A/N: Sorry this took so long. I had a busy week and weekend and this weekend I wasn't even at a computer long enough to read anything really, so I kind of got this one out by the skin of my teeth really.

Thank you for those of you who hounded me (lovingly) to get a chapter out there soon. I need a kick in the butt sometimes.

Anyway, here's a date adventure thing that I love. I'm alson introducing one of our favorite people from the show. I hope it isn't too much or too little, there will be more. A little fluff and fun with our two favorite ladies. Enjoy! :)

"That one!" Cassie and her sitter sat on Myka's bed watching her try to pick out an outfit.

"Really?" Myka held up the black jeans and loose floral blouse. "This isn't too casual?"

"No way dude. It's perfect! She's gonna die. Eek! I'm so excited for you!"

Myka made a face, tipping her head in Cassie's direction, quietly telling the young woman to keep her mouth shut.

"Mom, why are you going to dinner with HG?"

"Because she asked me baby girl." Myka tossed on a cream colored cami before throwing the blouse over her head.

"Is Christina gonna be there!?" She asked excitedly.

"Woah! Definitely not kiddo."

"Claudia!" Myka picked up a pillow and flung it at the girls head.

"Wha..? I didn't... it's just... nevermind."

"Cass, it's just gonna be me and Helena tonight. She just wants to take me to dinner okay?" Myka tucked a curl behind her daughters ear, brushing her thumb over rosy cheeks, and Cassie nodded with a big smile.

"You're going so early though. She's probably gonna take you on an amazing adventure! I really like her."

"So does your mom kid, and I'm sure that adventure will be..."

"Seriously?" Myka reached for another pillow, but Claudia picked Cassie up and used her as a shield.

After Myka was dressed, she modeled her outfit for the girls who both approved; Cassie with a big goofy smile that she got from her mother, and Claudia who hid the smirk from Cass, but not from Myka as she stood and undid the top few buttons of Myka's shirt.

The doorbell rang and Cassie jumped off the bed, racing downstairs to answer it followed closely by her sitter.

"HG!" Cassie leapt into the womans arms excitedly, suffocating her with a giant hug and a face full of curls; but Helena was overjoyed at the young girls affection toward her and returned it one hundred percent.

"It's so nice to see you again Cass, Christina said to give you a big hug for her so here's another one." Helena pulled Cassie back into another giant hug before setting her down.

"This is my sitter Claudia!" Cassie took Helena's hand and pulled her into the house.

"It's very nice to meet you and thank you so much for taking such good care of this little one." She extended her hand and greeted the young red head.

Claudia smiled, took the offered hand and pulled HG closer to her, whispering pleadingly into the woman's ear. "Please don't hurt Myka. She means a lot to me."

Helena was taken back by the sincerity in the young woman's voice. She nodded as she pulled away, and firmly shook her hand, assuring her that even though they had only known each other a short while, she had come to care for Myka just as much.

"Hey!"

Helena looked to the top of the stairs where Myka stood. "Hi." She said breathlessly, the wind knocked out of her. "You look beautiful." She whispered when Myka had gotten closer.

"So do you." Myka hugged her briefly before pulling back. She turned to Cassie, "you little miss, listen to Claudia and get your homework done. Shower and brush your teeth. Eat the veggies that she puts on your plate and don't stay up too late." She kissed Cassie's forehead then stood up looking at Claudia. "And you... don't let her boss you around, make sure you get your homework done, you have classes tomorrow morning so get to sleep early, I set up the guest room for you, please put some vegetables on her plate and on yours." She kissed Claudia's forehead as well, the entire conversation was being viewed by a stunned Helena. It was almost as though Myka had two daughters, and Helena was intrigued, making a mental note to ask about it later.

Myka turned around and hooked her arm with Helena's. "Shall we?"

"Yes darling we shall. Good night Cassie, Claudia."

"Night!" Both girls said in unison, waving at the women walking down the driveway.

...

"This is for you." Helena handed a black cloth to Myka who was seated nervously in the passengers seat.

"What is this?"

"A blind fold. Don't want to ruin the surprise of the date. It's some of my best work, and we're almost there so if you'd please."

Myka looked at Helena, slightly horrified, but nodded and slipped the blindfold on cautiously. The car stopped and Myka listened around to see if she could pick up where they were. She could hear some birds, a lot of birds and different kinds. She sniffed the air when the car door opened, the smells were interesting, musky and earthy, there were a lot of plants here, flowers. Suddenly she heared a roar in the distance. Her head snapped up, "The zoo?"

"Bollocks! How did you know that?" Helena lifted the blindfold slowly and Myka blinked, adjusting to the light.

