Title: I Call This Love
Author: xrated_bb
Fandom: Guiding Light
Rating: PG-13 and eventually NC-17
Pairing: Olivia/Natalia, Otalia
Disclaimer: CBS, Telenext, P&G. Characters belong to them not me.
Chapter Summary: Natalia tells Frank why she isn't able to marry him, and he has another reason to hate Olivia. They get home and Emma and Jane aren't there...what'll they do in the meantime?
"Olivia!" yelled Natalia from outside. Olivia slowly put her phone back into her pocket. Natalia rushed back inside. "What are you doing?"
Olivia pointed to the stairs. "I can't leave my nine year old alone, Natalia," she told the brunette. "Emma? Em, can you come down here for a second?"
A couple seconds later, Emma sauntered down stairs and looked at her two mommies. "Yeah, mommy?" she asked innocently. Her eyes never left her mothers.
"Jane's going to be coming over. If you go out, leave me a note. Natalia and I are going to resolve some..." Olivia paused, searching for the right word to describe the problem that is Frank Cooper Jr. "Issues," she said finally.
Natalia gave her a stern look. The doorbell rang and Emma went to it. "Janey!" she screeched as she dove into the babysitters arms. Jane lifted her up and smile friendlily at the girls.
Olivia took Natalia's hand and plowed her out the door with a quick goodbye to Jane and to Emma. Natalia looked at her questioningly. "Sooner we tell Frank, sooner we can..."
Natalia got the hint. "Let's go..."
~*~*~*
"Natalia," said Frank as the girls went to Company.
"Frank, can we talk privately?" Olivia asked as she let go of the smaller brunette's hand.
Frank looked at Natalia who was too busy staring at the beauty that was Olivia Spencer. "All of us?" he clarified, sweeping his hand in the triangle that they were standing in.
Natalia nodded. "Yes, Frank, all of us." Natalia's words weren't harsh, but the way she delivered them was impatient and it startled Frank. He looked from Olivia to Natalia and from Natalia to Olivia. Something sunk in.
You could practically see the light bulb flash over his head and the little ding snap in his head. He took both Olivia and Natalia - who started holding hands as he pulled them - by the arms and brought them out the back way. "Okay, tell me what's going on, Olivia," he ordered.
Olivia wanted to make a smart remark but bit it back. "I think Natalia should tell you what's going on, Frank," she said solemnly, surprising both Natalia and Frank with her calmness.
The brunette looked at the man who loved her with sore, taunted eyes. "Frank..." she began but froze. She looked at Olivia and begged her with her eyes to help.
The older woman took a deep breath and intertwined her fingers with Natalia's. "Frank," Olivia continued for Natalia, making it up as she went along. "Frank, Natalia and I are..."
"In love," finished Natalia, surprisingly, her voice was overly confident.
Frank smirked. "Yeah, right," he said as he took Natalia's hand. She hastily pulled it back.
Olivia looked at him, dead in the bug eyes. "It's no joke, Frank, Natalia and I are in love,"she said.
Frank looked right at Olivia, giving her a death glare. "How many times have you ruined my love life, Olivia?" he asked rhetorically. "First you decide to fuck my dad while you're my girlfriend, then you say you want to be with me, then pick my dad, leave him at the alter, and now? Now you took the one and only person outside of my family that I love."
The taller woman took a step toward him, but Natalia held her back. "Frank, this is why no one loves you. You're too quick to jump to assumptions. How do you know that Natalia didn't make the first move, hmm? How do you know that Natalia isn't the one who wants me and I stopped before it could go farther because of you?" She looked at Natalia who was surprised that she didn't maul Frank. "That's what I thought - you don't know. The feeling of love between Natalia and I is mutual. We are in love and we always will be."
At this, she pulled Natalia into a sizzling kiss - one that most people only dream about. Frank stood there awkwardly, not even bothering to stop them. Not bothering to admit that it turned him on a bit. When the kiss was over, too soon for Natalia's taste, she turned to look at Frank.
"I'm sorry," she murmured. "I didn't want to hurt you, but I can't help what I feel and I don't want to keep it hidden. I've stuffed my feelings for her down for so long so I could learn to love you, but that's the thing - you can't learn to love someone, Frank."
Frank didn't bother to say anything. His voice was lost as he stared at the woman he loved and the woman he once loved. Together. In a way that he and Natalia never will be. At this thought, he opened his mouth to speak but closed it again. He then walked away and Natalia and Olivia gave a little glance of relief that he didn't make a scene.
~*~*~*
"Emma?" yelled Olivia once they walked into the farmhouse.
Natalia walked into the kitchen. "There's a note, Olivia," she called as her lover walked in to see.
Took Em out to the park. Be back later. Jane.
As Olivia put the note back down on the table, the younger woman linked her arms around the taller womans waste and went onto her tip toes to kiss her on the neck. "Can we..."
Olivia turned to the dimpled beauty. "Yes," she whispered as she took Natalia and kissed her. "Upstairs."