The familiar sound of keys and that same slam as before. Home alone, bored out of my mind, with bubbles up to my elbows. The rest of the washing can wait. I use a nearby towel to dry off and go upstairs to get changed. It's almost eleven and the house has been quiet for a while, I need to fill the silence somehow. Music. That'll work. My phone's charging on the nightstand and I've missed a couple texts from Nicole. 'Hey Sweetie, miss you already.' Sent a couple minutes after she left. What a dork. 'Cancel lunch, we'll have dinner instead. Sorry baby.' 'Ignore that. It's been sorted. Come see me.' She knows I go to the office about now, anyway. Dork.
"Hey, you" I lean on the door frame and smirk.
"Come here."
I walk to her desk and stand in front of her chair. She puts one hand on the desks and stands up so she's taller than me. She looks at my face and we're almost touching. I go to kiss her and she turns and points to the desk. Making me kiss... her ear.
"Oh! I'm sorry!"
She puts both hands on cheeks and kisses me, laughing in between.
"I did actually need you for this, but thank you for the kisses."
"You're welcome! So, what's up?"
There's a couple pictures of cctv footage I don't recognise.
"Any ideas?"
"Sorry to disappoint, baby."
"It's okay. How about we take off?"
She runs her fingers down my arm and gives me that look. I briefly look down then back at her, biting my lip. She's found the hoops in my skinny jeans where the belts meant to go and uses them to pull me closer to her. And now we're kissing and the world's in colour again. There's that moment of happiness where we've stopped and are touching foreheads and smiling with our eyes closed. I pull away and grab her hand.
"Let's go."
"Wait... Wynonna!"
There's quiet and then a figure walks past the office windows and in through the door.
"Yes?"
"We're off to lunch, want me to pick you something up?"
"Oh, shoot, I should've asked before. Sorry."
"One point Nicole, Waverley-"
She blows a raspberry and does a thumbs down. Nicole laughs and I completely melt. We hold hands and start to leave, wynonna repeatedly says thank you as we go.