“Please, Maven, what have I been telling you for an entire year?” said a beautiful and long haired girl name Trixie Woodlands to her friend, a brown haired female named Maven, who had been her close acquaintance for some years, at a table in a diner.

“I know, I know, but it is so hard to forget him” The glassed female, with formal working suit replied, with a monotonous tone of voice, implying a lack of enthusiasm for the conversation.

“Darling, you had broken up with Jonah one year ago and you did not get over him. I am concerned about you, I must confess I have fears about your wellbeing” Trixie confessed to Maven.

“Please, Trixie, I don’t need the concern of anyone about myself! And, don’t worry about me, I have my job, I have my friends. Everything’s sailing smoothly, I can handle any rough waters that come my way, I’m a big girl.”

“I know ... Maven, we have been friends since we were teenagers. I know everything about you and no doubt you know much about me. But, let me speak candidly, as that is what friends do. I think you should free your mind, free yourself from all your problems. You live too much in your job, you don’t give yourself any “me” time” Trixie said, knowing that Maven and her boss, Selina Kyle, sometimes went much beyond the remit of working relations.

“I don’t need you to tell me about what I do with my life”, Maven seriously emphasized. She was somewhat rattled by being lectured in this way by Trixie.

“I am not saying that. I know the nature of your relation with your boss is pretty much like two really confident friends, but its not cheating with her if you go out and meet someone else, boy, girl or whatever. You need that freedom, to explore your own possibilities” Trixie explained.

“You are right Trixie, I admit. But that thing with Jonah tore me down so much that I think I could do with avoiding any man for a while. Good Gods, I’m so glad that I found that I had the hots for girls, otherwise I would be doomed”, Maven said, with her head a bit low, while her friend, at the exact moment she said about her girl desires, had an idea. It was a eureka moment. Trixie was not averse to having those.

“Wait, wait, I think I have an idea! Will you come to Jane’s birthday tomorrow?” The redhead asked, eager for an affirmative reply.

“Yes, I was invited. I would never forget to go to Jane’s birthday, it’s etched into my brain”, Maven answered, pointing to her head and smiling.

“Well, go there. I think I have the perfect thing for you!” Trixie said with some kind of devious grin on her face.

“What kind of thing? I hope you will not introduce me to yet another one of the preppy friends of your husband?” The brown-haired woman asked, puzzled and perhaps a little irritated.

“No, no, not again. Its just a thing I had in my mind, but you will only see it tomorrow”,

“It seems something very nice, judging the way that you talk” Maven commented.

“Well, I cannot say it now, I need to go to work, some of us have lives to attend to. Bye Maven, be there tomorrow, okay?” Trixie said, before a customary goodbye to Maven, leaving an air of mystery about what Maven would see the next day. It puzzled the mind of the woman all day.

The next day, it was the 30th birthday of Jane Warner, who was married to the Gotham City radio talk show star Ronald Warner. Among the people in the party, was Maven, wearing a beautiful dark blue dress, talking with a small gathering of people. While chatting away, she spotted in a corner of the room, Trixie, her friend, talking with a long-haired brunette in a gray dress, at which moment the two women looked to where she was.

Then, Trixie and the woman approached Maven as soon as the brown-haired woman stopped to talk.

“Hi Maven! I expected you to be here”, Trixie hugged her friend, in the complimentary manner which was second nature to her.

“It’s Jane’s birthday and she is also my friend. So I had to go ... listen, where is the great thing you wanted to show me?” Maven asked

“Oh, the thing? Yes, its here” The redhead said, pointing to the brunette who was at her side. “Maven, I want to introduce you to Candace, a girl I met at the country club. Candace, this is my good friend, Maven.”

“Nice to meet you, Candace” Maven complimented

“Its so nice to meet you too, Maven. It is refreshing to meet someone unexpected at these parties, you can get bored with the same people over and over. Maven, that is such an unusual name, I like it very much, very ... exotic” Candace said, making the other woman blush.

