The Best Summer of All 
by Katie

PART 3

"So," Katie began to speak. "Whatever shall we do now?" Katie said it in a way that was totally obvious that she knew exactly what she wanted to do, but thought she'd turn it into something comical, to make Jessie laugh/smile.

"Whatever your heart desires Katie. I'm all yours," Jessie said grinning from ear to ear.

"Really?"

"Yes," Jessie retorted making sure Katie knew she was 100% positive of her response. Jessie had never been surer of anything in her life.

Katie thought to herself, "I love this girl, with all of my heart. I want this to be the best night of both of our lives. I just hope I know what I'm doing so I don't look stupid or anything. Maybe being around Tad and Russell while they talked about their latest quest would now actually come in handy." But then again, they were in it for one thing, and Jessie meant too much to her to ever have that chance of breaking Jess's heart.

Katie then shifted her body on top of Jessie. Katie could hear Jessie's heart start to beat faster. For a moment Jessie just closed her eyes and smiled, just like she did in the car. She was ready to give herself to Katie. Jessie was finally able to let her heart rule her mind and body, and be free.

"Just to let you know, I'm no expert on this. I've never done it before to be perfectly honest." Katie tried to be confident, but she really didn't have any experience in this area. After all, she was still a virgin herself, despite any rumors about her and Sarah.

"Oh don't worry, I'm sure you'll do a great job." Damn Jessie loved her. Katie was always confident and self-assured, never worried about having a wrong answer or making a mistake, but now, Jessie loved Katie even more because she had been able to put her guard down and show that she really is vulnerable and fragile. She was, enigmatic.

After Jessie finished talking, she leaned up and kissed Katie. Slowly, the kiss turned into a major kissing session. Katie's hands were positioned around Jessie's neck and head region while Jessie's hands were placed lightly on Katie's back. Katie took her right hand and made the transition from behind Jess's neck to explore her body. She gently skimmed Jessie's skin along her shoulder and then she delicately rested her hand on Jessie's chest. Katie looked down, looking deeply into Jessie's beautiful eyes. "Is this ok? If you ever want me to stop and/or you feel uncomfortable and want to take a break, tell me. I don't want to do anything that you don't want me to do," Katie said so sincerely, she really meant it. Jessie meant everything to her and the thought of losing her made Katie just want to burst out in tears just thinking about the preposterous idea.

"Yeah, it's ok," Jessie replied in a soft whisper, totally relaxed and calm. Well, as relaxed and calm as she could be with all of the excitement and nervousness that was a) about to perhaps have sex with the most amazing person she's ever met and b) having sex and/or doing more than just kissing. Katie had tremendously helped turn Jessie's life around. Jessie loved Katie more than anything else. Yeah, she loved her parents and Eli, but her love and passion for Katie was different. She didn't choose to love Rick, Karen and Eli; she was born into loving them. But with Katie, it was something amazing. Katie chose HER. Out of everyone at Sinclair High School, Katie Singer chose her, little Jessie Sammler. Jessie didn't want to admit it, but she still didn't know why or how Katie saw all of these amazing things in her. For the first time, Jessie was in love and it was wonderful.

With Jessie's consent, Katie went back to what she was doing. Jessie could tell Katie was nervous because as Katie's hand slowly started to lift up Jessie's shirt and reach under her bra, her hand was shaking. Jessie wanted to make Katie feel less uncomfortable, so she looked up into Katie's eyes and pulled Katie into a passionate kiss, giving Katie's hand no other choice then to rest it on top of Jessie's breast. When Jessie pulled back she just looked at Katie and smiled. Katie smirked back, figuring out what Jessie had done. The two then started kissing, one soft, sweet kiss after another. Slowly Katie started reaching for the bottom of Jessie's shirt and then Jessie reached her hands towards the hem of Katie's shirt and almost simultaneously the girls both took each other's shirts off and tossed them on the floor. Now, in just their shorts and bras, continued making out, their hands discovering new places on the other girl's body to explore. They eventually made their way back by Jessie's bed. But right before they both hit the bed, well, not HIT the bed, but you know what I mean, Katie let go of Jessie, hoping that she wouldn't think something was wrong, went over to her messenger bag, pulled out a burned C.D. and headed towards Jessie's C.D. player.

"Just thought some music would be nice. I burned the mix before I came over. I hope you like it."

"Is there any Billie Holiday in it?" Jessie was now interested, because the music HAD to be good, good enough to have them stop doing what they were doing anyways and besides, she already had Billie playing, even though she hadn't pressed the "repeat all" button so the music had pretty much stopped about an hour or so ago.

"Yeah, she's in there. Here, come look at the list if you want. It's a mix of mostly slow songs, but with some up beat ones."

