Just One Of Those Things
Part Six
By Mavis Applewater
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For Disclaimers see parts one through five.
As Always For Heather
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
"Someone is going to die." Karla muttered as she rubbed
her throbbing temple. A few moments ago things couldn't have looked
better. She had been kneeling before Olivia who was sprawled out on
her desk. The sexual tension that had been building within her looked
as if it was about to be released in a very nice way.
That was until some unknown individual interrupted their well
needed tryst. Karla struggled to stand her knees feeling a little shaky
as she carefully retrieved Olivia's discarded pantyhose and underwear.
Karla blushed as she held the items in her hands. She looked around
carefully as she decided to toss the items into her briefcase for the moment.
Karla snapped her briefcase close before adjusting her clothing.
"Okay girl time to act normal." She cautioned herself as she stepped
carefully out of her office. Taking a moment to allow her eyes to adjust
to the dimly lit outer office. Everything was quiet. Perhapsa
little too quiet. Out of the corner of her eye Karla detected a slight
movement.
A scowl overtook her natural chiseled features as she turned
to find a pair of blood shot eyes blinking back at her. "Hello, Rob."
She drawled coldly. She managed to hold the scowl on her face as she
watched in amusement as a pair of bushy white eyebrow twitched nervously.
"Hey boss." Rob slurred slightly in response.
"What's up?" Karla inquired deciding to torment the man. "What
are you up to you little weasel?" Karla wondered as the man beforeher
twitched slightly. Karla watched with a slight amused feeling asRob
straightened his shoulders and adjusted his neck tie.
"Oh not much." Rob retorted trying to sound a little too confident.
"Working late?" Karla pried.
"Uhmm." Rob faltered slightly.
"Awfully dark in here to be working, isn't it?" Karla toyed with him
a little further.
"Good night, James." Olivia said quickly as she emerged
from her office with her coat on and briefcase tucked under her arm.
Karla looked up in surprise as the younger woman brushed past her. She
wanted to stop her, but the pleading look Olivia flashed at her extinguished
the notion.
"Good night Olivia." Karla replied as casually as she couldmanage.
Her heart sank as she watched her assistant heading towards
the doorway. "I'll walk out with you." Rob offered a slight aroma
of peppermint escaping from his lips as he spoke. Olivia stopped suddenly
her back tensed.
"Go on ahead Olivia." Karla said curtly. "Rob you haven't told
me what you are doing here." Karla pointed out.
"Left something in my desk." Rob muttered quickly.
"I see." Karla responded slyly.
"Found it." He blurted out quickly as he patted the breast of his navy
suit jacket. "I was just about to leave."
Olivia watched the conversation with a combination of curiosity
and suspicion. "Have a nice weekend then." Karla flashed a crooked
smile at him. "He is lying through his crooked teeth. And heis
a little too eager to be alone with Olivia."
"You too." Rob answered with a self satisfying smirk as he glared at Olivia.
The wiry little man began to move towards Olivia in a cocky
manner. "Oh wait Rob." Karla called out. The man trembled
slightly as he halted his pace. "Why don't you go ahead Olivia.
Have a nice weekend." Karla flashed the a brilliant smile towards Olivia.
Olivia waved quickly as she made her escape out of the office and towards
the elevators. "No sense in keeping Miss. Davenport waiting."
Karla added dryly. "I wanted to let you know that I want to meet with
you first thing Monday morning." Karla explained.
"Is there a problem?" Rob question her with a slight harshness to his
tone.
"No." Karla answered flatly. :"I just need to go over something's
with you."
"Let me just get some of my files so I can prepare over the weekend."
The now sweating man stammered.
"No need." Karla reassured him. "I'm certain your accounts are
in order. Enjoy the weekend. In fact I was just about to leave
myself. Speaking of which wasn't the front door locked. Doesn't
Stacy lock up on her way out?"
"She must have forgot." Rob answered in a snotty tone.
"Really?" Karla questioned him, feeling in her heart that the man was
lying.
"She can be a little absent minded." Rob added.
"I see." Karla responded flatly, hoping that Rob would take the bait.
