Discovering Paige

She read Paige's diary and there was plenty in it about her and many, many other girls and women. Even Hailey's Emma. And several other members of the cheer team. And Paige's step mom which Hailey could definitely sympathize with because Cindy was both awesome and hot. Sadly, no vibes though otherwise Hailey probably would've tried with her. Why not? She'd done it once before and it had been freaking amazing if only a one time thing, but that's another story.

But it wasn't just names. It was fantasies and dreams and frustrations written out in very telling detail and it was damning, but it was the best thing Hailey had read in a long time. It was also disheartening in a way. There Paige was, to the outside world this funny, but very private, beautiful girl who gave only the smallest, tiniest hints that there might be something else beneath the surface while deep inside she was raging cauldron of desire just waiting to explode.

Had Hailey been an idiot she would've tried right then and there to seduce her friend, but at that point she knew exactly what she was dealing with. It wasn't like she could just say "Oh, hey. I read your diary. Wanna do it?" No, she had to work her way in. Especially since Paige apparently had no idea Hailey was even gay and, as she already knew from watching how Paige dealt with guys, Paige was a hard nut to crack.

And that was the whole reason for them being alone. It was the only way to let Paige know that they were both on the same page without letting the whole world know. Not that it had to be at cheer camp, but frankly even Hailey could be nervous when a good friendship was on the line.

So, there they were, alone in the woods smoking Paige's first joint and Hailey's god only knew when Hailey figured that it was as good a time as any to let Paige know she wasn't the only girl in that woods that was attracted to other girls.

"God, did you see the ass on the girl from Westwood?" Hailey asked. Paige stared at her blankly, not knowing if she'd heard that quite right thanks to the smoke that was now clouding her brain. Hailey continued as if it was a rhetorical question, "I'd fuck the hell out of that girl."

With that Paige choked on the hit she'd been holding and coughed so hard she almost puked, but managed to save herself that little indignity by pure luck. Hailey couldn't help but laugh both at Paige coughing so hard she gagged and the fact that she'd actually said what she just said. It was such a dude thing to say, but it was the best she could think of at the moment.

"What did you just say?" Paige said in raspy voice when she finally recovered nearly a minute later.

"When?" Hailey asked, trying to appear coy while actually trying to figure why the hell she'd put it that way.

"Just a second ago," Paige continued then coughed loudly before refusing the joint as she tried to recover.

"You don't want anymore?"

"You're so fucking weird."

"Why?" Hailey continued to play coy. This wasn't going that well.

"Stop messing with me because I've never been high before," Paige said with more than a little anger in her voice.

"Fine," Hailey said before deciding to continue down her original path, "but don't you agree?"

"With what, you weirdo?"

"That Shannon is cute, you dumb ass." Hailey said with a decidedly more playful tone as she gently pushed Paige's shoulder as if it was the most natural question in the world while Paige looked at her confused.

"Well, I do," Hailey continued, "and I'm pretty sure you do, too."

"You're so fucking weird," Paige said again, trying to sound angry, but Hailey could sense a little fear there. She really had no idea why she was so nervous about this, but she was and it was making what she was doing that much harder.

"Whatever. Why is it weird that I think she's cute?"

"Because she's a girl."

"So? I can't find girls cute? Is that not allowed?"

"Yeah, it's allowed, but it's weird."

"What's so weird about it? Girls are hot. They're cuter than boys anyway. No hair, soft skin, soft lips, they smell good. What's wrong with finding that attractive?"

"I don't know," Paige said after a long pause. Hailey could tell she was being studied and she knew Paige was cautious enough that if she felt she was being fucked with she would not be happy and would definitely not admit her own interest in girls. She wasn't stupid after all.

"Can I tell you a secret, Paige?" Hailey said changing her tone to something more serious.

"Of course you can," Paige said a little more lightly than before, "Just don't fuck with me."

"I'm gay," Hailey said, very seriously and very quietly.

"Shut up," Paige said, thinking that Hailey was just being a jerk.

