Spoilers: Everything up to and including 6/10/2009.
Rating: T
Posting: Only with the permission of the author.
A/N: All other info for the first story applies to this one. I just came up with this story after today's episode (6/10/2009). It makes me giggle just thinking about it. Gotta love watching Olivia being sexually frustrated.
Exercise Does a Body Good
Parked in the driveway of the farmhouse, Olivia sat stationary in her car debating whether to tell Natalia about what had happened with Josh today. "On one hand, I hate to keep things from her. On the other, what do I think I will accomplish by telling her about it? I'm sure it will hurt her, and for what? To clear my conscience?" The newly brunette woman took in a deep breath, stopping for a moment from her rambling. "Course, what are we to each other? We aren't lovers, hell we haven't even kissed, not really anyway. We never said we would be exclusive." She sighed in a somber fashion, "I'm just making excuses now. I'm guilty of betraying her, and I know it. She deserves the truth, just in case someone saw Josh and me. It would be a lot more hurtful coming from someone else."
Suddenly the front door swung open revealing Natalia with a wide smirk on her face. Olivia's front window was rolled down so she heard the younger woman yell to her from the doorway, "Are you coming in, or are you going to sit there all evening and talk to yourself?"
The older woman smiled inwardly taking the key out of the ignition and grabbing her purse. "Please don't hate me too much, Natalia" she quietly mumbled to herself as she took in yet another deep breath. She slowly got out of the car and made her way to the front door where the woman she loved still stood waiting for her.
"You must have been having a good conversation," the dark brunette said with a smile on her face as Olivia came closer.
"How long have you been watching me?" the other woman asked shyly.
Kind eyes gazed happily at her, "How long have you been sitting there?" she giggled until she saw self-conscious hazel-green eyes drop to the ground. "Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel bad." She pulled the older woman into a reassuring hug. "I talk to myself all the time."
"Oh I know. I've heard you talking to your cupcakes when you're baking." Olivia mumbled into sweet scented long hair. Both women laughed as Natalia pulled away and playfully slapped the other woman on the arm.
"Come on, dinner's almost ready" she said heading off into the kitchen.
Nervously Olivia removed her coat wondering if she should tell the other woman now or after they ate. If there was going to be a fight, it would probably be better to get it over with sooner than later.
She watched the Latina woman busily moving around the kitchen putting the final touches on the meal she had prepared for the two of them. She had officially invited Olivia over for the evening after listening to the voicemail that was left on her phone. The older woman sounded as though she had just gotten out of bed, which had made Natalia blush realizing she must have been the first person Olivia had thought of when she woke up. Rafe was out with Frank, and she had no idea when he'd be back but was certain it wouldn't be until after dinner.
Trying to muster up as much courage as possible, the new brunette hesitantly spoke up. "Uhm, Natalia?"
"Yes?" she replied without turning from the sauce she was diligently stirring on the stove. There was a long pause from the other woman which prompted Natalia to turn around. "What's up?" she asked in a cheerful manner.
Olivia sighed heavily, "I have to tell you something."
The look on her face made Natalia quite nervous, "Oh my god, something is wrong. What's wrong? Is it Emma?"
"No. No, it's not Emma. Nothing to do with our kids."
"But something is wrong, isn't it?" Concern and uncertainty was evident in her chocolate brown eyes, and Olivia nearly lost her nerve to continue.
"I guess it depends on how you look at it" she started off, but then thought a moment. "Yes, something is wrong."
"Do I need to sit down for this?" Natalia asked worried.
"Uhm, no not necessarily. It's not that bad, depending on how you look at it." Olivia half-heartedly laughed to herself despite the lack of humor in the situation as she watched Natalia turn the stove off and sit down in front of her urging her to continue. The older woman sighed, "My car wouldn't start today, and as I was standing over it looking at the engine, Josh came up to ask me if he could help."
"That was nice of him," the dark brunette quietly said.
"Yeah, it was. Uhm, well as he was offering, he was sort of flirting with me."
Natalia's eyes widened slightly. "Oook. Did you flirt back?" She put her hands up in front of her, "Wait, look who I'm talking to. Olivia Spencer. Your middle name may as well be uber-flirter." She nervously laughed, afraid of what was coming next. "Did he ask you out?"
"No, not exactly." Olivia looked at the floor, as the tile became very interesting to her.
"So what happened?" Natalia was beginning to become more and more insecure, and the fact that the other woman was avoiding eye contact with her wasn't helping. "Did you tell him about us?"
"No. No, I...No" Taking in a deep breath, she looked up from the floor and locked eyes with dark brown eyes. "He kissed me." No reaction was made from the other woman. "And I sort of kissed him back."
