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Two things to appologise for today.
One: Sorry for the delay, I had massive trouble with writing this one.
Two: Sorry it's so short.
Chapter 25: Home
When they told Camilla how long Kelly would be staying the first thing she told them was that Soph would not be allowed to stay out of lessons for that long. She gave them a few days, almost all of which was spent in Soph's room, to recover for everything that had happened but then Soph had to attend lessons once again. She wasn't happy about it but after every lesson she'd find Kelly outside the classroom waiting for her so that helped. She wasn't sure exactly what Kelly did while she was in lessons, she guessed at wandering around the school or playing pool and cards with some of the other girls but it never really came up in conversation. They ate dinner in the dining hall with everyone else and pretty soon it was almost as though Kelly were still a student. Polly stopped by a week or so after the incident and the first thing she'd done was slap Kelly around the back of the head, the older girl had scowled at her but Soph and Annabelle found it hilarious. There was something about the way the geek was shouting at her for being so stupid that just sent them both off into a fit of giggles. She'd forgotten how close Kelly and Polly had been and it was great to see that that hadn't changed. Camilla offered Polly the chance to stay for a few days but she had to get back to work, apparently she was working in some development lab for some high tech stuff. Soph got lost in most of that conversation, she could use computers, but ask her anything about one and she couldn't tell you. So Polly left by the end of the day and nothing too odd happened for the rest of Kelly's visit, which was nice for once. As strange as it, was it was nice to have some relaxing days, though the lack of pranks from the girls was starting to become unnerving.
Kelly went to London on the last day of her visit and received everything that came with her new job (such as the ID card and everything) and the next morning she had to leave. They walked down to her car in silence as always and Soph stood back a bit while Kelly put her bag on the passenger seat. When she was done she walked back over and wrapped an arm around Soph's waist, pulling her forward. Soph returned the embrace, closing her eyes as she tried not to think about how long Kelly would be gone for.
"I'll talk to you tonight, yeah?" (They'd gotten a new phone for Soph after she broke hers) Kelly's voice was quiet and Soph could tell she was trying not to let her emotions show, she would have made a joke but she was trying just as hard.
"Yeah." She smiled slightly as she broke the hug to look at her, placing a hand on the side of the older girls face. She watched Kelly's expression break into a sad smile before leaning up and capturing her lips. The kiss started out gentle but, like so many times before, they got lost in it a little. Neither of them minded though, it just showed that, despite how long they'd been together now, they could still make each other crazy. When they finally broke apart Soph stepped back a meter or so while she watched Kelly open her door. She fought with the urge to say something and eventually gave in to herself.
"Kel'..." She paused as the older girl looked around, one foot in her car.
"Yeah?" She sounded confused and Soph opened her mouth to speak. She would say it now, she'd been trying to get it out the whole time Kelly had been here and now was her last chance for a while. Eventually she managed to produce sound.
"I erm... I-" A heavy load of ice cold water laded on her head and drowned out the rest, she looked up and found Annabelle, Roxy and the twins grinning at them from a window. She shot them a murderous expression before looking back to Kelly who was laughing. She just stayed looking sulky until Kelly managed to stop laughing and walked over, pushing her, now drenched, hair away from her eyes and leaning next to her ear. Soph froze as Kelly spoke, her tone quiet but it held none of the sadness it had while saying goodbye.
"I love you too." She moved away with a grin and Soph stood dumbstruck for a second before the bubble of happiness she'd been carrying with her over the last month pretty much exploded and she threw her arms around the older girl's neck, crashing her lips against hers. Kelly returned in kind, neither of them caring they were being watched or that Soph was still drenched. She felt a slight pang of annoyance that Kelly had clearly noticed her struggle over the past month and only chose now to help her out but that quickly faded as they broke apart. They both grinned and Kelly turned to get in her car.
"Look after yourself." She fought to keep a serious edge to her voice despite her grin and saw Kelly nod.
"You too." With that she drove off, leaving Soph to glance up at the window and give a mischievous smirk that seemed to make their grins waver slightly before walking into the school. She would pay them back for this, and they knew it.
