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*Why is it so dark?*JR is looking outside of the window to the first airplane she’s ever been on. The sky is pained a deep blue, with the light of stars shining through the light clouds that stretched across the sky.  *Really, don’t they have lights in this plane?*Her thoughts are interrupted by a man over the loudspeaker. “Ladies and Gentleman, the captain has turned on the fasten your seatbelt sign...”She looked back at her home instead of paying attention.“See you later America” she whispers with a lump in her throat. Getting teary-eyed, she promised herself not to cry. This was a huge deal for her.*How many students your age get to go to the Czech Republic to study abroad?! JR you will come back and visit in a few weeks, you will be okay.*She pulls herself together and tries to pay attention to the instructions.*Seatbelt fastened. 
Help myself before I help others, okay I can do that.
Fold trays up. Okay got it.*As the plane takes off, JR goes to think about all of the beautiful things there are to see. Soon she gets drowsy in her thoughts, and eventually dozes off. -6 hours later- “Would you like a snack?” The flight attendant says with a much un-needed perky smile. *I am sleeping. What makes you think I want a snack?*“No I’m fine to thank you.” You could hear the annoyance in JR’s voice. With a large sigh, she turns her head towards the window, and she looked down.*Oh my god.*She sees nothing but a vast open ocean, that hit her with a wave of anxiety. She leans her head on the seat with a sharp inhale. JR shuts the blinds to the window and decides to watch a movie.*Okay, we have:
Blue is the Warmest Color oh my yes, please.
The L word. I’m on a plane... I will just watch that when I get to the dorm. 
Dirty Dancing! I’m watching right now!*She cheers quietly and gets ready for the movie.JR then jerks awake. Not knowing what is happening she looks around to an empty plane. Rubs the drool off of her face, and gives the flight attendant a confused look.“Ma’am, it’s time to exit off of the plane.” “Oh yes, I am so sorry,” JR says, embarrassed. She runs out of the plane into a huge airport. Looking up at a sign that states “PRAGUE”. This was it, the moment her life was leading up to. *What time is it?*JR looks at her phone and smiles. Yes! I have enough time to go around the dorm and back to the city before the curfew!JR grabs her bags and rushed out into the fresh air. Looking around she sees people, families, cars, all different cultures coming together. All people with the same goal, to get back to their home. This was now JR’s home.A taxi pulls up, and she sees a man with black hair, dark eyes, and a stern face. He rolls down the window.“Potřebujete jízdu?”*What?*“Sorry I don’t speak Czech.”“I say do you need me to drive you?”“Oh, yes, please. Thank you.” She gives a nice smile and gestures for him to help with the luggage. “Není zač.” the man replies “You come from America?”“Yes I came here for school.”“You go to school? Good for you.” By this time the luggage is in the car and so is the man.*Your getting into a creepy man's car. Good job. Smart thinking Jane.*JR hesitantly sits down onto the torn seats, then asks him to take her to the heart of the city. “You want to see the heart of the city? Here, we have no heart.”*Haha, Jane just makes a mental note, your decision to get into this car could have killed you. You had a great run though.*JR gives out a non-convincing laugh and smiles at him. “Where do you suggest I go?”“You will see.”JR stays silent for the rest of the ride looking outside of the window. Catching her attention is the sound of a violin from afar. “What’s that?” She asks.“You mean Natalia? Greatest violin player on jagellonskᔓIt’s beautiful, the song. What’s it called?”“Natalia does not name her songs. Every day we get something different. Would you like me to take you to her?”“Yes! Yes, I would love that.” JR bounces up and down in her seat. *Oh, the violin the most beautiful, romantic instrument. I can’t wait!*Jane steps out of the car and takes her luggage. “Thank you again!” She yells over the crowd cheering for Natalia. The man nods and JR makes her way into the front of the crowd.  *Woah.*To her surprise, she sees a beautiful blonde. Bangs shadow her eyes, Natalia looks at her violin and then looks up. *Her eyes are so beautiful, they remind me of Petra.* She gives JR a smile, closes her eyes and gives the song a high pitched finish. It makes JR’s heart want to burst. Almost like it was glowing.Everyone cheers, some throw money in the violin case, others walk away smiling. JR just looks at her, analyzing every inch of her face. Her body, her hips. Like she’s hypnotized by her absolute perfection. JR starts to slowly make her way to Natalia who is distracted by her supporters. She taps on her shoulder, Natalia turns around and smiles.“Chcete autogram?”“What?” JR gives her a smirk and tilts her head back.“What?” Natalia reply’s with a thick accent, clearly embarrassed. “Hello, do I know you?”“Hi, my name is Jane, Jane Ramos.” “How do you say?” “Jay-n, Jane it’s- its pretty simple.”“Jay? Like the bird?”“What? A curd?” They exchange confused looks. “No, I am saying bird. The things that fly? They flap wings and go very high.”“Oh.” JR extends the “H” trying to decide what she thinks of Natalia. *Okay, the girl is cute. But she’s like, I don't know dumb? Or can she not speak English? It’s probably that. Hmm. Does she like me? What if she’s playing dumb so that I can get a hint she’s straight? Am I-*“Jay, are you okay?”“Hm?” JR looks up at Natalia who is squint-eyed, pressing her lips together and slightly tilting her head.*Wow, that’s so cute.*“Oh yeah, I’m fine... I was just thinking. Also, my name is jane.”“That is what I say, jay.”“I have an idea” JR pauses “just, call me JR. it’s what most people call me.”“Oh okay.”*This is really awkward. How hard is It to say jane?*“My name is Natalia!” She says with an excited voice. “Would you like request a song for me to play?”“I’ve Had the Time of My Life! The song they play at the end of dirty dancing!”“What’s dirty dancing?”JR is shocked. She has never met someone who has not watched the iconic film. *Is she serious?*“What do you mean what is dirty dancing? It’s the best movie in history. I have to take you to see it sometime!”Natalia has a smile growing on her face and starts fiddling with her hair.“Like a date?” *YES! She’s gay. I’m winning. A cute girl with a cute accent who is excited we are going to be on a date? I didn’t think it was a date but I’m okay with it becoming one.*"Yes like a date." JR bites her bottom lip and looks longingly into Natalia's eyes. They exchange numbers and the blonde smirks as a crowd starts to go wild. "Well, I will talk to you tomorrow. I have a crowd to please." She giggles and waves goodbye to JR. "See ya," JR says as she turns around and walks in the other direction.Quickly Natalia turns around, changing her mind. “Actually they see me every night. You look new. Would you like me to walk you to your home?” She says nervously. “I would love that.”*best night ever.*

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JR looks down at her map and smiles at Natalia.
"Tell me about yourself." Beamed JR.
"Well, I have played violin for 3 years now.
I started because my mother said I needed job. I can also do cartwheel! I learned last week! Do you want to see?"*is this... really happening right now? She's wearing a long skirt but from what I can tell no underwear I'm- oh wow yes I was right no underwear.""Damn I missed it...can you do another one?" JR cackles."Yes of course" Natalia bubbled. She gets into stance and does another cartwheel. This time her skirt didn't hesitate to fly above her head.
*Wow. This so entertaining.*
JR claps and says "want to see a cool trick I can do?"
"Yes of course!"
JR goes to take off her shirt and looks Natalia in the eyes.
"Watch this." She says with a smirk on her face.
JR then proceeds to belly dance. Her hips swerving side to side flawlessly. She looks at Natalia to see her eyes aren't focused on her stomach, but rather her breasts.
"My eyes are up here blondie."
"What?" Natalia says in a high pitched voice. "Sorry I was just.... looking at your big... heart." She nervously laughs, "your uh... heart it's so... lovely."
JR shakes her head up and down and says "right," giving her a wink and smile.
Natalia starts to turn bright pink as she tries to change the subject.
"So um... tell me about you. Do you undress in-front of random Czech woman often?"
*haha is she serious?*
JR laughs putting her hand on her naked stomach.
"Only when they look like you."
Natalia turns bright red and continues walking, leaving JR behind.
"WAIT UP!" JR exclaims. She rushes to put her shirt back on and runs to Natalia.
"Where are you going?" Natalia asks.
"3082 U Vodárny," JR says with terrible pronunciation. Natalia giggles and puts her arm around JR. She points left to a small house.
"Right there."
*hm.. cute I guess.*
"Oh okay... how do you know the address by heart? Do you know someone who lives there?"
"Something like that..." Natalia gives JR a mischievous smile, then pulls out a pair of keys. She dangles them in front of JR.
"Welcome home."
JR's jaw drops.
"This is your house?"
"Yes, is there something wrong?"
"No, not really. It's just... that's so weird how we ran into each other and I'm going to live with you!?"
"Yes, you see I offer to have abroad student live in my home. Mainly because I need roommate. They offered me you and I accepted right away."
"Why me?"
"I don't know, something just clicked when I saw you. I got my friend Ivonne to pick you up in taxi. Then to take you to me while I play."
* I'm so going to fuck her tonight.*
"Oh okay, haha" JR walks to the front steps of the house, then gestures for Natalia to open the door. "Do I have my own room?" She asks, hoping the answer would be no. Yet Natalia responded with:
"Of course!"
Natalia unlocks the door and holds it for JR, "Your room is upstairs."
JR looks around the house, whipping the dust off of old picture frames that stood on the fireplace.
"Who's this?" JR yells to Natalia across the room.
"Who?"
"The blonde woman with the scar on her cheek." JR turns around to face Natalia.
"Oh, she's no one."
"Then why do you have a picture of her?"
"Well she is not no one," Natalia moves closer to JR, backing her up onto the window. "she is my mother." She continues, slowly sliding her finger on JR's shoulder. "I don't want to talk about my mother... In fact, I don't want to talk at all..."
"Okay, then what do you want to-"
JR is interrupted by a kiss. Soft and fast, but exhilarating. JR grabs Natalia and spins her so that she was now against the window. JR puts her hands on Natalia's neck, guiding her lips. They share another kiss. This time it's long and full of passion. Natalia backs JR up onto the couch.
"Wait!"JR exclaims as she pulls away from the kiss. "We can't do this."
"What why? You took shirt off in front of me. I know you want too!."
*she isn't wrong I DO want to*
JR's eyes roam slowly over Natalia's perfect form. Inspecting each delicious inch of her body.
*not like this though. Not like this*
JR warmly smiles and grabs Natalia's hands.
"You're right. I do want to do this. I mean look at you." she smiles, eyes hooded with desire. "But, not..like this. I want us to go on a proper date first. I like you too much just to jump into your pants the first chance I get. You deserve more than that."
JR gently bends down and places a soft but passionate kiss on Natalia's lips. When she lifts her head back up she sees that Natalia's eyes, those big beautiful blue eyes, are filled with tears.
*oh no I hurt her* JR starts to panic.
"Natalia, are you ok? Talk to me, what's wrong?" The panic is showing in JR's voice.
"I- um. I have never had someone care about me. No one has ever said I be deserving more. I am treated like odpadky." Natalia's voice shakes when she answers.
"Odpadk?" JR asks.
"Oh sorry, um, how you say, garbage." Natalia glances at her feet as she says this.
"Natalia, have I told you about the time I visited Petra?"
"What does that have to do with this?" Natalia asks, confused.
"Everything. You see, Petra is known as a hidden beauty because it remained hidden from civilization for so long. The skies there are brilliant blue and every aspect of the city is exquisite. I had never seen anything so lovely."
Now Natalia is looking at JR like she has gone completely mad.
JR just continues,
"I had never seen anything so lovely, until today when I saw you. I know that is cheesy as all hell and we just met but Natalia, you are like Petra. A hidden beauty. Exquisite in every aspect. Your eyes encompass those blue skies. God your eyes are beautiful."
JR's voice trails off as she realizes that Natalia is now smiling. Beaming would be a better word to describe it.
"Pet...Petra?'' Natalia asks.
"Yes, Petra. That is correct".
"I want to be Petra. I want to be that. Natalia holds too many bad memories. Too much darkness. Petra is beautiful. Petra will be freeing."
"If that is what you want. I think that is a beautiful name." JR just looks into Natalia's eyes,
They stare at each other for a few more moments before Natalia walks towards her room.
"Goodnight JR. I hope you be sleeping well." she closes the door.
JR walks up to her room and lays down falling asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow.
She wakes up in the middle of the night with a tuft of blond hair in her face.
"What the fuck!" she screams as she jumps up.
She looks down and notices Natalia adorably curled into a little ball. Despite the yelling, she is still asleep.
JR breathes out a sigh of relief and she can't help but stand their a few minutes and just take in the image of Natalia laying there.
*She even looks flawless when she sleeps*
JR quietly pulls back the covers and lays back down. She only hesitates a second before rolling over and putting an arm around Natalia's waist. Natalia starts to stir. Much to JR's delight, she scoots back into her so they are so close you can't tell where one body ends and the other begins.
JR breaths in the scent of Natalia. It is intoxicating. Before long her eyes grow heavy and she drifts into a deep sleep. Her dreams are filled with images of Petra. Not the city she once visited. But the person laying against her. The Petra she was excited to get to know. When JR woke up the next morning she was pleasantly surprised to find Petra still tucked against her. Only now, she was awake. She was staring at her with those eyes JR loved.
"Sorry for being in your bed. I heard noise last night and got scared." Petra said unconvincingly.
JR smiled, "You're fine, you can sleep in here anytime you are...afraid" JR bit her lip and looked down at Petra. The urge to kiss her was overwhelming so JR acted on it. She leaned in slowly until their lips touched. Petra moaned into the kissed and moved closer, her hands grasping at whatever clothing she could reach.
As hard as it was JR broke the kiss and tried to catch her breath.
"We...should...get..breakfast," she says breathlessly.
Petra looked disappointed but agreed. She rolled off of the bed and JR realized she wasn't wearing pants, just a thin pair of red panties.
*Oh my fucking god.*
Before she started to drool, JR attempted to look at her phone. Pretending to answer some emails.
Petra smirked, noticing the obvious way that JR was trying to keep her attention away from her ass.
JR looked up as Petra walked out of the room, moving her hips a little more than was necessary.
*This is going to be an exciting stay.* JR thought as she followed Petra downstairs.
"So what's for breakfast?" JR asks.
"I don't know. You are American correct?"
"Yes?"
"Good, then we are having American for breakfast."
*what.*
"Haha, funny story, Petra," Petra looks up at the name and smiles.
"I am Petra." She says in a giggly voice.
"Yes, you are haha. Anyways I can't really cook…"
"Okay here is what we do, number one, we need to go to court and change my name to Petra. Number two, I will teach you how to cook." She says with a determined look.

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“How much longer to the courthouse Petra?” JR asks the bubbly woman beside her.
“Right around corner. See big gray building? That is courthouse.”
They walk in silence the rest of the way. Periodically JR glances over to admire Petra, jerking her head back when she makes eye contact with her.
“Why you be acting so strange?” Petra asks as she stops walking and stares at JR
*Fuck*
"I am not acting strangely. I am just….tired is all"
"Well, you be sleeping well last night so you should be wide awake," Petra smirks
"Yeah well, it is hard to sleep when there is a hot chic in your bed with you." JR notices Petra's neck and face turn a light shade of pink. She also noticed her breathing start to quicken.
JR lets the sinful thoughts play through her mind as she watches Petra, watching her.
“Um...we should go. Courthouse doesn't stay open very late.” Petra says this but doesn’t attempt to move.
*Fuck this tension is gonna kill me*
JR reaches to grab Petra’s hand so they can continue to the courthouse but as soon as her hand grazes hers, Petra pulls back.
“What is it?” JR asks confused.
“We cannot be doing that here. Not in public. We will get in trouble.” Petra replies while she darts around to make sure nobody saw them.
JR just nodded and they continued to the courthouse.
When they get to the courthouse JR is completely left out of the whole process seeing as she only knows the basics of Czech. Petra is sure to make sure she is ok though.
The whole process was relatively quick and before long they were leaving the courthouse. Natalia was now Petra. A new person. A person who was free to be whomever, no longer tied to the darkness of her past.
“I have Idea!” Petra shouts suddenly, making JR jump.
JR turns to look at Petra.
“We should spend today teaching each other things about our countries. I be knowing not much about America.”
JR acknowledges this statement as adorable before smiling
“Yeah ok. I don't know much about this place either. Just the stuff I have read in the travel books they made me look at before coming. “
Petra has a wicked look in her eyes. But just nods and starts to walk back towards the house.
When they arrive home Petra immediately turns towards JR.
“What is Hollywood like? I be seeing it in all American magazines.”
JR smiles “I have actually never been. It is far from where I live and I have never had the desire to go.”
“Oh”. Petra says disappointedly. “ I really like American celebrities. They are all so beautiful.”
"I guess. I mean, they are alright. Nothing compares to you." JR says the last part quietly.
She can't tell if Petra hears her or not. Either way, she doesn't react.
“Are there many women who like women in America?” Petra asks shyly.
"You mean lesbians? Yeah, there are some." JR smirks.
"I have never met a les- lesbian before," Petra says slowly, struggling to pronounce the word.
JR giggles “Yes you have. You are actually living with one at the moment”
JR could see the moment that Petra made the connection. Her face turned bright pink, her eyes widen, and her chest started to move quicker as her heart rate increased.
“You mean….you are one of them?”
*how did she not know? We literally made out.*
“Uh yeah. We did kiss last night.”
“I be thinking that is what all Americans like to do. It is all they show in movie and magazines.” Petra says, her face now bright red with embarrassment.
“Don’t worry. I am not complaining.”JR replies with a grin.
"Well, maybe I be lesbian too," Petra says slowly.
JR inhales sharply,
*Oh fuck yes.*
“Do you like women? If so you may very well be one too.” JR can’t contain the giggle that escapes her.
Petra looks at JR with pure desire in her eyes.
"Well, maybe I need more kisses to confirm."
With that Petra leans into JR, smashing their lips together so hard it is almost painful. Both women moan into the kiss.
Before long both their hands are moving at crazy speeds, trying to explore every inch of the other woman’s body.
JR, unfortunately, remembers that she told Petra she wasn't going to sleep with her until they had a date first. She relishes in the taste of Petra's lips for a few more seconds before pulling away.
"We...haven't had ...that date….yet," JR says in between breaths.
Petra’s pout quickly turns into a devilish grin,
"Well, I am not being prepared for sex with woman. I need you to teach me."
JR puts her hand on the table to keep herself standing.
“Teach you? What do you mean?” she asks, her breath absent.
“I mean, describe it to me. How do women have sex with each other? I want to know before we do it.” Petra says still smiling.
*Oh my fucking god. Oh my fucking god.*
Petra disappears for a few minutes then returns with a whiteboard.
*a fucking whiteboard. seriously?*
Petra hands JR the whiteboard along with an array of colored markers.
*does she want me to color code this shit too?*
“I was teacher for Halloween last year! I will grab costume!”
*When did I agree to this? I'm- what the hell is happening? Why can’t she just watch porn? Do they not have porn in this country-*
“JR!” She yells, Come here!”
JR rushes to see if there are any problems. When she walks in the closet she sees Petra, holding a skirt and tight shirt in one hand. And a pair of glasses and long socks in the other.
“This is what you will put on!” Petra says excitedly.
“Are you sure? That’s not even my size-“
“Of course I am sure!”
“Petra my boobs are way bigger than yours, and you have more curves!”
“Well it is all I have JR, we can’t teach without teacher. You will figure it out.”
Petra walks out of the room and shuts the closet door behind her.
*ha, reminds me of when I was 12. Hahaha a gay joke, you are really killing the game.*
JR squeezes through the head of the shirt but yells for help when she becomes unable to breathe.
“Petra! Help… please!”
“Oh no! What has happened to you?” Petra bursts the door open, coming to JR’s aid.
“I’m stuck… my boobs!”
“Here I will help you.”
Petra tries to pull JR out of the shirt, but her hands slip. She accidentally grabs JRs bra and it flys off of her body, the shirt going with it. They both scream, then JR starts to laugh.
Petra’s eyes double in size and her mouth hangs open. She stands there and stares at JR’s bare breast for what seems like forever.
JR coughs to get her attention,
"Is my...heart...still lovely to you?" She says with a smile.
Petra turns blush.
“I don’t know. I be thinking of nothing but your boobs.”
JR laughs out loud. Louder than she intended to.
Once, again JR gets this weird feeling in her chest, almost like her heart is glowing.
*why do I keep getting this feeling in my chest? It is only when I am around Petra. I hope I haven't contracted some kind of damn disease. That'd be my luck.*
"umm...Petra? Can I put my shirt back on now?"
Petra’s eyes are still fixated on JR’s chest.
“Why would you do that?”
“Well for one it is cold as shit and secondly, no sex until we have a date remember?” JR says as she bends down to grab her shirt.
As she leans down Petra’s hand comes up and cups her breast. Hard.
“Ow fuck!” JR yells.
Petra jumps back and looks up at JR, looking as if she was about to cry.
“Hey, it’s ok. It’s ok. You just have to be a little easier next time ok?” JR says reassuringly.
Petra nods and reaches her hands towards her chest again. This time JR stops her.
“Petra, if you do that we are gonna end up fucking right here in the closet.”
JR swears the temperature jumped 80 degrees and she can feel herself begin to sweat.
Petra just pouts and crosses her arms over her chest.
“Well fine then, I will be keeping my boobs covered. None for you.”
*None for me. Haha what are we children fighting over toys?*
Despite thinking this JR was slightly disappointed at the fact that she wouldn’t get to see Petra’s breast, yet.
JR grabs her shirt off the floor and slips it on. Leaving her bra off.
“Ok. well, the costume isn’t going to fit so I am going to have to teach you in my regular clothes.” JR states as she maneuvers around Petra and out of the closet.
*haha out of the closet for the second time in my life. God JR, what’s with the gay jokes?*
"I think I would rather skip lesson and go on date so that maybe you can show me using demonstrations," Petra says with pure lust in her voice.
JR shudders and simply nods.
"We go see movie. They have English subtitles on some films. They be playing that one you like. Um...Dirty Dancing."
JR’s eyes immediately light up.
“When is it playing?”
Petra grins “Tonight, I already buy the tickets.”
JR chuckles. “ I guess it is a date then.”
JR leans in close to Petra’s ear and whispers “And after we will have a very thorough lesson on how women have sex.”
Petra blushes and nods her head violently. “That be sounding good.”8:00pm“JR! Come out! It is almost ready for movie! Where are you?” Petra yells as she struggles to zip her dress, “I need your help here!”
Jane comes out of the room wearing a pantsuit and grey pants.
“So simple, yet so sexy.” Petra whispers.
*Oh my god. That dress, the lipstick. I can't, this is so hot. Oh my god, red looks so good on her! Her red lipstick...and her hair- oh my it's perfect.*
“I can say the same for you baby.” JR breathed.
JR walks behind the blond who is looking in the mirror and forcefully slaps Petra's butt. Petra purrs with satisfaction, and she turns around to kisses upward. Due to the fact that she has not put on her heels yet. JR's right hand start to guide Petra's chin as their tongues collide, their lips slowly release from each other.
“You are really hot you know that?” JR asks.
“Oh I could say the same for y- wait is that window open?” Petra says with panic in her voice.
She runs to the window and shuts the blinds.
“What’s wrong?” JR asks, wiping off her mouth.
"If someone sees us, they will kill us," Petra says, rushing to shut all of the blinds in the house.
“What do you mean they will kill us?! Why?”
“In my country, les-lesbi- ugh how do you say?”
“Lesbians?”
"Yes, those people are not allowed. They do not like boys who kiss boys and they don't like girls who kiss girls!"
“Who is they?”
“Everybody!”
“Does this mean we can’t go on our date?” JR glumly says.
"No, of course, we can!" Petra pauses to give JR a peck on the lips, "only people can't know it's a date."
“Oh, okay.” JR smiles and runs her hand up Petra’s arm.
They head out of the house and Petra calls her friend Ivonne to pick them up to take them to the theater. He shows up rather quickly and they take their seats in the back. The ride to the theater was silent as JR and Petra both fought the urge to sit closer or hold hands.
"Thanks, Ivonne. I call you when movie is over." Petra says as she exits the car. Ivonne just nods.
The women walk into the theater and take their seats in the back row. Petra leans close to JR and whispers.
“I got these seats so no one can see if we hold hands.” she reaches over and grabs JR’s hand and smiles.
JR winks at her and squeezes her hand.
JR couldn’t help but look over at Petra during big scenes in the movie. The way Petra gasped when she found out Penny was pregnant, the way she smiled when Johnny and Baby kissed for the first time, and finally, the way she couldn't keep seated and jumped up when they performed the infamous lift scene.
There it was again, the glowing in JR’s chest. She raises her hand and puts it over her heart and smiles.
*I have definitely contracted something. But I don't think it is a disease.*
When they walk out of the theater they hear somebody playing the song from the end of the movie.
“JR we have to do dance!” Petra says excitedly
“I would love to, but wouldn’t people get suspicious? You said they don’t like women being together.”
JR could see that Petra was thinking.
“I know! We go to alley over here and dance. Nobody will see.”
Petra grabs JR’s hand and drags her into the nearby alley.
They latch onto each other and start to move in unison. Doing whatever dance moves they remember from the movie. Not caring if they are doing them correctly.
"My heart feels like it be glowing" Petra whispers.
JR smiles at that.
“Yeah I know what you mean”
"I really like you….a lot," Petra says as she steps back and looks JR directly in the eyes.
JR grins “Yeah. I got that.”
She leans in and places a delicate kiss on Petra’s cheek before moving to her lips.
*I could kiss this woman forever*
Just as the thought passes through her mind they hear a man’s voice yelling at them.
They both jump back, Petra’s face turns white and her eyes go wide.
*fuck. How could I put her in jeopardy like this*
They both slowly turned around and prepared for the worst. They came face to face with Ivonne.
“What the hell is going on here Petra!? You are not one of those….women lovers are you? You know that is very very bad here.” His face is red and his eyes are darting between the both of them.
JR steps in front of Petra.
“Hey, Ivonne is it? It was all my fault. Petra and I were having fun and being silly. We started dancing to the street music and then I just kissed her. It was unplanned and she didn’t even kiss me back.”
JR glances over at Petra who is looking at her with what can only be described as admiration.
“You think I believe that. I always knew something was funny about this one” Ivonne says pointing to Petra. “You know. I could have you both arrested….or worse.”
Petra is now visibly shaking and she looks like she may faint at any second.
JR, on the other hand, is pissed.
“Fuck man, I told you I just kissed her. She had nothing to do with it. What do you want? Money? Here!” JR reaches into her pocket and pulls out the roll of Czech money she has with her. She extends her hand towards Ivonne.
He only hesitates a second before taking it.
"I have forgotten what we be talking about. It has been long day. Goodbye ladies." Ivonne gets into his car and drives away leaving the women in the dark.
Petra who has been completely silent this whole time breaks out into a sob.
JR rushes to embrace her.
“Hey, it’s ok. You’re ok.” she softly whispers in her ear.
It only takes a few more moments for Petra to compose herself and they start walking home.
They walk in silence and about five feet from each other. Both of them are visibly shaken from what had just occurred.
When they get home Petra checks to make sure every window is covered and that every door is locked. She does this three times. JR watches her and her heartaches.
“Petra come here, sit down. We are home, we are safe.” JR says her hand extending towards Petra.
“I can’t believe I was being so stupid. I kiss you in public. I know what they do to people like that!” Petra is still pacing the room.
JR gets up and grabs her and forces her to look at her.
“Petra look at me. I am here and I promise you I will never let anyone or anything hurt you.”
Petra looks like she believes her but JR isn’t sure.
“I am going to go change clothes. I will be back in a few minutes.” JR turns and walks upstairs.
As soon as she is gone Petra hears a light knock on the door. Her heart drops.
She opens it slowly and finds Ivonne standing there.
"Ivonne what do you-" she is cut off by Ivonne stepping into her personal space, inches from her face.
“Get me more money or I tell your mother you are out here fucking women. You know how she will react. It won’t be pretty.” Ivonne says with a wicked smile.
“JR gave you all her money earlier. You said it was fine!”
"Well, I have reconsidered my previous act of kindness. You have 48 hours to get me more money or I find your mother." With that Ivonne leaves Petra in the doorway shaking.
JR comes down the stairs moments later. Petra is sitting in the floor, folded in on herself. She starts to let out quiet sobs. JR runs over to her and grabs her.
“Petra what is it? What happened?” JR asks.
"Ivonne. He...he..came and he says if I don't get him money, he will tell my mother. JR, my mother is evil woman who does evil things. She cannot find out." Petra says in between sobs.
“Petra. Look at me!” Petra turns to face JR. “I am going to get you off. He is not going to hold this over your head. I promise you.” JR bends down and kisses the tears from Petra’s cheeks.
Petra is still visibly shaken so JR snakes her arms underneath her and lifts her off the ground and carries her to her room. She lays her down and starts to leave when she feels a hand on her arm.
“Don’t leave. I am….afraid” Petra says with a wink.
JR smirks “well since you are….afraid...I will stay”.
JR pulls back the blankets and lays down beside Petra. Petra rolls over and snuggles up against her. JR wraps her arms around Petra and holds her while she cries.
They both fall asleep wrapped in each other's arms with their hearts….glowing."
JR is woken up in the middle of the night by a hand making small circles on her stomach.
She glances over at Petra and smiles.
"Well hi there," she says lazily.
Petra smirks “I recall you say something about getting me off earlier.”
JR bites her lip and shudders
“You know I meant the blackmailing thing right?” she said sarcastically.
Petra giggles “Well I think this will be more fun.” as she says this she starts moving her hand up higher until she is mere inches away from JR’s breast.
JR can feel her heart rate increasing. She moves so she has leverage and can roll them both so that she is on top.
“Just so you know. I am kind of dominate” she says with a smile
Petra must have liked this because her hips involuntarily move against JR’s thigh and she moans.
*this is going to be easy*
JR leans down and begins to place soft, light kisses to Petra's neck. She keeps moving her lips until she finds Petra's sweet spot, just behind her ear. She focuses her attention here for the time being. Just these kisses have Petra going crazy.
She is rolling around under JR and is making the most attractive noises JR has ever heard.
“We...have...too many..clothes on” Petra manages to get out between breaths.
JR smiles into the kiss and starts to remove her shirt. They both keep removing items until they are left in nothing but their underwear.
JR notices Petra staring at her breasts (once again).
“You can touch them.” JR laughs as she says this.
Petra just nods and extends her hands towards JR’s breast. She gently cups them before moving her hands to unclasp JR’s bra.
"Better access," she says with a wink.
Petra begins to fondle JR’s breasts with both hands driving JR wild. JR resumes the kissing but this time she starts making her way down Petra’s perfect body. She kisses across her collarbone, taking the time to worship each beautiful inch of skin she found there.
Petra was now incoherent, she was mumbling stuff in Czech, most of which JR didn’t understand.
JR made her way down to Petra's left breast. Although her breast was significantly smaller than her own, JR found them intoxicating. Especially the way her dark olive hands looked caressing the pale orbs. She lowered her head down and place a small kiss to the breast she was holding. Petra jerked at the contact. JR smiled to herself and repeated the process. Eventually taking the nipple into her mouth and lightly sucking.
Petra who was already vocal became even louder. She was basically screaming at this point.
Every time Petra made a noise, JR involuntarily rolled her hips against Petra's thighs.
JR continued moving down Petra's body. Placing wet, open-mouthed kisses along the way. Petra had a body like a goddess and it deserved to be worshiped as such.
JR placed small kisses to each of Petra’s hip bones before coming to her destination.
JR breathed out letting her hot breath hit Petra’s panties. This had Petra writhing in anticipation.
“JR...stop….teasing me...don’t be-”
Her speech is interrupted by a loud guttural moan elicited by JR swiping her tongue up Petra’s underwear.
JR hooks her thumbs into Petra’s underwear and slowly guides them down her legs. She then takes a moment to admire the sight before her. Petra was laying completely naked, her hair was a mess, her makeup was smeared, and there was a shiny sheen of sweat covering her body. JR and never seen anything so beautiful in her life.
She places her hands on Petra’s knees and spreads them apart slowly, never breaking eye contact with Petra. She lowers her head and extends her tongue and gives one slow swipe up Petra’s clit. Petra thrusts her hips into JR’s face and whimpers. JR smiles and repeats the process a few more times before moving up to kiss Petra.
JR notices a funny look on her face and it only takes her a second to realize why,
“That is you Petra, that taste.”
Before Petra can answer she starts kissing her again, this time more hurriedly. As they are kissing JR slides her hand down Petra’s body until it is resting between her legs. Petra’s hand has also found its way into JR’s underwear. This takes JR by surprise and she has to take a minute to compose herself. They began to move in tandem.
The only noises in the room were their breathing, the sounds of their skin moving against each other, and their periodic moans or whimpers.
It wasn’t long before both women were gasping out their release. Petra in Czech. JR places one last kiss on Petra’s lips before rolling off of her.
Petra rolls on her side to face JR.
"Well I guess you could call that hands-on learning," she says as she giggles, trying to catch her breath.
JR just rolls her eyes and places a kiss on the tip of Petra’s nose.

