I suck, I know. And I apologize, once again :( I really hope you haven't given up on this. I've been having troubles with writer's block, but I believe I'm overcoming it. Some personal events have also taken most part of my time and my vulnerable side as been showing a lot... but well, here is chapter 15 of this story. I promise I will not give up on this.

I dedicate this one to Karla, just because she's a sweetheart and I met her thanks to this story.

Someone asked me if I was going to have the Studios' reaction in this story. The answer is no, because that would bring drama. Perhaps in the future when I decide to write an angsty fic I will ;)

Umm... yeah, reviews help me a lot, guys, even if it's just to tell me I took a hell lot of a time updating :) Oh, and when 'At Last' is mentioned in this chapter, I highly recommend you going on Youtube and listening to it. Obviously, the original version by Miss Etta James!

Enjoy!

Lea woke up to the sound of the rain hitting the window and her phone indicating she had a new message. She threw her arm to the other side of the bed without looking and frowned when she didn't find Dianna's warm smooth skin but a cold pillow instead. She sat up while her eyes darted around the room, finding it empty before they landed on a little note resting next to her phone.

Right, a new message.

Still, she grabbed the note first and snorted when her eye caught a small doodle of Arthur on the corner. Even his typically crossed eyes were there. And with Dianna's peculiar handwriting were the words:

Meet me at the lobby whenever you're ready :)

I love love youuu!

A small arrow towards the drawing: And Arthur loves you, too.

She smiled contently at it and gently put it back down before taking her phone and opening her unread message: Wake up, pretty girl!

Lea playfully rolled her eyes. There was nothing pretty about her in the morning. She pressed Dianna's number and waited for her to pick up.

"Hey!"

"Are you seriously waiting in the lobby?" She didn't even know why she had called her, so that was the first thing that came to her mind.

Dianna chuckled. "Yes, I am, princess."

"For how long?"

A pause. "Forty five minutes."

"Oh my god, baby!" Lea threw the covers aside and got out of bed as quickly as she could. It got her dizzy. "I'll be there as soon as I can."

She hung up and glanced outside the rainy city, mentally choosing what to wear before heading to the closet and grabbing her clothes. It was a good thing that she had showered last night and she didn't have to waste more time on that.

15 minutes later Lea found herself inside the elevator. Once it stopped at the lobby and the doors opened she stepped outside and started to look for her girlfriend. She spotted her seconds later, wearing the jeans Lea absolutely adored on her.

When Dianna's eyes landed on hers she felt the same butterflies she ever did. They shone brightly; just like every time she saw her.

Lea sprinted towards her and once she was at a reaching distance she threw her arms around Dianna's neck and buried her face in the light blue scarf around it. Dianna caught her, steadying them both with her arms

"I am so sorry, baby!

Dianna only laughed as she hugged her tighter and lifted her a few inches off the ground. When she placed her back down she pecked her lips and said, "It's okay. I was just planning a couple of things for this morning but it got ruined by the rain." She pouted, and Lea fought everything in her to not just bite that delicious lip and actually pay attention to the words.

She looked up at her as her hands traveled down until they stopped to tug gently at the sides of Dianna's leather jacket. "So you weren't just sitting here, waiting for me?"

Dianna chuckled. "If I were to be waiting for you I'd rather be upstairs watching you sleep..." She scrunched her face. "Wait, that sounded creepy."

Lea's laugh resonated in the lobby. "I get what you're trying to say, baby." Her fingers began to play with the zipper of the jacket while her eyes followed their movements. "What were your plans, though? Maybe I can help coming up with a plan B."

She looked up in thought for a moment before glancing back at the crystal door. It was still raining. "I wanted to take you out on a picnic… and maybe buy you some flowers, and then take you up on the Eiffel Tower." Dianna was not one to hate on rainy days, but it was just not nice when her plans on taking her girlfriend out on a nice date were ruined. Though, maybe a date on a rainy day could still be special.

"Aw, Dianna!" Even the tiniest efforts made her swoon; like the fact that she wanted to get her flowers even when there was no need to impress her.

Because she had already done that; effortlessly. With her graceful movements and angelic face, and kind soul.

