Chapter 9 – Make Love Last

Emily had another idea in mind.

Emily leaned in and captured Naomi's lips. She didn't care that they were in a public place or that it wasn't proper for a young woman to show affection toward another unless in private. She didn't care that her sister was sitting right there next to her with her mouth gaping wide open in disbelief. All she cared about was this amazing woman sitting in front of her. This woman who just confessed she wanted to make a life with her. This woman who has turned her whole world upside down, only to put it back together in a bigger and better way that she ever dreamed possible. This woman, this woman who is now going to be her life, out here in this little town in Montana. She was home.

Doc froze. She felt Emily's lips on hers. She was about to pull away, considering the circumstances, but her mind went blurry and all she could do was succumb to those soft, sweet lips. She felt Emily lean in to her just a bit. Doc gripped Emily's cheeks a little bit tighter and pulled her in to deepen the kiss. She heard Emily let out a small moan. As Doc was about to run her tongue along Emily's bottom lip to seek permission to enter her mouth, she heard Katie clear her throat.

"For fuck's sake, will both of you stop it? Nobody wants to see the two of you swappin' spit back and forth while they are trying to consume a decent meal. Hell, they probably don't ever want to see it, if they know what's good for them. I mean I'm sitting close enough as it is and it's taking everything inside of me to not gag right here at the table." Katie leaned in closer to the woman in order to harshly whisper to them so as not to draw any more attention to their table than has already been garnered.

Doc and Emily released their lips from each other and turned to see a stern looking Katie glaring at them, both of them sheepishly smiling in Katie's direction.

Doc quickly glanced around to see if their little show acquired a bigger audience than just Katie. One or two town's folk appeared with their jaws dropped gawking in their direction, but for the most part they were in the clear.

About a minute later a server arrived to take their order. Emily took this opportunity to whisper to Naomi. "To be continued…" And with a wink she went right back to looking at the menu. Doc's mouth just dropped. This girl was beyond amazing!

They all three put their orders in and sat in a bit of silence for a while. Underneath the table, Emily and Doc had intertwined their feet so that they had some form of contact at all times. Katie was the first to speak.

"So do you now see what I mean about you staying?" Katie looked toward those soft brown eyes she's been looking into her whole life.

"Katie, I'm sorry. I should have been honest with you about how I was feeling. Naomi wasn't the only one who felt something from the first moment we saw each other." Emily reached under the table and grabbed Naomi's hand and intertwined their fingers. Doc gave her hand a squeeze to show her pleasure. Emily smiled even bigger. "I'm sorry you felt that you had to proposition Miss Effy in order stay with me. You don't have to do this. I'm sure we can work it out to where we can both stay without you doing this."

"You don't understand. If I don't go through with this, but still stay, then I wont be worth anything here. I want to find my own life here, too. Make my own way. I need to make sure that I am not just staying to stay close with you."

"But you don't have to do it this way. I am sure there are other opportunities in this town that you could find your own way with." Emily seemed to stop short of begging, but you could see that she would if she had to.

"Yeah, I know they are looking for a new teacher. The other one got knocked up and headed further West with the guy." Doc nonchalantly chimed in, trying to help Emily's argument.

Emily and Katie both turned toward Doc and laughed.

"What?" Doc looked a tad confused.

"Really? Me, a teacher? I can barely stand James around me most of the time, let alone a handful of other little youngsters screaming 'Miss Katie, Miss Katie'. I'd go mad and back hand each and every one of 'em. Ha, I'm sure their parents would love that!" Katie snorted.

"Well, alright then, I was just trying to help. No need to take the piss." Doc seemed a little miffed. Emily gave her hand squeeze and Doc's face immediately relaxed.

"Look, Katie, we'll find you something. Just don't go through with this, 'kay?" Emily stared deep into Katie's eyes searching for the answer she wanted to hear.

"I can't promise anything. I gave her my word, and I don't want to get the reputation for not following through." It was the best Katie could give her and Emily seemed to leave it at that knowing this conversation was far from over.

All three of them dug right into their food once it was placed in front of them. Every now and then, one of them would mention something or ask a question toward Doc about the town. After about 45 minutes, and three demolished lunch plates, Doc, Katie, and Emily walked out of the Hotel. All three set off toward the General Store to pick up the items that Mrs. Fitch requested for the house. Another hour later, they walked out of the store. Doc made a mental note to never, ever go shopping with the Fitch twins again. Not only can the two of them 'shop 'til they drop', but they could bicker back and forth about the most random things while looking at items to purchase. On more than one occasion, Doc had begun rubbing her temples with her fingers. Pure disbelief was the only emotion Doc could show on her face. They walked down the side boardwalk toward Doc's office when Katie caught the window display in Freddie's store. He had a beautiful dress on display that Doc knew took him ages to complete. Katie's face instantly lit up. She turned toward Emily and Doc and said, "I'll just be a minute, I promise."

"Take your time." Emily said as Katie was stepping through Freddie's shop door.

Doc and Emily made it the other 25 feet to Doc's office door. Once inside Emily dropped all her items on the chairs in the waiting room and immediately attacked Doc with her lips.

