LL ficlet No. 2
ficlet written for legendland challenge (free writing)
The librarian and the stripper
Kahlan tucked a strand of dark hair that had escaped her ponytail behind her ear and pushed her glasses up her nose. She was sitting at the front desk, supporting her head with her hand and reading one of her favorite novels.
“Picture of Dorian Gray huh?” a low voice purred.
Kahlan jerked up and her elbow slid off the desk so that her forehead connected painfully with the computer screen in front of her. The library did not have enough money to afford a flat screen so there was no way she could’ve stopped the headache that immediately took residence in the back of her head.
“Ugh…” she groaned, putting Wilde’s novel aside.
“I’m so sorry” the voice apologized, clearly fighting a laugh.
Kahlan narrowed her eyes, pushed her glasses up her nose once again and looked up.
The first thing she saw was the really really intriguing cleavage of the newest visitor of the local library. She didn’t realize that she was staring until the woman, whose boobs she was admiring, cleared her throat. “My eyes are up here.”
Kahlan blushed furiously and blinked a few times.
“I’m… I’m… yes. Sorry.” Kahlan straightened her shoulders and looked up, only to find herself captivated in a sea-green gaze.
“How can I help you?” she asked, forcing some confidence into her voice. She knew that she was still sporting a hot red blush, but it couldn’t get much worse anyway.
The woman leaned even further across the desk, revealing more of her tantalizing cleavage, and smiled.
“There’s a book that I’m dire need of finding…”
“I might be able to help” Kahlan sputtered and rose from her chair. She completely forgot about the coffee cup she’d placed next to her hand and knocked it right over. The brown liquid spilled across her novel and drenched some other papers as well.
Blue eyes widened as the coffee crept across the list of books that were currently on loan and she hadn’t yet copied into the computer.
“No…no…no!” she hissed and whipped her white shirt over head to put it on the paper before the ink was completely unreadable.
She dried the list as best as she could and released a sigh of relief when she could decipher most of the names on it.
“What a day” she sighed and looked up. The blonde woman was quietly laughing, her green eyes travelling appreciatively over Kahlan’s now half-naked torso.
“I… uhm…” the brunette began to stammer and crossed her arms over her chest. “I’ll be right back!”
She turned on her heels and fled from the room, not noticing the green eyes that were now fixed on her shapely behind.
She hurried to her office and quickly retrieved the black jacket that was supposed to match her black slacks. And now that the white shirt underneath was gone she sported an offending lot of cleavage. There were only three buttons on the jacket and not much she could do about it. Unless she wanted to walk around in her warm winter coat, this outfit would have to do until the blonde had left.
Kahlan returned to the main desk but the woman was gone. Sighing she turned, only to find her in front of a nearby shelf where she stood on tiptoes and reached up to get a book from high above her head.
Kahlan swallowed and wetted her suddenly dry lips. The blonde’s shirt was riding up, revealing a muscled stomach and a firm ass.
“Would you mind helping me?” the blonde called. “You’re a little taller than me.”
Kahlan blushed for the umpteenth time and walked over to the other woman. The blonde grinned and stepped aside.
Kahlan reached up and took the book, the woman had been trying to get, down from the shelf.
She clasped it in her hands and turned around. The brunette had to swallow a gasp because the blonde was standing right in front of her. She was so close that, if she took a deep breath, their breasts would be touching.
“B-book?” Kahlan offered.
“Thank you” the blonde murmured. She lifted her hand and extracted the book from Kahlan’s hold while resting the other hand on the brunette’s hip.
“Couldn’t have done it without you…”
Her glasses had slid down and the other woman gently pushed them up her nose with her fingertips. The blonde's smile was intoxicating.
Kahlan flushed from head to toe, her heart began to beat faster and she felt how her palms began to sweat.
The blonde was close, too close, and she wanted nothing more than to kiss her…
“Ohhh Kahlan dear, there you are!” a familiar voice called. The blonde immediately stepped back and Kahlan had to take deep breath before she turned to the elderly woman who had obviously no idea what she’d just interrupted.
“Mrs Mennington, it’s nice to see you again. I’ll be with you in a few minutes” the brunette said smiling.
“Of course, of course, take your time dear” Mrs Menning answered and scurried deeper into the library.
“I uhm… is there anything else you need?” Kahlan quickly asked. She tried to bring as much distance between the woman and herself as humanly possible.
The green eyes became a little more defensive as she shook her head. “I’m perfectly satisfied, thank you.”
The rest was simple routine as the blonde borrowed the book from the library and then left.
Kahlan slapped the flat of her hand against her forehead. “Stupid stupid stupid!” The other woman had obviously been interested and god she’d been gorgeous, and Kahlan had let her walk away. Just like that.
“Maybe you should ask her out when she comes back to return the book” Mrs Menning suggested playfully as she strolled past Kahlan.
The brunette librarian blushed profusely but nodded.
…
That evening was more or less special. The club was packed, while men and women alike were occupying the seats around the various tables.
She turned around and smiled. The women behind her were hooting and hollering, making each other crazier with every passing minute.
She enjoyed their company but since she’d been sentenced to be the driver for the night she found it rather annoying to be around drunken women when she wasn’t allowed a single drop.