“Listen, I will let you girls get on with the serious business of talking. I just need to see what my husband is doing, better make sure he is not up to mischief! See you girls later”, Trixie said, before leaving the duo, which soon got back to engaging in chat.

“So, you are Trixie’s friend, right? She told me a lot of stuff about you” Candace said.

“Well, what can I do? We know each other since we are about 15 year old. She is my best friend” Maven smiled.

“She told me you work as personal assistant.”

“Yes, I am. I am currently working as assistant of Miss Selina Kyle” The brown-haired explained.

“Her? Oh my ... I bet she is not all that glamorous and shining as we see on the cover of magazines”, smiled the brunette, “would be interesting to see if she lives up to the hype. Wonder how much is just image?”

“Not that much. Well, she has her interests and she is invited to many of the social parties, but she is totally normal. She is not like the Richie riches, hooray Henry’s, or whatever you call them.”

“It must be very tiresome to someone stay normal under the attention of the lights, the cameras and the men. Tell me, how can she be with a different man every party?”

“She was lots of male friends, but she is not that kind of woman who is with any man for recognition. She tries to look the perfect man to herself”, explained Maven, seeing that her chart partner was interested on the subject

“But I can’t imagine she is that hard to please. She is so pretty and glamorous in the arms of those men...” Candace commented.

“Miss Kyle is a person like us. Under that pretty woman, glamorous and man-magnet package there is a woman like any of us”, the brown-haired and glassed woman explained, to then ask to Candace. “So, let’s talk about you ... Trixie told me she met you at the country club”

“Exactly. I had no partner for the bridge game, so she decided to help me and be my partner. You know, I am not the kind of girl of those places, is my boss who keeps pushing me to it” Candace said.

“Really? And where do you work?” Maven asked

“I am like you, a personal assistant. Well, more than an assistant, like some kind of ‘right arm’, if you know what I mean”, answered the pretty brunette “I work as assistant of Mr. Rupert Thorne”, Candace said to much surprise of Maven

“Wow! Really? You work for HIM?”

“Why the surprise?” Candace asked

“Is, you know ... he is been in all the newspaper covers for that Marinetti trial. They said mean things about Mr. Thorne got send people to kill him”, commented Maven.

“Newspapers ... why people still believe on them...” The brunette joked.

“But, tell me. Is true what everybody says about your boss. This crime stuff, the killings, that news about him and the mob and such?” Maven asked with very astonishment and curiosity.

“Mr. Thorne has lots of enemies, at many levels of the power. People can make up stories about him just to see a powerful man like my boss to fall. And you know how this city are made of vultures”, told Candace like the subject it was normal stuff. Maven was bit worried, but still surprised to see such woman in her front.

“Golly ... so, let me ask. It’s very difficult to you work with him, with all these stuff going at Mr. Thorne?”, asked the brown-haired.

“I have to face the press and the vultures surrounding Mr. Thorne, but you see, is not easy, Maven, to work for a man like him, with many people desiring to get rid of. A woman like me has to get into the ‘game’ and face these kinds of people”

“Wow ... You are such a strong woman, Candace.” Maven stated, looking for Candace as a very studious girl pays attention to the teacher.

In fact, despite the early surprise, Candace and Maven went to a nice and cheerful chat, where many subjects were covered, like favorite stuff, friendship with Trixie, people and, of course, their bosses. Candace was pretty interested on the details about Selina Kyle’s life, as Maven wanted details about the routine of her and Rupert Thorne and the law issues that he faced.

The chat was so long and good that the time didn’t even made past to the two women. So, it was near midnight as Trixie went to talk with her best friend.

“Maven, you weren’t about to leave? It’s almost midnight, and you must work tomorrow”

“I know, but Adelia is not here. I took the ride with her and now she must be left with some of those boys she meets. I don’t find her on any place”, worried Maven.

