The Pilot

Chapter Fifty

She managed to get her clothes off without disturbing her and pulled her in close as she also climbed in to bed falling asleep herself.

Stefania was wakened the next morning by Cat ringing her phone. "Buongiorno" she answered groggily realising that she was in the bed alone. She checked the time and it was 9:30am. "Good morning. Just wondering if you wanted to meet somewhere for lunch before the funeral or will we just meet you & Dani there?" "Oh... um... probably better just to meet you there. It's at 3pm si?" Stefania asked noticing that the blonde's phone was not on the nightstand. "Yeah it is. Stef is everything ok? You seem a little off." Caterina asked concerned. "Si, si. Everything's fine. See you later"

Stefania climbed out of bed and pulled on a T-shirt and shorts. She made her way to the kitchen where she found Gee and Andrew eating breakfast. "Buongiorno DeLucas" she smiled as she walked through the door. "Morning Stefania. Would you like some breakfast. I found a little store close by earlier so I went out and bought bacon and eggs. There's also coffee in that pot there." Andrew smiled. "Thank you Andrew. That would be lovely" "Of course. Do you think D will want some too?" He asked as he cooked for Stefania. "Oh, have you not seen her? She wasn't in bed when I woke up. I hoped she would be out here." Stefania said with a frown. "Oh, ah no... I've been up since about 8:15 and I've not seen her." Andrew replied with a worried look. "Has anyone seen Graham?" Giovanna asked with raised eyebrows. "No actually, I've not seen him either." Stefania could feel herself starting to panic about this. Where was Danielle? Where was Graham? And why had no one seen either of them this morning. "Stef maybe you should try giving her a call?" Andrew suggested. "Yeah good idea. I'll go do that now."

Stefania walked back to the bedroom and grabbed her phone off the side table. She dialled Danielle's number but felt her heart sink when she heard it ringing. There it was lying on the floor at the side of the bed.

Stefania walked back to the kitchen with tears in her eyes. "Her phone is still here. Where is she? Has she left me? Has she left with Graham?" Stefania was now in full blown panic mode. Giovanna was quick to grab her and sit her at the table. "Stefania, breathe. I'm sure it'll be fine. Let's not panic until we have something to panic about." Just then they heard the front door to the flat close and Danielle walked in carrying bags of groceries. She saw Stefania in a state and dropped the bags immediately dropping to eye level with the brunette. "Hey, hey baby. What's wrong? What got you upset?" She said placing her hands on Stefania's thighs. "I... you... you left me..." Stefania mumbled through sobs. "Whaaat?" Danielle asked in shock. "Baby, I was just at the store. I didn't leave you. I won't ever leave you! What made you think that?!" Danielle asked rubbing the tears from Stefania's cheeks. "We'll give you two some space" Andrew said. "No, no, it's ok Andrew. You both stay here and enjoy your breakfast. I'll take this one back to the bedroom. Come on Babe" Danielle replied as she lifted Stefania to her feet. She walked the Italian back into the bedroom and sat her on the bed. "Stef, baby. Speak to me. What made you think I'd left you?" Danielle was now sitting beside the brunette on the bed. "I guess I just panicked when you weren't here when I woke up. After everything last night, I let my doubts creep in and thought maybe you still want to be with Graham after all and so you left with him." Stefania sniffled.

Danielle pulled the Italian into a hug saying "baby, I would never leave you. I can't imagine life without you. Seeing Graham last night was a shock, I won't deny that. And it also raked up some old issues. But Stefania..." she lifted the brunette's chin so she could look into her eyes "I promise, there is no one in this world that I would rather be with. You have me... all of me... forever!"  She brushed some more tears from Stefania's cheek as she kissed her tenderly. The kiss quickly deepened as Stefania pushed Danielle back so she was lying on the bed with the Italian on top of her. Hands started wandering up and down each other's bodies. Their kiss became hungrier as Stefania swiped her tongue on Danielle's lower lip with the blonde quickly granting access. Tongues dancing together in perfect rhythm exploring each other's mouths. Danielle slid her hands under Stefania's top pulling it up and over the brunette's head revealing her naked chest. She was quick to take her left breast in her mouth gently nibbling her on her nipple. Stefania releasing a moan of pleasure at the sensation. This spurred Danielle on and she flipped them over so that she was now on top.
She kissed Stefania's lips once more before moving down her body trailing kisses down her neck on to her chest, down between her breasts on to her abdomen and down to her panty line.