Chapter 10

It was very quiet when Kim woke Monday morning. So much so, she briefly forgot where she was, only to suddenly remember she was in Kerry Weavers home, currently living with her, her son and she supposed, her nanny, Flora.

It was just all so much for Kim to digest. In a way she was use to her life taking these wonky detours. She sort of had a way of choosing the road less traveled whenever things went south for her. It made her wonder how she had managed to maintain a successful career and network of friends up to this point.

She just kept going back to the words Mel had said to her just the day before, "It's time to grow up."

She wondered what would come of her life if she actually did just that. What would she loose, and what would she gain?

She decided to run a little mental diagnostic and tune up during this trip of hers and see if she could come out a better person on the other side. 'Why not, it seemed to have worked for Kerry' she thought.

The Kerry she had known before was nothing like the woman she was getting to know now. This one had friends and was valued by her co-workers. She finally had something she could love and be loved by unconditionally in Henry.

She was comfortable in her own skin, a skin she seemed to like showing more and more of in this warmer climate. Thinking she had seen more of Kerry's bare legs, arms, and cleavage then in all the time she'd known her in Chicago.

Kim thought she could get use to this Kerry, possibly even addicted if not careful. But then it occurred to her, she didn't need to be careful, wasn't that the point for these next 7 days according to Kerry?

Yep, that was her plan, Make Dr. Kim Legaspi become hopelessly addicted to Dr. Kerry Weaver.

Kim looked at the clock and saw it was nearly 11am, she decided to take up Kerry's offer to use her washing machine and do her laundry.

After, she made herself a bowl of fresh fruit and ate it out on the patio.

She took a walk to the end of the dock and took in the beautiful sights.

'How can you afford this all' Kim wondered.

As if on cue. Kim's phone vibrated in her pocket. Seeing it was from the person who had so thoroughly consumed her every thought this morning she excitedly swipe the bar to accept the call.

"Hey Ker"

"Hey yourself, how's your day going so far?" Kerry asked

"Pretty good, you have a beautiful home here Kerry, I'm just taking a little stroll around the property." Kim told her

"Well, just be careful if you see any bubbles in the water" Kerry laughed, alluding to the occasional rouge gator.

"How's your day going?" enquired Kim, who heard a heavy sigh on the other end of the phone, "Yes, well that's why I'm calling. It's actually kind of going shitty right now. Martin and I have a lot of editing to do still for my package that airs tonight. I had hope to get back in time to have lunch with you but that's not going to happen. You going to be ok being left to your own devices?

"Oh, I'll be fine I have my laundry to finish up and maybe I'll join Henry at his practice. See if I can get some pointers from the team's star" Kim joked.

Kerry liked that Kim seemed interested in spending time with Henry but was cautious not to read too much into it.

"That sounds like a solid plan, but be ready by 8 because I'm taking you out tonight."

"You are huh?" Kim asked slyly, "And where are you taking me, may I ask?"

"Dinner, and if you're lucky, maybe some dancing too. Wait, you can dance can't you, as I recall we never did go dancing before?" Kerry asked, clearly joking with the blonde.

Kim was a little flustered, obviously she never took Kerry dancing because of the crutch, 'Kerry knew that right' she wondered.

"uh, yeah, I can hold my own on a dance floor" she said cautiously holding up her end of the awkward flirting.

"Ok, great. Then I will send a car to pick you up and then you can meet at the club. It's close to the station so it would just make more sense meeting you there."

"Ok, sounds like a plan Ker, I'm looking forward to it."

And she was looking forward to it. She couldn't remember if Kerry had ever planned a night out for them back when they first were together.

Kim couldn't help but enjoy the sensation that being wooed by Kerry Weaver brought her.

Kim had fallen asleep and was abruptly woken up by the sounds of woman yelling for Henry to stop fooling around and to get ready for practice.

Kim looked over the edge of the couch and saw a young Latin woman in her mid-20's coming through the door.

"Hola, Dr. Kim! You here?" Flora shouted

"Hi, I'm here" Kim waved awkwardly from her hidden position on the living room couch

Kim popped up and made her way to the younger woman

"Hi, I'm Kim Legaspi, a, er, friend of Dr. Weavers."

"Hi, yeah, I know who you are. Dr. Weaver called to tell me you were here and Henry filled in the blanks"

'Filled in the blanks?' wondered Kim, exactly what 'blanks' could an 8 year old boy come up with...Kim decided to not dwell to deep on that one.

"Anyway, I'm Flora. It's cool to meet you. I'm just starting my psyche rotation at school, Kerry said you might be able to help me out with stuff if I had any questions."