They soon found their table and sat down. Why her friend Lisa had decided that she wanted to go to a strip club for her bachelorette party was quite a mystery to her, but she had conceded nonetheless.
When the lights went down and some bodiless voice announced the attraction of the night, everything was quiet for a moment. Luckily enough they had a table right at the main stage and would be able to enjoy the show from close up.
She quickly extracted herself from her seat and hurried over to the bar to order a round of drinks.
She had her hands full with glasses as she returned to the table and almost dropped them onto her friend's head when the curtain of the stage was pushed aside and a woman in tight leathers stepped into view.
She would’ve recognized those eyes anywhere, simply because she had stared into them that morning.
“Oh my god Cara she is fucking gorgeous!” one of her friends called and pulled the blonde into her seat, taking the glasses from her at the same time.
Dark unruly tresses cascaded down the woman’s back and she began undoing the laces of her leathers when the music started to beat through the club.
Her movements were simple perfection. The control she exerted over her body was admirable and the more pieces of her outfit she pealed away the more aroused Cara became. She was pretty much glued to her seat as endless amazingly shaped legs came into view.
Her friend nudged her, grinning. “You’re staring at her like you’ve never seen a stripper before.”
“Remember when you told me that a woman needs to be a librarian and a stripper? I get it now…” Cara replied without tearing her eyes away from the spectacle in front of her.
The stripper got down on all fours and crawled towards them, her blue eyes scanning the crowd.
A wave of jealousy surged through Cara as she watched the bride-to-be tuck a few bills into the woman’s black lace bra.
The blonde had seen strippers before but none of them had possessed this kind of regal aura. There was something about the way she walked, or wrapped her body around the pole in the middle of the stage, that made it quite clear that she wasn’t doing this for the crowd. A small smile played around her lips as she unclasped her bra. And right in that moment the stage went dark.
The whole club broke into applause and wild cheering. Cara was completely flustered, her face felt flushed and there was a certain wetness pooling between her legs that she would not have expected tonight.
“Girl you need to relax” Gina, the dark woman sitting next to her, whispered into her ear.
Cara nodded and tried to loosen the death grip she had on the armrests of the chair.
She had already planned to ask the cute librarian out when she went to the library the next time, but all of her plans had suddenly turned into dust.
She didn’t notice much after that. She kept looking around, trying to spot the woman who’d been on her mind since this morning.
Her friend Gina had gone off to get another round of drinks and after returning she leaned closer to Cara to whisper something into her ear. Cara nodded a little confused and got up to follow her friend.
They made their way through the crowd and stepped into a rather secluded area of the club. “What do we want here?” the blonde asked. Gina grinned and pushed Cara down to sit in a large comfortable chair.
“Just enjoy it” Gina grinned and hurried out of the room. Cara was more confused than ever. There weren’t many parts of her brain that were not occupied with what she’d just witnessed on that stage so she could barely think straight.
There were a few thin curtains shielding her from view as she sat there, listening to the music.
She closed her eyes and let the low beat pulse through her body as images of blue eyes, dark hair and pale flesh danced through her mind. She heard a noise and her eyes flew open. There she was - Kahlan. The older woman in the library had called her that.
Her blue eyes widened as she spotted Cara. She’d changed into a strapless top and tiny shorts, still looking as divine as before.
Cara was positive that this woman would even look great in sweatpants and an oversized shirt.
It suddenly dawned on the blonde what this was all about when Kahlan stepped hesitantly closer.
Gina had paid for a freaking lap dance! Cara jumped up and vigorously shook her head. “No…no…no. This is not what it looks like!”
Kahlan’s eyebrows hiked up her forehead.
“I didn’t pay for you… for this! My friend Gina did. I had no idea. I mean I didn’t know that you were here, I mean that you work here…”
Now it was Cara’s turn to blush. She felt how her cheeks and neck were burning.
Kahlan grinned and slowly shook her head. “It’s alright. I have to admit I’m surprised to see you here.”
“No shit” Cara murmured. “Bachelorette party” she added.
Kahlan nodded and stepped closer until she forced Cara to retreat. The blonde was unsure of what was happening and suddenly felt the chair against the back of her knees. She slumped back and looked up into sparkling blue eyes. “Your friend already paid, you know.” Kahlan smiled and straddled Cara’s lap.
The blonde’s breath hitched and she leaned back.
“You’re so different. I mean from this morning…” she mumbled to release some of the situation’s tension.
Kahlan cocked her head to the side. “I think it’s the atmosphere here. It makes me… confident.”
Cara furrowed her brows. “So, what are you? A librarian or a stripper?”
“I’ve heard it is good to be a little bit of both” Kahlan laughed. “Well I have the job in the library because I love books, but the money is not enough to pay for my college tuition. That’s why I work here.”
Cara nodded. That made perfect sense, or at least it did until Kahlan climbed off her lap and she got rid of the lustful haze in her head.
She didn’t know what to do with her hands so she settled them on the brunette’s bare thighs.
“I’d really really love to continue this, but there’s something I want more” she said.
Blue eyes narrowed. “And what is that?”
“I want to ask you out on a date. And I wouldn’t want this to stand between us…” Cara gestured awkwardly between them.
A beautiful smile spread across Kahlan’s features. “I’d love that.”
The End