…2012
"Go away," mumbles Joey, turning onto her side and putting her back to her wife.
"It's Ruby's first day at school and we're supposed to be meeting Aden and Geoff at the diner for a family brekkie before we drop her off."
Joey cracks open an eye. "It's only 7am," she complains, closing her eye to block out the offending clock.
"I have a way to pass the time," Charlie whispers, her hand running lightly up and down her wife's side.
"So because you fell asleep in the bath and then went out like a light the moment I helped you into bed, you felt the need to wake me up from my," she stifles a moan when Charlie gently tweaks a nipple. "Peaceful slumber for sex?"
"Pretty much," replies Charlie, her lips right next to Joey's ear as her hand strayed lower. She grins when she hears her wife's breath coming quicker.
"You don't play fair," groans Joey, unable to stop her hips from thrusting against Charlie's hand.
"Would you like me to stop and let you go back to sleep?" Charlie teases as her finger glides through the wet warmth pooling between her wife's legs.
"Yes," squeaks out Joey.
"Your body seems to disagree."
"Just ignore it."
"I kind of like what its saying."
"So do I," groans Joey. Turning quickly to face her wife, Joey presses her lips to Charlie's.
Fingers finding each other with unerring accuracy, they enter at the same time and start a rhythmic thrust while their tongues danced in a passionate kiss.
Hips thrusting against invading fingers, the room was filled with the sound of their passion.
"Oh god," Charlie pants, her hips speeding up against Joey's hand.
Their breathing was coming faster now as their moans grew louder and they were soon crying out as they climaxed together.
Lying with their arms and legs entwined, Joey brushes her lips over Charlie's. "Good morning," she says cheekily.
"A very good morning." She snuggles closer to her wife. "Isn't that a better way to wake up than with an alarm clock?"
"A very enjoyable way, if you don't mind me being cranky for the rest of the day for waking me up so early."
"I'm at work all day and Ruby will be at school, so we won't have to worry."
"Just everyone else unlucky enough to be in my path."
"Not my problem."
"That's a great attitude for an officer entrusted with the well-being of the community."
"That's because even cranky, you're still a charming pussy cat," Charlie says, before cheekily adding. "Unless you're an obnoxious and insensitive police officer, then you show your teeth."
"I thought you liked it when I used teeth," Joey says with a smirk.
Recalling the way Joey would brush her teeth lightly over her nipples made Charlie flush with renewed arousal before it was quickly extinguished with Joey's next words.
"It's too bad it is now time to get up." Disentangling their limbs and rolling away from her wife, Joey glances over her shoulder. "Don't take too long dear, we have to be at the diner in 30 minutes."
Taking a moment to groan her frustration into the pillow, Charlie gets out of bed and heads for a cold shower.
Noticing the way his friend was watching the woman with short dark hair standing next to her wife at the counter, Aden leans closer to Joey. "Is that her?" He asks with a whisper.
"Yep, that's the new partner."
"She's kind of hot."
"Gee, thanks," mumbles Joey.
"Not a patch on you, of course."
"Nice save."
"And I doubt Charlie noticed her in that way."
"She didn't and after they left here yesterday, Charlie said Shauna had stopped noticing her as well."
"Ah, my little Joey made sure she staked her claim."
"You're a good one to talk, I've seen how you give the glare to anyone who shows an interest in Geoff."
"Guilty as charged."
Joey waves back when Shauna smiles and waves at her on her way to the exit.
"Aw, let's be friends," teases Aden. "Oof," he rubs his stomach after it met with Joey's elbow.
"This is a small town and as long as she has no designs on my wife, then there's no reason why we can't be friends."
"I'm just kidding Joey. I think it's great how you get along with nearly everyone."
They both glance toward Colleen who was still glaring at them, just as she had been since the five of them had arrived. Joey and Aden grin and give her the royal wave.
"Stop teasing the staff," Charlie says, as she, Geoff and Ruby return to the table with their breakfast.
"I feel like I've been under a microscope the whole time we've been here," Joey mutters.
"I can solve that problem," Charlie says, moments before pressing her lips against Joey's.
Ruby rolls her eyes when Geoff and Aden do the same. "She's not watching anymore," she tells them.
"That's good," Joey murmurs, kissing her wife one more time, before turning her attention to her daughter. "All set for school are we?"
"Yes mum," she replies with a long-suffering sigh.
"It's like this the first day of every school year," Charlie tells Geoff with a chuckle. "My wife has a hard time letting our little girl go and tends to triple check that Ruby has everything, including all the phone numbers to contact us on and when she's done that, she triple checks everything again."
"I'm not that bad," complains Joey.
"If you had your way, you would join Ruby in the classroom."
"And if you had your way, you would run a background check on every teacher and student and their families in the entire school."
"I was only joking when I said that." When she had said it, Ruby had only been five and it was to be her very first day at a school and she had only seriously considered the background checks for a mere moment, before realising it was a bit overboard, but when it came to their daughter, she made no excuses for being over protective, especially when she had come so close to losing them.
"Yeah, sure," Joey says with a smirk. She adored the way her wife was always looking out for the both of them, even when it made her a little overbearing at times.
"I'm starving, let's eat," Charlie says, deflecting the conversation.
"What a nice little family," Irene says. She was still trying not to laugh at the way Colleen had huffed, turned her back on them and nearly blown up in reaction to the kisses and might have said something if Leah hadn't sent her to the kitchen.
"It's wrong."
"Gawd help me woman, move with the times," Irene replies with some annoyance. "Ruby is a happy, well-loved little girl, which is more than can be said for some kids who have a mum and dad at home, yet miss out on the love that little girl obviously has."
"Mum," complains Ruby as she's nearly smothered in her mother's arms.
"Sorry," Joey says a little tearfully as she releases her daughter and steps back. "First day at a new school and all. I love you."
"I love you too mum." She allows Charlie to give her an equally smothering hug.
"Have you got everything?" Charlie asks her.
"Yes Charlie."
"Have fun today," Charlie tells her. "And behave."
"I will."
"And keep an eye on Romeo, he will need his friends while his mum is still in the hospital."
"I'll be a good friend mum." Giving her mother another hug, Ruby runs over to VJ, Romeo and April in the schoolyard.
"She's going to be fine," Charlie assures her wife.
"I know, but it always takes me a bit of time to get used to an empty house."
"Well, you have work starting in a couple of days, so that will keep you occupied."
"Speaking of work, shouldn't you be heading off?"
Charlie glances at her watch. "Shit, I had better be going. Do you want me to drop you off at home on the way?"
"Nah, I'm going to go for a walk along the beach and then take a bus to the hospital to check in on Georgie."
"Give Georgie my best and I'll see you later," she says, brushing her lips over Joey's.
Joey watches her walk away and then turns back to the school, her daughter already gone. "I'm already bored," she complains as she starts a slow walk toward the beach.