Some Sunshine [Reserved]

What could she possibly do on a rather slow, tediously boring Saturday morning? Lily White was drawing a long, frustrating blank. She had already managed to clean up the single bedroom and bath apartment she had moved into prior three weeks ago. The change of scenery was enlightening, as the harsh environment of the bustling city was simply too much for the naturally sweet, tender hearted young bunny to take. In fact, it had nearly been the death of her on multiple accounts. Many of her friends, family included, had urged her to settle somewhere outside of the metropolis, and when she was nearly bombarded with their insistence to the point that it was all they talked about, she caved in. However, no matter how stubborn she was, she had to admit she liked it. A lot. It was comforting to know that the only thing she had to worry about now, was the weather.

Today's weather consisted of mildly gloomy clouds hanging heavily within the distance, threatening to bring a shower of rain to her town. It wouldn't be bothersome, though. The new garden she had practically slaved over would enjoy the sprucing of nutrients. The maturing vegetables had already been watered today, however, and she positively could not tolerate sitting alone in her house, with nothing to do. She opted to take a shower and hoped someone, or something, would manage to mend her mounting frustration. Ever since she had been a young child, Lily had always been the energetic type. She was outgoing, friendly, and never afraid to make new friends. In fact, she yearned to meet people. It was something that made her happy, despite the popular belief that most people would quickly shut her down. It was as if her smile was infectious, and surely it helped that she was quite the adorable catch as well. From the outlandishly large-set glasses she consistently wore, to the soft purple hue of her fur, the young bunny was the epitome of purity.

However, her ex-lovers would happily vouch for the fact that she was far from the innocent type when it came to physical attention.

That was besides the point, though, and no one needed to know such intimate details.

The fresh scent of vanilla wafted through the air heavily, forcing a content whimper of pleasure to resound within her throat. She had voted against a simple shower, and went with a grand bubble bath. Lily deserved it, didn't she? It had been a busy week for her at the bookstore, the casual job of stocking and helping customers having heightened tremendously over the past month. Perhaps it had a lot to do with the rising tourist season, she wasn't sure. Or, maybe everyone was needing a new book. Either way, Lily was there through it all, and it often left her feet sore and her back muscles cramped. At the moment however, she was perfectly at ease. Her head tipped back and settling against the lip of her tub, whilst her toes wiggled along the bubbly surface of the tepid water. If only every day could begin like this, hm? Then maybe everyone would be happier.

Her life in general did seem enjoyable, and she truly had nothing to complain about. Nonetheless, she was considerably lonely now. Her last relationship had ended on bad terms, due to her previous boyfriend growing a bit too jealous. Lily, naturally, gained a lot of attention and she reveled in it, simply because she was the friendly type. She always fought to see the good in people, and when that often led her into some compromising positions, he simply could not understand. Thus, they broke it off mutually, and it ultimately left her heartbroken. She was still trying to recover from that steep fall, and though she was scared to even chance a relationship...she was lonely. She missed the warmth of another body next to her own, the little details of holding hands and whispering sweet nothings into each other's ears. It was all just too wonderful!

But, at the moment, the only company she had were the tickling suds of her scented bubbles.

Alexia Jameson walked down the street to her friend’s new apartment. Fortunately it was only a couple of blocks away so she didn’t have to drive anymore. Poor lily had been having a rough time this month. First she broke up with her boyfriend, and now she was moving into a whole new neighborhood. She really needed a friend, and fortunately she was going to be right there for her.

When she got the apartment, she paused and pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. It was an old nervous habit, and one of the first signs that people learned to read on her. Still, Lily wasn’t there to see it, so she was fine. Knocking on the door, she waited for her friend to answer. Right now she felt Lily really need some company from a friend, and that’s what she was here for.

By now, she was practically submerged within the scented bubbles of her bath. Lily had never been happier throughout this entire week of stress, stress...and yes, more stress. She could feel her muscles growing less strained by the second, and while her eyelids were growing significantly heavy, signaling that she was close to falling asleep where she currently lay, her little piece of paradise was interrupted. The telltale knock on her front door quickly shook her from her dream-like state, and her head snapped off to the side, eyes widening. Who could it be? No one had called to tell her that they were coming over...

