"Gail…where exactly are we going" Holly ventured to ask.
Gail merely chuckled at her. She met Holly at the morgue to pick her up. She asked if she could use the restroom to change. Holly told her sure and finished up some work while she waited an unusually long time. Now they were in the car and Holly was blinded by whatever it was that Gail tied over her eyes.
"What did you put over my eyes?" Holly asked, hoping she'd managed to get at least one answer out of Gail this evening.
"Uh, my uniform tie?"
"Gail, your uniform tie is a clip on…"
"Okay fine!" she huffed "I borrowed it from Dov."
"Let me get this right, you borrowed a tie from Dov to tie around my eyes?"
Gail nodded and then realized Holly couldn't see her.
"Pretty much, yep. I'm very resourceful."
"Are we there yet?" Holly groaned out.
Gail merely chuckled again.
"It's not like you to be so impatient, doctor."
"It might be the blindfold…"
"Oh yeah? Well, I like you antsy" Gail responded teasingly as she pulled into a parking space and cut the engine. She hurried out her door and ran around the car to let Holly out.
Gail looped her arm around Holly's and led her to the door. She unlocked it and walked them both in. She had cleaned her apartment and put up small twinkling lights in her bedroom. She had blind folded Holly because she did not want the brunette to see her before their date began. She decided that since she made Holly wait so long to see her because of her stupid mistake that she would make sure it was worth the wait.
"We're not moving anymore!" exclaimed Holly.
"Does that mean I get to see again?" she asked hopefully.
Gail simply chuckled again and stepped forward, now standing so close to Holly she felt her warm breath upon her skin. She slowly untied the tie and removed it from Holly's eyes. Holly blinked rapidly a few times before her eyes settled on Gail and she felt her heart skip a beat and she realized she wasn't breathing. Gail had her hair down and it was falling in loose cascading curls. She was wearing an incredibly form fitting black dress and she looked…perfect.
"Holly" Gail whispered, "you're staring…"
"I can't help it" Holly said softly.
"Y-you're so beautiful." Gail reached out to stroke Holly's cheek and gave Holly her best Gail Peck smile.
"So you are, I spend all day thinking about how beautiful you are."
"Oh, really?" Holly quirked an eyebrow and flashed her lopsided grin.
"Shut up." Gail said as she playfully swatted Holly's shoulder.
"So, uh, I ordered food and it should be arriving soon. I really had a great date planned but with your…" Gail trailed off and sadly indicated Holly's midsection "ribs…and your other injuries I didn't want to make you do too much."
Holly could see Gail's eyes fill with self-doubt. This usually confident and self-assured woman was worried about what she would think about a date. It flabbergasted Holly that she could cause such a reaction in Gail. She grabbed Gail's hand and gently tugged her into an embrace.
"It's perfect, Gail. You're perfect."
With that comment Gail visibly relaxed. She pulled Holly over to the couch and they sat wrapped up in one another. They sat in a comfortable silence for some time before Holly interjected,
"I will always chase you, you know?"
She looked at Gail who scrunched her eyebrows together and replied,
"Hmm., what do you mean?"
"I mean if you run…if you jump out of the tree and run I'll always chase you. Even if I have to run around the entire world multiple times."
Gail said nothing, she simply turned herself around so that she was facing Holly and crashed her lips into Holly's. She kissed Holly with a fervor she wasn't aware she could feel for anyone and their kiss sent sparks shooting throughout her entire body. When she broke the kiss she whispered,
"Please do…" so softly that Holly barely heard it. She would have thought she merely imagined it but Gail spoke again just as softly,
"The only place I want to be is wherever you are."
The doorbell rang and startled both women on the couch.
"The food, of course it would arrive now" grumbled Gail. She opened the door and dealt with the deliveryman bringing the food in for them to enjoy. Gail set the table and refused to let Holly assist. They ate the delicious meal Gail had ordered. "Thanks for dinner, it was wonderful." Holly said when she had finished her entire plate of food. "Well, it was either order this or serve you the five star cuisine that is cheese puffs" Gail laughed.
After cleaning up dinner they spent some time talking on the couch. Gail looked at the clock and realized how late it was getting.
"Holly, do you want to go home or…or you could stay here." Gail looked at her hopefully.
"Well, I am too smart to turn down an invitation to stay with you." Holly responded with a smile.
With that, Gail led Holly to her bedroom.
"I need to get out of this dress." Gail stated and winked at Holly, who was sitting on her bed.
Gail slowly began to get undressed taking her time and stealing short looks over her shoulder at Holly. She was down to her bra and panties when Holly's voice broke the silence.
"Come here" she said huskily.
Gail looked back at her and smiled, she looped her arms behind her back to unclasp her bra when Holly spoke again
"Please…please, Gail... Come here. Now."
Holly's voice was so filled with lust it was all Gail could do keep herself upright. Somehow she managed to take the few steps to the bed and she crawled on top of Holly. She leaned down and nipped softly at Holly's neck and began lavishing it with kisses. Holly let out a soft moan and Gail stopped her ministrations on Holly's neck. She looked down into Holly's eyes and breathed out
"I'm here…now what?"