Special Kinda Love (Lesbian Story)

Easter

Gail watched as her son toddled around the living room looking for the eggs they'd dyed the night before. She hadn't had any experience with the art, Pecks didn't do messes or egg hunts for that matter. It had been a crazy night full of firsts. Learning how easy it was for skin to stain with the mixture of the dye, how delicious it looked to toddlers and just how long their attention span lasted when they couldn't eat the dye, how hard it actually was to hide a dozen eggs. She and Holly had had one hell of a time hiding the colourful eggs, a few debates broke out on whether or not Shiloh would be able to find them, and there was more than one time an egg had been dropped, but it was a night Gail didn't see herself forgetting. And she was more than happy to share those experiences with her best friend. Gail didn't know what she would ever do without Holly. Actually she did know, she just didn't want to think about it.

She turned her head to the side and smiled at the sleepy delight Holly adore while watching Shy peak under the coffee table. Yeah, Gail liked sharing these moments with her dorky roommate.

"Egg!" Shiloh squealed around the binky between his lips and reached for the pink egg in the bowl on the table. He held it up proudly to show the women on the couch.

"Good job, baby." Gail praised, earning herself a wide grin. She beamed right back, how could she not? Her son's hair was a mess, eyes sleepy but shinning all the same, wearing a bunny onesie Holly just had to buy, and yelling about finding another egg a giant bunny supposedly hid for him.

"Here," Holly held out the egg carton for him to deposit the egg with the others he'd found, "put it in here with the others."

Shiloh happily shuffled around the table and gently laid the egg in an empty spot. Then looked up at the brunette waiting for his next instructions.

Holly chuckled. "Perfect, now go find some more. Remember you have to fill all of the spots." She pointed to the empty slot next to the pink egg he just added in. Shy nodded, spun around and was off again.

"So I might retract what I said about the onesie." Gail commented, eyes focused on the toddler scoping out the window curtains. She breathed a laugh when Shiloh threw the one curtain back with fully force, only to gently sneak up on the second as if that was why the first had been clear of colourful treats.

"Oh yeah?" Holly questioned over her coffee mug.

"While he does look ridiculous, he pulls it off well."

Holly chuckled. "That he does."

"Egg!" Shiloh exclaimed, clear as day -apparently he forwent his binky in his search-, bringing the attention back to him. He plucked the green egg from his little bookcase and held it up for them to see, just as proud as the first he'd found.

Holly wiggled the carton out and Shiloh didn't waste any time in running back to the couch to put the newfound treasure with the others. But he again at stood Holly's feet, waiting. She raised a brow at the curly haired boy.

"Beautiful egg." He pet the newest edition.

"It is a beautiful egg." She agreed, thoroughly amused. "There's lots of beautiful eggs waiting for you to find them."

Shiloh's eyes grew bigger with amazement. He turned to get confirmation from his mom, and when Gail nodded he was off to find the next.

When Gail went to drink the last mouthful of her coffee the dark purple of her fingertips caught her eyes and she couldn't help but smile, a shot of warmth streamed in her veins and lit a tingly path all throughout her body. Dreams were coming true. Gail Peck had dyed eggs and was up early Easter morning hunting for them.

"What?" Holly questioned with a tilt of her head.

Gail shook her head and waved off the brunette. "Nothing."

Holly stared at her for a minute before standing and took the mug right out of pale fingers with a small grin on her lips. Gail sighed contently and went back to watching her son giddily peak in his toy box.

"Egg!"