The Bet || Lizrei

Chapter 14

"Goddamnit," Rei panted, still trying to suck in enough air to ease the burning in her lungs.

Liz laughed, the sound echoing in the acoustics of the bathroom. "That isn't the usual response people give when someone says they love you, Rei," the lawyer teased, resting her forehead against Rei's so that she could give her lover another light kiss.

Rei snorted and rolled her eyes. She tried to lift her upper body out of the water, but Liz was successfully pinning her, and her muscles felt like lead. "I wasn't prepared for you to score again so soon," said the detective, "literally or figuratively."

"Can't take the heat, get out of the tub," Liz quipped. Noticing that Rei was trying to sit up, the ADA reluctantly climbed off of her willing captive and reached for the nearest bottle of shampoo. "Here, turn around and I'll do your hair," she offered, pouring some of the liquid into her hand.

Obediently, Rei turned around and leaned back, sighing with pleasure as Liz worked the lather into her scalp. "Mmm, that feels nice," she purred, closing her eyes.

The blonde attorney raised an eyebrow. "As nice as before?" Rei couldn't see her expression, but she imagined that Liz was looking very smug.

"Not quite that nice," Rei conceded. "But still pretty damn good. You've got the magic touch."

Cupping her hands, Liz began lifting water to Rei's hair and rinsing out the suds. Once most of the shampoo had been washed into the standing water, she began massaging Rei's shoulders. Once again, the detective moaned in pleasure. "Magic touch, huh?" Liz asked, working out the knots behind the wings of Rei's shoulder blades. Her girlfriend was always tense there. She carried most of her stress in her back. Liz enjoyed helping her lover relax, especially when Rei returned the favor with foot and calf massages for her. Heels were a real killer sometimes.

"Yeah. Just don't go spreading it around."

Liz grinned. "Don't worry. You're the only recipient of my 'magic touch', Baby."

Even though she was loathe to stop the wonderful things Liz was doing, Rei wasn't ready to concede defeat in their shower game so soon. Sitting up on her knees, she turned around and forced Liz to stop her massage. "Here, it's your turn," said Rei, reaching for the abandoned bottle of shampoo. "It'd be silly to use this much water and not end up with clean hair."

"Oh, I don't know. I think this shower has been more than worth it already." However, she did allow Rei to start applying the shampoo.

Rei smiled softly and leaned in to lay a kiss against the nape of Liz's neck. "Definitely more than worth it, I'd say."

"Mmm," Liz hummed appreciatively as Rei's blunt fingernails scraped across her scalp in a gentle, loving massage as the brunette worked the shampoo into her hair.

Rei finished with Liz's hair and looked from the blonde's shoulder length locks to the soapy water pooled in the bottom of the tub. That they would need to turn the shower back on to properly rinse Liz's hair and clean their bodies of the soapy residue coating their skin. "Come on, Sweetie," she cajoled softly as she stood and held a hand out to help the blonde to her feet. "Time to get rinsed off."

Liz looked up and let her gaze rake her lover's naked form. "I'm not sure I want to," she replied. "The view from down here is absolutely spectacular."

Rei shook her head. "Liz," she chastised playfully.

"What?" Liz asked with feigned confusion as she slipped up onto her knees. She placed her hands on Rei's hips and leaned in to press a hot, wet kiss to her lover's stomach. "Do you not like looking at me here?"