Leah walked quickly towards Zelda's house, visible in the distance. The winds were incredibly strong that day. Leah was actually a little nervous about leaving the house, the wind had been almost shaking her little cabin. She had briefly considered not leaving but the thought of disappointing Zelda made her quickly reconsider. The blonde had gone to the effort of making a home cooked meal to celebrate her birthday. The fact that Zelda had even remembered the artist's birthday was a sweet surprise on its own. Besides Leah would much rather be spending the evening with her girlfriend then trapped in her shack by herself. Braving the outdoor weather, she marched towards the farm.

As Leah reached the porch of the farm house she tried to shake off some of the snow covering her body. She Made sure to Knock extra loudly so that Zelda could hear her, then in a few seconds the door swung open and Leah was ushered in quickly.

"Leah! Are you ok?" Zelda said wrapping the shivering artist in a warm hug. "I was tried to give you a call but when you didn't pick up I was worried you got caught in the storm."

"S.. ?" Leah said through chattering teeth.

"Lewis came by in his truck earlier warning me about the snowstorm that was going to hit tonight, he came buy with some emergency supplies." Zelda explained. "I was going to go look for you but Lewis made me promise not to go out, apparently it's just going to get worse."

"I'm g..g..glad you d..d..didn't it's crazy out t..t..there."

"Let's get your coat off, its covered in snow." Zelda said helping the artist take of her coat. Zelda ran off and quickly returned to wrap Leah in a woolly blanket.

"T.. ." Leah said still shaking.

Zelda led the artist to the couch and sat her down, wrapping her in another hug in hopes to warm the redhead up. Zelda added a small kiss on the cheek as a final touch.

"Better?" Zelda said with a cheery smile.

"Much Better." Leah said smiling with a small blush visible on her cheeks.

"Good! I should call Lewis and tell him you're ok." Zelda said getting up and heading over to the kitchen phone.

"Ok." Leah said hiding her disappointment of blonde getting up.

Leah grabbed the remote resting on the coffee table and turned on the TV. Quickly flipping through the channels she settled on the weather station that was luckily broadcasting news about the storm.

'It looks as if the storm won't be clearing up anytime soon.' The weather woman said. 'Authorities are urging people to stay inside and if possible in groups, we expect this blizzard to clear up in the next few days.'

"Next few days?" Leah thought out loud. That meant the artist would be stuck at Zelda's for a few days.

Leah thought about the situation carefully. Of places and people to be stuck with Zelda wasn't exactly at the bottom of her list, the problem was that she didn't bring clothes with her. All of her stuff was back in here cabin which meant Leah didn't really have much of anything.

Zelda came running back, plopping onto the couch next to Leah with a smile.

"Lewis says he's glad to hear your safe, and that he's doing a check on everyone in town." Zelda said happily.

"You know Zel, they're saying the storm won't clear up for a few days." Leah said a little worried.

"Don't worry, you can stay here as long as you need to. We've got plenty of food to last us through the storm." Zelda said calmly.

"I don't really have any spare clothes…"

"You can barrow some of mine, we're the same size."

"Are you sure you're ok with this? I'm not overstaying my…"

"Of course not!" Zelda said cutting of the red heads sentence. "I just hope this doesn't ruin your birthday."

Leah was surprised to hear that blonde was still thinking about her birthday, Leah hadn't even thought about it.

"Being stuck in a cozy house with you?" Leah said nuzzling closer to the blonde. "I think I'll survive." Leah said smiling, pulling the blonde in by her sweater for a kiss.

The two spent a long time on the couch in each other's embrace, only breaking when the blonde heard the ding of a timer coming from the kitchen. Zelda tried to get up but Leah pulled her back down quickly.

"What are you doing?" Zelda giggled.

"Don't go." Leah whined playfully.

"I have to go and check on dinner." Zelda said trying to get up again.

"Noooo don't leeeeeaaave." Leah whined pulling the blonde back down again.

"Leah!" The blonde laughed

"Zelda" the artist replied.

"I need to make sure dinner isn't burning! Then I'll come back."

"Promise?"

"Promise." Zelda confirmed before getting up.

