A/N Ok, I am now at chapter 12! Ta da ta da! lol, ok, there was my random
statement of the day here!! Hehe...anyway, this chapter will have some kind
of romantic stuff in there, so for those of you who have been waiting for
that, here ya go! Now, onwards!!!!
Disclaimer I do not, have never, and never will own anything thing that is somehow, in one way or another, related to Charmed and its characters. I do, however, own Kat, because she is a fragment of my overly imaginative mind. (Hehe, I had a fancy disclaimer today!)
Everyone was especially cheery the next morning. All thoughts of the previous day's shocking events had been forgotten, and any grudge disregarded. The day went by smoothly, considering all research concerning the Kavlar had been halted and Chris had decided to take a break from his usually unhalting demon hunt.
All in all, in was a nice day. The sun shone brightly through the few, scattered clouds that hovered above them like ever-vigilent gardians, and a soft breeze blew across the city, lessening the intensity of the sun's rays.
The sun set much to soon, bringing an end to this climpse of normalcy in the Charmed Ones' lives. When darkness had engulfed the city, the little group headed for P3, ready to end the day with a little partying.
The crowd was especially thick that night, seeing as they had not been the only ones that had been affected the sunny weather during the day. The club throbbed with rock music and screams from the crowd, colorful lights flashing across the dancefloor.
Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Chris, and Kat all sat by the bar, bobbing their heads along with the music, smiling as they looked across the room, admiring the night's crowd.
"There should be more days like this. It puts people in a good mood. It's good for business," Piper said, coming back from behind the bar, handing out drinks.
"And good business means more shoes," Paige said, sipping the drink Piper had handed her.
Piper nodded at her sister. "Exactly." Everyone sniggered happily, stiring their drinks.
"Is their any chance tomorrow might be the same? You know, chilling, relaxing, no demon hunting?" Phoebe asked, slyly leaning towards Chris, who replied by rolling his eyes.
"I dont know, why dont you ask her?" he asked sarcastically, nodding towards Kat, who sat next to him, liking the salt of the edge of her margarita.
Phoebe leaned forward and raised her eyebrows at Kat. Kat put her drink on the counter behind her, closed her eyes, and put her forefingers on her temple. A look of exagerated concentration furrowed her brow and she hummed soflty.
"Ahhhh, I see! I see another day of joy, filled with happiness, laughter, and lots of drinking," she said in a mocking Romanian accent. "Ah, and sex, too. My, my, it will be a wonderful day, wont it?" she said with a smirk, turning towards Chris. This brought more laughs as the sisters 'oooooooo'd Chris with mocking grins.
And so the evening went on, going as smoothly as the day that had preceded it. A few hours and a couple of drinks later, the five of them where shaking it up on the dance floor, hoping that they wouldnt remember the embarassing scene in the morning.
The sun was starting to come up again when they finally closed up the club.
"Ok, who's coming with me?" Paige asked after Piper had locked up the club.
"Me," Phoebe said, grabbing her sister's hand.
"Anybody else? No, ok then," Paige said. With a little wave, she and Phoebe orbed off, on their way back to the manor.
"Then I guess you're coming with me," Chris said, extending his hand to Piper, who gingerly took it. He then turned to Kat, who was standing on the edge of the sidewalk, arms crossed, admiring the sunrise, the glow of it illuminating red highlights in her hair.
"Kat, you coming?" Chris asked.
"Um, no thanks, I think I'll walk, it'll do me good. I have some serious thinking to do," she said.
Chris nodded understandably. "I'll see you back at the house, then," he said with a smile before orbing along with Piper.
Kat sighed and started off, leaving the club behind her as she walked down the street.
Oh yeah, she did have a lot of thinking to do. She had avoided thinking about the consequences of her little conversation with her father all day, but she could not escape it anymore. Because she knew there would be consequences, though even she could not see what those would be, no matter how hard she tried, since her people had always been very good and shielding themselves from unwanted eyes.
