A/N: It's S-L-O-W (can't say the word) at work today so I'm gonna try to get out an update on each of my stories by tonight. :) YAY!
This chapter was kind of fun to write. There's a little bit of humor, fluff and family fun. I hope you guys enjoy it. I don't have a Beta... so all mistakes are my own. I wanted to start it with Bering-Wells and end it with them as well. So please enjoy! :)
Helena and Myka emerged from their bedroom hours before sunrise, wrapped around each other as they stumbled to the kitchen. Both women were starving and exhausted from their night together.
"What do you want to eat?"
"Hmmm..." Helena's mind went somewhere else and her hold on her wife tightened, almost tripping them up. "Doesn't matter. Nothing in that fridge could satisfy my hunger the way you can my love... and did. Over and over and over." Helena chuckled, pulling back and walking behind Myka, appreciating the t-shirt and boy shorts she threw on. She took Myka's cue and dressed similarly.
The dark room flooded with light when the fridge opened. "Fuck!" Myka said, dropping her head to rest against the freezer.
"What is it love?" Helena tip-toed and peered over Myka's shoulder. "Empty?" Myka looked at Helena and sighed. "Don't look at me! I was chasing an artifact for over a week, caught a red eye, got home last night, exhausted mind you, and I still managed enough energy to give you four wonderful orgasms. I haven't had time to go shopping."
"I know. I'm sorry." Myka closed the door, walking to the counter in darkness and leaning back against it. One arm was wrapped around her stomach as her other hand pinched at the bridge of her nose in hopes of releasing the tension trapped between her eyes.
"Darling what's wrong?" Helena was concerned, stepping in front of Myka, holding onto her shoulders.
"I missed you so much." Myka's voice cracked, but her emotions were easily brought back under control. "I've been spoiled having you practically attached to me lately. This was the first time we've been apart for so long since..."
"I know." Helena was now leaning against Myka, their hips resting against each other, arms loosely wrapped around each other. "You didn't want to talk to Abigail? I think that's part of why she's here."
"I've been avoiding her actually."
"But she's so lovely. She's just trying to help."
"Yeah she is. I love Abigail and Steve and I'm so happy they're part of the family."
"But...?"
"But I just wanted you. I felt like half of me was missing. I just wanted to talk to you, and hold you, and know that you were safe. I did try to talk to Sarah though."
"You did? How did that go?"
"She was willing to listen and hang out, but that ended quickly. She didn't like the mushy stuff. I think we broke her."
They laughed at that, the tension slowly easing away. Helena pulled Myka into a hug. "I'm here now and I'm all yours." She kissed her softly and slowly, not wanting to pull away ever, but to let her know that she felt the exact same way when they were apart. As she deepened the kiss, her stomach growled loudly. "Unfortunately, my stomach has other plans and I guess I do need food. So what will we do about breakfast?"
"We can run out and raid the B&B's fridge, bring the food back here." Myka suggested, already walking over to the cabinet to get some bags.
"Sounds perfect. Let's go change and head over there."
"Just toss your coat on, if we go back in the bedroom, chances are we won't be coming out any time soon." Myka winked, getting Helena's coat ready for her to put on.
"Aye aye." Helena slipped into her coat, turning around and giving Myka another kiss. If she could, she would shower her wife with kisses constantly without a care in the world.
They ran down the path to Leena's and headed up the porch. Helena's legs were shaking as Myka took the key out to open the front door. "Bollocks Myka it's freezing!"
"Go jump on the couch and warm up, I'll call you when I have the food ready." Myka opened the door and gave Helena a passing kiss on her way to the kitchen. She proceeded to burglarize the B&B's fridge, with breakfast in bed on her mind the entire time.
She made sure to get lots of juicy fruits, whipped cream, and then of course some stuff to make pancakes. A sly smile broke out across her face as she dropped everything into the bags, setting them by the front door and went back to get Helena.
"Baby everything's ready..." Myka chuckled into her hand. Helena was fast asleep on the couch, finally warm and comfortable, and Myka didn't have the heart to wake her. "I love you." She whispered as she brushed the Brit's hair out of her face. She pulled the couch cushons out to give them more space and Helena instantly scooted back and opened her arms for her wife to slide in.
