Hey everyone,

Sorry it took me a bit to get up a new chapter and I'm even more sorry that it's kinda short. I think you'll enjoy it though. It's crazy, the whole time I was writing it I was listening to music that I haven't listened to in forever! Man I miss good music. Anyway, please enjoy. I'll try to have another chapter up shortly.

Thanks =]


After only a couple hours of sleep, I woke up Saturday feeling quite chipper. The memory of last night lingered in my mind. Instead of going downstairs right away, I changed some loose pants and and a new shirt and hurried down the stairs. I had way too much energy to just sit around the house. So I went for a jog around the neighborhood and when I still wasn't satisfied I headed down to the beach. I passed by the place where the initiation had happened and couldn't keep the smile off of my face. I ran back up the bluff to the remains of number thirteen and stopped for just a minute to survey the area, and then still full of energy I headed past the houses of my new family. When I got back down to my house I saw Nick's figure retreating back toward his house. I tried to push down that swell of hope that thought he might have been visiting me, I mean there were a number of people living on this street. Maybe he had just got back from visiting Faye... I kept that last thought in mind, it made the hope dissipate a little. I sped up so that I could catch up with him, he didn't hear me coming, so when I got closer -and just because I couldn't pass up the opportunity- I called out a hi and jumped up on his back and he cursed like a sailor. I on the other hand couldn't contain my laughter.

"Kat...I should have known." He said with a snort when I dropped and stood so that I was beside him, and not behind him. I smiled.

"Sorry, Nick. I couldn't resist." I said and he smiled too. "What are you doing up?" I asked when he didn't say anything else. He shrugged.

"Just going for a walk. You too, I see." He said nodding to my clothes as he took a drag from the cigarette he was holding. "Aren't you cold?" I shook my head at his question.

"I had way too much energy when I woke up, decided to run it off. But it won't go away." I explained, even while walking I was still fidgeting. He laughed out loud.

"I see." My smile grew, I loved when he laughed. When we got to his driveway I figured that I would end up on my own again. "You want to come in?" He asked, totally surprising me.

"Uh...Sure if it's okay with your aunt and uncle...and Deborah." He shrugged.

"It's my house too, if she has a problem with it she can leave." He said as we walked up the driveway. "Besides, my aunt and uncle are at work." He admitted. And Deb is most likely asleep.. I thought to myself.

"Oh, okay.." I said as I followed him up to his front door. When we got inside, it was pretty much what I had expected, it was neat and tidy. I'd seen his aunt and uncle before and they seemed like the orderly type. Like the other houses it had the big bulky furniture that was the color of Nick's eyes. "Well," I said following him into the kitchen "are you excited about going to the dance this Friday?" I asked leaning against the island in the middle of the room while he pulled out some eggs, bacon and a frying pan. I didn't know he cooked. He turned to look at me, and shrugged.

"I guess. Are you?" I shrugged and tried to keep my nose from wrinkling in disgust but he saw it and laughed.

"I'm not much of a dance person." I admitted. "Diana -and Cassie- kind of conned me into it." He smiled as he pushed the bacon around the pan.

"Yeah, those two are pretty good about conning other people into something." I snorted.

"Your tellin' me." I sighed shaking my head dramatically. His smile grew just a tiny bit.

"You want some?" He asked, nodding toward the frying pan.

"No thank you." I said politely, his eyes flickered down my figure causing a blush to fill my cheeks.

"You're not a vegetarian are you?" He asked, I shook my head.

"Ha, no. Just not hungry. Got any coffee?" I asked.

"Yeah it's right there..." he started to point to the coffee pot but then turned toward me again, watching me bouncing up in down where I stood. He was fighting back a smile when he said "Nope. no coffee." I rolled my eyes. Grabbing a coffee cup out of the drain by the sink, I walked over to the coffee pot.

"If the energy hasn't gone away yet, I doubt that it will." I said, using my Katherine Smith logic. Before I could even grab the coffee pot, Nick turned off the burner on the stove and walked over catching my arm that was reaching for it. I laughed very loudly forgetting that Deb was still asleep. He was laughing too and I mean really laughing as I struggled to break free of him to get the coffee. I had almost broke free when he spun me around and pressed himself closer, placing both hands on the counter on either side of me.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to cut you off." He said. He was a lot closer than I realized before.

