This is something I had been working on with a friend a few years back. Watching the two movies, we began wondering what it would be like if Catherine and Annabelle had met. I came across it while going through some files on my computer, and have been on the fence about posting it, and it's still a work in progress so be gentle, and I hope you enjoy.


It had been 2 months since graduation, since she was free from that school. Not a day went by that Simone didn't cross her mind. She didn't understand why she wasn't taking her calls. 'Maybe that was part of the deal'. Shaking her head to try and get the thoughts out, she glanced in the mirror. She needed a change, somewhere far away from the memories LA held. She had applied at a few colleges, being accepted to a school in Bloomington, Indiana, deciding that just might be far enough away. She had read online, that they had one of the best psychology departments in the country, for a smaller school, which is what prompted Annabelle to apply there. Tossing a few more things in her bag, she smiled as she heard the knock on the door. "Annie, the cars here"

"thanks dad, I'm almost ready" she smiled

"I'll be downstairs" she smiled as she zipped her bag. Swinging her backpack over her shoulder and grabbing her other suitcase she took one more look around her room. The room she had been in since moving to this house when she was 4, minus her year away at Saint Theresa's. She turned around and shut the door, making her way down the stairs "are you sure you don't want us to ride with?"

"no dad, I'm good"

"alright honey, let us know when you land, so we know you got there safe"

"thanks dad" she said going in for a hug "I love you daddy"

"love you too baby girl, have a safe trip" she smiled and went to her mother

"Anna" she said in her stern voice "behave"

"I will mom, I promise"

"I'm not going to be able to help you in Indiana"

"I know mom, I promise I won't do anything to get into trouble, at least too much" her thoughts went to Simone again, shaking her head she needed to get out of this town. She gave her parents another quick hug and headed out to the car that was waiting. Thoughts of Simone clouded her mind as the car made its way to the airport. Pulling up outside the airport she thanked the driver and headed inside. Falling asleep on the flight, she dreamt about Simone, waking up to the pilot saying they were about to land. Turning on her phone once they were told they could she was hoping she'd see something from Simone, but nothing came, like so many times in the past 2 months. Biting down the disappointment, she got up and retrieved her bag from the overhead bin and made her way out of the plane.

Walking through the campus, making her way to the dorms she watched the faces pass her by. Seeing no one she recognized, made her smile, no one knew her here. Taking a deep breath, she had decided to try hard and not think of Simone, although it was hard, she came all this way to try and forget her. Finding her dorm, she looked at her phone, seeing she had some time before having to meet the dean, to set her schedule, she started to unpack. Coming across a picture of her with Kristen and Collins, she smiled, of all the things she missed most, it was these two girls. She had gotten together with them a few times since school had gotten out. She placed the picture on her desk, noting the time, she grabbed her bag and headed out. Making her way back through campus, looking around trying to find her way, it took her a bit to find the right building. "this place is huge compared to Saint Theresa's" she said to herself once she found the right building.

"Annabelle Tillman" she heard a voice say as she stood up "that's me" she smiled

"please come with me" the lady said as she led Annabelle down a hallway. "I'm Professor Samuels, Professor Haacht is expecting you" she said as they stopped outside the office "you can go on in"

"thank you" Annabelle smiled, as she made her way through the door

"hello, Annabelle" Professor Haacht said with a smile, as Annabelle smiled "please have a seat while I pull up your file" he turned towards his computer. Just then there was a knock at the door.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt, I just wanted to drop off the 209 syllabus" Annabelle heard the sexy voice say, as she turned to see who the voice belonged to, being awe struck.

"longest wait list in the whole department, I don't know how you do it Stark" Haacht said taking the papers from her

"thank you" she said turning to Annabelle as they locked eyes they both smiled. Later Annabelle would find out that the sexy woman in the office that day was psychology Professor Catherine Stark, notorious for sleeping with her female students. She didn't have her class, at least this semester, but she soon would, seeing she was taking psych as her major.

