Saturday's Lazy Daze: Otep & Jem

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Saturday's were quite possibly the best day ever. There was no real committments on Saturday. You could sleep in and just do nothing. They were the best days ever. Jemima was enjoying hers. She had ended up staying at Otep's Friday. But she'd have to go home at some point this weekend..and have the talk with her parents. But currently she was showering and getting ready for a day of nothingness.

Otep had been laying down doing absolutely nothing but being lazy. She was listening to the water of the shower Jem was taking. She found that sort of soothing. And could totally get used to Jem showering in HER house every morning instead of her own... or at least a house with Otep that she could CALL her own. Because it would be. Everything Otep's was Jem's now and she totally didn't mind that at all. She thought about what the day could bring them. She wondered. Nothing came to mind. Maybe they would go to the beach? Yes... she would face the beach she had once tried to drown herself at.

Jem turned the water off and wrapped a towel around herself. Did she have any clothes here? Surely she did. Wonder what? She wasn't wearing her same clothes from yesterday that's for sure. She came out of the bathroom and walked into the bedroom. Looking through drawers and closests for anything she might have left behind on previous occassions.

Otep had her eyes closed but she knew she was looking for clothing. She smiled a little and shook her head. "Top left drawer... other dresser." she told her simply.

Jem cocked her head sideways and looked over at Otep and smiled. "Thanks.." she laughed a little and went over to the other dresser to get herself something for the day.

She smiled and got up and walked over to Jem putting her arms around her from behind... She knew she was trying to get dressed. But did she want her to? No... not really. She wasn't ready for her total work of art in human form to be clothed. "Good morning, my love." she said softly as she kissed her down her neck and shoulders.

Jem sighed and turned her head, kissing her cheek. "Mornin' yourself." she said softly pulling or attempting to pull some articles of clothing out of the drawer.

Otep pulled her away and turned her gently. Carefully. Making her face her. "How did you sleep?"

"I slept wonderfully." And she had. It had been a peaceful night of slumber. "Now...I must get dressed if I'm going to accomplish anything today."

Otep bit her lip and shook her head. "Uh uh..." she said. "I'm not sure I'm ready for you to be dressed yet." she told her with a sly smile.

"Oh really..." she eyed her with an arched brow. "What if I am ready to be dressed out...doing something with my day , huh?"

Otep grinned a little."Hmm.. well maybe I could change your mind." she said running a finger down from Jem's collar bone and between her breasts. They had just had sex the night before and she had no intentions on doing it again - for all intensive purposes it could totally lose its meaning... and they've been there and done that once - so much so they were labeled the couple that did it like bunnies. So... there was the much less sexual alternative. But she could still tease her of course.

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Jem took a step back and shook her head. "Now now..we're trying to make some healthy changes to our relationship...remember. I don't think..that's one of them." She slipped on a pair of panties, wth her towel around her snuggly now.

Otep grinned a little. "Aww what I can't tease?" she asked slyly.

Jem laughed. "I know how we are...and this early in teh game..I ain't so sure we can resist teasing."

Otep laughed at that and put her hands in the air. "Ok ok you got me on that one." she laughed a little. "What do you wanna do today?" she asked her curiously.

Jem sat on the foot of the bed and looked at Otep. "Depends on what clothes I left here." she teased. "The clothes determine the activity." she smiled. Joking of course but with a hint of seriousness.

Otep laughed at that. "Well...based on that alone...we should find something." she said. "Fast." Otep was not the kind of person that just liked staying in. She hated it, actually. Absolutely hated it.

"Yes, well that's what I was trying to do when someone..interrupted me." she hopped off the bed. Going back over to get ehr clothes.

"Who? I'll kick their ass." Otep said with jest in her voice.

"oh...just...some random girl. She came up and groped me." she teased. Pulling out a few pieces of clothing. Trying to put some outfits together. Something that would be versital. Some she could so almost anything in.

Otep lifted a brow. "Hmm I might just have to have some words with this... girl." she said and looked through her own dresser. She might have to base what she wore off of what Jem decided to wear. Although... With Otep's new wardrobe that wouldn't be too hard. She still had her old stuff but her new girly stuff was kind of fun to mess with. She could do almost anything with it - if they were going to the beach all she would have to do was slip a bikini on underneath it and if they were going somewhere else she would just spice it up. She loved how that worked. "Ok so.. there is plenty of things to do... how about Disneyland?" she asked half jokingly.


"Disneyland?" She rolled her eyes. "That I need a little time to plan for." she shook her head. Pulling out a pair os short demin cut offs and a tank. There, that was pretty universal.

