Chapter 12
Day Six, two days before the wedding [Morning]
Cameron's eyes blinked open when he heard the sound of the coffee pot ding. He lifted his head and realized he was snuggling with a pillow. He looked over to the coffee machine and saw Kay pouring a mug of coffee. When she turned around, she noticed he had woken up, "Good morning Cameron."
"Morning." Cameron blinked again as he noticed something about Kay's appearance. She was wearing glasses, "Kay?"
"Hmm?" She replied as she took another mug to pour him a cup.
He smiled, "Looking good."
She realized she was wearing her glasses, "Oh!" She quickly took them off and put them down on the table.
He sat up, "No, no, y-you look cute."
Kay raised an eyebrow, "Cute?"
"Yeah... plus I'd feel more comfortable with you handling hot coffee if you had your 20/20 vision." He joked.
She let out a chuckle, "Point taken." She put her glasses back on, picked up the mugs, walked over to the bed and sat down next to him.
She handed him the mug, "Thank you." He said, taking the mug from her. He took a sip of the hot drink, "When did you wake up?"
"About... forty minutes ago." She said, taking a drink of her coffee, "I tried waking you up but you were sound asleep."
"How long was I-"
"Cuddling the pillow?"
Cameron let out laugh, "Yeah."
"Not long."
"Oh, okay." He was about to take another sip of coffee when he paused, "You didn't... take any pictures, did you?"
Kay was silent, "...No..." She continued to drink her coffee and avoided eye contact.
"Kay..." She stifled a laugh. Cam put his coffee mug on the bedside table, "Agent Daniels, are you lying to me?"
"Pff, no." She smiled still avoiding his eyes.
"Okay, now I know you're lying." He smirked.
Kay finally met his eyes, "What? No I'm not."
"Really because in all the time I've known you, you never once said pff."
Kay put her coffee on the bedside table. She smirked, "Well... I might have."
"I knew it!"
Cameron then eyed Kay's phone on the bedside table. Kay saw the spark of mischief in his eye and grabbed her phone before he had the chance, "Oh no you don't."
Cameron leaned in towards her, "I have other ways of getting you to hand it over."
Kay raised an eyebrow, "Oh really?"
"Oh yes. You have your methods..." He gently brushed her hair behind her ear making her shiver slightly and placed a feather-light kiss on her cheek, "And I have mine."
Kay smirked, "Joke's on you, I already sent the picture to Dina."
Cameron blinked, "What? Why?"
She shrugged "Because Dina and I are friends."
Cameron playfully pouted, "Well, I can see where your loyalties lie."
"Oh, stop being a baby. The photo was cute."
Cameron raised an eyebrow, "Cute?"
Kay laughed as she put her phone back on the table as well as her glasses, "Yeah." She lifted her hand and placed it on his cheek which made him smile involuntarily, "You're not upset are you?"
"No... but um..." He leaned in so close that their lips were only inches apart, "I realize that I have not kissed you good morning yet."
"Is that really necessary?" She teased, bringing her face closer that their lips were brushing against each other.
"You tell me. I do believe some payback is in order." Cameron whispered, half-joking. Kay rolled her eyes before closing the space between them. Cameron's arms wrapped around her as Kay's hands moved to cup his neck as she deepened the kiss and pushed him back on the bed. After a few moments, they pulled away from each other, "Hi." He smiled.
Kay smiled as she stroked his cheeks with her thumbs, "Hi."
"Not gonna lie... I wish we didn't have to do anything today."
She chuckled, "Me too."
He carefully moved so that he and Kay were both lying down and facing each other again, "Should we be meeting up with everyone?"
Kay smirked and raised an eyebrow, "Who said we were done?"
Cameron raised his eyebrows as an amused smile graced his face, "Oh, we weren't?"
Kay pulled him by his shirt, "Not even close."
"Well then, my apologies" He smirked.
"Just shut up and kiss me."
"That I can do." Cameron said as his hands cupped her face and he placed a soft kiss on her lips. Kay ran a hand through his messy hair, making him moan softly. He pulled back for a moment and they gave each other soft smiles before he began to pepper soft kisses on her jaw as the kisses started trail down her jaw to her neck. Just then someone knocked on the door. They both looked at each other with confusion, "Expecting someone?"
Kay shook her head, "No..."
The door was knocked again, "Kadence, open up, I need to speak to you."
"Oh God, it's my mother!" Kay said as she sat up, "Just a minute." She called out. She quickly pushed Cameron off her and put her glasses back on and got up.
Cameron got up as well, "Everything okay?" He asked.
Kay shook her head, "I honestly have no idea. I made it pretty clear that I didn't really want to talk to either of them." She went and opened the door, "Morning Mom."
"Kadence." She nodded, "I see that Cameron's here as well."
Cameron gave a smile and a little wave, "Good morning Mrs Daniels." All he was met with was a glare. He cleared his throat, "I'm uh... gonna go take shower."
Kay shook her head, "No problem, my mom and I will be right outside if you need me." Kay said as she went out the door, keeping it cracked behind her.
"You're not going to let me in?"
"Cameron and I just woke up." She said crossing her arms.
"That explains why you're still in your pajamas at this hour."
"So we slept in."
"And you look flushed. Why are you flushed?"
Kay didn't know how to respond. She was a grown woman but she couldn't exactly tell her mother that she had been in the middle of... an unspoken conversation with Cameron, "What do you want Mom?"