"I. thought. we'd. never. get. rid. of. her." Emily breathed out in between short kisses.

Doc pulled Emily as close as she could to her body. She couldn't believe that her lips were on Emily's, or that Emily's arms were wrapped around her neck. Doc could feel Emily smile into her lips.

They broke their kiss for a second to gather a breath or two. Doc took that moment to really stare into the eyes of Emily. She could see her future staring back at her. It's bright and bold, and seems to go on for forever. Doc genuinely smiled at what she saw.

"What?" Emily breathed.

"It's just… you. I can't believe you're here, in my arms. I never thought I could feel all of this, this happiness. I never would have if you hadn't come along."

"It goes both ways, ya know. I don't think I have ever smiled this big, or this much. You make me so happy. When you look at me, I feel loved. When we touch, my body vibrates with pure pleasure. When I here your voice, when you say my name, its like sweet music to my ears. When you're near, I know I am safe." Emily felt a little bit of a weight being lifted. She always knew she was different from Katie and the other society girls, but now she knew why.

Doc leaned back in and kissed Emily's sweet lips. She started off soft, but instantly pushed for more. She teased Emily's bottom lip with her tongue until Emily relinquished her control and allowed Doc access to her mouth. Their tongues fought back and forth, while their arms and hands strived to gain control over each other. Doc was victorious this time around as she lifted Emily up by the bum and carried her in toward one of her exam rooms. Emily wrapped her legs around Doc's waist and pulled herself in close. Once inside, Doc moved cautiously toward the cot on the other side of the room. Once there, Doc lowered Emily down while still managing to keep their lips together. Once both were laying on the cot, Doc half on her side and half straddling one of Emily's legs, Doc pulled back to look into Emily's eyes for permission. Emily placed a hand on Doc's cheek and smiled.

"Naomi." Emily's voice sounded very shy. "I've never done, uh, never done this before, any of this really. I mean I've never even kissed anybody before you, today."

Doc smiled gently. "Emily, I don't care that you have never done any of this before. What matters to me, is that we will be doing this together. Ya, I've kissed others, but I've never held anyone else in my arms. You will be my first and my forever."

"I'm not ready to go any further than this, yet. I want to, but when it's right. When we have plenty of time for just you and me. I don't wanna just make love to you, I wanna make love last." Emily stared deep, getting lost even, into those gorgeous blue eyes.

"I'm in no hurry. I have you for forever. Let's take our time and make this right for us. I love you, Emily." Doc stroked Emily's cheek hoping to ease whatever nervousness Emily might have been feeling.

"I know." Emily's face beamed with happiness. "I love you, too!"

Doc and Emily layed on the cot for a little while longer, each stealing kisses back and forth. Some passionate, some innocent, but all out of love.

About a half an hour later, Katie came bursting through the office door into the waiting room with her hand covering her eyes screaming out toward the two lovers.

"You two better be dressed and decent when I lower my hand, otherwise Campbell you and me are gonna have some words out front after I get done flattening that face of yours with my fists." You could hear a bit of humor in her voice, but still there was enough seriousness to know that she was just doing her job as Emily's protective, 'older' sister.

Katie had lowered her hand and realized that nobody was in the room. "CAMPBELL!"

"Relax Katiekins, I didn't knock your sister up or anything. See, look. Clothes still on and hair is still picture perfect." Doc couldn't help drip out that little bit of humor. Emily and Doc were now exiting the exam room they had been occupying for the last 30 minutes, just enjoying each other's company, sharing little tid bits about themselves, and stealing kisses here and there.

"Well, what the hell were you doing? I thought that was at least enough time for you two to finish what you started in the Hotel. I mean I stayed over there as long as I could, but that Freddie ain't much of a talker. Kinda shy, if you ask me. Just kept staring at my mouth and tits with his mouth hanging wide open. He doesn't seem to have a lot of women's fabric over there, but that dress in the window is fabulous. I think I'm gonna ask Dad if he'll buy it for me. You think he would?"

Doc couldn't help but giggle. She tried hard to keep up with that rant, but Katie's mouth moved so fast it just made Doc's head spin in circles.

"That whole mouth wide open thing seems to be a trend in this town." Emily smiles at Katie and then shoots a wink up to Doc. "Katie, you know you have Dad wrapped around your little finger, but I don't think you should ask Dad for too much. I overheard Dad talking to Mum about money, it doesn't sound like we have a lot left to go around."

Doc took a mental note of this and made a point to remember to give Rob a 'bonus' for all the help he was going to do on the ranch.

"Yeah, I know. I just really love that dress. It's so beautiful." Katie said it more to herself, but knew that Emily was right. Times were a lot tougher since they left Pennsylvania and they needed every penny they had for when the family made it out to the 'Gold Country'.

It was closer to mid-afternoon, and the three ladies loaded up the wagon with all the new supplies and began the trip back to the ranch. Emily rode shotgun, snuggled up real close to Doc, while Katie was happy to be in the back with her own thoughts reflecting on the day. And what a day it has been!