DISCLAIMERS: in Part 1
Keeping Faith, Part 23
©2005 -Vertigo-
"Reece, do you have your shirt on?"
Reece rolled her eyes, and looked down at her bare chest. "Yes."
Faith poked her head out of the bathroom and narrowed her eyes at her naked wife. "If you're going to lie, at least do it where I can't see you."
Reece muted the television and sighed. "Faith, I'm hot, and it's going to take you at least another half hour to finish getting ready."
"Is that what you're doing with your hair?"
"No," Reece shook her head, ran a hand through her hair, and smiled. "Now, I'm done."
"At least let me spray it."
Reece growled. "Faith, just get ready and let me do my thing."
The actress went back to doing her own hair, knowing all too well, Reece was going to do what she wanted, and miraculously, it will work out perfectly, as usual.
The blow dryer stopped and reluctantly, Reece got up, pulled on a sports bra, and her black jeans, then flopped back down on the bed to finish watching television. She craned her neck towards the bathroom and could just make out Faith's butt as she leaned over the vanity to apply make up. "What dress were you wearing again?"
"My blue one, with the thing, nothing fancy."
Reece thought about what dress has a thing, and after imagining said dress, decided to wear her black button down, so not to clash with her wife. You can never go wrong with all black. When a commercial came on, she put on her shirt, took out her boots, and found the blue dress. She took the dress off the hanger, unzipped it, slipped her arms in it and waited.
When Faith finally emerged, all made up she grinned at her wife, holding the dress in the air.
Reece smiled back. "You look beautiful. Lift."
Faith lifted her arms up and Reece slid the dress over her head, mindful of her fresh make up. "Thank you, baby. Zip me, please."
"But of course."
Reece sneaked a kiss to Faith's shoulder as she zipped the dress. "You even smell beautiful."
"It's your favorite perfume." Faith air-kissed her lover and winked as she retrieved her shoes. "Come on, get your boots on, and let's go."
Reece loved when Faith dressed up, with her sexy dresses, and perfect make-up. To her, Faith looked just fine when she just woke up in the morning too, but there was something extra alluring about her wife when she wasn't allowed to touch her. It was like a taboo and Reece was always bad with being told she couldn't do something. Having Faith so close to her, dressed up, with stockings and hairspray, knowing she can't mess it all up until later made her want Faith even more. It was the only thing about public appearances that she liked. Driving the car, so close to Faith and not allowed to reach over and touch her was even more of a pull for Reece. Sure, she could touch her, but with Reece's self control, one touch would not be sufficient.
"Are you mad I made you drive instead of Ted?"
Reece shook her head. "No. This way I can maul you on the way home without an audience."
Faith chuckled. "That was the plan. I don't know what it is about party dresses, but I like what they do to you."
Reece just grinned. "Parking duty is on." The club owner never left her car with valets.
Faith diligently scanned for parking on her side, while Reece looked across the street.
Alicia nervously smoothed her dress and waited for her date to return with drinks. She hadn't stopped thinking about Reece's kiss all afternoon, and her heart pounded fast in anticipation of seeing her again. She tried to ignore it, she didn't want to feel it, but at the same time loved the feeling itself. She'd had crushes before, always men though, and she always got what she wanted, and it was never as intense once she got them as it was from being next to Reece. She loved playing with fire, and she knew enough about the tall club owner to know she was an inferno, and it thrilled her as it scared her. She could never pursue Reece publicly, and Reece would never cheat on Faith, but Alicia felt out of control when it came to Reece. She'd deny it adamantly, but the truth was she wanted that woman.
"Here you go."
Alicia accepted the drink gratefully and gulped it down. She studied her date, a young actor popular with the teen scene, and pursed her lips. She'd do him, without thinking. But she didn't want to, she was too preoccupied with Reece.
John was the first to see Reece and Faith come in, and he ran over to greet them.
"You look faboo!" John kissed Faith on the cheek. "You look hot too, Spike."
"Yeah, whatever." Reece shifted from foot to foot.
Faith backhanded her lightly. "She's so charming isn't she?"
John laughed. "I'm used to her. So, did you see Alicia's boy toy?"
Faith scanned around, "No, who is it?"
John grabbed Faith's hand, "Come on, let's go say hi."