Rushing over to the kitchen she was relieved to find that her roast chicken hadn't burnt. Grabbing some oven mitts Zelda carefully took the chicken out of the oven. Quickly throwing together the rest of the meal, it didn't take long before Zelda had two plates of food. Zelda returned to her girl friend with the their meals giving her a nervous smile as she handed Leah her plate.

"I hope you like it." Zelda said nervously. "I'm not much of a cook."

Leah took a look at the pretty standard meal, the chicken had been served with some nice roast potatoes and carrots. Gravy was poured over the chicken and potatoes.

"It's great thanks." Leah said giving Zelda a reassuring smile. That was before she took a bite. Leah's expression went from a calm to completely blank.

"Oh no." Zelda said sadly watching the artist's face. "You don't like it do you?"

"No this is… really good." Leah said surprised.

"What?"

"I just wasn't expecting it to be this good." Leah said taking another large bite.

"Really?"

"Zel, this has to be the best chicken I've ever had! Seriously what did you do to this?"

"Thanks." Zelda said shyly. "Just a few tricks I picked up online."

"Hey speaking of chicken, are yours going to be ok in the storm?" Leah asked worriedly.

"They should be." Zelda replied. "I turned up the heater in their coop and made sure they had plenty of food to last at least a few days."

"That's good… hey where's Dex?" Leah asked suddenly realising she hadn't seen the cat since she arrived.

"Furball is in my room by the fire place and refuses to move." Zelda explained with a role of her eyes.

The two girls finished their meal relatively quickly, Leah enjoying every last bite. As Zelda brought the dishes into the kitchen Leah went over to her coat and pulled out a DVD she had been keeping in one of her pockets.

"What's that?" Zelda asked returning from the kitchen.

"One of my favourite movies, I know you haven't seen it so I was wondering if you wanted to watch it?"

"Sure! I'll put it on." Zelda said taking the DVD.

As Zelda set up the film, Leah threw herself back on the couch, stretching out with a yawn. After the blonde was done she returned to the couch to find that her girlfriend had laid herself out, leaving no room to sit. Without saying a word Zelda carefully climbed on top of Leah and laid down resting her head on her girlfriends chest. Leah warped her her arms around the blonde's body as the two began to watch the film. It was a soothing feeling, as Zelda would slowly rise and fall from the artist's breathing. The film was a nice heart warming drama with a strong female character as the main protagonist. Zelda was actually really enjoying the movie, she understood why it was one of Leah's favourites. It had everything; drama, comedy, Romance and the blonde was deeply invested in the story. Everything was going perfectly until there was a sudden flicker of the lights and the power suddenly cut off, plunging the two into darkness.

"Uh oh." Leah said. "The power must have gone out."

"Oh no!" Zelda whined "Now I won't know how it ends."

"Sorry Zel, I guess we'll have to wait till we get the power back."

"But that could be ages! And I'll be up all night thinking about what happens next."

Leah let out a chuckle, one that made Zelda smile.

"Will you tell me the rest of the story?" The blonde asked looking into Leah's eyes, even in the dark the two could just barely make out each other's eyes.

"Me? Really?" Leah laughed.

"Yea! What happens next?"

Leah paused as she remembered the rest of the story, choosing her words carefully Leah began to tell the rest of the story. Zelda listened to every word, taking the story in with as much wonder as when she watched the film. Leah enjoyed explaining some of the jokes the most because it made Zelda laugh. When the artist final finished her tale the blonde let out a large happy sigh.

"That's a good ending." Zelda said softly. "Although I wish that Rachel ended up with someone, I feel like she got a pretty poor deal."

"I'm glad you liked it, wish you could've seen the ending though."

"I think I like it more, hearing it this way." The blonde said snuggling closer to the artist. "Did you have a good birthday?" she said closing her eyes.

"The best." The artist said.

Leah carefully picked up the blanket that Zelda had given her earlier, off the floor and threw it over the them. Zelda didn't seem to notice and Leah assumed she was already asleep. Giving her girlfriend one more caring squeeze, the artist closed her eyes and drifted off into a peaceful slumber.

(Author's Notes)

Sorry about taking so long again with these chapters, I have been dealing with my final exams. In fact my last one is in a few days so I should probably be studying for it instead of writing... but whatever! :D