The drive home was completely silent for the first few blocks. Finally, Megan had to speak.

"Kate…"

"Was that really the best way to handle that situation? Didn't you think for a second…"

"I'm sorry I put you in that position, I really am. But you don't get my mother. She…"

"She said would have accepted us!"

"She says that now that she's been embarrassed in front of her friends and has no choice but to be gracious about it."

"She's right. You could have given her the benefit of the doubt."

"Really? You're going to take her side? What about the benefit of the doubt she gave me for wanting to look into my father's death, huh? What about the benefit of the doubt she gave him?"

Kate was silent again for a few minutes.

"You missed the turn…" Megan tried to tell her.

"I'm not taking you home."

"Where are you taking me?"

Kate drove them to her favorite spot out in the suburbs near the river, overlooking the bridge back into the city. It was very dark. Megan scanned their surroundings to make sure they were safe, and appeared satisfied after seeing a playground nearby and several houses not too far in the distance. Kate shut the engine off before turning to Megan. She appeared not to know what to say, so Kate started.

"I think you still have a lot of healing to do from your childhood. God knows I have plenty of wounds I need to work on too, but this thing with your father is something you should really explore. Maybe you should talk to someone."

"You think I need a shrink?"

"Megan, we're doctors. Don't tell me you're embarrassed to go to therapy."

"I'm not. I've just been many so times in my life and it never seemed to have made a difference."

"Did you discuss this specifically?"

"Of course."

"Well I'm not telling you that you need to go. I'm just suggesting. Sometimes a new person, at a different stage in our lives, can make a difference."

"I'm never going to know the truth about my father. What I do know is that my mother was cold to him, just like she was to me, and ever since she has tried to make up for it but continues to push me further and further away. She only cares about her image. She abandoned me when I lost my career, abandoned me when my marriage failed. How was I to know she wouldn't abandon me again with this?"

Kate reached out for Megan's hand. Megan closed her eyes at the sensation, which was quickly becoming the most surefire way to make her feel grounded.

"I understand," Kate said. "I'm not upset at you for how you feel. I just wasn't expecting you to…"

"I'm sorry. I know that had to be uncomfortable."

"To say the least." Kate rolled her eyes, then admitted, "Not that I didn't feel slightly vindicated. You should have heard the things they were saying in the kitchen."

"I don't even want to know… tell me."

Kate smiled.

"You can imagine. Your mother was quite proud of herself for finding you the 'perfect match.' Such a handsome man, after so long…" she teased.

Megan held Kate's chin.

"He didn't stand a chance," she whispered as she kissed her. Kate stroked her fingers through Megan's hair as Megan fully indulged in her lips. She played with one of the teardrop earrings dangling from Kate's earlobe.

"I feel like a kid in high school, making out in the car, on a school night…" Megan whispered into Kate's ear.

Kate smirked. "I'm glad we're not in high school. I never would have had the guts to go after you then."

"You really knew back then?"

"I knew from the time I first laid eyes on Dr. Ana Seismore. She was one of the medics on base. I was eight."

"Wow. And yet you still went out with men? All these years, knowing…"

"I didn't think I had a choice. I never thought I'd…"

She ran her fingertips over Megan's lips, trying to remind herself that this was real, not just some dream she'd had as a teenager and thought would never come true. Megan grabbed her hand and sucked on one of her fingers, taking it all the way in and slowly pulling it out of her mouth, wrapping her tongue around the tip before letting go. Kate turned in her seat towards Megan. She sucked on her neck until Megan couldn't help but bring her hands to the hem of Kate's ivory skirt. She slid them up the inside of her silky smooth thighs, thankful that the material stretched as Kate spread her legs for her. She leaned back against the window as Megan continued to tease.

"You want me?" Megan asked, knowing the answer.

"Please… I'm so wet," Kate whispered, already shaking. She locked eyes with Megan, the few blonde locks hanging before her face catching the moonlight. Her eyes and the blue gems in her ears that matched them seemed to glow. Megan eased her fingers into the wetness. Kate grabbed Megan's ass, perfect in her grey pantsuit, and squeezed firmly as she let Megan make love to her. Megan fingered her more slowly and gently than she ever had before, teasing her entrance before diving back in, all the while massaging her clit with her thumb. It didn't take long before Kate was trembling as she came. She was glad no one would see the mess that was made of her white skirt.

Megan continued to kiss her slowly, over and over again.

"I want to taste you," Kate shared as best as she could through labored breaths.

She pushed Megan back against the opposite window and undid her pants, sliding them down, along with the black silk below. Megan made sweet noises as she stared out at the stars. She looked back down at Kate's head between her legs, where she was licking every inch of her. Their breath had fogged up the windows, and Megan felt her hair sliding against the moisture. She gently stroked the back of Kate's neck as she came into her mouth and Kate moaned with approval.

After coming back to reality, Megan began to laugh.

"We are like horny teenagers."

Kate sat up, licking her lips before letting Megan taste herself on them.

The two spent another hour holding hands and watching the sky before driving back to the city.