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I'm so thrilled at the response to this story, I still can't believe people read my stuff. I'm sorry for the time between updates, it's been a long couple of months and now Christmas is almost upon us life is still busy. I'll do my best to get another update in before Christmas, anyway I'll stop rattling and let you read. Hope you enjoy it. If anyone wants to ask anything or harass me for updates my Tumblr is bec77broo. Please read and review.
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Disclaimer - I don't own anything aside from the characters I create and do not profit from this.
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Chapter Ten
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They were laying in bed in the early hours of the morning, Holly had again woken from a nightmare, as she had few times during the night so neither of them were in a hurry to get up yet, considering it was still dark, they were intending on sleeping more "Gail?" The brunette said softly.
"Yea" the blonde answered sleepily, she was laying in Holly's arms, the brunette was wrapped around her from behind.
Holly picked up her hand and linked their fingers "Why didn't you say anything back to Sarah yesterday? You had every right"
Gail sighed and kissed her girlfriends hand "I learned a long time ago that it's better to leave some things alone plus you'd asked me just to ignore it so I was trying to" she paused for a beat "Doesn't mean I didn't want to say anything, I just respect you and your folks enough to let you guys handle it"
"Thank you"' Holly said and kissed her shoulder.
"Next time I won't be nice, next time she'll meet my nasty side" the blonde said, the brunette could tell she was smiling.
"Since I haven't really met it yet, that kinda scares me a little" Holly said kissing Gail's neck.
"Hmmm I don't really intend on you ever meeting it" the blonde said then moaned "You keep doing that and we won't be going back to sleep"
"I can't help that I want my girlfriend" the brunette squeezed her around the middle.
"I'm not the one who keeps putting the brakes on" Gail pointed out.
"We haven't been really up to it yet, maybe while we're away?"
"Definitely while we're away" the blonde confirmed then yawned, she glanced at the alarm clock that was illuminating the room "We should sleep" she said and kissed Holly's hand again.
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Hours later, almost lunchtime the injured pair finally rolled out of bed and headed out. They got out of the city before stopping for lunch at a diner, after ordering at the counter they found a booth in the corner "Can you take these out?" Gail asked Holly pointing to the now uncovered stitches on her forehead.
"They really need to stay in another day or two" the brunette said "if I take them out too early it will open up again"
The blonde sat back "I still look like a walking bruise, can't I at least be stitch free?"
Holly narrowed her gaze at her girlfriend "I'm sensing an ulterior motive here" she said, the waitress came over and gave them their coffee "Thank you" she said to the woman as she left.
Gail smiled "No ulterior motive, just want to look like less of a freak" she picked up her cup and took a sip, not making eye contact with the other woman.
"Bullshit" the brunette said, sitting back folding her arms.
"Fine" the blonde said with a fake dramatic sigh "You said there is a heated pool at the hotel and a huge spa in our room"
Holly smirked, she pulled what looked like a cosmetic bag from her handbag, she opened it and pulled out dressings "Waterproof" she said she showed Gail then put them away "and even if I did agree to take the stitches out you'd have to wear the dressing as pools are full of bacteria and the chlorine might bother it too"
The blonde smiled at her "You are the best"
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After 2 hours and a little traffic, Holly finally turned the car into the car park of the hotel "We're staying here?" Gail asked as she realised they were in the Niagara Falls Hilton.
The brunette smiled at her girlfriend as she parked the car "Mom kind of insisted when she found out we were coming here" she explained "I thought your parents would have had you staying in places like this when you travelled"
The blonde took off her seat belt "You are kidding right?" She scoffed "Elaine wouldn't have me wasting that much money, when I went to Europe it was on my own money and I mostly stayed with friends or in cheap places"
"Really?" Holly said surprised as she walked around the car and opened the back to get their suitcases out.
"Yea the money show is for Elaine and Dad, when it comes to Steve and I, we work for ours, no advantages given" they both lifted their suitcases out.
"I don't know why I'm surprised" the brunette said shaking her head "Your mother isn't the most maternal woman"
"No" Gail agreed closing the car "let's stop talking about her" she added pulling a face.
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They booked in and checked out the room, Gail was standing near the windows looking out over the falls when Holly walked up behind her and wrapped her arms around her "It's beautiful isn't it?" She said softly.
The brunette kissed her neck, just under her ear "Yea, in all the years I've lived around Toronto, I've only come down a couple of times and usually when I did it was with friends and about drinking and gambling"
"Me too" the blonde said her hands running over Holly's arms, playing with the brace covering her right forearm and hand "honestly I think it's the first time I've really stopped and looked at the falls"
"We can go do the whole boat thing if you want" the brunette said and started kissing her neck.
