Nicole was just pulling up outside her house with Waverly in the passenger seat when they both jumped at the sound of Waverly's phone ringing. It was Wynonna. Ugh.

"Impeccable timing as always!" Nicole laughed to Waverly, she couldn't understand how Wynonna always managed to interrupt them, or call Waverly at the worst times.

"This better be good Wy!" Waverly almost spat down the phone to her sister.

"Dude! Did I interrupt something juicy?"

"What's up Wynonna?"

"I'll take that as a yes! I hope it's a yes!"

"Wynonna!" She knew that Nicole could pretty much hear everything being said from both sides of the phone call and wasn't ready to have that awkward conversation yet.

"Oh yeah erm, meeting at shorty's tonight for a drink, you game? Haughtstuff there is invited too, obviously. Wait shouldn't she be back at work?"

"She's got the afternoon off, so we just got to hers." She looked up and smiled at Nicole.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do Wave, and by that I mean do everything!"

"I'm ignoring that, I'll let you know if we'll make it tonight."

"If you can drag your body's apart for long enough, it'll be good for all of us."

"Goodbye Wynonna!"

Waverly ended the call with her sister and huffed as she turned again to look at Nicole. She was still sat looking over at the brunette waiting for her to fill her in on the conversation.

"Sorry, the gang's meeting at Shorty's tonight and wants to know if we're game."

"The gang?" Nicole just chuckled to herself. "I'm down for that if you are, doing a morning shift tomorrow so I won't be there late though. If that's okay with you I mean?"

"As long as I'm with you It's definitely okay!"

They both stepped out of Nicole's cruiser before Waverly pulled her phone out again to let her sister know they'd be joining them tonight. She just wanted to know what time. But all she cared about right now was that she was with Nicole, back at her house for the first time in weeks. She'd missed this place, all the memories they had here. Oh, and her cat.

"How's Calamity Jane? I haven't seen her in so long.."

"She's a pain, and she's definitely missed you."

"She loves me!"

"She's not the only one, and I missed you more!"

They'd walked into the house now, Nicole letting Waverly enter first, such the 'Gentlewoman'. Waverly felt completely safe now, at Nicole's with her by her side, and Calamity Jane running over for some affection. She felt safe despite the Widows attack on Nicole taking place right here. She felt safe and at home wherever Nicole was.

"Would you like a drink Waves?"

"Just some water please."

Nicole had made her way into the kitchen to get Waverly a drink, as she made her way over to the sofa with Calamity Jane jumping onto her lap before she'd managed to sit down properly. God she'd missed this cat. All the endless nights her and Nicole would be curled up on the sofa after watching a movie together, with CJ wrapped seamlessly between their legs. She never heard Nicole walking in until she spoke.

"See I told you she missed you!" Her dimples were showing now along with that amazing smile of hers.

"No kidding.. I'm going to have her scent on me for like.. Weeks!"

Nicole placed Waverly's glass of water on the coffee table opposite and proceeded to take a seat next to her and give CJ some attention too. She settled down next to her and placed a kiss on her cheek, feeling the butterflies in her stomach at the contact. However as Waverly moved away, she froze concerned that she'd ready everything wrong.

Waverly had pulled Calamity Jane from her lap and placed her down on the floor, watching her run off before turning around on the sofa to sit and face Nicole.

"You told me you love me."

The redhead didn't know where she was going with this and felt a slight rejection coming along. Waverly had said it back, kind of, indirectly. She'd said it to justify her actions, not purposefully for Nicole to hear. She didn't quite know what to say.

"Waverly I-"

"No just listen, please." She took both of Nicole's hands into her own and moved closer so that her face was in front of Nicole's as she spoke. "You told me you loved me when I found the DNA results in your bag and I just left, I was horrible to you after that! You told me you loved me when you were in the hospital after Mercedes attacked you. After she bit you. You were dying and you just wanted me to know that you loved me. More than anything. You were dying and all you could think about was me after the way I treated you. And I never said it back Nicole."

"I'd never expect you to say it back unless you wanted to Waves."

"That's the thing Nicole, I couldn't even say it back. The thought of you dying was unbearable but I had to hold on to something.."

"I don't know what you're trying to say.." Nicole wasn't sure at all what Waverly was getting at, and she look concerned for the brunette but confusion was evident on her face.

"What I'm trying to say Nicole is that I didn't say it back because I didn't want it to be the last thing I said to you, I wasn't ready for that, for you to die.. I was holding on to the fact that I'd get to say it after we found your cure. That was my hope. But then we got sent to a different time and I was supposed to marry Perry, and then I told you about Rosita and I jus-"

"Waves.."

Tears were welling in Waverly's eyes now, she couldn't fight back all of the feelings, how she'd nearly lost Nicole to the venom and then she did lose her because of her kiss with Rosita. But here she was trying to get the words out to Nicole, to tell her that she loved her and it was terrifying. She'd never loved champ, not really, and could easily say those words to him on the rare occasion they came up.

She placed one hand on Nicole's cheek as she looked into her eyes and smiled at the way Nicole quickly diverted her head to place a kiss across Waverly's hand.

"I hated myself because through all of this you thought that I didn't love you, because I never said those words to you. I should have said them so long ago Nicole, I just, I've never felt the way I feel when I'm with you and I was just scared. And then everything got in the way and I couldn't find the right way to tell you, or the right time for that matter.. I love you Nicole Haught. I love you so damn much!"

Before Waverly got a chance to breathe after saying the three words she'd been wanting to say for so long, Nicole had leant forward and crashed their lips together. Her own tears of happiness joining with Waverly's as they ran freely across their cheeks.

They kissed for what seemed like forever before they both pulled away.

"I love you too.." Nicole ran a hand across her cheek before running her thumb slightly over Waverly's parted lips. She had missed her so much and couldn't believe that in this moment, here they were, finally side by side again, confessing their love for each other. Oh how she'd longed to hear those three words.

It was Waverly that crashed their lips together again after wiping away her own tears. She was finally happy again. They both were.

Nicole placed a hand around Waverly's waist and effortlessly lifted her round so the younger woman was sat with her legs either side, straddling her. She held her so close as she ran both her hands up the brunette's back, and kissing her passionately. The fire between them was like a raw flame, so natural and full of desire.

Nicole ran a tongue over Waverly's bottom lip before taking it between her teeth and biting it slightly. The action caused Waverly to let out a small moan and a slight roll of her hips.

"Bedroom?" Waverly pulled away and look into Nicole's eyes.

"Bedroom!"