She got lost in her eyes for a few seconds, remembering the day they had met for the first time. Dianna had walked in next to Cory as he introduced her to the rest of the cast. She had stayed reserved, with a shy but pretty smile on her face, saying 'Hi, I'm Dianna' to every single one of their now closest friends. With every hand shake she had taken, her confidence grew stronger and that's when Lea noticed how special this girl was. She had been the last one on the line of greetings, and when she stood in front of her she noticed for the first time the glow in her eyes. Hazel eyes. Green mixed with golden. The most beautiful eyes she had ever seen. And when Dianna simply murmured the word 'Hi', her face split in two. She had never understood why she had felt that enormous need of forgoing that handshake and simply give her a bone crushing hug; but now she did.

Somewhere in the back of her mind, she had wanted Dianna since the first time she saw her. In whatever form it was; whether as her best friend or her lover. She just wanted that girl in her life.

And now she had her. As her best friend and her lover. The girl she could trust with her life and the girl she shared the most intimate side of herself with.

Her thoughts were interrupted when Dianna's lips brushed her own and pulled back almost as fast, leaving her with the need of more contact. So she kissed her for a few seconds before feeling the way Dianna's lips curved up in a smile.

When she pulled back, Dianna had a dreamy look on her face.

"We might as well just stay here..." Her eyes were kept close as she breathed those words out.

Lea chuckled. "And miss a rainy in Paris? No way, babe." She gently patted her cheeks before stepping away from Dianna's arms. "You got an umbrella?"

That got her out of her trance as she slowly opened her eyes and arched a perfectly sculpted eyebrow. "Do I have to share mine with you? I saw it was cloudy outside and grabbed it just in case. You saw it was raining and didn't bring it?" She teased. She had already planned to share it with her anyway.

Lea glared playfully at her. "I forgot to grab it because I was in a rush! It's either that or me getting soaked." Her right hand reached at her scarf and tugged at it until they were mere inches apart again. "Plus, you're my girlfriend. You're supposed to take care of me." She pouted.

Dianna hid her smile and kept her hands by her side.

She tried harder. "And I'm pocket sized. I won't even take up a lot of space." She unzipped Dianna's jacket and snaked her arms around her waist, nuzzling exaggeratedly the scarf hanging from Dianna's neck.

Dianna smiled amusedly at the people that kept passing by, even if they were looking at them weirdly since they had yet to move from the middle of the lobby; and because Lea was clinging to her as a life saver.

Yet, she remained silent without moving her arms.

"See?" Lea continued; her voice muffled by the scarf. "I'm a koala."

Dianna snorted. "You're not a koala." Her arms slowly went up to wrap Lea's shoulders as she rested her chin over the brunette's head. She had wanted to keep the teasing going on, but the koala comment was just too silly to ignore.

Lea didn't move at all. "Why not?" She whined.

She thought for a moment. "Because your feet are still on the ground."

She regretted it the moment those words came out of her mouth. Lea had tried to jump and wrap both of her legs at the same time, taking her by surprise before she squealed and hugged her tighter. She took two steps back to keep herself―and Lea by default―balanced until she bumped into an old lady.

The woman grumped and turned around with a scowl on her face.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!"

"Sorry sorry!" They said at the same time. Lea had been put back down and she cringed when the old lady gave them a last glare and muttered what was most likely a curse. In whatever language she was speaking.

Lea glanced one last time at her back before she turned to Dianna. Her girlfriend looked like a 5 year old that had just been caught drawing on the walls of her house.

They looked at each other like that for a few seconds before a different thought invaded Lea's mind and a beam took over her face.

"So… am I a koala now?"

Lea had managed to get under Dianna's umbrella with the final argument that it was "more romantic to share one and be cozy than to use two and look like two strangers weirdly walking too close to each other." Dianna had just smiled amusedly as she opened her umbrella and motioned for Lea to rest her hand on the crook of her elbow.

The sun had yet to come out, but the rain had turned into a less persistent drizzle.

The girls had eaten at the same creperie they had gone to in their second day in Paris. Dianna had promised Lea to buy her flowers on their way back to the hotel so they could actually get a vase with water and not carry them around until they got dry and then they headed to The Trocadéro to watch the Eiffel Tower from there before actually going up.

There weren't many people around since the cloudy weather and the rain didn't seem to disappear any time soon.

They stood in silence by the metallic rail for a few moments, watching people wandering on the lower side of the place, stopping once in a while to take pictures or look down at their tourist maps. They saw the elevator of the Tower traveling up and down with people who were either watching Paris from up high for the very first time, or had found it so breathtaking that they had wanted to do it for the second, third, fourth time. They saw cars further away, driving back and forth on the Avenue de New York, and they heard the rhythmic sound of the droplets lightly hitting the fabric protecting them from above.

