Chapter 166
Warning: NSFW - very NSFW... I think you don't care if you've got this far, but just in case you're at school or going to grandma's birthday dinner or something, here's your warning.
Also, this is dedicated to Baron Cryptid. Because it's NSFW ;)
Chapter 166
Lunch was going to be another pizza place but Nadia felt more like pasta, so they found a nice Italian restaurant instead and got there right in time for a table. It seemed to be their luck on this trip involved always finding a table and considering the city they were in, Valkyrie was incredibly grateful. The three waitresses at the large restaurant looked stressed to say the least, but were incredibly polite. Their manager, also the bartender, wasn't doing anything but standing with his arms crossed. As it was the middle of the day, no one was even drinking yet.
"He looked like a dick," Nadia muttered, looking down and speaking barely loud enough for her to hear. Their waitress, that just asked for their drinks order, went to the bar – and had to go into it to make their drinks. "Like he has something better to do."
"Nadia, shush," Valkyrie said with a smirk. "We'll just leave a nice tip, come on. You should tell me about what you want in the future now."
"I am, I am," she said, with just a smidge of attitude as she watched the manager look his waitress up and back down, lingering on her backside when she bent over to get something under the work surface. To be fair, and Valkyrie was trying to be honest, the young woman was drop-dead gorgeous and had been blessed by the heavens in terms of curves, and boy were they in all the good bits. But it was inappropriate. "Dick."
"Come on, baby, don't get upset. There's nothing we can do," Valkyrie said soothingly. "Just imagine him getting fired and take a deep breath."
"But I hate him," Nadia said, looking back at the table.
"Well don't go crazy or the waitress might think you're mad at her," Valkyrie told her, getting her girlfriend to sigh.
"You better give her a really big tip," Nadia said, begrudgingly taking a breath.
"Of course, who do you think I am?" Valkyrie grinned. The waitress, the pretty one, came with their drinks then.
"Is that your manager?" Nadia asked suddenly, gesturing with her head towards the man who was now looking at his fingernails.
The waitress looked over as she set the drinks down. "Err, yeah," she said, her Texan accent noticeable. "Is there a problem?"
"No, I just thought he had an attitude. He was looking you up inappropriately," Nadia informed her. Valkyrie took a sip of her coke.
The woman scowled and then carefully smoothed her features. "Thank you for telling me, ma'am," was all she said and then left towards a staff door.
"You just started something," Valkyrie said. "What happened to being good and just leaving a big tip?"
"I changed my mind. I'd want to be told and so would you."
"Yeah, but I assumed you'd have written a note and left it with the tip."
She shrugged and smiled coyly. "You shouldn't have assumed. Anyway, it might be fun to watch if they start a show."
"God, you have an issue. This is the second place you've done this at now," Valkyrie pointed out.
"Aww, that pizza guy loved it," Nadia grinned and played with the straw in a drink. "And you did too. Am I allowed to say what all my hopes and dreams are now?"
"Go ahead," Valkyrie rolled her eyes, sitting back in the chair.
"Well, I want to work things out with my family and go on holiday with them," she started, keeping a smile on her face. "I want you and my dad to get along. I want to go on a safari one day and see big cats with you. I really want to hear you sing because Gordon told me you could."
"Oh God," Valkyrie laughed. "I can't sing, but I can play a few instruments. Or I could anyway, I might have forgotten."
"Well he said you could sing so we'll be seeing about that," Nadia grinned. "I think I have it all worked out. In the not too distant future, I want all our family and work-related dramas dealt with, plus move into the house and settle in. And in the more distant future after that, I want to have a few animals and become an apprentice of China's."
"An apprentice of China?" Valkyrie asked, surprised. "Why?"
"I want to, you know, do the work that she's doing," she said, using code for magic since they were in mortal public.
"I didn't know you had an interest in that."
"Yeah, I learnt a bunch at boarding school. But then I came here and it went on the wayside. But with you having your job and talents," code for magic, "all laid out I figured I should think about it. I probably wouldn't have considered it if it wasn't for the school and the fact you could probably convince her to train me. I don't want to be one of those half-proficient people. I want to be really good."
Valkyrie smiled. "Well, I'm glad you have a plan. It's going to take you forever though; China says that she's always learning."
"Exactly, that's what I want. I also wanted to have the time to do business management from home for your family businesses and assets, at least from a beginners level, and have animals, and help Gordon out if he needs it. You know, it gives me options. If I went into some of the other things I thought about I'd either have a useless talent or something very specific that limits my work options and I didn't want that."
"As soon as we get back I can talk to her to set it up. She always has apprentices so we need to tell her early so she can save a space, I'm sure. Is there anything else you want in a long time?"
She thought about it. "I suppose I've mostly thought about me things. Like jobs and pets. I want to learn a ton of things and travel a bit. This is like my twenty-year plan. Simple, nothing too much, open to changes and possibilities. I don't know, I haven't thought about anything outside of just me. I want a family like you but that's probably going to be after the twenty years I have thought out, and I'd want to get married first."
