Caroline and Kate finish off the bottle of champagne and set about taking Helena up to their bedroom. Caroline had earlier arranged the carry cot stand in the bedroom so they could simply take her up without unsettling her.

Both women felt weary with the events of the day having caught up with them. Kate seated herself on the edge of her large king sized bed cradling a sleeping Helena. Caroline came into the bedroom with two steaming hot mugs of unmistakable Earl Grey tea.

"Oooo, that smells wonderful." Kate breathed in deeply savouring the aroma having only had plain weak insipid tea in the hospital. Caroline handed Kate her cup and placed the other mug on the bedside table and took Helena from her. Kate watched Caroline walk around the room with Helena in her arms and begin humming a lullaby. Kate took a sip of her tea, sighed as she relaxed listening to Caroline's beautiful melodic voice, settling back into the soft pillows on the bed.

Caroline placed a sleeping Helena back in her cot on its stand and took her mobile from her handbag. She needed to text Gavin about her unfortunate encounter with the cheating, bigoted excuse for a Governor. She finished her text and placed the phone on to silent and placed it out of mind and sight in her bag. This was home, Kate and Helena time, work could wait another day.

She looked across to Kate to see she had fallen asleep propped up on the pillows of the bed. She smiled and took a throw from the back of the chair and laid it over Kate placing a gentle kiss on her lover's forehead. She went into the bathroom and had a quick shower changing into her bathrobe.

She returned to the bedroom and whispered to her lover. "Kate come on? You need to change for bed."

Kate half-awake allowed Caroline to remove her blouse and trousers. She un-clipped the strap on her bra and let Caroline slip her pants off. She giggled and held Caroline around her neck, nuzzling her ear.

Kate mumbled. "Thanks Car. I love you."

Caroline smiled and lifted the duvet up spinning Kate's legs around. She turned off Kate's bed side lamp and then went around to her side of the bed. She looked in on Helena who was sound asleep in her cot and gently stroked her head. She leaned closer and whispered to her sleeping beauty. "Night, night little one."

She returned to the bed dropping her bathrobe and quickly slipped under the warm duvet and turned off her own lamp forgetting her tea.

She nuzzled into Kate and whispered. "Good night my love."

Caroline awoke sharply to the sound of Helena's cries. She jumped out of bed not wanting to disturb Kate only to find a naked, bleary eyed Kate holding Helena and rocking her in her arms.

"Kate? How… how long have you been up?"

"Well technically about 5 minutes but on and off through the night about 2 hours."

Caroline felt so guilty. "Oh Kate. I'm so sorry I must have slept through it all. I didn't….."

Kate looked at Caroline and smiled. "It's okay Caroline. I don't mind. You look nice in your birthday suit." Kate smiled sweetly at her lover's naked body with the curves she adored and the legs she lusted over.

"Besides you can't really feed her now. Can you now?"

Caroline ignored Kate's changing face at the sight of her nakedness and instead nodded acknowledging the impossible, before looking enlightened. "You can always express some milk off and I can feed her for you."

Kate smiled at her lover and leaned into her warm naked embrace. "Caroline. I would gladly get rid of some of this European milk mountain I have stored in me. Right now I feel like a cow in a milking shed but I'm not sure Helena will be so accepting."

Caroline laughed remembering her own experiences of heavy milk filled boobs when William was born. She also recalled the randy look on John's face as he spied her swollen breasts and Caroline's mood swings focusing very much on John's childish behaviour. She reflected on that which at the time she took to be silly but endearing in a comical way. Looking back now she only saw a really needy child making silly jokes and messing around needing the attention from Caroline which was focused on their new born.

Kate could never be described as being needy. Indeed Caroline felt she was quite the opposite of needy. Caroline also recognised how easily she organised John and told him what to do. Again Kate was not the type of person to be steered around things or persuaded easily. Caroline knew she would have to adjust her own behaviour to ensure she didn't cause issues between her and Kate. In reality she and Kate needed to sit down and have a serious talk. Otherwise Caroline could see herself falling back into her old ways and destroying something very precious, again.

Caroline felt her heart rate increasing at the sensual contact with Kate's silky smooth brown skin. She released her arms trying to distract herself and feeling horny whilst her daughter suckled on her girlfriend's breast. She stuttered slightly.

"Yes. Well. Mmmmm. Good point. Well maybe you can catch some sleep later when she goes back off."

Spying Kate's mug of cold tea Caroline took both the cups in an effort to distract herself. "I'll make us both some fresh tea. Would you like some breakfast in bed?"

Kate smiled at her golden haired beauty. "I'd dearly love a massage and 2 hours sleep, if that comes in a tea cup then yes please."

Caroline grabbed her bathrobe from the floor and left naked Kate in the bedroom. As Caroline entered the kitchen she noted it was after 9.30 and remembered the text she had sent to Gavin the night before. She was sure he would have replied by now.