Once dry Soph had gone with a simple revenge, she was in a very good mood now so she decided to be merciful. She got the twins first by replacing all the weapons in their favourite locker with toy guns that fired nothing but bubbles and foam darts, she'd put them back tomorrow but for now they could go without. Annabelle and Roxy were a little difficult, playing a prank on the head girl would be tricky but for this she decided to pay them back in kind for what they did to her. With the help of a few first years that she paid off to keep silent she managed to fit the 'emergency' hose into Annabelle's room through the window, angling it just right so that it would hit the bed. With the help of a listening device hidden in the room she would hear when they came in and would know just the right moment to set it off. She sat next to the lever with a small smirk on her face, watching the sun set. The sound of the bedroom door opening came through and she breathed a sigh of relief as they didn't turn the light on before they got into bed, she'd hidden the hose behind a curtain but you never could be too careful. As she was considering making her move her phone rang and she grinned, flicking the phone open and holding it to her ear.
"Missing me already?" She smirked to herself and heard Kelly chuckled on the other end.
"Always, get revenge yet?" She heard the smile in Kelly's voice and grinned, placing a hand on the lever as the sounds coming through the device got a little disturbing.
"I'm about to." She smirked to herself and pushed the handle down, seconds later hearing the satisfying scream from Annabelle and the equally amusing streams of curse words coming from Roxy. She was sure Kelly could hear it too from down the phone as she burst out laughing.
"Remind me never to get on your bad side." She managed to stop laughing long enough to speak and Soph chuckled, shutting off the water.
"Love, you couldn't get on my bad side if you tried." She smiled and walked back inside, heading up to her room as Kelly chuckled in response.
"I may have to test that." Soph could hear the mischievous edge to her voice and chuckled as she walked into her room and locked the door, dropping into her chair and putting her feet up on the desk beside it.
"Watch it, I may not get pissed at you but I can still get even." She heard a quiet laugh on the other end as a response and couldn't help but smile.
"So, how's your new job working out so far? Kill anyone yet, Agent Jones?"
"It's great and no, not yet anyway, though I'm considering it with my new partner." She gave a sigh of annoyance and Soph raised an eyebrow to herself.
"Oh? What're they like?"
"Very like Chelsea, but without the redeeming feature of secretly being intelligent." Soph winced at the thought, she didn't think she'd be able to stand someone like that for very long.
"Ah, how long before you shoot her?" She ginned as she tried to lighten Kelly's mood.
"I'd say about a week, she's taking up so much space in our room it's insane. Who brings curling irons to a mission for the government?" She sounded tired already and Soph smirked slightly.
"You sound like you could use a break. Fancy a trip back home?" She grinned as Kelly laughed.
"I only left this morning." She could tell she was grinning through her voice and had to hold back a laugh.
"Are you saying you don't want to be here Jones?" She raised an eyebrow with a smirk.
"Well you know, there are a lot of other people in the world..." This mischievous tone of her voice had Soph scowling at the wall across from her.
"Remember what I said about my bad side?"
"Yeah?"
"I was wrong." She heard a faint chuckle on the other end before Kelly's voice returned.
"You know I'm only joking love, there is no place I'd rather be than with you right now." Soph smiled slightly to herself.
"Okay, you're back on the good side." She grinned and heard Kelly laugh then yawn.
"It's much too early for me to be awake." She yawned again and Soph frowned slightly.
"Out of the country are we?" She grinned at Kelly's slip up, she wasn't supposed to know anything about where her girlfriend was in case people found out about their relationship and tried to get information out of her.
"That's for me to know and you to wonder about Daniels." Soph chuckled at her response.
"Aw, you're no fun Jones."
"Only while the sun's up Daniels." There was a mischievous edge to her tone and Soph blinked as a memory hit her.
'A hand suddenly clasped over her mouth and another wrapped around her waist, pulling her against a body behind her, recognising who it was instantly from the tattoo on the arm, and a little more embarrassingly from the unique scent of the perfume, Soph relaxed against her.
"You're no fun Daniels." The hands on her were removed and Soph grinned.
