"Okay." Kendall croaks, as she feels suddenly very warm everywhere
Greenlee’s body is in contact with hers.

They stand holding one another for what seems like an eternity to
Kendall as her body’s temperature just tracks higher and higher. She
realizes that her arousal rate is skyrocketing with this much
closeness to the firebrand in her arms.

"Why were you afraid?" Greenlee asks quietly as she can feel
Kendall’s heart racing faster.

"Huh?" Kendall only half hears the question over the blood rushing
in her ears.

"Why were you of all people be afraid? You always stand up to me and
put me in my place." Greenlee fishes again.

"I…I didn’t think it was my place to intrude…I…." Kendall stammers
suddenly out of excuses.

"Are you afraid of me now?" Greenlee shifts in Kendall’s arms trying
to look up at Kendall’s face.

"Uh..why would you ask me that?"

"I can feel your heart racing. Are you afraid of me now?" Greenlee
pushes. `I don’t want her to be afraid of me…I want her to touch me…
why?’ she asks herself.

"I…I’m n-nervous…" Kendall squeaks out.

"Why?" Greenlee looks up at her partner.

"I…uh…I don’t know." Kendall lies rather unconvincingly.

"Is it because you think I know your secret now?" Greenlee asks not
really having a complete clue if this is the case or not.

"M-my secret?" Kendall asks quietly.

Greenlee doesn’t answer her. She simply looks up at her with those
big brown eyes as her mind reels with possibilities.

`I could drop this now. I could just move away and tell her I was
pulling her chain. I could simply fall back into reliable ***** mode
and piss her off. I don’t want to do any of those things. I want to
fall into her arms and feel alive again.’ Greenlee shudders at her
own decision.

Greenlee sees the line of concentration and anxieties furrow its way
onto her partner’s brow. She doesn’t want to see it there. She
wants to make it go away the same as she wants Kendall to make her
anger stop for a while. She stretches upward and very simply and
quickly presses her lips to Kendall’s. She feels Kendall tense up
this time and her lips part in gasp of surprise. Greenlee not
wanting to give Kendall a chance to escape slides her tongue through
the small opening licking Kendall’s bottom lip in passing. She
massages Kendall’s tongue relishing the tangy flavor of the drink
Kendall must have enjoyed at lunch. It isn’t but a moment and
Kendall has tightened their embrace and takes over the kiss they are
sharing. Kendall groans as she feels Greenlee’s fingers dig deep
into her back. Somewhere in her mind she has no idea why this is
happening, but at the moment all she can do is feel not think. She
slides her hands down to Greenlee’s ***** and grabs causing Greenlee to
break their kiss and breathe in a deep hissing breath. Greenlee
opens her eyes and looks directly into Kendall’s. She sees the
questions forming in Kendall’s eyes. She shakes her head and bites
gently on Kendall’s bottom lip before she can voice any of them.