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Author's Note: This is it. This is the final chapter of Continental Drift. Is it the final chapter of the Continent Series? I'll let you know the results of the poll at the end of the story… although the end of the story should tell you whether there is one more sequel on the horizon. In either case, it's been one heck of a ride. Hop in. Let's take another spin.

Continental Drift

Chapter 14

Role Call

Teri and Serena

When Serena Southerlyn wants something, she usually got it. Serena wanted to be the best female high school tennis player in the state of Pennsylvania so she practiced unceasingly until she achieved her goal; a pair of state championships. Serena wanted to be class valedictorian at her high school and first in her class at the University of Pennsylvania, so she honed her study skills to the point where they were legendary in her small hometown. Eight years after she set that goal as a high school freshman, she walked across the stage at the Palestra with both goals safely tucked away with her Phi Beta Kappa key and her Summa Cum Laude honor.

When Serena Southerlyn wants something, she usually got it. As Teri began to slowly uncurl herself from the ball she was in at the end of the couch, she was beginning to understand that what Serena wants, Serena gets and what Serena wanted at that moment was her. Teri leaned back and bit her bottom lip as she smiled her trademark sly smile. She slid her body down flat on the couch as Serena hovered over her, staring down at her, locking blue eyes on blue eyes.

Teri slightly squirmed underneath the older woman as she looked up at her. Serena's gaze was having a devastating effect on Teri's body as she felt her arousal spike. Serena deliberately lowered herself slowly, bringing her lips to within tasting distance of Teri's. Teri leaned up to meet Serena but the beautiful blonde attorney pulled back slightly, just out of range. Again, Serena lowered herself, again, Teri leaned up, and again, Serena backed away. For a third time, Serena lowered herself into range only this time Teri didn't move. A sly smirk pursed the corners of Serena's mouth just before she whispered, "C'mere."

Teri slowly lifted her head and pressed her lips to Serena's. Teri savored the taste and the smell of her new lover. Serena smelled like warm vanilla. Serena tasted like an indescribable mix of sweetness that Teri knew had no name but in reality needed none.

Serena planted several soft kisses on Teri's lips before capturing Teri's bottom lip between her teeth and tugging gently for a moment before releasing it. Teri felt a blazing heat course through her body as the intensity in her eyes grew white hot.

"Fuck!" Teri whisper-spat before consuming Serena in the most passionate kiss she had ever given anyone in her twenty-five years on Earth. After a minute of scorching heat, Serena turned down the flame as she broke the kiss. Serena smiled seductively at Teri and reached behind her grabbing Teri's right wrist and slowly pinning it over Teri's head. She then reached around to her right and repeated her actions, pinning Teri's left arm over her head as well.

"I see you like to get right to the point." Serena purred. She then leaned in close enough to have her lips nearly touching Teri's as she spoke. "But today… I am going to slow you down. You are going to learn the art of excruciating…" Serena planted a soft but powerful kiss on the prone woman. "… Torturous…" Serena delivered another soft kiss. "… Pleasure." Serena then delivered her most devastating kiss yet to Teri before slowly moving to Teri's jaw line down to her neck. Teri shuddered as Serena floated over her weak spot.

Teri's eyes rolled into the back of her head as she drank in the sensations that were flowing through her body at that moment. Serena had every intention of making good on her promise as she made sure that every square inch of Teri's body was given the attention that she felt it deserved.

Serena slowly unbuttoned Teri's shirt, laying it open to expose Teri's purple demicup bra and her flat bare midriff. Serena took great care to slowly kiss down Teri's torso, paying extra attention to Teri's quivering, quaking stomach. She slowly kissed her way back up Teri's torso, stopping just below the clasp of her bra.

"Thank God for front hooking clasps, huh?" Serena joked in a sexy, husky voice just before methodically popping the clasp open.

"You… are driving me crazy. You know that, don't you?" Teri whispered.

"That's the idea." Serena purred before taking Teri's light brown nipple into her mouth and sucking deeply. Teri shuddered loudly, incapable of speech at that moment. Serena's sucking action rocked her to her core. Serena switched to the other nipple with the same deliberate sensuality.