"Only while the sun's up, Jones."'
She couldn't help but smile at the fact Kelly had remembered that moment. Despite her best efforts a yawn escaped her and she heard Kelly laugh.
"Sounds like we're both tired, you should get some sleep love, I'll call again tomorrow." She sounded reluctant but Soph knew she meant it, she gave small sigh before answering.
"I guess I should. Have fun shooting your partner." She grinned and heard a laugh on the other end.
"I will, sleep well love." She heard the smile in Kelly's voice and grinned to herself.
"I'll try. Talk to you tomorrow."
"'Night, love you." Soph felt a vivid blush form in her cheeks at the last two words.
"Love you too." She could've sworn Kelly chuckle at the thinly veiled embarrassment in her voice as the line went dead. She snapped the phone shut and ran a hand over her face. She had no idea why she got so embarrassed about such things but she doubted it would go away soon. She set her phone to charge and got changed, a moronic grin spreading across her face as she realised she's finally managed to say it and Kelly had responded. That night she had fallen asleep grinning like a child, she continued to do so every night after she spoke to Kelly. She hoped it would stop before Kelly's next visit, she knew the older girl would laugh at her for it but for now she was perfectly happy to fall asleep thinking about her.
Life was pretty quiet between Kelly's visits, as quiet as it ever would be at St. Trinians anyway. Though recently the twins had become particularly temperamental and Soph had a suspicion as to why. It was odd to her but they were growing up, if she stopped to look around at the girls around the school she could see the subtle changes in the girls she'd met almost two years ago. She still felt a small smirk pull at the edges of her mouth whenever she thought about how long she'd stayed here, it had taken her seven years and six schools but she'd found a place she respected enough to call home. That sounded like a good achievement to her. Every month or so Kelly would come home for a few weeks. Soph was permitted three days at the start of these visits and one at the end to skip classes. Both girls were very happy with the arrangement, though if either of them had it their way they would spend the entire time alone in their room but that wasn't practical. During one of these visits Soph was in art, idly sketching but not really paying attention to it. It was the last lesson for today and she was looking forward to finding Kelly stood outside, that smug smirk on her face as she read Soph's happy reaction to seeing her. The bell finally rang and Soph walked swiftly from the room, surprised to find the corridor empty. She smiled to herself and stuck her hands in her pockets as she headed down to Camilla's office, if Kelly wasn't waiting for her when she left class it was usually because the old headmistress wouldn't let her leave mid-conversation. Soph reached the door and knocked once before entering, her eyebrows rising slightly as she took in the three people in the room. The most surprising thing was Lexi, sat on the sofa next to a very stony faced Kelly and holding a glass of what Soph presumed was whisky, Camilla seemed to look a little relived as she turned and saw Soph walking in.
"Ah Sophie! It's about time you got here; your friend has been waiting for you." She nodded toward Lexi who, as Kelly stood up, jumped up and rushed over to her, practically knocking her over with a hug.
"I was worried; I couldn't connect to your phone or anything so I came to make sure you were okay." As the brunette wrapped her arms around her neck Soph cast an apologetic look to Kelly, who was still stood next to the sofa looking annoyed. She held her hands awkwardly away from herself in hope that Lexi would take the hint but the girl held on, her face buried in Soph's shoulder.
"Whisky girly?" Camilla's voice came from somewhere past Lexi's head and Soph nodded, still looking at Kelly who seemed to be trying to burn holes in Lexi with her eyes.
Eventually, apparently figuring out that Soph wasn't going to hug her back, Lexi let go, a wide smile still on her face even as Soph sidestepped around her and took Kelly's hand, giving it a gentle squeeze before pulling her to sit on the sofa. It didn't surprise Soph when the older girl pulled her closer and rested an arm across her shoulders in a possessive gesture, she just took the whisky her aunt brought over and took a long drink, placing a hand purposefully on Kelly's leg, trying to hint to Lexi for her to give up before Kelly shot her. She saw the girls' green eyes flick to her hand but she seemed to disregard it as she almost skipped over and sat down next to Soph. Camilla seemed to figure out exactly what was going on and, despite her polite mask, Soph could see amusement in her eyes. She, on the other hand, didn't find this funny at all, Kelly was always armed these days and she could actually feel the side of the gun pressing into her ribs as she shifted closer to the older girl. She knew she probably wouldn't actually shoot her but knowing Kelly she might threaten. Seemingly oblivious to the awkwardness in the air Lexi was still as bubbly as ever as she took Soph's hand and held it in both of hers. Soph held back a heavy sigh as she felt Kelly's arm tighten around her as though she wanted to pull her out of the way.
