Your responses have been adorable! I'm glad you don't think we should apologize for random smut. There will be more smut and family hijinks coming in the next few chapters! Although Sez is the one who wanted our girls to have at it in an... erm... interesting place in chapter four...
Chapter Two:
Olivia buried her head deeper in the pillow and tried to block out the strains of 'Rocking Around the Christmas Tree' that were coming through the bedroom door. The insistent knocking, however, was more difficult to ignore. "Go 'way!" she shouted, considering whether it was worth the effort to remove the pillow and throw it at the door.
It was too late anyway, because the door was opening with a wry, "Well, Merry Christmas to you too, baby."
"Nooo..." Olivia moaned, burying her face in the mattress and clutching the pillow over her ears.
"Hmm..." Alex said, strolling up to the side of the bed and pinching one of Olivia's firm cheeks underneath the bed sheets. "I didn't know I was celebrating Christmas with the Grinch."
The brunette peered up with her eyes narrowed. "Two days off, I have two days off and you wake me at seven?"
"I did make coffee."
Climbing onto the mattress beside her sleepy lover, Alex began kneading Olivia's shoulders, placing a kiss at the top of her spine. "Come on, wake up for me, baby. I'll make it worth your while."
"Mmm... really?" Olivia licked her lips at her lover's suggestive tone.
"Yup, just as soon as we've opened presents."
With a groan of resignation, the naked detective dragged herself into an upright position, making sure that she was still cocooned in blankets so that the cold air wouldn't touch her skin. "It's cold," she said, "would you bring me a robe, please?"
Alex pouted, but did as she was told, bringing it back and holding it out so that Olivia was forced to at least be naked in front of her for a few seconds.
"Thank you, sweetie," Olivia yawned as she reluctantly left the warm haven of their bed and threaded her arms through the sleeves of the offered robe. She smiled when Alex wrapped her arms around her waist from behind and kissed the back of her head. In return, she decided to leave the robe open in the front so that Alex could get an eyeful. It was Christmas, after all.
"You just want to distract me from presents," Alex said, her eyes distinctly distracted and trailing down. A warm hand reached out and cupped one smooth, tanned breast.
"I like the anticipation," Olivia replied, with a rush of air at the end as her nipple hardened against the Alex's palm.
"Well, I think there are a few presents under the tree that might... interest you..." Alex said, testing the weight of Olivia's breast with a soft squeeze before trailing her hand down the curve of her right side.
"I see something right here that interests me..."
Alex gently put her hands down and grasped the brunette's wrists. "I promise, you can unwrap that gift over and over later today."
Olivia leaned in, letting her mouth trail over the blonde's jaw line. "We still have to go to your father's for lunch."
The lawyer shuddered, partially in mock horror and partially from lingering arousal. Olivia's naked form, even the sliver of it that she could see through the front of her open robe, always had that effect on her. "Mm, don't remind me."
"You like your father," Olivia whispered in her ear, stepping close and pulling the blonde into her.
"I know," Alex gasped as hands slid under her shirt at the back, playing at soft skin. "But I was hoping we could spend your two days alone. Naked."
Olivia was suddenly regretting her decision to don a robe. Fortunately, Alex was having no trouble working her hands beneath the fabric, copying Olivia's explorations underneath her sleep shirt.
"Liv," Alex whispered.
"Mmm?" Came the reply from a very distracted Olivia.
"Presents..."
Hands slipped out of the blonde's sleep shirt. "Now? Seriously?"
When Alex nodded, Olivia snatched back her hands and placed them irritably on her hips. "Fine," she muttered, walking out of the room and re-fastening her robe, "they had better be some darn good presents..."
Alex just smiled. She knew that Olivia was only pretending to be mad, and would cheer up considerably once she drank her first cup of coffee and started opening presents, preferably with a certain blonde lawyer in her lap.
There wasn't just coffee, there were also bagels with cream cheese, Christmas music, and a delightfully lit up tree that made Olivia smile as she strolled into the living room. Taking a seat on the couch, she grabbed for the nearest coffee cup and held it under her nose, inhaling deeply before she took a long drink. Perhaps Alex had been right to wake her up after all, she thought as she gazed at the twinkling lights and tinsel that swirled through the branches of their tree.
"Presents, huh?"
"Mmhmm... but first?"
"First?"
Olivia wrinkled her brow as Alex gently pointed upwards, and then followed with her gaze: Mistletoe.
Looking back down with a devilish grin, Olivia swept Alex into her arms and gave her a deep, tongue swirling kiss that made goosebumps erupt across their skin and their temperatures rise.
Olivia moaned. "That's your first present."
Alex leaned in for another soft meeting of lips, barely brushing her mouth across Olivia's. "Mmm. I like my present..." she said, her hands wandering beneath the robe again. "I've been a good girl this year... may I unwrap it now?"
Olivia leaned back, grinning. "You were offered that present several times earlier this morning. I thought you wanted the other ones."
"Fine. I'll open some other presents first." Alex sighed, knowing that she really had no standing since she had avoided Olivia's advances earlier in favor of opening the pile of packages under the Christmas Tree. Olivia smirked while Alex down and pulled a brightly wrapped box into her lap. Payback was sweet. "So, I got you this... I don't know if you'll like it, but... it screamed Olivia at me."
