I Knew I Loved You
“Maybe it’s intuition.
Some things you just don’t question.
Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant.
And there it goes, I think I found my best friend.
There’s just no rhyme or reason,
Only this sense of completion.
And in your eyes,
I see the missing pieces I’m searching for.
I think I found my way home.
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy,
But I believe…
I knew I loved you before I met you.
I think I dreamed you into life.
I knew I loved you before I met you.
I have been waiting all my life.
I am complete now that I found you.”
“I knew I Loved You” by Savage Garden
The Sheriff's Station-
‘Oh God. What am I doing?’ Waverly cringed internally.
Ever since Gus gave her a way out, a chance for freedom, she decided to seek out the source of her emotional conflict. Gus told her to go after who she wants. And as someone who knows it’s better to not look a gift horse in the mouth, she proceeds swiftly to the Sheriff’s station to confront her demonic tormentor (no pun intended) who is in fact the opposite of that description.
The person in question is a very attractive, caring, and intelligent deputy with beautiful red hair and polarizing hazel eyes that drew her in the moment she made contact with them for the first time at Shorty’s such a short time ago.
And now here she is standing outside the station freezing her butt off despite the multiple warming layers she’s wearing, and having second guesses about the whole thing. Pacing back and forth for a few minutes, she wages the battle in her head weighing the pros and cons of this idea. Without much help, her brain shifts to a brief thought
‘What would Wynonna do?’ Of course she knew what her big sister would do. Showing no fear, she would waltz right in, and without any explanation or hesitation show Nicole how she really feels about her.
But, Waverly isn’t Wynonna. Far from it in fact. However, that doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be channeling her sister’s bravery.
She sighs. ‘Here goes nothing.’ She takes a deep breath and struts hastily into the building.
Luckily, finding Officer Haught isn’t difficult at all. As expected, she’s at the front desk doing some paperwork.
Before she gets cold feet, Waverly briskly walks up to Nicole and asks, “Hey, Nedley out for dinner?”
“Uh, you mean happy hour at Shorty’s?” The officer replies with confused look on her face.
“Yeah.”
“Same time everyday. Kind of like clockwork.” She sighs. Without a second thought, Waverly walks right past Nicole and heads to Nedley’s office.
“Hey. Wave?” Nicole tries to stop her, but instead ends up following where Waverly went.
‘No turning back now.’ Waverly thinks to herself as she takes off her coat, and closes all the blinds in the office.
“Hey.” Nicole tries again to interrupt still confused about Waverly’s behavior..
“Excuse me” is her answer. She brushes right past the officer to close the door.
“I don’t understand why…” Then, in a blink of an eye, she launches herself right onto Nicole arms using her tiptoes to close the extra height difference. Their lips collide passionately.
The kissing continues frantically for a few moments, until they both end up on the couch. Waverly on top and Nicole on bottom.
Nicole pulls away to whsiper, “What happened to friends?”
Waverly breaks the kiss as well (definitely missing the contact though, she realized) to glance at Nicole in order to make eye contact so she can explain her sudden change in behavior. ‘Don’t screw this up Waverly’ the shorter brunette thinks to herself.
“You know what I’ve always wanted?” She asks the flustered redhead so this scenario doesn’t lose any momentum.
“What?” Officer Haught asks dumbfounded.
“To parachute out of a plane at 15,000 feet. Yeah, to swim far, far out into the ocean so that I can’t see the bottom anymore. To eat gooey duck…”
“Isn’t that the one that kind of looks like…?”
“Yeah it is. Point is, I’ve always wanted to do things that scared me. But, well, it's not so easy to be brazen when the thing you want that scares you to death is sitting right in front of you.”
“I scare you?” Nicole questions.
‘Might as well continue my rant.’ Waverly pauses for a moment before continuing her speech.
The younger Earp smiles. “Yes. Yes you do because I don’t want to be friends. When I think about what I want to do most in this world...It’s you.”
“Oh God. That sounded so much more romantic in my head.” ‘Crap. Stupid Waverly, that came out weird. Now she probably thinks you’re a freak.’
She slightly turns her head away at her botched attempt to explain her mutual feelings toward the the town’s new deputy.
“Just ahh, Jump in anytime Nicole because I really don’t know how to do this…”
“Oh sure you do.” ‘What?’ Waverly thinks. ‘She understands then? Jeez, why is she so good at being flirty?’
“Maybe I should just stop talking.” She suggests innocently.
Nicole smirks as she grabs Waverly’s scarf to pull her closer so they are only centimeters apart. “See, you’re getting better at this already.”
“Maybe you should stop talking too.” Waverly states. ‘Yes. Good idea Earp. Nice recovery.’
“Maybe you should make me.” Nicole gives the brunette the brightest grin.
‘Challenge huh?’ Waverly smiles. ‘Well, challenge accepted Officer Haught.’ She bends down slightly to capture the soft lips of Nicole’s again.
In between breaths, the readhead takes control and lifts the shorter Earp sister a bit off the couch to lean her back to other side of the couch to where she is on top and the brunette is beneath her.
‘Nicole is really good at this’ She thinks. Relishing the moment, and dreading its end Waverly enjoys every second of this new experience.
Sometime later at the homestead-
‘Whoo. That was amazing.’ Beaming from ear to ear, Waverly stealthily unlocks the front door to her family’s house and gently opens it as quietly as possible to not alert her sister. She’s not successful though because the minute she goes to close the door it creaks.
“And where have you been missy?” Wynonna stands before her snickering younger sister.
‘Busted. Damn.’ Waverly groans.
To Be Continued…