Ways in the Guardian: A Menage Romance Book Collection

by Barbara Downey

  “Don’t tell us that you are doing chores on this perfect Saturday afternoon,” Amanda said, walking over to Tara and hugging her warmly.

  “I'm just trying to help my mother out with the lawn but I’ve just finished. What’s up, girls?” Tara said cheerfully to her friends after hugging Tanya.

  “We just thought that we would drop by and see what you're doing. Maybe if you're free we could drive down to the beach and hang out there. I'm sure that there are plenty of guys down there right now and someone here could use a boyfriend right about now,” Tanya said, patting Tara on the back.

  “Oh come on, Tanya, let’s not go there, please-“

  “I think that Tanya is absolutely right, Tara, it is about time that you stopped acting like a nun and get yourself a boyfriend. I mean, what harm will it cause? And, besides, I think that it would be emotionally healthy,” Amanda cut her short, talking about the subject that Tara preferred to keep in the closet.

  “And what if I told you that I don’t feel attracted to men in the way that you would want,” she challenged her friends.

  “Well then, maybe it is time that you found out if you are attracted to women. If that is the case then you can think of getting yourself a female lover. I don’t see any harm with that,” Tanya said to her as they pushed the lawn mower towards the store.

  “You guys are just impossible to deal with. About going to the beach, I really wouldn’t mind going there for a tan before heading out to watch today’s game.” The last part of the sentence made her excited. “I mean, that is the beauty of summer, isn't it?”

  “Well then, get dressed already so that we can get going,” Amanda said as they made their way into the house, heading upstairs to her bedroom.

  Tara peeled off her clothes and went into the bathroom for a quick shower, leaving her friends going through her CDs. She was out of the bathroom less than five minutes later, quickly changing into her bikini. Over the bikini she wore a pair of shorts and a loose fitting blouse. She then slipped on a pair of sandals and worked on her makeup.

  “There goes, how do I look?” she said to her friends, as she finally walked out of her closet all done up.

  “Oh my god, hun, you look stunning,” Amanda said to her, her eyes widening as she looked at Tara.

  “With that sort of look, it would be difficult for someone not to notice you,” Tanya added.

  “And not to mention that on the beach I'm going to be dressed in just my bikini. I feel sorry for you guys if you didn’t bring yours,” Tara said to her friends, turning around for them to admire the new clothes that she had purchased only that morning while at the mall with her mother.

  “Hahaha, you wish. We came well-equipped knowing where we were going,” Amanda said, pulling her overcoat open for Tara to see that all that she was wearing inside was a sexy bikini.

  “Okay, come on, I need to get some sun before the game later on today,” she said to her friends, grabbing her sun glasses, makeup bag and handbag and leading the way out of the room.

  *****

  Carina loved her workouts on the beach, especially on such an important day when they would be playing their biggest rivals, the Eaglets. She was on of one of the city’s biggest football teams, The Hornets, where she had moved up the ranks to end up as the captain. She loved her role as the captain and she was very dedicated to the success of the team.

  “It looks like one of your biggest fans is also on the beach today and I must say, isn't she looking hot,” Denise, one of the other teammates, jogged to her side, nudging her head to the side.

  Carina’s eyes followed her gaze, settling on the hot blonde that never missed any of their games. She was on the beach with two of her friends, and they were all dressed in sexy bikinis. The blonde was lying on a towel spreading sun block over her skin. She looked hotter than she had ever looked before and Carina found that she could not stop looking at her. Carina had noticed the blonde from the very first time that she had started coming to the arena to watch the games, mainly because she was madly attracted to the blonde. She usually sat in the front row cheering them on, dark glasses covering her eyes, and each time she seemed to be dressed sexier than the last time. This time she was dressed in practically nothing, the sight of the bare flesh getting Carina turned on.

  “One hell of a sight, huh,” Denise continued, as Carina slowed down her jog to look at the women more closely.

  “I swear to god I'm going to get that hottie for myself,” Carina said, although she was not sure if she would be able to make the first move, since she was not sure if the blonde was a lesbian like her.

  She felt herself growing moist in between her thighs at the thought of her and the blonde, all alone and naked, doing things that only lovers did.

  “You know what, I have an idea,” she said, suddenly brightening up as an idea lit up in her mind. “Why don’t we give them a VIP pass to the game today? At least that would let us get to know more about them, especially the blonde?”

  “Hmm, I think that’s actually a very good idea and after the game we could probably go out so that you can have some fun with her. That is a really brilliant idea, captain,” Denise said to her as they automatically turned and began jogging towards the three women.

  Carina found her heart beating faster and harder as they got closer to the three women, who did not seem to have noticed them. Feeling the shorts rubbing against her sex since she had not worn any underwear did not seem to make things any better, since she just found herself getting more and more turned on by the second. She found that goose bumps had formed on the back of her hands, despite the heat, as they got to the three women. The blonde sat up, looking a little surprised, her eyes widening when she finally recognized who Carina and Denise were.

