The New World: A Lesbian Sci-Fi by J. Jett

Author:J. Jett [Jett, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7 – Fleeting Pleasures

Emily tapped on her keyboard, sighing with impatience as her machine took far too long to do what should have been a simple processing task. She thought about banging on it with her fist, but stopped herself before showing her petulance. It wasn't the computer's fault that she had been nervous and impatient all day. She glanced over to the other desk in the room, where the true source of her discomfort sat cheerfully attaching tiny triangles to the outside of a sphere. Emily sighed. She didn't regret asking Alice to come over to her quarters tonight, nor was she planning to change her other plans for this evening that would, Pillars willing, give them some privacy from the IRB. But the convergence of these plans, along with her innate perfectionism that insisted tonight be flawless, had caused her stress level to rise precipitously.

Emily took another deep breath and calmed herself in the only way she knew how; she took out her notebook and started to plan. Within minutes, outlines and flowcharts emerged, all carefully coded into abbreviations and references that only Emily would be able to understand. After work, she would see to dinner and her quarters, making sure that both were up to her exacting standards. After night fell, she would become the Ice Queen and do what she needed to so that the IRB wouldn't be able to track them. Then, at last, it would be time for Alice's visit and everything that it might entail, which would definitely include dinner, but could also include an advancement of their relationship that simultaneously excited and terrified Emily.

It wasn't that Emily didn't want to take that next step. The Pillars knew that her dreams had been informing her of her attraction to Alice for almost as long as Emily had known her. But with the IRB threatening and the realities of being Ice Queen and spy, there could be serious consequences for giving the IRB any more evidence. Those consequences, and the knowledge that they could never truly be together like they both wanted, made Emily wonder if it would even be worth it. But then she looked up and caught Alice smiling at her. Her lips curled upwards of their own accord and a warmth spread throughout her body that she had no power to control. Even her ice was helpless against it, and it made her realize that any moments she could have with Alice, intimate or no, would be worth whatever price she would have to pay.

Alice noticed the smile and her own deepened. She was very much looking forward to tonight, even if it was under the auspices of visiting Olaf and even if it was only for the evening. That thought reminded her of the vital piece of information she was missing about this evening. "What time should I come over, Master?" she asked.

Emily blinked, snapping herself out of the slight swoon her thoughts had managed to disappear into. She thought briefly.

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