Otep shrugged and laughed a little. "Well... whatever shall we do!?" she mock gasped.

Jem shimmed into her shorts. "It's L.A how hard can it be to find something to do on a Saturday?" she dropped her towel and put a bra on and them pulled her shirt over her head.

Otep laughed. "Hence the sarcasm." she joked.

Jem tossed her towel in Otep's direcation. "Smartass..." she muttered heading back to the bathroom to do something with her hair and may be some make-up.

Otep picked out her own outfit for the day -- a black one shoulder shirt that says make art not war and a pair of shorts she painted in... they sort of fit the outfit. And her pair of black Dior sunglasses and black flip flops.

Jemima spent another ten or fifteen minutes in the bathroom before she finally came out. Her just put in a messy bun, just very light touches of make-up. Findin her shoes she slipped them on. "all right...I think...I'm ready to greet the public."

Otep was in the midsts of doing her make up the way Jem taught her to and looked up to see her cute lover coming out of the bathroom. "Hey babe." she smiled as she put her finishing touches on, tussled her hair a little and put her sunglasses on her head.

Jem paused and looked at Otep. She was still getting used to seeing this new girly side of her. It still took her by surprise at times. "Well, don't you just look too cute for words." she teased. "I just might have to start stealing...er...borrowing some of your clothes."

Otep laughed at that and shrugged. "So feel free." she said. "Qué es mío es suyo, chica." She smiled.

She had better watch it, she might end up with an empty closet. She had several things in there that Jem had her eye on. "Great...a whole new wardrobe taht didn't cost me a thing." she grinned. "all right..let's go. What are..we doing?"

Otep shrugged. "Let's walk the strip... we can always shop on Rodeo Drive." she said shrugging. "Wow that sounded so... Nicole Richie of me."

"Yes...it did." she frowned slighty. "I don't think..I like that." she teased. "Yeah..that's just..distrubing on so many levels."

Otep laughed at that. "Ok... I'm sorry... let me channel the old Otep." she said. "Let's go anywhere but Rodeo Drive... let's go to the beach."

"You can keep this Otep..just with a little ess Nicole..." she laughed. "Beach..it is then. I could use some sun anyway."

Otep grabbed her bikini and threw it on then put her clothing back on and smiled at her. "Ok... I kinda wanna surf anyway."

"Sounds like we have a plan then." she nodded. "Let go before it's too crowded and all the good spots are taken."

"We better go now.. let's go." she said. "But wait... I need." she pulled Jem to her and locked their lips together passionately. When the kiss was broken she licked her lips and looked as if she were thinking about something and then nodded. "Yep... that's what it was I needed." she said, playfully slapped Jem's butt, and walked off out the room. "Going to the beach, mom... wanna come?" she asked. "No hon have too much to do today." Lisa said. "Ok... be home later..." she told her. "Ok."

Jem rolled her eyes when she slapped her butt. "Women.." she muttered and followed Otep out, saying by to Lisa and pulling her shades down over her eyes.

Otep flipped her shades down pretty... Otep style.. and then walked over to her car, pulling the door open for Jem. Her surf board was forever in her locker at the beach... which she bought. woo... it would be there forever. "Ok... beach time."

Jem slid into the car and waited for Otep. May be she should get her to teach her hwo to surf sometime. It looked like fun and there was something sexy about those wet suits...and board shorts were pretty hot too.

Otep had her wetsuit... yeah it was black and green... and yeah she loved it. Hers was the wet suit with short sleeves and short pants. She had one of the best boards on the beach and everyone always complimented her on it. She wondered if she needed to rewax it. She'd figure it out when they got there. She hadn't used it in a while. Since before she left. She got in the car, closed the door and took off. "So... how bout those tattoos..." she said suddenly.

Jem looked over at her. "What about them?" she asked riasing a brow and peering over the top of her shades.

"Well I don't know... you said you wanted to get matching ones... what would we get?" she asked her. She was thinking spur of the moment just getting them at her shop today... and it wouldn't be something stupid because there would be a story behind it... and there would be meaning... and something they both agreed on.

"Nothing...lame. Nothing..that's going to be real common. I want something...simple, eloquent, but full of meaning, and representivie of us and where we've been and were we're going."

Otep thought for a moment. There was a few things she could think of. And Otep was no lame person. So she thought some more. "Well what about like... that flower you like so much.. with 'intemporaliter ipsa' in script beneath it..." she said thinking sappy but in the same token something that pretained to both of them. Jem loved the flower - it was her favorite and she spoke Latin fluently. Studied it for forever as like an extracurricular thing since she was in middle school.