She busied herself making toast and fresh Earl Grey tea for them both. As she entered the bedroom with a tray laydened with breakfast she found Helena back in her cot asleep and Kate yawning sitting on the edge of the bed half dressed in a bra and pants.

"Kate. What are you doing? You're not getting up now. Go back to sleep. I'll take Helena downstairs and take care of her."

Kate didn't make any effort to protest knowing Caroline was right and she wasn't fit for anything. She took the cup of tea and took a bite of toast, smiling at the taste. Hospital food really was awful and not to be recommended.

Caroline grabbed her bag and took her own tea downstairs. She returned up a short time later to collect Helena and found Kate fast asleep with half eaten toast between the fingers in her hand. She gently removed the toast and placed it on the plate. She picked up Helena's cot and went down stairs, being careful not to make a noise with the bedroom door.

She placed Helena on the coffee table in the sitting room and went into the kitchen to sit at the table.

"Hi Gavin."

"Caroline. I got your text. How is Kate's mother? Grace is it?"

Caroline smiled at Gavin's uncanny ability to remember the finer details. She was shocking with remembering names.

"Hi Gavin. Grace is much better thank you. She is doing really well and she just needs to rest for the time being."

"That's good. At least you have one less thing to worry about. How are Kate and the new arrival?"

"They're both really good thank you and both sleeping right now."

"Good I'm so pleased. You must be exhausted. Now, Mrs French?"

Caroline sighed heavily at having to recall the memory of the meeting. She updated Gavin with the basic facts of the encounter and stated her opinion that there was no room for people with such views on the board and she hoped he would deal with it swiftly.

Gavin promised to arrange a meeting with Mrs French and discuss the details with the other members. Caroline knew this included Scott Young who married with older children of his own who were at University. His wife was totally unaware of his liaisons with Mrs French and their extra-curricular activities. Caroline took pains to remind Gavin of the conflict of interest if he were to take Mr Young's views on board when making his final decision.

"Gavin I have every faith in you to deal with this efficiently and appropriately. The outcome will be judged by all involved at the school and give a strong signal of our commitment to equality in the workplace and the intolerance of any form of harassment to our young pupils."

Gavin knew exactly what Caroline was saying without stating the obvious. If Mrs French remained on the board then the message to everyone that bigotry was acceptable when it clearly wasn't.

Caroline finished the call and knew once again she was an agenda item at a Governors board meeting. She felt such frustration at having to live under the microscope of middle England's society. She felt the weight of the world's intrusion and felt her energy drain. Was this to be her future with Kate? Was she going to have to stand up to every little challenge by back stabbing, power hungry middle classes?

She finished off her own breakfast and then set about tidying the glasses and champagne from the night before. Forcing herself to switch off from her thoughts of people's views of her and Kate. She thought of Grace. She would ring the hospital and get an update on Grace's condition when she had finished.

She heard the sound of the floorboards creaking on the stairs and knew Kate was up. She looked up to see Kate with nothing but a dressing gown to cover her modesty. Caroline closed the gap in seconds to take her beautiful girlfriend in a warm, loving embrace.

Kate smiling at her lover's attention tried not to giggle. "Morning gorgeous."

Caroline felt heat radiating across her body from the touch of her lover. "Morning sexy."

Kate laughed out loud at Caroline's lowered horny voice. "Caroline! Control yourself. Small person in direct view!"

Caroline checked on Helena through the open doorway to find her fast asleep in her cot. "She's fast asleep and too young to know."

Caroline untied the belt on Kate's robe revealing a warm and glowing beauty before her. Without thinking Kate placed her hands across her front still conscious of the changes in her body from childbirth.

Caroline noticed instantly and gently moved Kate's arms away so she could see her beauty. She knelt and placed soft and tender kisses on Kate's tummy. "You are so beautiful I don't know how I managed to keep my hands off you this morning."

Caroline slowly worked her way up placing gentle kisses further up Kate's body, reaching the point in her cleavage moving across, taking a pert and large nipple in her mouth gently sucking.

Kate groaned at the sensations running through her body. God she had missed this the last week or so. She so badly wanted Caroline right now. Kate reached in and pulled open Caroline's dressing gown and slipped her hands onto her warm and silky smooth skin.

Their lips met instantly and the sensation of Kate's warm body against her own aroused body overwhelmed Caroline. Her voice was low and sultry in Kate's ear.

"God, I really want you."

Kate took Caroline's lips and slipped her tongue inside her mouth, delving deeper seeking to be inside her.

At was at this point that both women became aware of a noise at the door. Caroline's phone began to ring and she sighed heavily. Kate pulled away after gently caressing Caroline's cheek with her hand.

"You get your phone and I'll get the door."

"Hello mum."

"Hi love."

Caroline was taken aback by the sound of her mother's voice in both Kate's hallway and through the phone held to her ear. She stood with an open bathrobe in Kate's dining room facing the doorway. Her mind not able to co-ordinate what was happening. Celia entered the room to the sight of her daughter exposing parts of her body she hadn't seen for over 35 years.