In this story, Helen discovers that she really did make a "difference" in the lives of people.

Home.

Helen sighed happily as she drove her red peugeot home that she shared with her "Partner" Nikki Wade a successful novelist.

They were planning to be married in a "Commitment Ceremony" once Nikki's latest Novel was completed and they were even talking about having a baby in another two years.

Everything that had happened in the past three years seemed like a distant memory.

They had met at Larkhall, a notorious women's prison on the outskirts of London where Helen was a Wing Govenor & Nikki was serving life for killing a cop who tried to rape her then girlfriend and former business partner Trisha.

As she turned on a Green Light, there was someone who was speeding heavily, crashed into Helen and before she knew it, she had hit a pole.

Eventually, she found herself in a Room all white with voices that she heard that were distant saying the same thing over and over.

"Helen, please wake up."
"Say a prayer for her."
"Has she woken yet?"
"How is she today?"

As time went on, she felt like she was floating on air and when a pair of strong hands pulled her up, she thought she was getting out of bed but instead she was getting the shock of her life.

Standing before here were three women that she thought she'd never see again for a very long time.

Rachel Hicks, Zandra Plackett, & Yvonne Atkins.

"What are you three doing here?" asked Helen shocked.

"Well, who did you expect, a girl group or something?" asked Zandra with a smirk.

"I know who she was expecting, someone like Destiny's Child, or The Supremes, or Bananaramma or Atomic Kitten." laughed Rachel who sounded more outgoing.

"Now ladies, we are here on business right?" Yvonne reminded them.

"What kind of business?" asked Helen confused.

"Helping you get your life back, of course." explained Yvonne. "Our lives on earth are over but you my love have got a lot of living to do, and we are here to show you why."

"Look over there." commanded Rachel.

As Helen looked, she saw with horror herself in the bed with tubes and a bandage across her forehead where Nikki was leaning over crying.

"Oh, Nikki sweetheart please listen to me, I'm okay." pleaded Helen.

"She can't hear you Helen." murmured Rachel. "However, it wasn't always like that was it, I mean think about it, the first confrontation you had was when Carol Byatt lost her baby and you and Nikki looked like you were both going to war."

"Even then, you were attracted to each other except at the time you didn't even know it." Zandra added.

"To make matters more worse was that you went through three years of having an off again/on again love for each other and now that you have it, don't let it go." Yvonne replied.

"I don't want to let it go but how do I move ahead?" asked Helen.

"You have to go back to the past and see and discover some things that you may not have realized happened in Larkhall." explained Rachel.

So they took her back to the day where Zandra had asked to get married in Prison.

"Remember all the trouble I caused because I was an addict, I lost Robin, I changed my mind about the abortion and I ruined Lorna Rose's career because I was desperate." murmured Zandra.

"What does Lorna have to do with all of this?" asked Helen.

"Remember the day I escaped, I blackmailed Lorna into bringing me drugs and if she didn't I would tell on her, and then Shell found out, and things got worse for her." admitted Zandra.

"Why didn't you tell me this after she got let go!" shouted Helen.

"Because when you're a junkie, you don't care about anything or anyone else except getting high, even after I got jumped in the showers by Denny & Shell, I still needed to get high."

"If that weren't bad enough, I thought I could still be a good mother to Robert even when I acted up in the Nursery and went on the Roof, and on that day, you saved me and my baby, I never thanked you for that." admitted Zandra.

"Oh, you're welcome, anyone would have done the same thing." replied Helen.

"That's what you think, Bodybags and Fenner wouldn't have given a rat's ass about me were it not for you." admitted Zandra.

"She's right you know." agreed Rachel. "Being in heaven, gives you alot of time to think and catch up with your life and your decisions and what you did, and I realize now that nobody but me put me in Larkhall."

"Yeah, but you weren't prepared for prison life." explained Helen.

"Nobody is, but I didn't give myself any backbone, I didn't stand up for myself, instead I was Shell Dockley's punching bag, and Fenner's Sex Toy." admitted Rachel.

