Chapter 71

"I caught it!"

"D? Are you busy?" Danielle sat up from where she was laid out on the sofa and looked at Jaina who was awkwardly standing a few feet away. She made a show of out of looking around because clearly, she wasn't occupied at the moment aside from paying a bit of attention to the detective series that was on the television.

"Super busy. Swept of my feet," Danielle said sarcastically, earning a fake laugh from Jaina. "What's up?" She asked, beckoning with her head for Jaina to come over and join her on the sofa.

"I need to talk to you about something," Jaina began as she took in a deep breath.

"Clearly!" Danielle laughed as she picked up on the nervous energy that was radiating off of her best friend. "What is it? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm great, I'm great," Jaina quickly said, though didn't say anything else after that.

"Something happen with Boris?" Danielle asked cautiously. Jaina had been with him today and hadn't said much since being home, up until now.

"Uh... yeah. Where's Stefania?"

"She's on her way back from work," Danielle replied. "What is it, Jai?"

"You know how when we were younger and we first talked about moving in with each other and that, uh well we said how-"

"Jaina. What is it?" Danielle asked, slightly agitated.

"Boris asked me to move in with him," Jaina blurted out, bringing her hands up to cover her face.

"What? That's amazing!" Danielle squealed as she dived forward and hugged her best friend. "Are you happy? You must be happy,"

"Yes, I'm happy," Jaina said as Danielle pulled away, a massive grin plastered on her face.

"Wait, so why do you look so unsure?" Danielle questioned, squinting her eyes slightly.

"Well because, it would kind of effect both of our relationships, I guess," Jaina said as she started to fiddle with her fingers. "Because then it would only be you and Stefania but I don't want you to feel like I'm forcing you guys to just live together even though you already do but-"

"Okay! Take a breath," Danielle giggled as she watched Jaina's eyes get comically large. "I get what you're trying to say but you don't need to worry about it. All that matters right now, is that you're going to live with Boris!" Jaina beamed and clasped her hands together.

"Are you actually okay with it?" Jaina checked as she did a little dance from where she was sat.

"Yes. Stefania most likely will be too because, I mean you saw how happy she got when she caught the bouquet," Danielle said. "When are you planning to move?"

"We said in around a month? Just so we both have time to get everything sorted and be prepared to move all my rubbish to his," Jaina replied happily. "Though I feel like if he asked, I would be ready to move in tomorrow,"

"Gosh, I'm so happy for you!" Danielle beamed as she pushed herself up from the sofa. "Come hug me!" Jaina quickly dived into her best friends arms and hugged her tightly.

"Look at us! All loved up in stable relationships!"

"It's a miracle!" Danielle laughed, throwing her arms up in the air. "Gosh, I can't wait for Stefania to get home now,"

"Oh my, you guys are going to have sex everywhere," Jaina said as she walked off towards the kitchen.

"Like we don't already," Danielle winked at her best friend who just made a face of disgust. "I'm not even marginally offended by that face,"

"I'm going to say that at your wedding," Jaina announced. "How I was absolutely traumatised by the constant displays of intercourse! And how- wait. If it wasn't for me persuading you that we had to get a new room mate, you never would have met Stefania, your one and only,"

"My one and only, shut up," Danielle laughed, even though it did make her smile. "Are we going to have everyone over before you leave?" The blue eyed woman asked as she grabbed an apple.

"Obviously. Are you going to cry?"

"Of course not. I'll go and have extremely loud sex with my super hot girlfriend. And! This will be off!" Danielle added as she moved her cast around.

"Thank God I'll be gone then. I'm not joking about being traumatised but you two. That one night when I was trying to sleep and all I could hear was ah ah AH-" Jaina abruptly stopped when the front door opened and Stefania stood there with a very confused look on her face. Danielle appeared to have frozen from where she was about to take a bite out of her apple and Jaina's cheeks began to heat up.

"Hi baby," Danielle said, a hint of laughter in her voice.

"Hi? Do I want to-"

"No," Jaina quickly shook her head and avoided eye contact as Stefania walked over and pressed a quick kiss to Danielle's lips.

"Mhm, apple-y" Stefania whispered with a small smile on her face. "How was your day?"

"Good," Danielle replied. "Jaina has some news," She blurted out excitedly.

"I- I thought you would talk about it-"

"So something is up!" Stefania announced as she looked back and forth between the pair of best friends. "What's your news?"

