Chapter 33: What Happened Last Night, Eh?

With Caitlin, Natsu, and Megan...

Caitlin, Natsu, and Megan walked up the staircase to their room. Mike told them to go when they wanted if they even wanted to, but he had everything he wanted out of Chad. The three double agents walked into the guest room and flopped on the three beanbag chairs.

"So...what DID you do last night, CC?" Natsu asked.

Caitlin looked down at the ground. "Okay, I've got to explain it in full."

After Caitlin explained the part about Boss, she told the two other double agents the short convo she and Mike had. She then went into a flashback as she told the story...

FLASHBACK

"So...what now?" Caitlin inquired Mike.

Mike shrugged as he stood up. "I guess we could go ahead and talk about what we're gonna do about your 'hubby'." He reached down and held out his paw. She took it, and he helped her up.

Caitlin blushed again. "Well, uh... Where are we gonna go?"

Mike flashed his brown eyes. "You've never seen my room here, have you?"

Caitlin shook her head. "Nope."

Mike took her paw and whispered, "I'll show you."

"Akay," Caitlin responded as they walked down the hall. She wondered why they weren't going back to the front room and why they were going on farther down in the hallway. Caitlin walked alongside Mike to a door. Mike opened the door, and there was a staircase. He lead her in and closed the door behind himself. Mike lead her up the staircase, where there was another door. He kicked open the door and there was another shorter hallway. The two Bad Hams walked to the end where there was a large door. Mike turned toward Caitlin and whispered, "And here we are!" He then threw open the door.

Caitlin's jaw dropped. The Master Bedroom was the largest bedroom in the whole mansion, five times larger than the very large guest room. There were numerous items lying around (typical for a guy), and Mike had a large desk piled with papers and et cetera. There was a large window next to the large bed, and there was an extremely large widescreen television. He had a few file cabinets that had more papers stacked on top of them. There was even a very nice pool table. There were things all over the floor, and Caitlin knew Mike would've kept things cleaner everywhere else but his room, just like her: She loves keeping everywhere other than her room clean.

Mike and Caitlin stepped into the room. He closed the large door behind her and said, "Yeah, the way I showed you to my room is the only way to get here. I even got a private library!" Mike walked over to a door right next to his room's door and threw it open. Caitlin peered inside to see a large library filled up with books. "Whoa, like, dude... I'd never be able to read that many books in two lifetimes! Have you read them all?"

"Proudly, I say yes." Mike winked as he closed the door. He walked over to his bed. "Come over here."

Caitlin felt a sweatdrop on the back of her head as she walked over to Mike. He sat up on his bed and pulled her atop of it. "Talk to me, CC. Do you really want to stay married to him?" Mike pulled her close to him and kissed her neck. Caitlin turned wan and pushed him away. "Ewww...," she murmured. "Yes, I'm still married."

Mike felt a sweatdrop roll down the back of his head. "Man, you're no fun." He shrugged. "Oh well. What do you want me to do about your husband?"

Caitlin shrugged. "What can you do?"

"I can call him up and tell him off."

"...I think that'd just make it worse."

"Okay. I'll call him up and tell him you want to tell him off."

"...That'd make it even worse. Are you TRYING to make it worse?"

"...Man, you're no fun."

"Why are you saying I'm no fun?"

"Because. Stella's funner than you."

"...Good God..."

"What?"

"Have you two...you know...?"

"Yes."

"...Really?"

"Yes."

"Were you drunk?"

"No."

"When did you?"

"...I'll tell you that story later. I'm trying to save all the stories for Friday. That's very relevent to what I'm gonna tell you and the other two that day."

"Yay, I get to be told the beginning of a tragic love story. How exciting." Caitlin rolled her eyes. "So what are you gonna do?"

"Well, I can tell him to get over you being my double agent or he can just divorce you." Mike shrugged. "Very easy."

"...You don't know Boss. He's very-"

"Stubborn. Yes, I spent THREE WEEKS with the fricking guy."

"...Oh yeah!"

"...Don't tell me you FORGOT..."

"I did."

"...Dammit, CC!" Mike rolled his eyes.

"What?"

"You're so blonde!" He laughed. "That's why I like you, CC." He kissed her on the neck again.

