Warning: I got a little dirty at the beginning of this chapter...sorry I just couldn't help myself ;)

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Chapter 10

It was the next morning; Maureen and Joanne were still lying in bed snuggling. After a few more minutes of just lying there Maureen lifted her head off of Joanne's shoulder, where she peered down into two closed eyes. Maureen smiled to herself as she kissed the lawyer's eyelids, causing a smile to spread across Joanne's lips. When Joanne didn't open her eyes, Maureen smiled wider.

"I guess I'll just have to take advantage." Maureen said as she switched positions, now hovering Joanne, while planting kisses up and down her neck.

"You keep this up, I'll never open my eyes." Joanne sighed, causing Maureen to get a little friendlier with her kisses, as she brought them over her collarbone, her hand now trailing up Joanne's shirt.

"Remember where we are." Joanne moaned, her back arching into Maureen's hand.

Maureen shrugged. "It's okay the door is locked.

"Yeah but…" Joanne trailed off, but it was to late Maureen's head had disappeared under the blanket.

"Yeah you have a point the door is locked…" Joanne said, clearly caving into Maureen's touches.

Just as things were getting good, there was a knock on the their door, and the sound of Cole's voice. "Aunt Joanne are you and Maureen up yet?"

"Yes!" Joanne shouted, answering both Maureen, and Cole. "We'll be out there…ah Maureen!"

"What?" Cole asked.

"Well be out there in a minute." Joanne quickly answered. "Oh Maureen I don't want you to, but you have to stop."

That only urged Maureen to keep going, causing Joanne to clutch the sheet, her eyes tightly closed.

"Are you coming!" Cole shouted out again.

"Oh yeah I'm coming!" Joanne answered

About ten minutes later, Joanne and Maureen walked out of their bedroom.

"It's about time." Cole said, running out of the kitchen. "I want to sit next to you at the table."

"Okay lets go." Joanne said guiding her nephew into the kitchen, while Maureen went to the bathroom.

After breakfast Mrs. Jefferson, Tara, Cole, Joanne and Maureen all sat outside, while James, and Mr. Jefferson were still out fishing.

"So what's planned for today?" Maureen asked.

"Want to go to the beach?" Joanne suggested.

"Yeah!" Cole shouted. "Mama can we?"

"Thanks for getting my kid all hyped up." Tara joked.

"You think that's hyped up, wait until he hangs around me for a couple of hours." Maureen smirked.

Joanne nodded. "Yeah we better keep an eye on the two."

"So the beach today?" Mrs. Jefferson asked. "I can pack a lunch, and everything."

"Sounds good, we'll go when they get back from fishing." Joanne said.

"Okay I'll go make the lunch." Mrs. Jefferson said.

"Can I help too!" Cole asked.

"Sure you can." Mrs. Jefferson said with a giant grin, the two of them walking into the house hand in hand.

An hour later the seven of them were walking the trail down to the beach.

"Can I have a piggy back ride please?" Cole whined to his father who was carrying a cooler.

"Here." Joanne said as she crouched down. "Jump on mine."

James smiled at the thoughtfulness of Joanne.

"Thanks Aunt Joanne, you're my favorite Aunt." Cole said.

"I'm your only Aunt." Joanne said.

"No you're not…mama said Maureen might be one soon." He said, the sentence catching Maureen's ear's causing her to eye Joanne.

Joanne's heart skipped a beat as the thought of Maureen freaking out filled her mind, but she was put at ease when Maureen spoke up.

"Wouldn't I be your favorite Aunt then?" Maureen asked with a childish grin.

"Oh yeah…" Cole said a little confused. "You both can be my favorite Aunts."

"Sounds good." Joanne laughed.

It wasn't long before they made it to the beach, where they set up umbrellas, towels, and their coolers.

"Okay this is where we are, if you go swimming just look for the bright yellow umbrella." Mr. Jefferson said.

