6 comments/ 17565 views/ 12 favorites Realizing the Truth Ch. 01 By: les_sammy_0211 So this is my first story that I'm submitting on here. I've been thinking about it for awhile and finally I just decided to go ahead and give it a shot. I hope you all enjoy it and feel free to make comments and send me feedback. I'd appreciate it. ********************************************* All my life I knew I was different. I grew up only having two best friends, Bianca and Valerie. Our parents always called up the Three Musketeers. We went everywhere and did everything together except for our sports. We all had different interests. See me, I stand at 5'9", I have short brunette hair and hazel eyes, I'm the really muscled athletic type. My parents taught me to make sure I could always take care of myself so I got into boxing at the age of 4. Although a proclaimed butch, I is always dressed as if I'm about to head to a GQ photoshoot. With my perfectly fitting slacks, and the assortment of button-ups in my closet, no one can ever stop from taking a pitcure with the star of the McCallister basketball team. I've lead the McCallister Dragons to the state championships every year since freshman year. I'm S.J., by the way. Bianca, she's the dancer of the group. She spends all her time when she's not in school or hanging with us in the ballet studio that her father build especially for her. She's 5'4", petite, with blonde hair that everyone at our high school compares to Rapunzul because it hangs down to her tight buttocks. The girl lives in mini skirts that make her short legs seem to continue for days. Her B-cup breasts and her baby blues draw in both men and female stop to watch her walk away. Then there's Valerie. Most people don't really stop to look at her because she's so reserved, but whenever we plan to go out for a night on the town, you can't stop your eyes from traveling over her 5'6" stature. Valerie have long brunette hair and emarald eyes, she the athletic type, which makes her round butt and her C-cup breasts, which are her best feature if you can look past her amazing white smile, even firmer in her 19 year old frame. Valerie is the star of the soccer team and every season she has her pick of a rookie from any of the opposing teams. Although the three of us are different, we all have one major thing in common. We're all lesbians. Our parents think that it was something that happened when we grew up and started to find ourselves, when it was really just the fact that none of us enjoyed the experiences we'd had with the males at our high school. Anyway, it was exactly three weeks before our senior prom and none of us had decided who we were going to go with so we agreed to hit the mall of school that Friday. I walked into the food court to find Bianca sitting with one of the most notorious lesbians at McCallister. "So ... Are you gonna take me to the prom?" the notorious skank, Quel, asked Bianca. "Sure .. If you want me take you, I will. No one has asked me and I'm not interested in anyone right now." Bianca answers. "Great!" Quel exclaimed. "You can pick me up at 7." She continued and kissed Bianca on the cheek before waving at me and bouncing off. "I can't believe you just did that." I said as I sat down shaking my head. "What?! What did you expect me to do? Tell her no? Hell .. You weren't gonna ask me." Bianca said the last part so low I barely heard her. "Um ... What? You wanted me to ask you?" I asked looking at her slanted. "Yes. I've been flirting with you the last couple weeks hoping to hint that I did. But I guess you aren't interest." B, as I loved calling her, looked like I'd just punched her in the chest. I didn't know what to say and I clearly hadn't picked up on her intentions. We always flirted with each other. Yes, it was true that I'd always felt a deeper connection to B since we spent most of the summers in her dance studio. Her practicing, me watching and enjoying the passion she clearly had. I neer stopped to think about it beyond that, but I had to admit if only myself that hearing her agree to take Quel had irked me for reasons I didn't quite see until she was looking at me like that. I was then I began looking at her like a potential girlfriend. Full lips, baby blue eyes that I always loved. As I thought to myself, I realized that my best friend had been the person I was looking for when I dated women and not ever seen it. I must have been making her uncomfortable, because she said, "Hello? S.J.? Are you even listening to me crazy woman?" "Huh? What?" I said shaking my head clear of my realization. She sighed and said, "I was trying to tell you that Valerie just texted me and said that she couldn't make it today and that she was sorry." "Oh. Um ... That's okay. Do you wanna stay or do you wanna come over to my place? We could order a pizza and watch movies. My parents went to that banquet thing for the hospital tonight. They decided to go straight to their conference after. So ... Um, the place is all mine until Monday night. You could sleep over if you wanted. Or I could take you out or home ..." I was clearly babbling and she began to laugh. I looked down at the table contemplating why I was acting like a complete idiot around the person I'd known all my life. She put her hand over mine and said, "We can do whatever you want. I just want hang with you. I didn't really mean to tell you about ..." She trailed off as she thought about what she was going to say. Then looked at our hands and pulled her away and smiled at me. Then clearing her throat she stood and looked down at me, holding out her hand, she said, "I think we're overdue for a sleepover. I'll text V car and she if she wants to join." I was a little disappointed that it wouldn't be just the two of us, and then felt guilty because when I initially made the offer, our last Musketeer had been nowhere in the thoughts. Standing up, I took her hand and began to walk towards the exit. Looking down at her I said, "Sure. That sounds like a plan." During the 15 minutes it took to get to my house, B told me that Valerie had declined and I wondered what was going on, but didn't vocalize my concern. Instead I thought about what that meant for B and I. My parents place empty aside from the two of us for the entire weekend. I smiled at the thought, B clearly noticed and said that I looked like I was happy. I told her I was as I pulled into my parking space in front of the mini mansion. I never understood why we had so much space in the house, but I was always thankful. I got out first and opened the door for Bianca. She looked a little confused since I'd never done that before. I told myself to be normal. I'd made up my mind to tell Bianca how I felt while I was staring at her and now I had the whole weekend to do it perfectly. Only thing I regretted was that B was going to take the skank, Quel, to the prom when now more than ever I wanted to take her. We'd have to fix that too, I suppose. After changing into a pair of grey Dickies and a white wifebeater. I ordered a couple large pizzas from PizzaHut. That's another thing I love about Bianca and never seen. As much dedication as she had for dancing, she had just as much when it came to her stomach. I laughed out loud. It was then I realized how close B was standing to me when I felt her fingertips trace lightly over the tatto on my right bicep. "What are you doing?" I asked shocked at the contact she'd made over a hundred times before. "Nothing. I'm sorry. You looked really hot and then standing there thinking about something deeply enough I don't think you even heard the doorbell ring. I came to get the money for the pizzas. Are you okay?" She added after a second. I handed her the money for the pizza and tip for the delivery boy. I turned and followed her to the door. Telling her I was fine as I took the boxes from her. Saying hello to the delivery boy who I recognized from the guy I went to. Saying bye she closed the door and followed me to the kitchen. She looked at me for a while and the said, "Are you gonna tell me what's up with you, S.J., or am we really just gonna eat those delicious pizzas and act like there is nothing going on with us?" I was speechless at how direct she was being with me when she wasn't known to be with women she liked. I finally swallowed audibly, sighed and then said," I think I'm in love with you. I don't know when it happened, but I know I realized it this afternoon as I sat there staring