Carmilla walked up to her girlfriend's place. She was a bit worried about dinner with her family tonight. She knew her nerves would just be increased after she got to kiss Laura after being calmed for a moment.

She knocked on Laura's door and waited for her to answer. When she still hadn't answered she knocked again before sending her a text.

Laura opened the door and to Carmilla's surprise, she was in sweatpants and a shirt that was stained. She looked exhausted. Her voice confirmed that she was tired, "Hey, I like seeing you, but why are you here dressed so nice?" She let out a yawn.

"Laura, it's Sunday."

"So you were in town seeing your mother?" Laura asked before thinking, "Shit, I completely forgot. I'm so sorry."

"Are your finals bothering you that bad?" Carmilla asked while walking into Laura's small apartment.

Laura groaned, "Don't remind me of my upcoming week. Do you think I have time to shower?"

"We might be a little late, but my mother will be too caught up in meeting you. Hurry up," Carmilla said kissing her before pushing her lightly towards her bathroom. She sat down on the couch letting out a light chuckle at all the papers sprawled out from Laura's studying. She pulled out her phone sending a text to Mattie telling her that they'll be late and started trashing emails. She heard the water turn off and Laura hurried steps to her room.

Carmilla yelled out to her, "You act like I haven't seen it before." She focused on her phone again until Laura jumped into her lap.

"I don't want to give you any ideas," Laura said before meeting Carmilla's lips with her own. To Laura's surprise, Carmilla pushed her away and almost off her lap. "Not interested anymore?" Laura teased.

"I would love to ravish you, but we both agreed, we're not basing our relationship on sex. We're also already running late, so please hurry up and get dressed and do whatever else you might need to," Carmilla said before giving her a light kiss.

"How are you so perfect?"

"Laura, this isn't the time for us to act like a gross couple."

"It was an actual question, but fine. You want to help me pick out something to wear?" Laura asked getting off Carmilla's lap.

"You would look lovely in anything, but my mother probably doesn't think the same so yes," Carmilla allowed herself to be pulled up by Laura.

Laura didn't take too long trying to pick out a dress to wear. Carmilla sat on her bed while she dressed and did her hair. They talked back and forth about each other's day since Laura study all day it was mostly Carmilla explaining everything she's done.

They were seated in Carmilla's mustang while Laura was doing her makeup. They had been sitting in silence since they've gotten in the car. It started off comfortable because she was doing her makeup, but now Laura started feeling it get tense.

She finally broke the silence between them, "What's your mother like?"

"Full of backhanded compliments, she's very self-centered, tell me I deserve better, tell you that I'm a failure, and to end the night, she'll pick a fight with me," Carmilla calmly explained.

"Sounds very lovely."

Carmilla chuckled, "Just smile and nod and eventually the night will be over. After it's all over, we get to spend the rest of the night with just the two of us," Carmilla said very soothing grabbing Laura's hand. "Of course, you're books will be there too if you're ok with that?"

"If you're there that's ok in my book. I'm always happy to be around you," Laura smiled when Carmilla squeezed her hand. "I hope you're ok with me around," Laura thought out loud.

"I'm calm with you around. I'm myself around, and you accept that like I accept all of you," Carmilla smiled when she felt Laura's lips on her cheek. She let go of Laura's hand to turn up the radio, "Let's leave the sappy moments for after dinner."

"But my sappy girlfriend is here," Laura whined.

"She's got to go be a badass to save her sappiness for you."

"As long as this 'badass' side still loves me then fine," Laura said noticing Carmilla tense up. "I didn't mean to say that."

Carmilla calmed herself, "Don't worry about it. This is what the sex ban is about, finding out our feelings? Right?"

"It is, but I didn't mean to freak you out."

"Laura, really, it's fine. You scare me in a way, I do feel something for you. I don't know exactly what it is, so in a way I'm thankful for you talking to me about not having sex."

"I feel something for you too," Laura kissed her cheek.

The rest of the drive included Laura serenading Carmilla and Carmilla serenading Laura. They finally reached Carmilla's mother's mansion. Laura looked at it with wide eyes.

"You ok?" Carmilla asked concerned, "Because we don't have to go."

"You have to go, but I wasn't expecting this."

"My mom is a pretty big deal," Carmilla said.

"What does she do?"

"She'll sue our asses if we don't hurry up. Mattie is making her way over here," Carmilla said as she shut off her car. She got out and walked around to Laura's side.

"Nice of you two to grace us with your presence. Mother was beginning to think you weren't going to show," Mattie said. Carmilla opened the door for Laura and held out her hand. "How nice of you."

"Feeling hostile tonight," Carmilla said shutting the door and leading Laura into the house.

"You haven't had to listen to mother for the last hour."

"I've had to do it before," Carmilla said, "This time I have someone to suffer with me."

"It's nice to see you again, Laura," Mattie said.

They walked into the house, "Carmilla, you finally made it. I thought I taught you about tardiness."

"I apologize, mother. Laura is very studious and was studying for her upcoming finals," Carmilla said to the woman who appeared from a nearby room.

"I suppose she can be forgiven this once, but if the others were able to make it just fine despite their studies," she said. "Hello, my dear," she said to Laura. "I'm ."

"It's nice to meet you, ma'am," Laura smiled as she shook her hand.

"My pleasure," she said, "Come now, your brothers are certainly famished."

