Author's Note: I know I have taken a while to update but I have had a lot of work on. Anyway, here's the update and it's a relatively long one. They're going on a picnic and there's flirting and we find out a bit more about Carmilla. Hope you enjoy it! :)

Carmilla lay beside Will. One arm sprawled over his little body, the other tucked under her sad excuse for a pillow. Her hair hid her tear stained eyes, some days were worse than others. For the past few days, Carmilla had been hiding away. Only going outside to walk Will. She kept replaying the incident at the park, she had tried but letting people in was never a strong suit of hers.

She let out a choked sob, before she felt Will's wet nose press against her cheek. His paw coming to rest against her chest. She gave him a watery smile, before cuddling him. Her face nuzzling into his soft fur, smiling more when she felt his tail wagging against her skin. She had no idea, what she'd do without Will. She always hated the expression "Man's Best Friend" but him and Lafontaine were the closest she had.

She could hear her phone ringing from across the room. This was the fifth time within the hour. She knew it would be them but she didn't feel like talking, and they always wanted to help her. Which was sweet but sometimes Carmilla just needed to hide away and sleep.

'Well, you're not dead.'

Carmilla sighed, shifting slightly before she opened her eyes. Coming face to face with an irritated looking Lafontaine, who had took up a position by the brunette's feet. Carmilla didn't say a word, refusing to look directly at them. She rolled back over, closing her eyes again and hoping they would get the message. Unfortunately not.

'You can't just, drop off of the face of the earth. Anything could have happened to you!'

There's silence and then a mumbled response.

'Well it didn't.'

They sigh, Carmilla rarely got like this but when she does, it's near impossible to snap her out of it. They missed their snarky best friend and they knew just the thing to get her back.

'So, Perry is going for a picnic today and she asked me to come. Do you think it's too early to bring her a flower? She's baking brownies and I need you, to be my wing-woman.'

At this, Carmilla scoffs, knowing what they're doing. She can't help but smile slightly, grateful for the distraction. They look at her with a hopeful expression and she doesn't have the heart to say no.

'You really like this girl, huh?'

'Is it weird, because I've only known her for a week?'

'Kind of, but since when has that ever stopped you before? I'll go with you, just don't be all mushy or I may vomit.'

They grinned at her, before grabbing their phone and typing out a quick message. Carmilla rolled her eyes but moved to stand up anyway, that was until she remembered what she looked like. She didn't want them to see her like that. They always got sad and she didn't want that.

'Could you give me some privacy?! Unless you want me to go the park in my pyjamas?'

'No, you're right. I shall take Will down the road and you can get ready.'

They started to leave, before turning round with a grin. Carmilla looks at them with curiosity, a scowl forming on her face as they speak.

'Oh, by the way...Laura's coming to the picnic too!'

With that they left the room, taking Will with them before Carmilla could even respond. Carmilla suddenly sprung into action, jumping up as she rushed over to see what clothes she could find. With any luck, something would impress the brunette, that she'd definitely not been thinking about.

'They're late. Lafontaine said that they'd be on time.'

'Relax Per, they will be here. Are you sure, that I won't be a third wheel? I can always call my Dad, get him to being Danny to the park?'

'No, that won't be necessary. We will include you, Sweetie.'

Laura smiles at her friend, knowing that Perry always made every effort to include Laura. She couldn't help but feel very happy, that Perry had found someone like Lafontaine. It was early days but Laura could tell that They were a keeper. Now that she thought about it, spending a day with them both, wouldn't be so bad after all.

Laura was brought out of her thoughts when she heard Perry squeal happily. Turning around, she saw the girl waving as Lafontaine approached. They grinned as they reached Perry and Laura smiled when Perry embraced them in a hug. They pulled back, looking at one another with shy smiles. Before they turned to acknowledge Laura.

'It's nice to see you again Laf,'

'Back at you Hollis.'

This was when Perry spoke again, drawing their attention back to her. 'I thought you said that she was joining us today.'

'Oh, she is.'

