The sun was just starting to come in through the blinds as Nicole started to wake up. It was a cold December morning so she snuggled back down into the blankets. She felt a warm arm squeeze her closer, it felt familiar, comfortable, the heavy feeling of it laying across her waist.

Nicole's eyes shot open. Last night.

She didn't even remember falling asleep but she's glad she woke up next to Wynonna, it means last night wasn't part of some very vivid dream. That the last couple months weren't part of an elaborate delusion. Nicole didn't want to move, she didn't want this perfect bubble to burst, but she really had to go to the bathroom; and if she could see the sun it meant they probably had to leave soon.

Nicole carefully extracted herself from half under Wynonna and the small mountain of blankets they were under. She regretted it the minute her feet hit the floor, it was freezing, she skipped her way to the bathroom gently closing the door as to not wake Wynonna. She quickly used the bathroom, brushed her hair and teeth, trying not to let her mind drift to the uncertainty waiting for her in the other room.

When she got back to the room the bed was empty and Wynonna was changed, just pulling a sweater over her head. "Mornin'", she mumbled in Nicole's direction.

"Hey, morning", Nicole replied priding herself on coming off casual. "I figured we would get our stuff together and grab coffee on the road".

"Mm coffee", Wynonna agreed shoving clothes into a bag half hazardly. Nicole smiled as she began to do the same, Wynonna was useless in the morning especially before coffee.

A few minutes later the car was packed up and they were on the road. The car was quiet with the music playing low, the bumps on the road bouncing both of them from time to time. Nicole considered breaking the silence and bringing up the night before but she couldn't find the words, what was she going to say? Hey remember that time we kissed and then things really escalated quickly and I kinda sorta got you off?

Nicole was saved from her own thoughts when they pulled into the drive thru. They ordered some coffee and donuts for the trip and were on there way. After a couple sips of coffee Wynonna reached forward to turn up the music, finally feeling like a real human. On her way back she grabbed her coffee and took another long sip, starring at the road to avoid swerving out of her lane. She placed her cup back in the holder and reached for Nicole's hand, slipping her fingers through hers and squeezing.

It was her way of showing affection. Nicole took a breath and looked at their linked hands, finally she looked up to smile over at her, Wynonna smirked back at her and turned back to look at the road.

This was a thing, this was a thing they were doing. That familiar feeling of euphoria bubbled up in Nicole's chest, maybe this could work.

A few hours passed of chatting and singing to the radio, they were maybe 20 minutes from town where Wynonna would be dropping Nicole at her parents house for the holidays. They were of course going to be seeing each other, she only lived a 10 minute drive down the road; but they just had this new part of their relationship and Nicole didn't want to spend any time away from her.

Wynonna pulled off on a side road, taking Nicole by surprise, "Before we get into town", she said looking at Nicole's face. "I just wanted a moment..", her sentence trailed off as she leaned in to Nicole.

Nicole closed the gap quickly kissing her without hesitation. She felt Wynonna's tongue glide across her lip asking for entrance which Nicole gave her immediately, the kiss became heated quickly tongues meeting in the middle, gasps of air being taken in at any chance, not wanting to have to break the kiss for something as silly as breathing. She felt Wynonna's hand travel from where is was resting on her shoulder blade down her body to her ass, where it had lifted slightly to lean into the kiss, she felt a slight squeeze. Nicole moved her body up more trying to get closer to Wynonna when they heard a car coming up the road behind them and parted quickly, both smiling and looking a little dazed. Without another word Wynonna put the car in drive, pulled around and headed into town.

A short drive later Nicole was standing in her driveway with her bags in her hands watching Wynonna back out. She took a deep breath, it was time to go deal with her family, it was going to be a long week.

"Hey Mom!", Nicole shouted announcing her return. "Hey Nic, dear, you look like you've lost weight!", Her mother said as she walked towards the door, looking her up and down before adding, "You know, nobody likes it when girls put on that freshman 15.". She hugged Nicole at the door before she could put her backs down.

So it begins.

"Uh, ya, thanks Mom.", Nicole replied, I dropped weight after going off birth control so you can thank the lesbianism, she thought sarcastically to herself.

"I'm going to take my things to my room, do you need help with anything?", Nicole added, always preferring to be on her mothers good side.

"No, no dear, I don't need any help but you can take the dog for a walk. Oh! And if you want you can take the car to go see James."

"Mom, we broke up. I told you this, and we haven't spoken since then", Nicole deadpanned, feeling heat rising in her cheeks. Her mother would do this, she would find a way bring him up.

