CHAPTER 33
“How are you?” Gabi asked, finding her girlfriend in the kitchen at around eleven at night.
“Tired.”
Gabi walked up behind Sarai and began massaging her shoulders.
“Oh, that’s so nice. Thank you.”
Sarai leaned her head back, so Gabi kissed her neck.
“Why don’t you sit down? I can make you coffee. You haven’t taken a break since you started, babe.”
“I’m okay. I have to get this done. I owe them the email at eight in the morning.”
“Just remember, there are backup plans, so if you don’t, you don’t.”
“I don’t want to use the backup plans if I don’t have to.”
“I know,” she said and kissed Sarai on the neck again.
“How is your work with Arlowe coming along?”
Gabi wrapped her arms around Sarai’s waist, rested her chin on Sarai’s shoulder, and replied, “So far, so good. She’s checking something right now, so I have to wait until she finishes that before I can do anything else. She said it might be an hour.”
“You should take a break, then,” Sarai said and turned around in her arms, wrapping her own around Gabi’s neck.
“I’m okay, but I was thinking about doing that with you.”
“I can’t take a break right now, babe. I wish I could.”
“If I can’t convince you to do that, I can at least make sure you have a good cup of coffee and something to eat. Go back out there. I’ll bring you a sandwich. You hardly ate anything for dinner.”
Sarai smiled at her then.
“What?” Gabi asked.
“It’s nice,” Sarai replied.
“What is?”
“You trying to take care of me. I haven’t had anyone try to take care of me in a while, and I’ve never lived with a girlfriend, so it’s just nice.”
“Go.” Gabi smiled at Sarai before she kissed her. “I’ll bring you coffee and food. And you will take a break, Sarai. Prepare yourself because, at some point, I’m going to pull you away from that computer for at least fifteen minutes.”
“Yes, dear,” Sarai joked before she kissed her quickly. “And get yourself some food, too. You’ve hardly eaten dinner. Don’t think I didn’t notice that.”
Sarai patted Gabi on the butt and headed back into the garage, where they’d all been hard at work since Arlowe had had her epiphany.
Violet had called Stella to get over there, so she’d joined them after her own workday, and she’d been helping Sarai with some of the copy and scripting, given her experience in sales.
Sarai’s intern had worked on the website on the back end so that when they were ready to press publish, the changes would go live, but she had left around eight since those didn’t need to be finished or pushed out until the new version of the app was live.
Mitchell and Clay had hung around until about nine, but they’d gotten what they’d need from Arlowe to get the rest of their parts done and work from home.
They also didn’t have to work through the night like Sarai would.
She was the only one who could recreate the commercial, so while Enya had helped Sarai with all the images and mock-ups that she needed, and Violet had helped Stella and the intern, it was Sarai who’d be pulling the all-nighter.
Gabi brought out a plate and a cup of coffee and set it in front of her girlfriend, who had her headphones on and was zeroed in on whatever she was doing.
Violet looked completely wiped, and when Stella yawned and leaned into her body a little, Violet kissed the top of her head.
Enya seemed mostly okay, but even she looked worse for wear.
Arlowe was locked in completely; headphones over her ears, her fingers dancing along the keys.
Gabi rubbed Sarai’s back, and Sarai looked up at her and gave her a smile before Gabi went back into the kitchen to make her own food because she knew Sarai would get mad at her if she didn’t eat, too.
“I’m going to work in my room. I need to see it bigger,” Arlowe said, removing her headphones just as Gabi carried her plate and her coffee out to the garage.
“What?” she asked.
“My TV; it’s bigger than the monitor in here.
” Arlowe nodded to the screen that was mounted to the wall.
“I need to see what I’m doing bigger, so I’ll work there, then probably pass out for a few hours, and wake up to keep going.
” She stood and picked up her laptop. “I might come back out around four or five.”
“Okay, I’m calling it,” Stella stated. “Do you all need Violet anymore?”
“Not really,” Arlowe replied. “Why?”
“Because if you don’t, I’m taking her home.”
“Babe, I have to stay. It’s not fair.”
Sarai took her headphones off and asked, “What’s going on?”
“Arlowe is going to work in her room, nap, and work some more. Stella is going to take Violet home,” Gabi said.
“Oh, okay.” Sarai looked down at her desk then. “You made me a sandwich?”
“Babe, you watched me set it down,” she replied with a little laugh.
“I could use a nap, too,” Enya said. “Sarai, do you need anything else right now? If not, maybe I could get a little sleep and come back in a few hours.”
