4: ON THE FOURTH DAY (Stop It, I Love It)

 

From time to time, the girls would use the toilet

and head back to the bed. Yet Daria in a way, wished

what happened that night was all a dream, and that she

would wake up, on her own bed, in House Morgendorffer.

 

No luck at all. For at 6:00 A. M., the auburn chanced to

wonder  if she WAS at home.Waking up, she squinted,

till it dawned on her she needed her glasses. Reaching

for the nightstand, she got them on--and discovered the

hard way she was still in room 2112 on the 21st floor

of The Red Barchetta Hotel. Naked. The clock tower

overhead chiming 6:00. And to top it off, an equally

naked Sandi Griffin with her, her arm 'round Daria,

her head on the cynic's breasts.

Gently pulling free so the she didn't wake up the brunette,

the auburn climbed from the bed and used the bathroom

to answer nature's call and to shower. After she had dried off,

the nude cynic headed to the window, and peeped twixt the

curtains, observing the waking activity of Lawndale take place.

"Please, a brain stroke," she murmured. The fact that she had

made love with Quinn's best friend, the snobby head of The

Fashion Club, that gave new meaning to sleeping with the

enemy. And yet, she enjoyed it. It was concentrated passion

in a can that exploded like the reactors at Chernobyl.

But the fact that she had sex--and lesbian sex, no less, was

no joke. Especially when it came to The Morgendorffer/

Griffin war. And the war twixt the unpopular and the popular.

What Daria and Sandi now had was what the Latin community

termed as amor prohibito--forbidden love. But for what it was

worth, that implelling force which brought them to their goal,

had been the manifestation to....a phase, maybe? For the moment,

Daria had no idea where to go from there, now that she and Sandi

got what they came for. Was it worth it? Whatever the reason, she

went back to bed--just as the sweetly yawning brunette re entwined

her arms 'round the auburn, holding her while they kissed. From

there, The Fashion Clubber laid her head on the cynic's shoulder.

"Good morning, lovergirl, " she said. "I had a feeling you'd come back

to me."

"Something tells me I've come a long way from Quinn's cousin or

whatever."

Laughing gently, the brunette said, "That you did. And once again,

I proved to you there WAS a lovergirl within you. You were GREAT.

Like, you surprised me last night"

"Now that you've opened up my Al Capone vault," said the auburn,

where do we go from here? Word gets around in Lawndale."

"I hope not. My life would be over if everyone knew that I love girls like

you!!"

"Tell me all 'bout it," murmured Daria, thinking over when Kevin and

Brittany had overheard Sandi's confession to Tiffany. But that wasn't

all--remembering that she WAS dating Tom Sloane, it occured that the

cynic had cheated on Tom, that she had made love with another girl.

Yet the fact she and Tom would be split up when they went to their

seperate collages....

She came out of her reverie just as the brunette propped herself on one

elbow saying, "All that time....I didn't even know we each had a different

side of ourselves. I never even felt that way when you made love to me

last night."

"Neither did I," said the auburn. "I didn't even think you, of all people,

the narcisstic and cliquey head of The Fashion Club, had another side

to you. But then, it beats getting tormented by two knuckleheads from

Highland that were worse than your brothers and Upchuck combined."

"My brothers, I wouldn't doubt, but worse than Upchuck?"

"Yup. And Beavis and Butt Head were their names."

For the third time, Sandi was laughing. "Butt Head? BUTT HEAD?!?"

Shrugging, Daria replied, "Let's just say his mom was high on morphine

at the time."

"Like, drugs suck. Even The Fashion Club would think twice 'bout using

drugs, no matter how popular they get."

"Amen. You should see what it did to Beavis and Butt Head."

There was a pause before Sandi stated, "Daria.....I got some confessions

to make."

"That you formed The Fashion Club just to date girls?" asked Daria.

Glaring at the surprised auburn, the brunette said crisply, "Stop it, Daria!!

