…Cake Testing…
I visit Mrs. Zabini twice a week to go over patterns and fabrics for my wedding dress. Mum had begun working on the invites. She wanted to make them by hand, and I thought it would keep her satisfied and busy. Grandma Rowell was busy making the bridesmaids dresses. She likes to send the girls updates on their dresses.
Dad and Grandpa Rowell keep Blaise. They help him plan the guy's trip using information from their own trips over the years. Rochelle and Izzy help me plan ours getting occasional help from mum. I send letters to the younger ones that'd be joining us. I sent Blue and Aithne off with the letters. Luna, Ginny, and Hermione come over for lunch.
I hug them in turn. "I heard from Harry that he thought he heard Blaise mentioning something about a tattoo." Ginny states giving me a once over. Luna turns to me. It felt like her silver eyes were seeing through me. I shrug. Mum tsks "Did you get a tattoo?" I lift the tee I was wearing just high enough for the women and my friends to see. Grandma Black chuckles lightly.
"What does it mean?", Rochelle ask, and I quickly explain. "Do you really think you'll forget?" Luna asks. "No, but even if I did it'd be a lovely reminder." I sigh. I let the tee fall back down. "What was Blaise's reaction to it?" Izzy asks.
"Why would Blaise know?" Mum asks. "Blaise always knows when something is different about me mum. He figured that something was different about me in less than a minute. He thought it was lovely. Almost teared up." I smile at the memory.
We eat lunch and discussed our French vacation. "Juliet Rossi will be joining us, and the wedding will be held in Miami in the summer of next year." I state going over the list in my head. "Miami?!" Ginny asks dumbfounded.
"It was the only request Mrs. Zabini made. Also, it would be a lovely destination for everyone to vacation before and after the wedding." I explain. I wave my wand and one of my old sketchbooks appear.
I flip through the pages. "Aha! It's perfect!" I cry out finding the page I was looking for. Mum looks over and smiles. I show the others. "I designed it when I was younger. I think it will be a lovely wedding band for Blaise." I explain as they look at a drawing of a wedding band I'd drawn when I was younger.
"It's lovely!" Hermione gasps. "And it just so happens to match your engagement ring and the rest of the jewelry set you have received." Luna giggles. I pick up a sandwich. We enjoy the rest of lunch and gossip away.
As soon as I get off work three weeks later I disapparate to the airport. Blaise was already there waiting with our bags. I run over to him and we enter the airport.
I hold his hand as we walked through the airport. I listen to him talk about work. I ask him a few questions until our flight begins to board.
I fall asleep on his shoulder as the plane takes off. Blaise taps me awake when the plane lands. I follow him off the plane and to the hotel. He leads me to the bed and watches as I slide into it. I yawn and fall asleep. When I wake it's late at night. Blaise was eating some room service. I crawl out of bed and hug Blaise. He grumbles in acknowledgement of my presence. I kiss his neck then pick at the food on his plate.
He pulls me onto his lap. We watch a movie. He play with my hands. I turn the tv off and turn to him. "What's wrong?" I ask him. He looks at me. "I was just thinking about something your dad told me the other day about France. Then I remembered Daxton. That boy from Beauxbatons. My thoughts were getting dark and I tried to ward it off. I really tried. I'm sorry." he explains not looking at me.
I'd feared dad would tell him about mum's travels to France. I was shaking, so I take a few calming breaths. I feel Blaise wrap an arm around me and I look at him. "Merlin's beard Blaise! That isn't something to feel bad about. I should've said something when dad started talking about France. The only person who's ever had any real effect on me has been you. Daxton was just someone who knew my cousins. An acquaintance." I tell him.
"You used to call me an acquaintance." Blaise mumbled. I groaned. "I called you an acquaintance because I wasn't ready to confess my true feelings for you at the time. Besides, I openly called you an 'acquitance'. I was admitting we had some kind of realtionship. Whereas, when you brought up Daxton I immediately explained about my cousins. If I'd liked Daxton the way I love you, we wouldn't be here right now. But wow! We're here. I love you! I'll never leave you. I feel nothing but a bit of kindness to Daxton because he took gifts back to France for me for my cousins…" I ramble.