"It smells kind of zoo-ish I guess, and I heard the birds and the lion or tiger..."

"Or bear... Oh my." Helena mumbled to herself with a little giggle. "You are something else Myka."

"Is that a good thing?" She asked, her confidence faltering little by little in front of this woman.

"It's a wonderful thing darling." Helena took her hand and walked with her to the front gate. She paid and they walked in. "So I learned a few things about you love and I'd like to share an experience with you that you may not have again in your life."

"Oh yeah, what's that?" Myka asked as Helena dragged her past a bunch of exhibits. "Um... we're not here to see the animals?"

"We'll get to see them all if you like, but there's something we need to see first!"

When they got to where they needed to be, Myka's jaw dropped. "How did you know..."

"Cassie informed me that you have a love of giraffes."

"uh huh..."

"Why?"

"I don't know, might be because I have a long neck and was teased about it, kind of liked that I wasn't the only one."

"Believe me Myka, I've definitely noticed the beautiful length of your neck and whoever teased you was just jealous." Helena said into Myka's ear, causing goosebumps to travel down her back. "Now come along." She took her hand again and pulled her around to the back where a man was waiting for them.

"HG!"

"Charles! Myka this is my brother Charles, he works here and he's arranged for us to get in and see the giraffe Jenna and her new baby Milo."

"A baby giraffe!? No way!"

Helena smiled fondly at the way Myka's face lit up.

Charles walked up to Myka and hugged her. "I can see why my sister is so infatuated with you Ms. Bering, you are absolutely stunning." Myka blushed, Helena pulled her brother away.

"Hands off Charles, she's my date after all." Helena put her arm around Myka's waist and pulled her close. Myka instinctually leaned in and kissed Helena's cheek. Helena's breath hitched at the small kiss, she turned and looked at Myka who stared openly into her eyes, as if giving a part of herself over to the Brit. "Shall we?"

Myka nodded eagerly, practically hopping up and down like a little girl.

They walked into the back pen where Jenna was laying down. Myka squealed when she saw the baby Milo running around clumsily finding his footing. "When was he born?"

"Last week. He's very strong, but definitely has four left hooves. He's a little silly to watch."

"He's amazing." Myka said under her breath, but Helena heard her loud and clear, she had been focusing on her so intently. She was startled by Charles who came up behind her.

"She's amazing."

"She is." Helena whispered back.

"And she won't hurt you, or Christina?"

Helena clenched her jaw as she looked at the woman before her, then turned her head to her brother whispering. "She's amazing to Christina Charles, she'd never hurt us."

"Good. I'm happy you found someone sis." Charles kissed Helena's cheek and walked over to Myka. "They are breath taking creatures aren't they?"

"Absolutely. The little one is just... if I were born as an animal, I'd be a giraffe and I'd probably be just like that little guy." She laughed at the idea. "I care about your sister Charles, and I love Christina, she's such a sweet kid. I won't hurt them, I promise." Charles looked a little surprised. "I could hear you two whispering. I may have been looking this way, but I've been paying close attention to the woman standing behind us because she is just as breathtakingly beautiful and even more amazing to me as the creatures in front of us right now."

"You love her."

"I don't know yet, but she has a piece of my heart that I hadn't thought I'd give anyone ever again. It could be love, but we only just met. I can tell you that she is special to me."

"Good. Because you're special to her as well."

"Why did you move here?" Myka spoke up, drawing Helena to step between them and join in the conversation.

"Well, someone needed to take care of HG after that ars... gah." He stopped abruptly at the quick jab Helena took to his ribs. "I missed my sister and niece." Myka knew there was something going on, but she would wait for Helena to share it with her. "Would you like to feed them?"

"Your sister and niece?" Myka smirked.

"Funny. Helena she's funny."

Helena simply nodded in agreement and silently finished off describing Myka in her head; funny, beautiful, kind, sincere. She could go on for an eternity with this woman.

"The giraffes. Would you like to feed them?"

"Can I?"

...

Helena and Myka walked around the zoo for about an hour after that, hand in hand and taking in all the amazing things about the animals they saw.

"So you ready for dinner?"

"More than ready." Myka's stomach growled loudly on cue and both women laughed all the way back to the car. "Do I need to be blindfolded?"

"Nope. Also, I hope you don't have any food allergies because the place we're going chooses the food for you. And I do hope you're not as afraid of the dark as I am."

"What?"

They got to the restaurant and walked into a room that was pitch black. "Helena I can't see anything."

"It's dining in the dark. It's a theory that you're supposed to be able to enjoy the taste of the food more, experience it with all the senses except for sight."

