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*** Two years later ***
"Tally..darling wake up, your alarm is going off." Sarah said as she gently shook the sleeping redhead next to her.
"Mm 5 more minutes." Tally mumbled, still very much asleep.
Sarah chuckled, reaching across to turn off the alarm.
She decided to try a different approach and began kissing the back of Tally's neck, before moving around to the side to kiss behind her ear and gently nip at her jawline.
"Mhmm that feels nice." Tally said sleepily.
Sarah brushed her lips against the redhead's ear. "Wake up for me darling." She said.
"Don't want to." Tally replied with a sleepy pout.
Sarah grinned. "If you wake up now we might just have time for some shower sex." She told the redhead.
"Mmm I love shower sex." Tally replied.
"I know you do love..come on then, join me in the shower." Sarah said.
Tally frowned, opening her eyes. "You always bribe me with sex so I will get up." She said with another pout.
"And does it not work every time?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, because you know I love having sex with you more than anything, including sleep." Tally replied.
"Well then I guess I will continue to keep bribing you with sex." Sarah told her.
"You're mean Sarah Alder." Tally said, the pout never leaving her face.
"I am, but you love me anyway..now why don't you stop pouting and put that mouth of yours to better use hm?" Sarah replied with a cheeky grin.
Tally watched as the brunette got out of bed, stripped off her PJs before disappearing into the en suite bathroom. A few moments later she heard the shower turn on and quickly scrambled out of bed towards the bathroom. When she entered the bathroom Sarah was standing at the sink completely naked, brushing her teeth. The redhead approached and wrapped her arms around her waist from behind, pulling the older woman into her body and pressing her lips against her neck. Tally made eye contact with Sarah in the mirror as she brought her hand up to cup her breast. Sarah gasped slightly as the redhead began to pinch and roll her nipple between her fingers. She finished brushing her teeth, wiping the toothpaste from her mouth before turning in Tally's arms. "You more awake now?" She asked.
Tally nodded with a grin. Sarah leaned in and kissed the redhead soundly before backing them both into the shower.
Once the door had closed Tally flipped their positions, pushing Sarah into the cool tiles. Sarah moaned and arched her back off the wall when Tally's hot mouth latched onto her nipple, her tongue gliding over the erect bud. The redhead brought her hand up and pinched the other nipple between her finger and thumb, causing another moan to escape Sarah's lips.
Tally held Sarah's gaze as she began her decent, kissing down the brunette's abdomen. She dropped to her knees in front of Sarah, lifting one of her legs over her shoulder as her mouth found her already very wet centre.
Sarah moaned loudly as Tally slowly dragged her tongue over her clit. "Mmm that feels so good darling." She breathed out, her hands coming down to tangle in Tally's hair as the younger woman continued to massage her clit.
"Oh fuck, yes right there!" Sarah encouraged when Tally found a particularly sensitive spot.
Tally pressed her tongue harder against Sarah's clit and felt the brunette's hand tighten in her hair, pulling her in closer.
"I'm so close darling, keep going just like that." Sarah pleaded.
Tally kept her pace and a few moments later, without warning Sarah came undone, gripping Tally's hair tightly as she rode out her orgasm.
After she had recovered somewhat Sarah beckoned Tally to her feet where she crashed their lips together, tasting herself on the younger woman's lips. Sarah turned Tally so that she was facing the wall, her palms flat on the tiles and pressed her body up against her, nipping and kissing her neck and shoulder. Sarah nudged Tally's legs apart and reached her hand between them from behind. Finding the redhead's clit she slowly began to circle her fingers over it, eliciting a gasp from Tally's lips. Sarah encouraged the redhead to bend slightly at the waist before burying two fingers inside her. Tally moaned loudly at the sudden intrusion, pushed her ass backwards, simultaneously fucking herself on Sarah's fingers as the brunette began to thrust into her.
"Oh fuck Sarah! harder baby." Tally cried out.
Sarah grinned, picking up her pace fucking the younger woman hard and fast.
It didn't take long before Tally felt herself losing control and with a loud cry she came all over Sarah's fingers. Sarah continued to thrust into her until the redhead was completely spent. Tally rested her head on the cold tiles as she came down from her high. Once she had recovered some, she turned and wrapped her arms around Sarah's neck, pulling her in for a kiss. Sarah smiled as her eyes met chocolate browns. "Mmhm I'm so glad you convinced me to get out of bed, that is by far the best way to start the morning." Tally said with a lazy grin.
Sarah chuckled. "You never take much convincing, I only have to flash a bit of skin and promise you sex and you are putty in my hands." She replied.
"Hm very true, I love sex with you." Tally said.