Her father lacked many qualities, but one thing the leader of her people did posess was unpredictability. He always came up with new ways to inflict vengence and damage upon his foes, however cruel and distorted those ways might be. Kat had been his latest weapon, yet he had not predicted his own daughter turning against him. And now that she had, vengence was coming. It mattered not to this man that the girl he was preparing to hunt down was his own flesh and blood, only that she was a traitor to her kin. So Kat awaited the worst.
Kat sighed. She knew she'd done the right thing by denying her father's will, but she couldnt help but worry about what was still to come, not so much for herself, but for Chris and the sisters, whom she knew would most likely be targeted as part of her father's revenge.
Thinking about Chris made another problem arise. She knew she would have to tell him about what her intentions had first been for coming here, but the thought of it nearly made her cringe. She had grown quite fond of Chris over the few days she had know him, and just the thought of having him cross with her was enough for her to put aside any thought of telling him anything for the time being. She knew he most likely would never be able to forgive her, let alone trust her again. And he was right. I probably wouldnt trust me, either, Kat thought bitterly.
After deciding that she'd get back to the issue later, Kat let her mind drift off by itself, exploring random pieces in the continuous timeline that played in her head. Her legs seemed to be driven by some other force than her own brain, for she found herself wondering further into the city instead of heading back to the Haliwell house, though that didnt really bother her. She didnt feel like going back yet, so she let herself wander around randomly.
She engulfed herself in her thoughts until the outside world became naught but an itch on the edge of her conciousness, just a speck among the whirlpool of thoughts rushing through her mind.
So entranced was she in her thoughts that she didnt noticed when orbs appeared right in front of her. She kept on walking, eyes fixed on a pebble she was kicking along the sideway, oblivious to the appearance, and ran straight into the scattered orbs.
Kat jumped back, her head jolting back up as the orbs send electric tingles running through her.
"Well, someone wasnt watching where they were going," Chris said as he emerged from the orbs.
"Sorry," Kat mumbled. "I didnt see you coming."
"Well, that's a first," Chris said with a smirk.
"Ha ha, very funny," Kat replied sarcastically. Chris just grinned in return. Kat couldnt help but smile as well. Inwardly, however, she was far from smiling. Crying and screaming in confusion was more like it. She couldnt tell him. She couldnt bear to tell him.
"So," Chris said, looking around at their surroundings, "I see you took a shortcut."
Kat smiled. "I had a lot to think about."
"I see. Anything you'd like to share?"
Inwardly, Kat laughed ironically. "You feel like solving hypothetical problems?" she asked.
"Why not," Chris shrugged. "We've got plenty of time, since you managed to get yourself to the wrong side of the city."
"Let's say there's this person I know. And this person has some deep dark secret that she's been hiding since she's met this other person. But the problem is, she really likes this other person and doesnt like keeping secrets from him, even though she knows the truth would hurt him more than lies. And this first person really doesnt want to hurt the second person. You're with me so far?"
Chris nodded, sticking his hands in his pockets as they walked. "I think so. And this is all hypothetical, right?"
"Of course," Kat nodded. "So, the first person is debating whether she should tell the other person her secret, even though she knows the other person will probably hate her and never trust her again if he learns the truth. So do you think she should tell him and risk losing him, or should she keep the secret to herself and live the rest of her life with the knowledge that she's been lying to him for as long as they've known each other?" Kat asked. She was now nervously twisting her fingers, looking down at the sidewalk once again, trying to avoid Chris's gaze.
"Well," Chris started, "if this first person doesnt tell the other person, the other person will eventually find out anyway, and his reaction will probably be even worse then. At least if she tells him herself, maybe he'll consider that and realize that she cared enough to be honest with him. By lying, she'd just be showing that she doesnt trust him to handle that secret and she'd end up losing him anyway."
Kat looked up at Chris, looking incredibely impressed. "Wow. You know, for a guy, you give really good advice. Even if it is hypothetical."