"You and Fenner had an affair?" screamed Helen with horror.

"Yeah." admitted Rachel. "He was pretending to be so nice to me, and it was consensual I admit, but things got worse and worse."

"What do you mean." asked Helen.

"When I was on G-3 Shell threatened to kill my baby, I tore my room up so I could go on segregation and when you kept asking me if there was anything wrong, I could have spoken up but I didn't." explained Rachel.

"Can't say I blame Rachel." chimed in Zandra. "You know how much power Shell had over everyone, especially Denny, that's why Denny took her cigarettes and kicked her one night after lights out."

"I thought I had it coming to me because of what I did to Nikki." explained Rachel.

"What do you mean?" asked Helen.

"I wrote a bogus letter about drugs in Larkhall and I named Nikki as a "user." she wasn't but it didn't stop the DST from coming in to search her, because of me she got humiliated." sighed Rachel. "The worst thing was that she tried to help me."

"How could you have been so cruel and do such a thing?" asked Helen.

"Shell forced me into it, saying it was for my own good or else." explained Rachel.

"Hmm, well those two were always at each other's throats so even if Shell didn't make you she would have set poor Nikki up anyhow." sighed Helen.

"Don't you realize that the only person that Shell never messed with was Crystal?" asked Yvonne.

"I think Shell may have thought Crystal would put some voodoo hex on her or something like that." giggled Zandra.

"Anyhow back to me, I wanted you to put me on Segregation and when I got in the room with Denny, Zandra & Crystal, things went from bad to worse and when Fenner told me that I disgusted him, that was the end for me." admitted Rachel.

"My God, I'm so sorry Rachel that I didn't help you." cried Helen.

"You did, but I didn't accept it, I felt that I had nothing to live for, Fenner hated me, Shell tortured me, I lost my baby, and I had three years of hell to go through." admitted Rachel.

"Yet, now I'm at peace, I'm drug free, happy at last, I realized now that I was always going after bad guys because I was trying to fill the void that my own father created after he left me." she replied with a smile.

"What about your daughter?" Helen asked.

"She's fine, she got adopted by a lady named Cassie Tyler and she's doing so well." smiled Rachel.

"Oh, check this out come with me." asked Zandra.

Helen turns around and sees Shell in a barren cell with her once blond hair now dark.

"She disguised herself when she and Denny were on the run, and now she's in a jail much worse than Larkhall, for the criminally insane." explained Zandra.

"You know who set her up." explained Yvonne.

"How did this happen." asked Helen.

"It seems that Shell was in Holland or some other place working as an "exotic dancer". She was recognized, got arrested and sent back to Larkhall" explained Yvonne.

"After you left, and Shell was returned to Larkhall, she was pregnant, Fenner used her as a prostitute to satisfy the "needs" of the guards who took a liking to Shell.

"She had sex with them while she was pregnant?" asked Helen.

"No, more like masturbation services and Fenner, that bastard collected the money." explained Yvonne.

"He was always money hungry wasn't he." recalled Helen.

"Uh huh, and when she threatened to give him trouble, he set her up and now she's in a hospital for the criminally insane and the worst part is that no matter how many times she tells the truth, nobody believes her because of her background in lying." explained Zandra.

"Yeah, she was very good at that, even when I asked her about Rachel's death, she acted all remorseful and sad." replied Helen.

"We still have some more stops to do." replied Yvonne.

They are in a blue collar middle class neighborhood where she sees Crystall Mitchell, nee Gordon with her daughter that she named after Zandra and her husband Josh.

"She's really done well for herself." declared Yvonne with pride. "She went back to school, got her General Studies Degree and now works managing a Thriftshop."

"Oh, that's great." replied Helen.

"Yeah, she got a second chance, and she has you to thank for it." smiled Zandra.

"Me, what do you mean?" asked Helen surprised.

"You were probably the very first White Woman who treated her with respect, even after she wrote the editorial about Drugs in Larkhall, you didn't curse at her, or even call her a racial epithet." explained Rachel.