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Petra wakes up to find JR gone. She starts to worry until she sees a small note laying on JR's pillow.
*Hey beautiful, I will be back soon.
Xoxo JR*
Petra smiles as she reads the note and goes to get out of bed. She slips into her robe and heads to the living room. As soon as she opens her bedroom door she notices a dozen yellow tulips. Thinking they are from JR, she smiles and reaches down to get them. There is a small note attached to the flowers.
It reads: "Natalia, you have 32 hours remaining or I go to your mother. Get me money". Petra's heart drops and her face turns pale.
"Ivonne", she says to herself. Her next thought is how she can hide this from JR, she doesn't want to worry her or scare her off. The last thing she wants is to lose her. Petra takes the flowers and throws them in the dumpster outside, then she throws the note in the fireplace.
"Petra are you here?" JR calls from the doorway.
Petra jumps back and sits on the couch trying to act as naturally as possible.
"Yes JR, I be in living room on couch!"
JR walks towards the living room holding a brown paper bag, wearing a sly smirk on her face.
"What is in bag?" asks Petra
"A surprise. To aid in my…..teaching." JR says with a wink
Petra can feel her pulse quicken and she swallows hard. Before she can answer JR sits down beside her and grabs her hand.
"What is going on Petra? You are acting...scared." JR asks with worry in her voice.
Petra takes a moment to formulate a response,
"It looks like bad weather today is all. Bad weather always be making me anxious."
JR leans in and places a soft kiss on Petra's lips.
"Well with the stuff I got today, I have plenty to distract you with." JR bites her lip and peers at Petra with pure desire.
Petra begins to squirm in her seat.
"That be sounding like a good idea" she replies
Before she can lean in to kiss JR, JR stands up
"But first, I got us stuff at the grocery! We are going to make cheeseburgers!''
"Cheeseburger?" Petra asks confusedly.
"Yep! They are an American staple. They honestly aren't that good but, they are easy to make so I figured even I could cook you one. You said you wanted to try American things."
Petra grinned "You are right! I cannot wait."
JR grabbed the brown paper bag and took it up to her room, she returned with a smaller plastic bag which contained the ingredients to make a simple cheeseburger.
Petra was already in the kitchen wearing an apron. When she turned around JR was pleasantly shocked to find that the apron was the only thing she was wearing.
*I will definitely be cooking more often*
When Petra notices JR staring at her she simply smiles and tosses JR and apron.
"Put this on. Only this!" she says with a sinful grin. "We don't want you to get clothes dirty."
JR just bites her lip and nods her head slowly. She then begins taking her clothes off right there in the living room. Petra watches her slowly, never breaking eye contact. When JR is completely naked she ties the apron around her waist and her neck. Petra is still staring at her hungrily.
*These cheeseburgers better be quick to make*
JR slowly walks over to Petra and lays out the contents of the plastic bag.
It only took a few moments before JR felt a hand wondering down her back. She shivered at the contact. Petra lazily traced patterns down JR's back until she reached her luscious ass. Petra playful slapped one cheek causing JR to release the most intoxicating sound Petra had heard. JR quickly spun around and smashed her lips against Petra's, probing her tongue against her lips asking for entrance. Petra soon complied and their tongues moved against the others, fighting for dominance. JR placed her hands on Petra's hips and lifted her onto the counter. Her hand reached behind Petra and undid the strings on the apron. Petra's hand mirrored her own and soon both women were completely naked.
JR began sloppily planting kisses on Petra's neck, focusing on the spot she knew drove her crazy. Petra's hands had settled on JR's ass and were softly massaging the soft skin there.
JR pushed Petra down until she was laying on the counter, she then lifted her legs so that they rested on her shoulders. She leaned her head in and placed a light kiss to Petra's clit. Petra's hips bucked and she let out a small moan. JR repeated this process a couple more times before she took Petra fully in her mouth. Swirling her tongue around the sensitive bundle of nerves. Eventually, she began to tease Petra's entrance with her fingers. Slowly entering her with one finger, before quickly adding another. Petra was helpless by this point. She was writing underneath JR and was now unable to utter a single word in English.
JR increased the force of her fingers and quickened the pace of her sucking. Petra was close.
Soon, JR's mouth filled with the intoxicating taste of Petra. She cleaned Petra up before slowly making her way back up her body. She then kissed Petra, letting her taste herself on her lips.
They lazily kiss for a few more minutes before JR raises herself up and wipes her mouth.
"We should make those burgers."
Petra sits up looking disappointed.
"Now. But what about you?" she asks
"That was for me," JR said with a smirk
Petra blushed as JR leaned in close to her
"Besides, we have all night, and I have something to make it even better."
Petra shuddered and nodded
"Ok then. We will be continuing this as soon as we finish eating."
JR kisses her as a sign of agreement.
Sex made both of them crave the food, even more, both JR and Petra eat three hamburgers before they are satisfied.
Petra barely swallowed her last bite before jumping up and turning to JR.
"Shall we continue the lesson?" She says with a giggle.
JR slowly gets out of her chair and wraps her arms around Petra's waist.
"You go get in bed. I am going to go get the surprise." She says as she leans down to place a kiss on Petra's nose.
JR turns and goes upstairs as Petra makes her way to the bedroom. Petra lays there waiting, for what seems like forever. Just as she is about to get up and go check on JR she hears a light tap on the door.
"You ready baby." she hears JR ask, her voice an octave lower due to her arousal.
Petra enthusiastically gives her reply and almost dies when JR opens the door.
JR is decked out in a tight white button-up shirt, the buttons barely holding together over her luscious breasts, she has on a short skirt that barely covers her ass.
Petra drools at the sight of her.
JR smiles "Ready for lesson 2?" she asks,
Petra nods excitedly.
JR makes her way over to the bed and places her body between Petra's legs. Petra feels something hitting her thigh and she looks down and sees what looks like a large purple penis jutting out from JR's skirt.
JR follows Petra's line of vision and grins.
"It is a strapon. You don't mind do you"
Petra's face is flushed with desire, her lips are slightly parted, her pupils are dilated.
Instead of responding she reaches up and grabs JR's face pulling her down to kiss her. As they kiss she begins rocking her center against the purple strapon, moaning into JR's mouth. Petra's hands reach up and begin to unbutton JR's shirt. To her disappointment, JR slaps her hand.
"No touching", she says as she grabs Petra's hands and holds them above her head. JR leans close to Petra, "You do only what I tell you when I tell you. Is that clear?" she says huskily.
Petra audibly moans at this and bites her lip.
JR begins to tease Petra's entrance with the dildo. Applying the lightest pressure to her clit with her thumb.
"JR?" Petra says quietly.
JR stops and looks down at her waiting for her to continue
"Can I-" Petra's face is bright red. "Nevermind."
"Petra what is it? Is something wrong?"
Petra refuses to make eye contact with JR.
"Petra. Don't be embarrassed. What is it?" JR asks as nicely as possible.
Petra finally looks at JR "I was wondering if maybe I could be on top."
JR nearly falls over. She had to grab the headboard to steady herself.
She bit
her lip and closed her eyes for a moment before looking down at Petra and nodding.
JR flipped them so that Petra was on top, hovering just inches above the dildo. Petra slowly lowered herself down onto it. Occasionally stopping to give herself time to adjust. When she was filled with the dildo she began to slowly move up and down. JR began moving her pelvis, Synchronized with Petra's. The blonde reached her hands down and began to fondle JR's breast.
JR bought a special dildo, that makes it pleasurable for both the wearer and the partner. So, every time Petra lowered herself down onto it a wave of pleasure coursed through JR's body.
The image of Peta on top of her is unlike anything JR has seen. Her hair is a mess, her eyes are closed tightly, her lips are parted, and her breasts are moving wildly.
Soon Petra's pace quickens until she is moving so quick JR can barely keep up. The sound of flesh hitting flesh reverberates around the room. They climax at the same time. Shuddering accompanied with a string of "Fucks". Petra lifts herself off of JR and lays beside her.
"Wow." is all she can manage to say.
JR nods her head in agreement.
They both lay there for several minutes coming down from their orgasms.
JR sits up and says she is going to take a shower. Petra rolls over and closes her eyes for a moment.
Soon Petra hears a knock on the window near her bed. She gets up and her heart drops as she notices a small yellow envelope laying on the window sill.
She looks around to make sure JR is still in the shower. She then opens the window just an inch to grab the envelope.
She quickly opens it and is horrified to see a picture of her on top of JR. the position they were in just moments ago. Someone had been watching them. She turned the photo over to find writing. "Now I have evidence. Get me money. You have 25 hours." Petra's heart begins to pound in her chest. It is so loud that she doesn't hear JR enter the room and place her hand on her shoulder.

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"Who took that?" JR asks, startling Petra.
"No one!" Petra hides the picture behind her back.
"What do you mean no one? Give it here." JR reaches around Petra to grab the picture and flips it over. "What the hell petra, who sent this to you?"
Petra starts to tear up, "Ivonne, he has been threatening me for couple days now." JR scrunches her eyebrows, tilts her head and looks directly into Petra's eyes.
"You didn't tell me?" You could hear the hurt in her voice.
"I didn't want you to worry-"
"Petra I am worried! Do you want to get killed? I can't believe you hid this from me!" JR starts to tear up, she then takes some deep breaths. "We have to move to America."
Petra feels her heart drop to her stomach, "no! I don't want to go. I like it here, I have never been out of Czech Republic!" JR puts her hand on her head, sharply breathes in and looks up at the ceiling.
"Petra, you will get killed for loving someone here! Your being blackmailed!" She grabs Petra's hands and stares her down. "I don't want to lose you." JR's voice cracks due to the lump in her throat. She wipes the tears off of Petra's face with her thumbs.
"It's going to be okay," JR says, giving Petra a peck on her left cheek.
"It's going to be okay," Petra repeats, trying to not burst into tears.
"How did he even see us? The blinds are closed."
"I don't know. He could have-" JR Interrupts her, running to the window.
"A camera!"
"What camera? I do not see camera?"
"It's hidden! It has to be- aha!" JR looks inside of the outlet and sees a camera no bigger than her pinky tucked away inside. "He must have hidden it when we were sleeping downstairs. Then he connected it to a printer! He prints out the picture and makes copies so he can blackmail you!"
Petra gives a confused look. She still hasn't wiped the leftover dried tears off of her face. "I'm scared." She says, her voice shrill.
JR walks back to Petra and puts both of her hands on her shoulders. "We need to move to America. There you can get married! You can have kids, you won't be killed for it!"
Petra tries catching her breath before speaking, but it comes back in hiccups as she starts to cry again. "I can not write English. I can not read English. I also could get killed for being gay in America! I see on news, they shoot gay bar. My mother said ‘at least it was only gay people'."
You could see the sadness in JR's eyes as she wants to comfort Petra, but doesn't know how. "I am so sorry. But if we go to America you have so much of a better chance of life! And I will be there every step of the way. I will teach you English, I will teach you writing! I learned basic Czech in a month, you already know English. Once you know the alphabet you can spell and read." Petra nods her head and wipes her eyes. "So I'm moving to America?"
"You're moving to America," JR reassures her.
"Wait, aren't you here for school?"
"They have schools in Miami, I will find a great one." JR smiles and kisses Petra softly.
"JR… I have question."
"Yes?"
"When we go to America, can we… go on dates in public? Ones that don't always have sex at end? I love those dates but I want to get to know you more."
"Of course," JR says with a smile.
"When will we leave?" Petra asks nervously. JR sits on the bed and gestures for Petra to sit next to her.
"I had a plane ticket to visit my mom next weekend. Do you want to come then?"
"Yes! I need to leave as soon as possible you are right. I will miss my country, but what is living without you? Without love?" Petra's eyes widen as she realizes what she just said: love. JR begins to have a look of panic on her face.
*did she just tell me she loves me? Or was that just saying she might love me? Hopefully, it's the second option.*
"Haha, I do not mean I love you right now. I am saying if we stayed I would never be able to love you because of danger…"
JR nods her head and bites her lip. "I have a question for you." She says, "were you a Virgin before I met you? I feel like you were."
"What? No! What makes you think I have never been with someone? Petra's mouth is slightly open in disbelief and her eyes are scrunched. Her head is tilted to the left.
"Have you?" JR asks seductively.
"Yes, I have been with several," Petra replies. JR can instantly tell she's lying, yet she plays along.
"Oh okay."
"I have an idea!" Petra yells out.
"What?"
"Let's go outside to pool," Petra says enthusiastically.
"Petra your being blackmailed bc you have been seen with me, are you sure that's a good idea?"
"Of course! I have never been surer. Also, I leave
country in 8 days, why do I care about people's opinions?"
JR looks impressed, smirking with her head tilted back she laughs. "Okay then if you're sure. But bring a weapon!" JR states sharply. "I don't need you getting shot on my watch."
Petra giggles and agrees. She walks into the closet and brings out a safe.
"I didn't know that was in there."
"I hide it for reason silly."
She opens it for JR to look inside.
"Woah you have a lot of shit."
"I live in Czech Republic, of course, I do. Pick your poison I think how the Americans say correct?"
"Good job Petra haha yes it is. Okay so we have a gun, you have 1,2,3 4- why do you have 4 butterfly knives?"
"I like doing tricks."
"Okay, I don't think we need these nunchucks or the handcuffs."
*although I do plan on using those for later*
"Okay, so what you like?" Petra says impatiently.
"Butterfly knife, you bring the gun and put it in your purse. Just in case."
"Okay," Petra exclaims with a perky smile.
JR and Petra leave the house. They both carry backpacks with bathing suits, sunscreen, and sunglasses.
"You know what?" Petra says loudly. She skips down the sidewalk and stops in front of JR. "Hold my hand."
"What? We can't." *does she not realize what happened a couple nights ago? Does she have memory loss or some shit?*
"Like I say I don't care about anyone but you. Also, it's not like I will see people I know at pool. Come on let's be couple that you cry about in TV. How do you call it? Alexa and Clork? You always say they are power couple you wish you could have. Let's be power couple!"
JR gives Petra a concerned look.
*is this bitch okay? Also, it's Lexa and Clarke. I think she wants to get shot.*
"Petra you know this isn't a good idea."
After 2 minutes of hearing Petra beg, JR gives in. She holds Petra's hand and walks straight forward without looking at Petra. Petra, on the other hand, is staring into JR's eyes.
"Is anyone looking at us?" JR says through the corner of her mouth, still not giving Petra she contact.
"Everyone is, I saw someone flip us off a few steps back!" Petra giggles and kisses JR's cheek. "But I don't care, I only care about you."
JR looks into Petra's eyes while she continues to walk and hold her hand. She smiles and stops, she starts caressing Petra's cheek while kissing her lightly. Then pulls back, this was before she hears a loud bang.
Bang.
Everything else is silent.
Everyone went silent.
Petra went down.
Her eyes rolled back.
The blood staining the floor.
JR breaks the silence with a scream.
She looks behind her to see Ivonne standing about 30 feet away with a gun in his hand. JR looks down to see her girlfriend with a bullet wound to the shoulder passed out on the ground.
Everything feels as if it's in slow motion. She rushes through Petra's bag for a phone.
*a phone. Come on JR. find a phone.*
Ivonne walks behind her, she can't tell by seeing him. She can tell by the gun barrel resting on her back.
JR's new plan is the gun.
*grab the gun*
She quickly pulls out the gun and turns around, as she points it towards ivonn he steps back. She pulls the trigger without a thought. Hitting him in the stomach he falls to the ground. People start to surround him to come to his aid. From the basic Czech JR knew she could tell they were praising him for his bravery. She doesn't care, she turns around to Petra's aid.
"Baby, you're going to be okay, okay baby? Stay with my baby girl" JR sobs as she tries to find something to stop Petra's bleeding. After rummaging through the bag and finding nothing but a wallet, toiletries and a marble JR takes off her shirt and uses it as a bandage. She hears hundreds of people give a shocked gasp.
"Telefon! potřebuji Telefon! JR yells to the crowd but no one listens. With her knee holding her shirt on Petra's wound to apply as much pressure as possible, JR finds Petra's phone in her own bag. She dials the police and explains the situation, leaving out the fact that they were holding hands.
The police arrive about 10 minutes later with an ambulance. When taking Petra on a stretcher they denied access for JR to come with.
"What do you mean I can't come with? She's my girlfriend!"
"příliš špatné, že Ji nezastřelil."
*Czech, you know this. What did he just say? You… no too bad… ugh*
"co?" JR asks, trying to figure out what they said.
"řekli jsme příliš špatně, že Ji nezasválil."
*too bad… he didn't shoot you too! Did he really just say that shit to me? Oh I'm going to kill that fucker*
"Dostaň mou přítelkyni do nemocnice, kterou jsi homofobní!" JR was impressed with herself. She has never spoken that much Czech at once to another person. She was also worried.
"Or we could let her bleed," says another man in the back of the ambulance.
"být zticha." Says the man standing on the stairs in front of JR. "Look we will take her to closest hospital okay? It is 5 minutes away look on maps or follow us. But don't do those gay things in public. Nobody here likes gay people."
JR's face filled with fury, yet she calmly said: "Okay, I will follow you."
When they make it to the hospital Petra is rushed in, JR sits in the waiting room simply anticipating what will happen.
*She won't die. She will be fine, it's a shoulder wound. At least I think there was so much blood. What if it hit her spine? What if she never walks again it's all my fault.*
JR is looking at the waiting room floor, her tears splashing back at her against the tile.
"Jane?" A doctor says while slowly approaching. "Are you Jane Ramos?"
"Yes, yes I am." JR quickly stands up wiping the tears off of her face. She can tell the doctor is American which relives her. "What's going on?"
"The bullet entered through her shoulder, it is stuck between her 3rd and 4th rib. She will need surgery."
"Well, will she be okay?"
"The bullet is close to her spine, she will most likely make it but there are no guarantees she will come out being able to move the bottom half of her body."
JR rests her hand on her heart, and hiccups for air while trying to hold in the tears. Eventually, she gives up and lets a waterfall of tears hug her cheeks.
"This is all my… fault." She says under her breath. "How long will the surgery last?"
"About 6 hours. You will be able to talk to her in 8 if she wakes up."
"What do you mean ‘if' she wakes up? Are you saying she could die?" JR's voice croaks with panic.
"Death is always a possibility, but it's not likely in this case."
JR is silent. She can only think one thing:
*I can't lose her. I love her.*
The past few weeks play through JR's head; hearing the violin, seeing Petra for the first time, the cartwheel, the kiss, the movies, the dancing, the sex, the gunshot.
When the last thought crossed her mind, the room went dark and she fell to the ground.
She woke up several hours later in a hospital bed with Petra's surgeon sitting next to her.
*oh god something is wrong*
"Jane. Petra has lost a lot of blood and needs to have a blood transfusion."
JR starts to cry, panic overtaking her.
"We can't find a match. If she doesn't get blood soon, she isn't going to make it."
JR felt her head start to spin and felt her heart rate increase.
"Test me!" JR shouts.
The doctor goes to the other side of the room to get a needle and tube for her blood.
JR winces as the needle pierces her skin.
The doctor takes her tube of blood to test it and he returns a few moments later.
*please let it be a match, please.*
"It is a match." he says smiling "We can hook you up now for the procedure if you are ready"
"Yes!" JR shouts before he can even finish the sentence.
Soon, JR is laying in a bed next to Petra both of them hooked up to various machines.
JR cries at the sight of Petra. She is pale and looks so frail.
"I am giving you blood. It's gonna be ok, you're gonna be ok." Now she is sobbing. "You're gonna be ok. Ok, Pete."
She notices Petra stir a little, her eyes opened slightly. "Did you just call me Pete?" she asks, her voice weak.
JR just smiles and wipes the tears from her eyes.
"Did I? Haha well, It suits you, Pete," she says with a wink.
Petra rolls her eyes and laughs.After the transfusion, Petra was asleep, resting from the awful events of the day.
JR never leaves her side. Sitting in an uncomfortable chair, never letting go of her hand.
"I know you are asleep, but I am gonna talk anyway because who knows if I will have the courage to do this when you can hear me." she takes a deep breath before continuing.
"I will be forever grateful for the sound of a violin, I will always be indebted to the creators of Dirty Dancing, I will always thank God for cheeseburgers. When we first met I told you about how I once visited Petra, how it was a hidden beauty. Well, you are now my Petra. I mean, I want you to be my Petra; my beauty, my exquisite masterpiece, mine. I love you so much. I love you so much." JR is crying as she finishes, her heart is glowing.
When she looks up at Petra, she sees Petra looking back at her with tears in her eyes.
"Jane, I be loving you too. I want to be yours, you will be mine. Let us go to America."

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Getting a broken Petra to America was difficult. They had to fight the doctors who wouldn’t permit her to fly for at least 3 more weeks. JR knew they had to leave now. I mean, Petra had just been shot for being openly queer, they weren’t safe here. Finally, after much debate, they were boarding a plane to go to America.
Petra was very nervous. She was fidgeting with the string on her hoodie the whole time they were getting on the plane. JR leans in close to her ear,
“Just think of all the PDA we get to do when we get home. Home. Huh, I haven’t thought of that but, Petra, we are going home. Together.” she smiles as she says the last part.
Petra looks up,
“Wherever you be, that is home.”
JR grins and leans down to plant a kiss on Petra’s cheek.
“I love you, Pete,” she says with a giggle.
Petra rolls her eyes and turns to look out the window.
“We be very high. We be leaving all bad things behind us now. We are going to be free.” she closes her eyes and lays her head against the headrest.
When Petra is asleep she begins to dream.
Her and JR, walking and laughing. Then kissing, then BANG! She wakes up with a jerk, tears in her eyes.
“Baby, what is it?” JR asks grabbing Petra’s hand.
“I be having bad dream. I...I..” Petra is unable to finish her sentence. Her body shakes as she sobs.
JR puts the armrest up and scoots over to embrace Petra.
“Petra, talk to me, babe. What was the dream about?”
Petra looks up at JR,
“I was shot. It was all happening again. The pain, the blood, you screaming.” she is once again interrupted by a sob.
JR points her finger under Petra’s chin forcing her to make eye contact.
“I know what happened is scary. If I could take it from you I would, I promise I would. But Petra, you are by far the strongest person I know. We will get through this. Together.” she leans down and kisses the tears from Petra’s cheeks.
Petra looks up at her and smiles,
“I be loving you very very much JR.”
“Yeah, I got that,” JR replies before placing another kiss on Petra’s lips.
Petra looks up at JR with a hint of something in her eyes. She leans in close to JR.
“Why don't you ask for blanket, I have idea of how to make me feel better.”
JR lets out an audible groan before pressing the “call flight attendant button”.
The flight attendant was there in a few seconds.
“Hi, my girlfriend is a bit cold, can we get a blanket please?” JR asked in her nicest tone.
The flight attendant politely nodded and went to retrieve a blanket.
When she returned, JR took the blanket and spread it across both her and Petra.
“Now you are gonna have to control yourself and be very, very quiet,” JR whispers into Petra’s ear.
Petra nods enthusiastically.
JR situates herself so that she has easier access to Petra. She slowly moves her head towards Petra’s center, not wanting to draw attention to them. She knows she has to be quick to avoid getting caught, so she doesn’t hesitate before entering Petra with two fingers. She can hear Petra’s breathe catch and can see her eyes roll back in her head.
“Remember, you can’t make a sound.” JR reminds Petra.
Petra just bites her lip and looks at her.
JR speeds up her fingers and Petra has to put a hand over her mouth to silence herself.
As she speeds up her fingers JR begins running tiny circles around Petra’s clit with her thumb.
*I need to finish this before someone notices*
JR easily slips another finger into Petra. That is all it takes. Soon Petra is biting her lip to keep from screaming.
JR slowly removes her hand and wipes it on her shirt. Petra gives her an appreciative smile.
JR leans back to try to get some sleep but is soon startled when she feels a hand slipping into her pants. She shoots Petra a look.
“Babe, we are gonna get caught.”
“I will be quick,” Petra says with a wink.
JR knows there is no use in arguing so she justs lays her head back and closes her eyes.
Petra was right. After fucking her beautiful girlfriend JR was turned on beyond belief. All it took was a few strokes from Petra and she was gone.
JR turned to Petra and laughed.
“Welcome to the mile high club babe.”
“Mile high club. What is that? Special club for Americans?? Wait but I am not being high right now.” Petra says confusedly.
JR can’t help but burst out in laughter.
“That is what they call it when you have sex on a plane.”
Petra just shrugs and lays her head back.
The rest of the flight was uneventful and soon they are landing at JFK international airport.
After picking up their bags they get into an Uber. JR comes to find out she’s familiar with the driver.
“Hey, Jim! Can you take me to my mothers please?”
“Sure Jane. Nice seeing you! It’s been a while, who’s this?” The driver points to Petra who is nervously smiling at him.
“Oh that’s my girlfriend, her name is Petra,” JR says with a bright smile.
“So you just tell people you have girlfriend and they don’t care here? America is so different.” Petra says.
“Well some of them do care, but anyone who knows Jane wouldn’t be surprised at her having a girlfriend, she’s the gayest person I know,” Jim responds with a loud laugh.
JR and Petra turn and look at each other, they both smile and hold hands.
“How long is car ride? Um… Jim?” Petra asks impatiently.
“Jane your mother lives on 44th right?” JR nods her head. “About 3 minutes.”
“Oh okay,” Petra responds, bouncing up and down in her seat.
They arrive at JR's mother's house. It’s huge, way bigger than Petra anticipated. JR knocks on the door and is greeted by her mother with a hug and smiles. Her mother turns to Petra and hugs her too
“Hello, Aida.” Petra uncomfortably stands still, not used to the affection being shown to her. Aida pinches her cheeks and excitedly says, “is this your girlfriend you were telling me about?”
“Yes, mother,” JR says with a big grin, she walks through the door gesturing for Petra to come in behind her. Aida grabs Petra’s bags and helps her balance with her crutches. Your guy’s room is upstairs. I will start making dinner, you guys must be starving!” Aida gives a wink to them then head off to the kitchen.
“Your mother is so… nice!” Petra says with relief in her voice.
“Thank you.” JR walks up to Petra and kisses the tip of her nose. “What do you want to do? There are so many options I want your first day in America to be amazing!”
“I want to try your mother's dinner, then I want to sleep, then I want to kiss you. Does that sound okay?”
“Good for me.” JR shrugs and falls backward onto her bed with her arms spread, releasing a sigh of relief.
JR feels the bed beside her dip with Petra’s weight.
“JR, I need to be telling you something,” Petra says quietly
JR sits up with a nervous expression on her face.
“What is it, babe?”
Petra looks up at her with tears in her eyes.
“I just never got chance to say thank you,” she says as she reaches out to grab JR’s hands.
“You saved me. Not just in the literal since when I was shot, you saved me in every way a person can be getting saved. Emotionally, Physically, mentally, and everything that be in between. You saved me.”
JR’s eyes are overflowing with tears.
*god I love her*
“JR, I want to be serious with you,” Petra says smiling.
JR leans in and kisses her,
“I want to be serious with you too.”
*my heart will never stop glowing now*
For the next hour, they both just lay in bed, relaxing and enjoying being close to one another.
They decided to get up whenever the smell of food permeated their room.
“What is smell?” Petra asks getting up.
JR inhales deeply and smiles
“Smells like my mom’s famous chili.”
“What is chili?” Petra asks.
JR smiles at her,
“Come find out,” she says as she grabs Petra’s hand and helps her out of bed.
They made their way down the hall towards the dining room.
“Hello, girls! The food is ready, help yourselves.” Aida says smiling at the two women.
JR helped Petra get comfortable in the dining room chair and helped her make her plate.
“Petra! You were able to lift the plate up! That is progress baby!” JR says smiling
Petra blushes and smiles.
“It not be big deal, it is only plate.”
JR grabs her hand,
“No, it isn’t babe. It is progress, you couldn’t even lift a pencil a few days ago. You’re getting stronger, you’re healing.” JR lifts Petra’s hand to her lips and kisses it.
When the women look up they notice Aida looking at them.
“There is so much love here. Jane, I have never seen you so happy. Petra, thank you for giving my daughter happiness and love.” she says smiling.
Petra smiles and nods,
“Of course, JR has given me so much more.”
The three of them eat dinner and JR tells her mom stories about the Czech Republic.
When they finish, Aida retires to her room and JR and Petra go to the living room to watch TV.
“Movie or show?” JR asks looking at Petra.
“Um..show”. “I want to, how do Americans say? Binge watch?” she asks
JR chuckles,
“We can do that. I have the perfect show. It is a show all about lesbians.”
Petra smiles at this,
“Oh! I be liking that very much. I never see show with lesbians.”
They settle on the couch as JR turns on The L Word.
Petra’s eyes are glued on the screen the entire time. She is completely entranced.
“This be so amazing. People like us JR. Look, babe, they be kissing. On TV!” Petra says excitedly.
JR leans over and kisses her forehead.
*This finally feels like home*

