A relationship

During her shower, Lauren couldn't get the past few minutes, or last night's events out of her mind. She had managed to cool down under the calming water, but Nikol's words still rang in her ears. 'Have you tried with women yet?' It was all too strange for her. She did like the male physique. Oh, yes she did. All her previous partners had been men. But she was always too focused on school or work to get too intimate with any of them. She shrugged it off as 'not the right time'. But maybe it was something else. Maybe she wanted something else.

No. She shook her head. That was just ridiculous. Nikol was a cute... a nice person but she had just been drunk and silly. She shouldn't have given her false hope. She would end it before it could begin. She wrapped a towel around herself and exited the bathroom.

"Lauren! Can you come here for a moment?" yelled Nikol from the hall.

Oh, god. Just let me get dressed already, she thought. "Coming!"

Nikol was standing at the front door with the day's mail in hand. "I... I think you should see this." she said with a concerned look on her face.

"What?" Lauren strode up to her. Did she find something bad?

As soon as she had arrived, Nikol flung the front door open with one hand and pushed Lauren out with the other. She quickly snatched away her towel and slammed the door shut in her face.

"Eeeeeekkkkk! What the...?" screeched Lauren. She was in the staircase of her apartment block completely naked. "Let me in! Let me in!" she banged on her door. She would definitely die of embarrassment if a neighbour had seen her in the alltogether.

Nikol nonchalantly opened the door and let her host into her own home.

"What the... heck was that?" asked Lauren, her face flushed and her arms wrapped around her body.

Nikol snapped a picture of her with her phone, then tossed her towel back at the cowering woman. Lauren hastily wrapped it around herself, but before she could say anything, Nikol held the phone out for her to see. "Look at that."

Lauren saw her nude self on the picture, taken just seconds ago. Hunched over, pidgeon-toed, red-faced, covering her naughty bits with a look of total horror on her face. Even so, it only reflected a fraction of what she had felt.

"Now look at this." said Nikol as she pressed a button and held her phone out with another picture.

Lauren saw her nude self again, but it was a totally different picture. She stood on a chair in front of the kitchen window. People from the opposing building probably could have seen her. Especially at night with the lights turned on inside. But she was not covering up. She stood there, her arms pulled back as she was fumbling with her hair. And she was... smiling?

"Don't worry, I'll delete both pictures." said Nikol as she was manipulating her phone. "I just wanted you to see the difference."

"You can't just lock me out of my home naked!" she yelled as she marched into her bedroom, **** to put on something more substantial than a towel.

"I did it for your own good." followed her Nikol. "Now, drop the towel!"

"No!" said Lauren, cluthing it defensively.

Nikol pounced on Lauren again, pushing her down on her bed. She quickly straddled her, pinning her arms above her head again. This was the second time this had happened that day. Yet Lauren was not any less surprised.

"Look into my eyes and answer me. How did the first picture look?" she stared at Lauren, their faces only a few inches apart.

"It was humiliating."

"I didn't ask how you felt. I asked how it looked."

"It... it looked silly..."

"Exactly." purred Nikol approvingly. "That is not how the strong, independant business woman I have been working with would act."

"But... but I was naked..."

"That is why I showed you the second picture. You were naked there as well. And you remember what you were doing?" she asked with a smirk.

"I... I wasn't covering myself..."

"And...?"

"... and I was... smiling..." Lauren could feel her pulse quickening as her heart raced in her chest.

"Indeed." nodded Nikol. "You were every bit as brave and confident as at the company. Even without any clothes on. And let me tell ya, that was mighty sexy."

"I was drunk..."

"**** only made you lose your inhibitions. It made the real you resurface, no matter the situation." She leaned closer, "And it made you very, very horny." she whispered. "You probably haven't noticed, but we are lying on a huuuuuge wet spot on the sheet right now. 'Hercules' must have worked real hard last night." she giggled in her ear.

Lauren felt her cheeks burning again. Of course she had noticed the wet spot. She had been planning to get rid of the sheets as soon as she was dressed.

"You are a beautiful woman with serious body image issues."

"No..."

"No? Then why all the padding, honey?"

"It... it boosts my confidence..."

"Nonsense! You saw the second picture. Your confidence doesn't need boosting. You just need to accept your body the way it is. And I can help you."

"But... but... my boobs are small..."

"So are mine. Look." and with that, Nikol pulled her T-shirt over her head, revealing her smallish but perky B-cups, capped with dark nipples pointing at her 'victim'.

Lauren couldn't help but stay there, even when her arms were released. She just lay there, looking at the topless Nikol. Captivated by her confidence. And her beauty. Her eyes involuntarily raked over the younger woman's exposed flesh. A voice deep inside her told her she shouldn't, but she was unable to tear her gaze away.

"Beside," smiled Nikol leaning closer to Lauren again, "I think your little boobies are adorable."

Then she kissed her. No, she didn't just kiss her. More like, they kissed. And what a kiss it was. Nothing Lauren had ever experienced before. And she had kissed a lot. She was so lost in that moment that she didn't notice Nikol's hand snaking down her body and under the towel between her legs.

"Wow, someone's seriously wet."

"It's... I just showered..." lied Lauren as her cheeks turned beet red.

"Come on, sweetie. You are sopping down there."

"I..."

"Was it me or was it the few seconds of being locked out naked?" she asked with a wide grin.

Lauren turned away, **** to answer and unsure of where things were going.

"Uh, or was it both?" Nikol turned Lauren's head to face her again. "It was both, wasn't it."

Lauren averted her gaze instead of answering, though deep down she knew Nikol was probably right. She always was. She knew her better than she knew herself.

Nikol leaned closer to Lauren and whispered in her ear. "Time to decide. Kiss me, honey, and you will never need 'Hercules' ever again." she purred.

At long last, Lauren was given a choice. The moment she had been waiting for. She had always been good with choices. In all her life, she had made the right ones. Being fully in control all the time. Living without regrets. But this time... This time it was different. She was not in control. Or was she? Was there even the slightest possibility she could have refused? If there was, her mind failed to see it. At the moment, all her mind saw was Nikol's inviting lips mere inches away of her own and how badly she wanted to taste them again. Whether she was prepared to live with the consequences or not, she made her move.

And thus, the sexy, independent business woman had entered a relationship with her young, free-spirited co-worker. A relationship, at times, she would surely regret.