I Meant To Ask

[Riley Forrester]

Riley could feel her heart hammering and her lips tingling. She wanted to keep going. Wanted it so badly. Yet, she couldn't do that to Zoe. She couldn't make her worry like that. Already she could feel Zoe tuck back some of her hair for her, and that motion alone conveyed some of the care the girl had for Riley. I don't want to make her worry about me too. She realized. So she spoke up.

"I... I don't want to stop but... But give me a minute or two so the numbness goes away." She said with an apologetic smile and a squeeze of Zoe's hand-- which Riley had reached for and taken for a brief moment. The minutes that passed seemed like slight agony, but slowly Riley felt the feeling in her lips return. Once it did, she nodded to Zoe.

"Ok. We can... We can do it again. If you want." Riley added on the last part quickly. Because if Zoe suddenly wanted to stop, Riley would.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

So waiting was agony. Zoe almost squirmed as she watched her girlfriend. Her eyes kept falling on Riley's lips, and then they'd drift a bit lower before she drew them away. Was she even allowed to look? Why wouldn't she be? They were girlfriends, right? Again, that was very much what girlfriends did. Just like the hand holding and the kissing and everything and...

Again, if she wanted. Zoe didn't know if she'd want to stop. She smiled and shifted again, looking at Riley. "Alright, but, um,' she reached up to move some hair aside, "if you... want to---to stop or something, just let me know," she leaned forward, again taking those soft lips in hers, feeling the pure emotion pouring out of her with the touch. Those embers which had started to smolder in the downtime flared right back up, nearly making Zoe ache. She was suddenly acutely aware of two facts: her bed was a short walk away and the preventative to her power was equally close. But no, no, the timing wasn't right, even if it felt so good to kiss Riley, to lose herself in just that for several long, aching.... seconds? Minutes?

[Riley Forrester]

Obviously the waiting wasn't only driving Riley mad. Zoe's eyes kept falling on Riley's lips and lower, and all it was managing to do was make Riley heat up and bite her bottom lip, blushing more. God lord the things she does to me. Riley thought before finally she felt ok enough to mention them starting again.

Zoe smiled and shifted some hair aside, which had Riley aching to reach up and fix it for her. There was the warning, letting Riley know she could stop if she wanted. And then their lips joined again and Riley couldn't help but moan a little as her eyes fluttered shut and she kissed Zoe back. The butterflies were back in full force as she felt her body heat up. The kiss was packed full of emotion again, and Riley returned it equally. It was.... she really couldn't describe it as it went on for ages, and yet not long enough.

Again Riley had to pull away as the numbness creeping up, but she was smiling. Looked like Zoe was right about her tongue.

{Post 300!}

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

So much given, so much received in return. Zoe gave into that part of her that was the emotional vampire, greedily drinking in what Riley returned. It all just kept getting filtered into a sort of cycle, continually looping and nearly making Zoe dizzy, as well as continually reminding her of what lay that short walk away.

Riley pulled away. Zoe lay there breathless, staring down at the girl, seeing the smile creeping up. She met it with one of her own, flushing and lowering her eyes. "I think I could do this for hours," she admitted, moving some hair behind an ear. What time was it anyway? she'd lost track and she couldn't---

Suddenly she heard her phone chirping in the distance. Yelping, Zoe scrambled, thrashing for a moment, getting tangled in sheets and actually falling to the ground as she pulled away from her girlfriend. She lay there, winded, listening as her ring tone (a fairly standard fairy charm that came with the phone), rang out while she laid on the floor, an embarrassed wholly disheveled mess.

[Riley Forrester]

Zoe returned the smile, which only made Riley want to kisser again even though she knew that would be bad and that they both needed to catch their breath anyways. When Zoe confessed she could do this whole thing for hours, Riley had to chuckle and gently cup Zoe's cheek. "Trust me, I could too." Riley confessed with an affectionate smile.