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“Should I wake her up?” Petra whispers to herself. She looks at the phone that is laying beside her ringing. “Maybe she can call them back. She looks very comfortable. Ohh how cute my little… ja-jay? Jaun? Never mind...JR.” Petra leans over JR and kisses her cheek. “But what if call is important? Then jay will be mad if she missed it. Okay I will wake her up. Good plan Petra.” She nods to herself and she softly tries to wake JR. Poking her with the tip of her finger. “Jay… wake up..” She looks around as she realizes her soft method isn’t working. “I have idea!” She walks down to the kitchen and asks Aida for water.“Of course honey, here let me make you a cup.” When Petra grabs the cup she takes it back upstairs. She slowly walks up to JR. “Okay,” She whispers. “Water is soft. My mother used to wake me with hot milk. I think JR will like this.” She splashes JR in the face with her ice-cold water and is greeted by an angry JR,“WHAT THE FUCK PETRA.”JR jumps out of her bed and grabs towel to wipe off her face. “Are you fucking serious.”Petra backs up into the corner getting teary eyed. “I am so sorry JR I thought you would like.” She then starts to cry. “My mother use to wake me up with hot milk I thought you would like nice water. I am sorry please forgive me.” JR is shocked at the fact that Petra started to cry. She walks up to Petra and hugs her, “haha it’s okay Petra you just took me by surprise. Just don’t do that again. Anyways why did you try to wake me up?” “Well I was watching you sleep and your phone when to ringing noise. After I realized it was not bomb I tried to read name, a person named Case Worker called you.”“My caseworker called? Oh my god where is my phone I need to call them back right now.” JR flips the sheets in an attempt to find her phone. “Calm down it is in my back pocket. Who is this Case Worker… do you like her?” Says a clearly jealous Petra.“HE is named jerry and he’s the one who tells me when I have a job offer.”“Oh okay”JR calls the caseworker back and cheered at the news.“JR what is he saying?” JR Shushs Petra. She then squeals, “Yes I will get to work right away just email me the details.”The call ends and JR is bubbly with excitement. “What is it JR? What happened?” Petra asks eagerly “They found a case for me! It’s exciting too. This girl named Jane got accidentally artificially inseminated. The baby daddy is actually the brother of the doctor who did it! “Is she pretty?” Petra asksJR looks at her confused“Who?”“This lady who be your client” “Petra, how am I supposed to know I have never seen her.” JR says as she leans in close to Petra.“You’re kinda sexy when you’re jealous.” JR said with a grin.She kissed Petra then left to meet her caseworker .*ok here goes nothing*JR walks into to lobby of The Marbella Hotel to meet her client.“Jane Villanueva?” JR asks the small latina woman sitting alone in the lobby.“Yes! Hi, Jane Ramos I assume. How funny, we have the same name. What are the coincidences. Actually I read somewhere there is a 42% chance you will meet someone with your same name. Wow, I am talking a lot aren't I? Anyway how are you?”*OMG she is a real bulldozer. I have a migraine already*“I am well Ms. Villanueva. Ok so tell me the all the facts leading up to and post insemination.” JR says, her lawyer voice activated.Jane told a story that could be straight out of a telenovela. Being a virgin, going to get a routine checkup, fainting, finding out she was pregnant, and finding out the father is the doctor's sister.*Holy fuck*“OK, Ms. Villanueva. I am going to work to make sure you get all the money you are asking for. You have a strong case. I will call you with any questions.”“You can call me Jane.” Jane says with a smile.“Uh, yeah ok. I will call you later to schedule another meeting, I will need the father to be present at this one if possible.”Jane smiles and nods.JR walks out of the hotel and checks the messages on her phone. Petra: Hey, I be missing you. Hurry home :)JR smiles as she reads the text from her girlfriend. *I am gonna get her flowers*JR gets in her car and makes her way to the nearest florist.*hmm what to get*JR slowly walks around the store inspecting each perfectly created bouquet of flowers. Her eyes land on a beautiful bouquet of yellow tulips.*perfect*JR grabs the flowers and heads to the checkout.She drives home excited to see the look on Petra’s face when she gives her the flowers.“Hey baby, I am home.” JR yells as she walks in the door.“I be in living room JR. Your mother left to go to store.” Petra replies.JR walked into the living room with the flowers hidden behind her back.“What you be hiding?” Petra asks.JR smiles and hands her the flowers.Petra’s face drops and she gasps in fright.*not the reaction I was going for*“Petra, was is it? Are you allergic. Oh god I am sorry.” JR speaks quicklyPetra still looks frightened,“Why...why yellow tulips?” she asksJR sits beside her on the couch,“I thought they were pretty. The color reminded me of your hair.” she said smiling“Oh. That be very thoughtful JR. It just that I have bad memories regarding yellow tulip.” Petra says trying to calm her racing heart.“Well, I am sorry you associate bad memories with them. But how about we make better memories for them while my mom is gone?” JR says smilingPetra feels her face flush as she nods her head.JR walks up to the room and Petra quickly trails behind. “Take off your clothes.” JR says demandingly.“Yes ma’am.”JR pushed Petra to the bed and finished taking off her clothes for her. Petra quivers at the rough tongue swiping across her clit. She grasps the sheets, moaning as the licking intensifies. JR moves up petras body with her tongue until she reaches her neck. She forcefully sucks on it while she watches Petra’s eyes roll to the back of her head. JR’s fingers trail to Petra’s vagina. The blonde arches her back as the JR’s fingers enter her, she then desperately gasps for air. JR looks Petra in the eyes as she removes her hand and puts it into her mouth. After sucking off her fingers she whispers sweet nothings into Petra’s ear. She moans as the breath tickles her ear. JR's mouth returns to Petra’s clit where she continues to tease her. Causing Petra to pulse as waves of electricity go through her with every stroke of her tongue. Petra quickly grabs JR's head and pushes it downward, applying more pressure onto her clit. She then grabs JR by the hair and pulls her up, they start massaging tongues together. Petra rolls over on top of JR and pulls away from the kiss. She slides her pussy onto JR's face. Petra cries out moans for the next 3 minutes as her nails gradually dig deeper into JR. she dissolves into pleasure as she falls over onto the other side of the bed, out of breath. After waiting a few minutes for the aftershocks to pass, JR rolls over so that her face was now in between Petra’s legs. Petra looks down and bites her bottom lip with lust. But then Petra nods her head back and forth and gestures for JR to go face to face with her using her finger. JR propels herself above Petra with her hands, giving Petra’s mouth full access to her nipples. Petra starts to suck on JR’s left tit, making her shiver with pleasure. She rolls on top of JR again but this time she brought her face down to JR’s vagina. She sucks on the brunettes clit and does swirls around it with her tongue before inserting 3 of her fingers. JR clenches her vagina and Petra starts to rapidly finger her. She looks up at JR and smiles and winking at her. JR’s pussy throbs as she is ready to cum. She soon releases a waterfall of liquid onto Petra’s face. Squealing as she does so. An out of breath Jane says, “wow.. I made.. a mess… haha.” “A really hot one.” Petra responds, placing a kiss on JR’s lips.“I should probably clean thi-““No I will clean it.” Petra glides her tongue against the soaked sheets. JR then looks down and makes eye contact with Petra.*wow she is so fucking sexy.*“Petra you are really hot.”“Does this mean you are ready for round two?” Petra seductively asks.JR nods her head and stands up. “Follow me.”She walks to the bathroom where there is a glass shower. “Go in the top dresser drawer and grab our toy.” JR demands. Petra does as such and brings back their purple dildo. She looks at JR and says, “I want to fuck you.”JR looks at Petra confused.“No really, I want to fuck you,” Petra continues, “I want to put on strap on, then fuck you until your eyes will be in back of your head and all I can see are your big tits in my face.”*oh my god.*“Do you even know how to put it on?” “I will figure it out. But as of now you are my slave.”*what is happening* Petra slowly walks up to JR and whispers in her ear. “Get in shower. Now.” JR does what is told and enters the shower. Petra takes no longer than a minute to figure out how to put on the toy. When Petra walks into the shower, JR turns on the jets, they are both hit with a blast of cold water. JR rushes to turn the knob and make the water warm. “Sorry babe.”“It is okay.” Petra says with a shiver. Petra takes a moment to admire the way JR looks. Water running down between her perfect breast all the way down until in disappears between her legs. Her black curls are stuck to her shoulders and her lips are glistening with water. Petra let's out a small moan and move towards her. She pushes JR against the shower wall and inserts the toy. She is surprised that the toy gives her pleasure too. Petra grabs JR's legs and tries to pick her up but winces in pain. “Babe are you ok?” JR asks“Yes. Um...turn around and bend over.” Petra orders. JR does as is told.Petra positions herself behind Petra and reaches to grab her hips but again she is halted by a sharp pain that travels down her arm.“Fuck!” Petra shouts.JR stands up and is shocked to see that Petra is crying.“Babe, what is it? Are you ok?” “I am useless. I can't even be making you feel good.” Peta says in between sobs. JR can feel her heart clench in her chest. “Petra, baby, you just saw the mess I made in the bedroom.” She says with a grin. “Yes but I be wanting to fuck you with this thing” she says as she slaps the dildo. “You make me feel good all time with this and I can't even make you feel the same way.”JR kisses Petra on the nose. “Sit down.” She saysPetra looks at her confused but sits anyway. JR smiles wickedly at Petra before she wraps her legs around her waist and lowers herself down onto the toy protruding from Petra's center . A loud moan escapes JR as she settles herself on Petra, completely filled with the toy.“Do that feel good” Petra asks JR bites her lip and nods. “So good babe.”JR begins to move up and down, forcing the toy to enter her. Petra leans forward and takes one of JR's nipples into her mouth. Sucking lighting. JR arches her back and begins to let out a string of curse words. “Fuck Petra….fuck...oh my ...god”.Petra can only stare as she watches JR come undone on top of her. The way JR bites her lip with pleasure, with soft groans as she shuts her eyes. JR looks down at Petra and grabs her tits as she starts to quicken her pace.JR swears as her wet cum shoots out. She rests her face on Petra’s shoulder while trying to catch her breath..“Holy shit babe. please don't ever doubt your ability to make me feel good.” JR then whispers in her ear, “I almost just passed out from cumming so hard. “Petra smiles and kisses her on the mouth, slowly as if to say thank you. JR pulls back and places one more kiss on her girlfriends perfect lips before lifting herself off of Petra and helping the blonde to her feet. “You know, I think yellow tulips are being my favorite flower now.” Petra says with a smirk .JR nods in a agreement and makes a mental note to buy them more often.

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JR wakes up, her body intertwined with Petra.*God I love this woman so much*JR leans in and places soft little kisses across Petra’s face. Petra’s face scrunches up and JR almost dies at how adorable she looks.“Good morning babe,” JR says smiling“Good morning, why you being awake so early?” Petra asks“Just admiring your beauty.” JR repliesPetra blushes, JR never fails to make her heart flutter.*We need to get out of the house today*“Hey babe, do you wanna go to the beach today?” JR asksPetra’s eyes instantly lit up,“I have never been to beach! I have never even seen ocean!” she says excitedly.JR’s heart almost explodes from how cute Petra is.“Well, I can’t wait to experience this first with you,” JR says as she kisses Petra’s forehead.“This will not be my first, first with you,” Petra says with a smirk.JR chuckles,“Yeah,..you’re right babe. This may not be as...fun as the other first, but it will be a good experience.”JR unwraps herself from Petra and gets out of bed, helping the blonde to her feet.JR goes to the closet and begins to pack the necessities.*Petra will definitely need sunscreen.* “Wait, JR. I do not have swimsuit.” JR smiles over her shoulder,“I got you one yesterday, check the top drawer.”Petra jumps with excitement and runs to grab her new swimsuit out of the dresser.JR is busy packing the rest of the stuff they need so she doesn’t notice Petra walk out of the bathroom.“How do I be looking?” Petra asks.JR turns around and her jaw drops. Petra is wearing a bright red bikini that looks perfect on her pale skin. The bikini top barely covers her beautiful breast, and the bottom barely conceals her perfect ass. *holy shit*“Babe, you look fucking amazing,” JR says, her eyes never leaving Petra’s chest.Petra just smiles and grabs a T-shirt to throw on over the bikini.JR goes to change into her bathing suit and soon they are heading to the beach.JR has been wearing a cover the whole time so Petra is dying to know what her girlfriend looks like in a bikini. “Babe, take the cover off. I want to be seeing your body,” she says impatiently JR just smirks and continues walking towards an empty spot on the sand.Petra’s eyes glue to her girlfriend’s perfect ass as she walks away.JR lays out two towels on the sand and orders Petra to lay down so that she can apply sunscreen.“Is this just excuse to touch my body?” Petra asksJR laughs,“I wouldn’t really need an excuse, would I? This is so you don’t get sunburned.”“Sunburn?” Petra asks.JR looks at her and smiles,*oh yeah haha not much sun in the Czech Republic*“Umm...it happens when you are out in the sun too long. Your skin gets read and it is very painful.” “Oh ok. Well, you better be applying it because I want to stay at beach all day!”JR squeezes sunscreen onto her palms and kneels down beside Petra. She starts at her shoulders and works her way down her back until she gets to that lovely red bikini bottom.*God her ass is perfect*JR spends a little more time than is necessary applying sunscreen to Petra’s exposed flesh. Petra doesn’t seem to mind.“Ok turnover.” JR instructsPetra does as told and JR applies sunscreen to the rest of her body.“What do you want to do first?” JR asks“well, first I want you to take cover off so I can see your body.” Petra saysJR smirks and slowly removes the cover exposing the black two-piece underneath.Petra’s eyes instantly widen and fixate on JR’s chest.“Eyes are up here Pete,” JR says with a laugh“I know, I just be admiring your big heart again,” she says smiling at the inside joke.Petra gets up and starts walking towards the water. She begins to collect seashells along the sand. “JR, look! There is cute little blob!” JR jumps up,“Petra, don’t tou-”“OW! JR, it bit me.” Petra shoutsJR runs to where Petra is standing,“It didn’t bite you, it stung you,” JR says grabbing Petra’s hand. Petra’s hand is red and swollen in spots.“Well, that looks kind of bad. We probably should take you to the doctor.”Petra’s face falls,“But we only just be getting here. I don't want to leave” Petra says with a pout.*God she is so cute when she pouts*“Babe, your han-”“My hand is fine, just a small sting.” Petra interrupts.“Fine, but tell me if it starts hurting worse.”“Promise,” Petra says with a smile.JR leans in and kisses her softly on the lips. Petra pulls back and smiles,“That be our first public kiss! Well not first, but first without bad thing following.” Petra saysJR smiles at her. Her heart feeling like it is going to explode.“I am going to marry you one day Petra Andel,” JR says, shocking herself.*omg did I just say that*Petra smiles at her,“Promise?” she saysJR turns to her and grabs her hands,“Promise.”Just as JR was about to kiss Petra she heard someone shouting her name.“Jane! Jane Ramos, my lawyer! Hey! Wow, we are at the beach at the same time. How funny?!”*Fuck*Jane Villanueva runs up to JR and hugs her awkwardly.“Hello, Ms. Villanueva. This is my girlfriend Petra.” JR says as she motions to the woman behind her.JR notices Jane’s eyes light up at the word girlfriend.“Who is this?” JR asks pointing to the man beside Jane.“Oh! Haha, this is Rafael. I was accidentally artificially inseminated with his sperm.” Jane says matter-of-factly.JR shakes the man’s hand and can feel the heat rising in her face when she realizes where his eyes are focused. JR reaches out and pulls Petra to her side and kisses her on the cheek, making sure Rafael noticed.“Hello, my name is Petra. Nice to be meeting you.” “You’re accent is beautiful. Czech?” Rafael asks JR notices Petra blush,“Yes, I just move here a few weeks ago.” Rafael smiles at Petra and JR hates it. She can see the way Petra is reacting to it. She can feel herself getting more and more jealous. “Hey babe, I am starting to get a headache. Are you ready to go?” JR asks, pleading Petra with her eyes.“I want to stay here and talk to these nice people,” she says.JR notices that Petra is only looking at Rafael as she says this.JR can feel her heart stop. *Seriously?* “Excuse me, I am going to go grab some medicine out of my bag.” JR excuses herself and walks back to where she and Petra had originally been sitting.When she turns around she notices how Petra has moved close to Rafael and is giggling at something he just said. She is smiling at him with that smile that was previously reserved only for JR. Without thinking JR turned and started walking toward the car, leaving Petra behind.When she got to the car she could no longer hold herself together. Sob after sob escaped her, she could feel her heart breaking. She curled up in the back seat of her car and just prayed to disappear. The thought that Petra let her leave by herself without acknowledging it hurt her. She tried to convince herself that she’s just being friendly so she wouldn’t have to watch this nightmare play out.JR doesn’t remember getting home, she assumes she fell asleep and Petra drove them back. “JR,” Petra speaks softly.JR looks up at her“JR. I-”“Why would you just leave me,” JR says with pain in her eyes.Petra just takes a deep breath,“JR I was talking to Rafael an-.”“Are you fucking kidding me?” JR sits up. “Really? You were talking to raf? That’s it? I saw the way you looked at him Petra!”“Jay stop being mad!”“My name is jane for fuck sake! And I am mad, you basically ignored me to talk to him.”“I like him-“ Petra starts to cry.“Why the fuck are you crying? Do you like him? You don’t even know him! He has a girlfriend! You said you loved me!”“JR I do love you… I just like him.”“Ha wow. Of course, I’m the one to do it.”“Do what?”“Break rule number 1! Never fall in love with a straight girl!”“That’s not fair-““Do you know what’s not fair? That I’m in this situation in the first place and you know that!” JR yells, standing up with tears in her eyes.“I just be wanting to go on one date to see how it goes JR I love you still!”“Fuck your I love you.” Petra stands up and pleads to JR, “no I mean it! I really do!” JR starts to walk away but Petra grabs her by the arm. Without hesitation JR turns around and slaps Petra in the face, causing her hand to sting. Petra yells in pain as she puts her hands to cover her face and cry. “JR I am so sorry I didn’t… mean for this I just thought..”“You thought what? It would be okay to want to leave me for someone you just met?”JR can feel her whole world shift. She knew it was coming but she couldn’t comprehend how Petra would throw her away so easily. All she can do is cry. Tears start rolling down her face and she can’t stop them.“It was all a lie!” JR yells, her voice cracking. “The music, the movie, the feelings, the LOVE! Everything.” JR is now angry,“You used me, didn’t you. You used me to get to America and now you are going to leave me.” JR collapses to the floor, no longer able to hold herself up.Petra is crying too. “I never lied. Not about this.” She tries to help JR up but she yells, “don’t you dare fucking touch me.” Petra turns around but then looks back as she walks out the door.JR is left curled up and crying. Her heart was still glowing, but now it was also breaking.*I promised to marry her. I don’t break promises*

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JR wakes up with a headache, the usual as of late. She goes to roll over and realizes she isn’t the only one in her bed.
Ever since the breakup, JR has had a never-ending parade of women in her room.
Alcohol and sex have become her coping mechanisms. They are not healthy, but they alleviate the pain, at least for a little while.
*Who is this woman?*
JR nudges the figure beside her,
“Hey, wake up.”
The woman rolls over and JR recognizes her as the woman from the bar. She doesn’t remember her name.
*Anne? Amy?*
“You should probably go,” JR says as she gets out of bed to go to the bathroom.
When she returns the woman is gone.
*god this hangover is killing me*
JR takes a handful of painkillers and goes to change her clothes. When she opens her closet she sees one of Petra’s shirts.
She yanks it off the hanger and goes to throw it in the trash. She hovers the yellow shirt over the trashcan but can’t bring herself to drop it. Memories flood her mind,
Petra wearing this the night they watched The L Word,
Her ripping it off Petra’s body moments later.
JR brings the shirt up to her nose and inhales deeply. The smell of lavender, Petra’s favorite scent, overtakes her.
Tears form in her eyes and she can no longer breathe. She lays back on the bed and wishes she had never woken up.
* I need her back*
****
Later that night JR is getting ready to, once again, go to the bar to drink away her problems.
When she gets to the bar she instantly orders her usual scotch and sits on the only available stool.
“What do you mean I can’t have a drink! I am a paying customer!” JR hears some lady shouting at the bartender.
She looks over and sees a strikingly beautiful woman standing face to face with the bartender.
“Louisa, I told you, I can’t give you alcohol, you are supposed to be sober.” The bartender said, trying to remain calm.
Louisa’s face got red with anger,
“I hope you know my brother owns the Marbella, he is rich, he can destroy you and this whole establishment.”
That got JR’s attention,
*So she is Rafael’s sister*
JR gets out of her chair and walks over to the woman.
“Hey, you ok?” she asks
Louisa looks at her and JR can see the interest in her eyes
“Who are you?” Louisa asks in an annoyed tone
“Jane, and you are?”
“Louisa.”
JR bites her lip and reaches out and rubs a hand down the woman’s arm.
“This is a lovely jacket.”
JR can feel Louisa shiver under her touch.
JR leans in close to Louisa,
“How about we go somewhere where I can take it off of you?” JR asks huskily. Louisa nods,
“I am staying at the Marbella right across the street,” she says as she starts to walk towards the exit.
*Perfect*
JR walked hand in hand with Louisa into the Marbella Lobby. Much to JR’s delight Rafael was standing near the check-in desk. She made sure to make eye contact with him whenever he looked there way.
*Yeah asshole, I am about to fuck your sister. In your hotel.*
JR, however, did not see Petra standing to the side of Rafael.Petra felt her heart drop when she saw JR walk in with the beautiful doctor. She started to panic, she realized she made a mistake. She was still very much in love with JR.
“Petra, babe, what is it?” Rafael asks, Petra hadn’t even seen him standing there,
“I be making big mistake. I can’t do this. I have to go.”
“Petra where are you going?” He yells as she walks away.
Petra jogs to the nearest elevator. She frantically presses the button to go to the 12th floor. The elevator ride seems like forever, but eventually, it stopped. The doors open and she hides, her back pressed against the wall. She looks over the corner to see JR taking Louisa by the hand into her room. She tries to even out her breath, and her heart is beating out of her chest. She sneaks around the corner slowly so no one could hear or see her.
“Fuck.” She whispers underneath her breath.
She goes by the door and puts her ear to it. She hears the soft moans under their breath. She starts to cry.
“No no please don’t.” She whispers as she hears JR says “top drawer. I have a toy, grab it.”
She looks in through the peephole, holding her breath as she sees Louisa naked and JR in her bra. Yet to her surprise she was not holding a purple dildo. Instead, it was a pink one, she wasn’t sure how to feel. She watched Louisa put it on, and couldn’t take it anymore. Without thinking she opens the door and yells “STOP.”
“Petra what the fuck?” Louisa yells as she covers her breasts.
JR has her mouth wide open in shock. She looks down at the dildo then back to Petra. “Were you stalking me!”
“What? No!” Petra says as her voice cracks to a high pitched voice. “I was just… meeting someone and I happened to see you guys come in the room together… I wasn’t watching you I just wanted to stop you..”
She gives Petra a look that lets Petra know JR knows she’s lying.
“Okay fine I was,” Petra confessed
“What the fuck is going on here?” Louisa asks.
“Why would you do that?” JR asks, clearly pissed.
“Well because… I just wanted to see if you were sleeping with other people…”
“Hold up you guys are sleeping together?” Louisa questions.
“No, we aren’t. We were. Why do you care Petra? You left me! For someone, you knew for 2 minutes.” At this point, Petra realizes JR is tipsy from the slur in her voice.
“Woah you guys were together?” A confused Louisa asks.
“Yes. I love her so much beautiful doctor.”
“You don’t love me you left me!”
“You slapped me!”
“Oh, you think you didn’t deserve it bitch?”
What the fuck is that meaning!” Petra yells.
“You are a b-i-t-c-h, oh I’m sorry. I forgot you can’t spell.”
Petra is hurt by that comment. She looks at JR with pure pain in her eyes and JR can feel it.
“Petra I think you should go,” Louisa says, now with a towel wrapped around her.
“I think you should stay out of this. Jdi po prdele!”
“Excuse you. I lived in the Czech Republic with my ex rose for 4 months I know what that means. Fuck you too. And get out of my hotel.”
“Your hotel? It is Rafael’s.”
“What’s his is mine.”
“In that case I am yours. Stop being stupid Louisa you are nothing but drunk fena!”
“Oh, you think I’m a bitch, your crying because your ex is sleeping with other people and you can’t deal with it. It’s killing you inside.” Louisa puts her face inches away from Petra’s. “Your nothing. Your no one.” She backs up and points to the door. “Get the fuck out.”
Petra looks to JR for comfort, instead got a look of despise from her. She nods her head up and down and exits the room.
“So where were we?” Louisa says with a smile.
“I’m sorry I have to go,” without putting her shirt back on she runs after Petra. She finds that she is in the stairwell crying.
“Sorry,” Petra says with a gasp. “I think it’s all just hitting me. We’re over with and who knows if I will love someone same way again. And I’m just so tired honestly of living with the pain I cause you. But I have to.”
JR looks at her empathetically and puts her hand on Petra’s knee. She wants to tell her how she feels, but can’t bring herself to let her guard down.
“Your right. You have to live with it.” JR says coldly she stands up and slowly walks away, slamming the door behind her.
JR walks back to the hotel room where Louisa is putting on her clothes.
“Oh look who decided to return,” Louisa says with a smirk.
I’m sorry I have to go Louisa.” JR can feel her throat tightening with a short intake of breath. She frantically puts on her shirt and rushes out of the room. She rushes home as tears run down her face. She feels like the world is closing in on her. She wiped at her eyes and yet the tears still came, faster and faster the longer she thought.
When she arrived home her mother greeted her at the door.
“Hi sweetie, what’s wrong?”
“I love Petra still and I-,” JR tires to catch her breath. “I just don’t know how..I just.. I don’t know. I can’t do it.”
“Do what honey?” Aida asks with JR now crying in her arms.
“Live without her.”
Aida looks down to JR and smiles, “life will go on. You will meet other people.”
“I don’t want other people mom.” JR looks up to her mother. With her voice cracking she states, “I want her.”
“Then talk to her.”
“I can’t talk to her mom! I can’t let her know how much she hurt me, I can’t let my guard down again.”
“Just meet up with her somewhere and talk. It’s been 3 weeks and you guys haven’t said a word to each other.”
JR looks up at her mom,
“You’re right, as usual. I will go back to the Marbella now to talk to her.”
JR hugs her mom and makes her way back to the hotel.
She doesn’t have to go far, she runs into Petra in the parking lot.
“Hey, Petra! Can we talk?” JR asks
Petra jumps and looks up,
“Oh JR, you be scaring me! I was just coming to look for you.”
“Why?” JR asks, pretending to be annoyed.
“Um, well. I be wanting to talk to you too.” Petra says, pleading with her eyes.
“Oh ok. Well, let’s go somewhere private then.”
Petra leads JR back to the stairwell where they had been hours before.
“So, what did you want to talk about?” JR asks as she fights the urge to lay her hand on Petra’s thigh.
“Um, just things. What be happening earlier was very weird.” Petra replies.
“Yeah, no shit. You barged in on me about to fuck someone.”
Petra inhales sharply,
“You...were...going to sleep with her. Really?” there are tears in her eyes.
JR wants so bad to hold her, but she remembers the pain she caused her.
“Yeah, so what? She is hot. I am single.” she put emphasis on the last part.
Petra put her head down,
“I-”
“Don’t Petra. I told you I didn’t want games! I told you that at the very beginning!” JR is now shouting.
Petra looks up, tears running down her cheeks.
“I am not fan of Rafael.”
JR rolls her eyes,
“Oh, you mean macho man’s dick isn’t good enough for you?”
Petra looks hurt, then embarrassed.
“Actually we never even be having the sex.”
“Wait, what?”
“Yeah. He never even sees me naked.” Petra is talking quietly now.
“Why??” JR asks, completely confused but also amused.
“Because he not be you,” Petra says quickly.
JR fights the strong urge to throw herself at Petra.
*I can’t let her do this to me*
JR leans in close to Petra’s ear,
“Well, I have been having sex. Lots of it actually.”
JR can hear Petra’s breath quicken.
“I think we are done here, Pete,” JR says as she pulls away.
Petra can only stand there and watch as the woman she loves walk away.
What she cannot see, however, is the tears in JR’s eyes, she can’t hear the woman’s labored breaths. She can’t feel the way her heart is breaking.
The way it is starting to glow again.***Petra is left alone, again.
*I have to be getting her back. I have to.*
Petra goes to her room and grabs her violin and begins practicing the song she had written for JR, back when they first moved to America.
It encompassed all the parts of their journey; quick how they fell in love, loud when Petra got shot, quiet during her time in the hospital, fast like her heartbeat on the plane, slow and sad during their fight. The song personified all of these events.
*This be how I get her back. This song*
That night Petra practiced until her fingers bled.
She could feel her heart glowing, getting brighter with each note she played.