"Well I was talking to him on Facebook and I think he really misses you, he would definitely take you back if you asked him. He's such a sweet boy! Plus he's so helpful-"

"-Mom, please. We just weren't good together, I really started to just see him as more of a friend or brother not a boyfriend.", Nicole lied. She was starting to get angry, why was her mother talking to him? Why did she insist on inserting herself into everything? She didn't want to have this talk again. "I'll go take out the dog, but I'm not going to see him", she passed by her mother with her bags ending the conversation.

Nicole put on some warmer clothes, got the dog and went into the forest. Once they were far enough in she took the leash off so Pickles could run free as she pleased. She put her headphones on and blasted the music trying to just drown out her conversation with her mother. It had been 20 minutes and she was already regretting coming home.

She pulled out her phone to text Wynonna, "Kill me now", she sent off. Less than a minute later her phone buzzed in her pocket, "Your mom? If you want I can come kidnap you". Nicole smiled at her phone before sending back, "I'll survive for now but I may take you up on that". Thank god for Wynonna, she didn't know what she would do without her sometimes.

The next few days went by fairly quickly, mostly just avoiding her mother and sneaking away to grab coffee with friends and Wynonna. Stealing a few brief kisses along the way, none of them were enough. It was like Wynonna was a drug, she had her first taste and now she needed more, she needed her fix like she needed to eat. Luckily it seemed like she wasn't the only one that felt this way, finding her equally breathless after a quick kiss the other night.

It was Christmas Eve, it was mid afternoon and Nicoles mother was already drunk. She wanted to leave the house but couldn't knowing there was no excuse good enough to leave 'family time'. She pulled out her phone, she felt warmth flow through her seeing texts waiting from Wynonna.

They were nothing special but they made her smile, she went to reply, "Hey Wy".

"What's up buttercup?"

"I've been wondering, I wanted to ask you something"

"What's on your mind Nic?"

"What are we doing, like what are we?"

Long pause. Nicole was starting to regret her boldness. Finally a response.

"What do you want us to be doing?"

Ugh. Noncommittal, of course.

"Dating.."

"Well then we are dating"

Nicole stared at her phone for a long couple seconds, was it really that easy? She thought about questioning it, about just calling her or hopping into her car and driving over there. But it was close to dinner time and that wouldn't end well for either of them. Nicole typed, erased, typed again, erased.

"So you're my girlfriend then?

"Yep, I gotta go, text you after dinner, babe"

Girlfriend. She has a girlfriend. Nicole could scream she was so happy. It didn't feel like other times, this felt less significant almost nonchalant but maybe this was how it was supposed to be and the new her wasn't going to question it.

Maybe she would make it through this holiday with her mother after all. Now that she had a girlfriend to turn to. She heard her mother call for dinner, getting up from her bed she could feel all her excitement bubbling inside her chest. She desperately wished she could share this news, share how happy she was but she knew she couldn't and even if she could, it wasn't the time.

It was her secret. And it was an amazing one.

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The next several days had been a blur between Christmas and Boxing Day, and all the family parties neither of them had had a lot of time to see each other. But tonight was New Years Eve and they had a plans. Nicole's family was gone for the night to a friends place in a nearby town to celebrate which left her house empty.

Wynonna and Nicole planned on getting dinner together, then going to a mutual friends house party then back to Nicole's house for the night. Nicole spent most of the afternoon trying to figure out what to wear, this was their first date and she wanted it to be perfect. She tried on almost every piece of nice clothing she had before finally settling on a tight pair of jeans and a nice shirt with a blazer over top. She even straightened her hair to pull the outfit together.

She made sure that the house was tidy and that the fridge was stocked with beer. Just as Nicole was finally ready a knock sounded at the door signalling Wynonna's arrival. She hopped down the steps to the front door and opened it a little breathless, which accurately describes how she felt when she took in Wynonna's appearance. She was wearing a pair of dark jeans and boots with a loose fitting green top with her black peacoat open over top, her hair was down and wavy and her makeup was done to perfection.

"Perfect timing", She said to Wynonna moving to the side to let her in. As soon as Nicole closed the door she felt Wynonna pin her against it.

"I've missed you, its been days", Wynonna said

Nicole smiled into the kiss that followed, letting Wynonna lead, feeling herself relax in her girlfriends arms.

"I want to keep kissing you but I'm starving and we have a reservation to make." Nicole whispered between them, placing a gentle kiss to Wynonna's lips.

