49. Six-Month Anniversary
Waverly woke up to the sound of Nicole lightly snoring. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled as she hugged the redhead closer and watched her with attentive eyes.
“Are you watching me sleep?” Nicole asked with a faint smile, eyes still closed.
“No.” Waverly replied.
Nicole peeked an eye open to see light brown ones looking back at her. “Liar.”
Waverly giggled as she ran her hand over Nicole’s shoulder. “Do you have to go into work today?” She whined.
“I do, baby.” Nicole replied sympathetically.
“But it’s Christmas Eve!”
“All the more reason to keep an eye out for this town. There’s going to be drunks everywhere.” She smiled at Waverly’s adorable pout. “I’ll be out by seven though, and then I’ll come back here to pick you up for our dinner reservation.”
“Okay, fine.” Waverly replied. “But you better not be late for our again-date.”
“I wouldn’t dream of it.” Nicole watched her fingers as they traced along Waverly’s cheekbone. “I’ve got five minutes until I need to get up and get ready. Want to make out?” She wiggled her eyebrows.
“Always.” Waverly grinned and pulled the redhead on top of her as she rolled onto her back, pulling Nicole into a searing kiss.
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Nicole threw a drunk man inside one of the holding cells with the previous six she had locked up that night before sliding the door shut.
“Oh c’mon Officer Haught, I ain’t even drunk!” The man slurred as he wrapped his hands around the bars and pushed his face through one of the gaps.
“Nice try, Schmidt. I’ll let you out as soon as you’re not drunk anymore.”
“But my wife is waitin’ for me to come home with a ham!”
“Well you should’ve thought of that before you decided to throw a barstool at Ted over there.”
A burly man grunted from where he sat on the floor in the corner of the cell holding an ice pack to the goose egg on his head.
“He started it…” The much smaller man mumbled through the bars he still had his face smashed between.
“And I’m finishing it. No freedom until you’re sober.” Nicole pointed at him with a firm finger before walking away and slumping down in her chair at her desk. “That’s the seventh one tonight.” She groaned as she ran her hands over her tired eyes.
Dolls shook his head. “Can’t say I’m surprised. I honestly expected more.”
Nicole dropped her hands from her face and looked at him. “Please don’t say that. I need to get out of here on time, and I have only...” she looked at her watch. “30 more minutes to go. I don’t need you challenging the universe like that.”
“Got some big Christmas Eve plans?”
“More like six-month anniversary plans.”
Dolls grinned. “Oh, congrats! What have you guys got planned for the special occasion?”
“Fancy dinner at the restaurant where we had our first date.” Nicole smiled.
“Nice!”
“Yeah, which is why I have to leave on time. Waverly’s going to kill me if I make us late for our reservation.”
“Well then you better hurry up on that stack of paperwork.”
Over the next 28 minutes, Nicole moved her pen at lightning speed, proud of herself for finishing a couple of minutes early. She placed the last folder on top of her ‘finished’ pile and reached over for her phone.
Nicole: Just finished at work! I’m about to head your way!
Waverly: Can’t wait!
Just as the redhead had finished putting on her coat, Nedley walked out of his office. “Haught, there’s another drunk marching around on 5th street. I need you to pick him up.”
“Oh, uh, actually sir, my shift just ended.”
He walked over towards her as he chuckled lightly. “I guess I forgot to mention that those shifts don’t matter on Christmas Eve. Forgot it’s your first one in Purgatory.”
Nicole clenched her jaw. “No sir, you didn’t mention that.”
“Well, they’re arbitrary. You’re in for a long night.” As soon as he saw Nicole’s face drop, he added on, “But I’ll tell you what, if everything has died down by the time you get back, which it seems like it probably will since we’re already holding 95% of the drunks in this town, then I’ll let you go.”
The redhead perked up. “Really?”
He gave a curt nod.
“Thank you, sir.”
