Final part of this small arc! Thank you all for your support and for liking this story! Next chapter will be Smutty Luna Nova that will change the rating of this story to M!
What happened? is the first thing Akko thinks of when she opens her eyes.
Looking around her, she notices that she's in the infirmary.
Well, that's not shocking… she chuckles and is going to stand up but is stopped by a very concerned Ursula-Sensei.
"Croix!" the older woman tells her relieved while grabbing her hand and squeezing it tenderly. "Take your time before moving."
Croix? Akko thinks confused.
"I was so worried when you fainted." the older woman continues explaining to her. "In fact, were it not for Diana and Akko using a levitation spell you would have split your head open."
"Diana and Akko?" she asks confused and quickly notices her girlfriend and herself staring at her.
Whaaaaaat…
"I bet she must feel a little confused about everything right now." her doppelganger says calmly. "At least I would be."
"You get confused with everything darling." Diana teases her softly and the brunette witch that looks like her chuckles knowingly.
"But you love me like this."
"Indeed." the blonde promises with a bright smile.
"It's so nice to see them like this." Ursula whispers to her happily. "I remember when they both first came to Luna Nova. You would have never suspected them to like each other. But then again, we were the same when we first met."
"We were?" Akko asks confused and gets a worried look from Ursula and a menacing one from herself.
Focusing on her double, she notices her moving her hands in a motion to touch her hair and Akko realizes that she's asking her to do the same. When she does, she immediately remembers what had happened to her during the morning and that she was now in Croix-Sensei's body.
"I mean we were." she corrects herself quickly. "Although my opinion of you changed very quickly." she tries to think of something common to say. "You were just so determined."
"You were as well." Ursula reminds her with a happy smile. "I remember getting obsessed with you after you won the relay race."
Akko smirks.
"So that was it, huh? What made you fall madly in love with me." she teases her professor in a way she believes Croix-Sensei would do. "It was my abilities and my magical prowess."
"Croix!" the red-haired witch exclaims embarrassed. "You know it was more than that."
Akko chuckles softly.
"Yes, yes." she promises and again tries not to move away when Ursula kisses her soundly on the lips.
"I'm glad to see you're alright." Ursula tells her seriously.
"I'm sorry I made you worry." she then looks at Diana and Croix. "And thank you for saving me."
"Always." Diana promises her with a warm smile. "Although the first one that did the spell was Akko and not me." she smirks proudly. "Your spellcasting is getting so much better."
"I think it just happens to work well under pressure." Croix says softly. "Besides, it's all thanks to Char… Ursula-Sensei's and your help that I've been getting better."
"It's been your dedication Akko." Ursula gives her a warm smile. "So don't sell yourself short."
"Hai!" she promises immediately.
"I hate to interrupt." Diana says apologetically. "But now that Croix-Sensei has woken up, I think it's time for us to leave." she says to Ursula.
"Oh that's right." the older woman stands up from the chair. "I completely forgot about our class."
"Your class?" Akko asks confused. "What about mine?"
She gets some condescending looks from Diana and Ursula.
"It was moved to tomorrow." Diana explains to her sweetly. "Everyone just wanted you to get better."
"That's very nice of them." Akko says relieved because that gave them time.
"Yes it was!" Croix smiles happily. "But, since Ursula-Sensei was planning on you going to teach the class, she had already planned a lesson with Diana."
"But aren't your lessons with Diana at night?" the brunette witch asks confused.
"They are." Diana gives the professor a soft smile. "Before you fainted, Professor Ursula was asking me if only for today we could have the lesson earlier."
"I had to ask Diana to change the time of our class because of our date." Ursula explains while giving Akko, aka truly Croix, a knowing look. "We'll be done just in time for me to go get changed."
"I can stay and keep Croix-Sensei some company. You know, make sure she gets back to her room alright and is ready on time." Croix emphasizes the last part.
"Good idea." Diana smirks at the older woman who was really Akko.
"I'm not a child." Akko complains although she really was.
"Still, knowing that Akko will keep an eye on you calms me tremendously." Ursula guilt-trips her.
"Alright." Akko says annoyed from the bed. "I'll be waiting for you."
"I love you."
"I love you too." the brunette witch says easily because that feeling was true. She loves Ursula-Sensei.