"Alright, let's see what we have here," Jessie remarked as Katie handed her the little booklet. Jessie started reading it over as Katie went to set the C.D. player.

The booklet read like this:

*Jessie and Katie's Mix *

1 Billie Holiday – God Bless The Child
2 The Donnas – Keep on Loving You
3 Sarah McLachlan – Full of Grace
4 John Mayer – Your Body is a Wonderland
5 Hoobastank – I'm Ready For You
6 Bryan Adams – When You Love Someone
7 Natalie Imbruglia – Satellite
8 Train – Drops of Jupiter
9 Sarah McLachlan – I Love You
10 The Corrs – Runaway
11 Mandy Moore – I Wanna Be With You
12 Tonic – If You Could Only See
13 Michelle Branch – You Get Me
14 Stevie Nicks – Every Day
15 Ben Lee – Cigarettes Can Kill You
16 Evan & Jaron – Crazy For This Girl
17 XTC – We're All Light
18 Lifehouse – Breathing

"Wow Katie, this is a pretty good mix."

"Thanks. I tried using a good mix of new and old, mainstream and not, etc. Well, now that the C.D. player's programmed, let's get to back to where we left off," Katie said seductively as she came up behind Jessie who was still looking at the list and delicately wrapped her arms around her girlfriend and gracefully kissed Jessie's neck.

"Well," Jessie started as she set the booklet down on the desk, "You talked me into it," she replied with a touch of humor to her voice as she turned herself around to face Katie while not letting Katie's embrace leaving her side. Katie smiled and quickly laid a kiss on Jessie's soft lips and took her hand and let her to the bed.

Butterflies were fluttering up a storm in both of the girls' stomachs. They both wanted to make sure the other one was happy and satisfied and they both wanted this to be the greatest/ most special night of their lives. I mean, you only lose you virginity once and it was even more to them because they were with the most amazing girl they could have ever dreamed of. The girls truly loved each other and hoped their fairy-tale like romance would last the grasps of time and the hardship that is life.

Katie let Jessie lay down and get comfortable and after Katie knew that Jessie was ready, Katie made her way on top of Jess. Katie pressed her body up against Jessie's, but not too hard, just enough to get both of their heart beats pumping even faster than before. They slowly started taking each other's bras off, then their shorts and eventually anything else that they had on their bodies, while engaging in a series of wonderful and extraordinary kisses. Their hands were everywhere, but it wasn't vulgar or anything of that nature. It was sweet and innocent, everything that making love should be.

Katie looked down at Jessie, her hair flowing down on both sides of her face, leaned in for a quick kiss and then asked, "Are you sure you want to do this because I don't want you to do something you're not ready to do."

"Yes Katie, I'm sure. I've never been more sure of anything in my entire life."

When Jessie smiled so sweetly, it just about melted Katie's heart. No one had ever touched her the way Jessie did, mentally as well as physically. Katie only hoped the love they had for each other would last forever, for she didn't know what she would do if their love ever stopped.

"I love you Katie and I will always love you. You are my sun; you keep me going when I want to give up. You have been my angel, guiding me through and you mean so much to me. I couldn't see me with anyone else but you." Jessie wanted to say that for so long. Although she still couldn't believe how her friendship with Katie had developed into what it is, but God was she thankful for it. She didn't care what other people had to say about them anymore, it didn't matter. Nothing mattered except for Katie. As long as she had Katie, she would survive.

"Oh Jessie, I love you too. You are my everything. Ever since our first kiss I haven't been able to think of anything/one else but you. You are the first thing I think of when I get up and the last thought before I go to sleep, hell, you're even in every single one of my dreams. I'm so glad that I found you, because you have given me life, hope, happiness, and so much more."

And with those ending words, the two girls kissed and it was pure bliss. For the next hour or so, there was no heaven and no hell, things weren't just black and white, there was no good and evil. There was just Jessie and Katie, Katie and Jessie. The two were transferred into their own world, full of happiness and their love and passion for each other. They eventually fell sleep, but just to make sure they weren't caught in too much of a compromising position, they put on some pajamas. Katie didn't bring any so Jessie let her borrow some. Then the two quietly climbed back into Jessie's bed and fell asleep in each other's arms.