"Mmmmm" Gail murmured "Maybe" she moved her hands from her girlfriends arms around her body and gave her ass a squeeze with both hands "Do we have any plans this afternoon, if we do you need to stop doing that, otherwise I'm not letting you out of that bed over there for at least 24 hours"
"Well" Holly started as she pulled the blondes hands from her ass and linked their fingers as best she could with the brace on her hand "I did make us reservations for lunch down stairs then I thought maybe we could check out the pool, I bought the other brace that I can wear in the water" she wrapped both of their arms around her girlfriend "then after that we could put the spa to good use" she kissed her neck again "maybe order some room service tonight and see where the night leads us" she kissed her just below the ear.
Gail shuddered "Again baby, you need to stop that if we're going anywhere"
Holly released her, the blonde turned to face her "Alright" the doctor held her hands up "I'll stop"
Gail walked at her wrapping her arms around her and walking her towards the king size bed "I didn't say I wanted to stop I said if you want to get out of here you needed to stop"
The brunette stopped the walk to the bed, her arms slid back around the blonde "I do want to do this with you, right now I'm hungry, you said this morning you wanted to check out the pool so we go, have lunch then come back, get our suits on and go for a swim" she was running her hands up and down her loves back.
"Okay" Gail gave her a slow kiss "Lunch it is"
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They ate lunch, went back to their room to change then headed to the heated enclosed pool on the roof. Gail who was wearing a bikini with shorts and holding her towel, looked out the massive glass windows "Can't believe we're the only ones up here"
"It is Monday" Holly said dropping her towel on a nearby lounge, she was wearing much the same as the blonde only added thing was the water safe brace on her arm "Most people come down over the weekend" she tugged a waterproof dressing from her shorts pocket "Come here so I can put this on"
Gail walked over and stood in front of her, the brunette put the waterproof dressing over the stitches in her forehead. Once she was done she gave her a gentle kiss, both hands on her cheeks "No diving, and I wouldn't go underwater for too long the pressure will hurt and could make your nose bleed" she gave her another kiss.
"Yes Doc" the blonde said, she pulled back drop her towel on top of Holly's and sat on the side of the pool, putting her legs in the water.
The brunette pulled the keycard for their room out of her pocket and dove in the water, she surfaced and swam over to the blonde, she dipped into the water to brush her hair back and came up between Gail's legs "It's lovely" she said putting her wet hands on the blondes thighs.
Gail shifted and wrapped her legs around her girlfriend, Holly slid her hands around under her behind and pulled her into the water with her. The blonde slid down her body until her legs were resting on her hips, her arms around her neck. The brunette leaned in and gave her a careful kiss, her hands still holding onto her girlfriends ass, Gail broke the kiss "You got a good hold there?" She asked.
Holly chuckled, she walked them away from the edge and sank down into the water so their shoulders were under "Yes I do and I kinda like having you wrapped around me like this"
The blonde rolled her hips against the brunette "I can think of better ways to be wrapped around you" she kissed her nose "in bed" she kissed her cheek "naked" she kissed her lips.
Holly just grinned at her as she moved them through the water "You were the one who wanted to swim"
"Yea but I also wanted to stay in our room"
The brunette kissed her softly "I love you" she said breaking the kiss and very gently resting her head on the blondes.
Gail let go of the hold she had on Holly's middle with her legs, allowing them to go to the floor, she still had her arms around her neck "I love you too" she looked her in the eye "Are you nervous?" She asked.
The brunette smiled at her "Experienced lesbian here" she chuckled "I'm only a little nervous because it's our first time together but I do know what I'm doing" she added accentuating the 'I'm' teasing her for her inexperience.
"That sounded a little like a challenge" the blonde said with a raised eyebrow "You ready to back that up?"
Holly wrapped her arms around the blonde lifting her back up, her legs wrapping back around her "I'm about ready to take you back to the room and have you naked and trembling, screaming my name"
Gail shuddered at her words "let's go" she said huskily.
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The stumbled into the room, Gail had managed to keep her hands to herself until they were in the elevator, the second the doors closed and they were alone she grabbed Holly and kissed her, over the last week the couple had gotten experienced at kissing without hurting the blondes broken nose. Gail had the brunette pushed up against the side wall when the doors opened to their floor, she barely released her long enough to get to their room, once they stopped at the door the blonde grabbed her again, her arms going around her and hands sliding up to her breasts. When Holly finally got the door open they all but fell inside "Careful" the brunette warned her girlfriend, as her ribs were still tender.
Gail instantly pulled away, the lust dampened because she thought she hurt her "Im sorry, I didn't..." she sighed "I'm sorry" she said again looking at her feet.
Holly turned around put her towel down and pulled the blondes off her shoulders, she tugged Gail back against her, she looked into her eyes "You didn't hurt me okay, I was just reminding you" her hands slid up from Gail's body to her face.