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JR is rushing to get ready before Jane shows up to her house. With all the emotional turmoil of the week, she had completely forgotten about their meeting.*Fuck. Where is my case file?*JR is searching through the clutter on her desk when she hears a knock at the door.*, of course, she is early*JR opens the door and is immediately embraced by the smaller woman.“Hi Jane, how are you? I heard about Petra. I can’t believe she did that. You’re smoking hot. I don’t mean that in a gay way, haha. I'm not gay.”JR zones out as Jane continues to ramble on and on.When the small latina woman finally stops JR is sure they have lost an hour of their meeting time.“Ok. So, you were inseminated by doctor…”*Oh my fucking god*“Um..sorry. You were inseminated by Dr. Luisa Alver, correct?” JR can barely get the name out.Jane nods her head,“Yep! I went in for a routine checkup and left with some random man’s sperm inside of me.”“Ok. And that man was Dr. Alver’s brother, Rafael. Correct?” JR asks, already knowing the answer.Jane nods her head.“Did you previously have any interactions with Mr. Solano?” JR asks not looking up at her client“Before the insemination?” Jane asks“Yes.”“Well, I met him one time at this yacht club when I was...hmm..19? Yeah, 19. I made him a grilled cheese and we kind of kissed. I never heard from him after that. Until after the insemination.”*Damn talk about drama*“Ok Jane, thank you. That should be good for now. I will need to speak with Dr. Alver and Mr. Solano next. Then I may have some more questions for you.”“Ok! Actually, would it be ok if I sat here for a little while longer? My Abuela won’t be able to get me for about another hour.” Jane asks looking at JR.*shit*“Yeah of course.”***Petra has been up all night practicing JR’s song.*I am ready to play for her. I go to house now!*Petra puts on her long blue skirt (no underwear) and her cream-colored sweater; the outfit she was wearing the first night they met.Petra grabs her violin and starts walking to JR’s house. Her heart was beating faster than it ever had before.*Calm down Petra. You be practicing all night. You know this song.*Petra suddenly got a brilliant idea.“There is burger place around corner. I will get us cheeseburgers!” Petra says to herself.Petra walks into the small burger shack and orders to cheeseburgers, doing her best to hide her accent. Cheeseburgers in hand, Petra made her way the last few blocks to JR’s house. When she rounded the corner, she noticed JR wasn’t alone in the living room. The windows were up, so she had a clear view of the other person.*JANE!*Petra felt her head start to spin and her heart start to race.She turned around so quickly she ran right into the trashcan and fell, hard.***JR was sitting on the couch listening to Jane tell some story about not knowing who her father is. To be honest, JR had tuned in about two minutes in.*God this woman is a bulldozer*All of a sudden JR hears a commotion outside.“What the fuck?” JR shouts.She walks out of her house and sees Petra on the ground, obviously from just falling.“Petra?” JR asks as she walks up to her.Petra’s heart drops as she hears JR’s voice,“Hi JR, sorry to be making such noise.”“What are you doing here?”“I was just on my way home from concert,” Petra says unconvincingly.*Right*“What is in the bag?” JR asks, pointing to the brown bag on the ground.“Um...Just my lunch.”JR picks up the bag and looks inside.*Cheeseburgers*JR can feel her heart quicken as she recalls the last time she had cheeseburgers. It had been in Petra’s house, they were naked and cooking together, they got distracted.“JR? Petra!?” Jane shouts from the doorway.“We are fine! Be in, in a second.” JR shouts back.Jane, thankfully, got the hint and went back inside.“Why is she here?” Petra asksJR rolled her eyes,“She is my client. Remember?”This time Petra rolled her eyes,“Oh so you are not interested in doing sex with her?” she asks sarcastically. “What the fuck Petra? Why are you so interested in my sex life?”Petra just blushes and looks away.“Petra!” JR shouts, forcing Petra to look at her.When Petra looks up there are tears in her eyes. JR is shocked.“It be nothing JR. Sorry for making loud noise.” Petra turns to walk away.“Petra, wait!” JR shouts. Petra smiles to herself and turned around.“You umm..forgot your cheeseburgers,” JR said handing her the bag.*I love you*“Oh. Thank you.” Petra says, her heart sinking a bit.*I love you*JR’s fingers linger on Petra’s longer than necessary.*I love you*“Goodbye, JR.”“Goodbye Petra.”*I love you so much*JR stands there and watches Petra walk away. Fighting the urge to run to her, to grab her and kiss her, and tell her she loves her. Because she does. JR knows this without a doubt now. She loves Petra Andel. She never stopped.After Petra is out of sight, JR walks back into the house.“Is everything ok?” Jane asks, as soon as JR walks in.JR wants to lie but she is so tired of keeping it to herself.“Not really,” she admits.Jane looks at her with nothing but care in her eyes and pats the spot on the couch next to her.JR sits and starts telling Jane everything. Going to Prague, living with Petra, Petra getting shot, falling in love, coming here, losing Petra. Still being in love...still being so in love.Jane sits in silence (surprisingly) and takes everything in. She doesn’t speak until Jane has finished.“Wow. You really love her.” Jane says.JR nods.“Just so you know, she still loves you too. I heard her the other day talking to herself. She is writing a song for you.” JR feels tears in her eyes,“She does?” she asks.Jane smiles,“Without a doubt.”JR smiles and can feel her heart glow brighter than ever. ***Later that night JR is getting ready for bed. As she lays down, the only thing on her mind is Petra. Her beautiful blonde hair, those eyes. Her perfect body, her smile. Her cute little accent. JR smiles as she thinks about Petra. In fact, she hasn’t stopped smiling since Jane left.JR is almost asleep when she hears the sound of a violin. Faintly at first, then louder.*What in the hell*She gets up and opens her window. What she sees is a scene out of a romance movie.Petra is in her yard, dressed in a beautiful dark blue dress, playing the violin.*oh my god.*Tears well up in JR’s eyes, she lets them fall.Petra hasn’t looked up so she doesn’t know JR is watching her. JR is mesmerized, she can’t do anything but stare and cry.When Petra finishes playing she looks up and makes eye contact with JR.JR smiles at her, Petra smiles back.JR runs downstairs and at the front door, throwing herself at Petra. Wrapping her arms around her with so much strength it almost left Petra breathless, yet Petra enjoys every second of it.Both women keep holding onto each other. Both are sobbing.“I am so sorry JR. I should never have left. I love you so much.” Petra can barely talk through her tears.“Shh. Petra, it is ok. It is ok, I have you here.” she looks Petra directly in the eyes, “God I missed you so much.” JR kisses Petra, passionately as if making up for all the lost kisses of the past few weeks.“ I be causing you so much pain. You were always there for me. I just left-”“Petra, stop apologizing. It is ok. I love you too. I never stopped.” JR interrupted her.Petra looked up at JR. Her big blue eyes shining with tears.JR smiles at her and places a kiss on her forehead.“Besides, I promised to marry you, remember?”Petra smiles,“You still want that?”JR kisses her again,“Of course. I am not one to break promises.” JR says smiling.Petra puts both of her hands on JR’s face and pulls the brunette to her lips, kissing JR so hard it is almost painful.*God I missed her*

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JR wakes up to the yelling in the distance. She untangles her arms from around Petra's waist, and stand up to look outside of the window. To her surprise, it’s a drunk Rafael. “You took away everything from me.” He yells to JR as she opens the window. “What the hell are you doing here?” JR asks in an annoyed tone.“Why are you sleeping with my girlfriend Jane?” “Probably to make up for the times you couldn’t sleep with her.”Petra turns over and looks at JR. it is about 4 am and she can see the sunrise glistening through the curtains. “What are you doing babe?” She asks.“Your boyfriend is here.”“What do you mean my boyfriend is here? I don’t have a… shit.” “Shit indeed Petra. He’s clearly fucking insane.”“And wasted,” Petra replies. She sits up and walks to the window beside JR. She catches his eye and he starts to yell her name. “My beautiful love, my girlfriend, you are not gay! You are mine!” Rafael screams at the top of his lungs.Petra rolls her eyes. She grabs JR and smashes their lips together. When she pulls away for a second she looks to Rafael. “Not gay? Here’s the thing, I have never even hesitated fucking my girl.” She brushes JRs hair off of her shoulder and licks her neck, facing towards Rafael. Rafael’s eyes fill with fury. He takes a swig of his bottle of scotch and took out his lighter. He rips off his shirt and puts a piece of cloth in the bottle, letting some hang out. “What is he doing?” JR asks under her breath.His lighter meets with the cloth and he throws the bottle at the house. He causes an explosion that leaves a hole in the front door that is now on fire. Petra screams in terror.“Holy fuck Petra get out now!” JR yells, pushing Petra downstairs and out of the back door. They get out of the house and go to the front where they see Rafael laughing. “Faggots. Your both faggots.”Petra spits in his face. In a quick rush of anger, he grabs her by the throat.“Get the fuck away from her before I gut you like a fish,” JR says as she quickly pulls her butterfly knife out of her back pocket and holds it against his neck. He lets go and puts his hands in the air. Before he is able to speak everyone turns towards the house where they hear a scream.“Your mother!” Petra yells.“Oh my god.” JR runs through the burning front door and into her mother's room. “What the fuck were you thinking Rafael? My girlfriend is in there! Her mother is in there!” She starts to cry. “Give me your phone.” She demands.She dials 911 they arrive within minutes, stating that a call has already been in place because a neighbor saw the house was on fire. An officer approaches Rafael and throws him on the ground. “You have the right to remain silent anything you do or say can be used against you in the court of law.” The police officer says, holding down Rafael with his knee. Raf struggles to escape the officer's grip but he is already put in cuffs. Petra watches the firefighters run into the building. She puts her hand over her mouth and shuts her eyes in an attempt to hold back her tears.she opens her eyes and falls onto her knees due to what she sees, an unconscious JR being dragged out of the house. Her mother nowhere to be seen.“NO!” Petra yells as she crawls over to JR. “please no baby girl stay with me.” She lightly taps JR's cheek with her palm. A fireman walks out of the house, carrying Aida. “Get a body bag for this one. And a stretcher for the other.” He yells to the others in the truck.“Oh my god.” Petra runs to Aida and starts to sob. “No this can not be happening.” She turns and faces the cop car Rafael was sitting in. “Wrong choice.” She says coldly. Knowing he can’t hear but is reading her lips. Rafael gets a shiver down his spine and turns his head the other way. ——Petra is holding JR’s hand in the hospital. Looking at the monitors. Looking at the sheets. Listening to JR's heartbeat.“So this is what it’s like to be on other side of the situation. Haha.” Petra says nervously. She bites her lip and looks up, trying to avoid crying for the tenth time in the last 4 days. “Babygirl you need to be waking up. It will soon be 1 week you have been… asleep. I need you to wake up. We just got together. I know they say you may be asleep for up to month because of your smoke you inhaled. And also you got very bad burn on your leg. I just really need you right now. Jay…” She hangs her head down and lets her tears fall. “Jane.” JR responds with nothing but her breathing. Still asleep. Petra realizes she’s talking to herself more than anything.“If it makes you feel better, I did get job. It is paying $13 for 1 hour which is $13 more than I got paid in Czech Republic. We don’t have a house so I be sleeping at JV’s house. I will buy us apartment. I will be working so hard to get us somewhere to live because it is what you deserve. I love you so much.”Petra looks up at the time.“Shit it’s 8 I have 5 minutes before they yell at me to leave.”She blows her nose and slowly stands up. Her heart is breaking as their hands release from each other. She swears she can hear it crack more with every step she takes.The next day Petra visits and brings JV with her. She hopes Janes babbling would wake up JR. Instead, JV was silent, sitting by JR's side. She pulled a rosary out of her purse and quietly starts to pray. Petra interrupts her praying. “What does faggot mean?” She asks quietlyJane looks up, her eyes glistened with tears. She bites her bottom lip, hesitating to answer. ”Um... it’s a terrible word. It was made during the Holocaust. The Germans would take gay people and wrap them up in a rug and burn them to death. And because in Europe they call cigarettes “fags” they started to call them fag-gots. I don’t know why. “Rafael said we were faggots.” Petra then starts to cry with her face in her hands.“Sweetie…” JV looks at her lost for words. “I think it’s time to go.” Petra rushes out of the room and Jane follows. For the next few days, Petra visits JR. She tries everything she can think of to wake her up, yet nothing worked. Until she brought her violin. She sat at the edge of the bed and started to play their song. She felt her love grow for JR with every note she played, as it always does. She is lost in her music, her eyes shut and her mind focused on playing it correctly. When she gets to the high pitched screech of her song, she starts to cry. It reminds her that she was in JR’s position a few months prior. It hurt her to know JR felt how she feels now. She looks at JR and stops playing. She gasps for air with a smile on her face. “Her fingers.” Petra whispers. She sees the slight movement in JR’s fingers to the music. “She’s waking up!” JR frantically yells. “Doctors! She’s waking up!” She walks out of the room to try to get a nurse. JR’s eyes open as Petra leaves the room. About 1 minute later she sees Petra walk back into the room with no doctor. She sits close to JR at the edge of her bed and starts to play with her hair. From behind her back, she pulls out a shot. JR tries to talk but the tube in her throat stops her. “Don’t worry. You will be okay soon.” She puts the needle into JR’s left arm. She looks at JR with a smirk as she watches her fingers stop moving. She watches as everything else, other than her eyes and breath, stop moving. She walks out of the room through the back door, whistling. To JR’s surprise, Petra walks back in about 10 seconds later, pulling a doctor in with her.“She is moving! She’s awake!” Petra says while she dances. “She is awake. We will test her and see his her reflexesAre and everything.” The doctor says with a smile.“How are you feeling?” He asks JR.No response.“Come on baby, you can’t talk because of the tubes but hold your thumb up or down.” She says with an encouraging smile.No response.“How about this, blink once for yes and twice for no. Okay?” She blinks once.“What’s wrong with her doc? She was moving a few minutes ago.”“I don’t know.” He says under his breath.“Blink when you can feel something, okay?” He takes out a thin metal stick the size of a needle. He gives JR a light tap all of the way from her toes to her head, you could tell JR was trying not to blink and give the doctors the wrong idea because she couldn’t feel anything.“You can’t feel anything?” The doctor asks.She blinks once.“But you were moving earlier. Doc what happened.” Petra replies in a deep harsh tone. Sounding more American than ever before. JR is confused and both the doctor and Petra could see it in her eyes.“I will run some blood tests. For now just be patient.” The doctor then walks out of the room. “I will be back.”Petra runs over to JR’s face and lightly caresses it. Tears grow in her eyes and she gives off a light smile, full of pain. “We will figure out what happened to you.” She leans down to place a soft kiss on JR’s lips. After she gets her blood tested a few hours later they sit in the hospital room. After about 20 more minutes JR makes a groan. And yet again she starts to move her fingers.“JR! You're moving your hands!” Petra says. Shaken, she tries to lift her hand and put her thumb up.“I’m going to get the doctor okay?” Petra says softly. Quickly JR puts her thumb down. “You don’t want me to leave you?”She puts her thumb up.“Okay, then baby girl. Press the emergency call button. The doctor will come in and take your tube out okay?” She holds JR’s hand and presses the button. Doctors rush in and see that she’s moving. “There was some kind of poison in her system that paralyzed her. How is she moving?” The doctor asks.“What,” Petra asks in shock.“It must’ve worn off.” The doctor says.Before Petra can talk She is told to leave the room while they take out the tubes. When she is invited back in there is nothing but silence. Petra looks at JR, her eyes full of tears. JR tries to talk but nothing comes out. Until they hear a loud smash. As if someone fell on top of glass. Petra looks out the window. JR turns her head to look. “What the fuck,” Petra says with a shiver in her voice. She is looking inside of a trash can she assumes something just fell into. She steps back with terror. JR's eyes widen as they see what’s in front of them. A girl stands up out of the trash can. “Why does that girl have my face.” The girl turns around and jumps the edge of the garbage. Then she runs. Petra can see the shot she is carrying behind her back. “Oh my god.”“Oh my god,” JR replies in a raspy voice.

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“Why does that person have my face?” Petra asks again as she stares out the window.
She sees the woman running away, being chased by two security guards.
“Do you have a twin sister I don’t know about?” JR says.
“They are not going to be catching her.” petra states, ignoring JR’s question. She then turns around to face JR.
JR is looking at Petra in a way that hurts her heart.
“What is wrong JR?”
JR turns her head away. “Where is my mom?” she asks quietly. “I know she was in the house. Is she in another hospital room? I want to see her.”
Petra’s heart drops. She walks over to sit beside JR and takes her hand.
JR has tears in her eyes.
“Jane, your mother...she did not make it.”
The sound that escapes from JR breaks Petra’s heart.
JR’s face contorts in pain and tears flood from her eyes.
“No,” JR whispers to herself before she bursts into tears. “No, she can’t be. I can’t lose her. I can’t!” JR’s heart is wrenching with pain.
Petra reaches out to hold her but JR flinches away. She flips over and is face down on a pillow.
“I am so sorry for what happened to your mother.” She takes a moment of silence. “I am here babe. I am never going anyway.” Petra hates seeing JR like this. It kills her.
***
JR and Petra are on their way to the Villanueva house.
“I can’t believe I am going to be living with one of my clients,” JR says looking over at Petra.
“We have nowhere else to go JR. They are very nice people. Her mother is always out of the house. Her Babuška is always at church and Jane is always on her computer reading about baby stuff.”
Petra lays her hand on JR’s shoulder and JR visibly flinches.
“Why you keep flinching when I be touching you?” Petra asks.
JR is quiet for a few moments.“That woman, the one with the needle. She poisoned me after I woke up, she looked just like you. Petra, I thought it was you doing it to me.” JR looks over at Petra after she says this, her eyes become glossy.
“But it was not me,” Petra says quietly.
“I know. It’s just….she looked so much like you.”
“I am sorry, Jane. I am sorry this be happening. I should never have left you, I just saw you move and got so excited.” Petra starts to tear up again.
JR grabs Petra’s hand and brings it to her lips,
“I love you. Also… you called me Jane?”
Petra smiles, “I love you too. Yes, I called you Jane when you were in long sleep I have been practicing how to say it in correct way.”
JR feels herself grow anxious as they pull into the Villanueva's driveway.
Petra helps her into the house and onto the couch.
“I guess no one is being home right now,” Petra says as she looks around.
*Thank god. Also, this wallpaper is terrible.*
“Petra?”
“Yes?”
“Did I try to save her. My mom? I have a faint memory but I don’t know.” She was hopeful that she did. You could see it in her eyes.
“Yeah, you did. You ran back in the house to get her. That is how you inhaled all that smoke and got burn on leg.” Petra sits next to her on the couch.
“Did she burn up in the” her breath feels like it’s escaping her. “Did she burn up in the house?”
“No. They got her body out.”
JR’s body is wracked with tears.
“I...should have...gotten her first. I forgot about her Petra! I forgot my own mother! She died because of me….I killed her.” JR struggles to say each word.
Petra grabs her shoulders. “Jane! Look at me! You did all you be able to do. You almost died trying to save her.”
“It should have been me! I should have died.”
“Then what would I have?” Petra says crying, “You are everything I have.”
JR looks over at Petra,
“What do I have now. My mother is dead.”
Petra feels like the breath was knocked out of her.
“You...you have me.”
Guilt spreads through JR as she realizes what she just said.
“Petra...I didn’t me-”
Petra puts her hand up,
“Don’t JR. It be ok. I should have gone in and got your mom. You need her. I should have been the one to have been forgotten. Not her.”
JR feels her heart fall.
“Petra, no. No. I love you.”
“I be knowing that JR. I love you too.”
JR leans over and kisses Petra on the nose.
“I will make it through this, because of you I will be ok.”
She kisses Petra on the lips, she can feel Petra relax.
Just as they break the kiss they hear the door opening.
“Hey, guys! How are you?” JV says as she enters the room.
*Yep. Awkward.*
“I am ok. Everything considered.” JR says
JV can tell she had just been crying.“I am so sorry JR. I honestly, couldn’t imagine.” She lays a hand on JR’s shoulder.
JR smiles at her,
“Thank you, Jane. She was the only family I had left.” Her eyes fill with tears once again.
“You have Petra. She loves you more than I have ever seen anyone love another human being. Plus, you have me and my family. I know it isn’t the same, but it is still something.”
JR can’t help but smile at this.
“Thank you.”
JV goes to put the groceries away in the kitchen,
“Are you hungry? I am going to make grilled cheeses!” She yells across the house.
Petra looks at JR confused,
“What is grilled cheese?”
JV runs into the room,
“WHAT? Only the most amazing food ever! I am definitely making you one.”
Petra jumps up excitedly,
“Can I help?”
JV nods as she heads back to the kitchen.
JR watches Petra walk away,
*She is perfect*
JR lays back and feels herself drifting to sleep. Before long she is greeted by her mother,
“Hi, baby,” Aida says with a smile.
JR runs to her, “Mom! I thought I lost you.”
As she goes to hug her, Aida disappears. JR wakes up and she shouts her mother's name.
Petra runs into the bedroom.
“JR, are you okay?” Petra says as she rubs JR’s back.
“Yeah, I’m fine. It was just a nightmare.” She sharply inhales before continuing.“My mom..she was there...I saw her.” JR starts to tear up, “It felt so real. I went to hug her….she turned to smoke.”
Petra wraps her arms around JR,
“Shh...it is ok. I am here.”
Petra holds JR like this for several minutes. Whispering comforting words in her ears periodically.
JR wipes her eyes and looks to Petra.“Thanks, Pete. I love you.”
Petra rolls her eyes with an “I love you too.”
She kisses JR on the head.
“Are you ok?” JV asks, standing at the door.
Both women jump.
“Sorry! I didn’t mean to scare you. I just heard the screaming and was worried.”
JR looks up at her. “I had a dream..nightmare. About my mom. I’m sorry I scared you.”
Jane's face softens, she walks over to JR and reaches out to place a hand on JR’s shoulder.
“Don’t apologize. Can I do anything?”
JR shakes her head no.
“I think I am ok. Petra is good at making me feel relaxed.” JR winks at Petra.
Petra blushes, “We are not having sex in janes soon to be birthed child’s bedroom.”
JR laughed, “I never suggested it. I was talking about how you make me feel better by just being with me.”
“Oh.”
JR and JV both laugh at this.
“Ok. My mom is out and my Abuela will be home soon. She went to bingo tonight. Just keep it down if you hear her come home. Also, she is very religious so-“
“No kissing or showing in any way that we are a gay couple? Got it.” JR says as she looks away from Jane. Petra lightly hits JR’s shoulder and gives her an offended look.
“No. Actually, I was going to say no sex because her room is right next to yours, and you two aren’t married. She thinks two people need to be married before having sex. She knows you guys are dating. She has no problem with it.” JV is clearly annoyed and slightly offended. “Anyways my room is right down the hall if you need anything.”
Both women say goodnight to JV as she disappears down the hallway. Frankly, she hears someone coming inside the house.
“Estoy en casa!” She hears Alba yell.
JV runs out of her room. “Abuela! Jane and Petra are sleeping keep it down.”
“Oh, lo Siento mi amor.” She places a kiss on Jane's cheek.
“Como Esta jane?”
“She’s good Abuela.” She places a hand on her stomach. “The baby.”
“Què?”
“It’s kicking.”
Alba smiles and pats Janes back.
“Buenas noches.” They whisper to each other as they go into separate rooms.
They are both quiet for a moment to make sure Alba and Jane are inside of their rooms before JR whispers something that Petra almost can’t hear.
“Do you believe in soulmates?”
“You are mine, no?” Petra says as if it was obvious.
JR smiles and nods, leaning in to kiss Petra’s nose.
“I want to make good on my promise.”
Petra tilts her head in confusion.“What do you mean?”
JR smiles and grabs Petra’s hand,
“Petra. Will you marry me?”
Petra stares at JR for several minutes before uttering a single word,
“No.”

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JR feels her heart stop,“What do you mean no? You just said I was your soulmate.” JR is visibly upset.“I want to marry you, Jane, just not like this. Not after something as tragic as your mother’s death. We need to wait.” Petra says as she grabs JR’s hand.“But I love you. I don’t want to wait.”“I don’t want to marry you as a convenience, as a way to make something bad be better. I want to marry you because you 100% want to. I want to marry you once we are ready.”JR gets up and starts to walk out of the room but Petra grabs her arm,“Do not be running away. Talk to me.”JR turns around to face Petra,“Why would I want to talk to the person who just said no to my proposal?”“Because I am your family now, JR. Whether you be liking it or not, a bad thing happened, and now we are all each other has.”JR’s face softens, tears fill her eyes. She reaches out and places a hand on Petra’s cheek,“You’re right babe. I am sorry. I just...with my whole world falling apart you are the only constant. I guess I wanted to ensure you weren't gonna leave me.” Petra looks at JR, she is being so open and vulnerable with her.“I never be leaving you. I love you. Also, vulnerable you is way hotter than ice queen you.” Petra says as she steps closer to JR.JR bites her lip,“Oh really?”“Really,” Petra says as their lips touch. JR reluctantly breaks the kiss,“No fucking remember?”“Oh right.” Petra says before her eyes lit up with a brilliant idea, “JV only be saying her abuela cannot be hearing us.”JR grins,“You know you can’t keep quiet once I start touching you.”Petra rolls her eyes but laughs.“Remember the plane?”JR closes her eyes and nods,“You did very well then.”Before Petra can answer JR pushes her onto the bed and straddles her hips. She bends down close to Petra’s ear,“Now you gotta be very, very quiet.”Petra nods enthusiastically. JR begins placing light kisses to Petra’s face, down to her neck, until she finds her sweet spot just behind her ear. Petra starts to squirm beneath her. “Shhh...no noises.” JR whispers.She quickly removes Petra’s clothes and tosses them to the side.Her hands begin traveling up and down Petra’s lithe body.JR can feel Petra’s breath quicken.“JR-Jane, touch me….please.”Hearing her name caused JR to let out a long moan. She leaned closer to Petra, their lips inches apart.“Say it again. Say my name again.” she breathed against Petra’s lips.Petra whimpered, “Jane...fuck….touch me….please.”JR didn’t need to be told twice. Her right hand began moving down Petra’s body until it reached its destination.JR looked down at Petra,“Remember, quiet.”Petra nodded and closed her eyes to prepare for the euphoria she knew was coming.JR began to slowly circle Petra’s clit, causing Petra to buck her hips. JR smiled down at Petra as she inserted two fingers into her. She then began to slowly move her fingers in and out of Petra. Petra was becoming more vocal so JR put her free hand over her mouth to quiet her.JR was so occupied with keeping Petra quiet that she didn’t notice a hand slipping into her sweatpants. She had to bite her lip to keep quiet as Petra began to stroke her clit with her fingers. JR instinctively rolled her hips against Petra’s hand, causing both women to moan loudly.“Fuuuuck,” JR said huskily.She leaned down and took one of Petra’s nipples into her mouth as she sped up the force of her fingers. Petra also sped up the finger fucking and JR had to force herself not to scream out Petra’s name as she came. Petra removed her fingers from JR’s pants and stuck them in her mouth.“Fuck...you’re so sexy,” JR said looking down at Petra.JR twisted her fingers inside of Petra, hitting her G spot. Petra was over the edge, shaking and biting her lip to keep quiet. JR removed her fingers and mirrored Petra’s previous actions.“You taste wonderful baby,” she said as she licked her fingers clean.“Let me taste,” Petra said,JR smiled and leaned down to kiss Petra, letting the other woman taste herself on her lips.“I believe you taste better,” Petra said into the kiss.JR removed herself from on top of Petra and laid down beside her, pulling her close.The next morning they were awakened by someone knocking on the bedroom door.“Guys, let me in. We need to talk.” JV said from the other side of the door.Petra untangled herself from JR and went to unlock the door.JV walked in the bedroom looking rather mad.“I told you guys no sex! My Abuela is upset. She said she heard you guys last night.”Petra’s face turned bright red. JR remained as cool as ever.“I don’t know what your grandmother heard but it definitely wasn’t us.” JV just rolled her eyes,“Ok JR. Who else would she have heard then? Not me. Not my mom. You guys couldn’t even keep your hands off each other for one night?!”“I mean have you seen her?” JR asks as she glances over at Petra.JV rolls her eyes again and shakes her head. JR gets out of bed and stands by her,“Sorry, but she can’t keep from screaming when I touch her.”JR can hear JV inhale.*well well*“Yeah, one touch and she instantly melts. I tried to keep her quiet, but you can only do so much with one hand.” JR is smirking now.“One han-...OOOH.” JV says as she realizes what the other hand was doing.JV clears her throat,“It’s fine. Just….be quieter next time.” After JV leaves Petra smacks JR on the arm,“Why you say embarrassing things for?”JR laughs,“Didn't you see how flustered she got. She really needs to get fucked.”“Jane! Do not be saying things like that.”JR laughs again,“What? It’s the truth. I could’ve made her come by just touching her arm, she was so wound up.”“Did you want to touch her?” Petra asked.“What? No. You’re the only person I want to make scream.” she says as she walks over and wraps her arm around her girlfriend.“She is very pretty,” Petra says almost inaudibly.“You think so?”“What you don’t?”“I mean...I guess. I have never really thought about it. Why?”“I just be wondering. I- never mind.”JR pulls back and looks at Petra.“What?”“You ever sleep with more than one person at one time?”JR looks at Petra like she is crazy,“Um..no.”“Have you ever been wanting to?”“Do you want to Fuck JV Petra?” JR asks quietly, not wanting JV to hear them.Petra refuses to make eye contact. “Petra?” “I don’t know.”“OMG, you are not going to leave me again,” JR says, worry in her voice.Petra looks at her,“No! I do not like other Jane. I just thought...maybe it would be...fun.”JR thinks about it for a minute before responding,“Hmm...you fucking another woman...with me...at the same time.” JR audibly moans. Maybe that isn’t such a bad idea.”Petra grins at JR,“I think it would be fun. I do not like her any other way. I love you. You are the only one I want to be with.”“I know babe. I love you too.”JR kisses Petra softly on the lips before whispering in her ear,“Now all we have to do is seduce her.”Petra smiles,“Shouldn’t be too hard. She thinks you are smoking hot.” JR laughs and kisses Petra once more.“She be telling me her mother and abuela are going out tonight for something. We will be only ones here.” JR nods,“Perfect.”***Later that night, JV invites JR and Petra to watch movies with her in the living room. As they situate themselves on the couch, JR looks over at Petra winks. Hoping Petra understood what she meant.JR places her hand on Petra’s thigh and began to trace small circles with her thumb. She then leans over and places a kiss on Petra’s neck, causing Petra to let out a small satisfied hum.JV is fidgeting with the remote,“Um..nice movie huh?” she says, obviously trying to get their attention away from each other.JR looks at her and smiles,“Mhm. Very good,” she says as she leans in and kisses Petra once again.JR can hear JV clear her throat.“I have to go to the bathroom. I’ll be right back.” JV gets up and basically runs out of the room.JR turns to Petra,“You were right. This is going to be easy.”Petra moves over and sits on JR’s lap, straddling her. She begins to roll her hips against JR’s thighs. JR bites her lip as she listens to the small moans Petra is producing.JR leans up and kisses Petra. Just as things are heating up JV walks back in.JR notices her standing there, watching them. JR makes eye contact with her as she continues to place kisses on Petra’s neck. Petra begins moving her hips faster and harder against JR’s thigh. A loud, long moan escapes Petra.“Ummm...guys?” JV says suddenly, causing Petra to jump,“Fuck Jane! I did not know you were there.”JV’s face blushes pink,“Yeah. Obviously.” JR notices that JV’s eyes are focused on Petra’s exposed back. JR cocks her eyebrow,“Enjoying the view?”JV noticeably blushes but doesn’t move her eyes. “Jane?” JR tries to get her attention.“Yeah...um..sorry. What did you say?”JR flips Petra over so her legs are spread and JR’s face can fit perfectly in between them. “Come here.”“Excuse me?” “Come here,” JR demands.JV walks over and kneels down next to JR. “Want to try?” JR asks seductively. Petra moans when she hears the question. “Take off your pants Petra.” Says JR as she gestures for JV to take her place. “I don’t really know…”“Know what?”“How to…”“Here let me show you.”JR moves JV aside and grabs Petra’s boobs with one hand and enters her pussy with the other. She slowly fingers her until she feels Petras vagina tighten.“Oh my god.” JV cannot look away.JR puts her hands on Petra's hips and continues to circle her clit with her tongue. Petra lets out a hoarse moan and struggles to speak, “Jane… v… sit on my face..”You can see the shock in JV’s face. She doesn’t move.“Jane. Now.” Demands JR. JV flinches but she takes off her shirts and then her pants. JR instructs Petra to get on the floor for easier access. JV straddles Petra’s face but hesitates to lower herself down onto her.“Jane! You need to listen. Sit.” JR demands.Both Petra and JV moan in response.JV lowers herself down onto Petra’s mouth. JR raises up so she can watch. Petra uses her tongue to zig-zag across JV’s vagina. *Fuck*Petra doesn’t hesitate before thrusting her tongue into JV. She groans with pleasure and levitates for a moment. She then forcefully moves her hips back down onto Petras' face. JR moves her mouth off of Petra’s vagina. She slides her fingers in. Petra moans causing JV to squirm.“Petra.,” JV yells. She tries to hold back but can’t. She moves her hips to match the flow of Petra’s tongue. She begs Petra’s name as she gets ready to cum. “Jane. Get off of Petra for a second, I want to try something.” JR says.“Yes please oh my god.”“Lay flat.”“What do I be doing?” Petra asks.“Sit on her face.”JV is on the ground legs spread. Petra sits on her face and JV tries to figure out the correct way to move her tongue. She knows she has it when she hears a loud moan escape Petra. JR then bites her lip as she looks down to JV. She quickly and quietly runs into the room and looks through the drawers. “Fuck yes.”She comes back a few minutes later. Without JV expecting it she inserts a dildo. A new one Petra bought after the house burned down. She is sitting on top of JV’s stomach and bucking the toy inside of her. JV can’t help but moan. In turn, causes Petra to moan louder. All three women are so invested in each other that they don’t notice the car pulling into the driveway.As Xo gets ready to unlock the door she hears loud moaning.*You have got to be fucking kidding me* “Ma! Stay there I need to check something before you come in.”Alba looks like she wants to argue but decides against it.Xiomara opens the door,“What in the hell are you two doing? In the fucking living room! No respect. We took you in whe-”What she sees floors her. Petra sitting on her daughter who is getting fucked by JR.“Janey!?”JV basically throws Petra off of her.“Ma! What are you doing home so early.”Before Xo can answer Alba walks in.All three women rush to attempt to cover themselves.“Xiomara que esta pasando?” she says as she walks in.When she looks up she sees her granddaughter completely naked, as well as the two other women. “Abuela!” JV shouts as she grabs a blanket to throw over her and the others.“Jane, ¿qué estás haciendo?”JV looks everywhere but at her mom and abuela.“Umm..”“They were fucking ma. All three of them. In the living room?” Xo says, fury in her voice.“¿Qué?” “They were all having sex ma!”Alba’s face turns bright red,“¡sal ahora!” she yells at all three women.“Abuela!” JV pleads.“¡Ahora!” Alba shouts again.“Ma! Please!”“Don’t look at me, Janey. This was your doing.”Petra looks at JR,“What she be saying?”“She wants us to get out. All three of us.” JR says quietly.“But we be having nowhere to go.”“We will figure it out. Come on.”JR leads Petra into their room and begins to pack their things. JV walks in,“I..”“Don’t apologize. We wanted it too.” JR says before JV can finish.“Where are you going to go?”“A hotel probably. You?”JV thinks for a moment before shrugging.“You be coming with us,” Petra says.JR nods, “yeah of course. You can stay with us until you figure out things here.”JV smiles,“Thanks, guys for...everything.”

