Author Notes: Umm, sorry about the long break between chapters but my life is a whirling mess 24/7. So enjoy this chapter and I'll do my best to get the next one out as soon as I can. And thanks again for your support and reviews.

Fly… - Chapter 5 – the Calm before…

"So does this mean you are into girls now? That explains why you joined the team...then again bunch of hot girls and cheerleading outfits. I can't really blame you." Dan grumbled as he and Marti sat down at the park bench by the water. She hadn't seen Dan since she and Savannah got together and since she was always on the go. And of course the snarking was in full force like always.

"First off, I have always been into girls. And second, you have a thing for cheerleaders? No way. Next you are going to tell me you love strippers…" Marti shot back. She and Dan always seemed to straddle the line between best friends and something more. They had tried the something more once but the less said about that the better.

"No I like strippers. I love exotic dancers…" Dan said.

"Isn't that the same thing as a stripper?" Marti shot back.

"Well the dancers have better music and better outfits." Dan smiled back.

"This is true…" Marti laughed and sipped her coffee. She really did miss Dan and felt like she had been neglecting him. Of course she had a lot on her plate nowadays. New classes, practice all the time, a new project and a new girlfriend. She had really been leaving him out of the loop as far as the changes in her life.

"So how does the rest of Cheer Town feel about you dating the captain?" Dan asked.

"Wow, you are just full of questions today… umm they don't know. Nobody knows besides you, me, Savannah and Mr. Wiggles…"Marti smirked.

"Who the hell is Mr. Wiggles?" Dan asked.

"Yeah he is the stuffed pig Savannah has on the bed in our room." Marti playfully punched him in the arm.

"Ow… Savannah Monroe? Why does that name Monroe sound so familiar?" Dan rubbed his arm and took another sip from his cup.

"Her family pretty much built Memphis Christian…" Marti answered.

"The biggest catholic university in the state? That Memphis Christian?" Dan asked.

"Yes. That one…" Marti rolled her eyes.

"Wait a second; is Savannah that stuck up chick from the tryouts? The one that was giving you shit?" Dan asked.

"Yeah…that's her…" Marti answered.

"No shit. Well, like always you sure can pick 'em, pal." Dan laughed and patted her on the shoulder.

"She was just under a lot of pressure that day..." Marti said as an image of Savannah flash in her mind. Her hair, her smile and that cute little necklace with the word 'cheer' on it. How could she not be in love with her?

"She seems like she is wound a little tight. Like super tight." Dan took a sip from his cup.

"She's not like that all of time. Savannah's different…"Marti spaced out once again when she mentioned her girlfriend. She could feel the smile growing on her lips from just saying her name.

"Jeez, you're at the smiling like a goof stage already…" Dan said as he rolled his eyes.

"I am having a very hard time remembering why you are my best friend." Marti felt a vibration from her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She flipped it open and saw that the message was from Savannah. The butterflies in her stomach started to flutter and she took a second to calm down. She smiled to herself as she read the message.

I miss you… Marti quickly typed back I miss you more and closed her phone up.

"She makes me feel like I can do anything and it has been awhile since I have felt like that." Marti started absent mindedly stirring her coffee and smiling like she usually did when she started thinking about Savannah. Just knowing that she was waiting for back at home made her day go by that much quicker.

"Yeah I know…" Dan continued staring into his coffee and Marti could tell he wanted to say something else.

"Dude, stop being a punk and just say what is on your mind." Marti groaned and looked into his eyes.

"I am just saying she is the opposite of you in like every single way. Her dad is the super pastor or something of the biggest church in town. And now she is down with the other team. Not buying it for a second." Dan folded his arms and his eyebrow shot up.

"What do you mean by that?" Marti asked.

"I mean just a few weeks ago, she was this prissy stuck up cheer captain and now she is …" Dan paused for a second.

"My girlfriend." Marti said.

"Your girlfriend. Ok then…" Dan rolled his eyes.

