Pt. 2
Clarissa's alarm went off at 0600, she went to go move when noticed that her right arm was pinned to the bed. She freaked out before she remembered what happened, and who was in her bed, she looked at Lesso and her heart flipped. Their hair was in an orange halo around their head, they were holding hands with Clarissa right arm, and they had a tiny smile on their face.
Sadly Clarissa had stuff to do so she lightly shook them away, they groaned and turned over, except now their face was right in Clarissa's chest. When they opened their eyes and saw that they bolted back, "Um, . . uh"
Clarissa laughed, "It's fine, you didn't mean to, I meant to ask last night, can I take the kids out of school today?"
Lesso still couldn't speak properly, they had their face in her bust for crying out loud, so they nodded.
Clarissa got up and went to her dresser, "I want to know what you want to do when I get home" She turned around, clothes in hand, "You can go back to sleep, I'll wake the girls up and tell them that they're not going to school today, and then when you feel like it, you can get up and get something to eat for breakfast"
Lesso nodded as Clarissa walked into the bathroom, when she closed the door Lesso fell back on the bed. They didn't think that they would be able to go back to sleep, but they cuddled one of the pillows that smelled like Clarissa, and they fell asleep in no time.
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When Clarissa opened the bathroom door she saw Lesso sleeping, curled up around a pillow, underneath her breath she whispered, "God you look pretty"
She walked out of her bedroom and into Agatha's, she lightly shook her daughter awake, "Mom?"
Clarissa smiled, "I have to go, but me and Lee have decided that you two aren't going to school today"
Agatha's voice was still thick from sleep, "What about our test?"
"That doesn't matter, just go back to sleep, and when you wake up could you please make sure that they eat something"
Aggie nodded, already halfway back to sleep, Clarissa felt satisfied that her daughter would figure out what she wanted even if she didn't remember. She walked into her kitchen and grabbed a banana off the counter, then she went to grab her keys.
"I need gas", she looked around and spotted Lee's motorcycle keys, "They said I could drive it"
She grabbed the keys and their jacket and hopped on the motorcycle.
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When she arrived at the station she spotted Alex's car, she walked into the station and saw the Captain, "Professor Dovey, I know I told you to come in, but change in plans"
Clarissa smiled, "I don't need to come here"
Captain shrugged, "If you don't mind, I would like to know the history of what happened yesterday"
Clarissa nodded and told him the same thing that she told Emma, after she finished the Captain told her she was free to go. She turned around and walked back to Lesso's motorcycle, she got back on and decided that she would stop by a gas station on her way home.
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When she got to the gas station she took off her helmet and set in on the bike, she walked up to the door and caught someone staring at her. She turned her head and saw someone from her school, "Hey Uma"
Uma walked up to her, "What are you wearing?"
Clarissa looked at the jacket she was wearing, "I was driving Lee's motorcycle"
Clarissa walked into the gas station and started to get drinks, she grabbed two white monsters and a bag of funyuns and proceeded to the checkout. Uma had followed her the entire way, "Why?"
Clarissa shrugged while pulling out cash to pay for her stuff, "My car needed gas, I didn't have time to get gas"
She grabbed her stuff and walked outside, there was an older guy and a little boy looking at the motorcycle, the dad went touch it when the little boy pointed to a sticker, "You see that, that means that this belongs to Lady Lesso, and they are a bitch"
Clarissa walked up to the motorcycle, "Then it's a good thing you didn't touch the motorcycle"
The boy backed up, "Professor Dovey?"
Clarissa smiled at the boy, "Tedros"
She put her stuff in one of the totes that were on the motorcycle, then she hopped on, smiled at Tedros and his dad, and drove off.
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When Lee woke up they looked at the time, 0800, they rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. But no matter how hard they tried they couldn't succumb to slumber, they got out of the bed and walked into the living room, they saw the kids sitting on the couch eating cereal.
"Hi mom"
Lee smiled at her, "What do you two want to do today?"
Sophie and Agatha looked at each other, after the night they had they just wanted to spend time with their family, Sophie looked back at Lesso, "Could we just sit on the couch and watch movies?"
Lesso nodded, they started shifting their weight from foot to foot, then they looked at Agatha, "Aggie, where are your towels?"
