Author's Note: chapter 38 and it's relatively long. What will Carmilla's answer be? (Possible drunken shenanigans and maybe some smut...shush spoilers!)

'...Carm, will you marry me?'

Carmilla stood still, frozen from shock. She didn't move or even flinch, her eyes transfixed on Laura's hand. The hand which held a ring, if she hadn't been so overcome with shock she may have noticed was in the shape of a star.

The room was silent as Laura shifted nervously, biting her lip as she studied Carmilla's face, trying to figure out what her girlfriend was thinking. She looked at Carmilla expectantly, desperately hoping that the brunette would speak. The waiting was killing her.

'Um...Carm could you please say something?'

Carmilla looked up, into Laura's eyes as her own began to water. Her face full of anxiety as she struggled to speak. 'You're...you're not breaking up with me?'

Her voice sounded so fragile, it reminded Laura of the night they got together, how lost Carmilla had sounded. She couldn't help but smile at Carmilla's question, shaking her head as she spoke softly to the brunette.

'No. I want to be with you; forever. If you'll let me...um..that means you have to answer me'

Carmilla bent down, bringing her face closer to the blonde's as she leant in to capture her lips in a watery kiss. She smiled weakly into the embrace when Laura traced her thumb over her cheeks, moving to wipe away the tears falling from Carmilla's eyes. Laura pulled away, hands still cupping Carmilla's cheeks as she spoke.

'Is that...is that a yes?'

'Yes, yes Laura I'll marry you.' Laura squealed sliding the ring onto Carmilla's finger before grabbing her arm. She gently pulled Carmilla up, as soon as they were both standing she flung her arms around Carmilla's neck, kissing her passionately. Carmilla was quick to return Laura's passion, both smiling into the kiss as Carmilla laced her fingers through blonde locks.

All around them they could hear cheering and clapping. Pulling apart they wore matching grins as their friends gave them thumbs up and wolf whistles. Laura grins leaning up to give Carmilla a peck on her lips, their foreheads touching as she whispers against soft lips.

'I love you so much Carmilla.'

'I thought...I...I love you Laura.' All of her fears, all of the panic and anxiety she'd felt died on her lips as she looked into those soft brown eyes. She'd started the day fearing the worst, feeling as though it couldn't get any worse but never had she expected to be made the happiest woman on earth.

'So Carm, do you want to dance?'

'I would love to dance with my Fiancee.' Laura couldn't help the grin taking over when Carmilla called her, her fiancee. Grabbing her hand she pulled her into the center of the room. Within seconds music was playing, their bodies moving together as one as everyone else faded away. Laura was the only thing that Carmilla could see and what she saw was beautiful.

Carmilla sat on the couch, arm draped lazily over Laura as they listened to the music. Danny and Kirsch had gone to get some alcohol and Perry was busy organizing some party food from the kitchen. Lafontaine had offered to help. The couple were finally alone. Laura turns to Carmilla with a smile, tracing her finger over the brunette's ring as she spoke softly.

'I'm sorry you were so worried. I...I just had this big plan and I needed to keep it a secret. Honestly I thought you might have been asleep for most of the day but then Kirsch phoned and said you were awake. I...I should have thought it through.'

'Hey, none of that matters now. I love you so much and I can't wait to become your wife.'

'Oh my gosh you're going to be my wife! We're engaged!'

'That we are Cupcake. Whilst the others are busy, what's say you and I-' Laura cut her off, nudging her as she pointed to the door. Carmilla looked on, a little disappointed to see Danny and Kirsch holding crates full of different beverages, some plastic shot glasses and a handful of straws.

Grinning Kirsch set one of the crates down on the table facing the couch before moving to help Danny with her crate. It was then that Lafontaine and Perry returned, holding plates full of snacks ranging from tortilla chips and dips to wafers and jellies. Laura's smile widened when she saw a pile of cookies placed on the table.

'I know you probably want to go off somewhere but right now we're going to celebrate; the only way we know how: by drinking!'

...

'Aaaaaaand drink!' Carmilla threw her head back as she necked another tequila shot, her face scrunched up when she felt the familiar burning sensation down her throat. She wasn't the only one, Danny and Lafontaine both suffered the same fate. Kirsch stuck to his beer whilst Laura and Perry both avoided the tequila.

'Come, sit here Cupcake.' Carmilla patted her lap smiling when Laura crawled over, clambering into her lap. She smiled more as Laura leant into her body, her arms coming to snake round the smaller girl's waist.

'Come on guys! Where's the rum?'

'Xena, pass me the vodka.'

'No, save that stuff for the drinking games.'

'Eugh fine! Shots?'

Several rounds later and they were all buzzing, some more than others. This was when Perry shouted for them to make a speech. The whole room shushed as Carmilla sat up, turning Laura's chin so that the girl faced her as she spoke. Her voice thick with emotion.