Standing outside her Professors office waiting to talk to him, she saw the woman from the dean's office, she had a pile of books and was struggling trying to balance them and unlock the door to her office. "here let me help you" Annabelle said taking some of the books off the top.

"thanks" Catherine said as she finally got to her keys and got the door unlocked. Annabelle found herself checking her out, her voice just as sexy as her body. They engaged in a bit of small talk but Annabelle had to go, she still needed to talk to her professor. Catherine stood at her desk, wondering who that not so shy girl was. She hadn't expected to find someone so soon. She had to find out who this girl was. Making it a point, to keep an eye out in her classes the next few days, to see if maybe she could find her. With no luck in any of her classes, she remembered that the mixer was on Friday, she relaxed a little knowing that since she was in Haacht's office she'd have to be there, everyone who was taking psychology was required to attend. She just had to wait 2 days, she smiled to herself.

Annabelle awoke on Friday morning, not having any classes, she decided to get some coffee and take a stroll around town. She had nowhere to be until the afternoon, when she had the mixer. Walking through campus she couldn't help but think of Professor Stark. She wasn't Simone, but she sure had all the right qualities. Simone, she shook her head, she hadn't thought about her much in the last few days, which was exactly what she was trying to do by coming here. Looking around, she smiled, for the first time in 3 months. She was seeing things through new eyes. Thinking about the book Simone had given her, the quote that was in the front "the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" she said out loud, luckily no one was around to hear her. "new landscapes sure do help though" she whispered and smiled.

"hey Annabelle" she heard from behind her, turning around she saw a girl from her study group, the same girl who told her all about Professor Stark

"hi" she tried hard but she couldn't for the life of her remember her name "I'm sorry I'm horrible with names"

"it's ok, I'm Racheal"

"I'm sorry Racheal, I'll remember it now" she smiled

"are you going to the mixer"

"yup"

"good at least I'll know someone there" Racheal smiled "so what you up to?"

"just taking a walk, trying to get familiar with my surroundings" 'and trying not to think about my, what should she call Simone, they weren't together, so she couldn't say her ex' shaking the thought away

"are you ok?"

"yes, I'm fine" Annabelle let out a chuckle "I've just got a lot on my mind"

"you're from LA right?"

"yeah" she rolled her eyes "I graduated from an all-girls catholic school" 'which I almost got kick out of for having an affair with my teacher'

"sorry, but you don't seem like the catholic school type"

"I got into some trouble and my mom sent me there, in hopes that it would straighten me out. Lucky enough for us both, it worked" 'had more to do with Simone than the school'

"that's good, so what brings you all the way out here?"

"I heard the psych classes were good, that and I needed a change of scenery"

"I know that feeling, although I'd end up in LA" Racheal laughed

"well, when you're from there you have a different point of view"

"I guess so" she smiled "would you mind some company on your walk?"

"I'd love some" Annabelle smiled as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, pulling it out she didn't expect what she saw, clearing her throat "I'm sorry I have to take this" she gave Racheal a sad face and walked away, shaking she hit the answer button "hello" hoping the caller couldn't hear how nervous she was.

"Annabelle"

"Simone" Annabelle said in almost a whisper

"I, I'm calling to say I'm sorry for the way I have been acting" Annabelle didn't say anything she didn't know what to say, she'd been trying for 2 months before she left to get Simone to talk to her, and now she was across the country. "are you still there?"

"yes"

"can we meet up? I'd like to talk"

"um" Annabelle looked around "I don't think that's possible"

"why not? You've been after me since you graduated to talk to you, and now I finally want to and you're"

"Simone, I'm in Indiana"

"Indiana? What the hell are you doing there?"

