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Crying was good, or at least that's what Mag said.

So maybe Esther's tears were a good thing, it would mean that all of C.T's opening up had been worth something. She wasn't just making a fool of herself, sitting in this tub soaking up her clothes with Esther, risking a cold on top of everything else. However, the ice cold water was all but forgotten when Esther spoke up again.

Nine kisses. C.T smirked, there she was. "Ok nine kisses." C.T whispered, giving Esther a kiss on the lips, before moving her lips to Esther's jaw, sucking the skin there. "Where do you want these nine kisses Esther?" C.T whispered. She looked up at Esther's face wiping away the excess moisture from under her eyes, knowing that the liquid there wasn't only from the shower.

"Anywhere, everywhere,"

C.T would give Ester as many kisses as she wanted, when the girl said things like that it just made it impossible for C.T to not just shower the girl in all of the love that she had available. Esther made her feel needed and it was an amazing feeling. The way Esther's hand played across her face guiding her in, made C.T hers on another level. Anything Esther wanted, C.T would do for her, no questions, no hesitation. C.T didn't need words to express her new found feelings, she could show Esther through actions, and she did so by leaning into the kiss that Esther gave her, in her mind already deciding that this kiss wouldn't be counted to Esther's over all total.

"Maybe we should get out of the shower first, though,"

C.T had forgotten that there was even water running over them, but Esther's words brought a chill to her body and a sheepish grin to her face. Pushing off the cold tile floor, C.T reached back and turned off the water causing a sudden stop to the stream of water raining down on them causing a chill to run through her as her soaking wet clothes settled against her skin. "Ok" C.T spoke, briefly looking down at Esther, trying to figure out how she was going to manage, this before she just shrugged her shoulders and reached down, wrapping her arms around and under Esther and lifting up and out of the tub, lifting with her legs, belly to belly as she grinned at Esther and stepped out of the tub, kicking her wet shoes off as she carried Esther back into her bed room, she didn't hesitate to lay Esther on her bed soaking wet or not, she hovered above Esther for a moment, planting another kiss on her lips and whispering "One" Before moving back into the bathroom and grabbing two towels, throwing the one for herself over her shoulder and keeping Esther's in her hand where it would be as dry as she could keep it. Once she made it back to Esther, she went to drying the girls hair, grinning down at her. "We should probably change as well, unless we both want to get sick, though it might be worth it, when you're wet, you have this exotic look to you. So beautiful."

C.T rolled her eyes at the Mag comment. "You're right, last thing I need is another lecture from Mag. She'll ask too many questions." C.T admitted, smirking and moving to give Esther a bit of space as the girl got onto her knees, face to face with her. Esther wanted to help her. Welp there went her smooth trek of confidence as now C.T's face was covered in another blush as Esther reached for the hem of her shirt, and while she was embarrassed C.T didn't move to stop her, she only gave Esther a nod of approval as she allowed the girl to move the shirt up and over her head, lifting her arms to accommodate the motions. C.T was surprised, at herself. By how easily she allowed this too happen, how she no longer cared about showing Esther the scars that lined her body, she was very comfortable around the girl, that much was certain.

"You too." C.T said, a bit cautiously, she hadn't really seen much of Esther's body, not for lack of chances, even if they weren't plentiful, but more so because C.T did her best to advert her eyes. She respected Esther's modesty, a lot. "If it's alright with you that is," C.T said, adding a little grin to hide her nervousness. "I respect your boobs right to remain anonymous."

(not something a trained killer hears everyday, I blame the crazy girl she's been handing around, she's corrupting her with cuteness.)

Esther uncontrolled laughter was something else, a ringing beauty that brought a smile to C.T's face, it made her feel proud for managing to make such a lame joke work, the pay off being more than worth it, she'd let the joke take credit for Esther easily slipping out of her shirt and showing off her slim build to C.T, who tried not to stare so obviously. But it was hard. Esther's breast weren't exactly bursting out of her bra, but they still held C.T's eyes for a few moments, as the brunette worked her tongue over in her mouth, thinking of something to say to try and break this silence she had been stunned into. But that's the thing about being stunned, you have no control of the effects, and she just had to weight for her amazement to fade, which was not likely to be anytime soon.

