A/N: I am so sorry this story has been so neglected! I am really working on it! Life has thrown one to many wrenches into the mix, and between work and school time is forever lacking! Anyway, we just got more help at work so hopefully updates won't be so lacking anymore! And hopefully this chapter will make up for any hard feelings! ;)
One month later...
Kale watched his mother from across the yard. She was standing next to her friend Casey, who was grilling the three of them steaks for dinner, laughing hard. It was a sight he wasn't use to seeing. It was unusual for his mother to ever be laid back, nonetheless relaxed enough to ever laugh so hard.
It was an amazing thing, her laugh that is, to see her laugh to hear how natural it sounded. She'd laughed with him in private moments at home, but he'd never seen or heard her like this. It was the carefree way she seemed at ease with the redhead, the way Casey could give his mother a goofy look and she'd throw back her head and laugh this deep joyous laugh. It made him happy to see and hear her like this...
As he picked up the ball to throw for the goofy Labrador, he couldn't help but notice the way his mother looked at the other woman. It was a look that said they were more than old friends. He may only be a teenager, but he could tell that his mother was in love with her friend.
The funny part was her friend just happened to also be his English teacher, which he was not excited about, but he was happy to see his mother happy for once. No matter the situation, he would always choose for his mother to be happy. He felt she deserved it for once.
"Kale! Dinner's almost ready! Go wash up!" His mother yelled across the yard.
Kale rolled his eyes at his mother's comment to wash up. She still had a way of treating him like he was five. Maybe she'd eventually see him as a teenager.
"Hey kiddo, do you like sushi? I bought some earlier and will happily share." Casey said as he neared the back porch of her house.
"Yeah, I do." He replied.
"It's on the kitchen island, help yourself." The redhead said with a warm smile.
Walking into Casey's house, Kale smiled looking over her pictures. She had a very nice home. He liked it way better than where he and his mother were living down the street. Casey lived off a small lake, and her house was surrounded by trees. She had a big back porch and a front porch, and a big open living space and kitchen. He hadn't explored upstairs, but was told that there were two bedrooms up there and sitting space. Casey's room was downstairs. Kale had asked her why she had such a large house since it was just her. She'd smiled and said her brother and his wife came to visit a lot and they just had a baby.
As he looked through the photos on her wall, he noticed the man who must be her brother. He was tall like Casey and clearly built, he had Casey's red hair and big goofy smile. However, it was the woman in the picture that caught Kale's attention the most...she looked so familiar...like...
"Kale, have you washed up?" Alex asked interrupting his train of thought.
"Geez, Mom!" Kale groaned ignoring her as he bent to focus on the dog.
Casey laughed following Alex inside. "Layoff the boy, Lex. Can't you see he is practically a grown man?" She asked as she crossed to the sink.
"See Mom! Casey has faith in me!" Kale exclaimed feeling a bit empowered.
"I mean after all he's a smart kid Lexie, so I am sure he knows well enough that when playing with a dog outside it is always a good idea to wash up before eating or you run the risk of getting worms." Casey smirked as she dried her own hands and ate some sushi.
Without another word, Kale stood and marched to the sink and began vigorously washing his hands as if preparing for surgery. Both Alex and Casey burst out in laughter at this sight. Turning quite red, Kale turned to face the two women.
"Are you two messing with me?" He demanded.
Collecting herself, Alex chuckled, "It got you to wash up didn't it?"
At her words the teen quickly grabbed the sinks spray nozzle and sprayed his mother and Casey. The kitchen erupted into hysterical laughter with Casey throwing the sushi at him in defense and Alex climbing behind the kitchen island for shelter. Despite the time it took to clean up, Casey couldn't remember a better evening in life. She truly felt as if Alex and Kale were family.
Standing on the porch of her rental house later that evening, Alex couldn't help but be thankful that Casey had walked them home. Kale was already upstairs and the two women were both trying desperately to not say goodnight. Alex didn't want Casey to leave, but she didn't think it was appropriate to ask her to stay either just yet.
"Lexie, it's getting late, I need to head on home...but before I go I wanted to ask you..." Casey paused smiling.
"Yes, Case?"
"Want to get dinner tomorrow night with two of my friends? It's Andrea and Michonne to be exact." The redhead clarified.
"Oh," Alex replied not expecting that to be the question, "yeah, sure."
"What's wrong?" Casey asked.
"Nothing, I'd love to get dinner and formally meet your friends. I just didn't expect that to be your question."
"Oh," Casey smiled, "were you expecting this?" Casey asked before slowing guiding her lips to Alex's.
The kiss was firm and full of want and desire. Casey couldn't help but feel her heart jump at the feeling of Alex's lips against hers. She felt so renewed. It was only made better by Alex tangling a hand in Casey's hair and wrapping an arm behind her back and pulling her closer. Neither woman wanted the kiss to end, but finally, like all kisses it did.
The seconds directly after seemed to last for minutes as blue eyes met green and unspoken words were exchanged. Alex was the first to break the silence, "I love you, Casey, I always have and always will. I am so sorry for hurting you all those years ago. I..."
She was quickly cut off by Casey's lips crashing back into hers. This kiss seemed a bit more desperate as a need to have the other closer pounded through their veins. Before either was fully aware of their actions, they found themselves quickly and quietly sneaking into the house and up the stairs to Alex's room.