He waved his hand out in front of him. “Now go get that drunken son of a bitch Steve Thompson.”
Nicole quirked an eyebrow. “The one we get a routine domestic call for?”
“The very one. So uh, don’t be too timid when cuffing him, if you know what I mean.”
“Oh, I won’t.” She grabbed the cruiser keys and rushed out the door. As soon as she got in the car, she texted Waverly again.
Nicole: Actually, I have one more job to do. But it’ll only be 15 minutes, tops. We’ll still make it to our reservation just in time.
It took Waverly a bit longer to respond this time.
Waverly: Okay, but please hurry. I just finished getting ready :(
After 13 minutes, Nicole dragged the man inside the station by his cuffed arms.
“Ow!” He complained. “Easy!”
“Well walk faster! I’ve got places to be and I won’t let your drunk ass ruin my plans, Steve.”
“Hot date?” He winked.
Nicole paused as she reached the glass doors of the station and scowled at him before roughly yanking on his shoulder.
“Ow!”
“Just get inside.” She growled before pushing him in through the door in front of her.
“Hey, I thought you left already?” Dolls said with a furrowed brow when he saw Nicole walk into the lobby after tossing Steve in the cell.
“Nedley gave me a last-minute job, but I’m leaving now before he calls on me to do another one. Merry Christmas!” She said quickly as she made a beeline for the doors. As soon as she reached out for the handle, she heard Nedley’s voice from behind.
“Looks like we’ve got a disturbance downtown. Armed Robbery at the electronics store.” He stated in a firm tone as he began to put his jacket on.
“Haught, you and Dolls will be my backup.”
“I can get it by myself, sir.” Dolls quickly said.
Nedley shook his head as he grabbed his black Stetson. “I need all hands on deck. This is a very dangerous situation.”
“Alright!” Lonnie fist pumped as he stood up from the front desk.
“Not you! I need you to stay here and man the station while we’re gone.”
Lonnie groaned as he plopped back down into his chair and continued his car racing game that he had previously been playing on his phone. Nedley brushed past Dolls and Nicole towards the front door. “Let’s move.”
Dolls looked over at Nicole with sympathetic eyes as she sighed. She pulled out her phone and sent another text.
Nicole: Have to go handle a situation. Be there as soon as I can <3
She shoved her phone back into her pocket as she rushed out of the station, following closely behind Nedley and Dolls.
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Waverly blew a puff of air from where she was sitting on the couch in her brand new green dress that she had bought specifically for this dinner as she looked at her phone. 9:47 p.m. They had missed their reservation by almost two hours, and she knew that there weren’t going to be any more open tables. At this point, she was just worried that she hadn’t heard from Nicole in a while and hoped that she was okay. Just when she was about to call her, she heard a knock at the door. She stood up from the couch and marched over to open the front door, revealing Nicole standing there with a giant bouquet of roses and apologetic eyes.
Waverly folded her arms sternly over her chest as she looked up and down Nicole’s body with sharp eyes, completely ignoring the sexy white button up, black pants, and black skinny tie she was dressed up in, which actually made Waverly’s stomach drop. But she ignored that too. “Well, I don’t see any scratches, bruises, or broken bones.”
Nicole furrowed her brow. “Why would there be?”
“Because you’re nearly two hours late.” Waverly stated. The bite in her voice caused Nicole to wince.
“Yeah…” She rubbed the back of her neck before letting out a sigh. “I’m so sorry Waverly.”
The brunette looked at the flowers. “So, are those apology roses, or anniversary roses?”
Nicole looked at the bouquet in her hand and pushed them out in front of her towards Waverly with a grin. “Both?”
Instead of taking the flowers, Waverly just continued to glare at Nicole with crossed arms. The redhead eventually pulled the flowers back in as a look of guilt washed over her face.
“Can I explain?” Nicole asked softly.