"I would never do something like that!" replied Helen angrily. "Are you calling me a racist or something?"

"No, not at all." explained Zandra. "Yet when Crystal got sent back to Larkhall after Denny & Shell used her house as a hiding place, she could have gotten a longer sentence or given up on herself but you didn't think any less of her for that."

"Also, remember what you did for Femi?" asked Yvonne. "You could have said "To hell with her, but you didn't, here she was this poor woman, thousands of miles away from home who didn't even speak English, treated badly by the guards and you still helped her, that was also a very noble thing to do."

"What happened to Femi anyhow?" asked Helen.

"She got a really good lawyer to help her, got sent back to Africa and got a full pardon, now she owns her own little grocery shop that she and her kids work in that has done well for herself." smiled Zandra.

"Yeah, she's also active in preventing young girls from genital mutilation." replied Yvonne.

"Now, let's go down memory lane some more to a place that you thought you'd never see again." replied Rachel.

Upon entering the cafeteria at Larkhall, Helen was surprised that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

She saw Sylvia "Bodybags" Hollamby still nagging the inmates, Jim Fenner still running the show and Helen also saw to her sadness, The Two Julies who were doing the fifth of an eight year sentence after spilling hot water over a young man named Damian who was dating Julie J's daughter Rihannon who also did time at Larkhall.

What was so sad was that before they did what they did, they were scheduled for release and becuase of that one mistake, they had their sentence increased.

"Man, you want to talk about Survivors in here, it would be those two, poor Julie S had breast cancer and although it ended up in remission, it was touch and go for awhile." explained Yvonne.

"Who are these other people?" asked Helen curiously.

"The tall black woman is Darlene Cake, who like Crystal is from Jamaica, she's loud, brash, abrasive always playing the "Race Card." explained Zandra.

"The Indian lady is Arun Parmar who is doing three years for Credit Card Fraud, with her partner Janine Nebeski who was the mastermind who is doing five years."

"The craziest and most indimidating is Nathalie Buxton, who is doing 12 Years for transporting illegal immigrants and child prostitution." explained Yvonne.

"I remember when a lady named Caroline did the same thing, the prisoners almost killed her." recalled Helen.

"Yeah, well she had a lot of power in Larkhall, still does." explains Zandra.

"Hey did you know that Tanya Turner also did time here too." asked Rachel.

"Why?" asked Helen.

"She got set up on a Coke Charge, she was innocent but nobody put up with her diva like attitude." explained Yvonne.

"So as you can see, these ladies don't feel that they have a chance I think that if you were still here, things would have bee different." said Zandra.

"Yeah, but there was Fenner always to deal with." sighed Yvonne.

"I think in one way or another everyone had something bad happen to them because of Jim Fenner." sighed Helen. "Including me."

"What do you mean?" asked Zandra.

"He found out about Nikki & me and he blackmailed me into resigning and he knew that if it were discovered that I kept Nikki a fugitive and knew about her escape, I'd be arrested and ruined professionally." explained Helen.

"Man, I remember seeing that, my heart broke for you." replied Zandra softly. "He had no right to do that to you."

"Jim Fenner has alot of problems, he's always had a history of going after women he can control, not to mention lying as badly as Shell, that's why they were partners in crime so to speak." replied Yvonne.

"Now look who his latest "victim" is." declared Rachel.

As Helen turns around, she sees Di Barker, a prison guard whom she used to work with. Although they were never close, Helen didn't have any issues with her.

"Now talk about a sad state of affairs." replied Zandra. "She had no happiness at all in her personal life, that's why she tried to ruin things for everyone else."

"How did she do that?" asked Helen.

"She was jealous of everyone and everything who seemed to have "more" than her, she liked Dominic McCallister but he liked you, she liked Josh Mitchell but he liked Crystal, and when Fenner was trying to find something on you, he had Di go into Nikki's & Barbara's cell, found the diary and bam, he had his proof." explained Zandra.

"If that weren't bad enough, her homelife was a mess, her mother was an invalid and one day when a date with either Josh or Dominic didn't go well, she beat her mother up really bad, Fenner found out, and blackmailed her." explained Rachel.