Agatha immediately got off the couch, "In the hallway closet" She directed Lee to the closet and pulled out a towel, then she pulled out a loofah and a toothbrush. She handed them to Lesso who looked at the loofah skeptically, "You can use it, mom has this theory of not using anything until it's on its last leg"
Lesso took the loofah and walked into Clarissa's room, they didn't expect Agatha to follow them, but next thing they knew Agatha was rummaging through Clarissa's dresser. She grabbed a shirt and walked over to the closet, "You're taller than mom, so your going to need longer pants", she moved a few clothes over and grabbed a pair of pj pants.
She walked over to Lee and handed them the clothes, Lesso looked at her, "Are you sure your mom will be okay with me wearing her clothes?"
Agatha nodded her head, "Absolutely, and I mean, you can't very well wear those all day", Agatha gestured to Lee's clothes, they were wearing one of Clarissa's nightgowns.
Lee thanked her and walked to the bathroom, they set the clothes down on the sink counter and turned the water on.
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When Clarissa got home she hung the keys to the motorcycle up and walked into the living room, she saw the kids in the living room work on some school work. "Didn't I just get you out of going to school?"
Agatha giggled and looked up at her mother, "This is some super easy stuff"
Clarissa put her hands in the jacket pocket, "Is Lee still asleep?"
Sophie shook her head, "No, mom went to go take a shower"
Clarissa nodded before going to put the stuff she bought up, she turned around and looked sternly at the kids, "Do not eat or drink what I've just bought"
She waited until both kids nodded before walking to her bedroom, she knocked on the door and got no response, but just in case she slowly eased the door open. She was relieved to find the room empty, she walked up to her bathroom door and knocked on it, she just barely heard Lesso calling out, asking who it was.
Loud enough so that Lee could hear, she responded, "It's me, I just wanted to let you know that I'm in the bedroom"
Lesso yelled back a thanks, Clarissa went to her closet and pulled out two hoodies, she normally didn't wear them, but she knew that Lesso liked to have their arms covered. And who doesn't like to have options when choosing something, after she set the hoodies on her cedar chest she moved to her bed.
She climbed in and laid down, the other half of her bed smelled of Lee, she closed her eyes and let the smell drown her. She must have fell asleep because the next thing she knew, Lesso was shaking her awake, "Wake up, I'm done in the bathroom"
Clarissa sat up in her and looked at Lesso, their hair was wet, and they were in her college shirt and a pair of pajama pants that her brother got for her. The only thing that confused her was why they had a towel wrapped around their shoulders, "Do you want a hoodie to replace the towel?"
Lesso froze, then nodded their head, Clarissa got up and showed them the two that she had out, one was entirely black with a monogramed white swan on it. The other was a hoodie that she had matching with Agatha, she had been meaning to get one made for Lesso and Sophie.
Lesso picked the black hoodie, understandable, seeing as how the other hoodie was very princess looking, "Thank you"
Clarissa smiled as she put the second hoodie back on its hanger, "For what?"
Lesso looked at the floor, "For letting me wear your clothes, use your bathroom and stuff like that"
Clarissa walked up to them, she slowly moved her hands to take Lee's, her heart swelled with love when they didn't recoil or flinch, "Lee, I will never get mad at you for using my shower, and if you can fit into them, you can wear as many of my clothes as you want"
Lesso's eyes flickered up to Clarissa's, but quickly went back down, but it was enough for Clarissa to see the tears in their eyes. Clarissa pulled them into a hug, "I promise, I am nothing like him or anyone else you've ever had the displeasure of dating"
I wish I could have the pleasure of dating you, "I . . . I know, and I want you to know that I appreciate it"
Clarissa pulled back, "I do know" She smiled and started running her thumb over Lesso's hand, "DId you decide what you want to do today?"
Lee smiled, it wasn't big and bright like Clarissa's often were, but it was full of love, "I wanna spend the day with the kids" with you.
Clarissa nodded, "Doing what?"
Lesso pulled back and started running their left hand over their right arm, "Watching movies in the living room"
Clarissa smiled and started walking to the living, when they got there Clarissa pointed to a spot on the couch that she thought they would enjoy, "Who wants popcorn?"