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EPILOGUE

That summer proved to be the best summer of Jessie's life. She had finally overcome the years of battling with being anorexic and somewhat depressed, she had found the love of her life, when everyone found out what was going on between the two, they weren't fully excepted, at first, but they were given all the love and support. That fall, Jessie met with Erik Lane, along with a few local producers and managers and Jessie was on her way to starting her debut record. It was nothing big, but it meant everything to her because Katie went out of her way to make this happen. When the school year started, there was both a mixture of happiness and sadness. Happiness because Jessie and Katie didn't have to hide their relationship and their love for each other, word had pretty much spread throughout the summer. Everyone, even Tad and Russell, had accepted the couple, welcoming them with open arms, never judging or making fun of them. Jessie and Katie were on cloud nine. But there was sadness, especially for Jessie because this would be Katie's last year at Sinclair. Next year she would most likely be going to Oxford University, Brown University, or Columbia, none of which were within an hour's drive away from where they lived. As much as Jessie was sad thinking that she only had one more year with Katie, Katie was also feeling upset and confused. Katie didn't want to leave Jessie, she wanted to just drop all of the offers to go out of state and even out of the country to stay in state and stay with Jessie. She couldn't lose Jessie and Katie knew that if she went away, their relationship would soon parish due to the distance set between them and she just couldn't do it.

They made it through the year and then Katie came up with the decision. She would stay home for a year, attend the local university and get some of the all around requirements over with and then when Jessie was ready to graduate, they would go to college either together, or different colleges close by each other. At the time Jessie didn't agree with plan because she didn't want Katie to miss out on the opportunity to go to Oxford, Brown, or Columbia, especially since she would have received a full ride to all three of them. But in the same sense, Jessie was happy that she was meant that much to Katie.

After Jessie graduated from Sinclair, they were both accepted to Columbia University. Jessie was majoring to become a doctor and Katie majored in business. Despite what you would think, they made it through college still together and more in love then ever. After Jessie graduated, (Jessie had an eight year program and Katie's was only for four years) the two had saved up enough money to move out of one of the local apartment buildings by campus and bought their own little house in one of the squares by the campus. Katie eventually took over as CEO for a local business that branched out to be one of the top businesses of the times. Jessie ended up becoming the head doctor of the pediatric ward of Columbia's research hospital.

After being together for fifteen long years of being together, Katie and Jessie decided that it was finally time to tie the knot and get married. They were married in April on a warm, sunny day. Since they weren't the traditional couple, they didn't have the traditional wedding. It was a small ceremony with Rick and Lily, Karen and Henry, Eli, Grace, Zoë, and a few other close friends and relatives. They were married on the beach. The wedding was truly beautiful. Katie and Jessie were in love and had been ever since the first summer they were together back in high school. Their love had tested time and it seemed as though the love they had for each other only grew as time progressed. They overcame so much together and as individuals. Things couldn't have been more perfect.

Two years after the wedding, Jessie was now 31 and Katie had just turned 33, the two decided it was the right time to take the next step. There was a lot of hype on the new process of creating an embryo from two eggs. At first, Jessie and Katie were a little hesitant to try, but after some convincing from some of Jessie's colleagues that had done research on the process and Zoë who was now the leader in this medical breakthrough, they decided to give it a try. Well, it was a huge success. Jessie carried the baby, since she was younger and in slightly better health than Katie. They had a baby girl named Abby Marie Singer. (When they got married, Jessie decided that instead of hyphenating their last names together making it Sammler-Singer, she just decided that it would be easier if she changed her name to Jessie Elizabeth Singer.) A year later they had another baby, this time it was a boy. They named him Jonathan Michael Singer.

They didn't live happily-ever-after, but they lived as close to it as humanly possible. Both kids grew up in a loving home, never pushed to do what they didn't want to, not including behaving and chores, and they got to be who they were, without interference from Jessie or Katie. Abby and Jonathan both grew up and ended up marrying the opposite sex. Abby went to Oxford and became a professor at the university. Katie was so excited that Abby was going to attend there, that she splurged and bought the most amazing loft about twenty minutes away from the campus. She told Abby that loft was a gift for her, but Jessie knew why Katie really bought it, it was her dream house and even though they had an amazing house by Columbia, Jessie knew it was what Katie always wanted.

Abby married an English gentlemen who owned his own expanding business. Jonathan went to Julliard and studied music. He later wrote, composed, and published six symphonies and three concertos before he turned thirty. Jon later married a local New York painter named Claire. Abby and Erik had two children, two boys and Jon and Claire had one girl.

Katie and Jessie retired at ages 54 and 56 respectively. They owned a ranch out west that they lived in the summer and in the other seasons they lived in England in the loft that Abby lived in while she was attending Oxford. So in the end, Jessie and Katie got everything they ever wanted. They found an amazing person to live their life with, had two amazing kids, led good lives and made the most of their work, and the list could go on and on. And in the end, they both got to live out their dreams of living with the other one in the house of their dreams with the one they still loved after all that time, ever since the kiss in the attic. It was the best summer of all, leading Jessie and Katie's lives into one of the most beautiful things ever created.