"She is with me and I don't understand why you always do this…" Marti crossed her arms gave Dan an icy glare. They did go out a few times before college and he always got all huffy whenever she got into a new relationship. She could usually handle it but he was attacking Savannah. And she didn't like where he was going with this at all.

"Do what? I am just looking out for you. You are so gaga over her that you aren't seeing the big picture." Dan did his little air quote thing to emphasize his point.

"Enlighten me, Dan. What is the big picture?" Marti said coldly.

"That you need to be careful." Dan answered.

"Come on, every single time I get in a new relationship, you get all worried and concerned. This is beyond old and I wish you would stop it." Marti shot back.

"Get over yourself, Marti. I mean you got a lot on your plate and maybe you aren't seeing this for what it probably is." Dan said.

"And let me guess, you think that is some kind of phase for her or something." Marti grumbled.

"I never said that but you know what? Believe whatever you want and do whatever you want. I am just saying be careful…because you have a lot to lose if this thing goes south…" Dan knew what Marti was probably thinking. That he was jealous or something like that. And yes, he did have a crush on Marti but almost everybody did. But honestly he was just trying to look out for his friend. Unfortunately, she didn't see it that way.

"You don't know her. I am with Savannah now and I trust her." Marti got her things to together and stood up from the table. She wasn't going to sit here and listen to Dan anymore. She knew that he probably meant well but she wasn't going to let anyone bag on her relationship.

"Marti…" Dan started to say but Marti just kept talking.

"And if I trust her that should be more than enough for you. I'm so outta here…" Marti walked away as fast as she could. Was Dan right to be worried about her? Was a new relationship something that she could handle right now? Why is this bothering her so much? She tried to shake it off as she made her way back to Cheer Town.

Meanwhile…

Savannah was sitting downstairs working on her laptop and doing her favorite thing in the world, thinking about her girlfriend. She clicked on her ITunes playlist and clicked on Usher's There Goes My Baby. Savannah plugged in her ear buds and listened. She smiled and started drawing Marti's name on her notebook.

"There goes my baby…" Savannah hadn't been this happy in so long that it felt like a dream. She always drew these little stars and hearts around her name. It felt so good just to have somebody that cared about her. Sure she had the team but Marti wasn't the team. She was all hers and that was the best part.

"You don't know how good it feels to call you my girl…" She sang along with the song. When she first heard it made her think about Marti right away. All the words just seemed to fit with everything she was feeling.

"I've been waiting all day to wrap my hands around your waist and kiss your face..." Savannah sang and an image of Marti popped into her head. She closed her eyes and thought about every little detail; her trademark smirk, her curly mess of blonde hair, and those amazing eyes of hers that seemed wise beyond her years. Marti had opened the door to this world that she never wanted to leave. She opened her phone and texted her girlfriend.

I miss you, Savannah typed and sent it. And a few seconds later, she got a reply from her. I miss you more. She smiled and put her phone down.

"Wouldn't trade this feeling for nothing not even for a minute…" She made see things in herself that she had never seen before. She couldn't believe how new and exciting everything was with Marti.

"And I'll sit here long as it takes to get you all alone but as soon as you come walking my way you gon' hear me say…" Savannah looked down at her phone and saw she was getting a call. She pulled out her ear bud and looked at the caller id. She didn't recognize the number but answered it anyway.

"This is Savannah…" She said in her usual perky tone.

"Hello, Savannah."

Savannah felt her good mood quickly fade away as soon as she heard the voice on the other end. She really didn't want to deal with this right now. She had been having a good day and this didn't seem fair at all. Couldn't she have one whole day without something terrible happening?

"Hi, Mother…I didn't recognize the number at first. Is this a new number?" Savannah paused and took a deep breath. Her mother never called her. Just seeing at the hospital the other was the most contact she had with her in a long time.

"Yes, it is. We changed the house number once you left our school." Her mother said rather coldly.