The blanket hanging over the couch was just big enough to cover their legs which were immediately hooked together, arms wrapped around each other.
With closed eyes, Helena leaned forward and gave Myka a slow, lazy, tired, but loving kiss and rested her head on the taller woman's chest. "I love you too."
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Sarah walked into Leena's later that morning and headed straight for the kitchen. She looked at the people in the room; Claudia was showing Steve some new thing she did with the Tesla, Abigail was helping Leena with the pancakes, and Artie was begging Pete to stop shoving all the pastries into his mouth.
"Hey have you guys seen my moms?"
Without looking, everyone's arms went up, pointing toward the living room before returning to what they were doing.
Sarah went to the couch where her mom's were still sleeping. Sometime during the morning, their coats were shrugged off and discarded on the floor. Sarah picked them up and put them on the coffee table. She sat on the small space by their feet and started tickling them awake.
Helena was the first to start kicking and squirming. She buried her face into Myka's chest. "Make it stop." She groaned, her voice muffled. She tucked her legs in tightly, trying to escape their daughters tickling fingers. All the tickling, practically had Myka and Helena fused together in the middle of the couch, but neither of them would get up.
"Okay..." Sarah was having fun, messing with her parents. They were never usually such easy targets. "You asked for it."
"What is she gonna do Helena?" Myka asked, her voice still heavy with sleep.
Sarah cupped her hands around her mouth and faced the kitchen yelling. "Dog pile!" Then she leapt onto her mothers, bracing herself for the bodies that would be there in 3...2...1...
"Dog pile!" Claudia squealed excitedly, jumping on Sarah.
"Woohoo!" Jinks was next, but decided to be a little nicer and place himself on the pile carefully.
"Thanks Steve." Myka said from the bottom, with barely any breath left in her. "One more..." She said, looking at Helena. "Brace yourself babe."
"Yeah!" Pete jumped onto the pile and everyone let out a huff of breath, the wind knocked out of all of them.
"We're up!" Helena yelled loudly and one by one, they could feel oxygen rushing back into their bodies as people got off of them. "God, why don't they ever learn that the lightest one should go last?"
Myka and Helena stretched out a little and stood up, the blanket dropping.
"Woah!" Everyone said in unison and either turned away, looked up, or shielded their eyes dramatically.
"No pants!" Claudia yelled.
"Oh, you're all so dramatic!" Helena sighed, rolling her eyes at their reactions. "You've all seen us in more compromising situations.
"I haven't." Steve said, raising his hand in front of him and walking back to the kitchen. "And I hope I never do."
"You will... we all do." Claudia said, patting his shoulder.
"Could you guys maybe try to be a little more... um... not like this, when Trevor gets here?" Sarah asked nicely.
"Trevor... oh, the boy that asked you to the dance." Myka forgot about meeting him because she had been so focused on Helena's return.
"Yeah, he's coming over early this evening to meet you guys remember?"
"Right. I should set up the chess board before he gets here."
"How about breakfast first?" Myka took Helena's hand and they walked toward the kitchen.
"How about pants first?" Sarah yelled after them. "I'll run home and get them."
In no time at all, they were all sitting at the table together eating the pancakes made with the ingredients Myka had left by the door, the fruits on the table, next to some bacon and eggs.
...
Around four, Helena was setting up the chess board, already planning on beating Trevor in as few moves as possible. Myka was helping Claudia with dinner, giving Leena a mini vacation from having to feed everyone. Pete went with Sarah to pick up Trevor.
By the time Pete had arrived with Sarah and Trevor in tow, they had a little over 40 minutes till dinner was ready. The young man walked in behind Sarah, who immediately saught out her parents, eyeing them warily. "Come with me." She took Trevors hand. "I'm gonna introduce you to my mom first. Don't be nervous."
They walked into the kitchen and Sarah cleared her throat.
"Hey sweetie." Myka greeted her daughter as she turned around. "You must be Trevor." She wiped her hands on a wash cloth and extended it to the boy. "Sarah's told us so much about you."
