The BLTS Archive - Out With The Bathwater
by Agincourt (agincourte@geocities.com)

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Written in one sitting immediately after seeing Ruth's sextoy
challenge. I hope this meets with your approval ;-)

As always, any response is welcome, even if you hate it
constructively.

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Jadzia awoke, sweating and panting, in her quarters. The dream had
disturbed her enough to cause her to wake up, which was unusual. It
had been another one about Hiera ... another image from the past. This
time it had not been one of several pleasant memories, or even a
subconscious fantasy about things which had never happened, but would
have been ... pleasant. This time it had been about the accident which
had removed Hiera forever from Dax's life. A violent, sudden memory.
It was the dream in which Dax ran through the spaceport to catch
Hiera, to stop her from boarding the ill-fated shuttle, to save her.

In the dream, Dax would run, and run, and the launching area would get
no closer ... the faster she ... he ran, the further away it seemed.
And then the shuttle launched, and disappeared into the dark clouds.
Sometimes, in the dream, Dax could hear the low boom and rumble from
the explosion reverberating through the atmosphere, and see wreckage
descending back to the surface. That it was irrational, that there was
nothing Dax could have done, that the shuttle had been light years
away when the core breached, Jadzia knew. That guilt was irrational,
she also knew. And yet, still she felt it's pangs in her dreams.

"Computer. Water."she was still trembling slightly as she stumbled
to the replicator, and pulled the cup from the shelf. With a long
gulp, she drained it, and coughed.

Meeting Seven of Nine had brought these long-buried feelings back from
deep within her psyche, she understood on a conscious level. She had
said nothing to anyone on her arrival about what had transpired in
Voyagers' crew quarters. Not even Benjamin, whom she trusted over any
other. The station had no counselor ... although there was always
Julian. She had learned to trust Julian as a doctor, and doctors
treated the mind, also, when they could ... good doctors, anyway.

But this? How could she tell Julian about what she had done? What she
was feeling? And Worf? Please ... after years of living among humans,
he still was made almost physically uncomfortable by talking about
emotions. Klingons, she thought, fear nothing ... except emotional
intimacy. That made her grin. He would be off-duty soon ... perhaps
there was another way to forget the feelings. Perhaps she should meet
him at the door wearing nothing but her spots. His eyes would go wild,
and he would sniff her palm, then bite it, and soon she would be bent
pliantly over a chair and his hand would grip the hair on the back of
her head, and ... after a day or two the bruises would heal.

She shook her head. It was unlike her, to be this way. As old as I am,
she thought, and yet I act irrationally about love. Choosing Worf had
been rational, and still made sense to her now. Spurning Julian, who
hadn't really wanted HER, had been rational also. And now they were
good friends. He would still occasionally watch her walk away, eyes
fixed on her posterior ... but Julian was young. Adding a little extra
sway every now and again for his benefit was probably the dearest gift
she could ever give him. But she could trust him now, so it was
harmless.

Jadzia had the replicator refill the glass, this time with wine ( not
synthahol, real wine, patterned after a New California vintage ) and
headed for the bath. Setting the glass on the edge of the tub, she
pushed the appropriate buttons to tell the computer to fill it with so
much water at such and such a temperature, just how she preferred it.
Quickly doffing her nightdress, she slid languidly into the water,
feeling the tingling sensation along her spots, and the warmth that
seeped into her muscles. As she settled comfortably onto the soft
basin of the tub, she reached for the glass and drank a sip. She
relaxed completely, letting the tubs' preprogrammed water cycling
massage her body, erasing the tension and opening her pores.

After what seemed like an eternity, Dax felt herself getting drowsy
again, her eyelids heavy, possibly from the wine she had finished. The
water was still circulating over her body as she fell asleep.

