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“I met her weeks ago, but we had a date today. I know I should have talked to you first, but it was rather unexpected and definitely unplanned. I hope you don’t mind.”

“I don’t.” Though the tone in Ann’s voice said otherwise.

Heidi raised her chin up. “I promise. If I’d known what was going to happen, I would have told you first.”

“It’s fine. We have an open relationship for a reason. You’re free to go on dates.”

“Yes, but I’m not free to stop communicating, and I’m sorry for not explaining before it happened.”

Ann cupped Heidi’s cheek. “Don’t be sorry. You’re telling me now. I was at work anyway, so it’s not like I could have taken that call.”

“Right.”

Leaning in, Ann kissed her. “So, did it go well?”

“It did.” Heidi grinned. “We watched a couple movies and hung out mostly.”

“Mostly?” Ann raised an eyebrow.

“We did kiss.” Heidi hesitated to share. She’d never wanted to know the details of what Ann got up to with her dates, but it seemed as though Ann wasn’t on that same page Heidi was. She was testing the waters without having a direct conversation about it first, and they were in dangerous territory of slipping and falling.

“I’m glad,” Ann answered. “I’m glad you found someone.”

“Well, I found you first, and always.” Heidi kissed her deeply. “I’m serious about that.”

Heidi kissed her again, this time deepening it. Ann hesitated at first before falling into the moment. Heidi shifted around so she straddled Ann in much the way Lila had done with her earlier that day. The connection between the two moments was not lost on her, but she also knew she’d have to explain it to Ann at some point.

“We talked mostly,” Heidi whispered as she nipped at Ann’s neck, leaving little bite marks as she moved down. “It was good to get some things off my chest.”

“Oh?” Ann gripped her hips.

“I feel so much lighter now.”

“That’s excellent.” Ann shifted, clearly uncomfortable with something.

Heidi sat back on her haunches and stared down at her beautiful partner. Ann’s hair was short, still gelled from how she’d done it that morning. Her scrubs were still relatively clean today, which was a blessing because she hadn’t insisted on stripping immediately first. It must have been an easy day. “What’s wrong?”

“It’s just…this is so different from your norm.”

“I’m trying something new.” Heidi cocked her head at Ann. “I’m trying to be more open to you.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means, I want to be with you.”

“What?” Ann looked confused.

“It means I want to have sex with you.”

“Right now?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, but will you explain more of this change later?”

“Absolutely.” Heidi bent down again, this time dipping her hands lower to pull at Ann’s scrub top off. She flicked Ann’s bra and dropped it behind her as she bent down and pressed open-mouthed kisses to her newly exposed skin. Heidi felt so free, so confident in everything she did.

She’d never felt this way before. Taking Ann’s breast in her mouth, she sucked and twirled her tongue. Ann gripped her hair tightly, jerking here and there as she moaned under Heidi’s touch. “I don’t know what’s gotten into you tonight, but I like it.”