Jem thought that one over. She liked it, but she didn't want to committ to anything just yet. Not until she had seen all options. "I like that..but I dont want to pick the first thing..and later be like..crap I should...or we should have done this. But I do like that one."

Otep nodded. "Well..." she thought a moment. "Ok so maybe my whole spur of the moment thing is not gonna work." she joked as she slowed at a red light just minutes from her shop.

"It could work...I'd just like to have a couple more options. There might be something better...suited for us. I still love the flower for myself. But I"m nto convienced it's *us*"

Otep gave her a crooked smile and pulled into her parking lot. There were books upon books of different things they could look at. Half of them were things she drew up out of deep thought and some just utter boredom.

Jem got out of the car once it was parked. Thsi was exciting. Her first tattoo."C'mon slow poke..."

Otep smirked a little as she got out of the car. "We could always have two female symbols joined with intemporaliter ipsa beneath it... that would sort of piss your parents off, though." she said rethinking that as she opened the door for Jem.

"Yeah..well I wouldn't ahve to worry about the *talk* then. They'd see t hat and then the ring..and all conversation would ease."

"Yeah... that would kind of... well... it might be easier." she joked.

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"Yeah...it might be. But easier isn't always better."

Otep nodded. "I know babe... I know." she said as they walked in the shop. "Lady O!" a guy yelled from across the room. "Chris!" Otep smiled as she walked in. "How are you?! You're workin for us again? Starting tomorrow right?" he asked. Otep nodded. "Yeah... Sunday." she said smiling. "I'm excited!" he exclaimed. Otep smiled. "Jem! This is Chris.. my first friend here at Sky 9... Chris this is..." she paused and looked at Jem. What should she call her? Fiancee? Friend? She didn't know at this point.

Jem walked in smiling and said hello to Chris. "Her first friend? Wow...you managed to stay friends.?" she teased. If she weren't going to say it, she would. "I'm the fiance.."

Otep smiled at her. "My fiancee... Jem." she continued smiling and then looked at Chris. "Yeah... I remained friends with the Sky 9 ditcher." he laughed. Otep shook her head and shoved him playfully. "I'm kidding." Chris laughed a little. "Yeah yeah..." she said. "So what are you in for?" he asked. "Well... we wanna get matching tattoos... nothing corny but something meaningful." she said. "Dork." he replied. "Fuck you." she said shoving him again.

She had...an interesting relationshp with ehr friends. They always seemed to have an element of violence to them. Lots of pushing and arm hitting. Jem just rolled her eyes and started glancing at some of the art work in the books tht laid around the place.

"Do you even have any room?" Chris asked. "Yeah... somewhere." Otep said looking... really looking. "Uhm." she let slip from her lips. "Yeah... somewhere." she said. Chris just nodded. "Yeah... somewhere." Chis mimiced her. "You know... I never thought of you as the whole... matching tattoos..." he told her as he went in the back to get her books and a couple of others. "Here... look through these -- most of these were done by the tattoo goddess herself." he told Jem. Otep laughed a little. "Yeah well... When you've got 'The One' You know it..." she told him. "Ah... see? My books." she smiled. "And three others." she winked.

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Jem just shook her head as the two went back and forth over whether or not she had room for any more tatooes or not. "She doesn't have to go through with it, if it she doesn't want too." Jem chimed in taking a couple of the books and sitting down with him .Flipping through the pages.

"Are you nuts? Otep Shamaya never would have agreed if she didn't want to do it." he told her. Otep smiled. If anyone knew her best it was her friends. "See Jem?" she asked as she sat against the arm of the chair Jem was sitting in. "I want it." she confirmed for her. "Just... something we both want."

Jem nodded and gave her a warm smile. "Ok..then...get your ass over here and help me pick something out...." When she sat on the arm of the chair Jem laid the book out on her lap, so they could both see it.

Otep knew what most of them had in them since she drew them herself but, as for the others, she had no idea. She barely had to open them. Most people either picked something she drew or had their own. "So... what exactly do youhave in mind? I already gave you one --- two --- of my ideas... what about you? Do you have any?"

"I like you latin idea...I just..want something with it other than the flower. I can't think...of what would be fitting for the both of us. This is one of the most difficult things I think I've ever had to decide on."

"Latin? Hmmm sounds like an Otep thing." Chris said. Otep thought harder. She was at a loss. For once. Otep thought more... more... you could probably see the wheels turning in her head.

"What about some kind of....love symbol? Or....hmmm." she thought and flipped through more pages of the books, and going back and relooking at pages she had already looked at.

