Starving

by xstaywithmex

Summary:

24 y/o Maya Bishop is a former MMA fighter who lost her whole career in one night due to stupid mistakes && 29 y/o Carina DeLuca is an actress who landed her first big TV role on 'Grey's Anatomy' playing Dr. Stefania Romano, OBGYN.

Andrew DeLuca who grew up with Maya told her that his big sister has a job opportunity for her -- but she also hasn't seen Carina since they all met 17 years ago on a vacation to Italy & Maya isn't an actress nor a stunt double.

Carina is willing to take the jump to get Maya's life back together, to open doors for her. If Maya would only shove down her hurt ego & text the girl who she met when she was 7.

Chapter 1: Ready or Not

Notes:

WELCOME!! To my second child, Starving

Enjoy!!

NSFW right off the bat!

“Oh fuck…fuck..oh yes, Maya..harder, fuck-- harder” Carina whimpered against Maya's lips. 

Gloved hands gripping the perfectly tight ass to hold the brunette up against the wall, just now being able to wrap the girls legs around her waist. Maya drove her cock in and out of Carina's pussy harder, faster — like she asked of course. The brunettes fingers gripping hard into the blondes back to keep her steady from the hard thrusts she was being delivered.  

“Someone likes it rough-- don’t you…You give off the, don't go easy on me energy..” Maya breathed hotly into Carina's lips, a low laugh right after. "I bet you've wanted me to take you like this" 

Pressing her lips to silence the Italian, Maya kissed her hard, biting her bottom lip in the process. She couldn’t lie to herself saying that she didn’t think of it also. Everything Carina did was intoxicating, it felt like she was doing it to get some reaction out of Maya. And boy did she get it today. 

Moans being silenced by the kiss but the wet slaps between their bodies as Maya fucked Carina was anything but silent. Her thick cock pounding up into the wettest core she’d ever dove into, Carina was dripping for her before she even entered her. 

“How..cazzo...I can't...think -- against the wall? Si -- but, I just wanted you to take me” Carina's mind was swirling with everything she wanted to say, but any sort of american sayings left her head right now. She smirked into the kiss, her tongue pressing against Maya's. Hungry for all of the blonde. 

“Fuck. You’re tight…I guess someone doesn’t get stretched much??” Maya said as her teeth then pulled at Carina's bottom lip, causing her to moan loud. 

Carina's body trembled under Maya's hands, the blonde could feel it each time she filled her up. When Maya didn't hear a response, only moans -- she took it upon herself to grip Carina's thighs and pull her down hard the moment she thrusted her cock into her. 

"You didn't answer me...” 

 

WAIT WAIT WAIT!!! — You guys don’t even know how they even got here..how did YOU get here already? Why don’t we just go back to when Maya and Carina first met (again) after so many years?? Come on…let’s go rewind back to the beginning…

^^ is definitely going to be happening, buttttttttt not quite yet.. 

 

"Maya...earth to Maya..hey, Bishop?" 

 

Ahhhhhh yes — this is a good spot for you to start.

-insert flashback music here oooohhhhOooaahhhhhhaahhhhhhhoooooo-

Maya just sat there, mindlessly wrapping and unwrapping her hands of the bands she used as a fighter. Her mind and eyes just thinking, staring back into that night, the night her whole world shattered into pieces that she couldn’t pick up. She could remember her management calling her the next morning, telling her they were dropping her. The organization telling the her that she was done, she wasn't allowed to fight anymore, she was being stripped of any titles that day from her name. Any sponsors she had? Pulled. 

She had nothing to her name, and what she did have -- she needed to make it last, it wasn't a fountain of money anymore coming in. She been wallowing in her mistakes for eight whole months, it felt like a nightmare, one she couldn't wake up from even when she tried. Drunk for at least the first two months of her losing everything, it wasn't until Andy Herrera came in, a plead from Maya’s own girlfriend — pulled Maya literally out of her bed and onto the floor. Standing next to her at the time was her other best friend Andrew DeLuca. 

Both of them gave Maya a big reality check, Andy being the girl she grew up with since they were babies, Andrew being the boy she met over in Italy when her family vacationed there when she was 7; the boy moved here a couple years later with his mama and they lived right next door. You could say the three of them were attached at the hip. 

"MAYA!" A booming voice along with a boxing glove came hurling towards the blondes back, hitting her effectively. 

"OW...what the fuck.." Turning around and seeing Andy in her turnout gear. 

"Finally, I've been calling your fucking name for five minutes...stare out into space much?" 

"I think they made the mistake of you being Captain of 19 -- you're abusive" Maya rolled her eyes, getting up from the bench. The wraps making it perfectly back wrapped up like new right where she was sitting. 

"Andrew's been texting you -- and I'm choosing to ignore that statement, I would think that my father would be happy that I’m captain and not Beckett" Andy just smiled. 

Fire Gym, a place Maya built when she was 21, the start of the big MMA career. She had taken the building next to fire station 19, Station 19 if you will and made it into the firefighters sanctuary if they didn't want to use the one in house. Naming it for Andy's father, Captain Pruitt Herrera; who passed on the job just a couple years ago. Andy was the youngest Fire Captain at only 24, but when you literally grow up in a fire station you really can’t question if she knew her shit.

"What does Andrew want?" 

"Like hell if I know, I was on a call and the man was hitting me up...answer him please, I'm begging so I don't go to the hospital and strangle him" Andy said with a smile before heading out of the gym entirely. 

"Good to see you too??" Maya called after her best friend. 

The blonde picked up her phone to see that Andrew had in fact texted her. A few times actually, asking if she wanted to go get a drink at Joe's. The bar across from the hospital, asking to have her pick up some groceries (they lived together) -- and then a couple saying that she couldn't avoid him since he knew where she lived, which is something he loved pulling. 

[Andrew DeLuca]: I know I’ve told you before over text, and I know you haven’t even reached out, you forget that Carina is my big sister…and she’s been waiting for your text 
[Andrew DeLuca]: But also she’s not willing to even talk to your own girlfriend about that cause I think we both know how that can get with April 

[Maya Bishop]: yeah yeah yeah I know I have it, I just…idk man I think it’s a bad idea? 
[Maya Bishop]: Also lay off April, I’m sorry you’re not getting any but my girlfriend isn’t your punching bag 

[Andrew DeLuca]: Meet me at Joe’s tonight, we should talk more on why you SHOULD call or text Carina 🥺 PLEASE MAYA 

[Maya Bishop]: As long as you don’t bring out your “list” of reasons why I should dump April and magically date your sister who I DON’T KNOW? 

[Andrew DeLuca]: You’re going to WANT..to know her 😏
[Andrew DeLuca]: My list is valid in all points, I’m not biased

[Maya Bishop]: ???????!!!!!!!!! She’s your SISTER
[Maya Bishop]: You know how weird it is that you’re trying to set us up? 
[Maya Bishop]: You know what…just to appease you I’ll show up. You’re off at what? 10:30? 

[Andrew DeLuca]: Also the fact that you haven’t commented on my sister at all worry’s me, cause..she works on the same show as your girlfriend..
[Andrew DeLuca]: I mean, she’s watched you fight…it’s why she wanted me to contact you 

[Maya Bishop]: If you remember correctly, April and I almost broke up because I fucked up completely, and she’s been a real one when I was a fighter with all the girls throwing themselves at me. 
[Maya Bishop]: So sorry I haven’t commented on your sister, but also I don’t watch the show? So why would I comment 
[Maya Bishop]: WHAT?! 

[Andrew DeLuca]: 😳 we have so much to unpack tonight. I’ll see you at 10:30! Surgery got moved up! 

Maya sat there as she tossed her phone over to her mat on the floor. The phone closing but lighting up to her front screen, it was a photo of her and April when she won her championship title. The girls were in a sweet kiss, Maya might have had a couple cuts on her face but April and her looked happy. 

They were happy, they met a few years ago, started off as friends but quickly grew to friends with benefits, then to exclusive, eventually becoming a couple. April turned a girl who slept with someone new almost after every match into a one woman kinda gal. Did that frustrate Maya? You could say so, she now had to go thru her girlfriend to make sure something was good, or if she needed anything. 

April wasn’t stupid, she knew Maya was hot, she knew the girls threw themselves at her for that and also for her surprise package Maya was born with. 

The MMA also confused on what category to put the blonde in. After tests and more tests to see what all her balances were, Maya was officially inducted into the female category after countless fights on how she is a woman despite her anatomy below. They had even issued a statement saying how sorry they were for the emotional and stressful damage they caused to start her career back at 18. 

Getting up to grab her phone that she just threw down, she placed it into her back pocket and went about her day at the gym before she had to go and meet Andrew at Joes. 

———————————

“Andrea…” Carina strolled into the hospital to see her little brother. 

The brunette had just moved from LA to Seattle while 'Grey's Anatomy' was on a winter break, it gave her some much needed downtime. Knowing a lot of the actors dispersed through out the west coast once that happened, it gave the italian the reason to go where her brother was doing his surgical internship. With the girl coming off of a 5 hour flight, she still looked pretty put together. Running her hand through her long dark wavy hair to flip it to one side, she could pinpoint Andrea out in a crowded room, her long tan jacket on top of a simple white loose shirt, dark jeans and some white sneakers. 

“Carina — wait what time is it?” 

“8? You said to stop by? I told you what time my flight was..Do you have your car keys?” Carina held her hand out and made a grabbing motion, the other hand had her fingers wrapped around the handle of a large piece of luggage. "Am I still allowed to spend the night till the rest of my things get here tomorrow?"

“Chiavi…grazie” (keys...thank you) Carina tried again with her eyebrows shooting up a little bit. 

“You see, about that…I haven’t told Maya yet, nor have I told her that you’re going to be at Joe’s tonight..” 

“Andrea?! So she’s going to be blindsided…you stupid little boy, now what are you going to do?” Carina rolled her eyes a bit. 

“Uh? Me? — right, come with me…” Andrew reached out and grabbed Carina’s hand. He brought her up to one of the on-call rooms to let her stay put for a bit. 

Carina willingly followed her little brother through the hospital. Some people recognized her, others just went on with their shifts. She was only fairly new to this side of the oceans fame. Back in Italy she mostly modeled, a here and there show but nothing like the role she landed over here. Dr. Stefania Romano, the new OBGYN of the series, crazy attractive and wildly talented. — it’s what they wrote, not her. 

When she told Andrea she’d be moving to the states, he was beyond excited to see his big sister more, so was their mama. Having to stay over in Italy had its pros and cons, pro is that she did the work she wanted while traveling all over Europe if needed, con is having to look over her papa; who she loved very much but he was too much to handle sometimes. 

“Is this like your set? Have you had some crazy sexy time in one of these bad boys yet?” Andrew asked when he opened the door. 

Carina just looked at her little brother with a raised eyebrow, he patted the frame of the doorway, almost like he was fond of the memories. 

“Do you watch the show Andrea? Yes, of course Stefania has …more than one and I’m assuming this is your favorite room with you petting the door?” She teased the boy who just stood up straighter with a shake of his head. 

“Who? Me? No…never….” 

One of the nurses walked by and ran her hand over his back, a little wiggle of her fingers at him and he just smiled back at the woman. 

“Oh yeah, you never. Not my baby brother -- the liar” Carina laughed as she sat down. 

“Okay it was once, maybe twice…it was a late night” Andrea tried to argue back. 

"Late nights, poor baby Andrea..." Cracking a smile with him as the boy just rolled his eyes. 

"So are you good in here till we go to Joe's? You can rest...no one will bother you" 

"Si -- I'll be good in here, and i'm surprised you never told Maya that I was going to be with you at the bar..." 

"I have a plan for that, she doesn't watch the show -- so if you sit next to her at the bar while I'm not there yet, strike up a convo..??" Andrew trailed on to see where he was getting at. 

"When I asked you to introduce me to her, all these years later Andrea. intendevo letteralmente presentarmi a lei, non farmi fare ciò che tu non puoi" (i literally meant introduce me to her, not have myself do what you can't)

Andrew just nodded his head a little bit, his eyes squinting. He knew not telling his best friend about this little piece of information, could either go good or bad. 

"You see..I know, but..this is a better plan" 

Over the loud speaker of the hospital it boomed a 'DR. DELUCA TO THE ICU...DR. DELUCA TO THE ICU'. Andrea smiled weakly, starting to close the door on his sister who sat there shaking her head. 

"Andrea i'm going to kill you!" 

"I love you too! I gotta go!" He said closing the door fully and leaving. 

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It was about 10:20 when Maya strolled down the steps into Joe's bar. A few 'hey maya's' came her way with the girl just nodding, taking a seat at the bar. While she stopped the fucked up shit, she didn't have a problem with drinking, it was the other that fueled the bad thoughts. One of the bartenders walked over and just handed Maya a double whiskey, straight up with a little napkin under the glass. 

"You are the best..." Mentioning and the man just bowed his head with a smile. 

Andrew got off work a little early, grabbing Carina he walked the two of them across the street and down the familiar steps of the bar, going through the little hall to get to the main bar he peered his head in to see if Maya was there yet. There she was -- the blonde's back to the door, she had a grey lowcut t-shirt on, dark wash jeans and a pair of boots along with her MMA dark blue jacket on, the sleeves pushed up to about her elbow. Her hair was let down, which was a shock but not totally rare. It had a little curl to it, a small bounce. 

"She's right there...in the blue...blonde hair" Andrew said, pointing gently at his best friend. 

Carina popped her head in behind her little brother as she couldn't help but to take in the girl, she’d seen photos of her when Maya used to fight, and of course when Andrea would send her photos through the years updating his life with his big sister -- the girl was drop dead gorgeous, she knew unfortunately the blonde did have a girlfriend, one she works with on her TV show too.

Maya’s fingers holding onto the little accent piece they put in her drink, swirling it around slowly before picking it up to take a small sip. Carina just took a step back, making sure she smoothed out her shirt, flipping and running her hand through her hair a couple times to make the fullness come back. Andrea looked back to see his sister 'fluffing' herself up, he tried to stifle a small laugh. 

"Carina, really?" He smiled, knowing that his big sister was trying to make a good first impression on his best friend. Maybe Andrew talked Maya up a little too much to her. oops?

"What? You made me stay there for a few hours -- I have to make a good first impression, you should know that Andrea " Carina just sassed him before walking in, beelining it for the bar where she slid on one of the stools. 

"White wine please" Saying with the softest of smiles. 

When the glass was placed in-front of her, she picked it up to then look over at Maya, her eyes taking in the blonde who was just absentmindedly playing with her drink. When Maya looked at her watch to see what time it was, she could feel eyes on her coming from the left. 

Her blue hues casted up and then over to catch dark brown eyes, looking at her with a bright but very soft smile. Maya couldn’t help it, her tongue peaked out a bit to wet just the very edges of her lips as she smiled back at the girl. 

“You, look familiar….” Carina started out, tilting her head only slightly but in such an alluring fashion. Her voice had such a pronounced accent, it almost made Maya forget she had a girlfriend for a moment. 

“I come here a lot” Maya replied just as sweet as the statement was, taking a small sip of her drink. 

“No, that’s not it..where could I have seen you before?” Carina played a bit. 

Maya just let out a gentle laugh, a small shrug of her shoulders in a playful way. “I um.. I used to be on TV...” Maya stated farther, enjoying this interaction. It was almost a hook & line conversation. 

Carina moved a little closer with her chair, her head nodding. Her eyes squinting only so very little to make it look like she was thinking. 

“You’re, an Fighter? Right? Umm — MMA? You won a championship?” Carina’s face lit up, she even sat up a little straighter. 

“Yeah…Women's Bantamweight Championship…Maya Bishop” Maya smiled while holding her hand out for the other woman to take. 

“Carina DeLuca..” Carina clasped her hand with Maya’s, and that’s all it took for the both of them. 

One spark. One handshake. One smile. All of these infighters a shoot of electricity up their arms as soon as their hands met. 

“Wait?.. Carina? You’re Andrew’s older sister, wait does he know you’re here??” Maya’s voice was filled with surprise, shock, and a small dose of excitement. 

“I would hope so, I did text him saying I was in Seattle” Carina let out the cutest laugh in Maya’s opinion. 

Their hands still securely yet gently still holding each others as they conversed back and forth. Andrew’s head popped in to only you could see half his face while he watched his sister and Maya interact. He was hoping for this, he also hoped that his talking up Maya was living up to the real thing — even though Maya as a whole in person was better than trying to explain who she was and how awesome. Maya’s whole body language changed, she was less sulk, more intrigued, interested, if Andrew was hitting the nail on the head. 

Their hands finally fell apart only to have Carina scoot herself onto the chair right next to Maya, sitting down only slowly because of how cold the glazed wood felt under her bum and legs from it being unoccupied till now. Maya noticed and just giggled a bit. Carina's italian accent was so much more pronounced than Andrew's was, she also remembered when the boy moved here to Seattle, it was as thick as Carina's is now. 

“And I was hoping to get a text from you too, Maya Bishop..did my stupid little brother give my number to you?” Raising her eyebrow, she did this side smile with the tiniest bite of lip which Maya caught a little too quickly. 

“I uh, right..about — yes he did give it to me” Maya was trying to find the right words at the moment. She was so caught off guard with the girl being right here. Her index finger tapped with a press to the wooden bar. 

“I’m hoping that there’s a reason why you haven’t reached out?” Long fingers adorned with gold rings wrapped gently around the wine glass as she brought it to her lips, letting the not so ‘white’ but more cream colored liquid seep into her lips when she took a sip. 

“And there is — but I have a feeling anything I say won’t be good enough, as to, you know why I haven’t..reached out…um. I guess…the unknown of why exactly you wanted to talk to me” Maya was nearly breathless right now it felt like. Carina was gorgeous, she was hitting all the weirdest spots that felt untouched inside of the blonde. 

Get yourself together Bishop. 

“So the unknown of myself or the topic had made you not send a text? ..I would agree, that’s not very good Maya Bishop..” teasing the younger girl. “Can I buy you a drink and maybe we can go over what I wanted to talk to you about?” 

Maya sat there, her drink still full from when she sat down, well give or take. “Well...yeah, when you don't see your best friends sister for about...seventeen years? You would be a bit taken back.." Raising her eyebrows as almost like a teasing challenge. "Yeah I’d like that….” Smiling. 

“Okay when you say it like that, I can understand how um, out of the blue? It could be.." Carina just eyed the blonde, smiling at her after their little teasing exchange. "Perfecto — Andrea said you’re just usually at the gym you own?” 

“Yeah I work there, well cause I own it…since I don’t fight anymore, obviously…” shrugging ever so slightly, it was a sore subject but usually everyone wanted to know so she was prepared for the most obvious question to come next.

As if on cue, Andrew came strolling up with a big smile but also played it off as a surprise too. 

“Carina? What are you doing here???” 

Carina turned around to see Andrea and just rolled her eyes a little bit, Maya entertained by the two of them already. She smiled looking back at her best friend, now dressed in normal clothes instead of his usual light blue scrubs. 

“You stupid little boy I texted you saying I was here…so I came to the bar instead and found Maya” lying through her teeth. 

“I hope you’re being nice, she can quite literally kick your ass” Andrew joked, but actually so serious. 

“I mean, I really, I wouldn’t though..not..your ass…Andrew how was another day of being on the bottom of the food chain? Were you someone’s bitch today?” Deciding to turn the heat off of her and onto him. Maya grunted quietly on how he had to go and say that. 

Carina just sipped at her wine watching the two best friends. She had heard Maya’s voice enough times when she was in the phone call with Andrea. The two fought like they were brother and sister, much like her and him — she could remember when they all met how both of their parents thought they’d be a great pair. How the two of them looked at each other like they were absolutely disgusted. 

Reaching her hand out, Carina squeezed Maya’s that was resting on the bar to almost calm her of her stammering. Oddly enough it’s all it took for Maya to do just that, quickly taking a sip of her whiskey. Andrew raised his eyebrow amusingly before taking a seat next to his sister. 

“No I wasn’t, and I’m never anyone’s bitch, it’s called being an intern, I learn things” a beer appeared in front of him in almost seconds. 

“Right. Right, no one’s bitch” Maya just sang a bit. 

“SO….Carina, did you play show and tell with Maya?” 

“I was about to, before you showed up..” 

“…Show and tell me? We just met and you need to show and tell me something?” Maya was all sorts of confused with what was going on. 

“Andrea did you not tell her, I can’t have you do anything for me” Carina then mumbled some Italian curses. 

“I did! I just got off work and this is what I get, you should be happy I even gave her your message” 

Both Carina and Maya gave Andrew a look, he placed his hands up in defense before swiping his beer. “I’m just…going to be over here” he said getting up to move down the bar, but keeping an eye on them. 

Carina looked down at her bag as she opened it, pulling out what looked like a unpublished book, placing it down she slid it over to Maya who looked at it curiously. The pink page on the frame had the name of the movie, the director, writers. Along with the important information, ‘NOT FINAL COPY’ was in bold letters at the bottom, along with MAYA BISHOP in bold transparent ones diagonally across the from page. Closing her bag, Carina looked at Maya; patting the pages in front of her. 

“Andrea says you’re a fighter, MMA…I’m leading a movie soon to start filming and we are looking for someone, preferably a woman to star as my love interest…it’s an action romance, and I thought you’d be great at it— if you’re interested” 

Maya eyebrows just shot up in shock as she looked at the brunette, her eyes then cast down to the script. She wasn’t expecting this, she thought maybe stunt work because like Carina mentioned, she was a fighter. 

“I mean I was a fighter, I figured he meant some stunts to need me, I wasn’t expecting a lead role — even though he did mention that too...Carina I’m not even an actress, and my name really isn’t the —“ 

“Maya” Carina cut her off. 

“I’m asking you to look at it, I don’t care about what your name holds, I’m giving you an opportunity to turn around what happened..I’m not looking at your name, I’m looking at you. But if you don’t think it’s something you want to do, that’s okay. If you want stunt work I can see if there’s anything you can do in that…Andrea has mentioned you don’t leave the gym, because of what happened. I want you to be happy with your life again..” Carina said so very tender and softly to the blonde. 

Maya was pretty much speechless with what Carina was saying to her. Her head leaned down a bit to see Andrew looking over at the two of them. He waved with his beer in hand, a smile on his lips — her eyes looked back at Carina. April had been supportive and there for Maya when things went down, but she never did this, never tried to get the girl back on her feet someway. 

“Do you mind if I take a look at it? And let you know tomorrow? I also want to talk it over with um, my girlfriend” Maya weakly said. 

“Of course, I’d need to know in a couple days or else they’re going to find someone themselves…and I lose out on working with someone great” Carina complimented. 

“I’ve seen you fight, and this is going to have the action you miss, even if it's um..planned? ..you can do all your own stunts..and you get to be with me..so you don't have to worry about not being an actress..” her head tilted in a smile with a shrug.

"You really think this is something I could do? With what you've seen?" 

"Si -- I really do, which is why I wanted to reach out to you, honestly...Andrea told me what happened and this fell into my lap, it seems quite literally right up the road.." 

"Ally...right up, my ally..." Maya corrected Carina with a smile. 

“Right up your ally” Carina just side smiled Maya with a nod. "And I'm positive your girlfriend would approve too that i'm right" 

Notes:

All mistakes are mine!

Ready or Not - Bridgit Mendler

You can find me rolling around on twitter @d05staywme09k

Chapter 2: Dangerous Woman

Maya had fallen asleep with the script open on her stomach, she was in the middle of reading it after Carina gave it to her. So far she was very much interested, she wanted to do it shockingly. Maya never saw herself as some sort of actress but this was very action based, which is who she was -- and Carina was right about how many scenes she'd get to fight in. 

A savory smell wafted into the blondes room and into her nose waking her slowly. Cracking her eyes open a little bit, she looked around slowly, it didn't feel like her apartment with Andrew. Walls -- the same. Posters -- still there. Opening her eyes farther she looked down to see said script on her stomach open, face down. She knew April had texted her later on the night prior but she said she had company over, so she couldn't come over but they'd get together tomorrow. It's the perfect opportunity to bring up the movie. 

"ANDREA! No!" a female voice came from the kitchen it seemed along with a slap. 

"OW! Carina...you need to have that taken away, this is my surgery hand" That's definitely Andrew. 

Wait, he said Carina. Right. His sister was the one who was over and spending the night. Pulling the book like script off her stomach, the blonde sat up to stretch before getting up and walking out of her room. She was clad in a tank top and some long sleeping pants, her hand running through her hair to put it up in some sort of messy bun to eventually get to where the commotion was. 

Andrew was rubbing the top of his hand pouting while sitting now at the island they have in their kitchen. His eyes were trained on his sister who was standing at the stove, cooking up something. Maya's eyes looked over the girl who had some black and white patterned silk pants, probably a sleeping shirt but she couldn't see it since there was a flowy silk like robe over top. She had her brown hair in a half up half down situation. 

"Did I hear you slap Andrew?" Maya chuckled seeing Andrew looking over at his best friend. 

"Yeah she did with the spatula..it's my surgery hand!" 

"Oh chill...it's a plastic spatula.." Maya just laughed. 

Carina looked back at Maya, taking her in with her eyes subtly with a smile. 

"Si -- I like her already, she sides with me Andrea..She'd make a great movie girlfriend for me" Joking as she stuck her tongue out at her brother. 

Maya just walked over and wrapped her arms around the woman from behind to plant a kiss on her cheek like any good 'movie girlfriend' would. Carina just smiled widely, holding the fork up over her shoulder so Maya could take a piece of the french toast she was making. The blonde did just that and hummed in approval. 

"What's the italian word for perfect? Perfecto?" 

"Perfectta" Carina corrected with a smile as she felt Maya's arms still around her waist. 

"Hmm what she said...Andrew this is good.." 

"Oh come ON! Why does she get a piece and I couldn't!" He sat up a bit, using hand movements to prove his statement. 

It didn't go unnoticed on how Maya just walked over to his sister like they were doing this for way too long -- not less than 24 hours. Carina put another piece on the fork and held it up again for Maya to bite off. Maya did it again and hummed in approval. Her hand squeezing Carina's waist before pulling away to scoot by and open her fridge. Grabbing one of her premade smoothies she had ready and waiting, she opened it to take a drink of it. 

"I made french toast and you're going to have...what...a protein smoothie?" Carina's head tilted to the side as that statement made Maya stop in her tracks. 

"It's a habit..i'm so sorry dear.." 

Maya walked back over to Carina and held her drink up for the girl. 

"Just try it.." Carina leaned in and took a sip of it to then hum herself with a nod. 

"Not bad, I expect you to eat something more than that smoothie.." 

"I promise, when you're done i'll eat your french toast honey.." Now Maya was just being smart but Carina liked it just a little more than she should. 

"Okay she hasn't even gotten the role yet if she takes it...and you treat her better than your own brother" Andrew's head went to the island, making both of the girls look back with a laugh. 

"I'm talking to April today...and I've also..read it over and---" Maya just looked at the two of them and Carina turned around in interest. 

"And....what do you think" Carina smiled. 

"I really like it...I really want to do it -- I just gotta check with the girlfriend, it's got the action like you said, it's really good Carina" Maya smiled with a nod, she scrunched up part of her face to make it known how much she liked it.

"Wait why do you have to run it across April? Why not just take it? It's a way to get the shit off your name..." 

Maya looked over to Andrew who just looked at Maya like she was crazy for wanting to ask her girlfriend. April really didn't need a say on what Maya did job wise, but since it was opposite of Carina in a movie to where the girl doesn't act. It was a big deal, and she figured April would be straight with her about if she thought she could do it too. April worked with Carina also, she didn't need what her and Carina would potentially film, leak into their work together on Grey's. 

"Cause she's my girlfriend..and she's an actress..and I'd like to think if April had something come up she'd tell me and get my opinion on it too? and thank you for reminding me on how much bad press is to my name.." 

"Bella, I think it's a good idea to run it by April, her and I work together so it's not like she doesn't know me...and I would like to think that if I had a partner that it would be something you share instead of just taking, it's acting..there's going to be things that you'd do with your partner that you're going to be doing with another person who's not them..I think it's a good idea" Carina shrugged and put her two cents in. 

Andrew just hated April with a passion. She was too needy in his opinion, it's like since they got together that Maya had to dumb down what she did. April turned a party girl into a 'I gotta be home by 10' girl, even after matches where she won and was in a flow -- Maya had to be home at 10 to call April about it if she couldn't see it because of her filming. Maya just didn't seem like Maya since they made it official. 

"See...she already gets me..." Maya pointy said while sipping her protein shake. 

"Ahhh...no..Maya put it away -- ti rovinerai l'appetito, pazza" 

Carina quickly made Maya a plate of the food she made, walking over to take the shake out of her hand and replaced it with the plate. Maya just looked over at Andrew, shocked in a sense to get Carina talking in italian. Andrew just placed his hand over his mouth to snicker on what his sister was doing. 

"You totally just got scolded..." He said behind his hand. 

"What did she say?" Maya walked over with her plate but no shake, sitting down beside her best friend. 

"And I quote -- You're going to ruin your appetite, crazy..." 

Maya just dropped her mouth to look over at the brunette who looked over at Maya with a smirk. 

"When does she move into her new apartment actually?" 

"Oye...Maya..." Carina pointed the spatula at her. 

"Oh no no no...i'm so sorry dear.." 

Maya got up quickly to walk over and wrap her arms around the woman to kiss at her cheek, repeatedly. Andrew just watched the two of them, seeing his big sister like this with someone was new to him since all she'd do is call and cry to him on how happy she was if she was with someone, before breaking it off with them. 

"If you read the script you know that they're not together t--" 

"I know they're not...I get to punch a guy and few other things before this happens.." Maya said into Carina's cheek, kissing it once more before going to sit down. 

Maya dug in to eat her breakfast, Andrew waiting patiently for his. Carina turned around to give him a plate and then herself. Maya's phone rang, it lit up with April's name card and a photo of them. 

"I'm taking this to my room but thank you!" Maya said as she quickly got up and placed the phone to her ear. 

"Hi babe...no I'm just eating breakfast, Andrew's sister stayed the night, mhmm...no you work with her? Carina DeLuca...mhmm.." Maya kicked her door shut gently. 

Carina sat where Maya previously sat to then got back up only to have Andrew place his hand on her arm to make the girl sit. 

"Carina -- sit..I'll get it.." Andrew said, seeing his sister sit back down. 

He walked over to the espresso maker they had and started to make her what she liked while the other side of it, just fixed himself a latte. 

"So, what do you think of Maya? I know we didn't get a chance to talk much last night, we all just clocked out as soon as we got home" 

"She's nice, I said what I said, I think she'd be great at the role..she's got the fighting aspect down, I really don't care if she's got acting skills, clearly she's relaxed around me so it could be fairly simple" Shrugging. 

"She's nice? Okay. Yeah Maya's great, but you know...I mean..." He tried to really push Carina. "What did you think of her" 

"Andrea. She's got a girlfriend you funny boy...." Carina took a bite of her french toast. "Lei è pazzescamente sexy, ma non succederà nulla perché ha una ragazza" (She's crazy sexy, but nothing is going to happen because she's got a girlfriend)

"Okay, ma lei ti attrae?" (Okay, but are you attracted to her?) 

"Sì, ma questo aiuta anche con la chimica nei film...quindi è onestamente meglio se e quando accetterà il ruolo" (Yes, but that also helps with chemistry in movies..so it's honestly better if and when she takes the role)

"Non è mai così fisica con le persone che non conosce... ti era addosso, Carina" (She's never that physical with people she doesn't know....she was all over you)

Andrew walked back to the island with both of their preferred morning beverage of choice. Sitting down himself now, the two siblings ate their breakfast together like they did when they were kids. 

"Non leggere tra le righe, Andrea" (Don't read into anything) Carina warned her brother. 

"Carina I just want to see you with someone and be happy..." 

"You can't set me up with your best friend when she has someone and I've told you from the start you can't do that...I didn't give her the script because I thought she was attractive, you called me saying that the one person in your life who's been me over here is hurting, and I'm here to help, like a big sister should -- let me help Maya get back on her feet" 

"I know you are and I appreciate you doing it, I know you don't have to..." 

"I don't, but I want to..because Maya has a gift and she made some bad choices -- if I can give her some ounce of cockiness back. I'm here for it" 

Andrew nodded, stuffing his face. 

"I just think you guys would be great together that's all...I miss my old Maya...not..this one" He grumbled. 

Maya came out of her room minutes later, her phone was in her hand while she placed it in front of Carina. 

"April wants to talk to you..." She smiled a bit. 

"Oh...hi April" 

"Carina! Hi! Maya said you pitched a acting role for her?" 

"Si..- yes I did...is that okay?" 

"More than okay, I think it would be great! I told Maya that I wasn't sure how great she'd be at acting but the fighting she'd be perfect at, only because she's not an actress" 

Andrew scowled at the phone, Carina just looked at Maya who looked now torn from her earlier self from not an hour ago. Biting her bottom lip, Carina then looked back at the phone to tilt her head at April still talking. 

"April I think she's going to be great at it, I wouldn't have shown it to her if I didn't think she wouldn't be...we have a chemistry read later on so she'll tell you if she has the job or not" 

After April said bye, and said 'i love you' to Maya, the blonde just said 'yeah me too' and hung up. 

"I'm gonna go to the gym...if you need help later on with moving into your place, let me know" Maya said while walking back into her room and changing. 

"And there it is...." Andrew said while getting up sighing. He walked over to Maya's room and opened the door. 

"Maya" 

"Don't say it. Just. Don't. Please..." 

Maya thought her girlfriend would be on board because of it's something that Maya could do instead of just being in the gym. 

"Are you going to take it? The movie...." 

Maya pulled her sneakers on, she walked over to the door where Andrew was standing, in her field of view she saw Carina look over at her, the brown hues some how got softer while looking at her. It made Maya's heart jump in a weird way, something she wasn't used to so she just brushed it off. 

"Yeah, I am..." Her eyes looked back at her best friend and he smiled pulling her into a hug. 

"Carina! She's taking the role!" Andrew walked Maya out. 

"What about that um...chemistry read?" Maya asked skeptical. 

"Andrea go away, I think we gotta go to my apartment so at least get some clothes on..." Carina said as she got up. 

He saluted to his sister and then ran off to his room so he could get ready. 

"There is no chem read..." Carina said slowly. 

Maya looked at the brunette as she got closer to her, her hand then reaching out and ran down Maya's arm gently. The blonde stepped forward, her glum energy from the conversation with April just not making her not want to be around Carina but for some reason she couldn't step away from her. 

"What do you mean? You told April there was..." 

"I don't think you and I need a chem read...unless..you think we don't have chemistry?" Carina's eyebrow raised, her fingers threaded into Maya's to pull her closer. 

Maya gulped just a little bit, her hands now on Carina's back pulling her closer almost on instinct. The chemistry was there, she knew it from the get go when she met the older girl, she felt it. She feels it right now. Her head tilted up a little bit to look at Carina, the brunette just smiled warmly. Carina's hands came up to rest on either side of Maya's neck, her thumbs under her jawline. 

"So...do you think we need a reading together?" Carina whispered. 

"I mean...I don't..think...we need it?" Maya's hues looked into Carina's. 

"Good, cause I really don't think we need one...have a good day at the gym..." 

Carina pulled away and walked to Andrea's room to get changed herself. Maya stood there blinking her eyes a bit, her head looked back at Carina who was looking back herself with her bottom lip tucked into a bite. 

"Gym...gym..." clearing her throat to then grab her jacket to leave the apartment. 

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Since Maya wasn't in the spotlight anymore it seemed like now she was just supposed to just stay behind and follow April now, it hurt. It hurt knowing that the person she was dating felt as if she couldn't do anything but fight. Yeah it's what she was amazing at, but she was blacklisted -- she was forced out of the one thing she truly loved and she was struggling to find it again. This movie could make her happy and she was excited even if April gave a small jab. 

Carina though -- Carina was standing there this morning in her beautiful glory and knew Maya could do it, it's why she reached out to her anyways. Or well instead of reaching out, she showed up to talk to her about it. Carina was making Maya feel something she hadn't felt in so long. Confident.

[April Kepner]: Baby. I think you should do the movie. I think you'd be really great at it...I know I said that whole thing about the acting part, but I know you. I know you will be amazing at it...
[April Kepner]: I love you 

Maya saw the texts come through on her phone while she was running to get her morning workout in. Breathing hard, she then texted her girlfriend back. 

[Maya Bishop]: Love you too
[Maya Bishop]: I'm taking it..I think it's going to be fun. 

[April Kepner]: I'm just not sure how I feel about you kissing Carina though, you said it was a romantic interest part?

[Maya Bishop]: You're kissing Jackson? What's the difference? I'm with you

[April Kepner]: I know, but it's Carina. She's a woman. But I trust you...

[Maya Bishop]: We're going to be good. Don't worry...it's literally just acting.

When she placed her phone back down she saw Carina walking into her gym. 

"What are you doing here? Did you move in??" Maya asked the girl. 

"I just gave the director the call to tell him that he's got his other leading lady and he's so excited to meet you; and yes I moved in already...so this is you gym" Carina smiled walking towards the girl. 

Maya stopped her treadmill, getting off to grab her towel to wipe her face a bit before throwing it over her shoulder. 

"Yeah this is my gym, and suddenly i'm excited to meet him too" 

"Good cause we have a party to go to -- " 

"W-what? When??" Maya said as she walked a couple steps towards Carina to trip a little bit and run right into the taller girl. 

Carina caught Maya as the both of them were flush together, noses touching. Carina's breath caught in her throat a bit, she felt like her heart was also in her ears. Her hands were wrapped around Maya to try and catch her. 

"Are, are you okay?" Carina whispered. 

"Yeah, are you? I think..I tripped over myself..." Maya said, her own hands holding the brunette's waist. 

"What am I going to do with you?" Joking, they both smiled. 

"Uhhh...am I interrupting something?" A voice came from behind the girls. 

Maya looked over Carina's shoulder to see Andy standing there with an amusing smile, and that eyebrow raise she did when she was questioning Maya on something. Taking a few steps in, she looked at the brunette who clearly wasn't April. 

"N-no..Carina just..I fell or well I tripped and she caught me...Carina DeLuca this is Andy Herrera" Maya stood up straighter to introduce Carina to Andy. 

"Andy! It's nice to meet you...I'm Andrea's sister" 

Andy looked to Maya on who this Andrea was. 

"Andrew...she's Andrew's sister...the last name" Maya said. 

"Ohhhh shit, holy crap Hi! It's so nice to meet you Carina, I've heard so much.." 

The two hugged tight before letting each other go. Maya took that moment to breathe for a moment, cursing herself in her head but her eyes went straight to Carina and looking her up and down. A snap from Andy's fingers snapped quickly as Maya's eyes snapped up in time to see Carina turn around. 

"I was just telling Maya we have a party to get to...She's going to be in a movie with me, and the director wants to meet her" 

"Oh crap, you texted me about that last night...you're doing it?! That's awesome Maya! That's going to be so much fun" Andy ran over to her best friend to hug her tight. "I'm so happy for you...you get out of this gym..as much as I love you around all the time, you need this, you're getting quite restless just being here" 

"Thanks Andy.." Maya just laughed. 

"So that party..." Carina started and it got Maya to look back at the brunette again. 

"Yeah, the party..when is it?" 

"Tomorrow night, tell April...she might want to come but, it's just a party for the cast and crew...take some photos..get the sites buzzing with it being green lit, me and you are going to be doing some photos too so..look hot" Carina winked at Maya and then waved at Andy. 

"Okay...b-bye..." Maya stuttered out and Andy looked over at Maya amused. 

Andy had the biggest shit eating grin on her face, Maya just stuttered. This was something she hadn't seen before and the firefighter took a step back and laughed a bit. 

"Shut up" Maya pointed at Andy. 

"You stuttered...you fumbled so hard on BYE...you think she's hot" Andy held her stomach and let out a laugh. 

Maya threw her hands up like she was giving up, just laughing a bit. Shaking her head she just pursed her lips like she was trying to put herself back together with what just happened. 

"I need to call April...go away" she laughed. 

This should all be interesting tomorrow night with her, April, Carina...together...all in one place while she promotes the start of the movie. She prayed she didn't do something stupid like that in front of her girlfriend. 

Notes:

All mistakes are mine!

I hope you guys enjoy chapter 2 :) Also -- I do love April on Grey's, she's one of my favorites but a face was needed && since Danielle did that short with Sarah it was a no brainer on who to use lol

Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande

You can always find me rolling around on twitter @d05staywme09k

Chapter 3: Trust

Maya picked up the phone as soon as she walked away from Andy, it wasn’t looking good for her if she was going to be an idiot tomorrow night with her girlfriend on her arm, Carina on the carpet next to her. Patiently waiting for April to pick up the phone, she heard the familiar click on and instantly heard April's voice.

“Hi baby” 

“Hey…” 

“Uh oh..what's wrong babe?” April just laughed. 

“Nothing! I promise, but…what do you say to a date night tomorrow night?” Maya smiled as she stopped walking. 

“Date night? What did you have in mind? I have a couple meetings tomorrow” 

“Oh — well there’s a party for the movie, Carina told me literally just now, I guess they were waiting to see if they needed to look for someone else or if I was coming on, pictures, and I guess stuff like that? It's normally just for cast and crew but my girlfriend so I thought maybe you’d wanna go with me?” 

“Sure! What time is it?” 

“Sure? April. This is a big deal..it’s the first big thing that I’m doing since UFC gave me the boot” Maya almost was pleading. 

“Baby, of course I’ll go with you, but what time is it? I might be late cause I have a meeting with a director tomorrow” 

Maya stood there as she just looked up at the ceiling, of course her career was coming first. Maya made time to be with April when she was still fighting, she always was at everything that April needed to do but this one thing that’s big it seemed like April didn’t want a part in it. 

“I don’t know, can you maybe see if you can switch things to like the morning?? I’ll text you I guess on what time, but I’ll ball park —“ 

“I really can't Maya, it's not that easy. Don't worry about it I just texted Carina. She said it starts at eight, I might be a little late but I’ll show up, I promise..I know this is big. I gotta run, but I love you” 

Before Maya could say anything back she heard a click. 

“April?” 

Maya pulled her phone back to see the call had indeed ended. Andy walked over slowly as she placed her arm around her best friends shoulders. Leaning over she kissed her cheek hard. 

“If she doesn’t go I’ll pretend to be your girlfriend for the night, I’m a hot commodity” Andy joked. 

“Hot alright…and I don’t know, she said she’s going to maybe be late but now I have a feeling whatever she’s doing is going to out do this big thing..” Maya just shrugged and brushed it off.

“At least Carina is going to be there…and whoever else is on the movie, if there’s a hot man can you get me his number??” 

“What happened to you being this ‘hot commodity’” Maya walked with Andy, her hand securely holding her best friends waist, eyes squinting a bit.

“I’m just maybe looking for a man who’s not a revolving door” 

“I always offered myself to you, but you denied…” 

“Just because you have the package down there…doesn’t mean anything. Twice. We slept together twice…” Andy placed her index finger against Maya's lips. “And one was before you got big and you had all the women throwing themselves at you” 

“And the first time was literally your first time, and mine so...You didn’t complain when it happened, you kissed me first -- are you putting a bad review to the second time, now six years later? I give refunds or even redos” Maya smirked. 

“You made me cum what can I say?”  Andy smiled. “No..I’m not complaining…you just have tits, which is why the bras never came off but you're my best friend anddddd I kinda trusted you to get me there” 

“Uh how about ‘Hey Maya..you got me off? Let’s do it again?’ ” Maya smiled widely with Andy just laughing. "Oh...you were using me?!" 

“We were 18…and shut up you were all for it” 

“18 and I would have done it again even after that, the thought of it is making me hard right now” 

“Oh my god” Andy pushed Maya off her as the two just laughed their way out of the gym and off to the fire station. 

Maya hoped that April would be there, it was a big deal for the blonde and she'd like it if the girl she'd been seeing for almost a year would be in attendance.

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The blonde got home that night to a note: 

Maya -- 

I had to run into surgery, YAY ME!! Carina is coming over, we were all going to have dinner tonight. I think she said she's bringing pizza? But knowing her she's probably going to make something...blame the italian nature of the DeLuca's. At least blame her, I still can't cook worth shit :) 

Andrew

Not a few moments later there was a knock on their apartment door, Maya walked over kicking her shoes off to open it, seeing Carina standing there with a smile. 

"Ciao, Bella" Saying with the brightest smile seeing Maya on the other side of the door. 

"Hi..I was warned you were coming with either pizza...or...you cooking something" Letting Carina in, there was nothing in her hands but a bottle of wine. 

"I ordered pizza, Andrea wanted pizza so I gave in..next time I will make homemade pizza -- mark my word" She teased. 

Closing the door, she locked it as she let her eyes trail over the actress. It looked like she just came from set, even though Grey's was on a break right now. Did Carina always look this good? Shaking her head a little bit she walked over to Carina in the kitchen. 

"Can I take your jacket?" 

Carina looked over her shoulder at Maya and smiled with a nod. Maya's hands then grabbed at the neck part while Carina shrugged it off. Walking over, Maya hung up Carina's jacket to walk back into the kitchen herself. 

"Wine?" Carina offered, walking around her and Andrew's kitchen to grab the glasses. 

"Yeah that sounds good to me" 

"Pizza should be here in about twenty minutes they said, I figured since he's not here we can get to know one another -- I literally just shoved a script at you and I haven't seen you in 17 years" Carina joked while pouring the white wine. 

"What do you even remember about me from when I was 7..lets be real" 

Maya had strolled over to place her hand gently on Carina's lower back to reach in and grab a glass, the brunette looking over at her with a smile on her lips. 

"I remember how our parents thought you and Andrea would be the cutest couple...you two played together the whole time you were in Italy, it's the first time my parents agreed on something" Carina took a sip of the wine. 

"Oh don't remind me of that, I do remember that..and him and I looked at one another like they were talking crazy, I found a friend and already they were trying to be like..please, love him" Rolling her eyes. 

Carina's hand made soft contact with the side of Maya's face, her thumb soothing over her cheek with the sweetest smile. 

"You were cute as ever though, that I do remember too...you and your little ponytails.." 

"Pigtails..." Maya groaned at she remembered her mom putting her in those. 

The girls never wavered from where they were standing, Maya was still in back of Carina, her hand on her lower back. Carina's hand still soothingly caressing Maya's cheek talking about all those years ago. 

"Pigtails -- right..and he was talking to you in italian and in english of course but he was teaching you little bits here and there, it was the cutest thing.." 

"I don't remember much...tell me more..." Maya sipped her wine. 

"You wore these little over..overhauls?" 

"Overalls? Oh man..those were my favorite" Maya reminisced in that little cute outfit.

"You and Andrea loved playing on the beach by our house..and I helped you both make a sandcastle one day but within minutes he was godzilla and ruined it..and then he suddenly bit you -- which, was very on brand for him at that age, but you just punched him in the arm" Carina smiled shaking her head. 

"Yeah something about a 'piranha' phase..you and I were sooooo upset he ran through it" 

Laughing, she missed everything about her childhood, she remembered bits and pieces but nothing very solid, she figured it happened with everyone. It was a very good vacation, she met her future best friend and she wouldn't trade it for the world honestly. 

"I just sat in the sand with you both for him to run his tiny stupid self through it! Of course we were upset...Do you remember when you and I were just hanging out and you fell asleep curled against me?" 

Maya tilted her head, trying to remember that. She sadly couldn't so she shook her head. She didn't recall that Carina was there a lot but she was there enough for her to know she was his big sister. The two leaned into one another as they just felt the calmest energy with one another, clicking already from first day at the bar. 

"No -- why..why did I even?!" 

"I was watching you and Andrea play and you mentioned you were tired, he had gone inside to grab a drink or something but I had told you to come sit on my lap and within minutes you were out cold just curled up like one of those little bugs" Her fingers showing how tiny those bugs are. 

"Our mama and papa were already in the divorcing process, so this was our last time together as a family...You saw the good sides of our parents" 

"Why didn't you come over with your mama? Andrew mentioned something about you having to stay behind?? We could have known each other before...well now?" Maya's eyes casted up at Carina, her lips gently pressed to the italian's exposed shoulder. 

"We might want to go sit down for that one..." 

A knock on the door broke them out of their little down memory lane they were having. Carina instantly walking towards the door to open, take the two pizzas to then pay the man, tipping him too. Walking back with the boxes, she set them down while Maya grabbed some plates for the two of them. 

"We have dinner with your mama on Sundays, we go over to her place or she comes here, are you joining us with that?" 

"Si -- of course I am, I miss my mama so much.." 

Maya pulled a couple slices onto her plate as the two of them went to go sit in the living room to talk more. More talks about those two weeks Maya was over in italy, more talking about themselves to figure each other out, little tidbits Maya should have known if Carina had been around more. How she was so comfortable already with Carina was beyond her, but she welcomed this connection, welcomed everything that Carina was giving her because she was making sure she gave it right back. 

Both girls getting comfortable, Carina's arm was over the back of the couch as she listened to Maya talk about herself the way she grew up, when Andrew showed up and moved right next door. Carina asked for stories and boy did Maya deliver them to her, the brunette missed everything on watching her little brother grow up it pained her, but knowing Maya was there to help her live it through her eyes it warmed her heart. Carina's eyes softened and a smile was plastered on her lips. Maya was so full of life, when she asked her about her MMA career Maya just lit up completely. 

It was almost like no one let her talk about it, she was so enthusiastic about it. The whole conversation made Carina realize how excited she was too to watch the girl in action on set. 

"You should totally show me some tapes or videos if you have some one day, I want to see you fight more -- I saw you once and it was magical Maya..the way you moved in that ring..così perfetto, così sereno..." Carina put her fingers together to emphasize the way Maya moved to her. 

Maya leaned against the couch as she held the wine glass with her left hand, head tilting with a smile. No ones ever just let her talk about her fighting, or really herself besides her best friends -- but Carina? She was so into listening, her right hand slowly moved along the older womans arm, moving in small circles with the tips of her fingers. A blush started creeping up her neck and to her cheeks slowly, her eyes averting to the womans arm she was gently moving over. Carina had placed her head on her arm to let her hair fall over the back of the couch intently watching Maya, a comfortable silence coming over them. 

"Maya are you blushing...Bella..." Carina smiled watching the pink tint come to the blondes cheeks. 

"I -- no ones really...listened to me talk, like you are..it's really nice, and the wine isn't helping" Maya took a sip of it. 

A light laugh came from Carina as her hand pulled back to slowly catch Maya's. Threading her fingers through the blondes, pulling it over to her lips to kiss every single finger gently. 

"I could listen to you for hours if we had time, Bella..." 

In that moment, Maya knew Carina was different than anyone she had ever met. Bringing their hands over to her lips now to kiss Carina's palm. 

"As I could listen to you too...you're something else Carina DeLuca" 

Carina just bit her lip in a smile, sparkles in both of their eyes. Seeing Maya slowly starting to fight a yawn, the older woman then laid down, circling her index finger to Maya to come lay down. Maya placed both of their quarter full glasses on the coffee table with their plates before coming and laying down into Carina's side. Maya's hand slipped over Carina's midsection while the brunette placed her hand over Maya's hair, placing a kiss on her forehead. 

"tu sei sicuramente qualcos'altro, Maya Bishop" (you are definitely something else, Maya Bishop)

Both women fell asleep laying on the couch in one another's embrace. When Andrew finally came home he walked in about to boom through the apartment he saw the glasses and plates, his eyes then looked over to see both of them passed out on the couch. Smiling, the boy walked over and covered them both with a blanket gently to not wake them. Grabbing a couple slices himself, placing the rest in the fridge he wandered to his room to call it a night himself. 

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Maya woke up around midnight, looking over to see Carina laying there still next to her, looking over her features. Just laying there for about an hour the girl got up slowly -- she wasn't able to get back to sleep so that's why she found herself at the gym. It was about 2am as she unlocked the door, locking it behind her. One of the many perks of owning her own gym. Her hands rubbed at her eyes to turn on a few lights, into her office to grab her wraps, gloves and her shoes she used when she fought. Putting them all on like it was second nature, the blonde couldn't remember a time since she wasn't fighting professionally where she wasn't here at the weirdest hours of the night.

Her feet took her in the familiar route to the bag that hung securely from the ceiling. It's red and blue colors stuck out so you couldn't miss the big heavy thing. Her hands pressed on either side of the bag as her forehead laid there against the material, it was cool to the touch. 

"In the right corner wearing her signature red and white,..Mayaaaaaa Bishop!!" She could hear the crowd screaming for her as she lifted her gloves, turning around so the whole place could see her. 

Maya's hands ran down the bag before punching. Stopping herself before she got too into the small workout, the girl stretched her arms so she didn't screw anything up. Warm ups were way too important to miss, even at 2am. Rolling her head from side to side she rotated her shoulders too before she felt good and ready. Her hands making swift contact with the bag like she was in the ring with someone. 

"She dodges left...and right...upper cut to Dearborns chin, taking her down immediately!! You can't catch Bishop, she's way too fast!" 

Maya's focus was on point. You could compare her to a sniper with the focus she had right now. It’s what happened each time she got into the ring, her focus was on that other person, doing the moves that her and Jack practiced over and over again. The second nature she had with MMA was impressive, it’s why she was the top prospect when they vetted her at 18. Taking classes since she could remember, besides track the girl was beating herself to do Mixed Martial Arts from a little age, liking how physical it was. 

She had a lightness on her feat and the speed to move in the most beautiful of ways, thank you track. Did the other fighter get jabs in? Of course, if Maya came out with at least a couple bruises it was a good fight to her. Maya wanted to be hit as much as she wanted to be the one to hit the other person. 

"BISHOP WINS!! BISHOP WINS HER SECOND TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP!!" Maya was on top of the world, she felt like she could take it all right now and run forever, never stopping.

"Maya...I'm so sorry kid" Officer Tanner shackles Maya's wrists with cold handcuffs, pulling her up off the seat he walked her to a cell. "I gotta put you in a cell tonight, I told you last time this would happen" 

“FUCK…” Maya yelled as she hit the bag repeatedly, the same place getting hit each time. 

"You can't just let me go? Please?! -- I'm already fucked...please don't make me stay Tanner" Maya pleaded with the older man. 

"I can't, not this time Maya..I'm sorry" 

This whole cycle had been happening to her since they let her go. A figure ran over behind Maya and wrapped their arms around the blonde. 

“It’s okay, Maya..Maya stop..” the voice behind her said. 

Their hands were locked tight in front of the girls body so she couldn’t fight back. After a couple minutes of struggling, reliving, rehashing like she’d been doing — Maya's body relaxed into the body behind her. Breathing heavy while her eyes closed, her gloved hands pressed into her eyes, calming herself down. 

“Maya..Maya you’re okay” 

“I'm fine!" She said with a few deep breaths. "I'm okay...I know...come on don't do this.." she said to the person behind her. 

"You need to calm down before you hurt yourself" 

"I'm calm, I just -- I couldn't sleep again so I came here" 

The body gently got them to a wall, sliding down and having Maya sit in their arms. The adrenaline wore off as Maya slowly relaxed more into the body behind her. A hand unhooked from their own, placing it on Maya's cheek to pull her in for a head kiss. 

"Are you tired?" 

"Mhmm..did Andy text you again?" She mumbled, somehow getting comfortable in the body. 

"Yeah well at 3am and the some of the gym lights are on, she got worried before going on a call.." 

"She needs to stop" Maya yawned hard. "Worrying so much"

"You were about to hurt yourself" the voice said. 

"Just the bag" Maya said with a small smile and the body behind her just chuckled. 

"Atta girl, Sleep Bishop..." 

The next morning, Andrew rushed into the gym, basically flinging the door open to see Andy standing there just watching Maya and Jack asleep against the wall. Andy was just going on a call and saw the lights on, first instinct was to text Jack Gibson -- Maya's sparring partner, he took care of her for years, they trained together since she was about 18 too so you could say they knew one another quite well. Andy knew that Maya hardly slept since she got let go, replaying the night over and over again -- it's why she ended up at her own gym to just wind herself down.

"She's okay..I just saw the light on when we were pulling out of the barn at 214 this morning..." Andy crossed her arms over her chest while she looked at Andrew. 

Andy walked over and ruffled the boys hair as he moved a bit to look up at Andy with a side smile. Andy knelt down, her heels never touched the ground looking at the two of them.

“She was fine...just couldn't sleep, again" Jack said with a side smile. 

“Thanks for answering my text, I just saw the lights and I couldn't leave” 

Jack nodded. He laid Maya gently on the floor, getting up to his feet to then pull the blonde back up into his arms like she was nothing. Andrew just looked at his best friend, following Andy and Jack. Jack ended up laying Maya on her couch in the office as he took up the chair by her desk. There were too many nights where one of them was called cause Maya was just in the gym at odd hours. 

“Tonight’s the night?” 

“Yeah, the party is tonight, it should be a lot of fun..I'm my sisters date” Andrew smiled with a nod. 

"Hot -- do I get to meet your sister?" Jack smiled with a joking tone. 

"She's so out of your league Gibson" Maya mumbled as she turned over to see all of her people there. 

Andrew just nodded with a smile on his face trying not to laugh, Andy just shrugged slightly at the girls statement. Jack however had his mouth open agape with shock. 

"What do you mean, Bishop?!" 

"She's saying the girl is wayyyy too fucking hot for you Jack, she'd eat you up...she had Maya stuttering when I walked in on them yesterday" 

Maya opened her eyes and shot daggers at the latina who put her hands up in defense. Andrew raised his eyebrows amused in the situation, never did he think smooth confident Maya would be stuttering but he saw only a little bit the night the two of them met at the bar. 

"Fuck off Herrera..You were supposed to take that to the grave" 

"I'm already taking a 'guide to Maya Bishop' to the grave so this is just one more thing.." Andy stuck her tongue out at the girl. 

Maya then sat up, stretching a bit as she took her gloves and wraps off, rewrapping them perfectly to get up off the couch. 

"What time is it?" 

"9, Carina wanted to do breakfast this morning to go over tonight, she told me last night before I left..but I might have rushed out of the apartment because I got the text from Jack..." Andrew said slowly, eyes squinting a little bit. 

"Maya!?" A thick accent rang through the gym. 

"Andrew" Maya said with a grit in her voice. She walked out to the gym and saw Carina whip around. 

"Maya...you're okay, Andrea scared me" Carina said while walking over quickly, wrapping Maya up in her arms. “It sounded like something happened to you, I woke up and Andrea was just running out of the apartment...you weren't on the couch with me”

Maya hugged the older girl, her hands then slowly rubbing circles into her back to calm whatever frantic nerves Carina was having. No thanks to Andrew. She wished maybe Andrew would have just brought her here so she didn't have to run in like this since the older girl was still at their apartment this morning.  

"Hey, I'm okay..I just couldn't get back to sleep and came here to hit the bag this morning, I tend to do it..Andrew mentioned breakfast?" trying to make the light conversation. 

Carina pulled back to place her hands on the girls cheeks, looking over her face to see if something was wrong. The three in Maya's office peaked out to watch this exchange between the two girls. Maya's arms went from being around the older woman's waist to just holding her waist, squeezing it gently. The three friends looked at each other, Andrew had the biggest shit eating grin on his face watching the two of them. 

"They've been doing this since they met and I love it..." He whispered up to his two friends. 

"This?! They just met.." 

"Dude yeah it's great, I wanted them to meet for more than one reason...I knew they would get along great" Andrew smiled. 

"This isn't getting along, she ran in here because she thought something happened to Maya..this is more than just getting along" Jack mentioned. 

"I watched them yesterday...they've got that instant shit.." Andy whispered back. 

The three of them having their own conversation while watching the two girls in their view. Maya and Carina were in their own little world talking to one another.  

"Si -- I wanted to have breakfast to go over tonight..my manager wants to take you on as a client for the movie so you have the protection and all the logic -- " Carina stopped talking to get the word right in english. 

"Logistics" Maya giggled with a smile. 

"That" Carina pointed with a broad smile. "I'm glad you're okay..." Whispering to the girl. 

"I'm okay, I just don't..sleep much, that's all...I was just hitting the bag, it's how you know I get these guns" Maya joked. 

Maya brought her arm up to flex a bit, the brunette looked over to see the muscles in Maya's arm pulling together. Biting her bottom lip only slightly, her hand came up to run over the girls flexed arm, her eyes looking at blue ones while her fingers dipped in the indentations of her muscles.  

"You know.. I won't mind them around me…" Carina said low enough to where only Maya heard it. 

"Oh? Is that so...then I can’t wait to show off what I can really do .." 

Carina just smiled widely when she felt Maya's arms wrap around her waist and pull her close fast, a small breath was taken out of the brunette. Andy then looked at Andrew as the three of them watched the girls interact. They all knew they should interrupt them but something was telling them that this is the type of energy they were going to get while filming. Maya licked the bottom of her lip so gently, watching the brown eyes flicker down to the small motion. 

Something about the way Carina was looking at Maya, it jump started something, and it was jump starting something else too. Maya's eyes widened a bit at what was happening and she hoped to god Carina didn't feel it. Jack could feel that Maya was getting a little fidgety, knowing what that meant and knowing the girl wasn't wearing her compression shorts. Clearing his throat a bit. 

"Maya...sorry -- to interrupt but can I talk to you about something..." 

"Yeah, I'll...be right there Jack..i'll see you at mine and Andrew's place?" Maya said to Carina with a smile. 

Carina just nodded and pulled away from the girl, leaving her there in the spot as she saw Andrew walk out of the office to meet her. Carina felt what was happening, she even felt something happening to her but didn't want to bring attention to either of them so she left just as smoothly. 

Walking backwards and seeing Carina being pulled away by her hand from her brother. Maya cupped herself with her hands while Jack pulled her into the office, closing the door. The blonde laughed a bit while the two friends looked at her. 

"What in the chemistry fuck was that, Bishop" Andy said. 

"It...I don't know! My body has betrayed me...”

“That’s just not body chemistry…that’s pure chemistry” Andy quipped. 

"You're not wearing your compression shorts buddy -- hard ons happen with gorgeous girls" Jack teased which earned a punch to his arm from the blonde. 

"Fuck off Jack..." Maya said as she willed it all down, thankfully it did somewhat. 

"Tonight is going to be a long night isn't it?" She asked her friends. 

"If you two are like that? Yeah..you could say so..." Andy just laughed.

Notes:

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Chapter 4: Wild Ones

After the long and hard morning that Maya suddenly had, she had gotten to her place to talk to Carina finally about what was going to be happening tonight, what her manager was going to do for Maya also since the blondes management dropped her when things fell apart. Carina explained that her manager wants the best for Maya as much as he wants the best for Carina, he was going to take care of both of them, she's known him for years. 

Maya was no stranger to contracts so they'd talk about it more tonight when they meet up with him. A car service was going to pick the blonde up at 7:30 since the party started at 8, both girls were going to arrive together with their respective dates. Carina was taking Andrew, Maya said she was hopefully taking April but hadn't heard from her girlfriend. 

A snap of her compression shorts, Maya was looking over herself, black shorts -- check, sports bra that made the girls look nice? -- check. Now all that was needed was her outfit. She had a few choices she could choose from, a red pant suit, a black suit with a white top underneath, and then she had a pinstripe pant and solid black blazer also. 

Pulling on her black dress pants, she left them open as she put on the white tank top that she tucked in, the jacket was the last thing to pull on. Taking a breath, she smoothed it out and nodded -- she'd take it. She looked hot even if April wasn't going to show up, this was her night. Pulling her hair up into a simple high pony, the girl did up some simple but darker make up on her eyes at least to make her blue hues pop, pulled on some low heels that you could only see the point of the shoe peaking out from her pants. 

"Maya!! Are you ready?" Andrew called out from the kitchen. 

"Yeah I'm ready..." Her heels hit the floor as she walked down the hallway to see Andrew all dressed up, she hadn’t buttoned the suit jacket up yet so it was loosely open with her hands in her pockets. 

"Shit Maya” Andrew just looked over his best friend who looked stunning as ever. Carina is going to lose her shit. 

“What??” Maya looked at Andrew, he looked almost in shock himself. “Look at you, I didn't know you dressed up nice" Maya teased. 

"Same thing goes for you..leave a little drip for the rest of us?" He laughed, walking over he just fixed a part of her jacket before a text came through saying the car was there. “You have everything?”

“Just gotta get my watch, but phone and wallet are all check” Maya rattled off with grabbing her Apple Watch, changing the band to a black metal band, slipping it on to be all set. 

"No April?" He asked when they walked down to the car. 

"No April" Maya shrugging with a roll of her eyes. 

The best friends got into the car to not see Carina but her manager was sitting there. He explained that she went a little earlier to help with the set up of the event but it was lovely to meet the both of them, him and Maya had a lot to talk about since this was all so new to her. It wasn't a long car ride, but enough to where Maya felt good talking to the man. He seemed to love his job, know what he was doing too which was positive for her. 

Getting to the venue, both her and Andrew made their way out of the car, walking their way up the concrete walkway to the door where the guard let them in with a smile. 

"Whoa..." Both said in unison as they looked around to see the place all decorated, it was a place where all the actors, directors, crew members could get to know one another before filming. 

“This is bigger than anything UFC did..” Andrew just laughed at Mayas comment. 

“I’m just a doctor so it’s not like we got any of this..but Carina’s FaceTimed me too many times to see it…in person though? Impressive” 

“Completely agree, for just a celebration that the movie has everyone..bigger than anything April has brought me too” 

Maya knew she'd be taking photos with Carina, get the spark going in peoples heads for the movie. Walking in farther, Maya's eyes wandered over to catch Carina standing there talking to some guy. 

“Where’s Carina?” Andrew mused. 

Maya fortunately found her in the mass crowd right away. She was dressed in a long red dress, it was hugging her body like a glove and it made Maya have to compose herself a little more than usual. Brown hair was full, curly and tossed to one side -- she kept running her hand through it to get it the way she wanted but to Maya it looked perfect, too perfect. Oh come on she looks like that?!?!? I’m so fucked. I’m so completely fucked. Holy hot damn Carina DeLuca, you’re going to kill me. 

“Over there, in the red…” tapping Andrew’s arm to then point a little bit but not too obvious. "A big night and my own girlfriend isn't here" Maya mumbled as her and Andrew walked over to Carina. 

“Also — you and I need to talk about what happened last night…” Andrew said with a smile. 

“Nothing happened last night…” Maya hit his arm lightly. 

“I came home and you both were snuggled on the couch..it was quite cute”

"Maya! Andrea!" Carina said with a big smile seeing the duo walking over, giving them both hugs. Her eyes trying to not drop all over the blonde. Fucking hell.

It was like the blonde walked in and everything went to slow motion when Carina first caught a glimpse of the girl walking in. Shit. Fuck. I’m fucking done for. Thankfully neither caught the other ogling. Carina thought if Maya was going to always look this good for outings together, she’d have a big problem and in more ways than one. 

Maya's hug was a little longer before she just pulled back slightly, her arm still around the blonde's shoulders. Maya's hand rest at Carina's lower back, Carina took in the eyeful that was Maya but being on her best behavior right now. Letting her index and thumb just run over the lapels of the suit jacket. 

"You look -- " Maya started as she looked Carina up and down, a small shrug of her shoulders. "Gorgeous Carina..." it was the only thing that came to mind right now. 

"Grazie, Maya. You're looking stunning yourself.." Cheesing to the blonde, she didn't let go of her while her hand fixed her little brothers hair, making Maya chuckle. 

"Come on Carina..." 

"You're not taking photos with me if you have this hair...what did you do, Andrea" 

Pulling her arm from Maya she started to fix her baby brothers hair better with two hands, Maya however -- her hand stayed on the girls waist while she watched this happen. It was funny seeing the two siblings in person, it was one thing to hear them bicker over the phone, it was the next to see them doing it in front of her. 

"There, so much better.." Carina clapped her hands together. "No April?" Eyes going back the the blonde. 

Maya let out a laugh and shook her head. "No April...it's okay, she had something to do...something about meeting with a director" 

"Well she's missing out on her girlfriend looking hot --" Carina smiled with a wink, she placed her arms over Maya's shoulders, the blonde pulling her in more. 

"I thought you said I looked stunning?" Raising an eyebrow. 

"I was being respectful...you look hot, sizzling…and I told you to...and you delivered -- not like you had to do much" 

As the two subtly flirted with each other, the director came up as he clapped his hands in front of himself, almost like he was beside himself. He looked at both of the girls, stars in his eyes -- maybe he already had a drink in him? Maya just smiled, introducing herself to him and he did the same. He couldn't wait to work with the two of them, he had heard good things about Maya, he was happy to have an actual fighter come and be the lead instead of having someone just be taught on the spot or months before filming. He scurried off to go find his other actors. 

"He's...interesting" Maya laughed, which made the DeLuca siblings follow suit. 

"I'm going...to go talk to that pretty girl over there...maybe buy her a drink?" Andrew said as he stepped away from the two of them. 

"The drinks...are free?" Carina said, looking over at Maya with a small shrug. "He's hopeless.." 

"He's a boy, let him be...he doesn't get to flaunt his -- Andrew-isms since he's at work all the time" 

"True, my baby brother does work a little too hard" 

The girls walked around the party, introducing themselves to the crew, Carina taking the lead in most of it since this side of hollywood was way too new for Maya, she felt like a fish out of water sometimes. Going to premieres with April was one thing, a party where she was a lead? Completely new, a little overwhelming too if she had to say so. 

Maya kept her arm around the older girls waist while shaking people’s hands with her other. Maya had a touch that Carina just leaned into, melted even. The touches between them seemed a natural as ever, like their hands have been on each other before now. Carina would smile softly at Maya when she squeezed her waist, the brunette snaked her arm over Maya's shoulders to hold herself to her. Making their way around, Carina walked them over to a taller boy with short dark hair, he was semi clean shaven, he had a great smile, dressed so nice too. Andy would love him. 

“Ryan Tanner this is Maya Bishop…” Carina introduced, Ryan smiled widely at the girls. 

“So nice to meet you, Ryan..” Maya said genuinely.

“You as well, I think we’re going to be beating the shit out of each other from the get go, you’re a legit MMA fighter right? That’s fucking awesome..please go easy, I don’t do it full time” Ryan just laughed with a smile on his lips. 

“Well this should be interesting then, yeah I fought for about 6 years, almost 7..I’ll try my best, what can I say..I protect the gorgeous girls..." Smiling while her hand slowly moved down Carina's back to right above where her ass would start. Carina reached back and stopped Maya's hand from going any farther than that, a smile on her lips. 

“You and I should totally catch up, another day before shooting starts and you can give me some pointers? If you don’t mind I’d love to learn more?” 

“Yeah absolutely, um here put your number in and I’ll throw you a text” 

Maya gave Ryan her phone and he quickly put it in, people were calling his name so he rushed off. Carina leaned down to whisper into Maya’s ear. Her hand came up and ran through her hair to move it over to the other side of her neck. Maya's arm pulling her in more to her body.

"Watch that hand..." 

"Is..it too much?" Maya was backtracking her hand slowly. 

Carina instantly stopped her hand from moving back up her back, putting her hand back to where it was, the brunette ever so slightly bit the side of her bottom lip. 

"No, I might want it lower with the way you're going...and the way you're looking..." Carina whispered. 

Maya smirked as she looked over to see how close Carina really was to her. “You look really fucking gorgeous tonight…like..breatht—“ 

“Maya!! Baby!” Maya was cut off by hearing April's voice coming through the crowd. 

The blondes head turned back to see April then show up, her hand dropped instantly from around Carina's waist. April looked at the two of them, slightly curious as to why they shoved their hands down so quick but her focus was on Maya and her big news. Carina's smile wavered a bit as April hugged her. Brown eyes looked at blue before standing back up. April tenderly kissed Maya, almost like staking her claim on the fighter. 

“I can’t believe I almost missed this look…you’ve never brought this out when we’ve gone out babe” April said. 

“I mean...I didn't want to take away from you baby” She made it light and April just pushed her hand into Maya's chest. 

“I got the job…it’s going to be great, the director loved me..” April started talking about the job she got and it made Maya just nod and listen. Her own new journey getting smaller, trying to not let her smile waver but she could feel it wanting to.

Carina excused herself and almost stomped off to the drink station to where she asked for a shot and a glass of either white or red wine, whichever was available. Andrea was talking to the girl he had caught an eyeful of to only see his sister walk by him to the drink area. Excusing himself, saying he'd be back, the boy then walked over and stood right next to his big sister. Watching her down the shot fast and then chase it with the wine, he just sighed a bit.

“Whoa tiger..what’s the fire, that shot did nothing to you” 

“Stai zitto…” Carina mumbled as her eyes shot over to Maya, her hand holding the wine glass. Her lips latched to the rim of the glass just sipping the wine. 

Andrew followed her eye line and nodded slowly, he saw Maya's hands in her suit pants pockets, nodding to whatever April was talking about. Her jacket was open still, her arms were keeping it back, it let Carina look over the girl a little more. By the time her eyes got back up to Maya's face, blue hues caught brown. April talked, but Maya was just staring at Carina. Taking her glass away from her lips to just tilt her head at the blonde. Andrew looked between his sister and Maya who were just making eyes at one another. 

"I thought you said not to...set you up with taken best friends.." 

"Stai zitto, Andrea..and I'm not doing anything" 

"The tension could be cut with a knife...be careful big sis...April is about to make this night all about her" Andrea said with a smile before walking off towards the girl he was talking to before. 

Maya was the one to break the eye contact to look back down at her girlfriend, she kept talking about the job she just got. April then placed her arms all over Maya to kiss on her cheek.

"Isn't that great?? I have to call him tomorrow to set up the rest of the details, but god..the script is amazing. I had a feeling I'd get the role but it's so much better knowing I have another job lined up..right?" 

"Sure, yeah...it's great April. Tonight -- it's..kinda my night? Can we talk about it later?” Maya said to her girlfriend with a small shrug, she didn’t think it would be too much to ask for. 

"Okay and it will be but I told you that I had a meeting with him and I wanted to tell you how it went.." 

"At the event for me?! You mean this couldn't have waited?" Maya was raising her voice a little bit. 

"Come on Maya...Don't be like this, Carina handed you this -- it's not like you auditioned for it. She’s just being really nice” 

Maya stood up a little straighter as she looked at her girlfriend. She knew that April didn't think she could do this since she was an actor, but to pull it out now?! She was honestly stunned because she would never pull this shit with her girlfriend at one of her events. 

"Don't be like what?! Upset? Aggravated that all you've done since you've got here was talk about one, I look hot and two about the project you're about to be on along with being on Grey's along with another Hallmark movie you're doing ?? and yet I'm here on a night that yeah sure maybe it was handed to me but at least it seems like Carina thinks I can do it" Maya said to April. 

"You're being a little dramatic here Maya..it's not like you're actually fighting, you ended that..remember" 

“Yeah. I think I remember. Thanks for the reminder” 

Maya nodded slowly, turning into a shake, she just walked away, pushing past April who just stood there with her hands out and waved her girlfriend off. April went to go mingle with the cast and crew while Maya threaded through the mass of people, Carina instantly following her. Though it didn’t go unnoticed in how Carina was quickly stepping in when Maya stomped off, that was a Andrew or Andy job. 

"Maya..." Carina called after her, picking up her pace a bit to then follow the blonde into a darker part of the venue. "Maya..." Reaching out to grab at the girls arm. 

"What?!" Maya snapped and instantly regretted it, turning around to see Carina being the one to call after her. "I'm so sorry..." 

Not saying a word, Carina then pushed the girl farther down the hallway so where you really couldn't see much even if you looked down it. Maya just let her feet carry her till Carina pushed her into the wall to look at her in the dark. Maya reached up to pull Carina into her by her waist, the brunettes hand slid up the wall, making her sink closer into the blonde. Noses bumping against one another gently. 

"What's wrong..." Carina spoke so softly. 

"Did you hand me this.." Maya came out with it right away. 

"What are you talking about? Hand you what...is that what you think? 

"Leading role with you, did you hand it to me? I really don’t know” 

"You want to know the truth" Carina still in a whisper. 

"Yes -- I want to know the truth" Bracing herself for what Carina was going to say, it's like April was right, the sinking feeling just going down into Maya's gut. 

"I meant what I said that night at the bar, Andrea contacted me...worried about you, not two days later this script dropped into my lap by the director; I mentioned I might have someone in mind, someone who has experience in this profession and he said for me to reach out, and so I did...and then I saw you in person and reached out myself..so you didn't audition but your record in MMA speaks for itself, Maya -- you already auditioned by that alone" Carina slowly said, making sure Maya heard it all and clearly no matter how thick her accent was. 

"I feel like there's an and...." Maya said slowly herself. 

"You gave yourself this role, I just hand delivered it wrapped in a script..I'm sorry she can't see that the woman she's got in front of her is the most interesting person at this party..the most deserving..given what all has happened.." Carina's nose brushed against Maya's so gently. 

Hands slipped down from the middle of Carina's back to grab at her ass through the dress, pulling her flush against the blonde. The smallest of whimpers came out of Carina's mouth, her hand that was pressing against the wall tried to grip into it. The tension, the energy radiating off of the two of them pressed together in the dark like this. Maya's own girlfriend never spoke of her this way, she just met Carina and she goes and says all this -- it was making her insides flip, arousal also rushing between her legs with how close they were. 

Maya believed Carina's words, her actions of her past spoke for themselves, and the movie was heavily into that aspect. You could train anyone you'd like, but getting someone with that set of skills already and then just letting the rest of it fall where it may? It was smooth sailing. Carina knew in the first couple minutes that her and Maya would have no problem acting together, the ease of the whole conversation that night at the bar, everything since that moment had Carina knowing that Maya was perfect before she gave her the script. 

"Have I told you how..absolutely radiating you look tonight Maya?? How much I love when you're hands are on me..." 

Maya smiled as their lips brushed ever so slightly when Carina talked to her. Maya bit into her own bottom lip, her hands grabbing onto Carina's ass again. 

"Do you do this with all your co-stars" Maya asked whispering back. 

"No -- you'll find i'm very...very professional outside of...us" Smiling. 

"I can't imagine you having...this...with anyone else..." 

"Good, cause I don't...and I can't..wait...to kiss you" Carina breathed out. 

"Don't say that -- " Maya pressed herself up into Carina a bit. 

"Why not?...Don't you feel the same?" 

Maya turned the tables to turn their bodies quickly, pressing Carina's back against the wall, her hand gently wrapping itself in the girls dress, pressing into her more. The italian smiled, her hand came down to wrap around the back of the blonde's neck. 

"Cause I might say fuck it and get a taste of what you're going to be giving me..." Maya knew she couldn't, she shouldn't but god was Carina making it hard for her in more ways than one. 

"Maya? Carina??" They heard a voice booming far away but loud enough for them to hear it. 

"One second!" Carina called down, knowing they needed to take photos. 

Maya stood up, bringing Carina with her. The brunette placed a slow kiss to Maya's cheek softly, speaking in italian first then translating it for the blonde. 

"Go shine your light Bella...tell your truth, show everyone that you're just as perfect as I think you are for this" 

Carina paused a bit, her hand coming up to swipe her thumb over Maya's bottom lip. 

"Are you okay to leave this...or..do you need some time" Hand moving to Maya's waist under the jacket.

"I'm good now..." Knowing her compression shorts were doing their job even if it was painful. "Are you?"

"Let's just say that I might be throwing these out after the party..." Carina smirked and Maya's mouth dropped a bit as she smirked back. 

Carina took Maya's hand to walk them back down the hallway to the bright lights. One of the photographers clapped their hands when they saw the girls emerging. Photos were needing to be taken and Maya felt confident in this with Carina. The two posed, smiling at one another but keeping it completely innocent with their hand placements. Carina and Ryan had a couple photos before Maya and Ryan took some, giving some match worthy stances with their fists up too. 

Andrea and Carina took some brother/sister photos as they cheesed into the camera. Maya also snuck in some with Andrew who just beamed having his favorite people next to him. April looked over at Maya and just the sad eyes came to and the blonde sighed a bit, sticking out her hand for her girlfriend to come trotting over. The two posed, April taking this moment to stake a kiss on Maya's lips for the camera. Kissing her back, Maya just put on a smile for the camera. 

Her insides screaming, her eyes then looked over to Carina who looked over at that moment. Carina nodded and Maya just nodded back, having some unspoken language with the girl already. April was attached to Maya’s side for pretty much the whole night, even while the blonde was in full conversations with more of the crew, even some people who had seen her fight either on TV in person. 

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Maya was at the drink table, she had just taken a shot of fireball as she just needed to calm her whole body -- the shot was taking care of that a little too well right now. It didn't take April long to leave, it was almost like she was just showing up to just say she was there, which Maya didn't mind. Not with what her girlfriend said earlier. Eyes scanning the big dance floor to not even find Carina but Andrew just having fun by himself on the dance floor. Of course. Taking another shot, she pushed herself up and walked over towards the him. 

"Maya come here!!" Andrew was dancing as he reached his hands out for his best friend. 

Hurrying over to her best friend, she placed her arms over his shoulders as they danced together. Her hand wrapped around her beer still with the beat booming through the speakers. The DJ they got was really good, he was playing all the good stuff tonight. Maya turned around on Andrew as she started to move her hips against him -- it's how they ended up always dancing together, the boy had discarded his jacket a while ago so he was just in his dress pants and his nice dress shirt. His hands instinctively went to Maya's hips as she just laughed. 

"I'm like, "hey, what's up, hello...Seen yo pretty ass soon as you came in the door" Andrew and Maya both said together, knowing 'Trap Queen' by Fetty Wap. 

Andrew pulled Maya closer as the two best friends just danced to the song, it was easy to fall into a dance with him or Andy, they'd been doing it for years. Andrew's hands came up and took Maya's jacket off, she pulled her hands out, switching the beer between hands so it didn't get caught. 

"Man, I swear I love her how she work that damn pole..hit the strip club, we be letting bands go" Maya rapped along with the song. 

The boy put her jacket over his shoulder with his thumb in it holding it. Maya essentially was grinding with Andrew, his arm protectively around her waist. They both smiled at one another, Carina was watching this whole time. Her eyes wandering all over Maya's body, the way she was with her brother was infectious to not smile at them since they were all smiles. She wished she was however where her brother was. Maya's hands gently moving down her body, her blue hues looked over to Carina. Both of her index fingers curling towards Carina who was nursing a glass of wine. 

"And I can ride with my baby, I be in the kitchen cooking pies" Maya kept repeating lyrics. 

Carina walked over, finishing her glass of wine before hand. Maya's hand reached out for the brunette to take, pulling the girl close to her. Andrew smiled seeing his sister walking over, taking the slow time to pull his body away from his best friend so she could dance with Carina. He moved away completely to find the girl he was talking to earlier, a wink to his big sister. 

Maya took both of Carina's hands and put them over her shoulder, while one of her hands pulled the brunette in with a smile. The hand with her beer was also the one that Maya was using to keep her on tempo with the beat repeating the lyrics. 

Soon enough both of the girls were finding themselves back in that dark hallway, giggling to themselves as they masterfully got away without anyone really seeing them. Maya pressed her back against the wall again, this time voluntarily, hands pulling Carina in. The brunette's hands went to Maya's shoulders, noses were bumping against one another. 

Hey, I heard you are a wild one, ooh. 
If I took you home, it'd be a home run

It was taking everything in Maya to not kiss Carina right now, her body was so perfectly pressing against hers, their giggling died once they got flush against each other. Blonde hands slowly tracing the brunette's jaw line, breaths mixing together. 

I wanna shut down the club, with you..
Hey, I heard you like the wild ones, wild ones, wild ones, ooh

Even in such a dark space, Carina could see how blue Maya's eyes were, how alluring they were to her. All of Maya was to her, she IS the most interesting person at this party, she couldn't get enough of her already. Listening to her talk last night and just doing nothing but talking, drinking that whole bottle of wine and essentially cuddling to sleep had her wanting more, such innocent things but to both Maya and Carina it meant so much more. She was heavily attracted to Maya, her energy, she was wildly attractive too. The way Andrew described his best friend was so far from it -- Maya was so much more in person. 

"You're so beautiful.." breathed Maya, bumping her nose against Carina's gently. 

"Is that the beer talking??" Carina whispered with a light aspect. 

"Far from it..drop. dead. gorgeous." Maya punctuated her next words. 

"Maya..." 

"Carina" 

"I was being serious earlier, I can't wait -- to kiss you -- but you're making it so hard for me right now.." 

Gotta break rules, 'cause that's the motto; 
Club shut down a hundred super models

"How hard?" Maya asked as she leaned to gently try and bite at Carina's bottom lip. 

"So. fucking. hard. Bella..." 

Andrew however could see the two of them, he was on the phone with Andy and Jack giving them a small play by play on what had happened. Both of the friends on the other side of the phone were yelling to him for more details on whats going on. 

"Dude I don't...know if they're going to kiss..I'll scream like a girl if they do -- you guys they're so close..like close. I can tell they're talking to each other but fuck..I know it's my sister but this is..this is something you guys..I knew it. I knew it. April only stayed for an hour. Did I tell you that I walked in last night and Maya and Carina were asleep on the couch together?!" Whisper yelling into the phone. 

"Oh...oh Maya..Maya's shit -- " 

A collective WHAT was being yelled on the other side of the phone to try and get the information from the boy who was watching this all go down. Andy and Jack just looked at one another. 

"ANDREW!!!" 

I'll show you another side of me
A side you'd never thought you would see
Tear up that body, dominate you 'til you had enough
I hear you like the wilds do

Carina pressed her lips to Maya's cheek, the two of them were driving each other crazy with their touches. Maya's hand ran down to grab at Carina's ass again, the older girl moaning softly into Maya's ear which drove her nuts in that one second. Maya was able to place a kiss on the girls bare shoulder like she did last night in her apartment. It was enough to send sparks through Carina's body.

Even though they didn't want to hold back, it took them everything in them to do so. It took everything in Maya to not go ahead and press her lips to Carina's. 

"Spend the night at the apartment..." Maya whispered. "With me...I just.." 

"I know, me too -- " Carina spoke back, she didn't have to think before nodding her head. "I'll spend the night, if it's in your bed" 

"In my bed.." 

Both of them smiled widely at each other, Carina just nuzzled her nose against Maya's. The brunette's hands wrapped around the girls waist. Pressing their foreheads together, they had to calm their heart rates, Maya felt like her heart was racing and Carina's felt her pulse in her ears just being this close to the blonde. Slowly pulling back, Carina pulled Maya with her as they started to walk out of that dark hallway. The brunette's hands running through her hair to fix it and all Maya could do was watch her, take all of her in. 

"ANDREW?!?!?!!?" the pair said on the other side of the phone. 

"Fuck -- sorry! Maya grabbed Carina's ass and now Carina is kissing her cheek and it's..all very..I can't look away but I feel like I'm intruding..." 

"Is that 'Wild Ones' playing??" Jack said as he put his head in closer to the phone. 

"Yeah it is...how did you know??" 

"Dude -- that's a great song to make out too" Jack said with a smile and Andy just scrunched her eyebrows  at him. 

"The fuck, Jack?" 

"Shit shit...they're coming...they're coming, byebyebyebye" Andrew said and ended the call quick. 

While they didn't kiss, they didn't do anything incriminating, the heat that was soaring through their veins for one another was hot. Tingles in their finger tips and Maya could feel goosebumps on the back of her neck when Carina's fingers trailed over it. Maya pushed her hands into her pockets, she could feel herself back to being confined within her compression shorts. 

"Andrea we're going back to the apartment...are you coming..." Carina said to her little brother who was giving Maya back her jacket. 

Pulling her jacket back on, Maya just looked at Andrew who she saw shoving his phone in his pocket when the two of them were coming back. 

"Did you say 'hi' to Andy and Jack for me..." Maya smirked as Andrew just pointed at his best friend before rubbing the back of his neck with a small smile. 

"I don't know what you're talking about..." 

Just as the trio was about to leave the director ran over to them. He was more running towards Maya than both girls who are his leads. 

“Maya..oh Maya darling please tell me you’re not leaving yet.” He said sweetly and the blonde just shook her head, as much as she wanted to. 

“Not if you need me, what’s going on??” 

“I want you to meet the stunt coordinator, he’s been trying to find you all night, but he’s a very popular guy as are you darling” 

“Yeah of course…give me a second and I’ll meet you?” 

Johnny nodded and walked away to where he left the man. Maya looked at Carina and Andrew, tilting her head a little bit but she was honestly grateful. 

“I’ll see you guys at the apartment??” Her eyes mostly looking at Carina because she could easily just go home. 

“Si — we will save you some left over pizza..go be your awesome self” Carina reached to squeeze Maya's hand and then gently kiss her cheek. Andrew agreed and the two walked away as Maya went to go find the director and the stunt coordinator. 

It was a couple hours till Maya finally got home, walking in the door she sighed softly, happy to be home but the last couple hours talking to the duo of men was a great in-site to things and how Maya was going to do all her own stunts, she needed it, she wanted it. Walking to her room she saw Carina's dress hanging up on her closet, eyes casting over to the brunette in her bed wearing one of her UFC shirts and a pair of her shorts. She looks way too good in my clothes. 

“Maya?..” a whisper came as the blonde looked out to see Andrew looking into her room. 

“Hey, sorry..I’m home. Everything okay?” She was trying her best to be quiet. 

“Yeah, is that okay? She said something about wanting to sleep in your bed tonight..” Andrew pointed to his sister who was passed out in Maya’s bed. He looked like he was asleep at least for a little bit, eyes squinty. 

“Yeah that’s fine, why aren’t you asleep” 

“I was, I just heard you come home..” 

“Get some sleep, I’m changing and going to bed” Maya whispered and the two kissed each others cheeks before Maya shut her door quietly.

Maya changed out of her dress attire for the night, quickly replacing it with a long sleeve shirt and swapping out her compression shorts for a pair of boxers, she grabbed a couple wipes to pull the minimal make up off her face before sighing into her hands a bit. It was a lot tonight, Carina however was the highlight of it. Taking her ponytail out she slid into her bed. 

“Mmmm you’re home” a thick Italian accent rolled out, Carina opened her eyes a little bit when the bed dipped. 

“I am, go back to sleep..” Maya whispered. Carina nodded her head slowly. 

Carina ended up rolling to her back which invited Maya to scoot in and into the older girls arms like the night prior. That night Maya didn’t wake up one bit to find herself in the gym, it was a rarity that she didn’t. Carina's arms enveloped Maya into the warmest and coziest sleep for the two of them for the second night. 

Notes:

All mistakes are mine :)

ENJOY!!!

Trap Queen - Fetty Wap
Wild Ones - Flo Ride ft. Sia

Chapter 5: The Middle

Since the party, Carina found herself in Maya's bed almost every night. Either Carina would be at their place when she got home from the gym, or she'd show up later on. Most nights she was over, Andrew was still at the hospital so it would just be the two of them. They'd chat, deep dive more into their growing up or more stories about Andrew that Carina had missed from not being around. Laughs and just small touches filled their time together, Carina had cooked dinner when Maya was the one coming home to her apartment with her there. 

Even the morning after the party when he woke up first he peaked in to see the two of them, limbs entangled but fast asleep. They'd wake up and act like nothing happened, that they just shared a bed during the night; which was true. When Carina slept at her own place, that’s when Maya would find herself at the gym, fast asleep on her couch in her office. Which is where she was this morning. 

“She was doing so good, what happened…Well not what happened, it's been like what? Four days since the party and she's just here now?” 

“Uhh you know, one could say that Carina slept at her place last night?” Andy then shot Andrew a look. 

“Has she been spending the night?” 

“Yeah, it’s not like they’re doing anything but Maya's…sleeping through the night..I think this morning Carina has a photoshoot, which is why she’s at her place but Maya mentioned training the other guy in the movie? I met him at the party” 

“Is he hot??” Andy mused with a smile. 

“Can you guys shut up already, he’s going to be here at noon if you just so happen to walk in” a mumbled voice came from the couch. 

Both Andrew and Andy looked down to the couch where Maya was asleep, or at least she was. Looking at each other next with a ‘oops’ on their faces, Maya looked up at her best friends. 

“And shut up about Carina and I already, there’s nothing going on…I’m here cause I couldn’t sleep, not cause she didn’t sleep over” 

Yeah okay. Andrew thought.

Maya sat up, checking her phone. She’s barely spoken to her girlfriend since the party and the two of them had their little fight during it. Making a mental note to reach out to her. Maya really had been sleeping the night in a comfortable bed so now being here on the couch really had her body fucked. Sighing she heard the door open, the three friends looked over to see Carina walk in wearing work out gear -- black long spandex pants and a sports bra with a jacket overtop of it. 

“Carina?” 

“Buongiorno, Maya” Carina smiled while walking in the door. "Andrea, Andy...buongiorno" 

“Um..how..what’s up? Also good morning” Maya looked at her two friends and made a face like telling them not to say anything. 

“This is a gym? No? I was hoping to use it??” Carina was playing with her headphone wires, taking her jacket off and put it over Mayas chair. 

“Yeah no it’s totally a gym, go for it…” pedestrians usually didn't use the gym it was just the firefighters or even the doctors from the hospital but Maya was very much open for Carina walking in. 

“Do you want to work out with me?” Tilting her head.

“Yeah — no yeah totally I do..I gotta warm up anyways because Ryan’s coming today” Maya got up as she saw her friends snickering. 

“Andrea. Behave little boy” Carina warned with her finger pointed to him as the two girls walked out of the office. 

“Ouch — even I felt that, I see what you mean though, they seem to be getting close...Maya does seem happier lately since they've met. Especially knowing how she's been the last eight months” Andy commented. 

“She definitely is brighter I can say that. I just know since she's still with April, which by the way only stayed an hour at the party -- something is holding our blonde bombshell back, I like seeing my big sister happy too..they got their scripts the other night, like the final final ones before filming..you should have seen them” Andrew shrugged gently. 

“Did you really say blonde bombshell? No kissing yet?? You know practice” Andy asked with a wiggle of her eyebrows and Andrew just laughed. 

“Yes? Is there a problem with that and no!! I’m so mad…they were close at the party, I wish you were there to see it.” 

“I love how you’re the one who’s mad..” 

“I’m pretty sure Maya could have in the living room the other night, I never walked away so fast…” Andrew just widened his eyes. 

“What?! What the fuck happened” Andy grabbed at Andrew's arm. 

It just seemed like a typical night that Carina was over, she had made dinner for the three of them Andrew had went to his room to look over some cases that he left the hospital with. Maya was just sitting on the couch reading over the contract Carina came over with from her manager. Turning the page, Maya was so careful with contracts, you could never be too careful and not sign it right away. You could get into some deep shit and sign up for something you don’t want -- it always took her this long to read through them. 

“How’s the reading going, Bella?” Carina walked out from the bathroom, she had just taken a shower and was now sporting one of Maya's UFC shirts again. No bra, and just a pair of short shorts that were hers she brought over. Carina was in her clothes more than April ever was -- something about it being cliche.

"It seems like a standard contract.." Maya looked up, contract in hand as she just looked over the brunette, she tried to be subtle but Carina was looking so fucking good right now for her not to take a little look. 

Carina rounded the couch as she went to go take a seat next to Maya, finishing off the braid slowly to let it hang over her shoulder. The blonde reached over to pull Carina into her lap as she put her arms around the girl, her chin on her shoulder while placing the contract in Carina's lap now to read it. 

The brunette smiled, relaxing into Maya's body, her fingers reached down to pick up the contract to see where Maya was at in it. 

"Maya you're only on the third page? I gave this to you when I walked in.." Laughing a bit, her head laying back on her shoulder. 

"I'm slow when it comes to contracts...I had to be..so it's how I am, leave me alone" 

Carina then went to go sit up and 'leave Maya alone' per her request but the blonde's mouth dropped a bit to laugh and bring the brunette back into her body. 

"You said to leave you alone? No??" Carina pushed back into Maya's body, her face looking over at Maya's profile view, she could see the blue eyes trying to look at her. 

Leaning in, Carina placed a kiss to the blondes cheek softly. Maya pulled back to look at the girl who she was holding in her arms. Her hand flipped the page while her lips spread in a smile. 

"I'm on page four now, so.." 

Andrew was walking out of his room to go and ask Maya if he could borrow her charger, cause his all the sudden crapped the bed. Stopping right at the end of the hallway, the boy saw Maya and his sister on the couch, his best friend just looking down at his sister who was smiling up at the girl. Carina's hands were playing at the very ends of her hair in the braid. He backed up slowly but fast at the same time to just steal Maya's charger and go into his own room to let them be. 

"Okay so maybe I didn't walk away fast...but I walked away.." 

"Who did we walk away from??" A voice said and Andy was the first one to turn around, stunned at this mystery man behind her. 

"Ryan! You're early..." Andrew said with a laugh, looking to see Andy quite stunned at the man behind her. 

"Yeah I wanted to get in a workout before training..I uh, I don't think we met? I'm Ryan Tanner" He smiled at Andy, putting his hand out for her to take. 

Andrew just looked at his best friend and kicked at her foot with his quickly. What is it with all these girls? 

"No, we haven't..." She smiled at the man, taking his hand in hers. "Andy Herrera" She beamed and Andrew just rolled his eyes. 

"Captain Andy Herrera..." 

"Right, but i'm not on the job right now -- Captain Andy Herrera, Station 19..I'm a firefighter" 

"Ahhhh -- you're the one Maya mentioned then the other night, it's very nice to meet you. She mentioned she had a friend who was a firefighter, that I might see her if I walked in here" Ryan flirted. "And now I'm seeing her..you're more beautiful than she was to lead on" He smiled, still holding her hand in his. 

"Oh she did? Well I'm the only one she could talk about.." Andy just beamed at the man, a blush showing up on her cheeks.. 

"Oh my god -- Ryan...uh Maya is in the gym with Carina..when..the two of you are done" Andrew said slowly, his eyes darting between the two. 

"Yeah? Thanks Andrew. Can I get your number? Maybe I can take you out sometime Captain Herrera" Ryan smoothed in. 

Back in the gym, Maya was jumping role while Carina was on the treadmill, the two of them making eyes at one another. 

"Are you going to stay to watch Ryan and I?" 

"If you would like me to? I just have the photoshoot at two but other than that I don't have anything planned" Carina said as she stepped off the treadmill, walking over to Maya. She was catching her breath, her eyes then going down the back of Maya who just watched the girl do it in the mirror. 

Stopping her jumping rope, Maya put the ends together to take a couple steps back, colliding with Carina who placed her arms around the blonde with a smile. 

"You've got the stamina of an Ox it feels like..." Carina whispered into Maya's ear. "Are you ever tired, Bella.." 

"Oh...you have no idea.." Flirting back, when it was the two of them Maya was smooth, she could think on her feet but when other people were around she was a fumbling mess. "No -- never tired.." 

"That sounds like a challenge" Carina smiled into the girls ear which caused Maya to smile. 

Andrew's hand reached out and slapped the wall to get the girls attention to have them both look over at Carina's brother. A man was in talking to Andy and it seemed like it wasn't about to stop. 

"Is that Ryan?" Carina's arms around Maya left the girls body when she pulled out. 

"Ryan??" 

The man turned around and smiled at the girls with a wave. 

"Hey! I was just stopping in to get warmed up first before you slam me on the ground repeatedly.." He joked. "I ran into Andy, and was just talking to her for a few minutes" His back was turned and Andy just looked at Maya. 

Andrew put his fingers up in air quotes to then mouth 'Ran into Andy', and then he mouthed YEAH RIGHT! Andy who was right next to the doctor then was talking to Maya via no volume. OH MY GOD. She mouthed as she fanned herself with her hand as she looked at the man and then to Maya who just smiled at her best friend. THANK YOU...I LOVE YOU..she mouthed again. 

"Ahhhh yes my firefighter best friend, I'm so glad you met her -- come join Carina and I, and then you and I can get started.." 

After about an hour of warming up, and Carina just working out with Maya's help, Ryan was now sitting on the bench with his hand out to Maya who was starting to show him how to wrap his hands for the movie. 

"I find it easier to wrap from your palm and then around up into your hand and then back down to your wrist, even though you're going to have gloves on too, the wraps are there to stabilize your hand. I know you won't be actually fighting but I don't know what else to tell you" Maya laughed. 

"No I really appreciate it, this whole thing..I wanna learn as much as I can, even if it's the basics..you never know what kind of shots they're going to want" Ryan was appreciative to the max that Maya even agreed to do this with him. 

"Yeah of course, I'm always willing to give all my knowledge to someone, even if I don't fight anymore" 

"From what my dad said about you -- he said you are really fucking good at it, he'd go to a lot of your fights if he wasn't on duty" Ryan causally said. 

"Who's your dad?" Maya chuckled. 

"Officer..Garrett Tanner" He said lowly and Maya stopped wrapping the boys hand. 

"Maya Bishop -- what did I say about if you blew through my speedometer one more time.." The man boomed when he looked into Maya's driver side window. 

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"I'm sorry Maya, I can't let you go this time -- i'm sorry kid" Tanner placed his hand on Maya's shoulder as she felt a couple tears roll down her face. 

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"I wish it didn't have to be like this Bishop, you know I hate seeing you here..but it's out of my hands" He sighed and placed the cuffs back over Maya's wrists. 

"Oh -- that's..." Maya was having a hard time finding the words to what she was trying to say. "I didn't know that you were his son" saying softly. "I knew he had a son..but I didn't put two and two together with your last names" 

"He wanted me to tell you that he's excited to see you in this?" Ryan tried to smooth it over, Carina caught the pause in Maya's voice. 

Maya just laughed a bit, trying to will those memories out of her head as she kept wrapping Ryan's hand. Once she was done she wiggled her fingers to have him lift the other one. 

"You tell your dad...that I'll have a ticket waiting and ready for when the movie comes out" Maya looked over to Carina who just nodded saying they will do it. Her eyes looking back at Ryan as the boy nodded. 

"I will definitely tell him..he said I had the best in the business to teach me, but he also said something about he wishes you'd kick my ass" Ryan mumbled the last part which made Maya laugh. 

"He's going to see your ass kicked at least in the movie” Maya chuckled and then pulled the gloves on Ryan’s hands. 

Watching him, he opened and closed his hands with a nod. Maya spent the first hour just teaching him where to hit, what parts of his hands and the proper way to close his hand to not get hurt in the process. Where not to put his hands and why also -- good technique would give more authenticity to Ryan's character. 

"No back of the neck..even sometimes the slightest pressure can really do some damage" Maya nodded. 

“Okay but..I want you to really hit me..” Ryan said with a smile and Maya had gotten her wrap and gloves on. Side eyeing the boy she just shook her head. 

“I’ll hurt you, and filming is in like a few days...” 

“Oh come on Maya it can’t be that bad…” Ryan urged on.

Maya looked over at Carina who was watching her intently, curious to see what Maya's next move would be. Ryan looked back over to Carina who was sitting there on the chair just watching them. 

"What do you think Carina?...should Maya do it?" 

"Si -- I'd like to see what she can do myself...it's a safe space..." Carina just slying smiled at the blonde and Ryan. 

"Safe Space?! The two of you suck...but fine, put your hands up..." Ryan did instantly when Maya said it. 

The two of them moved around the room slowly, Maya knew it would be easy since Ryan didn't fight but she wanted to catch him off guard. Maya snuck in and grabbed Ryan from his chest, her feet planting on the ground. Once she had a good grip and he seemed like he was fighting back out of her hold his gloved hands hitting her back, she swiftly kicked her foot under his and tucked her body over his to flip the man on his back. That alone was enough for the boy to be shocked. Thank god for the mats they put under them because they were soft. 

Maya quickly pulled out to look at Ryan who was breathing hard looking at the girl, he put his hand up to tell her wait and she just laughed. 

"I told you...and you didn't want to listen..." 

"Holy fuck Maya..." He groaned while holding his back, he wasn't expecting that one bit. Carina bit her bottom lip watching the blonde. 

Maya reached down to grab at his hand to pull him up off the ground, her muscles flexing perfectly for the brunette. This time Maya actually wore a training cup, making Ryan wear one too to make sure no one got hurt. She rubbed at his back when he was bent over with his hands on his knees trying to catch his breath, her eye caught Carina staring at her. Pulling her gloves off she just laughed rubbing at Ryan's back slowly to make it not hurt so much. 

"I'm so sorry...but you asked for it.." 

"Carina...grab my phone I need...fuck..I need to call someone.." 

"Whoa...whoa wait.. I didn't mean to.." Maya stepped back instantly as she thought maybe she really injured Ryan. Her panic slowly setting in when Carina gave the man his phone. 

Carina walked over instantly to grab at Maya's hands. 

"I did--- I didn't...mean to..." 

"Hey...hey you're okay..he's okay..." 

"Pop???" Ryan said as his phone was in his hand. 

Carina and Maya's eyes snapped from one another to Ryan and his phone. He was standing up slowly while grabbing his lower back but a laugh came from his lips. 

"Hey Ry, what's going on?" 

"Maya beat the shit out of me...all it took was one flip..holy shit you weren't kidding pop.." 

A hardy laugh came from the other side of the phone along with a few claps. It made Maya smile knowing that Ryan called his father out of everyone he could be calling it was the man who wanted her to beat the shit out of him. Carina's arm went around Maya's shoulders, her hand resting on the blondes head with a laugh as she kissed her temple as a soothing way to calm Maya. In that moment too April stepped in to see the small but loud gesture which had her girlfriend leaning into the brunette with a laugh. April snuck by quickly to Maya's office to see the rest of this. 

"Put her on the phone...I gotta talk to Bishop..." 

"Here...take the damn phone Maya.." Ryan laughed as he groaned, handing off his phone.

"Hi Officer Tanner..." 

"Maya fucking Bishop -- I'm glad to know that you still have it in you kid..I told my boy that once he mentioned your name in the movie with him that he's going to get his ass beat..." 

"I mean he asked for it just now so I just did my little swift kick and pin.." Maya shrugged like it was no big deal. Carina moving to Maya's shoulders to rub at them gently, like she was awarding the winner. 

"She kicked his ass..." Carina chimed in. 

"Okay okay you two...god..already a team against me pops..." 

"The swift kick and pin is a classic son, oh god this is the best phone call i've gotten -- it's great hearing your voice again Bishop, i'm happy to know you got this movie in your belt...i've been wondering about how you've been" Garrett talked to Maya. 

Carina's arms went around and hugged Maya tight hearing that from the boys father. Maya's hand went to the side of Carina's head, then down to her arm where she squeezed gently. 

"Yeah actually a friend of mine thought of me, and brought me the script so, i'm happy to be doing it especially after everything -- you can always find me at the gym..you know that but i'm going to hand you back off to Ryan" 

"Kid we gotta have coffee soon when i'm not on duty, I'd love to hear about it...I know how your own father is" 

A smile spread across her lips and nodded even though he couldn't see it. 

"I'd like that...see you Officer Tanner..." 

Maya gave Ryan back his phone as he went on to talk to his dad a little more. Maya relaxed against Carina's body in relief that the boy was just calling his dad and no one else because he got injured. 

"See..everything's okay..plus, he asked for it and you gave him a taste and no harm is done Bella..." Carina spoke in a whisper so only Maya could hear. 

"I know, I just...scared I guess...given everything.." 

"You didn't hurt anyone, plus...I thought it was prett-- "

"Maya??" April walked out and the girls looked over, Maya pulling out of Carina's hold and the brunette just smiled at April. 

"April...I didn't know you were coming today? I was...going to reach out to you.." the blonde breathed as her feet took her closer to her girlfriend. 

"I didn't know I needed an invitation..what's..going on?" Her eyes looked over to Carina who was going back and sitting down on the chair, Ryan was even walking towards her to relax on her lap which got the older girl trying to push the sweaty boy off. 

"No, I just didn't know you were coming? Just uh training for the movie...Ryan wanted some pointers, cause we're going to be fighting...over Carina" Maya said slowly. 

April placed her arms over the girls shoulders and nodded, she brought her girlfriend in for a slow kiss; Maya tried to back out of it but she just kissed her back. She wasn't all the sudden for this pda with April. Carina had looked over to see Maya lip locked with her girlfriend but Ryan was also showing her something on his phone so she paid attention to that instead. Maya had pulled out of the kiss slowly to look at her girlfriend now who was just smiling at her. 

"That's all you were doing?? When is shooting?" April asked, all the sudden interested in this movie Maya was in. 

"In a few days..so, he wanted to have something under his belt.." 

"Well, you're the best to provide that baby.." April kissed her lips again and this time Maya just pecked her back.

"Yeah, thanks...sorry, but ..what are you doing here too?? Did we have something planned??" Maya asked because she was shocked for one that April was here. 

"Mayyyyyaaaaaa!!" Ryan called out for the blonde and it made the girl turn around to see now Carina on his lap 

"I just wanted to see you baby.." 

"Can..can we get together after this session??" Maya asked. 

"MAYA!" now Carina calling over towards her while Ryan started to mess with the italian who was squirming in his lap. 

"I don't like the way she looks at you..." April came out with it. 

"What..do you mean?" 

"She looks at you like she wants you..and I don't like it..maybe..maybe you shouldn't do the movie? If she's going to be this clingy with you?" 

Maya pushed April back a few steps and she just laughed shaking her head. She needed to backtrack her girlfriend, she wasn't sure what she saw but she needed to make sure what she saw wasn't the intention that April was seeing. 

"I'm doing the movie, and it's Andrew's sister?? She doesn't want me, I don't think she's even into women" Maya said with her hands out a bit. 

"Mayyaaa!!" "Maiii--yyaaaaaa" The two of them called over as now Carina was trying to get up and being pulled back down from Ryan as he tickled her sides a bit. 

"April I gotta get back to this...stay in my office if you'd like but I'm not stopping this...sorry...I have to watch you and Jackson be all over each other...in and out of character.." shrugging as she walked backwards to then glide over to the pair. 

