Marissa woke up to Bianca nuzzling her neck and planting gentle kisses on her shoulder. She moaned deeply as she slowly opened her mind.

"Is it morning already?" she asked, turning her head to try and capture one of Bianca's kisses.

"I am afraid it is." sighed Bianca before planting a soft kiss on Marissa's waiting lips. "I love you." she added with a wistful smile on her lips.

"Who would have guessed." said Marissa with a grin as she turned to properly face Bianca. She reached out to trace her fingertips on the warm skin of Bianca's cheek. "I love you too."

They shared a smile and another warm and loving kiss. After the brief talk the tension between them had apparently abated. But deep down Marissa held a suspicion that in bed to was easy to be in love the real challenge was what happened when they got up and had to face another day together.

"So what do we do today?" she asked.

Bianca smiled and wrapped her arms around Marissa's waist.

"I vote we stay in bed."

Marissa grinned back.

"I wish we could…" she said, more than happy to put off having to face what could happened to their relationship once they were out of the bedroom. Sadly there were still things that had to be done, "Unfortunately you still have to do your exercises this morning."

Marissa hated having to bring up a reminder of Bianca's condition which she knew her girlfriend was hoping they could ignore.

Bianca sighed.

"I wish I didn't… but," she added, "That doesn't mean we have to get dressed or leave this bed so my plan for today is still perfectly valid."

Marissa raised her eyebrow.

"That is true."

"You won't find it distracting." Bianca asked her teasing smile wide, as she sat up and stretched.

"I think I'll manage." said Marissa watching her with a grin. She would happily stay this close to Bianca forever.

…

Marissa was helping Bianca with her arm stretches when she noticed a far off expression on Bianca's face.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"I was just thinking," said Bianca. "It isn't the same without the kids."

"I should hope so!" Marissa said with a crooked grin on her lips as her ran her free hand down Bianca's side.

Bianca smirked in return,

"You know what I mean," she said ducking forward to plant a kiss on Marissa's lips.

"I do." said Marissa, "As much as I love having you all to myself, I do miss the kids."

"It's too quiet." said Bianca.

Marissa nodded in agreement.

"Too quiet…What do you say we give them a call when we finish up here?" Marissa suggested. "Find out how they are coping without us."

"Terribly I'm sure…" said Bianca playfully, "But yeah that sounds like a great idea."

"So are you ready for your leg work out?"

"Let's do it!" said Bianca mustering a little more enthusiasm.

…

Marissa was massaging her way down Bianca's left leg. The bruise on the back of her calf hadn't gotten any larger so clearly the muscle strain wasn't too severe. Marissa then went on to manipulate Bianca's ankle joint.

"We should probably change the dressing while we are here."

"Oh yeah." said Bianca, being unable to feel it she had forgotten about the injury to her big toe.

Marissa pulled off the dressing under Bianca's watchful gaze.

"Oh god!" she gasped, horrified as part of the nail came away with the band aid and underneath was a pus-filled mess.

"Ew!" gasped Bianca equally revolted by the sight.

"We need to get you to a doctor." said Marissa, quickly working to cover the ugly wound with a fresh dressing.

"So much for a day in bed." said Bianca sadly. She collapsed back onto the pillow and punched the mattress in frustration. "My damn leg!"

…