Blaise finally looks at me "I should stop brooding, shouldn't I?" I nod. He groans. "Why am I letting this affect me so?" he asks himself. I kiss his jawline. He stops mumbling. "Blaise. The first time you saw me with Daxton at the Yule Ball, and you acted so angry and you kept trying to pin your feelings onto Daxton and confuse me. Blaise you do realize that you refused to acknowledge your feelings just like I did." I mutter.
He looks positively horror struck. He puts his head in his hands. I can feel him shaking. "Love. I do believe that I'm an idiot. How could I not realize that?" I grab his shoulders to stop him talking badly about himself. "I don't want to hear you talking badly about yourself." I order.
He smiles broadly at me and I return the smile when I realize that I've quoted his words back at him. I scoff and shake my head. "Come on. We have a long day tomorrow and we need rest." I stand and hld my hand out to him. He takes my hand. I lead him over to the bed. I slide in and he follows wrapping his arms around me and pulling me close. I sigh contentedly as I listen to Blaise's heartbeat and fall asleep.
I feel Blaise poking me awake. I open my eyes and groan. He kisses me. I groan again. He kisses me again and again. I begin to wonder how many ways he'll try to wake me up. Blaise shifts in the bed. I feel him pull me up into his lap. "Charlotte Black. I know you're awake." he sighs tapping my forehead. I groan and put my face in his neck. He chortles. He wraps my legs around his waist and stands up with me.
He sits on the couch. I could smell food. I open my eyes. Blaise kisses me. I smile happily. He takes a lid off a tray and I see that it was a big breakfast. I turn around on his lap. I clap my hands together. We eat breakfast and then get dressed. We visit 6 different wedding cake bakeries.
We make notes and went back to the hotel. I was leaning heavily on Blaise. One of the bakeries used moonshine in their cakes and icing and it was heavily affecting me. I giggle as I felt my brain slowly losing control. Blaise tucks me into bed and calls my parents for help. I whine while he speaks in a hushed voice. "Don't tell them! You'll get me in trouble. They can't know." I cry. He continues talking. I throw a pillow at him and he ducks. He gives me a warning look and I bury myself under the covers.
He hung up the phone. He sighs and I could feel him looking at me. I giggle at the thought. I hear him pick up the phone and order room service. He picks up the pillow and puts it back on the bed. He pats the mound of sheets that was me. "Who is it?" I titter. "Zabini." he says playing along. "Zabini who?" I ask. "Blaise. Charlotte get up." he orders. I emerge with a pout.
Blaise ruffles my hair. I crawl over into his lap. He pats my back comfortingly. I sober up temporarily. "My head hurts. I can't use my brain." I cry. He shushes me and wraps me in blankets.
Someone knocks at the door. He went to get the door. I sit on the bed sniffling away. There's a whispered conversation and I hear Blaise laugh. He returns carrying a tray and places it on the table. He walks over to me. I climb into his arms and he carries me over to the food. I eat slowly. Blaise takes a photo of me. I frown. He uncovers another tray full of desserts.
I slide him a plate and he joins me. He watches me carefully the whole night. The next morning when I woke, I felt groggy and ill. Blaise hands me a cup of tea. I take the cup gratefully and gulp it down. I shower and walk out of the bathroom. I fall back onto the bed. Blaise puts some clothes out for me. I changed. I look at my outfit. I take one of Blaise's shirts and put it on instead. I feel loads better.
Blaise walks out of the bathroom dressed and ready to go. He looks at me and laughs. I look down at my outfit. His shirt fits me like a dress but I don't care so long as I'm comfortable. I shrug and walk to the door. Blaise grabs a jacket and we leave. We try 14 more bakeries before nightfall.
We sit in a park where we talk about the different cakes. "I think there were many different wonderful cakes. What if we chose 4 different bakeries?" he asks. I smile up at him. "4 bakeries? Why?" I ask. "Well we choose 4 bakeries and have them do different flavors for each one and then everyone can enjoy them. We could even keep one for just us." he murmurs. I make note of Blaise's suggestions.