Carina's arms wrapped around Maya's shoulders while the blondes hands were fighting with Ryan's to get Carina loose. They were all laughing and just having fun with each other -- the first time besides her own best friends, Maya was having fun. 

"She's mine...back off Tanner!" Maya joked as Ryan was pushing at Maya's hands. 

"I saw her first Bishop...she's mine..." 

"I really like being in the middle of this..." Carina just laughed and Maya stopped fighting so much. 

"WHAT?!" Carina's hands then covered Maya's cheeks in a laugh which made the other two erupt in this laughter. 

"I'm just kidding...you fighters are so sensitive..." Carina teased Maya who then stood up and shook her head. 

"Take that back...I'm not sensitive..." pointing her finger at Carina who just sat there with a smile. 

-------------------------------------------

"You really think you can just...get your girl back? No one can take my girl..." Ryan said, he was getting into the mode of his character as he kissed Carina's cheek, the brunette just bit the side of her bottom lip with a smile, leaning into the cheek kiss. 

"Oh fuck off...she was never yours..She was mine first..." 

"And look at where she is now, Danvers...my arms..so why don't you take your little posse and go back to where you came from..the bottomless pit of hell..." Ryan squared Maya up just by sitting there with Carina on his lap. 

"Fuck off with yourself Heights...like you can actually win a fucking fight...i'd like to see you try for once" Maya quip back at him, backing up with her arms out. 

"Is that a fucking threat..." 

"You fucking know it is..." Smiling widely. 

Ryan stood up as he put Carina on the chair and started to walk forward -- Carina's hand flew into his as she pulled him back to her. 

"What are you doing...Bryant...don't be fucking stupid.." Carina almost pleaded. 

"Get your hands off me, can't you see i'm doing this for you" 

"Right before your fight tomorrow, you're being an idiot that's what I'm saying...Kelsey just won her fight..." Carina said to him with her teeth gritted. 

Ryan pulled his hand out of Carina's before he bull ran into Maya's stomach, his arms wrapping around her midsection to then take her down swiftly to the floor. 

"Great play through you three..Friday is the big morning! Get loads of rest and i'll see you all here at 5am..." 

Ryan got up quick to then hold his hand out for Maya, grabbing to then pull her up off the floor. He smiled widely at her as the two of them laughed a bit. This was an adrenaline rush for her, it got her excited to see how it was all going to be shot and for her to be doing her own stunts was even better. The brunette bounded over to Maya who was just smiling at the taller girl. 

The boy ended the facetime call -- the director just wanted to see where the three of them were at the day prior to them starting to shoot. 

"So...was it okay??" 

"Perfetta..you did so so good Maya..See, I knew I was right" Carina smiled. 

Maya just smiled as Carina complimented her, her hands going to the girls waist to hold a little bit. Ryan walked over and kissed both of their cheeks. 

"I think i'm going to head out...but I first think I'm going to ask if Andy if she would like to go have dinner with me so...wish me luck?" 

"Good luck" they both said in unison, watching Ryan leave the gym. 

"Do you think she's going to say yes?" Carina asked as her hands started to move up and down Maya's arms. 

"Oh yeah, I definitely think she's going to..her face said it all earlier when they met" Laughing at how Andy was reacting to Ryan behind his back.

"Good, she should..Ryan's a great guy" Carina spoke softly. "I guess...I should, get going myself, since you have plans..and I have to get to my photoshoot.." 

"I..uh..yeah..yeah..." Maya breathed out, her voice trying to not sound disappointed that she wasn't going to be seeing Carina tonight. 

"I'll see you Friday, Maya" Carina pulled out of the blondes hands to then walk into the girls office to grab her jacket, not bothering to look at April much who was sitting there watching the brunette like a hawk. Putting it on, she walked out of the gym and to her car. 

Maya walked into her office to see April still sitting there. The two left the gym to go back to the blondes apartment so she could change. Maya's head was trying to not go to the brunette who she'd started to get close to, trying to rewire it to get back on with April. The two went out for dinner, a nice dinner to try and catch up but April seemed to only be interested in talking about the new project, Maya only deflated a little bit but still appeared to be happy for her girlfriend. 

Her mind was completely fixated on Carina DeLuca.

Notes:

All mistakes are mine!!

Enjoy :)

The Middle -- Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

you can always find me rolling around on twitter @d05staywme09k

Chapter 6: You Found Me

Carina walked around her apartment flipping through the pages of her script, she was trying her best to memorize them. Filming was literally in a couple days now. Clad in her robe, a bra and just her panties it was the sanctuary of her own home -- she could walk around naked if she wanted. A knock on her door had the brunette pull her robe tighter as she padded over, putting her script down only slightly to open it having the chain of the lock in her way from opening it all the way.  

"Maya..come in" 

Closing the door, Carina took the chain off and then fully opened the door to Maya, stepping in with a nod of her head. Carina shut the door and locked it like she always did, her eyes watching the blonde as she stepped farther inside her apartment. Maya didn't say a word she just was quiet right now. She watched as Maya looked around, she looked dressed up like she was just out with her girlfriend, she had a tint of wine on her when she walked by. 

"Maya.." Carina tried again. 

"Yeah.." trailing off as if she didn't just come into Carina's apartment and say nothing. 

"Are you okay?" Carina asked again, placing her script down on the kitchen table. 

Walking over to Maya, she placed her hand on the girls back to made the blonde look at her, hand trailing down to the blondes mid back. Maya did just that, she looked over at the brunette, her eyes going from her brown eyes down to her lips, and back up to her eyes. 

"Yeah, I'm good..I just..went to go home from dinner with April.." 

"and you came here?" 

Nodding, the blonde did really just go from having dinner with her girlfriend to coming straight to Carina's apartment, not bothering to even stop home. 

"Yeah -- I just..I guess my mind took me here, to um..you" Maya turned a bit as her hand pulled Carina in. 

"Have you been drinking Bella?" Lifting Maya's chin to look into those eyes. They didn't look completely glazed over so she suspected she was a little buzzed. 

"I had an uber take me, because I had a couple drinks..with..my girlfriend" It was like Maya was putting together things. 

"I kinda figured, why aren't you with her now?" It was a curious question, you'd usually go home with the person you went out with especially if you were dating said person. 

"Did you know she talks a lot about herself.." Maya started to walk around, Carina smiled a bit while crossing her arms over her chest -- not in a defensive way but a listening and intent way. 

"Does she? What does she talk about?" 

"Everything she's doing ..she did that on the night of the party, she wanted to just talk and talk and talk about this project she just signed on, at a party for me? for ME..for US..but I told her to wait because this was big for me, you know? Like..this is the first thing i'm doing since being told I couldn't fight anymore" Maya said, stopping in Carina's kitchen. "She did that tonight! She just...wanted to talk...and talk, and talk about herself and it's like...so fucking -- aggravating" 

Carina didn't say anything, she had a feeling that Maya was going to keep talking, or at least keep venting since this seemed to be what it is. A ding came through on Carina's phone and she looked at it a bit, tapping the phones screen to see her brother. 

[Baby Brother]: Is Maya at your apartment?? She mumbled something about seeing you on the phone?? I couldn't catch all of it..she didn't even come home

[Big Sister]: Si, she's with me, she's talking...she's safe Andrea 

[Baby Brother]: Do you need me to come get her?

[Big Sister]: No, she's okay I promise

Closing her phone she turned her attention back to Maya who just watched her while she answered a text. 

"Andrea...he was making sure that you were here" 

"Yeah I kinda...I said I wanted to see you, so...just ya know called my best friend up and was like hayyyyy...i'm going to go see Carina" she had her hand in the shape of a phone with her thumb and pinky out to her ear and mouth.

"You can always see me, you know I don't mind that..what happened at the party?" Smiling at the blonde, she wanted to have Maya keep going from her talking. 

Maya just nodded as her eyes took in the way Carina looked, she just really wizzed by when she walked in. Licking her lips a little bit, she watched as the brunette's head tilted that small little way. It was the cutest thing ever. Her eyes casted down even more to see another silk robe adorning her figure, her hair was pulled up in a messy bun like she was just lounging. 

"She reminded me that I ended my career..which I know I did, I did it to myself but to bring that up along with her saying that you just handed me the script, which I know you said you didn't but still..why would..how could she...bring it up?" 

"Some people aren't just happy for others when they have something that isn't theirs -- "

"RIGHT?! And it's like that's all she wanted to talk about was everything she had going...like it's been eight fucking months since I was let go, i've been trying to do something and it's not like she was around much while I was going through everything but when she was she just wanted to talk...eight months I've been just walking around with my head screwed off and you walk in.." Maya breathed out and Carina just smiled a tad. 

"You walk in and you..you just, you believed that I could do this..and I didn't think I could do anything other than fight..until you showed me even today with just going over it -- you showed me that I could..and still April tonight just sat there and talked about herself, not once asking about me?? I tried and I was excited to tell her -- But I also didn't want to tell her at the same time...she just shows up today and like...said shouldn't do the movie because of the way you were looking at me" Maya blurted out. 

"The way? I look at you?" Carina licked her lips slightly. 

"Yeah she said she didn't like the way you were looking at me, so she thought if I didn't do the movie -- that it would be better..." 

"And..what do you say about that..." The brunette asked her. 

"I told her that you weren't into girls, and that I'm still doing the movie no matter what she says because I have to watch her and Jackson be all over each other. But it's like..what do you mean the way she looks at me? We were just showing Johnny a little action over facetime so of course we had to be in some sort of character..." 

"No offense but she really hasn't been around to say anything on you or I together.. -- " 

Maya just laughed at the whole thing and placed herself on one of the stools. 

"So you...came over here to...vent on how your girlfriend basically is self centered...and doesn't want you to do the movie because of the way I 'look at you' " using air quotes for the last part. 

Carina moved to where Maya is, she stood between the girls legs as Maya leaned back against the table looking at the brunette to nod. Her hands reaching to grab at the material of her robe, pulling her closer between her legs. Carina's hands were resting on Maya's thighs. 

"I wanted to see you --" Blue eyes looked up, her hands reaching for the ties to the girls robe. "April...doesn't know anything.." Pulling it slowly till the knot was gone, letting the openings of the robe to fall open, exposing what was underneath.

"There's nothing to know...it's not like you and I have done anything that's..worth telling someone else" Carina almost telling herself like she wasn't just telling Maya at the party on how badly she couldn't wait to kiss her. Like their little touches since they met didn't have any effect on her. 

Maya's hands slid into Carina's robe, warm hands crossing over her hips and into her panties slightly to grab the girls ass like she'd done before. Carina's hand cupped under Maya's chin to make her look up at her fully. The blonde fully pulled Carina to sit on her lap, her hands still gripping her ass perfectly to hold her up, the italian's legs were slung over each of Maya's as she sat right on top of her. 

"I don't think I want to wait till filming..." 

"Want to wait for what?" Carina whispered. Her hand moving slowly to cup the back of Maya's neck, her thumb still resting on her chin as their eyes were locked now. 

"This...." 

Maya leaned up to press her lips to Carina's as the two of them shared their first kiss. Both of Carina's hands were now around the back of Maya's neck, melting into the kiss the two of them were sharing right now. Maya was the first one to make it deeper, her tongue tracing along Carina's bottom lip almost like asking for permission. Access was granted and Maya seized the opportunity as the brunette moaned into her mouth. Finishing it off with a hum of approval for what Maya's lips were doing to her. 

Carina's mind was swirling, she'd been wanting this, craving it but the girl also only kissed her because she was upset. Right? Carina reluctantly pulled her lips from Maya who sat there with her breathing labored. God she wanted this though. 

"Maya..." 

"What...did..I do something wrong?" 

"No..I mean..yes..I mean...I don't know..." Carina's hands went to her face to cover it. 

Carina knew they'd have to kiss for the movie, but she was waiting to do so -- even though she had been craving for the blonde since they met. Maya's hands pulled from Carina's ass to pull down at Carina's hands to see her eyes. 

"I thought you wanted to kiss me?" 

"I do..I do..fuck I do Bella.." Carina said to her. 

"Then what is it?" 

"You're kissing me because you're upset with your girlfriend" 

"No -- I'm kissing you because you see me...i'm kissing you because I want to kiss you..I'm kissing you because for once i'm letting myself chase something..." 

Carina placed her hand on Maya's that was gently on the side of her face, she nodded -- also too wanting to chase something. To chase Maya. 

Maya brought Carina back in, their lips fusing together as both of their senses were suddenly heightened with it. Maya slipped her tongue back into the girls mouth to deepen the kiss, Carina moaned into the kiss as it sent a shiver up her body on how amazing this was feeling to her. Scooting closer to the blonde if she possibly could, making their bodies flush together as she took in all the tingles of the kiss through her body. Maya's tongue swiped up against the top of her mouth to only pull back with a smile. Carina smiled back and hummed. 

The two two giggled, Maya placing another soft kiss on the girls lips. Adjusting herself slightly, Maya's lips landed on Carina's exposed neck as the blonde nipped and sucked at the skin between the italians neck and shoulder. Maya's lips slowly marked the girls neck, wanting to make sure it was a good one too. The blonde hummed into Carina's neck as the girl herself let out a small moan. It had been a hot second since someone wanted to mark Carina up, or she even would let someone. 

"Fuck...Maya.." Carina moaned out, closing her eyes and letting Maya mark her neck when she really shouldn't be, it felt too good to make her stop. 

Maya finally pulled back to admire her work on the brunette's neck, smiling to herself as her fingers danced over the slow red mark started to become more prominent. Carina pulled back only slight till their eyes met, their noses touching to just have Carina fall back into Maya, kissing her lips. The fighters hands made their way back to the actresses thighs, slowly rubbing small circles till she grabbed the underside of them to try and pull Carina even closer. 

"Stay the night..." Carina whispered, Maya nodded in agreement as the brunette got up off her lap to pull Maya up off the stool. 

Maya brought Carina in for another kiss, walking with her -- Carina walking backwards to lead them towards her bedroom. Maya was chasing the girls lips when they'd part for air, but the fighter needed anything but air, she needed Carina. 

When they got to Carina's bedroom, the backs of her legs hit her bed, making her sit down on the soft mattress -- it also parted their lips. Carina looked up at Maya with the softest eyes, her thumb coming up to run over the italians jawline. Maya never saw a pair of eyes who made her feel something more than just a body. Carina saw her for her, Carina was looking straight through Maya and it kept jumpstarting something within her body. 

"Tell me what happened..." 

"What do you mean.." 

"Tell me why you stopped fighting..." Carina breathed out and Maya just looked down at the girl. 

April abandoned her that night, she was alone, she had no one. Her best friends were called off for their jobs so she didn't blame them for not being around, in fact Andy was the one who Officer Tanner called to come pick her up. She could remember Andy's face when she ran into the police station, seeing her behind bars. April had left before she even won the match, leaving a text saying something about how Jackson needed her for something. 

Maya kissed Carina once again to then nod. Carina would listen, Carina would let her air out things she hadn't before. She hadn't known of such a heart or soul like hers besides her best friends. Carina barely knew her but knew all of her at the same time. She couldn't figure it out -- but she was chasing it. Chasing Carina. 

"Okay...I just..I have to..." Maya whispered as she looked down at her pants and Carina looked down also and nodded slowly. 

"Right...I mean, I can always help you...if you want.." Carina offered and Maya just looked at the girl, her eyes filled with lust.

Carina just stared up at Maya as her hands moved to the girls buckle, undoing it slowly without taking her eyes off the younger girl. Carina wanted to know all of Maya, she wasn't just in it because she was crazy attractive, there was something more between them. She felt it the day they met, she didn't think she'd be into her brothers best friend as much as he thought she would be, but god was Maya alluring in more ways than one. Unbuttoning Maya's pants she slowly unzipped them to have them finally fall to the ground. 

"Maya...say yes or no..." 

"Come here..." Maya brought Carina up to kiss her deeply while the brunette's hands went to the band of her compression shorts. 

Maya's lips traveled down again to kiss the other side of Carina's neck, making the brunette roll her eyes back, a quiet breath left her lips. Maya made sure to take her time on this side of her neck now to mark Carina again. The blonde wasn't stupid, she wasn't going to sleep with Carina -- Carina deserved more than being some side piece, but god was she addictive. 

"Let me go take care of this...and i'll be back..." Maya said as she kissed Carina's cheek softly, speaking in the smallest of whispers too. 

"Okay.." Carina kissed Maya's lips once more before the blonde pulled away slowly, looking Carina up and down slowly. 

"Do you have any shorts I can borrow..I really don't sleep in these" Maya asked before she completely left. 

"Yeah I do..I think Andrea left some of his basketball shorts here..is that okay?" 

Maya nodded, passing by her she walked to her closet to find the box labeled Andrea, it was just all things he left at her place each time he stayed over from LA that she's washed. Pulling out a red pair she walked over and handed the neatly folded shorts to Maya. 

"I'll be right back..." 

"Okay, I'll be here waiting.." Carina smiled as she watched Maya walk out of her room and to the bathroom. 

Pulling her hair out of the messy bun, Carina started to run her hand through her hair repeatedly, she sighed with a small smile on her lips as she thought about how Maya kissed her. She pulled her body up to the beginning of her bed to lay against her pillows. 

Maya gave herself a hand, thinking of Carina the whole time and got how those lips tasted against hers. She needed to cum, and fast right now so she could go be with the girl who was plaguing her mind. Biting her bottom lip, Maya then moaned softly to empty herself into some toilet paper. Dropping it into the toilet to flush it, she was at least semi soft now to pull the basketball shorts on, washing her hands to then folding her compression shorts.

Maya walked out of the bathroom and back into Carina's room to see her laying sideways into her pillows. Putting her shorts down, Maya got onto the bed to crawl up to where Carina was, much like the two of them had done before.

"All good??" 

"All good...but you know what I realized.." 

"Humm what did you realize?" Carina smiled as she was now face to face with Maya. 

"I realize how now I just want to keep kissing you" Maya smiled, leaning in to kiss the lips that were leaving her craving for more. 

Carina hummed happily into the kiss, the kiss was slow, sensual and Maya made sure this one lasted a little bit longer before she pulled away. Blue eyes casted down to the red marks on either side of Carina's collarbone as she tilted her head and made an 'oops' face. 

"What..." Seeing the girls face. "Oh hell..Maya, che cosa hai fatto..." (what did you do) Laughing a bit as Carina got up to look in the mirror to see the two hickies starting to form on her neck.

"Maya!" 

Getting up off the bed, the blonde came in behind the brunette to wrap her arms around her waist, pulling her into her body with just a smile on her lips. Maya went ahead to place a kiss behind the brunettes ear.

"I'd be marking you other places if I could...so I'm not that sorry..." Smiling as she talked the whole time. 

"You're so bad...the other bad part is that i'd so let you..." Carina ran her fingers over the deep red marks. Groaning a bit she placed her head back on Maya's shoulder. 

"Maybe you shouldn't put your neck here because...I could just do it again..." 

The brunette looked back at Maya to push her off with a laugh, Maya just smiling to pull Carina back into her body. The two didn't talk much else about it, Carina turned around to push Maya to her bed so they could lay down finally. She wanted to know about Maya, wanted to know about what happened eight months ago that her career as a MMA/UFC fighter ended so abruptly. 

Pulling away she ran her hand now up and down the blondes arm as she started talking about her career more -- she banked off of what she told Carina last, all the way up until that fateful night that had Maya's whole world crumble. The blonde explained the aftermath of her actions and why she did what she did. How Hollywood fame wasn't what it was cracked up to be, she fell into the wrong crowd which turned her into this person she didn't recognize till it was too late. Explaining farther on why she had paused earlier in the day when Ryan mentioned his father. 

"He was the one to pick me up...to take me in and essentially tell me that I was staying over night in a cell till someone came to pick me up -- April told him that she didn't want to be contacted" 

Maya looked down at her hands, they were playing absentmindedly with Carina's fingers. Twisting the gold rings on her fingers. 

"She didn't want to be contacted because this is the worst thing that could have happened and I knew it was over as soon as I got into my car" Maya explained with a waver in her voice like she wanted to cry, but she didn't. 

"Maya..." Carina said softly. 

"And then it all came crashing down, Officer Tanner sat with me along with Andy as everything got to media outlets...and then sat with me with my managers dropping me and the CEO of UFC calling me to tell me that they didn't want someone dirty like me essentially to fight under their organization" 

"They called you dirty?!" Carina wiggled her fingers a little bit with Maya playing with her hands. 

"A dirty fighter...so yeah they did...and then it was just over...all my sponsors -- gone..my whole life was over with those stupid mistakes" It hurt reliving it all but Carina needed to know. 

"Bella..they were mistakes, and I'm so sorry that happened..I'm so very sorry someone didn't step in sooner.." 

"It's not like anyone knew..Andy and Andrew had no inkling of it because it was just before matches..other wise I was completely clean.."

Maya brought Carina's hand up to rest her head on it, the brunettes fingers just caressing any part of her face that her fingers touched. 

"Come here...lay down with me.." Carina laid down and brought Maya with her, the blondes head rest on the italians shoulder while the older girl just held her. 

"I know fighting was your whole life..it's what you've always trained for..but your life isn't over till you give up, and I don't want you to give up. I don't believe you should ever give up -- you're clean, your fighting is..so flawless, what's to say that this turn of events with the movie doesn't open up a second chance potentially?" 

Maya looked up at the brunette as she just listened to her in almost absolute awe. Carina listened to her, she heard what she had to say and she still had something positive to say about it all. She didn't want her to give up and go back to being the way she was for eight months -- she didn't think she could now. Not with this girl in her life. Carina's hand was running through the blonde hair slowly, moving down to her back as they laid there in essentially their underwear. 

"How do you do that?" 

"Do what.." Carina smiled. 

"Say the right thing..." 

"I guess it comes out when I truly believe in the person, and I do believe in you Maya..you're so amazingly wonderful..in every possible way..and getting to know you is a blessing and a privilege because your heart is pure, you've got so much to literally fight for, Bella..my brother didn't do you justice, you are so much more in person than in words.." 

The rest of the night consisted of Maya and Carina just talking, exchanging small kisses that they shouldn't be sharing but Maya wanted to know more about Carina; the brunette had let her talk so now it was her turn to listen. 

Notes:

All mistakes are mine!

Ps: I don’t condone cheating what so ever.
Enjoy :)

You Found Me - Kelly Clarkson

You can always find me rolling around on twitter @d05staywme09k

Chapter 7: Better

The next morning, Maya had walked out from Carina’s room to the kitchen, seeing Andrew in his scrubs. Figuring he’s got a key to get in, and she didn’t come home, it only made sense that he was here. She rubbed her face slowly with a yawn to sit down at the table. All the memories coming back from last night and kissing Carina happened right here. 

"Hey sleepy head...you doing alright?" Andrew walked over with a cup of coffee for his best friend. "Here...this is for you...I have Carina's espresso starting..." 

"I'm okay, I just...needed to see her..I guess.." 

"You guess?" 

"I wanted to see Carina -- I just needed to.." 

"Maya, you don't have to explain yourself, I'm just making sure you're okay buddy.." Andrew smiled softly. 

"Are you going in, or just getting out" Referring to the scrubs her best friend was wearing. 

"Going in, I just stopped here first..I have about an hour and a half -- someone is slow getting up" He pointed over towards Carina’s room. 

Maya brought up the cup of coffee as she sipped at it, they both had perfected the way they took their coffee in the morning so they could make it for the other. Carina walked out of her room a few moments later, tieing her robe together, running her hand through her messy bed hair to try and straighten it out. Walking over to her brother she kissed his cheek in a 'thank you' for the espresso. The blonde checking Carina out from overtop of her mug. 

"Grazie fratellino..." (thanks little brother) Carina ran her hand through his hair and Andrew just smiled widely at his sister. 

"Di niente, sorella maggiore" (you're welcome, big sister) 

"You two could talk shit for days about me and I'd never know...." Maya amusingly said while sipping her coffee causing both siblings to look back at her. Carina just shrugged and walked over towards the blonde.

Andrew smiled over at his best friend. "You can understand some..."

"Povera, grande...forte...Maya non sa cosa stiamo dicendo...ciò che non sa non le farà male...." (Poor, big..strong...Maya not knowing what we're saying...what she doesn't know won't hurt her...) Carina placed her arms around Maya's waist from behind her to settle her hands on her thighs, kissing her cheek. Eyes going over to her brother. 

"la confonderai completamente, Carina.." (You'll completely confuse her, Carina)

"Oh, lo so..... è divertente scherzare con lei dato che non riesce a capirlo appieno." (Oh, I know...it's fun to joke with her since she can't fully understand it)

Maya leaned her head back in a groan listening to the two of them talk in italian. Carina just laughed and hugged Maya from behind then sitting next to her. 

"You two..." Maya cried out before going back and sipping her coffee. "Stoooooopppp...I'm kinda glad we didn't grow up with you now.." joking of course over to the brunette. 

"Someone needs to learn italian" Carina smiled while picking up the small espresso cup. "You missed out, I was great growing up..." Humming as she just took that first sip. "Andrea, è come casa in una tazza" (Andrea it's like home in a cup)

"Carina..." Maya started. 

"Maya.." Carina teased back with a scrunch of her nose. "I'm surprised Andrea never taught you anything? 

"I tried...I really did.." pausing for a second, he looked over at his sister. 

"Oddio Carina, che cosa ti è successo al collo!?" (Oh my god Carina, what happened to your neck?!) Andrew had looked down to see the big red and purple marks on her neck. 

Carina widened her eyes a bit as she just sat up with her small mug, clicking her tongue against her teeth before taking a sip of her espresso. Pulling her robe a little tighter around herself seeing her brothers eyes widening, beaming straight to her neck.

"Non so di cosa stai parlando" (I don't know what you're talking about) Carina raised her eyebrow as a challenge for her little brother. 

He knew exactly who did it, the culprit was right next to Carina, just sitting there drinking her coffee. Of course the only good thing about talking italian that Maya had no clue what they were saying so he was trying to stay neutral. He was missing such a big chapter he felt like in this Carina and Maya story already if his blonde best friend was the culprit to the massive hickies. 

"What??" Maya said while she sat her coffee down. She assumed that Andrew saw Carina’s neck so she pretended that she had no clue what was going on, his eyes widening and Carina sitting up was the tell tale sign.

"My shorts...I've been looking for them, where were they??" He asked, masking what he literally just asked his sister. 

"I brought them from LA..you left them..so I gave them to Maya to sleep in" Carina got up to get her and Maya at least something to eat for breakfast. "Maya...breakfast??" Looking back as she was already leaning into her fridge. 

Maya however was already looking at Carina’s backside, thinking in her mind. Yes, fucking please. "Yeah...i'd love some..." Mumbling out as her eyes didn't waver. 

Andrew slowly looked over to where Maya’s eyes were looking as it was right at Carina. He just watched his best friend watch Carina walking around the kitchen. Just smiling he walked behind his best friend to just pat her back gently. 

“You’re staring…” he joked with his best friend in a whisper. “Alright, thank you for letting me steal your coffee, and I’m glad you both are good, I just wanted to check up but I have to run before the traffic gets stupid — OH! Carina, mama wants to have us all over for dinner tonight, I have to work on Sunday..soooo Maya..maybe you want to bring her over?” 

“That sounds perfect, I have yet to actually see Mama since I moved.…ciao Andrea” Carina smiled over at her baby brother. 

"Ciao ciao ciao..." He waved before leaving, looking at Carina to have her text him with some hand motions. 

Carina waved him off as he left the apartment. Maya slowly now got up, her feet walking over towards the brunette to run her hand slowly up Carina's back. The italian looked over her shoulder at Maya with a smile, biting her bottom lip while doing it. 

"Behave..." She then pointed her finger at Maya with a teasing smile. 

"I am..I am behaving I don't know what you're talking about" Maya just looked surprised. 

“Have you seen my neck this morning…” Carina pulled open the top of her robe and Maya nodded, admiring her work, her fingers then pulling the silk over the brunette's shoulder to let it hang off. 

“Artist…brilliant, who did those” Maya smirked, placing a small kiss on her exposed shoulder. 

“…I’m looking at her right now” Carina couldn’t help but to smile, these were the little moments that Carina liked since she met Maya. It was the small flirting, the touches that just drove her crazy. 

The brunette leaned into the girls touch. She shouldn't -- she really shouldn't be giving into the blonde so much like this, not with her having a girlfriend. It wasn’t like she was willing it all to happen, it just did. They both knew way better than this. Though, Maya was the best thing to get a dose of; one touch electrified Carina's body. 

Last nights kiss was so unexpected but so damn needed. Maya was craving Carina’s lips on hers again, not like she wasn’t ever craving them but tasting her last night? She’d never tasted something so sweet, so perfect, she liked when she kissed Carina that the older girl would whimper or moan against her lips, the vibration alone of it jumpstarted Maya’s whole body. 

“Maya…” 

Maya’s lips stayed painting the brunette’s exposed shoulder, her eyes looking up to see Carina’s head turned to look at her. She spoke in a whisper. 

“She must be talented”

"Go sit —" Carina just smiled as Maya took a few steps back, letting Carina go while biting her bottom lip looking her up and down slowly.

“Do you want me to pick you up tonight?? Before we go to your mama’s place?” Maya asked. Their mother was a second one to Maya, she treated Lucia like she was her own mom.

“You know you went from this menacing body artist who took pride in what she gave me last night -- to talking about picking me up so we can go see my mama tonight, am I just finding out there’s no in between?? Andrea told you to..so you ask me, are you picking me up?" Carina smiled. 

Maya's eyebrow raised a bit in curiosity, a smile spread as she just chuckled slowly. 

"What can I say? I'm multi-talented…I like admiring my work and the canvas it just so happens to be on" Making a point to direct her finger at Carina with a smirk on her lips. “Plus, I don’t hear you complaining about them? Am I right?”

“Also listen…” Maya started with a laugh. “I love Lucia, that woman is a saint, I’m completely innocent when it comes to Mama DeLuca…she can do no wrong, and then yes I am picking you up” 

"And while you're unfortunately right, I am..not exactly complaining. But my mama is the best -- she's going to have so many questions if she sees these though on my neck..." Carina left her robe hanging off her shoulder as she rounded the island to put their breakfast down. 

"It's why you should totally invest in some great make up" Maya smiled widely, picking her coffee to just take a long sip out of it. 

"I'll make sure to tell the girls today that the great Maya Bishop said that" Carina just shook her head with a smile. 

Carina just looked at Maya and laughed a little bit seeing how the blonde was just sipping her coffee so purely. The both of them just ate breakfast together, soon enough Maya would have to leave to go to the gym to tend to her normal routine. Getting dressed with whatever she came over with, Carina walked the girl to the door. 

“Are you feeling better from last night?…" fixing the jacket that Maya was wearing, it was screwed right by her neck.

“Yeah — Thank you for letting me just, talk last night. Honestly..I just kinda ended up here without warning and just kinda...let myself go?" 

"..you never have to ask to come over, you know you're always welcome here -- and i'm always going to listen to whatever you need to let out..even if it's about your girlfriend" Carina tilted her head a bit to look at the blonde, the door was open as she placed her head gently against it, her hand wrapped around the door itself. 

“I really..wish I could kiss you before I leave though…” Maya expressed trying to see if a goodbye one might let her in. The thought only crossed her mind because Carina did just mention the blondes girlfriend. 

"We really..shouldn't....you know that" 

The two of them knew how touchy they could get but they both got a dose of what the others lips tasted like, and the thought of waiting to film was the worst feeling to have right now. Maya just nodded, her eyes dipping down to the brunette's lips. 

"I know, I just...I can't help it" Maya said, her fingers pressed under Carina's chin to pull her in as she rubbed her nose against the girls. "Let me know how much make up those take to cover up...will ya?" 

"Dio mio..get out Maya" Carina just shook her head with a laugh as the blonde left her apartment. 

Maya had taken her phone out to text April. 

[Maya Bishop]: I think you and I need to talk….when are you back in town??

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1 New Message 12:14pm

[Carina DeLuca]: You are single handedly keeping the make up companies in business.

[Maya Bishop]: They are so welcome :) 

It was only mere seconds till Carina was calling Maya's phone, making the blonde smile and pick it up. 

"Hi...I have a feeling you're going to tell me how much make up is being used.." 

"I should be so mad at you right now" Maya could tell Carina had a smile on her face when she said that. 

"Oh yeah, so mad..." 

"Maya we film in a three days..and I have hickies the size of a golf balls on my neck..they’re not going to be going away anytime soon” Carina said in a hushed tone, it was slightly stressed but also slightly impressed too. 

"Okay..so me thinking about us filming was kinda last on my mind..and you were moaning when I was giving them to you, so I mean..you're giving off some really confusing vibes here Carina" Smiling to herself as she was walking around the gym. 

"........" There was just a pause on Carina's side where Maya could hear her thinking of a come back but it just wasn't happening. 

"I can hear you thinking..but I have a feeling there's nothing you can say that wont expose that you didn't enjoy it?" Smirking as she settled back into her office, kicking her feet up on the desk. 

"You're just as bad as my little brother with that tone of yours, now I know why the two of you got along...okay fine, you know I enjoyed it" Carina just shook her head. 

"Andrew and I are just two peas in a pod, we were made to be best friends..." Maya laughed as she just held the phone to her ear. "What are you even doing today where you have to cover them up?" 

"Grey's is wanting new promo photos for the new season..so Dr. Stefania Romano has to make an appearance..preferably with nothing on her neck" Carina talked into the phone. 

"I would say i'm sorry? But I'm kinda not?? Can I make it up to you and bring you lunch?" 

"Why don't I come to the gym, and you provide me lunch.. I really don't have much time left...I called you on my last little break -- plus I have to stop off at the store for mama to grab some things, we’re making dinner together” Carina’s voice sounded so giddy to cook with her mama. 

Maya smiled at how cute Carina was right now talking about cooking with her mama, nodding to herself in agreement. 

"Yeah, of course, I'll get us some food so all you gotta do is come here..i'll see you soon" 

After hanging up the phone, Maya ordered the two of them some lunch. Down the street there was a nice little salad place she liked to go while she was at the gym. 30 minutes and the driver walked into the gym to give the blonde the food. 

"Thanks Henry.." Maya said with a smile as the man left and Carina was walking in the door right after him, thanking the man too for holding the door. 

"Isn't someone a sight for sore eyes.." Maya said with a smile on her lips as Carina just rolled her eyes playfully at Maya. 

"Maya I swear -- Bella it took them thirty minutes to cover.." The brunette walked over to Maya who was just giggling to herself. 

Carina's hands found themselves around the girls shoulders, leaning into her slightly. Her eyes darted down to the lips that caused the marks on her neck. Maya hummed watching Carina intently, watching the brown hues look down to what she can only think was her lips. She’s wanting it too as much as me. Her hand snaking down to sit right above the waistband of her pants she was wearing. Walking them to her office, she closed the door. Dropping the food on her desk.

"It's going to take five seconds to wash off.." Saying with a smile. 

The brunette just pushed the blonde gently to sit down on the edge of her desk. Her hands opening Maya's legs so she could easily stand between them, her fingers massaging into the muscles under them. Maya pulled Carina's hands off her thighs to place them down to the top of the desk, Carina’s body being pulled forward so their noses were touching. Carina bit her bottom lip gently as the two just stared at one another -- so close. 

"Carina...." Maya pleaded now as the italian just smiled at her. 

"Maya.." She was also craving the blondes lips on her own. 

“Do you wanna kiss me” Maya just whispered. 

Carina nodded her head gently against Maya’s. Thank god she closed her door to the office or else someone could look in and see it going on. Yet again they found themselves in a position to where they had to fight the urge to lean in. Carina closed her eyes slowly.

“Of course I do, it would be so easy to do it right now Bella…” 

Maya just nodded, bringing one of her hands up to trace her thumb over Carina’s bottom lip slowly. 

"..down girl..." Carina whispered to watch Maya come back to her senses right now. 

"My bad..." Maya mumbled to herself as she cleared her throat, but neither one pulled away. 

The italian reluctantly pulled away from the blonde who just put her head back with a sigh. Carina felt the same, it was a tease now. Their energies just bringing them back in like magnets always.  

The brunette just laughed a bit and ran hand down Maya's neck slowly when she put her head back, the blondes hand catching Carina's when it got down to the base of her neck. Picking her head back up, blue hues looked at brown, the italian's thumb gently running over the front of Maya's neck. 

Adverting her eyes went over to the bag that was on Maya's desk, she looked inside of it seeing salads for the two of them. Maya pulled herself off of the desk to just stand behind Carina now, her hands resting on the older girls hips watching her pull out both salads. 

"I just got you what I get..double chicken caesar.. is that okay?" 

"It's perfect.." Carina looked over her shoulder at Maya with a smile, her finger came up to tap the blondes nose. They were slowly coming down from the moment they were having.

Scrunching it a bit, the blonde pulled back to take her bowl and open it, going to sit down on the couch that she usually slept on. Carina followed suit as the two didn't have a part of them not touching. Carina's phone rang and she pulled it from her pocket to see it was her mama, smiling over at Maya who just looked down to see who it was. 

"Ciao mama" She smiled into the phone, putting it on speaker. 

"Ciao tesoro mio, Andrea ti ha detto che lui e Maya verranno stasera a cena perché lui deve lavorare domenica? Per favore, dimmi che verrai...non sei nemmeno venuto da quando ti sei trasferito qui" (hi my baby, Andrea told you that him and Maya are coming over tonight for dinner because he's got to work on Sunday? Please say you're coming...you haven't even been over since you moved here)

Maya perked up when she heard her name come from Lucia's voice, she instantly smiled causing Carina to smile. 

"sì sì, me l'ha detto stamattina. Maya verrà a prendermi quando sarà il momento..è con me vuoi salutarmi?" (yes yes, he told me this morning. Maya is going to come and pick me up when it's time..she's with me do you want to say hi?) Carina turned her phone a little bit towards Maya. 

"Maya! My baby girl..I can't wait to see you tonight, it's been too long since I've seen that face of yours. You're going to be picking up my Carina tonight? Can you bring that bottle you did the couple times ago you and Andrea were here?" Lucia instantly switched from Italian to English to talk to Maya. 

"Hi mama, it's been a week but it's a week too long..I miss you. Yeah I'm going to pick her up at about five, and then at your place around five thirty..you mean the one with the gold label? 

"Si! Yes my baby, that one..I think the three of us finished it off that night, but I know my Carina would love to have it also. You two are going to have to tell me about this movie tonight I want to know what my bambines are getting up to now.." Lucia seemed to have such a light in her voice. 

Maya looked over at Carina with a smile. Carina already loved the fact that Maya and her mama got along so well. Having her mama call her and maya both 'her little girls' it just reminded her of everything she missed out on being a kid with her mom and brother. She lived a completely different life over in Italy with her papa. 

"I'm positive she's going to love it, I'll pick it up once I'm done at the gym..oh she told you about that? Maaaaa..." Maya laughed.

"Oh my sweet Maya, don't work too hard and I'll see you both later. Ciao my babies" Lucia hung up after Carina and Maya said goodbye back. 

"I had no clue that you and my mama were so close" Carina chuckled just looking at the blonde next to her. 

"I was over a lot..my father was ---" Maya breathed heavy with a shrug. "Difficult to say.." 

"I can relate to that, so was my papa. I missed a lot didn't I?" Carina's voice was soft. 

"Nothing you can't catch up on, your mama took a lot of videos..mostly it was Andrew, myself and Andy..it was the trio and her a lot of times or Andrew and I..don't think you missed out, because we are all still here..she talked about you all the time" Maya said while rubbing her hand over Carina's back soothingly. 

"I always wondered what it would have been like to grow up with my mama you know..." 

Maya nodded gently, her hand coming up to caress Carina's cheek slowly. She could only imagine what it was like for a 12 year old to watch her mama and little brother move to another country and to only be able to talk to them on the phone and then see them over the summer once in a while. Maya felt for Carina, it seemed like their fathers were one in the same with what little both of them have spilled so far, even if it was very little. 

"Do you want to talk about it?" Carina had been so open and great with Maya with letting her talk that Maya of course wanted to extend the same thing. Giving back what she was getting from the brunette. 

"Raincheck, Bella? Just…not right now” 

"Of course, come on...lets eat so we can go and grab everything we need tonight..I need to grab that bottle too" 

"What exactly are you grabbing??" Carina inquired with a smile. 

"I brought over scotch like a couple dinners ago..him and I wanted to try it so we all drank it with in a couple of dinners so she was exaggerating a bit much with doing it all in one night" Maya laughed. 

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"NO! Maya I swear you and I were like 11 when we did that..." Andrew just laughed as he was lounging back on the chair at his mama's place. 

"We couldn't have been!!..." Maya just smiled as she slowly sipped her scotch as did Andrew. 

"No no you both were 9 and you chased that poor boy down the street till your father ran after you and Andrea.." Lucia just laughed as she kissed Carina's forehead, holding her daughter to her shoulder as both Maya and Andrew talked about stuff when they were little. 

"He hit Andy what did you want us to do??"

"Maya -- lasciare in pace quel povero ragazzo" Lucia just rest her head on top of Carina's now, giving her eldest and only daughter all the love she could give her; always making up for lost time.

"You have to admit I was fast though.." Maya smirked and Carina realized she understood that whole sentence. 

"Did you just understand that whole sentence Maya" She laughed. 

"Some? She's also said it to me before..leave the boy alone?..but when the two of you talked back and forth this morning, forget it" Waving her hand like she was over it. 

"So tell me about this movie you both are doing...Carina said that she had you in mind?? You mean I get to see my baby acting with my other baby for the first time" 

"Oh no you're going to make me so nervous, I'm already nervous about it -- " Maya put her head back as she thought about it. It was completely new for her so the closer it got the more nerve wracking it was.

"Maya and Carina have to kiss mama...like...fully kiss" Andrew just laughed a bit. 

"Andrew!" Maya looked over at him and he just shrugged with a smile. 

"It's about an MMA fighter who grew up basically in this gym, where the owner trained her to be this amazing fighter..and she fell in love with his daughter, but like all stories..someone fucked up and they break up only to meet five years later— Mia has a boyfriend who’s also a fighter, Kelsey has a debt to settle from the past and it's about reconnecting with your first love and your passion of the sport rather than necessity to do it, but it’s not as simple as that, think 'Real Steel' but without the robots and it being about the main man Charlie and the girl who owns the gym he boxes at -- " Carina said while looking over at Maya with a smile. 

"While I have no debts to settle, I can relate to trying to fall in love with a passion I lost in a blink of an eye..I really liked it, Carina brought it to me..and I said yeah, trying something new” Maya's eyes connected with Carina's as the two of them smiled at one another. 

"My bambina always had an eye, I'm so proud of you il mio piccolo amore.” (My little love)  Lucia looked down at Carina who was still resting her head on her mama's shoulder and she just smiled. Her mother leaned down to kiss the top of her head. 

"Well I would like to say I want to be there for opening night...I want to see my girl, both of my girls in this, no matter who is kissing-- Andrea" 

The four of them drank and talked the rest of the night, Lucia watched as the three of them messed with one another but also took a particular look at Maya and Carina. Lucia was entertained by their antics all night, not that Maya was any less of herself with Andrew. The two had always been a little bit of chaos together. 

There was something different with her and her daughter. A mother always knows when something is going on. There was a moment where Maya was talking to Carina but Maya's body was over the back of the couch, her hands holding onto it as she talked to Carina who was all smiles with the girl. Carina had pushed Maya's face away with a small blush for the girl to come right back. 

“Maya” Carina laughed when Maya came back. 

Maya’s arms hung loosely around Carina’s neck as the blonde was caressing the girls jawline with her fingers. Lucia just took a sip of her drink slowly. Carina leaned forward to just be close to Maya to talk. They were smiling at one another, the one thing she knew about Maya as a whole was that one of her love languages that she gave out was physical touch. 

Lucia could remember as kids that Maya always wanted to hold her hand if she took them somewhere. It was always so sweet to her. Maya’s comfort was some sort of it, she didn’t get it at her own house so when Lucia would have Maya for the day or the weekend; more often than not a little Maya could be found sleeping in Lucia’s arms while the woman read her books and Andrea slept his nap where ever he wanted. They were having a hushed conversation so Lucia wasn’t even sure what was being said but the actions alone were loud. 

Going back to her book that she was reading, she could still see the two of them out of her eyesight. Maya’s head felt to the brunettes shoulder. The younger italian's one hand held her glass of wine steady as the other one ran to the back of the girls neck, rubbing her nails in a gentle motion. Maya's fingers linger a little bit in the neckline of Carina's shirt. Tracing circles slowly into her skin. 

“You’re so beautiful…” Maya would whisper only to Carina. 

“I could get lost in those ocean eyes…” 

Carina leaned into the touches as if they were using it to kiss. If they were trying so hard not to give into the urges, touching each other was the easier solution. It seemed like it was some sort of sensual conversation by the way the two were touching each other. While Carina didn’t grow up in her mothers household, she was always a passionate kid. Always wanting to be around her mama and helping out, a very empathetic child. Seeing her being this soft with Maya, it wasn’t a surprise as much as it was that they just met and they both were like this with one another. 

They were in their own world, forgetting that anyone else was in the room. Carina rubbed her nose against the side of Maya’s cheek, nuzzling her before placing a gentle kiss there. Carina's hand came up to cover Maya's as she just put her head back as the two erupted in giggles. The blonde managed to kick her leg over the back of the couch to then roll onto it fully, on top of Carina. Her hand with the wine glass being held out so it didn't spill. 

“No! Carina…” the tone was playful, hushed within their bubble. 

“Then stop being a brat…you're going to spill my wine” 

Maya was able to recover quick, turning herself around so her legs were now over the back and the edge of the couch, her head where she should be sitting.

"Maya Kathleen...i tuoi piedi sul mio divano" (your feet on my couch) Lucia looked up from her book, looking over at Maya to which the blonde pulled herself off the couch and to the floor completely. 

"Grazie la mia bambina" 

"You just got scolded..." Carina laughed as she laid back on the couch with her hand over her stomach. 

"Carina Lucia.." came out of her mama's voice for her to look over and stop laughing so much, she pulled her lips into her mouth. 

"Now who got scolded..." Maya said still from the floor, getting up slowly.

"Get to bed you two, Andrea is already fast asleep..." Lucia got up from her chair to corral both girls now. She could tell when Maya was about to get a little too out of hand. 

"You want to sleep in bed with me tonight?" 

"Is that even a question?" Carina asked her with a smile. "You smell like scotch.." 

"I have been drinking.." Maya said with a knowing nod. 

"You're so annoying" Carina laughed, getting up to hold her hand out for the blonde. "Come on...lets go..." Carina wiggled her fingers at Maya who took her hand to be pulled up to her feet. 

"Buona notte mama.." the brunette was giggling. 

"Goodnighttttt mommmm"

"Buona notte, mie dolci ragazze" (goodnight my sweet girls) Lucia smiled watching the two of them go down to the room that Maya stayed in when she slept over. 

“Well that was interesting…” laughing to herself as she hadn’t seen Maya like that with anyone else. 

Maya snuggled right up to Carina, her arm over the brunette as the Italian just smiled down at her. Their eyes connecting in the dark. Carina then moved herself down so they were eye to eye. 

“What are you thinking about, Bella…” whispering. 

The blonde laid there, her insides were going crazy; and it wasn’t even with the scotch. She didn’t know what to do with any of this, and it’s been like that from the start, it was getting more confusing for her. She never looked at her girlfriend like she looked at Carina, but the way Carina was looking at her right now she felt like she could melt right into the bed. 

“You…” Maya whispered back. 

“Are you chasing again?..” 

“Yeah..all of me is trying, but I know we can’t..” 

“Me too, Bella — believe me..there’s nothing that I’ve wanted more today...” 

Maya knew earlier that texting April was the right choice, even if it came with so many unknowns for the blonde. Her heart was pounding harder than it ever had before and she had to thank Carina for that. 

Notes:

all mistakes are mine!!

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Chapter 8: All Night

EIGHT MONTHS AGO 

MAYA! MAYA! OVER HERE!! MAYA! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS?? WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE YOUR MMA FIGHTING CAREER??" 

Screaming and flashes of light could be heard from all around. Clicking from camera's as soon as the blonde got out of the police car. Her head was soon covered by a light jacket, her hands cuffed behind her back to be escorted into the police station. She was squeezing her hands together and then opening them as a way to calm herself in this very stressful situation. Having to be held up slightly from her stumbled walking made it worse for her situation. 

The blonde then dropped onto a cold metal chair, hands making contact with the back of it. The cuffs making a loud clang against it. The noise alone made the blonde wake up a little more or should she say, sober up a little more than she was prior to this whole ordeal. The jacket being taken off of her head, having to shake a little bit to get the hair out of her eyes. Being face to face with an officer she had grown to know a little too fondly in recent years. 

"Tanner -- " She said slowly while her eyes looked up at the salt and pepper haired man. 

"That's Officer Tanner to you, Bishop..what did I tell you the last time" Garrett Tanner said. 

Maya sat back in the chair a little more, the cuffs digging into her back more the farther she sat. The girl winced at the indent a part of them was making into her wrist. Her leg bounced as she sat awkwardly on the chair. 

"Can we get the cuffs off? Isn't this a little much??" A strained half smirk half smile crossed her face and he just placed the large manilla folder down. 

"Sit up.."  

Garrett walked behind Maya to push her forward slightly to get the key down into the hole of the cuffs, one at a time. Pulling the metal up he gently tucked them back into his pocket along with the key, not bothering to answer her question. A very drunk Maya sitting on the chair; now rubbing at her wrists from where the metal rubbed at her skin. 

"I deserve a call, don't I?" 

"Who do you want to call, Bishop?" 

Maya thought about everyone she could call. April, her girlfriend who managed to leave right after her winning match -- something about Jackson she needed to help with. Andy, her best friend and firefighter but she knew she was on duty. Andrew, her other best friend and also a doctor, yet he was on shift at the hospital. Knowing her family was out of the question she just sighed, blowing out some air. 

"April?" Almost saying in a small embarrassing voice. 

"April asked me last time not to call her..how about we call Andy?" He said with his hand on the girls shoulder a little bit with a squeeze. 

"Wait -- you're serious about April!? What do you mean..she's my girlfriend" Maya couldn't wrap her head around it. 

"I'm a police officer, not a relationship therapist -- I'm calling Herrera" Garrett decided as he sat down to sit across from the blonde holding his phone up to his ear as he called the firefighter. 

"Captain Herrera, It's officer Tanner, how are you tonight? I could be better -- yeah, I have Maya Bishop with me at the station..no no you're going to have to pick her up in the morning..she's spending the night in a holding cell" 

"WHAT?! Come on!" Maya said as she frantically looked at the older man, he put his hand out for her to stay seated. 

"We're going to be running a tox screen on her, how bad?..depends on your definition of bad" He said into the phone as he looked over at the blonde. "she's jittery...can't sit still..her pupils are dilated..all leads to she's probably on something other than being blistering drunk" 

Maya just sank farther down into the seat, her eyes didn't once bother to look up at the man. She felt ashamed of what happened, she knew she lost everything the moment she got into that ring tonight. Maya knew better to then get into her SUV right after but clearly she wasn't in her right mind. 

"I can tell you..what...i'm on..cause it doesn't fucking matter anymore after tonight.." Maya shook her head as officer Tanner then said goodbye to Andy. 

"What are you on Bishop, listen you probably can still be fighting but they're not going to be happy" 

"No -- you don't get it..it's over, it's so fucking over, and it's my damn fault" 

Doping up before every match was something very new she'd been doing, getting a little bit of fame had changed the way she spent getting ready, 'friends' told her they had a concoction that would be undetectable with the drug tests they did before every match. It had been a couple months since she started doing that -- she was working on a 6 year career. Being in a bind tonight without the usual concoction, she bought a substance without thinking. A white powder is all it took to end everything. 

To end it all. 

Maya woke up suddenly, a breath being inhaled in quickly. Looking around, her heart was pounding, blue eyes darting around while she was trying to catch her breath -- her memory reminding her about that night that ended it all for her fighting career, on the day she was starting something new. How eerily poetic in a way. 

Rubbing her head a little bit she felt a pull at her midsection to look back and seeing Carina right behind her. The brunette came to sleep over, they barely spent a night apart since the party and Carina found herself in Maya’s bed; but today was the table read for the movie. 

The italian's other arm was under Maya's neck, some how the two got tangled up with one another but it's not like they hadn't before. Sitting up slightly, she grabbed her phone to look at it, tapping the screen. 

Maya had reached out to April the other day but she had only gotten one word answers, she needed to talk to her girlfriend but she was no where to be found. Calling about four times and even a few texts, the redhead just never responded. Things just weren't great, they hadn't been for a while, or even at all -- Maya just really wasn't sure anymore, or if she was ever sure. She just went with it and honestly never took a second guess at what her relationship was, a lot of times it was just easier that they spent more time apart than together. 

However meeting Carina seemed to jostle something deep inside of Maya, she couldn't put her finger on what it was, but going over to the brunette's house and just venting to her was completely new. Never did she ever express any sort of distaste for her girlfriends actions till that night. Everything was just a little too confusing, but all too eye-opening at the same time. 

Looking down at her phone, the blonde felt a hand gently wrap around the front of her neck, nails tickling into her skin. 

"Maya...sdraiarsi.." (lie down) A thick but very distinct accent croaked out of Carina's lips as she pulled the blonde back into her, her eyes still closed.

Maya discarded her phone on the side table, they didn’t have to be anywhere till the middle of the day so there was no reason for Maya to even be awake. The memory of the past came to wake her up out of a deep sleep. Carina's hand guiding the blonde back and into her body, the fighter turning around in the process, laying half of herself on top of the older girl. 

Her face being tucked into the brunette's neck, arm snugging around Carina's chest to curl around her side. Maya could smell the body wash that had seeped into the actresses pores from the girls shower last night, instantly relaxing against her. 

The italian's hand then ran through the blonde hair, down and across the blondes shoulders to hold her to her body now. Moving her head to have her cheek against the girls head falling back asleep. Maya felt herself more relaxed lately in Carina's arms more than anyone elses, sleeping was an easier task in the last few weeks. She'd hate to admit it, Andrew was right the day that him and Andy found her asleep on the gym couch again. Carina really was the one to determine where exactly Maya slept.

It wasn’t even an hour later when one of their phones was ringing off the hook. Buzzing against the side table, along with a loud ring going off. Maya was sound asleep into Carina’s body when the Italian reached her hand over to grab the offensive sound. Seeing the time, 3:30 am she groaned but just answered it, putting the phone against her ear. Not bothering to register who it was. 

INCOMING CALL: APRIL KEPNER

"Ciao?..." Her voice was laced with tired with a hint of raspy. 

"Carina? Why do you have Maya's phone??" April was surprised. 

"I spent the night, April..we have a table read, it’s 3:30 in the morning...." 

"In my girlfriends bed?! So? I can call my girlfriend when I want.”  

Carina had to pull the phone away from her ear hearing April basically screech into it. 

"No.- I slept on the couch..she didn't take her phone to her room..hold on, I’ll get her" 

Carina placed her hand to the side to make it seem like she was getting up from the couch, turning her head she knew Maya was pressed completely against her, just sighing slowly as a ache in her chest grew a little bit. The italian kissed Maya's forehead gently, sitting up just a little bit which moved the blonde too. 

"Maya..wake up..." Carina tried, Maya just furrowed her eyebrows a bit with the movement. "...April's on the phone for you" 

Grabbing the phone she placed it back to her ear. 

"She's waking up..aspetta un secondo" (wait a second)

The italian then saw Maya look up at her with her eyes hardly open and Carina couldn't help but to smile at how cute the blonde was right now. 

"What?" 

"April...she's on the phone..ill be back.." figuring she’d use this time to go to the bathroom.

Maya stretched in bed as her hand wrapped around the back of Carina's neck, having some form of contact. Maya was making it impossible right now to even get up or to get her on the phone with her girlfriend. Carina had made it to at least hovering over the younger girl till the hand pulled her closer to her body. A small 'no' was let out by Maya like her leaving was breaking the warmth and comfort of their bodies together. 

'si' Carina had said back as their lips were inches away. Maya shook her head as her nose bumped against the actresses, Carina turned her head for the blonde to land a kiss under her ear. Discarding the phone on the side table to sigh softly as a must, the italian pushed her left arm back under the pillow a little bit, letting her body slowly melt under Maya's touch.

It was way too early playing this push and pull, but the two of them were just woken up from a comfortable sleep with one another. Pulling her body back, Maya's hands managed to trickle their way up the sides of her body, pulling the tank top she had on up slowly. Carina's face fell a bit to the blondes arm, forehead pressing against it; Maya’s fingers grazed over the side swells of the brunettes chest to just run up the older girls arm that was right next to her head.

Pulling back, she was able to finally get her bearings to look down to Maya's blue eyes that were looking straight at her lips. Carina covered Maya's mouth with her hand like a no to finally at least getting her foot on the ground, pulling her tank top down a bit. 

Maya's hand rolled down to trace down to over one of Carina's thighs that was still over her body. Reaching over to grab her phone and put it to her ear, she immediately heard April talking. Her blue eyes watched Carina who was only in a tank top and panties, walk around tried to find her shorts for a brief second; yawning. Her hair was tousled around as she ran her hand through it to tame it only slightly. Maya herself just in a t-shirt and boxers, her hand covering the front of herself to mask any sort of 'excitement' that had shown up from sleeping so close to the italian.

"What's up April??" 

"Baby, you're the one who texted me...why did Carina answer your phone? And why do I have a text saying that we should talk, and that you think it’s best if we 'stop this'?" It's like she was trying to bait the story right now. 

Carina just didn’t bother with the shorts since she couldn’t find them, her hand waving in the air a bit as she walked out of the room to go to the bathroom quick. There was no need for her to listen to that conversation, especially when her bladder was screaming at her right now. Looking at herself in the mirror, her eyes squinty still as the once brutal hickies were calmer. Tracing her fingers over both of them. That ache in her chest hadn’t gone away, she could feel it just sitting there.

"So you call me at three thirty in the morning? We have a table read today….why are you even calling so early? And yeah, I did — you didn’t text me or call me back when I first texted you, it just doesn't seem like we're working anymore" Saying into the phone like it was the stupidest thing ever, yawning.

"In your bed?! I don’t accept that, come on Maya…I’m away with Jackson for work, its kinda shallow to break up with your girlfriend over text, who’s been with you through everything! We've gone through so much and who are you doing this for? Cause you weren't unhappy till she showed up, and now you're doing this movie with her..." 

"You're not here right now are you? Maybe you should have picked up your phone when I first texted you a couple days ago? I texted you like 5 times, I called you…and you’re with Jackson. Again. And you can refuse to accept but also don't bring her into this. She's got nothing to do with you and I, think about it..you didn't even think that I could do this..we’re just not working anymore” Maya's voice was so relaxed, maybe it was the fact she was still half asleep, she shouldn’t even be up right now.

Carina walked back into Maya’s bedroom, closing the door again to just look at the girl laying there. Maya’s eyes flickered over to the brunette that came back in, using her fingers to beckon her back to bed. Brown eyes looked over at Maya and smiled softly at her, the blonde just bit her bottom lip watching her right now, maybe her hand curled a little tighter around the front of her boxers. 

Blue eyes taking in all of Carina right now. She looked tiredly cute and down right sexy, letting her eyes look down the actresses legs before she got back on the bed. 

“We will talk about this when I’m back..”

“You can talk...but..I said what I said”

"We're not broken up Maya. You can't do this over the phone." 

"I can do what I want..I have to go, I’m not fighting with you at four in the morning." 

Before she could get another word in, Maya ended the phone call. Carina crawled back into the bed overtop of the girl, moving her hand that was over the growing hard on to be able to slip down and lay on the younger girl. Her leg was swung over the blondes lap with her arm over the middle of her chest. Maya ran her hand up Carina’s arm to pull the older girl even closer to her, both of her hands finding their way into Carina’s top some how.

“Why is she calling so early…” Carina grumbled with her eyes closed.

“Don’t worry about it…sleep”  yawning as she heard Carina slowly go back to sleep with her soft breathing. That whole call just confused her farther. 

Were they, or were they not broken up? Maya was positive she said it wasn’t working, positive she gave her stance that she wanted to break up yet all the sudden April saying they weren’t broken up had her conflicting in her head.

About 9am, Carina found herself sitting up to rub at her eyes, her hand landing on Maya’s chest to pull herself out of bed. Finding her shorts, she pulled them on to go out to the kitchen, starting the coffee for the two of them. Maya wasn’t in bed for very long once Carina had gotten out, running her hand through her own long hair to tame the bed head, padding out to the kitchen. 

Wrapping her arms around the brunette as she sighed slowly. Carina just ran her palms over the girls arms. They were trying to be quiet, Andrew had gotten in late from his shift and crashed only just about a couple hours prior to them now getting up. 

“It’s so early…” Maya whined, it just made Carina smile. 

"It’s not that early…it’s 9am Bella.." Carina said over her shoulder as Maya's chin was resting there, her hand coming up to scratch her nails soothingly into the blonde hair. 

"I gotta shower too...take one with me to save time and water" Maya didn’t move, Carina just looked back at the blonde again who was just looking at Carina with a smile on her lips.

“Great idea, but no..you can barely handle me clothed -- I don't want to know how you'd be if you ever got me without clothes” teasing the girl.

“You wore a tank top and panties to bed..I handled myself..” 

Carina just laughed a bit at that comment alone. Maya's eyebrows scrunched when she laughed. 

"What??"

"Say that to Maya Jr. who's pressing against me" Brown eyes looked back, her hand traveled behind her to pull at the waistband of Maya's boxers with the clear obvious tent in them pressing right up against the brunette. 

Maya looked down to then put her hand over the front of her boxers again to push her hard on at least against her body, nodding slowly. Her finger came up and pointed at Carina like she was saying 'you're right'. She couldn't help it, and she knew this wasn't the first time that it's happened. The first night after they kissed it didn't happen, but each time after it did; Carina just chose not to bring a lot of attention to it. 

"What do you want me to say...you're sexy and gorgeous as ever..you moved my hand this morning” Maya slyly said, her free hand wrapping gently around Carina's bicep. 

"Maybe I shouldn't be wearing a tank and panties to bed with you -- is that what you’re telling me?" 

"Uh..no, you..come on...I..Carina..." Maya was now quietly pleading, she loved seeing Carina in that attire when they'd go to bed together.

"tranquilla, Bella...Andrea is sleeping" giggling a bit, her hand came up to caress Maya's cheek.

Maya just looked at Carina, shaking her head to kiss the girls cheek softly. The blonde turned Carina around, the brunette running her hands through the girls blonde hair slowly. 

“Indosserò tutto quello che vuoi, finché potrò dormire accanto a te nel letto” (i'll wear whatever you want, as long as I can sleep next to you in bed) the Italian rolled off of Carina’s lips like water and all Maya could do was listen. 

“Mhmmm..whatever you said” Maya smiled which made Carina smile. 

“More incentive to learn” Carina just smirked making Maya look her up and down slowly, just taking in the Italian before her.

“I’m going to go shower..take care of my problem, then go hit the gym before we have that table read…I’ll text you when I’m on my way back? I’ll grab us lunch?” 

“Okay, I’ll be here..I gotta take some calls this morning so that’s perfect” 

Carina heard her phone go off and saw her managers name come through saying he 'needed to talk to her asap' and to meet him at the cafe down the street. Cursing in her head she looked over at Maya who was walking towards the shower.

“Maya..I might have to jump in with you, Eddie just texted me saying he needs to see me” 

“I..uh okay..” 

The blondes eyebrows shot up quickly as she placed her hand over her boxers again, nodding; backing up to go to the bathroom. Carina just watched her leave with a small laugh. This was going to be interesting.

Standing under the water of her shower, Maya just let the water run down her body. Breathing slowly she just tried to control herself, she really wanted to get rid of this hard on before Carina showed up. Moving her hand up and down her length slowly she kept an eye on the door for when the brunette was going to show up in the bathroom with her. 

The door opened and the blonde stopped her hand to see Carina walking in with a voice talking to her over the phone. Carina smiled softly at the girl, Maya wiping her face of the water to just raise her eyebrow in who the italian could be talking to. Carina couldn't see anything of Maya just yet, there was a marble chest high wall that went the length of her shower that faced the door. 

“Sorry Bella, Andy’s on the phone, it sounded urgent…” walking in, the Italian set Maya’s phone up against the glass so she could talk to her best friend. 

Maya just looked at Carina for a hot second as the two of them just took each other in. The brunette watched the water flow over the blondes shoulders and dipping down in places that she couldn’t see. Carina started to pull at her tank top with the blue eyes looking to see her stomach and then it got to the bottom swells of the girls breasts that she averted her eyes. 

“Maya???” 

“Hey Andy, what’s going on??” Focusing her brain on her best friend that was propped up against the shower. 

“You’re coming to the gym right??” 

“Yeah I’m just in the middle of a shower, then I’ll be over..why” 

Carina pushed her panties down and walked over to the door of the shower to get in with the blonde. Her hands slid over Maya's waist to get herself under the water with her, the blondes hands came up to thread their hands together to pull Carina more into her. Feeling the girls naked breasts pressing against her back. God this feels good. Maya thought.

“Ryan asked me out like more than lunch and I’m just losing my mind that man is so fine…I just need your help” Andy sounded stressed but giddy at the same time. 

Carina opened her eyes to look over at where the phone was propped up and just smiled. Her eyes looking to Maya, who's head was turned to look at her, then down to her lips, then back up into those blue eyes. 

"Is this okay?" Asking Maya lowly, referring to her pressed against the blonde.  

"More than okay.." Maya replied back as her eyes went to Carina's lips, she was so close, they were dripping wet in the shower together. 

Pulling her hand out of Maya's she wrapped her hand around the blondes neck from the front. Bringing her head back to place a small kiss on the side of the fighters neck, so painfully soft.

"I can't stay, I'll make it quick..." saying into her ear and Maya just nodded slowly. 

Letting the blonde go, she grabbed some shampoo to lather it up in her hair, her nails scratching against her scalp to get the shampoo down. Standing under the water after to wash it away just as quick. 

“Sounds like someone’s nervous…its nice to hear in that solid voice of yours…this couldn’t have waited till I was there?” when Maya turned her attention back to Andy at least with her voice. 

Carina had turned around so her back was to Maya as she washed her body and the blonde just looked over to see the droplets of water running down over her body, she wasn't sure how her mouth was dry yet she felt like she was drooling over how gorgeous even her back looked. 

“Maya are you still there?” Carina looked back at that for her to lock eyes with the blue ones, Maya couldn’t look away. 

Maya pushed the brunette hair to one side, running the loofah over the girls back slowly, eyes never wavering from each other. The blonde leaned in to kiss at the water stained shoulder, hanging the scratchy circle back up, her hands ran up and over Carina's back before she grabbed the conditioner to lather the brunette's hair with it so she didn't have to. 

“Yeah I’m totally still here…sorry I’m just trying to finish my shower.” Carina smiled at Maya when she said that. 

“No this couldn’t have waited — also I was surprised that Carina answered your phone? What did she do? Spend the night?” 

If Andy only knew right now where Carina was. Maya cleared her throat a bit. 

“I— yeah she spent the night, we have a table read today.” 

“Oh awesome, that’s going to be so much fun. So like..have you made a move on smokin' hot Carina De—“ 

“ANDY. She’s in the bathroom with me” Maya cut her best friend off as Carina had to stifle a laugh. 

Carina washed her hair of the conditioner, finishing up the rest of her shower, she really needed to kick it up a notch, Eddie said it was sooner rather than later, which means something was up with the movie. Leaning over she kissed Maya's cheek, the blonde leaned into it as Carina painted it gently a few times.

“Guess she doesn’t know about the hickies you gave me..” Carina whispered into the girls ear, both girls kept their eyes on each others face as much as they wanted to look, it took so much to not check each other out. 

Maya had to look up at the ceiling, her hand planting on the glass while Carina was driving her crazy just by being in the shower, but now she was whispering in her ear too, with her hands on the blondes waist. The brunette was about to pull away but Maya's hand shot back to grab at Carina's waist. Smiling, Carina leaned in to nuzzle her nose against the girls cheek, kissing the shell of her ear to whisper.

“I have to go, but thanks for letting me shower with you, Bella…I could say the same thing about a smokin' hot Maya” there was a hint of a smirk in her voice that Maya could pinpoint. 

Getting out of the shower, she shut the glass door, grabbing a towel and walking out of the bathroom. All that alone caused Andy to speak up again. 

“Are you out now??” 

“No….that wasn’t me..” Mayas voice was low as her length now was throbbing, her hand taking a hold of herself. 

“What do— oh..oh Maya…was she in the shower with you?!?!?!“ 

“I well..uhhh..y-yeah she was, I told you she was in here…” 

Andy started screaming basically on the phone. Carina got dressed quickly to see Andrea pass by and he stopped. Smiling to see his big sister, he noticed her hair was wet but the shower was still going. Leaning into Maya's room he spoke up.

“Did you turn the shower off, Carina??” 

“No, Maya is still in there..I have to run” She already had her bra and panties on, along with her jeans. 

"Oh? Uh..wait...what?" 

"I hopped in the shower with her Andrea, tell Maya to call me when she's done with the gym...ti amo" Pulling one of Maya's shirts on, she grabbed her shoes to run out of the front door. 

Andrea just pointed to watch his big sister run out of the apartment, his eyes went to the bathroom door to walk in and see Maya just standing there, Andy yelling over the phone. 

"Why did Carina just say she was in the shower with you?" Andrea asked. 

"Yes please, now both of you..she's just...she just needed to shower.." Maya croaked out. 

"Oh she's so toast....I'm going to leave you..be..there girly, have fun, I'll see you soon! Bye Andrew" Andy clicked end on her side. 

"You okay buddy??" Andrew was amused at how stunned Maya was. 

"I'm not sure, I wasn't..expecting her...I didn't look but still...fuck..." 

Andrew just laughed and left the girl in the bathroom. It didn't take long for Maya to have some release, the way Carina got her heart to speed up by being so close to her, naked.

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"Eddie...is everything okay?" Carina got down to the cafe in record time to see her manager sitting there with his coffee and an espresso for her. 

"I heard from Johnny..we lost the location to start filming tomorrow...they're going to have to push production which might run into you starting up on Grey's. I got a phone call this morning about it all.." 

"What location did we lose? che diavolo..." (what the hell)

"We lost the gym location, they had one booked and it fell through, something about a match tournament starting and now they revoked the privilege of it. 

Carina ran her hand through her slightly damp hair, she picked up the espresso to take a small sip of it slowly, thinking. 

"How did they not know about this already, I actually — let me give you a call later, I might have a solution " Carina told him and Eddie nodded. 

"I will trust whatever you have in your head, Carina..Grey's also needs you to fly out for a promo video for the spring launch of the new season."

"Eddie -- we just got on break, when do they need me to fly out?" 

"Right after your table read, a lot of the cast is in LA right now..you were the last one they needed to get a hold of which is also why I wanted to get a hold of you" 

Carina sighed she just got here, okay maybe not just got here but it had been at least a couple weeks. Nodding, she knew things would be tight and here and there for Grey's but it seemed a little abrupt, especially since she was just a guest star.

"Why...all the sudden? I'm not apart of the series regular? And when will I be back?" Carina inquired as Eddie just smiled. 

"That's why they want you there...they came through with a series regular contract for you Carina, people love Stefania and want to have her keep going on the show so they drafted up a new contract" He slid over the new contract. 

"I can still do the movie?" That was the first thought in her mind. 

"Oh yeah of course, they were just doing the promo video now, since you had the photoshoot -- you were the last one they were drafting a regular contract for which is why it's so sudden but the time line is the same as before -- you have the time for the movie, with the gym falling through, filming just won’t start tomorrow but a couple days from now instead."

Nodding, she wanted this. She wanted the movie and now being offered a series regular for Grey's was like a dream come true. Never did she think when she booked the role and moved here that this would happen. She smiled touching the contract. 

Carinas next thought was now she was leaving tonight to go to LA, how she’d be without Maya in bed next to her at night. Shit. She’d be seeing April too. 

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Maya walked into the gym to see Andy sitting in her chair, dropping her bag on the couch -- Andy's arms were crossed over her chest with a teasing smile on her lips. 

"Andy...don't start..."

"You were naked in the shower with an equally naked Carina...how can I not start?! I thought you said there's nothing going on between you two?!" Andy got up and ran over to her best friend to start poking at her arm a bit. 

"There is nothing! I swear...it's..she just needed to hop in and out" 

"So tell me this -- why does Andrew think that you're the one who put two huge hickies on her neck?" Raising her eyebrow, a smirk on her lips. 

"Wh..what?? No..that wasn't me..why would he even say anything like that??" Maya grabbed her gloves and wraps to then head out of the office to see Carina walking in the front door. 

Andy was following suit of Maya to only run into her seeing Carina standing right there at the door way, brown eyes of the latina looked down to see the small hints of a remainder of a hickey showing itself. Nudging her best friend with a smirk, the blonde whipped her head back to jag her elbow at Andy who took it like a 'oof' 

“Carina, is everything okay?” 

Carina just smiled and nodded fast, walking over she put a stapled packet up under her eyes and turned it back and forth. 

“Grey's wants me to be a series regular ” Carina beamed as she held the contract in her hands. She started moving like she was excited, with her arms moving up and down along with her feet moving fast. 

The blonde walked over with a smile and wrapped her up in a tight hug, a smile plastered on her face. She was utterly and completely happy for the Italian. Knowing this was huge for her and her career over in the states. Carina hugged Maya tighter. 

“What?!? Holy shit congratulations, that’s so awesome!!” 

“I wanted to tell you first before I told mama or Andrea…I thought you’d be excited for me” 

“I AM!! That’s huge, I guess I’m going to have to watch the show now huh??” Smirking. 

“I’m surprised you haven’t already since I’ve been in it?” Carina pulled Maya close to her by the collar of her shirt. 

“Why watch you when I can look at you like I am now?” Maya bit her bottom lip a bit, her hands still around the Italians waist. 

Andy raised her eyebrow at that statement alone, smirking she crossed her arms over her chest to watch the girls in front of her. This went from excitement to flirty really fast. It amused the firefighter seeing her best friend be like this with someone, even with April she wasn’t this flirty. 

“I really like it when you look at me how you do now…” flirting back, completely forgetting the other person in the room. 

Maya’s hands slowly moving down to grab at Carina's ass, making the girl grab onto Maya’s shoulder with a smile. Andy’s mouth dropped, her phone rang at that moment to break the girls out of whatever was going on between them to look over, Maya's hands leaving the girls ass but Carina kept her arm around the blondes shoulder. 

“It’s Ryan…” picking it up she smiled into the phone. “Hey, yeah…oh?..production was halted?” Andy looked to Maya and Carina with a raised eyebrow.

“And that’s the other thing I needed to tell you…” Carina sighed. 

“What do you mean?” Maya looked between Carina and Andy. 

“Location dropped out for any of the gym scenes in the movie, so now they’re looking for a place to film…” saying with a sigh.

“Why don’t we just use Jacks or my gym? We have all the equipment for it — Jack would be down, his place is a little bigger, we don’t have to worry about blocking the station?” 

“And see this is why I wanted to ask if you had a place in mind…” Carina smiled. “I also…have to leave after the table read tonight..for a day or so” 

“Really?? That’s a little cutting it close..” Maya tried to mask the small sadness in her voice.

“I know, but I have all the faith in you to ask Jack and then when I get back we can get to filming…” Carina’s hand moved against Maya's neck. 

“I’ll call him now, I’m assuming you have to get to your meetings??” 

“Si— I do..but I just had to see you about both” both girls smiling at one another.

Carina wanted to tell her first about her series regular contract, it made Maya's heart jump to get the news before anyone else. Nodding slowly she let Carina go as they said bye and the Italian left for Maya to pick up her phone to call Jack about using his gym. 

“WHAT?!? REALLY???? Absolutely, have them come check it out, Maya this would be huge” 

“I know man, I know — I think they’d take it. Let me relay the message and I’ll give them your number so they can call you” 

“Awesome, you’re the best Mai, I look forward to it” 

Clicking the end button on her phone she looked over towards her best friend who just stood there with a shit eating grin on her lips. Maya's eyes darted left and right over the latina's face like she was waiting for the girl to say something. 

"What. If you're not going to say it..."

"Little miss..nothing is going on between Carina and I" Andy made a face that said 'yeah right'

"Don't you have a fire to put out?" 

"Oooohhh someones a little defensive...I will say..I really like seeing you like this" Andy said with a serious tone and Maya just kinda of stood there not knowing what to say. 

A buzz to Andy's phone had her looking down to see it was the station. Walking over she squeezed Maya's shoulder gently. 

"We will talk about my dilemma with Ryan and this date, when I get back from this incoming call Bishop!" Running out and back over next door to catch and see what the call was for. 

Maya looked around as she picked up her phone and dialed a phone number, placing an ear bud in her left ear. The phone kept ringing until a female voice picked up with a smile to her tone. 

"Ciao, bella come stai?" (Hello, beautful how are you doing?) 

"Ciao...I'm starting to get my work out in..um.. Sono..pronto per.." (I'm ready for)  Maya huffed a bit, trying to think as her hands started twisting the wraps around her hands. 

"la mia lezione, my sweet Maya, you're getting there..you can understand it, now it's just getting you to speak it..say 'my name is Maya'" (my lesson)

"Il mio nome è Maya?" Maya started to hit the dormant bag repeatedly. 

"Si. Si...there you go my bambina..today were going to go over more phrases, more adjectives and verbs.." 

"Okay mama..." 

Lucia smiled even though Maya couldn't see her. The blonde had texted her asking if she could start teaching her italian yesterday morning and the older woman was more than happy to teach her. Maya could understand it more than speak it. Lucia didn't ask Maya why all the sudden the girl wanted to learn, but a gut feeling told her that her own daughter had something to do with it. 

Maya was learning italian for Carina. 

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Chapter 9: This Feeling

Carina was about a half way through her meetings when she got a text from Maya saying she was done with the gym. They had a couple hours till they had to leave for the table read, and now Carina needed to pack for her days in LA. Picking up her phone while she was on a zoom call she texted the girl back. 

[Carina DeLuca]: Come over? Can you help me pack? 
[Carina DeLuca]: By the time i'm done it will be time to leave for the table read 

[Maya Bishop]: You got it, I'll bring lunch too! 

[Carina DeLuca]: Perfetta Bella, see you soon 
[Carina DeLuca]: Door is unlocked 

Getting up quickly, she went to unlock the door so Maya could just walk in when she got here. Sitting back down in time to have to talk. Smiling at the screen it was her manager, Eddie; Grey's creator and the network president. They were going over her contract for series regular that Eddie had given her earlier. 

A knock on her door came about twenty five minutes later then Maya opened the door with a bag in her hand. Looking over to the italian who was sitting at her kitchen table she quickly waved to her so she didn't distract her, closing the door quietly behind her. Putting the bag on the table she pulled her shirt off and walked to the shower, Carina's eyes following the girl, hearing the shower turn on she just looked back at the screen. 

"Is this just a contract for this new season?" Carina asked when they looked at her if she had any questions. 

"No it's about a three season contract, typically we start out with guest star which is what you started out with, then a three then after that we do them in two year extensions come the second season that's when we revisit.." The president said with a smile. 

"Sounds perfectta..I was just curious on how it happens, different shows, different contacts" Smiling at everyone over the zoom.

"No of course, we're happy to see that you'd love to come on as a series regular, the audience and all of us love seeing you Carina, you've brought Stefania to life in every way" the Grey’s creator said with a smile on her face. 

"I love playing her, honestly I love being there with everyone so I’m very thankful for this opportunity" using her hands gently to express her emotions. 

Hearing the shower shut off, her eyes casted over a few minutes later to see Maya walking out in a pair of new grey compression shorts and a new pair of jeans that were unbuttoned, along with a new sports bra on. With each of them spending time at night with one another, they had stashed clothes at the others place. Carina however would steal more shirts from Maya than bring her own. Blonde hair was damp, combed out and parted off to the side to let it air dry. The new shirt was slung over her shoulder as she quietly dug into the bag to fish out their lunch. 

Carina's eyes looked over Maya's toned body, resting her head on the palm of her hand which was being held up by her elbow on the table, eyes still looking at the zoom call. 

"Carina when you fly in, make sure you have that contract and i'll grab it from you tomorrow when you come in for the promo shoot okay? Can't wait to see you and Dr. Romano" They all smiled and waved before ending the call. 

Closing her laptop, Carina got up to walk up behind Maya, putting her arms around the blonde, her hands slowly dipping into the open jeans to kiss on the blondes cheek. Her finger tips touching on the girls compression shorts, the tables turned and Maya couldn't help but to feel some sort of power when she's felt absolutely weak for the brunette. But who wouldn't? 

"What are you doing?" The thick accent asking into Maya's ear.

Maya stopped but also relaxed against the body behind her, smirking a bit as she bit into her sandwich. She always loved having Carina close to her, but with the shower this morning and feeling the naked italian all the way pressed against her, and now against her again but this time the brunette's hands on her it was making Maya's insides erupt in flutters. 

"Eating?" so innocent.

"No -- no shirt..jeans open...Cosa fai?" (what are you doing)

"Be glad I came out with jeans on...cause I almost didn't" 

"Maya..." Carina whispered into the girls ear again. 

Fuck. She can't keep saying my name like that or I'll break. Maya thought.

"Down girl" Maya smirked back at Carina who huffed a tiny bit from her words being thrown back at her. "Come, eat...we gotta leave soon right?" 

Carina stood there with her hands not moving, Maya looked over as she just smiled. The brunettes fingers just tracing along the band of the compression shorts, it sent shivers up Maya’s body. Her eyes casting down to the italian's lips before she went back to her eyes, holding her sandwich up to the girl. Biting down on the sandwich, Carina pulled back slowly to chew it; her hand pulling up to trail over the toned abdomen. 

Kissing her cheek again, Carina moved over to grab her sandwich and eat it. Lunch went by quickly, they just needed to finish up before they had to leave. 

"Did you pack yet?" Maya trying to not sound sad that the italian was leaving. 

"A little bit...I just need a few more things and then I'll pack it in my car" 

"I'll just drive you, put it in my truck.." 

“Are you sure??” 

“More than sure, I want to drive you” Maya expressed, her eyes changing to more of a sky blue, Carina noticed. 

The brunette got up and walked over to grab Maya by the open part of her jeans, dragging her to the bedroom. The blonde just smiled and followed, not that she had a choice. 

“Help me pack the rest and we go” Carina wanted to get Maya’s hands in seeing how very little she was taking, showing it wasn’t going to be for long. 

“You might want to change your shirt…” 

Carina looked down to see it was one of Maya’s that she just grabbed from the girls closet this morning. 

“Right…and I will —“ Carina smiled as the two started to pack the rest of her things. “But I’m taking it with me” 

"More than okay with me" Maya wouldn't admit it out loud but she really liked seeing her UFC shirts on the italian.

Just as Carina suspected Maya relaxed putting things into the bag, seeing how very little it was; her sky blue turned back to ocean eyes. Carina was just giving her clothes to put in, Maya would place it in strategically. The blondes head turned a little bit seeing what shirts exactly were going in here and she just smiled. A faded UFC shirt was handed to her -- she was wondering where that was, but truth be told; it was the first shirt that Carina had stolen from her the night of the party, the same one she fell asleep in.

Brown eyes looked over the fighter as she reached her hand out to grab at her jeans again, pulling her over once she saw the blonde pull the zipper closed on the suitcase. Maya just smiled as she walked over willingly till she got face to face with her. 

“You love pulling me around like this? Don't you” Maya just chuckled as her own hands landed on the brunettes waist. 

“More like..leading..” whispering as she put her forehead against Maya’s. 

"Sue me if I like it..." rubbing her nose against the italians.

"Oh...so you like it? Don't give me ideas..." 

Hands glided up between the blondes jawline and her neck, Italian hands cradling her so softly. Turning the girls head, Carina started pressing soft kisses into her cheek. No matter how many times Carina would show her this type of affection, Maya couldn’t compute it or she’d absolutely melt under it. 

Her hands slipped up and under the italian's shirt to just feel her skin under the pads of her fingers. Maya let herself succumb to Carina's lips to her cheek for a moment before they both looked at one another. 

"Sucks that the hickies I gave you are going away..." Pulling one of her hands out to trace over the girls skin where they were at one point, now they were just faded. 

Maya's hand moved over Carina's collarbone slowly, then over the front of her neck. Carina's head rolled off to the side, her hand coming up to stop Maya's touching, she'd want more -- more of something she couldn't have. 

"We gotta go...?" Maya whispered, making Carina nod. 

"Yeah we do."

Carina's hands then went down to Maya's jeans, pulling the zipper up and buttoning them. the action alone made Maya's breath quicken a bit. All that was needed was her shirt, Maya pulled it on. It was like Carina was making sure her memory was storing Maya in there for the night she'd spend without her. Maya reached over to grab the girls bag as soon as the brunette was about to reach for it. 

"Hey no, I got it..you just go.." Maya smiled. 

Her hand grabbing Carina's hip, walking right in back of her to bump her along with walking. Carina just laughed, her legs moving each time she felt the fighter bump right into her. Finally letting up, Carina just grabbed Maya's index finger with her own so they could walk out of her apartment together. The italian's bag hung from Maya's hand as she grabbed her keys from her pocket to walk them down to her truck. 

"Why a truck?" Carina mused. 

"Holds a lot more than say a smaller car, it comes in handy when I was helping Jack move into his gym too..it was my first purchase when I was 18 and I got some real good money, I just bought it outright...plus do you really see me in anything else" 

Carina looked over when Maya opened up her door for her. 

"Not really, it suits you.." Her finger traced down Maya's nose and then her thumb over the blondes jawline. 

"Get in..." Maya just smiled and Carina got in with biting her bottom lip. 

Maya rounded the truck, putting the brunette's bag in the back seat as she got into the drivers side. Plugging in the address where the table read would be, Carina had pulled out her script as she was just reading it over a little bit while Maya drove. A comfortable silence ran over them, Carina's hand eventually found it's way over to the blondes thigh. Maya turned Carina's hand over as her own fingers traced over the hand and the gold rings that were so perfectly set on each finger. Eventually setting on linking their hands in a loose hold. 

Getting to the building, they both got out with their respective things, Maya held a messenger bag over her body with her script and a few other things she might need. Carina watched Maya round with it on and just smiled as she held her own bag. 

"Cute..." Carina ran her hand over the strap of the bag, she lead them up to where they were met with door 103. 

Opening it, she let Maya go in first as the cast was inside along with Johnny and a few producers and directors. 

"There's our leading ladies..Maya, Carina! Come lets all sit" Johnny said with a bright smile as he hugged them both. 

There was a big table in the middle of the room, everyones respective name on cards and who they are playing were under in quotes. Maya, Carina and Ryan all sat next to one another, along with the man who played Carina's father and a few other people that were at the party. 

Johnny was the first one to stand up once everyone got settled into the table read. 

"Welcome! To our first table read of 'Love, Fights and Second Chances' -- as you all may know that our first location fell through with filming tomorrow..but, thanks to Maya's friend Jack Gibson, we will be using his gym to film in..which, please extend our thanks to him, we have asked if he wanted to be in the movie too just as an extra since it's his gym..we can at least start filming little bits between you Ryan and Maya tomorrow -- since Carina has to fly to LA for the day" 

The whole table clapped and erupted in hoots and hollers, Maya and Carina looked at each other and smiled while clapping themselves. New scripts were being handed out as the complete final touches were made.

"Alright...lets get to the first part of this script shall we?? Oh..and we did a couple name changes which is why we have new scripts, Maya -- I didn't see you as a Kelsey so we changed her name to Tyler, more badass like I saw you as.." Johnny sat down to get himself situated with a smile.

Going through the script was easy, a lot of it was simple dialog -- Maya had a easy time reading off of the script but really giving it her all, putting her mind in the character. It was simple, Tyler was a fighter, and so was Maya so she knew the anger that came with that profession. 

"Ty...is that Mia??" Victoria Hughes sat next to Maya, she played the girls best friend Sam. 

"Holy..shit..yeah it's..wow..five years since I've seen her??" Maya read with a sigh like she was just hit with her past. 

"Five years but her eyes say it's been two seconds..are you going to go talk to her?" 

"Probably not, she made it clear she didn't want to see me again" Maya shrugged. "Actually more like yelled at me that she didn't.." 

Maya's eyes looked over to Carina who was sneaking a look at the blonde too.  

"Yeah but that was five years ago..and you won tonight, like a big win Tyler..plus she's checking you out" Vic said. 

"Yeah well...I might be checking her out too.." 

Johnny's voice ran though to read the actions that would be happening between dialog. 

"Tyler and Mia locked eyes for a few minutes till a drink was splashed onto Tyler's back. One of Bryants friends went ahead to sabotage the newly crowned fighter only to have Tyler throw her drink down and to stalk over towards the man and her ex girlfriend" 

"What's your problem Heights?! Send one of your minions to do your shit cause you can't win a fight?" Maya had a bite to her voice. 

"You. You're my problem Danvers..you're in my club.." 

"oH wow, you quit fighting finally and became part of the Corleone family?? Getting into the mobster business all the sudden? Fits you...you're quite pathetic in the ring" 

"Why don't you shut your mouth, isn't that what gets you into trouble anyways Danvers?"

"Bry, why don't we just leave Tyler alone" Carina said as she placed her hand over Ryan's arm gently. 

"It can do other things too -- why don't you ask your girlfriend" Maya smirked as she just looked over at Ryan, Carina just smiled herself. 

"You really think you can just get your girl back? One little win? No one can take my girl..." 

"Oh fuck off, she was never yours...she was mine first..." 

"And look at where she is now, Danvers..my arms, so why don't you take your little posse of one and go back to where you came from, the bottomless pit of hell" 

"Okay I'm not someones property, why don't you both just calm the hell down" Carina said with her hands out. 

The trio had done this scene already, with the script being more final there were little tweaks here and there. They had skipped now to where it was her and Carina in the gym. 

"Alright ladies..so -- I wanted to try and have this be open, meaning ad-libbing..Maya it just means whatever you feel like Tyler would do or say, just have it be..the chemistry the two of you have is already radiating so I need you to feed off of one another, is that okay?" Johnny asked, Maya and Carina both nodded to each other. 

Carina's hand went to squeeze Maya's now nervous bounce of her leg, the blondes hand went to the italians to just have that contact. Ad-libbing -- something she's also never done before, she was a little anxious, knowing the characters already there was tension between Tyler and Mia already with them being exs and now the two girls would have to feed off of each other. 

The actress leaned over to whisper into Maya's ear softly, the blonde had leaned over the same time to get close. 

"Just follow me, you're going to do great...and this will change when we film so whatever you say now won't follow it into filming, they might do a couple takes if the dialog isn't quite perfect but that's good, just means something more and captivating is waiting to come out" 

Maya nodded, her hand squeezing Carina's to have it be a 'I understand' without verbalizing it. Carina sat back up to look at her script and to see that the two of them had their first face to face with each other since the club scene. 

"Funny that my father still lets you in here..." 

Maya looked at Carina, both of the girls were now looking at each other. 

"I basically live here, or don't you remember..." 

"I figured you'd be up and out of that apartment upstairs but I guess he would let anyone stay" Carina raised her eyebrow. 

"Oh don't give me this shit, plus..I remember that you loved it when I started to live up there" Maya's hand ran up Carina's arm slowly. 

Carina pulled it back to fold her arms over her chest. 

"That was then, I kinda like it when my partners stand on their own feet instead of depending on other people --but clearly you're set in old ways" 

"You do realize that your father still trains me right? It's why I'm here..it's why I still live here, and for the record I don't fucking freeload, I pay him..." 

"Does he know where you get all that money from...cause I sure as hell do" 

Maya just rolled her eyes with a laugh. 

"You don't know shit, Mia...did your little boyfriend fill your head with ideas again? He's taken enough hits to just be more than a little stupid" 

"I know enough to know that you're still an idiot Tyler..he was right, that mouth always got you in trouble" Carina was now pointing at Maya with her finger. 

Maya pushed Carina's finger away from her face as she just laughed, shaking her head, even clicking her tongue against the front of her teeth. 

"and like I said...this mouth.." Maya licked her lips as she looked the girl up and down in front of her. "this mouth made you scream my name up in that apartment I'm still in, unless you forgot" Maya's hand now running up Carina's thigh. 

Before the two girls got any farther Johnny gasped in delight as he put his hands on the table before clapping, covering his face after. 

"Okay...girls girls...oh please..please..this was so perfect and I'm going to just stop you right now because -- this was a brilliant idea to have this ad-libbing" 

Carina immediately stopped Maya's hand from moving farther up her thigh to just look over at the man and smiled. The rest of the table read went off perfectly, Carina was proud of what Maya was bringing to the table, she couldn't help but to feel mesmerized in a way with how easy the blonde fell into it. The blonde was so used to being perfect at what she did, with this being so new it wasn't perfected but she felt good with it.

Looking at Maya when they were going back and forth just felt so organic with the fighter, but it had been that way since she met her in the bar. It made her heart race when they started in on one another, especially when the blondes hand made it to her thigh, even with her hand trailing up her arm slowly it did something to the actress, Maya did something to her.

It felt like the table read was too short for the blondes liking, it would mean Carina would be leaving and it made her feel a way. Packing her script away, the blonde got up and held her hand out for Carina to take gently to get up herself. 

"Maya..I can't wait to film with you tomorrow.." Ryan said as he stood between the two girls with a smile. 

"Okay, good because I'm nervous as hell for it.." 

"Don't be, Carina was right, you're fucking awesome -- I can't wait to meet Jack too..have a good night ladies, I'm going to go see myself a firefighter" Ryan nodded his head a bit before he left with his script in hand. 

"Oh...the date was tonight and I never helped her" Maya laughed a bit. "Are you talking about me Carina?" 

Carina just chuckled with a shrug to Maya's first comment. Her hand reached out to take Maya's hand in her own a little bit. 

"I might have mentioned when we ran over some things the first night we got the final script that it was going to be one hell of a movie" 

The brunette just shrugged like it was just shop talk but it meant everything to Maya. Everyone filed out, leaving the two of them and a few others but Carina lead Maya out and back down to her truck where they both got in. Carina instantly pushed at Maya's arm and the blonde just looked at the actress. 

"What?!" 

"The way you looked at me?! t-touching my arm...and my thigh...Maya..." Carina just shook her head. 

"He said to ad-lib what did you want me to do?! Isn't that what you do?!" Maya just smiled and Carina just couldn't help herself either and smiled. 

"Yes! I just..." Carina took a deep breath a little bit as Maya smirked, putting the airport address in to take the italian there. 

"I like it..when your hands are on me" Brown eyes flickered over to the blonde, Maya reached her hand over to grab Carina's. 

"I like it when yours are on me too.." Maya spoke like she shouldn't be saying it. 

Driving, Carina just looked over at the blonde, her face looked calm but also something was going on in that brain of hers. 

"What's wrong Bella? You have that same face as you did when April called" And it was, Maya looked conflicted in some sort of way. 

Maya looked over at Carina when they came to a stop light. She could tell her, it's not like Carina wouldn't listen to her. Chewing the inside of her cheek a little bit, Maya just breathed out. She could tell her what happened, she knew she could. 

"I tried to break up with April? but um...I don't think we did?"  

That wasn't something Carina expected, sitting up a little bit -- not that she should be happy but it was that ache that slowly came back to her chest. The kiss they shared burned into her brain, onto her lips and now the two of them craved each other in the worst way but they were doing everything they could to not give in. 

"Tried? To break up with her? Like she wouldn't let you?" 

"Yeah -- I had texted her a couple days ago, I said this wasn't working and I think we should stop this, and she just called me this morning about it and she was saying that I can't break up with her over text, that her and I have been through so much together and that she's away with Jackson working...so she said we weren't broken up" 

Carina sat there in the passenger seat, Maya clearly had tried to break up with her but how April had so much power over the blonde she couldn't figure it out. 

"So you two are still together?" Carina asked slowly. 

"Yeah?" Maya's faces kinda screwed a bit with that, she wasn't completely sure of it herself. 

Carina pulled her hand out of Maya's to caress the side of her cheek that was facing her, soothingly making small circles over the blondes cheek. The fighter just sighed softly, her hand moving Carina's palm to her lips. Parking eventually at the airport in short term so she could walk Carina in. 

"You don't need to walk me in Bella.." Carina smiled softly. 

"I want to..I'm going to..miss you tonight.." eyes casting down as she just kissed the back of the brunette's hand. 

"I'm going to miss you.." 

"I wish I could kiss you" Maya blurted out as she pulled Carina in so they were face to face. "I want to so badly...I forget what your lips taste like..." Maya's fingers slowly moved over Carina's bottom lip. 

"You can't say stuff like that, Maya.." 

"Why not..I want to chase, and I can't..."  

"Tell me, what do you want to do..." Carina could only think of Maya talking it out. 

"Kiss you.." it didn't take Maya long to think of what she wanted to do. 

"What else, Bella" Carina's thumb was running over Maya's earlobe gently. 

It's not like the two of them weren't touchy, because they were heavily touching one another within reason. Obviously areas were off limits completely, but didn't mean the blonde didn't try and get close. 

"Touch you..I want to run my hands all over you -- do you know how hard it was for me not to look at you this morning in the shower? You're so gorgeous..feeling you against me drove me crazy, Carina..what are you doing to me?" Maya's eyes closed. 

"You're doing the same thing to me Maya, I forget how your lips taste -- I need your hands all over my body, I want to put my hands on yours...I would have never left that shower if I wasn't in and out, you're addictive Maya and I've never had that with anyone." 

"So I have to keep chasing in my mind.." 

"Si -- yes, you still have a girlfriend.." 

"Can I call you tonight? If I cant sleep?" 

"Bella, you can call me anytime you want..I'll text you when I land, stay in bed tonight, get some sleep.." 

"What if I can't sleep without you?" Maya had gotten so used to Carina next to her, that tonight was a little nerve wracking. What if she slipped back into her old habits. 

"Facetime me, cause I don't know how I'm going to be either..you have quite the effect.." 

Maya just smiled at that, their eyes bore into one another. 

"You're so beautiful, Carina.." 

"I can't with you..." Carina just smiled, a blush creeping up while her head was leaning on the girls headrest. 

Maya placed a kiss on the girls forehead, her cheek gently now resting against it. Her heart was pounding in her chest, she knew it was only one night but it felt like it was going to be an eternally. Carina pulled back slowly to then open the door to get out, she needed to go, even if she walked in herself. 

Getting out instantly, she grabbed the girls bag which prompted Carina to just tilt her head at the blonde. Maya grabbed the girls hand to walk her over to the sliding doors of the airport, they hugged tightly before Carina was off towards her gate, waving back at the blonde and sending her an air kiss which Maya caught. 

It was about an hour after Maya left and Carina was now on the plane when she got a text from the blonde. 

[Maya Bishop]: Was that my shirt in your suitcase that I saw? 

[Carina DeLuca]: Si..at least I could bring you with me if I couldn't physically..it still smells like you

[Maya Bishop]: You can have as many shirts as you want then

Carina just smiled at the text as she had to put it on airplane mode. Carina was now already wanting to be back in Seattle instead of leaving.

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This Feeling -- The Chainsmokers & Kelsea Ballerini

Chapter 10: I Can Transform Ya

Maya walked into her apartment to see Andrew sitting there, he was typing away on his phone before he looked up to see his best friend. A smile came across his face and he placed the phone down. 

"What's up stutters..." Joking with her. 

Rolling her eyes hard, she just walked over to punch his arm. 

"Shut up. How was work you idiot" 

"It was good, how was the rest of your day? Did you get Carina to the airport?" 

"Not bad actually, I was surprised honestly..but I wasn't sure what I was expecting with the table read but I'm excited about it -- and yes I got your sister to the airport just fine, I even walked her in" 

"Look at you all gentlewoman like" Andrew leaned up a little bit on the island in the middle of their kitchen. 

"I wanted to make sure she got in there okay!" Maya laughed. "Did you hear from Andy? She had a real date with Ryan tonight...he seemed all giddy leaving the table read" 

"Actually, no..no SOS yet, but she did text me saying that I better tell her that she looked 'bangable' and so I said she did" 

Maya took a sip of her water right as he said that, snorting with some water coming out she put her hand over her mouth as she walked over to him. Andrew opened up his phone to show Maya the text message and the photo. It was in their group chat but Andy clearly knew that the blonde wouldn't answer right away. 

Her hand went to her best friends shoulder as he smiled looking at her. Scrolling through the small convo between him and their other best friend, Maya read as fast as he was scrolling. Carina's name came down and clearly talking in italian to her little brother. 

"Andy does look hot...I'd sleep with her" 

"Haven't you already?" 

"Years ago..." Waving it off. 

Andrew brought up his conversation with Carina, the blonde settling into his side, even sitting against his knee. 

"Is she okay?" She hadn't gotten a text from her. 

"Yeah they're taking off, I think she said it was only a fourty-five minute flight? Didn’t you just drop her off Mai?" 

“Yeah, I’m just…making sure she’s okay that’s all” 

Maya's phone now went off seeing Carina's name, pulling it open and the man took a look to see what they talked about and what she said to Maya. They were clearly flirting, and he wanted the two of them to keep going for it. 

[Carina DeLuca]: Plane is finally taking off Bella, I miss you. I'll text you when I land

His eyes saw the text to just smile to himself. 

“You know it’s okay to like her…” saying gently to his best friend, all Maya did was look at him. 

“It’s okay to like her, I wasn’t joking when I said I think you’d like her — she’s great right?.” 

Maya hesitated a little bit, she looked over to Andrew. There was not a mean bone in his body and all he wanted was the best for his best friend and she wanted the same for him. 

“The best.” Was all Maya said and Andrew nodded with a smile. 

“The best” 

[Big Sister]: prenditi cura di lei stasera, per favore Andrea? (take care of her tonight, please Andrea?)

[Baby Brother]: mi prenderò cura di lei, non preoccuparti (I'll take care of her, don't worry)

"I'm going to my room..." Maya said while texting on her phone. 

“Hey Mai…” 

“Yeah bub?” Maya looked up eventually to look at Andrew’s side view facing her. 

“Did you do it…the hickies?” His eyes now reaching his best friend. 

“Yeah I did. I’d do it again” 

Getting into her room, she placed an earbud in to call Lucia for their nightly dose of italian. Laying down on her bed, Maya just stared up at her ceiling; still smelling the scent of Carina's hair and body wash on her sheets. Andrew just chuckled with a shake of his head, he knew fully who did it. Maya’s face said it all that morning. 

"Hi mama...si..I'm ready.." 

A couple hours later, Andrew was trying to get ahold of his mama while he walked by Maya's room to stop. Is she speaking italian? Thinking. Leaning into her door she listened to his best friend talking slowly. A faint 'okay mama' came from her along with a 'Buona notte'. Andrew felt his phone vibrating to see his mama calling him, only to put it to his ear quick and get to his room. 

At about midnight, Maya was about to get up and out of her bed when she took the chance, calling Carina on facetime only to see the girl answer. She was adorning her UFC shirt, laying down in bed also as she smiled at the blonde. 

"Bella..hi.." 

"Hi.." Maya blushed a bit. "I can't sleep..." 

"Prop me up and we can sleep like this, I can't sleep either." Carina got herself comfortable in bed to prop Maya up while the blonde propped up against the wall. 

"Were you going to call me if I didn't call you?" Maya wondered. 

"Si -- I was ten minutes away from calling you, but I didn't want to wake you up if you were sleeping...I miss holding you, Bella" Carina was quite on the last part, a small blush ran over her cheeks.

Maya melted into her bed with a smile on her face, she hugged her pillow tighter against her body. Carina ended up doing the same thing with her pillow as the two of them looked at one another.

"I miss it too.." Yawning. 

Both Maya and Carina fell asleep over facetime, Maya surprisingly stayed asleep -- Andrew even opened her door to check up on her to see her phone propped up with his sister on the other side of it, sleeping as well. Smiling softly, he closed the door to shuffle back to his room and texted Andy. 

[Andrew DeLuca]: I think our girl is feeling something...she fell asleep with Carina on facetime

[Andy Herrera]: LOOOOORDDDDD....GOOD. I love your sister, watching them flirt is so damn cute too, Maya is totally smitten with her

[Andrew DeLuca]: My sister is totally into her too

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Carina strolled into the lot of Grey's the following morning, contract in hand or at least in her bag as she was dressed nicely. Nice pinstripe high wasted pants, a plain brown sweater, her hair was down so the make up and wardrobe could put her in whatever they needed to for the promo. Opening the door, she was welcomed with the whole cast, Amelia Shepherd ran over to hug her now new friend. 

"Holy shit Carina, congrats! They told us and I'm sooooo fucking happy you're here as a regular..I'm totally getting them to write us some scenes" Amelia nodded with a smile.

"Please! God...Stefania and Caterina wouldn't be functionable.." Carina linked her arm with the other brunette as they walked farther in. 

Her brown eyes then set sight on April who was talking with Jackson, their hands were all over one another and the italian couldn't help but to look at them a little harder. She knew that her and Maya were handsy too, but it seemed like this wasn't a new thing from what Maya was saying or at least when she talked about her relationship with April. 

Watching Jackson nod over, April turned around to see Carina walk in with Amelia, she looked the italian up and down. April pulled out her phone to make a call. 

"Hey baby...I just wanted to say I miss you...I can't wait till I'm home to see you" April said sweetly and Jackson didn't seem phased by what the girl was doing in front of him, his hands were still on the redheads shoulders. 

"Can we go out to dinner, maybe then take it back to my place" 

Carina just looked over to Amelia as the brunette dragged her over to where Arizona and Jo were standing. 

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Maya squinted her eyes when she looked at the phone with April talking like this. 

"Uhhh...April? Are you okay?...I uh?" pulling her phone back to see if this was actually April before she just heard the click on the other line before laying back down in bed seeing a text from Carina. 

[Carina DeLuca]: Missing you. 
[Carina DeLuca]: At the lot for the promo shoot
[Carina DeLuca]: You're going to kick ass today, don't be nervous...you have this. I believe in you, Bella. I hate that I'm missing your first film day. You fighting & watching you yesterday just leaves me in awe of what I know you can do. 

Laying there watching the texts come down from the italian, she revived a piece of Maya the blonde never knew was there, a smile was plastered on her lips the whole time. 

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Amelia and Carina both were walking to hair and make up as they sat down in their respective chairs. 

"You're all smiley...how's Seattle? I've only heard from you a little bit --" 

"It's really good, I really like being close to my mama and brother...It's a much needed move when we're not filming" Carina sighed happily. 

"You're also doing that movie right? With April's girlfriend? The hot blonde fighter??" Amelia smirked in the mirror at Carina who just nodded, her eyes looking up at little. 

"Oooooohhhh someone's blushing!!" 

"Oh! I am not..Chiudi la bocca" (shut your mouth) Carina just laughed as she looked at the girl in the mirror while they fix the girls hair. 

"But yes, her name is Maya..she's my little brothers best friend and I thought she'd be great and I was right, unfortunately I'm missing her first day of filming but I sent her some texts" 

"She's always been super nice when i've met her.." Amelia mused as they curled her hair. 

"Maya is the sweetest, yest--" Carina was cut off by April walking into the make up trailer and looked at the italian as she walked by. 

"Are you talking about my girlfriend? Did you tell Amelia that you answered her phone at four in the morning" Raising her eyebrow a bit. 

"I slept over April, my brother lives at that apartment too; we had a table read..she went to bed and left her phone when I slept on the couch" Carina explained again. 

"Mhmm...when does she start filming?" 

Amelia raised her eyebrows in shock a bit as she turned in her chair a bit. 

"Shouldn't you know that instead of asking Carina?" 

"Well yeah, of course I know it -- I just wanted to know what Carina would say" 

Carina tilted her head a little bit, her eyes never leaving the redhead who was right behind her. 

"You tell me April, I'm clearly here...so I'm not filming with her, so I don’t know when she’s starting” 

Shaking her head, April walked away as she just went to go sit down in her make up chair to let the girls work on her for the promo. Amelia looked at Carina who just looked over at the other brunette. 

"How does she not know? And you spent the night" whispering to the italian. 

"You know April better than I…” Carina just looked at Amelia who nodded slowly. “My brother lives with her, I’m going to sleep over every once in a while” 

Just before they could get any farther in the conversation, Maya’s name popped up on her phone as a FaceTime call. Smiling she bit her bottom lip, putting her wired earbud in she accepted the call making Amelia look over. 

“Ciao..how are you, look at you” Carina spoke happily seeing Maya on the other side. 

“I’m good, I miss you..look at me, these feel so good Carina, I wish you were here today” 

“Bella, they look so good on you, I know, I wish I could be too..mi manchi, did Heidi let you pick out what you wanted to wear?” (I miss you)
 
“Yeah! She gave me a ton of colors, but I thought red and black would be nice..at least for this one cause she said I can go through all of them, did you see my hair?” 

“I did, I love it. Is that going to be staple? Or are you going to switch it up?” 

Amelia looked over from her chair to see someone talking to Carina. Getting up fully she walked over to look over her shoulder seeing Maya on the other side. The blonde just smiled seeing the other brunette and waved to her, which prompted Amelia to wave back. Carina gave the other earbud to her friend. 

“Damn you look good…” 

“Is she there…” 

“Si — “ Carina tried to not bring too much attention to this whole conversation. 

“Thanks Amelia. Cool. Ummm she called me, acting all weird this morning…did you walk in or something?” 

“Si..sono entrato e lei ti ha chiamato”(Yes..I came in and she called you) making sure to speak slowly and Maya nodded slowly. 