Serena then slowly sat up and began unbuttoning her shirt, leaving it open as she pulled Teri up to a seated position to kiss her.

"Run out of clean underwear?" Teri breathlessly joked as she leaned back on the arm of the sofa pulling Serena on top of her.

Serena smiled. "Nope. When I'm not in court or in class… I don't wear any." Serena and Teri laughed as they re-engaged each other in another sensual kiss. Serena then brought her hands down to the button of Teri's jeans, unbuttoning then unzipping them. While Serena was occupied with that, Teri took the opportunity to do the same to Serena, undoing her jeans as well. Serena then slowly slid her right hand inside the front of Teri's jeans, quickly discovering her wetness as well as her swollen clit.

Breath hitched at the back of Teri's throat upon first contact. It was like Serena had read the manual on her. She instantly found the rhythm that would move and shake Teri's world when the time came.

"OH GOD!" Teri called out before catching herself.

"It's okay. I could care less about my neighbors right now." Serena purred. "By the way… what are you waiting for?" Serena smiled her seductive smile.

"For… you to… smile like that… so I could do this." Teri stammered as she thrust her hand inside Serena's jeans a bit quicker that Serena was expecting.

"HOLY SHIT!" Serena called out. Teri immediately found Serena's rhythm as well as Serena was having a hard time catching her breath. Teri's fast finger action was overwhelming the seasoned lawyer. "Teri! If… you… don't… slow down…"

"I promise that we'll go slow later… but I need you now." Teri breathlessly exclaimed as she pressed her lips roughly to Serena's.

Serena briefly broke the kiss. "Since you twisted my arm…" Serena resumed the rough passionate kissing as she sped up her fingering to match Teri's. At one point, Serena collapsed briefly on top of Teri as they continued to finger each other. "Goddamn Teri! You have got to teach me to do that! How do you move your fingers so fast?"

"Like this." Teri said as she reached inside her jeans and began manipulating Serena's fingers to mimic her own movements. "YEAH! Just like that!"

The two continued at that pace for another two minutes or so before their bodies could take no more. Their climaxes came within seconds of each other as they collapsed into each others arms, half naked and wholly satisfied.

"We never made it to the bedroom." Teri panted as her breath began to come back to her.

"Who said… we were finished?" Serena asked catching her breath.

"A woman after my own heart." Teri said with a smile. "Come on." Teri said as she hopped up and pulled Serena to her feet and began walking toward the bedroom. "You only get a minute in between rounds."

"You are going to kill me. You know that, don't you?" Serena said as she was being willingly dragged into her own bedroom.

Teri turned and smirked. "That's the idea."

Eddie and Mikki

Mikki and Eddie sat in Mikki's apartment waiting for Chelsea and Raven to finish packing. Mikki was going to drive the three of them to the airport for their flight back to San Francisco for Christmas.

"It's kind of scary that you've gotten into my system so fast." Mikki said.

"I know. Kinda like when you're at the top of a roller coaster right before it starts falling. You're giddy because you're up so high but you're scared as hell that you'll fall." Eddie said.

"That's exactly what it's like." Mikki said.

"As long as you hold my hand, I won't let you fall." Eddie said as he took both of Mikki's hands into his.

"I'm gonna miss you." Mikki said softly.

"I'm gonna miss you too." Eddie replied. "Remember, the first weekend after the New Year you have available, you drive down to Philly for a weekend."

"I'm already counting the days." Mikki said with a smile and a chuckle.

"Oh. I almost forgot…" Eddie reached into his back pack and pulled out a Christmas card and a small gift-wrapped rectangular box. "Merry Christmas."

"Eddie! I told you that you didn't have to get me anything!" Mikki exclaimed softly. "That's okay, 'cause I got you something too." Mikki said before reaching over and opening the small drawer in the end table and pulling out a small gift-wrapped rectangular box of her own. "Merry Christmas. You first."

Eddie smiled as he tore into the package and lifted the lid on the box. His mouth dropped open in shock when he saw what was inside. "Four skybox tickets to the Niners game this Sunday? How did you… This is too much! I can't…"

"You can and you will." Mikki said with a smile. "When your father is who he is, you can cash in a favor every now and then. Go to the game and enjoy. You'll have to buy your own food though."