'Laura, today you've made me the happiest woman in the world. When I was little, I never thought I'd know what love felt like. I never thought I deserved kindness let alone unconditional love. Every day you gave me a reason to keep fighting and honestly I have no idea where I'd be without you. I've never been good with the whole feelings thing but I'm getting there. Cupcake; you make me want to believe in myself and if I can make you half as happy, as you've made me then I'll know I've done something right.'

Laura blinked through her tears as she leant down to kiss Carmilla. Tasting her own salty tears mixed with tequila and the hint of the taste that was purely Carmilla. The taste of her love and adoration, the taste of her smirk and snark. Her taste. After a minute she pulls away, brushing away her tears as she speaks.

'How can I follow that?! I've loved you since the first time I saw you, I was just a happy little girl determined to go on the swings, and there you were. Sat in Will's jacket, curly hair framing your face. I knew there was something special about us and I wasn't sure what it was; until that night, when we stayed at Perry's house. We kissed and it just felt right, I knew then that I wanted to be with you. I'll always want to be with you'

Laura brushes her thumb against Carmilla's cheek, smiling at one another as they both think over their speeches. A minute later and they're interrupted by the sound of Danny's voice loud and slightly tipsy cutting through the comfortable silence.

'Alright, enough of this mushy crap. It's my turn to make a speech.' All heads turn to look at the fiesty redhead, drinks in hand as she continues. 'When I first met these guys, they were fricking tiny. Okay well they're still tiny but y'know. Laura was so bubbly and bright next to the queen of darkness. Laura once told me that Carmilla could turn into a giant black cat, so for weeks I followed her around, determined to catch her in the act. Needless to say I was, very disappointed when I realised that she wasn't a cat.'

Carmilla's smirk turns into a grin, as she watches her fiancee throw her head back, shaking with laughter as Danny plows on.

'I like to be honest, sometimes brutally so. Tonight I'm going to tell you guys what my first impressions were. Laura,' she turns, swaying a little as she faces the blonde.

'You were so happy, I'd never met anyone so full of life and just a kind spirit. You were such a little dork. My favourite memory of you is, in our last year of high school.' She pauses seeing Laura blush, ducking her head in embarrassment, knowing what's about to come next.

'It was a Friday afternoon and that night, was the night that the final Harry Potter was set to come out. Laura really wanted to go and had pre-booked tickets. So I agreed to go with her, what I didn't know was that she had planned a little surprise for me. When I got to the Cinema, I found Laura. I figured she might be dressed up, so I'm thinking Hermione Granger, right? Wrong! Laura was not dressed as Hermione, no, Laura came dressed like a dragon!'

Carmilla and Lafontaine lost it, their laughter filling the air as they struggled to contain themselves. Carmilla had to wipe her eyes, she was laughing that hard. Danny laughed along with them, pausing to grab her phone. Scrolling through until she found the picture, which just set them all off more. Laura buried her head in her hands, a violent blush appearing on her cheeks.

'Cupcake, did you have to go dressed as the Hungarian Horntail?!'

...

After the laughter died down, Danny cleared her throat. Turning to the still smirking brunette as she spoke.

'Well, when I first met Carmilla, I thought what a bitch?! As time went on, I realised that my first impression was right! Then I got to know her more and I saw a lot more. I saw how naturally funny she was, I saw how fierce and loyal she was. I even saw how stubborn she was. Now; every week they had a tradition. Every week, one night they would play video games. I remember once, I came to play video games and that night's game was Mario Karts. Carmilla was sooooo bad at it, she made us stay up half the night trying to beat her high score. She didn't. Infact she got worse every time, she was so annoyed that when Laura went to the bathroom she threw the game out of the window. She told Laura that I did it and then for days on end Laura called me "game wrecker" '

Laura raised an eyebrow at the brunette, who gave her a sheepish smile. Turning to glare at the smug redhead. Still smiling Danny continued, 'together they make this amazing couple, grossily sweet but beautiful to see. They are as different as Night and Day but that's why it works, so let's raise our half empty beer glasses to the happy couple!'

They drank more and told several more stories, each one more embarrassing than the last. Laura sat with a permanent blush across her face and Carmilla's smirk was wiped off occasionally.

Lafontaine recounted a time when Laura got drunk and called Danny a giraffe, a story which always greatly amused Carmilla. Her smirk was removed when they told the story about walking in on Carmilla straddling Laura, with her breasts exposed.

Kirsch talks about the time when Carmilla punched him in the stomach; for calling her Carm-sexy. He also tells a tale of when Laura sat on his shoulders at Pride, where she happened to get incredibly drunk and started calling him Spiderman. He added that, that was the time when him and Carmilla had to carry Laura back home, to stop her from hugging numerous trees.