Either way, she was never one to leave a person waiting at the door. Thus, she quickly scampered her way out of the tub, her hair dripping wet, as well as the rest of her curvy body. A simple light pink towel was haphazardly tossed around her form, held together by two sinuous digits whilst she ran out of her bathroom, down the hallway, and into her living room before stopping at her door. Lily was both surprised and ecstatic to see who it was. No one other than her best friend Alexia. Someone who she would gladly get out of her relaxing bath for. Quickly unlocking the deadbolt, she opened the door and immediately smiled. "What are you doing here," she exclaimed with joy, not wasting a single second before she wrapped her arms about the other. Alexia was taller, yet it didn't stop the young bunny from getting on her tippy toes and initiating one of her tight, loving hugs. "If I knew you were coming over, I would have gotten dressed," she admitted, finally noticing that her towel had fallen off. Well, she supposed that was due to happen when not holding it together.

Stepping back, it was obvious she felt comfortable enough to not bother in covering up too quickly. Instead, she grabbed the fallen article and casually settled it over her shoulder, before welcoming the other in. The door was closed, and she made her way towards her kitchen, the natural swaying of her hips and that adorable fluffy tail of her's wiggling in contentment. "You want a drink," she called out, "I made lemonade!"

Alexia giggled, hugging her friend as she kicked the door shut behind her. It was a bad habit, but who was going to stop her? Lily had her arms full as it was. She looked down and smiled, blushing through her fur. She hadn’t expected to catch her friend in the middle of a bath. She couldn’t think of anyone in their right mind that took one in the middle of the day. Of course Lily had been under a lot of stress lately, so she could forgive her for that.

As she started to speak, she noticed her friend was now completely naked, and quickly looked up at the wall, her cheeks flushing an ever brighter shade of red. “Er, yeah. Sorry ‘bout that, just we live a couple blocks apart now, so I thought I’d come by and see how you were doing.” Her hand strayed to her glasses again, trying to push them up further, even though they were at the height of her bridge already. “Lemonade sounds great Lily”

After Lily had bent over and picker her towel up and started walking to the kitchen, Alexia felt safe enough to look down. Unfortunately it gave her a stunning glance at her lovely back. She found her self a little short of breath. This was not turning out the way she’d intended.

"That's right...I guess we should both get used to the other one coming over more often. I'm really glad I moved...we barely got to see one another every other week," she explained while getting them two glasses from her cupboard. If she had been aware that her nudity was making Alexia blush, of course she would have covered up...and she did plan on it. However, the great hostess that she always was, she wanted to get Alexia a drink and take care of her, before rushing off to get clothed just yet. It never struck her before, but she had never seen Alexia naked...perhaps she was far more timid than she let on.

Smiling whilst she came out of her kitchen with two glasses of lemonade, she passed one to Alexia. "Okay! I'll be right back, I don't want to catch a cold," she teased before disappearing down the hallway, her voice echoing whilst she went, "Sit down and make yourself at home!" She quickly dried her hair as best she could with her towel, before brushing it through and figuring that it would simply air dry. A loose, thin white t-shirt was quickly tugged on, the length falling right above her knees. She usually wore such when going to bed, especially now. She had no one to dress up for anymore in her endless supply of lingerie, and that was greatly depressing, at least for Lily. In fact, the overall absence of having someone was sad. She supposed in due time she would find someone that would make her happy, but until then, she would suffice for a ton of baths.

Walking back out to join her friend, she sipped happily on her drink, eyes glittering beneath the wide-frame glasses she wore. "So how've you been," she asked quietly, settling herself upon the couch.

Alexia seemed more relaxed now that her friend was dressed and took a seat on the couch. Now that she thought about it, her month had been pretty rough too, but then this was routine for her so she didn’t think about it much. Just the same old crap on a different day.

“Not too bad, I had to go down to the court house and deal with dad and his lawyer so I could get my settlement check. I don’t know why he can’t mail the damn thing to my PO Box. Seriously I swear he just does this so he can bark at me every six months, fortunately come December I’ll have the last of it and I won’t have to deal with his damned ass again.”

She’d told Lily shortly after they’d met that she’d been emancipated because of her father’s abuse, but never went into further details about it. Now she was wondering if maybe she should bring up the rest of the sordid issue, but then again something in the back of her mind said to wait.

“Other than that I got my hair done, and went shopping. Got a few new outfits. Besides that not much is happening. Just the same old stuff.”