Chapter sixteen: Dinner invitation
Lara sighed, letting her apartment door fall into its lock. Looking forward to a quiet evening and a free sunday, she made her way to the bedroom to change into something more comfortable. Undoing her ponytail and getting out of her street clothes, Lara put on a pair of black shorts and was just about to get into a t-shirt, when there was a knock at her front door. The redhead sighed, wondering who it could be, and dropped the t-shirt onto the bed, walking to her door in nothing but her shorts and her bra. Taking a look through the peephole, she noticed it was Dana and decided to open the door as she was, just to see Dana's reaction.
"Hi, Dana.", Lara greeted the smaller woman, leaning against the doorframe.
"Hi, Lar-" The words died on Dana's lips, her eyes grew wide and a blush crawled over her features.
Lara chuckled amused. "It's nothing you haven't seen before.", she said when the tennis player averted her eyes to the floor.
"I know.", Dana mumbled. "I just...well, I hadn't expected you to open the door like that."
The redhead crossed her arms in front of her chest, raising her brows. "Well, it's not my fault that you come here just a few minutes after I came home from work.", she joked. "What are you doing here anyway?"
At that the tennis player smiled. "Can I come in first?", she wondered.
Lara nodded, stepping aside to let the other woman into her apartment. Closing the door, she gestured Dana to follow her into the living room. "So, what are you doing here?", the chef asked again when they sat down onto the couch.
Dana smiled again. "Well, Tina invited all of us over to dinner at their place and since she didn't have your number, she asked me to ask you if you wanted to join us.", the athlete explained. "And, most importantly, I wanted to see you.", she added, her smile brightening.
The sous chef didn't answer right away, watching the impatience grow evident on Dana's face and in her body language. The brunette kept nervously sliding around on the couch, watching the taller woman with a questioning look. "You can tell Tina that I'd love to have dinner with you guys.", Lara finally broke the silence that had evolved, earning herself a sigh of relief from her girlfriend.
"I think you should tell her that yourself.", Dana said with a slight giggle in her voice. "You know, I came here to pick you up so that we could go there."
"Right now?", the chef wondered, looking down at her outfit. "Or do I have time to change into something...well, less revealing?"
The tennis player grinned at that. "Umm, I like your outfit.", she admitted. "Though I don't know about the others..."
Lara tilted her head to the side, a playful smile on her lips. "You like it, huh?"
Dana nodded, her grin becoming somewhat lascivious. "Hmm, it makes you look sexy.", she said, her voice a little lower than usual.
The simple statement coupled with the lowness of Dana's voice made Lara's heart beat faster. The chef felt a sudden wave of desire rush through her body and found her attention suddenly drawn to the athlete's delicious lips. "At what time did Tina say should we be there?", she asked without looking up, leaning closer to her counterpart, mentally undressing her.
"Umm, in about an hour.", Dana answered, seemingly clueless of what her girlfriend was wanting to do.
"Good." Lara couldn't help but smile before leaning in to capture Dana's lips in a kiss, but the other woman pulled back, looking rather alarmed.
"Lara, I don't think we should...", she began, but the sous chef silenced her by placing her index finger on her lips.
"Why not?", the redhead wondered, amused about Dana's worry, feeling the hotness of the brunette's lips against her finger. "You said we have an hour and I'm gonna make this quick.", she stated with a sexy smile.
Dana's eyebrows shot up. "You mean a quickie?"
The smile on the chef's lips broadened as she leaned forward. "Yes, a quickie.", she breathed into the smaller woman's ear, noticing the goose bumps on the athlete's tanned arms.
The tennis player swallowed audibly. "Okay.", she whispered hoarsly, wrapping her arms around the taller woman's neck.
Lara placed a quick peck on the athlete's lips. "Lie back, Dana.", she ordered then.
Dana did as she was asked, lying back on the couch, wrapping her legs around the taller woman's waist. The redhead grinned down at her while slowly moving her hands up Dana's thighs to the zipper of her jeans. She quickly unbuttoned and unzipped the jeans and moved on top of her girlfriend, eliciting a gasp of anticipation. Slowly moving her hand down her lover's body while nuzzling her neck, she felt the brunette holding her breath, which was only to be released in a loud groan as Lara pushed her hand into Dana's jeans and panties, thrusting two fingers into her wet pussy.
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"Do we look like we just had sex?", Dana asked, sounding somewhat worried, as they walked up to Bette and Tina's house. "Because if we do, Alice will notice and she'll tease us about it the whole night."
Lara, not really paying attention to her girlfriend's rambling, looked around the neighbourhood. "White picket fences.", she thought with a smile. "So very traditional." A nudge on her shoulder pulled her out of her thoughts and she turned to look at her girlfriend. "What was that for?", she asked, rubbing her shoulder.
"You're not even listening to me.", Dana complained, pouting.
"Of course I'm listening to you, Dana.", Lara tried to reassure her, not having a clue what the other woman had been talking about before.