"Thank you. This is the best present I've gotten since the wrestling tickets I got when I was twelve." Eddie said.

"You're welcome." Mikki said as Eddie was lifting up the box that contained her gift up to her face and waving it. "Okay! Okay! I'll open it." Mikki unwrapped her gift to reveal the unmistakable Juicy Couture box. "Did you… Is this…" Mikki opened the box to reveal a fully charmed-out silver Juicy Couture charm bracelet. Upon seeing it, Mikki began bouncing up and down and giggling. "This is what I wanted! You asked Raven and Chelsea, didn't you?"

"I did." Eddie proclaimed.

"You wonderful, short man!" Mikki joked as she threw her arms around Eddie's neck and planted a big kiss on his lips.

"Hey! Watch the short jokes, Amazon!" Eddie shot back causing both of them to laugh. "That's not all." Eddie handed Mikki the card, encased in a red envelope. Mikki took the glitter-covered card out which had a beautiful snow-covered mountain lodge on the front. At the top of the card it read, Merry Christmas to Someone Special. When Mikki opened the card, she was surprised to see that it was blank; no preprinted message of Holiday cheer, only Eddie's handwriting on the right hand side. Mikki looked at Eddie with a warm smile before beginning to read the short message.

Mikki,

I have been sitting at my desk for 45 minutes trying to think of what to say in this card. And the longer I sit here, the more one simple thing keeps popping into my mind to say…

I love you.

Merry Christmas,

Eddie

Mikki's eye glassed over as the words in the card sank in. As tears began to streak down her face, she read the card again, this time silently, speaking only when she reached the phrase, I love you. Mikki lifted her head to look at Eddie with eyes that had already conveyed to Eddie what was in her heart.

"Eddie…" Mikki said softly, her voice wavering. "I love you too." Mikki leaned over to embrace Eddie, who also had tears in his eyes. Mikki couldn't help but to repeat herself. "I love you too."

Raven and Chelsea

Raven and Chelsea were frantically bustling around the apartment putting the finishing touches on their packing.

"Rae? Why do you have to pack so much? We're only gonna be home for two weeks!" Chelsea exclaimed.

"I don't know about you, but I am going out… somewhere while we're home. San Francisco expects me to look fabulous!" Raven said. She then stopped and grabbed Chelsea around the waist before she could slide by. "Now if we were going to some tropical island…" Raven purred. "The only things I would pack would be a few bikinis and a smile."

"Now that's a suitcase I'd help you pack." Chelsea returned the purr before melting into a kiss. Moments later, Chelsea broke the kiss. "Down, girl!" Chelsea said softly. "If we don't stop, we'll miss our flight."

"I can't help it. Ever since Las Vegas, going to the airport makes me horny." Raven purred again.

"I wonder why." Chelsea said with a grin.

"When do we have to leave?" Raven asked.

Chelsea glanced at her watch. "About a half an hour."

Raven gave Chelsea a look of lustful wanting and then surprised her with a bold request. "Fuck me, Chels."

In an instant, the beautiful redhead's eyes darkened. The look in Raven's eyes and the sound of her voice told Chelsea that she wanted to be consumed. And if being consumed was what the beautiful brunette wanted, then Chelsea would be more than willing to oblige.

"Lead the way." Chelsea purred before following Raven down the hallway to their bedroom. Just before they reached the bedroom door, Chelsea sprung a surprise on Raven, grabbing her forcefully by the back of her hair and pushing her against the bedroom door frame.

"What the…" Raven exclaimed.

Chelsea pressed her body against Raven, putting her lips to Raven's ear. "You sure you want me to do this?" Chelsea said in a soft growl that made Raven roll her eyes in the back of her head.

"I asked you to fuck me didn't I?" Raven purred. "So fuck me." A spilt second later Chelsea quickly pressed the seam of Raven's jeans into her causing her to gasp in shock. "SHIT!"

"You think that was something…" Chelsea said devilishly before doing it again causing Raven to cry out.

"OH MY GOD CHELSEA!"