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“A thruple?” JR leans back on the couch and puts her arm around Petra.“Yes, a thruple,” Jane V says. “I like the sex and I like both of you. We can all date.” JV points to the diagram on the whiteboard in front of them.Petra leans over to whisper in JR’s ear. “This reminds me of when I made you teach me to have sex.” JR purrs and turns to face Petra. They stare at each other, ignoring JV who is waving her hands in the air and calling their names. JR bites her bottom lip and puts her hand on Petra's thigh. Petra lightly strokes JR’s cheek and seductively tilts her head. “Fuck,” Petra whispers with a loud sigh. “GUYS!” JV yells. It catches both of their attention. “Jesus, do you ever stop talking?” JR asks. “Excuse me.” “Seriously. You literally don’t shut the fuck up. No, we don’t want to be a thruple. We just wanted to fuck you. We have no attraction to anything but your tits.” JV goes a few moments without saying anything. She stares at Petra and JR who go back to looking at each other. “Well, at least I’m not a self-absorbed bitch.” “Oh please. You seemed pretty absorbed when I shoved that dick into you.”Petra laughs, more than intended. She grabs a JR’s hand and kisses it.“Let’s go to the…”“OW!” JV yells.“What is it now?” JR says with a heavy dose of sarcasm. JV kneels to the ground, she clenches her face with pain and holds her stomach.“Oh my OW! I think I’m… having contra-ouuuu-contractions.”“JR look.” Petra points to the ground.“Blood.”“We need to take her to the hospital.” Petra tries to help JV up. “Don’t touch me!” JV shouts at Petra.Petra ignores her and places her hands under her arms to help lift her up.“JR she be losing lot of blood!” Petra shouts, starting to panic.“I’m calling 911. Help her lay down on the couch.” JR grabs her cell phone and quickly dials the number.“My friend is going into labor, we need an ambulance ASAP.” JR is talking quickly, she is about to give them the address when JV releases a loud scream.“Oh my god! Oh my god! Guys I can’t do it, I can’t do it.” JV is crying now, her face blood red and sweaty.“Hurry!” JR yells into the phone before running over to help Petra get JV on the couch.“Why is there so much blood?” JV looks at the two women for answers.“Shhh...you will be fine. Just lay down.” JR instructs.“Guys, I am getting really dizzy.”“You have lost a lot of blood, Jane. Help will be here any minute.”Just as JR finished her sentence they heard sirens in the driveway. Two EMTs in carrying a stretcher.“When did this start?” one of them asks.“About 15 minutes ago. She was fine and then she started screaming and we noticed the blood.” JR responds.“What be happening?” asks Petra, a worried look on her face.One of the EMTs turned to Petra,“I am not sure yet ma’am. It appears she is having a miscarriage.”JV let out a sob. “No! I can’t be. The baby was healthy, I am healthy. I did everything the doctor said!”JR looked over at Petra who was starting to cry.“Shh..babe. It will all be ok. They are going to help her.”“We were just being so mean to her JR.”JR felt her heart start to race. She would never forgive herself if something bad happened to JV.“We are taking her now. You both can follow behind us.” the Emt said as they rushed JV out of the room.JR and Petra both followed outside and got in their car.*Please let her be ok. Let the baby be ok*JR had a death grip on the steering wheel as she sped to keep up with the ambulance.Petra was silently crying and looking out the window. JR reached over and placed a hand on her knee.“She will be ok babe.”“You not be knowing that JR! That was so much blood.”“I know Petra. I am sure the baby is fine.”“It isn’t.” JR looked at Petra from the corner of her eye,“How do you know?”Petra hesitated a moment before answering,“Because the same thing happened to me. Twice. The cramping, the blood, the hospital. The baby was dead both times.”JR squeezed Petra’s knee reassuringly,“Petra…”“I am fine now. I just know how hard it was at first. Poor JV.”“When did that happen to you, babe? I never knew you were pregnant.”“Long time ago JR. I had a boyfriend. He was mean and abusive. When I told him I was pregnant the first time he thought I cheat on him, he punched me in the stomach and killed it. The second time he pushed me down the stairs.” Petra’s voice is shaking as she finishes.JR feels her heartbreak for Petra. She can’t imagine this perfect woman going through anything so terrible. It almost kills her.“Petra. I am so sorry. I am so sorry that you had to go through that once, let alone twice. I love you so much.”Petra turns to face JR, a small smile on her lips.“I love you too JR. Everything that happened to me, lead me to you so I cannot be too upset.”“Do you still want children?”Petra thinks about this for a moment,“I think I would like to eventually. I think I would be great mom.”JR smiled,“Yeah, you would be.”JR pulled into the emergency parking lot and both women ran to JV’s side.“Hey, we are here,” Petra said.JV looked almost lifeless. She was pale and covered in blood.The doctors rushed her to the operating room to try and save the baby and to get JV blood.Petra and JR sat in the waiting room. Anxiously waiting.Petra was pacing and talking to herself. Suddenly she stopped and faced JR,“Do you want to be having kids?”JR looked up, surprised by the question.“I don’t know. I have never really pictured myself being a mom.”“You would be great mother. Just like Aida.”JR smiled at this,“Thank you, babe.” “Ms. Ramos?” a doctor said walking up to Petra.*I like the sound of that*“I am Jane Ramos,” JR said, standing up.“Hi. Ms. Villanueva is doing better. She did lose one baby, however.”“One baby?” JR asked “Yes, ma’am. She was pregnant with twins. We are not sure what caused the death of the one, but the other one looks relatively healthy.”“Can we see her now?”“Of course. Right this way”JR and Petra followed the doctor down the hall to JV’s room.“Hey,” JR said quietly, walking into the room.“Hey.” “How you be feeling?” Petra asked.JV just shrugged.Petra walked over and sat down next to JV.“I know what this is like. I know how you feel. Like your body be toxic or poisonous. But you will be ok. You still have little baby inside you.”JV tears up,“Yeah. But he has something wrong with his heart. The doctor said it could be nothing but…” JV is unable to finish the sentence.Petra rests her hand on JV’s stomach,“He will be fine. He is strong like his mother.”JV smiled up at Petra,“Thank you. Thank you both.”JR walks over to stand behind Petra, placing her hand on her shoulder.“Do you want me to call your mom?” she asks JV.JV nods her head,“Please.”JR grabs her cell phone and dials the number.“What do you want,” Xo says dryly.“Hi, Xo. We are at the hospital with Jane, she is ok but she needs you right now.”Jr can hear Xo’s breath catch in her throat.“I will be there soon.”She hears the clicking of the phone.“Your mom is on her way. We should probably go before she gets here.” JR says glancing at Petra.“No. Please stay. I don’t want to be alone.” JV begs.JR just nods her head and sits down beside Petra.It wasn’t long before Xiomara and Alba were hurrying into the room.“Janey, what happened.”JV motions at JR to tell the story,“Um. We were all in the hotel room, she was telling us a story and she started screaming. She said she was having contractions. When Petra went to help her get on the couch she noticed blood, lots of it. I called 911 and we followed the ambulance here. They said she was pregnant with twins and something happened and one died. The other one has some sort of heart thing but they said it shouldn’t be harmful.” JR is out of breath by the end of the story.Alba just glares at her,“¡Tu hiciste esto!”“Abuela! How is it JR’s fault? No One did anything, it just happened.”Alba just shook her head,“¡Mataste al bebé!” she shouted, pointing her finger in JR’s face.JR just stood there. Knowing Alba was just hurt because of what had just happened.“Sedujiste a Jane y mataste al bebé con ese ... ¡juguete!”“Abuela! Stop it!” JV shouted. “Please, just stop it!”JR looked over at Petra,“Come, one babe. We should let them talk.”“Goodbye JV. Let us know if you need anything.”“Has hecho suficiente” Alba says.JV sat up, as much as she could, and glared at her Abuela.“They saved my life Abuela. You need to show them a little respect. Yeah, we had sex. But they didn’t force me to, I wanted it. I know that is hard for you to hear and you think I am too pure to want such a thing, but it is the truth. So, stop being so mean to them.”Alba nodded her head, looking unhappy but she knew she had to be nice, for Jane’s sake.JR and Petra both looked at JV,“Thank you.” they both said in unison.JV smiled at them,“I will see you both around?”Both women nodded and left.When they got to the car Petra grabbed JR’s hand and kissed it.“Let’s be getting married Jane,” she says look JR in the eyes.JR smiles,“I thought you wanted to wait?”“I did but I realized something today, during all this..how you say it...commotion.”JR kissed Petra’s hand,“And that is?”“I want to be a mother. I want to have children, your children Jane. I want us to get married and start family. I want us to have house and dog, I want us to teach our children how to do cartwheels and belly dance. I want us to grow old together….I want our lives to start now Jane.”JR had tears in her eyes as she leaned in to place a kiss on Petra’s lips.“That sounds wonderful babe. I never thought I would want all that until I met you. Now it all seems so perfect.”Petra kissed JR again,“I cannot wait to be Mrs. Ramos.” “You want my last name?” Petra nodded,“I do. I want to be Mrs. Petra Ramos. It be sounding beautiful.”JR pulled Petra in and kissed her passionately,“It sounds perfect babe. I can’t wait to give you my name. I can’t wait to give you my everything.”Petra leaned over and kissed JR once more.Both women’s hearts were glowing so brightly, they appeared to merge, into one luminous glow.

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JR woke up to being hit in the back. “Slez ze mě!” Petra was screaming as she continued to slap JR.JR rolled over and grabbed Petra’s arms,“Babe. Wake up! You’re ok, you’re safe. You are just having a nightmare.” Petra opened her eyes, they were full of fear, she was struggling to slow her breathing.“I’m sorry JR...I-”“Shh. Don’t apologize, babe, you didn’t hurt me. Are you ok?”JR asked as she embraced Petra, pulling her close to her body.“I dream of Milos. My boyfriend, the one I said hurt me. I be going long time without having nightmares but I guess talking about him yesterday made them come back.” Petra was visibly shaking, still recovering from whatever she was experiencing in those dreams.JR leaned down and kissed her forehead.“You’re safe with me, I promise. I am never going to let anyone hurt you again, ever.”They laid like this for several minutes until Petra appeared to feel better.“Thank you, for making me feel safe. I never be feeling safe before.” JR softly smiles at Petra,“You are safe for the rest of your life now baby girl. I love you.” JR places a soft kiss on Petra’s lips.Just then, JR’s phone started ringing.*The realtor*“Sorry babe, I have to take this,” JR says as she gets out of bed.She returned a few minutes later trying to suppress the smile on her face.“I have to go, babe. Some case came up at the office, they want me to look at it. I should be back in about an hour.”Petra looked upset by this,“I be not wanting you to leave,” she says with a poutJR smiles at her,“I know babe. I have to though, I will be back soon and we can go get dinner or something ok?”Petra nodded at this, still not looking happy.JR walked over to Petra and kissed her,“I will make it up to you tonight. Promise”Petra seemed intrigued by this,“How?” she asked even though she already knew the answer.JR winked at her,“I am sure you can think of something.”Petra smiles slyly,“I am sure I can.”JR kisses her once more before leaving.JR gets into her car and puts the address into her GPS.*Ok not too far*Just 15 minutes later and JR was pulling into the parking lot of a large complex of condos. *401E is the number on the side*JR made her way into the building and up to the 4th floor.“Hello Jane.” her realtor greeted her when she reached the door.“Hey, James.” James opened the door and motioned for JR to go look around. It was painted a light blue color and had hardwood floors.*That color. It reminds me of Petra’s eyes. I love it *It was perfect. JR knew this was her and Petra’s future home.“I will take it, James. When can I do the paperwork?”“Uh. We can go to my office now and I can help you begin the process.”“Perfect.”***JR knew Petra was going to be upset because she had been gone much longer than she had planned. “Petra?” she called out when she entered the room. No answer.*silent treatment*JR made her way to the bedroom and what she saw broke her heart. Petra was curled into a small ball, with her back to JR. She had the blanket piled on her and the only thing not covered was her head. JR knew Petra only did this when she was really upset. She walked over and sat down on the bed beside her.“Hey Pete, I’m back.”No response.“I’m sorry I took so long. The...case...was more complex than we originally thought.”Petra moved a little under the blankets,“You broke promise. You say you never break promises.”Petra said quietly.“I said I was sorry babe. Really I am.”Petra didn’t answer for several seconds.“Milos always apologized too.”JR reached out and put her hand on Petra’s back.‘He always be saying he promises to never hurt me again, and he says he doesn’t be breaking promises. He always hit me again, always.”JR felt her heartbreak,“Petra, I am not him.”“What if that be all I deserve? Everyone I have ever loved has lied and abandoned me! Mother, Milos, I never even knew my father!” Petra is sobbing now.JR knows this about more than just her being late.She kicks her shoes off and lays down beside Petra, tracing small patterns on her back.“I love you Petra. I love you more today than I did yesterday and I will love you more tomorrow than I do today. I am not going anywhere, wherever you are is where I want to be.”JR can feel Petra relax a little.“Sometimes I just be feeling like I am not meant to be happy, you know? It be seeming like every time things get good, the other shoe drops and it all goes to shit.” Petra whispers before she rolls over to face JR,“And with you, I am being happier than I have ever been. So I am just afraid of when the other shoe is going to drop. When will I do something to ruin it? I be almost ruining it because of Rafael.” JR wraps her arms around Petra,“Shh. Babe, let yourself be happy. You deserve it, more than anyone else I know. You have been through so many shitty situations, most of them were not your fault. We are in this together Petra, your problems are mine. Your anxieties are mine. We will face them all together, ok?”Petra smiles a nods her head,“I love you”JR kisses her lightly on the mouth,“I love you too, Pete.”Petra’s face takes on a devilish grin,“Now about your promise to make being gone up to me”JR’s inhales deeply,“What do you have in mind?”Petra doesn’t answer, instead, she jumps out of bed and runs into the bathroom.*she has a plan*Petra opens the door a few minutes later. JR almost kills over at the sight of her. Petra is wearing a sheer black dress, a very very short dress. The chest is all lace so JR has a perfect view of her perfect boobs.*fuck*JR motions for Petra to come to her.“You be liking this?”JR bites her lip and nods.Petra walks over to the bed and straddles JR’s hips.“Take shirt off,” she demands.*Miss bottom wants to try out being a top for the night*JR obeys and quickly removes her shirt and bra.Petra reaches down and begins massaging JR’s breast. JR lets out a low moan.JR goes to grab Petra’s sides but Petra slaps her hand away,“No touching.”JR goes to protest but is interrupted by a loud moan as Petra begins to grind her body down onto hers.Petra begins placing wet, open-mouthed kisses on JR’s neck, working her way down and across her collarbone, down between her breasts. JR once again moves her hand to grab Petra’s ass. “No touching!” Petra yells.JR huffs but puts her hands back down.Petra begins to plant small kisses on JR’s breast. She does this for several seconds before taking a nipple into her mouth. She lighting sucks, swirling her tongue around the hardened nub.JR lets out several loud moans. Entangling her fingers in blond locks and holding Petra’s head in place.“God Pete….please.”Petra smiles,“Please what?”“Fuck me,” JR says. “Hmm..no,” Petra says as she rolls herself off of JR and covers up.JR jumps up,“What the hell Petra!”“You made me wait. Now you must wait.”“Petra. You can’t do this. Fuck, please Petra.” JR is basically begging Petra now.Petra just smiles at her,“Sucks to be left waiting doesn’t it.”JR just glares at Petra,“This is sure as hell one way to make sure I will never be late again.”Petra just laughs and rolls over away from JR, she makes sure to push her ass right up against JR’s legs.You’re really trying to kill me aren’t you.”Petra doesn’t answer, instead, she just wiggles her ass against JR’s thigh.*Goddamn woman*Before they fall asleep JR whispers in Petra’s ear,“I have something to show you tomorrow. You’re gonna love it.”Petra smiles and snuggles close to JR before drifting off to sleep.When JR woke up the next morning she noticed Petra was staring at her.“What babe?”Petra just giggled and pointed at JR’s crotch. Her hands were in between her legs.“What did you expect after last night?” JR asked as she removed her hands.“I just figured you would have more self-control.”JR glared at Petra,“I used to. Before I met you.”Petra laughed at that.“What time is it?” JR asked.“Noon.”“Oh shit. We have to be at the….” JR stops herself before she ruins the surprise. “The restaurant at 1:30.”Both women jump out of bed and rush to get ready.JR texts James to make sure he remembered to put the box on the counter.*ok, everything is ready*JR is nervous the whole drive there. Why she doesn’t know, Petra has already said yes to marrying her. Still, her heart is pounding in her chest as they pull into the parking lot of the condos.Petra looks over and JR confusedly,“This is not restaurant.”“I know. Come on.” JR gets out of the car and goes to open Petra’s door.“JR. What we be doing here?”“You’ll see.” JR takes Petra’s hand and leads her to condo 401E.*our home*“JR, why are we at this condo. Who be living here?”JR grabs Petra’s hand as she unlocks the door.“We do.”JR can see the realization flash across Petra’s face.“This be our...home?” Petra asks quietly.JR nods her head.“That is why I was late getting home yesterday. I was filing paperwork for this place.”Petra threw herself at JR.“I am so sorry Jane. I didn’t know!”JR hugged Petra and kissed her on the forehead.“You can make it up to me later.”Petra nodded in agreement.“What is in box?” Petra asked pointing at a brown cardboard box sitting on the counter.JR fought the smile that was attempting to form on her lips.“Hm. I don’t know. Maybe the realtor left it by mistake. Check and see what it is. If it is important we can drop it off to him on the way back. His office is close to the hotel”Petra walked up to the box and opened it.“There is something in a case. It looks li-”Petra tears up as she realizes what is in the box.She removes a violin case and sits it on the counter to open it. Inside is a beautiful white violin with a note.Petra picks up the note and reads it out loud.“Pete, thank you for bringing the music back into my life. I love you so much. Will you marry me?”Tears flood Petra’s eyes as she looks up to see JR, down on one knee. She is also crying.“I love you Petra. I love everything about you. The way your forehead wrinkles when you are thinking, the way your eyes darken when you are happy, the way you love to be cuddled no matter how hot it is. I love you so fucking much.”JR extends her hand and opens a small blue box. Inside is a gorgeous ring. A large round diamond in the center, surrounded by two smaller diamonds, one chocolate and one a light blue. Petra walks over to JR and reaches her hand out,“Of course I will marry you, Jane.”JR smiles and slips the ring onto Petra’s hand.Petra starts to giggle.“What?” JR asks smiling.Petra reaches into her purse and pulls out a small box.“I got your ring too. I was going to propose at restaurant.”JR couldn’t control the tears that ran down her face.This time Petra got down on one knee.“JR-Jane. You are the root of all my happiness. I have never loved someone the way I be loving you. I want to feel like this for the rest of my life.”JR allows Petra to slip the ring on her finger. It is also a small round diamond, the diamond is a white color and the band is a dark black. JR stares at it for several moments before leaning in to kiss Petra.“What do colors stand for?” Petra asked looking at her ring.JR smiled,“Our eye colors. Blue and brown. Your eyes are the first thing I noticed when I met you.”Petra smiled and kissed JR again,“Your colors represent the movie we be seeing on our first date. Johnny was always wearing black and Baby always wore white.”JR wiped the tears from her eyes.“I love you, Petra Andel.”“I love you too Jane Ramos.”

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*4 weeks later*“Rainbow!”“JR no. I’m sorry I know it’s a gay wedding but that’s too many colors.”JR frowns at Petras disapproval. She wraps her arms around Petras' waist from behind and lets out a long sigh.“Maybe we should just hire a wedding planner.”“No JR we can do this. Look at this condo it’s like a castle!”JR turns her head towards the light brown walls she hand painted and the white furniture that brightens the room. She looks that the chandelier hanging over the glass dining table and inhales deeply. “I did do a good job on this place. But I did like the color before it reminded me of your eyes” “JR blue is a really weird color to have your walls painted as. But we just are needing to get in the flow. What about white and gold? We can have gold tulips and white table cloth.”“The dress was blue and black Petra. Get over it.”“JR! I will not be getting over it! I think you have colorblindness you should see a doctor. I know what I saw!”“Oh just like you ‘swear’ you hear yanny?”“JR focus. And yes I hear Yanny because that’s what it says.”JR rolls her eyes and gives Petra a dirty look, releasing her hands from Petras' waist. “Fine. White and gold it is. But you have to promise we can have a rainbow on the inside of the cake!”“Done.” Petra giggles and places a soft kiss on JR’s lips. “Petra.”“Yes, Jane?.” Petra replies with a bright smile.”I love you so much.” JR smiles and hugs Petra tightly, refusing to let go.“Jane I can’t.. breathe.”“I love you so much you don’t understand. I want everything with you, a house, kids. I want a dog that we name Roberto.” She is still hugging Petra, only softer.Petra notices the odd tone Petras' voice has. She hugs her back with a confused look that JR can’t see. She pulls back and tilts her head with an eyebrow raised.“What did you do?” She asks.“Haha. Well, you see…”“JR if you bought another sex toy… no! We have 8 already and I am missing fucking you not fucking plastic.”JR cringes, puts her hands on her face and tries to hold him her laughter. After pulling herself together she takes a deep breath,“Come in honey,” JR says with a smile that covered half of her face.Petra turns around and cries. She sees a little girl with blonde hair and big blue eyes.“I heard you were going to be my new mommies?” The little girl says as she twirls her fingers.“JR no you didn’t…” from behind JR couldn’t tell if Petra was happy or upset. JR tapped on Petras' shoulder and was greeted with a hug. Tighter than the one she had given before. “JR I love you so much.”She turned around and kneeled down to the little girl. And starts to tear up.“Hi… what’s your name?” Petra goes to stroke her silky hair and doesn’t hesitate to smile.“Ellie.”Petras' heart flutters as she hears the name. “Well, my name is Petra. And she is Jane.” Petra points to JR who goes to kneel down next to them. They take a moment of silence and stare at each other.“I’m going to protect her with my life.” Petra whispers and tears begin to hug her cheeks. “We can’t mess this up. We can’t let miloš or Ivonne or anyone else who’s dangerous in my life near her. Even if it is temporary.”JR smiles and wipes the tears off of Petras' face. She turns to Ellie and hugs her. When Ellie softy hugs back she gives Petra a confused look.“You sound funny.” She says as she pulls away from the hug. Petra and JR both laugh. “That’s because English is not my first language Ellie,” Petra says as she pokes Ellie’s belly button. JR leans over and kisses Petras cheek. “Do you want to see your room.” JR gives Ellie an engaging smile and picks her up. She places her on her hip and turns around to Petra. “You coming?”“Um JR… where is her room exactly?”“You will see.” JR bites her lip and grabs Petra with her free hand. She walks up the stairs and sets Ellie down.“Oh my god.” Petra is left shocked. She sees what used to be their extra large closet turned into a beautiful room. The walls are painted a light pink and a bed sits in the corner. A sign that says Ellie’s name hangs over it and a TV is attached to the wall across the room. Stuffed animals line the dresser that is against the wall.“When did you have time for all of this?” Petra asks, still in shock.“When you went to your English class.” JR squeezes Ellie’s hand and kneels down to her height. “Go on, jump on the bed.”“JR!”“What? We are going to be cool moms!”“Moms… oh my god, we are moms what the fuck. Oh, I shouldn’t swear shit… wait for fuck. Ugh damnit!”“Petra stop talking.” JR laughs and puts her hand on her stomach.“Look at her.” Petra starts to tear up again and turns to JR. “She’s so beautiful.”“I know.”“When can we get my sister?” Ellie asks, jumping on the bed.“What?” Petra turns to JR with a concerned look and JR returns one.“Your sister?”“Yeah her name is Ana. We were split up I haven’t seen her for like 8 months. She’s my twin.”“Oh fuck.” JR whispers. “Well, we should get a bunk bed then.” “JR!” Petra grabs her by the arm and pulls her into the hallway. “One kid that is a nice surprise but two? We need to talk about this!”“They can’t be separated! That could break Ellie if she never sees her again.”“Ana might have a home, Jane!”“Look I’m with you I hate kids,” JR says under her breath. “Not our kid but kids, in general, I don’t like them.”Petra glares at JR and bites her bottom lip. “They can see each other but we aren’t adopting two kids.”“We haven’t even adopted one! We are fostering nothing is official.”Petra let out a sigh of relief. She nods and smiles as she walks back into the room. “Okay we will find Ana but she won’t be living with us. We will figure out where she is and you can see her.”JR leans over to Petras' ear, “haha nice to know I don’t have to be the bad cop.”Petra glances over at JR and rolls her eyes. “Ellie are you hungry?”“Yes… how do I earn my chips?”“Your… chips?”JR and Petra look at each other.“In my last home we had to work to earn chips and we would get food for every like 5 chips we had. For example, doing the house's laundry would get me 3 chips and dishes is 2 chips so I could get a burger.”Petra and JR share a concerned look.“Um… well I am Czech and in my country no matter who they are, even if a complete stranger came to our home, we make sure they eat until they can feel their stomach anymore. Because you are our foster daughter... all you need to do to eat is ask.” “Really?” Ellie’s eyes light up and she smiles. She runs over to Petra and JR and gives them both a hug. “Come on what do you want to eat?” Petra asks.“Fries!” Ellie jumps up and down until her face turns red.“Fries it is! JR can you come to help me?”“Sure babe. Ellie, you can wander around the house.” She turns to Petra. “Don’t worry, I child proofed it.” Petra smirks and walks downstairs, JR is right behind her.****“Ellie! The food is almost done come down to eat!” JR yells across the condo. When she gets no response she heads upstairs to check on Ellie. She walks into her room and her eyes widen. “Is this a backpack?” Ellie asks, trying to untangle herself from the strap on. “PETRA! COME IN HERE RIGHT NOW!” JR yells. Petra runs up the stairs and starts to laugh when she sees Ellie, so hard that she turns completely pink and is on her knees trying to catch her breath. “Take.. it.. off aha oh my god I can’t.” Petra can barely get the sentence out. She falls onto her back with her hands on her stomach, still laughing.JR runs to Ellie and helps untangle her. “What is this? And why is Petra laughing so much?“It’s a… haha.. oh my god.” JR covers her face with embarrassment.“And look, Jane, it moves!” Ellie presses the button on the side of the dildo that makes it vibrate. JR frantically tries to turn it off but ends up throwing it out of her window. She gives Ellie an awkward smile and picks her up and puts Ellie on her shoulders. “Let’s go eat.”JR steps over Petra who is still on the ground. She takes deep breaths to try and control herself.She runs downstairs and pulls out a chair for Ellie.“Here you go.” JR sets Ellie on the chair and puts a plate of fries in front of her. “BABE! I'm going to put on Netflix what do you want to watch?” She shouts. Petra walks downstairs and looks in control of herself. She shrugs and says the choice is Ellie’s.“What about the L word?”JR’s jaw drops. “How do you know that show exists? Your five.”“Because at my last home my foster parents made me watch it because lesbians and gays are evil. They wanted me to know what a lesbian was Incase I ended up living with them, but I just fell in love with the show and I still don’t know what a lesbian is.” She shrugs and puts a fry into her mouth. Not noticing the appalled look on Petra and JR’s faces.“Honey lesbians are not evil,” Petra says, sitting down in the chair next to Ellie.“She’s right Ellie they are normal people.” JR sits in the chair next to Ellie that is across from Petra. “A lesbian or a gay person is someone who likes the same gender. Do you understand?”Ellie shakes her head no.“Well Ellie, it’s like… I’m a girl that likes girls I’m a lesbian.” Petra grabs Ellie’s hand and looks at JR.“What if you like both?” Ellie asks, she looks at JR and Petra back and forth.“Then they are called bisexual and if someone likes boys, girls and other genders than they are pansexual.” JR answers.“Oh… what if a boy likes a boy?”“They are gay,” Petra says with a slight smile. “Oh okay cool. These fries are really good. Oh, I also like to watch Dora!”“Aha Dora it is!” JR looks at Petra with a sigh of relief. Ellie runs to the couch and sits in front of the TV, her eyes glued to it.“Oh my god, Petra that was terrifying.” JR whispers in her ear. They look at each other then looks at Ellie. “I really don’t want to mess this up.”“Jane don’t be hard on yourself. You will be a great mother.” Petra turns off the lights in the house and goes into the living room. Her and JR sit on the outside of Ellie.“Swiper no swiping!” Ellie exclaims with a giggle. Petra and JR’s hands are griping on each other tightly behind Ellie. “Do you want to visit Jane?” Petra mouths to JR. she nods her head and mouths “tomorrow.”“DIEGO!!!” Ellie yells, startling both Petra and JR. she jumps off of the couch and starts to dance. “GO DIEGO GO!”Petra and JR both laugh. They move closer together to fill the space Ellie left. Petra rests her head on JR’s shoulder, JR places a small kiss on Petras' cheek. “I love you soon-to-be Petra Ramos.”“I love you too soon to be Mrs. Ramos.”JR placed a small kiss on her fiance's nose.“I hate swiper! He is such a faggot!” Ellie yells at the tv.Both JR and Petra’s faces drop.“Ellie, what did you just say?” JR asked as she sat down beside her.“Oh. I called swiper a faggot. That means I don’t like him.”“Honey, you can’t say that word. It isn’t nice.”Ellie looked at JR confusedly,“My other parents called me that all the time when I did something wrong. Like one time I kissed this girl because I thought she was nice and they hit me and called me that name.”JR and Petra both had to fight back tears as they tried to formulate a response.Petra sat down and hugged Ellie,“Ellie that be not nice ok. That is a bad word used to make gay people feel bad. Your other parents should never have said that word, and they should never hit you.”Ellie smiled at Petra,“So you guys won’t be hitting me when I am bad?”“Never.” JR and Petra said in unison.Ellie smiled and hugged both women.“Ellie, now remember, there is nothing wrong with people who like people of the same gender ok? They are just like everyone else.”Ellie nodded her head,“Ok mommies.”JR looked over at Petra, she had tears in her eyes.*mommy…*JR leaned down and kissed Ellie’s head. Ellie looked up at her.“I am sorry I said that bad word. I didn’t know what it meant. I also think I like girls and boys. I just never said it because my other parents would be mad and yell at me. But I feel safe with you.”“You will always be safe here Ellie. We promise.” JR said and Petra nodded in agreement.Ellie laid her head on JR’s lap and soon she was fast asleep. JR picked her up and carried her to her new room.“I think we need to report her previous foster parents. They are so abusive, physically and mentally.” JR said as she walked back into the living room.“I agree. We should call the social worker in the morning.”“I also think we should adopt her and her sister,” JR said.“JR…”“Babe I know it will be hard and we are not in any way prepared but...we can’t let them end up with someone like they were with before. We can’t let them be beaten and taught that gay people are evil. They need us. Plus just imagine little Ellie and Ana Ramos. Doesn’t that sound amazing?” JR smiled at Petra.Petra tried to suppress the smile spreading across her face,“That does sound perfect babe. Ok, we will call the social worker and tell her we want both girls. Forever.”JR pulled Petra into a spine-crushing hug,“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”Petra pulled back and looked at JR,“We are parents now.”JR smiled,“Yeah. we are.”

