Secrets

Interesting But True

Sarah was sitting inside the bathtub, with her clothes on. She had not cried, she had not screamed in frustration. She had been completely numb. But as warm water began to pour on the top of her head, slowly cascading down her body, she squealed in surprise. Looking up, Laura was standing there beside the tub, with a stupid grin on her face. There was nothing funny about the situation, about the new turn of events. Absolutely nothing. Yet, seeing that goofy grin on Laura's face broke Sarah's sad face into a small smile at first which soon stretched into a huge grin, leading to a string of giggles. Laura stepped into the bathtub as well and sitting right in front of Sarah, her huge goofy grin turned into a small soft smile that rested peacefully on her full lips. 

"Hey." 

The softness of Laura's voice soothed Sarah's mind. Sarah ducked her head down a little and letting out a shy smile, she responded. "Hey." For a few moments, they both sat in front of each other, looking at each other, basking the silence that surrounded them. It was not an awkward silence, it was kinda peaceful, really. In between, Laura would decide to become totally childish and make faces at Sarah, hoping to cheer her up and it did work. Sarah would always crack up. When the laughter died down, they simply would look deeply into each other's eyes, their features soft. Just looking at each other like they were looking at the most gorgeous yet fragile thing in the world. You want to touch it so darn badly but you don't because it's just so fragile, so vulnerable. You're afraid that your mere touch is going to shatter them. 

Tired of hugging her knees against her chest, Sarah tried stretching her legs ahead but it would keep bumming with Laura's legs as the tub was not too big and so Laura too was sitting in a position where she was wrapping her arms around her knees, close to her chest. Sarah twisted her lips and then pouting, she was about to whine when Laura leaned forward and pressed a finger against Sarah's soft lips. "We can fix this, don't worry. I am here." Sarah chuckled at Laura. Both of them stretched their legs as they scooted back and rested their backs against the cold tub. But the position was kind of distracting since their toes were very close to each other's nether regions. So, Laura extended her hands and taking Sarah's in hers, she pulled the brunette closer so that Sarah was straddling Laura, placing herself on her very lap. 

The closeness did not help their increased heart rates but they decided that it was somehow better than the temptation of toeing each other's bundle of nerves. When the gap between their bodies and their faces were so little, Sarah dared and glanced up at Laura's emerald eyes. Laura's eyes had darkened and her heart skipped a beat to notice the same thing being reflected from the brunette's eyes. Before they did something they would never forgive themselves for, Sarah suddenly drew closer and hugged Laura. The raven-haired was a bit taken aback but she wrapped her arms around Sarah's petite body. Sarah was so slender, Laura thought to herself as her hands moved up and down the brunette's back. 

"I know you're upset with everything and I understand your pain," Laura paused as she noticed that Sarah had stirred and pulling herself away from the hug, she looked right at Laura.