Chapter Six: Where Do We Go from Here?
Demeter yawned and stretched. She snuggled closer to the fury thing next to her. Fury thing . . . ? Demeter shrieked and jumped up, looking over next to Cori, who opened one eye and glared at her.
"Wha . . ." His eyes snapped open and he sat bolt up right. They stared at each other. Demeter blushed and looked away. He looked at her for a moment, the caught her chin with his hand, pulling her face upwards so she was looking at him. They just stared at each other, lost in the other's eyes. The sound of footsteps and knocking snapped them both back into reality.
"Coricopat?" Jennyanydot's worried voice soft, but recognizable drifted into the room. Cori glanced at Demeter and sighed.
"Yes?" He called.
"Have you seen Demeter? She never returned to her room last night, and I assumed that you had found her when you ran in there after her . . ." Cori raised his eyebrow at Demeter, who vigorously shook her head. Cori sighed again.
"I saw her last night," He replied softly, "but I haven't seen her since." They two both heard Jenny's muffled curse, followed by the sound of feet moving swiftly away from Cori's room. Demeter giggled, then stopped when she saw the look Coricopat was giving her.
"What?" She asked. "What is it?"
"Nothing . . . It's just . . . you're beautiful when you're being evil." Demeter threw herself back against the pillows, shirking with laughter. Coricopat bent over her, and kissed her laughing mouth. She stilled and wrapped her arms around his neck. They started to get into it when Demeter suddenly pulled back.
"This isn't right! Why is this happening Cori? We haven't even known each other but for a few hours . . . a day or two at the most if you add it together! And . . ." Coricopat silenced her with a kiss.
"You think too much. And besides . . . what about our dreams? How else can you explain . . ."
"I wouldn't know. You never told me about your dreams." Coricopat smiled at her.
"Well now's not the right time to start." He said with a seductive purr.
"I could scream rape." She giggled and winked at him.
"You won't. And what does that have to do with anything?"
"I have no clue! Just seemed right." Coricopat grinned.
"Whatever babe!" He leaned in for another kiss and cracked up as he heard Jenny's shrill voice from somewhere close by. "Be prepared!" He whispered and they both sat up, trying not to laugh. Just then the door burst opened, and a lot of Jellicles, led by Jenny her self rushed in.
"Coricopat! You've found her!" Coricopat tried to speak, but he was laughing too hard.
"He sure did!" Demeter giggled, and fell back backwards howling with laughter.
"I . . . I , hahaha, practically dragged her, hehehe, in by her tail!" He managed. Demeter was laughing so hard she fell off the small bed. Coricopat just laughed harder, and the Jellicles stared at them, as if they were insane. Coricopat leaned over to help Demeter up. Demeter grabbed his hand and pulled for all she was worth. He gasped and fell off, landing on top of her in a tangled hep of arms and legs. Demeter snickered, sending them both into another laughter fit. The Jellicles seemed to back up toward the door. Demeter took a large gulp of air and hiccupped. Coricopat untangled himself from Demeter and stood up. Unfortunately he tripped over Demeter and went sprawling into a white queen. She ended up on top of him, and when he stood up she was at lest seven feet off the ground. Coricopat slipped and feel forward. Demeter snickered.
"Careful with that one!" She giggled. " You break it. You bought it!" Coricopat groaned and rolled his eyes.
"I've heard that somewhere before. Center Stage I think it was called. I thought that was a pretty good movie."
"Yeah! I loved Jody's outfit in the last dance! Wait a sec . . . um, who's Jody?" Coricopat grimaced and looked at the Jellicles. They looked bewildered, angry, and frightened. Munkustrap stepped forward.
"Have you two known each other all along, and kept it from us?"
"No. Well, maybe. I don't know." Coricopat's eyes narrowed in concentration. The humorous scene disappearing from his mind.
"What do you mean?"
"The eyes." Demeter and Cori said together.
"I think," said Old. D, "We should use Cassandra for this small mater. The entire Jellicle tribe turned to look at the siamese. "Can you do it?" Old. D asked. Demeter and Cori sent each other questioning looks.
"Yes." Cassandra whispered softly. "I can."
