“You have what?  The urge to be pleased?  I see the look on your face; you are in the
giving mood.  Not the receiving
mood.”  Alice grinned, loving that she knew Quin as
well as she did.  Sometimes it was more
than enough for Quin to please her and lay there with her, simmering in her own
desires.  It was as if she liked keeping
it pent up, perhaps it was where her songs came from.

            Quin said nothing, slipping her gift
from her pocket and slipping it around Alice‘s neck and letting the teardrop emerald
drop down onto Alice‘s flawless skin, the titanium chain cool
on her warm flesh.  She gasped, seeing
the same emerald that she’d admired at Boone‘s store months before.  She put her hand to her neck, turning around
and her mouth hung open as if unhinged.

            “Hope you don’t mind I got you
this…”  Quin asked timidly, turning
into a child right before Alice‘s eyes. 
She was sometimes to utterly unsure of herself, never having been in a
real relationship before, and now she was immersed in one that was as deep and
loving as theirs was, was sometimes to much for her to understand.

            “No…  Oh god when did you… how did you?”  Alice stammered and Quin shrugged, turning her
eyes away from Alice shyly. 
She’d been tying to give this to Alice for a week now, but hadn’t been able to
stir up the courage.

            “When Boone told me about you going there asking
about the ankh.  He told me what you had
looked at, what he would have thought you’d look good in.  I tended to agree….”  Quin’s voice was so soft that Alice thought she was about to cry, “It’s six
months to the day that we met, tonight actually.  Or rather, you met me.  Decided that you were going to find out
everything humanly possible about me…” 
Quin began and Alice cut in with a scoff.

            “Like you minded?”  Alice shot at her, loving this banter, how
they could share a tender moment and still be playful with each other.

            “At the time, I did mind.  I liked being a mystery and still do.  Now.  No,
I don’t mind at all.”  Quin smiled, and Alice kissed her quickly, her hand still at
the emerald.  Unable to believe that it
was hanging at her neck, something so small that she’d admired and Quin had
thought of getting it for her.  It wasn’t
a BMW, but that wouldn’t have been Quin’s way of saying she loved her.  Something small yet meaningful.

            “You don’t want to know how much it
cost.”  Quin said taking in a fast
breath, reading Alice‘s mind and Alice laughed, and Quin spun her around, all
the sadness leaving her as quickly as it had come. 

            “You looked beautiful tonight, but
now you look gorgeous.”  Quin grinned,
and Alice couldn’t stop smiling, she grabbed
Quin’s hand and led her to the door.  She
wanted to show off this thing to her mother, and to Tina and the whole world.  She was too happy for her own good!

            “We need to get back to the party
and YOU are gonna get kissed, seduced and ravished later tonight.”  Alice stomped her bare foot and a chuckle from
Quin.  She wiggled her white blonde
eyebrows.

            “Yes ma’am.”  Alice shot back at her.

            “Better know your place young
lady.” 

            “Very young lady.”  Quin corrected as they ran down the stairs,
and reentered the party hand in hand.

~*~*~*~*~*

Storms

1.13.05

I
don’t remember a time

Where
I didn’t know you

My
life began

When
you walked into my life

A
warm wind blew

There
you were

By
my side

A
gale force wind

You
tossed my life

Upside
down

When
the storm passed

My
life was in total havoc

Yet
the skies were clear

My
thoughts no longer confused

You
made things crystal clear

The
path of my day changed

Forever
grateful

Eternally
in love

le jadedrogue