Reece sighed, and looked for a corner to stand in, keeping one eye on her wife. She passed by the buffet table, and stopped to put a few things on a plate for Faith to pick on, then went to the bar to get some drinks. She handed Faith the plate and a drink, pointed to where she would be standing and snuck through the crowd to her chosen corner. Reece watched Faith and John gossip, their heads close together, and grinned. Faith was so much better at this stuff than she was. A product of her former life, Reece supposed, where they met at the country club for cocktails and tennis. Reece wasn't made for mingling. Faith and John began giggling and Reece smiled along with them. She liked it when Faith laughed. She followed their line of sight and saw Alicia leaning against the bar, completely ignoring her date as he spoke, lost in a daze. She watched with a grin as the two yenta's approached the daydreaming actress, and laughed out loud as Alicia startled so much she spilled her drink on herself.
"Alicia, aren't you going to introduce us to your date?"
Faith handed the actress a few napkins, "Yes, where'd you dig him up from?"
The date looked offended but didn't say anything.
"Faith, John, this is Billy, now you've met, go away."
John squinted at Billy. "Billy, are those sparkling azure eyes I see?"
Alicia coughed uncomfortably. "Really? I didn't notice."
Faith snickered. "Have you seen Reece?"
Alicia's eyes cut right to the tall woman then back again. "No, I haven't even noticed her yet."
John snorted. "Hmm, that's odd, you've been staring off in her direction for a while now. Are you sure you haven't noticed?"
Alicia glared at John. "No, I haven't." she pushed off of the bar and dragged Billy away.
John and Faith laughed together, and Faith winked and waved at Reece, who nodded back.
"She looks so uncomfortable." John observed.
"Yeah, she hates these things, she only comes for the sex afterwards."
Then make-up artist's eyes widened. "Sex afterwards? Always?"
"Always. I make sure she's not allowed to touch me when we go out to parties, and it makes her crazy. By the time we get in the car to leave, she's all over me. She comes with me to parties she'd never come to, we both benefit afterwards, and she's no wiser."
"Oh, you big fat sneak! I love it! How do you keep her from touching you?"
Faith grinned. "I tell her my lipstick will smudge, her callouses will rip my pantyhose, her ratty cuticles will snag my clothes, or she'll mess up my hair. It always works."
"I love you, Faith." John joked. "Lets go torture Alicia some more, and shake that ass for your woman."
Reece ogled Faith's ass as she walked. She knew which panties Faith had on under her dress, and imagined the actress wearing nothing but those panties. Her eyes narrowed as she fantasized, and her mind began to wander. She stared off into space as she made a mental checklist of all the things she could do to Faith on the way home with one hand.
Alicia watched the club owner discretely, noting she was daydreaming, and knew by the lecherous grin on her face what she was daydreaming about. She shot a look towards Faith, and back to Reece. A twinge of jealousy formed, and without thinking, she began inching her way into Reece's line of vision, slowly, so Billy didn't catch on. The tall woman didn't notice her at first, being caught up in her fantasy, so Alicia took advantage. She edged closer, and closer, stealing long looks into Reece's eyes. A tingle of excitement inched up her spine as she stared into those crystal clear blue eyes, imagining them staring back into hers. Bolder, she placed herself about four feet from Reece, and made herself comfortable, all the while chattering boredly with her date.
Smelling Alicia's perfume, Reece caught sight of her in her peripheral vision. Grinning to herself, she waited, fixating on a spot at the bar, and watched as Alicia laughed loudly to get her attention. Enjoying the game, and waiting for the right moment, Reece played along. Finally, the actress turned her back.
Alicia jumped, as suddenly a body was pressed up behind her. She attempted to spin around to see who it was when a strong hand on her shoulder stopped her. Her heart beat wildly as Reece's deep voice purred in her ear.
"I've been watching you."
Alicia swallowed hard, her date's eyes widening in question.
"I see what you're doing. You want me."
Unable to control herself, Alicia's eyes fluttered closed and her nipples tightened as Reece's breath blew across her sensitive ear. "Yes." She uttered.
"I bet you want me to whisk you off to the coat room, tear your stockings off with my teeth, and ravage your pussy with my tongue."
Alicia shivered visibly, her date completely confused, not able to hear what this tall stranger was saying.
Reece stood up, allowing Alicia to turn around and face her. The actress's eyes were dazed, and she licked her lips impulsively. Reece grinned deviously, narrowed her eyes, and let Alicia's imagination work for a bit. Blue eyes scanned the place for Faith, who was watching with her hand over her mouth and she winked at her. Faith winked back. Reece continued, leaning close to Alicia's other ear, making sure the actress could hear her lick her own lips.