Perry made a speech on how perfect they are for one another. Carmilla even shed a few tears, which she brushed off as hayfever. They were shocked when Perry relayed several encounters of her as Floor Don walking in on the couple in positions she'd never forget. Laura blushed more at this whilst Carmilla wore a smug expression, seemingly proud of that statement.

After the speeches people were starting to get hungry. Perry hadn't made enough party treats, so all they had were bottles of different mixers and other alcoholic beverages.

'So shall we order food, to eat in?'

'Laura prefers to eat ou-' Carmilla stops mid sentence, wincing in pain after receiving a kick to her shin. She turns to glare at the blonde, narrowing her eyes more when Laura smiles feigning innocence.

'Bros we should totally play never have I ever!'

...

They moved to sit in a circle, each person armed with a bottle and a shot glass. The order went like this; Kirsch sat in the center, Danny on his right with Carmilla sat next to her. Lafontaine sat next to Carmilla, Perry next to them and Laura sat in-between Perry and Kirsch.

'Okay, does everyone know how to play?'

Everyone nodded apart from Perry. Kirsch smiles, turning to her as he explains.

'So someone will say something that they've never done and all those who've done the things that person said they haven't done drink. If not then you're fine. Got it?' After a nod from the girl the game begins. Kirsch starts.

'Never have I ever kissed a dude.'

Danny and Lafontaine drink. They all look questioningly at Lafontaine, they shrug before elaborating. 'When I was a wee kid, my best friend was a guy called J.P. We kissed and shortly after that we both revealed that we were queer as fuck and moved on with our lives.'

'Okay then...Danny you're up!'

'Never have I ever had sex in a public restroom.'

Unsurprisingly both Laura and Carmilla drank. Carmilla flipped off the smug redhead before taking her go.

'Never have I ever fooled around in a sibling's room.'

Danny went bright red, grumbling whilst necking her shot. Carmilla smirked, mouthing payback before turning to listen to Lafontaine speak.

'Never have I ever gone skinny dipping.'

Kirsch, Carmilla and surprisingly Perry drank. Apparently Lola could get wild when she wanted to.

Several rounds later and they had found out a lot more about one another then they would have liked. All rather drunk decided to bring out the karaoke machine, determined to out sing one another. Whilst a very excited Perry sorted out the machine they did some more shots.

Carmilla they found, was a very mellow drunk. She got very quiet and broody after a few too many. However it did take her much longer than the rest to get moderately drunk.

Danny got very emotional the further on they got. Ranging from really happy and thankful one minute to angry and weepy the next. She slurred angrily at Kirsch for supposedly stealing her drink.

Laura, as they already knew got very touchy feely. Not just with Carmilla though, she demanded "huggles" from everyone. It took them all a while to realise that she had meant to say cuddles but had began to say hugs, ending up mixing the two words together. She spent the majority of the game cuddling up to people, before resting in Carmilla's lap.

Lafontaine only seemed to get more and more queer. Making a lot of references to the female anatomy, quickly adding " for science" after everything they said. They spent some time trying to tame a very drunk Perry.

Kirsch got louder and was desperately trying to play beer pong with Carmilla. He kept chanting for people to down their drinks, and at some point during the night had dragged Danny off somewhere. Both coming back 20 minutes later with matching guilty expressions.

Perry got the most drunk. Having rarely drunk at all, she seemed to have no problem drinking anything in sight. Throughout the night she had loosened up a hell of a lot and was dancing to the beat of her own drum. It was her idea to start karaoke.

...

One way or another I'm gonna find ya

I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha

Danny sung along to Blondie, pointing to Kirsch a lot and getting the others to sing a long to the chorus.

This was when Laura jumped up wanting to serenade an embarassed Carmilla.

I made it through the wilderness

Somehow I made it through

Didn't know how lost I was

Until I found you

Laura made her way over to Carmilla, sitting in her lap as she sung.

I was beat incomplete

I'd been had, I was sad and blue

But you made me feel

Yeah, you made me feel

Shiny and new

She didn't get to finish her song as Carmilla swallowed her lyrics in a bruising kiss. Laura's still unsure as to whether she really wanted to kiss her or whether she really wanted to shut her up. Maybe both.

They all clapped and cheered when Kirsch got up to perform the single ladies dance. Carmilla managed to film him unnoticed until he turned round, proceeding to chase her around the room, trying to steal the phone. Unfortunately Carmilla was too quick and teased him, telling him she put it online already.

...

What you want

Baby, I got

What you need

Do you know I got it?

Perry brought the sass, moving her diva hand and shaking her hips as she strutted around encouraging the others to sing along. Everyone was impressed by the power her voice had.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Find out what it means to me

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Take care

...

After a lot of begging, pleading and some bribery Carmilla got up. Taking the microphone as she chose a song. Smirking she began, as the song went on she got more and more into it.