The bathroom door chime woke her with a start. She ran her wet hands
through her hair, smoothing it down evenly. It had to be Worf .. she
had told him before that he didn't have to bother announcing himself
when she was in the bath, but his Klingon puritanism was difficult to
unlearn. Jadzia would make a hedonist out of him yet, she thought. She
raised one knee up out of the water, and pulled herself up so that her
nipples were just below the water line, hidden by the bubbles ... but
so most of her ample breasts were exposed. Now, if she could only get
Worf to bathe with her, the tub was more than big enough."Come in
..."

"You know Worf, you don't have to a...."Dax said, before she
realized that it was Kira, NOT Worf.

"I see you were expecting someone else .."Kira smiled. Dax felt
herself instinctively lower in the tub, to hide herself. That only
made her feel more silly. Really, Jadzia, I'm SURE Nerys has just been
waiting for the chance to ogle you in the tub ...

"Sorry"Dax said sheepishly."I had a .. a nightmare, and was
trying to relax some before Worf got off duty."

"Well, you have plenty of time. Captain Sisko sent Worf out on the
Defiant to collect a Pakled freighter broken down in the badlands.
He'll be gone at least 12 hours."Kira sat on the edge of the tub,
and eyed the wine glass."How relaxed are you?"she said teasingly.

"Not enough, I'm afraid."Dax said, cupping her hands in the water,
bringing them up to pour the soapy concoction over her head.

"Want another? Wine?"

"Sure, give me a second to get out of...."

"Don't bother. You look too comfortable, I'll get it ... and then you
can tell me what the dream was about ..."Kira rose and darted out
into the living area, to return with two glasses of the same wine. One
she put in Dax's outstretched, soapy hand, and another she sipped at
as she sat back down on the edge of the tub."So talk."

"Well ..."Jadzia suddenly felt even more naked. Half of her ( the
Jadzia half, probably ) didn't want to talk about it ... the other
half didn't want to get out of the warm, soothing bath."It's a long
story."Dax sighed, and began to relate to Nerys the story of Hiera,
how she had interrupted Dax's staid, intellectual life, and the
passion that had filled a two lives that were now over, one more than
the other.

Jadzia went on to relate the part of her experience on Voyager that
hadn't made it into the logs ... The part about the several hours she
had spent with Hiera's ex-Borg doppleganger, and how it had brought
old pains and pleasures both back into her minds."And the dreams ...
well, there are several. Every night this week has been one dream or
another. It started with fantasies about Seven ...replays of the sex,
which, I might add,"she went on to say"was incredible. Then it was
making love to Hiera. In the room at the Inn, in my office at the
science building, at ..."she noticed Kira's eyebrows raised and the
accompanying smirk"You get the picture."

Jadzia sat up, and brought her knees up to her chest, holding them
tight with her arms. It both hid her nakedness more effectively and
also made her feel slightly more secure. Kira studiously ignored the
movement."And?"

"And, well, the dream tonight was about ..."she paused.

"It's okay, Jadzia, tell me, you'll feel better."Kira cooed
reassuringly, and moved to put her hand on Dax's knee. Jadzia clutched
Kira's' hand in her own, and continued.

"It was about the day Hiera died. The shuttle explosion. I'm .."
Jadzia's voice was trembling, and so was the hand, which Nerys gripped
tighter."I'm running to stop her from getting on board, but I'm too
late. It lifts off, and ... and she's gone."

On the word 'gone', Jadzia's' voice broke, and she couldn't tell that
the wetness on her face wasn't from the bathwater.

Kira wanted to take Jadzia in her arms, to reassure her, to make it
alright. She wasn't sure how, but she wanted to try. She squeezed
Dax's hand. "Here..."Kira kicked her boots off, and stood. Dax
didn't look up, but she felt when Nerys, still in her uniform, stepped
into the tub, and sat down behind her, her legs on either side of
Jadzia's' body. Kira's arms wrapped around Dax from behind, and she
pulled her close, holding the Trill's naked form against her.

