Chapter Two
It was all formulated out, but there was one flaw that Charlie dually pointed out.
"One little problem though Darci, the portal won't be open until God knows when"
Kate groaned and went to the kitchen to search for some wine or maybe something a little stronger. She found an old bottle of Bailey's Irish cream and poured a glass of the thick creamy drink. She wandered back into the living room.
"It will be open this Friday, there's a thunder storm coming, but don't you think that someone will notice that a police officer is missing? I mean Friday is in 3 days"
Stuart said. Darci was unusually quiet as she was staring at Leopold as the sunrays poured through the windows like liquid gold and made him look like some fall angel with his big brown eyes and messed up hair.
"I don't know, I don't know"
Kate groaned pacing a rut in the living room carpet as she sipped her glass that clinked with ice.
"But he can't go out wearing those clothes. I know this is going to sound stupid, but Leopold, do you still have those 1876 clothes?"
He nodded slowly, not very sure where Kate was going with this.
"You should wear those, if anyone says anything, you're going to an audition. Charlie,"
Charlie looked up when he heard his name and went to Kate's side.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have the props you used for The Basement?"
"Uh, yeah"
"Get the wig and contacts, I never thought those would come in use for anything"
Charlie rolled his eyes and went to get them
"What are you thinking Kate?"
Leopold asked as he put his wide-palmed hands on her shoulders and gently massaged them. Kate nearly melted under them and purred like a kitten.
"You worry too much Katherine"
He said softly in her ear as he kissed her cheek, he was the only one she anyone call her Katherine. Charlie came back holding a little white box and a blonde wig.
"You can not expect me to wear that. I'd rather go back"
Leopold said, his hands flying up to protect her thick dark brown hair. Kate folded her arms and stalked over to him. It amused him that she only came up to his chest.
"Fine! Then go back to 1876 with your uncle. I have no trouble with that. I'm sick of not having elevators anyway, so marry some chunky rich cow"
She sighed and slammed the door to her bedroom after she walked away to it. The three men watched her leave in amazement and Darci pouted as she went after her. She knocked on the door softly.
"Go away Leopold!"
It was obvious that Kate was crying. Darci slowly eased the door and saw Kate lying face down on the bed.
"I said go- Oh, it's you Darci"
Kate sat up, looking miserable. Darci sat next to her on the soft bed.
"Are you alright Kate?"
"He wants to go back"
Kate said between sniffles. Her gray-blue eyes welled with tears as she said that, but she tried to blink them back.
"No, no he doesn't. I just think he's as scared about all that's happening as you are"
Kate looked at Darci like a little girl and Darci smoothed out Kate's ruffled hair.
"Do you really think so?"
"Of course, here drink some water and we'll go talk to him alright?"
Darci said, handing Kate a glass of water. Kate sniffled a few more times before she drank deeply and whipped the corner of her mouth. Kate wandered over to the full-length mirror she had talked Charlie into cramming into their apartment.
"Oh god, I'm a mess!"
Kate said with a watery laugh. Darci smiled and reached into her purse that was slung over her shoulder and pulled out her pink vinyl make- up case and tossed it to Kate.
"I'll go talk to the guys, you make yourself more beautiful"
Darci was about to leave when Kate said
"You like Stuart don't you?"
Darci blushed and shrugged as she left. It broke her heart to see Leopold equally miserable and upset as Kate was. But she had to smile when she saw that Charlie and Stuart were nursing his pain with beers of their own. Leopold stood when Darci entered the room and went to her.
"May I have a word with Kate?"
Darci looked over her shoulder at the closed door and nodded.
"Sure Leo"
Leopold smiled and knocked softly on the door. Kate must have answered him because he opened the door and came in. From what Stuart, Darci and Charlie could see, Kate was sitting cross-legged on the bed wearing the infamous little black dress with her hair twisted away from her face.
"You look beautiful"
Leopold said, his voice little more then a growl. Kate smiled widely as she stood and wrapped her arms around his neck and held him close to her. He kissed the top of her head and smiled.
"I'm sorry Leopold"
She said in his hard chest. He pulled her away and planted a soft reassuring kiss on her lips. The kiss heated as his tongue penetrated her lips and Kate gasped against his lips. Slowly they fell to the bed.
"I want to make love with you Katherine McKay"
"Sex changes everything"
"Not sex"
"But you just said-"
"No, I said I want to make love with you, there is a difference"
Kate smiled brightly and brought his lips back to hers. Outside the door however, they had no idea what was happening.
"It's been a while hasn't it?"
Charlie asked. Now it was his turn to pace the carpet.
"Maybe someone should go in and check"
Taking his own advice, he went to Kate's bedroom. He opened the door and let out of a scream that echoed in all centuries and their heavens when he saw naked limbs in twisted positions.
"Charlie get out!"
Kate cried and wrapped the dark blue blankets around her and Leopold's naked bodies. Charlie ran out and huddled in a corner of the apartment.
"What is it?"
Darci and Stuart cried
"They were doing it like rabbits!"
Charlie cried over dramatically. Stuart, like Charlie, looked horrified, but Darci was smiling and was mentally congratulating Kate and Leopold.