He did not disappoint her as he began to drone on about the
short comings of his fellow employees. Once Karla felt certain that
she had allowed enough time elapse in order for Olivia to successfully escape,
she yawned broadly. Rob took the hint and left the office as well.
"Idiot." Karla muttered once she felt certain the man was out of earshot.
"What a day." She sighed heavily once she had safely returned
to her own office.
She began gathering up her belongings including some itemsOlivia
had left behind in her hasty exit. A large envelope caught hereye.
She opened it and looked over the contents. "This is interesting."
She said aloud. "Well at least I'll have some entertainment tonight."
She muttered as she opened her briefcase to toss the material in. The
tall woman found herself blushing from head to toe once she saw what wasinside
her briefcase.
With trying to deal with Rob, Karla had completely forgotten
that she had hidden Olivia's undergarments in her briefcase. "Now just
what is the proper means to return these?" She asked herself as she
held up the younger woman's panties. After a brief moment of contemplation,
she decided to place the items in a manilla envelope. She paused for
a moment as she tried to decide if she should include a note she opted
to simply seal the envelope. "Now how do I return them?" Sheasked
herself. "I could drop them off. I mean it would be lessawkward
then doing it here at the office." She told herself as shequickly looked
up Olivia's temporary address in her rolodex. "I'm simplyreturning them,
to avoid an uncomfortable situation. This has nothingto do with wanting
to see her." She lied to herself as she jotted downthe address.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
On the other side of the city, once again Olivia found herself
storming into the studio apartment she was still sharing with Sydney.
Her nerves were on edge. She couldn't believe what had almost happened
with Karla. A part of her wasn't sorry for what had almost happened
and a part of her wanted to kick herself in the backside for allowing her
emotions and libido control her once again. "Almost! I can
not believe that I did that! How could I? But then again there
was something so sensual about being half naked on top of Karla's desk
while she was kneeling before me. Oh boy . . . I really need to release
some of this pent up frustration and soon."
"Whoa!" Sydney yelped as Olivia almost slammed intoher.
"Out of my way." Olivia growled as she raced towards thebathroom.
"Not again." Sydney groaned deeply. Her words caused Olivia to
stop in her tracks.
"I'm sorry." Olivia uttered softly. "What's happening to me?"
"Let me guess . . . " Sydney said dryly. ". . . wonder womanhas
been weaving her magic spell again. And now you are all hot andbothered
because your drop dead gorgeous boss smiled at you or flirted withyou but
you can't do anything about it because it unprofessional yada yada.
Am I right?" Sydney just smirked in contempt at her friend her expression
slowly changing to a curious stare as she took in Olivia somewhat dishelved
appearance.
Olivia's emotions were about to reach the breaking point.
"I hate you." She growled at her friend.
"Me?" Sydney asked in a horrified tone.
"Yes you." Olivia snarled. "You and every woman on the planet."
"Yup I was right on the money." Sydney groaned as she rolled her eyes.
"I don't want to discuss it." Olivia growled as she tossed her briefcase
onto Sydney's bed.
"Okay . . . okay. . ." Sydney conceded as
she threw up her hands in surrender. "I'll drop it. Just onequestion
. . . don't you usually wear pantyhose?" Olivia couldfeel the
tattered shreds of what was left to her sanity finally snap. She blushed
furiously as she suddenly recalled her state of undress
. "I'm in hell." She muttered as she buried her face in her hands.
Sydney wrapped her arms around her friend's shoulders.
"Olivia, sweetie what is it?" Chase asked her voice filled with
concern as she tenderly rubbed Olivia's shoulders. "Do you want totell
me what happened?"
"No." Olivia sniffed while shaking her head yes.
"Oh honey." Sydney offered softly. "What's happening to you sweetie?
You're just not acting like yourself lately."
"Well . . . " Olivia choked as she kept her face hidden.
" . . . it's a little hard to explain.. . . " sniff. ". . . but I think
my nylons . . . " sniff . ". . .are with my underwear. . ." Oliviafinally
confessed.
"Excuse me?" Sydney chased as she peeked over at Olivia's skirt.
