Truth of Dark Pasts, Serena Wood [read my book .txt] 📗

question becomes clear. When she moves to nip at my neck, a moan almost slips out and I know I have to say something before she has the chance to make me crumble.

“Um… C-can’t this wait? Until we’re not…  you know, not in school?” for a second she seems too busy sneaking her hands up my shirt to bother listening and I almost consider letting her get away with it until she stops. She moves back just enough to look at me, this storm brewing in those brown eyes. “No… I can’t wait, I need you now.” the sentence is enough to make anyone crumble down on their knees and I quickly forget all about stopping anything that’s to come.

She moves to unbutton my jeans and not knowing what else to do, I lean in to kiss her. She kisses back eagerly and before I know it, my pants are undone and her hand is inside of my underwear. I gasp at the contact, another moan trying to slip by. “Shh, wouldn’t want to draw any attention in here, would we?” the cockiness in her voice would make me want to snap back at her any other time, but right now I can’t be bothered with it. I end up biting my lip when her middle finger slips inside me.

I move to kiss her neck in an effort to distract myself from the pleasure that’s already starting to build up. Her ring finger moves to join the middle one and in reaction my back arches off the wall, pressing my body into hers. Her left hand moves from my hip to the arch of my back to keep me steady before she catches me off guard by slipping the third and final finger inside of me. Another gasp leaves my lips and in an effort to muffle the moans, I end up biting her shoulder. She groans and even in the heat of a moment like this, my instincts react and a “Sorry.” slips out.

“Don’t worry about it, it kinda felt good.” she mutters in this husky voice and before I have the chance to react to it, she forces another moan out of me. After that everything seems to unravel before me and before I know it I’m spiraling down into the familiar pleasure she always finds a way to drag out of me. The climax hits me without warning and I end up biting into her shoulder again to make sure the moans don’t become too audible. She groans and when the haze of the orgasm wears of I instantly feel bad for probably biting down too hard.

She pulls her hand out of my pants and I move back to leaning against the wall again. She stares down at her fingers for a second before curiosity gets to her and she moves to lick the wetness off of one of her fingers. “Don’t do that.” I grumble, worrying that anything that came from down there doesn’t taste good. “Why not? I like it, next time I might have to try going down on you. I saw that in a porno once, you know.” she chuckles and I nudge her playfully. “You’re not a porn star and I draw the line at that.” That cocky smirk appears again and for a second it amazes me how easily we can fall back into our old selves after something like this. “Yeah, well I’ll work on that later. You should get back to class before the cookies burn.” she jokes and moves to kiss my cheek.

I fix my jeans and pull my shirt back down before following her cautiously out of the stall. Somehow we got lucky and no one is around to bust us when we step out of the bathroom.

Chapter 14, "Lovers and Enemies"

 

☯River☯

Nearly right after we leave the bathroom and Ellie starts to walk back to class, I run right into someone. “Jeez, eyes on the road, River.” I turn my attention away from Ellie to find Kathy staring back at me quizzically. Much to my dismay, she notices Ellie just as the girl disappears into her classroom and it doesn’t take long for Kathy to make her own assumption.

“I see your talk with Ellie went well.” She grins from ear to ear. “Whatever, Kathy.” I grumble and she laughs. “Alright, alright. Just make sure you don’t get caught, you’ll get in big trouble for quickies like that. Trust me, I know from past experience.” She grins again and my natural instincts to deny kick in instantly. “It wasn’t…” but a lie doesn’t come to me fast enough and my denial is quickly shot down. She smirks, waiting for an explanation she knows won’t come. I let out a sigh, giving up on the sentence that I would have never finished. “It’s hopeless with you.”

“Only because you like me.” She smirks and her cockiness reminds me a lot of how I act at times. Maybe we have more things in common than I thought. “You’re alright.” I mutter and she seems satisfied with that answer.

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For a saturday, the day seems to drag by at an agonizing, boring pace. I barely make it a few hours after I wake up before I find myself calling Ellie.