"And Akko, don't let her convince you of doing something silly or dangerous." the red-haired woman warns her while getting close enough to whisper to her. "You also have your date to think of, right?"
"Yes! Don't worry Sensei, Croix-Sensei is in safe hands." Croix salutes the older woman making them all laugh softly.
"Bye darling." Diana whispers while kissing her softy on the lips.
"Bye…" the lilac-haired woman whispers from the brunette's body and watches the two witches leave. "Shit Akko, we need to fix this as soon as possible…" she says but gets no answer. "Akko?" she turns around and sees the younger woman preparing to attack her.
"Croix-Sensei, I will kill you!"
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"You didn't have to hit me." Croix says while caressing her head.
"I did have to hit you because you're the reason why we're in this situation." Akko exclaims annoyed.
"This time I didn't mean it!" the lilac-haired woman promises. "It was honestly an accident."
"You always have accidents Sensei."
"Well, this one came from good intentions." she explains softly. "In fact, to be honest I don't really know how to solve this problem."
"But earlier you said you knew why this happened." Akko says worriedly.
"Just because I know why it happened that doesn't mean I know how to fix it." Croix reminds her student. "The culprit responsible for this is a magic stone that I bought in a market a few weeks ago."
"A magic stone, why would you even buy one?"
"It is a red stone, Akko." is all the explanation Croix gives her and the brunette immediately understands.
"You wanted to give it to Ursula-Sensei during your date yesterday."
"Yes, but because the date was cancelled, I took the stone with me in case Chariot happened to find it."
"And you were carrying the stone when we both collided with each other." Akko starts to understand what happened. "But why did you buy a stone with an effect like this?"
"I didn't know the stone had an effect!" Croix says immediately. "Usually magic stones just have the magic to store memories in them. So, I was planning on giving the stone to Chariot so she could put the memories she wanted inside of it."
"That's a very nice present!" the brunette witch exclaims happily. "I will give one to Diana as well."
"They're not easy to find, which is why I was surprised I happened to see this one."
"Perhaps you should have thought about that fact before buying the stone." Akko murmurs knowingly. "Maybe someone purposely left the stone there to cause an incident like this one."
Only her professor would believe that it was pure coincidence that she happened to find a rare stone when she needed it.
"You mean as a prank?"
"Yes!" Akko exclaims quickly. "Still, now it doesn't matter." she closes her eyes. "How far away is the market from the school?"
"Not very far if we use a Leyline." Croix tells her calmly. "In fact, we should be there in just a couple of minutes."
"Good!" the younger witch says determined. "Then what we'll do right now is go to that market and demand the seller to fix this."
"Yes! Let's go! I went to get the stone when Char and Diana were bringing you to the infirmary." Croix exclaims proudly and uses her magic to open a Leyline.
"No Sensei!" the brunette tries to stop her but it's too late.
"I ran out of magic…"
"Of course you did! Remember, you're in my body!"
"I forgot that little detail…"
"It's a huge detail!" Akko shrieks. "Well, let's go in so that the magic you used doesn't go to waste."
"Guess now it will be all up to you Akko." Croix chuckles because of the effects of running out of magic.
"It always seems to be that way when we're together…" she grabs the older woman by her shoulders and helps her walk towards the Leyline. "Now let's go get this fixed."
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"Murowa!" Diana screams while pointing her wand at Ursula, who smirks and moves out of the way.
"Vega Varulus!" Ursula says quickly and jumps up in the air, hiding herself from Diana with the smoke from the previous explosion.
"I can't see her…" the blonde witch murmurs and raises a shield just before she's hit by her professor.
"Nice thinking." the older woman compliments her. "But, I still have the lead." she raises her wand. "Belga Veeda!"
Knowing that she wouldn't be able to avoid the spell like this, Diana concentrates and chants her spell.
"Metamorphie Faciess!" she screams and turns herself into a bird.
"Good job Diana!" Ursula compliments her again. "But you should have chosen another animal." the older woman smirks and points her wand directly at her. "Paleis Capama."
Once those words are said, Diana knows she will be incapable of moving.
She had heard about the spell, had even read it in some ancient books, but had not expected the older woman to know how to chant it.
Specially because it needed a lot of concentration and technique to master it.
"I concede." Diana says while letting go of her own spell and turning back to her human self. "I was not expecting you to use that spell."
