AN: I'm taking a small break from "Soft Place to Fall" due to writers block.
Also, this chapter contains mature themes. Parental guidance is suggested. Or something like that, but seriously, I rated this R for a reason.
I do not own Degrassi.
Strange Fire, Chapter Ten
Craig was bored. It was nine am on Tuesday, and everyone was gone. Well, not everyone. Coralie was home, but she was sleeping because she'd gone out with some friends from university the night before. Joey and Caitlin were both at work, and Angie had just left for Daycamp. Tuesday was Craig's day off from working at the car lot, and usually he did stuff with Ellie or Marco, but Ellie was working and Marco was off visiting his aunt until tomorrow.
So Craig was bored. Very very bored. His options were to go somewhere, or go wake up Coralie. Naturally, he decided to head up to Angie's room and see if Coralie was awake yet.
He stood in the doorway of the room, watching her sleep. She looked beautiful, and his mind flashed to the first morning he'd woken up next to her. There had only been a dozen times this had happened, because it was so difficult to get away overnight two years ago. Before Craig realized it, he'd gotten into the bed, next to Coralie, and wrapped his arms around her. She stirred slightly, and then snuggled next to him without waking. Craig just smiled and laid there.
It was about ten minutes after he'd gotten into the bed that Coralie began to stir. She felt a body next to her, and murmered "Craig?"
"Yes?"
At the responce, Coralie sat bold-upright in bed. "It is you. In bed. With me. I thought I was dreaming." She lay back down next to him, and just waited for his explanation of why he was in bed with her.
"No one else was home, I went to see if you were awake and I just kinda..got into bed." Coralie just smiled at him. "I like this."
"I like it too." She kissed him then, lightly. It grew more intence when he kissed her back, and before she realized it, he'd taken the lead in a way the younger Craig never had. He was on top of her, his hand had moved up the inside of the tee-shirt she was wearing. "Craig...Craig..we need to stop."
"Why?" He looked her in the eyes. "We're alone, you want me, I want you. Is there a good reason for stopping?"
"We're in your sister's bed. She's seven."
Craig realized this, and stood up. "Ok, my room."
"Craig...We have no protection."
"I thought you wanted a baby."
"I do want a baby. Your baby, but..." He just looked at her, and she thought things over. She did want him, she did want the baby, and maybe..."Maybe, if we do this then its like an itch."
"An itch?" Craig was lost on what Coralie meant.
"An itch. Once you scratch it, its gone. If we do this now, we can go back to taking things slow." Coralie was sure this would work, it had to.
Craig just smiled at her and led the way to his bedroom. Coralie followed, and the minute he closed the door she was kissing him. Somehow, they made it to the bed, hands everywhere, stripping. It was just as good as they'd remembered, and their bodies fit perfectly.
When they were finished, Coralie smiled at Craig, he smiled back. "Coralie...have you...since you moved to DC?"
"Once or twice...I used protection with both of them...you?"
"Nope. I was waiting for you to come back. I figured it wouldn't be good if it wasn't with you."
"But you weren't a virgin when we met."
"It wasn't like this with Manny." He lookd at her. "If you had known, about Manny, would you have done things different."
"Nope."
"I see."
They snuggled under the covers for a few minutes before Craig spoke again. "Marry me."
"What?? Please tell me I'm hearing things and you did not just propose to marry me."
"I can't tell you that. And I'm serious. Coralie, I love you. I want you to get pregnant and work at a tv station and I'll get my degree and we'll move to wherever you want after I'm done at McGill, and we can do it when Joey and Caitlin are out of the country for the honeymoon."
"Craig? First, Breathe." Coralie just was shocked, not only at the proposal but at Craig's run on sentances. "Second, I can't marry you. You're 18."
"That's legal to get married, Coralie." She just looked at him. "Ok, I know what you are thinking. You don't want to get married again at all, do you."
"Its that obvious?"
"To me, yes." Craig looked at Coralie and went on. "But us, we have nothing to do with what happened with you and your ex. Maybe it wasn't right for you two, but that doesn't mean that I'm not ready to marry you at eighteen. I'm not your ex, you know that. I want this, and I will marry you someday, I knew it the moment I drove away from your apartment two years ago. I was absolutly sure I'd find you again and we'd get married. I'm still absolutly sure. I dated other girls in the past two years, but they weren't you. Coralie, I love you. I have money from my dad, we could find a nice place to live...Marry me."
Coralie just looked at him. He was serious about this. Something in her wanted to say yes, to throw her arms around him and kiss him and tell him how wonderful being a family would be. But she had to be mature and practical. "Craig..."
"Just think about it."
"There's a wedding in a little over a week, you know that right?"
"Yeah, I know, I figured we'd do it when they were gone on their honeymoon."
Well, Coralie thought, at least he didn't want a big wedding. This was a good thing, she supposed. "Can I have time to think."
"Sure, let me know after Joey and Caitlin's wedding."
Coralie looked at the clock, and started getting dressed. "Angie should be back from day camp soon, we should get dressed."
"Yeah, we should." As they dressed he spoke again. "Coralie? I love you."
"Craig...I love you too." The words came out before she could stop them, but she didn't take them back. They were true.
