AN: Hello my little Marfuts.don't ask. On to the next chapter! Wow
something new and different. My goal is to get this out to you by Thursday
the 27th, though I'm not promising anything...Here goes. Enjoy.
Second AN: Yeah.that whole Thursday thing didn't work to well did it? I is sorry! See the AN at the end!!!!!!!!
Chapter 19!
The clock beside the bed kept blinking. "2:30" it would flash in it's bright green color. Cayte watched it go on blinking, "2:34", and so on. Lily pulled the covers over closer to her. 'It's not like I have any anyway.' Cayte thought, Lily had taken most of them already. 'It's freezing in this room! And Lily won't stop snoring.'
After a few more minutes (the clock was blinking at 2:45 now) Cayte got up and walked the stairs to Sirius' room. She knocked on the door and heard two male voices tell her to come in. Opening the door, she looked around and noticed that James was sprawled on the floor wearing boxers and a T-shirt, whereas Sirius was sitting on his bed with just a pair of boxers on. 'Mmm.How very nice of him! Oh, No! Bad thought!' Cayte said to herself, a bit surprised at her own remark.
"What's up?" Sirius asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"I'm freezing! And Lily took all the covers and is snoring rather loudly.In other words, I can't sleep!"
"You're cold huh? Well, come here, let me warm you up," Sirius said, patting the spot beside him on the bed.
"Erm.should I leave or something." was all James could really say.
"NO! I have an extra blanket in my closet," Sirius said as he got up, and mumbled something about minds being in the gutter.
When Sirius had gotten the blanket, he went to the bed and wrapped it around Cayte, then sat down next to her. They sat and talked for awhile, all three of them. James was the first to notice that Cayte was being rather quiet.
"Sirius, I think she's asleep."
Sirius looked over at his girlfriend. "Indeed. I agree."
"I'm gonna go downstairs to sleep on the couch. I'll see ya later."
"Yeah, I'll be down in a minute."
Sirius took the blanket from around her shoulders and lifted up the comforter on his bed. Slowly, he scooted her down and placed her head on his pillow. "Goodnight. You look so beautiful right now.I wish I had a picture." he said, as he left the room.
~*~
'Light. Sirius. Bed. Sirius?' Those were the first things that Cayte thought of when she woke up the next morning. "Hmm.what time is it?" she said as she stretched, her eyes still closed. "And why does it smell so strongly of Siri?" Cayte knew she would have to open her eyes to find out both of the answers to her questions, and that's why she kept them shut tight. Finally she resolved that she would eventually have to open them, so she did. 10:45. She never slept that late.
"I'm in Sirius' bed? Why is that?" she mumbled to herself. Taking a sigh of relief when she noticed Sirius was nowhere to be found, she climbed out of the bed and walked downstairs. She took notice of the couches with blankets and pillows on them. 'Hmm. Sirius and James must have slept down here.' Just then James peeked his head around the corner from the kitchen. Cayte heard a faint whisper of "Yeah, she's up."
Following the whisper, and the smell of fresh coffee, she found Sirius and James sitting in the kitchen. "Hey. Why was I asleep in your bed?"
"You don't remember? Wow.It was great!" Sirius said with a joking look on his face. Cayte was sure for a minute that he might have done something. "No, not really. Lily took all the covers and was snoring. You were cold so you came up to my room to talk to me and fell asleep."
"You scared the shit out of me! Don't do that again!" Cayte said.
"Hey, I wouldn't do something like that, especially after what we talked about when Lily and James were spending some time to themselves. shall we say." James went red and ducked his head down.
Cayte suddenly remembered that same conversation.
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Cayte sat on one end of Sirius bed, and he on the other. "You know I want to take things slowly right?" Cayte said.
"Of course I do. That's why, when everyone else in the world kisses their 'significant other' on New Years, I just grabbed your hand. I knew you wouldn't want to move too fast, especially not with everyone else around. Hell, I'm still kicking myself for moving fast with my first girlfriend. I wish I hadn't now. I wouldn't do that to you."
~*~ Present Time ~*~
"Cayte? Want some coffee?" Sirius asked, already pouring her a cup.
"Sure why not? Is it good coffee? As in really really strong?"
Sirius looked puzzled. "Oh, sorry. Mental picture of coffee beans with macho muscle arms. There's different ways to make coffee? How do you figure that?"
Cayte laughed, she loved knowing more about something than him. "Yeah, see, different people like different kinds. My family and I, we drink Colombian, whereas other people might drink French roast or something like that. And then there's how strong you want it. It can be 'motor oil' strong as I've heard it called, or just colored water. It all depends on how many scoops there are versus how much water you pour in."
