21 Things I Want In a Lover
Chapter 4
By Princess Alexandria
They left the restaurant and slowly started down the sidewalk. "So Central Park or Statue of Liberty?" Ororo asked as they stood on a street corner and Kate stared at the woman playing her tour guide for a moment, trying to figure out which one would be best with company.
"Central Park?" Kate offered, thinking of how confident Ororo walked and how she'd heard stories of crime in Central Park. She should probably not go there alone, because Kate was well aware that anyone should be able to tell she was a tourist. That could make her a target, but the idea of Central Park was great and she'd love to see it. Flying in, it had looked impressive from the air.
"Woman after my own heart." Ororo smiled and turned while taking Kate's hand, as they started to cross the street. Ororo let go halfway across, but Kate still walked beside her, her mind on the feel of a hand in her own. She couldn't say she'd walked around holding hands with anyone in a very long time, and that might have been her mother.
The subway was great, and Kate noticed how amused Ororo looked at her as Kate looked around. "I wish Seattle had this, it's a pain to get around without a car there." The other people on the subway looked tired and bored, so Kate could tell it was only fun because it was different.
"Here it's a pain to have a car in the city." Ororo shifted in the seat next to Kate and Kate was very aware of how their thighs were touching. Kate didn't move, just so that it continued, as her mind analyzed the nice warm feeling and the nervousness as well.
After a while of the slight rocking and stops of the subway, Kate felt Ororo's hand on her knee. "The next stop is ours." Ororo informed her and gently squeezed Kate's knee. Kate blushed when she looked up to see a teasing smile on Ororo's face, a sexy teasing smile that came with one more squeeze, before the subway slowed down, Once it stopped Ororo stood up and took Kate's hand to lead her out.
"You aren't used to holding hands are you?" Ororo asked as they made their way through the crowds and Kate blushed. "Do you mind? I just don't want to lose you in the crowds and I know you aren't used to them." Ororo's voice was softer and Kate was just even more impressed with the woman for asking.
"It's okay." Kate smiled shyly as they made it to the stairs leading up to the street, and her hand was squeezed gently. It was actually really okay, she thought, taking in the warm hands and glancing at how her hand looked in Ororo's. Ororo's hand was so very feminine, it gave Kate a bit of a thrill to see it in her own. Ororo's comment about the crowds might be true, but it wasn't like it wouldn't be incredibly easy to spot Ororo in a crowd, so Kate wondered if Ororo just liked leading her around.
They made it to the street and Kate glanced around to find the green of the park across from them. It was beautiful, full of trees and paths, with a man selling tshirts next to the path into it. That reminded her she wanted one.
It was a warm enough day, but when Kate looked up at the grey skies she wondered if Central Park was the right idea. "I hope it doesn't rain." She spoke and looked back down at Ororo.
Ororo smiled slyly, "I'm sure it won't." Then she teased, "I thought you liked the rain?"
They stood there, at the side of the sidewalk as Kate sighed. "Not today." She really didn't want their fun cut short today. She couldn't see walking around in the rain when she had plans for that night. She didn't want to have to return to the hotel to clean up, and she'd worked hard on her hair, harder than normal.
"You don't have to worry." Ororo leaned in, her voice quieter and closer. It gave Kate tingles when she felt Ororo's breath on her neck. "I control the weather, and I can keep it from raining."
Kate's eyes widened and Ororo's hand moved to her upper arm to hold her there as Kate turned to stare into Ororo's eyes. "Really?" She was stunned, her mind trying to grasp a power like that. "So you can stop rain?"
"I can do much more than that." Ororo answered, her eyes searching Kate's for something, but Kate just blinked and looked away, trying to think of what all that could do. Her back tensed and her eyes turned back to Ororo's her stunned expression clear. "Yes, I'm very powerful."
"I just thought you could fly." Kate admitted to having thought about it at all. When someone walked by closer, Kate tensed up and looked over at the park. "Well, good, no rain." She still felt awkward and intimidated at that moment, but she thought they really should move.
"Are you frightened?" Ororo's question was asked casually and Kate nibbled on her lower lip as she considered it.
"No, just," Her words trailed off. She glanced at Ororo and didn't want to make her feel bad. "Impressed." That earned her a small smile, so she kept to herself how ordinary and plain it made her feel, how intimidated and nervous.
Her mind thought of all the things that were considered part of the weather, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and wondered if Ororo really had that much power over nature, and if that made her a god.
And if she really was that powerful, what the hell was Ororo doing walking Central Park with a payroll clerk with no powers and a job many people had told her was boring? She liked her job just fine, but few people wanted to hear about it.
Kate stood a little taller as she told herself she was here now, and she'd just have to do the best she could. She honestly liked spending time with Ororo, and she was hoping Ororo was liking spending time with her. Ororo still had her hand after all, as she had put her arm out to make sure Kate didn't walk into traffic and then took it again. "Big City?" Ororo teased her about almost stepping into the road and Kate blushed. Her mind was too busy for walking it appeared.
"I want a souvenir tshirt, can we look?" Kate asked as they finally had the right of way and were walking toward the table full of mostly white tshirts.
"I'm sure you'll get more than a few souvenirs." Ororo spoke with a smile and Kate's hand was sadly let go once they'd crossed the street. They stood in front of the table and Kate frowned just a little at the shirts there.
"Looking for anything in particular? Lady Liberty?" Ororo pointed to a cartoon statue of liberty on one shirt, that looked far too blah for Kate.
"No," Kate spoke slowly, looking over the shirts, and then found a grey NYPD shirt. She picked it up, not completely happy with it, to study it. That got the vendors attention and she was there talking about a sale, and pointing at the other shirts. Kate managed to leave without a shirt, but she swore she'd have to fight her way out, and her guide, who was a superhero, just laughed at her when Kate gave her a mock irritated look. "Didn't feel inclined to save me?"
Ororo grinned. "Should I have rained on her tshirts? Left her to sell soggy goods?"
Somehow that made Kate smile. The image in her mind almost made her laugh. "I guess that wasn't really necessary."
They walked along the paths, and Kate found herself laughing more than normal as Ororo told stories about her friends. They seemed like they'd be a good group of people. They walked slowly and Kate was finding that they stopped often to talk, so it took a long time to make their way around the park.