"Thanks... I think," Chris said, looking back down at Kat. "So, what is the hypothetical person gonna do about her secret?"
Kat shook her head. "I think she still has to think about it. But I'm sure she'll consider what you said. Thanks."
Chris nodded. "No problem."
They walked in silence for a few minutes, both thinking about the previous hypothetical conversation they'd just had.
Kat was going over Chris's advice. Maybe she should tell him, after all. If he really believed what he had said, then maybe he wouldnt be as angry with her as she had first thought. But maybe not.
Chris slowed down a little and put a hand on Kat's arm, signaling for her to do the same.
"Look, Kat, I know the little story 5 minutes ago was hypothetical, but..... if there's anything you want to tell me, you know you dont have to worry about it, right?" he said, looking down straight into her eyes.
Kat froze for a few moments, shivers running up and down her spine. God, what is happening to me? she thought. Men are not suppose to do this to me, I've always been immune to this sort of thing.
"Y-yeah. I know," Kat blabbered. Well, screw immunity, then, she thought.
They stood there, in the middle of the street, looking straight at each other. Anyone passing by right now would have thought they had gone crazy, but luckily, no one was there to witness the scene.
Kat's mind was in turmoil. She had known she cared for Chris, but now it was like she could barely keep her heart from overflowing. Her eyes wandered from his eyes down to his lips, trying to imagine what it would be like to feel them pressed against her own. Don't start thinking like this, Kat, she thought. Next thing you know you'll find yourself in bed with a guy you dont even know. But Chris wasnt just a guy she didn't know. Ok, so maybe technically, they had only known each other for 3 days, but mentally, she'd known him for nearly a year. Not that it really mattered.
But whether she really did know him or not, she knew she liked him. A lot. The mere thought of him send shivers down her spine, even though she hadnt really admitted that until recently. For a second, she thought about trying to resist the urge to just lean forward and kiss him. But what the hell, you're only young once, right? Besides, it's not like she could help it.
So she did just that. Leaned up towards him and kissed him. He seemed a bit surprised at first, but soon he relaxed, seeing where this was going. The both of them let themselves be carried away by the kiss, gently brushing tongue against tongue. One of Chris's hand wandered down to Kat's waist, pulling her closer to him, while the other one softly carressed her neck.
Kat was in heaven. Who knew kissing could make you feel so.....alive? Because alive was definetly the word for it. Every inch of her body was tingling, making her aware of every touch and every feel. Her hands crawled up Chris's chest, feeling the rise and fall of his muscles, and came to rest on his shoulders, one hand going up to tangle itself into his hair.
They stood there, kissing pationately, for several minutes, still standing in the middle of the street, pressed against each other. It seemed like the moment would strech on forever and they would remain like this forever, bodies twisted together to become one. However, life in San Franscisco doesnt allow for these types of things.
HONK!!!!!! "You two kids get a room and get out of the damn street!!!!!"
That was enough to yank them out of their trance, and they quickly disentangled themselves from each other and looked down the street to see a fat, bald man stucking his head out of the window of a large, red pickup truck.
Embarrased, Chris and Kat hurried out of the street, muttering apologies under their breaths as the driver pulled his head back inside the car, muttering something that sounded like, "Kids today..."
The awkwardness of the moment didnt really settled in until the red truck had driven away and they were left standing together on the side of the street.
"We, um..... we might want to get back to the house. They'll probably be wondering what's keeping us," Chris muttered awkardly as they both stared down at their feet.
"Right. I doubt that's anything along the lines of what they're thinking, though," Kat said without suppresing a grin.
Chris looked up with a matching smirk and they soon started full out laughing. As soon as their laughing fit had ended, Kat took Chris's hand in her own and they left in a whirlwind of blue orbs.
A/N Well, here it is! Moose, you cant accuse me of it being short anymore because this is the longuest chapter I've ever written. That's 5 and a half pages not including the author's notes! I feel very accomplished! Lol....ok, right, I hope you liked it, I had some fun writing this cuz I dont usually do that much romantic/kissing stuff, so it was cool....I think I might do it more often now....hehe....ok, anyway, please review and let me know what you thought!!!!
