A Different Girlfriend, Chapter 6

by Nuit du Loup

Karen awoke on Monday morning with anticipation boiling in her veins. She felt almost as if she hadn't eaten in two days and knew a meal was coming soon. In two short hours she would be able to see Emma again. In her head she felt the girl in question wake a moment after herself. Karen felt the same anticipation rise through the link.

I order to keep the time before school from dragging on torturously she took her time with her morning ablutions. If she hurried she knew she'd end up downstairs squirming on the couch impatiently watching the clock. Even doing that to kill time she still ended up with 20 extra minutes. She was about to make herself some toast to eat up another ten minutes or so when Michele came downstairs.

"Don't you have class already?" Karen asked her.

"Nope," Michele grinned. "Today is a Union holiday or some such so there's no class on our campus. Want me to give you a ride to school since I'm down here already?"

"That'd be great!" That meant she wouldn't have to worry about occupying herself any more.

Michele grabbed her keys and they got in her sporty little coup. Michele's car always rankled dad a little since it was better than his and Michel owned it outright since she'd paid for it in full with leftover scholarship money. He thought she should have to earn the money the hard way or something like he did. Michele just argued that she had worked hard, just in academics instead of at a job.

Michele pulled them up to the front drive of the school and came to a stop right in front of the doors. She saw that Amber, Liz and Ashley already waiting there in a group. Karen grinned when she saw the considering way Michele was looking at Amber now.

"Was driving me to school an excuse Michele?" she asked slyly.

Michele grinned back at her. "So what if it was? You get to arrive early and I get to check out Amber. It's a win for both of us."

"Was there even there even a holiday like you said or are you just skipping?"

"There was," Michele said happily. "It was just very convenient that's all."

"You're seriously considering Amber then?"

"Sure," Michele said. "Why not? It's not like I have a type of girl or anything. I may as well see where it goes. You sure seemed to enjoy the time I gave you with Emma so I wanna try it for myself."

Karen tried not to blush at the fact that Michele knew exactly what they'd been doing. "Well she's eyeing you back now; do you want to go say anything?" Amber and the girls had all seen them now and were watching.

"Later," Michele said grinning again. "You may not believe me when I say this but for the first time in years I actually feel a bit shy. I want to try it yet I think I'll wait till she's in our house again to say something to her."

"Alright then, if that's your plan," Karen said "I'll see you after school then." She felt Emma coming closer.

"Later." Michele took off after one last look.

Karen went and joined her friends.

"Hey guys!" she said when she joined them.

"Where's Emma?" Liz teased. "I thought you'd be all cute and lovey and come to school together."

She burst into laughter at the flat stares she and Amber both leveled at her. Neither of them was at all a fan of such romance novel style drama like that. Karen would have like to come to school with Emma but only because that would mean she had spent the night with her again.

"Emma's right there" she pointing at a black sedan pulling into the school drive. She immediately regretted saying it. The weird looks she got from Liz and Ashley and the knowing one from Amber told her she really needed to watch what she said. It was hard to care though when her and Emma's excitement beat at each other in waves inside their heads.

"Looks like her mom's car," Amber said trying to cover for her a little.

Karen stopped caring at all as soon as she spotted Emma in the passenger seat as the car approached. She walked back to the curb and practically itched to do something to make the car hurry. When the car finally came to a stop in front of them Emma practically leaped from the car into her arms as if she'd need shot out with springs. Karen immediately pulled Emma to her and kissed her, not at all caring who was watching.

"Settle down Karen!" Donna laughed as she stood on her side of the vehicle. "Its only been one night."

"I know," she said when she needed air again. "But it doesn't feel like it. It felt like I've been hungry for days or something like that. All I want to do Is hold her right now."

Donna's eyebrows raised in surprise. "After only one day? Maybe it was a bad idea to separate you two so early. It looks like it just made the link stronger. When I bonded my husband we had four days together before we apart for the first time. Maybe it makes a difference."

Karen shrugged with her arms still full of Emma. "I don't mind. It feels bad when were apart but it was only one day."

"Yeah," Emma said contentedly. "Meeting up like this is nice."

They had to shelve the rest of the conversation for later as Amber and the others approached and introduced themselves to Donna.

"It's nice to meet you girls," Donna said happily. "I didn't really get to speak to any of you the other day."

"Don't worry about it," Amber smirked. "The party was our parents' thing not ours. " "Do you really not mind that?" Liz asked curiously as he jerked a thumb toward Karen and Emma who again lip locked..

Donna snorted a laugh. "Hardly. If I don't let them do it, they'll just get all grumpy and do it somewhere else where I can't see anyways. Girls are supposed to have fun at your age anyways"

"Could you tell my parents that when I introduce my boyfriend?" Ashley asked hopefully.

