A/N: This one's a short one, but there's more to come.
They got back to the house in time for dinner. Elyza explained where Jon was when Madison asked, and they seemed to understand why he didn't deserve to come back. After that, the conversation shifted, and everyone was at ease. Elyza washed the dishes after they finished, dried them and put them away.
Alicia had gone up to her room to change, and got comfortable in bed, patiently waiting for Elyza, who did come up to her room, changed into more comfortable clothing and laid down next to Alicia.
She faced Alicia, who was smiling, and reached out to bring Alicia's face to hers. They kissed lazily, scooting closer under the covers.
Alicia kissed Elyza's neck and pulled back, checking to see if the finger shaped bruises had faded. They had, only light purple marks were left.
"How's your back?" Alicia asked, breaking their kiss.
"Who cares?" Elyza said, pulling Alicia back to her.
Alicia giggled. "I do. Turn."
Elyza groaned in annoyance and turned around, allowing Alicia to have a look at the wound.
Alicia pulled back the bandage, it was healing well, but it would take at least a week before it wouldn't bother her. She reapplied the bandage, patting Elyza on the back. "Looks good."
Elyza turned around quickly and resumed kissing Alicia. "Good." Elyza added more and more pressure with each kiss, and suddenly, She was on top of the brunette.
Elyza kissed Alicia's neck, while her hands roamed her back under her shirt. Alicia took a handful of Elyza's shirt on both sides of her waist and pulled her down, capturing her lips. Elyza slowly pushed up Alicia's shirt, yanking on it until Alicia stopped to pull it over her head, leaving her in a bra. Elyza sighed deeply, kissing Alicia's collarbone, and slowly making her way down. Alicia stopped her to pull off Elyza's tank top, and pulling her flush against her, skin to skin. By now they were both panting, Alicia kissed Elyza's ear, and whispered to her softly.
"I really hate to say this…" Alicia started to say and Elyza pulled away trying not to let Alicia see her disappointment . Alicia smiled at the pouting Australian, and sat up, kissing her on the cheek before continuing. "Your back needs to heal. You know that."
"I can take pain." Elyza grumbled.
"I know you can, but you need more time. And so do I." Alicia admitted guiltily.
Elyza leaned close. "I know." She said, and kissed her softly with passion.
"I'm just a little anxious becau-"
"Shh." Elyza cut her off. "You don't need a reason. I know I can be a little pushy, but believe me, I am happy with where we are right now. There's no rush."
Alicia smiled and kissed her. "Stop being so sentimental. You'll make me change my mind."
Elyza laughed. "Oh really? Maybe I should recite a poem for you or something. Cause you know there's nothing sexier than Shakespeare."
Alicia laughed and kissed her again before they both drifted off to sleep.
"Hello."
Alicia grunted.
"Cupcake." Elyza sang, poking her girlfriend's cheek.
"Go 'way." Alicia grunted again.
"That's no way to treat your girlfriend, now is it?" Elyza teased.
Alicia turned over, trying to ignore her.
"What? No clever comeback? No sarcasm?" Elyza teased. "I'm disappointed, honestly."
"What time is it?" Alicia asked grumpily.
"Nine. Time to get your ass out of bed." Elyza chirped.
Alicia groaned and sat upright, stretching her arms toward the ceiling. "What? there aren't any weekends in the apocalypse anymore? No sleeping in on Sundays?"
"Not that it matters but its Tuesday. I try to keep track."
"Its official then, Tuesday is the new Sunday, now come back to bed with me." Alicia begged, reaching out towards Elyza.
Elyza rolled her eyes. "Tempting. But I have things I want to do today."
"Oh yeah? Like what?" Alicia deadpanned.
"Get up and I'll show you."
"Fine. I'll meet you downstairs. Give me five minutes."
"Sweet." Elyza smiled, giving her a kiss.
Alicia slowly got dressed, combed her hair and went down stairs, to see Elyza on the couch, laughing and chatting with her mother.
Alicia laughed. "What are you two laughing about?"
"Oh nothing. What are you two planning on doing today?"
"That's a secret." Elyza smiled cheekily.
"Oh, that secret?" Madison giggled.
"Yeah." Elyza chuckled. "That one."
Alicia looked between the two of them. "Why do I feel like something terrible is about to happen to me?"
"Don't worry." Madison told her daughter. "You'll like it."
Elyza got up from her seat. "We gotta go. I'll see you later Madison!"
"You two have fun!" Madison waved, giggling. Elyza pulled Alicia by the hand out of the house, still laughing.
Alicia laughed. "Are you always this good with the parents?"
Elyza scoffed, shooting her a slick smile. "I'm usually not the type you bring home to the parents."
"Ha! Lies. You're a big softie and everyone knows it." Alicia smiled. "I bet you charmed lots of parents in your day."
"In my day?!" Elyza scoffed, offended. "Excuse me, but I'm not as ancient as you're making me sound."
Alicia laughed. "Debatable."
"Your gonna regret insulting me when we get to the beach." Elyza smiled, leading Alicia towards the expansive ocean.
"What's at the beach?" Alicia asked.
"Come and see."
They ran down to the beach, giggling all along the way. Until they came to sand, where obscure lines were drawn in the sand.
"No!" Elyza yelled. "Goddamn it!"
"What? What's wrong?" Alicia asked, putting her hand on her shoulder.
Elyza sighed, pointing to the strange lines drawn in the sand. "It was supposed to say, 'first date?', but it got washed away." Elyza said sadly.
Alicia burst out laughing.
"Hey. What's so funny, I was just trying to be romantic." Elyza complained.
Alicia could barely get the words out. "That is, simultaneously, the dumbest, and cutest thing."
Elyza rolled her eyes. "Come on, there's more."