"Maybe we should wait" the blonde said starting to back off.
"No" the brunette said following her, she tugged her into a kiss, kissing her slowly. She pulled back, resting her forehead gently on the blondes "I wanna do this with you, we both want this" she gave her another kiss "I've wanted to do this for weeks now and we're both finally to the point where we can handle..." Holly was stopped by the blondes lips meeting hers, she smiled into the kiss and returned it enthusiastically. Gail started moving them backwards towards the bed, unlacing the top of the brunettes bikini behind her neck, once it was undone she let it fall down baring her breasts, the blondes eyes drifted down and locked onto the two mounds, her pupils darkening. Holly grinned at her, she grabbed the blondes chin with her braced hand and tilted her head up "My eyes are here" she grabbed the blondes hands from her neck and rested them over her breasts, Gail took the hint and ran her palms over the flesh, brushing her nipples, feeling them harden to her touch.
"Mmmmm" the brunette moaned "Fuck" she muttered under her breath. The blondes head dropped down, she took a nipple with her lips and sucked on it gently, teasing it with her tongue "Gail" her lover said. Holly tugged her head up, her breast slipping from her lips, popping as it did, making the brunette shudder.
The blonde wrapped her arms around her girlfriend "Are you okay?" She asked.
Holly's hands were still on the sides of the blondes head "I think we should..." She lost her train of thought as Gail's hands moved around and undid the tie on her shorts, she tugged them off her waist and let them drop to the floor. She started untying the rest of her top do it too, dropped to the floor.
"We should what Baby?" The blonde asked as she slid the bottoms of the brunettes bikini off her hips.
"We should..." She thought hard for a second trying to remember, then it came to her "we need to be careful"
"I know" Gail said, she took Holly's hands in hers, moving them to the tie on the back of her neck "As much as I want to taste you right now, I think it should wait until I'm fully healed" she kissed her as the brunette started undoing her top "And trust me I really really want to" she added as she pulled back looking into Holly's eyes, enjoying the lust that was written all over the doctors face and now naked body.
Holly quickly rid the blonde of her clothing and moved her backwards to the bed, when Gail's legs hit the mattress, she sat then moved up the bed, the brunette grinned and crawled up the bed, she moved herself over the naked blonde, resting her body against her "This okay?" She asked softly. Gail's body was still peppered with bruises from the fight.
The blonde wrapped her arms around Holly, tugging her in closer, slipping a knee between her legs "They hardly hurt anymore sweetheart" she said softly. She lifted herself up and kissed her "I want you" she uttered as the brunette moved slightly to the side and slipped her own leg between her lovers.
"You have no idea how much I want you too" Holly said running her fingers up and down Gail's torso, from her hip to just below her breast, she wanted to slow things down, take their time so neither of them would get hurt. She slowly bought her hand up and caressed the blonde nipple "Beautiful" she muttered, taking the time to admire the woman she was so in love with "Just beautiful" Gail blushed, she tried to push the brunette over so she could take control but Holly wouldn't let her "Please" she asked, running her finger around the blondes nipple "Just let me love you"
Her words hit Gail in the heart and somewhere else as well, no one had ever called it that with her or put her needs before there own, overwhelmed in the moment she just nodded to her girlfriend and kissed her, knowing if she tried to speak her body would betray her and the tears would flow.
The brunette broke the kiss and gave her a loving smile, she wanted to hover over her but her wrist wasn't ready to take her weight yet. She stayed laying against her, she continued teasing her breast as she blew over the nipple closest to her, then circled it with her tongue. When Gail sucked in air and squirmed, she took it between her lips and continued teasing it. The blondes hand slid into her hair as she groaned and wriggled against her.
Gail could feel herself getting wetter, she'd had enough teasing over the last month of their relationship, she needed this to happen quicker or she was going to embarrass herself by coming too quickly "Holly" she moaned and tugged on her hair slightly "I need..." She said unsure what to ask for, the brunette looked up, the nipple slipping from her lips with a pop "Holly" the blonde said again unable to articulate in the moment exactly what she wanted.
Holly slid her knee up to the apex of Gail's thighs, feeling the wetness as she made contact with her sex "What do you need?" She asked as she rocked against her slightly. All she got from the blonde was a long moan. She pushed harder against her then leaned down "If you want me to stop or need more or less you tell me okay?" She said softly. Gail nodded as she moaned again, grinding herself on the brunettes thigh trying to get some relief. When Holly moved away she almost complained until the brunettes hand slid between her thighs.
For a second she teased the blonde just brushing her fingers on the very top of her thigh as she kissed her around her neck, Gail suddenly tightened her fingers that were still in the brunettes hair and tugged her head up "Baby please, I'm about ready to explode"
Holly smiled down at her and kissed her as she slid her fingers into the blondes wet folds "I'll take care of you" she whispered down at her after breaking the kiss.