Be serious!!"

"Sorry."

As somber as she could, Sandi said, "Like....., that day I chased you........when

Quinn, Stacy, Tiffany and me were on our way to Cashman's, I sensed there

was something strange when Quinn said she'd meet up later. The fact that I

also saw you and Jane....I knew something was up, so I told Stacy and Tiffany

to meet me at Cashman's, and followed Quinn at a distance, till she was in

that railroad tunnel with you and your friend. When you didn't come out, I

waited till the train came out and went inside. I saw you between the cars,

and that was when I confronted you the best way I could. Quinn thought

she could be sneaky, but I can be sneakier."

"Ah......," said Daria. "Then----it WAS you, inside R. R. Tunnel No. 558."

Sandi nodded. "I wanted to tell you then--to tell you I loved you...."

"I thought so.....so......anything else you can relate to me on?"

"Just one other thing...........as much as it hurts the image, if not my

reputation, as the President of The Fashion Club, I got something, all

joking aside, to say....." The brunette took a breath before saying the

following words--which was a shock to the auburn:

"I envy you, Daria Morgendorffer."

Unable to believe what she had just heard, Daria blurted out, "WHAT?!?"

"Like, it's no joke," said Sandi, who sounded beyond serious. "You don't know

how lucky you can be to have a sister like Quinn."

"Me?"

"Yup. All I got to show for, is two rug rat brothers that play a LOT of havoc

on me, make me at times CRY!! I never even had a sister!! Like, I WISH

I had a sister...."

"Brittany's got a brother that does the same stuff," said the auburn.

"True," agreed the brunette. "For Brittany, one brat of a brother is one

thing, but the two I got is a nightmare!!"

"Now that I think of it, you'd think we'd get along ourselves since we're

united by one thing." From there, Sandi and Daria said in unison:

"Quinn."

"Yup," said the cynic. "That ol' love/hate relationship with Quinn...."

Sighing, the fashion diva said, "I wish we could love all over again."

"The thing is," said the auburn, who was now enticed with Sandi's breast,

which was  rubbing against her, its nipple hard, "CAN it be done again?"

Triggered by the feel of that nipple, Daria found herself unable to control

herself, as she clamped her mouth onto Sandi's nipple and breast and suckled

it.

"Oh, that is SO good," sighed the brunette. "So you still want more, do you?"

Stopping for a moment, the auburn said, "The fact we don't have to report for

school till 9:00, we've got 6:00 to relive last night and take our time slow for

the love and use the two hours in between to get ready."

"So be it........lovergirl....." So saying, Sandi pulled the sheet off them before she

fed her breasts to Daria, who was now thinking and hearing (?) a tune in her

mind--The Eagles' The Sad Cafe:

 

Out in the shiny night, the rain

was softly falling

The tracks that ran down the boulevard had

all been washed away

Out of the silver light, the past came softly calling

And I remember the times we spent

inside the Sad Cafe

 

"MMMM.........that is, soooooooo gooooooood, Daria, give me more. I love

it when I feed my breasts to you........ohhhhhhhh......!!" sighed the brunette,

while the auburn, at one point, flicked her tongue tip along the nipple.

After that, it was Sandi's turn to suck Daria's breasts and nipples, which

she did, like a hungry baby. "Do you like it?" she asked.

"So....so goooood....give me more...." was the reply.

 

Oh, it seemed like a holy place,

protected by amazing grace

And we would sing right out loud, the

things we could not say

We thought we could change this world

with words like "love" and "freedom"

We were part of the lonely crowd

Inside the Sad Cafe

 

Each girl took her time to lick, suck and kiss.  With each nipple engorged with

blood, each girl rubbed and caressed them, sending pulses of sparks along up

their bodies. Then they sucked them hard, causing themselves to shake,

rattle and roll. From there, they caressed their bodies before Daria was using

her tongue work in Sandi's clitoris and vagina, pushing her tongue in and out.