"Well... in about a month, I will be moving in with Boris," Jaina said slowly, as she watched Stefania move in closer to her girlfriend and take a bite out of her apple.

"You are? That's amazing!" Stefania said, covering her mouth with her hand as she swallowed. "Oh my goodness, come here!" She held her arms out and pulled Jaina in for a hug.

"Thank you, thank you," Jaina laughed coyly while Danielle just smiled at her two favourite people. "But I briefly spoke to Danielle about how it's not just really my relationship being effected here because it means it would just be you two living together," Stefania let get of Jaina, her smile falling slightly as she glanced at her girlfriend, back at Jaina, then at her girlfriend again.

"Really loud sex every night?" Stefania offered, her eyebrows comically raised. Danielle's face broke out into a massive grin.

"Really loud sex every night!" She laughed as she discarded her apple to the side and held her hand up for Stefania to high five. "Oh, I love you," Danielle swooned as she pulled Stefania in for another kiss.

"Ooo, how cute," Jaina mocked though she was happy to see her best friend so happy. "Okay, stop kissing now," They both laughed as they pulled away, Stefania leaning against Danielle while she rested her head on her shoulder and held her close.

"Are you moving out before the first episode airs?" Stefania asked, they had all agreed, plus Barrett, to celebrate the pilot of Your Hand Featuring Mine, dressing up, alcohol, everything.

"Three days after! But I would have come back for that anyway. My little Danielle Savre on the television," Jaina cooed, scrunching her nose up in the way you would talk to a baby while Danielle just stared at her.

"You're odd. Did you know that?"

"You're going to miss me so much!" Jaina laughed as she made her way towards the stairs.  "Just admit it!"

"No!" Danielle shouted back, but they both knew she would. Stefania turned around so that she was now facing Danielle and placed her hands on her waist. "Okay so, Jaina only told me about fifteen minutes ago so I didn't have time to... prepare anything as such but..." Danielle reached across the kitchen counter where her keys were then slid her own key off of the key ring. "Will you move in with me?" Danielle presented the key up to Stefania, a bright smile on her face.

"You're so silly," Stefania laughed as she took hold of Danielle's key.

"You like romance, this is me trying to be... romantic," Danielle said as she looked up at her girlfriend.

"Mhm, very cute. Of course I'll move in with you," Stefania giggled quietly as she closed the gap between them and kissed Danielle softly. "I'll move into your room,"

"Oh will you now?" Danielle teased. "We're about to have a three bedroom house to ourselves and you want to move everything into my room?"

"Yeah. Doesn't that sound great?"

"The best,"

"Good," Stefania laughed quietly  as she held Danielle's face in her hands and gazed dreamily into her eyes. "You know we never spoke about that look you gave me at Barrett's wedding,"

"And the fact that you looked like you had just won an Olympic gold medal when you caught the bouquet," Danielle said, a knowing look on her face.

"Because when you catch it that means you are next to get married? If I am correct?" Stefania asked in which Danielle nodded her head to. "Exactly. You're better than any Olympic gold medal. I think I'd have won at life when I get to marry you," Danielle felt tears well up in her eyes as she listened to Stefania speak. Her heart was pounding against her chest as she felt like she was looking at her entire life, right in front of her. "Don't cry. I'm not that bad," Stefania laughed as she swiped her thumb across Danielle's cheek.

"I'm not- fuck Stefania why do you always have to be so... just so perfect?" Danielle asked in a state of disbelief. She looked up at the ceiling to try and prevent any tears from actually falling from her eyes. "You say these things so casually but I literally think about it when I go to sleep,"

"You think about marrying me when you go to sleep?" Stefania whispered, her hands still pressed to Danielle's face. There was no way Danielle could hide the blush that started to grow.

"Sometimes," Danielle said quietly then tried to nudge Stefania off of her. "Stop! I'm getting all nervous," She laughed as she grabbed Stefania's waist and tried to push her away.

"I want details!" Stefania laughed as she held Danielle's wrist then leant against her. The arm with the cast was basically useless.  "I want to know what you think," Danielle rolled her eyes and let out a sigh as she stopped fighting Stefania and just stared up at her.

