Fic: Come Away With Me (3/6)

Rating: PG-13

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I want to walk with you

On a cloudy day

In fields where yellow grass grows knee-high

So won't you try to come

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~The next day~

Katie snuck up behind Jessie, who was staring intently at something in her locker, and wrapped her arms around Jessie's middle. Jessie stiffened, not quite sure who it was.

"Hey Billie! How's my beautiful girl today?" Katie whispered into the other girl's ear. Jessie relaxed and leaned back into her.

"Mmmm... much better now that you're here." She turned around to face Katie with a mischievous smile on her face.

"What?" Katie questioned. Jessie shook her head.

"Nothing.... I don't believe I've gotten my good morning kiss yet, now have I?" She asked, still grinning, putting her hands on her hips. Katie crossed her arms across her chest, pretending to think.

"No, I don't believe you have! How rude of me! Where are my manners?" Katie replied, causing Jessie to shrug. Katie leaned down and placed a quick kiss on Jessie's waiting lips. Or at least she thought it would be a quick kiss... until Jessie wrapped her arms around Katie's neck right before she was about to pull back, holding her down and keeping their lips connected. Not that she minded or anything. Not at all.

When she finally was able to pull back, she grinned.

"Well good morning to you too!" She then noticed that it had become rather quiet in the hallway. She turned around only to find that half of the student body was gawking at them. 'It's not that they were disgusted with us... more like... fascinated?' Katie thought. 'I mean, I guess it isn't quite every day they see two hot girls kissing in the hallways... not to be conceited or anything.' She grinned "Well, they better get used to it, cause they will now!" she muttered to herself.

"Hey! Is there something interesting you're all looking at?" She asked their little group of onlookers, rather impatiently. They all kind of looked at each other and then went back to what they were doing before. Katie turned back around to face her girlfriend, who was wearing a rather dejected look on her face. A look that Katie was determined to get rid of.

She put on one of her most charming smiles and looked Jessie right in the eyes.

"So, after school. I was thinking maybe I could come over to your house and we could spend some..." she cleared her throat, "ehm... quality alone time together." Jessie laughed

"That sounds great..." her voice trailed off and her faced dropped. "Oh wait... today I have to go to my mother's house." She looked down at the ground. Katie lifted her chin to bring her gaze back up so she could look her in the face.

"I figured that. But she won't get home for a couple of hours, right?" Jessie nodded, her eyes beginning to sparkle again.

"Besides, I wanted to talk to her anyways." Jessie raised her eyebrows.

"Oh really? About what?" Katie just smiled.

"You'll see..." She said in a sing-song voice.

"So, is it all set? I'll take you to your mom's house after school and we can... ehm... 'hang out'?" She looked down at Jessie with big puppy dog eyes, and she made a pouty face, the one she knew Jessie could never resist. Not that Jessie needed any talking into about this... any alone time with Katie was always good. Jessie grinned up at her and kissed her.

"I'll take that as a 'yes' then." Jessie nodded, and at the exact same time, the bell rang.

"See you later!!" Katie called behind her as she sprinted off to her next class.

"Yeah, later!" Jessie replied. 'Oh this is going to be an interesting afternoon.' She thought as she turned around and walked into the classroom. Throughout the entire class hour, Jessie mentally wrestled with the thought of Katie talking to her mother. But by the end of class, her confidence in Katie won out, and she knew if anyone would be able to win her mother over, it would be Katie.

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"Umm... Katie? I can't find my keys..." Katie shook her head and laughed.

"Only you, Jess, only you." She leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, taking her backpack and began to go through it. About three-quarters of the way down, she found them.

"You mean these?" She asked, holding them up. Jessie laughed.

"Yeah, those would be it. What would I ever do without you?" She asked, kissing Katie for a moment.

"Not much..." That earned Katie a soft punch on her shoulder from Jessie as she climbed out of the car and began to make her way up the front sidewalk. Katie got out and followed her.

Once they were inside they dropped their bags on the floor and raced up the stairs to Jessie's room. Jessie went over and sat on the bed as Katie closed the door behind her. Jessie smiled and pat the bed next to her, motioning for Katie to come and sit down next to her. Katie didn't need to be told twice. She raced over and jumped on the bed, or more precisely, jumped on her giggling girlfriend.

"Mmm, this is nice." Katie said as she laid on top of Jessie, her full weight on her.

"Yeah...." Jessie said, closing her eyes as Katie leaned down and kissed her softly. She kissed her forehead, her nose, both of her eyes, her cheeks, her chin, and finally her lips, each individually, then covered Jessie's lips with her own.

~*~

About an hour later, they laid together, arms around the other just enjoying the peace and quiet, savoring every moment with each other.

"Katie?" Jessie asked, breaking the silence.

"Hmmm?" Katie replied, absentmindedly tracing circles on Jessie's back with her fingers.

"What is one of the most romantic things you can think of doing?" Katie looked over at Jessie and grinned wickedly. Jessie rolled her eyes.

"Besides that." Katie laughed.

"I know, I'm just teasing, you know that." She said as she winked.

"Yeah, ok. Now answer the question please."

"Hmmm...." Katie thought for a moment.

"I think it would be... walking with you on a cloudy day.... barefoot, in a field where golden grass grows knee-high. Just kind of hanging out, playing around, you know? Like in the Sound of Music, the part where Maria starts playing the guitar and they begin to sing Do-Re-Me. That's always kind of been one of my things." Katie looked right in Jessie's blue eyes. She swore they'd never been this blue before. Her mouth went dry when she saw the look of pure love radiating from them. She leaned over and kissed her.

"Katie, you know we can do that, we can do that now. We can just go, get away from here. We can just get up and leave this place right now, and never come back." A fire blazed in Jessie's eyes. Determination.

"Jessie, I.... you know...." She was interrupted by the sound of the front door opening downstairs.

"Jessie?" They heard Karen call up, breaking their moment.

"Who else is here?" Katie took a deep breath as they each examined the other, smoothing the other's hair down. Jessie looked scared... she was as white as a sheet. Katie leaned over and gave her a quick kiss.

"Two weeks. Not before." Jessie could only nod.

"It'll all be alright." She said as she took Jessie's hand and squeezed it.

"Lets go." They stood up and walked out of the room, hand in hand, to go face Karen.