“Are you telling me you didn’t tell her to come here?”
“I swear, I didn’t.”
“Well if she’s your ‘friend,' then why are you getting so defensive?”
“Because you’re attacking me!”
“Damn right I’m attacking you!” He moved closer and closer; his eyes were narrowed, rigid, cold, hard. This wasn’t the way Gabriella remembered him, this wasn’t the way she wanted to remember him when he was gone. He was sweating profusely; suddenly his legs looked like they were wobbling underneath him. He stopped in his place and didn’t move closer. “You know what, I’m not coming near you, you don’t deserve to be saved!”
“Saved? Saved? Dad, who do you think you are? I’ve had enough of this!” Gabriella yelled. “The only reason I’m here is because of you. And this is how you repay me?”
“Repay you?” he spat. “For what? For running away to become a pop singer swiveling her hips on stage in front of a million people?” His breath seemed to stutter in his lungs before he let it go, feeling the tension drain from his body. But it soon came back again. He let out a burning ball of air that was searing the walls of his lungs. “What else? Help me out here.” He turned to look at Haley, who was soon joined by her mother. “What else did you want me to repay you for? Becoming a lesbian?”
“Dad, I never became a lesbian. I’ve always been one.”
“Gabriella!” her mother snapped, bolting in through the door.
“What? I’m not making this any better, am I? I’m just making him angrier, more disappointed. Or is it too late for that?” She got up and tried to weave her way past them.
“Where d’you think you’re going?” her father asked, stepping in her way.
“You wanted me out of the house, didn’t you? I’m giving you what you wanted.” Gabriella tried to squeeze past him again but he pushed her back.
“Oh, no. You’re not leaving here before I give you a piece of my mind! First you come here unannounced, then you bring your, your lady friend to my house without telling me. And you’re stupid enough to tell me she’s your friend?”
Gabriella froze. She couldn’t believe this was her dad. He was never this violent, this aggressive. Whenever she thought of him she saw nothing but a pastor dressed all in white, standing up at the altar and telling people to love one another. Or at least, that’s what he used to tell her. Was that the same man standing in front of her with a walking stick pointed straight at her like a gun?
“Come on, just leave her alone. We’ll talk about this later,” her mother said, grabbing her husband’s shoulder.
“Stay away from me!” Suddenly Gabriella’s dad started shaking. She could hear the air moving through his bronchioles like they were some kind of out of tune instrument. It was wheezing, squeaky and worrisome. “Give me… give me my inhaler,” he breathed.
“It’s not with me!”
He dug his hands into his pockets and took out a small lilac inhaler. He took a puff, holding it in for a count of four before slowly expelling the air that smelled of chemicals. Then he put the cap back on and jammed it deep in his parker pocket.
“Are you okay, dad?” Haley asked, slowly wrapping her arms around him. But then he stopped abruptly again.
“Let me go,” he said, stumbling back a few steps. Haley just stared at him. Gabriella caught a glimpse of her and it was only then did she realize that something was terribly wrong. Somewhere between all the yelling, all the anger, a switch went off in her father’s brain. He was completely stiff, like a cardboard, but his face was red enough, it was veiny enough for Gabriella to let go of her pride and think about him and him only.
“Dad, dad,” she yelled, reaching her hand out to him. But he didn’t flinch. His eyes were fixated somewhere far, somewhere distant, somewhere Gabriella felt she could never reach. At that point she knew he was far away. “Dad!”
He didn’t answer her, and neither did he reach for his inhaler again. All three of them were just staring at him, waiting for him to collapse like an old, decaying house.
Gabriella felt totally helpless. She let out a squeal when her father’s legs gave way, like they promised to sixty seconds ago, and he was lying flat on his back. She found herself running to him, getting down on the ground next to him and trying to wake him up. His eyes glazed over but he continued to cough. Gabriella could’ve sworn she heard him cursing at her, and even in the middle of all this chaos she wondered if he hated her so much, he saved his last breaths just to show her that he did.