"Now we just have to check out some caterers with your aunt and uncle tomorrow." Blaise stands up. I join him. He wraps his arm around me as we walk back to the hotel. Tomorrow we try out different caterers with auntie Emma and uncle Liam.
I cuddle closer to Blaise as I fall into a peaceful sleep. My dreams were filled to bursting with cakes and to my horror moonshine.
We meet my aunt and uncle in a fancy café the next morning. "Charlotte dear!" auntie Emma calls. I walk over and give her a hug. "Hi. How are you?" I ask as I hug uncle Liam. I turn to see auntie Emma giving Blaise a bone crushing hug.
She lets him go and he shakes uncle Liam's hand. We sit at a table and order some coffee. "We heard you did cake taste testing already. How'd that go?" uncle Liam asks Blaise as auntie Emma fawns over my engagement ring. "Charlotte here reacts very badly to moonshine apparently. It's the only alcohol we've encountered so far that she's been effected by so quickly." Blaise shakes his head with a smile.
Uncle Liam laughs lightly. "It's not funny. My brain refused to work properly." I pout into my latte. They chuckle at me. "I think we're going to choose 4 bakers though. So today we want to make sure the cater can work with all the different taste buds in our families. You know." I inform auntie Emma.
She nods and I show her the notepad with the list of different countries that needed to be represented. We go over everything and add additional notes.
We spend most of the day visiting caterers. In the early evening we go to a restaurant for dinner. We talk about our winter trips. "What if we sent all the adults on a trip too?" I wonder aloud.
Auntie Emma laughs lightly. "You sound just like your mother." she chuckles. I look at her in confusion. "Way back when we were still in school your mother suggested that if we went to Bran Castle the boys would plan a separate trip that summer for themselves." she explains. I shake my head.
We talk about the Romania trip for a bit. It was getting late and they went home. I lean on Blaise all the way back to the hotel. "What were your final plans for the guy's trip?" I ask as I change for bed. He watches me carefully. "I may have finished them already." he answers slyly.
I turn to him. "You're not going to tell me?" I put my hands on my hips. He smiles. He gets ready for bed instead of saying anything. I mumble as I finish getting for ready bed. I slide into the bed and fall asleep.
I wake the next morning in Blaise's arms. I squirm trying to get out. His arms tighten around me. I stilled. "Stop playing around Blaise." I mutter. He groans and opens his eyes.
His eyes stare into mine. It felt like he was trying to tell me something. "Say it." I whisper. He kisses me. I could sense what he was trying to say. "What a lovely sentiment!" I purr.
He sighs contentedly. I put my head on his chest. He was muttering again. I look up. He was smiling with his eyes closed. I watch him closely. A thought popped up in my mind. I put my head against his neck. He falters temporarily. I press myself against him and wrap my arms around his waist. I could sense Blaise's smirk. His muttering stops instantly. I watch the sunrise.
I sit up and look at the clock. We still had time before our flight tonight. I stretch and begin to get out of bed. Blaise pulls me back down. "Are you being lazy on purpose?" I whisper in his ear. He nods.
I pick up a pillow and hit him with it. He groans. I hit him again. He growls and I grin happily. I raise the pillow to hit him again and he pins me to the bed. I smirk at him. "Aww. Look! Your fully awake. I thought you were asleep. Shame." I feign innocence.
He does not believe me one little bit nor did the growl coming from him stop. I kiss him. He stops growling and returns the kiss. I trail my hands down to his growing erection. He groans as my hand makes contact. I trail my hands along the length of it teasing him with every touch.
He thrusts his erection into my hand. Our kiss grew more passionate. I remove my hands temporarily from his erection to remove his shirt and mine. Before I could tease him again, he'd taken off his pants and my shorts. He slides my panties to the side and was teasing my entrance with the tip of his cock.
I whimper with need. He thrust inside of me with no warning. My head falls back and I gasp. He thrusts into me like there's no tomorrow. I cling to him and he kiss me. I lift my hips higher and roll them to meet his. My vision fills with stars. My orgasm racks my body.
