X

"It feels like a dream." Sofia snuggled deeper into Sara's arms. The whole night the brunette had held her, kissed her. After the kiss in the canopy swing they left the garden and went inside. For an awkward moment both weren't sure if they should kiss goodnight and spend the night in separate rooms, like it was planned. Or if Sara should come with Sofia, stay the night with blonde. In the end they chose the second option. They didn't have sex, only held each other, kissed and savored the feeling of being with the other.

"If it's a dream I don't want to wake up." Sara smiled and kissed the tip of Sofia's nose. "Like I don't want to get up."

"Me neither. The problem is we have two dogs downstairs, hungry and in need for a walk."

"I know. Lets take them out for a little walk, feed them, get some breakfast for ourselves and go back into the canopy swing. It became my favorite spot last night."

"Really? How comes?"

"Oh, I had a nice experience there."

"Like what?"

"Kissing a very special person."

"Did you want to kiss her for a long time?"

"A little while, I think. Or lets say the thought of kissing her was there, it only wasn't as present as it was last night. Somehow everything seemed to be perfect and…your cheek was on my lips, whenever I said a word I more or less kissed you and when you turned your head, how could I resist your lips?"

"You couldn't, it's why I turned my head. Your lips on my cheek felt great and I thought: hell, this is your chance, turn your head, look at her, offer your lips. If you're lucky she takes the chance, does what you hope she'll do. I was a lucky person last night."

"Without getting lucky."

"That's in the eye of the beholder. You were the whole night in my arms or I was in yours, to me it sounds like I got very, very lucky."

"You got lucky and I'm happy." The brunette giggled.

"Okay, we should go and see Lucky and Happy so they feel lucky to be our dogs and be happy with their breakfast. Responsibility never sleeps in."

"Responsibility is a bitch, she ruins nice moments." Sara kissed Sofia one more time before she kicked away the blanket. "All right, lets take the wolves out and feed them."

"The sooner we do this, the faster we'll be in the canopy swing and have breakfast. I want a few kisses with my toast."

"If you're lucky your waitress kisses you."

"Not the waitress, the mistress I've breakfast with."

"Mistress? Be careful with your words, lover-chick."

"Misses Lover-Lover, ooh, Misses Lover-Lover. They call me Misses Boombastic."

"Or nutcase." Sara pulled Sofia out of the bed. Time to take care of their babies.

"Here's your coffee and your interrogation time starts now." Sofia sat down next to Sara, her coffee in one hand.

"Interrogation time? What crime am I accused of?"

"Playing with me, confusing me. I knew we were friends, I had no idea you are in love with me. That you are interested in women."

"I wasn't interested in you in Vegas, if you mean that. The only one for me was Grissom, you were only somebody, who tried to take my man away. We established already you weren't interested in him as your partner, only saw him as a friend and help."

"When did you find out you have feelings for me?" Sofia didn't care about the past, about Grissom. She wanted to know about Sara and her.

"A few days ago. You were on my mind all the time, I missed you when we weren't together, I really didn't like it when a guy hit on you and when Nico tried to talk you into dates, I felt like strangling her. First I wanted to ignore my feelings, a stupid idea because it never works out and I'm aware of them, know I can't change them. And I don't want to. At least I didn't want to change them as long as there was a possibility we could end up together. A few times there were signs - or I thought there were signs - you feel the same I do. Last night, when you were in my arms and my lips touched your cheek, I wanted to whole deal. All or nothing and as it played out, the house doesn't always win.

Now detective, your CSI has a couple of questions too. How comes you want me and not one of your rich and famous and good looking admirers? You dated men before, never mentioned a woman, where did the change come from?"

"Who said it was a change? I liked you in Vegas already, your behavior made it more than obvious I can be happy if you don't shoot me, so I never said or did a thing. Plus there was this guy I almost married, before the wedding I thought he was the one for me because he seemed to be perfect. At least my parents told me the whole time he was perfect. I took the easy way, believed them until I ran away in church and left him alone in front of the priest. My parents didn't talk to me for weeks.

When we met here again and you didn't react to me the way you did in the past, I saw it as a good sign. It was good to see how many things we have in common and how we can enjoy spending time with each other. With every day I found new sides of you I liked and when you said you'd move in for the time Lucky and her puppies are here, I felt like somebody gave me a huge chance. All I had to do was play it soft and smooth. At least it was what I told myself while I was scared to death that the tiniest move I make could ruin everything, that you withdraw and don't want to see me anymore. Remember our Harley trip? How we sat on the beach to watch the sunset?"

