AN: Hey, Guys! Sorry it took so long. I know I'm a slow writer; I'm working on it! Everything's been crazy busy and for a while I suffered from a huge case of Writers Block. I was starting to worry that I'd never write again. Anyway, thank you for your reviews & love.

Fluff City! This is the calm before the storm, we all know Kim's gotta stir some shit up. Who wants to come with me and just shoot her?

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Chapter 16: Devotion

Devotion, Devotion...
I'm a slave unto the mercy of your love
For so long, I've been so wrong
I could never live without you

-Hurts.

Olivia's POV:

Olivia's eyes snapped open when she felt the warm body that was partially on top of her begin to move. The blonde that was occupying her arms snuggled further into her, and Olivia couldn't stop the small smile that appeared on her face.

She hadn't been able to really sleep all night. She was too wound up, too happy, and way too worried. She knew that there was no going back on her decision to be with Amanda, but she was still worried about the possible damage she could be causing. Olivia prayed that she had made the right choice.

She had almost not come over to Amanda's apartment. After the way she had brushed Amanda off, she thought the blonde would be pissed at her. Boy, she had gotten the surprise of her life when Amanda had let her in with no arguments.

Being with Amanda in this way felt incredible. After so long of fighting her feelings for the young blonde it was nice to be able to just hold her.

She knew Amanda was a small bit let down. When Amanda had dragged her into the bedroom and pushed her down onto the mattress, Olivia had immediately stopped it. She explained that there would be no sex going on that night, and the look on Amanda's face had almost made her change her mind. She just wanted Amanda's first time to be beyond special, she wanted to make love to Amanda when she was worry free. She didn't want to love Amanda with thoughts of what would happen if they got caught swirling around inside of her head.

Amanda had reluctantly agreed to just sleep, and allowed Olivia to hold her.

Olivia's eyes looked at the glowing red numbers on the alarm clock. A little past six in the morning, and Olivia already knew with absolute certainty that she wouldn't be getting anymore rest tonight.

Amanda's POV:

Amanda frowned slightly as she snuggled further into her bed. She had been sleeping very deeply, and her body was fighting to stay asleep. Her brain realized that something was missing.

Then Amanda remembered what had happened last night, who exactly she'd brought to bed with her.

Amanda bolted upright and looked around. The side of the bed Olivia had slept in was empty; the sheets were still crinkled from where the older woman had been laying a few hours before.

Amanda quickly hopped out of bed, taking half the sheets with her as she stumbled out of her bedroom and into the hallway.

Amanda quickly spotted Olivia. The older woman was in her kitchen, in front of the stove, and she was cooking. Amanda calmed down almost immediately; she had thought Olivia had left her. For a second, she had worried that Olivia had changed her mind again.

"Good morning," Amanda said, a huge smile on her face. Olivia whipped around and grinned.

"Morning," Olivia replied. "I'm making breakfast. I know how much you like pancakes."

Amanda kicked the sheets off her legs, and moved into the kitchen. She slid behind Olivia, and pressed her front against Olivia's back.

"Amanda, we talked about this," Olivia groaned. "Remember?"

"Yeah, yeah, I remember," Amanda said. "I'm still allowed to be upset that you refuse to have sex with me, Liv. "

"I'm not refusing you anything, Amanda. It's just that you're still my student, and people can say that I gave you special treatment because of our relationship," Olivia said. "I don't want you to have to redo your entire senior year because of me."

"Fine," Amanda sighed. "So, does that mean I can't do this?" Amanda asked. She wrapped her arms around Olivia's middle and pressed her lips to the side of the older woman's neck.

"I have no objections to that, Ms. Rollins," Olivia smiled. "You're going to make me burn your pancakes, dear."

Amanda nipped the skin on Olivia's neck playfully before she reluctantly moved her lips away from the older woman's delicious flesh.

Amanda felt like she was still asleep; at any moment she could wake up, and this would've all just been a teasing, fantastic, wonderful dream. Finally being able to hold Olivia, and to kiss Olivia, made Amanda feel like she could deal with everything else that was going on in her life.

"I'm really glad you stayed," Amanda whispered as she rested her chin on Olivia's shoulder.

"Me too," Olivia turned her head and pressed a soft kiss to Amanda's cheek. Amanda's heart fluttered in her chest; the effect Olivia had on her was astounding.

Amanda watched over Olivia's shoulder as the older woman expertly flipped the pancakes, and then flipped the stove off. Olivia filled both their plates with a stack of fluffy pancakes. Amanda slowly let Olivia out of her embrace.

"Ready to eat?" Olivia asked, turning around to face Amanda.

Amanda grinned as she took in the adorable sight of Olivia. Olivia was standing in her kitchen, clothes wrinkled from sleeping in them, hair mused, with two plates filled with pancakes occupying her hands.

"Not yet," Amanda whispered. Olivia's brows furrowed. Amanda quickly stepped forward, cupped Olivia's face, and brought their lips together in a gentle kiss.

"Thank you for the best birthday I've ever had," Amanda said, her lips still pressed against Olivia's.

After they'd eaten Amanda had asked Olivia to stay for a while longer; to her surprise, Olivia had agreed. Normally, Amanda would've suggested that they go catch a movie at the theater down the street, or maybe she would've taken Olivia to that nice cafe a few blocks away, but their relationship was still new and unstable. She didn't want to push her luck.

So she'd led Olivia to the couch, and turned on the T.V. She knew it wasn't the most sophisticated way to spend an afternoon, but that was all her lousy brain could come up with at the moment.

"So, how does Netflix sound?" Amanda questioned nervously, she was hoping Olivia wouldn't laugh in her face at the lame suggestion.

"Perfect," Olivia responded. "Now come here,"Olivia continued, holding her arms open.

Amanda struggled to keep her mouth from hanging open, but moved closer to Olivia. She tried to keep her focus on the numerous movie titles that popped up on the screen, but Olivia's arms around her proved to be insanely distracting.

"Anything in particular that you want to watch?" Amanda squeaked as Olivia nuzzled her neck. Olivia simply hummed in response.

With Olivia's lips against her neck, Amanda knew there was no way she was going to be able to actually think about a movie choice. She selected one at random, and leaned back into Olivia as the movie loaded.

"What are we watching?" Olivia questioned, her face still nuzzled into the side of Amanda's neck.

"Uh-" Amanda picked up the remote and clicked, looking at the title of the movie. "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

Olivia leaned back, and looked at her in shock. "Amanda Rollin's is into chick flicks? The surprises never stop with you."

Amanda shrugged, and mentally patted herself on the back for her random selection. The movie was taking forever to load, and Amanda tapped her foot impatiently. Normally, she wouldn't have mind the wait, but Olivia's lips were slowly placing warm kisses up her neck, and along her jaw. Amanda loved the intimacy Olivia was showing her, but Olivia's closeness made it hard for her to restrain her raging libido.

"So," Amanda tried scooting away from Olivia just slightly, but the older woman actually growled. That sound made Amanda squirm in her seat.

Olivia's lips and tongue were doing wicked, wicked things to her neck, and Amanda felt like she might actually melt into an extremely sexually frustrated pile of goop. Finally, the movie loaded, and Olivia raised her head to see the screen.

During the whole movie, Olivia held her tightly. Amanda was in heaven. She hadn't expected Olivia to warm up to her this quickly, but it was a pleasant surprise. She just hoped with everything she had that Olivia was done running, because Amanda didn't know if she had anymore strength left in her to chase Olivia again.

But Amanda didn't want to think about that now, no, for now she was content with leaning against the woman that she could officially call hers.