"It's okay."She whispered into Jadzia's ear, as she slowly rocked
back and forth. The thought that she was comforting a several hundred
year old alien as if she were a child didn't occur to Kira. She only
wanted to assuage the loss, to stop the tears. She tried to ignore the
desire seeing Jadzia, naked, wet and vulnerable stirred in her. This
was a time to be a good friend, not to ... not to what? Was she even
prepared to do something like that, even in different circumstances?
She'd felt these feelings before, cuddled up to other resistance
members for warmth while hiding in the hills ... but ...

Jadzia turned slightly, holding Kira's' arms, and hid herself in
Kira's'
shoulder, the Bajoran's' soft hair against her cheek and neck. She
cried, as Kira cooed and petted and stroked her hair. When the crying
had turned to sniffling, Kira spoke again."You know, sometimes you
don't really deal with losses like that for a long time afterwards."

Dax nodded in agreement, then, after a pause, chuckled softly."You
know, your uniform is soaked."

Kira laughed, and released Jadzia to look at herself."I guess it is,
not that I really care. Some things"she said"are more important
than having a dry uniform."Jadzia laughed with Kira this time, and
turned again, so she was facing Kira from the other side of the tub.
Get out of it and I'll put it in the replicator to dry it."Jadzia
reached for the wine glass, now almost empty, to sip the remains. Kira
considered the suggestion long enough for Jadzia to wonder if she had
heard it.

"I said .."

"Ahh.. I ... heard. It's just ..."Kira stammered, made more
uncomfortable by the fact that Jadzia's body was now exposed, at least
from the waist up. If the damn computer didn't keep adding bubbles,
Kira thought, she'd be able to see more ... stop thinking like that,
Nerys, you're out of line ..."Somebody might walk in ..."

"Worf's the only one who could walk in, and he's on the Defiant, you
said"Jadzia interjected"Get comfortable. We haven't talked in a
long time. And while you're at it"she said with a grin"I'll get
some more wine."

Kira, against her instincts, said"okay, okay, I'm being silly."and
stood in the tub to unfasten her uniform. Jadzia stood, and walked
naked into the other room to replicate more wine. She didn't hear the
stifled intake of breath as she went through the door. On her return,
Kira was lowering herself into the tub, her uniform in a wet pile on
the  floor.

Jadzia set the glasses of wine on the edge of the tub again. She
paused long enough to consider the deep red flush that spread over
Nerys' face and neck and ... lower, but decided it was better not to
read anything into this. Kira was just trying to be a good friend, and
she had never expressed an interest before. As she picked up the wet
clothes, and took them into the other room to dry, she allowed herself
to repicture Kira's naked body descending into the bath. She would
bring one more thing back into the bathroom, just in case. The small
bag was in her bedroom, and as she padded back into the bathroom,
Nerys didn't notice her place it beside the tub. Jadzia, however, did
notice Nerys' eyes follow her into the tub as her own had done in
return. She sat again at the other end of the tub, facing Kira, her
knees slightly raised out of the water, and her feet on either side of
the Bajoran's legs.

"You know,"Jadzia said coyly"Quark would pay a Kings' ransom in
latinum for a holovid of this.

Kira overcame her nervousness enough to snort at the thought."I'd
break both his legs."

"But Nerys,"Jadzia said even more conspiratorially"I'll make him
give you half the latinum."They both laughed. Mission accomplished,
Dax thought, the tension is broken. Now, at the very least, they would
be relaxed. Anything else that happened was bonus.

"Mmm, how do you get this awful Cardassian plumbing on a massage
setting?"Nerys said, eyes closed.

"Easy,"Jadzia leaned over towards Kira, to reach over her shoulder.
Kira felt herself both quicken with nervousness and ... something else
as well, but Jadzia merely opened a panel on the wall."I added a few
minor modifications."The panel contained several bypasses, and a
federation chipset instead of the standard Cardassian one. She sat
back, and when Nerys had finished examining the jury-rigged bath
computer, Jadzia raised her long, soapy leg out of the water to push
the panel closed with her toes.