"Of course." A soft smile appeared on Sara's face, making it obvious the brunette remembered everything about the moment and liked every memory.

"When you were in my arms I wanted so much to kiss you. It seemed to be perfect, like in a movie, so maybe a little bit too perfect. We were so close, had been the whole day and a kiss to end the day seemed to be the missing part."

"So why didn't you kiss me?"

"Because our lives aren't a movie, there was no guarantee you liked the movie in my head, no guarantee you wanted the same happy end I wanted. Maybe you liked me as a friend and a kiss would break our fragile friendship. I sat there and watched the perfect moment passing by, annoyed with myself later, how cowardly I was and how stupid it was to let this chance go by."

"It was a good opportunity, yes."

"You didn't take it."

"I was waiting for you, a smug blonde, to make the first step."

"If you were a guy I had made the step, I was used to get what I want when it came to men. I had no idea how you'd react so I decided to wait for you to take the first step. Which you did last night, otherwise I'd still sit here and wish for you lips to kiss me."

"I do sit here and wish for your lips to kiss me."

"Really? We can do something about it." The blonde bent forward and kissed the brunette softly. If Sara wanted to be kissed, her wish was Sofia's command. More than her command, it was her reason of life. Gosh, these lips were so soft, like silk and they tasted so good. Could you become addicted to lips? If so, Sofia was addicted to Sara's lips. Already. After less than one day of kissing them.

"I knew it!"

The voice let both women separated and look up. Nico stood a yard away, looking at them. She came outside without any noise and surprised the two women.

"Good morning Honey."

"Don't Honey me, you never told me about Sara and you, mother. You owe me an explanation, a very good one."

"I don't owe you an explanation, I'm your mother and can kiss whoever I want. Besides, your eyes tell me you like what you saw. Don't pretend you're mad when you're happy."

"You and Sara."

"So?"

"So since when?"

"Not your business."

"Last night."

"Whatever."

"I never saw you kissing before, you had many chances to do it. Why didn't you tell me?"

"There wasn't anything to tell. I had no idea Sara and me are more than friends."

"Of course you knew you feel more for her than friendship."

"I had no idea what she felt."

"No reason not to tell me about your feelings. You have to make up for that. Dinner with ice cream."

"I take the charge."

"Good. Now, good morning, Sara."

"Good morning Nico. I hope you're not unhappy about Sofia and me."

"Oh please, you make her happy. Since you met my mom she smiles more. You're good for her and I don't believe you're playing with her feelings."

"No."

"See, why shouldn't I be happy for you? It's all good. Go on with whatever you had on your mind, I'm off to the market. See you later."

"Have fun."

"Ditto. But take the adult fun inside, your housemates don't want to see that."

"Get lost!" Sofia shook her head and pulled Sara back in her arms. Her daughter was cheeky, her mother you'd say, Nico is like Sofia and the blonde it was true. Something to be proud of, her wonderful daughter. Another thing to be very proud of was the beautiful woman in her arms. She had Sara in her arms and could kiss her whenever she felt like it.

"We have the blessings of your daughter."

"We do. Will we get the blessings of your brother?"

"Dean will be over the moon. His big sister dates a woman, who wonderful. Now he'll annoy us to join him in the clubs, go to Pride and all those things."

"I've been to Pride last years, it's fun. We'll see about the clubs, the next weeks we'll be busy at home, with the puppies. I want to spend as much time with them as possible before they leave."

"Me too."

"Sounds like we have the same plans for our future."

"Yeah, it looks this way. Good. I'd be very unhappy if you decide to move to Alaska out of the blue."

"Alaska? Why on earth would I want to go there? It's cold up there. No Honey, I stay here with you. We leave the country next year for the Peru trip, until then I'll try to be every minute with you. We missed a few years of happiness together, we have to make up for it."

"We can try. How about a walk on the beach with our dogs before the sun gets too hot?"

"Holding hands?"

"Sharing kisses on the beach?"

"Walking barefoot through the water?"

"What are we waiting for?" Sara pulled Sofia up and straight into her arms. First a kiss, to give her strength and because she liked nothing more than kissing Sofia. There'd be so many kisses on the beach.

The end. Thanks for reading and reviewing. I hope you enjoyed it :-)