FOUR DAYS WITH THE ICE QUEEN
A/N:
A fanfiction with a little bit of songfiction in the second chapter - "Ice Queen", from one of my favourite bands - Within Temptation!
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It fits perfectly with CC ... hahahah.
This is probably going to have 10 - 15 chapters, I can't tell. I'm at chapter 6 at the moment.
Oh, and this is taking place in the fifth season, when Fran and Max already were together ... just imagine CC without the gained weight (*Cough cough, pregnancy*)
Day one - Friday - the party
"Yes, George. No, I understand. It's okay. Okay. See you."
CC Babcock turned around, groaned, and threw the receiver back on the telephone. "Dammit."
"CC?"
"Oh, Maxwell", CC sighted. "George just told me, he's got no time for the party today. But I've already told Lillian I'd come and bring my boyfriend ... Oh, Maxwell, what could I do?"
"Huh?" Maxwell looked confused.
"Maxwell, I need an escort!", CC whined.
"Oh, yeah. I'll escort you."
CC's eyes brightened. "Really? No joke?"
"Of course not, let me see. Tomorrow's Saturday - looks great. I'm free for you."
CC's eyes darkened again. "Maxwell, aren't you paying attention at all? The party is today."
"Oh? Then I'm really sorry, CC, but today isn't good. I'm very sorry."
"Yeah ...sure", CC muttered and left the office quickly.
Sometimes she just hated Maxwell and his lack of interst in her, and was happy for herself, she finally had been able to admit, she never really had been in love with him. She went to the kitchen - where else? - and saw, that Niles was alone, he was cutting onions.
"Can I get coffee?"
Niles ignored her, as he sometimes did.
"Niles, I was asking you something."
He didn't respond.
"How do I deserve such a life, where men don't respect me?", CC mumbled, knowing, he couldn't resist to such a confession. But he didn't answer at all.
"Niles?", CC asked, stepped next to him and tapped his shoulder lightly.
"What", Niles groaned unfriendly.
He looked up to her, his eyes were red and swollen.
"Geez, did you cry?"
"I'm cutting onions, you silly woman."
CC shook her head. "Bad alibi. You really did cry. You were cutting onions to pretend, it's not real. What happened, Bellboy?"
"Like I would tell you", Niles hissed and continued cutting. But the tears in his eyes blocked his sight and soon he shouted out a loud "Ah, damn!"
CC rolled her eyes as she saw his bleeding finger. "Oh boy, you're such a baby."
Niles stared at her. "Would you please go out?"
"And let you go on cooking with that bloody finger of yours? Never. Sit down."
Niles sat down, but he frowned at her. "I just wanted to drop a few stains of blood over your meal, queen of the vampires, calm down."
"Hahah", CC said and opened a few drawers. "Where the heck -?"
"Turn left, second drawer."
CC opened it. "Ahh, yeah." She pulled out a plaster and sat down opposite of Niles. "Now, little baby", she cooed and Niles eyed her, not knowing what to think. She put the plaster over the little wound and patted his finger. "There, there. It's going to be better until you marry. Indeed. Hahahah."
Niles felt a shiver running down his spine, so he dragged his finger out of her hand. "Go away now, queen of ice."
"Oh, Niles, come on", CC said lovingly and smiled at him broadly. "You're always calling me a queen ... This is cute, in fact. You're worshipping me."
She winked, but Niles looked at her, as if he wanted to throw something at her, so CC sighted, "What happened?"
"None of your business."
But CC couldn't get it over with, it had to be something very awful, she had never seen him cry before. "Come on, Niles. I won't make fun!"
"You better not", Niles growled. "My grandmother died yesterday."
"Oh - Niles, that's -"
CC was speechless.
"I'm so - so sorry -"
"It's okay", Niles sighted and turned away from her. "She was old, I mean, she was really old. The funeral is following Monday, Mr. Sheffield already gave me off. Until that day, I have to find a way to take my mind off of it ..."
CC bit her lip. That was no good idea, but he was sad and she needed an escort. "I - uhm - have an idea for today. If you want."
Niles looked at her.
She still was sitting, looking at him doubtfully and chewing her red bottom lip in a very sexy way.
Sexy?, Niles thought and shivered. You really need a woman, old boy. Now you already think the witch is sexy ...
"What are you thinking of?", he asked instead.
"There's a party today. Kind of an anniversary of my friend Lillian and her husband. I'm invited but I need someone to escort me -"
"I'll do it."
"You'll do it?"
CC had thought, she first had to promise him money, before he would agree.
"I need something to take my mind off of the funeral ... I'll escort you, Miss Babcock", Niles said and then he smiled at her in a way, that made CC's heart flutter.
Niles knocked at CC's door and heard a muffled "Coming!" from inside. He was so nervous, he was sweating.
CC felt similar. Will he like my dress? Wait, why am I thinking that? I bought this dress for George!
When she opened, he froze.