Valkyrie smiled softly. "You would?"
"Well yeah, my parents are married. Traditions in, you know, the world, are different. In Ireland and Europe and America and places like that, those traditions are fading with modern culture and that's okay. More emphasis is being put on enjoying life and having a good long term job, and even in working out the right person to marry before settling. So getting married is actually seen as a bit weird for young people and you know how young is young to some people," she said, rolling her eyes. Valkyrie had heard some mages say that anyone under ninety was a child, so she knew what Nadia meant. "But in places like Africa and Asia, which includes most of my dad's side of the family, those changes haven't quite happened, at least to the same extent. I mean, everyone can do what they want at the end of the day. It's just that, usually, in families there is an expectation to uphold traditions. And some families have family traditions for those just in their family. In my family, we expect people to be married before they have children. And to get married, the person in the family and their partner would need to spend a lot of time with the extended family so they become integrated, just so everyone knows and likes them."
"So would I have to get their approval to marry you first?" Valkyrie asked.
She considered it. "No, I don't think so. But after we were engaged we'd be expected to go through the family traditions. Actually, my family is only traditional in some ways. In dress and religion, they have kind of strong opinions. Mostly in that if someone has a religious belief they don't expect everyone else to bow to that and follow it too, and that everyone tolerates each other's beliefs too. But in love and marriage, my family is known for the work they did a long, long time ago to change customs in our part of the world. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't just go off and get hitched right now, but I can choose who I want and marry them. I think that's why my Daadii and Dad are butting heads. Daadii wants me to be able to do what I want, but she also wants me safe. Dad wants me safe but he takes it too far so he sees Daadii as letting me run free even though that's far from what she wants. And since Dad is just scared for me, Daadii understands where he's coming from so she isn't getting that mad with him and trying to actually force him to stop. But don't forget that my Daadii is the head of our family and what she says goes. As long as she doesn't force him, he basically has permission."
"It's just a mix," Valkyrie concluded. "Some things are traditional, some things are more modern."
"Some things aren't deemed good enough to be a tradition and so they are deemed a load of rubbish," Nadia corrected. "At least according to my family. I think the difference between here and there is that Ireland and close by countries had a war that killed a lot of traditionalists. India and their close countries didn't have that, at least not to the same extent. So all the younger people in Ireland that didn't want to get married before a hundred," she whispered the number, "just didn't, and things changed. I think it was my grandfather's grandparents that caused a lot of the changes in India but my family is still known for it. They were involved in the legislation and stuff and some of it's the same as it was when they wrote it all those years ago."
"Aren't they worried what's going on with you is going to negate that? I mean, your dad doesn't want you with me, that goes against some of what you're saying," Valkyrie asked.
"A father and a mother, to a certain extent, should still be able to protect their child from a threat," Nadia said, pulling a face. "I like to think I know what I'm doing. But if I thought Laila was with some idiot who was going to get her killed, I'd be scared and upset and I bet Tanith would get involved, and Ghastly sure as hell would."
Valkyrie nodded. "I get that. If I thought Laila was going to be killed and ran away with someone out of the blue, I'd follow and drag her back for sure."
"Exactly. But I hope they can see how much I like you one day," Nadia smiled. "You're pretty great after all."
"I'll make sure they love me in a few years," she promised. Before our marriage, she thought.
.*****.
"Yes, we can fit you in," the plain, professional lady at the salon front desk nodded, clicking away at her keyboard. It was dead silent in the welcome room. It was also made of some sort of beige stone all over, which extended to the actual desk. The waiting chairs were a bit nicer. "Since you are a walk-in, we have a ten percent discount, but you will have to mind that there may be delays between treatments. You can choose to wait outside your next treatment rooms, or would you rather hire a personal waiting room?"
"Personal waiting room, please," Nadia said quietly. Certainly. Like she was the one paying. Brat.
"I can do that. In that case, we can do treatments such as nails to begin and end the day in your personal room where your facial's and massages can take place, as well as an approximate half-hour wait after getting your hairs done. All of this is subject to change if other guests take longer, but I can assure you that we will be sure to accommodate you splendidly during your wait. Is that acceptable?"
"That's perfect, thank you," Valkyrie smiled. "Is it okay that we didn't bring any other clothes with us?"
"Absolutely, we can provide you with gowns," she said without any expression. "Mrs Chandler will collect you momentarily to take you to your room. Can I take your details in the meantime?"
Valkyrie swallowed a cry at the four-figure price but thought about how much fun it would be, plus it would set the mood for tomorrow, plus it made Nadia happy. Why did she have to have a girlfriend? Why did she want to make her a fiancée? That would make her more expensive! God, if this was just a normal spa day then a spa day for them, a bridal preparation was going to be as much as a wedding alone-
Mrs Chandler was with them then, a tiny, stick-thin woman with a real smile on her face. "Hello, madam and madam. Please, follow me," she said with a very pronounced New York accent.
