Disclaimer: Does not own W.I.T.C.H
AN: Just a random fic to help get over some writer block. I should be updating, my other fics over the
next few days. This is going to be 3 chapters long, well it should be.
A Eventful Day
It was unnaturally bright for a winters day, Cornelia thought. She didn't quite understand the fact that
the snow on the grown reflected what sunlight there was causing things to be brighter then they should.
She didn't spend long pondering on the fact as she pulled the curtain closed, as she had pulled it back
to see the snow when her mother had told her about it. It was early morning, around half seven at most.
Luckily it was a Saturday, which meant no school.
She couldn't sleep the entire day away as she wanted to. A few week back she had reorganized her ice
skating so she didn't have to worry about school and practice on the same day. She still had in to the late
afternoon to do anything that she wanted or needed to do, and as much as going back to sleep for a
couple more hour sounded good, she knew she would mess up her sleeping patten if she did.
Going over to her wardrobe, Cornelia quickly changed out of her pyjamas, and in something a little more
appropriate to the current weather conditions. She didn't feel like spending the entire day sitting around
waiting for it to be time for practice. Deciding to go out shopping instead, Cornelia finished getting dressed.
Quickly doing her hair, she walked out her room grabbing on the way, a stylish green beret that she often
wore during colder weather.
"I'm going out mum." Cornelia called out as she reached and opened the fount door to the flat. Getting the
lift, Cornelia was out of the apartment building in a matter of minutes and started the journey to the main
shopping mall at Heatherfield's centre.
-
The walk to the shops had gone uneventfully, Cornelia had expected at least one of the girls to call as it
was a Saturday. She hadn't really thought about just how early it was. Irma would never be out of bed at
this time, and the same applied to Will. Only Taranee and Hay Lin might be up so early. Taranee probably
doing homework so she could spend the rest of the day not worrying about it. Hay Lin most likely helping
out at the silver dragon.
Still Cornelia didn't need the other around all the time to have fun, in fact it had been awhile since she had
been on a all day shopping spree, and snow or no snow she was going to have one. By the end of the day
she knew she would have no pocket money left. It wasn't because she didn't have that much, her father
was a banker she got quite a bit. She could just spend that much in one day if she wanted to. With the other
not around to convince her to be a little more restrained with her cash, she was going to spend as much as
she like.
"Where to start?" Cornelia asked herself as she looked around the shopping mall. Walking off in to a clothes
store, she hummed to herself. The shopping spree had begun, and no one was going to stop her.
-
No one was going to stop her. That what she had thought to herself before starting, but she was already
kind of tired as it reached midday and Cornelia was forced to take a break. A different assortment of shopping
bags, were carefully place on a plain wooden chair. As Cornelia herself sat on another, slumped on the table
in front of her, her right hand holding a drink. She was too tired to lift her head and actually take a sip out of
the can of coke.
She groaned to herself and mentally reprimanded herself for walking about so much. Her legs were killing her
and she still was going to have to walk home at the end of thing. Forcing herself to sit back up, Cornelia swore
lightly under her breath as doing so caused her to accidentally knock her beret off and on to the floor to her left.
For a few second she was conflicted. Put in the effort to reach and save the expensive hat, or don't let it sit
there on the floor for awhile no one was going to take it.
Just as she finished thinking about the option, before she had decided, someone bent over and picked up the hat.
"You OK Cornelia?" The person asked putting down the hat on the table and sitting down on the third chair at the
table. Cornelia knew who it was as soon as he spoke, but didn't speak. "Cornelia?" The person said again, bringing
her out of her daze of tiredness. "I'm good, just tired." Cornelia said back. "You tired from shopping, amazing."
The guy said in a joking voice. "Very funny Peter." Cornelia said back sarcastically, her blushes betraying her feelings.
"So what are you doing anyway?" Cornelia asked finally putting in the effort to lift and drink some of her coke.
"I was picking up a few things for my new flat." Peter explained relaxing back, and putting a small bag down on
the table. "You finished buying everything in sight yet?" Peter joked again smiling.
Every since the two had started dating properly, the awkwardness the two felt around each other had subsided.
Peter was a laugh to be around, and Cornelia had managed to keep her blushing more in check then she used to.
The two actually had plans to meet up tomorrow, but neither minded running into each other today.
"Yeah, I'm too tired to shop any more." Cornelia finally said to Peter. Peter laughed lightly. "Well I can give you and
your heavy bags a lift home if you want." Peter offered standing picking up his bag as he did. "Thanks, just give me
a couple more minutes." Cornelia said. Peter smiled and in his empty hand picked up Cornelia beret and lazily put it
on Cornelia's head. "Come on you can rest in the car." Peter said before walking round the table to pick up Cornelia
shopping from the chair.