CHAPTER 13
Alicia tossed and turned in her bed, and when she finally made peace with the fact that she wasn’t getting any sleep tonight, she flicked the lights on. Nothing could keep her from thinking about Gabriella, how she must be feeling now. Did her dad give her a scolding? Or was it more serious this time? The only consolation, the only comforting thought she had was that Gabriella has been through so much worse. The girl had thick skin. But how much more of this could she take? She must be Wonder Woman to be able to put on a brave face through it all, and still manage to seek refuge in a person, and that was Alicia.
She picked up her phone and dialed Gabriella’s number. It rang once, twice, three times. No answer. She tried it again, and again. Alicia’s heart was beating fast. She knew going over there wasn’t a good idea, but she was pushed into it. Then again, going over there reignited a spark, or at least, it made her sure that Gabriella still loved her, that she needed her.
Alicia was about to drown in her thoughts when she heard a knock at the door. Gabriella? No, it can’t be. She rushed over, thinking it would be Matthew, but when she saw the blonde standing there, her eyes were instantly wet with tears, and she let out a gasp. “I tried to call you. What happened?”
“It’s my dad … he’s, he’s not okay.”
Alicia motioned for Gabriella to come sit next to her. “How big was the argument?” she asked, her eyes digging into Gabriella’s.
“Let’s just say, he’s at the hospital right now.”
“Oh, God.” Alicia paused, trying to take in what she was hearing. “What happened, what did you guys say to each other?”
“He just kept telling me to stay away from him, but then he wouldn’t let me out of my room unless I listened to him.” Gabriella’s voice went from trembling to completely monotone, like she was under some kind of spell. “I don’t remember anything,” she breathed. “I don’t remember if we were yelling. If I was yelling.” Suddenly her eyes swelled up with tears again. “Oh, God. I did this to him! I did it! I pushed him over the edge, I-”
“Gabriella. None of this is your fault!” I did this. Alicia suffered in silence. Ever since she came here, things have been nothing but complicated.
“I was supposed to be here to help him, not kill him faster.” Gabriella’s body shivered and shook as she tried to contain her cries. She wrapped her arms around herself and rocked her body back and forth, as if that would make the pain go away. But the realization still stuck, that she was the cause of all her father’s problems and if it weren’t for her, none of this would’ve happened. “I don’t know why I thought it would be a good idea to come down here. Obviously it was a horrible idea!” She lifted her arms above her head and let out a squeal. Alicia had never seen her like this before. She racked her fingers through her hair but she winced at her touch. At that moment, Alicia felt like there was nothing she could do. But she wasn’t going to give up.
“Gabriella, you need to know that deep down inside, your dad was glad you came back.”
“He fucking tried to kick me out, Alicia! He said I wasn’t his daughter.”
“But when you tried to leave, what did he do?” There was a pause. “He wouldn’t let you, because he’s not willing to let you go again, not in a million years.”
“I don’t know, I don’t know.” Gabriella shook her head profusely. “You should’ve seen the look in his eyes before he passed out; he looked at me like I was the
Devil.” She bit her lips so hard that Alicia thought they would bleed. “This man doesn’t love me, not anymore, anyway.”
Alicia shook her head in dismay. Her eyes were cast down; she didn’t know what to do. So she decided she was going to comfort Gabriella the only way she knew how. “The most important thing right now is that he’s okay,” she said, turning Gabriella’s chin towards her. “I know it’s hard to visit him, it’s hard to see him like this, but I promise you, this man doesn’t hate you, Ella. You’re his daughter, no matter what he says.”
Gabriella rested her head on Alicia’s shoulder. She brushed her hair back and snuggled up to her, and the two of them just sat there, not saying a word. Alicia was feeling everything at once. She knew Gabriella was hurting; did that mean she wanted her space? Did that mean she needed a friend? Or did she need her?
“I’m so tired,” Gabriella said, her eyes boring into Alicia’s. She fluttered her eyelashes at her, and then finally she gave in. She tilted her head and studied her face a bit; she was still the old Gabriella she knew. Pure, angelic, even.
“I could never forget this face,” Alicia whispered against Gabriella’s lips. “Did you forget mine?”
“Never.”