“I have no clue what you just said…sounded hot though” Amelia looked at Carina who just smiled. 

“God you’re beautiful....” Maya blurted out and covered her mouth. 

Amelia looked at Carina with a snapped head and the Italian immediately pulled out the ear bud from the other actors ear. Pointing to go back to her chair and the shorter brunette did but her interest between the two got increasingly curious. 

“How much longer till you have to go?” 

“Is that Maya??” April walked over and Carina nodded. Unplugging her headphones she set up the phone and April immediately got in front. 

“Oh my god babyyyyyy!!!! Look at you, are you at a fitting?” April clearly had no idea what was happening. 

Maya’s eyes went to Carina who just looked down a little bit, Amelia squeezed the girls shoulder and she lifted her head again. She looked between the redhead and the brunette right behind her. She wasn’t stupid, she saw what she saw and she hated it. Carina was playing neutral but in that moment that split second she didn’t. 

“April. No I’m not at at fitting, I’m at my first day of shooting….how’s Jackson.” She was stern, seeing Carina deflate the way she did shot something to the blondes heart. 

“He’s so good…” April just smiled big and Maya shook her head. “Why didn’t you tell me?? Why are you calling Carina?”

“I’ll call you later maybe, but I need to talk to Carina. So if you don’t mind like…scooting out of the way…this isn’t a personal call..it’s work -- oh. and April, we're talking when you get back to Seattle”

“Fine, and you better call me..” April stalked back to her chair to huffing back down on it. 

“Put your earbuds back in…” Maya almost demanded to Carina.

Carina did just that and sat close to the phone that was propped up against the mirror, elbows up on the counter, her head lightly against her fist. Amelia propped her feet up on the ledge a bit as she watched the two of them talk. Seeing a smile creep up on Carina’s lips slowly along with a small blush could only mean that Maya was firing off something she was liking. 

“Okay okay okay…you do look really fucking good, I’m glad they’re all up to what you like, have you seen my wardrobe yet?” Carina laughed. 

“Have I seen it?! Carina you might just kill me…I only got a side glimpse of it but I think you’ll like it..I can’t wait till you’re back -- in more ways than one” 

“Non sono stato via per un giorno intero, but I can’t wait either” (I haven’t been away a whole day) Carina just giggled. 

Maya put the phone down on the ground as she turned around to show off the whole outfit she was wearing. Kneeling down she was showing off the colored wraps they got her. Ryan walked in and saw the fighter on the ground and towered over her. 

“Maya, who are you talking to? Oh, hey Carina! We miss you” He smiled, he was also in his gear as Maya stood up and wrapped her arm around his waist and his around her shoulders. 

The two hugged each other into each others side and just showed off to Carina who was just shaking her head on the other side of the facetime call. 

“WOW I’m going to have a hard time choosing between you two..” 

"Carina!" Maya pretended to be offended. 

"You're making sure that she's getting everywhere she needs to be Tanner??" Carina raised an eyebrow. 

"Ey ey...and yes I am, I got her..don't worry, don't you have a tv show to shoot promo for? We gotta go.." He teased her and Carina just rolled her eyes with a nod. 

"Si -- yes I do, alright, you both have fun, ciao ciao-- I'll talk to you later" Kissing her hand a few times to extend it out towards her co-stars she hung up the phone call to sit back to just look over at Amelia who just had a shit eating grin on her face. 

“You want to tell me why you were blushing? Or should I conference Gabriella into this?” whispering it all. 

“Oh no, you do not bring her into this…” Carina pointed.

Amelia squinted her eyes and then looked over at April and then back at Carina. 

“I support it…but I still want to talk to you cause what the fuck DeLuca” she whispered in a shout. 

"Come on we have to go..we've been done" Carina got up quickly to have the other brunette follow her. 

Leaving the makeup trailer she had Amelia hot on her trail and just smiled to herself, she liked how Maya wanted to call her and show off her wardrobe for her first day -- clearly Maya was excited to see her too. When Carina got up this morning, she waited to Maya was awake to tell her 'Buongiorno' before having to hang up. 

Walking onto set, they had some good music playing as she thumbed through the doctor jackets to find her characters last name, taking it off of the hanger and pulling it on with a smile. 

"What if they put us together" Amelia mused. 

"Like romantically?" Carina asked, the brunette nodded. 

"Well...E.R was her love interest last season...and now you're a series regular...I wouldn't mind a little fun with Stefania" Smirking, looking the italian up and down. 

"Oh my god...Let me start first before you go and do this, I mean they did establish that she was bisexual so it could go either way" shrugging. 

Both of them were going to be doing some promo videos together, it made Carina just look at Amelia with a shake of her head. The music they were playing was fun and free, it made Carina start to sway in her spot while she waited. Fingers pointing around while she moved a bit with her head, making Amelia laugh -- of course while this was happening there was a Grey's intern who was walking around taking some BTS video for instagram. 

Carina did it to the camera before her and Amelia embraced one another in a side hug laughed, just vibing with one another before Jo showed up and joined them. They all decided to pretend to do a slow motion of them throwing their jackets out to place their hands on their own hips. Even though that was the plan, doesn't mean it was perfect which made great behind the scenes. 

When it was time to mark it up, they all did -- thankfully April and Jackson was on the other side of the little stage they put the whole crew on. Carina was next to Jo and Amelia the most. The director told everyone the plan they were looking for and everyone nodded like they knew what they were looking for. 

They took a break for some lunch but then they got right back to it with more promo videos and BTS, Carina had given her contract to the same woman she talked to yesterday morning. When the shoot was done, she had texted Andrea to come and pick her up from the airport -- of course he was agreeing and said to his sister to let him know when she had landed and he would drive over. 

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Ryan was holding up some pads on his hands after their shoot, both changed back into their regular clothes as they were done for the day -- they shot for at least eight hours for difference sequences and the two of them had a blast with it. They let Maya go with her fighting, she expressed wanting to do everything as far as stunt wise, Ryan was working on it too since the excitement Maya had made him want to do his own in this movie too with the fighting. 

"Hit it..left right left right, up down left down up" He fired off a sequence to the fighter. 

Maya punched the pads with her hands still gloved up, hair still braided. Jack was over in the corner watching the two of them, he knew how Maya could get when she was in the zone and the last thing he needed was for the actor to accidentally get hit. 

"Shit Maya -- I think I under estimated your punches" Ryan laughed and it made Maya smile. 

"Sorry, I'll go lighter.." Ryan instantly shook his head while Jack got up from his seat. 

"You want to see her really go? Stand over there and I'll show you..." Ryan pulled both pads off and handed them over to Jack who slid them on. 

"Alright Bishop...you fucking ready..." 

Jack started to rile the girl up, his padded hands pushing at her shoulders a little hard. Ryan watched as her face got hard, much like he saw today while shooting. He brought out his phone to record this, it would be good BTS for the movie, being approved by Maya before he even did anything with it. 

"You got this? What? You a coward now...a little out of shape.." Jack kept pushing. 

"Jack" Maya gritted before she started in on the pads full force with him. 

The boy moved his hands in different places and she followed them like lights. He just dry chuckled with how fast the blonde was moving. The director even came over to watch next to Ryan with a smile on his face. 

"What is it Bishop..why don't you hit me harder, weak...you're weak...faster faster faster" He yelled now. 

Maya's hands were swift against the pads, her head shaking with his comments; pissing her off more than she wanted. She wasn't weak. It's what her father called her when he heard the news that the UFC let her go. 

"I'm. not. weak!" 

The blonde turned, kicking her leg around Jack's to then kick forward to pull him straight to the ground. Jack hit the padded ground with a thud, his pads coming up while the wind was knocked out of him, looking up at the blonde with a smile. 

"No you're not Bishop..." He laughed hardy. 

She dropped to straddle his waist as her fists were just plowing into the pads repeatedly to just 'finish off' the energy that Jack created within her. The boy then pulled his lower body up to grab her by the sides, flipping them to pin her to the ground with a shake of his head, a smile. 

"Breathe -- it's over.." he just laughed and Maya instantly relaxed at that point. 

"Shiiiiiittttt Maya you damn beast..." Ryan sent the video to Carina, Johnny just clapped slowly. 

"Maya Bishop, I keep being impressed by you" Johnny smiled and Maya just smiled back, Jack got up to pull Maya up to her feet. 

"Great job today kid...I will see you both tomorrow, and Jack..you're the best for letting us use your gorgeous gym, we will be back so we will keep in touch" Johnny said with patting the man on the back before exiting. 

Jack wrapped his arm around his best friends shoulders as he waved to the man and looked over at Ryan. 

"So you and Herrera?" 

"I uh -- yes..Andy and I?" Ryan stuttered a bit. 

"Don't hurt her or i'll unleash Maya on you" 

Maya just smiled and Ryan nodded looking at the two friends. 

"I wouldn't dream of hurting her, she's amazing..speaking of which, I'm going to go call a certain Fire Captain.." He smiled and waved at the two of them before leaving. 

"Have you heard from her?" 

"Who?" 

"Carina.." 

"Oh no, I'm sure she's still shooting..but I'm going to go home though, today was a lot..so much fun..but a lot" Maya pulled out of the hold Jack had with a smile. 

Throwing her gloves at the older boy she walked out of the gym with her backpack over her shoulder so walk out to her truck to go home. Picking up some take out on the way home she showered, texted Andrew that she was going to bed since he wasn't home. Maya hoped to god she could stay in bed, since she hadn't heard from Carina. 

Laying in just her boxers and a t-shirt she started to drift to sleep, the filming from today had worn her down. 

Andrew walked into the apartment a couple hours later with Carina trailing behind him. Running her hand through her dark hair she yawned a bit. 

"Thank you for picking me up..I'm going to shower and go to bed..more filming tomorrow" She smiled. 

"You didn't want to go to your apartment?" He asked gently and his sister just shook her head. 

"Can I ask why?" He asked again. 

"I think you know.." Tilting her head with a small smile to disappear into the bathroom making Andrew just nod. 

The boy changed into his scrubs since he was doing an overnight, and headed out to the hospital. Carina pulled a new pair of panties on as she strolled into Maya's room topless, opening a drawer to grab a new shirt to put on. Maya turned over hearing commotion to see Carina standing there with her back to her, opening the shirt to put it on. The blonde was super sleepy but saw enough to get her heart racing like it did with the brunette. 

"You should totally sleep topless..." Maya said sleepily while licking her lips. Carina turned her head over her shoulder to smirk a little bit.

"Maybe one day..."  

Once the shirt was on her body, Carina took a few steps to climb over the blonde and into her spot on the bed, seeing her eyes open a little bit. Maya couldn't help but to kiss on the girls neck lazily before falling asleep for real this time. Carina's hand slowly ran through the blonde hair as she just looked down at her. They were starting their scenes tomorrow, Carina was more than excited for that. Her fingers ran slowly over the girls face, a soothing motion that she realized the second night they spent together that got Maya into a deeper sleep. Nails lightly running over Maya's cheek till she fell asleep herself.

[April Kepner]: I'm back in Seattle. I'm ready to talk when you are.

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Chapter 11: You Don't Do It For Me Anymore - pt.1

Waking up that morning and seeing the text from April, Maya sat up. Looking back at the gorgeous woman who occupied her mind all day since she met her. The feeling she was chasing for her was driving her to do this. Leaning over she kissed the girls cheek, pulling some sweats and a sweatshirt over her body. Putting her phone to her head she spoke while leaving her apartment. 

“Open your door” she said into the receiver. 

Maya drove about 20 minutes till she was parking at the familiar apartment complex she used to frequent when her April were good? Getting out she ran up the steps to knock on the door, she wanted to get this done and over with  -- April opened the door a few minutes later, not surprised to see her obviously. Clearly both were tired but Maya couldn’t wait, she wouldn't -- April had postponed this enough. 

“Baby it’s like…four in the morning” 

“How’s it feel then, and don’t call me that…” Maya just walked in, April closing the door right after she crossed the threshold.. 

“What did you need to talk to me about..” her hands running over Maya’s chest a bit. 

Stepping back, Maya just shook her head, she placed her hands out to say stop. 

“I’m done, I’m done with this…I told you that the other day and maybe it’s because I’m so fucked up that I don’t know how to do shit right..but we haven’t been good for quite some time..maybe if ever. I don’t know but I know is that I don’t want to be with you.” 

“Oh come on Maya, you know why we got together…I was great sex and I told you if you wanted more you had to drop all the other girls and yeah maybe you’re fucked up from your parents but we work….you got your sex, and I had you on my arm…” her hand ran over Maya's arm slowly.

“Then you had to go and screw it up — and you lost everything but I stayed. I didn’t have to..but I did and now you want to throw it all away? Because why? Someone finally believes you can do a lousy job?” April laughed. 

“Oh fuck off, she's done absolutely nothing, this is about you and I so don't you fucking dare bring her into this..” Maya pulled her arm away and pointed at April. 

“So this is about Carina. I didn’t have a problem till this little movie she was doing with you…I want what I want and that's —“

“It’s Jackson! You want Jackson and I don’t want you! We haven’t fucked in months April. You're always with him since everything happened eight months ago.. You have avoided me ever since, you tell me that my gym was a little stupid investment when I was 21, you’d rather talk about yourself then even see how I’m doing” 

“Because you’re nothing Maya, you don't fight anymore so why am I going to ask you about your day when it's the same thing over and over again? You look good with me, I’m the actress..you’re just a gym owner everything that you had to your name is gone, no titles..barely any money…you have your precious fire captain and surgical intern friends here in Seattle and that's it…be grateful for me” April pulled Maya down roughly to kiss her, only for the blonde to push her away. 

“I’m done, I’m so fucking done…we’re not dating, I don't even want to talk to you ever again…I want nothing with you April..I don’t want your status, I don’t want YOU. We’re over April..and now I’m leaving to go back to my apartment to start my day filming with a beautiful woman who believes in me and doesn’t care that I fucked my life up, or holds it over my head --  someone who fucking sees me” Maya bit back so hard against April. 

“She’s only going to want you till she realizes how broken you are Maya, she's only after you for one thing...the only good thing you were ever great at other than your failed fighting. sex. You're quite clueless about everything it has to do with being with another person. Plus you can’t leave fully just yet.. you have a commitment to me in a few weeks that we both know we have to attend — they want the great Maya Bishop and April Kepner there. So you have to go Maya. You signed a contract when we started dating, I can use you whenever I want, but lucky for you after that little event you can be cut loose” 

April stood there with her arms crossed over her chest just now looking at Maya's back that was facing towards her. 

"You can try your damn hardest Maya, but no ones ever going to want you -- and you'll come crawling back to me because it's the only thing you've known..no family, two little friends" 

The grip Maya had on the doorknob was making her knuckles white, she should have read it completely other than just signing whatever it was in there. Her head bowed down a bit. 

“I’ll have my lawyers contact yours..I’m done April, we’re done April.” 

Walking out Maya slammed the door behind her to have April run out and yell at her for slamming her door so early in the morning. 

She just drove, she wasn't sure where her mind was taking her but it was to a place of comfort. Sitting outside in the driveway, Maya put her hands on her steering wheel the blonde just shook her head slowly before she full on was banging on it and yelled in her car. 

"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKKKKKKKKKK" her palms hitting the steering wheel so hard that she heard a crack to make her steering wheel hang a little bit. 

Putting her head down against the now wobbly steering wheel she just covered her face with her hands. This was more angry crying than anything, she still had her lawyer — contacting him first thing was a must. She wasn’t sure what else she signed her name to, she didn't trust April honestly. The porch light came on and Lucia opened the front door to see Maya crying in her truck. She had heard commotion outside which woke her up but the last person she expected was the blonde. 

Maya's head looked up to see the much older woman standing there in the doorway. Getting out slowly, she just showed up with no warning as her feet took her to the mother figure, falling into her arms and crying. 

"Shhhh...it's okay, come on lets go inside Bambina" 

Lucia walked the two of them into the house and to her room like she did when they were kids, laying down she had Maya lay next to her as she held the blonde to her. Maya just cried her eyes out, staining the robe that the older woman was wearing. 

"Let it out, just let it out Maya...that's it..oh, my sweet Maya" Lucia's voice sounded broken to hear Maya sobbing the way she was. 

No matter how bad things got with the blonde, Lucia never held it against her, Maya made some bad decisions but that's just how life was -- but not once did the older DeLuca see the blonde any differently than the 7 year old she met back in Italy. When the girl stopped crying, Lucia pulled back to see the blues of Maya's eyes faded to a mute greyish blue, her hand ran over the side of the blondes face to then kiss her forehead soothingly. 

"I broke my t-truck..." Maya mumbled out. 

"Okay, that's okay..it can be fixed.." 

“I broke up with April, to find out that I'm still contractually o-obligated to do an event with her...I d-don't want too..I d-don't want h-her..." starting to cry again. 

Lucia rocked the two of them gently, the anger in Maya's voice was clear as day even with the tears streaming down her face.

"And you did the right thing with breaking up with her, you need to be happy Maya, I know things haven't been the easiest for you -- but at the end of the day you need to be happy. You did what you needed to do and I know you don't want to do it, but then you call your lawyer, see what's going on.. I'm so sorry my baby" 

Holding Maya tighter to her body she could tell that this was a relief for the blonde but now just another obstacle for her to overcome and it broke her heart. 

"Rest, i'll call Carina to come and pick you up...I know you two have filming today. Just rest, everything's okay" 

Lucia gave Carina a ring once Maya was asleep, she could hear her now frantic daughter on the other side of the phone. The panicked tone of her Italian inner thoughts coming out for only Lucia to try and tell her things were okay, Maya's truck had just broken down. Not that it helped Carina's mind because why did she leave in the first place? 

Carina got up out of bed instantly to find a pair of Maya's shorts and one of her hoodies to throw over her body. How did she get all the way over there? Carina wondered. She didn't have a car either it was at her apartment but as soon as her feet hit the hallway, Andrew walked in the door; her phone still pressed to her ear. 

"Carina? What's going on..." He asked. 

"My apartment...you gotta drive me, Maya is there.." Carina just slipped her sneakers on. "Arrivo subito, dille che sto arrivando" (I'll be right there, tell her i'm coming) Hanging up the phone to just have Andrew direct her out of the apartment. 

"What's going on Carina? I thought Maya was asleep when you got here, why is she at your apartment?”

"Mamas — she’s there but I need my car, her truck broke down? I don’t even know why she was out of bed, I just…” 

“How about I drive us to mamas we spend the rest of the morning there, I drive you both to your place to get your car so you can drive back here to get ready and go — her and I will then go fix her truck, I’m off the next couple days..or just on call”

Andrew put his hand on Carina's shoulder to calm her a little bit, he looked at his big sister to have her nod at him. Her little brother was right, with the way he worded it she was in no right mind to drive — her mind was purely on Maya at the moment. 

"Could you look a little less like you were just in her bed though?" He giggled at his sisters wardrobe. 

"OH. Andrea not now.." She got into his car, letting him drive to their mama's place. 

The boy kept looking over at his sister on the way over, she was still sleepy but could tell her mind was on the go like it always was. Especially if she liked someone. 

“She’s okay, you know..I don’t know why she was out but if she ended up at mamas it’s a good thing” trying to comfort his sister. 

“But why would she go there instead of coming home? Why was she out in the first place” 

“I wish I knew Carina, sometimes instead of punching it out, she needs some mama time..The Bishop's weren’t exactly mister and misses warmth and love, I know you’re just getting to know Maya, but when you look at her, does she scream I know what emotions these are or I know what do do with them?” 

Carina looked over finally at her little brother, he had a point. They had only touched briefly on her home, those blue eyes housed more than oceans that could go on forever. She saw so much conflict within those bright eyes, so much that she wasn’t sure how to compute. Carina didn’t reply but she just waited patiently till they were at their mama’s place. The 29 year old got out immediately to walk up to the open door of the house. 

“Carina..she’s okay, she’s sleeping in my room..” Lucia grabbed her daughters hand. “Bambina, you need to calm down” 

Taking a few breaths, Carina just nodded slowly while holding the older DeLuca’s hand. The brunette just walked into her mamas room to get on the bed, instantly meshing into the blonde; Maya pulled her closer with her hand. Carina peppered Maya’s face with small kisses. 

Andrew stopped his mama gently, she just gave him a look of ‘she’ll tell you’. He just went to his room to lay down, Lucia went to her own and got back in bed with now both of the girls who were fast asleep. Seeing their bodies fit perfectly into one another she wasn’t sure why the first night she saw them, why she’d ever think about what it meant. 

It was clear as day to her. A mother always knows. 

Her hand came up to push Maya’s hair out of the way, the angered stressed face she had when she first fell asleep was now relaxed, almost serene since Carina showed up. 

Her own daughter looked more relaxed with her arms around the younger blonde than she’s ever seen her. Carina’s brain always seemed to be on the move when she was younger, now she just looked like she just fit with Maya. 

Leaving their mamas place a hour and a half later, a whisper from Lucia to Maya saying she was ‘going to be okay’ that ‘I’m so proud of you’ to have the blonde hugging the older woman tighter had the fighter feeling a little better even when her insides were arguing. Andrew didn’t fight it when both girls sat in the back but he did look at Carina in the rear view once they got to her place.

“I’m going to drive Maya home, I need to talk to her” Carina felt mixed emotions but once Maya nodded her head with a couple kisses to her cheek the reluctant brunette got out, Maya finally ending up in the front seat. 

Andrew rubbed his eyes from the sleep he barely gotten, still fully functional to drive. Maya pushed her hood down to run her hand through her hair and put it up in a ponytail. 

“I ended it with April, this morning…it’s why I left” it broke the comfortable silence. 

The boys foot slammed in the break making Maya brace her hands against the dashboard. Her head whipping around to look at her best friend, he was being crazy and it was too early in the morning for his crap. 

“ANDREW!” a little scolding.

“MAYA! You..you fucking ended things finally?! Wait what time did you go?! How did you break your truck?!” He yelled, still having them at a stop. 

The blonde punched her best friends arm, he made a little ‘ow’ to then go back to driving. 

“I was at her place by four twenty? She texted me at three thirty..? I just needed to, I couldn’t do it anymore..not that I could anyways prior to this but seeing her deflate over FaceTime, it kinda just hit me differently” 

“Who? Deflated?”

“Carina” Maya whispered. “April got right in front of her when I called, I just saw her head go down..I knew I should have done it a while ago, I just — I’m stupid when it comes to this shit but Carina looking like that? It hurt me..I didn’t want to be the reason.. but I’m so fucked anyways” laughing while looking at the ceiling of the car. 

“What do you mean?” 

“When April and I first started dating I signed a contract, I thought it was just a simple NDA, so I didn’t read it, I just...wanted to fuck her.. — turns out every professional event I went with her was in there…and there’s one more in a couple weeks..which means I have to go” 

“Maya, what the fuck…you're always so meticulous when it came to contracts?? Are you guys done though?? What happened..”

Maya sighed as she rubbed her face, Andrew made sure he was going slow enough so that they had the time to talk.  

“Don’t give me that shit, I’m already beating myself up..it’s why I ended up at mamas I just couldn’t think, I’m so fucking angry.” a slight pause and a grateful sigh after she nodded. “Internally yes we're done..outside…not until that last event I'm hoping— I need to contact my lawyer. She said I could ‘go’ after that but I just don’t trust her.." Maya opened and closed her hand over her chest, like she was trying to explain what was going on.

“So you can’t do anything with Carina??” He wasn’t sure how all this worked. 

“I don’t know, that’s why I need to call Dylan..I’m not sure what else I fucking signed up for, April literally has me by the fucking balls” 

“Bub..but, like…you broke up with April for my sister??” He tried to see if this was the time to ask.

Andrew and Maya got out of the car for the blonde to just look at her best friend. Shaking her head with a smile on her face, a small blush creeping up on her neck. The blonde pushed him away to where he laughed with a couple claps of his hands. He stopped to pump his arm a bit like he was celebrating. 

“Goodbye April mother fucking Kepner…” he whisper yelled. 

Walking into the apartment, all Maya could do was laugh at how he was being. You’d think he was the one doing the break up. Discarding her shoes, she kept her sweats on to see Carina walking in the door a little bit after they did, her eyes finally taking in what she was wearing, Her heart leaped just looking at the brunette who just looked at the blonde with a tilted head. 

Carina got closer to just push at Maya’s shoulders. I deserve that. Carina did it again, but Maya caught her hands the next time to bring her down to her lap. 

“You look good in my clothes..” whispering to just have the brown eyes look at muted, almost angry blue tones in Maya’s. 

“You should have told me you left, where did you go..where are you now, your eyes..they're not blue like they usually are” Carina placed both hands on the fighters shoulders. 

“I couldn’t, I’ll tell you when I can..but I’m here with you, no where else I’d rather be” 

Even though she was broken up with April she wanted to make sure what the nitty gritty was with her lawyer. Though knowing herself she wasn’t sure how much longer she could hold out. 

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In an hours time, Maya was dressed in some boyfriend jeans and a long sleeve black shirt. Compression shorts neatly put on they peaked out from the tops of her jeans, her hair was down over her shoulders still a little wet from her shower. Carina was equally as dressed with a simple pair of high waisted jeans, her hair pulled back, curly from the water as it was pinned back in a loose bun with a couple of the long hair chopsticks. A white cropped t-shirt, she hadn't done any make up since they'd both be in hair and make up today. 

"How can you look that good with no make up...like...damn Carina..." Maya complimented and Carina just looked over at Maya, blushing a bit. 

"What's gotten into you? You've seen me with no make up, you are gorgeous yourself..." Carina was sincere about that, everything about Maya was down right gorgeous.

"I just thought you should hear how stunning you are without it..." Maya followed up.

Walking down to Carina's car, Maya's was still stranded at their mama's house, the thoughts of this morning seeping back into her head. Starting it up to let it warm up a bit, Maya sat there with her hand going over to the brunettes thigh and caressing it a bit, sipping the warm liquid. 

“Are you ready for our scenes today?” Carina asked softly with a smile.

"Nervous? In a way...cause...it's..you, but excited at the same time?" laughing a little nervous. 

"Maya...why are you nervous?" 

"The ad-libbing..just..being close to you, I love being close to you, but you know what I wanna do..." Maya looked over and it just made Carina bite her bottom lip with a smile. 

"What you and I have is good, raw, untouched chemistry..in every aspect Maya..I can't wait to make this movie with you, to share this with you. To show you that just because you're not fighting professionally that you can't find something that you are favoloso at" Carina smiled, her hand going over top of Maya's soothingly. 

"Seriously...how do you do that" A laugh left Maya's lips. 

"Come on, lets go start this adventure together...Mia is ready to see Tyler again.." Carina flirted with a small shake of her shoulders. 

The two of them got out of her car at Jack's gym. They had parked at least two trailers in the back, Maya was right with how big the lot was -- it was the best place for them to film. Walking up to the trailer Maya was using yesterday, it had both of their names on it; both of them had placed a rider in for the trailer's snacks and liquids.

CARINA DELUCA - MIA ACCARDI
MAYA BISHOP - TYLER DANVERS

Carina tapped on their front door where their name plates were and Maya just followed her into the trailer to get settled. The two settled in for only a little bit before being whisked off to hair and make up. Carina's hair was down in a loose but messy braid for her first scene, Maya's hair was pulled back in a ponytail but two large braids were strategically placed at the top of her head. The nerves that the blonde had were going away as Carina was making sure she felt at ease the whole time. Small dances in the hair and make up trailer, the brunette also took out her phone to take some footage for them and also her mom to see. 

Wardrobe was easy, Maya was able to pick out again what she wanted out of the many outfits they had lined out for her. Talking to the woman a little bit while she was standing there in her compression shorts and sports bra, she was rubbing the back of her neck a bit. Carina walked over, placing her hand on Maya's exposed back gently. 

"Everything okay?" 

"Yeah, she's just having a hard time choosing..." Heidi said with a smile. 

"They're all great..that's the problem..." Maya mused as she placed her hands on top of her head but Carina pulled them down gently to not mess up her hair. 

"What do you think? You have to look at me...." Maya smirked a bit and Carina just looked at the younger blonde and laughed. 

Thumbing through the sets they picked out for her, Carina pulled out a green pair with black and white accent colors and handed it over to the blonde. Maya took it and nodded. 

Carina had already been changed into her fit, it was a relaxing one, a fitted white crop top with dark grey sweatpants that weren't too oversized sitting perfectly on her hips. The brunette fiddled with the top a bit as Heidi walked over and helped fixed the straps of her bra, making it just a little looser so they weren't cutting into her skin. Some simple sneakers on her feet. 

Mia Accardi -- born to Jason and Lily Accardi, only to be raised by her father and his friends. Her mother left, she wasn't ready to be a mother. Mia was brought up in the gym watching her dad and uncles all boxing. She was a bit of a tomboy with some femme traits and she was probably the most well taken care of little girl. Growing up in the gym and her father she got really into boxing and even mixed martial arts, accompanying Jason to every match. She was a boys girl and she wouldn't change a thing. She was bisexual. She was now overseeing a lot of the ins and outs of the gym with all their boxers/fighters they had under their name.

Maya walked out from the bathroom in the new fit and she fixed the bottoms a little bit but she was happy with it. Carina looked over and let her eyes take in the blonde, she had seen her in the gear yesterday over facetime and of course in videos, or at least not in the flesh. 

"Wow...." Carina breathed out and Maya looked over at her. 

"Is it okay?" Maya all the sudden looking at her fit, Heidi just smiled and gave Maya a loose white muscle tank to put over her top half to finish off the look. 

"You..um, Maya...hai un aspetto fottutamente sexy" (you look so fucking sexy) Carina just smiled and Maya just smirked a bit with a small laugh. 

Of course they had been in the same room together working out but, this was different. Maya took in the way Carina was looking and to say that the girl was absolutely breathtaking was an understatement. It's like the two of them were just seeing each other for the first time. Heidi just sat there and smiled between the two like a proud mom watching her choices for both girls, bringing the characters to life. 

Tyler Danvers -- Born to Xander Hayes and Danielle Grabel, the pair never got married but have stayed together ever since. Both bartenders, so bring brought up with the bar life, she was serving customers at 5, taking money at 7 and eventually learning how to cook in the back at 12. Her father got jumped by a few guys in front of Tyler when she was only 6, he made sure to teach his daughter how to fight if the time was needed. Tyler fell in love with the sport, eventually getting into MMA, she was put into a program lead by Jason Accardi when she was 14, that's when her and Mia officially met. 

"I could say the same fucking thing about you..." Maya's eyes trained a little harder on the shirt that Carina was wearing. Her mind wandering a bit as she had to snap out of it quick, the tightness in her shorts was starting and she knew that while her compression shorts concealed a lot, sometimes it just came through. 

Walking over she had asked for wraps for her feet, Heidi had given them over as Carina watched how easily the blonde did it, putting some boots on so she wasn't just walking barefoot. 

"Ready Bella?" 

"Yeah, I am..." Maya got up and the two of them said bye to Heidi who just waved at the girls. 

Once they were done with wardrobe they were going to straight into the gym which had Maya feeling a certain type of way. The anger was coursing through her veins, but at bay with Carina right by her side. Both having their scripts in hand, Maya grabbed Carina's hand suddenly as soon as they stepped into Jack's gym. 

"Maya? Are you okay??" Carina stopped when her hand was grabbed. 

The PA who was escorting them stopped and Carina told them one minute as she lead Maya over to the side. Running her fingers down the girls arm a bit with her script still in hand she tried to look at Maya's eyes. 

"Hey, what's going on.." 

"I'm just..a little off today...I'm not like showing or nothing, are you sure I can do this?? What if I fuck up.." Maya turned to Carina and grabbed for her hands, which the brunette gladly let her have. "I'm just a fighter, i'm not even an actress Carina" 

"Hey...you did this yesterday, it's the same thing today just with me...there's no such thing as a fuck up, we just do another take..you're going to do so amazing, it's just me and you this morning..." Carina brought up the girls hands to kiss her fingers that was exposed. "Just breathe, this is your element..and I can't wait to see you do it, you're flawless Maya" 

"Yeah, yeah you're right...I did do it yesterday.." Maya nodded as Carina walked them to the set they'd use for their first scene together. They had gone over it at the table read, Maya knew it was a small ad-libbing part, no dialog was actually written but the two of them just bounced so perfectly that it should be easier today, hopefully. 

They blasted music per Maya's workout preference (thanks to Jack) as she just rolled her head a bit. It's home. Maya got into the ring they used yesterday, the same one she trained in so it was honestly just like she was there with Jack all over again. Directions on what was happening were explained before she got in there. Maya was supposed to be angry -- a little too easy today, her character was sideswiped last night by Carina's characters boyfriend.

There was a bag that stood dormant in the middle of it to have her start hitting. Taking a breath, Maya focused, she started off slow, moving around and then that's when it all came in full force with her moving around and punching the bag. All of her anger was slowly seeping out as she just focused on what happened this morning. 

Carina walked over with a nod to the director, walking in and cutting the music off, her eyes trailing over the girl in the ring. Mia who was her character hadn't seen her ex girlfriend Tyler, in about 5 years till the night prior. Which had yet to be filmed but the premiss was easy to envision.

"Didn't think you'd still be training here...." 

Maya stopped as she placed her hands on the bag. Surprisingly Maya was so focused she almost forgot they were filming. She breathed heavy, her eyes never leaving Carina who was walking on the ground, her hand trailing over the big heavy bands that held the ring together. Shrugging gently as she wiped her forehead with the back of her glove. 

Maya looks so fucking hot right now. Carina thought as she just looked the girl up and down slowly. The brunette pushed herself between two of them bands to get into the ring like she had done thousands of times before. 

"Where's your boyfriend? How’s his face? Does he know you're here fraternizing with the enemy?"  

"He doesn't own me, I saved your ass last night...a thank you would be nice" Shrugging a little bit. 

Carina walked around a little bit, looking at Maya who was looking straight back at her. Make up had put a little shiner on the bottom of the blondes left eye to show she had gotten into a fight, making it fresh and dark. 

"A thank you?! You didn't do much saving since he had already bull ran me into the ground, your 'boyfriend' sure has a little bitch slap though.." 

"Well someone didn't stop running their mouth" Carina stopped and placed her hands over her chest crossed. "Who's fault is that...hmmm your eye really shows that 'bitch slap' " 

"Oh come on. You can't be taking his side... he's the one who started it. I was there celebrating my win. Didn’t know he all the sudden 'owned' the club?" Making a 'what the fuck' face as she used air quotes for owned. 

"I don't care who started it, you god damn know better -- it's the type of shit that got you in trouble anyways..." 

Maya just tilted her head a bit with a shake of her head. Tyler had a debt to pay, she kept playing a little dirty with betting behind the scenes and sometimes she wasn't exactly truthful with paying. While it didn't take her out from fighting, it put pressure on her to keep winning. 

"You know nothing Mia, and it's best if you keep out of it" 

"Oh no no no..you don't get to throw that bullshit in my face Tyler. This is MY gym besides my papas..and like hell am I going to let you ruin it because you won't fucking shut up this is exactly why we broke up" Carina had walked up into Maya's face pointing. "So don't tell me that shit" 

Maya grabbed the girls hand and pulled her closer. Tyler hated it when Mia would do that to her when they were together. She hoped she wouldn't be going too far, she was honestly just trying to go with it. Carina's eyes said nothing alarming, there was no chatter for them to stop what they were doing. 

"Don't fucking point at me..you know this is my home too..." 

"Or what...what are you going to do about it..you going to push me? I can do whatever the hell I want..you're the one who's got to keep in line Danvers" Carina's voice was low as the two of them looked at one another. Seeing Carina in this element, it was a change but a much welcomed one. 

"You know I was never one to keep in line, it's how I got you -- remember?? Daddy's little girl...and you were weak as fuck for me.." 

Maya had backed Carina up into the bag that stood in the middle of the ring she was hitting not too long before Carina got on set. Carina could feel her heart rate spike as she just listened to Maya talk like that, as weak as Mia was for Tyler -- Carina was for Maya. Her hands went back to hold onto the bag as the two of them were still face to face but not body to body, there was a good few inches between them. 

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Carina's body was getting hot from the two of them being like this, acting like this. She knew Maya would be great at the role but fuck was she surprised at this. Surprised a little bit with all the anger the girl was holding.

"Fuck you. We were kids..I was stupid to be like that for you -- look at how you turned out, pathetic. Fighting to get your debts covered because what? You take your little bets too far??" Carina tried to subtly swallow a bit. Maya please.

Maya nodded as she licked her lips with a low laugh, taking a step towards the girl, her hand pushing into Carina's hip to hold her to the bag. If Maya wasn't already turned on by everything Carina was before, she would be now, her gloved hands were squeezing into the girls hips. They had built up this tension outside of their characters for days, it felt like months and it seemed like it was spilling over into the scene, but so was Maya's anger, the brunette's words were hitting in places she didn't want to have it hit. 

Pathetic. It's how she felt after this morning, so now that alone was driving Maya, the clear want she had for the older brunette was burning a hole in her too -- she wasn't sure which one was stronger.

"Been there, fucked that...and from what I remember..you liked it when I did.." Maya leaned in to ghost her lips over the side of Carina's neck as she kept speaking, both of her hands holding the brunette's hips to the bag. Let me kiss you.

Carina was trying to not react to how close Maya was, her hand grabbed over to the girls wrist hard. She'd had been this close to Maya before, this just felt so different than their usual push and pull. Ad-libbing to Carina hadn't ever been this hot. But it was never someone she wanted so badly opposite of her. Maya's eyes were sharper than this morning, but still had that muted angry look.

"At least I win fights, your pathetic little boyfriend can't win a single one...so what is it about him Mia, does he have a bigger dick than me or something, is he just that pretty and that’s why he doesn’t win shit? We had everything together… I saw you looking at me all damn night, finally realizing you’re missing what you let go?" Maya whispered into Carina's ear as she smiled. Carina turned her head so their noses were brushing with each breath. 

"You want to tell me the real reason you stopped the fight last night...cause I know it damn well know it has nothing to do with my running mouth" 

Maya was becoming even debilitating for Carina herself with how low she was talking. 

"I didn't..." Carina breathed heavy. "want you to get hurt.." 

"What was that? I didn't hear you..." Maya's eyes looked into Carina's, the normal light brown orbs were heavy and dark. She swore she could hear her heartbeat in her ears with this heat between them.

"I didn't want you to get hurt" Carina gritted as now her heart was really pounding. 

Just before Carina could speak another line, Kyle who played Jason swung the door open to the gym and Maya just backed away instantly like the script had said. Taking a few steps back, Maya just breathed out a bit, her head going back to calm herself. Hands instantly going to her hips. 

"Mia? Is that you??" Kyle could only see Maya in the ring and then a pair of legs. 

"Y-Yeah papa...it's me.." Putting her head back against the bag, cursing herself for starting to give in like she used to with her ex. 

"Ty..what's up champ...great match last night --" Kyle smiled from down on the ground and Maya just smiled at the older man. 

"Thanks coach, Mia was just here congratulating me...we saw each other last night" Trying to explain why the girl was here. "Isn't that right" Maya looked over to where Carina was. 

"Right..." 

"I heard, looks like you got some shiner there Ty..what have I told you?" The disappointed dad came out. 

"Keep my fights in the ring" Maya said with a little edge to it. Carina was able to gather herself a bit as she pushed up from the bag to go and walk over to where her 'papa' was. 

"Your boyfriend is lucky she didn't finish him off kiddo.." He now was talking to Carina who was hanging over the side a bit before she slipped out of the ring. 

"Yeah. I know." Carina then left the 'gym' through the doors her 'papa' came through. 

"CUT!" Johnny the director yelled as a large bell ran off. 

Carina came back in the door, her eyes boring into Maya as the blonde was trying to relax now after that whole thing. She couldn't look at the blonde as much as Maya couldn't look at her right now either. Johnny however was going off on how perfect it was, too perfect that they could go relax as they were going to go get ready for another scene to set. All they needed to do was make sure Jack's office as perfect for the shot.

Maya got out of the ring, her body marching off past the brunette who just followed right after. No one suspected anything out of the ordinary. Going into one of the bathrooms, Maya just looked up at the ceiling as she just looked like she was in pain, she wasn't physically -- her yearning for the brunette had just driven up so high that she was feeling it. She started shaking her hands to calm herself and her heart. 

The door opened and shut quickly for Maya to look behind her, seeing Carina standing there. The blonde just looked over the older girl. Neither said anything for a few moments, it was like they were reeling in what they had just done, the want that was radiating between them.

"Maya..." Carina called out to the girl who was ripping her gloves off and slamming them to the ground. 

 

TO BE CONTINUED........

Notes:

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Chapter 12: Hurt My Feelings - pt. 2

Notes:

Welcome to part 2!!

Previously....

"CUT!" Johnny the director yelled as a large bell ran off. 

Carina came back in the door, her eyes boring into Maya as the blonde was trying to relax now after that whole thing. She couldn't look at the blonde as much as Maya couldn't look at her right now either. Johnny however was going off on how perfect it was, too perfect that they could go relax as they were going to go get ready for another scene to set. All they needed to do was make sure Jack's office as perfect for the shot.

Maya got out of the ring, her body marching off past the brunette who just followed right after. No one suspected anything out of the ordinary. Going into one of the bathrooms, Maya just looked up at the ceiling as she just looked like she was in pain, she wasn't physically -- her yearning for the brunette had just driven up so high that she was feeling it. She started shaking her hands to calm herself and her heart. 

The door opened and shut quickly for Maya to look behind her, seeing Carina standing there. The blonde just looked over the older girl. Neither said anything for a few moments, it was like they were reeling in what they had just done, the want that was radiating between them.

"Maya..." Carina called out to the girl who was ripping her gloves off and slamming them to the ground. 

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She wasn't sure what was going on inside of the blonde, but she knew what was going on within herself -- and that seemed to just be an over powering want for the blonde. That these characters clearly had run both of the girls up the wall, more than they already are. Carina took a few steps forward towards the blonde, seeing the girls back but her chest was heavy breathing so much she could see it. 

Carina waited for the blonde to catch her breath, her blue eyes eventually looking over at the brunette, she just shook her head. Carina pushed Maya against the wall so she had something stable behind her while she tried to catch her breath.

"Breathe, Maya...just breathe...." Soothing the girl, both of her hands coming up on either side of the girls neck. 

"How do you do this all the time...It took everything in me to just not kiss you..." Maya leaned into the actress. 

"The actors I play against -- I don't have a connection outside of our characters...but with you...oh Maya...with you..." Carina just shook her head, her hands ran over the braids in the blonde hair looking into blue eyes. 

Maya just ended up nodding, seeing and could understand what the italian was saying. They had that chemistry, it was coming thru from them and bleeding into their characters. It was a warm moment, between the two of them.

Hands came up to grab at Maya's muscle shirt she wore, gripping it hard to pull herself in, the two only inches apart. Maya’s hands pulled Carina in by the band of her sweatpants, breathing heavy while looking at the brunette. As if their little back and forth since the initial kiss wasn’t killing the both of them slowly. This whole scene was absolutely destroying them. 

Maya's fingertips dipped into the girls sweatpants only a tiny bit, not much. Dark brown eyes were looking into now sharp dark seas of blue mixed with that angered muted blue, she'd never seen them that dark on the blonde and they were just as gorgeous. Carina slowly had let up on the girls shirt, her body falling into Maya as the blonde then held her close, turning them so Carina's back was against the wall now. Her wrapped hands flowing up to the exposed skin between the sweatpants and the shirt. 

“Ho tanta voglia di baciarti” (I really want to kiss you) Carina's body was still reeling and slightly shaking from the whole scene with Maya. 

The blondes fingertips felt like fire on Carina's body, they'd find themselves in this position more than once since they met, and each time it got more intense than the last. Carina's hands were holding onto Maya's arms, arms that she loved feeling around her body a little too much. 

Maya's eyes darted down to Carina's lips and she was getting ready to take the plunge and just kiss Carina, there was a knock on the bathroom door to have it open just a crack. Carina's mouth dropped open as a 'fuck' was mouthed out, falling back to the wall, looking up at the tiled ceiling. 

"Ladies we need you back..set is ready" The PA said and Maya was the one to speak up. 

"Yeah of course, we will be out.." Hearing the door close, the blondes head went right into Carina's neck. 

Catching their breaths, they just stood there for a few minutes more. Carina felt a shiver run through her body when Maya's lips pressed against her neck, this wasn't the time to fall apart. The blonde held Carina up when she felt the girls knees buckle just that tiny bit. The kiss was so tiny but it did so much to the brunette. It took a second, but Maya eventually peeled herself from Carina with her help in pushing her back.

"Was it bad?...what we did..." 

Carina shook her head back and forth fast. 

"Bella..not at all, I'm..amazed by you -- it was so perfect" 

Pushing herself up from the wall, Carina picked up Maya's gloves and the blonde held her hand out as the urge to just kiss one another was still there with the pent up energy within their bodies. Opening each of the black padded mitts, Maya pushed her hand into both with Carina securing them. Kissing the girls fingers once the mitt was on. 

"Go...I need a minute..." 

"But..." Maya breathed out as her hand caught Carina's. 

"Just a minute Bella" 

Maya nodded as she left the bathroom pretty fast, still feeling it all, if she didn't leave fast she might never have. She walked back to the now new set to only blow out a long breath she swore she'd been holding in her body. Carina shook her head, placing her hands on her hips while her feet walked her around in a small circle. Calming all the nerves that were going off in her body, knowing fully they wouldn't be all going away but at least if she could get most of them to settle down, she'd be set. 

Walking back to set, they had the office set up done as 'Mia' would be in there since that's where she initially stalked off to. Freddie was behind the camera in the office as he just smiled softly at the italian. 

"You ready?" He asked and Carina nodded. 

"Shouldn't I be asking you that question?" 

"No way -- Maya makes me nervous..." He laughed a bit, it made Carina laugh too as she shook her head. 

"Why..." 

"It's the Maya Bishop..you know how many times I've seen her fight? Too many, and she's here..and it's like watching her all over again but face to face..good luck to you Carina" He smiled while getting set with his camera. 

"Okay ladies...you two were so..pure perfection...let's keep going" Johnny smiled at the two of them and they smiled with a nod. 

Carina sat on the desk as she held a ipad in her hand as she was looking through stats of the new upcoming matching. Her fingers hovered over Tyler's name. A knock on the frame of the doorway rang though to make the brunette look up and it was Maya, she just looked the girl up and down slowly. 

"What do you want..." 

"To say I'm sorry..I was..out of line back there, I just -- seeing you again, just" Maya was trying to talk with her hands on how it was making her feel, or well how it was making Tyler feel. "brought up old feelings.." 

Carina put the ipad down on the desk behind her as she just looked at the blonde. 

"If you're angry with me for leaving you, be mad Ty..but I said what I said -- I didn't want to see you hurt..." 

"But why! It's what I want to know..you could have easily let him just do his thing and I throw a couple punches...he was calling you his property, what did you want me to do? Just shut the fuck up and not defend you?" Maya took a couple steps closer, hitting the red mark on the ground that they were showing her yesterday what they were. 

"I can take care of myself Tyler -- Has it ever thought that maybe just maybe I was waiting for you to grow the hell up?? You never did -- you're still the 14 year old I met who had a mouth on her..and maybe I didn't let him hit you because I don't know, maybe I still give a shit about you" Carina put her hands up like it was the most incredible idea she's had. 

"What are you even talking about, you left me Mia -- why all the sudden do you care.." 

"It's not all the sudden Ty."

Carina just shook her head as she placed her head into her hands like Maya was giving her a headache. Moving them back down slowly to plant them on the desk she was still sitting on.

"You wasted our money, I was waiting to see if you'd actually grow up so we could start a life..that we could keep building everything..and you didn't so I broke up with you because it felt like a damn waste" 

Tyler was reckless, she felt like since she started fighting it was a constant go go go. Not once did she think about what her actions would do to the one girl she wanted in her life forever. So when Mia left it's like she had nothing left to lose other than the sport she loved -- so she trained, trained harder so she'd win, win to pay off the people who were constantly after her.

"I'm sorry I called you weak.." Maya apologized, taking a step closer so she could place her fingers on the girls leg a bit.

"It's fine, you weren't exactly lying.." Carina sighed, she bit the bottom of her lip and Maya walked the rest of the way to pull her face up to look at her. 

"Don't do that --" Maya said as she looked down at the older girl. "You're anything but weak, Mia"

Carina had to pull her face away, she couldn't look at Maya at the moment; it was too intense even for a soft moment. Maya's hand pulled away to now just look at Carina's side profile. 

"You've always been a real piece of work Ty, and I mean that in all the ways possible -- I never thought you'd choose your reckless ways over me..I waited six years for you to grow up...six years and you still chose to feed yourself with stupid shit.." 

Maya hung her head, she could relate; choosing to dope up instead of believing that she could win things without a little boost. She was just a stupid kid, in so many ways, maybe April was right in a way -- maybe Carina would see the way Mia saw Tyler; just a kid. Maya was broken, that much was true and very much like Tyler. 

Note to self: don’t break up with your significant other on the day you have a scene. 

"I loved you...I loved you with everything I have and you threw it away -- so I left you Tyler, I left you to try and find someone who loved me back, who would choose me every once in a while..he didn't have a bigger dick, maybe he's not the best of the best...but he wasn't stupid" Carina whispered. 

"You'd come home --shattered..and bruised and bloody and you didn't think what you were doing was wrong in some way?? That booking fight after fight wouldn't have some sort of backfire?? I would walk into seeing your back all fucked up, that beautiful face just -- " Carina sighed defeated almost.

"You stopped coming to my fights Mia..it felt like you didn't care about it?" Maya looked over at the girl who walked away from her. This was way too relatable and it was starting to effect Maya in a way. 

"I only stopped cause my heart hurt too much to see you like this at the end of the night, I wanted you to come home to me -- but you went out to fight instead..stumble in at all hours of the night. I love the sport, I grew up watching my papa become my own superhero..and my uncles too..I thought I had my own superwoman" Carina picked her hand up to pick at Maya's muscle tee. 

Maya's gloved hand wrapped around Carina's forearm to pull her in. There was still tension between the two of them, Maya’s own personal turmoil was messing with her head now. 

"Why didn't you tell me" Maya looked at Carina. 

"Because I shouldn't have to tell my girlfriend that I wanted her to grow up with me..I thought she'd at least do that on her own..it’s not like you would have listened to me if I asked you to just fix your shit" 

Maya just licked her lips, she was blanking on her lines. She was doing so good and Carina saw Maya struggling. Blue eyes looked up at Carina in a small panic. 

"I..." She started and Carina smiled softly. 

Johnny called CUT on the scene when Carina gave him a look.

"It's okay... we start again??" Carina explained, Maya just closed her eyes with a sigh. 

"Hey, hey hey...you're doing so good, Bella..you're doing good..." 

"This is way too close to home Carina..this is way too close.." Maya whispered. 

Carina placed her hands on the sides of Maya's face to caress her cheeks with a smile. Blue eyes looking off somewhere else. 

"Eyes on me right now, Maya…no where else but me, what’s going on, you’re doing amazing” Carina ran her hands slowly down the fighters arms. 

“I don’t think I can do this right now…” 

Maya pulled out of Carina’s hold instantly to walk out of the office, Jack got up from behind the camera to run after his friend. The Italian sat there and it felt like part of her got a stab with the sharp pull out. What the fuck happened this morning.

While Carina was inside with Johnny, they talked a little bit and he called for lunch since they’d been running for a few hours now. Maya was running now to her trailer to have Jack catching up to her. He grabbed his friends waist to hold her, the blonde instantly fighting out of his hold. The brunette showed up outside to see the girl fighting, seeing Jack’s arms going around her top half for her to calm down, putting her head back on the boys shoulder. 

Jack held his partner in his arms not too tight but tight enough like he always did when she got like this. He wouldn’t have to do this often, but since he’d known her, she ran, she ran because confronting whatever was going on was scarier to her. He knew there were similarities between Tyler and Maya. Both seemed to be too focused for their own good, they weren’t good at dealing with feelings or how they felt in general; both seemed to not come from great households. Both seemed to have some sort of angry bone in their bodies along with the biggest heart that just seemed to be a little bruised for how young they were.

"Maya..stop..you're okay" 

“I don’t..want to talk to you Jack. Let me go…” if anything his hold got tighter. 

“Jack, let her go” Carina walked over to the two of them, her feet hitting the black top with a commanding stop.

The boy did as the Italian wanted as the blonde pushed him to just walk up and into the trailer. Carina placed her hand on his shoulder to follow the blonde into their trailer, locking it so no one could barge in. Her brown eyes followed Maya pacing, the blonde pulled her phone out and called someone. 

“Dylan, I need to see you today, I get off at um…” looking to Carina who just held up the number four. “Four..okay, okay, thank you see you then” hanging up. 

Maya was now doing the same thing she did the night she showed up at the brunettes place. Pacing. 

"Maya...are you okay?” Carina attempted. It felt like deja vu.

Maya’s eyes just snapped to Carina, throwing her phone over to the couch before she just tucked her hands on her hips, continuing to walk around the small confines of the trailer.

“You know how hard it is to trust someone?” 

“Si, I do..is this about you and I?” 

“No, you’re..honestly perfect..a little too perfect” Maya’s hand reached out to just go over Carina’s self. “But I like it because I’m anything but perfect” 

“Who says you’re not perfect..” Carina sat down on the arm of the couch, one of her shoes were up on the cushion while the other was on the ground. The italian thought she herself was far from perfect.

“April.” Her voice was dry, she looked down at the ground before looking back up again. 

Of course April would be the topic of this conversation, she seemed to get under Maya’s skin more than being that calming counterpart. They were having another conversation about the redhead and Carina of course would let the blonde talk if she needed to, ignoring that ache in her chest.

“What did your girlfriend do Maya, becau-“ 

“Ex girlfriend, she’s my ex..” Maya cut Carina off. 

“Oh? When did this..happen?" Carina's eyes snapped harder to the blonde. 

“This morning. It’s why I was out, I left at four and went to her place..” now just talking.

Carina nodded again, her fingers then played with her rings before she just clasped her hands together. Her heart was leaping but also Maya wasn’t running over to kiss her or do anything or the sort if they were broken up. The blonde having a girlfriend was the only hurdle that stood in their way of doing anything. Unless something else was going on.

“Can I ask why? Did you…want to? Break up with her?” 

“Why I did it so early, or why did I break up with her?” Maya was still pacing. “And yes I wanted to break up with her” 

“Whatever you want to tell me, Bella.” 

“See — and you do that and then I spill everything to you, I just spill it all and then I do something stupid, okay not stupid -- but something I really shouldn't but I really want to fucking do...I don’t like that, I don’t like it how you are just so..effortlessly you, like you take my control in a way” 

Carina squinted her eyes at the blonde, trying to understand what was going on. Maya walked over to stand right in front of the brunette. Carina’s hands reaching out to grab the girls spandex shorts she was wearing. Moving up slowly and then wrapping back around the muscular thigh to pull the blonde in even more to where Maya had to place her hands on Carina’s shoulders.

“Is that a bad thing?”

“No…but I’m broken” whispering. 

"Maya, why would you say that? Did she say that to you?" Carina asked slowly with the blonde nodding back in response. 

"She's not wrong..I am" 

Carina was starting to slowly put together why the dialog of the script was getting to be too much for Maya, on why it was hitting close to home for her. Carina was spitting out dialog that was Mia telling Tyler why she left her -- meanwhile it seemed like Maya also got a lecture about herself from her now ex girlfriend, or what April at least saw.

The blonde just looked down at the Italian, Carina wasn't looking at her any differently than she did normally, she could feel the brunette's fingers over the back of her thigh, dipping just a little bit into the bottom of her shorts. 

"What is broken? In her eyes.." 

Maya's finger tips were just trailing over the brunettes jawline, over the her bottom lip slowly. Carina brought the blonde even closer with her hand around her thigh, her nails gently scraping against the smooth skin. 

"Everything, my home life..my failed career, how clueless I am when it comes to being with someone, f-feelings?...I just. I'm broken with all of it -- I'm just good at sex, and fighting..."

"If those are what constitute as broken? Then call me broken too..." 

"Carina, no...you're not -- "

"How do you know that Maya? How do you know I'm not?" Carina tried to argue back. 

The blonde stopped her fingers on the italian's jawline, she had a point. 

"-- Bella..Maya, potresti sentirti a pezzi; ma anche le cose rotte possono essere aggiustate. Sei incredibile per me, ti guardo e vedo molto di più di quello che lei potrebbe mai vedere. Il modo in cui mi tocchi, anche adesso... sei così tenero." (Maya, you may feel broken; but even broken things can be fixed. You are amazing to me, I look at you and see so much more than she ever could. The way you touch me, even now..you're so tender.)

"No one knows how to be with someone automatically, it takes time..but it also has to be the right person; the right one should be patient, the right person won't be constantly getting under your skin -- the right person takes you as you are, helps..guides, even fixes if they need to.." Carina's words were soft, her fingers were just rolling in circles over the back of Maya's thigh. 

"La cosa più grande che imparerai mai è semplicemente amare ed essere amato in cambio" (the greatest thing you will ever learn is to simply love and be loved in return) pausing to just look into Maya's eyes. "con ogni pezzo rotto" (with every broken piece)

Fingertips of the blonde were back to tracing over the sharp jawline of the actress, she could feel the words the italian was saying sink in slowly, it wouldn't be an automatic fix -- but they were helping; Carina always knew what to say to her. 

"I want to kiss you.." Maya's thumb ran over the brunettes bottom lip slowly again. 

"Are you chasing..." 

"Always -- " 

"So kiss me Maya, what's stopping you; what's stopping you from doing what you want to do now?" Carina's words weren't hard, but they had a certain 'what are you waiting for' tone to them.

"A contract, that I don't know the contents of" 

Carina's eyebrows scrunched together. Did April rope her into something that Maya couldn't get out of? Her hand came up to stop the blonde's hand from moving more over her face. 

"What kind of contract Maya -- what did you sign?" 

"I don't know..I don't fucking know..." The anger slowly seeping back in and the blonde took a step back to only have Carina grab her hand to pull her back into her. "It's why I'm seeing my lawyer" 

Italian hands running up under the muscle tee over the muscular back of Maya. The blonde leaned down to press her forehead against Carina's, her nose pressing against the brunettes. Carina was trying to sooth the blonde, physical touch seemed to be one of the common love languages between them, or at least if it was Maya's, Carina wasn't going to object.

"Do you really see more than she does?" whispering.

"So much more, can't you see that I do?..can't you tell that I want you just as bad as you want me..more than physically?" Whispering, their noses gently pressing together. "We sleep in the same bed together every night, I can't sleep if I'm not with you..I can't -- being around you Bella...."  she sighed, she couldn't even even put it into words. 

"Carina, of course I do..." 

This was the worst part, how badly they wanted one another. Maya was single and they were still doing this, it was killing them both. 

"Fuck the contract and baciami e basta Maya.." (just kiss me)

It didn't take long before Maya closed the gap to press her lips against Carina's, instantly moaning softly. Carina's hands gripped the muscle tee tight as she sighed happily with the softest, the most cravable lips on her own again. The blonde leaned more into the brunette, her hand planted on the arm of the couch Carina was sitting on and also on the italian's thigh; Maya was melting into the actress. She could feel her heart speed up with so oh so perfect kiss. 

She was liking this feeling, she was addicted to this feeling of being this close to Carina. She was starving for Carina. 

Maya pulled away slowly to have Carina chase her lips till they were locked in small pecks. The blonde grabbed at Carina's sweatpants she was wearing, pulling her up to lay her down on the couch. Pushing her phone to the ground in the process. The italian got herself comfortable, her hands falling out of the fighters shirt, but to settle on her waist. Maya slowly got on top of Carina to then lean down and kiss her again, this time deeper -- pushing her tongue into the italian's mouth, settling her body on the actress. 

Carina's legs were on either side of Maya to hold her in place, the brunette's hands came up to cupped the blondes cheeks as their kiss got more passionate, tongues moving together harmoniously. Their eyes shutting to just let their bodies talk. The trailer was starting to get hot, making their bodies warm up, Carina's tingled. Maya felt like her whole world was flipped upside down, in the best way. The blonde broke the kiss to then bite Carina's bottom lip. 

"Maya...." Whimpering, another slow kiss then had the blonde pressing kisses into the girls neck, starting to suck to make a mark like she did the first time. 

"Carina" 

A moan left the brunette's lips as she didn't even register where they were, all her mind was on was Maya right now. The fighter bit and sucked harder for a couple more minutes in one area to pull away, kissing the mark she made -- the blonde breathed heavy into her neck. Kissing at the newly red mark that she had perfectly placed on the brunette, the blondes lips moved back to Carina's. Sighing happily into them, like she had found oxygen for the first time. 

"You didn't just do what I think you just did..." Carina breathed into the girls lips with a lazy smile. 

"I...well..I did, I couldn't help it..." Maya laughed a bit, looking at the mark she made. "It's not...as big?" 

"As BIG?! Maya!" the italians mouth dropped a bit which made Maya lean in to kiss her lips in a sweet peck.

Carina's fingers caressed the blondes cheeks gently as their eyes locked, the blonde's heart had taken off immediately when she kissed the girl. 

"Why.." Carina asked after a few minutes of them just basking in their moment.  

"Because I was hurting you..and myself..but hurting you -- I never want to hurt you Carina, I -- I feel..something..." 

"I feel it too.." Carina's fingers pulled up Maya's chin to then press another kiss to her lips. 

It's like their kisses sucked the air out of Maya's lungs, she felt like she could barely breathe but also felt like she was breathing easily for the first time in forever it felt like. The fighters eyes were more and more ocean like with what Carina was used to looking into. The backs of her fingers gently glided over the smooth cheek of the fighter. 

"You're so beautiful Maya" whispering as the blonde just bowed her head a bit to hide the blush. 

Smiling herself, Carina took it upon herself to kiss all over the side of the fighters face. 

"Do what you need to do..I'm not going anywhere" Saying into her ear, she needed Maya to hear her when she said that, that she meant it, feeling the blondes body just melt into her own, holding her securely in her arms. 

"Come with me?..to the meeting.." Maya asked of Carina. 

All the brunette could do was nod, her hand wrapping around the back of the blonde's neck. Maya wasn't sure what was going to come about from the meeting, but being there alone, she knew she could handle it; but did she have to? 

"Of course I will.." 

"We have to stop off at the auto parts store on the way back, I need to fix my truck" Mumbling into Carina's neck. 

"What did you even do?" 

"I think I cracked part of the well or some part of the steering wheel..remember when you said you like my arms..." 

Maya picked her upper body up a little bit as her arm came up for her hand to grab the arm of the couch that was above Carina's head. The brown eyed girl looked up to see the arm in question, biting her bottom lip she ran her hand over it slowly, wrapping her hand around the girls bicep to pull herself up, kissing Maya hard with a soft moan. 

"Mhmm.." 

The blonde was instantly moaning back, melting back into Carina. 

"You can thank them, and my anger.." saying into the brunette's lips. 

Carina laughed a little bit into the blondes lips, pulling away to look up at the blonde who was looking completely serious but with that little hint of a smile and clearly flushed face from their kissing. 

"I'm not going to thank your anger..I'll thank your arms later when they're not breaking things.." 

Lips moving back down to the side of Carina's neck, to only have the brunette push her away mid moan when she felt them sucking hard on a different part of her skin. 

"No -- I swear Maya you left me with one now and they're going to wonder how I got it so quickly..you're not putting another one on me.." 

"Come on...you liked it.."

The low register of Maya's voice was shooting heat between Carina's legs. Shaking her head she just couldn't keep a straight face. 

"Are you feeling better...from our talk?" Carina needed to change the subject so they could eventually either get back to filming or stop for the day. 

"Yeah, I am...I don't know how you do it, you always know how to say the right thing..I just -- I didn't think this morning and the dialog would clash to make me feel this way.." Maya slowly fell to the side of Carina so they were now laying on the couch together. "It's not like I'm upset with the break up -- i'm upset and angry with the fact, the fact that i'm attached still by a signature and a stupid decision" 

"No one knows how certain dialog is going to make them feel, if I had known I could have maybe tried to push this scene off till we talked about it. You're also new with this, I don't expect you to have a 'character' mode if you will..we're all human Maya, sometimes the decisions we make in a point of time don't make sense but it doesn't mean things are completely over -- I want you to feel comfortable with this new adventure" Carina ran her hand over the back of Maya's neck still, looking over at the girl. 

"And I am, I just couldn't postpone this morning more than it already had.." 

Carina understood where Maya was coming from. There was a knock on the trailer door to have Carina peeling away from the blonde who was now on the couch laying there. Walking down the couple steps, unlocking the door she opened it to see Johnny. 

"Is she okay?" He asked concerned. 

"Yeah, she's okay...she will be good too so you know" 

"Oh, I wasn't worried about it long term, I love that girl already, I'm just making sure my leads are good before we start to film again" 

"Si -- she's going to be good.." 

Maya appeared a few moments later behind Carina to look at Johnny, her hand on the brunette's back to stabilize herself in the small space. 

"Hi my little fighter" 

"Hey Johnny, I'm okay..personal things -- I hope I didn't mess anything up?"

"Not at all kid, we can still finish wrapping up for today if you're good to continue?" He wasn't going to push if Maya wasn't in the right state of mind. 

Carina looked up and over at the blonde who was right there beside her. 

"It's up to you Bella..we will be done by four" 

Johnny nodded, agreeing with what Carina was saying to Maya. He wasn't going to push more if it wasn't the right time. 

"I want to keep going.." 

"Perfect, I'll see you girls in what? Ten?" 

"Yes, I just need to go see hair and make up for a moment and then I'll be in" Carina smiled. 

Johnny clapped his hands and ran off back into the gym. Closing the door, Carina looked up at Maya for the blonde to kiss her again. Having it get slightly heated, the blonde pulled away for the two of them to catch their breath. Carina made sure Maya wasn't having a problem to Maya's inquiry. It was a no. The italian was then off to make up to get the oh so new hickey Maya placed on her neck covered up, while Maya went back into Jack's gym to apologize to him, getting set up so they could finish the scene of the day.

Notes:

All mistakes are mine!!

Enjoy!!

Hurt My Feelings - Tate McRae

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Chapter 13: Suga Suga

Notes:

Slight NSFW??

Carina sat in her car with Maya as they had pulled up to the location of the blondes lawyer. Both had changed back into their street clothing, what they arrived on set in. Both fresh faced, thankfully Carina brought her skin routine after the make up was taken off, making sure Maya was cleaned up also before they left. 

"Oh my god will you just sit..." Carina laughed. 

"How about you sit..." 

Maya pulled the chair over in their trailer to gently push down the brunette who didn't fight the blonde. Sitting down comfortably in the chair, Carina picked up a make up wipe for Maya to take from her. The fighter carefully took off the make up that Carina had on all day, once the wipe went over the brunette's neck, Maya bit her lip seeing the mark she made. 

"I think I did a good job this time too.." smirking. 

Carina's eyes went from Maya to the mirror in front of them to see the mark, it was dark, red purpleish, almost looked bigger than it was when she first saw it. Hitting the blondes shoulder with the back of her hand, all she could do now was roll her eyes. Maya kissed the brunette's cheek softly. Her hand coming up to cross under Carina's chin to cradle the other side of the actresses face. 

Sighing happily, the brunette's hand gently wrapped around Maya's wrist. Their eyes locked when the fighter turned Carina's head towards her. Leaning down, their lips connecting in a sweet but slow kiss. The italian's hand moved up to cup the back of Maya's neck, bringing her down more to make their kiss deeper. It wasn't till Maya fell into the chair a bit that their kiss was broken, both a little out of breath, but not too out of breath to laugh at what happened. 

"Get up here...now you sit.." Carina got up to place Maya down.

Getting in front of the blonde, Carina straddled her lap, having the blondes hands instantly go to her thighs. The italian took off the fighters make up slowly. Blue eyes trained on the brunette's lips the entire time, making her smile. 

"Stop..we have somewhere to be...remember?" not being able to wipe the smile off her face. 

"I know I just can't help it..I'm still chasing" still having some sort of restraint.

"You ready?" Carina asked, reaching over to grab Maya's hand. 

Nodding, the blonde squeezed it gently before they both got out of the car to walk up to the door. Walking in, Maya was greeted by Dylan. A middle aged man who had taken her on as a client when she was 18, she was just a baby when she started UFC so having some pretty solid people in her corner was a must, especially for contracts and legality things. 

"Maya Bishop, it's been not that long..." He chuckled and brought the blonde in for a hug. 

"As soon as Carina sent me the contact and I read over it, I sent it to you..so..not that long" She then pulled back in a smile. 

"Carina DeLuca, Dylan Myers..he's been my lawyer since I was 18" 

Carina reached her hand out as Dylan did the same to shake firmly but soft at the same time. 

"So nice to meet you Carina, I've heard good things.."

"Nice to meet you too.." 

"Shall we..I'm guessing you need me to look at something Maya?" 

Maya and Carina both followed Dylan into his office where he closed the door, locking it after so no one could just walk right in when he was with a client. He sat down and opened up his computer screen, his eyes looking to both women when they sat down. 

"I signed a contract..with April Kepner when I first started dating her, I know I forwarded it to you -- I need to know whats in it, I broke up with her this morning and she said I was still contractually obligated -- she could use me whenever she wanted" Maya sighed, Carina reached over to place her hand over the fighters arm, soothing it gently. 

"Got it, okay let me look it up.." He typed in a few things to bring up the contract in question. He hummed a bit, looking it over.

"So you signed a PR contact..so she's right, you are contractually obligated for these dates..and the subject to add more dates to this contract hasn't been updated which means the last one on here is a few weeks from today, then technically you're able to leave without repercussions.." He looked it over slowly. 

"It also says that even when you break up -- you still have to follow through with the last one, she can pull you in at any time from now and the last outing for whatever. If that may be, photoshoots, paparazzi photos..you are basically there to make her look good.." Dylan explained. 

"Is there any sort of fee to get her out early, or a fee that has to follow once the contract is completed?" Carina asked gently. 

Maya looked over to the brunette, grateful that she was here with her, not thinking of it in terms of money. 

"Also along with each event, photoshoot or even paparazzi shoot was Maya subject to get any sort of payout from each? Usually if a paparazzi shoot is scheduled or an event both parties get a percentage — " 

"Good question.." Dylan scrolled a bit, looking over the verbiage and wording of each section. 

"She should have been getting a payout, a little bit...but there’s nothing saying she's got to pay her way out once she's fulfilled her agreement, Maya can honestly can leave without a scratch -- I see nothing in here that's going to hurt her, but it doesn't look like she can pay her way out, I'm sorry kiddo" 

“I haven’t been seeing whatever money I’m supposed to get” Maya said gently. 

Dylan scrolled down to see no bank account was attached to Maya’s name for the payout. 

“There’s no account associated to your name on here, she’s getting or has been getting 100% of whatever you both do together..” 

Maya's head fell back with a sigh, that's not what she wanted to hear but at the same time at least she could get away without a scratch. 

“I can file something for your lump sum at the end to get you the money you’re owed” 

"Does it say anything in there about outward appearances? Like I broke up with her, clearly we're going to have to pretend to be something at this fucking event..but other than that?" 

Dylan's eyes went back to the contract as he scrolled up a bit. 

"You're not allowed to be seen with anyone but her, outwardly at least..you have to act like a couple even if you're not so you're right with that.." the mans eyes went to the girls as Carina squeezed Maya's hand gently. He knew exactly what kind of question that was geared towards. 

"But other than that...as long as you're lowkey it says nothing about not being able to see anyone behind closed doors..but you need to keep it private -- if she sends you something to promote, you do it. If you're seen with anyone but her.." 

"No one tracks me anymore, no one fucking cares..." Maya said. 

"They're going to care now that you're in a movie with Carina.." He said to the blonde. "You're going to be followed again, you're going to be under a microscope again Maya, so until this expires...you have to play it so safe or she can extend it..but the way it sounds she's not willing to, not if she told you that you could leave after the next event..just pretend to play nice" Dylan was almost pleading. 

"If she calls you answer, if she shows up you play your role...Maya please" 

"Fine..." 

Just as Maya was agreeing to this, her phone rang to see that it was April. Dylan nodded, Carina caressed the blondes cheek with her thumb as the fighter put the phone to her ear. 

"Hello?" 

"Hi baby.." 

Maya closed her eyes. 

"Hey babe..what's up..." 

"I'm just sitting here, thinking of you...have you visited your lawyer yet?" there was a hint of smirk in her tone. 

"I'm with him right now actually" 

Maya put her on speaker, holding the phone out so the two of them could hear also. 

"Dylan Myers...hows my girls lawyer?" 

"April Kepner, I'm doing well, how are you dear?" 

"Fantastic, i'm assuming you let Maya know she's still in this with me till the very end of that contract?" her tone was sweet. 

"I have and I also told her it was the last one in the contract am I right Ms. Kepner" 

"Correct, so that means..she's not allowed to be seen with anyone..that she can't be seen with a certain someone, isn't that right?" 

Carina's eyes snapped to the phone and then to Dylan. 

"That's correct, I'm assuming you're talking about how outside of the set she's working on, Maya can't be seen with anyone romantically, close looking even?" 

"Correct, which means..no more accidentally sleeping over at someones place -- no driving together..no having lunch together outside of that lot. Those two little friends are fine, but there's a certain brunette she knows I'm talking about" 

Maya was fuming, Carina had every right to be at her place. Her brother lives there besides herself. 

"I told you to leave her out of this, she's got nothing to do with it April" Maya bit, Dylan held his finger up to make Maya calm down, he didn't need the blonde to make things worse.

"I'm just making sure you know your place Maya. You signed this contract, maybe if you read it instead of skimming it so you could sleep with me, you'd see what was in there..you weren't beneficial to me till recently...so i've been nice" 

"So this was all for looks? This was never a legitimate relationship" Maya questioned, placing her phone down on the table. 

“I’d say fifty-fifty legit and for looks... I did it cause I wanted the big bad Maya fucking Bishop -- your name was perfect along side mine..I liked you, I really did Maya. I really saw us doing amazing things together..but please, do us both a favor and follow through till the end" 

"What happens if I need to promote my movie" Maya suddenly said. 

"Then you have to promote it, you just can't look like you want to fuck someone else..I've seen the way she looks at you, and remember what I said this morning -- outward you're still mine Maya..we broke up but to the world we're just fine" 

Maya just looked over to Carina who looked like she was fuming with what the redhead was saying. Her brown eyes looked to the blonde, never in a million years would Carina ever think about manipulating someone into a contract like this. 

"I gotta go baby..but I'll contact you if I need you" April hung up and Maya sat back in her seat. 

Dylan blew out a breath as he looked at both girls sitting in front of him. 

"Whatever this is..I would keep it so under wraps..sneaking around..I don't care, Maya you need to finish this and be done.." 

"Okay, she's gotta drive me to fix my truck though.." 

"That's fine..I'm sorry I didn't have better news, but it sounds like this is only over when that event is done..if you have any other questions please let me know?" Dylan got up to walk the girls out of his office, hugging them both. 

Carina stayed silent as they walked to her car, getting in she looked over at Maya, curiously looking at her to what was actually said to her this morning. 

"What did she say to you?" 

"Carina.." 

"Maya, what did she say to you?" Not that Carina had at all said anything to April, nor did the Italian have a reputation.

"That you only would want me for sex, it's the only thing I'm good at and that you're going to want me till you realize how broken I am" 

Shaking her head, Carina started her car to go to the auto shop. Maya reached her hand over to place it on the brunette's thigh. She didn't want Carina hurting, this was already bad enough for the blonde, but Carina? She had nothing to do with this. The brunette's hand held Maya's, threading their fingers even as she drove. 

"She's wrong, I hope you know that Bella" 

"I know she is, you’ve honestly been so much more than she ever was…so much more than I expected you to be..." Maya sat there for a few moments. "How am I going to sleep at night without you?" sighing she placed her head back on the headrest. . 

"Bella, we will find a way..I don't want to sleep without you either.." Carina parked, her hand caressed the back of the blondes neck. Letting Maya go inside to get the few parts she needed. 

The blonde would have Andrew come with her to help fix it since Carina couldn't be with her all the sudden. Didn't mean the brunette couldn't be at her mama's place, just not outside if someone happened to roll by. Maya came out with a couple bags,  the brunette couldn’t help but to check out how strong the blonde was, it looked like those bags were no effort. Placing them in the back seat she got back into the passenger to smile at Carina. 

"It's happening again..." Maya said while her eyes dropped to the brunettes lips. 

“It’s going to have to wait…” brown eyes looked at Maya’s lips, her hand coming up to trace over the blonde bottom one slowly, already forgetting that they couldn’t be doing this.

Pulling her hand away, Maya instantly just grabbed it, her fingers playing with the gold rings while Carina drove them back to the blondes apartment. Sitting there in the parking lot, Carina just looked at Maya, the blonde turning her head to look at the brunette. The longing, the yearning for each other only to be stopped once again from a mistake Maya made. 

“I meant what I said, I’m not going anywhere..” Carina spoke in a whisper. 

“I know, doesn’t make it fair…not when..not when I finally fucking did something only to be back here again” 

“Bella…” her hand came up to caress Maya’s cheek gently, the pain in her chest was back, she ached for Maya, she ached for all of the blonde. 

“I can have Andrew drop me off…at your place, I won’t make it a full night, I know I won’t..” 

Carina just nodded. 

“Dinner?” 

“Yeah, I’ll be over for dinner…” 

Maya turned her head to kiss Carina’s palm gently before getting out of the car. Grabbing her parts in the back, the blonde for the first time was walking away from the brunette, not something she wanted to do. Carina felt as if April was going to be sending people out if she was crazy specific about them not being near one another. Driving home felt empty, even if the blonde was technically free — they still had to figure out what this was between them. 

[Maya Bishop]: is it time for me to come over yet? 

[Carina DeLuca]: Bella..LOL!! I just left! 

[Maya Bishop]: okay but I miss you? 

[Carina DeLuca]: and I miss you ❤️

[Maya Bishop]: red is kinda serious? Is it not? 

[Carina DeLuca]: il nostro primo disaccordo riguarderà i colori del cuore?!!! (Will our first disagreement be about heart colors)

[Maya Bishop]: you’re so cute when you’re an angry Italian 🫠

[Carina DeLuca]: you better make it up to me if you’re going to call me that Maya Bishop.

[Maya Bishop]: name your price you angry Italian goddess 

[Carina DeLuca]: Andrea said he’s got an idea to get you over here without anyone thinking twice? 

[Maya Bishop]: okay one, why him?! Two; I’m scared of what he’s come up with because we share the same brain 

[Carina DeLuca]: you pose as a mechanic?? Something about you coming over to “fix my pipes?” 

[Maya Bishop]: I’m sorry…WHAT???????? He wants me to be a STRIPPER???? 

[Carina DeLuca]: I like that idea actually…what does you being a mechanic have anything to do with it? 

[Maya Bishop]: oh my god…Carina…

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Maya sat there in Andrew’s car as he just had the biggest shit eating grin on his face. The blonde however wasn’t so happy, sitting there in a pair of overalls, a long tight tshirt, her bag had her overnight clothes but Andrew made sure she had her tool belt. A hat also was on her head. 

“No one’s following me this is stupid” 

“We really can’t trust April, you think she won’t send someone out to watch you?” 

The blonde just shrugged as he parked in Carina’s parking lot, turning off his car he sighed. 

“Listen, I know this is...different?? But also fucking hilarious, play around with it..” 

“I can’t dance, and she had no idea what she’s in for” 

“Exactly why it’s going to be funny..” he laughed. “Andy and Jack are both informed of this too — and you get to be with my sister for the night, win win win” 

“I hate you” 

“You say that once a month, it’s nothing I haven’t heard before — now go fix those pipes tiger” pushing Maya who just opened the door to get out. 

Throwing her backpack over her shoulder, she had her belt in the same hand, head slightly down to make her way up to the Italians door, knocking on it. She wasn’t sure which was more nerve wracking, being on set or this. 

Opening the door, Carina looked at a mechanic looking Maya, her eyes did a nice once down over the blonde before she opened the door wider. 

“Come in…and you are?” Carina just giggled, closing and locking the door. 

“I’m um..the mechanic? I’m here to fix some…pipes” Maya said with a shake of her head, a small wince of the words. This is so stupid, but she looks so fucking good 

The brunette dressed down into some nice silk PJs, red ones. It make the blonde slowly gulp as her blue eyes just ogled the Italian before her. Walking over, she grabbed a chair to pat it, holding her hand out for Carina to take. Taking Maya's hand she just smiled, knowing this was somehow apart of the stripper notion they talked about or Maya screamed in their texts. The brunette sat down to just watch how Maya didn’t want to do this at all. 

“Bella..you don’t have to do this, it was just the idea to get you in here…but I’m not understanding on why you have to dress as one if you’re a stripper..” 

“Okay well now I have to try…” she placed her backpack down. “So…bachelorette parties, would hire men dressed up as..firemen…police officers, any sort of authority, mechanics…to entertain them for the night.” Maya pulled her phone out. Scrolling thru her playlist she ended up on ‘Pony’ by Ginuwine. 

Carina’s eyebrows shot up to the song, nodding slowly while Maya set her phone down. The blonde walked over, turning her hat around so it sat backwards on her head, that alone turned Carina on. 

“And…then they’d dance? Taking their clothes off for the bride I’m assuming?” Carina spoke with her bottom lip being tucked into her mouth by her teeth. 

“Yeah..” Maya just looked at the brunette who was just eyeing her slowly. She wasn’t much of a dancer, so she was going to do her best. “And I’d say something cliche like..I heard someone needed their pipes fixed…which I did” 

Putting her hands out a bit while she walked closer, her hips slowly moving not even close to the beat. Carina put her hand over her mouth trying to not laugh at the very sexy blonde but very badly dancing her way to her. Rotating her arms in a circle a little bit.

“Oh come on! You can’t laugh…” Maya just laughed herself. 

Carina got up to walk over, her hands grabbing at the front of the overalls, pulling Maya close to her so she could press a small kiss to her lips. The blonde chased Carina when she pulled back. 

“So basically a lap dance with clothing coming off??” 

“Yeah..exactly that..”

The brunette walked Maya now backwards to the couch, pushing her down by the shoulders to make her sit down, the blondes legs instantly parting to sit ‘like a boy’. Maya adjusted the hat she still had on. Carina had swiped the girls phone to bend over a bit to look through the songs on the girls Spotify, she couldn’t stand pony. Maya’s head tilted while looking at the brunette bent over like that. Picking something she turned around to then dim the lights with her fingers — thanking she opted for that feature.  

“I really…really….do hope you’re smoother for our sex scene” 

“I — umm..our w-what???” 

Carina just smiled as the song landed on ‘Suga Suga’ by Baby Bash, running her hand through her hair slowly, she flipped it over to one side before she started to undo her buttons on the silk top slowly, getting to the third button till her hands started  running up Maya’s thighs. Inching closer till their lips almost touch. 

“Have you not read more of the script? Tyler…’fucks Mia into her bed’ “ smirking, the blondes mouth dropped slowly. “Clearly you haven’t…which makes this all the better..and if you think I’m joking, I’m not..” 

“I um…” 

“You what? Don’t want to fuck me into a bed Maya?” 

“N-no..I mean..I do..I mean…fuck” breathing out. “I didn’t..know that, was in the script..” 

“Do you want to fuck me Maya?” Carina asked lowly before leaning in to kiss the blonde slowly. 

As soon as the brunette felt the blonde try and put her hands on her, she pulled back to have Maya look up at her. 

“Carina..” 

“No hands….looks like I’m going to have to give you a little lap dance lesson..”

Biting her bottom lip, Carina unbuttoned more of her red silk shirt till the blonde could see her black bra under it, she was about half way down her top. Maya’s heart sped up, the blood started running towards the middle of her legs. 

“I can’t touch you?!?” 

“Nope. At least not on the face, or the neck…” Carina straddled the blondes lap. "Unless I say so.." 

Maya's hands instantly went to Carina's thighs, gripping them tightly. The Italians hands slowly moved up the fighters overalls to wrap her fingers around the straps hand to pull on them, her lower body moving slowly against Maya's lap. The blondes hands moved up to grab at the supple flesh below the brunettes ass, trying to pull her closer. 

“Easy…” saying to the blonde while she kept rotating her hips slowly, grinding down. 

“And why..did you want me to do this?” Maya breathed out, feeling Carina grinding right into her. 

Carina hummed with her hands gripping onto the straps tighter till she sat up a little bit to open up her shirt fully. Maya's eyes had an eye full of Carina's chest, having to look instantly up at the ceiling. 

“Dear god…” letting her eyes look back down at the Italian who was running her heart rate up. Carina just bit her lip smiling.

“Because you called me a angry Italian goddess….so this was supposed to be your payback…” 

“Right…I did..didn’t I…” breathing out as her eyes looked over the brunette slowly. “I like this better though..” Maya's hands gripped at the silk shorts the brunette was wearing. 

Hands sliding up into them not too far but enough to have the brunettes hands reach back to stop them from going any farther. The Italians back arched slightly with her arms only a little bit behind her. It pushed the silk shirt open even more letting more of the lace bra show. 

“Mummhmm -- If you like it so much, don’t look away then..it’s all in the hips, can't you feel it?” Breathing out for Maya to just nod, oh she could feel it, among other body parts as well could feel it. 

Pulling her body off of the blonde, a small whimper from Maya made the brunette smirk a little harder. Taking off the shirt completely, she just discarded it onto the coffee table in back of them. Brown eyes locked with blue, the dark full curly brown hair fell in pieces into the Italians face while she kept moving her body seductively. 

"You're....gorgeous...like -- I take back the angry part..." Maya just let her eyes take in all that was Carina right now. 

"You can call me other things too..." Tilting her head to big her bottom lip. 

"Hot. Sexy. Delicious?" 

"Deliziosa?"

Carina's thumbs hooked into the band of her shorts to push the material down till her arms fully extended. Letting the material fall for the her to step out of, leaving her in just the lace black set. Maya's hand instinctively ran over to cup her growing hard on that was becoming increasingly apparent to both girls but neither commented they just let it be. Her eyes widened a bit sitting there with her head now nodding with the italian word spilling from Carina's mouth. 

"Deliziosa" Maya repeated.

Italian hands used Maya's shoulders for leverage to get back on her lap but never fully sat down. The hovering gave the fighters eyes something to just take in, between the girls lace piece, to the perfectly sat breasts in the bra, to how curvaceous this girl was. It was killing Maya. Undoing the clips of the blondes overalls, Carina leaned in to hover her lips over to speak. 

“Take them off, Bella…” 

Nodding, Maya peeled down the top half of the light weight beige material. Pushing her hips up slightly so her ass wasn’t touching the couch, grabbing at her waist and pull them down and off her body the best she could. Maya could feel the button pieces dig into her back when she was pulling at the offensive material. Having the one piece now pool at the end of her boot covered feet. Leaving Maya in her boxers and simple fitted white long sleeve. About to cover her obvious tent in her boxers, Carina beat her to it by smacking her hand away. 

“Hands on my thighs Maya…” 

The blonde did as she was told, running her fingers up the smooth skin till she was gripping close to where Carina's legs met her hips. Blue eyes were getting an eyeful of the brunette, the way her body moved sensually, her hips moving in small circles. It was obvious the brunette knew what she was doing. Enjoying it too. 

“Carina…” Maya sighed. “You’re unbelievably sexy..” a small whimper left the blondes lips along with a small moan. 

Carina's hands planted a little back on the blondes thighs, her covered core was now rolling up and down the obvious tent in the blondes boxers. Making the fighters head want to fall back on the couch, but she held it up to watch the way the small piece of fabric that covered Carina's most sensitive part was pressing against her. Fuck, fuck fuck. 

Hooded eyes of the brunette just bore into the blonde, the way Maya was looking at her right now? She never felt sexier, the way the fighters hands were on her, it made her skin feel on fire as she danced on her. 

“Maya…” 

“Y-yeah...babe….” That pet name alone made Carina faulted a little, having Maya's hands moved up to grab her waist quick. The hints of a smirk now spreading across the fighters lips. 

“Run you hand up my body…grab my neck…” babe, it ran arousal straight down to Carina's core. 

Gulping slowly, the blondes blue eyes watched as her own hand move slowly up from the Italians waist, up over her tight stomach, fingers catching over her lace bra between her breasts to then wrap around the Italians neck like she asked. 

A small moan left Carina’s lips while Maya was licking hers. She’d never seen something so sensual, so alluring, downright arousing as Carina right now. Wanting to pull her in and kiss her, god she needed those lips on top of hers but didn’t have the strength to do it. All the muscles in the world on the blonde and she didn't have any sort of control over any of them.

Carina’s clothed core ran over Maya’s hardened length a couple times fast before rolling up it slowly. The music had changed to something equally as slow as the last song. Maya is so hard, it’s making me so wet.

“Have you ever been to a strip club, Maya…” 

The fighter of course had been, but never really got the chance to experience such a dance on her. Nodding slowly, it’s like she didn’t expect herself to talk — afraid a moan would drip out instead, slipping her hand around the back of the brunettes neck, Maya brought the brunette now forehead to forehead with her. 

Hot breaths mixing, Carina’s hands gripping the white shirt tight. Carina didn’t want to lose the intense eye contact that was happening right now, she watched the pretty blue turn darker. Tilting her head slightly to the side, all of her hair fell over. 

Carina is going to kill me with this.

“So you know you can’t finger…the paintings…only look, only feel…” her voice was dripping in sex while she spoke lowly to the blonde. 

Nodding again, Carina just smirked, ghosting her lips now over Maya’s. Her core now fully pressing into the blondes hard on, sitting on top of it, rolling her hips harder in a circle which was driving the blonde mad right now. 

“Baciami..” Carina moaned. 

Maya’s other hand threaded thru the full mane of hair to pull the actress into a passionate, tongue filled kiss. The blonde couldn’t help herself, everything about this is what she craved, it’s what she was starving for — the touching, the anticipation, this slow burn of whatever her and Carina were doing. The brunettes hand crept up and wrapped around Maya's that was around her neck. 

It was like she could feel her insides quake, her body was hot and just screamed for Maya in Every. Single. Way.  The way Maya was kissing her, her hand felt weak over the fighters, its like her grip failed her. Maya needed skin, she needed to feel Carina pressed against her; pulling her hands away from the Italians hair and neck, her fingers started to pull at her own shirt. 

“What do you need, Bella” saying as she moaned into Maya’s kiss. 

“My shirt…I need it off…” biting hard on Carina’s bottom lip. 

Carina was quick to help out the younger blonde to pull out off, shoving it over the back of the couch so it made a light thud when it hit the ground. Having to take her had on and place it back on once the offending material was off of her body. The brunette was the first one to dip her lips to kiss down to the blondes neck, their lower bodies still grinding with one another. If Maya could mark her, she as hell was going to make sure to do the blonde. 

Just as Carina was starting to make her mark on the blonde she felt Maya bring her up to kiss her lips hard. 

“Mmmhm Maya…” 

“N-not my neck…fuck… not now…” she hated that she couldn't wear Carina's mark on her neck.

It clicked for Carina as to why, internally groaning to quickly finding another spot to mark that’s not the blondes neck. Lips pressing kisses down the fighters collarbone, stopping once she got to the exposed supple mound that was spilling from the sports bra. Trying to bite the skin, it was giving Maya goosebumps. 

No one’s tried to mark her, she also never marked anyone till Carina, it was like staking their claim on each other. Maya was such a dominant personality that even trying to mark her gave other women the notion that she didn't want to be. Truth be told -- Maya didn't want them marking her, she didn't belong to them. Not even letting April mark her, something about it just didn't feel right. 

Carina? Carina -- She'd let the actress mark up her whole body if she could. 

Dropping her mouth in a moan, she could feel Carina’s mouth just not stopping in one spot, between sucking and soothing it out. This mark; she hope it didn't fade. The italian pulled her mouth off of the now red marked skin to pull Maya into a bruising kiss, hands moving down to rest on the fighters collarbone while they kissed. 

Hands snaking over Carina's ass to grab it, the kiss slowly getting deeper with their tongues entangling again. Maya's cock was throbbing in her boxers, they could do whatever they wanted right now, they could sleep together, they could get down right nasty but there was some unspoken words between them that said not tonight at least. Maya was enjoying this foreplay too much, she'd take this tension she had with Carina over some simple fucking any day -- even though it had been months since her dick even slipped into somewhere warm. 

Pushing Maya back so their kiss broke, the brunette was back to sitting fully against her throbbing length, her hips moving so slowly that Maya swore she'd never been this hard before. The blondes hand never leaving Carina's perfect ass to just watch over her body, letting the italian feel herself.

Carina slowly pulled Maya's hands from her ass to holding them as she turned around so her back was to the younger girl. Her hand reached over and grabbed the hat off the blondes head to place it on her own. Maya took it back and just threw the hat over her shoulder to get rid of it all together with a smile. 

Placing the blondes hands on her waist again, Carina ran her hands through her hair slowly to reach back and unclip her bra to pull it off slowly, looking back at the blue eyed girl who looked like she was slowly about to lose her shit. Smiling at her, the italian ran her covered core over Maya's length in small circles, dropping her bra on the ground. 

"Vuoi segnarmi?" (Do you want to mark me?)

Maya's heart rate sped up. Did she ever? The one strategically but also not so strategic one she placed on the brunette earlier wasn't enough. 

"Si -- Ho bisogno di..." (I need to) 

Carina had heard people talk in italian before, but this was new as she looked back at the blonde who just smirked with her chewing slightly on the inside of her cheek. Flood her panties why doesn't she? 

"Dove vuoi farlo" (where do you want to do it?) Carina tried again to see what Maya would say. 

Maya's hands trailed up Carina's now fully bare sides to lean forward, planting a kiss on her shoulder. Brown eyes watched blue ones, Maya was painting Carina's skin with hot kisses, it made the brunette's eyes flutter a bit with how turned on she was from all of this. The clothed length she could feel throbbing under her own covered core. it made her heart jump. 

Planting another kiss, Maya trailed her index finger now to right under the swell of Carina's breast. Blue eyes snapped up to brown, almost asking permission. 

"giusto...qui..." (right...here...)

A shaky breath left Carina's lips, nodding to moving her one arm back to grip the back of the couch, her other was placed across her chest to hold her breasts. The blonde moved to turn Carina back to face her, dipping her head down to the spot right under the perfect swell of a breast to attach her lips. Moaning as soon as the fighters lips were attached to her skin she didn't realize but Maya's other hand squeezed under to wrap around on of her breasts till she gently massaged it. 

"Maya..." whimpering, instead of grabbing the back of the couch, Carina's hand threaded into blonde hair to keep her mouth where it was on her body. 

Maya was going to make it a perfect mark, wanting to make it deep -- knowing she can't make it crazy big but boy was she going to try to. Pulling away to look at her work, leaning back in to kiss it; pulling her head up her arms instantly wrapped around the brunette to lay her down on the couch. Hovering over the older girl, she locked eyes to pull the arm away from the supple breasts she was hiding. 

Leaning down, Maya kissed Carina deeply, her eyes never wandered down to take a look, not yet, not tonight. 

"Yeah babe?" pulling from her lips. 

"Italian?" was the only thing that Carina said, Maya kissed her again sweetly. 

"Very small.." smirking. 

Moving her mouth over to Carina's ear she whispered lowly into it. 

"Tyler is going to fuck Mia..right..into..her bed...she forgets her name..." biting the brunettes earlobe, making her moan. "She doesn't have to worry..." 

Maya started to rub her length against the italian's core, pretending that she was going to actual fuck her; more or less practicing in a sense for the scene but also she wanted to get Carina off with just the rubbing stimulation. 

Having a heartbeat in your core, or even in ones covered clit was a new feeling. Her body was craving Maya, craving that release from only what the blonde could give her. 

"How long..." Carina whimpered. 

"Too long..what about you.." 

"No ones ever turned me on as much as you have -- I can't even remember.." whispering. 

"This is different for me too, but I want to give you release -- so badly I want to make you cum.." 

Carina's body shuttered at the thought of Maya making her reach a perfect orgasm. Feeling her hard length rubbing over her core, hitting her clit perfectly. It wouldn't take long since she'd been working Maya up since she sat her down on the couch. Tilting Maya's chin up, she connected her lips to have that other connection she craved so much with the blonde. 

Starting off slowly, Maya canted her hips down into Carina's core. Having their kisses not match completely, they took their time with each kiss. Relishing in the feelings they were having for each other -- or in Maya's terms. Chasing. 

A few more rubs of her clothed cock into Carina did the brunette arch her back and came, her mouth dropping open to let out a loud moan. Trying her hardest to maintain the small eye contact they were having. 

"Oh Maya!...Oh...f-fuck..." Closing her eyes tightly as the blonde still rubbed against her to let her drive through the orgasm. Soaking her panties from the rush of her high.

Maya grabbed Carina's thigh, her head in the brunette's neck. Carina's hands pulled the fighters face out to have them look at one another, the brunette's eyes said 'release' -- Maya did just that as she stilled herself to release into her boxers; the orgasm more intense than she expected with looking into those brown eyes. 

"C-carina...ohmygod..." her eyes threatening to close but forcing them open to look at the brunette, moaning for the other girl.

Breathing heavy, Carina kissed the blonde to then have Maya collapse onto her as they laid there on the couch together. Never did each girl get off before with just grinding and simple rubbing so this was new for both of them; but god they weren't disappointed. Semi long nails ran over Maya's back slowly, kisses being placed to her forehead till she moved her face up to steal slow pecks. 

"That...was..." Maya breathed out. 

"New?" Carina finished with a smile. 

"So..so very new, but god was it hot" 

Stealing a few more, Maya pulled them both up slowly. Picking up Carina no problem she maneuvered them to the bathroom so they could either shower and clean themselves up. It was a quick shower with glances over each others shoulder, never facing one another -- not yet at least. Getting into new clothes, Carina just walked out with her lips on Maya's, walking them backwards back to the kitchen. Standing against the island, Carina had talked about making them dinner. 

Once the italian pulled away, Maya did a once over slowly with a breath releasing from her mouth. The ringtone broke her out of her lingering gaze, seeing it was a facetime call from Lucia. Standing her phone up against a container that was on the island she accepted it. 

"Ciao la mia dolce ragazza" (hi my sweet girl) 

"Ciao mama..." Maya smiled and Lucia noticed she wasn't in her room or her apartment. 

"Dove sei? Non ti sto interrompendo, vero?" (where are you? i'm not interrupting you, am I?)

"No no..vieni a salutarti Carina" (come say hello) 

Carina looked over at Maya with a smile and bounced over too quick to say hi to her mama. 

"Ciao mama.." Carina's arms wrapping around Maya's waist a bit as she was leaning down. 

"Now this isn't a surprise...but it is! My girls.." Lucia was excited to see both of them, seeing they both had wet hair all she could do was smile at the two of them. 

"I'm going to go make dinner.." 

"I'm going to have my lesson.." Maya said with a smile. 

Carina leaned in to kiss Maya's lips softly before she looked at her mama, bringing her fingers up to kiss them a few times and blow them out to Lucia. 

"ti amo ti amo ti amo mama" (i love you i love you i love you mama) 

The actress left the screen and Lucia gave Maya a look and the blonde put her hands up in defense. 

"Nothing happened! Mama!" 

"Today we're going to work on putting together strings of words, some have a different connotation than they would standing alone..si? Are you ready" 

"Si..I'm ready.." 

Carina just smiled, a blush going over her cheeks a bit hearing Maya speak italian, she was only joking when she'd tell Maya to learn to speak it but this? Never expected it but it was hot as hell knowing that Maya was learning. Blue eyes catching brown ones but being swayed back when Lucia snapped her fingers through the facetime call at the blonde which quickly got her attention back. 

Notes:

All mistakes are mine!!

Enjoy!!

Suga Suga - Baby Bash
Such A Whore (Stellular Remix) - JVLA

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Chapter 14: Something Just Like This

Turning the brunettes face gently, Maya kissed Carina's forehead a few times before getting up out of bed. She needed to get out and go to their mama's house to fix her truck today, rubbing her eyes; she felt a hand over her back to look back seeing the Italian slightly awake. Leaning back, Maya kissed her lips a little long before pulling back, Andrew had texted her saying he was there waiting for her.  

“Hmmmm I’ll see you later babe...” Maya whispered.

Getting up she watched Carina roll over and grab the pillow Maya was using to bury her face into it. Grabbing her stuff, the blonde walked out to Andrew’s car to plop down into the passenger seat. He had everything she needed so he could just drive them both over to his mamas place. 

“How was Carina?” He asked with a yawn. 

“Good, sleepy..I set her espresso maker to go off in an hour..” maya said with a smile on her face. She wasn’t going to go into detail on what happened last night. 

“Thanks for helping me out, I think we should be able to push it into the back so I can work on it?” 

“Yeah I don’t see why not, that’s why we set up that small lift in the back…you fix all of our cars if you can” Andrew smiled. 

“And it’s why I need to get her up and running because Carina can’t even take me to set with her…” side eyeing the boy like she was over this thing already. 

“April really fucked you didn’t she? Literally and figuratively..”

Maya made a face at that whole sentence. She didn’t want to think about it, shivering at the words.

“Don’t say fuck and April in the same sentence ever again..I’d rather not remember about it” 

Andrew chucked and nodded; making a deal with her statement. Driving them through their favorite coffee joint they arrived at his mamas place to open the gate to the back. It was funny, right next door was her parents house, Lane and Katherine still resided there. She’d see her mother every once in a while but not enough to form another bond with her. 

Lane was standing outside this morning with his coffee when Maya and Andrew rolled up. Blue eyes made contact with her father and he just had a hardened face on his per usual. Andrew ran over to open the gate while Maya got up into her truck. Turning it over to start it up, she thankfully had it straight enough to where throwing it in drive was a straight shot. Getting it into the gate, her best friend closed it. 

“That was easier said than done..” Maya chuckled to walk to Andrew’s car for the parts that were sitting in bags in the back. 

“Fuck your truck up kiddo??” Lane asked from the porch. 

“Sure if you wanna say that..” Maya responded, dry. 

The blonde had no relationship with her father, he disowned her the minute she became a nobody. When she means disown, she means there wasn't a lick of Maya in that household anymore -- whatever the blonde still had was thrown out on the lawn the very same day for Andrew and Lucia to come and grab it, take it back to her place and just settle Maya's things at the DeLuca residence. Lucia however just embraced Maya more since he did that, not that Lucia treated Maya any differently—but now she really could step in and be the parent Maya needed from time to time.

Putting all the tools down, Maya was in her work jeans and a black long sleeve crop top, she had a ratty ass white shirt to put over it but she didn’t need it right now. Pulling the emergency brake, Maya started to take apart her dashboard. 

“So are you going to tell me what you did..” Andrew asked again. 

“I thought I knew what I did, but..I think in the back of my mind I said wheel well..but it's actually the steering wheel and the steering column that I fucked the most, I punched and yanked on it too hard — cause you know, anger issues” she playfully rolled her eyes with a laugh. 

“Oh I know those..” 

“Fuck off..” Maya just pushed him a bit, laughing.

"Can you fix it though?" Going back to talking about her truck.

"I looked it up, looks fairly simple..listen, I can change my oil, do rotors and pads..and little shit, I should be able to do this, plus I talked to my mechanic and he said I totally could -- so.." shrugging. "He said if I needed help that I could call him.." 

Andrew nodded to what his best friend was saying, he believed her. She was pretty good at fixing her own truck, he could remember what she told him when she first bought it. 'If I'm going to get this truck, I should know how to fix it' and boy did she -- having a mutual friend from high school who was a mechanic, Maya spent all her time she wasn't training or doing some sort of fight to just sit and learn, get her hands dirty. 

“So….you and Carina? Last night? Did you fix her pipes” Andrew wiggled his eyebrows and the blonde just gave him a side eye. 

“No, I didn’t ‘fix her pipes’ you fucking idiot” unscrewing the bolts in the steering wheel to hand it over to the boy. 

“But what happened?! Did you guys literally do nothing?” Taking the steering wheel to place it in the back so it didn’t get ruined. 

“Why do you wanna know?” 

“Why are you so defensive…??” 

“Because I’m not going to talk about what Carina and I do together you idiot” 

“I’m just making sure I played match maker right” he mumbled while holding the tools Maya needed. 

The blonde stood halfway in her car and half way on the step that was placed outside of her truck. Blue eyes looked to her best friend as she sighed a little bit. 

“You played match maker right, she’s amazing and I’ve told you that — I’m just, I have something, feelings... and I don’t know what to do with them, I don't even know what they are but what I do know is I look at your sister and I’m happy, I go to bed next to her and I stay asleep, she showed up and it was like some sort of switch came on — it means something right?” Saying slowly before her head pushed down to look at what she was doing again, she was only hitting on small things. 

"Yeah, absolutely Mai.." Andrew smiled a bit hearing her talk about his sister like this. High-fiving himself for it.

Maya didn’t think fixing her truck would take too long, but it was going on two and a half hours now. She had to get under the whole thing to even see what the hell she did. Her feet planted on the ground with her back on the wheeled board she put together years ago. There were tools laying around, her hands were dirty as ever — they always were when she worked on her big girl. 

“Oh come on Stella…work for daddy…” she said while under the it, the wrench in her hand wasn't budging.

“Oh sorry daddy..let me get it loose for you” Andrew’s voice was high as he kicked his feet on the top of the hood of the truck. Mimicking a girl. 

“Fuck off Andrew — " she pushed again, gritting her teeth when she bitched up to her best friend.

Finally the nut came loose to drop to the ground. "Thank you so much…I promise to put you back together..” rolling out she got up, wiping her hands on her stained baggy jeans.

The black long sleeved crop top was still adorning her top half, the ratty t-shirt was hanging out of her pocket so she could wipe her hands on it every once in a while. Her hair was pulled back and up in a bun so it was out of her face. Counting the bolts, she placed them in a small tray she had on the ground. Glaring at Andrew just made him laugh while eating whatever snack their mother gave them. It was some sort of assortment of dried fruit.

“Can I have some” opening her mouth to get close, Andrew started pelting the food trying to get it into Maya's mouth, laughing each time it didn’t. She was trying though. 

Feeling a hand wrap around the blondes neck from behind she felt a kiss to her cheek, followed by a whisper. Maya hummed feeling the hand around her neck, knowing exactly who it was. 

“You look so hot right now…” 

Looking over to see the brunette, her blue eyes darted to her lips and then back up to her eyes with a smile. She had missed her already, hoping to see her while they all were at Lucia's place, and here she was. 

“Oh yeah? Too bad I can’t touch you” wiggling her fingers that were dirty as hell. 

“Go away Andrea…” Carina said to her little brother who was already sliding off the car to leave, at least he’d be in some company with his mama. 

The girls eyes never left the piercing blue ones while she kicked her brother out of the backyard. He was snickering to himself watching his best friend and sister, more than agreeing to leave them alone. 

Dragging Maya off so they wasn’t in any sort of way of prying eyes that could somehow see through the gate, Carina pushed the blonde against the back of the house. The blonde hummed again with a bite of her bottom lip. Carina got close so their noses were rubbing against one another gently. 

“Did you start my machine this morning to make me my espresso when I got up?” Whispering. 

“Mhmmm…” leaning in but she was having to chase Carina’s lips, only to be pushed back against the house. 

“Grazie, Bella” The italian's hand came to move up from Maya's neck, down to her collarbone. 

“Anytime..now can I kiss you?” Maya tried again to only be pushed back against the side of the house with a smirk from the brunette. 

“Nope” popping the ‘p’ a little bit with a tilt of her head. “We shouldn’t be kissing..not here” 

Maya's face was one of confusion as she couldn’t help but laugh a tiny bit. 

“But pushing me against your house is totally acceptable?” Raising an eyebrow as Carina just smiled with a nod. 

“Unbelievable..” trying again to have Carina push her back again with a giggle. 

“And your hands are dirty…” shrugging, pulling away from the blonde who just followed her a bit wiggling her hands. 

“MAYA NO…” 

Carina yelled to have Andrew and their mama come to watch Maya chase Carina around the backyard, wiggling her greasy fingers. Here Maya could be the freest, it’s how it always was with the DeLuca household, rules were upheld but Maya could be the kid she needed to be.

At only 24, the blonde was going through another ‘kid’ phase. Being put thru the ringer her whole life was all about putting in the work to be the best of the best; ‘kid’ time came when she hung out with Andy or Andrew and now since she was basically let go from her own blood she was back to trying to be that kid she once lost. 

“MAYA” Carina put her finger out as the blonde got closer -- but it never failed to have the brunette laugh and a permanent smile on her lips. 

“Get her Mai…” Andrew yelled out of the window, earning a glare from his big sister. 

“Andrea..” Lucia just said with a laugh. 

Carina took off running again, pulling up the sleeping pants she was wearing to not get them dirty. 

"Maybe you shouldn't be wearing my pants if you need to pull them up!" Maya said after the italian. 

"They're comfortable!" Carina yelled back.

Finally getting to Maya's truck she jumped on the hood to have Maya stop and point her finger at the Italian. Getting up on Stella's hood was one thing, it's another to just jump up on it. 

“Oh you did not just jump on my truck like that..” 

“Maya Kathleen…” Lucia warned as the blonde just put her head back. “Fix your truck you silly girl…and as for you —" looking at her daughter. “Leave Maya alone for now, she’s been working on that thing for three hours” 

Sliding off the truck, she walked over to Maya with a smile, the blonde just raised an eyebrow. 

“Why do you always get yelled at??” Carina just smirked.

“Story of my life..” laughing with a shrug. 

“Who’s the guy?” Carina pointed lowly to over the fence, she noticed him a few minutes ago. 