They did, taking an elevator up to the fourth floor of the building and making their introductions. Mrs Chandler was apparently some sort of hostess cross middle woman to move people around and keep everything in check. Other versions of her were walking around in the same clothes, all very pretty and wearing smiles.
Their room was small but gorgeous. There were two padded massage beds and the colour pallet was dark bedroom blue and gold with champagne accents. It was rich and sitting between classy and gaudy, somewhere Valkyrie didn't entirely hate. They were instructed to strip, put on their 'robes' – dressing gowns – and follow her to have their nails done. She drew a curtain between them before leaving which they giggled at but didn't disrupt. They were enjoying themselves and this place wouldn't discriminate simply due to the fact that they were paying stupid prices and that meant they could do next to anything and the salon wouldn't say anything, so it made the assumption of them just being friends amusing.
Smiling excitedly and arm in arm, they followed Mrs Chandler to the other side of the building to have their nails done.
Valkyrie chose a pretty royal blue and champagne, inspired by their room. The artist didn't just do her nails in simple gel but made a swirling pattern of lighter and royal blue, and used a goldish champagne as a highlight colour as well as some very tiny pearls as decoration.
Soon after she had her toenails done as well as a full foot massage. There were a few other ladies and two men getting treatments there also and they were all talking so Nadia and Valkyrie were just enjoying it together in the corner. She picked out a simple clear gel with a French tip, nothing insane, but had a full and extensive foot exfoliation which she honestly had never gone into much depth with herself. By how long it took for her feet versus Nadia, it was obvious how much time each of them took to look after themselves. Although dealing with a bit of a calloused heel was hardly Valkyrie's priority in life. They were served drinks while it happened, nothing alcoholic but very fruity.
Nadia had, obviously, gone for something slightly more elaborate. Her toes were now a pale pink with white tips and a line of fake little gems at the trimmed cuticle for her big toes. It was both very extra and incredibly simple whilst being fairly mature with a bit of fun imbedded in the gems – which Valkyrie was beginning to see more and more was her girlfriend's style. Her fingernails were similar in their simplicity but were also more elaborate, at least to Valkyrie's somewhat limited ability to judge styles. At least, they were really pretty. It was a clear underlayer of gel, then white tips that faded down with a swirling design branching from the tips on each nail. The middle two fingers had some little crystals on the cuticle also. Her thumbs were the same except she also had a little gem on the outside corner of the end of her nails as well as the cuticle gems.
They complimented each other and tried each other's drinks and after Valkyrie was finally done they were taken straight over to an opening with the masseuse. Mrs Chandler, who procured herself as they were taken away, explained that there had been a 'sudden change' so now their stay would be 'more pleasurable', but not to be worried as it would mean they had more time for their couples massage now. Valkyrie hadn't cared but Mrs Chandler made sure to press how good it was before disappearing. She supposed the rich got upset when their plans were changes, or something like that.
They went to their personal room for the massage where a man and woman were outside. He was dressed in black shirt and trousers, whereas the woman leading them was in a black skirt and blouse. They stopped outside the room.
"Please remove all clothing and lie flat on the beds, then call us in. We shall begin the hot stone massages then," the man asked, bowing slightly to them. He was obviously higher up than the woman. "Do not worry about covering up, we shall bring towels when we enter."
They nodded, somewhat nervous but also excited, and threw their robes off and got on their beds. "This is fun," Nadia whispered.
"I've never done this before."
"It's okay, I promise. Call them in."
"We're ready," Valkyrie called, trying not to clench or not clench her butt cheeks. What was she meant to do here? Is there a butt-clenching etiquette? The man and woman came in and they pressed a button on the wall and the lights faded slightly and soft music of a piano and water came on. They had a wooden trolley each with a large vat on for the hot stones. Her nerves tripled as she took a deep breath.
The man came to her, which she tried not to get anxious about. She was the bigger, muscly one, she reasoned with herself. She needed not to be stupid. This was safe. This was good. She was okay here. Her mental talking got her more settled, and she finally calmed way down when the man – the masseuse – put the folded towel over her butt. She wriggled to get her top half comfortable and turned to Nadia.
She had her eyes half-lidded and wrapped around the top of the bed comfortably. The heat in the room rose with another button touch. She stared at her woman as the masseuse's explained how the hot stone massage would go. They were going to get slightly different ones to each other apparently. Like she had reasoned with herself, they observed that her body was much more athletic and would focus on her with larger stones, whereas Nadia would be treated more gently.