"MMMMMMMM.......," sighed the brunette. "Give it to me, baby....give it to

me SO GOOOOOOD!! Oh, lovergirl.........!!" Using her index and center finger,

she stuck and slid it in and out the auburn's vagina, causing her to moan in

the vaginal folds, tonguing even deeper.

 

Oh, expecting to fly,

we would meet on that shore in the

sweet by and by

Some of their dreams came true,

some just passed away

And some of the stayed behind

inside the Sad Cafe.

 

When it was Daria's turn, she was laying on her back, sliding her finger in

and out from the vagina of a moaning and sexually charged Sandi, who was

doing her tongue work on the cynic's wet vagina and clit. Both girls were moaning

and sighing with pleasure in an absolute frenzy, Daria writhing as before and

pitching her head back while Sandi tongued deeper--and that caused the auburn

to call out, "Oh........Ohh.........Ohhh.........Ohhhh.......OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

"You love that, sweetie?" said the brunette.

"I love it............!!"

"Mmm, I love you......."

From there, the girls went into a 69 pose, their moans covered by the tonguing

in each other's vagina.

 

The clouds rolled in and hid that shore

Now that Glory Train, it don't stop here no more

Now I look at the years gone by,

and wonder at the powers that be.

 

After that, Sandi was laying on her back, with Daria on top of her, their breasts,

nipples, bodies, tongues and mouths pressing together, while each girl was using

her index and center finger to slide in and out, slow and fast, gentle and hard,

in each other's vagina, while their vaginal fluids poured, while teasing each

other's clitoris. All that, combined with their intense French kissing, built up

all the passion that surged through like some kind of time warp, while they

kissed more and more intensely, moaning in their kissing mouths.

 

I don't know why fortune smiles on some

and lets the rest go free

Maybe the time has drawn the faces I recall

But things in this life change very slowly,

if they ever change at all

 

Sandi and Daria were holding each other closer than before, clenching each

other's hair, kissing deeper and probing their vaginas and clitorises even more

passionate beyond, yet doing so slow and gentle. In between kisses, they were

breathing out their passionate best.

"Oh, Daria.....oh, baby.......oh, lovergirl.......I wanna come.......!!" said the brunette.

"I.......," said the auburn, "I.......am coming already...........OHHHHHHH!!"

 

There's no use in asking why,

it just turned out that way

So meet me at midnight baby

inside the Sad Cafe.

Why don't you meet me at midnight baby,

inside the Sad Cafe.

 

Just as they were reaching the peak of passion, the girls launched into the

biggest and deepest kiss, before they came, their fluids gushing out, the two

moaning deep in their kiss. After the shockwave had passed, they pecked each

other's mouths.

"Oh, Daria........" breathed the brunette, "I just don't care....but right now, I love

you SO MUCH!!"

"Whatever," said the auburn. "We've proved to each other that life is 'bout

trying new stuff. Now let's hurry....."

 

As soon as they could, Daria and Sandi showered, dried, dressed, packed up and

headed for the elevator, each girl descending down in her own elevator. Once

in the foyer, the auburn deposited her key card in the key drop box before picking

up her bill for her stay at the desk. That completed, she went for the exit, while

the brunette ran out a different door. Soon after that, the girls headed their own

ways, back to their homes, got ready, and made to Lawndale High just in time.

 

After depositing her back pack in her locker, Daria saw Jane arrive on the scene.

"You're here bright and early," said the artist. "How'd your sabbatical at The

Red Barchetta Hotel do?"

"Couldn't be better, Jane," replied the cynic.

"Oh......so your night with Sandi was great, wasn't it? "

Jumping back as if she had been stung, Daria gasped, "WHAT?!?"

"Take it easy," said Jane, holding up her hand and laughing. "I wouldn't

abandon my partner in crime. I mean, Tom was one thing, but.......we're STILL

freakin' friends." Then bursting into wild laughter, she added, "You and Sandi,

the F.C. President, gettin' jiggy with it?!? How's that for a page of Lawndale

history?"