“Yeah, I saw her with a guy...” said Trixie “she might be left the place by now”

“Damn ... so, how I will get home? I don’t have anyone that can take me to my place”, said the brown-haired woman

“Easy, Maven ... look, I will wait for Dave to talk with Ronald and Jane and see if we can take you home”, the long haired girl calmed her friend.

“What is going on?” Candace asked, approaching to them.

“Maven’s ride home apparently left and now she can’t go back to her place”. Trixie explained

“Hmm, really? Well, I know that I can help you”, said the brunette

“How?” Maven asked

“I came with my boss’s limo. He is out of town for two weeks and he lets me use the limo, so if you don’t mind...”, Candace purposed and Maven went in doubt

“I don’t know. I don’t know you much and I am waiting if Trixie will help me with this”, said Maven, looking at her best friend with worried eyes. Trixie looked at Maven and gave advice

“Look, I think you should go with her”, her friend said

“Well, I don’t know...”

“Please, Maven. I feel that we have some kind of ‘vibe’ and I want to do a favor to you. I see you are a great person and we get much along this night”, said Candace to convince Maven to accept.

“She is offering you her help. I think is more easy if you say yes”, Trixie stated, as Maven thought a little, then turned to Candace to answer

“Sure, let’s go”

“Good ... let me just call the driver and we are out of here”, said Candace leaving to do what she was intended to. Maven, looking to Candace, smiled seeing her backside, her firm butt and round legs, saw her new friend with different eyes And she is not that bad

Outside, it were Candace and Maven, who waited for the limo for a few minutes till a black stretch car appeared in front of her and then the driver walked off to open the door to the two ladies who were in wait

“Here is, Miss Candace”

“Thanks Herb ... now, take us to my friend’s place, which is...”

“677 Hartwell St.” completed Maven.

“You live there? Is halfway to Mr. Thorne’s office ... we always use this street to reach the Elm Avenue” Candace said

“Well, is not the Heaven, but is a good place to live. At least for not much wealthy people like me”, said Maven

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Herb, you know what to do, right?”

“Yes, miss”, Herb said before taking the road to Maven’s place.

The brown-haired girl was amazed to see such limo. She got on some luxury cars that the love interests of Miss Kyle used to hang out with her, but it was must for working business than a no-string attached ride.

“Thanks, Candace. You gave me a good lift tonight”, smiled cheerful Maven.

“That’s that friends do, help the others”, said Candace

“Well ... I hope one day compensate what you did for me this day”

“Not needed. Please, enjoy the night, have some champagne”, said the brunette as she showed the bucket with ice and champagne that was in front of their seat.

“Wow, that is the fine thing. But your boss will not mind if we drink it?”, asked the glassed girl

“I did this dozen of times. And, anyway, we did not drunk enough at Jane’s”, stated the brunette, handing the glass to Maven.

“For me, sometimes, one cup is just enough”, Maven said, getting the glass and raising it to make a toast

“To us?”

“Yeah, to us”, Candace pondered, doing the toast with her new friend, and then drinking the glass of champagne, also pressing the button where a wall came out and closed the connection between the driver and the back seats, so the girls could talk without any interrpution or being someone hearing it. As the limo was going through streets, Maven started to look the buildings and houses of Gotham City. She had a few rides on it, following Selina to where she was going to, but always as being her woman-servant. Now, she was the guest of honor in that trip. She was somehow fascinated with it, but also melancholic.

“Now it comes to my mind that after I arrive home, I will be back to my normal life, so tedious and so ... normal”, Maven said, with a depressive tone.

“Come one. Your life is not that bad. You help one of the most impressive women in the society, and you know so many nice people...”, Candace replied

“That they sometimes doesn’t seem to care about you? Yes, I know...”, the brown-haired girl whispered.

“Oh”, Candace looked at Maven, putting away her glass. “So, I think what Trixie told about your relationship troubles was true”

“She told you? Oh, that girl. You will never believe, she tells everyone about everything. She can’t stop on talking...” Maven, with facepalm, complained knowing that her friend told about her personal life to a strange.