Cornelia didn't argue, she knew that the seat in Peter's car were many time more comfortable then the chairs of the
mall food court. Cornelia stood herself and quickly drained what was left her coke before putting the can down on the
table. Cornelia quickly step over next to Peter and kissed him quickly on the lips. "I was wondering when I was going
to get a proper hello." Peter said, getting a light slap on the arm from Cornelia, who was trying her hardest not to
blush again.
Peter tried his hardest to carry all of Cornelia's bags in one hand so he could Cornelia's hand with his other. Peter
smiled happily as the two walked through the mall to the mall car park, were his car was. When the couple reached
the car, Peter regreatfully had to let go of Cornelia so that he could get his keys out and unlock the boot. Like normal
most of the back seats of the car were inuse. Not by surf board as per usual but what seemed to be a large set of draws.
Opening the boot and carefully putting in the bags in the boot, the two quickly got in the car. Peter started the
engine and the two were soon enough on the route back to Cornelia's place. Peter turned on the radio once they
were out of the car park. Cornelia didn't pay it much attention thought, she was too tired, she had gotten up too
early and walked around just a bit too much. She couldn't help but fall asleep.
-
Peter couldn't believe it, traffic tonnes of it. He knew it was a Saturday lunch time, but for Heatherfield the amount
of traffic was unnatural. He should have been able to drop of Cornelia already and be on his way back to his flat.
He needed to dropped of the chest of draws in the back, as well as the few other random thing he had bought
today.
Trying his best to relax, in spite of the traffic Peter looked over to his girlfriend. Reaching out with his hand he lightly
brush some stray hair out of Cornelia's face, in a way to cliché romantic gesture. Smiling to himself he turned the
radio up, but not too much because he didn't want to wake Cornelia.
It seemed that even the slight increase in volume was enough though, to cause the blonde to stir and slowly drift
to a woken state. "Hey." Peter said calmly as Cornelia woke. "Hey what time is it?" She asked back half asleep.
"Bout half one." Peter said back. "Shouldn't we be at mine by now?" Cornelia said wrapping her arm around herself
and turning her seat as if trying to get in a position to go back to sleep. "Yeah but traffic is huge, must be the snow."
Peter replied, glancing over to see the Cornelia had once again fallen of to the land of sleep.
-
Another 15 minutes later, and Cornelia once again slowly woke, this time due to the fact that she was being lightly
shaken on the shoulder. "Hmm?" Cornelia groaned at being woken. "Cornelia, wake up we're at yours." Peter said
shaking Cornelia just a little bit harder. "Hey." Cornelia said stretching out in the seat. "Wake up, while I go get
your stuff." Peter said, opening the car door and getting out. Peter quickly got Cornelia bags from the boot and
then open the car for Cornelia.
Once again, Cornelia had managed to fall asleep. Peter didn't expect that he would be able to get Cornelia to stay
awake long enough to get up stair and decided to close the door and lock the car. Going over to the buzzers for
the the flats. Peter struggled to push the right button. "Hello." Mrs. Hale's voice came over the speaker.
"Hey Mrs. Hale it Peter. I have some of Cornelia shopping is it okay if you buzz me up?" Peter asked. "Of course."
She replied and as Peter heard the buzzing sound from the door he quickly pulled it open.
Taking the lift up stairs and put the bags down on the the floor before knocking. Cornelia's mother open the door.
"Where Cornelia?" Mrs. Hale asked Peter as she started to pick up shopping bag. "In the car, I couldn't get to stay
awake. I was about to go back down to get her." Peter explained as he started moving back to the lift hoping to
catch it before any one else press the button to call it away from him.
Getting back down stairs, Peter quickly opened the car door for Cornelia once again. This time he didn't bother
trying to wake her, and just reached over and undid the seat belt. Picking Cornelia up under her arm, Peter kicked
the car door close and managed to some how lock it. Once again it was over to the buzzer this time with a slowly
waking Cornelia at his side. Mrs. Hale let him up again and he took the lift up once again to Cornelia flat.
Mrs. Hale was still by the doors picking up the last of Cornelia's bags, so the door was already open. Peter managed
to get Cornelia inside and carefully put her down on the sofa. Peter was starting to get concerned now. "Why don't
you go put Cornelia on her bed, she be better off there." Mrs. Hale said. Peter wondered why Cornelia was so tired,
a early morning and shopping alone couldn't be the reason.
Cornelia knew why she was so tired, she hadn't got much sleep. Not that she could tell anyone that was the case as
she was currently asleep and being carried to her room by Peter. Peter didn't actually know which room belong to
Cornelia he hadn't ever been in her room, but he found quickly enough. Peter put the sleeping girl down on her bed
and kissed her on the cheek before going back to the front room.
