They had decided on eating sushi just around the corner from the pub Oscars, in case they felt they wanted join up with Kirsch and Will later. Laura, who had never had sushi before, was extremely excited while Carmilla was just enjoying the company of the bubbly blond.

"So you've never had sushi?"

"Nope. I've always wanted to try though, but it seems so exotic" Laura said as she sat down in front of the brunette.

"I actually didn't start eating it until I started my business. I went to a lot of venues and they always served sushi, so I just started enjoying it I guess." Carmilla said simply as she read through menu. On the other side of the table Laura was trying to figure out what everything meant. In her eyes, nothing made sense. California rolls? Salmon Gukan? She narrowed her eyes at the menu, trying to understand what everything meant, but even if there was a small text under the name explaining what was in the sushi it still didn't make sense to her.

"You doing alright there creampuff?" Laura looked up from her menu and saw Carmilla smirking at her as she raised an eyebrow at her in amusement. She must have seen her confused look on her face as she looked over the menu, and so did probably everyone else at the restaurant.

"No, no I'm fine…" Carmilla raised her eyebrow again at the blond. "Okaaaaay, no I don't get it. It's so…Japanese" She let out in frustration.

"Laura, you do know it's written in English right?" She smirked as she put down her menu.

"Don't be mean, you know what I mean."

Carmilla said with a chuckle as she tilted Laura's menu so both of them could read it. "It''s not so hard. I mean do you like avocado?"

"Yeah…"

"Crab?"

"I guess…" Carmilla chuckled at the journalist in front of her, she seemed extremely confused and the way she wrinkled her nose was just too cute.

"Well, then I recommend that you take the California roll, I think you'll like it." Laura nodded at her and just then the waiter came up to them and Carmilla ordered for the both of them.

"I was wondering…" Laura said said as she leaned towards Carmilla. "I mean, I know what you work with and stuff but like…god how do I put it without sounding rude…"Laura asked mostly for herself as she tapped her chin.

"You can ask me almost anything, so go ahead. If I don't want to answer then I'll tell you."

"Well, what I wanted to ask was well…so I might have looked into your company" Carmilla raised her eyebrow in interested. "And I mean, first of all, you're only twenty-six years old and you've achieved something that awesome is beyond my understanding."

"Well, even though I hate to admit it I have a lot of my mother in me. If I want something I make it happen. Plus, most of the clients don't know my age and I prefer it to stay that way. I frown a lot at work, so it looks like i have wrinkles and therefore older I guess" Carmilla answered with a shoulder shrug.

"Oh stop it, you don't have wrinkles. You have the most beautiful features I've ever seen." Laura answered back which made both women avert their eyes. Carmilla wasn't used to compliments. She was always the one giving them but never getting anything back. It wasn't like she disliked it per say, it was just foreign to her to have someone compliment her on her looks like Laura did. She would usually get the "You look sexy" or "You look hot", but never beautiful and she felt a bit taken aback.

"Secondly" Laura continued, trying to save Carmilla the embarrassment, why she looked embarrassed was a mystery to her. "I mean, you're the CEO. I guess what I'm trying to say without being rude…how come you live with Will? When you obviously make the money to have your own place that is." Laura knew it was taboo to talk about money, but she was interested because most of the times the two siblings were just annoyed at each other, or that's what she had understood from the situation.

"Well…" Carmilla started before taking a long pause, carefully choosing her next words wisely. "Well, it is my place. I moved in a couple of years ago and then something happened, which I prefer not to go into detail. But I didn't want to live alone so Will gladly moved in with me. I mean Will is becoming a successful lawyer, believe it or not. He might seem like a goofball but he is actually really smart, a real Karnstein. Anyway, I guess we just stayed with comfort. He also has the money to get his own place but we've always stuck together and yes, he drives me mad most of the time but it's nice to have your family around. One day I guess that I'll want my own place, but right now I am content with the living arrangements." Carmilla said and Laura nodded her head. She was curious about the incident that made her want Will to move in with her, however she knew that Carmilla wasn't ready to talk about it just yet, so she decided to bite her tongue.

Laura took hold of Carmillas hand, and even though she had done that several times lately, the brunette always seemed taken aback by the gesture. "I'm glad he was there for you, plus it doesn't surprise me that he's on his way of becoming successful, I mean he was known around campus for being a genius." Laura answered as she started to stroke Carmillas hand.