at you." She just looked at me with her mouth hanging open and I immediately wished I'd kept my mouth shut. I opened it to apologize or tell her it was a joke or something. I just couldn;t take how she was looking at me. I turned around and walked to the fridge figuring that a glass of anything would do us both some good. I grabbed the two bottles of soda and turned back in time to bump into her. She took the bottles from me and placed them on the counter. Turning back to me, she placed her hands on my shoulder, as she closed her eyes, she leaned into me. I was shocked but only for a second and my mouth captured hers. It was like electricity shot through the both of us as we fused together. My hands diving into her hair and her arms linking around my neck pulling me even closer when I didn't think it was possible. After what seemed like forever, but was probably just a few minutes, we seperated, both breathless. "Are you okay with what just happend?" We seemed to ask at the same time and both laughed. "Yes" I said, then she repeated. Taking her by the hand, I lead her to my room. Sitting down on my bed. I looked at her. She was smiling and I leaned forward and kissed her again. As the kiss grew more passionate, my mouth trailed down to her neck, I must have found one of her sensite spots because she moaned into my ear. The sound of it drove me crazy. I quickly took off her shirt. Tossing it aside, I removed her bra only halting when I heard her gasp and then shiver under my hands. I pulled back and looked at her. She had her eyes half closed and her mouth open. I continued to look at her until she opened her eyes completely. She looked back at me and asked, "What's wrong? Do you not want to do this anymore?" I shook my head and replied, "Yes, sweetie, I do. I just want to make sure that you do." Instead of answering my question, she stood, removed her skirt and her g string came off along with it. I sat there staring at the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. Her pussy was completely bald. I could see the moisture on the folds of her pussy. She started moving towards me and taking off my clothes. Once we were both completely naked, I layed her in the middle of my bed and straddled her. We kissed while I rubbed her magnificant breasts. Applying pressure to her nipples caused her to groan in my mouth. Wanting to hear her cry out, I began to kiss my way down her body. My mouth capturing her left boob, liking around the aerola until my tongue hits her nipple. B begins writhing underneath me causing my teeth to scrape against her. Arching her back, more of the breast slides into my mouth just in time for me to release it. She begins to whine and I move to her right breast. I give it the same treatment, only this time biting gentlely on her nipple on purpose. Continuing my journey down her body, I lick the inside of her thighs to tease her until she finally says, "S.J.! Damnit! My pussy is pulsing so fast I can barely breath. Please!" I smiled to myself before licking her slit with my flat tongue. She moaned out. That sent me over an edge. I parted her pussy lips with my fingers and slid my tongue into her hot hole. She moaned out, "YES! OH YES!" I began massaging her clit with my fingers. I knew she was close to exploding and I wanted her juices flowing into my mouth. I moved my tongue to her clit and teased it with the tip of my tongue. She began to moan louder. "Put your fingers into me! Fill mme with your fingers, S.J.! YES! FUCK! YES" I slid one finger in and out of her leaking pussy and then added another and another until I had four fingers in her pussy grasping trying to take purchase. I thrust my fingers deeper until they hit her g spot. One after the other. She screamed when each hit her spot, "YES!!! Right there! Right fucking there! S.J.! S.J.! YESSSS!!!! OH GOD!" Wrapping my lips around her clit, I moved my tongue back and forth until she started screaming even louder, " YESSSSSS! Oh fuck! S.J.!!! I'm going to cum! I'M CUMMMMMMIIINNNGGG!!!" It was then I found out Bianca was a squirter as her juices shot to the back of my throat. I never removed my lips from her clit until the pleasure became pain and she pushed my head away. As I removed my fingers, she groaned. Moving up to her body, I wrapped my arm around her stomach and awaited her return from the high she was on. Once she was back, she turned and smiled at me. Then said, "That was so incredible." I kissed her letting her taste herself on my tongue, pulling away, I said, "Yes. I was." "I had no idea it could be like that. It hasn't been like that with anyone. EVER!" She said still half dazed. I laughed and said, "I'm glad. You should get cleaned, you know?" She looked at me kind of confused, "I don't get to do you?" she asked. "No, sweetheart, I'm fine. You know where the showers are. I'm going to go get the pizza and drinks." With that I got dressed and walked out of the bedroom and back to the kitchen. I wasn't sure why I didn't let her make love to me when my whole body was craving it, but I didn't think about it. I needed time to figure out where I wanted us to go from here and so did she. Even if she didn't realize it. Making my way back to my room, Bianca was wearing one of my t-shirts and gym shorts. She looked angry for some reason so I asked, "Is something wrong?" She turned and looked at me, "Yes. More than I can explain right now, but we need to get to the hospital." I instantly walked to her trying to figure out where she was hurt. I wasn't that rough with her. She caught on to my worry and shook her head then continued, "No, no. It's not me. It's Valerie. She's been attacked." Realizing the Truth Ch. 02 My mind seemed to launch in a thousand directions, but my body reacted just the way it should have. I put the food on my desk and grabbed my Jordans. While I laced up my sneakers, B put herself back together. I couldn't help wondering if I'd just thrown away a lifetime of friendship to have the satisfaction of her being in my bed... I let that thought go. I knew I did the right thing. I was in love with this woman and I was going to do whatever I had to in order to keep her. B's voice finally penetrated my thoughts when she asked, "Are you ready?" I automatically jumped up and said, "Yeah. Let's go." We rushed downstairs. I only stopped to grab my car keys and cell phone. Dashing out the door, I locked it and ran to my car. Turning the ignition, I looked at B for a sceond, nothing on her face showed what she was thinking, so I backed out of the driveway and sped to the hospital. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie I looked at my watch and saw that it was 4:13. I was supposed to meet S.J. and Bianca at the food court in less than 20 mintues, but I really didn't feel like going and being the third wheel in the group because they were too blind to see that they liked each other. Shaking my head, I see the Starbucks just as I enter the mall. I walked to the counter, I seriously needed a vanilla bean frappe. As I ordered, I heard a voice behind me say, "Wow. You are way too beautiful to be here alone. Where's your boyfriend?" I turn to see a tanned guy in a muscle shirt. He looked like he was in his early twenties. I had to return the smile he was giving me as it became seemingly etched into my brain. I shook my head and answered, "I don't have a boyfriend and I do some of my best work alone, thank you very much." He smile never changing as he said, "Ah! So is that why you're here? You're working?" "No, I'm currently not working. I'm supposed to meet a few friends here in a little while." I answered, shaking my head again. He gave me the most adorable puppy dog face and replied, "Aww. See now I'm going to be bored. I was hoping to spend my afternoon with a gorgeous girl and get to know her over a cup of joe." I laughed then and said, "Sorry. You'll have to find your entertainment elsewhere. Hopefully with a girl who is straight and not bright enough to notice that you aren't looking for anything but to get in her pants." I started to walk away after I got my frappe, but he stepped into my way. "So you're gay then?" He asked with a smirk on his face. "Yes, I'm gay. If you'll excuse me, I have to go." I walked out of Starbucks and decided I wasn't really up for playing with S.J. and B. I glanced at the food court to see them totally engrossed in each other. I texted Biance letting her know I wasn't showing up and my regrets before walking back to my car. I looked up as I walked and saw that the sun was just setting. Wishing I had someone to share the beautiful image with was the last thing I remember before waking up in the hospital room. I looked up to see S.J. and Bianca walk into the room. I instantly began to sob. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S.J. The entire ride to the hospital was complete silence. Bianca didn't so much as look at me. I couldn't figure out what to say, so I decided to say nothing at all, but that didn't seem to help. We got to the hospital and I spoke to her for the first time, "I'm sure she's going to be fine." She didn't look up from the spot she'd fixed her eyes on. We walked to the nurses station, "Hello. I'm looking for Valerie Montegomery. Can you tell me what room she's in?" The young nurse looked at me, first with a rather somber expression and then her face seemed to light up. She just stared at me as her mouth hung open, not saying a word. I was used to young bi or lesbian girls reacting this way towards me especially given the freshman at McCallister, but right now it was annoying and it clearly registered in my voice as I said, "Hello? Valerie Montegomery. Where?" The nurse fumbled with some papers before finally saying, "Room 2010. Just go straight to the end of the hall, make the first right and it's the third door down on the lefthand side." I nodded my head before walking away not saying anything else, but Bianca spoke for the first time, "It must be really nice for you to just get whatever you want, when you want it and not care one way or the other." That halted me and I spun around to looked down at her and said, "Excuse me?! What exactly was that?" She muttured a nothing as she walked past me and turned towards Vale's room. I caught up with her. As we entered, Valerie burst into tears. Instinctively, I walked up and wrapped my arms around her. She wept on my shoulder while Bianca came to the other side of her and held onto her as well. The three of us just sat there hugging until Valerie laid back down and drifted to sleep. It was at that moment, I saw Vale's mom. She motioned for us to go outside the room seemingly relieved that Valerie had fallen asleep. We followed her out and then hugged us before saying, "I was the one who texted you a little while ago." "I'm glad you did." Bianca answered before I could say anything. I immediately asked next, "Do you know what happened to her?" Valerie's mom looked down and said, "Yes. She was attacked. The videotape at the mall shows her being ambushed by a small group of young men." Bianca and I both looked at each other with shock. "Did you say the mall?" We both asked at the same time. "Yes, she was supposed to meet you two there from the message she sent me this afternoon. I'm not exactly sure why she wasn't, but she doesn't remember anything. All I know is that from the tests the doctor ran, she was raped mutiple times, given the amount of semen they found on her .." Vale's mom broke off crying before continuing, "On her body and face. They have a few faces of the men who ambushed her, but I don't know anymore than that." She left it at that as we heard Valerie call out for her mom. Vale's mom rushed back into the room and then after a series of "okays" she came back out and told us that Vale didn't want us there right now and she'd call them both later on when she felt up to it. We both explained that we understood and turned to leave. As we walked towards the entrance, the nurse from earlier stopped me. "Yes?" I said after walking towards her. "Hey. Um ... I don't know if you'd be up for it, but um, I was wondering if you'd, like, maybe want to go out to dinner with me tonight?" She asked stuttering through her question. I could feel Bianca's eyes peering through the back of my skull. "That's um, really nice and all, but I'm not really up for that right now. Thanks for the offer though." I told her as easily as I could. She was clearly disappointed, but didn't let it show for long. Then she began scribbling on a piece of paper and handed it to me before saying, "Well, if you change your mind at anytime, just give me a call. I'm Nicki, by the way." She extended her hand. I shook it as I introduced myself and told her that if anything changed, I'd let her know. She smiled and turned back to her work. I walked to where Bianca was standing and we exited the hospital together. She said nothing until we got back into my car, "Well?" I looked at her trying to figure out what that meant. I stared at her blankly and she added, "Are you going to go out with Nicki?" I looked at her and just turned the ignition on the car. I didn't answer her. I didn't say anything until we were a few minutes away from my house and then I said, "I'll let you get dressed in your own stuff. Let me know when you're done and I'll take you home." I pulled into my driveway as I finished the sentence and was out of the car before she could even respond. I walked to the front door, unlocked it and walked inside closing the door behind me. I walked up the stairs and into my bedroom before I even heard the front door open again. Grabbing the cold pizza off my desk, I grabbed my remote and flipped through the channels of me t.v. until I settled on Bones. Just as I got comfortable, I saw my door swing open and Bianca standing there, fury all over her face. I flicked a glance at her before returning to Bones and asked, "Everything okay?" "Is everything okay?! How can you even ask that? How can you lie there eating pizza in the same bed that you fucked me blind in a few hours ago and act like it never happened? Like it meant nothing to you?!" She yelled at me with the same anger she did back when we were 8 and I destroyed all her Barbie dolls because she called me a boy for dressing in only jean shorts and oversized t-shirts. "How? Well, let's see, I'm hungry, this is my bed, I never said that it didn't happen or that it meant nothing to me, but given your behavior since it happened, I figured it'd be better if we didn't spend this weekend together. You're welcome to take a box of pizza with you so that you can enjoy it as well, this is an amazing pie." I answered her without looking at her. I laughed as Hodgins and Zack did another crazy experiment. At that exact moment, she ripped the electric cord from the wall and turned so she was standing at the end of the bed in front of me. "You know, I always knew you were a player when it came to you bedding girls, but I never thought I'd be just another one of those girls for you, S.J." "I never said you were, Bianca. The instant I walked back into this room earlier, you've been acting like a bitch. I know that we're lesbians and our emotions are pretty much always in the way, but give me a break. Do you really think that I brought you back here so that I could fuck you and then just leave it alone?!" "Yes! Because that's exactly what you did. I didn't even touch you after you kissed me. You just detached yourself and walked away. Do you have ANY idea of how much that hurt?" "Hurt?! Hurt you?! Was I not the one to confess my love for in my own damn kitchen?! You think this is about a fuck?! You and I both know that I look at a girl and smile I can have my head between her legs when I want! Don't give me this crap about you being hurt, B. I'm right here. I've been right here. You're the one acting weird. Making your snitty little comments at the hospital and in the car. You make me seem like some pussy chasing whore when we both know that I'm not! But you know what, maybe that is what you think about me. So let me make this very easy for you. Get dressed and meet me downstairs in 10 minutes. I need to get you home so I can I get ready for my date tonight." I got up and walked out of the bedroom, leaving both Bianca and the pizza behind. I walked into the gym my parents had built for me so I could train at home when I wanted. I grabbed my boxing gloves and walked over to the punching bag. I began to pound the bag as tears feel from my eyes. I can't believe she's making it seem like I just slapped her in the face. I just need to think. Hell, she needed to think. I need to know that she's committed to me and no one, but me. I continued to thrash the bag even though I couldn't see anything past my tears. I loved her. I was in love with her. One of my best friends and she making me seem like a whore. Well, I'll show her exactly how much of one I