"Yeah, sure I would love to help. So you're a med student?" Kim asked with surprise in her voice.

"Nursing student actually, but my interest vary, Kerry, I' mean Dr. Weaver, has been incredible, she so smart and helps me with all my studies, it's the perfect set up, I help her with Henry and she helps me with school."

Kim recognized the familiar signs of a coed crush and wondered if Kerry saw it too, probably not, Kim laughed to herself, remembering how Kerry could be pretty obtuse to other women's interest in her.

"Henry, come on! We gotta go!" Flora shouted again.

"Would you mind if come along? I would love to watch Henry practice." Kim asked

Flora didn't seem to think this was too unusual of a request and readily agreed to her coming along.

"Yeah, sure that cool, we just HAVE. TO. GO. NOW!" Kim hoped the last part of shouting was for Henry's benefit and not hers.

"The eight year old came scurrying down the stairs "Ok, Ok I'm coming just stop yelling at me Flora!"

Henry had changed into his soccer uniform and had his equipment bag slung over his shoulder, he saw Kim grabbing her purse and following them out.

"Kim, you're going to come too?" Henry asked

"Um, yeah, is that ok?" Kim wasn't sure if she was forcing something.

Henry face grew into a big smile. "Cool, I can't wait to have the others see how fast you are on the field."

"Wait, I'm just a bystander right? I'm there to see how fast you are on the field." Kim said, trying to clear up the situation

"We'll see Kim, we'll see!" Henry said, followed by a suspicious laugh.

Two hours later both Kim and Henry were dragging their tired butts back into the house, Flora was still laughing at the sight of 13 little kids chasing the older woman down the soccer field trying to prevent her from scoring.

"Flora, you're telling me they do that to any parent that shows up for practice? Kim asked stunned.

"Un huh, The coach isn't a big fan of parents coming to practice and getting in his way so he started making them do the work out as well, needless to say most parents got the message and now they drop the kids off at a safe distance and hideout behind the bleachers. It's a pretty effective way to keep the parents in check" she said with a laugh

"Huh, I don't know how I feel about that" Kim huffed "But, I guess It's not my place to feel anything seeing as I'm not a parent" she finished.

"Not Yettttt, right Dr. Kim?" Flora snuck in.

'Ok, this girl knows way too much about my business' thought Kim, but before she could say anything about it she caught a glimpse of the clock on the wall, "Shit, is that the right time?" noticing it was already 7 O'clock, Kim excused herself so she could get ready for her night out.

Not sure what to wear she picked out a sleek black cocktail dress she had packed for the possibility of a night out clubbing. Even though she wasn't sure what the venue was like, she was fairly confident the incredibly flattering dress would fit the bill. She was just finishing her make-up when Flora called up to her to let her know the car service had arrived to take her to Kerry.

"Thank you Flora, you're good with Henry?" Kim asked as she made her way to the door.

"Oh yeah, were good. I usually spend the night in the office on weeknights anyway, so go and have a good time don't worry about us." Flora said reassuringly.

Kim arrived in front of the busy night spot about 30 minutes later, there was a line out front but when she had left the house and had texted Kerry to let her know she was on the way and Kerry had instructed her to go straight to the doorman and give him her name and he would let her right in, which he did.

The place was just short of incredible Kim thought, the downstairs had a bustling bar and dance floor and the restaurant was upstairs. The décor was vibrant and eclectic, it had a definite Latin vibe going on starting with the live music, and flowing into to the incredible mouthwatering flavors coming from the kitchen.

Kim assumed she would find Kerry upstairs where the restaurant was and proceeded that way when her attention was diverted by the crowd gathering around the dance floor below her. She made her way to the top and tried to see what everyone was looking at. She nearly lost her footing when she saw Kerry dancing with an extremely tall, and extremely exotic looking woman. They had pretty much commandeered the entire dance floor with their salsa moves and had the crowd cheering loudly with every each dip, lunge and twirl.

Kim felt a surge of jealousy as she watched the two dancing together.

The dance ended with the two women practically on top of each other in a rather tight embrace before they both broke out in jubilant laughter. They turned to address the crowd and each gave a silly bow and curtsy before shuffling off the floor. Kerry looked up to see Kim watching her from above and gave a little wave and mouthed that she would be right up to join her.

Kim watched as Kerry worked her way through the crowd of people giving her hugs and air kisses as she pushed her way up to Kim.

"Hey beautiful, you look fantastic" Kerry whispered in her ear as she greeted her with a hug.

"I can say the same about you" Kim returned as she took in the brightly patterned wrap dress Kerry had on that clung to her curves perfectly.