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“Yes, we would like to see if you have Ana Solano in the system?” JR asks on speaker phone with Ellie’s social worker. Petra bites her lip and looks at JR hopefully. “Let me check.” The caseworker responds.Petra grabs JR’s hand.“Yes. She is currently with a foster family.”“How do we get her?” JR asks.“Excuse me?”“She is asking if we can foster her. We are fostering her sister and we want them to stay together.” Petra says. “We would have to get in contact with the parents who are currently fostering her.”“Great you do that! Please contact us ASAP with what they say.” “Will do ma’am.”“Great. Thank you goodbye now.”Petra jumps onto JR hugs her tightly. “I can’t wait!”JR pulls back so she can look Petra in the eye. “We are going to be moms. To twins.”Both Petra and JR jump with joy. “What time is? JR asks with a smile on her face.“7:30 A to the M. When do we be waking Ellie up? And when are we seeing Jane?”“Crap I forgot about that bitch.” JR rolls her eyes and shakes her head. “It’s Saturday let her sleep in and let’s see Jane later… maybe around 6?”“Sure thing.” Petra places a soft kiss on JR’s lips. In the meantime… I have an idea.” Petra raises an eyebrow and smirks.“What idea.. oh. You still owe me for the last time you gave me blue balls.”“What if Ellie wakes up?” “She stayed up until 1 is singing go Diego go I think she’s fine.”“Okay, we just need to lock the door.” “Agreed.” Petra turns the lock on the door and walks over to JR. she pushes her onto the bed. “Stay here.” She demands as she walks to the top dresser drawer. When she looks inside she growls with frustration.“Where is our toy?”“Um… I threw it out the window after I took it off of Ellie…”“Ugh, Jane.”“You didn’t see me do it?”“No, I was to busy laughing my ass off.” Petra pouts and sits on the bed beside JR. “what will we do now?”Before JR responds her phone rings. “It’s the social worker!”“Answer Jane!”“Hello?” Yes hi, this is jane, Ramos.”“The parents are fostering 3 other children. They said they would be willing to give you Ana.”“OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH! When can we pick her up?”“Tomorrow she should be ready.”JR yells with joy. She jumps onto Petras lap and starts frantically kissing her face“Okay thank you bye!” JR throws the phone at the wall and smiles at Petra. “We can’t have another kid without sex.” “But what about our toy-““I have an even better one,” JR smirks and holds up her pointer and middle finger together. “And I have this one.” She goes to Petra's neck and licks it, giving shivers down Petras' spine.“Okay, I’m okay with that.” JR laughs and takes off her shirt. “Unclasp my bra.”Petra does as she’s told and smirks when it’s off. She kisses each nipple softly, then bites her lip. She takes her shirt off, following that JR’s pants. Multiple orgasms later they hear a knock on their door.“Petra? Jane?” They hear a young voice call.“One-second sweetie!” JR yells through the door. She unlocks it then jumps under the covers beside Petra.“Come in!” Petra yells.Ellie opens the door and then tilts her head,“Where you scissoring?” “WHAT?” JR and Petra respond.“My old daddy said lesbians were only good for scissoring. I saw a movie one time, the girls were laying in their bed covered up with no clothes under when they stopped.”Petra and JR both stared at each other.*what the fuck. What… do we? I’m so… wow*“No Ellie we were sleeping.”“You aren't a very good liar.” “We are not lying Ellie, lying isn't nice,” Petra responded nervously. “I really don't care if you guys were. I just wanted to know. Are you naked under there?”Ellie walks over and goes to pull the blankets up.“Stop Ellie,” JR says as she holds the blanket over her and Petra. “So you are naked. I knew it. I just wanted to prove you were lying.”“Why?” JR asked her“My dad. My real dad, always said that lesbians lie all the time and I wanted to see if he was right. He was.”“Ellie that is not very nice. You can't stereotype a whole group of people based on what your father says.” Ellie just shrugged,“He is in prison so I guess he's not very reliable.”JR looked over and Petra“Did you know her father was in prison?” she mouthed to Petra.Petra shook her head, no.“Honey do you know why your dad is in prison?”Ellie nodded,“Of course I do. His girlfriend left him for a woman so he tried to burn their house down. He put one lady in a coma and killed her mom. He is gonna be in prison forever.”JR and Petra both struggled to breathe.*omg Solano. I knew that name sounded familiar*“Ellie, what is your father's name?”JR asked even though she already knew the answer.“Rafael.” Ellie said, “why?”“Um...no reason. Just wondering.” Petra poked JR on the arm,“We should be telling her. She needs to know the truth.”JR looked at her for a moment before nodding in agreement. “Hey Ellie, why don't you go change and we will come out and have breakfast”“Ok!” Ellie shouted as she ran out of the room.JR and Petra both got out of bed and got dressed.“How do we explain to our new daughter that her father tried to murder us?” JR asked looking at Petra.“I don't know. I just know we need to tell her, and Ana when she gets here.”JR nodded.*this is going to be hard*JR and Petra walked out of their room to find Ellie sitting on the couch.“Hey Ellie, can we talk to you for a second?” “Yeah! Of course mommies!” JR was shocked at hearing that word again. *mommy*She smiled, she was starting to like hearing it.“We wanted to talk about your father.”“Oh, it's ok. The people he tried to kill were gay so it doesn't count.”JR and Petra just looked at each other.“What do you be meaning it doesn't count?”Ellie thought for a moment before answering.“Gay people don't count as people. So it doesn't matter that he tried to kill them.”“Ellie that is not true!” JR shouted. “I didn't mean to yell. I am sorry, but you do realize that we are gay right? And the things you are saying are very mean. We talked about this last night, Ellie.”“I know Jane. My old mommy said gay people would try to brainwash me.” Ellie said with attitude. “Watch it, missy.” Petra scolded. She took a deep breath before continuing. “Ellie, your dad tried to kill us. He killed JR’s mom.” She could see the anger in Ellie's eyes. “But It has nothing to do with us being lesbians Ellie. He was drunk and mad that I left him.”“I hate you.” Ellie turns around and runs into her room. “Ellie wait!” yelled JR. “Ellie don’t you ever say that you hate someone, ever. Do you understand?”“You ruined my life!”“What?” JR’s eyes start to sting as she holds back her tears.“It's your fault Petra left my daddy. It's your fault and now my daddy is in jail!”“Ellie he killed my mother.” “Yeah, and he killed mine too!” Ellie starts to cry. She grabs a pillow to soak her tears into. “I watched him. He told police it was an accident but I know it wasn’t.”“Oh my god.” JR was out of words. She hugged Ellie tightly and kissed her cheek. “So it’s not us your mad at.”“I’m sorry for saying those mean stuff. You just remind me of my mom and I got mad. It just reminds me what my dad actually did.” “Ellie I’m sorry if this hurts you but you have to understand… your dad is a really bad guy.”“I know.” She whispers. Ellie looks up at JR and Petra for a long time.“What is it, sweetie?” Petra asks.“I am glad you are my new mommies. You both are so nice to me. Even when I am being mean.”JR and Petra both smile at the little girl,“We are glad to be your new mommies. We also have a surprise for you.” JR saysEllies jumps up,“What is it?”“We are getting Ana tomorrow. You guys will never be separated again.”Ellie pulls both women into a hug,“Thank you! I love you mommies. I love you so much.”Both JR and Petra had to fight back tears upon hearing this.“We love you too,” they both said in unison.“I am sorry my daddy killed your mommy...I know what is like to lose your mom.” Ellie said quietly, looking at JR.JR teared up,“It is not your fault Ellie. Your dad did a very bad thing. I miss my mom so much and I know you miss yours, but we are family now ok? We will never be lonely. We have each other, we have Petra, we have a family.” Petra grabbed JR’s hand and held it tightly, offering her support.“What was she like? Your mother.”JR smiled,“She was the nicest woman ever. She took care of me all on her own, my father left when I was younger so it was always just me and her. She was so supportive of me when I came out and when I started law school. She loved Petra so much, she knew how happy she makes me. I miss her every day.”JR is crying now, really crying.Ellie moves over and sits on JR’s lap, resting her head against the woman’s chest.“I wish I could have met her. I have always wanted a grandmother.”“You would have loved her.”JR kisses the top of Ellie’s head.“What was your mommy like?”Ellie was silent for several minutes before answering,“I...can't really remember. I was so little when it happened. I just remember she always smelled like flowers and she loved to wear dresses. I forget about her sometimes. I forget I ever had a real mom.”JR hugs Ellie closer to her and Petra reaches out and wipes the tears from her face.“I am sure your mother be watching you from heaven every day. She is probably smiling hearing you talk about her now.”Ellie smiles,“I hope she is with your mom JR.”JR smiled back,“Me too sweetie. Me too.”JR sat there holding Ellie until the little girl fell asleep. JR gently laid her on the bed and quietly left the room.When they got back to their bedroom Petra placed a hand on JR’s shoulder,“Are you ok?”“Yeah. I just….can't imagine someone treating that innocent little girl like that. He killed her mother Petra. He killed her mother...he killed my mother…”JR is interrupted by a series of sobs escaping her. Her whole body shook and she collapsed onto the bed.Petra followed behind her and wrapped her up in a hug.“I know. I know. It is all my fault...I never should have left. If never left he never would have hurt us.”“It isn’t your fault babe. It was all him...he is a monster.”Petra held JR as she cried whispering reassuring words into her ear. After several minutes JR rolled over to face Petra.“We are their mothers now, and we are going to give them the life they deserve. We are going to create the life we all deserve.”Petra smiled and kissed JR on the nose,“What a beautiful life that is going to be.”

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JR wakes up to a Petra spooning her, wearing a sad face.“Babe what’s wrong?” she asked sitting up.“I had a dream, you cheated on me and now I am sad.”JR laughed,“Petra, it was just a dream. I would never cheat on you.”Petra shrugs,“I just don’t like the idea of you making anyone feel as good as you make me feel.”JR smiled and started to run her hand up Petra’s thigh.“And how do I make you feel?” JR asked, already knowing the answer.Petra grinned,“Hmm. I might need a reminder.”JR leaned in to kiss Petra, but Petra brought her finger to her lips, stopping her.“What?” JR asked“We cannot be waking up Ellie. The last thing she needs is to hear us fucking.”“Hmm. Want to take a bath? I got some new bubble bath.”Petra bit her lip and nodded her head.JR disappeared into their bathroom and soon the sound of water and the smell of lavender permeated the room.JR walked out of the bathroom completely naked. “Take off your clothes.” JR’s voice was soft and tired.Petra removed her pajamas.“Stand up.” Petra slowly got up from the bed and stood in front of JR. JR placed her hand on Petra’s legs, right under her ass and lifted her up. As soon as Petra realized what was happening she crossed her legs around JR’s toned body, allowing herself to be lifted into the air.Petra placed small kisses across JR’s face as she was carried to the bathroom.JR gently placed Petra in the bathtub and got in, placing herself behind her beautiful fiance.Petra leaned back into JR, moaning as she felt JR’s bare breast press against her back.“You are so beautiful. So, so beautiful.” JR whispered in Petra’s ear. Petra trembled at the soft sound of her fiancé's voice. She leaned her head back and clenched her teeth as JR began to swirl her tongue around Petra’s ear, worshiping every spiral. She then began placing light kisses across Petra’s shoulders and back. JR’s hands began moving up Petra’s thighs, inching closer and closer to where Petra really wanted her.“You are so perfect. I am so lucky to have you.” JR whispered in Petra’s ear as she entered her with two fingers.“God!” Petra moaned.JR chuckled,“No. Just Jane.”JR began pumping her fingers slowly in and out of Petra. Petra laid her head back on JR’s shoulder. Her eyes were closed and her lips parted.“I love you so much. So fucking much.” “I….love you….so much...too,” Petra said in between breaths.JR began to pump harder as she used her thumb to run circles around Petra’s clit.“I could watch you like this every day. I would never get tired of seeing you blissed out from being fucked by me.”“Fuck JR….oh my god.”“Don’t hold back.”Petra’s body began to shake as she came.“Fuck….JR….Oh, fuck.” JR gave Petra a few moments to compose herself before she slowly removed her fingers. She brought the fingers to her lips and licked them clean.Petra lazily turned her head and kissed JR on the lips, then the neck. JR let out a long moan.Just as Petra started to move her hand towards JR's center, they heard a knock in the door.“Mommies are you in there? When are we getting Ana?”*fuck*“Yeah sweetie we are. We will be out in one sec-”At that moment Petra decided to slip two fingers into JR.Petra smiled slyly at her fiance.“We will be out in minute sweetie. Go change clothes so you'll be ready to get sister.”Petra began to move her fingers inside of JR, using her free hand to cover her mouth.“Ok!” Ellie said. They heard her running off towards her room.“What the...fuck...Petra.” Petra just cocked her eyebrow and grinned, twisting her fingers inside of JR. JR let out a loud moan her eyes rolling back in her head “Want me to stop?” Petra asked sarcastically. JR shook her head no.“Please don't stop...fuck.”Petra placed a kiss on JR's lips before speeding up her fingers. Within minutes JR lost control. Her eyes hooded, her breath coming in short gasps. “You are so fucking sexy,” Petra whispered seductively in JR's ear.JR grinned,“You're one to talk. Look at you.”Petra kissed JR deeply. JR, of course, eventually taking over. “We have to go. We are supposed to get Ana in an hour.”Petra smiled and kissed JR one last time. “I still can't believe we are mothers.”JR smiled,“Me either babe. I'm actually really excited to meet Ana.”After JR and Petra got dressed they went downstairs, to their surprise Ellie was sitting on the couch eating cereal.“Hi mommies.” She said when she noticed them enter the room.“We could have made you something,” Petra noted.“It’s okay,” Ellie responded, her eyes focused on the TV. “I am used to making myself breakfast. My old family never cooked so if I wanted to eat I had to make myself food.”Petra looked at JR with pity in her eyes.“You are only five. You should never have to worry about not being able to eat.” JR said.“Yeah. When I was little girl my mother would never feed me, she always be saying I would get fat. I know how that feels Ellie. I am sorry you be experiencing that.”JR’s heart broke at the sadness that flashed across Petra’s face. She placed her hand on the small of her back.“I love you both and I promise neither of you will have to worry about food ever again. I am going to take care of you.”Petra kissed JR on the lips,“I love you.”“I love you too Pete.”Ellie giggle,“Pete?”Both JR and Petra laughed,“It is a nickname I gave her when we first met. She couldn’t say my name so she called me JR, I thought it would be funny to call her Pete.”Ellie smiled,“It is funny. You guys are so in love. I want to be that in love one day.”Both women smiled down at Ellie,“You will be. You just have to remember to be open-hearted and open-minded.”“Ok.”Ellie got up and hugged them,“I love you mommies.”“We love you too.”“When are we getting Ana. I miss her.”“ We can go now. Are you ready ?” JR asked.“Yeah!” Ellie jumped out of her spot and ran to the sink where she cleaned her plate.“Thank god she knows how to clean up after herself.”Petra whispered JR responds with a nod.When they leave the house Ellie is anxious to get to the car. She grabs both Petra and JR and skips to the car door.“Mommas come on! We don’t have all day. What are you? Grandmas? Pick up the pace!”Petra laughs and unlocks the car doors.JR helps Ellie get buckled in before she gets in the driver's side. “All right. Is everyone ready?”“Yeah!” Ellie shoutsPetra and JR both giggle.“Petra babe can you pull up the directions?”Petra nods and pulls up the GPS on her phone.After driving for about 20 minutes the GPS alerted them that their destination was on their left.“Mommies look! It’s Ana!” Ellie said pointing to a little girl sitting on the porch.Petra turned to JR and smiled.“Let’s go get our other daughter.”JR smiled back and got out of the car.“You Jane Ramos?” asked a tall, burly, dirty man.*ok so no manners*“Yes sir, I am Jane. This is my fiance Petra.” JR said as she motioned towards the blonde.The man looked back and forth at the women before rolling his eyes.“They told me some women were coming to get the little brat. I didn’t know you were a couple.”Petra looked nervously at JR,“Um. Yeah, we are. We are getting married soon.”The man rolled his eyes again,“I don’t give a shit about your private affairs. Ever since that court case, you gays think everyone cares that you can get married. Well, we don’t.”*fuck you*JR ignored the man and turned to Ana.“Hi Ana, my name is Jane or JR, this is Petra. We are your new moms!”Ana hesitated to look at JR. Ellie walked over to her and grabbed her hand.“Ana, they are nice. I promise. Dad lied about lesbians being evil. They are awesome!”JR and Petra both smiled and got down so they were the same height as the twins.“We are so excited for you to see your new home. Ellie seems to be enjoying it, I think you will too.”Petra nodded,“We be watching movies, and playing games. We have lots of fun.”Ana looked at Petra,“You sound funny.”Petra giggled,“Your sister said same thing. It is because I am not from here, I am from different country.”Ana tilted her head as if she was thinking,“That’s cool. What country are you from?”“The Czech Republic.”Ana smiled,“I learned about that place once in school! It is really cold there.”Petra nodded,“Yeah, it is. It is very cold.”“Can we go there sometime?” Ana askedPetra looked over at JR, wondering how to answer.“Maybe one day. It isn’t safe for us there right now. That is why Petra left.” JR responded“Why isn’t it safe?”“We can talk about that later sweetie. It is a long story.”Ana seemed disappointed“Promise you will tell me. I love stories”“Promise. Although this story isn’t very happy.’“I don’t care.”JR laughed,“Ok. I promise I will tell you the story later.”“Ok! I am ready to go now, Come on Ellie and….can I call you mommies?” Ana asked hesitantly.JR and Petra both smiled down at the little girl,“Of course,” JR said and Petra agreed.They all returned to the car and began to drive back towards the house.“Shit!” JR suddenly shouted. “Sorry I didn’t mean to curse, but Petra, we have wedding rehearsal in 30 minutes! I completely forgot.”Petra silently swore,“Can we still make it?”JR looked at her phone,“The venue is 20 minutes away if I speed we can probably just make it in time.”“Well start speeding!” Petra shouted.“What is a wedding rehearsal?” Ana asked“It is where we practice for our wedding, so we don’t be making mistakes,” Petra responded“Oh ok. Are we going to a church?” “No. We are getting married in an old building. It is vintage and really cute, my mom got married there.” JR responded.Ana looked at her confusedly“Don’t people get married in churches? Why aren’t you getting married in a church?”“Well...most churches don’t approve of us getting married. They won’t let us get married in their churches.” JR responded, hoping Ana understood.“Because you're gay?” Ellie asked before Ana could speak up.“Yeah. They don’t like us getting married because we are gay.”“Well, that is stupid,” Ellie said, and Ana nodded in agreement.“Yeah, that is bullshit!” Ana shouted.JR and Petra both tried to stifle their laughter. “Yeah Ana, it is bullshit,” JR replied.JR pulled the car into the parking lot of the wedding venue and turned to the twins.“Ok girls, you need to behave ok? If you’re good we will get you ice cream and….you can be the flower girls.”Both girls jumped up,“With sprinkles?” Ana asks“We can have dresses?” Ellie shouted.“Yes and yes. But only if you behave.”“Promise.” the twins said.They enter the rehearsal with minutes to spare. As they walk through it JR holds back her tears. She had never thought she would be 24 with 2 kids and a wife.

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JR and Petra rushed out of the car with Ellie and Ana not far behind. Their breaths were heavy like weights and anxiety started to sink in. They ran into the building with a minute to spare. Once they are in the entrance they smile and exhale a long-held breath. “Mommies we are hungry!” Ellie blurted with her hand on her stomach.“Not now girls. Remember if you be good you get ice cream after.” JR spoke quickly, trying to compose herself.“Ok!” both girls said simultaneously.“Hello! Ramos?” a small, raven-haired woman asked.“Hi, yes I am Jane Ramos. This is my fiance Petra and our daughters, Ellie and Ana.”“Nice to meet you all. My name is Allie and I am the officiant for your wedding. Well, I am unless you have someone else in mind.”JR looked over at Petra, who shrugged.“Nope. We don’t really know that many people.” JR awkwardly smiled. “But it’s not like we don’t know people. I mean we know so many people.” JR let out a smirk and raised her eyebrows. Petra patted her on the back and scrunched her lips together. “Babe. Stop talking.” “Got it.”Allie laughed and started walking towards the front of the room, motioning for JR and Petra to follow her.“Girls stay here. We will be back in a minute ok?” Petra asked the twins.Both nodded their heads in agreement.Allie turned to face the two women,“Ok! Will you both be walking down the aisle or will one of you wait up here?”“Petra is walking down the aisle,” JR answered“Wonderful! Who will be giving her away? Her father?”A look of pain and sadness flashed across Petra’s face.“I don’t know my father. I have no one giving me away.”“Oh, I am sorry for assuming you would. Ok, do you have flower girls? Maids of honor?”“Ana and Ellie are the flower girls. No maids of honor.” JR gives an awkward grin.*we know people. We are soooo cool. I should get a sticker.*“Noted. What about vows?” Petra and JR smiled at each other,“We wrote our own vows,” JR replied, still smiling.“How sweet! Ok, JR you will be standing right here.” Allie says as she positions JR on the right of the stage. “And Petra you will enter from the doors you came in, walk up the aisle and stand on the left of JR.”“Ok.” both women said.“I will say my part, you will read your vows, and then you will kiss your bride.”“Sounds perfect,” JR answered.“Yeah, especially the last part,” Petra added. JR bit her bottom lip and winked. They heard whispers from the girls who were giggling, all three women laughed.“Ok well, that is all you really need to know. The front two rows will be reserved for family and close friends. The rest of the seating is up for grabs. The place will be fully decorated before guests arrive. The dressing rooms are on either side here.” Allie says pointing to two white doors. “Would you like to run through it a couple times?””Yes!” Petra said with a smile. She grabs the girls by the hands and goes in the doorway. JR positions herself and squeals with excitement.“Don.. don don don!” Ellie and Ana sing as they walk down the aisle. The smell of candles roamed the room and the light breeze made the hot weather somewhat bearable. “Wait who will hold the flowers?” Ellie asks.“Shit,” JR whispers under her breath. “I don’t know. Does one of you want to be the ring bearer?”“What’s that?” The twins ask.“Is that where they dress in bear costumes and give the rings!?” Petra yells from behind the doors.JR starts to tear up,“I’m marrying an idiot.” She starts to laugh and pinches herself to stop but it doesn’t work. Allie looks at the JR, then the twins, who are giving the exact same face as her. Confused and amused. “PETE! Come out here!” JR yells trying to hold back her laughter.Petra runs in with panic. “What? What’s going on? Is someone hurt? Why are we not rehearsing? When do I come out of the doors?”JR laughs and needs to hold her knees to keep standing upright,“See/ I’m marrying a dumbass.”“Hey! I’m not dumb! And you love my ass.” Petra says defensively.“Petra! The kids!” “Sorry, not sorry!” She sticks out her tongue and turns around walking towards the doors. “Ramos wedding take two!” When she goes behind the doors she yells “and…action!”After they practiced a couple times they jumped in the car and drove to the ice cream shop. They leave the car to order and Ellie and Ana race to the window. “I want to twist with sprinkles please!” Ellie exclaimed. Ana jumps up and says “and I want Superman double scoop!”They sit down at the table near the window eager for their cold snack. JR and Petra stand out the window and stare at each other. It is silent until the man comes back to the window with two ice creams.“Superman and twist with sprinkles coming up!” He states with a grin. He hands them to Ellie and Ana who are jumping with joy. Petra and JR take a seat at the table.“So girls what do you want to do tonight?” JR asks nervously.“I want to show her my room!” Ellie says. “Okay. And Ana what would you like to do?” “I wanna know a few things.” Ana licks her ice cream and carves shapes out of it with her tongue.“Yes?”Ana turns to Petra,“What happened to your shoulder?”Petra and JR look down at the shoulder with a scar from the bullet wound.“Well….” Petra exhales nervously. “I was shot in the Czech Republic.”“Oh my god!” Ana shouted. Ellie’s face lit up with joy. “Were you in like the Berlin Wall war and you got shot trying to save people’s lives?”“No! How old do you think I am?” Petra snapped. Ellie and Ana flinch back with fright.“Petra!” JR grips her hand. “What’s wrong with you.”“I’m sorry… I can not… I can’t talk about this.”She pulls away from JR’s grip and stands up. She walks away. From behind she saw Petra put her hands on her face.*why is she crying?*“I’m sorry girls.” She grabs them both by the hands. “She was shot because she’s gay by a very scary man who was threatening her. I guess she’s still a little sensitive about it. She didn’t mean to yell.”The girl's nod and Ana starts to cry.“What’s wrong?” JR runs her fingers through Anas silky blonde hair.“It's my fault. I’m so fucking stupid!” Ana hits her head on the table, alarming the people around her and Petra from afar. “Ana stop!” JR yells.“No, I’m stupid! Stupid! Stupid!” She starts to hit her head harder. A wave of panic starts to crash down onto Jane. She is stuck in shock for a few more seconds until she goes into mom-mode. “Ana!” JR runs behind Ana and picks her up. “Let me down!” Ana screams as she violently kicks her legs.Petras' eyes widen. She wipes her tears and runs to JR. she grabs Anas' legs and tries to talk her down.“Ana! You're okay it’s not your fault! Calm down.” Though she found the words calming, Ana still struggled to lose their grip. She twisted and turned until she did, falling back. Luckily Petra was there to catch her. She held Ana close and whispered in her ear.“It is not your fault. You did nothing wrong, I promise. I just have a hard time talking about it because it was a very scary time.”Ana started to cry. “I always mess everything up! I made you cry. You guys barely had me for an hour. You should get rid of me!” She hiccups for air that seemed to thick for her lungs. She hung her head low and let herself sob.“Ana, nothing you can do will make us get rid of you! You are our daughter. Do you understand? My daughter. Jane's daughter. You are ours.” Her voice was raspy and she struggled to hold back her tears, but she did to remain strong for Ana. She gave a soft smile and pulled Ana in for a hug. Ana grasped back as if she were hanging on for her life.“I won’t let anyone hurt you again. You should be able to love who you want without being afraid of being hurt.”JR walked over and placed her hand on Ana’s back, rubbing it to calm her down.“Are you both ok?” JR asked.“I am fine. Sorry I got mad.”“It is fine babe. Ana?”“I am ok. Am I in trouble? Are you going to lock me in the basement?”“What? NO! And we would never do that to you.” JR said, looking at Petra worriedly.“Oh ok.”Petra lifted Ana up so she was looking at her in the eyes.“Ana, did your other parents do that to you?”“Only when I was bad.”“And that isn’t ok.”“they only did it when I did something wrong. Like if I forgot to wash my hands or if I was being too loud while they watched TV.”“Ana honey, it doesn’t matter what you did, you didn’t deserve that. Okay?”“Ok. I love you.”Petra kisses Ana on the forehead and JR smiles down at her.“And we love you, Ana, and Ellie, too,” JR said looking over to Ellie, she simply smiled. Warmly, as if she was saying “I love you too.”JR and Petra got the girls in the car and JR drove them home. By the time they got home, both girls were asleep soundly in the back of the car. JR carried them both onto Ellie’s bed. “Ana really bruised her head,” JR said looking down at Ana.JR pushes Petras hair to the side, out of the way of her neck and places soft kisses,“You know… the girls are asleep and it’s been a little while since you have been in control.” “Not right now jane.” Petra pulls away and sits on the bed. She sits for a few minutes, in a trance with her own mind. She stared blankly at the ground and JR began to talk.“Petra what’s wrong?”Petra didn’t answer JR, as if she didn’t hear.“Petra?”No answer.JR walked over and laid her hands on her shoulders.“Babe, what’s wrong?”Petra jumped“Ó můj bože!” she shouted“Petra what is it?”“Nothing, you just scared me. Sorry.”“I was talking to you.”“What? No, you weren’t.”“Yeah Petra, I was. Are you ok?”Petra again didn’t answer. She walked into their room and shut the door. JR felt hurt by the fact that she wouldn’t talk to her. She walked into the room to see what was wrong. What she saw was Petra sitting on the side of the bed with her back towards JR.“Petra?”“Hmm?” she responded quietly.“What is going on?”Petra didn’t answer and JR noticed her shoulders were shaking, Petra was crying. JR walked over and put her arms around Petra.“Petra, baby what’s wrong? Are you ok?”JR noticed Petra was holding a ripped photo of a man in her hand. He had a thick beard and was very tall. In his arms was from what she could tell, a baby. “Petra who is that?”“This is my father. That’s me as a baby.” Petra looked up smiling but with flooding her eyes. “It is the only photo I have. I never knew him, he got stuck behind wall… he died before we could be reunited. That is why I got so upset when Ana brought it up today. The wall took my father from me and left me with my awful mother. I was left alone. I was….all alone.”JR hugged Petra close to her and planted small kisses across her face, wiping the tears from her eyes.“I am so sorry babe, I didn’t realize. But you know you're not alone anymore. You have me. You have our family.”Petra looked at JR, sadness shined through her eyes. She looked up to avoid the tears falling down,“And then when the lady, Allie, be asking who will be giving me away. I always imagined my father doing that, but he is not here. I never got to do the father-daughter stuff with him….I never will.” Petra looked down and grabbed JR’s hand. She decided to let her tears fall ask she spoke. “JR, what if something happens to us? What if Ellie and Ana dont…W-What if we die? I don’t want to break their hearts like mine is broken. I don’t want them to have to go into a foster home where they get locked in a basement for talking.” JR holds Petra in her arms. She kisses the top of her head and smiles.“That won’t happen. You are safe here in America. No one will hurt you. Also… I do have someone in mind who can give you away at the wedding.”Petra looked up,“Who?”