"I'm not kidding. You remember Emma?" Hailey was trying very hard to get across to Paige how serious she was now. It appeared to be working as the look on Paige's face began to soften as she nodded her affirmation. "Well, there's a reason she left so abruptly and it wasn't because she was pregnant or any of that other horseshit everyone made up. She was my girlfriend. She moved away because one night when I was spending the night with her and we were, you know, and we forgot to lock the door and her step mom walked in on us and flipped out."

"Seriously," Paige's toned had definitely changed and she even sounded sympathetic as Hailey continued to tell her something she'd actually never told anyone besides her mom before. She was actually surprising herself with how honest and open she was being. This was not the way she had intended this to go down, but she just continued, getting things off her chest while Paige listened, occasionally offering Hailey her sympathy, but mostly just listening until Hailey started to cry. Then, like the good friend she was, Paige hugged her.

"I'm so sorry," Paige said as Hailey sobbed into her shoulder. "I had no idea. I thought you were being a jerk. I never even..."

"It's okay," Hailey interrupted as she willed herself to stop crying. It was rather nice to actually be able to say what she said even if she hadn't meant to say it, but she really hadn't meant to drop that kind of an emotional load on Paige's lap. "You couldn't know. Emma wanted it that way. She'd actually be mad if she knew I told you, but it just came out."

"It's okay. I want tell anyone," Paige offered without even being asked.

"Thank you. I know you won't. You're not like the other girls even though a lot of them have no room to talk," Hailey said almost without thinking, separating from Paige just enough to look into her eyes. They were beautiful in the bright moonlight.

"Oh, they aren't that bad. But I know what you mean. They talk too much shit," Paige almost whispered, as if someone might over hear them all the way out there.

"Well, everyone does. Everyone but you," Hailey said looking dreamily into Paige's eyes in a way that made Paige extremely nervous, but in a good way. Paige couldn't even begin to think of a response to that. Something had changed in the way Hailey was looking at her and she couldn't tell exactly what, but it made her feel good while at the same time it frightened her to the core. It only got worse as Hailey continued in a quiet voice.

"I know I've never told you this, but I really like you, Paige. I think you're a really good friend, probably my best friend in the world right now."

"I -I don't know what to say," Paige said in an equally quiet voice after what seemed like a long silence. "I really like you too, Hailey."

"I really want to kiss you right now," Hailey said, her voice barely a whisper as she watched Paige's eye go wide with a mixture of panic and anticipation. She knew Paige was not going to be able to answer her, so she continued. "Please don't hate me or run away, but I have t o do it right now or I'll regret it the rest of my life."

And, with that heavy line, Hailey kissed Paige and Paige melted. It was not a sexual kiss, but it was not merely a friendly one either. It was just a soft, tender and perfectly exquisite kiss that seemed to linger for a small eternity. It wasn't hurried and there was no blind groping; they simply held each other close while their mouths said more than they ever could with mere words.

Up until the moment Hailey's lips at met hers, Paige had been in a panic. The instant the kiss began the panic vanished. It was just so very, very right. It could have gone on forever or led to something more, but at that moment the sound of twigs cracking in the distance broke them from their sweet, blissful reverie.

Paige almost panicked again, as if they were about to be caught doing something unimaginably horrible. Hailey was calmer, and with another quick kiss and some calming words, she helped Paige tidy up as best she could in the dark before whoever it was got there.

It turned out to be just a couple girls from their team looking to smoke some of Hailey's weed which Hailey allowed them to do without any complaint. She knew them and she knew they were good for it.

Hell, she knew one of them pretty damned good. She, Kinsey was her name, was actually one of the girls on the team who she'd "experimented" with a couple of times. Not anymore though. She'd since reconfirmed her heterosexuality by hooking up with the basketball team's starting point guard, but Hailey knew, though she'd never say anything, that she'd go back to girls eventually even if just occasionally. She could just feel it. It had been nice while it lasted, but that was then and now she had the feeling she could something more than a little experimentation with Paige.

