Cherish

Your Body is a Wonderland (27)

"Your Body is a Wonderland" -- John Mayer

One mile to every inch of

Your skin like porcelain

One pair of candy lips

And your bubblegum tongue

'Cause if you want love

We'll make it

Swimming a deep sea of blankets...

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Having heard her come in a few minutes past one o'clock in the morning, Vanessa was stretched out in Georgie's bed by the time she emerged from the bathroom after taking a shower, which was needed after dancing at the oxygen bar with Jaden and their rousing game of miniature golf later. Chuckling because she knew what her friend wanted, Georgie lotioned up and put her shorts pajamas on before she jumped into the bed beside Vanessa and allowed the interrogation to commence.

"First things first. Did you get any kisses? If you did, how many, when and how hot were they?"

"Yes. Two. One at that oxygen bar you and I have gone to--that reminds me, Sierra said to tell you hello. The other happened when I dropped her off at home. I walked her to the deck where we exchanged goodnight pleasantries and then we kissed before I left. I could be biased but on a scale of one to five with five being jalapeno pepper hot, I'd give our kisses a five." Georgie wanted to get up to do a happy dance, but she was much too tired. Happy tired if that made any sense.

Vanessa seemed delighted by that news. "Dude, that's great! Did she enjoy the gondola dinner?"

"Yes, she did." Leaning against her headboard, the blonde sighed. "The entire evening was perfect. Tomorrow she's coming over so we can discuss training for the Spirited Saddlers Ride in November. Hey, you wanna join us? Neither of us has ridden a bike in a while, but according to Jaden, she can whip me into shape, so if she can do that I know she can whip you into shape." Smiling at her friend, Georgie reached out to gently run her fingers through wavy hair, which had recently been unbraided. She missed the braids, so Vanessa promised to get her hair redone soon.

Georgie realized that the answer would be a no before Vanessa could respond based on her expression. "No thank you, babe, but I'll gladly be your cheerleader. I sucked at P.E., so I might kill myself out there riding a bicycle from California to Nevada. It ends in Las Vegas?"

"Yep. We can celebrate in Sin City."

"Aren't there hundreds of people who register to be volunteers during the ride?" When Georgie nodded, brown eyes brightened with excitement. "Well shucks, I can do that!"

Georgie started to smile. "Really? You want to?"

Vanessa quickly bobbed her head. "Of course! I'm not an athlete, but I'd love to participate in any way that I could. This is such a remarkable event raising money to support the efforts of finding a cure for AIDS and I'm so proud of you for getting involved." She placed her hand on Georgie's knee. "I want to be there with you guys helping as much as I can."

Within seconds the petite CNA found herself lying on her back with an almost equally petite ex-real estate agent straddling her while hugging her tight. "Have I told you lately how much I love you, Van?"

"You'll use any excuse to get on top of me." Vanessa wore the broadest grin. "Dude, I love you too."

"So, I'm totally about to stick my nose in where it doesn't belong..." Vanessa started a quarter passed two in the morning. After Georgie offered her a thorough play by play of her date with Jaden, a long enough silence settled between them that the dark-haired woman thought of another topic she had been meaning to discuss.