  “Wait a minute, aren’t you Carina Holmes, the hot Hornets player, and you must be Denise Sharpe?” the blonde said, taking off her sun glasses and looking at from Denise to Carina, her eyes travelling over every inch of Carina's body until Carina felt as if she was melting from within.

  “Yes, you're right, and it seems that you know your players very well,” Carina said, noting the soft blush that covered the young woman’s cheeks as she held her gaze.

  “And what brings you here? I thought that you would probably be training for today’s game?” the blonde said.

  “Oh, please pardon my manners, these are my friends, Tanya and Amanda, and I'm Tara.”

  “Well, it’s a pleasure to finally put a name to a face. I see you during each one of our matches and know that you are a big fan-“

  “And that’s why we came over here so that we could offer you guys VIP passes to tonight’s game, that is, if you had plans to come,” Denise said, cutting Carina shut and going straight to the point.

  “Are you guys serious? Well, of course we were planning to come over as soon as we came from the beach,” Tara was so excited, she had even stood up, her full figure coming into view and making Carina realize that the woman was even sexier than she had looked before. Carina could even make out her cameltoe in between her thighs and it made her wonder what it would be like to see her naked without the bikini.

  “Yep, Denise is very right, we came here to invite you to the game. It would be a honor to have you in our company and after the game there will be a party where you could join us along with the other players for a night of fun,” Carina said, her night of fun probably nothing compared to what Tara was thinking.

  As she looked at Tara, Carina found her eyes lingering all over her body, taking in each of her features. She had to have the sexiest body that Carina had ever seen, right from her blonde hair and complimentary blue green eyes. She had an hour glass figure and her breasts were just the right size, slightly fleshier than Carina's own. Carina did not even want to imagine what Tara's tits would feel like inside her mouth as she sucked on them, pleasuring her and taking her to another planet.

  “Thanks, Carina, we really appreciate the invite and you can count on us being there for both
the game and the party,” Amanda said, seeming to suddenly come out of her cocoon.

  “Well, that is perfect, girls, I guess I'll see you when you come around then,” Carina said, feeling satisfied, with her eyes still on Tara the whole time.

  “We had better join up with the rest, we usually prefer to train on the beach and they must be wondering what has happened to us. This whole thing was Carina's idea, of course. See you,” Denise said, patting Carina on the shoulders as the two women stepped away from the group of women and resumed their training. “That seemed to go pretty well for you and I have the feeling that Carina is really into you. I wish you all of the best, girlfriend.”

  “Well, it’s still too early for me to jump to any conclusions but I sure as hell could use that luck. She was probably just excited because we invited them over to the VIP lounge,” Carina said skeptically.

  “Girl, you have got to be blind, didn’t you see the way that she was drooling all over you? That chick is into you even though she probably doesn’t know whether she is into women or not,” Denise said, as they sped up to catch up with the rest of the NFL football players.

  *****

  “Holy smokes, I'm still not sure about what I'm going to wear to the game,” Tara said, pacing up and down in her bedroom as Amanda and Tanya sat on her bed looking at her with amusement in their eyes. “And for heaven’s sake, will you stop looking at me like that, you’re making me nervous.”

  “I think that this time that NFL chick has really blown your mind,” Tanya said thoughtfully. “I have never seen you looking this nervous before.”

  “I think that this is actually a good thing because Tara here can finally find out what it is like to actually fall in love. Did you notice the way that Carina could not stop looking at Tara, her eyes moving all over her body as if she was undressing her and actually making love to her? I think that this is going to be very interesting, indeed,” Amanda said, adding to the nervousness that Tara was already feeling.

  “Will you guys please shut up and help me to decide exactly what I’m wearing to the game,” Tara said to her friends with frustration.

  “Alright, let us see what sexy outfits you have in your closet,” Amanda said, getting up and walking into Tara's closet. “And let’s hope that you have some vibrators too, they might come in handy, or we could drop by a sex store on our way to the game.”

  Tara could not believe just how nervous she had been feeling right from the time that she had set her eyes on Carina that morning. She had always thought of Carina as the sexiest woman that she had ever seen but having been so close to her and even actually shaken her hand, she had felt a certain stirring deep within her body, something that she had never experienced before. She had become wet in between her thighs and at one point she had even been afraid that Carina might notice just how moist she was, since her lips had clung to the crotch of her bikini. She was not really sure about what she was feeling, having never felt this way before. She knew that she was madly attracted to Carina and that she was going to take her friends’ advise and follow her heart. If everyone else could fall in love, then maybe she too deserved the same and she had a good feeling about all this and the direction that this was taking.

  “Here, how about this one, I think that this is pretty sexy and how come I’ve never seen you wearing it?” Amanda said, pulling one of her new sexy outfits out of the closet and handing it to Tara.

  “We went out shopping with my mother early this morning and this happens to be one of the new outfits that I bought,” Tara said, eyeing the tight-fitting mini dress. “Don’t you think that this one is a little too revealing or slutty?”

  “Girl, you are not going on a date, you are simply going to watch a game and then attend a party thereafter and I don’t think that there is anything wrong with revealing a little leg,” Amanda said.