Lee shook their head no, Agatha nodded vigorously, while Sophie got up and whispered, "Mom likes ranch seasoning on their popcorn, but he who must no be named told them it was a disgusting habit, so now they don't eat popcorn"
Clarissa got up, she showed no sign that what was said pertained to Lee whatsoever, she moved to the kitchen and got out two bags of popcorn. She popped the first one and put the second one in the microwave, when she was done with that she moved over to her spice cabinet. She was fairly certain that she had ranch seasoning, and she was right, she grabbed it and put it on the popcorn.
Clarissa ate one, "That's actually not that bad"
She waited for the second bag to get done popping, then she poured it into a big tupperware container, she grabbed the first popcorn bag and the container and walked to the living room. She gave the container to the kids and gave the bag to Lesso, "Who wants what to drink, Lee, I have something for you"
The kids said they wanted Root Beer, she told them to pick out a movie and walked back to the kitchen, she grabbed the root beers and grabbed both monsters that she bought. She walked back to the living room to see the kids putting 'Parent Trap' in the dvd player.
She gave the root beers to the kids who had made their place on the floor, she walked over to Lee and sat down, "Is it okay if I sit this close?"
Please sit closer, your warm, but instead they just nodded their head, Clarissa smiled and handed them a monster, "Here, I bought them on the way home"
Lesso took it, they didn't open it, they just stuck it in between some pillows, Clarissa took the bag of popcorn and set it in between the both of them. She started eating some, and was ecstatic when she saw Lesso eating some, she opened her monster and put it on the floor when she had drunk from it, she told the kids it was there so that they could be careful.
The four of them spent all day watching movies, somewhere during the end of 'Parent Trap' Lesso opened their monster, Clarissa was happy that they were enjoying the things that made them happy. When they finished the popcorn she asked if they wanted more, "Not now"
Progress, they didn't immediately say no, Clarissa put the empty bag in the container that the girls had emptied quite a bit earlier. Then she leaned back and met Lesso's arm, she was going to get up when she felt Lesso playing with her hair, so instead she just scooted closer to them and leaned her head down on their chest.
When the movie was over the girls immediately put in another one and sat back down in their spots, Sophie was watching the movie intently while Agatha was fidgeting. Clarissa told Lesso that she would be right back, "Where are you going?"
Clarissa smiled, "I'm going to get something for Agatha's hands to do"
Lesso released her and watched her walk to the bedroom, a couple minutes later she emerged carrying two s
ketchbooks, she grabbed two pencils from her junk drawer in her kitchen before giving one of each to Agatha. She looked up to her mother, "Thanks mom"
Clarissa smiled, "Of course", she walked back to the couch and sat down, she opened the sketchbook. She started drawing on reflex, not really looking at what she was doing.
Before she knew if Lesso was looking over her shoulder looking at what she was doing, "That's pretty, looks familiar, who is it?"
Clarissa looked down at what she was drawing, she froze, she was drawing Lesso, it was still in the early couple of stages so it wasn't entirely recognizable, but you could still tell who it was. She looked at Lesso who was looking very intently at the drawing, they looked back up to Clarissa, "Are you drawing me?"
Clarissa closed the sketchbook and threw it across the couch, "No"
She said a little louder than she thought she did, so both kids turned to her, she flushed a bright red, Lee only smiled, "Sophie? Can you hand me that sketchbook?"
Sophie went to go grab it, "Sophie don't you dare give them that sketchbook"
Sophie looked at both of them, Clarissa looked at Lee, they had an evil glint in their eyes. At the same time they ran to grab the book, Lesso held Clarissa back and reached out to grab it. When they had the book the jumped up and ran to the bedroom.
Clarissa ran after them, but it was no use, they locked the door, she started knocking on the door, "Lee, please don't look in the sketchbook"
It was no use, Lesso had started ignoring her as soon as they got in the bedroom, they sat on the bed and opened the sketchbook. The first page was empty, Clarissa didn't like to use the first page in anything that she wrote in, they flipped to the second page, their face stared back at them.
They flipped the page over, it was dated just over three months ago, the day that they helped her take care of the children when they got sick, they flipped through more pages, all of them. All with the dates and what they were doing when the sketch was taken.