"Multidextrous?"Kira teased.

"You know it, Nerys."Dax giggled.

Kira sipped the wine, and let herself relax in the swirling warm
water. Her own tension seemed to melt away into the bath, and she was
glad that she had done as Dax had suggested."So what's in the bag?"

Jadzia was startled, not having though that Kira had seen it."It's
... just something else to relax me later. With .. with Worf gone and
all."

"Oh, really?"Kira said,"And what would that be?"

"Don't worry about it, Nerys, it's just..."

"I'm not worried, I just want to know what else you have that's as
relaxing as this bath!"Kira laughed."Are you holding out on me?
Some sort of Trill ..."

"Not Trill, Risan."Jadzia interrupted."And if you REALLY want to
see it, I'll show it to you, but..."she paused.

"But what?"

"But I didn't ... bring it in here with an ulterior motive, okay?"
Jadzia said, carefully, as she reached over the edge of the tub to
retrieve the parcel. Out of it she pulled a small device that appeared
to be a bisected globe, with a strap across the flat surface and small
knobs on the hemisphere. All told it was small enough to fit over the
hand.

"From Risa? What does it do?"Nerys was entranced. Something in the
back of her mind was suggesting what it might be designed to do, but
it was the wrong shape for that ...

Jadzia slid the fingers of her right hand through the strap, so that
the object was affixed to her palm, which she placed on Kira's leg, as
far up as she could reach without being ... obvious. A slight motion
of one finger, and ...

The device, and Dax's hand, began to vibrate slightly, just enough to
be felt."Ooooh, I get it."Kira felt the vibrations soothing the
muscles of her leg."I thought for a second that it was something
else ... what with that ulterior motive remark."

Dax made another slight motion with her index finger this time, and a
cylinder, some eight to ten inches long, materialized out of the
rounded side of the globe."You were right the first time, Nerys."
Jadzia said."this is another thing Hiera introduced me to ... toys
can be.."She sought to address Nerys' surprised look"... fun. Even
when you have a partner. Even with a partner."

Nerys looked at the still vibrating device on Jadzia's' palm, which
had
crept slightly up to just above her left knee. It felt VERY good."
So, Worf... uses that on you ..."She said, with a wavering voice.

"Sometimes. I haven't gotten him to let me use it on him yet. "

"More than I needed to know, Jadzia ..."Kira objected, not too
strenuously as to seem actually off-put. Dax only laughed.

"I'm sure."she said, still chuckling. More quietly, she said"I was
planning to use it after you left ..."Jadzia let the words hang in
the air, the implication clear, but unspoken.

Kira had her eyes closed, enjoying the feeling of Jadzia's' soft,
vibrating hand on her ... on her left thigh now ..."Well, if you
keep doing that I may never leave. Worf can find other quarters.
Speaking of which"she felt herself edging into a certain course of
action, one she was even now not yet sure was open to her."What did
Worf say about your .. experience with the girl from Voyager?"Jadzia
moved her hand slowly up and down Kira's' thigh as she answered.

"Well, I did tell him, but he didn't really say anything. He never
does, he hates to talk about this kind of thing."Jadzia moved her
hand to Kira's other thigh.

Nerys felt herself letting go, but she still had questions to ask."
He didn't mind that you .."

"Had sex with a woman?"Jadzia said, her unencumbered hand now also
massaging Kira's leg. She was leaning forward now, her breasts hanging
slightly above the waterline, water and bubbles sliding enticingly
over and between them."He doesn't mind if I have ... adventures. He
knows Trills don't have the same kind of taboos about sex that Humans
or Klingons have. It's been my experience that Bajorans ... have
similar liberated outlooks."Jadzia couldn't be more plain than that.
If there was no response, then, fine. All it was ... was a chat with a
friend in a tub. If there was  ...