"One guy she dated who was a guard was named Barry Pearce who was very abusive physically and emotionally to her, then she had a thing for a guy named Mark Waddle who liked Karen who was the nicest guy that she could date." continued Zandra.

"Her worst mistake was when she married Neil Grayling who has Simon Stubberfield's job, but it was a nightmare from day one." explained Rachel.

"Why, did he beat on her too?" asked Helen.

"No, he's gay." replied Rachel.

"Wait, she married him and she found out later he was gay?" asked Helen incredulously.

"No, she knew he was gay and they deluded themselves into thinking it could work but it didn't, if that weren't bad enough, Grayling used to bring his Boy Toy Dates home into the house which really upset her." replied Yvonne.

"Wow, this is something else." replied Helen. "I'm glad that Nikki & I never had to deal with that." replied Helen.

"What was so amazing was that when he gave her the position of Wing Govenor, she did a rotten job, was demoted to a Guard, and if that wren't bad enough, she actually "Married" Jim Fenner." explained Yvonne

"You're not serious are you?" asked Helen.

"Yes, I am Helen." replied Yvonne. "Yet their Wedding Day was a disaster, because on that day Karen & Neil found the evidence to arrest him at his own reception, the bastard tried to deny it but when Hollamby acknowledged that Di & he weren't together the night he ran someone over with Karen's car, he was as good as toast."

"Well, there is a God isn't there." declared Helen.

"Yeah, but there wasn't a happy ending, while he did do time at the Men's Prison, Di visited him and she was brainwashed into believing that he was innocent, although he wasn't" replied Yvonne. "He convinced her to get rid of evidence that would implicate him in the murder and when Di found a "Shrine" dedicated to Karen, pictures, personal belongings, etc, instead of letting him rot, she helped him."

"If that weren't bad enough, they got into major fights, Di tried to take an Inmate's baby and pass it off as her own, and here's something else that you don't know, she set Crystal Gordon up for the Drugs Charge because she wanted to break the two of them up, she helped "destroy" your career, and when Fenner "finally" got murdered, she got framed for it even though she didn't do it." explained Zandra.

"Well, who did? asked Helen curiously.

"Julie Johnston." they chorused.

"No way, she's harmless!" shrieked Helen.

"Yeah, well things went downhill, after she and Julie S got eight additional years for scalding her daughter's boyfriend Damien she got more depressed, and felt that she had nothing to live for, so she stabbed Fenner with an ice pick and since the ice melted away, there was no evidence." explained Zandra.

"What made it worse was that although for once in her life, she told the "truth", nobody believed her because of all of the nasty things she did in the past, and when Julie J admitted what she did, all of the women on G Wing all stood and said "I Killed Fenner!" kind of like Spartacus in reverse."

"What made it harder was that her ex-husband Neil Grayling "refused" to help her because he was pretty much skating on thin ice, he was demoted from Governing Govenor to "Wing Govenor", his new boss Joy Masterton felt that Larkhall was too easy a Prison for the ladies, but personally, I think he was scared that his own "past" with Fenner would come to light." explained Yvonne.

"I don't understand, what are you talking about?" asked Helen.

"When Neil came in after you left, he demoted Karen to Head Female Guard and made Jim Wing Govenor, he also had Jim in his house as a boarder and one night tried to "get all up in that" if you know what I mean." giggled Yvonne

"My God, he must have been mortified." replied Helen.

"Yeah, he even "blackmailed" Jim into being his best man promising him he'd get rid of the "Sexual Harrasment" Case you put against him if he dropped the "Sexual Harrassment" case Jim had going against Neil.

"So what happened to Di?" asked Helen.

"She's currently in Prison herself, for awhile she was at Larkhall, but now she's at another Prison rotting the rest of her life away, if she does get out, it will be a miracle.

"What about you Yvonne, you had your battles with him too didn't you?" asked Helen.

