Not the Average Fairy Tale Ending

Chapter 2

AN: Thanks for my reviews. I really love them. I don't own any of the characters, so don't sue me. The only thing left I can give away are my kitties.

Michael was in shock at the sight and Calcifer started to laugh. "I knew we were going to catch them one day. I just didn't think it was going to be this soon and in this spot."

Sophie blushed, getting off of Howl and fixed her dress, while Howl buttoned his shirt and picked up his jacket from the other side of the room. "Well we just got caught at a bad time." Chuckled Howl.

"Yes, that's true." Sophie managed to say, "Now who would like some lunch? I presume that's why you all came home."

"I'm actually not very hungry anymore, Sophie." Said Michael. "I'll just be going to my room for a nap. But I'll be awake for dinner." He ran up the stairs as fast as he could and closed the door.

"Poor boy. I think you two scared him." Laughed Calcifer. "Well, at least you hadn't gone too far into your little session. If we'd walked in then, I think it would've been much worse for him to see you two"

Sophie threw the frying pan him to silence him. "Well, if a certain fire demon knows what's good for him, he won't going around telling people." She also gave him the evil glare while talking to him.

Calcifer retreated to his hiding spot in the fireplace, mumbling something about women not being allowed to own frying pans.

"Well Sophie, since Michael obviously won't be finishing his job for the king, it looks like I'll have to finish it up for him." He gave her a quick kiss and headed for the door.

"No." She grabbed his wrist and pulled him back to her for another kiss. Sophie put her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss.

Finally Howl pulled away, breathless and panting from Sophie's wonderful kiss. "We'll finish this later." He whispered.

"I want to now." She purred, placing little kisses on his neck. She listened for changes in his breathing to see which places he liked the best. When she found the delicate spot under his chin, she paid special attention to it, giggling every time he made sound of enjoyment.

He was finally able to pull away from her attack on his neck to whisper, "Now, usually I'd be happy to. But Calcifer's been watching us the whole time. And I'd really like it to be just us."

"Well." She though for a moment. "If he's going to watch, we might as well give him a good show to see." Sophie was aiming for him when he caught her chin in his hand and kissed the tip of her nose then let go.

"I'm already late as is love. But when I come back you'll be all mine." He walked over to the door and turned the knob so that the door opened to Kingsbury.

When Howl left, Sophie was still quite embarrassed about her current situation with her husband. So she decided to try and get her mind off of it by starting lunch. But she still couldn't keep her mind off of it. "Calcifer." She told the fireplace. "I'm going to take a shower so you'll have to fend for yourself for awhile." She walked up the stairs and into the bathroom. "That's what I need, a nice cold shower to cool me off."

Back downstairs, Calcifer was sitting in his fireplace complaining. "Well, isn't somebody around here ever going to make lunch? I'm hungry. Oh come on! Can't someone just throw me a log, please?"

(AN: I was going to end it here with Calcifer's complaining, but I guess I'll give you a bit more.)

After Sophie's three hour long cold shower, she decided that making dinner would be a good idea. Michael had woken up from nap, but was still too embarrassed to talk with Sophie after the incident from the afternoon. So he was working on a spell with Calcifer's help, to try and speed up the cooking time of their dinner.

Sophie was letting dinner cook and decided to look through her clothes to find something nice to wear for Howl tonight. All her dresses and gowns were either too casual or too dressy. She even looked through some of his clothes to see if there was anything she liked.

After searching through some more clothes, Sophie finally remembered the box under their bed. She opened the box to pull out a small, two piece garment given to her by Howl's sister, Megan as a present when they got married. She'd never shown this particular garment to Howl because she wasn't sure what it was used for. "Might as well give him a bit of a surprise." She said to herself.

The little thing was black, red, and completely made of lace. She tried it on just make sure that it fit her properly. She put the first piece on over her chest and tied the strings to keep it on. It was similar to a corset she noticed but showed much more. She put on the bottom part and took it off almost immediately. It was too small and didn't cover anything. But she did like the top.

She kept the top and found a pair of black sleeping pants that Howl never wore. Megan had also told her that men like it when they see their wives wearing their clothes. So she decided to go with it. She put the outfit back into the box and put it under the bed again. "I won't need it until later."

When she came back from her room, she noticed that Michael was already eating and Calcifer was happily burning a log. "You almost let the dinner burn. So I had to put it on the plates for us." Michael said quietly.

"Thank you Michael." Said Sophie as they ate their dinner in silence.

After dinner, Sophie washed the dishes and cleaned up the mess that Michael had made while trying out a new spell. When she finished her chores it was nearly midnight and Michael Calcifer had gone to sleep. "Where is Howl?" she asked herself. "Well, I might as well get ready." She ran up to their room and put on the new clothes as she sat on the bed and waited for him.

Howl arrived a few minutes later to find Sophie sitting on the bed wearing a shirt that models in Wales wear and pair of his old pants. 'She looks very good,' he noted. 'I'll have to thanks Megan for the shirt' He walked over to her. "I'm sorry I was late."

"It doesn't matter Howl." She got up and kissed him gently.

AN: That's all for now. I'm guessing you can assume what's going to happen. I'm not sure if I'm going to actually write out what happens or just do an afterwards scene.