October

Alex and Olivia dropped off Cassie with Liz before going to their doctor's appointment.

"Thank you for watching her."

Liz had no plans. Jack was out with his motorcycle boys and Liz had no interest in watching old fogies act like idiots. "Not a problem. Have fun making a baby."

Alex rolled her eyes.

Twenty minutes later, they were at the fertility clinic. They had been there twice before, but this time was nerve wracking.

Alex could feel Olivia twitching. She took the brunette's hand in hers.

Eventually, the receptionist called Alex's name and they went to the back.

A medical assistant checked Alex's vitals. Everything looked normal so she changed into her gown and got up on the table.

"The doctor will be with you shortly!"

The table was cold. Alex couldn't quite sit still. There was too much nervous energy in her body.

The door opened and the doctor stepped inside. Dr. Prescott stepped inside.

"Alex, Olivia, how are you doing today?"

"Great," Alex squeaked.

"It's perfectly normal to be a little nervous, but everything will be just fine." The doctor had gotten the procedure herself twice before, resulting in two healthy children.

Olivia kissed her wife's temple. "I love you Baby."

"I'm ready!"

Forty minutes later, and it was all over. Alex was still a bit woozy from the anesthesia, but Olivia was free to drive her home.

"You may want to give her a few minutes to rest." The doctor said before leaving.

Olivia lied down next to her wife. "We'll take all the time you need."

Alex rolled towards her. "I love you Livvy!"

Her words were totally garbled, but Olivia knew what she meant. "And I you, Sunshine."

Two hours later, and it was time to pick up Cassie.

Alex was now awake, but she was a bit groggy. "Sure you don't want …"

Olivia kissed her nose. "I'll be fine. You get your rest."

Alex yawned before turning on the tv. "Can you pick up some ice cream on the way home?"

Cassie will love that. "You got it."

The little girl was just waking up from her nap when Olivia came to the house.

"How was she?"

"A little angel like always," Liz was happy to watch the little girl. "She helped me make cookies!"

The kitchen did smell amazing.

Liz had given Cassie a little goodie bag to bring home.

"Thank you Aunt Liz." Cassie hugged her before leaving.

"You're welcome Cassie."

Olivia and Cassie got into the car.

"Where's Mama?"

"She's still tired from the Doctor's office. We're going to get some ice cream on the way home."

"Oh can we get mint chip?"

"You got it."

They got two pints of ice cream, one mint chip and one pumpkin chocolate chunk.

When they got to the apartment, Alex was more awake. "How was your visit Cassie?"

"It was good Mama. We made cookies and Aunt Liz gave me some to bring home."

"That was nice of her. How about we put them in the cookie jar?" They had a Cookie Monster cookie jar on the counter.

Olivia got out bowls and they made ice cream sundaes.

They were just about to eat when Alex got a phone call.

"Cabot!"

"Do you even look at your phone before you answer?" Serena teased.

Actually I don't. "Hey Rena. How are you?"

"KIMPROPOSED!" The blonde shrilled into the phone.

"You're gonna make me deaf Serena! Congratulations!"

"We're going to get married next fall in the park." Serena had it all planned out. She had sketches of the layout and of her dream dress. She was one of those girls who had been planning her wedding since she was twelve years old.

Alex started eating her ice cream while on the phone. She didn't think Serean would notice, but the lawyer was like a bat.

"What are you eating?"

"Liv brought me some ice cream."

"I hate you. You eat whatever you want and stay so thin. I look at ice cream and it goes straight to my ass."

"Well Kim loves your ass, so what's the problem?"

"Bitch!"

While the blondes were in wedding mode, Olivia tried to pinch her wife's ice cream. She leaned in with her spoon, but Alex caught her.

"Don't even think about it," she hissed.

Cassie appeared with her doll and Olivia was off.

Washington, DC

Casey was exhausted. Their focus group had hit the ground running, and Casey had had three 10-hour days in a row. Luckily, she had weekends off and was able to sleep in.

She had planned on sleeping in all day when a rowdy brunette woke her up.

"Rise and shine!" Abbie kissed her.

Casey pulled Abbie into bed with her.

"I'd love to Sweetheart, but we have to get going."

"Going? Where?"

"It's a surprise!"

Casey rolled out of bed and went to freshen up.

Ten minutes later, they were on their way to Maryland.

"What's in Maryland?"

"Lots of things,' Abbie said vaguely.

Eventually, they got to an apple orchard. There was a group of people, all awaiting the tour.

"We're going apple picking!"

"Yep!"

"Each basket is $10!" You could get as many baskets as you wanted.

Abbie got them one.

Casey had not gone apple picking since she was a teenager.

"I used to go apple picking so my girlfriend and I would have somewhere to make out," she once admitted to Abbie.

"I want to be the only one you make out with here," Abbie teased.

Casey laughed before kissing her. "I think I can agree to that."

They had all kinds of apples: Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, and Honeycrisp to name a few.

Abbie wanted some of all each. "The best apple pies are made from a mix."

She started to climb up the tree, looking to get some apples from the top.

Casey bit her lip. Abbie had such a great ass and those jeans … damn!

Abbie tossed Casey an apple. The redhead caught them in the basket.

Abbie was like a female Johnny Appleseed, bouncing from tree to tree and picking out perfect looking apples.

About 40 minutes later, their basket was overflowing.

They decided to turn in the basket for some bags and then they could explore the gift shop.

They had recipe books, little apple corers, pie making materials including cute little birds. Best of all, they had food.

There was apple pie, cider donuts, and fresh cider to wash it all down.

They got all three-food choices, saving the pie for later.

Casey brought a donut to her lips. It was sweet and had this nice spiciness to it from the clove, cardamom, and ginger. "So good!"

"Was it worth leaving our bed?" Abbie asked on their way home. She wanted to take

Casey grinned. "It was perfect Abbs."