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The next morning Paige was the first to wake up.
She took a minute to stretch her aching limbs above her head, shaking the sleepiness out of her muscles and cracking her back. When her eyes focused, she glanced down at Evelyn who was still deep asleep with Jappy firmly hugged to her chest.
It was one of Evelyn's rare days off, so Paige decided to let her sleep a little longer.
After untangling her legs from the sheets she tiptoed to the bathroom. Once look in the mirror showed that her bedhead was extreme that morning, with strands of hair sticking up at weird angles and in other spots completely straight. A hair wash was definitely in order so she stripped, and attempted to brush her hair before stepping into the steaming shower.
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Once she was sufficiently clean she dried off and pulled on some leggings and a hoodie before meandering back over to a still-sleeping Evelyn.
“Hey sleepyhead, it’s time to wake up.”
“Don’t want to.” Evelyn grumbled, melting further into the bed and letting out a deep sigh.
“It’s almost one, we gotta get some lunch.” Paige laughed, slipping behind the sleepy girl and cuddling her from behind.
Evelyn groaned but rolled over and opened her eyes slightly, scowling at Paige. “Fine, but I don’t feel like moving.”
"Hmmmm, is that right?" Paige grinned. "Would you get up if I tickled you?"
Evelyn’s eyes widened. “You wouldn’t.”
Paige only wiggled her eyebrows teasingly.
“One,”
“No, please no.” Evelyn squealed trying to escape Paige's grip.
“Two,”
“Paigeee!”
“Three!”
Paige dug her fingers into the smaller girls' sides mercilessly, thrilled to hear high-pitched screams and laughter emitting from the other woman.
After a few minutes, the girl seemingly had had enough and went limp.
Evelyn lay there panting with hair sticking up all over, tinted cheeks, and tears pricking the sides of her eyes.
“I was thinking pancakes for lunch today, that sound good to you?”
“Sure,” Evelyn shrugged and sat up so she was straddling Paige's hips. “But you're going to have to bring them up to me ‘cause I don’t want to go downstairs.”
“Come on," Paige sat up, Evelyn now situated between her legs. "I'll even add some chocolate chips.”
"Carry me?"
Evelyn blushed after she asked the question, averting her eyes and wringing her hands.
Paige took her anxious hands in her own and kissed each of her knuckles. “Of course. Do you want Jappy before we go?”
Evelyn nodded and reached over to pick up her stuffed dog before laying her head on Paige’s shoulder with a tiny yawn. Paige rubbed her back softly as she strode down to the kitchen.
She plopped Evelyn onto a stool in front of the kitchen island, ruffling her hair affectionately.
“I’m gonna start making the pancakes now, are you alright over here?”
Evelyn reddened in response but nodded all the same.
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It didn't take long for a good sized stack of pancakes to be whipped up and, after cutting up a few strawberries, Paige and Evelyn moved to the dining table.
Evelyn giggled when she saw happy faces of chocolate chips on her pancakes peering up at her. “These look really good, thanks babe.”
"You're very welcome." Paige hummed and took a bite of her own.
Halfway through their meal, Paige noticed that the strawberries on Evelyn's plate remained largely untouched.
“You should eat those, you know. They're good for you.”
Evelyn pushed the plate away from her. “I don't feel like eating them today.”
Paige grabbed the plate and stabbed a strawberry, bringing it up to Evelyn's lips expectantly. “Open, please.”
Evelyn turned her head the other way.
Paige sighed but quickly thought up a bargain. “How about, if you finish all the strawberries we can watch a movie and cuddle on the couch for the rest of the day.”
Evelyn perked up at the idea and turned back around, opening her mouth and letting Paige feed her the rest of the strawberries.
“See, that wasn't so bad, was it?” Paige was secretly thankful that Evelyn had actually eaten a real fruit without much of a fight for once.
“Alright, do you want anything before we go to the living room?” Paige asked as she gathered their plates and brought them to the sink.
“Could I have some orange juice?”
“You go get comfy, I'll bring some to you.”
Paige returned to Evelyn a few minutes later and grabbed the Xbox controller, settling down onto the white sofa with Evelyn squished to her side. “Anything in particular that you want to watch?”
“How about that new movie, what's it called... the Wild Robot?”
"Oh yeah, we saw that trailer in the movie theater a couple months ago." Paige smiled fondly and clicked around until she found somewhere to rent it.
She pressed play and pulled Evelyn fully onto her lap, resting her chin on the girl's head. At Evelyn's little noise of approval, she wrapped her arms around her waist and pressed a kiss to the back of her neck.