C.T jumped a little when she felt Esther's hand roaming across her skin, feeling out the scars on her torso that she had been ashamed of for years. C.T's eyes left Esther's chest and watched her face, waiting for the inevitable look of disgust to show across the girls delicate features, but it never came. Esther didn't think her body disgusting because of the damage, she was a sweet girl. C.T grinned, nodding to herself. That's why she loved her.

"Don't move," Esther ordered and C.T stood still, allowing Esther to slip behind her, something else that she didn't do normally, letting people behind her wasn't common for C.T who didn't trust people. But she trusted Esther so there was that. C.T didn't know what Esther was doing behind her, until she felt the girls hand on her back, where the dragon tattoo was, her breath caught and she shuddered not to subtly when Esther pressed her lips against the skin there, before her soft hands and lips were replaced with the towel, and Esther began drying her off. "And here I thought, I was the one supposed to be giving you kisses. Does that count? Or do you just have free reign over my body?"

(*bows* Glad that got a laugh XD, was debating on leaving it in or not.)

"The more you say things like that, the harder it makes it for me to be a good girlfriend." C.T admitted as she allowed herself to be pulled on top of Esther, looking down at her partially covered torso, this position being one that definitely wasn't familiar to her. "You make it hard for me to not.... Do.....It's hard to keep my hands to myself." C.T said with a cheeky smile, that faltered a bit at Esther's last statement.

'what do I say?'

C.T allowed her hands to be taken by Esther's their fingers intertwining, as she let Esther continue to speak, a silence coming over her, as she really thought over Esther's request. If Esther really wanted, they could just pack up and go. She didn't need to be around for this mission that she planned to be executed, it could be anyone honestly, sure Bradley was expecting her to show up, but what he wanted didn't matter. There was always the war that would start up if these negotiations failed, and that was something that C.T would want to keep Esther away from so leaving was the best option.

There was also the fact that besides liberation, she didn't want anything from Bradley anymore. Revenge had been put on a back burner, she hated him, yes, and if the chance came up she'd kill him in an instant. But she'd been blessed with everything that he had taken from her. He'd stolen away her family, so she'd found a new one, and with it came a girl that she loved, who just so happened to be his daughter. C.T grinned inwardly, she'd love the chance to throw that in his face.

"I'll do it, if it's really what you want. I don't mind." C.T said honestly, she turned it back on Esther, it was her choice. She leaned in close to the girl face to face. "Be honest, no matter what you choose, it won't change how I feel about you. Two." C.T placed a long kiss on Esther's forehead deciding now would be the time to start landscaping with her lips, she had a lot of kisses to give, and it would be an injustice to place them all on Esther's lips, as tempting as that sounded.

"Yes" Was C.T's answer, there wasn't more to be said, if Esther wanted to leave, C.T would go, and that was all there was too it.

Still, she held her breath, something within her, was hoping that Esther wouldn't ask her to leave, even if she had proven that she wasn't as rooted as she once was. But Esther reconsidered, she argued for C.T's family, the people that the brunette just couldn't leave behind, and C.T knew she was right. Mag would be hurt for sure, and C.T would never be able to forgive herself if something were to go wrong because she wasn't there to oversee the plan herself.

"Don't apologize, you don't have to be sorry for asking this, and if you truly feel that you do, well then I already forgive you." C.T admitted. "I'd follow you anywhere Esther, even if that meant running away from all my responsibilities here, and that's nothing for you to be sorry about. I love you. That's all that means."

(The choice has been made.)

Well as long as she knew, C.T supposed that was just as well. Honestly the brunette wanted to give Esther another chance to opt out, because C.T knew she was asking a lot of the girl, setting up one's father couldn't be easy.

