A/N: Hi there, me again, so this wasn't going to be a multi chapter story but after encouragement from a friend, I decided to write a bit more but not sure how many chapters this will be yet. Here's the next part, it's a bit longer than the first but I hope you still enjoy it. Feedback is always nice. :')

Lizi xo

Usual disclaimer applies.


A few weeks later, Caroline pulled into the driveway of her home after a long day at work. This had to be her favourite part of the day, arriving home and knowing her boys and Kate would all be there to greet her, making the stresses she felt from her day melt away. Usually they'd all go home together but as it was Friday, all the heads of department attended their weekly meeting after school and of course Caroline had to be there too, she was the headmistress after all.

She cut the car engine, took her heavy legs out of the car and blew out a puff of air as the hot air hit her after being in the air conditioned car. She was surprised at how warm it still was outside, considering it was approaching mid evening. They'd really lucked out with the summer they'd be given this year.

Caroline pushed the front door open, juggling her bag and keys. "Hello?" She called out just as William came bounding down the stairs.

"Hi Mum, good day?" He kissed her cheek before slipping on his light cardigan.

"Not bad, long though. Where are you off to?" Caroline asked, putting her bag down by the coat rack.

"Work. They asked me to pick up an extra shift this week." William smiled, genuinely thrilled to have a job and to be earning his own money. "Don't wait up for me." He added and kissed her on the cheek once again then disappeared out the front door.

Caroline shook her head at the whirlwind of her son, he was barely home anymore. He was always working or out with his new friends and if he was at home, he had his head stuck in a book. Caroline poked her head around the living room door, furrowing her brow when she saw it was empty. It was very rare not to come home to Lawrence sat in front of the tv, unless he was in his bedroom doing homework. That was also very rare. She continued towards the kitchen, stopping at the bottom of the stairs.

"Anyone home?" She shouted.

"In the bedroom!" Came the muffled reply from Kate.

Caroline made her way up the stairs towards the bedroom, shaking off her tailored suit jacket along the way.

"Hi." Caroline smiled wearily at Kate who was sat on the bed, glass of wine in hand and papers sprawled out in front of her. The evening sun streaming through the blinds illuminated Kate's face and Caroline thought she'd never look more beautiful.

Kate looked up. "Hi." She replied, smiling widely, putting her wine glass behind her on the bedside table.

Caroline kicked off her heels, relishing the feel of the soft carpet under her sore feet and walked towards the bed. She leant on her hands and placed a chaste kiss to Kate's lips. Kate grinned in response as Caroline turned her body round and sat down heavily on the bed, propping herself up against the pillows.

"Where's Lawrence?" Caroline asked, resting her eyes. As she relaxed, her shirt fell slightly open at the chest, revealing the top of a very ample breast which made Kate lick her lips slighty. She shook her head to rid her very naughty thoughts that were now forming in her head.

Kate cleared her throat. "I thought he told you?"

Caroline opened her eyes. "Told me what?"

"He said he was staying over at Angus's house tonight and that he'd already told you and that you'd ok'd it."

Caroline rolled her eyes. "That little bugger!" She flew from the bed with more energy than she'd had when she came in. "He came to see me in my office after school to ask if he could stay at Angus's house tonight and I specifically said no, as he had homework to do and his behaviour lately had been questionable to say the least!" She shook her head in disbelief at her youngest son.

"Sorry, Caroline. He was very convincing, I should have realised or rang you." Kate frowned.

"It's not your fault, Kate," Caroline said as she pulled her mobile phone from her skirt pocket. "I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!" She said through gritted teeth as she searched for his mobile number in her contacts.

"Caroline, I know it's not my place to say, but, maybe you should let him be?" Kate suggested tentatively, not wanting to step on Caroline's toes when it came to parenting her own kids.

"Why? He's in big trouble, Kate, I'm not letting him get away with it!" Caroline replied, her voice raising a few decibels. "He's more or less played you and me off of each other just because he doesn't like the fact his mother is in a relationship with a woman!"

"He's acting out isn't he?" Kate replied, ignoring the fact that Caroline was almost shouting at her.

