“Then why are you crying?”  Concern still in Lara’s eyes, mixed with relief.

“I have never felt anything like that before.  My body has never reacted to anything or anyone like that before.” 

Lara padded away the tears that had escaped Dana’s eyes as Dana continued.

“You make me feel like there is no one else in the world and you make me feel a love that I have never felt before, from anyone.  I know people say that they have had their worlds ‘rocked’ or that they have had an orgasmic explosion, but I now know what that actually feels like.”  A loving smile appeared on Dana’s face. “And I got to experience it with you.”

Dana had finally gained the strength and lifted her head to softly place her lips upon Lara’s.  “I love you so much.”  Her eyes again welled up, but this time, the tears dared not roll down her cheek. 

“I love you too Dana.”  Lara’s eyes now were filled with relief and love.  “I never want to lose you.”

“You won’t.”

As they lay there in their embrace, they were ripped from their afterglow by a crash.

“What the ***** was that?”  Dana flew from her position so fast, she practically threw Lara off of her.

“I don’t know.”  Lara quick to get up behind her.  “It sounded like it might be from your mother’s room.”

Dana got a confused look on her face as she started to throw on her sweats and tank, “But Mom’s room is across the house.”

Lara, mirroring Dana’s actions, got her tank pulled over her head and lifted a monitor on the nightstand.

“Oh my God, please tell me that she can’t hear anything.”  Dana’s mind was frantic with what her mother could have heard.

“No, she can’t.  Tina and Bette let us borrow this so she could call me if she needed something during the night.” As they both ran out of their sanctuary, Lara continued, “They said that they didn’t need it since”

As they reached Sharon‘s room, Dana completed the sentence, “Since they lost the baby.”

“Yeah.”

As the door ***** turned and they practically knocked each other over to get through the door, they saw Sharon on the ground.