But C.T kept her mouth shut, she didn't want to bring it back up, she didn't think dwelling on the topic would be healthy, besides Esther was kissing her again, and when that happened thinking was the last thing on C.T's mind, unless of course her thoughts were on the lips that had suddenly been placed against hers. That and the fact that Esther was demanding that she take her pants off. C.T had lost all forms of stoicism when it came to Esther, she wasn't able to hide the way she felt when around the girl, and being with Esther made her mind roam a lot more than it used to. C.T found that her mind wasn't exactly clean, so when Esther said what she had said, C.T's mind went completely to the gutter, though she thought she covered it up pretty well by clearing her throat rather pointedly as Esther grabbed her clothes and headed for the rest room.

Once she was gone C.T let out a sigh shaking her head, her still wet hair letting off droplets of water everywhere. "Get it together." She whispered, before slipping out of her pants, and underwear using her towel to quickly dry her lower body before reaching into her drawer and grabbing another pair underwear, 'boyshorts' Mag had called them, C.T didn't get the name, but she knew they were comfortable. She had only just managed to slip them on before she heard a knock on her door, she knew who it was already, so she didn't just waste her time guessing, she just moved to open the door, only slightly though, in case Esther came out.

"Morning Connie, oh I see you've been busy this morning." Mag spoke happily, her usual upbeat self despite the time of day. "I heard the shots earlier, guessing you gave the your wifey some lessons." Mag asked, and C.T rolled her eyes. "Wifey? And yes, she wanted me to teach her how to defend herself, so we spent the morning going over some things." Mag nodded, giving C.T this undecipherable look, C.T didn't like it, Mag had been given her this look ever since she had caught them huddled up together on the bed all that time ago, it was like she had some joke she wanted to share, but just refused to say it aloud. "Aww private lessons with Connie, how'd she do?"

"Crack shot, beat you on the range easily." it was finally Mag's turn to roll her eyes. "Please, anyone. We got a call from Jamison and his group, somehow they found out we have Bradley's daughter and he wants us to know that we have his support. But.... He doesn't know that you two are sort of an item, so he still thinks of her as a tool, he wants to-"

"What did you tell him?" C.T didn't care want to talk about using Esther as a tool, even if that was sort of what she was doing, Connie refused to exploit her any further than that. "I told him that she belongs to our boss, and that the boss gets cranky when we touch her things." C.T glared at Mag, who just grinned under the smoldering gaze.

"Is that all?"

"Yup, everything is ready for tomorrow."

"Good," C.T started to close the door but paused just a moment "One more thing, tomorrow, I want you to watch her, no one else." At that Mag frowned, usually she was always by C.T's side, as her second in command, if she was to watch over Esther she wouldn't be able to watch C.T's back, but she didn't argue. Esther was important to C.T, Mag knew that much so it was an honor for C.T to trust the protection of her girlfriend to her. "Got it boss."

C.T closed the door with a sigh, running a hand through her still damp hair before calling out. "It's safe"

C.T watched as Esther came out of the restroom fully dressed, as C.T would have been had she not been interrupted by Mag, and she noted Esther eyes on her, this hungry, gaze settling in those orbs, that made C.T run her tongue over her lips a little nervously. Esther made a comment about being over dressed and C.T had to nod her agreement, she wanted to rip those clothes right off the girl and go back to straddling her, but she had said she would give respect to the anonymity of Esther's body, even if that promise had only been extended to the girls chest, she'd expand the insurance to the rest of her girlfriends figure.

Esther turned around giving C.T a bit more privacy to get dressed, though C.T felt that was more for Esther's sake than her own, she scoffed, laughing a bit under her breath as she moved to her drawer. "Please, if you jumped me, we already know it would just end with me topping you, I've taught you everything you know remember." C.T said digging in her drawer for some pants, before straightening up to slip them on, zipping and buttoning the fly before speaking again as she dove back in for a shirt. "You surprise me with how innocent you can be for a party girl," C.T commented absently "I'm not going to melt if you look at me for too long, it's not like you didn't practically dress me yesterday."