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Twenty-five

"I'm sure you're liking this way to much," Dinah said with a shake of her head while she pursed her lips.

"Maybe," Ally's tone was light as she let her eyes go from the taller woman leaning on the door frame to Anna, Nate, and Seth, who were currently playing in Nate's room. Ally felt a sudden urge to giggle, but held it in as she looked over at Dinah, watching as the woman's eyes skidded across the room.

"Mhm," Dinah said, chuckling as she saw Ally try to hide her smile.

"Okay, yes," Ally said with a chuckle of her own, a shiver running down her spine as she watched Dinah give her a side ways look, a small smirk playing on full lips, "I wasn't planning on it though."

"Why don't I believe you?" Dinah asked, rising an eyebrow in question, giving Ally one more look before she turned to look back at her kids and her brother.

"I don't know," Ally said with another chuckle, turning to look at Dinah completely, leaning her back against the door frame, enjoying the view. Dinah was gorgeous, all of her girlfriends were gorgeous, really, but as she stared at the taller woman, she couldn't help but feel like her breath was taken away, she felt like she was in high school all over again.

"I'll have to go back tomorrow though," Dinah said, nodding her head as if to make the statement have some kind of  validity, but honestly, she wasn't even sure if she wanted to leave any time soon.

"I know, maybe one of us can go with you." Ally muttered, shrugging her shoulders, noticing the way Dinah tapped her finger against her left temple.

"Maybe," Dinah said  distractedly as she focused on the kids, her mind running a mile a minute - everything was so different now, everything seemed to change so much that she felt like she hadn't had a moment to herself to wrap her mind around it.

"I want to apologize." Ally said after a few seconds of silence, her eyes looking from the kids to her shoes and then back to Dinah, a small frown playing on her lips.

"I don't need an apology," Dinah said softly. No, she didn't need one -  she was aware that everyone was sorry - what she needed was to work through what happened, to talk and make sure this never came up again. She wanted to talk so she could put everything behind them. Dinah sighed softly as she turned completely to look at the woman across from her. Dinah watched in silence as the shorter woman bit her bottom lip, contemplating what Dinah had said. Dinah always thought of her girlfriends as perfect, and she didn't waste any chance to tell them that, whether they were all together or not, but she always hated when they fought - those were the times when reality seemed to crash and she would see that no, they weren't all perfect. She still loves them - flaw and all - but she never liked considering her girlfriends less than perfect, and all of this mess was something she wanted to blow over.

"I do," Ally contemplated, before her eyes widened for a half a second and gave an awkward chuckle before she stuttered, "I meant...I need to say it - even if it's not what you need."

"Alright," Dinah said with a nod, crossing her arms across her chest.

"I'm sorry."

"I know." Dinah said quickly after, earning a half hearted glare from the smaller woman and an eye roll. Dinah chuckled softly before she nodded again as if to tell her to go on.

"We - I - shouldn't have said all the stuff that was said," Ally said, aware to keep her voice light as not to attract the kids' attention, "I was just hurt and everyone was jumping in and everything just got so blown up."

When Dinah figured Ally wouldn't say much else, she cleared her throat, sparing a glance at Anna, smiling at the small girl before she looked back at Ally, "I told you I don't need an apology -"