CH9
Kate's internal clock of when to get up to get ready for work early was still working perfectly.
Kate started to blink open her eyes, when her nose beat her to it. It was a smell, or maybe more accurately a taste perhaps. It was confusing since Kate's mind wasn't fully functioning just yet.
Kate opened her eyes and started to work out where she was.
I went with Rikki to the Hamptons. I'm staying in a hotel room that only has one bed. Did she know it only had one bed when she made the reservation? Maybe that was why the bed was king sized since most hotel beds were queen sized.
Kate started working out where she was. One arm was buried somewhere and wasn't responding to her commands. The other was draped over a body. Rikki's body!
Kate could feel the heat of Rikki's body. Kate could also feel her breath. It was even suggesting she was still asleep. But why was her breath landing on Kate's lips?
Kate worked at getting her eyes to focus. Rikki was breathing onto her lips because her own lips were literally touching Rikki's lips.
Kate knew they had started out on each side of the bed with enough space for the Grand Canyon between them. Now Rikki was in her arms and she was in Rikki's. Their lips were literally touching like one long continuous kiss. Their legs were intertwined.
A section of Kate's thigh could even feel the heat generated between Rikki's legs. Kate could now feel something was tight up against her too.
Kate started to work her way out of this, however as soon as Kate made a move, especially move her lips off of Rikki's, Rikki started moaning in her sleep. It caused Kate to freeze, worried that she had just woken Rikki.
Actually Kate's action had caused their lips to get even more together. Kate could now feel Rikki's tongue against her lips as they both breathed through their nose.
I'm not a lesbian! Not a lesbian.
Kate started working on extracting herself from Rikki. It took some work and a number of moans from Rikki as her subconscious missed the contact of having Kate close.
Kate made it to the bathroom and turned on the shower. The hot water at first started to soothe Kate's body and her mind. It's just that waking up practically glued to Rikki had left her thinking.
The beauty that was Rikki. The kiss had given her a taste of Rikki. All that skin to skin contact had every nerve in Kate's body come alive. "What exactly am I afraid of?"
Kate's mind answered that question for her easily. Lesbians are not accepted in today's society.
Kate was dry and had put on the dryer of the two bikini's that she had and went back out into the hotel room.
Rikki was still in bed and was on her stomach all spread out like she was searching for something, or in this case someone. "You need out girl?" Kate whispered and grabbed Elka's leash that had a poop bag holder attached.
Kate stuffed her room key down the back of her bikini and opened the door and took Elka for a walk.
Rikki was sitting on the bed dressed in one of her bikini's when Kate came back with Elka. "Did Kate take care of you?" Rikki petted Elka. "Thank you." Rikki looked up at Kate with a pair of eyes that had Kate melting.
Kate sat on the bed right next to Rikki. "Is it just you and Elka? No brothers, sisters? Obviously no husband, unless there is something you're not telling me."
It got Rikki to smile which only undid Kate even more. Rikki shook her head. "No bothers, no sisters and I've never been married." Rikki leaves out Alexis. Talking about her was just too difficult and as close as Kate was, she wasn't that close. "It's just me and Elka. … Unless you count the pair of squirrels that I feed at home. Or the bird feeders. Or the raccoon family that raids my trash can.
Don't tell them that I leave a little something in it just for them." Rikki whispers, getting Kate to laugh.
"You're secret is safe with me." Kate reaches out to scratch Elka.
"Any interest in breakfast?" Rikki asks.
Kate shakes her head. "Not really no." Kate had to admit she wasn't interested in anything heavy like they would get at a restaurant.
"Then I guess we soak up some more rays and maybe go shopping around lunch. Should have planned on getting both suits wet." Rikki shakes her head.
"Shopping." Rikki had Kate's interest now.
Kate was soon applying sunscreen to Rikki's back and wasn't paying attention to just where her fingers went. Rikki however was, as Kate's fingers started brushing up against the side of each of her breasts, causing Rikki's heart to start pounding.
Two more days or do I find out how far to push Kate tonight?
Rikki was soon returning the favor and this time Rikki was sending her fingers just where she wanted them to go. Rikki could almost swear she got a moan out of Kate.
