Lips of an angel

Two

It turns out Mia and Nicole really hit it off at Jo's party.

So much so that we were having breakfast with Mia and Lola the very next morning. I would protest, but past experience has taught me that it is a fruitless exercise.

"Come on Liv, we are going to be late." Stuffing my head even further under my pillow I roll over and try my best to ignore Nix.

Why? Why would she want to see them again? We just saw them last night. Wasn't that enough social awkwardness for one night? But these are all rhetorical questions so I dont bother to voice them out loud.

Jo and Lilly, Tilly, Milly were lip locked the entire night, so it was up to me and Nix to entertain their guests. Which means it was really up to Nicole, and she was actually enjoying herself. I didn't have a problem with either of the newbies, I just didn't see why we needed to see them again so soon.

"I don't want to go." I shout into the pillow. The sound of Nicole stomping her feet at the foot end of the bed can be heard loud and clear. Even on the carpeted floor.

Despite several subtle attempts at getting Nicole to change her mind, I find myself sitting at the little bistro a few blocks from our apartment before noon on a Sunday morning. Behind dark sunglasses I down my second cup of coffee.

"Would you please stop mopping." Nicole says taking my hand and leaning across the table to talk to me.

"I thought it would be nice for us to have some new friends." She says rubbing her thumb on the back of my hand.

"We have friends." I say watching our new 'friends' approaching.

"Not couple friends, this will be great. You will see." Nicole says before the friendly couple is within earshot. She gently squeezes my hand as Mia says hi. Trying my best to be polite we manage make it through breakfast. And while I will admit that Mia and Lola are okay, I will still put in a request to see them in smaller doses.

Before breakfast ends we make plans to meet up for dinner in the week. Mia and Nicole are relentless in their quest to turn us into some kind of awesome foursome.

It doesn't take me long to realise that regardless of my protests we are doing this whether I like it or not. And to be honest, I really don't mind Mia and Lola's company on occasion, its just that the frequency of these visits are increasing at such a rapid rate that I am unable to come up for air in between.

The dinner is scheduled for Wednesday night. And just as we are saying goodbye, Lola stops us all and looks quite excited as she keeps tapping Mia on the arm. Mia looks completely enchanted by the little pixie bobbing along at her side and Nix is soaking it all in. Me, I would like to say that I perfected a look of indifference, but I would be lying. My levels of annoyance are at an all time high. I have had enough for one day, but I smile and nod politely instead.

"Oh, oh, I almost forgot." She says still hitting Mia's arm as we all look at her expectantly. Mia cant help but smile at how cute she is being. She even has me putting my frown on hold for a bit.

"I have my expo on Thursday. I would really love it if you all would come." She says looking at Nix who is already saying yes before Lola even finished her entire sentence. Lola's eyes rest on me and so does everyone elses. I don't have to look at Nicole to know that she is giving me her puppy dog eyes. With a sigh and drooped shoulders I turn to Nicole.

"You know I can't. Thursdays are reserved for Jo." I say wrapping my arms around Nicole's waist as she links her fingers behind my neck.

"Jo always has you on a Thursday, can we get you just this one night?" Nicole pleads as she leans in to kiss me before I can answer. I feel my cheeks reddening knowing that Mia and Lola are looking right at us.

"Baby, please don’t do this. You know I can’t. You have me every other day of the week." Before Nicole can respond I shake my head in the direction of our little audience and this manages to stop her.

Letting go of me she turns back to Mia and Lola.

"I will work on her and get back to you." She says to Lola as we say our goodbyes.

Thursday

"Two G&T's please." I say seated at the bar looking around at the new faces. Jo asked that we try out this new bar on the other side of town. Something about being tired of running into the same people.

"So tell me what I missed." Jo says taking her seat beside me as she grabs one of the G&T's I ordered.

"Besides your birthday?" I ask taking a sip of mine. Jo's attention is split between our conversation and eye f*****g a blonde at the other end of the bar.