"Yeah, and I thought I could take him down but I couldn't, instead he saw that I was trying to escape, he put me in the darkest roughest corners of the prison and six weeks later I died of starvation and dehydration." replied Yvonne.

"I'm so sorry, you were always for the underdog at Larkhall." replied Helen.

"Yeah, but when I think about what you told me at my interview when I got into Larkhall, I didn't listen and now I'm paying the price."

"What did I say to you?" asked Helen.

"You told me that "being rich" didn't matter, and in many ways it did more harm than good, my son Ritchie tried to steal $50,000 to go off with his whore of a girlfriend and now he's dead, my husband is dead, I'm dead and now my daughter Lauren is all alone in the world."

"How's she doing?" asked Helen.

"Turn around and you'll see." replied Yvonne sadly. As Helen did, she was dumbfounded, Lauren was in a Cell at a Prison called Clapton Marsh who was serving the fourth of a six year sentence for selling guns and other weapons.

"You would have thought that after the hell I went through with her father, and Ritchie she would have learned her lesson but someone grassed on her and now she's paying a "higher price." "We always talked about when I got out, and how we were going to make the business legitimate and now we can't."

"How come?" asked Helen.

"None of them were actually legitimate and because we have no legal records of any transactions, all of our assets are frozen indefinitely." replied Yvonne.

"Oh by the way, whatever happened to Denny & Shazz, they were inseperable weren't they?"

The minute the three heard their names, they all got silent.

"Wait, please don't tell me something bad happened to them?" pleaded Helen.

"Well, to one of them." explained Zandra. "Shazz got transferred to another prison and it broke Denny's heart, then one day she got a special visit to see Denny and in the spare room, upstairs near the library, they were together."

"They were both high on mushroom drugs, and a major fire took place, Denny survived but Shazz didn't and she died." explained Yvonne softly.

"My God, she was so harmless, Shazz was." Helen replied. "I realize that she was doing life for the murders of three people but she could have turned her life around couldn't she?"

"Yeah, but Denny did." smiled Rachel.

"How could she in Larkhall?" asked Helen.

"Turn around and you'll see." smiled Zandra.

They found themselves in an Art Gallery where Denny, beautifully made over is proudly showing her work at an Art Gallery.

"Yes, she's the newest artistic sensation in town, whose really turned her life around for the better." Yvonne proudly declared.

"That's good to know, that she's on the straight and narrow." smiled Helen.

"Yeah, well since Shell is in lockup for the rest of her life, Shazz is gone, she realized that she had to get her life back on track, and she found her calling in Art." Yvonne replied.

"She's also done alot of anger management therapy realizing that alot of what's happened to her over the years wasn't her fault, from her mother's drinking herself to death, the abusive foster homes or any of the schemes that she went along with Shell with, she realizes that they were more out of a need for love than anything else." explained Zandra.

"Where does she live now?" asked Helen.

"She was at an "Open Prison" where alot of other inmates were sent to including Charlotte Middleton." smiled Yvonne. "After her sentence ended, she now lives in a really nice flat, teaches Art Classes on a voluntary basis to kids, and talks to young girls about the harshness of Prison Life."

"Well, that's fantastic!" smiled Helen. "So everyone pretty much did okay."

"Yeah, but one person paid the highest price for not accepting your help." replied Yvonne

"Who? asked Helen.

"Karen Betts" replied Yvonne softly.

"Aw, come on, she knew how to handle Jim, she was the only one whom he was actually nice to." replied Helen.

"Yeah, but remember they had a past with one another, and even when you warned her about him and his "business dealings" she didn't want to listen." explained Yvonne.

"That's what love does to you, it makes you blind figuratively." sighed Helen.

"I know, and the worst was yet to come for her." said Zandra.

"What do you mean?" asked Helen curiously.

"He raped her." replied Yvonne.

"Oh, my god are you serious?" asked Helen.

"I'm afraid so." replied Yvonne. "She went to his place which was a Basement Apt. and although there was kissing and cuddling, she told him no but he didn't listen and he forced himself on her."

"Dear God, poor her." replied Helen.