"It is a pretty advanced spell, Diana." the older woman says with a soft smile. "You were incredible today."
"Your lessons are helping me improve tremendously." she thanks the older woman. "I still find it hard to believe that you learned how to fight with the Ministry's police."
"It was before I came to Luna Nova." Ursula chuckles softly. "I had just abandoned my Shiny Chariot persona and I wanted somewhere to hide. But, because of all the magic I took I became too strong and found myself incapable of controlling my own magic. Hence, I decided to enter the police academy and spend it."
"But you're still just as strong."
"They taught me to control it." the older woman says happily. "In fact, the enhancing spell, Vega Varulus was created by me during my time at the academy."
"Incredible." Diana says in complete awe because creating a spell took serious amounts of magical knowledge and training. "You truly are quite gifted at magic."
"Many that knew me when I was younger wouldn't have said that." Ursula chuckles. "In fact, I was a lot like Akko when I studied here. None of my spells worked the way I wanted them to and I always made messes."
"That sounds like Akko alright." the blonde witch chuckles as well. "I can see why you took a liking to her so quickly."
"I did want to meet her when I saw her with the Shiny Rod." she admits softly. "But once I realized that she reminded me of myself, I knew I had to help her."
"She knows that it was never about the Shiny Rod or the Dream Fuel Spirit." Diana tells her knowingly.
"She told me so herself." Ursula smiles sadly. "I wouldn't blame her if she didn't believe me, thought."
"But she does so you shouldn't worry about that, correct?"
"I believe you're right Diana." the red-haired witch says, ready to dismiss her student before she feels a strong wave of magic coming from the building.
"That was a powerful amount of magic." Diana feels it as well. "Not normal at all."
"Also very difficult to cast. Only an experienced witch could have done it." Ursula murmurs while running towards the source of the magic. "Not many spells require that amount of magic."
"I think it's coming from the infirmary." the blonde witch says confused. "You don't think…"
"That Croix and Akko have something to do with it?" the professor says knowingly. "Of course I do."
Now moving even faster than before, the two witches arrive to the infirmary and find the traces of a Leyline in the room.
"She cannot be this stupid." Ursula closes her eyes exasperated while sitting down. "Casting a Leyline inside a building…"
"I can see Professor Croix doing that." Diana murmurs to herself. "Why would she even need to cast a Leyline?"
"Diana, it's Croix we're talking about. Remember when she traveled through time and almost changed the future?"
"I get what you mean..." the blonde witch says while smelling around them. "But I can only sense Akko's essence in the remaining magic."
This makes Ursula concentrate and smell the air surrounding them.
"You're right. This is not Croix's magic. It's Akko's."
"But this is advanced magic! Not even I can cast a Leyline." Diana says worriedly. "And even if I happened to succeed, I would run out of magic."
"Only grown-up and powerful witches can create a Leyline. And, although she doesn't tend to show it very often, Croix is one of the best spellcaster of our era." Ursula says softly. "Because like you said, Akko is not capable of performing such a feat."
"Then why is Akko's magic the one lingering in the air?"
This makes Ursula concentrate and think about everything that had happened today.
"Do you think somehow Professor Croix taught her how to do the spell?" the younger witch continues hypothesizing.
"I think the best way to find out what happened is by following them." the red-haired witch determines.
"But how? We don't know to which place the Leyline used by Akko led them." Diana asks confused.
"Well, do you know the restoration spell?"
"Scrylla Yera Retoure"
"Indeed. That spell, we'll use it to restore the Leyline."
"Can you even do that?" Diana asks shocked.
"Well, I can try." Ursula gives her a cheeky smile and points at the leftover magic of the Leyline. "Scrylla Yera Retoure!" she chants and an immense amount of magic pours from the older woman's wand into the restored Leyline.
"You did it!" the blonde witch says in complete awe. "That was spectacular!" she smiles at the red-haired witch who looks a little exhausted but nonetheless alright.
"Indeed, I did." she chuckles at the enthusiasm her student is showing. "Although it left me a little tired."
"Do you need to rest?" Diana asks worriedly.
"No, we need to go in so that the spell is not wasted." Ursula smiles and grabs the blonde's hand. "Now, let us go fix the big mess our girlfriends did."
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"I never knew a place like this existed." Akko says in complete awe while watching all the different magic stores.