"I love sex with you too darling." Sarah replied.
Tally closed the gap between them again, pressing her lips against Sarah's.
"We definitely need to hurry up and get ready though or were both going to be late." Sarah told her.
"Pft we are the bosses, who's going to challenge us for being late?" Tally said with a grin.
Sarah chuckled again. "That may very well be true, but there is such a thing as leading by example." Sarah replied.
"Hm s'pose." Tally said.
They both finished getting showered and dressed, making it out the door in record time. Sarah kissed Tally goodbye before they got into their separate cars and drove to work.
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From the moment Tally walked through the doors of the sanctuary her day had been complete chaos, one of the dogs had escaped his cage and the staff had been chasing him around the grounds all morning, she had paperwork coming out of her eyeballs and to top it off they'd had a power cut. She was so glad it was the weekend and she could finally relax when this day was over.
As late afternoon arrived, things seemed to settle down and Tally decided to leave early. She popped her head in each building to make sure everything was in order before making her way out the door.
When she arrived home she was surprised so see Sarah's car on the driveway; the brunette very rarely left the office early. When she walked through the door she found Sarah in the kitchen.
"Hey baby, you're home early." Tally said.
"That's because I couldn't wait to start the weekend with you." Sarah replied.
Tally smiled, moving to kiss the brunette. "Did I ever tell you that you are such a smooth talker?" Tally said.
Sarah grinned. "You may have mentioned it once or twice." She replied, grinning as she pulled the redhead into another kiss.
"I was about to take Scout out for a walk at the woodland park, would you like to join me?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah sounds good, let me just change into my dog walking gear." Tally said.
Sarah nodded. She put on her coat and grabbed her cellphone off the counter and sat down whilst she waited for Tally to get changed.
A few minutes later the redhead returned. "Ready?" She asked.
"Yep." Sarah said.
They loaded Scout into his crate in the trunk of Sarah's car before setting off.
A few minutes later they arrived at the woodland park parking lot and Sarah released Scout from the trunk. The little Spaniel waited for them to set off before running ahead, sniffing and peeing on everything.
Sarah linked hands with Tally, bringing them up up to kiss the back of Tally's hand.
"I'm so glad it's finally the weekend, this week has been chaos." Tally said.
"Well you can relax now darling, I will make sure you are taken care of all weekend." Sarah told her.
"Mm I definitely like that sound of that." Tally replied with a huge smile.
Sarah returned the smile.
They walked on hand in hand with Scout patrolling up ahead in his usual fashion.
As they turned the corner Scout suddenly stopped, his ears pricking up before he bolted off into the trees.
"Where has he gone?" Tally asked.
Sarah shrugged. "Must have caught a scent or something, I'm sure he will come back." Sarah said nonchalantly.
As they reached the spot where the little Spaniel had run off from Tally scanned the woods. "I can't see him Sarah." She said concerned.
"Scout!..here boy!" Tally shouted moving closer to the treeline.
Sarah's phone buzzed and she quickly checked the screen before putting it away.
Tally continued to shout but the Spaniel didn't return.
"You check over there darling I will wait here in case he comes back this way." Sarah said.
Tally nodded moving ahead, still shouting the little Spaniel.
Sarah reached into her pocket and pulled out her silent dog whistle, blowing it.
Sure enough within seconds the little Spaniel came running through the trees towards Tally.
The redhead shouted him and he stopped in front of her. Tally furrowed her brows when she noticed he was now wearing some sort of neckerchief.
"What the?.." She approached the spaniel to inspect it and that's when she noticed it had a message which read "WILL YOU MARRY MY MAMA?" Tally gasped when she read it, she turned and Sarah was behind her down on one knee with a ring in her hand.
Tally placed her hand over her mouth in shock.
"Tally Craven, will you make me even happier than you already do and marry me?" Sarah asked.
"Yes! Oh my god yes Sarah I will marry you!" Tally said.
Sarah stood up with a huge grin on her face and moved to place the ring on Tally's finger before pulling her in for a kiss.
Tally pulled back to inspect the ring. "Sarah it's so beautiful." She said.
Sarah smiled, "Not half as beautiful as you my love." She replied.
Tally grinned. "I love you Sarah, I can't believe I am going to get to marry you." She said.
"I love you too darling." Sarah told her.
Tally pulled the older woman into her arms, pressing a quick kiss on her lips.
They finished the rest of the walk with Tally not able to keep her eyes off the ring on her finger.
Sarah was so happy that Tally had said yes and that the proposal had gone smoothly. She had been divorced from Hugh for over a year now, she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Tally so it was a no brainer to ask her to marry her. She had planned this for weeks, commandeering Anacostia to help her by waiting at a certain point in the woods and blow her own silent whistle to get Scout to come to her. She made a mental note to reward the little Spaniel for his crucial part in the proposal which to her relief had been executed flawlessly.