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“JR I love you but that’s a hard pass.” Petra huffed.“No! It will be fun! Just imagine Alba and Xo walking you down the aisle!”“That sounds terrible. Alba literally hates us!”“No, she hated that we had sex before marriage… but now we are getting married!”“We also had a threesome with her granddaughter.”“Oh yeah, that was bad.” JR giggles and kissed Petras' lips. “Didn’t Jane like have a miscarriage?”“No… or yes I don’t know we never called her back.”"You haven't called her but you want her to come to our wedding?"Petra glances at JR, her eyes gleam with dread. She pulls the light brown covers up to her face and lets out a sigh, "I just wish I could get a break from life. I just want to relax." She lets her tightened muscles relax as she falls back onto the bed. Jane lays next to her and massages her arm. She pushes the silk sheets that are creating a space between them out of the way and embraces petra. They turn to face each other and JR smiles,"What can I do to make it better?" A small grin widens across Petras' face. It soon turns desperate. She hungrily mutters, "Kiss me." under her breath. JR nodded and grasped Petras' leg and held it up as she struck their lips together. Momentarily she comes to a stop as she tastes a salty tear. Petras breath was rash as tears billowed to her eyes. "What's wrong?" "JR there is nothing wrong. I just... I love you so much. I can't believe I have you and... just kiss me again, please."JR nodded and sucked in her breath before striking Petra once more. Petras' lips fought back aggressively, she tasted JR with her tongue, in return, JR lets out a low moan. As JR came back with more force, Petra attempts to soothe her racing heart but it was useless. Her hands slowly move up the brunette's hips. It feels as if steam has filled the room, their breaths are heavy and they begin to sweat. JR trailed her fingers to Petras lacey underwear and slowly pulls it off. Petra arches her back as JRs fingers headily enter her. She claws JR's shoulders as she frantically pulls off her shirt. "Oh god," Rasps Petra as JR quickens her pace. She kept a consistent whimper as JR moved her lips away from Petras and down to her clit. Around it, JR ran circles with her tongue. The blonde hooked her leg around JR and grasped the oily sheets. Her head shot back and she released a loud moan. JR quickly placed a finger from her free hand against her soft lips, urging her to quiet down. Petra began to feel more pressure as JR continued to massage her tongue with her clit. Petra bit her lip and looked down to JR who was gleaming in a coat of sweat. JR looked up, making eye contact. Petra started to lose her rhythm as climax approaches. Her body uncontrollably shakes with pleasure, pleading JR for more. She grabs JRs hair as she releases, pulling it while her body tremors. minutes later JR tells Petra to flip over. She does as told and is met with the lust of deep pressure given by JR against her shoulders. As JR begins to rub her elbows into her back they hear a light voice coming from nearby."In the movies that daddy showed it was a lot more active.""Ellie what the fuck!?" JR yells as she turns around. Quickly, JR covers them both in a blanket. "How long have you been there?" She mutters breathlessly. A look of anger and surprise flash across their faces."When you hushed her because she was being too loud. Good call, you almost woke up Ana."“Why did you just stand there?”Ellie just shrugged,“I wanted to see what the big fuss was. All that screaming, it had to be something.”JR and Petra both were at a loss for words.“Aren’t you guys supposed to scissor or something?”“Fuck Ellie. Please go back to your room.” Petra said, sounding harsher than she intended.Ellie remained standing in the doorway,“I just wanted to learn. In case I wanted to be a lesbian one day.”JR smiled at her.“We can talk in a second Ellie, ok? Please go to the living room and we will be out there in a second.”Ellie nodded and left, closing the door behind her.Petra turned to JR.“Babe, we really need to start locking that door.”JR laughed,“Yeah, babe we do. Well, this is going to be an interesting conversation.”Petra covered her face with her hands. JR noticed how adorable this action was, a small smile forming on her lips.JR and Petra get out of bed and get dressed. When they walk out of their room they notice Ellie sitting patiently on the couch. “I’m sorry. Are you mad?”“Yes.” They both answered. “But why? I don’t understand I didn’t Interrupt you.”“It was completely inappropriate Ellie,” JR answered. She motioned for Petra to give her input. Petra walked over to Ellie and sat beside her, placing her hand on her shoulder.“I get that you’ll curious,” she takes a deep breath then continues, “Ellie you will have time to explore. Not any time soon but when you're older. You're too young to worry about this stuff now. You can’t watch us have sex. That is completely inappropriate. You can never do that again, do you understand me?” Ellie nods and turns to face JR,“I’m sorry mom.” Then she turned back to Petra, “I’m sorry mamma.” *oh my god.‘Mom’ and ‘Mamma’? That’s so fucking cute.*“It’s okay sweetie, what do you want for breakfast in the morning?” JR smirks as she points to the toaster, “waffles?”“What are waffles?” “Oh my god. She has never had waffles.” JR turns to Petra in disbelief.“I haven’t either.”“Jesus Christ! I am making you both waffles in the morning. Now you missy should go to bed!” She boops Ellie’s nose and picks her up. She takes the dark hallways and Petra trails behind. As she enters the room Ana snores lightly. JR sets Ellie down next to Ana and tucks her in.“Goodnight snuggle bug.” She whispers with a light kiss placed on top of Ellie’s head, then Ana's. She closed the door, taking a few more moments to admire her beautiful daughters, before closing it.JR walked over to Petra and put her arms around her waist. “Well, that was significantly less awkward than I thought it would be.” Petra nodded in agreement.“We do need to make sure to be locking door from now on though.”“Agreed.”JR placed a light kiss on Petra's forehead. “I can't believe you've never had waffles.”“I can't believe you only gave me one orgasm today.”JR Put her hand over her mouth and inhaled deeply, pretended to be shocked, “Well that wasn't really my fault now was it?“No, I guess not.” Petra frowned and sat on the bed. She lightly blew the hair out of her eyes with a puff air. Her frown hung and her puppy dog eyes begged at JR.The brunette bit her bottom lip and made her way to the door. She closed the door behind her and made sure to lock it. She turns around and walks over to Petra, swaying her hips and pulling off her shirt. A look of excitement ran across the blondes face.JR runs her fingers through Petras soft hair and pushes her back onto the bed, placing soft kisses down her neck. JRs torso was in between Petra's legs and her hands were guiding Petras face to her lips. Petra hesitated, building up the tension between them before she shot back at JR, Her soft lips interlocked with the brunettes and they switch positions. With Petra now on top she removed her shirt and then unclasped her bra. JR slid her body down so that her lips met with Petras vagina. Petra's eyes were shut tight, her lips parted, her chest was heaving, and her body was covered in a thin sheet of sweat. The only sounds in the room were their labored breaths and the sound of JR's mouth massaging Petras clit.It wasn't long until Petras entire body seized and she let out a long moan. Her hands gripping JR's hair almost painfully. JR planted kisses across her face until she came down from her climax. JR's breath hitched and Petra took the opportunity to roll off to the side. Their eyes met and they came to a mutual agreement that it was not Petras turn to be in control.JR swallowed, her whole body shook. She wiped the sweaty hair off of her face. As Petra got into position she licked her fingers and didn’t hesitate to circle around JRs vagina. She felt JR's body tense, JR’s breathing began to quicken. She grabbed Petras hand and forced it onto her clit. JR then shot her head back with a gasp of air. As Petra continued to add pressure to her clit she moved down the rest of JR’s body with her tongue. Petra leaned in and slowly swiped her tongue up the length of JR's vagina.“Jesus..christ,” JR yelled out. Petra made eye contact with her as she continued this action. Eventually, she took JR's clit into her mouth. JR was moving her hips, grinding against Petra's face. “Damn babe.” JR’s voice was raspy. She grabbed the sheets as she came, holding back her moans to not wake up the girls. Petra removed herself from in between JR’s legs and leaned up and kissed her, when she pulled back she looked into JR’s eyes,“You are so hot.” Petra plopped next to JR and went underneath the covers. JR lightly scratched Petras head until they both fell asleep.THE NEXT DAYPetra and JR wake up toppled on each other. JR unravels herself from Petra and smiles. “Good morning sunshine.”“Good morning,” Petra whispers back as she yawns, stretching herself out. She looks to the window that has beams of light shining through the curtains. JR pushes the blanket off of them both and walks into the bathroom. “Jane?” “Yes, Petra?” JR responds, putting a toothbrush in her mouth.“Let’s call Jane right now! We are getting married tomorrow and I want to give them time to prepare. You know Jane haha always liking to prepare.” Petra fiddled with the sheets and bounced in place.“Yeah, sure babe.” JR finally answers after spitting out her toothpaste. “Let’s call her right now.”JR joins Petra on the bed and starts punching in Janes number. “Hey JR!” JV says enthusiastically into the phone.“Hey, Jane. So, um….are you busy tomorrow evening?”JV didn’t answer for several minutes and JR could picture her checking her schedule.“Um..No I am free. Why?”“Well, Petra and I are getting Married tomorrow and we were hoping you would come? Your mom and Alba too of course.”JV let out a squeal that pained JR’s ears.“Oh my god JR! Of course, I will be there.”JR breathed a sigh of relief.“Good. If not it would just be Me and Petra and the twins.”JR could hear JV trying to stifle a cry.“JR, my family will be the only people at your wedding?”“Umm..yes. I don’t have any family and neither does Petra. We don’t really have friends either.”JR could hear JV full on crying now.“That is so sad JR. Who is going to be your bridesmaids?”“We won’t have any.”*wow this is depressing*“Oh yes, you will!” JV said matter of factly.“Jane?”“I have to go JR. I will see you tomorrow.”Before JR could say anything JV hung up the phone.JR covered her face and groaned, tossing her phone on the mattress.“What is it, babe?” Petra asked, reaching out to hold JR’s hand.“Jane pointed out the fact that we have no one coming to our wedding, she cried Petra! She feels so sorry for us. She pities us.”“Is that bad thing?”JR sat up and turned to face Petra.“Uh Yeah! We don’t want her feeling sorry for us. You know her, she is going to try to ‘fix’ this.”“How?”“I don’t know. She will probably invite everyone she knows so that the venue doesn’t seem so empty.”“And that is bad?”“Yes! We don’t want people at our wedding that we don’t know. They will be there just because they feel sorry for us because we don’t have any family.”Petra looked hurt by that. She looked away from JR, trying to hide the fact that those words pained her.JR noticed and moved closer to her, placing her hand on the blonde’s thigh.“Petra?”“Why you always being saying we don’t have family? We do. Me, you, Ellie, and Ana. That is family. I know it isn’t big and it isn’t perfect but it is still family. I am sorry if that isn’t good enough for you.” Petra had tears falling down her cheeks as she finished.JR felt her heartbreak.“Petra, I didn’t mean-”“You be saying it all the time. Even if you don’t mean it, there has to be some truth to it. You don’t see us as family.”Now JR was crying.“Petra no. I love you and the girls, more than anything.”Petra looked away, taking several seconds to answer.“I know that JR. But is that enough? Is love enough? What about the way you see us if you don’t see us as family what do you see us as?”JR tries to keep herself from completely falling apart.Petra stands up and heads for the door.“Petra! Where are you going?”“I need time to think. I need to be alone JR, and so do you. If we be getting married tomorrow, you need to figure out what your idea of family is, because where I am standing, our family is perfect.”Petra left before JR could respond. JR was frozen, she couldn’t breathe.*if*

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JR lays in bed, not having slept at all. Every time she closed her eyes the scene from yesterday played over and over again. She had hurt Petra, she made her feel unloved. That killed JR. Thinking that she made the woman she loves more than anything, feel unloved. It was a type of guilt JR had never previously felt.“Mommy! We are hungry!” She hears Ana shout.JR takes a moment to calm herself before opening her door.“Good morning girls! I recall promising you guys waffles.” JR smiled at the twins as she walked towards the kitchen.“Where is mama?” Ellie asked.“Um, she isn’t here right now. Why?”“We heard you guys fighting and then she left. Are you guys gonna break up? Are you going to give us back?” Ellie asked, her anxiety evident in her voice.JR got on her knees so that she was face to face with Ellie.“Never. We are your family now. Yes, we did get into a fight but everything will be ok. I promise.”Ellie smiled and hugged JR, Ana joined in. “I love you girls so much.”“We love you too mommy.”**After breakfast JR got in the shower, hoping that Petra would be back after she got out. When she realized she wasn’t JR began to worry. *what if I really did mess this up*JR really wanted to talk to someone but the only person she had was currently MIA.*I guess I could go see JV*“Hey girls, go get dressed we are going to go see my friend Jane.”“Is that the bulldozer you always talk about? I didn’t think you liked her.” Ellie asked“I do too like her. Do not call her a bulldozer to her face please Ellie, you either Ana.”Both girls nodded in agreement.JR got the girls dressed and loaded into the car. When JR pulled into JV’s driveway she noticed Jane’s car was not there. *maybe her mom took it*JR got the twins out and knocked on the door.A few moments passed before the door opened.“JR?” Alba asked.*oh god*“Hi Alba, is Jane here?”“No, ella pronto estará en casa. ¿Estás bien?”“Uh..yeah...everything is ok. These are my daughters Ellie and Ana” JR said.“¿JR you gave daughters?”JR fought back tears. Alba, however, noticed and opened the door to welcome them in.Alba gave a confused look on her face before opening the door all of the way, “Would you like to come in and watch TV girls?” she asked the twins.The girls nodded and went to sit on the couch.“What’s wrong JR?” “I really hurt Petra….I -” JR is interrupted by a quiet sob escaping her body.Alba reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder, calming her.“What happened?”“I kept saying how no one will be at our wedding because we don’t have a family and she got upset. She thinks I don’t consider Her and the twins as my family.”“Do you?”“Of course I do.”“Entonces, Why does she think otherwise?”JR thought for a second before answering,“She said I never refer to them as my family, and that I always talk about not having any family.”JR wiped her eyes, slightly embarrassed to be troubling Alba with her problems. Especially, considering what happened last time they interacted. “I don’t know why I wasn’t thinking clearly. I honestly didn’t even realize I hurt her..” JR is crying again. “Yeah. Ever since my mom died...I just..I don’t know.”“Were you close with your mother?”JR nodded,“She was all I had. My dad left when I was young, it was always just me and her. She was my everything.”“You are afraid to start something new without her.” It wasn’t a question, JR knew that. Alba had figured her out in a matter of minutes.“I...just feel so guilty. Being happy, making memories. Memories she will never get to be a part of.”Alba hugs JR, comforting her.“Mi Amor, you can’t stop your happiness and you can not stop loving. If you do what’s the point in living?”JR stifles another sob,“I know that. I just...am so afraid Alba.”“Of what?”“Getting too comfortable with being happy, feeling this way. So in love and at peace with my life. It is terrifying.”“Just because you are in love, doesn’t mean something bad will happen.?”JR nodded and wiped her eyes.“I just feel like every time things start going good for me, something bad happens. I met Petra, she gets shot. I bring her back here to start a life, my mom dies. The other shoe always drops.”“JR, what you and Petra have is special. Don’t let fear get in the way of your love.“I am afraid I already have. Petra hasn’t been home since our fight. We are supposed to be getting married tomorrow.”“You haven’t”JR turns around and sees Petra standing in the kitchen. She had obviously been crying.“I’m going to let the two of you talk. ". Alba stood up and walked out of the living room, leaving JR and Petra.“How much of that did you hear?”Petra walked over and sat next to JR.“All of it. Jane why did you not tell me how you felt. You scared me.”“I know. I’m sorry. I just...I honestly didn’t even realize any of this until I started talking to Alba.”“I am sorry for running off.”“Don’t be. I hurt you. I let my fear get in the way of my happiness and I am so sorry Petra. I love you, and the twins more than anything in the world. I was stupid not to realize it, but I do now. I realize that I have everything I need Petra. I have you, Ellie, and Ana. That is my family, and it is perfect.”Petra moved closer to JR, grabbing her hands.“I can’t wait to marry you tomorrow.” Petra leaned in and kissed JR.“I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you.”“I love you too. Let’s go home, Jane.”“I am going to go tell Alba we are leaving, will you get the girls ready?”Petra nodded and kissed JR before going to get the twins.JR began walking towards Alba’s room.“Alba?’“I am in my room, come in.”“I was just going to tell you that we are leaving. And..thank you.”“Of course JR. I owe you an apology.”JR looked at Alba confusedly. “For?”“The way I treated you and Petra when Jane was in the hospital. I was rude and judgmental, and I am sorry.”“Don’t be, I understand where you were coming from. We took advantage of your kindness and we were very disrespectful.”Alba shook her head.“You are grown women, you can do whatever you want. Yes, doing it in my living room was not the smartest idea, but I overreacted.”“You remind me of my mom.”Alba smiled and walked closer to JR.“She would be so proud of you.”JR hugged Alba, shocking both of them. JR was not the hugging type.“Thanks again, Alba.”Alba smiled,“I will see you tomorrow, at your wedding.”JR smiled and nodded, waving goodbye as she walked out of the room.When walked out of the house her heart almost burst. Petra was singing with the twins in the car, they were giggling and singing at the top of their lungs. JR had never felt so full of love, she had never felt such an overwhelming feeling of happiness, and for the first time in a long time, that didn’t scare her.

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JR wakes up to the sound of Petras electric toothbrush. Usually, that annoyed her, but today she embraced it. Today she embraced everything. She was convinced nothing could ruin this day, After all, it is her wedding day. She sat up and took a deep breath,“PETRA! ARE YOU READY TO BECOME MY WIFE?” JR yelled. “YES, VERY MUCH SO!” Petra replied with a yell just as loud. She opens the bathroom door with her free hand and continues rushing with the other. JR was topless and was putting her hair in a bun. Petra looked her up and down hungrily before turning away.“No sex before the wedding it’s bad luck!” The blonde begins to put her hair in curlers.“Says who?” “Says logic.” She turned to face JR in hopes she would not give in. “It’s what my mother told me and it’s what we will teach Ellie and Ana.” JR groaned and put on a white tee-shirt. It had a rainbow box and under it, that stated: “kiss whoever the fuck you want.”JR went to knock on the twins' door but heard the TV in the living room. With a confused look, she heads downstairs and smiles.“What brings you two up so early?” She asks the twins who are eating toast on the couch.“Your wedding day. Duh.” Ellie responds as she shoves more toast in her mouth. “Well, we have to get you girls ready!” JR jumped up and down with excitement. “Your dresses are so pretty! I will get them out right now!”Ellie squealed with excitement. Ana, on the other hand, looked disappointed.“What’s wrong?” JR asked.“I just… dresses make me feel… I don't know weird. I like to wear those suits that guys wear. It makes me feel more comfortable.” Ana choked on her words and looked over at Ellie who was rolling her eyes.“Ana, not this again, you're a girl you don’t have to wear boy clothes” Ellie looked over at JR and whispered, “she did this at the last wedding too.” Ana bit her bottom lip and nodded her head. “Your right I guess. Let me see the dress.”“No no no wait a minute.” JR interrupted, “you don’t have to wear a dress if you don’t want to! I'm not wearing one.” She smirked, “you can wear a tux that matches mine!” A smile grew on Ana’s face and she tightly wrapped her arms around JR. JR returned the hug and then pulled her phone out of her pocket. “I’m going to ask Jane to pick up the tux, okay?”“Okay,” Ana replied.She picked up the phone and dialed Janes number. Jane's voice was raspy as it was clear that JR woke her up.“Hello?” Jane asked.“Hi! Jane! Um.. can you pick up a tux for Ana? She wants to match me at the wedding.”“JR it is 6 am can’t I do it later?”“No jane! You have to get ready too! The wedding is in 12 hours. You have to prep your Abeula and mom and oh! Did you pick up the cake yesterday? Shit.”“Yes JR I got it. Okay, I will go pick up the tux! Just send me her size information.” Jane sounded exhausted. *Maybe I’m working her over to hard… hmmm. Welp, I don't care it’s my wedding day.*“Okay well, I will leave you to it!” As JR hung up she saw Petra walking down the stairs with a bright smile that lit the room. She stood up with her arms out inviting Petra in for a hug. Instead, Petra started to charge towards her and jumped into her arms. JR barely caught Petra in time. She used all of her strength to hold Petra off of the ground.“Petra.. you’re way heavier than I remember.” “That’s because you never actually carried me JR. The dildo was doing most of the work last time.”“PETRA!” JR blurred, and following were the girls who yelled “Ewe!”“Oh sorry. I forgot.” Petra got down from JR and her face turned bright pink.JR began to laugh uncontrollably. “Aw Petra you’re blushing,” she says as she kisses Petra’s bright pink cheeks.Petra just looks at her and rolls her eyes.Ana runs over and looks up to Petra,“I get to wear a tux at the wedding!”Petra looks confused,“But we got you a dress. One that matched your sisters.”“I know but I don’t feel comfortable wearing dresses.”Petra smiled down at her before bending down to pick her up.“Then, of course, you are wearing a tux. You will look amazing!”Ana giggled and hugged Petra’s neck. Petra turned to Ellie,“Ellie are you okay to wear a dress?”Ellie nodded,“Yes, mama. I love dresses.”Petra smiled.“And I love you. All of you.”JR places her hand on the small of Petra’s back and leans in and kisses her on the forehead.“We love you too.”JR held eye contact with Petra for several seconds, admiring the blue eyes she loved so much. Thrilled at the fact that those would be the eyes she would be looking into for the rest of her life. “I love you Petra.” JR whispers, barely audible.“I love you too,” Petra says with a smile.Ellie gets off the couch and walks over to them.“Wow! You both really love each other huh?” she says looking up at the two women.They both looked down at her confused.“Yeah, we do. Why do you ask.?” JR asks looking down at the little girl.Ellie shrugs.“I have never seen to people actually love each other before. It is kind of beautiful.”Petra smiles and looks back at JR to see her staring at her.“Yeah, it really is.” The moment was interrupted by JR’s phone ringing. It was Jane.“Hey Jane, everything good?”“JR…”JR can tell by Jane’s voice that she is crying.“Jane, what is it?”“My mom...she.” Jane is unable to finish her sentence because she has started sobbing.JR’s heart drops,“Jane, what happened to Xo? Where are you?”“The hospital.”“We are on our way.”JR clicks off the phone and turns to Petra.“Something happened with Xo, I am going to the hospital to check on Jane. Stay with the girls.”Before Petra can protest JR is out the door and running to her car. Sure, she and Xo had not always been on the greatest of terms but she still cared about her. JR’s heart is pounding as she pulls into the hospital parking lot, picking up her phone to call Jane.“Jane I am here what room are you in?”“167” Jane says, her voice hoarse from crying.JR ends the call and makes her way to the room. When she enters she can tell something serious has happened. Jane, Alba, and Rogelio are all standing around a hospital bed containing a pale and sleeping Xiomara. JR walked up and placed her hand on Jane’s shoulder. Jane turns to her and hugs her, trying her hardest not to start crying again.“What is going on?”Jane looks up at JR and the look on her face breaks JR’s heart. She looks scared, confused, and helpless.“Cancer,” Jane mutters.JR can feel the color leave her face. It takes all of her strength to remain standing. She grabs Jane and pulls her into a hug.“Jane I am so sorry.” She holds Jane as she begins to cry again. JR has not always been a very affectionate type but she knows this is what Jane needs. Someone to cry on, and as her friend, that is what she will be. As JR holds Jane she turns to look at Alba, who has also been crying.“Where is it? The cancer?”“Her breast. It doesn’t look good.”JR can feel tears forming in her eyes. She hated feeling so helpless.“What can I do?”Alba just shook her head.“There is nothing any of us can do, except pray.”JR has never really considered herself the religious type but that doesn’t stop her from closing her eyes and begging God to help Xo. She doesn’t know how much time has passed, but she is pulled from her prayer by the vibrating of her phone. “Hey Petra, sorry I forgot to call you when I got here.”“What is going on?” JR relays all the information she has been given to Petra. She can hear Petra stop breathing as soon as the word cancer leaves her mouth.“I am sorry but I don’t think the wedding isn't going to happen today.”Jane jumps up as she says this,“JR, your wedding. Oh my god, I completely forgot. You’re supposed to be getting married later!”JR just smiles at Jane.“Petra, call the venue and cancel for today, tell them we will reschedule once things get figured out. I will be home soon.”JR’s heart is now breaking for two reasons. She was so excited to finally marry Petra but she knew that the majority of her family was here in this hospital room and there was no way she was getting married without them.JR was startled when she felt a cold hand on her arm, she turned to find Jane looking at her.“JR you just canceled your wedding.”JR nodded her head.“Xo...you guys...being here with you during this...it is more important. Petra agrees.”Jane smiles as much as she can manage and hugs JR.“That means a lot. But I know you must be upset.”JR wipes a tear from her eye.“Yeah but the wedding can happen anytime. We need...want, to be here with you.”Jane smiles at her before walking around her to leave the room“I am going to get something from the vending machine,” she says as she exits the room.She returns a few minutes later empty handed but smiling. JR looks at her,“What?”“Nothing. Just...feeling a little better.”JR smiled back at her.“I really should be getting home, I need to cancel the cake and other things before it is too late.”Jane looks at JR,“Please, stay a little longer. I like having you here. It...relaxes me.”JR knows she can’t say no so she sits down next to Jane and puts a reassuring hand on her shoulder. They sat like this for close to an hour before Jane looked at her phone and jumped up.“Sorry I gotta take this.” she gave both Rogelio and Alba a strange look before disappearing into the hallway.“Keep an eye on her okay?” Alba asks before she and Rogelio follow Jane out the door.Xiomara who was now awake smiled and winked at JR.*What is going on*After several minutes Alba returned to the room carrying a small box but didn’t say anything to JR or Xo. Shortly after Rogelio returned followed by Jane who was now holding a small stack of papers.*what the hell is happening*“Stand up,” Jane told JR.JR was confused but stood up anyway, and that is when she saw her. Petra. Dressed in her wedding dress. JR struggles to breathe, to think, to do anything. The sight of Petra has left her completely helpless. Tears fill her eyes and she makes no effort to stop them.Jane walks over to her.“I thought since the majority of your family was here that we would just have the wedding here. I can marry you, I married my ma and dad.”JR was unable to speak so she just smiled and hugged Jane as hard as she could.Suddenly, wedding music started playing from an unseen source. Someone’s phone JR guessed. Ellie and Ana made their way into the now cramped room, dressed in their dress and tux respectively. They took their spots beside JR as the bridal march began to play. JR was frozen in place as she watched the love of her life walk into the room and take her place beside her. Petra smile,“You're surprised?”JR could only nod her head as tears flowed down her cheeks. She grabbed both of Petra’s hands.“Okay, since this was an impromptu wedding of sorts, I am guessing neither of you has your vows with you so we can go straight to the marriage part.”“No!” JR interrupts. “I don’t have them with me but I do want to say something.”Jane smiles and motions for JR to continue. JR takes a second to compose herself before making eye contact with Petra.“Petra, I met you in a way that feels like it belongs in a cheesy romantic comedy. You know, the ones I usually hate.” Petra laughs and nods her head.“But I have not hated any moment of this journey with you, even if some parts of it are cheesy. We have had some really terrible things happen to us, but we have survived and our love has gotten stronger. Before I met you, I didn’t believe in soulmates, or fate, or love at first sight. But now, how could I not? You have become my everything. The reason I smile, the reason I laugh, the reason I am no longer scared to be vulnerable. I love you Petra. I love everything about you. The way your eyes scrunch up when you smile, the way you get scared so easily, the way you want to cuddle even when it is 90 degrees. Most importantly, I love the way you were made for me. Petra, you are my best friend, my confidant, my soulmate. I can’t wait to spend eternity with you.” JR stops and realizes everyone in the room is crying, herself included.Petra smiles at her and removes her hands from JR’s grasp. She moves to the box that Alba was holding and removes her violin from it, the one she was playing when JR met her.“I be not very good with words JR, so instead I thought I would play your song.” Petra has not even started playing but JR is already crying. It doesn’t take long for her to recognize the song, it is the one Petra was playing the night JR met her. The song that drove JR to her. The song that started it all.When Petra finishes playing JR can’t keep herself from pulling her in for a kiss.Everyone in the room is crying, happy crying for a change.Jane begins to read the usual wedding stuff and soon she is uttering the words “you may kiss the bride...again” she says with a smile.JR grabs Petra’s face and slowly brings her lips in to meet Petra’s. This is probably their millionth kiss but it feels like their first.JR has never felt so much love. She turns to face Jane and the others.“Thank you all so much,” she says with tears in her eyes.Jane smiles,“It was ma’s idea. She heard you talking about canceling the wedding because we were all here. So she suggested bringing the wedding to you.”JR was crying again. She walked over to wear Xo was laying and bent down to hug her. “Thank you. Thank you so much,” she whispers in her ear.Xo just smiles,“You deserve your happy ever after to honey. Even if it is in a hospital room.”JR laughs and turns to look at Petra and her girls.“It doesn’t matter where we are, as long as they are with me.”“You are really lucky, love...the kind that you and Petra have...it’s rare.”JR smiles,“Yeah, I am.”

