Enlightened

Chapter Eleven: Hickeys, Exes and Parasites

Toni woke up to her alarm at 5:50 alone.  The other side of her bed was empty and she was very confused.  From downstairs, she could hear Love on Top by Beyonce being played.  She chuckled to herself lightly and got up to shower.  

Downstairs, Cheryl was half making breakfast for her and Toni, half dancing around with joy.  She'd woken up about twenty minutes ago and had nothing to do, so after a cup of coffee, she decided to make breakfast.  Through her music, she heard the shower start.  Toni must've been up.  Thinking of the smaller girl made her smile again and she began to dance more vigorously, singing along to every word.

"Baby it's you!  You're the one I love!  You're the one I need! You're the only one I see!"  Cheryl sang while stirring eggs in a pan and flipping a few pieces of bacon.  She was still in her pajamas, as she had no clothes here and didn't want to wear her outfit from yesterday.  A few minutes later, as was grabbing plates out of the pantry, she heard footsteps coming downstairs.  The pink haired girl had her hair brushed and was in her uniform, besides her hat, when she walked into the kitchen to see a very happy Cheryl Blossom dancing around her kitchen.  

"Something smells delicious!"  Toni exclaimed.  The redhead turned down the music and the heat on her bacon and walked over to her girlfriend.  She wrapped her arms around Toni's neck and kissed her.  "Good morning beautiful."  They broke their embrace, both of them smiling like the Cheshire Cat.  The Sheriff gestured to her kitchen and exclaimed.  "What's all this?"  

"Go sit down, I made breakfast."  Toni did as she was told and took a seat at the dining room table.  "I woke up early and didn't have anything to do, so I figured I'd surprise you."  The redhead brought over two plates setting one in front of her girlfriend and the other beside her.  She then grabbed Toni cutlery and a poured her a cup of coffee.  "What do you take in your coffee babe?"  

The Sheriff smiled at the cute nickname and turned to look at Cheryl.  "Just a little bit of milk, please."  The redhead nodded in response and went into the fridge, grabbing the milk and pouring a little bit in.  "What do you take in yours, Blossom?  Just for future reference."

"Black.  Like my women,"  Cheryl said stirring Toni's coffee with the end of her fork and putting the milk back in the fridge.  The Sheriff just about choked on her scrambled eggs.  The redhead just laughed at her.  She set Toni's coffee down beside her plate and set her own cutlery down, placing a kiss on Toni's cheek.  "Why've you got your collar done all the way up today Topaz?"  Cheryl said with a smirk, walking back to the fridge to grab the hot sauce.  

"Hmm, I don't know Cheryl, how about you ask your mouth,"  Toni replied, laying on the sarcasm.  She loved this.  The witty banter, endless smiles, and casual kisses.  It felt so right, so natural as if this was what she'd been meant to do all along.  This was what her heart yearned for all her life.  The void in the middle of her heart had been filled.  "By the way, don't let Fangs see your... marks.  If he sees them he's going to think we fucked and also probably faint out of excitement."

"Ha, I'd pay to see that,"  Cheryl said as she sat down beside her girlfriend.  "Wait, why would he think we fucked?  Was he the one who called last night?"  

Toni nodded in response, as she had a mouth full of food.  Cheryl laughed at that and coated her eggs in hot sauce.  "Jeez Blossom, slow down on the hot sauce."  The Sheriff chuckled, the eggs were basically orange. 

"I used to tell people that I could stand such hot food because I was straight from hell.  Besides, I can keep my cool around you all the time, this is nothing,"  Cheryl said taking a bite of the hot sauce-laden eggs.  

The Sheriff blushed and chuckled at the same time.  She could get used to this.

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Twenty-ish minutes later, Cheryl and Toni were on their way to Thistlehouse so Cheryl could get changed for work.  They drove and sang along to Cool for the Summer by Demi Lovato, as per request of Toni.  They arrived at Thistlehouse and went inside.  Toni followed Cheryl up to her bedroom and took a seat on the bed.  The redhead grabbed some clothes out of her closet and made her way to the bathroom.