"Oh, yeah…" Reece groaned, "Can you just imagine the things I could do to you?"
Her body betraying her better judgement, Alicia inhaled sharply and uttered a small groan in response.
Reece merely breathed in Alicia's ear, saying nothing.
Alicia's legs felt like rubber bands, and she grabbed Billy's arm for support.
"Have you thought about it? Just me and you… alone…" Reece waited a few seconds, then continued. "You know what, Alicia?"
The dazed actress shook her head as a response and her mouth went dry as Reece grabbed hold of her shoulders.
"That's never going to happen. I don't want you, and all those things you just imagined? I'm going to go home and do them with Faith." Alicia tried to get free, but Reece wasn't done yet. " Now, run along and play with your boyfriend, because we all know how much you love dick." Reece released the actress.
Alicia's blood boiled, she was just cruelly played with. Her gaze shot around and she spotted Faith and John waving playfully, laughing at her from across the room. Furious, she screamed wordlessly, punched Reece in the stomach from embarrassment and fled.
Reece laughed heartily, as Faith and John came over and joined her. "God, that was fun!"
"She was just a boneless puddle of want and then, her eyes flew open and you could just see the astonishment, and the anger!" John said through giggles.
Faith leaned heavily into her wife. "What the heck did you say to her?"
"Mmm," Reece wrapped her arms around Faith, "I described all the things I'm going to do to you later, then told her I was going to do them to you."
"Oh, yeah?" Faith purred as Reece's hand slid up and down the small of her back. "Want to share one of those things?"
"Ripping your stockings off with my teeth."
Faith hummed in delight.
"Excuse me lesbians, but I'm still standing here."
Reece and Faith stared lustfully into each others eyes.
"Ahem."
Nothing.
John smiled to himself, prayed he'd find his Reece and disappeared.
Reece never did get to tear off Faith's pantyhose with her teeth, Faith shimmied out of them before they even left their parking spot. Reece's mouth watered, knowing what was waiting for her beneath Faith's panties, she reached over and slid her hand between Faith's already open legs.
"You're so horny for me." Reece said, pressing her palm firmly against Faith.
Faith hummed with pleasure. "Call me twisted, but I got hot watching you seduce Alicia."
Reece chuckled. "Dirty girl," she purred.
Faith leaned forward into Reece's hand. "Come on baby, do something."
Reece let out a low growl. "I won't be able to drive if I start something now."
Faith covered Reece's hand with her own. "Then hurry home or pull over, I want you."
Reece could feel Faith's heat on her hand and her eyes narrowed. The actress leaned her head back and hummed, and Reece made a decision. She scanned the area for a place, and turned down a small street. Pulling over and shutting off the car, she grinned ferally.
Faith grinned right back, and thrust herself into Reece's hand. With the small car, Faith knew there wasn't going to be any brave acrobatics, but she wanted Reece in any way she could have her.
Reece knew this, and it fed her need to have her wife. She let go of Faith and reached around, releasing the actress's seat so she fell back flat. She leaned over the console as best she could and captured Faith's lips in a heated kiss. Faith's fingers laced through Reece's hair and she grabbed handfuls and grasped tightly. Their tongues wrapped around each other, sliding and battling back and forth. Faith propped her right leg on the glove box, it popped open as Reece cocked back her arm, smashing her elbow.
"Fuck!" she cursed, tearing her mouth from Faith.
Faith felt for Reece's arm in the dark and rubbed it briefly. "Ignore it.. my panties… help."
Reece groped for the panties and yanked them down as far as she could, then out of frustration, tore them off. Faith gasped, at the force, and at Reece's hand roughly pawing at her heated sex. "Baby… god…"
Reece bit at Faith's neck, her legs cramped and twisted and beginning to ache. She tried to adjust her position, hiking Faith up a bit on the seat.
The actress, spread her legs as far as she could, urging her lover to take advantage of the invitation.
Reece blocked out her discomfort and slid her fingers rapidly through Faith's wetness. "You're so fucking wet and ready," she murmured into Faith's neck.
Faith groaned. "Fuck me, Reece."
Reece growled and plunged her fingers inside her wife, pausing for a moment to enjoy the feeling of Faith's muscles trapping her there. She worked her fingers in and out, quickly, knowing by Faith's slickness, the way her pussy grabbed at her that Faith needed it fast.