Of course with not living here, the Italian didn’t know who the neighbors were — it was a blessing, though Maya knew now why Lucia pulled out her full name. Lane was just watching his kid, watching her actually enjoying her life. 

“That’s Lane..” Maya said to Carina, looking back at him to not do much of anything to gain his attention. 

“Lane?” 

“Lane Bishop..sperm donor, father..whatever you want to call him…just be glad you weren’t around when we were growing up…” 

Carina’s eyebrows rose a bit to look between now father and daughter, she could see the resemblance between them. He stood there with his arms crossed almost like he was going to challenge his daughter. 

“He’ll go back inside. Usually just checking to see what I’m doing..” 

“Can I ask why? You don’t talk to him?” 

“How about you and I talk about it later? Maybe you can talk to me about what you mentioned probably over week ago?” 

Carina tilted her head to the side as she looked at the blonde. Remembering she mentioned to Maya about a raincheck on her thoughts on how she wished she lived with her mama growing up.

"I think I will cash that in then..." Smiling softly. 

Bringing her hand up Carina caressed Maya's cheek with a smile. The Italian was learning more and more about why Maya was the way she was. Seeing the hardened look on Lane's face she could tell a lot from it. 

“Before you go in can you put my phone up so I can play some music” turning her hip so Carina could pull the phone out, pulling up Spotify and just pressing a play button. 

"Si..have fun Bella.." Carina smiled as she walked back into the house. 

Lane hated seeing Maya so free, he couldn't touch the mind of his daughter when she was at Lucia's, he never could and it drove him mad when he still gave a shit about the blonde. 

Having the last song end and the new one began -- a guilty pleasure song of hers.

‘Baby Doll’ by Girlicious.

The last song anyone would ever think would be on Maya's liked list but it honestly got the blonde pumped and letting go of anything that was in her mind to focus, especially with working on her truck. She had songs for the gym and fighting -- songs for her truck, this was a truck song. 

“Uh, confess it, you know you wanna see me undressing…no pressure, uh, you good right now but you couldn’t better” Maya sang with her head bobbing up and down. 

Bringing the t-shirt that was hanging by her side up, Maya wiped her hands off a little more. Her head bobbing, her body moving gently at the song, smoothly too -- completely opposite of what she was attempting to last night. Carina stood inside as she saw the blonde dancing to the song, taking the time to appreciate the younger girl in another element. It was a treat to see the blonde so free; she had always had that feeling with the brunette but something about Maya alone was a different sight. 

Dirty hands, no care in the world, fixing the one thing it seemed that she could do without any restraints -- something Maya knew like the back of her hand, just like when she was in the gym, it was second nature. There was no contracts, there was no cameras or time limits. Maya, her music and her truck. It was her time and Carina thought that Maya couldn't get more beautiful. 

The small head tilts and the hip movements, it was all cute to see her dance to this song. Maya crossed her arms to sing to the song a little more, turning her head to grab her water, the blonde saw Carina staring and just smiled. 

"That car -- that house ain't what makes me pull near to you" Pointing to Carina with a smile, running her hands over her shirt covered chest to keep dancing. 

The song was completely different from what her and the blonde were doing last night, she could see why Maya was having a hard time last night -- the beat was off, it wasn't that she really couldn't dance, it was that the pressure to impress almost was a little too high. Carina would have just liked anything that the blonde did -- like she is now. 

Brown eyes took in the girl, no bra but that top was tight enough that she didn't need one. Thank god for that because the brown eyes were taking in the fact that Maya had a chest on her. Those sports bras really just tightened them to her body, she obviously wore them for more than one reason. Jeans that hung a little low to just expose the regular boxers she had under her sweats.

Noticing more and more that she only wore her compression shorts when it was something professional or out on the town, otherwise Maya wore just either boxers or boxer briefs depending on her mood. 

"You would have loved it when she came over as a kid..cause this was her -- " Andrea said when he saw his sister just staring out the window at Maya who was now under her truck. 

Carina looked over at her baby brother with a small smile. 

"It was?? You think so?" 

"Oh god yeah, she was great to be around growing up, she still is, Oh..I know so..that look wouldn't have changed from now to then -- she's only like this when she's at mamas house" 

“What look?” Carina questioned and all Andrew could do was smile. 

“You know the one where looks at you like you’re the most gorgeous girl in the world..I don’t see it, you’re my sister but..Maya? She sees it” he kept planting, even when his best friend said that he’s done his job.

"She's beautiful" Carina mused allowed. "You wouldn't have thought twice that she was anything but free.." 

Carina backed away from the window to walk into the kitchen to see Andrea now sitting at the table cutting up and peeling what his mama was giving him; her mama at the sink, washing off fruit, placing it into the basket to dry after so Andrea could take it. 

“Mama said she saw the two of you kiss?” Andrew nodded with his arms crossed. 

“Mama! perché gliel'hai detto?“ (why did you tell him)

“Carina you act like I don’t know she’s the one who gave you those two hickies…make that three" Andrea smirked seeing another one on Carina's neck. 

Lucia looked up to see her daughter sporting another one, she just shook her head with a smile. Seeing the faint ones when the kids were over last, but this one was fresh on her.

"Andrea non arrabbiarti perché non hai una bella ragazza a cui farlo" (Andrea don't be angry because you don't have a nice girl to do it to) Carina shot back. 

"Be', non era una bugia, vero tesoro?" (Well, it wasn't a lie, was it, darling?) Lucia mentioned about the kiss. 

"No, he just doesn't need to know mama" 

Andrew just snickered seeing his sister all bent out of shape. He just liked that his best friend and sister were finding something within one another. 

A small ‘son of a bitch’ was heard and it made Lucia and Andrew just laugh. The commentary that Maya had while fixing her truck was sometimes just entertaining as is. 

“Is she okay?” 

“Oh yeah she’s perfectly fine, does this all the time..” Andrew waved it off before he got up to grab a water. “I’m going to go spend time with my best friend…” he pushed at his big sister playfully. 

Carina stomped her foot — she hated this. Everything seemed to be better before they found out about the contract and the logistics behind it, all she wanted to do was be out there with the blonde. Lucia walked over to grab Carina's hand to sit her down with a smile. Another hour and a half and the blonde was walking in the door to wipe off her forehead, Andrew trailing behind her. 

Holding her hands out, Andrew doused her hands with dish soap to have the blonde start washing her hands, they were in the middle of a conversation. The boy kept filling her hands up till they were basically clean. Needing another round a little later on. 

"You should go take a shower...you stink" 

"Thanks, like I haven't been just working on my truck you dickhead..at least it's fixed..and you finally helped me..." Maya smiled to just have Andrew shake his head.

"I don't know what to do! You're the one who was adamant to hang around with Chuck..." 

"Yeah and It's a good thing, I'm going to go shower.." Maya walked to the bathroom as she stripped herself of her clothes, standing in her boxers. 

A knock came to her door and just a hand stretched inside to have the blonde give Lucia her dirty clothes and then the hand disappeared to go throw them in the wash. 

"Thank you mama!" Maya called out with a smile. 

Starting the water she pulled her boxers off to jump in, getting out she dried her hair and placed some new clothes on. A new pair of boxers, some basketball shorts -- and a tank top. It was warm in the house and all Maya had to do was place a sweatshirt on if she was cold. 

Sitting on the couch she placed her head back with a small groan, Carina walked in from the kitchen to get on the couch to lay against the blonde. Feeling another body pressed against her or trying, she opened her legs to have Carina closer. The brunette settled right in with her body laying against the blondes comfortably. Maya had placed her own arm around Carina’s shoulders, her thumb gently running over her cheek. 

“How are you this comfortable??” Carina mumbled.

Picking her head up, Maya looked down to see Carina’s head nestled against her chest. Shrugging her shoulder with a small chuckle. It was different for sure, Maya was so used to laying against the older brunette. 

“No bra I’m going to assume?” Smiling to have Carina just smile back. 

“You wanna go to our room?” 

Carina asked to only get up, grabbing Maya's hand to pull her up, having the blonde trail behind her; wrapping her arms around the brunettes waist. Maya closed the door behind her watching Carina sit on the bed, Maya following as they sat there comfortably.

“So..all this stuff in here is yours?” Carina asked, finally getting a good look at the room. 

Everything from her parents that she left was now in this room. If it was wrestling medals, to trinkets, albums. You name what she could have potentially left at her parents, it was here. 

“Yeah actually..I guess it never registered fully…” 

Carina looked around to only get up and run her fingers over said metals that hung from the shelves. All of them first place, none of them less than that. Maya watched Carina walk around to basically look at what was left of her childhood. 

“Lane didn’t accept anything less than first..so I made sure I was..” 

Brown eyes looked over to Maya who sat there on the bed. There was barely anything personal, just a couple record albums maybe a couple photos of her, Andy and Andrea as kids. 

“You were a cute kid..you always were — what happened if you came in second?” Asking hesitantly. 

Maya just laughed a bit with a hum. Getting up from the bed she walked over to her drawer to open it, a couple broken metals were in a box. Pulling them out she handed it over to Carina. 

“That..and he pushed me harder, didn’t talk to me, basically what he’s doing now — but when I was 14. I’m not even his daughter now, I’m just someone he once knew which is fine with me..I was surprised we even went to Italy that summer, he was such a fucking dick..” 

“I’m glad you did show up in Italy when you did, and I’m sorry that he would do this, second place isn’t bad at all..and what he did, and what I’m sure what you haven’t told me, none of it was right” 

“I know that now..14 year old me would have probably argued with you..told you that he’s pushing me to be my best, hell — a year ago I would have told you that.” 

“My papa was my superhero..I love him dearly, but there were times I wish I was here with my mama” Carina’s hand gently wrapped over Maya’s that held onto the open drawer. 

One of Maya’s hands dropped to the Italians waist, she just looked at her silently. Maya wanted to know more, know why the brunette had mentioned it twice. 

“I would have met you sooner...” 

“Carina..” about to say something effectively being shut up. 

Reaching over to cup the back of Maya’s neck, Carina brought her in for a long slow kiss. Breathing in through her nose, the grip she had on the drawer loosened a little bit. Pushing the metal back into her drawer, the blonde pushed it closed when she pressed the italian up against it, her lips not parting from hers. 

Maya had never been able to take anyone she had a crush on home, her high school years were spent in the gym, spent kissing pretty girls behind the bleachers of the high school football field. Never in her room, never in her house. 

Bringing Carina over to the bed she laid her down to get on top, kissing the brunette was her own personal drug, one she’d happily take to get her fucked up. Carina’s hands cupped Maya's neck before moving down to her shoulders. A small knock came and Andrew opened the door fast. 

“Oh shit..sorry..” he laughed, having Maya pull away from Carina. 

“Oh my god seriously??? What..” Maya said getting up, leaving Carina to lay there. 

They talked in a hush tone, Carina just watched the two best friends as she admired the blondes backside. Her foot came up to push at Maya’s ass while she was talking. The blonde just laughed, putting her hand back to stop the bouncing at least of Carina’s foot. 

“So does she want me to go talk to him? Or??” 

“I don’t know, she just mentioned he said something to her when she went to go out to get the mail just a bit ago…” 

“I don’t mind fighting with him again, I would gladly, I have the anger for it but like I don’t get it — she’s done nothing wrong” 

“I know but I wanted you to know in case he tried anything when you left..we all know how Lane can get..” Andrew rolled his eyes. 

Andrew looked over to his big sister who was still messing with Maya. Just shaking his head a bit he then said lunch would be ready soon, him and Lucia were about to go get it since they ordered out. He left, closing the door behind him. The blonde crawled back on the bed with a laugh. 

“Pain, you’re the cutest pain…” joking. 

“You like me anyways — it’s for chasing me earlier” Carina just smiled. “Is everything okay?” 

“I mean yeah you’re alright…” Maya teased with a smile. 

“Says the girl who came in her boxers last night..” Carina leaned over and kissed Maya again, breathing in through her nose.

“Mhmm..yeah you’re not wrong” a blush formed on Maya’s neck and cheeks making Carina bite her bottom lip. 

“I thought it was the hottest thing, I would love to do it again..you were…so hard..” saying against the blondes lips, humming against them. 

Maya’s hand snuck up Carina’s shirt a little bit, letting her fingertips feel the smooth skin under them. 

“You came too..I’ve never heard anything hotter then you moaning my name…” breathing into the kiss. 

Carina pushed Maya back to just look at the blonde making her look confused. 

“What did I do?” 

“So you can dance all sexy hippy like outside to a girl band but your can’t dance to slow music and strip for me?” 

“Okay — see..listen..” Maya just laughed which in turn made the Italian laugh. 

The two just laughed before settling down, locking eyes to have Carina rub her nose against Maya’s. Kissing her in the softest and slowest peck. Maya could feel her heart pick up in speed with the way Carina kissed her. 

“You’re the first girl I’ve ever had in some type of bedroom…” Maya breathed out, Carina smiled softly. 

“I am?? How is that possible?” 

“Lane really didn’t let me have anyone over..but it’s not like the girls I liked back then would even try to come close to you — “ 

“Maya…” blushing softly, Carina placed her hand on the blondes jawline and cheek to press another kiss to her lips. 

Honestly even if Maya could have any sort of girl in her room at her parents house, they wouldn’t have meant much. No one’s meant much of anything till Carina. 

“Tell me..tell me about Italy, about your papa..about what you wish…” 

“You want to really know??” 

“Of course I do..you’ve said it twice, I haven’t forgotten” and the truth was Maya wouldn’t ever forget what Carina would say. 

The brunette sat up a little bit in the bed to open her arm so the blonde could melt herself into the older Italian. The blonde gently played with Carina’s hand, the one with all her rings. Memorizing what they all looked like, which ones she liked, which ones she doesn’t have. Mentally taking all the notes about this girl. 

Carina had that typical high school bring home your crush and kiss them in your room. She had that decently normal upbringing with just her father. The man was overbearing and difficult but only when he’d have one of his manic episodes. It’s what drove to have her parents divorcing, he stopped listening to Lucia, all she wanted was Vincenzo to get the help he needed. 

They had been college sweethearts, quickly falling in love and the Italian thought she had it made with the love of her life forever. That forever stopped in their mid 30s when she was pregnant with Carina. He started showing signs of instability, his moods were worse than hers when she was pregnant. ‘Vinny’ would say he’s okay, that he couldn’t wait to meet their little girl, say he just had a hard day at work. 

It progressed as the years went by, finding out she was pregnant again with Andrea and having a boy, he was elated. Not that his little princess wasn’t his world, but a boy — he could carry on the DeLuca name, and he was a proud papa about that. Carina was the biggest daddies girl, always around him, always helping. It’s the biggest reason she stayed in Italy when her mama and Andrea moved here to Seattle. 

“He was my superhero -- I said that…he still is..I just wish the days or weeks he spent manic I was here, I missed my mama, I missed the warmth of her hugs, it just got to be too difficult in some moments where I thought about booking a flight here and never returning to my papa —“ 

“He went from wanting me around to telling me I wasn’t going to amount to what I wanted, that being an actress or a model was a silly waste of my time, but I think even if I was a doctor like him — he still wouldn’t have had good things to say. Mama has always been so proud of me, has asked for everything to be sent to her, which was the hardest thing too is that I went from a papas girl to a mamas as I got older, Andrea is perfection in his eyes…” 

Maya listened intently, you could honestly say that their fathers were two sides of a horrible coin. Even if Carina's wasn’t always bad, he seemed to progress like Lane started. 

"There were times where I wanted to just cry into my mamas arms, bad breakups..just seemed so peaceful over here while I was over in Italy..I wondered if I would have still had the drive to become an actress, maybe lose a little bit on the accent like Andrea" 

"I like your accent..I wouldn't want that to go away" Maya piped up to make Carina blush. 

"You do?" 

"Yeah, I do..I really..really like it.." 

"Then I like it all the sudden too" Carina just smiled wider which made Maya kiss her cheek softly, a few times feeling the heat under her lips. 

"You're making me blush harder, Bella..fermare" (stop) Carina couldn't keep a straight face when she said that. 

"I think you would have been the same over here...as you were over there -- you'd just have Andrew and myself and Andy..or you'd be annoyed by us honestly, we were pretty rowdy" 

"You're annoying now too" Carina just teased the blonde who's mouth dropped. 

"You're so not wrong.." Maya just shook her head with a smile. 

"It was hard being without him -- mama always said we were two pieces of a whole, he's my stupid baby brother but he was still my favorite person.." smiling. 

"He always talked about you, always said we'd get along..more so as we got older, but he always said it.." 

Carina's hand that was around the blonde stroked at her cheek gently. The way Maya was looking at her, she couldn’t help but to think of what Andrew mentioned, she’d seen this look before since they honestly met; that glint that glimmer, almost like the blue eyes sparkled. Leaning down a bit she tilted Maya's head up to kiss her lips slowly. 

The fighter sat up a bit to push Carina back to the bed more, kissing her with a small moan, only pushing it to kissing since they were at mama’s house. The kiss was starting to get deeper, tongues slowly pressing and fighting against one another when a faint voice, muffled by the door came.

“I miei bambini! Pranzo!” (My children! Lunch!) 

Parting from the brunette, the blonde thought for a second. 

“Forget it..coming!” Maya was trying to think of the Italian response. 

"You were last night" Carina whispered to just bit her bottom lip, Maya's mouth dropped a little bit seeing that lip bite. 

"Now you fermare" 

Carina just smiled up at the blonde, having her hands moving along the sides of the fighters neck. 

“sulla nostra strada -- on our way” 

“sulla nostra strada” Maya repeated with a whisper as she got up to help Carina up. 

The brunette stole one more kiss, even cupping Maya’s face with her hands, opening the door to push Maya back and close the door to leave her in her room. The blonde laughed to open the door seeing the older Italian skipping to the kitchen. 

“Did you just push Maya into her room??” Andrew laughed as he hit the table a bit with a laugh. 

“I regret teaching her anything about being playful..” Maya said when she showed up from the hallway. 

“Like you did that, Bella…” Carina said while sitting down. 

Leaning down, Maya was hovering next to the brunette as she lowly looked over. 

“What??” The brunette just smiled to then have a kiss pressed to her lips, unknowing what was about to happen. 

Andrew sat there with a smirk watching the blonde, his best friends hands came in from the sides to start tickling at the side of the Italian. Squirming, Carina got up to only have Maya steal her seat with a proud smile. 

“You can’t be serious..”

“Oh..I’m serious about this seat..” Maya tapped the table with the straightest face.

“Mama!” 

“Carina just sit next to Maya…” Lucia just had a smile on her face looking at both, 24 and 29 year old. 

“That’s Maya’s seat..has been since she was a kid, when she says she’s serious, she’s dead serious about it..” Andrew chimed in to help his mama with the food. 

Huffing, Carina watched as the blonde too stood up to help both her mama and brother. Her hand came up to run along along the band of the boxers the blonde was wearing, fixing her shirt gently. Maya gave Carina her portion before sitting down. 

“cosa ha detto Dylan di questo contratto, dolce ragazza mia?” (what did Dylan say about this contract, my sweet girl) 

Maya put her head back with a groan, she knew Lucia wanted to know, and she just hadn’t told her yet cause she never saw her till now. Carina ran her hand soothingly over the back of Maya's neck. 

“I have to be good, till the last event her and I have basically..I’m not allowed to be out with anyone of a close relationship besides Andrew and Andy, which is why I needed to get my truck fixed today, Carina isn’t allowed to be seen with me even though we’re co-stars of the new movie....I just have to play the good girlfriend till it’s over..”  

“But since the two of you play love interests in the movie, don’t you want to promote that? Promote the movie and your connection with one another?” Lucia had a point.

“Si mama..but with this contract, she’s got Maya under lock and key” 

“And I was dormant till now she said since I have the movie I’m doing..and since..” Maya’s eyes looked over to Carina and the brunette just smiled warmly.  

"Dormant?" Lucia was confused on that whole statement. 

"I basically wasn't doing anything with my life, I was low-key, she didn't have to worry about me really going anywhere because I wasn't -- it was gym, home, gym, home, out with Andrew..no one was trying to see where I was or how I was doing, now with the movie and when that starts getting out, I'm going to be a moving target so now she's got a reason to 'worry'" 

Lucia nodded slowly. She never got to meet April but it seemed like a horrible match since the blonde never did talk about her. 

“What about since you and Andrea live together, Carina can’t show up?” 

“That’s the thing, that’s the loophole I’m guessing..but at the same time I don’t want to risk it — I didn’t want to mess with Carina's life or fuck it up” 

“Hey — Bella, you didn’t fuck anything up, my life is good, if anything it got better meeting you” 

“You really have to stop that” Maya just blushed. 

“Mama  -- you have any stories about Maya when she was younger??” Turning the attention away from the horrible contract they were talking about. 

“I have one” Andrew sat up straighter with a devilish smile on his face. 

“Oh no…

“How about the one where Maya called me running down the street with her pants to her ankles because a girls fiancé came home and she had to jump out her bedroom window” 

“What?!” 

“ANDREW!” 

Notes:

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Chapter 15: Hands to Myself

Walking around Station 19 wasn’t new, she used go do it all the time when she was growing up — Pruitt always thought she’d be a great firefighter but Maya’s eyes were set on other big and bright things for her future. She’d walk by all the engines and just think she could be along side Andy right now, her finger traced along what she could only imagine was ladder19, the big L19 would give it away along with the obvious ladder that was securely on top.

“Maya? What’s up triple B?!” Travis said as he walked into the barn to look at the blonde. 

“Triple B? Oh god what have you come up with now” 

Travis just laughed as he shrugged innocently. The man only came onto the team about five years ago, transfer from another station in Seattle, he said something about getting away from the sadness in there but no one questioned since he didn’t want to talk much about it. 

“Big bad Bishop” 

“What am I? A wolf?” 

“Depends..are you going to blow us away with this movie champ” Travis started hitting some boxing moves as he faked trying to punch Maya in the arm which made the blonde play around a bit.

“I could kick your ass Montgomery, watch it” laughing. 

“Oh I know, what can I do for you?”

“Where’s Cap? I need to talk to her..” 

Travis looked around and shrugged a bit, he’s been up in the beanery all day prepping lunch. 

“Have you tried her office?” 

“I haven’t even gotten there yet but thanks..see you around Montgomery” 

“I should have told her that cap had a man in there…” Travis mused with a shrug.

Walking through the side door she strolled right into the captains office, closing the door after herself of course to only be met with moans. Her ears perked up as she walked closer to the ‘captains bunk’ and opened the door quickly making the male in the bed cover them. 

“Maya?!?” Andy yelled which made the blonde laugh. 

“Sup Ryan..I see you two are having fun..it’s nice to know I’m not caught for once” 

“What do you mean?? We’ve never caught you like this?!” 

“In another life I’m assuming both you and Andrew have” 

“Hey Maya” Ryan chuckled but Andy on the other hand was mortified. 

“What do you want Bishop??” Andy shot at her which made the blonde close the door. 

“Well since I have the two of you here..” 

Maya pulled up a chair and sat down in it, putting her hands out like she was about to offer them the greatest deal they’ve seen. Andy held the sheet over her chest as Ryan was now sitting up against the wall a little bit, his arm just around the fire captain. 

“Andy I’ve seen it my god..” 

“Besides the point! What do you you want” grumbling. 

“What does someone do on a, like..date?” Maya shrugged and it made Andy sit up now, still holding the sheet to her. 

“Wait, you’ve never been on a date?” Ryan asked and Andy just shook her head. 

“No she hasn’t..who do you want to ask out” 

Andy was starting to get exited at the prospect on who Maya exactly wanted to ask out. Hoping to god it was a tall brunette Italian who’s last name was the same as their best friends.

“You know…someone” Maya’s leg started to bounce a little bit which made Andy grin from ear to ear. 

“Oh shit..it’s Carina isn’t it..you want to ask her out!” Pointing now and Maya stood up. 

“I’ll rip that sheet right off of you, stop..please…” Maya said before sitting back down. 

“Aren’t you..seeing April? Or did I miss something” 

Maya groaned with her hands now running up and down her face, Andy shook her head at Ryan, mouthing she’d say something later. The man nodded as he looked between the two best friends to just see Maya then nod slowly. 

“Shit this is so good, oh my god Maya..this is great, we need — oh man when do you want to do it” 

“Okay first you need to calm down because she might say no, and I don’t know what I’m fucking doing Andy” 

“She won’t say no, are you stupid or just an idiot half the time — when do you want to do this?” 

“Tonight? Maybe? We all have a photo shoot today but?? Is it too soon? And I should be embarrassing you Captain. Naked in the station with a man..” Maya smirkly said. 

“I’m having a break…I work really hard, and today I deserved it thank you…” 

“Hopefully you won’t break his hose” Maya crossed her arms. 

“Oh shut up it was one time” 

“I’m sorry I’m missing something completely again, who’s hose did you break…” 

“Nothing. No one’s. So this date you want to ask Carina out on…have you two kissed?” 

“She had a hickey on her on set the other day, wait was that you?!” Ryan’s hold on Andy got looser. 

“Oh god RYAN! And I was starting to like you” 

“Why didn’t I get to see it?! Andrew said she had like two on her a week or so ago? And now she’s got another one?? Maya…Maya Maya..” 

“Stop saying my name I’m starting to hate it — plus I don’t know how I’m going to do it, the potential of being followed if April stuck someone on me is literally in the back of my head and I don’t want to stay at mine or her place all the fucking time..because even that’s off limits”

“My dad can help, police and all..and I’m sure you have a nice rep to your name, get in through the back? It’s what Andy and I have been doing, wait you really haven’t been on a date? Ever?”

“No, I’m all sex Ryan, I don’t..do dates and..shit? I asked April for a date night for the party but even then that’s what she’d say when we went out for her events..” 

Maya sat back in the chair to only have the two just stare at her, Andy just shrugged with a nod. 

“It’s true, she’s…pretty dumb when it comes to romanticizing a woman, getting someone into bed is easy, but actually putting forth —“ 

“Hey, I’m not completely stupid…you know why, I just...I don't do dates, I never have even in high school -- I don’t know anyways what all this is” her hands hovering over her body talking about what she was feeling.

“You’re 24, it’s time to learn how to romance a woman Bishop..and it’s with a tall Italian gorgeous brunette” Andy clapped with a smile on her face. 

“Well I can’t plan it, not that I would know where to start -- we have a photo shoot in like an hour which we both have to get to…” shooting at Ryan. 

“Don’t worry about it, I’ll set it up and then text you everything, get out so we can finish” 

Maya made a face to just get up, pushing the chair in and leaving but intentionally leaving the door open. 

“BISHOP!” Andy yelled to just have the door close a second later with a laugh. 

“I hate her, I really do…but where were we?” Andy smirked before bringing Ryan down to kiss her. 

———————————

Carina stood in the mirror of the trailer, looking at herself with the wardrobe they gave her, promo was starting to be thrown in within the filming of the movie. They have her fitted with a long sleeve collared shirt with a tan vest over top, tan dress pants and loosely was a tie that she hadn’t bothered to do. As for her hair they placed it in a half up half down, the top half in a messy bun with a few pieces framing her face. 

Running her hands down the vest she couldn’t help but to check herself out, they knew how to dress for a boss ass bitch — which is what respectively Mia was, set to eventually take over the gym where the boxers were. 

It was quiet, no one else was in the trailer (that she knew of). The actress started doing up the little tie she had, but somehow it wasn’t coming out right, by the third time she just stomped her foot on the ground in frustration. 

“stupida cravatta, perché mi hanno dato questa?” (stupid tie, why did they give me this?) 

“Probably cause you look fucking hot…” rang a voice for Carina to turn around, seeing Maya checking her out with a smile. 

“Here…let me..” 

The blonde walked over to where Carina was and instantly started tying it, once it was done, she tucked the small tail into the vest perfectly. Brown eyes trained on the fighter in front of her, equally as dressed up as her but no tie, black blazer, white cream colored long sleeve that was a quarter zip along with some black solid pants. 

“Lots of tie training in the house hold with Andrew and I when we were younger” the blonde smiled. 

Carina just didn’t say anything yet, she was just taking in the younger girl before her. Fingers curled into the small little ‘O’ like zipper to pull the girl in, meshing their lips in a much needed kiss. Both sighed happily into it, before parting, eyes boring into one another. Carina swore she saw even more shades of blue that just made Maya’s eyes so much more piercing. The chocolate brown one had swirls of caramel, like these eyes were different than any other brown ones. 

“Hi…” Carina whispered. 

“Hi  — go out to dinner with me, tonight…” Maya just spit it on out. 

“I want to say yes” 

“So say yes, go to dinner with me Carina” whispering again. 

“You know why we can’t, Bella..” she wanted to. she wanted to so badly.

“I know, I just..I have it covered, let me take you out..” 

Carina placed her forehead against Maya’s, cupping her cheek she caressed it with her thumb, kissing her again slowly. Maya kissed her back, pulling her in more to her body. 

“Is that a yes?” 

“Si..that’s a yes, Bella — is this like, a date?” Tilting her head with a smile playing in her lips, biting it gently. 

“I uh, yeah?” 

Before Carina could ask for more information on what she meant by that very little statement, she understood it, just like Maya was trying to figure things out — she was trying to do something she’s never done before. 

“What should I wear?” 

“Nothing too fancy? Um…I think I’m wearing jeans?” 

It was cute seeing Maya like this, Maya doing this made her heart speed up. The blonde wanting to further this — whatever they were doing. Playing it lowkey was the way to go, but she had to trust in what the blonde was saying too, there wasn't a reason why she shouldn't. It was an unspoken trust. 

“Andy’s helping me cause I don’t know..” blurting out again. 

Andy -- there it was. Carina had a feeling Maya needed to ask someone for help with keeping it down low and who better to help than her best friend, and maybe a certain man she was seeing too. It made Carina's heart flutter even more with the blonde going to Andy for help. Just in that moment, the blondes phone was going off to see six texts from Andy. All stating what she was doing where they were going, how they were going to get there and how her ‘wardrobe for the night was hanging up on her door at home’. 

“Bitch was in my room..” 

Carina laughed kissing Maya’s cheek, making her blush. 

"You asked Andy for help?" Smiling into her cheek. 

"Y-yeah..I did..is that okay? Does that turn you off I asked for help with thi -- "

Carina cut the blonde off with another kiss, something they could do now in private and god was she happy they could. Maya deepened the kiss a little bit, her own breath being taken away by the brunette. 

"è tutto fuorché questo...fa caldo sapere che volevi portarmi fuori in qualche modo" (it's anything but that..it's hot knowing you wanted to take me out somehow) speaking into her lips. 

Maya loved knowing that she could understand more of what Carina was saying to her, smiling wider. The fighter was trying, trying so hard because Carina deserved to be outwardly catered to and not stuck up in one of their apartments somehow. That much Maya knew.

“You’re going to have to show me what you’re wearing when you get home, cause if it’s anything on what you look like now..or honestly anything you wear, you look..so fucking good, so hot…” smiling with her tongue between her teeth, unzipping the quarter zip. 

“Oh yeah?? Cause this?? On you?? Hot damn, you in a suit..how hot are you…and I need to compose myself?” They both smiled before kissing one another. 

Carina then pulled Maya with her so they could go to their photoshoot before they got carried away. Maya shoved her hands in her pockets to just leave the trailer -- pulling a hand out once they were closer to the building, running right over Carina’s ass to place it on her hip, walking in. Somehow Maya slipped behind Carina to just follow her, the brunette just pulled Maya close, walking with her attached to her back. 

They both giggled getting closer to where they’d all be set up. Squeezing Maya’s hands, they were just talking to one another, Ryan was the first one to see them show up and couldn’t help but to smile, he saw what any talked about. Soon enough Carina lifted her arm to let Maya come under so they were now attached at the hip. Her hand however right above the brunettes ass didn’t move. 

“Hey ladies..nice for you to show up” Ryan joked kissing Carina’s cheek before doing the same thing to Maya. 

“Figured you couldn’t do this alone..” Maya smiled. 

The photographer walked into the big white set they had set up where all three of the actors were. Bringing them all on, he set them up with Ryan in the middle and then Maya on one side and Carina on the other. This was just a little promo for the movie. Only a few photos with Ryan and then it was mostly going to be the girls. 

First couple photos was Carina leaning fully into Ryan, kissing his cheek, on the other side Maya had her fist up ready to hit him; Ryan was just smiling in the middle with the two leads. A few photos in, he was done; leaving the two of them to do their own shoot. Wrapping her arm around Carina’s waist, the fighter just looked up at the Italian who was smiling down at her. Thank god music was playing or else Maya wouldn’t know what else to do. 

Moving her body to the beat of the song, Carina just laughed, both of them now moving in sync with one another till the photographer said set and the two of them posed. A few badass ones where all Carina was doing was looking at Maya, where the blonde was looking straight at the camera straight faced, taking her jacket off, she hung it off with her finger as the two of them looked at the camera again. Maya’s hand was securely around Carina’s waist.

Johnny who was there was freaking out with how much the two of them fed off of each other. 

“Maya okay come here sweetheart..we’re going to get you both in another set..oh come here” he said while the blonde disappeared with him. 

“Are you sure?” Maya then asked. 

“Positive…” he said as the man turned around while Heidi got Maya dressed again with an all white suit, nothing under it. 

Johnny turned around and Maya's swore he almost died. Meanwhile Carina was out into a floral dress, it had a little baby ruffled sleeve and a nice slice up the side, it sat low down on her chest also where they placed a necklace. The brunette ran her hand through her hair a few times where Ryan helped her a bit with the necklace like a gentleman would. Looking up for a split second before her eyes casted back down then right back up. Wait what the fuck?!  Carina thought. 

Looking back up, Maya came back out smiling with Johnny in the all black suit and nothing underneath, the edge of the suit perfectly sat right over her breasts, showing enough but it still caught the brunette off guard. Ryan looked over and just smiled seeing why Carina was acting the way she was, her hand grabbed into his forearm. It was like back at the party when everything just slowed down — it was happening again. 

“Holy..shit..” 

“Someone’s a goner” 

“Zitto” Carina whispered with a sharp tone. 

Once Maya got to Carina she just looked her up and down, smiling. The grip Carina had on Ryan and the fact that the brunette hadn’t said anything yet meant she got her good, Johnny was filled with good ideas. 

“Caio Ryan…” Carina said and the man just laughed leaving the set when Maya put her arms around the brunettes waist.  

‘Beep’ by The Pussycat Dolls came on the speakers as the girls looked at one another. 

“You okay?” Smirking as the two of them were in their own little world. The photographer just looked at them. 

“More than okay..you look..hot again” Carina just took in Maya for a few more moments. 

“I really like this dress on you…” hands squeezing Carina's waist to pull her in. 

“No like..I want to take this jacket off of you..” whispering. 

"There's nothing under it..." Maya said lowly which made Carina just smile with a giggle. 

"Exactly, Bella.." 

Maya's hands just on instinct moved lower to grab the girls ass, the brunette reached back in a gasp to cover the blondes hands with her own. The movement effectively pushed her chest into Maya's to the point where the fighter was gulping, trying not to kiss the Italian. 

“Maybe you can later..” smiling, their noses brushing against one another’s. 

The photographer sealed the moment in a photograph. Carina's head tilted a little bit, biting the middle of her bottom lip — it made Maya mad. Pulling one of her hands from the brunettes ass she moved it up to run her thumb over where Carina bit her lip. 

“Don’t do that..” eyes flickered up. 

Carina did it again only to have Maya pull the Italian even closer to make her hand fly to Maya's shoulder, sliding it up to behind her neck. The two of them look snug together, Ryan raised his eyebrows, watching the two of them he was a little jealous; he’d seen it before but since this mornings talk and seeing Maya now with Carina, it made so much sense. He could see it.

“Do you trust me??” Carina asked softly with Maya nodding. 

Moving them so the fighters back was to the photographer. Carina looked into Maya's eyes as she peeled back the jacket to have it then fall around to the middle of the blondes back. 

"Sei così bella Maya" (You're so beautiful, Maya) 

"I can't...think straight..." Their eyes never looked away from one another. 

Carina's touch alone was spiking Maya's heart rate, it was making the blonde step forward slowly even more towards the brunette. The italian looked over to the hair and make up person on set, she used her hands to signal something to have them come back with a tube. 

Opening it, it was RED lipstick and the blonde just raised her eyebrows. Carina put it on and then turned Maya's face to place a perfectly placed kiss mark on her cheek. Placing another one on her neck too, strategically placing it, Maya's hands gripped the dress Carina was wearing. The blondes head turned back like she was looking over her shoulder but never looking at the camera. However Carina's hands were perfectly placed on the blondes neck. 

Her thumbs caressing the fighters jawline, holding the girls head. 

The photographer lit up as he look photos with Carina looking straight into it from behind Maya's face and then ones of the brunette looking at Maya, some with a straight face front the fighter and also some of her laughing when the two of them exchanged some words between the takes.

“Don’t laugh…” Carina said trying to not laugh herself.

“I can’t help it..” 

Maya was back looking at the brunette who just started kissing Maya's cheek. Heart speeding up again so fast just by Carina's lips on her. 

“Carina..” Maya said weakly.

The kisses on her cheek were effecting Maya in a way that she just wanted to kiss the brunette but was stopping herself again. Gripping her waist tightly, Maya breathed a little heavy then the girl brought her jacket back up. Carina went to go change one more time which left Maya standing there, her whole one side of her face peppered in red lipstick her eyes then looked over to Ryan who was slowly approaching her. 

“Someone looks like they were attacked by lips of an italian -- You weren’t kidding….” He said slowly and in a whisper, giving the blonde a make up wipe. 

“Shut up...I can't think" 

Taking the wipe, she wiped the lipstick from her cheek and neck with Ryan's help just to see Carina come out in a red suit number. With her though was something Maya hadn't seen since she got let go. It was her UFC belt, one of them at least -- something that was ripped away and now the girl who changed her life upside down had it.

"Is that...what I think that is?" 

"Si...Bella...it's your belt.." Carina said slowly. 

"I haven't seen this in months.." 

"Johnny wants us to do the last one with you having it.." 

The last photoshoot was sultry, it was Carina in back of Maya, her arms draped over her while the blondes old UFC belt was hanging off her shoulder, a weight she missed. Carina's hand slipped within the suit jacket, marking her skin with her fingers. There was even a photo taken of Carina's hand wrapped around Maya's neck to make her look up at her, their faces close again -- the blonde could feel the italian's breath on her own lips. 

When the photographer yelled wrapped the two were still in a tight lock of eyes. What is she doing to me. They both echoed in their minds. 

Getting back into the trailer, Maya was backed up into the wall for them to breathe each other in. Maya leaned in breathing heavy to try and kiss the italian who was pressed against her. Just about to seal their lips when Maya's phone rang to have the blonde put her head back on the wall, the brunette dipped her head to kiss at the blondes neck. Feeling her stop and just press against the blonde, Maya picked up Carina's face to look into her eyes again. 

Finally their lips met in a much needed kiss, her phone rang again to pull her lips reluctantly from the brunette's to ansnwer her phone. 

"What?!" Maya said harshly. 

"Damn -- I was just seeing if you were done so I could go over details for the night..." 

"Sorry Andy, I'm going to be in my car in a little bit..can I call you then?" 

"Yeah, I just want to make sure you have the run down that's all -- oh did I totally interrupt something?" 

"Maybe -- " Saying with gritted teeth to only have Andy laughing on the other side. "I''ll talk to you in a couple minutes" 

Hanging up, Maya kissed Carina once more before parting. Starting to leave, Carina just didn't let go of Maya's hand, pulling her back to kiss her once again smiling at her. 

"I'll see you soon.." Maya said softly with Carina just nodding gently. 

"Okay Bella" 

Letting her hand go the girls parted to have Maya just run to her truck and get into it, trying to get her breathing under control before calling Andy who talked her through what was going to be happening tonight. How she was going to get in, and what she was wearing. She had left a small list of things that she could get Carina and honestly the list looked foreign -- she'd never bought any of this for a girl but she was going to, or at least try.

Garrett showed up at Maya's place about an hour later in his unmarked car, the blonde got out and got into the back of it to just have the man chuckle. 

"Never thought I'd see you back there again...willingly..." 

Maya just rolled her eyes with a smile. 

"Trust me Officer Tanner, I don't want to do this as much as you do...but I appreciate it -- I'm really just, out of options"

"Hey, it's no problem for me kid, I'd rather have you good then followed -- Ryan filled me in just slightly on why you need a ride, I'm going to drop you off in the back" 

Maya nodded to just have Ryan's father drive her to the restaurant. It was a casual, so not too fancy. The blonde sat in the back of the squad car in black jeans, a tan plain hooded sweatshirt and then a grey plaid blazer, her hair was down as her feet adorned some white and tan untouched sneakers. 

"You look nice, by the way Bishop...who's the lucky lady?" 

"Thanks Officer Tanner...I uh...her names Carina, I've never been on a date? before..so this is all sorta new.." 

"Never been on a date? How old are you again? You'll do great kid, she's your co-star right?" 

"24 sir...Yeah, my best friends older sister too so it's like...more connections everywhere" Maya just smiled and Garrett could tell that Maya was nervous as hell right now so when he pulled up to the back of the building he looked over his shoulder. 

"I know what it was like when I went on my first date with my wife, so I figured you would be the same, so I picked these up for you, they aren't my wives favorite, but I thought they were pretty?" He smiled and opened the small door in the middle of the divider to hand Maya a small bouquet of white roses. 

"She'd love these..thanks.." 

"Good luck kid..you can call me if you need a ride home" He said with a smile when Maya got out. 

The owner opened the door to see Maya, he smiled letting her in to guide her to where they'd be sitting. The blonde was there first, she placed the bouquet on the table to now just wait, bouncing her leg as the nerves set in, her mind started to wander if going out was a good idea. Just when she was going to call it and have them go back to one of their places, Carina walked in and changed her mind completely. 
Carina walked through the back not to long after adorning an all black attire, long sleeve semi turtle neck with black flowing pants, she had redone her hair so it was nice and full, still put off to one side which if you were to look at Maya you could say she had hearts in her eyes.

The fighter was getting up too fast, hitting the table a little bit which made the italian just giggle a bit seeing the blonde finally get up to meet with her. 

"Look at you" 

"Do I look bad?" Maya asked looking down at her attire. It just made Carina shake her head. 

"Not at all..I think you look stunning.." Whispering as she reached up to grab gently at the ties to the hood. 

Maya just blushed with a small smile, taking Carina's hand gently to guide her over towards the table to have them both sit on the same side. 

"You look gorgeous, Carina" 

The brunette smiled, hand slipping over to Maya's thigh to squeeze gently. Talking gently as they were pretty secluded, they opted for a light meal and a few drinks, sharing some laughs and giggles. Talking about anything from work to themselves, more about the DeLuca family. 

"Why did you start to learn italian?" Carina wondered as her fingers were tracing over the blondes hand that was gently resting on the table. 

"Oh god..you're going to ask that question?" 

"Si -- I want to know, why did you start?" the brown eyes were filled with curiosity as they met with the blue hues. 

"I uh, always had a reason..but with my mind focused elsewhere I just didn't want to..until I uh..until I met you, and I know that your brother and mama speak it and I grew up next to them, but I, I wanted to surprise you by learning..." Maya gulped a little bit to just see Carina smile, still tracing her finger over the girls hand. 

**Click. ClickClick. Click.**

Looking down at the camera to see the image that was caught on camera, they weren't doing anything. It almost felt too intrusive on just a dinner. The person looked at their phone again, to just sigh at the text that was gotten. 

[Unknown]: They're not doing much just having dinner, boss..

[April Kepner]: You follow her ass once she leaves that damn building. 

**Click. ClickClick. Click.**

"You learned italian...for me?" Carina smiled. 

"Si..I did..I wanted to be able to talk to you, more..in italian..I learned for you" Maya spoke in just above a whisper as her eyes traced over the brunette's face. 

Carina blushed to tilt her head, it got them both flustered; they made each other shy slightly. The actress moved closer as Maya did the same thing, her free hand going over the back of the booth they shared together, slipping behind Carina's back. 

"No one has ever done something like that for me Maya...per favore dimmi che stai inseguendo..." (please tell me you're chasing) 

"Con te? Ti inseguo sempre, anche per poterti baciare...ti inseguo" (with you? I'm always chasing, even being able to kiss you...i'm chasing) 

The two of them getting closer to one another till their noses were touching, Carina's hand gently glided up to caress the fighter forearm. 

"Baciami, Maya..." 

Leaning in, Maya didn't need to be told to do something she wanted to do -- to be pulled to do. Connecting their lips in a sweet yet small kiss, and even with it being so small sent off fireworks in their bodies. Maya was able to deepen it a little bit, but not too much. 

**Click. ClickClick. Click.**
**Click. ClickClick. Click.**
**Click. ClickClick. Click.**

The person looked down at the camera as they scrolled through the camera to see them getting closer, to them kissing. Sitting down a little bit -- they were chasing cash. They needed it. Now they were debating on following who was paying them or staying loyal to someone they admired. Maya.

Notes:

all mistakes are mine!

enjoy!

Beep - The Pussycat Dolls
Hands to Myself - Selena Gomez

Chapter 16: Worst Behavior

Notes:

Welcome to the beginning of chapter one NSFW

Trying to stay asleep was hard for Maya last night, the two attempted to sleep apart for the now second time since meeting each other. The blonde found herself at the gym, texting Carina that she couldn't sleep which made the italian show up at the girls place of work so early in the morning. Talking to one another while Maya just ran off some steam, they parted again an hour later (thanks to Carina) with a soft kiss. Going back to bed with both of them now on facetime again, both had set their alarms for a seven am wake up call. Maya felt like she needed five cups to start her day, where Carina was sure as hell going to need a triple espresso or a latte to just stay awake. 

Rubbing her eyes slowly, Maya drove to the set and parked, pulling up the same time as Carina. Looking at one another just to smile, both were giddy enough to get out despite how tired they were at the moment. Sliding out of her truck, she almost jumped to just get to the girl sooner. Carina's head tilted with that cute little smile that made Maya melt as she waited for the blonde. 

“Buongiorno Bella…how did you sleep” 

“Good morning to you too, not so great but..I’m better now that I see you”

“Such a charmer” 

The two walked up into their trailer, Maya locked it behind her to get up the steps, her eyes took in the brunette in front her. Carina adorned tan lounge pants with a white long sleeve on top, her hair was down but thrown over to one side with her travel cup in one hand, placing her bag down on the little table that was in the other. Placing her own cup of coffee down on the table after taking a long sip. 

Walking over, the blonde grabbed gently at her waist to pull her in; Carina obliged a little too quickly. Playing it nice on the outside was easy, being alone proved to electrifying everything between them as it usually did. Turning Carina around, the italian pulled the two of them over towards the couch where they fell into it, much like the first time. 

"You have to be good today...no marks bella.." Breathing out as their mouths were hovering over one another's, waiting to see who would cave first for their kiss. 

"I'm good, every day...I haven't put a mark on you lately that you can see" 

Carina just had to think for a second till the blonde was right, the two of them marked each other the other night but in places no one could see. Squinting her eyes she just shook her head to bring Maya down for a much needed kiss, moaning into the blondes lips. The fighter settled in between the actresses legs, her lower half slowly canting into the older girl, feeling herself getting harder. 

"Maya..." Carina deepening the kiss. 

The fighter let herself get lost in Carina, in her lips, in her whole self when the brunette didn't tell her to stop she just kept going. Thrusting her hips slowly, Carina pulled Maya in more with her feet pushing the back of the blondes thighs. The blonde grabbed the arm of the couch, using it to ground herself with pushing her growing length into the brunette under her, they were respectably horny with one another; with the sex scene being shot today it was like Maya needed to get her little giddies out now but a knock came to the door. 

"H-hold on!" Carina said to only have Maya plant her head against the couch. Carina kissed the girls ear before sliding out from under her. 

Cupping herself over her sweats, Maya laid face down on the couch when the brunette went to unlock and open the door. The PA stood there with a smile, giving Carina their scripts for the day, they both needed to be in hair and make up in ten. 

"Thanks...we will be there.." Smiling, Carina shut the door to walk back up, placing both scripts on the table. 

Turning the blonde over she just looked down at the younger blonde whos hand was cupping the obvious hard on in her pants. Carina slowly ran her hand over Maya's to then move it, sitting down on the couch to get comfortable. She wasn't sure what they were going to do for the blonde in filming the scene, she could use a cock sock or a strapless cup but with the state Maya was in right now she wouldn't be good for either. 

"Can I help. Bella..." Carina looked at Maya who was looking at her, sitting up on her elbows to see the brunette's palm running over the front of the clear outline of her length. 

A breath left her lips, pushing her hips up into the actresses hand. 

"I'm just going to get hard all over again with this scene and then what..." 

"They'll give us time to cool off, everyone will leave.." Carina didn't stop rubbing Maya's hard on through her pant, if anything she was just making it worse. "Does this feel good?" 

Maya nodded fast, putting her head back with a small moan. Blonde hands grabbed at Carina's shirt to pull her over into a slow kiss. If she came in her boxers now, she'd have no cleans ones till she got home later but at least she had her compression shorts to fall back on. 

"Feels so good.." 

Another knock on the door made Maya just pull the pillow over her eyes frustrated now with her cock harder than ever. Carina was the one to get up and open the door from the side of the couch. 

"Hi, what's up Peter" 

"We need Maya now since she's going to need to try on different things for the shot.." he said a bit sorry for taking the blonde away from what he assumed relaxing. 

"I'll let her know..thanks Peter" Carina smiled to shut the door. 

"I heard..and I'm hard..." Putting her head back with a groan, Maya got up to rub her hands over her face while the brunette's eyebrows shot up to see how hard the fighter was. 

"Maya...you..might want to cover that, Bella.." Biting her bottom lip seeing the very clear obvious tent in the sweats, her eyes flickered to Maya's face; her body leaning back on the couch. 

Looking down, Maya nodded slowly to find her compression shorts. Going into the bathroom she changed to only have her feel even more discomfort from how they were pressing in on her cock. Walking back out she looked at Carina, fixing her sweats to then show the brunette. 

"Better.." 

Standing up, Carina kissed the girls lips quickly before watching her leave, she didn't need to have the fighter turned on even more, script in hand with her coffee to wardrobe. Getting to the trailer, Maya walked up the steps to see Heidi and waved a bit. 

"Hey Maya, sorry to grab you early...we just had a few options we wanted to go over..are you okay?" Seeing the discomfort in Maya's face the blonde just nodded. 

"Yeah, I'm good..so what are the options..." 

"So since you have the risk of your beautiful behind showing, we don't want to see the strap of anything, even though we could just have to wear boxers for the shot and you just 'take them off' under the covers in case it didn't look right we have these, cock sock which..covers..whole thing..like a condom we just double knot it at the top, and then theres this foam cover which still covers it all and is self adhesive..just depends on what you're comfortable with and then for your top half we have nipple covers.." 

Maya nodded and looked at everything to only go and try both which weren't working in her state but she was trying to make it work. Eventually having something work she brought back the foam cover and stuck with the sock which Heidi nodded to. 

"Can Carina help me with these" She had them on yesterday but she put them on so badly.

"Absolutely, she should be here any second to help" Heidi smiled and went back to work looking and setting up outfits for the day. 

Just like she said, Carina showed up to smile at both Heidi and Maya who was waiting patiently for her. 

"Everything okay?" Her hand running over Maya's shoulders with the blonde nodding. 

"I just wanted your help with these..." holding the nipple covers up and Carina just giggled a bit taking them and hers to grab Maya's hand. "I sucked at it the other day with the photoshoot" 

Getting them both into the bathroom there was a small knock and then the brunette was given her covering by a phantom hand that could only be Heidi's. A 'thank you' was said through the door as it was shut again. 

"Okay shirt and bra off, Bella..." Carina's heart was beating fast as soon as she said it. 

Not that she hadn't seen Maya topless already but it was different, intimate in a way to see the blonde so close to her. Maya pulled her shirt off and then came the sports bra which just had the blonde standing there topless in front of Carina who was stunned to say the least. Her brown eyes looked down at the perfect breasts that sat on the fighters chest. 

"Carina?" Maya said weakly, the italian leaned in to kiss the blonde, her thumb under her chin with her index on the blondes jawline. 

"Sei così sbalorditiva...mi dispiace non aver potuto fare a meno di fissarti..." (You're so stunning...I'm sorry I couldn't help but to stare) saying into her lips. 

Maya hummed with a smile herself, kissing Carina once more before they had to part. Bending down a little bit, the brunette pulled the pieces of tape off of the back of the covers to then press the middle of the circle to the blondes nipple, moving over to do the other side to do the same thing -- her thumbs moving along the circles to push all the air out of them, making sure they were both perfect. 

Pressing a kiss to the middle of the blondes chest, she kissed her quick before pulling her own shirt off and bra off, her brown eyes looking at Maya who just stood there shocked, trying to calm her heart rate that just spiked between half naked with Carina, the kiss and now with the italian half naked in front of her. 

"You want to do it?" 

"This isn't helping my hard on Carina" Maya whispered, a small panic which made the brunette smile big. 

Taking the covers, Maya then peeled off the backings, exactly what Carina did to her, slowly putting them on each of her breasts, her thumbs did the same thing to push any air out but her hands then cupped the italians breasts fully to lean in, the two of them colliding into one another with a hot kiss. They needed to be quiet, they couldn't make a sound so it was Carina who eventually who broke it quickly. 

"When we film...save it...salvarlo" (save it) her voice was filled with wanting to do it but also with them being on a time limit -- it shouldn't be this long putting covers on. 

Another quick kiss, Maya put her shirt on to then give Carina hers. The brunette then looked at her covering to reach down into her pants to put it on, self adhesive so all it took was her placing it gently over herself. Getting her shirt on, they both walked out of the bathroom with a smile and Heidi looking over to them with a smile giving them a robe to eventually change into. 

Walking together on set, they were in their robes now, slippers and Maya was doing her best to bring down her own problem but her eyes just kept going to Carina who was standing right next to her. Carina's hand came up to caress the blondes cheek, Maya walked into her side while the two of them read through their scripts. When it was time for them to film, Carina walked over first to get into the bed, pulling her robe off and giving it to the PA, the covers were over her body. Maya was next as she slid in through the other side, doing the same with the PA taking her robe. 

"Okay, so this is all going to be up close shots..we will film the two of you getting to this point after but this is Janet, your intimacy coach, she's here if you need her..are you both comfortable" Johnny asked with both of them nodding. 

"Okay perfect, minimal people in here, we didn't want to bombard you both, especially you Maya with you new to acting so it's just myself, camera and Janet...then we will give you both time to calm down and we will move on afterwards..sound good?" 

"Perfect" 

"Sounds perfect to me.." Carina said too. 

"It doesn't matter what you ladies decide on what to do, just...go with it, have it be natural" he said while walking away to sit behind the camera. 

Janet walked over to talk about where they're going to film, if they wanted to show more that was okay but they had to cover the covers with their hands but to just be aware of what they were wearing. Maya kept nodding but her mind was on Carina, it was on the whole action of it all that was getting her excited to the point where her hand went back over her length that was clearly covered. 

When the woman backed away, Maya got up to hover over Carina, looking down at her. Even with them filming, the brunette looked gorgeous. A small 'and action' was said as the blonde hesitantly but slowly leaned down to kiss the brunette. It was supposed to be smooth, soft but amp up since this was a rekindling between Mia and Tyler. Carina hummed into the kiss with her hand moving up the fighters arm, her fingers trailing over her shoulder to cup the bottom of her neck. 

"Tyler.." she moaned

"I missed you...Mia I missed..I missed all of you.." Maya said back into the kiss. 

Maya's hand under the sheet pulled Carina's leg up so it was sitting at her waist, she gently canted her hips into the brunette below her, locking eyes with the italian when she did. This was like when Carina was dancing on her, the rubbing of her hard cock against what would be Carina's panties. 

“Is this okay??” Pressing her lower half into Carina more to make her moan. 

“Si..yes…oh..keep going Bella…” moaning, putting her head back to expose her neck. 

Maya leaned down to place kisses along her whole neck even going as far as holding Carina's neck gently as she didn’t have her move. Their breasts pressed together, it gave Maya a whole new feeling to feel along with rubbing her cock along the covering. Carina's hand threaded through blonde hair to hold her against the side of her neck .

"Tyler.." Whimpering, wanting to moan Maya's name; but the last thing she needed was to make that slip when the both of them were already feeling their arousals for one another. 

Moving her hips down, the blonde rubbed her length harder into the guard Carina was wearing. She wanted to feel her tight walls around her -- hugging her cock what she could only imagine was perfect. Planting her hand over the brunette's shoulder, Carina brought her hand up and around to hold onto the blondes forearm.  

"Mia, I missed...I missed you baby..." 

'Tyler fucks Mia into the bed' is what echoed in Maya's mind. It's what their scripts said -- the two lovers reconnecting for some intense fuck. 

Seeing the sincereness in Maya's eyes, Carina rubbed her nose to the blondes, with each thrust she moaned -- the blonde pressing her hardened length into her over and over again, the guard hitting her clit perfectly, it made her ovaries hurt with want; knowing she was getting wetter by the second; feeling the rushes come in hot waves through her body.

While Maya wasn't at all inside, the motion alone was making the two of them moan. Her hard cock throbbed in the covering she was wearing, she wanted to just yank it off and rub herself just against Carina's covering if she couldn't be inside, it was starting to feel restricting in a way. 

Their eyes connected with Maya's thrusting which the motion alone was causing friction between the two of them. The fighter leaned down to kiss Carina, pushing her tongue into her mouth slowly to have the brunette wrapping her legs around Maya's waist harder. Both of them moaning in unison. 

"Take what's yours then...cause I want you to take it, I need you to take it Ty..." Breathing out the girls characters name, hoping that Maya could tell it was actually Carina saying it to her not Mia. "I wish you were inside of me" whimpering against Maya's lips so only she heard that. 

"Fuck...harder..harder" Carina whimpered. 

"I wish I was too..I bet you'd feel amazing around me, tight..wet.." 

"I'm so wet for you right now, Bella" whispering to then deepen the kiss if they couldn't have it their way. 

Fast, hard thrusts into the actress found Maya losing some control but it was perfect at the same time. Rubbing Carina's core over and over again, moans were filling the room with their eye contact never wavering from one another, still slightly delivering lines but also just letting the actions speaking for themselves. 

Carina's body arched up into the blonde, Maya held the brunette down with her hand that wasn't seen to cant into her with short hard strides, feeling her arousal flow down her body wanting to release. The blondes covered length was hitting the already sensitive clit just right, making Carina moan with a gasp -- not expecting her to be hit in the perfect spot each time. 

"You wanna cum...huh? Is the pretty princess wanting to cum for me..." 

Carina nodded, their tongues getting tangled with one another's. 

"Please -- I need to..I need to cum so badly..." 

"Let Tyler take care of you baby" Maya smirked. 

The sheet fell to Maya's lower back, she was arching with her knees planted into the bed, 'fucking' Carina hard into the sheets below them. Having the camera come close, they didn't notice, the brunette's nails dug into Maya's back as they were moaning louder. It wasn't till the last stroke and Maya was unloading her load into the snug sock around her while the brunette was coming undone with her orgasm. Her nails ran down the blondes back hard -- making red marks in the process. 

Her thighs and legs holding the blonde in place to ride it out together. Maya threw another stroke the best she could into the older girl till the two of them breathed heavy with a long kiss. It was hot the first time with them rubbing their sexes together to get off, and now was the second time they were coming undone together. 

Carina's body felt like liquid, cumming under Maya made her eyes roll back, with how the two of them teased one another she wasn't surprised either to have them both let go literally during the scene. It made it more authentic in a way.  Johnny yelled cut, his voice drown out with the heart beat the two girls had in their ears but Maya heard him say that he was going to give them a few minutes and that the take was perfect, he wouldn't change a thing. 

The PA left their robes off to the side so they could grab them once they cooled down. Hearing the door close, Maya looked back to see no one in the room -- Carina just looked over at Maya with a bite of her lip, reaching down to hastly pull the sock off of the very hard cock still, letting her hands run over the length a few times. Maya sighed to thrust her hand into Carina's, she was throbbing hard. 

"Carina..." sitting up on her arms fully, the blonde was fighting so many urges to just rip off Carina's guard but she didn't. 

Whimpering with the warm hand around her length, feeling Carina's other hand between their bodies she then felt the tip of her cock swiping what only Maya could describe as a puddle. 

"Fuu--ck...Carina??!!" Maya moaned, her mouth being covered by the brunette. 

Maya's hard length were sliding perfectly between the wet folds before Carina moved her lower half up to angle Maya's cock up a little more. Trying her hardest to not slip inside of her, she couldn't. Lube? Not needed, between both of their first orgasms, getting wet and ready wasn't a hard thing to do. 

"Maya..oh fuck...oh fuck fuck fuck..." Carina moaned the best she could lowly till she took Maya's hand and clamped it over her mouth. 

Letting the blonde fuck her into oblivious as another orgasm washed over her body, and then a third close behind making Maya cum again between their bodies. Carina knew her orgasm was now dripping down onto the sheet, the blondes hands holding the brunette tight to her, letting their bodies still after two intense orgasms. 

"Carina..." breathing out with her eyes fighting to stay open.

Pulling Maya down to have them both try and catch their breaths, the blonde didn't want to move just yet. Her head turned to kiss the brunette's cheek slowly, the italian's hands moving up Maya's body to hug her closer as she turned her head to kiss her lips. 

"Three?" Maya smiled which made Carina just giggle, smiling back. 

"Two?" teasing the blonde with another kiss. 

"What if they could tell that we actually...were getting off...?" 

"They won't..we stayed in character..even though your name wanted to spill out, they won't know..I promise" whispering with the blonde as the two of them just laid there for a little bit longer. 

"I didn't think filming a sex scene would be hard? Is it always" 

"It's -- different with everyone..but no one is usually painfully hard when they start their scenes, like you were...you did amazing, Bella" 

"I still am..I want to fuck you..you're so wet Carina... " Maya started with a soft kiss to Carina's lips.

Maya's hips now pushing into her again. Feeling just how hard Maya still was made the older italian let out a shaky breath. 

"J-just...Maya...wait..oh fuck...how are you still so hard" 

Maya's arms slid under Carina's body to just press her lips into the italian's shoulder to stabilize herself, her thrusting motions slowed down while her cock was just throbbing all over again. 

Carina just smiled up at the blonde who smiled back, catching her breath.. Kissing each other for a little while longer as their heart rates slowed back down. The blonde grabbed their robes to have Carina get up out of bed and put it on, letting Maya see her for the first time naked. 

"God dammit Carina...fuck you're...god..you're breathtaking" Maya melted while looking over the brunette who blushed closing her robe. 

"Stop..." She tried to play it off but Maya just grabbed her robe herself and that's when Carina saw the marks. 

"Oh my god..what the hell did I do to your back, Bella..." Walking over fast she ran her hands over the eight long marks on the girls back and Maya winced only slightly. 

"Where's...mirror.." Mumbling to then turn her body and the blonde mouth dropped seeing the marks but at that moment Carina's mouth dropped. 

"Holy shit Carina, I mean it's hot but what..." Maya looked back at Carina who's eyes were directed towards the middle of her legs.

Her eyes were feasting on the cock that sat between Maya's legs, all of that was inside of her and the brunette knew Maya was big, but seeing it in person just made Carina's insides jumble with want.

Walking over, Maya just shook her head with the staring Carina had been doing lately to tilt her head up and kiss her lips, breaking the brunette out of her little bubble of staring. 

"It's all yours if you want it again.." Smirking as she closed her robe with a small flare, shaking her head smiling. 

"I mean..yes..please" Carina shook her head side to side with the smallest of smiles back to then go do what the blonde said. 

Doing what she needed to do, Carina came back to Maya just sitting on the bed, kneeling herself onto it to crawl over, the brunette placed kisses on her neck to then pull at the upper half of the girls robe. 

"I have ointment..robe down, Bella..." 

Pulling the black material down, Carina watched how the blondes muscles contracted and tightened up with every movement, was there nothing that this girl did that wasn't sexy to her somehow. The robe was dropped to around her waist as Carina gently put on the ointment down each line. 

"How ba -- " 

"Holy smokes..Carina DeLuca..those marks sweetheart" Johnny said while peaking in on his actresses. 

Carina looked back with a stressed smile with the ointment being held up in her other hand. Maya looked back to see how shocked Johnny was with how the marks were.

"I know I'm so sorry...I'm putting it on her now.." 

"Looks like we're not getting any upper half shots for a few days..at least you're putting it on her so -- thank you for doing that sweetheart" he smiled and then left. 

"I guess that's my answer..." Maya just laughed, Carina pushed her a little bit. 

"I'm sorryyyy...I wasn't expecting to cum that hard.." Saying lowly in case someone was listening in. 

Maya let the brunette put the ointment on before pulling up the robe to have it sit gently on her skin, standing up to hold her hand out for Carina who she pulled in for a kiss. 

"I'm not sorry, I think it was hot.." Smiling. 

“Oh you think it was hot huh?” Saying into her lips as the two of them laughed. 

“I really do” laughing. 

Carina ran her hands over the girls neckline of her robe, tying it up, she took the girls hand so they could walk back to their trailer to change, they had a bit of time to relax till they needed to be in different attire. Maya was trying on all the gloves she had in the trailer to see which ones she wanted to wear for the next scene. 

“Why do you have them on already, Bella?” 

“Just making sure they’re the ones I want to wear”  

Maya pulled up her boxers slowly, having them sit perfectly on her hips, there was still a small tent in them, still feeling the effects of the scene still. Pulling her sports bra over her body, she pulled it down and then over her breasts to encase them within the fabric.  Securing it, Maya felt hands running down her waist. Carina started to kiss at the fighters neck, her fingers playing with the waist band of the blondes boxers. 

“How’s your back feeling??” 

"It's...good..but you're playing with fire right now babe.." Maya smiled to look and see brown eyes just staring into blues. 

"What are you going to do about it?" Eyes flickered down to see the perfect smooth lip become tight watching Carina bite it again, her eyes were giving Carina permission to do what she wanted, giving the girl that reign always. 

Leaning over, Maya just kissed the brunettes lips. The italian's hand moved down a little more so she could slowly wrap her hand around at least the head of the fighters length. Gloved hands then were holding onto Carina’s arms while her head lulled back to her shoulder with the brunette slowly massaging her head. 

“I can’t take it any…more…” Maya pulled Carina infront of her to push the older Italian to the wall of their trailer. 

Hands gripping the Italian’s pretty panties to shove them down her legs, her hand trailed back up to throw one around her waist, her other hand and Carina’s were working on pushing Maya’s boxers down to have the blonde thrust her cock right up into the brunette’s pussy once they were on the ground. 

“OHhh..c-cazzo…Maya…” Carina’s eyes bore into the blue ones feeling the fighters cock finally inside of her. Hands gripping at the already marked up back. 

“This. Is what I’m doing about it.” Maya gritted, small hard thrusts were made up into her, connecting their lips. 

“Oh fuck…fuck..oh yes, Maya..harder, fuck-- harder” Carina whimpered against Maya's lips. 

Gloved hands gripping the perfectly tight ass to hold the brunette up against the wall, just now being able to wrap the girls legs around her waist. Maya drove her cock in and out of Carina's pussy harder, faster — like she asked of course. The brunettes fingers gripping hard into the blondes back to keep her steady from the hard thrusts she was being delivered.  

“You like it rough don’t you…I bet you’ve been thinking about this since we started the movie” Maya breathed hotly into Carina's lips. 

Pressing her lips to silence the Italian, Maya kissed her harder, biting her bottom lip in the process. She couldn’t lie to herself saying that she didn’t think of it also. Everything Carina did was intoxicating, it set her body on fire. 

Moans being silenced by the kiss but the wet slaps between their bodies as Maya fucked Carina was anything but silent. Her thick cock pounding up into the wettest core she’d ever dove into, Carina was dripping for her before she even entered her. 

“Since the day we met..actually” Carina smirked into the kiss, her tongue pressing against Maya's. Hungry for all of the blonde. 

“Fuck. You’re tight…I guess someone doesn’t get stretched much??” Saying as her teeth then pulled at Carina's bottom lip, causing her to moan loud. 

Carina's body trembled under Maya's hands, the blonde could feel it each time she filled her up. When Maya didn't hear a response, only moans -- she took it upon herself to grip Carina's thighs and pull her down hard the moment she thrusted her cock into her. 

"You didn't answer me..." 

A gasp left Carina's lips, her head pressing back into the wall to let the shakes of her body recover from Maya's hard thrust up into her. Moving her hands to grip hard at the blondes bra straps, twisting them in her fingers. 

“N-no…cazzo no…not the way your c-cock is” carina cried out in absolute bliss of pleasure. 

How was Maya hitting every spot inside of her, the head of her cock grazing one and then slamming in on another, the way she was so deep inside that while her clit was pulsing to be touched, somehow the base of the girls length was also hitting it to send shoots of tingles throughout her body. 

“I didn’t think so…I’m going to make you cum so hard that you’ll remember me for days…” 

It was a promise that Maya was going to deliver fully. She had been so pent up, her dick hasn’t ever felt this heavy or hard even. Carinas slick walls kept trying to grip over her thick cock but each thrust that was delivered she could feel those walls quake around her. It wasn’t like Maya was doing anything different, she just fit too well inside of the older girl. Like her cock was meant to fit perfectly snug inside of Carina's pussy. 

Carina dug her heels into Maya’s lower back to gain some sort of stability, even though the girl had no problem picking her up from the beginning and roughly shoving her cock inside of her. Mayas right hand flew to the corner of the wall, pushing Carina to it harder, there was hardly any room between their bodies as it was. 

Heat and faster wet slaps filled the room, along with muffled long wanting moans, whimpers of utter pleasure as Maya fucked Carina against the wall. Her cock was throbbing with release, she needed to cum, if it was inside the woman or not she didn’t care, she needed go make sure she emptied herself and quick. 

The slick tight core was so perfect, yet so deadly with how it sucked her in each time. Thrusts got deeper, shorter and faster, bringing Carina suddenly over the edge without warning as she came embarrassingly hard over the fighters cock. Strangled moans rescaling but quickly silenced by their lips together, dipping her tongue into her mouth. 

A couple more thrusts of Maya’s hips up into the brunette, and she herself was now emptying herself inside of the girls core. Carina’s body betrayed her in so many ways today, especially right now with how her limbs trembled in her orgasm. Even her hands grip loosened up on the blondes bra straps while she was so desperately trying to hang on. 

“I got you” a breathy moan dropped into Carina's mouth, Maya's words letting her let go of everything and just enjoying the orgasm that her body was releasing. 

Heavy breaths into each others mouths, their chests rising and falling heavy — their eyes boring into one another’s, melting hues. Maya was afraid that if she pulled out she was unsure of what would drip out onto the floor. She felt how hard the brunettes walls were trying to hold onto her as the rush of juices came crashing into her long cock. 

Somehow Maya’s legs walked a few steps to the small couch that was indented into the trailer. Letting carinas back hit the semi soft cushions, following suit to hover ontop of the brunette. The new angle had Maya pushing deeper into Carina to make the girls legs squirm. 

“I— cum..again…” Carina cried into the blondes mouth. 

Smirking, Maya pulled her hips back to throw them back into the brunette under her, getting that deep for another few thrusts. Filling Carina up to the hilt while her fingers quickly moved over the actresses sensitive clit to make her cum again all over her. 

“Oh fuck, that’s it…cum all over me, make a mess..”

“F-for you…Maya…non sono mai venuto così forte” (I've never come so hard) Carina whimpered, her hands shakily came up to place them on either side of the blondes face, bringing her down for a long needed kiss. She thought she came hard with just the dry rubbing they were doing but this?! Carina felt it in her whole body even after the orgasm subsided.

Humming into each others lips, they were waiting till their bodies stopped having aftershocks of their orgasms but Maya’s phone had other plans. Hearing the ringtone, the blonde looked over to see April’s name popping up on the screen. Carina was dazed from her orgasm, she’d be quiet if needed too easily. Both eyes looked angry over at her phone. 

Hastily without pulling out of the brunette, Maya grabbed her phone and placed it to her ear. 

“Hey April.…” 

Carina just rolled her eyes, amusing at the tone the blonde was using with her ‘girlfriend’. Maya thrusted quickly into Carina to shut her up but it just made the girls hand fly over her mouth before she let out a moan. 

“I didn’t get anything you sent me to post — If you send it now I will..” her eyes trailing over the brunettes face as her hand was finally away from her mouth, she was biting her bottom lip. 

Maya could feel the brunettes hand gently massaging the back of her neck, leaning into the touch of the older girl while talking to her contract partner. Her forehead touched Carina’s shoulder, relaxing at the girls finger and hand movements over her skin. 

“I have one more scene today…why? — Then I’m going home, why are you asking these questions..Listen I’ll post what you need me to, this is what you want right? Okay, then let me do it…” Maya hung up, dropping her phone back on the table. 

“Keep going…” Maya mumbled, making Carina giggle. 

Pulling Maya’s head back to look at her, it didn’t take either of them much convincing to press their lips together in a sweet but slow kiss.  

“Hands” Carina whispered into the girls lips. 

Maya lifted her hand up like Carina asked, her cock still buried inside of the girls core mind you while they have this moment. Carina undid the strong Velcro on the fighting gloves Maya still had on, getting one off; Maya then lifted the other to let Carina do the same thing to pull it off. 

Biting her bottom lip with a smile, Carina’s hands then moved down the fighters back to rest on her lower back. The blonde saw the smile and the touch and couldn’t help but only laugh.

“What…” smiling. 

“Nothing…just you picking up the phone so casually like you didn’t just fuck me into the hardest orgasm I ever had ….to talk to her” 

“And?? Would you change it? You know I needed to answer babe…”

“I know you did, last thing we need is for her to show up on set” 

Maya just shook her head fast. Dinner was a chance they took and it seemed to have worked cause neither got any sort of text or phone call the next day. 

[Unknown]: I told you I didn’t get anything. 

[April Kepner]: You’re telling me that they didn’t do anything but have dinner at that place?!

[Unknown]: They didn’t. I watched them till they left. But I’m following her like you asked me too. I’ll get you something. 

They looked down at the camera to scroll through the photos from the other night. Them kissing was a photo they didn’t want to get rid of, they might have lied to their boss — something inside was saying not to send it. They’d get something else for April; but so far the two of them were pretty tame outside of those set walls, and it’s not like they were allowed inside. Unless? They could pretend to be someone else?

When eight pm showed up, they watched from their car as the two girls walked out together. Camera was up and taking photos fast.

**Click. ClickClick. Click.**
**Click. ClickClick. Click.**

Maya had tried to go to her truck but Carina just pulled her over to wrap her arms around her waist, hugging her. Muffled talking they could hear from within their dark car. 

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Chapter 17: Touch It

[April Kepner]: You're coming with me to this dinner

[Maya Bishop]: Do I need to? 
[Maya Bishop]: It's not apart of the contract. 

[April Kepner]: I would like you to accompany me Maya. You're my 'girlfriend' still. 

[Maya Bishop]: Fine. What's the attire and when? 

[April Kepner]: Business casual. Dinner and then there's going to be some dancing, So be comfortable...I expect some dancing with you to keep it up -- it's tonight.

[Maya Bishop]: Are you going to throw anything else at me? 

[April Kepner]: Maybe, maybe not...we only have a couple weeks left till you're done. You'll live Maya. 

Maya stood there in her kitchen, throwing her phone down with a groan. She didn't want to do this with April, but Dylan said to play nice, so she would till she was done with it. Standing there in just her boxers and a white tank top she took a deep breath. A muffled 'Maya' came from the receiver of her cell phone, almost forgetting that Carina was on the other side. 

Talking with the girl a little bit more, Carina was on her way to this meeting with Greys, it had been a couple days since the sex scene happened along with more footage of Maya fighting in the ring; the same day Maya sunk herself into Carina for the first time with their both pent up energy with one another. 

Maya kissed her lips, moving them down to the italian's neck, kissing and sucking the soft skin -- not enough to make a mark, she made sure of it. The kisses were making Carina moan softly which is what the blonde wanted, she needed to hear that moan again. 

"That moan...Carina..." breathing hotly against her neck, kissing more; Carina delivered the moans the blonde was looking for. 

"Maya..." 

That alone was making Maya weak, she felt so connected to Carina -- even if this wasn't planned, and even before they did anything today she always felt that way. Carina DeLuca was someone special, someone she was trying to unjumble what was going on in her chest for. Someone she chased when she knows she couldn't fully go and give the brunette what she deserved. Even figuring out what that means too. 

"Maya?" Carina's voice knocked her out of her little memory, making her smile. 

"Sorry, I was just um..." 

"Thinking about the other day?" 

"I uh..yeah, actually, is that a bad thing?" Maya crossed her arms a bit. 

"No -- I keep thinking about it too" there was a hint of a smile in Carina's voice. “You were right by the way” 

“Right about what??” Maya laughed. 

“How I’d feel you for days…” a smirk could be sensed over the phone and Maya just smiled with a nod. 

“Do you...regret it?” 

“Not one bit, Bella…do you?” Carina was hoping for a no also, her chest tightened a little bit at the pause. 

“Hell no I don’t, are you..um..?” Knowing she came inside of Carina, it wasn’t like they were planning on sleeping together. 

“Si Bella, I am..I have been, it helps regulate my body..” 

Fuck. Now I can’t stop thinking of her body. That’s not what she meant, but those moans, engraved. The way she breathed against me —

“Your body is killer” Maya just breathed out, but she thought it. 

“What?"

"What" Maya'e eyes got wide with her crossing her arms lightly. 

"Maya what did you just say” Carina was now blushing in her car. 

“Uh -- Did that? Come out vocally?” 

“Si it did — you have a killer one yourself, Bella” Carina flirted. “We’re safe, I have a IUD..I would have said something to you if you couldn't in the heat of the moment” 

Carina's breathing hitched in that moment thinking of that day and being filled up by the blonde. It felt like the best dream that you could relive over and over, and Carina was at least feeling it. Maya suddenly just got shy with Carina saying she had a killer body, she was just looking down at her feet smiling the whole time -- hearing her breath hitch a bit she rubbed the back of her neck with biting her lip. 

"Okayyy" smiling hard the way through that whole one word. "Are you..okay over there?" 

"God you're adorable..." Carina breathed out smiling. "Just thinking about how full you made me...maybe now I'm a little turned on thinking about it" A small laugh came from her lips. 

"Y-you...now? Turned on, now?" 

"Si -- I am..." a small moan came through the receiver and it made Maya stumble a bit just standing there. 

"Carina..don't do that, god don't do that when I'm not even with you" 

Seeing Andrew walk through the door in his scrubs he just waved with three fingers, the other occupied with his keys. Maya coughed a bit to signal someone else was in the room. His other hand with his coffee cup and lunch box, he shut the door with his foot as he strolled over to where Maya was standing at the island. Putting everything down. 

“Wait so where are you both going tonight?” 

“No clue -- I was told to dress up nice...I’m just along for the ride, free food…free drinks..” Andrew piped up. 

“è una cosa positiva che ti amo, meglio non dirtelo ora che avrei preferito prendere Maya” (it’s a good thing I love you, better not tell you now that I would have preferred to take Maya) Carina smugly said over the phone. 

Maya then of course smirked looking at her best friend with a little quirk of her eyebrow. She liked knowing what Carina was saying. 

“Carina, don’t hurt me like that — by the way you can’t see her but she’s looking extra fine today” he said which made Carina make a small frustrated noice over the phone. 

“I’m literally just standing here in my boxers and a tank top — it’s nothing crazy” laughing. 

“Maya. Don’t. Do. That. -- I haven't seen you since the other night” Carina whined a bit making the blonde just smile. 

The fact they haven't seen each other in person was killing them both slowly. Facetime during when they went to bed only did so much, Maya missed the feeling of sinking into the arms of the brunette, the way Carina's fingers would run over her shoulders. 

“Yeah I know, don't remind me cause I hate not sleeping next to you -- it's killing me...I wish I was going with you guys..instead I have to go out with April tonight…” Maya sighed. 

Both Carina and Andrew yelled a ‘what?!’ Which made Maya throw her hands up like a ‘don’t shoot the messenger’. It's not like she had a choice in the matter, it seemed like April might be throwing random things in before the time was up. 

“She told me I had too, I’m trying to be nice so I get out of this bullshit…so yeah now I’m fucking going to dinner or something with her..”

“You mean I could have opted out of this event tonight with Greys?! April was supposed to be there too..”

“I don’t know babe, she just told me dinner and some dancing, and I said okay…I’ll send you a photo if you send me yours” smiling. 

“You were getting a photo anyways, Bella..you can picture taking it of—“ 

“Okay little brother still here!!” Andrew said while looking at both Maya and the phone. 

“Oh relax, it’s not like we’ve done anything…” Maya rolled her eyes. We have and god I can’t stop thinking about it. 

"Andrea, you better be ready by the time I need to pick you up" Carina directed the conversation away from her and Maya. 

That day, the two of them cherished, it was still very much on their minds even if it was the other day. Even though their first time wasn't the exact way the two of them wanted, it still meant something big to the two of them. That night they even just talked softly and kissed, something shifted and not in a bad way.

Carina laid there on her side in Maya's bed, the blondes arm was securely under the italian's body, running her fingers lazily up and down her back slowly while their eye contact was intense but soft. The italian leaned down to kiss the fighters lips in a gentle kiss, making the blonde hum into it. 

"Today...." blue eyes flickered light into the brown ones when their kiss parted. 

"Today..." Carina smiling back said singingly. "è stato fantastico" (it was fantastic)

Maya just blushed which made the italian kiss the blondes cheek with a smile. The back of her fingers caressing the side of Maya's face. 

"Can I ask you something..." saying just below a whisper. 

"You can always ask me anything...." 

"I know I was...anything but um..easy with you, and I know I was a little maybe not harsh but hard with the way I talked to you -- I mentioned about you thinking about this since we started the movie ---" Maya trailed off. 

"And I said I was thinking about it since we first met; and now you're thinking that a certain someone was right?" 

"I mean, not entirely I just...wondered -- if that was actually true" Maya's eyes were gentle, trying to find something with in what Carina meant in that moment. 

"Yes and no, I wasn't expecting honestly anything other than offering you that script --Ti ho incontrato e sono rimasto affascinato. Stordita. Da te. Il sesso non era nei miei pensieri, tutto ciò a cui riuscivo a pensare era quanto volessi conoscerti... ma questo non vuol dire che se fossimo andati a letto insieme prima, non sarei stato turbato --" (I met you, and I was captivated. Stunned. By you. Sex wasn't on my mind, all I could think about was how much I wanted to get to know you..but that's not to say if we did fall into bed with each other earlier, I wouldn't have been upset -- ) 

Maya leaned up, her hand pulling Carina towards her as she pressed her lips to the brunette's, feeling her hand coming up to hold the back of her neck. The blondes heart was pounding in her chest, Carina's hands were slightly shaking; the blonde did make her nervous in the best of ways. 

"You gotta stop doing that, Carina..." saying into her lips. 

"Doing what..." 

"Saying things that...turn me upside down" 

"Ey-ey Captain...I'm going to go get dressed now" Andrew said which brought Maya yet again out of her head. 

"And you -- Bella...you better not stay out too late because I'm coming over tonight, facetime doesn't do the feeling of your body against mine justice, Mi manca tenerti" (i miss holding you) 

Maya breathed out with a smile, she reached back to rub at the back of her neck. Carina still made her heart flutter, she didn't even know what it meant but she liked it. 

"I miss it too -- and I won't, I'm going to tell her that ten, eleven is the cut off..I just..don't want to be there more than I have to be but play it nice" Shrugging as she walked to her room to get ready for her own outting. 

"I'm going to let you go, but text me?" 

"Of course babe, I'll text you soon gorgeous, bye" 

"Bye, Bella" 

The phone call hung up, Maya quickly jumped into the shower; even though she was going out with April tonight, the blonde liked to make sure she was top of the top. Getting out, she wrapped the towel around her body, covering her chest and bottom. 

"Hey do I wear regular boxers or compression tonight?" Maya stopped at Andrew's door. 

"Uhhh...boxers? Why not? It's not anything crazy..it's not like April turns you on" 

Opening the door to see Maya right there, he was wearing some nice black slacks, dress shoes with a white shirt so far tucked in. Picking her hand up she brushed his shoulders of what seemed to be just hair of one of theirs. 

"What belt should I wear..." he asked. 

"Give me a second, I'll be in..." Maya said to walk to her room to throw on a sports bra which she wasn't even wearing tonight, pulling on some black simple boxers she walked back to her best friends room. 

Going through his belts, Maya looked at what he was wearing and what button down he was picking to just put over his white shirt. Grabbing the black belt with the silver buckle she handed it to him, Andrew took it to put it on, clipping it down. Pulling on the multi blue hued, vertical stripped button on over his arms. Maya fitted it better once he had it on, they did this with every occasion; they'd take turns to help the other look their best. 

"What are you wearing..." 

"I have something..I just have to take my bra off cause I don't want the straps to show.." 

Nodding, Andrew looked down as he was sitting to put on his shoes, not even noticing the still very clear red streaks going down Maya's back while she left his room. The blonde grabbed the light aqua green sleeveless shirt. Discarding the sports bra, she pulled the tight shirt on, it held her girls in place so it was easy to get away with no bra. It came up a little bit on her neck, long enough to tuck into the fitted yet flowly white dress pants. Leaving her hair down, all Maya did was curl it a little bit. 

Andrew walked into Maya's room to see the way she was dressed, nodding, throwing up a couple thumbs up. She looked great and he was going to tell her exactly that. 

"Shoes?" 

"I'm not even sure...see what I have in there...and I have my white blazer I'm wearing too.." 

Grabbing the blazer, he handed it off to the blonde who quickly put it on, covering the marks again, she even forgot about them; it became a small welcomed pain. 

"April liked you wearing heels right?" 

"Yeah so I better do that.." 

Andrew handed off a pair of white medium sized heels, slipping them on the blonde just looked at her best friend. 

"Hot, lets hope you don't get cold..." He joked with a laugh.

"Oh that's the fucking least of my problems..alright, photo and then i'm off..have a good time, don't cause any problems.." Kissing Andrew's cheek, Maya quickly went into the bathroom to take a photo and send it off to Carina. 

Walking down the steps of her apartment complex, she was met with a car and April was inside. Sighing, Maya opened the door to get into the back with her ex. The redhead smiled with a very nice appreciative look over of the blonde. 

"Damn -- it's almost like you dressed for me again" the redhead leaned over to pull at Maya's blazer a bit. "You look hot..." 

I didn't even dress for you. But go ahead and think it. 

"Do we have to...we're not even at the dinner..." 

"I'll spare you for now, but you know what we have to do once were in a group full of people..." 

"Yeah, I know.." Maya sat back. 

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"Andrea are you ready.." Carina said with walking into the boys apartment, about 10 minutes after Maya left. 

The waft of cologne that hit Carina in the face made her melt, Maya. The brunette looked to where her feet landed and it was exactly where she always went. Andrea stopped to look at his sister who was in Maya's room, the brunette just smiled a little stressed at her little brother. 

"You know she's going to be okay right? She dressed for you even though she's out with her.." 

"I care about her, I just don't want April to do anything stupid" 

"I know you do, look at where you ended up sorella..right in her room" Andrea held his hand out for his big sister to take so they could leave. 

"You look really nice by the way..Maya would totally die if she could see you" He laughed. 

"Maybe I made sure to dress up myself for her if I was to see her" Carina just smirked.

Carina had walked into the apartment wearing a sleek shimmery black tube top, a solid black blazer and a pair of shimmery black dress pants; black heels and her hair was of course curly with her hair pulled to one side, for the moment till Carina would change it. 

"I'm guessing Maya dressed you?" Teasing her little brother as he shook his head. 

"No! She helped though...okay let's go.." 

Andrea all but pushed Carina out of his apartment with them both laughing. The brunette drove them to the location they were having this Grey's outing till filming started in a couple months. It was almost just so the cast if they added anyone they could just get to know them till all the table reads started. Carina walked into the club that they rented out for literally everyone, food and some nice loose dancing and drinking. 

Holding the door for his sister, he followed closely behind to just then stick beside her. Being greeted by the creator, and whole bunch of actors on the show, key grips, writers they all exchanged 'hellos' some with hugs, others with handshakes. 

"Oh shit -- is this the baby DeLuca?!" Amelia rang out with Carina just smiling wide. 

"He is, my baby brother...look how cute.." Carina brought her hand up under his face to squeeze a bit. 

"Okay no.." He laughed. 

"Andrew DeLuca, nice to meet you" He held his hand out and Amelia shook it slowly. 

"Amelia Shepherd..nice to meet you too BD..Baby DeLuca..Arizona is here too did you see her?" 

"No not yet we just walked in, I have to go and see her..I'll be back.." Carina walked off to find her 'ex flame' for the show. 

"So you're a doctor?" Amelia said while drinking her drink. 

"I am, just an intern but I love it..how is it playing a doctor" 

"I remember nothing" Amelia laughed with Andrew following closely after. 

Carina looked around to see Arizona and Callie standing together, walking up she placed her arms over both of their shoulders, causing the couple to look at her with huge smiles, bringing her in for a proper hug. 

"My favorite italian..holy crap I missed you" Arizona said with a large smile. 

"I'm the only italian you know I'm sure" smiling. "How are you, Callie?" 

"I'm good, it's great seeing my wives ex here.." Teasing. 

"Listen..we had a good run on the show" 

Carina and Arizona's character had a nice long fling when the italian started her run on Grey's, clearly the couple standing before her is good and solid, but in the show they were anything but, divorced even. Carina was there to help Arizona's character Jessica realize that her heart still belonged with Sara, Callie's character. In the whole process she got close with both women to make some great friendships. 

Arizona leaned in to give a little peck on the lips to Carina, such barely which caused the three of them to giggle and keep talking. 

"Jo is somewhere...who knows, we know how she can be just running around" Arizona said with a laugh while leaning into Callie. 

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Maya and April sat at a quiet dinner table at a nice restaurant, sitting next to the blonde she just smiled softly. 

"I'm sorry for the way things were done lately..." April confessed. 

"Are you sorry? or are you just saying that April because this has been anything but ideal..."

"I really am sorry, I'm sorry for the fact that things weren't great the past eight months.. I honestly missed you" April's hand closed over Maya's gently.  

"April this isn't going to work, we broke up...I just wan--" 

"I know we are, but can't we have just one more good night together before the last event we have? Then we part ways..." 

April's finger was under Maya's chin to bring her closer before the two shared a kiss, the redhead slowly tried to deepen the kiss, Maya was letting her for the moment till it got to be too much and she pulled away. 

"You still want me don't you?" April asked looking into the blue eyes she once liked so much. 

"No -- I don't...but I'm doing this because I have to April, lets just have a nice dinner, go do some dancing...then we part ways again.." 

"But your kiss, tells me that you want me" 

"April. It was a kiss, don't read into it..we're in public, you wanted a kiss..so I gave you one" Maya scooted a little bit over but April stopped her from going too far. 

"I have to go to the bathroom..I'll be back" Maya scooted out to walk towards the ladies room. 

[April Kepner]: Did you get it? The photo? 

[Unkown]: Yes. I did. Great kiss! 

[April Kepner]: Good, that's what I like to hear....:) Keep snapping & Send it to her.

Maya walked back as she sat back down next to April as the two of them had a nice dinner surprisingly. It was like how it used to be between them, easy. While the conversation was small, it was flowing nicely, Maya even let out a small laugh. April made sure to get in some touches, the blonde rest her head against her hand that was sitting up right with a small smile. 

"Where did we go wrong Maya?" 

"Seriously? April...you know what happened" 

"Yeah but come on..." April pulled Maya down for another kiss, which the blonde complied only a tiny bit. Turning her face gently to have the redhead sigh. 

"You left me, and you told Tanner to not call you..you also left with Jackson that night -- tell me you weren't doing something with him?" 

“Come on Maya..it wasn’t like that” 

“So you were doing things with him…” the blonde sat up with a shake of her head. 

April shook her head as she just smiled at the blonde, she needed to turn this on her, and quick. 

“No, I wasn’t, we’re scene partners — you chose fighting over me all the time, so him and I hung out” 

“April it was my job” 

“Okay and you had time in the beginning for me and then towards everything ending you didn’t…” April shrugged gently.

“I dropped everything for you each time..what are you saying” 

“It doesn’t matter — you don’t want this?” 

“No I fucking don’t..you’re the one who started this conversation, can we just go please..I think dinner is over” Maya asked for the check and April snatched it once they got it. 

"You have no money remember" and here was the April she was dealing with lately. 

"Does Carina get that yet? That you have nothing to offer? Have you fucked her yet...cause I'm posit-- "

"April. I'm not talking about my scene partner, you were clear in us not seeing each other, so we've been filming and then going home...and if you were trying to get me into bed tonight you can stop. I'm not sleeping with you" 

Maya got up and wanted to stalk off but didn't, she just waited for April, holding her hand out for the redhead as she took the blondes hand in hers. They walked out together, getting into the the car. The urge to talk to Carina was high, this whole night was at least decent for the first part till they started to fight towards the end. 

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Maya walked up the steps with her hand in April's, this looked different from what her ex explained to where they were going. Holding the door, she let the redhead walk in first before following since their hands were linked. Details. 

"I thought we were going to dance?" 

"We are..it's for Grey's..they rented out this place" 

"Gr-- oh come on you couldn't.." 

"Behave Maya..you're on my time.." April smiled sweetly at the girl. 

Nodding slowly, she just smiled a bit. Walking in farther with her ex, the to looked around; April of course found Jackson who just waved a tiny bit to her. This was beyond wrong right now. Looking over, her eyes connected with brown hues she knew too well. Carina was all the way on the other side of the room but she could feel a presence in the room that she craved to be next to -- and that cologne. Maya. 

Andrew walked over with drinks to see Carina looking over and that's when he saw his best friend standing hand in hand with April at the door.

"Oh boy -- this is going to be a night" 

"She's doing this to kill us right now.." Carina said while taking her glass of wine. "Maya is killing me right now" Taking a long sip of her wine. Holy shit she looks even hotter in person.

The brunette looked all over Maya, taking in what she was wearing, it was even better in person. Feeling now her own blazer was giving her extra heat, she tried to suppress it all; their eyes not wavering from one another. Andrew just looked at the two of them, squinting his eyes a little bit the eye sex that was going on was making the boy squirm a bit. 

Carina tilted her head with a small smile looking at Maya, biting her bottom lip making the blonde raise her eyebrows a bit; watching Maya click her tongue against her teeth. Brown eyes watched the blonde stand up straighter to fix her jacket, even shove her hand into her pocket of her dress pants. 

Getting pulled on her hand, Maya was brought out of her eye locking with the brunette across the room. The blonde looked down to kiss the girl, being lead to one of the standing tables. Eyes adverted from the blonde and the redhead to just be interested in her wine. 

"Carina -- you know...she needs to follow what April wants.." 

"A quale prezzo? Andrea, è stata adescata per venire qui." (At what cost? Andrea, she was lured to come here) 

"Carina, you know how April is -- " 

Being jealous wasn't something that Carina liked, but she had to be honest with herself that she was. Telling Andrea earlier that she would have rather have taken Maya to this, which was true -- she liked Maya, the crush on the blonde was more than evident now than it was when she first met her. Feeling eyes on her, she let her brown ones look over to see Maya just staring at her again, April talking to the girl but the blue eyes just were taking in all of Carina. 

"Maya are you listening to me?" April asked and the blonde nodded. 

"Yeah I am" 

"What was I just saying?" Knowing very well that Maya was looking at Carina, this is what she wanted. She wanted them to see each other but not have each other. It was cruel. 

"You were talking about the event we have in a couple weeks.." Maya now looked over at April. 

"I'm surprised you were listening, I'm glad you're here with me...” 

April put both her and Maya's hands up on the table as she caressed the girls hand slowly, making sure Carina was seeing. The blondes eyes went down to a hand she was familiar with, her internal struggles now coming into play; to pull away or just play it so this could end smoothly. 

“Me too, I’m glad, I am…” bringing the hand up to kiss it slowly, making April smile. 

Carina and Andrew walked over to the contracted pair from the bar, having drinks in their hands and Andrew had an extra one for his best friend. 

“Hey bud” Andrew said with a small smile. 

“Hey bud, thanks for this --  Carina…” breathing out softly as she was now face to face with the brunette. 

“Maya…” smiling softly.

God this is a cruel joke right now, she looks drop dead gorgeous. I’m attached to a paper contract. 

The tightness in her hand causes Maya to look over to see that April's was tightly around her own. 

“April, you can let my hand go…” April didn’t. “Baby let my hand go, please” baby. It’s what caused the redhead to let go. 

“I have to go to the bathroom, order me my usual?” April said while she got up, kissing Maya's lips when she tilted her head back to make her look up at her. 

Maya kissed her back until she left, picking her head back up. It was taking everything in her to wipe the kiss off her lips, but in a room full of April's peers it would look so wrong. 

“I hate this…” Maya whispered, Carina more than heard that as she looked over. 

“Bella…” 

“I hate this…Carina…I had no idea I'd be here..” Maya looked over and the brunette just looked at the blonde with gentle eyes. 

Her hand went down to the italian's lower back to have some sort of physical contact.

“Chase me..Maya, chase me” her hand slipped under the table to squeeze at the blondes leg a little bit since she was sitting. 

Maya's eyes kept looking at Carina and started to chase, her heart started to beat heavy against her chest, her hand slipped over Carina's to hold it for a few minutes. Fingers starting to play with the rings, seeing the brunette smile at her and Maya just smiled back to then look down a little bit. 

"You're so adorable...I hate this too" It took everything in Carina to not just sit on the girls leg, knowing Maya would let her but everything else was telling her not to. The arm behind her was already driving her crazy, now Maya playing with her rings. 

April came back to then grab Maya's face and kiss her, the blonde kissed her back. April sat back down on her chair she pulled from the other table as she then looked over at Carina with a smug smile on her face. Jackson himself came back to the table a little bit after food was being served. 

"Bud, we're going to dance later?" 

"Fuck yeah we are...you know we are..." 

"Maya can you not grind on your best friend in front of everyone" April sighed as she just side eyed her 'girlfriend' 

"I can't make any promises, you should know how we are when we get together..." Maya took a sip of her drink which made Carina smile while picking at the snacks on the table. 

"Yeah Maya totally turned me on the last time, I really missed out didn't I?" Joking and all Maya did was laugh. 

"Maya come on were dancing.." April got up to pull at the blondes hand. 

Maya just huffed to go down to the dance floor, Jackson was there. Of course he was. They started to dance to whatever song was on, the blondes arms around April, she was trying to take the girls blazer off but had no luck which made the redhead huff. After she was clearly bored with now a clear boundary she moved through the crowd to dance with Jackson. 

Andrew came through the crowd while Carina watched from their seats, he showed up next to Maya with four shots, both taking two each he then grabbed her a beer which she appreciatively took. It was always something to see with how Andrea and Maya just knew almost literally every song that would be playing.

The bass was heavy as 'A Milli' by Lil Wayne was blaring through the speakers, Maya placed her arm around Andrew's neck as he held her waist to pull her into his body. 

"A millionaire, I'm a Young Money millionaire" Maya pointed to her best friend as he just bounced a little bit with moving with her. 

His hands moved over her waist as the two of them danced close, smiling with one another -- of course this is the first genuine smile that Maya had on her face all night, she felt safe with Andrew. Drinking her beer, her hand patting his chest with the lyrics rolling through the club. Pulling her body back a bit she turned around to do what April didn't want her do. 

Andrew's arm was securely around her waist to have the girl grind her ass back into his front, her head was pressed against his as the two of them just talked and laughed. Kissing his best friends cheek the two just let loose and did what they wanted, no one cared. Carina however was mesmerized by the way Maya was moving and yet again she wanted to be down there, her hips were twisting in the best of ways she wanted to feel. 

Pushing up from her chair she took one last swig of her wine before walking down, leaving her blazer to then wrapping her fingers gently into the girls white dress pants to tug a bit. Maya looked at Carina with a smirk. Standing up a little bit more, Andrew was able to get the white jacket off of his best friend and his eyebrows raised seeing the red marks that were now completely visible from the shirt the blonde was wearing. 

Nodding with a laugh, Maya clearly didn't think they were still prominent when she put the sleeveless top on, it cut in pretty significantly on her back. Maya took Carina's hands to place it around her neck, the brunette's fingers traced over perfectly on the scratches and with that Andrew just pointed to just leave to to place her jacket up by the chairs. 

The music switched over, having Maya's hands pulling Carina's body in so they were pressed together, faces close together, they moved just as well but better than Maya and Andrew. Blue eyes looked into the brown ones, causing the brunette to bite her bottom lip. About half way through the song, Carina turned herself to press her ass into Maya's front which the blonde more than welcomed. 

Having Carina dancing on her like the way she was had the girl reacting, Carina's head turned to bite her bottom lip, grabbing her hand she pulled the blonde towards the bathrooms. They weren't dancing together for very long, they couldn't take it, it's just like the first time. Maya was able to push through the mass of bodies to have both of them stumble into the room and then into one of the stalls. 

"Can we...."

"Should we..." 

Breathing heavy, the two were playing with fire, their want for each other was high -- Maya's hands were rolling up Carina's thighs to hike one of them up around her waist. Maya was the first to make the move, leaning in to kiss the brunette hard. 

"I should have worn my compression shorts..." Maya laughed into the kiss. 

"I like your boxers, I really..really...like your boxers..." Hands moving down to the edge of Maya's dress pants when their lips connected again. 

April went to go through the crowd trying to find Maya again, appearances, it meant everything to the redhead. She wasn't sure what made her look up, but she saw both Maya and Carina coming from the bathroom and the blonde fixing her pants with a smile, the blonde turned around to have Carina just laugh; having Maya walking backwards. April's then her eyes landed on the marks on Maya's back.

"Are those nail marks?" Jackson said into April's ear. 

"Yeah and I bet who they belong to..." watching the girls start to go back to the table they had. 

Notes:

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Chapter 18: I Know Love

Notes:

NSFW

Maya ran her hands down Carina's sides till she got to her ass, pulling her into her body more, their lips fused together in a deep passionate kiss -- the type to take your breath away. Carina's back was pressed against the side of the bathroom stall they chose with her arms draped over the blondes shoulders, one of her hands playing with the back of her neck. 

The blondes heart was beating fast, melting into the kiss -- if Carina was a cat, she was the best mouse there was falling into her paws. Hands were pushing into the fighters shirt slowly to get the italian even closer, catching the blondes bottom lip between her teeth, tugging slowly. 

"Carina..." 

"Mhmm.." humming into the kiss for her to try and kiss Maya again but the girls lips weren't there. 

Opening her eyes, her chocolate hues met with ocean eyes, sapphire almost; there was something in them, there always was but this was different. 

"Maya.." whispering. 

"What's...whats it mean when your chest feels like it's racing..." Breathing slightly heavy, her eyes looking into brown ones. 

"Show me where you're feeling it.." 

Licking her lips gently, Maya pulled Carina's hand over into the middle of her chest, her heart was pounding. Carina leaned in to kiss the girls cheek repeatedly, the fighter wasn't resisting, if anything she was just leaning more into it. Hands falling to hold Carina's waist while the italian was just kissing her cheek. Feeling the actresses lips move over onto hers again to them deepening it quick, their tongues rolling into each other. 

"Does it happen when you kiss me Or-- ?" Carina asked when they both needed to come up for air. 

"All the time with you.." 

That alone made Carina smile, she had the same feeling, her heart raced with Maya; when they were in the same room her heart just took off like it was trying to win a race. Carina wasn't expecting to feel anything at all for the blonde, but the way she was drawn to Maya was a magnet -- undeniable. Kissing her, felt like she was tasting the newest addiction, her only addiction. 

"Ci si sente bene? quando il tuo cuore batte così?" (does it feel good? when your heart beats like this?) 

Maya leaned in to kiss Carina again, not to see how it felt, but being this close to the girl; she felt like it was criminal that their lips weren't touching. 

"Io senti libero..feels like I'm...melting..." (I feel free) Maya whispered. 

Carina's hands slipped behind the blondes neck, their foreheads pressing together; her bottom lip tucked between her teeth lightly. 

"Then i'd say it's a good thing..you feeling this...with me -- cause I feel it too with you.." 

Smiling, the fighter wrapped her arms around the brunette as they shared a slow, sweet kiss. Hearing the door swing open, there were girls giggling walking into the bathroom and the two quickly realized where they were and just tried not to make any noise. Carina put her index finger to her lips for both of them to be quiet. 

"I can't go out there yet..." Maya whispered as she looked between them, Carina's hands slid down Maya's front slowly, grazing over just the shirt clad breasts. 

Maya's body was betraying her again, the brunette's fingers grazing over just the thin fabric, having the blondes skin erupt in goosebumps. The fighters shirt was tight so everything was exposed, she could feel her nipples harden against the fabric thanks to Carina's hands, not breaking the eye contact with the older girl as her hands got to the dress pants to tug gently. 

“Can I help with anything?” Speaking in a whisper.

“I wish, but it’s small..it was just the start…turn around I do actually have to go to the bathroom…” maya laughed. 

“So do I…so hurry up” Carina smiled back, turning around so Maya could go. 

The blonde did what she needed to do, cleaning herself up and then zipped her pants back up, turning around with a laugh so Carina could do the same thing. Her hands holding Maya's hips, both of them trying not to speak so loudly since there were other people in there. Carina got done to pull her dress pants up, Maya walking out first and that’s when Carina saw the marks still. 

“Bella…you can still see the marks..” 

“What?! I totally forgot about them..” Maya looked back to see Carina now kissing her exposed shoulder. 

“I survived a Carina DeLuca sex scene..and this is all I got” winking at her before leaving the stall first. 

Carinas mouth dropped open seeing the blonde leave. A laugh then followed when she came out of the stall a few seconds later to wash her hands at the same time as the blonde. 

“They don’t look bad, plus I remembered you had a good time too….sooo….” Carina trailed off with a smile. 

Drying their hands, they walked out of the bathroom talking, Maya turned around as she laughed at whatever Carina was saying, making the brunette laugh back; fixing her pants to have them sit better on her body, heading back to the table. 

Andrew sat there and watched his two favorite people walk out of the bathroom, and then down at the floor seeing April seething with Jackson behind her. April stalked over to grab at Maya's wrist, yanking on it a bit. 

“Ow? What?” 

“What are you doing with her?! And what the fuck are those marks on your back?! Are you trying to make a fool of me, you know what happens, Maya” 

“We went to the bathroom, you’re really high strung if you’re going to think that I’m not going to talk to her..not only she’s my friend but now a co-worker of mine..I’m not making a fool of you, you’re making a scene —" pulling her wrist out of April’s hold, she glared at Jackson before she looked down. 

“Your fly is down by the way…” Jackson scrambled to pull it up, having April give him a look. 

Maya turned around, her eyes looking at April, her finger went to the side of her mouth signaling that the redhead should check herself and of course she did it — even with nothing there. Walking up the small steps, she placed her hand on Andrew’s shoulders, squeezing tight. 

“Nice marks Maya…who gave them to you” Andrew smirked, Carina just had a new glass of wine, drinking it while not even looking at her brother. 

“We’re not talking about that, plus..I like them..if this is what acting gets me I’m all for it” teasing and Andrew sat up. 

“That’s all fucking…Carina!" the boys eyes looked to his sister and Maya just smirked a little bit with Carina now shrugging. 

Callie and Arizona came up with Amelia trailing behind them as they grabbed the three to pull them down to the dance floor to enjoy the rest of the night together, Maya didn't see April till they had to leave; almost like she was avoiding the fighter since she was pissed at her. April slipped her hand into the blondes to then have them leave together. Dropping Maya back at her apartment, the redhead stopped her from leaving so soon. 

"Come on April...what..." Maya's shoulders dropped to look over at the redhead who had her hand on her jacket. 

"Did you do anything in that bathroom that I should know about?" raising an eyebrow. 

"No, we went to the bathroom? Plus, you should be looking at yourself..I was good" Putting her hands up to then get out of the car. 

"Call me when the next event is..trust me, I'm behaving by your little rules..." closing the door. 

[Unknown]: Do you want me to follow her if she leaves? 

[April Kepner]: Yes. I want photos. 

Maya knew Carina was going to come over, but something in the blonde wanted to be alone with the brunette, giving her a quick text she asked if she could go there and of course Carina said yes. Packing a bag, she pulled on a pair of jeans and just threw on a simple tshirt to then throw her feet into some sneakers, she threw her backpack over her shoulder. 

"Hey i'm going to crash at Carina's..." 

"Do you want help?" Andrew asked sitting up from the couch. 

"Nah..I'll take the chance -- love you bud.." 

"Love you too" Andrew called out. 

Grabbing her keys, Maya threw her backpack into her truck before she roared it up. Driving over, she hopped out of her drivers side to walk over to see the Carina standing on the side walk for her. 

**Click. ClickClick. Click.**
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They pulled their face away from the camera to watch the duo as Carina walked to meet Maya, she was adorning a UFC shirt, something they guessed was Maya's. Seeing Maya run up and pick Carina up, the two of them laughing to just have the blondes hold around the italian get tighter. 

**Click. ClickClick. Click.**
**Click. ClickClick. Click.**

Tapping their finger against the side of the camera, they sighed; Maya looked happy, probably the most they've seen in a while. This was getting a little harder to do each time they saw the blonde and brunette together. Maya placed Carina back down, walking next to her, they saw Carina grab at the blondes shirt to pull her now into the apartment, closing the door. 

**Click. ClickClick. Click.**
**Click. ClickClick. Click.**

"She looks happy at least...." They said to no one but themselves. 