But then there was the faint sound of a phone and Zoe flailed, getting tangled int he sheets and falling to the floor. It would've been funny if Riley weren't so worried. But then Zoe just laid there and Riley let herself laugh and move so their positions were reversed from what it had been on the couch: Riley straddling Zoe this time. She poked Zoe on the nose before kissing her for a brief moment. "Words can't even describe how utterly.... just, perfect you are." Riley said, grinning

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

She could too! Victory! Which possibly would have been celebrated had Zoe not been getting reacquainted with the floor of her dorm room. She swore that she saw stars for reasons that had nothing to do with all the kissing she'd been doing. Riley slid down, straddling Zoe and making her flush all the more. She felt the lips descend onto hers again, and she couldn't suppress an actual moan that escaped at the sensation.

The noise seemed to startle Zoe. She almost jerked away from Riley, flushing and covering her mouth with her hand. "I'm sorry!" she yelped, before actually hitting Riley's side. "It's your fault for being so sexy!" The urge to just kiss or run her hands along Riley's lean body or do all sorts of things just bubbled up within Zoe again, nearly threatening to---

her phone went off again. "That could be important," she said, shifting to sort of look, trying to remember where she'd left it. Who had her number? A few gallery owners. Devyn. Vera. Maelea. Liz. Ezra. Levi. Alice. Di. Riley...

[Riley Forrester]

She moaned. She actually moaned from a kiss.

Oh god.

Blood rushed to her face as fast as a bullet train, as heat flooded Riley's form from that delicious-- What?! No! Not delicious! Stop Riles!-- noise escaping Zoe. She became painfully aware of their position suddenly, having not realized it initially just from her mirth. Zoe apologized before accusing Riley of beings sexy. The contradiction managed to make Riley laugh through all the sudden tension. "I could say the same for you." Riley returned with a bit of a smiling smirk.

But then the phone went off again and Zoe commented on how it could've potentially been important. "You have a point. Darn it." She sighed, playfully dramatic-- although she did mean it. More than a little reluctant, Riley nodded and got off Zoe, offering her a hand to help her up. She was disappointed something had interrupted, but Zoe was right. It could be important.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

The compliment did all sorts of things to Zoe, mostly involving warmth and shutting off her brain for several seconds. She had to be beet red, but her brain wasn't quite processing what was going on up there so she couldn't really say for certain what was actually happening or anything like that. She wasn't sure how she actually found the words to mention the phone.

This was probably the third most difficult time Zoe had getting off the floor. The first had to be when Mr. Spencer had pulled her up after the SPECTRE attack. The second had to be during at least one of those heart-wrenching breakups she'd suffered through. But she reached for Riley's hand and pulled herself up. she did give Riley a quick kiss of apology before dashing off to her room.

She started rummaging around, still dazed, eventually coming up with her phone and smiling with triumph as she did, looking quickly at the sender. "It's Di!" Zoe called, before hitting accept. No sooner then she brought the phone to her ear, she realized what the call was: a drunk dial. Zoe sighed and sat on her bed, smiling as she heard her long-distance friend drunkenly slurring her way through compliments about Zoe and, of course, questions about her love life.

"She wants to know how things are going with you!" Zoe called, unable to stop herself.

[Riley Forrester]

Zoe blushed at the compliment, which only made Riley chuckle as she helped the girl to her feet and received an apologetic kiss before Zoe ran off. Riley couldn't help but watch her go before slumping onto the couch and rubbing her face. Calm down Riley. Calm down. Cool off. Deep breathes. She thought, groaning a little before slumping against the couch and staring at the ceiling.

Eventually Zoe called in, claiming it was Di. One of Zoe's friends, Riley remembered. Riley smirked as a question was called out a little later. "Tell her its going absolutely fantastic and I'm never letting you go!"

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe could hear the bar noises from Di, knowing that the girl was probably out with her own girlfriend. That was definitely the sort of thing that Di enjoyed doing, and Zoe almost pitied the girlfriend. at least she still managed to hear Riley even as the noises from the phone kept right on distracting her. "She says it's going absolutely---"

And Zoe had to pull the phone away as a veritable explosion of noise came from the phone. She got up and walked to the door of her bedroom proper, holding the phone up so that Riley could hear Di absolutely freaking out. She's in your bedroom, you English minx! came out at one point, along with The shy little one got a girl in her bedroom! and Did she get your pants off yet?