Otep thought a moment... love symbol... Hmm... "Hang on..." she mumbled. She got up and walked into the back. She rumaged through a couple of shelves and a couple of other things. What did she do with it?

"Uhh..ok." Jem said more to herself as Otep had already walked off. Well, while she was off doing whatever it was she was doing. She continued her search through the pages of all these books.

Otep finally found a thin book with two loose pieces of paper in them. something she drew up. She kind of did a little victory dance and made her way back out.

Jem looked up as Otep came back into the room. "Hey you...I started to think you got lost or ran out the back door." she teased. "Whatya got there?" she asked noticing she had something in her hand.

Otep smiled as she opene the book and let the two loose pieces fall on Jem's lap. She had drawn up a couple of things a while back for lovers but never really put them out there. She just sort of kept them to herself. One was two sparrows almost kissing... one was a shamrock with the celtic synbols of eternal love in the leaves and the other was a celtic symbol with a bunch of tribal.

Jem picked up the pieces of paper and looked at them. "OH wow...these are beautiful." she whispered. She just started at the three drawings. "I like..the sparrows and teh shamrock. What do you think? Which do you like?"

Otep nodded. "My Irish side tends to favor the shamrock... but the sparrows are beautiful."

"They are beautiful." she agreed and looked at the drawings again. "But I think the shamrock has the simple elogance I was looking for. The meaning is there. Combine it with your latin phrase, I think it would be beautiful."

Otep gave a smile. "Sounds good then... now... where do we put them??" she asked her. There were plenty of spots on Jem but barely any on herself. Otep had a giant octopus occupying her right shoulder... most of her arms were covered... the back of her neck... taken. She wondered.

She thought a moment. "You should definitely get it on your shoulder... here." she said as she ran a finger gently along Jem's shoulder blade. Otep thought a moment and a sly grin came accross her face as she thought of where to put it on herself.

"Then that part is settled. I"ll get the shamrock with the latin phrase on my shoulder." she shruddered a bit as Otep ran her finger along her shoulder blade. "But what about you? What speical spot is going to carry our symbol of love?"

Otep knew of the spot with some pretty... clear... places. One where everyone would see it no matter what but she really didn't know what Jem would have thought about it. "Well..." she sort of placed her finger on her own neck... right in the middle between her chinese symbols. Yeah... that was a hint to Jem.

Jem looked at Otep. Her eyes a little wide. But not in shock or worry. A smile tugged at her lips. It definitely would be out there for all the world to see. But how many people otu there were really going to to know what it meant or single it out of all ot Otep's other tattooes. "I think that's a perfect spot."

Otep grinned a little and nodded. "Then it's settled." she told her. "Ok Chris... I'm gonna do her... you're gonna..." she stopped a moment. "Do mine." she said before something stupid came out of her mouth like 'do me'. Chris laughed a little. "You're quick." he told Otep as noticed her catch herself.

Jem caught her near little slip too and she found it quite amusing. She knew what she had meant by it, if she had said it. She rolled her eyes and closed the books and laid them to the side. "OK..so what do I need to do?"

"You need to sit over here, and be your beautiful self while I set up my stuff." Otep told her as she motioned to her tattooing chair. "Sit like this though." she said, demonstrating by sitting on the chair backwards, with the back of the chair against her chest and her legs on either side of it.

Jem walked over straddling the chair and leaning against the back of it slightly, She turned her head to the side, watching Otep get all her gear set up. She could not believe she was actually getting tattooed. And the one she was getting? Yeah she did not see this coming just a few months ago.

Otep looked over and smiled. Chris was busily tracing it, getting ready for it to actually BE a tattoo. Once that was done, he brought two copies and gave one to Otep. Once Otep was done setting up she looked at Jem. "Are you ready baby?" she asked her.

Jem took in a breath and let it out. She nodded her head. "As ready as I'm going to be. Let's...do this."

Otep smiled as she put the stencil on Jem's left shoulder with care and ease. She handed her a hand held mirror and nodded to the mirror on the wall. "Take a look... tell me what you think. Higher... lower... stuff like that."

Jem took the mirror and looked at it. "May be just a hair higher..like an ich..and may be just a bit more to the left..?" she tocked her head and looked at it again. "But then you're professional so I'm leaving it in you capable hands."

Otep smiled a little and nodded. "Ok... well... let me see." she said as she washed the stencil off and replaced it a little higher and a little to the left. "Now... look."

Jem looked at the mirror again looking at the placement of the stencil. She nodded. "Looks perfect..."

Otep smiled as she then told her to sit. She sat herself and then began preparing herself to tattoo her own girlfriend. She looked at her and smiled. "Ready?"

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**the matching tattoos**