"going to college" Annabelle made her way over to an empty bench and sat down putting her head in her free hand

"what in the hell made you want to attend college in Indiana" Annabelle didn't say anything she just let Simone answer her own question "me" she whispered

"yeah" Annabelle took a deep breath "look Simone, I loved you, I still love you, but you gave me no choice but to leave, I waited for you, thinking maybe we could have something"

"Annabelle, it's not that easy, I lost everything when we got caught"

"and that's all my fault"

"no, I'm not saying that, I just" Simone fell silent "look I'm sorry it took me so long to contact you. I miss you"

"don't"

"when will you be back?" she asked not finding the answer she was looking for when Annabelle said, "four years when I'm done with college" there was silence on the line, before Annabelle heard the line break and the phone beeped that the call was ended. "fucking great" Annabelle said almost throwing her phone on the ground. She sat there for a few moments trying to regain her emotions. Finally, she stood up and headed back to her dorm. Seeing Racheal up ahead "hey Racheal" she called to get her attention

"hey"

"sorry about back there, it was a really important call, but um, I'm gonna have to take a rain check on our walk"

"oh ok" Racheal looked at her "is everything ok?"

"yes, thank you" Annabelle said not making eye contact with her "hey I'll catch you at the mixer, I have to get going"

"ok" Racheal said, Annabelle could tell she was wondering what was going on, but she just didn't know Racheal well enough to trust her, at least yet. She gave her a smile and waved as she made her way back to her dorm, hoping her roommate wasn't there, sure enough she was alone, she threw herself down on the bed and buried her head in her pillow as the flood gates opened. Once she was finally cried out, she lifted her head from the pillow, seeing the picture of Collins and Kristen on the desk, she smiled "why the hell am I letting her get to me? I'm Annabelle Tillman, I'm stronger than this" she stood up grabbed her bathroom bag and headed towards the dorm bathroom to freshen up.

Catherine was nervously waiting for the mixer to begin. She was standing in her office checking herself in the mirror one last time before she headed down. Engaging in conversations with fellow professors, she caught a glimpse of the girl she couldn't keep off her mind. Seeing she was talking to a few of her friends, Catherine kept her distance, talking to several of her other colleagues, once they walked away Catherine saw she was alone, and noticed that the girl was headed her way. Just at that time Professor Sanders decided she needed Catherine's advice on something rather redundant, in Catherine's opinion. Once she was finally out of Catherine's hair, she looked around seeing that the girl had disappeared behind the rock wall. Looking around to make sure no one was watching her she made her way around the rocks. Catherine found her sitting on one of the rocks smoking. "you know smoking isn't allowed on this part of the campus" she said in her stern voice

"oh, um, sorry" Annabelle said going to put it out

"I'm just fucking with you, go ahead and finish it" Catherine smiled sitting down next to Annabelle "I don't think we've been formally introduced" she reached out her hand "Catherine Stark"

"Annabelle Tillman" 'ah Annabelle, now she had a name to go with the face'

"so why are you hiding back here?"

"I wanted to smoke" Annabelle held up her cigarette, Catherine nodded. All this reminded Annabelle of spring break when Simone found her sitting on a blanket in the grass, right before Annabelle talked her into leaving the campus.

"so, Annabelle, where are you from?"

"LA" Annabelle replied putting out her smoke and taking a drink, as she set her cup down on the ground she looked up into Catherine's eyes. Catherine felt her hesitation, and smiled, her seductive smile, as Annabelle leaned in, she was surprised Catherine didn't pull back and tell her no. Instead she reached her arm around Annabelle's neck and pulled her in. Pulling away, both women could barely breathe, "do you want to come back to my place" Catherine whispered, out of breath, she never had a kiss take her breath away before.

"yes" Annabelle said not even giving it a second thought. As Catherine reached for her hand, she was surprised to feel a spark, as her phone started vibrating in her pocket. She pulled it out with her free hand and silenced it.

"you need to take that"

"nope" she shoved it back in her pocket "let's go" she smiled letting Catherine lead the way.