They were all seated at the table. Ms. Karnstein was at the head of the table with Carmilla and Laura, followed by Mattie and Perry, to her left and JP and Lafontaine then Will were seated on her right. They ate. But after awhile of talking, Laura felt herself fidgeting with her hands while everyone else was eating.

"Laura?" Ms. Karnstein asked getting Laura's attention, "are you alright, dear?"

"Yeah, I'm just nervous about meeting you," Laura stuttered. She felt Carmilla placing her hand on her thigh in a comforting her.

"Dear, if you're nervous about meeting me then how do you expect to find a job," Ms. Karnstein said. "No wonder you still haven't finished school," she muttered.

Carmilla's hand that was on Laura's thigh balled into a fist. Laura quickly grabbed it trying to avoid Carmilla picking the fight. "She actually has a great job currently," Mattie said, "She works with me on some of the company matters."

"Is that because she's dating Carmilla? Mattie, you shouldn't allow her to use your little sister like that."

"Thank you, Mattie, for trying to get your mother to approve of me. I actually work as a manager for a sub shop on the campus," Laura said. She wasn't ashamed of her job, but she wasn't proud of it either.

Ms. Karnstein let out a laugh, "You should've stuck with the lie. I guess a failure would eventually meet someone equal to her." Carmilla dropped her fork onto her plate and sucked in a deep breath. "Do you have something to say? You might want to let it out now while you have everyone's attention."

"Do you really want to hear what I have to say or are you trying to look motherly in front of someone?" Carmilla asked.

"Carmilla, just say it," Will said with a grin.

"I agree with William. Tell your mother what you need. More money? It's been awhile hasn't it?"

"Lafontaine and I are leaving. I'll see you soon for the holidays," JP said with Lafontaine saying a quick bye as they left.

"Look at what you've done now, you've made one of your brothers leave because of a tantrum."

Carmilla opened her, but Laura's words came first, "Actually you picked the fight first however many years ago, so you had the tantrum first."

"This is getting really good," Will said quietly and received a kick from Mattie.

"Is that how you feel darling?" She asked Carmilla.

"You've insult me, and I can live with that, but don't you ever insult the woman I'm falling in love with ever again. You may be my mother, but you've never been a motherly influence on me. Laura has never abused the fact that she has a close relationship with me. She is actually extremely confident and brave. She is not a failure, she is doing everything to have a great education for a flawless resume," Carmilla said grabbing Laura's hand, "Are you ready to go?"

Once they were back in Carmilla's mustang, Carmilla was dead silent making Laura uneasy. She kept messing with the radio, and eventually Carmilla got annoyed and turned it off.

After a few seconds of silence, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."

"I know, but are you really falling in love with me?"

Carmilla sighed, "Yes."

Laura felt herself become torn between trusting Carmilla and herself. "Ok, well, um, the night is young, so what'd you say we put these nice outfits to use?" Laura said smiling.

"What exactly would that be?"

"I don't know, hit up a nice club or bar?"

"You want to go to a bar?" Carmilla asked chuckling, "Ok, let's go to a bar."

They didn't go to a nice one like Laura thought they would have. It was a biker bar that Laura was pretty sure she heard that a body was found there. Laura was very worried about being there, but that fear soon vanished when all the bikers in there greeted Carmilla with so much love. Carmilla introduced her to pretty much all the people in there who gave the threatening speech about hurting her. They eventually were sitting next to the dart board and Carmilla's arm was around Laura's shoulder after she pulled her close to her.

"This is what I consider my actual family," Carmilla said confidently.

"What about Mattie, Will, and JP?" Laura asked.

"My dad was actually part of this gang, so Will and JP are considered to be part of it to like me. They respect Mattie since she came to pick me up so much when I was a teenager. They made a promise to my dad to always protect us. They made a promise to me when I was born to always love me."

"Thank you for sharing with me," Laura smiled kissing her cheek.

"You've stuck around this long, and you're willing to actually know me."

"Because under that punk rock attitude, there's a sweet dork in there," Laura said smiling at the laugh Carmilla let out.

Carmilla pulled Laura back to look at her, "You know, you're a fucking nerd, a cute one, but a nerd."

"I'm your nerd," Laura said before kissing her.

When they pulled apart, "Kitty, would you part away from your girlfriend to play a game of pool?"

Carmilla gave her a look like she was asking. "Go ahead," Laura said rolling her eyes. Laura sipped on her beer watching Carmilla play pool.

"Treat her right, ok? She has enough shit with her mother," a biker said next to her making her jump.

"I plan to, she means so much to me."

"You've got a rough past too, so you know to treasure certain people. I'll let you know this, there are very few people like Carmilla. They have law abiding citizens. She has an entire gang ready to unleash hell," he said.

"I've got a dad on the police force," Laura said unsure of herself so she just smiled.

"He wouldn't be enough," he said, "we won't kill you, but you would be very hurt."

"Yes, sir," Laura said scared.

"But you have our protection for now," he eyed her, "you make her happy." He got up and walked away.

Laura refocused on her girlfriend just in time to watch her bend over the table. Laura felt herself get turned on and downed the rest of the beer.

Because Carmilla totally went into bars as a teenager especially biker ones, but like image little Carmilla on a bike. Laura finally met Carmilla's mother and she kind of hates her, and she also knows how Carmilla is feeling about her.

Instead of paying attention to my classes, I write outlines or beginnings of stories.

I hope you enjoyed, have a nice, and farewell!