Stephanie clumsily refilled her water cup before returning it to her lips, blood pounding in her head as she tried to calm herself down. She smiled and nodded as her fellow intern, Amanda, continued to make idle chatter, the two of them alone in one of the break rooms at NanoTek's headquarters.

"...and I could swear that Miss Colette is looking at our rear ends whenever one of us walks by. I was expecting this out of the older scientist types, but HER? I mean..."

Stephanie's eyes broke away from Amanda's for a moment to look at that lovely, curled, black hair, waiting for her to do THAT thing again...

"...pretty sure she doesn't even drink the coffee. She isn't even my type, you know?" Amanda absently flipped her hair, letting it cascade over her light brown skin (pecan brown, Amanda remembered reading on the Internet). Amanda smirked, a lopsided grin that revealed rows of perfect white teeth.

Stephanie took another gulp of her water. "Well, I mean, I can't exactly blame her for wanting a look, Amanda. You're... uh... pretty hot..." she trailed off into her water cup, hiding her blushing face. It wasn't a lie. Amanda was a perfect blend of African-American and Italian, with a model's physique only accentuated by her choice of smart white blouse and gray pencil skirt. "If... you don't mind my saying..."

"Aww, you're sweet, Steph," Amanda said, flipping her hair again (HNNG that hair flip though). "But I did say 'us', you know. You aren't so bad yourself. Got that nice white girl vibe going on, you know?" Amanda did a little motion with her hands and shoulders that was surely meant to communicate something, though Stephanie had no idea what. As Amanda started rambling again, Stephanie had time to contemplate the sort-of compliment. She fingered the loose, blonde ponytail draped over her shoulder. Yes, perhaps she did fill out the blouse she was wearing with her more than modest assets, and yes, she was exercising to remove some of the flab from the winter. But surely she didn't hold a candle to Amanda. Because, damn.

Stephanie's throat started to feel dry, and she reached to refill her water cup.

"Heh heh. Thirsty, aren't you?" Amanda said.

Yes, damn right she was, but she wasn't going to admit it... She stood back up, her eyes briefly at eye level with Amanda's breasts - WERE THOSE HER NIPPLES, OH MY GOD.