"Just as long as neither Brittany, nor Kevin, nor Upchuck, nor anyone else get

wind of it," said the auburn meanacingly, thankful that her friend was still

her friend.

"Your secret's safe with me," said the artist, with a grin before she started laughing

again. "Remember, I had a near run in with a lezzie myself."

"Alison....but.......," stammered Daria, "how'd you......?!?"

"How'd I know?" said Jane, who got herself back in control of her giggles. "For

one thing, when you stuck your pack in the locker, I could smell Sandi's perfume

coming from it. For another, why would you choose a fancy joint like The Red

Barchetta Hotel for your solace? Only clandestine lovers would choose hotels

for their meetings. And that bribe money you used to pay for last night--why

else would you resort to such expense? Besides, the day before last, when you

came out from the forest after Sandi chased you, I chanced to notice your

lipstick was smeared big time. But the real clincher was when I came to

the bathroom last morning and overheard you and Sandi through the

air vents that led to the roof--right up to the lip lock.  "

"The air vents. No wonder Kevin and Brittany--"

"--overheard Sandi and Tiffany." Again, Jane smirked.

Sighing, Daria hung her head and said dejectedly, "OK, so you know. PLEASE

forgive me, Jane. I don't want Quinn and Tom to know. I'll be ruined for life."

"I said it was OK," assured Jane, who placed a comforting hand on her friend's

shoulder. "Only where will you two go from here?"

 

A good question indeed--where would they go from here?

For the rest of the day, Daria knew that now that she and Sandi got what

they came for, she could see the romance was dying out, that she was bored.

That, plus the fact that the auburn and the brunette were of different worlds

different lifestyles and different ways of life. Quinn notwithstanding, Sandi,

Tiffany and Stacy (well, maybe not Stacy) hadn't been her friends at all, since

she and her family first came to Lawndale. They may had been Quinn's friends

but not Daria's; for that matter, whoever heard of a student in love with another

that was a year below her? Especially someone that was arrogant, stuck up,

egotistical and self centered. But then, Sandi was only that way because of

her mom Linda.

There were also reputations to protect, Daria with her cynicism and Sandi

with her hyper bitch ways. And yet the irony was for their differences, the

auburn and the brunette WERE united by one common thing--Quinn. Sister,

best friend, and at the same time, some one to fight with.

And then there was one problem: how to break up with Sandi. Knowing the

diva's fierce temper, and her tears, the cynic was torn. Should she risk

breaking Sandi's heart and get hurt, or be stuck in a joyless love affair?

 

Daria had never felt so lost--and yet at the same time, so was Sandi,

unable to decide to stop the romance or carry on.

 

Plodding along Dega St. to meet up with Jane prior to eating at The

Pizza King, all Daria could do was ponder her fate. Right now, she

was walking past The Red Barchetta Hotel, when Amy broke into

her reverie:

"Daria? How's my favorite niece?"

Seeing that her aunt was standing before her a yard at the entrance,

the auburn repiled glumly, "Like someone threw a monkey wrench

into the works of the so called Ya Ya Sisterhood."

"Oh, what's the matter? Did your sister pull a fashion prank on your

black skirts?"

"It's much worse.....would you hate me if I was in love with another girl?"

"Hate you?" said Amy. "My favorite niece? But what happened to Tom?"

"It's a long story," said Daria somberly.

At that moment, an Asian accented voice said,  "Is that your niece you've

been mentioning to me?"

Turning, Daria saw a business suited Japanese man with the looks of

Ming Tsai. "You Daria Morgendorffer? Permit me to introduce myself--

I am Eiji Tachibana, owner and general manager of The Red Barchetta

Hotel. "

"And my aunt's new boyfriend."

"Hai. Which means you're definitely her niece. It is an honor to meet

with you, Morgendorffer san. Your aunt told me so much of your life."