Gail tugged her back into another kiss, as the brunettes fingers found her clit, she broke the kiss and moaned loudly into her mouth "Fuck" she muttered, the blonde carefully tucked her chin over her lovers shoulder and wrapped her arms around her.
Holly smiled to herself as she knew Gail was just hanging on for the ride, letting her take the lead, she circled her clit, teasing it "God you're wet" she whispered in her ear as she slipped her fingers down to her opening, almost going inside.
"I've been wet for weeks" the blonde moaned out as her hips lifted off the bed.
"For me?'" She asked as her fingers circled her bundle of nerves again. Gail didn't answer her she just moaned as her body shuddered. Wanting an answer, Holly lightened her touch.
The blonde gripped her harder around the back "Only for you" Gail panted knowing what she wanted "Just you" she added.
The brunette smiled, she kissed the side of her lovers head and entered her slowly with two fingers, letting her adjust to the intrusion, once Gail's hips started to move, she started thrusting slowly, judging by the blondes reactions, she got the right pace and angle, she thrust steadily as her girlfriend quickly climbed towards that peak. Holly leaned up on the elbow of her bad arm, it hurt a little but she wanted to watch the beautiful woman with her come undone. Even in her lust filled brain, Gail felt the other woman pull away, she unhooked her chin from her shoulder and laid back on the bed, looking up at her confused "I need see you" she panted the lust over taking her thoughts "I wanna watch you" the brunette kissed her, her tongue mimicking the slow thrust of her fingers, she broke the kiss, gently resting her forehead on her girlfriends.
The blonde looked up at her, eyes full of love and lust "I'm close" she moaned "fuck baby... I'm.." Before she could articulate it Gail's body shuddered, going over the edge "Holly" she gasped loudly as her back arched and she shook as she rode out the orgasm. The brunette kept going, pushing her through the climax and towards another one, only when the blonde, cried out for the fifth time did she stop, she slowed her movements, her fingers slipping free as Gail collapsed bonelessly onto the bed. They lay breathing hard for a few seconds until Holly realised that her lover wasn't just panting, she was crying "Sweetheart, what's wrong, is it your head?" She asked full of concern, her hand going to the blondes cheek as she moved slightly over her.
Gail hiccuped and blushed, embarrassed "I'm..." She sniffed and wiped at her eyes "I just... I love you and that was..." She looked deep in the brunettes eyes "it was... Wow"
Holly smiled down at her "I love you too" she said and kissed her.
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Once the Gail had calmed, Holly suggested they try out the bath, taking the pressure of the other woman if she wasn't ready to reciprocate. They were laying together in the huge tub, the blonde holding her girlfriend from behind "We should get one of these" Gail said as she hands wandered up and down the brunettes abdomen.
"Should we?" Holly asked turning her head slightly to look at the blonde.
Gail blushed, realising what she'd said "Well you could" she changed it.
"You could just stay with me you know" the brunette said picking up her hands and linking their fingers together.
"You mean move in?" The blonde said, her body stiffening.
"Only if you wanted to" Holly reassured her, feeling the physical change in her. She lifted her hand up and kissed the back of it "No pressure love, if you need time, I can wait"
"I..." Gail started but stopped unsure how to articulate what she was feeling "I do kind of want to, I mean we've pretty much been together 24/7 since this all started..." She paused again, she sighed and rested her forehead on the brunettes shoulder gently "I don't wanna put pressure on either of us, once your back at work and now that I'm over my concussion I'm assuming we'll start staying apart more..." Holly just squeezed her hands encouraging her to talk, she wasn't worried she knew the blonde loved her but just didn't seem ready yet, even though they already basically lived together "I... crap, I'm screwing this up" she said.
"Gail" the brunette said interrupting her "it's okay I get it, you want to see how we do in the real world not in our little bubble before we decide to take that step, it's okay honey, I get it and honestly I think it's a good idea"
Gail lifted her head and squeezed the woman against her, pulling her in tighter "This is one of the reasons I love you" she said, removing one of her hands from Holly's, she turned the brunettes head, with a hand on her cheek, so she was looking at her "Even when I can't work out what I'm trying to say, you just know"
"I love you too" Holly said and tugged her head down into a kiss, she took the hand from her cheek and moved it to her breast, the blonde took over and took the nipple between her thumb and finger, rolling it between the two, the brunettes hips moved as she did. Holly's body was still on fire from the earlier encounter with Gail and needed some relief, she was hoping the blonde would take the initiative and her slight hint seemed to have jump started Gail.
The blonde, then palmed her breast, releasing the brunettes other hand and bringing it up to tease the other mound, Holly hummed in appreciation. Gail was unsure what to do, she knew what she wanted to do, just wasn't sure what the brunette would like. She took one hand and stroked up and down Holly's side "Holly" she said softly.