Reece took hold of Faith's bottom lip with her teeth and sucked it, making her lover squirm. "You really need me to fuck you, don't you?"
"Yes," Faith grunted, rocking her hips in time with Reece's thrusts.
Reece added a third finger and plunged them in hard. Faith yelled out, and covered Reece's mouth with her own, in a frantic open mouthed sloppy kiss.
Reece's nostrils flared as Faith's thrusting hips became erratic and her tongue froze. She leaned her forehead on the seat next to Faith's head and used her other hand to rub Faith's clit.
"Reece!"
Faith stiffened, then shook, her inner walls spasming around Reece's fingers. The club owner's pussy clenched, and ached as Faith came on her hands. "That's it, Faith, you come for me," she whispered.
Faith collapsed into the seat and Reece watched her chest move as she caught her breath. She waited a few seconds before kissing Faith tenderly. "Faith, I can't feel my legs."
Faith laughed and tried to help the large woman untwist her body back into the driver's seat.
"Ow… shit… my fucking leg."
Faith snickered as Reece threw herself into her seat and complained. "We could have waited until we got home."
"Bite me."
Faith grinned. "I love you, Baby."
Reece couldn't help but grin back. "Next time, we take the bike."
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Reece and Cori waited on line at the supermarket and laughed at the tabloid headlines. Cori threw the magazine on the conveyer and Reece frowned.
"I'm not paying for that." She complained.
Cori rolled her eyes and dug into her purse, throwing a few bills at her friend. "Here, I'll pay for it. I need to add that to my Alicia is a lesbian collection."
Faith and Violet joined them, both women piling food into the cart Reece was trying to empty. Faith scanned the magazine and chuckled.
"After all this time, they're still following her around. I love it."
Many months had passed since they finished the movie, and every woman Alicia Alvarez stood next to, spoke to, or even bumped into, was her new lover. Faith enjoyed it immensely since she and Reece were no longer the focus of he lesbian headlines.
Reece emptied the cart and folded her arms across her chest, watching Faith, Cori and Violet leaf through the magazines. They girls snickered, laughed, made comments about each page, and leaned into each other comfortably. The club owner grinned at their fun, and reached into her pocket for her wallet. "You hens want to start bagging? I don't want to be here all day."
Violet blew a kiss at Reece, knowing her bitching and complaining was just talk. Reece had to be cranky, it was her nature, and Violet knew the tall frowning woman loved her.
Cori squeezed passed Reece and started packing bags next to her lover, and soon they were began hitting each other with the toilet paper.
Reece grumbled. "Jeez, how old are you both?"
Faith sidled up to her wife and hip checked her. "They know you love them, you know."
"Yeah, whatever. Sign the slip, I have to go help those dopes before they crush the chips."
Shopping trips were never Reece's favorite activity, and when it was all the girls, it was practically torture. She snatched the bags from Cori and started repacking everything. "I don't want to carry three thousand bags, you can put more in this one."
Violet giggled. "You are such a grump! Lighten up, you're too hot to be that cranky."
Reece rolled her eyes and shook her head. There was a time when everyone she looked at cringed in fright, and her worst look did nothing to these women. Thinking about it, it wasn't that bad, that they weren't terrified of her all the time. It was sort of cool, they liked her as much as they did. Then again, there were times she couldn't get rid of them, like now. "Ladies, and I use that term loosely, go open up the car and get out from between my ass."
Cori caught the keys, and Faith started grabbing bags and leaned over and kissed her wife. Reece grinned. "You always know when to do that."
"I can sense the mood coming on."
Reece's grin turned into an all out smile. "Let's get out of here."
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Reece and Faith sat opposite Marsha and Quinn in the restaurant. Quinn fidgeted restlessly as talk turned to the opening night of Faith's movie. "Must we talk about this over dinner?"
Faith sighed. "Daddy, I'm just trying to invite you."
"Faith, dear," Marsha started nervously, "Um, your father and I decided that we're going to go out of town that weekend."
Reece raised an eyebrow. "You are?"
Quinn leaned forward, "We feel it would be too uncomfortable for us to be around. You understand don't you?"
Faith nodded. "I do. Although it would be nice if you came, I understand."
"Don't think for one minute that we're not proud, we are, but you know…"
Reece rested her hand on Faith's knee and squeezed. "The content is too much. I get it. Faith gets it."
"It's not like a big time Hollywood premiere you know. It's a small theater, not at all a big event."
