A/N: Hello! Thanks to ALL who sent reviews! There were so many, well , iono if their were , but! Anyways, "Jules" is in honor of one of my favorite characters in "Bend it Like Beckham", if you have ever seen that movie! Oh, I am taking offers, if anyone would like to co-write a fanfic my email address is in my profile! I am thinking of wrapping up some of my- well nvm, but yes I would like to co-write with pretty much anybody.
Disclaimer: I wish I wish upon a star…
Spoilers: Slight Bete Noire
13 Hours Later
It was about 4 p.m. when they finally pulled into what, Tony called "insufferable suburbia."
"I thought, you grew up in huge, rich, neighborhoods." Kate said looking at him puzzled.
"I did, hence where my mom met all her rich friends, who were all into the big "French" movement, passing on the obsession to my mother, and Hence, my Bete Noire." Tony said all in one breath, exhaling deeply.
"Ahh, I see. It's all coming together now," Kate said smiling as she lifted Cali out of the car.
They walked up to the front of their new "house" Kate thought of it as more of a mansion, but it was a little cul-de-sac on the beach, so she wasn't complaining.
"Wow, our 'movers' sure brought a lot of stuff." Kate said, looking around at the white suede couches, and silver coffee table, and lamps, chandeliers, and a huge entertainment centre.
"Oh, my god, Tony, look at the TV!" Kate said. She had seen plasmas before, but this 90 in. took up most of the wall.
Tony came into the living room holding a bag of Cheeto's he had found in the pantry.
"Alright Kate, ya got me, this is all just some elaborate scam to get me my early birthday present isn't it?" he said grinning and putting his arm around her. He vaulted the couch, flipped on the TV and cried, "Yeah, Baby, Dish in HDTV!"
Kate rolled her eyes, "Do you wanna go see your room?" She said crouching down to Cali's level, where the girl was struggling to see over the ginormous couch.
"Yeah!" the girl cried racing Kate up the very contemporary silver spiral staircase, luckily the actual steps were covered in white carpet though, because about half way up, Cali slipped. Kate held her breath as she waited for the cry of pain, but Cali just laughed and kept running. Kate exhaled, determined to protect this girl, from anything, a psycho murderer to skinned knees.
They got up to the bedrooms, where, cold and heartless the government may have seemed, they certainly went over the top in the bedrooms, Cali squealed with joy at the sight of her lush purple princess room. She ran to the toy box, that was full of dress up clothes, high heels, and fake tiaras. Kate laughed as the little girl tried on one of the tiara's and stood up on the bed pretending to rule over her vast, 12 ft by 10 ft kingdom.
She let Cali play, telling her that Dinner would be ready in about an hour, and that Daddy would be downstairs, and she was gonna go look at the other rooms. Cali nodded turning around to look at herself in the full size stand alone mirror. Kate smiled and went to go check out the other rooms.
She walked the hall to find the master bedroom. It was huge. That was probably an understatement, but it was decorated with a Chinese rainforest-y theme, with bamboo lamps, and even a wrought iron ball fountain, with gold Chinese symbols etched on it. Kate loved it. She went to make sure Tony was still downstairs, then ran and jumped onto the huge bed. Laughing at how bouncy it was, she laid there for a couple of minutes, hen ventured into the bathroom attached, She gasped at the huge Jacuzzi, and shower. She went back to lay back down on her huge bed. Thinking about all the stuff that had happened in the past 24 hours.
'Cause you can't jump
the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an
hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button,
girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just
breathe,
Kate laid there, planning on what to make for dinner, when lack of sleep overtook her…
2 hrs later
Kate woke up to the tasteful aroma of cooking pasta. 'Oh, crap, I forgot about dinner.' Kate said rubbing her eyes.
She walked down stairs and into the kitchen to see Tony taste testing his Alfredo sauce.
"Hey there sleepyhead, took ya long enough Gigi, here was staring to get hungry, so I told her I would make dinner. It took her the longest time to get the fact that Chicken Alfredo isn't Chicken covered in snot." Tony said stirring the pasta, and turning the heat off.
"Thanks for making dinner, that bed is just so big and comfy. Too bad I won't get to sleep in it though." Kate said in a bummed voice.