Cheer camp wasn't the best place to build a budding romance, which is why Hailey really hadn't intended things to go quite like they had. She didn't regret it or anything, but as much as she wanted to show Paige what else two girls could do together, she didn't really want to show her in cheer camp. It wasn't exactly the best place for it. Sure, if you wanted quick and dirty there was the bathroom and the showers, but she wasn't really in the mood. She wanted a relationship and in her mind quick and dirty just wasn't the best foundation for a relationship. The woods was nice for getting high and making out and they did that nearly every night until it was time to go home.

Their first kiss had been nice, but making out with Hailey was simply awesome as far as Paige was concerned. It was everything she imagined kissing a girl would be like and so much more. It was like when she kissed Hailey that was all they were doing and that was just fine. They were kissing for the joy of kissing, the pure intimacy, the pleasure. No rushing for each others boobs to cop a feel or trying to force a hand down each other's pants.

With boys it was always the means to an end. It was never about just being with someone. It was always about getting off. They were always copping a feel, trying finger her or move her hand down to their lap in an oh so subtle hint for a hand job or worse. Hailey was nothing like that.

They did grab eventually, though. The next to last night at camp they were in the bathroom, talking (if anyone had the nerve to ask), kissing each other softly, allowing their tongues to slide sweetly against each other, taking turns sucking on them gently, biting each others lips while holding hands at each other's sides. Hailey let go of Paige's hands and gently placed her own on Paige's side. Then ever so slowly Hailey's hands began to work their way up Paige's body, sliding underneath her t-shirt and climbing up with an even, methodical pace. Hailey was always so careful not to rush so as to scare her friend and ruin the fragile thing they had budding between them. She could actually feel Paige shaking under her touch well before she even reach her sweet, little breasts.

That shaking nervousness in itself was almost enough to drive Hailey wild with a mix of power, love, and lust, but there was still so much left to show her friend that she knew she had to be patient. The time for more would come. It was hard though, especially when sweet, little Paige moaned so sweetly into her mouth when Hailey's hand touched her hard, little nipples for the very first time and gently rolled them between her fingers.

The temptation to do so much more was so overwhelming at that point that Hailey would've surely given in if not for the sudden reminder of where they both were that came almost immediately after Paige had sighed so sweetly. The reminder came in the form of a curt knock on the door from one of their teammates.

"What?" Hailey said, more than a little pissed at the interruption. Paige had to stifle a chuckle, which made Hailey feel good. She'd have expected Paige to curl up into a ball and hide for fear of being caught as had several girls Hailey had played this game with in the past. The fact that Paige could laugh so easily in the face of danger showed promise.

It was just one of their teammates whose bladder was in need of release. She was still half asleep and therefore didn't even care about why Paige and Hailey were in the bathroom together at 2am. Instead, she just wanted them to get the hell out so she could pee. That, ended their little make-out session, but that was okay. There would be more. So much more.

By the time they were heading back home from cheer camp it had already been decided that Hailey would be spending the night at Paige's house. Actually, that had always been the plan, but now it held a bit more promise then it had before. There was no question that neither of them would be getting any real sleep that night.

They were positively giddy with lust by the time Cindy came to the school to pick them up at the high school. Hailey had spent the whole bus trip whispering into Paige's ear what she was going to do to her when they were finally really alone.

Paige blushed and giggled so much about the nasty, wonderful things Hailey was telling her that Kinsey, who was sitting just a few seats in front of them, couldn't help but realize what was going on. Luckily, instead of being jealous or bitter or something else horrible she was amused and oddly happy to see Hailey seducing innocent, little Paige. Their small, tight group of friends talked about Paige quite often because she was so shy and had been the last to lose her virginity. It wasn't malicious, though. Everyone loved Paige. If they hadn't they would've treated her like all the other prudes and bitches on the team. Kinsey had to share in their enjoyment.

"You two are gonna fuck tonight, aren't you?" Kinsey whispered, a huge, wicked smile etched across her face. She squeezed onto Hailey and Paige's bus seat with them. Paige blushed, horrified, while Hailey just told Kinsey to "Shut the fuck up!" in a harsher whisper of her own.

"Oh, fuck off. I'm not gonna say anything. I'm a bit insulted you didn't invite me, but..." At this Paige blushed an even deeper shade of red and stared at Kinsey wide-eyed while Hailey punched Kinsey's arm before replying.