Nicole fixed her clothes a bit and started to put her shoes on, looking up at Wynonna as she spoke, "You know, we could always just order pizza then we wouldn't have to worry about being anywhere for awhile", she punctuated the sentence with a wink.

"I'll order the pizza, you grab the beer", Nicole replied sliding off her untied her shoes and coat. She kinda wished she hadn't spent time doing her hair but this date was way more her than some fancy restaurant.

Wynonna headed up the stairs finding her way to the fridge and pulling out a couple beers for them. Two beers later the pizza finally arrived, Nicole had made sure to keep her distance knowing that if she started to kiss Wynonna she probably wouldn't be able to stop and then they would be very drunk and hungry.

They ate in relative silence, letting the tv play in the background like they have a million times before. Once they were both full Nicole brought the pizza into the kitchen, followed closely by Wynonna with their empty bottles.

Wynonna grabbed another beer for them both, Nicole hopped up onto the counter, as a beer was pressed into her hand. "Cheers", they said at the same time clinking the bottles together. Wynonna stepped between Nicole's legs sliding her arms around her. "I'm glad I finally have you all to myself".

"Mhm", Nicole hummed, sliding her hand to the back of Wynonna's neck to pull her in. This time she wanted to have the control, she wanted to show her how much she's wanted her these past few days.

Nicole kissed her modestly, a peck, then another, before flicking her tongue out to catch Wynonna's lip. Immediately deepening the kiss with a fierceness that wasn't there a second ago, Nicole put her beer down and wrapped her other arm around Wynonna's back pulling her closer.

Wynonna placed her own beer next to Nicole's and grabbed her hips to gently pulled her off the counter, changing the angle of the kiss; she moved her hands up to pull away Nicole's blazer.

Nicole pulled at Wynonna's clothes uselessly just needing to feel her body against her own, finally letting her hands settle on her belt buckle.

Nicole broke the kiss and looked up at Wynonna to make sure this was okay. Consent was very import to her and she wanted to make sure she didn't cross any lines of make assumptions.

Wynonna nodded to Nicole signalling a green light. Nicole unbuckled the belt and slid it through the loops off her waist, throwing it to the ground in the kitchen with a heavy clunk. Wynonna had begun making her way down Nicole's neck alternating between kissing and licking the exposed skin.

Nicole pulled away when she felt teeth on her neck, "Hey! No hickies. I can't cover that up.", she looked at Wynonna seriously making sure she understood knowing full well that that had been her intention.

Wynonna pouted a little, ducking her head down and looking up at Nicole through her eyelashes. Nicole smirked, trying to stay serious, this woman was going to be the end of her. "Fine, if you must, just make sure they aren't anywhere visible.", Nicole said giving in.

"Let's maybe move this to your room? I don't think your neighbours want to see what's coming next.", Wynonna said starting to lift Nicole's shirt off her body, revealing a navy blue bra that complimented her red hair perfectly. "Ya, they definitely don't want to see what's happening next", She added, kissing Nicole again, starting to walk backwards in the direction of Nicole's room.

In this moment Nicole was thankful for two things, the first is that she had worn her only matching pair of underwear, that just so happen to look amazing on her, and the second was that she had a queen sized bed; thankfully they wouldn't have to squeeze onto a single bed.

As they walked towards the bed they shed their clothing tossing them to the floor, till they were both only in their underwear. Wynonna pushed Nicole onto her bed, pulling her jeans off from around ankles before joining her. Nicole took a moment to take in Wynonna's appearance, she was wearing a black bra with subtle lace on it with black floral panties; they hugged her body in all the right ways. Nicole's mouth went dry, all moisture going elsewhere.

The reality of the situation finally hit her.

This was actually about to happen. She was about to have sex with her best friend in her bed. Until a week ago this had only ever been a fantasy, an extremely unlikely event, now her best friend was almost naked standing in front of her looking at her like she was a prize she had won. Looking at her like there was nowhere else she would rather be than right there in that moment.

"You're too far away", Nicole said, reaching out to grab Wynonna's hand, pulling her onto the bed and on top of her. They kissed slowly, purposefully, like they had all the time in the world; they let their hands explore each other sliding from lower back up and scratching lightly back down. Moving hands to cup over top of bras to feel each other, chests flushed and heaving.

Wynonna stopped to look down at Nicole, pulling at her bra strap with a raised eyebrow, asking without words if she could take it off. Nicole nodded, arching her back off the bed give her access to the clasp, feeling a slight chill on her nipples as they were exposed to the colder air in the room.