"Oh no!" Donna said cheerfully. "I'm not stepping in front of that kind of bullet. They wouldn't appreciate me meddling. If the guy's nice they might not care though."

"I dunno," Amber said. "Both Ashley's dad and Karen's implemented 16-year-old boyfriend bans on them. They thought it would make them behave and study harder."

"My parents tried that," Donna said thoughtfully, then pointed at Emma and grinned again. "Obviously that didn't work since I had Emma when I was about your age."

Ashley raised her hands in hurried defense. "I'm not planning on getting pregnant!" she said with feeling.

"I didn't plan to either but here we are. I don't regret having Emma at all, but it was hard. Well I'm gonna stop trying to spread my sagely advice and head back home, to much work to do today to be standing about."

They all said goodbye and turned to go into the school. Emma of coarse took her desired place on Karen's arm. When they entered the school all of them went their separate ways for the most part. Karen, Emma an Amber's first hour classes were near each other in the schools west wing so they walked together a for a bit longer.

"So what did she say?" Amber tried to ask nonchalantly when they gone a little ways.

"Yeah what did she say" Emma asked interestedly "I didn't get a good feel on it yesterday." Karen knew already that Emma didn't mind Amber knowing about their link now. She'd also given her suggestions last night that she should probably tell Michele too.

"She said she would consider it." Karen told them. " I think you got her interested Amber, she drove me today so she could check you out more seriously."

"It's a good start then?" Amber asked in.

"Yep, she said she didn't have any objections so I think she's just mulling it over."

Amber nodded her thanks and waved off as she ducked into her class. A moment later and they were at Karen's. She pecked Emma on the lips. "I'll see you in homeroom alright?"

Yep!" Emma replied cheerfully giving Karen a kiss too.

When Emma continued on down the hall Karen watched her walk away. She felt Emma's amusement and appreciation that Karen was staring at her butt as she left. Karen didn't feel any shame about it at all, Emma had a nice butt. Karen almost laughed aloud as Emma shook her ass once for her as she rounded a corner and went out of sight. It was a very nice parting image that she kept in mind for the first three hours of the day.

By the time homeroom came she knew Liz had lived up to her potential. It turned out most people in the school didn't care she and Emma were both girls. There was a small minority that seemed displeased but none were people she really knew or had classes with. The girls in her homeroom were more curious than anything else. Some even tried to claim that they'd suspected all along about her and Emma. That of course got a few laughs. After that it was mostly just questions about how long they'd been together and other and stuff like that.

When one really blunt girl asked them, "Have you guys really done it? Was it any good?" Emma must have mistaken the question as being disparaging of Karen because she immediately insisted that Karen was absolutely amazing. That made Karen go very red in the face. Karen was quite happy Emma thought that way but it was a bit embarrassing having everyone know. Emma tried to apologize when she realized her mistake but Karen waved it off.

"I'm glad you think that way about me." She told her quietly, she really was happy that Emma enjoyed what she did..

Emma's statement had on odd effect on the other girls though. Some gave her very interested looks as if they'd really like to know more. One girl even went so far as to try and flirt with Karen by the time the period was over. Emma found it all entertaining after her fumble was forgiven, especially since the boys seemed to be so disappointed when they looked at her now.

When they went to lunch Emma practically bubbled over with pride and amusement over the fact that she might have just started a rumor about the greatness of Karen's sexual prowess with girls. Karen was just happy that Emma considered her to be that good in the first place.

They were already starting in on their trays of hamburgers and fries when their friends arrived.

"Karen!" Amber said jovially as she took her customary seat on the other side her from Emma. "I just heard you're an expert."

"Expert?"

"Yeah!" Liz said as she and Ashley also sat down. "We just heard from a girl about how great you apparently are."

Emma snorted into her cup of pop as Karen gave her a very wry look. Karen thought Emma was absurdly amused at the whole thing but found herself laughing too when Amber told her story about the girl they'd heard talking to a friend about Karen.

When Emma told them about what had happened in homeroom they were all laughing by the end. Karen was just glad things were going so well that se could laugh at it. She even found it as hilarious as the others did that she had become desirable now to some of the girls in the school now instead of the boys.

Later on that day they went to practice and got their teammates' approval as well. They were the one's Karen had been most concerned about since she had showed with them all. They too didn't care. A couple even joked with her and Emma about who on the team they thought was hot. Practice went very smoothly as normal. After practice though Karen finally got Emma alone like she'd wanted all day after their teammates had all left the locker room.

Still naked and wet from the showers Karen had Emma laid out on one of the long benches between the rows of lockers. The loud hum of a nearby A/C unit was the only sound other than the wet smacking when their lips separated for air.

"How'd you like my present yesterday?" Emma asked between two kisses.

Karen kissed and licked under Emma's ear before responding. "You know exactly what happened. I made a mess all over that chair; and in front of Amber too."

