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So I'm in the middle of writing a home examination but I have like zero motivation right now so I decided to post this next chapter instead. I finished it the other day when I also was supposed to write on my examination but I thought I would just start with this next chapter and continue with the exam later but as I started writing this I couldn't stop so suddenly the next chapter was written :)

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Chapter 21

".. .I just hope... I just hope that one day you wont hate me as much as you do now..."

She didn't even wait for her father to reply to that, she didn't want to hear it. She got up from the bench and walked away.

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Elizabeth had watched the interaction between her fiancee and his daughter from a far while she was hanging up the laundry and she had a feeling that Jack would not take the news Jennifer would tell him particularity good. Not that he had ever said anything disrespectful about Emily being gay but finding out that his daughter was in love with another woman and not just any woman, his soon to be wife's daughter... that would come as a shock to anybody.

Looking up towards the pier again she noticed that Jennifer was walking away from Jack in quite a hurry and that she looked rather upset.

She dropped the piece of clothing she held in her hand and hurried after the young blonde.

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Jennifer never looked back, she just wanted to get away from it all and she really needed Emily.

When she reached her car and was about to open the door the sound of someone calling her name stopped her.

"Jennifer wait, please!" Elizabeth called out.

Jennifer watched Elizabeth approach her and she wiped her eyes, not that it would hide that fact that she'd been crying for most of the conversation with her father.

Elizabeth reached the other woman and instantly saw her swollen eyes and realized that telling Jack hadn't gone so well.

"What did he say?" Elizabeth asked.

"That it was insane... that I couldn't possibly be in love with Emily cause I've just met her... Basically he told me I was throwing my life away, meaning I should marry Nathan cause that is the right thing to do, in his world... He'll never come to terms with this Elizabeth... He'll never accept this..." Jennifer said as she started to cry again.

Elizabeth pulled her into her arms and held her tight.

"I'm gonna talk to him sweetie. It's all going to be alright." Elizabeth said reassuringly.

Jennifer pulled away and met Elizabeth's eyes.

"I'm not so sure it will Elizabeth..." she said and wiped her eyes again.

"Is there anything I can do?" she asked.

"No... I just need Emily right now..." Jennifer said and got into her car and took off leaving a cloud of dust behind her.

Elizabeth just stood and watched her leave.

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Jennifer didn't even know how she managed to drive back into town but somehow she did and when she'd parked her car by the Brandy lake park she texted Emily that she had returned. She didn't trust her voice to even try and call her.

Emily was walking by the water deep in thoughts when her phone beeped. As she read the message she hurried back to the parking lot where they'd decided to met up.

Jennifer was trying so hard to keep it together as she sat in her car and waited for Emily but as soon as she spotted the brunette coming towards her she completely broke down and got out of the car to fall into Emily's arms.

The brunette held the crying woman tight in her arms and they just stood there besides Jennifer's car and held each other until the blonde woman slowly started to calm down a little.

When Emily felt how the blonde's body slowly started to relax she pulled back and met her eyes. It killed her to see so much pain in those beautiful blue eyes and she would've done anything to take the pain away.

"I love you Emily... I love you so much... Tell me I'm not crazy for loving you?..." Jennifer said with a shaky voice.

"You are not crazy for loving me Jennifer... of course you're not crazy. These are your feelings, yours. No one else can ever tell you what you should or shouldn't feel." Emily said softly, hoping her words could offer the blonde some sort of comfort.

Emily cupped Jennifer's cheeks and looked deep into her eyes hoping her love for the blonde woman would be reflected in her eyes.

"I love you..." she whispered before she slowly closed the gap between them and gave the blonde a tender kiss.

Emily pulled back and met the blonde's eyes again.

"Everything is going to be okay... We're going to get through this together okay? You are not alone in this, I am right here with you and I will never ever leave your side. I love you so much Jennifer... We're going to get through this..." Emily said and for the first time in what felt like an eternity Jennifer smiled and pulled the other woman closer again.

"I don't know what I'd do without you... I need you... I need you so much and I need you to be strong for me now..." Jennifer said and held the brunette even tighter.

"I can do that." Emily said and kissed her hair.

"Come on... let's get out of here." Emily said and guided the blonde over to the passenger seat before she got in on the drivers side.

Before she started the engine she turned and looked at the blonde who looked out the window with a somewhat distant look.