"Mmmm" the brunette moaned as Gail's hand came to rest just below the water and above where she needed her.
"I haven't..."
"It's okay" Holly took her hand and guided her fingers to her saturated folds "Just feel your way, you'll be fine"
"But..." The blonde started.
"You'll know" the brunette said looking back at her.
Gail slid her fingers against Holly causing her to shudder. The blonde smiled to herself, she slid a finger to brush against the brunettes clit, when she found it she circled it much like her lover had with her, she moved another finger to join the other one and used the two fingers to rub against the bundle of nerves causing Holly to swear. She rubbed slowly against her clit, dipping lower on the brunettes sex, causing her hips to thrust up spilling some water from the bath.
"I need more" Holly moaned out "I want you inside me, I want to feel you" she said gripping the blondes arm.
Gail kissed the side of her head "For you, anything" she whispered into her ear, she slid the two fingers down and entered her slowly.
"Oh fuck" the brunette called out.
The blonde started a slow rhythm of thrusting, testing which ways made Holly whimper louder and which ones made her go quieter or try to up the rhythm thrusting her hips, once Gail was more confident, she sped up the thrusts, curling her fingers as the brunette seemed to get louder when she did.
"More" Holly panted out "I need more"
"More fingers?" The blonde asked, slipping another digit deep into her lover, the brunettes hips thrust up violently.
"Just like that" Holly grunted out as she started to come undone "I'm gonna cum" she told Gail "Don't stop, like that just... Faster" She sped up the thrusts, pushing the brunette to the edge then over it, she felt Holly's walls contract around her fingers as she arched her back and shuddered back down, her body trebling violently as the climax ripped through her, the blonde didn't let up, she repeated what Holly had done with her and didn't stop, she kept thrusting. This time moving her thumb up to tease her clit as she continued to thrust deeply. It's wasn't until the brunette had come undone a third time, she grabbed Gail's hand "Too sensitive" she mumbled and held onto the blondes fingers and laced them with her own, wrapping the arm back around her body and she sighed as she tried to calm her breathing "Wow" she added softly.
"Really?" Gail asked unsure.
"Really" Holly rolled over in the water and laid back against the blonde. She captured her lips in a passionate kiss.
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After spending over 24 hours in bed, Holly figured they should at least spend sometime outside, so they dressed and headed out to one of the lookouts of the falls "Its amazing isn't it?" The brunette said from behind her girlfriend.
Gail was leaning against the railing with Holly cuddling her from behind "Mmmm" the blonde grumbled "The view from our room was better"
The brunette pinched her lover on the ass "We needed some fresh air" she stopped for a beat "And some clean sheets"
Gail turned around in Holly's arms "That's true" her stomach rumbled "Food would be good too" she slipped her arms around her, inside her coat "Then we should head back" she added dropping a kiss on her lips.
"We're not going to be doing anything else, but staying in bed are we?" the brunette observed with a grin.
"Is that a problem?" The blonde asked.
"Never"
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"I can't believe we have to go back tomorrow" Gail said, they were laying together on the couch, naked under a blanket, they'd taken a break from the bed to watch a movie.
Holly smiled at the woman next to her "We've been here for almost a week, we need to get back to life sometime" the brunette was snuggled against her lover.
"You start physical therapy after your appointment on Monday don't you?" The blonde asked.
"Yea, if they're happy with the progress of my wrist, I could go back this week" Holly explained.
"Will they take the plates and screws out?" Gail asked as she played with the brace on the other woman's arm.
"Only if they bother me, hinder the movement of the joint or cause pain" the brunette explained "it's up to me, they'll stay for now"
"Mmmm" the blonde mumbled and went back to watching the Tv.
"You okay?" Holly asked her, looking up at her "You seem down"
Gail shrugged "I've enjoyed our bubble I guess, that real world we talked about, is starting to catch up to us"
"It was going to happen eventually" the brunette said, there really wasn't much she could do to change things, their lives continued on even while they were in there bubble "At least now we have each other" she moved so her arms were around the blonde "And you have a key so you are welcome to the apartment anytime you need some quiet or you know to see me" she added with a grin.
Gail looked at her sideways "You're a goofball" she said then kissed her, she tugged Holly over then under her as they kissed, her thigh slipping between her legs.
"I thought we were taking a break" the brunette moaned as the blonde started grinding above her.
"Breaks over" Gail said tossing the blanket off them and taking the doctors nipple in her mouth.
"I've created a monster" Holly mumbled as her hips thrust up to meet the officers.
