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After Bernie had snapped the blind shut with her left hand shaking they carried on kissing each other deeply. Intense moans escaped from both of them at the same time. Suddenly Bernie broke away and looked over at the other window, blinds wide open. She took Serena's hand looking at her intensely and walked quickly over to them pulling the blinds down with a short, sharp snap leaving the room dark but they could still see each other and hear each others nervous breaths racing.
"Auntie Serena" they heard Jason whisper through the door. "Leave them for five more minutes mate" they then heard Fletch say to him. Bernie gently pushed Serena up against the wall they were standing by, she began kissing her deeply again moving gently to the right side of Serena's beautiful neck. God she smelled incredible, Bernie moved back up to hungrily kissing Serena's soft lips gently pushing her own body against her in the process. Serena gasped and then broke away a beautiful smile on her face staring into Bernie's dark eyes.
"Jason will be back in a minute" Serena whispered softly. "Yes of course" Bernie straightened her black shirt down and moved slowly away from Serena to her desk. Serena moved over to the blinds opening them to let the light back in. "Auntie Serena can I come in now?" she heard Jason say impatiently at the door. Bernie chuckled and Serena flashed her a flirty smile. "Yes Jason it's ok to come in now" Serena replied with a caring tone in her voice.
The door unlocked with a jolt and Jason cautiously entered the office his eyes scanning from Serena to Bernie to see what knowledge he could gather from when he had left them there to sort things out. Bernie was the first to move and walked closer to Jason asking gently if she could give him a hug. She knew Jason was not always comfortable with physical affection because of his Asperger's. Jason nodded with a beaming smile on his face, "Thank you so much for doing that Jason" Bernie gave him a squeeze, "I needed that push today and you really helped me". She pulled gently away and looked at him to see his reaction.
"So have you made up with each other now?" Jason asked turning to Serena. "Yes Jason we have, thank you". "That's good news because I'm staying with Fletch and Raf tonight to give you two some space and time by yourselves after being apart for so long". Serena's lips broke into a beaming smile and she flashed Bernie another beautiful flirty smile. "Is this ok with them? " she cautiously asked Jason. "It was their idea, they said we could have a boy's night as Fletch's daughter is at a sleepover so there is room for me to stay". "And you are fine with this arrangement Jason?" Serena asked him with such concern in her voice. "Yes I think I am Auntie Serena, I would like that".
He turned away and left the office abruptly. "You really don't have to come round to my house tonight, there's no pressure" Serena quickly said to Bernie who she could see had her face down searching for her bags. Serena certainly didn't want to rush anything after the day they had endured dancing around each other before finally having some sort of conversation and 'reunion'. This was far too precious and Serena quickly thought that maybe Bernie had things to do at home and it wasn't the right time for her to come round for the first time. Bernie flashed her own flirty smile at Serena and whispered "Just try and stop me, I just need to find my bag and sign off on a patient then I'm all yours". Serena smiled and felt her shoulders relax in relief, good this was going to happen and they were going to have some time to themselves without interruptions tonight.
Jason explained to them both that he would need to come home with them first to collect some things to stay over that night with Fletch and Raf. Serena again thought how kind it was of her favourite two colleagues to think of something so thoughtful and she smiled to herself thinking of the evening ahead. Bernie was soon back in the office having freshened up Serena thought. She looked all ready but sank down into her office chair accepting to wait for both Serena and Jason to be ready. "What about your car?" Serena suddenly said... "Do you want to leave it in the car park tonight?".
"I came into work this morning in a taxi" Bernie replied shyly. "My flight was late in last night so I decided to stay at the airport hotel and come straight into work this morning". Serena looked at her with concern in her eyes, "Are you sure you don't want to go home tonight? You must have things to do after being away and we can wait?". "Absolutely not, you and us sorting things out is my priority. It means everything to me" Bernie looked at her intensely.