They smirked, pointing in her direction. Perry and Laura both turned to see Carmilla waltzing over to them. Laura couldn't tear her eyes away from the brunette's body. Today, she was wearing a black tank top, paired with a red and black checked shirt that hung loosely on her arms. She was wearing tight, black leather pants which Laura could only describe as sinful. She bit her lip, looking at the way they hugged Carmilla's hips and she became intrigued by Carmilla's subtle curves.

Laura was far too busy drooling over the brunette, to notice Perry and Lafontaine exchanging smug grins. Or the fact that Carmilla was wearing glasses. They made her look cute, a wonderful contrast to how sexy her outfit looked. Laura felt her cheeks flush but she couldn't look away, that was until she heard Carmilla's voice, teasing her.

'See something you like, Creampuff?'

Laura wanted to say yes, she wanted to wipe that self satisfied smirk off of her face but instead she stood, speechless. Her eyes drifted down to Carmilla's chest and for a second she, not so subtly checked Carmilla out. After a few seconds of shameless ogling, Laura heard a cough and the same seductive voice whispering into her ear.

'My eyes are up here, Sweetheart.'

Laura quickly looked up, to see Carmilla smirking at her. She blushed a beetroot red, before mumbling an apology. Carmilla grinned at the girl's embarrassment before slowly walking over to Lafontaine and Perry. Laura swears that she, added an extra sway to her hips on purpose.

...

'Carmilla, I'm glad that you could join us.'

The brunette nodded, giving Perry a small smile before drifting her attention to Lafontaine. They smiled at Perry, before starting to question Carmilla.

'You weren't that far behind me, what took you so long?'

'Some kid fell over infront of me, scraped his knee. I didn't see any parents with him, so I took him to the bathroom, to get him cleaned up. His Dads just took him home.'

The other three smiled at her act of kindness, after a few minutes of them all looking at her with sweet expressions, she rolled her eyes. Her usual snarky tone returning, as she scowled at them.

'Why in the frilly hell, are you staring at me?!'

'We were just wondering, who you are and what have you done, with the real Carmilla.'

She flipped them off, narrowing her eyes at them as they teased her. Perry nudged them, smiling warmly at Carmilla. Lafontaine immediately stopped their teasing. Carmilla smiled smugly at them, she really had begun to like Perry. Finally, she saw Laura looking at her, with a look that she could only guess was adoration and disbelief. Using this to her advantage, Carmilla turned, raising her eyebrow at the girl. Her lip tugging up into a smirk as she spoke.

'You don't feel, that I'm capable of being nice, eh Cupcake?'

'What? Nooo, that's not what I think!'

Laura frantically shook her head, her face full of worry. Her eyes wide, and her lip quivered as she thought about how she must have looked. She'd never want to offend Carmilla. Her body relaxed when she saw Carmilla smile, before extending her hand to grab Laura's shoulder. Snapping her out of her own head.

'Relax Cutie, I know that you didn't mean anything by it.'

Laura smiled at the genuine smile that Carmilla offered her, her eyes full of concern. Maybe she was wrong about Carmilla, maybe she did have a softer side. Just as quickly as the smile had appeared, it was replaced by her scowl. Their eye contact broken when Carmilla turned to Perry and Lafontaine.

'If I'm being forced to spend time with you lackwits, the least you can do is give me something to eat.'

Laura rolled her eyes, maybe not. Lafontaine mouthed be nice to the brunette, who simply shrugged them off. Whilst Perry was busy fishing out food and drinks for them all. Carmilla looked irritated again, which was when Laura nudged her arm, giving her a bright smile. One which Carmilla happily returned.

Within a few minutes, various tupperware boxes and other items were layed out across the blanket. Perry motioned for everyone to sit down. Lafontaine sat close to Perry, their hands brushing against one another's. Whilst Carmilla sat next to Laura, there was a small gap between them but they were close enough.

'So Carmilla, where's Will today?'

'I left him at the shelter.'