It was all formulated out, but there was one flaw that Charlie dually pointed out.
"One little problem though Darci, the portal won't be open until God knows when"
Kate groaned and went to the kitchen to search for some wine or maybe something a little stronger. She found an old bottle of Bailey's Irish cream and poured a glass of the thick creamy drink. She wandered back into the living room.
"It will be open this Friday, there's a thunder storm coming, but don't you think that someone will notice that a police officer is missing? I mean Friday is in 3 days"
Stuart said. Darci was unusually quiet as she was staring at Leopold as the sunrays poured through the windows like liquid gold and made him look like some fall angel with his big brown eyes and messed up hair.
"I don't know, I don't know"
Kate groaned pacing a rut in the living room carpet as she sipped her glass that clinked with ice.
"But he can't go out wearing those clothes. I know this is going to sound stupid, but Leopold, do you still have those 1876 clothes?"
He nodded slowly, not very sure where Kate was going with this.
"You should wear those, if anyone says anything, you're going to an audition. Charlie,"
Charlie looked up when he heard his name and went to Kate's side.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have the props you used for The Basement?"
"Uh, yeah"
"Get the wig and contacts, I never thought those would come in use for anything"
Charlie rolled his eyes and went to get them
"What are you thinking Kate?"
Leopold asked as he put his wide-palmed hands on her shoulders and gently massaged them. Kate nearly melted under them and purred like a kitten.
"You worry too much Katherine"
He said softly in her ear as he kissed her cheek, he was the only one she anyone call her Katherine. Charlie came back holding a little white box and a blonde wig.
"You can not expect me to wear that. I'd rather go back"
Leopold said, his hands flying up to protect her thick dark brown hair. Kate folded her arms and stalked over to him. It amused him that she only came up to his chest.
"Fine! Then go back to 1876 with your uncle. I have no trouble with that. I'm sick of not having elevators anyway, so marry some chunky rich cow"
She sighed and slammed the door to her bedroom after she walked away to it. The three men watched her leave in amazement and Darci pouted as she went after her. She knocked on the door softly.
"Go away Leopold!"
It was obvious that Kate was crying. Darci slowly eased the door and saw Kate lying face down on the bed.
"I said go- Oh, it's you Darci"
Kate sat up, looking miserable. Darci sat next to her on the soft bed.
"Are you alright Kate?"
"He wants to go back"
Kate said between sniffles. Her gray-blue eyes welled with tears as she said that, but she tried to blink them back.
"No, no he doesn't. I just think he's as scared about all that's happening as you are"
Kate looked at Darci like a little girl and Darci smoothed out Kate's ruffled hair.
"Do you really think so?"
"Of course, here drink some water and we'll go talk to him alright?"
Darci said, handing Kate a glass of water. Kate sniffled a few more times before she drank deeply and whipped the corner of her mouth. Kate wandered over to the full-length mirror she had talked Charlie into cramming into their apartment.
"Oh god, I'm a mess!"
Kate said with a watery laugh. Darci smiled and reached into her purse that was slung over her shoulder and pulled out her pink vinyl make- up case and tossed it to Kate.
"I'll go talk to the guys, you make yourself more beautiful"
Darci was about to leave when Kate said
"You like Stuart don't you?"
Darci blushed and shrugged as she left. It broke her heart to see Leopold equally miserable and upset as Kate was. But she had to smile when she saw that Charlie and Stuart were nursing his pain with beers of their own. Leopold stood when Darci entered the room and went to her.
"May I have a word with Kate?"
Darci looked over her shoulder at the closed door and nodded.
"Sure Leo"
Leopold smiled and knocked softly on the door. Kate must have answered him because he opened the door and came in. From what Stuart, Darci and Charlie could see, Kate was sitting cross-legged on the bed wearing the infamous little black dress with her hair twisted away from her face.
"You look beautiful"
Leopold said, his voice little more then a growl. Kate smiled widely as she stood and wrapped her arms around his neck and held him close to her. He kissed the top of her head and smiled.
"I'm sorry Leopold"
She said in his hard chest. He pulled her away and planted a soft reassuring kiss on her lips. The kiss heated as his tongue penetrated her lips and Kate gasped against his lips. Slowly they fell to the bed.
"I want to make love with you Katherine McKay"
"Sex changes everything"
"Not sex"
"But you just said-"
"No, I said I want to make love with you, there is a difference"
Kate smiled brightly and brought his lips back to hers. Outside the door however, they had no idea what was happening.
"It's been a while hasn't it?"
Charlie asked. Now it was his turn to pace the carpet.
"Maybe someone should go in and check"
Taking his own advice, he went to Kate's bedroom. He opened the door and let out of a scream that echoed in all centuries and their heavens when he saw naked limbs in twisted positions.
"Charlie get out!"
Kate cried and wrapped the dark blue blankets around her and Leopold's naked bodies. Charlie ran out and huddled in a corner of the apartment.
"What is it?"
Darci and Stuart cried
"They were doing it like rabbits!"
Charlie cried over dramatically. Stuart, like Charlie, looked horrified, but Darci was smiling and was mentally congratulating Kate and Leopold.