Marsha wasn't sure exactly what Faith was getting at. "Are you really okay with us not coming?"
"Yeah, I am. I guess. But leaving town entirely?"
Reece squeezed again. "Where you headed?"
"A cruise!" Marsha perked up. "We're going to the Bahamas."
Faith smiled. "How nice!"
"I can't wait. It's been a while since we went away, and you know how your father loves a cruise."
Faith smiled at her dad. "You just don't eat your way to the islands."
Quinn patted his belly. "I can take it."
Marsha laughed. "I'll bring you girls back some souvenirs."
"Thanks mom." Faith cringed inside remembering all the ridiculous shell people and snow globes from vacations past.
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Reece leaned her head back on the couch, Faith snuggled up, with her head in Reece's lap. The club owner stroked Faith's hair with one hand, the other held the remote, flipping through the channels.
"Oh, stop there." Faith spotted Cold Case.
Reece stared at the screen for a while before complaining. "I saw this one already."
"I didn't, so deal."
Reece sighed and watched her hand glide through Faith's soft hair. It was blonde, and reddish, and so silky it slid right through her fingers. It was relaxing for Reece, even though she was in constant motion. She studied Faith's profile, the change of expressions on her face as she watched her show and grinned.
"You're right baby, we saw this already."
Reece smiled and switched the channels again.
Faith took some time getting used to this behavior, but when she did, she hardly noticed it at all. She got used to catching small glimpses of programs, and Reece always stopped when she told her to, so she didn't mind too much. Cori complained the constant channel changing made her sea sick, but Faith took it as one of Reece's many quirky behaviors. She asked her mom if her dad did it, and he did, but only between all the sports channels. Reece wasn't discriminating. She was an equal opportunity surfer. "Stop."
Reece pursed her lips so she didn't complain. Bridezillas was in a word, nauseating. She again studied Faith's features, smiling when Faith giggled and her body jostled Reece's. Her hand began stroking Faith's shoulder, then her arm, then her side, making Faith squirm.
"That tickles."
Reece continued to tickle Faith until she turned over in her lap. They looked into each others eyes comfortably, until Reece began focusing on Faith's mouth. She leaned down as far as she could until Faith leaned up to meet her. An innocent kiss became more and they wound up both lying on the couch facing each other.
Faith pulled away first. "Wanna fool around?"
"Do you have to ask?"
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Reece watched as John dragged Faith off to the dance floor. It wasn't often that she went with Faith to a club other than her own, and when she did, she didn't dance, so someone else had to come with them. Reece didn't mind, it gave her a chance to watch Faith dance and have a great time. Faith loved dancing, and she was damned good at it if Reece had anything to say about it. Her upper lip curled slightly as Faith danced, her sexy butt moving to the fast beat of the music. She turned her barstool so her back leaned on the bar and just watched. After some time, the two friends came back to join Reece at the bar, sweaty and winded.
"Oh my god, Butch, you should get out there with your woman before every dyke in the place jumps her!"
Reece smirked, reached an arm out and possessed Faith. "I'm not worried."
Faith laughed. "She just pissed on me."
"Nothing like a tomcat pissing on his property."
Faith kissed Reece quickly. "Only she smells better."
Suddenly Toni Braxton started complaining about never breathing again, and Reece was being pulled out to the dance floor.
"Come on, baby, show ‘em all who I belong to."
Reece grinned. Hating dancing was one thing, slow dancing was another, but wrapping herself around Faith always beat out the most unpleasant activities. She allowed herself to be led and embraced her wife tightly, touching her lips to the top of Faith's head.
Faith closed her eyes and rested her cheek on Reece's chest, feeling it move as she breathed down into her hair. She could be held like this forever. The safe haven of Reece's arms blocked out the world, the feel of her breath warmed her heart, the sound of her heart beating was better than any symphony. She was born to be in Reece's arms. She sighed deeply, contented, and squeezed her arms tighter around her wife. The fact that Reece was up on the dance floor in the crowded club was a miracle. To feel her tall tense lover relax in her arms was just heaven.
Reece kissed Faith's head, breathing in the scent that was only Faith. She too closed her eyes and swayed to the slow music, perfectly happy to be holding her lover. She relaxed and listened to the music, comprehending the words. She wasn't entirely sure if she could breathe without Faith in her life, and she was not going to find out. She inhaled Faith's scent deeply and kissed her again. Nope. She was never going to find out.
The End.