She shrugged, it was normal for her. When she saw Laura's look of confusion, she realized that she wasn't talking to Lafontaine. She smiled at the girl, before elaborating.

'I work at a rescue shelter for dogs. When I can't bring him to the park, I leave him there with J.P. who looks after him, until I get back.'

Laura looks impressed, she definitely did not expect that.

'Wow that's so cool! How long have you worked there?'

'8 years.'

'You must get a lot of dogs then? Is that where you got Will from?'

'Yes Cupcake, we found Will abandoned in a house wreckage. He was just a pup then, so we took him back to the shelter. After a while, I got attatched to the little guy and I adopted him shortly after his arrival. I've handled a lot of dogs in my time.'

'Do you have any favourites?'

Carmilla smirked at Laura's enthusiasm, scooting a little closer to the brunette. They talked a lot. Every now and again, Carmilla would retract her phone to show Laura a picture of video from dogs at the shelter.

...

Lafontaine already knew half of Carmilla's stories, so they drew their attention to Perry instead. She had been listening to Carmilla's stories with interest, cooing over pictures but before long her attention was pulled back to Lafontaine. She smiled contently when she felt their hand tracing shapes over her palm.

They both watched as Laura's face lit up, smiling when she let out yet another excited squeal, as Carmilla showed her a video of a Jack Russel, running up a slide. This was when Lafontaine leaned in, their mouth close to Perry's ear as they spoke.

'Would you like to walk by the duck pond?'

Perry nodded, watching as they stood up before they extended their hand for Perry to take. She happily did, allowing them to gently pull her to her feet. They tried to tell the other two, where they were going but they seemed to engrossed in their conversation, so they left quietly.

They walked together in a peaceful silence, both taking in the view around them. Stealing glances at one another when they thought the other wasn't looking and laughing when they both got caught.

'They're really good for one another, aren't they?'

'But they're both idiots, who won't admit it.'

'Exactly, which is why I've been thinking we need to push them in the right direction.'

'Did you have anything in mind?'

'I think that we should start off small.'

'Okay, so how about we all go and get coffee tomorrow?'

'That sounds like a good idea.'

'We make a good team Per.'

Perry smiled, stepping closer to Lafontaine who had stopped all together. They stood staring at one another. Lafontaine let their eyes drop down to Perry's lips, biting their lip as Perry's eyes did the same thing. They hadn't known Perry that long but when something felt right, then time no longer mattered. They edged closer, tilting their head as they leant in closer. Slowly closing the gap between them.

...

It took Laura a few minutes to realize, that she was now alone with Carmilla. She'd been that engrossed in their conversation, that she hadn't even noticed the departure of her best friend. Apparently she wasn't the only one that had been oblivious, turning she saw Carmilla wearing a matching guilty expression.

'So, where did the Ginger Twins go?'

'I have no idea. We were totally ignoring them, weren't we?'

Carmilla nodded, a minute passed before her smirk was back and her usual air of snark was returning.

'Just couldn't get enough of me, could you Cupcake?'

She watched as Laura's face bunched up, her nose wrinkling as she frowned at the brunette.

'Do you ever give up?!'

'Never.'

Laura's little fists shook as she took in Carmilla's teasing smirk. She stood up, marching off in the opposite direction. Carmilla quickly gathered the picnic items up, shoving them clumsily into the basket. Before chasing after Laura, slightly slow due to the basket swinging on her arm.

'Cupcake, wait up!'

Laura groaned, spinning around to face a slightly out of breath Carmilla. Her expression softened slightly, but her arms remained folded as she spoke.

'Come to flirt some more?!'

'You need to lighten up Cutie.'

'There you go again, my name is Laura. Not Cutie, Cupcake or Creampie.'

'Creampie? That's a new one, thanks Sundance.'

'You're insufferable!'

'There are worse things to be.'