Demeter yawned and stretched. She snuggled closer to the fury thing next to her. Fury thing . . . ? Demeter shrieked and jumped up, looking over next to Cori, who opened one eye and glared at her.
"Wha . . ." His eyes snapped open and he sat bolt up right. They stared at each other. Demeter blushed and looked away. He looked at her for a moment, the caught her chin with his hand, pulling her face upwards so she was looking at him. They just stared at each other, lost in the other's eyes. The sound of footsteps and knocking snapped them both back into reality.
"Coricopat?" Jennyanydot's worried voice soft, but recognizable drifted into the room. Cori glanced at Demeter and sighed.
"Yes?" He called.
"Have you seen Demeter? She never returned to her room last night, and I assumed that you had found her when you ran in there after her . . ." Cori raised his eyebrow at Demeter, who vigorously shook her head. Cori sighed again.
"I saw her last night," He replied softly, "but I haven't seen her since." They two both heard Jenny's muffled curse, followed by the sound of feet moving swiftly away from Cori's room. Demeter giggled, then stopped when she saw the look Coricopat was giving her.
"What?" She asked. "What is it?"
"Nothing . . . It's just . . . you're beautiful when you're being evil." Demeter threw herself back against the pillows, shirking with laughter. Coricopat bent over her, and kissed her laughing mouth. She stilled and wrapped her arms around his neck. They started to get into it when Demeter suddenly pulled back.
"This isn't right! Why is this happening Cori? We haven't even known each other but for a few hours . . . a day or two at the most if you add it together! And . . ." Coricopat silenced her with a kiss.
"You think too much. And besides . . . what about our dreams? How else can you explain . . ."
"I wouldn't know. You never told me about your dreams." Coricopat smiled at her.
"Well now's not the right time to start." He said with a seductive purr.
"I could scream rape." She giggled and winked at him.
"You won't. And what does that have to do with anything?"
"I have no clue! Just seemed right." Coricopat grinned.
"Whatever babe!" He leaned in for another kiss and cracked up as he heard Jenny's shrill voice from somewhere close by. "Be prepared!" He whispered and they both sat up, trying not to laugh. Just then the door burst opened, and a lot of Jellicles, led by Jenny her self rushed in.
"Coricopat! You've found her!" Coricopat tried to speak, but he was laughing too hard.
"He sure did!" Demeter giggled, and fell back backwards howling with laughter.
"I . . . I , hahaha, practically dragged her, hehehe, in by her tail!" He managed. Demeter was laughing so hard she fell off the small bed. Coricopat just laughed harder, and the Jellicles stared at them, as if they were insane. Coricopat leaned over to help Demeter up. Demeter grabbed his hand and pulled for all she was worth. He gasped and fell off, landing on top of her in a tangled hep of arms and legs. Demeter snickered, sending them both into another laughter fit. The Jellicles seemed to back up toward the door. Demeter took a large gulp of air and hiccupped. Coricopat untangled himself from Demeter and stood up. Unfortunately he tripped over Demeter and went sprawling into a white queen. She ended up on top of him, and when he stood up she was at lest seven feet off the ground. Coricopat slipped and feel forward. Demeter snickered.
"Careful with that one!" She giggled. " You break it. You bought it!" Coricopat groaned and rolled his eyes.
"I've heard that somewhere before. Center Stage I think it was called. I thought that was a pretty good movie."
"Yeah! I loved Jody's outfit in the last dance! Wait a sec . . . um, who's Jody?" Coricopat grimaced and looked at the Jellicles. They looked bewildered, angry, and frightened. Munkustrap stepped forward.
"Have you two known each other all along, and kept it from us?"
"No. Well, maybe. I don't know." Coricopat's eyes narrowed in concentration. The humorous scene disappearing from his mind.
"What do you mean?"
"The eyes." Demeter and Cori said together.
"I think," said Old. D, "We should use Cassandra for this small mater. The entire Jellicle tribe turned to look at the siamese. "Can you do it?" Old. D asked. Demeter and Cori sent each other questioning looks.
"Yes." Cassandra whispered softly. "I can."