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Alex had a small picnic basket and Olivia carried a blanket as they walked. "I think you're going to like this place." Alex pointed. "That's the barn over there. The horses aren't here now, but there's a trail and gear in there as well."
"Pretty complete package Uncle Morty has here 'Lexi'." Liv had been waiting to spring that one on her.
"Oh yeah...I didn't figure you'd let me escape from that. He's been my Uncle Morty and I've been his Princess Lexi forever. No one else calls me that, ever."
"I think it's really sweet that you have that. He and Doug love you very much." Olivia grabbed her hand. "You're really lucky to have family like that."
"Yes, I know. The pond is down this way." She tugged the detective along.
Beyond the trees Olivia could just make out a small pond. It was perfectly still and there was no noise at all. She could actually hear herself breathing. "That's awesome."
"Do you like the water, Liv?" Alex put the basket down and faced her girlfriend.
"Sure do. I like swimming, fishing, sailing...you name it. So which are we doing?" A light breeze had blown a stray shock of blonde hair in to Alex's eyes. Olivia reached out and brushed it out of the way.
"Beach picnic, then a ride in the row boat?" Alex leaned in and kissed Liv softly on the lips.
"Sounds like a dream I had one time." Olivia grinned.
"So, did I have role in this dream?" Alex asked as they made their way to a grassy area near the shore.
"Starring, sweetheart." Olivia grinned flirtatiously.
"Uh huh...and this dream, detective, what was it rated?" Alex needled as she helped her spread out the blanket.
"The motion picture rating system has not yet rated this dream." Liv winked.
"Oh, you naughty detective." Alex began unpacking fruit and water. "And tell me, when did you first start having these dreams?"
"Counselor, I cannot answer that question on the grounds that it might incriminate me." Olivia looked at the spread Alex laid out. "That's a lot of food. Hope you're hungry."
"I didn't know what fruit you like. There's so much I don't know about you, Liv. I want to learn it all." Alex giggled to herself. "For example, apple or pear?"
"Pear please." She took the fruit from Alex. "The apple or pear thing is fine, but there's other more complicated things to learn about me, though."
"Your detective skills are keen, Liv, but you never answered my question. The prosecutor in me will rephrase. When did you first start having feelings for me?" Alex took a bite of her apple.
Liv pursed her lips and swallowed the bite of pear she was chewing. "You remember the Cavanaugh case?"
"Yes. I do." Alex encouraged her to go on.
"You were working late and I stopped by with Chinese. You were wearing your gray suit with the powder blue shell underneath it. You told me you were nursing a mother of a bad headache. I stood behind you and rubbed your neck and shoulders a little bit to help out." Alex snickered. "And youlet me. My stomach felt all floppy and weird and I just figured it was too much Moo Goo Gai Pan. Then we left and I found myself thinking about you on the way home and after I got home and when I woke up the next morning." Alex looked across the blanket to the eyes that shone with love and desire. "And even though we'd spent almost the whole day together and a couple hours having dinner...I couldn't wait to see you the next day." She stopped for a sip of water. "Soon after that I realized what was going on and figured acting on it was completely out of the question since we work together and I figured you were hopelessly straight. There's no real way to ask that question without raising suspicions as to why I wanted to know." She inspected her pear for the next bite. "Your witness, counselor."
"That was almost a year ago. Wow. I feel really silly knowing that we've both had feelings and could have had this happen as early as a year ago." She wiped her mouth and sipped her water.
Olivia arched her eyebrows. "So, when did you first realize something might be going on?" Olivia saw a blush creep across Alex's face. "C'mon. I've showed you mine in agonizing detail."
Alex closed her eyes. "You remember the day we met?" Olivia nodded and swallowed hard. "Yeah, somewhere about that time." She looked down. "I've always been gay and you were...just look at you, Liv. You're gorgeous and strong and smart and you help people and always know what to say and what to do." She rubbed the back of her neck. "At first I figured I was just crushing on you like I would a teacher. Then I realized it was something much more. You were pervading my thoughts and dreams. I had to be harder on you to make sure I wasn't giving you any favoritism. I'm pretty sure that blew up in my face and made you think I hated you." She bit her bottom lip. "But the opposite was true."
"Wow. Some detective. The gorgeous woman I spend all day and occasionally all night with has a case of the hots for me and I can't spot it from three feet away for years." She shook her head and exhaled. "But that's past sweetheart. We're here now." She motioned for Alex to come sit by her.
Alex lay down on the blanket and put her head in Olivia's lap. Liv played with her hair. "So, where exactly is here?"