"This magic bazar is not known by many witches." Croix informs her calmly. "And, I just happened to find it because of some parts that I needed for the Noir Rod."
"The Dark Shiny Rod." the brunette witch corrects her.
"Noir Rod sounds way better."
"Anyway…" Akko interrupts her professor from continuing her line of thought. "Do you see the store where you bought the stone?"
"It should be around here." Croix grabs Akko's hand and pulls her inside a hidden corridor.
"And you said that you just happened to find this stone…" the younger witch murmurs surprised.
"I am very talented in finding hidden locations and antiques." the older woman proclaims proudly.
"I believe you." she promises and gets closer to Croix when she notices people giving them weird looks.
"Don't separate from me." Croix warns her. "The witches that come to these places are not the kindest or warmest ones."
"I can see that." Akko notices one of them giving Croix, who was in her body, a dangerous look.
Using her hand to make the other witch notice her holding her wand, she puts an arm around Croix and keeps her eyes on the woman in front of them. As if understanding her message, the strange witch stops looking at Croix and moves away from them.
"Very good Akko." Croix compliments her.
"Well, you can look very menacing and intimidating if you wish to Croix-Sensei." Akko chuckles softly.
"Now, the store should be here." the lilac-haired woman promises her and takes out her wand.
"Is your magic back?"
"Not yet, but this door will only open to customers that have already been here." she says and the moment her wand touches the door, it opens.
"Again, you just happened to find this place?" Akko gives her a knowing look.
"This place moves around a lot. So perhaps I was in it once or twice when I was younger."
"Moves around?" the brunette asks curiously.
"Yes, there is a spell around the store that will keep its location hidden from the magic police."
"And nothing about this made you think that whatever you bought from here could be dangerous or illegal?!" Akko shrieks angrily.
"I wasn't thinking much, ok!" Croix retorts bitterly. "I was just so excited about finding the stone that I didn't think about the possible consequences."
"That's just so you, Croix-Sensei." the younger witch can't stop herself from chuckling.
"I am sorry Akko." the older woman apologizes honestly.
"I know." Akko smiles softly at her and rings the bell so that the owner knows they're there. "Hello?" she asks carefully.
"Customers!" an older woman exclaims happily but freezes when she sees Akko. "Sorry, we're closed."
"No way!" the brunette uses her wand to freeze the woman. "You will not run away."
"Akko!" Croix is surprised by the brunette's quickness.
"She was ready to run!" Akko defends her actions.
"I wasn't criticizing you! I was going to congratulate you."
"Oh, you were?" the brunette blushes. "Thank you."
"Why are you here?" the older witch spats at her. "All sales are final."
"Even if what you sold me is dangerous and can put you in jail?" Croix asks her knowingly.
"The stone, you two touched it at the same time…" she chuckles knowingly. "You're here so I can help you break the curse."
"You knew what it did when you sold it to me." the lilac-haired woman says angrily. "Reverse the curse and get rid of this stone."
"Why should I help you?" the older witch asks cheekily.
"Because you sold her the stone!" Akko retorts angrily.
"And she was the one that bought it."
"Can't argue that." the brunette witch closes her eyes. "What can we do to make you change your mind?"
"First you can take this spell off me." the older witch says softly.
"Akko…" Croix warns her.
"We have to do what she says." the younger girl murmurs and let's go of her magic.
The moment she does, the two Luna Nova witches see the store owner grab her own wand and point it at them.
"I'll take back the stone and reverse the curse only if you catch me." she smirks and makes all the objects around them come to live.
"Croix go follow her!" Akko tells her while using her magic to keep the objects away from them. "Since you don't have magic, I'll shield us."
"Ok!" Croix says and runs right behind the older witch. "Shit, she's fast for her age!" she screams but is surprised when a couple of minutes go by and she's not exhausted at all. "Akko, you're so fit!"
"Unlike you who is close to dying!" the brunette witch screams from behind her.
"I guess all that running you do while avoiding spells or running away from creatures has given you great stamina."
"Not a good time for jokes like that." Akko reminds her while keeping the weird creatures the older witch had cast away from them. "Where is that witch?!"
"She's there!" Croix screams and is ready to finally catch her when two golem monsters form beside her.
Taking her wand out, the lilac-haired witch realizes that she still doesn't have her magic back.