"Might I ask you something?" Carmilla said as she tilted her head.

"Sure!"

"Well, do you miss your dad? I mean, I haven't heard much about him."

"I miss him so much, I was actually homeschooled up till high school-"

"That doesn't surprise me." Carmilla teased back which made Laura pinch her hand teasingly.

"Well anyway, I spend a lot of time with him. Even though he could be annoying he's still my dad, and after my moms death we became a lot closer. So yea, I miss him but we talk a lot actually and I've just taught him the art of texting, not that he understands it but it's a start. He's actually coming to visit me next month!" Laura said with a huge smile on her face. Carmilla smiled back at the girl in front of her, you could really see the love for her father and she was happy that she got to experience something she had never had.

Just as she was about to answer their food and drinks arrived. Carmilla noticed pretty quickly how Laura was struggling with eating with sticks and she couldn't help but snicker.

"Carm, stop laughing! It's not funny!" She whined as the brunette continued snickering at her.

"It is though. You look so confused and It's not that hard actually." She said simply as she took up a piece of her sushi with elegance.

"Now you're just showing off." Laura answered back in defence.

"Well, I have to impress you somehow right?" Carmilla said with a wink which caused Laura to roll her eyes teasingly.

After the meal when the check arrived Laura tried to be quick with her wallet, but Carmilla just put up her hand. "I got this cupcake."

"But-"

"No buts, I took you on a date. I'm paying." She said as she took up her wallet and handed the waiter her credit card.

"Fine" Laura said grumpily as she crossed her arms. "But next time I'm paying!"

"Oh" Carmilla answered with a smirk. "So you're saying there will be a next time?"

"Well- I mean yeah? I think it went good? Don't you?" Laura said nervously as she started fiddling with her hands.

Carmilla took hold of her hands and which made Laura look at her. "Cupcake, I would gladly go on another date with you." Laura felt butterflies in the stomach.

Outside, both women stood in silence, not really knowing what to do. It seemed like neither of them wanted to date to end just yet.

"So, wanna go meet up with Kirsch and Will?" Laura said after a while.

"Nah, I don't really feel like hanging out with doofus and my brother really." Carmilla said simply as she twirled her hair between her fingers.

"Ah, understandable" Laura nodded.

"Well, we could go home to my place?" Carmilla said as she turned to look at Laura.

"Ooooor, we could go to my place? I mean you've never seen where I live" She said.

"Yea, true. Well, it's gonna be interesting to see how Veronica Mars lives." She said with a smirk.

Laura opened the door to her front door. "Welcome to my humble home!" Laura said as she made a grand gesture. Carmilla chuckled and shook her head at the tiny blond.

The place was extremely tidy, which Carmilla had not expected. While her room usually looked like a mess, Laura's apartment was tidy and everything was neatly put in order. On the walls there were some pictures hung up, some of Laura and two redheads, which she was guessing were Perry and LaFonatine and another picture was hanging next to it which Carmilla guessed was a young Laura with her mother and father. She felt a tug in her heart looking at that picture.

The rest of the walls were decorated with either framed newspaper articles which she guessed Laura had written herself and some paintings where it read "Believe in love" and other kind of inspirational quotes, which Carmilla had always hated and wanted to barf upon seeing them, but it didn't surprise her that Laura had them on her walls.

"It's cute." She said after she took a closer look.

"Well, it's not much but it's home!" Laura said enthusiastically and she took off her jacket and her shoes which Carmilla mimicked.

"Soooo, whatya wanna do?" She hadn't really thought of what they could do when they actually had arrived at her place, and frankly there wasn't much to do. She couldn't offer Carmilla a glass of wine or anything else fancy because she simply didn't have stuff like that. She had cookies, but she felt that that wouldn't really impress Carmilla.

"We could watch something?" Carmilla said after a while, sensing that Laura was getting a bit awkward.

"Yea, sure! What kind of genres do you like?" Laura said as she put on the tv which directly connected to Netflix.

"Well, I'm not a fan of romantic movies, nor comedies or drama…I actually barely watch movies or tv-shows." She said as she sat down next to Laura on the couch.

"Well, aren't you a hard woman to please. I'm guessing you just read books instead." She said as she started flipping through the movie list, trying to find something that would entertain them.

"Yea, well I do watch movies of course. But I'm not really up to date." She shrugged her shoulders.