“You should not worry about it. She is your friend and cares about you”, said Candace.

“And I think she talked also about my relationship with Selina, right?”, asked the glassed woman.

“Yes, but I never knew that it was her, thought it was a male boss”.

“It seems crazy, but, well, I had my thing with girls when I was young, but Selina was the only woman that could please me for real. I know her for so long, and work for her for so long, that sometimes personal and professional life get mixed up, and it happen stuff like that.”, Maven explained, much for interest of Candace.

“But Miss Kyle seem to trust you and you can’t let this ruin your relationship with her, said the assistant of Rupert Thorne.

“Is ... is that, sometimes I feel so much that we are like more than this boss/employee or just friends. I’d some heartbreaks in my life and Selina helped so much me on moving away, that I feel I will not be able to have another relationship with anyone”, explained Maven.

“Please, Maven”, Candace said putting her hand onto Selina’s assistant. “Listen, you are a beautiful woman, and can have any person at your feet. You just need to believe more on yourself.”.

“Like it’s easy to do”, replied Maven, seeming not believing in Candace’s words.

“Look at me”, says the brunette, holding the chin of her guest “Maven, you are beautiful. Much pretty than many of the girls of the party or anywhere else. I know you can have any man or woman, and this will be not a problem with your boss. Miss Kyle will understand and not feel cheated for you. You must gotta believe me. I liked you and and I don’t want to see you feel bad”.

“I don’t know if a stranger feeling pity of me is the best”, Maven was still not touched by Candace’s speech.

“It’s not pity, my dear. I like you and I want you to be happy. I know we just know each other for a few hours, but I liked you and now I need to make you not sad”, said Candace.

“And how you plan to do it?”, asked Maven, just to Candace, in a burst of courage or whatever, kissed the girl in the mouth. Maven, shocked, moved away after a few seconds of it.

“What happened? You didn’t liked?’, the brunette woman asked.

“Is that...”, the brown-haired girl tried to talk, but she was still astonished by the kiss.

“Sorry if it was this sudden, but it was the only way that I found to revert your situation”, Candace explained, moving closer to Maven.

“But ... I didn’t knew you...”

“Here is a lesson: you never know a person 100%. I like both men and women, so as you. And, yes, I am a bisexual, so as you too”, replied Candace.

“Really? Well, now I feel a bit bad about it. I don’t know, but this turned me on a bit”, said Maven.

“Serious? So, you aren’t mad and want to run away like hell?”

“I just was shocked with you did, but I am not mad. In fact, I think it was good...”, Selina’s assistant smiled.

“So?”, Candace asked to, now, Maven get the initiative and kiss Candace. She was also shocked with the dare of the other girl, but decided to went further with that.

The kiss was intense and full of passion. The two women interlocked their tongues, now wresting against each other, and their lips pressing themselves. Maven and Candace embraced each other, lying on the seats, surrendering to the most hot thing that happened to them at night. Very naughty thoughts gone into their minds.

“You kiss good, Maven”, complied the brunette woman,

“I had a great teacher in junior high”, answered Maven, between kissed and whispers. Both girls were amazed at each other’s As they kissed, Candace pressed by accident the button who made the wall level down, so the kissing scene could be seen by Herb, which made him look all the scene by the mirror.

“Oh no, this dyke is doing it again...”, the limo driver thought to himself peeking at the mirror.

The kissing went frenzy, and Candace now was kissing and touching Maven, being nearly on top of her. Soon, they were moving each other, changing sides and kissing like forever. They didn’t knew how they came out to this, but surely it was good.

The kissing stuff lasted till Maven saw her building appear in the horizon.

“Stop! My building! Right there”, she pointed, while she was on bottom of Candace, who looked the building.

“Herb, stop right there!”, the brunette ordered to the limo driver. Herb stopped the car right front Maven’s building, which game both ladies time to rearrange themselves.

