Nicole woke up from the morning light streaming in from the gap in the net curtains. Her mind was still groggy but instinctively the first thing she thought of was her cat: Calamity Jane. She felt the warmth of a body across her chest and figured Calamity must have climbed up onto her bed and nestled on top of her. But as Nicole opened her eyes she remembered she wasn't in her own room and it wasn't her cat that was lying on her chest. Instead, a sleeping Waverly Earp was resting her head on Nicole. Suddenly the memories of last night flooded her mind. Without realising it her face broke out into a massive smile. She watched Waverly sleep. She looked completely innocent to the world. It was easy for Nicole to imagine what Waverly would have looked like as a little girl. She examined Waverly's face for a long time, wanting to lock in each detail into her mind for safe keeping.

"Stop staring" Waverly said with her eyes still closed.

Had she been awake the whole time? Nicole wondered. Her smile widened at being caught in the act.

Waverly opened up one eye to peek at Nicole "How long have you been awake?"

"Not long" Nicole affectionately kissed the top of Waverly's head.

Waverly lifted her head to look at Nicole "Did you sleep alright?" Waverly asked with a concerned look on her face.

"When you let me, sure" Nicole teased playfully.

Waverly blushed. Nicole had an overwhelming feeling of affection towards her. It made her unbelievably happy that after a night of being together (that was probably going to go down in the record books) Waverly was still capable of being embarrassed by her. Nicole leaned down and kissed her for a very long time. This felt so comfortable to them both it was practically second nature. The romance of the moment was interrupted however by the sudden growling of Waverly's stomach.

"Somebody needs breakfast" Nicole joked.

"Nooo... let's not get up, let's just ly here" Waverly pleaded.

"I don't think we'd survive very long" Nicole reasoned.

"I don't need food". Her stomach said otherwise.

Nicole started to get out of bed to Waverly's disappointment. "Do you want some coffee?" Nicole asked as she pulled on her tank top and trousers.

Waverly was about to grudgingly get up too but Nicole stopped her.

"You stay, I'll bring back something for both of us' Nicole insisted.

"You're my guest, you shouldn't be serving me in my own house" Waverly argued as she tried to get up off the bed.

Nicole pulled Waverly back onto the bed and held her down, lightly by the wrists. "I'll be back...just stay exactly where you are". Waverly looked pretty breath taking in the morning light and Nicole wanted to hold onto this morning for as long as possible. They stared at each other both as determined as the other to get their own way. The lengths of their bodies were pressed up against one another, the sexual energy was practically buzzing between them. Nicole was about to forget her objective entirely when Waverly's stomach rumbled again. "I'll be back soon" Nicole persisted. Waverly huffed and gave in.

As Nicole left to go to the kitchen she turned around "And please don't get dressed".

Waverly in mock anger playfully threw a soft teddy bear at Nicole and missed. Nicole smiled as she closed the door behind her.

Nicole was smiling from ear to ear when she entered the kitchen. She wasn't alone.

"Coffee's boiling" Wynonna sat at the kitchen table reading a magazine. She didn't look up.

Nicole was completely caught off guard; Waverly had said her sister had gone on a weekend long mission with Dolls so they'd have the place to themselves. "I didn't know anyone else was in" Nicole explained.

"We got back last night, I came in around four" Wynonna looked at Nicole over her magazine as if assessing her.

Any chance she didn't hear us then? Nicole thought hopefully.

"Have a nice night?" Nope. No chance. "You know working for the Black Badge it's my job to you know, detect stuff" Wynonna looked at Nicole intently. "I figured either my sister had suddenly become very religious last night or she had someone over" Wynonna said sarcastically.

"Waverly and I..." Nicole broke off. What could she say? She had been doing this long enough she should know how to manoeuvre herself in these types of situations. "She wanted to tell you Wynonna, it's just that it's... new in a lot of ways to her, so she wanted to figure it out before telling people" Nicole explained.

"No, I get it" Nicole sensed a little hurt in Wynonna's voice.

"I know you guys have...a complicated history" Nicole continued. "But believe me it has nothing to do with you, It's about her getting it straight in her own head" Wow, she was expressing herself really badly.

Wynonna laughed. At least it broke the ice Nicole thought.

"You know when I said Waverly should be hanging out with you instead of the usual dick heads, this wasn't exactly what I meant" Wynonna said.

Nicole weakly laughed "haha...I guess not".

The coffee boiled and Nicole poured out three cups. She handed one over to Wynonna who nodded in thanks.

"Where do you keep the bread?"

Wynonna pointed to a cupboard. Nicole busied herself setting up some breakfast, finding a tray in one of the drawers.

"I feel like I should give you the protective older sister talk, but it feels a bit weird since the last time I gave it was to a fourteen year old boy who nearly shit his pants" Wynonna joked.

Nicole smiled at the idea of Wynonna literally scaring the shit out off some poor guy, It seemed like a very... Wynonna thing to do. "No, go on ahead and feel free to threaten me" Nicole insisted.

"Well... the last person who hurt my sister ended up being buried body deep in the middle of nowhere" Wynonna joked or at least Nicole thought she was joking. "Just treat her right" Wynonna continued in a serious tone "because she might not know it but she's a hell of a lot more special than I am and she deserves better".

"I know she's special" Nicole had known that from the first moment she had met Waverly at Shorty's. It was quite frankly a dream that Waverly and her were together and Nicole didn't want to wake up from it.

Wynonna and Nicole looked at each other in silence and both knew they were in complete understanding.

"You'd better get back, Waverly seems like a morning person but she can get really cranky if she's hungry." Wynonna advised as she sipped her coffee."Like a gremlin" She added.

"I'll remember that" Nicole laughed as she left to go back to the bedroom. Nicole knew that Wynonna wouldn't have a problem with her and Waverly dating but she could also understand why Waverly wanted to wait to tell her sister. Now that the cat was out of the bag maybe they could move to the next stage in their relationship. Although Nicole really liked this stage she thought as she opened the door to the bedroom to find that Waverly hadn't gotten dressed. Maybe she'd wait to tell Waverly about Wynonna after breakfast?

"Hey"

"Hi"

Nicole closed the door and the rest the world out, at least for a little while.