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They extended their stay as long as they could and headed home Sunday afternoon as Holly's appointment was Monday morning. They collapsed into bed once they arrived both exhausted from their time away. The next morning Gail went with her girlfriend to the hospital, after their last visit there the blonde didn't want to let her out if her site "I can do this on my own" Holly reassured her as they sat in a similar X-ray room as they had when Katherine had attacked them.
"Please don't argue with me, the last time we were here you were attacked, indulge me" Gail said a little annoyed, she knew her lover was still scared and suffering from this, she had nightmares every other night and was in therapy, she just wanted to look after her while she still could.
Holly watched her for a few seconds then nodded, she had learnt when to push the blonde and when not to, she knew this moment was one of those 'leave it the hell alone' moments.
Before anymore could be said the door opened and the tech took Holly out.
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"Well from the X-rays, your arm is healing very well considering the damage, you can start physical therapy tomorrow" The doctor said as he came in the room where the couple had been waiting "You can organise it at your own hospital if it's easier, I can imagine how hard it is coming here after what happened"
"Thank you" Holly said.
"Can you hop up on the bed so we can have a look at your ribs and shoulder then we'll test the range of motion on your arm and hand" he asked.
Gail sat just watching, she didn't want to interrupt.
The brunette got up on the bed, she grunted a little as he poked her ribs and tested her shoulder "they both seem to be healing well, the rib pain should completely subside in a week or so, the shoulder might give you some trouble but if you do the physical therapy and exercise it should be fine"
Holly nodded, she knew most of this already.
He helped her sit up then took the brace from her hand "The incisions have healed nicely" he said turning her hand over "make a fist" he asked, she struggled a little but got it halfway there. He asked her to do other movements then eventually put the brace back on. He wrote on her chart then put the pen down "I'm very pleased with how your healing, the range of motion you have already it far better than I expected, I would say if your progress continues you should be back to normal within two months your nerves don't seem to have been involved which has helped a lot"
"What about work?" The brunette asked as she sat back down next to Gail, picking up her hand and lacing their fingers.
"Well as long as you don't do any lifting and I can't see you doing micro surgery"
"I'm usually in emergency" she stated "Until February then I'm starting as a forensic pathologist with the city"
"Congratulations" he said "I know there were a few people going for that position" he bought the conversation back to the task at hand "I'll sign you off as fit for light duties, once you do two months of physical therapy we'll reassess and hopefully get you back to full duties"
"Is there anything we should watch for?" Gail asked "with her injuries, I mean"
"Basically pain, if it hurts stop, if it doesn't stop hurting, get it checked then come and see me" he said.
"Thanks" Holly said standing, they both shook the doctors hand then left.
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"You okay?" The brunette asked her girlfriend as Gail drove them back to Holly's place.
"Yup" she said and didn't take her eyes from the road.
"I call bullshit" the brunette said taking her hand off the blondes leg and crossing her arms.
"You can call bullshit if you want, I'm fine" Gail said still not looking over.
"Alright then, if you could just drop me home then you can go sleep in the, what did you call it, the frat house" Holly said her tone even.
That made the blonde look at her when she stopped at a red light "what did I do?" She asked, slightly angry.
"You lied, your not okay or fine" the brunette explained.
"Just leave it alone Hol" Gail said as the light went green and she took off, the tires squealing a little.
"Yea because your making that easy for me to do" Holly added rolling her eyes "and if your going to drive like an idiot just let me out and I'll call a cab"
Gail eased off on the accelerator and neither woman spoke again until the blonde pulled her car into the undercover car park, she parked and they both sat for a minute waiting for the other to speak. Eventually Holly undid her seat belt "Are you coming up?" She asked her girlfriend.
"Do you want me to?" Gail asked looking at her.
The brunette softened a little "Of course I want you to" she said.
They both got out of the car, Holly took the blondes hand as they walked to the elevator.
As they walked in the front door, Gail helped the brunette out of her coat as she still had trouble, as she put the coats away, Holly called from the kitchen "Coffee?" She offered.
"Yes please" the blonde said as she sat on a stool at the bench "I'm scared okay" she blurted out "I'm terrified that if I let you out of my sight, something will happen"
"Don't you think I feel the same way about you going back to work too?" The brunette asked as she walked around the kitchen, making the coffee "it's not a reason to lie though, I asked you what was wrong, you should just tell me, I'm not gonna run because your scared of something Gail" she thought for a beat "I'm not Chris or Nick, I'm not going to leave you"
Gail sighed "I know your not, I'm just..." She paused trying to work it out "I'm not used to being able to trust someone, especially some one I'm in love with, with my feelings, sometimes I retreat to the old tried and true methods of avoidance and ignorance" Holly went to speak but she stopped her "I already know that's not gonna fly with you and I need to try and talk to you when I'm scared like you have with me" she itched at her now stitch free forehead "I'm sorry Hol, it was a knee jerk reaction to the idea of you..." She stopped not wanting to sound overly needy.
