Mrs. Belova

Lemon Meringue Pie

I wake up to a more energetic fiancé compared to yesterday, she's waking me up with a shower of kisses. "Good morning, детка (baby)" she mumbles between kisses. "Доброе утро, моя любов (Good morning, my love)" I grogily murmur in return which earns me a sweet kiss. I gasp when I realize something. Yelena pulls away with a concerned look on her face. "Did I hurt you?" she asks her words laced with worry and eyes searching for any pain or discomfort in mine.

I shake my head and give Lena a firm kiss assuring her that she didn't do anything wrong. "I just realized something" I mumble against her lips. She hums for me to continue "Tomorrow is Wednesday which means we won't be sleeping in the same bed." I explain and Yelena pouts when the realization hits her. Poor baby.

I chuckle at her adorable face and keep showering kisses over her face until her pouty lips tug into a smile.

"Time to get up." I mumble and Lena nods in agreement. "Shower?" Yelena asks making me snicker at the blunt offer but I nod. "How could I not say yes to a shower with you, love?" I ask "Я не знаю, дорогая. (I don't know, darling)" she offers in reply. We head into the bathroom and our shower ends up being longer than expected, for reasons unknown.

Once we emerge from our steamed shower I head to the kitchen and decide to prepare the crust for the pie since it'll have to sit in the fridge for a while anyway.

I go to the kitchen where my needy fiancé latches herself onto me. I smirk looking over my shoulder where I receive a warm smile from Lena. I press my lips to her forehead and turn around beginning to make the pie crust.

Once I'm done I set it into the fridge. I lounge around with Yelena for a while until it's time to cook and get ready. The pasta and chicken were pretty simple and were done quickly so I left everything on a very low heat to keep everything fresh and warm but I messed up the stupid meringue two times, I did get it right the third time though. Once I slide the pie into the oven I go to get dressed since it'll take about 20 minutes until it's ready.

I get ready and by the time I'm done I can pull the pie out of the oven. "Lena get ready Doroteya will be here in about 30 minutes" I tell her she's been laying on the couch watching TV for a while. I look over and don't see any movement. "Babe?" I try to get her attention as I walk up to her. She's asleep. I crouch down and rub at her shoulder. "Lena baby. Wake up. You need to go get ready" I say softly kissing her cheek. She grumbles slowly opening her eyes. "Doroteya will be here in about 30 minutes babe." I repeat and she nods.

After about five minutes she did get up and got ready while I cleaned up the apartment a little since it was still a bit messy from yesterday's lazy day.

Yelena comes out presenting her casual Jean and flowy t-shirt look. I smile and give her a kiss. "You look great my love" I compliment and she offers a smile "So do you baby" Lena returns leaving a soft innocent peck on the nape of my neck.

I smile and thank her for the compliment. The door bell rings and I turn to the door "I'll get it" Yelena offers so I move to the kitchen to start plating the food. I smile at the pair as they walk in. "Hi thanks for having me" Doroteya greets her accent coming through thick between her words. "I like having people over. It's nice to have Yelena's friends over for a change, it's usually just mine" I joke earning a laugh from both of them. "Также приятно говорить по-русски с новым человеком. (It's also nice to speak Russian with someone new)" I offer and Doroteya nods with a smile "I didn't expect you to talk Russian, you don't have an accent" She reveals and I shrug "I had a good teacher" I offer and Yelena turns a shade of red.

During dinner we keep the conversation flowing and when I speak about Kate Doroteya turns all pink. She reveals that she might like her but she doesn't know yet since she hasn't gotten to know Kate that well yet. I tell her that she should ask her out when they'll see eachother again, on Thursday. She turns as red a tomato when I bring up asking Kate out.

Once we're done with dinner I get the pie and cut everyone a slice. I get happy and also a little proud when both Russians ask for seconds. "You should bake things more often babe, this is really good." Yelena says with her mouth full. I land a light smack on the back of her head getting a slight sense of deja vu from when we had dinner with Natasha for the first time.

She scoffs mumbling "Such a mom." making Doroteya chuckle. I roll my eyes "Well if you're gonna give me attitude I won't bake for you at all" I state making her glare at me. I lift my brow and she rolls her eyes looking down "Fine. I'm sorry" she murmurs and I chuckle.

Once we say our goodbyes to Doroteya Yelena decides to drive her home since it's dark.

I got a bit anxious getting flashes of what happened the last time one of us drove someone home without the other but I tried to not think about it.

It took a while longer which made my never spike but luckily she did end up home and completely fine. I did refuse to let her go once she got back though. Clingy? Maybe but I couldn't help it I was a ball of anxiety also scared that it might trigger a nightmare but I fell asleep in Yelena's arms regardless knowing she's safe.