"Maybe I would've if you hadn't chickened out the last time you were over at my house, you straight bitch. Besides you have a boy now. Shouldn't you be sucking his dick tonight or something?" This behavior actually was a bit of a shock to Hailey. She'd seriously considered Kinsey a lost cause after the last time she'd tried to get in her panties. Kinsey had just repeated over and over again that she had a boyfriend and it wasn't right, that it was cheating, et cetera ad infinitum, but here she was trying to horn in on the action.

"Whatever, dyke," Kinsey came back. "For your information me and Carlos are done. We have been for like a week. Besides, just because I don't want to cheat on my boyfriend doesn't make me a bad person, you slut."

This led to a little side conversation that Paige largely ignored. Not because she was uninterested, but because she was in shock at what she was learning about her friends. She felt kind of dumb at that moment. She could handle not knowing that Hailey and Emma had been dating considering she and Hailey had just started hanging out back then and Emma, while a school friend, had never really been all that close with her. But Hailey and Kinsey? She'd been hanging with them for what seemed like forever now and she'd never even had a clue. Hell, they'd spent the night at each other's house several times and she'd never even had any idea.

"And no, you can't come over tonight. Paige is mine. I'm not sharing. It's going to be her first time. No threesomes for first timers," Hailey said as Paige finally stopped thinking about her obvious lack of girly gaydar.

"Fine," Kinsey said with a resigned sigh, "But next time I spend the night someone better eat my pussy or I'm kicking someone's ass." Paige had no idea if she was joking or not, but the idea was definitely intriguing no matter how you looked at it.

After Hailey glossed over Kinsey's last comment with a dismissive "yeah, yeah" they talked for a little bit more about more mundane things and Paige finally joined in now that normalcy was restored. Well, kind of anyway. The way Hailey was softly stroking her inner thigh as they all chatted was a little different. It was nice, but very, very different.

It wasn't that much longer before the bus pulled into the high school parking lot. Cindy was waiting there in her ultra-motherly Escalade and Paige said a silent thank you to Kinsey for interrupting and staying around because she would've felt a little weird about riding home with her step mom and Hailey while thinking only about what was going to happen when they all got home and Cindy went upstairs to go sleep with Paige's father.

Thankfully, Hailey was on her best behavior as they all rode home together. Not that this was amazing considering Hailey was apparently an expert at keeping her secrets secret, but it was interesting to watch her in action knowing what she knew. It helped make Paige feel a tad less stupid for not noticing before. Hailey was a pro at keeping her cool.

It got a little frustrating when they arrived at Paige's house. Paige was a terrible mix of anxious, nervous, and incredibly horny. She wasn't sure how every thing was going to go down, but while a part of scared to death another larger part of her was desperate to finally get Hailey alone behind a locked door and find out what it was like to do more than just make-out with another girl. But Hailey, calm as calm could be, insisted on chatting with Cindy like nothing was on her mind.

Paige tried very hard for about fifteen minutes of talking about cheer camp and whether or not Hailey was ever going to get her car fixed before school started and where Cindy bought that bracelet and on and on before she started having a hard time faking her smile. After another ten minutes of pointless bantering Paige finally cleared her throat and did a wonderful impression of a yawn before informing her step mom that she was pretty tired from the bus ride and she was probably just going to go to bed.

Hailey followed suit without hesitation and with a final reminder from Cindy that she and Paige's father probably wouldn't be home when they woke up and some other stuff Paige barely heard as she waited for an opening to finally say goodnight. When that opportunity finally arrived she took full advantage of it and headed off to her room with a Hailey in tow, smiling knowingly while reading Paige like a book.

"My, my, my," she whispered into Paige's ear when they paused at her bedroom door and Hailey took advantage of that to wrap herself around Paige from behind, "Someone is certainly anxious."

Paige giggled partially from nerves, but also because Hailey decided to nibble on her ear immediately after she was done speaking. Hailey's fingers quickly found their way under Paige's shirt to lightly scrape across the sensitive skin of her belly making Paige squirm a little.