“Well, It was fun. Sudden but fun”, said Maven

“It didn’t looked like strange for you? Well, making out with a unkown woman...”, Candace asked, while buttoning her suit

“I don’t mind...”, toled the brown haired girl, which turned out to the door already open for Herb and turned then back to her night partner.

“Well, I guess we split off now. It was nice to know you, Candace, and, well, see ya around”

“It was nice to meet you, Maven”, reploed Thorne’s assistant, till she grabbed Candace’s arm while she was leaving the car. “But it doesn’t mean the night is finished”.

Maven did not expected the move from Candace, who smiled at her and then left out the car. Maven smiled on that sudden gesture of Candace.

The brunette then turned to Herb, and ordered to him.

“Time to go, Herb!”

“But Miss Candace, you are supposed to get to work tomorrow!”, replied Herb

“I call you and you pick me at Miss Maven’s building, and that’s an order!”

“But Miss Candace...”

“Listen, I am in command when Mr. Thorne is out of town. So, better leave ... now!”, ordered the brunette.

“You’re in charge, ma’am”, Herb said. The chaffeur went back to the car and started the engine of the limo. Soon, the big vehicle disappeared in the sight with the two girls outside, and Maven still baffled with what happened.

“I can’t believe you did that!”, the brown-haired women was still astonished

“Well, Trixie told me that you needed to get happy, and I know how make you feel happy”, said Candace, stroking the chin of the other girl, as soon as they kissed again, now in front of Maven’s building, in the middle of the night. The move of the tongues, lips into each other and the arms going through their bodies sparkled a flame between the two women.

“Shall we go upstairs?” Maven asked to her newfound lover.

“Well, the apartment is yours...”

“I never took a girl to my apartment before. At least, not with ‘those’ intents”, the brown haired girl wickedly gigled to the brunette, as they made to walk into the building. Due to the amounts of drinking, a little problem was for Maven to find the keys.

A few stairs separated the street floor from Maven’s apartment. When they entered, Candace looked suprised with the place, very much different from the luxury places that she was used to go in company of Mr. Thorne. It was a simple living room-kitchen included with bathroom and a bedroom. Perfect for single people who can’t afford much.

“Your place is good, Maven”, said Candace

“Really? Sorry, I think you are used to go on more bigger and fancier places”, answered Maven.

“Not all the time. I was raised at the country. You know, with the animals and all that...”

“Serious? You don’t have the way of someone who come out from the countryside”, replied with surprise the brown haired girl, while opening the refrigerator.

“I moved to the town as a teenager. And for business, being the country girl is not good when you deal with the crop of society”, answered Candace.

“For your looks, nobody could imagine that...” said Maven “So, want something to drink? I have some water, soda and wine”.

“No, thanks. I think I had enough in the party and in the limo. I just need to sit a little to rest”, the brunette answered, sitting in the couch of Maven’s apartment Not bad place the girl have thought Candace, looking around the home of her newfound friend.

“Ok. I think I got a cup too many. Better if we talk a little”, said Maven, as turned out of the kitchen and sit on the couch with Maven and they exchanged a little kiss.

“Here seems cozier than in the car”, commented Maven.

“Well, I think you did not goot many limousine rides” said a giggling Candace.

“You don’t know nothing ... I am expert on this...”, replied the brown-haired girl.

“Anyway, I want to ask something to you”, said the brunette, while Maven sat on the couch, with her back against a pillow.

“What do you want to know?”

“Well ... how this thing with Miss Kyle and you is serious? You don’t need to answer if you don’t feel in the mood to”, asked Candace

“No problem...”, answered Maven. “Even I ask myself sometimes about that ... Well, me and Selina know each other since, I believe, when I graduate from college. She called me to work for her and since them I am her personal assistant”.

“Oh. So, you must know her much to be ‘that close’ to her”, Candace showed that she was more than interested on the subject.