James yawned audibly to show how completely uninterested he was in the subject. Sirius poured them all coffee, while James stared questioningly at Sirius. 'I didn't think he liked coffee. Hell, I know he doesn't!' he thought to himself.
Cayte tasted the coffee and made a face. "You've never made coffee before have you Sirius?"
"Um.No, why?"
"You can tell. Sorry. I'll deal with out it."
"Good. I don't particularly like coffee!"
"Then why the hell did you make it you stupid prat?" James said, annoyed that his friend was changing for Cayte.
"Yeah really? I don't care if you like coffee or not."
"Really? Well then I should have just stuck with the things I know. Like making pancakes. That I can do," Sirius said confidently (Ciria: I have a paper due in two days and I'm not half way through with it.).
"Well then, how about pancakes instead of coffee? I can make some pancakes myself. How about a little competition, who can make the best?" Cayte said smiling, as she had never seen a guy who could really cook. '
Sirius grinned, "You're on!!!!!!!!"
"Cayte, he can do it. Believe me he can make some kick butt pancakes so be prepared. I should go wake Lily up for this. Shall I call Remus and Peter while I'm at it?"
Sirius shook his head, "Nah, we wouldn't want to make a big deal out of this would we? What does the winner get?"
Cayte though for a minute, "How about the loser has to buy the winner a CD of their choice?"
"Hm.I've been thinking about those DMB guys. I could go for one of their CD's. I WILL win you know?!?" Sirius said, he wasn't planning on losing, he didn't care about letting the girl win.
"And you won't just let me win?"
"Win what?" Lily said yawning.
"Oh, Cayte challenged me to a pancake making contest. And no, ginger, I won't let you win!"
James entered the room, "Ginger?"
Cayte and Sirius looked at each other, "Don't ask" they said in unison.
The pancake making began. Cayte went looking around in the fruit basket while Sirius looked through the pantry for the right blend of spices. Lily and James were on the couch doing.there own thing, mixing their own special kind of spices..
About twenty minutes later, Sirius came out of the kitchen. "Judges, you are being summoned!"
Cayte walked out and set her plate of pancakes out on the table. They looked delicious, "A wonderful blend of blueberries and vanilla. Topped with whipped cream and strawberries for your delight!"
Sirius walked in with his plate, which looked rather dull. "A bunch of ingredients thrown together to make what I like to call, 'Siriuscakes'. Made especially for you by none other than ME!"
They all sat down and put one of each of the kinds of pancakes on their plates. Chomping on the food, James got a strange look on his face. "What's up Jamie-poo? Who do you think won?" Lily asked.
"Um.I haven't decided," he said, though he was pretty sure that Cayte's rocked, his best friend's kicked some arse too, so he didn't say any thing at all.
"I think Cayte's are actually better!" Lily said.
"What? Your biased. James? What do you think?" Sirius said annoyed.
"Um.er.."
"You think hers are better don't you.." Sirius said.
Cayte ducked her head down turning slightly red.
"um.er.ug.yes." James said, swallowing his words.
"WHAT? YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND AND YOU SAY HERS ARE BETTER?!? They are ginge. BUT JAMES! HOW COULD YOU?" Sirius said, appaled.
Cayte turned even redder, and it was getting worse by the minute. (Ciria, the paper was turned in yesterday.otherwise this would have been out much sooner) Cayte got up and left the room.
"Um.What just happened?" Sirius asked, a bit shocked that Cayte had gotten up and left.
"I think you pissed off your girlfriend, buddy. I would go apologize." James said.
Sirius went up the stairs and looked in the room where Lily had slept. There he found Cayte crouched on the floor packing up the things she had taken out. "Cayte?" he whispered.
She looked up at him, her eyes sparkling with emotion.
"Did I piss you off down there? Cause if I did.I didn't mean to.I'm sorry." Sirius said, his head down, hair covering his eyes.
Cayte got up out of her crouched position on the floor. She walked up to him and brushed the hair out of his face, then hugged him. "No Siri, you didn't piss me off. I just needed to pack up some stuff, and I was a bit uncomfortable, I've never seen you yell like that."
Sirius looked up, he wanted to kiss her so much, but knew better than that. "Yeah, I suppose I was a bit.er.harsh?" he said. Then he pulled her close to him, holding her tight. The emotion that he saw in her eyes wasn't anger, or fear, or sadness; the look in her eyes was one of affection, and it was an emotion that was shared between the two of them equally.
AN: Wow. I am so sorry it took so long. I had a major case of writers block. You should have seen the original copy of this chapter. It was bad. Really short and bad. So I decided you all deserved more than that and figured I'd type more and change things etc. Then I had a paper.All things get in the way of a conspiring writer.Sorry and please please review!!!