The brunette walked around the bench to where the blonde was sitting, Gail turned when she got there and Holly stood between her legs "The idea of me being without yours or anyone's protection" she said for her, she put her arms around the woman in front of her and tugged her closer, resting their heads together "We keep saying that we don't want what happened to stop us living our lives, if I don't go back to work, she wins, if we don't try and move past this"
"She wins" the blonde added "I know" she gave the brunette a soft kiss "I'm sorry" she whispered.
"It's alright, just try to be honest, okay?" Holly leaned in to kiss her when her cell phone rang, she sighed and pulled back tugging it from her pocket, she looked at the caller "It's my mother" she explained, she gave Gail a peck on the lips and took the phone to the living room.
The blonde headed into the kitchen to finish the coffee for them. By the time she sat next to the brunette, coffees in hand, she had finished on the phone "Everything alright?" She asked as she handed her mug to her.
Holly nodded "She was checking in, wanting to know how the appointment went"
Gail looked at her, she knew she was hiding something "What happened to being honest?" She said and jabbed her finger into her girlfriends thigh.
The brunette rolled her eyes "I guess I should warn you, your going to be given a commendation for bravery at the end of the year" the blonde went to protest but Holly continued "recommendations came from Oliver, the ETF commander, SIU and my mother that you went above and beyond to save my life, you'll be presented the award by my mother and I at the annual end of year dinner"
"You already knew about it, didn't you?" Gail asked, taking the brunettes braced hand and lacing their fingers.
Holly nodded and took a sip of coffee "Mom mentioned it to me once before, I didn't see the point in telling you unless it was going forward"
"Thank you for telling me, at least you've ruined the surprise for Elaine" the blonde said giving her a sly grin.
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"What time do you finish?" Gail asked as she sat cross legged on Holly's bed the next morning as the brunette was getting ready for her first shift back, she had contacted the hospital the afternoon before and they were short staffed so she offered to start straight away.
"Because I'm on restricted duties I can only do 10 hours so I should be done by 8 tonight" Holly explained as she sat on the bed to pull her shoes on.
The blonde took advantage of her seated position, she crawled across the bed and straddled her lap "Do you want me to drive you in?" She offered as she settle her arms around the brunettes neck.
Holly's hands moved around and gripped her ass, a smile on her face "I'd love that" she said and kissed her "Do you wanna stay while I'm gone?" She offered "I was hoping you'd stay tonight too" she wanted to make it clear that her girlfriend was welcome even when she wasn't home.
"Sounds awesome" she answered with a smile "I should drop by 15 today, just check in"
"Check on the case you mean" the brunette clarified, squeezing her ass.
Gail jumped slightly "Yea" she blushed slightly "I'm hoping they push forward the trial so we can get it over with, I want it behind us"
"You and me both" Holly agreed resting her head on the blondes chest. They sat like that for a minute or two, just enjoying the feel of each other. The brunette eventually looked at the clock "We need to go very soon, I have my physical therapy before work" she reminded her.
Gail gave her a kiss and reluctantly climbed off her and onto the bed so she could finish getting ready.
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"Morning" Gail said walking into Traci's office and sitting opposite her.
The detective looked up "Your looking better" she commented then sat back in her chair "Aren't you on leave?"
"Yea" the blonde slumped back in her chair "I'm still a walking bruise" she complained.
"It's no where near as bad" Traci reassured her "Again why are you here?"
"Holly went back to work today, so instead of going back to her place and worrying I thought I'd come here" the woman in front of her was the only one aside from Holly that she would confessed to about being worried "Anything interesting going on?"
The detective eyed her for a second "We've had a few cases, nothing huge"
Before anymore could be said, Steve walked in "Turns out he was using the storage..." He stopped when he saw his sister "Hey" he said "Shouldn't you be at home resting?" He said and rounded the desk behind Traci's and sat down.
Gail frowned at him "Why are you in homicide?" She asked "Case cross over?"
"I need to take these to Oliver" the female detective said, picking up some folders and escaped.
"I asked to be transferred, it was the only way I could help on the Kingsley case" he explained "Plus guns and gangs is a lot of dangerous undercover and I don't want that life anymore"
His sister got up and moved to the seat near his desk, she considered him for a few seconds "So is this about me or Traci?" She asked then added "Or both?"
"Both" he said "I've been working upstairs when Moms around, keep up appearances, I'll tell her once she's back"
"Traci told me you took time off to work Holly's case?"
"I did but they wanted me to make a decision and I've realised my life and my family come first, you and Traci are my family so..." He turned and looked at the computer screen, embarrassed.
Normally, Gail would give him hell for something like that but she's learning when to leave things alone "Guess this means once I'm back I'll see more of you"
"Unfortunately" he said still looking at the computer "How's your head?" He asked looking at her.
