Sorry it took me too long, I'm not feeling quite well lately. I could barely lift my head off the pillow this morning, it felt at least a hundred pounds heavier. I think I'll just stay in bed all day tomorrow, maybe actually do some of the work I should be doing right now...
Anyway, here it is. I apologize if there are any grammar mistakes or anything like that, I wasn't able to even concentrate enough to go through this.
Enjoy!
Chapter 8
"Hey." Jane greeted Maura as she walked out of Antonio's office. Jane had just arrived at the bar and was about to get changed to tonight's uniform. When she saw how upset Maura was, her expression and tone changed.
"What happened, baby?" she asked, worried, and immediately held Maura, one hand on her waist and the other on her cheek.
"Nothing, just..." Maura said, still quite upset.
"Talk to me, come on." Jane pleaded. She saw Maura's eyes getting softer.
"Antonio has a rule against romantic relationships between colleagues here."
"Wh... so what does it say about us?" Jane asked, confused.
"I've been here almost nine years, Jane. I've never asked for anything I didn't think I deserve to get. I asked for a chance, because I – we – deserve it. It took a while, but I made him come around, to give us a chance." Maura smiled at her.
"That's great, Maur. You're great." Jane said, planting a soft kiss on her temple.
"Yes, yes it is." Maura said, smiling.
"C'mon, let's go and get you all fresh up. You're on stage tonight." Jane smiled at her.
"Jane, do you think it's going to work?" Maura asked her. They looked at each other through the mirror in the large bathroom. Looking around, no one could say Antonio Sánchez isn't taking care of his girls.
"What do you mean?" Jane asked softly.
"Tony said that if you try to get me off stage in any way, or if I refuse to do things because I think it might hurt your feelings, or anything like that, then the chance is over." Maura explained.
"Maur, look at me." Jane said, putting her hands on Maura's shoulders and turning her around to face her. "It's going to be okay, I promise. You can do anything you want on that stage, because that's your job, and at the end of the day you're coming home to me, right?"
Maura looked at Jane's smile. 'She's so great, what does she even sees in me?'
"Right."
"Good." Jane's smile got bigger. Her eyes smiled along with her mouth now. "Now, I believe you promised you'd tell me your new stagename."
"Are you sure you want to know?" Maura asked warily.
"Of course I want to know!" Jane said. "You're going to be on that stage a lot, I'm going to see you on that stage a lot, and we both know that the Maura who's on the stage and the Maura who cuddles with me at night are two different women."
'She's so beautiful... why would she ever be with a pole dancer like me? Why would she ever be with me? What the hell does she sees in me?'
"You promised. Tell me."
Maura sighed. "Goldielocks."
Jane thought to herself a little. "That's nice. I like it."
"You do?" Maura asked, surprised.
"Yeah, I do. How'd you even thought of it?"
"Well, actually, you did."
Jane was confused now. "I'm sorry, what?"
"You did." Maura repeated. When Jane's expression was still confused, she explained. "Last night I asked you to stay the night with me, to hold me as I'm asleep."
Both Jane and Maura smiled at the sweet memory of the night before.
"I woke up around eight. It took me about five seconds to remember why you were in bed with me, so I turned around to look at you because you were the big spoon. I just looked at you, sleeping, for about ten minutes, and then I had to kiss you. Your lips looked so... inviting, and I just had to kiss you. You were asleep, so you didn't kiss me back, but it was a short kiss anyway. And when I leaned back to look at you again you mumbled a few words. I just laughed, and then you mumbled 'Get back to sleep, Goldielocks' and pulled me closer to you."
"I don't remember ever calling you that so I'll have to take your word for it, Goldielocks." Jane chuckled, making Maura laugh as she pulled her close for a sweet kiss.
Maura's lips tasted like chocolate and coconut. And it had something else in them too... red wine. In any way, it was Jane's new favorite taste in the world. She felt Maura smiling into the kiss as she put both her hands on the back of Jane's neck. Jane smiled back, pulling Maura closer by her waists.
Neither of them deepened the kiss, but it got more sensual on it's own. It was still soft, tender, gentle, but now it also became sensual, as if Maura was being seductive.
"Maura." Jane said, pulling back to look in Maura's eyes.
"What is it?" Maura asked, trying to read Jane's facial expression.
"We said, last night, that we'll take it slow. I can't, not now and not ever, take it slow if you keep kissing me like that."
Maura gave her a playful grin. "Oh, you mean like this?" she said and gave Jane the most seductive kiss she could give without using her tongue.