"Umm is everything ok?" Savannah tried to ignore that comment but it still stung.

"I was just calling to let you know that your sister is out of the hospital and she is coming home today." Her Mom always spoke to her with this tone in her voice. Like she was talking to her out of some kind of obligation and not because she wanted her to know what was going on. Just hearing her mother's voice was like a little dagger stabbing away at Savannah's self esteem.

"That's great, Mother. I had been praying for her." Savannah said still trying to maintain her perky demeanor.

"Sure you have been. Well your father thinks it would be a good idea if we all sat down and a family dinner like we used to. I told your father that you would probably be busy with your little cheerleading…" Her mom started to say but before she could finish, Savannah jumped in.

"Of course I would love to…" Savannah answered quickly. She didn't really want to but some part of her still wanted to reconcile with her family.

"Oh. Well…ok then. On Sunday night at the usual time and feel free to bring one of your little cheer friends along if you want." Her mom sounded like she didn't believe her but an olive branch is olive branch and Savannah would take what she could get.

"Sounds great and I can't wait to see you…" Savannah said but she didn't get a response. She looked at her phone and saw that her mom had hung up on her. Savannah sat back in her chair and sighed. Now all she had to do was convince her girlfriend to go into the belly of the beast with her.

Later on that evening…

Marti stood outside of her bedroom door and took a deep breath in. Was she trying to take on too much? Dan was full of shit. He was once again trying to mess up one of her relationships before it could get started. And she still had about 100 pages of reading to do for her law class, 5 cases to review for her law professor, practice and her usual load of class work. She pulled her heavy backpack over shoulder and it felt like it weighed a hundred pounds. How in the hell was she supposed to pull this off? It wasn't like this was a TV show where she could juggle all of these things and be the most talented and the best at everything. She never had enough time for anything and…

"No. That is bullshit and I can do this." Marti just had to do the work and everything would be fine. As long as nothing distracting or earth shattering came up, she should be able pull this off. Marti opened the door and walk into her bedroom. Savannah was just sitting on the bed quietly and looking at her phone.

"Hey…" Savannah said softly. She had been sitting there for a long time just wondering how she was supposed to ask Marti to walk in the hornet's nest that is her mother's house. She knew that Marti loved her and that she would do anything for her but she couldn't ask her to do that. Could she?

"Hey beautiful…" Marti smiled at her and Savannah smiled back.

Every single time she saw Savannah's smile, it reminded her of why she was doing this. Because this beautiful and amazing girl believed in her and that was enough to make her feel like she could handle anything that came her way. Marti walked over to her girlfriend and pulled her up from the bed. She slipped her arms around Savannah's waist and rested her forehead against the smaller girl's. Marti gave her gentle kiss and slow kiss. The homework, Dan, and the outside world didn't matter at all as long as she had Savannah Monroe in her arms; there was nothing that Marti Perkins couldn't handle.

As soon as Savannah felt Marti's lips on hers, she wasn't scared anymore. Marti Perkins made her feel like there was nothing to be scared of. She had been brought up to be scared of anything outside of the little world that her mother and father had built. Savannah opened her mouth and deepened the kiss. Her tongue slid against Marti's and the feeling was indescribable. Every time Marti touched her or kissed her, Savannah knew that this woman was supposed to be by her side. Her hand started playing in those amazing curls that she knew every inch of. Savannah let her other hand play at the hem of Marti's shirt. She could feel the taller girl hold her breath as her fingertips brushed over her stomach and her hand made its way to her breasts.

"Damn, Savannah…I missed you…I always miss you…" Marti gasped as Savannah's hand squeezed her breast and started gently sucking on that spot on her neck that she had discovered a few days ago. And just like that, Marti had gotten pushed past slightly worked up to dizzy with lust in record time.

"I missed you too…" Savannah continued sucking away at Marti's neck like a vampire. Her hand kept massaging her left breast and playing with her nipple. She made Marti walked backwards until her back was against the door. Savannah let go of Marti's breast and her moved swiftly to the front of the blonde's jeans.