Don't burn the day! Becca
Second AN: Yeah.that whole Thursday thing didn't work to well did it? I is sorry! See the AN at the end!!!!!!!!
Chapter 19!
The clock beside the bed kept blinking. "2:30" it would flash in it's bright green color. Cayte watched it go on blinking, "2:34", and so on. Lily pulled the covers over closer to her. 'It's not like I have any anyway.' Cayte thought, Lily had taken most of them already. 'It's freezing in this room! And Lily won't stop snoring.'
After a few more minutes (the clock was blinking at 2:45 now) Cayte got up and walked the stairs to Sirius' room. She knocked on the door and heard two male voices tell her to come in. Opening the door, she looked around and noticed that James was sprawled on the floor wearing boxers and a T-shirt, whereas Sirius was sitting on his bed with just a pair of boxers on. 'Mmm.How very nice of him! Oh, No! Bad thought!' Cayte said to herself, a bit surprised at her own remark.
"What's up?" Sirius asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"I'm freezing! And Lily took all the covers and is snoring rather loudly.In other words, I can't sleep!"
"You're cold huh? Well, come here, let me warm you up," Sirius said, patting the spot beside him on the bed.
"Erm.should I leave or something." was all James could really say.
"NO! I have an extra blanket in my closet," Sirius said as he got up, and mumbled something about minds being in the gutter.
When Sirius had gotten the blanket, he went to the bed and wrapped it around Cayte, then sat down next to her. They sat and talked for awhile, all three of them. James was the first to notice that Cayte was being rather quiet.
"Sirius, I think she's asleep."
Sirius looked over at his girlfriend. "Indeed. I agree."
"I'm gonna go downstairs to sleep on the couch. I'll see ya later."
"Yeah, I'll be down in a minute."
Sirius took the blanket from around her shoulders and lifted up the comforter on his bed. Slowly, he scooted her down and placed her head on his pillow. "Goodnight. You look so beautiful right now.I wish I had a picture." he said, as he left the room.
~*~
'Light. Sirius. Bed. Sirius?' Those were the first things that Cayte thought of when she woke up the next morning. "Hmm.what time is it?" she said as she stretched, her eyes still closed. "And why does it smell so strongly of Siri?" Cayte knew she would have to open her eyes to find out both of the answers to her questions, and that's why she kept them shut tight. Finally she resolved that she would eventually have to open them, so she did. 10:45. She never slept that late.
"I'm in Sirius' bed? Why is that?" she mumbled to herself. Taking a sigh of relief when she noticed Sirius was nowhere to be found, she climbed out of the bed and walked downstairs. She took notice of the couches with blankets and pillows on them. 'Hmm. Sirius and James must have slept down here.' Just then James peeked his head around the corner from the kitchen. Cayte heard a faint whisper of "Yeah, she's up."
Following the whisper, and the smell of fresh coffee, she found Sirius and James sitting in the kitchen. "Hey. Why was I asleep in your bed?"
"You don't remember? Wow.It was great!" Sirius said with a joking look on his face. Cayte was sure for a minute that he might have done something. "No, not really. Lily took all the covers and was snoring. You were cold so you came up to my room to talk to me and fell asleep."
"You scared the shit out of me! Don't do that again!" Cayte said.
"Hey, I wouldn't do something like that, especially after what we talked about when Lily and James were spending some time to themselves. shall we say." James went red and ducked his head down.
Cayte suddenly remembered that same conversation.
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Cayte sat on one end of Sirius bed, and he on the other. "You know I want to take things slowly right?" Cayte said.
"Of course I do. That's why, when everyone else in the world kisses their 'significant other' on New Years, I just grabbed your hand. I knew you wouldn't want to move too fast, especially not with everyone else around. Hell, I'm still kicking myself for moving fast with my first girlfriend. I wish I hadn't now. I wouldn't do that to you."
~*~ Present Time ~*~
"Cayte? Want some coffee?" Sirius asked, already pouring her a cup.
"Sure why not? Is it good coffee? As in really really strong?"
Sirius looked puzzled. "Oh, sorry. Mental picture of coffee beans with macho muscle arms. There's different ways to make coffee? How do you figure that?"
Cayte laughed, she loved knowing more about something than him. "Yeah, see, different people like different kinds. My family and I, we drink Colombian, whereas other people might drink French roast or something like that. And then there's how strong you want it. It can be 'motor oil' strong as I've heard it called, or just colored water. It all depends on how many scoops there are versus how much water you pour in."