Laura doesn't know what to say to that, she purses her lips. They stand staring at one another. Laura doesn't know whether she wants to hit or kiss Carmilla, maybe both. She settles for neither, turning on her heels as she walks off again. Carmilla hot on her heels. She is about to tell Carmilla to go away, when she sees Lafontaine and Perry standing by the duck pond.

She stops suddenly, angling herself so that she can get a better look. Carmilla nearly walks into her, stopping herself at the last minute. Laura turns around, smiling apologetically at the now annoyed brunette.

'Any reason why you stopped in the middle of the pathway, Cupcake?'

Laura ignored the nickname, simply pointing towards the pond. Carmilla pushed her glasses further up the bridge of her nose. An action that Laura found adorable. She found it strange that she found Carmilla cute; when mere seconds ago, she had wanted to punch her. Damn this girl!

Carmilla looked over to see Perry and Lafontaine, stood together by the duck pond and when she looked closely, she could see that they were infact kissing! She smiled smugly, turning to see that Laura also wore a matching smug smile. Apparently she wasn't the only one that thought the two should have gotten together. Still, she couldn't help herself and suddenly, she was shouting loudly across the park.

'PERRY AND LAFONTAINE, KISSING IN A TREE...'

She was cut off by a hand clamping around her mouth, and before she could react she was pulled to the ground. A tree blocking her from view. She looked to see Laura stifling her laughter as she held Carmilla still. Carmilla smirked, before peaking her tongue out to lick the soft hand covering her mouth.

She couldn't help but laugh when Laura squealed, immediately retracting her hand. She faced Carmilla with a look of disgust. Carmilla smirked again, laughing when Laura spoke again.

'Ewww Carm, you can't just lick me!'

Carmilla raised her eyebrow at the nickname, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth as she spoke.

'You do what you have to do, Cutie. Also, Carm?'

'Sorry, it just slipped out. I didn't mean you call you it. I know some people don't like nicknames and I would never want to purposely annoy you or anything, it's just I-'

This time, it was Carmilla who clamped her hand over the girl's mouth. Stopping her from rambling on, which she'd noticed that Laura did a lot.

'Hey, hey. Laura, relax. I don't mind you calling me Carm.'

She moves the hand from Laura's mouth to see her visibly relaxing. Laura was about to say something, when they were joined by Lafontaine and Perry. They both looked happy, smiling at one another. Carmilla made a gagging noise, but she was ignored. After a few minutes, she realized that she needed to go and collect Will.

'I'm sorry to break you lovebirds up, but I have to go to the shelter. You coming Laf?'

They shared a look with Perry, before shaking their head. Both still smiling at one another. Carmilla rolled her eyes but nodded her head in acknowledgement.

...

They shared small goodbyes, before Carmilla started to walk away. Stopping when she heard Laura's voice, calling her name.

'Carm, wait!'

She smiled when she saw the brunette running towards her.

'Miss me already, Cutie?'

Laura smiled hopefully at Carmilla, before speaking again.

'Could I, maybe...come with you...to, the shelter, please?'

Carmilla looked stunned, no one she'd ever been with had wanted to come to the shelter. She wasn't used to people being nice to her, it was completely new territory. She must have paused for too long, because suddenly Laura started backtracking.

'I mean, I don't have to. I shouldn't have said anything.'

Carmilla quickly jumped in, desperate to put the smile back on Laura's face.

'No, that would be nice. I think that I'd like that, very much.'

With that, Laura squealed. Bouncing on her feet as she gave Carmilla the biggest smile. Carmilla smiled warmly at the girl, and within seconds Laura had flung her arms round Carmilla, embracing her in a warm hug. Carmilla stiffened at first but when she felt Laura start to pull back, she instinctively grabbed her arm, pulling her back in.

Laura wrapped her arms around her waist, smuggling in to the embrace. Carmilla pulled back with a smile, looking at Laura with the softest expression. They stayed like that for a minute or so, before Carmilla spoke again.

'Come on then Cutie, you're going to love it'

She led the way and Laura knew that she definitely was going to love it, seeing all the dogs and definitely not the added bonus of spending more time with Carmilla.