After swimming and eating, Maureen, James, Cole, and Mr. Jefferson had fun building a sandcastle, while Joanne, Tara, and Mrs. Jefferson laid around.

As Maureen was building the sand castle an idea entered in her mind, it probably wouldn't go over to well with Joanne, but the thought made her laugh, so she proceeded to do it anyway.

"Hey Cole." Maureen said causing the kid to look up. "Come here."

Cole ran over to Maureen, who bent down and whispered her idea to him, his head nodding up and down in agreement.

Joanne laid on her beach towel, the hot sun beaming down on her body, her mind slowly drifting off into a relaxing slumber until a bucket of water was dumped on her body.

"Oh!" Joanne screeched while bolting up to see Cole and Maureen laughing, the rest of the group looking on in confusion.

"Cole!" Joanne warned a small smirk hitting her lips.

Cole giggled harder as he ran behind Maureen. "It was her idea."

"Trader!" Maureen laughed, Joanne now standing up to chase the two.

"Joanne no!" Maureen shouted, running towards the water, Cole closely behind her.

Suddenly Maureen stopped scooping up the small kid in her arms. "You wouldn't hurt your own nephew would you?"

Joanne stopped, playfully rolling her eyes. "Real mature Maureen."

Maureen let out a snort. "And chasing us isn't?"

"You deserve to be chased." Joanne said.

"Need a little help?" Tara asked coming up next to her sister.

Joanne smiled. "You go for the little kid, I'll go for the big kid."

"Game on!" Tara said.

"Okay wait!" Maureen stated as she put Cole down, and then began running away. "Okay go!"

"You cheater!" Joanne laughed while running after her.

It wasn't long before his mom caught Cole, where she brought him back to the towels, where James and her tickled him.

"Okay Joanne!" Maureen said as she stopped, now trying to catch her breath. "I give up."

Joanne let out a laugh while wrapping her arms around Maureen from behind. "You can't give up, therefore I win."

Maureen leaned back into the touch, her eyes scanning the area, taking in all the curious on lookers, some with displeased expressions, others with interested ones.

"What are you going to do?" Maureen asked with a smile, not so much caring about what other people thought.

Joanne pulled Maureen closer, whispering in her ear. "We'll save that for later tonight."

"Ooo Joanne." Maureen hooted, now spinning around in her arms. "You're a frisky little one aren't you?"

"You're calling me frisky, after what you did to me this morning?" Joanne questioned. "Besides, who wouldn't get frisky after seeing you in your bikini."

Maureen smiled, her eyes checking out Joanne's. "Right back at ya."

Before they could get any closer to each other, a woman walked up to the two. "Excuse me, but do you mind not doing this in front of my children?"

Maureen gave her a dirty look, ready to say something back, but Joanne started dragging her away.

"Joanne…that girl was being a bitch, why didn't you let me say anything?" Maureen asked, her eyes still glaring at the women. "Yeah sorry we are just a couple in love!" Maureen shouted, causing the women to snarl, and others to look on.

"So you didn't cause a scene." Joanne replied.

"She is only embarrassing herself, people need to get over it!" Maureen said as she pulled Joanne to a stop, bringing her close.

"Maureen what are you doing?" Joanne asked.

"Being open about the person I am, I want to show people that I'm not ashamed, and that they need to get over this whole 'you're a sinner if you date the same sex' bullshit." Maureen answered, her lips now coming together with Joanne's before she could say anything.

They heard a couple of disappointed taunts, some cheers, and silence, but that didn't matter, because when they kissed, they were in their own little world.

"Race yeah back to the others!" Maureen said once she pulled away, her anger all of a sudden gone.

Joanne couldn't hide the smile that spread on her lips, her eyes now watching as Maureen ran ahead of her. She then looked to the right to see a guy and a girl staring at her, Joanne slyly smiled. "That's my girlfriend!" She brightly said, before chasing after Maureen.