“Oh, I’m expecting you to. And this explanation better be worth ruining our anniversary.” Waverly replied as she walked into the living room, Nicole following behind. She plopped down on the couch and Nicole gently laid the roses on the coffee table as she slowly sat down a respectable distance away from Waverly and faced her.
“I was about to leave, but then Nedley said that there was an armed robbery. I tried to get out of it, but he said he needed all hands on deck. Waverly, I really had no idea that work was going to get this crazy tonight. But it just seemed like one thing after another, and it felt like I was never going to get out of there.”
Waverly wagged the leg that was crossed over her knee back and forth as she paused, collecting her thoughts. “I know it’s not your fault, and I know it’s not fair of me to be mad at you for something you can’t control, but it just sucks. I was expecting for us to be able to have this romantic dinner for our anniversary, and instead I spent the entire day alone.”
Nicole dropped her head and gave sad eyes.
“I knew what the job entailed. My dad was sheriff and he was never home on Christmas Eve, or Christmas. I guess I had just hoped that it would be different with you since you’re not sheriff.”
“Waverly, I swear I had no idea that it was going to be like this. Nedley even said he forgot to tell me that the shifts given to us today were only for show. Guess now I know what to expect.” She scoffed and shook her head as she looked at Waverly. She took the brunette’s hands with her own. “I know we missed our reservation, and we didn’t get to do our again-date like we had planned, but we can just create a new dinner date memory.”
“Where? Everything is closed right now.”
A devilish grin spread across Nicole’s face. “Not everywhere.” Waverly quirked an eyebrow in curiosity at Nicole, who had walked over to the front door to grab Waverly’s boots. “Put these on.”
The brunette hesitantly did as she was told as she questioned, “What’s happening? Where are we going?”
Nicole didn’t answer her question. Instead, she just held out a hand for Waverly to take. “Come on, I want to show you something.”
She led Waverly out of the house and trudged through the snow across the front yard.
“Nicole, where are you taking me?” Waverly whined.
“You’ll see.”
“Are you taking me out back to kill me where nobody will hear my screams? Was this whole relationship just a ploy? Are you actually a serial killer disguised as a police officer?”
“Yes.” Nicole deadpanned, and Waverly wasn’t sure if she wanted to laugh or roll her eyes.
As soon as they reached the barn, Nicole pushed the door open to reveal a round folding table with a plastic red table cloth covering it, a basket of breadsticks next to a container of salad, a couple of to-go containers of fancy angel hair pasta with marinara, a bottle of wine, and a lit candle placed perfectly in the middle.
Waverly’s mouth was slightly agape in a smile of disbelief as she took in the sight. She turned around to Nicole as her eyes watered. “You did this?”
“Wait, that’s not all.” Nicole smirked as she pulled out her phone and pulled up her music app. When she pressed play, romantic instrumental music played from a wireless speaker sitting on a square hay bale by the table.
“Nicole!” Waverly beamed. “Okay, you’re forgiven. One hundred percent. This is...” she shook her head and huffed in disbelief before stepping towards the redhead and placing a flat hand on her chest as she leaned into her. “This is better than some date at a fancy restaurant.”
“Really? Even though it was supposed to be our again-date?”
Waverly nodded as she grinned. “This way, I have you all to myself, and we won’t have any distractions. And you know what the best part is?”
Nicole shook her head.
“We don’t have to go to a different location for the after party.” Waverly gave a sly smirk and jerked her head over towards the old - but not too dirty - mattress that was raised on a stack of hay bales in the back of the barn.
The redhead chuckled. “I’m excited to add a new location to our ‘have-done’ list.” She looked over to the mattress and grimaced. “Wait, you and Champ never did it on that mattress, did you?” As soon as the words left her mouth she realized what she had said. She froze and her eyes widened. She closed her eyes and frantically began shaking her head as she pressed her lips together. “I’m sorry, Waverly. I don’t know why I said that.”
The brunette was shifting uncomfortably as she rubbed her hands together. She lightly shook her head. “No, um, it’s okay. And I’ve never done it there with anyone.”
