Finding Love (GxG) -completed-

Chapter 17- PDA

The short drive went quickly with Kameron still laughing about John hitting on them and asking them out. As Eli pulled up to the mall parking lot, next to Kam’s car, Kam said, “Do you think he was hoping for a threesome?” She then started laughing again.

Eli began to blush and looked everywhere but at Kam. “Oh come on, it was a joke. I promise, I was just kidding.” Kameron reaches over and takes Elise’s hand in hers. “Eli, I’ll admit I’ve had s*x, once with a man, but it’s not an experience I want to repeat.” Kameron is now completely serious. Although Eli is now looking at her, Kameron is the one looking out at what appeared to be fascinating cars driving by and in the parking lot. “That was actually how I realized I was gay and not bisexual. I had dated him for over six months and although I hadn’t enjoyed making out, it was okay. I hoped s*x would be better, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. He ummm… got his rocks off and I was completely unsatisfied. In fact, I wasn’t even interested in trying to finish. I got up, I got dressed, I apologized, and I left. The next day I broke up with him and vowed I was done trying to be someone I’m not.”

Eli sits quietly, listening and watching Kam as she continues to talk. They continued to hold hands and Eli rubbed the back of her hand supportively with her thumb. “I have only had two girlfriends. I may be 27, but I don’t have a whole lot of experience.” Kameron laughed, but not in a funny way; She laughed in a sarcastic way before saying, “I have no idea why I just told you all that. I’m sorry.”

Eli gently squeezed her hand and scooted over on the bench seat so they were sitting thigh to thigh and lowered her head to make eye contact with Kam’s down turned eyes. Elise straightened up when Kam met her eyes with a very vulnerable look that tugged at her heart strings. Eli reached out and placed her palm on Kam’s cheek, stroking lightly with her thumb. A slight smile pulled at Elise’s mouth before she responded. “Thank you…for.. trusting me enough to tell me. I umm...have even less experience than you do.” Elise took a deep breath and although holding on to Kam’s hand, was staring at the dashboard of her truck and was about 100 miles away in the moment where Kenny had shattered her self confidence. “My high school boyfriend… he tried to pressure me into s*x and I refused. I just couldn’t. No matter how much I wanted to for his sake, it just felt… wrong. I enjoyed his company, but it was platonic and should have never been physical. He broke up with me. He was so nast that night…. then he spread rumors all over town that I was a ‘tease,’ and that I ‘must be frigid,’ since we dated over a year and I wasn’t the least bit interested in s*x. Kenny actually told me he wasted over a year of his life on me. He told me he had passed up many women while with me and now he could ‘bless them with his superior s****l prowess’.” Elise then looked at Kam, “He actually said that. Who the hell talks like that?” Kam just shook her head with a hint of a sarcastic smile on her lips. “I attended counseling that summer and realized I was not interested in males. I’ve done nothing but focus on college and work since I moved to Rochester a little over 3 years ago. You Kam, are the first female I’ve dated. I had planned to not date anyone and not express my personal preferences to anyone until after I graduated, passed boards, and was employed.” Eli looked up at Kam kind of sheepishly. 

Kam raised her eyebrows, held up their untwined hands, and asked, “so then why are we here?” 

Elise continued to look at Kam while she considered how to answer that question. “Well, I’m drawn to you Kam. Giving you my number was a bit of an impulse, but I’m not sorry I did it.” Eli leaned forward and again put her free hand on Kameron’s cheek before finishing, “I’ve really enjoyed our time together. I wouldn’t take it back even if I could.” She smiled big and bright and Kameron couldn’t help but smiled back. 

“I’m kind of attracted to you too, in case you haven’t noticed.” 

At Kam’s response, Elise moved toward her and brushed their lips together softly before staring into her eyes. Kameron felt like Eli could see clear through to her soul. She may feel differently later, but at that moment, she didn’t care. Kameron leaned forward and much less gently took Eli’s lips in a kiss that although started innocently, quickly became intense. Kameron may have escalated the kiss, but Elise was right there with her. Both were moving their heads and lips, trying to get closer, deeper. Elise let go of Kam’s hand and wrapped her arm around her mid back with the other hand moving from her cheek into Kam’s hair to the back of her head. With both hands, she pulled Kameron’s body flush against hers, Kameron ended up straddling Eli’s lap. Kam places her hands on Eli’s shoulders and caresses her as they take from and give to each other.  Although Elise’s heart is pounding fast and her breathing is becoming erratic, she can’t help but think, this is so much better than any kiss I ever had with any of my boyfriends. So this is what I’ve been missing, WOW!  This intensity goes on for several more minutes. 

Elise is reluctant initially when Kam goes to pull back and chases her with her mouth as she straightens up. Kam moves her hands from a caressing motion to a firm hold on her shoulders to prevent Eli from continuing to deepen the kiss or worse yet, attempt to move beyond that point. Timidly at first and then more forcefully, “Eli… Eli!” Looking into each other’s eyes, Kam continues, “We have to stop. We’re in a parking lot... at the mall.” Kameron begins to laugh as Eli looks around as if she is just remembering where they are, as if in a daze. Elise’s eyebrows go up and her mouth opens as if in surprise, and Kameron laughs even harder. “Hey,” Kameron says as she moves one hand from Elise’s shoulder to an open palm on her cheek, “Do you want to come over and we can continue this there?” Kameron begins to play with a loose strand of Eli’s hair and winds it around her finger; that finger then moves from her ear down her cheek, slowly, toward her neck. Elise turns toward her hand and kisses the palm of Kam’s small, feminine, perfectly manicured hand. Kameron’s hand stops again on her shoulder and she smiles before she continues, “If you come over, we can either get take out or get delivery if you’d rather? I’m not picky. What do ya say? Would you like to come over?”

Elise closes her mouth, swallows nervously, and looks in Kam’s eyes shyly. Kam smiles before attempting to reassure Elise. “You kind of look like a deer caught in the headlights. We don’t have to do anything you aren’t comfortable with. If you aren’t ready, it’s okay. You just seemed really into it, and a parking lot isn’t a good place to make out….I’ll be honest, I was enjoying making out with you, but PDA isn’t really my thing. I rent my own apartment and since I know you have roommates, I figured we would have more privacy at my place. 

Elise looks like she is thinking and then nods. Kam smiles at her sudden nervousness, “which are you agreeing to?” 

“Umm, Yes, I’d like very much to see where you live. Are subs okay with you? We’ll grab a couple subs and I’ll follow you to your place?” 

Kam kisses Elise’s lips gently before answering, “yes, that sounds wonderful. There is one just down the street. If you want to follow me, we will stop there and then head over to my house.”

Elise kisses Kam gently then, before nodding. Kam slides off her lap, grabs her belongings, opens the truck door, and slides out onto the asphalt parking lot. “Please, follow me.” Kam winks, slams the door, and runs around to her car.