They were in there for an hour and a half, staring at each other, eyes relaxed. Her body went from relaxed to a new type of relaxed that made her feel like she was a puddle. Every pour felt open, every part of her body was relaxed. Her mouth was partly open and her arms were not in the pretty curve around her head like Nadia's, they were just kind of hanging. The heated, oiled up stones smelt amazing and the masseuse knew what he was doing. To begin, each warm stone made her tense slightly, and then as more were added her body learnt not to tense and to remain relaxed. She breathed and listened to the music, watched Nadia. She felt as if she dreamt about asking Nadia to marry her and how happy it would make her, and she smiled in her daze. At some point, the stones began to leave but she still felt their weights on her body. She was massaged by hands throughout but it was like it was just a feeling, not any person doing anything to her.
So much time went by but she was in complete bliss. She'd never been so relaxed in her life. It was magical, even. But eventually, the masseuses had to go. They left them with a small word about having half an hour before their next treatment, so the girls were able to relax until then. It woke Valkyrie up a little but she was still happy.
"You're beautiful," Nadia muttered lovingly from her bed.
Valkyrie barely managed a moan. It was like she couldn't use her muscles. She didn't want to anyway. This was amazing.
Nadia giggled. "I love you."
Some half-hour later and Nadia had persuaded Valkyrie with some kisses to get herself up. They were back in their robes and the oils had soaked into their skin. Mrs Chandler took them to a different beauty room downstairs where there were three large medical looking beds with bright lights above them.
"Hello, ladies," one of the woman said softly as they entered. There were only two women there. "You are looking for massages today?"
"Yes please," Nadia said, practically floating to the speaking woman. "I forgot what we asked for downstairs."
"We were told there is one lady for package three and another for package five," she replied. "We have more than enough time to discuss options, however."
"I'd like that."
Nadia and this woman went at it discussing options. Valkyrie just sat down at the other lady's bed and passively sat there. This was a much better way to live, on a cloud with no decisions to make. Lovely.
"Okay, Val," Nadia finally said, turning to her. "How do you feel about getting your eyebrows done?"
"Hmm?" Valkyrie asked, not hearing her as she'd been watching the snow fall gently outside. "Sure, of course. I'll do it."
Nadia raised an eyebrow. "Usually you hate people touching your eyebrows."
"My eyebrows!" She gasped. "What about my eyebrows?"
Nadia rolled her eyes. "Getting your eyebrows waxed. Do you want it?"
The lady who was meant to do it took over to explain how she'd make sure she'd keep the shape Valkyrie had and that she'd just clean it up and nothing more. She thought about it and wasn't sure but decided that if it went wrong then she'd ask for all her money back and sat back into the chair trying not to look self-satisfied at her cunning plan. Various massages and oils were rubbed into her face and neck and she lazily smiled along the way, agreeing with whatever Nadia was chatting about and to anything the lady working on her suggested.
After, and without daring to look at a mirror at how red her eyebrows must look from the wax, they were done. Since they looked 'bad' they were taken through a special route so no one would see them to get to the hair salon. They were complimented on their new eyebrows by the male hairdresser and then came the hair questions. Valkyrie bit her lip, unsure of what she wanted and let Nadia go first. She chose an easy to manage style, just a few inches off so it was almost but not quite at her shoulder and then feathering it on either side of her face to make it softer. She had a few layers in it too, and he also put in a handful of very carefully mixed highlights into the inner layers to add some brightness. Since her hair was very dark brown with hints of red only in the lights, the highlight was just a lighter brown with slightly redder tones to bring those colours out. He started on Valkyrie while Nadia's 'cured'.
Valkyrie went even simpler. Just a straight, feathered and layered look, fairly short. Having perfectly straight hair, she couldn't do much anyway, whereas Nadia had some natural kinks to give it life. Her simple cut fit into Nadia curing time, plus she got to have her own hair washed which was fun. In the end, they loved their looks and thanked the man profusely.
They got to have another drink and mess about in the room for a while just relaxing, then it was time to go to dinner as they had been there for almost seven hours and it was getting very late. They left hand in hand, Valkyrie paying even more thanks to their add-on's and having to tip each person that worked on them individually – which was an automatic add-on, not something she just gave, and that felt incredibly crappy considering she had spent over a thousand on the treatments already – and then left. They decided to get takeaway on the way back and grabbed a Chinese.
"You're really pretty by the way," Valkyrie commented as they went up the elevator to their room at the hotel. "That look suits you. It looked more mature than the straight cut you had."
Nadia smiled. "Thanks. You look good with short hair. I like both, but this frames your face really well. It'll look better when your eyebrows aren't bright red though."
Valkyrie rolled her eyes and bumped their hips gently. "I'll deal with it when we get upstairs. I can't believe you talked me into that."
"It took, like, three minutes max," Nadia laughed. "You'll take anything that make your eyebrows better."
"When we're older and have time I want to get that hair removal stuff China told me about. I'm getting it from neck down and also on my face," she said firmly.