Blaise was hitting my g spot purposefully and with perfect aim. I writhe beneath him as my orgasms hit me and he watches with lust filled eyes as I fall apart beneath him. I shudder as one orgasm ends and Blaise would hit me with another one. I look at him as he watches me. He attaches his mouth to my breast licking at my nipple until it hardens and turns and gives the same attention to the other too. I moan and press myself against him. He takes the hint.
I feel his thumb on my clit. I shiver. He puts my leg over his shoulder. My head falls back again and his lips find themselves on my exposed neck. I moan and feel his smirk on my neck. I whine as he pins my arms above my head. His other hand was on my hip holding me in place as he slammed into me. I look into his eyes getting ready to tell him off for pinning my arms when he hit my g spot and another orgasm hit me and my voice fails me.
He flips us over, so I was on top. I slide myself down his length automatically. I speed up clenching my walls around him. He played with my breasts as I ride him.
He picks me up, carries me to the bathroom, and places me on the cool countertop. I watch him breathlessly. He takes my hair out of its braided bun and unbraids it. He places my arms around his neck and kisses me.
He slides into me again. I angle my hips so he could slide in deeper. I moan into the kiss and he speed up. I gasp and whine as he stops and spins me around. I lay flat on the counter as he slams into me. He bentds over so his face was right next to my ear. He pulls my hips back into his. "Not fair." I moan. He kisses the sensitive spot on my neck and groans as he feels my walls tighten as my orgasm hits. I turn my head slightly to look up at him. I melt at his gaze.
I push my hips back to meet his. I feel him smack my ass. I smile and he lifts me up. I turn to face him. "Yes love." he murmurs. I hop onto him wrapping my legs around his waist. "You still won't tell me your winter trip plans?" I moan against his lips. He carries me over to the shower. "Of course, I'll tell you." he groans placing me against the wall. I smile. "I think I'll tell you after I get back from the trip." he thrusts up into me and stars explode into my vision.
At some point he turned the shower on. The water ran over us and he continues to ravage my body. I bite his lip gently as he slams into me. I shudder against him. He kisses a trail up my neck to my lips. I kiss him back with just as much passion as he does.
I pant as he thrusts into me. I bury my face in his neck. He sits on the tile floor of the shower. I no longer have my back on the wall. Blaise leans against the wall with me in his lap rolling my hips down with his hands.
I kiss his neck and all over his face. I feel him twitch inside me. I smirk. I slow my speed and he groans. I switch my speed from quick to slow teasing him. He nips at my neck. I force his face to mine and kissed him.
He smirks against the kiss. My hips were going at the pace he wanted again. I bend backwards over Blaise's legs. He traces his fingers over my tattoo and I give an involuntary shudder.
I whine weakly as he begins to run his fingers over my clit. I'd had so many orgasms already that I could barely think straight. He could sense it. I know he could. I sit up. He forces my hips down. I let him control the speed. Instead I focus on kissing him. I moan continuously into the kiss feeling his self-control waning.
He runs his hands through my hair. I stare into his eyes and press myself as close to him as I could. I clench my walls around him sliding up and down him not breaking eye contact. I gasp as my orgasm overtakes my senses, but I don't break eye contact.
I feel him explode inside me. I shudder as I felt his seed exit his erection and into me. His climax causes me to have another orgasm. We pant heavily staring into each other's eyes. He kisses me gently as our climaxes end. We sit there our arms wrapped around each other the shower water ran over us.
The water that ran over us was hot, but I still shivered. "One of these days I'm going to break that self-control of yours." I purr at him and he smirks. "You can try all you want love." he chuckles.
We shower quickly. He wraps me in a towel. I wash my face as he wrapped a towel around his waist. I comb my hair as I watch him pick out some clothes and put my hair into a high pony.
I purposely dress slowly. I could feel Blaise watching me. I shoot him a wink and he chuckles. I slide into a pair of skinny jeans and a crop top. I walk to the couch. I flip through the tv channels. I feel Blaise behind me. He kisses me lightly. "Teasing people is not nice." he growls.
