A/N: Here's a long one. If you have a moment, gentle reader, it'd be great if you could leave a review, and to those whom do I truly appreciate it.
The Webster women sat at breakfast. This was a rare occurrence these days, but Rosie just happened to be visiting from London so there they all were. Sophie had just informed them that she would be heading out to Southport for the weekend coming up. She had gotten her shifts covered with Dev and her schoolwork done.
"Look at that soppy smile mum, I think we all know what that means" Rosie teased.
"I don't know what you mean sister" Sophie said coyly. She sipped at her tea. Sophie couldn't help but be excited by the fact that she would most likely have three whole days alone with Sian over the weekend. Unfortunately it did mean that she'd have to spend an evening with Sian's mum but she was trying not to think about it.
Honestly all she could think about was all the things she was going to do to Sian while they were both naked. It was pervy but Sophie couldn't help it.
"Oh whatever Sophie Webster! You have no other reason to go to Southport ever, nobody does" Rosie observed.
"Mum can you take me to the train? If not then I'll have to get a cab to the station" Sophie asked.
She had gotten tickets for the train as soon as she confirmed the time off with Dev. There was no way that she was having her mum taking her all the way to Southport. She wanted to be there alone when she first saw Sian at the station.
Sally nodded that she would. "But Sophie I want you to make sure that you get what you want" Sally said as she got up to refill the kettle.
"Oh she'll get what she wants all right," Rosie laughed. Then she leaned in so Sally wouldn't hear "Laid, Right Sophie?" Rosie let out in a low voice and winked. Sophie scrunched her face at her sister and threw a piece of her toast at her across the table. Rosie shrieked in over dramatized horror.
"Did you see that mum?!" she squealed her high-pitched voice.
"Oh Rosie" Sally sighed. She was so pleased to have both of her girls in the same room for once that she didn't care that they were being noisy. Sally smiled as she brought over another cup of tea.
Sophie was eager to change the subject. Her sister's merciless teasing was enough, but she didn't want her mother to start weighing in.
"Mum y'know with school going really well, I've been thinking about what I want to do for a career-like" Sophie started off. And she really had given it some time. She could manage a shop, but she wasn't ruthless enough for business. And after her discussion with Emily she knew that she was happiest helping people. Charity work just wasn't realistic though and she didn't want to get caught up in another scam.
"Well, girls your age around here usually become nurses or secretaries, if they aren't in the pub or factory" Sally replied.
"But mum I don't think I'd like to do any of those things. I think that I'd like to help kids. I think that I could be a good teacher," Sophie said hesitantly. She waited quietly for her mum to shoot her down.
"Well Sophie, do you think that you can do that being the way that you are" Sally asked.
"And that is?" Sophie asked her voice rising. Her mum could be so infuriating sometimes.
"Mum! Don't be daft" Rosie said looking up from her magazine. "I think it's a great idea Soph" Rosie went back to her fashion article.
"I was just saying be careful" Sally warned.
"Oh Whatever" Sophie sighed.
Sophie stepped off the train at the Southport station. It hadn't changed all that much since she used to come here regularly. Her and Sian used to trade off regularly when they were teens. When they had first gotten together they'd made a pact that they would see each other every 2 weeks. It had been so torturous waiting for physical contact that when they came together they wouldn't be able to keep their hands off each other. Often right there on the train platform.
They had arranged it so that Sian would come and pick her up on the phone. Even though Sophie had told herself that she was going play it cool, she couldn't help but work herself up as she looked for a certain blond. Sian had been on the continent for the past few days. Of course, as predicted, her mum was already set to take off with her boyfriend today. Sian had also gone to visit her dad in Newcastle, where he had relocated from Weatherfield.
So familial obligations fulfilled, Sian was ready for some fun. She was on holiday after all she exclaimed to Sophie the night before on the phone. Sophie knew that all this family stuff always stressed Sian out. It made her glad that even though her family could be maddening sometimes at least she knew that they loved her. She was dead lucky.
Sophie kept looking around the platform. She started to dig her phone out of her purse when she felt a pair of hands cover her eyes from behind. Normally she would have panicked, but she knew who it was. "Hey there gorgeous" she heard whispered low in her ear. Sophie spun around to see the most beautiful thing alive in front of her. She let herself breath as she wrapped her arms around her. Sophie got lost in the feeling of Sian's arms for a moment. Keeping it cool went right out the window.
Sian was the first to break the embrace. She grabbed one of Sophie's bags and slung it over her shoulder. "C'mon, Mum will be desperate to get her car back" Sian said as they walked out to the parking lot. Sophie breathed in the familiar mixture of sea air and strawberries. Something's never do change.
Sian and Sophie walked thru the shopping aisle. Sian had told her mum that in exchange for the car she'd have to pick up some things. The cupboards were pretty empty anyway so if they'd wanted to eat anything this weekend they'd have to go anyway. It wasn't that big a hassle.
"I know it's annoying but you'll have to stay in the guest room. Well for at least tonight anyway. Mum's leaving early in the morning" Sian said as she picked up some tea bags.
"I don't mind" Sophie said. She was getting more and more nervous about having to sit down with Sian's mother. Also she had no idea about how much Sian had told her. Sian picked up on her nerves.
"What's going on?" she looked at Sophie worried.
"I'm just scared of your mum, what if she hates me," Sophie said looking towards the floor.
