Bianca and Marissa settled into each other's arms; the fervent kisses, eager hands and frantic passion fading to a peaceful satisfied calm.

Marissa sighed and buried her head in Bianca's shoulder reaching up to trace her finger down her lover's neck; feeling the bumps of scar tissue under her fingertip.

"You're incredible." she sighed.

"I am or I was?" teased Bianca, running her fingers along Marissa's sides.

"Both." said Marissa, her smile beaming.

Bianca purred happily as Marissa planted a trail of tender kisses along her collar bone.

"Does that mean I win?" Bianca asked. The silly argument over who loved the other more had led to a long and very energetic bout of love making and the question was still not full resolved.

"No, you just made me love you even more." sighed Marissa. "Besides," she added, shifting her weight on top of Bianca, so she could gaze down into her eyes. "You've been doing this for longer. I just think I need more practice."

Bianca smirked and pulled Marissa down on top of her.

"I think you've practiced enough for now. We need to think about getting up!"

"We have all day." groaned Marissa, "I don't want to move."

"Believe me, I want to stay here more than anything but it's almost two and I don't think the doctors will be very happy with me if on my first day home I miss my medication."

Marissa sat up suddenly.

"Lunch! You need lunch!"

She scooted off of the bed and snatched Bianca's bath robe from the floor.

"You stay there." she said, pointing a strict finger at Bianca, a playful expression on her face. "There are plenty of leftovers in the refrigerator! You don't move and I will be right back."

She tied the robe around herself and headed to the door. She turned back to make one last jokey comment but the sight of Bianca watching her from the bed, an adorable grin on her lips, was too much. She hurried back, clambering onto the bed to give Bianca one last, long, loving kiss before backing up to the door.

She pointed her stern finger again in warning as she left.

"Don't move!"

"I won't," said Bianca with a laugh, totally captivated by her girlfriend's antics.

…

While Marissa was downstairs Bianca took a moment to recover the bed covers that had ended up on the floor at the foot of the bed. She then settled back into her pillow and waited.

Marissa appeared moments later, with a bed tray laden with food. Most of it was leftovers from the party the day before, a selection of sandwiches and quiche and a bit of salad. There were also two ice teas and Bianca's jar of medication. She placed the tray on Bianca lap and settled by her knees.

"That's quite a spread." said Bianca, shaking out a pill and then swallowing it with a gulp of ice tea.

"Well I need you to keep you strength up for the next round." said Marissa coyly, before taking a very suggestive bite out of her sandwich.

Bianca almost sprayed the bed with tea as she tried not to laugh.

"You thought that was funny?" asked Marissa as Bianca tried to stop herself from choking.

"No," spluttered Bianca, as she got her breath back, "I just thought that was insanely cute. You get more adorable by the second."

Marissa pouted in disappointment.

"I was going for sexy."

Bianca lifted the tray and moved it to one side so she could scoot closer and wrap her arms around Marissa's neck. She leant forward, her nose brushing Marissa's in an Eskimo kiss

"You are the perfect combination of cute, sexy, adorable, beautiful, stunning, funny, smart and did I say cute?"

"You did." said Marissa unable to keep up the pretence of sulking when Bianca's smiling lips were so close to her own.

"Well it deserves a second mention." said Bianca, the light in her eyes burning a little more intensely as her expression grew more serious. "I've never known anyone like you. Someone I can love so easily and so much. Someone I trust with all my heart. It sounds crazy but… it's like I was born to love you… and yet saying 'I love you' doesn't feel like enough to describe what you mean to me... I can't imagine my life without you."

Bianca suddenly bit her lip and lent back.

"Was that too much?" she asked, a hint of embarrassment in her voice.

"That was beautiful." sighed Marissa. She looked down at the half eaten sandwich in her hand and put it back on the tray. Then she reached out and took Bianca's hands in her own, entwining their fingers.

"Do you know what I feel when I look at you?" Marissa asked. "I hear a song. A song I know means the world to both of us and until only very recently has been lost with my other memories. But now every time I'm with you I hear the words clear in my head…"

Then she began to sing,

"All through the night,

Near and far, we will be together…"

Bianca gave a cry.

"Our song, you remember our song!"

Bianca's eyes were wide and she was smiling in amazement.

Marissa smiled back as her gaze locked with Bianca's.

"Forever more!" she whispered.

Bianca gasped before pulling Marissa into a delighted kiss.

"Forever more!"

The heat of the kiss grew as Bianca pulled Marissa back down onto the bed. When they hit the mattress there was a slight rattle from the china in the tray.

They both pulled out of the kiss, bashful grins in their faces.

"Lunch first." said Marissa.

"Lunch first." echoed Bianca.

And yet they didn't move. Bianca found herself transfixed by Marissa's smile as she brushed her fingers through her lover's short hair.

"I love you so much." she sighed.

Marissa was staring into Bianca's eyes and getting lost in their depths.

"I love you more." she replied.

The mutual stare lasted a moment longer before they both burst out laughing.

Bianca pulled Marissa into a quick, sweet kiss.

"Shall we just call it a draw?"

…