"Jadzia."Kira forced her eyes open. The sight of Jadzia's naked
form running her hands along Kira's legs was enough to give her the
courage to say what she wanted to."... There's something I want to
do, but, you know, I'm not very good at reading signs people send me,
and I don't have a lot of experience in this sort of thing, but ..."

Dax decided that was enough of an answer."You want me to use this on
you, Nerys?"She watched the Bajoran blush even more pronounced this
time, and had the response to that question."Why don't we go into
the bedroom? I'm going to turn into a prune if I stay in here much
longer  ..."

All Kira could manage to summon across her lips was"Okay."Jadzia
took her hands, and helped her stand, and once they were both
standing, they were very close, close enough for the tips of their
breasts to brush against the others'. Jadzia smiled."It's alright,
Nerys, there's nothing to be afraid of. You shouldn't feel guilty ..."

"That's what I was trying to tell you earlier!"Nerys said
plaintively.

"I know, and it means a lot to me that you were a good enough friend
to ... get soaking wet just to make me feel better."Jadzia leaned in
to kiss Kira lightly on the lips, for what seemed to be an eternity.
Their soapy breasts slid over each other as she pulled the Bajoran
into the embrace. When the kiss ended, too soon for Kira, Jadzia spoke
again."Now it's my turn to make you feel good ..."

She led her friend into the bedroom, where she put down the Risan
device, the shaft disappearing, picked up a towel and, kneeling in
front of Kira, began rubbing it softly over the woman's' body,
removing
the soap and water. When Kira's front was dry, after giving
special attention to her small but well proportioned breasts, Dax spun
Kira around, and ran the towel up and down her back. As she did so,
her eyes played over the woman's' round posterior. The towel moved
down
to Kira's' legs, and Dax leaned forward to touch the Bajoran's ass
with
her lips and her cheek. When the toweled hand moved up to gently rub
dry the area between Kira's' legs, Dax heard her sharply draw breath
in, and let it out in a long sigh. The towel was discarded, and
Jadzia's hand slowly ran forward between Nerys'  legs.

"Ohhh ..."Kira said, as she felt her legs tremble. She turned,
looked down at the soft look in Jadzia's eyes. She quickly kneeled
down in front of the Trill, and put her arms around her. They kissed
again, their hands moving over each other's bodies, pausing here to
squeeze, there to rub. Jadzia found one of Kira's nipples and rolled
it between her thumb and forefinger, and was rewarded by an
intensification of the kiss.

"Get up on the bed, Nerys."Jadzia whispered. She disentangled
herself from the Bajoran's' embrace and retrieved the Risan vibrator.
It fitted again over her right palm, as Kira lay down, her legs
kicking the covers from the bed."Nerys, love, Turn over ..."

"You're not putting that ..."Kira objected.

"Relax."Jadzia purred."Trust me Nerys, I wont put it anywhere you
don't want it ..."Kira warily complied, and she lay face down, arms
above her head, one leg kicked up in the air. Her bottom raised, then
lowered to the bed again."Quark would pay even more for a holovid of
that ..."

Kira smiled, and closed her eyes as she felt the sensation of Jadzia's
vibrating hand running down her back. It paused on the round cheek of
her ass, as she felt Jadzia's tongue licking up the back of her right
calf to the back of her knee."That tickles."She laughed, trying
not to squirm.

"Sorry ..."Jadzia said, in spite of the fact that that was the
desired effect. No sense in this getting TOO serious."Relax..."The
tongue moved further up to draw circles on the back of her thigh as
the vibrating hand moved along the now rosy cheeks of Kira's behind.
Jadzia ran the vibrating hand up and down as she slid the other
between Kira's legs. Her orifice was wet, not with the bathwater now,
but with Kira's own juices. Kira moaned, and raised herself up enough
that Dax could reach her clitoris. Jadzia's experienced hand did just
that, and rubbed it ever so slowly. When she saw how excited Kira was,
she instantly switched hands, and the vibrating hand rested itself on
the Bajoran's womanhood, the fingers again finding the clit.