Gabriella’s lips tasted of coconut and a little bit of salt, exactly the way Alicia remembered them. She felt like she hadn’t kissed her in so long, it was almost agonizing. But now it was over, she didn’t have to wait anymore.
The worst feeling was not knowing when the next time would be, or if there was a next time. Lately Alicia was starting to lose hope, but something lit up again when she went down there, a spark was reignited. “I had missed you so much,” Alicia whispered again. Suddenly she moved her legs so she was straddling Gabriella and broke the kiss to sit up and take her shirt off, throwing it only God knows where. Her bra was next to go. She couldn’t hold it in anymore. All this time she had been avoiding Alicia, doing everything in her power to pretend like she didn’t think about her every night before she went to sleep. But they both know it wasn’t true. She was homesick, not for her hometown, not for her bed, but for her.
Gabriella must’ve tossed her bra in the same direction as her shirt, because Alicia couldn’t see either of them. She couldn’t see anything but the blonde, curly locks cascading down her shoulders. She was pressed up so hard against her that it almost felt like they were one, separated only by a thin linen shirt that Alicia wore. “You’re so beautiful,” she said, staring up at Gabriella and drinking her in. Suddenly she dug her face in her chest and let out a long, heavy sigh. “You know I never forgot your smell…”
Gabriella moved up, making sure her breasts were in full view. “I’ll make sure you never do.” Her nipples were all puffy, like someone had been sucking and biting them for days and the color was a kind of pastel pinky apricot color. Alicia stuck her tongue out and gave them a little lick, gauging Gabriella’s reaction. Her nipples pebbled almost immediately. Any harder and she could have cut glass with those things. Alicia sucked on one nipple and pinched the other until she pushed her back down and tried clumsily to take her top off. “Oh my God,” she hissed. “I can’t wait. I can’t wait to be wrapped in your arms again.”
Alicia half pushed her, half rolled over so she was the one on top and took her shirt off. She wasn't wearing a bra, so she was immediately assaulted by Gabriella’s mouth. “Just the way you like it.”
She bit her hard and she squealed like a schoolgirl. She was squirming, struggling to pull her shorts off. Alicia was still half sitting, half straddling her so she pushed herself down past her hips to her knees so she could assist with the pant situation. Gabriella hooked her hands on either side of Alicia’s hips and peeled the elastic band down her thighs and legs, pulling it the rest of the way off and throwing it into their discarded clothes pile. Alicia moved her body back up so she was laying on top of her. Gabriella’s hand went back to her boobs to have another squeeze and then traveled down to the hollow between the swell of her breasts, past the opening at her ribcage, stopping briefly at her belly button to circle it with her fingers. Alicia’s hand sneaked further down until she was where pubic hair should have been.
She was smooth. Oh, so smooth. “You shaved, aye?” Alicia asked. “Was it for me?”
“I knew we would find our way back to each other again,” Gabriella hissed, her stomach rippling rhythmically as Alicia stroked her gently down there. Alicia kept her fingers on the trail of her lips; she was already damp and steaming hot. She then used her fingers to open her up to expose her hooded clit and give it a bit of a rub. The blonde arched her back and thrust her hips up to meet her. Alicia then thought it would be a good idea to replace her hand with her mouth.
“Your taste, I had missed it,” she breathed. Her words were muffled, but Gabriella knew exactly what she was talking about. She positioned her mouth to cover Gabriella’s lips and then licked her clit. She buried her tongue as far into her pussy as possible. She tasted sweet and tangy at the same time. Alicia was licking for all she was worth, and Gabriella was writhing underneath her. She used her other hand and half-shoved it into her, because that was exactly what she wanted right now, it was what she needed. "I can’t get enough of you," she said in between gasps. Alicia couldn’t get her to stay still. Normally Gabriella wasn’t such a talker in bed, but this time, she wanted to make sure that Alicia knew how much she was enjoying this. How much she had missed her.
And she just couldn't get enough. She thought she might drown in her love for her and never come back up again. As she thought this, her legs clamped around Alicia’s head like a vice and she came in one massive convolution. It took her a moment to regain her composure before she let out a little giggle.
“That was faster than what I’m used to,” Alicia said, flashing her a smirk.
