a collab feat @AnimaAlyssa Paige & Kimberly Thatcher
Alyssa PaigeKimberly ThatcherLocation: Riley's house then Alyssa's and finally the open road.
Interacting with:
@Blackpanther's twins,
@Nallore's Riley, and
@Anima's Kimberly
Emerging from Riley's place after Alyssa, Kimberly noticed a few additions to their group compared to earlier. Recognizing many of them, she wondered where Morgan got to. Her twin told her she'd be coming with Alex. This wonder friend that Kimberly still had to meet. For someone to be able to get Morgan to come out on the teen's trip, well, Kimberly wanted to meet this Alex.
Seeing Riley wave her over, Kimberly made a beeline to her.
"Sorry for poofing on ya. Lyssa thought she left her phone," Kimberly said.
"Sorry I didn't say hi earlier Cass. So many things to do. Did I see a guitar case? Did you bring your guitar?"Still unsure where Morgan was - even without Riley having to tell her to text her - Kimberly already had her phone out as she opened the text bubble to Morgan.
Morgy bear. Where you at?Waiting for Alex.Hurry up?Sure sure.Putting her phone away, Kimberly heard the tail end of Alyssa's search for a co-pilot.
"Dibs. We'll talk on music," she said to Alyssa.
"Morgan's on her way Ri-kins. Hopefully soon. Kinda wanna get this show on the road.""Sure, come along." Alyssa lead Kimberly along the five minute walk to her house. They arrived at the two-story ranch house that Alyssa shared with her sister Emily.
"You wanna step inside a bit? I need to bop in for my keys""We'll be right back," Kimberly said as she followed Alyssa back to her place. It was fortunate some folks were bringing their own car. It'd be one cozy trip in the RV to the lake otherwise. The walk to Alyssa's place thankfully didn't take too long.
"Sure. Beats standing out here."Alyssa tried the handle and found the door to be unlocked. With a groan she pushed her way inside.
"Emily! What did I say about the door you little shit!" The 'shit' in question was seated on a small leather couch situated in front of a wide screen TV that dominated the wall of the cozy living room. The room also featured a pair of recliners and a glass topped coffee table in the center. The walls were decorated with the standard family photos that one would expect, and on shelves stood trophies earned by Alyssa's althletic career.
"You
just left like...ten minutes ago or something." Emily stood and made her way to the fridge in the adjoining kitchen to retrieve a can of tea. Tossing it to Alyssa she giggled. "Have some caffiene sis, you get kinda bitchy without it."
While Kimberly didn't think leaving the front door unlocked was too terrible of a thing here in Red Lake, Alyssa clearly thought otherwise. Standing behind her, Kimberly was still surprised that the two sisters hadn't wrecked the place. She couldn't fathom living away from her parents. College was a different story. But when she still had a year in high school left? That's what she couldn't fathom.
Spotting Emily seated on one of the recliners situated in front of the TV, Kimberly waved to her.
"Hey Em! Why does it feel like ages since I've last saw you?"When Emily disappeard into the kitchen and came back with a can, Kimberly rolled her eyes. While there was certainly banter between herself and her siblings, she couldn't recall the last time she called any of them a 'bitch' or a 'little shit'. It's not that she disapproved. It was funny in a way. She wondered how Morgan would respond if she called her a 'little shit'. Well, 'bitch'. They were both the same age.
"So we gotta take that tea to go, Lys," Kimberly said.
"Car keys. Em, are you okay by yourself? Need anything before we go munchkin?""Nah, I'm good. Lys has all my food pre-prepped and ready for the oven." Emily flashed Kimberly a grin. "And you likely haven't seen me because I like to 'ship' Lys with her friends - I call it sister-fiction - and it embarasses the crap out of her." Alyssa turned a deep red as she facepalmed at her sister's comment.
Kimberly looked over at Alyssa. She rose an eyebrow.
"Wow. For a foul mouthed troll, you're really quite the mom," she said. About to tease even more, Kimberly was pretty sure her face had turned the same shade of red as Alyssa's when she heard Emily's sister fiction comment. She tried to recover albeit terribly done.
"O-oh? What are the ships so far?""Don't encour-" Alyssa attempted to intervene, but found herself quickly over run by an outpourance of enthusiasm for her troubling younger sibling.
