She bit back a half tempted squeal as she watched it climb over her arm, "This is so cool! Can we have him please? I think that he really likes me." Juleka's smile looked perfectly soft, and Rose bit her lip, considering quite what to tell her.
"Uh... Sure." She felt a little alarmed at the idea of taking care of a lizard of all things, but she found herself wanting to cherish the smile that lit up her girlfriend's face.
"Thank you, Rose, so much!" She gushed, "What should we name him? Bill?"
An employee moved a little closer, "That's actually a girl lizard, young lady, you see that there?"
Juleka frowned in thought, "How about Rose?" She murmured, "After all, she's the most amazing girlfriend in the world."
Rose squeaked, ignoring the look on the saleswoman's face of surprise, "U-Uh, sure."
She still felt a little squeamish, but at least Juleka was happy; besides it was an honor to have their pet named after her, no matter how much her stomach bounced within her.
They bought the little lizard that day, and Rose had to remind herself to take deep breaths and smile, because she still felt a little nervous even though she shouldn't; the little lizard was certainly a nice little guy, er, girl after all.
Rose sighed as she dropped a small bug into the glass container that their little lizard called home and tried to bite off her nerves as she watched it dive for it and consume it with renewed vigor; her belly flopped, but she ignored it.
The little lizard looked almost cute when she came towards the glass and stared at her with a somewhat happy expression; it made her almost less squeamish watching the little fella.
"So what do lizards like other than bugs?" She attempted a bright smile, "Do they like belly rubs like doggies? Or may be they like to be petted like cats or chin scratches? Ooh, do you like chin scratches?" Rose didn't even realizing that she was cooing as she came closer to the glass aquarium.
"Okay," She chirped and pulled the little guy out, "Rose, do you like this?" She held the lizard carefully in her hands and tried to ignore how its little feet made her stomach fall to her feet inside of her; she gingerly started to pet from his head down to his tail and half curled her tail around her finger.
She beamed though the lizard didn't purr, didn't wag its tail, and she was starting to wonder if it even liked petting.
If Juleka came home from work more than a little surprised to find her girlfriend curled up on the couch with their lizard asleep on her chest and her hands looped casually over the pet lizard's sides, she didn't say much about it, just picked up the little lizard, put her back in the aquarium, and pulled a blanket over Rose.
Her soft smile was answer enough to how the cute moment settled in her stomach and made her so happy; may be one day, they'll have more than just a lizard.
She couldn't help but think of what it would be like to call Rose her wife and to see Rose playing with their adorable children, and her smile only grew as she pulled herself up on to the couch and cuddled Rose closer to her chest and fell asleep by her side, happier than anything that her girlfriend had let her buy a lizard regardless of how squirmish Rose had started out.
Juleka loved her more than anything.