Sorry for the very late post - my holiday extended a little :).

SPOILERS - this week - Marissa gets back to being a lawyer, Miranda gets to grips with her nightmares and Kendall gets cosy with Griffin.

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Bianca sighed into her pillow. She could hear the sound of someone moving about her bedroom and opened one eye. She was expecting to see Miranda sneaking towards the bed, a sad look of guilt on her face for not being able to stay in her own bed. Instead Bianca was faced with bright morning sunshine creeping on around the edge of the blinds and Marissa emerging from the closet with an armful of clothes.

"It can't be morning yet?" Bianca muttered.

"I'm afraid it is." said Marissa. "Sorry to wake you, but I have a wardrobe emergency."

Bianca sat up; a little more alert after seeing from the bedside clock it was after seven.

"What's the emergency?" she asked, pulling her arms above her head for a full morning stretch.

"'Big lawyer hat' day remember." said Marissa, going over the pile of clothing she had laid out over the back of the dressing table chair. "I haven't dressed for the office in over a year I'm having a little crisis!"

She held up two outfits, a navy dress with a grey blazer and a black trouser suit with a coral-red blouse.

"What do you think?"

"Give me my morning kiss and I might tell you." said Bianca with a smirk.

Marissa grinned back.

"Sorry." she said, stepping quickly to the side of the bed to plant a soft kiss on Bianca's lips. "Good morning!"

Bianca moaned her approval.

"So?" Marissa asked as she pulled away, holding up her outfit options again.

"Brown trousers; with that red shirt, not the black - it's too formal. And that brown tweed jacket that is still in the pile. The colour brings out your eyes!"

"Okay." said Marissa, finding Bianca's suggestion from heap of clothes on the chair. "Thanks."

"It's my pleasure."

"Although I'm not sure bringing out my eyes should be a consideration"

"Well it should be!" said Bianca still smiling, as she stretched again and swung her legs carefully out of bed, searching the floor by her bedside for her crutches. "So, no sign of Miranda?" She was concerned by her daughter's absence.

"No." said Marissa. "But I did poke my head round her door a little while ago; your angel was fast asleep!"

"How long have you been awake?"

"Not long." said Marissa, although it was clearly a lie.

"You can't be that nervous." said Bianca incredulously.

Bianca was still sitting on the edge of the bed but Marissa was near enough for Bianca to draw her closer. She rested a hand on her girlfriend's left hip as she looked up at her.

Marissa only sighed in reply.

"Hey, you are an amazing lawyer!" said Bianca encouragingly, "Caleb wouldn't have been so keen to snap you up otherwise. You saved my kids. Uncle Jack says you have a great head on you shoulder's. You have nothing to be nervous about!"

"It's still a big change for all of us!"

"None of that!" warned Bianca, pulling her girlfriend even closer. "You are awesome! You get out there and be awesome! We'll all still be here waiting for you when you get home!"

Marissa left her nerves behind to smile back at Bianca's up-turned grin.

"I love you." she said, cupping Bianca's cheek and bending down to press her lips to Bianca's.

The kiss grew more heated as Bianca's hands grabbed at her waist.

"…But this isn't getting you ready for work." said Bianca with teasing smile as Marissa eventually pulled away.

Marissa grinned and nodded as she turned back to her outfit now spread out on the bed.

"And it certainly isn't getting the kids up and ready for school..!" said Bianca, finally getting up from her perch on the edge of the bed.

It was time to start the new day!

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