Ella closed her eyes when Chelsea started playing with her hair. It was nice. Comforting. But there was something else there too. Something more and something oddly exciting.
When Chelsea whispered, Ella blushed. She opened her eyes to stare up into Chelsea's eyes. "No more beautiful than you are," she whispered back. She lifted her hand and touched Chelsea's cheek before dropping her hand back into her lap. Ella was very grateful for the dark so Chelsea wouldn't see her blushing.
She wasn't sure what was going on between them, but she liked it. The rational part of her knew that this was probably some rebound and could end very badly. She felt that they should at least talk it through before doing something that they might regret. "What's going on with us?"