Kate was lounging in a warm bath when Caroline entered their bedroom, calling out a greeting to Kate as she made her way toward the en suite. The warmth of the house was welcome as she tried to shake off the chill that beset her on the way home in the Jeep, despite having set the seat warmer to stun. The bitter wind outside and the falling darkness were a reminder that Old Man Winter was still clinging to his throne, not yet ready to allow in the warmth and later sunsets that Mother Nature promised in the quickly approaching springtime.
Kate had just added more hot water to the tub and the water level was now just above her breasts. There were some bubbles, but not enough to obfuscate her nipples. "I'm in here," she responded as she swirled the water around her frame to push the bubbles to provide her a little cover. It didn't work as the extra water worked to dissipate them a little.
Caroline threw her suit jacket on the bed and leisurely walked to the door of the en suite, giving it a gentle nudge to open it enough to see Kate lying in the tub. "This is a magnificent sight to come home to," Caroline said in greeting as her eyes ran up and down the sight of Kate lounging in the water. It was the conclusion of Kate's first full week of maternity leave and Caroline had spent the day counting the hours until she could return home to her, but never in her wildest daydreams had she expected to find her like this.
Kate flashed her a come hither look, equally delighted to have Caroline home. "Join me?"
"I thought you'd never ask," Caroline replied as she took her cuff links off and set them on the counter by the sink. She slowly began unbuttoning her blouse as she turned back to face Kate, seductively dribbling her blouse to the floor. She could feel her pulse start racing with anticipation at the sight of lover's voluptuous breasts floating in the bubbly water.
"Where's Lawrence?" Kate broke her train of thought.
"Practice and then going to Angus' to study. He'll call for a ride around 9."
"So we have the house to ourselves?" Kate sat up a bit in anticipation.
"Yep." Caroline reached around her waist to unzip her skirt and stepped out of it, leaving her hose and heels on for the moment. She paused in her advancement when she noticed Kate open the drain to the tub and heard the water begin to get sucked down the drain.
"Well that changes everything," Kate said as she stood to get out of the tub. When she saw the confused look on Caroline's face, she explained, "At this stage, the bed will be more comfortable and we don't need to worry about being too loud since we have the house to ourselves."
"Hmmm. I like the way you think," Caroline said in a voice thick with want, as she wrapped a fluffy towel around Kate and started to dry her off with a second one. "You smell so good. Practically edible."
Letting her towel drop to the floor, Kate stepped closer to her, so close that she eliminated the gap between them and pulled Caroline into a tight embrace, giving her a heart stopping kiss that left her weak in the knees. She deftly snaked her hands around Caroline's back to unclasp her bra and slipped it off her shoulders, swiftly dropping it to the floor with the top that later that night would somehow find its way into the dry cleaner's bag. Kate took Caroline by the hand and led her into the bedroom where Kate pushed Caroline back onto the bed and tantalizingly removed her heels, stockings and finally her knickers leaving Caroline completely naked and vulnerable.
The blonde's heart paused with confusion for a second when Kate suddenly moved away from her until she realized she was headed to her top dresser drawer to retrieve their favorite toy and a bottle of lube. Since the baby bump required them to get more creative about positions for making love, they fell into a more tantric style of love making lately and Caroline was reticent about using any toys on Kate out of fear of creating another bleed.
This night, Kate was interested in anything but slow, gentle or prolonged. She wanted hard, fast and loud as she knew that with Lawrence out for hours there was enough time to go slow on the second go round. Caroline had insisted that Kate take an afternoon nap and it resulted in her having the dirtiest dream about bending Caroline over the mattress and taking her from behind with a strap on. When she awoke from her dream, her clit was on fire and all she had been able to think about the rest of the afternoon was making it become a reality. Her bath was really an attempt to calm down her ragging hormones but the minute she heard Caroline enter the bedroom, all she could think about was making her dream a reality.
A few hours later they were sprawled out on the bed, having wrung out as much pleasure as possible in their otherwise empty house. As her breathing resumed its normal pace, Kate realized Caroline was unusually quiet. Usually after such an energetic session, Caroline was a bit of a chatterbox, talking freely about her feelings about what they had just shared, but not this night. Tonight she was inscrutable.
"Hello," Kate said as she shifted a little on the mattress to snuggle closer to Caroline who was coming back from her endorphin high.
"Hello yourself," a sated and dreamy Caroline lazily responded as she turned her gaze to look at the clock, concerned Lawrence would need a ride home shortly. They fell into a comfortable silence as they listened to the house creak from the heater surging to maintain the temperature setting.
"What are you thinking?" Kate seemed unconcerned about anything at the moment other than why Caroline was so quiet.
"Nothing, I'm just lying here, enjoying this." She knew that once the baby arrives it would be hard for them to find this kind of alone time. If she were honest, part of her reticence about having a baby was losing the spontaneity they enjoyed and in the past few weeks she worried that she seemed to be the one initiating sex more than Kate. Not that she was keeping score, just that Kate's taking the upper hand was a welcome relief of sorts as Caroline was always afraid Kate was too polite to tell her when she was too tired or just not up for it.
"Then why do you have that look on your face I can't read?" Kate pushed herself up by her elbows to get a better look at the soft face of her lover.
"Okay. I'm just realizing I've never slept with a mother before," she teased as she pulled the covers up a little higher to cover Kate's upper torso, concerned about her feeling even the slightest of chills.
Kate laughed but wasn't sure what to make of the remark. "That's a funny thing to think. I'm not really a mother yet."
"But you will be soon." Caroline was blushing a little as she expressed what she knew was a strange sounding thought to Kate.
"Hmmm. Where are you going with this?"
"I like it. But it's just that during my pregnancies and, especially after giving birth, I wasn't always all that keen to, um, you know, and, um, I want you to know that I'll understand if you don't have all the same passion you did before," she said in a supportive tone. "Motherhood can change things, at least for a bit."
"I don't see that happening" Kate reassured her. "The difference is I'll be married to you but you were married to John." Caroline's simple response was to break out into a satisfied smile that overtook her entire face. She drew Kate tightly into a grateful embrace, which almost took some wind out of her lungs. The smile and hug transmitted more than words could at that moment and made Kate realize how her words had soothed Caroline; she forgot at times that Caroline sill needed reassurance about her commitment to her because she knew her resolve was unwavering.
It was in this vein that Kate continued, "What I want to know is how your kisses still feel as exciting as they were when we shared our first kisses. How is it possible that your kisses still seem so exciting and brand new?"
Caroline merely replied by testing the theory with a searing kiss that was predictably interrupted by Lawrence calling for a ride.