James yawned audibly to show how completely uninterested he was in the subject. Sirius poured them all coffee, while James stared questioningly at Sirius. 'I didn't think he liked coffee. Hell, I know he doesn't!' he thought to himself.
Cayte tasted the coffee and made a face. "You've never made coffee before have you Sirius?"
"Um.No, why?"
"You can tell. Sorry. I'll deal with out it."
"Good. I don't particularly like coffee!"
"Then why the hell did you make it you stupid prat?" James said, annoyed that his friend was changing for Cayte.
"Yeah really? I don't care if you like coffee or not."
"Really? Well then I should have just stuck with the things I know. Like making pancakes. That I can do," Sirius said confidently (Ciria: I have a paper due in two days and I'm not half way through with it.).
"Well then, how about pancakes instead of coffee? I can make some pancakes myself. How about a little competition, who can make the best?" Cayte said smiling, as she had never seen a guy who could really cook. '
Sirius grinned, "You're on!!!!!!!!"
"Cayte, he can do it. Believe me he can make some kick butt pancakes so be prepared. I should go wake Lily up for this. Shall I call Remus and Peter while I'm at it?"
Sirius shook his head, "Nah, we wouldn't want to make a big deal out of this would we? What does the winner get?"
Cayte though for a minute, "How about the loser has to buy the winner a CD of their choice?"
"Hm.I've been thinking about those DMB guys. I could go for one of their CD's. I WILL win you know?!?" Sirius said, he wasn't planning on losing, he didn't care about letting the girl win.
"And you won't just let me win?"
"Win what?" Lily said yawning.
"Oh, Cayte challenged me to a pancake making contest. And no, ginger, I won't let you win!"
James entered the room, "Ginger?"
Cayte and Sirius looked at each other, "Don't ask" they said in unison.
The pancake making began. Cayte went looking around in the fruit basket while Sirius looked through the pantry for the right blend of spices. Lily and James were on the couch doing.there own thing, mixing their own special kind of spices..
About twenty minutes later, Sirius came out of the kitchen. "Judges, you are being summoned!"
Cayte walked out and set her plate of pancakes out on the table. They looked delicious, "A wonderful blend of blueberries and vanilla. Topped with whipped cream and strawberries for your delight!"
Sirius walked in with his plate, which looked rather dull. "A bunch of ingredients thrown together to make what I like to call, 'Siriuscakes'. Made especially for you by none other than ME!"
They all sat down and put one of each of the kinds of pancakes on their plates. Chomping on the food, James got a strange look on his face. "What's up Jamie-poo? Who do you think won?" Lily asked.
"Um.I haven't decided," he said, though he was pretty sure that Cayte's rocked, his best friend's kicked some arse too, so he didn't say any thing at all.
"I think Cayte's are actually better!" Lily said.
"What? Your biased. James? What do you think?" Sirius said annoyed.
"Um.er.."
"You think hers are better don't you.." Sirius said.
Cayte ducked her head down turning slightly red.
"um.er.ug.yes." James said, swallowing his words.
"WHAT? YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND AND YOU SAY HERS ARE BETTER?!? They are ginge. BUT JAMES! HOW COULD YOU?" Sirius said, appaled.
Cayte turned even redder, and it was getting worse by the minute. (Ciria, the paper was turned in yesterday.otherwise this would have been out much sooner) Cayte got up and left the room.
"Um.What just happened?" Sirius asked, a bit shocked that Cayte had gotten up and left.
"I think you pissed off your girlfriend, buddy. I would go apologize." James said.
Sirius went up the stairs and looked in the room where Lily had slept. There he found Cayte crouched on the floor packing up the things she had taken out. "Cayte?" he whispered.
She looked up at him, her eyes sparkling with emotion.
"Did I piss you off down there? Cause if I did.I didn't mean to.I'm sorry." Sirius said, his head down, hair covering his eyes.
Cayte got up out of her crouched position on the floor. She walked up to him and brushed the hair out of his face, then hugged him. "No Siri, you didn't piss me off. I just needed to pack up some stuff, and I was a bit uncomfortable, I've never seen you yell like that."
Sirius looked up, he wanted to kiss her so much, but knew better than that. "Yeah, I suppose I was a bit.er.harsh?" he said. Then he pulled her close to him, holding her tight. The emotion that he saw in her eyes wasn't anger, or fear, or sadness; the look in her eyes was one of affection, and it was an emotion that was shared between the two of them equally.
AN: Wow. I am so sorry it took so long. I had a major case of writers block. You should have seen the original copy of this chapter. It was bad. Really short and bad. So I decided you all deserved more than that and figured I'd type more and change things etc. Then I had a paper.All things get in the way of a conspiring writer.Sorry and please please review!!!
Don't burn the day! Becca