Pressed into the back of the door, the girls were already in a deep kiss; the blondes hands moving up into the italian's (hers) shirt. Her heart was beating hard again just like in the bathroom, seeing the brunette had it jump start, even the anticipation of seeing her had it racing. Both smiling into the kiss, they felt their hearts pounding again, Maya falling into the feeling again. 

Carina pulled away to have Maya following her, taking over the brunette's body slowly. She really liked seeing Carina in her shirts, it was hot, sexy seeing it. Turning off the lights as they moved through the actresses apartment, Maya's hands pulled Carina in so she could kiss her again. The small smacks of their lips along with little hums had them both slowly getting turned on more and more. 

"Maya..." 

"Hmmm.." 

"I really wish I took you tonight..." Carina's voice was soft. 

"I wish you did too, seeing you though..it made me so happy, you...make me happy Carina -" 

Smiling, the brunette wrapped her arms around the fighters shoulders to press her lips against hers again. Slowly making it into her room, Maya held the girls body in her arms till they fell on the bed, the kiss getting deeper. Carina let out a moan into the blondes mouth, pushing Maya's hands up into the shirt till the warm hands were around her breasts; kneading them slowly in small pulses of her fingers. 

"I keep thinking about the other day..." 

"So do I -- You said you still feel me?" Carina kissed her harder at that statement and it made Maya fall into her. 

"Mhmmm I do...how's your heart..." they spoke in whispers. 

"Pounding...full...free..." Saying between kisses. 

Maya's hands finally pulled themselves down to pull at the brunette's shirt, getting it off; she had Carina topless. Sitting up on her knees, she reached down to pull her own shirt off, discarding it with the brunette's. Maya was stunned for words looking at the italian laying there, her legs pressing on either side of her thighs, having her hands running down to grab at the shorts to pull them up and off. 

"Do you...want to?" Maya asked carefully, seeing Carina nod in response. 

Carina took the time to appreciate a very much topless Maya, from her full breasts, down to her stomach, then over to where her boxers were sitting, CALVIN in big letters on the band of them. She was becoming feral over how they always peaked out from overtop of whatever pants the blonde was wearing. 

"What? Is something wrong?" Maya asked. 

"No, you're just unbelievably sexy Maya...everything about you is sexy, your eyes..to your lips and how they kiss me...your chest" Carina sat up to wrap her lips around one of Maya's breasts to gently suck. 

The blonde's hand went to the back of Carina's neck, a small moan slipped out of her mouth letting Carina touch her like this -- no one touched her like this. Fingers popped open the button on the fighters jeans, pulling away from one supple mound with a small pop. Kissing between the valley of Maya's breasts she then wrapped her lips around the other one, letting her tongue and mouth give the mound all the attention it should get. 

Pulling away with a small pop, Maya's hands held Carina's head to lean down and kiss her slowly. Humming into her lips, Carina pushed Maya back a bit to let her hand trail down unzipping her jeans, her hands trailing over the girls boxers, her pinky slipping in under the band. Maya had never been the one to let someone take over things in the bedroom, but she was letting Carina do whatever she wanted, everything in her body was telling her too. 

"When your boxers show above your jeans...or your sweats...anything, it does something to me..." Carina's eyes connected with blue ones of the blonde. 

"It does? Good things...I hope..." 

"Very good things" smiling, her hand rubbing over the slowly growing bulge in Maya's jeans. 

A sigh left the blondes lips, even closing her eyes a little bit feeling Carina's hand rubbing her through the two layers of clothing. Her hand went over the brunettes to move it to where she really needed it, just over a couple inches. 

"Here?" 

"Yeah right there..." 

Carina smiled to bite her bottom lip, her hand working over the front of Maya's jeans, she could feel the girl slowly getting harder with every rub, every squeeze. For a moment, Carina pulled at the loose jeans around the blondes hips, rolling them down to mid thigh, the small tent in the girls boxers more evident. 

"Lay down Bella..." 

Maya moved a little bit so she laid down on the bed, Carina pulled her jeans off the rest of the way, her hands pushing at her own shorts to get off her body. Laying her body onto the blondes, their breasts pressing together, Maya pressed their lips together again, drinking in the italian. Sneaking her hand under the waistband of the fighters boxers she let the palm of her hand roll down her length before wrapping her fingers around her, stroking slowly. 

Having her mouth drop a little bit, Maya moaned softly, Carina's hand was stroking her growing cock harder. If Carina could do that then the fighter could return the favor, she snuck her hand into the front of Cairna's panties to then dip her finger through her folds, bringing the wetness she felt up to the brunette's clit where she made small circles; making Carina moan with a gasp. 

"M-maya..." whimpering. 

Lips connecting in a small slow kiss, getting deeper with each moment. Carina's hand moved faster, twisting up and down the blondes cock, it made her body shutter with how hard she was getting for her, how thick she was; it was that rush of arousal that went from head to toe -- Maya felt it, Carina got increasingly wet within seconds. 

"W-what happened...you're an ocean babe..." whispering into the kiss. 

"You happened, I want you inside of me, Bella.." 

Faster circles being drawn into Carina's clit, her fingers dipping between the drenched folds making Maya moan, her hips pressing up into the brunette's hand. Maya fought with the thought of her and Carina having sex, even though they both wanted it. Carina could tell, her lips pulling back from the blonde to look at her again. 

"What are you thinking about? Your kisses are different" 

"M-my kisses?" 

"Your kisses..." Kissing Maya hard. "Are different..." kissing her again. "Do you not want to?" 

"I do..no I do...I really..really do" 

"What is it..what's on your mind" A small kiss to the girls lips. 

"I don't want it to be just sex with you...you're...special to me..everything about you is special to me, Carina.." Maya caressed Carina's cheek with her other hand before kissing her in a long kiss. 

Carina moaned into the kiss, falling herself into the kiss. She felt the same way Maya did, but she didn't look at this as 'just sex' it was more to Carina. Everything about Maya was more to her than just a random person in her bed. Pulling her hand out of Maya's boxers, and the blondes out of her panties, she linked their hands to then press them above the blondes head. 

"You're special to me too, this isn't just sex with us..Maya you mean so much to me, it's never been 'just' anything between us, do you feel that like I do" 

"Yeah I do, I really do..." 

"So it's not just anything with you and I, Bella.." Carina was falling hard, she had been. 

Maya rolled them over so she could reach down on the ground, making Carina just watch the blonde in amusement, seeing her come back up with a small black square in her hand. 

"I just..." Holding it in her hand, Carina smiled wide to take it from the blonde, opening it. 

"You don't want me to go down on you?" Maya questioned, she was going to wait to open the package. 

"Not right now, I just want to have you inside me, I've been aching for you since the bathroom -- even more since you called me" 

Mouth opening and closing a little bit with realization that she also was yearning for the same thing since they were pressed together in the bathroom earlier. Her fingers curled around the black panties that were on the italian's body, she pulled them off, biting her bottom lip. 

"Please? I just want a taste?" Blue eyes looked into chocolate and the brunette just nodded then, letting Maya go down on her for just a taste. 

Getting between the brunette's legs, Maya didn't play around, she wrapped her mouth around the brunette's mound to run her tongue up her soaked folds; moaning instantly at how sweet Carina tasted. Pressing her body into her bed, Carina's eyes rolled to the back of her head, feeling the girls hot tongue swiping up and down through her folds, sucking on her clit gently. Sucking in her stomach with waves of pleasure heating all over her body. 

Just like when she was rubbing her clit with her fingers, Maya felt the waves of arousal grow increasingly with each lap of her tongue. Now Maya didn't want to leave from between the girls legs, settling on the bed, her hips ground into the bed as she ate Carina out slowly. 

"M-Maya...oh...cazzoo...oh...f-fuck...you said..." a long moan left Carina's lips. "a taste" whimpering with her body betraying her now. 

Maya's arms shoved themselves under each of Carina's thighs to then rest on her stomach by her belly button, her face fully into Carina, her tongue taking care of the brunette tight circles over her clit to sucking gently, soaking up the sweet nectar the brunette was producing fast. Low hungry moans, along with Maya's eyes closing meant one thing. She wasn't leaving anytime soon. 

"Maya..fuck.." 

Italian hands threading through blonde hair to almost push her closer, when she meant to pull her away. Hips cantered into the blondes mouth to only have Maya pull her in more, her mouth sucking harder, pulling away eventually to then tease Carina with the tip of her tongue rolling over the girls clit. 

Watching the brunettes body suck in the air and pleasure of her tongue, had her smiling. Swiping her tongue over her bundle of nerves a few more times, she could feel Carina's thighs tighten like she was trying to control her muscles spasms. Leaving Carina's soaked core, Maya kissed up the girls body to kiss her hotly, pushing her boxers off her legs. 

Carina's hands were now wrapped around the back of Maya's neck to deepen the kiss, slipping her tongue into the blondes mouth to taste herself making her moan. Grabbing the condom, Maya rolled it down over her throbbing length, holding her hardened cock to swipe the head up and down between the italian's folds a few times before slipping herself inside of Carina's pussy. 

A shaking moan came through Maya's body as she felt herself still a little bit once she inserted herself fully into Carina. 

"You feel so..good...f-fuck...Carina..babe.." moaning into the kiss with Carina moaning louder, feeling full of the blonde. 

Pulling her hips back, she thrusted slowly into the italian, their breaths mixing with their shaky moans; Carina pressed her body up into Maya letting the blonde hold her closer. Maya felt so much with Carina, she couldn't even decipher what it could mean yet, she just kept chasing because it felt good, too good it almost felt too good to be true. Holding her body up a little bit, the fighter started to thrust into the italian below her. It wasn't fast, it wasn't a nice hard pound. Not for their actual first time, second? 

Arms were up around the blondes neck, wrists limp with her lips attached to the fighters, getting more intense and deep as her thrusting got faster, deeper to make her moan into Maya's lips. They didn't know how long their bodies were in sync or matching each others needs, it was like they already knew what they wanted, needed, craved -- time didn't matter right now, all that mattered was them. 

It wasn't till they both needed to cum where they let their eyes connect harder than they had, Carina's hand behind Maya's neck, the other one right where it was when they had their sex scene -- right where the nail marks were from the first time. 

Breathy moans and whimpers were the only noises between them, no words. Maya felt the brunette's thigh get higher on her body to have the blonde grab it, holding it tight as one more thrust and Maya unloaded hard with Carina falling apart like the first time, arching her back into the blonde harder while her moans got louder. Walls clenching around Maya's cock hard to cum against her -- nails yet again scraping hard down the blondes back. 

"Maya...Oh fuck..Maya..." Moaning loudly. 

"Fuck...Carina..." moaning equally as loud with a little hiss, her hips jerked a couple more times till she was completely empty. 

"D-did you just remark my back!?" Maya laughed a little bit to have Carina's hand slowly move up and down the marks she just reput there. 

"I'm so sorry..." Laughing a bit back. 

Pulling out of the brunette slowly they were breathing hard, not parting completely yet to have Maya melt into the italian. Throwing the condom out, Maya's arm was draped over Carina's bare chest with her head on her shoulder. Carina looked down at Maya who was just looking up at the brown eyed girl. 

Her hand gently pushing blonde hair out of her eyes repeatedly, then over her eyebrows, her forehead and then down to her nose and back up. 

"I could look at you for hours, Bella..." whispering, pulling Maya in to kiss the younger girl slowly. 

"I'd like that..." 

Carina just looked down at the blonde as they laid there together, her heart beating hard against her chest. Maya was feeling the same thing, her heart was racing and all she was doing was looking at the brunette. 

"You feel it too? Your heart pounding with me..." 

"Si -- I do, batte così forte per te" (it beats so hard for you)

"It's a good thing..." Maya asked again. 

"A very..very good thing...are you chasing?" 

"Always..." 

The rest of the night was complete with the blonde and brunette just looking into each others eyes, stealing kisses till they fell asleep. Maya found her person even if she didn't know it yet, she felt safe, her heart felt safe for the first time in years. Maya was falling with out a word to it -- Carina however, she fell hard; knowing exactly what this feeling was. She knew what Maya was explaining in the club bathroom, she knew it all too well because she felt this in her heart the night of the party, where they almost kissed. 

It's why looking at April and Maya hurt so much, she felt something then -- Maya might have fallen first without knowing, but Carina, oh Carina...she fell harder; tonight was the definition of perfection, for both of them. 

In the early morning, while they were both soundly sleeping; Carina's phone started to go off on the side table. 

*DING. DING DING. DING* 

[Unknown]: Thought you should see this 

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Chapter 19: Timeless

Notes:

nsfw in the beginning

Carina was the first one to wake up that morning, the two some how turned themselves over to where the brunette was holding Maya while on their sides, spooning essentially -- her front pressed against the blondes back. Leaning in she pressed her lips against the fighters shoulder softly, leaving a few of them, fingers leaving a ghostly trail down her arm, then slowly back up. Propping her head up on her own hand, she pressed her alone into her pillow so she could let her eyes roam down the sleeping blonde. 

Her heart felt like it was beating out of her chest right now, she felt drunk, or maybe even hungover but she barely touched any drinks last night. It was consuming. Maya was consuming. She scolded herself for letting her little brother be right about how she'd like his best friend. The aches in her chest only slowly were getting worse, knowing fully what the feeling meant. 

"You feel it too? Your heart pounding with me..." 

"Si -- I do, batte così forte per te" (it beats so hard for you)

Rubbing their noses together slowly, they both met in for a deep kiss; Carina hummed into the girls lips, she could feel Maya's hand creeping up into her hair to pull her closer. Kisses had never felt this good before, no one has ever felt this good to Carina. 

Maya's chest was rising and falling slowly, still asleep — it gave Carina the perfect excuse to just look at the fighter, think; about her too. Think about how she felt something the night they met again, that one hand shake sent a shock to her body, then the next morning with Maya walking over and kissing her cheek like she'd been doing it for years; the brunette liked it a little too much.  

Turning her hand over, she let the back of her fingernails trail down the smallest sliver of the blondes back, over the small exposed curves, watching a small shiver run over the blondes body. A small hitch of breath had Carina biting her bottom lip a bit, her hand stopping, watching Maya's head turn to see Carina in back of her. 

"Buongiorno..." whispering to Maya who just smiled softly. 

"Good Morning.." yawning slightly. 

That sleepy voice getting to the brunette, feeling her heart almost melt at the raspy tone. Maya had managed to lay on her back, her hand grabbing Carina's to pull her over, the brunette complying with what the blonde wanted. Her upper half pressing into the blondes like it was last night. 

Noses bumping into one another, Carina was the first to lean down, capturing the blondes lips with her own. Maya's teeth gently grabbing at the italian's bottom lip to tug at it slowly, her tongue peaking out a little bit to sooth where her teeth tugged at. Both taking a deep breath in through their noses with their lips in a deep kiss. 

Letting her hand roll down the blondes body, Carina squeezed slightly at Maya's waist. Carina went to pull herself up, putting a hand to Maya's collarbone to push her down to her bed, brown hues searching those blue ones. 

"Are you feeling okay?" Maya whispered, caressing the brunette's cheek gently. 

"Perfetta..how are you feeling..." stealing another kiss, a smile on her lips. 

"Meravigliosa" (wonderful)

"Hmmmhmm you're getting better, even better rolling some of those r's" the smile permanent on her lips with them being just mere inches away. 

"You would know...how was my tongue last night?" Maya just stole another kiss, catching Carina off guard with a laugh. 

"Little miss 'I want a taste' decided she wanted to feast..makes me turned on just thinking about it" 

"Mmmm..so I wanted a little more, you taste..deliziosa...so you want me to fix that?" (delicious)  saying against the brunette's lips. 

"As tempting as that is..." Carina pulled her head back to look down at the blonde, her finger tips dancing along her perfectly sharp jawline. 

"Was...last night too much?" whispering.

The blonde just looked up at the brunette, her hair flipped to one side of her neck, she was now looking for signs that last night was either a mistake or somehow too much. Carina shook her head 'no', her fingers kept moving along the fighters jawline till she leaned down to kiss her again. The pounding in her chest, Carina couldn't ignore it since it felt so loud, so pronounced, it was almost taking charge of what her head was telling her right now. 

"Do you have another condom?" whispering into Maya's lips. 

"Y-yeah..." 

Maya's hand reaching over to the night stand for her wallet, having actually moved things around last night once they were settled. Pulling the black little square from the snuggly black wallet, her lips never left Carina's once; it felt too good, Carina felt too good. Carina pulled herself so she was laying down, taking Maya with her so she was now on top. Ripping the condom open with her teeth, the blonde moved quickly to put it over her hardened morning wood. 

Thighs were around Maya's hips, Carina waited those few seconds till she felt Maya slip her cock into her core, her ringed fingers grasping heavily into the fighters back, touching newly scraped skin. Somewhere between a moan and a small grunt left the blondes lips, Carina's body arched up onto Maya letting out a strangled moan. 

"Maya..." whimpering into her ear. 

Carina's whimper alone made Maya harder, slow thrusts into the older girl, she liked hearing every noice that came from the brunette. Feet hooked right over the dimples of Maya's lower back, right above her ass. Maya had pressed her knees into the bed, her long slow thrusts let her feel all of Carina all over again like last night, the italian's moans were shaky, hands holding tightly to the blondes back, feeling them move up slowly to grasp at her shoulder blades with the thrusts being as slow as they were. 

Maya turned her head to look into the brown eyes, something was pleading in them, emotions were high -- she could feel them too, her own heart was pounding right now.

"..last night..." Maya started, her eyes roaming the italian's face with a smile forming. 

"Last night?" Carina smiled with a small whimper feeling Maya go deeper into her. "usa le tue parole" (use your words) 

"I can't..I don't..." 

The feeling Maya has been trying to wrangle in, decode even was on high alert. The fighter leaned over to kiss Carina again, making her moan softly into her lips, her hand moved to grab the blondes and place it gently around her neck. Thrusting got faster slowly, the two of them weren't going to make it this early in the morning very long. Carina could already feel herself getting close, especially with the slight added pressure of Maya’s hand. 

Carina was losing herself in Maya's lips, the blonde keeping her body pressed against the brunettes, picking her thrusts up into her, her cock started to hit deep inside of the italian, the girls walls were hugging her hard length tightly. 

"..you're so beautiful..." whimpering, letting her thrusting get faster into the actress. 

This time Carina's nails weren't digging into the smooth skin of the blondes back, her hands just gripping onto her, moving one of her hands up, she lazily wrapped her arm around the back of Maya's neck. Pulling her closer to kiss her lips, her core slickly taking all of Maya each time, her thighs starting to clench around the blonde as she was getting closer to the edge. 

"I'm...close..Bella.." moaning into her lips. 

"Me too, oh..f--..me too babe" Maya whimpered feeling it starting to come ahead, trying to hold off her own high, tightening her hand only adding a tiny bit of pressure more to Carina’s neck. 

Lips meshing together till the blonde felt the brunette's walls getting tighter around her, hips pushing harder to keep meeting what Carina was needing to get off. Maya hit into Carina harder, one. two. three times till their highs were hitting their peaks at the same time. Carina's body was tensing up as she came hard against the younger girls hard cock, feeling her thighs tensing up along with her pussy throbbing with the strokes Maya as giving her. 

"B-bella oh mio dio, per favore...per favore...per favore..."  (oh my god, please...please...please) Carina cried out with the spasms in her core, in her legs; her orgasm taking over. 

Warmth could be felt inside of her as Maya came into the condom, the velvet walls clenching and unclenching around her cock was driving her crazy while she emptied herself into the brunette. Strangled moans, her hands gripping the bedspread under them. Maya's cock was throbbing hard after their releases, the slow motion of this mornings activities felt even more of what the two of them were feeling with each other. Hands gripping the marked back, trying her hardest to not dig in. 

"F-fuck...Carina...oh..carina.." Maya whimpered against her lips, her whole body felt like it wanted to shake with all the pent up emotions inside of her, the hard orgasms she'd been having last night, this morning -- the other day on set were just all sweet perfect releases of it. 

Another wobbly thrust into the italian under her, Maya laid her body gently onto Carina; their bodies were still coming down from the highs of the orgasms they just had -- honestly Carina didn't want the blonde to move at all. The fighters hand dropped from around the brunettes neck, sliding down to grab the fabric under them. 

Hands moving up to pull Maya to look at her, she sucked in a shaky breath, her chocolate hues finding blue ones before leaning in to kiss Maya with every single feeling inside of her body. Feeling the same thing in the blondes lips coming back to her, the kiss didn't get so much heated but passionate, letting their tongues mix with one another. 

"Maya..." breathing out of breath almost, not from the orgasm, but from the way they kissed. 

"Y-yeah...babe..." breathing, her lips stealing pecks. 

"Show me...if you can't...tell me..." talking about how she was feeling about last night.

Maya put Carina's hand to her chest to feel her heart beating hard, she could feel it in her palm. Carina knew what she was trying to say, putting the blondes hand over her chest that was equally as pounding. 

"You feel it? Do you feel it too..." 

"Si -- I feel it too...I feel it too, Bella..." 

Noses brushing gently against one another’s, taking in this moment between them slowly. 

A text tone from Carina's phone rang out as she looked over, it was her mama's tone. Taking a deep breath she kissed Maya again, both of her hands on the blondes cheeks. Pulling from it she grabbed her phone to just swipe on her mama's text. 

[Mama]: Siamo ancora d'accordo per la nostra giornata oggi, tesoro? (we're still on for our day today, darling?) 

"What does tesoro mean?" Maya kissed at Carina's jawline seeing the text. 

"Darling.." smiling. 

Her fingers typed out a message back to her mama. 

[Carina]: Si mama, ti vedrò presto (yes mama, i will see you soon)

Carina's fingers then went to the unknown text while Maya was laying on her, blue eyes watching her phone also, seeing the three photos pop up she felt a pang in her chest start. The absentmindedly drawing shapes into the blondes back stopped, swiping through the photos to see the progression of the kiss and then the text saying 'thought you should see this'. Maya looked now at Carina who wasn't even looking at her, she felt the drawing stop. 

"Carina...I was..I had to..I didn't..know anyone was taking photos..." Maya was now stressed. 

Brown eyes taking in the photos again, it was obviously clear it was from last night based off of the outfit the two of them were wearing, they made sure to get it all from Maya's side too, clearly gunning for the blonde and her reaction to April. 

"Who sent you that?.." 

"Um...unknown..so I don't know...” Placing her phone down, shrugging her shoulders gently. 

Maya's hand slowly turned the italian's head to look at her, ocean eyes looking into brown ones, her thumb running gently over her bottom lip. Carina's fingers had slowly started to make the patterns again. 

"I didn't want to -- but the contract.." 

"I know you didn’t, you were in public with her, of course she’s going to pull you into something you don’t want to do -- I was just thinking.." 

“About you and I?” Thinking maybe Carina all the sudden changed her mind after seeing the photos. 

Carina smiled, biting her bottom lip gently, causing Maya to of course run her thumb over her bottom lip to have her stop biting it. Maya smiled back seeing on on Carina’s lips, the two leaned in for a slow kiss, the blondes hand dropping to run down the brunettes neck and around to hook over her shoulder. 

“I’m always…thinking about you” Carina whispered. “But nothing bad, about you and I” 
 
"Your heart isn't beating hard anymore?..." her hand being placed over the girls heart in the middle of her chest, she couldn't feel it against her palm like she was before. 

Carina pulled Maya in for a kiss, it was making her heart race all over again. Maya relaxed feeling the italian's heart rate pulling up again. 

"Per te batte sempre forte" (It always beats strong for you)

Pulling her softened cock out of Carina, she pulled off the condom to throw it away like she had the other one in the waste bin next to Carina's bed. They both just laid there a little bit, Maya now tracing small hearts and circles into the italian's chest. 

"Now I really have to get out of bed, Bella...mama will kill me if I don’t show up" Carina whispered, Maya just couldn’t help but to agree.

Maya leaned up and kissed Carina, feeling that they were okay in the kiss, it relaxed the blonde again. 

"You just need to be careful..and maybe we do too more now if this is the first set we're seeing, clearly this was sent to try and hurt me"

“I don’t want to hurt you, Carina..” 

“You’re not, it takes a lot more than a few photos to scare me off…you’re special to me..” whispering the last part, Maya vocalized it last night. 

Getting out of bed, Carina made her way to her bathroom to take a quick shower. Looking in the mirror she saw the newest mark on her collarbone, at least Maya was strategic. Between stolen kisses, the brunette had let Maya mark her again, and she'd keep letting her as long as the blonde wanted to; which seems to always be the case. 

Showering quickly, Carina did all of what she needed to do, getting out with a towel on her head and the one around her body to dry off. Hanging them up she walked back into her room to get ready, walking past a still awake Maya she could feel the eyes on her while just grabbing a shirt to put it on, it was a little oversize so it didn't lay tight against her skin. Pulling out a new pair of panties she pulled them on and then some boyfriend jeans, loose to her body, not bothering with a belt as they hung on her hips. 

Walking over to the bed to sit down, pulling her converse on, she felt Maya push her damp hair to the side to kiss her neck. Turning her head to see the blonde smiling, another kiss dropping to her cheek. 

"Text me when you get to work, and i'll text you when I get to mama's...Does Jack know we're back filming at his gym tomorrow?." smiling. 

"I will..I think so, I'll see him today and remind him if he doesn't bring it up to me first." Maya smiled back. 

“I’ll see you later, Bella” whispering to get up from the bed, kissing the blondes lips. 

“Hmm see you later, babe…” watching Carina leave after they parted lips.

Half hour later, Carina was walking into her mama's house, pulling her shoes off she padded her way to the kitchen, starting their espressos. Finally checking her phone, she had Maya's name pop up in a phone call.

"Bella..." laughing softly. 

"Did you make it to mama's house"

"Si -- I did, Bella..I honestly just walked in, were you just calling to see if I did?" 

"Uhhhh, yeah actually" 

“I was going to text you…” giggling. 

“Maybe I missed your voice instead…” hearing the playful tone in Maya’s.

Carina just laughed, Lucia heard voices in her kitchen, leaning against the door frame she watched her eldest stand by the stove with the MOKA pot. Phone off to the side, but on speaker. 

"Bella, is there something else you wanted to talk to me about..besides missing my voice." giggling. 

"Hmmmm well, your bed is cold without you...." 

"Are you laying there without the covers?" smiling. 

“…I think you should be here instead…you left too quick, your body was warm against mine..” Maya pouted a little bit.  

"I'm going to see you tonight" smiling wildly. 

Lucia walked into the kitchen, her hand going to her daughters back with a smile, seeing the blondes name on her phone.

"Mama is here, say hi Maya..." 

"Hi Maya" said the blonde with a giggle. 

"No you idiot.." Carina just smiled, her eyes looking to her mama who just laughed.

"Hi my sweet Maya...I'm going to be stealing my Carina, get to work..we will call you later" 

"Okay byeeeeee, love you mama" 

"Ti amo, la mia dolce ragazza.." (i love you, my sweet girl)

"Bye, Carina" a blush evident in the blondes voice. 

"Bye, Maya ..i'll text you" 

Carina ended the phone call to have Lucia just look at her eldest with a warm smile. 

"Sembra che oggi avremo una lunga chiacchierata" (looks like we're going to have a long chat today)

"Si, mama...Ho bisogno di parlare oggi" (i need to talk today) 

"Good night last night?" Lucia teased her daughter as she tapped her finger on the black and blue mark that was just peaking out of the loose shirt Carina was wearing. 

"Mama!..and...si...it was.." Carina pulled at her shirt a little bit, pausing a little bit. "You were right though.." 

"About what?" 

"That I like her..I like her, a lot..and that scares me a bit; because she's so.." sighing just looking over to her mama. "oh mama she's so amazing, she's interesting and alluring, and when she kisses me..mama..lo sento nelle mie ossa.." (i feel it in my bones) 

Lucia smiled, taking over at the stove while Carina paced while talking, something she started as a kid if she was passionate about something, or even just getting something off her chest. Carina finally stopped pacing, there was too much that had gone on this morning, but she was focusing on her and Maya and not the text message. 

Even though with this feeling in her chest, knowing what it was; she was curious on her mamas own love story with her papa. 

"What was it like with you and papa? Tell me the story…" 

"Oh Carina...I don't -- " 

"Please mama, I know you're not together but, you two loved one another? What was it like with you and him.." They barely talked about the way Lucia and Vincenzo were, before the divorce. 

The older italian lost the love of her life the day he had the worst episode, they were broken in many ways before it, before all the fighting started. Lucia had watched the man she loved deteriorate before her eyes and become someone she didn't know. 

"Your papa..was.." Lucia just smiled softly looking at her daughter, she could see the wonder in her eyes. 

Taking the MOKA pot off the stove, she poured the small amount into the cups, bringing them over to the table for her and Carina before sitting down. 

"Your papa was a dreamboat of a man when I met him..I played hard to get though, I wasn't going to just...give myself to him, he had to work for it  -- I was 20 when I met him, he was 24..smooth talker, so sweet...same humor, incredible mind.." Lucia remembered that day she met him. 

"How did you know...that you loved him, or were falling in love with him?" 

"He took me to the beach, the same beach you and Maya met on 17 years ago actually..He set up this whole day to have a picnic, he went out and made the sandwiches, and bought the fruit, a nice bottle of red wine -- we ended up sitting too close to the water, he had asked me to dance with no music but I did...when we turned around the blanket was being carried off into the water, we ran after it but essentially he picked me up once my feet touched the water, kissed me...and through a laugh he said 'Mi sto innamorando di te Lucia Giordano, non voglio nessun altro..'" (I'm falling in love with you Lucia Giordano, I don't want anyone else..) 

Carina watched her mama light up when she talked about her papa, knowing the younger years were better to them. She remembered a happy version of her parents, one without fights, one where her papa would bring two lilies for her mama every Thursday, just because he wanted to. One for her mama, one for Carina. 

“He was your one wasn’t he..it’s why you never remarried?”

“I still love your papa, we just don’t work anymore together…I have two wonderful children from him and for that, it’s all I need” Lucia caressed her daughters cheek with her thumb gently, making Carina smile. 

“You want to talk about you and Maya?” Picking up the espresso to take a small sip of it. “Why every time I see you, you almost have a new mark on you” teasing her daughter with a smile.

A small laugh left Carina's lips, sitting back in the chair to pick up her own espresso, the laugh left her lips slowly while she sipped at it. 

“Carina — What do you want to talk about if you don’t want to talk about you and Maya? Which i'm positive is what you want to talk about” 

“Paparazzi photos got sent to my phone this morning, or something like it -- Maya and April were kissing last night, and it almost ruined a good morning with her, she started to stumble this morning "

"Did you not say anything right away?" Lucia asked softly. 

"Si..I was just, processing it all? Even though I knew what they were -- that it was all contractual, it still hurt? Someone sent them to hurt me..— we were afraid of April sending someone after Maya to see if her and I would be doing anything outside of set, but we never thought of this” 

“When your heart is involved, it's going to hurt no matter the severity tesoro, and have the two of you been doing anything outside of the set...besides kissing against the side of my house” sipping her espresso long, Carina sank down in her chair, a blush apparent on her cheeks. 

“You saw that?” 

“Your mama sees everything” smiling. "I see the way the both of you look at each other...the way she looks at you" 

Blushing a little bit, Carina ducked her head slightly. 

“She asked me out, on a date…” tilting her head to the side with a smile on her lips. 

“Maya Bishop, asked my daughter on a date and I’m just now hearing about it?? Carina — why didn’t you tell me before??” 

“I wasn’t thinking much about it! And why did you say her name like that” 

“Maya has never been in a date, and I would know —“ 

“A mama always knows” Carina recited. 

“Mhmm, she does, and — watching her grow up in front of my eyes, that girl has never brought anyone home here, how was the date?” Interested of course on this development between the two.  

“Perfect..honestly, we talked about different things we’ve done, she was telling me more about the medals she got for wrestling in high school and then in the UFC, I talked about my acting and just more about Italy and my life there…she wished I was there to watch her fight” 

“What did you say back baby??” 

“I would have been her biggest cheerleader if I was..that arena had no chance” laughing. “She was playing with my rings on my fingers, as we were talking and then she leaned in to kissed me.. and it was a soft kiss, like we were treading water outside our bubble…” 

Lucia just looked at her daughter who was sipping on her espresso, clearly adorning the blondes tshirts again. Her daughters face said more than I like this girl and that’s it; it was deeper than that, deeper than a simple crush.

“What’s going on in your head, you’re never this quiet” 

“She chases me…” eyes flickering up to her mama. “She came over one night, after the party for the movie— she had gone out with April, and then showed up at my door…basically just venting that night to me which I’m more than okay with” 

“Mhmm, she’s comfortable with you” 

“She then goes on to say that she came over because she wanted to see me, and that April doesn’t know anything about her and I..because April commented on the way I look at Maya — we were close because it’s her and I, we always ended up close, but we never did anything, we wanted to..but we didn't…and then she pulled me in..we kissed, and it was like a million little lightbulbs went off” smiling softly at the memory. 

Lucia just listened, letting her daughter just talk through it; crossing her leg over the other, every once few minutes, she’d take a sip of her espresso.

“She chases the feeling with me..it’s new for her, it feels good to her..I wanted to do the same thing, but I have a feeling what my chasing has lead to….” 

“So she’s figuring out the feeling she gets with being with you? Physically? Or verbally?” 

“Si — We’ve talked about so much, we’ve touched..but never talked about feelings — but I can see it in her eyes, ugh those eyes mama…oh those eyes...I can see the feeling in them, because I feel it -- but… " Carina blushed, trying to figure out how to voice what she was even trying to say.

“But what, Carina? ” Lucia asked her softly. 

“She knows she’s got feelings for me, the way she touches me…I can feel it in her finger tips it’s — fantastico, I’m afraid if I talk about feelings, that while she’s figuring hers out for me or at least verbally— it might scare hers? ”

“I want to show you something..come” 

Lucia smiled widely, getting up she placed her hand out for Carina to take -- in which she did. Taking her daughter to her living room, she sat her down on the couch, kneeling down to pull her laptop out that was stored away. 

"What are we doing?" 

"Have you met Lane Bishop? Her father?" Lucia sat on the couch next to Carina, opening up the computer. 

"Not really, Maya said who he was when we were both over last..mentioned he was difficult, he was just kind of staring at Maya and I in the backyard" 

"And when you watched the two of them, did you see something else with Maya?” 

“Seemed, turned off, hardened…not the girl I know in a way?” 

“That is because ‘eyes forward’ was a big saying in that household, Carina your papa and I showed you love, we showed you verbally how to express your emotions even as your papa got tougher to deal with as you got older, but he wasn’t shy to tell you how much he loved you growing up, Maya…she got that from me, but not from her parents” 

“She mentioned she was broken and I told her she wasn’t — it breaks my heart thinking that she thinks she is” 

“See, Maya wouldn’t know how to put that feeling into words other than she’s hurting..which she couldn’t show either” Lucia said pointing to no one in particular. 

Lucia pulled up some home videos of a little 10 year old Maya and Andrea, they were running around the back yard laughing and chasing each other. You then hear a scream for 'Maya' in the background, it made the little girl stop in her tracks, looking over at her best friend and then to Lucia. 

"I think I have to go home..." Maya said sadly. 

"Really? We just got to playing?" 

"Maya! Home! Now! You have practice kiddo!" Lane yelled again and that's when Maya took off in a run towards the next house. 

"What the hell were you doing? You know you have practice every day after school...you want this don't you? You want to be someone, you want to wrestle and fight.." 

"Yeah I do! But...Andrew.." 

"He can wait. You need to focus on you..he's not going to help you achieve your goals — eyes forward”

Lucia changed the video now, she was scrolling through them. Hitting one at one of Maya's wrestling meets, you could see her wanting to cry. Something about her ankle. Carina's attention was quickly in tune to the video, watching those blue eyes fill with tears, clearly the video wasn't made to have Maya being crying in it since it was a meet, but it was only a snippet. 

"This was championships wrestling....oh god, they were both 13? I think?" 

The camera shakes a bit as you see inside of the gym, Maya was off to the side with her father who's hands were on her shoulders, he knelt down to pull his daughters ankle up. Seeing her wince in pain, her father just looked up at her. 

"Winners don't cry. You just rolled your ankle, you're good kid...wipe those tears and get back in there so we can take this home..you're a Bishop" He stood up as the blonde nodded to wipe the tears from her face, putting pressure on the clearly swollen ankle to just have her get back on the mat against her opponent. 

Carina tilted her head to the side a bit. 

"What place did she get?" 

"First...she took that championship home, beating out everyone -- the next one, she placed second and her father made sure that she knew how disappointed he was in her.." 

The broken medal in her drawer.

Another video popped up and it was of a fifteen year old Maya now who was tight against the Lucia, so all you saw was the blondes face and her mama's hand who was holding the girl. 

"Andrea take the camera..." 

Andrea took the camera and pointed it towards Maya and his mama, he got himself in the video too with a smile. They looked to be at some indoor water park, it was huge, the morning so it was quiet. Lucia was dressed in her one piece bathing suit with a long shirt over top of it. 

"Andrea you silly boy...I'll get you next..." Lucia laughed to just watch the whole video turn around to it being just Maya and Lucia. 

Maya just was laughing as the two of them were talking, Lucia was kissing her head repeatedly. Maya was standing in just a pair of swim trunks and a bikini top as she looked over to the camera, flipping it off and being slapped by her mama's hand with a laugh. 

"This is a nice video Maya..." 

"Happy fifteenth birthday Mai..." Andrew said with a smile in his voice. 

Maya hugged Lucia harder and the older woman just smiled hugging her just as tight, her kisses went to the blondes cheek till Andrea placed the camera down to face all of them so he could run over and do the same thing to the other side of his best friends cheek. 

"No! no stopppppp!!" Maya laughed with her arms around her two favorite people. 

"Happy Birthday, my baby, I love you so much..." Lucia said with the blonde just beaming. 

"I love you too mama.." 

Andrea and Lucia looked at one another and then Maya looked at them to feel the two push her back into the pool behind them with a laugh. Andrea followed by jumping in after his best friend, the blonde quickly found herself on Andrea's back as he walked them around the pool. 

Lucia picked up the camera to follow the two of them in the pool. 

"Attached at the hip..Andrea turn around!" 

Andrea turned around and the two of them cheesily posed. 

Lucia looked over at her daughter, her hand running over her brown hair, the difference between the first two videos and then the one she just saw was so drastic. Maya was happy, freer with her mama and Andrea, when she saw the girl facing off with her father, their faces were cold. Much like the videos of Maya and her father. 

"I wish I knew her back then...hearing her voice on the phone, but we were never friends, we didn’t know each other.." 

"You did know of her.." Pulling her daughter back into her body as they relaxed together on the couch. 

"I meant physically, mama..she was so cute — " Carina smiled putting her head back.

"You said the same thing when you two first met, that Maya was this cute little kid..." Lucia laughed which made Carina laugh and put her arms out. 

"Cause she was!" 

"You never hung around your brother and his friends, let alone with them only being seven..and you at twelve you were starting to become your own person, your own sweet attitude..but that summer, instead of running off with Gabriella you stayed around.." 

"Si -- I did stay around, Gabbi was soo pissed at me.." 

"Do you remember walking the two of them to the beach? Maya had grabbed your hand and all you did was smile at her and keep walking, Andrea kept asking her to follow him and catch up but all she did was stay with you -- you two had a connection back then even with it being so completely innocent baby…if she’s having a hard time voicing her feelings, she might be able to show you better" 

“Physical touch is a love language she has…she’s always got to be touching me in someway, and mama…it makes my heart race when she does it. It’s so soft, but sometimes so demanding on what she’s after..I like the way things are between her and I” 

“She did it when she held your hand back then, now it’s the simple touch is all she needs…”

Carina looked over at her mama as she nodded, it was a completely harmless connection, she wasn't sure that summer why she stuck around when her mama was right -- she would be running around with Gabriella but that summer she stuck around and hung out with Andrea and Maya. It was so long ago but her mama jogged the memories of a little seven year old Maya holding her hand as they walked to the beach. 

"I feel like I missed out on meeting her sooner...for staying with papa.." 

"You stayed for a reason, tesoro..getting to know her now is better than not knowing her at all...."

"I know, I guess I just mean the fact of..knowing her, even though I feel like I've known her this whole time?" 

"The soul just knows..especially who you're supposed to meet and when.." Lucia kissed her daughters temple. They just sat there for a little bit, enjoying the company of each other. The silence was comforting. 

"We slept together..." whispering. 

"Oh? …is that a bad thing?" 

"No, Never -- we were feeling so much without words, I suppose I’m in the crossroads of wanting to verbally express it instead of just physically..and the odds of scaring her off..I don’t want to scare her mama...she's unlike anyone i've ever been with, it was so good, it was different ” 

"I don't think you could scare Maya off, she's a pretty tough cookie, and the way she looks at you Carina, she's not going anywhere -- just let her figure out her feelings with you, if you can see the way she feels, it will come to her vocally, there's no rush with feelings like yours --  you can verbally say your feelings to me? If that’s going to help expressing them?” 

Carina loved the fact that she moved here, being close to her mama, having days just lounging around and talking is what she needed growing up. She wouldn't trade this day for anything. 

"I just wish I was here even a couple years earlier, to watch her fight -- ...fall for her sooner, I knew what I wanted..and I let myself go for it..go for her, it just got more apparent each time we were together, the way I was feeling around her, the way my heart pounded against my chest…even this morning we were in bed and we just held out hands to each others chests feeling it" breathing out. 

"Is my baby falling in love?..." Lucia said against her daughters head. 

"I’m falling head over heels in love with Maya..." smiling softly, her mama holding her tight in her arms, finally able to say what she'd been feeling. 

Notes:

all mistakes are mine!

Enjoy!

Timeless - Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson

you can always find me rolling around on twitter @d05staywme09k

Chapter 20: Starving

17 Years Ago -- 

"Carina...can you walk Andrea and Maya down to the beach? Your papa and I are...taking a little time to get out of the house today..." Her voice was a little tense and Carina understood completely. 

"Si...of course mama..Andrea! Andiamo! Andiamo a prendere Maya!" (lets go! Let's go get Maya) 

Feet could be heard running through their house as he started jumping down the steps and over to the kitchen where Carina was waiting for him. 

"Come on!" He urged, Lucia laughed watching the two of them leave. 

Getting to the small little house Maya and her family were staying in, Carina waited at the end of the small driveway to watch her little brother knock on the door. Seeing it swing open with Katherine waving to the brunette, letting Maya out with Andrea -- both running towards the older brunette. 

"Thank you Carina!" 

"Not a problem, Mrs. Bishop..okay come on guys.." 

Carina started walking with the two in front of her, they all knew the way to the beach by now; she had a book in one hand, letting her feet carry her like muscle memory. A small hand slipped into hers, clasping onto it, pulling her book away she smiled seeing Maya standing right next to her, her pigtails swinging gently as she walked.

"Maya come on!" 

They were walking right by the DeLuca house, having Lucia watch out the window seeing the exchange with Maya grabbing onto Carina's hand. 

"No I'm okay..." Maya said with a smile as Carina closed her book to just walk with the little girl. 

Carina stashed her book off to the side when they got down to the sand, she had a permanent chair down on the beach no one touched. Sitting down she went to go let Maya's hand go and the little girl just stood there for a second looking out at the water.

"Are you going to go play?" Carina smiled and the little girl nodded and ran off to go play with Andrea between the sand and running through the water. 

A couple hours went by and Carina was back into her book, Maya had run up, Carina put her book up with a smile seeing the seven year old just stand there. She could tell the blonde was tired from running around with her little brother. 

“I’m tired Carina…” Maya pouted a bit. 

"Come here..." Carina opened her arms as Maya climbed into the brunette's arms to relax, the brunette just pulling her book up to read it again. 

Maya got comfortable as she played with the older girls rings on her finger. 

“Why do you wear rings..do you have a boyfriend?”

“No” laughing a bit. Putting her book face down on her knee she held out her hands.“My papa got this one for me, my mama has one too..and then the rest I bought cause I liked them..” 

“I like them too” 

Present Day -- 

Laying in bed after she kissed Carina goodbye, she watched the girl walk out in one of her shirts again, a daily routine if the brunette had off. It made her heart jump, skip a beat, even feel heavy of so much happiness. Someone was this happy in her presence to be wearing her things, and Maya never gave Carina these shirts, these were ones that the italian actively stole from her drawers. Sitting up slowly, Maya walked to go take her own shower before she had to go to her gym. 

Walking out of the shower with a towel around her body, she had her feet lead her to the drawer where Carina kept her extra clothes. Opening the drawer she saw about five new pairs of boxers, five new pairs of sports bras and a small note. 

Bella- 
Hope this wasn't too forward of me, I saw them and thought of you. 
&& I figured you wanted more than two pairs here. :) 

-C ❤️

Maya didn't have any crazy fun boxers, but now, thanks to Carina she did. Pulling out a pair she pulled them on after discarding the towel, the matching sports bra came next and she looked like she was about to go save the city -- thank you Spider-man. Walking over to the mirror, she had already put on a pair of her jeans and left the fly and button open so she could take a photo of herself in the new matching prints Carina got her. Posing she then looked at it with a smile, she'd send it later to the italian since she was with her mama. 

Grabbing the towel to hang it up, she pulled her sweatshirt on, not bothering with a shirt since she had some work out clothes at the gym. Locking the door behind her she had walked down to her truck, her heart was still pounding from this morning, images of her and Carina burned into her mind, her moans were stuck like a song on an ipod that was broken. 

If you were to tell a seven year old Maya that she just met the person who would change her life years later — she’d be confused, and definitely wouldn’t believe you.

“I’m always…thinking about you” Carina whispered. “But nothing bad, about you and I” 
 
"Your heart isn't beating hard anymore?..." her hand being placed over the girls heart in the middle of her chest, she couldn't feel it against her palm like she was before. 

Carina pulled Maya in for a kiss, it was making her heart race all over again. Maya relaxed feeling the italian's heart rate pulling up again. 

"Per te batte sempre forte" (It always beats strong for you)

Maya could show Carina how she felt all day if she needed to, she felt something deep for the brunette, something she wasn't used to, a feeling she'd never experience before -- it was overwhelming at times, especially when they were trying to keep their hands to themselves. All Maya wanted to do was show her. Even this morning when Carina asked her to tell her with words she was screaming at her in her head. 

I can't, I don't...I don't know how. Can't you feel it? Baby can't you feel what I feel for you, our kisses, my eyes...my touches, I know you do, I see you knowing it too. Please just let me show you -- I'm not good with words. You take my breath away. 

Seeing something on her truck window, Maya scrunched her eyebrows as she grabbed the envelope before getting into her drivers side. Opening it up, it was the same grainy texture of the photos Carina got -- but they were of Maya and Carina this time. Their date. The kiss. They looked relaxed, happy, it looks so natural but what was alarming is that someone took these without them knowing. 

The date was supposed to be safe, in a spot that no one knew about. These photos were the lie that they told themselves that night, a lie Maya told without even knowing. 

Pulling the note out she read it, her heart began to speed up but it wasn't her feelings for Carina this time doing it. 

'April doesn't have these. She would like them though. Be Careful.'

“Be careful?” Was someone warning the two of them? A friendly camera person who took both photos? 

No one was this friendly in this industry,

Why give Maya the ones of her and Carina, and the Italian the ones of April and the fighter? Why not just give the ones of them kissing to April? 

Sitting there in her truck she just looked at the four photos that were put on her truck. She was being followed, was it the same person that took the ones of her and April? She couldn't be for certain but whoever it was, April was behind it. Maybe Carina was right, they needed to be careful now -- these were now the second set of photos. 

Running her thumb over one of the photos were they were just smiling at each other, Carina's hand was just hovering over Maya's with her fingers touching her skin. She could remember what was going on. Carina's tilted head, and her eyes the way they looked at Maya could tell a whole story, with the small cute smile. 

On one hand she wanted to yell that someone was following her -- on the other hand she wanted to thank them for encasing a feeling in a photo. 

Stuffing them back into the envelope she drove herself to the gym, the work out this morning was about to be more intense than normal. She hoped Jack was ready for it. Maya had so many feelings inside of her body, she needed to get them out or at least talk to Andy about a set of them.

Walking in, she looked around her place to see the boy coming out of her office with a small smile on his face. Smiling at him he just squinted his eyes at the blonde who walked right in to take her sweatshirt off and to put on a muscle tee. 

"You look happy this morning...good night?" 

"You could say that...are you ready for our workout this morning?" 

"Of course I am.." 

"Is Andy on shift? Have you seen her?" Maya turned around while pushing her jeans down to pull her shorts on. 

“Whoa whoa whoa..do you have Spider-Man on your boxers?? Who are you Bishop?” 

“Carina got them for me, aren’t they cool…” she put up the fingers and made a motion to where it looked like she was spitting out webs from her hands. 

“Also I don’t know I haven’t seen her, two Carina got you boxers? — sounds like someone has a crush on you” Jack joked with a nudge to the blonde. 

“She was totally just being nice —“ 

“Who’s being nice?” Andy walked in at the perfect time in her captains gear. 

“Carina bought Maya boxers…” 

“Oh shit — look at you spider woman..they look great on you” Andy smiled wide as she plopped down into Maya’s chair. Not bringing attention to who bought them, but what was bought.

“I said Carina must have a crush on her if she’s buying her boxers” 

Andy gave Jack a look like don’t start, Maya’s face was one of thinking now, overthinking that is, or even terrified. Sitting up a little more she got up slowly to then pat Maya’s back and push the boy out of the office. 

“Go do stupid boy things..she’ll be out in a couple minutes, or an hour or something”  shutting the door in her face. 

“We slept together…” Maya blurted out and Andy looked at her best friend with a nod. 

“Oh yeah? How was that?” Letting Maya take the lead. Sitting back down in her chair, honestly not surprised they slept together. 

“What’s it? You’re not like shocked or anything?” 

“Maya” Andy laughed a little bit. “The two of you have so much chemistry — a college textbook would be jealous, I’m not shocked, but I also know you. You met Carina and things changed for you didn’t they?” 

“I mean yeah, things changed a lot…she’s someone special to me” Maya slowly sat down on the couch. 

"And I can see that written all over your face, Bishop..how was it?" 

"Amazing..out of this world...fuck, there's no words to explain it..we were so...like -- in tune with each other..and god she tast--"

"Okay okay, I don't want to know how she tastes...I'm very happy you had a good night though Mai..." Andy just smiled at her best friend, she could tell the blonde was over the moon.

Maya smiled, a blush creeping up over her cheeks. "Last night...and this morning...I can't..even to begin to explain it -- she's.." sighing happily. "It was something I've never felt with someone..I think at one point she took my breath away" Ducking her head a bit with a small smile. "I... just --"

“What’s going on…show me, where do you feel it?” 

Maya just looked around, Andy knew the right questions to ask. The blonde started roaming her hand over her chest area. 

“Mainly um..my heart beats fast?” 

“Does it feel good when it does?” Getting up she grabbed a pair of Maya’s extra shorts and put them on. “Come on let’s go warm you up while we talk…” 

“It feels so good Andy...and the way she looks at me?! She does this thing to where she’ll tilt her head and smile, and it makes me feel like a puddle of goo..Oh my god…my heart feels free, it’s like a” Maya smiled taking a deep breath, it was the only way she could explain it. 

“I don’t feel like I’m stuck? Or forced….it just, is?” 

Walking out into the main area of the gym, Andy jumped on the bike as Maya stepped onto the treadmill to start walking slowly. They looked at each other in the mirror, Andy smiled at her best friend as she pedaled. 

“That’s a good feeling Mai..so like, this racing heart you have with her, does it feel like when you’re working out? Or is it different…” 

“Totally different, it’s not so much like a tired but like an energized feeling? Remember when we got high in high school and you and I were just laughing our asses off — Andrew found us and was pissed but here I was just like hopping around on the track?” 

Andy laughed at that memory, Maya looked like she was about to run twenty laps around the entire track she was so hyped up. 

“I do remember and I was so just hungry..” 

“It’s that energy when I see her, when I talk to her, god her kisses are like — the only drug I’d want to take?? I don’t want just one. Like obviously I’ve been high before but this is something that I crave — and I chase the feeling she gives me cause I like it a lot..she makes me happy, I feel myself with her” she said the last part quiet. 

“And you want to feel like that, you don’t want to feel like another person with someone, you want like what you have with Andrew and I, but better…so do you look at me and Andrew, do you want to kiss us?” 

“Uh no? I want to kiss Carina…” 

“And when you dated April, did you feel this way??” Andy looked over at the blonde. 

“No, not at all…did I tell you she loves wearing my UFC shirts?” Smiling as she watched the brunette leaving her apartment this morning.

“What?! Maya! No! Why are you withholding this” Andy smiled wide. Maya never let anyone wear those. “You need to tell me about that date” 

Maya just looked over at Andy, the Latina stopped cycling; the way Maya was looking at her was as if she struck a nerve. She could tell her about the photos, or she could wait till later cause honestly she wanted to just talk about Carina, not about the photos that showed up. 

“I do have to tell you something, but…Andy…Andy she walked in and I got up and rammed myself into the table” 

Stopping the cycle, all Andy could do was laugh. 

“You did not run into the table…” 

“I really fucking did…she looked so good..so good oh god Andy..I wanted to cry because we weren’t in one of our places and we just, it just!!!” 

Mayas hands started rubbing over her face slowly before she stopped herself from running by hopping onto the side plates. 

“Can feelings be put into songs?? Well they can right?….” 

“Of course, it’s how they’re made dummy…” 

Hopping back onto the treadmill, she brought out her phone searching through her Spotify to find the right song to describe what she was feeling, the euphoric feeling she had with Carina. 

“So what is this explaining?” 

“Um…I guess like, the feeling I have with her?” 

“Like the lyrics or the melody?” Maya questioned. 

“Both maybe?” 

“Why don’t you show me one about the night of the date when you saw her?” Andy suggested. 

Sledgehammer by Fifth Harmony 
I don't admit it
I play it cool
But every minute
That I'm with you
I feel the fever and I won't lie
I break a sweat
My body's telling
All the secrets I ain't told you yet

“Really?? This song??” 

Maya nodded as she mouthing to words to the chorus as she pounded her heart with her hand. All the Latina could do smile over at Maya as she started to blush listening to the song. 

“Okay now one when you look at her! Just like..last night?” 

Melt by Kehlani. 
Matching your breath, follow your chest up and down
Hopin you let secrets speak out your mouth and inhale, exhale, breathe me in 
With every breath, I’m sinkin in
No way to describe it, I’m a riot
If I wake up and somehow I’m beside you 
Instead of inside you, that shouldn't surprise you
You don't even notice, no need to remind you.

Andy listened to the song, her casted over to Maya who was just smiling to herself as she ran. She hadn't ever saw her best friend like this before. Trying to figure out what else to ask the girl but the song had already changed. 

Starving by Zedd, Grey and Hailee Steinfield
You know just how to make my heart beat faster
Emotional earthquake, bring on disaster
You hit me head on, got me weak in my knees
Yeah, something inside me's changed
I was so much younger yesterday

I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you

"What's this one Mai?!" Andy was now standing a bit up on the cycle like she was on the bike, trying to catch up with the blonde speed wise. 

"When I first met her, and when I kissed her..at the party...everything about her...that it could do that" Maya kept running. 

"Do what Bishop?" 

"Like..I started chasing the feeling I was feeling for her, I was starving -- I was um, like..I'm not myself, I am myself but like..I don't know!" Maya was getting frustrated as she just stopped the treadmill, letting the song still play over the speakers. 

The blonde was pacing now, this is what Andy was afraid of; Maya getting frustrated that she couldn't really be able to tell what was going on. Shaking her head back and forth, the fighter stalked away to where Jack would be, in the other room with the big ring. 

"Maya...wait...." Andy got off the bike to now follow the blonde. 

"Jack, I hope you're fucking ready..." hastily putting her gloves. 

"Maya, can you just breathe for a second instead of getting frustrated" Andy tried to reason. 

"No, I can't...because I'm mad..I'm so fucking mad at myself" 

Jack looked between the two best friends as he crossed his arms a little bit, he was really confused on what was going on but seeing the blonde get in he was quickly putting the pads on. Maya immediately jabbed a few times at the pads on the boys hands. Jack scrunched his eyebrows a little bit on how hard the girl was coming out of the gate. 

"I fucking hate this..." 

"What do you hate Mai..." Andy sighed looking at the girl who was throwing hard punches at Jack's hands. 

"I hate not knowing what I'm feeling! I hate that...eyes forward..at all times, why don't I know?!" she repeated. 

"No eyes forward..Bishop, you met Carina and things changed for you..the party for the movie you guys are filming, what happened.." 

"I wanted to kiss her, I wanted to just kiss her so badly.." 

"You showed up at her door the night you and April went out..what happened.." 

"I didn't...want to wait anymore I needed..I needed to kiss her..." 

"Tell me more"

"About that night?" 

"Generally...tell me more about Carina" 

The boy stood there and Andy told him to shut up with her fingers 'zip it' over her lips as she looked back over at her best friend. Grabbing onto the ropes, she pulled herself up to at least stand on the outside of the ring. 

"I was um..stumbling over words and um myself..she's so incredible, she listens to me when I talk, she knows the right things to always say, she makes me laugh, she makes me want to push myself to be someone again, to try and be me again...I look into her eyes and I see..I see wanting to look into them till I can't anymore..." Maya wasn't punching the pads anymore now. 

"Maya do you like Carina.." 

"Yes" without a hesitation. 

"You asked Ryan and I about a date -- have you ever taken anyone on a date before" 

"No! You know that..." Maya started chewing on the side of her cheek a little bit. 

"Hands up Bishop, lets get you moving..." Jack said, Maya's hands were up instantly. 

"I liked her more than any of the other girls i've kissed" 

The blonde stopped mid punch to just look at Andy, the latina smiled at her best friend with a shrug softly, almost like a 'yeah'. 

"I don't forget what she says either, I'm like..focused" Smiling. "Cause I like hearing her talk, it's so sultry sometimes, her saying my name ...pleaseeee..." Maya put her hand over her chest. 

Andy just laughed seeing her best friend practically melting before her eyes at the thought of Carina saying the blondes name. 

"I started learning italian...for her..like speaking it" 

"Maya..come on, you're telling me you have no idea what this feeling is?" Andy held onto the rope tight. 

"Have I talked about her eyes? They change color...they're this caramel chocolate color...they sometimes have these I swear, flakes of gold in them..last night I looked into them, and I could see the same things I was feeling.." Maya then walked over against the ropes where Andy was and sat down, putting her head back on the ropes. 

"Jack go away.." 

Throwing his hands up, he got out of the ring to walk away while Andy sat next to her best friend. 

"What does it feel like..." 

"What does what feel like?" 

"..a crush...?" 

"Mai...I think you know the feeling" whispering. "But I think it could be more like...falling in love?" 

Maya's head turned to look at her best friend, she never remembered a time when her parents would kiss one another, or have her father do anything nice for her mother. She never physically saw the look of 'love' or even felt it with another person. So much was off limits in the Bishop household that going over to Andrew's place was the exact opposite. 

"Falling for someone isn't exactly the same feeling for everyone in a way..." Andy said in a whisper again.  "The way you talk about Carina, Maya you sound like she's the eighth wonder of the world...your heart races when you see her, when you kiss her..you're not in this for anything other than her..I haven't seen you in here since the two of you started going to bed together.." 

"What if I'm too broken to even say the words...." 

"You're not broken, and even if you feel it -- what does she do for you?" 

"I feel fixed when I'm with her -- " Her eyes were cast up at the ceiling of her gym. "She doesn't judge me for my past.."

"I would say that you have quite the crush on one Carina DeLuca..." Smiling. "And I would say she's got quite the crush on you back...you took her out on a date Mai -- you're in the process of leaving your shit 'relationship' with April, for someone who adores you, someone who cares for you...who's' in it for you" 

Maya was really processing all of what Andy was saying, she wasn't wrong. She knew the boxers and the sports bras meant more than just a nice gesture, she was telling Maya that she could keep spares at her place since she was over a lot. The blonde also did flat out, round aboutly tell Andrew that she was ending her relationship (or lack of) so she could legitimately see what was there between her and Carina.

The feeling wasn't this good for no reason.

"I told her I wish she was there when I was fighting...on the date I told her..." 

"You did?" Andy was just grinning from ear to ear, the blonde looked over and her smile was now matching one of her best friends. 

"I did -- " 

"Maya, I love you...but don't be so hard on yourself when it comes to expressing your feelings, you know what this is, no ones asking for you to figure it out completely now...but this could be the start of it, even if you've never seen it -- you have love in your life. You grew up with Lucia giving you so much love, and Me, Andrew...Jack when you're not beating his ass -- " They both laughed.

"Carina is someone special to you, those songs you showed me are all good, heart filled songs..you're falling for her..this is more than a crush" 

"It's more than a crush, it's so much more...than a crush" Sighing, she then scooted herself so she was laying in the ring.

Andy's hand came up to brush the blonde hair out of her best friends face. 

"All I think about is her, it's all I want to think about...I feel like a teenager around her, I chased her in the backyard of mamas house that same day" 

"You didn't..." Laughing. 

"I did...she just makes me feel like a kid I never got to be.." 

"I know, and I love how free you are with her...I've never seen you like this with anyone Mai -- you deserve to feel the way you do with her..and I'm not saying go run and tell her how you feel because it is new, but don't be afraid to show her in different ways" 

"I'm trying too.." 

"Then she's going to know what you're saying.."

"She already told me this morning to show her..so I did..."

"How did you show her?" Inquiring.

"I put her hand on my heart, it was beating so hard for her...and she did the same thing to me, it was like our hearts were beating in sync" Maya smiled at this morning with Carina in bed with her.

The fighter scooted her body over to place her head on her best friends leg a bit. The fire captain's hand went over and tapped Maya's chest a bit, trying to sooth any worries her best friend might have. 

"I'm scared i'll fuck it up since it's this good" 

"You won't fuck it up, Carina won't let you...lets be honest about that one, she's got you, and I wouldn't want anyone else to have you if they can't match the intensity that Carina DeLuca has for you..she also did really well on these matching sets..." Pulling at the sports bra a bit the blonde was wearing. 

Maya just laughed a bit with a nod, her heart was thudding, thinking about Carina, what all this was meaning. Her feelings. While she put a word to what she was feeling, she knew her way of showing it would over power the words that would take time to come out of her mouth. 

"There were photos on my windshield this morning.." 

"Photos?" The latina was confused on what Maya was trying to tell her. 

"This morning, Carina got a text of photos of April and I, kissing...taken from the dinner last night we went to before the dancing with the Grey's cast" 

"Bishop, you kissed her?!" 

"I had to it was in public, Herrera!" Sitting up a little bit. "Shit. I still have to do public bullshit with her which means I have to at least kiss her with my mouth closed..." squinting her eyes at her best friend. 

"I didn't know..sorry sorry continue.." 

"She got photos set to her, she said we're good cause she knew what they were, but it means someone was following us last night -- and then this morning I got photos in an envelope of Carina and I, on our date...kissing.." her heart hurt. "A note came with it saying that April wanted these, and to be careful...which means I'm being followed too.." 

"Wait you got followed to the restaurant that Ryan and I suggested you two went?! The hell..." 

"You didn't tell anyone did you? That we were going?" 

Maya was now sitting up to look over at her best friend who shook her head. The way the captain was looking right now, shocked, confused. The fighter knew she was telling her the truth. 

"Only, Ryan..myself and his dad knew..besides the restaurant of course.."

Nodding slowly she got up and started to pace again, making Andy get up also with her; sitting on the ropes. Jack came walking into the room to look up at the girls in the ring. 

"Maya someones in your office for you...you really might want to come and see who it is" 

The blonde stopped walking around to look over at her sparring partner, the boy had a stern look on him as she nodded quickly. Getting out of the ring by just sliding through the gap in the ropes, Maya turned around to look at her best friend. 

"I think...I'm falling for her...this is so much more than a crush..right?.." Blushing as she walked backwards, making Andy smile. 

"And I think you are too..take your time Mai..it will all come so naturally more to you" 

Nodding with a smile, the fighter turned around to walk out of that part of the gym to stroll into her office. Brown hair, couldn't be not much older than at least 21. The blonde looked him up and down, his feet were on her desk which she was visibly raging at. His fingers were stained of oil it looked like, paint maybe? 

"What do you want Mason..." 

"Sup, big sis" Mason smiled as he slowly got up out of the chair he was comfortably sitting in. 

He towered over the blonde, even at 21; the latina was walking over to see who was in the office with Maya. Shit, this won't be good.

Mason wasn't good news, he hadn't been good news since they were kids; he was the neglected kid, Maya was the golden child. -- while the Bishop children weren't close to their parents, at one point they were close with one another, over the last few years it's really been when Maya had to take a step back from her little brother. While she cared for Mason, and would always be there for him, their relationship wasn't the best.

"Are you in trouble again?" Maya crossed her arms over her chest. 

"Not really...not right now -- what about you? Fuck anyones partner lately, or maybe get arrested again?" Chuckling. 

And there it was, the jab that took their relationship that was good to shit in mere seconds, along with the now most common thing they had between them.

"That was like years ago, and I didn't know she was your girlfriend Mason..and I'm in a relationship" 

"Fiancé actually...April? Right..." 

"Right..forgot about that...and uh, yeah..April."

————

“I have one” Andrew sat up straighter with a devilish smile on his face. 

“Oh no…"

“How about the one where Maya called me running down the street with her pants to her ankles because a girls fiancé came home and she had to jump out her bedroom window” 

“What?!” 

“ANDREW!” 

Notes:

all mistakes are mine!

enjoy !! :)

starving - zeds, grey and Hailee steinfield

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Chapter 21: Natural

3 Years Ago -- 

"You're so fucking hot..." the girl smiled into the kiss with Maya. 

The two of them finished a little bit ago but the blonde figured she could give this girl a little bit more attention. Not being able to keep their hands off of each other at the bar, Maya was far from being done till she heard a door open. 

"Shit." 

"What..." 

"My fiancé is home..." Stephanie said shockingly.

"You're WHAT?!" Maya said in a hushed but yelling tone as the two of them scrambled out of the brunette's bed. 

Maya grabbed her boxers and sports bra to put them on quick, socks. Then her jeans were about half way up, shirt was in her mouth as the door swung open. 

"Maya!? Stephanie?!" Mason stood there looking between them two of them. 

"Mason?!" the blonde took a couple steps back as she knew the window was open. 

"you fucked my fiancé?! Are you fucking serious?!" 

"I didn't even fucking know she was engaged she didn't wear a ring!" Maya was trying to argue back but it didn't take long for Mason to lunge. 

"Shit. Thanks Stephanie!" Maya yelled to then hop out the open window. 

Thank god for first story apartments as the fighter took off down the side walk with her jeans moving lower on her legs. Hearing Masons voice still booming the blonde fumbled to get her phone out. Dialing Andrew's number it was a ring and then he immediately picked up. Thank YOU.

"I NEED YOU TO PICK ME UP! RIGHT NOW!" Maya all but yelled into the phone. 

"What?! Where are you?" 

"PINE! AND KENT! PLEASE...PLEASEPLEASE" 

"Okay okay okay...I'm actually right by there hold on...." 

Andrew took a few turns to get into the neighborhood, nice neighborhood too as he saw his best friend sprinting down the sidewalk. Pants to her ankles with her shirt long gone, socks on her feet and that was pretty much it. Slamming on his breaks a little ways up, Andrew leaned over to open the door for her. 

Spotting her best friend's car, she thanked him internally for opening the door for her so she just jumped in, slamming the door shut. 

"DRIVE!" yelling as a voice still could be heard behind them while the italian boy sped off towards their apartment. 

"What the fuck was that Maya?!" He looked to his best friend who looked like she was struggling right now. "Or should I be asking who did you fuck?!" 

"Mason's fiance apparently...I had no idea! She wore no ring! and then he came home and we were trying to get dressed fast and it was randomly him...and so I jumped out of the bedroom window and ran..." 

"You...mean your brother?! Isn't he like 18?!" 

"Ya -- she's 20..." 

"Maya..." He just busted out laughing, stopping the car for a few minutes to really get a look at his best friend who just looked a hot mess right now. 

"At least you made it out with your bra and boxers on...kinda your pants...at least you have your socks" 

"It's not fucking funny!" Maya hit Andrew who just sat there laughing his ass off, having stopped the car and actually putting it into the park mode. 

Present Day -- 

Maya stood there face to face with her little brother, Andy in the doorway and Jack off to the side as the three of them looked at the youngest Bishop. Mason just stood there with a chuckle, crossing his arms. 

"Do you want money? Because I don't have any..." Maya crossed her arms over her chest too to mirror her brother. 

"Shocker -- but no..I just wanted to see you big sis, didn't think that was a crime" 

"It is when this is totally out of the blue, and I haven't seen you since that day -- and I said I was sorry, kinda...I really just ran out of there" Shrugging gently. 

"Yeah you kinda saved me from that relationship, so I owe you a thank you..but I wanted to tell you that I saw you fighting and I'm sorry that you're not anymore..you were really good.." 

"Um, thanks. Kinda sucks I'm not fighting anymore either -- " Maya really didn't want to remember it all. 

"Yeah I just, wanted to come and see ya..hey Andy" 

"Sup" Andy simply said with a small head nod. 

"Well...I'm just going to go, I just..wanted to see you -- Dad still hates you by the way" Mason said on his way out and Maya just laughed. 

"Yeah, thanks Mase, I still hate him too" Shaking her head as the boy left the gym completely. 

"Well there goes our conversation --" Maya said sadly. 

A ding came through to make Maya look down at her phone, her lips spreading in a small smile to see the text that came through. 

[Carina DeLuca]: I can't wait to see you later
[Carina DeLuca]: Mama says hi..says she misses you..

[Maya Bishop]: I can come over? I miss her too.

[Carina DeLuca]: Hmmmmmm....yes come over :) 
[Carina DeLuca]: Did you tell Jack that we will be back to his gym tomorrow? 

[Maya Bishop]: I'm about to tell him. I'll see you and mama soon
[Maya Bishop]: There's also something I need to show you..don't worry, I'll show you as soon as I get there..

[Carina DeLuca]: See you soon Bella

Maya put her phone away to look over at Jack and Andy with a small smile. Changing out of her work out shorts she pulled her jeans back on as she buttoned them back up, slipping her feet into her shoes. 

"I have to go deal with something, with Carina..but Jack -- we're coming to your gym tomorrow for filming, remember?" 

"Yeah, I have it all set up for everyone..It's going to be so cool seeing my gym on a big screen" He smiled. 

"I'm happy that I was able to do that for you, you're a great guy Gibson, and Herrera..thanks, always.." Maya smiled over at her best friend and the latina just smiled back, knowing what it was for. 

"Do I want to know why I kept getting shooed out of every place Maya was?" 

"Not at all.." "Don't worry about it" both were said at the same time. 

Grabbing her keys, she walked out of her gym to head over to the DeLuca household. Getting into her truck she looked at the envelope that sat there, the photos of her and Carina. The brunette had ones of her and April. Things were getting a little too real and she wasn't sure what they were going to do. Other than just really keeping separate till this thing with April is done -- film, go home and don't do anything with one another. 

It would put Maya back into the gym at all hours, not even sure what was going to happen on Carina's end -- but the blonde figured it wouldn't be as crazy as her, Carina had her life pieced together as Maya was rebuilding. Those were her only thoughts as she sighed heavily, pushing her truck to start up, driving over there where she parked where she normally would. Snatching the envelope, Maya jumped down from her truck, walking up the driveway. 

Going through the gate, and into the back, her feet carried her into the kitchen, looking around to see either one of the female DeLuca's. 

"Carina? Mama?" calling out to see where they were. 

"Bedroom!" hearing Carina's voice. 

Following the sound of which bedroom it was coming from, she looked into her mama's, no one; wandering down to the one she stayed in she saw the italian standing there going through the closet. 

"What exactly are you looking for?" Maya asked with a small chuckle. 

"Mama said that you...had a pair of..ah ha!" Carina pulled out a pair of old running sneakers to smile at the blonde. 

"Can I use these" walking over slowly to the blonde, the sneakers hanging from her fingers. 

"I uh...well yeah, I don't...use them?" Maya was just a little confused a bit on why Carina would need an old pair of shoes. 

"Mama and I are going to get back into tennis since I'm over here..i'll get a pair, but she said you might have some slightly worn white ones in your room.." 

"Mhmmmm...got it, yeah I don't, use those.." 

Carina tossed them by the bed as she got closer, her eyes looking slowly down at what Maya was wearing, the muscle tank was probably the hottest thing paired with her jeans, and what looked to be a blue and red sports bra. Reaching out she grabbed at the blondes jeans belt loop to pull her forward. The blonde dropped the envelope on the floor so she could pull the brunette in the rest of the way. 

"Have I told you, how much I love it..when you wear my clothes?" whispering, her hands grabbing now at Carina's waist to pull her in too. 

"Not that I can remember..you're okay with it?" 

"Okay with it? You look so fucking good in them..I don't let anyone just wear my clothes.." whispering again till she brought the brunette down into a hard kiss. 

Italian hands started to unbutton and undo the zipper on the blondes jeans, getting lost in the kiss slowly. 

"W-wait..Carina.." Maya said into her lips once she felt her zipper moving down. 

"Hmm? Did you not want to?" 

"No I do, where's mama?" 

"She went out to go to the store for a bit -- so we have the house to ourselves..and you said that you never made out with a girl in your bedroom before the day we did..so I also figured you never did other things either -- maybe you wanted to have me be your first?" Smiling softly. 

The fact that Carina held onto small pieces of information that she had told her, it made Maya's heart swell even more for the brunette. This was more than a crush. 

"God please...I do.." Pressing their lips back together. 

Carina stepped on the envelope as she then slipped on it, making Maya catch her into her body. Pulling away, the brunette casted her eyes down with the blondes name on it, bending down to pick it up. Holding it up she looked at the blonde curiously. 

"What's this.." 

"What I wanted to talk to you about, before..you know..all..of this.." twirling her index finger between the two of them. 

Taking the envelope she first kissed Carina once more -- not that these would change that, but in a weird way Maya felt the need to kiss her. Opening it up she then just handed it over to the older italian. A heavy sigh left her lips, nodding gently. 

"It was on my car when I left your place this morning..open it" 

Scrunching her eyebrows a bit, taking the open envelope from Maya's fingers. Pulling the photos and the note out she read the note first, her eyes taking in the handwriting and then looking to see what the photos were. Their date. Flipping through the three photos she then looked at Maya who was now buttoning up her jeans. 

"Someone followed us?" Carina said in a soft tone. 

"Yeah, someone followed us..and I have no fucking idea who..same person who did April and I and sent you those photos this morning..which means what you said -- about us..being careful, a little bit more seriously.."

Maya's head dropped down a bit, before continuing. 

"I think it's me, I think I was stupid to think that I wasn't being followed, cause clearly now -- this person knows where to find me if they were at your place..where my truck was all last night" 

Carina didn't want to be right. She didn't want to have to be more careful than they had to be, the photos weren't bad but the message was saying that April wanted these; wanted. Meaning she didn't have them for a reason. 

"Bella..I didn't want that to have to be the case..and you're not stupid, don't say that" looking through the photos again. 

The way they looked at each other in them, the hand placement, the kiss. 

"They encased a feeling..in a photo..." the blonde bit her bottom lip a little bit. 

Leaning down, Carina put the images down into the envelope again, grabbing Maya by the back of her neck to pull her in for a kiss. Grabbing the envelope, Maya just dropped them on the floor to then wrap her hand around Carina's shirt while she kissed her. Moaning into the blondes lips, she moved them to the bed to have Maya sit down, breaking the kiss. 

"Feeling?" Carina echoed with a small smile. 

"Yeah..a feeling, my feelings for you..." Pulling Carina down to have her straddle her lap, the brunette's hands resting on her shoulders. "I made a fool of myself at the beginning of that date -- you make me nervous, but when you kissed me..that whole night, every night with you..." 

Maya could feel her heart racing just with looking at the italian. Leaning up a bit to rub her nose against the brunettes, kissing her lips in a small peck. Don't be afraid to show her in different ways. Andy's words seeped into Maya's head. Bringing Carina's hand up to put it on her heart, letting the italian feel her heart beat. 

"Did I ever tell you that the day after we first met....and you were kissing my cheek, your arms around my waist..how much I liked it.." whispering. 

"No, you never did..it just felt..natural to do --"

 Smiling as they were rubbing their noses together. 

"A little too natural" a hand moving from the back of Maya's neck to the side, keeping her one hand on the girls heart. 

"Also, thank you, for the boxers and bras..by the way"

"You like them? I saw them..and I wanted to get them for you.." 

"I love them.." 

Maya's hands came down to pull her muscle tee off to show that she was wearing some of what Carina got her. Biting her bottom lip, Carina took in the blonde slowly, all the way down to see the boxers peaking out of the top of Maya's jeans. Feral. Sitting back to plant her hands behind her to lean her body weight on; Maya just looked over Carina who was looking over her also. 

The italian hands moved along the boxers that were peaking out, her eyes just taking in the fighter. 

"What are we going to do...if I'm being followed..." 

"Live in the moment, Bella...that's something we can figure out after this moment...cause I want you to not think right now" 

Leaning into Maya, the fighter sat back on her arms more so Carina could lay on her more, to which she did. Carina's lips pressed into Maya's skin on her collarbone, all the way over to her neck. Putting her head back, the blonde let her hand more access to her. Small heavy breaths were spilling out of Maya's mouth, while Carina started to kiss and suck on Maya's pulse point. The blonde was a puddle, she honestly would let the italian do whatever she wanted because she liked it so much. 

Carina was leading with her emotions, of course she knew they needed to talk about it, what to do from here but also -- they were in the sanctuary of their mama's house, and she was currently at the store. Maya let out a moan the more sucked at her neck; Carina was showing and not telling -- getting onto the blondes love language. If the fighter gave her marks, she was going to do the same thing, and not just the scratches that painted the blondes back. 

"I...Carina...I can't...mark..." whimpering as the brunette kept going at it. "F-fuck...it...keep going..." it felt too good to have her really stop. 

It was only fair too since Maya marked Carina yet again last night, though it was something she could over, this one was going to be right there on her neck -- she'd have to come up with some excuse on what happened; should be easy since she still was working out and fighting at the gym? 

Pulling back, the actress looked at the work she was satisfied with doing to the blondes neck. A hum left her lips as the blue eyed girl looked over at her, hooded eyes made the italian smile more before she kissed her slowly. Lucia got home not too long after, seeing Maya's truck at the curb she walked down the hall way to stop seeing the door open and the girls in a much heated kiss. Going back to the kitchen, she opened and closed the door a little loud so they'd be able to hear her. 

"Carina? Maya are you here? Girls?" Calling out from the kitchen. 

As much as Lucia got all the tea from her daughter about the two of them, she really wasn't one for seeing much, a kiss was one thing, they were at the make out territory --  at the end of the day she was still Carina's mama, and even Maya's. It's why she was quick to get out of there. Carina was the first to part from Maya with a groan, leaving Maya with a laugh. 

"See -- be glad you don't get hard, things are wayyyy worse.." Maya whispered with another laugh. 

"Yeah! Mama she's here...we will be right out.." Carina called down to look at Maya with a smile. 

Kissing her once more, the actress got up to help Maya up, who thankfully wasn't showing in her jeans. Walking out of Maya's room, the fighter put her muscle tee back on while they padded down the hallway, her attention being drawn to the computer on the table in the living room. 

"Is that?" Pointing to it. 

"Si -- your fifteenth birthday dolce ragazza" (sweet girl) Lucia smiled as Maya went to go jump the couch and all she did was clap, making Maya stop what she was about to do. 

"Sorry..." Maya smiled and rounded the couch quickly to rewind it and play the video.

Carina ran her hand through her dark hair, flipping it to the side, her feet took her to behind Maya. Bending over the couch to have her arms wrapped around the blonde who was watching the video that Lucia showed Carina earlier. Pressing small kisses into the blondes cheek they watched it together. 

"You were so cute.." Carina smiled which made Maya blush. 

"You think so?" Maya turned her face to see the brunette close. 

"Mhmm, I do.." smiling. 

Maya kissed her lips, turning her attention back to the video where Lucia and Andrew both pushed her into the water. Her fingers lazily running up and down the italian's arm. 

"This was one of my favorite birthdays mama..I can still remember it.." smiling wide to look over at Lucia who smiled at the two of them. 

"I do have all of them on there.." 

Using the cursor to look into the folder that this video was in, Maya scrolled down to her twelfth birthday. Watching it, seeing her Andrew and Andy all running around with lazer tag gear on, Maya looked happy as ever, she knew that feeling, she loved her two best friends. 

"I wish you lived here, would you have come to my birthdays?" Maya asked curiously to Carina. 

"I definitely think I would have..I wish I did too, Bella..hmm go to that one...it says italy on it.." Carina reached out, she was still bend over the couch, her arms still around Maya's neck and shoulders. 

A video popped up and it was now of the three of them in Italy. Maya pulled the computer closer to see it. 

Lucia held the camera up to see Maya and Andrea running back and forth on the sand, getting their feet wet when the water would come up to them. They'd giggle and scream and do it all over again. 

"Bambina, why don't you go down there with them..." the camera turned to a twelve year old Carina who's book was up in front of her. 

Two piece bikini, her legs were pushed out into the sand. The brunette looked over to the camera with a smile, shrugging her shoulders a bit. 

"They're playing..I'll go down when they're not screaming when the water touches them" a small giggle leaving her lips. 

"Carina! Carina!" Maya came barreling in to have Carina's legs open fast, her book flying down to catch the little girl. 

"Maya, Maya! What..." Laughing as the blonde was now kneeling into Carina's arms. 

Her head was back to look at the little blonde that was close in her arms, the small little hands of the seven year old on her shoulders with a huge smile on her face. 

"Come play with us..pleeeeeaaaasseeeeeee" 

Carina let Maya go as the little girl got up on her feet, her hand wiggling in front of the brunette as she bounced on the sand. 

"Okay okay.." Carina got up out of her seat as she ran her hand over the little girls hair a bit. 

"SHE SAID YES!" Maya turned around the scream back at Andrea who was punching the air by the water in celebration. 

"Mama watch my book..." 

"Si, of course Bambina..." Lucia just laughed watching the two girls. 

Maya was still bouncing on the sand as she looked up at Carina with the biggest smile before stopping. Her hands came up under her chin, her eyes trained on the older girl who had the biggest smile down at her. Carina reached down to pick Maya up and run towards the water, the two of them screaming till they were now waist deep into the water. 

"Andrew! Come on! Get in the water!" Maya yelled as her arm was around Carina's neck, the older girl holding Maya securely to her body. 

Andrea jumped into the water to swim to where they were as Carina now had both seven year olds next to her. They started to swim around her, even all of them dunking under the salt water quick before coming up again. Carina wiped Andrea's eyes of the salt water before doing it to Maya. 

"beh questa è una prima volta" (well this is a first) 

Andrea was the first one out of the water to then run down all over the sand again with Maya coming out next, Carina following, adjusting her bikini a bit to then grab onto Maya's hand since she put it out, the little blonde to have them both walk down the sand watching Andrea try and make a sand snow ball. Only coming back with a melting one. 

Maya held onto Carina's hand, even brought it up to hold it closer to her face, then her head went to her arm. 

"What was a first?" Maya asked when the video was done. 

"I never went into the water much..I mainly just went out to read and sunbathe...you were a very convincing kid.." Carina laughed to look over at Maya. 

"Convincing, Carina you stayed around the whole time Maya was in Italy..." Lucia smirked, knowing that her daughter wouldn't come out willingly saying it to the blonde. 

"Mamaaa..." stomping her foot a little bit. 

"Gabriella was pissed you weren't around because you were too busy with Andrea and Maya.." smiling as she just kept planting for her daughter.

"Carina you stayed home cause I was there...babee.." Maya smiled with a small teasing voice making Carina's forehead meet the blondes shoulder. 

"Oh my god...please..not this.." groaning.

"I thought you were really pretty.." Maya whispered to Carina. 

"You did?" 

"Mhmm, I really did..that much I remember.." 

"You were a really cute kid..I've told you that -- I went into the water when Gabriella was around but other than that I didn't much, not until I got older then you couldn't get me out..." 

Carina pulled her head up to look at the blonde she had her arms around. 

"Eighteen her and I were tanning too..tanning and going into the water and then tanning and going in.." Standing up. "Naked" 

Maya looked back at Carina to only have the brunette smile at her with a little small smirk. 

"WHAT?!" 

"I didn't want lines? I have videos if you want to see those too" winking at the blonde who just raised her eyebrows a little bit. 

Lucia shook her head side to side with a small smile on her mouth. She herself could remember trying to skype Carina and the brunette would be outside, covering herself with a towel if she was outside when she called. The brunette was her wild child, but the good wild -- not the type to get into trouble, but with Gabriella, those two could get up to anything at any given time. 

"I well..." Maya shrugged gently, getting up from the couch to wrap her arms around the back of the brunette, the two walking towards the kitchen. "Maybe..." only playing it safe in front of their mama. 

"Oh...I'm going to go get the photos so we can talk...about..what to do.." 

"Photos?" Lucia thought that only Carina had photos. 

"Maya got photos put on her truck at my place this morning...someones following her, and got photos of our first date.." saying lowly, putting herself on the chair at the table. 

"There's photos?" Lucia said a little happy to see that she got to see something from it, but also now realizing maybe she shouldn't have been too peppy with it. 

"We like them too -- don't worry mama..but it is concerning" smiling warmly at her mama. 

Maya showed back up with the envelope as she placed them on the kitchen table, pulling out her chair to sit down. Pulling the photos out she pushed them over to her mama, but she held onto the note and just stared at it. 

"Be careful, is it a warning..is it a nice reminder?" 

"I think it's a reminder, but it also seems like theres a reason why they didn't give these to April.." her hand slid to clasp over Maya's gently. 

"Meaning we really..can't see one another outside of the set, what if they followed me here?" 

Lucia took the photos to look at them, she looked over at the girls who sat before her and then back at the photos. Seeing why they liked them, they were happy, it was sweet and innocent date they went on; but April was ruthless that Maya stay within the confines of the contract. 

"If they did, they can't hold you to that Maya..you live here too, I think they mean more like you and I doing things outside of the set, going to each others place..." 

"But Andrew lives with me, that's like banning you from my place.." Maya countered back. "I have no money for them to stop even if I wanted to see if that's what they want..." hanging her head a bit, Carina reached over to rub the back of it slowly. 

"Bella..." 

"The fucked up thing is, the other night at the club she was so pissed because she saw the marks on my back -- "

"Marks?! Maya what happened..." Lucia chimed in concerned. 

"Oh I uh..well.." Her eyes casted to Carina and the brunette looked over at Maya with a small smile. 

"Work, I accidentally scratched her because of a scene..." accidentally my ass.

Lucia just nodded slowly looking at the two of them. 

"Jackson's fly was down when she found me to yell at me on the dance floor" 

"Wait, you never told me that.." 

"They're sleeping together and have been and i'm the one being punished" Maya said with a little bit of a bite. "They've been sleeping together I'm sure since things changed with me almost eleven months ago..maybe before that..and I also told her to wipe her face, seeing what she'd do and she fell for it.." 

Carina just squinted her eyes, April was playing dirty. April was able to live her life and sleep with whoever she wanted, in this case Jackson; and get away with it. 

"I'll be right back..." Carina got up to walk to Maya's room, taking out her phone to make a call. 

Sitting there in the kitchen, Maya looked at her mama and Lucia looked back at her, holding the photo up of the two of them kissing. 

"Someone looks happy, mio figlio" (my child) smiling. 

Blushing now, Maya just put her hands over her face to try and hide it, but it really didn't do much good. Her eyes went down to see the red mark now on Maya's neck. 

"Oh mio dio, dovete davvero rallentare l'uno con l'altro se volete stare zitti." (oh my god, you two really have to slow down on each other if you're trying to be quiet.)

A hand went right to her neck, where Carina was marking it not a half hour earlier. 

"It just happens mama..." a small sigh came from Maya, a small hum left her voice when she was trying to figure out how to say it. "Ho dei sentimenti per lei.... è più di una semplice cotta, mama" (I have feelings for her.... it's more than just a crush mama) 

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"Hey, it's Carina..you know that favor you owe me? Can I use it?" Carina said into the phone. 

"Yeah of course..I've been seeing when you wanted it.." 

"Well I need it, I need you to follow April and Jackson.." 

"Oh fuck yeah..DeLuca you are speaking my language...I'll get so much shit on them.." 

"Calm down Shepherd, you're a little too happy about this..." laughing. 

"They're always up to something, so I got you.. you and I need to get dinner, soon" 

"I promise, have fun but don't get caught okay?" 

"I'm a Shepherd, I won't get caught.." 

Notes:

all mistakes are mine!

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Natural - Valley (a v person favorite of mine)

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Chapter 22: My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark

Notes:

NSFW

"We're really going to try this again..." Maya just looked at Carina who shrugged gently. 

"Bella, we have to try...I don't want too.." 

"So can't we stay here tonight, I know we're filming tomorrow...and I want to get some sleep..." 

Maya didn't want to plead with Carina but the thought of going home and not sleeping next to the girl made her a little anxious. The italian just looked at the blonde as she was right, the two needed to get some decent sleep since it was a heavy filled day for filming. 

"I have clothes here..you can wear some to set since we have wardrobe..and you already..wear my clothes.." Maya's hands pulled Carina into her body, looking down at the UFC shirt she was wearing, 

"You make a good case, and your clothes…are comfortable" Carina smiled, eyes casting down at the blonde. 

"Perché non rimanete qui stasera?" (why don't you stay here tonight?) Lucia said, walking into the living room seeing the two girls talking. 

"Mama..." 

"Carina -- È solo una notte, e mi stavi giusto dicendo quanto sarebbe durata: sono le otto." (it's just one night, and you were just telling me how long it would last; it's eight o'clock)

Carina was more worried about the photos now, with if they were going to get another set on one of their cars or even sent to them. Setting her friend out on some deep dive to catch April and Jackson made her feel better but the last thing was to have the redhead to get ahold of photos after Maya's 'be careful'. 

"I will go check both of your cars, if you want me too.." Lucia said, Carina's eyes just looked down into those blue ones. 

"Si -- please mama.." 

You would think their mama's place is the last place they'd be caught, or even be followed to. Lucia slipped on her shoes to pad her way out like she was going to go check on Maya's truck that was by the street. Walking back in a few minutes later, she shook her head. 

"No, nothing..Maya can you just pull your truck into the driveway so it's safe?" Looking at the blonde. 

"Yeah mama I will.."

"I love you both, I'm going to my room, whatever you two decide -- please keep it down.." 

The older italian walked over kissing both of their heads before walking to her room. 

"Okay we can stay..." whispering and Maya just kissed the italian excitedly, grabbing her keys she ran out to go move her truck into the driveway. 

"Carina..vieni qui tesoro" (come here darling)  Lucia called from her room. 

Walking to her mama's room she peaked in to see her already in bed, placing her head against the molding of the door, her hand held it gently. 

"Rilassati baby, va tutto bene...tu e Maya siete al sicuro qui. Ma dico sul serio, non voglio sentire niente da voi due" (relax baby, everything's okay..you and maya are safe here. but seriously, I don't want to hear anything from you two)

"Oh mama! Non faremo niente se non dormire.." (we won't do anything but sleep)

Lucia just nodded slowly to put her TV on, pulling her journal out and starting to write into it. 

"Mama?" 

"Si baby?" 

"Thank you...for today" Carina smiled softly at her mama. 

"Mi sei mancata figlia mia, adoro poter vedere questo lato di te" (i missed you my daughter, i love being able to see this side of you)

Maya snaked her arms around Carina's waist, a blush instantly went up to the brunette's cheeks from her neck; it made Lucia smile seeing Maya then pop her head out from the side of her daughter. 

"Buonanotte a voi due" (goodnight you two)

"Buonanotte mama" "Goodnight mama!" 

The girls walked down to the room Maya occupied when she was here, closing the door slowly to have it latch. As soon as that sound hit, Carina instantly pulled Maya in for a deep kiss. Falling back on the bed, the two could feel each others hearts beating out of their chests, the italian was in deep; the blonde herself was starting to understand what was going on inside of her. For now the two would have to play it even safer than they were before. 

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Maya was the first to leave the house in the morning, kissing Carina softly; she wanted to get a workout in before she hit the set and it made the brunette sad to see the girl leave since it was so early, but knowing their call time she'd be up within the hour, even if she wasn't awake. 

Working out, then going straight to set -- Maya flopped down into the couch that was in there. She took a shower at her gym before showing up. The door opened and closed for the blonde to see an equally tired Carina walk in. The time was only 5:30 -- call time was 7 but it was better to be early than late. Maya just didn't move, she could hear the rustling a bit till the dip in the couch was the thing to make her open her eyes more. 

"Come here..." Maya croaked out. 

Carina laid down to settle herself into Maya's body, welcoming the switch of who was the big spoon. The fighters body was warm, her embrace was even better each time they laid together, tangling their legs together. Falling asleep even if it was for an hour; at least for Maya. 

The door swung open to have Jack walk up the steps when he saw Maya's truck parked at his gym, he wanted to see if she wanted to fight for a bit but he caught a glimpse of Carina in Maya's arms sleeping. His hand gently went over the small barrier that was there between the stairs and the actual trailer to squeeze at Maya's foot. 

The blonde took in a breath as her eyes snapped open a little bit, squinting at Jack who she could see half of. Kicking his hand she just held the italian closer, her arms closing in more. 

"What do you want.." grumbling. 

"Do you want to fight a bit? Since you are today.." Jack whispered. 

"I'm busy..." 

"You're being lazy...she'll be here when you get back man.." Jack tried again. "You're going to hate yourself if you don't warm up.." 

Maya knew he was right but the thought of leaving Carina right now was hurting more. Closing her eyes, she just took in a deep breath to then open them again. 

"So?" 

"Fine..yeah..yeah.." she hated being called lazy. "Go outside. I'll be out" 

"Five minutes Bishop" He said walking down the steps, closing the door afterwards. 

“Fucker” she whispered.

Kissing at the sleeping brunettes forehead a bit, she gently sat up, somehow getting up without disturbing the brunette. Giving her a pillow she watched her snuggle into it, a smile spreading on her lips. Pulling her sneakers on, Maya walked out of the trailer and Jack immediately put his arm around the blonde to walk her into his gym. 

Parting from the boy, the blonde did another warm up, jumping rope like it was second nature; left foot, right foot -- change. Rope hitting the ground methodically till she was done and hung it up. Pulling her shirt off to just be in her shorts and sports bra, Jack threw the blonde her gloves as he was already in the ring. 

"MMA ....or do we want regular boxing?" he said while bouncing around. 

"You fucking woke me up -- so why don't you choose" 

"Ooooohhh someones pissed they got woken up from their little nappy nap with their hot ita-- " 

Maya threw the first punch into the boys stomach when he wasn't prepared. He groaned deeply holding his stomach as the blonde stood there just barely out of breath with it. 

"Don't talk about her like that...she's more than just a hot italian --" Maya knelt down to look at her friend with a smile. "Got it?" 

"Yeah. Got it" 

"Mmmm la mia ragazza ha delle mosse" (my girl has some moves) Carina said softly, she was standing against the wall watching the two of them, her voice was raspy when she just woke up. 

Making Maya melt just looking at her. 

Looking over at the italian she just smiled. Carina woke up about a half hour after Maya left, feeling her body not there she wanted to go figure out why the blonde was gone. 

"La mia ragazza?" Maya echoed, she walked over to the edge of the ring where she hung over the ropes with her hands dangling over so have Carina walk over. 

"Informale..bella, mi piaci" (informal...bella, i like you. but why not?) speaking fluently, standing right there where Maya was hanging over. 

All the blonde did was smile harder down at the italian, leaning over more, Carina leaned up with her hands going to either side of the fighters face to kiss her lips. Maya grabbed the ropes a little tight into the kiss, feeling Carina then pulling away with a bite of her bottom lip. 

"We're being careful..no ones around but Jack.." Carina whispered into her lips before fully going down onto her feet. 

Nodding, Maya just stayed quiet; Jack was finally getting up to look at the two of them. 

"Or just fighting..." he muttered with him running towards her but she just moved out of the way so he hit the ropes. 

"Still got it..." a oof came from her when Jack grabbed her and pulled her down to the ring. 

The hard thud had Carina jump a little bit. She knew fighting was anything but nice, and sure she'd seen Maya in the ring on set but this -- this wasn't strategic film fighting. 

"Maya?!" She ran over to the side of the ring to just have the blonde smile at her. 

"I'm okay.." Getting up as she looked at the boy she'd known since 18, he was getting up. 

Jack quickly ran and grabbed the big pads they used to train as Maya came barreling at him, throwing punches repeatedly, Carina's eyebrows rose watching how swiftly the blonde moved when she was in her zone. 

"Come on Bishop! Harder harder!" 

"That's what I said" Carina smirked to herself, biting her bottom lip. 

That's what she said. Mused Maya. 

One pad came up and Maya just whaled her fists at it till Jack changed up the combination she should be throwing at. Knowing and seeing how strong Maya really was -- it was completely different. Jack moved back, stepping carefully to move the blonde around the ring so she didn't just stand in one place. He threw his hand out for Maya to duck and that took the opportunity to wrap her arm around his waist to bring him down to the floor of the ring. 

"okay okayokay!" He said with putting his pads up to look at the blonde. 

"Take a breath there Rocky...someones not so rusty.." 

"Why the fuck would I be rusty? I train for no reason..." breathing hard as she looked at the boy and he gave her an apologetic smile. 

"I wouldn't say for nothing..." A man walked in as he smiled at the blonde. "Heard you were doing a movie Bishop...It's good to see you back on my TV somehow..." 

"I uh..yeah, I'm trying some acting since I can't fight?"

The man paced a bit, looking at the blonde with a smile. 

"Yeah, I heard..eleven months ago you were let go from UFC for illegal substance use during your matches..won the championship and lost it all within twenty-four hours...you were fired essentially, six years of hard work down the drain because you got a little taste of what it was like to be fired up” he listed off. 

"Yeah thanks man, I lived it..." Maya hardened a bit. 

"Three arrests, all with alcohol related incidents...am I right?" 

Even though Maya told everything to Carina, she wasn't sure how to feel about this guy walking in and listing it all off again. Blue orbs found brown ones for a small second till going back to the man who was walking around the ring. 

"Yeah. All three.." 

"Bailed out each time except for the last? Tell me Maya...what were the drugs of choice?" 

Maya breathed heavy as she just walked around to follow the man, not liking what was happening right now. 

"Which fucking time you want...the time it ended me or the concoction I was taking for three months prior..." Maya played along. 

"Why don't you tell me the one that ended it for you? I can only guess what you were doping up with for those three months" 

"Coke. I didn't have my regular shit -- so I made a mistake and bought it and took it --found it in my blood that night when the drug tests came back" 

"And if you had your regular concoction...you would have kept going, wouldn't you? And if you kept going then maybe you wouldn't be here...wouldn't have this movie to work on...a gorgeous woman as your co-star...actress right? Ms. DeLuca?" 

"Si -- actress..." Carina offered up. 

"I wouldn't have what I do now no, if I had kept going the way I was -- " how different things would have been.

All it had taken was a little over two months for her life to be changed, for Carina to show back up in her life; even though she never wasn't in it -- just not like she was now. 

"Can I ask who the fuck you are..." 

"Someone who wants to see how you're doing -- checking out talent, are you clean Maya?" 

"Yeah I am, been clean since the day I lost the championship, couple months of detoxing...checking out talent?" questioning. 

"Just call me someone who's interested in you when this movie comes out..big fan of Maya Bishop, it was nice talking to you..." The man went to go leave the gym.  

"Can I at least get a name?" Maya called out to the man. 

"Paul.." He said while leaving the gym completely as Maya stood there looking at Carina. 

The brunette walked over, grabbing onto the rope and getting up in the ring to gently walk over to Maya. It was one thing to talk about things in private it's another now to have this random person know all about it. Carina ran her hand down to Maya's gloved one, taking it gently. 

"Bella...are you okay?" 

"Yeah? I'm confused...on how...he knew...literally so much?" Maya looked to where he left, holding Carina's hand in her own. 

Jack stood there as he watched the girls and the man who walked in. He looked familiar but he couldn’t put his finger on it. 

“Was any of that public knowledge?” 

“The arrests, yes. The losing the championship. Yes, illegally using a drug that ended my career obviously, not the three months of doping up before; my managers at the time kept that out of the press and just let everyone focus on the coke aspect” 

Maya looked over at Carina as the brunette just thought for a little bit. Her eyes told Maya something and the blonde caught on with a shrug, shaking her head as in ‘no’. 

“Doesn’t feel like that..too suited” 

Carina hummed in a thought, Maya was right he was way too suited up to be the photographer. Bringing the girl in she kissed her cheek, making the blonde blush. 

“One more till we gotta film” 

“Who says I’m not kissing you today? Do you read the script beforehand?” Teasing the fighter. 

“Well yeah! I did! I just meant as Carina, not as Mia” 

“They kiss the same” whispering into her ear, kissing it after. 

Jack just looked at the two of them, that guy was random, strolling over he placed his hands on his friends shoulders. Squeezing gently till she looked behind her. 

“Sorry I punched you hard..” 

“You’ve hit me worse, you’ve hit me in the nuts before” 

“You hit me first?!” 

“To prove a point genius..” Jack laughed. 

Carina was amused watching the two of them, placing her hands on either side of the blondes face, she kissed her fiercely before pulling away. It made Maya chase her lips for another. Humming a bit, the blonde watched Carina walk away, her eyes casting down only to have the brunette look back and smirk at her. 

“Jack we’re done, I’m going to go and relax a bit before we start shooting” 

“Good idea, good morning there Bishop” 

Maya waved back at her friend to hurry up to the trailer where Carina pushed her up the stairs. Once the door was closed and locked, the brunettes lips were on the blondes. 

“You left me on the couch this morning, and you left me in bed…to what?” lips still pressed against the blondes. 

“Hmm work out — Jack woke me up and had me come train since I have to fight today..”

“I could have helped you work out..” Carina smirked into Maya's lips, making her eyebrows raise up. 

“O-oh? Um..I should have stayed then?” 

A small 'mhm' from the italians lips vibrated into the blondes. Carina maneuvered them to the couch again so Maya could sit down which made the brunette get on the blondes lap to make the fighter wrap her arms around her mid section. Finding the edge of her shirt, Maya snuck her hands up it to run her fingers across the smooth skin as they kissed. 

"What's it gotta take for me to have you do another warm up with me?" 

"Hmmm..depends on how hard you can get in two mintutes" saying with a smile plastered on her lips. 

"Two minutes...probably super hard..." 

Pushing her hand up the front of Carina's shirt, the blonde wrapped her hand around the girls breast gently. The italian moved it to where she really wanted it which was right under her bra, moaning softly into the kiss. Small breaths, little smacks of their lips had Maya get into the mood super quick, her hand gently massaging the supple mound. 

Carina's hand pushed between their bodies to snake into the blondes shorts, gently running her hand over her growing length. A breathy moan came from the blonde to make the italian just smile into the kiss. 

"One...minute..." biting the blondes bottom lip before soothing it with another kiss. 

Wrapping her hand around the girls cock that was snuggled in her boxers, she twisted her hand slowly up and down to make her the hardest possible in under a minute now. 

"That's time bella..." breathing into her lips to take her hand away, only for Maya to keep it around her hardening cock. 

"No...that's not time, I'm not walking out with a hard on again..." 

Carina smirked as she played along with a shrug. 

"Come on...wasn't it fun last time..." Kissing her lips, starting to get up to have Maya then push her against the couch so she was laying down, biting her bottom lip. 

"What's Bishop going to do about it...??" Taunting the blonde above her. 

"Bishop? You're not serious are you right now?!" Maya was taken back by the use of her last name from the brunette. 

"Maybe...little miss fighter has a hard on...poor bella..we only have ten minutes and that so not enough time.." Her hand trailing down over the hard cocks confines with in the red shorts, if the tent in them wasn't obvious enough. 

Kissing Maya's lips again, Carina went to go get up and Maya let her, watching her start to walk away. Reaching out, the blonde grabbed at the italian's hips to pull her back, pushing her shorts down so her cock could be free of the material that was hindering it. Pulling Carina's sweat pants with her panties off of her legs. The blonde sat down on the couch to tug the brunette down onto her. 

"Fuck...condom...condom..." Carina said looking back desperately at Maya. 

"Wallet...pocket..." Maya said for her hips grinding up into the italian, her length running through her folds, feeling how wet she was. "Oh fuck..." 

Bending over, Maya bit her lip to grab a hand full of her ass infront of her till a condom was pressed into her chest, Carina turning herself around so she was facing the fighter. Ripping the package, she was quick to pull it out and slide it down before she grabbed the italians thighs and roughly pulled her down. Her pussy sat perfectly on Maya's cock, letting out a moan, her hands grabbing the girls shirt. 

"Fuck. eight minutes to fuck you? Oh god...fuck...you underestimate me..and it's bad to do that..." Maya breathed out. 

"W-what's the punishment bella..." moaning at how full she was of the blondes length, her hand covering her mouth to put her head back. 

Rocking her hips gently, Carina pulled herself off of Maya's hardened cock to then push back down, a kiss to the blondes lips. Maya grabbed the girls hands to put them behind her back, her muscles coming into use to keep them there; hips moving up into Carina who was loving every minute of it so far. Pushing with her foot she was able to flip them so Carina's ass hit the cushions. 

Hands still holding the italians's behind hers, hard thrusts of her cock right into Carina's dripping pussy. The italian was desperate almost with how wet she was. Her free hand gripping at the couch under them to keep her up right. 

"Is that all you have..don't you want to pound me into this couch? Fuck me like you did the first time Maya...I want you to fuck me so hard..." Leaning to kiss her. 

All the blonde did was laugh a bit, this was completely drastic of what they did in Carina's apartment, liking both sides a little too much -- Maya did as the italian asked. Pulling her hips back to push back into Carina harder, filling the actress under her. Slipping her other hand behind Carina's back, both of her hands held onto the brunette's wrists; her cock slipping in and out of the italian hard. 

"Like this...you wanna be fucked like this? I hope you left the door unlocked so someone could walk in here seeing me fuck you senseless..see me give you one of the hardest orgasms you've had..." Saying into Carina's lips. 

Her hips thrusting hard, harder, faster into Carina's core. The actress wrapped her legs around the blondes waist most as she nodded. Now the brunette was second guessing if she actually had locked the door -- for someone to walk in and seeing Maya pounding her cock in and out of her pussy, would be a show in itself as she was completely powerless against the fighter. 

"Mhmm..yes...please.." Moaning against her lips with whimpers dripping out as the italian could feel her eyes rolling back already with how hard Maya was thrusting into her. 

Carina put her head back on the couch as she moaned uncontrollably, the grip her legs had around Maya's waist was starting to weaken with each thrust the blonde gave her. The blonde rammed her cock harder into Carina, one more thrust and she was bottoming out inside of her, pressing her lips against her neck to moan against her skin. It was like her hands got tighter around her wrists to make sure Carina didn't go anywhere. 

"I hope someone comes in and sees you like this..you look so fucking hot Carina, so fucking hot..." moaning into her neck to suck hard, wanting to give a mark before they start filming today. 

"Maya...p-please...bella, sto per venire..sto per venire..." (i'm going to cum,i'm going to cum) chanting with a whimper. 

The actresses phone started to go off as she hit her orgasm, her mouth dropped open to moan loud enough that Maya placed her hand over the girls mouth so it didn't carry outside of the trailer. One more hard thrust herself she could feel the brunette's walls clamp around her cock as she unloaded herself into the condom. Small hard thrusts into the girls pussy, making her cock throb with how hard she came, the brunette's walls was wavering, pulsing even around her.  

Maya stilled her body to let the two of them ride out their highs, her hand slipped from Carina's mouth to the back of the couch to hold herself up. They both panted hard, Carina pushed Maya's head back from her neck to pull her chin up and kiss her deeply. Melting into it, they could feel so much with one another, this was just another part of them. 

Carina just smiled into the kiss till she pulled away to take a deep breath. A peck, another one, and one more had the brunette just falling more for the blonde. Blue eyes looked into the brown ones, Maya kissed the italian with such softness, her heart was beating out of her chest for the girl. 

Hearing the phone go off again, Maya looked over to pull herself slowly out of the brunette, making them both whimper at the loss for the girl to grab it. 

"You had a timer on?" Maya asked, Carina just smiled at the blonde with a small giggle. 

"Shhh...come here and kiss me till we gotta clean up and get to wardrobe soon, Bella.." 

"Piacere mio" (my pleasure) Crawling back to Carina to kiss her slowly, in little pecks. 

They were safe here, in their trailer. Taking the blondes hand in her own, she placed the fighters hand on her chest, so they could feel their hearts pounding out of their chests. 

"I chase you too, Maya..I have been since I met you..." whispering into her lips. 

Notes:

all mistakes are mine!

Enjoy!!

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Chapter 23: Undercover

Notes:

nsfw

“So you’re telling me after sleeping with me that..it still won’t work between us?” Maya just looked at Carina who was running her hands through her hair, the heels of her palms pressed against her eyes. 

“No it won’t! Because you haven’t changed at all…you’re still being little miss I’m big and strong and yeah maybe we have slept together and you were in bed with me for a night but how can I trust you doing that time and time again?” Carina threw her arms out. 

“I’m willing to try! You feel it…this between us..” standing there as she was dressed in her boxing shorts and a tank top. 

“So you came here to tell me it won’t work?” Maya looked over the ropes as Carina was on the ground of the gym. 