"Well I've written some Rilyssa, that's not bad, the whole bosses daughter angle is pretty good. Mirlyssa's not bad, mechanic meets student althlete and all that." Emily's eyes twinkled mischieveouly before she added her final pair. "But my OTP has to be Kimberlyssa, too good. Why can't you be gay Kimmy? Oh well, it's pretty in my head anyway." She let out a giggle as she flopped back into her seat on the couch.
It took every ounce of self-control for Kimberly to not lose her shit. The boss's daughter angle? The mechanic-athlete pairing? She never knew Emily could get so creative with Alyssa and her friends. What took the cake in her book was her and Alyssa. Was she gay? Most definitely. Did people know? Two people did. Did Emily know Kimberlyssa wasn't some fictional ship? Most definitely not. She'd have a field day on Alyssa if her sister did know.
"Kimberlyssa's the all time pick huh?" Kimberly said.
"Well, thanks for sharing. More dirt to make your sis look like that," Kimberly said as she pointed towards Alyssa.
"You know how hard it is to make her blush and stuff? Pretty hard. Well, maybe not for her friends, but ... you get the point."Turning her focus on Alyssa, Kimberly smirked.
"What's your OTP, Lyssa? Give some inspiration to the munchkin."Emily turned towards Alyssa, evidently extremely interested in the answer.
"Me? Uh...I...Um?" Alyssa fumbled, alternating her glare between Emily and Kimberly. 'Seriously Kimmy? What do you expect me to say?' She thought to herself.
Emily finally let her sister off the hook with a giggle. "Oh I already know your favorite sis, and I won't tell. Be nice Kimmy, I'll send you my fics if you want."
Trying to hold in an impending cackle of evil, she perked up at the chance of being send this fics that Emily wrote.
"You know? Yeah, totally. Send them to me. Like I said, more dirt on Lyssa over here is never a bad thing."Alyssa let out a sigh of relief, and with one last parting kiss on her sister's cheek made a beeline for the door.
"Be good, don't die, and call me if you need anything ok? Love you."Though Kimerly was curious to know Emily's take on Alyssa's OTP, she'd done enough damage already. The jabs of fun were just that. Fun. Nothing sinister at all though Kimberly was very aware she put her girl on the spot. Kept Alyssa on her toes. That's how she justified it to herself.
Following Alyssa out, Kimberly waved at Emily.
"Remember, fics."Outside once again with the door shut behind them, Kimberly laughed.
"I'm ... so sorry Lyssa. I couldn't resist...!"Alyssa turned a half-hearted glare on her girlfriend.
"Couldn't resist huh? I think I turned purple!" She made her way over to Jeffery - her four door honda civic- and opened the door.
"Don't read those Kimmy, she's...detailed in her artistic pursuits."Kimberly reached over and gave Alyssa's hand a squeeze.
"It was kinda cute," she said. Following Alyssa to her Honda civic - the infamous Jeffery - Kimberly opened her side and took co-pilot. She rose her eyebrow at Alyssa's comment. She smirked.
"Afraid what I might find?"Alyssa took her seat and started the car. Putting on her seatbelt she winked at Kimmy.
"What I'm saying is that it includes smut...pages and pages of smut...featuring me and all of our friends, and you of course." She let out a small giggle as she pulled out of the driveway.
Kimberly erupted in laughter.
"Oh my god! I'm in a erotica?" Feeling tears form around her eyes, she fastened her seatbelt. She took deep breaths.
"Now I kinda want to see what miss Em's cooked up. Who knows? Maybe your little sis may have some rad tips."Alyssa rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, maybe. Her descriptions are...inspired to say the least." She put the car in gear and began their trip in earnest.
"My little sister, smut writer extrodinaire. Why does it all have to feature me though?" She laughed shaking her head.
"Why indeed? That is the question. You're not helping my soaring curiosity," Kimberly said.
"We both know you'll read some of them, blush furiously, then put them away." Alyssa grinned.
"Then later maybe you read the rest. I've given up on discouraging you." She shook her head.
"And you torment me with them of course."Kimberly laughed.