"Uhm, yeah..." Jane said, pulling Maura closer for another kiss. They kept kissing like that for another few minutes before Jane was the one to pull back again.
"No, Maur. Please. If we keep kissing like that I'll end up fucking you senseless right here, right now. And I want to take it slow, to make sure we do it right. And above all – I want our first time to be on a bed." Jane said.
"You are so amazing, Jane." Maura smiled at her. "You really are. Look at how great you treat me, all you want is for me to feel comfortable. You're just incredible."
Jane chuckled, but gave Maura one last small peck on the lips. "I'll leave you to get all dressed up. See you in a bit."
And she left, went off to the locker room, to change to her own uniform. And as she watched Jane turning around and leaving the room, Maura knew she loved her more than anything or anyone else.
Jane came back thirty minutes later to find the bathroom empty. She decided to check maybe Maura was in the second dressing room.
"Maura?" Jane said hesitantly, slightly opening the door.
"I'm here, you can come in." Maura said.
Jane walked in, closing the door behind her. She turned around to look at Maura and her breath was taken.
Maura looked simply gorgeous with a black, tight, strapless dress that ended halfway to her knee. Her make-up and hair were perfect, and she looked beautiful.
The voice of her chuckle brought Jane back to reality.
"You should close your mouth, you wouldn't want anything to fly in there."
Jane closed her mouth and tried to swallow, but her mouth and throat were completely dry. She took a few steps towards Maura, looking at her.
"Maur, you look gorgeous." Jane said after a few moments.
"Thank you, but I'm not finished just yet." Maura said with a sweet smile.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Jane said, stunned.
Maura turned around so her back was now facing Jane. She moved all of her hair, laying it softly on her left shoulder. "Will you zip me, please?"
"You are not playing nice, at all." Jane said, but closed the small distance between them.
Maura tilted her head to the left, giving Jane better access to her neck. Jane placed both her hands on Maura's stomach. She felt Maura throwing her hands up and to the back, wrapping them around Jane's neck.
Jane was mesmerized. She leaned closer to Maura, planting tender kisses on her neck, eliciting soft moans from the beauty she held in her arms. She slowly moved her hands to the sides of Maura's body, placing them on her waists. Her hands were now dangerously close to Maura's ass.
She bit, licked, kissed and sucked the skin of Maura's neck. Each action was followed by a soft, quiet moan, escaping from Maura's mouth. Jane's hands slowly trailed up on the sides of Maura's torso, brushing past her breasts as they made their way to Maura's shoulders.
"Oh, Jane..." Maura's voice was deep, sexy.
Maura moaning her name was the sexiest thing Jane has ever heard in her entire life, but it was also the thing that brought her, once again, back to reality. Not wanting to leave Maura hanging, she slowed down the pace of her kisses as she trailed with her hands down Maura's back to find the zipper. She zipped the dress as slow as she could, trying to make the moment last forever, but eventually the zipper was at the end of it, at the middle of Maura's back.
"Here you go." Jane whispered in Maura's ear.
Maura turned around to face Jane. "You," she kissed Jane's neck as she put her hands on the sides of Jane's chest, her thumbs brushing past Jane's nipples, "are the biggest teaser ever existed."
"And you," Jane cupped Maura's ass, "are the sexiest woman ever existed."
"God, Jane, only if you didn't want to take is slow..." Maura whispered. She felt Jane's nipples hardening.
"I have to go before I take you right here and right now." Jane whispered back, giving Maura one last sensual, seductive kiss.
"Well?" Connie asked as soon as Jane took her place behind the bar. Jane didn't answer, she just smiled a mischievous grin.
"You dog!" Connie said playfully, laughing.
"We're taking it slow." Jane said immediately.
"Yeah, right. Ten bucks tonight she ends up naked in your bed." Connie gave Jane a side look.
"No, I really want to take it slow with her. I want it to work, I want it to be the best and last relationship we both have. And for that to happen, we have to wait." Jane said. "Though it is getting harder each minute. I almost took her down in the dressing room."
Connie didn't respond, just laughed. Out loud.
"Oh, shut up." Jane said and grabbed her cellphone to check for any messages. She was actually surprised to see she had an unread text.
'Tomorrow, your apartment, 3PM. Be there alone. S.C.'
And then Jane knew she was in trouble.
I was on fire today, btw. Finished writing until the end of chapter 12. Now all I have left is to check that the grammar is correct and stuff, and hand it over to you guys.
Also, what keeps me writing is reading all of those great reviews you leave, so the more reviews I get the faster I'll finish writing the chapters...