“We slept together — it’s not like we were agreeing to be together” 

“Did you tell him?” 

“Yeah I did..” 

Maya just walked around the ring a little bit as she knew she was in some deep shit if he knows. 

“So what, you wanted to make sure you still liked it before you potentially committed to anything??” 

Carina just hung her head before just shaking her head with a laugh. Getting into the ring she was face to face with Maya who just looked pissed, distraught at the same time — she thought they were getting somewhere. 

“You know it wasn’t like that” 

“So tell me what was it Mia? You know our history, you think you can just come over to my place after a fight with him and all the sudden something won’t happen?” 

“You live above the gym Tyler..” 

“Doesn’t matter, you ended up in my bed — and I’m not letting you just walk away this time Mia..” Maya wrapped her arms around the Italians wait to bring her in kissing her. 

While Mia should be stunned, Carina just cupped Maya's face to kiss her deeper. Carina moved Maya against the ropes so she could kiss her more, Maya's hands gripped the italian's shirt. A CUT was yelled which prompted Carina to slowly move her face back to see the fighter stunned from the kiss. 

"I think...wow yeah..your kisses..just keep getting better" Maya chuckled which prompted the brunette to just blush, biting her bottom lip. 

"That's a wrap on today ladies! You two were perfect...Maya! The fight scenes we got today were...oh, sweetheart..so good..so good" 

"Thanks" she smiled and the two girls went to their trailer where Carina checked her phone. 

[Amelia Shepherd]: CALL ME!! when you can...ofc I know you're filming. 

In the sanctuary of their trailer, Maya pulled Carina in for a deep kiss. Carina moaned softly, pulling back to have the blonde confused for a second. 

"I have to make a call...and then i'm all yours...I promise -- also..this should be a good call so get changed quick" Carina smiled. 

Nodding, Maya went to go change out of the boxing gear. Carina put her phone to her ear as she called her friend. 

"HEY! Holy shit...do I have things for you..." 

"Wait do you really?" 

"YEAH! why would I lie to you about that...they're like romping it up all over LA..I'm surprised no one has caught them..but me..I did" 

Shaking her head, all Carina could do was laugh. Leave it up to Amelia to do the heavy digging. 

"What did you get" Her eyes going to Maya who was topless and getting her sports bra on. 

"Photos, they went to dinner a few times, in the same car, just really...looking cute and close" 

"So you're telling me you got nothing?" sighing to herself mainly but knowing Amelia could hear it. 

"OH no..I got more, I followed them to this hotel" 

"Oh jesus Amelia.." putting her head in her hand. 

Maya perked up at the name and bounded over. Pointing to the phone, Carina put the phone on speaker. 

"Hi Amelia!" 

"Maya Bishop -- hey there cutie.." she flirted and Carina just took it off of speaker so fast. 

"Not at all, do not fucking do that.." Carina scolded which made the brunette laugh. 

"I'm kidding, but not kidding about following them to the hotel...maybe I got the room next to them and got some great audio..." 

"Oh god you didn't..." 

"I got a few of um...'oh yes Jackson, please...yes..right there'" Maya even turned to the phone with that one seeing as it wasn't on speaker and Carina just held it out, now putting it on speaker. 

"Okay..and what else did you get?" 

"Oh..April, you feel so good..so fucking good.." Amelia deepened her voice to imitate a slight Jackson voice. 

Maya just looked at the phone and then back to Carina, the brunette reached out to pull Maya into her side as she wrapped her arm around her shoulders. The blonde melted into her side to just hold the italian. 

"You have that where...exactly Amelia" 

"My phone, voice note...with the photos..do you want more" 

"No that's perfect, can you send that all to me..I owe you" 

"Take me to dinner DeLuca, you and that blonde of yours..." flirting over the phone to just make Maya smile against the brunette's shoulder. 

"You got it, Shepherd.." Maya said. 

"Oh fuck, hey Maya -- you heard that?" 

"Oh I heard it all..." Maya's hand ran down to the brunette's ass before patting it. "Go get dressed and we can leave...I have to do something over at your mama's..I'll talk to Amelia" 

Carina did what Maya asked to go change. Picking the phone up she placed it to her ear, speaker off. 

"So you know?" 

"Yeah, Carina called in a favor and I was happy to do...you're not mad are you? I know we met through April first" 

"No, I just appreciate it...there's a photographer following me so we're going to bait them so can you just send the files with dates, anything would help to differentiate tonight and what you got?" 

"You got it Bishop, hey...send my number to your phone so we can stay in contact?" 

"Of course, thanks so much Amelia, you have no idea" Maya smiled before they said bye and hung up. 

Carina sauntered out of the bathroom to walk back over to Maya who was just checking her out slowly. A small blush came over the older girls cheeks, her hands landing on the fighters chest to lean down and kiss her. They didn't move for a little bit as the feeling they were experiencing in their own bodies was consuming. Slowing the kiss down, Carina moved her hands up to wrap her arms lazily over Maya's shoulders. 

"Sleep over..." Maya whispered. 

"Maya..you know" 

"Fuck that, sleep over..I don't want to attempt to sleep away from you, we're about to go bait the photographer, lets just go full in..Andrew is at the hospital all night..please babe" 

"Okay, Bella.." 

"Okay" smiling as the two broke from their kiss, shutting off their lights, grabbing whatever they brought to leave the trailer. 

Maya slipped her hand into Carina's, exiting the lot together. Her gym bag in the other hand, swinging it a little bit. 

"What do you need to do at mama's tonight?" 

"Her car isn't starting...I'm just going to look at it quick..you want to just come with me? Leave your car here?" questioning. 

"I could, it's not like you couldn't drive me.." 

"Exactly.." Pulling the older girl in they just looked at one another, noses bumping gently till their lips met in a slow kiss again. 

Dropping her gym bag on the ground, the blonde pulled Carina closer but the brunette pushed her back against her truck with a small laugh. 

"Not out here.." making Maya laugh. 

Another quick kiss, Maya picked her bag up, opening her passenger side door so she could get in. Closing it afterwards she rounded to place her bag in the back before getting in. 

"You think they're still looking?" Maya asked, starting her truck. 

"Probably, they're not exactly a one and done.." Shrugging to place a kiss on the blondes cheek. 

Watching the truck pull out of the parking spot. The photographer just shook their head, sighing, going through the photos that were chalk full of touches, kisses and closeness. 

"Fucking dammit Maya.." 

They sat there just figuring out what to do, putting their car in drive, they followed the truck -- always being a couple cars behind the pair. Seeing where they were going, Lucia's house was honestly off limits, something about it being Carina's mothers place just felt all sorts of wrong even if everywhere felt like that, impending on privacy. 

Maya jumped out of her truck once she parked, Carina got out also to see Lucia turning on the big flood lights to watch her daughters. 

"What did you do now mama?" Maya joked. 

"Oh Maya I didn't do anything..it just wouldn't start this morning.." 

Taking the keys from Lucia, Carina stood next to her mama as they both watched Maya. Turning on the car, Maya was met with booming music by Good Charlotte. Bumping her head a little bit as the two DeLuca's just shook her head. Starting to sing with it she mimicked the makings of a drummer with the whole song. 

"I swear theres one task and she goes off in her own world.." Lucia mused and Carina just smiled. 

"I love it though..." Carina just smiled harder to watch Maya get out and put her hand up. 

"GIRLS DONT LIKE BOYS...GIRLS LIKE CARS AND MONAYYYYYYY" 

"Maya it's nine at night!" Lucia scolded but it didn't stop the blonde who was just walking around to open the hood to see what was wrong. 

Curling her finger to Carina, the brunette walked down to talk to the blonde. Instructing what she wanted her to do; the italian got into the front seat to stop and start up the car, turning the music down so Maya could just watch the engine. The blonde then bounded over to the garage to open it up, Carina got out to watch the blonde and her mama who just shook her head at the fighter. 

This is what she loved about Maya, she was so free to do what she wanted. 

"Can you TURN that music down?!" Lane yelled over and Maya was instantly outside to just stare at her sperm donor. 

"Don't touch that dial Carina...how about you go back inside Lane..it's not that loud.." Maya snipped to then see a car pull up into her name sakes driveway to see Mason getting out. 

"He on your case again Maya?" Mason just looked at his big sister. 

The siblings just looked at each other before he walked over, a bag on his shoulder to have his father let him into the house. 

Once both of the male Bishop's were back in the house, Maya walked back into the garage and grabbed a couple bottles. The car was starting but it didn't sound great, pulling the dip stick out she had a rag in her hand to wipe it off, putting it in and then pulling it back out she then kept it out. Unscrewing a bottle to put it in upside down of where she pulled the stick from. 

"Was that your brother?" Carina asked. 

"Yeah that's Mason..I'm not even sure why he's at the house...but it's also not my problem" Maya just used her hands like she was throwing away the shit from her namesake. 

"I swear I've seen him before..." Carina mused, looking over to the car he was driving. 

It wasn't long that they were there that Maya's hands were dirty as hell, pulling the bottle out she checked the dipstick again, placing it back in. Getting into the front seat she started up the car a few times before it kicked on, she pulled it out of the driveway to drive it around a little bit. 

"il mio piccolo meccanico..." (my little mechanic) Lucia smiled as she looked at Carina. 

"She's...something else mama..how did she even get into it with her fighting all the time?" 

"That truck is her baby, they had a classmate who became a mechanic and she learned the basics from him and it went from there, Andrea tries to help...but she mainly just shoos him away as you saw the one day she was here working on it.." chuckling. 

Maya pulled up a little while after they talked to cut the engine and get out. 

"I'll do a full oil change on your car this weekend..you're due...but that should be good for now" 

"Thank you my baby.." 

"You got it mama..I'm just going to wash my hands and then we can go?" looking over to Carina who just nodded. 

Getting out of her truck, Maya walked over to hold her hand out for Carina to take as the two walked up to the apartment; walking in to see Andrew on the couch with some girl as they both sat up quickly. 

"Oh Andrea!" Carina covered her eyes as Maya just laughed with the italian curled into her body to look away from the scene. 

"Maya! Carina!" 

"I thought you were at work there buddy?" Maya just kept laughing, her gym bag dropping on the floor to hold Carina's body to her. 

"They um...let me go home early..." he just chuckled a bit looking at the girl and then over at his other girls.

"I see that -- hey...i'm Maya, best friend..this is Carina..sister of him" Pointing and the girl who just was in a bra just waved. 

“Hey..I’m Sam…” 

“Sam it’s so nice to meet you…half..naked..” looking to Andrew who just put a blanket around the girl. 

Carina looked to Maya who couldn't stop laughing but the blue eyes were looking between the two on the couch, just witnessing what they both walked into. Covering Maya's eyes with her hand she pushed her out closing the door afterwards to just see the blonde laughing more. 

"I've never caught him doing that...that's so fucking great!" 

Andrew threw open the door to see Maya now just holding her laughter in; seeing her best friend in just a blanket wrapped around his waist. 

“Heyyyyy buddy…” Maya teased. 

"Sleep at Carina's place...sorry I didn't text..." throwing her keys back out at Maya the blonde just caught them in her hand. 

Looking over to Carina she wasn’t laughing that much but was just staring at Maya now. 

"Oh come on baby it was funny..." 

"Maya -- you were looking at her..I watched you" Carina exclaimed.  

"Hey, no I wasn't. Why would I be looking?! I was looking at the funny situation…which..hold on..” knocking on their front door she yelled through it. 

“Your bare ass better not be on that couch DeLuca! Wash those blankets too!” 

Turning back to see Carina just crossing her arms; while Maya could be fun and free she clearly didn’t understand the basics of relationships. 

“I’m sorry, Carina you know how I feel about you..." she spoke softly. 

"Maybe I don't, know exactly the way you feel about me, what if this is just fun and games for you.. " Maybe she was honing in on the fact that Maya couldn't tell her in bed how she was feeling and now Carina was dealing with the fact that she was falling in love with the blonde. 

“It’s not, you’re not even close to just ‘fun and games’..” 

“You can tell me how you feel..” 

“I’m trying Carina! I’ve been trying, babe…I can’t do..words! I don’t know what I’m feeling but I know I feel so much for you” 

Sighing, she just looked at the older girl. She had an idea, something she’d been wanting to do but now it seems like was the perfect time to do it. 

"Carina..come with me, we're going to your place but I want to take you somewhere first..”  

"Maya, this isn't exactly the conversation I wanted to have" watching the blonde walk down the sidewalk away to then walk after her. 

Sitting in her truck till Carina got in. Starting her truck she drove the two of them to a place where it over looked the whole city of Seattle. Like a small dive in place to where it was completely empty of trees, so very open to see the whole sky. 

"I come here alone...sometimes...okay well all the time” starting off. 

"Okay..." 

Getting out, Maya pulled a couple things from the back of her truck before getting into the bed of it and pressed a few things to get a big air mattress started. Putting the sheet on it so it expanded with it blowing up. Once that was done, the blonde put down a couple blankets, some pillows and another blanket to go on top. 

"Take your shoes off and give me your hand.." holding hers out once she got her shoes off. Putting them in the small empty nook of the bed. 

Pulling Carina up, she placed her shoes in, closing up the edge of her truck so it was nice and snug. Locking her car she placed the keys safely in a small cupholder out there too. Laying down, Carina followed suit to be next to Maya. 

"I didn't want to take anyone out here because I didn't want to share it -- like they were impending on my alone time..that someone else would ruin it, if they were to see what a serene place I found..." 

"So..why am I here" 

Maya got closer as she pressed her lips to Carina's softly. 

"I wanted to bring you here because you're also my serene place..you're my quiet in my loud head...you make my heart pound like someone is taking a hammer to my chest over and over again...I can't explain it, I can show you… and I'm still figuring it out but I know that when I look at you -- you're all I want Carina..no other girl could ever do what you're doing to me now..." 

Carina's hand came up to caress the girls cheek gently, looking into those blue eyes, Carina got comfortable under the blanket, bringing Maya in so they were nose to nose. 

"I've never wanted someone so badly as I've wanted you -- I've been meaning to take you here, just...with the photos.." 

"I have that under control -- You're all I want too, Maya.." 

Just tell her that you have a crush. Just do it. Just do it Maya. DO IT. 

"I have a crush on you.." it's more than that, but my heart can't handle a full explosion right now. “And that’s all I know…but I’d like to try to express it verbally...” 

“You do? I have a very…huge…crush on you too…” Carina smiled wider, even blushed. “I’m here, for you to explore it —“ 

“I’m not going to hurt you, this isn’t what it’s going to end up as..I see something with you, a very…very long something..”

They laid there just looking at one another. 

“I’m learning Italian, I want to be able to talk to you, everything you tell me I listen, I want to get you the things you like, talk to you in your own language because I think you talking in Italian is the sexiest thing I’ve ever heard Carina…I just.. don’t do that for anyone…I don’t do a lot, for someone else that doesn’t benefit me somehow, no one’s meant that much to me to do things like that— besides my best friends and mama..” 

All her friends besides Andy and Andrew came with conditions at first. Jack, he was her sparring partner turned friend. Her father disowned her because she didn’t benefit him anymore and maybe that’s where she got the cycle from. But she didn’t want anything from Carina, she needed her. 

“And me?” 

“I need you…I need you in my life Carina, I want you here with me -- you made things so much better since I met you, you listen, you see me…everything…you make me want to be better, god I want to be better for you…” 

“You’re amazing Maya, my Bella…you’re exactly what I always wanted in someone, driven, loving….funny, free…someone who gets me too, I don’t want you better; I want you to be you…” Carina whispered the last part which made Maya's eyes just look at her. 

Taking Maya's hand she placed it on her chest, making her feel her heavy heart beat. Pulling the blonde in, Maya laid her head on Carina's chest, hearing it pounding. 

I’m falling head over heels in love with you. 

I think I’m falling in…love…is that what this feeling is? 

“I want this place to be your place with me…” Maya expressed as the two looked up at the clear sky. 

Stars perfectly planted, telling stories within constellations. 

“Our place? I’d like that too…” Carina just smiled, her thumb coming up and caressing Maya’s cheek gently. “I’m sorry for what I said, I shouldn't have said what I did --  I’m just dealing with my feelings too” 

“Do you know what they are?” Maya asked laying there still with her head on the girls chest. 

“Yes…I do, but I’m going to show you in your love language instead of mine…” she had a perfect idea to how.

Maya just smiled softly at hearing that Carina was going to tell her in a way that she’s going to understand more. Moving up to look at the brunette in her eyes, Maya moved her hair to behind her ear. Leaning down Carina went to go lean up to meet Maya but the blonde pulled back. 

Smirking gently, the blonde leaned down again to have Carina yet again lean up but she pulled back again and it just made Maya laugh a bit. 

“Bella…” 

“Hmmmm???” Carina's hand grabbed at the blondes shirt to pull her down, their noses touching gently. 

Maya's hand wrapped around the Italians neck, caressing gently. Blue eyes trailed over the brunettes face, seeing her biting her bottom lip slowly and then progressively getting harder had Maya pulling her up to kiss her fiercely. 

Carina's hand found itself burning into the blonde hair at the bottom of her neck, moaning into her lips. The hand tightening to make a rush of heat crash land between the brunettes legs, Carina pressed her legs together tight with the kiss getting deeper. She wouldn't verbally say it, but having Maya's hand around her neck was her favorite necklace since the brunette put it there the first time. 

Moving her hand off of her neck, for now; Maya trailed her hand down, slipping down into her sweat pants, her fingers parted to trail over each side of Carina's sweet spot. Whimpering against Maya's lips, she pulled away just to take a deep breath. 

“I bet you’re going to be soaked huh???” Breathing out with a side smirk. 

"Embarrassingly soaked.." mumbling softly, bringing Maya back in to kiss her.

Teasing the brunette, she just kept tracing around where the italian wanted her. Sliding her hand down more to cup over her mound before pulling her hand out slowly. Pulling her lips and body away completely, Maya sat up a bit to have Carina just watch carefully what she was doing. Seeing how tight Maya's jeans were, the italian's eyebrows went up as she breathed a little heavier, reaching her hand over to apply pressure with small strokes up where she knew the blondes length sat. 

You could say that Carina really liked that Maya wore regular boxers. 

"F-fuck.." Maya breathed out, this wasn't what she wanted but clearly Carina flipped the switch. 

"You're so hard Bella.." sitting up, her hand kept rubbing over the front of the blondes jeans. "Why haven't I been able to go down on you..." Carina whispered with a smirk. 

Maya really never let anyone go down on her, it was usually just fuck and go. Having someone go down on her was almost foreign to her. 

"I don't let anyone.." 

Looking up at Maya, she kept rubbing harder making the blonde moan softly. How could she not let someone go down on her?! 

"You're with me, I want to go down on you Bella.." 

"After? -- I want to focus on you.." Maya was holding onto the hood of her truck to keep herself from losing her balance. 

The one good thing about the blow up mattress she had in the back, it was solid, not those flimsy ones that you'd use at home. It was meant to be tough and Maya made sure she had the best of the best; coming out here often to sleep sometimes she didn't want to be laying at the bottom of the bed. 

"Promise?" Carina asked with her pleading eyes, Maya nodded running her thumb over the bottom of the brunette's lips. 

"Promise babe..." Leaning down to kiss her again, moving the brunette towards the beginning of her bed so she was slightly sitting up against the main cabin, against the pillows of course. 

"You're really going to eat me out under the stars..." moaning into the blondes lips for her to hum in agreement. 

"I'll eat you out anywhere...i'd fuck you anywhere.." 

Maya smirked with pulling the sweatpants down the italian's legs. Carina sunk down more, taking Maya with her as they both smiled. 

"Award season is going to be interesting then..." 

Just giggling against each others lips, Maya finally pulled Carina's shirt off, keeping her bra on at least since they were still out in public, but so very away from it at the same time. Carina's eyes rolled back feeling Maya's lips on her body; something about her painting her body with her lips always turned the brunette on; every mark she made she hoped wouldn't go away. 

Laying down more and more, Maya had pulled her shirt off to at least have that off for now. Getting to taste Carina the other night, she wanted more, no...she needed more. Pulling her panties off she almost threw them down hard to get the offending material out of the way. Carina was about to say something else but Maya's ears was met with a gasp, then a moan; a hand clutched in her blonde hair as her mouth took no time to attach to Carina's sweet core. 

"Maya....Bella...." whimpering feeling the girls tongue teasing her for a second. 

Tracing the tip of her tongue around the girls sweet spot, not touching it yet; she didn't want to open the flood gates, she wouldn't be able to stop till she heard and felt Carina cum under her. Maya traced briefly over her clit, rolling over it so fast. Placing kisses over her pussy, her blue eyes looked up between the italians legs, meeting her brown ones. 

With the eye contact being locked, it's when Maya ran her tongue through Carina's folds, instantly moaning at her taste; her nose buried into her perfect mound. She remembered her 'taste' she so desperately wanted with the brunette turned into a full out feast till she pulled back; now Maya wasn't going to be pushed away so easily. Carina's taste was heavenly, it's why she never could pull back that first night -- not tasting something so sweet before. 

Wrapping her arms around both of the italians thighs, she held them open while her tongue swiped through the soaked folds fast, then soothing it with her mouth sucking onto her clit, flicking fast against it with the tip of her tongue. It sent shocks through Carina's body with each flick making her moan. Maya took her tongue play with Carina, serious. 

Sighing happily, Maya took her time but also knew she had to be generous yet not greedy with just wanting to be going down on Carina the whole night. Promising the italian that she could go down on her, just the thought alone had the fighter pressing her lower half into the mattress, grinding down onto it for some friction. 

"god yes...oh maya..." whimpering again with a long moan, her eyes threatening to close from the pleasure that was being shocked through her body. 

Maya was leathal with everything she did, but her tongue was a damn godsend; it had Carina gripping blonde hair tightly while hungry moans left Maya's mouth. The italian was having a hard time trying to close her legs around the blondes head, making her thighs quake only a little bit. Squeezing the brunette's thighs methodically with the way she was eating her out, tongue tracing over her folds, sucking her clit to then soothing it with a few flat swipes. 

The more she got into it, the more Maya became greedy, Carina tried to get her to come up so she could go down on her but Maya stayed where she was -- her moans against the girls mound became small growls each time she tried to pull her up. Carina canted her hips against the blondes mouth harder. 

"Fuck it...fuck..make me cum..." Carina moaned, not exactly being quiet about it either. 

Slipping two fingers into the brunette had her coming undone in seconds, cumming against Maya's mouth to which the blonde happily lapped up her whole flood of juices. Breathing heavy, Carina laid there, putting her head back on the cabins body and part of the pillows. A small giggle came from Maya who was moving up the brunette's body to kiss her lips. 

Pulling away from it slowly, Carina wiped Maya's chin with a smile. 

"No! what are you doing...i'm saving it for later.." teasing with another kiss. 

"Shut up..." Carina laughed into her lips, moaning happily. 

Pushing Maya away, but not too far, Carina got up to kiss her again, her fingers going to pop open the girls jeans expertly, pulling the zipper down slowly. The blondes arm was around Carina's waist, holding her against the side of her body to keep their lips fused. Fingers traced over the blondes hard length that was pressing against the thin fabric; sliding her hand farther in to wrap her hand the best she could with all the confines still. 

"Togliti i pantaloni, bambina..." (take your pants off baby girl) 

Maya swore her heart was beating harder in her chest, hearing bambina coming out of the italian's lips. Pushing her jeans off, with the request, the fighter kicked them off making Carina just shake her head. 

"What..." 

"You know how unsexy but very sexy you are..." Carina just smiled and the blonde leaned in to kiss her. 

"You give me another way to get these jeans off with a hard on..." 

"Hmmm I wish I could.." rubbing her nose against Maya's slowly. "You mean so much to me..and now I'm going to make you feel good..." kissing her again before she pulled away to move her lips down over the fighters body. 

Carina's lips pressed down over the tops of Maya's breasts that were exposed from her sports bra. Moving down the fighters toned body, her fingers hooking into the boxers the blonde was wearing, kisses planting around her stomach. Each inch she pulled the boxers down, is a place Carina would kiss, pressing her nose into the smooth skin. 

Kissing along where the band of her boxers till she pulled her head back to pull the boxers down, biting her bottom lip seeing the girls length exposed more and more. Pressing her lips slowly down, moving back up to wrap her fingers around her cock to pull it up so it was at attention. Flattening her tongue she ran it from her base to her head, kissing gently -- her brown eyes looking up into blue ones who were watching her intently. 

"Does it feel good?" Carina asked up to the blonde to which she nodded. 

"V-very good..." 

Carina smiled, kissing the head of her cock again, she wrapped her lips around her with her hand wrapping around her length. Lowering her mouth slowly she moaned, slowly bobbing her head up and down taking more of Maya in each time. 

"Oh...f-fuck..." sighing with a moan as she put her head back on the pillow. 

Maya wondered why she didn't do this sooner, but she knew why she didn't but she was happy it was Carina to be the one who was wrapped around her cock and not someone else. Maya didn't hold back as she moaned more with picking her head up to watch Carina's head bob up and down. Pulling her head back, Carina sucked on the head of the blondes length slowly, humming around her. 

Moving her hand up she grabbed Maya's to place it on the back of her neck so if the blonde wanted to set the pace she could, Carina could take it. bobbing her head up and down to suck harder. Pre-cum leaked out and onto the brunette's tongue to make her moan at the taste of the blonde under her. Hearing the moans coming out of the fighters mouth just spurred the actress on more. 

Tightening her grip on the back of the italian's neck, Maya didn't push but she pushed only so gently at her neck to go faster; Carina did what her girl wanted. Whimpering softly, the italian moved her hand with her mouth up and down the slicked cock; she felt Maya's cock throbbing in her mouth and it was the hottest thing she's ever felt right now. Pulling off of her with a small pop, Carina just smirked seeing Maya's face in utmost pleasure from her mouth. 

Wrapping her mouth around Maya again, she wanted to make the blonde feel amazing, sucking harder, bobbing up and down faster. Moaning around her length, she felt Maya pushing her hips up a bit and the hand on the back of her neck move at that fast pace that she wanted and needed right now. 

"God d-dammit Carina...oh s-shit..." 

Smirking, Carina took in the blondes cock all the way till she felt her all the way in the back of her throat. Leaving herself there, choking a bit before pulling off of her -- going back in and doing it a few more times till Maya had to pull her off completely. 

"Fuck...you keep doing it I'm going to cum..." making the italian laugh a bit. 

"What if I want you too.." breathing out, her tongue peaking out to trace over her sensitive head again. 

"What if I want to fuck you under the stars instead.." 

Carina moved up the blondes body till they were face to face, nose to nose. 

"So take me..." 

Smiling, Maya grabbed the italian's ass, pressing her hands into her she moved the two of them over so the blonde could be on top. Carina's ass landed on the small little hump in the bed of the truck, their bodies half out of the bed. Kissing Carina hard, she thrusted her length into the velvety core without warning. 

"Cazzo, non lasciarmi adattare per niente..." (fuck, don't let me adapt at all) Carina moaned, her hand grabbing at the blondes shoulder with one hand and the edge of her truck with the other.

"Nemmeno un po'." (not even a little) Maya responded back and Carina's heart melted knowing that she was taking italian for her. 

Maya thrusted hard into the italian, her hands gripping the edge of her truck, right over Carina's hand; her other holding the brunette's thigh as she drove her cock in and out of the girl. Tucking her head into Carina's neck, she started to mark her like she always did, sucking at her skin. 

"Please..fuck...yes please mark me...I'm yours.." Carina moaned, biting her bottom lip hard trying to not be too loud. 

Twisting her hips a little bit, her hard cock dipped into the velvet ocean harder, making nails dig into her shoulder blades hard. Carina was sure this might be another nail raking situation if Maya continued to fuck her like this, the hard cock was hitting her sweet spot over and over again with this angle of her sitting up a little bit. With one orgasm already through her body, Carina knew that it wasn't going to take long for Maya to bring her another one. 

Their bodies slapped together faster, the dripping core just pulling in Maya's hard cock over and over again. The blonde moved her hands down to the italian's thighs to push them open wider than they were. 

"Just...proprio così..ohMaya..proprio così..fuckfuckfuck" (just like that) 

Pulling her mouth away from Carina's neck she breathed heavy into her lips, pecking them periodically; both girls just speaking in moans or broken italian to each other. Maya drove her cock faster, she was chasing after both of their releases; making Carina whimper and moan under her body, her own orgasm was building fast. 

"Y-you have to pull out..." Carina said into the girls lips which just made Maya nod against them without verbally saying something. 

A couple more deep thrusts and the brunette was cumming over Maya's length that was buried inside of her, her walls flustering around the hard cock. The blonde was having a hard time trying to pull out from the hold that the girls walls had around her, but also it felt so fucking good -- fucking her till she was riding out her orgasm. Maya immedately pulled out when her walls didn't have such a grip on her, moaning deeply as her head moved between her folds to cum, her body jerking with each rope of her orgasm coming through her body. 

"Fuck..Carina..oh babe.." whimpering, small after thrusts after her inital cum had her edging Carina to a third. 

"P-please stop..i'm gonna..." pulling Maya in for a kiss, the head of her cock rubbing her clit with each jerk made Carina let go for a third time. 

This time Maya held Carina's body to her own to let her ride it out till the two of them were just breathing heavy. Both of their bodies still, gripping the truck like if they let go they'd fall out. A small whimpering grunt left Maya's lips to slowly move them both down to the mattress. Fingers pulled at the blanket she did put down so they could be back under it. 

Carina was the one to lay over Maya with her arm up around her neck, the blondes fingers running over her back slowly and up to over her shoulder blades. 

"Please stay forever...Carina.." breathing heavy with a airy tone to her voice. 

"That's the plan, that's the plan Bambina..." Carina snuggled more into the blonde. 

Sleeping under the stars felt more relaxed, even better when you have a couple orgasms running through your body with the person you were falling in love with.

"Can we stay here tonight?" Carina asked. 

"Of course we can..I've done it too many times...we're safe.." 

Notes:

all mistakes are mine!

enjoy!

undercover - Kehlani

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Chapter 24: See You Later

“Carina! Tell your girlfriend to turn down the music…or put her headphones in please…” Lucia said from the kitchen. 

“Wh-what??” Carina appeared from the sunroom to look at her mama. 

“Girlfriend? Maya? il nostro piccolo meccanico“ (my little mechanic) Lucia smiled seeing how confused Carina was walking in. 

“I um…okay?” Leaving the kitchen slowly. 

Andrea looked over at his mama to place his hand over his mouth to stifle the laughter. 

“Mama I don’t think they established that…” 

“Oh I know, I just wanted to see how she’d react…” teasing her son. 

Carina walked outside as Maya had the music blasting in the backyard, she was currently just boxing with the stand up pad that she had dragged out of the garage. Looking the blonde up and down slowly she watched her just hit that bag like it was nothing — not like she hadn’t before but each time she found it super hot. 

“Bella!…” 

Maya was too focused. 

Getting closer to the Bluetooth speaker she turned it down to then have Maya look over, stopping as she breathed heavy. 

“Mama said to turn it down…” 
 
“Got it, sorry..just..focused..”

“I don’t mind it” Carina smirked as she laid down on the lawn chair, taking off the tank top she had. 

Maya stopped and her eyes followed Carina who turned over on her stomach to just lay there. A smile on her face seeing the blonde just stare. 

“Mama called you my girlfriend..” Carina just looked at the younger girl. 

Blue eyes just wandered down the bare back slowly and the shorts that Carina was wearing. Raising an eyebrow she placed a hand over her chest to move to look at the blonde on her side now, tilting her head. 

“Bambina…” 

“Hmmm?” Not looking at Carina’s face at all. 

“Maya you scoundrel…look at me” 

Only then did Maya look at Carina’s face. A blush crept up and the blonde rubbed the back of her neck with a small laugh. 

“Did you hear me?” 

“Ummmmm no?” Smiling like she was trying to get out of something bad. 

“Mama called me your girlfriend..” 

Usually maya would be the one to run, it’s not something she would be all gung-ho for but it was Carina. She saw a life with Carina, not separate from her. 

“Okay..is that a bad thing?” 

“I mean? No? It caught me off guard because we never really said much about labels” 

“And we don’t need to, if people want to call you my girlfriend I’ll respond to it, if you want to call me your friend..that’s fine…until I’m out of this shit I really can’t do much even though we just threw me under the bus with baiting that photographer..” Maya shrugged gently. 

“You’re surprisingly calm for me saying girlfriend because I wasn’t sure how to react” laughing, laying back down. 

“I told you I see something with you, being girlfriends isn’t exactly the worst thing if that’s what I see…” her shoulders shrugging up a bit. 

Hitting the bag a bit with the music turned down now, you could hear all of her punches, 

“I see something with you too, Bambina..” 

“Good, then mama calling us girlfriends isn’t the end of the world, plus…knowing her she’s trying it out since I’ve literally just been part of the family since they moved here” shrugging gently. 

“True..trying it out — girlfriend…hmm fidanzata? No..” 

“Whoa whoa isn’t that fiancé?!” 

“Oh you’re scared of that word” Carina laughed turning her head to look at Maya more. “Si…fidanzata is fiancé..la ragazza is girl or girlfriend…” musing to both her and Maya. 

“Sounds better” chuckling as she punched the bag. 

About a half hour went by and Carina was still laying on the lounge chair with her bare back exposed to the sun, her hair up in a messy bun to keep it off her back. She had pulled down her shorts just a little bit, Maya was still working hard at the bag. 

"Bambina...." Carina turned her head to look over Maya who stopped to look over. 

"Yeah?" 

"Can you put the sunscreen on me?" saying as innocent as she could. 

Nodding slowly, Maya took her gloves off to quickly wiping her hands on the towel she had to walk over. Carina lifted up the bottle for the blonde to take it and put some in her hands. 

"It's easier if you sit on my ass..." now Carina was just messing with her, biting her bottom lip a bit. 

"You're so bad..we're in mama's backyard..." Maya whispered to just do what she suggested. 

Rubbing her hands over the brunette's back slowly, she rubbed the sunscreen into her back so it soaked in and she didn't burn. Lucia walked over to see no Maya at the bag but instead sitting and putting sunscreen on her daughter. Walking out she just shook her head at her brunette daughter. 

"Soltanto mia figlia..." (only my daughter) teasing.

Maya looked up to see Lucia and Carina followed suit. 

"Avevo bisogno della protezione solare!" (I needed sunscreen!) 

The blonde just chuckled at the dialog back and forth. Andrew finally made his way out and covered his eyes. 

"Carina! Put a shirt on!" He said but jokingly of course. 

"I'm laying on my stomach you big baby! Why don't you help Maya with the cars..." 

"I'm a doctor...I'm great with my hands but..not on cars, I've tried" 

"You've barely tried! you just sit on my truck and pretend..." Maya chimed in to just laugh. 

Shaking her head, Maya got off to just run her hands over the italian's back again to get rid of the remainder of the sunscreen on her fingers. Pulling her shirt off, she walked around in her shorts and sports bra to have Andrew pull his car up onto the lifts first for Maya to start doing the changes. Carina's head propped up to catch the blonde start going through the motions. Sliding the pan under the small car, she quickly undid the cap so not much old oil would spill. 

"Andrew, go get all the oil in the garage..." 

He saluted to go grab them all and give them to his best friend. 

"So...Carina said you baited the photographer?" asking purely to Maya. 

"Yeah we did, I'm tired already and this was just the start of it...but at the same time we don't know what they got so far...just because they showed a few photos doesn't mean they weren't following me before the date...and before me being at Carina's place..." shrugging, she sat down on the small rolling cart she used. 

"Do you think it's going to work?" 

Maya just shrugged her shoulders, she hoped it would. She didn't want to cause any fires but this was effecting more than just her now, more than before. Blue eyes looked over to see Carina watching her with a smile on her lips. Andrew looked between his sister and his best friend. 

"Is here off limits?" 

"Seems it...there's been no photos given to us with the two of us being at mama's...I think it's an off limits place, she just...doesn't deserve my shit bub" 

"Hey, my big sister knows how to handle herself, and I'm here so nothing will happen to her either..you're protecting her also just by being you Mai.." 

Just smiling a bit, she couldn’t still help to feel that Carina was caught in the crossfire somehow with her and her ex. 

"How's Sam??" Maya teased and the boy went bright red. 

“She’s uh…she’s good…how were you two the other night?” He whispered to his best friend. 

“I bet with how you two were looking” Maya just laughed a bit. 

“Shut up! I forgot to text you…” he just pushed Mayas shoulder a bit. “So…you and Carina?” 

Looking back at the brunette again she noticed that the older Italian was back to laying with her head down on the chair. 

“I took her to my place..like..you know..” waving her hand in the air and all Andrew did was nod. 

“Oh shit you took someone there…yet you won’t take me” rolling his eyes playfully. 

“Fuck off!” Laughing a bit too, checking to see if it was empty yet. 

“I uh…tried to explain things but I still couldn’t? But I told her that I see a long long something with her” 

“Dude you could be my sister…like officially…” coming fun and it made Maya go bright red to where she just mumbled something incoherent and got under the boys car. 

Andrew followed suit and laid there with Maya under the car. 

“Sorry buddy…I didn’t mean to tease you…” he said with a small smile. 

“No, you did nothing wrong…cause you’re right I guess it’s the whole…decoding everything..has me a bit frazzled..” 

Maya ended up unscrewing the filter and replacing the cap on the tank. Andrew grabbed the new filter and gave it to the blonde to put it in. Only hand tightening it the best she could. Hearing the latch of the fence, the best friends looked at one another before seeing legs walking over closer to where Carina was laying. 

Both pushing themselves out fast Andrew was the first to get out and stand up. 

“Matteo?” Andrew was confused. “Cosa stai facendo qui?” (what are you doing here?) 

The man was standing there with roses in his hands, he was very well dressed, looking like he just hopped off of a plane from Italy. To which he did. Andrew hadn’t seen this guy since they were kids. Only mentioned go Maya a few times who this man was. 

“Here to see if I can get my girl back…” 

Maya finally got out and Andrew grabbed her hand to pull her up. Her eyes went to Carina who was laying still in the sun not knowing anyone walked in. Walking over she turned her music even more down when Matteo a muttered something about the crap music.  

“Is this the guy she dated when they were younger?” Maya whispered. 

Andrew nodded. Matteo was loved by the whole DeLuca family, they broke up just because they were young and each others first love and they sometimes never worked out. Different studies, it made the two part. 

Maya's defenses were put up and Andrew saw it; she was threatened now by this man who was now standing looking for Carina. The blonde moved in front of the sunbathing Italian. 

“Bella…you’re in my light…” Carina finally spoke to look over. 

Dirty hands, and that god given chiseled back faced her but she saw someone else standing, the outfit gave it away as she put her shirt on quickly to stand up. Seeing Matteo, she just walked towards where Maya was, almost purposefully not touching her. 

“Matteo…what— are you doing here?? My god you look great!” Carina lit up as she walked over and the two hugged tightly. 

Matteo looked like he reunited with his long lost love. Carina looked like she was just seeing a boy she hadn’t seen when they were younger. Maya was now internally panicking. 

“Maya…” Andrew started but the blonde just watched the two of them a little bit longer till she backed up. 

When it became a little too since the two were still embraced and talking now to one another, the fighter walked into the house. Carina looked back to see the door closing and blonde hair inside the house. Matteo loosely had his arms around Carina's waist holding her to him, a smile on his face. 

Lucia sat in the house and saw the blonde walk in just shaking her hands. 

“Maya..moroso what’s going on are you okay??” (sweetheart) Standing up quickly. 

“Matteo?? Is here?? Trying to win back Carina?” 

Before Lucia could say anything more, Carina was walking into the house with the now man to have Lucia just smile at the boy she knew so long ago. That’s all Maya needed to walk down to her room and close the door slowly. 

“Matteo! Oh tesoro, ciao, come stai? È passato così tanto tempo.”  (Oh darling hi how are you?? It’s been so long) 

“So che è davvero...cresciuto tutto adesso” he smiled charmingly. (I know it has really…all grown up now)

Squeezing Carina's waist he leaned in to kiss her cheek. Lucia could see her daughters eyes flicker over to the hallway, but being polite right now to not just walk away. 

“What are you doing all the way here in the states?” switching to english. 

Trying to engage so Carina could go to Maya's room. Slipping away when Matteo started to talk to Lucia, she took the roses to place them in a vase. Walking down to the room she turned the knob to just see the blonde sitting on the bed. Closing the door she went to sit down next to the fighter. 

Kissing her cheek instantly, her hand wrapped around Maya's to squeeze it. 

“What are you feeling…” whispering. 

“Jealousy…anger…”

“Towards me?” 

Blue eyes looked at Carina, leaning in to kiss her lips to have the brunette kiss back; her hand leaving Mayas to place it around the back of her neck. It was like she was trying to grapple in her emotions right now. 

Maybe he can tell Carina how he feels. Verbally. 

“Everything right now..” Maya said with their lips barely apart. 

Carina brought Maya in for another kiss, trying to convey that her heart was beating for her. Reaching for the blondes hand she placed it on her chest. The kiss was getting almost desperate, if that wasn't the word it's like the fighter was trying to make up for what she couldn't say which made Carina push her back just a little bit -- as if to say she didn't need to do that. 

"Bambina..." 

"Too much?" 

Kissing her once more, she looked into those blue eyes. Kissing her slower, Maya kept her hands to herself since they were still a mess from literally in the middle of working on the cars. 

"You don't need to go and over do your kisses..you know how hot it was looking up and seeing you standing there...your back...it gave me chills just seeing how sexy your back is" mumbling into her lips. 

"Yeah?" 

"Mhmm..what you said to me...the other night...at our place" 

Maya nodded, knowing where she was talking about. 

"I'm never going to hurt you either -- no ex..is going to compare to what I feel for you..god no ex..." Carina fell back into Maya's lips. 

Sighing happily into her lips, Maya wanted so badly to touch the italian. Carina wrapped her hands around the blondes wrists, placing them around her neck to pull the fighter in. A knock came on the door to have them both pull away and Andrew peaked his head in a bit to see the girls sitting there. 

"Matteo's looking for you...I said I'd come and get you..." Andrew said a little sad looking at his best friend. 

"Thanks Andrea..I'll be out in a second..." Smiling a bit. 

Hearing the door close, Carina kissed her cheek and then her lips again. Rubbing her nose lovingly against the blondes she just smiled. 

"Come on...you need to finish the cars and I want to watch you do it..." 

"Carina..." watching the brunette get up off the bed. 

"Yeah, Bambina..." 

"What if he asks you out...what are you going to say?..I can't exactly..be seen with anyone" Maya said sort of sad. 

"I'm going to tell him the truth, that I'm seeing someone..that him and I can go to dinner, but that's as far as it will go.." 

"What if he's well off..like he can give you a lot.." 

Carina just gave Maya a look before bending down, placing her hands on the girls thighs. a small ghost of a kiss was placed on her lips. 

"I wish you could see how much you've given me already....You're Maya Bishop..former UFC fighter Maya Bishop...my Bambina, you're one in a million, what else could he give me that you can't?" 

".....a clean reputation..." 

"What if I want to be dirty...come on..." Carina kissed her once more before grabbing the blondes hand to pull her up off the bed. 

Walking the two of them out, Maya placed her hands into her pockets of her stained sweatpants. Matteo turned around and smiled seeing Carina, he paid no mind to Maya who was just rolling her eyes at the man. 

"Matteo this is Maya..Maya this is Matteo" 

The man just smiled and nodded, holding his hand out and the blonde just pulled her hands out to show she couldn't exactly. 

"Ah...scimmia unta?" (greasy monkey) saying with a chuckle to Carina. 

Maya raised her eyebrow as she moved past the man and muttered loud enough for him to hear. 

"il bastone su per il culo si vede" (the stick up your ass is visible) 

The brunette put her hand over her mouth to try and not laugh at the blondes comment, her eyes just looked over at her mama who was trying hard not to react to it also. Matteo just stood there to look at his ex and have a strained smile. 

"She seems....nice..." 

"Andrea's best friend, she's great" Carina added with a bright smile. 

Maya was back outside to have Andrew follow her and he just looked at his best friend and the blonde just looked at the boy. 

"What..." 

"I love you -- listen....I think I fell in love with you more...I can't believe you said that to him..." he laughed. 

Sure the whole family loved him, but doesn't mean that the comment was warranted from his end. He was clearly trying to poke Maya farther than she already was. 

"I don't care if the DeLuca's love him...I'm a Bishop..and I don't like how he came in...I have a bigger dick than he does" Looking at her best friend like a 'come on' 

"You probably do..what do you need me to do" asking while looking at his car. 

"Back it off of the lifts and pull Carina's car in and I'll start hers..." saying with a small smile. 

Saluting his best friend he did what she asked of him. 

"I don't have her keys..." 

Maya ran up the steps to open the door to the house.

"BABE! I need your keys..." Maya yelled in and Carina came walking over to look at the blonde. 

"Bambina.." 

"Claiming my stake..he can take you to dinner, but you're mine...I need your keys legit though..." 

Carina just laughed to walk out and grab her keys, Matteo just looked at Carina confused to watch her leave the living room again. Maya looked up from the second step to have the italian come back. Kneeling down she kissed the fighter hard, dropping the keys in her hand. 

"That was hot..." smiling, standing up she walked back inside to look back at he blonde with a small blush of a smile. 

Twirling the keys in her hand she just smiled to herself and tossed the keys to Andrew who just watched his best friend. 

"I love you guys together Mai...sorry Matteo for trying.." he got in to pull Carina's porsche up into the lifts. 

"You know she never lets anyone but the dealership to do anything on her car right?"

"Good -- I can touch it then...I'm not having them fuck her over..." 

Maya figured to get over the jealousy was to maybe be bigger than this dude who was trying. Was she still feeling the same things? Yes. But she needed to at least try instead of backing down. Already being in a shit place with April and their breakup, she didn't need to be feeling something towards the italian who'd been someone to her. Someone who's been nothing but amazing and supportive, her feelings for the brunette were stronger, she was going to push through whatever this boy was going to try and do.  

Hearing the latch of the fence open again, the pair of best friends sighed. Who else was showing up today? 

"Mason? What....are you doing over here?...and what's that?" Maya asked seeing her brother. 

The youngest Bishop stood there with a camera in his hand, his emotions and the way he looked was emotionless hoenstly. Not happy, not sad....but just was. 

"I told you to be careful big sis..." 

The eldest Bishop just looked at her baby brother with a confused look till it dawned on her. The camera. The reference. The bait worked......

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Chapter 25: can i see you tonight?

Hearing the latch of the fence open again, the pair of best friends sighed. Who else was showing up today? 

"Mason? What....are you doing over here?...and what's that?" Maya asked seeing her brother. 

The youngest Bishop stood there with a camera in his hand, his emotions and the way he looked was emotionless honestly. Not happy, not sad....but just was. 

"I told you to be careful big sis..." 

The eldest Bishop just looked at her baby brother with a confused look till it dawned on her. The camera. The reference. The bait worked.....Maya looked at her little brother. This couldn’t be right — Mason was the photographer? Her eyes flickered down to the grab that he had around the grip of the camera. 

“What are you talking about Mase…” Maya tried. 

“I told you to be careful, I gave you the photos..I gave you the note…I told you to be careful and now you go out last night and do this???” 

Turning the camera around to see the LCD screen to see her and Carina kissing. Andrew looked over at his blonde best friend and the screen. 

“It was a bait, I just want…to talk…” Maya held her hands out a little bit as she walked closer. 

"Talk about what Maya? Talk about how you're going to be buried more for this?" 

"I don't care about myself, I care about the other person in that photo that you're about to ruin..Carina didn't do anything" 

"She's kissing you?! What do you mean she didn't do anything?! April said -- " 

"April and I broke up, Mason. What do you think April is doing this for?" arguing back. 

"What? No, you two are still together..." 

"No, we broke up..I signed a contract and she's using you to get photo evidence of me to keep me potentially longer in a contractual relationship...Carina and I.." she sighed. "We didn't do anything till I broke up with April, even then I have been super cautious..." 

"April said you two were still together so she wanted photos to then exploit you being unfaithful" Mason pulled the camera down to look at his big sister. 

"She's been fucking Jackson, Mason -- ever since I got let go..you're just taking photos to ruin Carina, my career has been shit..." 

Carina heard voices, more than just Maya and Andrea -- walking to the sunroom with Matteo following her. The brunette stopped the man for her to slowly walk outside to have Maya looking over at Carina. Brown eyes went to the camera and she knew immediately what this was about. Mason now was looking at the italian who was walking over. 

"Is my sister telling me the truth?" 

"Si -- yes of course she is, I was there..what ever she told you is the truth, can you give me the camera? Mason? Is it" 

"Yeah, it's Mason..." the grip got tighter on the camera. 

"I won't hurt your camera, I just want to see it, did you send the photos?" 

Carina was walking closer towards the taller boy, Mason looked between his big sister and the brunette. He watched Andrew also who was wanting to make a run towards him but was somehow not doing it. The farther out Carina reached, the Bishop boy got more weary. 

"Please, Mason." Carina asked with her hand out. 

"Just give it to her little brother...you're better than this" 

"How do you know? You ruined your life, how do you know what better is" 

"I met Carina, I know what better is, I look at my best friends -- I look at Carina, and I want to be better, better than I was before; please..Mase this is the only way I can be better if I just lay low and get out of this contract" Maya was resorting to pleading if she had to. 

Mason looked like he was thinking about it all, this is where he was conflicted. This is the tear that had him going since he started taking the photos. 

Who was he loyal to? Maya or April. 

Handing over the camera to Carina, the brunette quickly just took the memory card out and gave back the object to the younger Bishop who took it back. 

"I just took the memory card...did you send last nights photos to April?" 

"No, not yet...should I?" Looking now at Carina who shook her head. 

"No, your sister...is amazing, Mason. Whatever she's giving you I can give you so much more to drop it or keep telling her that you're getting nothing, Maya's making a big career change, you'd be so proud of who she is now..please..don't take this away from her" 

Pulling out his phone he handed it over to Maya who took it slowly, going into the photos and deleting whatever he had saved from the camera, going to the emails that were drafted and deleted them, then going into the message thread to read what the redhead was saying about her; also deleting the photos that were sitting in the message ready to send. 

"I never wanted to hurt you Mase, you're my little brother..I'm so sorry for what I did a couple years ago; I'm so sorry our relationship as brother and sister isn't the best -- I was..reckless at the top of my game and I don't want to be like that again.." Handing back the phone to him. 

"She was paying me, but not very well since I was giving her nothing" He quietly said. 

"Do you need money?" 

Looking towards Carina who was now slowly going to Maya and placing her hand on her back slowly. The boy shook his head.

Did he need the money? Yes.

He wasn't about to take a hand out from someone who looked genuine and someone Maya looked super happy with. 

"I can give you something man, you and I we grew up next to each other, leave the girls alone and you and I can talk?" Andrew said, stepping forward to then grab the younger boy by his shoulder and taking him into the backyard to talk more, away from his sister and best friend. 

As soon as Mason was away from them all Maya did was put her head back, taking a deep breath, her body felt like it was shaking from the nerves; from the unknowing of what Mason came back here for. Carina pulled the blonde in for a hug which the fighter took instantly. 

"I didn't think it would be my brother.." whispering so only Carina could hear. 

The italian's hold got tighter around the blue eyed girl before pulling away, her hands cupping either side of her face to take a deep breath herself to have the younger girl mimic her breathing to calm her down. 

"I know, but it's okay...he was choosing you, Bambina..I have the card, you deleted things off of his phone..everything is okay.." 

How a kiss would be so good right now but Matteo was looking, and Carina didn't want to deliver the news to Maya just then on what he asked inside. 

"Carina..." Matteo came out of the sunroom now as he looked at the brunette who was calming down the blonde. 

"Let me guess.." Maya said to the italian. "He's taking you out.." 

"He asked as soon as you left the house..I'm just going to go to dinner with him.." 

Maya just looked at Carina, trying to control the jealousy that was bubbling up within her right now. Pulling out of the italian's hold she held her hand out so she could have the memory card to which the brunette handed over, slightly gutted that the blonde moved away. 

"Maya.." she tried. 

"It's fine, just dinner right? Have fun..." walking to where Andrew and Mason were in the backyard. 

Sighing softly she just watched the blonde walk over till she saw Matteo in front of her and he just smiled. 

"Now she's gone...lets go get you dressed and we can go?" putting his hand out. 

"lei non se n'è andata, Matteo.." (she didn't leave) Walking past him slowly to go into the house. 

Maya made eye contact with the well dressed man, walking over towards him. 

"You touch any part of her pretty boy...I'll have your ass on the floor in two seconds..." saying to him as she didn't waver her eye contact from his. 

He just laughed at the blonde, shoving his hands into his pockets he took a step closer. 

"What makes you think that you have her? I'm here to show Carina that she belongs with me, not some...girl...so please, just step aside now, she's too good for you..she's showing you pity and Carina is always taking in strays, she had when we were kids, good to know she at least found someone slightly decent, I still have to deal with Gabriella every once in a while" shrugging as he walked up the steps and back into the house. 

Mason walked behind his big sister to see the man walk inside, his hands went to her shoulders, squeezing them as Andrew was standing beside her. 

"Everything okay?" Mason asked gently. 

"Sure" simply said. 

"Bub..what did he say to you?" Andrew now tried. 

"He's taking her out for dinner, gonna show her how much she should be with him and basically I'm a stray she's picked up along the way..." Nodding slowly, Andrew looked at his best friend, believing her instantly. 

"Seriously?" 

"Yep. So this boy you knew once upon a time..big douche...I need to go back to changing her oil..." mumbling. 

"Do you.. want any help?" Mason asked and Maya nodded and he put the camera down slowly to have the Bishop siblings get under Carina's porche. 

"So...since were down here..." he started to say. 

Maya moved the oil pan under the cap to have her brother unscrewing the cap and moving quickly. The blonde didn't feel like talking so she just looked at her little brother. Andrew handed Maya the new filter as the fighter undid the old one, giving it to Mason. 

"She's really into you, I saw the photos of you and April and they were never what you and Carina have..and I'm sorry, that..I was taking the photos May.." 

"Mason, please. I don't want to talk about it" 

"And this is your problem, mom and dad fucked us up enough to where talking about what we're feeling isn't something we do...and you've been the one to take it on fully" 

The death glare from Maya to Mason was tension filled as he just nodded gently. 

"Noted.." laying there with his sister they watched the oil drain. It was mind numbing. 

"So...." Mason started again and Maya just sighed. 

"What?" 

"Since I was following you...I saw Triple H walking out of the gym that one morning of filming.." 

"Triple H? No...I really have no clue what you're talking about, I'd recognize him.." 

"Would you? Because he was wearing a nice suit, sunglasses...big beard.." 

"Paul?" Maya inquired. 

"Yeah! That's his actual name..he was at the gym, what did he want?" 

Screwing the cap back on, Maya scooted herself out from under Carina's car to get up. Mason followed suit to see his sister walking towards her phone and typing in something before calling Andrew over and the two of them talked before going to Mason and showing her phone. 

Maya grew up with WWE playing in her house, or at least it was something she shared between her and Mason. Paul. The man who knew everything about her downfall -- saying he was interested in her. 

"Seriously? Why didn't you tell me!? I would have said that was him...holy shit..Maya he's out scouting for new talent I bet..." Andrew grabbed at the blondes shoulder for the fighter to be taken out of her shock of who this Paul was to see Carina walking out all dressed up. 

"Andrea, it was good to see you man..." Matteo said as he wrapped his arm around Carina's waist to have the DeLuca sibling just nod, having his eyes go to his hand. 

Carina brushed the hand off to have Matteo just smile at her with a shake of his head. Asking him to go and wait in his car, she slowly walked over to Maya who adverted her eyes with the italian. 

Andrew left the two to have Mason ask for the oil so he could start filling the tank again which the best friend gave up to him. 

"What were you talking about? How do I look?" 

"N-nothing..it's nothing..." Maya didn't want to burden her all the sudden with the revelation.  

"Bella...what is it?" 

"Nothing and you look amazing..have a good time tonight..your car will be done when you get back here" smiling a little bit. 

"Bambina..will you be here.. you can tell me later" tilting her head just a little bit. 

Bringing her hand up to caress the blondes cheek with her thumb. It's not like Maya could touch Carina right now. 

"I uh..I don't know..I'll probably be at my place..I think I need to go home.." 

"This is your home..Maya this is nothing, it's just dinner" 

"Yeah I know, have a good time" Pulling away to just have Carina just standing there. 

It meant something to Maya. 

Carina knew that tonight meant nothing to her, the person she wanted just walked away from her, she knew Maya wanted to tell her something, she could see it. Following the blonde she wrapped her arms around the fighter from behind, kissing her cheek and then down to her neck. 

"Ti voglio, vengo da te stasera.." (I want you, I'm coming to you tonight) 

Holding the fighter till Maya turned her head to pull back, looking at the brown eyes. Carina kissed her lips softly. 

"Let me humor him, but I wasn't lying to you in your room...no one can get between you and I" kissing Maya's lips, her cheek before pulling away slowly. 

Carina walked out of the backyard, leaving Maya just standing there with her own thoughts. Mason just watched his big sister stand there in her own little world. Seemed like she was in a overload and Andrew saw it too, letting himself walk over and rub his best friends shoulders to break her out of her little world. 

"You want to go train? Finish the cars?" 

"I have to finish the cars..she's going out with him..well dressed fucking...italian..in a suit" moving past her best friend, he hadn't ever seen her jealous before so this was completely new for even him. 

Maya had it bad for Carina. 

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Walking into the restaurant with Matteo, the girl at the front immediately was trying to not freak out as she was looking at the actress. 

"I um...how many?...sorry..I um, I love Grey's...and I love you" she said quickly and Carina couldn't help but to smile. 

"Two please" Matteo spoke up as he ran his hand over Carina's back. 

"Awe thank you! What's your name?" Carina said back as Matteo just stood there watching his ex, and hopeful future. 

"Maddie..my girlfriend and gasped when we saw you on screen, we're so happy you're coming back to the series..can I, have a hug?" the girl said excitedly.

"Of course, come here" laughing a little bit. 

Carina moved around and held her arms out a little bit to give the girl a hug and which Maddie hugged her back tightly. 

"I was really rooting for Stefania and Jessica..." 

"Maybe next season Stefania can get a solid lady lover.." 

"And I'm so excited you're working on a new movie?! With Maya Bishop right? The UFC fighter?" 

"She's a UFC fighter? The grease monkey?" Matteo questioned and Carina gave him a look. 

"Si -- yes she is, yeah she's in it with me..we can't wait to put it out.." Carina smiled. 

Maddie showed the two, to their seats where she gave the menus and said if they needed anything to let her know or their waiter. 

"Does that happen all the time to you?" 

"Depends on where I am.." shrugging with a smile. "I like it, I like seeing who is loving Stef and what their stories are..." 

"So this movie you're doing? The blonde at your mama's house...plays your love interest or something?" 

"Mhmm, Maya is a former UFC fighter, her and Andrea have been friends since they were seven and I showed up and asked if she wanted to do it with me, get her out of the little rut she was in and get her happy..." 

"So she's basically your charity case" Matteo asked with sipping his water slowly. 

Carina took a sip of her water, not liking the way he was talking about Maya; it was never like that. 

"Not even close, she's never been some...charity case to me, my brother asked me for help, I was looking for a lead to be with me, Maya was a fighter, the character she's playing is a fighter, it was a perfect match -- it was a no brainer to ask her" defending her choice. 

"So...yeah like I said...charity case if Andrea called you -- she seems...super into you" 

Sitting there the waiter brought over a bottle of red which the both of them accepted to have Carina immediately take a sip of hers. This was a dinner that quickly turning more into a microscope of Maya's involvement with Carina and she didn't like it. 

"Not. A. Charity. Case. Matteo -- and if you keep saying that I'm going to walk out. Maya is amazing, she's sweet and funny, she's strong as hell, determined and someone who deserves the world and yes she's into me as much as I am into her...Maya Bishop...she's one in a million Matteo, I would do anything for her" 

Matteo sat there quietly listening to Carina talk about the blonde back at the actresses mama's place, he clearly was learning his place in his ex-girlfriends life and it seemed like he wasn't about to sway her. 

"So I take it...that trying to get to know you now, and being with you isn't going to be the case?" 

"No, I..I belong with her, and she belongs with me...we can't be anything more than friends Matteo, you can get to know me, but you can't touch Maya and you won't be able to touch what I have with her..so if being with me is all you're interested in, we can finish this dinner early.." 

The two sat there, clearly just looking at one another. When the waiter came over Matteo just shook his head to make them go away. 

"I guess I'll take you home then..." 

"Yeah, I suppose you're going to" Carina didn't care if her dinner with Matteo ended early, her mind was on the blonde fighter she was falling for. 

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"I can't stop thinking about what they're doing...what if he tries to kiss her? What if she kisses him? What if --" 

"Maya, I really don't think you need to worry..we already worked out, and now we're two shots and a two beers down, what are you going to do is just drive yourself crazy" 

"You didn't see the way he was looking at her Andrew. He wanted to devour her right there...the sly comments he was making too, I could have ripped his head off.." Maya was walking around in the living room just back and forth. 

The knock on the door came but Maya was too preoccuplied so Andrew got up to answer it seeing his sister. Opening up the door farther the older italian walked in to see Maya pacing in the living room with the beer in her hand.

"She's been worried..and a little bit jealous I think.." 

"What? Why.?" Carina took her jacket off to hang it over the chair. 

"Matteo, you going to dinner with him.." Andrew said to only his sister. 

"What if she falls in love with him? Andr-- Carina.." 

Walking to where she thought Andrew would be she saw the brunette she was talking about. Looking over to her best friend he cocked his head towards his big sister. 

"She just got here..." 

"I won't, fall in love with him, Bambina.." making her way towards the fighter. 

"I thought you were at dinner...with..fuckface  -- what's his name?" 

Carina just laughed with a shake of her head, placing her hands on either side of the blondes face. Caressing her cheeks gently with her thumbs as she looked into those ocean eyes, leaning down to kiss her lips, feeling the happiest sigh come out of the blondes body. The relaxation she also felt with that one simple kiss. 

"I was at dinner, but the more the conversation went the more I figured out that he wanted to be more than friends and I said that I belonged with you -- that..you're amazing, and smart..and funny, then I mentioned that he couldn't touch what you and I have together; cause he's not the one I have really..huge..feelings for, it's you" I'm falling in love with you. 

"I have really..huge feelings for you also, you really said that to him?" 

"Si -- of course I did.." Carina took Maya's arms and placed them around her body so she could be held by the blonde. 

Leaning down to press a soft kiss on her lips, she rubbed her thumb right at the corner of the blondes mouth. 

"You wanted to tell me something earlier before I left..tell me? What did I walk out into that had my sweet, Bambina so excited?" 

"You remember the guy who said his name was Paul, and he knew everything about me -- well..funny enough when Mason was following us -- which I don't want to even think about how he was the one" Maya started to vere off in another direction. 

Carina just laughed, kissing Maya again to keep her straight into one story. 

"The guy Paul..what's up with him Bambina.." 

"Oh! Sorry, the other we will talk about BUT..Triple H..the WWE..that's the guy who was in the gym that morning, he said he was interested in me..WWE is scripted fighting..storylines.." 

"You need to tell me more because now I want to know why he was in the gym watching you...interested in you -- not that he shouldn't be? But what could he be looking at" 

"I don't know? I don't want to jump the gun just yet but come... "

Maya held Carina's hand to follow her down to her room where they'd lay on the bed and talk about what happened that morning and this new revelation to who Paul was. 

Notes:

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Chapter 26: Where Are U Now

Notes:

nsfw

Pulling on her white silk shirt, Maya tilted her head a bit as she buttoned it up till it was right under her sternum. Hands glided around the blondes waist to have a bite to her earlobe before a kiss over the shell of her ear. 

“You’re being wayyyyy too distracting right now..” 

“Non devi avere un aspetto così dannatamente attraente per un'altra donna..” (You don't have to look so damn attractive for another woman) Carina said into her ear with a sly smile. 

They both caught each others eye in the big length mirror that was in the blondes mirror. Turning her head, the fighter pressed a few kisses against the side of the brunettes head, her temple, then onto her cheek. 

“Who says I’m not dressing for you to take it off of me..this is a long time coming..the last…event with April, then essentially I’m a free woman — free of her”  

“Going braless with a heavily open silk white shirt..you’re asking for trouble” a kiss to their lips. 

“Baby that’s my middle name” smirking. 

Carina started peppering Maya’s neck to the point where the blonde stopped getting ready and let the Italian have at it, not caring if she had a mark afterwards. Hands moving down to undo the blondes black dress pants. Regular boxers. Carina’s weakness with Maya. 

Sneaking her hand down under the band of the black boxer briefs she was stopped by Maya’s hand, the blondes chest was heaving up and down a little bit heavy. 

“Don’t start something you can’t finish..” whispering. 

“I always finish, I’ll leave no trace either..” saying right into the blondes ear making her have a full body shutter with how low the Italians voice was. 

Pushing her hand down more she let her fingers run over the blondes soft length, pressing her lips back to her neck. Maya closed her eyes to place her head back on the Italians shoulder. Thank god Carina was going to be finishing what she started because she was about to have a raging hard on from what she was doing right now. 

“You always get so hard for me Bella…” 

“Can you blame me?” Breathing out, moving Carina’s hand where she needed her the most. 

Wrapping her ringed fingers around the blondes growing cock she slid her hand up and down. A soft moan came from the blondes lips but Carina quickly put her hand over her fighters mouth. Maya placed her hand over the brunettes to just keep a hold on it. 

“Someone needs to be quiet this time..we have to make this fast okay?” 

Agreeing, Maya nodded to then have the brunette push her against the door to close it. The Italian got on her knees to pull down the dress pants and briefs in one swoop. Biting her bottom lip, her eyes took in all of Maya’s length. A small whimper coming from her as Maya covered her mouth with a small smirk. 

“I thought we needed to be quiet?” Joking and Carina just stroked Maya to shut her up, having it work immediately. 

Relaxing against the door, the blonde opened her shirt to let it fall open, the brown eyes quickly looking up and over the cover mounds of her Bella’s breasts. Her hand worked over the girls cock slowly till she was at least semi hard, which never took very long. 

“I told you…when you’re with me, expect this…” smirking, her mouth wrapped around the head of the blondes length. 

Maya’s hand immediately covered her mouth with her eyes looking down to watch Carina take her in. Wrapping her other hand around the Italians neck, she set the pace while Carina set how hard she was going to suck her mouth around her. 

Bobbing her head back and forth, the brunettes hand twisted back and forth, going with the motion of her mouth; she was trying not to be so loud with sucking the fighter off — proving to be more difficult than expected. Small noises coming from how much Carina was enjoying this. 

“Carina…” whispering against her hand. 

“Maya?? Are you almost done? You got like fifteen minutes” Andrew said as he was standing right behind her door. 

Maya placed her hands against the door with her hips slightly forward, watching the actress go to town on her cock. All the shocks she was feeling from every suck had her tuning out anything else. Carina looked up to see the pure ecstasy on the fighters face. 

“Maya?” 

“Y-yeah…sorry..what’s up?” Maya forced out with her eyes looking down, connecting with the brown ones. 

Oh fuck. 

Carina sucked harder, bobbing faster along with her hand wrapping tighter around her hardened length. The brunette was thriving off of this, watching Maya talk while she was trying to make as little noise as possible. 

“Are you almost done? Are you okay?” 

“Yeah I’m…totally fine just getting ready..how long again?…” squeezing out. 

“About fifteen bub…is Carina in there with you?” 

“Okay cool…I’ll be out soon -- yeah she is..” Her mouth is around my cock right now. Maya’s mouth dropped with feeling Carina's tongue rolling around her sensitive head. Gathering the precum that was leaking out. 

"She's just, helping me out with my hair.." 

"Okay, i'll be out here waiting..and watching" 

Hearing the footsteps go away. The fighter placed her head back on the door to just let herself feel, hand wrapping back around her neck to speed up the way she was sucking her, Carina looked so hot right now, down on her knees. She wasn't going to lie, Maya thought about the next time that the italian would want to go down on her. Tonight was the night, Carina was now claiming her stake on her. 

“Fuck..I’m close…” whispering.

“I know…” Carina pulled herself off of her girls cock for a split second before going back in. 

Sharpening her focus on her goal, getting Maya to cum. Her hand and mouth worked beautifully against the now throbbing member in her mouth. The tighter sucks happened at the very tip before relaxing going down, and then over again. 

The blonde started breathing heavier before her hand slapped over her mouth, Carina took all of her in to feel the fighter cumming. Muffled, strangled moans along with small whimpers went into Maya’s hand. 

Carina let the warmth of Maya's cum glide down her throat -- doing what she preached, leaving no trace. It only took a couple minutes till she felt the blonde stop throbbing so much, pulling her mouth slowly back till the tip of the fighters cock was resting against her lips. 

Her tongue came out to roll a little bit over the now sensitive head, little jerky movements from her orgasm hitting in small aftershocks. Pulling off of her girl completely, Carina swallowed with wiping the cover of her mouth even though she knew nothing was there. 

The notion that it could be something there. 

“Fuck don’t…do that…” breathing out to bring the brunette in for a kiss. 

“Hmmmm don’t or keep doing it but not when you gotta leave” smiling against the blondes lips. 

The two just smiled into the kiss as the blonde tucked her now soft cock back into her boxers, closing her dress pants and Carina fixing her shirt. Italian's need to come with a warning, or at least one italian in general. 

Carina slowly pulled the fighter over to sit her down on the chair she pulled into the blondes room earlier when she walked in. Placing it now in front of the mirror they were previously standing at together. Running her hand through her hair, the blonde got comfortable so Carina could start working on the style. 

Maya almost relaxed fully into the chair after that. Adjusting herself a little bit, her legs were still strong but only a tiny bit wobbly. Taking a deep breath she just smiled, her mind was on Carina. 

"I need to change into compression shorts for this...I forgot..I'll do that before I leave — holy shit…” breathing out.  

“Why? I like you in your regular boxers, I know you're so uncomfortable in the compression ones..." Leaning down to kiss the blondes cheek softly. 

"Okay..I won't wear them, I'm coming over right after anyways, spending the night with the only girl I want to be with" whispering to have them kiss. 

"What are we doing Bella..” 

“Ummm…I was hoping you had an idea? I really don’t know, I just usually have it up or down..” 

Carina’s fingers ran through the blonde hair as they looked at each other in the mirror. Up and down, back down slowly then up to check each other out. Both of them smiling since it wasn’t exactly subtle.

“Do you want to have her miss what she had before? Are you wanting to go all out….”

“What do you like me in? Because I really got dressed for you..” 

Sliding her hands down the blondes shoulders, the Italian kissed Maya’s cheek gently again, having the fighters hands come up and rub over her arms. 

“I like you in anything, you my Bambina are perfect to me, but we can always try…curling your hair? Or beach waves? You’d look really sexy with those…” saying against her cheek. 

Andrew walked in to see the two of them having a small moment and he just smiled a bit. A bit sad seeing how happy they were right now, knowing that Maya would have to be going out with April leaving Carina with her own thoughts, much like Maya was a few nights ago when the brunette went out with Matteo.

“Sorry, I’m just…I want this done and over for you Mai..how long?” 

“Give us about five, seven minutes Andrea..I’m just doing her hair..we didn't figure it out till just now” 

He nodded and walked out of Maya’s bedroom. 

“He’s so protective of you…” Carina mused with another soft kiss to her cheek. 

“As I am with him, you have a solid brother, babe..” turning her head, they kissed quickly. 

"I really like it when you call me that" smiling. 

Maya walked out of her bedroom with her hand laced with Carina’s to head to the living room where Andrew was waiting for the two of them. The boy got up quickly taking in his bed friend with a nod and a smile to his lips. 

“What do you think? Too much? Just enough?” Tilting her head back and forth a little bit. 

The DeLuca siblings looked at one another and all Andrew could see in his sisters eyes were hearts when she looked over at the blonde fighter. Maya just looked at Andrew a little weird because he was looking at Carina. Turning her head, she was met with soft brown eyes. 

“Are you okay?” Asking with a small laugh. 

“I think you look — “ taking a deep breath with a smile. “Breath taking..but I think you know that” blushing just a little bit as she ducked her head, going and even chewing a bit on her cheek. 

Fuck. I'm falling so hard for you -- I think this is what I think it is? Maya thought.

“I agree with Carina..you look amazing Mai, are you ready? How are you feeling…” he hit her arm a little bit as the blonde used her free hand to try and swat at him. 

Carina let Maya’s hand go for the blonde to just play fight with her best friend who clearly started it all. Shaking her head at the two of them, letting out a small laugh. 

“I get my best friend back, no more April Kepner, you’re going out hot as shit to show her who’s boss..you are Maya. You are” Andrew messed around with the blonde. 

“Fuck yes..I’m awesome, I’m so over this shit…tonight is the night where I can break free of a fucking contract…” before they could go any farther, there was a knock at the door that had Andrew walking over. 

“Wait…” Maya said and walked over to Carina, pulling her in for a long kiss; making sure she could feel her lips the whole night till she could come back home. “You need to go in my room…I'll come home later..” whispering. 

Not realizing she just called Carina, home. 

Hands cradled the blondes face with a nod, kissing her once more; the brunette pulled away, rubbing her nose against the fighters before she  backed off to go wait for April to leave. Seeing her in the apartment could just tear things down in seconds for how much the two were going to get back, to just start. Taking a deep breath, Maya just nodded slowly to have Andrew open up the door to see April standing right there. 

“What took you so long? We need to go Maya..come on” holding her hand out. 

The warmth of Carina was about to be muted by the coldness of the redheads hand. Walking over she held April’s hand in her own as the redhead brought Maya down for a kiss. April's lips quickly went to Maya’s neck and that’s where she drew the line. Honestly drawing it at the whole thing but lips were one but the neck was Carina's. 

"Can...we not..please?" Maya said and April just rolled her eyes a little bit, walking the two of them down to a car that would take them to the event. 

"You look different..." the blonde mentioned as she looked over her ex girlfriend. 

"It's because you haven't seen me in so long..do you miss me?" pulling Maya in to wrap her arms around her body, the redhead leaned in to kiss the blonde again. 

Carina watched out the window, Andrew walked in slowly to place his hand on his sisters shoulder. 

"Is the ache back?" 

"It's always there when she's out with April..I don't trust her, I trust Maya...but I don't trust her" Seeing the two get into the car, Carina's phone went off. 

[Maya Bishop]: la mia mente è fissata su di te (my mind is fixed on you)
[Maya Bishop]: Non vedo l'ora di tornare a casa e stare con te (I can't wait to come home and be with you)
[Maya Bishop]: Baciarti, guardarti negli occhi... sei così bella, Carina. Non vedo l'ora di essere libera... di essere libera di stare con te, libera... senza che nessuno dica niente, senza occhi indiscreti che cercano di rovinarmi. Spero che tu sappia quanto sei importante per me. (to kiss you, looking into your eyes...you're so beautiful Carina. I can't wait to be free..be free to be with you, free..without anyone saying anything, without prying eyes trying to ruin me. I hope you know how much you mean to me.)

Knowing one of Carina's love languages was words of affirmation. 

Carina watched the texts come down and all her heart did was melt for the blonde, blushing at what she was reading. Andrea watched as his sister showed him the texts from his best friend and all he did was smile. The feeling he had about the two of them, he was so glad he introduced his best friend and sister, officially as adults. 

"You want to stay over and watch a movie?" 

"As much as I want to, Grey's just sent me a whole bunch of things that I have to look over, if you hear anything can you text me if for some reason she doesn't let me know?" 

"Of course, but it's Maya -- she might tell you first before me" he joked with bumping his sisters arm, telling her bye before sitting on the couch and watching some random netflix show. 

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Having this event go off perfectly was Maya's whole goal, she'd do what April asked of her, she'd smile when she needed to, pose. Let. It. End. -- It was the only thing that Maya was chanting in her head while holding April's hand on the red carpet. 

"Maya.." April tugged to bring the blonde out of her mind. 

"Yeah? Sorry..." 

"We're up next, be on your best behavior..." smiling. 

The two walked farther on to the carpet where all the flashes were, the blonde placed her hand around the red heads waist to pull her into her body with her other sliding into her pocket. Smiling and even giving the girl a couple kisses she had April bring her down and whisper something into her ear. 

Scrunching her eyebrows she pulled back to look at the redhead who instantly just smiled at her and that was the last thing that the blonde could think about the rest of the night.

No more chanting let it end. 

No more thinking of Carina and going home. 

It was a haze, this last event with April, she couldn't remember much but knew that still playing nice was on the table. Counting down the minutes was the only thing she could do right now. 

Walking out of the venue, Maya called Andy and Andrew immediately. 

"I need..I need to go out, I just... please? Come pick me up..." Maya's voice was strained. 

"I'll pick you up Mai -- just send me your location" 

"Andy...Maya why don't you come home?" Andrew tried. 

"I just need -- fuck I need to drink. Please. Andrew..just...please" 

"Okay, Andy come pick me up and then we can go get Maya" 

"Got it -- see you soon guys" 

As soon as Andy got to the location Maya was at there was something off completely about the blonde. The latina got out instantly to walk over and look at her best friend who looked like she wanted to break down but also keep it together. Taking the girls hands in her own, Andrew watched from the car as Maya was talking to the fire captain. Andy shook her head and brought Maya in for a tight hug for the blonde to just lose it completely in the girls arms. 

Thank god that Maya had walked a couple blocks over from where the event was. Photos would be taken right about now if they saw this. 

Andrew got out of the car now as he ran over to look at the girls, Andy held her arm out to pull him in for the boy to hold the two of them. Leaning over, the latina filled Andrew in and the boy's heart just dropped as he tightened his grip on Maya's body. 

Pulling Maya up as she was borderline sinking in their arms, Andrew walked the fighter to the car, placing her in the front passenger seat, he took the back. His hand didn't leave the girls shoulder while Andy drove them to the only club they went to. Not bothering to ask if she wanted to contact Carina, this was too fresh, too new for Maya to even comprehend. 

Getting numb was the only way she could cope. It was like her old life all over again. No questions asked, as long as they all stuck together. 

Andy held out a couple make up wipes for the blonde to pull off the little make up she had, to wipe her face when she parked. 

"Are you okay to go in?" Andy gently said. 

"Yeah -- I need to...just for a little bit..." 

"There's no time limit till they close Mai" Andrew wanted to make sure that Maya knew that neither of them had to work the next day if they stayed out really late. 

Of course, he'd be contacting Carina to let her know Maya wasn't coming straight to her. 

It was like a triple threat just walked into the club with Andy and Andrew on either side of Maya as they walked into the club. The bass was already vibrating the walls of the songs the DJ was playing. People knew Maya, of course they did — fighter or not, she still had some status. 

Shots first. Maya threw back three. Ordering a fourth is when Andrew stopped them from coming so soon. 

“Beers?” Andrew asked and the girls nodded, Andy peeled Maya away from the bar so they could go down to dance. 

Maya's head felt like it was going to explode. Too much tonight, too much within the past week, her brother, Matteo -- figuring out her feelings it was just. Too much. 

Hands went to Andy’s waist as the Latina placed her hands on Maya's that were placed on her body, moving them down to her hips to look at her best friend.  Andrew waited at the bar for the beers to get a phone call from Carina; to which he placed to his ear. 

“Ciao big sis” 

“Maya's not answering her phone, and where the hell are you? It’s so fucking loud” Carina didn't mean to sound stressed.

“Oh — …Andy and I took her to the club to... unwind” he said with his other hand pressed to his ear. 

“Wait...unwind? What do you mean? ” 

“I’m sorry, it was impulsive…Maya called us and I was about to call you when we got here so you knew what was going on --” 

Maya called her best friends instead of her. Carina was now even more worried, if Maya couldn't come to her, then what was wrong. Her knees were bent up on the couch listening to her little brother. 

"Come be with us, I have Maya's phone...she wanted to be just free of it, I told her I was calling you and she was good with that, she's not talking much" 

"What do you mean she's not talking much? Okay...yeah, no yeah I'll be there.." 

"This is why we took Maya out, she asked for it also, we can't say no — she’s frustrated…and right now..upset..” Andrea looked out on the dance floor with a shake of his head. “Andy’s grinding the shit out of her…” 

“I thought she only did that with you?!” Carina's legs went down instantly to the floor.

“She does with me but Andy does it to her..” 

Going to her room, Carina got dressed fast to then pull her phone away, calling an uber to the location that Andrea was going to be sending her. 

“Does she like that?” 

“What??? It’s Andy? It’s like me and her — wait Carina are you jealous?! Holy shit….you’re jealous of Andy and Maya…” he laughed. 

The face Carina was sporting one of unamused while her eyes looked down at the phone. 

“I'm on my way...where the hell are you guys" 

“Oh shit okay..big sis ready to throw down on Captain Herrera…” 

“ANDREA!” Carina raised her voice. 

“Cane’s, it’s on 5th and 10th…” he was laughing a bit on the phone. 

While the reason why they were here wasn't light at all, it was funny to see his sister or hear her jealous of their best friend. 

Carina hung up the phone to finish getting dressed. Once the beers were placed in front of the boy he walked onto the floor to find the girls, immediately getting behind Maya to hand them each a beer. Getting close to her ear he talked into it. 

“Carina's on her way..” but it was like Maya wasn't listening. 

Placing the opening of the beer to her lips, she downed it fast. That was one of the things about the blonde is that she could be a fish when she wanted to be — it’s why she got pulled over a few times by Tanner. Andy sipped at her beer, her brown eyes looking back at Maya who was holding onto tighter, her ass moving more into the blonde. She clearly heard the boy and nodded. 

Being a babysitter for the blonde was their job. 

"Can I have another..." Maya said back to the boy and he just gave her his that he hadn't touched yet. 

"Calm down...we're going to be here as long as you want..." 

Nodding she just took a sip of this one she got. Andy's hand slipped into Maya's to bring it over her shoulder as they danced together. The latina turned around to look at her best friend who just rolled her eyes with a smile, the shots and the first beer she downed clearly was hitting. 

"Horrible..." Andy shook her head with a smile. 

“Can’t a girl have a hobby…” teasing which left Andy putting her head back with a laugh, knowing this attitude was just from Maya being worked up.  

Both moving and singing along to 'There It Go (The Whistle Song)' by Julez Santana.

Maya turned her finger in a circle to have Andy turn around and the blonde wrapped one of her arms over top of the latina's shoulder to cross her body, resting right above her chest. Andy rolled her hips, linking her opposite hand with Maya's, the other grabbing back onto the blondes body. Every time the whistle would come on, Andy would move her body down and slowly come back up to press her ass into Maya which just made the blonde smile. 

'So girl, let me see you get low...there it go, yeah, just like that'

"Move the thang like a boomerang and come right back" Maya pulled Andy closer, the latina smirked with her head turned a little bit. 

Andrew had walked back to the bar to grab a new beer as his sister walked in and looked around. It was probably an hour and a half after he called her; she had to change and finish up the quick call she had placed on hold while she took her brothers call. 

Her eyes went to the dance floor to see the pair of best friends dancing closely, her feet taking her down the steps; the italian was caught stop walking by her brother. He wasn’t joking, Andy was all up on Maya like she was into her. Having an inkling on what the blonde was feeling when Matteo showed up, it wasn’t a fun feeling. It was legit the same dancing that Maya would be doing with Andrea but Carina was never that jealous with her little brother -- the fire captain? Absolutely.

"Have a drink.." offering his big sister. 

"What's wrong? What happened...why is she here needing to unwind...and how long have they been like that?!”

"I...I can't say-- she's going to tell you though" Andrew looked over at his best friends. “Since I called you? This is completely normal..I wouldn’t…sweat it” seeing his sister honestly sizing Andy up just slightly. 

Maya's hand kept holding onto the latina's hand as she turned her around to make her face the blonde. The best friends just smiled, Andrew watched as Maya downed another beer. Carina's eyes were fixated on the hand placement of both fire Captain and fighter. 

“Carina? You have nothing to worry about, honestly, Andy is harmless..plus, it keeps everyone else away from them...” he tried again but all Carina watched were the two best friends being a little too close. 

Carina just looked over at her brother, trying to break her brown eyes of staring and getting anymore jealous.  Asking for two beers, Andrea knew Maya would be wanting yet another.  

"What do you want? Mixed?" asking to see his sister looking at him for a hot second before her attention was back on Maya.

Her eyes didn't waver from the girl she was falling in love with, something seemed completely off. Really off. 

"Shot and a beer..." which shocked even Andrew. "How many has she downed" 

"I lost count..." he was honest. 

Taking the shot instantly, she grabbed the beer to chase it. Shaking her head at the distaste of it. 

Having the neck of the bottles in his hand. Walking down the steps together onto the dance floor, he reached back to hold his sisters hand so she wasn't taken away by the mass of people. Andy's eyes connected with the boy and seeing his sister, her head was pressed against the side of Maya's. Almost like she wasn't ready to leave her best friend who was crying in her arms almost two hours ago. 

Andy could dance for hours if you let her and Maya wasn't objecting, Andrew was the runner for their drinks.  

Andy. Andrew mouthed. 

Carina shook her head to her brother like a 'it's okay' and just walked over, her hand grabbing Maya's beer from her brother when he let go. Getting behind the blonde she handed it over her shoulder, the blondes hand came up to grab at it but it was taken away quickly. Andy pulled back however to watch this, her hold on Maya got looser. The bottle appeared again and Maya went to grab it, Carina snatched it back. 

Maya turned around to see Carina standing there, a raised eyebrow and all at the younger blonde. Carina couldn't tell if Maya was happy to see her because those eyes were fixated on the bottle in her hands. Blue eyes finally looked over at the italian. In the sea of bodies, the two of them stood still with the brunette just tilting her head the way it did to have Maya melt but also give in. 

'Where Are U Now' by Jack U, Skrillex, Diplo and Justin Bieber was booming over the speakers. 

Walking right into the italian's arms, just enveloping the brunette with her relaxing into her. Carina wrapped her own arms around the blonde. Like she had just registered who was in front of her. Both bottles were switched to one hand while the other Maya's head back with her hand on the back of her neck to do so. Leaning down, she kissed her lips, the blonde was quick to kiss back. 

'Where are you now that I need ya -- I need you the most' 

Maya was pushing herself into Carina more, making the kiss deeper till the brunette pulled away to look at the fighter. Rubbing her nose against hers, those eyes said so much. Another peck, another one. 

"Carina...." saying into her lips. 

"I'm here.." Kissing her again. 

Giving Maya the beer she just slowly drank it this time making the best friends look at one another with a 'what the fuck'. Andy and Andrew danced with one another, just checking in every once in a while since they were watching Maya the most. 

Carina ran her hand down Maya's neck, the two of them danced to the music that was playing, blue eyes didn't leave the brown ones, stealing kisses so freely when she wanted. Maya's hands on the italian were so much more exploratory; her free hand was resting into the back pocket of the actresses jeans, squeezing her ass a little bit. Each time the brunette kissed the blonde, she was tasting the alcohol that tainted the taste of her fighters tongue, her lips; she could tell Maya has been straight drinking since Andrew had called her. 

Sharing their beer once the other was done. Holding Carina in her arms was like coming back down to earth, the way their bodies moved against one another was like second nature. Noses bumping into one another as they breathed each others air, Carina pushed away her feelings earlier and was in the now with the blonde. 

“Shots…” Maya said as she pulled at Carina’s hand. 

Trailing behind her, Maya’s hands grabbed at the bar as the Italians wrapped around her waist. She’d never been around a completely drunk blonde till right now, it was crazy how Maya was still able to function.  

“Four shots, two beers..” Maya mustered up so she wasn’t slurring.

The duo hadn’t said much to one another since Carina showed up. Kissing her cheek, then over to Maya’s ear; she bit at her earlobe a little bit. 

“You want to tell me why you’re so drunk right now…” 

Blue eyes casted over when Carina tiled her head to the side. The actress could tell the blonde was thinking, one hand pulled off the bar to hold onto the Italians arm. 

“Do you…trust me? Right?” Questioning. 

The beers and shots were set in front of the pair. Both doing the shots quickly, having Carina’s throat burn a bit, shaking her head lightly. 

“Of course I do…Maya what’s going on?” 

“I might..I don’t.…” hanging her head a little bit. 

“What??…” turning Maya around so her back was against the bar now. 

“Kiss me..babe..please” Maya almost pleaded. 

Without hesitating, Carina leaned in to kiss the blonde. Maya’s hands grasped at the shirt Carina was wearing, like she was trying to find solid ground. The kiss got only slightly deeper till the actress realized where they were, pulling away to only mere inches. 

Hands had a mind of their own when the fighters hands reached down and grabbed Carina’s ass, hard, pulling her flush against the fighters body.

"Maya.." breathing out with them pressed together. 

Pulling her head back just a little bit to see those blue eyes become glazed over. Her eyesight looking up, avoiding the direct eye contact, Carina’s hands held Maya’s face gently. 

“Carina…I…” was all that Maya could muster out. Shaking her head pulling out of the Italians arms. 

Downing half the beer she just got, pushing out of Carina’s arms to go back to the dance floor. Andy started to go after her, grabbing her best friends hips. The actress followed but not as fast as Maya was to get away from her. Which hurt.

“It’s Carina..you need to tell her…come on, it’s Carina..Carina the girl you have a massive crush on..” 

“This..A-Andy this!! It’s going to….crush her..” slurring out with her hands going to her eyes. 

“You not telling her is going to hurt her more than you trying to do whatever it is now..” Andy didn’t have that much to drink, so she wasn’t completely gone. 

“I’m…I’m stuck..and I don’t..this..wasn’t…” 

Andy finally turned Maya around to look at her best friend. Their foreheads pressed together as the Latina tried to sooth the fighter. Hands stuck to the blondes cheeks. 

“If you see yourself with Carina, you need to tell her — what if she’s got the solution…because from what you’ve told me, she has more solutions and knows the key to you than anyone you’ve met..” 

Carina moved slowly towards the best friends, her hand going to Andy’s shoulder who turned to look at the Italian. Blue eyes took in how gorgeous the brunette looked. 

“I can’t..god..no I c-can’t..I didn’t do it — it wasn’t me..I s-swear…” 

Reaching her hand over, Andy grabbed Carina by the back of her neck gently and pulled her down to her mouth so she could talk to her in her ear. 

“You need to promise me you believe Maya..” 

“Why wouldn’t I? I’ve spent the better half of almost four months with her…and I already said I do, she asked me up there if I trust her, what’s going on this is getting worrisome, Andy” Carina questioned at the fire captain.   

Brown eyes went to blue as Maya was trying to get up the courage. Trying to spit it out. Again.

“Maya, it’s me…what happened..” 

“I’m not free..” spitting out. 

“What?! This was the last thing, nothing has changed..” 

“She’s pregnant — April’s pregnant and she ..said I can’t leave….worse…I’m not..even the dad…mom? Jackson..got her pregnant..cause I’ve only been inside you” rambling now.

“I love being inside of you but if..if I’m roped into this— I can’t be inside of you…then you’ll leave, cause I’m good, I’m really..the sex and me are like —“  

“Maya!” A pause. “I’m not going to leave you, you’re much more than sex, so much more than sex” they’ve been over this before and that was before they were sleeping with each other. 

Carina was stunned, she didn’t even know what to say right now. Looking into those glassy blue eyes she could see the threat of Maya wanting to fall apart for the second time tonight. 

“Bella…take a breath for me, you’re getting worked up” trying to bring the fighters attention back. 

Maya brought in a deep breath slowly to shakily bring it out. 

“I..want you…Carina” 

Kissing the blonde fiercely. Carina pulled back to kiss her again, Maya’s arms now wrapped around the Italians neck, Carina’s hands rubbing up and down the blonde, soothing her. Holding onto the brunette made Maya stable while her whole body melted into the Italians embrace. 

“Maya..Bella..Bambina — you’re the only one I want” breathing into her lips. 

Maya’s eyes were telling so much, even if the blonde was quiet. She was scared.

“We have so much from Amelia..” 

“…it’s not mine— if you..”

“I didn’t…I don’t..” Carina was trying to wrap her head around the whole thing. “This whole thing voids the contract…it’s not yours..Maya, it’s not yours..” 

Carina was trying to catch Maya’s eyes, like she was avoiding them. She said it wasn’t, and she knew it wasn’t too, they were together most of the time and if April was telling her now, and she wasn’t showing — she was probably around three months. 

“What if I get p-pulled into it? I would…look..so..bad…if I...left..” trailing off. 

“She voided the contract right there, you won’t get pulled into it...what ever she tries we have everything else we’re ready to release, proving that you..and her haven’t been together..” nodding slowly. 

“Maya..you’re free” breathing out to the blonde which just made the fighter plant her head into Carina’s neck. 

Between being scared about staying in longer, just needing to numb it all with how many drinks she had, the worry about telling Carina, the fact that now Carina was telling her confidently that she was free? It made Maya break again, crying into her neck while the Italian ran her hand up and down the back of Maya’s neck. Holding her close to her body with the other. 

In the middle of a club dance floor, Carina didn’t care how people looked at them, she’d hold Maya until she didn’t want to be anymore. 

“You’re free” 

Maya was. Carina was right. There was no extension, there was no roping the fighter into this. Legitimately and legally, Maya Bishop as of 9:25pm got free of one April Kepner. 

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'Where Are U Now' by Jack U, Skrillex, Diplo and Justin Bieber
'There It Go (The Whistle Song)' by Julez Santana

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Chapter 27: Nobody's Better

Maya pulled her head back to look up a little bit at Carina, their height difference was something that they both liked a little too much sometimes and this was one of those times. Carina threaded her hand behind the blondes neck, the italian took a deep breath in and the fighter mimicked it back to get her to calm down. The music was just booming around them, Andy and Andrew just a few  people away, watching them to make sure nothing bad was happening. 

"What happened? You didn't want to let Maya go when Carina showed up.." 

Andy looked back at the boy, a small shrug of her shoulders had the latina just letting out a breath; turning around to look at her best friend she placed her arms around his shoulders. 

"You know she's okay with Carina right? She wouldn't do anything to hurt her..." 

"God no, I know that..I guess it was nice to feel needed by her again as her best friend..and that's not saying I'm not needed, all of us have different paths, but we've also been there when things fell apart and when Mai called us, I jumped at it" Andy explained. 

"Ah, okay I get it..she still needs us Andy, Maya isn't going to just not need us because of Carina --"

Nodding, the two best friends were there when everything fell apart, when Maya got the shit end of the stick -- spending months to get her up and out; Andy knew that Carina was the best for her best friend, she just always wanted to feel needed because she needed Maya, Andrew needed Maya. 

The italian leaned down to meet Maya's lips half way as they shared a kiss after Maya's breathing was back to normal. Hands wandered down to right above the brunette's jeans to pull her closer, Carina's arms then slipped loosely around her neck, kissing her deeper. The fighter held the italian to her body when she could breathe easier now. 

"Do you want to stay?" Carina said into her lips. 

"Please? Just a little longer...and you're here now..Voglio ballare con la ragazza più carina che abbia mai visto" (I want to dance with the prettiest girl i've ever seen) bringing her lips to Carina's ear to tell her. 

Brown eyes seemed to suck in the blue ones when she pulled back to look at the blonde. Maya speaking italian to her was another weakness she was having as of lately. 

"Okay, a little longer.." saying into her ear, a blush coming across the brunette's cheeks. 

Maya needed to still forget the night and turn it around now with Carina right in front of her. The melody changed to an up beat poppy song. It's one that Maya knew also, because her and Fetty Wap had a special bond. 

Nobody's Better by Suzi ft. Fetty Wap was playing over the DJs speakers. 

"Please don't take this lightly..I like you and you like me.." brushing the lyrics against Carina's lips, her hands pulling the brunette closer to her. 

Kissing her once more before Carina and Maya just danced together, the blondes hands resting on the italian's waist to feel her move, it's what she always did. Carina's hand found inside of the silk top she loved so much on the fighter. Every once in a while the fighter would say specific lyrics to the brunette, sealing it with a kiss after, like she was locking it into Carina's brain. 

"Nobody's better by your side, bae..baby, what you see is what you get -- Let me know when you're ready to love me" 

That lyric alone had Carina wanting to spill everything to the blonde right then and there with how she was feeling. 

The four of them stayed at the club for a couple more hours, still drinking; Carina knew that Maya was going to feel it in the morning. 

All four of them ended up at Maya and Andrew's apartment. All the girls piled into Maya's bed, Andrew fell asleep on the floor in the blondes room. Carina was holding the fighter to her body, Andy was right behind Maya holding her; the best friends hands were threaded together. 

In the morning, Carina woke up first to look down and see how Maya's head was right under her breasts, pressed right into her stomach, Andy was still attached to her. Blonde hair splayed over her face, sleeping soundedly; the fighter looked peaceful, she envied the three best friends and how their friendship was strong as ever, no matter the different career paths they took. 

Running her ringed hand through the blonde hair, she pushed it out of the way of her beautiful face, doing the same thing to Andy. Looking over at the time it was only six in the morning but it felt so much earlier than that. 

Andrew looked up and saw his sister up, she was propped a little bit up against the wall; seeing her hand which he assumed was over Maya. Getting up, his body hurt but he ended up crawling into bed in the small space next to his big sister. 

"Andrea..riesci davvero a entrare, ragazzo sciocco?" (can you really fit in, silly boy)

"Si.." groaning he placed his head against his big sisters shoulder. 

Carina's free hand went around his head to kiss the top of it. 

"Grazie, fratellino...per tutto" (thank you, little brother...for everything) meaning Maya. 

Andrea just smiled and fell back asleep, his hand going over his best friends. It was a few more hours till the whole crew started to wake up one by one. Andy, then Andrea, Carina and Maya was still asleep when all of them were looking at each other in the blondes bed. 

"Sorry Carina...we really just piled in on you" Andy's sleepy voice rang through in a whisper. 

"It's okay..really, more than okay" Carina smiled. 

Andy pushed herself up to see how Maya was legitimately on top of Carina; not knowing this is how they slept but the latina thought it was the cutest thing. 

"Do you want to go start the coffee? I think all of us are goin to need it..and get her some meds..how much did she drink last night?" asking the latina who was sitting up slowly. 

"Mhmm..um..I lost count after like seven..she used to do this, I'll get everything she's going to need" getting up fully now, Carina watched the best friend. 

"Andy..." Carina called to her softly. 

"Yeah?" 

"Thank you for taking care of her last night..."  

"Of course..I would do anything for her like you would.." 

Andy just smiled softly to nod her head slowly, her hand reached down to squeeze the blondes leg. Her brown eyes found Andrew squeezed in next to his sister just laying there with his eyes open. 

"When the hell did you get into bed..and how are you fitting?" Andy smiled a bit. 

"Fuck off.." Andrea mumbled. 

"You go too.." Carina pushed him a little bit before Andy helped him out of the bed, both leaving the room to grab everything and to start the coffee. 

It was completely quiet now with just Maya and Carina in her bed, nails gently scratching at the base of Maya's neck to just have her groan a little bit, picking her head up to have her blue eyes open a little bit. The fighters body got up slightly, moving closer to the brunette; wrapping her arm over her chest, her head was into the italian's neck now. Peppering the tan skin with lazy kisses, it caught the actress off guard a bit. 

"Maya.." breathing out to pull her head back, their eyes connected before their lips did. 

Hating, but not -- how easily she fell into the blonde when her lips were pressed against her own, did she not have a wicked hangover? Breathing in through their noses, Maya went to lay down, pulling Carina with her so she could be on top. The italian's hand snaked up her shirt a little bit to just feel her skin under her as the kiss had the actress in a hold. 

Moving her leg over the blondes waist a little bit, having the fighters hand wrapped around it securely, to pull it up a little more. Pushing up into the brunette, Maya traced her tongue over the brunette's bottom lip to ask permission. Just as Carina was going to give it, a small knock came on the door. 

The brunette pulled away from the blonde to just give the waking up fighter a look, Maya just smiled a bit to place her arm over her eyes to shield them from anything bright. Andy opened the door to see how the two of them changed positions, Maya was awake a little bit too. 

"...I have orange juice, coffee..headache pills and Andrew is making a run for greasy foods...we..didn't drink as much so we're just moderately hating life..you okay little fish?" she called over softly to her best friend. 

Maya groaned, lifting her arm just a little bit seeing Carina take the glasses and pills from her best friend. Andy chuckled before closing the door, telling the brunette a little bit more till she closed the door. 

"Bambina..take these...little fish?" scooting up by the blonde who opened her hand, letting the pills drop into her palm with a small laugh. 

"They used to call me that for nights like last night..." grumbling. 

Taking them, she slowly sat up to take the orange juice to swallow them. Brown eyes watched the blonde, leaning over she kissed her cheek softly with another laugh. Little fish, fit honestly. 

"Rest...I'm going to go check on them...pesciolini" (little fish) kissing the blonde, Carina got up to have Maya lay back down to fall asleep again, grumbling even more now. 

"Not you too" 

Adjusting her shirt a little bit, Carina shut the door behind her to see Andy nursing a cup of coffee at the island of the kitchen. Walking over she rubbed the girls back to have her just smile back at the italian. 

"You doing okay?" 

Andy wasn't sure if she should say something, Carina was the best person for Maya and she loved that more than she could tell her. Maya deserved so much better than what she had, and Carina was that. A small breath came out of the brunette, looking over towards the italian. 

"I was happy she called me...instead of you..." Andy confessed. "I feel bad about that, because you're awesome Carina, really you are...but I want her to want me still.." 

Carina put her arm around Andy's shoulder, squeezing lightly. It was the three musketeers, Andy, Maya and Andrew always. The italian was understanding completely and she wasn't ever taking offense to it. 

"Andy, she's always going to need you..you're Andy Herrera; she talks so highly of you, she loves you so much..you're never not going to be needed..I'm not here to take her away from you, I want to be here with her and with you guys too -- I did get jealous that she called you instead of me.." confessing also. 

There was a comfortable silence where both of them laughed at how they were jealous of each other. It's the tale as old as time, new love interest verses the best friend. 

"I'm never going to take her away from you, I can promise you that..you and Andrea mean the world to her" Carina explained softly. 

"Do you love her? Maya -- " 

"Yeah, I do..I..I'm so in love with her" Carina picked up her espresso, sipping it a little bit. "I need your help in telling her how I feel..she asked me if I know my feelings and I said I was going to show her in her love language" 

Andy looked over at the italian who was just smiling. This is exactly what she wanted for her best friend. 

"Do you have an idea?" 

"Andy, do I have an idea? I'm full of them...why do you think Andrea is filled with ideas, they came from me" smiling at the best friend, joking too since the siblings went back and forth on those good ideas.

Half hour later, Maya was walking out of her room to the smell of bacon that Andrew brought in. Taking a deep breath in, the blonde was looking at her phone; padding her way towards Carina who turned her head to see the blonde. 

"What's wrong.." Carina asked, putting her hand out to have Maya take it. 

"Why is my bank notifying me that I have a deposit of almost ten thousand dollars in my bank account?" questioning. 

Carina placed a piece of bacon in her mouth to pull Maya onto the chair with her, taking a bite she gave the rest to the blonde to eat it. 

"Hmm it finally went through..it's about time..." 

Moving the blonde hair out of the way, the italian placed a kiss against the fighters neck. Maya pulled away to look back at the brunette. 

"What do you mean, it 'finally' went through..." 

"Dylan, myself and Eddie all worked on getting you your half of the money from the contract..whatever events, or photos..that had you in with her..you were just as much in that contract as she was -- the day after we talked to Dylan I got together with him a couple days later with Eddie and we all went through what you should have gotten, so as of midnight last night you're done, now you have the money that was supposed to be yours the entire time.." Carina rattled off like it was just another day for her. 

Smiling softly at the blonde, Maya just looked at Carina in awe; the actress did all this for her, so she got her money and April didn't have everything that was supposed to be split. Andrew and Andy looked at each other before looking over to the girls. Little did she know how much that meant to the fighter. 

Maya turned around to stand and look down at the brunette who just smiled at her, placing her hands on Carina's cheeks to then kiss her hard. The Italians hands squeezing the blondes waist, smiling into the kiss. 

"You did this for me?” Whispering. 

“Of course I did, I would do anything for you..." whispering back. ti amo, amore.

Andy smiled looking at the two of them and so did Andrea, Maya went and hugged Carina tight. 

"sei libero" (you're free) 

Smiling more, Maya's phone rang to see it say DYLAN MEYERS written on the ID. Hitting accept she put it on speaker phone so she didn't have to go anywhere. 

"Hey Dylan!" 

"Maya! How's my favorite client ever?" 

"Oh god, I'm...well i'm better than I was, but also nursing a hangover so, you do the math on that" 

A chuckle from Dylan had him typing a bit. 

"Oh, yeah I heard about all that -- I just wanted to actually give you an update since Ms. Kepner did drop that on you last night, I heard about it last night also. So; you're done..no more contact, I'm assuming you got a notification from your bank about the money" 

"Yeah I looked at Carina and she told me what happened, which she's here by the way in case you need to know." Smiling at the brunette. 

"Ciao Dylan, how are you?" 

"Ah, Carina, it's nice to hear from you..i'm doing well, Eddie was great to work with so thank you for hooking the two of us up on this.." 

"Yeah of course, he's great, i'm just glad we were able to get Maya her fair share of what she was owed which was the biggest thing" Nodding even though he couldn't see. 

"Me too, also..which I was calling for two things, that being one to make sure you knew the whole contract was over, the next..I have a new contract that's sitting in my email from a Paul...Maya I think you need to come into my office and see this, It's nothing big as of right now but your old managers reached out to me and prefaced i'd be getting an email.." 

Talking a little bit more, Maya ended the call to just look at everyone; there was so much going on this morning she wasn't sure where to start. The fact she was officially done, the fact that she got paid for what she was doing with April, or this wicked hangover she had because of what April told her last night that prompted the drinking. 

Carina pulled over the sandwich that Andrea got Maya for the blonde to dive into immediately. They only had a few more things to film before the movie wrapped and the two of them thanked Johnny that today wasn't a filming day or Maya would be in hell. Taking the brunette back to her room the two fell into bed with Carina just having her head propped up on her hand looking down at the blonde. 

"How are you feeling?" 

"Light...I was..out of my mind last night, I was so scared to call you in case I was trapped into something that I didn't do -- it's why I didn't call you, the last thing I wanted was for you to be more hurt because of what I was in.." Maya trailed off. 

"Maya, you never have to be scared of calling me, I wanted you out like you wanted out..I think the only way I'd be hurt was if it was yours and you were sleeping with her, which I know that isn't the case"  

"I just want you, Carina.." breathing out to run her hand up to cup the side of the brunette's neck. 

"You texted me in italian...do you know what you did to me?" whispering. 

"I did, I'm hoping that it makes you feel a lot for me"

"Oh Maya, I feel..so much for you, mi fai battere forte il cuore" (you make my heart beat faster) a small peck to her lips. 

Maya put her hand over Carina's heart, the italian moving it only slightly to get it where it needed to be. The need to melt was evident, this was totally what Maya thought it could be, she was sure of it. Her heart swelled hearing what Carina did for her, business wise; personally she was doing so much more. Maya was wanting to call the italian actress home.  

Peppering kisses along side the blondes face, the two of them laid in bed together, taking each other in; taking the fighters new freedom in slowly. Maya felt free, and she wanted to taste it fully, not just lay in bed with Carina every night, they could go out if they wanted, be as handsy as they wanted to be with one another. They could promote the way they needed to for the movie without any backlash also. 

"Can we go out one night..either me and you or all of us? I wanna be seen with you, Carina..I want to hold your hand...I want to kiss you like I did last night and not care about people looking" 

Carina smiled, biting her lip she nodded slowly. 

"Yeah, we can go out..I have the perfect thing for us to do..do you trust me?" 

"With my life" Maya said without a second chance to think. 

"How about the end of the week when we're done filming? We can go out friday night...it's only a few days away" 

Pushing the long brown hair behind the italian's ear, she nodded slowly to that idea. 

"I want to be seen with you too..I always want to be seen with you..." whispering till they were just looking at each other with big smiles on their faces. 

"I've been thinking about what mama called me.." 

Tracing her finger over the blondes jawline slowly, tilting her head a little bit at her. She knew what she was talking about, Maya wasn't opposed to their mama calling them 'girlfriends' but was the blonde second guessing it now since the contract was over, were things about to change since they could be free to do what they wanted together. 

"What about it?" 

"What if..we made it official? Like..giving us a label? Girlfriends..I'm..I'm still learning but Carina like I said, I don't want anyone but you.." Maya stopped her hand from tracing over her face. 

Leaning down, Carina kissed the blonde with a small hum, kissing over her face all the blonde did was heat up from a now blush from all the kisses the italian was giving her. 

"What's that mean?" Maya giggled. 

"It means, yes..girlfriends..me and you.." smiling looking into the blue eyes. 

"Girlfriends" echoing back with a bigger smile. 

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Chapter 28: Love Language

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Maya didn’t think things could get any better after the worst hangover worst to man that morning after the contract ended. What she thought was good, turned out to be her in bed pretty much all day with Carina there next to her. All the greasy foods in the world wouldn’t touch whatever she did to herself. A few days later the two were basically more inseparable than before, it was finally Friday; Maya had to push herself through a few days of filming and a whole ton of kisses from the Italian.

Heavily drinking like that again got the best of three days for the blonde but that didn’t hinder her performance for the movie.

Carina pulled the blonde into her body more this Friday morning and all the blonde could do was cuddle more into her. They were called last night saying that filming today was postponed because Johnny had to fly out to LA for a couple days so they’d resume Monday morning with the same call time. Maya’s eyes were open first to groan at the fact that she was awake and not due to an alarm going off. 

