I think delirium kicked in while I was writing this. Sorry it took me so long… -Mel
Ch. 10
"Fuck!" was the last thing Olivia heard Alex say before she came.
Olivia slid out from under the covers, her eyes fixated watching Alex as the last of her orgasm streaked through her body.
Olivia grinned.
She loved Alex from this view.
She began kissing Alex's naked torso.
She would never get enough.
He lower belly, circling her belly button, her tongue swiping the underside of Alex's left breast while she palmed the right...
She would never get enough of Alex's body, the taste of her skin.
She felt Alex's hand at the back of her head, tangling her fingers in her hair.
"Mmmm baby." Alex managed, lost in the euphoria Olivia had decided to wake her with.
It had now been almost a month since Alex had been back in New York and her job, her schedule was relentless. And Olivia's was none too accommodating.
Reality was settling in, but so were Olivia and Alex.
Everything they had waited for, they had wanted, was right there in bed.
Olivia now hovered over Alex her lower half still between Alex's legs.
Her long brunette hair brushing against Alex's skin.
Alex now stared at the beautiful brunette, mesmerized at how she could possibly be more beautiful with no makeup and tousled hair.
"Good morning," Olivia said slyly.
"So good." Alex grinned.
"Sorry I woke you."
Alex laughed, "you can wake me up like that anytime."
"I couldn't resist AND you were already naked!"
"I was already naked because you pouted when I tried to put a t-shirt on last night!"
"I like you naked. You have an insanely hot body!"
"I think you're a bit biased."
"Biased about you yes, but I'm telling the truth about your body. All these years I thought about… mmmph…" Olivia said with a smirk.
"You thought about what exactly?" Alex said, pushing Olivia abruptly to the side and making her way on top of her, taking control.
Alex's wet core now pressed against Olivia's own bare stomach.
"Well, I've thought about these," Olivia said as she reached for one of Alex's hard, pale nipples, fingering it gently. "And these," she said, lightly scraping her fingernails up the back of Alex's thigh. "And I've thought about…" Olivia didn't finish her sentence only pressed Alex's core further against her.
Alex leaned in kissing Olivia, this time more heatedly.
She was turned on again.
She slid down Olivia's body, kissing all of the skin she could, her fingers quickly finding Olivia's wet center and dragging two fingers down towards Olivia's opening.
"What you do to me…" Olivia stating the obvious.
"What I'm about to do to you," Alex said, pushing the covers away. "Watch me baby,"
Olivia could have came right then, seeing her girlfriend lick her lips before she went down on her.
Alex heaved herself against the mattress beside Olivia.
The comforter, the sheets long gone.
They lay there beside each other, trying to regain a normal rhythm of heartbeats and breaths.
Satisfied.
Olivia rolled over to her side, brushing Alex's long blonde hair away from her face.
"I just want you to know I'm so happy."
Alex turned on her side to look at Olivia and the serious look on her face.
She reached, her finger drug across Olivia's lips, then lightly down the outline of her chin.
"I've never been more happy, " Alex said matching how serious Olivia seemed.
Olivia leaned in kissing Alex softly.
And Alex smiled.
"So what do you want to do today?"
"I was thinking brunch and then going to the farmer's market. I want to cook dinner tonight if that ok with you."
"You want to cook dinner?"
"I can cook!" Alex said rolling her eyes, "I took cooking classes while I was in Witness Protection…"
"I remember you mentioning that, but I didn't think you had actually put those skills to use since then."
"Actually, I would cook a lot while I was in D.C.. Obviously, I worked a lot too, but when I could, it was kind of therapeutic."
Olivia was grinning.
"What?"
"I don't know, I just like this domesticated side of you."
"I wouldn't say domesticated, I was just thinking something simple."
"You're so perfect."
"I'm not perfect!"
"You are to me."
Alex grinned, leaning over to kiss Olivia again.
"Wanna shower with me? I'll wash you back," Alex asked before sitting up in bed.
"Mmmm, I like this plan," Olivia said, now following Alex out of bed.
AOAOAOAOAOAO
Olivia and Alex sat outside of the cafe having brunch.
"This is nice. Honestly, I was waiting for you to break it to me that you needed to work today," Olivia said, sipping her latte.
"Nothing I can't put off until tomorrow afternoon." Alex said, abandoning her dandle to run her bare foot up Olivia's leg, under the small bistro table. "I just want to forget work for at least 24 hours and spend the day and night with you."
"I certainly won't object to that." Olivia said reaching, catching the back of Alex's calf, giving it a squeeze. "By the way, if I haven't mentioned how beautiful you look in that dress..."
"I saw you eyeing me earlier. I figured I had gained your approval."
"Not that you don't look beautiful in everything, but you look so sexy, and so relaxed."
"I can same the same for you in your jeans and your little white v-neck. You can wear a t-shirt like no other."
They both grinned, both unable to stop flirting.
"So do you have a plan for what you are making for dinner?"