It was quiet somehow; and both of them cherished it. With Dianna hugging Lea from behind as she held the umbrella and felt Dianna's warm breath hit the side of her face every time she slowly exhaled through her nose.

Minutes went away until Dianna pecked her cheek and slowly pulled away to open her purse. Lea turned around, making sure she didn't poke her girlfriend's eyes with the umbrella and smiled once she saw that Dianna was taking her camera out.

She got confused when Dianna began to take a few steps backwards.

Dianna smiled. "I want to take a picture of you."

"Am I a model now?" Lea said, leaning on the rail and crossing her feet.

"You're my model." She grinned.

She made a stop about 12 feet away from the brunette; took a large step to the right so the Eiffel Tower could be seen perfectly and looked through her camera lens to make sure it was a good shot. She lowered it and told Lea, "Turn around, Lee."

Lea complied, even if she had no idea what she was doing; she trusted Dianna. So she slightly leaned back on the rail and waited for her girlfriend to take a picture.

She never heard the click of the camera, though; and she was torn between turning around to what Dianna was waiting for or staying where she was. Dianna stood there a few more seconds until she called her out.

"Lee?"

She turned around almost entirely and it was then that she heard the familiar sound of a picture being taken. She smiled knowingly at her; another picture. It was exactly what Dianna had planned. Something unexpected.

Lea being captured in a way that only her girlfriend knew how.

She could see Dianna's smirk from behind the camera as she kept pressing the button while Lea kept smiling and laughing; tilting her head; blowing her kisses. She posed a little more until she beckoned Dianna with her index finger to get back to her again. Once she was at a reaching distance she moved the umbrella aside and looked up to make sure they wouldn't get too wet with the absence of it as she gave Dianna the time to put her camera back inside the purse. The rain was so light it could barely be felt and so she closed the umbrella and put it over the concrete fence that was further away from the rail. She then pulled Dianna by the waist and crashed her lips against hers.

She could hear her girlfriend's sharp intake of breath as well as feel her slightly chilly hands going up her neck and stopping to cradle her cheeks. It made her knees buckle; the difference between the coldness of her hands and the warmth of her lips. She felt dizzy, and as she opened her mouth to let Dianna caress her tongue with hers, her arms snaked around a slim waist, trying to find the equilibrium enough to not fall right then and there.

Though, figuratively speaking, she had fallen a long time ago.

A small smile appeared on her lips at the thought of that, before they were being covered again. She tilted her head and it was her, this time, who licked Dianna's lower lip before having the permission to slip her tongue slowly in and out of her mouth, caressing Dianna's tongue and occasionally flicking the roof of her mouth.

When oxygen became necessary she pulled back and panted, letting their foreheads rest against each other's for a minute.

Dianna tilted her head slightly to the left and began to leave small kisses on the side of Lea's face; from her ear, her temple, and all over her sprinkled smiling cheek. When she stopped she wrapped her arms around the brunette's neck and let out a content sigh. She continued to watch the Eiffel Tower just as Lea became lost in the rise and fall of Dianna's chest and the sound of her heartbeat against her ear.

A few minutes passed before Dianna began to slowly sway, grateful that Lea picked up on it and followed her movements. She then started to whistle, though, it wasn't something she was tremendously good at. Lea had to remove her head from her chest and look up at her with an arched eyebrow. It wasn't until Dianna made sure she had whistled the whole intro of the song that she grinned down at her and began to sing in a low tone, 'At last…' She resumed her swaying as Lea's face brightened and her lips quirked up in a smile. 'My love has come along.'

Lea swooned at the way the song sounded with Dianna's husky voice. She was so lost in her eyes that she simply let her maneuver with her hands so that her left one intertwined with Dianna's right and her other rested over her shoulder before Dianna wrapped her left arm around her waist and gently pulled her as close as she could, resting their foreheads together and leaving no space between them.

'My lonely days are over,

And life is like a song.'

Dianna didn't stop swaying as she leaned down to press her lips against Lea's ear, brushing it with every word she sang. 'At last… the skies above are blue. My heart was wrapped up in clover,' She kissed her cheek and pulled back, finding her chocolate tinted eyes, 'The night I looked at you.'

