This Kiss

Chapter 93

The following morning, Olivia woke to a heavy weight on her chest and the smell of bacon wafting in the air. Slowly she peaked one eye open, taking a moment to register why her son and not her wife was laying halfway on top of her. After blinking a few times, the previous night came flooding back to her. Looking over she noticed that neither of her daughters or her wife were still in the bed. She eased out from under Rafe and grabbed her robe on her way to seek out her girls.

As she walked into the living room, what she heard was music to her ears. All three of her girls were giggling. She crept slowly to the kitchen doorway and leaned against the door jam. Emma was covered in pancake batter helping Natalia pour more on the griddle, Ava was smiling at her sister as she made the scrambled eggs. As if Natalia could feel her presence, she turned to Olivia and smiled at her wife.

At being spotted, Olivia walked in and kissed Emma's head, Ava's cheek, and then wrapped her arms around Natalia and kissed her neck. "Good morning my girls. How are you?"

"We're good mommy. We're helping Ma make breakfast." Emma said smiling.

"I can see that. What I can't tell is if there will actually be any pancakes with all the batter all over you."

"It's not my fault, Ava flicked it at me." Emma pouted.

"She did. We'll have to show her." Before Ava could react, her mother hand scooped some batter onto her finger and smeared it down Ava's face.

"Mom, really?" Ava whined as Emma laughed and Natalia giggled.

"Yes my sweet girl, it's called revenge on my child's behalf."

Before Olivia finished her sentenced, Ava had flung some of the scrambled eggs at her. Olivia wiped her face with her hand and reached for more pancake batter but was stopped by her chuckling wife.

"Alright you two, that's enough. I'd like to have some breakfast to actually eat." Natalia stated half sternly.

"Fine." Olivia huffed as she kissed Natalia's shoulder and stepped over to the coffee pot.

Just as Olivia was sitting down, Rafe walked into the kitchen. "Mornin'." He mumbled as he too grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down next to Olivia at the table. "I just got a call from my probation officer. I have to meet with the review board this afternoon for their decision on changing my mentor."

"That's good. I was hoping that would happen before we left for Chicago." Olivia said, leaning forward to kiss him on the cheek.

"Yeah. It's at two. Will you and Ma be able to come?"

"Of course. We'll reschedule anything we have to so we can be there. This is important, especially with Frank out on bail."

"Thanks mom. I didn't want to have to go alone."

"We would never have you do that." Natalia answered, spinning from the stove to kiss the top of his head.

"Thanks Ma."

The girls finished cooking and set the eggs, pancakes, and bacon on the table as they joined Olivia and Rafe. Once the family finished eating, they all dressed for the day and headed off. Emma catching the bus for school, Ava and Rafe headed to The Beacon, and Olivia and Natalia were headed to their lawyers office before going to work.

Rafe was trying his best not to think about his meeting with the review board. He was trying not to get his hopes up that they would allow him to no longer need a mentor, but it was hard. Although there was trouble with Frank, most everything else in his life was working out better then he could have ever dreamed and that gave him hope. He was sitting at his desk going over the next few weeks planner when Ava walked in.