could be. Even if I never touched Nicki, she'd be a damned good distraction from Bianca and all this bullshit. Maybe I'll even ask her to go with me to prom. Hmmm ... That would put Bianca in her place. As the tears finally stopped, so did my fists. I removed the gloves and whipped my face with one of the towels I keep in there. I walked downstairs in my sweat stained undershirt. Grabbing the box of pizza I ordered specifically for Bianca and my car keys, I walked to the front door. She stood in front of me. Our faces so close the slightest move would bring our lips together. I took a few steps back, I had no intention of being that close to her again. She stepped towrads me, I put up a hand and said, "Look, just stop. Clearly us being together was a very bad idea. Now we know and can file it away in the Don't Ever Do That Again pile. Let me take you home so I can get back and get washed up." With that I opened the door and walked towards me car. As I started to back out of the driveway, Bianca asked, "Are you really going to go out with Nicki?" I looked at her but didn't answer. She continued by asking, "Well, are you going to fuck her?!" Again, I didn't answer except I didn't even look at her this time. I pulled to the curb in fron to her house. She didn't get out of the car though, so I got out and walked over to her door and opened it from the outside. She looked up at me. I looked straight ahead and said, "Get out of my car, Bianca." She did. I closed the door as soon as she was clear from it, reached in the backseat, handed her the box and began walking back to the driver's side. I was just about to climb in when she said, "S.J., if you truly love me, you wont do this. If you truly love me, you'll call Nicki right now and tell her that something came up and you can't make it. You'll take me back to your house and make love to me. You'll tell me you love me and we'll figure this, us, out, but please don't do this." I just looked at her. I stood there looking at her and then finally said, "I do love you, Bianca, but you clearly don't understand to what extent. I told you I was in love with you before I made love to you and then you got upset when I wouldn't let you touch me, well guess what, I didn't because I wanted to know that you loved me back before I did that. Now ... Now, I'll never trust you enough to let you touch me again." I got behind the wheel of my Chrystler 300 S and drove off without saying another word to her. Later that night, I did go out with Nicki. She wanted me to fuck her, but I couldn't touch her. I didn't even have the desire to. I was afraid Bianca had destroyed my sex drive. I didn't let my mind stay on Bianca long, but unfortunately, I didn't have much of a choice because when I pulled into my driveway half an hour later, there she was, leaning against my door waiting for me. I sat in my car trying to figure out how to handle it and then decided I'd do nothing at all, I got out of my car and walked towards my door. As I approached, Bianca came to meet me. I stepped around her and unlocked my door. Turning around to keep her outside I said, "Can I help with something, Bianca?" No emotion showing in my voice. She stepped back onto the porch and said, "Yes. You and I need to talk. Can I come in?" And that was the question I didn't know how to answer. I just stood there looking at her for awhile and then said, "No. Anything you have to say to me, you can say Monday morning at school." With that I closed my front door and locked it before sliding to the floor and bawling my eyes out. Realizing the Truth Ch. 03 S.J. The rest of the weekend, I stayed at home and either cried or beat the hell out of my boxing equipment. Nicki called me a few time trying to get me to hang out with her, but everytime I thought about her, I thought of Bianca leaning in front of my door after our date. I couldn't bring myself to tell her why I didn't want to be around her so I just stopped taking her calls. I'd gotten a few calls and text messages from Bianca, but I never read or answered them. Then around 3:00 on Sunday everything shifted. I got a call after checking the caller i.d. I automatically answered. It was Valerie asking me to come by her house because they released her from the hospital. I immediately rushed over. Pulling up in front of her house, I sat afraid that I might have to be around Bianca, but I went inside anyway. Her mom looked down the hall from the kitchen and motioned for me to go over to her. "Hello, Mrs. Montegomery." I said when I was standing in front of her. "Hello, S.J., dear. It's very good to see you again." She replied. "You as well, Mrs. Montegomery. I was very glad to get a call from her." I said after taking the cup of orange juice she handed me. "I was glad she called one of you. She's just been in her room in kind of a frenzy trying remember things from Friday. I've been kind of worried, I won't keep you from her any longer, just try and get her to relax. I'll bring you girls some food in a little while." She said, obviously trying to keep busy. "I'll do my best. Thanks for the juice and some food would be great." I said and began walking towards the stairs. Just as I started to turn and begin my journey up, the front door opened. I turned thinking it might be Vale's dad and was caught breathless as Bianca walked in. She froze as she saw me. I didn't want to be here anymore, but it was for Valerie so I just turned and began up the stairs. "S.J.! Wait!" Bianca called behind me, trying her best to keep her voice down. I stopped halfway up the stairs, but I didn't turn or speak. "We really need to talk and I think it should be before we go up to Valerie." She kind of whispered like she was speaking as much to herself as to me. I still didn't answer. I just shook my head and continued up the stairs, walking into Valerie's room, the last thing I heard her say was please. "Hey, V." I said as I walked in. "S.J.!" She seemed really happy to see me. She rushed over and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her head the way I always do. I pulled back, only slightly and said, "How are you, sweetheart?" Before she could answer, Bianca walked into the room and said, "Hey, hunny." Valerie looked around my arm and smiled at Bianca and said, "Hey. Come over here and join in the love." I did not like the idea of being close to Bianca again, especially not in a hug, but I didn't have to get away before I felt Bianca's arms around my waist. Valerie laughed and said, "Oh yeah! S.J. sandwich. Just like the old days." I laughed and kissed her head again, before saying, "Yep, sweetheart, just like the old days, but I was working out before I came over so I'm just gonna go to the restroom really quick." With that I detached myself from the both of them and walked into the bathroom in her room. Behind the door, I could here them talking, but I was so close to tears, I didn't care about what. I turned on the faucet and splashed water in my face before looking at myself in the mirror. "Keep it together. The only reason you're here is for Valerie. Don't be rude, but there is no reason to have any direct conversations with HER. She broke your heart and there is nothing you have to say to her. Nothing." I told myself, wipping my face, I opened the door to see Valerie leaning against it. She looked at me and said, "Who were you talking to, S.J.?" "Huh? Oh! No one, sweetheart. Just was thinking out loud." I replied and put my arm around her shoulder. "Alright. So ... Who broke your heart?" She asked just as we sat down on her bed. I realized that I was unbearably close to Bianca so I got up and sat at Vale's desk in the corner before I answered, "Sweetheart, I came over to be with you and talk to you about whatever you wanted, but I can't talk about that. So can we just not?" She was looking directly into my eyes and just nodded. I smiled before a knock came on the door. It was Vale's mom. "Hey, ladies. Pizza has arrived." She said as she sat the two boxes on end of Vale's bed and handed each of us a plate. "I'll be right back with your sodas." She said before she walked out. Only Vale made a move for the pizza. Her mom came back and handed each of us our favorite bottle of soda. After saying our thanks, she left. I opened my soda and downed half of it in the first gulp. Valerie laughed and said, "Wow. Should've told mom you were so thirsty, she would've brought you two." I looked at her and laughed before