"Same. I wish there were more beauty things in our world, it's kind of boring."
"Imagine our family's faces when we get back and have all this fun stuff done. I bet Erskine would have a field day going through all the nail ideas and getting them done every week. Maybe you should introduce him to it."
"It would be nice to have something to do with him after the house," she smiled.
The lift dinged and they went for their room, taking a quiet moment to get into their pyjamas and breath before sorting their food and eating. They got onto one small sofa together and snuggled up with the telly on and a thick blanket from the bed around them. Outside, it started to snow more and more heavily.
"I really love you," Valkyrie smiled after she and Nadia had finished eating, brushed their teeth and healing their eyebrows. "So, so much. I had a good time today."
"Good," Nadia smiled. "We're going to have a lot more days like this."
"You bet," she smiled, lowering her lips to Nadia's. Their tongues slowly danced, their tired, relaxed bodies easily beginning to hum. Without meaning to, Valkyrie pushed Nadia down against the armrest and slowly kissed her, open mouthed and messy with some kind of tranquillity making it easy to just enjoy the feel of each other. Nadia's body arching into her, the small moan she made when Valkyrie licked behind her ear driving Valkyrie on, the way she rubbed herself against Valkyrie's hips when she got between her open legs pooling heat in Valkyrie's underwear. Just the feel was amazing. She wanted that feeling she'd had on the massage table but with sex. Just to enjoy and feel. She didn't know how to describe it, and maybe she wasn't meant to. Something in her desired it and Nadia was happy to provide.
When she had worked herself up into something heady, Valkyrie scooped Nadia up and walked them to the bed, letting the blanket fall away, not stopping their breathless kiss. She was on top of her, crawling their way to the middle. Nadia had her eyes closed and only moved to take off her top closely followed by the shorts. She wanted to take her time today.
With the utmost care, she began to do that. Starting by tracing her face and moving to her neck, licking and nipping as she felt the urge. It just came from nowhere and Nadia kept her eyes closed and mouth open, breathing out sighs and moans as her body melted with her legs wide open. Valkyrie played with her breasts for longer than she had before and noticed a tiny birthmark the size of her pinkie nail under one and made sure to kiss it. She swirled a nipple around in her mouth while she rolled the other between her thumb and fingers. Very gently, she pressed her teeth around the perky nipple and Nadia breathed in deeply, pushing her breasts further into Valkyrie's lips, and let out a pleasurable sigh. She tested new urges slowly, letting Nadia's trust and sounds help her learn what Nadia enjoyed.
She trailed down her abdomen like she had forever, kissing, caressing and touching her body. The little piercing in her belly button glittered in the low lamplight, and her hips occasionally rose when she moaned. Her fingers made Nadia's skin jump when she tickled her pubic bone and only once she relaxed, as her masseuse had done, did Valkyrie continue. Down her thighs to touch and kiss, but not going near her feet when she saw the little uncomfortable frown forming on Nadia's face. Back up she went to where Nadia let her legs fall where they wanted and Valkyrie kissed Nadia's pussy.
Hot and wet already, Valkyrie enjoyed it slowly. Without thinking she did all the things Nadia liked but slowly, so slowly, building it all up. She tried things she hadn't had the confidence to do before. Kissing her clit and wrapping her tongue around the sensitive bud, getting the first little groan out of Nadia.
Moving down, she licked Nadia from top to bottom and probed around her pussy before pushing her tongue in to feel it. It was a turn on just to cause Nadia any pleasure. She pulled away to gently push a finger into Nadia, taking it slow as her pussy's natural lubricant covered her finger. Once she was all the way in, she pulled out and gradually went back. Listening to Nadia, she slowly felt her, going back to kiss and play with her clit regularly and adding a second finger soon after. She scissored her fingers and gently stretched her until she was ready for a third, being careful not to hurt her. The sighs remained but the moans were now groans, and the hip-thrusting became more dominant. Nadia let her know how fast and hard to finger her, setting her own pace, and she'd be a liar to say it wasn't hot to watch her girlfriend push her hips into her hand.
Nadia began whispering Valkyrie's name, asking for more or to lick her clit or to add another finger. Being ever more gentle, Valkyrie pushed in another, letting Nadia decide when she was ready to move, and only going at her pace. It was so good just to watch her find her own pleasure and bask in her own body. And when she asked for that finger to stop so she could have her faster, orgasm inducing pace, Valkyrie obliged, flicking her tongue quickly over her clit again and again, causing Nadia to make little cries until she orgasmed on Valkyrie's hand, her clit throbbing from Valkyrie's ministrations. Valkyrie continued to finger her and suck her clit as she repeated Valkyrie's name.
"Oh wow," Nadia breathed, her movements coming to a halt. Her clit still throbbed occasionally. "That was… different. Good. I like it."
