Why Allie thought it would be a good idea to come to work before her counselling session she doesn't know, but she can't concentrate. After spending an hour staring at the takings spreadsheet she decides to head out onto the floor to give Mel a hand; breaking five glasses in the process.
"Are you ok? I don't mean to pry but if you carry on the glass bin is gunna get full within the next fifteen minutes" Mel jokes with a hint of sympathy in her voice.
"Yeah I'm fine, just… A lot on my mind ya'know" Allie smiles slightly as she sweeps up the most recent shattered glass from the floor.
"Allie I'll be fine here, I've got Shayne coming in for a bit more training in an hour so if it gets busy he'll just have to get his arse in gear" the short woman reassures the blonde who nods.
"Ok fine. Oh by the way, are you alright to work Debbie's birthday with Booms?" She asks as she grabs her bag.
"Yeah of course no problem. Now go you're driving me nuts"
"Charming. Alright, call me if you need anything. Cheers Mel" Allie walks out the bar and decides to walk to the salon. Bea was due to pick her up in a couple of hours to take her to her session anyway, so decided to save her the journey. She walks in twenty minutes later and sees Bea leaning against the reception desk talking to Liz. She's dressed in her usual work attire; a tight black top and skinny jeans and she couldn't look more sexy.
"Corr you're busy" Allie comments as she walks closer and smiles when Bea straightens up with a grin on her face.
"Hey Alliecat, what are you doing here?" She asks surprised as the blonde leans in and gives her a quick peck on her cheek.
"Kinda broke a load of glasses and Mel insisted I went home. My minds been a bit all over the place this morning" the younger woman sighs and the redhead gives her hand a squeeze, running her other hand through Allie's locks.
"You need a cut, you've got a load of split ends" Bea comments and Allie moves her head away.
"Hey I do not!" She argues but then looks down and checks the ends of her hair, causing Bea and Liz to giggle.
"I've got a colour in a minute so I'll do it when we get home" the redhead suggests and looks towards the door to see her next client walking through.
"I'll be with you when I can, go make yourself a drink if you want" the redhead gives her hand one last squeeze before walking off to her station.
"Would you like a drink Liz?" Allie offers and goes into the back when Liz politely declines, walking back out with a mug of coffee and settling down in the seat beside the older blonde.
"I hope I'm not causing any strain getting Bea to take me to my session today" she comments as she watches the woman next to her typing away at the computer.
"Of course not love, we're a family here and we always make it work when one of us needs to rush off. It's no trouble at all" Liz stops and turns to face Allie with a warm smile.
"Ok well while I'm here, what can I do?" The young blonde offers.
"Well when the phone rings you can answer it, if they want to book in just check the spreadsheet here and put it in if you can" Liz shows her the booking process and Allie takes it in like a sponge. She's impressed, she knows her girlfriend's business is successful but she didn't realise exactly how busy she is. She steals a glance over at Bea who is engrossed in a conversation with her client and her heart fills with pride. She's been through so much, yet she's managed to bring up a beautiful, independent daughter and run a very successful business. The glance doesn't go unnoticed by Liz, who just smiles at the young blonde next to her.
"What?" Allie asks when she's caught staring.
"It's just so nice to see someone look at Bea the way she should be looked at. It's a breath of fresh air" the older blonde confesses.
"She deserves the world, her and Debbie" Allie smiles warmly at Liz before being interrupted by the salon phone ringing. Giving Liz a wink, she picks the phone up and takes a booking, completely forgetting about her counselling session in a couple of hours.
Bea leaves work an hour early to go and pick Allie up from her first therapy session. She drums her fingers against the steering wheel as she anxiously waits for her to exit the building. Since she dropped the blonde off and headed back to work her mind hasn't been focused. She stayed in the office and done paperwork, only managing to complete four invoices out of twelve. Just then she sees movement from the front door and her girlfriend walking out and down the stairs, heading straight for the car and climbing in the passenger seat.
"Hey, how did it go?" Bea asks after pulling away from Allie's irresistible lips.
"Really well actually. She made me feel really comfortable and it felt nice to have her explain it to me a bit more, like why my brain relives it and changes it ya'know?" The blonde explains and Bea nods as she pulls out onto the main road.
"I also told her about the first nightmare, the one in hospital" Allie admits.
"Yeah? What did she say about that?" Bea inquires.
"She put some it down to the drugs I was on, that nightmare was so realistic I still think it happened. But she also put it down to irrational fear. The thought of losing you again has always been in the back of my mind, mixed with drugs and the thought of losing you after what happened just made it all the more vivid she said. Then you came into conversation" Allie explains, pushing the emotion away and replacing it with a smirk.
"Oh yeah? What did you say?" Bea plays along, clearly seeing Allie has had enough with talking about her struggles for one day.
"That you're the love of my life and I want to get over this for you" Allie admits causally but the redhead's heart beats faster.