"I don't know. I just- it makes sense," Danielle said. "The other night when we were in your bed, you were already asleep and I don't know if you meant to but you rolled over and found my hand and it was so tender and it just made me think about standing at the altar with you and holding hands and I'll probably be crying,"

"Probably, yeah," Stefania giggled, a big smile on her face. "It's cute how me holding your hand at night makes you think about getting married,"

"You're telling me that you've never thought about things like that?"

"No, no, I have. To be honest, mine is also a little far fetched, but do you remember when we went to the store at night one time? I think it was around eleven because you said you'd die if you didn't get ice cream?"

"Yes," Danielle laughed as she thought back to the memory.

"And when we were looking in the freezers and you said you wanted this specific flavour, cookie dough or cake batter or something. Anyway, I found it and gave it to you and you kissed me in front of the freezers and your hoodie fell off of your head and your hair was all messy but it was cute,"

"The only reason I will have messy hair when we get married is after everything and we're having sex,"

"Yes ma'am," Stefania responded, a smile on her face as she kissed Danielle slowly.

"Ooh, I got butterflies," Danielle whispered as she wriggled around. "But enough of that before I drag you to the nearest chapel. What do you want for dinner?"

"Are you cooking?" Stefania asked as she finally took a step away from her girlfriend, laughing at the way her face fell. "Freshly made pasta please,"

"There's a restaurant called freshly made pasta on Ubereats?" Danielle joked as she grabbed her phone.

"One day I will come home to a freshly cooked meal like when you asked me to be your girlfriend," Stefania sighed as she rested her elbows on the counter. "Or maybe I just will never cook for you again until you do," Danielle's mouth dropped open. Suddenly she had plans to cook for her girlfriend.

"Not tonight though. I have to mentally prepare myself," Danielle declared. "So today we celebrate us kind of moving in together and order in. Okay?"

"Si," Stefania replied, a bright smile on her face. "What about Jaina?"

"Let me ask," Danielle said as she opened the chat with her best friend.

Danielle: Take out?

"YOU KNOW I'M TRYING TO BE HEALTHY!" Danielle and Stefania both burst out laughing when they heard Jaina yell from her room.

"She's being healthy," Danielle said with a smile. "You can pick. My treat," The blonde handed her phone to her girlfriend.

"I can pay for my own, Danielle," Stefania sighed, her head tilted the side.

"My treat," Danielle repeated. "Choose whatever," One wonderful perk of her job, it was well paid. Danielle couldn't remember the last time she had this much money in her bank account so whatever Stefania wanted, she would get her. It also helped because it meant she could easily pay what Jaina was paying for rent, or they could split it. Either way, money was currently not an issue for Danielle and that felt great.

"At least let me pay for some," Stefania said as she handed Danielle her phone back.

"No," Danielle smiled as she pressed a quick kiss to Stefania's lips. "Now go change and get your sexy butt back down here," The brunette rolled her eyes but quickly headed upstairs and changed into one of Danielle's t-shirts and a pair of joggers. She paused before leaving her room and glanced around, her eyes landing on the stop on her bed where she first kissed Danielle. She lifted her hand up to her mouth and pressed her fingers against her lips as a smile formed on her face. She was so nervous. But look at them now, talking about getting married.

Stefania switched off her bedroom light and headed back downstairs, a cheeky grin on her face as she watched Danielle make her way from the kitchen towards the living room.

"Catch me, catch me!" Stefania shouted as she jumped down the rest of the stairs then basically flung herself at Danielle, wrapping her arms around her waist and holding her close. Danielle laughed as her working arm managed to support her girlfriend and she tilted her head back so that she could see Stefania's face and kiss her. "Mhm," Stefania giggled quietly as Danielle walked them over towards the nearest wall and held her up against it. Her feet eventually returned back to the ground as they continued kissing, only finally stopping when there was a knock at the door.

Danielle pulled away breathless, her eyes focused on Stefania's lips before walking over to the door and accepting their order. She turned back around to see Stefania getting them both drinks from the fridge, a smirk on her face as they made eye contact.

"Don't say anything because I will forget this food ever existed," Stefania warned as she sat down on the sofa.

"I'm not saying anything!" Danielle laughed as she put everything down. "My lips are sealed. For now,"

"Good," Stefania sighed as she opened their bottles and handed one to Danielle. "To us," She smiled as she tapped them together.

"To us,"

A/N: Let's pretend that it hasn't been over 2 weeks since I last updated this oops-

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