Nicole nodded, guilt still painted all over her face. She wanted to say something else, but didn’t know which words were the best.
Waverly couldn’t take the way Nicole was looking at her anymore. “I’m going to run in and put those roses in a vase to add to the decoration here. And we need some silverware, right?”
Nicole nodded.
“I’ll grab those too. Be right back.” She gave a small smile before folding her arms across her chest as she walked out the barn.
Nicole sighed and dropped her head into her hands as she shook it in disappointment in herself.
Waverly returned with the flowers and silverware about ten minutes later and set them down on the table. Her previous mood before Nicole made her comment had returned, and she was excited for their date. Nicole looked over her face in an attempt to gage if she was really okay or just putting on an act for Nicole, but figured it would be best to move on either way. They sat in their folding chairs and both of the starving women practically began scarfing down their food.
“Oh my god. This pasta is amazing.” Waverly moaned as she chewed her food.
“I’m glad you like it.” Nicole smiled. “Can’t wait to hear more of those noises later.” She grinned as she nonchalantly took a bite of her own pasta while Waverly shook her head and giggled.
“So how did you manage to set this up anyways?”
“I stopped by my house for the table and chairs and the decorations, and ordered the food to-go ahead of time so that it was ready for pickup.”
“So that’s why you were so late?” Waverly teasingly quirked an eyebrow.
“Well, that’s why I was later. But it was so worth it, wasn’t it? I couldn’t just show up empty handed.”
Waverly reached across the table for Nicole’s hand as she grinned. “Definitely worth it.”
They continued to eat while entertaining interesting conversations about work, friends, and Wynonna’s pregnancy. When she had taken her last bite, Waverly slouched back in her chair and hummed in content.
“Okay, that was really good.”
“Who knew that to-go Italian from a chain restaurant could be so good.” Nicole smiled.
“I didn’t tell you this earlier because I was trying to be mad at you, but you look really good in that tie.” Waverly grazed her tongue along her lips as she looked over Nicole’s outfit again.
“Really? You like it?”
Waverly nodded. “Definitely.”
“Well good. And this is the perfect segue into into my next surprise for you.” Nicole grinned as she stood up and guided Waverly to sit on the mattress.
Nicole moved the table and chairs over to the opposite end of the barn and blew out a deep breath while Waverly watched her attentively, unsure of what was happening. She faced Waverly and pulled out her phone to press ‘play’. As soon as Earned It by The Weeknd started playing, Nicole began swaying around as best as she could and Waverly’s eyes widened.
“Oh my god. Are you giving me a lap dance?!”
Nicole chuckled. “More of a strip tease, since my dancing skills are nowhere near yours. But some lap play might be involved.” She winked.
Waverly grinned and leaned back on her hands on the mattress to enjoy the show.
Nicole tried her best to hide how nervous and ridiculous she felt. She knew she wasn’t as good at dancing as Waverly was, which made her feel a little bit intimidated. But the way Waverly was smiling at her gave her the confidence she needed. She started with her tie, dramatically loosening it - but not completely untying it - and letting it hang around her neck as she slowly unbuttoned her shirt. She went down button by button as she moved her hips and lip synced to the song.
Once the shirt was completely unbuttoned, revealing her black sports bra, she began undoing her pants. She slowly slid them down her legs and kicked them off and to the side as she moved towards the brunette.
Waverly sat there with her eyes wide and mouth fully open. Her eyes roamed over her girlfriend’s body, who was sexily dancing in front of her in a black sports bra and boyshorts, open white button up, and a loose tie. Waverly had no idea what she had done recently to deserve this sight, but she was beyond thankful for it.
Nicole continued to dance a bit, occasionally turning around and shaking her ass in Waverly’s face, which the brunette thoroughly enjoyed. Finally, she pulled her shirt back over her shoulders and dropped it to the ground, with her bra and boyshorts not too far behind.