"GIA!" Tony called "TIME TO EAT!"
Kate looked at him with a disapproved frown on her face. "Tony you could just go get her, instead of waking the dead, by yelling," Kate said, looking now out the kitchen window and straight onto the beach. People were starting to gather their stuff, except one who was laying on his stomach trying to tan, or at least that's what Kate guessed. It seemed pointless to her, because the sun was starting to set, she snapped back as she noticed that Tony had said something…
"…and anyways, what do you mean you won't get to sleep in it?" He asked.
"Uh, Tony no offense, we are soo not sleeping together." Kate said taking a bite of her Alfredo, once Cali and him had sat down. "I'm going to be occupying the couch, and you can have the bed." She said matter -of- factly.
"Nooo no no, you are not sleeping on the couch."
"Yes I am,"
"No, I am."
"I Don't think so," Kate said.
"Don't be ridiculous, How can you protect Gia if you're all the way downstairs? I'm sleeping on the couch." He retorted.
"No, you're not, you'll screw your back, I however am perfectly limber, and flexible, and it will not pain me what so ever to sleep on the couch," Kate said.
"I am sleeping on the couch, and that's the end of it okay?" Tony asked cocking an eyebrow.
Meanwhile Cali, who had been watching them bicker back and forth like a tennis match, finally interrupted as Tony was about to start saying something about the couch, and something to do with the TV when…
"I have an idea! Now listen close here's a big concept…ready?" she asked in a sarcastic as a 5 year old voice can get, " Why don't you flip back and forth?" she said.
Kate and Tony looked at each other, embarrassed that they hadn't thought of that.
And with that settled, Dinner went on.
1 ½ hrs. later
Kate sighed as she tucked in Cali, the girl had finally gone to bed, when she had sent Tony out to take out the trash. He had kept playing with her, so she wouldn't go to bed.
"Kate, I Miss my mommy," Cali said out of the blue.
"I know you do sweetheart, but remember, you can't call me Kate any more okay?"
"Yeah, I know…" the girl said fingering a blanket she had found in her closet. "Goodnight Mama," she said closing her eyes and turning over. Kate walked to the door, and turned out the light.
" 'Night Giana," She said quietly as she walked down the hall. Tony had started one of his favorite movies, Fight Club, after he had tried to start it when Cali had been awake. She had chewed his ear off good that time. So he had started it again. She wasn't really in the mood for a "macho" movie, so she went out to the deck, lit some citronella tiki torches, and sat in one of the deck chairs. Her face darkened as her eyes moved from the gorgeous sky, to the ocean, to the beach. That same man was there Sitting up. In the same spot. He was wearing a black tank top, and orange swim trunks. It was pretty dark, and she couldn't see very much of him. He was pretty buff, and had a tattoo of some kind of symbol, it was too dark to tell what. She guessed he was probably some Mexican illegal immigrant. No, what bothered her, was that he was wearing sunglasses—at night. She frowned, trying to get a better look at his face, and then he turned. Turned so that she couldn't see his face at all now!
"Jackass," she muttered, before getting up. She turned to go back into the house and ran straight into …
"AHHHH Omigod! Tony! Don't DO that!" She yelled holding a hand on her chest. Her heart was beating about 1000 miles a minute.
Tony chuckled, "Whose a jackass Jules?"
"What? No one," she lied. She didn't want them both to freak out over some Mexican stargazer.
"Wanna watch a movie?" he asked as they walked inside. Tony locking the door behind him.
"I thought you were watching Fight Club." Kate said getting some water out of the refrigerator.
"Nah, I've seen in it too many times in the past day or so." He said grinning.
"Sure, what do you wanna watch?" She asked.
"You pick."
"Really?"
"Really Really,"
"Okay, how about, 10 things I hate about you?" She said.
"Ouch, K-Jules, that hurts." He said feigning pain.
"No the movie dodo head." She said as she walked out to the DVD player.
"Okay fine."
After the movie was over Tony smiled, Kate had fallen asleep on his lap.
He decided to carry her upstairs, he tucked her gently into bed, smiling as she turned over, snorting a little.
