Gail´s POV

Thoughts written in italic

As we laid next to each other in bed, resting, my stomach started to rumble.
Holly giggled. "Hungry?" she asked while her eyes looked at my belly.
My tummy rumbled again. "I'll take that as a yes. I'll make waffles. You could join me...No wait, stay in bed. I'll bring breakfast to you," she said as she got out of the bed. She placed a kiss on my back and my whole body shivered.

Damn, her soft lips.

I covered myself in the blankets and watched her. She was wearing her soccer jersey, the one I wore yesterday. Now I understood why she looked at me with hungry eyes. She was barely covered from the hips down. I took in the sight of her half naked body and remembered what she had told me about Traci. Traci was my best friend, and I was okay that she knew about Holly and me. She would have figured it out eventually, being the smart detective that she is. I realised what Traci meant while we were taking shots at The Penny. She was happy for me, for us.

Holly came back and placed the plate on the blanket.

"Holls, I want to show you something after breakfast, okay?"

"Yeah, sure," she smiled while she handed me a waffle. In the middle of the waffles she made heart shaped syrup spots. I rolled my eyes and looked at her, smiling. She blushed and shrugged her shoulders.

After breakfast, Holly took a shower. I thought about joining her, but decided to give her a couple of minutes to herself. Besides, I wanted to take a look around her place.

I picked up her jersey that she left on the bed and hold it against my chest. I sat at the edge of the bed and looked at the studio apartment. I got up and walked over to her book shelf. Reading through the titles, I recognised the report I saw at her office on the day we met. There were also some nerdy books, all unfamiliar to me. I walked over to the wall with her pictures. I recognised Holly and Jordan. In one picture, Holly's eyes are red and she is leaning on Jordan's shoulder. Jordan has her hand around Holly's shoulder and they are smiling into the camera. In another picture, a man is hugging Holly and they are both smiling. I assumed it was her brother. There was also a collage of pictures of Holly graduating from different schools. I also saw a picture with an elderly couple, which I assumed were her parents. Then there was one picture that took my interest. It was a picture from Noelle's wedding. It looked like the one Traci took of the two of us while we were sat at the bar, right before we stole the bottle of champagne and went to the coatroom.

I smiled as I thought about the coatroom.

I walked over to her leather couch, sat down on it, and flicked through the newspaper which was lying on the coffee table. I looked around the apartment again, and thought about sneaking through several drawers, but decided against it.

The sound of the shower drew my attention to the bathroom, and I decided to join Holly. As I opened the shower door, her back was turned to me. I stepped in and hugged her from behind and held her tight. I placed a kiss between her shoulder blades.

"Do you know how amazing you are?"
"Yeah," she giggled. "Someone mentioned it a few times, last night."

I bit the juncture between her neck and shoulders lightly. "You know what I mean," I answered as I grabbed her ass. In a fast movement, she turned us around and pressed me against the tiles. I felt her hard nipples pressed against my back.

"You are not so bad yourself." She huskily whispered in my ear while letting her lips brush against my ear.

I inhaled sharply.

"But, we are not doing this now, because you said you wanted to take me somewhere. If we start this now, you know we won't stop. I really want to see where you planned to take me." She placed a kiss on my neck and reached for the shower gel.

After we finished our shower, we went to the bedroom. Luckily, I packed a few things to wear from the Peckstein-Diaz casa yesterday, so I could wear my own clothes.

As we got ready for our date, I sat on the bed and watched as she stood in front of her dresser.

"So, this is how girls get dressed together?" I asked smiling, referring to our conversation in the coatroom. "One woman stands in front of the dresser while the other one enjoys the view?" She put on her bra slowly before turning around. She walked over to me in just her bra and her panties her socks in her hand. I swallowed loudly impressed by her perfect body. She stood in front of me and put one leg on the bed. She put on her sock seductive before she slowly slid her hands up her own legs. I couldn't take my eyes from her hands. I bit my lips and swallowed again. She giggled when I looked up at her.

"I haven't undressed you once and you haven't undressed me and… we hadn't have sex. So, no this is not how girls get dressed together." She placed a kiss on my lips.
"We can change that," I said as I reached for her waist. She took a step back and laughed. "Tease!" I muttered under my breath. She continued to put on her clothes and I watched her every move. She knew how to drive me crazy, and judging by the damp feeling between my legs she was doing a good job.

