A/N So you asked for this so I provided the morning after. Thank you for all of the reviews and support.

Tequila Hangover

Holly wasn't sure what exactly woke her but it was probably a combination of the sun beam hitting her eyelids and the dream she had just finished. She had dreamt of Gail, granted the blonde had been present for quite a few dreams recently but this had felt real or at more real than the dream of Gail rushing into the morgue and stripping off her uniform and demanding that Holly take her on one of the lab tables. No this dream was different; in the dream they had both gotten drunk and Holly in a moment of alcohol induced courage she had kissed Gail who in turn kissed her back with an intensity that both shocked and delighted Holly but before things could go any further Gail's roommates had interrupted them. For some reason in her dream Holly stopped Gail from taking things any further which didn't make any sense to her, why would she stop something that she so clearly wanted?

As she shifted in the bed and tried to open her eyes three things became very clear, one- she was extremely hungover, her mouth was so dry that her tongue felt like sandpaper. Two-she was not in her bed and three-she was not alone. "Oh fucking no!" she thought as her eyes parted slightly and she could make out some blurry blonde hair resting on her chest. "Oh god please tell me that I didn't go home with the zit doctor." She pleaded silently as her head pounded. Slowly images in the room became a little clearer, Holly couldn't bring herself to look at the woman sharing a bed with her so instead she tried to make sense of her surroundings. First off she could see that it was a rather small room and was sparsely decorated; only a few pictures hung on the walls but they were too small to make out what they were of at this distance. The second thing she noticed was a dark blue uniform hanging on the closed closet door…and then it hit her like a ton of bricks were she was, she was in Gail's bed! The blonde draped over her was Gail! Holly wasn't sure in that exact moment whether she should be happy or terrified of her current situation.

Holly struggled to remember what had led her to be in Gail's bed but all that came to mind was a fuzzy memory of tequila, a lot of tequila. Ever so slowly bits and pieces of the night before emerged and she realized that her dream hadn't been a dream after all. She tried to lift her head up but even that tiny movement sent a wave of nausea through her that sent her head straight back to the pillow. Damn, she couldn't remember the last time she had been this hungover…med school graduation maybe? No…no it had been when she got dumped by Amy during her second year of residency…Amy the bitch that had not only dumped her after to confessing to cheating on her but also stole her favorite hockey jersey.

"Stop thinking so loudly some of us would like to sleep more." Gail groaned into Holly's side.

Holly moistened her lips, "What?"

Gail lifted her head and rested her chin on Holly's shoulder, her eyes still shut and her voice low and gravely, "I can practically hear your brain trying to make sense of this nerd, can you please for the love of cheese puffs relax and go back to sleep. We can freak out later when the room stops spinning."

For whatever reason Holly decided to listen and closed her eyes, if Gail who was a self-admitted runner when it came to anything relationship related was willing to delay what was sure to be an uncomfortable conversation so could she…at least until the pounding in her head stopped.

A few hours later

"Holly? Are you still alive nerd?" she heard softly as she endeavored to open her eyes and found to bright blue ones staring back at her. "Oh good I was worried that you had passed in your sleep, I really didn't want to have to dispose of your body today."

Holly tried to roll her eyes but her body refused to obey and instead she groaned at the attempt but gave a little smile. "I would hate to ruin your day off."

"I know right?" Gail answered as she moved off of Holly and laid next to her. "I suppose we need to talk about last night." She said quietly, her fingers gripping the blanket that covered them.

"Maybe after some ibuprofen and water?" Holly suggested as she slowly sat up and saw Gail staring at her, her mouth agape. It was only then that Holly noticed that the at some point in the night she had managed to lose both the tee shirt Gail had given her to wear and her bra. If her head hadn't hurt so much she would have enjoyed seeing how her state of undress affected her friend. She wished she could say some witty comment such as 'Like what you see?' or something along those lines but she wasn't in any condition to be witty or really form words. Holly grabbed a hoodie that was on the floor by the bed and slipped it on as Gail crawled out of the bed and pulled on some sweatpants.

Holly followed her out of the room, neither woman saying a word as they made their way into the kitchen. As luck would have it the kitchen was already occupied by Chris and Dov, who were in the process of making breakfast. Both men had trouble hiding their smirks and chuckles at the sight of them as they sat down on the kitchen stools.

"Rough night?" Dov offered as he poured a cup of coffee and set it down in front of Gail and it dawned on Holly that this probably wasn't the first time that the boys had taken care of a hungover Gail.

"Shut up and find us pain killers." Gail groaned as she rested her head on the counter top.

Chris searched for a fourth mug in the cabinet and shrugged his shoulders in apology when couldn't find one. "Sorry Dr. Stewart we don't have a lot of dishes…"

"Her name is Holly. God numbnuts you practically saw her naked last night I think you can call her by her first name." Gail barked as she slide her own steaming cup of coffee Holly's way. Even though Holly knew that coffee wouldn't help her hangover at the moment tasting the bitter hot drink was heaven. She set the cup down and Gail took it back, sipping from it gently as if it were the last coffee in all of Toronto. They passed the drink back and forth until Dov placed a handful of pills in front of them. Gail grabbed two and tossed them back as Holly did the same before resting her head on the cool countertop.

She was starting to feel more human again until she heard the familiar sound of the blender come to life, if she hadn't known any better she would have sworn that her ears started bleeding. Before Gail could yell at them Holly looked up and gave Chris her own version of a death glare. "If you value your reproductive parts you will turn off that infernal machine and walk away." Holly threatened.