"She tried to contact you, but with no avail." explained Zandra. "What was really sad was that she was dating a terrific guy named Mark Waddle but she dumped him for Fenner, and boy did she regret it." sighed Yvonne.

"Yeah, well after I left Larkhall, I didn't want anyone to find me, so I switched my Telephone Number to unlisted as well as my Cellular Phone Number, I rented out my flat and moved somewhere else." explained Helen. "I guess I did it because alot of times when I came home from work, I remember venting out my troubles to Sean when he and I were together."

"Also, since I never really associated with Karen outside of work, I felt that there was no reason to have any contact with her or anyone at Larkhall." she sighed.

"You were smart, because after you left, things got only crazier, and although we had some good Wing Govenors, namely Frances Myers, nobody was really as happy, you really cared about us, and we never forgot that." smiled Yvonne.

"Hey, we have another place to go to." replied Rachel somberly.

"Where." asked Helen.

"Over there." replied Zandra.

As Helen turned around, she was in a Chapel at the hospital and saw her father sitting with Claire who was calming him down from crying

"I don't understand Claire, why did this happen to my daughter?" he sobbed.

"I don't know, just some careless kids fooling around." replied Claire sadly.

"Helen was always so responsible with driving, never got behind the wheel if she was drinking, has an impeccable driving record, never made me worry about her." replied John.

"I know, and I also know that you're very proud of her." replied Claire softly.

"Yes, but I never tell her that." he replied. "If I lose her I don't know what I'll do, she's all I have now." he answered as he wiped his eyes.

"I was such a shit for a father, you know after her mother died, I didn't allow myself to get too close because I was scared that if she died too, I'd have nothing to life for."

"I also thought that if I concentrated on my work, I'd make the church proud of me and enable myself to give Helen better things, more than what I had growing up." he said sadly.

"You gave her alot, a good home, a good education, a father who was there for her when he could be." replied Claire softly.

"Yes, but I didn't give of myself, she was going through hell in her professional and private life and I wasn't there for her, what kind of father does that?" he replied.

"You're here for her now, and I know that she appreciates it, and so does Nikki." answered Claire.

"Yeah, it's a miracle that Nikki didn't yell at me or anything, I wasn't exactly "supportive" of their relationship you know." John replied sadly.

"Well, it's something that parents don't hear every day but it's something that they accept and they go on with it." explained Claire. "Anyhow, doesn't Nikki make Helen happy?"

"Yes, very much so." replied John.

"So now that you've come to terms with it, you can still make things better, trust me and when Helen comes out of her coma, things will change for the better, trust me." answered Claire as she hugged John.

As Helen heard these words, she started crying because there were alot of things that she never thought she'd hear her father say especially out loud, so she realized that her life really was worth a damn.

Upon entering the hospital bed where her body lay, she saw Nikki's hands gently touching hers.

"Oh Helen, sweetheart please wake up." begged Nikki. "We have so much more to do, like get married, travel and maybe later on down the road, start a family, I love you so much and I couldn't see myself living without you, baby wake up for me!" Nikki sobbed.

"Well, now Helen we've reached the end of the journey now, and only you can decide what will happen next?" replied Yvonne.

"Continue to live your life, and never take anything or anyone for granted again." replied Zandra.

"Be happy knowing that you have love because what you and Nikki have, most people could only dream of having." murmured Rachel

Goodbye you three and thanks for everything.

A flash of white light came about and as the ladies waved goodbye, they left in slow motion.

Eventually Helen woke up in the Hospital Bed much to the delight and relief of Claire, John & Nikki.

She looked around and saw all kinds of flowers from people from Crystal & Josh, Barbara & Monica & The Halfway House, and so many people who loved her over the years.

She saw her father's smile, Claire's grin but most of all Nikki's look of love.

"Oh, sweetheart, you scared us half to death, we thought we lost you forever." murmured Nikki.

"Well, I'm here now." smiled Helen.

"Hey, I'm going to get something to eat now, Claire want to join me, and give these two some privacy?" asked John.

"Sure." smiled Claire.