"Thank you... I mean yes... I mean I'm Trevor." He shook Myka's hand, stuttering nervously. Sarah pinched the bridge of her nose, rolling her eyes. "Nice to meet you Maam."
"You can just call me Myka." She turned her attention to Sarah. "Did you take him to meet your mum yet?"
"Nope... she's the next stop." Sarah looked at Trevor. "You see my mom is the nice one... now you can be nervous." The boy started to sweat as he was lead to the living room where Helena was sitting reading a book. "Mum?"
Helena held up a finger, finishing the chapter up before closing the book and setting it down. "Darling?" She looked up. "Oh! You're here." She got up, smiling and walking to the pair of teenagers. "Trevor dear, it is a pleasure to meet you." For some reason when she held out her hand, it held a different meaning than Myka's welcome. This one felt a little more like a challenge, but Trevor took it and shook as firmly as he could. "A game of chess before dinner?"
"Mum!"
"What? You said he plays, we'll be done before it's time to eat. What do you say?" She released her hold on the boys hand.
"Sounds fun."
Helena sat on one side, the pieces sitting in front of her were some sort of black crystal, and Trevor sat on the other end, Sarah sat next to him chewing on her thumb nail.
"Shall we begin? Your move."
Trevor did his first move and Sarah knew from her mother's mischievous smile that it was the wrong move. Then Helena made her move and Sarah shot out of her chair. "Please Don't!" Trevor and Helena looked at Sarah, Trevors expression was one of confusion, and Helena's was one of complete amusement. "Mum can I talk to you for a second?"
"We don't want to be rude to your guest do we?"
"You don't mind right Trevor? I'm just gonna ask my mum something in the other room. We'll be right back." She grabbed Helena's wrist and tugged her out of the room. When they got into the next room, Sarah let her mother go and looked to see what Trevor was doing. "What are you doing?" She whispered harshly.
"What are you doing?" Helena responded with the same tone. "You just interrupted what was about to be a very interesting game."
"If by very interesting you mean very short, then yeah... I did! I've watched you play with mom, Claudia and Artie, I've played against you too mum and you were gonna beat him in 4 moves! That was the Scholar's Mate!" Sarah yelled as quietly as she could.
"Well, if he's as good as you say he is, he won't fall for it." Helena snickered and started walking back toward the living room, but Sarah's hand on her arm stopped her.
"Please just give him a chance... for me."
"Hmmm." Helena thought about it for a second and inclined her head in acceptance of her daughters one request. "Alright, but I get to talk to him alone." She continued before Sarah could protest. "If you want me to stroke his ego, I get to find out exactly what his intentions are. I am your mother, you're under 18, and I have that right, don't you agree?"
"Okay... just please please please be nice." When her mum nodded again, she reached out and hugged her tight. "I'm gonna help mom and Claudia."
"Love you darling. And by the way, I wasn't using the Scholar's Mate." She winked and left the room.
Helena got back into the room. "Sarah's helping with dinner so it's just the two of us." She sat back down in her seat. "Let's continue." They played a few more moves, minutes of silence between each move as they took their time to look over the board and strategize. Helena was figuring out how to lose now but win later, cringing every time she passed up the opportunity to take his King. "My daughter really likes you Trevor." She made her next move. "Check."
"She does!?" He looked up at Helena a smile from ear to ear that took the Brit by surprise. He made his next move, blocking his King and having Helena's King in his sights. "Check."
"Yes she does. She likes you enough to bring you to meet us, and as you've probably noticed, we're not the easiest people to meet. If you intend on dating Sarah, you need to prove that you're responsible and kind. Someone worthy of her time. Check. So what exactly are your intentions?"
"I would like to take her to the Formal, and after that I would very much like to take her on a date. Dinner and a movie. If that's okay with you and your wife... maam." He answered in the middle of a move, his hand shaking as he set his glass piece down caused a rattling sound. "Check."
"First of all, it's HG. Second, you can most certainly take my daughter on a date, but please pick something more interesting because she is an exceptional young woman. I like you Trevor, and I want this to work out because you're playing a pretty good game considering your age and the fact that you're playing against me. You should know that I am undefeated. Well... my wife beat me once, but she cheated."