She wore a long silver glittering dress, which hugged her body like a second skin, making her look like a mermaid. The dress had a slit on the side, from the floor to the middle of her thigh, and a deep v-neck, that barely covered her very visible cleavage.
"That's very ... unusual for you", he said with a dry mouth. "Maybe you should wear a jacket over it."
"You hink?" He doesn't like it ...
Niles collected his thoughts. "Miss Babcock, you're no piece of meat", he said. "I don't want anyone looking at you like you were one."
CC's heart jumped. "You don't want -"
"You have a boyfriend, as strange as it is", Niles offered and CC laughed. "I don't want anyone looking at you, because if anyone does, it's obviously my fault."
"No", CC sait quietly. "It's George's fault. He liked the dress and said, if I'm not going to wear it today, he would break up."
Niles gasped for air. "He said that?", he hissed.
CC nodded.
"Oh my. Miss Babcock, he's not worth for you."
CC looked up to him. "You mean -?"
"You deserve something better", Niles growled. "Can't you see, he's using you? He makes you wear things you hate and he promises to escort you and then dump you. This man is not worth for you."
CC smiled. "And who is worth for me?"
"A caring man who loves your real you and not just your looking and status", Niles said without hesitating. "A man who supports you and respects your good and bad sides."
Please, let me be the man, he added in his thoughts.
Will you be that man?, CC thought.
CC smiled sweetly and shortly they just stared at each other, sky blue eyes sunken into grey blue eyes.
Finally Niles cleared his throat.
"Please undress." His eyes widened. "I mean - change."
CC grinned, knowing what he thought about. "Okay", she said. "But promise me, you won't tell him."
"Of course not", Niles said, and this time he meant it.
Or not?
A few minutes later she came out of her bedroom, wearing a shorter cocktail dress this time. It reached until over her knees, but had no obvious v-neck, so this time there wasn't any cleavage visible. Sure, it made her bosom bigger, but there was no skin visible. The dress itself was white and had a brown belt around her waist, which made her curves even more curvy.
"I like this one better", Niles managed to say, after he had managed not to faint, concerning CC's angelic and still unusual appearence.
"Okay, thanks", CC breathed and slipped into her purple heels. "Ugh, he wanted me to wear this heels to the silver dress", she groaned. "That's so Nanny Fine! I'll tell you, he would just love her!"
Niles stayed silent, he was too busy with admiring her beauty. Her hair was done up, her face only was surrounded with a few curly strands of her hair, her eyelids were purple and her lashes deep black, thick and very long. Her lips were red, as always.
"You look so different", he said. "So ... purple shoes and eyelids to a white dress. That's not really your colour, you know?"
"Oh?", CC asked amused. "I thought, purple was the colour of the unsatisfied housewifes?"
"You would know", Niles countered. "No, for real now, Miss Babcock. You look stunning. Are these fake lashes?"
"Nooo", CC yelled. "I just put on more mascara as usual. These are my natural lashes!" And then she fluttered her eyelids a few times, which made his mouth even more dry.
"Okay, enough now", he said roughly. "Let's go."
The ride in the cab was really quiet. Niles had no idea what to say to her, that he found her beautiful wasn't something new to him, but he had never felt something like this in her presence before, he had never thought something like let me be your man before. Everytime he looked at her, his heart began to race madly.
CC was feeling a similar thing again. She had lied about the dress, she hadn't bought it because George wanted it, she had bought it a long time ago, but then she always had refused to wear it. She wanted Niles to look at her, that's why she wore this dress. And the fact, that he didn't want anyone to look at her, made her heart melt with warmness.
When the cab stopped, Niles got out quickly, and opened the door for CC. He reached his arm for her. "My beauty", he said professional and CC blushed, as she took his hand and he helped her out of the cab.
Their ride in the elevator was quiet as well, but when it stopped and the doors opened, CC quickly pressed a kiss on Niles' mouth. "Thank you", she whispered.
Niles stared at her, then he pressed the button of the elevator doors, and they shut again. He put his hands on her hips and pulled her closer.
Without a word, he kissed her softly, he just put his lips gently on hers.
"Niles", CC said surprised and pushed him away. "I have a boyfriend", she said, but her mind cried "Kiss me again!"
"I'm sorry", Niles said, his face deep red. "I - I just thought - I - uhm -"
CC chuckled. "You're nervous?"
"You make me nervous", Niles mumbled, but CC heard him.
She smiled lightly and took his hand. "I think kissing is okay", she whispered, looking at him with lovely flushed cheeks. "You're my boyfriend today after all."
Niles smiled foolish and then he crushed his lips to hers harder.
CC moaned and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself closer.
She opened her lips and sucked his bottom lip, causing Niles to open his lips.
As fast as she could, CC entered his mouth with her tongue and Niles groaned deeply. He pressed his hands on her back and moved down slowly.
When he had reached her butt and stroke over it gently, she gasped and pushed him away.
"That was - nice", she said with a very high pitched voice.
Niles stared at her with a mixture of shock, embarassment and disappointment.