"You know me all too well. But you see? What I'm really curious to read is what Em wrote about us," she said.
"You never know. She might have a knack for it. Maybe we could even make it interactive..."She looked out the window hiding her blush before looking back at Alyssa. Kimberly snuggled into her chair. Hesitantly, Kimberly reached over and placed her hand on Alyssa's leg.
"I just realized this is our last year. It's depressing to think about..."Alyssa nodded solemnly, she reached down and gave Kimmy's hand a brief squeeze before returning it to the wheel.
"Yeah, then everyone goes off to college or whatever." She sighed.
"I'm waiting to see if I get any athletic scholarships." She stole a pensive glance at Kimmy.
"Have you made any plans?"Keeping her hand on Alyssa's thigh, Kimberly traced small little circles with her fingertips.
"It's either scholarship or loans for me. I'm hoping lacrosse will give me something," she said.
"You think I'd make a good business woman? I've been thinking about trying for some big league business school. I mean, I can talk and stuff. Super competitive from what I've seen. My grades aren't too bad either. I don't know ..."You'd look good in a suit, I know that for sure." Alyssa laughed.
"I think you'd be great, at whatever you decide to go for. Those people skills of yours go a long way. I'm thinking coaching for myself, I like sports theory, and designing training regimens and all that.""You think so? I mean, I'm kind of sociable. Fashion hasn't been too big of a problem for me either," she said.
"I can totally see you coaching! A scary coach but pretty great.Her eyes never leaving Alyssa's face for a second, Kimberly frowned ever so slightly.
"We'll still ... you know. If things continue to work out?" she asked.
"I think leaving you and Riley - you in particular - scares me the most."Alyssa smiled softly and nodded.
"I'm not eager to let go of this either ... why don't we take a look at our options later on?" She flashed Kimmy a quick wink.
"Together, I'm sure we'll come up with something."Kimberly nodded.
"Right. Sorry. I'm jumping the gun. Yeah, we can definitely come up with something. Hope that didn't sound weird," Kimberly said.
"In the meantime, we still have a year left. Keep kicking ass in sports, I'm sure we'll get those freakin' rare athletic scholarships. Who knows? Maybe we might end up at the same place?"Alyssa shook her head.
"No, it's fine. Something important to think about, but maybe not too seriously yet." Alyssa's face adopted a resolute expression. Her voice was even and calm.
"We've got as long as we like, and we will end up at the same place. It may be hard work, but love's hard work right? I'm ready to give everything I've got if you are."Kimberly smiled. She shook her head ever so slightly.
"Don't tell me I'm the only one who thought that sounded cheesy," she said. Though Alyssa was looking at the road, Kimberly gave her one of her trademark winks.
"When and if I can come out, when and if I can hold your hand in public, and if you haven't gotten sick of me yet, then yeah. I'm all in. We talked about this earlier. I think?"Biting her lip, she saw the RV come into view.
"I wonder what would happen if the others knew. If my parents knew."Alyssa ginned.
"If the others knew they'd congratulate us, and torment me. They'd be fine, they were fine with me after all." She thought for a moment before continuing.
"If you parents knew? Well...I don't know Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher as well as I'd like, but I think they'd learn to accept you. They do love you after all. Either way I'd be there, to help you with whatever may come."Kimberly laughed. She closed her eyes and rubbed her temple.
"Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher happen to be the most conservative folks you'll probably ever meet. I can deal with my friends. Them? God, it scares me to ever think about having that conversations," Kimberly said.
"At least Morgan doesn't hate me. She knows about me. I hate twin link sometimes." Alyssa pulled in behind the RV and parked. She killed the engine and turned to Kimberly before they got out.
"Whenever you decide to tell whoever you decide to tell, I'm sure it'll work out. You've got good friends, and I think your parents might surprise you. I'll be here for you too, whenever you're ready, ok?"Kimberly nodded.
"The best friends I could've ever asked for," she said.
"If you ever get a chance to sit down with my folks, I think you'll understand why I don't wanna have this conversation. But ... who knows?"Taking advantage of their moment of privacy, Kimberly leaned over and gave Alyssa a quick peck on the lips. She felt her cheeks burn ever so slightly. She smiled shyly.
"Way better than a dude's."