"You know, I could beat you again." Myka said from the doorway. Both Trevor and Helena looked in that direction. "Dinner is ready guys." Sarah popped up next to her mom, surprised that the game lasted this long.
Helena stood up slowly, looking as cunning as ever as she leaned over the board and slid her Bishop into the right place. "Check Mate."
Sarah and Myka both sighed and shook their heads before working out the kinks at the back of their necks.
"Great game maam... HG." Trevor shook Helena's hand and said loudly. "But to be honest, I could have won in four moves." He shrugged proudly.
"Oh, sweet boy." Helena slinked toward Trevor.
"Oh no..." Myka muttered under her breath. "Please don't..."
"Please don't what?" Sarah asked horrified.
"I could have won in two."
"And she did. Sorry kid." Myka pat Sarah on the shoulder and kissed the top of her head. Trevor stood there dumbfounded as Helena strolled past him and walked into Myka's arms. "Why?"
"Because it's the truth darling." She quickly nipped at Myka's lips and they walked into the dining room.
Sarah ran over to Trevor. "I'm sorry!"
"Your mom is so cool."
"What? She is?"
"I mean, way scary, but man can she play... but I don't believe she could beat me in two moves... can she?"
"Yeah." Sarah held onto his hand. "She would annihilate you dude. Sorry..."
"No worries. You think she'd coach our team?"
"I'll ask her later. Come on, let's go eat because I am starving! She didn't hurt you, did she?"
...
Over dinner, Trevor got grilled a little by everyone. He and Sarah already had an ear full from Pete in the car ride there, but Claudia was actually a lot harsher that Helena, making sure Trevor knew to treat Sarah with respect and to follow all of the rules that the family had collectively come up with on the spot at dinner.
Myka stayed pretty quiet, simply observing Sarah's reactions to everything, how she leaned in closer to Trevor when she was happy that everyone was warming up to him. He was her first boyfriend and she wanted him to stick around as long as possible, so she couldn't help but be thankful for her family's acceptance.
"Dinner was great! Thank you guys for allowing me to join you." Trevor said politely as he got ready to leave.
"You're more than welcome to join us any time." Helena added. "But do remember our conversation yes?"
"Yes maam. Sorry I mean HG."
Sarah hugged her moms. "Thank you guys so much. This was actually kind of fun." She kissed them on their cheeks and ran to the car where Pete and Trevor waited to drive him home.
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"I can't believe you said yes." Myka mummbled, with a tooth brush in her mouth.
"It sounds like it could be fun... and if I can get the kids at her school interested in Chess, why not?" Helena tossed her hair into a loose top knot.
"And...?"
"And I could keep an eye on Trevor. You know, make sure tonight wasn't an act. I will be able to see how he is with his friends, in a different environment."
"There you go again... plotting."
"I just want what's best for our baby." She sighed, falling into bed. Myka finished washing up and joined her, curling around the smaller woman.
"I know. Me too." She tucked her leg between Helena's, absorbing as much warmth as she could. "So... you don't think I can beat you at chess again?" Myka asked out of nowhere, recalling the tail end of the conversation she had walked in on.
"Not without cheating my love."
"I didn't cheat."
"You distracted me with sex. You had your foot in a very intimate spot that kept me on edge the entire time."
"But you quit the game... that's how I won." Myka kissed Helena's back. "Remember?"
"I quit because we had an audience and I would have let out many indecent moans at that chess table if I didn't. You remember how that evening ended right?"
"With a lot of payback from you. I didn't mind it though." Myka's grip on her wife tightened, she didn't want to let go. Helena smiled, her eyes closing slowly as sleep began to over take her. "I love you." Myka kissed Helena's shoulder. "I love you." She kissed the back of Helena's neck, her breath lightly blowing the baby hairs that sat there. "I love you." She snuggled in close, allowing sleep to take her as well.
Alrighty... thanks for reading. Please comment and review. :) I always enjoy your words of encouragement and feel free to let me know if there's anything you want to see. I can try to make it possible. Love you all. XO