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Blood and Fire
Gail.
Gail was like no one she had ever met before. Gail was an enigma, and she was intrigued. To be sure, Holly could see all of the pain, and self-destructive tendencies, behind the snark and swagger, but she could relate to that. She had been surprised when Gail had invited her to her boss’s wedding, as her plus one. But she was all about growing these days, and now they were seeing quite a bit of each other. Normally she would call what they were doing dating, but in her heart, she knew it would probably remain platonic. With all of the stupid straight girl questions, and constant flirting, she knew Gail was attracted to her, and that was dangerous too. It’s true, she had started it by going toe to toe with Gail on the very first day they met. It was fun, addictively fun.
On the night she had blown off dinner and chick flicks with Jen to pick Gail up at the hospital, Jen had put her foot down. There had been a moment when something had shifted and she thought Gail was going to kiss her as they said goodnight. But Gail had simply pressed the intoxicating soft velvet of her cheek up against Holly’s and whispered “Thank you for everything.” in her ear, while stroking Holly’s other cheek with her fingertips, before turning to go. Did Gail even realize what she was doing? It had taken Holly a minute to swallow the lump in her incredibly dry throat, and regain her composure enough to say “Goodnight Gail!” to Gail’s retreating form.
“What the fuck are you doing with your straight girlfriend, Holly?” Jen had demanded, when Holly told her about it, “You know she’s only going to break your heart.”
She knew Jen was probably right, but she was already in too deep.
“I have this friend from my Wednesday night yoga class…” Jen began
And now she had a real live date with a real live lesbian planned for tomorrow night. They were going to meet at The Penny after work and go out dancing from there.
The phone in her office rang. She knew who it probably was without looking at the caller ID.
Yup, Gail.
“Dr. Stewart’s Road Pizza, may I take your order?” She answered.
“Hey. What are you doing?” She could tell Gail was smiling by the tone of her voice.
“I was just working on the DNA report from the homicide at the beach this morning.” She replied
“And?” Gail wanted to know.
As tempting as it was to go out with Gail tonight, she didn’t want to risk talking about her date tomorrow. She was starting to feel guilty, but really why should she? Gail was dating a different guy almost every other night. Well that wasn’t exactly true either. Gail was going to meet the men her mother had set her up with, and then ditching them to hang out with Holly on most nights.
“I donno Gail, I should really get this done…” She said reluctantly
“Oh.” Gail sounded genuinely disappointed. “I was thinking we could grab a bite and then go catch the ten o’clock show of the Bugs Bunny Cartoon Festival at the Strand.”
“That sounds like fun! But…” Why was she turning Gail down?
“Oh. Well that’s ok…” She hated it when Gail started sounding disappointed and a little bit insecure.
“Hey! I’ll see you later this week though, right?” She said firmly
“Uh, sure. I guess so…” Gail said in a quite voice.
She knew she was going to cave.
“Listen, why don’t I see if I can’t get this done any faster. If I can get out of here at a reasonable hour, I’ll call you.” She sighed.
“Yeah, that’s cool. I’ll probably be at the Penny with the boys.” Gail answered.
“Sounds good. Maybe I’ll see you there.” Holly hung up her phone.
What the fuck was she doing, anyway? She hit print on the documents on her computer. If she hurried, she could be at the Penny by nine thirty. Holly took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. She really was a fool.
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Holly took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. She really was a fool.
A Fool for Love, maybe… :)
Thanks for posting this