The Morning After
"Good Morning." Alex replied quietly, still under the influence of slumber.
She looked at Tobin sheepishly from over the covers, praying that Tobin wouldn't question Alex's presence in her bed.
"It's not that I don't enjoy surprises, especially when it's waking up next to a beautiful woman, but why are you in my bed?" Tobin questioned.
Alex thought briefly on what her answer should be: she could a) lie and blame sleep walking or b) come clean and give Tobin the satisfaction of knowing she was right.
Swallowing her pride, Alex came clean.
"The couch is really uncomfortable. Thanks for the blanket and the pillow by the way." Alex said meeting Tobin's small smile with a slight smile of her own.
"You are my wife after all, I have to take care of you." Tobin said with a wink.
After what appeared to be a long spell of contemplation, Tobin broke the silence of the morning once again, "Would you like to go out for breakfast?"
**
Alex agreed, not because she wanted to go out with Tobin, but because she was hungry.
The couple walked silently through the grey winter morning as little flakes of snow began to fall through the air.
"I like the snow." Tobin said absentmindedly, opening her palm so that the flakes fell on her glove.
"I think the snow likes you too, it's all over you." Alex replied with a chuckle.
Tobin smiled at Alex then, feeling the slight change in their relationship; it was a nice one too, Tobin became more confident in the thought that Alex wouldn't explode on her for something as simple as breathing.
Alex smiled back. She really was a sight, Tobin thought to herself. Calling Alex beautiful would be an insult to her, she was so much more than that, which is interesting considering that Tobin hasn't known Alex for very long. But there was something about the physical aspect of Alex, joined with her personality that drove Tobin wild.
"You've been staring quite a while, everything alright there?" Alex asked pulling Tobin out of her thoughts.
"Yeah, it's just ... Your eyes turn grey in the snow."
Alex looked at the ground in an attempt to hide her blush.
**
"We're here."
Tobin walked ahead of Alex to open the door for her as she beckoned her inside of the warm cafe.
They were well on their way to the counter when a woman called out to Alex.
"Alex Morgan?"
Turning to the source of the voice, Tobin immediately noticed Alex's shift in demeanor as she went to greet the woman.
"Hey Vanessa, long time no see." Alex said offering a fake smile, making no motion to go and give the woman a hug.
"Yeah, it's been like 5 years? We really should do a better job at keeping in touch." The woman said with an equally as fake smile.
"And who is this ?" She said unashamedly raking her eyes up and down Tobin.
"This is Tobin ... My girlfriend." Alex said squinting her eyes daringly at Vanessa.
Tobin stood next to Alex wide eyed. What the fuck.
"Well, this is quite the one you've got here." Vanessa said, not even looking at Alex.
She extended her hand out to Tobin, trying her best to come across as seductive.
"Vanessa, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Vanessa was not very hard to look at, which made it easy for Tobin to return her charming smile.
Tobin took Vanessa's caramel hand in her own, stroking it softly, much to Alex's annoyance.
Vanessa, suddenly finding Alex's presence interesting again turned to her with a wicked smirk.
"You better hold onto that one tight, or she might just slip away." Alex's blood began to boil, she did her best not to show it though as she laced Tobin's fingers with her own, and strategically placed a kiss on her cheek.
"I didn't plan on doing anything less."
Alex said walking away with a confused Tobin in tow.
After getting their food Tobin lead Alex to a table only a few away from where Vanessa was sitting, pretending to be engrossed in some sort thing on her laptop.
"Okay, so what was that about?" Tobin asked referring to their encounter a few moments ago.
"Vanessa was like, the token mean girl in high school, we were best friends though, at least I thought, but after a while she just got competitive and tried to one up me at everything, I take it she still wants to."
"What do you mean?"
"She was obviously flirting with you, even after I said you were my girlfriend. Gosh she's so .." Alex tried to put into words but was interrupted by Tobin.
"She's looking over here. Would you like me to do some girlfriend things to throw her off? I hate seeing you so worked up, it's not a good look on you." Tobin said poking out her tongue.
Alex threw a sugar packet at Tobin, which she narrowly dodged. Tobin fell to the floor dramatically, earning a few judging stares from the other occupants of the restaurant. When she got up, instead of going back to her seat across from Alex in the booth, she sat right next to Alex, closer than Alex would have liked.
"What are you doing?" Alex shout whispered, as Tobin continued closing the space between them.
"Do you trust me?" Tobin asked, looking directly into Alex's eyes, draping her arm over Alex's shoulder in order to pull her closer.
"Yeah."
"Vanessa has been staring holes into us for the past few minutes, I know it bothers you. This'll make her uncomfortable enough to leave us alone."
Alex could only nod as Tobin's proximity was currently affecting all of her cognitive functions. It had been quite some time since she had been this close to anyone, and her pants were doing the thinking for her.
"Close your eyes." Tobin whispered against her lips and Alex was sure if Tobin had asked her to jump off a bridge at that point she would.
Tobin kissed her lightly at first, getting familiarized with her lips after a few light pecks, Tobin moved her hand towards the back of Alex's neck, deepening the kiss.
Tobin tasted like sugar and tea, presumably from the donut she had just eaten and Alex found herself desperately wanting to taste more;
Tobin faltered when Alex's tongue entered her mouth, and Alex smiled, satisfied that she had the upper hand.
They continued this behavior of what some might deem as an inappropriate public display of affection for a few good seconds until, the door chimed, effectively breaking the little world both women had found themselves in.
They both stared dazed at each other for a few minutes, completely forgetting anything about Vanessa or breakfast.
Despite the cold, both women's faces were flushed bright red as they failed terribly to avoid each other's gazes.
They both knew that at some point the kiss had diverted from being about making Vanessa uncomfortable to feeding the lustful portions of their minds.
"Uhh ..."
"We should go."