Chapter 11

Date Night

Sara had arrived early at Catherine's place to pick her up. She stood before Catherine's front door for a few moments, before raising her hand and knocking hard on the door. She heard the distinct noises of someone coming down the hallway, before the door was pulled open. The opening door revealed Lindsey Willows smiling at her.

"Hi Sara" she said with a grin.

"Hey Lindsey" Sara replied smiling back at the preteen girl. "Is your mom ready to go yet?"

"Nah, sorry. She's still getting dressed or something. You can come in and wait if you want though" Lindsey replied stepping back enough to let Sara pass her, then shutting the door behind Sara.

As Sara walked in through the door she said "that's ok, I'm a bit early anyway."

Lindsey looked at Sara as she settled on to the couch. "Mom's never on time for dates" Lindsey said, "Mom said something about not being on time is a woman's right."

Sara laughed "that'd be right. Trust your mother to keep me waiting." Sara replied with a grin.

***

At that moment Catherine's voice called out to Lindsey, "Linds, sweetie, who was that at the door?"

"It was just Sara" Lindsey called back.

There was a muttered curse by Catherine which carried throughout the house before her reply. "Shit! Uh…I'll be right out."

Lindsey grinned at Sara "Mom must really like you. She only gets flustered like that if she really likes the person."

"Really?" Sara asked.

"Yeah." Lindsey replied.

***

A short while later Catherine rushed past wearing only a white towel wrapped around her middle. As she hurried past she called out to Sara, "I'll be done in a minute."

"There's no rush!" Sara called back even though the blonde had already disappeared.

Lindsey spoke up while Sara was staring at the direction Catherine had left. "You look really nice Sara."

"Thanks," Sara replied with a smile. "Maybe I should go and see how your mom's doing."

Lindsey shook her head. "Nice try. But if you go in there you won't come out and there'll be no date for the two of you."

"You know this is a date?" Sara asked with shock evident in her voice.

Lindsey rolled her eyes "Duh, course I do. It's about time."

Sara looked worried "Are you ok with this? If not, I'll go now."

Lindsey grinned at Sara, "I'm fine with it. I'm so happy for both of you, just go for it."

***

As Sara smiled back at the acceptance Lindsey had shown Catherine appeared in the door way. She had curled her hair, and she wore a little black dress that ended just before the knees, with matching black high heels.

Sara stood up and walked over to look at her more closely. "Hey," she said softly "you look gorgeous."

"You don't look too bad yourself" replied Catherine eyeing Sara in her blue shirt and black pants. Catherine stepped closer to Sara "there is only one thing that could make it better…"

"What's that?" Sara asked, captivated by Catherine moving closer to her.

Catherine took one last step forward, and popped open a button on Sara's shirt. "There" she said with a smile.

There was a cough from behind them and the two women turned to face the source of the noise. "I think you have a date to be getting too" Lindsey said with a smirk.

"Alright, alright we're going." Catherine said as she walked over to Lindsey and gave her a quick hug and kiss. "Try not to blow anything up, or burn the house down" Catherine said with a grin, "and call me if you need me."

"I'll be fine mom" Lindsey replied. "Bye Sara. Have…fun with mom" she said with a smirk.

"See ya, Linds." Sara said with an evil grin.

Catherine walked back over to Sara and entwined their fingers before reaching up and kissing the brunette lightly on the lips. "We'd better go."

"Yeah." Sara said as they walked outside and jumped in Sara's car.

***

When they arrived at the restaurant both women hopped out. As they walked into the restaurant, they joined hands once more.

"It's Italian. I know that's a little cliché but…" Sara began before she was interrupted.

"Shhh…" Catherine whispered placing her index finger on Sara's lips to silence her "its perfect."

The two walked in and were seated together at a quaint little candle lit table. The whole restaurant was very romantic, and the pair spent their night talking and eating good food. Catherine did get a little restless during the meal and began running her foot up the inside of Sara's leg making her shudder. That was the point where Sara decided it was time for them to head home.

***

"I can't believe you wouldn't let me have dessert" Catherine muttered, as Sara drove them back to Catherine's place.

"We've already been out for nearly three hours! I just thought we should go home and check on Linds." Sara replied, glancing at Catherine before settling her eyes back on the road.

"I don't care. You're still mean." Catherine pouted, crossing her arms over her chest and acting like a child who didn't get her way.