"Ahh!" Emma gasped ad Karen touched a particularly sensitive spot. "I don't mind if she saw as long as you enjoyed yourself."

Karen began massaging a water and now sweat slick breast, her thumbnail just grazing the nipple. "Very generous of you," she laughed. "Amber appreciated it too. She even had to excuse herself for a second round."

"That was your doing not mine" Emma said chuckling. "I felt what you did after you got off. It almost made me want to go again too."

"Too bad then, I should have kept going then." She slipped her other hand between Emma's legs. She was smooth and freshly shaven. She felt Emma telling her she'd done it again this morning for her. Karen was very appreciative. She used her fingers to let Emma know just how much.

"I want…you too" Emma managed to gasp out as the passion between them rose higher.

Knowing what she wanted Karen turned herself around and straddled Emma over her face. She then carefully laid herself down on top of her petite lover and went back to Emma's smooth slit, this time adding her tongue to the mix as well. Emma groaned her approval of the position change and locked her own mouth onto Karen.

Neither of them had any desire to hold off today at all. They were a cacophony of licking and slurping sounds as they both hungrily tried to please the other. They had both waited all day for this. When Karen added fingers, so did Emma. Finally they both gave into the heat that fed into each other and came almost as one. When they both came down from their mutual high Karen dismounted and pulled Emma into a straddling position on her lap and made out with her hungrily again.

She had just let her hand stray back down to Emma's ass to go again when someone banged a fist on the end of the row of lockers. Jolted from their linked passions they both felt embarrassment flood them as they saw that the coach had came back and caught them. Instead of being angry as expected the coach just smiled and said.

"Once was enough I think, yes? It is time to go home, your mother is waiting outside Emma."

Karen laughed lightly at the disappointed feeling Emma was radiating. She had really liked where Karen had been going with her hands and wasn't in any way happy that it had been halted..

"Come on, there's always tomorrow." Karen told her, stroking her hair with one hand. "And don't forget about this weekend. We get two whole nights together again."

Grudgingly Emma let herself be convinced and got dressed. She was still more than a little horny when they were done and it kept Karen wet.

As they were walking out of the building Emma asked the question that had been bugging Karen.

"Why wasn't the coach angry at us? Shouldn't she be upset we were having sex in the locker room?"

"I dunno," Karen said with a shrug. "It seemed to me like she purposely let us do it at first until your mom showed up."

When they got to the lot Donna had a huge smile on her face and after taking in both her and Emma's facial expressions she laughed. "Did I spoil the fun girls?"

"God mom! Just ten more minutes and…." Karen barked a laugh as well when Emma cut off as she realized what she'd been saying.

"Seems like I did!" Donna practically cackled. "I've got to get my fun somehow too. This way I look like good mom while I'm at it."

"But… jeez, Karen was just about to…gah!" Karen could feel the girl's frustration at being left all worked up. Karen sent a promise that she'd continue things when she got home. She emphasized her promise my slipping her hand down the back of Emma's shorts and giving her a feel. Even if she couldn't do it with her own hands later Karen would give Emma that satisfaction she needed. Emma sent back her loving thanks.

"Hop in," Donna said still sounding very amused. "I'll take you home too Karen."

The both climbed in and once buckled Emma immediately snuggled herself into Karen. She was more than willing to allow it and held the smaller girl tightly. As they rode toward her house Karen kept her primed up by working one hand down on the front of Emma's shorts She knew Donna saw her but Emma's mom didn't make any comment, she just grinned some more.

As soon as she got home she did her little bit homework as quickly as possible and then laid down on her bed. She stripped herself down and waited for Emma. Once she felt Emma was also ready she began to work on her still moist slit. An hour later she was happy but exhausted and was very glad Emma was feeling the same on her end. Michele opened the door about then and gave her a laughing smile. This wasn't the first time she'd walked in on her in such a state.

"Is it safe to come in now?" Michele asked laughingly.

"I guess so," Karen responded distractedly as she pulled her panties and shirt back on.

"Must have been quite a day for you to end up like that," Michele remarked.

Karen gave a tired but amused snort. "It was, it was nice too though."

"How so?" Michele asked coming in and sitting on the bed

Karen told her everything. After a prompting from Emma she even told her everything about the link and how she could feel Emma in her head. At first Michele had looked disbelieving, but by the end she stared at her looking astounded.

"Holy damn Karen!" Michele half shouted before lowering her voice. "You're telling me that just now you were getting yourself off along with Emma who's fifteen miles away?

"Pretty much, "Karen quipped with a smile.

"Holy shit," Michele mumbled. Then in a stronger more excited voice she continued. "That's gotta be a dozen times better than phone sex!"

"Well, we certainly enjoy it," Karen laughed.

