This is a sequel to Kenzi's Breakdown and follows Tamsin and Kenzi as they continue their relationship. Will they continue to be in love? Will Kenzi continue her recovery from her eating disorder or will she relapse?
Kenzi ran up the stairs to Tamsin's apartment, hoping she had time to get everything together before Tamsin came home. She was trying to surprise Tamsin by making her dinner. It was their 1 year Anniversary of being together and Kenzi wanted to do something nice for Tamsin. She placed the bags of groceries that she was carrying on the kitchen counter and began pulling stuff out. She opened up a cooking app on her phone and began pulling up the recipes that she was planning to make. She was planning to make a mandarin and grilled chicken salad with homemade croutons. Kenzi had become much more interested in cooking, starting when she had been in recovery for her eating disorder. She found that it was something to keep her mind occupied and she felt better about eating if she knew what she was putting into her body. She had become quite the chef and Tamsin, Bo, and Lauren had been more than willing to be her taste testers. They were all 4 spending a lot more time together and took turns making dinner for each other every night, something that brought them all much closer. Tonight was a little different, but only because it was Kenzi and Tamsin's 1 year Anniversary. Bo and Lauren had agreed that it would be a good idea to let the two women have the night alone.
Kenzi had been waiting for this night for months. Tamsin has asked her a few months ago to consider moving in with her but Kenzi had told her she needed to think about it. At first she had been a little hesitant to move in before she liked living with Bo, even if it meant she didn't get to sleep with Tamsin every night. But after she'd had time to think about it she realized that she did feel lonely when Tamsin wasn't staying over or she wasn't staying at Tamsin's, so she had decided to accept Tamsin's offer. She definitely intended to have sleepovers at Bo's place often and of course since she worked with Bo on cases pretty much on a daily basis, she would still see her during the day.
Tamsin had taken up a job recently hunting some Fae down so she spent 3-4 days of her week away from Kenzi. Both Kenzi and Tamsin hated being away from each other so often but tonight it was to Kenzi's advantage because it made it easier for her to prepare the surprise dinner for Tamsin. Kenzi was just pulling a tray of homemade croutons out of the oven, when she heard Tamsin walking through the door.
"I'm going to kill him if I ever get my hands on him!" Tamsin yelled, slamming the door behind her.
Kenzi startled when she heard Tamsin yelling. She had been just about to set the pan of croutons on the counter but had jumped at Tamsin's shouting and before she knew it, the entire pan of croutons slipped out of her hands, falling to the floor.
Tamsin walked into the kitchen, still yelling.
"That stupid asshole thinks he knows everything! He made me lose the person I was hunting because HE had to do things HIS way!" Tamsin said. After walking into the kitchen she had slammed open the refrigerator door, grabbing the container of juice, then slamming the door shut again. It wasn't until she had closed the refrigerator door that she looked over at Kenzi and realized she was down on the floor picking something up.
"Everything okay, Kenzi?" Tamsin asked, her voice softening.
"The croutons...their ruined!" Kenzi exclaimed, nearly in tears.
"What happened? Is there anything I can do?" Tamsin said, coming closer to her small girlfriend.
"I don't know! I spilled the entire tray. I must have gotten startled when you...came in," Kenzi said, not really wanting to blame Tamsin.
"I'm sorry, Kenz. I shouldn't have walked in here shouting. Do you want me to help you re-do them?" Tamsin asked.
"No, its okay. The rest of the stuff is already done. I think there's a package of croutons in the pantry. They won't be homemade but...they will work," Kenzi said.
She had wanted everything to be perfect and now it was ruined. She realized she couldn't blame Tamsin either, because she should have been paying more attention when she took the pan out of the oven. She was just about to start going off on herself when Tamsin came back from the pantry and stood behind Kenzi, putting an arm around her girlfriends waist. She dangled a package of croutons from one of her hands, then set it on the counter.
"It's okay, love, I can see that your beating yourself up about this. But don't worry, if it makes you feel better, i'd rather just have you for dinner," Tamsin said.
Kenzi smiled, loving how naughty Tamsin could be and how much better she always made her feel.