"F-fuck…"Marti slammed her fist against the door and bit her bottom lip. Savannah hadn't had much experience with 'naughty time' (Savannah's nickname not hers) when they first got together but in the last few days, Savannah had gotten better at it.

"I got you to say the f-word…" Savannah giggled as she pulled the zipper of her pants down.

"Yeah you did…" Marti panted as Savannah's hand rubbed over the front of her underwear. God she could always turn her on so easily. She knew the front of her panties had to be a little damp from the things that the captain was doing to her. Savannah always made her problems melt away and she could barely remember why she had been upset or worried.

"Bet I can get you to say it again…" Savannah whispered again and planted several butterfly kisses across her throat and back to the crook of her neck. Every time they made love, Marti always touched her. She always made sure that she had an orgasm but she never asked for Savannah to do anything in return. And Savannah was always okay with her because she wasn't always sure what she should or shouldn't be doing. However, every time Marti did that, Savannah wanted to do more for her. She just wanted to make Marti feel good.

"P-probably…ahhh…" Marti never wanted to rush her into anything. And every time but she really wanted Savannah to give her the orgasm that her body so desperately needed. Her hand was inside of her panties so quickly that she barely had a chance to realize it. Those magic slender fingers slipped inside of her center and her knees practically buckled from the action. Marti gasped and reached for something to herself from collapsing on the floor. She held onto Savannah's strong shoulder to keep herself from falling down.

"Good to know…" Savannah smiled and lifted up Marti's shirt until her breasts were exposed. She dragged her tongue over the blonde's perky breast and enjoyed the feeling of her nipple on her tongue.

"Aaaah…S-savannah…baby…" Marti could barely speak. Savannah's mouth felt amazing on her neck and her fingers felt amazing as they went in and out of her. She couldn't believe how close she was and Savannah was just getting started. The brunette stopped sucking on her neck and whispered in her ear.

"I want you to cum for me. I want my beautiful baby girl to cum for me…" Savannah continued working her fingers in and out of Marti while her thumb started rubbing her clit. She smiled to herself as Marti began making this sexy little whimper from her actions. Marti's hips bucked forward from the way her thumb was moving back and forth. She could tell how close her girl from the way she was writhing against the door. Savannah couldn't believe how sexy Marti looked at that moment. Her thumb flicked over the sensitive bud and Marti's entire body shuddered.

"Ssss-savannah….Unnh….b-baby I-I love you soooo…"Marti groaned as her girlfriend's fingers and thumb brought her over the edge that she had been teetering on for the last few minutes. Her orgasm pounded through her body like a jackhammer. She always knew that when Savannah did finally touch her it would practically shut down her brain and it was even more intense than that. Marti slid down the door until she and Savannah were cuddled on the floor. Marti looked up at the ceiling and exhaled.

"Fuck…" Marti said with a smile on her face as she continued trying to catch her breath.

"Told ya you would say it again…did I do that right? I mean, I was just doing what you showed me…" Savannah whispered and started making little patterns on Marti's stomach. She was a little worried about her performance. After all it was her first time and now that the moment had passed, she was nervous about the whole thing. She didn't know what had come over her.

"Yes you did tell me…that was amazing baby." Marti felt like passing out right then and there. Her entire body was still humming from Savannah's touch. She could feel Savannah smiling against her chest began playing in the brunette's hair. Dan was wrong again. Marti could handle anything that the world could throw at her.

"Baby, there is something, I need to ask you..." Savannah asked as she continued making tracing patterns over Marti's stomach.

"Anything for you…" Marti answered.

"Can you come to my mother's place with me for dinner tomorrow night?" Savannah asked in a single breath.

And it was at that exact moment that Marti Perkins realized one thing. The world had finally found something to throw at her that she might not be able to handle.

To Be Continued...