Life with you is sort of domestic. Lou and you will sleep till noon and have breakfast together. Sometimes you will cook and sometimes you guys will go out and eat. Later, Lou will grab a newspaper and a pack of cigarette and head back to her apartment with you. She will read her newspaper and you will watch TV. During the night, she will drive you off to work and then head upstairs. She like to monitors the girls while they work on the vodka. Around 11 pm she will head out with her bike and grab dinner for you and her. If there are a lot of customers that night, Lou will stay downstairs and share the dinner with you. If not, she will call you upstairs and enjoy a bit of quiet while you guys are eating.
Like any other day, you guys wake up at noon. Lou quickly swallow your homemade meal and clean up the table for you. She then brings you the plates so you can wash it. She stands next to you and wait. She occasionally poke your waist or just put a hand where it doesn't belong. You would sometimes let her do it and most of the time you smack her hand lightly. However that never stops her.
"you wanna go shopping today?" you ask Lou after you remove her hands.
"Shop what?" she smirk when she looks down and slightly sees your cleavage.
"groceries." You turn around suddenly. Lou's eye quickly move away and take the plates in your hand.
"Sure. It been quite some time since I went for groceries." She tries to hide her panic and quickly drying up one plate another. Then she can hear you let out a small laugh. Lou thought you notice she been looking at you, 'so what, I'm her girlfriend.' She try to calm herself down in her mind.
"Too many takeout are not good for you, blondie." Lou smile to the fact that you didn't notice.
"That's not what you said when we drive thru McDonald's." She put the plates up in a taller cabinet.
"ha. Yeh." She remember that night. You guys were getting late night snack and the closest shop that is still open is McDonald's. So she drive over there and both of you were wearing black leather jackets. "That's probably the coolest thing I ever done." You said. "I felt so gangster."
Lou just burst into laughs. "That's the coolest?" she continue to laugh and decides to show you, what Lou thinks is the coolest.
"Like what?" you ask as you guys are getting ready to head out.
"Like..." Lou puts on her sunglasses. "Shoplift."
You raise an eyebrow at her. "That's a crime." But Lou doesn't listen. She want to show off her skill, and mainly she kind of miss being a criminal. "Wait. Are you serious?" you put your shoes on.
"yes." Lou said with much confident.
"you've something you want?" Lou opens the door to the mall and let you in. "I'll get it for you." You can see her face just lights up. She is very excited.
"are we really going to do this?" you starts to worry.
"don't worry I won't get caught." She try to reassure you. "I've never got caught before." Everyone know that is lie, Lou. "well. A few times." She tries again, "I was younger, but I'm more skilled now." She winks and try comfort you.
"I still think it's a bad idea."
After a few minute wandering around the mall, Lou follow you into a store. You let go of her arm and start walking in front of her. Lou's eyes looking around behind those sunglasses. She sees a counter with many fragrance. 'That will be good gift.' She tells herself. Lou continues to follow you as you walk pass the counter, she then casually take a box of perfume with her. While she following you, she is also trying to find a spot without cameras.
"What do you think?" you turn around holding a mug.
Lou walks towards you. She lower her sunglasses and hides the small box in the other hand. "it's pink, honey."
"it's cute."
"you use it, then." Lou put back her sunglasses and tries not to give it away.
"hmm. I'll look for another one." You put it back to the shelf and see her keeps looking around. "why are you looking around?" you ask.
"Nothing." She turns around immediately. She can see you're doubting her. "look, I prefer something blue or black."
"mhm." You squint your eyes as you turn back to the shelf.
Lou release a sigh quietly. She keeps looking around and eventually finds a blind spot. She takes out her keys, which is where she hides a small blade. She quickly cuts off an acousto-magnetic tag. Before you notice anything, she is already back at where you are.
You guys head out after you purchase the mug. Lou find it hilarious that the mug has a tiny fish who is pretending to be shark. It's silly and adorable at the same time.
"that fish looks like you." You said.
"it does not." She protest.
"It does." You continues. "He is pretending to be a shark, which it's like you, when you pretends to be tough." Her smile widen as you continue further. "But actually, you're tiny fish."
"You're tiny fish!" Lou yelps with a laugh. She want to protest more but she realize now it is far enough from the store.
"Here." Lou takes out the a small box of perfume. You take and open it. "I thought you might like it." She said with the proudest smirk.
You spray some in the air. "it smells good, Lou. Thanks!" But something is not right. You didn't see her buy anything. "When did you buy this?"
Lou raise her hand and use her thumb to point back. "the store."
"what." You try to lower your voice with disbelief. "when did you take it? We were together the whole time."
"that makes it easy." Lou is so proud of herself and she can just see your face, shock and speechless. "Look, I'm just glad you like it." And she take your bag. "I'll take that and you can take my hand." You finally let a chuckle as you shake your head.
"did I just become a criminal too?"
"yep." Lou holds your hand close to her. "you're my partner in crime now." She tries to romanticize the whole situation. But you just turn down her proposal.
"I prefer just partners." You can hear Lou hisses.
"Honey," she try not to be mean, "you're so boring sometimes."
Lou actually miss being a criminal. It is what she does best before she start a business and meet you. It was her whole world, and along Debbie, it was the most fun time she had.
"I'm not boring. I'm just not a criminal." You open the door as you leave the mall. "and you're just lucky you didn't get caught today."