"Are you sure it didn't wash away?" Alicia cackled.
"Yes." Elyza said curtly, slightly annoyed.
She walked over to a trash bag lying in the sand, and started rummaging through it.
"Uh, Elyza? What's that?" Alicia asked, slightly worried.
"Breakfast." Elyza said, placing Tupperware on top of bag, laying out the foods. Alicia gave her a strange look.
"I couldn't find a basket, okay?!" Elyza yelled. "And trash bags were the only thing I had at the time."
Alicia struggled to contain her laughter, but she did her best, and sat down to eat with Elyza. At the very least, the food was good and the view was nice.
"So, Anything else planned for today?" Alicia asked, picking up a strawberry.
"Yeah. I was thinking we could go swimming when you're done." Elyza enthused.
"Oh."
"What? What does 'Oh' mean?" Elyza asked, desperate.
"I just, I don't have my swimsuit. I have to walk back to the house and get it." Alicia said softly.
Elyza slumped over on the sand.
"Are you okay?" Alicia said, scooting over to sit next to her.
"No."
"What's wrong?"
"I knew I forgot something. This whole thing has just been fail after fail. I've ruined it." Elyza said sadly.
Alicia laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Elyza nearly cried.
"Because I love it. It flawed, sure. but its you. Its absolutely adorable. This is still the best date I've ever been on. I'll go get my swimsuit. Okay?" Alicia said.
Elyza smiled, and kissed her. "Okay."
Alicia got up and ran to the house, ran up to her room and changed into her bikini as fast as she could and headed back out to the beach.
"Hey!" Elyza waved from the edge of the water, she was now wearing a black bikini that must've been under her clothes. She looked amazing, and she was wearing her new Aviator sunglasses.
"Hey." Alicia smiled, walking over. "Is it cold?"
"Yeah, but its not too bad." Elyza said, beckoning her over.
Alicia took Elyza's hand, squealing a little when the water lapped onto her toes. Elyza laughed and pulled her into a kiss, to distract her wile she waded them out to their ankles.
Alicia broke away. "It is cold."
"Well duh." Elyza said. "You'll get used to it faster if you just suck it up and jump in." Backing away, she emphasized her point by diving in, swimming out and waving Alicia towards her.
Alicia frowned at the water.
"Come on!" Elyza yelled. "I feel better already."
"Fine." Alicia yelled back. "I just need a moment." Alicia took small steps out into the water, cringing as the water rose, inch by inch. When it got to her hips she was shivering, and Elyza waded over to her.
Elyza saw her shivering and laughed. "Is someone feeling a little chilly?"
"Shut up." Alicia said, with shaking teeth.
Elyza laughed and leaned forward, taking her face into her hands, and kissing her softly.
Alicia wrapped her arms around her surprisingly warm girlfriend and kissed her back, smiling as she did so. Elyza slowly waded them out even further, the water deepening a few inches.
"No. Its cold." Alicia complained.
"Relax. Trust me, you'll be fine." Elyza said, kissing her again. Alicia shook her head and ran her fingers through Elyza's wet hair.
Elyza suddenly had on a cheeky grin and Alicia couldn't get away fast enough. Elyza grabbed on to Alicia's waist and pulled her down under the water, only letting go when she was fully submerged.
Alicia came up screaming. Elyza came up laughing, nearly choking on water because of it.
Alicia slapped Elyza on the shoulder, and Elyza pulled her in for a kiss.
"That's better, isn't it?" Elyza asked.
It was better, the water was more acceptable, but Alicia wouldn't admit that. "No, it was cruel."
Elyza only laughed, dipping her head under water to fix her hair. When she surfaced , only her head was out, and she pulled Alicia down to her level.
"Then why aren't you shivering anymore?" Elyza asked, raising her eyebrow.
Alicia didn't answer, instead only rolling her eyes. They swam around, kissing and laughing for several more minutes, until the got out and Elyza produced two towels from the garbage bag.
Alicia dried her hair and laughed. "Wow, I am surprised you remembered to bring towels."
"Shut up." Elyza laughed, drying herself off.
Alicia strode over to her, kissing her softly. "Thanks for this, it was really nice."
Elyza laughed and did her best infomercial impression. "But wait! There's more!"
Alicia laughed, "Really?"
"Yup."
"Was it thought through carefully?"
"…Yes."
"Ok then, lead the way."
Elyza smiled and they held hands, their towels wrapped around them as they walked towards the house.
Suddenly, they saw Victoria, walking over to them, looking frantic.
"Hi, Victoria, how are you?" Alicia asked nervously.
"Good. Listen, I hate to interrupt but I think I have some news you might want to hear." Victoria said enthusiastically.
"Well," Elyza looked over to Alicia, "Is it really important?"
"Absolutely."
Elyza sighed, "Can we have a moment?"
Victoria nodded and they walked away a few paces.
"Listen, I'm really sorry." Elyza started. "I wouldn't consider it if it weren't so important."
Alicia sighed sadly. "No its fine, I understand."
Elyza reached out holding Alicia's face. "This isn't over yet. When I get back we'll pick up where we left off, for now just get into some dry clothes okay?"
"Okay." Alicia smiled, looking over at Victoria and pulling Elyza in for a very deliberate kiss. But the redhead wasn't looking in their direction. "At least put some clothes on first."
Elyza walked over to Victoria and told her that she'd meet her at her office.
"Are you sure you aren't jealous?" Elyza asked cheekily, quickly pulling on a T-shirt and shorts.
"I am above that now." Alicia said calmly.
"M-hmm, okay." Elyza said, pulling on her leather jacket. She kissed Alicia on the cheek. "You can come if you want."
"That sounds like a good idea." Alicia agreed quickly.
"Lets go."