my chest.

I sighed in the kiss as I leaned closer eliminating the space separating us. I heard her little moan, making her lips part for a moment, just enough for me to deepen the kiss. Our tongues met, the rhythm becoming more urgent with each passing second.

She was kissing me back. That was the only thing on my mind as I tasted her sweetness, felt her hand grabbing my back.

I almost didn't let her pull back to take a quick intake of breath, afraid she would regret this for the second time. For that brief moment I searched her eyes, but she wasn't looking back at me.

She resumed where we'd left and I pulled her even closer this time, my hand on her lower back found its way under her sweatshirt. She shivered at the contact, making me smile in the kiss. I moved my hand higher, roaming on her back till I reached her bra. I felt her stiffen in my arms so I stopped there.

I pushed her back, making her lean against the couch's pillows. I pulled away from the kiss, my lips trailed on her jaw and down to her neck. She moaned softly as I kissed her neck in a sensitive spot. I was trailing my way up again when the doorbell rang.

Shit.

Fuck.

I froze, my lips on her neck. Shit. I drew back from her as if I'd just been burned. Her eyes were wide in shock at what had just happened.

Again, the doorbell rang.

I got up and walked the few steps to the door. Opening it I found myself in front of a radiant Kaylee. "Hellooo." She greeted.

Perfect timing, I muttered in my head.

"Hi."

"My sis here?"

"Yeah." I said and started leading the way to the living room. Ann had pulled herself up and she managed to put on a smile for her sister as they hugged.

"I was in the neighborhood and thought I'd drop by."

Thank you, Kaylee.

"Oh, how come you're not hangover?" Ann asked and while they talked my mind drifted to other things.

I was looking at Ann as she smiled and laughed with her sister but I could feel her uneasiness. Just five minutes ago we had been kissing on that same couch.

She was avoiding my stare and I knew that as soon as she had the opportunity to, she would deny everything that had happened. We'll have to forget about it another time, because that strategy worked perfectly the first time, right? I sighed and went to the bedroom to collect my missing sweatshirt.

As I came back Kaylee was curiously looking at me while Ann pretended to study the floor. "I have to go." I said. I didn't want to stay and I admit I was afraid of the confrontation that would follow as soon as Kaylee was out the door.

"No, stay." Kaylee protested.

"I was going to go anyway. I- uhm... well, see you soon." I said awkwardly.

I shot one last look at Ann, who was still looking anywhere but at me, and left.