"Cut me off?" I asked with a giggle "I haven't even started."

The teasing slowly began to change, and I felt this force trying to pull me even closer to him. We were both still smiling about the previous hilarity when I looked up at him. We just stood there staring at each other our smiles fading slightly, and he very hesitantly reached toward me and lightly brushed my now unruly hair -from our goofing around- back and tucked it behind my ear, carefully gauging my reaction all the while. When he was sure that there was no sign of disgust from him touching me, he began to slowly lean down toward me giving me the opportunity to stop him. We were so close that I could feel his breath on my lips, just a few more centimeters and we would change our entire relationship. We were so, so close when someone cleared their throat. We jumped apart a whole lot faster than we came together, Deb was standing in the doorway looking a little surprised to see me standing in her kitchen. I gave a small hysterical laugh and started walking toward the door.

"Um, I should go..." I said giving Nick a small smile. "Morning Deb." I said, and then I hurried out of the house and disappeared into mine. After that I stayed inside helping my granny in the kitchen until Diana called me informing me that everyone would be meeting at her house soon if I would like to join them. I ran upstairs and put on a green sweater and some jeans and made my way down the street.


"You've never played Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board?" I asked. The whole coven was sitting in Diana's living room, her dad -as usual- was at work. I took a look around the group, there had to be a positive balance between everyone involved. "Nick," I said trying to keep from blushing when he looked at me. "Can you lie down there?" I asked pointing to the center of the room. He gave me a look, so I pulled out my big guns. "Please, you're the calmest guy in the room right now." He looked like he wanted to say something, but instead he stretched out on the floor. "Okay..." I said surveying the group again, trying to pick out four other people I knew Nick trusted. "Diana, Cassie kneel on either side of him. I glanced at the remaining people, Adam couldn't do it, the Hendersons, Sean and Faye were an even worse idea. "Deb, Melanie you go sit next to either of them." To my surprise Deborah went without a fuss. "'kay, now just put your finger tips under him."

"Why don't you want to do it?" Suzan asked curiously. Nick lifted his head off the ground long enough to watch my reaction to her question. I smiled a little.

"I want you guys to try...It's pretty cool." I lied. Honestly my feelings for him could compromise it. I heard Deborah snort, but she didn't say anything. "Alright." I said lighting enough candles to illuminate the room, and turning out the lights.

"Ooh, Kat! Didn't know you wanted me that way." Chris teased, and Doug and I both snorted.

"I want you all to concentrate. You four," I said pointing to the girls on the floor with Nick. "I want you to repeat 'light as a feather, stiff as a board.. Nick, close your eyes and concentrate with the rest of us."

"Psh, who made you boss." Faye grumbled from behind me. I turned to her with an innocent smile.

"For the moment, I did." I said earning snickers from the room and narrowed eyes from Faye, before turning back to the others. "Alright. Go." I said and the four girls started the incantation and after a few minutes -yes minutes- Nick slowly began to lift off of the ground. Everyone gasped, even Faye. "Nick keep your eyes closed." I said moving around to his head. "'kay, very calmly think of coming down." I said, and just as slowly as he had risen, he descended, and his head fell lightly into my lap. He opened his eyes and met mine as I gently pushed his hair back. "You okay?" I asked while everyone else chatted excitedly. He nodded as he slowly sat up.

"I'm fine." He replied with a small smile. Out of nowhere he grabbed my hand and squeezed it before getting to his feet to listen to the others excitement over what happened. I too stood and found myself standing beside Diana, who was watching everyone with a smile playing on her lips. I knew that she had seen it all.

"Are you sure you don't want to go with him?" She asked, again. I nodded.

"I'm sure, you guys made plans, so you will see it through." I said, in my no arguing voice. She just laughed and shook her head.

"Fine. But if you change your mind." She offered and I rolled my eyes.

"You should know, that I don't change my mind very often." I said, and with that. I ran over and tackled Chris, starting an extra mini-mosh in Diana's living room.