Max giggled and pulled the cover up over her chest. "Sorry. One second, and I do mean one second." Victoria heard the swooshing of her comforter. A moment later Max was behind her and snaking her arms around Victoria's ribs. She brought Vic into a hug and rested her head between her shoulder blades.
Vic looked down and saw that Max's arms were bare. Then she noticed the distinct impressions of Max's nipples against the back. "Max, I swear if you're just naked."
Max chuckled. It reverberated through Vic's chest. "I promise on everything I'm not."
Victoria sighed and turned around in Max's arms. Then was aghast at what Max was wearing, though her eyes traveled Max up and down. A red silk-satin nightdress. There was black lace on the chest and around the neck line. Max had taken it from Vic's closet. On Victoria it hung just at her fingertips, on Max's shorter frame it hung a few inches above her knee. Thankfully Max had adjusted the shoulder straps to not show too much cleavage, not that she really had much in the first place. "T-That is-!"
Max grinned and stole a quick kiss to cut her off. "Your La Perla 740 dollar nightgown you got on your 17th birthday vacation to New York at Saks Fifth Avenue. You 'impressively' talked them down to get them to sell it to you for 600. The lace is hand sewed, taking two days to finish. Aaand, is your favorite thing to see me wearing." She let go of her love, stepped back, giving her a twirl. It revealed the open back, plus Max's surprisingly toned muscles. "Well, other than my birthday suit. Which you can't seem to handle yet." Max cheekily stuck her tongue out at Vic and sat back down on Victoria's bed.
Vic just stood still in awe. Max wasn't wrong about Anything she had just said. "Uh- Um." She swallowed hard. "I, uh… Need to call the bakery." She very carefully watched as Max got under her comforter and rested her head on a pillow where she could watch Victoria.
"And I need to get to sleep. I have been awake for two days remember. Plus it looks like you didn't get much sleep last night either. So make your phone call and then get in bed with me pretty please? While making out is, extraordinary, we're still human. Also, we have a lot to do after we wake up." Max snuggled her face into Vic's pillow before letting out a long happy sigh. "Imma be out fast. Don't be afraid to wake me up when you climb in bed, I wanna cuddle."
"Okay." Still a little starstruck her first step was almost a stumble. She made her way into her computer desk chair. She took a glance toward Max and she was already completely out, snoring in a small but very adorable way. She pulled out her phone and found the contact of the bakery's owner.
In a slightly hushed voice she started the call. "Hello Hazel? It's Victoria Maribeth Chase. I'm sorry this is very last minute but I need a cake made for a, friend, and delivered ASAP. She's in the hospital and I will pay triple the usual cost because of the short notice." She nodded to herself, grabbed a pen then wrote a few things down on a spare piece of paper. "Alright. It's a strawberry shortcake, no writing or note. Have it delivered to room 237. You still have my card on file correct? … Alright. Once again, thank you very much Hazel. You're doing me a huge favor with this and I will repay it.. No I insist…" Vic laughed quietly at something the woman on the other side of the line said. "Well you know better than to try and stop me once I've got my mind set on something. Goodbye Hazel, Oh and tell your little tyke I said hello and I miss seeing their drawings. Bye."
Victoria smiled. It felt genuinely good to do that. Though it wasn't completely selfless, this was getting her in Kate's good graces as little as it could. She hoped Max was proud of her for doing this. Then again, Max hadn't asked anything about about how her best friend Kate was doing after the phone call they had shared. Vic chewed the inside of her cheek in thought. This really wasn't the Max from yesterday, just like she had said. Hell in only two hours Max was half naked in her bed. Score for Victoria, but was this the Max she so desperately tried to not fall for? Victoria rubbed her face from all the thoughts in her head. It wasn't like she could turn back time like Max apparently could. Though she couldn't lie to herself, she did like this Max better. She sighed and picked up her phone sending a quick text to Kate letting her know the cake was ordered and should be there in about an hour and a half. Also that Victoria was going to sleep, she didn't mention it was with Max.
Victoria stood up then gave her body a big stretch, arms reaching toward the ceiling. That felt better. She crept toward her door and opened it as slowly as possible. Leaning out her doorway she wiped off her white board and wrote, 'Do NOT disturb! Sleeping.' As quietly as she could she shut her door and locked it.
Back in her room she looked down at her clothes. She was just in her normal pajamas, a comfy shirt and fuzzy pj pants. Max was certainly outclassing in the clothes depart now, though it was Vic's nightgown to be fair. Vic made the short walk to her closet. She gave Max another look, she was still out cold. Hell she must be exhausted. Now that Vic thought about it, she was herself. She pulled out a simple black nightgown and sat it over the chair of her art desk. She looked back to Max one last time to check if she was still asleep, slightly embarrassed to be changing clothes with her in the room. Quickly she peeled off her shirt and pulled down her pants. Then popped off her bra and tossed the items into the hamper hidden in her closet. She slipped on the nightgown and started toward her bed.
She lifted the cover and went to lay down. Max's eyes sleepily opened and she lazily smiled up at Victoria. Fuck, Vic could get used to this. Max's arms reached toward Vic and made a grabbing motion. "Mere darlin." Max barely got the words out but Victoria cherished them. She laid down into the smaller girl's arms, putting an arm around Max and hugging her close.
"You're so beautiful." Vic whispered to Max. Max smiled at that, her eyes already closed again. She tried to mumble out 'I love you' but was already falling back asleep. Victoria just kissed her gently. "Let's go to sleep." All Max did was increase her grip on Vic.