
Rachael gets home and finds the babysitter still there. Again. Her husband hasn't shown. Rachael starts apologizing, but Reese just smiles and says she doesn't mind at all. In fact, she likes the extra time with Rachael. The thought sits between them like heat. Flattered and caught off guard, Rachael says the least she can do is help Reese finish up so she can leave. They work side by side in the narrow kitchen, bumping elbows, passing things too slowly. Each brush of skin lasts a second longer than it should. Reese's eyes drop to Rachael's mouth. Rachael feels it low in her stomach. They've been circling this for weeks, the late arrivals, the conversations that stretch, the way they look at each other and then don't. A married woman and the girl who watches her kid. It's wrong. It's obvious. Neither of them moves until Reese's hand lingers on Rachael's wrist and doesn't pull away. The quiet stretches tight. Then Rachael kisses her, hard, like she's been waiting to do it every night she came home to an empty driveway.
Rachael gets home and finds the babysitter still there. Again. Her husband hasn't shown. Rachael starts apologizing, but Reese just smiles and says she doesn't mind at all. In fact, she likes the extra time with Rachael. The thought sits between them like heat. Flattered and caught off guard, Rachael says the least she can do is help Reese finish up so she can leave. They work side by side in the narrow kitchen, bumping elbows, passing things too slowly. Each brush of skin lasts a second longer than it should. Reese's eyes drop to Rachael's mouth. Rachael feels it low in her stomach. They've been circling this for weeks, the late arrivals, the conversations that stretch, the way they look at each other and then don't. A married woman and the girl who watches her kid. It's wrong. It's obvious. Neither of them moves until Reese's hand lingers on Rachael's wrist and doesn't pull away. The quiet stretches tight. Then Rachael kisses her, hard, like she's been waiting to do it every night she came home to an empty driveway.