"You'd be surprised at some of the talents she's got," said Amy. "Right

now, it seems she's in a quandry."

Nodding in agreement, Eiji stated, "A serious matter indeed. She seems

rather troubled, judging from the mood she is in." To Daria, he said,

"In Japan, there is no problem that is impossible to solve. Perhaps you

would like to stop by my office for a soda."

"Knowing that I am sane," said Daria hesitantly, "I guess I could stand

a pit stop."

"What I tell you?" said Amy to Eiji. "Daria's a card."

 

The interior of Eiji's office was half spartan and half in Japanese Shinto

decor, yet was still businesslike, with a touch a homeyness--and it was here

that Daria, sipping a soda, related to Amy and Eiji, the kiss she shared

with Sandi, the nightmares she had, the incident in R.R. Tunnel No. 558,

the chase the brunette gave her, the second kiss, the love affair she and

Sandi had, and the problem of trying to break up with The Fashion

Clubber. However, the auburn WAS careful to omit the fact she and the

brunette made love twice, and the fact they stayed the night at the hotel.

Indeed, to Daria's delight, Eiji turned out to be an understanding type,

while he and Amy listened. When the cynic had finished, Amy said, "So

all that time you thought you were bi, yet your first love relationship's

got a lot of fizz than an Ultra Cola can and you want out."

"Like I said," said Eiji, "a serious matter." Standing up, a cola can in hand,

he paced the office. "The fact you don't know how to break up from that

girl.....I would suggest you be tactful with her and tell her the truth. In

Japan there is a saying which is identical to your 'The squeaky wheel

gets the grease'--and that saying is: 'The nail that sticks up, gets

pounded down.' Which means you should be honest and tell her the

romance is over."

"And if I do," said the auburn, "she'll scratch my eyes out. What am I

supposed to do, say 'Stop it, I love it'?"

"Sometimes, Morgendorffer san, there's risks we all must take.....

what you Americans would call 'one huge explosion and get it over with',

ne? All I can say is.....it's up to you."

"Maybe the following story might help," said Amy. "When I was a teen like

you, I too, also had a lesbian love affair with a friend of mine with a

friend of mine named Trishelle. But when the thrill was gone, I was

worried over how to break off the relationship. So I broke it to her with

tact, and it turned out she as the understanding type. After the breakup,

she married a man, and gave birth to a daughter, who to Trishelle's

surprise, also became a lesbian and went to live in some independent

colony."

"Was her daughter by any chance," asked Daria, "named Alison?"

Her face lighting up, Amy said, "Why yes......how'd you know that?"

"She tried to seduce my good friend Jane some time ago."

"Some things never change, eh, Daria? Like mother, like daughter."

Shaking his head in surprise, Eiji could only say, "So scandal does

run in the family. How shocking. I guess it takes all kinds."

"So it would seem," said the auburn. "Just another day in the sick

sad world."

Placing aside her cola can, Amy turned to her niece, and said,

"So it would seem indeed. Anyhow, my advice is what Eiji said--

be tactful and break it to Sandi gently. But most important of all is:

do what you think is right."

 

Poor Daria--she's now stuck between the Scylla of a controversial

love affair and the Charibdes of breaking Sandi's heart--and

upsetting her at the same time. Who was it that said, "Don't

make waves"? Sometimes love can be dangerous. At least

that didn't happed bwteen Daria and Tom--oh wait, that

almost jeparodized her friendship with Jane. Anyhow, our

heroine's got a tough choice to make. And how will Sandi

react? Given her reputation as a hyper diva, it's no hype

what she might do. But then again....

Oh, one last thing--in case you didn't know, hai and ne?,

they're Japanese for yes and "Ain't it so?" respectively.

I thought you should know, minna san (that means all or

all of you.),eh?

 

Next: 5: On The Fifth Day (Try To Understand)

 

--Ronin.