“Yeah, go for it. I’m good here. Honestly, you can all go,” Sarai said. “I would’ve worked in my own room, but I’d just pass out in there. I have what I need, though.”
“Great,” Stella replied. “Let’s go, my love.”
“She calls you that?” Arlowe teased.
“Make fun of me when you get a hot girlfriend,” Violet retorted as she stood up.
“Are you two okay to drive?” Gabi checked.
“We’re good,” Violet replied. “I’ll drive since Stella kind of hates it, but we’re not that far away. We’ll be okay. I’ll come back around seven, but if you need anything, Sarai, you’ll go through my do-not-disturb, so just call.”
“I’ll be fine, but I have to send them the file by eight, so don’t be late. We need to all look at it and approve it at seven in case I need to make any quick changes before I turn it in.”
“I should stay. Stella, I should stay.”
“No, we’re leaving. Sarai says she’s good, and she could use some alone time to focus, so we’re all going to give that to her. If she needs you, she’ll call. Right, Sarai?”
“Right.”
Gabi watched the whole thing more than participated in it. Arlowe left first and quickly, and Violet and Stella followed after her. Enya checked one more time, but when Sarai told her that it was fine, she took off, too.
“Did you really need them all here, but you were being nice?” Gabi asked once they’d both eaten at least a few bites of their sandwiches.
“Nope. I wanted them gone. Violet is pretty annoying when she’s exhausted, and I could tell Stella wanted to leave. Enya was wiped but trying to hang in. And while Arlowe was fine since she’s usually still awake at this hour anyway, not having her in here is better for me, too.”
“What can I do?”
“Get some sleep. You don’t need to stay awake. Even if Arlowe checks your thing in an hour, you don’t have to do anything with it tonight. You don’t even work for us, babe.”
“Technically, I do.”
“Not for this, though.” Sarai leaned over and gave her a quick kiss. “Go to sleep. You have to work tomorrow, too.”
“I’d rather be out here with you, unless you really need me to go.”
“No, I can work with you here as long as you don’t just stare over my shoulder and look at what I’m doing.”
“I won’t do that, but I’ll make you a deal. I’ll work on something else out of your way, but you’re taking a fifteen-minute break within the next half hour.”
“Gabs…”
“Babe, I’m serious.”
“I’ll just pass out if I’m not actively working on this. I’m not usually at my computer this late or for so many hours at a time.”
“I have an idea. Go with me here.”
Gabi stood and walked to the garage door, which she closed and locked.
“What are you doing, exactly?” Sarai asked.
“Just stay where you are. Actually, no. Stand up for me. That chair has annoying armrests.”
“What?”
Gabi walked back over to her and held out her hands.
“Come on. Up.”
Sarai removed her headphones from around her neck and took Gabi’s hands as she stood.
“Now, turn and lean back.”
Gabi moved them around until Sarai’s back was to her desk and Gabi was facing her.
“Gabi, I have so much work to do.”
“In fifteen minutes.”
Gabi leaned in and kissed her.
“Babe…”
“Relax, Sarai. You said you’d fall asleep if you weren’t staring at the screen, getting the work done. If you fall asleep while I’m doing this, I’m doing it wrong.”
“Wait. What are you–”
Gabi kissed her again, shutting her up, and pushed down at Sarai’s sweatpants until they were at her knees.
“Babe, we can’t,” Sarai said with a little laugh.
“Everyone’s gone, and I locked the door. Just let me.” She kissed Sarai’s neck and moved her hand between Sarai’s legs. “I bet an orgasm will wake you up.”
“Well, it won’t put me to sleep,” Sarai replied.
Gabi started with gentle strokes because Sarai wasn’t wet at first, but it didn’t take long for her to find what she needed between Sarai’s legs, and when she had, she dragged Sarai’s wetness up and over to her clit, coating it and stroking her slowly while she kissed her.
Sarai spread her legs farther, and her pants fell around to her ankles, so Gabi decided to take full advantage.
She pushed Sarai’s underwear down, too, and moved to kneel on the cold concrete, not caring about how that might leave some marks on her knees.
“Gabs!”
“Shh,” she replied and spread Sarai open before pushing inside her with two fingers. “Let me,” she added softly.
Sarai didn’t object, so Gabi moved her tongue to her clit and licked her.
“Oh, I needed this,” Sarai let out.
“I know, baby. Just relax and feel good, okay?”