"Always a charmer aye?" Bea jokes but her stomach is doing backflips.
"Always. It's true though, I want to be the best person I can possibly be for you"
"You already are. My god I would not be here if it wasn't for you. I hate to think where I would be if-"
"Hey shh" Allie interrupts the redhead and places her hand on Bea's thigh.
"We are not thinking about that, ever ok? Because it hasn't happened, you're here with me and he's long gone rotting in a cell. No more ok?" She says with urgency in her voice.
"Deal. Did you fancy going into town and picking up Debbie's present?" Bea asks, changing the subject and bringing up a topic both her and Allie appreciate.
"Absolutely. I've chosen my one" the blonde grins with satisfaction.
"Me too. Although mines pretty obvious" the redhead admits with a giggle.
"She will love it all the same. Can we get a takeaway? I can't be bothered to cook" the blue eyed woman moans and Bea just laughs.
"Alright, you better ring Debbie and let her know, although I'm sure she will be all for it" the older woman rolls her eyes as she pulls up into the shopping centre car park.
The next evening Bea and Allie walk down the stairs ready to go out for drinks with Summer and Liam, Allie deliberately walking down second so she could admire the redhead's arse in those leather trousers.
"Looking good lovebirds" Franky admires from the livingroom.
"Piss off Doyle" Allie shoots back as she puts her boots on, tying together her playsuit and leather jacket combo.
"Have a good night kiddo, sorry it's with Franky" Allie continues as she walks into the livingroom and gives Debbie a kiss on the crown of her head.
"I'm gunna make her watch a bunch of musicals" the young girl grins.
"No ya bloody not" the tattooed brunette argues as Bea walks in and plants a second kiss on her daughter's head.
"Be good. Love you"
"Love you too. And I totally am, we're gunna start with Hairspray" Debbie carries on with Franky and the couple just make their way out the house without so much as a look from the arguing duo.
"Those two are a nightmare" the redhead complains as she climbs into the taxi followed by the blonde.
"Tell me about it, at least she's found someone else to pick on, that used to be me" the younger woman jokes before taking Bea's hand and resting them on her thigh.
"I haven't… Ruined anything with you and Franky have I?" Bea asks.
"No course not, if anything you've made me appreciate her more. We're not constantly around each other so when I do see her, it's nice. I've got a feeling her and Bridget will move in together soon, she's barely at home anymore" the blonde observes.
"Have you told her about us moving in?"
"Not yet. I haven't told Kaz either. I'll speak to Franky first, who knows if we all move out she might go too and I'm sure Kaz won't mind, there's always people looking to rent" Allie explains and Bea smiles at her, the thought of them having their own family home warms her heart.
"I can't wait to have a home with you and Debbie, our home" the blonde continues, noticing Bea's smile.
"Me neither. It's taken me over thirty years of my life to get what I want, but it's finally happening and I couldn't ask for a better person to share it with" the older woman squeezes her hand and grins before leaning in and latching her lips onto Allie's. Shortly after, the taxi pulls up outside the bar and the couple climb out. Neither of them have been to this bar, but they thought it would be a nice change to go somewhere different. They walk in hand in hand and Allie grins when she sees Summer sitting in a booth with Liam by her side. The young mum stands up and runs towards the blonde, wrapping her in a warm embrace.
"Someone's happy to see me" Allie jokes as she pulls away.
"I haven't been out in months, seriously I need this" Summer replies with a raised eyebrow before turning to Bea.
"We finally meet on good terms" she continues and the redhead laughs.
"Tell me about it" Bea agrees as she follows Allie into the booth with Summer opposite her.
"Bea this is my husband Liam, babe this is Bea, the woman who has ultimately changed my best friend" Bea blushes immediately at Summer's comment and nods towards Liam.
"Nice to meet you"
"Likewise" Liam returns the nod and passes a beer over.
"I like you already, cheers" she picks the drink up and tilts the neck of the bottle as a way to say thankyou, welcoming the cool liquid down her throat.
"Where's Ava?" Allie asks after swallowing her first sip.
"She's with her grandparents"
"That's sweet. Christ how are your parents?" The blonde asks but Summer's smile falters slightly.
"Erm she's with Liam's parents. But my mum is fine, enjoying retirement like she should be… Dad unfortunately passed away a year after Ava was born" she explains and Allie feels sick. Summer's parents were more her parents than her real ones. They took her in when she needed a home and never asked questions. Summer's dad was a military man, extremely strict but incredibly down to earth. His dry sense of humour would always make Allie laugh and when she came out he would joke by saying that all the boys at school were that repulsive these days that she had to turn to women.
"Oh Summer I'm so sorry" she reaches over and grabs the auburn haired woman's hands.
