Last chapter for today.

CHAPTER 10

Alex slid her hand under the back of Marissa's night gown and ran her fingers up and down the girls back as she slept peacefully. She turned her head to the side as she heard her cell phone ring. "Yeah?" She answered it quietly.

"Hey, it's JJ. Everything okay there this morning?" JJ's southern voice came across.

"Yeah, we're good. What'd you find out?" Alex responded as she watched Marissa sleep. It took the lanky blonde awhile to fall asleep the night before after their chase down from the stooges.

"I had Chris doing some searching, it was a decoy to distract you."

Alex felt her eyes roll, "if I have to put up with this shit much longer, I'll take care of them myself. I want them gone, JJ." She heard JJ sigh on the other end. "Do you want your job?"

"We're working on it Alex. We just don't know how to set it up."

"I don't care how you fucking do it, you get rid of them! If they come after Marissa or anyone else she cares about again, I'll get rid of them myself. Now get your fucking job done."

"Do you want to know what else I found out?"

"What do you think?"

JJ held in his grumbles at the bitchy blonde, "they want to scare you, Ryan found out you and Marissa are on the rocks. Trey's still pissed at her for shooting him, and Ryan can't stand you for taking her."

"How the hell did they find out?" Alex looked down, she felt her blood pressure rising and knew she wouldn't be able to keep her voice low much longer, but knew she wouldn't be able to get up without waking the sleeping beauty cuddled into her as she clung tightly to her.

"We're finding that out."

"Anything else you know?"

"Chris said he heard they want to gain respect back on the street as racers."

"What else is new? Anything else?"

"They want to take use your problems with Marissa and turn her against you."

Alex snorted, "I may be fighting with her but that's not gonna happen."

Marissa stirred in her sleep and cuddled further into the blonde. Alex looked down to make sure she was still asleep. She rested her hand on Marissa's bare ass—which she couldn't help but let the grin grace her face at the revelation her lover wore no panties—under her silk nightgown and kissed the top of her head.

"I want them taken care of JJ, and now."

"There are a couple more things."

Alex rolled her eyes, "what?"

"We think Jodie is on it too."

"No shit!" The blonde yelled but instantly regretted it as she heard Marissa moan on top of her.

"What's wrong?" Marissa's voice was filled with sleep.

"Nothing, baby, go back to sleep," Alex said quietly and pecked her lips several times. "I have to go JJ," she flipped the phone shut and dropped it back onto the nightstand. Turning over, she curled Marissa further into her as they both lay on their sides.

"That felt good earlier," Marissa said softly as she held fast to her girlfriend.

"Hm?" Alex questioned as she lovingly played with Marissa's dirty blonde locks.

Marissa pulled back from Alex' neck and looked into the older blonde's eyes. "This," she pulled Alex' right hand to her ass and slid it under her night gown.

Alex smirked and firmly placed her hand back onto her girlfriend's ass. She let her other hand creep down the girl's back and pulled the nightie up. Marissa moaned as Alex cupped her ass.

"I'm sorry we've been fighting a lot," Alex whispered.

Marissa sighed and tucked her head back into Alex' neck.

"Look at me," Alex nudged her with her shoulder. Marissa pulled her head back again and looked up to meet Alex' gaze, "I'm sorry."

Marissa nodded. "What's happening to us?" She asked.

Alex rolled onto her back, bringing Marissa on top of her, her hands still firmly planted on the girl's ass. Marissa crossed her arms over Alex' chest and rested her chin on them. She watched her as she was thinking.

"Do you still love me?" Marissa questioned hesitantly.

Alex didn't take time to reply, "of course I still love you. Do you still love me?" Alex felt the girl nod.

"It's like, the sex is still great…but I just feel like something's missing between us." Marissa spoke quietly.

Alex smirked and squeezed gently on the girl's ass, making her moan in approval.

"This isn't gonna lead to us saying we need a break right?" Marissa continued.

"No. I don't think I'd be able to find anyone as good as you in bed."

Marissa slapped the girl on the chest.

"Ow!" Alex laughed, "I'm kidding. No, this won't lead to us saying we need a break. We just need to figure out what's wrong, why we're fighting."

"I start them," Marissa said softly.

Alex looked down then and adjusted their positions again. She turned Marissa onto her back and laid half way on top of her, their legs intertwined.

"What makes you think that?" Alex asked quietly as she stroked the hair from Marissa's soft face.

"I started the one about getting married the other day didn't I?"

"Baby, that's one fight."

"And the one about cleaning."

Alex sighed, "stop, we're both in this relationship, I'm not letting you take all the blame."

"But they ar—"

"Stop it," Alex hushed her by placing two fingers over her lips.

Marissa felt tears well in her eyes, "God, I hate being so sensitive!" She wiped furiously at the tears falling down her cheeks.

"I like it," Marissa gave Alex a look, Alex laughed, "okay, sometimes I don't, but at least I know you care."

"Do you think we need a counselor?"

Alex snorted as she did on the phone earlier, "that is the last thing we need. I just think we're going through a phase that every couple goes through."

"And what phase is that? Wanting to rip each others heads off?" Was Marissa's response.

Alex laughed lightly.

"It's not funny! I hate fighting with you, I absolutely hate it, Alex."

"Just how you said it its funny, baby. I don't like fighting with you either. I think we've just come to a point where we're so comfortable with each other that we take our problems out on one another."

"What do you mean?"

Alex continued stroking Marissa's hair, "I mean, I think we take things out on each other, instead of other people because we know nothing will happen with each other. Our relationship is that strong."

Marissa smiled at the thought, "I still don't like fighting with you."

Alex pecked the girls' lips a couple times. "I don't like fighting with you either, so how about every time we fight, whether we're pissed or not we…say one good thing about the other."

Marissa raised her eyebrows at the suggestion.

"And have incredible angry sex, or makeup sex, either one."

Marissa now laughed, "that happens every time anyway."

Alex smiled, "well, have you seen you angry?"

Marissa gave Alex another look.

"You're fucking hot!"

The younger of the two laughed.

"Hey…I love you. Don't forget that. No matter how much we fight, I love you, and I'm not gonna stop," Alex said quietly, her voice full of emotion and honesty. "I love you."

Marissa smiled softly, "I love you too."

Alex returned the smile and dropped her head to capture her lovers' lips in a sweet kiss.

"You know…it's been awhile since we've really made love…" Marissa said softly after they broke the kiss, their foreheads now resting against one another's and their eyes closed.

"It has…hasn't it?"

Marissa nodded.

"I miss just making love…going slow, taking our time. Lately it's just been fast and hard."

"But still incredible," Alex interjected.

Marissa chuckled, "yes, still incredible. But…I wanna make love to you, I don't want to just fuck or have sex."

"Baby, whether I'm making love to, fucking you, or having sex with you, I don't love you less any time."

"I know, but still…"

Alex smirked, "well then, why are we still talking?"

Marissa smiled as Alex dropped her lips to hers once more and started an endearing kiss.

Okay so there was an explicit scene written originally, but I took it out. I figured I'd leave it to your imaginations. More from me next week!