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“Like that?”

“Yes. More. Just stay down there forever.”

Aspen smiled and placed her tongue on Kendra’s clit. She settled into a rhythm and moved her hands up to cup Kendra’s breasts. When Kendra’s hands topped her own and remained there, Aspen nearly teared up herself at the thought of Kendra denying herself something that she’d clearly wanted and maybe had even needed for a decade. She nearly teared up at the idea that Kendra had chosen her to be the one to give it to her, and when Kendra came in her mouth minutes later, Aspen did wipe a tear off her own cheek before she rested her head against Kendra’s thigh as she stared up at the woman who still had her eyes closed and her mouth half-open from pleasure.

“Come up here,” Kendra requested a few moments later.

Aspen obliged and moved back on top of her.

“You’re just good at everything, aren’t you?” Kendra teased as she wrapped her arms around Aspen’s neck.

Aspen laughed, and before she knew it, Kendra was on top of her, and Aspen had her head on the other pillow.

“How did you–”

“Distraction,” Kendra interrupted. “Also, it’s my turn now.”

“But I wanted my mouth around those nipples.” Aspen wrapped her arms around Kendra’s back.

Kendra squinted as if she was considering and leaned back to straddle Aspen’s thighs. Aspen took that as her cue and sat up. She moved her lips to Kendra’s right nipple and sucked hard, remaining there as Kendra’s hips began moving against her. Then, Aspen moved her mouth to the left breast and cupped Kendra’s right one.

“Fuck. I love your boobs,” she said. “They fit in my hands so well.” She massaged Kendra’s breast. “And my mouth.” She returned to suck hard on Kendra’s nipple.

“I’ll come if you don’t stop.”

“Wait. Really?”

“God, I…” Kendra continued to rub herself against Aspen’s body. “I can come from this. Please.”

“Not a problem.”

Aspen leaned back just a little to give more space for Kendra to work with, and as Kendra rubbed her clit against Aspen’s body, Aspen sucked and licked.

“Yes! Yes! Yes!” Kendra twitched, so Aspen held on to her and let her come and then come down. “I didn’t… plan that. It was… supposed to be about… you.”

“Oh, that was definitely about me. Trust me.”

Kendra laughed and grabbed Aspen’s face in both hands, pulling Aspen’s mouth to her own. She kissed her hard, pushing her tongue into Aspen’s mouth and moaning. Then, before Aspen knew it, she was on her back again, and Kendra had her hand between Aspen’s legs, silently requesting entry. When she pushed inside her, Aspen moaned into Kendra’s mouth. She came still kissing her girlfriend minutes later.

After Kendra settled into Aspen’s side, with Aspen’s arm around her shoulders and Kendra’s arm around Aspen’s middle, Aspen realized that she’d never felt that thing that Kendra had described earlier about a person; that she was right where she was supposed to be. She’d felt it with volleyball and maybe even with Los Angeles, which was her favorite place, but never with a person until now. Realizing that she’d probably felt that all along, ever since Kendra had entered her life as more than merely a sideline reporter, almost brought those tears back to her eyes, but she smiled instead and pushed them away.

“You leave for Berlin soon.”

“Hmm…” Aspen mumbled.

“Berlin. You leave soon,” Kendra pointed out as she drew shapes on Aspen’s stomach.

“Yeah, I do.”

“Big tournament. You could win and automatically qualify.”

“Yeah, a lot is riding on this one.” She kissed the top of Kendra’s head. “I think we’ll be okay either way, but I know DJ and I would like to lock this in and be done worrying about it already.”

“I’m not covering it for work.”

“I know. And I wish you were. I’d love it if you were there with me.”

Kendra shifted to look up at her and said, “What if I could be?”