Caitlin once again pushed him away. "I SAID THAT I'M STILL MARRIED, NO, THANK YOU."

"...Sorry..." Mike looked into Caitlin's eyes. "I can't help but think you're Stella."

"So by now you two would be making out and stuff?"

"...I will keep that confidental, no, thank you."

"Man, you really ARE a perv. I thought Number 1 was kidding with me."

"...I will not comment on that anymore." Mike stood up. "I will eventually get to your 'hubby' and get him to forgive you. Or you know, I could convince him you're not a Bad Ham."

Caitlin looked up at Mike. "You could?"

"I could tell him I kidnapped you or something. I could even make up a story that I, like, forced you to be in the Bad Hams." "...You DID force me to be in the Bad Hams!"

"...Oh, yeah, I did, didn't I?"

"Yes."

"...Dammit, CC!"

"What?"

"You're so frank! But that's another thing I like about you..." He leaned over toward her, but she pushed him away.

"I AM STILL MARRIED. EARTH TO MIKE, I'M NOT STELLA."

"...Oh, yeah. Sorry." Mike shrugged. "I wanna show you something."

Caitlin stood up and walked over with Mike to another door. He threw it open to reveal a closet. Caitlin cocked her head to the side and inquired, "What's so special about a closet?"

Mike beckoned her to follow him. He and she walked to the end of the closet to a door. Mike glanced back at Caitlin before he threw open the door.

Caitlin's eyes shone twice as much. There was a large pool and hot tub through the door. She walked in and looked around. "Wow, Mike! This is really impressive! You got a lot of money, you know?"

Mike nodded.

Caitlin walked up to the edge of the pool. "Wow! It's so-" Caitlin was interrupted as Mike pushed her into the pool. She landed in it, and Mike laughed at her. "Mike!"

Mike laughed, "Haha! You're so easy to push around." He backed up and jumped in, too.

Caitlin clung to the side and watched as Mike surfaced. "But can you swim, Mike?"

"Of course!" Mike retorted as he swam toward her. "Can you?"

"Yeah, but..."

Mike picked her up and shouted, "Okay!" He then threw her into the water.

Caitlin surfaced and spit out water. "Ha, I did that when I was little..." She swam toward Mike. "Yeah..."

He picked her up again and threw her again.

Once Caitlin got above water, she giggled and yelled, "Mike! Don't do that!"

Mike laughed. "As I said, you're so easy to push around." He swam over toward her and whispered, "So, you like this?"

"Yeah, of course!" Caitlin giggled and blushed.

"I'll show the other two double agents on Friday." Mike winked. "Don't tell them about it. I want it to be a surprise."

"Akay," Caitlin replied.

After about an hour of swimming around in the pool, Caitlin and Mike got out and went into the hot tub. Caitlin realized her black dye had come out in the pool and parts of the pool had black dye floating in it. Mike shrugged and muttered, "Well, at least the black dye comes out."

Caitlin nodded. "Yeah."

Mike looked over toward Caitlin and whispered, "It's so hard not to see Stella in your place."

Caitlin looked up at Mike. "Yeah, I know. It's hard not to see Boss in your place."

Mike shrugged. "But I'm much hotter."

Caitlin laughed. "You're so self-indulgent!"

"I know." Mike winked.

After a while longer, Caitlin crawled out of the hot tub. "Whoa, I'm, like, burning up now..."

Mike walked out and walked over to the door. He turned around toward Caitlin and said, "Come along now."

Caitlin followed him as he exited the door. They walked through the closet and back into the Master Bedroom. Mike lied back on his bed as Caitlin shook off her fur. She sat down next to Mike and whispered, "Now what?"

Mike looked up at her. "Could you possibly stay in her for tonight?"

Caitlin shrugged. "Akay. Why?"

"Well, I need someone to talk to." Mike sighed. "I haven't been without Stella this long for a long time... I've forgotten what it's felt like to be left alone for a while... I mean, we're so close and all..."

Caitlin nodded. "Yeah, Boss doesn't like it when I leave either."

Mike sat upward and looked at Caitlin. "Yeah, I could have figured that. He's a control freak-"

"Like you."

"...Exactly, CC."

"I often feel that you two could be the best of friends if you just didn't do all of the things you do wrong to him. He doesn't deserve how you treat him."

