Thread: Friends with benefits? (Demure+SupSatire)

Plotline Two best friends lose touch after highschool. During the holidays they reunite, to find that people change and so do attractions. Mari Tanner has left her home town to follow her dream of climbing dangerous mountains around the world. She comes home during the Christmas holiday to learn that her best friend still lives in town, and the feelings that she's squashed down for many years come bubbling to the surface again. She has changed from a socially awkward tom boy, to a sultry woman and still remembers the day that her feelings were gently rejected. She vows that she will impress him with her new figure, and her adventurous spirit in completely different endeavors. Marianne Tanner was jet lagged. The plane had just touched down at the air port, and she was waiting for the Captain to allow them to unbuckle their lap belts and gather their carry one luggage. When the message was delivered, she stood with a stiff body and reached for her purse and backpack before filing into the line that was exiting the plane. The air port was filled with the noise of people meeting their loved ones, or getting ready to fly to unknown destinations. She saw people holding up signs that read loved ones names, hoping to attract their attention. She knew that nobody would be holding a sign up for her, she had come back home as a surprise to her family. It was Christmas next week, and she hadn't been back in nearly four years. Her adventures around the world had been fruitful. She was well known as a dare devil who ventured the highest peaks of the most dangerous mountains and conquered them with a grin. She was sponsored by six large sporting goods corporations, and had her own clothing line and cosmetics brand now. Long gone were the days where she was a gangly, scraggly youth without a doubt in her heart or a worry on her mind. She was a woman now, 21 years old. Once she collected her baggage - two slim leather suitcases- she headed out the door and hailed a taxi. She told the taxi driver her parents address and relaxed against the comfortable and worn interior of the car, mind wandering to times long ago. Coming home meant spending time with her family for the holidays, which was a welcome vacation -strangely enough-. But it also meant that she had to face some demons from her past. Namely Him. Her best friend from highschool. And the rejection that had caused her to separate herself from this town in the first place. She sighed and reached up to sweep a long auburn lock of hair from her lightly tanned face, jade eyes fringed with long, dark eyelashes. She had a few freckles that decorated the top of her pert nose and high cheekbones, and a full, sensuous mouth that sat above a delicate and angular chin. She was not what you would call a buxom beauty, standing a charming five feet two inches tall, with a feminine but athletic frame with a modest C cup chest, and womanly hips. Her trade mark body part was a full, firm backside and a set of powerful legs topped with soft, pliable thighs, long graceful calves and delicate ankles. She snapped back to reality when the car came to a stop before a white victorian house with a picket fence. She was home. Thanking the cab driver, she paid him and added a tip for good service, before she exited the car and waited while he handed her the suitcases. Walking up the drive way, she cut across the lawn - a habit that her Mother hated- and rang the door bell. One minute! came a feminine call from behind the door. She could hear her Mother coming down the stairs, and a huge grin came to her face. There was then the sound of the door unlocking, before it swung inwards to reveal her Mothers surprised face. Mari? she asked, shocked. Her hands covered her heart as she blinked a few times as if expecting her to disappear. The one and only! Surprise! Mari answered with delighted look. Her Mother nearly sobbed with joy. Oh thank goodness! I'm so happy to see you! she exclaimed, throwing her arms around Mari. They stood there hugging for quite some time before her Mother pulled her into the house, suitcases and all.