Kira's moans turned into gasps, as the vibrations assaulted the most
sensitive spot on her body. Jadzia knew that her friend was close to
orgasm, and stopped just before it happened."No! god, keep going,
Jadz .."

Dax pulled Kira up onto her hands and knees, her ass fully in the air.
"Don't worry, Nerys, I'll make you come soon ... but i want to show
you this things' full potential."she slid the Risan device off her
hand, and touched yet another control button. The thing changed shape
slightly now, the shaft reappearing, and two longer straps appearing
from the other side. Dax got off the bed and fastened the straps, one
around her waist, the other between her legs. Kira, watching, realized
what Dax was going to do, and her heart quickened."That looks very
interesting ..."she said, trying to control the quiver in her voice,
and not moving from her position on her hands and knees.

Jadzia climbed back onto the bed. She pulled Kira up and around so
they were face to face again, and kissed her."This will work better,
Nerys, if the penis part is lubricated ... why don't you take care of
that."She grinned.

Kira was surprised"You want me to... to give you a blow job? after
not letting me come?!"she laughed"Alright, but that thing better
be inside me soon, or I'm telling Quark you want to use it on him ..."

Kira pushed Dax onto her back, and arranged herself so that she was
laying on Dax's legs. She took the still vibrating shaft into her
mouth, and the sensation was surprisingly pleasing. She licked it with
her tongue, and applied suction, even though she knew Dax couldn't
feel it.

Dax could however, feel the base vibrating against her own clitoris,
and responded with moans of her own, and by guiding Kira's head into
regular motions. Jadzia felt the building inside her, and the sight of
Kira's mouth on the artificial penis brought back many very, very,
good memories. When Dax finally pulled Kira away from it, the Bajoran
started to say something else, but Jadzia quickly pushed her up,
turned her around, and pushed her back onto her hands and knees.

Kira prepared herself, and as she felt the shaft effortlessly enter
her, she also felt Jadzia's hand reaching around underneath her to
first squeeze her breasts, and then to find her clit. At first, the
Trill didn't move at all, and Kira thought that would be just fine ...
the vibrating member inside her, and Jadzia's finger on her, would
make her come in no time.

When Jadzia began moving the shaft in and out, and further in, and
then out, Kira thought sure she could feel the vibrations
intensifying. Jadzia was moaning softly, her breathing labored, and
Kira was clutching her own breasts, squeezing them hard, pinching the
nipples. Her other had tightened around the pillow, in a grip which
would not be released until Kira's own release came ...

Kira felt Jadzia's breasts pressed against her back as their hips
battered more quickly against each other, her gasps and catches of
breath adding to Kira's own. Kira again was sure she was about to come
when she felt the vibrator slide quickly out of her. Two very strong
arms twisted her over onto her back without any trouble, which
surprised her. Jadzia now leaned onto her, and now, entered her from
above. Their lips locked, as their bodies did, and their mouths moved
wildly and luxuriously against each other. Jadzia was pumping it in
and out of her very quickly now, the slapping of their skin clearly
audible over their groans of pleasure. Kira's hands grabbed at Dax's
breasts, kneading them mercilessly.

The vibrator increased it's intensity yet again, as if on cue, and
both women began to cry out, as their bodies and mouths slammed into
each other with all the delicacy of a Klingon wrestling match. Later,
after recovering, Kira would realize what Worf saw in Jadzia ...
besides, of course, the obvious.

They both yelled phrases in the languages of their birth as they came,
Kira's words invoking the Prophets, Dax's ... well, Kira never could
understand Trill, and there was no translator active in the room. They
collapsed in a heap, Dax not quite lying atop Kira. The vibrator had
shut itself down automatically, although it was still inside her.

After what seemed to be hours, Kira finally stirred, as if to say
something to her friend, but Jadzia silenced her with a finger on her
mouth.

When Kira tried again some minutes later, Dax silenced her with a
kiss.

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The End