"Stop that!" Olivia scolded her as she slapped Chase's hands away from
their exploration of her skirt.
"Jerk." Olivia groaned as she hugged her friend. Olivia knew
that a part of Sydney was simply teasing her, in an effort to ease the tension
she was dealing with. Despite her shortcomings as a partner, Sydney
Chase was a good friend. "If you are finished trying to sneak a peek,
you pervert . . ."
"Me?" Sydney chuckled as Olivia braced herself for the teasing that
she was certain was coming. "I beg your pardon blondie, I am not the
one wandering around the city without her underwear."
"It's not what you think." Olivia tried to rationalize
the situation. Olivia swallowed deeply as she watched Sydney's
eyebrows shoot up in disbelief.
"Uh huh." Sydney groaned in disgust. "Do tell, then why
are you running around town with your goodies exposed?"
"Ooops!" Olivia blushed knowing that she couldn't lie
to Chase. "I didn't!" She tried to explain. "We didn't
. . . I swear." Olivia prayed that this would be enough to placateher
friend. Her hopes quickly came crashing down with at the sightof Sydney's
grey eyes rolling in disbelief.
"Well . . . uhm . . . . er. . . ." Olivia stammered as
Chase simply stared at her with her arms folded in front of her. Olivia
thought briefly about trying to stare down her friend, she decided to back
peddle hoping to get out of this without revealing anything too embarrassing.
"Idiot, she already knows you're not wearing any underwear!" Olivia
admonished herself. "Well . . . we . . . mmmph pherdun." Olivia
mumbled from behind her hand now she smiling back at Chase and hoped forthe
best.
"If you don't want to talk about it just say so." Sydney
chuckled. "But you know I'll find out eventually." Chase smirked
in an over confident manner.
Olivia snarled back at her friend. "We didn't." Olivia confessed
with a blushing stammer. ". . . but we almost did." Atthat
moment Olivia was certain who she was trying to explain things to Sydneyor
herself.
"Uh huh." Was Sydney's only response.
"Hey!" Olivia tried to protest. "Things just got a little out
of hand." Olivia blurted out trying to defend her actions. "Look
it . . .it . . . start out innocently enough and the next thing I knew Iwas
half naked lying on top of her desk."
"Whoa!" Sydney choked out as her jaw was left hanging in amazement.
"You?"
Olivia simply nodded in response as she began to chew nervously
on her finger nails. "Olivia?" Sydney chuckled with a slightly
evil smirk. "None of this sounds like you. I mean I certainly
know that you are far from being a prude, but this is a little risqué
for you." Chase's words began to tug at her emotions. "I hate
to be the one to be constantly pointing this out, she is your boss!
If you want to keep your job and everything you have worked for you had better
keep your distance." Olivia just stood there accepting the lecture,
feeling somehow that she deserved it. "I'm only telling you this because
I'm worried about you." Sydney droned on. "I'm not even going
to get into how easily you fall into relationships. . . ."
"I know!" Olivia finally snapped back in anger.
"Hey don't bite me head off." Sydney retorted dryly. "You were
the one who just last week made me promise just short of a blood oath toremind
you of all of this."
"Right." Olivia whined as she recalled the day that Karla
had worn that silk red blouse to the office. There was something about
it that drove Olivia baser instincts into overdrive. Olivia decided
that it was a good day to lock herself in her office and stay glued to her
computer catching up on paperwork. After essentially wasting the day
because she proved to be too much of a coward to face Karla one on one she
returned home and begged Sydney to keep her line if she every lost her self
control again.
"Now where was I?" Sydney continued with enthusiasm.
Olivia growled as she realized that her dear old friend was enjoying fartoo
much. "You've worked far too hard to get where you are, just toblow
it for a roll in the hay." Sydney paused in her tirade briefly
interrupted by a slightly knocking on the front door. "Trust me kiddo,
no woman is worth it." Sydney continued as she crossed to answer the
front door.
"She is." Olivia muttered softly hoping that Chase wouldn't hear her
confession.
"Oh no . . . no sweet pea no woman is worth what you are putting yourself
through." Sydney admonished her.
