Forbidden Fruit (gxg)

Part 19

A/N: Thank you for being so patient with me as I haven't uploaded as much. Been going through some life changes, and then I got pretty sick. Next go around, I'll upload multiple chapters at once. <333

"Can I tell you something?"

I asked Kori this as I lay next to her in bed afterward.

Kori, whose arm was around me, turned to look at me, "Of course, anything."

"You really did make me forget about all the other women I've been with."

It looked like Kori was trying not to smile as she said to me, "Is that so?"

I nodded, "Yes. Not that I've been with a ton of women!"

"Even if you had been, that's your past. Body count doesn't really matter at all," Kori said, her gaze set on me.

"You're right, it doesn't. Though I feel comfortable telling you that I've had 9 partners...now 10."

"I got you to the double digits," Kori chuckled, "Not that it matters as well, were all of those partners women?"

I nodded, "They were, yes. I've known that I was a lesbian since I was young, I didn't really experiment with any guys. How about you?"

"When I was 16 and trying to convince myself I was straight I had a boyfriend, he's still a friend to this day. I had sex with him. Turns out we're both gay."

I couldn't help but laugh, "Hey, at least you both figured yourself out."

Kori ran her hand mindlessly through my hair as she responded, "You know that I was married previously. Did you have any serious relationships?"

I nodded against Kori's chest, "I did. I had a really serious girlfriend for my last two years of college, Josie. I could have sworn I was going to marry her, but she ended things after we graduated. Looking back, it's for the best that she did, even though I was really hurt at the time."

"I understand," Kori murmured, "Something similar happened to me. I had a girlfriend for about 3 years in college, and she ended things right after graduation. That was my only very serious relationship besides my ex-wife, of course."

I paused before asking Kori, with hesitancy, "What happened with you and your ex-wife? You don't have to tell me if you're not comfortable."

"It's okay. I'll share," Kori said slowly, "Jess and I were struggling in our marriage for a little while, she thought I worked too much, which I did. We just weren't seeing eye to eye, and decided to separate, but not divorce. During that separation, she wound up reconnecting with an old boyfriend from high school, and she got pregnant."

"Oh...wow. I am so sorry," I softly responded to Kori.

"It was rough, to say the least. A very hard pill to swallow. I had to accept that she had found someone else, she's still with him now. I was down and out for a while, but I do believe I came out better."

I looked up at Kori, "That must have been...beyond difficult to go through."

Kori looked thoughtful, "It was. There was even a time during that whole situation where I thought her and I could work things out and I would be part of her child's life...but Jess made it very clear that she wanted to be with the man who got her pregnant."

Kori lightly stroked my hair as I said back to her, "I really am sorry that happened to you, Kori. You didn't deserve that."

"You know, at the time I thought that maybe I did. I definitely wasn't a bad wife, but I wasn't attentive enough. If I were to get married again I would do things a lot differently."