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JR couldn’t stop staring at Petra, her wife. *Wife. I like the sound of that*JR couldn’t stop smiling. She had never felt so complete. She had a beautiful wife and two perfect children. Jane walked up and laid her hand on JR’s shoulder,“Hey, I know this wasn’t exactly how you pictured your wedding day...but it was still amazing.”JR smiled at her,“No. It was perfect. No we weren’t at this fancy venue with fancy food but none of that matters because I got to marry her.” she says glancing over at Petra. “I got to marry her in front of all the people I care about.”“Congratulations JR.” Jane said as she hugged JR.“JR..” Xo said so quietly that JR barely heard her. JR went and sat in the chair next to Xiomara and took her hand.“JR...I hope you know how lucky you are. Love like this is rare...and you have it for the rest of your life. Congratulations.”JR teared up,“Thank you Xo.”“I know we didn’t really get off on the right foot but that is all behind us. You mean alot to Jane, so you mean alot to me. I know you just lost your mom, and Petra’s mom is...horrible, but you will always have me.” she pauses as if she suddenly remembers where they are, “hopefully.”JR smiled at her,“You’re gonna kick this cancer ass. Xiomara Villanueva doesn’t give up.”Xo laughed,“Damn right. Now, go take your wife home. Janey is going to watch the twins” Xiomara winked as she said the last part.JR smiled and thanked her.JR placed her hand on the small of Petra’s back,“Ready Mrs. Ramos?” JR said, and she couldn’t control the tears that formed in her eyes.Petra’s face lit up,“I like the sound of that.” she said as she placed a kiss to JR’s lips. “I am ready whenever you are.”JR grabbed Petra’s hand and,after saying their goodbyes, left the hospital. JR couldn’t keep her eyes off of Petra, even while she was driving.*Come on JR, you’re gonna wreck*No matter how hard she tried, her eyes always drifted towards the beautiful woman in her passenger seat. She reached over and placed her hand on top of Petra’s,“I love you, Petra Ramos. God I will never get tired of saying that.”Petra lifted JR’s hand to her lips and pressed a gentle kiss on her knuckles,“And I will never get tired of hearing it. I love you too.”Suddenly JR feels overwhelmed with emotions and she begins crying, hard. So hard in fact she had to pull of the highway because she was not able to drive.“Babe what is wrong?” Petra asked, worry obvious in her voice.JR was unable to answer, she just shook her head. Petra undid her seatbelt and turned to face JR, cupping her face with her hands.“Talk to me baby. Are you hurt?” JR shook her head.“What is it then? You’re scaring me JR.”“Mom” JR choked out.Realization passed across Petra’s face.“Oh JR.” Petra pulled JR as close to her as she could (they were in a small car after all) and held her, periodically placing kisses on top of her head.“I just wish she could have been there.” JR says quietly.Petra’s heart is breaking. She hated seeing JR upset.“I know.” was all Petra could say.She knew JR didn’t need a big reassuring speech, she just needed to know that she was there. so , she just held JR. She held her as they sit on the side of the highway in their car. She was rather uncomfortable in her dress but she would never say so. She would stay here as long as JR needed. Suddenly JR removed herself from Petra’s embrace and stared at her. Her demeanor had completely changed. She began to kiss Petra roughly, almost painfully. Petra pulled away,“JR what are you doing?”JR just looked at her and started moving her hand up Petra’s dress. Petra grabbed her wrist.“JR!”JR removed her hand and dropped her head.“I’m sorry.”Petra placed her hand under JR’s chin, forcing her to look up.“It’s okay babe. It just isn’t healthy for you to try and use sex to avoid your emotions okay?”JR nodded her head,“I just...hate thinking about it. About her.”Petra wiped the tears that were beginning to run down JR’s cheeks.“I know, but you have too. You can’t just make yourself forget about her...that is impossible and you know it.”“I don’t want to forget her, I just….don’t want to hurt anymore.” JR is once again overtaken by a series of sobs.Petra held JR’s face and placed a light kiss to her lips.“JR, you are always going to feel some pain when thinking of your mother, and yeah it is hard, but that pain...that is how you know you and your mom had something. If you didn’t, you would feel nothing at all. As bad as this is, feeling nothing would be worse.” JR wipes her tears,“Yeah, I guess you’re right. Thank you.” she leans over and kisses Petra. “The wedding ring you are wearing was your mom’s. I was gonna tell you at the wedding but didn’t get the chance. I knew you would be upset about her not being there so I figured you could have a piece of her with you...at the wedding...and forever.”JR looked down at her hand, looking at her ring for the first time. She instantly recognized it as the one that her mother wore for years until her hands get inflamed with arthritis. Then she had it on a necklace. “This was my grandmother’s too. That’s the reason my mom still wore it even after my dad left. It was the last thing she had of her mother…..now it is the only thing I have left of mine.” JR inhaled deeply, willing herself not to cry again.“Thank you Petra.”She leaned over and kissed Petra. “Thank you.” she said again.Petra smiled, “Of course, JR.” When they got home the house was empty and quiet. Petra jumped on the couch and sunk into the Cushions. She patted the seat next to her motioning for JR to sit next to her. When JR puts down her bags she snuggles into Petras lap and turned on the TV. She turned the channel for a few minutes before she gasped with excitement,“Oh my god Petra! I love this show!”“What?” Petra looked at the screen then back at JR, “You seriously like this show?”“Who doesn’t like Jennie the Flowered?”I don’t know I haven’t watched it but it seems stupid. What a girl accidentally got pregnant? I don’t see the point of the show.”“No the girl got pregnant but was a Virgin, hence the ‘flowered’ part of the title. Now she’s in a love triangle between guys named Ron and Miguel! But FYI I think she should date Patty.”Petra glared at her with a confused look and laughed. She shook her head yes and JR put on the show. 1 HOUR LATERPetra started to doze off when she heard a loud moan from the TV which woke her. JR was still wide awake staring at the TV fully engaged. Jennie was in a black latex suit and was whipping Ron. Petra wasn’t sure what she was looking at but when she looked at JR she knew it was turning her on. Petra whispered,“Like what you see there.”It startled JR who responded with “What? No.”Petra smirked and moved her hand down to Jane’s thigh. “Really?” She whispered into JR’s ear. She bit her ear lobe and started to rub JR’s thigh. “Because I do.”JR let out a light groan, “I really, really like what I see.” JR looked up at Petra who was looking back down at her. “Yeah?” JR whispered, followed by a sloppy kiss. Petra pulled apart for a moment and run to the room. JR looked around the room full of confusion until she saw what Petra returned with. “Oh my god Petra you didn’t.”Petra was holding a purple strap on, just like the old one.“Yes I did. I know how much you missed her. I missed her too.”“I’m sorry for throwing her out of the window last time.” “It’s okay but you owe me.”“Oh yeah?” JR let out a wicked grin and looked Petra up and down. She grabbed the strap on and ran into the room. Petra followed her and laid flat on the bed. When JR put in on she let out a sign of relief, then grabbed Petras face and aggressively kissed her. Her hands trailed down to Petras neck. She grabbed it tightly and inserted the toy. Petra yelped, JR thought it was with pleasure she she grabbed harder. Petra started to choke on her words so she grabbed JR’s hands from her neck and yelled, “STOP.” It startled JR and she instantly let go and put her hands behind her head.“Oh baby I’m sorry did I hurt you?“No.. no you didn’t JR I just-“ Petra took the toy out of her and sat up on the bed. JR wiped the hair out of her eyes.JR looked at her, her worry evident in her eyes.“Petra what is it?”Petra looked away and took several seconds to answer.“Milos...he used to choke me when we fought.”JR’s eyes widened as she realized what she had done. She had thrown Petra back into her nightmares. She wiped the tears off of Petra’s face. “Baby, I am so sorry. I should have asked before doing that.. I wasn’t thinking.”Petra shook her head,“JR it isn’t your fault. I know you would never hurt me.” at that moment Petra smiled wickedly at JR causing JR’s heart to skip a bit.“Do it again.” she ordered“Do what babe? Choke you? I don’t know...I don't wanna hurt you.”Petra maneuvered herself back under JR and dug her nails into JR’s ass. JR winced in both pain and pleasure.“I said choke me.”JR slowly placed her hands back around Petra’s neck, gently squeezing.“Let me know if you want me to stop.”Petra just nodded.JR slowly inserted the dildo and began pumping in and out of Petra. Petra’s forehead was scrunched up and her breath was labored.“Harder” she choked out.JR let out what sounded like a primal growl as she shifted her weight and began to pound harder into Petra.Petra was digging her nails into JR’s shoulder blades so hard JR knew they had to be bleeding.“Fuck..” Petra said quietly.Suddenly Petra flipped them, JR was startled at first until she looked up and saw Petra begin to ride the dildo. Her eyes were closed, her lips barely parted, her hair was a mess, and her body was gleaming with a thin sheen of sweat. JR almost came just at that sight. Petra opened her eyes just enough to look down at JR, she smiled devilishly at her before grabbing her wrist and forcing them above her head.JR cocked her head but allowed Petra to continue. Seemingly out of nowhere Petra grabbed a pair of handcuffs and tightly locked JR’s hands to the bed post.JR bit her lip to suppress a moan.*So ms. bottom wants to play top*Petra removed the dildo from inside her and got off the bed. She unfastened the harness from JR’s waist and removed the dildo. She brought the purple toy to her mouth and licked it clean.“God baby…” JR moaned.Petra then placed the harness on herself and straddled JR.“Now I fuck you.”JR bit her lip and nodded, she was unable to form a coherent response.Petra wasted no time being gentle, in one hard thrust she inserted the entire toy inside of JR.JR yelled out in both pleasure and pain.“Oh, so ms. top can’t handle a little dildo?” Petra teased.She leaned down close to JR’s ear,“Jdu do tebe nesmyslný” JR shuddered, Petra knew how much her speaking in Czech turned her on.Petra began to thrust relentlessly into JR, causing JR’s head to hit the headboard with each thrust. “Holy shit...fuck.” she breathed out.“Budeš mi chtít? Pojďte na JR, cum pro mě.”Petra was now massaging JR’s hardened nipples as she pounded into her, making sure to hit her sweet spot everytime.JR was soon climax.“Fuck,...fuck….Petra.” JR could barely get out.“You made a mess.” Petra said pointing down to the sheets.“Can you let me out of these handcuffs now?” JR askedPetra shook her head,“I’m not done with you yet.”Petra removed herself from atop JR and walked across the room to their closet. She reached in and grabbed a clear plastic bottle.*massage oil*Petra then removed the harness from around her waist and sat atop JR’s thighs.“Vypadáš napjatě. Dovolte, abych vám to vyřešil.” Petra said as she began to drip oil onto JR’s breast. JR flinched from the coldness of the oil. She could already feel herself growing wet again.Petra began to massage JR’s breast, gently at first and then harder and harder. She was drawing loud moans from her partner. “Miluju způsob, jakým vás budu znát.” Petra was also growing incredibly wet so she began to roll her hips against JR’s thigh, hoping for some friction.JR was in awe as she watched Petra get herself off on top of her. The way her skin was turning pink, the way her breast heaved from arousal. There was nothing more beautiful that Petra Ramos climaxing while on top of you. After Petra came down from her high she resumed her assault on JR’s breast. Eventually working her way south. She massaged JR’s prominent abs, her beautiful hips, before finally reaching her target. Petra began to run her thumb in circles around JR’s clit. “Shit…” JR’s breath hitched in her throat.Without warning Petra inserted three fingers inside JR, while continuing to circle her clit with her thumb. “God!” JR shoutedPetra chuckled,“No, just Petra.”“Shit babe...oh my god.”JR could feel Petra stretching her, she loved being filled by her. Petra took a moment to admire the image before her. JR spread wide for her. Her long raven hair strewn across the bed, her eyes shut tight, and her lips parted. She was fucking perfect. Petra knew there was nothing more perfect that JR blissed out from being fucked by you.“Chci tě ochutnat.” Petra said as she removed her fingers from inside JR and placed them in her mouth.JR let out a loud, long moan.“God babe.”Petra smiled at her before moving her head to rest between JR’s legs. She began to rapidly run her tongue around JR’s clit before inserting it as far as she could inside of her.JR was incoherent. She was thrashing on the bed and making sounds that didn’t sound human. Soon she was cumming all in Petra’s mouth. Petra cleaned her up with her tongue before moving back up her body. She kissed JR deeply, moaning as JR tasted herself on her lips.“Holy fuck babe.”Petra winked at her,“You’re not the only one who can top.”JR laughed as Petra removed the handcuffs from her wrist.JR snuggled up close to Petra, asserting her dominance by being the big spoon.“I love you Mrs. Ramos.”“I love you too, Mrs. Ramos.”

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JR woke up still wrapped around Petra’s lithe body. She took a minute to absorb the amazing feeling of being so close to the woman she was in love with. Unfortunately, this was interrupted by the phone ringing. She got up and went to grab her phone off of the dresser. “Hello? Yeah, one second.”JR walked back over to the bed and woke Petra up,“Hey babe, it’s for you.”Petra sat up and took the phone from JR,“Hello? Yes, this is she.” JR noticed Petra’s eyes grow wide,“Yes okay. Thank you.” Petra hung up the phone. JR walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her.“Everything Ok babe?” “Anezka...she is dead.” Petra turned to face JR. “I know I shouldn’t be upset and I am not but I..just feel weird you know. I don’t know...”JR pulled Petra close to her and kissed the top of her head.“I understand babe. She was fucked up but she was still your sister.”Petra curled her body into JR, loving the way their bodies fit together. “What can I do babe?” JR asked.Petra hesitated a few moments before answering“Well, I am very hungry. You took all the energy out of me last night,” she responded with a wink.JR kissed her gently on the lips,“I am pretty sure you are the one that wore me out, but I will go make breakfast.”Petra smiled at her,“Thanks, babe.”JR got up and put a robe on and walked to the kitchen. She began to make waffles, smiling as she remembered the first time she made them for Petra. *She likes them practically burnt* JR looked up as Petra walked into the kitchen, smiling.“Waffles. Perfect,” she said as she grabbed two plates out of the cabinet. “Burnt to a crisp, just like you like them,” JR said sarcastically.Petra just giggled and kissed her on the cheek. They both sat down at the table and began eating. “You know babe, I really don’t feel anything about my sister. I think I was just shocked at first.”JR looked up at her, taking a drink of orange juice before answering.“Are you sure?”Petra nodded,“Yeah, I am a sure babe. I am ok..promise.”The rest of the time, they ate in silence.JR stood up and put their plates in the sink, then she turned to Petra.“Hey babe, I need to run to my office real quick to grab some paperwork. I am gonna get changed and head out. I will only be gone about 20 minutes.”“Okay. I will wash the sheets. You know, since you totally ruined them last night.” Petra responded with a grin.“Well, was that really my fault? You basically fucked me senseless.”Petra got up and wrapped her arms around JR’s waist,“Oh yeah, I did didn’t I?”JR kissed her on the lips, lingering for several minutes before stepping away.“Okay, babe I have to go get dressed.”JR went into their room and returned a few minutes later dressed in a light grey pantsuit. Petra’s eyes roamed her body. She loved when JR wore pantsuits. JR walked over and kissed her quickly.“Love you. I will be back soon.”****Petra watched JR walk out the door, her eyes focusing on the way those pants made her ass look.*God she is perfect*After she was gone, she went to the bedroom and removed the sheets from the bed.*Damn she really did make a mess*She took the sheets and put them in the washer. She then walked back to her room and got dressed. She was startled by a loud knock at the door.*JR must have forgotten her keys*“Coming!” Petra went to the door and opened it. What she saw made her heart stop.Standing in her doorway was Rafael Solano. His hair was long and greasy and his beard was scruffy. He was smiling in a psychotic way.“Well hello, Petra. Miss me?”He pushed past her into the house. “Rafael you need to go.”He turned to her. He slapped her across the face, causing a giant red welt to form on her left cheek.“Do not tell me what to fucking do. I am tired of you dykes always bossing me around.”Petra forced herself not to tear up. She glanced at the clock.*JR will be home in 5 minutes*“What do you want?”Rafael laughed demonically before walking closer to her. He towered over her.Petra was panicking. she knew he had no limits. He would kill her.“I came to finish the job.”With that, he tackled her to the ground and wrapped his hands around her throat. Petra fought against him but didn’t stand a chance. She started to just give up, she knew there was no hope. But then she heard the sound of a violin playing on the TV, a familiar song...it was the Dirty Dancing song. She started to think about all the things she would miss out on if she died. The twins starting school, JR’s arms being wrapped around her when she wakes up, JR’s kisses, the girls’ hugs, Mateo being born. She knew she couldn’t She looked frantically around for something to grab. She noticed a wine bottle had fallen out of the trash. She grabbed it and smashed it against Rafael’s head.“God damn it!” he shouted.“You won’t give up because you have nothing else to lose. I can’t give up because I have everything to lose.” Petra yells at him.“What do you have? That bitch girlfriend of yours?”“Actually...she is my wife!” she said as she flashed him her ring.*Keep him talking JR will be home soon*Petra could see disgust, and what looked like jealousy cross over Rafael’s face.“You MARRIED her!” Rafael Charged at Petra pinning her against the wall. Petra spit in his face,“Fuck you, Rafael.”Rafael headbutted her, causing her to almost blackout. She slumped to the floor. “JR I am sorry. I am sorry I couldn’t fight harder!” she yelled to no one. In the off chance, JR could hear her..she wanted her to know.“Shut up!” Rafael yelled as he began to kick her. Petra’s body was overcome with immense pain. She couldn’t stay awake any longer.The last thing she sees before her eyes closed is JR running through the door. Then a gunshot.***Petra woke up to the sound of loud beeping. She instantly recognized the sound of antiseptic. She realized she was in the hospital. The memories of last night came flooding back to her.*JR*“JR!” Petra shouted.JR rushed over to her bed.“I am right here baby,” she said as she grabbed Petra’s hand. “Rafael..he...he..”“Shhh. Baby, it’s okay. He won’t be able to hurt us anymore.”“Did the police get him?”“No..he is dead. I...shot him.”Petra tried to sit up in bed but was stopped by excruciating pain.“I was outside the door and heard you screaming. I ran into the room and saw him kicking you...I grabbed the gun from the cabinet and shot him. He ...died.”“You saved me.”“Of course I did.”JR leaned over and kissed Petra on the forehead, being careful not to hurt her. “You are okay. The doctor said you are just really bruised up but you will be good to go home later this evening. He said you will be sore but you will be okay.”Just then the doctor walked in,“You are good to go. You will be very sore but you will be fine. Do you guys have a pool?”*A pool?*“Yeah, we do. Why?” JR asked“Well, in injuries like Petra’s being in the water can help to alleviate muscle pain. If she were to get in the water for a few hours a day she could potentially speed up the healing process.”“Okay, we can do that. Thank you.”“If you don’t have any more questions, you’re free to go.”JR helped Petra get into the car and they drove home. Ready to leave the horrors of last night behind them.*2 weeks later*“You're doing so much better, babe!”JR said encouragingly. Her and Petra were currently in the pool doing some of the exercises the doctor recommended. Over the past 2 weeks, they had been doing them every day and now Petra was able to do them with ease. Jane had the twins for the day. She wanted to take them to some event at the library so JR and Petra were alone. “I'm gonna go grab some drinks. Will you be okay by yourself for a few?” “Yeah, I'm good baby. Go ahead.”JR got out of the pool and went to get some lemonade. When she returned Petra had her eyes shut while she was floating so she took a second to admire her. Petra was wearing a black one-piece suit with the sides cut out. The suit perfectly hugged her beautiful curves. Suddenly JR had an idea. She removed her bathing suit and coughed to get Petra's attention. “Babe! What are you doing?” JR smirked,“Come on Petra, I know you're a natural brunette.” Petra was blushing but JR could tell she was getting turned on. JR slowly got into the pool and made her way over to Petra.“Now you’re not gonna leave me being the only naked one are you?” JR said seductively.“I am not taking my suit off JR. What if someone sees?” JR pushed over Petras' hair to reveal her neck. JR began to plant soft kisses on it, causing Petra to lightly moan.“How am I supposed to touch you if you won’t take your clothes off?”“Just wait a minute and we can go inside.” JR began to squeeze Petra’s ass. “I don’t want to wait. I want to pay you back for the other night. “I want to make you scream.” JR seductively breathed. Petra’s face flushed bright pink and her breathing quickened.“Come on babe, I want...need to touch you.” Petra couldn’t stand it any longer, she tore off her bathing suit in record time and wrapped her legs around JR’s waist.JR pushed Petra against the wall of the pool. Petra yelped in pain but she liked it and began trailing kisses across her face. JR used her left hand to hold Petra steady as she moved her right hand in between Petra’s legs. “Souložit!” Petra moaned.Hearing Petra speaks Czech made JR weak. She had to regain herself before continuing.She placed sloppy open-mouthed kisses on Petra’s neck as she began to run circles around her clit.JR could feel Petra biting her shoulder as she inserted two fingers inside of her. “Oh můj bože ... JR..fuck”.“Do you like that?” JR whispered.Petra whimpered and nodded, digging her nails into JR’s back. JR began to thrust even harder into Petra, eventually adding a third finger.JR bent down to suck on Petra’s hardened nipples. “Look at me,” JR said sternly.Petra forced herself to open her eyes.“..JR...fuck me ..harder!”JR turned them around so that she could lean on the side of the pool for support. She then began thrusting into Petra at a relentless speed.“I am so close...don’t stop.”JR broke their kiss so she could watch Petra come undone.She noticed JV standing at the edge of the pool looking utterly embarrassed.“We have company,” she said coolly.Petra turned tomato red and jumped off of JR.“Oh my god Jane!” she said covering herself.“Relax, nothing she hasn’t seen before.” JV was almost as red as Petra.“Um...I can come back later.”JR got out of the pool and wrapped a towel around her body,“No, you’re fine. We can finish later.” she glanced over at Petra as she said the last part.Petra just glared at her while wiping the sweaty hair out of her face.“Well, I stopped by because the twins wanted to stay the night. I called but you didn’t answer your phone.”“We were a little preoccupied,” JR said with a smirk.“Um..yeah. Well, do you care if they stay?” “No that’s fine. We will be busy all night anyway.”Petra, who was now wrapped in a towel, was standing next to JR. “Do you have to be so vulgar?”JR grinned that cocky grin that she knew Petra loved,“Oh, I remember my dirty talk making you cum just a few seconds ago.”“JR!” Petra yelled.JR just continued smiling.“Need anything else, Jane?”“No, no that was it.”“Why are you being so awkward. You have literally fucked both of us.”“Whose being awkward? I am not being awkward.”“Right. Maybe you just got too turned on by what you saw.”“JR!” Petra shouted again. “Stop.”“Come on, I am kidding.”JV pretended to laugh.“Ok. well….I will leave you guys to it. Bye!” Jane quickly turned to the other direction and started to walk away. “Goodbye Jane.” both women said.Once Jane was gone Petra turned to JR.“You really are awful, you know that.”“Hmm. I think it turned you on.”Petra grinned,“Maybe it did.”JR bit her lip before pulling Petra’s towel off and picking her up. She carried her over to the nearest lounge chair and gently laid her down. JR slowly trailed kisses down Petra’s body, making Petra writhe with anticipation.“JR..please.”“Please what?” JR asked teasingly.“Fuck me.”That was all JR needed to hear. She wasted no time teasing Petra, she knew how bad she needed release. She shoved her tongue inside her as far as she could and began to rapidly tongue fuck Petra. Petra was a mess. She was unable to formulate a single thought let alone words. She was now reduced to a moaning mess. Her hands were tangled in JR’s hair as she rode out her climax on JR’s face.JR made her way back up Petra’s body, placing kisses randomly on her ascent. When she reached Petra’s lips she moaned. “Holy… fuck… ”“So outside sex was enjoyable then?” JR asked sarcastically.Petra just glared at her.JR got up and grabbed a towel and handed it to Petra. “This pool is going to be getting used a lot more often,” JR said with a smirk.Petra playfully slapped JR’s ass.“Damn right.”

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“JR wake up.” JR opened her eyes to see Petra standing over her, looking worried. She immediately sat up.“What’s wrong babe?”“It is the police. They said that Anezka was murdered by Rafael.”JR took a moment to process this. “He thought it was me.” Petra said.JR stood up and wrapped her arms around Petra tightly. “He really meant to murder me. He was going to…” Petra was cut off by a small sob.“Shhh...it’s okay baby.” JR gently ran her hands up and down Petra’s back.“It is just so surreal...I knew he was horrible but he actually wanted me dead.”JR was at a loss for words. So, she just held Petra tightly. “Can we go get the girls?” Petra asks. “Of course babe. Let me get changed.”JR quickly changed clothes and texted Jane to let her know that they were on their way. As JR was driving Petra turned to her and grabbed her hand.“You know the thing that bothers me the most isn’t even that I almost died. It is that I almost left you and the girls without me.”JR struggled not to tear up.“Oh baby.” she said as she squeezed Petra’s hand.“The only thing I could think about when he was hitting me was how I would miss all these things about you; you’re kisses, waking up next to you. And how I would not get to see the twins grow up. I didn’t think it was possible but this whole experience has made me love you all that much more.”Tears rolled down JR’s cheeks. She felt one drip on her leg and she took a deep breath.“I understand Petra. When I heard you screaming...I had never been so scared in my entire life. When I saw him hitting you...I didn’t think twice about killing him. I just knew I couldn’t lose you. You...are my everything.”JR lifted Petra’s hand to her mouth and kissed it. She started to stare at her wife, maybe for a bit too long. She started to think of what they have been through. How she felt when Petra was shot. And the relief she felt as Petra started to wake up in the hospital. Her mother dying. Petra cut off her train of thought,“What are you doing?” JR realized she was staring at Petra for about a minute which started to get weird but she didn’t care. “You know what Petra?”“Hm?”“We are an epic romance after all. Think about it, our relationship has been straight out of a telenovela, right?”Petra smiled and started to giggle, “I’ve had the time of my life.”“Did you just quote Dirty Dancing?”Petra shrugs and her cheeks turn bright pink.“I do love Dirty Dancing. But I’ve also had the time of my life with you.”JR bit her bottom lip and grinned.*I get to be with her for the rest of my life.*“I love you Mrs. Ramos.”“I love you more Mrs. Ramos.” Petra grabbed JRs face and pulled it in for a soft kiss, as their lips touched Petra could feel JR's breath getting heavier. She pulled back and put her finger over JR's lip. “The girls are still asleep.”“That’s never stopped us.” JR whispered.“Maybe we should… stop having sex so much when the kids are around. I think we are becoming a little to comfortable around them.”“What do you mean?”“We had sex in our backyard yesterday in a pool. It’s just.. when Jane saw us the twins could have been with her.”“I understand.” JR looked disappointed but Petra quickly made up for it by laughing, very loudly in fact. “What?” JR looked confused.“It’s just..” Petra could barely get the words out. “I just realized that when Xo walked in on us… and we were.. you know,” Petra was gasping for air.“Are you okay?”“Yeah.. it’s just that Jane was Pregnant. We basically had sex with her baby and Jane at the same time!” “Okay… we need to go out because you are losing your mind.” She pauses for a moment to give Petra a second to collect herself. “Lets go to the bar.”“A bar? With drunk dudes and hookers?”“Petra you have never been to a bar have you?”“Nope.”“Well, this is a lesbian bar. There are no men and not many hookers. You watch to much TV.”“They have bars for lesbians?”“Petra… this is so sad… haha I’m going to get you ready for the time of your life! Let’s go tonight. 10 pm! I’ll drop the girls off.”Petra looked nervous but she smiled through it.“Yes! Sounds… great.(9:30 pm )“You look perfect.” JR sighed and sat on the chair in front of the huge mirror they were looking in.“Do you realize I haven’t worn jeans in 17 years?”“You look cute!” Petra let out an annoyed sigh and started pacing back and forth. “What if someone drugs me?”“Petra, I am not taking my eyes off of you. You will be fine! It will be great.” JR grabbed Petras shoulders and looked into her eyes, “Just… breathe.”After a few minutes of bickering they headed to the bar.When they arrived there wasn’t a line which was a relief to them both. JR got out of the car as fast as possible and dragged Petra out of her seat. They walked in and music instantly ran miles through their ears. They saw a dancefloor with couples of all ages dancing. Jane grabbed Petras hand and whispered in her ear,“Grind on me.”“I don’t know how to do that!” Petra chuckled.“Here, come behind me.”Petra was confused but did as told. As she did a Get Low, one of Petras favorite songs started playing. JR bent her knees and started writing her name in cursive on Petras torso with her butt. Petra followed the rhythm with her hips. JR turns around and smiles,“I have to use the bathroom.”“Oh okay.” They departed and Petra looked for a seat at a random table. After a couple of minutes the song changed. It was the song they danced to on their first date in prague. Petra didn’t know if she should cry or smile but before she made the decision she made eye contact with JR from across the room. She stands up slowly and starts to make her way to JR. They met in the middle of the dance floor and even though it was a bar Petra couldn’t get over how romantic it was.“This is the first song we ever danced to.” JR whispered as she took Petra’s waist. Everyone was slow dancing but to Petra it felt like a movie where she was the center of attention. And she loved it. “I thought you didn’t like slow dancing.” JR teased.“I do… but only when it’s with you.”JR let her eyes fill up with tears, she wasn’t even embarrassed, just happy.There was nothing that could ruin this moment she thought. Nothing.“I love you.” JR breathed, “so much.”“Can you believe this is where we are?”“What do you mean?”“Last year we listened to this song for the first time. We didn’t know what would come of it, we just were so… connected.” Their eyes met and they both smiled. For a split second they forgot about the outside world. Petra continued, “We were so scared. Well, I was scared I don’t know about you. Of my mother and what people would think of me. But being in your arms made all of it go away. And right now being in your arms just… I just feel so safe with you.” JR didn’t know what to say. What do you say in a moment so perfect? She simply kissed Petra. It was long and passionate. They didn’t want to pull apart but they were Interrupted by an abrupt song change. They looked around to see everyone else dancing on each other again. They shared a laugh and sat at an open table. When they finished the drinks they ordered they decided to go home. JR held Petra’s hand tightly as they walked back to their car. “Hey sexy!” some dude shouted from across the road.“Hey blondie! I’m talking to you.”Petra could see JR clench her jaw in anger as she turned around. She turned Petra around and kissed her passionately. “Sorry asshole she isn’t interested.”The man's expression Immediately changed. He realized what she meant by that and turned around and walked off.“Thanks babe.”JR smiled down at Petra,“I told you I wouldn’t let anything happen to you.”Petra planted a light kiss on JR’s cheek as they got in the car. The drive to JV’s house was relatively quick, and soon they were on their way home with the twins. The twins are fast asleep by the time they get home. JR and Petra put them in bed and head into the living room. JR sits on the couch as Petra goes to stand by the window. She notices that Petra didn’t join her on the couch so she goes over to her and wraps her arms around her waist. “What are you thinking about babe?”“I don’t know. Everything I guess.” Petra turned around in JR’s arms. “A lot has happened in the past year and I haven’t really taken the time to think about all of it.”JR kissed Petra on the forehead,“You’re right babe. So much has happened. A lot of bad things but also a lot of good things. And in my opinion, the good definitely outweighs the bad.”Petra looked up at her,“You think so?”JR nodded, “Definitely. I would go through all of it again if it meant I got to be where I am now. Right here, with you.”Petra smiled,“You are so cheesy.” she teased.JR smiled back at her,“I didn’t used to be. I guess you just bring that out in me.”Petra ran her fingers through JR’s hair.“You know, I almost didn’t play that night in Prague. The night we met I almost stayed home because I was tired. At the last second I decided to go because I needed the money, and I knew that I had someone coming to stay at my house so I needed to be up anyway.”JR grinned,“Well, thank god for studying abroad.”Petra laughed and leaned in and hugged JR. Jane stood there just holding Petra for the longest time. Admiring the way their bodies fit perfectly together, the way Petra smelled like vanilla, the way Petra’s head rested under her chin… it was all so perfect. “I love you.” JR whispered.Petra pulled back and looked JR in the eyes,“I love you too… so much.” “I never thought I would have this.” “What babe?” JR asked.“All of this. You, the girls, a family...happiness.” Petra wiped a tear from her eye. “My life was always so miserable I just thought it would be that way forever. Now… now it is perfect.”JR couldn’t keep from tearing up as Petra spoke.“We have been through so many bad things. Me being shot, your mother, Rafael, my sister. But, despite all that, we are here. Happy and together.”JR hugged her tightly once more.She felt Petra begin to cry. She moved Petra back so she could look at her.“What’s wrong?” she asked.Petra took a few minutes to answer.“It’s just...what happens now? We are married, we have the twins, Rafael and Anezka are dead. What do we do now?”JR looked lovingly at Petra. She gazed into those beautiful blue eyes. Eyes bluer than the skies of Petra… the eyes she fell in love with. She knew she had everything she would ever want, and everything she would ever need.“We’ll be happy.”