A/N: four reviews in less then twenty four hours! Thats a first for me! Well I'd like to say thank you to the following reviewers (if you've reviewed and your name isn't there then I probably haven't gotten it yet);
l2uly -- Thank you! As for your question... Well, you're just going to have to wait and see.
tegan new -- Thank you! (I'm not being very creative hear am I?)
Sister-Rosette-Christopher -- Thank you! (Same two words again...) As you can see, I have!
iceboltmage -- Once more, thank you! And I did!
Chrono opened the door to Rosette's room, intent on waking her up. It had only been three days since Draco arrived at the Order and already Chrono was in the lead – though he knew full well that he was far from winning her hand. Still, he was fairly confidant that he would get what he was aiming for. As long as Rosette didn't find out. Then he could have a problem.
Chrono had decided after the fiasco of his first attempt at wooing her that he would be himself and just make it clear that he wanted to marry her. Unfortunately she was missing his every hint. Which was surprising when you consider the fact that he had kissed her back on Edan...
He crept up to the still sleeping and unsuspecting girl. Slipping an arm under her knees and the other under her shoulders he lifted her effortlessly. He usually had to drop her into the pond outside her window to wake her up. She's a heavy sleeper. It's not as bad as it sounds; her room's on the first floor.
Besides, it's her fault for ignoring me when I'm trying to get her up.
As petty as it sounded he was right, she deliberately ignores him when he tries to get her up – unless there's mission, then she gets up at record speeds. Just as he was about to head over to the window Rosette did something surprising; she grabbed onto his shirt and brought her head up to the crock of his neck. He blushed. She murmured a name.
That Priest is going to die. He snarled in the confines of his own mind.
Tromping angerly over to the window he dropped her out of it. He forgot what her grip is like. Splash.
"Iz zis how you vake her up?" A German accented voice asked when they surfaced, coughing.
The two exorcists looked over and found Satella, Joshua and Floret standing beside the pond staring at them with raised eyebrows.
"Usually." He conceded, "She's pretty hard to wake up in the morning, or anytime for that matter..."
The blond nun climbed back into her room through the window, demanding, "Whadda want?"
"Vell, your brozer called me and told me vhat iz going on. I had to zee zis Draco for my zelf." The jewel summoner answered as Rosette closed the curtains and started getting dressed.
While the nun got dressed in silence Chrono pulled himself out of the cold water.
"You look like a drowned rat!" Joshua told the purple haired devil laughingly.
Said devil gave the boy a sour look. Sighing he went off to get some dry clothes. Joshua watched him go with a smile. Two weeks ago they had defeated Aion and gotten Joshua back along with Chrono's horns. The Apostle of Hope had been very angry with Chrono at first for making the Contract with his sister, but then Rosette had had a... Talk... With him. He and Chrono had worked out the rest between them and now they were friends again. The Sinner was in his sealed form only because Rosette had been getting very nervous around him when he wasn't.
Some Sisters had gotten Chrono to help them with the cleaning. Or, more accurately, they had gotten him to clean the places they couldn't reach since he was fairly tall when he wasn't altering his form. They had kept giggling about something while he was cleaning. He had just ignored it as best he could and gotten the cleaning done as fast as possible. But they kept finding something that they needed him to do. By nine o'clock he'd had enough. He didn't realize it, but he still hadn't shifted into his smaller form.
On his way to the Elder's hut he noticed that Rosette had fallen asleep under the tree beside the pond outside her window. He smiled fondly. She hadn't done that since she'd been a trainee.
He walked over to her silently, noting that Draco was heading towards her from a different direction. They reached her at the same time. They stared each other down. Draco was fully aware of what Chrono was, but, surprisingly, he held no fear of him. After several minutes Chrono decided that he was being childish and broke the glare off. Draco took it as a surrender and scooped Rosette up. He had no idea the forces he was playing with. Without meaning to, or realizing that he'd done it, Chrono dropped his Human guise and started growling at the impudent whelp. In a burst of speed to fast for Rosette's betrothed to follow, Chrono snatched the girl from his arms and held her close. Giving the boy a murderous glare he headed to the girls' wing.
As soon as Chrono's glare was off of him Draco fell down onto his rump.
If looks could kill... He thought warily.
Anna opened the door for him. He stepped in with a "thank-you," only to get an absent "Uh-huh."
He glanced over his shoulder at the red haired, blushing girl.
"Uh, Anna...?" He questioned quietly.
"Oh! Right!" She exclaimed in a whisper, "Sorry..." She added sheepishly and closed the door.
He briefly wondered at her behavior, but disregarded it and didn't notice that Rosette had woken up.
Just as he was about to put Rosette on her bed she latched onto his shirt.
Not again... He thought despondently.
Instead of burying her face in the crook of his neck like she had done that morning she nuzzled his chest. He blushed. Her hand let go his shirt and gently slid up to his shoulder and found it's way to the side of his neck and from there to his sensitive ear. She started delicately playing with it. He broke out into a sweat as hot and and cold waves washed through his body. Unable to hold it in, he whimpered. It wasn't that it hurt, or was even uncomfortably, the exact opposite in fact. It felt very, very, very good.
Steeling himself, he leaned over to set her on the bed. Then she made a sound that stopped him dead.
Humans don't purr... He thought incredulously, At least I don't think they do...
He couldn't keep the thought. She was still playing with his ear. With a little shifting around on her part, and no resistance on his, she was kneeling on the bed pressed up against him. He groaned. Rosette coaxed him onto the bed and got him to lay down. That done, she settled down next to him and went back to sleep.
Chrono wasn't quite sure what had happened or how to respond. But he did know two things, One) tomorrow morning was going to be... Interesting... And probably violent and hazardous to his health and two) he really needed a cold shower.
Father Remington was going over the results of Rosette's medical checkup as he always did, still looking for the same thing. The thing Mary Magdalena had told him about. And it had just come. He smiled.
"Is it her Time?" Joshua asked curiously.
He knew about it as well and was waiting for Remington to tell him yay or nay.
"It has." The minister answered.
They shared a smile.
"Think we should feel sorry for Chrono?" The boy asked.
"That depends on whether or not he resists."
"True."
They grinned wickedly.
A/N: dontcha just feel sorry for poor Chrono?
I'm so mean...
Yes I will explain what's going on with Rosette.
P.S. Before you go don't forget to click the little button labeled "go"! I wanna to hear from you guys!