Kerry had an entirely different wardrobe that she kept at the station for the many different work events she found herself having to attend as part of her job. It took her awhile to get use to all the flash and flare that made up the Miami social scene, but the station had a stylist on hand for just such occasions and Kerry felt pretty comfortable with her guidance. She knew she looked good, and that was the plan for tonight.

"Kerry, you were amazing out there. I didn't know you could dance like that."

"Ha" Kerry let out a nervous laugh, "Well, to be honest either did I, this new hip has opened a whole new world to me" she joked, "Come on, we have a table in the back." Kerry took her hand and led her through the other diners to a booth that looked over the dance floor, she scooted in and dragged Kim behind her to sit right next to her ignoring the chairs that sat empty across the table.

"I ordered you a Caribbean Cosmopolitan, they're delicious!" Kerry pushed one of the drinks towards Kim who took a sip, Kerry watched in anticipation and was thrilled when she saw Kim roll her eyes back while enjoying the liquid pleasure, "God Kerry, this is heaven"

"I know! Right?" Kerry said as she took her own big sip. Right then the woman Kerry had been dancing with arrived at the table holding a trey with several small plates full of tantalizing food options.

"I figured you worked up an appetite after our Dance" said the woman

Kim took in the site in front of her, noticing first her attire. She was wearing perfectly tailored black slacks and finished with an equally perfectly tailored suit vest, only the vest. No shirt under it and she was sure she could see the hint of a lacy red bra peeking out from under it.

Kim was not enjoying the sudden feelings of possessiveness that seemed to be overwhelming her when Kerry jumped in.

"Kim, you remember my neighbor Tara from the other night don't you? She was with her wife Maggi and their son Michael?"

Kim knew her eyes must have doubled in size at the introduction as she tried to make the connection.

"Oh, yes. Right. Your neighbor" Tara smiled as she watch Kim try and recover from whatever vile thoughts she had just been thinking about the woman who was just all over her date.

"Hey Kim, it's great to see you again, I can't tell you how glad I am seeing this one out on the town with a real life grownup!" pointing to Kerry. "Welcome to my club!" before she could continue a waiter came up to her and whispered something in her ear. Tara nodded ok to him and he quickly left them.

"Sorry ladies, I have some fires that need putting out downstairs, both figuratively and literally" she smiled, "but please, enjoy yourselves, this night is on me!"

"No, no, no" Kerry objected

"Shush you!" Tara cut her off, "Please, for everything you do for me and Maggi it's the least we can do, plus, she would murder me if I took a cent from you, now enjoy and I will stop by a little later."

Tara looked at Kim, "Good to see you again Kim" and then she looked at her friend and gave her a wink, "Have a great night Kerry" she said as she left them.

Kim waited for her to get a safe distance away, "Wow, she sure cleans up well"

"Ha! I knew it, you didn't recognize her did you?" Kerry laughed.

"No, I really didn't. She looks nothing like the adorable little lesbian you introduced me to two nights ago. And you mean to tell me she owns this place?"

Kerry grabbed her drink and took another sip, "And not just this one, she owns the 3 other establishments as well. She's pretty famous in the night life scene, but I just know her as Tara of Tara, Maggi and Michael. It's quite contrast don't you think?" she asked.

"Quite" Kim said nearly speechless.

Kim surveyed the food in front of them and wondered where to begin.

Kerry explained that they were well known for their Porto Rican food and drinks as they dug in. The waiter was very attentive, clearly under strict orders from Tara to make sure her guess where well taken care of.

After their meal they sat at the table and took in their surroundings made up of quite the colorful crowd. Kim noticed that there was no distinct classification like some clubs that are clearly Straight, Gay or Lesbian, instead, this place had a little bit of everything and nobody seemed to mind. All Kim knew for sure was that she felt very comfortable here.

Kim's hand had found its way to Kerry's back as she rubbed little circles on the red heads shoulder blade. The circles started to get larger as her hand began to rub a larger swath of her dates back. She was resting her chin on her other hand as she looked over at Kerry taking in the simple beauty of the woman next to her. "I never thought there would be a time I would ever be able to touch you like this out in public." Kim told her.

Kerry looked over at the blonde and took in the way Kim was watching her. She had such affection in her eyes, "No, I don't imagine you would have. I want to apologize for the person I was back then Kim, but I can't. That woman just wasn't ready to be everything you needed her to be, not without betraying who I needed her to be. Does that make sense?"

Kim thought about what Kerry was saying. She couldn't really argue with the honest statement and by now, did it even matter? She reasoned.

