‘Choose my own of course!  Dana has like the worse taste in accessories in the whole world and…..hey we’re not talking about me and Dana!’

‘Yes we are,’ Helena insisted.

‘Oh no this is about you and Alexa, are you going to ask her to marry you?’

‘No!  Yes, I don’t know, do you think I should?’

Alice remembered her conversation with Alexa months before but decided to keep it to herself.  ‘Helena you either want to or you don’t but I think you should I mean you love her right?’

‘You know I do.’

‘So……….’

‘So what if she turns me down or she thinks she’s too young or it’s too soon?’

‘She won’t!’

‘How do you know?’

‘Because I know things like this Helena.  I think you should get married in a castle or out on the beach…..’

‘Alice, slow down.  Don’t go planning our wedding just yet.  Besides Alexa likes things low key.’

‘So you are going to ask her then?’

‘Maybe,’ said Helena and smiled coyly.

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All the drive home, Helena thought about different ways to propose to Alexa, she could take her back to Paris or out for a romantic dinner at her favourite restaurant or a thousand other cliched but romantic possibilities.  She opened the door to find Alexa in the kitchen looking very harassed.  There were four pans on the stove and a very stained looking recipe book.

‘Hey baby, can I help you out there?’ asked Helena.

‘No, no I wanted to have this all ready for you.’

‘Hey relax, let me get you a drink.’  Helena poured her a drink and handed it to her, giving her a quick kiss before standing behind her to massage her shoulders.

‘How was your meeting?’ Alexa asked.

‘Fine, made some changes in production but we’re still on schedule.  I dropped by to see Alice.’

‘Uh huh,’ she said feeling Helena’s mouth nuzzling her neck.

‘Lena,’ she squirmed.  ‘This is going to spoil.’

‘You’re saying I don’t get a welcome home kiss?’ she asked, licking a path up her neck, causing Alexa to shiver.

Alexa turned her head to the side slightly and pulled Helena’s head forward to kiss her.  Helena soon deepened the kiss, lost in her girlfriend’s lips as usual and soon Alexa turned in her arms, slipping her hands to Helena’s ass as they moaned into each other’s mouths.