Olivia shrank feeling more lost than ever as Chase continued to lectureher
on her way to the doorway. "No woman . . . I repeat no woman isworth
throwing away your career. Do us both a favor and take a longcold shower
and forget about her. Maybe I could fix you up with someone,that should
help." Sydney reasoned as she began to reach for the doorknob, pausing
as Olivia began to laugh.
"You fix me up?" Olivia responded finally finding herself laughingat
the situation. "May I remind you that you were the one who fixedme
up with Ruth."
"I did not fix you up with her." Chase argued as she once again rolled
her eyes in protest. "I merely introduced you to her mostly because I was
trying to get her whinny ass away from my bar. Trust me never
in my wildest dreams did I think that you would end up moving in with her."
Sydney sighed heavily as she began to open the front door. "Trust Auntie
Chase, I'll fix you up with someone really hot . . . even hotter than
your boss . . ."
"That could be difficult." Olivia muttered.
"Oh please how hot could she be?" Sydney scoffed as she
turned and found herself stunned into silence as she found herself staring
into the bluest eyes she had ever seen.
"You tell me." Olivia questioned Chase as she watched
her normally controlled friend turn to complete mush. Olivia had to
smile as she mentally patted herself on the back. Seeing Chase standing
there with her jaw hanging open , gawking at Karla like she was Madonna .
. . pleased Olivia.
"Hello?" Karla's rich voice floated over as Chase inhaled deeply and
a familiar gleam emerged in her eyes.
"Hello." Chase purred.
"No! No!" Olivia's mind screamed , understanding fully
the implications of Chase's purring her greeting. Olivia reacted purely
by instinct as she reached out and yanked the bartender into the apartment
by her collar. "Bad Chase." Olivia scolded her now drooling friend.
"But . . .but . . . but . . ." Chase argued, Olivia could feel Sydney
struggling against her grasp. Releasing her hold as she shoved Sydney
away from Karla who was now cautiously entering the tiny apartment.
Olivia felt her breathing hitch as she watched Karla's sensual
body saunter closer to her. "What was it about this woman?"
Olivia wondered as she felt herself mesmerized by Karla's smile.
"How is it that you can control my emotions so easily?"
"You must be Karla." Sydney snapped Olivia out of her musings withher
introduction. "I am the one and only Sydney Chase."
Olivia groaned and rolled her eyes at her friend's brashness. Olivia
was mildly relieve when she spotted a small smile emerge on Karla's lips.
"Nice to finally meet you, Miss. Chase." Karla offered warmly as she
extended her hand.
Olivia began tense, Sydney had accepted Karla's hand and seemed
somewhat reluctant to release it. "Oh boy." Olivia blew out in
frustration. "Chase!" She grumbled into the bartender's ear.
"Ooops." The bartender giggled.
Olivia did a double take as she stared at her friend blankly.
She could not believe what she had just heard, Sydney Chase the ultimateheart
breaker had just giggled. "This is getting a little surreal."
Olivia muttered as she carefully eyed the bartender.
"So Karla . . ." Sydney began. There was something distinctively
familiar in her tone of voice that caused alarm bells to go off in Olivia's
head.
Her senses went immediately on alert as she felt the hairson
the back of her neck come to attention. "Don't." Olivia growled
in an almost feral tone as she swatted the back of Sydney's head. "Ouch!"
Sydney cried out as she grabbed the back of her head. Olivia flashed
a quick smile at Karla as she grabbed Chase once again by the scruff of her
neck. "Heh . .. heh. . . . excuse us for a moment." Olivia tried
and failed miserably to sound casual as she dragged the struggling Sydney
into the kitchen.
Once she had the now choking Sydney safely secure in the kitchen
she released her hold on her. "What's wrong with you?" Olivia
demanded as Sydney tried to catch her breath. "Please tell me you weren't
just about to hit on my boss?" Olivia demanded hotly not feeling any
reassurance as she caught the twinkle in Sydney's eye.
"Oh my freakin' God." Sydney exclaimed loudly as Olivia
suddenly clamped her hands over her friend's mouth.