"Your so naughty. But you sure know how to make a girl feel better. And...at least I didn't ruin dessert," Kenzi said.
"I thought you were dessert," Tamsin said, pulling Kenzi closer to herself.
"Wow, you're on a roll tonight, aren't you?" Kenzi said, letting Tamsin hold her close.
10 minutes later Kenzi had the table set and the plates filled with the chicken salads. Both of them sat down and began to eat dinner. After a few minutes, Kenzi set down her fork and looked up at Tamsin.
"Everything okay, Kenz?" Tamsin asked.
"Oh, its just that...well, I have something to tell you," Kenzi said.
"Yes?"
"I thought about what you said, about having me move in with you. And I think i'd really like that," Kenzi said.
"Really? You just made my night so much better, Kenzi!" Tamsin said, not able to take her eyes off of Kenzi. She had waited for a long time for Kenzi to say 'yes'.
"I've had some time to think about it and I realized that I hate when we have to be away from each other during the day, so why should we also have to be away from each other at night or any other time?" Kenzi said.
"I think I just fell in love with you all over again, Kenzi. You seriously rock!" Tamsin said, unable to keep her hands off of Kenzi any longer. She sprung out of her chair and picked Kenzi up in her arms, startling the small human.
"What are you doing, Tamsin?" Kenzi laughed, loving every minute of it. Tamsin leaned in and passionately kissed Kenzi before setting her back in the chair she'd been sitting in.
"Sorry, Kenz, I'm just a little excited, if you didn't notice. But, I heard you say dessert earlier, so I think i'd like to try whatever you made tonight," Tamsin said.
"Sure thing, Tamsin. I'll just go grab it. Be right back," Kenzi said, clearly their dinner plates and bringing them to the sink before opening the refrigerator and pulling out a couple of pudding parfaits she had made. She carried them back to the table and set one in front of each of them.
"Wow, this looks awesome, Kenzi," Tamsin said.
"Thanks. I thought pistachio pudding with roasted pistachios on top sounded like a nice dessert to try tonight. And of course you can't forget the whipped cream," Kenzi said, proud of herself for making another tasty item.
"Your such a good cook, Kenzi. I don't know what i'd do if you weren't around to make food for me. I'd probably starve or end up eating cardboard pizza every night," Tamsin said.
"Ah, its nothing," Kenzi said, shrugging her shoulders, but feeling incredibly proud of herself. She had wanted tonight to be perfect and even if it wasn't completely perfect, she would take it.
Kenzi took a bite of her parfait, ready to savor the flavor of pistachios, one of her favorite nuts. She was surprised when she was suddenly hit with an intense feeling of fear and anxiety. Suddenly she heard Inari's voice in her head, telling her that she was fat and disgusting. She tried to push it away, tried to remind herself that she had almost died from not eating a year ago. She managed to calm herself down without alerting Tamsin, but realized she couldn't take another bite of the dessert. She was too scared that the feeling would return. But if she didn't eat it Tamsin would likely realize something was up with her. She had to find a way to keep this from Tamsin and yet another part of her told her that she should tell Tamsin what she was feeling, knowing her girlfriend would be able to help her through it. She wanted to give in and tell her but something held her back. Suddenly she knew exactly what she had to do. She got up out of her chair and started a slow sexual walk/dance over to Tamsin.
Kenzi caught Tamsin's eyes almost immediately. She didn't know why Kenzi was sexily walking towards her but she didn't care. She wanted the small human so bad, she could barely stay in her seat, but she did anyway, not wanting to take her eyes off her girlfriend.
"Hmmmm, what have we here?" Tamsin asked.
Kenzi walked closer to Tamsin until she was right next to her then snaked an arm around Tamsin's neck and sat down on her lap, slowly dancing her legs across Tamsin as she sat down. Kenzi whispered something in Tamsin's ear and Tamsin smiled even bigger, then unable to resist her girlfriend any longer, wrapped her arms around Kenzi's waist and began to kiss her girlfriend. After a few kisses Tamsin couldn't stand sitting in the chair any longer and quickly picked Kenzi up into her arms and hurried off to the bedroom with her, ready for a night alone with her gorgeous girlfriend.