"Come on, Sweetie. Hurry up. What's with all this picnic stuff," she asked curious.
"Slow down, Darling," I grabbed the basket and a blanket. "Keys!" I said sternly.
"What? You want to drive my baby? You know, he turned 24 last week!"
"Easy there tiger, I'll be gentle with him. Besides, you can't drive while you're wearing this," I explained, holding up a black tie.
"What's that for?" she asked.

"You'll see," I blindfolded her and helped her into the car. It was a small old sports car, but it really did not drive that fast. Sometimes I wondered how she managed to fit in the car. It's wasn't that high. My head would sometimes hit the roof as I got into it. I'm sure Holly, being slightly taller than me would probably bump against the roof more often. It wasn't the prettiest car, but she always said 'he' had a story to tell and she loves to listen to him. I didn't get why she always called it a 'him,' but since she gave 'him' a name, there was no place for questions.

I drove to a nice green place besides the forest where we first met. I spread the blanket and arranged the food that I packed. Since Holly insisted on healthy food, most of the meal contained fruits.

But, I wanted cheese puffs.

She shifted uncomfortably as I set up for our picnic without talking to her. I walked over to her and kissed her. Slowly at first, but my tongue asked for entrance into her mouth. She opened her mouth a bit and sucked in my tongue. I shivered at the sensation and reached around to the blindfold.

"Surprise!" I said. Her eyes told me she was surprised and happy. The normally deep brown eyes lit up to a softer and brighter brown. I took her hand and led her to the blanket. She sat down and I settled between her legs. Her hands were placed behind her and as soon as I snuggled myself a bit into her she swung her arms around my body. She pressed my back against her front and we sat there a while in silence.

"You hungry?" I asked after a while.

"Sure, if you're going to feed me," she answered giggling. I groaned and rolled my eyes but unable to stop the smile on my face. We melted into each other. I leaned forward to grab an apple and a knife. I broke the apple in two parts and she looked amazed.

"Wow. You really are hiding some strength in your noodle arms."

Honestly, I just wanted to impress her.

Mission accomplished.

I took the knife and cut the apple in slice. Turning around in her embrace,I fed her the first slice. She took half of the slice in her mouth and I decided to bite in the other half.

Thank you, Lady and the Tramp!

We kissed each other slowly. I opened my eyes again and couldn't help the smile on my face. Then hit me; she was my girlfriend! I, Gail Peck, somehow managed to get an amazing woman. At the sudden realization, flash of guilt washed over me.

Shouldn't I be able to show the world that she is with me?

Shouldn't I reassure her that I'm in deep?

Shouldn't I...

"What's wrong, Darling?" she ripped me out of my thoughts with her question.

"You deserve more," I stated simply. She gave me a questioning look. "I mean you're great you know, and I'm not even able to tell my friends what you really mean to me; who you really are. You are more than just a 'friend.' You are my girlfriend and don't even allow myself to show it." I looked away ashamed of myself.

"Gail," she took my chin between her thumb and her forefinger and forced me to look at her. "Look around, you made a picnic. You don't even like being out in nature unless you have to, but here you are, in the woods with me. Don't you think it shows you are in deep? And as I told you before, Traci knows about us. You didn't run away. Don't you think that's a good start? I was in the closet long enough and I know how hard it is to tell everyone who the woman besides you really is. I understand your uncertainty and like I said before, I'm cool with it as long as you know who I am!" She leaned forward to kiss me, but I refused her kiss.

"So, you are not mad at me because of my behavior?" I asked her.
"Even if I were mad, you definitely made up for it last night," She whispered with a husky voice in my ear. We kissed each other and I pushed her down on the blanket. I placed my leg between her thighs as my phone vibrated.

She broke the kiss. "If you want to use toys, you have to tell me!" she giggled as I blushed.

I pulled my phone out of my jeans. It was Traci.

Great!

"Yeah!" I barked in the phone.
"Wow, hello Gail. Hope you enjoyed your night," she said while she chuckled.
"Something happened, Nash?" I asked.
"Jeez, you're in a really bad mood. Did I interrupt something?"
My silence was answer enough for her. Holly giggled as she saw my face turn red.
"Sorry Gail, I didn't know..."
"Split it out Traci!"
"Ok, ok, ok, it's donut day at the bakery Chris and I go to. Would you like to meet us there later? Ask Holly to join us."

I looked over to Holly. "It's donut day at the bakery. Chris and Traci wants us to join them."
She nodded. "Okay, sure. Let's meet them there."
I hung up and sat up again. I pulled Holly up with me and hugged. She snuggled herself into me and I enjoyed the warmth from her body.

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