When they arrived home, Sarah got Scout out of the trunk and allowed Tally to lead the way into the house.
When the redhead stepped through the door there was a trail of rose petals leading upstairs.
The redhead turned to Sarah who just grinned and motioned for her to go inside. Tally followed the trail which led to the main bathroom, she stepped inside to see the room lit by numerous candles and a steaming hot bubble bath filled with more rose petals. Down the side of the bath was a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket and two glasses.
"Sarah you have definitely outdone yourself." Tally said turning to kiss the brunette.
"I wanted it to be special for you darling." Sarah told her.
"It's very special, thank you baby." Tally replied.
Sarah smiled brightly.
"You joining me for a bath?" Tally asked.
"Of course my love." Sarah said.
The redhead quickly stripped off all her clothing and climbed into the tub. Sarah followed suit a few minutes later and slipped in behind her, pulling Tally into her arms.
"Mhm this is so nice, just what I needed after a long week." Tally said.
Sarah tightened her hold on Tally and kissed her cheek.
"I love you Sarah Alder, I can't wait to be your wife." Tally said.
Sarah smiled. "I love you too darling, more than anything in this world and I too can't wait to be your wife." She replied.
A short while later Sarah popped open the champagne and poured them both a glass. "A toast to you my love, for allowing me to finally experience true happiness, for agreeing to be my wife and for being the amazing woman that you are." Sarah said raising her glass.
Tally felt happy tears welling up in her eyes at Sarah's words. She lifted her glass and clinked it with Sarah's. "To our future together and to you being as equally as amazing." She replied.
Sarah leaned in for a kiss which Tally happily accepted.
After their bath Sarah led Tally downstairs to the dining room which had also been decorated for the occasion. Tally gasped slightly when she saw that it was now lit by fairy lights. The dining table had been moved into the centre of the room and was covered in a crisp white tablecloth, peppered with more rose petals. There were two places made up, complete with black placemats and red napkins. In the centre was an assortment of candles next to a small bunch of roses.
Sarah stepped in and pulled out a chair for Tally which she grateful took.
"Sarah this is amazing, who knew you were so romantic." Tally said with a grin.
Sarah chuckled. "Well I'm not usually but you are definitely worth the effort." She replied.
"If you will excuse me for a moment my love I need to go check on the food in the oven." Sarah told her.
"Wait when did you put food in the oven?" Tally asked confused.
Sarah grinned and tapped the side of her nose before disappearing into the kitchen.
Tally chuckled, clearly Sarah had some help with this all.
A short while later Sarah returned with the first course, a starter of breaded King prawns and sweet chilli dip.
For the main she had made creamy tuscan chicken served with roasted potatoes and green veggies.
For dessert she served homemade chocolate fudge cake with oreo ice cream.
"Sarah that was amazing, did you make this all?" Tally asked.
"I did, I left work before noon and secretly prepared everything, I of course had a little help with the cooking." Sarah told her.
"Well I am very impressed, thank you for going to so much effort to make our engagement special." Tally replied.
"You're worth every ounce of effort my love." Sarah told her.
Tally smiled brightly squeezing Sarah's hand.
After dinner they snuggled on the sofa before heading up to bed where Tally showed Sarah just how appreciative she was of all her efforts.
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"Let me see the ring!" Abigail said excitedly as she barged into Tally's office the next day.
Tally grinned and held up her hand for her best friend to see.
Abigail squealed. "Ooo Sarah definitely did not skimp on that rock! it's gorgeous Tal, she did good." She told her.
"Yeah she's amazing." Tally said, smiling brightly.
"So tell me everything! I want to know all the details from start to finish." Abigail replied.
Tally relayed the whole proposal to a very excited Abigail who commented on how romantic it all sounded.
"So have you guys thought about a date when you'd like to get married?" She asked.
"No, we haven't really had chance to discuss that just yet, I don't think I'd want a long engagement, I already know I want to spend the rest of my life with Sarah, but like she's been married before so I don't know whether she would want to wait a while." Tally told her.
"If she wanted to wait Tal she wouldn't have proposed to you now." Abigail pointed out.
"Hm that is true." Tally replied.
"I've seen the way that woman looks at you, she's head over heels in love with you, it's cute." Abigail said.
"I'm madly in love with her too." Tally replied.
"I know Tal, you guys are the cutest...does your Mom know yet?" Abigail asked.
"Not yet, I'm going to go see her after work." Tally replied
Abigail nodded.