"It screamed at you?"
"Mm hmm."
"Okay, now I'm worried."
Alex grinned and handed over the package.
"Oof, it's heavy," Olivia said in surprise before she started tearing off the wrapping paper. Squinting at it in curiosity, she turned it over, eyes growing wide. "I'm not sure if I should be flattered that this immediately made you think of me," she teased. A gun safe was definitely not the kind of Christmas present one usually expected to receive, but it was thoughtful nonetheless.
"Well, you spend so much time here... I kind of figured that you should have somewhere safer than the bedside table to keep your gun."
"Are you asking me to move in with you?"
"I've asked you that every week since we started dating, I figure you'll say yes one day."
Olivia grinned. "Yeah, I will..." She moved across the room, pulling a small packet from under the tree and coming back to the couch. "Here, it's definitely your turn."
Alex ignored the packet. "Wait... slow down. Yeah, you'll move in with me? Or yeah, you'll say yes one day?"
That made Olivia blush. "Yeah, I'll move in with you," she said, almost shyly.
Tossing the package onto the cushion beside her, she swung one leg over Olivia's lap and cradled the detective's face in her hands, leaning down to kiss her.
"Wait – Alex ... mmf... presents..."
Her words were cut off by a soft mouth, which soon turned a gentle kiss into one that became almost ferocious in its need. Completely forgetting the presents they were supposed to be opening, Olivia reached down to cup Alex's ass in her hands, pulling the blonde close as a tongue tangled with hers.
"Baby," she moaned when they finally surfaced for oxygen.
"Are you sure I can't unwrap you now?" Alex teased, her knuckles grazing the soft skin of Olivia's cheek. The hands kneading her from behind were a distraction, but she managed to provide a distraction of her own as her lips trailed along Olivia's jawline with soft butterfly kisses.
Olivia gasped, more tempted than she could believe, but managed to remove her hands and gently grasp the blonde's wrists. "You have to at least open one present. I actually thought about what I bought this year, I want some appreciation. Go appreciate."
With a dramatic sigh, Alex reached for the packet that she had discarded in favor of her delicious lover. However, she refused to budge off of Olivia's lap. Backing away just far enough to allow space for the present between them, she tore the wrapping open. "Oh, Liv, it's beautiful..."
"Not as beautiful as you," Olivia whispered, tucking an errant lock of blond hair behind an ear. "It caught my attention immediately. The blue reminded me of your eyes."
A soft kiss hit her cheek.
"Such a romantic," Alex murmured, leaning in to the kiss. "I love it," she said, fingering the soft material of the silk, hand-painted scarf. It really was beautiful, but not as beautiful as Olivia.
"So... about that kiss?"
Alex grinned, wrapping the scarf around her neck even though they were inside. "Another present first."
"It had better be as good as the kiss.""
"Hmm," Alex grabbed another present and plonked it on Olivia's lap. "You'll have to see."
"At least it's not as heavy as my last one," said Olivia, lifting the large but surprisingly lightweight package up and down. Unwrapping the dressings and tearing off the shiny silver bow, which Alex grabbed while she wasn't looking, she peered in the box, unable to find anything at first glance but shredded paper package stuffing (Alex was too environmentally conscious for Styrofoam). "Trying to be a smartass, huh, Cabot?" Alex pressed her lips together to stifle a grin as Olivia turned the box upside down and dumped it out. Following the stuffing, two small rectangles of glossy paper fluttered down to land on top of the pile.
Olivia picked them up, brow furrowing. When she realized exactly what they were, her jaw dropped. "Al... Alex... this is too much. Too much." She swallowed. "I can't accept these."
"Well, they're bought, so you'll have to. In fact, you love me, so you have no choice." Leaning over, Alex brushed her nose against the brunette's cheek, just in front of a perfect ear.
Olivia was still staring at the tickets in surprise. Full season tickets to the Knicks? How had Alex known? How had she even gotten her hands on these?
"Promise to take me to at least a few games," Alex said. "If I'm in your high-class company, even nachos, beer, and screaming, drunken fans seem appealing."
Olivia honestly had no idea what to say. "Alex..."
"Oh hush, honey," the blonde blushed. "Give me another present."
Still stunned, Olivia shuffled to the tree, picked up a present, and brought it back. "This won't compare... but at least ... it's something."
"You have good taste. I'm sure I'll love it," Alex said, gesturing at the silk scarf that she now wore along with her cotton sleep shirt and shorts. It wasn't exactly a typical ensemble, but to Olivia, Alex looked absolutely precious.
The detective watched with nervous anticipation as Alex unwrapped her present.
"See," Alex said with a wry grin, "you have excellent taste. It's gorgeous."
"You have to look at it closer," Olivia said, blushing in a way that made her look adorable.
Looking down at the fancy box that she had opened, Alex reached out to remove the dark blue fountain pen that Olivia had chosen for her. Turning it in her hand, she gasped when she saw the gold lettering on the other side.
"Baby..."