Disclaimer I do not, have never, and never will own anything thing that is somehow, in one way or another, related to Charmed and its characters. I do, however, own Kat, because she is a fragment of my overly imaginative mind. (Hehe, I had a fancy disclaimer today!)
Everyone was especially cheery the next morning. All thoughts of the previous day's shocking events had been forgotten, and any grudge disregarded. The day went by smoothly, considering all research concerning the Kavlar had been halted and Chris had decided to take a break from his usually unhalting demon hunt.
All in all, in was a nice day. The sun shone brightly through the few, scattered clouds that hovered above them like ever-vigilent gardians, and a soft breeze blew across the city, lessening the intensity of the sun's rays.
The sun set much to soon, bringing an end to this climpse of normalcy in the Charmed Ones' lives. When darkness had engulfed the city, the little group headed for P3, ready to end the day with a little partying.
The crowd was especially thick that night, seeing as they had not been the only ones that had been affected the sunny weather during the day. The club throbbed with rock music and screams from the crowd, colorful lights flashing across the dancefloor.
Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Chris, and Kat all sat by the bar, bobbing their heads along with the music, smiling as they looked across the room, admiring the night's crowd.
"There should be more days like this. It puts people in a good mood. It's good for business," Piper said, coming back from behind the bar, handing out drinks.
"And good business means more shoes," Paige said, sipping the drink Piper had handed her.
Piper nodded at her sister. "Exactly." Everyone sniggered happily, stiring their drinks.
"Is their any chance tomorrow might be the same? You know, chilling, relaxing, no demon hunting?" Phoebe asked, slyly leaning towards Chris, who replied by rolling his eyes.
"I dont know, why dont you ask her?" he asked sarcastically, nodding towards Kat, who sat next to him, liking the salt of the edge of her margarita.
Phoebe leaned forward and raised her eyebrows at Kat. Kat put her drink on the counter behind her, closed her eyes, and put her forefingers on her temple. A look of exagerated concentration furrowed her brow and she hummed soflty.
"Ahhhh, I see! I see another day of joy, filled with happiness, laughter, and lots of drinking," she said in a mocking Romanian accent. "Ah, and sex, too. My, my, it will be a wonderful day, wont it?" she said with a smirk, turning towards Chris. This brought more laughs as the sisters 'oooooooo'd Chris with mocking grins.
And so the evening went on, going as smoothly as the day that had preceded it. A few hours and a couple of drinks later, the five of them where shaking it up on the dance floor, hoping that they wouldnt remember the embarassing scene in the morning.
The sun was starting to come up again when they finally closed up the club.
"Ok, who's coming with me?" Paige asked after Piper had locked up the club.
"Me," Phoebe said, grabbing her sister's hand.
"Anybody else? No, ok then," Paige said. With a little wave, she and Phoebe orbed off, on their way back to the manor.
"Then I guess you're coming with me," Chris said, extending his hand to Piper, who gingerly took it. He then turned to Kat, who was standing on the edge of the sidewalk, arms crossed, admiring the sunrise, the glow of it illuminating red highlights in her hair.
"Kat, you coming?" Chris asked.
"Um, no thanks, I think I'll walk, it'll do me good. I have some serious thinking to do," she said.
Chris nodded understandably. "I'll see you back at the house, then," he said with a smile before orbing along with Piper.
Kat sighed and started off, leaving the club behind her as she walked down the street.
Oh yeah, she did have a lot of thinking to do. She had avoided thinking about the consequences of her little conversation with her father all day, but she could not escape it anymore. Because she knew there would be consequences, though even she could not see what those would be, no matter how hard she tried, since her people had always been very good and shielding themselves from unwanted eyes.