"Hey asshole. You can at least pay attention to me for more than two minutes at a time. I got into a lot of s**t for tonight." I say finishing my drink thinking about the argument Nicole and I had on Sunday once we got home. And again on Tuesday and then again tonight before we got in separate cabs.

"Why? I thought Nix was cool with Thursday nights?" Jo says finally giving me her undivided attention, which is really rare unless she has you on your back.

"She was. I mean she is." I struggle to find the right words.

"Damnit Liv. Why do you put up with this s**t? You barely like her." Jo says calling the bartender for another round.

"Stop that s**t Jo. I told you I like her just fine. And besides its all actually your fault." I say swapping out my empty glass for a new one.

"That's the problem Liv, you not meant to be living with someone you like just fine. You not even meant to be in a relationship with someone you like 'just fine'. That is reserved for just f*****g. Even I know that." Jo says taking a sip and calling the bartender over again, but this time to order a shot for the blonde at the other end of the bar.

"I am not taking dating advice from you." I reply continuing to nurse my drink. Jo and I have had this discussion several times. Jo has seen me in a few relationships over the years. Because of that she is has also seen me at different levels of interest. There have been girls I have just been social with. There was some level of attraction but not enough for me to want to put in any real effort. It was more a case of see you when I see you.

Then there were those who could really get my blood boiling, but it never lasted longer that a couple of rounds.

There was also the rare case of soul crushing need to have you in my life, brain obsessing infatuation, that every lesbian encounters several times in their lives. Sadly those didn't last long either, mainly because I always seemed to pick the one girl with amnesia. The one girl who simply couldn't remember that she was already in a relationship with someone, air-go, you really shouldn't be f*****g the girl with the piercings in the bathroom while I am in the other room.

But Nicole was different. She came at a time in my life when I had been somewhere between recovering from soul crushing, brain obsessing infatuation and blood boiling random hookups.

She was too sweet to invoke either of these feelings in me. There was an attraction, more than see you when I see you though. She was just so goddamn nice. And safe. Nicole was able to hold my attention without making me feel like I would lose myself in her.

So I decided to make it work. It really hasn't been hard to do, which is part of the appeal. Nothing is too strenuous with Nix. Even her annoying traits are easy to overlook.

"So how is this s**t with Nix my fault?" Jo asks, once the blonde drops her number in front of her and whispers something in her ear.

"You introduced us to Mia and Lola. Now Nicole wants us to spend every free moment we have with our new friends doing couple things." I say finishing my drink and ordering another round.

"Who are Mia and Lola. And you have friends. Me!" Jo replies looking offended.

"That's what I said. But turns out your whorish ways are not appropriate for a 'couple' like me and Nix." The laughter coming from Jo has me checking if the blonde crawled under the bar and is now tickling Jo.

"What the f**k is so funny?" I ask not even attempting to hide my annoyance.

"My whorish ways. This is what baffles me. This chick doesn't even know you. She doesn't know that half my s**t I learnt from you. And which one is Mia?" She asks finishing her drink.

"Shut up! She doesn't need to know that s**t. Besides it's not like I am still doing it. And Mia is the tall one." I say taking a sip of my drink.

"Yeah, that's probably why you are bored out of your f*****g mind. When was the last time you pushed someone up against a wall and pounded into her until neither you or her could breath." The imagery is vivid and causes me to shake my head. I don't want to admit to Jo that it has been a while, and there are sometimes when I come across a girl who makes me want to do that to her. But none of it matters because I am with Nicole. And the random girl isn't worth it. But it does bum me out that it has never crossed my mind to do anything like that with Nicole. There are times when I can see that she wants more excitement in the bedroom. Well probably because that is the only place we ever do it. But s*x with Nicole has never been like that for me. Don't get me wrong we both get off, but she is just too nice for me to want to do things like that to her. Besides that kind of s*x usually f***s me over.

"Now that short one with the curly hair. I would like to get me a hand full of that and twist her several different ways."

Shaking my head, I finish my drink and turn to look at Jo.

"Well I think you may be s**t out of luck on this one. She seems happy with Mia and from what I can tell you really aren't her type."