"Kerry, you know I'm a big believer in the concept that everything happens for a reason. And I can't dispute that your journey has brought you to an incredible place in your life. So no apology is needed. I'm just happy to be here with you tonight, getting to know you again, and experiencing you in a completely different element." Kim's eye began to glaze over heavy with want "And to be honest I find this version of Kerry Weaver, incredibly sexy."

Kim gave into the magnetic pull of the other woman and leaned in to kiss her, the kiss made her lips tingle but before it could become deeper, it was cut short with the interruption of Tara, "Kerry, you going to hide up here all night or are you going to take Kim for a spin on the dance floor."

Kerry just lowered her head a bit to regain her composure before looking back at her neighbor. "I was just about to drag her out there" Kerry replied.

Tara gave a smirk, "Yes, I saw that, Good strategy, I always start with the lips too."

Kerry, opting to ignore her friend's snarky response, shifted her attention back to Kim. "Madam, would you care to join me on the dance floor?" Kerry was already grabbing her hand and helping her ease out of the snug booth

Kim actually loved to dance but was a bit intimidated after watching Kerry's moves when she first arrived.

"I would love too, but to be honest I'm not sure I'm going to be able to keep up with you, I've never tried Salsa."

Ignoring her comment, Kerry lead her to an empty spot on the Dance floor and confidently took Kim in her hands pulling her in for a tight embrace, placing one hand on her hip and the other hand securely wrapped in Kim's, "Don't worry about it, just follow my lead and I'll show you what to do" she said with a seductive wink.

They dance for what felt like hours, every so often stopping to take sip of their drinks. Tara joined them after a while and stole Kerry for a few passes on the dance floor again, attracting a huge crowd who was cheering them on. Kim no longer felt jealousy but instead, pride for being the date of this incredible woman. She had no idea what time it was, all she knew for sure was that she wanted to get Kerry home where they could be alone.

Kerry caught her eye and seemed to know what Kim was thinking and decided it was time to go home as well. It was decided that the women would take a cab back and Tara would drive Kerry's car home after the club closed. They said their goodbyes and Kim thanked Tara for being such a gracious host and told her how much she loved her club. And although she didn't voice it, she also was grateful for how accepting and encouraging Tara was of her sudden appearance in her friend's life.

The ride home was full of giggles and slurred words recounting the evening and all the crazy characters they had ran into. They laughed at the fact they were probably just as ridiculous, with their antics on the dance floor realizing they were probably putting on quite a show but they didn't care. Kim just kept saying it was her vacation and insisted that what happens in Miami stays in Miami!

It was either very late or very early in the morning and they were trying hard to be quiet as they made their way upstairs. At the top of the stairs both women pause for a moment each wondering what the next move would be. Kim made it and pulled Kerry in for a passionate kiss when suddenly the hall light went on. The two woman separated faster than two teenagers caught necking in the car.

Kerry saw Henry standing next to the switch "Hi Mom, you ok? You look kind of funny" he asked.

"Hey Henry...No I'm ok, just saying goodnight to Kim." feeling a bit awkward after being caught by her son, she tried to divert his attention.

"What's up? You ok, come'er you feel ok?" She said as she placed her hand on his forehead.

Kim marveled at how easy it was Kerry to switch modes from drunken party girl to caring Mom in the matter of seconds.

Kim decided it was probably a good time to excuse herself and go to her room.

"Good night you guys, Kerry, Thanks for an incredible night." She then looked over to Henry, " g'night Bud, hope you feel better."

She stumbled a little bit as she made her way to her room while Kerry led Henry back to his.

"Did you have a good time Mom?" Henry asked

Kerry just looked at her son and pushed the hair out of his eye, "I did Hen. I had a really good time." She told him.

"Good. You really like Kim huh?" Her son asked.

Kerry thought for a minute, "Yeah, I really do. She's someone that has meant a lot to me for a very long time."

"Yeah, I figured. I like her a lot too" he said.

Kerry leaned down to kiss Henry's forehead, "You don't really feel sick to you?" she asked "I never said I felt sick, you did" he said, a sly little grin forming on his face.

"Uh huh, you got me there kid. Get some sleep ok." Kerry made her way over to the door and switched the light back off, "I love you Hen."

"I love you too Mom, good night"

Kerry softly closed his door, then quietly made her way to Kim's door, leaning up against with her ear to see if she could hear any movement, all she could hear was the steady hum of a gentle snore.

She made her way to her room and peeled off her dress, she felt sticky from all the dancing and decided to take a quick shower. After, she dried off and did her nightly routine before finally climbing into the bed, not even bothering putting on night clothes.

She was tired and knew she wouldn't have any problem falling asleep, she drifted off with her last thoughts being '2 days in, 5 to go, hope they all are good as this one was'