Sofia cuddled up on the couch. Six weeks without work. For many people a dream come true, for her more a nightmare. She had been back home for less than three hours and felt like she had to go back to the lab and work. Her accident last year made her stay at home long enough, now the pregnancy did the same. Okay, giving birth to her daughter was supposed to be the happiest part in her life, absolutely not like her accident.

"Pineapple?" Sara sat next to her lover and offered her a slice of pineapple.

"Thanks. Food is the new center of my life for the two weeks, until our daughter will be with us and needs all our attention."

"Pay some attention to your son, he got a job offer today." They hadn't told Sofia about the offer in the lab, now after dinner it was a good time to talk about it.

"Seriously? What kind of job?"

"Law enforcement."

"Really? Cool. I'm already proud of you."

"For a lawyer."

"I'm not that proud anymore. A lawyer?"

"Kinney's lawyer."

"The bitch who hit on you? I'm against it."

"Thanks Sara, you didn't forget any detail she needed to make up her mind against the job." Stephen grumbled. "It's a job, she said it's good money and I can learn a lot about law enforcement. Please."

Sofia looked at Sara. "What do you think? About our son working for a lawyer?"

"A defensive lawyer."

"Who hit on you."

"That's not the point. She has an ongoing case against you. Not just a case you worked, but one you'll be in witness stand and the suspect is guilty and an asshole. He can't work for her, not now."

"Are you serious?" Stephen shook his head.

"Yes." Sofia supported her lover. "She's right. If you work for the lawyer, it can be bad for the case. They can say she employed you to get information. You know, ask you about the case, what we've got. Or that we tell you to get information from her about the case. Sorry, not possible, she knows it too."

"But she offered it."

"She did and I'm fine with it AFTER we went to trial with the Kinney case. Four weeks."

"Four more weeks?"

"Sofia is right and Mel will tell you the same. She won't endanger the case, as much as I'd like her to do." Sara added.

"You can have another job for the next four weeks."

"I didn't find anything so far, why would I find anything now? For only four weeks."

"I employ you. Somebody needs to overtake my housework duty and ran whenever I need something, take the dogs out for a walk, go shopping, all these kind of things I won't do anymore because Susan makes them difficult. And when she's with us, I won't have the time for it anymore."

"Sofia, we're a family, I do these things for free because you're my mother and family is supposed to help each other, when one needs help. So it looks like I don't have the time for a job anyway the next month."

"Okay, we make another deal. You get the room downstairs rent to somebody, take over all the responsibility for it and get the money." They wanted to rent it out anyway, why not let him do it?

"Fifty bucks a night?"

"Yes."

"Is it listed as available?"

"It is, so you better make sure you find somebody. Maybe it helps to get down with the price. All up to you. Your time, your money."

"I get ten dollars down, might attract somebody, who just decided to come over."

"Good. And you call your admire, Sara? Tell her what we decided?" Sofia smirked.

"Miss Powers can wait until tomorrow." Sara shot back dryly. Admire, this woman was a pain in the ass. "And I expected you my dear, to fight for me and not make fun of the situation."

"Oh, if she comes too close to you, I will call one of her buddies to defend me because I killed her with my bare hands. On the other hand, if you're nice to her it can be good too, you never know when a lawyer comes in handy."

"She offered her help for the parental rights. Asked if we have done everything so I can see Susan in case anything happens to her and have all the rights, you as her birth mother have."

"We talked about it with Don, but never made a contract. Never wanted to see a lawyer for it. But yes, we need one so you can be in charge just as much as I am. Sooner or later we need a lawyer, one, who we can afford."

"She asked what I can image in exchange."

"The next time I see her, I kill her!"

"Don't tell us or you go down for murder one." Sara laughed and kissed her lover. "I told her if she leaves out the last three zeros on her paycheck, we can talk about it. A hundred dollars is more than enough."

"If she agrees, you get a huge discount." Stephen said. "One hundred dollar instead of a hundred thousand. That's what I call a hell of a discount. She must really like you when she agrees."

"Yeah, she offers our son a job, wants to give you a discount, this woman tries to destroy my family." Sofia grumbled. "I need my gun and solve the problem."

"Why don't you start with a kiss and the promise I love only you and have absolutely no interest in the lawyer." Sara kissed Sofia gently.

"It's a start."

"Please, if you need to make out, go into your room. I don't want to see this here." Stephen complained.

