This chapter has not been beta read and the author is very sorry for any mistakes she makes.
Sara slowly awoke to the low hum of the fan blowing her hair into her face which was pressed into the cool hardwood floor. She licked her lips as she lifted her head, instantly recognizing her bedroom. Nyssa, who was half on top of Sara also opened her eyes as she felt her beloved shift from under her shoulder.
The room itself was mostly dark save for a few beams of light that filtered in through the curtains. The sounds of summer seeped in through the open window; the neighbor mowing the lawn, children laughing, and the wind chimes on the deck.
"What time is it?" Sara asked.
Nyssa lifted herself up in an easy push-up and gazed at the clock on her nightstand.
"It is nearly noon," She said.
"I wonder if anyone else is up," Sara mused, standing up and stretching her arms above her head.
Last night was Donna and her father's bachelor and bachelorette parties. Although everyone had met up together, the group was soon split up by gender as the girls had headed out into the night, while the boys stayed home and played poker.
Nyssa momentarily forgot Sara's question as she gazed upon her naked beloved.
Sara smirked as Nyssa continued to stare, taking a moment to look at Nyssa who was equally undressed.
"Since everybody's not up yet, we could take advantage of this perfectly made bed," she said walking towards her lover.
"It is a shame that we rushed around doing laundry yesterday only to sleep on the floor," Nyssa said running her hands down Sara side and settling on Sara's hips.
"Humm," Sara said leaning into Nyssa, pressing her body against Nyssa and kissing her lips letting her tongue run along Nyssa's lower lip.
Before Nyssa could move her hands lower, the two were interrupted by the sound of breaking glass, followed by a string of swear words.
"Looks like somebody's up," Sara said, disappointed that her morning sex was being delayed.
"By the use of 'frack' and 'fuck' it is most likely Felicity and Thea," Nyssa said.
"And we should probably go help them before they get glass in their hands," Sara sided pulling away from her lover and looking around in search acceptable clothing.
The two walked down the stairs a few moments later mostly dressed and were able to find Felicity and Thea sweeping up a white vase in the hall.
"Hey, guys sorry about the vase," Thea whispered the young girl still had on the same dress from last night.
"We will totally pay for a new one," Felicity said exhibiting all the signs of a hangover. Her blonde hair had taken a life of its own and was sticking up in several places.
"Don't worry about it," Sara said in her usual tone, "after last night something was bound to end up broken."
Nyssa and Felicity both cringed slightly still feeling the effects of last night's party.
"Sorry" Sara whispered.
"How come you don't have a hangover?" Felicity asked "Cause I'm pretty sure I saw you drink like, ten shots of vodka, not that I was keeping track of your alcohol intake, I was just watching the bar tab and... After that it's kind of fuzzy."
"It's one of the side effects of the Lazarus pit, I don't get hangovers," Sara explained.
"Yeah, it's strange but also really nice," Thea agreed, sweeping the rest of the glass into her dustpan and standing up.
"We should probably vacuum," Nyssa said.
"I'm sure can we tell everyone to wear shoes," Sara said, "at least until everyone has recovered."
The girls nodded.
"I'm going to go find my mother," Felicity said walking towards the guest bedrooms at the end of the hall.
Nyssa, Sara, and Thea disposed of the broken glass and picked up the flowers. Then they walked down the second flight of stairs and into the kitchen where they found Lyla half asleep standing in front of the coffee maker.
Sin was also downstairs sitting at the kitchen's bar, her head down on the countertop, the newly 21-year-old reeling from her hangover.
"Good morning," Nyssa said.
Lyla just a hummed a greeting while staring at the coffee pot.
Sara put her hands on Sin's shoulders, kissing the top of her head. "You want some aspirin?"
"Yes," came Sin's muffled reply, her face still buried in her arms.
"Has anyone seen Laurel?" Sara asked.
Thea shrugged "She didn't come to bed last night, I thought she was staying with Felicity."
"She's outside," Lyla said, "when I closed the windows, so it wouldn't get hot in here, I saw her sleeping outside."
"The man who was supposed to fix the air conditioning was scheduled to come yesterday. However there was a problem with the truck, they said they would be here today," Nyssa said pulling out a pan and a few eggs.
"I'll check on her," Sara said, knowing that none of other women would want to brave the early morning sun.
Sara walked out onto the deck and found Laurel asleep on the porch swing. The blue knit blanket was wrapped around her shoulders.
"Laurel," Sara said gently shaking her sister, "good morning, Sunshine."
"Hey," Laurel said opening her eyes before immediately squinting.
"Why did you sleep out here?" Sara asked.
"It was too hot inside," Laurel said, "So after I made sure your drunk asses were in bed, I just grabbed the blanket and slept out here."
"Well, why don't you come inside, it's much cooler now, and Nyssa's making omelets."
"OK," Laurel said sitting up and following her sister inside.