"Ooo I'm so excited for you guys, you will have to let me organise an engagement party for you!" She said.
Tally grinned. "Of course, I wouldn't have anyone else organise it." She said.
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When Tally finally arrived home Sarah was sat on the sofa in the living room. The brunette looked up and smiled when she walked in.
"There's my girl." She said.
Tally smiled brightly and moved to straddle Sarah's lap, wrapping her arms around the older woman's neck. Sarah's hands dropped to rest on Tally's hips.
"How are you darling?" She asked.
"I'm good, but much better now that I'm home with you." Tally replied.
Sarah smiled brightly before closing the distance, kissing the redhead on the lips.
"How's your Mom?" Sarah asked.
"She's good, apparently she already knew you were going to propose?" Tally said her eyebrow raised.
Sarah grinned. "What can I say, I am old fashioned at heart, so I asked for her blessing first." She told the redhead.
Tally beamed. "You never seize to amaze me Sarah Alder." She replied.
Sarah smiled. "I love you." She said.
"I love you too baby." Tally replied, planting a soft kiss on Sarah's lips.
"Sooo who helped you with the proposal then?" She said curiously.
Sarah chuckled. "So I had Anacostia waiting in the woods ready to blow a whistle to make Scout come to her so she could tie his neckerchief. Whilst we were out on the walk I had Raelle and Scylla come around to decorate the house and put the food I had prepared in the oven." Sarah told her.
"No way! Those little sneaks pretended like they were shocked about the engagement this morning, who knew they played a part in it!" Tally said.
Sarah laughed. "Least I know I can trust them to keep a secret." She replied.
Tally chuckled. "And my Mom, what did she say when you asked for her blessing?" Tally asked.
"She stared at me for the longest time until she told me that you were her only child and that all she could ever hope for as a mother is for you to be happy and that she sees how happy I make you so yes I had her blessing." Sarah told her.
Tally chuckled. "Yep that's my Mom for you, keeping you on your toes." She said.
Sarah laughed. "She definitely does that!" She replied.
Tally grinned. "I think it's sweet that you asked for her blessing and of course it will have gained you even more brownie points with her and she already loves you." She told her.
"That is a point." Sarah said with a grin.
"Soo Abigail has insisted that she plan us an engagement party." Tally told her.
"Has she now?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah, hope that's ok?" Tally said.
"More than ok darling, you deserve to have the best and I know Abigail will ensure its perfect." Sarah said.
Tally smiled. "Could you be any more amazing?" She asked.
Sarah chuckled. "Mm there's always room for improvement." She said.
"Not with you, you're just perfect." Tally replied.
"Hardly, but thank you for saying so." Sarah said.
"I suppose we will have to agree to disagree on that one." Tally replied with a grin.
"Indeed we will." Sarah said kissing the redhead.
"Did you have the engagement party and the big white wedding when you married Hugh?" Tally asked.
"Unfortunately yes, Hugh was all about appearances and what other people thought so he had to put on a big show for everyone." Sarah explained.
"But you didn't want all of that?" Tally asked.
"Not with him darling, but with you yes, if that's what you want too?" Sarah said.
Tally smiled. "Maybe somewhere in the middle?" She replied.
"Sounds perfect." Sarah said, returning the smile.
"Have you heard from him much?" Tally asked.
"Not really, last I heard he had moved to New York to be closer to Michael." Sarah told her.
"So are they like, openly together now?" Tally asked.
"No I don't think so, Hugh will never be open about him unfortunately." Sarah said.
"That's really sad, I feel for Michael, I don't think I could have put up with that for all these years." Tally replied.
"I know, there's not a chance I could ever hide you away, fuck what anyone else thinks you're mine and I will always want the whole world to know it." Sarah said.
Tally smiled. "Same baby, it would definitely be a crime to hide this hot piece of ass." She said with a cheeky grin.
"Is that all I am to you a hot piece of ass?" Sarah asked, feigning offense. Tally pretended to consider this for a moment until Sarah began to tickle her sides. The redhead, squealed and wriggled "Arghh Sarah..no..stop!..I'm sor..argh! I'm sorry, you're...arghh no!.. I'm gonna pee!..I'm sorry." She cried out.
Sarah relinquished her tickling and Tally flopped on the sofa to catch her breath.
Sarah climbed on top of her with a smirk on her lips, their faces inches apart, gazes locked. "You were saying?" She said, her eyebrow raised.
"You're definitely so much more than a hot piece of ass, although you do have an incredible ass." Tally said with a grin.
Sarah returned the grin before closing the gap, capturing Tally's lips with her own.
"I love you." She said, pulling back.
Tally smiled brightly. "I love you too." She replied.