"That's better." Chelsea whispered as Raven gyrated her hips in rhythm with Chelsea's hand. Raven then began frantically fumbling for the button and zipper on her jeans. "Not yet." Chelsea continued whispering in Raven's ear from behind. "I think I'm gonna make you come through your jeans."

Raven chuckled slightly. "Baby, you're good but…" Raven never finished her sentence as Chelsea increased the intensity of her rubbing. "OKAY! I believe you! SHIT!"

"No you don't." Chelsea whispered with a grin. "But you will. No. On second thought, I'm not passing up an opportunity to see that ass. Drop 'em."

As quickly as Chelsea said it, Raven undid her jeans and dropped them along with her underwear around her ankles. A millisecond later, Chelsea's fingers found their mark. Raven was being rocked from pillar to post by the suddenly dominant Chelsea. The redhead surprised Raven again when she spun her around and roughly kissed her as she continued to finger her.

"Chels!…"

"I know. Come on." Chelsea said, sensing that Raven's climax was near. Seconds later, Raven's body gave her the magnificent release that she had been anticipating.

"Baby… you've never been that…" Raven searched for the words to describe Chelsea.

"Dominant." Chelsea said with a sexy smile.

Raven chuckled. "You dominated the hell out of me." She then paused. "But you know what they say about payback."

"How long do I have?" Chelsea asked.

"Say your full name." Raven said.

"What?"

"Your full name, please."

"Chelsea Ophelia Dan…" Chelsea started before being cut off with a hard kiss.

A moment later, Raven broke the kiss. "You're gonna need another outfit." Raven growled just before grabbing Chelsea's blouse and ripping it open, buttons flying everywhere.

"I know that's not all you've got." Chelsea purred.

Raven chuckled again. "I'm gonna make you get your own switch… Strip. Now."

Never taking her eyes off of Raven, Chelsea did exactly as she was told, stripping down to nothing. When she was done, she looked Raven squarely in the eye and threw down the gauntlet. "Take your best shot."

"Excuse me one second." Raven said as she kicked her jeans and underwear off. "That's better. Now…" Raven proceeded to pick Chelsea up by her backside and pressed her against the wall roughly. Letting her feet touch the floor only to free her right hand, Raven slid her hand between Chelsea's thighs and began massaging her clit. As Chelsea began to cry out, Raven then slid two fingers inside and began pumping them causing Chelsea's cries to intensify.

"Pretty good… but not… your best… shot." Chelsea eked out. Raven smirked before switching her fingering to a higher gear. "AAAHHH! That's… your… best… shot…"

"No." Raven whispered. "This is." She purred before sliding her fingers in as far as possible and curling them.

"RAVEN! I'm gonna…"

"Yes, you are."

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Chelsea cried out for the final time signaling her orgasm.

After several moments, the two women, standing in the middle of the hallway undressed, made their way into the bedroom and flopped down on the bed.

"Seventeen minutes to spare." Raven said as she lay on her stomach looking at Chelsea.

"And to think this all started because you suddenly have an airport fetish." Chelsea joked.

"No. This all started because two years ago, the baddest white chick on the planet came to visit me and made me fall in love with her." Raven fired back.

"You were in love with this bad white chick before she got here." Chelsea replied.

"True. True. And I'm still in love with her." Raven said.

"You better be. Cause there's a line of women waiting to tap this ass." Chelsea said.

"Yeah, who?" Raven asked.

"Teri, Casey, Claire, Mikki…" Chelsea said. Raven laughed when Chelsea got to Mikki's name. "Yeah, she's straight but I'd turn her like a pancake." Raven exploded in laughter upon that remark. "But I could care less about who else wants me because I have you." All laughing ceased after that sincere remark. "I love you Raven."

"I love you too Chelsea." Raven said before leaning over for a kiss. "We better get dressed."

"Right." Chelsea said. "Oh, remind me to call Casey and Claire before we leave. They're out of here tomorrow."

"Okay." Raven said as she went to grab another outfit. "I wonder what they're up to."

Claire and Casey

"Case?" Claire called out from the bedroom. "What are you doing?"

