Her Journey

Ricci looked at her and smiled, feeling the slight squeeze on her knee.  Sandi withdrew her hand, but not before giving Ricci a genuine smile.  Her teeth were a perfect glistening white, with dimples on either side.  That was one thing Henry lacked, dimples.  Her dazzling green eyes, burned right through her.  Ricci looked away feeling dizzy.

“No problem.”  She breathed.

“The more the merrier!”  Henry added.  “Ricci was totally cool with it.  It was her idea.”

“Really?”  Sandi asked coolly, cocking an eyebrow.  She again looked at Ricci and smiled.  Ricci could hear an ever so faint ‘hmmm’ under Sandi’s breath.

Could she feel the vibe Ricci was expelling from every pore of her body?  It’d been a long time since she’d had any kind of sexual attraction to another female.  The reaction her body was experiencing was out of her control.  She hoped she wasn’t obvious.  She realized at that moment, her attraction was to women.  It was women she wanted, not men.

Sandi and Henry were twins.  Henry was good looking, was nice, had a great body, but couldn’t stir anything in her.  On the other hand, one look at Sandi, tall and lean, dark hair and dark eyebrows, and light green eyes.  With those features, it made Ricci’s legs weak.  She was grateful she was sitting.  Her questions about being gay were answered.  Bottom line, women turned her on, men did not.  Now, she wished she wasn’t on this date with Henry.  Putting on this facade wasn’t right.  She was glad Sandi was with them, it made it all the more tolerable.

They made it to the fair, where the whole town must have been.  It was packed.  Lights adorned the nights’ sky and the sound of music blasted away.  The smell of cotton candy and popcorn filled the air.  Ricci felt the urge to run with the kids, who eagerly joined in the festivities, but knew it wouldn’t look right, a 35 year old woman acting that way.  How she craved her youth at times.  Times like these which were stolen away.  Her first time to a fair, and she had no idea what to expect, but knew she wanted to experience it all.

They walked through, looking at all the rides and games.  Henry excused himself and was back in no time with three Styrofoam cups in hand.  He took the wine from his coat pocket and divided the rest of it into the cups, throwing away the empty bottle.

“To a good time!”  He toasted.

“To a night we never forget!”  Sandi said, taking a sip.

Ricci caught the look Sandi gave her.  Sandi smiled and winked at her.

Oh, my God!  Ricci panicked.  She knows I have the hots for her!  Was she really that obvious?  And if she was, had Henry noticed?  She looked up at him.  He was busy taking in the action around him.  She doubted he suspected anything.

“So, what do we go on first?”  Sandi asked.

“That one!”  Ricci pointed.

“The Ferris wheel?”  Henry asked.

“Yea.” Ricci answered.  “I want to be high in the sky and see everything.”

“Let’s do it then.”  Sandi said, heading for their first ride.

Ricci could see the lights of the fair around her, as they circled the top.  Henry was not into rides, not like his sister.  For that, Ricci was grateful.  Riding along with her gave her an opportunity to get better acquainted.

They rode all the rides together.  Ricci’s favorite was the ‘Whipper’.  It went around in circles really fast, first going forward, then backwards.  The music was so loud Ricci couldn’t hear herself scream.  It was her favorite ride because it squished the two of them together when it went around.  Needless to say, they rode that ride so many times, Ricci felt nauseous.

It wasn’t until they took a break, that Ricci noticed Riley. She was with her girlfriends, including Vanessa.  Ricci decided, whatever differences Vanessa and her may have had, they were obviously friends again.

“Hey Riley!”  Ricci yelled, catching her attention.  Riley turned around and waved, coming over to her.

After the introductions, Riley pulled Ricci aside.