Locking the door, Alex found herself pressed against the edge of the bed at lighting speed. Her head was swimming as Casey kissed down her jawline as she lifted her shirt up and over her head only pulling away long enough to free the shirt. Quickly pressing her lips back to Alex's neck she lightly nipped at the pale skin she'd missed so much.
Pushing Alex back onto the bed, Casey quickly finished removing the rest of their clothes before climbing back up the length of her lovers body and claiming her lips in a sensual kiss. The feeling of Alex's naked body pressed against hers was one she'd missed so many nights. Kissing her way down the now brunette's body, Casey couldn't help but relish every second. Just over a month ago she never thought this moment possible and yet now here she was with the woman she loved more than anything else in the world. Feeling Alex pull her back up, Casey looked into her lovers deep blue eyes.
"Casey," Alex started breathlessly, before kissing the redhead softly. Breaking the kiss, Alex ran her fingertips down Casey's cheek and whispered, "I love you Casey, I always have and always will. My heart belongs to you."
"And mine is yours," Casey choked, "I love you too, Alexandra." The couple kissed again as their hands slowly wandered between them, each entering the other slowly until fingers found those once familiar spots and began to move against them as they kissed. Soon both women were gasping for air against one another as they both crashed over the edge together.
Laying back against the cool sheets gasping for air, Casey watched as Alex climbed back on top of her. Smirking at the brunette, she gasped as Alex kissed her way down her body, taking time to suck her nipples and lazily taking her time to reach her throbbing clit. The feeling of Alex's warm and talented tongue running through her soaked center caused her to moan loudly which quickly caused Alex to stop.
"Quiet Casey," Alex reminded.
Smirking at the brunette again, Casey grabbed a pillow and put it over her head jokingly. That was until Alex sucked the redheads clit into her mouth. Pulling the pillow tight against her mouth, Casey couldn't help but cry out at the amazing ways Alex began to suck and flick her tongue. Feeling her second orgasm building quickly, Casey pulled Alex closer in with one hand while the other still clutched the pillow tight. She came hard panting Alex's name into the pillow.
Alex fell back onto the bed with a smirk. Laughing quietly at Casey's, panting form. "You learned some new tricks." Casey laughed.
"Yep, I may have." Alex smiled.
"Where is your toy?" Casey asked without hesitation.
"In the top drawer of the chest of drawers."
Without waiting, Casey climbed from the bed and opened the drawer pulling Alex's dildo out before rejoining her lover. Giving Alex a devilish grin, she slowly ran her fingertips through Alex's soaked center. "Fuck, you are wet," she said before taking her fingers in her mouth and moaning quietly at the taste. "And you taste amazing," she finished causing Alex to gasp as she dropped between her legs and began to run her tongue in circles against Alex's clit.
"Fuck Casey," Alex whispered in a gasp at the sensations racing through her. Casey continued her ministrations only long enough to bring the brunette to the edge before pulling back causing Alex whine at the loss. "Casey please," Alex cried.
"Please what Lexie?" Casey teased.
Glaring at the redhead, she begged, "Please make me come." With that Casey slid the toy in deep making sure to hit that spot that was guaranteed to make Alex come quickly as her tongue flicked fast against the brunette's clit. It didn't take long for Alex to come hard crying out into the same pillow Casey had used just a little while before to silence herself.
Rolling onto her back, Casey didn't give Alex long to recover before she positioned the toy over her swollen clit and had Alex climb on. This use to be one of their favorite positions when making love and it was surreal to be in this moment again. Watching Alex slide onto the toy easily with a breathy gasp, Casey whispered, "You are so beautiful Alexandra..."
Alex quickly set a pace rolling her hips perfectly, causing the toy to hit just right in her and against Casey, with Casey's knuckles rubbing against her clit perfectly. Her orgasm built quickly and she could tell from the way Casey was breathing and her skin was flushing that she wasn't far behind. Grabbing onto Casey's shoulders for better leverage, Alex thrust against the toy a little harder causing her orgasm to explode through her. Her cries were not silent and Casey quickly crashed her mouth against the brunettes to silence her, as her own orgasm broke through her.
The two women lay spent in each other's arms. Laughing silently at their impromptu love making. "I've missed you Casey," Alex whispered.
"I've missed you too, Lex. I don't ever want to be apart from you like that again." Casey confessed. She knew she'd have to sneak home in a little bit and that knowledge alone broke her heart, but she was determined to not lose Alex like she had so many years before ever again. She was in love with the brunette and was determined to fight for her everyday for the rest of their lives.
Climbing from the bed, Alex opened a drawer and pulled out some pjs tossing them haphazardly to Casey. "Stay tonight Case please," she began as she pulled on a pair of sleep shorts and a tank top, "I am going to lock up for the night."
Watching her lover leave the room, Casey put the pjs on and put away the toy. As Alex came back with two water bottles and climbed back into Casey's arms, it was as if they'd never been apart. As if this was how life was always suppose to be, both confessing their love for one another as sleep overcame them, sleeping in their home, with their family. The only problem was that wasn't truly their story, but instead it was the making of it.