"Keep it down will you." Olivia cautioned her in a hushed tone.
"Olivia . . ." Sydney began in a much quieter and more serious tone.
". . . marry her."
"Excuse me?" Olivia asked in bewilderment.
"Marry her." Sydney asserted in a firmer tone.
"But you just said . . ." Olivia began to protest.
"I'm serious." Sydney retorted. "Marry her . . . fuck her . . . just
whatever you do don't let her out of your life."
"Wait . . ." Olivia protested in confusion. "You told me . ..
that no woman was worth risking everything for."
"I lied." Sydney snorted.
"Hold on you were right Chase." Olivia argued trying to hold onto some
small shred of reasonable thinking.
"Oh horse puckey." Sydney scoffed. "Why on earth would you or
anyone for that matter take my advice when it comes to relationships?"
"Good point." Olivia conceded hesitantly until her common sense kicked
in. "No . . . no . . . no. . . . you were right before.
I need to get a grip and move on with my life."
"Are you insane?" Sydney asked in a horrified tone.
"No I'm just doing the one thing I really need to do at the moment."
She tried to explain. "I need to get my emotions under control."
"You are insane." Asked her with a look of disbelief. "Olivia
if that woman is half as good in bed as she looks . . . ."
"Better." Olivia shot back slightly miffed that Chase would dare to
go there so quickly.
"Really?" Sydney questioned in a livicious tone that set Olivia onedge.
"Don't even think about it." Olivia responded in an slow,
even and almost feral tone. She could feel the venom building withinside
of her. She knew what she was saying although she was slightlydisorientated
in regards to why she was now threatening one of her nearestand dearest friends.
"Okey Dokey." Sydney answered as she threw up her hands in surrender
her face reveal a slight hint of panic.
While her and Sydney just stared at one another blankly, Olivia
took a moment to catch her breath. Finally the duo emerged from the
kitchen. There she was staring out of the apartment window, her chiseled
features cast in a haze of bronze as the setting sun seemed to capture her
beauty in a seemingly endless moment. "So beautiful." was all
Olivia could comprehend at that moment.
Her pulse began to race rapidly as Karla turned slightly
and their eyes met. Olivia felt as if she had been burned by the look.
The intensity of Karla's look made her breathing stop briefly. Olivia
felt powerless she was in control of absolutely nothing. All she could
do was look into Karla's eyes. Olivia could feel her mouth go dry as
she watched Karla tenderly moving closer to her.
She never heard Sydney making her excuses about being latefor
work. She never noticed Sydney's departure either. All Olivia
could focus on was Karla. She was beyond captivated by this woman and
it was beginning to terrify her. "My God, it's almost as if I belong
to her . . . that she is a part of me." Olivia's heart raced as
she tried to understand what was happening to her. Panic set in as
she watched Karla reaching out towards her. "No." She managed
to choke out. "I can't handle it . . ."
"Are you are afraid of me?" Karla question her in an almost electrying
tone.
"No." Olivia answered with a labored breath. "It's me . . . I'm
afraid of not being able to stop."
"I just want to hold you." Karla tried to explain.
"I need to hold you." Olivia could feel her body shaking uncontrollably
as Karla pulled her gently into her arms. "Sssh." Olivia heard
whispered warmly in her ear. Her knee were now trembling along
with the rest of her body. Her balance began to sway. Her
body was charged with raw emotions were boiling over. She couldn't
recall just how she ended up in Karla's embrace. Or when they moved
to the futon. She only knew that she suddenly felt safe as Karla simply
held her.
Olivia nuzzled closer to Karla's body, "We will never
have anything more than a few stolen moments." The thought overwhelmed
her the tears coming from deep inside of her soul. Karla held her as
she wept, neither of them speaking. Olivia cried herself out the burden
had been building for so long, the feelings she had been forcing herselfto
suppress finally came to the surface. Olivia had never suspect that
everything she had been feeling would in the end would bring her sadness.
Unaware how long she was held in the taller woman's arms Olivia
found herself drifting off to sleep, feeling both loved and lonely.
TBC
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