Trying to make the pleasure last for Sarai and for herself, Gabi took her slowly, pushing in a little deeper, pulling back out, and doing that over and over while she licked and gently sucked, but when Sarai’s hand went to the back of her head, she curled inside her and began sucking a little harder.
“Oh, yes,” Sarai said.
Gabi moaned and waited because she could feel Sarai tense and pulse around her fingers.
“God, yes. Don’t stop,” Sarai told her.
Gabi didn’t, and seconds later, Sarai’s hips were rocking against her face as she came hard.
Still, Gabi continued to deliver her curls inside and sucked until Sarai tapped her on the back of her head.
Then, she slowed before stopping altogether and looked up at Sarai with a wet chin that she wiped with her free hand as she smirked up at her girlfriend.
“You knew just what I needed,” Sarai admitted, smiling down at her with flushed cheeks and a little more brightness in those still-tired eyes.
“Yes, I did.”
“I know what you need, too, you know?”
“You do?”
“Yeah. You need to sit in that folding chair over there and spread your legs. No armrests on that one.”
Sarai pointed to a chair that was folded up and resting against the wall.
“Oh, I do, huh?” Gabi laughed a little as she stood.
“Lose the pants first.”
Gabi did as she was told because touching Sarai would always turn her on, and she could really use an orgasm right now, but she also knew that if she could occupy Sarai for a few more minutes, she’d be recharged and ready to get back to the work she had to do.
When she sat on the chair, naked from the waist down and wearing only her shirt, Sarai used her pants and underwear as a cushion for her knees.
Gabi wished she’d thought to do that, too, until Sarai noticed the redness from her time on the concrete and went to rub Gabi’s legs with her hands before she kissed each knee and looked up at Gabi with such affection in her eyes that Gabi practically melted in that cold, metal folding chair.
Then, Sarai spread her legs with her hands and looked down at Gabi’s center, which was wet for her, Gabi knew.
She watched Sarai lick her lips, and she shifted herself a little, moving her center closer to the edge of the chair.
A moment later, Sarai’s mouth got to work, and Gabi just watched her for a few minutes, still not fully believing that Sarai was going down on her technically where she worked, but once Sarai began to suck, Gabi had to close her eyes because it felt way too good.
She leaned back a little, and when she heard Sarai groan, she opened her eyes for a second to be able to see her and pushed Sarai’s hair out of her face.
Sarai groaned once more, which probably meant that that was what she’d needed Gabi to do, and Gabi held on to the hair that Sarai had worn down today as she closed her eyes again, letting the orgasm build until it took her all the way over the edge.
“God, yes!” she let out when she came, and Sarai sucked her until Gabi let go of her hair, giving her the hint that she couldn’t handle it anymore.
Sarai slowed and licked her a few more times, looking up at her as she did and making Gabi regret giving that hint.
“You are so sexy right now,” she said.
“So are you,” Sarai replied. “And I cannot believe you got me on my knees in this garage.”
“Oh, come on… You know the others have had sex in here. There’s no way Arlowe hasn’t had at least one woman in here.”
“Gabs, I really don’t want to talk about Arlowe and her sexcapades right now,” Sarai said and licked her once more.
“What do you want to talk about, then?”
“Who said I want to talk at all?” Sarai countered. “How much time do I have left on my fifteen-minute break?”
Gabi smiled down at her before she looked up and said, “About six minutes.”
“Just enough time.”
“Time for what?”
“Stand up and lean over my desk. I’m going to be behind you.”
Gabi’s eyes went wide, and she asked, “You’re going to fuck me, aren’t you?”
Sarai nodded seriously before she stood and held out her hand for Gabi to take.
“Bra off, but leave your shirt on. I’m going to be reaching under it with my other hand.”
“I think I might be a bad influence on you,” she joked and obliged.
Six minutes later, she was still leaning over Sarai’s desk. Her shirt was on the floor. Sarai’s lips were on her back, and her hand was cupping Gabi’s breast. Sarai’s fingers were still buried deep inside her, and they were both breathing hard.
“God, that was good,” she said.
“Yes, it was,” Sarai agreed. “But now…” She pulled out of Gabi slowly and then smacked her on the ass. “I need to get back to work.”
Gabi laughed and suggested, “Quick shower?”
“What?”
“No sex. We’ll just clean up. It’ll help keep you awake. Then, back to work.”
“A cold shower will wake me up better.”
“Hot shower at first. Then, we can turn it to cold, if you insist. Come on, baby.”
“I like it when you call me that.”
“And I like it when you take me over your desk, so we’re both having a great night, I think.”
Sarai laughed.