Her father lacked many qualities, but one thing the leader of her people did posess was unpredictability. He always came up with new ways to inflict vengence and damage upon his foes, however cruel and distorted those ways might be. Kat had been his latest weapon, yet he had not predicted his own daughter turning against him. And now that she had, vengence was coming. It mattered not to this man that the girl he was preparing to hunt down was his own flesh and blood, only that she was a traitor to her kin. So Kat awaited the worst.
Kat sighed. She knew she'd done the right thing by denying her father's will, but she couldnt help but worry about what was still to come, not so much for herself, but for Chris and the sisters, whom she knew would most likely be targeted as part of her father's revenge.
Thinking about Chris made another problem arise. She knew she would have to tell him about what her intentions had first been for coming here, but the thought of it nearly made her cringe. She had grown quite fond of Chris over the few days she had know him, and just the thought of having him cross with her was enough for her to put aside any thought of telling him anything for the time being. She knew he most likely would never be able to forgive her, let alone trust her again. And he was right. I probably wouldnt trust me, either, Kat thought bitterly.
After deciding that she'd get back to the issue later, Kat let her mind drift off by itself, exploring random pieces in the continuous timeline that played in her head. Her legs seemed to be driven by some other force than her own brain, for she found herself wondering further into the city instead of heading back to the Haliwell house, though that didnt really bother her. She didnt feel like going back yet, so she let herself wander around randomly.
She engulfed herself in her thoughts until the outside world became naught but an itch on the edge of her conciousness, just a speck among the whirlpool of thoughts rushing through her mind.
So entranced was she in her thoughts that she didnt noticed when orbs appeared right in front of her. She kept on walking, eyes fixed on a pebble she was kicking along the sideway, oblivious to the appearance, and ran straight into the scattered orbs.
Kat jumped back, her head jolting back up as the orbs send electric tingles running through her.
"Well, someone wasnt watching where they were going," Chris said as he emerged from the orbs.
"Sorry," Kat mumbled. "I didnt see you coming."
"Well, that's a first," Chris said with a smirk.
"Ha ha, very funny," Kat replied sarcastically. Chris just grinned in return. Kat couldnt help but smile as well. Inwardly, however, she was far from smiling. Crying and screaming in confusion was more like it. She couldnt tell him. She couldnt bear to tell him.
"So," Chris said, looking around at their surroundings, "I see you took a shortcut."
Kat smiled. "I had a lot to think about."
"I see. Anything you'd like to share?"
Inwardly, Kat laughed ironically. "You feel like solving hypothetical problems?" she asked.
"Why not," Chris shrugged. "We've got plenty of time, since you managed to get yourself to the wrong side of the city."
"Let's say there's this person I know. And this person has some deep dark secret that she's been hiding since she's met this other person. But the problem is, she really likes this other person and doesnt like keeping secrets from him, even though she knows the truth would hurt him more than lies. And this first person really doesnt want to hurt the second person. You're with me so far?"
Chris nodded, sticking his hands in his pockets as they walked. "I think so. And this is all hypothetical, right?"
"Of course," Kat nodded. "So, the first person is debating whether she should tell the other person her secret, even though she knows the other person will probably hate her and never trust her again if he learns the truth. So do you think she should tell him and risk losing him, or should she keep the secret to herself and live the rest of her life with the knowledge that she's been lying to him for as long as they've known each other?" Kat asked. She was now nervously twisting her fingers, looking down at the sidewalk once again, trying to avoid Chris's gaze.
"Well," Chris started, "if this first person doesnt tell the other person, the other person will eventually find out anyway, and his reaction will probably be even worse then. At least if she tells him herself, maybe he'll consider that and realize that she cared enough to be honest with him. By lying, she'd just be showing that she doesnt trust him to handle that secret and she'd end up losing him anyway."
Kat looked up at Chris, looking incredibely impressed. "Wow. You know, for a guy, you give really good advice. Even if it is hypothetical."
"Thanks... I think," Chris said, looking back down at Kat. "So, what is the hypothetical person gonna do about her secret?"
Kat shook her head. "I think she still has to think about it. But I'm sure she'll consider what you said. Thanks."