I smirk. He tsks and kisses my nose. I watch him as he dresses. He points at the door signaling it was almost time to go. I put a pair of boots on. He'd already gathered and packed our things.
I slide over beside him. "Blaise? Why do you think I'm teasing you? I don't think I'm teasing you at all." I state as I slide on one of his jackets and cut the tv off.
I put on a pair of his sunglasses too. I look up at him. He was watching me with a mixture of adoration, confusion, and interest. He pulls me close to him. "Maybe I should just let you go shopping. You can't keep stealing my clothes. But then again… No. Never mind." he smiles and I melt. I walk to the door and he follows with a laugh. He adjusts the bags to one hand so he could wrap his other arm around me.
…The Winter Trips…
I gave mum the info we'd gathered over the weekend. I spend my free time split between Blaise, Mrs. Zabini, and mum. The dress was coming along beautifully. Mum, Mrs. Zabini, and grandma Rowell finished their tasks too quickly.
I task them with planning the final details of the winter trip and looking for possible wedding venues near vacationing hotels. I gasp in amazement as grandma Rowell shows me her progress with the bridesmaids' dresses.
They'd fit perfectly for every girl that was going to wear them. Mum clears her throat. She hides the dresses. Dad comes in the room having just come back from an assignment. I turn and hug him. He chuckles and hugs me back. "I have a question.", he starts, "What baker was it that had the moonshine cake?" Mum tsks disapprovingly. I told him. "Blaise wants to choose 4 different bakers." I inform him. He smiles gleefully. Aithne appears near dad and he jumps.
"Wow! I do believe this will be interesting." he murmurs. I poke him. I gasp and look at dad. "You've been talking to Blaise a lot lately. Do you know where the boys are going for their winter trip? Come on! You can tell me!" I beg him. Dad turns to look at mum. I whined, pouted, and even tried puppy dog eyes. "No! I absolutely cannot!", he half-scolded half-scoffs at me as he runs from the room. I pout at the door he'd gone through.
"At least you tried. I still haven't gotten a single detail out of him." mum sighs sadly her expression identical mine. Izzy joins us when she was done with work. I show her the bridesmaids dress she'd be wearing. The adult women were off planning their trip.
"Have you and Charlie made any progress?" I ask her in Chinese. She looks around before hitting me playfully. "Maybe at the wedding you guys will hit that phase." I continue hopefully. Izzy began counting back from ten. I run from the room with her chasing me. I slide into the living room. I run into the backyard. She chases me around for hours. I collapse onto a chair in the backyard.
The planning continued to go well. The months of October and November passed quickly. I'd already packed for my trip to France. The younger ones in school would be meeting us at the airport.
Izzy takes my bags to the other girl's place. Blaise had asked me to come over before I went over. I knock on his door. He opens it quickly. I slide into his place and he closes the door. He was all packed. I eye his bags hoping a hint would pop out. He steps deliberately into my line of sight. I pout at him. "You won't tell me. Dad won't say a damned thing. The other girl's have had no luck getting your winter trip plans out of the others?" I complain.
He hugs me. I hesitate for a second then hug him back. "Don't get yourself in trouble love." he mumbles in my ear. I nod. "What'd you take?" he asks with a laugh. "How about I tell you when you tell me where you are going?!" I respond. He smiles and went to collect his bags. I sneak off to his room. I grab another one of his jackets. I slide it on as I walk out of the room.
He scoffs. "Take it off." he orders. I raise an eyebrow at him suggestively and purr. He shakes his head looking very flustered. I take my chance and head to the door. I hear him follow me and close and lock the door behind us. He headed downstairs with me. I kiss him goodbye and he went to Draco's flat with the other boys. I apparate to Hermione and the other girl's house. I knock on the door and hear their excited voices.
Ginny throws the door open. She drags me in, and I'm enveloped in a giant hug from the girls. They pull me further into the house to the kitchen. We eat and chat about the trip. Hermione and Ginny complain that Izzy has seen the bridesmaid's dresses.
"Ah, but that came at a cost." I inform them. They looked at Izzy who blushed. "That can be your wedding gift to me." I tell her in Chinese and wink. She throws a doughnut at me. I giggle as I duck. We chatted until the early morning then make our way to the airport.
