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"It's beautiful, I'll take you some time," Carina said as she finished explaining the town she grew up in. She was sitting on the bed, her back up against the headboard, with Maya's head in her lap as she played with the blonde's hair.
Maya had been flat on her back looking at the doctor, admiring the way her face lit up and her happy expression when she talked about Italy. "Take me now," Maya suggested. Carina laughed and rolled her eyes. "I'm serious, not today, but let's go, next month, I still have a few vacation days saved up, and I wanna see your hometown and meet people you grew up with!"
"Really?"
"Yes, Carina, I want to know everything about you."
Carina blushed at hearing that, but nodded, "Okay, uh, but you'll probably have to meet my papa?"
"You met my mom," Maya shrugged.
"Not my choice, and she's not mentally, uh what's the word, instable?"
"Unstable and I wanna know everything about you, even if that requires me to meet your mentally 'instable' dad," Maya said, cupping Carina's cheek and trying to get the doctor to look down at her. When they made eye contact, Carina was met with kind blue eyes that just always made her wanna agree with them.
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay, we will book a flight to Italia for some time next month."
Maya squealed from excitement, sat up, and turned her body so she could kiss Carina. "I love you, Car," Maya sighed into the kiss. Carina hummed in response before she flipped them over so she was on top of Maya.
A month later, Carina was finishing packing her clothes and Maya was just sitting on the bed watching her. She was beautiful, even when she was stressing out about what she was gonna wear. They were leaving tomorrow and spending 5 days in Italy. Maya was kinda afraid she'd freak out about work again, but hopefully not, hopefully they could just have a fun and normal vacation.
"Babe, the first 3 outfits look incredibly hot on you, just choose one," Maya laughed, she didn't understand why it was taking so long. Carina sighed and then turned around, there looked to be tears in her eyes, "They don't need to look hot, they need to look perfect, I just-I-"
"Hey, hey, hey," Maya started as she jumped off the bed and ran to Carina's side. "What's wrong? This is about more than the outfits," Maya observed, she put her forehead against Carina's. Maya knew that Carina was a little stressed about seeing her old best friend. Especially since the old best friend was gonna have her twin brother who Carina dated for a while.
"I just- I need everything to be perfect," Carina sighed. "Babe, nothing is perfect, ever, you can try your best, but trust me, it'll just be a disappointment," Maya smiled softly and tucked some of Carina's hair behind her ear.
"I'm sorry," Carina said, her forehead still against Maya's, but her eyes trained on the floor. "Why?" Maya asked, pulling their foreheads apart so she could properly look at the doctor, who kept her eyes trained on the floor. Maya gently angled Carina's face up, so the brunette would be forced to look her in the eyes. "I should be able to not freak out over nothing," Carina shrugged.
"It's not nothing, Car, I know what it's like to feel like you have to be perfect, every time I feel like I need to be perfect, you're the one who tells me there's no such thing, so here I am, doing it for you."
Maya ended up helping Carina pack her last outfit, and then they went to bed.
The next morning, Maya woke up first, Carina had been the little spoon last night which was weird, but Maya loved to hold Carina and she knew the Italian needed it. Maya checked the time, it was 4 AM, and their flight was at 7, so they had an hour before they had to leave. Maya was not excited for the flight, it was 17 hours, most of which she should spend sleeping because they were gonna get into Italy at 9:15, which meant they would spend the whole day awake and seeing people and whatever.
Maya was gonna wake Carina up, but she had wanted today to be as good as it could be for the Italian. They were gonna get to Italy at 12:15 AM their time, and Carina's old best friend, Gabriella, was gonna pick them up and take them to the hotel to drop off their things. Then they were gonna spend the day with Gabrielle and her family before meeting Carina's dad for dinner, and it felt like a lot after 17 hours on a plane, but oh well.
Maya ended up untangling herself from the doctor before going to make them some breakfast. She decided to make something quick that they could eat at the airport. They were gonna leave for the airport at 5:00 AM, so she should probably wake Carina up soon since it was 4:23.
Maya went into the bedroom to wake the brunette up softly by kisses on her cheeks, neck, collarbone, shoulder, etc. Carina slowly woke up, and held Maya's face close to her body, loving the soft kisses being peppered all over it. "I want to, uhm, I want to shower before we go," Carina breathed out. Maya hummed before whispering against Carina's skin, "Maybe I'll join you."
They ended up taking a 25 minute shower together, but they still managed to leave the apartment on time(barely, but they were out the door by 5:01).
So they took the taxi to the airport, and then they got on a 17 hour plane ride full of sleep and crying babies and hand holding. When they landed in Italy, Maya was exhausted, but they still had the whole day ahead of them.
At baggage claim, Carina ran up to a pretty brunette with green eyes and short hair and gave her a hug. "Gabriella, questo è Maya(this is Maya)," Carina said with a smile, gesturing at the blonde who smiled. "Ahh! Ciao, I have hear such great things about you," The green eyed girl said with a smile, her Italian accent was thicker than Carina's and pretty hard to understand, but Maya got what she was saying. "Ciao," Maya replied awkwardly. "Come sta Andrea (How's Andrew)?" Gabriella asked Carina. Carina smiled and started saying things in Italian and Maya couldn't help but be a little jealous.
Maya ignored the jealousy, and grabbed Carina's hand so they could grab their bag. They decided to share a bag so they only had to check one and they could save money. In the car, Carina sat in the back with Maya, leaving Gabriella all alone in the front, but she and Carina were speaking in Italian very quickly, and Maya didn't know what they were saying. Despite one of Carina's hands on her thigh and the other holding hers, she was still a little jealous she couldn't understand what was happening.
"Bella?" Carina asked, pulling Maya from her thoughts.
"Hm?"
"Do you want to go to the hotel and shower before going to breakfast?" Carina asked with kind eyes. Maya nodded and leaned her head against Carina's shoulder.
When they got to the hotel, Gabriella said something in Italian to Maya before she drove off. The girls checked in and got into the elevator to go to their room. "From what I saw on the drive, it's beautiful here," Maya said softly as they were getting to the room. Carina hummed in agreement before opening the door to the room.
It looked to be a nice room, a king sized bed with a tv, but Maya didn't get to do much looking because as soon as the door closed behind them, Carina pushed her against the wall and started kissing her aggressively. One of Carina's hands was on the wall to hold her up while the other was on Maya's hip, holding the blonde against the wall. Carina forced her tongue into Maya's mouth and the firefighter just moaned into the kiss. Carina pulled away from her lips to bite and suck on her ears, her jaw, and her neck, and Maya bit her lip to keep quiet.
"Babe-" Maya was cut off by a moan when Carina bit a sensitive spot on her neck, "Babe, we have to shower." Carina pulled away, observing the blonde for a second, before kissing her again. Carina grabbed Maya's thighs and wrapped the girl's legs around her waist before carrying the shorter girl to the bathroom. Carina placed Maya on the sink before turning on the shower to the right temperature and then, she took Maya against the sink while the shower was warming up. Then again in the shower.
When they finished showering, they laid down on the bed, both only wearing robes. Maya had her head on Carina's chest, and was holding the brunette's hand. "What did Gabriella say before she left?" Maya asked curiously. "She said she was getting breakfast and that she'd be back," Carina explained before pulling their conjoined hands up so she could press a kiss to Maya's.
A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Gabriella was there standing next to a boy who looked exactly like her. The first thing he did when he saw Carina was check her out. That was not okay.