"I was thinking maybe marinated chicken, some fresh veggies, maybe some couscous and tzatziki sauce…"
"That sounds amazing."
"So you're good with staying at my house tonight? I thought it would be nice to break in the new kitchen."
"Al, of course! I didn't assume that you would choose cooking in my tiny kitchen over your new gourmet kitchen!"
"I love being at your apartment Liv."
"I appreciate the sentiment, but your apartment is luxurious."
"You're luxurious," Alex said reaching across the table for Olivia's hand to give it a quick tug. "As long as I'm with you."
"Agreed," Olivia smiled. "You ready to get to shopping?"
"Yes, and I need to stop at Williams Sonoma and maybe Crate and Barrel… then Farmers market."
"I'm here to carry your bags Ms." Olivia teased as they got up from the table.
AOAOAOAOAOAOAOA
1 trip to Williams Sonoma, 1 trip to Crate and Barrel, a quick stop in at an old bookstore, the Farmer's Market and then Whole Foods to get the rest of the items on Alex's menu…
Olivia and Alex were both loaded down from the day's excursions.
"Babe, I know it's a pain, but can we stop at my apartment? I need to get a few things. Let's get a cab and then we can walk to your apartment from mine."
Alex agreed and they caught a cab and then hauled their purchases up to Olivia's apartment.
"I'm going to put the stuff that needs to go in the fridge away while you get your stuff," Alex relayed already headed towards the kitchen with the bag from the market.
Olivia followed, placing everything on her kitchen counter and then making her way back to the bedroom.
Alex was sorting through things when Olivia's phone rang.
"Liv! You phone!"
There was no response from Olivia.
"Liv!"
Alex realized she must be in the bathroom.
Alex picked up Olivia's phone in case it was work.
The name "Carrie" appeared across the screen as the phone continued to ring.
Alex held the phone in her hand, until the it stopped ringing.
Carrie?
"Who is Carrie?" Alex mumbled.
Before Alex could sit Olivia's phone back down, the phone chirped and a text message appeared on the screen.
"Hey sexy, I miss you. How about we all do dinner? Next week?!"
Alex froze, staring at the words, reading them over and over…
Sexy… miss you...
"Hey, did you call me? I had to pee." Olivia said, not noticing Alex's change in demeanor.
"You um, you missed a call."
"Oh, did you see if it was work?"
"It wasn't work, or at least it wasn't a familiar name."
Alex watched Olivia, watched her expressions as she read her phone's screen.
1 Missed Call - Carrie
1 Text Message - "Hey sexy, I miss you. Let's all do dinner? This week?!"
Olivia's facial expressions didn't change. She didn't smile, she didn't seem overly engaged that someone had referred to her as "sexy" and told her that she missed her.
Olivia texted a back a reply and laid the phone back down on the counter.
"Anyone important?" Alex couldn't help but inquire.
"Oh just my friend Carrie," Olivia said nonchalantly as she was already occupied with combining their purchases to make their walk to Alex's easier.
"Oh… ok." Alex did prod and she wasn't sure why.
She wanted to know who Carrie was. Why she would call Olivia sexy. Why she missed her. And dinner? Did they have dinner? Was Olivia sleeping with her…
Was Olivia not as committed at she thought?
What the fuck was Olivia doing?
What the fuck was she doing?
"Alex?"
Olivia was standing there holding one of the bags out to Alex.
"Huh?"
"Will you carry this?" Olivia repeated.
"Oh, yeah, yeah."
"Where did you just go?"
"Um nowhere, sorry, just daydreaming."
Olivia let out a breathy laugh, "ok… you ready?"
"Yeah, let's go."
Olivia and Alex loaded up and headed out.
They had only made it about a block in a half before Alex made a dead stop.
"Alex?" Olivia questioned, concerned why Alex has stopped so abruptly.
Alex went to the side to get out of the way of the people now passing by.
She sat her bags down.
"Are you ok? Too heavy?" Olivia asked confused at Alex's actions.
"Who's Carrie?"
"What? Oh, she's a friend…"
"Just a friend?"
"What? Olivia asked confused.
"The text… The text "Carrie" sent you."
"Oh she was asking about dinner, I haven't seen her in a while and she was…"
"Liv, you allowed to see other women I mean we're not... we're not…" Alex stumbled.
"What? Alex what are you talking about?"
"Olivia it's fine!"
Tears clearly filming Alex's eyes, she picked up the bags and began to walk again leaving Olivia standing there stunned.
It wasn't until Alex felt Olivia's hand on the back of her bicep and the tug backwards, that Alex stopped again.
Alex looked down at Olivias hand on her arm.
"Alex, will you just let me explain?"
"Liv, I told you it's fine. You're allowed…"
"No, no I don't want to be allowed! Would you listen? Would you just let me tell you who Carrie is!"
