Your eyes flutter open and you roll over to find… cold sheets and no Brittany.
Furrowing your brows, you sit up in bed, thinking back to the night before try and remember if Brittany had anywhere to be this morning. It's just after 10, you talked about going to the museum today but that's not until later.
"Britt? Baby? Are you here?"
Nothing. You flop back on to the bed and reach for your phone on the nightstand. Just as you're about to press the call button, the front door opens. You assume that it's Brittany but sit up and quickly wrap the sheets around your naked chest anyways.
"Britt?"
You hear muttered cursing and what you assume is her bumping into something. She peeks her head around the corner with an apologetic smile.
"I was hoping to get back before you woke up, I didn't want you to think I bolted. Um, I went and got food for our picnic later… I just picked up some deli sandwiches from Nick's and some chips and stuff. Is that okay? Oh! And I got us donuts and coffee for breakfast."
You know the dopey look you have on your face right now, your friends have been very kind as to point it out at all times, especially Quinn. You can't help it though, she's just so adorable and sweet and she got up early to try to surprise you. She walks over to you and sets your breakfast on the nightstand before crawling onto the bed to sit beside you.
"You're really sweet, you know that?" you press a soft kiss to her lips and lay your head on her shoulder.
"Shhh, don't tell anyone. You'll ruin my street cred."
You giggle and snuggle closer to her, "You're such a goober." She grins out and reaches for the bags of donuts. You spend the morning eating breakfast in bed and listening to Brittany tell you about how there are stars in the galaxy whose light won't reach the earth for another 7000 years. You love listening to her talk about anything, but hearing the wonder in her voice is the absolute best.
You're making your way to the museum entrance, your hands swinging between you and smiles on your faces. You don't actually think you've ever been this happy and you attribute a lot of it to the fact that you've gotten to fall asleep and wake up to Brittany every morning for almost a week. You've been rolling an idea around your head for a while but you're kind of afraid to bring it up. Things are going so well right now, that you don't want to jeopardize anything by pushing things too quickly.
"You okay?" Brittany asks with concern.
"Hmm? Oh yeah, I was just thinking. I'm fine," you reply with a smile.
"Are you sure?"
You nod and lean to kiss her cheek, "I'm fine babe, let's go get our tickets."
You head towards the ticket counter and buy two tickets to "The Secret Lives of Stars" show while Brittany is reading about some of the shows that they have available. She playfully narrows her eyes when she notices that you bought both of your tickets.
"What? I asked you, so I'm paying. Plus, you already bought breakfast AND lunch. It's only fair."
She smiles and rolls her eyes at you and you know that she doesn't really mind.
The show only lasts about 20 minutes, so you end up going back and buying tickets to a couple of other shows, one on Black Holes and another one on Cosmic Collisions. Brittany spends the entire time raptly watching the domed screen while you spend most of your time watching her. Every once in a while she'll lean over and explain something that's happening on screen and telling you little facts. She's completely entranced and you can't fight the grin on your face. Best Date idea ever.
2 hours later, you're leaving the museum and making your way over to the park a block away, your hands clasped together and swinging in between you. Brittany is being a gentlewoman and shouldering the cooler with your food in it. You reach a spot under a giant pecan tree and spread out the quilt you grabbed from your trunk. The weather is amazing, and really today in general just makes you kind of feel like you're in a dream.
"Hey, how would you feel about going on a double date?"
"Um, that could be fun, who else is going?"
"Quinn has been bugging the hell out of me to get together a double date so that I can get to know the midget better and she can get to know you."
"Uh oh," she comments with worry.
"What? She just wants to hang out, we haven't spent a lot of time out of the bedroom," you say with a giggle.
"Yeah, but I was a pretty big jerk for the first 6 months that you knew me. She probably hates me already," Brittany groans, closing her eyes and slumping back onto the quilt.
"Baby, she does not hate you. It's impossible to hate you. I love you and she knows that. I don't care what she thinks and she knows better than to be an ass to you. Our past is our past, and neither of us were looking for anything serious when we started out so. If you don't feel comfortable going, then we won't go, but I promise that it will be fine."
She lifts her head and squints at you, "I love you too. You promise she doesn't hate me and isn't planning to kill me when you get out of our site?"
You giggle out, "I promise, honestly, I'm more concerned with having to pretend to give a crap what Berry rattles on about for 2 hours. Her mere presence is exhausting."
She grabs you around your waist and pulls you to lie down on the quilt with your head on her chest.
"She does talk… a lot. Like more than some of my professors… and they are trying to explain the entire galaxy."
You bark out a laugh, "So, does that mean yes? Can I tell Quinn that we'll go on a double date so she'll stop complaining?"
"As long as you promise to be my body guard, then yeah let's do it."
You lean over and nip her ear lobe, "Would you like me to wear a uniform too?"
You feel the shiver roll through her and smirk.
"You don't have to wear a uniform but I won't say no to handcuffs," she breathes into your ear as she squeezes you tighter.
You pull back and see her eyes darken and you gulp.
"What do you say we go home and see how much better we can make this date?" she whispers, nipping down your jaw.