Catherine woke up. She looked over at the clock on the side of Gil's bed and smiled. It was 9:24. The latest Catherine had ever slept. Living in a house with Alison and her daughter meant waking up early and going to bed late. Her back was pressed tightly against Gil's chest. She jumped as she felt his hand travel from her stomach to her thigh.
"Good morning..." Catherine said smirking.
"Hmm. What time is it?"
"It's 9:24. What? Did I wake up too early for you?"
"No. You woke up too late." Gil said sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
"Well... what time do you wake up on your days off?"
"About 6."
"Whoa! Gil... if you're going to be my boyfriend... you gotta learn to sleep in late." Gil reached in the back of him and grabbed a pillow. He lightly threw it at Catherine and hit her in the head.
"YOU can go back to sleep... I'm going make breakfast."
"Oh! I'm coming! I wanna help!" Catherine said jumping out of the bed and running to the door before Gil could even put on his robe. "Wait. You cook in a robe?"
"Ugh..."
"Oh God. Take it off!" Catherine said loudly and walking towards him slowly. Gil laughed and shook his head.
"I don't parade around the house half naked, Cath."
"Well look at me!" Catherine said pointing to her shirt.
"...Good point." Gil tugged his robe off and chased Catherine down the stairs. She smiled and ran to the window. She sighed as she saw Eddie's car was still in Alison's driveway.
"Hey! Gil?"
"Yeah?" Catherine walked in the kitchen to find him digging in his fridge for something to cook. She jumped up on his counter and moved her feet back and forth.
"Can we go shopping?"
"Shopping?" Gil said with a questioning look.
"Yeah. Shopping. I need a new swim suit. That party's today. I hope you didn't forget..."
"No. I didn't forget..."
"Well... You're still coming, aren't you?"
"Of course... but..."
"But what?" Catherine said with a sad voice. She pouted her lips and gave him wide eyes. He stopped what he was doing, kissed her, and started cooking again.
"I'm going with you. No matter what."
"Yay! Thank you, Gil."
"But Cath... I'm on call..."
"Yeah. Yeah. I know. So when are we leaving?"
"Whenever you want..."
Lynn and Brent looked out of the window to see Eddie had pulled in their driveway again. Lynn turned to Brent and sighed.
"When is Mr. Eddie going to leave? If Ms. Catherine sees him in our driveway, she might not want to come to the party."
"Well Lynn... if Ms. Catherine doesn't come, she doesn't come. But she promised your mom and I that she would. So let's hope she makes it."
"Can't we get him to leave?" Brent heard Alison in the kitchen and got off of the couch.
"Ali?"
"Yeah, Brent?"
"Ed's in the driveway again..."
"Son of a bitch! When will he ever learn?"
"Give me the phone..."
"What are you doing?"
"Calling the police..." Alison handed him the phone and walked outside. Eddie's head suddenly turned as he watched Alison, in a red bikini, walk out and stand infront of his car.
"Eddie! Go home!"
"Not until Catherine comes back!"
"When will you learn! She's not COMING back!"
"What?"
"She moved." Alison lied. She knew she would regret it if Eddie found out, but right now, she wanted him off her property and away from her family.
"She... moved?"
"Yeah. She moved. I don't know where, either."
"You lieing bitch!" Alison held her breath. "You know damn well where she is!"
"Eddie... go home!"
"Where is she? Tell me where she is and I'll go home..."
"She went back to Montana, Eddie. She's gone. Forget about her!" Eddie started up his car and drove off to pack his bags. Alison walked back inside the house. "Call off the cops. He's gone."
"How?"
"I told him she moved back to Montana..."
"Ali..."
"I know! I know. Let's just hope he doesn't find out..."
"Cath! Come on... I don't wanna go in there!" Gil pulled his arm back as Catherine dragged him inside the mall.
"Stop being such a baby! We're in ... we're out. It's that simple."
"To you maybe..."
"It's just the mall!"
"Okay! I'll go! But I'm not going to like it!"
"Okay Gil. Sure." Gil caught up with Catherine as she walked through the crowds of people to get to the store that had her perfect swim suit. He grabbed her hand as they got closer to the store. "Hey... Gil. Help me choose one."
"Just... just find one you like and let's go."
"Oh come on. Look. I'll buy one that's your favorite color. What's your favorite color?"
"I have too many favorite colors... now let's go."
"Oh come on!"
"Okay. Brown." Catherine looked around and found a brown swim suit. She held it up and turned it to where she saw the back. It had butterflies on the top and bottom piece of the swim suit.
"Gil. You like this one?" Gil stopped and looked back at Catherine.
"I love it. Now let's buy it and get out of ..."
"I gotta try it on first. Come on..."
"But..." She grabbed his hand and ran to the dressing room.
"Okay. You wait here... and I'll be quick. I promise." He stood outside of her dressing room and waited for her to come out. He looked down at his watch when he heard the door open. He looked up and his jaw dropped. She was beautiful. It didn't matter what she had on, to Gil... she was the most beautiful thing. She smiled and waved her hand. "I take it you like it?"
"I... I love it."
"Good... Now. We've gotta find you one, too."
"Cath... no. I refuse."
"Well it's a POOL party. People get in the POOL because that's where the PARTY is." Catherine paid for her suit and went look at some other suits for Gil.
"I've got a swim suit at my house. Now lets get out of here before..."
"GIL!" A lady holding a few shopping bags ran over to Gil and smiled at him. "Gil! God! It's been so long!" Catherine was looking at some clothes until she heard Gil's name come out of another woman's mouth. She walked up besides Gil and smiled at the lady across from her.
"Oh. Um... Sara, this is Catherine. Catherine Willows, my girlfriend." Sara's face dropped. She forced a smile and shook Catherine's hand.
"Nice to meet you, Sara." Catherine said smirking.
"Um... nice to meet you too, Catherine." Sara looked back and started backing up. "Well ugh... I have to go. Nice seeing you Gil, and nice meeting you, Catherine!"
"Bye Sara!" Catherine waved and Gil nodded his head. Catherine waited until Sara was gone to turn to Gil and give him a mean glare. "Who was that?"
"Catherine! I swear. That's a former classmate of mine. I wanted to leave because..."
"Oh my God. You should've seen your face. You looked so horrified!" Catherine said dropping her swim suit and laughing in the process. Gil sighed and laughed at himself. He helped Catherine off of the ground and walked out of the store.
Hehe tbc...