"Akko!" she screams and notices Akko being entertained by other two similar creatures.
"Croix-Sensei!" the brunette witch uses a small explosion to push the golems away and is rapidly sprinting towards her.
Nevertheless, Croix knows that the younger witch won't be able to shield her.
Closing her eyes, she's prepared for the worst but instead of a hit coming her way she feels a strong wave of magic making the golem explode.
Turning around, she sees Diana taking a deep breath and kneeling on the ground because of magic exhaustion.
"Diana?!" she shrieks confused and that's when she sees Chariot hitting the other two golems with her legs. "Chariot?!"
Realizing that Croix-Sensei was now safe, Akko turns around to look for her girlfriend and freezes in fear when she notices her on the ground.
"Diana!" Akko screams when she sees her girlfriend has run out of magic. "I'm coming!" she promises and uses her own weird spells to hit the creatures that were coming towards Diana. "Stay away from my girlfriend!" she yells and concentrates all her magic on the golem coming her way. "Diphulaniado!" she yells and sees the golem exploding in tiny pieces.
Not even caring about the fact that she was exhausted and almost ready to pass out, she gets to where Diana is and sits in front of her, being careful of checking her for injuries.
"Thank Jennifer you're alright!" she exclaims relieved and hugs the blonde witch tightly. "When I saw you on the floor I was so worried…"
Diana, meanwhile, had been staring at every action and gesture the older witch did.
And, if there was one thing Diana was certain of, it was that she knew all of her girlfriend's mannerisms and reactions.
"Akko?" she asks confused and opens her mouth in shock when the lilac-haired woman nods in confirmation. "But how…"
"Croix-Sensei…" Akko simply says and that's all Diana needs to know. "How did you find us?"
"We restored the Leyline you…" the blonde witch stops herself. "That Professor Croix casted inside the infirmary."
"I see…" the brunette witch smiles softly at her girlfriend. "I assume Ursula-Sensei is also here?"
"Yes, she went to help you, or at least who she thinks is you, when she saw you on the floor."
"Good…" Akko says while closing her eyes. "Because I feel like I will pass out at any moment." she finishes saying and faints.
"Great…" Diana murmurs while caressing Akko's, well, Professor Croix's hair.
This was very confusing.
Meanwhile, Croix was getting up from the ground where she had been laying. Grabbing her wand, she finally feels it reacting to her magic, which meant that she can use it again.
Taking a look around her, she sees Akko had destroyed the remaining golem and that she was passed on top of Diana's legs. A little perturbed by the image, the older woman refocuses on the task of finding the prankster witch before she's stopped by two strong arms.
"Akko!" Chariot tells her softly. "It's over."
"It's not!" she says rapidly while pointing towards the golems. "We need to find the witch that cast those golems."
"Why?"
"Because she's the only one that can break the curse that Akko and I have." she says quickly and freezes when she realizes she told Chariot the whole truth.
"A curse, you're under a curse?" Ursula asks shocked. "And did you just refer to yourself in third person?"
Huffing in annoyance at Chariot's slowness, Croix grabs her tightly and kisses her on the lips, making the older woman open her eyes in shock.
"Akko!" the red-haired witch exclaims shocked. "What are you doing?"
"I'm not Akko!" she huffs insulted. "Really, can't you recognize me from the way I kiss you?!"
Opening her eyes in shock, now Ursula understands what is happening, connecting all the events that had happened during the day with the strange revelation she just experienced.
"Croix?" she whispers numbly.
"Yes!" her girlfriend (?) says happily.
"But…"
"Not right now!" Croix tells her quickly. "First help me catch that cunning witch."
"You mean this one?" Ursula asks confused while making the older witch appear all tied up.
"You did it!" the lilac-haired woman says surprised. "How?"
"I crashed into her and when I smelled your magic on her I stopped her."
"I was not expecting you to have other friends." the older witch says defeated. "That was cheating."
"This is not a game!" Croix says insulted. "We caught you, now return us to our own bodies."
"I cannot do that."
"But you said you knew how!"
"You…" Ursula stares menacingly at the prankster witch. "Will help them return to their own bodies or I will make your life a living hell."
Gulping in fear, the older witch nods in agreement.
"I cannot help you because only you two can return to your own bodies."
"But how? We touched the stone and nothing happened." Croix asks confused.