Valkyrie moaned in agreement and pulled herself away. She wanted to keep going. Instead, she forced herself to sluggishly crawl to the bedside table and get the wet wipes and cleaned her face and hands, then got another to clean her girlfriend.
"You're enjoying this," Nadia smiled, eyes half-lidded and very sated looking. Valkyrie just smiled slightly and cleaned girlfriend. The wipes were thrown out of the way to the floor and one very important thought came to mind. Her turn?
"I can't move, baby," she said, eyes wide.
"Nadia," she moaned, reaching over and kissing her deeply. Thankfully, she was compliant after that, letting Valkyrie fall back and draping over her body like a silk sheet. She kissed her pink nipples, ran her hands over her muscles and made her way down over agonising minutes to her own pussy. It was so good her left leg started to shake without her meaning to, but she wasn't upset in any way, just becoming more and more excited as Nadia did whatever she wanted to Valkyrie's body. Instead of licking her, Nadia pulled back to push two fingers into Valkyrie to start, getting Valkyrie to open her mouth wide and gasp. The feeling was unthinkably good and Nadia slowly brushed the two digits in and out of her, a thumb flicking over her clit and making both her pussy clench and leg shake a little more.
The feel of her mouth pressing over her clit was so good she had to thrust up to meet it. The room had cooled and it made heat of Nadia's mouth so much better. She sucked, gently pulled and dared to stroke her teeth over the sensitive area, making Valkyrie jump in a strangely good way. Her mind went so blank she didn't hear herself rising in volume or realise as she slowly raised her hips higher and higher, or Nadia sitting up to get a better grasp of her hips and continue what she was doing. It was just something she had never experienced. Pleasure shot through every one of her nerves and her thigh muscles danced with each tingle, each thrust of Nadia's dainty fingers.
Nadia's name rolled off her tongue with a slew of swears as a pressure built and built inside of her. Nadia, without Valkyrie knowing how, got her down on the bed and Valkyrie barely opened one eye to lock onto Nadia's as she lined them up and rubbed her clit against her own. The view, the idea, the feel made the pressure burst without warning. She cried out loudly, something long and strained, continuing to push against Nadia as she tried to manoeuvre the new position. They did it badly but it felt good while Valkyrie still had energy. Then, like with her girlfriend, she had worn herself out and the pleasure met its end, and there was nothing she could do as her muscles went limp and she lay back.
"Oh god," she managed, putting an arm over her face. "Oh my god."
Nadia got off of her and sat on her knees beside her. "We need to do this again."
"I promise," Valkyrie smiled. "I don't think I can move."
"You need to though, you're stealing the whole bed," Nadia grinned, resting a hand on her stomach.
"Don't rush me," she smiled, closing her eyes and putting her hand over Nadia's.
.*****.
To say they woke up in a heap of dried mess would be perfectly accurate. Valkyrie woke first and got herself unhooked from Nadia and let her continue to sleep as she went to the bathroom for a much-needed shower. Her hair, surprisingly, was still shiny and bouncy from the shampooing yesterday at the salon so she tied it up and washed her body well, making sure to use a healing stone on a flannel for 'down there' as it turned out whatever wonderful thing that happened last night including a bit of rough play, which hadn't felt rough at the time, because she was a little sore. She thought back carefully, remembering most of it but through a haze of pleasure. It almost made her turned on again, but she had something in mind today. She had to propose. It was Nadia's eighteenth birthday and it had to be perfect.
So, she got out of the shower and applied some makeup to make herself extra pretty. She'd shaved in the shower and now felt both beautiful and just a bit more confident than she had before. Last night had helped them pass through a line of sexual insecurities when they had tried out new things on each other based on what they thought would be good, rather than just the basics. She felt braver to show herself off to Nadia, and really wanted Nadia to do the same. When the birthday girl in question slinked up beside her, she was more than grateful.
"Happy birthday, baby," she grinned widely, feeling exceptionally cheery. "You. Are. Gorgeous."
"Hmm, so are you. But my mouth tastes nasty," she said, grabbing her toothbrush. "I'm not sleeping with sex mouth again."
Valkyrie laughed as she put on her mascara. "Sex mouth."
"Is there anything else you can call it?" She asked rhetorically.
Nadia took a long time in the bathroom, but it left Valkyrie time to order her birthday room service breakfast that she'd preorganised. Pancakes, fruit, little chocolates and muffins on a large trolley that she kept thankfully quiet. The door closed right in time for Nadia to come out of the bathroom in her dressing gown.
She gasped. "Valkyrie! This is beautiful!"
"Happy birthday!" She cheered. "I got your favourites!"
Nadia laughed and got on the sofa with her. "Oh, it's like when you'd visit me in my old bedroom and we had midnight meals together. I love it, Val, thank you."
"It's okay, I have a few little presents for you too," she grinned widely. It occurred to her that she might be having more fun than Nadia but she cast it aside. Today would be freaking perfect or else! "Let me get one."