"It doesn't give him a excuse!" The older woman shouted, then pinched the bridge of her nose, realising Kate was not the one she should be shouting at. She tossed her phone onto the bedside table and sighed. "Sorry, love."

Kate smiled, taking pity on her now slightly frazzled girlfriend. "It's alright. Come here." Kate said, holding her hand out and rising to her knees on the bed. Caroline held her hand out to Kate and let herself be pulled closer to the younger woman. "I understand you being angry with him, but maybe just for tonight, let him stay where he is. It's obviously hard for him accepting our relationship," Kate breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Caroline's shoulders drop an inch, indicating she was softening at her words. "Then tomorrow when he comes home, you can take him off at the knees!"

Caroline nodded slowly. "But I'll do more than that, I'll wipe the bloody floor with him!" She sighed hard.

"Caroline, look at me." The younger woman said, pulling on the collar of Caroline's shirt. Caroline obeyed and waited for her to speak. "You know where Lawrence is, he'll be fine and safe, yeah?" Kate smiled. "So how about, you and me, just enjoy the time we have together," she leant in towards the blonde and pecked her lips, "completely," and then another kiss, "alone." She finished with a slightly longer kiss and felt a smile emerge from Caroline.

"You're right." Caroline agreed, drawing Kate in for a another kiss.

She allowed herself to relax as their lips met and she gently sucked on Kate's upper lip. Kate let her lips trace the outline of Caroline's jaw line to which the older woman allowed her head to roll back to give her better access.

"I love it when you do that." Caroline bit her lower lip.

Kate grinned into Caroline's neck. "I know you do."

Caroline dipped her head and began to kiss Kate's cheek tenderly as she felt Kate slipping her shirt out from the waist band of her skirt. The blonde put both her hands around Kate's neck and let her fingernails glide along the back of her neck. Kate shivered in response which made Caroline laugh huskily into Kate's ear. Kate was beginning to get very hot and bothered and needed to feel the older woman's weight on top of her so in one swift move, she repositioned herself on the bed and pulled a startled Caroline on top of her.

Caroline laughed, the tension from work plus the Lawrence situation evaporating from her as her body collided with Kate's on the bed. Kate laughed with her and forgot completely about all the papers on the bed until they crackled underneath her.

Caroline sat up. "What's all this?" She asked, gesturing to the papers on the bed. Her laughing subsided, but the smile remained.

"Oh, urm," Kate stuttered, trying to get her head in check, after being horrendously turned on by Caroline. "I did some research on the uh, computer while you were still at work."

Caroline picked up a sheet of paper and read it aloud. "Number 137, brown hair, brown eyes, 5ft 9..." She trailed off as she continued reading in her head. "Sperm donors." Caroline said as she picked up a few more pieces of paper and skimmed them.

"Yes." The younger woman replied nervously, unable to read Caroline's face.

"Are you cross?"

"Noooo, not at all," Caroline exclaimed without hesitation then smiled at Kate.

"I just thought we were going to do this together?"

"Caroline, we are. I just printed these few off to see what you thought, that's all."

"Right." The older woman sighed and resumed looking at the various donors that her girlfriend had printed off.

Kate crossed her legs and rung her hands together, waiting patiently for the woman before her to say something. Anything.

"What are you thinking?" Kate asked, unable to stand the silence any longer.

Without taking her eyes off the page she was looking at, Caroline smiled reflectively. "I'm thinking that I never thought in a million years I'd ever be doing this, but if I'm completely honest, I feel overwhelmed by how much I actually want to have this baby with you." The blonde turned her head to look directly at Kate. "I just wish I could be the one to give you a baby." Caroline's smiled faded.

Kate's heart ached for both herself and Caroline. She pushed the papers that separated them both to one side and took the older woman's hand in her own, letting her thumb stroke the back of Caroline's hand.

"I wish you could too."

Caroline rested her forehead against Kate's. "I love you, Kate."

"I love you too."

Caroline kissed Kate's forehead tenderly and then looked over her shoulder at the rest of the stuff Kate had printed out. "How...how do we go about this?"