"Does she really feel you right now and vice versa?"

"Uh-huh, she was the one who wanted me to tell you about it all. She's hoping you'll be alright with us like this. It's all the truth. She knows I'm talking to you right now just like I know she's still naked on her bed with her laptop."

Michele smiled in a very sisterly manner. "How could I not be ok with it? From what you said this link thing, however unbelievable it may be, lets you know exactly how much you care for each other. How could I think something like that would be a bad thing for you? It's almost like Emma and you are married already or something."

Karen and Emma were both overjoyed with the response.

"Plus," Michele continued. "From what you told me you can still have kids whenever you want. How could I not be happy with that? You and Emma would have such cute children I think. You really struck gold with that girl sister."

"I very much agree." Karen said and sent an identical sentiment to Emma. She could feel the girl's embarrassed happiness. Karen wished she could hug right then. The lack of physical contact was annoying.

"It's a good thing you got such a nice girlfriend with Emma," Michele went on. "I'm very glad I didn't end up linked to the first person I had sex with. I would have been stuck with that weirdo forever."

Karen remembered the boy in question. He had seemed normal at first but had turned out to have some really weird tendencies. Michele had been way grossed out and dumped him. Karen shared the memory with Emma and all three girls laughed. When the amusement died down Karen felt Emma telling her good night, she returned the sentiment

"What was that last smile for?" Michele asked.

"Emma's going to bed so I was telling her goodnight."

Michele's eyebrows rose a little. "That's pretty convenient. I think I'm a little jealous."

"Amber said the same thing yesterday when I told her."

"Then we'll already have something we agree on." Michele smirked. "I'm gonna head to bed too, I wasn't planning to spend so much time talking but it was worth losing the extra bit of sleep."

She bent over and gave Karen a sisterly peck on the side of her lips then stood back up with a quizzical expression.

"Why do your lips taste weird Karen? Are you wearing chap stick or something?"

Karen tried not to laugh but a little one escaped. "That was me you just tasted, I licked my fingers clean."

Michele eyes flared in surprise. "Really? I never got the nerve up to try my own before. It didn't taste that bad." She held a pondering expression and then nodded to herself.

"Was that one of the reasons you're hesitating about Amber?" Karen asked.

"It was," Michele nodded. "I knew that sex with a girl might be pretty good but I've only seen what's in internet porn. I'm not sure what to expect really."

"I just find what Emma likes and do it," Karen shrugged. "I don't think Amber will be angry if you don't want to go down on her right away. I really like it when I do it though and you just said my juices didn't taste that bad."

"I'll think on it," Michele said heading back to the door. "You just worry about Emma and keeping your girlfriend happy!"

Karen had tried to cut her sister off when she knew what that last phrase was gonna be but it was too late. Michele had been facing away from the door at the end and hadn't noticed their father entering the room. He definitely heard the last sentence. His face immediately became very stony.

"What was that?!" he stormed, making Michele whirl to face him. "What's this about Emma being your girlfriend Karen? Answer me!"

Karen has no idea what to say. Just a moment ago she'd was happy with her sister and Emma and now her father was here screaming. It was a nightmare. She couldn't think quick enough to find a way out of the question. Her father took her silence to mean it was true.

"I can't believe you Karen!" he stormed on. "I thought you were more mature than this!"

"What do you mean not mature?" Karen asked in disbelief.

Her father glared hard. "I will not allow my daughter to have such childish infatuation!"

"Childish?!" Michele nearly screeched out. "What the hell are you talking about dad?"

"You stay out of this Michele, it no longer concerns you," Dad said coldly. Neither Karen nor Michele had ever heard him speak like this before and it frightened them greatly. Karen felt Emma wake back up from feeling her distress, then she felt her girlfriend's panic when she realized what was going on. Karen wished she knew what to tell her.

"Everything about Karen concerns me!" Michele said in a rising fury. "Why can't you just let her be happy?"

Dad rounded right on her. "Because it's wrong, that's why. It's unnatural. Girls just think their lesbians for the childish thrill! I won't have my daughter having any part of that!"

"Where the hell did you hear any of that crap!" Michele's tone was scathing enough to peal paint. "There's nothing wrong with what Karen and Emma have together."

"What do they have?" Their dad said dismissively as if anything they brought up was of no consequence. "It's just two teenagers letting their hormones do their thinking for them."

There was a series of loud thumping as someone came up the stairs. A moment later mom burst into the room still dressed in her scrubs from work.

"What are you screaming about up here Richard!" she said in a flat demand to dad. He immediately pointed to Karen.

"Our daughter thinks she's a lesbian. She thinks she loves that Emma girl."

"So what," mom said, "Of coarse those two are together, you saw them the other day didn't you?"

Everyone in the room was floored.

"You knew mom?" Karen got out.