"It's not even on speaker," Zoe said, chuckling and looking down at the phone.

[Riley Forrester]

Riley looked over when she heard footsteps and the sound of... something else. Zoe stood there, holding out her phone. Which Riley could hear perfectly well from where she sat. The last bit Di said managed to make Riley blush a little, but for the most part she laughed and shook her head. And according to Zoe, she wasn't even on speaker.

"Di sounds like a funny girl to meet." Riley commented, grinning at her girlfriend.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

"She's another photographer," Zoe explained as she heard Di continue to ask questions, not quite having caught on that Zoe wasn't responding just yet. "I met her during that trip I told you about, the one back in June? She's very outgoing and quite fun to be around, for sure."

Complaints and demands started to rise from the phone, and Zoe switched it over to speaker, making the voices sound almost as if they were in the room with them. Di could be heard quite clearly, now asking if Riley was around or if Zoe was just making her up. "Because that girl sounds way too good to be true, Zoe. Rich musician who's super sweet and really fucking hot? You'd better be digging in a closet. After you've gotten her in bed and wrapped her around-- you put me on speaker, didn't you?"

Zoe was too busy fighting off laughter to respond.

"Riley! You mess with my girl and I'm gonna fly to Bumfuck, Montana and mess you up!"

[Riley Forrester]

Riley nodded and tapped her temple with her finger. "I remember that part. She must've been a blast on that trip." Riley guessed with a chuckle before Zoe set the girl on speaker. Then things really got funny. Apparently Zoe had spoken with Di about Riley before, and now Di seemed to find Riley hard to believe. Riley was supposedly a rich musician that was really sweet and.... fucking hot. Wow. Riley thought, cracking up even as she blushed just a bit from the bed part.

"Got it ma'am!" Riley replied through her laughter. "I promise I won't!" She said. The very idea that Riley would 'mess with' Zoe made Riley laugh anew, shaking her head and holding her sides.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe couldn't help but smile and roll her eyes slightly. Di had been intimidating at first, nearly overwhelming, but she'd been there for Zoe when she'd nearly been about to sink into herself again. The very out photographer had been a veritable wealth of information. That and she happened to be quite attractive too, enough to have thoroughly distracted Zoe (and gotten a go-ahead from Vera, albeit somewhat cautioned as Di happened to be in a happy relationship).

"You'd better not!" Di continued through the phone. "I bet she's already got you watching Frozen, right? You wanna get into her panties, tell her she's Elsa, she's way too--"

"we already discussed that, Di, and Riley sang all the songs," Zoe said, smiling again and looking at her girlfriend.

"Did you throw your panties at her? No, wait, you're too cute for that. It was probably all cuddles and cooing with you. She sounds pretty damn hot, you were so right about it. Doesn't she sound hot? She gonna be the one who you give it up for or--"

It was at that point that Zoe panicked and literally flung her phone into her room. she then stood there, frozen, arm still outstretched, completely disbelieving what had just happened and suddenly acutely aware, yet again, of her utter lack of clothing.

[Riley Forrester]

Riley grinned at the Frozen bit. Why yes, Zoe had already gotten Riley to watch Frozen with her. Riley had to snicker at the panty bit, and then Zoe was already confirming that Riley had watched it with her-- and even sang all the songs. When Zoe looked over at her, Riley gave her a lopsided smile and a playful wink before Di started back up again. She asked if Zoe had thrown her panties at Riley but then quickly judged it as being out of character for Zoe. Once again Riley was labeled attractive, but just by her voice this time. But then Zoe flung the phone away in a panic at something else Di said.

Concern instantly washed over Riley, and she sat up to look at her girlfriend. She looked absolutely panicked."...Zoe?" She asked softly, her voice filled with worry as she got up and slowly approached Zoe. "You ok?" She hadn't really caught the last part, Zoe had thrown the phone so fast. Only about Zoe giving up something.