saying, "It's okay. I'll go get another when I'm done if I want it." She nodded and began eating the pizza. She nudged the box towards me and I took a few slices, then did the same to Bianca. We all sat in silence eating until my phone rang. I answered without looking at the caller i.d. It was Nicki. I turned away from the girls and talked to her. "Hey, baby." She asked why I hadn't been answering her calls. "I'm sorry. I've been training all weekend. Just trying to keep in shape in case I get a match. I was going to call you once I got home." She asked where I was. "I'm at Valerie's." Nicki knew it was the same girl I went to the hospital to see and said she was glad I was spending time with her. "Yeah, I'm glad I get the chance to. I'll call you back later. We have to talk about something, but it can't be right now." She didn't answer at first and then said it was fine. Just call when I got the chance. I told her I would and we said our good-byes. I turned back to the girls and Valerie had a smile on her face, while Bianca looked close to tears. I looked down. "So ... Nicki? New girlfriend you neglected to tell us about?" Valerie asked. "I don't want to hear about a new girlfriend. You know she isn't going to stay with her long." Bianca snapped. My head popped up, my eyes wide in disbelief that she'd said that and I shook my head a few times. A tear escaped my eye. Bianca saw it and her mouth opened like she wanted to say something, but it was Valerie who spoke, "S.J.? What's wrong, hun?" I wiped the tear away and said, "Nothing. Everything was fine. I just don't want to talk about my love life, okay?" She nodded again and said, "Sure. That's okay. Hey! Can we go get a few things for prom next week? It's almost here!" "Of course we can." Bianca and I spoke at the same time. I seemed to shrink. I didn't say much after that unless Valerie spoke to me directly. Her and Bianca talked about how it was good she still wanted to go even after everything happened. Valerie told us that she even had a date with Martha, the cute blonde she'd been crushing on all year, but never spoke to. By 8:30, I was exhausted and wanted to get home. "Hey, V. It was really good seeing you and I'm glad that everything is going okay, but we have school in the a.m. and I need to catch some sleep if I'm gonna be there on time." I said to her. She laughed and said, "Yeah. I know. I just miss you guys. I didn't realize it was so late. I guess I should be taking my butt to sleep too." Bianca and I both laughed, but it was Bianca who spoke, "Yeah. You do, knowing you, you'll still be late. Always ignoring your alarm. What's the point of setting it if you aren't gonna wake up when it tells you?" Valerie laughed again, "So I can know just how late I am, when I finally get up." I laughed hard enough to bring tears to my eyes. She was truly a weird one, but I loved her like a baby sister. I walked over and hugged her tight before I said, "Well, try and be there before third period, sleepy head and I'll meet you at lunch." "It's a deal." She said as she pulled away to hug Bianca. I gathered up all the trash to take downstairs when my hand brushed Bianca's, I immediately moved away. I grabbed the rest of the trash, said good night to both of them and then moved to the door. I was halfway down when I realized Bianca was right behind me. I turned towards the kitchen and she stayed at the bottom of the steps. After throwing the stuff away, I walked back towards the door to see her still standing there. I opened the door for her but she just looked at me. I shook my head at walked out. Again, she was right behind me. I turned and abruptly bumped into her. I jumped back and looked at her before I said, "What the hell? What do you want, Bianca? You're starting to feel like a damn stalker!" She didn't say anything. Just looked at me. "Fine!" I said and walked the rest of the way to my car. I opened the door and was about to climb in when she finally said, "Can you give me a ride home please?" I looked at her. Bianca lived half an hour away from Valerie and that was a long time to be alone in the car with her. Too long for how I was feeling right now, but I couldn't just leave her there. Who knew when her dad would come get her. So I reluctantly agreed. She smiled and said thank you before getting into the the car. I said nothing as we drove away from the Montegomery house. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Bianca I was so glad she agreed to take me home. I told my dad not to worry about picking me up because I was sure S.J. would bring me. She hadn't spoken to me since she argeed and I was beginning to worry that I had permanently screwed up any chance I had of being with her after everything I said to her Friday. When she dropped me off at home and drove off leaving me standing there with that freaking pizza box, I almost just threw it away, but I figured I'd drown my sadness in a amazing pizza. In my room, I was truly shocked when I opened the box and read what it spelled out. Will you go to prom with me instead? I was so shocked. I couldn't believe that S.J., star of the school basketball team, and the most gorgeous women I'd ever laid eyes on was even going to ask me to go to prom with her. I closed the lid and grabbed my cell phone. I called Quel and told her that I couldn't go to prom with her. She whinned asking why not, but I didn't answer her. I just said that she'd have to find someone else. Now I was sitting in the car with a woman I was completely in love with and who I knew not only because she'd told me, but showed me that she loved me. I just kept remembering Friday. All the horrible things I'd said and assumed about her. My best friend. I knew she wasn't the player everyone thought she was, but as soon as my heart was involved, I'd turned into everyone else. I couldn't blame her if she never wanted to be with me again, I'd hurt her by not trusting her like I knew she deserved. S.J. had always been the one person to protect me even if it meant her getting hurt and I'd turned on her. She wasn't the one afraid of her feelings. I was and I had no clue how to fix it. I looked over at her. She was looking straight ahead just driving. Changing the radio station if they played something she didn't want to listen to or started talking to much. I knew this woman in and out. How could I have been so cruel? How am I going to fix this? Apologize! Something within me screamed. "Um ... S.J.?" I started. She looked at me briefly and said, "Yeah?" "Can we go to your house instead? I would really like to talk to you and it has to be tonight." I said looking down at my hands. "Whatever you want to say, Bianca, you can say it now. We still have like 15 minutes before we get to your house. So just say what you want to say." She said. "Um ... Well, first I wanted to say that I'm really sorry for how I treated you on Friday. All the things I said to you ... It was really mean of me and I know that it was wrong of me." "Don't worry about it, Bianca. Like I said then, it was probably a bad idea for us to be together the way we were, despite my feelings for you. I'll get over them and you. It'll just take time and I have nothing but time, so just don't worry about it." "No! I mean, I don't want you to get over them. I don't want you to get over me. Yes, what I said to you was very wrong, but the way I feel about you isn't. I was afraid of them, of being with you, but I'm not afraid anymore, S.J. I promise. I'm ready to be with you." She looked over at me and shook her head, then said, "You read the pizza? You didn't just throw it away like I figured you would." "Yes. I read it. I almost did just throw it away, but it wasn't the pizza's fault so I figured I might as well eat it. When I opened it. I read it and cried because I was so wrong about everything. I think I knew I was wrong, but even as I said all of it, I couldn't stop myself." "Like I said, don't worry about it, Bianca. You're going to prom with Quel. I'll just go alone or take Nicki or something. It's fine. I don't really care anymore." "I will worry about it, because I'm not taking Quel anymore and you damn sure aren't taking Nicki. Not while I can breathe." "That's not really your choice, Bianca. You aren't my girlfriend. I can do what I want, when I want, with whom ever the hell I want." "I want to be thought. I want to be your girlfriend. And I'm asking you right now. Will you be my girlfriend, S.J.? Please?" She didn't say anything. She just drove. I looked down thinking I'd blown my only chance of being with her because I'd been too scared. I looked out the window when I realized she wasn't going to my house. A few minutes later, we pulled into her driveway. She parked her car and looked at me. "You better be damn sure you know what you're asking me, Bianca, because I don't play around with my heart and you already broke it once. I take a second chance with you and you hurt me, we'll never be the same. Not friends, not anything. So you better be damn sure." I was shocked that S.J. was actually afraid of this. I mean, sure all girls fear getting their hearts broken, but I always figured S.J. had done the breaking. She was just there staring at me and I was sure that I wanted this, her, us, more than I wanted to go to Julliard next year. "Yes, S.J. I'm sure. I want to be with you." That was all she seemed to need and she leaned forward and kissed me. It shocked me just how much I could miss her kiss after just two days and I knew no one would ever mean as much to me. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ S.J. We sat there in my car kissing for I don't know how long, but I couldn't contain the desire I had for her. I broke the kiss long enough to tell her that I wanted to take this inside. We were both out of the car at the same time. I opened the door and we were fused even before the front door finished closing. Making the short trip to the couch, I picked her up so that her legs were wrapped around me. My hands seemed to be everywhere at once as she moaned into my mouth. My mouth traveled to her neck as I started pulling her shirt off. She did the same to me. It was then she stopped me. "What's wrong?" I asked out of breath. "Nothing. This is exactly what I want. I ... I'm just curious about something." Bianca said as she caressed my cheek. "About what? Just ask me, baby. You're my girlfriend now. There isn't anything you can't know or have." I said as my hands massaged her breasts. She moaned and then laughed. Her hands covered mine and then she said, "You gotta stop that and let me talk or I'll forget." I stopped moving them, but I didn't move them off her magnificent breasts. "Thank you. Well, you answered one thing just now. The only other things I want to know is if you touch Nicki like this and if I get to touch you like this." She said as she looked deep into my eyes. "I did not touch Nicki like this. I didn't really touch Nicki except to help her out of my car. I saw her that one time and I just talked to her since that night really today. If you want to touch me like this, then you can. Like I said there isn't anything you can't have. That includes me. Can I continue now?" I asked. She laughed and said, "Yes, but in your bedroom." With that I picked her up, her legs still around my waist and walked to the elevator. I rarely used this thing, but it was going to come in handy right now. After pushing the button to take me to my wing and floor, I put her back against the wall and sucked one of her breasts into my mouth. My tongue teasing her little gumdrop. That was as far as I got before the doors opened and I walked her to my bedroom. Laying her down, I took off the rest of her clothes, then my own. The desire to have her was out of control and I ignored the rest of the foreplay and set my sights to what I really wanted. My mouth closed around her little cock like clit sticking out of the hood of her glistening labia. She moaned and began to thrust her hips up. My fingers invaded her wetness and began an intense pace. "Yes! Oh my god! S.J.!" Bianca moaned out. She was so wet that I was able to add a third finger to her pussy. I felt her walls instantly grab onto them. "More! S.J.! More! Oooooooooh!" She was thrusting her body down to meet my fingers and I slid a fourth one into her. Amazed at how her pussy stretched to accept what she was begging for. She clearly wanted more faster than I was giving it to her because she reached down and tucked my thumb into my hand and began to push it into her pussy. I caught on to what she wanted and made my hand into a fist. Twisting it and sliding it further into her, I felt her body begin to tense up. "S.J.! Oh my god! It feels so good. Faster, baby! Harder! Please! Ugh!" She was speaking faster than I'd ever heard her, but I honored her requests and moved my fist faster and harder into her. All the while my tongue moving all over the available areas of her pussy. "Baby! Ooooooh! Fuck me, baby! S.J., baby! Fuck me!" I did just that, I fucked her harder and faster with my fist. My other hand moved up to keep her steady and my mouth moved to her anus. My tongue rimming her tight hole. That seemed to set her off. Her whole body tensed and she screamed. "YESSSSSSSSS!!!!! Baby!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaah! I love you! Baby, I love you!!!!!!" Once again, she squirted this time my mouth didn't capture her sweet nectar, but my entire face did. She just kept squirting until she actually passed out. I moved back up her body, my fist still trapped inside her pussy. She began to regain consiousness and I smiled at her. "Hey, beautiful." I said to her. She smiled back at me and said, "Hey yourself, gorgeous. That was amazing." I laughed and said, "It must have been. You passed out and um, kept my arm. I didn't want to pull it out while you were out in case it hurt you." Bianca looked down and saw what I meant. She blushed and said, "Oh. Sorry. That was sweet of you." We both smiled. I began pulling my hand out and she pushed until it came out with a light pop. I leaned down and kissed her. She pulled away and said, "Yes." I looked at her and said, "Yeah, you said that already, babygirl." Bianca laughed and said, "No, silly. Well, yes, I did, but I meant yes, I'd go to prom with you instead." I was kind of shocked, but happy and I kissed her, but then stopped and said, "Wait! Aren't you taking Quel? I can't just take you." "No. I already told her that I couldn't take her. So yes, you can and you will be taking me to prom." She replied and kissed me for a long time before snuggling into my arms. She fell asleep first and I was fine with it. I had learned a long time ago how much I love watching her sleep and I followed her into sleep soon after that. I'd gotten not only the girl of my dreams, but I got my best friend back. School tomorrow was going to be interesting. As was explaining all of this to Valerie, but it would be fine because we had each other. Realizing the Truth Ch. 03 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Author's Note: Thank you all so much for reading the series. I hope you all enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you'd like to know what happened between S.J. and Bianca, or what happened with the rape of Valerie, feel free to email me and I'll write the story. As always, feel free to leave comments and send me feedback. Good reading to you all. Realizing the Truth Ch. 04 Well, everyone seemed to want to know what happened between the girls, so I decided I'd write one final chapter explaining what developed between them. This story doesn't really include sex, but it's the truth and how things could've gone. You'll understand that when you read the note at the end. I hope this answers any questions I left hanging. Thank you for all of the feedback. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I highly recommend that you read the first three chapters before you read this, it'll make more sense if you do. Enjoy. :) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ S.J. As I stood in front of my closet, I realized just how long it's been since I'd had a girlfriend. The last girl I was with was Erica. Thinking back that relationship didn't go well. Apparently to her, I didn't know what it meant to have a girlfriend. I mean, what had she really expected from me in the middle of the playoffs when I had to be on the court more than I was even sleeping. Girls had been around. It wasn't like I asked for the attention. Come to think of it, Bianca had been one of those girls paying me more than the usual attention, I just figured she was proud I'd made it that far. Hmm ... Now that I think about it, Bianca had been there for every major event in my life and I'd never thought much of it. Just as I was about to anaylze this further, my cell rang. "Hello?" I picked up. It was Bianca. I smiled like an idiot. I missed her and it had only been like four hours since I'd seen her last. "Sure. I'll pick you up on my way to school." I answered to her request to ride with me. "I'll be there in like 15 minutes. I have to finish getting ready." I continued. She informed me that she would be waiting for my arrival and ended the call. I walked back in front of my closet and grabbed one of my Ralph Lauren polo shirts. Slipping into it, I grabbed a pair of my dark wash Levi's. Finally stepping into a pair of Jordans that would make the outfit perfect. Quickly combing my hair back, I grabbed my messenger bag, slipped my iPhone into the clip and then onto my waist, grabbed my car keys and dashed out the front door to go pick up my baby. My baby? Hmm ... I didn't even realize I started thinking of Bianca that way. Sure, it was true, but the realization was, I had slipped into the role of girlfriend more easily than ever before. Exactly 9 minutes later, I pulled up in front of her house. Just as I got out of the car, she opened the front door and came to meet me. Walking around to the passenger side, I held my arms open for her. She sprang into my embrace and we stood there hugging and kissing for I don't even know how long. "Well, good morning, beautiful." I said as I tucked a strand of her blonde hair back behind her ear. "Good morning to you too, handsome. I love your cologne." Bianca said as she hugged me tight again. "Body wash, actually, but thanks. We should get going if you plan on eating before we get to school." I said as I opened the door. Waiting until she released me and began to climb in before heading back to the driver's side. Once I got inside she asked, "Will you ever let me drive this car?" I burst out laughing. Bianca and Valerie both knew how I felt about me car. I kept laughing and pulled off. I suppose that was a sufficent answer for her because she began to pout slightly. I reached over and linked our fingers. The connection seemed to perk her up because she leaned over and kissed my cheek. We both seemed content with that as I ordered breakfast for the both of us at the Burger King down the street from McCallister High. We still had 20 minutes before first bell. Plenty of time to eat and enjoy each others company. Parking in the athlete parking lot, I grabbed the bags and Bianca grabbed the drinks. We found a private table on the quad and sat down. We were wrapping up breakfast when Bianca turned and looked at me. Concerned with the look on her face I asked, "Um ... Is something wrong, baby?" She continued to just look and then said, "Are we going to be a couple on campus too or are you going to act like you usually do?" "Is there something wrong with how I usually act?" Her question caught me completely off guard, but I didn't really let it show. "No. There was nothing wrong with the way you acted because you were single. Now, well, you aren't and I don't really think you should." She said clearly considering her choice of words. "Well, sweetie, I know that I'm not anymore and I have every intention of acting like I'm in a relationship with you. No matter where we are. Whomever doesn't like it, well, that will be their issue. It doesn't affect us. I love you, Bianca Connor. That isn't going to change because we're on campus. You have to trust me or this isn't going to work." I said as serious as I could to try and convey my truest intentions. She leaned into me and kissed me. I kissed her back with all the love I had in my heart for her. We stayed that way until the first bell sounded. We were both in need of air so it was just in time. I grabbed all of our trash and dumped it into the nearest trash can. Walking back to her, she held my orange juice out. I took it, slide my bag over my shoulder and reached out to take her hand. We walked hand in hand until we got to our lockers. Luckily they were right next to one another so we both grabbed our books for first period. Just as I closed my locker, Bianca said, "I want us to take pictures. Is that okay with you?" "Sure, baby. We can go after I get out of practice if you like." I said as I took her books. She blushed at the gesture and said that was perfect with her before kissing me. Everyone in the hallway seemed to stop. Even the teachers. They were trying to figure out when we had taken our lifelong friendship to the next level. Once the kiss was broken, Bianca wrapped her arms around me before realizing that we were being watched. Her blush deepened as she buried her face into my chest. I laughed and cleared my throat before saying as loudly as I could, "Yes. We are a couple. Newly, but nonetheless, a couple. I'd appreciate it if you all didn't stare everytime we're affectionate with each other." Everyone seemed shocked by my confession and then jumped into gear as the second bell rang. Bianca and I didn't have first period together today, but they were across the wall from each other. So we walked and stood in the middle of the hallway and kissed again quickly. I kissed her forehead and told her I'd meet her right here after class. She nodded and we went our sperate ways. The rest of the day went like that and was mostly uneventful, that is until lunch came around and I knew we'd have to tell Vale about our relationship. I wasn't sure how she'd take it, but I was pleasently surprised by her reaction. Laughing she said, "Well! It's about damn time! I thought we'd gradutate and the two of you wouldn't see was right in front of you. Or I should say you S.J.! Bianca's been doing everything but throwing herself at you since sophomore year!" Bianca blushed at having that particular detail shared with me. I thought it was extremely cute and told her as much before I kissed her. Valerie began to cheer as if we'd just told her we got tickets to see Hot Chelle Rae. The rest of the day the weeks after passed with relatively no real change. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Prom Night: Prom rolled around and I was so excited. Valerie, Bianca, Martha and I were all sharing the limo my parents insisted on getting for us. So all the girls showed up to my house and we decided we'd get ready together. I was the only one not wearing a dress and I couldn't be more thankful after watching the prep they went through. I had remarkable clear skin so I wasn't fussing over make up and my hair had grown longer so I just let it flow down to my shoulders. The others, however, spent half the day at the hair salon getting their hair done, manicures and pedicures. I laughed when they appeared again hours later all dolled up outside of their prom dresses and I'd already gotten completely dressed. I tapped my watch and they seemed to rush to the elevator to get ready. Bianca infromed me that I was to stay downstairs even though I'd help pick out the dress. I didn't get it, but settled in the game room and played Need for Speed Underground on the Xbox 360. Half an hour later, the limo pulled up in front of the house and I called up and told the girls. The three of them stepped off the elevator looking completely gorgeous. Valerie dressed in a white gown that accented all of her features perfectly. Martha standing next her in an amethyst dress that wasn't as long as Vale's or Bianca's, but looked perfect for her. Bianca was dressed in a teal dress that matched my vest and tie and made her baby blue's pop. My mom came over and nudged my chin closed as I just gawked at how incredible they all looked, before she handed me the corsages for each of the girls. Valerie and Martha helped each other into theirs and I put Bianca's on her wrist. My mom handed her the flower that matched her corsage and she pinned it to my jacket. "You all look so amazing. Stand together for the group shots and then you can break off into your pairs so that we can all get pictures of you all." My dad said as grabbed the camera. We all stood together in various pairs as each of our parents had their chance to get all the pictures inside before we moved outside and began to walk towards the limo. Finally at the car, each of us walked to our parents. Hugging and kissing them before we were off. We'd gotten a hotel room for the weekend and my car was already there. They knew we wouldn't be around until Sunday night at the latest. My dad as usually going over the cautions with me, as I was the oldest it was my responsibity to look after the girls at all cost. He gave me more money on top of what he'd given me while I playing the video game