"Still sore, will be till it heals"
"How was Niagara? Loose much money?" Steve asked sitting back.
Gail couldn't help but smile "Never saw the inside of a Casino" she said then added quietly "barely went out of the room"
"Too much information" he said pulling a face "Anyway don't you have anything better to do than bug me?"
"She's not home till tonight" the blonde said with a smug grin, knowing she was grossing him out further.
"Thanks sis, you just completely ruined the whole two girls fantasy on me" he said shaking his head.
"Anytime" Gail said and stood, she checked her watch "I wanna check in with Oliver"
"Lunch sometime this week?" He asked "It's been a while" they usually tried to at least share a meal or a drink once a week, with all that had happened they hadn't had the time.
"Sure, let me know when" she said and left.
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"Hey Darlin, how was your little getaway?" Oliver asked as she walked in his office.
"Great" she said with a smile "Was nice to be able just to forget everything for a while"
"How's the doc holding up?" He enquired
"She's good, she's almost healed, she went back to work today on light duties" she thought for a second then continued "She's doing okay in herself, she's having some dreams and is pretty quick to anger with people who aren't me but otherwise I think she's doing better than I am"
"What do you mean?" Oliver said as he got up and closed the door, figuring the whole bullpen didn't need to know Gail's private life.
"I almost started a fight with her yesterday because I didn't want her to go back to work" he looked at her with a raised eyebrow as he sat "No, not in the I'm a possessive partner I don't want to share you way, in the I'm scared if I'm not there to protect you something might happen to you, way" she explained.
"I think you need to..." He started but got interrupted.
"I know I shouldn't feel like that and yes I'm seeing my shrink after lunch" the blonde clarified.
"Not that I mind seeing your bruised face but why are you here, shouldn't you be resting?" Oliver asked.
Gail rolled her eyes "You and everyone else, honestly I'm killing time till Holly finishes work" she said "plus I was hoping for an update on the case"
"That explains it" he said, understanding "Well, not much had changed, both Luck and Kingsley are behind bars, Luck will testify against her for a deal, she will serve a minimum of ten years before parole though" he sighed "The minister has thrown around as much weight as she could to try and get Kingsley to plead Guilty but she seems to think she can buy her way out of it, so it looks like it will go to trial, there's a preliminary hearing in a month for her to enter her plea and to set down a date for the trial, if nothing else Holly's mother has bought the trial forward, usually it takes up to six months to even start these things and they're looking to have it done before Christmas"
"So we'll both have to testify?" She asked, she had hoped her lover would have been spared having to relive this over and over again in public.
"Unfortunately" Oliver said "I'm sorry, I wish I had better news for you"
Gail nodded "I know, isn't your fault though"
"I know" he said
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"Hey Hol" Kim, the day nurse, called to Holly as she was sitting finishing her paperwork for the day at the computer, as is was still too painful to write.
"I'm off in 10 minutes, anyone new needs to go to Mitchell" she said not looking up.
"You might want to see this one" she insisted "She says she has a problem only you can fix"
Holly looked up "little shorter than me, short blonde hair, bruised face?" She asked.
"Yea" the nurse said looking puzzled.
"I'm coming" the brunette got up, grinning. She walked out and through the security door. The second she was out, Gail turned and looked at her. Holly grinned at her and curled her finger in a come here motion. The blonde walked to her, as she reached her, the doctor took her hand and lead her into a nearby empty room. As the door closed Gail took her by the white lab cost she had on and pulled her into a kiss. Holly went with it as she had intended on doing the same thing, she wrapped her arms around the blonde pulling her in closer "I missed you today" she confessed when they broke for air.
"I missed you too" Gail said still holding her coat "You ready to get outta here?"
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"So we'll have to testify?" Holly asked, they were eating pizza at the kitchen bench while Gail explained what she'd been told by Oliver.
"Looks that way" the blonde said after taking another bite "He said everyone's done everything they can but she just won't give, she thinks she'll get out of it"
The brunette looked over at her "Will she?" She sounded scared.
Gail put the pizza down wiped her hands on a napkin and walked around the bench. She pulled turned Holly to face her, she put her hand under the brunettes chin and tilted her head up so their eyes met "I will never let her touch you ever again, you hear me, she is going to jail for a long time money or no money"
"But..." Holly started but the blonde stopped her.
"No, between your parents, my family and 15 division we'll make damn sure all that bitch sees is the inside of a prison for a very long time " Gail said with absolute conviction.
The brunette wrapped her arms around her lover "thank you" she said, the blonde could hear the tears in her voice.
"Your safety is all that matters to me" Gail said holding her "I love you" she said kissing her head.
"I love you too" Holly murmured against her.
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