She was almost tempted into going straight for the ring but restrained herself. She got the first little package she had packed away before going to New York City and brought it over to Nadia who was compiling plates for them both on the coffee table. It was already bright outside and through the small slit between the curtains, they could see it was snowing still. It was magical. "Here."
"You don't need to get me presents you know," Nadia said as she ripped it open. "Oh my God, is this a car key?!"
"Maybe," she grinned, eyes sparkling. "Just a little, teeny, weeny, small one."
"Oh my God, a car!" She practically shrieked and jumped on Valkyrie. "I can't even drive! This is the coolest present ever!"
Valkyrie laughed. "I thought you'd like it! I checked and it has a small enough engine for a first driver in Ireland to have, so you can start learning when we get back. I'm going to take my test too, but this car is just for you. I thought it would be good for you to have your own freedom, plus it's a really cool car."
"What type is it?" She asked excitedly.
"It's a Mini," she said, grabbing her phone to show her the pictures. "See, it's custom metallic purple and the top goes down."
She stared at it, grinned. "It's awesome! I never would have thought about getting a Mini, but it's perfect Val. I love the colour!"
"I'm glad you like it," she smiled and got a big kiss. "I had no idea what car was good to be honest, I just thought it would be fun."
"All my friends are going to be so jealous."
Valkyrie rolled her eyes and grabbed her plate off the side. "It is a pretty cool birthday present."
"I meant of you," she grinned, sending the picture to herself from Valkyrie's phone, then sending it to her friends without any message or even response to the messages already there. They watched it buzz happily as they ate their breakfast, or brunch as that was more appropriate. Every few minutes Valkyrie thought about her plans and her heart would jump and she started grinning. Nadia was oblivious to the reason, just happy that it was her birthday and to have a car and the promise of other gifts.
"But they're not as good as the first one," she said as a warning. "This is your real present, and the holiday too. The others are just small little things."
Nadia was grateful nonetheless and kissed her a few more times before running off with her phone to call her friends and brag like the excited newly eighteen-year-old she now was while getting ready. Valkyrie took the time to get herself dressed and then got onto her phone again.
'She loved the car,' she sent to Anton, the only one who knew about it before then. She sent the picture over to her family individually.
She had a simple 'Good luck' from Anton back, for her plan later. Erskine and Dexter sent her a flurry of texts while the others sent just one admiring the car and saying to pass on their well wishes. She ignored them, because it was all silly things, and went to Tanith's.
'Asking today, I'm certain,' she sent her sister.
'OMG, what's the plan?' She had back.
'No plan, just an idea. Want to mull on it. She loves the car.'
'I bet she does, it's a good colour,' Tanith sent. 'Want to know every detail later.'
'I'll call. It's snowing now.'
'Wrap up, don't back out now. Also, the Idiots are making a plan for you when you get back. I'm not sure what's going on but they seem smug,'
'Oh god. OK, I'll be prepared. How's Laila?'
'She slept the full night yesterday and woke me up at six this morning. It's looking up! My nips are bleeding still tho, so life still sucks,' she rightfully complained.
'So glad I'm backing out of this soon,' she teased, referring to her upcoming 'procedure'.
'Hey, you can still boob feed your babies, just not give birth. I googled it,' Tanith sent back within seconds.
Valkyrie rolled her eyes and decided to make that painful decision later in life. 'If you say so. Gtg, she's ready. Bye!'
"Ready?" Nadia asked, getting her coat off the hook.
Valkyrie jumped up and pulled her own fleece and Bespoke coat. "Yeah, let's go!"
They went to the nearest underground to get their train over to the side of the city they needed. They had almost passed it on their first day when they visited the Statue of Liberty, but they took a different route. Plus, the train made it far quicker to get around which they wanted now that it was not just bitingly cold but also raining ice.
"It's old," Nadia managed out through her gritted teeth as they rushed up the front stairs to the entrance. "And cold."
"Just walk, less talk," Valkyrie demanded, hugging herself tightly.
At the top, they were welcomed by a line. Everyone inside was being security checked and holding them up. Valkyrie jumped into the line to get in front of two very large clusters of tourists coming at it from two angles and Nadia joined her just a few moments after. Without saying a word, they hugged each other for warmth.
It only took ten minutes for them to get inside the doors and feel a little more warmth in their skin, but it hadn't been fun. Temperatures were heading to the minuses swiftly. Still, it was a great view in the meantime. High ceilings and marble floors, the echo of hundreds of voices behind the doors. They were ready and excited by the time they had gotten through security and all but skipped in hand through to the museum.
They immediately joined the small mass circling the grand opening hall. Nadia was grinning all over and pulled Valkyrie along to see the dinosaur exhibit, and then to the wall where there were smaller fossils, and then up a grand staircase to begin the real thing. Valkyrie's stomach rolled with tempting excitement, telling herself to calm down, get ready, not yet as Nadia read out the signs and asked for her opinions. They spent over three hours looking around at just the upstairs before the found an overpriced café to eat at. After a rushed sandwich and drink, a squealing and overexcited Nadia yanked her out of her seat and back to the last upstairs exhibition.