"Are you despising me?" Lou questions you.
"No, if that's what you like to do, I won't ask you to change." Lou mentally nods to your word. "But I just want to express my concern." Well. She pretty much ignores your concern and think about her next place to steal from.
Lou and you walk across the street and go into the market. She walk along side with you but her eyes keep looking around. However there are cameras everywhere and she will indeed get caught if she pull the same trick again. So, you guys start heading back to your house after you got when you needed.
"Hold on" Lou said as she goes toward the newspaper stand. She look around and buy a pack of cigarettes. She was going to take sometimes else, but she is not dumb enough to steal in front of everyone.
"here, can you hold it for a second?" you take her groceries bags while she lit her cigarette. she look back at you and she can see your face. Lou cannot figure out what kind of expression is that. So she decides to let it go.
Lou stomps on her cigarette before entering the building. you opens the door and tell her to put everything in the fridge. "I'm gonna take a shower now." She turns around and see you start taking your clothes off. She then goes to you and give you a hug.
"you smell like cigarettes, Lou." She thinks you're teasing her again.
"oh, come on. Give me a kiss." She whines, and also see you're a bit annoyed.
"fine." You quickly land a kiss and pull away.
"emm..." this happens to Lou before. It was the first time when you find out she smokes.
"you look like you want to kiss me." You put your hands on her shoulders. "yeh. I do" She reply with whispers. You smile and give her a quick and light kiss. "Err. That's too quick." Lou whines. "well." You get on the bike. "I don't like it when people smoke."
You look at Lou and she just staring at you while thinking. "what?" you ask.
"you really don't like it when I smoke. Huh?" she want to make sure you are not teasing her.
"I thought I told you." You start heading to the bathroom.
"emm. I thought you were kidding."
"It's fine, Lou." You give her a smile and then close the door. But it is certainly not fine for Lou.
The next few days, Lou keeps an eye on you. There is a big different the ways you interact with her. It will be a lovely cuddly day for you guys if she hasn't smoke. If she does smokes and even though she put a lot of perfume on her, you are still reluctant to be close with her. 'huh.' She wonders if she should quit smoking. She was going to quit for Debbie before she and Becker was a thing. But after then Lou pretty much dips her life into drinking, smoking and women. However, she is really thinking about it now.
Lou finishes her work and head downstairs. She sees you and Kevin are dancing in a empty club. "enjoying yourself?"
"Very much so." Kevin dancing next to you. You give him a round of applause after his final move.
She laughs at the scenery in front of her. "what's with the club?" she looks around.
"there's a storm outside." You tell her.
"well. Let's call it for tonight." Lou said. She can see you and Kevin are pretty close to her liking, as you guys are celebrating. She take out you bag and you guys are heading to the exit.
Lou locks up the door and eavesdropping to a conversation you're having with Kevin.
"where do you live?" you ask.
"Brooklyn." He take out his earphone.
"oh it's not bad. It's pretty close." You simply said.
Lou frown with a tiny bit of jealousy. "mhm." She tries to cut off whatever you guys were doing, which is nothing. After he left. she goes upstairs with you. "You two seems close." She comments.
"he's nice. He is like a little kid sometimes." Lou smiles to your words.
"a big kid." Lou wants to make sure the word, kid, remains with Kevin.
"It's so early today." you said. Lou look up to the clock. 11:32 pm
"that's good. You can sleep more." She grins. "to grow more."
"the last part wasn't necessary." Lou love it when you're annoyed. Then you tell her. "I'm gonna take a bath tonight."
"no shower?" she wonders
"no. I want to relax a bit." She start taking off your pants.
Lou gazes at you and she just have an idea. "stop staring." you said. "it's not like you haven't see it." She can see you blush a bit.
"you know." She stands behind you when you throw your pants away. She give you a prolonged kiss and continues, "we can do something that relax both of us." You can see her eyes darken.
"well, you have to wait till I finish my bath." You teases and Lou returns with a pout. "Don't take too long, or I'll miss you." You grin and kiss her before walking to the bathroom.
Lou love spending time and doing anything with you. She love it when you're around, teasing her, occasionally smack her hands before she put it on places that does not belong. On the other hand, when Lou smokes. She feel like you're distancing yourself from her. So far away, she can barely touch you.
"I think I'm gonna quit smoking." Lou drops to her pillow.
"why?" those words are out of nowhere for you.
"because I love kissing you." She can see you blush a bit.
"yeh. But you don't have to change for me." She let you move her bangs aside.
"I want to." She takes your hand and kiss it.
"I don't think you should. I mean smoking is bad for you." Lou just watch you with a smile on her face. "But if that's who you are then you should stay like that."
"nah. I'm doing it for myself." Indeed she is doing this for herself. "I want to kiss you every day and every night." She holds your hand lightly as if she is making a promise.
You are going to protest again but Lou had enough. She holds your chin and pull you into a deep kiss. She pull away but stay so close your foreheads are touching. "changes can be good too. And besides." She looks directly into your eye. "You're worth the change." Lou blush when she said those words to you. She can see your face expression soften.
"Louuuuuu." You warp your hands around her. "I'm going to melt."
Lou smiles with all teeth and declare her adoration. "I love you, Honey."
"I love you too, Lou." You kiss her again.