"Because sometimes the way we see things can effect the way we experience it." Myka finished, reaching out and grabbing onto Helena's arm. "And I guess in the dark you can enjoy your company a little differently as well."

"No funny business girls." The hostess, an older woman that lead them to their table chuckled at the conversation they had been having.

"Yes maam." Myka said, leaning against the woman beside her.

When they sat down, Myka could start to feel Helena tense up a bit. "You okay?"

"I wanted to try this for sometime, but never had anyone to go with. Christina is afraid of the dark as well."

"Helena, I thought you were joking. You want to get out of here?"

"No darling, I am enjoying this I just need a moment to adjust." Helena heard Myka get up and the chair move slightly, then she felt Myka's leg press against her own and a hand resting on her thigh.

"Better?" Myka whispered against Helena's cheek.

"Much better. Thank you."

The dinner was spent with light conversation, and with innocent, but lingering touches that kept both women on edge in the best way possible.

...

"The food was amazing!" Myka pranced along the sidewalk like a little kid. "This is probably the best date I've ever been on. Definitely the most unique and memorable one. Thank you." Before she knew what she was doing, Myka leaned forward and kissed Helena softly. She pulled back as soon as she realized that Helena's lips were on hers. "I'm so sorry... I didn't..." But as soon as they had parted, Helena reached for Myka's head and pulled her in again, this time the simple meeting of lips was more, there was an intensity and need to prove something. It was a kiss so hard that it had staked claim on the other woman, but soft and gentle enough to show her that she was safe with her.

"Beautiful." Helena's eyes were still closed, she didn't notice the hunger in Myka's hazel ones and soon found her lips pressed against the taller woman's pair once again. This time, Myka licked along Helena's lower lip and gained entrance, hesitantly brushing against the roof of her mouth, exploring and learning everything she could.

"Wow." She ended the kiss, resting her forehead against Helena's. "That was amazing. You're amazing Helena." Helena kissed her again. "Cassie was right."

"What? She told you how amazing I am?"

"She said you'd take me on an adventure tonight. And you did."

"It was nothing Myka."

"It was everything. Cassie and I have had a rough couple of years and this meant more to me than you'll ever know."

Helena pulled Myka into a warm hug, filling it with as much love and understanding as she possibly could.

"Let me get you home love."

...

They pulled up to Myka's house and Helena saw the woman sitting there quietly, going through something in her head that she wasn't about to share willingly. "Myka? Would you like to tell me what's on your mind?"

"I don't know if I want to tell Cassie just yet about our realtionship. Not because I'm ashamed of it or anything I just don't know how to do it."

"I understand and it's perfectly fine with me. We can keep it between us until you're ready."

"Thank you." Myka opened her door and Helena follwed her to the front door of the house.

"I know I already got a few kisses tonight, but one more for the road?" Myka nodded and both women met in the middle; the kiss was soft and sweet, only lasting a few seconds, and when Myka opened the door, the red head was standing there with a big ass grin on her face.

"Claudia!"

"Shhh. Cassie's asleep. Nice!" She held up her hand for a high five, but Myka just stared at her. Helena however had no problem giving Claudia the high five she desired. "Don't encourage her Helena." She turned back to Claudia. "I said go to bed early so go right now." Claudia huffed and puffed all the way up the stairs, disappearing into the bedroom.

"Interesting young woman."

"She's great, but sometimes she can be a pain in the ass." Myka hugged Helena. "Thank you for tonight. I'll talk to you tomorrow?"

"I hope so. Maybe we can do a family dinner sometime soon."

"Sounds perfect." Myka stepped inside and quickly gave Helena one more kiss before she closed the door, practically collapsing against it.

Helena got into her car and slumped in her seat, thinking about the wonderful evening she had just had.

When Myka finally got upstairs, Claudia was laying in her bed, her feet kicking excitedly behind her. "So... tell me everything!"

"Claude!"

"What? Please please please. You guys are so frackin' adorable it kills me! I want to know what you guys did! Please!" Claudia started to roll around on the bed like a child, Myka couldn't help but laugh at the girl she had come to care for as a sister. She changed her clothes quickly, washing her face and pulling her hair back then she joined Claudia on the bed and told her everything about her date.

She didn't miss anything, her eidetic memory working to her advantage in story telling and she kept going not even noticing that her friend had fallen asleep half way through. Eventually Myka nodded off, the feeling of butterflies in the pit of her stomach, fluttering over that warm feeling she had only felt once before in her life. Love.

Thank you for reading and getting through this. I hope you enjoyed it and please come back for the next one.
I hope it didn't drag on too much, but if it did, thank you for bearing with me. Love you all. XO