Chapter three
The next morning Maura woke up, smelling coffee and feeling a heavy pressure on her stomach. She looked down, seeing Sophia lying next to her,her legs dropped over Maura's stomach. "How did she get in my bed?" Maura thought stroking the little girls hair. Sophia stirred and slowly opened her eyes.
"Good morning little girl, how did you get in my bed?" Maura asked Sophia.
Sophia looked guilty "I had a bad dream, went looking for mommy, thought she would be here. When she wasn't I thought you could protect me as well".
"Of course I will protect you honey, it's okay. Did you sleep better afterwards?"
"Yes, you're very soft" Sophia said and she snuggled a bit more up to Maura.
"She's such a beautiful girl, looking so much like Jane. But how could she be thinking to find Jane here at night. And why is Jane up, making breakfast already? She never was a morning person" Maura thought, still stroking Sophia's hair.
Downstairs Jane was busy making breakfast, this was a part of her plan, showing Maura how much she cared. She was smiling because she found out that her daughter, unknowingly, did something to help her with her plan.
When she woke up and walked by Sophia's room she saw her door open. Looking inside she found her daughter's bed empty. A little panicked she went looking for Sophia, finding her snuggled up next to Maura. Looking at the two most beautiful girls in her life, Jane felt she loved Maura even more, and she saw it as a good thing that Sophia trusted Maura enough to come to her after a bad dream.
Jane heard Maura and Sophia walking down the stairs. Well.. Maura was walking and Sophia was bouncing down the stairs. Jane smiled, hearing Maura telling Sophia that she should take care and stop bouncing. She knew that her daughter was just as stubborn as she was, always learning the hard way. She would probably end up falling down the stairs before she would walk instead of bounce down them.
Sophia danced into the kitchen "Morning mommy! Why weren't you in your bed last night?"
"I... I was in my bed last night" Jane said frowning.
"No you weren't, I had a bad dream and came looking for you. But I only found Maura in the bed"
"Why would you think I sleep in the same bed as Maura does?" Jane asked confused. Maura stood in the doorway, smiling at Jane's reaction, curious about how Jane would talk herself out of this.
"Well... You're living together right?! That's what you do when you're living together" Sophia said.
"But Maura and I are just friends honey"
"Well Amber's mommy sleeps in the same bed as her friend too"
"But Amber's mommy has a boyfriend, it's not the same"
"No because you like girls, so you should sleep with girls and Maura is a girl right?!"
Jane was getting redder and redder, not knowing how she could explain this to her daughter and aware of the fact that Maura was listening to their conversation too. "But Maura and I are just friends honey, just like you and Amber are. It's not the same. I know it's confusing but you're just too young to understand all of this" Jane wanted the conversation to end.
"I don't get it" Sophia said. "You're friends and you say I love you to each other. It's just the same as Amber's mom and her boyfriend. I think you're the one making this difficult"
"Okay honey, let's end this conversation and just eat breakfast okay?". Jane didn't want to explain to her daughter that she did love Maura but that she couldn't be with her yet.
Sophia grabbed her plate and walked to the living room to watch some cartoons.
"I'm sorry about that" Jane said, apologizing to Maura.
"It's okay Jane, it's just how children her age think. And I think it's cute that she got you all nervous about this" Maura joked.
"Okay, let's just eat shall we?!" Jane grabbed two mugs, filling them with coffee. Her plan didn't work out the way she thought it would yet! Sophia was way too wise for her age talking about things like this, getting Jane all nervous.
Maura filled her plate with bread and eggs "It looks delicious Jane, to what do I owe this? You getting up early while you love to sleep?"
"Oh... Just because you're sweet and I saw you and Sophia were still sleeping so I thought I could start making breakfast"
"Well that's very sweet of you Jane, thank you"
"So... Since it's Sunday and we both have the day off, I wondered if you would like to do something with Sophia and me?"
"I would love to Jane, what do you have in mind?" Maura finished her breakfast and put her plate into the dishwasher.
"Well.. I thought maybe we could take TJ too and go for a swim? Sophia loves to go to the pool"
"That's a great idea Jane, let me get changed and then I'm ready to go"
"Okay, I'll change and get Sophia dressed too, see you in ten minutes"
"Make that thirty minutes"
"Twenty minutes or you can't come" Jane teased Maura.
"I guess you won't leave without me" Maura teased her back.
"She's so right..." Jane thought while she cleaned the kitchen and then walked over to the living room to tell Sophia what they would do today so they could get ready.