Sian took her hand, intertwining their fingers.
"Soph! Calm down okay. Sure it was hard for a while there after we broke up. Really hard. I was angry. Broken. Did and said things that I wasn't proud of" Sian went on.
"Is that why you moved in with Chloe?" Sophie asked. It had been banging at the back of her skull for a while now.
"What?! Who'd you hear that from?" Sian asked.
"Well Ryan told me that you had shacked up with her so…" Sophie began explaining.
Sian just shook her head laughing. She grabbed some wine from the shelf above.
"Never happened. What did happen is that he showed up at my house having heard what happened and tried it on with me…the nerve right? I told him where to go with his feelings and he stormed off," Sian said with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
"Really?! Ugh!" Sophie scrunched her face up. "Y'know he tried it on with me as well. Men!" Sophie and Sian laughed together. They giggled as they approached the counter.
Loading up their groceries into the car, Sophie closed the trunk lid and went to get in. Sian stopped her. She took both her hands.
"Sophie, you need to stop being so nervous. I stopped caring about her a long time ago, if she starts kicking off, or saying anything, I'll defend you. Like I always did," Sian said sincerely. She leaned her forehead against Sophie's. "Just remember to breathe aye. Can't have you passing out on me," Sian teased.
Sophie couldn't help it. She leaned in and just let her lips brush up against Sian's and linger there. Even though it was relatively chaste, she poured her longing into it. Sian pushed back against her lips. For a moment the two girls forgot that they were in a grocery store parking lot.
A car honk though brought them back to reality. Some bloke wanted their parking spot.
"Hey are you lasses leaving or what?!" he shouted from his car.
"ALRIGHT! Keep your pants on!" Sian shouted back. The two girls got into the car.
Sophie couldn't keep herself from grinning and tingles spread through out her body. She had it bad.
Sian's mum sat opposite them in imposing silence.
Sophie chose to pay immense attention to the wallpaper, then the floor, and then her teacup. Then she started on the wallpaper again.
Sian tried to make small talk just to fill the tension in the air.
"So Sophie your taking Further Education classes?" Sian's mum turned her way.
"Yeah, actually it was Sian who got me back in school, when we met over the summer" Sophie trailed off.
"So you met again over the summer aye? I didn't know that" Sian's mum replied suspiciously.
"Yeah mum, I didn't want you to worry, Sophie found me in California. It was quite a shock," Sian said hurriedly. Now Sophie was even more worried about what Sian had told her mum. She decided that it was best just to keep her gob shut as much as possible.
"I bet" Sian's mum said taking a sip from her cup.
Sian got up to clear the plates, hoping to signal that this meal was over. Sian's mum looked right at Sophie. Her eyes seemed to pierce right thru her.
This was all the definition of awkward. Sophie just wanted it to end.
"Well I hope you realize Sophie how far my daughter has come and that it will be a disaster to see her get sidetracked again" Sian's mum said icily.
Sophie audibly gulped. She could only nod her head in response. Sian came back in.
"Well I think Soph's probably knacked from the trip and everything so we'll head upstairs eh?" Sian asked rhetorically. Sophie rose so quickly that she knocked the table. Quickly apologizing she got out of the room leaving mother and daughter alone.
She sat in the guest room waiting for Sian to appear. She knew that Sian and her mum had a tenuous relationship but Sian still needed her. All daughters need their mums.
After awhile Sophie cranked up her Ipod. She'd loaded it up with songs that she thought of as "Their" songs. Leaning back on the bed she closed her eyes and let the music take her to the places that she associated them with.
She was so lost in her memories that she startled awake when she felt someone take her ear bud out. Looking up she saw the most perfect thing hovering above her.
"Let me see" Sian said taking the Ipod out of Sophie's hands. "Geez Sophie! Have you listened to any music since 2011?" Sian giggled scrolling thru the play list.
"Oi! I have great music taste thank you very much!" she said in mock offense.
Sian kept scrolling but then smiled when she found what she was looking for. She placed the Ipod in her speaker doc then pressed play. She turned to Sophie extending her hand out to her with an intent look in her eyes. The opening strains of Ed Sheeran's Kiss Me started to play.
Sophie had never been a great dancer, but she let Sian guide her without hesitation. They wrapped themselves around each other. Sophie buried her head into Sian's chest. Her heart swelled in her chest and she was hot everywhere. And it was perfect.
When the song ended they didn't stop swaying. After a minute Sophie looked up into Sian's eyes. Sian reached and swept aside a strand of hair from Sophie's forehead. The air between them was crackling but the only sound was their panting breaths. Neither girl blinked for a moment as if they were frozen. Then one of them blinked and they crashed their lips against each other. They fought against each other for dominance like wounded animals looking for safety.
Sophie felt incredible like she couldn't get enough of Sian's skin. She broke off from her lips and started moving up her jaw to stop at her neck. Starting to pull off the other girl's top, she felt Sian stop her hands at her hips.
"Not tonight" she breathed out. Sophie groaned.
"Why not?" Sophie said in a low husky voice dripping with lust and frustration.
"My mum's here Soph" Sian said with a twinge of frustration in her voice but not much fight.
"We can be quiet" Sophie said as led her to the bed. Laying Sian down on her back she straddled her placing her knees on each side. Sophie removed her own shirt in one motion and lay on top of Sian. The blond just nodded as she reached around to remove Sophie's bra.