Also, this chapter contains mature themes. Parental guidance is suggested. Or something like that, but seriously, I rated this R for a reason.
I do not own Degrassi.
Strange Fire, Chapter Ten
Craig was bored. It was nine am on Tuesday, and everyone was gone. Well, not everyone. Coralie was home, but she was sleeping because she'd gone out with some friends from university the night before. Joey and Caitlin were both at work, and Angie had just left for Daycamp. Tuesday was Craig's day off from working at the car lot, and usually he did stuff with Ellie or Marco, but Ellie was working and Marco was off visiting his aunt until tomorrow.
So Craig was bored. Very very bored. His options were to go somewhere, or go wake up Coralie. Naturally, he decided to head up to Angie's room and see if Coralie was awake yet.
He stood in the doorway of the room, watching her sleep. She looked beautiful, and his mind flashed to the first morning he'd woken up next to her. There had only been a dozen times this had happened, because it was so difficult to get away overnight two years ago. Before Craig realized it, he'd gotten into the bed, next to Coralie, and wrapped his arms around her. She stirred slightly, and then snuggled next to him without waking. Craig just smiled and laid there.
It was about ten minutes after he'd gotten into the bed that Coralie began to stir. She felt a body next to her, and murmered "Craig?"
"Yes?"
At the responce, Coralie sat bold-upright in bed. "It is you. In bed. With me. I thought I was dreaming." She lay back down next to him, and just waited for his explanation of why he was in bed with her.
"No one else was home, I went to see if you were awake and I just kinda..got into bed." Coralie just smiled at him. "I like this."
"I like it too." She kissed him then, lightly. It grew more intence when he kissed her back, and before she realized it, he'd taken the lead in a way the younger Craig never had. He was on top of her, his hand had moved up the inside of the tee-shirt she was wearing. "Craig...Craig..we need to stop."
"Why?" He looked her in the eyes. "We're alone, you want me, I want you. Is there a good reason for stopping?"
"We're in your sister's bed. She's seven."
Craig realized this, and stood up. "Ok, my room."
"Craig...We have no protection."
"I thought you wanted a baby."
"I do want a baby. Your baby, but..." He just looked at her, and she thought things over. She did want him, she did want the baby, and maybe..."Maybe, if we do this then its like an itch."
"An itch?" Craig was lost on what Coralie meant.
"An itch. Once you scratch it, its gone. If we do this now, we can go back to taking things slow." Coralie was sure this would work, it had to.
Craig just smiled at her and led the way to his bedroom. Coralie followed, and the minute he closed the door she was kissing him. Somehow, they made it to the bed, hands everywhere, stripping. It was just as good as they'd remembered, and their bodies fit perfectly.
When they were finished, Coralie smiled at Craig, he smiled back. "Coralie...have you...since you moved to DC?"
"Once or twice...I used protection with both of them...you?"
"Nope. I was waiting for you to come back. I figured it wouldn't be good if it wasn't with you."
"But you weren't a virgin when we met."
"It wasn't like this with Manny." He lookd at her. "If you had known, about Manny, would you have done things different."
"Nope."
"I see."
They snuggled under the covers for a few minutes before Craig spoke again. "Marry me."
"What?? Please tell me I'm hearing things and you did not just propose to marry me."
"I can't tell you that. And I'm serious. Coralie, I love you. I want you to get pregnant and work at a tv station and I'll get my degree and we'll move to wherever you want after I'm done at McGill, and we can do it when Joey and Caitlin are out of the country for the honeymoon."
"Craig? First, Breathe." Coralie just was shocked, not only at the proposal but at Craig's run on sentances. "Second, I can't marry you. You're 18."
"That's legal to get married, Coralie." She just looked at him. "Ok, I know what you are thinking. You don't want to get married again at all, do you."
"Its that obvious?"
"To me, yes." Craig looked at Coralie and went on. "But us, we have nothing to do with what happened with you and your ex. Maybe it wasn't right for you two, but that doesn't mean that I'm not ready to marry you at eighteen. I'm not your ex, you know that. I want this, and I will marry you someday, I knew it the moment I drove away from your apartment two years ago. I was absolutly sure I'd find you again and we'd get married. I'm still absolutly sure. I dated other girls in the past two years, but they weren't you. Coralie, I love you. I have money from my dad, we could find a nice place to live...Marry me."
Coralie just looked at him. He was serious about this. Something in her wanted to say yes, to throw her arms around him and kiss him and tell him how wonderful being a family would be. But she had to be mature and practical. "Craig..."
"Just think about it."
"There's a wedding in a little over a week, you know that right?"
"Yeah, I know, I figured we'd do it when they were gone on their honeymoon."
Well, Coralie thought, at least he didn't want a big wedding. This was a good thing, she supposed. "Can I have time to think."
"Sure, let me know after Joey and Caitlin's wedding."
Coralie looked at the clock, and started getting dressed. "Angie should be back from day camp soon, we should get dressed."
"Yeah, we should." As they dressed he spoke again. "Coralie? I love you."
"Craig...I love you too." The words came out before she could stop them, but she didn't take them back. They were true.