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Midway through their second movie of the day, Paige noticed that Evelyn was fidgeting a bit. It was possible that she was just jittery from their sugary breakfast so at first she thought nothing of it, deciding that if something was wrong Evelyn would tell her.
After 10 minutes of Evelyn squirming though, Paige couldn't help herself from stepping in.
“Babe?” Paige wondered, deciding to test her theory. “Whats wrong?”
Evelyn shook her head with a bright blush on her face.
Paige didn't say anything, but she paused the movie and gently pulled the brunette up by her hand, leading her down the hallway to the closest bathroom.
She was right in her assumption that Evelyn needed to use the bathroom, evident in the way she rushed in as soon as they reached the threshold.
Paige wondered why Evelyn was acting a little off that day. Maybe because of her accident earlier that morning?
But, she had to admit that she didn't dislike this new behavior, it was certainly very sweet.
After a few minutes, a relieved-looking Evelyn stepped into the hallway, covering a yawn with her pajama sleeve.
“Ready to go back now?”
Evelyn nodded and rubbed a forearm over her face, clearly still sleepy.
Paige hummed, not even asking before hoisting the girl into her arms and strolling back to the living room. On the way, Evelyn laid her head on the blonde's shoulder and closed her eyes.
“How about, we finish this movie, get some dinner, and have a nice warm bath?”
“M'kay.” Evelyn murmured.
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When the movie finished Paige stood up with the tired girl in her arms and bounced her slightly so that she would wake up a bit.
“Come on, Ev, let's get some food into that tummy of yours.”
Paige settled on a quick meal of mac and cheese, not feeling up to making anything elaborate.
She turned on the stove and set a pot of water to boil before grabbing flatware and bowls.
After she set the table, she made her way back over to the barstool where Evelyn sat hunched over and idly talking to someone on her phone.
"Who is it?" Paige mouthed to her, Evelyn just shook her head and waved her off.
"Yeah, just have the new model ready for me to sign off on by Wednesday. Okay, see you then, goodnight."
"Work?"
Evelyn sighed and lurched to the dining table, where she collapsed onto a chair. "It was. My secretary just called to remind me to sign off on a new prototype we've been working on."
Paige nodded and stirred the pasta a bit. "Full week I'm guessing then."
Evelyn groaned and clonked her head onto the tabletop..
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“Milk, babe?” Paige called from the kitchen as she finished filling two bowls with pasta.
“Chocolate?”
Paige grabbed the pre-made Nesquik out of the fridge and topped off a small glass.
She handed the glass to Evelyn and plopped down on the chair next to her.
As soon as Paige was sitting, Evelyn dug in.
Though, as soon as she took her first bite she yelped and fanned her tongue. She blew more on the next to make sure it wouldn't burn as much before digging in again.
“Was that good?” Paige asked when her bowl was practically empty to which Evelyn gave her a thumbs up.
“Well then, let's go take our bath now.”
She slowly walked up to their bedroom with Evelyn trailing behind her.
Seeing that the other woman didn't have much energy, Paige had her to lay on the bed so that she could get everything ready for bed.
The blonde got a pair of her own pajamas before grabbing Evelyn's. She then went to the bathroom to turn on the tap for their bath. And, after letting it fill and sticking her hand in the water to make sure it wasn't too hot, she returned to where Evelyn was on the bed.
“What kind of bubbles do you want?”
Evelyn tapped her chin in thought as they stripped out of their clothing. "The purple one?"
“Alright, lavender it is.”
They sat in the bath until the water began to get cold. Neither of them wanted to get up and brave the freezing outside air.
When they couldn't handle the temperature of the bath water anymore they both carefully stepped out of the bathtub and onto a plush rug, shivering a bit at the crispness of the room.
“I’ll go grab us some towels.”
Evelyn nodded, teeth chattering slightly as she wrapped her arms across her chest.
It didn't take long for Paige to come back and soon both of them were dried off and dressed in warm pajamas.
“Need anything before we go to sleep?”
Evelyn thought for a second. “Could I have Jappy please.”
“Okay, be right back.”
Paige quickly jogged back downstairs to the couch where the stuffed dog was and grabbed it.
When she got back, she handed the stuffed animal to Evelyn, flicked off the lights, and pulled the brunette into her embrace.
She was startled slightly when Evelyn turned around so that they were facing each other.
“Will you… will you be mad at me if I have another accident?” Evelyn mumbled softly, fidgeting with a loose string on Paige’s pajama top.
Paige leaned forward and pressed a kiss to the tip of Evelyn's nose.
“Of course I won’t, Ev. It’s such a small problem, and it's easily fixable. Don’t you worry your pretty little head about it.”
Evelyn sniffled and cuddled further into Paige’s chest.