"Hmm…even though you look like a young woman you remind me a it of an old lady." Laura teased her.

"Yeah yeah, well some people prefer the art of literature over…well movies." She said as she crunched her nose.

"Hey, that's not true. Movies are artistic too actually! I mean yeah, some of them aren't but most of them are!" Laura argued back.

"Wait, stop what was that?" Carmilla said as Laura flipped through the movies.

"Which one?"

"Go back."

"Oh that one? I haven't seen it…it seems bad. It's only gotten 3 stars." Laura said as she narrowed her eyes.

"Sharknado?" Carmilla read out loud and let out a snort. "They actually made a movie about a tornado filled with sharks? And you mean to tell me that filmmaking is an art?" Carmilla said as she raised her eyebrow at Laura.

"Hey! I did say that some weren't artistic. Plus, never judge a book by it's cover!"

"Or rating?" Carmilla questioned as she frowned.

"Well, I wouldn't be here if I judged you by how you acted in the beginning" Laura said as she smirked at Carmilla.

"True…"

"Let's watch it!" Laura said as she pressed play.

"Are you kidding me? Am I going to waste two hours of my life watching a giant tornado filled with sharks kill people?" She said as she crossed her arms at Laura.

"Aw come on. It could be fun, we don't agree on our style of movies, well… you don't have one. But let's meet halfway and choose something we both might hate!" Laura said enthusiastically, even though Carmilla didn't see anything enthusiastic about watching a movie they would both hate.

"Okay, fine. Just because this is your apartment." Carmilla said defeated as she snuggled up in the couch nest to Laura.

Half an hour later, after making some popcorn and snuggling up to each other, both girls were screaming at the TV and laughing at how stupid the movie was.

"No, YOU IMBECILE! What are you doing?!" Carmilla yelled out as she grabbed some more popcorn. Laura let out a laugh at how invested Carmilla had gotten into the movie.

"Noooo! Watch out!" Laura screamed out. "God, they're so stupid…"

"Well, what did you expect when you picked the movie." Carmilla said as she continued to chew on her popcorn.

"True, but you've been yelling more at the TV than I have." She smirked up at Carmilla, who huffed.

"Yea, but they are all idiots. Plus, it just doesn't make sense to me, that guy literally dove into a shark and survived."

"Carmilla… the movie is literally about tornados filled with sharks. It's not supposed to make sense." Laura deadpanned. Which made both of them laugh.

Laura heard a ping from her phone.

"Hey Carm, could you pass me my phone?"

"Sure" Carmilla reached over to grab Laura's phone, however not trying to break their closeness. Carmilla tensed up when she saw the name on the screen. "It's Danny." She said bitterly.

"Oh…" Laura said a bit hesitant before opening the text.

"Hey Laur, could we maybe meet up sometime this week. I want to sort things out" Read the text.

Carmilla knew she shouldn't be reading Laura's text but she couldn't help it, she felt jealous. It was obvious that the giant liked Laura and she didn't like that. Plus, Xena had hurt Laura, which made her dislike her even more.

"Can you put it back?" Laura said after reading her text.

"Aren't you going to answer?" Carmilla asked as she took Laura's phone and put it on the table again.

"Nah, Danny can wait. I'm here with you now." She said as she snuggled into Carmillas chest.

Carmilla smiled at the blond laying in her arms. She felt happy, which she hadn't done in a long time. She was filled with pride, knowing that in a sense Laura had chosen her over Danny. Suddenly Laura felt herself being pushed onto her back, Carmilla smirking over her.

"Carmilla, what are-" And before she could answer Carmilla's lips were on hers.

"Cupcake, don't talk so much." Carmilla whispered as she hovered over the blonds lips. Laura looked into her brown eyes and felt herself blush. Carmilla smiled a small smile at her and Laura smiled back before Carmilla slowly leaned in and kissed her carefully. Laura closed her eyes and kissed her back, wrapping her arms around her back. They kissed slowly at first, exploring each others lips and Laura already felt herself go lightheaded. Their kiss turned more heated, Carmilla nibbling on Lauras bottom lips before their tongues met. By now, Laura was clawing Carmillas back lightly, which made her hiss into their kiss. Carmilla wanted more of Laura, yet she wanted to take things slow. But she couldn't help to start grinding her body against the smaller girl underneath her. Her leg moved between Laura's and before she knew it she was grinding her leg towards Laura's heat. The blonds breath quickened as her nails dug into the older woman's back which made Carmilla hiss with arousal. Her hands started to wander down Laura's side, lightly gracing the side of her boob which made Laura moan into her mouth. The brunettes hand started to push up her shirt lightly and her hand found her hipbone which she started circling. Laura could feel electricity and arousal rush down to her core as Carmilla continued to grind herself against her. Carmilla wanted Laura, she wanted to hear her moan her name. She wanted to feel her body against her. She wanted more and Carmilla felt how she started to get wet. But she also knew that she didn't want it to go this fast. It was their first date after all.