"You need to chant a spell while touching the stone. And, it has to be done by the witch that first touched the stone."
Nodding in understanding, and after being told the spell by the older witch, Croix closes her eyes and says the reverse words.
"Did it work?" Chariot asks her after letting the old witch go.
"I'm not sure…" Croix says confused. "Because I feel al…" she faints before she finishes her sentence.
"Great…" Ursula whispers while preventing Croix from falling to the ground. "Now, how do I take you all home?"
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"Robots!" Croix screams while waking up and noticing that she's in her bed. "What?"
Frantically standing up, the older woman runs towards the bathroom and exhales in relief when she realizes that it's her own reflection the one staring back at her.
"So it was all a dream…"
"What was a dream?" she hears Chariot's familiar voice and can't stop herself from freezing.
"Nothing!" she senses she's in danger.
"Perhaps you were thinking about the fact that Akko and you switched bodies and forgot to tell Diana and I about it?"
"How is Akko?!" she asks worriedly to her girlfriend who appeases her quickly.
"She woke up before you and after explaining to Diana and I what happened, the two of them left for their date."
"Lucky them."
"They were not the ones responsible for this whole mess." the red-haired woman reminds her tersely.
Croix chuckles softly.
"We didn't want to worry you."
"You didn't want us to find out." Ursula corrects her girlfriend. "So instead of explaining what happened you took us all to the magic black market to catch a dark witch."
"I thought I could fix it all before our date."
"Croix…" her girlfriend says disappointed. "Apart from the fact that I'm very angry at you for not telling me about this earlier, I'm more disappointed about the fact that you could have hurt Akko while using such complex spells on her body…"
"I know…" Croix whispers softly because she had realized her rash actions could have hurt the brunette witch as well.
"You know that nothing, not a date or anything like that, can come before the girls." Ursula reminds her.
"I'm sorry." the lilac-haired woman says while tears fall from her eyes. "I just… I was so worried about fixing things before our date so that I could give you the gift I had bought you."
"Gift?" Ursula asks surprised.
"The stone that caused this incident." Croix says dejectedly. "I bought it at that market thinking that it was a memory stone but I didn't check very well because I was really excited that the stone was red like your eyes and hair." she looks down in sadness. "And, I did drink a protecting potion before opening the Leyline that would stop me from doing magic the moment Akko's body felt it was getting weak."
"So that's why you couldn't use your magic during the fight." Ursula says relieved and then thinks about everything her girlfriend had just told her. "So basically you bought the stone, from the black market, because it reminded you of me."
"It sounds really dumb when you say it like that…" the inventor murmurs embarrassed. "But when I was buying the stone it seemed really romantic."
This makes the former performer silently stare at her girlfriend before laughing loudly.
"Only you…" she chokes out while trying to control her laughter. "Would buy a stone because of its color and not its properties."
"I thought it would complement you really well!"
"Croix, you didn't need to buy me a present like that."
"I did because yesterday was our anniversary." Croix whispers softly.
"Our anniversary?" Ursula asks shocked.
"It's been one month since I returned to Luna Nova and confessed my feelings to you." she reminds the younger woman.
"I forgot about it..." the red-haired witch says apologetically. "I'm sorry Croix."
"It wasn't your fault." it was Finneran's.
"I…" Ursula says with a soft smile. "I'm still a little upset at you."
"Only a little?" she asks hopefully.
"I did basically try to seduce Akko." the former performer shrieks embarrassed.
"Well, I did kiss Diana as well…" Croix shrugs her shoulders. "Besides, it's not like we haven't seen them in compromising positions."
"Croix!" Ursula scolds her. "That doesn't justify the fact that Akko saw me naked."
"But she has seen us naked already!" the lilac-haired woman reminds her. "In fact, Diana has also seen us naked." this makes Ursula blush even more than before.
"You're not making me feel any better…"
"Well, I definitely know what I can do to make you feel better." she says seductively to the younger witch who blushes.
"Really Croix, you think I will have sex with you after all you have put us through today?"
"One can only hope." she smiles warmly and opens her arms so that she can hug her girlfriend. "Besides, it's not every day that we can celebrate our anniversary."
This makes Ursula huff in surrender.
"Fine, but tomorrow I will make you make it up to the girls and I for what you did."
"Yes ma'am." Croix salutes her before taking her to the bed.