This time it was Natalia's turn to look at the floor, as silent tears stung her eyes. "Who stopped the kiss?" she asked the tile.
"I did. I told him I shouldn't have done that."
Reddening eyes looked up at her, breaking Olivia's heart. "Why did you?"
She shook her head, looking at everything in the room except for the woman seated in front of her. "I've been trying to figure that out all day. No, that's a lie. I knew why I kissed him back."
"It's because we haven't kissed" Natalia finished for her.
"Yeah. Yeah, and I've just been feeling kind of...well, frustrated lately." Her voice dropped a few octaves in the last few words.
"So you thought you'd kiss the first available man that came along?" the Latina woman spat out angrily.
"No, it was nothing like that. Look, Natalia, you were the one I wanted to be kissing, and I realized that and that's why I ended the kiss so quickly. And that's also why I decided to take some, uhm, measures to help alleviate some of my frustrations."
Still angry and quite irritated, the dark brunette shook her head. "I don't understand, what measures? Did you sleep with him?"
"No!" Olivia practically screamed, startling the other woman with her conviction. "No, of course not. I would never do that to you. I admit the kiss was wrong, but I would never go that far. I would never intentionally hurt you." Her eyes pleaded with the other woman.
"I believe you" she quietly stated.
"Good" she breathed deeply. "Good."
They stared at each other for a few moments, not sure what to say next. Anger was beginning to slowly ease out of Natalia's body. "So. I don't understand. If you didn't sleep with him, and you broke the kiss off, what are the "measures" you took? Exercise?"
A coy smirk edged its way onto Olivia's face. "That's one way of putting it."
Not getting her meaning, and completely befuddled at why the other woman was suddenly grinning, the younger woman shook her head once again. "I don't get it, what are you talking about?"
Olivia laughed, "Wow, I swear I'm in love with Mary Poppins." She laughed again looking at the still confused look on Natalia's face which was now growing with irritation.
"Don't make fun of me" she announced a little dejected.
"I'm not making fun of you, I swear. You are just by far the most adorable and sweet person I have ever met" she firmly stated with an honest smile on her face which softened the other woman slightly.
"Ok, so tell this adorable sweet person what you're talking about once and for all."
A bit of a shy smile crept along Olivia's face, "I went to the store on the corner of 7th Avenue and Main." It was clear on Natalia's face that she wasn't following her. "Natalia, please. Help me out here!" she laughed.
"I'm trying!" she threw her hands up exasperated. "Ok. You went to the store on 7th and Main." Natalia drew inwardly thinking about this fact handed to her while Olivia watched with a pleading look on her face, waiting for the information to sink in. She knew the dark brunette knew which store sat on this corner. Finally a lightbulb went off, and it all became clear in a flash. "OH!"
"Oh thank god" Olivia breathed a sigh of relief.
A deep crimson blush flushed Natalia's face stretching all the way down her neck, and leading all the way to where her shirt ended causing Olivia to also blush as she thought she may need to "exercise" again when she got back to the hotel. Silence filled the room as both women tried to recover from the awkward moment.
"So, uhm...Should we go ahead eat dinner then?" Natalia asked shyly.
Softly Olivia replied, "Sounds like a good idea."
Hands slightly shaking, the younger woman returned to the stove and resumed stirring the sauce she had abandoned earlier. "Olivia?"
"Hmm?"
"Could you come here a second?" Natalia breathed in sharply trying to ease her nerves.
The older woman obeyed, and stepped softly over to where the other woman was. "Need help?" she asked in a chipper voice.
Without over thinking it, Natalia quickly turned to face the woman in front of her and brought their lips together in a kiss that could only be described as whimsical, yet passionate all in the same few seconds. All too fast it was over, leaving a stunned hazel-green eyed woman as shy dimples slipped onto the face in front of her.
Finally finding her voice, Olivia asked "What was that for?"
Looking back at the sauce, and dipping her spoon in it, Natalia replied "The sauce tastes better with warm lips." She lifted up the spoon now filled with sauce and brought it to Olivia's still stunned lips. "Taste," she whispered seductively while staring into deep pools of darkening green. Again the older woman obeyed as she was told, slightly parting her lips while never losing eye contact with the woman in front of her. As the spoon entered her mouth and the complex flavors melted over her tongue, she closed her eyes while thinking that this had to be the most sensual moment she had ever experienced.
Thoroughly enjoying the effect the whole scene was having on the woman she loved, Natalia grinned from ear to ear, her dimples practically getting lost as they grew deeper into her blushing flesh. Watching Olivia's eyes flutter back open in front of her, she quietly asked, "Good?"
Bedroom eyes gazed at Natalia as she huskily replied, "It's perfect."
End