Sara laughed at her "I'm sure you'll get over it."

"You don't know that." Catherine replied. "How about you come back to my place and we have some real dessert?" Catherine bargained.

Sara simply shook her head.

"Why not?" Catherine asked.

"Because Lindsey's there." Sara replied.

"And…?"

"And, I don't want to get caught having sex with you by your teenage daughter" Sara replied earnestly.

"Damn it Sara, I want to have sex with you." Catherine growled. Then her eyes flashed "We could go to your place" she grinned "Lindsey isn't at your place."

"Nice try." Sara said "but I'm not having sex with you tonight."

Catherine growled. "But Saarraa" Catherine whined. "We've already slept together."

Sara snorted at her statement "I don't think you using me as a human pillow really denotes 'sleeping together' in the way you're implying it." Sara laughed. "That's more sleeping on me than anything else."

"Damn you for being so responsible. I feel like a hormonal teenager" Catherine whined. "I just want sex. Is that really so much to ask for?"

"Maybe tomorrow." Sara replied with a grin.

Catherine perked up at this "Yes! Linds will be at school…and I have a pool." Catherine grinned "You never know, she might even have a sleep over to attend."

"Catherine Willows" Sara said in mock horror, "Are you forcing your daughter to go to a sleep over so you can have sex with me?"

"Shut up!" Catherine replied as Sara pulled up out the front of her house. Sara turned to face Catherine, but before she could say anything, her mouth was otherwise engaged. Catherine grinned as she pulled back from the kiss, having successfully silenced Sara. "I had a really nice time tonight" Catherine said smiling at Sara.

"So did I." Sara replied. "Thanks for coming" she said with a grin.

"So…I'll see you here tomorrow?" Catherine asked.

Sara nodded "sounds like I have no choice" she replied with a grin.

Catherine got out of the car, and turned to look back into the car before shutting the door. "Oh, and don't forget your swim wear" she said with a smirk before closing the door without waiting for Sara's response. Catherine waved with a smile before walking up towards her front door.

Sara smiled as she watched Catherine walk into her house, obviously putting some extra sway in her hips. Sara shook her head, sighed, then drove away.

***

When Catherine got inside, she smiled at her daughter who was spread out on the couch fast asleep in front of the television. She walked over and picked up the remote, turning off the television. She placed the remote back on the table and sat down on the edge of the couch. Gently she lifted up her daughter's hair which was covering her face and put it behind her ears. With that small movement her daughter stirred, and bright blue eyes looked up at her.

"Hey sweetie." Catherine said softly.

"Hey mom." Lindsey looked around, "where's Sara?"

Catherine smiled "She dropped me off here, and then she went home."

"Oh. How was it? Was it good?" Lindsey said with a yawn.

"Yeah, it was a really nice night. The only reason I'm back now is that Sara thought I should check on you." Catherine grinned, and poked her daughter, "I missed out on dessert because of you."

"Really?" Lindsey asked. "Maybe some other time then."

Catherine sighed, "yeah, maybe."

"Are you two going to go out again? You know, you look really cute together, and I really like Sara." Lindsey said, watching Catherine.

"She might come over tomorrow." Catherine said.

Lindsey sat up. "Is she coming over tomorrow night?"

"I don't know, why?"

"Well, I was hoping you'd let me…" Lindsey paused watching Catherine's face, and attempting to judge her mood.

"I'd let you what exactly?" Catherine asked.

"Go for a sleep over at a friend's place." Lindsey replied.

"Really?" Catherine said with a grin. "Well, we might just be able to arrange that. How about we make the call tomorrow morning?"

Lindsey looked at her mother, "I like you when you go out with Sara." She said bluntly.

"Why's that?" Catherine asked puzzled.

"You actually agree to let me do things." Lindsey replied with a grin.

"Hmmm…well, right now I think you need to get to bed." Catherine smiled.

"Sure." Lindsey yawned. "Night mom."

"Night Linds." Catherine replied as she watched her daughter get up from the couch and wander upstairs to her room. Once Lindsey had left Catherine flopped down on the couch. 'Tomorrow is going to be an amazing day' she thought to herself, just as sleep overtook her.

Happy New Year guys! I figured that everyone who's been reading deserves a good(?) start to the New Year. So, hopefully this was a good start, if not I apologise, and hope you'll let me know what I did wrong or could improve on. Thanks for reading as always, and PLEASE leave a review.