<em>~Mila~</em><br/><br/>Mila laughed softly as Nicci played with her, her heart warming at the other woman's antics.  She realized that if Nicole was making such an effort to make her smile, then she must not be doing such a good job of hiding how she felt.  She needed to work on that.  She'd ruined dinner by reacting negatively to Bo, and now she was about to do it again.<br/><br/>She waited until Nicci had another chocolate in her hand before she said, an impish twinkle in her eyes, "Nicci, wait."  Mila ran her finger along the truffle, and satisfied that she had enough cocoa on it, rubbed it lightly along the bridge of Mari's nose, ending with the tip.  "Now we match," she nodded and popped her finger in her mouth to lick off the cocoa.