Peter was heading for the door and was about to call back to Mrs. Hale to say he was leaving when Mrs. Hale spoke
before him. "Would you like anything to eat Peter." The older women offered. Peter not wanting to be rude, couldn't
decline. "Sure. If it not any trouble." Peter said walking back away from the front door. "Think of it a pay for bringing
Cornelia home." Mrs. Hale said. "I wouldn't want to think of her walking home while that tired." Mrs. Hale said to herself.
Peter wasn't sure what to do. Eat and run or stick around. It was obvious the Cornelia mother was trying to get to
know who her daughter was going out with a little more, and Peter knew being on the parent good side did help.
Peter, looked around he front room, the were quite a few family photos, and he could help but smile at the picture
of Cornelia as a kid. Picking up one of the picture Peter looked at a more recent photo of Cornelia, and his smile
grew. He knew he was in love and he had been going out with Cornelia for awhile now, and was slowly trying to
build up the corage to admit just how serious his feeling were.
"It a nice photo isn't it." Mrs. Hale said from behind him, shocking him and making him nearly drop the photo, and
plain metal photo frame. "Yeah." Peter said weakly as he carefully put it back in it place. "I've made you a sandwich,
I hope you don't mind ham." Mrs. Hale said. Turning round, Peter saw that Mrs. Hale was standing there a plate in
either hand and on the plate a sandwich each. "Thank you." Peter said politely taking one of the plates and sitting
down on a sofa.
Mrs. Hale sat down in one of the chair opposite Peter and both started to eat. Peter could feel it coming. He knew
it was, the question would be coming any time now. Mrs. Hale glanced over to the bags of Cornelia shopping.
"So Peter did you take Cornelia out shopping? No wonder she was up so early today." Mrs. Hale asked him.
"What? No I didn't I happen to meet her while doing some of my own shopping." Peter explained. "And you
gave her a lift home because she was tired, how sweet." Mrs. Hale said. "Yeah."
Mrs. Hale carried on digging for information as the two ate the sandwiches that she had made. Before he knew
it half a hour had past and he had slowly over that time stopped feeling awkward. He only realized so much
time had past because Cornelia was slowly walking down the stairs. "Mum, how did I get back in my bed?"
Cornelia asked as she reached the bottom of the stairs, still partial asleep. "Peter brought you home after
you went shopping, didn't you Peter?" Cornelia mother said. Peter knew that the question was not meant to
be answered but to point out that he was still here before Cornelia said something she didn't mean to.
Mothers and daughters seemed to be good at passing hints without others noticing most of the time, but Peter
had a sister and therefore saw it all the time. Cornelia blushed as she looked over to Peter, and then blushed
even deeper when she realized it was most likely Peter who put her in her bed as well. Peter was going to try
and excuse himself so he could finally get round to taking stuff over to his flat, but once again something
interrupted him. This time it was the house phone. Being the closest to it Cornelia picked it up and said hello.
Mouthing the word, 'Dad' as she passed it to her mother, Peter and Cornelia looked at each absently as Mrs
and Mr. Hale had their conversation. Peter was ready to excuse himself as soon as she was done on the phone.
Spending more time with Cornelia would have been nice but he was going to see her tomorrow anyway.
Mrs. Hale finally finished on the phone and hung it up. Getting up from the sofa ready to make his excuse
Mrs. Hale turned to him. "Peter can I ask you a favour?" Mrs. Hale asked and Peter share a estranged look
with Cornelia. "Sure." Peter said unsure.
"I have to drive down in to Midgale to pick up my husband and Lillian as the train isn't running due to the
snow. I won't be back in time to take Cornelia to her ice skating practice. Could you do it for me." Mrs. Hale
explained. Peter looked unsure at this rate he was never going to get anything in his flat finished. Peter could
feel Cornelia pleading eyes resting on him. "Of course." Peter said giving in. Mrs. Hale thanked him and then
move with speed. Kissing Cornelia on the cheek grabbing a coat and rushing out the door. "See you tonight."
She called out behind her as she left.
Peter collapsed back down onto the sofa and Cornelia walked over and sat down beside him. "I'm sorry, I'm
sure you had stuff you needed to do about your flat." Cornelia said snuggling into Peter. "It's okay, just
means I'll be late to our date tomorrow." He said laughing. "Not funny." Cornelia said, starting to fall asleep
due to the sound of Peter heart. "Oi don't you dare go to sleep again." Peter said pushing Cornelia off him
and the sofa, annoying her in the process. "That was uncalled for." Cornelia said getting up from the floor.
Getting up from the sofa Peter wrapped his arms around Cornelia waist. "I'm sorry, how can I make up for my
stupid move." He said smiling. "Kiss it better." Cornelia said back playfully and the two share their first deep
passionate kiss of the day.