Chapter 23
The early morning sun shone through Nikki's window as both women were so caught up in their last night's antics that they'd carelessly shut the curtains. Stifling a yawn, Nikki woke first. She grinned, knowing how lucky she was to have Lorraine back. Knowing she wouldn't be able to het back to sleep, she decided to watch Lorraine sleep for a bit before waking her. Nikki could have gazed at Lorraine all day; she looked so peaceful and content in her sleep, her frown lines all gone as she dreamed. wondering what Lorraine had been dreaming about, Nikki decided to wake her up and ask her. Stroking Lorraine's hip under the quilt, the blonde opened her eyes and gazed straight into Nikki's. "What were you dreaming about, Lo?" Nikki asked, rubbing patterns across her lover's prominent hip bone. Lorraine turned red at the thought of her dream, "Erm, well," knowing she wouldn't get out of this one, she decided to just say it, "About you in the sea, you know a few weeks ago. And just how perfect it all was, really." The younger woman giggled, burying her head in the pillow."Oh. Well we should do it again some time." Nikki winked causing both women to giggle shamelessly.
When the laughter had died down, Nikki decided to approach the subject of her daughter, reminding Lorraine of their plans for that day."So Eve's visiting today. Erm I was gonna go out for lunch with her, tell her about you, us, then come back here for her to meet you?" Nikki asked nervously. "I'm not gonna tell her about the baby until the twelve week scan though." She added as she didn't want to cause Eve any unnecessary worrying and the fact that Nikki had a new girlfriend too would be a lot to take in. "That sounds great!" Lorraine replied enthusiastically, grabbing hold of Nikki's hand and entwining their fingers. "You don't need to worry, you know. It'll be fun!" Lorraine smiled rubbing Nikki's knuckles with her hand. "Yeah, it will be fine won't it?" Nikki asked, eyes glazed with tears. "Of course it will. Just take things one step at a time, yeah." Lorraine reassured as she placed a soft kiss on her cheek. The warmth and smoothness of Lo's lips on the brunette's skin calmed her down slightly. In fact, everything about the sassy benefactress made Nikki feel calm, complete almost. "Well we'd better get up." Nikki replied wearily, untangling herself from Lorraine. "Do you want to come in the shower with me?" Lorraine asked glancing down Nikki's perfect body. Lorraine wanted to take things off Nikki's mind for as long as possible, she hated seeing the woman she loved unhappy.
Finally sat with Eve in the cafe, Nikki thought it was about time she told her about Lorraine, "So how come Vix isn't here?" Eve asked curiously. Eve had always been quite a curious person, not nosey though, Nikki loved this aspect about her daughter. "Well, erm, Eve. The thing is, well, we're not together anymore. In fact I'm with the woman I was with before I met her, before you found me or anything. Lorraine's lovely, you'll like her a lot." Nikki smiled even-though she found it difficult to approach the situation as it would be a lot for her daughter to take in. Eve however, accepted it straight away and cheekily replied with, "So when do I get to meet her?"
"Well she should be at mine at the moment, you can meet her now if you like?" Nikki stuttered, shocked at how well Eve had taken it which caused Eve to giggle a little. "Come on then!" Eve bounced to her feet, picking up her coat and walking briskly out of the cafe to Nikki's car. "Hold on, I can't keep up!" Nikki shouted at her laughing at how stupid they both looked.
Arriving back at Nikki's, Eve darted out of the car and within seconds was impatiently ringing Nikki's doorbell. Lorraine, who was sat reading a magazine with a cup of coffee, quickly got up to answer the door, panicking at how frantic the doorbell was ringing. Opening the door quickly, "Is Nikki okay?" Lorraine asked, getting all worked up that there could be something wrong with the baby. "Wha- yeah, course. I just couldn't wait to meet you!" Eve replied realising that Lorraine was worried because of Eve's doorbell ringing. This caused them both to laugh as they introduced each-other and hugged. Arriving at the door, Nikki smiled at how well they were already getting on and coughed signalling she was stood behind them. "So should we all go inside." Nikki laughed.