“Don’t…do that…into my neck..” Carina whined as the vibrations from Maya’s groan started to tickle. 

“What?” Saying sleepily, pulling her face away a little bit to see Carina just turning her face to look at her now. 

“No groaning into my neck..” bunching her shoulder up by her face which made the blonde move a little bit. 

Pushing the Italian’s shoulder back down to the bed, the blonde put her face into the crook of her neck again and groaned now playfully which made Carina start to move fully. 

“No…Maya..noooo” trying to get away from the blonde who was only doing it since it got to her. 

Maya followed the actress till she got over top of her to look down into the pouting brown eyes. Leaning down, the blonde kissed her lips softly. Bringing her hands up to rest on the fighters tank top, she breathed out slowly to bring her in again for a deeper kiss, eventually wrapping her arms loosely around the blondes neck. Pulling at the shirt the Italian was wearing, Maya pushed it up to over the perfect breasts before pulling away to kiss down her girlfriends neck, down to her chest where she wrapped her lips around one of her slightly erect buds. 

Threading her hand into the blonde hair at the base of her neck, Carina closed her eyes again to push her face gently into her free arm while Maya sucked gently over her breast. A small moan left the brunettes lips, arching her chest up into the girls mouth more. 

“Maya..” 

Humming into the perfect breast, Maya pulled back with a small pop to move her lips down to the valley of her chest to gently suck on the skin there, making a mark; and Carina’s body was slowly becoming a work of art with the hickies that were strategically placed. Wet kisses were now moving down her stomach, around her belly button and then down to the start of the panties that the brunette was wearing. 

Rolling her head to the side, Carina looked down to see Maya looking up at her with the pleading blue eyes, it’s a look that the Italian was seeing more since the contract was over, it was permission. Nodding her head gently, the fighter wrapped her fingers around the white laced pair. Pulling a little bit, kisses were placed lower the more she moved them down. 

“Bambina…” breathing out.

“Hmmm?” Still kissing slowly along the brunette’s panty line. 

Carina brought her fingers under the blondes chin to make her look at her. Caressing her cheek, Carina bit her bottom lip gently to have the fighter moving up and kissing the Italian deeply with their tongues pressing together. Humming into the kiss, the brunette turned them over so Maya was on her back; grabbing her hands she placed them above her girlfriends head. A small gasp left the fighters lips to have their eyes melting with each other. 

Knowing fully that her blonde girlfriend could overpower her in a second, she enjoyed that Maya was not actually fighting her. 

“We have to get up soon for your appointment..” whispering to just make Maya groan in frustration. 

Forgetting it completely that she was going with Carina to see Dylan about this new contract that popped up in his email the other day. Placing her head back on the pillow, Carina took the opportunity to mark the blondes neck which made her moan. Just on time, Maya’s phone went off with the alarm; her brunette girlfriend attached to her neck giving her a well placed mark before pulling away and shutting it off. 

Leaning up she pressed a hot kiss to the actresses lips. 

“Do we have to go..” 

“Si, we do..get up..lets go shower..” Carina got up slowly to have Maya following quick after her. 

The blondes hands were threading into the brunette’s tank top and one in her panties while they walked down the hallway. Thanking that Andrew was no where, the last thing Maya wanted or Carina was to see this with his best friend and sister. A small cough came to have both girls looking over to see Andy sitting at the island. 

“Someone’s a little handsy this morning” smirking as she was eating a bowl of cereal. 

Carina wrapped her hands around her girlfriends wrists so she didn’t move anything, she just smiled with a small laugh. 

“What are you doing here Andy?” Maya spoke up as the two of them stood there in the same position. 

“I came to see Carina? But seeing as your hand is down into…very cute by the way — panties..why don’t you guys go take that shower and I’ll be here..” Andy smirked a little more with a shit eating grin on her lips. 

Maya pushed the two of them into the bathroom to just have Carina fall back on her a bit with her own groan. The hand pushed down to swipe through drenched folds to have the actress buckle at her knees a bit. Hands grabbing at the fighters to try and stabilize herself. 

“How are you so wet..” 

“It’s just what you do to me…” whispering back as she pushed her own panties down to have Maya pull her boxers off. 

Starting the shower, they both undressed the rest of the way which consisted of just their shirts. Steam filling the room with the water getting that perfect temperature to have them walk into it. Andy sat there eating her cereal, hearing the moans and honestly everything that bathroom had to offer. 

“At least it sounds like great sex..” musing with another spoonful. 

Muffled moans and ‘fuck’ ‘faster’ ‘harder’ ‘right there, right there’ could be heard. Maya took no mercy on Carina even with her best friend still sitting outside in the kitchen. Driving her cock in and out of the Italian just how she was asking for it. Wet hands trying to grab at the shower walls but failing miserably each time. The long drawn out moans made Andy just chime in again for herself. 

“Orgasm right there” hearing both Maya and Carina’s tones mixing together. 

Ten minutes later the couple walked out in towels to pad their way to the bedroom to get dressed. Pulling on her bra and a new pair of panties, Andy walked in a little after to look at the couple. 

“So..we’re going out tonight right?” 

Carina looked over at the Latina and nodded with a smile, Maya however saw her best friend looking at her girlfriend and immediately stood in front of her while pulling her bra over her top half. Andy saw her best friend do that, her whole body was almost going into defense mode which was the cutest thing.

“Oh come on it’s not like I want your girlfriend” 

“Still —you don’t need to look at her like that..” 

“Like what?! I can’t really escape it, she’s in her underwear Mai..I’ve seen you butt ass naked plenty of times..” 

That alone made Carina just laugh at the two of them. Pulling on a new pair of boxers, Maya grabbed her jeans to pull them on, walking over to Andy and grabbing a spoonful and eating it. 

“That’s for looking at my girlfriend, go wait in the kitchen..” pointing her finger towards the kitchen, Andy clearly not moving.

“Si — yes Andy, we’re still going out tonight..” 

“Would you like a bite too since I’m here” holding out her cereal bowl, Carina walked over. “Where did you get that set by the way it’s cute as hell..” whispering so Maya didn’t hear the fact she was looking at her girlfriend again. 

“Hmm I’ll take you, I need to get a few new colors..it’s cute right..” Taking a bite and showing off the little maroon set she had on. 

The bra was crisscrossed up top with the same design along the sides of the boy short like panties. 

“Yeah I like that hickey too..god what did Maya maul you?” 

Looking down at her chest, there were small marks here and there but one specifically that Andy could see right above her bra line. 

“Hmmmm..that ones new” winking at Andy who just make a face, shaking her head. “Maya…seriously?!” Looking back at the blonde with a point to her chest which made the blonde’s eyes look down with a smirk. 

“Yeah we can not talk about that and yes to you taking me to where you got those..” Andy diverting the conversation quickly after seeing the smirk.

Maya looked over to see Carina standing there talking to her best friend in her cheeky panties and her bra still. Grabbing the jeans her actress was going to wear today she walked over and handed them to her which the Italian took while still talking to Andy. Standing there for a few she just watched the two brunettes still conversing and the jeans still in the Italian’s hand. 

“Carina…” 

The brunette looked back to see her girlfriend just looking at her, a small laugh and the actress started to put her jeans on. 

“How about you and I talk about this later, I was pushing Maya to get ready so..” playfully rolling her eyes which Andy nodded at. 

“I have to get going anyways, I just wanted to pop in and see how little fish was doing..” 

“She’s fine, stop calling me that” grumbling which made the brunettes giggle. 

When Andy left, Carina walked over bobbing her head lightly from side to side. Maya had just pulled one of her faded MMA shirts on to have her girlfriend bring her in for a kiss. The fighters hands instantly gripping Carina’s sides to pull her into her body more. 

“Only my eyes to see..” Maya breathed into her lips. 

“Me half naked?”

“Mhmmm...unless you have to film” protective over anything about her gorgeous girlfriend. 

Letting her hands slip to Carina’s ass to grip it, letting a sharp intake on Carina’s end through her nose to occur. A small moan to follow, the brunette smiled to shake her head. 

“No one but you” 

“Mmhmm..no one but me” the two smiled into the kiss. 

Carina pulled from the fighter to grab one of Maya’s shirts and put it on her body, holding her hand out the blonde took it happily; the two leaving after they placed their shoes on to go see Dylan. Both unsure of what this consisted of but when her lawyer said ‘Paul’ there was only one man she could think of. Triple H. 

“What do you think it’s about?” Piping up in the car on the way over. 

Looking over, she placed her hand on her girls thigh a bit, trying to calm the sudden nerves she could be feeling from the fighter.  

“Hey, whatever it is, I’m sure it’s great…he was very interest in you at the gym..” Carina reassured the blonde with a tight squeeze. 

“He was, and he knew literally everything..like everything about me — the movie isn’t even out yet, so that’s why I’m confused” 

“Maybe he’s looking at the future, trying to scoop you up before anyone else?”

Maya sunk down in her seat a little bit to just squeeze her girlfriends hand till they got to the office building to where she let out a breath.

“Okay let’s go…” Maya got out immediately before she could rethink anything. 

Following her blonde fighter, Carina got out to catch up to the girl who held her hand out; taking it graciously to open the door and letting the brunette in first with their hands still threaded. Getting to Dylan’s office, they walked in to be greeted by him instantly, hugs and being brought to his singular office. 

“It’s so nice to see you two..Maya you look lighter than the last time I saw you..” chuckling since they met the last time under not too good circumstances. 

“I feel a hell of a lot lighter, and that’s me saying that..former lightweight champion..” smiling wide to have Carina smile just as big at the blonde. 

“Carina, I have you to thank for literally all of this with Eddie; you’re quite a force to be reckoned with” smiling. 

“I just wanted Maya to have what she deserved, I was more than happy to help” rubbing her hand over the back of the blondes neck, both smiling at each other. 

Dylan looked at the two of them and just smiled. Turning his computer monitor a little bit he then placed a very thin contract in front of Maya and a copy in front of Carina, assuming the brunette would be here also. 

“So, I asked you to come in because this showed up in my email, I looked over it already, It’s a interim contract…with potential to be a full blown contract pending the movie and well..how you’d do; he is going to be calling to be in on this meeting also with us today” He smiled sliding the papers forward. 

“Potential to be a full contract?” Maya repeated to have Dylan’s phone ring and have the man pick it up on speaker. 

“Paul, good to hear from you sir, I have Maya Bishop in my office with me…” 

“It’s good to hear from you Dylan, I was forwarded your email as soon as I contacted her now old management team, Maya Bishop, formally glad to hear from you instead of walking in on a movie set” you could hear the man lightly laugh. 

“It’s very good to hear from you too Paul, I’ll say this, you took me by surprise with everything you knew..but it makes sense; given…who you are..”

“And given who I am, I hope you know what I’m actually looking to do” 

“What I hope and what I’m going to be offered is I’m praying for the same thing?” 

“Well, that’s the goal here Maya, I know I said after your movie but I was talking it over with a few people and having you train, with the person I have in mind for you..see if you’d like it, it’s not what you’ve been used to, but it is something that someone of your expertise will find a nice segway to an alternative” 

“I am, completely interested in what you have in mind for me?” Smiling, her blue eyes went to Carina’s brown ones as the couple shared the sweet smiling in their eyes to each other. 

Leaving Dylan’s office a couple hours later with a schedule, a signature and what this small contract would mean had Maya just beaming with happiness. The movie, this new chapter in her life professionally and personally. Carina was right, she came in to make Maya happy with her life again, and she was soaking it all in slowly. It might have been a small rough patch in her personal life that bled with professional but at the end it was her best friends sister who was at the forefront of it all. 

“I don’t think I ever thanked you..” bringing the tall brunette into her body when they got closer to Maya’s apartment door. 

“MH? Thank me for what?” Smiling, rubbing her nose against the blondes. 

“Everything…you’ve flipped my world..you’ve become part of my world and my favorite part — having me not wake up with dread and wondering where I’m going to catch a break…or even get it on track again, I felt so..lost” breathing out. 

Carina’s hands held both back sides of the blondes head, placing a kiss to her lips that lasted more than a peck. 

“You did this yourself, I just presented the opportunity..what is that quote from that robot movie? You said it once…” 

“Fifty years from now, when you’re looking back at your life, don’t you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?” Maya quoted, knowing exactly what Carina was talking about. 

Nodding the two hummed into the kiss, having the blonde push open the door and close it instantly when they both crossed the threshold. Carina was the first to pull her shirt off and discard it onto the ground, Maya following suit; their clothes made a small path way to the blondes bedroom where they fell back into bed with each other. 

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“We’re really going to karaoke night at the bar?” Maya laughed with Carina next to her walking.

“Si we are..I wanted to do it” Carina pulled at Maya's hand with a smile. 

"Plus, it's been a long couple of weeks, filming which..i'm so incredibly proud of you, I have to go do promo for Grey’s next week and Johnny is out..everything with the photographer, you ending the contract and you wanted to go out with all of us, so I figured this would be fun" smiling. 

Andy and Andrew were both behind them, both snickering to each other about the blonde and brunette. Ryan ran over to grab at Andy, making her yelp. The whole group busted out laughing; Carina invited Amelia to come along since she was in town seeing both Maya and Carina. Coming up quickly behind the two, the youngest Shepherd placed her arms around both of their shoulders with a smile. 

"I have a feeling tonight is going to be great" squeezing their shoulders. 

Maya looked back to see Andy now pushing Ryan a bit since he scared the shit out of her. He was just laughing and catching the latina's hands in his own, pulling her in to kiss her. 

Walking inside of the bar, Amelia pulled herself away from the duo to just walk beside them. Grabbing a table, Maya and Andrew just cocked their heads to the bar, thinking the same thing. 

"If they don't have wine..what do you want?" Maya's hand rubbing the back of Carina's neck, she was looking up at the blonde to hum a bit. 

"You choose, maybe what ever you get?" 

"You got it.." Maya pulled away to have her shirt being pulled at, at the bottom making her stop. Looking back she smiled seeing Carina's hand having a hold on it. 

"Yes?" leaning down to have Carina just press a kiss to the fighters lips. 

Stunning the blonde a bit, sure they were kissing all the other night at the club, Maya was drunk as hell though so this -- she wasn't expecting it. Maya's hand held onto the back of the chair the brunette was sitting in, Andrew chuckled watching the interaction to the point to where Maya just wasn't moving. 

"Maya?" laughing at his best friend. 

"Hmmmm??" 

"You okay there buddy?" 

"Yeah..yeah..so -- totally okay..." Maya said looking at the brunette who just leaned in again to kiss her lips once more. 

Placing a hand on the fighters back he grabbed her shirt to pull her away, shaking her out of whatever trance Carina had her in. Maya cleared her throat to wipe her hands down the front of her a little bit. He wrapped an arm around the blondes neck, walking with her to the bar.

"God you were stunned man...holy shit..." he laughed which made Maya push on the boy. 

"Shut up! I was not!......okay maybe I was" she paused for a tiny bit to just laugh. 

“You were kissing her the other night at the club..how were you stunned now?!” Andrew just shook the girls shoulder gently.

“I don’t know! — it’s also new and I’m sober right now so like, probably that’s why..and the announcement of April and I breaking up publicly is being posted tonight too” 

They stood at the bar waiting to have their drink orders taken. Carina just looked at Amelia who just had a smile on her face shaking her head. 

"You made her completely malfunction -- it was like that was the first time you kissed her" the brunette just laughed which made Carina just shrug a bit. "She makes you happy doesn't she?" 

"Very happy, I've never met anyone like her and I told my mama I wish I was around earlier, I knew her for a summer when she was a kid..." 

"How far apart are you two? She's the same age as Andrew..." 

"Si -- we're five years apart so it really wouldn't have worked growing up till she turned eighteen but by then she was already spearheading her fighting career by signing that year, and I would have been twenty-three and I was already in acting classes in Italy.." shrugging a little bit more it made Amelia just nod her head. 

"I mean she's only twenty-four, you're twenty-nine that's not even bad -- do you think meeting her earlier would have done anything if she was still fighting?" 

Carina looked over to the bar where Andrew and Maya were drinking their first beers, ordering another for themselves and getting all the other drinks being placed in front of them slowly. 

"I don't really know.." Carina mused. 

"Maya was a big hoe as a fighter..." Andy chimed in, pulling her chair closer to Amelia and Carina. 

Both brunettes looked at the fire captain with a amused look on their faces. 

"Little miss, Carina kissed me and now I can't move..slept around?" Amelia sounded surprised.

"Well yeah, just because she's like this with Carina doesn't mean she's not smooth -- Bishop's smooth, like really smooth...she'd do well for herself...but even with that -- if you met her back when she started fighting Carina, I don't think she'd be where she is now...she loved fighting, still does. If she had you I think she would have been one of the greats you'd hear about, you level her head..but at the same time with her father, you might have seen a pretty ugly side of Maya" 

Carina chewed gently on the inside of her cheek just looking at the blonde still. She knew there was a reason they met now again than if she was to have met a younger version of the girl. Maya was just laughing with Andrew, talking with her best friend about god only knows what but seeing the blonde this happy and smiling made the italian smile too. 

"Yeah, I've...met Lane..he's a piece of work, okay not actually meet but he was watching us in the backyard of my mama’s house" Carina rolled her eyes. 

"Imagine him having all the control over Maya's workout routine, her fights, what she did on her resting days...literally anything you could think of, he was in charge of..she was a beast, honestly still is -- don't get me wrong the girl can fucking fight but she hardly thought for herself..it's when she started using that's when things started to change" 

"Change how exactly?" Carina inquired.

“Starting fighting back on her fathers demands, we didn’t know what was going on, and like Maya I’m sure told you, she only used on fight nights. Otherwise she was pretty sober, drank a little too much on occasion — we thought she was just finally pushing back at Lane” 

Maya and Andrew started walking back towards the group with drinks in their hands. Setting down a beer for Andy, her drink and a half she had already started for herself, the blonde got Carina some mixed fruity drink; she just asked for something that would be closest to a wine as possible. Andrew set down a seltzer for Amelia and himself a beer and Ryan his own. 

“Thanks man, I’ll get next round for everyone” Ryan said with a smile. 

The blonde pulled out the chair next to Carina to take a seat next to her, her arm going around the back of the chair with her hand resting gently on the brunette’s shoulder. 

“Talking about me?” Raising an eyebrow at her girlfriend. 

Leaning in instantly, Carina just pressed a kiss to her lips with her hand going to the blondes leg to squeeze a little bit. 

“Hmm I’ll take that as a yes, good things I hope” blue eyes squinted to her best friend who just sipped at her beer slowly. 

“We talked about how about you were a hoe” Andy smiled widely with the fighters head going back with a groan. 

“You couldn’t think about anything else than that?! How about did you tell them that we slept together…twice..” 

“Well no, but you just did” Andy just smirked and Carina just looked at her girlfriend with a laugh. 

“Okay well that’s that on me talking…” Maya mumbled. 

Carina just rubbed the blondes back with a laugh as the whole table started to drink a little bit, the karaoke night kicked off quickly with other people in the bar going first. They’ve pretty much heard everything and Maya of course was singing along with them. Music was her love language. It’s why they were also here, watching the fighter just having fun and singing her little heart out with Andy who sat right next to her.

Andy looked back at Carina with a smile as the two formulated a plan. Maya wanted to know how Carina felt, seeing as the Italian knew how she was feeling for the blonde. Saying she’d do it in her own love language? Tonight was that night.

“Bambina you should go up there…” Carina urged with a smile to see the whole stage cleared of someone up there. 

“Yeah?…”

“Oh shit Maya I know the best song..” Andy said grabbing her best friends hand to drag the fighter up to the stage. 

Watching the two of them play around with the computer with all the songs, Amelia leaned over to talk to the Italian. 

“This is going to be entertaining…” laughing as Andrew heard also with a nod. 

“Absolutely it’s going to be..Maya’s a wreck when it comes to this” chuckling. 

The melody was recognizable. It was notable too — such controversy came with the song when it came out that if Maya didn’t sing this, it would be a missed opportunity. 

“It’s not what I’m used to..just wanted to try you on, I’m curious for you…caught my attention! I kissed a girl and I liked it” Maya sang into the microphone as she pointed to Carina who sat there with her drink in hand. 

Andy took the next verse, which was more on brand for her. 

“You’re my experimental game, just human nature..it’s not what good girls do..” Andy was snapping at the song while she sang along with the words. 

Holding up her beer in her hand the blonde ran her fingers along her lips slowly, winking at her girlfriend who just raised her eyebrows in a laugh. Bringing Andy into her side she felt her best friends arm around her mid section to sing together. 

“Us girls we are so magical…skin soft, red lips so kissable…” Maya kissed Andy’s cheek to which the Latina placed her hand over her mouth like she was surprised. 

“Hard to resist…so touchable, too good to deny it, ain’t no big deal…it’s innocent” Both shrugged to finish off the song with the room clapping and cheering for them to actually kiss. 

Going to lean in, Maya pushed Andy away with her hand on the girls face laughing. Andy pulled Maya off the stage to have the blonde walk over and kiss Carina instead with another laugh. 

“Who knew you could slightly sing too…” Carina said into her lips to then kiss her back. “Can you get me another drink Katy Perry?” Teasing to have Andrew get up with Maya to go to the bar with her. 

When the fighter did that, Carina was grabbing Andy’s hand to run up to the stage and was hoping to find the song quickly. Looking it over, the Latina pointed to it and the melody started, it was slow, if you knew it you knew it. Carina heard it and immediately thought of Maya, the way she felt for her and it was the one she was going to attempt to sing for her. Karaoke, it wasn’t for professionals sometimes. 

Clearing her throat, Carina took a deep breath and when the words lit up she began to sing into the microphone, seeing as her girlfriends back was to her right now. 

“Anytime you feel, like you just can’t go on..just hold on to my love and I’ll help you be strong” breathing softly. 

 

“But you’re so afraid to lose, and baby I can’t reach your heart. 

I can’t face this world hates keeping us apart

When I can be the one to show you 

Everything you’ve missed before

Just hold on now, cause I could be the one to give you more

Let you know”  

 

Singing into the microphone and willing her girlfriend to turn around now. Maya stood at the bar and listened to the next person get up, talking to Andrew just a little bit she was waiting for the drinks till she heard the voice that was singing, it felt familiar. Turning her head she saw Carina standing up there. Blue eyes met brown ones on the stage as Andy was playing back up singing for the brunette. 

“Anytime you need love baby, I’m on your side

Just let me be the one, I can make it alright

Anytime you need love baby you’re in my heart” 

Patting her chest with her eye contact with Maya never wavered one bit. Abandoning her place next to Andrew, the fighters feet slowly was walking her closer to her girlfriend who was on stage. Lyrics going in her ears and sinking into her brain, into her heart.

Love. 

It’s the same one word that was being repeated over and over again. 

 

“I look into your eyes, and I feel it coming through

I can’t help but want you more than I want to

So baby take all your fears and cast them all on me

Cause all I ever wanted, was just to make you see

That I could be the one to give you

All you’ve been searching for..so hold on to my love

And baby let me give you more” 

 

Falling in love with Maya was easy, she didn’t think she’d be open to anything but meeting the blonde, all Carina could do was fall for the fighter. Maya felt her heart pounding in her chest, in a trance looking at her girlfriend. Her love language; Carina was right about that. Music was a piece of the blonde; having Andy to confide in it was like all the pieces were coming together. 

Andy and Andrew looked at one another and just smiled at one another watching their best friend and Andrew’s big sister just slowly come together like magnets; yet again. Her walking was slow, but deliberate while navigating through the tables to stand finally so she wasn’t very far from Carina. Wanting to cry, wanting to burst out in all of her emotions she felt each and every single word of this song that her brunette girlfriend was singing her. 

 

“And now there’s no way out

And I can’t help the way I feel

Cause baby, you’re the fire and I’ll be waiting right here

You know my love is real, baby

Yeah yeah yeah…

Anytime you need love baby, I’m on your side, you know…” 

 

Carina punctuated the last part of the lyrics like Kelly did in her song, wanting it to be so in your face for Maya, the blonde wouldn’t be able to question it. 

Carina DeLuca was head over heels in love with Maya Bishop. 

Pointing to her when she sang ‘you know my love is real’ she could feel her own heart leap up into her throat with the blonde just watching her like she was the only one in the room. 

Andrew had grabbed their drinks, having his phone up to capture this moment so Maya could look back on it. He started rolling the camera as soon as Maya turned around to walk over towards his big sister. Sitting down next to Ryan and Amelia the three of them watched the brunette eventually end the song with her pouring out all of her to Maya in that pure four minute song. 

Getting off the stage slowly, Carina was pulled into her girlfriend to where the blonde didn’t say anything but pull the brunette out of the bar, to a quiet place next to the building. It didn’t take more than a few seconds till Maya’s lips were on Carina’s deeply. Taking a step forward, the fighter pressed the actress to the panels of the bar building, Italian hands gripping onto the shirt Maya was wearing as she let a moan escape into her mouth. 

Pulling apart only for much needed air, the drinks they had were quickly forgotten in their blood streams as pure emotion were taking over. 

“Are you saying…” Maya started. 

“..Sono così innamoato di te…” (I’m so in love with you) whispering into her lips. 

Carina didn’t expect Maya to say it back, she was almost banking on that the blonde wouldn’t say it back and she was more than okay with it. Like the song said, she could see it in her eyes, those blue blue ocean eyes she loved so much, she felt it in the blonde touch with the way she felt. Maya was a show and not a tell, it’s why she showed her with music. 

“Carina…” starting off to have Carina kiss her lips. 

“You don’t need to say it back, show me…make love to me tonight…” 

Nodding slowly, they called a Uber to drive them to Carina’s place where they stumbled gracefully into her front door. Maya felt like her heart was going to explode with what her girlfriend had confessed to her. How long has she been holding off telling her? It had been weeks since Carina said she was going to show her in her language, but also how long as Carina felt this way? 

Discarding clothes the minute the door to the Italian’s apartment was locked, it was another redo of earlier, items being discarded till Maya was looking at Carina in her maroon set she had placed on her body earlier. It was like they were back where it started, where Maya first kissed Carina, where she confessed while she had a girlfriend that she wanted to chase the feeling with the Italian. Lips connecting again, Carina slung her arm over the blondes neck, the two crawling onto the bed; Maya could feel the weight of her cock already with her getting hard slowly. 

“Say it again…” Maya looked into those brown eyes. 

“I love you..Maya” rubbing her nose against her girlfriends slowly. 

Boxers and panties were quickly taken off, not even given a second thought. Carina’s hands worked on their bras, Maya’s hand dipped into the side drawer where their stash of condoms were; stroking herself a few times with the small black package between her teeth. 

“Let me” whispering, plucking the black square from her girlfriend, placing it with a kiss that only Maya melted into. 

“Again…” 

“Ti amo, Bambina..I love you” Carina sealed it with another kiss, her fingers reaching down to roll the condom onto her girlfriend hard length. 

Taking her cock in her hand, she swiped the head between the Italian’s dripping folds, listening to her breathing, having it hitch a little bit the moment she slipped over her clit; agonizing slow back down to press at the opening of her core. Slipping in easily, Carina let out a moan, turning her head slightly to the side. Peppering kisses along the actresses neck, Maya groaned being inside of her girl. Did sex with Carina just get better? 

It felt like it just amped up, not that it wasn’t already mind blowing for the two of them. Turning the brunette’s face to her, blue eyes looked down at her lips where she pressed a long kiss, thrusting in and out of her pussy slowly. Ripping the pillow that was in Maya’s way she pinned her girlfriends hands above her head, much like this morning but this time they weren’t going to stop, not when the blondes throbbing cock was already creating the much needed pleasure. 

“H-how…long…” whimpering with each slow thrust. 

Getting answers it wasn’t to push, but it was helping Maya figure her own out even though she had a feeling what they were. Thrusting her cock into Carina’s core hard but slow, the brunette let out a long moan. 

“The day I had with mama..I knew I was falling…” saying into her fighters lips. “Falling so deeply in love with you..so long..bambina..” holding her girlfriends face, her thumb swiping over the girls bottom lip. 

The same day that Carina had with their mama, was the same day Maya knew she was feeling more than just a crush for the brunette under her. Catching the thumb between her lips, their eyes bored into each others; seeing something with one another long term had been discussed but she felt the love that Carina was singing about, it was pouring right out in the open to the blonde. 

Hard length thrusting in and out of the wet core faster, like they hadn’t had sex in days when it was already twice today alone. Maya trailed one hand down the actresses arm to wrap around her breast, her thumb teasing the perky nipple that was sticking straight up. Moans flowing together the harder the blonde got with her thrusts, knowing what angle to do them in to hit Carina’s sweet spot. 

“Bambina..f-faster..” moaning out. 

She couldn’t even deny a request from her Italian girlfriend, her cock throbbed hard, throwing her hips into the brunettes faster, wet slaps were getting faster, more prominent each second. Carina squeezed her thighs over the blondes hips, the deeper Maya got the lower the Italian moaned with her eyes rolling back into her head. Maya pressed open the girls thighs with her hands, sitting up now a bit to watch her girlfriends breasts bounce with each thrust. 

Running her hands through her brown hair, the actress was looking straight up at her strong girlfriend who had her lower half pinned, fucking into her harder, letting her chase her own pleasure since she knew she was getting close to her own orgasm with the way she was hitting her. 

“Oh fuck, Maya…Bella..fuck…” moaning louder. 

“Taking my cock a third time today…oh fuck, I feel so much for you Carina..” moaning herself with how loud the Italian was being. 

“I love you, I love you…fuck make me cum…” crying as she was getting close to her peak. 

No words back, Maya did that. Her thrusts became harder, faster, deeper into her girlfriends core till their bodies could stop her from sinking in. Moving her hand over gradually, her thumb started to Draw small circles into the brunettes clit; automatically making Carina’s body react with her pulling up a bit to sit on her arms looking up at her fighter with hooded eyes. 

Gripping into the thighs harder, she didn’t think she’d be this sensitive but after two much needed fuck sessions earlier in the day and now Maya’s cock was yet again inside of her she couldn’t help but to try and close her legs as she orgasm that was at the tippy top of her scale was washing over her body hard. 

Carina’s stomach sucked in a few times, canting her own hips up to meet Maya’s thrusts to ride the hard orgasm out with a long moan, a few gasps since the fighter hadn’t stopped the pace she was going at. 

“One more time…” Maya whimpered, so close to her own release. 

“Ti Amo, Maya…” whimpering out as her clit was pulsing from her orgasm, another building so closely behind the first. 

A couple more thrusts and Maya slammed her hips into Carina to still inside of her, releasing inside of the condom hard. Baby thrusts being hit with each rope of cum that was shooting out; the warmth and movements made Carina cum a second time, grabbing onto her girlfriends forearms to try and still her from moving more. 

“Cazzo…f-fuck…o-oh…my god..” Carina cried out, the two looking at each other breathing hard, trying to catch their breaths. 

Running her hands up the blondes arms to her shoulders, her fingers dug into the skin, bringing Maya down to lay on her body. Lips finding the side of her face to kiss slowly till they found the perfect lips of the fighter, deepening it slowly. Love, it was seeping into Maya’s core, she felt it; her home was Carina, a person who she’d been trying to find. 

“You mean the world to me, Maya…you’re everything..and more..” moving the blondes hand to her chest to feel how hard her heart was pounding. 

“You’re my whole world, Carina..”

 I love you. I know what this is. 

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Chapter 29: Demon In Your Dreams

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This is based on my thoughts and ideas!

Turning over in bed, Carina went to extend her arm around her girlfriend but was met with a cold bed next to her. Cracking open an eye she noticed the blonde was indeed gone, casting her eyes up she saw her phone was gone also. Groaning, the italian pulled herself up a little bit to check the time, four thirty in the morning. Knowing her girlfriend was not the best morning person but also the other little inkling she had was that Maya was working out already. 

Carina had to leave to go to LA on Wednesday for some things for Grey's. With that alone, brought stress to the blonde; no Carina meant not sleeping well, also meant that the italian was about to come face to face with April again. 

Stress levels were high. 

The announcement along with a photo with a split down the middle was uploaded to all social media outlets saying that Maya Bishop and April Kepner had broken up.

FORMER UFC FIGHTER MAYA BISHOP SPLITS FROM 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTRESS APRIL KEPNER

After about a year and a half of dating Bishop and Kepner had parted ways due to unfaithful ways. It seems our good girl on screen wasn't so much of a 'good girl' off screen when she announced she was pregnant last Tuesday. We thought with then girlfriend Maya Bishop, it had come to light that the fighter was actually not the baby's other parent. 

A statement was later released per close sources and April herself on how Maya Bishop wasn’t the babies other parent. Jackson Avery her onscreen beau was indeed the father. Sources say there was no need to do a DNA test to figure out who it was. Bishop and Kepner was to be said actually while still together but living two separate lives with the fighters untimely end in the UFC, resulting a riff in the relationship. 

With the unfaithful news, the two had a rather ugly split from what sources are telling us. While we know April is still on Greys Anatomy, we know that Maya is currently filming a movie with another Greys Anatomy actress, Carina DeLuca.  

We wish April a full and happy pregnancy and to Maya nothing but positive things at this time. 

.CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF MAYA AND APRIL THROUGHOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP. 

The whole announcement had Maya's phone blowing up from anyone she could think of; having to put it on silent for the last couple days she couldn’t deal with the constant asking on how she didn’t know April was cheating, or that they were sorry. 

Blasting some music in her ears a phone call managed to get through literally all her blockages that she had. Carina had sent her a playlist, the blonde had been listening to it nonstop when she was working out or training. In big letters CARINA scrolled across her screen for the blonde to not even think about it and just hit the green button to pick up the phone call. 

“Hi babe” 

“I love you” Carina breathed out into the phone first thing.

The next step the fighter took had her catching the bars of the treadmill fast, not expecting it from the get go. 

“Carina…” breathing heavy. 

“I love you, Maya..” 

She knew what Carina was doing, and honestly it was starting to work. The actress knew those three words would have really being weight to them, and they should, and they did. 

“One more hour?” Trying to play it safe. 

“Half hour, I’m leaving tomorrow, we have a long day, Bella…I love you, come home” her accent thick with sleepiness. 

It wasn’t like the brunette was wrong, Johnny was back, but unfortunately Carina had to leave for a small chemistry read with a few people for Greys. They had filming today till about 6, then the duo were headed to the WWE match that was being held in the city. Paul had sent Maya some passes, telling her he’d like her to be there and that she could bring one other person, there were people he wanted the blonde to meet. 

Feelers. Her own chemistry read if you will. Carina was taking a late flight, besides the match today, Maya had some training tomorrow, to see where she was physically wise. The italian wanted to be there for it, then unfortunately Andrew was taking his sister to the airport this time since if all went well Maya would be training still.

“Fifteen…I’ll be home, I promise..you can time me; I’ll be there in twenty-five. Ten minutes to get home..” 

“Venticinque” (twenty-five) 

“Si..tornare a letto” (go back to bed) 

Hearing Carina hang up first, because she wouldn’t dare hang up before the Italian. Getting back on the treadmill she saw the engines backing back into the station and in about five minutes time, Andy was walking in just pulling open her turn out jacket, looking at her best friend. 

“Why are you here in the morning? Are you and Carina okay?” 

“It’s not her…it’s just…so much is going on, my..my mind can’t keep up, but she just called me. Fifteen more minutes and I’m going home” pulling an earbud out of her ear so she could listen to her best friend. 

“Damn, I’m surprised she didn’t say now” Andy smirked taking a seat. 

“She gave me a half hour, I took it down to fifteen” 

Andy’s eyebrows rose with that little confession and Maya just laughed a bit. Maya ran to run herself tired, that wasn’t a secret. Her couch at the gym was her favorite bed most nights since she lost it all. What was shocking that the blonde herself compromised even more with Carina to come home. 

“Look at you Bishop, proud of you…” Andy smiled softly, getting up she walked over to Maya to place her hand on the treadmill a bit. 

Maya pulled her hand up while she was running to wipe to soot that was under the Latinas eyes with a smile. 

“Gotta go hit the showers Cap..” it’s what they called Andy’s father. 

“It’s the plan, text me when you get home..I’m gonna go wash this call off..” Andy walked out of the gym to have Maya hop off just about five minutes later. 

Grabbing her bag, she drove home to her apartment, hopping into the shower herself to just hold her head in her hands. The thoughts just ran though her brain constantly, she didn't even want to look at her phone most times right now since the news broke. The people she cared about the most were favored but even just opening her phone became hard a bit. Shutting the water off, the blonde dryed herself off, padding her way to her bedroom with slightly damp hair and the towel around her body.

Carina was on her back sleeping soundly in her bed. Blue eyes couldn't help but to look over her girlfriend, girlfriend -- still felt so foreign given how she wasn't solid in really anything. Carina was willing to give that chance, to give her and Maya the chance to run instead of walking everywhere. 

Pulling on some boxers, the blonde hung the towel up to grab a sleeping shirt to then slip back into bed, wrapping one arm over the italian's waist; Carina woke up slightly to just pull Maya into her body more to have them both falling back to sleep fast. 

Andrew opened Maya's bedroom door fast to see the two of them sleeping, their alarms going off like crazy -- it was unheard of that his sister just missed an alarm so the boy walked in to turn them off. Tapping Maya's phone he probably saw over one hundred messages just sitting there in her notification bar. Sighing he sat on the bed to rub at the blondes back a little bit to wake her up. 

His hand went to his sisters arm next to rub, effectively waking her up first to just see her stretch a good one. Carina's little noises she always made when she woke up just made him smile a bit, knowing this was always something she did and Maya loved it. 

"Che ore sono?" (what time is it?) opening her eye just a little bit to see her little brother. 

"About eight..your alarms were going off but you both were still asleep." 

Carina grabbed Andrea's arm a little bit with a hum, a nod to squeeze it a bit; her head turned to look down at Maya who was out cold just sleeping against her body. 

"Rough night?" Andrea asked concerned. 

"Stressful night...couple days..can you blame her?" 

"No -- I just never like this cycle she gets in, if it wasn't drinking it wasn't sleeping and working out a lot..." Andrea looked down at his best friend. "I thought she was good since you were here" 

"Andrea, tutti hanno momenti -- I called her to come home, I said a half hour, she's the one who said fifteen minutes instead" (everyone has moments) bringing her hand to her head to scratch at it lightly. 

"Seriously? I know you're right, just worried..her phone has been blowing up non stop" he made a face. 

Carina reached her hand over to grab at Maya's phone to look at it, still letting the blonde sleep. Opening the phone she just looked at the multiple people, the emails, calls, messages to just place the phone back on do not disturb for favorites only. Maya gave Carina permission to take care of anything that came after the announcement with her phone. 

"We put all of us on a favorites list the other day, so she only sees the people who she wants to see..it's just media outlets reaching out and pretty much everyone else who she's come in contact who's trying to get a piece of her..she's going to be okay" pressing a small kiss to the blondes forehead. 

"Well get her up, i'm off to work..be good you two" he joked lightly to leave the room. 

Bringing her arms around the blonde tighter, Carina kissed the girls face gently. 

"Bella...it's time to wake up.." 

Maya moved gently, her hand opening and closing around the shirt Carina was wearing. Cupping her face she started peppering her face again with little kisses till she landed on her lips. A small sigh left Maya's lips to kiss her girlfriend back, eyes opening a little bit to pull back and groan. 

Carina laughed a bit to caress her cheek. 

"We gotta get up for filming..." 

"What...time is it..." Maya rolled over to look at her phone and to just sigh heavily. 

Turning herself over too, the italian rubbed her back gently till the blonde sat up and the two were eventually out of bed and dressed. Maya didn't bother with doing much other than brushing her hair and teeth of course. Carina hopped in the shower to get dressed quickly. 

"Want me to drive?" having her water bottle to her side and her gym bag, Maya was still trying to wake up and Carina giggled with a shake of her head. 

"No Bambina..i'll drive, come on sleepy head"

Maya fell asleep on the way to set in the passenger seat. Getting to their trailer, Maya was back on the couch asleep and Carina just looked at her girlfriend who was passed out again. When the PAs came to come and get them, she looked at the schedule and Maya wasn't slotted for a little bit later so she kissed her cheek to leave the blonde to sleep more till they had to come and get her. 

Scenes between Ryan and Carina were this morning, reshoots of dialog that Johnny wasn't feeling at all. The boy placed his arm around the italian's shoulders as they were dressed and ready to go, listening to what the man was wanting them to change. Both nodding, understanding.

"Is it weird kissing me?" joking. 

"Oh you bet your ass...seeing as we both have two very cute girls were seeing.." Carina just laughed. 

Johnny called ACTION. 

Bryant ran his hands down Mia's arms, she was sitting in her office chair for the boy to lean down and kiss her neck and the brunette just sighed a bit. Pain written all over her face. This scene was just after Mia and Tyler slept together so the chemistry was off between Mia and Bryant, she could feel something changing inside of her; Tyler changed something inside of her. 

"What's wrong?" 

"Nothing..I just...not here, anyone could just walk in?" Saying looking over her shoulder to kiss Bryant quickly. 

"No no -- how about you kiss me properly before you go and now tell me this? It was never a problem before" he said to pull Mia into a actual kiss to have her pull away moments later. 

Tapping her pen on the desk Mia just kissed him once more to have Bryant stand up and rub the back of his neck, rounding the large desk, looking at his girlfriend. 

"Please tell me this has nothing to fucking do with her..because I thought you were over that shit, you're with me; I gave you stability. Isn't that what you were looking for here Mia? You fucked her -- and I let that go.." Bryant wasn't really angry but more or less frustrated. 

They had been going on so well since Mia explained to him what she was looking for in a partner. 

"I don't...know..." she had already told Tyler that it wouldn't work between them but now she couldn't get the blonde out of her head. 

"What...did you fucking fuck her again?" Asking with a raised voice. Mia didn't say anything. 

"N-no...not exactly.." Mia looked at her boyfriend and he just laughed loudly. 

"Are you SERIOUS! What did you do with her this fucking time?! Fall on her dick again?!" yelling. 

"Why don't you watch your tone before you get any farther in that" another voice rang out. 

Mia and Bryant looked over to see Tyler standing at the door opening to see her arms crossed over her chest. Carina's heart did a leap seeing her girlfriend standing there. 

"You shouldn't be fucking talking...you just wanted an in" Bryant sneered to walk towards Tyler who stood her ground. 

Blue hues going to Mia who she could see before going back to the tall boy in question who was angry as hell. 

"She didn't fall..she more like rode if we're talking technicalities.." Smirking as she was poking him hard now. "And god...she felt good too..I forgot how fucking good she was in bed" egging him on and Bryant just stalked towards her to have the blonde walking backwards. "Does she do that thing...you know when she's on top to just twist her hips just slightly? It makes her moan just oh so perfectly, or does your dick not get that deep inside of her?" taunting him. 

Bryant had no words, he was just getting fired up more to pull his hand back and take a swing at Tyler who just ducked fast to have the other fighter hit the metal pole of the ring to have him grabbing it tight in pain. Mia just looked at Tyler and then her boyfriend, running over she placed her hand on Bryant's back to have her just be shoved off. 

"Get the fuck away from me..." he snarled at Mia to stand up. 

"Me -- you, Danvers...pick a fucking day..we're fucking doing this; pick a fucking day" yelling to walk out of the gym with a rough shove of the doors. 

Mia just watched her boyfriend walk out, looking back over at Tyler who just stood there. 

"Did you have to do that?" 

"Yep. Cause I'm sick and tired of him acting like you're his property...and you damn well know us sleeping together meant so much more than you said..." walking towards the brunette. 

"Ty -- " 

"Mia, come on...this is right with us.." putting her hand out and Mia just reached out to have the blonde pull her into her body. 

Mia didn't say anything else, she just leaned down to kiss the blonde to almost make sure what she was feeling and thinking were true. Tyler didn't move, she just placed both of her hands on Mia's waist. After the short kiss, the blonde spoke up softly. 

"Pick a date..cause I can't do another day without you anymore, this is hard enough.." 

"You're fucking stupid Tyler Danvers.." Mia looked at her ex. 

"I'm just crazy about you, Mia" 

Johnny yelled CUT with a clap of his hands and started talking about how he like this reshoot better than what they originally got. Maya smiled softly to have Carina lean into her more, Ryan walked back in with a smile to the two girls. 

"I kissed your girl.." he said with a laugh. 

"I figured you were after her" joking with a smile, Carina just shook her head with a laugh. 

Maya didn't have a problem, she knew the characters were together so it's not like anything was going on outside, Ryan was falling hard for Andy, vise versa and knew the boy was a great guy. 

"How are you feeling, Bella?" asking to rub a little bit at her girlfriends chest a bit. 

"I'm okay, i'm sorry I was so tired.." 

"Oh no no..I told them to keep you asleep till you were needed" 

Maya smiled at her girl to kiss her cheek softly. 

"I appreciate it.." whispering to have the PAs call Maya over for a wardrobe change, having the blonde look over her shoulder at Carina with a smile. 

Carina tilted her head and it was the little moments like this which made the italian fall harder in love with Maya, she loved saying it to her; she didn't scare the blonde off all it did was make their connection stronger. 

Later that night, Maya walked out with some dark wash jeans, converse and just her sports bra on to look at Carina who was already dressed. 

"What...um...shirt should I wear?" asking, holding up at least a few different colors, which weren't too far off from one another. 

"Bambina.." Carina giggled which made the blonde blush. 

Getting off of the chair, she walked over to look at what her girlfriend was presenting her. Dark Blue, a black and then she had this brownish-tan, all long sleeve. Leaning in, Carina kissed Maya's lips to then grab her by the front of her jeans to drag her back into the bedroom. 

"I swear...I won't get tired of this" Maya just laughed with her legs following where her girlfriend was dragging her. 

Carina got into the drawers to look through what the blonde had. Of course there was a lot of UFC shirts, the italian might have stolen at least five so far. Knowing it was going to be hot and they were there as observers, so while Maya was trying to be formal, Carina was dressed comfortably. 

Pulling out a muscle tanktop, looking like Maya had quite literally cut the sleeves off herself with big letters off to the side that went up the length of the grey colored shirt in white lettering CALVIN. Throwing it at the blonde for her to catch it. 

"Babe...my bra is going to show?" 

"Okay, and I think you're going to look absolutely sexy in it..we're there as observers...this isn't professional Bella..he wants you to be comfortable, plus...after today...I want to see those arms of yours" smirking with a little teasing smile. 

Maya put the shirt on to just have Carina look over her with a bite of her bottom lip, her brown eyes taking in all of her blonde fighter right now. Nodding the blonde just walked over to pull her girl in for a crashing kiss. 

"Tell me?" whispering into her lips. 

"I love you" Carina kissed her again till the two were out the door, much to Maya's small anxiety of this new adventure. 

The whole arena was packed, fans of all of WWE were here to enjoy the show. You had shirts of different wrestlers on bodies, signs and honestly anyone you could think of that was a fan was here. Loads of YEET, and MAMI signs. Maya's hand tightened around Carina's gently as they were being escorted to their floor seats. Paul showed up a little bit later as he smiled seeing Maya and Carina sitting there in the crowd. 

"Maya Bishop! So glad you could be here..." he said with his hand out. 

Standing up, Maya shook his hand firmly to smile at him. 

"Of course, I wouldn't miss this -- this is my girlfriend Carina DeLuca.." formally introducing the brunette next to her. Girlfriend. 

"Ah! Yes, so glad to see you again dear" shaking and kissing Carina's cheek gently. 

"Maya I know you're here as an observer...but...can we humor myself for a little bit?" Paul smiled as Maya just looked down at Carina for back up, her girlfriend just nodded. 

"Uhm..sure..what did you have in mind?" 

"Mind if I take her from you?" Paul asked Carina and the italian waved her off. 

"Go for it.." Smiling. 

Maya kissed her girl before jumping over the barrier to walk with Paul to the back. Talking while they walked, Carina just watched the blonde being escorted off and couldn't help but to smile -- this is something she could see Maya doing for real if she liked it. Seeing how broken she was when they first met till now? There was a huge difference. 

"Rhea!" Paul boomed to have the black haired woman turn around with a smile. 

"Triple H -- what a surprise..." her Australian accent was thick much like Carina's Italian. 

Her signature black get up, leather it looked like, chains draped over and across the top half of the bra and around to the straps, the small hit of purple in places on the outfit, she had her vest on which had her name plastered on the back. Rhea's tattoos were bold, but so gorgeously her, nose rings, the slit in her eyebrow it just was almost too good to be true right now that Maya was meeting her. The woman was gorgeous, no wonder people called her Mami. 

"Is this who I think it is?" 

"Absolutely it is..Maya Bishop, Rhea Ripley -- " Triple H introduced the two who shook hands. 

"Demi, if you're really going to be in the company" Rhea laughed with shaking the blondes hand. 

"Rhea..you want to take Maya in the back and maybe we see what happens?" nodding like he already gave the Australian the heads up. 

"Oh, it would be my pleasure -- come on, we have a lot to talk about..." wrapping her arm around Maya's shoulders to pull her in. 

The program hit off with different matches, different segments. All the storylines were playing out perfectly. Currently, Rhea had no title to her anymore, she was fighting to get it back, having it out with IYO SKY in a tag team, and just recently got her hand in MONEY IN THE BANK fight. 

THIS IS MY BRUTALITYYYYYYY screamed over the speakers and all Carina did was hear the whole arena scream and yell as soon as Rhea made her appearance at the beginning of the walk way. 

"Maya should be here..." Carina sighed as she watched Rhea stomp along with her picking her body up slowly before walking her way down to the ring that was right in front of her. 

Not that Carina was upset that the blonde wasn't next to her but she wasn't exactly sure where she was escorted off to. Rhea got in the ring as she started her work with another girl, everything was so methodically planned out it was amazing at how everyone knew what they were doing with what moves. So much time was put into the whole show. 

It looked like Rhea was having trouble. 

"Uh oh....what's this?! Rhea is getting pinned...she's hitting like she needs out..." 

The announcers were really just watching this all go down. As if on time, the crowd started yelled and pointing to the main stage on where Rhea originally came out of, someone was running down the walk way to jump up and slide under the ropes into the ring to get up. Maya grabbed the girl by the waist that had Rhea and fell backwards till they both hit the floor. The redhead rolled out of the ring after that holding her back. 

Carina's eyes lit up seeing Maya standing in the ring just walking over to help Rhea up. 

"Holy shit, is that former UFC fighter Maya Bishop?! What is she doing here?!" the announcers said and the whole crowd just started chanting and yelling. 

Maya walked over to help Rhea up to have the Australian grab her hand and get up to just have the two of them look at one another with a smile. All Maya did was laugh a little bit to hear everyone yelling her name again, it felt good -- her eyes looked down to where Carina was standing and cheering for her. 

Carina always said she wanted to see Maya fight -- but maybe she could be watching her wrestle instead; something she also used to do per the medals she had. 

Tilting her head to the side the two looked at one another to have Carina mouth 'I love you' and it just made Maya just smile wider. 

Rhea placed her arm around the girls shoulders to pull her in. 

"I think this is a positive...." saying into her ear to grab the microphone from one of the sides of the ring after. 

"Maya Bishop...I would love to know what the hell you're doing here...not that...I'm not happy to see you but, this isn't exactly your game is it?" Rhea said with a warm tone. 

"Who's saying it's not? I think the whole arena kinda spoke for itself...and you know, you looked like you needed some help..." shrugging with a smile. 

Rhea squinted her eyes walking closer to the girl to have both of them staring at one another. 

"What are you thinking exactly..Bishop?" 

"I'm thinking what if I was to switch over into here...You know, shake up some things? What do you say?" Holding her hand out to Rhea. 

Carina had her hands up to her face with a smile watching her girlfriend in the spotlight, this was her own version of a chemistry read and the crowd was eating it up, Maya and Rhea just meshed so well already. The hearts in the italians eyes had her heart bursting in love, in joy for this exact reason. 

"I say you're on" Their hands met in a hardy handshake and the two of them just smiling at each other. 

"Well fuck...looks like we're going to be seeing Maya Bishop back on our screens and boy is this going to be good..." 

Getting out of the ring, the two walked up the ramp so the main event could start and all the two were doing was laughing and talking but they made sure they eluded that confidence that Rhea always did leaving a match. 

Once the whole show was done, Carina was brought back to meet back up with her girlfriend; the italian didn't just walk she ran over and thank god Maya saw her because she caught her with a laugh; taking a couple steps back to just hold the italian in her arms. 

Maya couldn't have done what she did if it wasn't for Carina. 

This was simply a test, and a very good test. 

While this wasn't a normal chemistry test, Maya needed to get the reaction of everyone since she would be crossing back over into the world, but as a wrestler and not so much of a fighter. 

Building her life back together one adventure at a time. Maya didn't once let Carina till she needed to put her down. 

"Holy...my Bella...my fighter" Carina said, crashing her lips against the blondes; letting Maya's heart beat heard in her chest hearing the italian speak so sweetly to her. 

"Your future wrestler.." Cheekily saying into her lips. 

"il mio amore, il mio combattente, il mio wrestler." (my love, my fighter, my wrestler) Carina said with a smile to make Maya blush. 

Maya had a long way till that fight -- she was ready to put in the work if this meant more of what she used to do. 

Notes:

enjoy!

all mistakes are mine!!

 

Demon In Your Dreams - Motionless In White

Chapter 30: Best Love Song

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NSFW

Wrapping her hand that was once around the brunette's neck to now over her mouth with her own face pushing into Carina's neck as the two of them rode their orgasms through with the blonde emptying herself into the condom she was snuggly wearing. Carina's eyes rolling to the back of her head with her hands grasping each other since they were placed above her head when they started their morning. 

There were a few 'please' and a 'don't mark me more than once' along with a few 'i love you's' from Carina along with some deep kisses and hard and soft moments between them while just waking up. Having the brunette leaving tonight had the two of them just wanting to take the morning before Maya's training with Rhea to have for themselves. 

“Do you have to go…” saying into Carina’s ear before kissing it gently and then over to her lips where she kissed her. 

“Si — I do, bambina..” humming into the kiss before she spoke again. “Come with me..it’s only a couple of days” 

“I have training today, your flight is right at the end of it..” looking down at her girlfriend who was running her fingers up and down the blondes arm gently.

“I know, I’m so very proud of you, not many people would take that jump..” wrapping her arms now around Maya’s shoulders. 

“You do know I have you to thank for this…all of this..I’m the happiest I’ve been since I met you” whispering the last part. 

Carina’s hand wrapped around the back of Maya’s neck to pull her down for another slow kiss. The Italian wouldn’t ever take credit, she would always credit Maya, all she did was show her the way out to get to where she should be. 

“Never thank me..it’s all you, completely..all…you…bambina…I can’t wait to see you in this next chapter” smiling up at her girlfriend. “Sono una fidanzata orgogliosa” (i am a proud girlfriend) 

Maya beamed when Carina said that, she’d never get tired of hearing the Italian say girlfriend. It made her heart flutter and spin. A completely new feeling, even when the actress said ‘I love you’ it made the fighter feel a sort of way, a big sort of way. 

“You get to see me fight? Wrestle?” Tilting her head a little bit as her body was still hovering over the brunette. 

“Mhmm I do..someone’s gonna be buying all your merch and it’s not gonna be me” smiling with a teasing tone. 

“I think I get that only if people like me…with whatever storyline they give me..” shrugging, trying not to get excited too much even if her insides were jumping up and down at the prospective of having merch again. 

“People…are going to love you” rubbing her hands, squeezing them over the blondes shoulders in a massaging way that made Maya hang her head.

“You think so?” 

“Mhmm I know so, I never told you, but when I went out to dinner with Matteo —“ 

“We’re naked and you’re talking about him??” Cutting her girlfriend off. 

All it took was one look from Carina to shut Maya up completely to give her the look of ‘sorry’. 

“When we met the girl at you know the front…she was so excited when I walked in, mentioned that she couldn’t wait to see the movie that ‘Maya Bishop’ is in with me —no one is going to love you more than me, got that….Bishop” pronunciating the p more to slide her hands down the blondes back to pull herself up. 

“Yeah…I got that, I got that…can you say it in another language though in case” smiling. 

“Nessuno ti amerà... più di quanto ti amo io, Maya... perché sono così innamorato di te” (No one will love you…more than I love you, Maya..because I’m so in love with you) her lips against Maya’s while talking. 

Maya leaned down to seal it with a kiss. 

“One more round till you need to go and train…” 

“How do you want me?” Maya bit the actresses bottom lip. 

“I love it when you ask me that…” smirking to turn herself onto her stomach to press her ass into her girlfriends hips. 

Maya bit her bottom lip feeling Carina’s ass press against her, her length then pushing into her the backside of the actress. Leaning down she started to press her lips against the Italians spine slowly till she was sitting up on her knees. Sitting down comfortably on the back of her heels she brought the Italian back like she was going to have her sit on her lap. 

“Condom..baby, please..” asking while her eyes were taking in backside, letting her hands trail over her curves. 

“Can you pull out?” Asking with a smirk to just press her ass to the blonde more. 

“Y-you want me to just pull out??”

“Mhmm..it’s going to be a long couple days and I want to feel you throbbing inside of me, Maya…” 

The brunette was rolling her ass against her girlfriends cock to get her hard again, and it was definitely working, Maya would press up each time that Carina would grind down. 

“Are you going to miss me?” 

“The second I leave that gym today, Bella I miss you all the time…dreading the time we have to be apart..” 

Blue eyes drank in her girlfriends body to just lean back and have the italian rub against her cock till she was begging for her to be inside of her or until she couldn't take it honestly. Breathing out slowly she let the girls dripping folds slide over her and when she was let up the blonde pushed her cock down to have it  angled perfectly for her girlfriend. 

"I'm going to miss you so much baby.." 

Carina rolled her hips down and immediately was met with the fighters bare length, slipping into her core with such ease it should embarrass her on how wet and ready she was for Maya, but it didn't. Sitting up more, she grabbed the italians hips to pull her flush to her hips so she could thrust into her in short bursts. The actresses walls fluttered around the hard cock, they'd fucked before without a condom but it was an accident -- this time was so much more appreciative on the way the girls length just slid right in. 

"You want to know something funny..." smirking. 

"Oh...cazzooo, Maya...now??" she asked mid moan to look back at her girlfriend. 

"Mhmm..fuck, right now.." her hands slipped down to grab at Carina's perfect ass with the italian pushing back onto her. 

"Wh-whats so funny....that it couldn't wait...till after you fucked me..." the eyeroll was so apparent in Carina's voice that it just made Maya just put her head back with a moan for a second. 

Not saying anything to just have Maya start thrusting harder, her dick slapped into her girlfriend harder, using all her muscles, knowing that Carina hated it when she couldn't see them but as for now she'd have to thank her for an orgasm instead of seeing her arms holding her. The blondes hand slipped up and under her girlfriends body to wrap her hand around one of her breasts. 

Squeezing it gently, she just pulled one of her legs up a little bit for a different angle while she fucked her. 

"Maya..." moaning to grasp at the pillow in front of her, pulling it to her since she couldn't say much else right now. 

The fighters second orgasm and the italians third were building quickly, the hard and fast thrusts didn't stop the build, if anything it was speeding it up. 

"Yeah...you feel so fucking good babe..." her thrusts becoming long and hard. 

Both hands had now traveled to hold both of Carina's perfect breasts in her hands, massaging them, pinching at the italians sensitive nubs to make her moan. Picking her pace up again, Maya somehow had pushed the brunettes body to the bed so she was now holding her arms by her shoulders to just drive her cock in and out of her slick core faster. 

A knock came to Maya's door for her to look over and she shook her head. Carina widened her legs so Maya could sink her cock deeper inside of her each time, making the Italian moan, strangled moans.

"BUSY!" She yelled to whoever was on the other side. Andy or Andrew she was guessing, it was the only reason why they were being quiet. 

The door opened anyways just a small crack for the blonde to look back and to see Andy covering her eyes while she didn't stop fucking Carina for a second. 

"Andy what the fuck...we're...busy.." breathing heavy. 

"Yeah! I can hear it! Where is the keys to your truck?" 

"What?! The fuck do you need my truck for?" 

Carina looked over to the door to see Andy just in the sliver of the door, her hand over her mouth to muffle her moans. The actress was a sight to see with how the fighter was taking no mercy on pounding her cock into the warm pussy. A sheen film of sweat was covering the couples bodies with how warm it was in the room along with how hard their bodies were reacting to each other. 

"I need to get some equipment from Station 23..It will just be an hour tops...maybe two..." 

Huffing she looked over to see her keys on her side table in her bedroom to hang her head a little bit. 

"I swear to god -- " 

"I've seen your dick Maya! WHERE ARE THE KEYS" 

"They're on my side table!" she yelled back at her best friend, trying not to moan with the Latina right there at the door.  "Fuck" she said under her breath at the feeling of Carina's wet core around her. 

The door opened to have Andy now shielding her eyes from the side as she was doing her best to not look at her best friend and her girlfriend. 

"Hi Carina..." Andy said with a small face to herself, at least trying to be nice and say hi to her. 

"H-hi...A--" she didn't get very far till she was moaning into her hand with Maya still going full force, closing her eyes like she was feeling it all over her body.  

"Please get out...for the love of everything good we're about to cum Andy.." Maya panted with a moan to look over at her best friend who was still looking for her keys and the blonde was cursing herself for what was about to happen. 

Feeling her girlfriends walls close in on her cock, it was like getting caught was something that even kickstarted things even more. Velvet walls were squeezing hard with the brunette pushing her ass up into Maya as she came hard against her, the fighter was trying to not cum inside of her girlfriend since she needed to pull out. 

"Fuck...fuck...fuck...Carina....Carina..." the girls walls weren't letting up on the vise grip they had around Maya's throbbing cock. 

"Just...fuck just do it..." Carina squeaked out as it's all it took for Maya to press her head into her girlfriends back, between her shoulder blades as she pushed all the way back inside of her to cum. 

Jerking her hips a bit forward to let it all fill the brunette, Maya moaned into her skin and the latina just stood there, stopping all motions from happening while the two of them were literally finishing while she was in there. Carina moaned with how warm it felt being filled of her girlfriend, her core throbbing with how hard the fighter was fucking her. Feeling each pound into her pelvic bone. The blondes legs shaking a bit with her hands still wrapped around the older italians arms tightly, breathing heavy, the both of them just looked over at Andy who now was taking her hand down to look at the girls. 

"I'm...soooo sorry...." the latina said with a small smile. 

Pulling her body up, Maya slipped out of the italian to reach over and grab her keys to shove them into Andy's hand while the best friends had mixed reactions to one another. The blonde got up to grab her boxers to pull them on quickly and grab her best friend by the arm and push her out of her room. 

"I'm sorry!! I NEEDED YOUR TRUCK!" the latina argued. 

"I'm fucking my girlfriend and you ask?! And now i'm topless yelling at you so GO?! HOUR...you have one fucking hour and I want my truck back..." Maya had let Andy go with the two walking through the apartment towards the front door. 

"WHOA?!?!! MAYA!" Andrew covered his eyes out in the kitchen as he saw the blonde barreling from her bedroom now topless and he just sat there with his elbows on the island with fingers pressed into his eyes. 

"You could have WAITED! and my spare KEYS ARE ON THE DOOR!" pointing for the latina to look over and take the spares gently to throw the fighters actual keys at her and leave the apartment quickly. 

Maya closed the door to grumble back to her room and Andrew finally let down his hands to see the topless blonde walk back into her room and shut her door. 

"This is why I know when the door is closed or if she says she's busy, to not just barge in...that's literally my sister...not..literally..but you know..." he said to himself with taking a bite of his food. 

Clicking her tongue against her teeth, the fighter looked at her bed where Carina was biting her bottom lip, now on her back with everything on display for her girlfriend, her legs were crossed gently like she was trying to keep what happened inside of her. 

One look at the brunette and the blonde softened to push her boxers down to crawl back onto the bed to melt between the actresses legs, pushing them open. Lips meeting the second they were face to face. Neither girl was ashamed of their body, Carina had been topless more than just in bed in her life and Maya knew that Andrew and Andy had seen her naked at least a dozen times but this was new for both. 

"Why was that kinda hot?" Carina giggled to the younger blonde. 

"Which part?!" laughing a bit. 

"Andy walking in and just having to hear us fuck..and then finishing when she was right there...the art of getting caught and still going..." whispering before she kissed the blondes lips hard with a soft moan. 

Maya couldn't help but to weirdly agree. 

"I wasn't going to let up...are you kidding me? I was too turned on.." 

"Sooooo hard...Bambina...and I didn't want you to stop..." smiling as she pushed Maya to the bed to start kissing her neck and down her body slowly. 

"Carina..." moaning softly. 

"My...hot...hot..hmmm very hot, girlfriend..." pressing kisses around the blondes stomach before she went down on Maya, taking what she wanted also. 

"Ohhhh...s-shit..." whimpering out to then pull a pillow over her face, letting Carina do whatever she wanted to her. 

An hour went by and the girls were now sitting at the island eating breakfast at ten, just waiting for Andy to get back with Maya's truck. The blonde looked over and smiled at her girlfriend to have the italian's hand bringing the fighter more into her body, her arm was wrapped around her shoulders to then have her palm land on Maya's cheek to bring her in to kiss her cheek. Andrew just laughed from the other side where he was typing away for one of his charts he was updating. 

Maya was such a mush for the brunette it was funny to see the drastic change the fighter had with April to Carina who Andrew felt was 'it' for his best friend. The italian kept whispering sweet nothings into the blondes ear while kissing her cheek. 

"Carina.." 

"Hmmm?" kissing her girlfriends cheek again. 

"Are you packed for when I pick you up from the gym later?" 

"Si -- tutto imballato e pronto" (all packed and ready) 

"How long are you leaving for again?" Like he was trying to prepare for nights of a wandering Maya. 

"Three days..." Maya chimed in with a small groan. 

Andrew looked up from his computer to watch the two of them for a moment, he just shook his head with a smile. Just as Carina was going to love on Maya some more the door to the apartment opened and the three looked over to see Andy standing there, her eyes going straight to the blonde and brunette duo. Handing the keys up on the hook by the door she just smiled. 

"Everything go okay?" Maya asked with Carina pulling her into her body more to just have the blonde to get comfortable with them still being on both of the chairs still, her hand going to the italian's leg. 

Andy's eyes washed over the two of them to just nod slowly. Andrew started to type a little bit but just looked at the three girls. 

"Uh, yeah..you know...23 just being dickheads..but thanks for the..truck..sorry about, you know.." Andy shrugged her shoulders a little bit. 

"What did you say to me earlier?" raising her eyebrow at her best friend. 

"Which part exactly..." Andy closed the door behind her to walk towards her friends. 

"Seeing my dick.." 

"Okay! I have! So like..it wasn't that crazy, but damn Bishop -- are you okay" looking to Carina now and Andrew looked over to his sister who just looked at him. 

"Perfetto" her arms were now fully around Maya's shoulders smiling at the latina. 

"What time is it?" Maya asked, almost like what happened earlier didn't phase the new couple. 

"Ten...fifteen.." Andrew chimed in to make the blonde get up slowly from her girlfriends arms to hold her hand out. 

Carina took the girls hand to get up from the chair. 

"I'm going to go get your bag...and we can go?" asking to her and the italian just nodded to kiss the blondes lips in a peck. 

Maya walked off to her bedroom to grab Carina's bag since she was leaving for a few days. Grabbing her duffle bag and her own backpack. Carina skipped over to her brother to kiss his cheek with a smile. Talking to him in italian for a little bit. 

"Prendersi cura di lei? È passato solo un giorno, ma le cose sono andate bene. Stiamo solo facendo attenzione" (take care of her? It's only been a day, but things have been good. we're just paying attention) 

Her hair fell off to the side talking to her little brother about Maya. Favorites had been toggled on, there's been more positive attention with her brief time in the ring last night than negative attention now. Carina still wanted to be cautious since she wasn't about to be home to make sure the blonde was seeing the good momentum. 

"Of course, we both will...we've done it for years.." He smiled to kiss his big sisters cheek. 

The blonde walked out from her bedroom with their stuff hanging off of her as she walked straight towards Andy who just looked at the blonde. 

"Everything's good Herrera..don't sweat what happened.." chuckling. 

"Okay good, I was nervous" Andy chuckled. 

"Just don't make it a habit...got it mami?" teasing the latina who just rolled her eyes. 

Carina walked over to just smile at Andy who just groaned at the two of them while they walked out, both Andrew and Andy wished Carina a safe flight. Getting to Maya's gym in no time, the blonde placed her hand on her girlfriends back while they walked to the front door where she unlocked it and opened it for the brunette. 

Settling inside, Maya changed, of course Carina watched to just tilt her head a little bit at her girlfriend. 

"Cup?" 

"Oh yeah, definitely..I think if all goes well that i'll probably go with boy shorts for my fit..." 

"You really need to not say 'IF'" A thick voice rang out as Rhea appeared at the door, no make up and just dressed in some sweat pants and a large oversize t-shirt. 

"Hey! Well I don't fucking know how shit is going to go down.." Maya laughed to walk over as the two hugged gently. 

Pulling out of the hug, Carina then stood up straighter with a smile on her lips, she loved this new journey for her girlfriend. The blonde held her hand out and the italian put her hand in hers to be pulled closer. 

"This is Carina, my girlfriend...Carina this is Rhea, Demi if your nasty" teasing to make the aussie laugh. 

Taking Carina's hand she shook it gently before hugging her like she did Maya. 

"Pleasure meeting you, please tell me she's not been saying IF this whole time since she left the match" smiling at the brunette. 

"Oh, IF is like her favorite word right now.." Carina joked to have the blonde put her head back, the italian wrapped her hand around the girls neck on the side to caress it with a laugh. 

"I'll tell you this, H really likes you, he checked you out early from what he told me..he's invested..he's been talking about you since before you were cut from the MMA so -- I say you already had a solid in." Rhea shrugged with a smile, watching the girlfriends with one another. 

"Seriously?" 

"Oh yeah, kept talking about this 'amazing boxer' and would always say to 'look at her feet'..I told him if he got you I wanted in..you got some moves Bishop..it's what we're going to be working on today" smiling still. 

Maya and Rhea went into the gym portion and just worked out to get their bodies warmed up, Carina watched from the side as both of the girls were competing with one another with how much weight they could do. Not surprisingly, they both lifted, benched and whatever else the two of them challenged was around the same. Biting her bottom lip, Carina watched her girlfriends arms and her stomach, anything she could watch while they worked out. 

"I think your girlfriend is loving the show" cocking her head up a bit to look over at the italian with a teasing smile at Maya. 

The blonde looked over to see the brunette attempting to 'read' her itinerary for the three days she was going to be gone. Rhea instantly flexed in the mirror with her arms out to the side and Maya mimiced with a wide smile on her face to just look over at her girl in the mirror, seeing the papers in front of Carina's face moving down a little bit with a small head tilt. 

"Good.." laughing a bit. 

"I'm going to go put some better clothes on and we can go over some moves?" Rhea asked and the blonde nodded, telling her where to go get changed. 

As Rhea walked off with her duffle bag the blonde then walked over to her girlfriend and picked her hand up and pulled her to her office to shut the door behind her. Maya placed the paperwork down to pull Carina in for a long kiss, the brunette's hands ran down the fighters arms, kissing her back. 

"Enjoy it so far?" teasing to just have the italian blush, pulling away from the kiss with a small laugh. 

"I can't help it..my Bella is just...too sexy" whispering to then kiss her again. 

Maya kissed Carina again to have them part so Maya could put some shorts on, the cup and then pull her muscle t-shirt off so she was in her sports bra. The italian groaned a bit just looking over the blonde slowly. 

"Do you need to stay in here while we do this?" teasing with the italian shaking her head immedately. 

"No. I'm watching...I'm curious.." 

"Curious about..." trying to draw it out of the actress. 

Carina just laughed with her eyes rolling, looking back at her girlfriend. The italian was the first one to open the door and to walk out with Maya following with a shake of her head and a smile. Getting into her ring she had in the back of the gym, the blonde was so used to sparring that this would be different, way different. Rhea a few minutes later came out and got into the ring to watch Maya a little bit. 

"H said you wrestled.." 

"High school, all four years...I won medals.." 

"That's the first step to our production, it's a mixture of moves, jumps...wrestling..everything is always rehersed, if you get hurt it's always a freak accident.." Rhea explained while the two looked at each other. 

"I'm sorry -- what do you mean getting hurt?" 

"Moves go wrong, the landing is off..freak accidents happen like any job, like any wrestling competition even..I had a big bruise from under my eye and around because I fractured my eye socket.." 

Carina sat up straighter to look over at Maya. 

"We just started dating..she's not used to seeing me injured if it happens..." Maya said in a small whisper to Rhea. 

"So -- the movie is coming to life with you potentially coming home with injuries?" Carina asked. 

This script now was almost bleeding into their real lives and while Carina wouldn't act like Mia, she would definitely be worrying about her a lot more each time she got in. When the italian would watch tapes of the MMA fights she knew Maya had blows to the head, abdomen and other places but she didn't have to see them in person, she just had to wince from behind a computer. 

"It's a potenial, yes..but we take safety very seriously, this is why we practice till it's perfect, it's why it won't be for a few weeks till Maya is actually in the ring..but yes, there can be injuries, I had a shoulder injury that I was out for a few weeks for...my husband messed up his ankle badly during a match.." Rhea tried to calm the actress down but all the brunette did was look at the blonde. 

"Baby it's the risk..I rolled my ankles way too many times in high school.." 

"I know it is, and I guess..I should have known -- " 

"You're just worried" 

"Always, Bambina" 

The girlfriends talked sweetly from the ring to the floor and Rhea just smiled listening to the two of them. Seemed like Maya was more like she was doing everything possible to sooth her girlfriends worries along with validating her concerns where Carina was understanding where Maya was coming from with this new job, realizing that this is a very real thing and while things happen she should still enjoy the shows when Maya gets in. 

It wasn't long till Rhea was asking Maya what she knew for wrestling, what holds, what stances and they both went from there. Every once in a while the blonde would hit the bottom of the ring and the italian would wince with how hard it sounded but the blonde would get up no problem with Rhea pulling her up. Rhea got up on the pole to wrap her legs around the blondes neck to demonstrate one of her signature moves. 

The two laughed a little bit while Maya was placing her hands on the girls legs and the aussie just snapped her legs back to create the pressure, the blonde tapped her leg a little bit after it was applied to just have the dark haired girl just let her go and jump down. 

At about eight, Andrew walked into the gym to look at the ring, his best friend and the australian were still going over some moves, working on holds and really just working out what moves she could adopt from the aussie that she didn't use any longer. 

"You ready sis?" 

Carina looked up to nod gently, the more the italian watched the better she was, seeing how everything was going down and mapped out made her heart hurt a little less. Getting up, Maya looked over to see Andrew now here. 

"Give me a second?" Asking Rhea and the girl just nodded to watch the blonde attempt to get out of the ring. 

The italian was the first to actually pull herself up onto the ring and match the blondes height and smile. 

"You have to leave?" 

"Si -- you know..I'm already cutting it close.." Carina stayed as long as possible till she knew she was pushing it as far as being at the airport. 

"I'm gonna miss you, call me when you land?" whispers. 

"I'm going to miss you so much more..of course my love.." whispering back with a smile. 

Blue hues met brown as the blonde was the first to lean in to kiss her girlfriend, the brunette cupped the back of her neck to keep her there for a moment longer. Parting from the kiss all Carina did was smile. 

"I love you, I'm so proud of you..." kissing her once more till she pulled away to get down from the ring. "Nice meeting you Rhea, I'm positive I'll see you soon" 

"Very nice meeting you too, Carina.." smiling as she waved to the boy who was also here. 

Carina kissed her hands a few times before blowing them out to Maya who just hung on the ropes. Rhea noticed that Maya didn't say 'i love you' back. Watching her girlfriend and best friend leave the gym, the blonde moved over to the edge of the ring, even watching Andrew back out and take off with her girlfriend to just let out a small huff. 

"First time being apart?" 

"Second..actually..first time didn't go well" laughing. 

"No? Why is that?" 

"I have trouble sleeping..she helps me sleep...among so much else but, if I'm not in bed i'm usually here.." 

"Makes a lot of sense.." Rhea smiled. "I remember being away from Buddy for the first time, you do know this job is going to take you all over and away from her right?" 

"I know, she's an actress so I was eventually going to lose her to go back to Los Angeles for filming sooner or later -- we might as well be practicing now" shrugging lightly, no matter how much she hated it. 

The two went back to practicing, trying to keep Maya's mind occupied off of Carina leaving, knowing that she'd be running into April tomorrow made her nervous for the italian. Andrew dropped Carina off with a kiss to her cheek. 

"You call me if you need anything, I'll fly here with Maya and we will kick some Kepner ass if we have too.." 

"Ragazzo sciocco. I will be fine, just take care of Maya for me? I worry..three days is the first for us.." (silly boy)

"I got her, I promise" 

Carina walked in with her luggage, going through the motions of the airport to just sit at her gate. It was thirty minutes till they boarded. Back at the gym, the girls were ending their session, getting out of the ring. 

"I can't help but to notice..or well hear.." Rhea started. 

"Hmmm?" 

"You didn't say I love you back to your girlfriend? Do you not?" 

"It's a complicated situation.." Maya trailed off to just take a sip of her water. 

"What's the complication? That girl is clearly head over heels in love with you..what's the hold up Bishop? Do you not see yourself with her?" 

"God, I see myself with her forever..I just, I've been working through my feelings because growing up I was really..not good at all of it, and so I guess I'm just I don't know? Confused but not?" Maya started to talk with her hands like Carina was here. 

I know what this is. I want to believe I know.

"Confused on what? Love...tell me about the first time she walked into your life.." 

Maya just laughed, looking at Rhea as the two hit the showers after working out for a while. 

"It was in a bar, she'd been getting a hold of me since she's my best friends sister..wanted to talk to me..um, I was floored with how gorgeous she was, is.." rubbing her hands over her face under the water with Rhea in the next stall. 

"Damn right, that girl is stunningly gorgeous" Rhea spoke loudly. 

"I was tripping all over my words the next day here but she spent the night and we started to joke around, I had a girlfriend at the time but I don't know, it was just easy with her, like...really...fucking easy..kissing her cheek, holding her" 

"You held her in your arms and didn't drop your current girlfriend" 

"It was supposed to be funny and playful!" laughing to shut the water off and wrapped a towel around her body to get out to change into her street clothes again. 

Rhea had been done a few minutes prior. The blonde just brushed out her hair. 

"Then what happened..." 

"I accepted the movie, we had a party...we got...close..I was attracted to her, even when I shouldn't have been but I couldn't help it; she calms me, she listens to me, lets me talk...she's interested in what I have to say..Carina is amazing, Rhea..it's like my body found like, a puzzle piece and it's like I can relax? I just melt into her...you know that feeling where it's like you get with your partner and it's just that unexplainable happiness? You get excited to see them, you think about them all the time...theres that ache in your chest but it's soooo good.." tilting her head a bit for Rhea to just laugh a bit. 

"Maya..your body found a puzzle piece..you can relax, you two are like magnetic forces..you're telling me that's not love? Unexplainable happiness? You see forever with her...an ache in your chest" raising her eyebrow. 

Maya stood there to think it over. She knew what this was, she knew. 

"I.." 

Rhea smiled widely at the blonde. It was like it took someone from the outside to make Maya really think about it even more. LOVE. 

"Love is supposed to feel like all that, Buddy is my best friend..I can't imagine my life without him, he makes me better..I can be myself with him, I don't feel like I'm married. It's just like going home every day to your most favorite person.." 

"Shit -- shit...fuck..fuck.." Maya looked over, Andy walked in seeing the two girls standing there. 

"Whoa, did you break Bishop?" Andy laughed and looked at her best friend. 

"What, what time is it?" asking to rush over to Andy's watch seeing the time. Carina left in fifteen minutes, she boarded at least. "I...I gotta go...fuck I gotta go.." 

"Wheres the fire?" Andy asked concerned. 

"I think someone just realized that she's" mouthing, 'IN LOVE' to the brunette. 

"OH..SHIT...Maya, you need to go...I'll close up.." the latina said to just have Maya scrambling. 

"Rhea! I um.." 

"Maya! Go..go get your girlfriend..i'll text you when we can get together next.." smiling with a thumbs up to just have the blonde running out and grabbing her backpack and keys to run out. 

The girls watched just as Maya shove herself into her truck and taking off quickly. Andy walked over to hold her hand out and Rhea just shook the fire Captains slowly. 

"Andy Herrera, best friend..." 

"Rhea Ripley..new co-worker" laughing to just have the two of them standing there with a shake of their heads. 

Maya wasn't sure what was going on, but her mind was on Carina. She needed to get to Carina fast. Parking her truck she hopped out and ran inside but her insides felt like they were running the fastest marathon. Getting to the front desk she asked for the same flight as the italian, knowing that she wouldn't be able to get to her without something. Paying quickly, she was thanking that the whole airport was quiet almost so getting through security was easy. 

Hand grasped at her backpack to fling it on. A voice came over the loud speaker. 

NOW BOARDING FLIGHT 1921 TO LOS ANGELES AT GATE A4. NOW BOARDING FLIGHT 1921 TO LOS ANGELES AT GATE A4.

Running now, the blonde knew from what Carina was saying that the flight wasn't full, so boarding would be quick. The brunette stood in line to have her boarding pass in hand, bag in the other with six people in front of her. 

I love her. I LOVE her. I LOVE CARINA. I need to tell her, I need to tell her now. 

Scooting by a few people she said sorry while still running, getting to the gate number and she saw the brunette just a couple people in front of her. 

"CARINA!" Maya yelled. "CARINA!" 

Carina stopped walking to look around, her name was clearly being called. Turning her head again to the other side she saw Maya running straight to the gate, getting out of line she walked over to just have the blonde drop her bag and pull her in for a deep passionate kiss, one that took Carina's breath away. Pulling her lips back after a few moments, the italian just put her hands on her girlfriends cheeks gently. 

"What are you doing here?! Why did you run? Are you okay Bambina?" the worry setting in. 

"I didn't....I didn't want you to leave just yet before ...." the blonde out of breath to just take in a few deep breaths with a small laugh which caused the brunette to laugh. 

"Before what...oh my god, Maya please breathe, Bella.." laughing a bit to have the blonde grab at her hand and pull it to her chest. 

"I'm...I'm chasing you..Carina.." 

Smiling wide to feel her heart rate being spiked and that look of those blue eyes made Carina melt for the blonde right now. 

"I know you do, I love it when you do..why didn't you want me to leave yet?" 

Catching her breath, the blonde pulled her girlfriend in flush to her body, looking into the brown eyes and then just smiled more, it was starting to hurt. 

"Cause...I wanted to tell you, that....I love you, Carina..I love you..." 

"W-what..." Carina's hands rest right on Maya's shoulders, she wasn't expecting that right now, nor the blonde running through the airport. 

"I love you, Carina DeLuca..and I'm sorry it took this long for me to say it..and..I think I always knew but I guess since I didn't just, I don't fucking know actually but I love you, I know that much...and if that's the only thing I know right now that's okay with me" smiling to have Carina lean in and kiss her lips. 

"I love you, Maya Bishop.." 

"So much, and I'm coming with you...I have a ticket..well I had to get it to get me back here to tell you that I love you -- care to have me with you?" 

"I want nothing more than to have you with me" 

"Ladies....you're the last two.. " the airline stewardess said to the two of them as Maya picked up her bag and then grabbed Carina's hand to walk them to her so they could have their passes scanned. 

"I have to text Andrew quickly about me leaving...my truck is still here..." 

Getting to their seats, Carina took the window seat, watching her girlfriend put their bags up overhead to then drop in beside her. Pushing the middle piece up, she placed her arm around the italian's shoulders, Carina leaned in, feeling Maya's lips on her cheek. 

Turning her head, Maya rubbed her nose against the brunettes gently, her hand came up to caress the actresses jawline soothingly like she was now taking her in all over again. Carina felt how soft Maya was being, the blonde bit her bottom little bit to lean down and kiss her lips slowly. 

"Ti amo" Maya whispered. 

"Ti amo, Bambina.." 

The plane took off with the couple snuggled together for the three hour flight. Maya's heart felt full, safe, loved and she didn't want to be anywhere else. 

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Best Love Song - T-Pain FT. Chris Brown

Chapter 31: Chain My Heart

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⚠️ NSFW

The flight was easy, they pretty much slept the entire ride down to LA. Grabbing both their bags, Maya let her Carina get off before her, a smile on her face the entire time, even when she was tired from just waking up. When they got out of the tunnel, the italian turned around to wrap her arms around the blondes neck to kiss her. 

“I love you” smiling against the blondes lips. 

“I love you” pulling the brunette in closer with the bags still in her hands, her walking was slower, more meticulous. “Have you been wanting to do this since we got off the plane” smiling. 

“Maybe…I wanted to look into those oceans I love, and say it…and have you say it back to me” whispering into her lips till she kissed her again. 

Smiling wide, she really was the happiest, it was so unexplainable and so undeniable to her now. How couldn’t she have seen it before? Clouded with doubt, that she could love; love someone as beautiful as Carina inside and out, someone who's shown her she's more than she ever thought she was. 

“You do know that since you’re now here with me…” trailing off while they walked slowly, Carina still attached to Maya. 

“Oh I know — I also knew that too when I ran to the airport to tell you that I love you, I knew what getting on the plane meant and I can't wait to see my baby work a little like you've done with me.." The bags hung by Maya's side while they just talked. 

"I need to get you a badge so you can come in with me" Carina finally pulled away from the fighter to walk beside her, taking her bag so they could hold hands. 

Walking through the airport, they got to where a car service was holding up a sign that said CARINA DELUCA and the italian smiled at the man, waving to him a little bit. It was the same man as before which was nice. The girls followed the man to his car, the brunette introducing Maya as her girlfriend as the driver opened up the door for the both of them. 

"I'm going to take you to your hotel, then i'll be picking you back up at around eleven...is that okay Ms. DeLuca?" 

"Of course, grazie.." smiling to the man who just nodded his head and drove them off. 

"Ms. DeLuca.." Maya leaned over with a smile on her lips whispering it into her girlfriends ear. 

"It's being polite...Ms. Bishop..." smiling to kiss the blondes cheek gently. 

Getting to the hotel, the couple walked in, checking in and Carina said she had a guest for the time she was going to be here which they happily accepted and put Maya's name also on the room keys. 

Being so early in the morning there weren't so many people here, so it was easy to get up to their room and just pass out with one another. Putting their bags down, Maya just stripped to her bra and boxers, letting Carina just watch this and the blonde just laughed a bit. 

"What..." Walking over to the brunette. 

"Nothing, you're just gorgeous Bambina..” wrapping her hands around the back of the future wrestlers thighs. 

“This reminds me of the night I kissed you for the first time..” her hand came up under the Italians chin to lift her head a little more. 

“Mmhmmm — where I asked if you needed help…” 

“You want to know why I said no..” whispering.

Carina nodded with her fingers moving up into the blondes boxers. Maya caressed the Italians cheek slowly, her heart was beating out of her chest but also all over the place; looking at Carina, all she felt is love. 

“Tell me” 

“I didn’t want you to be some sort of ‘second’ because you deserve to be the only one that I cater to — you weren’t some side piece to me, I wanted you to be the only piece” 

Carina pulled on the blondes thighs to make her sit down on the brunettes lap. Maya crashed her lips into her girlfriends, if this is what love feels like, the blonde didn’t want to stop loving the actress, she wanted to keep falling. Hands grabbing at Carina’s shirt to pull it off of her body. 

They giggled to just pull each others clothes off, Carina started to move back on the bed and Maya just followed to kiss her one last time. The brunette gently yawned into the kiss making the blonde laugh a bit. 

“Sleep, you have a big day tomorrow…” 

“Says the girl who made her debut on the WWE the other day and started training with the Rhea Ripley — “ pulling Maya onto her body, which the blonde just melted into the brunette. 

“I have to start thinking of names…they might not want me using my actual name...” Maya said up to the brunette. 

“Do you get a song too like Rhea?” 

“Mhmmm…Rhea and I were going over some..” Maya mused to her girlfriend with her hand gently moving over her stomach gently. 

“Any contenders?” Yawning again. 

“Yeah…..I'll...show you in the morning” yawning back to push her hand up into the brunettes bra, falling asleep with the Italian falling behind her. 

Waking up to a phone ringing, Carina scrunched her eyebrows at the loud ringing, Maya too was also cracking an eye open to get up a little bit so her girlfriend didn't need to. Sitting up on her arms, the fighter reached over and answered the phone on the side table with a sleepy voice. 

"Hello?" 

"Hi yes, this is a wake up call for Ms. DeLuca" the person on the other side said to her. 

"Thank you, thank you..." saying to then hang up the phone on the receiver. 

"Who was it.." stretching hard, the blonde looked down at the brunette who's body arched a bit, running her fingers over her body gently. 

"Wake up call...come on baby.." 

"Mhmm ten more minutes Bambina..." turning over to her side making the blonde smile a bit. 

Her hand started to run up and down the brunette's side gently, laying down to lean in and kiss her shoulder gently. Running down to then unclip the italian's bra, the actress hummed gently to let Maya take the offending material off of her body. Leaning in again to press her lips to her shoulder, her hand wrapped around Carina's breast gently making her breathe out gently. 

"Bambina..." turning her head to look back at her girlfriend. 

Licking her lips gently, the blonde leaned over and kissed her lips while her hand moved down to push at the panties, and then at her boxers to get them off. Carina's hand went back to cup the back of the fighters head to kiss her the best she can with the angle the two of them were in. Running her hand up the middle of the italian gently she wrapped her hand around the underside of her breast, massaging gently, making Carina whimper a bit. 

Running her hand back down gently, Maya let her fingers dip into every curve, every smooth place of her girlfriend till she dipped between her legs, cupping her mound gently. Carina's hand scratched into the blondes hair to try and kiss her harder. 

Pulling her leg up and over the blondes thigh a bit, Maya thrusted gently so her cock slid between the girls thighs. Carina's hand other hand slipped down to keep the hard morning wood against her core, her wetness coating the bare cock already. 

"I need...to get a condom..." Maya breathed out while kissing her girlfriend harder. 

"C-can you pull out..." whispering to just see Maya shaking her head. 

"Remember last time...you wouldn't let me.." 

A hum along with a smile spread over the italian's lips, knowing that was completely true. 

“You really want to leave now..when I’m ready for you…” Carina’s accent showed more and it made Maya weak. 

Thrusting her hips harder, Carina kept her hand were it was, having the long hard length slip back and forth between her forth. Maya’s hand ran down her girlfriends side, then back up to cup her breast again, running the tip of middle finger over the perfect nipple. She was addictive in all the right senses. 

“N-no…” 

“So just pull out…basta tirare fuori..” biting her bottom lip looking sultry into Maya’s blue eyes.

Angling her next thrust she slipped herself inside of Carina, making the Italians mouth drop, along with a long moan. 

“O-oh…fuck…t-tell me, Bambina…” moaning, with feeling Maya’s hand come up to wrap around her neck. 

Carinas hand wrapped over her girlfriends forearm, the thrusts became faster, deeper with each thrust along with the blonde gently squeezing around the points on her neck, 

“I love you, I love you so much Carina…” breathing into her ear. 

Closing her eyes, Carina just tightened Maya’s hold on her neck, her other hand grabbing it and placing it on her hip, a clear indication for Maya to just ‘fuck her’. Holding onto the Italians hip tight she started to pound her cock into her from behind, making both of them vocal for each other. Maya’s heart felt like it was bursting, as was Carina’s while they drank each others sounds in. 

From moans, to their bodies slapping together; it was beautiful music to the both of them. 

“I love you..” Carina moaned to just hear Maya say it to her. 

"Ti amo tanto” maya cried out for her to bring her body back so she was laying down, Carina on top of her but facing away. 

Carina moved her legs on either side of the fighters thighs, Maya managed to move her arms off of her neck and just hold onto the Italians hips, thrusting her hips up into her. Titling her head back, the brown hair cascaded downwards to hit the blondes chest. Ringed hands wrapped perfectly around the fighters wrists. 

“Oh fuck, right there…Maya…oh bambina..” Carina cried while her mouth dropped open again at this new angle. 

“Too bad no one can walk in on us…you’re a sight to see, ohfuck..” moaning, her cock throbbing each time it entered the brunettes core. 

Having her bare cock wrapped in velvet each time she sunk in made the blonde want this more and more, the more Carina allowed it, the worse it was going to be for her to have to pull out. 

“Cazzo..don’t say that…Bella…” whining with her head back. 

“Why not? You were a moaning mess, taking my cock while Andy walked right in, letting her hear you moan for me…” 

“Please — I hate how hot it was...” there it was. 

“Hate what baby..” getting more, while thrusting up harder into the brunette, making her gasp. “Really? Here I thought you liked it…” 

“Bambina…I’m — “ gasping at the rough pounding of Maya’s cock, she knew she wasn’t going to last long with this talk. 

“She watched me cum inside of you…so..” thrust. “Fucking” harder thrust. “Deep” moaning at the thought. 

Nodding quickly, Carina grabbed onto Maya while she locked her legs a certain way so the thick cock was all the way inside of her; her walls squeezing tight. 

“Hearing you cum all ….over….me — oh-fuck….” Maya felt locked in as the walls around her were spazaming around her length. “Carina — “ she tried. 

She really did as the Italians orgasm rushed through her body, Maya was trying to pull out but she couldn’t with the way Carina had her body locked down — making the blonde cum hard inside of her again. Squeezing her waist tighter, her hips jerked up to empty inside of her girlfriend who was already a moaning mess. 

The loud moans subsided gently, Carina fell back onto Maya to lay against her; legs becoming untangled and falling to either side of the fighters body. A silent but humming giggle came from the Italian while they breathed heavy. 

“You’re such an asshole..” Maya just laughed go make Carina laugh harder. 

Carina shook her head to look over at the blonde, pulling her face over to kiss her lips. Maya got sucked in, humming against her lips, she felt her cock slip out of the Italian. 

“Why am I an asshole” laughing, turning her body so their breasts pressed together. “I should be calling you that..talking about Andy walking in on us…” whispering. 

“Cause you told me to pull out and I couldn’t…but I love you..so —“ that alone make Carina just cheese hard. 

Looking over at the clock, the brunette groaned, placing her head on her girlfriends shoulder. Picking up her phone she saw the driver reminder for a half an hour pick up. 

“Is this a race to shower and get dressed now..” Maya joked with feeling the brunette get off of her. 

“Si — it is…come..dai, dobbiamo andare” (come on, we have to go) holding her hand out for the blonde to take. 

Showering together, which was now a gamble; stolen kisses, Maya pressed against the wall with Carina’s hands all over her. The young blonde just melted; she belonged with the brunette, each day they were together it was more apparent that love was literally what her feeling meant. Running out of her gym last night was the best thing she could have ever done. 

Getting dressed with only five minutes to spare, the couple walked down to the lobby just grabbing a quick breakfast. Carina was barefaced, dressed in a pair of Maya’s dark grey sweat pants and a dark grey and red UFC shirt. Maya adorned almost the same thing, though instead of a UFC shirt she sported a new black WWE shirt she got the night of the show. 

Carina made sure the blondes boxers showed at the top of her sweats, just how she liked to see the blonde, relaxed. Cups of coffee in their hands, Maya had a buttered bagel in the other and her Italian girlfriends fruit cup in the same hand. 

The car ride was smooth, Maya was there to just honestly keep Carina company, and carry her bag around which she didn’t mind. Throwing her blonde hair up into a high messy bun, Carina ran her hand over the back of her neck when they both went to walk into the set that the brunette would be on. 

Chemistry reads and just a simple walk through of the new season were beginning today. Carina grabbed her badge and Maya's (that had her name on it) to clip it to them. Slipping her hand into the Italians, the blonde walked around with the crossbody bag at her waist. 

“Carina! Maya!” A voice was heard to see Amelia walking over excited to see them. 

Both brunettes hugged then the youngest Shepherd hugged the blonde next, Maya hugged her with one arm since her hand was still in her girlfriends. 

“Hi Amelia, it’s good to see you..” Maya said with a smile. 

“You as well ms new WWE fighter…damn..Carina has herself a wrestler..” Amelia just harmlessly flirted. 

“I do, I’m so proud of my fighter…” pulling Maya closer to place a kiss on her lips. 

“It’s still in the beginning stages..” Maya tried to play it off. 

“Oh come on that whole stadium was yelling your name..Maya..Maya…Maya…tell me that didn’t feel great?!” Walking with the pair to where Carina needed to be, nudging the blonde playfully. 

“Okay it felt great, it’s just so new —“ 

“Bambina, Amore mio..it’s new, and you should be excited..I am, we all are…feed into it, we’re wrapping on the movie, then you have this you’re training for..it’s all new but it’s all so well deserved” kissing her again to just have the blonde walk behind her into the room for the wardrobe this upcoming season.

Sitting down on the couch, that was in there Carina took her seat as did Amelia right next to one another. They were all talking for a bit till the door opened and April walked in, looking down she saw her ex girlfriend. 

“Maya…I didn’t know you were going to be here…” 

“I am, I’m here accompanying my girlfriend..” staying stern with her ex. 

April looked over to see Carina turn around and look at Maya and then back at her. 

“So you two were seeing one another..” squinting her eyes to make Maya stand up. 

“Maybe we shouldn’t be talking about that while you’re pregnant…” looking down at the small baby bump that sat there on the redheads stomach. “How’s Jackson…” 

“And Carina is going to be kissing someone else…on TV…this is just the start all over again…” whispering to the blonde with a smirk. 

Maya just stood there trying to not let the redheads words effect her, Carina was nothing like April; right? Blue eyes going to the Italian, seeing her squint her eyes a bit at what could have possibly been said. Shaking her head, Maya told her to basically leave it. Walking over, Carina pulled the blonde over to kiss her lips. 

April just rolled her eyes but she also was annoyed with it completely, she saw Maya on TV the other day and it just pissed her right off. Kissing the Italians lips and then her cheek again till she sat down when the wardrobe came in to start fitting the three girls. 

“What do you think, Maya?” April asked while she was trying to get the blondes attention but it was clearly on Carina. 

Carina had come out with an outfit on also, the blonde was looking the Italian up and down slowly while she was going over the measurements. Hearing the redheads voice, the brunette looked over to see Maya just staring at her. 

“Maya” April huffed a bit. 

“Yeah…” smiling at Carina while answering her ex. 

Smiling back at the fighter, Amelia watched, getting a kick out of what was going on. 

“Does this look good?” April walked closer to the blonde. 

Maya finally looked over and shrugged a bit. 

“It looks good..” April tried to look cute but the blue eyes just paid attention to Carina and Amelia who was now in a outfit. 

“Bambina..what do we think” both girls turned around to show it off and it just had Maya nodding. 

“Perfection honestly..” biting her bottom lip to make Carina blush a little bit, her hand motion was one of ‘go away’ playfully which just made Maya laugh. 

“And me…” Amelia said with a smile. 

“Oh yes, I do love that a lot…” smiling back at the brunette who nodded. 

Carina walked to go change again and the blonde was on her phone looking over some emails that came through, all for the WWE. A couple texts from Rhea when she'd be available next and then she had mentioned that Maya could come to the performance center in Seattle that her and Liv Morgan could both go over different moves to see which would fit the blonde the best. 

"Babe..." Maya said gently to Carina who was coming out in another outfit. 

April rolled her eyes at the two of them but she watched as Carina was super attentive to her ex. Watching the two of them interact, Maya had gotten up to walk over to tilt her head at the older italian with a smile, showing her the phone. 

"Tell her we will be back in two days...and then if you want I can go with you, I don't think we do anything else but voice overs or any sort of reshoots till next week" 

"Yeah?? You'd go with me?" the blonde said and Carina just nodded with a big smile herself. 

"Of course I would, I want to watch my girl.." leaning in to kiss her lips. 

Maya kissed her back before going and sitting down to make plans with the two girls on her phone. The blonde sat there for the rest of the fitting, saying yes or no to both Carina and Amelia, with no knowledge of the show these outfits were just when the two weren't in the 'hospital'. 

"So...you have to do a chemistry read today?" Maya piped up as they left the room with all the garmets, her hand slipping into the italians to just see her nod. 

"Mhmm -- since I'm a series regular now, they want to see if Stefania can have some start of a love interest.." squeezing the blondes hand in a reassurance. 

"I really need to watch this show..." the blonde laughed a bit. 

"Well, actually good thing...because they're going to see what Carina and I have, soooo at least I won't steal your girl.." Amelia just teased and all Maya could do was breathe easy. 

Amelia was nice, she had always gotten along with her so the fact if they had put the two of them together there was no threat there -- maybe she could breathe easier seeing her girlfriend kissing someone else, also effectively pushing April's little comment out of her head. 

"Thank god.." laughing to just have the three of them. 

"We should totally try and get you on the show, since you're an actress now...maybe you can be a hot firefighter with those arms of yours.." Amelia thought and Carina just looked over at her girlfriend with interest in her eyes. 

"I mean...she's not wrong, Bambina.." 

"These arms are meant for wrestling, and pinning my girlfriend down.." joking but with a hint of a smirk from the blonde. 

"Ohhh no no no -- don't you start that..." Carina pulled her hand away to point at the fighter. 

"What! It's so true..." laughing with the italian pushing the blonde into the doorway so she didn't talk anymore. 

The rest of the day was spent in a large room to do a run through of the first episode that they'd all be doing together. Maya watched Carina in awe, she knew she was a fantastic actress, but she only saw what she did when they filmed. Seeing her girlfriend in the action of the show she was contracted and loved -- that brought her to the states in the first place had the blonde falling in love with her more. 

"You still need to show me those songs that you and Rhea were going over...you promised me..." 

"I totally didn't promise you" Maya said back with another laugh as they got back to the hotel room after the long day of Carina's first of three. 

"Bambinnaaaaa....please...I show me what my girl is going to maybe be walking out to.." whispering to kiss Maya hard, taking the blondes breath away. 

"You just want me to flex -- but....today and this three days are about you...my sexy, hot, gorgeous, italian....girlfriend...and how amazing it was to watch her in action today" wrapping her hand around the back of Carina's neck to pull her in for another kiss. 

"Oh stop.." Making Carina blush. 

"I'm serious...I know we're in a movie together, but...baby, you were meant for this..acting, you're flawless..I love seeing this side of you outside of the movie" smiling softly to just have Carina tilt her head with a smile. 

"I love you..." Carina said while walking with Maya more into their room. 

"I love you" Maya smiled hard to pull the brunette on the bed to make Carina go down with a small yelp and a laugh. 

"I'm so happy you came with me..." 

"You mean you're so happy I ran my ass through that airport at full speed.." teasing with a smile to just have Carina half on top of the blonde, running her fingers gently over her jawline. 

Carina started to kiss all over the fighters cheek, her lips then over to her other cheek. 

"No, I mean I'm so happy you came with me..." whispering. "I love being with you, and showing you this life like you're taking me with you on yours..." leaning her head a bit.

Maya wrapped her hand over the brunette's hand that was tracing over her jawline, to turn her head to place a kiss on her palm.

"I've never felt like more of a perfect place than being right here with you, my love.."  

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Chain My Heart - Topic & Bebe Rexha

Chapter 32: Love Like This

Notes:

⚠️NSFW⚠️

Walking in early to set, Maya dressed in sweatpants and a WWE shirt, with her converse adorning her feet was on facetime with Rhea, her hand propped up with the phone in hand and then her other one was clasped in Carina's while they were talking, the italian was dressed in Maya's clothes because it was another day of wardrobe fittings. 

"Where's your girl...I want to see her" Rhea said with a laugh for Maya to turn the phone to show her girlfriend off. 

"Ciao, Rhea..." Carina smiled widely with picking her other hand up to wave at the aussie. 

"I take it Maya said those three words to you...because if she didn't, I might have to riptide her ass when I see her next" Rhea looked at Maya who just shook her head with a smile. 

"I told her, calm down..." laughing to hear Carina's name being called. 

"I gotta go but, stay here and talk with Rhea..I love you" smiling cheekily to kiss the blonde gently. 

"I love you too...go wardrobe it up.." kissing her back to part ways from her girl. 

Maya watched as Carina walked away, the phone still panned to the blonde as Rhea just smiled widely watching the fighters gaze just get softer, and softer. 

"Someones stupid in love...Bishop, come back Bishop" snapping her fingers for Maya to just put her middle finger up as a joke. 

"Fuck off -- I sent you those two songs..what do you think..." going to sit down at one of the tables in the warehouse to prop her phone up on a water bottle. 

"I did, I think they're great, I like one more than the other..have you been thinking of any sort of performance with each?" 

Sitting back on the chair, the blonde just crossed her arms with a nod. She'd been thinking since the other day during their workout about what she could possibly do. 

"I mean yeah I think Star Walkin' would be better...the lyrics mean more than the other..especially when it goes 'don't say it's over if I'm breathin' and 'they said i'd never make it out alive' so its like...from where I ended UFC and going into WWE...like don't underestimate me.." talking it out to see Rhea nodding. 

"Show me.." 

"What? Here? I'm at Carina's job..." a hushed tone. "I don't even have anything to wear..." 

"You gotta be ready to practice anywhere here Bishop..take that shirt off, keep the sweats on and the shoes but you're going to be in I'm assuming a sports bra looking top.." Rhea said with her sitting back on her desk chair at home. 

Breathing out she walked over to prop the phone up on the ground but she looked around to then give a 'one second' to Rhea and ran over to where Carina was. Kissing her cheek, she talked to her quietly, who then talked to the rest of the wardrobe who nodded. Handing over a speaker, Amelia walked out of where they were to see the blonde run back over to her phone and have Carina's in her other hand along with the speaker. 

"What is she doing?" Amelia pondered to Carina. 

"Being amazing...but now I can hear the song she's going to be going with" Carina laughed as the girls took her measurements to go through the clothes they had picked out. 

"Oh...she's hiding that from you" laughing. 

"I don't think on purpose, I think she was undecided...till now" smiling to look over at her blonde who was kneeling on the floor. 

"So you know there's going to be the two entrance..you're going to come out the left side if you're standing in the ring...and then theres a ramp..so imagine that...you have so much space to do what you want..I'll be coming out first and then you on the first match.." Rhea explained. 

Maya nodded to get up and scroll to spotify on Carina's phone to connect to the speaker. It make a horrible loud noise to make the blonde and everyone else jump. A 'Sorry!' was yelled to just make the two brunettes with wardrobe laugh. 

The music started and Carina turned around to see Maya getting all her sillies out as she felt the music out. Taking her shirt off and tossing it to the chair, the blonde mocked entering when the line 'They told me I wouldn't make it out alive' and just stood there to take a deep breath like she was looking at the crowd. Carina just smiled watching her girlfriend and Amelia watched also. 

"They told me I wouldn't see the rise" Maya mouthed as she 'walked' more to look at everything. "That's why I gotta get 'em every time" pointing to herself as she started to walk bounce down the 'ramp'. 

Pulling at her sports bra she felt the music to have Rhea just hyping it up. Stopping she then flexed hard to see Rhea getting up out of her chair to clap and then Maya started walking down the 'ramp' again till she stopped because there was nothing else she could really do. 

"Yeah! Bambina!" Clapping and hollering for her girlfriend to see Maya turn around and blush, her hand coming up like she was telling Carina to stop. 

April walked in to see Maya talking to someone, her shirt was off and music that was on loop. The redheads face dropped, she totally fucked up but she wasn't going to let Maya just walk around here like she belonged. Yesterday was the test of that with her trying to get the blondes attention again. 

"Something like that..." Maya laughed to see Rhea nodding hard. 

"YES! That's what I'm fucking talking about...I hear Carina in the back" Rhea lost it as she just clapped her hands. 

"I flexed..and she likes that..." laughing to just shrug, pointing her phone over to where Carina was trying on an outfit. 

"Say hi babe!" calling over to the italian. 

Carina raised her hand to wave with a cheeky smile, Amelia popped her head over to wave also which made the two wrestlers laugh. 

"Again Bishop...get it perfect to show H..." clapping to have Maya starting to repeat what she just did. 

April got over to where wardrobe was to just watch the blonde a little bit, she fucked up big time with letting Maya go. The exposure that April would get with Maya now in the WWE. Carina was just changing and mouthing the words to the song with a smile on her lips. Amelia was dancing herself and trying to flex like Maya, but clearly didn't have the muscles for it. 

After about six or seven tries of the walk, Maya said bye to Rhea and walked over to the cluster of women, her shirt was tucked into her pants to give her girlfriend back her phone and the speaker back to one of the wardrobe girls. Carina reached over to run her hand over the blondes arm and up to her shoulder, the blonde still having her shirt off. 

"She's only going to be getting stronger..." smirking to have Maya lean down and kiss her lips. "Flex for us..." teasing her girlfriend. 

Maya just laughed to shake her head, her hands rubbing her arms and upper arms gently. 

"No no no..." 

"Come onnnnn...." Amelia pleaded to see the wardrobe girls pleading also. 

Carina got up out of her seat to go behind her fighter to wrap her arms under the blondes and rest her hands right above her chest. Whispering something into her ear, she just watched Maya sigh with a smile and then pick up her arms to flex, making the girls just fawn over her, the italian ran her hands over her flexed muscles. 

"Tonight...I want something other than your arms..." whispering into her ear, her eyes dropping in the mirror to the blondes sweatpants to just have the fighter smile, blush and nod. 

"Whatever my girl wants.." saying to feel Carina kiss her cheek again. 

April just rolled her eyes as she was trying on more outfits. Carina pushed Maya to her seat so the blonde could relax. 

"I'm going to petition for Maya to be a firefighter who shows up at the hospital to talk to a certain OBGYN...I know I mentioned it but hell..wouldn't that be a sight" Amelia said with a point. 