"Liv I don't want to... I don't want to hear about some other woman. I don't want to think about you with some other woman. Obviously, I miss read what we are, where we are, and I feel like a fool and i just want to go home!"
"Alex! Stop! Carrie and I... we're not whatever it is you're thinking! We're just friends!"
"But she called you sexy, and she said she missed you, and dinner…"
"If you want to re-read the text, it says, 'we all get dinner…' Alex, she's dying to meet you."
"You're not sleeping with her?"
"Babe no… you're it for me."
"I am?" Alex questioned insecurely.
"Alexander Cabot!"
Alex bit her lip a bit embarrassed.
"But, you get why I jumped to conclusions."
"I can see why you did, and I'll explain everything when aren't standing in the middle of the sidewalk with chicken that needs to be marinated."
AOAOAOAOAOAOAO
They finally made it back to Alex's apartment, the rest of the walk a bit awkward to say the least with Alex's mostly apologizing for "freaking out".
And as promised Olivia was willing to answer any of Alex's questions, ridiculous ones or not.
"So how come you never mentioned Carrie before?" Alex said, standing at the kitchen counter, chopping vegetables.
"I don't know. She just never came up. When I'm with you I kind of forget the outside world."
"So were you two together?"
Olivia made a face.
"Mmm I wouldn't say together."
"Meaning?"
"We tried dating, it didn't work."
"Tried dating?" The attorney in Alex was going to question until she got her answer.
Interrogation tactics.
Olivia knew them well.
"We just slept together, to basically scratch the itch so to speak."
"You were fuck buddies!"
"Um yeah, basically, yeah."
"When's the last time you slept with her?"
"Alex…"
"It's just a question Liv."
Olivia shifted on the bar stool in front of Alex.
"The moment I knew there might be a possibility that you would be back in my life."
"Ok so pretty recently."
"Alex, she's my best friend. She's been there for me, she makes me forget the shit I deal with, with my job. She has nothing to do with being a cop or the law…. and yes she WAS my fuck buddy. But she also was and is now a really great friend."
Alex trew the chopped vegetables in the hot pan, contemplating her next question.
Olivia knew at this point it was better to just answer the questions, get the all out of the way.
"What does she do?"
"She's a Fashion Editor a Vogue."
"Are you kidding me?"
"What you don't think I can be friends with a Fashion Editor."
"I don't know, you just don't seem like you would tolerate a Fashion Editor from Vogue." Alex said, skipping over her comments of could this Carrie possible have a more glamorous job?
"She's a handful, funny, but a handful."
"How did you meet?"
"A birthday party of a mutual friend… We hit off."
"Is she beautiful?"
"Yes."
Again, just answer, get it out of the way.
"Like how beautiful?"
"Alex."
"Do you have a picture of her?"
Olivia let out out a slight huff, before retrieving her phone.
"Are you really going to be this ridiculous?"
"I'm curious, humor me. Besides I've already made an ass out of myself, thinking you're sleeping with her. Now picture…"
Olivia scrolled through her phone as Alex looked over her shoulder. "Hold on! I have to get past all the pictures I've obsessively took of you in the last month."
Alex rolled her eyes, but gave Olivia a slight grin.
Olivia held the phone out to Alex.
Alex's eyed widened.
"Oh God! She beautiful!"
"Not as beautiful as you babe," Olivia tried.
"Shut up! She's a hot blonde in ridiculously expensive clothes and she funny and brilliant. Urgh! Liv!"
Olivia grinned looking at Alex.
"What! Why are you smiling like that!"
"Because, I obviously have a thing for hot blondes in expensive clothes who are funny and brilliant."
"I'm jealous."
"She's jealous."
"How could she be?"
"She's told me is. She thinks we're sickening. She thinks we're ridiculous… and she thinks you must be the most amazing woman in the world for all of these years to bring me to my knees."
"She knows our story."
"All of it. And Alex, Carrie is pretty much your number one fan."
"She is?"
"She knows I'm a madly in love with you. And she's the one when you came to New York that first weekend, insisted I call you back for drinks... I had gone on and on about you for years, she wasn't about to let me make the mistake of not calling you."
"She wants to have dinner?" Alex said her voice now calm.
"Per her text preferably next week."
"I'm gonna need something new to wear, I can't…"
"Something new, something old, you look fucking sexy and beautiful in everything."
Alex grinned, shaking her head.
Alex tended to what she was cooking. Flipping the chicken. Stirring the couscous.
"I can't believe I freaked out. I have never done that."
"I was a little worried there for a minute you weren't going to let me explain. But I'm sorry, I didn't mention Carrie before. I'm sorry I even let room for your mind to go there."
"Just the thought of us not being us, I, I…"
"I know. And just to assure you, we ARE us. I meant what I said earlier Alex, you're it for me. There is no one else."
Alex walked around the counter, pulling Olivia into her.
"Sorry for being such a nut."
"Jealous Alex is a little scary," Olivia teased.
"Don't you forget that Benson!"