"You spend so much time at work, so much time writing. I just wanted to be on your mind when you're there."
"Liv..." Alex looked up, a spirit of a tear in her eyes. "Aside from the fact that you're pretty much on my mind twenty-four seven, this is the most thoughtful present anyone has ever given me."
Olivia grinned. "Damn, doesn't leave much hope for everything else under the tree then."
"But the day I came back..." Alex couldn't believe how much thought that Olivia had put into her present. The side of the blue pen was inscribed with the date that Alex had returned.
"It was the happiest day of my life because you came home to me." Olivia dropped a kiss on top of Alex's head, stroking her hair. "Maybe when you're working with this pen, it will remind you to come home to me instead of pulling all-nighters, but when you have to, it will also remind you that I love you and will wait for you as long as it takes."
Alex, tears now genuinely rolling down her face, put down the pen and climbed on Olivia's lap, burying her face in the brunette's neck.
"Nuff presents," she mumbled. "Take me to the bedroom and make love to me."
Olivia stroked her hand through blonde locks, cradling the love of her life in her arms gently. "One more present, give me one more to be even."
"That would be three for you and two for me," Alex said, sniffing as her head lifted.
"Nope, because after you give me one, I'm going to take you into our bedroom and make slow passionate love to you, and that's definitely a present."
Alex shuddered, her body already imagining every touch, every caress that Olivia would give to her. "Fine, one more present," she said, "but this is the last one..." Not bothering to look at which package she chose, she just made sure that it had Olivia's name on it before tossing it into her lap.
"It's not the last one, there are at least six more presents under that tree."
"I mean the last one for the moment," Alex said, fidgeting. "Hurry up..."
"Getting antsy, baby?" Olivia asked, her voice suddenly low and gravelly.
Somehow, part of Olivia's robe had slipped off of one tanned shoulder, and Alex ached to place a kiss there. Chewing on her lower lip, she watched Olivia open the small box and gasp in surprise. "Oh wow!"
"Mmhmm," said Alex, staring at the tanned skin in front of her. Leaning forward, she brushed her lips gently across Olivia's gorgeous shoulder.
"It's beautiful."
"I'll say."
"I meant the bracelet," Olivia teased, still fingering the thin silver bracelet that she had been gifted with even as her eyes rested on Alex.
"I decided that I needed to give you at least one girly present. A gun safe and tickets to the Knicks were too butch."
"Well, I'm definitely a girl."
Alex leaned forward, sliding her hand in between the folds of Olivia's robe straight to her uncovered centre. In two strokes she could feel wetness growing, and it was enough for her to slide two fingers straight into Olivia's centre.
"Christ!"
"Mmhmm, definitely a girl," Alex whispered, shuddering slightly at the heat.
Olivia's head lolled back on the couch. Only Alex could make her come totally undone in a matter of seconds. "I don't think... we're gonna - make it to the bedroom," she said hoarsely as Alex continued stroking her with clever fingers. She rolled her hips forward, unsure how she could be so close to orgasm so fast. She shook again when clever fingers pinched her nipple, making it strain into the air. When those fingers were replaced by a soft, willing mouth, Olivia's breath hitched. With Alex's hand still moving between her legs, she clutched the attorney's head to her chest, fingers tightening in her lover's loose blonde hair.
"Oh... god... Alex... I'm... I'm gonna..."
Cold air hit her nipple when a mouth came free with a 'pop'.
"Come for me, baby."
Olivia wanted to wait, wanted to make it last, wishing that she could fulfill all of the promises she had whispered in Alex's ear, but she was helpless as Alex's thumb found her unerringly, rolling in smooth circles that made her head spin. She fisted the back of Alex's sleep shirt, pulling her as close as possible.
"How..." she panted, "how do you do this to me?" She arched her back, feeling fingers plunge and then a wet thumb circled again, and then again. "I ... I can't... breathe.. oh... oh..."
Alex leaned in, latching her lips onto the brunettes pounding pulse point. As she bit down with her teeth, Olivia came apart in her arms, shuddering wildly as her orgasm ripped through her body. Closing her eyes for a brief moment, Alex allowed herself a soft, satisfied smile against the skin of Olivia's throat. The way that Olivia responded to her really was magical.
"Uh..." was all Olivia could manage.
"I love doing that," Alex breathed. "I really, really love doing that."
"You... wow. Ok, give me two minutes to recover and I'm totally going to carry you to the bedroom and show you exactly what I can do."
"I think I like the sound of that." Alex gently removed her fingers from the still shaking detective's centre.
Gathering what was left of her strength, Olivia gently pushed Alex off of her lap. Alex immediately missed her warmth. "Olivia, why...?" she started to ask, but the detective just smiled as she got to her feet and leaned forwards for a kiss. Before she knew what was happening, Alex's legs were around Olivia's waist and their lips were exploring as they tried to navigate their way to the bedroom, ignoring the scattered wrapping paper lying on the carpet and the still glowing lights of the Christmas tree.
Olivia couldn't help but smile against Alex's mouth and just one thought ran through her head: While the things Alex had given her were more beautiful than any other presents she had ever received, she already had the one thing in the world that truly mattered to her.