After securing their tops and turning over for a little while. "Lunch and shopping?" Rikki suggests.
"Sounds like a plan." Kate was up and ready to go as Rikki collects Elka.
"Change or just cover up?" Kate asks once they are in their room.
"Cover. Three days in a bikini is three days in a bikini." Rikki tells Kate.
Kate put on one of Rikki's oversized t-shirt and let it fall of one shoulder exposing the strap of her top. Rikki did the same. Ankle high socks, sneakers, ID, room keys and money, and they were ready to go shopping.
"You be a good girl. Maybe we'll find you a snack while we are out." Rikki pets Elka and kisses her head.
Finding a place that sold swim suits took a little more work than they had thought it would. After all they were in the Hamptons, next to a beach.
Rikki also saw a native plant store that she had the driver stop at. "I forgot, you have a love of nature." Kate comments on her choice.
"It's who I am. If there is anything you take away from me, it's my love of nature." Rikki reminds Kate.
Rikki actually found a plant that she didn't have so she bought it and left it outside their door at the hotel to get some sun.
Once back in their room, Rikki held up her purchase. "Not exactly what I had in mind but since the choices were slim, ..." Rikki trailed off. She wasn't really taken with the suit, but it would do.
Kate was holding hers up too and thinking the same thing. It would probably end up on the floor in the back of her closet after tomorrow.
They had found a place to eat lunch and now they were in the pool swimming and floating around.
Kate found herself next to Rikki in the pool. "Now if we just had a couple of those blow up pool mattresses for us to float on." Kate comments.
It got Rikki to smile. "Hold that thought." And Rikki got out of the pool with Kate watching every move Rikki made.
Mind out of the gutter Kate!
Kate was sitting on the side of the pool with her feet dangling in the water when Rikki came back and slapped a plastic bag into her chest. Kate looked at what was in her hand and started smiling. "Where did you find these?" Kate looked up at Rikki smiling wide.
What Rikki saw had her melting into a puddle of goo on the side of the pool. "I'm good." Rikki grinned wide.
They were soon both blowing into the little plastic nipple.
Rikki finished blowing and threw hers into the pool. "Watch and learn." Rikki was grinning.
Rikki stepped back and jumped so that her butt would land on the mattress with the intent of landing on it and start floating away. Of course the mattress launched out of the pool and Rikki sank to the bottom of the pool and came up spitting out pool water.
Kate was instantly laughing her ass off and was barely still standing. Rikki got out of the pool to chase down her mattress. "You were right." Kate goes back to laughing. "I learned a lot." Kate was doubled over laughing.
"Thought that was funny did you?" Rikki asks as she steps up to Kate who was wiping tears away, nodding her head. "Laugh this off." Rikki grabs Kate's head and kisses her soundly. Pushing her tongue in to search Kate's mouth.
Kate is soon kissing her back. Only to have Rikki break from the kiss leaving Kate high and dry. Rikki promptly shoves Kate into the pool.
Kate comes up spitting pool water looking up finding Rikki looking down at her laughing. Rikki picks up Kate's mattress and throws it at her and picks up her own and walks down into the pool.
Shortly both of them are floating around the pool, with both of them thinking.
Yeah, this is the life!
After taking Elka for another walk, Rikki and Kate took turns taking a shower. They had agreed to dress up for dinner this time. Rikki let Kate dress first and turned into a puddle of goo, when Kate stepped out of the bathroom dressed in her little black dress.
"WOW, you're gorgeous." Rikki looked Kate up and down. The only thing missing were Kate's heels.
Kate started blushing. "Thanks. …. The bathroom is all yours." Kate offers, allowing Rikki to collect everything she needed except for her shoes.
Rikki tried to hurry since she knew Kate was already dressed and sitting out there waiting for her.
Kate was sitting and waiting while she scratched Elka behind her ears.
Rikki stepped out in a short dark green dress that showed off her long legs and the fact that she was wearing a garter belt with stockings. It was backless with a slight plunge at the front showing that yet again Rikki wasn't wearing a bra.