'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby

Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby

Listen to Iron Maiden maybe with me

They all sung along as Carmilla brought them into the bridge of the song.

Oh, yeah, dirtbag, no, she doesn't know what she's missin'

Oh, yeah, dirtbag, no, she doesn't know what she's missin'

Carmilla looked over to Laura, her fiancee. Laura flashed her a bright smile, motioning for them to go upstairs. It was past 12 at night and after a lot of drunken shenanigans and badly sung karaoke they'd nearly all passed out. Danny was the first to sleep, Kirsch had to force her onto a couch so she could sleep. Within seconds of her head hitting the cushion she was asleep, snoring quietly whilst the others continued to party.

Carmilla had convinced Laura to join her in sobering up, stating she didn't want to be nursing hangovers on a weekend. Lafontaine and Perry sprawled on the floor, their fingers brushing against one another's as they slept. Whilst Kirsch had chosen to curl up in the arm chair beside Danny. Laura may have gone wild with a permanent marker. Some redheads would be majorly pissed when they woke up.

Carmilla crossed the room, waltzing over to Laura. Smiling down, she extended her hand gently pulling the blonde to her feet. They didn't waste a minute in pulling one another closer, their lips brushing against one another's as they leaned into the embrace. Laura swayed slightly as Carmilla pushed her tongue into her waiting mouth. Both moaning at the taste, Laura pulled back looking into brown eyes darkened with lust. Smirking she laced their fingers pulling Carmilla out of the lounge, guiding the brunette upstairs.

They would have arrived sooner, had it not been for Carmilla shoving Laura up against a wall. Her hands roaming around the smaller girl's body as she kissed her passionately. Hands raked through her curly locks, whimpering when Laura roughly tugged at her hair, nipping at her bottom lip as they struggled to restrain themselves.

...

Finally they reached their dorm. Not a second after the door was shut, Laura found herself pressed against it. Laura's hands grasped at the back of Carmilla's shirt as Carmilla's began working on her jeans. Never breaking contact for a second as she effortlessly slid jeans down smooth thighs.

Carmilla moved to trail kisses down Laura's neck, the blonde tilts her neck to give Carmilla more access. Shaking her legs to rid herself of her jeans before lifting a leg to wrap around Carmilla's waist. Carmilla hoists Laura up, turning to carry her towards their bed. With all her strength she practically throws Laura down onto the bed, smirking when the smaller girl squeals in anticipation.

She makes sure that Laura's eyes are on her, before slowly unbuttoning her shirt. Pealing it off and dropping it to the floor, revealing a deep red lacy brassiere and her toned stomach. A sight that has Laura shivering as she watches the brunette slide her own leather pants down her calfs. Wriggling out of them before crawling back onto the bed.

Carmilla pounced on Laura, straddling her thighs as she roughly pulled Laura's t-shirt over her head. Once free of the fabric, Laura pulled Carmilla back down, moaning when she felt Carmilla cupping her breasts over the bra. Carmilla smirked against her lips, pulling back to trail kisses along Laura's exposed collarbone, down near her clavicle and back up. She wastes no time in ridding Laura of her bra, throwing it over her shoulder as she brings her mouth to Laura's pert nipples.

Laura moaned faintly when she felt a tongue flicking over her nipple. Carmilla flicking between lightly flicking it with her tongue and sucking gently. Carmilla gave both breasts the same amount of attention before trailing warm open-mouthed kisses down her chest. Laura gasped when she felt soft hands grasping at her panties, and within seconds the obstructing fabric was gone and she could feel warm breath against her center.

Carmilla groaned as she took in Laura's arousal, licking her lips as she bent down taking the first small lick. Laura's body reacted immediately, her legs widening to accommodate the brunette between them. Carmilla ran her tongue through Laura's folds, watching as the blonde gasped. Her fists clenching against the bed sheets as Carmilla continued her ministrations, switching between long licks and swirling her tongue in short strokes around her clit.

Laura cried out when she felt two fingers enter her, Carmilla's arm wrapped around her thighs as she thrust in and out in quick movements. Her tongue working to match the pace of her fingers as she brought Laura nearer to the edge. With one last flick of her tongue and a curl of her fingers, Carmilla had Laura crashing down. Her juices spilling into Carmilla's mouth, as the brunette lapped and sucked her dry, slowly bringing her down from her climax.

Removing her fingers she looked at Laura, before moving her mouth to suck her juices off of her hand. Moaning loudly at the taste of Laura on her lips. This was all Laura needed to regain some energy, and in one quick movement Laura had flipped them over, pinning Carmilla to the bed as she kissed her hungrily.

Pulling apart she looked down at Carmilla with a devious smirk.

'Carm, I'm going to make you scream my name so loud. Everyone will know who's fiancee you are and how good I make you feel. So buckle up Carm, I'm just getting started'