A series of grumbles and the sound of the phone being dropped emit from the other side of the line before finally she answers“… h-hello?” her still half asleep voice rings out. “Sorry, I tend to forget I’m the early bird.” I chuckle softly, realizing she usually sleeps till noon on saturdays. Her voice seems to wake up a bit when I speak. “It’s okay, I was going to get up in a bit anyways.” She lies. Instantly I start to feel bad for calling, I should have let the poor girl sleep a little. My unintentional silence seems to quickly get to her. “So what did you need?” Now that the question comes up, I can’t seem to think of why I actually did call. “I, uh, I dunno.”

“Oh… Well text me if you remember. I’m gonna go get breakfast.” For some reason the thought of her hanging up sends me into a panic and a “Wait!” slips out before I know what to do. “Oh.. Okay.” She mutters, startled by something so sudden this early in her morning.

“Are you doing anything today?” I don’t know why I would even think to ask but it’s too late now. “Uh, not much of anything. Why?”

 

☀Ellie☀

After River hangs up I nearly fall out of the bed in a rush of excitement. I grab an outfit and rush downstairs to the bathroom to get ready. This is the first time River’s wanted to hang out over the weekend like this since the last summer I saw her. I hope this goes better than it did the last time. If only thoughts like that would stop pestering me, maybe I could actually get somewhere.

Time catches me off guard and before I know it, a knock on the front door makes me jump away from the mirror. I frown at my reflection, briefly getting that ‘I wish I had someone else’s body’ feeling. “El? Are you ready? I’m starving.” I hear River let herself in, this nervousness in her voice. Like she might find me with a knife again.

“Yeah, yeah. You eat like a horse, you can wait.” I call down and her tone seems to relax. “Whatever, just hurry up.”

I glance one last time at my reflection before turning to walk down the steps with a sigh. She greets me at the bottom step with her signature scowl on her face. “Food is life, the longer you take the more you drain me of li…” Her snide remark suddenly cuts short when she looks up from the time on her phone and her eyes lock onto mine. She gives me this look I can’t read before looking me up and down. I shift my weight uncomfortably. Do I look that bad? I spent all that time getting ready for nothing. “Why are you looking at me like that?” I break the silence to stop her staring and at the sound of my voice she snaps out of her thoughts. “Um, forget it. Let’s just go. I need food, pronto.”

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The quick trip to our favorite restaurant, The Latch, was an outing that went nothing like I was expecting.

The hipsterish, teen-infested restaurant has been around since our parents were our age. But it’s only been this “newage” place since it’s new owners took over, not long after River’s family moved into town. Ever since, its been out hang out. But just because it’s such a familiar place, doesn’t mean I expected River to change the rules of our “second home” around all in one day.

After I was done eating, I went to the bathroom to wash off the wing sauce that was starting to burn into a paper cut on my finger. I wasn’t expecting River to storm in and nearly push me into one of the stalls like she did at school just barely a day before. And just like in the dark spaces of the school’s stalls, she altered the rules of the place. The restaurant is no longer an innocent location where we have memories of our childhood. Now it’s just another place where she brought sex into the mix. Like the school; Like my house. Everything I know is slowly being corrupted, but yet, somehow I don’t mind.

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I walk out of the bathroom like I’m drifting on clouds. “Your afterglow is showing.” that cocky voice snickers in my ear and somehow it makes me break out into a smile. “Shut up.” I mumble and she responds with a laugh and a kiss on the cheek that I didn’t expect in a restaurant full of people. I soak up the attention gladly until her hands fall from my waist just before this dreaded voice rings out.

“River?” Chloe strolls up to us with this confused look on her face, like she’s hoping she’s just seeing someone that looks a lot like River. When the realization sinks in a glare gets thrown my way. “What the hell are you doing hanging out with her? We were supposed to go to the movies tonight, we kept calling you. What could you possibly be doing with that freak?”

“She was my friend way before you were, Chloe. There’s a lot I could be doing with her right now, which you’re ruining with your attitude by the way.” She backs away from me a bit and clearly she’s still playing that ‘just friends’ act. But yet, somehow the tone in her voice proves River’s still the “tough” one and she knows how to stand her ground; even if she’s not completely confident. Chloe looks me over for a minute, confusion still written on her nearly flawless features. “Look, I know we got pissed at each other yesterday but do you seriously want to risk hanging around her?”

“We already went over this, Chloe…” River starts but Chloe cuts her off with that growling tone that always made me fear her. So naturally I shrink back behind River as she starts to speak,“No, we didn’t. You use