Chapter 2
The next day, just before lunch, Caroline found some new documents and notes on her desk from some of the teachers about questions about new material, booking of different rooms etc.
Being busy reading through everything, Caroline didn't notice a person entering her office, walking up to her from behind, as she suddenly felt two arms wrapping around her waist.
" God! You startled me!" Caroline said and laughed
Kate snuggled her face against the older woman's neck, breathing in her smell in every breath, pressing their bodies closer to feel the warmth of her body.
" I had a lovely time last night" she whispered in Caroline's ear and placed a soft kiss behind her ear.
Caroline turned around and cupped her hands around Kate's face, smiled at her and kissed her.
" So did I."
As the school bell rang, they kissed one last time before parting as they had duties to tend to.
" Oh, Kate, by the way?"
"Mm" she turned around to face the blonde woman again, and it struck her how gorgeous Caroline looked in her dark grey skirt that together with those high heels showed her stunning legs, and a light pink blouse with the two top buttons unbuttoned showing pale soft skin.
" Kate?"
" Yes! I'm listening"
" Really? Then why are you staring at my legs?"
" What?" Kate felt her face turning red as she realized that Caroline had noticed.
"You were, weren't you?" Caroline smirked and walked up to Kate who seemed to be quite a bit embarrassed.
Caroline stroke some strands of hair from Kate's face and leaned in and gave her a long kiss. " You were saying?" Kate said as if to try to change subject before Caroline commented anything about her staring.
" Right, well the thing is that Laurence asked if you wanted to join us on a movie-night this Friday?"
" This Friday?"
"Mm"
" Laurence asked?"
"Mm" Caroline returned to her desk and sat down in her chair still looking at Kate"
" Well, are you sure?"
" About what?"
" Me at your movie night?"
" Well I can't see why not. Besides, Laurence DID ask me to ask you, and he wouldn't do that if he didn't want to there, right?"
Kate stood silent for a moment, thinking the proposition through, before giving her answer.
" Yes, I'd be delighted to."
"Really?"
Kate nodded and smiled.
" Great! I'll tell the boys this afternoon. Now….shouldn't you be heading somewhere?
Kate realized that the school bell had rang a while back, which meant that her students would be waiting for her in her classroom. She smiled, turned around and went out of the headmistress's office heading for her class.
" So, what did she say?"
" Who?"
" Kate!"
"What about Kate?"
"What did she say about Friday?"
" What about Friday?"
" Mum! Did you ask Kate about our movie-night on Friday?"
" Oh, calm down sweetheart. She said she'd come over."
"Yes!"
Caroline was a bit surprised to see how happy Laurence got after hearing that Kate would come join them, and he ran up to his door and closed the door.
She stood still in her place, in a bit of a shock for a moment before taking off her coat and taking off her shoes and looked at them for a moment, remembering the look Kate had given her earlier that day in school. Smiling she put the shoes down and walked out to the kitchen to start with dinner for herself and the boys.
As she started preparing and chopping vegetables, William entered the kitchen, holding and reading a schoolbook, as he usually did.
" School work?"
" Yeah, well I'm just reading through everything again before the test tomorrow."
" Anything interesting?"
" English literature"
" Ah! I'll let you study in peace then"
" No it's alright, do you want a hand?"
" Thank you dear"
And so mother and son helped setting the table and cooking, and it didn't take long before the dinner was ready and William went up to get his younger brother.
As they all say down to eat and they all talked about their day in school, Caroline couldn't help but smile and feel so blessed that she had they two darling angels in her life, and that she could enjoy a home evening like this and really treasure it. A small though occurred to her, and she was always as stunned as she wondered how John could have left all this, their home and the two boys just like that. She pushed the thought away, determined to not let John ruin any more of her moments with the boys or Kate or the rest of her family either.
" Right, are you all done? Who wants dessert?" Caroline smiled as her boys eyes lit up by the word dessert.