"I'm at the dining room table paying bills." Casey answered back. Claire walked into the living room to see Casey's pecking away at her laptop at the table. "I wanted to do this before I go home. What are you doing?"

"Being bored." Claire said. "My stuff is at my place packed and ready to go." She said before inching up behind Casey and rubbing her shoulders. "Come play with me." She purred.

"As soon as I get finished with this. I'm almost done." Casey said, not taking her eyes off the screen.

"Play with me now." Claire purred as she nuzzled Casey's neck with her nose.

"You know I like that." It was now Casey's turn to purr. "I tell you what. Let me finish this and then we can exchange gifts. How's that?" Casey added.

"That sounds like a plan to me. I'll go get your present!" Claire said as she jogged into the bedroom to retrieve Casey's gift.

Claire came back into the living room with the medium-sized box just as Casey was finishing up.

"And I… am… finished. All my bills are paid and I… belong to you." Casey said before noticing the size of her gift. "When in the world did you sneak that in here?"

"Last week when you came home from class late." Claire beamed with pride over her sneakiness. "Come… open it."

Casey stood up and walked over to the sofa and sat in front of the present sitting on the coffee table. She smiled an incredulous smile as her eyes darted between Claire and the box. She then paused for a moment before tearing into the gift with reckless abandon.

"You got me a new laptop bag!" Casey exclaimed softly. "That is so sweet! Mine was getting a little old!" Casey chuckled.

"Go ahead. Take it out and look at it." Claire said as she smiled.

"Okay." Casey said as she opened the box and lifted the bag out. "This is heavy." Casey said before it clicked in her mind. "Wait a minute!" Casey said before opening the bag. "You bought me a new laptop?"

"Do you like it?" Claire said. "Its processor is faster than your old one and it's got more memory."

"I… Thank you! I love it! And I love you! Thank you!" Casey said as she threw her arms around Claire's neck.

"It wasn't too much was it? I wondered about that when I bought it." Claire said.

"Open my gift and we'll see if yours was too much." Casey said.

"Man! This sounds like it's a good one! Gimme gimme!" Claire said excitedly.

Casey produced a box that was about six inches in width and about twelve inches long. She stuck her hand out for Claire to take it but pulled back slightly when she reached for it.

"Now, at first it might not make a ton of sense at first but please just bear with me and read what's on top first." Casey said.

"Of course I will. You've never given me a bad gift yet. I trust you." Claire said, giving Casey a soft peck on the lips. Casey smiled before Claire began opening the box.

Laying on top was a sheet of paper printed from the internet. When she lifted it out, she noticed a gift tag affixed to a piece of tissue paper underneath read, "Part Two", indicating that something else was underneath. Claire smiled at the multi-layered gift knowing that this was a Casey specialty. And as much as she wanted to tear into the rest of the box, she did as she was told and began to read the paper.

"CanLII, Canadian Legal Information Institute, Barbeau v. British Columbia (Attorney General), July 8, 2003, docket number CA29017, CA029048." Claire began reading. "This is a Canadian court case." Claire said.

"Keep reading." Casey said.

"Between Dawn Barbeau and Elizabeth Barbeau, Peter Cook and Murray Warren, Jane Hamilton and Joy Masuhara and the Attorney General of British Columbia and the Attorney General of Canada…" Claire read that part aloud then began reading silently as Casey looked at her intently.

Casey watched as Claire's face slightly contorted as she began to read this ruling.

"On May 1, 2003, this Court released reasons for judgment with respect to these appeals… yada yada yada… The Court declared that the common law definition of marriage as "the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others" constituted a common law bar to same-sex marriage and was of no force or effect on the basis that it violated section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and could not be saved under section 1. The Court reformulated the common law definition of marriage as: "the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others". It then suspended these remedies until July 12, 2004."

Claire looked up at Casey with a look that said, "Am I reading what I think I'm reading?" look on her face. Casey nodded her head toward the paper urging Claire to continue. Claire continued to read silently until she got down to the very end of the ruling.

"It is also apparent that any further delay in implementing the remedies will result in an unequal application of the law as between Ontario and British Columbia, with same-sex couples being denied the right to marry in British Columbia until July 12, 2004 while same-sex couples in Ontario may marry as and when they choose to do so.

