Art for Art's Sake: Meredith's Story (26 page)
“No.” Dani smiled gently.
“I mean, you raised all that money for the senior prom. You’re the senior class president. Won’t it look weird that you’re not there?”
“Nah. I didn’t want to go to the prom anyway. I never really liked those hetero exhibitions.”
“Hetero?”
“Yeah, you know, heterosexual. Ben always went with me so I wouldn’t feel out of place, but I always kind of felt out of place, anyway. Not that anybody could tell, but I didn’t fit in.”
Meredith smiled. “I know the feeling.”
“I know. Maybe that’s why I was drawn to you in the first place. When we landed in the same history class I was so psyched. I was finally going to meet the cute new girl, but you really made it hard to do that. God, you’re so pretty, but you were always hiding.”
Meredith knew she was blushing. Only her parents had ever called her pretty. She swallowed around her embarrassment and said, “Some artists have their blue period, I had my invisible period, I guess.”
“I guess by not going to the prom together we’re still kind of staying invisible.” Dani reached for Meredith’s free hand.
“Hypocrites, aren’t we?”
“I guess.” Dani kissed the palm of the hand she had just taken. “But I’m here with my girl on prom night, and I’m having the best time of my life.” She kissed the inside of Meredith’s wrist and forearm and then the soft skin inside the bend of her elbow.
Meredith’s breath caught in her throat. “Dani, I can’t believe how you make me feel.”
“Mmm.” Dani continued to trail kisses up Meredith’s arm and then kissed her on the neck.
Meredith’s breathing got heavy. “Dani...”
“Mmm?”
“Maybe we shouldn’t...”
Dani pulled Meredith closer and used her right hand to caress Meredith’s cheek. She leaned closer and kissed her again.
Meredith forgot what it was they shouldn’t be doing and threw her arms around the one person in the world that seemed to understand her.
The End
About the Author
Barbara L. Clanton is a native New Yorker who left those "New York minutes" for the slower-paced palm-tree-filled life in Orlando, Florida. She currently teaches mathematics at a college preparatory school in the Orlando area. When she's not teaching, playing softball, tiling her floors, or evicting possums from the engine block of her RV, "Dr. Barb" plays bass guitar in a local band called The Flounders with her partner who plays the drums. Her ultimate dream is to one day snowbird between upstate New York and central Florida.
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