You Again?
Chapter 38 – One more ride
"What's on your mind girl?" Alex asked. "I've been insulting PETA for the last two hours and you didn't even manage one single reply!" Marissa looked at her. She has been silent for the last two hours, barely listening to her girlfriend's babblings.
"Bears are friendly." She said. The former blonde raised an eyebrow.
"Okay that's it" She decided, getting up from her bed and packing some stuff in the closer bag she found. Marissa, who obviously was zoned out suddenly came back to earth and stood up.
"Wow, hold on what are you doing?" She asked, stopping her girlfriend.
"Great, you noticed something" Alex said with sarcasm, ignoring Marissa's attempt to stop her from packing.
"Alex..." The girl warned, trying to understand.
"You've been ignoring me for the last week." Alex said. "You're just not the same anymore. This can't go on."
"Oh so that's your solution?"
"I'm tired of trying to reach out. I tried giving you space, I tried joking about it, I tried asking..."
"Fine!" She gave up. "Go, leave. After all we've been through, give up now." Her girlfriend stopped what she was doing and for a moment they just stared at each other challengingly.
"You really are the dumbest thing alive." Alex finally said. It was the last straw for Marissa to lose her calm and aim her fist at the girl. The brunette caught it with ease and twisted Marissa's hand behind her back, making her harmless.
"Let go of me!" Marissa ordered. Instead of doing so, Alex spinned the brunette around so she would land in her arms and immobilised her. Her chin was resting on the girl's shoulder.
"I can't believe" She said, her mouth close to the girl's ear, "that for even a second, you would think I was leaving you." Marissa stopped fighting to get out of the hold and, instead, asked confusedly,
"Then why the packing?"
"We're going to see her." Marissa suddenly felt very dumb. Of course.
"It's the only way you will feel comfortable about Lily living with her." Alex continued. "I know it. So let's just do it."
A few weeks had passed since the rescue mission. The girls, with legal help from Ryan and Sandy, managed to get Lily off her father's guard. Being underage, she still needed a legal guardian, which her godmother hurried to offer. At first, Marissa was suspicious, but the young girl assured her that Claire, the woman they were talking about, was her deceased mother's bestfriend and had absolutely no connection with Lily's father. Marissa ended up agreeing, mostly because they had no other option, but also because Lily seemed very thrilled about living with Claire and attending public school and finally having a normal life. Feeling that Marissa had calmed down, Alex loosened her hold. The brunette turned to face her, an apologetic smile on her face.
"Sorry for being so dumb and jumping to conclusions" She blushed. Alex shrugged her shoulders.
"Well now I know that if I ever want to leave you, all you'll do to stop me is one lousy punch. So I'm good." Marissa's eyes went wide.
"Alexandra Kelly!" She warned.
"What?" The girl said. "Its true. I mean, no crying, no begging. One punch. A bad one, on top of that..." She got caught off by Marissa's lips against hers.
"I was in shock" The brunette said, pinning her girlfriend against the wall before kissing her again. "You and I both know I wouldn't have let you leave me that easy." Alex pretended to be pondering.
"I don't know. Do we?" She asked, knowing that the more she was acting insecure, the more Marissa's kisses were getting passionate. Eventually, her girlfriend caught up on her little game.
"Okay that's it, let's get going!" She said. Chuckling, Alex caught her by the waist and switched their positions, Marissa being now the one pinned.
"We go when I say" She said in a very serious voice. Marissa decided to go with it.
"Oh yes, mistress. How can I satisfy you?" She asked. Alex smiled wickedly.
"Are you willing to do anything?"
"Whatever would please you." The brunette answered in a serving voice, playing the game. Alex slid her fingers to her girlfriend's hips, and under the shirt, feeling the warm skin. She got her lips close to Marissa's ear.
"I want" She whispered, her warm breath sending shivers down Marissa's spine, "A nice BLT sandwich while I finish packing our bags." Incredulous, Marissa stayed still as Alex detached herself and went back to packing, as if nothing just happened.
"Are you kidding me?" she asked. "You could have asked for anything, and that's what you go for?" The former blonde laughed.
"Of course." She said. "What did you think I was going to ask for? Sex? Please, I could get this anytime." Marissa's jaw dropped.
"...well!" She said, "D.. don't be expecting it for a while!"
"Empty threat" Alex called as her girlfriend left.