Kate had stopped breathing when Rikki emerged from the bathroom. "WOW!" Is all Kate could get out.
Rikki sat on the bed to put her heels on while Kate used a chair to put hers on. Rikki stepped up to Kate. "You really are gorgeous." And Rikki kisses Kate's cheek. ""Ready?"
Kate nods her head not trusting her voice. "You be a good girl, we'll be back soon." Rikki scratched Elka's ears. Rikki felt a little guilty about leaving her behind, but having Kate with her helped ease some of that.
Harvest at Fort Pond, 11 S Emory Street. "I think we are a little over dressed." Kate points out, since everyone else was dressed casually.
Rikki leaned in close so she could whisper. "We're not here for them, we're here for us."
Mussels, Clams, Scallops and Shrimp.
16 oz. Corn Fed Skirt Steak, Arugula, Red Onion, Manchego, Roast Garlic Tomato Butter.
Harvest Sunset
Mount Gay and Coconut Rums, Fruit Juices
Sour Mash Old Fashioned
Michters Sour Mash Whiskey, Sugar, Bitters, Cherries and Orange
There was outside seating in an herb garden that allowed for them to watch the sunset across the large pond that the restaurant was next to.
Three drinks later both of them were feeling no pain and laughing at every little joke each of them made. Rikki paid for their food and the limo driver's bill since she was feeling no pain and telling Kate jokes about it.
Rikki was holding onto Kate for the drive back to the hotel. Rikki and Kate ended up taking Elka for a long walk down the beach in their bare feet after Rikki took off her stockings with both of them still over dressed for this.
"We drive home tomorrow. …. Stay for dinner with me?" Rikki asks. "I'll cook."
"Sure." Kate answers back.
After feeding Elka late Rikki and Kate went to bed. Both dressed in one of Rikki's night shirts and panties.
"Night Kate."
"Night Rikki."
Like the night before there was a Grand Canyon amount of space between them.
Kate woke in the morning because of her internal clock. It took a few moments for Kate to figure out where she was. And where she was, was wound up around Rikki.
Rikki was lying on her back snoring softly that got Kate to grin. Kate found her face buried into Rikki's neck and her arm was draped over Rikki with her hand firmly holding Rikki's left breast. Kate's right leg was planted firmly between Rikki's spread legs.
I started out on the other side of the bed. How did I get here?
Like last time Kate started extracting herself from being all over Rikki, only to have Rikki moan the second Kate removed her hand off of Rikki's breast. It was like Rikki needed the contact.
Kate, undeterred, kept extracting herself from being on top of Rikki and tippy toed into the bathroom and turned on the shower. When Kate came back out with a towel wrapped around her, Kate found Rikki still asleep, only now she was on Kate's side of the bed holding on tightly to Kate's pillow.
Kate caught herself reaching out to Rikki dressed only in a towel, and stopped herself and picked up the new bikini they had bought yesterday and went back into the bathroom.
Kate was fiddling with the bikini. It fit but it just wasn't what she wanted.
Kate stepped back out and found Rikki still in bed. "Come on girl, looks like it's just you and me this morning again." Kate shoves her room key down the back side of her suit and picks up Elka's leash and takes Elka for a walk.
By the time they come back Rikki is up and dressed in her new bikini and sitting on the bed. "Hi girl, did Kate take care of you again?" Rikki ruffles Elka's face and kisses her head. "I take it you're a morning person?" Rikki asks looking at Kate.
"It's something I learned to do thanks to the hours I work." Kate responds shrugging her shoulders.
Rikki scoots back onto the bed and sits cross legged and then pats the bed in front of her, offering Kate to sit.
Kate climbs onto the bed and sits cross legged in front of Rikki. Rikki takes Kates hands in hers. "I think you've figured out I find you attractive. Actually it almost scares the crap out of me, but I'm not afraid. I'm more afraid of what you think than what others will think." Rikki pauses and when Kate starts to talk, Rikki lets go of one of Kate's hands and places a finger over Kate's lips.
"Don't, … I promise not to try and push. I'm willing to take the risk and let you work it out for yourself. Just so you know that I'll be here waiting for you.