They started to slow down again, going back to slowly and timidly kissing each other and after a while they both pulled away and looked at each other. They were both short of breath and Laura looked up at Carmilla like no one had ever done before. She wasn't smiling, her look was serious, which Carmilla had never seen before, at least not like this. Laura took hold of Carmillas face gently and leaned up and gave her a long sweet kiss on her lips before pulling back, however still holding her face gently. Carmilla smiled down timidly at Laura, but Laura was still not smiling. She was looking at her like she was a piece of art, she was giving her a look of awe and Carmilla suddenly felt shy and averted her eyes. However, Laura pulled her face back to looking at her and smiled at her before kissing her nose which made Carmilla let out a chuckle.

"Well" Laura said after a while. "That could have been worse." Which made Carmilla raise her eyebrow at her. Just then Laura realised what she had said and panic flashed in her eyes.

"Oh my god! No, I didn't mean it like that! It was nice, or like yeah no it was hot I mean you're really pretty-"

"Laura?"

"Yeah…"

"Shhh…."

"Okay…"

Carmilla let out a small laugh as she dug her face in the nape of the blonds neck, inhaling her scent and Laura couldn't help but giggle.

Laura sat up a bit against the couch. "Come here" She said, motioning Carmilla to lie on her chest.

"Huh?" She frowned.

"Well duh, come lie on my chest."

Carmilla looked slightly confused, she had never been the one to be held, it was always her who held the other person, never the other way around. She timidly laid her head against Laura's chest and felt her arms wrap around her.

"Like this?" Carmilla said a bit unsurely.

"Yeah" Laura let out a small laugh. "See, not so hard is it?" She teased as she kissed the top of her head.

Carmilla smiled against Laura's chest. She could get used to this.

Carmilla woke up and rubbed her tired eyes as she sat up carefully and looked at the time. "Shit" She mumbled as she ran her hands through her messy dark hair. It was already 5 o'clock and she had to get home, shower and change before work. She looked down at Laura who was sleeping peacefully, her mouth slightly agape and a small snore escaping her lips. Carmilla smiled lovingly at her. She looks so cute and adorable and Carmilla leaned down and gently kissed her forehead.

"Laura" She tried. No response.

"Laura?"

"Mmmm" Laura mumbled back, not opening her eyes.

"I have to go now."

"Noooo" Laura whined as she grabbed hold of Carmilla and dragged her back to her chest which made Carmilla chuckle.

"Laura don't do this. I need to go okay? I'll talk to you later."

"Just five more minutes." Laura mumbled back, clearly still sleeping.

Carmilla looked down at the blond and smiled with adoration. She looked so peaceful and Carmilla felt at peace lying in her arms, which was something she wasn't used to. She started kissing Laura's cheek which made her mumble in her sleep as Laura wrapped her arms around Carmilla again, pulling her into her and cuddling her neck.

"I guess five more minutes won't hurt." Carmilla whispered as she inhaled Laura's scent and sigh contently.

A couple of hours later Laura woke up by her alarm beeping and she quickly shut it off. She groaned as she sat up on the couch and smacked her dry lips in confusion as she realised she hadn't put on her alarm on last night. Suddenly she also realised that Carmilla was gone and Laura frowned and took up her phone, where she saw a text from Carmilla.

"Hi cupcake, I tried waking you up but you only mumbled in your sleep. I put on the alarm for you so you would wake up for work. Also, I locked the door after I left and put the keys through the mailbox. I had a great time last night and I hope you have a wonderful day at work."

Laura felt herself smiling more and more as she read the text.

Authors note:

Sorry I'm so slow on updating! University is crazy and I haven't had time lately :/ Please comment and follow! And if you have any requests write me a message on my tumblr .