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Tristan’s POV:
When I called Isabel, she turns me down quite gently, I let her know Enid knows and is ok with me listening and offering advice to Isabel, as my former religious experience makes me a good source of support.
I give Isabel the chance to think about it…
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I look down as I grab his hand that is on his thigh and realize there is a new wet patch in his pants. I don't want to make him feel anymore awkward than he probably does so I pretend to ignore his accident except for laying down my shawl on his lap to try to cover things until they dry.
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Isabel's pov:
Tristan informs me Enid is now ok with him listening and offering advice as he explained to her about this former religious experience and she agrees he'd be a good source of support.
"I really appreciate it, but I think I'm going to have to sleep on it." I say still feeling just a slight bit uneasy with the situation.
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William's POV:
Hearing Anna think twice her options, I lovingly (I am surprised I can never have enough of her) drop my hand on her calf, as she lifted her legs, placing them bent on the bed, feeling an extremely sexy wobble as I see her calf jiggle from side to side.
I lean and, giving her calf a soft squeeze (feeling it mold in my hand) kiss her lips, saying afterwards: "Whatever you wish is what I'll be more than happy to do (as long as it doesn't hurt or harm you)."
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Camilla, with her free hand, places her shawl on top of my wet patch, I smile at her, saying: "I hope it dries before the ceremony is over. But if you keep teasing me jiggling your strong, firm thighs in my hands and jiggling my steel hard thighs in you hands, I'm not sure how this will end." I keep my hand on her relaxed, warm, silky smooth thigh with her hand on top of mine.
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Emily's POV
My partner was overjoyed she had another window to break, but any glass smashing was put on hold for a while as Isabel wanted to talk to me.
I went over to her house and after I had made us both a drink, I sat alongside her on the couch.
'I don't know what to do, Em.' She said. 'Tristan keeps asking if he can help me, because of his religious training, and although he says Enid gave permission, I feel like...'
She broke off as a tear glistened down her right cheek
'... I feel like it wouldn't be right you know' a sob escaped from her lips. In comfort I put a friendly hand on her shoulder.
'Do you think he likes you, I mean really likes you'
A pair of tears ran down Isabel's cheeks.
'I have considered the possibility yeah' . She put her drink down and wiped her cheeks with her palms
'God my love live is a mess right now. I gave Grace another chance, but she didn't seem any more interested than she was the last time.'
She paused as her eyes filled with tears again. After another dab of her eyes from a box of tissues I placed in front of her she continued
'Could she be seeing somebody else?'
I deliberated what to say
'She could be I guess, I remember when I cheated on Caitlin with Sophie she noticed I wasn't putting everything into our relationship'
A tear streamed down my face. This wasn’t something I liked dredging up
'I just wanted a girlfriend' Isabel replied. 'I'd had a boyfriend in high school and wanted to explore the other side of my bisexuality. But it's not working out as well as I'd hoped'
We finished our drinks and then talked about other topics unrelated to our romantic attachments. Before we left though Isabel did ask me if I could broach the subject to Enid and ask her if she had seen her with anyone.
I did as requested, but Enid didn't have much information to give. She said she had only seen Grace twice after she had inappropriately kissed her; Once when she had paid for her training manual and second at her friend Mirabel's apartment block.
'She was buying something from the drinks machine. She was with someone but that was her sister I believe they did look alike'
I thanked her and moved on
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Anna's pov:
I feel William give my calf a squeeze saying he'll go along with whatever plans I think is best for Annabelle's birthday. I'm happy he appreciates my input and respects my decisions. I give him a smile as I lean in and place a deep kiss on his lips.
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Jarrod looks at me and whispers that he hopes his patch dries before the end of the ceremony but he says that if I keep jiggling his thighs he's not sure if that'll happen.
"Sorry, I just couldn't help myself." I say silently vowing to stop jiggling his thighs.
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Isabel's pov:
I invited Emily over for a drink and as soon as she arrived she made herself comfortable on the couch. As soon as the made the drinks I joined her. I decided to pour my feelings/concerns out to her as she felt like the only one I could talk to. I explained the situation telling her what Tristan had said to me. I stopped mid sentence as I felt a tear slide down my right cheek. I then took a deep breath and explained that I still felt it wouldn't be right. I couldn't help a sob from escaping as I finished speaking.
I felt Emily put a comforting hand on my shoulder as she asked if maybe Tristan was doing all this because he actually secretly liked me. I felt another pair of tears run down my cheeks as I told her I had considered that as I wiped them away with my palms. I then blurted out how much of a mess my love life was explaining how I had given Grade another chance, but she still didn't seem very interested.
I could feel my eyes filling with tears again. This time I wiped them away before they fell with the tissues on my coffee table. Emily asked if Grace's problem was that she was seeing someone else and that's why she wasn't putting everything into me. I felt a punch to my gut just thinking of that as a possibility as I felt another tear stream down my face. I explained that I had a boyfriend in high school but always knew I was bisexual and finally wanted to explore that part of me. It didn't seem to be working out as well as I hoped.
After we finished our drinks and talked about unrelated subjects a while to get my mind off of upsetting things, Emily asked me if I'd like her to talk to Enid at work the next day at work to find out if she's heard anything about Grace's love life. I thanked her and we said goodbye.
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Enid's POV
I'd been so caught up with running the shop and training the couple of new hires that I quite forgot that my college was graduating Robyn's class.
It wasn’t until the day after when she came unexpectedly through the door to say goodbye that I even knew.
Me and Tristan were very proud that she had graduated Top 5 of her class and then she apologised for not coming into the shop
'After I didn't attend Laura's funeral, I thought you didn't like me' she confessed. I saw Tristan go very ashamed.
'I'm sorry Rob' he told her 'It's true, I was angry for a while, and I'm sorry I gave you the impression you weren't welcome'
'Also I never thanked you for teaming me up with Marie' Robyn went on 'She became a really close friend, just like Susan and I couldn’t have got through the last three years without them, so thank you'
She held out her hand and respectfully Tristan and me gave it a shake, wishing her good luck with her new life in England. Robyn then left to rejoin her girlfriend as they drove to the airport