I breathe in the crisp winter air of France. Rochelle arrived a few hours before us. She runs towards me. I hug her tightly. I introduce her to the rest. We went to the hotel. The other girls would be flying in tomorrow. Rochelle and the other girls get to know each other. "How are you and Charlie?" Rochelle asks Izzy innocently. Izzy hits me with a pillow.
"What'd I do?" I gasp. I'd been changing and quite frankly minding my own business. She pouts and turns away. "You seemed the proper person to hit." she states. We shift the topic to work for Izzy's sake. The next morning, I wake early and get dressed. We head to the airport. We were all yawning still tired. The first to show up was Ava, Mya, Adaya, Aderyn, Jessica, Angelina, Astoria, Odeya, Kacela, Alexis and Anna. Aithley was dropped off by her parents before they left with Adrian.
We wait patiently for the others who were slightly late. Then I hear the squeals of Ortensia, Elda, Byanca, and Neryssa. I jump up. They hug me. I introduce everyone quickly. We went to the hotel to drop everyone's belongings off. Then we went out for breakfast. Everyone got to know each other. We went to Cassis for the day. I took many pictures. We went shopping and exploring. The food was divine.
The next day we went to Blois. We even went to Beaune and Colmar. Everyone was sleeping soundly after another long day of fun. I walk to the terrace. I went through the photos we'd taken. Ginny and Luna join me yawning and still tired. "What are you doing out here?" Luna yawns.
I shrug and hold up the camera. Before I could speak Agni appears. I unties the note and read it as Agni disappears. I turn to investigate the room. Neryssa was pretending to be asleep, Rhys flying over to sleep with the other phoenixes. Blaise sent me a note telling me to go to sleep. I show it to the other two and pointed to Neryssa. We laughed lightly and headed in to go to sleep.
The next morning, I wake to find Neryssa and Ginny in conversation. I stretch and sit up. I shower and dress. I emerge from the bathroom. Luna and Aderyn were still asleep. I crawl across their bed. "Wake up!" I screech playfully. They groan. I cuddle up against them and poke them until they got up. We hear a knock on the door and Ortensia enters followed closely by Jessica and Elda. "Is everyone awake?!" Ortensia asks playfully. I sit up and Elda rushed over.
"You do have a tattoo!" she squeals. My shirt had risen enough to see it. "Who told you? Rochelle or Cianna!" I question. She shrugs and slides from the bed.
I follow and we wait for the others to get dressed. We went to Amboise, Honfleur, and Josselin. I didn't want to go to sleep I wanted to explore more. Then the adventurous sides to everyone began to slowly show. Of course, we'd told our families we would stay out of trouble but when Ortensia recanted the story of the treasure hunt we went on, the shivers of anticipation rolled through everyone.
"Do you think they'll get mad when they find out what we've done?" Astoria asks shivering. I knew she was referring to the guys. I shiver thinking of Blaise's anger when I drank. I push the memories from my mind.
We pack and went to the airport. We land in New York. We head to Niagara Falls. It was gorgeous. We went skydiving to see the beauty of the landscape below. I went ice skating with Angelina, Adaya, Odeya, Rochelle, and Elda while the others shop in New York. I laugh jovially as Adaya and Rochelle fall. I spin lightly across the ice.
I take photos of the girls as they sat on Santa's lap. We snicker quietly when Luna told him to be aware of Wrackspurts on his journey. I slide into the warm waters of the bath at the spa we were staying at. I play with the rose petals and oils I'd added to the water. It was a glorious bath. I wrap myself in the fluffy robe available and join the others in our suite. I collapse onto the bed with Ginny, Astoria, and Aithley on it. They laugh. "Where are we going next?" Aithley asks. I hit her lightly with a pillow.
We went to Hawaii for the rest of the trip. We swim with the tropical fish, whale watched, star gaze, hike, surfed, and visit volcanoes. I got a message from Mrs. Zabini wondering where we were at in our trip, but I merely tell her we are in a spa called PARADISE. It made the others laugh as I sent the note back with Vesta.