They flipped to the back of the book, an unfinished sketch, they were kissing someone, but the second person wasn't finished, in fact, it was just a bunch of shapes. They set the book down on the cedar chest, leaving the sketch open, and they opened the door.
Clarissa was standing their, looking nervous, scared even, "Who's the other person?"
Clarissa gulped, it did not help her dry throat, "What?"
Lesso backed up so Clarissa could see the sketch, they looked back at her to see her entire face and the tips of her ears red. She was looking at the ground, refusing to meet their gaze, Lesso walked up to her, "Who is it, dove?"
The blush on her cheeks deepened, "No one"
Lesso smiled, "It's someone" They lifted her head, "Is it you?"
Clarissa didn't think that her heart could beat any fast, but it was constantly surprising, she was sure that Lesso would be able to hear it with how loud it was. She tried to find her words, but none came, the evil glint in Lee's had been replaced with something else, something that Clarissa couldn't place.
When she didn't answer Lesso lowered their head and spoke in their ear, "Would you like it to be you?"
Clarissa tired to suppress the shiver that came, but she couldn't, and before she could stop herself she found herself nodding. Lesso moved slowly, after all, they knew what it was like being forced to do something you don't want to do, they rest their forehead on Clarissa's, then their noses touched.
They stopped moving, they weren't going to do this if it wasn't something Clarissa didn't want too, Clarissa looked in their eyes, she finally figured out what it was. It was love, complete and total adoration, and it was directed at her. She got her tiptoes and closed the gap between the two of them.
Lesso's hand made their way to Clarissa's waist, they pulled her close, Clarissa's arms were looped around their neck. When they split apart, Clarissa was out of breath, her chest, face, and ears as red as ever.
Lesso smiled, "How many of those things do you have?"
Clarissa seemed to stop and put deep thought into this, "A sketchbook of that size last about four months, five times twelve is sixty" She looked up to Lesso to see them intently listening, "Sixty divided four is 15"
She smiled and sighed, "At least thirteen"
Lesso pulled her back in, "I would like to see each and every one of them, if your okay with that"
Clarissa pressed a light kiss to their lips, "Later"
Then she turned around and made her way back to the couch, Lesso followed soon after, when they sat on the couch Clarissa immediately leaned on her. She intertwined their hands and laid them on her lap, Lesso just looked at her, Clarissa had no fear in showing their daughters what happened.
Although the kids weren't looking, in fact they were acting like nothing had changed, now that Lesso had come to think of it, they had actually been living like a couple for a while. They settled into the couch and got ready, it was only noon and they had a whole second half of the day to get through.
They all spent the rest of the day eating junk food and watching movies, when the night came to a close and the girls went to bed, Lee and Clarissa were sitting in her bed.
"What does this mean?" Lesso looked up to Clarissa, looking for reassurance in what was happening.
Clarissa shrugged, "I know what I want it to mean, what do you want it to mean"
Lesso shrugged, "I don't know, I realized earlier that we live like a couple already, so not much would change there"
Clarissa nodded, "I also noticed that, I have a request, and I completely understand if the question is a no"
Lesso looked at her, Clarissa started fidgeting with her hair tie, "Can I see your back?"
Lesso froze, that last time someone had seen their back they had just added to it, but Clarissa wasn't like that, she was nice, kind, considerate. They slowly started to take the hoodie off, when if was fully off they turned to their back to Clarissa.
She moved closer and saw the scars that lined their back, she started kissing each one of them, "Their beautiful" She turned Lee around, "Do you want to know why?"
Lesso started to cry, she nodded her head very little, Clarissa smiled, "Because it's apart of you, and you're the prettiest woman I've ever seen"
Lesso broke down, it had been a while since someone had said something like that to them, they (for lack of a better word) surged forward and kissed Clarissa. When they pulled back Clarissa was in shock, "You don't know what that means for me"
Clarissa hugged them, "Well I'll be happy to do that everyday"
Lesso hugged her bad, "Can we go to bed?"
Clarissa nodded, they laid down and drifted of to a comfortable sleep, this time with Lesso hugging Clarissa from behind.