It was too busy to see anything exciting, but they knew it was on Ancient Egypt, so they decided they'd come back later and hope they could see the fun stuff. They went down the great stairs, Valkyrie practically itching, and Nadia flew through the content with all the speed of a fast-talking historian. She looked at every little thing and took none of Valkyrie's hints to go for a walk away from the crowd. Every time Valkyrie would notice a lull in the crowd she would grab Nadia's hand and then have her girlfriend just pull her off to the next thing she had seen.
While Nadia was studying the tail of Sue, the T-Rex, Valkyrie looked at the map on the wall. She judged by this time in the afternoon, those with children would start leaving, plus the weather was getting worse and that would encourage everyone to start moving, hopefully meaning no more should come in and should only be leaving. She was also risking the museum closing due to weather, though. She went up behind Nadia and pressed a kiss to her neck, getting her to turn away.
"Come on, I saw something on the map you're going to love," she smiled, getting a chance to pull Nadia along for the first time today.
"What is it?" She asked.
"It's a surprise," she grinned in a sing-song voice. "And upstairs too. We can see the Egyptian exhibit again."
"I thought we saw everything?" Nadia questioned, jogging to keep up with Valkyrie's exuberant pace.
"We missed a bit, I saw it on the map. But it's really cool, we need to see it before the museum closes."
"Do you think they'll close early?" Nadia asked worriedly. "I want to see the animals."
"We'll come again if we don't see it all, I promise," she got out between her butterflies. They got to the top of the grand stairs and she stopped to offer her arm like a gentlelady. "But you'll be glad you saw this."
Valkyrie led them through the museum and towards an abandoned area room that housed nothing. The whole wall was a giant glass panel with a good view of New York and the inches of snow on the balcony.
"Ah, there's nothing here," Nadia said disappointedly. "This must be an exhibition room."
"I guess so," Valkyrie played along, keeping Nadia's hand.
Nadia looked up to Valkyrie in perplexed confusion as Valkyrie led her to the large window. "Val, we don't have time for the view."
"But it'll only take a moment. I swear on my heart," she smiled, heart skipping again and again.
Nadia frowned. "What is it?"
"Nothing, just look. It's just so different and pretty when it snows. I hate the cold but it's the most beautiful time of year," she said, lowering her voice to almost a whisper and standing so they could both see the good view.
"Yeah, it is special," Nadia said with a hint of impatience. "Can we go see the Egyptian's now?"
"In a moment. I need to talk to you first," she began, trying to keep the grin off her face. Nadia just looked more confused but stood with her arms by her side and faced Valkyrie. "Since I met you at thirteen, I've known you were so special. You lit my life up and made me a better person from the moment I met you. I became more confident, less anxious, and I was so thrilled each morning when I woke up to your text messages. And now each morning I get to wake up to see your face and it makes me that much happier. I don't know how you do it, Nadia, but every day seems that much warmer with you in it," she grinned, reaching out to cup Nadia's face. Nadia smiled up at her, happy to wait now. "You got me thinking. What do I want out of life? A thirteen-year-old shouldn't be able to think those things, but here I am years later with the same pretty lady I met at a stinking Ball. I don't know what's going to happen, but I want you to know that I love you so very much. And I want you to have a perfect birthday."
"Aww, Valkyrie," she said quietly, holding back tears. "You didn't need to say all that. I know you love me."
"I know. But I want to make it official," she said and immediately knelt on one knee and whipped the ring from her pocket and presented it to Nadia. "Will you marry me?"
Nadia screamed and jumped on the spot, flapping her arms around. After a few moments of excitement, she stopped to hop on her feet and started to sob. "Yes! Oh my fucking god, yes!"
Valkyrie laughed loudly and got up. Nadia thrust her hand out and Valkyrie had the honour of putting the engagement ring on her wedding finger. It fit her perfectly.
"It's so perfect!" She blubbered. "Thank you so, so much."
"Of course. You're more than worth it," she grinned and two security guards came around the corner in time to see Nadia wrap her arms around Valkyrie's neck and kiss her deeply. "I love you."
"I love you too, future wife," she grinned, going back in for another kiss. The guards left, smiling to go tell their colleagues about the false alarm.
I did it! I finally did it! VALKYRIE finally did it! This entire chapter was fun to write, so I hope you enjoyed it too ;)
Lord Duck the Second: I did it! Ha, I'm glad you like my author's notes, I spend soo much time on them after all. And yes. You are, in fact, gayer. Especially after this chapter. I don't know what your gender is, but it doesn't matter, you have become the gay now. You're welcome. Being the gay myself, I have this power to pass it on :D