"Well, there's just one thing that may be a problem, well, it's not really a problem," Kate started."Since we want the donor to remain anonymous, we'd have to get the sperm from somewhere like Sweden or America."

"Why?" Caroline asked, looking puzzled.

"Because here, it's changed and the donor can no longer remain anonymous. We can still get British donors from those countries though."

"Oh. Have you found any that look...worthy?"

"Uh, yeah," Kate searched for the one that had initially caught her eye. "Here it is," she handed it to Caroline. "I picked him because he reminded me of you." She added softly. "I want our baby, to look like both of us, and this way, he or she will."

Caroline glanced over the donor, donor #62 to be exact. He was tall, blonde hair, blue eyes, academic, a degree in biology and chemistry, he didn't appear to have any hereditary things to be concerned about either. Although Caroline wasn't completely happy with the donor situation, it was a damn sight better than Kate's original idea of her sleeping with Greg. Since the donor Kate had picked resembled Caroline in certain aspects then that made it feel like their baby would be just that. Theirs.

"What do you think?" Kate asked, biting her lower lip in anticipation.

"If...if, um...if he's the one you want to use, then we'll do it."

"Really?" Kate beamed.

"Really." The older woman repeated, lifting her hand to stroke Kate's cheek.

"I'll sort it out this weekend."

"Would we have to go to a fertility clinic in order to get you pregnant?" The blonde asked as she stood from the bed and turned to face Kate with her hands on her hips.

"Not necessarily, why?"

"Cos I think I'd like to do it, here, at home in our bed."

Kate followed Caroline and stood before her. "You would?"

"Yes. That way it'd be like we made our baby together, do you know what I mean?" Caroline said nervously, which Kate found utterly adorable.

"Of course," Kate wrapped her arms around Caroline's neck and beamed once again. "I didn't think loving you more than I do now was possible," The younger woman rubbed her nose against Caroline's. "You just proved me wrong."

"You're amazing." Caroline said as she placed her arms around Kate's waist.

"You're magnificent." Kate replied with that familiar word she often used to describe her girlfriend. "Kiss me." She demanded, with a twinkle in her eye.

Caroline did as she was told and made sure to convey just how much she wanted the dark haired beauty by kissing her hungrily. Kate could feel the kiss getting deeper and decided to pull away just enough to break it off, causing Caroline to wonder why and offer a cute pout in response.

Kate laughed. "I want you just as bad Caroline, believe me, but I planned on making us tea this evening."

"Not hungry." The older woman stated, leaning in to try and capture Kate's oh so kissable lips again.

Kate put her finger over Caroline's lips, taking a step back and let out a loud laugh as her girlfriends stomach growled. "Your stomach says otherwise, what do you fancy?"

"You." Caroline said suggestively.

The younger woman shook her head playfully. "You're incorrigible!"

The blonde nodded with a sexy grin spread across her face and reached out for Kate, but she moved away from her grasp and headed to the bedroom door.

"Spoil sport." Caroline pouted again.

"There's plenty of time for that, later." Kate said with a wink. "Now get changed and join me downstairs."

"Alright," the older woman replied and cheekily began to undo the buttons of her shirt in a seductive manner.

Kate grinned as she found herself mesmerised by what her lover was doing, but quickly covered her eyes. "Nope, not gonna work!"

"Are you sure?" Caroline asked, slipping the shirt of her shoulders and she saw Kate peek through her fingers.

"No...yes! I'm sure, I'm going to, uh...put the fridge on...I mean put the oven on!" She stammered, feeling rather flustered by Caroline's display. "So unfair!" She added, tearing her eyes away and giggling to herself as she went downstairs to the kitchen.

The blonde laughed too. "Damn." Caroline said and continued to undress to change into her more comfortable clothes.

It amazed Caroline how much more comfortable she was in her own skin since she'd been with Kate. She had never felt that way with John, ever. Kate made her feel beautiful even if she was just wearing sweats and that was one of the reasons why Caroline knew Kate was 'the one.' The kind of love she'd always heard talked about, in life or on tv or in movies, a love she didn't really think existed. It was just a myth. But now she knew that wasn't true, because Caroline had that special kind of love with Kate.