Waverly swallowed thickly when all that was left of Nicole’s attire was the tie, which was probably the sexiest thing she had ever seen. She licked her lips as she reached out to grab the article of clothing, but Nicole stepped back and wagged her finger at her. Waverly pouted.
“No touching until I say you can.” Nicole explained.
“What kind of rules are those?!”
“My rules.”
“Well, I don’t like them.”
Nicole just smiled as she danced some more, enjoying the way she was torturing Waverly. Every few seconds she would get closer and closer to Waverly, reminding her that she wasn’t allowed to touch, which lasted about three minutes.
After what felt like hours to Waverly, Nicole swung a leg over to sit on her lap and began to grind down as she pulled her in by the back of the neck for a heated kiss. Their lips moved in desperation, tongues searching out for any sort of attention.
Waverly couldn’t take it anymore. She rolled over, pushing Nicole onto the mattress and stood up to remove her green dress. She whined as she had trouble reaching the zipper in the back, and Nicole immediately sat up and spun the brunette around to pull the zipper down. As soon as she did, she stood up and frantically yanked the dress down Waverly’s body before attaching her lips to her shoulder as she pressed the front of her body up against the back of the smaller girl’s. After removing her tie, she moved her hands smoothly up Waverly’s abdomen to cup her bra-clad breasts.
Waverly tilted her head to the side and moaned with closed eyes, enjoying the feeling of Nicole all over her. She reached a hand back and threaded it through Nicole’s locks as the redhead continued to explore her skin with soft hands. She felt a strong ache between her legs and turned around to push Nicole down onto the mattress again. Nicole bounced a couple of times before crawling backwards to lay in the middle of the bed as Waverly followed her, hovering over her body as she got closer and closer until there was no more space between their lips.
Almost immediately, Nicole flipped them over, successfully switching their positions to that she was on top. She smiled against Waverly’s lips at the muffle gasp caught deep in the brunette’s throat from Nicole’s thigh pushing against her center.
After a few minutes of lips fervently gliding together, Nicole grabbed Waverly’s shoulders and urged the brunette to flip over onto her stomach, which she did. Nicole immediately moved on top of her and hovered over her small frame as she trailed kisses from one shoulder blade to the other before nipping and sucking on the side of Waverly’s neck. The brunette let out a small moan, and Nicole’s center twitched at the sound. She wanted to feel contact; she needed it. She began grinding her center against the swell of Waverly’s firm ass, sighing in relief at the pressure against her swollen clit. After a few thrusts, she wanted to feel even more. She sat up and rested her knees on both sides of Waverly’s body as she placed her palms on Waverly’s back to brace herself, and proceeded to glide her center along Waverly’s backside. She started out slowly and fluttered her eyes shut at how slick her sex was rubbing against Waverly’s skin with ease. She grounded her body down firmly with each movement, wanting a lot of pressure against her sensitive bud, and small sounds of pleasure escaped her lips in response.
Waverly could feel Nicole coating her ass with her arousal, and she found it to be extremely sexy. She slightly pushed her ass up a little more, giving the redhead some added pressure. She turned her head back to look at Nicole and saw her slowly riding her body with her head thrown back in ecstasy. Her mouth was slightly agape, allowing tiny whimpers to make their way out into the room. Small beads of sweat were starting to form on her face from the work her body was doing and from being so close to the space heater they kept in the barn for warmth.
“Fuck” Waverly whispered to herself as she turned her head back to face the front. She couldn’t believe how turned on she was getting by this. She needed to touch herself. She slid her hand down underneath her stomach and brought it down to her own heat to slip her fingers through her wet folds.
“Oh my god.” She whispered and dropped her forehead down on top of her forearm in front of her face as she stimulated her clit.