“This is what I’ve been craving for so long, you have no idea… I had missed you so much.” She pulled Alicia up to her and kissed her on the mouth, tasting her own vagina on her tongue. “You know I never stopped loving you, right?”
“And I never stopped loving you.”
“No, like, even when I tried to shut you out… you know I was never going to get over you even if I tried, right?”
Alicia’s lips curved to a smile. She giggled like a little girl, her cheeks turning a radiant red. “I’m sorry it took me so long to come over here,” she said after a long pause. She studied Gabriella’s face, her features and her curves like she was seeing them for the first time. The dim light formed a halo around her head; Alicia thought she looked like a goddess. Her skin looked smooth as marble, her hair cascaded down her shoulders so it almost entirely covered her breasts and her eyes were locked on Alicia’s like she was about to kiss her again.
“Come here,” the blonde said without leaning in.
“You’re back to your bossy ways, aren’t you?” Alicia asked, slowly crawling up to her. She curled her fingers under Gabriella’s chin to lift her head slightly up to her. She dragged her thumb across her bottom lip, gently at first, then with more pressure. Alicia then ran her thumb across her lips again, this time in downward motion, and pulled her bottom lip down with her thumb. She took advantage of Gabriella’s open mouth by sliding her thumb between her lips. Gabriella let her teeth part to lick the bottom of her thumb, then closed her lips around it as Alicia slowly pulled her hand back away from Gabriella’s mouth. Alicia watched her eyes widen again as they had earlier. She repeated the process again with her index finger, watching Gabriella’s mouth the whole time. It was watering.
“You’re torturing me,” the blonde breathed. “Tell me, what d’you want me to do?”
Alicia leaned in close her ear. “I want you to love me, like you always do.” There was a pause. “Or on second thought, I want you to love me harder.”
It almost felt like time stood still when the two women embraced each other in another passionate kiss. Their tongues collided in a ceremonial dance; it was like they were glued together, insep
arable like they always were. “Get up,” Gabriella hissed.
Without thinking, Alicia obliged. She shot up and looked at Gabriella, who scooped her up. Alicia’s legs were wrapped around her perfectly slender waist; she could feel Gabriella’s hands squeezing her buttocks. Her nails dug deeply into her skin. “I like that, I love that,” she murmured under her breath. She buried her face in Gabriella’s shoulder and drank in her scent, but before she could do anything else, the blonde body-slammed her to the bed. The next thing Alicia knew they were lying on top of each other, their bodies pressed firmly together, their breaths mixing together, their breasts fitting together like puzzle pieces. Gabriella could see from the look in Alicia’s eyes as she could in hers that they were both tingling with excitement at what was about to happen between them. “This feels like the first time,” Alicia giggled. “The first you touched me… this feels like it.”
“It’s going to be even better,” the blonde whispered, taking Alicia’s shoes off and kissing up her legs to the ever growing wet patch between them. Alicia bit her bottom lip in pleasure and moaned at her touch as she slipped her hands across her chest and slowly caressed her breasts while she sucked at the patch between her legs. After a long passionate kiss -one that felt like it would last forever- Gabriella lay on top of Alicia as their eyes met once again. Her long lustrous hair hung above her as she smiled and began to lick her everywhere, until her lips locked onto Alicia’s right nipple softly. She almost had an orgasm right there. She moaned with pleasure as Gabriella kissed, licked and sucked on her breasts while one of her hands pushed and rolled over her clitoris slowly. Alicia shrieked with pleasure at Gabriella’s touch. She had no idea what to do at this point; she was making her feel so good to the point where it was debilitating. Finally, Gabriella inserted one finger into her vagina and started to masturbate her slowly. Alicia’s body shuddered; she was torn between not being able to move, and struggling not to. She was so close to a powerful orgasm as Gabriella stopped and licked her finger seductively and moved in for one more kiss. With Alicia’s taste still in her mouth they passionately kissed before Gabriella sat her up and pressed her pussy against hers. They moved up and down in rhythmic motion; slowly at first, but then they picked up the pace as they felt themselves getting more and more worked up. They kissed and rubbed themselves together, until finally they both came to a powerful orgasm.
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