"What are you thinking?" Emily asked softly and reached for Jennifer's hand.

Jennifer turned her head and met Emily's eyes and smiled weakly.

"Just that despite everything, despite the fact that dad probably hates me now I feel... I don't know... relieved that it's all out there, I feel relieved that dad knows everything now and no matter how he feels about it, he knows the truth..." Jennifer answered and the brunette smiled lovingly.

"That's good. That's a good thing that you're feeling that way, it only proves that you made the right decision telling him." Emily said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right..." Jennifer said.

"I'm always right." Emily said cocky and winked which made the brunette shove her playfully in the arm.

"Yeah yeah, just shut up and start the car." Jennifer said and chuckled.

Emily laughed, glad that she'd managed to make the blonde smile again.

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Back at the cabin after Jennifer had left, Elizabeth had made her way over to the pier where her fiancee was still sitting, looking deep in thought. She slowly approached him and sat down next to him on the bench.

She didn't know what to say, how to start this conversation and truthfully she was terrified of what would happen once he realized that she'd known about this from the start.

"Did you know about this Elizabeth?" he asked and brought Elizabeth back from her thoughts.

She turned to the left and met her fiancees blue eyes. Looking at the man she loved so dearly she knew she couldn't lie to him. She had to tell him the truth and hope that he would understand why she didn't say anything to him.

"Yes..." she answered truthfully.

Jack just looked at his fiance and nodded slowly as she told him what he'd expected her to tell him. That she already knew about his daughter and Emily's affair. Cause that's what it was right? An affair. It couldn't be love, they hardly even knew each other.

Elizabeth held her breath as she waited for her fiancee to say something.

When Jennifer walked away Jack had thought about everything his daughter had told him and rather quickly realized that Elizabeth probably already knew about it. He knew how close her and Emily was and there was no way Elizabeth wouldn't know about this. He was hurt though, hurt that she hadn't told him.

"I figured you might know..." he said.

"Jack, I couldn't tell you. It wasn't my place, Jennifer had to be the one to tell you this." Elizabeth said hoping he would understand.

"We're getting married soon, we're not supposed to keep secrets from each other." Jack said clearly hurt.

"I know that but you have to understand that this was a special situation. How could I tell you that your daughter has fallen in love with my daughter? You have to understand Jack that it wasn't my place to te-"

"Jennifer is not in love with Emily!" Jack interrupted and Elizabeth's heart broke a little.

"She is Jack..." she said softly.

"Don't you hear how completely absurd it sounds? She can't be in love with Emily and it's not cause she's a woman it's because they've only just met for Christ sake! Jennifer and Nathan have been together for seven years Elizabeth, seven years! She can't just throw that away..." Jack said.

"I know that they've just met but sometimes things happen that are beyond our control. Do you realize how much courage it took for Jennifer to come here and tell you this? Her whole world has been turned completely upside down and everything is a complete mess for her right now but still she came here to tell you the truth and that has to tell you something? Do you really think she would come here and open up to you so completely if she wasn't 100% sure of this? Sure of what it is she's feeling?" Elizabeth asked and Jack had to take a moment to try and comprehend what Elizabeth was telling him.

She had a valid point but he just couldn't help but think that Jennifer was making a huge mistake.

"Can you just... can you just give me a moment? I'm not mad at you for keeping this from me, I understand your reasons but I am hurt so could you just give me a moment, please?" Jack asked.

Elizabeth nodded and left Jack alone on the pier.

She felt relieved that he wasn't mad at her but she realized that he would probably feel hurt and be disappointed with her for some time. It did feel like she got her message through though and she really hoped that he would eventually come to accept this, accept his daughter for who she is.

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Emily parked Jennifer's car at the guest parking space and turned the ignition off. She looked over at the sleeping blonde who had fallen asleep just minutes after Emily started their drive back to Chicago. God she was so beautiful... Emily couldn't stop looking at her.

"I can't believe you're mine..." she whispered and lifted her hand to caress soft blonde hair.

She just looked at her and continued to stroke her hair for another minute then she slowly started to wake the sleeping beauty.

"Jennifer..." she said gently and touched the blonde's face.

Jennifer started to stir and turned her head to meet Emily's warm brown eyes which instantly brought a smile to her face.

"Hey... Where are we?" Jennifer asked a little sleepy.