"Psht" mom said dismissively. "I'm your mom, not some idiot. Of course I know. I saw how that girl held onto you and the way you looked at each other. That and the fact you both came downstairs looking like you did made it fairly obvious."

"You knew and didn't say anything?" dad sounded scandalized.

"What for?" Mom said. Her tone said to drop the issue; dad ignored it or didn't care.

"Because it's not normal!" dad said incredulously. "I thought I convinced you about that last time!"

"Last time?" both Karen and Michele asked in surprise.

"The only time I ever cheated on your father was with a woman." Mom explains calmly. "Your father believed I did it out of some female insecurity or some other bullshit. I just agreed to get him to shut up about it. He read that crap in some quack psych journal in college and believed it."

Dad turned beat red.

"I won't have it," he said firmly. "I forbid it."

"Your just trying to spite me now Richard," mom said scathingly. "What does it matter what gender Karen's choice in partner is?"

"No!" Dad said sounding unchanged. "She is forbidden to see that girl. In fact she is staying home in her room until she recants."

Karen felt her heart give a lurch at those words. That instinctive horror she'd felt when Donna mentioned separating from Emma slammed home into her much stranger than last time. She felt Emma crying and Donna trying to comfort her somehow, she wanted to do the same; she wanted to cry her eyes out. .She wanted to go back to the happiness of ten minutes ago before her father had walked in the room.

"You can't imprison our daughter for some stupid hang-up you have Richard."

"I'm protecting her from herself Sarah," Dad sounded like some hopped up preacher. "I'm going to call the school and tell them she's very sick. They'll send her work home for her and I'll get Karen a therapist to fix her."

Karen didn't notice anything at all after that; she retreated into her into her mind, to the warm glowing ball that was Emma. She shut down, not caring about her limp body on her bed. She ran way inside to the happiness she had found. She wouldn't leave Emma. She couldn't. She cut off everything until all that remained was the feeling of Emma's presence. She let the darkness of unconsciousness sweep up on her, it came fast, only allowing in one last gasp of despair from the love they wanted to take away from her before she felt nothing but that glow.

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Michele sat on her sister's bed, stroking her sister's hair gently with a concerned expression on her face. Karen lay there, curled into a fetal position, occasionally whimpering but otherwise entirely unresponsive. She had been like that for three days.

Michele had seen her sister go limp on her bed while their parent's argued. She had thought Karen had feinted of something. She had tried everything she could think of to wake her. Their parents, when they finally realized something was badly wrong had immediately called for paramedics. They had found absolutely nothing wrong with Karen. Another doctor that had come later said her unconsciousness had been psychological rather than because of some trauma.

The doctor had grilled mother and father hard, Michele thought the man was concerned about abuse of some kind. Mother had responded eagerly, afraid for her daughter's life. Mom was a nurse herself and knew Karen was in danger. Dad though just became more and more stony, only grudgingly answering questions. Michele had never seen him act like this before.

She had known for a long while that her parent's marriage hadn't been going well. They'd been arguing off and on for the last two years. They all had hid it from Karen, not wanting to upset her. They even pretended to go on dates on Sundays when instead they were actually seeing a councilor. Now dad's finding out about Karen and her sister's condition looked to have finally put the final axe in.

Michele continued her stroking, wishing Karen would wake up again. They had one more day here at home. If she didn't wake up by then they would have to put her in the coma unit at the hospital. That would make Karen a vegetable like the others, a thought that terrified Michele. She didn't want to see her sister laying there with tubes in her to keep her alive.

She didn't let anyone else into the room anymore. Not even mom. Dad had only tried once and Michele had shocked herself by slamming the door literally in his face. She knew she was being irrational and overprotective but she didn't care. She wouldn't let anyone harm Karen anymore. They had been inseparable as children and she didn't want anything to cause that break now.

She had heard numerous phone calls while she sat by Karen's side. Many of them had been Donna at first. She heard her father yelling and threatening when those calls came. Until dad threatened a restraining order if he heard or saw her again. Then it was just Amber and the other girls calling, begging to know what was going on. Dad answered those curtly and then hung up. Mom wasn't there to answer any of them. She had gone to her clinic and to the hospital to talk to people she knew to try and get help for Karen.

Michele took a small cloth and whipped the sweat from Karen's face. A face that already looked weaker from not eating. She'd only been able to get a little water down her. She was watching that pale face as she worked when she heard her father's car start and then leave. Going to the window she watched him drive off.

With father finally gone she got herself some food and used the bathroom. When she returned to Karen's room she laid down on the bed next to her sister. She must have fallen asleep like that because she started awake to the sound of two cars pulling into the drive. Rushing back to the window she looked down and was shocked when she saw Mom and Donna walking to the front door. Michele also could barely see someone else in the back of Donna's car, it had to be Emma. She felt tears forming at the thought of what that poor girl must be feeling.

