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Chapter 14

Cat's P.O.V.

Another lovely day in Disneyland. I got to meet some Princesses, with my daughter, of course, met Chewbacca, which was the total highlight of Kara's day, and also reassured her today that calling me babe was a definite turn on, not a turn-off.

** Later that evening, in Cat and Kara's hotel room after they put Hope to bed. **

"Kara, I'll be right back. Here, listen to your iPod."

She looks at me sideways.

"Okay, but why do want me to listen to my...Oh no, please don't."

"Please don't what?"

"Please don't say anything to Carter. He'll never speak to me again. H-He'll hate me."

I sit next to her and put my arm around her.

"Kara, he upset you, which, in turn, upset me, too."

She puts her head on my shoulder.

"Yes, I know. He doesn't know that I know, though...you know?"

I chuckle as I kiss the top of her head.

"True. That's why I'm going to bring it up in a roundabout way."

"Cat, please..."

"Sweetheart...it will be okay, I promise."

"Okay. I-I just don't want him to hate me."

I smile.

"He won't hate you, sweetheart. Here, go ahead and listen to your iPod as I suggested before so you won't hear us, okay? At least the music will help drown out the conversation some."

She kisses me then puts the earbuds in, turning the music up loud enough that I can hear it.

** Cat knocks on Carter's door and hears him giggling over a video he's watching on his phone. **

"Whatcha watching?"

He jumps.

"O-Oh! I-I didn't hear you, mom. I-It's just a silly puppy that fell asleep in its food bowl."

I smile.

"Hmmm...That must have been one tired little pup. You fell asleep in your spaghetti once when you were little."

He looks shocked.

"No way. You're making that up."

"Honest. One minute you were gobbling it up, next minute, plop! After I made sure you were okay, I couldn't stop laughing. You had spaghetti all over you."

He giggles.

"What did you do?"

"What could I do? I cleaned you up and put you in your bed. You woke up a little later without a clue and wanted desert."

"You're still making this up."

I ruffle his hair.

"Nope. Never."

He smiles but then looks worried.

"Mom, is Kara okay? She seemed a little sad when you two got back from the ride."

I tense up.

"She's okay, now. You're right, though, she was upset earlier."

Carter looks as if he's going to cry.

"S-She heard me, didn't she? S-She hates me now, doesn't she? Mom, I-I didn't mean it. I-I was just being stupid. D-Do you hate me, t-too?"

I embrace him in a tight hug.

"I could never hate you, Carter. And no, Kara doesn't hate you, either. Oh, and you are not stupid, Carter. I never want to hear you say that about yourself again, ever, do you hear me?"

He sniffles and nods.

"Also, Kara can't hear us right now as I made her listen to her iPod...unless she turned it off then *Winking at Carter*...I guess we shouldn't let on that Goofy will be my surprise guest at CatCo next week."

** Cat and Carter hear a thud from the other room. **

"Whelp, that was either Kara falling off the bed or Hope flew into something. I think when we get home I'm going to invest in a crash helmet for Hope. I'll go take a look."

** Cat walks back into her hotel room, after checking on Hope and notes that she's fine, to see Kara dancing around the room, packing their bags up to get a jump on the last day in Disney. **

I tiptoe back and motion for Carter to follow me. I sneak up and tap Kara on the shoulder while she's shaking her groove thing.

"Holy shiii-Hi there, bud! Coming in to say good night?"

Carter doubles over laughing as I rub Kara's back, relaxing her.

"We heard a thud and came to investigate."

She blushes.

"You thought I was eavesdropping, didn't you? Well for your information, I wasn't. I just dropped a suitcase, that's all. So there!"

She sticks her tongue out at us.

"And your super fast reflexes didn't work? Are you feeling okay?"

Kara nods.

"Yes...why?"

I smirk.

"Oh, no reason. I just didn't know if you heard me say anything about CatCo this week."

She turns green...well figuratively speaking.

"N-No. I didn't hear you mention a s-surprise guest, babe. W-Who is it?"

I raise an eyebrow and smirk.

"I didn't say anything about a surprise guest."

She looks panicked.

"S-Sure you did. Just now."

Carter laughs harder as I just stare at her emotionlessly.

"You know what, you're right. I did mention something about a special guest…while I was speaking to Carter in the other room. I thought you said you couldn't hear us, sweetheart?

She turns red.

"Um, uh…I could still hear a little even with the headphones on, I'm sorry…But I really tried not to, I swear to Rao!"

I sit her down on the bed, and I signal Carter to sit on the other side of her.

"Kara, don't be sorry. I knew you were you were going to sneak in a listen here and there, who wouldn't, that's why I said what I said."

She rests her head on my shoulder.

"I-I really tried not to, honest."

"It's alright, I believe you. Now, Carter, is there anything you would like to say?"

He visibly shrinks next to Kara.

"Um, I-I'm so, so sorry that you heard me say that I don't like your nickname for mom. Please don't stop calling her that because she likes it."

Kara puts her arm around him and kisses the top of his head.

"I'm sorry, too, that I accidentally overhead what you said. I felt you tense up at the time so thought something had happened. I guess I was just making sure everyone was alright."

"Kara, why didn't you say you thought something was wrong before?"

She looks to the floor.

"I-I didn't want to upset you. I guess I just have to learn the differences between awkward tensing up and scared tensing up."

Carter smiles.

"Is there a difference?"

I smirk.

"You two can work on figuring it out later. Right now, we should all be in bed sleeping. Have to be up bright and early tomorrow for check out and then head to the park to get one more day in before we go home."

Kara gives Carter a hug and kiss before I walk him back with him to his room.

"Mom, I love you. I love Kara, too. I like that you call each other nicknames. Not many couples do or if they do, they're silly ones like 'Pooky Bear' or 'Schnookums'...Blah!"

I laugh.

"Carter, you have both our permission to have us committed if we ever start calling each other those names."

He giggles.

"I don't think it will come to that, Mom."

"Good. Now, get some rest, son. I love you."

"I love you, too, Mom."

I walk back into my room to see Kara lying under the blankets flipping through the TV channels.

"Anything good on?"

She smiles.

"Nah. I was just waiting for you to come back."

I laugh.

"I wasn't gone that long, sweetheart."

She giggles.

"I know. I guess I just needed a distraction."

I get into bed and snuggle up next to her.

"You needed a distraction, huh. I think I have a better distraction for you now."

I start kissing her neck, causing her to squirm in delight.

"Oh yeah, much better distraction, babe. Much, much better."