Catherine led Annabelle into her bedroom, Annabelle grabbed her, kissing her hard, almost throwing her down on the bed, as she went to climb on top of her, she paused, looking in Catherine's brown eyes. "I hope that wasn't too rough"

"are you kidding me?" Catherine chuckled "Annabelle, you can do whatever you want to me, if it becomes too much I'll let you know" with that said she reached up pulling her back down into a passionate kiss. Breaking for air "I guess I don't have to ask you if you've done this before"

"no you don't, I've done it many times before, let me show you" Annabelle whispered as she lifted Catherine's shirt up, Catherine moved so she could pull it over her head. Annabelle tossed it off to the side of the bed, as she reached behind, with one hand and unhooked Catherine's bra. In awe as Catherine's breasts fell free, she had to suppress a moan, as her hands made their way to them. She kissed Catherine, feeling her moan deep in her throat. She trailed kisses to her neck, sucking on her pulse point, soft enough not to leave a mark, she didn't know how Catherine would take being marked, and she didn't want to find out. She resumed her journey down to the valley between Catherine's breasts. Taking one of them in her mouth she placed her hand on the other, feeling the nipple harden with each flick of her tongue. She pulled back, looking up into those brown eyes, she could see Catherine wanted this as much as she did. Kissing her lips again, her hand made its way down Catherine's quivering stomach, to the top of her skirt, not being able to find the button, she pulled away, shaking her head, trying not to laugh at herself.

"having issues" Catherine asked trying to hide her laugh

"it's seems, Professor Stark, that your skirt is making my life really complicated" Catherine laughed and adjusted herself, to remove the article of obstruction. Annabelle sat up, looking the length of Catherine's body, she was such a beautiful woman, the perfect body. She felt Catherine lean up and reach for the hem of her shirt, as she reached down and lifted it off herself. Catherine then reached around unhooking Annabelle's bra. Moaned at the sight in front of her. 'this young woman is gorgeous' cupping her breasts she leaned up kissing Annabelle passionately. Annabelle's hand quickly found Catherine's center, as she slipped one finger in quickly followed by a second. She felt Catherine stiffen at the first contact, but after a loud moan she relaxed, as Annabelle began the pumping motions, in and out, until she felt Catherine's body stiffen again, as her orgasm approached. Catherine called out her name as she came. Annabelle retracted her fingers and leaned down for a kiss, laying her head upon Catherine's chest she felt the heartbeat, slow to a normal rate, as Catherine flipped them over so she was hovering over Annabelle.

The next day Catherine was sitting in her office, trying to get some work done, she couldn't keep her mind off the night she had. The way Annabelle held her once they were done, was something she always craved. Granted most of her ex's, so to speak, were students. She'd only had one real relationship, it was in college, she fell hard for her, only to have her heart ripped out of her chest and stomped on. Shaking her head, she didn't want to think about that right now, no, she wanted to continue her daydream about the lovely Annabelle. Lost in her daydream she was startled when the phone began to ring. Shaking her head, she reached for it "hello" there was silence "hello" she said again this time with annoyance

"Catherine" the voice whispered

"Annabelle" she said with a smile in her voice, excited to hear the young woman's voice

"I'm sorry, I, um" Annabelle paused, why was she so nervous "I need to see you"

"you need to huh?" Catherine said trying to make a joke out of it.

"yes" Annabelle whispered into the phone.

"alright" Catherine smiled "my house at 5"

"I'll be there" Annabelle smiled pulling the phone away from her ear, why did it feel like she just made a business deal? She chuckled to herself and looked around her room. Her eyes landing on the picture she had on her desk, of her friends. Then looking at the clock, 3 pm she had 2 hours to kill, what could she possibly do to make the next 2 hours go quick?

Catherine could barely think straight, deciding to pack up her things and leave early, she swung by the store on the way home, grabbing a bottle of wine, and some things for supper, she decided she cook, with Annabelle being a college student she was sure she wasn't eating like she should. Her mind made up she set to work, placing their, soon to be dinner in the oven, she heard the doorbell. Drying her hands on a towel, she headed towards the door, as she reached for the door knob she noticed her hand was shaking. Pulling the door open she saw Annabelle's smiling face, taking a deep breath at the beauty in front of her, she stepped aside so Annabelle could enter. Feeling the surge of electricity as Annabelle brushed passed her, she had to fight the urge to grab her and take her right there. "make yourself comfortable, would you like a drink?"