Waverly’s entire body lit up in pleasure as she moved her fingers. She couldn’t believe how good this felt. Sure, her clit had been touched several times before so she knew that it was going to feel really good, but she was so turned on visually and mentally from Nicole and from their romantic dinner beforehand that her sense of touch was heightened by lust and love, putting her in an extreme state of euphoria. Being touched felt better some days than others, and this was one of those days where it was off the charts. She reached her left hand back and grabbed onto the side of Nicole’s thigh next to her, wanting to feel even closer to her.
Nicole continued to rub her center along Waverly, occasionally switching her hands between Waverly’s lower back and her shoulder blades. The sounds of Waverly’s tiny whimpers and gasps sent her hurtling over the edge and straight into her orgasm. She let out a long string of moans as she felt the strong contractions of her center.
Waverly could feel Nicole climaxing against her skin as she dug her fingertips into Waverly’s back, and the sound of her short groans filling the room hit the brunette’s ears. Waverly moved her hand frantically across her clit until she was coming too.
“Unghhh shit.” Waverly moaned as she rode out the rest of her orgasm before dropping her cheek down onto her forearm with a smile.
Nicole dropped down on top of Waverly and began kissing her neck as she ran her hands up and down the sides of her arms. She kissed down her back until she reached her backside, where she licked off her own arousal before flipping Waverly back over.
“Can I lick you?” The redhead asked.
Waverly nodded, and gasped when she felt Nicole’s tongue between her legs, lapping up her arousal from her orgasm. She ran her fingers through her own hair, stopping when her hands reached the top of her head where she rested her palms. After a few broad strokes of Nicole’s tongue, Waverly pushed herself up and smoothly flipped their positions so that Nicole was lying on her back and she was sitting up on Nicole’s face with her knees on either side of the redhead. Nicole wrapped her arms around Waverly’s thighs with her hands grabbing onto the insides as she continued to swirl her tongue around Waverly’s clit.
“Fuck baby. So good.” Waverly moaned softly, and shuddered at the vibrations against her sex from Nicole’s hum in response.
Waverly brought her hands up to her own breasts and began to play with her nipples for a moment before sliding one hand down to run through her brown curls over her pubic bone and moving the other to hold on to Nicole’s hand on her thigh. She continued gliding her hands all over her body, enjoying the feeling of being touched everywhere as her girlfriend skillfully licked around her clit and teased her entrance while hitting every pleasing spot in between.
After a couple of minutes, Waverly lifted up from Nicole’s face - much to the redhead’s reluctance - and turned around to position herself so that her face was hovering above Nicole’s heat. She dropped her sex back down onto Nicole’s face as she proceeded to run her tongue through coarse red curls.
Nicole moaned against Waverly’s center, and both of them were licking and rocking against each other. Waverly let out a string of breathy moans as she came. As soon as she was done, she wrapped her lips around Nicole’s clit and began sucking, bringing the older woman crashing into her own orgasm with a stifled moan.
Waverly crawled back up the mattress and dropped onto her back next to Nicole, who was still slightly panting.
“Okay, six-month anniversary sex is really good.” Waverly said as she smiled, enjoying the post-orgasm glow.
Nicole turned her head on the mattress and smirked. “Sex in the barn is really good. We should do it here more often.”
“Nah. Doc and Wynonna come here way too often.”
Without missing a beat, Nicole jumped up from the mattress and ran her hands over her body, as if trying to get off the germs. “Okay, gross. Thank you for ruining that for me.”
Waverly cackled as she held a hand over her mouth. “Sorry baby.”
Nicole glared at her. “You’re supposed to say that you were just kidding...”
When Nicole noticed Waverly shrug, she shuddered as she began to fake gag. Waverly chuckled as she sat up and began putting her clothes back on and handing Nicole hers.
“How about you clean up in here, and I’ll go in the house and wait for you in bed...naked.” Waverly winked as she patted Nicole’s chest.
“Oh, so we’re not done yet?”
Waverly let out a short laugh as she slipped her feet in her boots. “Not even close.”