"We're outside my condo." Emily replied and smiled back.

"What? Did I sleep the whole way back?" the blonde asked puzzled.

Emily chuckled and stroked Jennifer's cheek tenderly.

"Yes you did but obviously you needed it." Emily said.

"Obviously." Jennifer said and chuckled.

She stretched and readjusted herself in the seat before she turned to Emily and met her eyes.

"Thank you for coming Emily. I know I said I wanted to go by myself cause I needed to do this alone but... I'm really glad you where there." Jennifer said.

Emily nodded slowly.

"I'm glad you let me come with you, I would not have been able to stay here while you had to go through everything alone." Emily said seriously.

Jennifer just looked at her and couldn't believe how she'd ever been so lucky to meet someone as amazing as the woman in front of her. She leaned forward slowly and Emily met her halfway and captured her lips.

They kissed slowly and tenderly, their lips moved slowly against each other and as Jennifer's tongue gently grazed Emily's upper lip the brunette parted her lips and let the blonde's tongue sneak into her mouth.

The second Jennifer's tongue touched hers Emily felt a jolt through her body and she put her hand behind the blonde's neck to pull her closer as she deepened the kiss.

Their kissing started to become more and more heated and both wanted, needed, to be closer.

"Let's go inside..." Jennifer breathed heavily against Emily's mouth.

Emily nodded and both women hurried inside Emily's apartment building and as soon as the elevator doors closed behind them Jennifer pushed Emily up against the wall and kissed her.

They didn't even notice when the elevator reached Emily's floor and the elevator doors opened. Luckily no one was outside the doors and when they noticed they had reached their floor they stumbled out of the elevator never breaking the kiss. When they reached Emily's door she pressed the blonde up against it while her mouth found Jennifer's neck and she fumbled with the keys to open the door.

Just as she was about to have an outburst at her door for not co-operating with her, she managed to get the thing open and both women stumbled inside.

Emily closed the door behind them and started to work on getting Jennifer's clothes off which the blonde was happy to assist with in between working on removing Emily's clothes too.

Never breaking the kiss Jennifer moved them towards Emily's bedroom leaving trails of clothes behind them. Finally reaching the bed Jennifer pushed the other woman down before she climbed on top of her and crashed their lips together again. Her right hand started to wander down till she reached Emily's underwear that was the last remaining piece of clothing on the brunette. She started to tug Emily's underwear down and as soon as it was off her fingers found warmth and wetness and the brunette gasped into Jennifer's mouth as the blonde slowly entered her. Wanting the blonde to feel what she was feeling she reached down with one hand and found the place that ached to be touched.

Both women were breathing heavily into each others mouths as they continued to thrust slowly against each other. Jennifer was still half on top of the brunette and only stopped kissing her when the need for air became too strong.

With a final thrust Jennifer sent Emily over the edge and as she felt the brunette's walls close around her fingers she too was pushed over the edge and felt her own walls tighten around Emily's fingers that were still moving slowly inside her. It was a feeling she could never even begin to describe and she shivered as Emily slowly extracted her fingers and wrapped both arms around the blonde's body and held her tight against her own body.

"You have no idea how happy you make me..." Jennifer whispered against Emily's ear.

The brunette tighten her hold on the blonde and was filled with even more love for this woman in her arms, how that even was possible. Emily had never experienced anything like this ever before, she couldn't even express in words what she was feeling for this woman, that's how strong it was.

She moved her hands into soft blonde hair and lifted Jennifer's head so she could meet her eyes.

"God I love your eyes..." she said softly as she literally drowned in those deep blue orbs she loved so much.

"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me Emily..." Jennifer whispered and looked deep into her eyes.

Emily just pulled her face down until Jennifer's lips met hers and kissed her tenderly. When they parted Emily found her eyes again.

"And you're the best thing that's ever happened to me..." Emily said emotional.

Jennifer buried her face in the crook of Emily's neck and felt so loved and safe when Emily wrapped her arms around her again.

"I love you..." she whispered against Emily's skin.

"And I love you Jennifer..." Emily whispered back.

Later they fell asleep in each others arms, Jennifer had her head on Emily's chest and her right arm draped loosely across Emily's body while the brunette had her right arm around the blonde and her left hand was holding Jennifer's arm. Maybe it wasn't the most comfortable position in the world but both women had never slept better in their entire lives.