Reaching to answer her incessantly vibrating phone, Kahlan looses a groan when she sees her sister's face grinning up at her from the glowing screen. Deciding to ignore it, she turns it off, and places it back on the nightstand – she knows that it'll just be Dennee wanting details about what happened with Cara after she and Dahlia left the club, and Kahlan is just too damn tired to gossip with her sister at this un-godly hour.
Rolling onto her back and stretching out her arms, she realises that there should be someone else in her bed, but the other side is cold and empty, with no sign of Cara. Closing her eyes, Kahlan takes a deep breath and sighs, wondering what else she expected. Cara doesn't seem like the kind of woman to spend the night snuggling with a one-night stand, so she shouldn't be surprised to find her gone.
But then she hears it; the unmistakable sound of the balcony doors opening in the living room. Knowing it won't be Richard, Kahlan feels an odd sense of relief when she realises that Cara hasn't left. Climbing out of bed and wrapping a warm blanket around her naked body, Kahlan makes her way to the source of the noise. As she steps out of her room and looks towards the small balcony that overlooks the park just in front of her building and then the city beyond that, she's momentarily taken aback by what she sees; Cara's gloriously naked form is silhouetted against the silvery-blue glow of the extremely early morning.
She makes her way to Cara, and wraps her arm around the other woman's waist, muttering a quiet, "Hey."
Cara cranes her neck, tries to turn enough to see Kahlan fully. But it's an awkward angle, so she settles for laying her arm across Kahlan's and pulling it more securely across her stomach. "Hey yourself."
Resting her chin on Cara's shoulder, Kahlan sees her bring a cup of steaming something to her lips and take a small sip. "What you got there?" She asks.
"I couldn't sleep, so I rifled through your cabinets. Found some tea. Is that OK?"
"Mm, of course." Reaching for the mug, Kahlan says, "Can I?" Cara nods, hands her the cup, and as she takes a sip, Kahlan smiles. "Pineapple and grapefruit green tea," she says. "My favourite."
Kahlan reaches out to put the cup down on the small table sat in the corner of the balcony, and then turns back to Cara. "It's cold out here; you didn't want to put some clothes on? Or maybe grab a blanket?"
Cara scoffs, shakes her head, and says, "It's not that cold. It's a little chilly maybe, but not cold."
"Uh huh, if you say so." Kahlan moves her hand across Cara's taut stomach and over her tight abs. Feeling Cara shiver slightly, she removes her arm from around Cara, opens her blanket and wraps it around them both.
"What're you-"
"You were shivering Cara, you must be a little cold," Kahlan interrupts.
"I wasn't shivering because of the cold, Kahlan," Cara chuckles.
Confused, Kahlan asks, "Then why…?" Realising it was because of her, she whispers, "Oh."
Holding the blanket closed with one hand, Kahlan wraps the other back around Cara's waist, and splays her hand across Cara stomach. She steps closer to Cara, presses her breasts into her back, pulls Cara more firmly against her, and leans down to kiss her exposed neck. "It was because of me, why you shivered."
Before Cara can answer, Kahlan licks up the column of her neck, takes her earlobe into her mouth, and sucks. She rakes her hand up Cara's abdomen, over her ribs and palms at her breast. She gently rolls and pinches at Cara nipple until it stiffens, and when she hears Cara loose a small groan, she moves on to the next.
Letting go of the blanket, Kahlan places her now free hand on Cara's stomach, and slowly slides downwards over her hip bone and down Cara's thigh. With blunted nails, Kahlan scratches up Cara's inner thigh, eyes fluttering closed at the warmth and wetness she finds when she reaches Cara's sex.
Stroking through Cara's folds, Kahlan moans, and absently mutters, "So wet."
As she roughly pinches Cara's nipple, the blonde bucks into Kahlan's teasing hand, and gasps, "Please, Kahlan."
Moving to Cara's entrance, Kahlan slides two fingers inside, hooks them, and pulls out, bringing Cara's slickness with them. She moves her fingers upwards, and spreads the wetness over Cara's engorged clit.
Alternating between rubbing hard and fast, and slow and gentle circles, Kahlan soon has Cara panting, has her groans turning into whimpers. Kahlan moves the hand that had been teasing Cara's breasts down to her hip, holding her steady as her bucking hips get ever more forceful and insistent.
Kahlan moves her fingers to Cara's entrance, and roughly plunges two fingers knuckle deep into her. She hears Cara's gasped "oh fuck" as she falls forward and grips tightly on the wrought-iron railing of the balcony. Having decided she's teased Cara enough, Kahlan thrusts hard into her. With each thrust of her fingers, Kahlan bucks her sex into Cara's ass, drawing ever loudening gasps, moans and wanton cries from her.
Sensing that Cara's close, Kahlan reaches with her other hand, and rubs hard quick circles on Cara's clit, once, twice, three times, and then Cara's clenching around her fingers. As her orgasm hits her, Cara cries out, and grinds herself down harder onto Kahlan's still thrusting fingers, spilling her release onto Kahlan's hand.
As Cara continues clenching around her fingers, Kahlan slows her thrusts, allowing Cara to ride out her orgasm. Sure that she's milked every last drop from Cara, Kahlan pulls out, earning a small whimper from Cara. With Cara still supporting herself on the railing, Kahlan moulds herself to her; naked stomach and breasts pressed close to Cara's back as Kahlan leans to whisper, "You OK there?"
Turning her head to look at Kahlan, Cara languidly says, "Mm, I'm more than OK."
Placing her hand between Cara's breasts, Kahlan stands, bringing the other woman with her. Noticing a few early morning runners passing through the park below, Kahlan leans down to gather the discarded blanket, wrapping them both once again.
"I think we should take this inside," she says.
She starts to turn, only to feel Cara hesitate. Although Kahlan can only see one side of Cara's face, her frown is evident. She wraps her arms around Cara's waist, rests her chin on her shoulder and asks, "What's wrong?"
Turning in Kahlan's arms, Cara smiles nervously, encircling Kahlan's neck, and gently playing with the loose hair she finds there. "Go on a date with me."
Trying, and failing, to hide her smile at the utter adorableness of the somewhat arrogant Cara being nervous to ask her out, Kahlan can only manage a big smile and a small nod.
Blowing out a relieved breath, Cara's smile turns triumphant. "How about tonight?" she asks. "I know a great little Italian place."
Leaning in to kiss Cara, Kahlan mumbles against her lips, "Sounds perfect."