"I'm sorry about our argument but I was just looking out for you, and to tell you the truth..." She trailed off and Soph felt a feeling of dread build up in her stomach, she couldn't be this stupid could she?
"I still think you shouldn't be with her." She sounded convinced and if Soph had a hand free she would have slapped it to her forehead, yes, she was stupid enough to do that. She felt a slight shift beside her and then there was a gun next to her face, pointing at Lexi. The brunette squeaked in surprise and Camilla froze in her seat. Soph shot her aunt reassuring look before turning to Kelly and placing a hand over the end of the gun, making it point down rather than at the poor girl's head.
"Kel' it's fine, I'll handle this, okay?" She gave her leg a gentle squeeze and saw a muscle in the older girl's jaw twitch before she let her hand drop, sliding the weapon back into it's holster inside her jacket. Soph let out a long breath and took her hand, entwining their fingers before turning back to Lexi.
"Sorry, but I really don't care what you think. I'm not leaving Kelly." She spoke slowly and clearly to make sure she understood but the girl stood up looking upset.
"But I saw how you were when she left! You were like a zombie Soph, what if it happens again?!" Her voice rose and Soph felt Kelly's slight flinch at the word zombie. She hadn't gone into detail about how she was while worrying, truthfully she didn't think Kelly needed to know, it would have just made her feel more guilty. She stood up facing Lexi, now a little annoyed that the girl had upset Kelly.
"There was nothing she could have done to avoid that and we've already fixed the situation so it won't happen again. Even if it does, I'll still wait." She said the last part to try and cheer up Kelly and as she glanced at her out of the corner of her eye she saw the older girl smile and stand up, moving to her side and taking her hand. She smiled at her before turning back to Lexi who was looking outraged.
"Don't you see how weird that is?! You shouldn't have to wait for that whore to finish what she's doing to have time for you!" She'd actually started shouting and Soph's smile vanished as she insulted Kelly. She took in a deep breath and let it out, glaring into the other girls eyes as she stepped forward and pulled a smile onto her face, She nodded thoughtfully for a second.
"You know, you're right. I shouldn't wait for a whore to finish what she's doing to do what I want." She looked at Lexi's hopeful expression for a second before clenching her hand into a fist so tight she felt her knuckles click.
"I'm glad you're finally-" She was cut off as Soph's fist connected with the side of her jaw and sent her to the floor.
"Sorry, but I didn't want to wait for you to finish." She heard a quiet chuckle behind her and turned around to see both Kelly and Camilla trying not to laugh.
"What? I told you before that no-one calls my girlfriend a whore." She winked and Kelly took her hand, pulling her over into a kiss.
They ended the kiss quickly, well aware of Camilla still sat beside them. Kelly looked down at the unconscious girl and walked over, couching down to inspect the damage. A few seconds later the unceremoniously let Lexi's head drop back onto the floor and stood up.
"Well she's alive, but there's a tooth around here somewhere." As she spoke she grinned and Soph chuckled, flexing her hand slowly.
"I suppose we should get her on her way home..." She frowned slightly as she looked down at her, feeling Kelly's arm wrap around her waist and changing her expression to a small smile. At that point Camilla decided to rejoin the conversation and stood up.
"Actually girlies it's time for you to be off to bed, I'll see to it our guest goes home safely." She moved and opened the door for them; Soph gave her an appreciative smile and received a nod in return as they left. She had no idea what Camilla would do, probably wait for her to wake up and send her on her way but right now she didn't care. She and Kelly walked hand in hand up to their room in silence but as soon as Soph slid the lock into place there were arms around her waist. She leant back into the older girls embrace and let her eyes close as Kelly's mouth ghosted over the skin of her neck and up to her ear.