Then she remembered what about the mental link Karen had been telling her about right before everything happened. She realized that Emma could feel what Karen felt right now. It was all she could do not to run down there and ask the girl for help. The only thing stopping her was the fact that Emma hadn't gotten out of the car. In fact, from the little she could see the girl hadn't moved at all.

A tentative knock came at the door.

"Michele," mom's voice came through the thin wood. "Can we please come in?"

Michele crossed the room and unlocked the door. Then she stood back.

The two older women entered the room and when mom looked at Karen she looked almost in tears. The sight disturbed Michele greatly. Mom had always been a strong determined woman. She was never so openly distraught. Donna was not much better. She came in and looked like she wanted to hug Karen to her. Then she rounded on mother.

"See, it's exactly like I explained to you!" Donna half-screamed angrily. "She's in the exact same position as Emma is down in the car."

"But what you're saying can't be possible!" Mom sounded almost hysterical. "There's no such thing a mental link between two people."

"Then how do you explain the fact that Emma collapsed at the exact same time that Karen blacked out," Donna voice begged mom to believe her. "You need to let me bring Emma in here to Karen. Otherwise they won't wake up at all until one of them dies. Then the other will try to kill herself."

Michele felt tears on her face again. She'd cried a lot in the last couple days. She didn't bother to clean them off.

"Mom let her try!" she found herself begging as well. "Please, believe Donna."

Mom stood there a moment, more indecisive, than Michele had ever seen her. He made the choice for her.

"Bring her" her she commanded, "bring Emma here."

Donna didn't wait for mom to agree, she tore from the room and out of the house. Mom looked at her.

"You believe her?" mom asked quietly.

"I do, Karen was telling me about that link thing right before dad scared her to death."

Mom nodded slowly. "Donna said it was what he said that did it; that and them being apart when he said it. She said they couldn't comfort each other so they shut down. Such a thing shouldn't be possible."

"You said you saw them together mom," Michele said. "Have you ever seen two people that close to each other that quickly? They've only known each other for two weeks."

"That's why I let Donna bring her here." Mom responded, now finally sounding more composed. "I did see them; I just thought they were just that way naturally. One of those couples that gets all touchy with each other."

"They are like that." Michel told her. "But I saw how they were when everyone was in my room Saturday. They never let go of the other person when they didn't have to."

They heard labored breathing outside the door. Michele ran out and saw Donna struggling to carry her daughter up the steps. Michele immediately went and helped her, taking half the weight into her own arms. Together they brought Emma into Karen's room, and upon entering there was an immediate response. Both girls reached out to the air and called the other's name.

Mom looked absolutely stunned. Michele knew she had to believe now. The evidence was right there in front of them. When they laid Emma onto the bed Karen immediately embraced the smaller girl and drew her body to her own. Everyone stood still, waiting to see what would happen.

At first nothing happened. The two girls simply held each other so tightly Michele thought it would take a crowbar to separate them again. Then simultaneously tears began pouring out of them both. Donna, Michele and mom all twitched, all wanting to call out to the girls. It was Karen who opened her eyes first.

"Karen!" mom gasped out to her daughter.

Karen ignored her. In fact Michele thought that nothing else in the room probably existed to Karen right then. Karen only looked at Emma with wet eyes. Then she kissed Emma very softly on the lips. The smaller girl's eyes fluttered open and then Emma returned the kiss, somehow tightening her grip on Karen even more. For almost twenty minutes all they did was embrace and kiss softly like that. Then the kisses started to become a little more passionate.

"Let's leave them," Donna whispered and turned to leave the room.

Mom made to protest, wanting to talk to Karen. Michele pushed her along out of the room and then closed the door behind them.

"Why did we have to leave?" Mom demanded immediately once they were all in the upstairs hallway.

"Because they deserve their privacy," Donna responded, sounding much calmer. "They'd be heartily embarrassed if we stayed to watch what's coming soon."

"What do you mean?" mom asked quizzically. "What's coming?"

"You believe me now about their link to each other now right?"

Mom nodded. "It's hard not to when I saw that right in front of my face."

"Well," Donna began. "I 'm amazed it took such a short separation, but that combined with what your husband said to Karen seriously effected them. They are bonded to each other way more tightly than I ever was to my husband. It's only been days and their already at such a stage. When two people like that come back together they are completely unaware of anything around them and what their actions might cause."

"What actions?" Mom asked sounding hesitant. Michele thought she had a good idea of what it was but she let Donna say it.

"When they get themselves worked up to it they're going to go at each other like rabbits for hours. Then they'll pass out and possibly do it once more when they wake. It depends on the people involved."

Mom blushed. "You mean they were gonna end up having sex right in front of us if we stayed?"

