Carmilla woke to a feel of something soft brushing along her collarbone.
"Morning beautiful." Laura whispered into her skin, her hands balancing her where she hovered over Carmilla.
Carmilla raised a brow, and groggily spoke, "Well isn't this a surprise, you never wake me up like this anymore."
Laura grinned, leaning down to press a kiss to her girlfriend's lips. "After last night, I think you might deserve to be woken up every morning like this."
Carmilla rolled her eyes, leaning up for a second kiss, before pulling away, eyeing Laura up. "You want something."
Laura shook her head.
"Carter wants something."
Laura shrugged, "I think it could be up for interpretation."
"You both want something."
"Bingo." Laura whispered, leaning back down to kiss her again.
Carmilla knew better though, pulling away she asked. "What is it?"
"I want to take Carter to her first amusement park."
"Laura-"
"I know you don't like the rides, but listen, I can go on them with her, and you can just be there to hold our hands." Laura persuaded, sitting up so that all of her weight was on Carmilla's hips.
Carmilla groaned lowly in her throat, hands moving up to grip Laura's thighs. "What's in it for me?"
Laura smirked, "You'll just have to wait and see."
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Carmilla hated amusement parks, thought they were the second closest things to hell. With children screaming, germs covering everything, and the incessant need to create more and more dangerous death traps they called rollercoasters.
She felt the grip of Laura's hand in her own squeeze to grab her attention, "You okay?"
Carmilla nodded her head, looking at Carter who was holding Laura's other hand, and excitedly skipping alongside her. Carmilla fought the urge to chuckle, looking back up at the rides and shaking her head. Thank god Carter was still too little to ride the majority of the rides, it would save Carmilla from an early onset heart attack.
"Which ride do you want to go on first, pumpkin?" Laura asked their daughter.
"That one!" Carter said, pointing at the small ride with spinning cups.
Laura smiled, "Okay, and while we're on that, what do you want Mommy to win you?"
Carmilla shook her head, fighting the urge to crawl out of her own skin. "I can go on that ride."
Laura raised a brow, "Are you sure?"
Carmilla nodded, "Yeah, I'll take her."
"Okay, Mommy's gonna go on this one with you, and I'll watch because I'm not very good at the prize games."
Carter bounced in place, entirely too much like a miniature cupcake, Carmilla thought as she took Carter's hand. Ignoring the feeling of her stomach swinging somewhere between her ankles, they slowly made their way to the spinning teacups.
Carter quickly picked the purple cup, and they were settled in.
"Now you hold onto this wheel here," Carmilla instructed, "And you push it so that it will twist the cup."
"Okay." Carter said, putting on a look of strict concentration.
Carmilla rolled her eyes, looking out at Laura who was standing by the gate and gave her a reassuring two thumbs up. Somehow Carmilla knew those thumbs weren't going to save her though, but she had to prove a point. She couldn't be afraid in front of her daughter.
The ride was then started up, spinning the cups in and around the surrounding ones. Carmilla felt her chest tighten, and her stomach do flips. She clenched her eyes shut before reopening them, watching Carter squeal in glee.
The ride couldn't have ended quick enough, as the cups slowed down, and each door popped open, Carmilla quickly stood, feeling her head spin, and got off. She felt Carter hold onto her hand, following her out to where Laura stood.
"Everything okay?" Laura asked, looking pointedly at Carmilla.
"Can we go again?" Carter asked.
Carmilla grimaced, looking at her girlfriend for some pity, "I'll go win some stuffed animals."
Laura fought a laugh, looking down at Carter, "I'll go on with you, Mommy's gonna go win us some prizes."
Carter nodded her head, running back over to the gate opening, as Carmilla looked at Laura, "You iso/i owe me for that."
"No one told you that you needed to act all macho, it's okay, lots of people don't like rollercoasters."
Carmilla rolled her eyes as Laura pressed a kiss to her cheek and whispered, "I'll see you soon, kitten," before following after their daughter.