He still could feel her tongue, how it caressed his, explored his mouth and tasted every corner of it.
"Kissing you sober is nice", he breathed and CC blushed more, remembering the first kiss they had shared in a very drunken state.
"Okay, let's get out", she said and pushed the button to open the doors.
They went to the penthouse of Lillian Baker - hand in hand - and CC rang on Lillian's door.
"Lilly is very fake - you'll see it", CC muttered quickly.
Lillian opened the door, and indeed - she was really fake. Her bosom was too big and perfect to be real, her face had been lifted several times and her lips were obviously botoxed. All in all she wasn't ugly, but in Niles' opinion, she was. He just had to compare her to CC.
"CC!", Lillian cried and they embraced.
"Kiss kiss, hug hug", they said and Niles couldn't help to stare at Lillian's - no. He could help, he just thought about Miss Babcock's. He smiled.
"This is Niles, my boyfriend", CC introduced. "Baby, this is Lillian, my friend fom college."
"Well, CC, let's not lie", Lillian said with a stern face. "We weren't exactly friends, more like frenemies. But let's be honest, both of us didn't have real friends, right, honey?"
"Yeah", CC said and her voice was so deep and dark in that moment, that Niles was afraid, CC would kill Lillian.
Lillian giggled and led them into the living room, where a few people - mostly very stunning women - were sitting and chatting. "So, have fun! Uhm - there's the cocktail bar, there's the dance floor, there's the toilet ...", Lillian went on, but Niles couldn't listen anymore. He had gotten lost in CC's eyes, after she had looked at him and had rolled her eyes in Lillian's direction.
Now the both of them were staring and smiling at each other.
Niles slowly put his arm around CC's waist and pulled her close. "You look absolutely ravishing", he told her softly. "So much better than everyone here. I barely can breathe when I look at you ..."
CC's heart began to race madly - never had George said anything that lovely to her, that made her heart race so fast. Never had George kissed her with so much passion and longing, as Niles did. Never had George looked at her like Niles did. Never her heart did flutter that crazy when she looked at George, as when she looked at Niles. Never she had wanted to impress George the way she wanted to impress Niles.
CC wondered, if Niles would beat George, if they had -
No, CC!, she told herself. You are in a relationship, how dare you, thinking about having sex with Niles! And - after all it's NILES! You wouldn't want to sleep with him.
She ignored her mind again, that told her the contrary.
To bring herself back to the earth, CC took Niles' hand and pulled him towards the dance floor.
"See you later, honey", Lillian whined and scurried away.
"Ugh, I almost forgot that she can sound like Nanny Fine", CC grumbled and put her arms on Niles' shoulders.
"What are you up to?", Niles asked with a dry mouth.
CC eyed him. "Dancing?", she said. "Look at all these dancing people", she said sarcastically and pointed at the sitting, chatting and drinking people.
"Okay", Niles whispered and smiled at her. "Let's show them how it works."
They began to move on the dance floor, in the rythm of the music. It was a very slow song, so they had to have a lot of body contact.
Soon, Niles figured out, it was easy to leave his hand on her waist, and caress it softly. His other hand held her hand and caressed her fingers.
She already had goosebumps and was not able to look at him, fearing, she would jump at him and kiss the hell out of him.
Soon the song was over and they parted. There was a clapping around them, so CC turned around and saw, that the audience applauded them.
CC grew red.
Suddenly there was a sharp "CC!", in the air and CC winced.
"Yeah?"
A big, unbelievable beautiful brunette came to her and hugged her resigned. "My god, CC, you look stunning. I missed you."
"Thank you, Tanya, you do look pretty as well", CC said coldly. "I missed you too."
Niles smiled - he could hear, she was lying.
"I saw you at the dance floor", Tanya said, not less cold. "That was really cute. How long have you been together?"
"Actually we're married", CC said, before Niles could answer. "For three years now. Please don't tell Lilly, you know, how easy she can go jealous."
"Of course not", Tanya said dryly and then they stared at each other with squinted eyes.
Niles eyed the women, which were obviously nemesis.
"Tanya, it's a pleasure to meet you", Niles interrupted their silent fight. "I'm Niles, CC's husband."
"Hello", Tanya said and nodded at him, but not giving him her hand. Then she looked away. "I have to look for my boyfriend ... CC, see you later, ok?"
"Not, if I manage to run away", CC hissed.
Tanya looked at her. "You better do", she hissed back. "Lilly was my friend, not yours."
"Uh - huh", CC said, with a 'I couldn't care less'-voice.
Tanya glared at her and walked away with her head in the air.
"Whoa", Niles said. "Bitch fight. No, wait - witch fight!"
"I want to go home", CC muttered. "Seeing her was the worst thing that could have happened."
"Yes, babe, let's go back to our home", Niles said with a light grin. "Since I'm your husband ..."
CC rolled her eyes and playfully nugded Niles' ribs. "Let's play happy family", she suggested.