Crossing Boundaries

 by Sarah

The drive towards the small townhouse was rather quiet, and the evening was dark and cold. The silence was a pleasant one though, and the two women who were sitting in the car enjoyed feeling comfortable with each other once again, after weeks of fights and disputes.

The one driving was a tall, curly-haired blonde with her blue eyes glued to the road in front of her. The redhead sitting in the front seat next to her was several inches shorter, with her hair cut in a feminine, but short crop. Her green eyes were observing her friend while she was driving, and she kept clasping and unclasping her hands.

“Kim?” she said tentatively, breaking the comfortable silence.

“Yes Kerry?” the blonde replied and took her eyes off the road for a second to look at her passenger.

“I’m glad we’re friends again” Kerry said softly, after holding her breath for a few seconds.

Kim turned to her properly and smiled.

“So am I, Kerry”.

Kerry smiled and leaned back against the seat. She had always loved driving at night. The darkness surrounding her, the feeling of the car moving, the lights from the streetlamps passing by… She closed her eyes to rest for a while, and when she opened them again she noticed that the car had stopped.

“We’re here” Kim told her, and pulled the key out of the ignition. They both stepped out of the car, and walked the short way up the townhouse. The snow was falling in white flakes around

them, and reminded Kerry that it hadn’t been more than three days since she’d sought Kim out at Doc Magoo’s. It had just started snowing then. She’d asked Kim not to leave, even though they had been fighting all day, because there were so many things she had yet not told her. Kim had surprised her in so many ways those past two months. First they’d hit off as friends, working together at the hospital and having lunch together in the cafeteria. Kerry had enjoyed Kim’s company and the blonde seemed to feel the same. Then one night Kim had changed the rules. She was interested in Kerry; she thought Kerry had the same intentions. But that wasn’t what Kerry wanted, she just wanted to be friends, she had never been interested in women.