"You weren't about to-"
"What do you want Mom?" Kay interrupted, not wanting to deal with her mother.
"Well, I wanted to speak with you about your..."
Kay became confused, "My...?"
"Your date."
"What about Cameron?" She said raising an eyebrow.
"Kadence, I am your mother, I just want what's best for you and this man doesn't seem like it."
Kay scoffed, "Look, if you came here to insult Cam-"
"I just came to ask you why on earth you would choose to be with someone like him."
Kay scoffed again, "I cannot believe this, have you not been listening to anything I've said these past two days?"
"I mean, he's not like any of the men you've been with before."
Kay rolled her eyes, "Yeah, that's probably a good thing."
"What do you mean?"
"Have you noticed one major thing? It didn't last with any of the other men. Maybe Cameron being different is a good thing. I-I really think that what we have could last."
"Why couldn't it have lasted with Isaac? He was a good man."
Kay sighed, "He was a good man and still is but... there was always going to be secrets between us and I didn't want to live that kind of life knowing that he'd always be hiding something from me. Besides when I saw him again a few months ago, I did try again, at Cameron's suggestion I might add but... Isaac just felt like moving backwards, and I'd rather focus on the future."
Her mother raised a judgemental eyebrow, "And you think that this... magician could be your future?"
"I'd like to hope. I think we're good together."
"How do you know he won't lie to you? Hide things from you?"
She looked her mother straight in the eyes, "Because that's not who he is. He's been an honest and sincere man with me since the day we met"
"I just think you're making a mistake, wasting your time with him."
Kay felt her anger rise but kept her emotions at bay, "I-I think this conversation is over." She said putting her hand on the handle of the door.
"Wait a minute. We are not done talking young lady." Serena said sternly
"Yes we are... in fact... we're just... we're done." Kay said.
"Wait. I am your mother."
Kay was silent for a moment, "...I don't care." With that, she walked back into the room and she slammed the door behind her. She shook her head with frustration as she picked up a dark green blouse along with her jeans from her suitcase.
Just then, Cameron walked out of the bathroom wearing jeans, a plain black t-shirt and a towel over his shoulders and his hair was still wet. He noticed she was tense; he walked over to her, "Hey..." He carefully placed a hand on her shoulder, thankful that she didn't recoil, "What's wrong?"
She shook her head, "Nothing... it's just... nothing I do is ever going to be enough for them. Especially my mother, my father's just... indifferent about everything."
Cameron chuckled, "I think I can relate."
Kay let out a chuckle, "Oh my god, you're right." Cameron smirked as he pulled her into a tight hug, "Oh, God, we're both kind of a mess."
"Well, maybe we can help clean each other up." Kay pulled back and gave him a look, "That was meant to be sweet but came off dirtier than I had intended."
Kay laughed, feeling a little lighter, "Cameron... thank you."
He smiled, "For what?"
"For making me laugh." She put her clothes down, cupped his face and gave him a grateful smile, "For being you."
"Well, I am pretty great." He joked. Kay rolled her eyes and he took hold of her waist, "But I think you're pretty amazing."
Kay smiled as she leaned in a gentle kiss on his lips, "I'm glad to have you in my life." She said without thinking.
Cameron grinned as he pulled her in for another kiss. It took everything he had not to pull her onto the bed with him but he didn't want to push her. When they pulled apart, "I'm glad to have you in my life too."
She patted his chest, "Well, I'm going to go take a shower then if you want, we could get a late breakfast?" She asked, placing her glasses on the coffee table.
"Sounds good" He smiled then joked, "Sure you don't need any company?" Kay raised her eyebrows, walked over to the bed and threw a pillow at his face, "I deserved that."
Kay laughed as she went into the bathroom. About an hour later, she and Cameron headed out the door. As they reached the elevator, they heard Kay's grandmother call out, "Hello you two."
"Hi Nana." Kay smiled.
"Hey Grandma Daniels" Cam nodded.
"You two woke up late." Cam and Kay looked at each other but before they could say anything, "Saving energy for the bachelor and bachelorette parties aren't you?"
"Yes, that's exactly it." Kay lied. Truthfully, she had almost forgotten about the bachelor and bachelorette parties.
Cameron played along as the elevator door dinged and opened up, "Oh yeah. I have a feeling things might get a little crazy."
The three of them went inside the elevator, "So Kay... I ran into your mother a few minutes ago."
Kay's breath hitched, "You did?"
"Yes, she told me what you said to her." Cameron subtly took Kay's hand in his and gave it a reassuring squeeze, "I have to say, I didn't expect it but... I'm glad you did."
Kay raised an eyebrow, "You are?"
"Yes, your parents could really stand to be taken down a peg or two and starting with your mother was a good choice."
Kay shook her head, "It just kind of happened. I'm a grown woman; I shouldn't be caring so much about what my parents like."
Her grandmother nodded. She was silent for a moment before she asked, "So in all seriousness, can I be expecting some great-grandbabies?"
"Nana!"
Cameron smirked, "Not yet."
"Cameron!" Kay exclaimed shaking her head.
"I'm an old woman with a dream Little Lady." Grandma Daniels said as Kay became very flushed for a very different reason as the elevator doors closed.
So Grandma Daniels REALLY wants some great-grandkids. How long do you think she should wait?
Sorry for the slightly shorter chapter but not much was going on during the morning so... yeah. Hope you guys liked and let me know what you thought, what your favourite part of the chapter was, stuff like that, stay tuned for the Afternoon/Bachelorette Party chapter!