"I'd better not, that's how I got myself in trouble"

"alright how about a soda?" Catherine asked, 'maybe the wine was too much'

"sounds amazing" Catherine nodded and headed into the kitchen, leaving Annabelle alone in the living room looking around. Reminding her of spring break when Simone took her to the beach house, she quickly pushed that thought out of her head hearing Catherine come back into the room.

"so" Catherine said sitting down on the couch next to her "tell me about yourself"

"well" Annabelle began "my mother is California state senator Patricia Tillman"

"ah that's where I've seen you before, on the news"

"great" Annabelle said

"it's ok, tell me how you ended up in Bloomington of all places" Catherine let out a chuckle, she herself left for college, going to Stanford.

"well" Annabelle sighed "some friends decided it'd be a good idea to go out drinking, we got caught, and since my mother is who she was, I was told I'd either be sent to a catholic school or military school. In my mind, the catholic school was the lesser of two evils" she paused taking a deep breath "while I was there, I met someone, and fell hard" she looked down. "we had one great night of passion, and she was taken away" Catherine looked at her puzzled, looking up meeting Catherine's eyes "she was my English teacher, when the head nun, who happened to be her aunt, caught us, she called the authorities and had her taken away. I turned 18, 2 days later so the charges were dropped"

"that doesn't really explain why you took off and came half way across the country"

Annabelle took a deep breath "once I graduated I thought that her and I could be together, but I've heard from her twice in 3 months, so I decided I'd move on and came here"

"was that who called you yesterday?" Catherine asked seeing the look on Annabelle's face she knew the answer "well" she reached for her hand "I guess it's my job to help you forget about miss, whatever her name is"

"Bradley, Simone Bradley"

"Bradley huh? I went to college with a Simone Bradley" 'couldn't be the same one'

"I hope you aren't feeling like I'm trying to bury my heart break in sex with you?" Annabelle said looking up in her eyes, as Catherine shook her head "I really like you, and I felt something last night, something I want to feel again" Annabelle said moving to push Catherine back on the couch, just as the timer went off. "I have to get that" Catherine said moving Annabelle off her and getting up, but not before leaning down and placing a kiss on her lips. "dinners ready"

As they sat around the table eating "so tell me about yourself Professor Stark"

"what is it you'd like to know"

"are the rumors true?"

Catherine chuckled "depends which ones you listen too"

"well let's see, is it true they found a dead body in the trunk of your car?" Catherine smiled and shook her head no "are your parents in the mob?" again she shook her head no "I got it, you're a vampire" they both laughed

"no Annabelle none of that is true. It's funny that, that is what they are saying now"

"how many has there been" Annabelle blurted out

Catherine thought for a second "2"

"so as in I'm number 2 or?"

"2 as in you are number 3" Annabelle nodded, from the sound of the rumors she had been with countless students, she was relieved to hear the answer. "I've had one serious relationship back in college, but that didn't end well, and I ended up heart broke, so I thought I'd start fooling around with students and when it got too serious I broke it off"

"wow" 'hopefully I don't end up falling for her like I did Simone' "how about your parents?"

Catherine took a deep breath "they died in a plane crash when I was 15"

"that's harsh" she knew not to ask any more about it. Catherine gave her a sad smile. "well Professor Stark, it seems like our dinner is over, and I'd like to continue what we started in the living room" Catherine was shocked at Annabelle's boldness. As she watched Annabelle push her chair back from the table and walk over to her, reaching out her hand to help her up, as she pulled her in for a kiss. "sounds sexy when you call me Professor Stark" Annabelle gave her signature smirk and pulled Catherine on the couch.