Serena beamed at her from where she was standing, "Just give me a couple of minutes and we can leave" she said grabbing her bag and walking quickly along the busy corridor to a quieter bathroom not many people knew about. She let out a long deep breath she didn't realise she had been holding until she closed the bathroom door behind her quickly scanning the larger bathroom for anyone else that might be in there...
Good she was alone for a few minutes to catch her thoughts that were racing around her head without any control at all. How did she feel? What was going to happen? Was she ready for anything that may happen between her and Bernie tonight while they were alone in her house? She nodded firmly to herself, yes she felt ready, she knew she was hopelessly in love with Bernie Wolfe and she wanted to experience the next step of them being together even though she wasn't entirely sure of what might happen between them that evening.
Serena applied a fresh layer of her favourite lipstick and looked at herself in the mirror. Her eye make up could do with reapplying, she had put more on than usual this morning to feel her best for Bernie's return and during the day it had faded. She quickly coated her fine lashes with a mini mascara she kept in her bag and filled in her eye liner again. There, she looked and felt nicer now just a quick spritz of perfume to add and she would be out of there. Serena squirted some of her favourite perfume onto her neck and wrists turning to locate the door out of there at the same time.
She walked slowly this time back along the quieter corridor to the cosy office she shared with Bernie. It had seemed so empty and lonely while she had been away and now everything was fine again. Serena shivered to herself realising again how nervous she was.
Bernie stood up casually when Serena walked back into the office, she could smell Serena's perfume and smiled to herself that Serena must have put some more on in the toilet. "Are you ready?" Bernie asked her. "I thought I could treat you to a take away tonight and then perhaps take you out on a proper dinner date at the weekend?" Bernie finished speaking really quickly and Serena smiled at her, Bernie was nervous too. "I would love that thank you" Serena said back shyly, "Let's get out of here". Jason met them outside the Porter's area, he was ready to go as well so the three of them walked out into the car park noticing that the air had turned much cooler.
On the drive to Serena's house Jason chatted away about his day on the wards, Serena smiled thinking how happy he seemed and not anxious at all about spending the evening in a strange house to him and at the last minute as well. Serena was proud of how he was really trying to be open to changes and was really very caring despite sometimes finding it difficult to express. The drive didn't take long and soon they were pulling up into Serena's drive. Bernie had dropped her home once when Serena's car had been stolen and thought what a nice estate Serena lived on. She had never been inside her house though so this was new territory and she felt herself shaking with nerves.
Serena turned and smiled at her when the car had stopped. With the car doors locked, the three of them walked towards the front door making sure they had all of their bags with them. "Come on in and make yourself at home" Serena whispered shyly. Bernie looked round the elegant hallway, it was lovely, classy, very Serena, cosy. She took her coat off and hung it on one of the gold hooks just inside the door. "Doctor Bernie, would you like to come and see my room" Jason immediately said while rushing up the stairs. "That would be great Jason" Bernie replied casting a glance at the same time to Serena.
Serena smiled at her gratefully. Bernie gave Serena her phone before she followed Jason upstairs, "I would like to treat you to a Thai takeaway tonight if that is ok, it's lighter and really very delicious, I think you will like it, take a look at the menu app on my phone and decide what you would like, I will then order everything when I come back down. Bernie took Serena's hand in her own and said "I won't be long" looking deeply into Serena's eyes.
Wow... Serena thought, this woman could be so thoughtful and very kind indeed. She took her own coat off while Bernie and Jason were upstairs. She took a bottle of Shiraz out of the wine holder and prepared two glasses for them both. She felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach and kept herself busy looking at the menu until she could hear Bernie's footsteps plodding down the stairs. "Your home is so beautiful" Bernie spoke softly as she quickly found Serena in the large oak kitchen. Serena smiled shyly at her and handed her a glass of Shiraz. "A toast" Bernie whispered, "To us", "To us" Serena replied clinking her glass against the other both of them gazing at each other smiling.