You're a beautiful woman Detective Kate Beckett, and I know what men and women see when they look at me. Most think that I'm too good for them or in the case of most men, I'm a prize if they can get me into their bed." Rikki takes her finger away.
"Risking my heart scares the crap out of me, but I want to live not just exist by going through the motions, and I think you're just the person for that. Just think it over Kate, that's all I ask." Rikki lifts Kate's hands with hers and brushes a kiss over Kate's knuckles.
"Shall we hit the beach for a little while before we have to checkout?" Rikki offers as she gets up off the bed and goes in search of towels to use. Rikki leaves Kate awash in her own emotions, not sure just what to think.
Kate is still lost in her thoughts as she is rubbing sunscreen on Rikki's back and not paying attention to Rikki's hands on her back.
Kate however does find herself holding onto Rikki for the drive back to New York, with Elka lying on the floor all curled up.
"You don't need to involve yourself in my mother's case." Kate tries again.
"Too late now. I'm going to help you Kate, it's what I want to do. You're not asking me and I'll look even if you tell me not to, so you might as well help me instead of trying to stop me." Rikki counters.
"You failed to mention, how is your dad?" Rikki asks.
"He's sober now, but it was a struggle. I still worry that he'll fall back into that life." Kate confirms.
"Try not to be too hard on him. He lost the woman he spent time falling in love with. The woman he had a child with. The woman he had to help raise you. You ended up with your mom by birth, by blood. They chose each other.
I don't mean to diminish your pain, but your father gave his heart to the woman he lost and had it crushed on him when she was taken from the two of you.
I'd give a lot to have either of my parents all this time. I can't even see their faces anymore. I only remember an occasional event." Rikki confides. It got Kate to lean into Rikki and wrap her arms around her.
"You leave who killed your mother to me Kate, I'll find him." And Rikki had just the friends who could help.
They did without lunch since they checked out as late as possible and then had a two hour drive home.
Even Kate could tell that Elka was happy to be home when the first thing she did was finding her favorite toy and offer it to Kate who promptly took a hold of it and started shaking Elka for all she was worth. Finally winning and throwing the toy, only to repeat it all over again a little later.
Kate was with Rikki in the kitchen watching her cook. "My mom taught me to cook, but none of it tastes like yours. You sure you're not a displaced famous chief for some five star restaurant?" Kate questions.
It got Rikki to laugh, a sound Kate was learning to like a lot. "NO." Rikki chuckled a little more. "So you know how to cook? I'll just have to let you cook next time and see what you've got." Rikki offered.
"I knew I should have kept my big mouth closed." Kate comments which only gets Rikki to start laughing again.
Rikki met Kate at the front door later that night. Rikki took Kate in her arms and kissed Kate knowing Rikki had already told Kate how she felt. "Let me know when you have another day off. It might not be the beach next time, but I'm sure we can think of something to do or go to and spend our time." Rikki gave Kate another quick kiss.
Kate blushed however she wrapped her arms around Rikki too and kissed her back when Rikki kissed her. "My hours are weird so I don't know when that will be." Kate was forced to admit.
"Doesn't matter, just let me know or come over when you get off early for some reason. Elka and I will be here." Rikki watches Kate leave in the limo that Rikki still had at her disposal till midnight, so Kate might as well get some use out of it instead of taking a taxi.
Rikki headed up to the roof after Kate was gone and started making a call. Rikki kept calling until she got a response.
Four Great Egrets soon landed on the railing of Rikki's deck. As soon as they arrived Rikki cast a spell.
Speak with Animals - You can comprehend and communicate with animals. You are able to ask questions of and receive answers from animals, although the spell doesn't make them any more friendly or cooperative than normal. Furthermore, wary and cunning animals are likely to be terse and evasive, while the more stupid ones make inane comments. If an animal is friendly toward you, it may do some favor or service for you.
The four Great Egrets were soon gone and spreading the word of what Rikki wanted information about.
Rikki decided to wait until daylight tomorrow when she would regain the use of that spell so she could talk to some other animals to ask the same questions and favors.
By the end of the day Rikki had half the animals in New York City working for her.