and said the final goodbye. Once we were all inside, the limo took off to the banquet hall. We were all so excited and more than ready for this weekend as we stepped out of the limo. Valerie was kind of reserved around Martha at first, but eventually shook off any worries she had and started having a good time. We were all on the dance floor dancing to a Wisin y Yandel song when all hell seemed to break loose near the photo area. Bianca and I walked towards the commotion to see that it was Quel freaking out. The photographer had set up monitors so that the pictures of the couples he'd alredy taken could stream by. At that moment, the set of pictures Bianca and I had taken were streaming by. We both clearly understood why she was so angry. Just as I was wrapping my arms around her to tell her everything would be fine, Quel turned and her gaze zeroed in on us. I wrapped my arms more securely around her waist and Quel stalked towards us. Looking from Bianca to me, her mouth hung open. Then her gaze locked in on me and she said, "You?!?! She backed out on me to go to prom with you?! Are you kidding me?!" It was clear her last question was directed at Bianca who had turned at wrapped her arms around my neck. "Look, I'm sure you aren't happy about how things played out, but Bianca is my girlfriend now and it was only right that I be the one to take her to prom." I said keeping my voice calm and rubbing Bianca's back. "Girl .. Girlfriend?! What the hell are you talking about? Since when?" Quel said still rather loudly. "How about we go get a soda and talk about this calmly. No need to make a scene about it." I said and released Bianca so that we were just holding hands. Quel nodded and I motioned for Valerie to take Bianca outside. I walked out of the ballroom behind Quel. "You wanna explain to me exactly why you stole my prom date?" Quel asked as soon as we got our sodas. "I didn't steal her. I asked her to prom after you made your request to take her. Well, that isn't really right. I never really asked her. I put it on a pizza and she read it after I took her home on Friday. I didn't even know she'd read it until Sunday night when she agreed to go with me. It was then that we became a couple and I found out that she'd already cancelled on you." "Why Bianca? You could've taken literally any girl at McCallister, but you take the girl I was actually into you. Like on more of a level than anyone else." "I'm sorry, Quel. I seriously didn't know you felt that way about her. I mean, B's one of the only lesbians at McCallister you haven't been with, how was I to know." "I haven't been with you." I laughed softly and shook my head, "Not for your lack of trying, sweetheart. I'm just not into you like that. I've had my fair share of women, sure, but I never expected to find a woman who I could love so effortlessly. I mean, she's been my best friend forever, I never knew my feelings toward her had changed until we talked about it on Friday and after that went, I didn't think I'd ever talk to her again, but you know she's persistent and well, we talked again and we came together." "You better be good to her, S.J. You know that you can be a heartbreaker. You keep her whole." "I promise I wouldn't have it any other way." With that we stood and hugged each other. At that exact moment, Bianca appeared and said, "I see white flags have been waved. Is it safe to approach?" I looked at Quel and she nodded. Bianca came and wrapped her arms around my waist. Quel looked at us together for a minute and said, "Hell, you two do look good together." With that she walked away and back into the ballroom. Bianca and I kissed and enjoyed that moment. Everything was alright and we were together and happy. The moment was short lived as we heard what can only be described as cannons going off. I told her to wait there. I ran outside in time to see a car speed off. Looking down, I recognized the bodies laying on the ground. I ran over to them. Both Martha and Valerie lay on the ground. Blood pooling around their bodies and soaking into their gowns. I pulled out my phone and called the police. An ambulance showed up within 10 minutes, but I knew from the amount of blood surrounding them, that neither would be making it back to there families. The ambulance took them to Mt. Christopher's Hospital. Grabbing Bianca and explaining what happened, we found out limo and raced to the hospital. I called both girls parents and explained what I could before urging them to get to the hospital. Two hours later, two men in blood stained scrubs walked towards the now group of us, consisting of Vale's parents, Martha's mother, both my parents and Bianca's and of course Bianca and I. "Are you the Montegomery and Bird families?" One of the men said. "Yes." We all seemed to say. "I'm very sorry to inform you that both of your daughters were pronounced dead minutes ago. Their injuries were too severe. We couldn't get the blood stopped in time. They .. They'd both lost too much for us to do anything." The same doctor said. "I'm very sorry. You can see your daughters if you like." The other man spoke for the first time. We all walked behind them as they lead us to through the ER. The two men seperated and so did our group. Half of us went to see Martha, the other to see Valerie. The sound of painful wailing could be heard all through the corridor. I couldn't believe that such a tragedy had happened. I was supposed to watch over them. This was supposed to be one of the greatest night of our lives. How could this have turned out so wrong. I felt so numb. We all left the hospital hollow that night. Each of us had lost someone truly important to us and I didn't know how to handle such a loss. The next few weeks following passed for a daze for me. The police had recovered the car that I described to them that I'd seen driving off after I heard the shots. It belonged to the same men who had attacked Valerie at the mall just weeks before. They had only intended to scare her, but once Valerie told them she remember everything and she was going to go to the police, they couldn't let her live. They didn't want to kill Martha, but she'd seen their faces and they couldn't risk it. The police told me that each man had plead guilty when they realized all the evidence against them and they were going to spend the rest of their lives in jail. That was supposed to be a comfort to me, I know, but it wasn't. After the shooting, nothing seemed to matter as much. I'd lost someone I considered a sister and someone else I was beginning to see would become a true friend. Their funerals were held at the same time and it didn't seem fair to me that I was alive and the two of them had lost their lives before it had really began. Weeks went by and Bianca tried to make our relationship work, but I just pushed her away until finally she was gone. She grieved and then moved on with her life. She went to Julliard that fall and became one of the most famous ballerina's in New York. Her and Quel finally got together. They married in August of 2006. In 2009, I got a letter telling me that she and Quel were expecting a son in early March. I never replied. After graduation, I went off to Harvard and then Harvard Law School. I became one of Boston's most fearsome prosecutors. I've been single ever since Bianca and outside of a few one night stands, I keep to myself. I never did get over my guilt over what happened to the two women, and it haunts me to this day. I guess it goes to show you that life truly is precious. Protect those whom you've promised to protect and enjoy the time you have with them. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Author's Note: Well, there you have it. I should clarify a few things. My name truly is S.J., it stands for Samantha James, in case you were wondering and I really did lose one of my best friend's. Her name was Carly. The other young woman who was killed was named Ashley. They were killed just as I wrote her, on prom night, for the same reasons in the story. Bianca was my ex-fiance, Jackie. In reality we lasted a few years before she left me for someone else. I am currently a college student, but not at Harvard, although I did get accepted, but have no desire to become a lawyer and I am engaged again. Jackie is at Julliard along with her new girlfriend. I hope you all enjoy the final chapter. As always, feel free to leave comments and send me feedback. Good reading to all of you. S.J.