Marina One Shot (EN) - Part 2

Love Story

Maya and Carina had known each other for three years, having met at the same sports club. The brunette was twenty-three and the blonde twenty-seven.

They used to exchange a few words before or after sport in the changing rooms, but nothing more.

One evening, when they had already known each other for two years at the sports club, Maya had gone out with some friends of hers, and had ended up by chance at the same party as Carina.

They had friends in common without knowing it, and they had been officially introduced.

/flashback/

-"Oh wait! I absolutely must introduce you to a girl, you've got too much in common! She's studying to be a Para too!" Said Vic, Maya's best friend, who had met Carina a few weeks ago, at a party where the blonde was absent.

-"Okay, why not..."

Vic had looked up at the ceiling before grabbing Maya's arm and dragging her across the room.

- "Carina, hey hi gorgeous, how are you?"

-"Vic! I'm so happy to see you! How are you?"

- "Great, I've got someone I'd like you to meet, you know I told you about my best friend who was Para and who did a lot of sport, just like you..."
Victoria had shifted.
"...This is Maya!"

Maya had raised her eyebrows, surprised to see the Italian here, and had started to open her mouth, but the woman in front of her had cut her off, she had held out her hand.

- "hello humm... Maya" she said with a slightly wicked smile.

The blonde had taken her hand and she'd felt something different from what she'd experienced in the locker room for almost two years now.

Usually she and Carina talked about sport, about what had happened on the volleyball court or handball court, depending on the season.
And now, it was as if she was seeing the Italian for the first time.

She was all dressed up for a good evening out, and although there wasn't much to compare with her sportswear, the black dress she was wearing at the time was worth a look.

After what seemed an eternity, the paramedic finally took the brunette's hand to shake it back.

-"It's Carina, isn't it?"

The Italian had tilted her head slightly, biting the tip of her tongue with her canines, accompanied by a magnificent smile, while Vic looked away.

/End of flashback/

At the end of her studies, Carina wanted to join a good barracks, and since she'd been talking to Maya for almost three years, and they'd been friends for almost a year now, it had been normal for her to talk about it directly with her.

/Flashback/

- "Honestly, I don't know how you did it, Station 19 is, like, the best firehouse in Seattle, I'd be lucky if I got into Twenty-Three."

- "you want me to help you get into a good station?"

- "Would you do that?" Carina asked, putting her hand on her arm.

- "o-of course."

- "what can we do?"

- "I can help you with your interviews, I've been at 19 for four years, I know what a good firehouse is looking for..."

When Maya had returned to work two days later, she'd gone to see Pruitt.

- "Excuse me, Captain?"

- "yes Bishop?"