Sooo, story update!:) This contains info from the episode "Forbidden Fruit" from the final season, so...not exactly this one...but the following chapters will contain spoilers, just to warn you!!!And Jack made an appearance...he simply had to!;) Anyway, if anyone's still reading this please let me know!

Disclaimer: Everything you recognise isn't by me...;)

Chapter 6

The next morning arrived far too quickly for the both of them. Grace sleepily opened her eyes. She was very happy to see that Karen was still lying next to her. Grace had feared to wake up only to find that Karen had decided otherwise. She closed her eyes again not feeling ready yet to face the new day.

"Stop pretending to be asleep, Gracie." she heard Karen's voice say and blinked again "I already saw that you opened your eyes."

Karen giggled slightly and Grace could feel her stomach rising and falling quicker.

"Mmh, but I don't wanna get up yet." Grace mumbled and snuggled more into Karen's arms.

"Well, sweety, it's Saturday you don't need to get up but you might wanna let Wilma know where you are."

Suddenly a sickening feeling spread in Grace's stomach. They had to tell Will and Jack. She sighed trying to swallow down the sickness. Was it stupid to worry?! It was after all Jack and Will who were openly out and about. Why should they care or even disagree with her and Karen?!

"Oh Kare" she whispered "I wanna stay here with you like this for the rest of my life."

"Oh Grace, you need to grow up, really." Karen scolded her gently.

"That's not the kind of reply I wanted to get." Grace mumbled "I expected to hear something like: "Oh, that's so romantic sweetheart", or "I couldn't have said it any better, love", or-"

"Shut up, you dumbo." Karen replied gently kissing Grace.

"That's much better." Grace said grinning while deepening the kiss.

Even though she hated to admit it, inside her heart Karen knew what Grace meant. She wanted to capture this moment of happiness as well, for she knew how fast these moment passed. She just wanted to stay in bed with Grace forever, feeling the warmth of her body, listening to her heartbeat. She didn't want to tell anyone, nor did she want to tell Grace the truth about her pregnancy, too great was her fear of losing Grace and the happiness that was now finally filling her life.

"What's the matter, sweetheart?" Grace worriedly asked Karen when she saw that something in her expression had changed.

"Nothing...nothing." Karen lied.

"You know, you don't have to lie to me, Kare!" Grace said frowning slightly "I can see that you're pretending to be fine. Something just changed in the past five minutes."

Karen took a deep breath. What should she tell her now?

"Grace... I'm just scared of losing you. What if it doesn't work out between us? What's gonna happen to our friendship?" she asked and then softly added: "I can't imagine being without you."

What she had said wasn't exactly a lie. She was really scared to lose Grace , although the reasons for that were different.

"Oh sweety. I can't assure you that everything will work out, you know? But I have faith in the both of us and if we don't try then we'll be left wondering all our life how it might have been, had we been brave enough. And I love you, Kare, I really do. You won't get rid of me that easily just yet!"

Karen turned around to look Grace in the eye and she wanted to believe her so badly.

"You know, your soft side is kinda cute." Grace added giggling softly "and this vulnerability makes you look even more beautiful. You look stunning when you're sad."

"What a lovely compliment that is." Karen replied sarcastically "maybe I should cry more often the, huh?"

"That's not what I was trying to say."

"I know, honey, it's ok." Karen said and stopped Grace from saying anymore by gently kissing her.

"If you're always gonna use that to shut me up, I could get used to it." Grace whispered grinning.

And Karen kissed her again, taking in the taste of her lips completely. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Miss Karen!" Rosario called.

Karen quickly turned around trying to look innocent.

"Come in, Rosie!"

"Miss Karen, Jack is here and he wants to talk to you."

Karen turned around to Grace, quizzically raising an eyebrow. Grace slowly nodded.

"Let him in, Rosie."

"I'm gonna go back to my room and get changed." Grace said picking up her clothes that were lying all over the floor "You talk to Jack and when you're ready just let me know."

She smiled and placed another kiss on Karen's lips. When she left Karen's bedroom she had to smile to herself , because the look that Karen had given her when she had left her had just been too cute.

"I really love her." she thought smiling.

Back in her bedroom Karen wasn't too happy about the arrival of her best friend Jack.

"Hiii Karen!" he screamed and bounced on her bed.

"Hey, Jackie! What's the matter? Do you need more money again?" she asked, her voice a little bit colder than wanted.

"Karen, I am appalled! I have come to see how you're doing all alone in this big house." he said and then quietly added "and I would need to borrow a tenner to pay the cab driver."

Karen rolled her eyes, too often had they had this conversation before. Reluctantly she reached for her night drawer and pulled out a $50 note.

"Karen, I only wanted 10 bucks!"

"Yeah, but I don't have small money, you should know that."

Jack nodded grinning.

While Karen had to put up with Jack, Grace had returned to her room to get changed. Once she was wearing her old clothes again she lay down on her bed and started thinking about the night with Karen. Not in her wildest dreams had she imagined that Karen would be so beautiful. Every nuance seemed to be perfect. From her auburn her, to her olive eyes over the porcelain skin to her tiny feet. She shivered when she was thinking about Karen's touch and Karen's lips. Grace lay in bed for about an hour and there was still no Karen in sight. She groaned and got up. What could she do now? The truth was, there wasn't much to do, so she started wandering through Karen's long dark corridors. Nosy like she was, she peered into one or the other room. And she almost started laughing when she discovered that Karen kept alcohol in almost every room. Then she reached the beautifully decorated library with the huge piano in it, the manse really was impressive. Grace continued walking and opened another door, but when she saw what was behind it she couldn't believe her eyes...