DISCLAIMERS
1. I DO NOT OWN JURASSIC PARK/WORLD. This is just for fun.
2. This is a femslash story. If you don't like that sort of thing, you won't like this.
PART 9
"Someone looks happy."
Lex turned her head the voice to see Tea once again standing in her office doorway. "Huh?"
Tea smirked. "You're sitting there with this ridiculous grin on your face," she said. "A far cry from the otherday."
For a moment, Lex's face fell. She did not want to think about Mr. Masrani's visit. Especially not now. Fortunately, Tea seemed to sense she said something wrong and quickly returned to the topic at hand. "So... what's her name?"
Blinking, Lex stammered. "W... what do you mean?"
"C'mon, Lex, the only time you sit at your desk just staring into thin air is when you meet someone." Tea rolled her eyes. "Plus, you were hardly in yesterday, and were late this morning. Soooo... what's her name?"
At that, Lex blushed. She hoped she would get to work ontime, but the morning with a certain redhead lasted abit longer than expected... and it was not because of oversleeping. "Claire," she eventually giggled, almost timidly.
Tea's grin widened. "Tell me everything!"
Lex cleared her throat. She would most definitely not tell her workmate everything. "We met the otherday, outside the cafe across the street," she began. She decided not to explain how they literally bumped into eachother - Tea would likely die of laughter. "We got talking, and... she's on vacation. I offered to show her around the city."
"Just like that, huh?" Tea said knowingly. "What's she like?"
"She's wonderful," Lex blurted out. "Smart, kind, gorgeous... she's... " She paused.
Tea leaned closer. "Yes?" Lex's cheeks burnt redder, which - after a pause of realisation - led her workmate to audibly squeal; she had a habit of that. "Oh my God! Already? Lex, that's not like you!" She laughed. "I guess that explains the same clothes two days in a row!"
Lex's blush deepened; indeed it was not like her at all. Lex had had more than a few girlfriends in her time, but most were just casual - she could count the number she had actually slept with on two hands, max. And even then, it was rarely after one day. But... Claire was different. Lex could not stop thinking about her; the redhead was on her mind constantly. Lex could well believe Tea's comment of her staring googily-eyed, her thoughts on this amazing woman who quite literally crashed into her life. Apart from her actual job - which, in the back of her mind, Lex knew she probably should ask about sooner rather than later - Claire Dearing seemed too good to be true. "She's the most beautiful woman I've ever met," Lex said reverently.
Tea's eyes actually bulged. "Wow. I didn't think you believed in love at first sight."
Lex glared at her. Was... that it? No, surely not. It was absurd. They had known eachother for two days, for crying out loud. Lex was just on a high, that was all: an artificial high after a night of sex. Incredible, passionate, amazing sex. The best Lex had ever had. And she wanted - needed - more. When Claire said she wanted to see her again, the blonde was over the moon. For a moment she was worried it was just a one night stand for the redhead, a meaningless holiday dalliance. "Anyway, she's here for a few days," Lex said, shaking her head in an effort to compose herself, "And there's still stuff for her to see."
"True," said Tea. "Like the kitchen table, bathtub, living room couch... "
"Tea!" Lex yelped, her cheeks threatening to burst.
Her workmate simply grinned again, but after a second, it fell. "Wait... a few days? Then what?"
Lex paused again. It was a question she was trying hard not to ponder. The answer was most likely not one she wanted to hear... but surely would. "Anyway," she repeated, acknowledging her ducking the question with a shrug, "I'm taking a halfday again. Got to start moving my stuff into my new house."
"Moving boxes," tutted Tea. "Sounds way better than spending time with a new girlfriend... "
Again Lex inwardly winced. She did not want to think of Claire as her girlfriend: that would make her leaving even harder. Better just to take this... whatever it was... with the redhead one day at a time. Don't think about the future... because there would be none. Don't think about her eyes, her hair, her smile, her lips...
So, of course, that's exactly how Lex spent the next agonising hour. When she finally clocked off work, all she wanted was to be in Claire's arms again. Lex's heart nearly leapt out of her chest when she saw the redhead in white standing outside her office building. Not even caring why Claire was not waiting in the cafe like they planned, the blonde smiled wide and quickened her steps. Claire, for her part, was already striding towards her, closing the gap. They then pretty much crashed into eachother again, only this time it was with serious intent.
They embraced hard, Lex overjoyed at being with this beautiful woman again. "I've missed you," she heard in her ear, which brought goosebumps to Lex's neck.
"I tried to work as quick as I could," Lex fibbed as they looked at eachother. As Tea correctly pointed out, she had mainly just sat at her desk daydreaming of Claire. "Well, maybe I didn't get any work done at all," she admitted. "Why didn't you wait in the cafe?"
Smirking, Claire leaned closer. "Because it wouldn't be appropriate in there to do this." With that, she kissed Lex deeply, pulling their bodies even closer together. Prising Lex's mouth open, Claire dove her tongue in, clearly not caring it was not exactly appropriate on a city street, either... not that Lex was going to complain.
They did not go to the cafe in the end. Nor did Lex end up moving any boxes. They both spent the rest of the day doing something far more pleasurable...
TO BE CONTINUED