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They have been on the road for thirty minutes now, and Marissa was still stubbornly refusing to speak to her. At first, Alex didn't even bother trying to make her talk, too concentrated on her BLT sandwich she was devouring, and then busy finding some decent music to listen to. But then it started to get boring, so she "accidently" dropped her CD on the passenger's seat and let her hand linger on the girl's thigh, pretending she was searching for the record. Marissa, too stubborn to actually speak and tell Alex to stop, picked the CD and tossed it in the girl's hand. All of a sudden, Alex was a careful driver who just couldn't keep her eyes off the road and risk causing an accident and, therefore, she didn't really see Marissa hand her the disk and just let it fall on the floor instead. Smiling, she then kept trying to find it on Marissa's lap. How could she know where it fell? She grabbed Marissa's thigh and squeezed hard on it before slowly moving her way up.
"Okay you can't be possibly expecting to find the CD in my pants." Marissa said.
"And she finally speaks" Her girlfriend smirked.
"She hits and bites too so you better take your hand away." She threatened. Alex smiled.
"You wouldn't. I'm driving."
"Willing to test that theory?"
"... fine" She sighed. "If you reeaalllly want me to stop.." she lingered, her fingers drawing circles on the girls inner thigh, tickling her in a bearable way. Angry at herself for loving such an idiot full of herself, Marissa pushed Alex's hand away and missed it almost immediately.
"You won't hold for long." She heard her girlfriend say in an amused voice as if she had read her mind.
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When they finally arrived, Alex parked the car and got out of the car first, sliding the bag on her shoulder and walking her way to the passenger's side.
"Madam" She bowed down with exaggerated manners as she held the door open. Rolling her eyes, Marissa got out and walked her way to the house Lily had given them the address to and rang the doorbell. By the time Alex joined her by the doorstep, someone opened it. The couple looked at the woman standing in front of them. She was average height, with a well shaped body and blonde hair cut short. If Marissa had to guess, she would say the woman was in her late thirties, but it was obviously someone who worked out daily.
"Can I help you?" The woman asked with surprise. Marissa turned to Alex.
"Did you warn them that we were coming?" She whispered.
"Oh, cause that was my job too now?" Marissa was about to answer something harsh but decided there was no point to it. Instead, she turned back to the house owner.
"My apologies" She said, "I'm Marissa, and this is Alex. We're Lily's friends. We wanted to surprise her but didn't think of warning the actual owner of the house..." The blonde smiled.
"It's alright" She said, "Very sweet of you girls to drop by. I'm Claire. Come on in." She stepped aside. As they entered the house and started to look around, Claire showed them the way to the guest room.
"Lily didn't have many friends before moving in." She told them, "You two mean a lot to her. She talks a lot about how good you were to her."
"How does she like public school?" Alex asked as she let the bag down on the floor when they entered the guest room.
"Beats no school." Claire smiled. "She made a few friends already I believe... why don't you girls get settled? She should be home soon and she can tell you all about it herself. I'll go finish fixing dinner."
"Sounds good" Marissa smiled. As soon as Claire left the room, Alex took off her shirt.
"Is it me" She said, "Or it's terribly hot in here?" Marissa rolled her eyes at the very lame attempt.
"You're pathetic." She said, walking past her and taking off the spare clothes from the bag and putting them in the drawers.
"Why are you doing this?" Alex asked, confused. "We're leaving tomorrow morning, if not tonight."
"It's alright, I'll put it back in the bag when we leave." Marissa shrugged.
"But why bother?" Her girlfriend asked again. She noticed how the brunette would concentrate a lot on the clothes and avoid looking towards her.
"I sleep better when everything is tidy."
"I just told you, we're not sleeping here!" Alex repeated as if she was talking to a five year old.
"Then why did you bring so many clothes then!" Marissa screamed, finally looking at her angrily. "You could at least wear some!" the shorter girl raised an eyebrow at the sudden outburst.
"Is something bothering you my dear?" The girl opened her mouth to answer, but before any sound came out, they were interrupted by the doorbell.
"Lily!" Marissa walked past Alex and out the door. Smirking, Alex put her shirt back on and followed her.
As expected, Lily seemed completely lost at their sight. It took a few seconds for her to register what was going on and, when she did, her eyes started to sparkle.
"Oh my god, hi girls!" She screamed, jumping in Marissa's open arms. Alex stayed behind, waiting for them to part before hugging the girl too. She noticed Lily had gained a little bit of weight and looked a lot healthier. And happy. Dinner was ready, and they all gathered around the table while Lily went on and on about her new friends and classes and teachers and even Jake, that cute boy in English class.
"Lily is a very smart girl" Claire said as she entered the room with the meal. "She's catching up with the class pretty fast. She's got her mother's brain."
"How about you Claire" Marissa asked, "What do you do for a living?"
"I'm a nutritionist" Claire said.
"Hence all those vegetables..." Alex commented, earning a nudge. The house owner smiled at her.
"They're good for you."
"Oh don't bother with her" Marissa told Claire, "She's impossible."
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