"Cancer's a bitch. God knows how many tours he survived and this bastard disease is the thing that takes him. Anyway don't get me started otherwise a waterfall will break out" the young woman laughs it off and takes ones of her hands away to brush a stray tear.
"Might be a silly question but have you heard from your parents?" She continues and Allie scoffs.
"Bitch please, haven't heard from them since I got kicked out. Could be dead for all I know. Doesn't matter to me anyway, I've got my own life, one that will never be tainted by them" the blonde grins and looks over at the woman who changed her life, the woman who opened her eyes and made her see the world for what it really is. Bea smiles back, and Allie's heart melts at the sight.
"Looks like Allie's finally whipped" Summer mutters to Liam and Allie snaps her head back, a frown on her face.
"I am not whipped!" She scowls at her longest friend and the woman opposite her holds her hands up in defeat.
"Oh I don't know about that Alliecat you can be pretty… Submissive when you want to be" Bea winks and Allie is floored. Bea rarely says anything like that when they are in private, let alone in the company of two people she's barely met. Summer howls with laughter and Liam sits in the corner chuckling to himself as he watches the drama unfold.
"Holy shit! You officially have my approval" she winks and high fives the redhead, leaving the young blonde still in shock over what has just occurred.
Five beers in and the two couples are hitting it off. Allie is feeling the buzz and with Summer barely drinking anymore thanks to the joys of parenthood, the young mum is pretty much wasted.
"Wait so you two set off a stink bomb during lunch period and had the entire hall evacuated?" Liam clarifies, not believing what his 'innocent' wife got up to during school.
"It was her idea, I just followed suit" she tries to justify herself but Allie shakes her head.
"But who bought it?"
"Who let it off?" Summer counter argued and Allie responds by shrugging her shoulders and taking a sip of her latest beer.
"Do you also remember the time we were paired up as lab partners and snuck in marshmallows?" Allie continues with the school stories.
"Yes! And then you dropped your flaming marshmallow on my lap, so I jumped up and knocked the Bunsen burner over onto my textbook" she raises her eyebrow and Bea cracks up laughing.
"You did not set the place alight did you?" She asks.
"Not quite. Care to explain the next part?" She asks Allie who is clutching her stomach from laughter. These stories probably wouldn't be as funny as she's finding them without the amount of alcohol in her system, but she doesn't care, she needs this sort of laughter after recent events.
"Her textbook caught fire so I chucked it out the window, and our headteacher was walking past. Landed at his feet, got excluded for the week" the blonde nods with pride and the redhead just rolls her eyes.
"Why do you look so proud?"
"Erm because I prevented the entire school from burning down. I should have been classed as a hero that day" Allie defends herself and Summer laughs before looking over Allie's shoulder.
"Allie, I know you're a fox and everything, but that woman at the bar with the tacky hairdo has been staring at you for the past twenty minutes. Bea I think you should do the girl a favour and give her a haircut, or just shave it off as it looks impossible to salvage" she casually mutters behind her cosmopolitan glass. Allie just nods before getting up and walking to the bar to get another round, in the bid to get a sly look at this woman seeing as craning her neck 180 degrees would be too obvious. What she doesn't expect is for the woman to make her way over, and she only realises who it is when it's too late.
"Isn't this a surprise?" The raven haired woman comments with a sly smirk.
"Isn't it just" Allie says through gritted teeth. This is not what she needs right now, or any other time as a matter of fact.
"That your new bird over there?" She continues to poke and right now, she's poking a dangerous spider.
"What's it to you?" The blonde spits out before ordering her drinks.
"Just thought you'd go for someone a little bit more aesthetically pleasing, at least make me a tiny bit jealous" she cocks her head to the side and runs her tongue along her teeth when she sees Allie's hands clench into fists.
"Hit a nerve have I?"
"What is your problem?" Allie gets up into the woman's face, her nostrils flaring and her cheeks turning red from anger. Back in the booth Liam gestures towards Allie when he sees the woman who his wife claims has a 'tacky' hairstyle approach her.
"Looks like she's making a move" he tells Bea and the redhead's head has never moved quicker. Summer sits up from her slouching position, the alcohol clearly taking full affect.
"Oh shit is about to hit the fan!" She calls out when she sees her friend move in closer. Bea slams her beer bottle down and heads over to her girlfriend. No one is going to harass her girl.
"Oh here she is, your knight in shining armour" the jet black headed woman cackles and Bea scoffs.
"You ok babe?" She asks Allie as she wraps her arm around her waist.
"May as well just piss on her"
"Do you know her?" Bea ignores the issue in front of her and faces the blonde.
"Unfortunately yes. This is Lydia" Allie replies with venom in her voice. Bea immediately knows who it is, and the anger reaches a whole new high, but with an added element of insecurity. She is an extremely good looking girl, although she has to agree with Summer and say that her hair could do with a good style, or even a brush through it. Deciding to ignore that part, she turns towards the woman with a forced smile.
