Chapter Sixty Four

"I need to talk to you too,"

"They're going to be having sex in the kitchen, I just know it," Jaina said as her and Barrett returned with two large bottle of champagne.

"Should I get my phone out?" Barrett asked mischievously as they arrived at the door and she waited for Jaina to unlock it. "Or is that illegal?" Just as Jaina pushed down the handle, they heard shouting and they both looked at each other, eyes wide.

"What is-"

"I was so stupid for even thinking this would work!" Danielle shouted from the bottom of the stairs, looking up at Stefania who was at the top.

"If you're stupid, then so am I apparently," She  shouted back, running a hand through her hair. "I can't believe you would even think something like that,"

"Oh, don't act so naïve," Danielle scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest. Jaina and Barrett remained by the door, just watching the two of them, slightly unsure of what to do.

"Do not start with all this nonsense," Stefania said as she walked down the stairs, pausing on the bottom one as she glared at Danielle. "I asked you countless times and you always said it was fine,"

"That's because I didn't know how to tell you!"

"So how is that my fault?" Stefania asked as she let out an exasperated sigh and slapped her hands against her thighs. "I can't even stand to be in the same house as you right now," She turned to walk back up the stairs but Danielle grabbed her wrist.

"Don't walk away from me,"

"Let go!" She shouted, her eyes wide.

"Stefania!"

"I'm going back to Gio's," She announced as she roughly shook Danielle's hand off of her and stormed up the stairs.

"If you leave then don't think we're still together," Danielle called up, watching as Stefania stopped at the top of the stairs.

"I guess we're over then," She said before walking into her room and slamming the door.

"What the-" Barrett breathed out as she slowly walked over to Danielle who appeared to be frozen looking up at the stairs. "Danielle?"

Stefania's door swung open again and she ran down the stairs, looking at all three of them, then back at Danielle.

"Tricked you!" They both laughed loudly, leaving Barrett and Jaina standing there in shock.

"I'm sorry... what?" Jaina asked as she put the bottles of champagne on the counter and walked over to the two of them. Neither Stefania or Danielle replied as they doubled over laughing, the blonde wiping a tear away from her face.

"I hate you both," Barrett groaned as she stared at the couple who's laughter was finally dying down. "But why?"

"Because we thought it would be funny," Danielle replied with a satisfied grin on her face. "We're good,"

"You're good?"

"Si," Stefania nodded her head proudly as she looked at her girlfriend with a cheeky grin on her face. "You will have the house to yourself for a few days,"

"I will?" Jaina asked with a speck of excitement in her voice as they all walked over to the kitchen. "When?"

"Hopefully next week, depending on scheduling," Stefania replied as she leant against the counter and Danielle happily rested against her. "I'm taking her camping because she always goes on about it and I think we should have some time away together," Danielle nodded her head excitedly.

***

When Stefania and Danielle arrived back at the house, there was an evident nervous energy between to the two of them. Neither knew what the other was about to say.

"So-"

"I-"

"You go first," Stefania laughed as they both tried to speak at the same time.

"Okay, well. I still feel like something is off," Danielle said as she looked anywhere but at Stefania. "And I don't know how to fix it. I just- kind of feel like there's still things to be said but neither of us really want to say anything," She finally looked up at the most tender pair of eyes. Stefania was clearly listening to every word.

"I felt that too," Stefania agreed. "I, um... I struggled a little more than I realised or thought I would with this situation and that kind of projected, not even kind of, it did project onto us. And I'm sorry about that. Part of me tried to pretend like nothing happened which was stupid because, I'll admit, it was playing on my mind a lot. But I realised something,"

"What did you realise?" Danielle asked warily as she fiddled with her fingers.

"I don't want anyone else but you, Danielle. And I mean that," Stefania walked over to her girlfriend and gently placed one hand on the side of her face. "I want to go away with you so we can just have some time to ourselves and talk more if we need to talk more and not avoid anything. I want this to work," Danielle looked up at Stefania and she was almost scared that she would be able to hear her heart beating. "Is that okay? I kind of have something planned but it's okay if you don't want to,"

"I want to," Danielle quickly confirmed. "And I want this to work too. Us,"

"Yeah?" Danielle nodded as she pushed herself up on her toes and pressed a soft kiss to Stefania's lips. "We're going camping by the way,"

"Camping?!" The shorter woman pulled away excitedly, her eyes wide. "Really?"

"Yes, really," Stefania laughed at her girlfriend's reaction.  She would always talk about going camping but it's not really Stefania's thing. It was about to be though.

"Oh my gosh, wait. Can we do something?" And that was when Danielle came up with her bright idea to prank Jaina and Barrett and act like they were breaking up. Stefania just went along with it because the glee on Danielle's face was impossible to say no to.

***

"You're not meant to chug champagne like that!" Barrett laughed as she watched Jaina tilt her glass all the way up until it was empty.

"Okay!" She laughed as she placed her glass on the counter and danced around. Clearly Barrett's comment meant absolutely nothing to her. It had just gone midnight and all four women were still happily dancing and singing and drinking. "I love this song!" Jaina cheered as Despacito started playing and she ran over into the living room. They all started singing along, Danielle mumbling her way through the Spanish parts which made everyone laugh.

As the song came to an end, Danielle sat down on the arm chair as she took another sip of her drink, her level of drunkenness was at the perfect point. The Weekend by SZA started playing, and if she wasn't so fascinated by the liquid in her glass, she would have noticed the switch in Stefania's body language as she looked at her. Stefania told Barret to turn the volume up as she dimmed the lights then slowly walked over to Danielle who's eyes were now all over her girlfriend.

"Oh my gosh, she's about to give her a lap dance," Jaina squealed as she ran over to Barrett. Stefania ran her hands though her hair as she approached Danielle, loving the way her girlfriends eyes devoured her.  Stefania slowly circled the arm chair then leant over the back as she dragged her hands down over Danielle's shoulders, past her breasts then back up.

"What are you doing?" Danielle breathed out as Stefania  moved back round to the front of her and dropped down between her legs. She bounced on the balls of her feet while Jaina and Barrett cheered her on as they watched and laughed at the disbelief on Danielle's face. Stefania pushed the blonde's legs open and ran her hands up her thighs then stood back up. She turned around and started to sway her hips as she ran her hands over her body. Stefania looked over her shoulder at Danielle and winked before turning back round and straddling her lap.

"I need some dollar bills!" Barrett shouted as she grabbed her bag and rummaged through it. Danielle wasn't even paying attention to her friends as Stefania danced on her lap, grinding her hips down and smiling at her with the most devilish smile she had ever seen. Danielle reached a hand out to hold Stefania's waist but she swatted her hand away with ease. Stefania pulled her bottom lip between her teeth as she ran her hands over her own body, touching all the places she knew Danielle wishes she could.

"Make it rain!" Jaina laughed as her and Barrett suddenly started to chuck money on the couple. As the song came to end, Stefania leant down and kissed Danielle slowly, a smirk on her face as she pulled away. Danielle felt breathless as her girlfriend got off of her and acted like nothing had just happened as she laughed with Jaina and Barrett.

"You guys are good down here for a little, right?" Danielle asked as she stood up and wrapped an arm around Stefania's waist.

"We are," Barrett nodded with an amused look on her face as Danielle led her and Stefania over to the stairs. "Where are you going?" She called out, even though everyone knew exactly where they were going.

"For the less PG version upstairs!"

A/N: #WeChatWednesdays :)