In these circumstances, the Court is satisfied that it is appropriate to amend the order in these appeals to lift the suspension of remedies, with the result that the declaratory relief and the reformulation of the common law definition of marriage as "the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others" will take immediate effect.

Upon finishing the reading of the ruling, Claire began trembling. The reason Casey included this ruling in her gift was abundantly clear in her mind.

"Can… Can I… have some water, please?" Claire stammered.

"Sure." Casey said as she got up and went to the kitchen to pull out a bottle of water. She brought the bottle back and unscrewed the top before handing it to Claire. "Here. Are you okay?"

"No." Claire said as she took a drink. Even with that short word, Casey could hear the trembling in her voice.

"Well, you still have part of your gift to open." Casey said with a small smile.

Claire stared at the piece of tissue paper with the gift tag stuck to it indicating the second part of her gift was underneath. After about ten seconds of staring, Claire took a deep breath, exhaled and the slowly lifted the tissue paper. She lifted out a plane ticket that upon further inspection was for Vancouver, British Columbia dated for May 30, 2008, a week after the last week of finals.

"Oh, Sweet Jesus!" Claire said as she shakily held the plane ticket in her hand. She glanced over at Casey who still had a toothless smile affixed to her lips.

Casey looked Claire in the eye and simply said, "Bottom of the box."

Claire looked at Casey and then peered into the bottom of the box where another adhesive gift tag sat that read, "Flip ticket over for Part Three."

Claire closed her eyes in an attempt to contain the flood of tears that was on the verge of falling. She slowly rotated the ticket in her hand, flipping it over and then slowly opening her eyes.

"Oh my God!" Claire whisper-yelled as her eyes fell upon the quarter-carat oval diamond ring taped to the back of the ticket. Claire dropped her head and began sobbing. Casey closed her eyes and took a deep breath, surprising herself with her ability to hold herself together. "Yes!... Yes!" Claire blurted out.

"I haven't asked you anything yet." Casey joked.

"If you don't then this is the cruelest joke of all time!" Claire joked in response.

Casey laughed before plucking the ring off of the ticket and holding it in front of her. "Clarissa Cheyenne Bennet… will you marry me?"

"Yes." Claire nodded with tears streaming down her face. "Yes!" Claire screamed. "Yes, I'll marry you!" Claire yelled again before letting out a scream of complete joy and bear hugging her fiancée. "Ohmigod! I've got to call my mom and dad and Teri and Raven and Chelsea, you've got to call your parents…"

"They already know." Casey said. "I told them I was going to do this."

"And they were okay with it?" Claire asked.

"They love me and they have fallen for you. They know we'll be okay." Casey said. "They haven't told the kids and Derek yet. They're gonna let me do it."

"I want to be there when you do it. Tell them after the new year… please." Claire said pleaded.

"I tell you what… why don't we get everybody to come up after the new year… Rae, Chels, Eddie, Mikki, Teri, Serena… it'll be fun!" Casey exclaimed.

"You think we can pull it off?" Claire asked.

"As long as they have valid U.S. passports, it shouldn't be a problem." Casey said.

"Ohmigod, I'm gonna be your wife!" Claire exclaimed. "Claire McDonald."

"Casey Bennet." Casey said.

"We'll work it out." Claire said.

"We will. But first, we've got a trip to Canada and a wedding to plan!" Casey said. She then paused. "By the way… Merry Christmas… and I love you."

Claire smiled. "Merry Christmas and I love you too." And Claire sealed the engagement with a kiss.

TO BE CONTINUED

As if I needed to announce the results of the poll to you, by a vote of 73 percent to 26 percent, you have voted for one more installment of the Continent series. The vote was never really close. I hope you enjoyed this story. I hope you enjoyed the hot and sweet of this chapter as well.

I am off to finish the other Chrave story on the board right now, It Had To Be You. Then it's off to Londie land to do the Suite Life sequel, Harder to Breathe (which has since been renamed). After that is my Hannah Montana sequel and then… who knows!

Again, I thank you, much love to you and I will see you very, very soon.