"Yeah, so let them be for a while, they defiantly won't appreciate being interrupted in any way now that they are together again. And they definitely wouldn't like it if any of us were there when they snap out of it."

Thinking about what Donna had just said Michele ducked into her own room really quick and turned her radio on with the volume way up. When she came back to the two women Donna nodded to her smiling.

"Good idea Michele," she said

Mom understood what she'd done and turned even redder. "Let's head downstairs. I think I could use some coffee.

She and Donna seconded the idea. Mom led them all down to the kitchen. After she started the coffee maker mom began pulling food out of the fridge.

"What are you doing mom?" Michele asked her.

"Making food obviously," mom said distractedly. "Food sounds good right now and those two will be hungry when they come down."

"Feeling a bit conflicted?" Donna asked.

"Hell yes!" mom grunted. "How can I not be when I know two underage girls are upstairs in my house having sex. What kind of mother does that make me?"

"You think this is bad?" Donna asked sounding amused. "I walked in on the two of them when I went to wake them up on Saturday. How do you think I felt?"

"Saturday, that was when they did it? Made that link I mean." She hurried the last part. "Yep," Donna said in a wry tone. "Opened the door to wake them and there they were, naked and in each others arms. Karen was the one who woke up when I came in. She was absolutely mortified."

"I wish you would have told me about this." Mom harrumphed.

"Would you have believed me any more than you did today before you saw them together?" Donna asked, eyebrow raised.

"Probably not," mom sighed.

"Where did dad go?" Michele asked pouring them all coffee from the now full decanter.

"Out to a bar," mom grunted sourly in response. "He went to drink and watch sports while his daughter was in trouble."

"What are you gonna do?"

"This has been coming for a while Michele but this whole incident had clinched things. I'm going to file for divorce tomorrow. I'll let him have the house and car in exchange for full custody of Karen, I already asked that doctor to stand in as a witness if he wants to take things to court."

Michele wasn't surprised it was coming to this. Dad had shown a completely different side of himself the last few days. She knew she didn't want dad to start in on Karen again now that they had her awake. She had even considered moving out and inviting Karen to live with her when she had been watching over her sister.

"Will you have a place to stay?" Donna asked sounding concerned.

"We can stay in a motel tonight, and I'll call my mother tomorrow." She had automatically grouped Michele and Karen in that. Michele only kind of agreed with it. Donna provided a better alternative.

"You could all stay at our place." Donna suggested, "It would be better for the girls and you can stay in the room I was getting ready for Karen. Michele can have one of the other open bedrooms."

"A room for Karen?" mom asked.

"I figured she would be around a lot and since we have a lot of extra rooms I figured she could have her own when she's over. "

"What do you think Michele?" mom asked looking her way and taking a sip from her steaming cup.

"I like Donna's idea better. It's defiantly better than a hotel and would be better to keep those two together."

Mom nodded. "I guess we'll take you up on your offer then Donna."

For a moment a loud moan penetrated the music thumping upstairs. They all glance at each other. They all had recognized Emma's voice.

"How about that food now?" Michele asked trying to distract them all.

"Yes," Donna said nodding. "I think I'd like to help as well."

They went to work, making as much noise as possible to drown out anymore stray noises.

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Karen could only feel Emma. She had come out of that dark place in her mind as soon as she had felt her lover near her. When she felt Emma next to her it had been like placing a dehydrated man in front of a drinking fountain. She hadn't been conscious at all at first of how she had clung to the girl. It didn't matter though. She had Emma with her and that was all that was important right then.

She had felt it when Emma had awakened from her own nightmare. Karen had surrounded her in body and mind, trying to give all of the love she felt to the girl in one wave. She almost drowned in the returning flood Emma sent back. Suddenly she need more.

Unconscious of it, she stripped them both until flesh met flesh. Karen smothered her lover in her attentions. Her hands went everywhere, never content to leave one part of Emma's small body alone. Emma rose to meet her, again both mentally and physically. Karen felt hot all over and knew Emma was the same. Both girls writhed in their perspirations, Emma crying out when Karen found a particularly sensitive spot.

When her hands had had enough for a while Karen changed to her lips and tongue. Like her hands they went everywhere. She reveled in the pleasure she was giving the one she loved.

She nuzzled the backs of Emma's sensitive ears and felt her curl into her touch. She kissed the nape of Emma's neck, removing the beads of sweat with her lips and tongue, and felt the shiver that ran through the girl. She kissed down the valley between Emma's small breasts, then down to the girls stomach, a wet sheen marking her path. Her hands reached beneath and caressed the girl's firm buttocks complementing the pleasure she gave with her mouth.