There was so much meaning behind those words that Lea couldn't stop the tears that began to pool on her eyes.

'I found a dream, that I could speak to,' Dianna smiled at her and pecked her lips once, 'A dream that I can call my own.' The hand resting on Lea's back traveled up to wipe a single tear that was making its way down her cheek. 'I found a thrill to press my cheek to,' Lea closed her eyes and leaned into her touch, 'A thrill that I have never known.'

'Oh yeah, yeah, and you smile, you smile.

Oh and then the spell was cast.'

Lea opened her eyes and smiled at her just as she let her voice meld with Dianna's for the first time during the song, 'And here we are in heaven.'

Dianna beamed and kissed her again before motioning Lea to pull away to spin her once, 'For you are mine…' She pulled her back to their previous position but didn't continue to sway. Her eyes found Lea's. She had mouthed the phrase 'I love you' before she took a breath and sang along with Dianna.

'At last.'

Lea let go of her hand and hugged her neck as strong as she could without hurting her. She felt overwhelmed with so many emotions, but all of them led her to the same conclusion; there was no other person she'd rather spend the rest of her life with. Dianna was everything she had ever wanted and more, and she would be damned first if she ever let something, or someone get between them.

She would never be in love with someone else. And she would never love someone as much as she loved her.

And the best part of that was that Dianna thought the exact same thing.

"I love you so much, Lee." She whispered in her ear.

Lea's knees almost gave in that moment, and Dianna was fast enough to get her off her feet by placing her hands under her thighs and lifting her off the ground. Lea wrapped her legs around her waist as she hugged her neck once again and buried her face on her scarf.

There was not one sexual innuendo about being in this position. It was the simple need of trying to be as close as they could to each other. The feeling of being held—in Lea's case—and the feeling of having the chance of holding the one you loved—in Dianna's—. And when Dianna whispered, "I'm right here, baby," against her hair; she felt safe. Because she knew Dianna would never let her fall by herself.

"You have no idea what you do to me." She muttered without moving her head.

Dianna hummed as her hands moved a little higher on her legs. "I think I do." After Lea pulled back and looked down at her, she said, "It might be the exact same thing you do to me."

Lea grinned. Her hands cupped her face as she looked intently at her. "I love you so much, Miss Agronsky." She leaned down to connect their lips in a searing kiss, and after a few seconds she pulled back. "And I think I know what my tattoo will be."

45 minutes later, the girls found themselves inside the elevator of the Eiffel Tower. They got out at the top of the Tower and Lea thanked whoever was up there that she had forgotten her umbrella and not her jacket because the air was certainly colder when you were a thousand feet from the ground.

They went around the rooftop and stopped when they spotted an empty place where both of them could fit without having to squeeze between a bunch of tourists. They stood next to each other with Lea's hand on the crook of Dianna's elbow. It was a beautiful view they had managed to get since they had the Paris Military School on their front and Les Invalides on their left. Lea would alternate her eyes from the view to Dianna taking pictures.

You couldn't blame her, though. Watching her taking pictures was always quite a sight. With the way Dianna would crunch her nose once in a while and then see whether or not she had taken a good shot; smirking when she did and frowning when she didn't. And then doing it all over again.

She left her for a moment, with the promise that she would save her spot even if she was still too engrossed with her camera, and went to find the mini-bar somewhere in the roof to get them both a glass of champagne. When she came back she snorted at the way Dianna had her feet too separated from each other so she could occupy a place where two people could easily stand, now looking down at the pictures she had taken.

Once there she bumped Dianna's hips with her own, "Scoot over, doll." She said as she handed her one of the glasses she had been carrying.

"Thanks," Dianna replied, taking a sip. She hummed appreciatively; it was good champagne. "What?" She then said to a glaring Lea.

"Cheers." She said sarcastically.

Dianna pace palmed. "I'm so sorry, baby." She looked at her with puppy eyes. "Could we forget I've already taken a sip?"

Lea chuckled and shook her head, but still raised her glass. "To…"

She looked up in thought. "To… To the trip that changed our lives." She beamed.

Lea smirked, clinking their glasses together. "To the trip that changed our lives."

That night they found themselves walking hand in hand out of a tattoo place. Lea's left wrist was bandaged… as well as Dianna's.

What do you guys think the tattoos could be!? :) I appreciate your comments! And if there's something you'd like to see here, just let me know!

Also, there might be one or two more chapters before they move on to the next city...