So after they left, Nikki reached over and kissed Helen with a tenderness that never went away.

"So exactly what happened to me?" asked Helen.

"Some street punks where fooling around that's why you ended up in here." explained Nikki.

"Oh God, so where are they." asked Helen.

"In Juvenile Hall." explained Nikki. "The Judge wanted to make them an example, either that or a Men's prison which of course they didn't want."

"Oh okay." replied Helen.

"The parents feel awful about what happened, they are willing to settle with you but I think you should talk to Claire about that." explained Nikki.

"Hmm, you're right about that." replied Helen.

"Don't worry love, when you get out I'm going to hire a nurse for you to make sure that you're all right and that you get back on your feet." smiled Nikki.

So after a couple of extra days, Helen left the hospital, worked out a settlement with the families of the kids and returned to work as a Prison Consultant.

The months passed by and Nikki never even thought about them consummating their relationship, Helen was fine and that was all Nikki wanted.

That is one Saturday Evening, Nikki came home after a meeting with her Editor and saw the house was beautifully decorated.

The best china was set out, candles were burning and slow sensual soul music was played. As she looked around, Helen came from the kitchen smiling.

"What is all of this?" asked Nikki.

"This is for you my love." smiled Helen.

"What for, I don't understand?" asked Nikki.

"For your love, understanding, patience and devotion." replied Helen softly as she kissed Nikki's lips.

"Helen, you didn't have to do this for me, I should be doing this for you." answered Nikki.

"No, this is just my way of saying how much I love you more and more." smiled Helen.

"Well, thank you very much." smiled Nikki.

So they ate a delicious seafood dinner with white wine and as they ate dessert which was strawberry shortcake with whipped cream, Helen took Nikki's hand and kissed it and serenaded some special words.

"Estoy con tigo esta noche." murmured Helen seductively.

"What's that mean?" asked Nikki.

"That's Spanish for "Tonight I Spend With You." smiled Helen.

"Oh how romantic is that." giggled Nikki.

So after they ate, they blew out the candles, and went upstairs where the night was still young.

They faced each other near the bed and Helen took Nikki's hand and placed it upon her breast while Helen unbuttoned Nikki's blouse.

Nikki did the same with Helen's hooded tank top and kissed her with a passion whose flames never died down.

They fall on the bed still continuing to kiss passionately and fervently removed their clothes. They go under the bedsheets where Nikki falls on top of Helen where her lips caress Helen's neck and her hands explore Helen's breasts and move down to the center of her desire which is already wet.

She places her two index fingers inside and gently moves them in and out which results in Helen's moving her hips in a sensual way back and forth, Nikki's head moves down to Helen's center and starts darting her tongue in and out of Helen's clitoris while her hands grab Helen's ass to gain steadiness.

Helen moves her hips harder and moves her head back and forth moaning about how good it feels, how hot and sexy she's feeling, that Nikki owns it, etc.

As Helen's orgasm comes to a full throttle, Nikki laps up the juices as though they were the most exotic nectar ever to taste.

Helen on the other hand gets on top of Nikki and starts riding Nikki like she was in a Rodeo rocking her hips back and forth. Nikki caresses Helen's breasts and kisses her as though they had never been together before.

The harder Helen's thrusts are, the more aroused Nikki is and when they hit their second orgasm, it's more powerful than the first.

Later, as they snuggle in each other's arms, they sigh happily knowing that the best is yet to come.

"Oh baby, thank you so much again." murmured Helen.

"You're welcome." smiled Nikki.

"I love you so much and each day, I'm never going to allow you to forget that." she murmured softly.

"You don't have to tell me, I already know but we have our whole lives ahead of us." smiled Nikki.

"Yeah, I know and I want us to do it all, travel, get married and maybe one day have the pitter patter of little feet in the house." smiled Helen.

"Hmm, same here I guess great minds really do think alike." Nikki smiled.

So as they slept with Helen's back to Nikki while Nikki has her arms protectively around Helen, they both realize that despite a bad thing, something good did come out of it after all.