  “And one other thing, I think that if you have sexy legs, it’s your right to show them off. There are women out there who would never dare to put on clothes that even show their thighs. Be proud of yourself and look sexy for the whole world to see,” Tanya finished, as Tara decided that it was the outfit that she was wearing.

  By the time that Tara had finished dressing, and her friends were done applying her make up for her, she could hardly recognize herself in the mirror. Everything about her seemed different and, to some extent, she had to agree that she looked much sexier than she usually did. Being the sort of woman that usually wore little or no makeup, she felt overwhelmed.

  “Okay, now that we have this settled, I guess that we had better get going. It is a good thing that we are not going to line up with the rest of the crowd since today we are going in through the VIP entrance,” Tara said, checking her handbag to make sure that the VIP passes that Carina and Denise had given them were still there.

  “Yeah, time to kick some ass and shake some booty; come on folks,” Amanda said, leading the way out of the bedroom and the house, with Tara stopping in the kitchen just long enough to pick up the money that her mother had left her on the counter.

  They arrived at the arena as soon as they had dropped by Tanya and Amanda's places so that they could shower and change into suitable clothes for the evening. To Tara, it looked as if they were off for some fashion event and not to watch an NFL game. It actually felt good to see that they would probably be the sexiest dressed women tonight, even though most of the fans would be men out there to admire the female players. The arena was bustling with people by the time that they arrived and it was almost impossible to even get a parking spot. The main reason for this was that this was the final game of the season and everyone wanted a piece of the action. The women finally found a free parking spot and then made their way to the VIP entrance, where celebrities and other important people usually went through. Tara was excited beyond words as they made their way to the front row, even though the game seemed to have already begun.

  *****

  Carina spotted them the moment that they made their way to their seats at the front row of the VIP arena. Tonight Tara looked sexier than Carina had ever seen her as she eyed her through the helmet that she was wearing. Just the sight of the sexy woman there to cheer her on inspired her even more and she found her performance becoming even better as the game progressed. By halftime, she had already broken the NFL women’s record by scoring the most number of touchdowns, and still she felt as if she had all the energy in the world. Carina knew that she was playing this game, not for herself or the team, but for Carina. She wanted Carina to know that Carina was someone that could be depended on to deliver and such a victory would go a long way in driving the point home.

  “That is quite a game, Captain, I wish that everyone on the team would feel as inspired as you are right now. I have never seen the Hornets play like this before,” the coach said as he gathered them for the second half pep talk.

  “Thank you, Coach,” she said, wondering what he would think if she was playing like this because she was trying to impress a woman that she had a mad crush on.

  He went on ahead to brief them about the possible formations for the next half of the game. The whole time, Carina could feel Denise's eyes on her and she knew just what her best friend was thinking about. Denise was the best friend that one could get. They were so different and yet so similar in their own ways and at times it was almost impossible to make out why they had become best friends. They had met soon after they had each joined the NFL league and their friendship had solidified when they had both joined the same team, Denise one season after Carina. It was Carina that had shown the timid girl the ropes around the new team and, in the long run, they had become inseparable. At times, Carina wondered what it would have been like if Denise was not a bisexual but was actually a lesbian like her. Not that she was attracted to her sexually the way that she was to Tara but it was an interesting thought.

  Carina had been a lesbian for as long as she could remember. She had been raised by a single mother and, seeing the way that the men that
had come into her mother’s life had mistreated her mother, Carina had found herself drifting away from men. It was not like she hated them or anything of the sort but from an early age she felt safer in the company of women. By the time she was 26 and at the top of her career, Carina had already been through her fair share of relationships and was now looking for something that could last. She was not looking at just getting into a relationship for the fun of it but, rather, for the long term. She had the feeling that Tara was the right woman for her, even though she sensed that the younger woman was somewhat naïve. That was probably one of the things that attracted her to Tara so much, the fact that she was a woman that was still trying to discover herself, unlike Carina who had discovered her true self while she was still a teenager in school.

  The second half of the game went even better than the first and, once again, Carina found herself beating any prior performance. She could not help it; it was as if Tara's presence on the field had given her this endless jolt of power that just drove her on, to everyone’s amazement. By the time that the game was coming to an end, the Hornets were in the lead by well over 80 points, taking the shield home. There were loud cheers from the home stadium and it looked like Carina had become the new superstar that everyone was looking out for. She was carried shoulder high by her teammates off the field after the awards, even though she would have preferred to dash to the changing rooms as quickly as possible so that she could change and go off to look for Tara. Tara was the reason that she had played this well and she was the one that Carina wanted to ran to and thank for being there during the game, cheering her on.

  “You look tense, that was quite a game that you played; one could think that you were on drugs,” Denise said to her, as she was finally set down.

  “To tell you the truth, I really don’t know what came over me tonight. I just felt like I had so much energy in me and so much drive. I felt like I had a reason to actually play well and I guess that is exactly what I ended up doing,” she said to her friend as they made their way towards the changing rooms to get freshened up.