Keeping it Together by S.A. Winters

Author:S.A. Winters [Winters, S.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesbian, bisexual, Contemporary, romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2018-11-27T23:00:00+00:00

Seven

The next afternoon, Sian met Alisha in the park. They fed the ducks, bought ice-creams and coffee and sat on a bench watching the water voles scuttling along the banks. It was comfortable, and Sian couldn't think of a time when she'd been so relaxed, so completely happy. It was as though they were sitting in a safe haven, a paradise away from the outside world, and all the worries of that other place, that other life, fell away at the gates.

The sky was beginning to grey, and both of them had slipped their outer layers back on. Their shoulders were touching, the pair of them settled against one another. Alisha was talking about some band Sian had never heard of before, and she'd stopped listening to what she was saying, just taking in the smooth flow of her voice, the rise and fall in pitch and tone.

She could have sat there forever, and even when the first drops of rain began to fall, Sian was reluctant to move.

"Come on," Alisha said, laughter in her voice as she stood up and hauled Sian up by her arm.

The rain grew worse as they walked up the path, light drops turning heavy, pounding at the pavement and splashing back up, small puddles forming where the ground dipped. In minutes, they were soaked. Sian's hair was heavy, plastered to her face, water dripping under the collar of her coat and down her neck.

The two of them broke into a run, laughing as the rain beat at their backs. Sian didn't know where they were running to, only that they were running. Alisha turned, making sure Sian was following her, before rounding a corner, Sian on her heels. Her hand closed around Sian's as they lurched up a couple of steps and into a doorway. At first, Sian wasn't sure why they were standing on someone's doorstep in the pouring rain, and then Alisha pulled a key from her pocket and jabbed it into the lock.

Door open, she pulled Sian over the threshold, brushing wet hair back from her face and kissing her before starting up a flight of stairs.

Sian followed, curious as to what Alisha's home might look like.

At the top of the stairs there was a door, much like the front door they'd come through, but the paint looked fresher, darker. Alisha unlocked and pushed it open, showing Sian into a dim, narrow hallway. There were paintings on the wall, but they were floral, and she thought they'd probably come with the flat; they didn't look like Alisha's choice at all.

They passed three closed doors before entering through the one at the far end of the hall. It led into an open plan living room and kitchen. Alisha flicked on the light and immediately they were bombarded by a large tabby cat, mewing loudly and winding its way around Alisha's ankles.

"This is Bolan," Alisha told Sian, and then she turned to the cat, scratching him behind the ears. "Hey Bolan, this is Sian.

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