"Oh? Now you're gonna go bust my ass because you think I'm not doing the right thing?" Mike got his angry flame in his brown eyes. "I'm doing everything right. I would bust my ass if I did something wrong, but have I yet bust it? No. That means I'm doing nothing wrong."

"Mike, you don't understand. You're not doing the right thing towards him or his group."

"Now you, my own first double agent, decide to go against me? Wow, and I thought you would be a great second wife for me."

"No, Mike, you don't understand. I'm not against you totally. I'm just against you when you're out doing my hubby wrongly. You two could be best friends if you tried."

"I tried once. It didn't work."

"When?"

"Don't you remember? He just smarted off again, so I had to get back."

"You're just about revenge, you know that?"

"Yes."

"Sigh... I wish you two would get along."

"I'm gonna try to get along when I talk to him tomorrow night."

"Hmm... I got an idea. Why don't you be my second husband?"

"Haha, VERY funny."

After a few more minutes of talking, Mike looked at the time. It was about one o'clock in the morning, and he muttered, "I suppose we need to go to bed now. You can just sleep where ever you want in here tonight." Mike looked down at his bed. "I'll be here."

Caitlin nodded as she walked over to a chair. "I'll be here."

Mike frowned as he walked over to the chair. "I'll be here, too."

Caitlin rolled her eyes as she walked over to part of a cleared area of the floor. "I'll be here."

Mike hesitated before walking over to her and saying, "I'll be here, too."

Caitlin frowned. "I'll be where ever you're not."

"And I'll be where ever you're at."

"...Dammit, Mike!"

Mike flashed his playful smile. "What?"

Caitlin rolled her eyes. "I guess." She walked over to the bed and lied down. "Just don't touch me."

Mike lied down next to her. "Just don't touch me."

END OF FLASHBACK

"Man, that story sucked," Megan murmured. "It was somewhat perverted, too."

Caitlin shrugged. "It's what happened."

"What happened NEXT?" Natsu pressed.

Caitlin thought for a moment. "Well..."

FLASHBACK

Caitlin opened her sapphire blue eyes slowly. She turned pale and was about to throw up. Mike had latched himself onto her in his sleep, and he was just snoring away. Caitlin rolled her eyes and pushed his head off her chest. He opened his eyes and looked up at Caitlin. "...SHIT, CC, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING???"

"...Excuse moi, Mike, but what are YOU doing?" Caitlin retorted as she grabbed his lower arms.

Mike groaned and looked at the clock on his wall. It said it was about seven thirty in the morning. He rolled off of his bed and muttered, "I'm awake..."

Caitlin sat up and stood up on the floor. "Lemme guess... While in your sleep, you supposed I was Stella. Damn..."

Mike grinned as he stood up. "So?"

Caitlin rolled her eyes. "Never mind. Can I use your shower?"

Mike shrugged. "Sure. Need any black dye?"

"Yeah."

"It's in there somewhere."

"...You dye your fur?"

"Nope. I just keep it to give to my double agents."

Caitlin nodded. "Riiight..."

Mike shrugged. "Just hurry up."

"Akay."

END OF FLASHBACK

"That's about it." Caitlin shrugged.

Natsu and Megan nodded. "That still sucked," Megan murmured.

"Yeah, I guess," Caitlin replied.

Natsu shrugged. "Whatever." She stood up from her beanbag chair and ran into the wall. Natsu fell back onto the floor. "...I've been...dying...to do that...."

"We could somehow tell," Caitlin giggled. "But I do think the 'Let's Deprive Mike Of Stella' torment is a bit too much for him, don't you?"

Natsu and Megan nodded.

"But I do wonder what stories he's gonna tell us..."

"Prolly stories about Stella." Megan rolled her eyes. "You know what? You have to promise not to tell ANYONE what I'm about to tell you."

Caitlin and Natsu nodded. "Akay."

"I sorta...um...like Mike now."

"...!!! Oh my God, so do I!" Caitlin shouted.

"Really?" Megan sighed.

"Am I the only one who dislikes Mike?" Natsu inquired.

"Yes," Caitlin and Megan replied in unison.

"Maybe we should go out now and see what Chad's up to," Caitlin said. "He might have something extra to tell us."

Megan and Natsu groaned as the three double agents walked out the door.