Continuing on she lifted a leg and kissed down it, pausing to lick that sensitive spot behind the knee. A violent tremor ran through Emma's body. Karen felt the orgasm in her mind. She wanted more, to give more. She went on. She kissed down Emma's thigh, and caressed it with her hand. She stopped just before the juice soaked pussy in front of her face and went back up Emma's body. She felt the girl's desire flare at being denied Karen's touch there. Soon Karen promised her and she went on, taking one breast in her mouth, the other in her right hand.

She bathed those small mounds in her ministrations. She swapped back and forth with mouth and hand. Pinching, licking, and nibbling. On and on she worked until another shudder wracked Emma. Only then did she swing herself around. Head pointing downward now she returned her mouth to the place she'd skipped over.

All Karen could hear or feel was Emma. Her mind was full of the girl. Now her mouth was as well. Her tongue, though a little tired from all the work it had done, probed deep into Emma eliciting loud moans and cries. Neither of them spoke with their mouths. It wasn't needed. They both knew what they wanted.

When Karen had Emma on the brink of cumming again she felt the electric touch of the girl fingers on her backside. Those hot fingers guided her over Emma's mouth. She felt her own clit twinge as it was enveloped in hot warmth. She was so worked up from her actions that she came immediately. Emma simply lapped up the juices that flooded out of her. Karen rode the orgasm out still working her own tongue and lips on Emma.

Simultaneously they both brought their first two fingers to the other's hole. Fingers slid in the hot slickness. Both tensed as they felt themselves being filled by the digits. The fingers sawed in and out, twisted and slid. Yet again they approached orgasm together. They slid their fingers deeper. Till now they'd both been careful not to penetrate that barrier in their hot holes. Now though those fingers continued through and they both tasted blood as they gave themselves to the other during the spasms of orgasm, each sharing that special moment.

On and on the continued like that. Karen was only aware they had stopped when she found herself waking up; her mind feeling clear again. She was still full of love for the girl she held possessively in her arms but she was again able to think. She felt Emma stir in her arms so she loosened her grip. Emma turned from their spooning position to face her. Emma had tears in her eyes again.

"Cut that out," Karen told her gently. "I'm not going anywhere."

"I know," Emma said smiling. "I'm just really happy.

"I know," Karen responded. "Me too."

Emma's stomach chose that moment to rumble. Karen smiled a silent laugh,

"Lets get something to eat." She said, then felt the all the dried girl cum all over her body. "But a shower first I think."

The shower turned into a long hot make out session but they were eventually clean. Neither had indulged further than kissing though. They were both feeling pleasantly sore from what Karen knew had to have been hours of heavy lovemaking.

When they finally made their way tentatively downstairs they found Donna Michele and Karen's mom in the living room watching a movie with the volume way up. Karen blushed hotly when she realized why that was.

"Welcome back to earth!" Donna said smirking when she saw the girls had come downstairs.

"Karen!" mom leapt of the couch to them. "Are you both alright now?"

Karen didn't know what her mom thought about things yet so she hugged Emma to her as she answered. "We're fine now, just hungry."

"We made you guys some food, there's a plate of lasagna for each of you in the fridge." Mom smiled before she continued on, one that made Karen feel much less nervous. "Don't worry Karen, I'm fine with you and Emma, Donna explained everything to me."

"She did?"

Donna nodded as mom responded. "Yeah, it was difficult to believe at first but I saw the evidence myself. I won't let anyone take you away from Emma anymore."

She found herself hugging mom before she finished her last word. Emma was right behind her.

"It's a good thing you guys woke came down now" Michele said speaking up. "We were just about to risk coming upstairs to check on you."

Karen knew she must have made a face at that because all three women laughed.

"Maybe it's a good thing we didn't have to." Donna said chuckling. "But we need to get going."

"Going?" Emma asked

"Yes," mom answered losing her humor. "We need to leave and head over to Donna's place before your dad gets home. I already called the police to warn them so he can't claim I kidnapped you."

Emma gave a happy laugh and clung to Karen's arm. "Are they really staying with us?" she asked her mom.

"Yes," she answered. "At least until Sarah here takes care of things with Karen's father."

Karen had deliberately forgotten about her father. Obviously he was out of the house and everyone disagreed with him if they were all leaving without telling him.

"What are you gonna do?" she asked.

"I'm divorcing him Karen. "Mom answered resignedly "We've hid it from you for a long while be the two of us haven't been doing well the last couple of years. This is just the last straw."

Karen could remember both her kind father, and the one that had screamed at her about Emma. She didn't want to live with the second one. Not at all. She moved her and Emma and herself into the kitchen to get the food so they could leave.

After they heated their plates of food they all climbed into vehicles. Michele and Karen's mom were driving their own while Emma and Karen rode in the back of Donna's.

As they drove out to Emma's house Karen held the girl she loved and prayed nothing again would cause that darkness that had overcome her. She only wanted to be with the girl in her arms. She prayed hard for it to be so.