"Do you have any idea how much I wanted to shoot her?" Her voice was low and quiet, Soph felt a small shiver run down her spine and knew that Kelly, being so close against her, had felt it. She opened her mouth to speak but Kelly was talking again.
"When she hugged you like that I thought I might actually pull her off of you myself." She started walking backwards and Soph let herself be pulled along. Kelly was in that kind of mood where nothing would stop her and Soph was by no means complaining. Within seconds she found herself released and being pushed down onto the bed. She kicked her boots off and smiled slightly as Kelly leant over her, though she did arch an eyebrow as Kelly pinned her hands above her head with one of her own, the other trailing with a feather light touch over Soph's torso.
Soph could feel the temperature of her own body rising as Kelly continued to trail her hand over her with an agonisingly light touch, she tried to arch up into her hand but Kelly moved to keep the lack of pressure. Soph gave an almost silent impatient groan.
"Kel'..." She blushed at her own voice and Kelly chuckled quietly next to her ear.
"Say it again." Her voice was quiet but commanding and Soph opened her mouth to speak instantly. Surprised at her own actions she was temporarily lost for words; Kelly had never been like this before. Her mind raced and seconds later it hit her. Kelly was trying to prove that Soph was hers. She smiled internally as her mind was dragged back to the situation; Kelly's touch was driving her crazy. She opened her mouth again but she couldn't make herself go above a whisper, she was still too embarrassed by the raspy sound of her voice to speak louder.
"...Kelly." She heard the older girl make an approving sound and the hand slipped under her jacket, the hand that was holding her pinned vanished for a second as her jacket was removed, followed by her shirt, but it quickly returned before Soph could do much. She gave a quiet huff at not being able to reach for her and saw a grin pull onto the older girls face.
"These stay here." The pressure increased on her writs for a second before vanishing completely, Soph toyed with the idea of moving them as Kelly removed her own jacket, straddling Soph's waist.
The older girl's shirt followed her jacket and before Soph could say anything a mouth crashed against hers in a fierce kiss. She had to grip the headboard to stop herself entwining a hand in the raven hair that now fell around her face as Kelly bit gently on her bottom lip, pulling yet another embarrassing groan from her.
"Why did you wait for me?" Kelly's breath was hot on her ear and the muscles in Soph's stomach tightened as a hand slid over them, inching under the waistband of her jeans.
"I love you." She answered without hesitation but a vivid blush still formed on her face. Kelly's teeth grazed across the skin of her neck and her hand slid down further.
"Again." She spoke a little quieter and Soph smiled, her hands moving from where Kelly had left them to pull the older girl into another kiss, when they eventually broke apart she smiled slightly.
"I love you." Her voice was barely above a whisper but Kelly's smile prevented her blush for once, as their lips collided once more Soph decided it didn't matter how many times Kelly asked her to say it. Tonight she would repeat it as many times as the older girl needed.
All through the night Soph repeated those three words and Kelly's name, sometimes as a breathless gasp, others as a shout to the world. She couldn't really remember much of it; it was all infused with a thick fog in her mind. She only knew that Kelly had never held her tighter and she had never felt like she had to cling to anyone as urgently before. She was tempted to write Lexi a letter of thanks for causing such a night but she guessed, after that punch, they wouldn't be talking much from now on. She relaxed her tired muscles as she lay curled against Kelly with her head tucked against the older girls shoulder and couldn't help but notice how much the two of them had changed since their first night together. If Soph remembered correctly Kelly had been the one to ask her to stop teasing and she had been the one to pin the older girl beneath her with a triumphant smirk. She grinned to herself as she realised the personality swap that seemed to have occurred. She found herself feeling more comfortable than she had ever been simply by laying wrapped in Kelly's arms. She thought she'd found home when she'd moved to St. Trinians but no, she found home here. Kelly was her home and no way in hell was she going to let anything take that from her.
Soph really is turning into a softie isn't she? ^_^