"You too", Nicole asked, using the tip of her finger to lift the bottom of Wynonna's bra a bit, smiling as she complied and Nicole was greeted with her bare chest.

Nicole slid her hands up Wynonna's body feeling the small bumps from her abs and finally coming to rest on her breasts. She squeezed experimentally, letting her nipple glide between her fingers trapping it lightly in her grasp.

Wynonna moaned. Her hips bucking forward slightly looking for friction.

She leaned forward falling back on top of Nicole, using one hand to hold herself up and the other to grasp at Nicole's breast. She immediately dipped her head down and took her nipple into her mouth, sucking lightly and dragging her teeth across it as she released it. She then sucked hard at the skin of her breast, definitely leaving a mark. Wynonna continued to bite and suck at Nicole's chest leaving red marks across it, claiming her for her own.

Nicole had never been this wet in their life. And she had a feeling she wasn't alone judging by the noises Wynonna was making above her. She let one hand drop from her chest and dipped it down to tug at the waistband of her girlfriends underwear. She stopped to get her attention, making sure one final time that they were good, giving her the chance to stop if she wanted.

Wynonna frantically nodded at her, closing her eyes and kissing Nicole in anticipation for what was coming. Nicole let her hand dip below the flimsy fabric, hand shaking slightly. She had no idea what she was doing, only going off on what she had seen on tv and what she liked. She wanted this to be amazing for her, it was nerve wracking.

When she reached her destination all nerves went flying on the window. Wynonna was so, so wet. Definitely as wet as she was if not more. She was practically dripping for her.

Nicole let her fingers glide over her, just feeling, almost getting off just from touching her. Wynonna rocked her hips clearly looking for more. She took a breath before lowering her hand and dipping a single finger inside her. Wynonna gasped into their kiss showing her approval, sliding her tongue into Nicole's mouth clearly lost in the feeling as Nicole started to move her finger in and out of her setting a steady pace; letting her palm brush against Wynonna's clit when her hips would thrust forward.

Wynonna's forehead was against hers, panting above her with every time she pushed inside of her. Nicole was loving every minute of this but she would be lying if she said she wasn't aching for attention, her body was dying for anything, just even a bit of pressure. Her hips were bucking against Wynonna's leg when it would get close, back arching off the bed.

Finally Wynonna got the hint, dropping her arm down to Nicole's centre. She quickly pushed her underwear to the side and unceremoniously slide her finger all the way to the knuckle into Nicole, immediately setting a quick pace.

"Fuck, Wy..", Nicole gasped, throwing her head back against the bed, fingers stilling momentarily inside of Wynonna while she revelled in the feeling.

"Don't stop", Wynonna pleaded, rocking her hips to prod Nicole into moving again. She let out a whimper of relief when she felt her hand start to move against her, picking up her own pace as well.

Nicole was close, and she could tell Wynonna was too, her hips had lost their rhythm and were starting to become erratic. She was a mess of moans above her, gasping when Nicole would hit a particularly sensitive spot inside her. She felt it coming, that familiar coiling feeling in her gut, she was about to come and started working harder to get there searching for release.

"I'm so close.", She panted into Wynonna's ear.

"Me too", she heard breathlessly replied to her.

"Kiss me", Nicole asked, gasping at the end as Wynonna pushed deeper inside her.

Wynonna lifted her head off Nicole's shoulder where it had taken up residence and kissed her deeply, sloppily, all tongue and teeth with no control as their bodies continued to move against each other. Inside of each other.

Nicole was unsure of who tumbled off the edge first both women moaning as they came. She slowed her ministrations as Wynonna's hips stopped moving, carefully removing her hand from her underwear. She couldn't help the small moan that escaped when Wynonna removed her finger from inside her and brushed her clit with her hand as she went to put her ruined underwear back in place.

"Wow"

"Ya", Wynonna replied breathless, staring up at the ceiling trying to regulate her breathing.

Nicole looked at the clock on the wall, "Oh shit, it's after midnight. We missed New Years"

"Well you know what they say. How you spend New Years is how you'll spend the rest of your year.", Wynonna replied, looking at Nicole and smirking.

Nicole smiled back, rolling onto her side to face her before replying, "Oh ya? I think I'm alright with that", leaning in and delivering a peck to her cheek.

She climbed on top of Wynonna, letting her body relax on top of her girlfriends; kissing her again before adding, "Ya, I think this might be the best New Years ever".