"In this case you have to go into your room, I kiss my fiancé everywhere, it's called love. Wait until you and your girlfriend do the same."

"I don't have a girlfriend, accept the fact your son is a single. And in his room, I prefer an action movie over a peep show. Sleep tight and keep your hands on the blanket." He got up.

"I keep my hands on the skin of your mother." Sara smiled. "All over her body."

"No details!"

"While I undress her, you better turn on your music."

"Headphones and very loud. If I tell the social worker, they tell you off."

"Sleep tight, baby boy." Sara grinned.

"And don't forget to have your teddy bear in your arms."

He lifted his middle finger and vanished in his room.

"Did you see that? My mom had grounded me for weeks if I did this to her."

"We're too soft hearted, he needs strong hands."

"Order and discipline. Maybe the police academy is a good idea. I talk to mom, tell her how he behaves and she'll do the rest."

"No, you won't." The brunette kissed her way down the blonde's throat. "Come on, lets go to bed, we need to celebrate your last day at work. From today on you'll be here when I come home. A lot of time for us, a lot of time for kisses and many other nice things."

"Why don't you give me an example of what you want to do with me and our time together? What other nice things are exactly are. I'm sure you have special things on your mind, show them to me. In detail."

"Perfect idea." Sara pulled Sofia up. She had more than a couple of things on her mind she wanted to do with her lover.

16th of March, Saturday

Sleeping in was one of Sofia's favorite past times when she was a teenager. Also as an adult she liked to stay in bed long, start the day slow and take all the time she needed to gently wake up. Not that she had many chances to do this, her dogs wanted their breakfast, wanted to go out and she was most times busy. Today she had all the time in the world, no need to go to work as she was off for six weeks, the dogs had their breakfast and were out, there was no work for her to do and nevertheless she was awake. Her daughter made sure she didn't snuggle into the pillows and stayed there for longer than six in the morning. Or at this time she had her first break from sleeping in. Sara left at seven to work, she took the dogs with her, as her main job today was, checking on hiking trails. But with her peanut sized bladder, she needed to go to the bathroom at least once an hour.

"Good morning mom, morning baby sis, how are you?" Stephen came out of his room, a big shiny smile on his face like somebody told him, school closed for the next weeks.

"Good morning, sunshine. How did you sleep?"

"I dreamed of the bloody history book I read last night. We've a test coming up next Friday, means, I've to focus on the past instead of present and future. In my dream the test was pretty bad, you can imagine how glad I was when I woke up and realized, it's Saturday and there's plenty of time to learn."

"You focus on the past to have a better future. Will you go and see your grandfather?" Sofia knew nobody who knew more about history of America than her father. He had not only worked as a professor at the university in Las Vegas, he still taught history in his past time to students, who wanted to brush up their knowledge. His way of making sure he didn't forget what he learnt, make some extra money and give the secrets of American history to people, who appreciated it. It wouldn't surprise the blonde if one of the universities or colleges in Los Angeles would ask her father to guest lecture at their place for a semester or two.

"Yes, he says he can make me understand, remember and love all the details about our history if I give him a chance. The last time he helped me out it got me a B, this time we want an A. I go over for breakfast."

"Leave your poor mother alone."

"As far as I know there are other people around and you're not sick, you can help yourself when you need something."

"Great, just leave me here…not that I can go anywhere because I need to see the toilet all the time."

"Caught in your own home, forced to stay inside your very own tower, captured by a mean queen called Peanut Bladder, poor princess."

"With every day here you get more and more cheeky. Maybe I've to spank you."

"Yeah sure, how am I supposed to fit on your lap? With Susan this big there's no place for me to bend over your lap."

"The worst part is, you're right. There is no place with Susan, I'm fat. Fat and caught in my own house and my princess is away, can't save or help me."

"Want some cheese and cracker to your whine?"

"Get lost! You're not nice to me."

He laughed, bent over and kissed her cheek. "I love you too. Call me if you need anything, otherwise I'm over at your parent's place. The Captain might come over, she hasn't been here for a while."

"I want my son here with me."

"Your son needs to learn for his school tests, you want him being a good student."

"Go. Leave me alone. I will survive."

Stephen got up, grabbed his heart and started singing: "First I was afraid, I was petrified, couldn't think I could ever live without you by my side. But then I spent so many times…"

"Get lost!" She wanted to throw something at him, but there was nothing around she could grab and throw. Her own son was making fun of her, sang to her 'I will survive' to mock her.