The tennis player raised her brows, eyeing the chef suspiciously. "Oh, really? What was I talking about?"
"Umm...", Lara began.
"See, you weren't listening.", the brunette said again, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
The sous chef sighed in defeat. "Okay, okay, I admit. I wasn't listening.", she said. "I'm sorry and I promise, it won't happen again.", she continued in a cute voice. "Will you please tell me what you were talking about?"
Dana giggled and wrapped on arm around the taller woman's waist, snuggling closer to her. Lara smiled at her victory and placed a small kiss on the athlete's head.
"Nothing really important.", Dana said with a shrug. "I was just worrying about some things that I really don't have to worry about and I realized that you would have told me just that."
Lara smiled, satisfied with Dana's answer and decided to let it go, since it really didn't seem to be important. She placed another kiss on her girlfriend's head and followed her to the front door. Dana knocked, signalizing their arrival. They didn't have to wait long until Bette opened the door.
"Hi, Dana.", the dark haired woman greeted with a smile. "Oh, and hi to you, too, Lara. It's always nice to see you.", she added, giving Lara a welcoming smile before stepping aside to let the couple in.
"Thank you for inviting me, too. I just hope I'm not intruding or something.", Lara said, but Bette waved her off.
"Don't worry, you aren't, Lara.", she said. "Make yourselves at home, you two. Dinner should be ready soon." With that she walked off, leaving the two women in the hallway.
As soon as Bette was out of sight, Dana turned towards the chef, a silly grin on her lips.
"What is it?" Lara was somewhat confused by this.
The brunette's grin broadened. "Lara, I already told you they love you, didn't I? So why are you being all cautious around them instead of being the geeky and lovely Lara I know?"
The redhead chuckled at this. "You're just the right person to tell me this, Dana, aren't you? You weren't exactly being all confident when we first talked.", she said, remembering an all nervous and shy Dana telling her about a possible contract with Subaru.
Dana pulled a face. "Yeah, well, you were undressing." She wrapped her arms around the sous chef's neck, pulling her head down. "And you know how I can't concentrate on talking when you're naked.", she whispered before placing a brief kiss on her lips.
"Hey, are you gonna come in here, or what?" Shane's voice suddenly got their attention and they turned to see the hairdresser standing in the hallway. "It's getting quite boring all by myself, you know, with Bette and Tina preparing dinner and Alice being at home, finishing an article..."
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A little while later the three women were sitting around the dining table, waiting for Bette and Tina to serve dinner.
"What's that?", Dana asked, pointing to the meal on her plate, when Bette placed a plate in front of her.
Lara watched the alarmed expression in her girlfriend's eyes as the brunette was eyeing her meal as if it would jump at her once unattended. The chef in her could tell it was fish and the memory of Dana's last encounter with fish was still very vivid in her mind.
"It's baked tuna steak with vegetables.", Tina explained with a smile.
The athlete kept watching the tuna steak for a little while before turning to Lara. "I can't eat this, Lara.", she said, sounding worried. "Will you eat my fish, too?"
The redhead smiled. "Sure, just give it to me.", she answered. "Though we'll have to think of a way to burn those additional calories later."
Dana blushed slightly at those words, moving her tuna steak onto her girlfriend's plate.
"Dana, are you trying to stuff your woman here?", Shane joked.
"No, I...God, no, Shane.", the tennis player protested. "I just don't eat fish, you know."
Tina raised her brows at this. "Since when don't you eat fish?"
"Well, you know, there's been an incident...", Dana began, but trailed off, seemingly not wanting to tell her friends about her nausea. "Well, if you could give me some more of these vegetables, Tina..."
Lara noticed how the three other woman were suddenly all turning their glances from Dana to her as if asking if she had something to do with the incident their friend had been refering to.
"I have nothing to do with this.", she said, holding her hands up in defence.
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at Charmed Lassie: Well, thank you and I hope you'll stay tuned. :)
at Aqua Bubbles: You are right, they aren't enough Dana/Lara stories out there, which is part of why I decided to write one myself (other than the fact that I can't stop thinking about them :D). Anyway, don't worry, Dana really does feel better again, but then again, who wouldn't after spending the night in Lara's arms. Hope you'll stay tuned.
at WolfgalX: Yeah, Simon and Alice would be dangerous, especially for their best friends, wouldn't they? Lara and Dana would definitely regret setting them up, which is why I think I'll have them do just that. No, they aren't doomed to go on dates with one of them overdressed. That would be somewhat weird after a while, though I could have them call each otherbefore to check what the other is wearing. Remember, uh, chapter six, I guess, where they were at The Planet...I think, none of them was overdressed there.
at ihatemessbutiloveyou: No, it isn't bad, really. It's actually quite nice to see people liking this story and reading their rewiews about it.
at kickboxing.gurl: Yeah, I have to admit I like chapter fifteen best...no second best, right after chapter ten :) And about setting Simon and Alice up on a blind date...I might actually do that, though it mind turn out not so funny, for Dana and Lara :D