"Huh?"

This time Gail answered, "She said if you want to keep your balls get the hell out of here. I would listen to her she could kill you and get rid of the body so that no one would ever find it."

Holly nodded and Chris's eyes darted back and forth between the two of them before taking what looked to be a smoothie from the blender and ran to Dov's room. At least Dov had the sense to stay quiet and leave the kitchen and head back to his room but not before placing a couple of bottles of water in front of them.

Silence hung over them for several minutes before Gail sat up and got off the stool taking her water with her, she bumped Holly with her hip and motioned towards the couch and Holly begrudgingly followed her. She knew that is was time to have the talk, never in her life had she been so nervous to talk to someone. Thinking back it was easier coming out to her parents than this moment right now. Holly opened her water and took a long pull from it as she waited to see if Gail would start or if she was going to have to summon her courage to do it. Luckily Gail broke the silence.

"I don't know how much you remember from last night but some things were said and done…"

And this was it, this was Gail regretting what happened the night before and Holly felt her heart start to crumble.

Gail brought her knees up to her chest and rested her chin on them, "Last night…ugh…what I am trying to say?"

Holly put her hand on the side of Gail's knee, "It is okay we can forget that last night ever happened."

Gail's head snapped up, a look of surprise covering her face. "What?! No, that is not what I was trying to say Holly. What happened between us happened. I couldn't forget about it if I tried…I don't want to forget about it." She got up from the couch and looked like she had gotten dizzy from the sudden movement and sat on the floor in front of Holly. "Look I don't know how you feel about what happened between us last night, maybe you want to run for the hills and forget about it. Maybe you want to find a pretty little dermatologist and have babies with perfect skin with her…I don't know…what I do know is that for the first time in a long time I felt something, in fact I felt a lot of things. I was jealous of your date and if we were just friends I should have had no problem with you going on dates but I do…I did…I still would have problems with it. And last night I felt so unbelievably happy when you showed up at my door. I cannot even begin to describe the anger I felt when you told me that your date wanted to bring you back to her place. And then you kissed me and it all made sense."

Holly had been listening so intently that she hadn't noticed the tears forming in her eyes, "What made sense?"

Gail got on her knees and lightly brushed away the tears, "Us…you and me, we make sense Holly. Kissing you was the first thing that has felt right to me in years. I know that I am not what you deserve or who you should probably be with but I think we could work. You stopped me last night because you said that I would regret it in the morning and I am telling you that I don't. I meant every word I said last night and I guess I need to know if you did as well."

Now maybe it was that Holly's head was still screaming at her or maybe it was the shock that Gail wanted to be with her in a more than friends capacity but Holly couldn't for the life of her make her mouth form words so used it for something else. She slid off the couch and was in the perfect position to capture the lips that had been on her mind since their first meeting at the crime scene. She leaned into to kiss Gail and loved how the cop trembled slightly in anticipation. Unlike the kisses shared between them the night before which had been rushed as well as fueled by tequila and lust, this one was slower, gentler, more like a promise that this was just the start of something more.

It was Gail that pulled away from the kiss a bit breathless and rested her head against Holly's chest. "I would have accepted yes as an answer but this worked too."

Holly laughed as she placed her arms over Gail's shoulders and then grimaced at the pain the laugh caused. "We drank too much." She said as her thumbs rubbed soft circles along Gail's shoulder blades.

Gail leaned away from her and gave Holly an inquisitive look. "Would you have kissed me if you were sober?"

It was an impossible question to answer, yes she had wanted to kiss Gail almost from the moment the cop had yelled at her and every day since then the urge had grown. The quick kiss at the wedding had only intensified that want but that kiss had been bolstered by the free champagne. The truth was that Holly wasn't sure if she would have ever had the courage to kiss her when stone cold sober and that was a sad thought.

"Would you have Holly?"

Holly tensed as she answered, "I don't know. I wanted to, I really wanted to but I was afraid scaring you off. As much as I wanted to get closer to you I was terrified of losing what we had. You have no idea of how much your friendship means to me."

Gail's brow furrowed but then nodded, "I have always had a difficult time letting people in, making friends…even as a kid was hard for me and the thought of losing you as my friend…I don't know if I would have taking this leap without some liquid courage. I think…I hope that I would have been able to build up the nerve to do something or say something given time but the tequila certainly helped speed things up. So yay for drunken shenanigans."

It was disheartening to see the shadow of insecurity dance across Gail's face and Holly knew she was the reason for it so she had to be the one to fix it. She slid her arms down Gail's small frame until she had them wrapped around her. "Gail I don't care if it took me drinking more in one night than I usually drink in a year, it bought us to this place and I couldn't be happier."

Gail didn't say anything but her expression relaxed and a moment later she leaned in and placed a light kiss on Holly's lips. The kiss was slow and content as Holly held Gail tighter, her hands fisting Gail's thin shirt. Holly closed her eyes as she felt a hand cup her cheek run along her jaw as another hand found its way into her hair as the kiss deepened. As Holly melted into the kiss she made a silent thanks to the Aztec people for inventing the potent liquor. The kiss ended as both women ran out of air. Gail leaned back and gave her a shy smile as she slowly stood, "Come on let's go back to bed, all this talking about feelings is draining and I…we could use a nap." She held out a hand for Holly to take and she took it readily, a nap sounded good and cuddling up to Gail sounded even better.

A/N So I am thinking this needs one final part to it, what do you think?