Olivia started running her fingers under the collar of Alex's shirt. She loved the soft flesh that she found there. Alex let out a soft moan indicating she was enjoying it too. "Here is complicated, but we're both grown women and consummate professionals. We can handle it." Alex let out another sound almost like a purr. "Besides, here happens to be a very, very nice place to be."
Alex turned her head and placed a kiss on the exposed flesh of the inside of Olivia's knee. Now it was Olivia's turn to moan. "I agree on all counts."
Alex opened her mouth and explored the delicate flesh with a short swipe of her tongue. Olivia shuddered and pulled away. "Oh boy. Ok...water sports were next, right?"
"Sorry. It was just too tempting. It starts that way in my fantasies some times." Alex stood up.
"Fantasies?" Liv's voice squeaked like a teenage boy. She stood up and helped clean up their picnic.
"That slipped out, huh?" Alex blushed slightly.
"Yeah." Liv folded the blanket and confronted the woman. "So, tell."
Alex shook her head and headed toward the rowboat. "No way."
"Why not?" Liv followed.
"It's too weird. I mean, it's real now and I'd just rather not confuse the two." The prosecutor made her case.
"How about if I share mine then, too?" Liv was as good at her job of getting people to talk as Alex was at hers.
"Liv! Really?" She saw the brunette's eyes widened as she nodded. "You had fantasies about me?"
"Boy did I. Keep in mind I'm supposed to be in my sexual prime. So, yeah, sweetheart, I did...a lot." She helped Alex in to the boat.
"A lot, huh?" Alex steadied the boat while Liv climbed in. Liv took the stern and the oars. She nodded again. "Any ever take place in the crib?"
"Oh yeah." She rowed them out.
Alex just stared at her. The woman was beautiful. She watched her muscles strain with each stroke of the oars. Her arms had great definition. "Ok, I'll tell you one of mine that happens in the crib."
Liv had steered them to the middle of the pond and stopped rowing. Alex turned around and positioned her back to Liv and leaned back between her legs. "It's always a late night...snow or rain has made it impossible to leave. You go back to the crib to catch some sleep but I decline. After a half hour or so, I decide that sleep would be good. I walk in to the crib and find you crying...or at least I think so."
"Oh my God." Liv gasps at how turned on she's getting by her story telling. Doesn't help that Alex is pressing her back in to her and her head is resting on her breasts. She leans down and inhales the lemon and sage scent of her hair.
"Gets better, baby. I walk over and try to wake you. You are startled and a little angry. 'Christ, Cabot...don't you knock?' I apologize. I explain that I thought you were having a nightmare or something. As my eyes adjust to the dark, I can tell that I actually interrupted something more personal and I back away. You grab my hand. 'No, Alex. I'm sorry. I shouldn't do this here...but it's a stress reliever and I'm not used to anyone walking in when I'm here alone.'"
Liv giggled. "What a naughty girl this Detective Benson is. Taking care of business in the crib." She dipped her head and kissed the side of Alex's neck.
"Mmmm, you have no idea, Liv. God, that feels great." She tilted her head to give Liv better access to her neck.
"I get bold and say, 'Well, detective Benson, we've both been under a great deal of stress. Anything I can do to help?' You pull me on top of you with a hungry glint in your eye that I can't see but know is there. And one thing leads to another and there's removal of clothing, panting, screaming and everyone lives happily ever after."
Liv turned her attentions entirely to the column of porcelain flesh on the side of Alex's neck. She whispered against the flesh, "You are sobeautiful." She pulled the shirt aside and licked a line under the silky blonde hair from just below the ear down to her clavicle. Then she nipped her way back up. From her vantage point she could see the swell of Alex's breast and the lace of her bra.
"Oh Liv...yes." Alex closed her eyes and started to squirm between her legs.
Liv inched one hand down her shirt and rested her hand on the warm soft flesh there. She tilted Alex's head the other direction and performed the same ministrations. She felt Alex tremble. She started a gentle massage of the flesh under her hand.
"Liv...we...we should...oh baby yes...stop. We should stop." She pulled herself up and turned around in Liv's arms. "Not here...not our first time...not like this. Ok?" She searched the desire darkened brown eyes to make sure she understood.
"Yes. I got a little carried away." Liv reached out and cupped her cheek. "It's easy to do while you're telling naughty little stories."
Alex closed her eyes. "I don't mean to be like a love struck teenager, but I want the first time we make love to be special. I want to be looking in your eyes when I call out your name and vice versa."
"Alexandra Cabot...badass ADA by day, hopeless romantic by night. I love what I'm learning about you." She leaned down and kissed her lips softly.
"We should get back or we'll be late for lunch." Alex scooted back to her spot in the bow to let Liv row them back to shore.
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