"Arr I see. And what can we do for you?" She asks with an exaggerated nice tone which she can see riles Lydia up.
"You can't do anything, but your girl might be able to" she responds seductively as she moves closer to the blonde, causing Allie to jolt back.
"How about you fuck off" the blonde spits out and jabs a finger in Lydia's face.
"You have some nerve talking to me after what you did, and then you waltz over, insult my girlfriend and make a move? You're vile" Allie says with pure disgust.
"Only speaking the truth, just think you can do better babe, or is she just amazing in bed you can't say no?" Lydia asks, causing something to snap in Bea. Before she's registered what she's doing, she grabs the cosmopolitan Allie ordered for Summer and chucks it in Lydia's face. Summer immediately sobers up and runs over to them along with Liam.
"My cosmo" Summer mumbles to herself in a sad tone, watching her wasted alcohol drip off the raven haired woman who does not look pleased.
"She can do better, you don't think I know that? But at least I respect the woman she is unlike you. So thankyou for treating her like shit, because it means I get to fix her heart" Bea starts to walk away but stops and leans in to whisper in her ear.
"Oh and by the amount of times she's screamed my name, I'm gunna take a guess and say I am pretty good in bed" the redhead winks and takes off before the bouncers can kick her out, the blonde hot on her heels. Before Liam can drag his wife away, Summer raises her hand and adds to the assault on the woman standing before her; slapping her around the face.
"The fuck was that for?!" Lydia basically screams as she clutches her cheek.
"You mess with my best friend, you mess with me. And because your hair was bugging me" the young mum holds her nose up in the air and struts off with Liam behind her, failing to hold his laughter in. The four climb into a taxi, the anger radiating off of the redhead and the pride radiating off of the auburn haired woman.
"Don't worry Bea, I smacked her around the face as well. Ain't nobody messing with my best friend and her girl" she explains with a click of her finger and a wiggle of her head, causing Allie to just laugh as she grips her girlfriend's hand. The taxi drops Liam and Summer off first and then Allie and Bea, the couple walking in the house and unfortunately being greeted by Franky and Debbie who were on their third musical of the night.
"How was the hot date? " Franky asks.
"Fabulous" Bea replies with sarcasm dripping from her one worded answer.
"What happened?" The teenager asks as they walk into the livingroom.
"We bumped into Lydia" Allie simply answers and Franky's relaxed demeanour quickly vanishes.
"Oh fuck off" she replies, completely forgetting her language in front of Debbie.
"Yup. Decided to make a move but my personal hero handled it" the blonde smirks and squeezes Bea's arse, causing her to blush and the anger subside slightly.
"Whatcha do red? Your knuckles don't look bruised"
"Threw a drink in her face" the redhead shrugs and the tattooed brunette nods in approval.
"Classy. Sounds more eventful than my night, had this one singing every song in every musical we've watched. Every. Song" Franky recalls with irritation in her voice.
"Hairspray, Mamma Mia and Chicago" Debbie informs them with a smug smile and Allie grins.
"Nice one kiddo! Right we are gunna head to bed, love you" she says as she turns to walk up the stairs.
"I love you too" Franky calls out.
"Love you Debbie" the blonde emphasises the teenager's name.
"Love you too, and you Mumma" she calls out to Bea who softly smiles.
"To the moon and back sweetheart, don't torture Franky too much longer" she offers a wink before following the blonde up the stairs and into their room. She can still feel the anger pulsing through her body, her muscles all tense and her jaw tight. Allie on the other hand, has a completely different emotion running through her veins and pins Bea up against the door with her hips, assaulting her neck with her lips.
"You were so fucking hot back there, you have no idea what you do to me" the blonde murmurs against Bea's porcelain skin. She lightly grabs her wrists and guides her to the bed, lying her down and straddling her hips.
"And you're wrong, I can't do better than you, no one will ever come close to you babe. You're it for me. As much as I hate to think about it, many people have had my body, but you have so much more than that. You own me; mind, body and soul. You're beautiful, smart, funny and so fucking sexy when you're angry" she continues and she can feel the anger evaporate from her lovers body. Bea raises her arms and wraps them around the blonde's neck, crushing their lips together in a heated kiss. In that moment she decides she wants tonight to be about Allie, so she wraps one leg around the younger woman's and flips them over.
"You're mine, no one else's" she mumbles against the blonde's lips and she feels them spread into a smile.
"I think I can deal with that, as long as it goes both ways" she agrees as she assists the older woman in taking her playsuit off from her top half, the chocolate eyed beauty doing the rest and throwing the clothing across the room along with her underwear.
"Of course, always" Bea chokes out and stifles a moan as she reconnects her lips with Allie's at the same time her fingers connect between Allie's legs, proving her earlier assumption that she is indeed pretty damn good in bed.