"I thought the two of you were going to be something -- plus, I'm not much of an actor" the blonde tried to argue back, Carina just gave her girlfriend a look. 

"What are you talking about? Bambina...this movie is amazing, you...are literally everything, you're an actress..and you will be for the WWE, you need to play a character" pointing out. 

"I mean you're right, I totally forgot about that aspect..." musing a bit. 

Amelia just smiled at the two of them, rounding back to what they were talking about before hand. 

"Carina and I are in the talks about having Caterina and Stefania being a little something but I wouldn't mind giving her up if that meant you get to be here more...have you watched it yet?" Amelia asked while changing her top. 

"We are actually starting tonight, because she doesn't watch her own things..." Looking over at the italian who just tilted her head with a laugh. 

"Why not?! You're fucking hot..." Amelia said and Maya just pointed like she was agreeing with the brunette. 

"Oh -- you stai zitto.." (shut up) walking over to lean down and kiss Maya softly. 

Maya laughed as they talked in a whisper, Amelia just shook her head with a smile at the two of them, April was just looking at them in disgust. The girls were trying to not get to deep with their kissing to the point to where Carina pushed the blonde back down to the chair she was sitting in. 

"Someones under a spell" joking to just have Maya laugh and blush a bit. 

Getting up from the chair she grabbed her shirt that was just hanging but Amelia took it and ran making the blonde just stand there and hold her head. 

"She doesn't know I run does she?" saying to her girlfriend, in which Carina shook her head with a smile. "Be right back..." 

The blonde took off in a run after Amelia who yelled and tried to run faster, the whole scene made the brunette laugh watching the two of them. 

"You really should watch yourself with bringing Maya here..." April piped up as she looked over from her fittings she was doing. 

"Humor me on why" Carina didn't want to play this game. 

"That girl is a firecracker...I'm sure you heard of her fighting days...there was a reason why she was in a contract, Carina. That dick doesn't stay with one girl for very long -- and with her being here, there's so many more options to choose from…plus with us starting to film, you’ll be away from her…and she’s gonna be wrestling and traveling with her little WWE" shrugging, a bit bitter about giving Maya up since she’s starting the wrestling company. 

Carina just nodded with a light laugh, her feet taking her over to look at the shorter redhead who was now sitting. 

"You say that as you're sitting there pregnant -- you trapped her in a contract she had no idea about, you blocked her from everything till it was opportune for you, how is that fair? You didn't listen to what she wanted, you didn't cheer for her when she got things, you only thought about yourself" 

"So what I was supposed to be? Her parents? Cheering her on and supporting when she was fucking up left and right? She's the one who took down her career not me.." April asked with a roll of her eyes. 

"You told Tanner to not call you the night it ended it all for her, you didn't even bother to see her?! Maya was stuck in a jail cell wondering where her girlfriend was and she was out screwing her on-screen boyfriend!.." Carina raised her voice to April who got up. 

"I wasn't going to be responsible for that mess she fucking made of her life, I told her she was good at two things, sex and fighting and it's all she's ever going to be good at...you'll see...she's going to fuck this up too, because little miss Maya Bishop can't keep a good streak going for very long till she needs another fix -- I gave her sex because it's what she runs on, you come back to me when she fucks up again" April's words were spiteful, filled of venom. 

"You don't know her at all...do you..did you try? Did you even try and figure out what she lives for? What she loves...qual è il suo colore preferito?!" (what her favorite color is?!) Carina was getting defensive. 

"Why the hell would I need that when all I had to do was get naked for her and she took what she wanted"  April just shook her head with a laugh. "You think you can change Maya Bishop? She's going to need another ride to the jail cell for that one" 

Maya and Amelia walked back into the wardrobe area just breathing a bit from the running, the blonde looked over seeing Carina and April face to face, hearing the last part of that conversation. Carina looked pissed, she could hear her talking italian from outside where the two were chasing each other and quickly ran back. Feeling Maya standing there behind her, the older italian just looked at her girlfriend.

"What did I just walk into.." looking between the two of them. 

"Taking bets on when you're going to fuck up again" April smugly said to look over at her ex. 

"Carina -- " 

"Nemmeno lontanamente, stava parlando male di te...non ci stavo." (not even remotely, she was talking badly about you...I didn't agree) Carina looked back at her girlfriend. 

"She can't understand a word you're saying" April just laughed to have Maya walk over slowly to put her hand on her girlfriends lower back. 

"Ne possiamo parlare più tardi, amore mio." (we can talk about this later, my love) her eyes just not wavering from Carina's. 

Carina looked back to April and just shook her head. April was stunned that the blonde even knew what the Italian was saying. 

"Leave my girlfriend alone, I won't say that again..." Carina saying to the redhead, the blonde just took the italians hand and walked her back to the other side where she sat down in Carina's seat. 

The brunette following suit to sit on Maya's lap, leaning her body against the fighter so she could be held. Maya did it instantly without having to be asked, her lips going to the actresses shoulder in small kisses. 

It was about an hour and music was playing on the speaker that Maya used earlier. Amelia started to dance a bit while she was changing, the blonde tilted her head over when Carina looked back. The two went back and forth with gestures with their eyes. 

‘Tell Ur Girlfriend’ by Lay Bankz was playing. 

Getting up quickly she rushed over to stand next to Amelia and started to dance next to her and the brunette just set up her phone quickly to press record and the two did the viral dance to it. Rolling their hands and then throwing them down to their hips next, picking up their feet each time. Jumping to turn around, Maya raised her shirt so she could roll her ass and Amelia just put her head back in a laugh. 

'Been thinkin of you, everytime I screw him...' 

Turning back around, the blonde laughed to run her hands over her chest and then down her waist, playing it up. When it got to the slower chorus part, the blonde just pulled the actress to her so her back was to her as they rolled their bodies together to just make Carina watch the two of them with a big smile on her face. 

Amelia turned to then pull the fighters shirt up to show off her fit body. Maya just kept rolling her body with her bottom lip bitten to then placed her arm around the brunette's shoulders to just now mock singing the song till it ended. 

April just watched the two girls with a roll of her eyes and Carina just couldn't help but to just look over and the red head just kinda did a 'told you' nod to Maya and Amelia. Carina didn't pay the redhead no mind as Maya was starting to dance over to her, holding her arm out so the blonde could wrap herself up in her girlfriend, kissing her cheek repeatedly till the italian told her to sit down with a laugh. 

"Can I post that?" Amelia asked looking at the two of them. 

"I'm fine with it if Carina is.." Maya shrugged with a smile. 

They both looked at Carina now, the italian just looked past the two of them and at April who was looking straight at her co-star. 

"Si -- go for it, post it..." not once looking at either Amelia or Maya. 

That alone made the two girls just widen their eyes a bit. Carina was putting her foot down, she was claiming what was hers and taking back whatever April was trying to do to the two of them. 

When they were done with the fittings for the whole season, Carina was just waiting for everyone to leave, saying they needed to talk and they’ll be out. Once the last person was out of the area that they were, the brunette leaned in on her chair to kiss Maya. The blondes fingers came up under the italian's chin to deepen the kiss. 

"Il mio combattente....il mio cuore..." (my fighter...my heart...) Carina said into the blondes lips to just have Maya weaken a bit. 

Kisses alone just did something for the blonde, she wasn't sure if it was the emotion, or the feeling but god Carina put her in a dream like state sometimes. 

Maya moaned softly for the kiss to just get deeper, Carina's hands moving down to the fighters sweatpants, gently pulling at the waistband a bit. Tongues meshing together with each deep kiss; the blonde pushed herself up for her girlfriend to pull her sweats down, her boxers next but Maya stopped it before they could expose anything. 

Breaking the kiss for the blonde to be in a daze looking at her gorgeously italian girlfriend. 

"W-what are you doing..." saying with one hand now covering the front of herself and the other holding her boxers before they were pulled down even more. 

Carina bit her bottom lip and ran a hand through her hair to make the fighter weaker for the older girl. 

"Claiming my girlfriend.." smirking to then pull down both sweats and boxers till they pooled at the blondes feet that were perched up on the small little lip of a footrest. 

Wrapping her hand around her girlfriends semi hard cock, Carina stroked her slowly, making Maya's mouth drop at the feeling. One of her hands rest right on her lower stomach, feelings herself getting harder under the italians touch to just make her moan softly. 

The blonde quickly didn't care where they were, the lust in Carina's eyes was enough to get her to sit back and enjoy what she wanted to do. Twisting her hand slowly up and down the hard growing length, licked her lips seeing how quickly her girl got turned on by her. 

"Baby..." Maya breathed out to just have the italian kneel on the ground. 

"You're so hard..solo per me?" (just for me?) her tongue peaked out to run over the head of Maya's cock. 

"Fuck..all for you babyy..just for you.." biting her own bottom lip, her eyes pleaded and got a weak feeling in them just watching Carina. 

Her arousal was apparent but it radiated through her body. The fighters body slumped down a tiny bit in the chair, Carina trailed her tongue up her length and then wrapped her lips around the head of the hardened length. 

"ohmygod..." Maya groaned, putting her head back, her hand slipping behind the brunette's neck. 

Carina gently sucked the tip of Maya's cock, taking more of her girlfriend in each time she slid her head down. Relaxing, the italian started to bob her head slowly while her eyes looked up at the blonde who was putting her head back on the chair, rolling it back down to watch the brunette suck her off. 

The italian liked this power she had over her girlfriend, but she also liked showing and claiming the blonde. Letting her mouth do all the work, she let her nose touch for a brief second to the blondes skin before pulling back to just suck on the head of her length. 

Smiling up at the fighter, Maya just smiled back down with a small laugh, her hand slipping from the italian's neck to her cheek where she caressed it gently. Ever since her first ever blowjob from Carina the actress always found a reason to go down on the blonde. 

It was something for them, no one else shared it, but them. 

"You're so fucking lethal with that mouth of yours..." breathing out to smile again. 

"I could say the same thing for you -- little miss I want a snack but takes the whole dinner..." winking to then wrap her lips back around. 

“You taste so good..” Maya offered up. 

Maya moaned with her sitting up a little bit with how fast Carina's mouth was working over her cock right now. Feeling her hand wrap around her also, the blonde knew she was a goner. Small whimpers and moans left the fighters lips, feeling her suck harder over her length. Carina tried to be quiet too with her moaning around her girlfriend cock. 

Amelia walked back in to the warehouse to grab an extra water, her eyes looked over seeing Maya sitting there and the little movement of her hand. By the looks of it and then seeing knees down on the ground the brunette just nodded, placing a 'good job' okay symbol up with leaving. 

"That's my girl...claim Bishop..." she said to herself in a whisper. 

It was hard keeping quiet but Maya was doing it, letting little to no noise come out of her lips but it was hard when Carina kept deep throating her over and over again till she looked down. 

"I'm...Carina...I'm gonna cum...oh fuck...fuck...s-stop..." stop with the deep throating she meant. 

Carina pretended not to hear her girlfriend as she kept doing it over and over again till the blonde held her head down, feeling the throbbing in the girls cock get harder till she was cumming. The brunette moaned, feeling the load just shoot down her throat till she could tell her girlfriend was done. Pulling off of her slowly with a hum, her hand swiped up the sensitive length making the blonde jerk her hips a little bit. 

Wiping the sides of her mouth to look up at the blonde whos face was skewed from her orgasm, her chest heaving up and down. Biting her bottom lip with a smile, Carina got up from the ground to lean over and press a kiss to Maya's lips. 

"That's my girl..." saying with a giggle into the blondes lips. 

"Holy..fuck...fuckkkkkk Carina..." Maya said with a blush on her face to look at her girlfriend. "I let you go down on me once and that was the end of that wasn't it?" teasing. 

"I love going down on you and leaving no trace..." teasing back to just have the two of them giggling. 

Carina helped Maya up off of the chair, her hands then reaching down to pull the fighters boxers back up letting them hand on her hips and then her sweatpants after, letting them rest right under the waist band. She was soft enough to leave, and soft enough to not show but she could feel how hard she could get for Carina if they wanted to do something later. 

Pushing her shirt down, the blonde brought Carina into her arms, slipping them around her waist -- Carina's went over the blondes shoulders while they looked into each others eyes. 

"I love you" Maya said first. "I just want you every day for the rest of my life.." saying with so much emotion and sincerity. 

"I love you, I want that too...I just want you, Bambina.." leaning down to kiss her lips. 

"You have me...you've had me since I met you...no one is like you Carina, no one -- there's only one you, please tell me if it's possible to fall more in love with someone..." Maya leaned into Carina to have the italian just nod before kissing her again. 

"I've been falling deeper in love since I knew I fell...si, Bambina..keep falling, keep chasing...I'm not going anywhere" smiling to have them pull away from the fitting room area, linking their hands together. 

Walking towards the door to the warehouse, the blonde opened it to let Carina go first who only pulled the fighter with her. 

“Sooooo you wanna tell me what I walked in to you and my ex face to face with the words ‘She's going to need another ride to the jail cell for that one’” Maya used her free hand to use the air quotes. 

A scoff left the Italians mouth while rolling her eyes. Maya had never seen this side, or at least not fully. Looking over at her girlfriend she just shook her head with bringing the blondes hand up to kiss it. 

“She mentioned how I shouldn’t bring you here because you’ll find someone else — you run on sex and fighting is the only thing you’re good at. We got into so much Bambina..she was talking about how you’d fuck up again and I looked at her like she had uhmmm” the Italian used her hand to talk and figure out what she was trying to say. 

“Pazza — crazy..?”  figuring out the word. 

“Two heads?” Maya also tried it to make her girlfriend nod and point at the blonde to say she was right. 

Maya just walked with Carina, her hand still perfectly secured in the brunettes. The blonde was only twenty-four. She had lived so much life in such a short time and ruined a career and something she loved with everything she had. Hanging her head a bit she brought it up. 

“What else..” asking Carina to continue. 

“Said I couldn’t change you, that another ride to the jail cell would be able to do that…” looking over at the younger blonde. 

“And what do you think?” That’s all that Maya cared about.

Leaning against the building, the blonde put her foot up on the side paneling, gently pulling her girlfriend into her body. 

“..you needed someone to understand and listen to you, someone who wouldn’t give up even on the bad days..someone who believes in you; someone who loves you on all the high highs and the very low lows. Someone to let you be your very playful self, but also someone who could battle your fears and doubts with you, instead of letting you just tumble into it — You don’t need changing Maya Bishop - you never did, you just needed your person, not a person..and that person would choose you every time..”  

Maya put her head down, Carina knew how to hit her each time they talked deeply about things. The Italian was wiser than she could ever be but she saw her, she let her be her, there was never a question or an accusation on why Maya did what she did; Carina was just….there. 

Tilting the blondes head up with two fingers under her chin to see those pretty blue eyes. 

“I choose you, and I’ll keep choosing you every time Maya…even when you don’t want to choose yourself, I will..and I love every part of you, Bambina” 

Looking up, the fighter was just trying not to cry. Carina held the blondes neck on either side to smile at her girlfriend. Maya let out a little laugh as she shook her head. 

“How do you know what to always say” joking but being completely serious. 

“Nothing made sense…not until I met you, then everything did” smiling with a small shrug. 

The two of them just leaned into one another and then Maya spoke one more. 

“What happens if I fuck up again..” it was a small voice, a whispering one. 

A question she didn’t want to ask but it almost seemed necessary to do so. 

“Then we figure it out together, because I would think if I was to fuck up that we would figure it out together?” Asking with a tilt of her head. 

“Absolutely, Carina you’re…I can’t even explain it..” sighing to just have Carina smile and pull Maya from the building when their car pulled up. 

“I know, Bambina..let’s go to dinner, let’s have a date night while we’re here” getting into the car, Maya just nodded and got in right next to her. 

Carina on the rare occasion snuggled into her girlfriend, her head going to the blondes shoulder while the driver took them back to the hotel. 

“I need clothes….how about you go upstairs and I’ll go out and buy something and I treat you for to a fancy night out..” Maya suggested to see Carina squint her eyes at her playfully. 

“Really??” 

“Si, really really..I want too..” whispering to kiss her lips gently. 

“Okay. Hmmmmm okay okay..” kissing her deeper to make the driver clear his throat a little bit. 

Parting, Maya just laughed as she stayed in the SUV, Carina got out to go up to their room. As the car left the hotel, Maya FaceTimed Andrew and Andy who both picked up with smiles on their faces. 

“There’s our girl — Bishop in LOVE” Andy smiled to make Andrew just laugh and nod his head. 

“God, Carina texted me on the plane that you said it and I think I literally jumped out of bed and screamed like a little girl” Andrew piped in with now all of them laughing. 

“Of course you did, and yes I am…so very in love..I am..slowly becoming addicted to that feeling..” Maya covered her face with her free hand. 

“Who knew it would be DeLuca’s big sister that she fell in love with” 

“Oh I so did, why do you think I kept pushing? I knew they’d be great…” Andrew said proudly. 

“I actually called you guys for more than — I’m taking Carina out tonight, she suggested dinner and I said why don’t I take you out tonight, so you guys are coming with me to shop…” smiling.

“Spending her hard earned money on a girl?!” Andy’s mouth dropped. 

“The only girl I want to spend it on..” Maya just looked at her best friends. 

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Chapter 33: Good For You

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NSFW

Getting to the mall was easy, she got the drivers number for when she needed to have him come pick her up. Walking around, Maya still had Andy and Andrew on a group facetime till she stopped at a store. It wouldn't be for her but Carina had gotten her bras and boxers, what's the harm in shopping for a little lingere for her girlfriend? 

"Not while I'm on the phone come on!" Andrew said seeing the pink and black walls of Victoria's Secret. 

"What do you think Vicki's secret is?" Maya joked while walking through the store to have Andy start laughing. 

"Vicki..oh man, who know's what it is, you should ask" Andy said to just have Andrew shake his head with a smile. 

Maya walked through to look around and knew Carina looked amazing in red, green and definitely white. Moving over towards the bedroom attire she told her best friends she'd call them back when she was out and placed her phone into her pocket to look over the outfits. 

"Hi there! Can I help you with anything?" the girl said with a ear piece attached to hip and the wire moving up to her ear. 

"Uh hi...I'm just..looking for my girlfriend, I wanted to get her -- something" saying slowly, her hand rubbing the back of her neck. 

"Oh, absolutely, are you looking for a one piece, two piece...something with lace, something that's sheer --" all the options had Maya hold up a finger and the girl just nodded. 

Pulling facetime back up she turned it to the girl to have Andy looking at the sale associate. 

"Is she your girlfriend? She's gorgeous.." the girl said. 

"MAYA! What..okay what is going on, no -- actually, yes I am her girlfriend" Andy smiled, Maya just watched the two of them talk. 

The young girl was just nodded and listening to what Andy was telling her. 

Thank god for her. 

"Definitely something sheer, and probably a two piece along with a robe if you have them?" Andy was saying while Maya was now having to follow the girl to show her the options. 

The two talked a little longer with the girl showing Andy the options and then placing them in a basket. Once the two were done talking Maya thanked the girl and then turned the phone back to Andy who just smiled at her best friend. 

"I needed your help with the questions not have you pick out my girlfriends things, also...I wanted something red, or green..." whining just a little bit. 

"Oh, those are for me, I can't get them at our store..."

"Andy! -- " 

"Hey, see what you're standing in front of? Go for those....You don't want lace, but get something sheer, light...feel the material Mai -- she looks great in red, I recommend a two piece, plus what I got isn't what you'd be getting Carina, it's just what you like it's what you're doing right?" asking with her head going to hand to rest on. 

"Well yeah" 

"Something to take off of her?" Andy questioned with a sly smile which made Maya blush a little bit. 

"Probably.." trailing off till her eyes found what she saw Carina would wear. "I gotta go -- I'll buy your stuff.." not looking at her best friend as she hung up. 

Walking over it was a red and a black satin slip dress, it was light it was simple and something that she could see her girlfriend wearing. Picking up a red and the black one, she put a couple pairs of panties in the basket along with a matching robe for each. Walking over to the same girl she asked to be measured herself for her chest, wanting to wear something nice for dinner instead of a sports bra. 

Being measured was odd and the girl was super nice. 

"What you're doing is sweet...getting your girlfriend something..." the girl, Katie said. 

"Yeah? I just...she bought me things, so -- I want to return the favor.." saying softly. 

"I think she's going to love it, she seemed super lovely" knowing she was talking about Andy. 

"One of a kind" smiling to just have Katie show her where her size would be.

Kneeling down, Maya grabbed a couple nice bras, a red one, a dark blue one; looking at the boyshorts however she didn't think it would really work. 

"Whoa, are you...Maya Bishop?" a girl in the store asked which made the blonde look over with a smile with a small laugh after. 

"I am, what’s your name?” Playing along with this person.

“Amelia” the actress said with her hand being put out in front of her. 

“Nice to meet you, Amelia” shaking her hand with a laugh before the older brunette pulled her into a hug. 

“Tell me, why…are you in here?” Smirking to the blonde before her eyes traveled down to the basket where she picked out the red one a bit before placing it back. 

“I well, you know…fuck..” laughing as she felt like she got caught. 

Amelia saw she was by the boy shorts and then grabbed Maya’s hand to check out. It wasn’t exactly a secret that the fighter had an extra package, it was plastered all over the MMA community and the news when there was a fight about where to put her. 

“You wouldn’t be able to fit in those…let me help, I can take you to a cool place in this mall..” 

“I uh okay, I was going to get something nice to wear too, I’m taking her out…maybe some jewelry…” saying to the brunette as Maya was next on line. 

Giving the cashier the basket, the girl started pricing them up and Amelia saw everything. 

“How much did you get her??” 

“Some of it is Andy’s, best friend…she was on FaceTime with me..” shrugging a bit. “I said I’d buy cause apparently it’s not in ours…I just know who she’s wearing them for” groaning. 

It made the brunette laugh seeing Maya like this, only knowing her though April, she knew the young blonde was a much better match with Carina right off the bat. 

“What are friends for I suppose right?” 

“Yeahhhhhh……” swiping her card and having it go through she quickly put Andy’s in one bag. 

Carina and her pieces in one so she didn’t mix them up giving them to her girlfriend. 

“So you need boxers to go with….dark blue..very nice color for you, I see you in red also” 

“I didn’t want to get red if I got her red” 

“Maya, you got her red black and white, and if this is your picking…you have great taste” winking at the fighter. 

“I uh, I know my girlfriend?” 

“Hell yeah you do..come..” wiggling her fingers before grabbing the blondes wrist. 

All the way at the end of the store was a little cute store where it was both men and women, some were cute some were funny undergarments. 

“So what does Carina like you in?” Walking around with the blonde and the fighter just smiled. 

“Honestly she hadn’t really said? I just know that jeans have to hang below the boxers…” her eyes finding Amelia as she was looking down to look at boxers originally. 

The brunette tilted her head to then walk behind Maya and move her shirt up a bit seeing the boxer band showing to then nod slowly, being sneaky about it before patting the younger blondes back. 

“Got it..” 

Maya ended up buying a couple pairs that had little images on the band instead of words, then a solid color on the boxers themselves, a couple briefs and then that was pretty much it. Grabbing Amelia’s hand she walked out there with the brunette trailing after her. Explaining what they were doing, Amelia just slung her arm around the blondes shoulders as they walked to a couple stores. 

FaceTiming Andy and Andrew as soon as they walked in, they both picked up to see Maya with someone. 

“Amelia?” Andrew was the first to recognize his sisters friend. 

“Andrew! Hi..found your friend, might be helping out..” 

“I still have no idea why she was in the store..” Maya commented. 

“Can’t a girl browse for no reason?” Amelia argued and Andy just nodded. 

“I agree, I like her…I’m Andy by the way —“ 

“Firefighter right?” Pointing to the screen before taking the phone while Maya browsed. 

“Mhmm, so you’re helping our girl out? Thanks for that, this is pretty big for her” Andy said with Andrew nodding. 

“You both know I can still hear you…” chuckling. 

Picking out a few nice button up shirts and then now it was pants. Amelia just followed the blonde around talking to her friends. 

“Hey, how do you know what color to get?” Amelia questioned. 

“I helped her pack her bag, and I’m going to buy her a dress..cause I know she didn’t bring anything..fancy like where I want to take her..” 

“Where are you taking her” now chimed in Andy. 

Maya stopped to look at the camera and point at it. 

“I was looking on my phone on the way over a bit while we were on FaceTime” grabbing what she wanted, she walked into the dressing room with the bra and boxers she just bought. 

Changing she put on the white dress pants, changing her boxers too, folding her sports bra and boxers together, and then into her sweats and shirt she had on previously. Putting the new dark blue bra on and then the dark blue button up on to tuck it into her pants. Maya could still hear Amelia talking to her best friends, pulling at the tags to put them together she still had her converse on but she had no plans on changing them. 

Folding her sleeves up but not cuffing them, she just had them quarter folded. Opening the door when she was done, Amelia looked in to have her mouth drop, turning the camera to the blonde; she was just smiling at the camera. 

“Close your mouth Amelia..” laughing a bit, her hand running over the front of the pants. “I think I need a belt…” 

“I’ll go grab it” running excitedly to go grab a brown one to come back and give it to the blonde as she put it on, placing the tab with the price on it to the side. 

“How does it look?? I thought maybe a white? Dress for her?” Turning her collar down.

Andrew was the first to chime in to make her turn around, pulling her hair down and fixing it a bit. 

“Perfect Mai, are you going to walk out and pick her up like that?” He asked again. 

“Yeah I think so, I mean I took the tags off so I’m buying them..I just have to grab her a dress…” 

Amelia was just looking over the younger girl and the blonde just smiled at her. 

“I can dress up, we had to for fight days…okay come on let’s go pay and grab her a dress…” 

Grabbing Amelia now, she paid for the outfit she was now wearing. Making a couple more stops, Maya just got a new band for her Apple Watch and then got Carina a white dress. Parting ways from the actress she said she needed photos of the two of them while Maya agreed and called the car service. Getting in, she sat nervously for some reason. 

[Andrew DeLuca]: is she going to change your mind about marriage?? 

[Maya Bishop]: I mean I’m pretty no marriage…I’ve always been like that
[Maya Bishop]: we haven’t talked about it, but I nervously laughed the day she said fiancé in italiano 

[Andrew DeLuca]: I hope she changes your mind, honestly…your my sister regardless but, idk I hope she does 

Maya got out of the car to walk up to the hotel room, knocking and then making sure she looked good for when the door opened. Carina walked over to open it, seeing her girlfriend all dressed up she smiled widely. 

“WOW…I..you look…wow Maya..” 

“Good wow?” Walking in to close the door behind her to lean up and kiss her lips. “I got you this…and these….and this..” giving her the two bags and then a small black box. 

“You got me these? Bambina, you really didn’t have to..and a very good wow” kissing her back, looking into the bag.

Putting it down she ran her fingers over the collar of the button up Maya was wearing, seeing the buttons undone of the shirt. The blonde placed her hands on the Italians waist to pull her closer. 

“Very good wow…molto buono wow” Maya teased with a smile while Carina brought her in for a deeper kiss. 

“Molto, molto molto…buono..wow..mhmmm” Carina said into the blondes lips. 

“I got you a dress and maybe a pants and shirt outfit because I wasn’t sure what you wanted to wear..” feeling Carina’s hand move over the exposed skin of her open shirt. 

“What do you want me to wear..” a smirky smile with a whisper. 

“That…I got for later, if you want to wear it..” kissing her again and then grabbed the box to open it to show Carina a necklace. “And I got you this…” 

“Maya — this is gorgeous..I love you, you know you don’t have to” 

“I want to, I want to give you things even though I know I don’t have too..I just..is it too much?” Questioning a bit as she was now thinking hard. 

“No no, Bambina, it’s not too much I’m just saying I fell in love with you for you, we don’t have to get each other things, things can break, but feelings…and the things we share are unbreakable” tilting her head to have Maya blush a bit. 

“Just this one time, and you got me boxers and bras so I just..and you like how I wear things so that’s why I thought —“ 

“You got me things to wear like I got you…” smiling with a tilt of her head back and forth while stepping back slowly to go see and change into what Maya got her. “Sneaky..” 

Carina walked to the bathroom to change into one of the outfits that her girlfriend got her. Smoothing out the dress she looked at it to then change into the two piece that Maya also got her, trying to decide on which one to wear. Choosing the dress, she finished up her hair and make up. Maya walked back and forth with her hands in her pockets. Twirling around on the balls of her feet, the door opened for the blonde to look up at the Italian and if Maya had any doubts. 

They all went away when she saw Carina. 

“WOW…” mimicking the way Carina said it when she saw her at first. 

“Is that a good wow?” Smirking. 

“Molto buono wow” walking over to pull her girlfriend into a long kiss. 

Taking her hand, the blonde lead them out and to the car for them to be driven to the hibachi place that Maya saw on the map. Getting out, the blonde opened the door to let Carina go in first. 

“Name..” the girl at the front said. 

“I…is this reservation only?” 

“Tonight yes did you place a reservation?” 

“Crap, no….” Maya looked to Carina with a ‘sorry’ face. 

“I’m sorry, I wish I could fit you two in but we’re doing reservation only..” 

“Okay, there’s no way?” Maya tried again. 

The girl shook her head apologetic and Carina just pulled at Maya’s hand to then have the two of them walking out. The fighter blew out air to rub her eyes gently. 

“I’m so sorry I just got so excited..” 

“It’s honestly so perfectly us though, no?” Carina giggled. “Why don’t we just…get burgers?” Wrapping her arms around Maya's shoulders with a smile. 

“Burgers?! When we’re dressed like this?” Maya looked between the two of them. 

“Why not? We’re going to be doing this come award season, on the run…fancy outfits…”  Carina said while swaying them a little bit. “Maybe…a little trial run…for a little…something else” pecking Maya’s lips quickly. 

Maya thought about it, nodding slowly as her hands ran down right before her girlfriends ass, pulling her along to the car, opening the door so she can get in first. Carina got in followed by the blonde for the driver to take them to IN and OUT where they got burgers and fries, shakes and just opened up the back of the car and sat there eating it like they were just regular people. 

Leaning back, Maya looked over at Carina to was plopping a fry in her mouth with a smile. Curling her finger to the blonde, she leaned over to just have Carina hold up a fry for her to take. 

“I love you…” Maya breathed gently before taking the fry and eating it. 

Carina kissed the fighters cheek gently while she chewed it. It was just funny with them so dressed up to just be eating burgers and fries. 

“I love you, I’m glad you ran through the airport..” whispering since they were so close. 

Biting her bottom lip, her fingers pushed gently inside the shirt the fighter was wearing while their eye contact stayed connected. 

“Me too, I’m sorry it took so long…” 

“Oh, my sweet Bambina. Never be sorry..I’m not sorry, it was never an obligation to say it back to me when I said it first, your love languages are different than mine. Aspetterei di più per sentirtelo dire …” (I would wait longer to hear you say it) fingers pushing at the bra strap the blonde was wearing. 

“I wouldn’t want you to wait longer, ma ti amo e questo fa battere più forte il mio cuore” (but I love you and that makes my heart beat faster) smiling. 

“Mi fa sentire allo stesso modo.."(It makes me feel the same way) smiling to just look at the ocean blue eyes she fell in love with. "Will you still chase me?” 

“I’ll forever chase you..we could be..thirty years from now and I look at you, and I just…run in my mind, I chase that feeling you give me” Maya placed Carina’s hand over her heart. 

Sharing a small kiss, Maya looked back at the driver who was on his phone. 

“We’re going to go to the bathroom..” she called out and the driver just nodded. 

Getting up out of the back of the SUV, Maya took Carina's hand to slightly speed walk into the bathrooms where she locked the door behind them. 

“You can’t touch me like that…” Maya giggled. 

"Touch you like what..." biting her bottom lip to run her hand into the blondes shirt. 

Fingertips trailed down to the tops of the bra Maya was wearing, brown eyes looking at the blue ones to take a step closer. Moving it down more, her fingers moved down to unbutton the shirt by one to expose more of the bra that the fighter was wearing. 

"Do you like it?" asking in a whisper. 

"Si -- sei così sexy indossandolo..." (you look so sexy wearing it) smiling to move her hand up behind Maya's neck to pull her in for a deep kiss. 

Breathing in through their noses, the blondes hands were quickly bunching the dress up to back the brunette up to the sink where the cool of the porcelain hit her bare ass. Holding the dress up now over her arm, Maya's fingers wrapped themselves in the thin siding of the italian's panties. 

"Are you wearing a thong?" the blonde said while pulling back to look down at what her fingers were touching. 

"Mhmm -- do you like it?" teasing back to have the fighter nod. 

Turning Carina around, the italian gripped the sides of the sink, looking back at her girlfriend who was just smiling back at her. Maya's eyes went to the mirror to have Carina turn her head to then stick her ass into the blonde, who looked down to push the dress up and over the girls hips. Pulling her in more to her front, grabbing a hand full of the italian's ass and squeezing it. 

"Why can I tell we're going to be horrible at every....award show..." moaning out softly to push into her again. 

"Cause we are, make it a mission to fuck you everywhere we go..." chuckling to bite her bottom lip to feel her girlfriends ass rubbing into her front to make her harder. 

"Los Angeles you can cross off..." 

"Just the hotel I can...and the Grey's lot, while I didn't fuck you...you gave me great head" smiling to see Carina smiling too in the mirror. 

Maya was just about to pull her zipper down to hear a knock and a couple of people asking when they were going to be done. 

"Fuck -- yeah give us a couple minutes!" Maya called out to almost pull the italian's dress down but she had a better idea. 

Smirking, Maya ran her middle finger between her girlfriends legs, pressing up into her core for the pressure. Pulling the thong aside, the blonde slid her finger again through now the brunette's folds to see how wet she was to immediately dip her finger inside of her to start moving it in and out slowly at first. This was better than nothing for right now. 

Carina dipped her head down to push back on when her girlfriend would push her finger inside of her, curling it each time she pulled it out. Adding a second finger, the blonde thrusted them harder into her, her knuckles hitting into her. Pressing her lips to her arm, the italian moaned while her eyes tried to watch Maya in the mirror. 

"We have to make it quick...but..fuck..I love feeling you around my cock, my fingers?? Baby..."  moving her fingers in and out of her girlfriends core faster. 

"Maya...p-please....fammi venire.." (make me come) a slight moan came out even thought she was trying to be quiet. 

Index and pinky slid over the italians mound with her middle and ring finger fucking her as deep as she could. Dropping her other hand for a second to her pants to adjust them quickly till she grabbed Carina's waist till she felt the actresses walls clamping down around them. Having her cum against her fingers had the blonde just pressing them inside of her slowly but hard. 

Pushing her head into her arm, her mouth covered while she came undone under the fighters fingers, feeling her pull them out slowly; only to look up and seeing the fighter cleaning them off with her tongue. 

"You think he'd leave us alone in that car for a bit..." smirking to have Carina push her dress down with a little laugh. 

"Doubt it...but we can totally try..." Carina just shrugged gently with a smile on her lips. 

Washing her hands after cleaning them off, Maya just slipped her hand into her girlfriends to walk out of the bathroom, Carina looked down to then stop them which haulted the blonde quickly. 

"What...? What's wrong?" 

"Look down..." Carina just smirked while Maya looked down to see the apparent hard on sporting in her dress pants. 

"Oh..." putting her hand over her hard on to then pull the italian in front of her. "You go first then..." 

"You know I love it when you're behind me" pulling the blonde closer to her as they walked out of the bathroom. 

Hands wrapped around the italians waist to walk over to the car, the blonde kept placing kisses on her girlfriends bare shoulder to just get back into the SUV. Maya was shifting uncomfortably as Carina ran her hand over the bulge in the fighters pants. Blue eyes were just looking at the brunette who knew what she was doing to her. 

"Are you going to be doing this each time we go out?" Maya whispered to Carina. 

"Maybe...I can't help it..." 

Leaning over, Carina pressed her lips to Maya's while the blondes hand gently wrapped around the italians. 

"It's going to be a while till we get back to the hotel...looks like there's some....traffic..." Saying to the both of them. 

"We're in no rush to get back, grazie" Carina just smiled. 

A small buzzing sound was being made which the girls looked over to see the partisan go up and the driver just nodded to Carina which she did it back. Hearing music now playing on the other side, it's like he knew what they wanted to get up to while he drove. Maya was the first to make the move now as she pushed herself up from the place she was sitting in. Kissing the brunette harder while the fingers of the italian were going back and undoing the buttons again. 

Maya was undoing her pants but Carina stopped her, swatting her hand away so she could eventually do it. 

"Carina..." 

"Bambina..patience..." smiling into the kiss to keep unbuttoning the shirt till it was completely open. 

Her hand sliding to feel boxers first, then the pants that made her pull away from the kiss to look over her blonde girlfriend. The actual bra, to the new boxers showing above her pants, to the clear hard on Maya was sporting, everything about the blonde drove Carina mad. 

"I wanted to look good for you.." Maya whispered to then kiss Carina's cheek. 

"You always...look so..fucking good...you're so sexy Maya, and hot..and beautiful...stunning...why do you think I'm always so ready for you, you're attractive in every way..." Carina couldn't help but to always think those things. 

Grabbing a fist full of Maya's open shirt, she pulled the girl over on top of her while she laid down on the seat. The blonde ran her hands up Carina's legs to push the dress up slowly till it pooled around her waist and onto the floor of the SUV. Before Maya could unbutton her pants more she took out her wallet to pull the condom out, she wouldn't forget this time. 

Carina's hands worked on the button and the zipper of the blondes pants before using her feet to push the white pants down. 

"You know what that look does to me when your boxers are showing..." 

"Oh, I know..it's why I did it just for you babe" Maya smirked to lean down and kiss the italian fiercely. 

Hooking her thumb under her boxers, Maya was able to push the offensive material down to at least her thighs so she could move around. Next was the brunette's tiny piece of material covering where she wanted to sink into the most. Carina buried her hand into the fighters hair as the kiss got deeper, more passionate between the two of them. 

The hardened cock found the warmth between the italians legs while the blondes hand moved gently up and down the brunettes exposed thigh. Pulling back only slightly, the fighters hand looked for the condom she dropped some place to pick it up and rip it open with her teeth. 

"Maybe one day we won't have to use those..." Carina breathed out with a smile to only make Maya smile back at her. 

"Oh yeah? I'd be opening to listening to that..." smiling harder to roll it onto her hardened length. 

"I'm --Non sto chiedendo dei bambini...I just -- I just want you, without restrictions...you're my fidanzata..maybe...something more one day in the very futuro lontano" (I'm not asking for children // girlfriend // distant future) rolling her hands up to Maya's shoulders to bring her down for a kiss. 

Nerves shouldn't be bubbling up right now, not when her and Carina had a amazing night and were just about to fuck in the back of a SUV. Trying to get back into it, Maya positioned the head of her length between the girls folds before pushing in completely to make her moan. 

Thrusting hard into her girlfriend, Maya was trying to get out that Carina had just mentioned them being more than girlfriends in the future and that scared her honestly. In the fighters mind, she just said 'I love you' and now maybe they could be something more, but Maya didn't tell the brunette she wasn't into getting married. 

"Cazzo...harder..." Carina moaned out to then have Maya do just that. 

Maya's cock slipped in and out of the italian harder, she could agree with Carina on not using a condom because she really did miss the warmth of the velvet core. The SUV went over a small bump which made the blonde slip a little deeper into the actress, making both of them moan about how deep or full each other was. 

"You're so deep..." breathing heavily into the blondes lips to bite her bottom lip. 

"I love being this deep inside of you...I miss feeling you already..." pulling back to have her lip being tugged a bit by her girlfriends teeth. 

"Take it off...just take it off..." breathing to kiss the fighter more to sneak her tongue into her mouth to feel the blonde pull out and take the condom off to just insert herself back into the velvety warmth of her actress. 

Even though they said they'd talk about it, it was a much later conversation obviously since they both needed the feeling right now of Maya taking Carina raw. Being able to now fully block out everything before hand she was just fully taking her girlfriend hard. The italian pulled her legs up to lock her knees on either side of the blondes waist. 

"Better?" Maya smirked to just have Carina laugh before she let out a drawn out moan. 

The warmth kept the fighter going faster in and out of the girls core, wanting to feel her pulsing around her, moving her lips to the side of the italians neck she licked a line before starting to suck a hickey to mark her. Carina claimed her earlier in the day, now Maya was doing the same but actually making sure it showed. 

"Maya...fuck...no...dammmit...oh my god.." hands gripping onto the fighter as she watched and felt the fighters hands grip the seat hard. 

Carina bit her bottom lip hard as she kept moaning, Maya's moans vibrated into her skin as she sucked harder to make the italians eyes roll back. Pulling almost all the way out, the blonde pulled her face back to look at her work with a smirk. Hands moved now to cup the blondes face to see something flashing in those blue eyes she loved so much. 

"What-- what's wrong...Bambina..." 

Deciding not to answer, Maya thrusted back in hard as she slammed her cock into the slick core over and over again. 

"Oh mio dio, per favore...cazzo, per favore...Maya.." (oh my god, please...fuck, please...) 

The fighter was so hard she was literally just chasing their highs and not what internally was happening to her, if she lost it she would literally hate herself. Carina was a goddess, everything about Carina was something that the blonde was always looking for, she made her heart race and the happiness she felt towards her. Pulling back just a little bit to look down at the brown eyes to kiss her lips while her hips kept meeting the brunettes. 

"What if...I don't..." Maya voiced while still keeping up the fast pace. 

"What if what, Bambina...parla con me" (talk to me) Carina held the girls face in her hands still, they were sharing small kisses. 

"Non voglio sposarmi.." (I don't want to get married) thrusting hard to bury herself into the actress to make her mouth drop at how full of her girlfriend she was. 

A hand slipped to grip the blondes shoulder hard to have short burst thrusts into her pussy that sent her over the edge. Cumming hard against her girlfriends hard cock with her body arching up into the blue eyed girls. 

"That's it...fuck...I love it when you cum for me.." Maya bit her bottom lip to watch her girlfriend come undone. 

Moving her hand up she wrapped it around the italians throat to then started to up her thrusting again, needing relief herself. Carina's hand wrapped around the blondes wrist to tighten the grip. Maya's foot dropped down to the floor of the SUV to gain more leverage to have the slick core tighten around her cock still. Sending into a third orgasm, the fighter twisted her hips a bit to just bury her face into the brunette's neck to fuck her harder till she stilled. 

Making sure all of her was inside of the brunette as she came inside of her, making her cock throb harder against the walls that were squeezing her. Their moans meshing together till Carina pushed Maya back and out of her for a second to position them to where Maya was now laying down on the seat and she was on top. Slipping the still hard cock into her core, the brunette rocked her hips. 

Pulling the dress up a bit and have it drape over her hands so it didn't get mixed up under the actress, Maya just moaned now putting her head back. Having her cock be so sensitive that the head was literally just wanting to release into her girlfriend again with the shocks that were sending through her body. 

"No....matrimonio? Nemmeno a me?" (marriage? not even me?) dropping her head to have her body focus in on the blonde under her, breathing heavy. 

The small voice of Carina had a pang in Maya's heart, she didn't want to hear the small sadness in her girlfriend's voice. 

"Non ha niente a che fare con te, voglio...stare con te per sempre" (It has nothing to do with you, I want...to be with you forever) Maya was telling the truth about that, she told Carina forever and she meant that. 

Maybe it was her parents and the shit job at raising her and Mason, maybe it was April and the fucked up 'relationship' she had with her that turned her off on the whole thing. All Maya knew was that a piece of paper she didn't want to have to say she was going to be with someone forever. 

Carina’s body didn’t stop taking her girlfriend’s hard cock over and over again even with the two of them talking like this. Maya needed to talk, the Italian could see that.  

"E se lo volessi? Cosa potrebbe succederci?" (What if I wanted to? What could happen to us?) Carina was really thinking that they could break with this little tid bit. 

Could Maya be trying to take control of something without having control over her life almost the last year or before? She wasn't sure. 

Riding her slowly, Carina planted her hands on the fighters abdomen as the blue eyes watched her. The screwed face told the italian that Maya was about to cum again but she pulled herself off to make Maya whimper at the loss. 

"Carina...wh-what..I was...fuck..." whining a bit. 

"Answer me" Carina now demanded to the younger girl, her voice was breathless.

A hand moved down to put the head of her girlfriends cock between her folds again, now using sex as leverage. 

"Baby..I don't know..I don't want anything to happen to us, we'd make a life together..I want a life with you.." whimpering out as her hips tried to canter up into the actress.

Carina understood Maya more than the blonde thought, the fact that she was so against it was surprising but also not at the same time. Sinking herself down she rode her till they both came again, together. Moaning each others names till the brunette laid down with the fighters cock still inside of her. Maya's hands ran up and down the brunettes back slowly. 

"I love you, and I've never said that to anyone...." Maya said softly into Carina's forehead. 

"But you don't want to make the next step...when it comes the time? Why?" Lifting her head to then hear the driver say they were about ten minutes out. 

Sitting up, they moaned when the blondes cock slipped out and they started to look at least somewhat decent again. Pulling her boxers back up, and then her pants, she started to button up her shirt again, slowly though, like she was taking her time with it on purpose. 

"I've just...always..been against it? I don't know why..." 

"You're twenty-four Bambina...you've lived so much life in such a small window..." helping her girlfriend button up her shirt and then watched her shove it into her pants to button and zipper them up. 

Sitting back, Carina placed her hand over the blondes chest, rubbing it gently, fingers moving the fighters head to look at her. 

"You've done...so much for me, Carina..more than I can ever explain..I love you, but that's all I know right now; I want to give you the world...because you deserve it..but I don't know on a marriage.." 

Maya wanted to give Carina everything she wanted. When the car stopped, Maya was the first one out to hold her hand out for her girlfriend, having her take it she linked their hands and Carina made sure it was a firm link. Walking inside the hotel, and into the elevator to stand against the wall. 

"I love you, Maya...and I want you to have everything you want also, can you at least...think about it?" 

"Do you want kids?" Maya asked without answering the first. 

"No -- I don't want kids..do you?" Carina answered back quickly. 

Nodding slowly, Maya brought the hand up to kiss the back of it slowly. Pulling the italian in, they were face to face again. Brushing her nose against the actresses she then let her hand go to wrap her arms around her waist, squeezing it gently to then kiss her hotly. 

"I'll think about it...I don't want kids..no...I don't think a piece of paper should tell me that I can love you forever...but if it means a lot to you...I'll -- think about it?" 

That's all Carina wanted, was Maya to think about it. Kissing her again she melted into her arms like she always did till it was their floor and they walked out together. 

"That's all I ask, Bambina.." 

"And I will, because it's you..does this change the way you look at me?" 

"God no, are you kidding? Bambina, this doesn't change the way I look at you or the way I feel about you...I love you the way you are, I always have" 

This is what Carina wanted, she'd been so patient with the blonde; almost feeling dumb for not even letting Carina voice what she wanted. She'd do the same thing with Carina like she was doing to her. 

"Can I show you how much I love you? All night..." Maya smiled gently to get to their room. 

"All night? I like the sound of that..." Carina giggled to have Maya place the keycard in to open the door. 

Fusing their lips together, Maya pulled Carina into the room with a laugh as the door shut right after as they started to undress each other and fall into bed. 

Notes:

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Chapter 34: With You

Notes:

⚠️NSFW⚠️

Walking in the door to the hotel room, Maya watched as Carina was still asleep in bed. Rhea had woken the blonde up at four in the morning to have her get her ass to the in-hotel gym. The grey tank top she had on was dripping wet from sweat as she placed her bag down to then pull it off slowly. Going to the shower she stripped her clothes to just get in and let the water hit her in the face before slipping down her fit body. 

Maya loved the burn, she loved the work outs and she was no stranger to early mornings it's just the routine was now different. Using different exercises to get the blonde stronger. MMA/UFC was different than WWE. The Australian gave her a work out routine and a meal plan, even though the blonde already ate the way the plan was, she was going to have to double down. 

Running her hands over her face under the water she just sighed a bit. Hands running over her biceps to massage them gently under the warm water. 

Muscles sore a bit from not working out in the morning since she's been in LA. 

Carina woke up slowly to the sound of the shower going --looking over at the time, squinting; the Italians brown eyes read seven in the morning, making her stretch a little bit. Throwing the covers off she noticed the gym bag was placed down differently, Maya went to go work out. 

Pushing the already cracked door open more her eyes looked over at the glass shower, trailing down her girlfriend slowly. Maya's back was against the cold tile with her head put back a little bit, the water flowed down her skin to then catch her hand around her hard cock. Stroking herself slowly. 

Licking her lips, Carina watched as her girlfriend pleasured herself slowly.

Having her hand trail down her body and between her own legs, the Italian swiped her finger slowly between her folds to already be met with wetness. Not wanting to make a noise and stop Maya completely, she held back the moan that threatened to escape. 

Middle and ring finger drew small circles over her clit, her eyes watching how Maya's hand slowly glided long strides from the base to the head a few times, then the way the blondes hand paid attention to the head for a few strokes, completely pulling off and breathing out hard. 

Maya was edging herself. 

Carina wondered what her girlfriend was thinking while she did this. Her length was bobbing with whatever thoughts the fighter was having, her hands tight behind her back, squeezing together. 

“Carina..” Maya breathed out to start the process all over again but this time her hand was gliding a lot faster over the hard cock. 

Blue eyes opened, sensing someone. Looking over, hooded with arousal as she watched her own girlfriend fingering herself, she didn’t even care that she didn’t hear her at first. Tan body just naked as ever with the Italians two fingers rubbing deliciously over her clit, her other hand grabbing at her perfect breast to squeeze it gently. 

Biting her bottom lip, Maya rubbed faster before pulling off with a small moan. The moan alone had Carina whimpering at how it effected her own body, feeling a new rush of arousal flood between her legs. Fingers slipped and glided over her clit so easily while her hips gently canted. 

“Maya…” whimpered with taking her hand away when she watched the blonde do. 

Rubbing the palm of her hand now under her length, her hips jerked in short bursts. 

“I’m so fucking hard for you..” Maya said to Carina, her hand now enclosed over the head to stroke a few then pull off. “Come here gorgeous…” 

Opening the door for Carina to slowly walk over, her own slowly building edge was affecting her whole body, taking Maya's hand she was pulled in slowly, her hand pushing the door shut till she wrapped it around her girlfriends length, feeling how hard she was. 

“Cazzo..Bambina, how…you’re so hard, your poor cock is throbbing,..” Maya's body jerked into Carina's hand with a moan leaving her mouth. 

“You. Fuck it’s all thinking of you…” 

Carina started to do what she watched the blonde do to herself. Long slow strokes, then the short ones around the head before pulling off, Maya slipped her hand between the brunettes legs as her fingers replaced her girlfriends.  

“You’re so wet…” Maya moaned out. 

“I was watching you. Edging yourself…thinking of me…my whole body belongs to you Bambina.” Breathing out with a moan herself. 

The blondes fingers moving in circles fast before slowing down. Sliding her hand up a bit, pulling Carina in front of her, the Italian stroked her girlfriend harder till she pushed the length between her legs. Maya brought Carina closer, hands moving around her waist, the Italians body moving slowly. 

Running her core over Maya's hard length, Carina placed her hands on the fighters chest. Watching the blonde bite her lip with a moan wrestling to come out. Slowing her hips down, the Italian inched her face closer till their foreheads touched. 

“Where did you go…” whimpering feeling the blonde now controlling how fast or slow she was going. 

“Work out…” breathing out with a happy sigh. 

“We worked out all last night Bambina, or do you not remember you being so — deep inside of me..” a sultry whisper came out with what she last said. 

“Fuck” Maya couldn’t forget, or would she ever forget all the times they’ve been together. “I remember” 

Feeling Maya's hands get tighter around her hips, Carina just smirked to herself. 

“Of course you do, you kept saying how…how tight I was…how your cock kept slipping in so easily because of how wet I was for you..” saying into the blondes ear. 

Pushing her hips up more, Maya closed her eyes, letting her girlfriends words and her length slipping between her folds get her off this morning. 

“So fucking tight” mumbling. 

“You fucked me so hard last night Bambina — I was cumming repeatedly over you…” moaning thinking about it herself. 

The next canter of Maya's hips has Carina slip her hand down to angle her girlfriends length up as the head of her entered into her making both of them moan. 

“Oh, fuck…you always take my cock like a fucking — champ..” 

Carina pulled her body off to tease her fighter. 

“S-shit…I’m so..please, I need to cum so badly..” Maya was begging to be back inside of her. 

“I bet you do, I bet you wanna cum so badly inside of me..” a small kiss to her jawline. "Someone got addicted to it...didn't she?" teasing. 

"So did you, you never let me pull out.." breathlessly saying. 

The blonde didn’t know how much more edging she could take, she had worked herself up so well. Carina let her girlfriend slip inside for the fighter to push deep inside of her to cum instantly, holding on tight while her own morning orgasm hit her body. Their heads pressed together in silent moans after first. Maya caught her breath to finally verbalize her Pleasure. 

“Carina, fuck..oh fuck Carina..” holding herself inside as her cock was throbbing hard after its release. 

A smile spread across the brunettes lips, her nails had dug into the fighters collarbone as they both came. Small hums and the sound of the water hitting their bodies still filled the bathroom. Letting up on Maya's collarbone, the Italian pulled her girlfriend into a kiss to make the blonde weaker for her. 

Slapping a hand back to the wall to keep them up, Maya's other squeezed her actresses waist, kissing her deeper. 

There was so much sex between the two of them with the shortest trip to LA, neither complained. Once their feet were back on Seattle grounds it ways grinding for Maya and then Carina getting ready to come back to LA at least semi full time. 

Movie was being wrapped, they were in post production now, the editing and now voice overs really needed to be done. 

“I love you…” Maya breathed into the brunettes lips. 

“I love you, I’m so happy I met you..again.” rubbing her nose gently against the blondes. 

“Again” made the blonde giggle. “Me too, who would have thought…little seven year old me, met the girl of her dreams back in Italy…” smiling with a swoonful tone. 

“Andrea” Carina simply said to have them both laugh. 

“Okay yeah you’re right…” Maya laughed, leaning in to kiss her lips slowly. 

Taking an actual shower when the blonde pulled out, the girls were wrapped in robes now laying on the bed. Maya tucked into the side of the older actress, the Italians fingers running slowly through the newly brushed damp hair. Nothing was on, it was just them breathing. 

“I’m not going to like being away from you..” Maya piped up. 

“Hmm?” Carina hummed to look down at her girlfriend. 

Tilting her head up, now Carina's hand cupped under the blondes chin. 

“I’m not going to like being away from you, when you come back here…when I have to travel…what are we going to do..” sitting up a bit more to have Carina bring Maya in for a small kiss. 

“We’re going to make it work, I’ll be home in Seattle when I’m not filming…” 

“What if I’m not home, Carina — what if I’m in like…Austin or Toronto…New York…WWE is so many places..” looking into brown eyes. “I don’t want to lose what we have, what if distance screws us up?” 

Carina simply smiled to kiss her again. 

“Never. Bambina, we’re going to make this work..I promise you, and we have award season so you’ll be here in LA a lot…I’m sure WWE is going to let you go some nights because of it, and then I’ll be going to your matches — " 

Maya's schedule wouldn’t be so crazy, it’s not like she was going to be in a new place every night. Three times a week she could be somewhere else, then there’s training, and then there’s relaxing. The blonde was just scared since now she found a happy home, a happy place with Carina that things could screw it up. 

She couldn’t lose Carina. She didn’t want to. 

“You’re right” kissing her slowly. 

“Mhmmm..” slipping her hand up the back of the blondes neck. “We have to get dressed soon..last day…” kissing her again before they had to pull back and get dressed. 

Arriving on set, Maya held carinas hand to be lead to where the brunette needed to go. 

“We have a dinner tonight, I have a couple meetings today with the board but — Amelia and I are going to be doing a chemistry read today, and I want you there..” tugging at her girlfriends hand. 

“Okay” Maya said like she was relaxed. 

“Bambina, we’re going to be kissing and I need you there to show you that this is just acting between her and I…” saying more quietly. 

Knowing how Maya was side swiped by April, Carina was wanting to show the blonde that not every actor would fuck over their partners, fake or not. 

“Oh — that..uhmm are you sure?” Maya asked softly. 

“More than positive, actually it was me who asked, Carina brought it up first” Amelia’s voice popped in with a smile on her lips. “I like you, Maya. And I love the two of you together…I thought it would settle your mind?” 

The other brunette smiled at the couple and all Maya could do was pull Amelia in for a hug. The trio walked in as Maya took a seat in the back, the writers and show runner were there as they were handed scripts. 

“Okay as you both know, I think we’d like to try a Caterina and Stefania storyline…this is just to see how well the two of you work well, see what the chemistry is--” the show runner said. 

Running through the lines the chemistry and the characters just were connecting so well, Maya watched every touch, every linger. Trying to not put so much focus on her girlfriend but she noticed it wasn’t Carina, this, wasn’t Carina it was Stefania. Amelia had left but her character Caterina stayed to have them elude another energy when they’re in the zone. 

Before Maya knew it the two of them were lip locked, her eyebrows rose, it was Caterina who leaned in to kiss Stefania, catching her off guard. The blonde couldn't say she didn't get turned on, even for a little bit. Sitting up a little more she watched the small kiss exchange before they called a small cut and they parted with a small laugh. 

“That was good..” Carina said with wiping her bottom lip. 

“Not too bad I’d say” Amelia did the same thing for the show runner to nod. 

“Yeah this is going to work, how are you both feeling about it? Comfortable? Not comfortable? Want to do another take?” Making sure both actresses were on board. 

“I mean I’m good, I think it would be great, I’m completely comfortable” Amelia said. 

“Si — me too, I have no notes other than I’m comfortable too..” 

“Perfect, thank you and we will see you three at dinner tonight?” 

The actresses nodded and Maya nodded getting up from her chair. Small goodbyes were said before the show runner piped up again. 

“Oh, Maya…come here for a second..” she looked at the writers and then held out a small what looked like a script. 

Maya gently took it, Carina watched and Amelia smiled big with crossing her arms. 

“Are they doing what I think they’re doing??” Amelia said excitedly. 

The writers were turned towards Maya along with the show runner. The blondes head nodded with a smile as she took the what was now four different small packets. 

“Please, think about it…let us know by the end of the week?” She said with a smile. 

“Of course, I’ll read it and let you know..” nodding with a small wave as she turned around to walk over towards the actresses to then leave. 

Once out of ear shot they both turned to look at the blonde and she stood there like a deer in headlights, the packets not once leaving or showing the front pages of what she was handed. 

“Okay spill Bishop, what did they give you…” Amelia excitedly asked. 

Maya looked down to peel the packets away and then hand them off to Carina to turn them around. 

MAYA BISHOP - CAPTAIN DANIELLE WEST (FIREFIGHTER) 

“Bambina, were you just offered a roll?! Oh, please say you’re thinking about it?!” Carina said with a big smile. “Four episodes?” 

“Yeah? I think I was?? They said they just wanted someone from the fire station that keeps showing up — I’d be a Captain, Andy is going to be so pissed” laughing. 

“Oh no no bambina, you’ve watched her become what she is..she'd take great pride in seeing you be like her -- I think you should do it..anyyyyyy love interests?” 

“Babe it’s four episodes — how much …” 

Amelia had opened the scripts to point with a squeal. 

“There’s a kiss…” 

“What?!” Maya said to make Carina look over with a smile. 

“Oh shit she’s new too..I’ve never met her, Victoria Hughes..she’s going to be the neeewwww oh shit…Barrett…Kavenaugh? I think her name in the show is? I think she’s going to be a transfer cardio if I remember her run down…” 

“I uh..I don’t…Carina” Maya said with Carina just bringing Maya in for a kiss. 

“Do it. Do it Bambina, they asked you for a reason..besides Amelia hounding them with anonymous letters” giggling into her lips. 

“How many letters?!” Maya asked to look at the other brunette. 

“Ten…hello..hot UFC fighter — excuse me, hot WWE wrestler incoming ?? Firefighter??? Hellloooooo” using her hand to go up and down the blonde. 

Maya just shook her head with a laugh as she took the scripts back. Linking her hand with Carina's, the Italian opened up so many doors for her, she wasn't sure what she'd do without her. Carina gave her life, Carina gave her a heart, a home, love, understanding, a job that turned into a dream job. The only thing her girlfriend asked her to think about is marriage. 

"Carina...can I talk to you for a second before we leave and go get ready for the dinner?" 

"Do you want me to meet you guys outside?" Amelia said and Maya nodded. 

Seeing the brunette leave, it was just the two of them now. Sure it was only less than a day for Maya to really think but she wanted something, she needed to say something. 

"What's going on? Everything okay?" asking with a tilt of her head. 

"Voglio che ci regaliamo degli anelli. Come una promessa. Ci sto ancora pensando, non è qualcosa che ho appena accantonato... ma voglio indossare qualcosa. Voglio dimostrarti il ​​mio impegno. Ti amo." (I want us to give each other rings. Like a promise. I'm still thinking about it -- it's not something I've just put aside..but I want to wear something. I want to show you my commitment. I love you.) taking Carina's in hers to pull the actress closer. 

"So you're with me, all the time..."

Carina just smiled widely, biting her bottom lip she just nodded before kissing the blonde. 

"Anelli di promessa?" (promise rings?) whispering with a smile. 

"Anelli di promessa" Maya said solidifying it. 

"I love you, my sweet sweet fighter" kissing her once more before the two went to go meet up with Amelia who was waiting by the car. 

"Do you both need to change?" 

"No, I'm good...it's not a fancy dinner is it?" Maya asked. 

"No I think it's just a wrap on this weekend dinner...we did so much getting ready for the season.." Carina said with them all piling into the SUV. 

Maya looked down at the four scripts that she had with her name on it. Running her fingers over it slowly, she didn't ever think of herself as an actress, she was a fighter -- but now with the movie she was both. Even if she was a little rough around the edges still. 

"What's going on in that head, what are you thinking?" Amelia asked. 

"Ten? Really?" 

"Yeah! Why the hell not? Gets you here with all of us, I didn't over step did I?" her eyes casting to Carina who just shook her head in a 'no'. 

"No not at all, I just -- never really felt this wanted...besides the obvious with my people, my girl...UFC was hard to gain what I did, and now WWE wanted me, your show..with your ten letters is now just asking if I want to be a role on the show for four episodes -- but" 

"Oh shit there's more" Amelia turned around fully now to look at the blonde. 

"Is there more Bambina?" Carina was now just smiling at her girlfriend. 

"They said this is almost like a test? See how it goes...it wouldn't ever be a main cast because they understand I have WWE, but...if the reception is good then the three episodes after is locked, with more potentials..." Looking between the two brunettes. 

"Maya! That's amazing, we can go see Dylan when we get back? Will that ease your mind with this?" wrapping her hand over the fighters. 

"Please? I just..after everything with April I just want to bring everything to you and him now..." the comfort with her girlfriend looking at all the contracts was solid. "But I think I'm going to say yes...if it means being here with you too..maybe we can have some scenes together" smiling to her girlfriend. "You both" 

"I was about to say, if we don't I'll be so upset! Caterina is head of Neuro..she's badass" 

Getting to the dinner the three sat next to one another and then a dark haired girl sat next to Maya, smiling at her. Amelia bumped Carina on her side to cock her head up to show that's who the blonde would be kissing. 

"I'm Victoria Hughes..Vic" putting her hand out with a smile. 

"Maya Bishop...nice to meet you.." smiling back as she shook the girls hand. 

Carina and Amelia looked at one another with a raise of their eyebrows, the ease between the two was good. Maya eventually introduced her girlfriend and Amelia to then have the four talking. 

[Rhea Ripley]: What time are you back in Seattle? Liv is talking about going to the performance center with us

"Babe what time are we back in Seattle?" asking to show her the text message. 

"I believe we leave here around noon, so around four if the flight is almost three hours..can I come with?" whispering. 

"Oh yeah, we can get dinner for all four of us?" pitching to her girlfriend to make her nod. 

[Maya Bishop]: About 4. All 4 of us go to dinner afterwards? 

[Rhea Ripley]: Oh hell yeah, make it 5, Buddy is coming with. Performance center around 5:30-6? 

[Maya Bishop]: Sounds perfect. See you 3 tomorrow! 

[Rhea Ripley]: Be prepared to practice your walk too 

Smiling down at her phone she looked over to Carina who was just smiling back at her, reaching over to grab the blondes hand with a squeeze. Maya brought it up to kiss her hand softly. April sat across from the Italian and Maya to just look at Jackson who just looked back at the red head. The dinner went off with a good ending to the semi tense filled weekend with April being the way she was with Carina. 

Walking up to the hotel room, they packed their bags, Maya picked up the scripts she had laid on the bed to just look them over. Carina wrapped her arms around the blondes waist to kiss her neck. 

"What do you think I should do?" Maya asked with fanning through the first script. 

"If it interests you, I think you should do it -- I know you can do it...are you happy? With the offer to do this?" looking over at her girlfriend to see the blue ones looking back at her. 

Maya's hand came up under the Italians chin for the blonde lean over and kiss her lips slowly. 

"Yes, it makes me really happy..." 

"So do it, Bambina..come to work with me for a few episodes" smiling big to tilt her head to the side, swaying them gently. 

"Okay, I'll do it.." smiling to kiss her again. 

Getting into bed, Carina turned the TV on so they could go to a streaming service so they could start watching the season the Italian had first been in. 

"Mhmmm now I understand why I should have watched this...you look hot in a doctors coat" Maya just smiled, laughing a bit. 

"To see you in Andy's gear? Now I need a taste of that when we get home so I can see what I can't have" biting her bottom lip with a smile. 

"I've tried it on before, it's heavy as fuck -- but Andy said I looked hot so I took the compliment.." 

A few moments of silence of just watching the show. 

"I'm so proud to call myself your girlfriend, Bambina.." looking down at the fighter who lifted her head to look at her. 

"You are?" 

"I am, I'm so in awe of you...of how when I first met you to now...I think I love you more, I admire your drive, your ambition, your charisma and charm, you take things and you run with them, taking the opportunities that come your way.." caressing the blondes cheek. 

"I get it from you, you make me strong..you make me feel like I can do what I want again, while it might not be fighting, wrestling I loved -- do you think mama is going to be excited?" smiling to see Carina nod hard. 

"Bambina, she's going to be all over you excited. You're her daughter like I am..this weekend has been amazing..thank you for coming with me" whispering to level herself so they could look at each other. 

"I couldn't run through the airport to tell you I love you and not come with you, I haven't left Seattle since before I got let go...I love you..." whispering to run her fingers up and down the brunette's arm slowly. 

"Ti amo, amore mio..il pensiero di stare con te per sempre è tutto ciò che voglio..." (i love you, my love, the thought of being with you forever is all I want...) closing her eyes with her fingers gently moving over the blondes cheek. 

Maya closed her eyes too, taking in the soft moment the two of them were having with one another. 

"You've got me..." 

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Chapter 35: Stand Out

Carina fell asleep on the plane back home, her head on the blondes shoulder, their hands locked together like they could conquer anything. Turning her head, Maya kissed the top of her girlfriends head, in her earbuds played what she chose to be the opening song for her entrance walk. 

This weekend felt like some sort of blur in a way, it was nice to get out of Seattles very much bipolar weather, and into nice LA; but going back felt like she could calm herself. 

Stability. It’s what Seattle meant, her best friends were there. Her gym, her life she built. 

Maya wasn’t a stranger to traveling, she had to for UFC but this was going to be different, a good different. 

“Babe…wake up we’re about to land” saying into her hair, squeezing the Italians hand gently to see her starting to stir. 

“Almost home, Bambina..” groaning to stretch in the chair next to the fighter, making her smile.

“Almost home, good thing I had Andrew drop my truck back off” smiling to see the girls face how looking up at her. 

Blue eyes looked over the perfect face of her girlfriend, leaning down she kissed her lips gently; it made Carina smile to just place her head back on the blondes shoulder till they landed. Getting up, Maya grabbed their bags to walk off with them, Carina slipped her hand into the blondes as she held the luggage. 

“Are you going to show Andy?” Asking her girlfriend with a tilt of her head. 

“You just want me to try the turnout gear” teasing to just see the Italian think about it, then nod. 

Maya just laughed to place her bag in the bag of the truck to get her keys out and unlock the doors. Placing their bags into the back, she opened the door for her girlfriend for her go get in. Rounding the front, Maya pulled herself up to the drivers seat. 

“Dylan’s. Changing at home, then performance center — you don’t have to come to that if you’re tired amore mio..” pulling the truck out of the spot. 

“I want to, I’ll just change..” Carina smiled to rub the back of the blondes neck slowly. “So…question?” Musing. 

“Oh god, what?” Laughing. 

“Oh don’t laugh like that! It’s an…innocent…question” her hand gently running down Maya’s arm. 

“Okay, what’s this innocent question..” peering over to Carina. 

“Your arms are…already so defined, Bambina..are you going to be bulking up more or??” Biting her bottom lip. 

“Oh, you mean am I going to be stronger?? For your pleasure or in general?” Raising her eyebrow teasing. 

“Dolce metà” pulling her hand away, covering her face since she was blushing hardcore. 

“Dolce metà? That's a new one..." Maya couldn't help but to blush now. 

"Sweetheart...La mia dolce metà" it rolled off Carina's tongue like it was nothing and it made Maya instantly just look at her girlfriend when they were at a stop light. 

"Amore mio, cosa mi stai facendo?" (my love, what are you doing to me?) a loving smile spread across her lips. 

"My better half" whispering to lean over and kiss the blonde slowly. 

Opening her eyes a little bit to see the light turn green, Maya pulled out of the kiss slowly to shake her head at the actress. Sighing to place her hand over her chest with a light laugh. 

"I love that you learned Italiano for me..." Carina sat back and just looked at the blonde, her hand coming up to caress the girls cheek. 

"I would do literally anything for you" Catching the girls hand to kiss it gently. "Also -- You asked about the muscles..I might get a little bigger, I’ll be working out more, more weighs but a lot of the girls aren’t built like Rhea, but they’re strong. You’ll meet Liv and see that just because you don’t have the bulk, you can be strong as hell…this isn’t the UFC there isn’t weigh ins..some of the best wrestlers are honestly just them”  

Pausing. 

“If you’re just looking to be pounded into the bed from now on, all you gotta do is ask” winking to have Carina sink in her seat. 

“Maya!” Whining. 

“You wanna know! I’m just saying…you want to be railed to the bed? I have no problem doing that…which speaking of fucking” Maya started, making Carina groan again. “I’ve literally said nothing yet” smiling to make her girlfriend look at her. 

“What Bambina…” 

“I’m going back to using condoms…” 

Carina had a blank stare at her girlfriend when she said that. Blinking a few times, she cleared her throat to just run her hand through her hair slowly, flipping it to one side. 

“Okay….what?” looking over when she could at the Italian. 

“I don’t want you to?” Carina said softly. 

“Baby, we don’t want kids..I can produce kids, unless I get a vasectomy…” still driving.

“What? No. You’re not going under the knife..” 

“Carina, we don’t want kids..we both decided on that, and I don’t plan on leaving you” Maya defended the solution. 

“You’re twenty-four” now her age was being brought into it. 

“You’re twenty-nine..what’s the point here chicken little — my age wasn’t brought into anything till you brought up marriage” looking at her girlfriend as she parked at her complex. 

Turning her body to look at the Italian, they weren’t fighting, but this was a big thing. Getting out they were walking and talking when they barrel through the door. Andrew was sitting on the couch, hearing his best friend and older sister in a deep disussion. 

“How many times have I cum inside of you lately…something eventually is going to fail on us baby..” 

Andrew turned around at Maya's statement. 

“I’m sorry — what’s happening here” fully invested because that was the last thing he thought his best friend would say. 

“Maya wants to use condoms again, instead of just cumming inside of me” Carina said with a huff, walking off to the blondes bedroom. 

“Carina!” Maya followed to then have her door shut in her face. 

Standing there she looked over to see Andrew absolutely mortified by what his sister said. 

“IT'S BEEN A HANDFUL OF TIMES! I’m USING CONDOMS AGAIN!” Throwing her hands up to tell him and her. 

“I don’t want to know this..I really..hmm should be doing something else..” Andrew said as he got up. 

The door to Maya’s room swung open for the Italian to look at the fighter. 

“I’m twenty four, going in twenty five. Carina…if we don’t want them why am I just going to be not getting something done so you can get off your pill..why do you need to be protected more when it’s my end?” Placing her hand on the molding of the door frame. 

“Because it’s a surgery Bambina..” 

“And it’s a surgery that I would do for you, it's barely invasive -- and I can reverse it if we ever wanted them. I love you, I love you so much I would do this so we don’t have to worry…so you don't have to worry, I know what those pills do and why are you just pumping more hormones into your body?” the discussion never getting into her room. 

They just looked at each other and Andrew went to slip into his room but Maya grabbed his shirt. A small ‘ow’ before being brought over. 

“Statistics for a vasectomy failing or injuring me?”  It looking at her best friend. 

“Uhhhh…99.95 percent success..with the 0.03 to 0.09 percent failure in the early stages and just a percentage lower for late stages in it…” the boy said with a small smile. “And it’s a very safe procedure, very non invasive..and Maya's right, she can reverse it, better than getting your tubes tied”

“Thank you, Doctor DeLuca..” Maya let him go for him to nod and look between them. 

“It’s not a bad idea, if you don’t want kids..” 

“But she’s young, Andrea” 

“Maya never wanted kids. Plus, with fighting the risk of something happening to her…kids if you will probably would have gotten lower in count. The injuries she’s sustained over the last six years, and some have been to the point where she’s gone to the hospital..she’s got a better chance at just getting the surgery than having a risk happen and you getting pregnant, Carina” he still offered. “All I’m saying is that if I loved a woman that much and I’m offering this, even young…it’s a big step” 

Maya looked to Andrew who just smiled at her, she smiled back. The two knew each other like the backs of their hands. 

“Let’s change, drop the contract off with Dylan” the blonde offered.

“Wait, what contract?” Andrew piped in again. 

“Grey's offered me a small roll as a firefighter, I just want Dylan to look it over…” 

Andrew wrapped his arms around Maya’s neck to pull her in for a hug and that’s when Carina dropped what they were talking about to see her baby brother celebrating his best friend. 

“You’re shitting me?!” 

“I wish but I’m not…Amelia might have a hand in it but I want to say yes, it’s only like four episodes and who knows how much I’ll be in it” Maya said into his hug. 

“Andy is going to lose her shit” he laughed. “What rank?!” 

“Capitana Danielle West..station?”  Carina smiled warmly. 

“I think when it skimmed they said 19? Which is pretty cool since it’s Andy’s station” pulling back to look between the two DeLuca’s. 

"Wow..I'm so proud of you bub" Andrew hugged Maya again tightly. 

"She's going to have to kiss someone else" Carina teased which made Maya groan. 

Tilting her head at her Italian girlfriend. Yes, she did. No, she didn't want to think about it. The thought of even sharing that with someone else other than Carina when she wasn't really an actress was an after thought. 

"Really? Now I'm invested...Carina will you get jealous" teasing his big sister. 

"No, why would I.." scoffing. 

"Because you're you, and I know...you" her little brother offered up. 

Maya walked into her room to change quickly looking at the siblings. This could potentially be something she never knew about and it made her excited to get to learn a new tidbit. Walking over she put her arms around the actresses waist to kiss her shoulder which was unfortunately covered by one of Maya's UFC shirts. 

"No. I wouldn't." looking over at Maya. "I wouldn't!" saying to her, making the blonde laugh. 

"We will see...cause we both know..." passing by the Italian to look her up and down slowly. "Who can resist me in turnout gear?" laughing. 

Carina's smile faded to watch the blonde grab her keys. 

"MAYA!" running after her girlfriend, closing the door behind her. 

"Oh this is going to be so fucking good -- "Andrew chuckled to go into his room. 

Sitting in her car, she watched Carina run down and stop to just walk and get into her truck. Buckling up, Carina just didn't look at her and it made Maya smile, leaning over to kiss her cheek, then her neck. The blonde made her girlfriend look at her till she fused their lips together, leaving the Italian to moan into the perfect lips. 

"Think about it, I'm thinking about marriage...you think about letting me get the surgery...okay?" kissing her lips. 

"Okay.." bringing Maya in more to kiss her slower. 

The blondes hand was on her center console and the other side of her girlfriend, gripping onto the seat as the kiss got slower. Carina bit the blondes bottom lip, moaning gently. 

"Oh fuck don't do that" sitting back down instantly with a laugh, Carina smiled widely. 

Pulling out of the parking spot, Maya drove off to Dylan's office to drop off the contract quickly. He said he'd get right back to her, telling the man she had till the end of the week. Pulling up the address for the performance center, the blonde started her journey driving there. 

"Are you nervous about seeing me do this" asking, looking over to the Italian. 

"Si -- of course I am, I never saw you in person fighting, but I can imagine it's less dangerous but accidents can still happen" a hand threaded into the blondes. 

"This is far less punches to the face and bruises all over..it's all strategic, but like Rhea said -- things can go wrong but they do practice to make sure things are good..” bringing Carina's hand up to kiss it gently, anything she could do to calm her girlfriends nerves. 

Getting to the performance center, it was huge. The blonde grabbed her bag as she just stood there looking at it, Carina rounded her truck and came up from behind. Taking her phone out she just took a photo for memories, for Maya to document this journey. Looking back, the fighter just smiled to see Carina’s phone up. 

“Memories?” 

“Memories Bella…” walking over to wrap her arm around the younger blondes shoulders. 

Leaning down she kissed her to take a photo of it also. Grabbing the actresses hand, Maya walked the two of them in where it was just rings all around, it felt like it was too much to take in. 

“There she is..” Rhea hung over the ropes of one of the rings off to the left. 

“Shit she’s cute..” another voice was heard before she was seen beside the Australian. 

Liv Morgan. 

“Not to bad yourself Morgan..” Maya said with a smile.

“Watch it; you two flirt it up…it could be real bad or really good for a storyline” Rhea joked seeing Carina next to the blonde. “Finally I was hoping I’d see you again..” 

Getting out of the ring, the two wrestlers walked towards Maya and Carina. Liv wiggled her fingers to take Maya, while Rhea stood next to the Italian. 

“She’s harmless by the way” saying, seeing how the brunette was slightly staring daggers into the even shorter blonde. 

“I didn’t say a thing” Carina defended.

“Your face gives it away, Liv is harmless, she’s all professional. With the way things are now, her and Maya would be opposite each other, she’s with me with tag teams” 

“So I need to be scared of you” pushing the Australian to make her laugh. 

“Oh completely. So. I need to know cause I watched her book it outta her gym like it was on fire….did she?” Looking over. 

“If you’re asking if I said I love you Carina, I absolutely did..” smiling to come out changed in her sports bra and spandex shorts with board shorts over. 

Carina looked over to slowly look over her girlfriend slowly. Rhea took the Italian to sit and watch while the three went to go work out first. Rhea and Liv weren’t going to go easy, knowing that Maya was a UFC fighter, the girl had no chill when it came to working out. 

“We need to get you on more weights than running here Bishop” Rhea joked.

“I love running…” Maya laughed to raise her arms above her head to stretch them. 

Looking between the three wrestlers on the treadmills, Carina compared their physique; not in a bad way, but Maya was right when she said some girls weren’t as toned and all but they were strong regardless of what they looked like. 

“So — is it true they messed around with you when it came to UFC?” Liv asked while running. 

“Yeah. They did so many tests..to just put me with the women which is what they should have done — my levels aren’t so crazy high, it’s not like there’s tons of testosterone in my body..” shrugging. 

“Interesting, that’s just fucking wild and you had weigh ins?” Liv asked again. 

“Weigh ins. Drug tests. I was in the lightweight, but I was over like four pounds once and I literally ran for an hour and sweat trained till those went away…it was fucking crazy” 

Shaking her head, Maya did so much in those six years. Once they were done working out to warm up, they walked to one of the rings and the blonde hopped in like nothing. Walking past Carina she winked at her with a smile.

She felt at home here. 

Carina sank down and blushed profusely, bringing her phone up to her face a bit. Rhea and Liv were both going over moves and throws that Maya might wanna try. Before the Italian knew it her girlfriend was on the top of the ropes in the corner. 

“Which one of us…” Rhea asked and Maya looked between the two of them. 

“Well you’ll be my partner so try it out on you?”  

Sitting up more, Carina watched this. Rhea instructed what the blonde was going to do, Maya mimicked before she did anything to commitment. Faking out at first, the fighter then tucked herself to flip and kick her legs out to push at Rhea's chest as the two fell onto the ring below them, which made a big noise. 

Standing up quickly, Liv looked over at Carina to tell her to wait. Maya rolled herself over to get up and grab at Rhea’s legs and pin them back like the Australian told her to do. Using her strength to push her down. 

“I’m going to then grab your arm while you’re like that..” which Rhea did and yanked the blonde down to turn her over so she was on top. 

Maya patted her hand to nod, the Aussie got up first to then pull the blonde up. 

“That was good Bishop…shit…that jump will be useful for you…” Rhea laughed to nod to the blonde. 

"Show me the riptide..." Maya said getting up into Rhea's bubble and the black haired wrestler just nodded slowly. 

"You wanna see it?" 

"I wanna feel it" clenching her hands in front of her chest to just laugh. 

Rhea nodded again to get Maya into position, on the count of three the blonde pushed off the mat with her feet the same time the Australian pulled up for her to be slammed to the ring and then legs pushed up. The wrestler pressed her front into the fighters 'core' if you will to roll her over. 

"Holy...fuck..." Maya just had the wind knocked out of her as she reached to grab onto Rhea's shoulder a bit. 

Liv called Carina over with her hand when Maya was let go from the hold. The blonde looked over to see her girlfriend standing there next to the ring and she just smiled. 

"Hi baby...how's it looking" 

"Like I'm going to throw up seeing you get slammed or rough housed to the mat" Carina expressed. 

Getting up she crawled over to see her face to face now. Leaning forward she kissed the Italian hard for her legs to be picked up and pulled away. 

"Oh fuck no.." Maya turned to see Rhea pulling her. 

Pulling one of her legs out, the blonde then pulled one of her UFC moves to throw her leg down and swipe from the back to front under her opponents legs which took Rhea down hard. Getting up she twisted Rhea's body to her advantage, wrapping one arm behind to pin the other down. 

"What the fuck was that?!" Liv asked, seeing the whole thing go down, and of course Rhea go down the hardest. 

"Move I used to finish off a match...good to know it still works" laughing to have the Australian just laugh with her. 

Maya got up now to pull Rhea up. Looking to her girlfriend she walked over to hold her hand down, feeling the warmth of the Italian in her own she pulled her up. 

"What's your concern?" knowing that's what was going through her head. 

"The jump..what if you land wrong?" 

"That's why we practice, if we just have Maya go for it so much can go wrong, it's why here we can do whatever we want, then try it all out..trainers are here, all of us are here..we build our moves with one another so keep things going smoothly" Rhea tried to help out. 

Carina looked to the three girls, seeing eventually more wrestlers showing up and claiming rings. 

"Baby...I'm okay...here...come in here" saying as she pulled the rope a bit so Carina could step in. 

Getting in, Rhea now stood next to the Italian to watch Maya and Liv work on some moves. 

"The rings for our matches aren't hard, they absorb all the movements and the shocks from big moves, so when we have the Money in the Bank matches, ladders are involved, sometimes we fall from them -- when that happens...like this move right here that Maya is about to do to Liv, come on Maya get her!" Rhea pumped at the girls. 

Taking Liv down with her back hitting the mat, it didn't completely break her, the small movement Carina could feel under her feet. 

"MMA or UFC their rings aren't exactly designed because you're really hitting fist to skin -- where here is totally different, this is choreographed this is planned.." saying to watch Liv flip Maya over. 

"I know I'm just -- " Carina just laughed a bit. 

"Worried girlfriend" the Aussie said with a small laugh herself. "Completely understandable...your girl has moves though, light on her feet, hand placements and takes direction well, it's hard to say that she wasn't built for this" crossing her arms. 

Carina watched Maya, she knew she shouldn't be worried as much; this wasn't UFC, this was the opposite but the minute the blonde could come home hurt or she'd get a phone call saying she was in the hospital. Proud was a understatement, Rhea was right, Maya was meant for this. At least an hour or two passed and the wrestlers were walking out of the locker room freshly showered. 

Pulling Carina into her body, catching her off guard, the Italian made a surprised noise. Slapping her hand over her mouth when she faced the blonde fighter. Rhea and Liv laughed to watch the two walking, Maya holding the brunette tight to her body before she kissed her. 

"Is Buddy meeting us?" asking over to Rhea. 

"Oh yeah, he's meeting us there, I'll take Liv -- see you two soon, great job today Bishop!" Rhea said with walking over to her car. 

"This is going to be so much fun" Liv smiled before getting into the Australians car. 

Getting into her truck, the blonde threw her bag in the back to just lull her head to the side to look at her girlfriend. they both met in the middle for a much needed kiss. Hands moving down the blondes arms, small moans vibrating into their lips. 

Dinner was fun, it was relaxing too; a lot of the talk from the three wrestlers calmed Carina's mind even more. Everyone was super nice which Maya loved, she loved the ease of the three she talked to, her insides excited to meet more as she goes on with this new journey. It was about ten when Maya and Carina got to her gym to flip the lights on. It smelt like home, it felt it too -- a place Maya let herself grow and grow up in. 

"What's going on in your mind Bambina..." holding the blonde from behind. 

"I hope Pruitt is proud of me, that I'm just not....abandoning the gym..it's everything to me -- but I'm going to be traveling" 

"You traveled with UFC too, didn't you" turning her head, her chin was placed on the blondes shoulder. 

"Yeah, that's true...I just lived here basically for eight months, guess I found a new love for it -- I got to see Andy every day because she always came to work out with me, along with the guys who wanted to" rubbing her hands over her girlfriends arms. 

Turning her head to now look at the Italian she leaned in, giving her a slow kiss. 

"I love you, I don't think I've been able to express everything you've done for me since we met...professionally..." trailing off, her hand coming up to caress her cheek gently. "Personally..."

A slow kiss. Physical touch. 

Turning around in the brunette's arms, Maya ran her hands slowly down with their lips meeting up again. Walking them to her office, Carina's legs hit the desk for her to sit down gently, a small gasp coming from her lips. When their lips parted the two of them just stood there in silence with their foreheads together. 

"I love the way you touch me.." Carina whispered. "I love you, everything about you Maya..what you've given me as much as I've given you -- oh Bambina, I wish you knew" capturing her lips again in a passionate kiss that had their breaths being taken away slowly. 

"We're going to be okay...right? With me traveling, you with Grey's..or did we just lock ourselves away in a bubble to be with one another..." rubbing her nose against Carina's gently. 

"We're going to be perfect, I'm so in utter awe of you Maya. From when I met you to now? I see a different person, a stronger person...a happier person..my person." Smiling with a small peck. 

"Ti inseguirò fino al giorno della mia morte, Carina DeLuca..mi innamorerò di te, ancora e ancora" (I'll chase you until the day I die. I will fall in love with you, again and again) 

"Maya..." starting out with a small blush across her cheeks. 

"You changed my world Carina. Chasing you, kissing you for the first time...you're undeniably gorgeous, and so breathtaking...no one besides my core three have believed in me like you have.." whispering still. "I can be me, I'm not someone else..." 

"Maya" 

"You are, you have! Tripping into to you here..." thinking about it with a small groan which made the older girl laugh. 

"You did, it was very cute..I don't think you realize that you speaking Italian -- what I felt when you spoke it to me the first time.." bringing Maya's hand up to her heart. 

Skipping beats. 

Looking down at her hand, she still wasn't good at expressing all the things, but she was learning from Carina. She always learned from Carina. Maya wasn't broken, and if she was, the brunette didn't give in and tell her she was, she let the blonde see all of herself. See the things even she couldn't. 

"Posso sentirlo.." (i can feel it)  the lightness in her voice. 

"This is just the next step of us. Growing together..my Bambina is going to be on TV" Carina said with so much love in her voice, cupping Maya's cheek in her hand to look into those ocean blues. 

"Why are you so perfect" 

"Because I would like to think...that I was made for you; Maya Bishop, and you were made for me..." caressing gently with her thumb. 

"I was made for you, Carina DeLuca -- and I thank god I was"

Another kiss was shared to have Maya deepen it slowly, she was pushed back to just open her blue eyes to now connect with her girlfriend. 

"What?" 

"I think I'm going to be jealous...of..whatever storyline you get" Carina mused a bit. 

"I don't think I'll be kissing anyone -- at least not with wrestling..but I'm actually wanting to know how you are jealous" laughing a bit to bite her bottom lip. 

"Bambina" laughing herself to put her head back. 

A gasp left the brunette's lips, feeling her girlfriend's mouth attached to her neck made a small moan escape. Maya marked her slowly, pulling Carina more to the end of the desk so she could stand between her legs. One last suck with a whimper till the blonde pulled away to look at what she did, a proud smile. 

"You and these hickies" 

"I'm trying to stand out..make sure everyone knows I'm a very happily taken woman by the most amazing Italian goddess" cheesing. 

"I'm not angry?" teasing. 

"Oh no, I made that mistake -- but at the end of it...it wasn't so much of one" 

Maya laughed to have Carina run her hand through her hair, flipping it a bit; her arms went around the blondes neck to shake her head. 

"Not at all a mistake, and you don't need to stand out, Bambina...you command a room" smiling. 

Notes:

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Chapter 36: Sauced Up

It had been about a week since Maya and Carina got home from LA, a week since Maya ran through the airport to tell her girlfriend that she loves her; about a week since she’s properly seen her best friend Andy and today was the day they were gonna be actually be breathing in the same room. 

The blonde went straight into training, learning, practicing moves with both Rhea and Liv at the performance center. Using what she knew about wrestling and her fighting to use with moves that even impressed both seasoned wrestlers. 

Sitting down with Dylan a couple days later after dropping off the Grey’s, she accepted the offer the same day with the lawyer in the same room. Carina had been off doing things for her character, going over meetings and honestly doing what she can to prep for her upcoming season. 

They had wrapped on the movie this week, voice overs, any reshoots that were small but finally it was done and both girls couldn’t have been happier. 

Walking into her gym, she flipped the switch to the lights on, not seeing Andy just sitting in her office watching her. Maya threw her bag down and rubbed her face of tiredness. It had been a long week but she was ready to just bum it in her own gym for a hot second. 

Flipping the next light on, the fighter looked up and saw Andy sitting there, letting out a yell which made the Latina bust out laughing. 

“Awh holy FUCK!! That was good” Andy laughed harder seeing Maya in a fight pose.  

"DUDE...what the fuck Andy..." shaking her head as she got onto the chair with her friend and shook her shoulders a bit. 

Laughing to then hugging each other, the blonde was just scrunched up in the chair as the two sat like they were trying to reconnect in some way. 

"This is going to be weird right?" Maya started off. 

"I don't want it to be weird..it's just new..." Mumbling into her best friends shoulder. 

"I mean we've done it before...I travel, you run around putting out fires, you come to the shows you can in the city..." the blonde rattled what their friendship was like before she got let go. 

"We have late night catch ups when you're back and you would still wait for me at the station right?" Andy finished. 

"Duh, why wouldn't I? It's just been..." Maya trailed. 

"Way too long...It's going to be weird not seeing you every day, it was weird this past week with the lights always closed off.." 

Pulling back, Maya just pushed herself off to the desk to sit on. 

"What do you mean off? Why aren't you using the gym..." 

"I didn't think I could?" 

"Andy I made it for us..why do you think I put it next to the station?!" Maya exclaimed. 

"I don't know all the sudden!" The two looked at one another before just laughing lightly. 

"Oh man...so much has changed, for the better though -- I'm an actress in a movie...who our best friend Andrew's sister sought me out for, to then fall in love with her...and now...I'm in the WWE, I'm training...for the World Wrestling Entertainment - " nodding saying slowly. 

"And I still am captain of 19, I met a guy...through your actress gig...and I got to see you fall in love with our best friends sister" Andy pointed with still being slow with her words. 

Both humming gently with nodding involved. 

"And then --- "

"There's a and then!?" Andy said sitting up more seeing Maya nod hard. 

"I'm going to be playing a firefighter on Grey's with the girl I met on the movie who is now my amazing girlfriend, who I love! And I need to kiss a girl on screen..." 

"WAIT WHAT?!" Andy stood up and it just made Maya laugh. "What do you mean FIREFIGHTER?! On Grey's?! And you get to kiss a girl?!" 

"Yeah! Exactly what I just said!" Standing up also to just smile wide. 

"ME! When I went to go run through the airport that night to tell me girlfriend I love her, I was out in LA and boy...BUT...the show runner asked if I would be interested in a four episode guess star as a firefighter...thanks to Amelia and her ten anonymous letters...even thought I still think they knew it was her" nodding knowingly. 

"Holy SHIT! Dad would lose his SHIT if he was here to hear that! You need to tell me everything...oh my god you're going to look hot in turnout gear?!" Laughing with her slapping her knees. 

"Captain Danielle West...Station 19...19 And..." Maya said while sitting down with a large smile. "I wish he was here to see this..." 

"Holy shit…I don’t think he’d believe it” smiling at Maya to then nod with a small laugh. “So….dress up?” Cocking her head in the direction of the station. 

“Yes..and you’re taking photos” grabbing Andy’s hand the two ran out of the gym and into the station where Maya was in the locker room. 

Andy was going over how to put the turn outs on again, setting it up and then demonstrating herself. Maya just watched patiently. The two of them were drinking some of the finest whiskey — Andy just so happened to now be off shift. 

Giggling induced with the two of them just together.

“I missed you, Herrera” Maya said with a swig of the amber liquid. 

“I missed you too, Bishop…I thought you replaced me for a minute” laughing a bit as she pulled her turnout gear on. 

“What? No. What? Why.” 

“Are you going to go through all the double yous…” 

“No I’ll forget how” joking to be sitting on the bench, thinking a bit. “Carina?” Asking quietly. 

“Kinda yeah, she’s great and I talked it over with her and I don’t know man you’re my best friend..” 

“And you’re mine, you don’t know how much I appreciate everything you’ve done for me when I was at my lowest..no clue how much I love you, I need you in my life” sincerity dripped from her words. 

“Yeah? I love you too, I need you in mine…” Andy sat down and looked at the blonde. 

“She’s never going to replace you Andy, you or Andrew..” handing the bottle over to have Andy taking a swig. 

“My dad would be so disappointed in us right now” 

Best friends looked at one another and just laughed. 

“Big disappointments..drinking in the locker room..okay take it off let me try it on..” waving her hand around. 

Andy pulled it all off, to set it up for the blonde. Montgomery was sitting in the barn when Carina came from the side where the gym was, trailing behind her was Ryan who just saluted Travis.

“Carina — right? What’s up little Tanner ” He smiled and the Italian nodded. 

“Si, um..Travis correct?” Pointing to him. 

“One and only…if you’re looking for Maya her and Andy are giggling…in the locker room” Montgomery just chuckled. 

“Don’t call me little Tanner, Montgomery” Ryan laughed to then shake his hand before the giggling was mentioned.

“Giggling? This should be interesting..” smiling as she walked through the barn and into the station. 

“I never knew either were the type to giggle..” Ryan smiled to follow Carina. 

Literally following the giggles to the locker room where Maya was pulling up the turnout gear straps over her shoulders with just adorning a sports bra. Carina’s eyes feasted down her girlfriend while Andy smirked taking a swig seeing the Italian walking in. 

“You think she’s gonna be hot…literally for this?” Maya asked wiggling her fingers for the bottle. 

“Probably..I need to teach you how to strip..” Andy teased with giving the blonde the bottle. 

“Mmmm no, I don’t think it would be that sexy, can I borrow these? Plus — Carina stripped for me and my god…I think I died” 

Ryan raised his eyebrows at the Italian and all Carina did was blush hard with her hand going over her face. Andy tried now to laugh with the reaction from her best friends girlfriend. 

“I think she’d think it would be sexy, male strippers are a thing you know that…and you as a firefighter?? Put her fire out Lieutenant Bishop” Andy hyped up, grabbing her jacket she handed it over to the blonde who pulled it on. 

“And no you can’t borrow my turnouts to fuck your girlfriend in — what are you high?” Making a face. 

“No just tipsy.” Grinning to adjust the jacket. “I know there are male strippers, I just…I can’t move at all..” 

Carina looked over to Ryan who whispered in her ear. 

“Did you really?” 

“Yes. When we weren’t together..” whispering back. 

“How about you either take your turn outs from Grey’s or I’ll order you some…” tilting her head to look at Maya who was modeling the turnouts. 

Walking over to Andy, Maya fanned out the end of the turn out jacket. Carina placed her hand over her mouth to stop her from saying anything; the firefighter hyper aware that their significant others were behind Maya. Carina gave a nod like it was okay to encourage the blonde. 

Scooting to the end of the bench, Andy placed her hands on the pants Maya wore, running her hands dow the girls legs to just feel the blonde moving her body slowly. 

“This is so stupid…” Maya said in a low tone. 

Carina shook her jacket and tilted her head like she was checking out her girlfriend. 

“No it’s not, keep going. So now..take your jacket off while moving your hips like that…” mimicking how she wanted the blonde to take the jacket off. 

Pulling the invisible jacket from the top down to the middle of her arms as best she could before dropping her hands slowly so it could slid offs Maya bit her bottom lip to keep moving her hips and did what Andy said, watching her best friend to make sure this is what she’s supposed to do. 

“Mhmmm….shiiiiiiitttttt Bishop…..” Andy getting into it with taking another swig of the whiskey. 

Carina’s mouth dropped slowly seeing the jacket just slide off her girlfriend like butter and revealing the turnout pants, the suspender like straps and the sports bra. Ryan just smirked seeing how Carina was reacting right now. 

“Now what….” 

Carina wanted to step in, she wanted to step in so badly but it would show she’d been there watching. She waited. She waited so patiently. Andy sat up straighter and grabbed her phone and pulled open a song she might be able to dance to. Something that wasn’t the standard ‘strip tease’ or ‘lap dance’ music. 

“Follow the beat, you have it cause then…the suspenders come off slowly…as best as you can” pushing off the invisible straps on her shoulders while the music started playing. 

Hearing ‘Sauced Up’ by Fifth Harmony come on she took a breath and started singing the song and moving her body to it. 

Andy reached up and grabbed her best friend to hold her hips while she moved, nodding to keep encouraging her to move. Both of them now singing the song and moving their bodies which had Carina and Ryan smiling stupid. 

Standing up, the Latina moved the blondes hips gently with Maya’s hands on her shoulders. 

‘I don't want no problems, I want power.
I'm driving, you follow.’ 

Maya flexed at the word power which made Andy copy her. 

The way she moved was flawless, it reminded Carina of the day she was dancing to Girlicious in their mamas backyard go fix her car. The Captain made eye contact with Carina, the Italian pointed like they were going to leave and Andy gave the 'okay' with her eyes to have the actors leave the room and the best friends still going till Maya was confident. 

"So....you're positive I can't use your turn outs? Come on Carina is going to think it's so hot..." Walking from the station back to the gym. 

"Carina is going to think what is so hot?" the thick accent of her girlfriend rang into her ears and the blonde perked up in her tipsy state. 

"I well....nothing?" Maya was stumbling over her words. 

It reminded Carina when they weren't dating yet and the blonde would do that when they got close. Getting up from her office chair, Andy bounced over to Ryan to kiss him and the man just happily kissed her back. Carina however took her time to get to the fighter who was taking steps back, nervously playing with her hands like the two weren't dating. 

"Nothing? My name coming out of your mouth is not....nothing, Bambina..." smirking to see Maya hit the mirrors eventually. 

"No! That's...of course..." laughing and scoffing a bit like she was dumb. 

"Have you been drinking? Bambina it's like eight in the morning..." biting her bottom lip, her hand came up and started to play with the fighters blonde hair that was in a pony, splaying over her shoulder. 

Fingers rolled the blonde hair, Maya just hummed with a smile and little giggle. 

"Drinking?! No. Not...me...it's sooooo early..." shaking her head a little bit to then stand up straighter, or at least trying. 

"Bambina..." whispering with her sultry Italian voice. 

Getting closer to her, their noses touched to have the brown eyes look down at the blondes lips. All the Italian could picture was the way Maya was moving not an hour ago. 

"Andy was off...shift...you know...catching up...and I had like....a..drink..." Blue eyes looked at her girlfriends lips till she leaned in and kissed her hard. 

Tasting the whiskey on her tongue, Carina put her hand up on her girlfriends shoulder to push her back to the mirrors with a sly smile. 

"A drink" 

"Okay we were drinking out of the bottle...why are you here so early anyways...wait was Ryan here too?" just registering she saw a man in the office too. 

"Oh my sweet Maya..si, he's here too..we just wanted to stop in to see you both. Came from a last minute voice over for us both" kissing Maya's lips again. "We're going over to mama's right?" 

"Mhmm..I just wanted to get a work out in but I don't...think that's happening.." musing a little bit. 

"Yeah I don't think that's happening..catch up on your work here and I'll drive us over you silly girl.." 

Maya pulled off of the mirrors to have Carina smack her butt a bit and made the blonde jump. 

"I might um...have a surprise for you tonight" Maya turned around with a smile and then tripped over her own feet. 

Catching herself, the blonde brushed it off and it just made Carina fall more in love with her. 

"Maya" 

"Hmm..." the blonde stopped right before she went into her office. 

"I love you, amore mio.." blushing a tiny bit. 

"I love you so damn much, give me twenty.." smiling wide to walk in and sit down. 

Looking at all the paperwork that was on her desk, bills for the building, there was no rent because Maya actually owned the property. She was in the middle of buying and upgrading the equipment for it; her own personal use for the new training she'd be doing. About a half hour later, ten minutes over what the blonde had said, Andy walked in and threw a large duffle bag down at the side of the desk. 

Maya looked down to then look at her best friend. 

"What the fuck is that?" 

"Old turnouts..I took my last name off of the jacket cause, unless you want to fuck her with the name Herrera on the back. I'll order some cool Bishop name plates for you if you really want.." smiling. "I don't need them, they're the same size, worn out" 

"Hand me downs" smiling. 

"Kinda, they're last years...and every few years I treat the crew to some new turnouts depending how rough everyones look...and it's not like we all have one pair but I still had those -- Captain's can't look bad..." Andy smiled to sit down on the couch. 

"So true...look at this, you giving me turnouts.." 

"Listen, you were hot as fuck, you need to bless that girlfriend of yours..oh shit do you have those slips I asked for you to get me" Andy perked up. 

Maya just groaned and nodded. Looking for the bag she brought in here earlier she grabbed it and pulled out the then VS bag that had the three fits the latina asked her to get. 

"It's times like these where I'm glad I live with Andrew and not you" joking. 

Closing the last of the folder, the blonde rearranged her desk to where it looked nice again. Particular. Carina showed back up with some coffee, sipping it slowly to then offer her cup to the blonde who was getting up. 

"Mhmm..okay Herrera..I'm off but, dinner this week...workouts again...and thank you" whispering the last part as she grabbed the duffle bag. 

"You got it" Walking out to meet Ryan again who was just waiting patiently to take the girl home. 

Getting into Carina's car, Maya placed the duffle bag in her truck first before locking it. Sitting down she ran her hand over to grab the Italians to kiss the back of it, letting it go gently so she could back up. 

"It feels like forever since we've been to mamas" Maya groaned, she hated it. 

Lucia was her mom in every sense, so being away from her from so long had the blonde feeling a certain way -- it was the same way with Andy and Andrew too. Carina looked over to see her girlfriend in deep thought, her hand moved over to grab the blondes. 

"What are you thinking?" 

"Things are changing, it's what I talked about with Andy. I was dormant for so long I don't want anyone to think I'm abandoning them?" 

"Maya, they're proud of you...no ones going to think that, they're going to be happy for you...they were there when you needed them the most, and they showed up, you're going to give that back in ways that you can't give physically. It's going to have them watch you step into something else, the pride I know Andrea, Andy and mama are all going to have. They watched you fight back to where you are now, you made them proud" her hand coming up to caress the blondes cheek gently. 

"I really hope so, babe" leaning into the hand on her cheek. 

Carina pulled her car into the driveway of her mamas house to get out. Maya closed the door to hear her name being called. Visibly getting pissed, the Italian looked over to the blonde who didn't bother turning around. 

"What's this you're in the WWE now kid? It's about time...when does the old man get to cash in on those front row seats" Lane wanted in since Maya was now doing something with her life again. 

Maya didn't move, the blonde just looked at Carina like a 'please go inside'. Scratching her head a bit the Italian didn't leave, just standing at the beginning of the walk way to the front door. 

"Maya..." calling to her. 

"So. Are you going to answer me kid? My own daughter is going to be in the WWE..." daughter. 

Laughing, the blonde nodded to then turn around and looked at this 'father' of hers. Walking over they were only a couple feet apart now. 

"Fucking never. Daughter?! Are you fucking for real right now? You're not getting shit Lane, that whole bullshit sailed the second you disowned me." her anger was real. 

Lane was only trying to cash in because now his daughter was back in on the spotlight -- he always thought he was the one to get her there. Disowning her the second shit went down with the UFC, now he was trying to get back in. 

"Excuse me young lady -- " 

"No. You don't get to start. You're nothing but my fucking sperm donor. You mean nothing to me. You know who fucking raised me?! LOVED me...Lucia; and if I hear that you talk to her, you go after her in any sort of way Lane, call officer Tanner because it won't be pretty" getting closer to him. 

Both Bishop's were face to face now, Maya wasn't a carbon copy of her father, she took no shit from him. He could talk all he wanted but it wasn't going to phase her. 

"Lucia needs to know her place, you're not her kid" Lane said. 

"I am her kid. You kicked me out. YOU, threw my shit on the lawn while I was dealing with what happened in JAIL. What kind of FATHER is that..it's not one. You were a drill sergeant, you were a hard ass, you didn't love me. You loved what I became. Lucia raised me. Lucia, loves me for me. Lucia is my mama -- and you're just pathetic...begging to get back into my life because now what...Maya Bishop is going to be on TV again, I'm not someone you can parade around. Lane you're shit. You will never be Lucia DeLuca; because you love the game...and I'm not apart of it anymore" saying to him. 

Lane just gently laughed to nod slowly. 

"Now I suggest you go back inside, and you never talk to me again. You're nothing but my last name" Taking a step forward to have Lane take a step back. 

The two just looked at each other a little harder for Lane to eventually backdown and go back next door. Maya watched him go inside to then turn around and meet Carina up by the walkway, slipping her hand into hers she pulled her girlfriend into a hot kiss. 

"I'm proud of you" Carina said into her lips. 

"Lane is nothing but a opportunist. He holds nothing to your mama..." kissing her once more the two walked inside where Maya's demeanor instantly changed. 

Running over to her she hugged Lucia who laughed and hugged Maya tighter. 

"Oh my baby...I saw you on the TV..look at you...mia dolce ragazza, sono così orgoglioso di te." (my sweet girl, I'm so proud of you) Lucia's hands went to cup Maya's face like Carina always did. 

"I'm sorry it's been so long since we've been here...so much has happened mama" Maya said hugging the woman again. 

Lucia held her hand out and grabbed Carina's hand and pulled them both in, kissing their heads. Her daughters. No matter how you looked at it, Lucia DeLuca was one lucky woman. Two amazing daughters and a son who brought her so much joy. 

"Le mie ragazze" (my girls) saying with the two of them. "Please say you're staying for lunch" pulling back to look at them. 

"Oh yeah, we have nothing else to do...and I plan on helping like I used to" Carina said with a smile. 

"Fantastico...okay lets go" grabbing Carina's hand to go to the kitchen. 

Both DeLuca women got to work on lunch as Maya sat in the kitchen to watch. 

"Maya" Lucia called back to have the blonde look up. 

"Si mama.." 

"Can you go to the store and grab a couple things?" holding out a small list. 

Getting up she walked over to take it, nodding with what she needed. Kissing her mamas cheek and then Carina on the lips. 

"I'll be back, I love you" saying to her girl who blushed, hard. 

"I love you, call us if something you can't find Bambina" kissing her again. 

Lucia definitely missed a part between seeing them last and now. I love you. It was huge for Maya, even bigger for the relationship. Hearing the door close, Lucia just put the spoon down to look at her eldest. 

"Ti amo? Carina -- what have I missed since I saw the two of you" watching the brunette hardcore blush again. 

"I am going to fill you completely in.." laughing with another blush. 

Lunch was happy, lunch was what the two needed after the constant work and back and forth with how their new routine was going to be. Carina explained how Maya ran through the airport to tell her she loved her, that coming to LA opened up so much more for the blonde. 

Taking a call from Rhea, Maya made sure that Lucia met her tag partner and the person who was training with her -- of course, the older DeLuca invited her for dinner one night which made the Australian accept happily. 

Moving to Maya's room, it's like they fell back into an old routine. Carina holding Maya while the blonde snuggled up into the side of her body. Safe. Loved. It's everything Maya felt with Carina, it's how she wanted to feel for forever. The threat of sleep seeping into the blondes body, her head looking up at the Italian to see brown eyes looking down at her. 

Caressing the fighters cheek, Carina pressed her lips to Maya's in a soft kiss. 

"When does promo start for the movie?" 

"After it's been edited Bambina..." saying gently with her fingers now running through the blondes hair. 

"Do we have to pretend that we're not together?" 

"No, because I think everyone would see through it -- " a small laugh. 

"Mhmm..good, cause I don't want to pretend, I want to be loud with you...everywhere..." 

Notes:

Enjoy!!

A little bit of soft before things start ramping up for them

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