Gossip Column (Carmilla Fanfic)

Chapter 17

Two days after their first date found Laura and Carmilla enjoying a quiet night at Laura's apartment. Thanks to Carmilla's carefully planned date, the media had no news to report about the couple of the moment. Their date under the stars was successfully kept between them. They were also glad that Danny had not tried to contact Laura again. Apparently she had decided to slip under the radar because she had not contacted any of their friends either, which was just fine with Laura. All that the journalist wanted right now was some peace and quiet to enjoy her budding relationship with Carmilla.

Their first date had been perfect and Laura was feeling ecstatic about the possibilities of a future with Carmilla. She knew it was too soon to talk about forever, but deep in her heart she felt that she would want to spend the rest of her life with her. It was just something she knew, just like she had known she wanted to be a journalist since she was a child. It was just there, a certainty that had no hows or whys, it just existed. She could only hope Carmilla would come to feel the same way about her.

The two girls were currently curled up on Laura's sofa watching Buffy. They had ordered a pizza for dinner and had enjoyed a bottle of wine together. Their attention was often diverted from the TV show in favor of enjoying each other's lips. Normally, Laura would be mad if anyone distracted her when she was watching one of her beloved shows, but she had no complaints about Carmilla's constant interruptions, on the contrary, she was quite willing to miss a few minutes of the show to savor the other girl's lips on hers. After the fourth episode they watched ended Carmilla got up from the sofa stretching her stiff muscles.

"I should go, Cupcake, it's late and you and I have work tomorrow." she said.

"Is Oliver going to pick you up?" Laura asked, a bit disappointed that the night was coming to an end, but she knew Carmilla was right, it was one in the morning, they needed to sleep.

"No, I came in my motorcycle."

Laura frowned at that.

"But Carm, you can't ride your bike back. You drank half a bottle of wine."

"That was a couple of hours ago, Creampuff. I'll be fine." she said, giving Laura a peck on the lips.

"Stay." Laura said.

"What?"

"Stay here." The tiny girl continued, "it's too late for you to ride back. You drank wine, and you are sleepy. It's not safe. Stay here."

Carmilla looked Laura in the eye.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course," Laura said, starting to blush, "I mean, I would be really worried if you left now and I don't mean that anything has to happen if you stay, I know it's too soon for that, but I would just feel a lot better knowing you are safe and not out there riding on that death machine of yours and possibly falling asleep and crashing and I'd blame myself for letting you leave so please, please, stay?" she finished, giving Carmilla her best lost puppy eyes, which she knew the singer wouldn't be able to resist.

"Damn it. Why is it I can't say no to you when you make that face?" Carmilla said, trying to sound cross but not quite managing it. "And don't think I don't know you're aware of that and does this on purpose. I'll stay."

Laura squealed and jumped into Carmilla's arms, hugging her tightly and making the other girl laugh.

"Alright Cupcake, we better go to bed now. You've been yawning every thirty seconds for fifteen minutes now."

Laura blushed at that. She had tried to hide how tired she was from Carmilla so she wouldn't leave, but had been unsuccessful apparently. The two girls went to Laura's bedroom and she gave Carmilla some clothes to sleep in and a spare toothbrush for her to use. When they were both lying in bed, Carmilla pulled Laura to her and gave her a sweet kiss before whispering goodnight in her ear. Laura sighted contentedly and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes, Carmilla's warmth and smell lulling her to a deep, calm sleep.