Chris nodded. "No problem."
They walked in silence for a few minutes, both thinking about the previous hypothetical conversation they'd just had.
Kat was going over Chris's advice. Maybe she should tell him, after all. If he really believed what he had said, then maybe he wouldnt be as angry with her as she had first thought. But maybe not.
Chris slowed down a little and put a hand on Kat's arm, signaling for her to do the same.
"Look, Kat, I know the little story 5 minutes ago was hypothetical, but..... if there's anything you want to tell me, you know you dont have to worry about it, right?" he said, looking down straight into her eyes.
Kat froze for a few moments, shivers running up and down her spine. God, what is happening to me? she thought. Men are not suppose to do this to me, I've always been immune to this sort of thing.
"Y-yeah. I know," Kat blabbered. Well, screw immunity, then, she thought.
They stood there, in the middle of the street, looking straight at each other. Anyone passing by right now would have thought they had gone crazy, but luckily, no one was there to witness the scene.
Kat's mind was in turmoil. She had known she cared for Chris, but now it was like she could barely keep her heart from overflowing. Her eyes wandered from his eyes down to his lips, trying to imagine what it would be like to feel them pressed against her own. Don't start thinking like this, Kat, she thought. Next thing you know you'll find yourself in bed with a guy you dont even know. But Chris wasnt just a guy she didn't know. Ok, so maybe technically, they had only known each other for 3 days, but mentally, she'd known him for nearly a year. Not that it really mattered.
But whether she really did know him or not, she knew she liked him. A lot. The mere thought of him send shivers down her spine, even though she hadnt really admitted that until recently. For a second, she thought about trying to resist the urge to just lean forward and kiss him. But what the hell, you're only young once, right? Besides, it's not like she could help it.
So she did just that. Leaned up towards him and kissed him. He seemed a bit surprised at first, but soon he relaxed, seeing where this was going. The both of them let themselves be carried away by the kiss, gently brushing tongue against tongue. One of Chris's hand wandered down to Kat's waist, pulling her closer to him, while the other one softly carressed her neck.
Kat was in heaven. Who knew kissing could make you feel so.....alive? Because alive was definetly the word for it. Every inch of her body was tingling, making her aware of every touch and every feel. Her hands crawled up Chris's chest, feeling the rise and fall of his muscles, and came to rest on his shoulders, one hand going up to tangle itself into his hair.
They stood there, kissing pationately, for several minutes, still standing in the middle of the street, pressed against each other. It seemed like the moment would strech on forever and they would remain like this forever, bodies twisted together to become one. However, life in San Franscisco doesnt allow for these types of things.
HONK!!!!!! "You two kids get a room and get out of the damn street!!!!!"
That was enough to yank them out of their trance, and they quickly disentangled themselves from each other and looked down the street to see a fat, bald man stucking his head out of the window of a large, red pickup truck.
Embarrased, Chris and Kat hurried out of the street, muttering apologies under their breaths as the driver pulled his head back inside the car, muttering something that sounded like, "Kids today..."
The awkwardness of the moment didnt really settled in until the red truck had driven away and they were left standing together on the side of the street.
"We, um..... we might want to get back to the house. They'll probably be wondering what's keeping us," Chris muttered awkardly as they both stared down at their feet.
"Right. I doubt that's anything along the lines of what they're thinking, though," Kat said without suppresing a grin.
Chris looked up with a matching smirk and they soon started full out laughing. As soon as their laughing fit had ended, Kat took Chris's hand in her own and they left in a whirlwind of blue orbs.
A/N Well, here it is! Moose, you cant accuse me of it being short anymore because this is the longuest chapter I've ever written. That's 5 and a half pages not including the author's notes! I feel very accomplished! Lol....ok, right, I hope you liked it, I had some fun writing this cuz I dont usually do that much romantic/kissing stuff, so it was cool....I think I might do it more often now....hehe....ok, anyway, please review and let me know what you thought!!!!